
Schalken the Painter - (1851) - short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. The Rats in the Walls - (1924) - novelette by H. Within the Walls of Tyre - (1978) - novelette by Michael Bishop. The Monkey - (1980) - novelette by Stephen King. The Fall of the House of Usher - (1839) - novelette by Edgar Allan Poe. Dread - (1984) - novelette by Clive Barker. Bright Segment - (1955) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon. The Roaches - (1965) - short story by Thomas M. The Swords - (1969) - novelette by Robert Aickman. Vandy, Vandy - (1953) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman. If Damon Comes - (1978) - short story by Charles L. Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper - (1943) - short story by Robert Bloch. Belsen Express - (1975) - short story by Fritz Leiber. Larger Than Oneself - (1966) - novelette by Robert Aickman. Sticks - (1974) - novelette by Karl Edward Wagner. John Charrington's Wedding - (1891) - short story by E. The Autopsy - (1980) - novella by Michael Shea.
The Crowd - (1943) - short story by Ray Bradbury. Justice Harbottle - (1872) - novelette by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Young Goodman Brown - (1835) - short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Whimper of Whipped Dogs - (1973) - short story by Harlan Ellison. The Summer People - (1950) - short story by Shirley Jackson. The Call of Cthulhu - (1928) - novelette by H. There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding - (1976) - novelette by Russell Kirk. The New Mother - (1882) - short story by Lucy Clifford.
The Ash-Tree - (1904) - short story by M. Evening Primrose - (1940) - short story by John Collier. The Reach - (1981) - short story by Stephen King. Lawrence, and Edith Wharton to the contemporary writing of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Ray Bradbury. The Dark Descent, which won the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, showcases the finest of these ever written-from the time-honored classics of Edgar Allan Poe, D.H.
Hartwell traces the complex history of horror in literature back to the earliest short stories. In The Dark Descent, hailed as one of the most important anthologies ever to examine horror fiction, editor David G. A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction.200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.