Wolf’s Complete Book of Terror ed. Leonard Wolf (Clarkson N. Potter, 1979, 0-517-53634-X, $14.95, 473pp, hc, an)
- xiii · Introduction · Leonard Wolf · in
- 1 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday, 1973
- 7 · I Love My Love · Helen Adam · pm (r)
- 10 · I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream · Harlan Ellison · ss If March 1967
- 22 · The Tattooer · Junichiro Tanizaki; translated by Howard Hibbett · ss Seven Japanese Tales by Junichiro Tanizaki, Knopf, 1963
translated from the Japanese.
- 27 · A selection from Steps (pp. 47-53) · Jerzy Kosinski · ex Random House, 1968
- 30 · Axolotl · Julio Cortázar; translated by Paul Blackburn · ss End of the Game, and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar, Random House, 1967
translated from the Spanish (1956).
- 34 · The Wish · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953
- 37 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948
- 44 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
- 58 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943
- 67 · The Last Night of the World · Ray Bradbury · ss Esquire February 1951
- 71 · Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Summer 1950
- 74 · Piazza Piece · John Crowe Ransom · pm Fugitive January 14 1925
- 75 · The South · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Anthony Kerrigan · ss Ficciones by Jorge Luís Borges, Weidenfeld Nicolson, 1962
translated from the Spanish (“El Sur”, La Nación, October 11, 1953).
- 80 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv Playboy June 1957
translated from the French (“La mouche”, Nouvelles de l’anti-monde, Robert Laffont, 1962).
- 105 · The Doll · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Doll, and One Other by Algernon Blackwood, Arkham House, 1946
- 129 · The Ghost · Richard Hughes · vi A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926
- 132 · The Hunted Beast · T. F. Powys · ss The White Paternoster by T. F. Powys, Chatto & Windus, 1930
- 140 · End · Langston Hughes · pm Selected Poems by Langston Hughes, Alfred A Knopf, 1959
- 141 · The Rival Dummy · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty August 18 1928
- 149 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills Boon, 1912
- 156 · Lukundoo · Edward Lucas White · ss Weird Tales November 1925
- 167 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910
- 171 · The Picture in the House · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The National Amateur July 1919
- 178 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895
- 190 · The Spider · Hanns Heinz Ewers · nv The International December 1915
translated from the German (“Die Spinne”, 1908).
- 205 · The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains · Captain Frederick Marryat · ex The New Monthly Magazine July 1839, as “Krantz’s Narrative”
- 220 · Tchériapin · Sax Rohmer · ss The Sovereign Magazine April 1920
- 233 · My Doll Janie · Lola Ridge · pm Sun-up and Other Poems by Lola Ridge, B. W. Huebsch, 1920
- 234 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- 243 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1)
- 253 · Manacled · Stephen Crane · vi The Argosy (UK) August 1900
- 256 · Yuki-Onna · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn, Houghton Mifflin, 1904
- 259 · Mujina · Lafcadio Hearn · vi Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn, Houghton Mifflin, 1904
- 261 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893
- 270 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892
- 283 · The Black Mass · Joris Karl Huysmans · ex from Down There, Boni & Liveright, 1924
translated from the French (Là-Bas, Tresse & Stock, 1891).
- 291 · The Magic Shirt · [uncredited] · vi (r)
- 292 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3)
- 317 · Not to Be Taken at Bed-Time · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, uncredited.
- 328 · The Very Sad Tale of the Matches · Heinrich Hoffmann · pm (r)
- 330 · The Man-Tiger · [uncredited] · vi (r)
- 331 · The Hours in the Life of a Lousy-Haired Man · Comte de Lautréamont; translated by Guy Wernham · ex 1943
translated from the French (Maldoror, 1868).
- 335 · Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood · James Malcolm Rymer · ex E. Lloyd, 1847, uncredited.
- 340 · The Horla, or Modern Ghosts · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886).
- 358 · A Carrion · Charles Pierre Baudelaire · pm (r)
- 361 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842
- 372 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843
- 379 · The Birthmark · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Pioneer March 1843
- 392 · La Belle Helene · Prosper Mérimée · ss (r)
- 396 · Nuckelavee · [uncredited] · vi (r)
- 398 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848
written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820.
- 401 · Isabella, or The Pot of Basil · John Keats · pm Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems by John Keats, Taylor and Hessey, 1820
- 417 · The Erl-King · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · pm (r)
translated from the German (“Der Erlkönig”, 1782).
- 418 · The Count de Gernande · Marquis de Sade · ex from Justine, 1791
- 429 · Lord Randal · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 431 · The Painted Skin · P’u Sung-Ling · ss Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio by Herbert A. Giles, De La Rue, 1880
translated from the Chinese (Liao Chai, 1679).
- 434 · Satan at the Gates of Hell · John Milton · ex from Paradise Lost, Book II, 1667
- 440 · The Milk-White Doo · [uncredited] · vi (r)
- 442 · The Wife of Usher’s Well · [uncredited] · pm Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly March 1884
- 445 · Bluebeard · Charles Perrault · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Barbe Bleue”, Histoires ou Contes du temps passé, Paris, 1697).
- 449 · The Vampire · Lucius Apuleius · ex from The Golden Ass, ca. 160
- 455 · Jaël · [uncredited] · ex from Book of Judges (r)
- 461 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg
- 465 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi
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