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Greatest Short Stories: Volume 1, American (P.F. Collier, 1953, 383+ivpp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Mike Ward. iii · Introduction · [uncredited] · in ; general statement about the entire series, with references to specific stories; two pages. 5 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #1, June 23 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon 33 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 91 · The Great Stone Face · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv The National Era January 24 1850 123 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 137 · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited. 179 · The Man Without a Country · Edward Everett Hale · nv The Atlantic Monthly December 1863, uncredited. 217 · The Lost Phoebe · Theodore Dreiser · ss The Century Magazine April 1916 247 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925 269 · The Man Who Stole a Meeting-House · J. T. Trowbridge · ss The Atlantic Monthly January 1867, uncredited. 305 · A Ride with a Mad Horse in a Freight-Car · W. H. H. Murray · ss 1898 331 · Balacchi Brothers · Rebecca Harding Davis · ss Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science July 1872 359 · Who Was She? · Bayard Taylor · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1874

Greatest Short Stories: Volume 2, American (P.F. Collier, 1953, 381+iipp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Mike Ward. 5 · An Experiment in Misery · Stephen Crane · ss The Open Boat by Stephen Crane, Heinemann, 1898 23 · The Brigade Commander · J. W. De Forest · nv The New York Times November 22 1874 69 · The Denver Express · A. A. Hayes · ss Belgravia January 1884 109 · The Ambitious Guest · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine June 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 125 · My Terminal Moraine · Frank R. Stockton · na Once a Week April 26 1892 183 · The Gold Bug · E. A. Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1) 241 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 257 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Francis Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly August 1868 277 · Marjorie Daw · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1873 311 · They Brought Their Women · Edna Ferber · nv Cosmopolitan July 1932 345 · Big Blonde · Dorothy Parker · nv The Bookman February 1929

Greatest Short Stories: Volume 3, American (P.F. Collier, 1953, 384pp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Mike Ward. 7 · The Phonograph and the Graft · O. Henry · ss McClure’s Magazine February 1903 27 · Brother Rabbit’s Cradle [Uncle Remus] · Joel Chandler Harris · ss Collier’s Weekly November 12 1904 41 · After the Battle · Joseph A. Altsheler · ss Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine March 1898 65 · “Many Waters” · Margaret Deland · nv Collier’s May 13 1905 109 · “To Make a Hoosier Holiday” · George Ade · ss Collier’s Weekly December 17 1904 131 · A Christmas Present for a Lady · Myra Kelly · ss McClure’s Magazine December 1902 145 · The Outcasts of Poker Flat [John Oakhurst] · Francis Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly January 1869 165 · Purple-Eyes · John Luther Long · ss The Century Magazine July 1898 201 · The Run of the Yellow Mail · Frank H. Spearman · ss McClure’s Magazine May 1901 227 · Mrs. Protheroe · Booth Tarkington · ss McClure’s Magazine February 1905 267 · Mr. Dooley on the Pursuit of Riches [Mr. Dooley] · F. P. Dunne · ss 1904 275 · The Charge · W. Douglas Newton · ss The Sketch September 2 1914 291 · Bondage · Leila Burton Wells · ss Harper’s Magazine January 1915 321 · The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Mark Twain · ss The Californian December 16 1865 revised from “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” (The New York Saturday Press, November 18, 1865). 333 · Rosemary for Remembrance · Henry Harland · ss The Yellow Book April 1895 359 · Such as Walk in Darkness · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ss McClure’s Magazine August 1902 373 · His First Penitent · James Oliver Curwood · ss Munsey’s Magazine August 1911

Greatest Short Stories: Volume 4, Foreign (P.F. Collier, 1915, 382+iipp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Mike Ward. 5 · Deliverance · Max Nordau; translated by Euphemia Johnson · ss Short Stories April 1896 translated from the French. 21 · The Outlaws · Selma Lagerlöf; translated by Grace Isabel Colbron · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 51 · The Duel · Nikolai Dmitrievitch Teleshov; translated by Lizzie B. Gorin · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 61 · The Hanging at La Piroche · Alexandre Dumas, fils; translated by R. W. Howes, 3rd. · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 83 · The Gray Nun · Nataly von Eschstruth; translated by Lionel Strachey · ss Short Stories September 1901 translated from the German. 107 · The Fête at Coqueville · Émile Zola; translated by L. G. Meyer · nv Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 155 · A Work of Art · Anton Pavlovitch Chekhov; translated by Archibald J. Wolfe · ss Short Stories January 1906 translated from the Russian. 165 · The Bit of String · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Emar Soule · ss Short Stories April 1899, as “The String” translated from the French (“La ficelle”, Le Gaulois, November 25, 1883). 179 · A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes] · A. Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine July 1891 217 · Love and Bread · August Strindberg · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907; given as by Jean August Strindberg. 233 · The Suicide Club: Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv London June 8 1878 (+2) 281 · The Fountain of Youth · Rudolf Baumbach; translated by Minnie B. Hudson · ss 1891 297 · Boless · Maxim Gorky; translated by Lizzie B. Gorin · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 309 · The Silver Crucifix · Antonio Fogazzaro; translated by Lionel Strachey · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 325 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · ss New Orleans Item June 16 1878 (+1) translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840). 347 · The End of Candia · Gabriele D’Annunzio; translated by Frederic Taber Cooper · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 365 · The Price of a Life · Augustin Eugène Scribe; translated by Linda de Kowalewska · ss Short Stories January 1893

Greatest Short Stories: Volume 5, Foreign (P.F. Collier, 1953, 384pp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Mike Ward. 7 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin; translated by H. Twichell · nv The Strand Magazine January 1891 translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834). 25 · The Unknown Masterpiece · Honoré de Balzac · nv (r) 71 · My Friend the Murderer · A. Conan Doyle · ss London Society Christmas 1882 103 · The Dead Are Silent · Arthur Schnitzler · ss 1907 131 · How the Redoubt Was Taken · Prosper Mérimée · ss The Strand Magazine February 1891 translated from the French (Mosaïque, 1833). 141 · The Slanderer · Anton Pavlovitch Chekhov; translated by Herman Bernstein · ss 1901 149 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Mathilde Wissenhorn · ss Short Stories May 1898 translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884). 165 · Putois · Anatole France; translated by William Patten · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 187 · The Courting of T’Nowhead’s Bell · James Matthew Barrie · ss Auld Licht Idylls by J. M. Barrie, Hodder & Stoughton, 1888 219 · The Roll-Call of the Reef · A. T. Quiller-Couch · ss The Idler June 1895, as by Q 247 · The Rendezvous · Ivan Turgenev; translated by Herman Bernstein · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 265 · A Bal Masqué · Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie Dumas; translated by R. W. Howes, 3rd. · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 281 · Valia · Leonid Andreiev; translated by Lizzie B. Gorin · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 303 · The Lost Child · François Edouard Joachim Coppée; translated by J. Matthewman · ss Short Stories December 1894 329 · The Man Who Would Be King · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales by Rudyard Kipling, Wheeler, 1888

Greatest Short Stories: Volume 6, Foreign (P.F. Collier, 1953, 382+iipp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Mike Ward. 5 · The Accursed House · Émile Gaboriau; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss Short Stories February 1893 translated from the French. 17 · The Cloak · Nikolai Vasilevitch Gogol · na (r), as “The Overcoat” translated from the Russian (“Shinel”, Sochineniia, 1842). 67 · Cavalleria Rusticana · Giovanni Verga; translated by Frederic Taber Cooper · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 translated from the Italian (Vita dei Campi, 1880). 79 · Railroad and Churchyard · Björnstjerne Björnson; translated by Rasmus B. Anderson · nv George Munro, 1882 119 · The Vendean Marriage · Jules Gabriel Janin; translated by Jane G. Cooke · ss Short Stories October 1899 translated from the French. 139 · The Young Girl of Treppi · Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse · na (r) 199 · The Sire De Maletroit’s Door · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar January 1878 235 · The Thief · Feodor Mikailovitch Dostoievski; translated by Lizzie B. Gorin · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 267 · Thou Shalt Not Kill · Léopold von Sacher-Masoch; translated by Harriet Lieber Cohen · ss (r) 277 · The Beauty Spot · Alfred Louis Charles de Musset · nv (r) translated from the French. 333 · A New-Year’s Eve Confession · Hermann Sudermann; translated by Grace Isabel Colbron · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 345 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 363 · The Long Exile · Count Leo Nikolaievitch Tolstoi; translated by Nathan Haskell Dole · ss 1888 377 · Index of Titles · [uncredited] · ix (r) 380 · Index of Authors · [uncredited] · ix (r)

Great Ghost Stories (New Era Library, 1933, 22, 25¢, 48pp, pb, an) · Ghost Story · [uncredited] · in · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · ss New Orleans Item June 16 1878 (+1) translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840). · An Ancient Haunted House · Pliny the Younger · ss Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907, as “Letter to Sura” translated from the Latin (as a letter to Sura, 2nd century AD). · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon · The Moon-Slave · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901 · The Ghost · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895, as “The Spectre” translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883).

Great Ghost Stories (Watermill Classic, 1994, 0-816-70468-6, $2.95, 91pp, pb, an, cover by Mia Tavonatti) 1 · Keeping His Promise · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 23 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 36 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 55 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman” translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883). 65 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 77 · Dickon the Devil [Martin Hesselius] · J. S. Le Fanu · ss London Society Christmas 1872

Great Ghost Stories (Reader’s Digest, 1997, 0-276-42330-5, 528pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 46 ghost stories selected by editors of The Reader’s Digest. 9 · Introduction · The Editors · in 13 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 36 · The Corner Shop · Cynthia Asquith · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1926 48 · The Whip Hand · A. L. Barker · ss Tales to Make the Flesh Creep ed. Herbert van Thal, John Constable, 1977 60 · A Tough Tussle · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 30 1888 66 · Transition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The New Witness December 11 1913, as “Mudbury’s Xmas Adventure” 71 · The Crowd · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1943 79 · The Buick Saloon · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine June 1930, as by Mary O’Malley 92 · The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar February 1868 101 · Smee · A. M. Burrage · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine December 1929 110 · The July Ghost · A. S. Byatt · nv Firebird 1 ed. T. J. Binding, Allen Lane, 1982 first broadcast in Radio 3 in 1981. 122 · “To Let” · B. M. Croker · ss London Society Christmas 1890 135 · The Ghost Who Vanished by Degrees · Robertson Davies · ss High Spirits by Robertson Davies, Penguin, 1982 143 · Seaton’s Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury April 1922 166 · No. 1 Branch Line, the Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 176 · Autumn Cricket · Lord Dunsany · ss John Bull April 29 1950 180 · The Ghosts of Calagou · Elizabeth Fancett · ss The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1991 187 · The Shepherd · Frederick Forsyth · na Hutchinson, 1975 209 · Florinda · Shamus Frazer · ss The London Mystery Magazine #29, June 1956 216 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 232 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947 237 · Someone in the Lift · L. P. Hartley · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 242 · The Gateway of the Monster [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler January 1910 258 · The Shadow of a Shade · Tom Hood · ss Bow Bells Christmas 1869 270 · The Old Man · Holloway Horn · ss Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 2 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1931 275 · Three Miles Up · Elizabeth Jane Howard · nv We Are for the Dark by Elizabeth Jane Howard & Robert Aickman, Cape, 1951 290 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited. 305 · The Ash Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 315 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885 332 · The Tower · Marghanita Laski · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 338 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851 revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839). 356 · Black Dog · Penelope Lively · ss Nothing Missing But the Samovar by Penelope Lively, Heinemann, 1978 362 · The Highboy · Alison Lurie · ss Redbook October 1990, as “A Curious Haunting” 373 · The Taipan · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1922 379 · An Apparition · Guy de Maupassant · ss Romance February 1891 translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883). 385 · Man-Size in Marble · Edith Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887 396 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839 411 · The Queen of Spades · Alexandre Pushkin · nv (r) translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834). 431 · I Used to Live Here Once · Jean Rhys · vi Sleep It Off, Lady by Jean Rhys, Andre Deutsch, 1976 433 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 447 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 461 · Poor Girl · Elizabeth Taylor · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 476 · Blind Man’s Buff · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Sketch April 25 1928 480 · Dual Control · Elizabeth Walter · nv Dead Woman by Elizabeth Walter, Harvill Press, 1975 488 · Breakages · Fay Weldon · ss The Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1978 496 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 518 · Angeline, or the Haunted House · Émile Zola · ss The Star January 16 1899

