A Century of Creepy Stories

by Hugh Walpole, Arthur Machen, Barry Pain

Contents

15 • The Snow • (1929) • short story by Hugh Walpole
25 • The Tarn • (1923) • short story by Hugh Walpole
39 • A Little Ghost • (1922) • short story by Hugh Walpole
53 • Mrs. Lunt • (1926) • short story by Hugh Walpole [as by Sir Hugh Walpole]
69 • The Islington Mystery • (1927) • short story by Arthur Machen
81 • The Cosy Room • (1929) • short story by Arthur Machen
87 • Opening the Door • (1931) • short story by Arthur Machen
101 • Munitions of War • (1926) • short story by Arthur Machen
107 • The Red Turret • (1931) • short story by Christine Campbell Thomson [as by Flavia Richardson]
119 • When Glister Walked • (1928) • short story by Oscar Cook (variant of The Sacred Jars 1927)
137 • Si Urag of the Tail • (1923) • short story by Oscar Cook
153 • The Great White Fear • (1925) • short story by Oscar Cook
169 • Boomerang • (1931) • short story by Oscar Cook
181 • The Apple Tree • (1931) • short story by Elizabeth Bowen
190 • Telling • (1927) • short story by Elizabeth Bowen
201 • The Cat Jumps • (1929) • short story by Elizabeth Bowen
213 • Crewe • (1929) • novelette by Walter de la Mare
237 • A Recluse • (1926) • novelette by Walter de la Mare
269 • Two Trifles • short story by Oliver Onions
281 • The Smile of Karen • (1927) • novelette by Oliver Onions
317 • "John Gladwin Says ..." • (1928) • short story by Oliver Onions
331 • The Hanging of Alfred Wadham • (1928) • short story by E. F. Benson
347 • As in a Glass Dimly • (1931) • short story by Shane Leslie
359 • The Hospital Nurse • (1928) • short story by Shane Leslie
369 • The Lord-in-Waiting • (1929) • short story by Shane Leslie
389 • A Considerable Murder • (1928) • short story by Barry Pain
401 • The Lovely Voice • (1927) • novelette by Cynthia Asquith
419 • The Playfellow • (1929) • novelette by Cynthia Asquith
443 • "God Grante That She Lye Stille" • (1931) • novelette by Cynthia Asquith
475 • The Corner Shop • (1926) • short story by Cynthia Asquith
493 • Shall We Join the Ladies? • (1928) • short fiction by J. M. Barrie
513 • The Rocking-Horse Winner • (1926) • short story by D. H. Lawrence
529 • The Lovely Lady • (1927) • novelette by D. H. Lawrence
551 • Rats • (1929) • short story by M. R. James
559 • The Killing-Bottle • (1927) • novelette by L. P. Hartley
597 • The Travelling Grave • (1929) • novelette by L. P. Hartley
619 • A Visitor from Down Under • (1926) • short story by L. P. Hartley
637 • The Cotillon • (1931) • short story by L. P. Hartley
659 • The Prince • (1928) • short story by W. B. Maxwell
665 • The Last Man In • (1910) • short story by W. B. Maxwell
685 • Dispossession • (1929) • short story by C. H. B. Kitchin
703 • Beauty and the Beast • (1931) • novelette by C. H. B. Kitchin
729 • Those Whom the Gods Love • (1929) • short story by Hilda Hughes
737 • The Birthright • (1931) • short story by Hilda Hughes
749 • The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain • [Christmas Books] • (1848) • novella by Charles Dickens
837 • The Villa Désirée • (1921) • short story by May Sinclair
851 • The Duenna • (1926) • short story by Marie Belloc Lowndes [as by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes]
864 • The Unbolted Door • (1931) • short story by Marie Belloc Lowndes [as by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes]
873 • The Apparition of Mrs. Veal • (1919) • short story by Daniel Defoe (variant of A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September 1705 1706)
881 • The Lost Tragedy • (1926) • short story by Denis Mackail
899 • Spinster's Rest • (1926) • novelette by Clemence Dane
925 • Circumstantial Evidence • (1928) • short story by Edgar Wallace
941 • A Descent Into the Maelström?
• (1841) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
957 • The Fall of the House of Usher • (1839) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
975 • The Black Cat • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
987 • Twelve O'Clock • (1926) • short story by Charles Whibley
995 • The Amorous Ghost • (1926) • short story by Enid Bagnold
1003 • Pargiton and Harby • (1926) • short story by Desmond MacCarthy
1019 • The Country of the Blind • (1904) • novelette by H. G. Wells
1045 • The Spectre Bridegroom • (1819) • short story by Washington Irving
1061 • Mr. Tallent's Ghost • (1926) • short story by Mary Webb
1073 • The Buick Saloon • (1930) • short story by Ann Bridge
1091 • The Horns of the Bull • (1931) • short story by W. S. Morrison
1107 • The Man Who Came Back • (1931) • short story by William Gerhardi
1113 • Our Feathered Friends • (1931) • short story by Philip MacDonald
1125 • The Stranger • (1909) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
1133 • The Yellow Cat • (1924) • short story by Michael Joseph
1145 • My Adventure in Norfolk • (1924) • short story by A. J. Alan
1155 • The Mysterious Mansion • non-genre • short story by Honoré de Balzac? (trans. of La Grande Bretèche 1832)
1165 • The Stranger • (1927) • short story by Algernon Blackwood

Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Anthologies

1178 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1934

About the author

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death.

Reviews

[Robert Allan Wragg]

Some good stories and poor ones

[Jeff Hobbs]

Read so far:

The snow / Hugh Walpole--3
The tarn / Hugh Walpole--3
*A little ghost / Hugh Walpole--
*Mrs. Lunt / Hugh Walpole --
The Islington mystery / Arthur Machen--3
*The cosy room / Arthur Machen--
*Opening the door / Arthur Machen--
*Munitions of war / Arthur Machen --
The red turret / Flavia Richardson --
When glister walked / Oscar Cook--
Si urag of the tail / Oscar Cook--
The great white fear / Oscar Cook--
Boomerang / Oscar Cook --2
*The apple tree / Elizabeth Bowen--
Telling / Elizabeth Bowen--3
The cat jumps / Elizabeth Bowen --2
*Crewe / Walter de la Mare--
*"A recluse" / Walter de la Mare --
*Two trifles / Oliver Onions--
*The smile of Karen / Oliver Onions--
*"John Gladwin says --" / Oliver Onions --
The hanging of Alfred Wadham / E.F. Benson --3
As in a glass dimly / Shane Leslie--
The hospital nurse / Shane Leslie--
The lord-in-waiting / Shane Leslie --
A considerable murder / Barry Pain --2
The lovely voice / Cynthia Asquith--3
The playfellow / Cynthia Asquith--4
"God grante that she lye stille" / Cynthia Asquith--3
The corner shop / Cynthia Asquith --3
Shall we join the ladies? / J.M. Barrie --
The rocking-horse winner / D.H Lawrence--3
The lovely lady / D.H. Lawrence --3
*Rats / M.R. James --
*The killing-bottle / L.P. Hartley--
*The travelling grave / L.P. Hartley--
A visitor from down under / L.P. Hartley--1
*The cotillon / L.P. Hartley --
The prince / W.B. Maxwell--
The last man in / W.B. Maxwell --
Dispossession / C.H.B. Kitchin--3
Beauty and the beast / C.H.B. Kitchen --3
Those who the gods love / Hilda Hughes--
The birthright / Hilda Hughes --
*The haunted man and the ghost's bargain / Charles Dickens --
The villa desirée / May Sinclair --2
The duenna / Mrs. Belloc Lowndes--3
*The unbolted door / Mrs. Belloc Lowndes --
The apparition of Mrs. Veal / Daniel Defoe --2
The lost tragedy / Denis Mackail --
Spinsters' rest / Clemence Dane --2
Circumstantial evidence / Edgar Wallace --3
A descent into the maelström / Edgar Allan Poe--3
The fall of the house of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe--3
The black cat / Edgar Allan Poe --4
Twelve o'clock / Charles Whibley --
The amorous ghost / Enid Bagnold --2
Pargiton and Harby / Desmond MacCarthy --
The country of the blind / H.G. Wells --3
The spectre bridegroom / Washington Irving --3
Mr. Tallent's ghost / Mary Webb --2
The Buick saloon / Ann Bridge --3
The horns of the bull / W.S. Morrison --
The man who came back / William Gerhardi --
Our feathered friends / Philip Macdonald --3
The stranger / Ambrose Bierce --3
The yellow cat / Michael Joseph --
My adventure in Norfolk / A.J. Alan --3
The mysterious mansion / Honoré de Balzac --3
*The stranger / Algernon Blackwood--