The Horror hall of fame cover

The Horror hall of fame

by Robert Silverberg

Contains: [The fall of the house of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) / Edgar Allan Poe -- Green tea / Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu -- [The damned thing](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20084265W) / Ambrose Bierce -- The yellow sign / Robert W. Chambers -- The monkey's paw / W.W. Jacobs -- The white people / Arthur Machen -- The willows / Algernon Blackwood -- Casting the runes / M.R. James -- The graveyard rats / Henry Kuttner -- Pigeons from hell / Robert E. Howard -- It / Theodore Sturgeon -- Smoke ghost / Fritz Leiber -- Yours truly, Jack the ripper / Robert Bloch -- The small assassin / Ray Bradbury -- The whimper of whipped dogs / Harlan Ellison -- Calling card / Ramsey Campbell -- Coin of the realm / Charles L. Grant -- The reach / Stephen King.

More by Robert Silverberg

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?