In the Grip of Terror

Horror anthology

In the Grip of Terror

Cover of the first edition.

Editor| Groff Conklin
Language| English
Genre| Horror
Publisher| Permabooks

Publication date

| 1951
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (paperback)
Pages| xii, 364
OCLC| 01872109
LC Class| PN6071.H727 I5 1951

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In the Grip of Terror  is an anthology of horror short stories edited by Groff Conklin. It was first published in paperback by Permabooks in 1951.[1]

The book collects twenty-two novellas, novelettes, and short stories by various authors, together with an introduction by the editor. The stories were previously published from 1842-1950 in various magazines.[1]

## Contents

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* "Introduction" by Groff Conklin
* "The Last Kiss" by Maurice Level
* "The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury
* "The Upturned Face" by Stephen Crane
* "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey" by Dorothy L. Sayers
* "The Horror-Horn" by E. F. Benson
* "Night Drive" by Will F. Jenkins
* "In the Vault" by H. P. Lovecraft
* "The Diary of a Madman" by Guy de Maupassant
* "The Tool" by William F. Harvey
* "Bianca's Hands" by Theodore Sturgeon
* "The Cross of Carl" by Walter Owen
* "Hathor's Pets" by Margaret St. Clair
* "A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins
* "The Well" by W. W. Jacobs
* "Revenge" by Samuel Blas
* "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe
* "Macklin's Little Friend" by H. W. Guernsey
* "The Easter Egg" by H. H. Munro
* "Problem in Murder" by H. L. Gold
* "The Moth" by H. G. Wells
* "A Resumed Identity" by Ambrose Bierce
* "Bubbles" by Wilbur Daniel Steele

## Notes

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1. ^ a b In the Grip of Terror title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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