Posts Tagged ‘H. P. Lovecraft’
Posted by demonik on November 22, 2011
Anthony Masters (ed) – Cries Of Terror (Arrow, 1976)
Introduction – Anthony Masters
Thomas Burke – The Hands Of Mr. Ottermole
Saki – The Open Window
H. P. Lovecraft – In The Vault
Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle – The Brazilian Cat
William Hope Hodgson – The Whistling Room
C. M. Eddy – The Loved Dead
Jane Rice – The Idol Of The Flies
John Collier – Thus I refute Beelzy
J. D. Beresford – The Misanthrope
John Keir Cross – Music When Soft Voices Die
W. F. Harvey – August Heat
John Metcalfe – The Bad Lands
M. R. James – A School Story
W. W. Jacobs – The Interruption
Posted in Anthology, Anthony Masters, Arrow | Tagged: Anthony Masters, Arrow, C. M. Eddy, fiction, H. P. Lovecraft, horror, J. D. Beresford, Jane Rice, John Collier, John Keir Cross, John Metcalfe, M. R. James, paperback, Saki, Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, Thomas Burke, Vault Of Evil, W. F. Harvey, W. W. Jacobs, William Hope Hodgson | 1 Comment »
Posted by demonik on November 18, 2011
Michel Parry (ed.) – The Hounds Of Hell (Arrow, 1975: originally Victor Gollancz, 1973)
Introduction – Michel Parry
H. P. Lovecraft – The Hound
Ambrose Bierce – Staley Flemming’s Hallucination
Ivan Turgenev – The Dog
Agatha Christie – The Hound Of Death
Manly Wade Wellman – Dead Dog
Catherine Crowe – The Dutch Officer’s Story
Guy de Maupassant – Vendetta
Theo Gift – Dog Or Demon?
Saki – Louis
Fritz Leiber – The Howling Tower
Feodor Sologub – The White Dog
William Faulkner – The Hound
Ray Bradbury – The Emissary
Robert Bloch – The Hound Of Pedro
Ramsey Campbell – The Whining
Dion Fortune – The Death Hound
Blurb:
Prepare to meet… The HOUNDS OF HELL
Piercing, coal-red eyes. Claws and teeth stained with blood. Jaws that slaver at the prospect of a fresh victim.
Buried deep within our unconscious, the savage, primordial image of the Dog-Beast still holds the power to haunt and terrify. Here, from the pens of some of the greatest horror writers of all time, are sixteen nightmare tales to remind you why.
See also The Hounds Of Hell on Vault forum
Posted in Anthology, Arrow, Michel Parry | Tagged: Agatha Christie, Ambrose Bierce, Arrow, Dion Fortune, Feodor Sologub, Fritz Leiber, Guy de Maupassant, H. P. Lovecraft, horror, Hounds Of Hell, Ivan Turgenev, Manly Wade Wellman, Michel Parry, paperback, Ramsey Campbell, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Saki, Theo Gift, Vault Of Evil, Victor Gollancz, William Faulkner | Leave a Comment »
Posted by demonik on November 18, 2011
Michel Parry (ed.) – Beware of the Cat (Arrow, 1974: originally Victor Gollancz, 1973)
Introduction – Michel Parry
Gulielmus Baldwin – Beware The Cat
Barry Pain – The Grey Cat
Stephen Vincent Benet – The King Of The Cats
Traditional – The Vampire Cat
Byron Liggett – The Cat Man
J. S. Le Fanu – The White Cat
Algernon Blackwood – Ancient Sorceries
Saki – Tobermoray
Theodore Sturgeon – Fluffy
Ramsey Campbell – Cat And Mouse
H. P. Lovecraft – The Cats Of Ulthar
Ambrose Bierce – Eyes Of The Panther
Walter Wintle – The Black Cat
Ernest Hamilton – The Child Watcher
Blurb
Beware of the Cat…
For millennia cats have haunted human consciousness, either worshipped as gods or persecuted as the incarnation of Evil, no other creature has aroused such violent emotions.
In this collection of stories – which range from a macabre tale by a sixteenth century monk to the work of contemporary masters – all the cats are different. There are talking cats, starving cats, murderous cats, cannibalistic cats, cats that can take human form, ghost cats, and a cat who might be the Devil himself.
They only have one thing in common – all are terrifying …
See also Beware Of The Cat on Vault forum
Posted in Anthology, Arrow, Michel Parry | Tagged: Algernon Blackwood, Ambrose Bierce, Arrow, Barry Pain, Beware of the Cat, Byron Liggett, Ernest Hamilton, Gulielmus Baldwin, H. P. Lovecraft, horror, J. S. Le Fanu, Michel Parry, paperback, Ramsey Campbell, Saki, Stephen Vincent Benet, Theodore Sturgeon, Traditional, Vault Of Evil, Victor Gollancz, Walter Wintle | 1 Comment »
Posted by demonik on November 17, 2011
August Derleth (ed.) – Over The Edge (Arrow, 1976, originally Arkham House, 1966, Gollancz, 1967)
Artist uncredited. Alun Hood?
William Hope Hodgson – The Crew Of The Lancing
H. R. Wakefield – The Last Meeting Of Two Old Friends
H. P. Lovecraft – The Shadow In The Attic
John Metcalfe – The Renegade
Clark Ashton Smith – Told In The Desert
Frank Belknap Long – When The Rains Came
Robert E. Howard – The Blue Flame Of Vengeance
Jesse Stuart – Crabgrass
Carl Jacobi – Kincaid’s Car
August Derleth – The Patchwork Quilt
Fritz Leiber – The Black Gondolier
J. Vernon Shea – The Old Lady’s Room
Joseph Payne Brennan – The North Knoll
Mary E. Counselman – The Huaco Of Senor Perez
David A. Johnstone – Mr. Alucard
John Pocsik – Casting The Stone
Michael Bailey – Aneaonoshian
J. Ramsey Campbell – The Stone On The Island
Blurb:
A lost ship manned by demons of the sea.
A mass murderer whose spirit returns to kill again.
A deadly Inca curse that spans the centuries.
Here are eighteen nightmarish tales by masters of the macabre, none of which have ever appeared in paperback before.
Tales of horror, madness and the supernatural.
Tales to drive you over the edge.
see also the Over the Edge thread on Vault of Evil Forum
Posted in Anthology, Arrow, August Derleth | Tagged: Arkham House, August Derleth, Carl Jacobi, Clark Ashton Smith, David A. Johnstone, fiction, Frank Belknap Long, Gollancz, H. P. Lovecraft, H. R. Wakefield, horror, J. Ramsey Campbell, J. Vernon Shea, John Metcalfe, John Pocsik, Joseph Payne Brennan, Mary E. Counselman, Michael Bailey, paperback, Robert E. Howard, The Black Gondolier, Vault Of Evil, William Hope Hodgson | Leave a Comment »
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