Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (Bracken Books, October 1994, 1-85891-137-0, £5.99, 611pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Random House 1944 as Great Tales of Terror & the Supernatural by Herbert A. Wise & Phyllis Fraser) anthology of 38 classic horror stories (removing the Introductions and 14 stories from the original), with an introduction by Michael Moorcock.
- · Introduction · Michael Moorcock · in
- 1 · La Grande Bretèche · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890, as “An Accursed House”
translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831).
- 17 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843
- 25 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845
- 33 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited.
- 43 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891
- 47 · The Three Strangers · Thomas Hardy · nv Longman’s Magazine March 1883
- 65 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925
- 75 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910
- 79 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931
- 82 · Silent Snow, Secret Snow · Conrad Aiken · nv The Virginia Quarterly Review October 1932
- 97 · The Gentleman from America · Michael Arlen · ss The Tatler Christmas 1924
- 111 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939
- 116 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version.
- 147 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine”
- 171 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.; given as by Charles Collins & Charles Dickens.
- 180 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.
- 207 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.
- 218 · Sir Edmund Orme · Henry James · nv Black & White November 25 1891
- 241 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886).
- 261 · Was It a Dream? · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“La morte”, Gil Blas, May 31, 1887).
- 265 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)
- 289 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904
- 295 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911
- 312 · “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” · M. R. James · nv Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 328 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910
- 352 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- · The Great God Pan · Arthur Machen · na The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1894
a portion appeared earlier in The Whirlwind, Dec 13, 1890.
- 404 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved”
- 440 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Life’s Handicap by Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray”
- 450 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904
- 468 · Lukundoo · Edward Lucas White · ss Weird Tales November 1925
- 480 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912
- 487 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922
- 499 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911
- 502 · The Beckoning Fair One · Oliver Onions · na Widdershins by Oliver Onions, Secker, 1911
- 554 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912
- 562 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924
- 578 · The Dunwich Horror [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales April 1929
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