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Taps and Sighs ed. Peter Crowther (Subterranean Press, August 2000, 1-892284-74-X, $50.00, 253pp, hc, oa, cover by J. K. Potter)     Limited edition of 500 copies, signed by all contributors except Winter and Matheson. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Of Taps and Sighs · Douglas E. Winter · in 13 · City of Dreams · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Dystopia: Collected Stories by Richard Christian Matheson, Gauntlet, 2000 23 · Charms · Michael Marshall Smith · ss AbeSea 1997 33 · The Glove · Ken Wisman · ss 43 · The Prisoner’s Tale · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss 59 · All You Inherit · Brian Stableford · ss 77 · Ghosts · Ed Gorman · ss 85 · Return Journey · Ramsey Campbell · ss 95 · The Words That Remain [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss 105 · Candia · Graham Joyce · ss 117 · Nailed · Poppy Z. Brite · ss 127 · Circling the Drain · Peter Crowther & Tracy Knight · ss 145 · Spirits of the Age · Graham Masterton · ss 161 · White Noise · Ian McDonald · ss 175 · Coming Home · Mark Morris · ss 183 · His Very Own Spatchen · Terry Lamsley · ss 199 · The Homeless Couple · Ray Garton · nv 223 · The Walking Sticks · Gene Wolfe · ss 235 · The Insolence of Candles Against the Light’s Dying · Chaz Brenchley · ss 253 · Afterword · Richard Matheson · aw

Tombs ed. Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer--- see under Edward E. Kramer.

Touch Wood ed. Peter Crowther (Little, Brown UK, December 9, 1993, 0-316-90732-4, £15.99, 372pp, hc, oa, cover by Jeff Potter)     Original horror anthology, subtitled “Narrow Houses: Volume Two”. vii · Foreword · Peter Crowther · fw ix · Introduction · Ramsey Campbell · in 1 · Touch Wood · t. Winter-Damon · pm 4 · Holding Hands · Charles L. Grant · ss 13 · Lodgings · Colin Greenland · ss 28 · Breath · Adam Corbin Fusco · ss 43 · Heart Flesh · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 62 · The Ten O’Clock Horses · Paul Lewis · ss 77 · Funny Weather · Steve Lockley · ss 90 · For Love of Mother · Yvonne Navarro · ss 98 · Eight Limbs · John Brunner · nv 122 · Little Lessons in Gardening · Karl Edward Wagner · ss 136 · His Own Petard · Spider Robinson · ss 144 · SPOIL · Stan Nicholls · nv 166 · Dead Man’s Shoes [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss 186 · The Coffin Trimmer · Bill Pronzini · ss 195 · Steps · Stella Hargreaves · ss 210 · The Owner · Michael Marshall Smith · nv 241 · The Woods Be Dark · Bentley Little · ss 252 · Traffic · Simon Ings · ss 262 · The Mouse · Neil Gaiman · ss 272 · The Ghost and the Soldier · William Relling, Jr. · ss 290 · Oracle Bones · Garry Kilworth · ss 299 · Borderlands · Christopher Evans · nv 326 · The Wager · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss 344 · Mysteries of the Word: A Dark Fable · Stanley Wiater · nv 371 · Splints · D. F. Lewis · ss

