An edition of The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural (1981)
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural
By Bill Pronzini,Barry Malzberg,Stephen King,Edgar Allan Poe,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Sheridan Le Fanu,Bram Stoker,Henry James,Winston S. Churchill,Theodore Dreiser,H. G. Wells,Ambrose Bierce,H.P. Lovecraft,Robert Bloch,Cornell Woolrich,William Faulkner,Theodore Sturgeon,Fritz Leiber,Truman Capote,Fredric Brown,Evan Hunter,Karl Edward Wagner,Ray Russell,Robert Phillips,Thomas M. Disch,Henry Slesar,Adobe James,Robert Silverberg,John Lutz,Ramsey Campbell,Arthur Porges,Elizabeth Morton,Jack Dann,Theodore Cogswell,Cyril M. Kornbluth,Robert Scheckley,Barry N. Malzberg,Joyce Carol Oates,Charles L. Grant,Arthur L. Samuels,Edward D. Hoch,William F. Nolan
Publish Date
1981
Publisher
Arbor House
Language
eng
Pages
599
Description:
Contains: Hop frog / Edgar Allan Poe -- [Rappaccini's Daughter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455378W) / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Squire Toby's will / J. Sheridan Le Fanu -- The squaw / Bram Stoker -- The jolly corner / Henry James -- "Man overboard!" / Winston Churchill -- The hand / Theodore Dreiser -- The valley of the spiders / H.G. Wells -- The middle toe of the right foot / Ambrose Bierce -- Pickman's model / H.P. Lovecraft -- Yours truly, Jack the ripper / Robert Bloch -- The screaming laugh / Cornell Woolrich -- [A rose for Emily](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL82884W/A_Rose_for_Emily) / William Faulkner -- Bianca's hands / Theodore Sturgeon -- The girl with the hungry eyes / Fritz Leiber -- Shut a final door / Truman Capote -- Come and go mad / Fredric Brown -- The scarlet king / Evan Hunter -- Sticks / Karl Edward Wagner -- Sardonicus / Ray Russell -- A teacher's rewards / Robert Phillips -- The roaches / Thomas M. Disch -- The jam / Henry Slesar -- Black wind / Bill Pronzini -- The road to Mictlantecutli / Adobe James -- Passengers / Robert Silverberg -- The explosives expert / John Lutz -- Call first / Ramsey Campbell -- The fly / Arthur Porges -- Namesake / Elizabeth Morton -- Camps / Jack Dann -- You know Willie / Theodore R. Cogswell -- The mindworm / C.M. Kornbluth -- Warm / Robert Scheckley -- Transfer / Barry N. Malzberg -- The doll / Joyce Carol Oates -- If Damon comes / Charles L. Grant -- Mass without voices / Arthur L. Samuels -- The oblong room / Edward D. Hoch -- The party / William F. Nolan -- The crate / Stephen King.
subjects: tradition, change, death, short stories, allegory, nonlinear narrative, gentleman's agreements, recluses, Mentally ill women, Fiction, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, short story, Paranormal fiction, English Horror tales, American Horror tales, Supernatural, Horror tales, Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general
People: Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Colonel Sartoris, Giacomo Rappaccini, Giovanni Guasconti, Beatrice Rappaccini
Places: Jefferson, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Padua, India, Italy, University of Padua
Times: Antebellum era