Posts Tagged ‘Roald Dahl’
Posted by demonik on June 11, 2012
Peter Haining (ed.) – Murder On The Menu: A Gourmet Guide To Death (Chancellor 1993: originally Souvenir, 1991)
Cover design: Slatter-Anderson
Peter Haining – Introduction
I. Specialities de la Maison: Stories By Some Famous Authors
Stanley Ellin – The Speciality Of The House
Ruth Rendell – Bribery And Corruption
Paul Gallico – Chef d’Oeuvre
Oliver La Farge – La Specialite de M Duclos
L. P. Hartley – Three, or Four, for Dinner
Gaston Leroux – A Terrible Tale
Damon Runyon – So You Won’t Talk!
Patricia Highsmith – Sauce for the Goose
P. D. James – A Very Commonplace Murder
II. Entrees Historigues: Tales From The Culinary Past.
August Derleth – A Dinner at Imola
Robert Bloch – The Feast in the Abbey
Alphonse Daudet – The Three Low Masses
Alexander Pushkin – The Coffin-Maker
Washington Irving – Guests from Gibbet Island
Richard Dehan – The Compleat Housewife
Walter Besant & James Rice – The Case of Mr Lucraft
G. B. Stern – The Man who Couldn’t Taste Pepper
Roger Zelazny – Final Dining
III. Just Desserts. A Section Of Detective Cases
Agatha Christie – Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds
H. C. Bailey – The Long Dinner
Nicholas Blake – The Assassins’ Club
Roy Vickers – Dinner for Two
Michael Gilbert – A Case for Gourmets
Lawrence G. Blochman – Rum for Dinner
Georges Simenon – Under the Hammer
Rex Stout – Poison a la Carte
Roald Dahl – Lamb to the Slaughter
Blurb:
Murder On The Menu is a mouth-watering collection of short stories from the masters of mystery, where food and death meet with devastating effect.
Posted in *Souvenir*, Phyllis Fraser | Tagged: *Souvenir*, Agatha Christie, Alexander Pushkin, Alphonse Daudet, August Derleth, cannibalism, Chancellor, Crime, Damon Runyon, fiction, G. B. Stern, Gaston Leroux, Georges Simenon, H. C. Bailey, horror, L. P. Hartley, Lawrence G. Blochman, Michael Gilbert, Nicholas Blake, Oliver La Farge, P. D. James, Patricia Highsmith, Paul Gallico, Peter Haining, Rex Stout, Richard Dehan, Roald Dahl, Robert Bloch, Roger Zelazny, Roy Vickers, Ruth Rendell, Slatter-Anderson, Stanley Ellin, Vault Of Evil, Walter Besant & James Rice, Washington Irving | Leave a Comment »
Posted by demonik on November 21, 2011
Anthony Horowitz (ed.) – The Puffin Book Of Horror Stories (Puffin, 1986: Viking 1984)
Illustration: Stephen Player
Anthony Horowitz – Introduction
Pete Johnson – Secret Terror
Stephen King – Battleground
Robert Westall – The Vacancy
Guy De Maupassant – The Twitch (trans Anthony Horowitz)
Laurence Staig – Freebies
Roald Dahl – Man From The South
Kenneth Ireland – The Werewolf Mask
Bram Stoker – Jonathan Harker’s Journal (extract from Dracula)
John Gordon -Eels
Anthony Horowitz – Bath Night
Acknowledgements
Blurb:
Whether it’s vampires, werewolves, ghouls or huge hairy spiders, whatever makes your flesh creep, you’ll find it in this chilling collection of horror stories edited by Anthony Horowitz.
Robert Westall’s ‘The Vacancy’ puts a horrific new perspective on being unemployed and John Gordon’s ‘Eels’ turns those slimy creatures into grisly instruments of torture. Classic horror stories such as ‘Dracula’ and ‘The Twitch’ are combined with contemporary horror from Stephen King, the master himself, to make a collection that lingers in your mind long after the lights go out!