We Think, Therefore We Are ed. Peter Crowther (DAW, January 2009, 978-0-7564-0533-5, $7.99, 311pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 15 stories about artificial intelligences. Authors include Stephen Baxter, Brian Stableford, James Lovegrove, and Chris Roberson. Introduction by Paul McAuley. This is copyrighted by Crowther and Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books. 1 · Introduction · Paul McAuley · in 7 · Tempest 43 · Stephen Baxter · nv 30 · The Highway Code · Brian Stableford · nv 53 · Salvage Rights [Salvageman Ed] · Eric Brown · ss 72 · The Kamikaze Code · James Lovegrove · ss 88 · Adam Robots · Adam Roberts · ss 102 · Seeds · Tony Ballantyne · nv 125 · Lost Places of the Earth [Silurian Tales] · Steven Utley · ss 135 · The Chinese Room · Marly Youmans · ss 151 · Three Princesses · Robert Reed · ss 169 · The New Cyberiad · Paul Di Filippo · nv 196 · That Laugh · Patrick O’Leary · ss 210 · Alles in Ordnung · Garry Kilworth · ss 217 · Sweats · Keith Brooke · nv 250 · Some Fast Thinking Needed · Ian Watson · ss 266 · Dragon King of the Eastern Sea · Chris Roberson · nv 306 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Haunted House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales ed. Vic Crume & Gladys Schwarcz (Scholastic, October 1970, TX1786, 50¢, 80pp, tp, an) 7 · Old Cornish Litany · [uncredited] · pm (r) 8 · The Haunted House · Vic Crume · pm (r) 10 · A Skeleton Once in Khartoum · [uncredited] · pm (r) 10 · In Memory of Anna Hopewell · [uncredited] · pm (r) 11 · The Devil’s Pocket · George Mendoza · ss The Crack in the Wall & Other Terribly Weird Tales by George Mendoza, Dial, 1968 17 · The Old Wife and the Ghost · James Reeves · pm (r) 19 · Mother Goose · Irene Sekula · pm Fantastic Story Magazine Spring 1954 19 · The Superstitious Ghost · Arthur Guitterman · pm (r) 21 · The Flattered Flying Fish (The Shark and the Flying Fish) · E. V. Rieu · pm (r) 23 · Ruth and Johnnie · [uncredited] · pm (r) 23 · It Isn’t the Cough · [uncredited] · pm (r) 24 · The Adventures of Isabel · Ogden Nash · pm Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine April 1936 26 · The Velvet Ribbon · Ann McGovern · vi (r) 28 · Little Willie · [uncredited] · pm (r) 28 · Jerry Jones · [uncredited] · pm (r) 29 · The Cradle That Rocked by Itself · Maria Leach · vi (r) 32 · The Wreck of the Hesperus · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · pm Ballads and Other Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Owen, 1842 38 · The Yarn of the “Nancy Bell” · William Schwenck Gilbert · pm Current Literature October 1901 42 · A Sea Dirge · William Shakespeare · pm from The Tempest, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 43 · The Ghost Catcher · adapted by E. B. Chance · ss (r) a tale from India. 48 · The Great Auk’s Ghost · Ralph Hodgson · pm The Last Blackbird by Ralph Hodgson, George Allen, 1907 48 · Any Day Now · David McCord · pm (r) 49 · The Witch of Willowby Wood · Rowena Bennett · ex Story Parade 1950 49 · A Young Lady from Glitch · Tamara Kitt · pm (r) 50 · The Purist · Ogden Nash · pm The Saturday Evening Post May 25 1935 50 · The Kilkenny Cats · [uncredited] · pm (r) 51 · Dust · Sydney King Russell · pm (r) 53 · Windy Nights · Robert Louis Stevenson · pm (r) 54 · Voices · Felice Holman · pm (r) 55 · Winter Moon · Langston Hughes · pm (r) 55 · November Night · Adelaide Crapsey · pm (r) 56 · The Erl-King · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; translated by Louis Untermeyer · pm (r) 58 · Shadows Before Dawn · Alfred Noyes · pm from A Song of Sherwood (r) 59 · Sir Roderic’s Song · William Schwenck Gilbert · ex (r) 60 · The Bat · Theodore Roethke · pm (r) 61 · The Listeners · Walter de la Mare · pm The Living Age April 29 1911 63 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896; edited and abridged. 77 · The Two Old Women of Mumbling Hill · James Reeves · pm (r) 79 · Spooks · Nathalia Crane · pm (r)

