Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

Description

First published in 1944, here are fifty-two stories of heart-stopping suspense from some of the most renowned authors and horror writers in literary history, with an introduction and notes from Phyllis Cerf Wagner and Herbert Wise.

“There is not a story in this collection that does not have the breath of life, achieve the full suspension of disbelief that is so particularly important in [this] type of fiction.”–The Saturday Review

This spine-chilling anthology collects stories from such distinguished spell weavers like:

– Edgar Allan Poe (“The Black Cat”)
– Wilkie Collins (“A Terribly Strange Bed”)
– Henry James (“Sir Edmund Orme”)
– Guy de Maupassant (“Was It a Dream?”)
– O. Henry (“The Furnished Room”)
– Rudyard Kipling (” ‘They’ “)
– H. G. Wells (“Pollock and the Porroh Man”)

As well as tales from other masters of literature, including:

– Algernon Blackwood (“Ancient Sorceries”)
– Walter de la Mare (“Out of the Deep”)
– E.M. Forster (“The Celestial Omnibus”)
– Isak Dinesen (“The Sailor-Boys Tale”)
– H.P. Lovecraft (“The Dunwich Horror”)
– Dorothy L. Sayers (“Suspicion”)
– Ernest Hemingway (“The Killers”)
– And more!

Hailed by The New York Times Book Review as “a gooseflesh special,” Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural is a must-read for every horror fan and lover of classic literature.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Contributors: Phyllis Wagner,Herbert Wise (Introduction by)
Published: 10/18/1994
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 9780679601289
Pages: 1056
Weight: 2.55lbs
Size: 1.84″ H x 8.28″ L x 5.65″ W

About the Author
Phyllis Wagner (1916-2006) was an actress, writer, and co-founder, with Dr. Seuss, of Beginner Books. She also co-edited, with Herbert Wise, the horror anthology Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural.