Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural
Publisher: Galahad Books
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 597
ISBN-13: 9780883656990
Copyright date: 1981
Description: Here is the definitive, the reliable, the indispensable volume of horror and the beyond, compiled by three of the field's top contributors and authorities and introduced by the undisputed master of the supernatural, Stephen King. With works by Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Silverberg, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, H.G. Wells, Bram Stoke and dozens more, <I>Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural </I>is a spellbinding collection of 38 of the best of the genre. Anything can--and will--happen in these tales of both unworldly terror and quiet, everyday heart-stopping horror.
Table of contents: title: Introduction · Stephen King ·; title: Hop-Frog · Edgar Allan Poe ·; title: Rappaccini’s Daughter · Nathaniel Hawthorne ·; title: Squire Toby’s Will · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu ·; title: The Squaw · Bram Stoker ·; title: The Jolly Corner · Henry James ·; title: “Man Overboard!” · Winston Churchill ·; title: The Hand · Theodore Dreiser ·; title: The Valley of the Spiders · H. G. Wells ·; title: The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce ·; title: Pickman’s Model · H. P. Lovecraft ·; title: Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch ·; title: The Screaming Laugh · Cornell Woolrich ·; title: A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner ·; title: Bianca’s Hands · Theodore Sturgeon ·; title: The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber ·; title: Shut a Final Door · Truman Capote ·; title: Come and Go Mad · Fredric Brown ·; title: The Scarlet King · Evan Hunter ·; title: Sticks · Karl Edward Wagner ·; title: Sardonicus · Ray Russell ·; title: A Teacher’s Rewards · Robert S. Phillips ·; title: The Roaches · Thomas M. Disch ·; title: The Jam · Henry Slesar ·; title: Black Wind · Bill Pronzini ·; title: The Road to Mictlantecutli · Adobe James ·; title: Passengers · Robert Silverberg ·; title: The Explosives Expert · John Lutz ·; title: Call First · Ramsey Campbell ·; title: The Fly · Arthur Porges ·; title: Namesake · Elizabeth Morton ·; title: Camps · Jack M. Dann ·; title: You Know Willie · Theodore R. Cogswell ·; title: The Mindworm · C. M. Kornbluth ·; title: Warm · Robert Sheckley ·; title: Transfer · Barry N. Malzberg ·; title: The Doll · Joyce Carol Oates ·; title: If Damon Comes · Charles L. Grant ·; title: The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch ·; title: The Party · William F. Nolan ·; title: The Crate · Stephen King