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A dragon, a vampire, an abominable snowman, a sea serpent and other grotesque creatures of the imagination loom in these scarifying tales of the bizarre and the unnatural.
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MONSTER MIX
Readers have always savored the thrill of horror engendered by a well-told monster story. The tales in this collection have been chosen for their literary merit, as well as their imagination and dramatic excitement.
ROBERT ARTHUR
is an author and editor specializing...
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(warning: may contain spoilers)
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“Just a few minutes before you came by," Jorman blurted. "I heard footsteps -- his steps -- shuffling by. The dog woke up and whimpered. They approached me slowly, pausing, then going on.”
First Sentence edit
Probably every reader of this book has seen at least one, and perhaps a lot more than one, monster movie.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction, by Robert Arthur
The Day of the Dragon, by Guy Endore
Mrs. Amsworth, by E. F. Benson
Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent, by Stephen Vincent Benet
Creature of the Snows, by William Sambrot
Aepyornis Island, by H. G. Wells
Fire in the Galley Stove, by William Outerson
The Mannikin, by Robert Bloch
The Wendigo, by Algernon Blackwood
The Derelict, by William Hope Hodgson
O Ugly Bird!, by Manly Wade Wellman
Mimic, by Donald A. Wollheim
The Hoard of the Gibbelins, by Lord Dunsany
Footsteps Invisible, by Robert Arthur
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Arthur (Editor)
Other Contributors:
- Robert Arthur (Introduction)
- Guy Endore (Contributor) - The Day of the Dragon (short story)
- E. F. Benson (Contributor) - Mrs. Amsworth (short story)
- Stephen Vincent BeneĢt (Contributor) - Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent (short story)
- William Sambrot (Contributor) - Creature of the Snows (short story)
- H. G. Wells (Contributor) - Aepyornis Island (short story)
- William Outerson (Contributor) - Fire in the Galley Stove (short story)
- Robert Bloch (Contributor) - The Mannikin (short story) *** Bloch is misidentified as "Robert Finch" on the back cover, but correctly identified on the Acknowledgments page, the Contents page, and with the story. ***
- Algernon Blackwood (Contributor) - The Wendigo (short story)
- William Hope Hodgson (Contributor) - The Derelict (short story)
- Manly Wade Wellman (Contributor) - O Ugly Bird! (short story)
- Donald A. Wollheim (Contributor) - Mimic (short story)
- Lord Dunsany (Contributor) - The Hoard of the Gibbelins (short story)
- Robert Arthur (Contributor) - Footsteps Invisible (short story)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: June 1968
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 284
Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: June 1968
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 284
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