A Treasury of American Horror Stories

CONTENTS

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce ·
Lost Face · Jack London ·
Being · Richard Matheson ·
One Happy Family · John S. McFarland ·
A Return to the Sabbath · Robert Bloch ·
The Autopsy · Michael Shea ·
The Believers · Robert Arthur ·
A Teacher’s Rewards · Robert S. Phillips ·
Chico Lafleur Talks Funny · Suzette Haden Elgin ·
The Legend of Joe Lee · John D. MacDonald ·
Seventh Sister · Mary Elizabeth Counselman ·
The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson ·
One Man’s Harp · Babette Rosmond ·
Cannibalism in the Cars · Mark Twain ·
The Smell of Cherries · Jeffrey Goddin ·
Away · Barry N. Malzberg ·
Twilla · Tom Reamy ·
His Name Was Not Forgotten · Joel Townsley Rogers ·
Désirée’s Child · Kate Chopin ·
The Children of Noah · Richard Matheson ·
2The Man Who Collected Poe · Robert Bloch ·
Pickman’s Model · H. P. Lovecraft ·
The Screwfly Solution [as by Raccoona Sheldon] · James Tiptree, Jr. ·
The Unpleasantness at Carver House · Carl Jacobi ·
Mute Milton · Harry Harrison ·
Dumb Supper · Henderson Starke ·
Lonely Train a’ Comin’ [“The Train”] · William F. Nolan ·
Children of the Corn · Stephen King ·
Legal Rites [Pohl as James MacCreigh] · Isaac Asimov & Frederik Pohl ·
The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét ·
The Master of the Hounds · Algis Budrys ·
The Devil of the Picuris · Edwin L. Sabin ·
The Garrison [as by David Grinnell] · Donald A. Wollheim ·
The Desrick on Yandro [John] · Manly Wade Wellman ·
Shaggy Vengeance · Robert Adams ·
The Horsehair Trunk · Davis Grubb ·
The Curse of Yig · Zealia Brown Reed Bishop ·
Peekaboo · Bill Pronzini ·
Bird of Prey · Nelson S. Bond ·
The Haunter of the Dark · H. P. Lovecraft ·
Song of the Slaves · Manly Wade Wellman ·
The Eagle-Claw Rattle · Ardath Mayhar ·
Our Town · Jerome Bixby ·
Perverts · Whitley Strieber ·
The Goddess of Zion · David H. Keller, M.D. ·
Alannah [as by Stephen Grendon] · August Derleth ·
His Coat So Gay [Brigadier Ffellowes] · Sterling E. Lanier ·
Bigfish · Edward D. Hoch · ss *
Lonely Road · Richard Wilson ·
Beyond the Threshold · August Derleth ·
The Monster of Lake LaMetrie · Wardon Allan Curtis