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Aut Diabolus Aut Nihil and Other Tales by Julian Osgood Field--- see under X. L..

Time Out of Mind by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott--- see under Pierre Boulle.

Time Out of Mind and Other Stories (var. 1) by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott--- see under Pierre Boulle.

A Study of the Short Story ed. Jack Fields (McCormick-Mathers Publishing Co., 1965, 296pp, tp, an)
Each story has sections called Questions and Comments, Word Study, and Composition.

1 · Introduction · Jack Fields · in

3 · Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle June 1945

19 · A Summer’s Reading · Bernard Malamud · ss The New Yorker September 22 1956

30 · Heartache · Anton Chekhov · ss (r)

38 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898

74 · Chickamauga · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner January 20 1889

84 · The Fourth Man · John Russell · nv Collier’s January 6 1917

109 · First Confession · Frank O’Connor · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2720, March 1 1939

121 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926

141 · The Duchess and the Smugs · Pamela Frankau · nv Harper’s Magazine August 1952

196 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”

214 · Red Hanrahan · William Butler Yeats · ss (r)

226 · The Inn of the Two Witches · Joseph Conrad · nv The Pall Mall Magazine March 1913

259 · Impulse · Conrad Aiken · ss Story #12, April 1933

275 · An Honest Thief · Fyodor Dostoevsky · ss (r)

Kissing Carrion by Gemma Files (Prime Books, July 2003, 1-894815-63-7, $17.95, 223pp, tp, co, cover by Dale Sproule)
Collection of 17 horror stories, one original, three previously published electronically; most first appeared in small-press venues. Introduction by Caitlín R. Kiernan.

9 · Introduction · Caitlín R. Kiernan · in

13 · Kissing Carrion · Gemma Files · ss

30 · Keepsake · Gemma Files · ss Palace Corbie #7, 1997

46 · Rose-Sick · Gemma Files · ss Seductive Spectres ed. Amarantha Knight, Rhinoceros, 1996

54 · Blood Makes Noise · Gemma Files · ss TransVersions #11, Winter 1999

68 · Skeleton Bitch · Gemma Files · ss Palace Corbie #5, 1994

76 · Folly · Gemma Files · ss World Fantasy Convention 2001 CD-Rom ed. Nancy Kilpatrick, 2001

85 · Mouthful of Pins · Gemma Files · ss Northern Frights 2 ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press, 1994

91 · Pretend That We’re Dead · Gemma Files · ss Three-Lobed Burning Eye #7, October 2000

96 · No Darkness but Ours · Gemma Files · ss Twilight Showcase 2001

105 · Job 37 · Gemma Files · ss Dark Terrors 6 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002

115 · Bear Shirt · Gemma Files · ss Queer Fear ed. Michael Rowe, Arsenal Pulp, 2000

134 · Hidebound · Gemma Files · ss TransVersions #5, 1996

151 · Skin City · Gemma Files · ss Grue #16, Summer 1994

162 · Seen · Gemma Files · ss The Narrow World by Gemma Files, Quantum Theology Publications, 2001

170 · Torch Song · Gemma Files · ss TransVersions #8/9, Spring/Summer 1998

186 · The Diarist · Gemma Files · ss TransVersions #7, 1997

192 · Dead Bodies Possessed by Furious Motion · Gemma Files · ss The Narrow World by Gemma Files, Quantum Theology Publications, 2001

213 · Afterword · Gemma Files · aw

The Narrow World by Gemma Files (Quantum Theology Publications, May 2001, ph, oc, cover by Dale L. Sproule)
Original collection of of the title novella and four other stories, two reprint.

· Introduction · Michael Rowe · in

· Seen · Gemma Files · ss

· The Narrow World · Gemma Files · na

· Dead Bodies Possessed by Furious Motion · Gemma Files · ss

· The Emperor’s Old Bones · Gemma Files · ss Northern Frights 5 ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press, 1999

· Pretend That We’re Dead · Gemma Files · ss Three-Lobed Burning Eye #7, October 2000

The Worm in Every Heart by Gemma Files (Prime Books, November 2004, 1-894815-76-9, $17.95, 278pp, tp, co, cover by Dale Sproule)
Collection of 15 stories, three original; many are dark fantasy, and most first appeared in small-press venues. Introduction by Nancy Kilpatrick. Files’s afterword, an interview with herself, discusses some of her inspirations and the nature of horror.

7 · Introduction · Nancy Kilpatrick · in

11 · Nigredo · Gemma Files · ss

31 · Ring of Fire · Gemma Files · ss Palace Corbie #6, 1995

50 · The Guided Tour · Gemma Files · ss The Vampire’s Crypt #13, Spring 1996

57 · Year Zero · Gemma Files · nv The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2001

82 · Flare · Gemma Files · ss Dangerous Women ed. S. G. Johnson, Obelesk Books, 1994

96 · Bottle of Smoke · Gemma Files · nv Demon Sex ed. Amarantha Knight, Rhinoceros, 1998

113 · Fly-by-Night · Gemma Files · ss The Vampire’s Crypt #8, Fall 1993

121 · In the Poor Girl Taken by Surprise · Gemma Files · ss

130 · A Single Shadow Make · Gemma Files · ss Techno Myths ed. S. G. Johnson, Obelesk Books, 1994

149 · The Land Beyond the Forest · Gemma Files · ss The Vampire’s Crypt #10, Fall 1994

160 · Sent Down · Gemma Files · ss Terror Tales #2, 2004

179 · The Kindly Ones · Gemma Files · ss

187 · By the Mark · Gemma Files · ss

200 · The Emperor’s Old Bones · Gemma Files · ss Northern Frights 5 ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press, 1999

219 · The Narrow World · Gemma Files · na The Narrow World by Gemma Files, Quantum Theology Publications, 2001

267 · Afterword · Gemma Files · aw

Tales from the Dark Tower ed. Christine Filipak & Joseph Vargo--- see under Joseph Vargo.

