The Campfire Collection ed. Eric B. Martin (Chronicle, May 2000, 0-8118-2454-3, $15.95, ix+245pp, tp, an)
Subtitled “Spine-Tingling Tales to Tell in the Dark”.
- viii · Introduction · Eric B. Martin · in (r)
- · Part I: The Elements
- 2 · The Snow-Shoers · George R. Stewart · ex from Ordeal by Hunger, Henry Holt, 1936
- 15 · The Birthday Boys · Beryl Bainbridge · ex (r)
- 22 · K2 · Greg Child · ex from Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas, Mountaineers Books, 1988
- 41 · Cadillac Desert · Marc Reisner · ex Viking, 1986
- 54 · The Seventh Man · Haruki Murakami · ss (r)
- 71 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902
- 91 · A Descent Into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841
- · Part II: Beasts
- 114 · The Hyena · Paul Bowles · ss Transatlantic Review #11, Winter 1962
- 119 · “Come Quick! I’m Being Eaten by a Bear!” · Larry Kanuit · ts (r)
- 128 · The Wolves of Aguila · Peter Mathiessen · ss (r)
- · Part III: The Unknown
- 150 · The Cremation of Sam McGee · Robert W. Service · pm Songs of a Sourdough by Robert W. Service, Briggs, 1907
- 156 · The Marfa Lights · Judith Brueske · ex 1988
- 163 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943
- 178 · The Red Man · Eric Martin · ss (r)
- · Part IV: Ourselves
- 196 · Hunters in the Snow · Tobias Wolff · ss TriQuarterly #48, Spring 1980
- 216 · For Everything Its Season · John Long · ss (r)
- 229 · McTeague · Frank Norris · n. Doubleday & McClure, 1899
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