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A Tale of Terror

Paul Louis Courier

First published 1971
Type Essay

A traveller in Italy experiences a night he will never forget.

From "Half Hours with the Best Authors" (Vol. 1), selected by Charles Knight. Possibly translated by Knight. Courier's tale (originally in French) is from a letter to his cousin Madame Pigalle & first published in 1820.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1971 Some Things Fierce and Fatal Harper & Row Anthology 195
1972 Cover Some Things Fierce and Fatal The Bodley Head Anthology
1976 Cover Some Things Fierce and Fatal Coronet Anthology 177
1982 Cover Some Things Fierce and Fatal Avon Flare Anthology 141
1997 Cover Creepy Classics II Lowell House Anthology 32