Posted in *Puffin*, Anthony Horowitz, Young Adult | Tagged: Anthony Horowitz, Bram Stoker, Daniel Payne, fiction, Guy de Maupassant, horror, John Gordon, Kenneth Ireland, Laurence Staig, Pete Johnson, Puffin, Roald Dahl, Robert Westall, Stephen King, Stephen Player, Vault Of Evil, Young Adult | Leave a Comment »
Posted by demonik on October 25, 2010
Anonymous – Tales Of Horror & Mystery (Dean, 1993)
Luis Rey
Horror Stories
Roald Dahl – The Landlady
Walter De La Mare – The Riddle
W. W. Jacobs – The Monkey’s Paw
Ruth Ainsworth – Through The Door
E. Nesbit – Man-Size In Marble
Edgar Allan Poe – The Tell-Tale Heart
Helen Cresswell – A Kind Of Swan Song
Gene Kemp – The Clock Tower Ghost
Robert Arthur – The Haunted Trailer
Ambrose Bierce – The Stranger
Walter De La Mare – Bad Company
Michael Joseph – The Yellow Cat
W. W. Jacobs – The Well
Saki – Laura
Joan Aiken – The Swan Child
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – The Brown Hand
H. G. Wells – The Red Room
Mystery Stories
Joan Aiken – The Blade
M. R. James – Lost Hearts
Charles Dickens – The Signalman
Oscar Wilde – The Picture Of Dorian Gray (Extract)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – The Silver Mirror
Bret Harte – The Stolen Cigar Case
Honore De Balzac – The Mysterious Mansion
Nicholas Fisk – Sweets From A Stranger
Roald Dahl – The Hitch-Hiker
Wilkie Collins – The Dream Woman
Edgar Allan Poe – The Masque Of The Red Death
Karen Blixen – The Sailor Boy’s Tale
Guy de Maupassant – The Horla
Theophile Gautier – The Mummy’s Foot
Blurb:
“It is very seldom that one encounters what would appear to be sheer unadulterated evil in a human face; an evil, I mean, active, deliberate, deadly, dangerous.”
This anthology contains more than thirty spine-chilling stories by contemporary and classic writers, drawing us into a world of ghosts, demons and horrific happenings.
In Walter de la Mare’s Bad Company who is the evil-looking stranger on the Underground who leads us to a frightening discovery? And in Roald Dahl’s The Landlady what sinister secret is the mysterious proprietress of the guesthouse witholding from her unsuspecting guest?
These startling and compelling stories by some of the world’s greatest writers will enthrall readers to the very last page.
Posted in Anonymous | Tagged: Ambrose Bierce, Anonymous, anthology, Books, Bret Harte, Charles Dickens, Dean, E. Nesbit, edgar allan poe, fiction, Gene Kemp, Guy de Maupassant, H G Wells, Helen Cresswell, Honore De Balzac, Horror Stories, Joan Aiken, Karen Blixen, Luis Rey, M. R. James, Michael Joseph, Mystery Stories, Nicholas Fisk, Oscar Wilde, Roald Dahl, Robert Arthur, Ruth Ainsworth, Saki, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Supernatural, Tales Of Horror & Mystery, Théophile Gautier, Vault Of Evil, W. W. Jacobs, Walter De La Mare, Wilkie Collins | Leave a Comment »
Posted by demonik on June 29, 2010
Fred Pickersgill (ed.) – And Graves Give Up Their Dead (Corgi, 1964)
Photograph: Dunstan Pereira
William Link & William Levinson – Top Flight Aquarium
Gerald Bullett – the Elder
Roald Dahl – Royal Jelly
Charles Beaumont – Miss Gentilbelle
Richard Matheson – Girl Of My Dreams
Ambrose Birece – An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge
Robert Arthur – Death Is A Dream
Richard Davis – the Female Of The Species
John Collier – De Mortius
Wilbur Daniel Steele – Footfalls
Posted in *Corgi*, Frederick Pickersgill | Tagged: *Corgi*, Ambrose Biece, anthology, Charles Beaumont, Dunstan Pereira, fiction, Fred Pickersgill, Gerald Bullett, horror, John Collier, paperback, Richard Davis, Richard Matheson, Roald Dahl, Robert Arthur, Supernatural, Vault Of Evil, Wilbur Daniel Steele, William Levinson, William Link | Leave a Comment »
Posted by demonik on March 19, 2010
Peter Haining (ed.) – Death on Wheels (Souvenir 1999)
Introduction – Peter Haining
1. Auto Mania: The Machinery of Death
Trucks – Stephen King
The Dust-Cloud – E. F. Benson
Second Chance – Jack Finney
Used Car – H. Russell Wakefield
Duel – Richard Matheson
Who’s Been Sitting in My Car? – Antonia Fraser
Not from Detroit – Joe R. Lansdale
2. Motorway Madness: Murder in the Fast Lane
Never Stop on the Motorway – Jeffrey Archer
The Death Car – Peter Haining
Night Court – Mary Elizabeth Counselman
Accident Zone – Ramsey Campbell
The Last Run – Alan Dean Foster
The Hitch-Hiker – Roald Dahl
Crash – J. G. Ballard
3. Chrome Killers: The Future Autogeddon
The Racer – Ib Melchior
Along the Scenic Route – Harlan Ellison
Auto-da-Fé – Roger Zelazny
Violation – William F. Nolan
Thy Blood Like Milk – Ian Watson
Thanks to Steve Goodwin for providing the table of contents!
Posted in *Souvenir*, Peter Haining | Tagged: *Souvenir*, Alan Dean Foster, Antonia Fraser, E. F. Benson, fiction, H. Russell Wakefield, Harlan Ellison, horror, Ian Watson, Ib Melchior, J. G. Ballard, Jack Finney, Jeffrey Archer, Joe R. Lansdale, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, murder, Mystery, Peter Haining, Ramsey Campbell, Richard Matheson, Roald Dahl, Roger Zelazny, Stephen King, suspense, Vault Of Evil, William F. Nolan | Leave a Comment »
Posted by demonik on October 18, 2009
Edmund Crispin [Robert Bruce Montgomery] – Best Tales of Terror (Faber and Faber, 1962)
Edmund Crispin – Introduction
Ray Bradbury – The Emissary
Evelyn Waugh – The Man Who Liked Dickens
L. P. Hartley – A Summons
L. T. C. Rolt – The Mine
John Collier – Bird of Prey
Roald Dahl – Royal Jelly
Robert Aickman – Ringing the Changes
John Metcalfe – Mr. Meldrum’s Mania
Elizabeth Jane Howard – Three Miles Up
J. G. Ballard – Manhole 69
James E. Gunn – The Misogynist
Ray Bradbury – The Next in Line
thanks to allthingshorror for reminding me of this one’s existence
Posted in *Faber*, Edmund Crispen | Tagged: *Faber*, Edmund Crispen, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Evelyn Waugh, fiction, horror, J. G. Ballard, James E. Gunn, John Collier, John Metcalfe, L T C Rolt, L. P. Hartley, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Robert Aickman, Terror, Vault Of Evil | Leave a Comment »
Posted by demonik on October 9, 2008
Anon – The Man in Black: Macabre Stories from Fear on Four (BBC, 1990)
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Foreword – The Man In Black
William F. Harvey – The Beast with Five Fingers
Graeme Fife – Snipe 3909
David Buck – The Dead Drummer (Adapted by Haydn Middleton from an original radio script.)
Stephen Dunstone – Fat Andy
Katherine Nicholas – The Dispossessed Daughter
Stanley Ellin – The Specialty of the House
E. F. Benson – The Face
James Saunders – A Child Crying
Stephen Gallagher – The Horn
W. W. Jacobs – The Monkey’s Paw
Roald Dahl – William and Mary
Bert Coules – Every Detail But One
J. C. W. Brook – The Snowman Killing
Nick Warburton – His Last Card
Bram Stoker – The Judge’s House
Gwen Cherrell – Dreaming of Thee
Stephen Gallagher – By the River, Fontainebleau
Elizabeth Bowen – Hand in Glove
Bert Coules – The Journey Home
Robert Westall – St. Austin Friars
Martyn Wade – Soul Searching
Nick Warburton – Music Lovers
William Ingram – Mind Well the Tree
John Wyndham – Survival
James Saunders – Day at the Dentist’s
I don’t have a copy but a quick scrutiny of the contents suggests this as a thoughtful mix of the new and the over-familiar-but-that-doesn’t-make-’em-bad. Wasn’t the original radio ‘Man In Black’ the super-creepy Valentine Dyall of City Of The Dead/ The Haunting fame? I’m sure Day At The Dentist’s has been favourably remarked on Vault Mk. I and I can vouch for the all round superbness Stephen Gallagher’s superlative The Horn.
Thanks to John Mains for the cover scan!
Posted in *BBC*, Anonymous | Tagged: *BBC*, Anon, Bert Coules, Bram Stoker, David Buck, E. F. Benson, Elizabeth Bowen, Fear On Four, Graeme Fife, Gwen Cherrell, Haydn Middleton, J. C. W. Brook, James Saunders, John Wyndham, Katherine Nicholas, Man In Black, Martyn Wade, Nick Warburton, Roald Dahl, Robert Westall, Stanley Ellin, Stephen Dunstone, Stephen Gallagher, W. W. Jacobs, William F. Harvey, William Ingram | Leave a Comment »
Posted by demonik on August 31, 2007
Posted in anthologists A-Z | Tagged: Adam L. Gowans, Adele Olivia Gladwell, Aidan Chambers, Angus Campbell, Basil Davenport, Brian J. Frost, Bryan Douglas, Catherine A. Dawson-Scott, Christopher Frayling, Colin De La Mare, David G. Hartwell, David Stuart Davis, Dr. Christopher Evans, Edmund Crispen, Ernest Rhys, Gary Fry, Giles Gordon, Harrison Dale, J. A. Cuddon, James Dickie, James Doig, John Edgell, John Gawsworth, John Keir Cross, John Robert Columbo, Kathryn Cramer, Kay Dick, Kevin Carolan, Mary Danby, Michael Cox, Michael Richardson, Nancy Chambers, Paul Finch, R. A. Gilbert, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Ramsey Campbell, Rex Collings, Richard Dalby, Richard Davis, Rick Ferreira, Roald Dahl, Rosemary Gray, Rosemary Pardoe, Vere H. Collins | Leave a Comment »
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