The 5th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories

Daphne du Maurier was born on 13 May 1907 in London, England, United Kingdom, the second of three daughters of Muriel Beaumont, an actress and maternal niece of William Comyns Beaumont, and Sir Gerald du Maurier, the prominent actor-manager, son of the author and Punch cartoonist George du Maurier, who created the character of Svengali in the novel Trilby. She was also the cousin of the Llewelyn Davies boys, who served as J.M. Barrie's inspiration for the characters in the play Peter Pan, or The...

Henry Kuttner was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

Mary Danby is a master of the spine-chilling tale. Her collection, "65 Great Spine Chillers," offers plenty of unsettling reads for horror fans. If you're looking for a good scare, she's an author to check out.

Ray Bradbury is one of those rare individuals whose writing has changed the way people think. His more than five hundred published works -- short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, television scripts, and verse -- exemplify the American imagination at its most creative. Once read, his words are never forgotten. His best-known and most beloved books, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes, are masterworks that readers carry wi...

William Sansom is the author of Understanding Fiction. He's a writer who helps readers get a better handle on the stories they love.