Rod Serling's Devils and Demons

by Rod Serling

This contains: The Montavarde Camera by Avram Davidson; The Coach by Violet Hunt; Adapted by Carol Emshwiller; Death Cannot Wither by Judith Merril; The Story of the Goblin Who Stole a Sexton by Charles Dickens; Pollock and the Porroh Man by H. G. Wells; Stars Won't You Hide Me by Ben Bova; The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Adventure of the German Student by Washington Irving; The Four Fifteen Express by Amelia B. Edwards; The Blue Sphere by Theodore Dreiser; The Bisara of Pooree by Rudyard Kipling; A Time to Keep by Kate Wilhelm; and Brother Coelestin by Emil Frida.

Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Fiction, Fantasy, Anthologies, Literature

Paperback

First published February 1, 1967

About the author

Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924–June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter and television producer, best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his science fiction anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone.

Reviews

[Georgene · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really excellent selection of horror short stories! Edited by the late, great Rod Serling, the authors range from H.G. Wells to Rudyard Kipling to Washington Irving to Charles Dickens and more.

I wouldn't really classify this as "horror". The stories are odd and tricky and very satisfying. This is NOT written television!

[D.F. Holland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Devil’s and Demons, edited by Rod Serling, is a fine collection of stories. “The story of the goblins” by Charles Dickens is what I found the most interesting. The story is a different version of the author’s classic “A Christmas Carol.” Not nearly as wonderful as the story we all know, but captivating.

[Nick Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good selection of older and newer (for the time) stories. The Montavarde Camera is a definite winner.

[Joel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Favorite stories were The Montavarde Camera and Stars Won't You Hide Me. Some of the stories were boring and/or anti-climatic.

[Mike C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read the actual book. This was a fun collection of short "horror" stories. Most were good. A few were duds. Perhaps one or two of them felt a bit creepy. The rest were entertaining without necessarily being fear inducing. Enjoyable bed time reading.

My favorite one was about a cursed creepie genie in a bottle of some sort that granted you wishes with the catch that when you died, your soul was given over to the devil. The escape clause from the curse would be to sell the genie to someone for less than you paid for it. At some point, someone would get stuck with the thing because the price could only go so low. Very cool concept.

[Corey Barndt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the stories are good. Some are not

[Yayoi storey]

i started by reading the hg wells short story. i read it before going to bed and had pretty bad nightmares that night. it didn't so much scare me as i read, but it obviously made it's way into my psyche. I like that.
for the most part, i picked up the book when i saw the rad cover, and actually thought it was a collection of short stories, by the science fiction god, Rod Serling.