The Great God Pan & Xelucha (Creation Oneiros, July 31, 2012, 978-1-902197-34-0, $14.95, 127pp, tp, an)     Anthology of the novella “The Great God Pan” by Arthur Machen (this follows the expanded 1984 edition) and “Xelucha” by M.P. Shiel. Illustrated by Austin Osman Spare. Introductions by Iain S. Smith, James Havoc, and Simon Dwyer. Foreword by H.P. Lovecraft. Details taken from online listing. · The Great God Pan · Arthur Machen · na The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light by Arthur Machen, Roberts Brothers, 1894 a portion appeared earlier in The Whirlwind, Dec 13, 1890. · Xélucha · M. P. Shiel · ss Shapes in the Fire by M. P. Shiel, John Lane, 1896

Great Murder Mysteries (Octopus/Chartwell, October 1988, 1-55521-249-2, $9.98, 665pp, hc, an)     Adds one story to 65 Great Murder Mysteries edited by Mary Danby (Octopus 1983). 9 · Evidence in Camera · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine June 1949 22 · The Case of the Emerald Sky [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 10 1940 30 · Acid Test · Margot Arnold · ss The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1977 37 · Eye Witness · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 28 1939 49 · The Murder of the Mandarin · Arnold Bennett · ss The Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett, Chapman & Hall, 1907 59 · Nemesis · Phyllis Bentley · ss The Windsor Magazine July 1939 68 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 82 · Sweets to the Sweet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1947 89 · Nightmare in Yellow · Fredric Brown · vi The Dude May 1961 91 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 106 · Baby · Ramsey Campbell · ss Star Book of Horror, No. 2 ed. Hugh Lamb, Star Books, 1976 121 · A Note for the Milkman · Sidney Carroll · ss Today’s Woman April 1950 130 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue” 143 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path” 151 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930 156 · Banquo’s Chair · Rupert Croft-Cooke · ss Pharaoh and His Waggons and Other Stories by Rupert Croft-Cooke, Jarrolds, 1937 162 · Esmeralda · John Keir Cross · ss The Other Passenger by John Keir Cross, John Westhouse, 1944 177 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 186 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. 195 · The Corpse Light · Dick Donovan · ss Tales of Terror by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1899 204 · The Veiled Lodger [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Liberty January 22 1927, as “The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger” 213 · Surprise! Surprise! · Roger F. Dunkley · ss The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1978 219 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 230 · The Kill · Peter Fleming · ss Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931 240 · Something to Do with Figures · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #21, March 1945 249 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936 257 · The Blood on the Innocents · Celia Fremlin · ss By Horror Haunted by Celia Fremlin, Gollancz, 1974 264 · The Squire’s Story · Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas 1853, uncredited. 277 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955 281 · Mrs. Manifold · Stephen Grendon · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949 291 · The Two Vaynes · L. P. Hartley · ss World Review #22, December 1950 300 · August Heat · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1910 305 · Dark Journey · Francis Iles · ss News Chronicle April 30 1934 (+4) 320 · The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Queen June 23 1900 330 · Moment of Power · P. D. James · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1968 345 · Another Shot in the Locker · Michael Kent · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1929 352 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling, Heinemann and Balestier, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray” 362 · The Lady with the Hatchet [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · ss MacLean’s April 15 1922 379 · A Thousand Deaths · Jack London · ss The Black Cat May 1899 387 · Homicidal Hiccup · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales June 1948 393 · The Sound of Murder · William P. McGivern · ss Bluebook October 1952 402 · An Official Position · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan July 1937 419 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante” translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883). 423 · Such a Good Idea · Andrea Newman · ss Tales of Unease ed. John Burke, Pan, 1966 429 · The Regent’s Park Murder [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine September 1901 441 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 452 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 458 · The House by the Headland · “Sapper” · ss The Sovereign Magazine March 1920 470 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933 483 · The Second Step · Margery Sharp · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1934 491 · The Case of Arnold Schuttringer [Monsieur Froget] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1942 translated from the French (Les 13 Coupables, 1932). 498 · The People Next Door · Pauline C. Smith · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine June 1952 503 · The King of Spades · Nancy Spain · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 510 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan UK, 1956 528 · Blue Murder · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine October 1925 544 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934 554 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 567 · The Secret of the Growing Gold · Bram Stoker · ss Black & White January 23 1892 578 · A Theme for Hyacinth · Julian Symons · ss Argosy (UK) August 1967 596 · Miss Smith · William Trevor · ss Transatlantic Review #25, Summer 1967 605 · The Treasure Hunt [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s November 22 1924 619 · The Snow · Hugh Walpole · ss The (London) Evening News December 21 1928 626 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895 635 · In the Fog · Dennis Wheatley · ss The (London) Evening News May 29 1953 640 · The Cyprian Bees [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s February 6 1926 654 · Drawn Into Error · Elizabeth Ferrars · ss Planned Departures ed. Elizabeth Ferrars, Hodder & Stoughton, 1958

Great Murder Stories ed. Ken Crossen, uncredited (Penguin, January 1948, 655, 432pp, hc, an)     Abridged version of Murder Cavalcade (Duell, Sloan and Pearce 1946). vii · Preface · Richard Lockridge · pr 3 · His Heart Could Break [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1943 24 · Eye Witness · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 28 1939 43 · Behind the Door · Percival Wilde · ss Collier’s February 4 1928 46 · Twenty-Dollar Debt · Lawrence Treat · ss Adventure February 1940 63 · The Adventure of the Sotheby Salesman [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss “In Re: Sherlock Holmes” by August Derleth, Mycroft & Moran, 1945 79 · The Corpse in Grampa’s Bed [Quinny Hite] · Richard Burke · ss (r) 97 · The Homecoming · Dorothy B. Hughes · ss Murder Cavalcade, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946 111 · Trick-or-Treat · Anthony Boucher · ts Master Detective June 1945, as “The Ghost with the Gun” 125 · The Million-Dollar Motive · Brett Halliday · nv The Master Detective 145 · The Cafe Society Murder · Edward D. Radin · ar True Detective 177 · The Golden Twenty · Ellery Queen · ar Good Housekeeping May 1944 (+1); “The Ten Most Important Books of Detective Short Stories” and “The Ten Most Important Detective Novels”.

Great Science Fiction Stories (Octopus, 1979, 702pp, hc, an) 9 · 2001: A Space Odyssey [Space Odyssey] · Arthur C. Clarke · n. New American Library, 1968 161 · The Demolished Man · Alfred Bester · n. Shasta, 1953 329 · The Day of the Triffids [Triffids] · John Wyndham · n. Doubleday, March 1951 529 · I, Robot [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · co Gnome Press, 1950

Great Science Fiction Stories (St. Michael, 1982, 0-904230-98-8, 702pp, hc, an, cover by Chris Moore)     Reprint (Octopus 1979) sf anthology. First ed by Octopus and Heinemenn and Secker & Warburg. Revised edition (sic) 1982. Not sure what’s been altered.

Great Short Stories for Your Reading Pleasure (Royce, 1943, #106, pb, an)     Details supplied by Richard Bleiler. 3 · The Book Bag · W. Somerset Maugham · nv The Book-Bag: 20 Best Short Stories in Ray Long’s 20 Years as an Editor ed. Ray Long, Crown, 1932 70 · Guilty · Fannie Hurst · nv Cosmopolitan February 1921 114 · The Christmas Tree and the Wedding · Fyodor Dostoyevsky · ss Best Russian Short Stories ed. Thomas Seltzer, Boni & Liveright, 1917

Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror (Readers Digest, 1982, 0-89577-091-1, 629pp, hc, an)     Some stories condensed. 9 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891 27 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936 36 · The Summer People · Shirley Jackson · ss Charm September 1950 48 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 54 · The Third Floor Flat [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1929 72 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Cosmopolitan September 1933 86 · Was It a Dream? · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“La morte”, Gil Blas, May 31, 1887). 91 · The Fourth Man · John Russell · nv Collier’s January 6 1917 107 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1910 136 · The Touch of Nutmeg Makes It · John Collier · ss The New Yorker May 3 1941 144 · The Absence of Mr. Glass [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1912 156 · Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle June 1945 168 · The Log of the Evening Star · Alfred Noyes · ss Ladies’ Home Journal June 1918, as “The Mystery of the Evening Star” 180 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1911 196 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item” 207 · The Whole Town’s Sleeping [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss McCall’s September 1950 222 · The Arrow of God [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 241 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 254 · The Gettysburg Bugle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951, as “As Simple as ABC” 280 · Don’t Look Now · Daphne du Maurier · na Ladies’ Home Journal December 1970 313 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 326 · An Alpine Divorce · Robert Barr · ss The English Illustrated Magazine October 1893 331 · The Incautious Burglar [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine October 1940, as “A Guest in the House” 346 · Thanatos Palace Hotel · André Maurois · ss 1967 360 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912 370 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924 388 · After-Dinner Story [Hardecker] · William Irish · nv Black Mask January 1938, as by Cornell Woolrich 409 · Another Solution · Gilbert Highet · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1951 414 · The Waxwork · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X 426 · For Your Eyes Only [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming, Jonathan Cape, 1960 454 · The Foghorn · Gertrude Atherton · ss Good Housekeeping November 1933 463 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938 translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937). 483 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925 495 · An Invitation to the Hunt · George Hitchcock · ss San Francisco Review March 1960 505 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 518 · Midnight Blue [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1, 1960 548 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling, Heinemann and Balestier, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray” 559 · Journey Backward Into Time [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1956, as “Journey Into Time” translated from the French (“Les Larmes de Bougie”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, November 22, 1936). 570 · The Movie People · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1969 581 · Broker’s Special · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1956 592 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896 602 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953 618 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 623 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Chancellor Press, 1991, 1-85152-145-3, £4.99, 544pp, hc, an, cover by Alan Baker)     Reprint (??? 1985 as The Best Fantasy Stories) SF/fantasy anthology. Revised edition of the 1985 original. I have presumed all stories were orig in F&SF. 9 · Far from Home · Walter S. Tevis · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1958 13 · My Dear Emily · Joanna Russ · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1962 33 · The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule [Griaule] · Lucius Shepard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1984 59 · The Vanishing American · Charles Beaumont · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1955 69 · The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D [Vermilion Sands] · J. G. Ballard · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1967 85 · The Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost · Russell Kirk · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1983 125 · The Accountant · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1954 134 · The Fire When It Comes · Parke Godwin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1981 176 · My Boyfriend’s Name Is Jello · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1954 181 · San Diego Lightfoot Sue · Tom Reamy · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1975 222 · Sooner or Later or Never Never [Crispin Mobey] · Gary Jennings · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1972 250 · Jeffty Is Five · Harlan Ellison · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1977 269 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 7 1950 274 · The Silken-Swift · Theodore Sturgeon · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1953 292 · Another Orphan · John Kessel · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1982 334 · The Manor of Roses [John & Stephen] · Thomas Burnett Swann · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1966 389 · Please Stand By [Max Kearny] · Ron Goulart · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1962 409 · Downtown · Thomas M. Disch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1983 419 · Man Overboard · John Collier · nv Argosy (UK) January 1960 441 · One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts · Shirley Jackson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955 451 · Yes, We Have No Ritchard · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1960 459 · The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet · Stephen King · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1984 504 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 517 · Will You Wait? · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959 524 · Sule Skerry · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1982 533 · Not Long Before the End [Mana] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1969

