The Classic Horror Collection

by H. P. Lovecraft

Overview

Spanning the extraordinary breadth of the genre, these terrifying stories are sure to leave you sleeping with the light on for many nights to come. Whether the threat comes from accursed artefacts, supernatural villains, or deadly rituals, there is always some unknowable evil lurking around the corner waiting to pounce.

Ranging from the efforts of classic literary writers like Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson to pulp icon H. P. Lovecraft, these masters of the dark arts knew how to create suspense and an impending sense of dread.

Horror fiction found its first connoisseurs amongst the Victorian public. This collection features several of its most accomplished pioneers.

Short stories from Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, and Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, show that some of the 19th century's most revered horror novelists could provide equally terrifying experiences in a shorter form.

Other authors such as H. P. Lovecraft, William Hope Hodgson, Pearl Norton Swet, and M. P. Shiel established themselves in the emerging pulp magazines of America in the early 20th century. There, they mastered their craft and provided terrifying thrills for an audience eager for a new type of fiction. Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom and Ireland, writers like Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, E. F. Benson, and M. R. James mastered the classic ghost story.

And who can forget Edgar Allan Poe? He devoted himself almost entirely to his poetry and his short stories, and his lyrical style and ability to evoke an atmosphere are unparalleled.

This collection includes stories by:
Edward Frederic Benson
Ambrose Bierce
Francis Marion Crawford
George Allan England
William Hope Hodgson
W. W. Jacobs
M. R. James
Vernon Lee
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
H. P. Lovecraft
Arthur Machen
Guy de Maupassant
Edgar Allan Poe
Charlotte Riddell
Mary Shelley
M. P. Shiel
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bram Stoker
Pearl Norton Swet

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788882620
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing
Publication date:	11/30/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	790,406
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Joanna Blythe is an experienced editor and in this collection she has featured some of the pioneers of the horror short story, including Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and H. P. Lovecraft.

Table of Contents

Edgar Allan Poe*
- The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Fall of the House of Usher
- The Masque of the Red Death
- The Black Cat

H. P. Lovecraft*
- The Call of Cthulhu
- The Color Out of Space
- The Hound
- The Rats in the Walls
- The Outsider

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu*
- Carmilla
- Dickon the Devil

Francis Marion Crawford*
- The Screaming Skull
- For the Blood is the Life

Mary Shelley
- The Mortal Immortal

W. W. Jacobs*
- The Monkey’s Paw

Guy de Maupassant*
- Diary of a Madman
- He?
- The Hand
- The Inn

Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Bottle Imp
- The Body Snatcher

Ambrose Bierce*
- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- The Haunted Valley
- The Death of Halpin Frayser
- Eyes of the Panther
- Visions of the Night

Arthur Machen*
- The Red Hand
- The Terror

Bram Stoker*
- Dracula’s Guest
- The Judge’s House
- The Crystal Cup

Edward Frederic Benson*
- The Room in the Tower
- The Confession of Charles Linkworth
- The Face
- Caterpillars

M R James*
- The Haunted Doll’s House
- Lost Hearts
- Number 13
- The Wailing Well

William Hope Hodgson*
- The Voice in the Night
- The Derelict
- The Thing Invisible
- The Gateway of the Monster

Vernon Lee
- Amour Dure
- Dionea
- Oke of Okehurst
- A Wicked Voice

Charlotte Riddell
- The Open Door

M. P. Shiel
- Vaila
- Xélucha

Pearl Norton Swet
- The Medici Boots

George Allan England
- The Thing from – Outside