Nursery Crimes
Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, Martin H. Greenberg, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, M.R. James, Henry James, Thomas Ligotti, Theodore Sturgeon, Margaret St. Clair, Fitz-James O'Brien, Jane Rice, Richard Matheson, Al Sarrantonio, Davis Grubb, August Derleth, Robert Bloch, H.P. Lovecraft, Henry S. Whitehead, David Ely, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Gallagher, Sarban, Robert Aickman, Charles Beaumont, Melanie Tem, Steve Rasnic Tem, Lisa Tuttle, Philip K. Dick, Ambrose Bierce, Ray Bradbury, Seabury Quinn, David Morrell, Joe Lansdale, Clive Barker
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Contents
ix • Introduction (Nursery Crimes) • essay by Stefan Dziemianowicz
1 • The Child That Went with the Fairies • (1971) • short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]
9 • Lost Hearts • (1895) • short story by M. R. James
18 • The Turn of the Screw • [The Turn of the Screw] • (1898) • novel by Henry James
105 • The Frolic • (1982) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
117 • It • (1940) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
139 • Brenda • (1954) • short story by Margaret St. Clair
149 • The Child That Loved a Grave • (1861) • short story by Fitz-James O'Brien
153 • The Idol of the Flies • (1942) • short story by Jane Rice
172 • Big Surprise • (1959) • short story by Richard Matheson
178 • Wish • (1985) • short story by Al Sarrantonio
185 • You Never Believe Me • (1964) • short story by Davis Grubb
193 • The Lonesome Place • (1948) • short story by August Derleth
200 • The Bogey Man Will Get You • (1946) • short story by Robert Bloch
210 • The Trap • [Gerald Canevin] • (1932) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft and Henry S. Whitehead [as by Henry S. Whitehead]
229 • The Academy • (1965) • short story by David Ely
237 • The Interloper • (1973) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
245 • Magpie • (1991) • short story by Stephen Gallagher
260 • Pig Blood Blues • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
288 • The Doll Maker • (1960) • novel by Sarban
404 • The Inner Room • (1966) • novelette by Robert Aickman
430 • Miss Gentilbelle • (1957) • short story by Charles Beaumont
446 • Everything to Live For • (1987) • short story by Charles L. Grant
461 • Resettling • (1989) • short story by Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem
473 • The Memory of Wood • (1982) • short story by Lisa Tuttle
485 • The Father-Thing • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
496 • The October Game • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury
503 • Chickamauga • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
509 • The Jest of Warburg Tantavul • [Jules de Grandin] • (1934) • novelette by Seabury Quinn
536 • Black and White and Red All Over • (1985) • novelette by David Morrell
549 • By Bizarre Hands • short story by Joe R. Lansdale [as by Joe Lansdale]