Gertrude Atherton Archives - A Passion for Horror

Not a typical horror story, but certainly a work of dark fiction, “The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number” was

The Dead and the Countess by Gertrude Atherton

“The Dead and the Countess” was first published in the August 1902 issue of The Smart Set. Atherton later included

A tragic tale featuring supernatural elements, “The Striding Place” was first published on June 20, 1896, in The Speaker, under

“The Bell in the Fog” was first published in the August 1903 issue of The Smart Set. Its next appearance

“Death and the Woman” was first published in an 1892 issue of Vanity Fair. In 1905, it was republished in