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Jumping Jenny by A. B. Cox--- see under Anthony Berkeley.

Murder in the Basement by A. B. Cox--- see under Anthony Berkeley.

The Poisoned Chocolates Case by A. B. Cox--- see under Anthony Berkeley.

Tomorrow Sucks ed. Greg Cox & T. K. F. Weisskopf (Baen, October 1994, 0-671-87626-0, $4.99, 274pp, pb, an, cover by David Mattingly)     Anthology of 11 SF vampire stories with an introductory piece by Cox and a concluding one by Weisskopf. ix · A Scientific History of Vampirism · Greg Cox · in 1 · Pillar of Fire · Ray Bradbury · nv Planet Stories Summer 1948 45 · And Not Quite Human · Joe L. Hensley · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953 54 · The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady · Brian Stableford · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1988 81 · Born Again · S. N. Dyer · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May/June 1978, as by Sharon Farber 100 · Kaeti’s Nights [Kaeti Fredericks] · Keith Roberts · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1981 141 · Pyotr’s Story [Callahan’s Place] · Spider Robinson · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact October 12 1981 179 · Vanishing Breed · Leslie Roy Carter · ss The Curse of the Undead ed. M. L. Carter, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1970, as by Niel Straum; revised. 190 · Fleas · Dean Ing · ss Destinies v1 #3, 1979 197 · Leechcraft · Susan Petrey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1982 236 · Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales November 1933 271 · The Stainless Steel Leech · Roger Zelazny · ss Amazing Stories April 1963, as by Harrison Denmark 277 · An Anthropological Approach to Vampirism · T. K. F. Weisskopf · aw

Bone To His Bone ed. Michael Cox (Equation, 1989, 1-85336-097-X, £3.50, 192pp, tp, an)     A reprint of The Stoneground Ghost Stories with new material by David Rowlands. 9 · Introduction · Michael Cox · in 19 · The Man with the Roller · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 31 · Bone to His Bone · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 41 · The Richpins · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 59 · The Eastern Window · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 71 · Lubrietta · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 83 · The Rockery · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 97 · The Indian Lampshade · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 113 · The Place of Safety · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 131 · The Kirk Spook · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 143 · From the Diggings [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983 149 · One Man Went to Mow [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983 157 · One Good Turn… [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983 165 · The Marsh Lights [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983 175 · Providing a Footnote [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983 183 · Off the Record (or, The Recording Angel) [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss Dark Dreams #3, December 1985, uncredited.

The Ghost Stories of M.R. James by M. R. James ed. Michael Cox--- see under M. R. James.

The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories ed. Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert (Oxford University Press, October 1986, 0-19-214163-5, £12.95, 504pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert · in 1 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 13 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 25 · Squire Toby’s Will · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Temple Bar January 1868 51 · The Shadow in the Corner · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv All the Year Round Summer 1879 69 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 87 · A Wicked Voice · Vernon Lee · nv Hauntings, Fantastic Stories by Vernon Lee, Heinemann, 1890 revised from “A Culture-Ghost; or, Winthrop’s Adventure” Fraser’s Magazine Jan 1881. 109 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 125 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887 137 · The Roll-Call of the Reef · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss The Idler June 1895, as by Q 150 · The Friends of the Friends · Henry James · nv Chapman’s Magazine May 1896, as “The Way It Came” 172 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 180 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 190 · The Lost Ghost · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · nv The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins, Doubleday, 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins 205 · “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” · M. R. James · nv Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 222 · The Empty House [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 236 · The Cigarette Case · Oliver Onions · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #67, August 13 1910 247 · Rose Rose · Barry Pain · ss The London Magazine May 1910 253 · The Confession of Charles Linkworth · E. F. Benson · ss The Cavalier and the Scrap Book January 13 1912 266 · On the Brighton Road · Richard Middleton · ss The Ghost Ship by Richard Middleton, Unwin, 1912 270 · Bone to His Bone · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 277 · The True History of Anthony Ffryar · Arthur Gray · ss The Cambridge Review February 16 1911, as by Ingulphus 283 · The Taipan · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1922 289 · The Victim · May Sinclair · nv The Criterion October 1922 307 · A Visitor from Down Under · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 322 · Fullcircle [The Runagates Club] · John Buchan · nv Blackwood’s Magazine January 1920 335 · The Clock · William F. Harvey · ss The Beast with Five Fingers by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1928 339 · Old Man’s Beard · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Old Man’s Beard by H. Russell Wakefield, Bles, 1929 354 · Mr. Jones · Edith Wharton · ss Ladies’ Home Journal April 1928 377 · Smee · A. M. Burrage · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine December 1929 387 · The Little Ghost · Hugh Walpole · ss The Red Book Magazine October 1922 399 · Ahoy, Sailor Boy! · A. E. Coppard · ss Dunky Fitlow by A. E. Coppard, Cape, 1933 410 · The Hollow Man · Thomas Burke · ss Collier’s October 14 1933 421 · Et in Sempiternum Pereant · Charles Williams · ss The London Mercury December 1935 430 · Bosworth Summit Pound · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Sleep No More by L. T. C. Rolt, Constable, 1948 438 · An Encounter in the Mist · A. N. L. Munby · ss The Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories by Alan Noel Latimer Munby, Dennis Dobson, 1949 444 · Hand in Glove · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Second Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1952 453 · A Story of Don Juan · V. S. Pritchett · ss Argosy (UK) September 1941 458 · Cushi · Christopher Woodforde · ss A Pad in the Straw by Christopher Woodforde, Dent, 1952 465 · Bad Company · Walter de la Mare · ss A Beginning and Other Stories by Walter de la Mare, Faber and Faber, 1955 471 · The Bottle of 1912 · Simon Raven · ss The Compleat Imbiber 4 ed. Cyril Ray, Vista Books, 1961 477 · The Cicerones · Robert Aickman · ss Travellers by Night ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1967 487 · Soft Voices at Passenham · T. H. White · ss The Maharajah and Other Stories by T. H. White, Macdonald, 1981 495 · Notes · [uncredited] · bi 500 · Select Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

