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Dark Feasts

Alan Ziebarth -- Library Journal, 10/15/2008 9:03:00 AM

 

DARK FEASTS

BUILDING A HORROR COLLECTION

 
 

 

Alan Ziebarth, WEST LAWN BRANCH

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASID 2008

 

 

I. THE GOTHIC IMPULSE

 

 

Austen, Jane: Northanger Abbey
Beckford, William: Vathek

Bleiler, E F, ed: Three Gothic Novels
Bronte, Charlotte: Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily: Wuthering Heights
Brown, Charles Brockden: Three Gothic Novels
Choderlos de Laclos: Dangerous Liasions
Collins, Wilkie: The Woman in White
Dacre, Charlotte: Zofloya
Dalby, Richard,ed.: Twelve Gothic Tales
Dickens, Charles: Signalman and Other Ghost Stories
Gaskell, Elizabeth: Gothic Tales
Godwin, William: Things as They Are, or, The

          Adventures of Caleb Williams

Hoffmann, E T A: Best Tales of Hoffmann

Hogg, James: Confessions of a Justified Sinner

LeFanu, Joseph Sheridan: Best Ghost Stories of J. Sheridan LeFanu

Lewis, Matthew Lewis: The Monk
Peacock, Thomas Love: Nightmare Abbey
Poe, Edgar Allen: Collected Works
Polidori, John: The Vampyre
Radcliffe, Ann: The Mysteries of Udolpho
                           The Italian
Shelley, Mary: Frankenstein
Walpole, Horace: The Castle of Otranto

 

 

                               

 

 

                             

 

 

      

 

 

                                    

 

 
II. Psychological horror and the

antiquarian ghost story

 

 

 

Blackwood, Algernon: Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Tales

Bierce, Ambrose: Ghost and Horror Stories of

     Ambrose Bierce

Bleiler, E. F., ed.: Five Victorian Ghost Novels
Chambers, Robert W.: Yellow Sign and Other

     Stories

Crawford, F. Marion: The Complete Wandering Ghosts

De La Mare, Walter: Return
Hearn, Lafcadio: Some Chinese Ghosts
Hodgson, William Hope: The House on the

          Borderland

         The Ghost Pirates & Carnacki the Ghost   

          Finder

Jacobs, W. W.: The Monkey’s Paw and Other

      Tales of Mystery and the Macabre

James, M. R.: Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories

                                 The Haunted Doll’s House and Other Horror Stories

Lee, Vernon: Hauntings
Lefanu, J. S.: Best Ghost Stories of J.S. Lefanu
Machen, Arthur: The Terror and Other Tales

                                            Three Imposters and Other Stories

                                          The White People and Other Stories

Onions, Oliver: The Beckoning Fair One

                                     Widdershins

Stoker, Bram: Best Ghost and Horror Stories
                       Dracula 
                        The Lair of the White Worm
Wharton, Edith: The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 OTHER GHOST STORY WRITERS

 

Benson, A. C.                 Riddell, Mrs. J. H.                  

Benson, R. H.                 Saki            

Braddon, Mary                Wilkins-Freeman, Mary

Collins, Wilkie                

Hawthorne, Julian

Hichens, Robert

Nesbit, E.

Praed, Mrs. Campbell

Quiller-Couch, Arthur

 

iii. THE PULP ERA AND AFTER

 

 

 

Birch, A G: The Moon Terror

Bloch, Robert: Monsters in Our Midst

Bloch, Robert: Mysteries of the Worm

Bradbury, Ray: The October Country

Cave, Hugh: Death Stalks the Night

                     Murgunstrumm and Others

Collier, John: Fancies and Goodnights

Dahl, Roald: Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected

Hubbard, L. Ron: Fear

Jackson, Shirley: The Haunting

Jackson, Shirley: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Kaye, Marvin: The Best of Weird Tales

Leiber, Fritz: The Black Gondolier

                       Dark Ladies: Conjure Wife, Our Lady of Darkness

Lovecraft, H. P.: The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

                            The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories

                            The Horror in the Museum

                            The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories

Matheson, Richard: I am Legend

Merritt, A: The Moon Pool

Price, E. Hoffman: Satan’s Daughter and Other Stories from the Pulps

Smith, Clark Ashton: Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith, vol. 1-4

Wandrei, Donald: Don’t dream

Wellman, Manly Wade: The Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman, Vol.1-5

Williamson, Jack: Darker Than You Think


 

Other significant authors

 

Beaumont, Charles                             Kuttner, Hanry

Brennan, Joseph Payne                       LaSpina, Greye

Burks, Arthur J.                                  Long, Frank Belknap

Counselman, Mary Elizabeth               Munn, H. Warner

Crawford, F. Marion                          Pendarves, G.G.                                         

Ernst, Paul                                          Wakefiield, H R

Howard, Robert E.                                       Whitehead, Henry S.

Jacobi, Carl                                        .                                   

Keller, David

                                                         

IV. MODERN HORROR FICTION

 

 

 

 

          Aickman, Robert: The Collected Strange Stories

Banks, Iain M.: The Wasp Factory
Barker, Clive: The Books of Blood

Barron, Laird: The Imago Sequence

Braunbeck, Gary: Keepers

Brite, Poppy Z.: Are You Loathsome Tonight?

