The Big Book of Classic Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction

Fantastic fiction has existed since man's earliest days of telling tales around a fire. It deals with our most powerful emotions: fear, love and hope. Throughout its history, the short story has always been its most vital form. In short fiction, the boundaries of genre have been established, broken and re-established; the field has become differentiated and complex. The Big Book of Classic Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction displays the evolution of the genre, filled with significant and powerful works by some of the greatest masters of storytelling.

Fantastic fiction has had an impact on all types of literature, and we can trace its effects via the generations of writers who have contributed to the field, from Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Frank Herbert, Franz Kafka, H Beam Piper, Herman Melville, HG Wells, HP Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov, Jack London, Jules Verne, Kurt Vonnegut, Marion Zimmer Bradley, MR James, O Henry, Philip K Dick, Richard Connell, Robert A Heinlein, Robert E Howard, William Hope Hodgson, WF Harvey to WW Jacobs, whose bestelling and award-winning collections of short fiction have proved the durability of the form.

The Big Book of Classic Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction is a mammoth of a book, containing over 800 pages featuring 46 of the greatest short stories ever told in horror, fantasy and science fiction. It is a book to last the ages.

The Nameless City by H.P. Lovecraft

2 B R O 2 B by Kurt Vonnegut

The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs

A Dream Of Armageddon by H.G. Wells

Lost Hearts by M.R. James

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Ancient Lights by Algernon Blackwood

Second Variety by Philip K. Dick

The Voice In The Night by William Hope Hodgson

The Gun by Philip K. Dick

The Beast With Five Fingers by W.F. Harvey

Youth by Isaac Asimov

The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce

In The Year 2889 by Jules Verne

The Vampyre by John William Polidori

Beyond The Door by Philip K. Dick

The Pit And The Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe

The Valley Of Spiders by H.G. Wells

A Wicked Woman by Jack London

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

The Missing Link by Frank Herbert

Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft

The Last Days Of The United States by Robert A. Heinlein

The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Pigeons From Hell by Robert E. Howard

Beyond Lies The Wub by Philip K. Dick

The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft

Old Rambling House by Frank Herbert

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

At The Mountains Of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft

The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick

The Shunned House by H.P. Lovecraft

The Red Room by H.G. Wells

Beyond The Wall Of Sleep by H.P. Lovecraft

Crossroads Of Destiny by H. Beam Piper

The Masque Of The Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

The Monster Mine by Anonymous

The House On The Borderland by William Hope Hodgson

Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story Of Wall Street by Herman Melville

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Gift Of The Magi by O. Henry

The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft