An edition of The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984)
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
By J. A. Cuddon,Anonymous,James Hogg,Prosper Mérimée,Edgar Allan Poe,Honoré de Balzac,Henry James,Guy de Maupassant,Robert Louis Stevenson,Émile Zola,Ambrose Bierce,Montague Rhodes James,H. G. Wells,William Hope Hodgson,Perceval Landon,John Russell,Franz Kafka,Alfred McLelland Burrage,E. F. Benson,Augustus Muir,John Metcalfe,William Fryer Harvey,William Faulkner,D. K. Broster,Lord Dunsany,Evelyn Waugh,Geoffrey Household,L.P. Hartley,Gerald Kersh,Carl Stephenson,Yvor Winters,Monica Dickens,Robert Graves,Ray Bradbury,Muriel Spark,John Lennon,Dawn Muscillo,Dorothy K. Haynes,Patricia Highsmith,Roald Dahl,Will F. Jenkins,J.N. Allan,Vilas Sarang
Publish Date
1985
Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
eng
Pages
607
Description:
The Monk of horror, or The Conclave of corpses, by Anonymous The Astrologer's prediction, or The Maniac's fate, by Anonymous The expedition to Hell, by James Hogg Mateo Falcone, by Prosper Merimee [Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40987W), by Edgar Allan Poe Le Grande Breteche, by Honore de Balzac The romance of certain old clothes, by Henry James Who knows?, by Guy de Maupassant The body snatcher, by Robert Louis Stevenson The death of Olivier Becaille, by Emile Zola The boarded window, by Ambrose Bierce Lost hearts, by M.R. James The sea-raiders, by H.G. Wells The derelict, by William Hope Hodgson Thurnley Abbey, by Perceval Landon The fourth man, by John Russell In the penal colony, by Franz Kafka The waxwork, by A.M. Burrage Mrs. Amworth, by E.F. Benson The reptile, by Augustus Muir Mr. Meldrum's Mania, by John Metcalfe The beast with five fingers, by William Fryer Harvey Dry September, by William Faulkner Couching at the door, by D.K. Broster The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany The man who liked Dickens, by Evelyn Waugh Taboo, by Geoffrey Household The thought, by L.P. Hartley Comrade death, by Gerald Kersh Leningen versus the ants, by Carl Stephenson The brink of darkness, by Yvor Winters Activity time, by Monica Dickens Earth to Earth, by Robert Graves The dwarf, by Ray Bradbury The Portabello Road, by Muriel Spark No flies on Frank, by John Lennon Sister Coxall's revenge, by Dawn Muscillo Thou shalt not suffer a witch ..., by Dorothy K. Haynes The terrapin, by Patricia Highsmith [Man from the south](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504421W), by Roald Dahl Uneasy home-coming, by Will F. Jenkins The Aquarist, by J.N. Allan An interview with M. Chakko, by Vilas Sarang
subjects: Horror tales, Short stories, Cadillacs, Mesmerism, Fiction, suspense, horror, hoaxes, narration, pseudoscience, Hypnagogia, animal magnetism, hypnotism, tuberculosis, Fiction, short stories (single author)
People: Ernest Valdemar, Carlos
Places: Jamaica