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References
- The Horror of the Heights title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- "The Horror of the Heights" at Locus Magazine's Index to Science Fiction
- "The Horror of the Heights" at the Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, Combined Edition
- "The Horror of the Heights" at the FictionMags Index
