Stories of Darkness and Dread is a collection of stories by author Joseph Payne Brennan. It was released in 1973 and was the author's second collection of stories published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 4,138 copies. (The colophon in the book states 4,000, however the more accurate figure is taken fromn reference sources). Most of the stories had originally appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Macabre, Magazine of Horrorand other magazines although several of the tales had appeared in Brennan's earlier collection Scream at Midnight (1963).
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