The Nightmare Reader

by Peter Haining, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Mary Shelley

1973short storieshorror storiesobsessive-compulsive disordermonomaniafixation

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Open Library

About this book

CONTENTS: Introduction. What hath light wrought? / by Isaac Asimov Visitation. The midnight embrace / by Matthew Lewis The Frankenstein theme. The transformation / by Mary Shelley Dream state. The bold dragoon / by Washington Irving Drug addiction. Levana and our ladies of sorrow / by Thomas de Quincey Sorcery. The magician / by Lord Lytton Morphia influence. [Berenice](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645808W) / by Edgar Allan Poe Schizophrenia. The drunkard's dream / by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Claustrophobia. The man in the reservoir / by C.F. Hoffman The blood drinker. Haceldama / by Lafcadio Hearn Hallucination. The ensouled violin / by Madame Blavatsky Morbidity. Visions of the night / by Ambrose Bierce The legendary dream. The soldier's rest / by Arthur Machen A trauma of war. The bureau d'échange de Maux / by Lord Dunsany Psychic experience. The silver mirror / by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The occultist. The testament of Magdalen Blair / by Aleister Crowley Visionary. A dream of Armageddon / by H.G. Wells Ghostly visitation. A school story / by M.R. James Obsession. The grimoire / by Montague Summers Recluse. The evil clergyman / by H.P. Lovecraft Nightmare. The slayers and the slain / by August Derleth Fear of illness. The shifting growth / by John Gawsworth Arachnophobia. Along came a spider / by Algernon Blackwood Night fantasy. The head hunter / by Robert Bloch A waking dream. The haunting of the new / by Ray Bradbury The future. The curse / by Arthur C. Clarke

Themes & subjects

short storieshorror storiesobsessive-compulsive disordermonomaniafixationcatalepsy

First published 1973

Characters & people

About the authors

Peter Haining

1940-04-02 – 2007-11-19

> Peter Haining ist ein bekannter Autor und Herausgeber makaberer Literatur. Seine Bücher wurden in mehreren Sprachen auf der ganzen Welt veröffentlicht. > > Er lebt in Suffolk, England, und ist Besitzer einer umfangreichen Bibliothek mit seltenen Büchern und Schriften, woraus er eine ganze Menge seines Arbeitsmaterials bezieht. Außerdem kennt er viele große Autoren dieser Literaturgattung persönlich. > > Unter Kennern hat sich Peter Haining in Deutschland bereits einen Namen ge-macht. Nachdem schon mehrere Gruselanthologien für Erwachsene von ihm veröffentlicht wurden, werden jetzt in der Reihe »Hainings Gruselkabinett« Gruselanthologien für Jugendliche und Erwachsene herausgegeben. > …

Matthew Gregory Lewis

9 July 1775 – 14 May 1818

Matthew Gregory Lewis (9 July 1775 – 14 or 16 May 1818)[1] was an English novelist and dramatist, whose writings are often classified as "Gothic horror". He was frequently referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his 1796 Gothic novel, *The Monk*. He also worked as a diplomat, politician, and an estate owner in Jamaica. **Source**: [Matthew Lewis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Gregory_Lewis) on Wikipedia.

Mary Shelley

30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. ([Source][1].) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley