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The Graveyard Reader
1965 First Ballantine (Bal-Hi) edition in very good condition. Cover has some minimal wear, tight bound, personal library sticker and note from original owner, as shown. Great for Halloween reading!!
Mass Market Paperback
Published January 1, 1965
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Groff Conklin
117 books26 followersEdward Groff Conklin (September 6, 1904, Glen Ridge, New Jersey - July 19, 1968, Pawling, New York) was a leading science fiction anthologist. Conklin edited 41 anthologies of science fiction, wrote books on home improvement and was a freelance writer on scientific subjects. From 1950 to 1955, he was the book critic for Galaxy Science Fiction.
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April 10, 2023
A completely trustworthy collection by reliable individuals you probably already know if you've read things older than 1980. Lovecraft, Bradbury, Sturgeon, Bierce, etc. I got this specifically for Kuttner's Graveyard Rats, which was quite fun. I had no idea Roald Dahl wrote horror and that story was quite dark. Counselman's Night Court I've read before (amongst others here) and I'm always so disappointed by how racist it comes of, like much of her other work too, because it's an otherwise great story.
A few were duds for me, like the Hughes and West stories, but all are so tiny and fast that I didn't have time to be bothered about it. A particualy solid collection for someone unexperienced with but interested in pre-modern horror.
A few were duds for me, like the Hughes and West stories, but all are so tiny and fast that I didn't have time to be bothered about it. A particualy solid collection for someone unexperienced with but interested in pre-modern horror.
June 24, 2026
I cannot remember for the life of me how I discovered this anthology, dating from the late 1950s. A collection of classic and contemporary horror stories by a long list of talented writers. My favorites included:
The Graveyard Rats by Henry Kuttner - A graverobber goes toe to toe with some extremely large rats when he finds himself trapped in their burrowed tunnels beneath the cemetery. Pretty horrific in the best way.
Free Dirt by Charles Beaumont - A rather unlikable man never turns down anything free, so when he sees the title sign at a cemetery, he goes for it, using the dirt to start a garden in his backyard. Things go wrong when he decides to gorge himself on food from said garden.
Skin by Roald Dahl - Dahl's stories for adults are Dark. (His stories for kids can be too for that matter). An older man has a tattoo done by a famous painter on his back. Collectors want it. But how can you own something attached to another person?
The Graveyard Rats by Henry Kuttner - A graverobber goes toe to toe with some extremely large rats when he finds himself trapped in their burrowed tunnels beneath the cemetery. Pretty horrific in the best way.
Free Dirt by Charles Beaumont - A rather unlikable man never turns down anything free, so when he sees the title sign at a cemetery, he goes for it, using the dirt to start a garden in his backyard. Things go wrong when he decides to gorge himself on food from said garden.
Skin by Roald Dahl - Dahl's stories for adults are Dark. (His stories for kids can be too for that matter). An older man has a tattoo done by a famous painter on his back. Collectors want it. But how can you own something attached to another person?
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