The Oxford Book of Spy Stories ed. Michael Cox (Oxford University Press US, September 1996, 0-19-214242-9, $25.00, 356pp, hc, an) xi · Introduction · Michael Cox · in 1 · Parker Adderson, Philosopher · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner February 22 1891 7 · The Red Carnation · Baroness Orczy · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1898 19 · The Rider in the Dawn · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss Two Sides of the Face by Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch, Macmillan, 1903 30 · The Brass Butterfly · William Le Queux · ss The Story-teller May 1910 41 · Peiffer [Major Slingsby] · A. E. W. Mason · ss The Story-teller June 1916 53 · Mr. Collingrey, MP [Heine] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Adventures of Heine by Edgar Wallace, Ward Lock & Co., 1919 63 · The Lit Chamber · John Buchan · ss The Path of the King by John Buchan, 1920 75 · The Reckoning with Otto Schreed [Joseph P. Cray] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Strand Magazine February 1921 87 · Giulia Lazzari [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Ashenden by W. Somerset Maugham, Heinemann, 1928 105 · Judith · C. E. Montague · ss Nash’s Magazine September 1928 122 · The Pigeon Man · Valentine Williams · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1927 140 · Jumbo’s Wife · Frank O’Connor · ss Guests of the Nation by Frank O'Connor, 1931 153 · Affaire de Coeur · W. E. Johns · ss The Camels Are Coming by W. E. Johns, John Hamilton, 1932 163 · Flood on the Goodwins · Arthur D. Divine · ss 1933 172 · How Ryan Got Out of Russia [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Collier’s May 19 1934 187 · A Patriot · John Galsworthy · vi Forsytes, Pendyces and Others by John Galsworthy, 1935 190 · A Double Double-Cross · Peter Cheyney · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine May 1924 202 · The Army of the Shadows · Eric Ambler · ss The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton, 1939 218 · Citizen in Space · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1955, as “Spy Story” 228 · Risico [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming, Jonathan Cape, 1960 257 · Keep Walking · Geoffrey Household · ss Argosy (UK) January 1968 263 · Paper Casualty · Len Deighton · ss Declarations of War by Len Deighton, Jonathan Cape, 1971 274 · Signal Tresham [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens; Commander Elfe] · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 23 1980, as “A Sense of History” 290 · Final Demand · John Wainwright · ss Winter’s Crimes 14 ed. Hilary Watson, Macmillan UK, 1982 298 · The Rocking-Horse Spy · Ted Allbeury · ss Woman’s Own 1986 306 · The Great Divide [Dorothy Mayotte Rigby] · William Haggard · ss The Rigby File ed. Tim Heald, Hodder & Stoughton, 1989 317 · A Branch of the Service · Graham Greene · ss The Last Word and Other Stories by Graham Greene, Reinhardt, 1990 328 · Waiting for Mrs. Ryder [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1994

