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Anthology Title:
The Big Book of Ghost Stories • [Big Book Series] • anthology by Otto Penzler
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- xi • Introduction (The Big Book of Ghost Stories) • essay by Otto Penzler
- 3 • Mr. Arcularis • (1931) • novelette by Conrad Aiken
- 4 • Mr. Arcularis • interior artwork by John Giunta
- 16 • August Heat • (1910) • short story by William Fryer Harvey
- 17 • August Heat • interior artwork by uncredited
- 23 • The Shadowy Third • (1916) • novelette by Ellen Glasgow
- 23 • The Shadowy Third • (1951) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 38 • The Past • (1920) • novelette by Ellen Glasgow
- 52 • But at My Back I Always Hear • (1983) • short story by David Morrell
- 53 • But at My Back I Always Hear • interior artwork by uncredited
- 63 • The Furnished Room • (1904) • short story by O. Henry
- 64 • The Furnished Room • interior artwork by uncredited
- 69 • Death's Warm Fireside • (1936) • short story by Paul Ernst
- 75 • The Advent Reunion • (2011) • short story by Andrew Klavan
- 83 • The Return • (1892) • short story by R. Murray Gilchrist
- 88 • The Phantom Rickshaw • (1997) • novelette by Rudyard Kipling (variant of The Phantom 'Rickshaw 1885)
- 89 • The Phantom Rickshaw • interior artwork by uncredited
- 102 • The Moonlit Road • (1907) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
- 109 • The Story of Ming-Y • (1887) • short story by Lafcadio Hearn
- 118 • Yuki-Onna • (1904) • short story by Lafcadio Hearn
- 118 • Yuki-Onna • interior artwork by D. R.
- 123 • Brickett Bottom • (1921) • short story by Amyas Northcote
- 130 • How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery • (1911) • short story by E. F. Benson
- 131 • How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery • interior artwork by Frank Utpatel
- 140 • Thing of Darkness • (1937) • novelette by G. G. Pendarves
- 162 • The House of the Nightmare • (1906) • short story by Edward Lucas White
- 169 • The House in Half Moon Street • (1934) • novelette by Hector Bolitho
- 170 • The House in Half Moon Street • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 192 • A Night of Horror • (1899) • short story by Dick Donovan
- 193 • A Night of Horror • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli
- 203 • The Burned House • (1916) • short story by Vincent O'Sullivan
- 211 • Harry • (1955) • short story by Rosemary Timperley
- 212 • Harry • interior artwork by John Giunta
- 220 • Make-Believe • (2010) • short story by Michael Reaves
- 228 • Playmates • (1927) • novelette by A. M. Burrage
- 243 • Just Behind You • (2005) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
- 244 • Just Behind You • interior artwork by H. W. Wesso
- 255 • Adam and Eve and Pinch Me • (1921) • short story by A. E. Coppard
- 263 • The Lost Boy of the Ozarks • (2009) • short story by Steve Friedman
- 264 • The Lost Boy of the Ozarks • interior artwork by Damon Knight
- 283 • A Ghost's Story • short story by Mark Twain (variant of A Ghost Story 1875)
- 284 • A Ghost's Story • interior artwork by H. W. Wesso
- 288 • In at the Death • (1977) • short story by Donald E. Westlake
- 297 • The Ghost of Dr. Harris • (1900) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 298 • The Ghost of Dr. Harris • interior artwork by Amos Sewell
- 303 • The Everlasting Club • (1919) • short story by Arthur Gray [as by 'Ingulphus']
- 308 • Legal Rites • (1950) • novelette by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl [as by Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh]
- 309 • Legal Rites • (1950) • interior artwork by Fred Humiston
- 326 • Death Must Die • (2010) • novelette by Albert E. Cowdrey
- 339 • The Transferred Ghost • (1976) • short story by Frank R. Stockton [as by Frank Stockton]
- 340 • The Transferred Ghost • interior artwork by Harry Ferman
- 347 • The Canterville Ghost • (1887) • novelette by Oscar Wilde
- 367 • Pacific 421 • (1944) • short story by August Derleth
- 368 • Pacific 421 • (1944) • interior artwork by A. R. Tilburne
- 375 • The Midnight El • [Sidney Taine] • (1994) • short story by Robert Weinberg
- 385 • Punch and Judy • (1975) • short story by Frederick Cowles
- 390 • The Fireplace • (1925) • short story by Henry S. Whitehead
- 391 • The Fireplace • interior artwork by uncredited
- 400 • The Night Wire • (1926) • short story by H. F. Arnold
- 406 • Smoke Ghost • (1941) • short story by Fritz Leiber
- 407 • Smoke Ghost • interior artwork by uncredited
- 417 • Song of the Dead • (1935) • novelette by Wyatt Blassingame
- 418 • Song of the Dead • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 437 • The Dream Woman • (1874) • novelette by Wilkie Collins (variant of The Dream-Woman)
- 438 • The Dream Woman • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 469 • The Adventure of the German Student • [Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman] • (1824) • short story by Washington Irving
- 477 • They Found My Grave • (1938) • short story by Marjorie Bowen [as by Joseph Shearing]
- 478 • They Found My Grave • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 489 • Mrs. Morrel's Last Séance • (1912) • short story by Edgar Jepson
- 495 • Night-Side • (1977) • novelette by Joyce Carol Oates
- 496 • Night-Side • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay
- 513 • Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad • (1944) • novelette by M. R. James (variant of "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" 1904)
- 525 • The Monkey's Paw • (1902) • short story by W. W. Jacobs
- 533 • The Toll-House • (1907) • short story by W. W. Jacobs
- 533 • The Toll-House • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov
- 539 • Afterward • (1910) • novelette by Edith Wharton
- 557 • Consequences • (1915) • short story by Willa Cather
- 558 • Consequences • interior artwork by G. R.
