![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lovecraft, and Theodore Sturgeon (3 each). Disch and Stephen King (4 each), then Robert Aickman, J. Contents range from works of 19th century writers to modern examples of horror in science fiction. Both it and its companion volume five years later grew out of discussions with Kathryn Cramer, Peter D. He chaired the board of directors of the World Fantasy Convention and, with Gordon Van Gelder, was the administrator of the Philip K. Hartwell's ambitious first horror anthology collects not only fine stories but attempts to understand the evolution of horror literature and to define what it is. Though there is no editorial statement from Pronzini and Malzberg (as Silverberg had provided in his books), individual story introductions provide assessments of the writers and their works.ĭavid G. (There never was an Arbor House Treasury of Fantasy.) Beginning with a cheerfully defensive view of the horror genre by Stephen King, the book presents 41 stories divided into two groups: Grand Masters, from Poe to Fredric Brown and Modern Masters, from Evan Hunter to Stephen King himself. The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural followed the first two Arbor House books of science fiction, from Robert Silverberg and Martin H. ![]()
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