Stephen P. Sutton

We recently unearthed 15 boxes of books in my dad's old storage building. They are all from the 1970s and earlier. Some of them are my books from childhood, so I have to hang on to a few of them. This is one that I remember enjoying. From Amazon:

"These are the classical types of stories we turn to when we want to be frightened. No matter how much you may want to, you won't be able to put down this book."

This book make a huge impression on me as a child. "The Upper Berth" absolutely DID ME IN. Terrifying. I read it so many times.

I still have my copy, and it's a testament to my early-onset bookworm disease that the book is still in quite good shape. The cover design, endpapers, and two-color process interior illustrations are really great, but sadly, this edition isn't aging gracefully. The paper's getting yellow and brittle at this point... but it smells heavenly.

An excellent anthology of classic stories.

Contains: "The Hand" by Guy de Maupassant, "The Middle Toe of the Right Foot" by Ambrose Bierce, "No. 1 Branch Line, The Signalman" by Charles Dickens, "Adventure of the German Student" by Washington Irving, "The Sutor of Selkirk" by Anonymous, "The Upper Berth" by F. Marion Crawford, and "The Judge's House" by Bram Stoker.

One of the very first horror anthologies I read--eleven years old and getting a chill from the likes of Bram Stoker, Maupassant. Found a copy in a garage sale a few years back, recognized it right away. For nostalgia purposes, I thought the quarter I paid that day was probably worth it....