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Mr. Pottermack’s Oversight by R. Austin Freeman (Hodder & Stoughton, 1930, 7/6d, 319pp, hc, n.) [Dr. John Thorndyke]

Mr. Pottermack’s Oversight by R. Austin Freeman (The British Library, August 10, 2024, 978-0-7123-5546-9, £9.99, 240pp, tp, n.) [Dr. John Thorndyke; British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Hodder 1930) crime novel.

By Horror Haunted by Celia Fremlin (Gollancz, 1974, hc, co)     Collection, some stories criminous. · Barry Findlater · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · The Blood on the Innocents · Celia Fremlin · ss · The Combined Operation · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · Don’t Tell Cissie · Celia Fremlin · ss · The End of the Road · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · Ephemerida · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · Gate of Death · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · Her Number on It · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · The Intruder · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · Lilac Time · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · Place in the Sun · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · The Savage Heart · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · The Sunday Outing · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · Tuesday’s Child · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · An Unsuspected Talent · Celia Fremlin · ss (r)

Don’t Go to Sleep in the Dark by Celia Fremlin (Gollancz, 1970, hc, co)     Lippincott, 1970. · Angel-Face · Celia Fremlin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1969, as “With a Rustle of Wings” · The Baby-Sitter · Celia Fremlin · ss · The Betrayal · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · The Fated Interview · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · For Ever Fair · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · The Hated House · Celia Fremlin · ss · The Irony of Fate · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · Last Day of Spring · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · The Locked Room · Celia Fremlin · ss The London Mystery Magazine #29, June 1956 · The New House · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · Old Daniel’s Treasure · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · The Quiet Game · Celia Fremlin · ss Argosy (UK) April 1970 · The Special Gift · Celia Fremlin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1967

A Lovely Day to Die, and Other Stories by Celia Fremlin (Gollancz, 1984, hc, co)     Doubleday, 1984. · The Bonus Years · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · A Case of Maximum Need · Celia Fremlin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1977 · Dangerous Sport · Celia Fremlin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1976 · Etiquette for Dying · Celia Fremlin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1977 · High Dive · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · The Holiday · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · A Lovely Day to Die · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · The Luck of the Devil · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · The Miracle · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · The Post-Graduate Thesis · Celia Fremlin · ss Verdict of 13 ed. Julian Symons, Faber and Faber, 1978 · A Strong Shoulder to Weep On · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · Test Case · Celia Fremlin · ss (r) · The Woman Who Had Everything · Celia Fremlin · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1977 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1977

The Demons of King Solomon ed. Aaron J. French (JournalStone, December 15, 2017, 978-1-947654-14-3, $31.95, 374pp, hc, oa)     Each of the stories in this volume features a different traditional demon, and is accompanied by an essay on that demon by Richard Smoley (who also contributes a scholarly introduction) and an illustration by John Coulthart. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Richard Smoley · in · The Floor of the Basement Is the Roof of Hell · Stephen Graham Jones · nv · Whimsy · Michelle Belanger · ss · An Angel Passes · Whitley Strieber · nv · The Wraith of Sunshine House · Ronald Malfi · nv · Symphony · Philip Fracassi · nv · The Red Library · Jonathan Maberry · na · Mischief · Richard Chizmar · ss · Hunter Hunterson and the President of Hell [Hunter Hunterson & Sons] · Scott Sigler · nv · The Old Man Down the Road · R. S. Belcher · nv · Class of 72 · J. D. Horn · ss · By Promise Preordained · Seanan McGuire · nv · Dalia of Belial · Michael Griffin · nv

The Gods of H.P. Lovecraft ed. Aaron J. French (JournalStone, December 11, 2015, 978-1-942712-58-9, $36.95, 454pp, hc, oa, cover by Chuck Killorin)     Original anthology of 12 Lovecraftian stories. Authors include Laird Barron, Joe R. Lansdale, and Seanan McGuire. Donald Tyson provides commentary on each deity. Details taken from online listing. · Call the Name · Adam L. G. Nevill · ss · The Dark Gates · Martha Wells · ss · We Smoke the Northern Lights · Laird Barron · ss · Petohalrayn · Bentley Little · ss · The Doors That Never Close and the Doors That Are Always Open · David Liss · ss · The Apotheosis of a Rodeo Clown · Brett J. Talley · ss · Rattled · Douglas Wynne · ss · In Their Presence · Christopher Golden & James A. Moore · ss · Dream a Little Dream of Me [Sam Hunter] · Jonathan Maberry · ss · In the Mad Mountains · Joe R. Lansdale · nv · A Dying of the Light · Rachel Caine · nv · Down, Deep Down, Below the Waves · Seanan McGuire · ss

