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The Penguin Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goety, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny

Montague Summers

First published 1984
Publisher Penguin Books
Format Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Steve Crisp
Pages 573
Price £4.95
ISBN 0140072977


First published in two parts by Victor Gollancz 1931 Published in Penguin Books 1976 Reprinted in one volume as The Penguin Supernatural Omnibus 1984 Other Cover Prices: Australia: $11.95; New Zealand: $16.95; Canada: $12.95

Page Title Author(s) Type
7 Introduction (The Supernatural Omnibus) Montague Summers Essay
35 Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand J. Sheridan Le Fanu Short Fiction
42 An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street J. Sheridan Le Fanu Novelette
60 Man-Size in Marble E. Nesbit Short Story
72 The Judge's House Bram Stoker Short Story
88 Thurnley Abbey Perceval Landon Short Story
101 The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith E. Heron & H. Heron Short Story
113 The Phantom Coach Amelia B. Edwards Short Story
125 Brickett Bottom Amyas Northcote Short Story
134 The Cold Embrace Miss Braddon Short Story
142 How the Third Floor Knew the Potteries Amelia B. Edwards Short Story
154 Not to Be Taken at Bed-Time Rosa Mulholland Short Story
166 To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt Charles Dickens Short Story
176 The Signal-Man Charles Dickens Short Story
187 The Compensation House Charles Collins Short Story
201 The Engineer Amelia B. Edwards Short Story
217 When I Was Dead Vincent O'Sullivan Short Story
221 The Story of Yand Manor House E. Heron & H. Heron Short Story
233 The Business of Madame Jahn Vincent O'Sullivan Short Story
240 Amour Dure Vernon Lee Novelette
268 Oke of Okehurst Vernon Lee Novella
310 Eveline's Visitant Miss Braddon Short Story
319 John Charrington's Wedding E. Nesbit Short Story
326 De Profundis Roger Pater Short Story
338 The Dream Woman Wilkie Collins Novelette
361 Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, Doctor in Divinity Richard Barham Novelette
378 The Spirit of Stonehenge Jasper John Short Story
382 The Seeker of Souls Jasper John Short Story
390 The Astrologer's Legacy Roger Pater Short Story
400 My Brother's Ghost Story Amelia B. Edwards Short Story
411 Sir Dominick's Bargain J. Sheridan Le Fanu Short Story
424 The Bargain of Rupert Orange Vincent O'Sullivan Novelette
441 Carmilla J. Sheridan Le Fanu Novella
503 The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains Frederick Marryat Short Story
521 A Porta Inferi Roger Pater Short Story
532 Jerry Jarvis's Wig Richard Barham Short Story
547 The Watcher o' the Dead John Guinan Short Story
557 The Story of Konnor Old House E. Heron & H. Heron Short Story
569 Toussel's Pale Bride W. B. Seabrook Short Story