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Masters of Horror
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Masters of Horror (1968) (edit title/settings)

by Alden H. Norton (Editor), H. Russell Wakefield (Author) (edit contributors)

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Here is a wicked brew of the chillingly bizarre and gruesomely grotesque in an outstanding anthology of horror stories.
BEWARE
Your blood will curdle and your hair will stand on end as you read these nerve-shattering tales by such masters in the terror trade as Bram Stoker, Ray... read more

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TENSE TALES OF HORROR
You are in a strange Mexican town, living in a hotel, and on the Day of Death you wake up, and there on your dressing table is a small, white, sugar-candy skull ...
"The Candy Skull" by Ray Bradbury
One by one they disappeared, first the child then the old... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

TENSE TALES OF HORROR
You are in a strange Mexican town, living in a hotel, and on the Day of Death you wake up, and there on your dressing table is a small, white, sugar-candy skull ...
"The Candy Skull" by Ray Bradbury
One by one they disappeared, first the child then the old woman, never to be heard from again. Each had received the deadly kiss of the stranger in white, a beautiful woman with odd, glittering eyes ...
"The Were-Wolf" by Clemence Housman
In the box, embedded in pink cotton, lay a clasp of black onyx, on which was inlaid a curious symbol in gold that did not belong to any human script -- it was a sinister omen of evil ...
"The Yellow Sign" by Robert W. Chambers
And other stories by Bram Stoker, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, H. R. Wakefield, A. Merritt, David H. Keller and Henry Kuttner.

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  • “Who touched me? Who's whispering? Where's the door?”

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Every anthologist worth his salt wants to do right by his reader and takes honest delight in dredging up an overlooked literary gem or dusting off a neglected classic.

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Introduction, by Sam Moskowitz
The Were-Wolf, by Clemence Housman
Dracula's Guest, by Bram Stoker
The Transformation, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Yellow Sign, by Robert W. Chambers
The Women of the Wood, by A. Merritt
Blind Man's Bluff, by H. R. Wakefield
A Piece of Linoleum, by David H. Keller
Before I Wake, by Henry Kuttner
The Candy Skull, by Ray Bradbury

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Alden H. Norton (Editor)
  2. H. Russell Wakefield (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Sam Moskowitz (Introduction)
  2. Clemence Housman (Contributor) - The Were-Wolf (short story)
  3. Bram Stoker (Contributor) - Dracula's Guest (short story)
  4. Mary Shelley (Contributor) - The Transformation (short story)
  5. Robert W. Chambers (Contributor) - The Yellow Sign (short story)
  6. A. Merritt (Contributor) - The Women of the Wood (short story)
  7. David H Keller (Contributor) - A Piece of Linoleum (short story)
  8. Henry Kuttner (Contributor) - Before I Wake (short story)
  9. Ray Bradbury (Contributor) - The Candy Skull (short story)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1968
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 192

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