The Book of Unicorns by Jackie French (Angus & Robertson, 1997, 0-207-19115-8, A$10.95, 178pp, tp, oc, cover by Bernard Rosa)     Young-adult, original collection of six fantasy stories. 1 · Warts · Jackie French · nv 31 · A Present for Aunt Addie · Jackie French · nv 63 · Amfylobbsis · Jackie French · ss 69 · Spots · Jackie French · ss 75 · The Taming of the Beast · Jackie French · vi 79 · The Lady of the Unicorn · Jackie French · na

Ahriman: Exile by John French (Black Library, June 20, 2013, 978-1-84970-426-7, £8.99, 416pp, tp, n., cover by Fares Maese) [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing.

Ahriman: Exodus by John French (Black Library, September 2015, 978-1-78496-046-9, £12.00, 142pp, hc, co, cover by Fares Maese) [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing. · The Tale of Ctesias 11 · Ahriman: The Dead Oracle [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines] · John French · nv Black Library, July 7 2014 39 · Ahriman: Fortune’s Fool [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines] · John French · ss 59 · Ahriman: Hounds of Wrath [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines] · John French · ss Honour of the Space Marines, Black Library, 2014 77 · Ahriman: The First Prince [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines] · John French · ss first released as an audio drama (Black Library, 2014). 95 · Ahriman: Gates of Ruin [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines] · John French · nv Black Library, December 15 2014 · Voices of Fate 129 · Ahriman: All Is Dust [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines] · John French · ss 15th Birthday Collection ed. Graeme Lyon, Black Library, 2012 133 · Ahriman: Hand of Dust [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines] · John French · ss Black Library, December 2 2013 137 · Ahriman: King of Ashes [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines] · John French · ss Renegades of the Dark Millennium, Black Library, 2014

Ahriman: Gates of Ruin by John French (Black Library, December 15, 2014, ebook, nv) [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing.

Ahriman: Hand of Dust by John French (Black Library, December 2, 2013, ebook, ss) [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing.

Ahriman: Sorcerer by John French (Black Library, December 4, 2014, 978-1-84970-700-8, £8.99, 409pp, tp, n., cover by Fares Maese) [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing.

Ahriman: The Omnibus by John French (Black Library, May 4, 2017, 978-1-78496-509-9, £15.00, 879pp, tp, om) [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing. · Ahriman: Exile [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines] · John French · n. Black Library, June 20 2013 · Ahriman: Sorcerer [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines] · John French · n. Black Library, December 4 2014 · Ahriman: Unchanged [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines] · John French · n. Black Library, December 3 2015 · Ahriman: Exodus [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines] · John French · co Black Library, September 2015

Ahriman: Unchanged by John French (Black Library, December 3, 2015, 978-1-78496-044-5, £8.99, 409pp, tp, n., cover by Fares Maese) [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines]     SF novelization. Book 3 in the ’Ahriman’ trilogy after Ahriman: Exile and Ahriman: Sorcerer.

The Crimson Fist by John French (Black Library, June 2014, 978-1-84970-721-3, £15.00, 128pp, hc, na, cover by Neil Roberts) [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy]     Details taken from online listing.

The Maiden of the Dream by John French (Black Library, December 2, 2016, ebook, ss) [Warhammer 40,000]     Details taken from online listing.

Now Peals Midnight by John French (Black Library, December 9, 2017, ebook, ss) [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy]     Details taken from online listing.

Praetorian of Dorn by John French (Black Library, November 15, 2016, 978-1-78572-218-9, £9.99, ebook, n.) [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy]     Details taken from online listing.

Resurrection by John French (Black Library, July 27, 2017, 978-1-78496-556-3, £18.00, 283pp, hc, n., cover by K. D. Stanton) [Warhammer 40,000]     Details taken from online listing.

