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Post by jackball74 on Oct 16, 2010 2:30:19 GMT
 Ben Hecht, The Shadow Charles Beaumont, Miss Gentibelle John Collier, The Chaser Geoffrey Household, Taboo Samuel Blas, Revenge Gwyn Jones, The Pit Roald Dahl, Man from the South Saki, Sredni Vashtar Elizabeth Bowen, The Demon Lover A.E. Coppard, Silver Circus Ana Kavin, Palace of Sleep Wilbur Daniel Steele, The Woman at Seven Brothers Edith Wharton, A Journey Shirley Jackson, The Lottery Lord Dunsany, Two Bottles of Relish John Moore, The Proof C.S. Forester, The Turn of the Tide Edgar Allan Poe, The Tel-Tale Heart Ambrose Bierce, The Middle Toe of the Right Foot Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man |
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Post by dem bones on Oct 16, 2010 20:10:36 GMT
perhaps a few too many over-familiar stories (Poe, Bierce, Dahl, Dunsany) but this looks an excellent selection. The more i think of it, Miss Gentibelle is one of the nastiest, most twisted horror stories i've read outside a Charles Birkin collection and Gwyn Jone's The Pit ought to be better known than appears to be the case. There was an earlier edition (i think the one you've posted is 1967?), again with striking cover artwork, this dated 1957. we've details of another couple of Don Congdon anthologies on the Ballantine Chamber Of Horrors thread. |
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Post by jackball74 on Oct 16, 2010 22:13:09 GMT
'67 is correct! Yes, I had read most of the offerings before in other collections, but "Palace of Sleep" was new and stuck with me. Incidentally, the cover artwork for the '57 edition ended up on the title page of the '67 reissue.
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