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of fantasy and

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stories edited by American writer August Derleth. It was first published by Pellegrini & Cudahy in 1947. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines ''

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'', '' Weird Tales'', '' Scribner's'', '' Dublin University Magazine'', '' Unknown'', ''

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'', ''The Bellman'', '' Vanity Fair'' and '' Black Mask''. An abridged edition (15 stories) was published by Four Square Books in 1963 under the same title.

* Introduction, by August Derleth * "A View from a Hill", by M. R. James * "Glory Hand", by August Derleth * "The Lady’s Maid’s Bell", by

Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (; born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and interior designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray ...

* "The Shadows", by

Henry S. Whitehead Henry St. Clair Whitehead (March 5, 1882 – November 23, 1932) was an American Episcopal minister and author of horror and fantasy fiction."In Memoriam: Henry St. Clair Whitehead". H. P. Lovecraft. Reprinted in Robert Weinberg, ''The Weird ...

* "Out of the Eons", by Hazel Heald * "The Jar", by Ray Bradbury * "The Bully of Chapelizod", by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu * "Over the River", by

P. Schuyler Miller Peter Schuyler Miller (February 21, 1912 – October 13, 1974) was an American science fiction writer and critic. Life Miller was raised in New York's Mohawk Valley, which led to a lifelong interest in the Iroquois Indians. He pursued this as ...

* "Carnaby’s Fish", by Carl Jacobi * "The Painted Mirror", by

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* "The Double Shadow", by

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* "The Ocean Leech", by

Frank Belknap Long Frank Belknap Long (April 27, 1901 – January 3, 1994) was an American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction. Though his writing career spanned seven decades, he is best known ...

* "Amina", by

Edward Lucas White Edward Lucas White (May 11, 1866 – March 30, 1934) was an American author and poet. Life Born in Bergen County, New Jersey, the son of Thomas Hurley White (1838-1902) and Kate Butler (Lucas) White, he attended Johns Hopkins University in Balt ...

* "Farewell Performance", by

H. Russell Wakefield Herbert Russell Wakefield (1888 – 2 August 1964) was an English short-story writer, novelist, publisher, and civil servant chiefly remembered today for his ghost stories. Life Wakefield was the third of four children of the clergyman Henry Russ ...

* "One Way to Mars", by

Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small ...

* "Out of the Picture", by Arthur Machen * "The Canal", by Everil Worrell * "The Postman of Otford", by

Lord Dunsany Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957, usually Lord Dunsany) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. Over 90 volumes of fiction, essays, poems and plays appeared in his lifetime.Lanham, M ...

* "Deaf, Dumb, and Blind", by

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* "Spider Bite", by Robert S. Carr * "Brenner’s Boy", by John Metcalfe * "Mr. Lupescu", by Anthony Boucher * "Masquerade", by

Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Early life Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. Kuttner (1829–1903) and Amelia Bush (c. 1834–1911), the ...

* "Seventh Sister", by Mary Elizabeth Counselman * "In Amundsen’s Tent", by John Martin Leahy * "Man in a Hurry", by Alan Nelson * "The Last Pin", by H. W. Guernsey * "The Doll", by Algernon Blackwood * "The Tool", by

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* " The Dreams in the Witch-House", by H. P. Lovecraft * Bibliography

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