![]() ![]() ![]() It is a surprising assertion, given that this collection post-dates the beginnings of the careers of such horror novelists as Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub. That editor J A Cuddon’s view of the form was somewhat dated even as he drew up his list is suggested by his observation that while it also applies to novellas and novels, the horror story is usually regarded as a subset of the short story. This is because the definition of horror has evolved over the last thirty years, largely under the influence of increasingly-explicit filmic depictions. ![]() Despite the title, nowadays most of the stories included in this mammoth compilation would I suspect be classified as uncanny rather than horror. ![]()
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