Horror Literature: A Core Collection and Reference Guide

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Book edited by Marshall B. Tymn, 385 Books

The book Horror Literature: A Core Collection and Reference Guide is a comprehensive reference work designed to serve a wide audience, from library acquisitions staff and educators to scholars, researchers, and general readers interested in horror fiction. Edited by Marshall B. Tymn, the book provides an extensive overview of the genre, tracing its origins from Gothic romance through to modern horror literature. Contributors such as Frederick S. Frank, Benjamin Franklin Fisher IV, Jack Sullivan, and Robert Weinberg bring their expertise to different eras and forms of horror literature, including novels, anthologies, pulp magazines, and supernatural verse.

The book's purpose is to offer bibliographic control of horror fiction and related genres, presenting over 1,300 key works and providing a historical framework for understanding the development of the genre. Each chapter includes annotated bibliographies, critical essays, and a focus on core collection titles, selected based on their influence, popularity, and historical significance. The guide also aims to highlight the importance of horror literature as an entertaining yet intellectually stimulating form of art, while also addressing the contributions of well-known and lesser-known authors in the field.

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Edited by Marshall B. Tymn, with contributors such as Frederick S. Frank, Benjamin Franklin Fisher IV, Jack Sullivan, and Robert Weinberg

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
9375 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Algernon Blackwood 1908 British English
2831 The Listener And Other Stories Algernon Blackwood 1907 British English
9375 The Lost Valley And Other Stories Algernon Blackwood 1910 British English
9375 Pan's Garden Algernon Blackwood 1912 British English
10593 Shocks Algernon Blackwood 1949 British English
9375 Strange Stories Algernon Blackwood 1929 British English
9845 The Tales Of Algernon Blackwood Algernon Blackwood 1938 British English
9375 Ten Minute Stories Algernon Blackwood 1914 British English
9375 Tongues Of Fire And Other Sketches Algernon Blackwood 1924 British English
9375 The Willows And Other Queer Tales Algernon Blackwood 1907 British English
1361 The King In Yellow Robert W. Chambers 1895 American English
9375 The Maker Of Moons Robert W. Chambers 1896 American English
9375 The Mystery Of Choice Robert W. Chambers 1897 American English
9375 The Slayer Of Souls Robert W. Chambers 1920 American English
9375 The Tree Of Heaven Robert W. Chambers 1907 American English
31 Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad 1899 British English
2939 Wandering Ghosts F. Marion Crawford 1911 American English
2831 Alraune Hanns Heinz Ewers 1911 German German
2861 The Sorcerer's Apprentice Hanns Heinz Ewers 1910 German German
9375 The Spider Hanns Heinz Ewers 1908 German German
9375 The Stone Dragon And Other Tragic Romances R. Murray Gilchrist 1894 British English
9375 Wessex Tales Thomas Hardy 1888 British English
5252 The Boats Of The "Glen Carrig" William Hope Hodgson 1907 British English
5252 Carnacki The Ghost Finder William Hope Hodgson 1913 British English
2861 The Ghost Pirates William Hope Hodgson 1909 British English
662 The House On The Borderland And Other Novels William Hope Hodgson 1908 British English
9375 The Luck Of The Strong William Hope Hodgson 1916 British Unknown
13694 Masters Of Terror William Hope Hodgson 1977 British Unknown
9375 Men Of Deep Waters William Hope Hodgson 1914 British English
2146 The Night Land William Hope Hodgson 1912 British English
9375 The Lesson Of The Master And Other Stories Henry James 1892 American English
9375 The Sense Of The Past Henry James 1917 American English
7677 The Soft Side Henry James 1900 British English
9375 Stories Of The Supernatural Henry James 1908 American English
9375 Terminations And Other Stories Henry James 1895 American English
189 The Turn of the Screw Henry James 1898 American English
7955 The Collected Ghost Stories Of M. R. James M. R. James 1931 British English
615 Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary M. R. James 1904 British English
9375 More Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary M. R. James 1911 British English
9375 A Thin Ghost And Others M. R. James 1919 British English
9375 A Warning To The Curious And Other Ghost Stories M. R. James 1925 British English
9375 Actions And Reactions Rudyard Kipling 1909 British English
9375 The Phantom Rickshaw Rudyard Kipling 1888 British English
11829 Phantoms And Fantasies Rudyard Kipling 1965 British Unknown
9375 Plain Tales From The Hills Rudyard Kipling 1888 British English
