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Re: Robert Bloch
"The Man Who Collected Poe" is my favorite Bloch story.
"That Hell Bound Train" is a good story that for some weird reason is often overlooked. It really shouldn't be; it won a Hugo in 1959.
"The Lighthouse" is an enjoyable posthumous collaboration with Poe. Thomas O. Mabbott suggested he should write it.
"The Mannikin" may be Bloch's best Lovecraft-influenced tale after "Notebook Found..." An idea similar to Whitehead's Cassius but more horrific in execution, as no doubt Lovecraft (who came up with it) intended.
"Sweet Sixteen" and "Under the Horns". Two lesser known tales but two of the best.
"Pleasant Dreams & Nightmares" was the collection I thought showed off Bloch's talents the best. Stories like "Catnip" and "Enoch" were unforgettable. ("Cat got your tongue?")
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