Great Tales of Terror

by S. T. Joshi (Editor)

Other authors: William Waldorf Astor (Contributor), Gertrude Atherton (Contributor), RH Barlow (Contributor), JD Beresford (Contributor), Ambrose Bierce (Contributor) — 18 more, Algernon Blackwood (Contributor), Thomas Burke (Contributor), Walter de la Mare (Contributor), William Drayham (Contributor), Lord Dunsany (Cover artist), Erckmann-Chatrian (Contributor), Theophile Gautier (Contributor), William Fryer Harvey (Contributor), Lafcadio Hearn (Contributor), Robert Hichens (Contributor), James Hopper (Contributor), Violet Hunt (Contributor), Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Contributor), Arthur Machen (Contributor), E. Nesbit (Contributor), Barry Pain (Contributor), Arthur Quiller-Couch (Contributor), William Sharp (Contributor)

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These 23 chilling tales tell of the returning dead, haunted places, weird creatures, and the supernatural in "The Return of the Soul" by Robert Hichens, "The Mummy's Foot" by Theophile Gautier, Lafcadio Hearn's "Of a Promise Broken," as well as spine-tinglers by Algernon Blackwood, J. Sheridan LeFanu, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Lord Dunsany, and other masters.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Joshi, S. T.	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Astor, William Waldorf	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Atherton, Gertrude	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Barlow, RH	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Beresford, JD	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bierce, Ambrose	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Blackwood, Algernon	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Burke, Thomas	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
de la Mare, Walter	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Drayham, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dunsany, Lord	Cover artist	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Erckmann-Chatrian	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gautier, Theophile	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Harvey, William Fryer	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hearn, Lafcadio	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hichens, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hopper, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hunt, Violet	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Machen, Arthur	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Nesbit, E.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pain, Barry	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Quiller-Couch, Arthur	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sharp, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The Caves of Death [short story] by Gertrude Atherton

Romance [short story] by Lord Dunsany

The Haunted Dragoon [short story] by Arthur Quiller-Couch

The Return of the Soul [short story] by Robert Smythe Hichens

Of a Promise Broken [short story] by Lafcadio Hearn

The Promise [short story] by Walter De la Mare

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Great Tales of Terror

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Great Tales of Terror

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2002-03-12

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Contents:

Introduction / S. T. Joshi
The Haunted Dragoon / Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Graven Image / Fiona MacLeod
The Return of the Soul / Robert Hichens
Of a Promise Broken / Lafcadio Hearn
The Promise / Walter de la Mare
The Ghosts of Austerlitz: A Christmas Story / William Waldorf Astor
The Coach / Violet Hunt
Night School / James Hopper
The Mummy's Foot (Le pied de momie) / Théophile Gautier
The Discomfited Demon / Ambrose Bierce
The Tortoise / William Fryer Harvey
Borrhomeo the Astrologer / J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Diary of a God / Barry Pain
The Three Drugs / E. Nesbit
The Window of Horrors / H. L. Mencken
The Man Who Lost His Head / Thomas Burke
The Queen of the Bees (La reine des abeilles) / Erckmann-Chatrian
The Caves of Death / Gertrude Atherton
The Soldiers' Rest / Arthur Machen
Romance / Lord Dunsany
The Man Who Found Out / Algernon Blackwood and Wilfred Wilson
A Negligible Experiment / J. D. Beresford
The Root-Gatherers / R. H. Barlow
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These 23 chilling tales tell of the returning dead, haunted places, weird creatures, and the supernatural in "The Return of the Soul" by Robert Hichens, "The Mummy's Foot" by Theophile Gautier, Lafcadio Hearn's "Of a Promise Broken," as well as spine-tinglers by Algernon Blackwood, J. Sheridan LeFanu, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Lord Dunsany, and other masters.

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