American Supernatural Tales ed. S. T. Joshi (Penguin Classics US, October 2007, 978-0-14-310504-6, $16.00, xxxiii+477pp, tp, an, cover by Hans Neleman)
Anthology of 26 stories. Authors include Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Joyce Carol Oates. Joshi provides a lengthy introduction and suggested reading list. This is an international edition.
- ix · Introduction · S. T. Joshi · in
- xxiii · Suggestions for Further Reading · [uncredited] · ms
- · American Supernatural Tales
- 3 · The Adventure of the German Student · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 11 · Edward Randolph’s Portrait · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss United States Magazine and Democratic Review July 1838, as by The Author of “Twice-Told Tales”
- 25 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839
- 47 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.
- 63 · The Death of Halpin Frayser · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave December 19 1891
- 81 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895
- 103 · The Real Right Thing · Henry James · ss Collier’s Weekly December 16 1899
- 119 · The Call of Cthulhu [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales February 1928
- 153 · The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis [Mars] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales May 1932
- 177 · Old Garfield’s Heart · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales December 1933
- 191 · Black Barter [Margate (unnamed narrator)] · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales September 1943
- 211 · The Lonesome Place · August Derleth · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries February 1948
- 223 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949
- 241 · The Fog Horn · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 23 1951, as “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”
- 253 · A Visit · Shirley Jackson · nv New World Writing #2, Mentor, 1952, as “The Lovely House”
- 279 · Long Distance Call · Richard Matheson · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction November 1953, as “Sorry, Right Number”
- 295 · The Vanishing American · Charles Beaumont · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1955
- 309 · The Events at Poroth Farm · T. E. D. Klein · na From Beyond the Dark Gateway #2, 1972
- 361 · Night Surf · Stephen King · ss Cavalier August 1974
- 373 · The Late Shift · Dennis Etchison · ss Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980
- 393 · Vastarien · Thomas Ligotti · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #48, St. John’s Eve 1987
- 411 · Endless Night · Karl Edward Wagner · ss The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987
- 423 · The Hollow Man · Norman Partridge · ss Grue #13, Fall 1991
- 433 · Last Call for the Sons of Shock · David J. Schow · ss The Ultimate Frankenstein ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991
- 453 · The Temple · Joyce Carol Oates · vi Demon and Other Tales by Joyce Carol Oates, Necronomicon Press, 1996
- 459 · In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888) [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Tales of Pain and Wonder by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Gauntlet Press, 2000
- 473 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi
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