List of literary sources for anthology television series explained

Many anthology series made for television have been based on literary sources. These sources have gone back as far as Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales) and have included works by classic writers such as Edgar Allan Poe (The Black Cat from Masters of Horror) and Mark Twain (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from Climax!).

Black Mirror

EpisodeSourceWriterType
Season 4
"Black Museum""The Pain Addict"Penn JilletteShort story

Bliss

EpisodeSourceWriterType
Season 1
"Valentine's Day in Jail""Valentine's Day in Jail"Susan MusgraveShort story
"The Value of X""The Value of X"Emily SchultzShort story
"Voice""Some Distinguishing Mark"Tess FragoulisShort story
"Leaper""Leaper"Jenny DiskiShort story

The Canterbury Tales

Each story is an updated version of a story from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.

Climax!

EpisodeSourceWriterType
Season 1
"The Long Goodbye""The Long Goodbye"Raymond ChandlerNovel
"Casino Royale""Casino Royale"Ian FlemingNovel
"Sorry, Wrong Number""Sorry, Wrong Number"Lucille FletcherRadio play (episode of "Suspense")
"Private Worlds"Private WorldsClaudette Colbert1935 film
Season 2
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark TwainNovel

Creepshow

EpisodeSourceWriterType
Season 1
"Gray Matter""Gray Matter"Stephen KingShort story
"The Finger""The Finger"David J. SchowShort story
"All Hallows Eve""All Hallows"Bruce JonesComic book
"The Companion""The Companion"Joe R. Lansdale, Kasey Lansdale, Keith LansdaleShort story
"Times is Tough in Musky Holler""Times is Tough in Musky Holler"John Skipp, Dori MillerShort story
"By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain""By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain"Joe HillShort story
Halloween Special
"Survivor Type""Survivor Type"Stephen KingShort story
"Twittering from the Circus of the Dead""Twittering from the Circus of the Dead"Joe HillShort story
Christmas Special
"Shapeshifters Anonymous""Shapeshifters Anonymous"J. A. KonrathShort story
Season 3
"Mums""Mums"Joe HillShort story
"A Dead Girl Named Sue""A Daed Girl Named Sue"Craig E. EnglerShort story

The Hitchhiker

EpisodeSourceWriterType
Season 2
"Remembering Melody""Remembering Melody"George R. R. MartinShort story
Season 5
"Her Finest Hour""Her Finest Hour"Christopher FowlerShort story
Season 6
"Riding the Nightmare""Riding the Nightmare"Lisa TuttleShort story

The Hunger

EpisodeSourceWriterType
Season 1
"The Swords""The Swords"Robert AickmanShort story
"Menage a Trois""Menage a Trois"F. Paul WilsonNovelette
"Necros""Necros"Brian LumleyShort story
"The Secret Shih Tan""The Secret Shih Tan"Graham MastertonShort story
"Bridal Suite""Bridal Suite"Graham MastertonShort story
"Anais""Anais"Graham MastertonShort story
"No Radio""No Radio"Mickey FriedmanShort story
"But At My Back I Always Hear""But At My Back I Always Hear"David MorrellShort story
"Red Light""Red Light"David J. SchowShort story
"I'm Dangerous Tonight""I'm Dangerous Tonight"Cornell WoolrichNovella
"The Sloan Men""The Sloan Men"David NickleShort story
"Hidebound""Hidebound"Gemma FilesShort story
"Fly-By-Night""Fly-by-Night"Gemma FilesShort story
"A River of Night's Dreaming""The River of Night's Dreaming"Karl Edward WagnerShort story
"The Lighthouse""Horror in the Lighthouse"Robert BlochShort story
"The Face of Helene Bournouw""The Face of Helene Bournouw"Harlan EllisonShort story
"Plain Brown Envelope""The Plain Brown Envelope"Lyn WoodShort story
"The Other Woman""The Other Woman"Lois TiltonShort story
"Clarimonde""La Morte Amoureuse"Théophile GautierShort story
"Footsteps""Footsteps"Harlan EllisonShort story
Season 2
"Skin Deep""Skin Deep"Christa FaustShort story
"The Dream Sentinel""The Sixth Sentinel"Poppy Z. BriteShort story
"And She Laughed""And She Laughed"Liz HollidayShort story
"Nunc Dimittis""Nunc Dimittis"Tanith LeeShort story
"Week Woman""Week Woman"Kim NewmanShort story
"Night Bloomer""Night Bloomer"David J. SchowShort story
"The Diarist""The Diarist"Gemma FilesShort story
"Replacements""Replacements"Lisa TuttleShort story
"Wrath of God""The Guided Tour"Gemma FilesShort story
"Bottle of Smoke""Bottle of Smoke"Gemma FilesShort story
"The Perfect Couple""Jeff and Linda"David J. SchowShort story
"The Sacred Fire""The Sacred Fire"Charles de LintShort story
"The Seductress""The Seductress"Ramsey CampbellShort story
"Double""Beyond Any Measure"Karl Edward WagnerShort story

Masters of Horror

EpisodeSourceWriterType
"Incident On and Off a Mountain Road""Incident On and Off a Mountain Road"Joe R. LansdaleShort story
"H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House""The Dreams in the Witch House"H. P. LovecraftShort story
"Dance of the Dead (Masters of Horror episode)""House of the Dead"Richard MathesonShort story
"Jenifer""Jenifer"Bruce Jones, Bernie WrightsonComic book
"Chocolate"ChocolateMick GarrisShort story
"The Black Cat""The Black Cat"Edgar Allan PoeShort story
"Homecoming""Death & Suffrage"Dale BaileyNovelette
"The Screwfly Solution""The Screwfly Solution"James Tiptree Jr.Novelette
"Imrpint""Bokke e, kyōtē"Shimako IwaiNovel
"The Washingtonians""The Washingtonians"Bentley LittleShort story

Masters of Science Fiction

EpisodeSourceWriterType
"A Clean Escape""A Clean Escape"John KesselPlay
"The Awakening""The Awakening"Howard FastStory
"Jerry Was a Man""Jerry Was a Man"Robert A. HeinleinShort story
"The Discarded""The Discarded"Harlan EllisonShort story

Monsters

EpisodeSourceWriterType
Season 1
"The Legacy""The Chaney Legacy"Robert BlochShort story
"Rouse Him Not""Rouse Him Not"Manly Wade WellmanShort story
"All in a Day's Work""All in a Day's Work"Maureen F. McHughNovelette
"Mannikins of Horror""Mannikins of Horror"Robert BlochShort story
"La Strega""La Strega"Richard RussoShort story
Season 2
"The Demons""The Demons"Robert SheckleyShort story
"Reaper""Reaper"Robert BlochShort story
"Far Below""Far Below"Robert Barbour JohnsonShort story
Season 3
"Bug House""Bug House"Lisa TuttleShort story
"The Young and the Headless""The Monster-Maker"W.C. MorrowShort story
"The Space-Eaters""The Space-Eaters"Frank Belknap LongShort story
"The Moving Finger""The Moving Finger"Stephen KingShort story

Night Gallery

EpisodeSourceWriterType
Season 1
"The Dead Man""The Dead Man"Fritz LeiberShort story
"The Little Black Bag""The Little Black Bag"Cyril M. KornbluthShort story
Season 2
"A Fear of Spiders""The Spider"Elizabeth WalterShort story
"Marmalade Wine""Marmalade Wine"Joan AikenShort story
"The Academy""The Academy"David ElyShort story
"Pickman's Model""Pickman's Model"HP LovecraftShort story
"Silent Snow, Secret Snow""Silent Snow, Secret Snow" Conrad AikenShort story

Nightmare Classics

EpisodeSourceWriterType
"The Turn of the Screw""The Turn of the ScrewHenry JamesNovella
"Carmilla""Carmilla"J. Sheridan Le FanuNovella
"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde""The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"Robert Louis StevensonNovella
"The Eyes of the Panther""The Eyes of the Panther"Ambrose BierceShort story

All episodes based on the short stories by Stephen King.

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits (1964)

EpisodeSourceWriterType
Season 2
"Soldier""Soldier From Tomorrow"Harlan EllisonShort story
"I, Robot""I, Robot"Eando BinderShort story

The Outer Limits (1995 - 2002)

EpisodeSourceWriterType
Season 1
"The Sandkings""Sandkings"George RR MartinShort story
"The Conversion""Two Strangers"Richard B. LewisShort story
"I, Robot""I, Robot"Eando BinderShort story
Season 2
"First Anniversary""First Anniversary"Richard MathesonShort story
"Inconstant Moon""Inconstant Moon"Larry NivenShort story
Season 3
"The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson""The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson"Stephen KingShort story
"Feasibility Study""A Feasibility Study"Joseph StefanoOriginal Outer Limits episode
Season 5
"The Human Operators""The Human Operators"Harlan Ellison, A.E. van VogtNovelette
Season 7
"Think Like a Dinosaur""Think Like a Dinosaur"James Patrick KellyNovelette

The Ray Bradbury Theater

All stories by Ray Bradbury, many based on his short stories.

Tales from the Crypt

Mostly from EC Comics stories. See List of Tales from the Crypt episodes.

Tales from the Darkside

EpisodeSourceWriterType
Season 1
"The Word Processor of the Gods"Word Processor of the GodsStephen KingShort story
"Djinn, No Chaser""Djinn, No Chaser"Harlan EllisonStory
Season 3
"The Bitterest Pill""The Richest Man in Levittown"Frederick PohlShort story
Season 4
"The Yattering and Jack""The Yattering and Jack"Clive Barker
"Love Hungry""Food for Thought"Roberts Gannaway

Tales of the Unexpected

Early episodes based on Roald Dahl's short stories.

The United States Steel Hour

EpisodeSourceWriterType
Season 1
"Hedda Gabler""Hedda Gabler"Henrik IbsenPlay
"The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham""The Rise of Silas Lapham"William Dean HowellsNovel
"A Garden in the Sea""The Aspern Papers"Henry JamesNovella
Season 4
"We Must Kill Toni""We Must Kill Toni"Ian Stuart BlackPlay
"Bang the Drum Slowly""Bang the Drum Slowly"Mark HarrisNovel
"Tom Sawyer""The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"Mark TwainNovel
"The Bottle Imp""The Bottle Imp"Robert Louis StevensonShort story
Season 6
"Family Happiness""Family Happiness"Leo TolstoyNovella
"The Pink Burro""The Pink Burro"Jean RileyPlay
Season 8
"The Yum Yum Girl""The Yum-Yum Girl"John Latham TooheyShort story
"The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon""Flowers for Algernon"Daniel KeyesShort story
"Watching Out for Dulie""Watching Out for Dulie"David WestheimerNovel
Season 10
"Wanted: Someone Innocent""Wanted: Someone Innocent"Margery AllinghamNovella
"The Old Lady Shows Her Medals""The Old Lady Shows Her Medals"J. M. BarriePlay