Great Tales of Horror and Suspense (Galahad Books, 1974, $7.95, 268pp, hc, an)     An early “instant remainder” volume subdivided into the “Weird Tales of Edgar Allan Poe”, “The Ghost Ship and Other Ghostly Stories” and a retelling of Dracula. 11 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 21 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 41 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 51 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 70 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 99 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912 110 · Man-Size in Marble · Edith Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887 124 · The Bold Dragoon · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 132 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 160 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 173 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891 187 · Dracula · Bram Stoker; adapted by Rosalie Kershaw · na (r); totally rewritten in Kershaw’s own words.

Great Tales of Suspense (Watermill Press, 1988, 0-8167-1466-5, 107pp, pb, an, cover by Charlie Shaw) 1 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903 16 · Ghost Chamber · Charles Dickens & Wilkie Collins · ex from “The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices”, anonymously, Household Words October 3 1857 (+4), uncredited.; given as by Charles Dickens alone. 41 · The Adventure of the Norwood Builder [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Collier’s Weekly October 31 1903 75 · Beyond the Wall · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine December 1907 87 · The Specter Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon

Great Tales of Terror (Chancellor Press, 1991, 1-85152-106-2, £2.99, 638pp, hc, an)     An anonymous reprint of H. Douglas Thomson’s The Great Book of Thrillers (revised edition, 1937), omitting six stories and rearranging part of the story sequence. 13 · H2, Etc. · A. J. Alan · ss A. J. Alan’s Second Book by A. J. Alan, Hutchinson, 1932 18 · The Smell in the Library [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · nv The Sketch December 25 1922, as “Red Antony” 37 · The Man in the Bell · W. E. Aytoun (error, actually by William Maginn) · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine November 1821, uncredited. 43 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831). 57 · The Folding Doors · Marjorie Bowen · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1912 72 · The Lady of Glenwith Grange · Wilkie Collins · nv After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856 92 · The New Sun · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine July 1 1913 110 · Hot Water · Val Gielgud · ss The Great Book of Thrillers ed. H. Douglas Thomson, Odhams, 1935 118 · The Island · L. P. Hartley · ss Night Fears by L. P. Hartley, Putnam, 1924 133 · Edward Randolph’s Portrait · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss United States Magazine and Democratic Review July 1838, as by The Author of “Twice-Told Tales” 144 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon 158 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 169 · The Tarn · Hugh Walpole · ss Success October 1923 182 · The Resurrectionist · Samuel Warren · ss Passages from a Diary of a Late Physician by Samuel Warren, Blackwood, 1833 194 · The Blue Room · Prosper Mérimée · ss The Novels, Tales and Letters of Prosper Mérimée by Prosper Mérimée, Frank S. Holby, 1905 translated from the French (“La Chambre Bleue”, L’Indépendance Belge, September 6 & 7, 1871). 206 · The Café of Terror [Samuel T. Billingham] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Collier’s May 16 1925 219 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 235 · A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1933 247 · Mr. Pemberton’s Commission [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Windsor Magazine March 1933 260 · Who Killed Castelvetri? · Gilbert Frankau · nv The Strand Magazine March 1928 280 · The Aluminium Dagger [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine March 1909 304 · The Gylston Slander [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine July 1920 323 · Arsène Lupin in Prison [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · nv The Story-teller May 1907 translated from the French (“Arsène Lupin en prison”, Je sais tout, December 15, 1905). 341 · The Fenchurch Street Mystery [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine May 1901 358 · Peacock House · Eden Phillpotts · nv Peacock House and Other Mysteries by Eden Phillpotts, Hutchinson, 1926 389 · The Vanishing Diamond · John Rhode · nv The Great Book of Thrillers ed. H. Douglas Thomson, Odhams, 1935 405 · Staley Fleming’s Hallucination · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906 408 · The Italian’s Story · Catherine Crowe · nv Ghosts and Family Legends by Mrs. Crowe, T.C. Newby, 1858 424 · The Ghost of Dorothy Dingley · Daniel Defoe · ss Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe, London, 1722 432 · To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, uncredited. 443 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 455 · Madam Crowl’s Ghost · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round December 31 1870, uncredited. 471 · Black Coffee · Jeffery Farnol · ss The Shadow and Other Stories by Jeffery Farnol, Sampson Low, 1929 484 · The Black Ferry · John Galt · ss The Club Book ed. Andrew Picken, Cochrane & Pickersgill, 1831, as “The Book of Life” 495 · The Dreamland Bride · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · nv One of Cleopatra’s Nights by Théophile Gautier, tr. Lafcadio Hearn, R. Worthington, 1882, as “Clarimonde” translated from the French (“La Morte Amoureuse”, Chronique de Paris, June 23 & 26, 1836). 515 · The Dilemma of Phadrig · Gerald Griffin · ss Tales of the Munster Festival by Gerald Griffin, 1827 523 · Mary Burnet · James Hogg · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1828, as “Fairies, Brownies, and Witches” 544 · The Three Sisters · W. W. Jacobs · ss Night Watches by W. W. Jacobs, Hodder & Stoughton, 1914 553 · The Doctor’s Ghost · Norman Macleod · ss from “A True Ghost Story”, Good Words September 1862 559 · Mr. Kempe · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury November 1925 584 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 599 · The Frontier Guards · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Illustrated London News November 25 1929 605 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 616 · The Sphinx Without a Secret · Oscar Wilde · ss The World May 25 1887, as “Lady Alroy” 621 · The Gardener · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1922 634 · A Spanish Ghost Story · [uncredited] · ss The Great Book of Thrillers (var. 1) ed. H. Douglas Thomson, Odhams, 1937

