This wide-ranging collection of twenty-four spine-tingling stories draws on the best traditions of classic horror, from powerful myths and folktales to contemporary stories of man-made terrors. With contributions by writers of the calibre of John Steinbeck, Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens, T. H. White, Philip K. Dick and Stephen King, this is a truly chilling anthology. The collection includes: "The Kit-Bag" - Algernon Blackwood; "Here There Be Tygers" - Stephen King; "The Room in the Tower" - E. F. Benson; "Beyond Lies ...
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This wide-ranging collection of twenty-four spine-tingling stories draws on the best traditions of classic horror, from powerful myths and folktales to contemporary stories of man-made terrors. With contributions by writers of the calibre of John Steinbeck, Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens, T. H. White, Philip K. Dick and Stephen King, this is a truly chilling anthology. The collection includes: "The Kit-Bag" - Algernon Blackwood; "Here There Be Tygers" - Stephen King; "The Room in the Tower" - E. F. Benson; "Beyond Lies the Wub" - Philip K. Dick; "Feeding the Dog" - Susan Price; "Teddies Rule, OK?" - Nicholas Fisk; "Grendel the Monster" - Eleanor Farjeon; "A Grave Misunderstanding" - Leon Garfield; "Captain Murderer" - Charles Dickens (from "The Uncommercial Traveller"); "Something" - Joan Aiken; "The Hand" - Guy de Maupassant; "The Boy Next Door" - Ellen Emerson White; "The Murder Hole" - Scottish Folktale; "The Famous Five Go Pillaging" - Terry Jones and Michael Palin; "The Affair at 7 Rue de M" - John Steinbeck; "A Change of Aunts" - Vivien Alcock; "The Cask of Amontillado" - Edgar Allen Poe; "The Pear-Drum" - English Folktale; "The Dog Got Them" - Philippa Pearce; "Gabriel-Ernest" - Saki (H. H. Munro); "Nule" - Jan Mark; "The Dancing Partner" - Jerome K. Jerome; "The Ring" - Margaret Bingley; and, "The Troll" - T. H. White.
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