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The Edge of the Chair: A Superlative Collection, Some Fact, Some Fiction, All Suspense (1967)

by Joan Kahn (Editor)

Other authors: Stewart Alsop (Contributor), Stacy Aumonier (Contributor), Ambrose Bierce (Contributor), Edward Hale Bierstadt (Contributor), Ray Bradbury (Contributor) — 30 more, Thomas Braden (Contributor), John Buchan (Contributor), André Castelot (Contributor), G.K. Chesterton (Contributor), Agatha Christie (Contributor), Robert M. Coates (Contributor), John Collier (Contributor), Guy de Maupassant (Contributor), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Contributor), Stanley Ellin (Contributor), William Faulkner (Contributor), John Fischer (Contributor), Janet Flanner (Contributor), Kathleen Freeman (Contributor), Gerd Gaiser (Contributor), Graham Greene (Contributor), F. Tennyson Jesse (Contributor), Rudyard Kipling (Contributor), Jack London (Contributor), John Bartlow Martin (Contributor), Lewis Padgett (Contributor), Edmund Pearson (Contributor), Harold Pinter (Contributor), Alexander Pushkin (Contributor), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Contributor), Dorothy L. Sayers (Contributor), William Seabrook (Contributor), William G. Shepherd (Contributor), Robert Tallant (Contributor), Valentina Zhuravlev (Contributor)

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"A collection of classic horror - terror - suspense stories by classic authors such as Bradbury, Maupassant, Dorothy Sayers, Jack London, Faulkner and more"; includes Kipling's "lovely and heartbreaking ghost story" "They" and Pushkin's "Queen of Spades."
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Kahn, JoanEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Alsop, StewartContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Aumonier, StacyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bierce, AmbroseContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bierstadt, Edward HaleContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bradbury, RayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Braden, ThomasContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Buchan, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Castelot, AndréContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chesterton, G.K.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Christie, AgathaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Coates, Robert M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Collier, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
de Maupassant, GuyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Doyle, Sir Arthur ConanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ellin, StanleyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Faulkner, WilliamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fischer, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Flanner, JanetContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Freeman, KathleenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gaiser, GerdContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Greene, GrahamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jesse, F. TennysonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kipling, RudyardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
London, JackContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Martin, John BartlowContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Padgett, LewisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pearson, EdmundContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pinter, HaroldContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pushkin, AlexanderContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine deContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sayers, Dorothy L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Seabrook, WilliamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shepherd, William G.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tallant, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Zhuravlev, ValentinaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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813.08Literature › English (North America) › American fiction › By type › Genre fiction

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PZ1.K17Language and Literature › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Fiction in English

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