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Horrifying and Hideous Hauntings ed. Franklin & Helen Hoke--- see under Helen Hoke.

A Chilling Collection: Tales of Wit and Intrigue ed. Helen Hoke (Elsevier/Nelson Books, 1979, 0-525-66662-1, 140pp, hc, an)     British edition published by Dent, 1980 (0-460-06988-8). 11 · About This Book · Helen Hoke · in 13 · An Ape About the House · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Dude May 1962 21 · The Questioning Ghost · Jeanne B. Hardendorff · ss Witches, Wit and a Werewolf by Jeanne B. Hardendorff, J. B. Lippincott, 1971 26 · The Davenport · Jack Ritchie · vi 29 · The Good Knight Ghost · Jeanne Bendick · ss 45 · Queer Things · James Reeves · pm The Wandering Moon by James Reeves, William Heinemann, 1950 46 · The Invisible Boy · Ray Bradbury · ss Mademoiselle November 1945 56 · The Feather Reader · Ida Chittum · ss Tales of Terror, Rand McNally, 1975 61 · A Meeting · George D. Painter · pm The Road to Sinodun by George D. Painter, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951 63 · The Boy Who Drew Cats · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Hasegawa, 1898 67 · The Hag · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648 69 · Not Quite Martin · Leon Wilson · ss This Boy Cody by Leon Wilson, Franklin Watts, 1950 84 · The Hungry Old Witch · Charles Finger · ss Tales from Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger, Doubleday, 1924 93 · Bad Dream · Joan Aiken · pm The Skin Spinners by Joan Aiken, The Viking Press, 1976 95 · The White Lady of Blenkinsopp · Winifred Finlay & Gillian Hancock · ss Ghosts, Ghouls and Spectres by Winifred Finlay & Gillian Hancock, Kaye & Ward, 1976 103 · The Empty Schoolroom · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss The Uncertain Element ed. Kay Dick, Jarrolds, 1950 119 · The Hairy Toe · [unknown author] · pm (r) 121 · Girl Who Clung to the Devil’s Back · Dorothy Gladys Spicer · ss 13 Devils by Dorothy Gladys Spicer, Coward, McCann, 1967 132 · The Kraken · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Poems Chiefly Lyrical by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Effingham Wilson, 1830 133 · The Ghost Who Came to Stay · Joseph & Edith Raskin · ss Ghosts and Witches A-Plenty by Joseph & Edith Raskin, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1973

Creepies, Creepies, Creepies ed. Helen Hoke (Franklin Watts, 1977, 0-531-01323-5, $6.90, xii+178pp, hc, an)     Illustrated by Bill Prosser. The British edition is retitled Creepies: A Covey of Quiver-and-Quaver Tales (Watts, 1977). xi · About This Book · Helen Hoke · in 1 · The Bitter Years · Dana Lyon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1971 13 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 36 · Witch · Marian Lines · pm Tower Blocks by Marian Lines, Franklin Watts, 1975 38 · The Natterjack · Mary Danby · ss The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1975 48 · Meshes of Doom · Neville Kilvington · ss Horrors, Philip Allan, 1933 61 · Carlton’s Father · Eric Ambrose · ss The Evening Standard March 5 1936 76 · The Moon-Bog · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales June 1926 87 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 97 · Skirmish · Clifford D. Simak · ss Amazing Stories December 1950, as “Bathe Your Bearings in Blood!” 122 · The Animators · Sydney J. Bounds · ss Tales of Terror from Outer Space ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1975 136 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 153 · Notebook Found in a Deserted House [Cthulhu] · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1951

Demonic, Dangerous & Deadly ed. Helen Hoke (Dutton/Lodestar, 1983, 0-525-67141-2, $10.95, xiii+143pp, hc, an) xi · About This Book · Helen Hoke · in 3 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 15 · A Resumed Identity · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine September 1908, as “The Man” 23 · Waxworks · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales January 1939 51 · Murder and Lonely Hearts · Helen Nielsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 69 · The Tsantsa · Maurice Sandoz · nv On the Verge by Maurice Sandoz, Doubleday, 1950 translated from the French (“La tsantsa”, 1949). 107 · “Man Overboard!” · Winston Churchill · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine January 1899 111 · So You Won’t Talk · Manuel Komroff · ss Esquire April 1935 119 · The Mistake · Fielden Hughes · ss The Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1959 125 · Green Thoughts · John Collier · ss The London Mercury May 1931

