The Best Horror Stories ed. Lynn Picknett, uncredited (Hamlyn, 1977, 0-600-38244-3, £4.95, 751pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 55 horror stories. An abridged US edition of 31 stories appeared from Mallard Press in 1990.
- 7 · Introduction · Lynn Picknett · in
- 13 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843
- 21 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843
- 26 · The Premature Burial · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Dollar Newspaper July 31 1844
- 38 · The Torture by Hope · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; translated by Mary J. Safford · ss Short Stories July 1894
translated from the French (“La Torture par l’Espérance”, Nouveaux Contes Cruels, La Librairie Illustrée, 1888).
- 43 · An Episode of the Terror · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890, as “In the Time of the Terror”
translated from the French (as introduction to Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de la Révolution française, par Sanson, Librairie Centrale, 1829).
- 57 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman”
translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883).
- 63 · The Withered Arm · Thomas Hardy · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1888
- 86 · The Idiots · Joseph Conrad · ss The Savoy #6, October 1896
- 105 · The Bird [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Limehouse Nights by Thomas Burke, Grant Richards, 1916
- 112 · The Terror · Arthur Machen · na The (London) Evening News October 16 1916, as “The Great Terror”
- 185 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892
- 213 · The Apprentice · Hilaire Belloc · ss The Eye-Witness by Hilaire Belloc, Eveleigh Nash, 1908
- 217 · The Sentence · J. Kaden-Bandrowski · ss Selected Polish Tales ed. Else Cecilia Mendelssohn Benecke & Marie Busch, Oxford University Press, 1921
- 237 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927
- 246 · Arabesque: The Mouse · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1921
- 252 · Treasure Trove · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss McCall’s Magazine April 1928
- 258 · Cinci · Luigi Pirandello · ss (r)
translated from the Italian (“Cinci”, La lettura, June 1932).
- 266 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933
- 280 · The Last Chukka · Alec Waugh · nv Nash’s Magazine September 1927
- 303 · Dead on Her Feet · Cornell Woolrich · ss Dime Detective Magazine December 1935
- 320 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar by Geoffrey Household, Chatto, 1938
- 338 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947
- 343 · The Words of Guru · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Stirring Science Stories June 1941, as by Kenneth Falconer
- 350 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943
- 367 · The Glass Eye · John Keir Cross · ss The Other Passenger by John Keir Cross, John Westhouse, 1944
- 380 · The Web · D’Arcy Niland · ss World Prize Stories, Odhams, 1952
- 386 · The Little Black Bag · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1950
- 410 · The Physiology of Fear · C. S. Forester · ss The Nightmare by C. S. Forester, Michael Joseph, 1954
- 423 · The Head and the Feet · C. S. Forester · ss 1940
- 433 · The Veldt · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 23 1950, as “The World the Children Made”
- 445 · Skeleton · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales September 1945
- 458 · Evening Primrose · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941
- 470 · Back from the Grave · Robert Silverberg · ss Monster Parade December 1958, as “Coffins Are for Corpses” by David Challon
- 479 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930
- 487 · The Island of Bright Birds · John Christopher · ss King (UK) December 1965
- 496 · The Comforts of Home · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Kenyon Review Fall 1960
- 514 · The Skylight · Penelope Mortimer · nv Saturday Lunch with the Brownings by Penelope Mortimer, Hutchinson, 1960
- 530 · Pig · Roald Dahl · ss Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960
- 547 · Robert · Stanley Ellin · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958
- 560 · The Question · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1962, as “The Question My Son Asked”
- 568 · In the Steam Room · Frank Baker · ss The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Christine Bernard, Fontana, 1966
- 577 · The Pencil · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 24 1953
- 581 · The Dark of the Moon · Olaf Ruhen · ss The Bulletin September 13 1950
- 589 · Falling Object · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1971
- 599 · The Terrapin · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1962
- 611 · The Taste of Your Love · Eddy C. Bertin · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series III ed. Richard Davis, DAW, 1975
translated from the Dutch (“De smaak van jouw liefde”, De achtjaarlijkse god, Bruna, 1971).
- 616 · Aunt Jennie’s Tonic · Leonard Tushnet · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1971
- 632 · Not After Midnight · Daphne du Maurier · nv Not After Midnight by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1971
- 668 · The Game · Thomasina Weber · ss Killers of the Mind ed. Lucy Freeman, Random House, 1974
- 680 · The Fanatic · Arthur Porges · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination December 1964
- 687 · The Whimper of Whipped Dogs · Harlan Ellison · ss Bad Moon Rising ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1973
- 702 · Judas Story · Brian M. Stableford · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series III ed. Richard Davis, DAW, 1975
- 719 · You’re Putting Me On—Aren’t You? · Joe Gores · ss Adam Yearbook 1971
- 726 · Wake Up Dead · Tim Stout · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series III ed. Richard Davis, DAW, 1975
- 741 · Corabella · David Fletcher · ss Winter’s Crimes 7 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1975
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