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Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror

Reader's Digest Association (Editor), Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator)

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Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror [Hardcover]

GenresMysteryShort StoriesHorrorAnthologiesFiction

639 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1982

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Reader's Digest Association

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The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global media and direct marketing company based in Chappaqua, New York, best known for its flagship publication founded in 1922, Reader's Digest. The company's headquarters are in New York City, where it moved from Pleasantville, New York.

The company was founded by DeWitt and Lila Wallace in 1922 with the first publication of Reader's Digest magazine, but has grown to include a diverse range of magazines, books, music, DVDs and online content.

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Mel

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November 27, 2011

Awesome. Fun read! Great to read during October! Short stories by favorite authors. I still adore how Mr. Lovecraft can make a completely sane, normal, reasonable man into a raving cannibal in 2 paragraphs.

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P.S. Winn

Author 97 books363 followers

July 27, 2019

Some great tales, many classics I have read before, but was glad to take another look at. This collection is a must for those who love to be scared and to figure out a mystery.

Andrea

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October 28, 2022

This volume has been in my family's library for 50 years and currently resides at the cabin. It is the first thing I pick up to read when I get there as it includes the perfect summer-in-the-woods tales, Blackwood's "The Wendigo," and Jackson's "The Summer People. As well as these of my all time favorites:
CASTING THE RUNES / M. R. James
MAN FROM THE SOUTH / Roald Dahl
DON'T LOOK NOW / Daphne du Maurier
THE RATS IN THE WALLS / H. P. Lovecraft
LEININGEN VERSUS THE ANTS / Carl Stephenson
THE INTERRUPTION / W. W. Jacobs
AN INVITATION TO THE HUNT / George Hitchcock
SREDNI VASHTAR / Saki (H. H. Munro)

2022 re-read

Janet Surrusco

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January 20, 2017

I enjoyed the many short stories in this book. By today's standards, terror is a stretch but a few were chilling. Also, I was surprised and pleased that a 007 short story and a Perry Mason story were included.