Dark Imaginings (1978) Anthology

Dark Imagingings is both an eloquent demonstration of the power of fantasy and a pioneering illumination of the Gothic style. In these sixteen tales the shadowy hues of the Gothic are blended with the vivid shades of the fantastic to produce effects as uncanny and eerie as any in the realm of letters. whether the reader is transported into the selfcontained worlds of wonder, sent back into the darkest reaches of time, or faced with nightmare horror amid the chillingly familiar landscape of the contemporary scene, one element is constant: Each of these sixteen masterpieces offers an experience as inescapable and unforgettable as a dream of terror come hauntingly true.

Contents include; Lila the Werewolf by Petrer Beagle / The Crowd by Ray Bradbury / The Troll by T. H. White / The Haunter of the Dark by H. P. Lovecraft / The Dance of Death by Algernon Blackwood / Smith and the Pharaohs by H. Rider Haggard / The Habitants of Middle Islet by William H. Hodgson / The Brown Hand by Arthur Conan Doyle / Darkness Box by Ursula K. Le Guin / from "Three Hearts and Three Lions" by Poul Anderson / The Unholy Grail by Fritz Leiber / The Enchantress of Sylaire by C. A. Smith / Werewoman by C. L. Moore / The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune by Roberrt E. Howard / The Woman of the Wood by A. Merritt / Cross Purposes by George MacDonald.