Title: The Jam Title Record # 95687
Author: Henry Slesar
Date: 1958-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English User Rating: 8.00 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Year Language Title 1972ⓘTranslated by Alain Dorémieux French L'embouteillage 1985ⓘTranslated by Sonja Hauser. German Der Stau

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Playboy, November 1958	1958-11-00	ed. Editors of Playboy			$0.50?$: US dollar		quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural	1967-00-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Playboy Press		$5.95?$: US dollar	vii+ 391	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Franz Altschuler
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural	1968-00-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Playboy Press	BA0119	$0.95?$: US dollar	vii+ 391	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Richard Tyler
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural	1968-00-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Souvenir Press		37/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	vii+ 391	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Franz Altschuler
Something Strange	1969-00-00	ed. Mary Delores Jarmon, Domenica Paterno, Marjorie B. Smiley	Macmillan			ix+ 246	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
From the "S" File	1971-00-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Playboy Press	16110	$0.75?$: US dollar	192	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Saul Lambert
The Supernatural in Fiction	1973-00-00	ed. Leo P. Kelley	McGraw-Hill (Patterns in Literary Art)	0-07-033497-8	$3.96?$: US dollar	[iv]+ 313	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural	1976-09-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Castle Books		$7.95?$: US dollar	vii+ 391	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural	1981-05-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Priam Books / Arbor House	0-87795-319-8	$8.95?$: US dollar	599	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural	1981-05-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Arbor House	0-87795-309-0	$19.95?$: US dollar	599	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Antler & Baldwin, Inc.
Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	1985-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Galahad Books	0-88365-699-X	$8.98?$: US dollar	597	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	1985-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Castle Books	0-89009-964-2	$19.95?$: US dollar	597	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	1988-06-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Galahad Books	0-88365-699-X	$9.98?$: US dollar	597	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural	1991-10-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Quill / William Morrow	0-688-10963-2	$15.00?$: US dollar	599	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	James Victorie
The Giant Book of Horror Stories	1991-11-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Magpie Books	1-85487-117-X	£3.99?£: UK pound	597	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Les Edwards
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	1993-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Barnes & Noble Books	1-56619-056-8	$7.95?$: US dollar	496	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jack Eckstein
Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	1994-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Galahad Books	0-88365-699-X	$10.98?$: US dollar	597	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	1994-04-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Michael O'Mara Books	1-85479-958-4	£14.99?£: UK pound	496	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jack Eckstein
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	1995-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Barnes & Noble Books	1-56619-923-9	$4.98?$: US dollar	496	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Jack Eckstein
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	1997-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Barnes & Noble Books	1-56619-923-9	$4.98?$: US dollar	496	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Jack Eckstein
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	2003-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Sterling Publishing	1-4027-0975-7	$12.95?$: US dollar	496	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	2004-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Barnes & Noble Books	1-56619-056-8	$7.95?$: US dollar	496	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Masters of Horror & the Supernatural: The Great Tales	2010-10-16	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Bristol Park Books	978-0-88486-473-8	$14.95?$: US dollar	576	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	date unknown	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Barnes & Noble Books	1-56619-056-8		496	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jack Eckstein
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	date unknown	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Barnes & Noble Books	1-56619-056-8		496	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jack Eckstein
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural	date unknown	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Priam Books / Arbor House / QPBC			599	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth

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Reviews

• Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 295 - 454)