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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories

J. A. Cuddon

First published 1984
Publisher Penguin Books
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Steve Crisp
Pages 607
Price £4.95
ISBN 014006799X

  • stated 1st published 1984 with no number line
  • $6.95 US, $8.95 CAN, $12.95 AUS, $16.95 NZ

Page Title Author(s) Type
11 Introduction (The Penguin Book of Horror Stories) J. A. Cuddon Essay
59 The Monk of Horror, or The Conclave of Corpses Anonymous Short Story
62 The Astrologer's Prediction; or, The Maniac's Fate Anonymous Short Story
69 The Expedition to Hell James Hogg Short Story
78 Mateo Falcone Prosper Mérimée Short Story
89 The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
97 La Grande Bretêche Honoré de Balzac Short Story
114 The Romance of Certain Old Clothes Henry James Short Story
131 Who Knows? Guy de Maupassant Short Story
142 The Body-Snatcher Robert Louis Stevenson Short Story
158 The Death of Olivier Bécaille Émile Zola Novelette
180 The Boarded Window Ambrose Bierce Short Story
184 Lost Hearts M. R. James Short Story
193 The Sea-Raiders H. G. Wells Short Story
202 The Derelict William Hope Hodgson Novelette
224 Thurnley Abbey Perceval Landon Short Story
237 The Fourth Man John Russell Short Story
254 In the Penal Colony Franz Kafka Novelette
277 The Waxwork Ex-Private X Short Story
287 Mrs. Amworth E. F. Benson Short Story
300 The Reptile Augustus Muir Short Story
312 Mr. Meldrum's Mania John Metcalfe Novelette
338 The Beast with Five Fingers William F. Harvey Novelette
361 Dry September William Faulkner Short Story
372 Couching at the Door Dorothy K. Broster Novelette
391 Two Bottles of Relish Lord Dunsany Short Story
402 The Man Who Liked Dickens Evelyn Waugh Short Story
415 Taboo Geoffrey Household Novelette
433 The Thought L. P. Hartley Short Story
443 Comrade Death Gerald Kersh Novelette
467 Leiningen Versus the Ants Carl Stephenson Novelette
486 The Brink of Darkness Yvor Winters Short Story
496 Activity Time Monica Dickens Short Story
506 Earth to Earth Robert Graves Short Story
510 The Dwarf Ray Bradbury Short Story
521 The Portobello Road Muriel Spark Novelette
540 No Flies on Frank John Lennon Short Story
542 Sister Coxall's Revenge Dawn Muscillo Short Story
545 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch... Dorothy K. Haynes Short Story
557 The Terrapin Patricia Highsmith Short Story
569 Man from the South Roald Dahl Short Story
579 Uneasy Home-coming Will F. Jenkins Short Story
587 The Aquarist J. N. Allan Short Story
599 An Interview with M. Chakko Vilas Sarang Short Story

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories Cover 1985 Penguin Books Trade Paperback Anthology Steve Crisp 607
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1985 Viking UK Hardcover Anthology 607
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories Cover 1987 Penguin Books Trade Paperback Anthology Steve Crisp 607
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories Cover 1991 Bloomsbury Hardcover Anthology Steve Crisp 607