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Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown

Marvin Kaye

First published 1993
Publisher GuildAmerica Books / SFBC
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Catalog ID 00588
Cover art Edward Gorey
Pages xv+[3]+573
Price $10.98
ISBN 1568650434

  • A selection for several Doubleday Book Clubs; price and date shown are for the SFBC selection.
  • Publisher is stated as GuildAmerica Books, which was the imprint used by Doubleday Direct for its original editions. Below the publisher's name on the title page is stated "Doubleday Book & Music Clubs"
  • There is no printed price and no stated date of publication. All info here comes from Locus1.
  • "00588" is printed at the bottom on the back of the dustjacket below the ISBN.
  • Cover artist is credited at the bottom on the back flap of the dustjacket.
  • Anthology is divided into five sections:
    • Ghosts and Miscellaneous Nightmares (Pages 1-126)
    • The Beast Within (Pages 127-220)
    • Acts of God and Other Horrors (Pages 221-342)
    • Contes Cruelles (Pages 343-448)
    • Fiends and Creatures (Pages 449-570)

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Ghosts and Miscellaneous Nightmares Marvin Kaye Essay
3 The Others Joyce Carol Oates Short Story
8 Tap Dancing John Gregory Betancourt Short Story
14 The Hungry Stones Rabindranath Tagore Short Story
25 The Southwest Chamber Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Novelette
42 The Lost Room Fitz-James O'Brien Short Story
57 The Ghost to His Ladye Love W. S. Gilbert Poem
59 The Happy Children Arthur Machen Short Story
64 Darby O'Gill and the Good People Herminie T. Kavanagh Short Story
77 Keeping His Promise Algernon Blackwood Short Story
90 A Day in the Life of Comrade Lenin Carole Buggé Short Story
103 The Throwing Suit Darrell Schweitzer & Jason Van Hollander Short Story
120 The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies John Jakes Short Story
127 The Beast Within Marvin Kaye Essay
129 Fidel Bassin W. J. Stamper Short Story
137 Unsigned Original Parke Godwin Short Story
142 The Clemency of the Court Willa Cather Short Story
150 The Empty Zoo Edward D. Hoch Short Story
157 Beyond Sleep Barry N. Malzberg Short Story
160 Finnegan's Wake Traditional Poem
162 Bianca's Hands Theodore Sturgeon Short Story
171 The Iron Man Frederick Lang Short Story
175 Sagittarius Ray Russell Novella
208 Wolf Michael Moorcock Short Story
215 An Illusion in Red and White Stephen Crane Short Story
221 Acts of God and Other Horrors Marvin Kaye Essay
223 Man Overboard Winston Churchill Short Story
227 The People of the Pit A. Merritt Short Story
242 In the Avu Observatory H. G. Wells Short Story
249 In the Valley of the Shades C. H. Sherman Short Story
256 The Thing in the Hall E. F. Benson Short Story
267 The Inchcape Rock Robert Southey Poem
270 Mr. Wilde's Second Chance Joanna Russ Short Story
273 The Dreams in the Witch-House H. P. Lovecraft Novelette
307 The Little Man on the Subway Isaac Asimov & Frederik Pohl Short Story
319 The Poems Ray Bradbury Short Story
331 Vision Quest Patrick LoBrutto Short Story
343 Contes Cruelles Marvin Kaye Essay
345 The Man in the Bottle Gustav Meyrink Short Story
351 A Diagnosis of Death Ambrose Bierce Short Story
355 Remember Me Joan Vander Putten Short Story
371 The Pardon Emilia Pardo Bazán Short Story
381 The One Thousand Dozen Jack London Short Story
396 Carmanda Jessica Amanda Salmonson Short Story
401 The Spirit of Hospitality Saralee Terry Poem
403 The Cripple Maurice Level Short Story
407 The Squaw Bram Stoker Short Story
418 Pictures Irving Werner Short Story
426 The Necklace Guy de Maupassant Short Story
434 The Necklace Jack Moffitt Short Story
449 Fiends and Creatures Marvin Kaye Essay
451 Midnight Jack Snow Short Story
457 Ms. Lipshutz and the Goblin Marvin Kaye Short Story
463 Amina Edward Lucas White Short Story
473 Simpson's Lesser Sphynx Esther M. Friesner Short Story
478 Dress of White Silk Richard Matheson Short Story
485 The Palace of the Mountain Ogre: A Chinese Hansel and Gretel Toby Sanders Short Story
495 Snow White Waking Adèle Slaughter Poem
497 The Little Witch of Elm Street Mildred Clingerman Short Story
506 The Brown Man's Servant W. W. Jacobs Novelette
529 Poppa Bear Alvin Vogel Short Story
541 In Letters of Fire Gaston Leroux Novelette
558 Green Magic Jack Vance Short Story
xiii Introduction: Gather Ye Nosegays Marvin Kaye Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown Cover 1994 St. Martin's Press Hardcover Anthology Edward Gorey xv+573