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My Favorite Horror Story

Mike Baker & Martin H. Greenberg

First published 2000
Publisher DAW Books
Format Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Koeveks
Pages xvi+303
Price $6.99
ISBN 0886779146

  • "First Printing, October 2000"
  • First printing as per the number line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
  • Price in Canada: C$9.99
  • DAW Book Collectors No. 1166
  • The title page, front cover, and spine credit the editors as Mike Baker and Martin H. Greenberg in that order.
  • The cover artist is credited as just "Koeveks" on the copyright page.
  • The starting page number for the stories will not match the table of contents (TOC) as each story is preceded by an introduction essay that is sometimes longer that one page.
  • The stories Sweets to the Sweet by Robert Bloch on page 1, The Father-Thing by Philip K. Dick on page 11, The Animal Fair by Robert Bloch on page 219, and The Pattern by Ramsey Campbell on page 236 all have an introduction that is less than one page. These stories have been entered into ISFDB as started on page following page only to get the TOC to sort correctly.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Sweets to the Sweet (introduction) Stephen King Essay
2 Sweets to the Sweet Robert Bloch Short Story
11 The Father-Thing (introduction) Ed Gorman Essay
12 The Father-Thing Philip K. Dick Short Story
26 The Distributor (introduction) F. Paul Wilson Essay
27 The Distributor Richard Matheson Short Story
47 A Warning to the Curious (introduction) Ramsey Campbell Essay
48 A Warning to the Curious M. R. James Short Story
68 Opening the Door (introduction) Peter Atkins Essay
70 Opening the Door Arthur Machen Short Story
85 The Colour Out of Space (introduction) Richard Laymon Essay
89 The Colour Out of Space H. P. Lovecraft Novelette
124 The Inner Room (introduction) Peter Straub Essay
125 The Inner Room Robert Aickman Novelette
162 Young Goodman Brown (introduction) Rick Hautala Essay
163 Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story
179 The Rats in the Walls (introduction) Michael Slade Essay
180 The Rats in the Walls H. P. Lovecraft Novelette
204 The Dog Park (introduction) Richard Christian Matheson Essay
205 The Dog Park Dennis Etchison Short Story
219 The Animal Fair (introduction) Joe R. Lansdale Essay
220 The Animal Fair Robert Bloch Short Story
236 The Pattern (introduction) Poppy Z. Brite Essay
237 The Pattern Ramsey Campbell Novelette
258 The Tell-Tale Heart (introduction) Joyce Carol Oates Essay
259 The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
266 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (introduction) Dennis Etchison Essay
267 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce Short Story
279 The Human Chair (introduction) Harlan Ellison Essay
281 The Human Chair Edogawa Rampo Short Story
299 About the Authors (My Favorite Horror Story) uncredited Essay
ix Introduction (My Favorite Horror Story) Mike Baker & Martin H. Greenberg Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
My Favorite Horror Story Cover 2004 BP Books / ibooks Trade Paperback Anthology John Howe xv+365
My Favorite Horror Story Cover 2007 MJF Books Hardcover Anthology Ilona Wellmann xiv+258
My Favorite Horror Story Cover 2007 ibooks Trade Paperback Anthology 384