- 570 • The Follower • (1935) • short story by Cynthia Asquith [as by Lady Cynthia Asquith]
- 571 • The Follower • interior artwork by A. R. Tilburne
- 575 • The Corner Shop • (1926) • short story by Cynthia Asquith [as by Lady Cynthia Asquith]
- 584 • The Terrible Old Man • (1921) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
- 585 • The Terrible Old Man • interior artwork by Correll
- 588 • The Murderer's Violin • (1860) • short story by Alexandre Chatrian and Émile Erckmann?Emile Erckmann(trans. of Le violon du pendu) [as by Erckmann-Chatrian]
- 589 • The Murderer's Violin • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 594 • The Open Window • (1911) • short story by Saki
- 598 • Laura • (1914) • short story by Saki
- 601 • What Was It? • [Harry Escott] • (1859) • short story by Fitz-James O'Brien
- 602 • What Was It? • interior artwork by uncredited
- 610 • Full Fathom Five • (1929) • short story by Alexander Woollcott
- 613 • He Cometh and He Passeth By • (1995) • novelette by H. Russell Wakefield (variant of "He Cometh and He Passeth By!" 1928) [as by H. R. Wakefield]
- 614 • He Cometh and He Passeth By • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 630 • Thurnley Abbey • (1907) • short story by Perceval Landon
- 631 • Thurnley Abbey • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli
- 643 • The Woman's Ghost Story • (1907) • short story by Algernon Blackwood
- 644 • The Woman's Ghost Story • interior artwork by Boris Dolgov
- 650 • The Angel of the Marne • (1929) • essay by Victor Rousseau
- 651 • The Angel of the Marne • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 661 • The Shell of Sense • (1908) • short story by Olivia Howard Dunbar
- 662 • The Shell of Sense • interior artwork by uncredited
- 669 • The Avenging of Ann Leete • (1923) • short story by Marjorie Bowen
- 681 • The Dead-Wagon • (1937) • short story by Greye La Spina (variant of The Dead Wagon 1927)
- 693 • A Soul with Two Bodies • (1928) • novelette by Urann Thayer
- 694 • A Soul with Two Bodies • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay
- 711 • The Ghosts of Steamboat Coulee • (1926) • novelette by Arthur J. Burks
- 712 • The Ghosts of Steamboat Coulee • interior artwork by A. R. Tilburne
- 729 • The Considerate Hosts • (1939) • short story by Thorp McClusky
- 730 • The Considerate Hosts • interior artwork by John Giunta
- 737 • The Fifth Candle • (1939) • short story by George R. Hahn and Richard Levin [as by Cyril Mand]
- 738 • The Fifth Candle • (1939) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 744 • The Return of Andrew Bentley • (1933) • short story by August Derleth and Mark Schorer
- 745 • The Return of Andrew Bentley • (1933) • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox
- 755 • The Floor Above • (1923) • short story by M. Humphreys [as by M. L. Humphreys]
- 756 • The Floor Above • interior artwork by uncredited
- 764 • School for the Unspeakable • (1937) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
- 765 • School for the Unspeakable • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 772 • Mordecai's Pipe • (1936) • short story by A. V. Milyer
- 773 • Mordecai's Pipe • interior artwork by Matt Fox
- 776 • He Walked by Day • (1934) • short story by Julius Long
- 781 • Behind the Screen • (1934) • short story by Ronal Kayser [as by Dale Clark]
- 789 • Journey Into the Kingdom • (2006) • novelette by M. Rickert
- 790 • Journey Into the Kingdom • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 807 • Mr. Saul • (1977) • short story by H. R. F. Keating
- 816 • Coventry Carol • (1995) • novelette by Chet Williamson
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