These stories center around children & evil, a classic theme in horror fiction. Includes tales from such acclaimed authors as Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, David Ely, Ramsey Campbell, Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury, and others.

Contents

ix • Introduction (Nursery Crimes) • essay by Stefan Dziemianowicz

1 • The Child That Went with the Fairies • (1971) • short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]

9 • Lost Hearts • (1895) • short story by M. R. James

18 • The Turn of the Screw • [The Turn of the Screw] • (1898) • novel by Henry James

105 • The Frolic • (1982) • short story by Thomas Ligotti

117 • It • (1940) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon

139 • Brenda • (1954) • short story by Margaret St. Clair

149 • The Child That Loved a Grave • (1861) • short story by Fitz-James O'Brien

153 • The Idol of the Flies • (1942) • short story by Jane Rice

172 • Big Surprise • (1959) • short story by Richard Matheson

178 • Wish • (1985) • short story by Al Sarrantonio

185 • You Never Believe Me • (1964) • short story by Davis Grubb|

193 • The Lonesome Place • (1948) • short story by August Derleth

200 • The Bogey Man Will Get You • (1946) • short story by Robert Bloch

210 • The Trap • [Gerald Canevin] • (1932) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft and Henry S. Whitehead [as by Henry S. Whitehead]

229 • The Academy • (1965) • short story by David Ely

237 • The Interloper • (1973) • short story by Ramsey Campbell

245 • Magpie • (1991) • short story by Stephen Gallagher

260 • Pig Blood Blues • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker

288 • The Doll Maker • (1960) • novel by Sarban

404 • The Inner Room • (1966) • novelette by Robert Aickman

430 • Miss Gentilbelle • (1957) • short story by Charles Beaumont

446 • Everything to Live For • (1987) • short story by Charles L. Grant

461 • Resettling • (1989) • short story by Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem

473 • The Memory of Wood • (1982) • short story by Lisa Tuttle

485 • The Father-Thing • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick

496 • The October Game • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury

503 • Chickamauga • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce

509 • The Jest of Warburg Tantavul • [Jules de Grandin] • (1934) • novelette by Seabury Quinn

536 • Black and White and Red All Over • (1985) • novelette by David Morrell

549 • By Bizarre Hands • short story by Joe R. Lansdale [as by Joe Lansdale]