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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories

  • Vilas Sarang,
  • Augustus Muir,
  • D. K. Broster,
  • John Metcalfe,
  • John Russell,
  • E. F. Benson,
  • William Hope Hodgson,
  • James Hogg,
  • Robert Louis Stevenson,
  • Gerald Kersh,
  • Montague Rhodes James,
  • Monica Dickens,
  • Muriel Spark,
  • William Faulkner,
  • J. A. Cuddon,
  • John Lennon,
  • Guy de Maupassant,
  • Prosper Mérimée,
  • Lord Dunsany,
  • Yvor Winters,
  • Evelyn Waugh,
  • Geoffrey Household,
  • Roald Dahl,
  • Franz Kafka,
  • Patricia Highsmith,
  • Ambrose Bierce,
  • Honoré de Balzac,
  • Robert Graves,
  • H. G. Wells,
  • Émile Zola,
  • Henry James,
  • Edgar Allan Poe,
  • Ray Bradbury,
  • Anonymous,
  • Carl Stephenson,
  • Alfred McLelland Burrage,
  • Perceval Landon,
  • William Fryer Harvey,
  • L.P. Hartley,
  • Dorothy K. Haynes,
  • Will F. Jenkins,
  • Dawn Muscillo,
  • J.N. Allan

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The Monk of horror, or The Conclave of corpses, by Anonymous The Astrologer's prediction, or The Maniac's fate, by Anonymous The expedition to Hell, by James Hogg Mateo Falcone, by Prosper Merimee Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, by Edgar Allan Poe Le Grande Breteche, by Honore de Balzac The romance of certain old clothes, by Henry James Who knows?, by Guy de Maupassant The body snatcher, by Robert Louis Stevenson The death of Olivier Becaille, by Emile Zola The boarded window, by Ambrose Bierce Lost hearts, by M.R. James The sea-raiders, by H.G. Wells The derelict, by William Hope Hodgson Thurnley Abbey, by Perceval Landon The fourth man, by John Russell In the penal colony, by Franz Kafka The waxwork, by A.M. Burrage Mrs. Amworth, by E.F. Benson The reptile, by Augustus Muir Mr. Meldrum's Mania, by John Metcalfe The beast with five fingers, by William Fryer Harvey Dry September, by William Faulkner Couching at the door, by D.K. Broster The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany The man who liked Dickens, by Evelyn Waugh Taboo, by Geoffrey Household The thought, by L.P. Hartley Comrade death, by Gerald Kersh Leningen versus the ants, by Carl Stephenson The brink of darkness, by Yvor Winters Activity time, by Monica Dickens Earth to Earth, by Robert Graves The dwarf, by Ray Bradbury The Portabello Road, by Muriel Spark No flies on Frank, by John Lennon Sister Coxall's revenge, by Dawn Muscillo Thou shalt not suffer a witch ..., by Dorothy K. Haynes The terrapin, by Patricia Highsmith Man from the south, by Roald Dahl Uneasy home-coming, by Will F. Jenkins The Aquarist, by J.N. Allan An interview with M. Chakko, by Vilas Sarang

Genres

  • Horror tales
  • Short stories
  • Cadillacs
  • Mesmerism
  • Fiction
  • suspense
  • horror
  • hoaxes
  • narration
  • pseudoscience
  • Hypnagogia
  • animal magnetism
  • hypnotism
  • tuberculosis
  • Fiction, short stories (single author)
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    About the authors

