Leiningen Versus the Ants by Carl Stephenson. Our Feathered Friends by Philip Macdonald, The Speciality of the House by Stanley Ellin,īy One, By Two and By Three by Stephen Hall, Some have gained a reputation of class and have, quite rightly, kept it. Some stories have dated badly, whilst other are unfairly forgotten. There’s also the odd surprise: Agatha Christie and Carl Stephenson.Īs you might therefore expect, the collection is eclectic. There are fifteen stories in the collection, ranging from the classic (from Edgar Allen Poe, HG Wells and Bram Stoker, for example) to the rather unknown these days (Guy Preston, Oscar Cook, Stanley Ellin). This year I had to raid the vaults of Hobbit Towers for this 52-year-old classic. Two years ago I reviewed the re-release of the first of these collections. Published by Pan Books (Pan McMillan) 1960Īt the time of writing this we approach Halloween (again) and my thoughts turn to Horror stories for this time of year. The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories, Selected by Herbert van Thal
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