The Edgar Allan Poe Bedside Companion: Morgue and Mystery Tales
| First published | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Gollancz |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Anthology |
| Pages | 188 |
| Price | £5.95 |
| ISBN | 0575029080 |
• © Seventh Zenith Ltd 1980
• Printing not stated, no number line
• 1980 on title page, month from amazon.uk
• The jacket artwork is not credited or signed, nor is the portrait of Poe on the back cover
• PV1 copy is price-clipped, price from BLIC
• The TOC credits Poe with co-authorship of the story The Mad Trist but it is wholly written by Robert Haining
• All secondary sources list the title under Poe, not Haining
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Introduction: The Pioneer of Mystery | Peter Haining | Essay |
| 21 | The Dead Alive | Anonymous | Short Story |
| 25 | The Man in the Bell | William Maginn | Short Story |
| 32 | The Dead Daughter | Henry Glassford Bell | Short Story |
| 40 | A Dream | Edgar Allan Poe | Poem |
| 44 | The Journal of Julius Rodman | Edgar Allan Poe | Novella |
| 105 | Who Is the Murderer? | Edgar Allan Poe | Novelette |
| 149 | The Fire-Fiend | Charles D. Gardette | Poem |
| 155 | The Lighthouse | Edgar Allan Poe & Robert Bloch | Short Story |
| 171 | The Mad Trist | Edgar Allan Poe & Robert Haining | Short Story |