The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories ed. Michael Cox (Oxford University Press, October 1996, 0-19-214260-7, £17.99, xx+425pp, hc, an, cover by David Inshaw)     Ghost story anthology of 33 stories, arranged chronologically from 1910 to 1994. xi · Introduction · Michael Cox · in 1 · In the Dark · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine September 1908, as by E. Bland 12 · Rooum · Oliver Onions · ss The Fortnightly Review December 1910 25 · The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1916 46 · The Diary of Mr Poynter · M. R. James · nv A Thin Ghost by M. R. James, Longmans, Green, 1919 56 · Mrs. Porter and Miss Allen · Hugh Walpole · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine February 1921 67 · The Nature of the Evidence · May Sinclair · ss Fortune May 1923 77 · Night-Fears · L. P. Hartley · ss The Tatler April 30 1924 82 · Bewitched · Edith Wharton · nv Pictorial Review March 1925 101 · A Short Trip Home · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 17 1927 120 · Blind Man’s Buff · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Sketch April 25 1928 124 · The Blackmailers · Algernon Blackwood · ss My Grimmest Nightmare, Allen & Unwin, 1935 originally broadcast on the BBC, 11 July 1934. 132 · Yesterday Street · Thomas Burke · ss Night Pieces by Thomas Burke, Constable, 1935 144 · Smoke Ghost · Fritz Leiber, Jun. · ss Unknown Worlds October 1941 158 · The Cheery Soul · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener December 24 1942 167 · All but Empty · Graham Greene · ss The Strand Magazine March 1947 171 · Three Miles Up · Elizabeth Jane Howard · nv We Are for the Dark by Elizabeth Jane Howard & Robert Aickman, Cape, 1951 188 · Close Behind Him · John Wyndham · ss Fantastic January/February 1953 200 · The Quincunx · Walter de la Mare · ss The Lady’s Realm January 1907 210 · The Tower · Marghanita Laski · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 217 · Poor Girl · Elizabeth Taylor · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 234 · I Kiss Your Shadow— · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1956 250 · A Woman Seldom Found · William Sansom · ss A Contest of Ladies and Other Stories by William Sansom, Hogarth Press, 1956 254 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan, 1956 273 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 299 · On Terms · Christine Brooke-Rose · ss The Fourth Ghost Book ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965 309 · The Only Story · William Trevor · ss The Seventh Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1971 320 · The Loves of Lady Purple · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974 331 · Revenant as Typewriter · Penelope Lively · ss Nothing Missing But the Samovar by Penelope Lively, Heinemann, 1978 344 · The Little Dirty Girl · Joanna Russ · nv Elsewhere Vol. II ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1982 362 · Watching Me, Watching You · Fay Weldon · ss Woman’s Own January 1981 376 · The July Ghost · A. S. Byatt · nv Firebird 1 ed. Tim J. Binding, Penguin, 1982 390 · The Highboy · Alison Lurie · ss Redbook October 1990, as “A Curious Haunting” 403 · The Meeting House · Jane Gardam · ss Going Into A Dark House by Jane Gardam, Sinclair Stevenson, 1994 411 · Notes and Sources · [uncredited] · ms

Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology ed. Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert (Oxford University Press, October 17, 1991, 0-19-214202-X, £16.95, 497pp, hc, an, cover: Old Lane by Moonlight by Atkinson Grimshaw)     Anthology of 35 ghost stories from 1850 to 1910, with an introductory background article and an extensive survey of the main ghost story collections of the period. This is a worldwide edition available in the U.S. for $24.95. ix · Introduction · Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert · in 1 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 19 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine December 1853, uncredited. 37 · The Miniature · J. Y. Akerman · ss Bentley’s Miscellany April 1844, as by Paul Pindar 44 · The Last House in C— Street · Dinah Maria Mulock · ss Fraser’s Magazine October 1856, uncredited. 55 · To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, uncredited. 65 · The Botathen Ghost · R. S. Hawker · ss All the Year Round May 18 1867 74 · The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar February 1868 83 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited. 100 · Pichon & Sons, of the Croix Rousse · [uncredited] · nv A Stable for Nightmares, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 115 · Reality or Delusion? [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · ss The Argosy (UK) December 1868, as by Johnny Ludlow 130 · Uncle Cornelius His Story · George MacDonald · ss St. Paul’s Magazine January 1869 150 · The Shadow of a Shade · Tom Hood · ss Bow Bells Christmas 1869 163 · At Chrighton Abbey · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv Belgravia May 1871, uncredited. 190 · No Living Voice · Thomas Street Millington · ss Temple Bar April 1872, uncredited. 198 · Miss Jéromette and the Clergyman · Wilkie Collins · nv Canadian Monthly August 1875 (+1), as “The Clergyman’s Confession” 218 · The Story of Clifford House · [uncredited] · nv The Mistletoe Bough 1878 239 · Was It an Illusion? · Amelia B. Edwards · ss Arrowsmith’s Annual Christmas 1881 256 · The Open Door · Charlotte Riddell · nv Weird Stories by Mrs. J. H. Riddell, J. Hogg, 1882 283 · The Captain of the “Pole-Star” · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Temple Bar January 1883 303 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 319 · The Story of the Rippling Train · Mary Louisa Molesworth · ss Longman’s Magazine October 1887 328 · At the End of the Passage · Rudyard Kipling · ss Boston Herald July 20 1890 346 · “To Let” · Mrs. B. M. Croker · ss London Society Christmas 1890 360 · John Charrington’s Wedding · Edith Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891 367 · The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round November 10 1866, uncredited. 379 · The Man of Science · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 385 · Canon Alberic’s Scrap Book · M. R. James · ss National Review March 1895, as “The Scrap-Book of Canon Alberic” 396 · Jerry Bundler · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1897 403 · An Eddy on the Floor · Bernard Capes · nv At a Winter’s Fire by Bernard Capes, C. Arthur Pearson, 1899 431 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 442 · The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit · Barry Pain · ss Black & White May 7 1898 445 · The Shadows on the Wall · Mary E. Wilkins · ss Everybody’s Magazine March 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 459 · Father Macclesfield’s Tale · Robert Hugh Benson · ss A Mirror of Shalott by R. H. Benson, Pitman, 1907 466 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908 480 · The Kit-Bag · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1908 490 · Sources · Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert · bi 493 · Select Chronological Conspectus of Ghost Stories, 1840-1910 · Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert · bi