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Summary
(IBList user synopsis):
Anthology of 29 ghost stories, with an introduction by Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
- Introduction: The Borders of the Unknown by Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
- Double Vision by Mary Higgins Clark
- This Is Death [“In at the Death”] by Donald E. Westlake
- Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes by Harlan Ellison
- Little Jimmy by Lester del Rey
- Poor Little Saturday by Madeleine L’Engle
- On 202 by Jeff Hecht
- Ransom Cowl Walks the Road by Nancy Varian Berberick
- School for the Unspeakable by Manly Wade Wellman
- The Stormsong Runner by Jack L. Chalker
- Harry’s Ghost by Talmage Powell
- Herbert West—Reanimator [“Grewsome Tales”] by H. P. Lovecraft
- The Caller in the Night by Burton Kline
- Professor Kate by Margaret St. Clair
- The Guns of William Longley by Donald Hamilton
- Clay-Shuttered Doors by Helen R. Hull
- The Stranger by Ambrose Bierce
- Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates
- Drawer 14 by Talmage Powell
- The Jest of Warburg Tantavul by Seabury Quinn
- One of the Dead by William Wood
- Emmett by Dahlov Ipcar
- Night Court by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
- The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce
- The Ghosts of Steamboat Coulee by Arthur J. Burks
- He Walked by Day by Julius Long
- The Phantom Farmhouse by Seabury Quinn
- Stillwater, 1896 by Michael Cassutt
- Ride the Thunder by Jack Cady
- The Resting Place by Oliver LaFarge
Edited by Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg
Original title: Great American Ghost Stories
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Horror→ Ghosts
The following works are contained within this one:
Boarded Window, the (1889) [Short Story]
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Stranger, the (1909) [Short Story]
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Caller in the Night, the (1917) [Short Story]
Author: Burton Kline
Herbert West—Reanimator (1922) [Short Story]
Author: H. P. Lovecraft
Phantom Farmhouse, the (1923) [Short Story]
Author: Seabury Quinn
Ghosts of Steamboat Coulee, the (1926) [Short Story]
Author: Arthur J. Burks
Clay-Shuttered Doors (1926) [Short Story]
Author: Helen R. Hull
Jest of Warburg Tantavul, the (1934) [Short Story]
Author: Seabury Quinn
He Walked by Day (1934) [Short Story]
Author: Julius Long
School for the Unspeakable (1937) [Short Story]
Author: Manly Wade Wellman
Professor Kate (1951) [Short Story]
Author: Margaret St. Clair
Night Court (1953) [Short Story]
Author: Mary Elizabeth Counselman
Resting Place, the (1954) [Short Story]
Author: Oliver Lafarge
Poor Little Saturday (1956) [Short Story]
Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Little Jimmy (1957) [Short Story]
Author: Lester del Rey
One of the Dead (1964) [Short Story]
Author: William Wood
Drawer 14 (1965) [Short Story]
Author: Talmage Powell
Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes (1967) [Novelette]
Author: Harlan Ellison
Ride the Thunder (1967) [Short Story]
Author: Jack Cady
Guns of William Longley, the (1967) [Short Story]
Author: Donald Hamilton
Harry's Ghost (1973) [Short Story]
Author: Talmage Powell
This Is Death (1977) [Short Story]
Author: Donald E. Westlake
Night-side (1977) [Short Story]
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Stormsong Runner, the (1979) [Short Story]
Author: Jack L. Chalker
On 202 (1981) [Short Story]
Author: Jeff Hecht
Stillwater, 1896 (1984) [Short Story]
Author: Michael Cassutt
Ransom Cowl Walks the Road (1988) [Short Story]
Author: Nancy Varian Berberick
Double Vision (1988) [Short Story]
Author: Mary Higgins Clark
Emmett (1990) [Short Story]
Author: Dahlov Ipcar
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