HERBERT VAN THAL

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THE BEDSIDE BOOK OF HORROR (ARTHUR BAKER 1973)

CONTENTS:

FOREWORD
PROSPER MERIMEE - THE VENUS OF THE ILLE
R.H. BARHAM - THE SINGULAR PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF THE LATE HENRY HARRIS
GERHART HAUPTMANN - THE SEA MONSTER
HARRY E TURNER - THE MAN WHO COULD HEAR FISHES SCREAM
ROBERT AICKMAN - THE CLOCK WATCHER
DAVID DIXON - THE RECLUSE
CHRISTOPHER BRAY - THE TRAVELLER
ROALD DAHL - THE LANDLADY
FIELDEN HUGES - THE MEMOIRS OF AN EXECUTIONER
ALEX HAMILTON - A SHOAL OF TIME

TALES TO MAKE THE FLESH CREEP (CONSTABLE 1977)

SHERIDAN Le FANU - THE AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF A HAUNTED HOUSE
J. H. RIDDELL - WALNUT-TREE HOUSE
RHODA BROUGHTON - THE MAN WITH THE NOSE
GRANT ALLEN - WOLVERDEN TOWER
'VERNON LEE' - WINTHROP'S ADVENTURE
EDITH WHARTON - THE TRIUMPH OF THE NIGHT
M. .R. JAMES - NUMBER 13
E. F. BENSON - THE THING IN THE HALL
WALTER de la MARE - ALL HALLOWS
LORD DUNSANY - AUTUMN CRICKET
MARJORIE BOWEN - THE PRESCRIPTION
ANN BRIDGE - THE ACCIDENT
A. L . BARKER - THE WHIP HAND
ROBERT AICKMAN - RAVISSANTE

THE BEDSIDE BOOK OF STRANGE STORIES (ARTHUR BAKER 1974)

CONTENTS:

THEOPILE GAUTIER - CLARIMONDE
M. GRER - A DOOR MARKED 'INFORMATION'
CONRAD HILL - THE LIBERATION OF MRS WILLARD
THOMAS De QUINCEY - THE MASQUE
WILLIAM SANSOM - THE CLEANER'S STORY
H. G. WELLS - THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES

FAMOUS TALES OF THE FANTASTIC (ARTHUR BAKER 1965)

RAY BRADBURY - INVISIBLE BOY
MARY COLERIDGE - THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE - THE SPECKLED BAND
ROMAIN GRAY - COMRADE PIGEON
LESLIE POLES HARTLEY - THE CROSSWAYS
SIR ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH - THE ROLL-CALL OF THE REEF
WILLIAM SANSOM - THE BALLROOM
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - THE BOTTLE IMP
HERBERT GEORGE WELLS - THE MAGIC SHOP
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE - RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER
WASHINGTON IRVING - THE ADVENTURE OF THE GERMAN STUDENT

THE SECOND BEDSIDE BOOK OF STRANGE STORIES (ARTHUR BAKER 1976)

JOHN H. SNELLINGS - FLIES
DULCIE GRAY - MUMSIE
SALLY FRANKLIN - THE STRANGE GIFT OF SIDNEY HIGGINS
ROBERT AICKMAN - THE HOUSE OF THE RUSSIANS
HARRY HARRISON - THE LAST TRAIN
A. L. BARKER - HAPPY EVENT
ROGER MALISSON - REPRESSION
MORAG GREER - A CROSS AT HER HEAD AND FEET
WILLIS HALL - LONG WINTER'S NIGHT

TOLD IN THE DARK (PAN BOOKS 1950)

MRS MOLESWORTH - THE SHADOW IN THE MOONLIGHT
PHYLLIS BENTLEY - BECKERMONDS
ELIZABETH BRADDON - THE MYSTERY AT FERNWOOD
E. F. BENSON - THE THING IN THE HALL
WILKIE COLLINS - THE DEAD HAND
MARJORIE BOWEN - THE PRESCRIPTION
CATHERINE CROWE - THE ITALIAN'S STORY
ANN BRIDGE - THE ACCIDENT
CHARLES DICKENS - THE SIGNAL-MAN
MRS RIDDELL - OLD MRS. JONES
SIR HUGH WALPOLE - THE SILVER MASK

GREAT GHOST STORIES (WEIDENFELD AND NICOLSON 1960)

ALGERNON BLACKWOOD - RUNNING WOLF
LORD LYTTON - THE HAUNTED AND THE HAUNTERS
WASHINGTON IRVING - THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - MARKHEIM
ELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL - THE SQUIRE'S STORY
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY - THE STORY OF MARY ANCEL
WILKIE COLLINS - A TERRIBLY STRANGE BED
J. SHERIDAN Le FANU - AN ACCOUNT OF SOME STRANGE DISTURBANCES IN AUNGIER STREET
AMELIA B. EDWARDS - THE PHANTOM COACH
CHARLES DICKENS - THE SIGNALMAN

STRIKING TERROR (ARTHUR BAKER 1963)

JACK FINNEY - CONTENTS OF THE DEAD MAN'S POCKETS
PETER FLEMING - THE KILL
ANGUS WILSON - RASPBERRY JAM
PHILIP MACDONALD - OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS
GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD - TABOO
CARL STEPHENSON - LENINGEN VERSUS THE ANTS
CHARLES LLOYD - SPECIAL DIET
LORD DUNSANY - TWO BOTTLES OF RELISH
SIDNEY CARROLL - A NOTE FOR THE MILKMAN
H. G. WELLS - THE CONE

LIE TEN NIGHTS AWAKE (HODDER PAPERBACKS 1967)

ANTHONY BURGESS - A PAIR OF GLOVES
RICHARD CHOPPING - THE EAGLE
MARTIN WADELL - WHISPER
WILLIAM SANSOM - FROM THE WATER JUNCTION
ADOBE JAMES - THE ROAD TO MICTANTECUTLI
ELIZABETH WALTER - THE SIN-EATER
MARIANNA VILLA-GILBERT - THE GREEN BOY
SHAMUS FRAZER - THE TUNE IN DAN'S CAFE
H. MACALLISTER - D'YOU LIKE ME SAUNEDERS?
JOHN BURKE - THE LOST CHILD