Worlds of Fear

Contents 1 • Introduction (Foundations of Fear) • (1992) • essay by David G. Hartwell 23 • Introduction to Worlds of Fear • (1994) • essay by David G. Hartwell 24 • Sandkings • (1979) • novelette by George R. R. Martin 76 • Aura • (1965) • novelette by Carlos Fuentes 115 • Barbara, of the House of Grebe • (1890) • novelette by Thomas Hardy 154 • Torturing Mr. Amberwell • (1985) • novelette by Thomas M. Disch 196 • The Prayer • (1895) • novelette by Violet Hunt 229 • Who Goes There? • (1938) • novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell ] 301 • . . . and my fear is great • (1953) • novella by Theodore Sturgeon (aka . . . And My Fear Is Great . . .) 376 • When Darkness Loves Us • (1985) • novelette by Elizabeth Engstrom 437 • We Purchased People • (1974) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl 456 • The Striding Place • (1896) • shortstory by Gertrude Atherton