The Arbor House Celebrity Book of Horror Stories ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Arbor House, 1982, 0-87795-373-2, $20.95, 448pp, hc, an)
Individual stories selected by Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Lawrence Block, Ray Bradbury, Helen Gurley Brown, C. Terry Cline, Jr., Rona Jaffe, Garson Kanin, Stephen King, Ira Levin, William F. Nolan, Joyce Carol Oates, Walker Percy, Vincent Price, Irwin Shaw, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, and Margaret Truman.
- 9 · Preface · Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg · pr
- 11 · “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
- 29 · Lukundoo · Edward Lucas White · ss Weird Tales November 1925
- 45 · Don’t Look Behind You · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947
- 57 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- 69 · Into the Rose Garden · Gardner McKay · ss Cosmopolitan August 1976
- 79 · The Mangler · Stephen King · nv Cavalier December 1972
- 101 · The Enormous Radio · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker May 17 1947
- 113 · The Lake · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1944
- 121 · Cannibalism in the Cars · Mark Twain · ss The Broadway November 1868
- 131 · The Companion · Ramsey Campbell · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976
- 143 · Prey · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy April 1969
- 155 · Sun City · Lisa Tuttle · ss New Terrors 1 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Pan, 1980
- 167 · The Turn of the Screw [Turn of the Screw] · Henry James · na Collier’s Weekly January 27 1898 (+11)
- 263 · Queen of the Night · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Bananas #26, April 1981
- 295 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert S. Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved”
- 337 · The Sphinx · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Arthur’s Ladies’ Magazine January 1846
- 343 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842
- 357 · Three Lines of Old French · A. Merritt · nv All-Story Weekly August 9 1919
- 379 · The Shadow Out of Time [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · na Astounding Stories June 1936
- 441 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846
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