In the Grip of Terror

In the Grip of Terror is an anthology of horror short stories edited by Groff Conklin. It was first published in paperback by Permabooks in 1951.^[1]

The book collects twenty-two novellas, novelettes, and short stories by various authors, together with an introduction by the editor. The stories were previously published from 1842-1950 in various magazines.^[1]

• "Introduction" by Groff Conklin
• "The Last Kiss" by Maurice Level
• "The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury
• "The Upturned Face" by Stephen Crane
• "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey" by Dorothy L. Sayers
• "The Horror-Horn" by E. F. Benson
• "Night Drive" by Will F. Jenkins
• "In the Vault" by H. P. Lovecraft
• "The Diary of a Madman" by Guy de Maupassant
• "The Tool" by William F. Harvey
• "Bianca's Hands" by Theodore Sturgeon
• "The Cross of Carl" by Walter Owen
• "Hathor's Pets" by Margaret St. Clair
• "A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins
• "The Well" by W. W. Jacobs
• "Revenge" by Samuel Blas
• "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe
• "Macklin's Little Friend" by H. W. Guernsey
• "The Easter Egg" by H. H. Munro
• "Problem in Murder" by H. L. Gold
• "The Moth" by H. G. Wells
• "A Resumed Identity" by Ambrose Bierce
• "Bubbles" by Wilbur Daniel Steele