Montreal Noir ed. Jacques Filippi & John McFetridge--- see under John McFetridge.

Devilish Doings ed. Frank J. Finamore (Random House/Gramercy, 1997, 0-517-18504-0, $10.98, 240pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 20 devil stories.

vii · Introduction · Frank J. Finamore · in

1 · Belphagor; or, the Marriage of the Devil · Niccolò Machiavelli · ss 1549

13 · Doctor Faustus · [uncredited] · ss (r)

22 · The Countess Kathleen O’Shea · [uncredited] · vi (r)

26 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon

40 · St. John’s Eve · Nikolai Gogol · ss Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Nikolai Gogol, Dutton, 1917, as “The Witch”

58 · The Painter’s Bargain · William Makepeace Thackeray · ss Fraser’s Magazine December 1838

74 · Bon-Bon · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Baltimore Saturday Courier December 1 1832, as “The Bargain Lost”

93 · The Printer’s Devil · [uncredited] · ss 1836

104 · The Devil’s Mother-in-Law · Fernan Caballero; translated by Mrs. James M. Lancaster · ss Short Stories January 1894
translated from the Spanish.

115 · The Devil and Mr. Chips · Charles Dickens · ss from The Uncommercial Traveller, Chapman & Hall, 1860

121 · The Generous Gambler · Charles Pierre Baudelaire · pm The English Review November 1918
translated from the French (“Le joueur généreux”, Le spleen de Paris, 1868).

125 · Sir Dominick’s Bargain · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round July 6 1872, uncredited.
revised from “The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh”, Dublin University Magazine Mar 1838.

143 · The Legend of Mont St. Michel · Guy de Maupassant · ss 1888
translated from the French (“La légende du Mont Saint-Michel”, Gil Blas December 19, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse).

148 · Madam Lucifer · Richard Garnett · ss The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett, Fisher Unwin, 1888

155 · Lucifer · Anatole France; translated by Alfred Allinson · ss The Well of Saint Clare by Anatole France & tr:Alfred Allinson, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1909
translated from the French (“Lucifer”, Le Puits de Sainte Claire, Calmann-Levy, 1895).

162 · The Devil · Maxim Gorky · ss National Magazine November 1901

171 · The Devil and the Old Man · John Masefield · ss The Green Sheaf #6, 1903, as “A Deep Sea Yarn”

178 · Enoch Soames · Max Beerbohm · nv The Century Magazine May 1916

212 · The Devil in a Nunnery: A Medieval Tale · Francis Oscar Mann · ss The Devil in a Nunnery by Francis Oscar Mann, Constable, 1914

223 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936

After Shocks by Paul Finch (Ash-Tree Press, April 27, 2001, 1-55310-021-2, C$58.00, xi+243pp, hc, co, cover by Tony Patrick)
First collection by this contemporary ghost/horror short story writer, not only from small and semi-pro magazines but places as eclectic as The Steam Railway News and even the Simon Clark website. “Cellar Door”, “The Altar” and “September” are all original to this book. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $43.00 and in the UK for £27.50.

ix · Introduction · Paul Finch · in

3 · The Knock at the Cellar Door · Paul Finch · nv

32 · The After Shock · Paul Finch · ss The Steam Railway News Christmas 1994

39 · Devils of Lakeland · Paul Finch · ss Enigmatic Tales #2, September 1998

52 · The Magic Lantern Show · Paul Finch · nv Enigmatic Novellas #2, 1999

77 · The Wolfman’s House · Paul Finch · ss Raising the Chill Factor October 1999

89 · Eleanor’s Garden · Paul Finch · ss Terror Tales #2, 1998

98 · A Night on Dragon Rock · Paul Finch · ss Enigmatic Tales Summer 1999

112 · February · Paul Finch · ss The Dream Zone January 2000

124 · Teresa’s Torment · Paul Finch · ss Phantoms November 1996

129 · To the Castle · Paul Finch · ss Black Rose #1, January 1998

137 · The Altar · Paul Finch · ss

150 · August · Paul Finch · ss Roadworks #4, Spring 1999

159 · The Hotel on the Borderland · Paul Finch · ss Houses at Borderlands April 1999

177 · The Punch and Judy Man · Paul Finch · ss All Hallows #24, June 2000

187 · September · Paul Finch · ss

198 · The Dandy Dogs · Paul Finch · nv Enigmatic Novellas #2, 1999

219 · Enemy Ours · Paul Finch · ss The Dream Zone #2, April 1999
previously released on audio tape Spilled Blood in November 1998.

227 · The Fimbulwinter · Paul Finch · ss Oktobyr ’98 ed. Simon Bestwick, Precinct 13 Publications, 1998

243 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi

By the Gas Flame Flickering by Paul Finch (BJM Press, 2001, £4.00, 76pp, ph, oc)

· Boggart Lane · Paul Finch · ss

· The Impalements · Paul Finch · ss

· The Lark · Paul Finch · ss

· Shadows in the Rafters · Paul Finch · nv

The Extremist and Other Tales of Conflict by Paul Finch (Pendragon Press UK, October 2004, 0-9538598-2-7, £4.99, 73pp, tp, co, cover by Terry Cooper)
Horror collection.

1 · Author’s Introduction · Paul Finch · in

7 · The Extremist · Paul Finch · ss Horrorfind.com 2001

14 · We Who Fight Monsters · Paul Finch · ss Nasty Piece of Work #11, March 1999

29 · My Day Dying · Paul Finch · ss Nasty Piece of Work #12, June 1999

49 · Ordeals, Inc. · Paul Finch · ss Nasty Piece of Work #13, September 1999

62 · The She-Wolf Shimmered · Paul Finch · ss

Ghost Realm by Paul Finch (Ash-Tree Press, August 2008, 978-1-55310-111-6, $49.00, xii+256pp, hc, co, cover by Jason Zerrillo)
Collection of nine stories, limited to 400 copies.

· A Welter of Lore · Paul Finch · in

· The Killing Ground (A Story of the Midlands) · Paul Finch · ss (r)

· The Gallows in My Garden (A Story of East Anglia) · Paul Finch · ss (r)

· Be He Alive, Be He Dead (A Story of London) · Paul Finch · ss (r)

· Tregeagle’s Cove (A Story of Cornwall) · Paul Finch · ss (r)

· The Crannog (A Story of Wales) · Paul Finch · ss (r)

· This Place (A Story of the South Coast) · Paul Finch · ss (r)

· Bloody Essex (A Story of the Home Counties) · Paul Finch · ss (r)

· In the Black and Stinking Fume (A Story of Scotland) · Paul Finch · ss (r)

· The Moon Rising Red (A Story of Northern England) · Paul Finch · ss (r)

· Story Notes · Paul Finch · ms (r)

The Shadows Beneath by Paul Finch (Enigmatic Press, April 2000, 0-9537476-1-1, £4.00, 80pp, tp, oc, cover by Gerald Gaubert)
Collection of three supernatural stories, two of them original. Volume three in the “Enigmatic Variations” series.

5 · Hell in the Cathedral · Paul Finch · nv

29 · Beyond the Ramparts · Paul Finch · nv

61 · The Devils of Lakeland · Paul Finch · ss Enigmatic Tales #2, September 1998

Walkers in the Dark by Paul Finch (Ash-Tree Press, March 25, 2010, 978-1-55310-125-3, 234pp, tp, co)
This is a special paperback edition of one hundred copies produced for the World Horror Convention 2010. A hardback edition (-121-5) was announced for publication later in 2010, but did not appear.
Details taken from online listing.

· The Formless · Paul Finch · ss

· Season of Mist · Paul Finch · ss

· Fathoms Green and Noisome · Paul Finch · ss

· Golgotha Way · Paul Finch · ss

· Walkers in the Dark · Paul Finch · ss

Terror Tales of Cornwall ed. Paul Finch (Telos Publishing, 2017, 978-1-84583-121-9, £12.99, 284pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

9 · We Who Sing Beneath the Ground · Mark Morris · ss

25 · Golden Days of Terror · Paul Finch · ar

28 · In the Light of St. Ives · Ray Cluley · ss

46 · Morgawr Rising · Paul Finch · ar

48 · Trouble at Botathan · Reggie Oliver · nv The Sea of Blood by Reggie Oliver, Dark Renaissance Books, 2015

65 · From the Lady Downs · Paul Finch · ar

68 · “Mebyon Versus Suna” · John Whitbourn · nv

89 · The Serpent of Pengersick · Paul Finch · ar

92 · The Unseen · Paul Edwards · nv

113 · Finned Angels, Fish-Tailed Devils · Paul Finch · ar

116 · Dragon Path · Jacqueline Simpson · ss All Hallows #30, June 2002

126 · Jamaica Inn · Paul Finch · ar

128 · The Old Traditions Are Best · Paul Finch · ss Shades of Darkness ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2008

145 · Guardians of the Castle · Paul Finch · ar

148 · The Uncertainty of All Earthly Things · Mark Valentine · ss

161 · The Hooper · Paul Finch · ar

163 · His Anger Was Kindled · Kate Farrell · ss

173 · The Bodmin Fetch · Paul Finch · ar

176 · Four Windows and a Door · D. P. Watt · ss

186 · Owlman · Paul Finch · ar

188 · Claws · Steve Jordan · ss

203 · The Cursing Psalm · Paul Finch · ar

205 · A Beast by Any Other Name · Adrian Cole · ss

222 · Of the Demon, Tregeagle · Paul Finch · ar

225 · Moon Blood-Red, Tide Turning · Mark Samuels · ss

235 · Slaughter at Penryn · Paul Finch · ar

237 · The Memory of Stone · Sarah Singleton · ss

252 · Queen of the Wind · Paul Finch · ar

255 · Shelter from the Storm · Ian Hunter · ss

268 · The Voice in the Tunnels · Paul Finch · ar

270 · Losing Its Identity · Thana Niveau · ss

Terror Tales of East Anglia ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, September 2012, 978-1-906331-30-6, £8.99, 236pp, tp, oa, cover by Steve Upham)
Details taken from online listing.

· Loose · Paul Meloy & Gary Greenwood · ss

· The Most Haunted House in England · Paul Finch · ar

· Deep Water · Christopher Harman · ss

· Murder in the Red Barn · Paul Finch · ar

· The Watchman · Roger Johnson · ss The Best of Ghosts & Scholars 1986

· The Woman in Brown · Paul Finch · ar

· Shuck · Simon Bestwick · ss

· The Witchfinder-General · Paul Finch · ar

· The Marsh Warden · Steve Duffy · ss Midnight Never Comes ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 1997

· Beware the Lantern Man! · Paul Finch · ar

· The Fall of the King of Babylon · Mark Valentine · ss

· The Weird in the Wood · Paul Finch · ar

· Double Space · Gary Fry · ss

· The Dagworth Mystery · Paul Finch · ar

· Wicken Fen · Paul Finch · nv

· Boiled Alive · Paul Finch · ar

· Wolferton Hall · James Doig · ss Shadows and Silence ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2000

· The Wandering Torso · Paul Finch · ar

· Aldeburgh · Johnny Mains · ss

· The Killer Hounds of Southery · Paul Finch · ar

· Like Suffolk, Like Holidays · Alison Littlewood · ss

· The Demon of Wallasea Island · Paul Finch · ar

· The Little Wooden Box · Edward Pearce · ss

· The Dark Guardian of Wandlebury · Paul Finch · ar

· The Spooks of Shellborough · Reggie Oliver · ss

Terror Tales of London ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, May 2013, 978-1-906331-39-9, £8.99, 240pp, tp, oa, cover by Steve Upham)
Details taken from online listing.

· The Tiger · Nina Allan · ss

· London After Midnight · Paul Finch · ar

· The Soldier · Roger Johnson · ss Mystery for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara, 1990

· Queen Rat · Paul Finch · ar

· Train, Night · Nicholas Royle · ss 3:AM Magazine 2007

· The Horror at Berkeley Square · Paul Finch · ar

· The Angels of London · Adam Nevill · nv

· Boudicca’s Bane · Paul Finch · ar

· Capital Growth · Gary Fry · ss

· The Black Dog of Newgate · Paul Finch · ar

· The Thames · Rosalie Parker · ss

· The Other Murderers · Paul Finch · ar

· The Red Door · Mark Morris · ss

· The Demon Barber of Fleet Street · Paul Finch · ar

· Undesirable Residence · Barbara Roden · ss

· Nosferatu in Highgate · Paul Finch · ar

· The Horror Writer · Jonathan Oliver · ss

· Butchery in Bleeding-Heart Yard · Paul Finch · ar

· Perry in Seraglio · Christopher Fowler · ss City Jitters by Christopher Fowler, Sphere, 1986

· The Monster of Hammersmith · Paul Finch · ar

· Someone to Watch Over You · Marie O’Regan · ss

· The Black Death Returns · Paul Finch · ar

· The Outcast Dead · David J. Howe · ss

· What Stirs Below? · Paul Finch · ar

· The Bloody Tower · Anna Taborska · ss

Terror Tales of Northwest England ed. Paul Finch (Telos Publishing, October 2019, 978-1-84583-133-2, £12.99, 338pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

7 · Normal Bones · Jason Gould · ss

24 · The Lost Lads of Rivington · Paul Finch · ar

27 · The Mute Swan · Cate Gardner · ss

40 · The Resurrection Men · Paul Finch · ar

43 · Factory Rook · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss

65 · Night Falls Over Pendle · Paul Finch · ar

69 · Tights and Straw and Wire Mesh · John Travis · ss

87 · The Lancashire Boggarts · Paul Finch · ar

90 · A Weekend Break · Edward Pearce · ss

110 · Lord Combermere’s Ghost · Paul Finch · ar

112 · Writer’s Cramp · David A. Riley · ss Fantasy Tales, v.10 #1 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1988

131 · Screaming Skulls · Paul Finch · ar

134 · Wet Jenny · Christopher Harman · ss

156 · Land of Monsters · Paul Finch · ar

159 · The Drain · Stephen Gallagher · nv Fantasy Tales, v.11 #4 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1990

190 · Chingle Hell · Paul Finch · ar

193 · Only Sleeping · Peter Bell · ss Acquainted with the Night ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2004

207 · Of Gods and Ghosts · Paul Finch · ar

210 · Peeling the Layers · Sam Stone · ss

223 · The Borgias of the Slums · Paul Finch · ar

226 · Root Cause · Ramsey Campbell · ss Night Visions 3 ed. George R. R. Martin, Dark Harvest, 1986

241 · The Horror at the Gatehouse · Paul Finch · ar

245 · Formby Point · Anna Taborska · ss

258 · Hill of Mysteries · Paul Finch · ar

260 · Below · Simon Bestwick · ss

283 · The Vengeance of Bannister Doll · Paul Finch · ar

286 · Old Huey · Solomon Strange · ss

297 · A Vision of His Own Destruction · Paul Finch · ar

300 · The Upper Tier · Paul Finch · nv

334 · Sources · Paul Finch · bi

Terror Tales of the Cotswolds ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, February 2012, 978-1-906331-26-9, £8.99, 246pp, tp, oa, cover by Steve Upham)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · In the Quiet and in the Dark · Alison Littlewood · nv

18 · Fury from Beyond · Paul Finch · ar

20 · Straw Babies · Gary McMahon · ss

33 · A Bizarre and Terrible Event · Paul Finch · ar

35 · Charm · Reggie Oliver · nv

58 · The Grimmest Castle in England · Paul Finch · ar

61 · Hoxlip and After · Christopher Harman · ss

80 · The Undead Who Wander the Wye · Paul Finch · ar

82 · The Shakespeare Curse · Simon Clark · ss

96 · Oxford’s Black Assize · Paul Finch · ar

98 · The Scouring · Thana Niveau · ss

114 · The Cannibal Feast · Paul Finch · ar

116 · Wassailing · Steve Lockley · ss

129 · Bloodbath Under a Spectral Sun · Paul Finch · ar

132 · The Silent Dance · Joel Lane · ss

139 · What Walks in Ettington Park? · Paul Finch · ar

141 · Waiting for Nicky · Antonia James · ss

156 · The Satanic Slayings at Meon Hill · Paul Finch · ar

158 · The Horror Under Warrendown [Severn Valley] · Ramsey Campbell · ss Made in Goatswood ed. Scott David Aniolowski, Chaosium, 1995

172 · Worcester’s Most Odious Relic · Paul Finch · ar

175 · The Lurker · Gary Fry · ss

187 · The Beast of St John’s · Paul Finch · ar

189 · The Cotswold Olimpicks · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss

201 · God’s Dire Warning · Paul Finch · ar

203 · A Taste of Honey, a Horror of Stone · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

220 · Lovell’s Long Wait · Paul Finch · ar

222 · Bog Man · Paul Finch · ss Cemetery Dance #59, 2008

Terror Tales of the Home Counties ed. Paul Finch (Telos Publishing, October 22, 2020, 978-1-84583-159-2, £12.99, 304pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)
Details taken from online listing.

7 · In the English Rain · Steve Duffy · ss

27 · Devils in the Countryside · Paul Finch · ar

31 · Monkey’s · Reggie Oliver · ss

46 · The Ostrich Inn · Paul Finch · ar

49 · The Old, Cold Clay · Gail-Nina Anderson · ss

65 · The Buckland Shag · Paul Finch · ar

67 · Between · Sam Dawson · ss

89 · Three More for the Hangman · Paul Finch · ar

93 · The Somnambulant Heart · Andrew Hook · ss

104 · The Horned Huntsman · Paul Finch · ar

107 · The Gravedigger of Witchfield · Steven J. Dines · ss

130 · The Naphill Death Omen · Paul Finch · ar

133 · Where Are They Now? · Tina Rath · ss

153 · Land of Dark Arts · Paul Finch · ar

157 · The Doom · Paul Finch · ss The Sixth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2010

171 · Lord Stanhope’s Homonculi · Paul Finch · ar

174 · Summer Holiday · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

186 · The Coldest Christmas of All · Paul Finch · ar

189 · Chesham · Helen Grant · ss

199 · The Raven · Paul Finch · ar

201 · Love Leaves Last · M. P. N. Sims · ss Monsters Hiding in the Darkness by M. P. N. Sims, Enigmatic Press, 2019

221 · The Thing by the Roadside · Paul Finch · ar

223 · The Topsy-Turvy Ones · Tom Johnstone · nv

250 · Knocking Knoll · Paul Finch · ar

252 · Taking Tusk Mountain · Allen Ashley · ss

273 · The Drowned · Paul Finch · ar

276 · Moses · David J. Howe · ss

288 · Eerie in Oil · Paul Finch · ar

290 · The Old Man in Apartment 90 · Jason Gould · ss

300 · Sources · Paul Finch · bi

Terror Tales of the Lake District ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, September 2011, 978-1-906331-25-2, £8.99, 218pp, tp, oa, cover by Steve Upham)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Little Mag’s Barrow · Adam L. G. Nevill · ss

15 · The Mad Clown of Muncaster · Paul Finch · ar

17 · The Coniston Star Mystery · Simon Clark · ss

32 · The Croglin Vampire · Paul Finch · ar

34 · The Devils of Lakeland · Paul Finch · ss Enigmatic Tales #2, September 1998

49 · The Mumps Hall Murders · Paul Finch · ar

51 · The Moraine · Simon Bestwick · ss

68 · The Tawny Boy · Paul Finch · ar

70 · The Claife Crier · Carole Johnstone · ss

83 · The Monster of Renwick · Paul Finch · ar

85 · Jewels in the Dust · Peter Crowther · ss
revised from the story of the same name in Haunted Holidays, Greenberg/Davis, DAW, 2004.

101 · The Devil’s Hole · Paul Finch · ar

103 · Above the World · Ramsey Campbell · ss Whispers II ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1979

112 · Nightmares of Burnmoor · Paul Finch · ar

114 · The Jilted Bride of Windermere · Gary Fry · ss

132 · The Horror at Carlisle Castle · Paul Finch · ar

134 · Walk the Last Mile · Steven Savile · ss

143 · The Poltergeist of Walla Crag · Paul Finch · ar

145 · Framed · Peter Bell · ss

158 · Fiend’s Fell · Paul Finch · ar

160 · Night of the Crone · Anna Taborska · ss

177 · The Tortured Souls of Lord’s Rake · Paul Finch · ar

179 · Along Life’s Trail · Gary McMahon · ss

190 · The Black Hound of Shap · Paul Finch · ar

192 · Striding Edge · Reggie Oliver · ss

Terror Tales of the Ocean ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, December 2015, 978-1-906331-98-6, £8.99, 262pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)
Details taken from online listing.

· Stuka Juice · Terry Grimwood · ss

· Ship of the Dead · Paul Finch · ar

· The End of the Pier · Stephen Laws · ss

· The Swirling Sea · Paul Finch · ar

· Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed · Steve Duffy · nv At Ease with the Dead ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2007

· Meg · Paul Finch · ar

· The Seventh Wave · Lynda E. Rucker · ss

· The Palmyra Curse · Paul Finch · ar

· Hippocampus · Adam Nevill · ss

· Gelatinous · Paul Finch · ar

· The Offing · Conrad Williams · ss

· Blood and Oil · Paul Finch · ar

· Sun Over the Yard Arm · Peter James · ss

· Echoes of an Eldritch Past · Paul Finch · ar

· First Miranda · Simon Strantzas · ss

· Sharkbait · Paul Finch · ar

· The Derelict of Death · Simon Clark & John B. Ford · nv The Derelict of Death & Other Stories ed. Steve Lines & John B. Ford, Rainfall Books, 2003

· Horrific Beasts · Paul Finch · ar

· The Decks Below · Jan Edwards · ss

· The Flying Dutchman · Paul Finch · ar

· Hell in the Cathedral · Paul Finch · nv The Shadows Beneath by Paul Finch, Enigmatic Press, 2000

· From the Hadean Deep · Paul Finch · ar

· Hushed Will Be All Murmurs · Adam Golaski · ss

· Mer-Killers · Paul Finch · ar

· And This Is Where We Falter · Robert Shearman · ss

Terror Tales of the Scottish Highlands ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, June 2015, 978-1-906331-99-3, £8.99, 251pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Skye’s Skary Places · Ian Hunter · ss

13 · Phantoms in the Mist · Paul Finch · ar

15 · The Dove · Helen Grant · ss

29 · Prey of the Fin-Folk · Paul Finch · ar

32 · Strone House · Barbara Roden · ss

46 · The Well of Heads · Paul Finch · ar

48 · Face Down in the Earth · Tom Johnstone · ss

56 · The Vanishing · Paul Finch · ar

59 · The Dreaming God Is Singing Where She Lies · William Meikle · ss

68 · The Curse of Scotland · Paul Finch · ar

71 · The Housekeeper · Rosie Seymour · ss

74 · From Out the Hollow Hills · Paul Finch · ar

76 · The Executioner · Peter Bell · ss

95 · Saurians of the Deep · Paul Finch · ar

98 · You Must Be Cold · John Whitbourn · ss

115 · Glamis Castle · Paul Finch · ar

118 · The Fellow Travellers · Sheila Hodgson · nv The Fellow Travellers & Other Ghost Stories by Sheila Hodgson, Ash-Tree Press, 1998

141 · Daemonologie · Paul Finch · ar

144 · Shelleycoat · Graeme Hurry · ss

151 · Evil Monsters · Paul Finch · ar

154 · The Other House, the Other Voice · Craig Herbertson · ss

174 · The Mull Plane Mystery · Paul Finch · ar

176 · Myself/Thyself · D. P. Watt · ss

185 · The Bauchan · Paul Finch · ar

187 · Broken Spectres · Carl Barker · ss

206 · The Big Grey Man · Paul Finch · ar

208 · Jack Knife · Gary Fry · ss

221 · Tristicloke the Wolf · Paul Finch · ar

223 · The Foul Mass at Tongue House · Johnny Mains · ss

231 · The Drummer of Cortachy · Paul Finch · ar

233 · There You’ll Be · Carole Johnstone · ss

Terror Tales of the Scottish Lowlands ed. Paul Finch (Telos Publishing, October 5, 2021, 978-1-84583-194-3, 310pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)
Details taken from online listing.

7 · The Moss-Trooper · M. W. Craven · ss

20 · Bastions of Dread · Paul Finch · ar

24 · The Strathentine Imps · Steve Duffy · ss

49 · Spirits of Palace and Tomb · Paul Finch · ar

52 · Gie Me Somethin’ ta Eat Afore I Dee · John Alfred Taylor · ss Castle Fantastic ed. John DeChancie & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996

60 · Glasgow’s Dancing Corpse · Paul Finch · ar

63 · Land of the Foreigner · Tracy Fahey · ss

81 · The Bloodiest of Ends · Paul Finch · ar

84 · Proud Lady in a Cage · Fred Urquhart · ss Prevailing Spirits ed. Giles Gordon, Hamish Hamilton, 1976

101 · The Ghost Road · Paul Finch · ar

104 · Dumbglass Chapel · Reggie Oliver · nv

132 · The Devil in the Dark City · Paul Finch · ar

135 · Two Shakes of a Dead Lamb’s Tail · Anna Taborska · ss

148 · I’ll Be in Scotland Before You · Paul Finch · ar

151 · The Ringlet Stones · Charlotte Bond · ss

176 · The Real Mr. Hyde · Paul Finch · ar

179 · Coulter’s Candy · Johnny Mains · ss

197 · Dishes Served Cold · Paul Finch · ar

199 · Echoes from the Past · Grahame Smith · ss

224 · The Murder Dolls · Paul Finch · ar

227 · Herders · William Meikle · ss

239 · The Vampire of Annandale · Paul Finch · ar

242 · Birds of Prey · S. J. I. Holliday · ss

258 · The Selkirk Undead · Paul Finch · ar

261 · The Clearance · Paul M. Feeney · ss

280 · The Overtoun Bridge Mystery · Paul Finch · ar

282 · The Fourth Presence · S. A. Rennie · ss

Terror Tales of the Seaside ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, October 2013, 978-1-906331-37-5, £8.99, 268pp, tp, oa, cover by Steve Upham)
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· Holiday from Hell · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Eerie Events at Castel Mare · Paul Finch · ar

· The Causeway · Stephen Laws · ss Terror Tales #3, 2006

· The Kraken Wakes · Paul Finch · ar

· The Magician Kelso Dennett · Stephen Volk · ss

· Forces of Evil · Paul Finch · ar

· A Prayer for the Morning · Joseph Freeman · ss

· Hotel of Horror · Paul Finch · ar

· The Jealous Sea · Sam Stone · ss

· The Ghosts of Goodwin Sands · Paul Finch · ar

· The Entertainment · Ramsey Campbell · nv 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999

· The Horse and the Hag · Paul Finch · ar

· The Poor Weather Crossings Company · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss

· The Devil Dog of Peel · Paul Finch · ar

· Brighthelmstone · R. B. Russell · ss

· The Ghouls of Bannane Head · Paul Finch · ar

· Men with False Faces · Robert Spalding · ss

· This Beautiful, Terrible Place · Paul Finch · ar

· GG LUVS PA · Gary Fry · ss

· In the Deep Dark Winter · Paul Finch · ar

· The Incident at North Shore · Paul Finch · ss

· The Walking Dead · Paul Finch · ar

· Shells · Paul Kane · ss

· Hellmouth · Paul Finch · ar

· The Sands Are Magic · Kate Farrell · ss

· Wild Men of the Sea · Paul Finch · ar

· Broken Summer · Christopher Harman · ss

Terror Tales of the West Country ed. Paul Finch (Telos Publishing, October 31, 2022, 978-1-84583-208-7, £12.99, 367pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)
Details taken from ebook Table of Contents.

· The Darkness Below · Dan Coxon · ss

· Unto These Ancient Stones · Paul Finch · ar

· Objects in Dreams May Be Closer Than They Appear · Lisa Tuttle · ss House of Fear ed. Jon Oliver, Solaris, 2011

· The Horror at Littlecote · Paul Finch · ar

· The Wooden Jug · John Linwood Grant · ss

· And Then There Was One · Paul Finch · ar

· Chalk and Flint · Sarah Singleton · ss

· When Evil Walked Among Them · Paul Finch · ar

· Epiphyte · Thana Niveau · ss

· The Hangman’s Pleasure · Paul Finch · ar

· In the Land of Thunder · Adrian Cole · ss

· The Thing in the Water · Paul Finch · ar

· Unrecovered · Stephen Volk · ss

· Priests of Good and Evil · Paul Finch · ar

· Gwen · S. L. Howe · ss

· The Pixie’s Curse · Paul Finch · ar

· Watcher of the Skies · Mike Chinn · ss

· Vixiana · Paul Finch · ar

· Bullbeggar Walk · Paul Finch · ss Allen K’s Inhuman Magazine July 2004

· The Tedworth Drummer · Paul Finch · ar

· The Pale Man · Andy Briggs · ss

· By the Axe, He Lived · Paul Finch · ar

· Little Down Barton · Lizzie Fry · ss

· Hounds of Hell · Paul Finch · ar

· Certain Death for a Known Person · Steve Duffy · nv Apparitions ed. Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications, 2009

· The Blood Price · Paul Finch · ar

· Knyfesmyths’ Steps · A. K. Benedict · ss

· Lonesome Roads · Paul Finch · ar

· Soon, the Darkness · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

Terror Tales of Wales ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, June 2014, 978-1-906331-45-0, £8.99, 250pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Under the Windings of the Sea · Ray Cluley · ss

21 · Legions of Ghosts · Paul Finch · ar

23 · Old as the Hills · Steve Duffy · nv Ghosts & Scholars #33, 2001

44 · The Beast of Bodalog · Paul Finch · ar

46 · The Druid’s Rest · Reggie Oliver · ss

60 · Night of the Bloody Ape · Paul Finch · ar

62 · Swallowing a Dirty Seed · Simon Clark · ss Midnight Never Comes ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 1997

78 · The Devil Made Him Do It · Paul Finch · ar

80 · The Face · Thana Niveau · ss

91 · Hoof-Beats in the Mist · Paul Finch · ar

93 · Don’t Leave Me Down Here · Steve Lockley · ss

106 · The Werewolf of Clwyd · Paul Finch · ar

108 · Matilda of the Night · Stephen Volk · nv

143 · The Goblin Stone · Paul Finch · ar

145 · The Sound of the Sea · Paul Lewis · ss

159 · A Quick Pint and a Slow Hanging · Paul Finch · ar

161 · The Flow · Tim Lebbon · ss

173 · Doppelganger · Paul Finch · ar

175 · The Offspring · Steve Jordan · ss

186 · Prophecy of Fire · Paul Finch · ar

188 · Dialled · Bryn Fortey · ss

197 · The Dark Heart of Magnificence · Paul Finch · ar

199 · The Rising Tide · Priya Sharma · ss

211 · The Hag Lands · Paul Finch · ar

215 · Apple of Their Eyes · Gary Fry · ss

227 · Beneath the Sea of Wrecks · Paul Finch · ar

229 · Learning the Language · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

Terror Tales of Yorkshire ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, September 2014, 978-1-906331-47-4, £8.99, 264pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · In October We Buried the Monsters · Simon Avery · ss

19 · The Decapitation Device · Paul Finch · ar

21 · The Coat Off His Back · Keris McDonald · ss

39 · Haunting Memories of the Past · Paul Finch · ar

41 · They Walk As Men · Mark Morris · nv

67 · The Yorkshire Witches · Paul Finch · ar

69 · On Ilkley Moor · Alison Littlewood · ss

82 · The Black Monk of Pontefract · Paul Finch · ar

84 · The Crawl · Stephen Laws · nv Dark of the Night ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1997

110 · The Woman in the Rain · Paul Finch · ar

112 · Ragged · Gary McMahon · ss

125 · The Hobman · Paul Finch · ar

127 · A True Yorkshireman · Christopher Harman · nv

153 · The Town Where Darkness Was Born · Paul Finch · ar

156 · All Things Considered, I’d Rather Be in Hell · Mark Chadbourn · ss Peeping Tom #27, July 1997

167 · A Feast for Crows · Paul Finch · ar

169 · The Demon of Flowers · Chico Kidd · ss

175 · The City of the Dead · Paul Finch · ar

177 · The Summer of Bradbury · Stephen Bacon · ss

190 · Radiant Beings · Paul Finch · ar

192 · Random Flight · Rosalie Parker · ss

200 · Death in the Harrying · Paul Finch · ar

202 · The Rhubarb Festival · Simon Clark · ss

213 · The Alien · Paul Finch · ar

215 · The Crack · Gary Fry · ss

228 · The Boggart of Bunting Nook · Paul Finch · ar

230 · A Story from When We Had Nothing · Jason Gould · ss

Alien Encounters ed. Jan Howard Finder (Taplinger, June 1982, 0-8008-0168-7, $11.95, 233pp, hc, oa)

vii · The Inevitable · Ben Bova · in

1 · Harmony · Mark J. McGarry · nv

31 · A Perfect Day · James A. Corrick · ss

35 · The Lying Ear · Lee Killough · nv

57 · Peace · Ian Watson · ss

71 · Gift · Dorothy G. Tompkins · nv

93 · The Toshita Project · Lynn Abbey · nv

117 · Misencounter · Barry B. Longyear · ss

123 · The Wondrous Works of His Hands · Jayge Carr · nv

145 · Taken on Faith · George Florance-Guthridge · nv

181 · Loosely Translated · Ron Montana · ss

187 · Marlowe · Jeff Duntemann · nv

213 · Now! You Can Banish Embarrassing Foot Odor Forever! · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss

219 · Lukewarm · David Langford · ss

233 · The Ultimate One-Word First-Contact Story · Ian Watson · vi

Counterfeit Corpse by Ferguson Findley (Ace Double, December 1956, D-197, 35¢, 162pp, pb, n.)
Bound in the tête-bêche style with TNT for Two by James Byron.

Bubble Off-Plumb ed. K. G. Finfrock, Dan M. Kalin & Sarah Kalin (Feral Cat Publishers, December 11, 2018, 978-1-970087-00-0, $16.99, 338pp, tp, oa, cover by Priscilla Thomas)
Details taken from online listing.

i · Foreword · Dan M. Kalin · fw

1 · Serpent, Wolf, and Half-Dead Thing · Marie Brennan · ss

13 · Barn Raising · Buzz Dixon · ss

21 · Good Thoughts · K. G. Finfrock · ss

39 · How Music Moves Us · Veronica Brush · ss

43 · Budget Demon · Dan M. Kalin · ss

63 · The Way It Was with Jonah · Arthur Weil · ss

75 · The Hole · Tim Jeffreys · ss

91 · Who Listens to Hummingbirds? · Sarah M. Lewis · ss

99 · Grasshopper · Ellen Denton · ss Creepy Campfire Stories (for Grown Ups) ed. Jennifer Word, EMP Publishing, 2015

117 · The Customer Is Always Right · Sarah Kalin · ss

127 · Dome Sweet Dome · Turner Campbell · ss

135 · Alien Avenue · Mickey Kulp · ss

145 · Second Sun · Beth Winokur · ss

151 · The Octopus of Bangkok · Robert Millet · ss

161 · Goodnight, Pretty Molly · Jill Hand · ss

165 · The Time Before Dreams · E. E. King · ss

171 · Carrion · Simone L. W. Mounsamy · ss

181 · Birds of a Feather · Liz Schriftsteller · ss

193 · The Prisoner · Valerie Manwill · ss

201 · A Steak and a Story · Frank Kozusko · ss

215 · Poker Night with Louie Da Squid · Karen Ovér · ss

235 · Harold’s Not Imaginary Friend · Pepper Hume · ss

251 · I Am Bridget · Mariah Southworth · nv

273 · Cat and Mouse · David Tallerman · ss

289 · Why the Louisiana Swamp Cat He Go to Texas · Sarah M. Lewis · ss

303 · Final Review · Dan M. Kalin · ss

Her Life Sentence by Charles Coleman Finlay (Subterranean Press, October 2005, 22pp, ph, nv)
Distributed with the signed limited ($40.00) edition of Charles Coleman Finlay’s Wild Things only.
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Hieroglyph: Stories & Visions for a Better Future ed. Ed Finn & Kathryn Cramer (HarperCollins/Morrow, September 2014, 978-0-06-220469-1, $27.99, xxvi+530pp, hc, oa, cover by Emil Erlenmeyer)
Original anthology of 17 near-future SF stories (two reprints) of positive innovation, inspired by an essay by Neal Stephenson (included here as preface) and linked to Project Hieroglyph online. Foreword by Lawrence M. Krauss. Also provides an interview with Paul Davies on science and SF. Authors include Cory Doctorow, Kathleen Ann Goonan, and Bruce Sterling.
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vii · Foreword · Lawrence M. Krauss · fw

xiii · Innovation Starvation · Neal Stephenson · pr

xxiii · A Blueprint for Better Dreams · Ed Finn & Kathryn Cramer · in

1 · Atmosphaera Incognita · Neal Stephenson · nv Starship Century ed. James & Gregory Benford, Microwave Sciences, 2013

38 · Girl in Wave: Wave in Girl · Kathleen Ann Goonan · nv

74 · By the Time We Get to Arizona · Madeline Ashby · nv

98 · The Man Who Sold the Moon · Cory Doctorow · na

182 · Johnny Appledrone vs. the FAA · Lee Konstantinou · nv

206 · Degrees of Freedom · Karl Schroeder · nv

243 · Two Scenarios for the Future of Solar Energy · Annalee Newitz · ss

254 · A Hotel in Antarctica · Geoffrey A. Landis · nv

283 · Periapsis · James L. Cambias · nv

307 · The Man Who Sold the Stars · Gregory Benford · nv Starship Century ed. James & Gregory Benford, Microwave Sciences, 2013

352 · Entanglement · Vandana Singh · na

398 · Elephant Angels · Brenda Cooper · nv

421 · Covenant · Elizabeth Bear · ss

436 · Quantum Telepathy · Rudy Rucker · nv

466 · Transition Generation · David Brin · ss

477 · The Day It All Ended · Charlie Jane Anders · ss

489 · Tall Tower · Bruce Sterling · nv

515 · Science and Science Fiction: An Interview with Paul Davies · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Paul Davies]

Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures ed. Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich & Juliet Ulman (Center for Science and the Imagination, December 6, 2017, 978-0-9995902-1-8, xxxi+312pp, ebook, oa, cover by Maciej Rebisz)
Each section begins with a brief excerpt from Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson.
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xx · The Flag and the Garden · Ed Finn & Joey Eschrich · in

xxiv · Human Exploration of Mars: Fact from Fiction? · Jim Bell · ar

5 · Vanguard 2.0 · Carter Scholz · ss

23 · Reflections on the “Dual Uses” of Space Innovation · G. Pascal Zachary · ar

33 · Mozart on the Kalahari · Steven Barnes · ss

51 · Past Empires and the Future of Colonization in Low Earth Orbit · William K. Storey · ar

63 · Expanding Our Solution Space: How We Can Build an Inclusive Future · Deji Bryce Olukotun · ar

83 · The Baker of Mars · Karl Schroeder · nv

105 · Exploration Fact and Exploration Fiction · Lawrence Dritsas · ar

115 · Death on Mars · Madeline Ashby · nv

139 · Life on Mars? · Steve Ruff · ar

151 · The Use of Things · Ramez Naam · ss

165 · Toward Asteroid Exploration · Roland Lehoucq · ar

175 · Night Shift · Eileen Gunn · ss

193 · Rethinking Risk · Andrew D. Maynard · ar

207 · Shikasta · Vandana Singh · nv

243 · The New Science of Astrobiology · Sara Imari Walker · ar

253 · Negotiating the Values of Space Exploration · Emma Frow · ar

265 · The Luxury Problem: Space Exploration in the “Emergency Century” · Jim Bell · iv [Ref. Kim Stanley Robinson]

275 · The Practical Economics of Space · Clark A. Miller · ar

292 · High Hedonistic and Low Fatalistic · Linda T. Elkins-Tanton · ar

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