9375 They Rudyard Kipling 1904 British English
9375 Traffics And Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1904 British English
2270 In a Glass Darkly Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 Irish English
9375 The Purcell Papers Sheridan Le Fanu 1838 Irish English
9732 The Children Of The Pool And Other Stories Arthur Machen 1936 British English
9732 The Cosy Room Arthur Machen 1936 British English
9375 The Glorious Mystery Arthur Machen 1924 British English
1712 The Great God Pan Arthur Machen 1894 British English
1370 The House Of Souls Arthur Machen 1906 British English
9375 The Shining Pyramid Arthur Machen 1895 British English
2056 Tales Of Horror And The Supernatural Arthur Machen 1948 British English
9375 The Terror Arthur Machen 1917 British English
9375 The Three Imposters Arthur Machen 1895 British English
9375 Allouma And Other Tales Guy de Maupassant 1889 French French
591 Stories of Guy de Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1880 French French
2972 Collected Ghost Stories G. Oliver Onions 1935 British English
9375 Ghosts In Daylight G. Oliver Onions 1924 British Unknown
9375 The Painted Face G. Oliver Onions 1929 British English
1306 Widdershins G. Oliver Onions 1911 British English
9375 Island Nights' Entertainments Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 British English
9375 The Merry Men And Other Tales And Fables Robert Louis Stevenson 1887 British English
218 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 British English
9375 Tales And Fantasies Robert Louis Stevenson 1905 British English
13232 The Bram Stoker Bedside Companion Bram Stoker 1973 British Unknown
53 Dracula Bram Stoker 1897 British English
2939 Dracula's Guest Bram Stoker 1914 British English
9375 Phantoms And Other Stories Ivan Turgenev 1864 Russian Russian
6939 A Reckless Character and Other Stories Ivan Turgenev 1883 Russian Russian
9375 Complete Short Stories H. G. Wells 1927 British English
7960 The Country Of The Blind H. G. Wells 1904 British English
9375 The Plattner Story And Others H. G. Wells 1897 British English
9375 The Stolen Bacillus And Other Incidents H. G. Wells 1895 British English
9375 Thirty Strange Stories H. G. Wells 1897 British English
9375 Twelve Stories And A Dream H. G. Wells 1903 British English
9375 The Valley Of Spiders H. G. Wells 1903 British English
2849 The Ghost Stories Of Edith Wharton Edith Wharton 1937 American English
9797 Ghosts Edith Wharton 1937 American Unknown
9375 Here And Beyond Edith Wharton 1926 American English
9375 Tales Of Men And Ghosts Edith Wharton 1910 American English
9375 Xingu And Other Stories Edith Wharton 1916 American English
89 The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 1890 Irish English
4651 Cold Hand In Mine Robert Aickman 1975 British English
11624 Dark Entries Robert Aickman 1964 British English
13905 Painted Devils Robert Aickman 1979 British English
11876 Powers Of Darkness Robert Aickman 1966 British English
2209 Sub Rosa Robert Aickman 1968 British English
13694 Tales Of Love And Death Robert Aickman 1977 British English
3154 We Are For The Dark Robert Aickman 1951 British English
10426 This Mortal Coil Cynthia Asquith 1947 British English
13694 Cold Chills Robert Bloch 1977 American English
5580 The Opener Of The Way Robert Bloch 1945 American English
1279 Psycho Robert Bloch 1959 American English
13905 Such Stuff As Screams Are Made Of Robert Bloch 1979 American English
13905 Ariel Lawrence Block 1979 American English
2939 The Demon Lover Elizabeth Bowen 1927 British English
3071 Kecksies And Other Twilight Tales Marjorie Bowen 1946 British English
4441 Demons By Daylight Ramsey Campbell 1973 British English
11805 The Doll Who Ate His Mother Ramsey Campbell 1976 British English
13533 The Height Of The Scream Ramsey Campbell 1976 British English
13993 The Parasite Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
9375 Fishhead Irvin S. Cobb 1913 British English
1994 Fancies And Goodnights John Collier 1951 British English
13533 Blood Summer Louise Cooper 1976 British English
3071 Fearful Pleasures A. E. Coppard 1946 British English
13232 From Evil's Pillow Basil Copper 1973 British English
13298 The Great White Space Basil Copper 1974 British English
13993 Necropolis Basil Copper 1980 British English
10193 The Other Passenger John Keir Cross 1944 British English
2819 On The Edge Walter de la Mare 1930 British English
2905 The Return Walter de la Mare 1910 British English
2819 The Riddle Walter de la Mare 1923 British English
9732 The Wind Blows Over Walter de la Mare 1936 British Unknown
11472 Lonesome Places August Derleth 1962 American English
11529 Mr. George, And Other Odd Persons August Derleth 1963 American English
10005 Someone In The Dark August Derleth 1941 American English