Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural - (Modern Library (Hardcover)) by Phyllis Wagner (Hardcover)

About the Book

This longtime Modern Library favorite contains more than 50 stories of heart-stopping suspense by such distinguished spell-weavers as Edgar Allan Poe, H.G. Wells, Saki, Guy de Maupassant, Rudyard Kipling, Henry James, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Isak Dinesen, among others.

Book Synopsis

First published in 1944, here are fifty-two stories of heart-stopping suspense from some of the most renowned authors and horror writers in literary history, with an introduction and notes from Phyllis Cerf Wagner and Herbert Wise.

"There is not a story in this collection that does not have the breath of life, achieve the full suspension of disbelief that is so particularly important in [this] type of fiction."--The Saturday Review

This spine-chilling anthology collects stories from such distinguished spell weavers like:

- Edgar Allan Poe ("The Black Cat")
- Wilkie Collins ("A Terribly Strange Bed")
- Henry James ("Sir Edmund Orme")
- Guy de Maupassant ("Was It a Dream?")
- O. Henry ("The Furnished Room")
- Rudyard Kipling (" 'They' ")
- H. G. Wells ("Pollock and the Porroh Man")

As well as tales from other masters of literature, including:

- Algernon Blackwood ("Ancient Sorceries")
- Walter de la Mare ("Out of the Deep")
- E.M. Forster ("The Celestial Omnibus")
- Isak Dinesen ("The Sailor-Boys Tale")
- H.P. Lovecraft ("The Dunwich Horror")
- Dorothy L. Sayers ("Suspicion")
- Ernest Hemingway ("The Killers")
- And more!

Hailed by The New York Times Book Review as "a gooseflesh special," Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural is a must-read for every horror fan and lover of classic literature.

About the Author

Phyllis Wagner (1916-2006) was an actress, writer, and co-founder, with Dr. Seuss, of Beginner Books. She also co-edited, with Herbert Wise, the horror anthology Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural.