Sources
Washington Irving: “The Adventure of the German Student”
First publication: Tales of a Traveller (London: John Murray, 1824).
Text: Washington Irving, Tales of a Traveller, ed. Judith Giblin Haig (The Complete Works of Washington Irving) (Boston: Twayne, 1987).
Nathaniel Hawthorne: “Edward Randolph’s Portrait”
First publication: United States Magazine and Democratic Review (July 1838).
First collection: Twice-Told Tales, revised edition (Boston: James Munroe, 1842).
Text: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Twice-Told Tales (The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Standard Library Edition) (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1883).
Edgar Allan Poe: “The Fall of the House of Usher”
First publication: Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine (September 1839).
First collection: Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1840).
Text: Edgar Allan Poe, The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. James A. Harrison (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1902), Volume 3.
Fitz-James O’Brien: “What Was It?”
First publication: Harper’s Magazine (March 1859).
First collection: The Poems and Stories of Fitz-James O’Brien, ed. William Winter (Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1881).
Text: Fitz-James O’Brien, Collected Stories of Fitz-James O’Brien, ed. Edward J. O’Brien (New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1925).
Ambrose Bierce: “The Death of Halpin Frayser”
First publication: Wave (December 19, 1891).
First collection: Can Such Things Be? (New York: Cassell, 1893).
Text: Ambrose Bierce, The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (New York & Washington: Neale Publishing Co., 1909-12), Volume 3 (1910).
Robert W. Chambers: “The Yellow Sign”
First publication: Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow (New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1895).
Text: The King in Yellow (New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1895).
Henry James: “The Real Right Thing”
First publication: Collier’s Weekly (December 16, 1899).
First collection: The Soft Side (New York: Macmillan, 1900).
Text: Henry James, The Ghostly Tales of Henry James, ed. Leon Edel (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1949).
H. P. Lovecraft: “The Call of Cthulhu”
First publication: Weird Tales (February 1928).
First collection: The Outsider and Others, ed. August Derleth and Donald Wandrei (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1939).
Text: H. P. Lovecraft, The Dunwich Horror and Others, ed. S. T. Joshi (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1984).
Clark Ashton Smith: “The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis”
First publication: Weird Tales (May 1932).
First collection: Out of Space and Time (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1942).
Text: Clark Ashton Smith, The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis, ed. Steve Behrends (The Unexpurgated Clark Ashton Smith) (West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1988).
Robert E. Howard: “Old Garfield’s Heart”
First publication: Weird Tales (December 1933).
First collection: The Dark Man and Others (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1963).
Text: Robert E. Howard, The Black Stranger and Other American Tales (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005).
Robert Bloch: “Black Bargain”
First publication: Weird Tales (May 1942).
First collection: Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies, ed. Robert M. Price (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1998).
Text: Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1998).
August Derleth: “The Lonesome Place”
First publication: Famous Fantastic Mysteries (February 1948).
First collection: Lonesome Places (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1962).
Text: Lonesome Places (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1962).
Fritz Leiber: “The Girl with the Hungry Eyes”
First publication: The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, ed. Donald A. Wollheim (New York: Avon, 1949).
First collection: The Secret Songs (London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968).
Text: Fritz Leiber, Horrible Imaginings, ed. John Pelan (Seattle: Midnight House, 2004).
Ray Bradbury: “The Fog Horn”
First publication: Saturday Evening Post (June 23, 1951).
First collection: The Golden Apples of the Sun (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1953).
Text: Ray Bradbury, The Stories of Ray Bradbury (New York: Knopf, 1980).
Shirley Jackson: “A Visit”
First publication: New World Writing no. 2 (1952) (As “The Lovely House”).
First collection: Come Along with Me, ed. Stanley Edgar Hyman (New York: Viking Press, 1968).
Text: New World Writing no. 2 (1952).
Richard Matheson: “Long Distance Call”
First publication: Beyond Fantasy Fiction (November 1953).
First collection: Shock! (New York: Dell, 1961).
Text: Richard Matheson, Collected Stories (Santa Cruz, CA: Scream / Press, 1989).
Charles Beaumont: “The Vanishing American”
First publication: Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (August 1955).
First collection: The Hunger and Other Stories (New York: Putnam, 1957).
Text: Charles Beaumont, Selected Stories, ed. Roger Anker (Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1988).
T. E. D. Klein: “The Events at Poroth Farm”
First publication: From Beyond the Dark Gateway (December 1972).
First collection: The Events at Poroth Farm (West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1990).
Text: Reassuring Tales (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2007).
Stephen King: “Night Surf”
First publication: Cavalier (August 1974).
First collection: Night Shift (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978).
Text: Night Shift (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978).
Dennis Etchison: “The Late Shift”
First publication: Dark Forces, ed. Kirby McCauley (New York: Viking, 1980).
First collection: The Dark Country (Santa Cruz, CA: Scream/Press, 1982).
Text: Dennis Etchison, Talking in the Dark: Selected Stories (Lancaster, PA: Stealth Press, 2001).
Thomas Ligotti: “Vastarien”
First publication: Crypt of Cthulhu (St. John’s Eve 1987).
First collection: Songs of a Dead Dreamer, revised edition (London: Robinson, 1989).
Text: Songs of a Dead Dreamer, revised edition (London: Robinson, 1989).
Karl Edward Wagner: “Endless Night”
First publication: The Architecture of Fear, ed. Kathryn Cramer and Peter D. Pautz (New York: Arbor House, 1987).
First collection: Unthreatened by the Morning Light (Eugene, OR: Pulphouse, 1989).
Text: Karl Edward Wagner, Exorcisms and Ecstasies, ed. Stephen Jones (Minneapolis, MN: Fedogan & Bremer, 1997).
Norman Partridge: “The Hollow Man”
First publication: Grue Magazine (Fall 1991).
First collection: The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists (San Francisco: Night Shade Books, 2001).
Text: The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists (San Francisco: Night Shade Books, 2001).
David J. Schow: “Last Call for the Sons of Shock”
First publication: David J. Schow, Black Leather Required (Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1994).
Text: Black Leather Required (Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1994).
Joyce Carol Oates: “Demon”
First publication: Joyce Carol Oates, Demon and Other Tales (West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1996).
Text: Demon and Other Tales (West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1996).
Caitlin R. Kiernan: “In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888)”
First publication: Caitlin R. Kiernan, Tales of Pain and Wonder (Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Press, 2000).
Text: Caitlin R. Kiernan, To Charles Fort, with Love (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2005).