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From the jacket: "Over 500 pages of chills and thrills edited by Dashiell Hammett. Exciting stories wherein things that can't happen and ought not to happen do happen!" 20 classic stories of terror from such masters as H.P. Lovecraft, Donald Wandrei, William Faulkner, John Collier, Conrad Aiken, Stephen Vincent Benet and others, with an introduction by Hammett.CONTENTSIntroduction (Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills) essay by Dashiell HammettA Woman Alone with Her Soul (1912) by Thomas Bailey AldrichA Rose for Emily (1930) by William FaulknerGreen Thoughts (1931) by John CollierThe Ghost of Alexander Perks, A.B. by Robert Dean FrisbieThe House (La maison) by André MauroisThe Kill by Peter FlemingTen O'Clock by Philip MacDonaldThe Spider (Die Spinne) (1908) by Hanns Heinz EwersBreakdown (1929) by L. A. G. StrongThe Witch's Vengeance (1930) by W. B. SeabrookThe Rat (1929) by S. Fowler WrightFaith, Hope and Charity (1930) by Irvin S. CobbMr. Arcularis (1931) by Conrad AikenThe Music of Erich Zann (1922) by H. P. LovecraftThe Strange Case of Mrs. Arkwright (1928) by Harold DeardenThe King of the Cats (1929) by Stephen Vincent BenétThe Red Brain (1927) by Donald WandreiThe Phantom Bus (1930) by W. Elwyn BackusBeyond the Door (1923) by J. Paul SuterPerchance to Dream (1930) by Michael JoyceA Visitor from Egypt (1930) by Frank Belknap Long

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"Ma chère maman...": De Baudelaire à Saint-Exupéry, des lettres d'écrivains

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William Faulkner