A Treasury of American Horror Stories

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge . Ambrose Bierce . Lost Face . Jack London . Being . Richard Matheson . One Happy Family . John S. McFarland . A Return to the Sabbath . Robert Bloch . The Autopsy . Michael Shea . The Believers . Robert Arthur . A Teacher's Rewards . Robert S. Phillips . Chico Lafleur Talks Funny . Suzette Haden Elgin . The Legend of Joe Lee . John D. MacDonald . Seventh Sister . Mary Elizabeth Counselman . The Isle of Voices . Robert Louis Stevenson . One Man's Harp . Babette Rosmond . Cannibalism in the Cars . Mark Twain . The Smell of Cherries . Jeffrey Goddin . Away . Barry N. Malzberg . Twilla . Tom Reamy . His Name Was Not Forgotten . Joel Townsley Rogers . Désirée's Child . Kate Chopin . The Children of Noah . Richard Matheson . 2The Man Who Collected Poe . Robert Bloch . Pickman's Model . H. P. Lovecraft . The Screwfly Solution [as by Raccoona Sheldon] . James Tiptree, Jr. . The Unpleasantness at Carver House . Carl Jacobi . Mute Milton . Harry Harrison . Dumb Supper . Henderson Starke . Lonely Train a' Comin' ["The Train"] . William F. Nolan . Children of the Corn . Stephen King . Legal Rites [Pohl as James MacCreigh] . Isaac Asimov & Frederik Pohl . The Devil and Daniel Webster . Stephen Vincent Benét . The Master of the Hounds . Algis Budrys . The Devil of the Picuris . Edwin L. Sabin . The Garrison [as by David Grinnell] . Donald A. Wollheim . The Desrick on Yandro [John] . Manly Wade Wellman . Shaggy Vengeance . Robert Adams . The Horsehair Trunk . Davis Grubb . The Curse of Yig . Zealia Brown Reed Bishop . Peekaboo . Bill Pronzini . Bird of Prey . Nelson S. Bond . The Haunter of the Dark . H. P. Lovecraft . Song of the Slaves . Manly Wade Wellman . The Eagle-Claw Rattle . Ardath Mayhar . Our Town . Jerome Bixby . Perverts . Whitley Strieber . The Goddess of Zion . David H. Keller, M.D. . Alannah [as by Stephen Grendon] . August Derleth . His Coat So Gay [Brigadier Ffellowes] . Sterling E. Lanier . Bigfish . Edward D. Hoch . ss * Lonely Road . Richard Wilson . Beyond the Threshold . August Derleth . The Monster of Lake LaMetrie . Wardon Allan Curtis