A Wave of Fear: A Classic Horror Anthology

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Includes selections by L.A. Lewis, Eleanor Scott, Ambrose Bierce, M.P. Shiel, H.R. Wakefield, Charles Birkin, L.T.C. Rolt, Marjorie Bowen, A.C. Benson, E.F. Benson, R.H. Benson, Joy Burnett, Frederick Cowles, D.K. Browster, J.D. Beresford, Robert W. Chambers, and Vivian Meik. Contents (view Concise Listing) 9 Editor's Foreword (A Wave of Fear) (1973) essay by Hugh Lamb 13 The Child (1934) short story by L. A. Lewis 26 Celui-La (1929) short story by Eleanor Scott 44 A Resumed Identity (1908) short story by Ambrose Bierce 51 Huguenin's Wife (1895) short story by M. P. Shiel 63 Blind Man's Bluff (1929) short story by H. Russell Wakefield (variant of Blind Man's Buff) [as by H. R. Wakefield] 68 Marjorie's on Starlight (1973) short story by Charles Birkin 80 Hawley Bank Foundry (1948) short story by L. T. C. Rolt 102 Twilight (1912) short story by Marjorie Bowen 111 Basil Netherby (1926) novelette by A. C. Benson 139 The Wishing-Well (1929) short story by E. F. Benson 154 The Traveller (1903) short story by R. H. Benson 163 Phantom Silhouette (1973) short story by Joy Burnett 169 Terrible Mrs. Greene (1936) short story by Frederick Cowles 176 Clairvoyance (1932) novelette by D. K. Broster 194 The Late Occupier (1918) short story by J. D. Beresford 198 The Messenger (1897) novelette by Robert W. Chambers 235 A Honeymoon in Hate (1933) short story by Vivian Meik