    • Vilas Sarang

      born 1942

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      0 ratings · 22 works

    • Augustus Muir

      1892 - 1982

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      0 ratings · 29 works

    • D. K. Broster

      2 September 1877 - 7 February 1950

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      0 ratings · 53 works

    • John Metcalfe

      born 1932

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      0 ratings · 87 works

    • John Russell

      22 January 1919 - 23 August 2008

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      0 ratings · 66 works

    • E. F. Benson

      24 July 1867 - 29 February 1940

      3.78

      23 ratings · 216 works

    • William Hope Hodgson

      15 November 1877 - 19 April 1918

      3.00

      7 ratings · 445 works

    • James Hogg

      1770 - 1835

      3.00

      1 ratings · 356 works

    • Robert Louis Stevenson

      13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894

      3.84

      317 ratings · 8065 works

    • Gerald Kersh

      1911 - 1968

      4.00

      1 ratings · 55 works

    • Montague Rhodes James

      1 Aug 1862 - 12 Jun 1936

      4.17

      18 ratings · 272 works

    • Monica Dickens

      1915 - 1992

      5.00

      1 ratings · 164 works

    • Muriel Spark

      1918 - 2006

      3.88

      16 ratings · 128 works

    • William Faulkner

      25 September 1897 - 6 July 1962

      3.77

      93 ratings · 877 works

    • J. A. Cuddon

      1928 - 1996

      4.00

      1 ratings · 20 works

    • John Lennon

      9 October 1940 - 8 December 1980

      4.00

      5 ratings · 104 works

    • Guy de Maupassant

      5 Aug 1850 - 2 Mar 1893

      3.96

      75 ratings · 2583 works

    • Prosper Mérimée

      1803 - 1870

      3.50

      4 ratings · 559 works

    • Lord Dunsany

      24 July 1878 - 25 October 1957

      3.88

      17 ratings · 264 works

    • Yvor Winters

      1900 - 1968

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      0 ratings · 56 works

    • Evelyn Waugh

      1903-10-28 - 19661966-04-10

      3.71

      45 ratings · 612 works

    • Geoffrey Household

      30 November 1900 - 4 October 1988

      3.71

      7 ratings · 53 works

    • Roald Dahl

      13 September 1916 - 23 November 1990

      4.03

      1426 ratings · 708 works

    • Franz Kafka

      3 July 1883 - 3 June 1924

      4.13

      284 ratings · 1540 works

    • Patricia Highsmith

      19 Jan 1921 - 4 Feb 1995

      4.06

      101 ratings · 329 works

    • Ambrose Bierce

      1842 - 1914?

      3.94

      137 ratings · 1088 works

    • Honoré de Balzac

      20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850

      3.64

      59 ratings · 6858 works

    • Robert Graves

      1895 - 1985

      4.06

      53 ratings · 696 works

    • H. G. Wells

      21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946

      3.79

      507 ratings · 8433 works

    • Émile Zola

      2 April 1840 - 28 September 1902

      4.06

      68 ratings · 4286 works

    • Henry James

      15 April 1843 - 28 February 1916

      3.68

      136 ratings · 5088 works

    • Edgar Allan Poe

      19 January 1809 - 7 October 1849

      4.14

      390 ratings · 4027 works

    • Ray Bradbury

      22 August 1920 - 5 June 2012

      4.03

      766 ratings · 786 works

    • Anonymous

      3.90

      105 ratings · 43579 works

    • Carl Stephenson

      1886 - 1954,

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      0 ratings · 19 works

    • Alfred McLelland Burrage

      1 July 1889 - 1956

      2.00

      1 ratings · 18 works

    • Perceval Landon

      1869 - 1927

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      0 ratings · 15 works

    • William Fryer Harvey

      1885 - 1937

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      0 ratings · 14 works

    • L.P. Hartley

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      0 ratings · 11 works

    • Dorothy K. Haynes

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      0 ratings · 7 works

    • Will F. Jenkins

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      0 ratings · 6 works

    • Dawn Muscillo

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      0 ratings · 1 works

    • J.N. Allan

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    Editions

    • Edition cover

      Reprint

      Penguin Books

      1985

    • Edition cover

      Bloomsbury

      1991

    • Edition cover

      Penguin

      1984

    • Edition cover

      Viking

      November 28, 1985

    • Edition cover

      New Ed edition

      Bloomsbury Books

      December 1999