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Description edit
DANGER! This book contains hazardous levels of horror, shock and panic. Ten stories from the darkest recesses of the world of fantastic terror. Read only at your own risk!
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Spine-tingling tales by Ray Bradbury, Frank Norris, H. P. Lovecraft and others.
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“I think," shrilled Erjas, "that this is our most intriguing discovery on any of the worlds we have yet visited! It's almost frightening.”
First Sentence edit
The title of this book -- Horrors Unknown -- has a double meaning.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction, by Sam Moskowitz
The Challenge fro Beyond, by C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long, Jr.
The Flying Lion, by Edison Marshall
Grettir at Thorhall-Stead, by Frank Norris
Werewoman, by C. L. Moore
From Hand to Mouth, by Fitz-James O'Brien
Body and Soul, by Seabury Quinn
Unseen -- Unfeared, by Francis Stevens
The Pendulum, by Ray Bradbury
Pendulum, by Ray Bradbury and Henry Hasse
The Pool of the Stone God, by W. Fenimore
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sam Moskowitz (Editor) - Name spelled incorrectly on cover, spine and title page (as Moscowitz), but correctly on the copyright page and the table of contents (as Moskowitz). Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Moskowitz
Other Contributors:
- C. L. Moore (Contributor) - The Challenge from Beyond (short story, with A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, Jr.); Werewoman (short story)
- A. Merritt (Contributor) - The Challenge from Beyond (short story, with C. L. Moore, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, Jr.)
- H. P. Lovecraft (Contributor) - The Challenge from Beyond (short story, with C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, Jr.)
- Robert E. Howard (Contributor) - The Challenge from Beyond (short story, with C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft, Frank Belknap Long, Jr.)
- Frank Belknap Long (Contributor) - The Challenge from Beyond (short story, with C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard)
- Edison Marshall (Contributor) - The Flying Lion (short story)
- Frank Norris (Contributor) - Grettir at Thorhall-Stead (short story)
- Fitz James O'Brien (Contributor) - From Hand to Mouth (short story)
- Seabury Quinn (Contributor) - Body and Soul (short story)
- Francis Stevens (Contributor) - Unseen -- Unfeared (short story)
- Ray Bradbury (Contributor) - The Pendulum (short story)Pendulum (short story, with Henry Hasse)
- Henry Hasse (Contributor) - Pendulum (short story, with Ray Bradbury)
- W. Fenimore (Contributor) - The Pool of the Stone God (short story)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1971
ISBN: 0 425 03063 6
Page Count: 210
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1971
ISBN: 0 425 03063 6
Page Count: 210
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