Demons Within & Other Disturbing Tales ed. Helen Hoke (Taplinger, February 1978, 0-8008-2156-4, $8.95, 189pp, hc, an) 9 · About This Book · Helen Hoke · in 13 · George and Alice and Isabel · William Trevor · ss The Ninth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1973 29 · Gone Is Gone · Joan Fleming · ss The Evening Standard April 23 1953 35 · The Margenes · Miriam Allen deFord · ss If February 1956 42 · Mummy to the Rescue · Angus Wilson · ss Such Darling Dodos and Other Stories by Angus Wilson, Secker & Warburg, 1950 49 · Miss Cornelius · William F. Harvey · ss The Beast with Five Fingers by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1928 69 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 78 · The Phantom of the Screen · Lawrie Wyman · ss The Fifth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969 85 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · nv The London Mercury September 1930 102 · The Man Who Collected Poe · Robert Bloch · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries October 1951 117 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 130 · The Small World of Lewis Stillman · William F. Nolan · ss Fantastic Universe August 1957, as “Small World” 143 · The Attic Express · Alex Hamilton · nv The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1963 161 · Mr. George · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales March 1947, as by Stephen Grendon 188 · I Used to Live Here Once · Jean Rhys · vi Sleep It Off, Lady by Jean Rhys, Andre Deutsch, 1976

Devils, Devils, Devils ed. Helen Hoke (Franklin Watts, 1977, 0-531-01140-2, $6.90, 216pp, hc, an)     Anthology of devil stories intended for young adults. Illustrated by Carol Barker. 6 · About This Book · Helen Hoke · in 11 · The Bottle Imp · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv New York Herald February 8 1891 - March 1 1891 58 · The Boots That Never Wore Out · Dorothy Gladys Spicer · ss 13 Devils by Dorothy Gladys Spicer, Coward, McCann, 1967 75 · Yann the Fearless · adapted by Genevieve Massignan · ss (r); a French folktale. 85 · The Devil in the Churchyard · A. E. Coppard · ss Saturday Review (UK) August 26 1922 96 · The Devil and the Guachinango · Jose Laki · ss (r) 104 · The Green Robe · William J. Thoms · ss Early Prose Romances by William J. Thoms, Pickering, 1827 111 · The Devil · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le diable”, Le Gaulois, August 5, 1886). 124 · How the Devil Married Three Sisters · Stith Thompson · ss (r); adapted from a traditional Italian folktale. 131 · The Stolen Heart · Godfried Bomans · ss (r) 146 · The Smith and the Devil · [unknown author] · ss (r); a Gypsy folktale. 157 · The Demon and the Rabbi · M. A. Jagendorf · ss Ghostly Folktales by M. A. Jagendorf, General Learning Company, 1968 166 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936 192 · Witches’ Hollow · H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962 written by Derleth from a fragment by Lovecraft.

