The Dark Descent ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, October 1987, 0-312-93035-6, $29.95, 1011pp, hc, an)
Massive anthology of horror stories. It attempts to trace the history of horror short fiction as well as covering the contemporary field. There is also a long, insightful introduction, and the head notes to each story actually try to say something about the literature and the author’s place in it.
- 1 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in
- 15 · The Reach · Stephen King · ss Yankee November 1981, as “Do the Dead Sing?”
- 31 · Evening Primrose · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941
- 40 · The Ash-Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904
- 50 · The New Mother · Lucy Lane Clifford · nv Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise by Lucy Lane Clifford, Macmillan and Co., 1882
- 59 · There’s a Long, Long Trail A-Winding · Russell Kirk · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976
- 85 · The Call of Cthulhu [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales February 1928
- 108 · The Summer People · Shirley Jackson · ss Charm September 1950
- 118 · The Whimper of Whipped Dogs · Harlan Ellison · ss Bad Moon Rising ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1973
- 132 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 142 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster”
- 167 · The Crowd · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1943
- 175 · The Autopsy · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1980
- 203 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891
- 209 · Sticks [Cthulhu] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers March 1974
- 225 · Larger Than Oneself · Robert Aickman · nv Powers of Darkness by Robert Aickman, Collins, 1966
- 245 · Belsen Express · Fritz Leiber · ss The Second Book of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber, DAW, 1975
- 255 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943
- 268 · If Damon Comes [Oxrun Station] · Charles L. Grant · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1978
- 278 · Vandy, Vandy [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953
- 291 · The Swords · Robert Aickman · nv The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. Robert Aickman, Fontana, 1969
- 312 · The Roaches · Thomas M. Disch · ss Escapade October 1965
- 321 · Bright Segment · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Caviar by Theodore Sturgeon, Ballantine, 1955
- 339 · Dread · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. II by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984
- 368 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839
- 382 · The Monkey · Stephen King · nv Gallery November 1980
- 410 · Within the Walls of Tyre · Michael Bishop · nv Weirdbook #13, 1978
- 431 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924
- 445 · Schalken the Painter · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851
revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839).
- 460 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892
- 472 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930
- 480 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert S. Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved”
- 513 · Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Summer 1950
- 516 · My Dear Emily · Joanna Russ · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1962
- 532 · You Can Go Now · Dennis Etchison · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1980
- 541 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926
- 553 · Three Days · Tanith Lee · nv Shadows 7 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1984
- 576 · Good Country People · Flannery O’Connor · ss Harper’s Bazaar June 1955
- 591 · Mackintosh Willy · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979
- 602 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review December 1908
- 629 · Smoke Ghost · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown Worlds October 1941
- 641 · Seven American Nights · Gene Wolfe · na Orbit 20 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1978
- 680 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”
- 690 · Crouch End [Cthulhu] · Stephen King · nv New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos ed. Ramsey Campbell, Arkham House, 1980
- 712 · Night-Side · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard, 1977
- 731 · Seaton’s Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury April 1922
- 753 · Clara Militch · Ivan Turgenev · nv Dream Tales and Prose Poems by Ivan Turgenev, tr. Constance Garnett, Macmillan, 1897
- 793 · The Repairer of Reputations · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895
- 817 · The Beckoning Fair One · Oliver Onions · na Widdershins by Oliver Onions, Secker, 1911
- 864 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.
- 874 · The Beautiful Stranger · Shirley Jackson · ss Come Along with Me by Shirley Jackson, Viking, 1968
- 880 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893
- 887 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910
- 909 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907
- 944 · The Asian Shore · Thomas M. Disch · nv Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970
- 970 · The Hospice · Robert Aickman · nv Cold Hand in Mine by Robert Aickman, Gollancz, 1975
- 995 · A Little Something for Us Tempunauts · Philip K. Dick · nv Final Stage ed. Edward L. Ferman & Barry N. Malzberg, Charterhouse, 1974
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