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NEVER BEFORE IN A SINGLE VOLUME ...A visit to the Garden of Forbidden Delights ... Intimate glimpses into the "lives" of creatures that go shriek in the night ... A feast at the Banquet of Satan ... And the terrifying truth about other monsters -- including absolutely authenticated ones -- who... read more
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A hideously illustrated guide to witches and warlocks, to vampires, ghouls, werewolves and other creatures roaming among us, committing deeds so foul as to earn them a crypt in the true graveyard of horror.
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“You breed queer mosquitoes in these parts," he said. "I've been bitten to pieces, but only in one place.”
First Sentence edit
A man and a woman -- nature had done the grouping -- sat on a rustic seat, in the late afternoon.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction, by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
The Eyes of the Panther, by Ambrose Bierce
The Dreadful Visitor, by Thomas Preskett Prest
The Monster-Maker, by William C. Morrow
Mohammed Bux and the Demon, adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
Count Magnus, by M. R. James
The Purple Terror, by Fred M. White
The Werewolf, by Frederick Marryat
The Wer-Bear, by Sir Walter Scott
Jikininki, by Lafcadio Hearn
The Vampire Cat of Nabeshima, adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
The Corpse at the Inn, adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
The Demon Who Changed Its Skin, adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
The Guest and the Striges, adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
A Vatanuan Cannibal Tale, adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
Four Siberian Demon Tales, adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
An Irish Vampire, by R. S. Breen
Peter Kürten, the Monster of Dusseldorf, by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
The Mark of the Beast, by Rudyard Kipling
The Were-Tiger, by Sir Hugh Clifford
Johannes Cuntius, a Citizen of Pensch, by Henry More
Hungary's Female Vampire, by Dean Lipton
Sawney Beane, the Man Eater of Eastlothian, by Captain Charles Johnson
Stubbe Peeter, adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
Authors & Contributors edit
- Bernhardt J. Hurwood (Editor) - Also wrote Introduction
Other Contributors:
- Ambrose Bierce (Contributor) - The Eyes of the Panther (short story)
- Thomas Preskett Prest (Contributor) - The Dreadful Visitor (from the serialized gothic Varney the Vampire, 1845-1847) Preskett Prest also known as James Malcolm Rymer
- William C. Morrow (Contributor) - The Monster-Maker (short story)
- Bernhardt J. Hurwood (Adapter) - Mohammed Bux and the Demon (short story); The Vampire Cat of Nabeshima (adapted from the Japanese); The Corpse at the Inn (adapted from Liao Chai by Pu Sung Ling); The Demon Who Changed Its Skin (adapted from Liao Chai by Pu Sung Ling); The Guest and the Striges (adapted from the Greek); A Vatanuan Cannibal Tale (adapted from the Melanesian); Four Siverian Demon Tales (adapted from the Siberian); Stubbe Peeter (adapted from the Gallic)
- M. R. James (Contributor) - Count Magnus (short story)
- Fred M. White (Contributor) - The Purple Terror (short story)
- Frederick Marryat (Contributor) - The Werewolf (from the gothic novel The Phantom Ship)
- Sir Walter Scott (Contributor) - The Wer-Bear (from The History of Hrolfekraka)
- Lafcadio Hearn (Contributor) - Jikininki (short story)
- Songling Pu (Contributor) - The Corpse at the Inn (from Liao Chai, adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood); The Demon Who Changed Its Skin (from Liao Chai, adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood)
- R. S. Breen (Contributor) - An Irish Vampire (short story)
- Bernhardt J. Hurwood (Contributor) - Peter Kürten, the Monster of Dusseldorf (short story)
- Rudyard Kipling (Contributor) - The Mark of the Beast (short story)
- Sir Hugh Clifford (Contributor) - The Were-Tiger (short story)
- Henry More (Contributor) - Johannes Cuntius, A Citizen of Pentsch (short story)
- Dean Lipton (Contributor) - Hungary's Female Vampire (short story)
- Captain Charles Johnson (Contributor) - Sawney Beane, the Man Eater of Eastlothian (short story)
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