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Summary
(IBList user synopsis):
Reprint (Arbor House 1981 as The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural) anthology. Omits one story, “Mass Without Voices” by Arthur L. Samuels, in order to make it an abridgement of the original. This is an instant remainder book.
Contents:
- Introduction by Stephen King
- Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe
- Rappaccini’s Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Squire Toby’s Will by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- The Squaw by Bram Stoker
- The Jolly Corner by Henry James
- “Man Overboard!” by Winston Churchill
- The Hand by Theodore Dreiser
- The Valley of the Spiders by H. G. Wells
- The Middle Toe of the Right Foot by Ambrose Bierce
- Pickman’s Model by H. P. Lovecraft
- Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper by Robert Bloch
- The Screaming Laugh by Cornell Woolrich
- A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
- Bianca’s Hands by Theodore Sturgeon
- The Girl with the Hungry Eyes by Fritz Leiber
- Shut a Final Door by Truman Capote
- Come and Go Mad by Fredric Brown
- The Scarlet King by Evan Hunter
- Sticks by Karl Edward Wagner
- Sardonicus by Ray Russell
- A Teacher’s Rewards by Robert S. Phillips
- The Roaches by Thomas M. Disch
- The Jam by Henry Slesar
- Black Wind by Bill Pronzini
- The Road to Mictlantecutli by Adobe James
- Passengers by Robert Silverberg
- The Explosives Expert by John Lutz
- Call First by Ramsey Campbell
- The Fly by Arthur Porges
- Namesake by Elizabeth Morton
- Camps by Jack M. Dann
- You Know Willie by Theodore R. Cogswell
- The Mindworm by Cyril M. Kornbluth
- Warm by Robert Sheckley
- Transfer by Barry N. Malzberg
- The Doll by Joyce Carol Oates
- If Damon Comes by Charles L. Grant
- The Oblong Room by Edward D. Hoch
- The Party by William F. Nolan
- The Crate by Stephen King
Original title: The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural
Alternative titles: Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Horror→ General
The following works are contained within this one:
Rappaccini's Daughter (1844) [Short Story]
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hop-Frog (1849) [Short Story]
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Squire Toby's Will (1867) [Short Story]
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Middle Toe of the Right Foot, the (1890) [Short Story]
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Squaw, the (1893) [Short Story]
Author: Bram Stoker
"Man Overboard!" (1899) [Short Story]
Author: Winston Churchill
Valley of the Spiders, the (1903) [Short Story]
Author: H. G. Wells
Jolly Corner, the (1908) [Short Story]
Author: Henry James
Hand, the (1919) [Short Story]
Author: Theodore Dreiser
Pickman's Model (1927) [Short Story]
Author: H. P. Lovecraft
Rose for Emily, a (1930) [Short Story]
Author: William Faulkner
Screaming Laugh, the (1938) [Short Story]
Author: Cornell Woolrich
Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (1943) [Short Story]
Author: Robert Bloch
Shut a Final Door (1947) [Short Story]
Author: Truman Capote
Bianca’s Hands (1947) [Short Story]
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Come and Go Mad (1949) [Short Story]
Author: Fredric Brown
Girl with the Hungry Eyes, the (1949) [Short Story]
Author: Fritz Leiber
Mindworm, the (1950) [Short Story]
Author: Cyril M. Kornbluth
Fly, the (1952) [Short Story]
Author: Arthur Porges
Warm (1953) [Short Story]
Author: Robert Sheckley
Scarlet King, the (1955) [Short Story]
Author: Evan Hunter
You Know Willie (1957) [Short Story]
Author: Theodore R. Cogswell
Jam, the (1958) [Short Story]
Author: Henry Slesar
Sardonicus (1961) [Short Story]
Author: Ray Russell
Roaches, the (1965) [Short Story]
Author: Thomas M. Disch
Road to Mictlantecutli, the (1965) [Short Story]
Author: Adobe James
Explosives Expert, the (1967) [Short Story]
Author: John Lutz
Party, the (1967) [Short Story]
Author: William F. Nolan
Oblong Room, the (1967) [Short Story]
Author: Edward D. Hoch
Passengers (1968) [Short Story]
Author: Robert Silverberg
Teacher’s Rewards, a (1970) [Short Story]
Author: Robert Phillips
Sticks (1974) [Short Story]
Author: Karl Edward Wagner
Call First (1975) [Short Story]
Author: Ramsey Campbell
Transfer (1975) [Short Story]
Author: Barry N. Malzberg
If Damon Comes (1978) [Short Story]
Author: Charles L. Grant
Black Wind (1979) [Short Story]
Author: Bill Pronzini
Camps (1979) [Short Story]
Author: Jack Dann
Crate, the (1979) [Short Story]
Author: Stephen King
Doll, the (1980) [Short Story]
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Namesake (1981) [Short Story]
Author: Elizabeth Morton
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