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A spellbinding collection of forty-one of the genre's finest—and most chilling—tales, 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 current undisputed master of the supernatural, Stephen King.
--back cover

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Publisher
Quill
Language
English
Pages
599

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Cover of: Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural
Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural
1991, Quill
Paperback in English - printing (2)
Cover of: The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural
December 30, 1986, Random House Value Publishing
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural
1981, Arbor House
hardcover in English
Cover of: The Arbor House treasury of horror and the supernatural
The Arbor House treasury of horror and the supernatural
1981, Arbor House, Arbor House Pub Co
Paperback in English

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Table of Contents

Hop frog / Edgar Allan Poe --
Rappaccini's daugher / 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 / 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.

Edition Notes

Reprint. Originally published: The Arbor House treasury of horror and the supernatural. New York : Arbor House, c1981.

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New York
Copyright Date
1981

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.0873808
Library of Congress
PS648.H6 A73 1991, PS648.H6A73 1991

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
599 p. ;
Number of pages
599

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1543559M
Internet Archive
classictalesofho0000unse
ISBN 10
0688109632
ISBN 13
9780688109639
LCCN
91022535
OCLC/WorldCat
23940583
Library Thing
524312
Goodreads
2212425

Work Description

Contains:
Hop frog / Edgar Allan Poe --
Rappaccini's Daughter / 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 / 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.

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