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pt. 1. The color of evil. The reach / Stephen King --
Evening primrose / John Collier --
The ash-tree / M.R. James --
The new mother / Lucy Clifford --
There's a long, long trail a-winding / Russell Kirk --
The call of Cthulhu / H.P. Lovecraft --
The summer people / Shirley Jackson --
The whimper of whipped dogs / Harlan Ellison --
Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
Mr. Justice Harbottle --
J. Sheridan Le Fanu --
The crowd / Ray Bradbury --
The autopsy / Michael Shea --
John Charrington's wedding / E. Nesbit --
Sticks / Karl Edward Wagner --
Larger than oneself / Robert Aickman --
Belsen Express / Fritz Leiber --
Yours truly, Jack the Ripper / Robert Bloch --
If Damon comes / Charles L. Grant --
Vandy, Vandy / Manly Wade Wellman --
pt. 2. The Medusa in the shield. The swords / Robert Aickman --
The roaches / Thomas M. Disch --
Bright segment / Theodore Sturgeon --
Dread / Clive Barker --
The fall of the house of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe --
The monkey / Stephen King --
Within the walls of Tyre / Michael Bishop --
The rats in the walls / H.P. Lovecraft --
Schalken the painter / J. Sheridan Le Fanu --
The yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman --
A rose for Emily / William Faulkner --
How love came to Professor Guildea / Robert Hichens --
Born of man and woman / Richard Matheson --
My dear Emily / Joanna Russ --
You can go now / Dennis Etchison --
The rocking-horse winner / D.H. Lawrence --
Three days / Tanith Lee --
Good country people / Flannery O'Connor --
Mackintosh Willy / Ramsey Campbell --
The jolly corner / Henry James --
pt. 3. A fabulous formless darkness. Smoke ghost / Fritz Leiber --
Seven American nights / Gene Wolfe --
The signal-man / Charles Dickens --
Crouch End / Stephen King --
Night-side / Joyce Carol Oates --
Seaton's aunt / Walter de la Mare --
Clara Militch / Ivan Turgenev --
The repairer of reputations / Robert W. Chambers --
The beckoning fair one / Oliver Onions --
What was it? / Fitz-James O'Brien --
The beautiful stranger / Shirley Jackson --
The damned thing / Ambrose Bierce --
Afterward / Edith Wharton --
The willows / Algernon Blackwood --
The Asian shore / Thomas M. Disch --
The hospice / Robert Aickman --
A little something for us tempunauts / Philip K. Dick.

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Tor, Tor Books
Language
English
Pages
1011

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1997, Tor, Tor Books
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Table of Contents

pt. 1. The color of evil. The reach / Stephen King
Evening primrose / John Collier
The ash-tree / M. R. James
The new mother / Lucy Clifford
There's a long, long trail a-winding / Russell Kirk
The call of Cthulhu / H. P. Lovecraft
The summer people / Shirley Jackson
The whimper of whipped dogs / Harlan Ellison
Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mr. Justice Harbottle
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The crowd / Ray Bradbury
The autopsy / Michael Shea
John Charrington's wedding / E. Nesbit
Sticks / Karl Edward Wagner
Larger than oneself / Robert Aickman
Belsen Express / Fritz Leiber
Yours truly, Jack the Ripper / Robert Bloch
If Damon comes / Charles L. Grant
Vandy, Vandy / Manly Wade Wellman
pt. 2. The Medusa in the shield. The swords / Robert Aickman
The roaches / Thomas M. Disch
Bright segment / Theodore Sturgeon
Dread / Clive Barker
The fall of the house of Usher / Edgar Allen Poe
The monkey / Stephen King
Within the walls of Tyre / Michael Bishop
The rats in the walls / H. P. Lovecraft
Schalken the painter / J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A rose for Emily / William Faulkner
How love came to Professor Guildea / Robert Hichens
Born of man and woman / Richard Matheson
My dear Emily / Joanna Russ
You can go now / Dennis Etchison
The rocking-horse winner / D. H. Lawrence
Three days / Tanith Lee
Good country people / Flannery O'Connor
Mackintosh Willy / Ramsey Campbell
The jolly corner / Henry James
pt. 3. A fabulous formless darkness. Smoke ghost / Fritz Leiber
Seven American nights / Gene Wolfe
The signal-man / Charles Dickens
Crouch End / Stephen King
Night-side / Joyce Carol Oates
Seaton's aunt / Walter de la Mare
Clara Militch / Ivan Turgenev
The repairer of reputations / Robert W. Chambers
The beckoning fair one / Oliver Onions
What was it? / Fitz-James O'Brien
The beautiful stranger / Shirley Jackson
The damned thing / Ambrose Bierce
Afterward / Edith Wharton
The willows / Algernon Blackwood
The Asian shore / Thomas M. Disch
The hospice / Robert Aickman
A little something for us tempunauts / Philip K. Dick.

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1011 p. ;
Number of pages
1011

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OL22859349M
ISBN 10
0312862172
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