European Tales of Terror ed. J. J. Strating (Fontana, December 1968, 1852, 5/-, 222pp, pb, an)
11 stories selected from a variety of European fiction.
- 9 · Introduction · J. J. Strating · in
- 13 · Ghosts! · Marie Luise Kaschnitz; translated by J. J. Strating & Mrs. V. M. Schäfer-Shute · ss (r)
- 25 · An Apparition · Knut Hamsun · ss
translated from the Norwegian (“Et Spøkelse”, 1898).
- 34 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant; translated by H. N. P. Sloman · ss (r)
translated from the French (“Qui sait?”, L’Echo de Paris, April 6, 1890).
- 51 · The Idol of the Cyclades · Julio Cortázar; translated by Paul Blackburn · ss End of the Game, and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar, Pantheon Books, 1967
translated from the Spanish.
- 62 · Vampires Ltd. · Josef Nesvadba; translated by Iris Urwin · ss Vampires Ltd. by Josef Nesvadba, tr. Iris Urwin, Artia, 1964
translated from the Czech (“Upír Ltd”, Výprava opačným směrem, 1962).
- 75 · The Executioner · Honoré de Balzac · ss The Cosmopolitan September 1888
translated from the French (“El Verdugo”, La Mode, January 30, 1830).
- 89 · In the Penal Settlement · Franz Kafka; translated by Edwin Muir & Willa Muir · nv The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919).
- 125 · The Fate of the Baron · Arthur Schnitzler; translated by Eric Sutton · ss Little Novels, Simon and Schuster, 1929
translated from the German (Die Frau des Weisen: Noveletten, 1898).
- 149 · Just the Very Thing They Wanted · Dino Buzzati; translated by Judith Landry · ss Catastrophe by Dino Buzzati, Calder & Boyars, 1965
translated from the Italian.
- 165 · Our Father Who Art in Heaven · Valentin Katayev; translated by Marie Winn · ss (r)
- 178 · The Great Happening · Belcampo; translated by J. J. Strating & Mrs. V. M. Schäfer-Shute · nv (r)
- 218 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg
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