The Great Chain of Unbeing by Andrew Crumey (Dedalus, March 9, 2018, 978-1-910213-77-3, £9.99, 336pp, tp, co)     A 10-story cycle. Different versions of parts of the book appeared in Magnetic North, So, What Kept You?, NW15, Headshock, The Seven Wonders of Scotland, Gutter 9, The Herald, and Radio 4. 7 · The Unbeginning · Andrew Crumey · ss 17 · Tribology · Andrew Crumey · ss 37 · Introduction · Andrew Crumey · ss 48 · Fragments of Behring · Andrew Crumey · nv 69 · Singularity · Andrew Crumey · ss 78 · The Assumption · Andrew Crumey · n. 178 · Between the Tones · Andrew Crumey · na 240 · Fragments of Sand · Andrew Crumey · nv 283 · Impossible Tales · Andrew Crumey · na 332 · Unending · Andrew Crumey · ss

Boys’ Life Adventure Stories ed. Irving Crump (Nelson, 1950, hc, an) · The Green Match · E. Waldo Long · ss Boys’ Life February 1945 · Sky Hook · Howard M. Brier · ss Boys’ Life January 1947 · Blood on the Ice · Jim Kjelgaard · ss Boys’ Life March 1947 · Bench Warmer · B. J. Chute · ss Boys’ Life November 1946 · Diamond Horseshoes · Arnold Bateman · ss Boys’ Life April 1948 · A Matter of Spelling · John B. Stanley · ar Boys’ Life April 1946 · Trail of the Whiffle-Poof · Paschal N. Strong · ss Boys’ Life December 1946 · Steelman’s Nerve · William Heyliger · ss Boys’ Life · Chariots Away · Merritt P. Allen · ss Boys’ Life January 1947 · The Mystery of Mike · Laurie York Erskine · ss Boys’ Life March 1948 · Tall Bram of Little Pigeon · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Boys’ Life February 1947 · High Victory · David Lavender · ss Boys’ Life November 1947 · The Turtles Played the Hares · Harold R. Stoakes · ss Boys’ Life February 1947 · A Conflict Is Joined · Robb White · ss Boys’ Life November 1946 · With an O X Herd · Stephen Payne · ss Boys’ Life September 1948 · The Little Guy · Irving Crump · ss Boys’ Life August 1948

The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories ed. J. A. Cuddon (Penguin, October 1984, 0-14-006800-7, £4.95, 512pp, tp, an)     A representative anthology of classic and lesser-known ghost stories. 11 · Introduction · J. A. Cuddon · in 38 · The Beggarwoman of Locarno · Heinrich von Kleist; translated by David Luke & Nigel Reeves · ss The Marquise of O & Other Stories by Heinrich von Kleist, Penguin, 1978 translated from the German (“Das Bettelweib von Locarno”, Berliner Abenablälter, 1810). 41 · The Entail · E. T. A. Hoffmann; translated by R. J. Hollingdale · na 1982 translated from the German (“Das Majorat”, 1817). 90 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824 105 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin; translated by Rosemary Edmonds · nv The Classics of Mystery Volume IX: An Omnibus of Continental Mysteries, Part II ed. Arno Eckberg, Juniper, 1961 translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834). 128 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 148 · The Open Door · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1882 181 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster” 209 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Roger Colet · nv Selected Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant, Penguin, 1971 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 229 · Sir Edmund Orme · Henry James · nv Black & White November 25 1891 253 · Angeline, or the Haunted House · Émile Zola; translated by Clive Smith · ss 1984 263 · The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1907 271 · A Haunted Island · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine April 1899 285 · The Rose Garden · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911 295 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Life’s Handicap by Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray” 305 · My Adventure in Norfolk · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine October 1927 broadcast by the BBC Dec 24, 1926. 311 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 322 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 333 · One Who Saw · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X 347 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 373 · The Wardrobe · Thomas Mann; translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter · ss Stories of Three Decades by Thomas Mann, Knopf, 1936 translated from the German (“Der Kleiderschrank”, 1899). 380 · The Buick Saloon · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine June 1930, as by Mary O’Malley 394 · The Tower · Marghanita Laski · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 401 · Footsteps in the Snow · Mario Soldati; translated by Gwyn Morris · ss 1965 translated from the Italian (“I passi sulla neve”, 1962). 410 · The Wind · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales March 1943 419 · Exorcizing Baldassare · Edward Hyams · ss The Fourth Ghost Book ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965 430 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956 435 · “Dear Ghost…” · Fielden Hughes · ss The Fourth Ghost Book ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965 450 · Sonata for Harp and Bicycle · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) August 1958 458 · Come and Get Me · Elizabeth Walter · nv Come and Get Me by Elizabeth Walter, Harvill Press, 1973 479 · Andrina · George Mackay Brown · ss Andrina and Other Stories by George Mackay Brown, Chatto & Windus, 1983 486 · The Axe · Penelope Fitzgerald · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Cape, 1975 493 · The Game of Dice · Alain Danielou · ss The Fourth Ghost Book ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965 499 · The July Ghost · Antonia S. Byatt · nv Firebird 1 ed. Tim J. Binding, Penguin, 1982

