A Collection of Stories
Edition: 1st TOR ed.
Publisher: TOR
Published: 1992-07
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780812504552
Copyright date: 1988
Description: TERROR HAS A NAME

His life was a nightmare as gruesome as any of his stories. And his stories are dark masterpieces of gut-wrenching horror….

Have you ever thought about being buried alive, trapped beneath the ground, covered with wet dirt, clawing your coffin, screaming? He did. Have you ever thought about being tortured, tied, in the dark, with rats and agony on all sides, knowing your enemies can watch you shriek? Have you ever thought the thing that most hates you is waiting inside the walls, under the floor? Have you ever thought about death and madness taking human form and coming after you? Have you ever thought about…He did. All this and more…and more…and more. Which is why the name of sheer, stark horror is…

EDGAR ALLAN POE
--back cover
Notes: "A Tom Doherty Associates, Inc. Book."

"TOR classic"--spine.
Table of contents: title: Metzengerstein; title: MS. found in a bottle; title: Ligeia; title: The fall of the house of Usher; title: The murders in the Rue Morgue; title: A descent into the maelström; title: Never bet the devil your head; title: The oval portrait; title: The masque of the red death; title: The pit and the pendulum; title: The tell-tale heart; title: The black cat; title: The premature burial; title: The purloined letter; title: The sphinx; title: The cask of Amontillado; title: Hop-frog: or, the eight chained ourang-outangs.