Tallarn by John French (Black Library, August 2017, hc, co) [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy]     Details taken from online listing. · Tallarn: Executioner [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · John French · na Black Library, November 2013 · Tallarn: Ironclad [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · John French · n. Black Library, February 2015 · Tallarn: Siren [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · John French · nv Black Library, April 25 2016 · Tallarn: Witness [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · John French · ss Black Library, February 16 2015

Tallarn: Executioner by John French (Black Library, November 2013, 978-1-84970-374-1, £30.00, 123pp, hc, na, cover by Neil Roberts) [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy]     Limited edition of 3078 numbered and signed copies. Details taken from online listing.

Tallarn: Ironclad by John French (Black Library, February 2015, 978-1-84970-884-5, £40.00, 235pp, hc, n., cover by Neil Roberts) [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy]     Limited edition of 3000 signed copies. Details taken from online listing.

Bullets & Brimstone by John L. French & Patrick Thomas (Dark Quest Books, May 21, 2010, 978-0-9826197-3-5, $9.95, 115pp, tp, oc, cover by Patrick Thomas) [Murphy’s Lore]     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Patrick Thomas · in 14 · Dysclaimer [Murphy’s Lore] · John L. French & Patrick Thomas · nv 38 · Dysciple [Murphy’s Lore] · John L. French & Patrick Thomas · nv 69 · Dysappeared [Murphy’s Lore] · John L. French & Patrick Thomas · nv

From the Shadows by John L. French & Patrick Thomas (Dark Quest Books, February 28, 2012, 978-1-937051-22-8, $12.95, 137pp, tp, oc, cover by Patrick Thomas) [Murphy’s Lore]     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Patrick Thomas · in 17 · The Woman in Black [Murphy’s Lore] · John L. French & Patrick Thomas · nv 52 · A Nasty Business [Murphy’s Lore] · John L. French & Patrick Thomas · nv 91 · Defying the Odds [Murphy’s Lore] · John L. French & Patrick Thomas · nv

The Best Ghost Stories ed. Joseph Lewis French--- see under Anon..

The Best Psychic Stories ed. Joseph Lewis French (Boni & Liveright, 1920, xv+299pp, hc, an)     Anthology compiled to meet the post-war spiritualist boom. Contains some non-fiction. v · Preface · Joseph Lewis French · pr ix · Introduction · Dorothy Scarborough · in 1 · When the World Was Young · Jack London · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 10 1910 24 · The Return · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Eye-Witness June 22 1911 31 · The Second Generation · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette July 6 1912 41 · Joseph: A Story · Katherine Rickford · ss Land & Water September 18 1919 54 · The Clavecin, Bruges · George Wharton Edwards · ss (r) 61 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 83 · The Sylph and the Father · Elsa Barker · ss (r) 88 · A Ghost · Lafcadio Hearn · pp Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1889 95 · The Eyes of the Panther · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner October 17 1897 109 · Photographing Invisible Beings · W. T. Stead · ar (r) 126 · The Sin-Eater · Fiona Macleod · nv The Sin-Eater by Fiona Macleod, Patrick Geddes, 1895 162 · Ghosts in Solid Form · G. Bolton · ar (r) 188 · The Phantom Armies Seen in France · Hereward Carrington · ar (r) 195 · The Portal of the Unknown · A. J. Davis · ar (r) 202 · The Supernormal Experiences · St. John D. Seymour · ar (r) 218 · Nature-Spirits, or Elementals · Nizida · ar (r) 258 · A Witch’s Den · Helena Blavatsky · ar (r) 280 · Some Remarkable Experiences of Famous Persons · W. F. Prince · ar (r)

Ghosts Grim and Gentle ed. Joseph Lewis French (Dodd, Mead, 1926, $2.00, 292pp, hc, an)     Later rebound with Great Ghost Stories as The Ghost Story Omnibus, 1933. 1 · A Psychical Invasion [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · na John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1908 73 · On the Staircase · Katharine Fullerton Gerould · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1913 106 · Maese Pérez, the Organist · Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer · nv Terrible Tales: Spanish, W.W. Gibbings, 1891, uncredited. translated from the Spanish (“Maese Pérez, el organista (Leyenda sevillana)”, El Contemporaneo, December 1861). 123 · The Feast of Redgauntlet · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824 149 · The Ghost of Fear · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896, as “The Red Room” 163 · The Tall Woman · Pedro de Alarcón · nv (r) translated from the Spanish (“La mujer alta”, Narraciones inverosímiles, 1881). 183 · The Dead Valley · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 196 · The Tractate Middoth · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1911 220 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912 234 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 273 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 285 · On the River · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“En Canot”, Le Bulletin Francais, March 10, 1876).