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The Nightmare Reader (1973)

The Nightmare Reader (1973)

Horror Short Stories

August Derleth, Lord Dunsany, H. G. Wells, Aleister Crowley, Ambrose Bierce, John Gawsworth, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood, Mary Shelley, C.F. Hoffman, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton, Lafcadio Hearn, Елена Петровна Блаватская, Arthur C. Clarke, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Thomas De Quincey, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Arthur Machen, Robert Bloch, Montague Rhodes James, Montague Summers, Sheridan Le Fanu, Peter Haining

Year: 1973
Authors: August Derleth, Lord Dunsany, H. G. Wells, Aleister Crowley, Ambrose Bierce, John Gawsworth, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood, Mary Shelley, C.F. Hoffman, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton, Lafcadio Hearn, Елена Петровна Блаватская, Arthur C. Clarke, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Thomas De Quincey, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Arthur Machen, Robert Bloch, Montague Rhodes James, Montague Summers, Sheridan Le Fanu, Peter Haining
Print type: BOOK

Description:

CONTENTS: Introduction. What hath light wrought? / by Isaac Asimov Visitation. The midnight embrace / by Matthew Lewis The Frankenstein theme. The transformation / by Mary Shelley Dream state. The bold dragoon / by Washington Irving Drug addiction. Levana and our ladies of sorrow / by Thomas de Quincey Sorcery. The magician / by Lord Lytton Morphia influence. [Berenice](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645808W) / by Edgar Allan Poe Schizophrenia. The drunkard's dream / by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Claustrophobia. The man in the reservoir / by C.F. Hoffman The blood drinker. Haceldama / by Lafcadio Hearn Hallucination. The ensouled violin / by Madame Blavatsky Morbidity. Visions of the night / by Ambrose Bierce The legendary dream. The soldier's rest / by Arthur Machen A trauma of war. The bureau d'échange de Maux / by Lord Dunsany Psychic experience. The silver mirror / by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The occultist. The testament of Magdalen Blair / by Aleister Crowley Visionary. A dream of Armageddon / by H.G. Wells Ghostly visitation. A school story / by M.R. James Obsession. The grimoire / by Montague Summers Recluse. The evil clergyman / by H.P. Lovecraft Nightmare. The slayers and the slain / by August Derleth Fear of illness. The shifting growth / by John Gawsworth Arachnophobia. Along came a spider / by Algernon Blackwood Night fantasy. The head hunter / by Robert Bloch A waking dream. The haunting of the new / by Ray Bradbury The future. The curse / by Arthur C. Clarke