In her gothic visions of small-town America, Jackson, the author of such masterworks as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, turns an ordinary world into a supernatural nightmare. This eclectic collection goes beyond her horror writing, revealing the full spectrum of her literary genius. In addition to Come Along with Me, Jackson's unfinished novel about the quirky inner life of a lonely widow, it features sixteen short stories and three lectures she delivered during her last years.

    The Lonesome Place by August Derleth c. 1947 by All-Fiction Field, Inc. and c. 1962 by August Derleth. Reprinted by permission of Arkham House.2. In The Vault by H. P. Lovecraft c. 1932 by Popular Fiction Publishing Company, c. 1939, 1945 by August Derleth and Donald Wondrei; c. 1963 by August Derleth. Reprinted by permission of Arkham House.3. The Man Who Collected Poe by Robert Bloch, c. 1951 by Popular Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author's agent, Harry Altshuler.4. Where Angels Fear by Manly Wade Wellman, from "Unknown". Copyright 1939 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.; c. renewed 1967 by The Conde Nast Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.5. Lot No. 249 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from "The Conan Doyle Stories". Reprinted by permission of the Trustees of the Estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and John Murray, Ltd.6. The Haunted Doll's House by M. R. James from "The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James" by Montagne Rhodes James. Reprinted by permission of Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd.7. The Open Door by Mrs. Oliphant8. Thus I Refute Beelzy by John Collier from "Fancies and Goodnights". Copyright 1940 by John Collier. Reprinted by permission of the Harold Matson Company.9. Levitation from "Nine Horrors and a Dream" by Joseph Payne Brennen. Copyright 1958 by Joseph Payne Brennen. Reprinted by permission of Arkham House.10. The Ghostly Rental by Henry James11. The Face by E. F. Benson from "Spook Stories". Reprinted by permission of Reverend K. S. P. McDowall.12. The Whistling Room by William Hope Hodgson. Copyright 1947 by August Derleth. Reprinted by permission of Arkham House.13. The Grey Ones by J. B. Priestley. Reprinted by permission of A. D. Peters & Co.14. The Stolen Body by H. G. Wells. Reprinted by permission of Collins-Knowlton-Wing, Inc.15. The Red Lodge from "They Return at Evening" by H. Russell Wakefield. Copyright 1928 by D. Appleton and Company. Reprinted by permission of Appleton-Century, affiliate of Meredith Press.16. The Visiting Star from "Powers of Darkness" by Robert Aickman. Copyright 1966 by Robert Aickman. Reprinted by permission of William Collins & Sons, Ltd.17. Midnight Express by Alfred Noyes. Reprinted by permission of Hugh Noyes.

     The Red Lodge, by H. R. Wakefield. Sredni Vashtar, by Saki. Thurnley Abbey, by P. Landon. "God grante that she lye stille", by C. Asquith. The voice in the night, by W. H. Hodgson. The extra passenger, by A. Derleth. Casting the runes, by M. R. James. The book, by M. Irwin.

    J. Gahagan] · ss Courier Spr ’38 77 · The Ape and the Mystery [“The Mysterious Mona Lisa Smile”] · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 26 ’48 89 · The King Who Collected Clocks [“Royal Impostor”] · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 3 ’47 117 · Bone for Debunkers [“The Karmesin Affair”; Karmesin] · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 15 ’62 133 · A Lucky Day for the Boar · ss Playboy Oct ’62 143 · Voices in the Dust of Annan · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 13 ’47 161 · Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo? · nv The Brighton Monster, London: Heinemann, 1953; Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954

    Not all of these demons have been spawned by powers outside you. Some of them may already be within you...clawing and shrieking in the terrible silence of that dark portion of your own unknown, unknowable self."This thing, this invader, this horror was supporting his arms, legs, and head!""There was some creature there...which could see in the dark...Had it caught the scent of me?""The Black Mantle...groped greedily and endlessly through the mud, eating and never sleeping, never resting.""Here was this extinct animal mooning about my island...and I had hatched him!""With each dive, with each attack, they became bolder. And they had no thought of themselves.""I have heard the squealing of pigs at slaughtering time...This was not that sort of noise. It was worse, much worse."CONTENTSThe nature of the evidence, by M. Sinclair.Slime, by J.P. Brennan.The garden of Paris, by E. Williams.Doomsday deferred, by W.F. Jenkins.The cocoon, by J.B.L. Goodwin.Æpyornis Island, by H.G. Wells.The terror of Blue John Gap, by A.C. Doyle.The birds, by D. du Maurier.The judge's house, by B. Stoker.The kill, by P. Fleming.Mrs. Amworth, by E.F. Benson.Skeleton, by R. Bradbury.The elephant man, by Sir F. Treves.

    Howard, Avon Fantasy Reader 18, ed. Wollheim, Avon, '52 "Black Thirst" (Northwest Smith), C.L. Moore, Weird Tales 4/34 "A Victim of Higher Space" (John Silence), Algernon Blackwood, The Occult Review 12/14 "The Sapphire Siren" (aka "The Sapphire Goddess"), Nictzin Dyalhis, Weird Tales 2/34 "The Voice in the Night", William Hope Hodgson, Blue Book 11/07 "The Crawling Horror", Thorp McClusky, Weird Tales 11/36 "The Kelpie", Manly Wade Wellman, Weird Tales 7/36