The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror ed. Sebastian Wolfe (Xanadu, April 1992, 0-947761-45-4, £6.99, 124pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 70 short-short horror stories, poems and cartoons.
- 5 · Foreword · Sebastian Wolfe · fw
- 9 · In the Ruins · Roald Dahl · vi World Bookfair Programme June 1964
- 11 · Randolf’s Party · John Lennon · vi The Saturday Evening Post March 21 1964
- 12 · Red · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Night Cry Summer 1986
- 14 · A Wife Driven Insane by Husband Tickling Her Feet · [uncredited] · ms (r)
- 15 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931
- 17 · untitled (“I’ve Just Acquired Some Shrunken Heads…”) · Alistair Sampson · pm (r)
- 18 · [untitled cartoon] · Gahan Wilson · ct (r)
- 19 · Meeting with a Double · George D. Painter · pm The Road to Sinodun by George D. Painter, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951
- 20 · John Mortonson’s Funeral · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906
- 23 · The Skeleton at the Feast · E. H. Visiak · pm The Phantom Ship by E. H. Visiak, London, 1912
- 24 · [untitled] · Ornella Volta · ex from The Vampire, Compact, 1969
- 25 · Cousin Jane · Colin West · pm Not to Be Taken Seriously by Colin West, Hutchinson, 1982
- 26 · untitled (“‘I Have a Man at Last,’ She Cried…”) · Alistair Sampson · pm (r)
- 27 · Out of the Country · Jeffry Scott · vi Tales of Unease ed. John Burke, Pan, 1966
- 29 · Mousetrap · Stephen Gallagher · vi The Drabble Project ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon, 1988
- 30 · Singular Method of Execution · [uncredited] · ms (r)
- 31 · The Model Wife · Robert Bloch · vi Swank November 1961
- 33 · Good Dog Nigel · John Lennon · vi In His Own Write by John Lennon, Jonathan Cape, 1964
- 34 · Dog, Cat, and Baby · Joe R. Lansdale · vi Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987
- 36 · untitled (“The Nun is fearfully bedevilled…”) · Edward Gorey · pm (r)
- 37 · Mason’s Life · Kingsley Amis · ss The Sunday Times 1972
- 40 · The Dorking Thigh · William Plomer · pm Lilliput October 1945
- 42 · Henri Blot · Ornella Volta · ex from The Vampire, Compact, 1969
- 43 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round September 8 1860
- 46 · untitled (“In a dear little vine covered cottage…”) · F. Scott Fitzgerald · pm The Notebooks of F. Scott FitzGerald by F. Scott FitzGerald, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978
- 49 · Chompers · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July 1982
- 52 · Varney the Vampire · James Malcolm Rymer · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, anonymously, E. Lloyd, 1847, uncredited.
- 53 · Grocery List · Gina Haldane · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1979
- 55 · Mujina · Lafcadio Hearn · vi Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn, Houghton Mifflin, 1904
- 57 · At Parting · Raymond Chandler · pm The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler and English Summer by Raymond Chandler, Ecco Press, 1976
- 58 · [untitled cartoon] · Gahan Wilson · ct (r)
- 59 · Love at First Sight · Richard Middleton · ss (r)
- 61 · The Vampire · W. R. Hodder · ms (r)
- 63 · Singular Attempt at Suicide · [uncredited] · ms (r)
- 64 · One Summer Night · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906
- 66 · The Edinburgh Landlady · Aubrey Davidson · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 30 1980
- 67 · Delighted Deb’s Lament · Alistair Sampson · pm (r)
- 68 · Sergeant Bertrand · Ornella Volta · ex from The Vampire, Compact, 1969
- 69 · The Near Departed · Richard Christian Matheson (error, actually by Richard Matheson) · vi Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987
- 71 · A Warning for Certain Victorian Ladies · Edward Lauterbach · pm The Mystery and Detection Annual ed. Donald K. Adams, Donald K. Adams, 1972
- 72 · A Surprise for Little Bobby · John Lennon · vi In His Own Write by John Lennon, Jonathan Cape, 1964
- 73 · Oil of Dog · Ambrose Bierce · ss Oakland Daily Evening Tribune October 11 1890, as “The Oil of a Dog”
- 77 · A Functional Proof of Immortality · Edward Bryant · vi The Drabble Project ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon, 1988
- 78 · My Dear How Dead You Look and Yet You Sweetly Sing · Priscilla Marron · vi The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1967
- 80 · Horrible Cannibalism · [uncredited] · ms (r)
- 81 · Nightmare in Red · Fredric Brown · vi The Dude May 1961
- 83 · Essay · Alistair Sampson · vi (r)
- 84 · American Gothic · M. A. Lyon · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1975
- 86 · The Corpse Rises · P’u Sung-Ling · vi Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio by Herbert A. Giles, De La Rue, 1880
translated from the Chinese (Liao Chai, 1679).
- 87 · Revival Meeting · Dannie Plachta · vi Galaxy Science Fiction September 1969
- 89 · Anything They Can Do… · Alphonse Allais · vi (r)
- 91 · The Look of Death · Jean Cocteau · ex from Le Grand Ecart, 1923
- 92 · [untitled cartoon] · Gahan Wilson · ct (r)
- 93 · Pierre Torture · Frederic Boutet · ar (r)
- 96 · untitled (“Dear, oh dear. These breasts of mine…”) · Tommaso Landolfi · vi (r)
- 98 · A Horrible Discovery · [uncredited] · ms (r)
- 99 · The Midnight Lover · Gerald Atkins · vi The Eleventh Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1970
- 101 · A Tale the English used to Tell · K. C. Mann · vi The Drabble Project ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon, 1988
- 102 · Before the Law · Franz Kafka · vi (r)
- 105 · Hell Hath No— · Gloria Orlick · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1979
- 107 · The Five Books of Life · Mark Twain · ss (r)
- 111 · Mass Without Voices · Arthur L. Samuels · vi Nightmares ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1979
- 114 · Lord Dufferin’s Story · [uncredited] · ar (r)
- 115 · Deathbed · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987
- 117 · ‘Magdalene’ · W. B. Yeats · vi (r)
- 118 · Thang · Martin Gardner · vi Comment Fall 1948
- 120 · Shutting a Woman’s Head in a Box · [uncredited] · ms (r)
- 121 · A Lot to Learn · Robert T. Kurosaka · vi (r)
- 122 · Angel’s Exchange · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984
- 124 · How to Write the Suicide Note · Derek Pell · ms Morbid Curiosities by Derek Pell, Jonathan Cape, 1978
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