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Anthology Title:
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories • (1984) • anthology by J. A. Cuddon
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- 11 • Introduction (The Penguin Book of Horror Stories) • (1984) • essay by J. A. Cuddon
- 59 • The Monk of Horror, or The Conclave of Corpses • (1972) • short story by Joseph Snowe (variant of The Conclave of Corses 1839) [as by Anonymous]
- 62 • The Astrologer's Prediction; or, The Maniac's Fate • (1972) • short story by uncredited (variant of The Fatalist 1824) [as by Anonymous]
- 69 • The Expedition to Hell • (1827) • short story by James Hogg (variant of George Dobson's Expedition to Hell)
- 78 • Mateo Falcone • non-genre • (1905) • short story by Prosper Mérimée?Prosper Merimee(trans. of Mateo Falcone 1829)
- 89 • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
- 97 • La Grande Bretêche • non-genre • (1944) • short story by Honoré de Balzac?Honore de Balzac(trans. of La Grande Bretèche 1832)
- 114 • The Romance of Certain Old Clothes • (1868) • short story by Henry James
- 131 • Who Knows? • (1910) • short story by Guy de Maupassant (trans. of Qui sait ? 1890)
- 142 • The Body-Snatcher • (1895) • short story by Robert Louis Stevenson (variant of The Body Snatcher 1884)
- 158 • The Death of Olivier Bécaille • (1984) • novelette by Émile Zola (trans. of La mort d'Olivier Bécaille 1884)
- 180 • The Boarded Window • non-genre • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
- 184 • Lost Hearts • (1895) • short story by M. R. James
- 193 • The Sea-Raiders • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
- 202 • The Derelict • (1912) • novelette by William Hope Hodgson
- 224 • Thurnley Abbey • (1907) • short story by Perceval Landon
- 237 • The Fourth Man • (1917) • short story by John Russell
- 254 • In the Penal Colony • (1948) • novelette by Franz Kafka (trans. of In der Strafkolonie 1919)
- 277 • The Waxwork • (1931) • short story by A. M. Burrage [as by Ex-Private X]
- 287 • Mrs. Amworth • (1922) • short story by E. F. Benson
- 300 • The Reptile • (1926) • short story by Augustus Muir
- 312 • Mr. Meldrum's Mania • (1931) • novelette by John Metcalfe
- 338 • The Beast with Five Fingers • (1919) • novelette by William Fryer Harvey [as by William F. Harvey]
- 361 • Dry September • (1931) • short story by William Faulkner
- 372 • Couching at the Door • (1933) • novelette by D. K. Broster [as by Dorothy K. Broster]
- 391 • Two Bottles of Relish • non-genre • (1932) • short story by Lord Dunsany
- 402 • The Man Who Liked Dickens • non-genre • (1933) • short story by Evelyn Waugh
- 415 • Taboo • (1939) • novelette by Geoffrey Household
- 433 • The Thought • (1948) • short story by L. P. Hartley
- 443 • Comrade Death • (1938) • novelette by Gerald Kersh
- 467 • Leiningen Versus the Ants • (1938) • novelette by Carl Stephenson (trans. of Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen 1937)
- 486 • The Brink of Darkness • (1984) • short story by Yvor Winters
- 496 • Activity Time • (1981) • short story by Monica Dickens
- 506 • Earth to Earth • (1955) • short story by Robert Graves
- 510 • The Dwarf • (1954) • short story by Ray Bradbury
- 521 • The Portobello Road • (1956) • novelette by Muriel Spark
- 540 • No Flies on Frank • (1964) • short story by John Lennon
- 542 • Sister Coxall's Revenge • (1976) • short story by Dawn Muscillo
- 545 • Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch... • (1947) • short story by Dorothy K. Haynes
- 557 • The Terrapin • non-genre • (1962) • short story by Patricia Highsmith
- 569 • Man from the South • (1948) • short story by Roald Dahl
- 579 • Uneasy Home-coming • (1935) • short story by Murray Leinster [as by Will F. Jenkins]
- 587 • The Aquarist • (1981) • short story by J. N. Allan
- 599 • An Interview with M. Chakko • (1982) • short story by Vilas Sarang