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Anthology Title:
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now • anthology by Peter Straub
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- xi • Introduction (American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now) • essay by Peter Straub
- 1 • Evening Primrose • (1940) • short story by John Collier
- 12 • Smoke Ghost • (1941) • short story by Fritz Leiber
- 29 • The Mysteries of the Joy Rio • (1954) • short story by Tennessee Williams
- 41 • The Refugee • (1943) • short story by Jane Rice
- 56 • Mr. Lupescu • (1945) • short story by Anthony Boucher
- 61 • Miriam • (1945) • short story by Truman Capote
- 73 • Midnight • (1946) • short story by Jack Snow
- 79 • Torch Song • (1947) • short story by John Cheever
- 96 • The Daemon Lover • (1949) • short story by Shirley Jackson
- 112 • The Circular Valley • (1950) • short story by Paul Bowles
- 121 • I'm Scared • (1951) • short story by Jack Finney
- 134 • The Vane Sisters • (1951) • short story by Vladimir Nabokov
- 148 • The April Witch • [The Elliott Family] • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
- 158 • Black Country • (1954) • short story by Charles Beaumont
- 179 • Trace • (1961) • short story by Jerome Bixby
- 183 • Where the Woodbine Twineth • (1964) • short story by Davis Grubb (variant of You Never Believe Me)
- 192 • Nightmare • (1965) • short story by Donald Wandrei
- 197 • I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream • (1967) • short story by Harlan Ellison
- 213 • Prey • (1969) • short story by Richard Matheson
- 225 • The Events at Poroth Farm • (1972) • novella by T. E. D. Klein
- 272 • Hanka • (1974) • short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer (trans. of Hanka)
- 289 • Linnaeus Forgets • (1977) • short story by Fred Chappell
- 305 • Novelty • (1983) • short story by John Crowley
- 322 • Mr. Fiddlehead • (1989) • short story by Jonathan Carroll
- 335 • Family • (1989) • short story by Joyce Carol Oates
- 351 • The Last Feast of Harlequin • [Cthulhu Mythos short fiction] • (1990) • novelette by Thomas Ligotti
- 389 • A Short Guide to the City • (1990) • short story by Peter Straub
- 401 • The General Who Is Dead • [Ambergris] • (1996) • short story by Jeff VanderMeer
- 406 • That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French • (1998) • short story by Stephen King
- 423 • Sea Oak • (1998) • novelette by George Saunders
- 447 • The Long Hall on the Top Floor • (1999) • short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
- 459 • Nocturne • (2000) • short story by Thomas Tessier
- 463 • The God of Dark Laughter • (2001) • short story by Michael Chabon
- 483 • Pop Art • (2001) • novelette by Joe Hill
- 504 • Pansu • (2001) • short story by Poppy Z. Brite
- 512 • Dangerous Laughter • (2003) • short story by Steven Millhauser
- 528 • The Chambered Fruit • (2003) • novelette by M. Rickert
- 563 • The Wavering Knife • (2004) • short story by Brian Evenson
- 579 • Stone Animals • (2004) • novelette by Kelly Link
- 623 • Pat Moore • (2004) • novelette by Tim Powers
- 655 • The Little Stranger • (2004) • novelette by Gene Wolfe
- 673 • Dial Tone • (2007) • short story by Benjamin Percy
- 687 • Biographical Notes (American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now) • essay by uncredited
- 703 • Note on the Texts (American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now) • essay by uncredited
- 708 • Notes (American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now) • essay by uncredited
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| Hifrommike65 | 2021-03-31 19:51:42 | Permanent | 2023-11-27 |
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| OCLC/Worldcat | Verified | Hifrommike65 | 2021-03-15 15:05:08 |