The Hell of Mirrors (var. 1) ed. Peter Haining (Sidgwick & Jackson, August 1974, 0-283-98199-7, £3.50, 239pp, hc, an)
A substantially revised version of Haining’s original anthology, now designed to show the development of horror fiction in the last two centuries. Paperback edition retitled Everyman’s Book of Classic Horror Stories.
- ix · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- 1 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838
- 19 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 35 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851
revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1939).
- 63 · The Drowned Man · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French (“Le Noyé”, Le Gaulois, August 16, 1888).
- 71 · The Sandman · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv (r)
translated from the German (“Der Sandmann”, Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816).
- 107 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890
- 117 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893
- 132 · “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” · M. R. James · nv Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 155 · Old Man of Visions · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907
- 166 · The Nameless City [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Wolverine #11, November 1921
- 181 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958
- 199 · The Emissary · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947
- 208 · The Hell of Mirrors · Edogawa Rampo; translated by J. B. Harris · ss Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edogawa Rampo, Tuttle, 1956
- 219 · Danse Macabre · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #61, 1963
- 231 · The Fanatic · Arthur Porges · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination December 1964
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