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.
Introduction (The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural) essay by Stephen King
Hop-Frog (1849) short story by Edgar Allan Poe
Rappaccini's Daughter (1844) novelette by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Squire Toby's Will (1868) novelette by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Squaw (1893) short story by Bram Stoker
The Jolly Corner (1908) novelette by Henry James
"Man Overboard!" (1898) short story by Winston Churchill
The Hand (1919) short story by Theodore Dreiser
The Valley of Spiders (1903) short story by H. G. Wells
The Middle Toe of the Right Foot (1890) short story by Ambrose Bierce
Pickman's Model (1927) short story by H.P. Lovecraft
Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (1943) short story by Robert Bloch
The Screaming Laugh (1938) novelette by Cornell Woolrich
A Rose for Emily (1930) short story by William Faulkner
Bianca's Hands (1947) short story by Theodore Sturgeon
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes (1949) short story by Fritz Leiber
Shut a Final Door (1947) short story by Truman Capote
Come and Go Mad (1949) novelette by Fredric Brown
The Scarlet King (1955) short story by Evan Hunter
Sticks (1974) novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
Sardonicus (1961) novelette by Ray Russell
A Teacher's Rewards (1970) short story by Robert S. Phillips
The Roaches (1965) short story by Thomas M. Disch
The Jam (1958) short story by Henry Slesar
Black Wind (1979) short story by Bill Pronzini
The Road to Mictlantecutli (1965) short story by Adobe James
Passengers (1968) short story by Robert Silverberg
The Explosives Expert (1967) short story by John Lutz
Call First (1975) short story by Ramsey Campbell
The Fly (1952) short story by Arthur Porges
Namesake (1981) short story by Elizabeth Morton
Camps (1979) novelette by Jack Dann
You Know Willie (1957) short story by Theodore R. Cogswell
The Mindworm (1950) short story by C.M. Kornbluth
Warm (1953) short story by Robert Sheckley
Transfer (1975) short story by Barry N. Malzberg
The Doll (1980) novelette by Joyce Carol Oates
If Damon Comes (1978) short story by Charles L. Grant
Mass Without Voices (1979) shortfiction by Arthur L. Samuels
The Oblong Room (1967) short story by Edward D. Hoch
The Party (1967) short story by William F. Nolan
The Crate (1979) novelette by Stephen King

Bill Pronzini; Martin H. Greenberg; Barry N. Malzberg; Stephen King; Edgar Allan Poe; Nathaniel Hawthorne; J. Sheridan Le Fanu; Bram Stoker; Henry James; Theodore Dreiser; H.G. Wells; Ambrose Bierce; H.P. Lovecraft; Robert Bloch; Cornell Woolrich; William Faulkner; Theodore Sturgeon; Fritz Leiber; Truman Capote; Fredric Brown; Evan Hunter; Karl Edward Wagner; Ray Russell; Robert S. Phillips; Thomas M. Disch; Henry Slesar; Robert Silverberg; John Lutz; Ramsey Campbell; Arthur Porges; Elizabeth Morton; Jack Dann; Theodore R. Cogswell; C.M. Kornbluth; Robert Sheckley; Joyce Carol Oates; Charles L. Grant; Edward D. Hoch; William F. Nolan; Adobe James; Arthur L. Samuels

compiled by Bill Pronzini, Barry N. Malzberg, and Martin H. Greenberg; with an introduction by Stephen King

Bill Pronzini; Barry N Malzberg; Martin Harry Greenberg; Stephen King

Pronzini, Bill; Malzberg, Barry N; Greenberg, Martin Harry

HarperCollins Publishers

New York: Arbor House

United States, United States of America

New York, New York State, 1981

Priam books, New York, ©1981

Priam books, New York, c1981

1981-05-01

US, 1981

Contains:
Hop frog / Edgar Allan Poe --
[Rappaccini's Daughter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455378W) / 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](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL82884W/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.

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.

599 p. ; 24 cm

2023-06-28