the ninth pan book of horror stories selected by herbert van thal #330 021443 - release date: (?) 1968

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9th

RAYMOND WILLIAMS: MAN-HUNT

DULCIE GRAY: THE FLY

DOROTHY K. HAYNES: THOU SHALT NOT SUFFER A WITCH...

LINDSAY STEWART: STRICTLY FOR THE BIRDS

MARTIN WADDELL: BLOODTHIRSTY

ADOBE JAMES: AN APPARITION AT NOON

RENE MORRIS: THE BABY MACHINE

COLIN GRAHAM: THE BEST TEACHER

WALTER WINWARD: STICK WITH ME KID, AND YOU'LL WEAR DIAMONDS

DULCIE GRAY: THE HAPPY RETURN

RAYMOND HARVEY: FATHER FORGIVE ME

JOHN BURKE: A COMEDY OF TERRORS

TIM STOUT: THE BOY WHO NEGLECTED HIS GRASS SNAKE

LINDSAY STEWART: JOLLY UNCLE

W.H. CARR: MRS ANSTEY'S SCAFRECROW

ALEX HAMILTON: NOT ENOUGH POISON

MARTIN WADDELL: OLD FEET

PETER RICHEY: DON'T AVOID THE RUSH HOUR

EDDY C BERTIN: THE WHISPERING HORROR

RAYMOND WILLIAMS: SMILE PLEASE

A.G. J. ROUGH: COMPULSION

MARY R. SULLIVAN: CROCODILE WAY

JAMIE McARDWELL: THE GREEN UMBILICAL CORD

TANITH LEE: EUSTACE

pboh fact: this volume contains the most stories of all of the series - coming in at 24 tales. volumes #1 and #10come in next - with #24 coming in at last with only 8 stories.

pboh fact: john burke edited three of the 'unease' volumes for pan, wrote two volumes of hammer horror novelisations and a website for him can be found at www.talesofunease.co.uk

pan author alert: dorothy k haynes and her superlative collection 'thou shalt not suffer a witch' (methuen) - illustrated by melvyn peake

pboh fact: raymond williams was an influential figure within the New Left and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the mass media and literature were of a significant contribution to the Marxist critique of culture and the arts.