''The Supernatural Reader'' is an
anthology of
horror short stories edited by
Groff and Lucy Conklin. It was first published in hardcover by American company
J. B. Lippincott in April 1953, with a Canadian edition issued the same year by Longmans. The first British edition was issued by Cassell & Company in 1957. Paperback editions were published in Britain by World/WDL Books in 1958 and in the United States by Collier Books in 1962. The Collier edition was issued as edited by Groff Conklin alone and was reprinted several times, in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1970.
The book collects twenty-seven novelettes and short stories by various authors, together with an introduction by the editor. The stories were previously published from 1858-1952 in various magazines.
Contents
*"Introduction" (
Groff Conklin
Edward Groff Conklin (September 6, 1904 – July 19, 1968) was an American science fiction anthologist. He edited 40 anthologies of science fiction, one of mystery stories (co-edited with physician Noah Fabricant), wrote books on home improvemen ...
)
*"The Angel With Purple Hair" (
Herb Paul)
*"For the Blood Is the Life" (
F. Marion Crawford)
*"The Stranger" (
Richard Hughes)
*"Mrs. Manifold" (
Stephen Grendon)
*"Piffingcap" (
A. E. Coppard)
*"
Shottle Bop" (
Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon (; born Edward Hamilton Waldo, February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985) was an American fiction author of primarily fantasy, science fiction and horror, as well as a critic. He wrote approximately 400 reviews and more than 120 sh ...
)
*"
Gabriel-Ernest
"Gabriel-Ernest" is a 1909 short story by British writer H. H. Munro, better known as Saki. The story was included in ''The Westminster Gazette'' and appears in the collection ''Reginald in Russia'' published by Methuen & Co. in 1910.
Summary ...
" (
H. H. Munro)
*"The Lost Room" (
Fitz-James O'Brien)
*"The Traitor" (
James S. Hart)
*"Angus MacAuliffe and the Gowden Tooch" (
Charles R. Tanner)
*"Are You Run-Down, Tired—" (
Babette Rosmond
Babette Rosmond (November 4, 1917 – October 23, 1997) was an American author.
Biography
Rosmond sold her first short story to ''The New Yorker'' at age seventeen. She published short fiction of her own and with Leonard M. Lake. She worked a ...
and
Leonard M. Lake)
*"The Nature of the Evidence" (
May Sinclair
May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. Clair (24 August 1863 – 14 November 1946), a popular British writer who wrote about two dozen novels, short stories and poetry. She was an active suffragist, and member of the Woman Writers' S ...
)
*"The Tree's Wife" (
Mary Elizabeth Counselman
Mary Elizabeth Counselman (November 19, 1911 – November 13, 1995) was an American writer of short stories and poetry.
Biography
Mary Elizabeth Counselman was born on November 19, 1911, in Birmingham, Alabama. She began writing poetry as a ...
)
*"The Pavilion" (
E. Nesbit
Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English writer and poet, who published her books for children as E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 such books. She was also a political activist a ...
)
*"Pick-Up for Olympus" (
Edgar Pangborn
Edgar Pangborn (February 25, 1909 – February 1, 1976) was an American writer of mystery, historical, and science fiction.
Biography
Edgar Pangborn was born in New York City on February 25, 1909, to Harry Levi Pangborn, an attorney and dictio ...
)
*"The Swap" (
H. F. Heard)
*"The Tombling Day" (
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery fictio ...
)
*"Minuke" (
Nigel Kneale
Thomas Nigel Kneale (28 April 1922 – 29 October 2006) was a Manx screenwriter who wrote professionally for more than 50 years, was a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and was twice nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British S ...
)
*"Bird of Prey" (
John Collier)
*"The Thing in the Cellar" (
David H. Keller)
*"Devil's Henchman" (
Will Jenkins)
*"Lost Hearts" (
M. R. James
Montague Rhodes James (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambrid ...
)
*"Thirteen at Table" (
Lord Dunsany)
*"Lights" (
Philip Fisher)
*"The Silver Highway" (
Harold Lawlor)
*"
The Moonlit Road "The Moonlit Road" is a gothic horror short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It first appeared in a 1907 issue of '' Cosmopolitan'' magazine, illustrated by Charles B. Falls. This story is presented in three part ...
" (
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – ) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book '' The Devil's Dictionary'' was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by ...
)
*"The Curate's Friend" (
E. M. Forster
Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author, best known for his novels, particularly ''A Room with a View'' (1908), ''Howards End'' (1910), and ''A Passage to India'' (1924). He also wrote numerous short stori ...
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References
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1953 anthologies
Horror anthologies
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