I know, I know, this is sf and HDC is a horror site. So whadya gonna do, hire Chronogirl to spank me to death? Thing is, there's a story in here called "Venus Mission" by J.T. M'Intosh that should appeal to any horror fan. It's about an alien race on Venus who torture people for the sheer love of it. At one point it got so intense I wasn't sure I wanted to go on. But I did, and even though there's no supernatural element at all it would still be right at home in an edge-of-the-seat horror anthology. Reprinted in Donald A. Wollheim's Ace Paperback HIDDEN PLANET.
Now I'm reading this:
See what horrors await me here.