Realms of Darkness

Nightmarish tales of the supernatural and macabre, introduction by Christopher Lee.Contents:• Introduction (Realms of Darkness) • essay by Christopher Lee• Denton's Death • (1976) • short story by Martin Amis• In the Slaughteryard • (1890) • short story by Anonymous• The Dead Man of Varley Grange • (1878) • by uncredited [as by Anonymous]• Footsteps Invisible • (1940) • short story by Robert Arthur• The Thing in the Hall • (1912) • short story by E.F. Benson• The Boarded Window • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce• The Mannikin • (1937) • short story by Robert Bloch• They Bite • (1943) • short story by Anthony Boucher• The Demon Lover • (1941) • short story by Elizabeth Bowen • The Crown Derby Plate • (1933) • short story by Marjorie Bowen• Blind Man's Hood • (1937) • short story by John Dickson Carr• The Door • (1973) • short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes• The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael • (1933) • by Agatha Christie• Blackberries • (1983) • short story by Roger Clarke• The Moon Web • (1978) • short story by Adrian Cole• The Horror of Abbot's Grange • (1936) • short story by Frederick Cowles• The Screaming Skull • (1908) • novelette by F. Marion Crawford• Pig • (1959) • short story by Roald Dahl• The Extra Passenger • (1947) • short story by August Derleth• The Witch's Bone • (1963) • short story by William Croft Dickinson• The Four-Fifteen Express • (1866) • novelette by Amelia B. Edwards• The Haunted Haven • (1972) • short story by A.E. Ellis• The Sexton's Adventure • [Ghost Stories of Chapelizod • 3] • (1851) • short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu• The Black Ferry • (1935) • by John Galt *variant of The Book of Life (1831)• Friends • (1976) • short story by Catherine Gleason• Where the Woodbine Twineth • (1964) • by Davis Grubb *variant of You Never Believe Me• Waking or Sleeping • (1978) • short story by Willis Hall• Someone in the Lift • (1955) • short story by L.P. Hartley• The Peculiar Case of Mrs. Grimmond • (1973) • by Dorothy K. Haynes• The Trapdoor • (1936) • short story by C.D. Heriot• An Invitation to the Hunt • (1960) • short story by George Hitchcock• Taboo • (1939) • novelette by Geoffrey Household• Guests from Gibbet Island • (1839) • short story by Washington Irving• The Book • (1930) • short story by Margaret Irwin• The Three Sisters • (1914) • short story by W.W. Jacobs• The Haunted Dolls' House • (1923) • short story by M.R. James• The Yellow Cat • (1924) • short story by Michael Joseph• The Reaper's Image • (1969) • short story by Stephen King• Soldier Key • [Brigadier Ffellowes] • (1968) • novelette by Sterling E. Lanier• The Sanguivites • (1975) • short story by Kay Leith• Hybrid • (1934) • short story by L.A. Lewis• The Black Druid • (1930) • short story by Frank Belknap Long• The Tomb of Sarah • (1900) • short story by F.G. Loring• The Skeleton Hand • (1894) • short story by Agnes MacLeod• The Man from Glasgow • (1947) • short story by W. Somerset Maugham • The Hostelry • (1923) • by Guy de Maupassant *translation of L'auberge (1886)• The Phantom of the Lake • (1886) • short story by Edmund Mitchell• The Thing in the Upper Room • (1910) • short story by Arthur Morrison• The Tell-Tale Heart • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe• The Demon King • (1931) • short story by J.B. Priestley• Peekaboo • (1979) • short story by Bill Pronzini• The Black Lake • short story by Tony Richards• The Red Turret • (1931) • by Christine Campbell Thomson [as by Flavia Richardson]• Intercom • (1980) • short story by Agnes Short• Examination Day • (1958) • short story by Henry Slesar• The Devil's Ape • (1933) • short story by Barnard Stacey• The Judge's House • (1891) • short story by Bram Stoker• Dengué Fever • (1975) • short story by Paul Theroux• Message for Margie • (1964) • short story by Christine Campbell Thomson• Harry • (1955) • short story by Rosemary Timperley• Lucky's Grove • (1940) • short story by H. Russell Wakefield• Tarnhelm • (1929) • short story by Hugh Walpole• The Tibetan Box • (1965) • short story by Elizabeth Walter• The Sea-Raiders • (1896) • short story by H.G. Wells• A Thin Gentleman with Gloves • (1943) • by August Derleth [as by Simon West]• The Case of the Haunted Chateau •[Neils Orsen] • (1943) • by Dennis Wheatley