Cacek, P. D.: Canyons

Campbell, Ramsey: The Face That Must Die

                                 Ghosts and Grisly Things

                                 The Overnight

Charnas, Suzy McKee: The Vampire Tapestry

Chizmer, Richard: The Best of Cemetery Dance, Vols. 1 & 2

Chizmer, Richard: October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween

Clark, Simon: Blood Crazy

Cleff, Douglas: You Come When I Call You

Collins, Nancy: Sunglasses After Dark

Datlow, Ellen:   Dark-New Ghost Stories

                          The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror

Denton, Bradley: Blackburn

Due, Tananarive: The Between

                           Living Blood

Dziemianowicz, Stefan R.: Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories

Ellis, Bret Easton: American Psycho

Etchison, Dennis: Death Artist

Hamilton Laurell K.: A Kiss of Shadows

                                    Narcissus in Chains

                                  Obsidian Butterfly

Hill, Joe: 20th Century Ghosts

                 Heart-Shaped Box

Hirshberg, Glen: American Morons

Hodge, Brian: Lies and Ugliness

Houghton, Gordon: Damned If You Do

Howison, Dell: Dark Delicacies

Jacob, Charlee: Haunter

Johnson, I Kij: The Fox Woman

Jones, Stephen: Mammoth Book of Best New Horror

                          Shadows Over Innsmouth

Keene, Brian: City of the Dead

Ketchum, Jack: Red

Kiernan, Caitlin R.: Threshold

                                To Charles Fort with Love

Koja, Kathe: Extremities

Langham, Sarah” The Keeper

Lansdale, Joe: The Bottoms

                        High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale

Laymon, Richard: The Traveling Vampire Show

Lebbon, Tim:: White and Other Tales of Ruin

Little, Bentley: the Collection

Lumley, Brian: The Whisperer and Other Stories

Mamatas, Nick: Move Under Ground

McCammon, Robert: Boy’s Life

Partridge

Passarella, J G: Wither

Piccirilli, Tom: Choir of Lost Children

                          Lower Deep

Pinsborough, Susan: Taken

Pelan, John, ed.: The Children of Cthulhu

Powers, Tim: Declare

                      The Anubis Gates

Rodgers, Alan: Blood of the Children

                          Bone Music

Sarrantonio, Al: 999-Twenty-Nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense

Shirley, John: Crawlers

Simmons, Dan: Song of Kali

                         Carrion Comfort

Straub, Peter: In the Night Room

                       Mr. X

Tessier, Tom: Nightwalker

Turner, Jim,ed.: Cthulhu 2000

Tuttle, Lisa: The Mysteries

Williams, Conrad: Unblemished

Wilson, Colin: Ritual in the Dark

Wilson, F. Paul: The Barrens and Others

Wilson, Gahan: The Cleft, and Other Odd Tales

 

 more significant modern author

 

Aycliffe, Jonathan                               Matheson, Richard Christian

Devereaux, Robert                              Miller, Rex

Disch, Thomas M                               Morrell, David

Ellison, Harlan                                    Navarro, Yvonne

Gaiman, Neil                                      Newman, Kim

Gifune, Greg                                      Oates, Joyce Carol

Goingback, Owl                                 O’Nan, Stewart

Grant, Charles

Hand, Elizabeth                                  Preston, Douglas

Hautala, Rick                                      Pronzini, Bill

Hoffman, Barry                                  Salee, Wayne Allen

Holder, Nancy                                    Slade, Michael

Hopkins, Brian A                                Somtow, S P

Houarner, Gerald Daniel                      Tem, Melanie

Joyce, Graham                                   Tem, Steve Rasnic         

Lee, Tanith                                         Wagner, Karl Edward

Ligotti, Thomas                                  Weinberg, Robert

Massie, Elizabeth                                Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn

 

 

V. Miscellaneous anthologies

 

Baldick, Chris: The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales

Cox, Michael: The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories

Cuddon, J. A.: The Penguin Book of Horror Stories

Hartwell, David: The Dark Descent

Jones, Stephen: Keep Out the Night

                          By Moonlight Only

Joshi, S. T.: Great Weird Tales

Joshi, S T: American Supernatural Tales

Wise, Herbert A: Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

 

 

 

VI. Arkham House Books

 

Bloch, Robert: Flowers from the Moon

Bowen, Marjorie: Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales

Counselman, Mary Elizabeth: Half in Shadow

Derleth, August: Lovecraft’s Shadow-the Cthulhu Mythos Stories of

          August Derleth

LeFanu, J. Sheridan: The Purcell Papers

Ruber, Peter, ed.: Arkham’s Masters of Horrors

Shiel, M.P.: Prince Zaleski and Cummings Kings Monk

Smith, Clark Ashton: Rendevous in Averoigne

Wilkins-Freeman, Mary E.: Collected Ghost Stories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VII. Horror fiction sources

 

 

Organizations

 

Horror Writers Association

International Horror Guild

 

Awards

 

Bram Stoker Award

British Fantasy Award

International Horror Guild Award

World Fantasy Award

 

 

Conventions

 

Necronomicon

World Fantasy Convention

World Horror Convention

 

Horror and General Interest Resources

 

Hellnotes

Horror Mall

Horror World

Readers Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos

 

Magazines (Print)

 

Black Static

Cthulhu Sex Magazine

Cemetery Dance

Dark Discoveries

Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Subterranean

Talebones

Weird Tales

 

 

Magazines (Electronic)

 

Chiaroscuro

Clarkesworld

Gothic.Net

 

Major Publishers

 

Arkham House

Chaosium

DAW Books

Del Rey Books

Leisure

Penguin

Tor Books

 

Small Press Publishers

 

 

American Fantasy Press

Ash-Tree Press

Bloodletting Press

Borderlands

Cemetery Dance

Dark Highway Press

Delirium Books

Donald M. Grant

Gauntlet Press

Hippocampus Press

Necronomicron Press

Night Shade Books

Permuted Press

PS Publishing

Sarob Press

Small Beer Press

Subterranean Press

Tantalus Press

Wildside Press

Anthologists

 

Crowther, Peter

Datlow, Ellen

Derleth, August

Haining, Peter

Pelan, John

Jones, Stephen

Joshi, S T

 

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