Nighttouch ed. Gerry Goldberg, Stephen Stovoschuk & Fred Corbett (St. Martin’s, 1978, 0-312-57347-2, $5.95, 160pp, tp, an)
A compendium of stories and poems, and companion to Strange Glory, but focussing on the darker side of life. Contains many quotations which are not indexed here.
- 5 · Prologue · Gerry Goldberg · in
- · 1. Transylvania
- 11 · Preparation · P. K. Page · pm (r)
- 11 · Forget-Me-Not · Bernard Taylor · nv The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series III ed. Richard Davis, DAW, 1975
- 20 · Old Mansion · John Crowe Ransom · pm (r)
- 20 · The Cupola · Louise Bogan · pm 1923
- 22 · The Snail-Watcher · Patricia Highsmith · ss Gamma #3, 1964
- 25 · The Wind in Winter · Miroslav Holub · pm (r)
- 25 · The Shadow-Maker · Gwendolyn MacEwen · vi (r)
- 26 · The Case of Jean Grenier (1603) · Montague Summers · ex The Werewolf by Montague Summers, Kegan Paul & Trence, 1933
- 27 · Eidolon · Robert Penn Warren · pm (r)
- 28 · Road Signs · Dilys Henrik Jones · pm (r)
- 28 · The Kill · Peter Fleming · ss Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931
- 29 · The Wolves · Allen Tate · pm (r)
- 34 · The Case of Dion Fortune (1935) · Colin Wilson · ex from The Occult, 1971
- 34 · The Quest · George Garrett · pm (r)
- 34 · from On the Nightmare · Ernest Jones · ex The Hogarth Press, 1931
- · 2. The Castle
- 37 · “I Can Hear His Screams” · [uncredited] · ms The Washington Post May 5 1976
- 37 · The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street · Rod Serling · sa Stories from the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling, Bantam, 1960
adapted from the script for an episode of The Twilight Zone on March 4, 1960.
- 38 · The Night Mirror · John Hollander · pm The New Yorker August 28 1965
- 41 · All the Roary Night · Kenneth Patchen · pm (r)
- 47 · Foundations of Psychopathology · J. C. Nemiah · ex (r)
- 48 · The Dragon · Ryunosuke Akutagawa · ss (r)
- 48 · The Shadow of Night · Coventry Patmore · pm (r)
- 48 · Nobody · Robert Graves · pm (r)
- 48 · from Perelandra · C. S. Lewis · ex John Lane, 1943
- 49 · 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).
- 54 · A Twilight Man · Harry Guest · pm (r)
- 55 · Bird Cage · Saint-Denys Garneau · pm (r)
- 61 · The Horrors of Sleep · Emily Brontë · pm Poems by Emily Brontë, 1846
- 61 · from An Essay in Autobiography · Boris Pasternak · ex Poems by Boris Pasternak, 1960; dated 1957.
- 62 · Primitive · Patricia Martland · pm (r)
- 63 · Mannikins of Horror · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1939
- 66 · The Man from the Top of the Mind · David Wagoner · pm A Place to Stand by David Wagoner, Indiana University Press, 1958
- 71 · Altamont, Dec. 1969 · Leonard Wolf · ms A Dream of Dracula by Leonard Wolf, Little Brown, 1972
- 71 · Medusa · William Alexander Percy · pm (r)
- 72 · The Bridge of Dread · Edwin Muir · pm (r)
- · 3. The Prisoner
- 75 · The Olitiau · Ivan T. Sanderson · ex from Investigating the Unexplained (r)
- 75 · A Day · John Porter · pm (r)
- 75 · Haunted · Siegfried Sassoon · pm (r)
- 76 · The Curse of Yig · Zealia Bishop (with H. P. Lovecraft) · ss Weird Tales November 1929, as by Zealia Brown Reed
written by Lovecraft based on a story idea and some notes by Bishop.
- 85 · Snake · Theodore Roethke · pm (r)
- 86 · Wolves Don’t Cry · Bruce Elliott · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1954
- 91 · The Prisoner’s Dream · Eugenio Montale · pm (r)
- 92 · The Minotaur · Muriel Rukeyser · pm (r)
- 92 · Corrida · Roger Zelazny · ss Anubis v1 #3, 1968
- 94 · The Night Fisherman · Martin Ricketts · ss The Satyr’s Head & Other Tales of Terror ed. David A. Sutton, Corgi, 1975
- 96 · The Dragonfly · Howard Nemerov · pm (r)
- · 4. Possession
- 99 · from Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions · John Lame Deer & Richard Erdoes · ex (r)
- 99 · Solitude · Thomas De Quincey · ms (r)
- 99 · The Snow · Clifford Dyment · ss (r)
- 100 · Silent Snow, Secret Snow · Conrad Aiken · nv The Virginia Quarterly Review October 1932
- 108 · The Monster Children · Joyce Maynard · ar Newsweek July 26 1976
- 110 · Heigh and the Brand of Satan · Basil Copper · ex from The Vampire, 1973
- 115 · Trial of the Blood · K. M. O’Donnell · ss The Berserkers ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1974
- 120 · I Am Coming · Philip Lamantia · pm (r)
- 120 · The Case of Hélène-Joséphine Poirier (1850) · Montague Summers · ex from The History of Witchcraft and Demonology, C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1926
- 124 · The Occult · Colin Wilson · ex 1971
- 124 · Robert Davidson · Edgar Lee Masters · pm (r)
- 125 · The Occult · Colin Wilson · ex 1971
- 126 · Damn Her · John Ciardi · pm (r)
- 126 · Bianca’s Hands · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Argosy (UK) May 1947
- 130 · The Voice · Thomas Hardy · pm (r)
- · 5. Release
- 133 · Invitation to the Dance · Ted Hughes · pm (r)
- 133 · The Premature Burial · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Dollar Newspaper July 31 1844
- 135 · Cool Air · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Tales of Magic and Mystery March 1928
- 135 · Moontan · Mark Strand · pm (r)
- 138 · Siege · Alden Nowlan · pm I’m a Stranger Here Myself by Alden Nowlan, Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1974
- 140 · Drugged · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)
- 141 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · ex Longmans, Green, January 5 1886
- 142 · from Etudes Cliniques · Dr. Morel · ex 1852
- 143 · The Ice Skin · James Dickey · pm The New Yorker December 28 1963
- 144 · Blood Son · Richard Matheson · ss Imagination April 1951, as ““Drink My Red Blood…””
- 145 · Words Above a Narrow Entrance · David Wagoner · pm (r)
- 147 · The Sentry · Alun Lewis · pm (r)
- 148 · The Image · Roy Fuller · pm (r)
- 149 · The Hanover Vampire (1925) · Montague Summers · ar The Vampire: His Kith and Kin by Montague Summers, Kegan, Paul, 1928
- 153 · Mirage · R. P. Blackmur · pm (r)
- 153 · Blood Thoughts · Harlan Ellison · ex No Doors, No Windows by Harlan Ellison, Pyramid, 1975
- 156 · The Loss · E. L. Mayo · pm (r)
- 156 · Exploration Over the Rim · William Dickey · pm (r)
- 158 · Epilogue · Gerry Goldberg · aw
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