John Collier

121 books

Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century by William Carlos Williams, John Steinbeck, Saki, W. Somerset Maugham, John Collier, Irwin Shaw, John Cheever, Sinclair Lewis, Robert Penn Warren, Ernest Hemingway, Mary McCarthy, Albert Erskine, D.H. Lawrence, Henry James, Seán Ó Faoláin, Conrad Aiken, James Thurber, Sherwood Anderson, A.E. Coppard, Katherine Anne Porter, Frank O'Connor, Nelson Algren, James Joyce, Peter Taylor, Katherine Mansfield, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jean Stafford, J.F. Powers, Ring Lardner, Elizabeth Parsons, Stephen Crane, Elizabeth Taylor, William Faulkner, Joseph Conrad, Carson McCullers, H.L. Davis, Eudora Welty

Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century

William Carlos Williams, John Steinbeck, Saki, W. Somerset Maugham, John Collier, Irwin Shaw, John Cheever, Sinclair Lewis, Robert Penn Warren, Ernest Hemingway, Mary McCarthy, Albert Erskine, D.H. Lawrence, Henry James, Seán Ó Faoláin, Conrad Aiken, James Thurber, Sherwood Anderson, A.E. Coppard, Katherine Anne Porter, Frank O'Connor, Nelson Algren, James Joyce, Peter Taylor, Katherine Mansfield, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jean Stafford, J.F. Powers, Ring Lardner, Elizabeth Parsons, Stephen Crane, Elizabeth Taylor, William Faulkner, Joseph Conrad, Carson McCullers, H.L. Davis, Eudora Welty

528 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction classics short stories informative slow-paced
Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves by Martin H. Greenberg, Alan Dean Foster

Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves

Martin H. Greenberg, Alan Dean Foster

340 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction fantasy short stories adventurous funny medium-paced
Some Things Strange and Sinister by Louis Golding, Joan Kahn, John Collier, Bram Stoker, André Maurois, Guy de Maupassant, Agatha Christie, John B.L. Goodwin, Neil Bell, Wilkie Collins, Algernon Blackwood, Pamela Hansford Johnson, Margaret Irwin, H.G. Wells

Some Things Strange and Sinister

Louis Golding, Joan Kahn, John Collier, Bram Stoker, André Maurois, Guy de Maupassant, Agatha Christie, John B.L. Goodwin, Neil Bell, Wilkie Collins, Algernon Blackwood, Pamela Hansford Johnson, Margaret Irwin, H.G. Wells

223 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction horror short stories mysterious slow-paced
Stories of Suspense by Daphne du Maurier, Margaret St. Clair, Shirley Jackson, John Collier, Roald Dahl, Jack Finney, Daniel Keyes, Mary E. MacEwen, Lord Dunsany

Stories of Suspense

Daphne du Maurier, Margaret St. Clair, Shirley Jackson, John Collier, Roald Dahl, Jack Finney, Daniel Keyes, Mary E. MacEwen, Lord Dunsany

220 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction horror mystery short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
Tales to be Told in the Dark by Saki, John Collier, Basil Davenport, Adrian Ross, Lafcadio Hearn, Lord Dunsany, W.F. Harvey, Margaret Irwin

Tales to be Told in the Dark

Saki, John Collier, Basil Davenport, Adrian Ross, Lafcadio Hearn, Lord Dunsany, W.F. Harvey, Margaret Irwin

160 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction horror dark fast-paced
The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy by Peter Haining

The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy

Comic Tales of Fantasy #1

Peter Haining

300 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous slow-paced
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings by Ian Miller, Kenneth Ireland, Ramsey Campbell, John Christopher, Dannie Plachta, John Collier, Paul Fisher-Johnson, Ruskin Bond, Roald Dahl, Jack Ritchie, Ray Bradbury, Martin Cottam, Michael Avallone, Gerald Kersh, Dennis Pepper, Marc Alexander, Alison Prince, E. Nesbit, Geraldine McCaughrean, Patrick Bone, Ethel Helene Coen, Anthony Boucher, Lance Salway, Evan Hunter, Robert Scott, Jonathon Heap, Harold Rolseth, Fredric Brown, Richard Matheson, Sydney J. Bounds, Brian Pedley, Robin Klein, John Wyndham, Henry Slesar, T.H. White

The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings

Ian Miller, Kenneth Ireland, Ramsey Campbell, John Christopher, Dannie Plachta, John Collier, Paul Fisher-Johnson, Ruskin Bond, Roald Dahl, Jack Ritchie, Ray Bradbury, Martin Cottam, Michael Avallone, Gerald Kersh, Dennis Pepper, Marc Alexander, Alison Prince, E. Nesbit, Geraldine McCaughrean, Patrick Bone, Ethel Helene Coen, Anthony Boucher, Lance Salway, Evan Hunter, Robert Scott, Jonathon Heap, Harold Rolseth, Fredric Brown, Richard Matheson, Sydney J. Bounds, Brian Pedley, Robin Klein, John Wyndham, Henry Slesar, T.H. White

224 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction horror short stories young adult dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The 10th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories by C.D. Herriot, John Collier, E.F. Benson, Angus Wilson, Ray Bradbury, Elizabeth Walter, Charles Lloyd, David Langford, Barnard Stacey, Margot Arnold, Roger Malisson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Danby, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Harry E. Turner

The 10th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories

Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories #10

C.D. Herriot, John Collier, E.F. Benson, Angus Wilson, Ray Bradbury, Elizabeth Walter, Charles Lloyd, David Langford, Barnard Stacey, Margot Arnold, Roger Malisson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Danby, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Harry E. Turner

192 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 12 Stories For Late At Night by Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 12 Stories For Late At Night
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Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 12 Stories For Late At Night

Alfred Hitchcock

223 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV by Robert Arthur, Thomas Burke, John Collier, Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, C.P. Donnel Jr., D.K. Broster, Leonid Andreyev, Robert Bloch, James Francis Dwyer, Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Connell, Stanley Ellin, A.M. Burrage

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Robert Arthur, Thomas Burke, John Collier, Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, C.P. Donnel Jr., D.K. Broster, Leonid Andreyev, Robert Bloch, James Francis Dwyer, Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Connell, Stanley Ellin, A.M. Burrage

224 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction horror mystery short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced