Into the mummy's tomb / edited by John Richard Stephens.

Other author Stephens, John Richard.
Other author Ducak, Danilo.
Format Book
EditionBerkley trade pbk. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Berkley Books, 2001.
Description352 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Horror tales, English.
Horror tales, American.
Archaeologists--Fiction.
Mummies--Fiction.
Egypt--Fiction.

Contents The malevolence of ancient Egyptian spirits / Arthur Weigall -- Lost in a pyramid, or, The mummy's curse / Louisa May Alcott -- Radiing mummies' tombs / various Egyptologists -- The vengeance of Nitocris / Tennessee Williams -- Under the pyramids / H.P. Lovecraft -- Opening King Tutenkhamen's tomb / Howard Carter with A.C. Mace -- The adventure of the Egyptian tomb / Agatha Christie -- The demon-possessed princess / an ancient Egyptian priest -- The majestic sphinx / Mark Twain -- Smith and the pharaohs / Sir H. Rider Haggard -- Some words with a mummy / Edgar Allan Poe -- Colonel Stonesteel's genuine homemade truly Egyptian mummy / Ray Bradbury -- Dead kings (excerpt) / Rudyard Kipling -- Lot no. 249 / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- The locked tomb mystery / Elizabeth Peters -- The death-ring of Sneferu / Sax Rohmer -- The mummy, or, Ramses the damned (excerpt) / Anne Rice -- The jewel of seven stars (abridged) / Bram Stoker.
Local noteSee also manuscript material related to the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Ask in Joyner Library Special Collections.
General noteCover art by Danilo Ducak.
Acquisitions source Joyner Schlobin copy Gift of Roger Schlobin, 2011
LCCN 00065128
ISBN0425176649 (pbk.)
ISBN9780425176641 (pbk.)