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Classic Scary Stories

Molly Cooper & Karen Bledsoe & Glen Bledsoe

First published 1999
Publisher Lowell House
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Barbara Kiwak
Pages 493
ISBN 0737303093

Three collections of short stories combined: of Classic Ghost Stories (by Cooper), Classic Ghost Stories II (by the Bledsoes), Classic Mysteries (by Cooper), and Classic Vampire Stories (by Cooper).


1st printing as per number line. Artist credit per title page. No price given. Probable "Instant Remainder". Each story is preceded, on the story title page, with an introduction to the author & story. Books is divided into four parts ("Classic Ghost Stories", "Classic Ghost Stories II", "Classic Mysteries", and "Classic Vampire Stories"). Each with their own introduction and glossary. "The Safety Match" translator is uncredited. Page 494 is an illustration.

Page Title Author(s) Type
7 Classic Ghost Stories: Introduction uncredited Essay
9 The Furnished Room O. Henry Short Story
18 The Judge's House Bram Stoker Short Story
40 The Lost Ghost Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman Short Story
59 The Portrait-Painter's Story Charles Dickens Short Story
80 The Canterville Ghost Oscar Wilde Novelette
108 The Phantom Rickshaw Rudyard Kipling Novelette
131 Classic Ghost Stories II: Introduction uncredited Essay
133 The Shadows on the Wall Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman Short Story
154 The Romance of Certain Old Clothes Henry James Short Story
179 The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton Charles Dickens Short Story
193 The Middle Toe of the Right Foot Ambrose Bierce Short Story
205 The Mystery of the Semi-Detached E. Nesbit Short Story
210 Lost Hearts M. R. James Short Story
224 The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly Rosa Mulholland Short Story
247 Classic Mysteries: Introduction uncredited Essay
249 The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Short Story
264 The Safety Match Anton Chekhov Short Story
280 The Stir Outside the Café Royal: A Story of Miss Van Snoop, Detective Clarence Rook Short Story
289 The Ruby and the Caldron Anna Katharine Green Short Story
323 A Curious Experience Mark Twain Short Story
353 The Oblong Box Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
371 Classic Vampire Stories: Introduction uncredited Essay
373 Good Lady Ducayne Mary Elizabeth Braddon Novelette
401 The Transfer Algernon Blackwood Short Story
415 Luella Miller Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman Short Story
431 For the Blood Is the Life F. Marion Crawford Short Story
449 Dracula (excerpt) Bram Stoker Short Fiction
457 Count Magnus M. R. James Short Story
475 The Room in the Tower E. F. Benson Short Story