These storiescenter around children & evil, a classic theme in horror fiction. Includes tales from such acclaimed authors as Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, David Ely, Ramsey Campbell, Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury, others.
Contents
ix • Introduction (Nursery Crimes) • essay by Stefan Dziemianowicz
1 • The Child That Went with the Fairies • (1971) • short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]
9 • Lost Hearts • (1895) • short story by M. R. James
18 • The Turn of the Screw • [The Turn of the Screw] • (1898) • novel by Henry James
105 • The Frolic • (1982) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
117 • It • (1940) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
139 • Brenda • (1954) • short story by Margaret St. Clair
149 • The Child That Loved a Grave • (1861) • short story by Fitz-James O'Brien
153 • The Idol of the Flies • (1942) • short story by Jane Rice
172 • Big Surprise • (1959) • short story by Richard Matheson
178 • Wish • (1985) • short story by Al Sarrantonio
185 • You Never Believe Me • (1964) • short story by Davis Grubb
193 • The Lonesome Place • (1948) • short story by August Derleth
200 • The Bogey Man Will Get You • (1946) • short story by Robert Bloch
210 • The Trap • [Gerald Canevin] • (1932) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft and Henry S. Whitehead [as by Henry S. Whitehead]
229 • The Academy • (1965) • short story by David Ely
237 • The Interloper • (1973) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
245 • Magpie • (1991) • short story by Stephen Gallagher
260 • Pig Blood Blues • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
288 • The Doll Maker • (1960) • novel by Sarban
404 • The Inner Room • (1966) • novelette by Robert Aickman
430 • Miss Gentilbelle • (1957) • short story by Charles Beaumont
446 • Everything to Live For • (1987) • short story by Charles L. Grant
461 • Resettling • (1989) • short story by Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem
473 • The Memory of Wood • (1982) • short story by Lisa Tuttle
485 • The Father-Thing • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
496 • The October Game • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury
503 • Chickamauga • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
509 • The Jest of Warburg Tantavul • [Jules de Grandin] • (1934) • novelette by Seabury Quinn
536 • Black and White and Red All Over • (1985) • novelette by David Morrell
549 • By Bizarre Hands • short story by Joe R. Lansdale [as by Joe Lansdale]