The Penguin Book of Horror Stories ed. J. A. Cuddon (Penguin, 1984, 0-14-006799-X, £4.95, 607pp, tp, an)     A representative anthology of classic and lesser-known horror stories from authors including Henry James, Poe, Kafka, William Hope Hodgson and Ray Bradbury. 11 · Introduction · J. A. Cuddon · in 59 · The Monk of Horror, or The Conclave of Corpses · [uncredited] · ss The Tales of the Crypt, London, 1796 62 · The Astrologer’s Prediction, or The Maniac’s Fate · [uncredited] · ss Legends of Terror, London, 1826 69 · The Expedition to Hell · James Hogg · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine May 1827, as “George Dobson’s Expedition to Hell” 78 · Mateo Falcone · Prosper Mérimée · ss International Short Stories ed. & tr. Wm Patten, P.F. Collier's Sons, 1910 translated from the French. 89 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 97 · La Grande Bretèche · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890, as “An Accursed House” translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831). 114 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited. 131 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Qui sait?”, L’Echo de Paris, April 6, 1890). 142 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 158 · The Death of Olivier Bécaille · Émile Zola; translated by Elizabeth McNally · nv (r) 180 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891 184 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 193 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896 202 · The Derelict · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine December 1 1912 224 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908 237 · The Fourth Man · John Russell · nv Collier’s January 6 1917 254 · In the Penal Colony · Franz Kafka · nv (r) translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919). 277 · The Waxwork · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X 287 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 300 · The Reptile · Augustus Muir · ss The Strand Magazine May 1926 312 · Mr. Meldrum’s Mania · John Metcalfe · nv Judas and Other Stories by John Metcalfe, Constable, 1931 338 · The Beast with Five Fingers · William F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1928 revised from The New Decameron, Volume the First, B.H. Blackwell, 1919. 361 · Dry September · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1931 372 · Couching at the Door · Dorothy K. Broster · nv The Cornhill Magazine December 1933 391 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 402 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Cosmopolitan September 1933 415 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar by Geoffrey Household, Chatto, 1938 433 · The Thought · L. P. Hartley · ss The Travelling Grave and Other Stories by L. P. Hartley, Arkham House, 1948 443 · Comrade Death · Gerald Kersh · nv Courier Summer 1938 467 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938 translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937). 486 · The Brink of Darkness · Yvor Winters · ss (r) 496 · Activity Time · Monica Dickens · ss 65 Great Tales of Horror ed. Mary Danby, Octopus Books, 1981 506 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955 510 · The Dwarf · Ray Bradbury · ss Fantastic January/February 1954 521 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan, 1956 540 · No Flies on Frank · John Lennon · vi In His Own Write by John Lennon, Jonathan Cape, 1964 542 · Sister Coxall’s Revenge · Dawn Muscillo · vi The 17th Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1976 545 · Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch… · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947 557 · The Terrapin · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1962 569 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item” 579 · Uneasy Home-coming · Will F. Jenkins · ss Argosy (UK) April 1952 587 · The Aquarist · J. N. Allan · ss The London Magazine August 1981 599 · An Interview with M. Chakko · Vilas Sarang · ss The London Magazine December 1982