The Day They Hanged My Best Friend Jimmy . . . And 21 Other Weird Tales to Get You Through the Coldest Nights

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3 linked Howard works

• Gods of the North story Howard writing Publications
• Pigeons from Hell story Howard writing Publications
• The Fearsome Touch of Death story Howard writing Publications

25 contents entries

1. "The Gods of the North"
2. "The Fearsome Touch of Death"
3. "Pigeons From Hell "
4. Non-REH Content
5. "Supernatural Horror in Literature" by H. P. Lovecraft
6. "The Day They Hanged My Best Friend Jimmy" by Barry J. Gillis
7. "The Terrible Old Man" by H. P. Lovecraft
8. "The Horror at Red Hook" by H. P. Lovecraft
9. "The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether" by Edgar Allan Poe
10. "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
11. "Transformation" by Mary Shelley
12. "The Spook House" by Ambrose Bierce
13. "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood
14. "The Wendigo" by Algernon Blackwood
15. "The Horror of the Heights" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
16. "Cape Breton Cave of Horrors" by Barry J. Gillis
17. "The Old Nurses Story" by Elizabeth Gaskell
18. "The Best Proof" by Seabury Quinn
19. "Lost Hearts" by M. R. James
20. "Count Magnus" by M. R. James
21. "Blind Mans Buff" by H. R. Wakefield
22. "The Ninth Skeleton" by Clark Ashton Smith
23. "The Isle of the Torturers" by Clark Ashton Smith
24. "Horror in the Henhouse" by Barry J. Gillis
25. "The Bus Driver" by Barry J. Gillis

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Dieric Bouts

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