Uncanny Tales of Unearthly and Unexpected Horrors

by Helen Hoke (Editor)

Other authors: Ray Bradbury (Contributor), R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Contributor), John Collier (Contributor), John Edgell (Contributor), Patricia Highsmith (Contributor) — 5 more, WW Jacobs (Contributor), Will F. Jenkins (Contributor), Richard Christian Matheson (Contributor), Simon Pilkington (Contributor), H. Russell Wakefield (Contributor)

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A collection of ten tales featuring elements of the supernatural, the ghastly, the terrifying, the eerie, and the shocking.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Hoke, Helen	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Bradbury, Ray	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chetwynd-Hayes, R.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Collier, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Edgell, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Highsmith, Patricia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jacobs, WW	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jenkins, Will F.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Matheson, Richard Christian	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pilkington, Simon	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wakefield, H. Russell	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The Elemental by R. Chetwynd-Hayes

Someone is Dead by R. Chetwynd-Hayes (indirect)

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xi • About This Book (Uncanny Tales of Unearthly and Unexpected Horrors) • essay by Helen Hoke
1 • Terror • (1946) • short story by Murray Leinster [as by Will F. Jenkins]
15 • The Elemental • (1974) • novelette by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
36 • Jerry Bundler • (1897) • short story by W. W. Jacobs
45 • The Crowd • (1943) • short story by Ray Bradbury
56 • The Inheritance • (1968) • short story by Simon Pilkington
75 • The Snail-Watcher • (1964) • short story by Patricia Highsmith (variant of The Snail Watcher)
83 • Just Married • (1970) • short story by John Edgell
87 • Graduation • (1977) • short story by Richard Christian Matheson
103 • The Triumph of Death • (1949) • short story by H. Russell Wakefield
120 • Back for Christmas • non-genre • (1939) • short story by John Collier

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