Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown

This new treasury of terror will propel you through fifty-eight stories and poems of fear and nightmare. Like its companion volume, Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural, this collection intends to terrify the reader with the cosmic fear of the unknown, not merely horrify with blood and gore. The modern and classic authors represented are some of the most distinguished and popular of our time. Joyce Carol Oates writes about a man who starts to see long-dead acquaintances - alive. John Jakes recounts the unnatural desire of "The Man Who Wanted to Be in Movies" and Winston Churchill tells of the natural fear of a man lost at sea. Of special interest is the poem by W. S. Gilbert (of Gilbert & Sullivan) and the story by Gaston Leroux (author of The Phantom of the Opera). Other authors include Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, Richard Matheson, Joanna Russ, Theodore Sturgeon, Guy de Maupassant, Michael Moorcock, Parke Godwin, Willa Cather, A. Merritt, Isaac Asimov, Frederick Pohl, and Jack Vance. Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown is expertly compiled by Marvin Kaye, who provides fascinating notes with each selection and an Introduction that provides further insights into the genres of terror and horror. CONTENTS Gather Ye Nosegays • essay by Marvin Kaye Ghosts and Miscellaneous Nightmares • essay by Marvin Kaye he Others • (1987) • short story by Joyce Carol Oates Tap Dancing • (1991) • short story by John Gregory Betancourt The Hungry Stones • (1916) • short story by Rabindranath Tagore The Southwest Chamber • (1903) • novelette by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman The Lost Room • (1858) • short story by Fitz-James O'Brien The Ghost to His Ladye Love • (1869) • poem by W. S. Gilbert The Happy Children • (1920) • short story by Arthur Machen Darby O'Gill and the Good People • (1901) • short story by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh Keeping His Promise • (1906) • short story by Algernon Blackwood A Day in the Life of Comrade Lenin • short story by Carole Buggé The Throwing Suit • (1990) • short story by Darrell Schweitzer and Jason Van Hollander The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies • (1962) • short story by John Jakes The Beast Within • essay by Marvin Kaye Fidel Bassin • (1925) • short story by W. J. Stamper Unsigned Original • (1975) • short story by Parke Godwin The Clemency of the Court • (1893) • short story by Willa Cather The Empty Zoo • (1965) • short story by Edward D. Hoch Beyond Sleep • (1970) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg Finnegan's Wake • (unknown) • poem by Traditional Bianca's Hands • (1947) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon The Iron Man • (1940) • short story by Frederick Lang Sagittarius • (1962) • novella by Ray Russell Wolf • (1966) • short story by Michael Moorcock An Illusion in Red and White • (1900) • short story by Stephen Crane Acts of God and Other Horrors • essay by Marvin Kaye Man Overboard • (1899) • short story by Winston Churchill (variant of "Man Overboard!") The People of the Pit • (1918) • short story by A. Merritt In the Avu Observatory • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells In the Valley of the Shades • short story by C. H. Sherman The Thing in the Hall • (1912) • short story by E. F. Benson The Inchcape Rock • (1802) • poem by Robert Southey Mr. Wilde's Second Chance • (1966) • short story by Joanna Russ The Dreams in the Witch-House • (1933) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft The Little Man on the Subway • (1950) • short story by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl The Poems • (1945) • short story by Ray Bradbury Vision Quest • short story by Pat LoBrutto Contes Cruelles • essay by Marvin Kaye The Man in the Bottle • (1973) • short story by Gustav Meyrink A Diagnosis of Death • (1901) • short story by Ambrose Bierce Remember Me • short story by Joan Vander Putten The Pardon • (1883) • short story by Emilia Pardo Bazán The One Thousand Dozen • (1903) • short story by Jack London Carmanda • (1976) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson The Spirit of Hospitality • (1991) • poem by Saralee Kaye The Cripple • (1933) • short story by Maurice Level The Squaw • (1893) • short story by Bram Stoker Pictures • short story by Irving Werner The Necklace • (1946) • short story by Jack Moffitt Fiends and Creatures • essay by Marvin Kaye Midnight • (1946) • short story by Jack Snow Ms. Lipshutz and the Goblin • (1978) • short story by Marvin Kaye Amina • (1907) • short story by Edward Lucas White Simpson's Lesser Sphynx • (1984) • short story by Esther M. Friesner Dress of White Silk • (1951) • short story by Richard Matheson The Palace of the Mountain A Chinese Hansel and Gretel • short story by Toby Sanders Snow White Waking • (1991) • poem by Adèle Slaughter The Little Witch of Elm Street • (1956) • short story by Mildred Clingerman The Brown Man's Servant • (1896) • novelette by W. W. Jacobs Poppa Bear • (1989) • short story by Alvin Vogel In Letters of Fire • [L'homme qui ...