Great Vampires & Other Horrors ed. Edel Brosnan, uncredited (Chancellor Press, 1992, 1-85152-235-2, £4.99, 541pp, hc, an)     An “instant-remainder” volume of vampire stories, most selected from Mary Danby’s 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural (Octopus, 1979). 9 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905 22 · The Vampyre · John William Polidori · nv The New Monthly Magazine April 1 1819, as by Lord Byron 38 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 50 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 60 · Good Lady Ducayne · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv The Strand Magazine February 1896 81 · The Mindworm · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Worlds Beyond December 1950 92 · Luella Miller · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins 103 · The Drifting Snow · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales February 1939 112 · The Living Dead · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1967 117 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 142 · My Adventure in Norfolk · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine October 1927 broadcast by the BBC Dec 24, 1926. 148 · The Leaden Ring · S. Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904 159 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 166 · Keeping His Promise · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 178 · Couching at the Door · D. K. Broster · nv The Cornhill Magazine December 1933 197 · Don’t You Dare · John Burke · ss Splinters ed. Alex Hamilton, Hutchinson, 1968 211 · Browdean Farm · A. M. Burrage · ss Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927 222 · The Ghoul · Sir Hugh Clifford · ss The Further Side of Silence by Hugh Clifford, Doubleday, Page, 1916 233 · The Horror Under Penmire [Penmire] · Adrian Cole · ss Frighteners ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1974 251 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 267 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 278 · The House of Balfother · William Croft Dickinson · ss Dark Encounters by William Croft Dickinson, Harvill Press, 1963 288 · The Brown Hand · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine May 1899, as “The Story of the Brown Hand” 301 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 312 · Don’t Tell Cissie · Celia Fremlin · ss By Horror Haunted by Celia Fremlin, Gollancz, 1974 324 · The Horsehair Trunk · Davis Grubb · ss Collier’s May 25 1946 332 · A Vindictive Woman · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural ed. Mary Danby, Octopus Books, 1979 341 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904 347 · The Whistling Room [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler March 1910 361 · Magic Man · Robert P. Holdstock · ss Frighteners 2 ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1976 371 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon 383 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 392 · Carnival on the Downs · Gerald Kersh · ss Men Without Bones by Gerald Kersh, Heinemann, 1955 404 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1) 415 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine December 1853, uncredited. 432 · The Moon-Bog · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales June 1926 439 · A Fair Lady · Roger Malisson · ss 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural ed. Mary Danby, Octopus Books, 1979 452 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Qui sait?”, L’Echo de Paris, April 6, 1890). 463 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891 470 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 478 · A Story of Don Juan · V. S. Pritchett · ss Argosy (UK) September 1941 482 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 485 · A Woman Seldom Found · William Sansom · ss A Contest of Ladies and Other Stories by William Sansom, Hogarth Press, 1956 488 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 503 · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888 508 · Mrs. Lunt · Sir Hugh Walpole · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 520 · All Souls’ · Edith Wharton · nv Ghosts by Edith Wharton, Appleton-Century, 1937

Gryphon Double Novel #1 (Gryphon Publications, January 1991, 0-936071-20-6, $5.95, tp, oa, cover by Ron Wilber)     Chapbook anthology of two original pulp adventure short stories printed a la the Ace Doubles. 3 · The Vig · Jack Dolphin · nv 3 · Wild Card · Ted Fitzgerald · nv

Gryphon Double Novel #3 (Gryphon Books, March 1992, 0-936071-23-0, $6.95, 42+17pp, ph, oa, cover by Frank Hamilton) [Sherlock Holmes]     Original anthology of two Sherlock Holmes pastiches, by Gary Lovisi and P. Smith respectively, presented in the style of the old Ace doubles. 2 · The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson [Sherlock Holmes] · Gary Lovisi · na 1 · The Grey Nun Legacy [Sherlock Holmes] · P. Smith · ss

Gryphon Double Novel #8 (Gryphon Books, October 1995, 0-936071-40-0, $9.95, 32+32pp, ph, oa, cover by Raul Garcia Capella)     Chapbook anthology of two original SF stories printed in the style of the classic Ace Doubles. 3 · Minesweeper · Gary Lovisi · nv 3 · Terran Girls Make Wonderful Wives · James M. Reasoner · nv

Gryphon Double Novel #9 (Gryphon Books, September 1994, 0-936071-42-7, $9.95, 46+43pp, ph, oa, cover by Tim Faurote)     Chapbook anthology of three original pulp adventure short stories featuring heroes from the classic pulps, The Nemesis (two stories) and Doc Atlas, printed a la the Ace Doubles. 3 · Claws of the Falcon [The Nemesis] · Gary Lovisi · nv 3 · Arctic Terror! [Doc Atlas] · Michael A. Black · nv

Gryphon Double Novel #19 (Gryphon Books, October 1998, 0-936071-42-7, $10.00, 64 + 45pp, tp, oa, cover by Tim Faurote)     Double-format anthology of two novelettes featuring pulp adventure heroes created (and stories copyrighted) by Michael A. Black. This has the ISBN above on the cover, and ISBN 1-58250-005-3 on both copyright pages. 3 · The Satan Plague [Doc Atlas] · Michael A. Black · nv 3 · The Satan Plague II [The Nemesis] · Gary Lovisi · na

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and Other Western Adventures (Avon, 1957, pb, an)     Movie tie-in reprinting the article that the movie was based on, then padding out the rest of the book with other stories. Includes photos from the Kirk Douglas / Burt Lancaster film. · Gunfight at the O.K. Corral · George Scullin · ar Holiday Magazine 1954, as “The Killer” · Legacy of Violence · Steve Frazee · nv Argosy March 1954; expanded to the novel Spur to the Smoke, Argosy, March 1954. · A Bullet for the Sheriff · Paul L. Peil · na (r), as “Gun Balance in the ’Squites” · White Man’s Medicine · Steve Frazee · nv Gunsmoke June 1953, as “Great Medicine”

