The Graveyard Reader

The Graveyard Reader is an anthology of horror short stories edited by Groff Conklin. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in 1958, and reprinted in November 1965.^[1]

The Graveyard Reader

Cover of the first edition
Editor	Groff Conklin
Cover artist	Richard Powers
Language	English
Genre	Horror
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Publication date	1958
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	156

The book collects twelve novelettes and short stories by various authors, together with an introduction by the editor. The stories were previously published from 1861-1958 in various magazines.^[1]

Contents

• "Introduction" by Groff Conklin
• "The Screaming Woman" by Ray Bradbury
• "A Bottomless Grave" by Ambrose Bierce
• "The Cart" by Richard Hughes
• "The Graveyard Rats" by Henry Kuttner
• "Skin" by Roald Dahl
• "Night Court" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• "Free Dirt" by Charles Beaumont
• "Listen, Children, Listen!" by Wallace West
• "Special Delivery" by John Collier
• "The Child That Loved a Grave" by Fitz-James O'Brien
• "The Outsider" by H. P. Lovecraft
• "The Graveyard Reader" by Theodore Sturgeon