Classic Tales of Horror (Canterbury Classics, October 13, 2015, 978-1-62686-465-8, $24.99, xxviii+864pp, hc, an)
- ix · Introduction · Ernest Hibert · in
- 1 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843
- 5 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914
written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.
- 15 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 25 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890
- 33 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916
- 52 · The Elixir of Life · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r)
translated from the French (“L’elixir de longue vie”, La Revue de Paris, October 1830).
- 70 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839
- 86 · The Case of Lady Sannox · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler November 1893
- 94 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 105 · The Turn of the Screw [Turn of the Screw] · Henry James · na Collier’s Weekly January 27 1898 (+11)
- 189 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907
- 228 · The Shunned House · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales October 1937
- 251 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842
- 263 · The Vampyre · John William Polidori · nv The New Monthly Magazine April 1 1819, as by Lord Byron
- 279 · One Summer Night · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906
- 281 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905
- 294 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904
- 305 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884
- 320 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910
- 324 · 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).
- 345 · The Raven · Edgar Allan Poe · pm New York Evening Mirror January 29 1845
- 349 · The Man Who Found Out · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Lady’s Realm June 1909
- 363 · La Grande Bretèche · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831).
- 379 · The Terror of Blue John Gap · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1910
- 393 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892
- 407 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy”
- 412 · The Metamorphosis [Gregor Samsa] · Franz Kafka · nv Parton Press, 1937
translated from the German (“Die Verwandlung”, Weisse Blätter Oct ’15).
- 452 · The Outsider [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales April 1926
- 458 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- 467 · Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book · M. R. James · ss National Review March 1895, as “The Scrap-Book of Canon Alberic”
- 477 · Present at a Hanging · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 24 1888
- 479 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912
- 489 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.
- 498 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839
- 514 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910
- 539 · The Succubus · Honoré de Balzac · na Droll Stories by Honoré de Balzac, William Mitchell & Company, 1874
translated from the French (“Le Succube”, Les Contes drolatiques, 1837).
- 578 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893
- 586 · The Tree · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout October 1921
- 590 · The Empty House [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906
- 603 · The Bottle Imp · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv New York Herald February 8 1891 (+3)
- 626 · The Screaming Skull · Francis Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)
- 650 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891
- 663 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843
- 673 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911
- 676 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine”
- 700 · Sir Edmund Orme · Henry James · nv Black & White November 25 1891
- 723 · A Ghost · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895, as “The Spectre”
translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883).
- 729 · In the Penal Colony · Franz Kafka · nv (r)
translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919).
- 753 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”
- 763 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895
- 773 · An Inhabitant of Carcosa · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Newsletter December 25 1886
- 776 · The Damned · Algernon Blackwood · na Incredible Adventures by Algernon Blackwood, Macmillan & Co., 1914
- 840 · The Japanned Box · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1899, as “The Story of the Japanned Box”
- 850 · The Tomb · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Vagrant #14, March 1922
- 859 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846
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