In the Grip of Terror

In the Grip of Terror is an anthology of horror short stories edited by Groff Conklin. It was first published in paperback by Permabooks in 1951.^[1]

The book collects twenty-two novellas, novelettes and short stories by various authors, together with an introduction by the editor. The stories were previously published from 1842-1950 in various magazines.^[1]

Contents

• "Introduction" (Groff Conklin)
• "The Last Kiss" (Maurice Level)
• "The Illustrated Man" (Ray Bradbury)
• "The Upturned Face" (Stephen Crane)
• "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey" (Dorothy L. Sayers)
• "The Horror-Horn" (E. F. Benson)
• "Night Drive" (Will F. Jenkins)
• "In the Vault" (H. P. Lovecraft)
• "The Diary of a Madman" (Guy de Maupassant)
• "The Tool" (William F. Harvey)
• "Bianca's Hands" (Theodore Sturgeon)
• "The Cross of Carl" (Walter Owen)
• "Hathor's Pets" (Margaret St. Clair)
• "A Terribly Strange Bed" (Wilkie Collins)
• "The Well" (W. W. Jacobs)
• "Revenge" (Samuel Blas)
• "The Pit and the Pendulum" (Edgar Allan Poe)
• "Macklin's Little Friend" (H. W. Guernsey)
• "The Easter Egg" (H. H. Munro)
• "Problem in Murder" (H. L. Gold)
• "The Moth" (H. G. Wells)
• "A Resumed Identity" (Ambrose Bierce)
• "Bubbles" (Wilbur Daniel Steele)

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