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Summary
(From the publisher):
Welcome to mystery's exalted secret kingdom. Do not be afraid. Boris Karloff is here to light your way down the dark, shuddering corridors of blood-chilling suspense. Come in, if you dare. Watch out for trap doors. And, oh yes, please close them behind you when you leave... if you still can...
Contents:
- The Thirteenth Floor by Frank Gruber
- Child of the Winds by Edmond Hamilton
- The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Opener of the Crypt by John Jakes
- The Thing That Walked on the Wind by August Derleth
- The Scarlet King by Evan Hunter
- The Graveyard Reader by Theodore Sturgeon
- The Mindworm by C. M. Kornbluth
- Back from the Grave by Robert Silverberg
- Man from the South by Roald Dahl
- The Opener of the Way by Robert Bloch
- The Haunter of the Dark by H. P. Lovecraft
Original title: Boris Karloff's Favorite Horror Stories
Alternative titles: The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Horror→ General
The following works are contained within this one:
Cask of Amontillado, the (1846) [Short Story]
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Thing that Walked on the Wind, the (1933) [Short Story]
Author: August Derleth
Child of the Winds (1936) [Short Story]
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Opener of the Way, the (1936) [Short Story]
Author: Robert Bloch
Thirteenth Floor, the (1940) [Short Story]
Author: Frank Gruber
Man from the South (1948) [Short Story]
Author: Roald Dahl
Mindworm, the (1950) [Short Story]
Author: Cyril M. Kornbluth
Opener of the Crypt, the (1952) [Short Story]
Author: John Jakes
Scarlet King, the (1955) [Short Story]
Author: Evan Hunter
Back from the Grave (1958) [Short Story]
Author: Robert Silverberg
Graveyard Reader, the (1958) [Short Story]
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
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