— The Editors
458 BC: The Oresteia, Aeschylus
1300: Inferno, Dante
1657: Paradise Lost, John Milton
1764: The Castle of Otranto, Horace Walpole
1776: Ugetsu Monogatari/Tales of The Pale Moon After Rain, Ueda Akinari
1778: The Old English Baron, Clara Reeve
1788: Vathek, William Beckford
1794: The Mysteries of Udolpho, Anne Radcliffe
1798: Wetland; or: The Transformation, Charles Brockden Brown
Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1815: Die Elixir Des Teufels/The Devil’s Elixirs, E. T. A. Hoffmann
1819: The Vampyre, John Polidori
1831: Notre Dame De Paris/The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo
1834: Pikovaia Dama/Queen of Spades, Aleksandr Pushkin
1883: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, Edgar Allan Poe
1839: The Phantom Ship, Frederick Marryat
1843: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
1845: Varney The Vampire, J. M. Rymer
1847: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
1850: Auriol; or: The Elixir of Life, W. Harrison Ainsworth
1851: House of The Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Piazza Tales, Herman Melville
1857: Les Fleurs Du Mal/Flowers of Evil, Charles Beaudelaire
1860: The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
1870: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Charles Dickens
1872: In A Glass Darkly, J. Sheridan Le Fanu
1883: Contes Cruels, Villiers de l’Isle Adam
1887: The Diamand Lens, Fitz-James O’Brien
1888: The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales, Rudyard Kipling
1890: Hauntings, Vernon Lee
1891: La Bas/Down There, J. K. Huysmans
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
1895: A Bid For Fortune, Guy Boothby
1897: The Hill of Dreams, Arthur Machen
The Beetle, Richard Marsh
1898: The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells
1902: The Hound of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
1904: Kwaidan, Lafcadio Hearn
1906: The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, Algernon Blackwood
1911: Wandering Ghosts, F. Marion Crawford
Fantome De L’Opera/The Phantom of The Opera, Gaston Leroux
1912: The Night Land, William Hope Hodgson
1913: The Lodger, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes
The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, Sax Rohmer
1914: Beasts and Superbeasts, Saki
Dracula’s Guest, Bram Stoker
1915: The Golem, Gustav Meyrink
1922: The Undying Monster, Jessie Douglas Kerruish
1923: Madame Crowl’s Ghost, J. Sheridan Le Farm
1925: The Smoking Leg and Other Stories, John Metcalfe
1926: The Ghost Book, Lady Cynthia Asquith (ed.)
Das Schloss/The Castle, Franz Kafka
1927: Benighted, J. B. Priestley
Lukundoo and Other Stories, Edward Lucas White
1928: The Beast With Five Fingers, W. F. Harvey
1930: As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner
1931: The Supernatural Omnibus, Montague Summers
1933: Burn, Witch Burn, A. Merritt
Miss Loneleyhearts, Nathaniel West
1934: The Cat Jumps, Elizabeth Bowen
1935: The Circus of Dr. Lao, Charles G. Finney
The Devil Hides Out, Dennis Wheatley
1936: Metamorphosis and Other Stories, Franz Kafka
1937: The Beast Must Die, Nicholas Blake
1938: Rebecca, Daphne Du Marnier
Hangover Square, Patrick Hamilton
1939: Day of The Locust, Nathaniel West
1939: Gaslight, Patrick Hamilton
The Edge of Running Water, William Sloane
1940: Darker Than You Think, Jack Williamson
1942: The Best Short Stories of Walter De La Mare The Uninvited, Dorothy McCardle
Black Alibi, Cornell Woolrich
1943: Donovan’s Brain, Curt Siodmak
Malpertuis, Jean Ray
1944: Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural, Wise and Fraser (ed.)
1945: The Demon Lover, Elizabeth Bowen
Witch House, Evangeline Walton
All Hallows’ Eve, Charles Williams
1946/59: The Gormenghast Trilogy, Mervyn Peake
1946: Fearful Pleasures, A. E. Coppard
The Deadly Percheron, John Franklin Bardin
Skull Face and Others, Robert E. Howard
The Hounds of Tindalos, Frank Belknap Long
West India Lights, Henry S. Whitehead
1947: This Mortal Coil, Cynthia Asquith
Dark Carnival, Ray Bradbury
Night’s Black Agents, Fritz Leiber
Bend Sinister, Vladimir Nabokov
1948: The Travelling Grave, L. P. Hartley
1949. The Screaming Mimi, Fredric Brown
Tomato Cain and Other Stories, Nigel Kneale
Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
1950-54: Tales From the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, The Haunt of Fear, William M. Gaines (publisher)
1951: Fancies and Goodnights, John Collier
Ringstones and Other Curious Tales, Sarban
1952: The Killer Inside Me, Jim Thompson
1953: Night of The Hunter, Davis Grubb
The Doll Maker and Other Tales, Sarban
1954: Someone Like You, Roald Dahl
1955: The Body Snatchers, Jack Finney
Men Without Bones, Gerald Kersh
Satan In Goray, Isaac Beshevis Singer
1956: The Shrinking Man, Richard Matheson
1957: The Cosmic Puppets, Philip K. Dick
The Midwich Cuckoos, John Wyndham
1958: A Scent of New-Mown Hay, John Blackburn
The Third Level, Jack Finney
The Sundial, Shirley Jackson
1959: The Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs
Night of The Big Heat, John Lymington
Doctors Wear Scarlet, Simon Raven
The Pan Book of Horror Stories, Herbert Van Thai (ed.)
1961: Nightmares and Geezenstacks, Fredrick Brown
Some of Your Blood, Theodore Sturgeon
1962: Yours Truly, Jack The Ripper, Robert Bloch
A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
We Have Always Lived in The Castle, Shirley Jackson
The Surly Sullen Bell, Russell Kirk
The Case Against Satan, Ray Russell
1963: Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
The Dark Man and Others, Robert E. Howard
Who Fears The Devil?, Manly Wade Wellman
1964: The Kiss of Death, Charles Birkin
Seconds, David Ely
1965-77: The Dark Is Rising, Susan Cooper
1965: In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
The Magic Man, Charles Beaumont
Something Breathing, Stanley McNail
1966: Le Locutaire/The Tenant, Roland Topor
1967: Not After Nightfall, Basil Copper
Camp Concentration, Thomas M. Disch
Rosemary’s Baby, Ira Levin
The Playboy Book of Horror and The Supernatural, Unholy Trinity, Ray Russell
The Mind Parasites, Colin Wilson
1968: Dagon, Fred Chappell
The Ring of Thoth, Arthur Conan Doyle
Dance of The Dwarfs, Geoffrey Household
1971: The Caller of The Black, Brian Lumley
Hell House, Richard Matheson
The Other, Thomas Tryon
1972: For Fear of Little Men, John Blackburn
First Blood, David Morrell
1973: Crash, J. G. Ballard
Demons By Daylight, Ramsey Campbell
From Evil’s Pillow, Basil Copper
Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas
Pyncheon
Harvest Home, Thomas Tryon
1974: The Elemental, R. Chetwynd-Hayes
The Burrowers Beneath, Brian Lumley
The Black House, Paul Theroux
Collected Ghost Stories, Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
1975: Cold Hand In Mine, Robert Aickman
The Fog, James Herbert
Testament, David Morrell
Nameless Places, Gerald W. Page (ed.)
The Auctioneer, Joan Samson
Julia, Peter Straub
1976: Eaters of The Dead, Michael Crichton
The Year of The Sex Olympics: 3 TV Plays, Nigel Kneale
Interview With A Vampire, Anne Rice
The Children of Dynmouth, William Trevor
1977: Echoes From The Macabre, Daphne Du Maurier
Our Lady of Darkness, Fritz Leiber
NightSide, Joyce Carol Oates
Blind Voices, Tom Reamy
Nightwing, Martin Cruz Smith
1978: Half In Shadow, Mary Elizabeth Counselman
The Black Castle, Les Daniels
The Cement Garden, Ian McEwan
San Diego Lightfoot Sue and Other Stories, Tom Reamy
The House Next Door, Anne Rivers Siddons
1979: Flowers In The Attic, V. C. Andrews
The Lizard’s Tail, Marc Brendel
The Face That Must Die, Ramsey Campbell
Kiss of The Spider Woman, Manuel Puig
The Nightwalker, Thomas Tessier
1980: The Shapes of Midnight, Joseph Payne Brennan
New Terrors, Ramsey Campbell (ed.)
The Vampire Tapestry, Suzy McKee Charnas
The Specialty of The House and Other Stories, Stanley Ellin
The Voice of The Night, Dean R. Koontz
Dark Forces, Kirby McCauley (ed.)
Cold Moon Over Babylon, Michael McDowell
Shadowland, Peter Straub
Puffball, Fay Weldon
1981: Tales From The Nightside, Charles L. Grant
They Thirst, Robert R. McCammon
The Elementals, Michael McDowell
1982: Psycho II, Robert Bloch
The Nestling, Charles L. Grant
Different Seasons, Stephen King
Fevre Dream, George R. R. Martin
Blackwater, Michael McDowell
The Book of The Beast, Robert Stallman
1983/87: Nighthunter, Robert Faulcon (Robert Holdstock)
1983: The Ice Maiden, Marc Behm
Incarnate, Ramsey Campbell
The Name of The Rose, Umberto Eco
Flying To Nowhere, John Fuller
The Ice Monkey and Other Stories, M. John Harrison
A Cold Blue Light, Marvin Kaye and Parke Godwin
Pet Sematary, Stephen King
Mystery Walk, Robert R. McCammon
Claw, Jay Ramsey (Ramsey Campbell)
Dead White, Alan Ryan
Monkey Shines, Michael Stewart
Phantom, Thomas Tessier
Familiar Spirit, Lisa Tuttle
1984/86: The Books of Blood, Clive Barker
1984: The Voice of Our Shadow, Jonathan Carroll
The Businessman: A Tale of Terror, Thomas M. Disch
Stiffled Dreams, Dennis Etchison
Catch Your Death, John Gordon
Domain, James Herbert
The Ghost Light, Fritz Leiber
Night Train, Thomas F. Monteleone
Things Beyond Midnight, William F. Nolan
Cast A Cold Eye, Alan Ryan
Vampire function, S. P. Somtow (Somtow Sucharitkul)
A Manhattan Ghost Story, T. M. Wright
1985: Death Is A Lonely Business, Ray Bradbury
Obsession, Ramsey Campbell
Son of The Endless Night, John Farris
Darklings, Ray Carton
The Tea Party, Charles L. Grant
Moon, James Herbert
Dark Gods, T. E. D. Klein
Angelus!, Peter Tremayne
1986: The Cormorant, Stephen Gregory
Witchwater Country, Garry Kilworth
Dreams of Dark and Light, Tanith Lee
Time Out of Mind, John R. Maxim
The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice
The Unconquered Country, Geoff Ryman
Green Eyes, Lucius Shepard
The Light at The End, John Skipp and Craig Spector
1987: Weaveworld, Clive Barker
The Hungry Moon, Ramsey Campbell
Bones of The Moon, Jonathan Carroll
Valley of Lights, Stephen Gallagher
Wildwood, John Farris
Strange Toys, Patricia Geary
The Dark Descent, David G. Hartwell (ed.)
Dark Seeker, K. W. Jeter
Mantis, K. W. Jeter
Misery, Stephen King
The Wyrm, Stephen Laws
Slob, Rex Martin
Scars & Other Distinguishing Marks, Richard Christian Matheson
Finishing Touches, Thomas Tessier
Why Not You And I?, Karl Edward Wagner
The Power, Ian Watson
1988: Ripper! (UK: Jack the Ripper), Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper (ed.)
Selected Stories, Charles Beaumont
The Selected Stories of Robert Bloch
The Influence, Ramsey Campbell
Sleeping in Flame Jonathan Carroll
The Big Nowhere, James Ellroy
For Fear of the Night, Charles L. Grant
Immortal Blood (US: Those Who Hunt The Night), Barbara Hambly
The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris
Lavondyss, Robert Holdstock
The Nightrunners, Joe R. Lansdale
The Troupe, Gordon Linzer
Blood and Water and Other Tales, Patrick McGrath
The Magnificent Gallery, Thomas F. Montelone
The Kill Riff, David J. Schow
Silver Scream, David J. Schow (ed.)
White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings, Iain Sinclair
The Empire of Fear, Brian Stableford
Koko, Peter Straub
Perfume, Patrick Suskind
Dark Winds, Graham Watkins
1989: Webs, Scott Baker
The Great and Secret Show, Clive Barker
The History of Luminous Motion, Scott Bradfield
Ancient Images, Ramsey Campbell
A Child Across the Sky, Jonathan Carroll
Goat Dance, Douglas Clegg
Sunglasses After Dark, Nancy Collins
Blood is Not Enough, Ellen Datlow (ed.)
Geek Love, Katherine Dunn
Down River, Stephen Gallagher
The Woodwitch, Stephen Gregory
In the Land of the Dead, K. W. Jeter
The Dark Half, Stephen King
By Bizarre Hands, Joe R. Lansdale
Songs of a Dead Dreamer, Thomas Ligotti
The Grotesque, Patrick McGrath
Toady, Mark Morris
Seeing Red, David J. Schow
Carrion Comfort, Dan Simmons
Mystery, Peter Straub
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Horrorstory Volume Four, Karl Edward Wagner (ed.)
Unthreatened By the Morning Light, Karl Edward Wagner
Antique Dust, Robert Westall
1990: Sex and Other Acts of the Imagination, Cliff Burns
Midnight Sun, Ramsey Campbell
The Brains of Hats, Michael Blumlein
Rune, Christopher Fowler
Rain, Stephen Gallagher
Adventureland, Steve Harris
Creed, James Herbert
Sweet Heart, Peter James
Phantom, Susan Kay
The Frighteners, Stephen Laws
The Hope, James Lovegrove
Mary Reilly, Valerie Martin
Good Omens, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
The Shaft, David J. Schow
Moon Dance, S.P. Somtow
The Werewolves of London, Brian Stableford
Houses Without Doors, Peter Straub
Rap
ture, Thomas Tessier
Horrorstory Volume Five, Karl Edward Wagner (ed.)
1991: Saint Peter’s Wolf, Michael Cadnum
The Count of Eleven, Ramsey Campbell
Outside the Dog Museum, Jonathan Carroll
The M.D.: A Horror Story, Thomas M. Disch
American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
The Boat House, Stephen Gallagher
The Fetch, Robert Holdstock
Twilight, Peter James
Dreamside, Graham Joyce
The Cipher, Kathe Koja
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