Half Past Dead (Brava, January 2010, 978-0-7582-4697-4, $14.00, 309pp, tp, oa, cover by Don Sipley)     Paranormal romance anthology of two stories about love and zombies by Zoe Archer (a pen name for Ami Silber) and Bianca D’Arc (Cristine Martins). Details taken from online listing. 3 · The Undying Heart [The Blades of the Rose] · Zoe Archer · na 151 · Simon Says [Guardians of the Dark] · Bianca D’Arc · na

Hallowe’en Husbands (Harlequin Historical, 2008, 978-0-373-29517-3, $5.99, 281pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Marriage at Morrow Creek [Morrow Creek] · Lisa Plumley · na 99 · Wedding at Warehaven · Denise Lynn · na 199 · Master of Penlowen · Christine Merrill · na

The Halls of Stormweather ed. Philip Athans, uncredited (Wizards of the Coast, July 2000, 0-7869-1560-9, $7.99, 341pp, pb, oa, cover by Terese Nielsen) [Forgotten Realms: Sembia]     Fantasy original anthology/novelization, a novel in seven parts by different authors, the first in the “Sembia” sub-series based on the fantasy role-playing game. Authors are Richard Lee Byers, Clayton Emery, Ed Greenwood, Dave Gross, Paul Kemp, Lisa Smedman, and Voronica Whitney-Robinson. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. 1 · The Patriarch: The Burning Chalice · Ed Greenwood · na 51 · The Matriarch: Song of Chaos · Richard Lee Byers · na 101 · The Heir: Night School · Clayton Emery · na 153 · The Daughter: The Price · Voronica Whitney-Robinson · na 197 · The Second Son: Thirty Days · Dave Gross · na 253 · The Butler: Resurrection · Paul Kemp · na 303 · The Maid: Skin Deep · Lisa Smedman · nv

Halo: Evolutions (Tor, November 2009, 978-0-7653-2399-6, $24.99, 520pp, hc, oa, cover by Robogabo)     Gaming tie-in original anthology of 11 stories and four poems based on the hit computer game. Authors include Eric Nylund, Tobias S. Buckell, and Karen Traviss. Introduction by Frank O’Connor. A trade paperback edition (-1573-1, $14.99) is also available. 9 · Introduction · Frank O’Connor · in 11 · Beyond · Jonathan Goff · ss; illustrated by Sparth 13 · Pariah · B. K. Evanson · na 57 · Stomping on the Heels of a Fuss · Eric Raab · nv 81 · Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian · Frank O’Connor · nv 103 · Dirt · Tobias S. Buckell · na 155 · Acheron-VII · Jonathan Goff · pm; illustrated by Sparth 157 · Headhunters · Jonathan Goff · nv 193 · Blunt Instruments · Fred Van Lente · nv 223 · The Mona Lisa · Jeff VanderMeer & Tessa Kum · n. 343 · Icon · Jonathan Goff · pp; illustrated by Robogabo 346 · Palace Hotel · Robt McLees · nv 371 · Human Weakness · Karen Traviss · nv 411 · Connectivity · Jonathan Goff · pm; illustrated by Robogabo 413 · The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole · Eric Nylund · na 488 · The Return · Kevin Grace · nv 516 · From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Igbal · [uncredited] · ms 521 · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms 523 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 527 · About the Artists · [uncredited] · bg

Halo: Evolutions, Volume I (Tor, November 2010, 978-0-7653-5475-4, $6.99, 343pp, pb, an, cover by Robogabo)     Reprint (Tor 2009) gaming tie-in anthology of six stories and two poems, the first of two parts in a break-up of the original edition.

Halo: Evolutions, Volume II (Tor, December 2010, 978-0-7653-6695-5, $6.99, 351pp, pb, oa, cover by Robogabo)     Reprint (Tor 2009) gaming tie-in collection of six stories and two poems, the second of two parts in a break-up of the original Tor tp. Introduction by Frank O’Connor.

Halo: Fractures--- see under Fractures, Gallery Books, 2016.

Hammerhal & Other Stories (Black Library, October 21, 2017, £4.99, 376pp, ebook, an) [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]     Details taken from Table of Contents. · Hammerhal [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar] · Josh Reynolds · na · Vengeance Eternal [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar] · Matt Westbrook · ss · The Prisoner of the Black Sun [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar] · Josh Reynolds · nv first released as an audio drama (Black Library, September 26th, 2015). · Beneath the Black Thumb [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar] · David Guymer · ss Call of Archaon, Black Library, 2016 · Assault on the Mandrake Bastion [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar] · Josh Reynolds · ss Black Library, July 13 2015 · Skaven Pestilens [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar] · Josh Reynolds · ex Black Library, November 15 2016 · Great Red [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar] · David Guymer · ss first released as an audio drama (Black Library, May 21st, 2016). · Heartwood [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar] · Robbie MacNiven · na Sylvaneth, Black Library, 2016 · The Keys to Ruin [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar] · David Annandale · na Fyreslayers, Black Library, 2016 · Overlords of the Iron Dragon [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar] · C. L. Werner · ex from forthcoming novel (Black Library, November 11th, 2017). · Spear of Shadows [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar] · Josh Reynolds · ex Black Library, September 2017

