The Nightmare Reader

By John Gawsworth, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Bloch, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton, Washington Irving, Ambrose Bierce, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Arthur C. Clarke, Edgar Allan Poe, Елена Петровна Блаватская, Montague Summers, Thomas De Quincey, Algernon Blackwood, Lord Dunsany, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Aleister Crowley, Peter Haining, Arthur Machen, Montague Rhodes James, Lafcadio Hearn, August Derleth, Matthew Lewis, C.F. Hoffman

Subjects: catalepsy, English Horror tales, American Horror tales, horror stories, Horror tales, fixation, Horror tales, American, Fiction Horror fiction, short stories, monomania, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Horror tales, English

Description: 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