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1. "The Cicerones", by Robert Aickman
   Robert Aickman
   Robert Fordyce Aickman was an English conservationist and writer of fiction and nonfiction. As a writer, he is best known for his supernatural fiction, which he described as "strange stories".-Life:...
   
   
2. "Episode on Cain Street", by Joseph Payne Brennan
   Joseph Payne Brennan
   Joseph Payne Brennan was an American writer of fantasy and horror fiction, and also a poet. He lived most of his life in New Haven, Connecticut, and worked at the Yale Library for over 40 years....
   
   
3. "The Cellars", by J. Ramsey Campbell
4. "The Man Who Rode the Trains", by Paul A. Carter
5. "A Handful of Silver", by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
   Mary Elizabeth Counselman
   Mary Elizabeth Counselman was an American writer of short stories and poetry.- Biography :Mary Elizabeth Counselman was born on November 19, 1911 in Birmingham, AL and began writing poetry as a child. She later moved to Gainesville, Georgia where her father was a faculty member at the Riverside...
   
   
6. "Denkirch", by David Drake
   David Drake
   David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre.-Biography:...
   
   
7. "The Wild Man of the Sea", by William Hope Hodgson
   William Hope Hodgson
   William Hope Hodgson was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his...
   
   
8. "The Unpleasantness at Carver House", by Carl Jacobi
   Carl Richard Jacobi
   Carl Richard Jacobi was an American author. He wrote short stories in the horror, fantasy, science fiction and crime genres for the pulp magazine market.-Biography:...
   
   
9. "The Terror of Anerley House School", by Margery Lawrence
   Margery Lawrence
   Margery Lawrence was an English Fantasy fiction, Horror fiction and detective fiction author who specialized in ghost stories....
   
   
10. "The Horror From the Middle Span", by H. P. Lovecraft
    H. P. Lovecraft
    Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
    
     and August Derleth
    August Derleth
    August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...
    
    
11. "Not There", by John Metcalfe
    John Metcalfe (writer)
    William John Metcalfe was a teacher, short story writer and novelist.- Biography :John Metcalfe was born in Heacham, Norfolk, England, on October 6, 1891. He graduated from the University of London in 1913, after which he taught in Paris until 1914...
    
    
12. "Family Tree", by Frank D. Thayer, Jr.
13. "Death of a Bumblebee", by H. Russell Wakefield
    H. Russell Wakefield
    Herbert Russell Wakefield was an English short story writer, novelist, publisher, and civil servant chiefly remembered today for his ghost stories.-Life:...
    
    
14. "The Crater", by Donald Wandrei
    Donald Wandrei
    Donald Albert Wandrei was an American science fiction, fantasy and weird fiction writer, poet and editor. He wrote as Donald Wandrei. He was the older brother of science fiction writer and artist Howard Wandrei...