Hammer of the Emperor (Black Library, March 2011, 978-1-84970-028-3, £10.99, 762pp, tp, an, cover by Paul Rudge & Chris Bristow) [Warhammer 40,000: Imperial Guard]     Omnibus of 3 reprinted novels and 3 new novellas in the “Warhammer 40,000” series. Books 4-6 in the “Imperial Guard” series. 9 · Introduction · Robin Cruddace · in 13 · Mercy Run [Warhammer 40,000: Imperial Guard] · Steve Parker · na Planetkill ed. Nick Kyme & Lindsey Priestley, Black Library, 2008 53 · Gunheads [Warhammer 40,000: Imperial Guard] · Steve Parker · n. Black Library, 2009 361 · Ice Guard [Warhammer 40,000: Imperial Guard] · Steve Lyons · n. Black Library, 2009 529 · A Blind Eye [Warhammer 40,000: Imperial Guard] · Steve Lyons · na 551 · Desert Raiders [Warhammer 40,000: Imperial Guard] · Lucien Soulban · n. Black Library, 2007 739 · Waiting Death [Warhammer 40,000: Imperial Guard] · Steve Lyons · nv Hammer and Bolter #4, January 2011

Hammer of the Emperor (Black Library US, March 1, 2011, 978-1-84970-029-0, $15.00, 762pp, tp, an, cover by Paul Rudge & Chris Bristow)     Simultaneous with the UK (Black Library) edition. Details taken from online listing.

Hammers of Sigmar (Black Library, October 24, 2015, 978-1-78496-073-5, 272pp, hc, oa) [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]     Details taken from online listing. · Stormcast [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar] · Darius Hinks · na · Scion of the Storm [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar] · C. L. Werner · na

Hammers of Sigmar (Black Library, November 3, 2016, 978-1-78496-284-5, £8.99, 288pp, tp, oa) [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]     Reprint (Black Library 2015) original fantasy novelization. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $16.00. Details taken from online listing.

Hammers of Sigmar (Black Library US, December 2016, 978-1-78496-284-5, $16.00, 287pp, tp, oa, cover by Paul Dainton & Dave Greco) [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]     Reprint (Black Library 2015) gaming tie-in anthology of two novellas, Stormcast by Darius Hinks and “Scion of the Storm” by C.L. Werner. First US edition. This is an international edition with US, UK, Euro, Canadian, and Australian prices. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.

Happily Ever After in the West (Harlequin Historical, May 2011, 978-0-373-29639-2, $5.99, 282pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Whirlwind Redemption · Debra Cowan · na 111 · The Maverick and Miss Prim · Lynna Banning · na 195 · Texas Cinderella · Judith Stacy · na

Happy Tales (Dean & Son, 1969, 110pp, hc, oa, cover: [boy and girl playing sweetshop with toys])     In the “Little Ones’ Reader” series. Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 6 · The Wind’s Prank · Cicely M. Drury · ss 11 · The Gingerbread Army · Violet M. Williams · ss 14 · The Pixies’ Carnival · May Kent · ss 19 · My New Shoes · Ruby M. Forde · pm 20 · The Turkey Treat · Christine E. Bradley · ss 27 · The Station Doll · Dorothy M. Sheppard · ss 34 · A Surprise for Peter Pig · Doris M. Lee · ss 40 · Uncle Robert’s Yacht · Marjorie Mellett · ss 47 · Janet and the Rain-Fairies · Irene Pawsey · ss 51 · Bobbie and Smut · Constance Woodhead · ss 57 · The Elf and the Twigs · M. Howard · ss 63 · The Lucky Sixpence · Cicely M. Drury · ss 70 · Little Lost Lambkin · C. M. Rutley · ss 75 · Betty’s Fairy · H. Gaskell · ss 79 · Jimmy Giraffe · Bertha Leonard · ss 83 · The Flower-Bed Cat · Christine E. Bradley · ss 90 · Virginia Makes a Dolls’ House · Penelope Douglas · ss 95 · Rupert Rabbit’s Roller-Skates · Evelyn Entwistle · ss 102 · My Shilling · Ruby M. Forde · pm 103 · Robinson Crusoe Island · Marjorie Stephenson · ss

Hardfought/Cascade Point (Tor, November 1988, 0-812-55971-1, $2.95, 97+82pp, pb, an)     Anthology of two back-to-back sf novellas, Ace Double style. The Bear won the Nebula, the Zahn won the Hugo. 1 · Hardfought · Greg Bear · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1983 1 · Cascade Point [Pall Durriken] · Timothy Zahn · na Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact December 1983

A Harlequin Christmas Carol (Harlequin, 2010, 978-0-373-83742-7, $7.99, 313pp, pb, oa)     Christmas-themed romance anthology involving guardian angels. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Yesterday’s Bride · Betina Krahn · n. 113 · Today’s Longing · Jacquie D’Alessandro · n. 219 · Tomorrow’s Destiny · Hope Tarr · na

Harry Dickson vs. The Spider--- see under Harry Dickson vs. The Spider ed. Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier, Black Coat Press, 2014.

Harvest Moon (Luna, October 2010, 978-0-373-80322-4, $14.95, 377pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of three fantasy novellas set in the authors’ series: Mercedes Lackey (Five Hundred Kingdoms), Michelle Sagara (Chronicles of Elantra), and Cameron Haley (Underworld Cycle). 7 · A Tangled Web [Five Hundred Kingdoms] · Mercedes Lackey · na 133 · Cast in Moonlight [Kaylin Neya] · Michelle Sagara · na 283 · Retribution [Underworld Cycle] · Cameron Haley · na

Harvest Moon (Luna, October 2011, 978-0-373-80334-7, $7.99, 378pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Luna 2010) anthology of three fantasy novellas set in the authors’ series: Mercedes Lackey (Five Hundred Kingdoms), Michelle Sagara (Chronicles of Elantra), and Cameron Haley (Underworld Cycle).

Haunted by Your Touch (Pocket Star, October 26, 2010, 978-1-4391-6676-5, $7.99, 384pp, pb, oa, cover by Gene Mollica)     Paranormal romance anthology with three stories. Authors are Jeaniene Frost, Shayla Black, and Sharie Kohler. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Night’s Darkest Embrace · Jeaniene Frost · na 157 · Mated [The Doomsday Brethren] · Shayla Black · na 281 · Darkest Temptation [Moon Chasers] · Sharie Kohler · na