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A spellbinding collection of 41 of the genre's finest — and most chilling — tales, here is the definitive, the reliable, the indispensable volume of horror and the beyond, com- piled by three of the field's top contributors and authorities and introduced by the current undisputed master of the supernatural, Stephen King.

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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, Arbor House Pub Co
Paperback 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
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Table of Contents

Introduction --
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

Copyright Date
1981

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.0872/08
Library of Congress
PS648.H6 A73 1981, PS648.H6A73 1981

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
599 p. ;
Number of pages
599

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4122966M
Internet Archive
arborhousetreasu0000unse_d0m9
ISBN 10
0877953198
ISBN 13
9780877953197
LCCN
80070220
OCLC/WorldCat
7435307
Library Thing
807321
Goodreads
1786791

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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