Curses (anthology)

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Cover artist J. K. Potter Language English Media type Print (Paperback) Originally published 1989 Publisher New American Library		Country United States Publication date 1989 Pages 350 pp. Author Martin H. Greenberg Genres Fantasy, Science Fiction
Series Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy Editors Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Works by Martin H. Greenberg Cosmic Knights, Intergalactic Empires, Supermen, The Science Fictional

Curses is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of curses edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the eleventh volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in September 1989.

The book collects seventeen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.

"Introduction: Malevolence" (Isaac Asimov)

"Julia Cahill's Curse" (George Moore)

"The Red Swimmer" (Robert Bloch)

"The Doom of the Griffiths" (Elizabeth Gaskell)

"Trouble with Water" (Horace L. Gold)

"Mad Monkton" (Wilkie Collins)

"Long Chromachy of the Crows" (Seumas MacManus)

"The Little Black Train" (Manly Wade Wellman)

"The Curse of the Catafalques" (F. Anstey)