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First published 1991
Publisher Gramercy Books
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Virgil Finlay
Pages xiii+449
Price $10.00
ISBN 0517055775

  • Month (August) and price from Locus1 which states that:
  • Ed. by Robert E. Weinberg (not Robert Weinberg)
  • Introduction is by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz
  • Fungus Isle by Philip Fisher
  • Mimic [as by Martin Pearson] by Donald A. Wollheim
  • The cover is from the December 1946 issue.
  • Each story preceded by identical Virgil Finlay artwork.

Year Reviewer Publication
1992 uncredited Pulp Vault, May 1992

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Behind the Curtain Francis Stevens Short Story
9 Pegasus Henry Kuttner Short Story
20 The Face in the Abyss A. Merritt Novella
88 Fungus Isle Philip M. Fisher Novelette
125 John Ovington Returns Max Brand Short Story
138 Fishhead Irvin S. Cobb Short Story
147 The Outcast E. F. Benson Short Story
161 The Yellow Sign Robert W. Chambers Novelette
177 The Derelict William Hope Hodgson Novelette
198 The Novel of the White Powder Arthur Machen Short Story
212 The Highwayman Lord Dunsany Short Story
216 Daemon C. L. Moore Novelette
235 The Burial of the Rats Bram Stoker Novelette
255 The Day of the Deepies Murray Leinster Short Story
268 The Horror of the Heights Arthur Conan Doyle Short Story
281 The Lonesome Place August Derleth Short Story
288 The Shadow and the Flash Jack London Short Story
300 That Low Theodore Sturgeon Short Story
304 The Human Angle William Tenn Short Story
309 The Toys of Fate Tod Robbins Novelette
331 The Counter Charm Margaret St. Clair Short Story
340 Guardian Angel Arthur C. Clarke Novelette
363 Mimic Donald A. Wollheim Short Story
369 The Music of Erich Zann H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
376 The Dancing Partner Jerome K. Jerome Short Story
382 Lukundoo Edward Lucas White Short Story
393 The Man Who Collected Poe Robert Bloch Short Story
405 Thus I Refute Beelzy John Collier Short Story
410 Homecoming Ray Bradbury Short Story
425 Worms of the Earth Robert E. Howard Novelette
vii Introduction (Famous Fantastic Mysteries) Stefan Dziemianowicz Essay