A Wave of Fear: A Classic Horror Anthology

Includes selections by L.A. Lewis, Eleanor Scott, Ambrose Bierce, M.P. Shiel, H.R. Wakefield, Charles Birkin, L.T.C. Rolt, Marjorie Bowen, A.C. Benson, E.F. Benson, R.H. Benson, Joy Burnett, Frederick Cowles, D.K. Browster, J.D. Beresford, Robert W. Chambers, and Vivian Meik.Contents (view Concise Listing)9 • Editor's Foreword (A Wave of Fear) • (1973) • essay by Hugh Lamb13 • The Child • (1934) • short story by L. A. Lewis26 • Celui-La • (1929) • short story by Eleanor Scott44 • A Resumed Identity • (1908) • short story by Ambrose Bierce51 • Huguenin's Wife • (1895) • short story by M. P. Shiel63 • Blind Man's Bluff • (1929) • short story by H. Russell Wakefield (variant of Blind Man's Buff) [as by H. R. Wakefield]68 • Marjorie's on Starlight • (1973) • short story by Charles Birkin80 • Hawley Bank Foundry • (1948) • short story by L. T. C. Rolt102 • Twilight • (1912) • short story by Marjorie Bowen111 • Basil Netherby • (1926) • novelette by A. C. Benson139 • The Wishing-Well • (1929) • short story by E. F. Benson154 • The Traveller • (1903) • short story by R. H. Benson163 • Phantom Silhouette • (1973) • short story by Joy Burnett169 • Terrible Mrs. Greene • (1936) • short story by Frederick Cowles176 • Clairvoyance • (1932) • novelette by D. K. Broster194 • The Late Occupier • (1918) • short story by J. D. Beresford198 • The Messenger • (1897) • novelette by Robert W. Chambers235 • A Honeymoon in Hate • (1933) • short story by Vivian Meik