The Pan Book of Horror Stories was released in the United States in by 1966 Gold Medal Books, which was launched by Fawcett Publications in 1950. They began their numbering system at 101 and the the number for The Pan Book of Horror Stories is d1693 - showing how far the company had come in only 16 years.

The cover of the book is far superior to the UK versions, both original and reprint. No artist is stated on the jacket. The stories run in the same order as the first one; ie- alphabetically and the only other anomally between the two books is the aknowledgements page where the US version goes into where the stories have first come from beforehand. Taking Peter Fleming's story 'The Kill' the UK edition states: Colonel Peter Fleming for The Kill. The US edition states: 'The Kill' from STORY TO TELL AND OTHER TALES by Ian Fleming is reprinted with the permission of Charles Scribner's Sons. Copyright 1942 Charles Scribner's Sons.

After intense research - it seems that there was never a US volume of the second Pan Book of Horror Stories. Ken Johnson, an authority on digest sized vintage books has this to say on the missing book: It's possible Fawcett had bought the rights to it, then scuttled it when the first volume didn't sell very well, leaving Berkley to start their reprints with #3. It's also possible nobody liked that selection and it was skipped over deliberately.

Selections from the Pan Book of Horror Stories #3 was released by Berkley Medallion (s1828) in July 1970. The cover, shown above is the most striking of all the UK and US covers, with a decapitated head in a ripped paper bag. While the UK version had 21 stories, the US only sports thirteen, and curiously does away with Algernon Blackwood's rather splendid The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York. Mention is also made of Lie Ten Nights Awake which is another horror anthology edited by Herbert Van Thal and also published by Berkeley Medallion.

Selections from the Pan Book of Horror Stories #4 was released by Berkley Medallion in November 1970. Again, several stories have been dropped - and the book suffers for it, though it still contains the classic Little Girl Eater by Septimus Dale.

Selections from the Pan Book of Horror Stories #5 was released a month after the 4th volume in December 1970. This book is the only one to feature an aritsits signature on the cover - and this artwork - more sci-fi in nature - is attributed to noted pulp artist Victor Valla. Mention is again made of Van Thal's Lie Ten Nights Awake anthology at both front and the back of the book.

There has also been a mention of the 7th Pan Book of Horror Stories as published by Academy Chicago on September the 1st 1983. After buying three copies of this supposed volume and only recieving the UK edition from ABE and AMAZON sellers - at this moment in time until proven otherwise, it doesn't exist.