The Pan Book of Horror Stories maintains a cult following with many tribute and informational sites available. In the run-up to Halloween in October 2018, BBC Radio 4 broadcast Anita Sullivan's reinterpretations of five stories from the 1962 Second Pan Book Of Horror Stories as part of the station's 15 Minute Drama series. Screaming Terror, published under the Arthur Baker imprint, is a collection from the first three Pan Book of Horror Stories and is also edited by Herbert Van Thal. There is no evidence to support PBoH #2 ever having a US release. While the first book was complete in its contents, the other three books gave only a small selection of their UK counterparts. The last book is now a rare collectors item, owing to the small print run it received.Ī U.S edition of the first Pan book was released by Gold Medal, an imprint of Fawcett Publications, and books 3, 4 and 5 were released by Berkley Medallion. Popularity rose again in the late decade, but a multitude of reprint stories from Stephen King and a severe slide in quality ended the iconic series in 1989. In the early 1980s a slow decline in standards was observed. In the 1970s, the increasingly violent content of the Pan Books provoked some controversy. The series grew in popularity and was the stepping stone for much new talent. After volume nine, Van Thal placed a heavier reliance on new authors. The series also published work by Charles Birkin, R. Basil Copper made his debut in fifth volume, with the story "The Spider". Later volumes featured Ray Bradbury and Lord Dunsany among others. The first edition included works by Peter Fleming, Muriel Spark, Bram Stoker and C. The early editions of the Pan Book of Horror Stories were notable for their lurid cover art and Van Thal's introduction of stories by new authors alongside classics of the genre. On Van Thal's death Clarence Paget edited the series, from volume twenty-six until its demise with volume thirty in 1989. The series was initially collected and edited by Herbert Van Thal. The series ran to thirty volumes, the first published in 1959. The Pan Book of Horror Stories was a British paperback series of short horror story anthologies published by Pan Books Ltd. The cover of the second book in the series
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