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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories

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

    • Prosper Mérimée

      1803 - 1870

      3.80

      5 ratings · 778 works

    • Augustus Muir

      1892 - 1982

      0

      0 ratings · 32 works

    • Vilas Sarang

      born 1942

      0

      0 ratings · 22 works

    • J. A. Cuddon

      1928 - 1996

      4.00

      1 ratings · 20 works

    • John Russell

      22 January 1919 - 23 August 2008

      0

      0 ratings · 73 works

    • Émile Zola

      2 April 1840 - 28 September 1902

      4.07

      72 ratings · 4279 works

    • William Hope Hodgson

      15 November 1877 - 19 April 1918

      3.13

      8 ratings · 450 works

    • Muriel Spark

      1918 - 2006

      3.94

      17 ratings · 144 works

    • Evelyn Waugh

      1903-10-28 - 19661966-04-10

      3.72

      47 ratings · 616 works

    • Montague Rhodes James

      1 Aug 1862 - 12 Jun 1936

      4.17

      18 ratings · 275 works

    • Lord Dunsany

      24 July 1878 - 25 October 1957

      3.81

      16 ratings · 265 works

    • John Lennon

      9 October 1940 - 8 December 1980

      4.00

      5 ratings · 116 works

    • Carl Stephenson

      1886 - 1954,

      0

      0 ratings · 21 works

    • D. K. Broster

      2 September 1877 - 7 February 1950

      0

      0 ratings · 54 works

    • John Metcalfe

      born 1932

      0

      0 ratings · 87 works

    • Monica Dickens

      1915 - 1992

      5.00

      2 ratings · 164 works

    • Franz Kafka

      3 July 1883 - 3 June 1924

      4.14

      308 ratings · 1448 works

    • Henry James

      15 April 1843 - 28 February 1916

      3.71

      146 ratings · 5129 works

    • Ray Bradbury

      22 August 1920 - 5 June 2012

      4.04

      790 ratings · 786 works

    • Edgar Allan Poe

      19 January 1809 - 7 October 1849

      4.16

      430 ratings · 4050 works

    • William Faulkner

      25 September 1897 - 6 July 1962

      3.79

      101 ratings · 884 works

    • Guy de Maupassant

      5 Aug 1850 - 2 Mar 1893

      3.94

      79 ratings · 2616 works

    • Robert Graves

      1895 - 1985

      4.02

      60 ratings · 755 works

    • Patricia Highsmith

      19 Jan 1921 - 4 Feb 1995

      4.07

      102 ratings · 370 works

    • Geoffrey Household

      30 November 1900 - 4 October 1988

      3.71

      7 ratings · 54 works

    • Yvor Winters

      1900 - 1968

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      0 ratings · 57 works

    • Gerald Kersh

      1911 - 1968

      4.00

      1 ratings · 56 works

    • James Hogg

      1770 - 1835

      3.50

      2 ratings · 460 works

    • Roald Dahl

      13 September 1916 - 23 November 1990

      4.03

      1486 ratings · 709 works

    • H. G. Wells

      21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946

      3.80

      565 ratings · 8931 works

    • Anonymous

      3.92

      120 ratings · 43653 works

    • E. F. Benson

      24 July 1867 - 29 February 1940

      3.88

      26 ratings · 510 works

    • Robert Louis Stevenson

      13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894

      3.85

      341 ratings · 8274 works

    • Honoré de Balzac

      20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850

      3.72

      64 ratings · 7375 works

    • Ambrose Bierce

      1842 - 1914?

      3.96

      140 ratings · 1058 works

    • Alfred McLelland Burrage

      1 July 1889 - 1956

      2.00

      1 ratings · 18 works

    • L.P. Hartley

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      0 ratings · 15 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

    • Dorothy K. Haynes

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      0 ratings · 8 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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      0 ratings · 1 works

    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