The Terror that lurks in the shadows speaks with a whisper, not a shout. Horror by Lamplight is effective proof of this. There are Blood-chilling tales from the great writers of yesterday, as well as a few atmospheric modern classics. Monstors, apparitions, horror and cruelty, both supernatural and man-made, make up a haunting collection with a period feel.

Cover Photograph: Paul Williams

Contents

1 • Wandering Willie's Tale (excerpt from Redgauntlet) • [Redgauntlet Excerpts] • (1888) • short story by Sir Walter Scott (variant of Wandering Willie's Tale 1824)
15 • The Monk (excerpt) • short fiction by Matthew Gregory Lewis [as by Matthew Lewis]
25 • The White Wolf "Krantz's Narrative", chapter 39 of The Phantom Ship • short story by Frederick Marryat (variant of The Werewolf 1837) [as by Captain Frederick Marryat]
41 • Transformation • (1976) • short story by Mary Shelley (variant of The Transformation 1830)
54 • The Queen of Spades • (1927) • novelette by Александр Пушкин? (trans. of Пиковая дама? 1834) [as by Alexander Pushkin]
74 • The Blue Room • (1935) • short story by Prosper Mérimée? (trans. of La chambre bleue 1866)
84 • Young Goodman Brown • (1835) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
94 • The Masque of the Red Death • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of The Mask of the Red Death 1842)
99 • The Old Nurse's Story • (1935) • novelette by Mrs. Gaskell [as by Elizabeth Gaskell]
115 • The Dreamland Bride • (1935) • novelette by Théophile Gautier? (trans. of La morte amoureuse 1836)
130 • Captain Murderer • (1860) • short story by Charles Dickens
133 • Mr Justice Harbottle • [Martin Hesselius] • novelette by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (variant of Mr. Justice Harbottle 1872) [as by Sheridan Le Fanu]
157 • A Terribly Strange Bed • (1852) • short story by Wilkie Collins [as by William Wilkie Collins]
169 • The Banshee's Warning • (1970) • novelette by Mrs. J. H. Riddell (variant of Hertford O'Donnell's Warning 1867) [as by Charlotte Riddell]
184 • The Bird Woman • (1863) • short story by Henry Spicer
187 • Eveline's Visitant • (1867) • short story by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
195 • A Torture by Hope • (1891) • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of La torture par l'espérance 1883)
199 • Barbara of the House of Grebe • (1890) • novelette by Thomas Hardy
223 • The Man and the Snake • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
229 • The Romance of Certain Old Clothes • (1868) • short story by Henry James
244 • Ken's Mystery • (1883) • novelette by Julian Hawthorne
261 • The Squaw • (1893) • short story by Bram Stoker
270 • The Wind in the Rose-Bush • (1903) • short story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman [as by Mary E. Wilkins]
284 • The Golem • (1955) • short fiction by י. ל. פרץ? (trans. of דער גולם? 1893) [as by Isaac Loeb Peretz]
285 • Only a Dream • (1905) • short story by H. Rider Haggard
291 • Marsyas in Flanders • (1900) • short story by Vernon Lee
301 • The Witch of the Marsh • (1893) • short story by H. B. Marriott Watson (variant of The Devil of the Marsh) [as by H. B. Marriott-Watson]
305 • The Power of Darkness • non-genre • (1905) • short story by E. Nesbit
316 • Lot No. 249 • (1892) • novelette by Arthur Conan Doyle
341 • The Yellow Wallpaper • short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (variant of The Yellow Wall-Paper 1892) [as by Charlotte Perkins Stetson]
354 • The Mezzotint • (1904) • short story by M. R. James
363 • The Courting of Dinah Shadd • (1890) • novelette by Rudyard Kipling
381 • The Red Room • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
388 • Ancient Sorceries • [John Silence] • (1908) • novelette by Algernon Blackwood
423 • The Interlopers • (1912) • short story by Saki
428 • The Ghost Ship • (1912) • short story by Richard Middleton (variant of The Ghost-Ship)
436 • The Lifting of the Veil • (1912) • short story by Dermot O'Byrne
443 • The Tarn • (1923) • short story by Hugh Walpole
454 • A Place of No Return • (1981) • short story by Hugh B. Cave
464 • Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper • (1943) • short story by Robert Bloch
480 • Peter and the Wolf • (1982) • short story by Angela Carter
488 • Interview with the Vampire (excerpt) • (1976) • short fiction by Anne Rice