Tales of Horror and Mystery (Dean, October 1993, 0-603-55222-6, £2.99, 378pp, hc, an)
Omnibus volume of Horror Stories (1987) and Mystery Stories (1981), issued as a bargain book.
- 8 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959
- 18 · The Riddle · Walter de la Mare · ss The Monthly Review February 1903
- 23 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- 34 · Through the Door · Ruth Ainsworth · ss The Phantom Roundabout by Ruth Ainsworth, Andre Deutsch, 1977
- 47 · Man-Size in Marble · Edith Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887
- 60 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843
- 66 · A Kind of Swan Song · Helen Cresswell · ss Shades of Dark ed. Aidan Chambers, Patrick Hardy, 1984
- 76 · The Clock Tower Ghost · Gene Kemp · ex Faber and Faber, 1981
- 85 · The Gorge of the Churels · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951
- 95 · The Haunted Trailer · Robert Arthur · nv Weird Tales January 1942, as “Death Thumbs a Ride”
- 113 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine February 1909
- 119 · Bad Company · Walter de la Mare · ss A Beginning and Other Stories by Walter de la Mare, Faber and Faber, 1955
- 127 · The Yellow Cat · Michael Joseph · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1924
- 137 · The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Pocket Magazine June 1901
- 149 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro
- 155 · The Swan Child · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1982
- 167 · The Brown Hand · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine May 1899, as “The Story of the Brown Hand”
- 182 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896
- 192 · The Blades · Joan Aiken · ss Mystery Stories, Hamlyn, 1981
- 206 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895
- 217 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”
- 230 · The Picture of Dorian Gray [Dorian Gray] · Oscar Wilde · ex Ward, Lock & Co., 1891
- 247 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1908
- 256 · The Stolen Cigar-Case · Bret Harte · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 24 1900
- 266 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890, as “An Accursed House”
translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831).
- 277 · Sweets from a Stranger · Nicholas Fisk · ss Horror Stories and Mystery Stories by Nicholas Fisk, 1978
- 287 · The Hitch-Hiker · Roald Dahl · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1977
- 299 · The Dream Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1)
revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855).
- 323 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy”
- 329 · The Sailor-Boy’s Tale · Karen Blixen · ss Winter’s Tales by Isak Dinesen, Putnam, 1942, as by Isak Dinesen
- 341 · 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).
- 365 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · ss New Orleans Item June 16 1878 (+1)
translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840).
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