The Classic Horror Collection
Published on 4. November 2025
Book
Hardback
928 pages
978-1-3988-6098-8 (ISBN)
Description
This striking hardback collection brings together over 35 classic short stories by masters of the horror genre, presented with silver cover accents and illustrated page edges.
Spanning the extraordinary breadth of the genre, these terrifying stories are sure to leave you sleeping with the light on for many nights to come. Ranging from the efforts of classic literary writers like Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson to pulp icon H. P. Lovecraft, these masters of the dark arts knew how to create suspense and an impending sense of dread.
Whether the threat comes from accursed artefacts, supernatural villains, or deadly rituals, there is always some unknowable evil lurking around the corner waiting to pounce.
ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Pulp Classics are beautiful hardcover collections which bring together the best short stories from across the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. With beautiful cover designs and striking printed edges, these editions make wonderful collectibles for your home library.
Spanning the extraordinary breadth of the genre, these terrifying stories are sure to leave you sleeping with the light on for many nights to come. Ranging from the efforts of classic literary writers like Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson to pulp icon H. P. Lovecraft, these masters of the dark arts knew how to create suspense and an impending sense of dread.
Whether the threat comes from accursed artefacts, supernatural villains, or deadly rituals, there is always some unknowable evil lurking around the corner waiting to pounce.
ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Pulp Classics are beautiful hardcover collections which bring together the best short stories from across the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. With beautiful cover designs and striking printed edges, these editions make wonderful collectibles for your home library.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 52 mm
Weight
1220 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3988-6098-8 (9781398860988)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Joanna Blythe is an experienced editor and in this collection she has featured some of the pioneers of the horror short story, including Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and H. P. Lovecraft.
Content
EDGAR ALLAN POE
The Tell-Tale Heart.................................................................... 11
The Fall of the House of Usher................................................. 17
The Masque of the Red Death.................................................. 35
The Black Cat............................................................................ 41
H. P. LOVECRAFT
The Call of Cthulhu.................................................................. 51
The Color Out of Space............................................................ 79
The Hound.............................................................................. 105
The Rats in the Walls.............................................................. 113
The Outsider............................................................................ 131
JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
Carmilla................................................................................... 137
Dickon the Devil..................................................................... 201
FRANCIS MARION CRAWFORD
The Screaming Skull................................................................ 211
For the Blood is the Life......................................................... 237
MARY SHELLEY
The Mortal Immortal.............................................................. 251
W. W. JACOBS
The Monkey's Paw................................................................... 263
GUY DE MAUPASSANT
The Diary of a Madman......................................................... 273
He?.......................................................................................... 279
The Hand................................................................................ 287
The Inn................................................................................... 293
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
The Bottle Imp........................................................................ 305
The Body Snatcher.................................................................. 331
AMBROSE BIERCE
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge...................................... 347
The Haunted Valley................................................................. 357
The Death of Halpin Frayser................................................... 367
The Eyes of the Panther.......................................................... 381
Visions of the Night................................................................ 391
ARTHUR MACHEN
The Red Hand......................................................................... 395
The Terror................................................................................ 421
BRAM STOKER
Dracula's Guest........................................................................ 499
The Judge's House................................................................... 511
The Crystal Cup...................................................................... 527
EDWARD FREDERIC BENSON
The Room in the Tower.......................................................... 539
The Confession of Charles Linkworth.................................... 551
The Face.................................................................................. 565
Caterpillars............................................................................... 577
M. R. JAMES
The Haunted Doll's House...................................................... 585
Lost Hearts............................................................................... 597
Number 13............................................................................... 607
The Wailing Well..................................................................... 621
WILLIAM HOPE HODGSON
The Voice in the Night............................................................ 631
The Derelict............................................................................. 643
The Thing Invisible.................................................................. 667
The Gateway of the Monster................................................... 683
VERNON LEE
Amour Dure............................................................................. 701
Dionea...................................................................................... 733
Oke of Okehurst...................................................................... 759
A Wicked Voice........................................................................ 805
CHARLOTTE RIDDELL
The Open Door....................................................................... 827
M. P. SHIEL
Vaila.......................................................................................... 857
Xélucha..................................................................................... 887
PEARL NORTON SWET
The Medici Boots..................................................................... 897
GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
The Thing from-Outside...................................................... 911
The Tell-Tale Heart.................................................................... 11
The Fall of the House of Usher................................................. 17
The Masque of the Red Death.................................................. 35
The Black Cat............................................................................ 41
H. P. LOVECRAFT
The Call of Cthulhu.................................................................. 51
The Color Out of Space............................................................ 79
The Hound.............................................................................. 105
The Rats in the Walls.............................................................. 113
The Outsider............................................................................ 131
JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
Carmilla................................................................................... 137
Dickon the Devil..................................................................... 201
FRANCIS MARION CRAWFORD
The Screaming Skull................................................................ 211
For the Blood is the Life......................................................... 237
MARY SHELLEY
The Mortal Immortal.............................................................. 251
W. W. JACOBS
The Monkey's Paw................................................................... 263
GUY DE MAUPASSANT
The Diary of a Madman......................................................... 273
He?.......................................................................................... 279
The Hand................................................................................ 287
The Inn................................................................................... 293
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
The Bottle Imp........................................................................ 305
The Body Snatcher.................................................................. 331
AMBROSE BIERCE
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge...................................... 347
The Haunted Valley................................................................. 357
The Death of Halpin Frayser................................................... 367
The Eyes of the Panther.......................................................... 381
Visions of the Night................................................................ 391
ARTHUR MACHEN
The Red Hand......................................................................... 395
The Terror................................................................................ 421
BRAM STOKER
Dracula's Guest........................................................................ 499
The Judge's House................................................................... 511
The Crystal Cup...................................................................... 527
EDWARD FREDERIC BENSON
The Room in the Tower.......................................................... 539
The Confession of Charles Linkworth.................................... 551
The Face.................................................................................. 565
Caterpillars............................................................................... 577
M. R. JAMES
The Haunted Doll's House...................................................... 585
Lost Hearts............................................................................... 597
Number 13............................................................................... 607
The Wailing Well..................................................................... 621
WILLIAM HOPE HODGSON
The Voice in the Night............................................................ 631
The Derelict............................................................................. 643
The Thing Invisible.................................................................. 667
The Gateway of the Monster................................................... 683
VERNON LEE
Amour Dure............................................................................. 701
Dionea...................................................................................... 733
Oke of Okehurst...................................................................... 759
A Wicked Voice........................................................................ 805
CHARLOTTE RIDDELL
The Open Door....................................................................... 827
M. P. SHIEL
Vaila.......................................................................................... 857
Xélucha..................................................................................... 887
PEARL NORTON SWET
The Medici Boots..................................................................... 897
GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
The Thing from-Outside...................................................... 911