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The Nightmare ReaderThe Nightmare Reader

The Nightmare Reader1973

Елена Петровна Блаватская, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton, H.P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, Montague Rhodes James, Peter Haining, Lord Dunsany, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Aleister Crowley, Sheridan Le Fanu, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Machen, H. G. Wells, Robert Bloch, Lafcadio Hearn, Thomas De Quincey, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Shelley, Montague Summers, August Derleth, C.F. Hoffman, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, John Gawsworth, Washington Irving

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CONTENTS: Introduction. What hath light wrought? / by Isaac Asimov Visitation. The midnight embrace / by Matthew Lewis The Frankenstein theme. The transformation / by Mary Shelley Dream state. The bold dragoon / by Washington Irving Drug addiction. Levana and our ladies of sorrow / by Thomas de Quincey Sorcery. The magician / by Lord Lytton Morphia influence. [Berenice](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645808W) / by Edgar Allan Poe Schizophrenia. The drunkard's dream / by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Claustrophobia. The man in the reservoir / by C.F. Hoffman The blood drinker. Haceldama / by Lafcadio Hearn Hallucination. The ensouled violin / by Madame Blavatsky Morbidity. Visions of the night / by Ambrose Bierce The legendary dream. The soldier's rest / by Arthur Machen A trauma of war. The bureau d'échange de Maux / by Lord Dunsany Psychic experience. The silver mirror / by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The occultist. The testament of Magdalen Blair / by Aleister Crowley Visionary. A dream of Armageddon / by H.G. Wells Ghostly visitation. A school story / by M.R. James Obsession. The grimoire / by Montague Summers Recluse. The evil clergyman / by H.P. Lovecraft Nightmare. The slayers and the slain / by August Derleth Fear of illness. The shifting growth / by John Gawsworth Arachnophobia. Along came a spider / by Algernon Blackwood Night fantasy. The head hunter / by Robert Bloch A waking dream. The haunting of the new / by Ray Bradbury The future. The curse / by Arthur C. Clarke

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First published
1973
OL Work ID
OL3151660W

Subjects

short storieshorror storiesobsessive-compulsive disordermonomaniafixationcatalepsyFiction Horror fictionAmerican Horror talesEnglish Horror talesHorror tales, AmericanHorror tales, EnglishHorror tales

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