The Supernatural Reader


The Supernatural Reader is an anthology of horror short stories edited by Groff and Lucy Conklin. It was first published in hardcover by American company J. B. [Lippincott & Co.|J. B. Lippincott] in April 1953, with a Canadian edition issued the same year by Longmans. The first British edition was issued by Cassell & Company in 1957. Paperback editions were published in Britain by World/WDL Books in 1958 and in the United States by Collier Books in 1962. The Collier edition was issued as edited by Groff Conklin alone and was reprinted several times, in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1970.
The book collects twenty-seven novelettes and short stories by various authors, together with an introduction by the editor. The stories were previously published from 1858-1952 in various magazines.

Contents

  • "Introduction"
  • "The Angel With Purple Hair"
  • "For the Blood Is the Life"
  • "The Stranger"
  • "Mrs. Manifold"
  • "Piffingcap"
  • "Shottle Bop"
  • "Gabriel-Ernest"
  • "The Lost Room"
  • "The Traitor"
  • "Angus MacAuliffe and the Gowden Tooch"
  • "Are You Run-Down, Tired—"
  • "The Nature of the Evidence"
  • "The Tree's Wife"
  • "The Pavilion"
  • "Pick-Up for Olympus"
  • "The Swap"
  • "The Tombling Day"
  • "Minuke"
  • "Bird of Prey"
  • "The Thing in the Cellar"
  • "Devil's Henchman"
  • "Lost Hearts"
  • "Thirteen at Table"
  • "Lights"
  • "The Silver Highway"
  • "The Moonlit Road"
  • "The Curate's Friend"