H.P. Lovecraft’s Book of the Supernatural ed. Stephen Jones (Pegasus Books, September 2006, 1-933648-01-5, $15.95, xxiv+483pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 20 classic stories deemed by Lovecraft to be influential to the horror field. Illustrated by Randy Broeker. Authors include Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, and Arthur Machen.
- xv · Supernatural Horror in Literature · Stephen Jones · in
- xix · Notes on Writing Weird Fiction · H. P. Lovecraft · ar Amateur Correspondent May/June 1937
- 1 · The Tale of the German Student · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon, John Murray, 1824, as “The Adventure of the German Student”
- 11 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885
- 33 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Qui sait?”, L’Echo de Paris, April 6, 1890).
- 49 · The Invisible Eye · Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Charles S. Cheltnam · nv Temple Bar December 1870
translated from the French (“L’œil invisible ou L’auberge des trois pendus”, 1857).
- 71 · The Torture by Hope · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; translated by Mary J. Safford · ss Short Stories July 1894
translated from the French (“La Torture par l’Espérance”, Nouveaux Contes Cruels, La Librairie Illustrée, 1888).
- 79 · Ms. Found in a Bottle · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Baltimore Saturday Visitor October 19 1833
- 93 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.
- 111 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890
- 123 · The Turn of the Screw [Turn of the Screw] · Henry James · na Collier’s Weekly January 27 1898 (+11)
- 255 · The Dead Smile · F. Marion Crawford · nv Ainslee’s Magazine August 1899
- 283 · The Wind in the Rose-Bush · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · nv Everybody’s Magazine February 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins
- 305 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892
- 327 · The Recrudescence of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Life’s Handicap by Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan, 1891
- 343 · The Hands of the Karma · Lafcadio Hearn · ss In Ghostly Japan by Lafcadio Hearn, Little Brown, 1899, as “Ingwa-Banashi”
- 379 · The Red Lodge · H. R. Wakefield · ss They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928
- 397 · The Captain of the “Pole-Star” · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Temple Bar January 1883
- 427 · The Villa Désirée · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1921
- 443 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907
- 461 · The Novel of the White Powder · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895
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