The Graveyard Reader
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 Cover of the first edition | |
| Editor | Groff Conklin |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Richard Powers |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1958 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 156 |
The Graveyard Reader is an anthology of horror short stories edited by Groff Conklin. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in 1958, and reprinted in November 1965.[1]
The book collects twelve novelettes and short stories by various authors, together with an introduction by the editor. The stories were previously published from 1861-1958 in various magazines.[1]
Contents
[edit]- "Introduction" by Groff Conklin
- "The Screaming Woman" by Ray Bradbury
- "A Bottomless Grave" by Ambrose Bierce
- "The Cart" by Richard Hughes
- "The Graveyard Rats" by Henry Kuttner
- "Skin" by Roald Dahl
- "Night Court" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
- "Free Dirt" by Charles Beaumont
- "Listen, Children, Listen!" by Wallace West
- "Special Delivery" by John Collier
- "The Child That Loved a Grave" by Fitz-James O'Brien
- "The Outsider" by H. P. Lovecraft
- "The Graveyard Reader" by Theodore Sturgeon
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b The Graveyard Reader title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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