Dragons, Dragons, Dragons ed. Helen Hoke (Franklin Watts, 1972, 0-531-02036-3, $6.90, 240pp, hc, an)     Anthology of dragon stories and folk tales intended for young readers. Illustrated by Carol Barker. ix · About This Book · Helen Hoke · in 3 · Jabberwocky · Lewis Carroll · pm from Through the Looking-Glass, Macmillan, 1871 5 · Damian and the Dragon · Ruth Manning-Sanders · ex 1965 22 · The Dragon and the Stepmother · Ruth Manning-Sanders · ss The Red King and the Witch by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1964 29 · The Fabulous Beasts · Nicholas Stuart Gray · ss Grimbold’s Other World by Nicholas Stuart Gray, Faber and Faber, 1963 39 · The Eastern Dragon · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni · ss The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges & Margarita Guerrero, Jonathan Cape, 1969 43 · The Daughter of the Dragon King · Frances Carpenter · ss Tales of a Chinese Grandmother by Frances Carpenter, Doubleday, 1937 51 · Marduk and the Dragon · Donald A. Mackenzie · ss Wonder Tales of the East by Donald A. Mackenzie, Blackie, 1923 57 · The Story of St. George and the Dragon · Amabel Williams-Ellis · ss The Wonder Book of Famous Tales, Odhams, 1954 63 · Kurage · B. L. K. Henderson & C. Calvert · ss Wonder Tales of Old Japan by B. L. K. Henderson & C. Calvert, Philip Allan, 1924 76 · The Black Dragon and the Red Dragon · Dr. Ignácz Kúnos · ss The Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales by Dr. Ignácz Kúnos, Harrap, 1913 86 · The Dragon of Wantley · [uncredited] · pm (r) 90 · The Shepherd and the Dragon · Lilian Gask · ss Folk Tales from Many Lands ed. Lilian Gask, George Harrap, 1910 95 · The Dragon Slayer · Druid Grayl · ss Fairy Tales from Foreign Lands by Druid Grayl, Blackwell, 1917 109 · The Dragon’s Tail · John Marks · ss Spanish Fairy Tales by John Marks, Knopf, 1957 129 · The Prince and the Dragon · Andrew Lang · ss The Crimson Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longman, 1903 translated from Volksmärchen der Serben by Mrs. Andrew Lang. 139 · The Dragon of an Ordinary Family · Margaret Mahy · ex (r) 145 · The Dragon of Rhodes · Jennifer Westwood · ss Medieval Tales by Jennifer Westwood, Coward-McCann, 1967 149 · The Deluded Dragon · Ruth Manning-Sanders · ss The Red King and the Witch by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1964 155 · The Hunting of the Dragon · Nicholas Stuart Gray · ss Mainly in Moonlight by Nicholas Stuart Gray, Faber and Faber, 1965 168 · King Dragon · Clara Stroebe · ss The Danish Fairy Book by Clara Stroebe, Frederick D. Stokes, 1922 179 · The Dragon of the North · Andrew Lang · ss The Yellow Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longman, 1894 translated from Esthnische Mährchen. 192 · The Dragon’s Grandmother · Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823 199 · The Wyvern · Bernard Henderson & Stephen Jones · ss Wonder Tales of Ancient Wales by Bernard Henderson & Stephen Jones, Philip Allan, 1921 211 · Dragon’s Treasure · Raymond MacDonald Alden · ex from The Boy Who Found the King (r) 220 · The Dragon’s Rock · Lewis Spence · ar Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Lewis Spence, Harrap, 1915 223 · The Terrible-Tempered Dragon · Robin Palmer · ar Dragons, Unicorns and Other Magical Beasts by Robin Palmer, Hamish Hamilton, 1966 231 · The Last of the Dragons [Seven Dragons] · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine September 1899, as “The Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold”

Eerie, Weird and Wicked ed. Helen Hoke (J.M. Dent, April 1977, 0-460-06704-4, 154pp, hc, an) 1 · About This Book · Helen Hoke · in 4 · The Thing in the Pond · Paul Ernst · ss Astounding Stories June 1934 16 · The Death Mask · Mrs. H. D. Everett · ss The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts by H. D. Everett, Philip Allan, 1920 27 · Levitation · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Nine Horrors and a Dream by Joseph Payne Brennan, Arkham House, 1958 33 · The Cold, Cold Box · Howard Fast · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1959 47 · Hey, You Down There! · Harold Rolseth · ss Yankee 1971 59 · The Strange Island of Doctor Nork · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales March 1949 81 · Dunworthy 13 · John Pudney · ss It Breathed Down My Neck by John Pudney, J. Lane, 1946 87 · The Waiting Men · Penelope Wallace · ss Spectre 1 ed. Richard Davis, Abelard Schuman UK, 1973 96 · The Tibetan Box · Elizabeth Walter · ss Snowfall and Other Chilling Events by Elizabeth Walter, Harvill Press, 1965 114 · You May Telephone from Here · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette February 27 1909, as “A “Trunk Call”” 120 · No Ships Pass · Lady Eleanor Smith · nv The Story-teller May 1932 144 · First Dig · Miriam Allen deFord · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1959

Fear! Fear! Fear! ed. Helen Hoke (Franklin Watts, 1980, 144pp, hc, an)     Anthology of horror stories intended for young adults. Illustrated by Sean Eckett. 6 · Introduction · Helen Hoke · in 8 · Holy-Day for Ghosts · John Dryden & Nathaniel Lee · pm from Oedipus, Bentley, 1679 10 · Ghosts! · Marie Luise Kaschnitz · ss (r) 21 · Freak Show · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Fantastic Universe February 1958 34 · The Mystery of the Locked Room · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Horrors, Philip Allan, 1933 42 · O Amiable Lovely Death · William Shakespeare · ex from The Life and Death of King John, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 44 · The Baby Machine · Rene Morris · ss The Ninth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1968 53 · Staley Fleming’s Hallucination · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906 56 · Dead—and Buried? · John Edgell · ss John Edgell’s Ghosts ed. John Edgell, Wayland, 1970 64 · The Living Death · Oscar Wilde · ex from “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”, as by C.3.3., Leonard Smithers, February 13 1898, as by C.3.3. 67 · The Valley of the Assassins · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales November 1943 105 · A Pair of Muddy Shoes · Lennox Robinson · ss Eight Short Stories by Lennox Robinson, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919 113 · The Man Who Returned · Edmond Hamilton · ss Weird Tales February 1934 131 · The Unquiet Spirit · Jean Stubbs · ss The Fourth Ghost Book ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965

Ghastly, Ghoulish, Gripping Tales ed. Helen Hoke (Franklin Watts, 1983, 0-531-04593-5, $8.60, 160pp, hc, an)     Anthology of horror stories for young adults. 3 · About This Book · Helen Hoke · in 5 · The Haunted Trailer · Robert Arthur · nv Weird Tales January 1942, as “Death Thumbs a Ride” 29 · More Spinned Against · John Wyndham · ss Fantasy Fiction June 1953 45 · The Ski-Lift · Diana Buttenshaw · ss The Tenth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1969 57 · Beetles · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1938 73 · The Unconquerable Enemy · W. C. Morrow · ss The Argonaut March 11 1889, as “The Rajah’s Nemesis” 83 · The Horror at Chilton Castle · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Scream at Midnight by Joseph Payne Brennan, Macabre Press, 1963 107 · A Case of Eavesdropping [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 127 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938 translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937). 155 · The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951

Ghostly, Grim and Gruesome ed. Helen Hoke (Thomas Nelson US, 1976, 0-8407-6545-2, $6.95, vii+146pp, hc, an)     Anthology of horror stories for young adults. Illustrated by Alex Brychta. 1 · About This Book · Helen Hoke · in 3 · The Basket Chair · Winston Graham · ss Winter’s Crimes 2 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1970 19 · The Face in the Mirror · Denys Val Baker · ss The Briarcliff Quarterly January 1945 32 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894 41 · The Forgiving Ghost · C. B. Gilford · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1961 54 · Gone to the Dogs · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction March 1954, as “Henry Martindale, Great Dane” 68 · The Horse of the Invisible [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Idler April 1910 92 · Mason’s Life · Kingsley Amis · ss The Sunday Times 1972 96 · The Peg-Doll · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Twelfth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1971 102 · The Sale of Midsummer · Joan Aiken · ss The Sixth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1970 111 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935 123 · The Porcelain Doll · Leo Tolstoy; translated by Aylmer Maude · ss The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Tales by Leo Tolstoy, Oxford University Press, 1940 translated from the Russian. from a letter to Tolstoy’s wife’s sister dated Mar 23, 1863. 128 · Three Miles Up · Elizabeth Jane Howard · nv We Are for the Dark by Elizabeth Jane Howard & Robert Aickman, Cape, 1951

Ghosts & Ghastlies ed. Helen Hoke (Franklin Watts, 1976, 0-531-01211-5, $5.90, 181pp, hc, an)     Anthology of horror stories for young adults. Illustrated by Bill Prosser. 7 · About This Book · Helen Hoke · in 9 · The Calamander Chest · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Weird Tales January 1954 20 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865 revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story. 43 · A Local Haunting · Charles Causley · pm The Fourth Ghost Book ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965 47 · The Haunted Mill · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Wave February 21 1891 53 · The Fireplace · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales January 1925 71 · The Listeners · Walter de la Mare · pm The Living Age April 29 1911 74 · Meeting with a Double · George D. Painter · pm The Road to Sinodun by George D. Painter, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951 77 · The Mistress in Black · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Fifth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969 95 · A Jug of Syrup · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 17 1893 105 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 111 · The Old Wife and the Ghost · James Reeves · pm (r) 114 · The Wild Ride in the Tilt Cart · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965 123 · Old Wine in New Bottles · John Edgell · ss John Edgell’s Ghosts ed. John Edgell, Wayland, 1970 132 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 149 · It · Norman Mailer · vi (r) 150 · Invitation to a Ghost · Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd · ss Ghost Stories Round the World by Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd, Odhams, 1965 157 · An Apparition · Knut Hamsun · ss European Tales of Terror ed. J. J. Strating, Fontana, 1968 translated from the Norwegian (“Et Spøkelse”, 1898). 166 · The Apple Tree · Elizabeth Bowen · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931