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Valentine Picture Story Library ed. Lara Maiklem (Prion, February 4, 2008, 978-1-853-75645-0, £12.99, 399pp, hc, an) 5 · Introduction · Steve Holland · in 6 · Livin’ Lovin’ Doll · [uncredited] · cs Valentine Picture Story Library #20, March 1961; illustrated by R. G. Casarrubio 72 · What Do You Want? · [uncredited] · cs Valentine Picture Story Library #15, January 1961; illustrated by R. G. Casarrubio 138 · You Made Me Love You · [uncredited] · cs Valentine Picture Story Library #22, April 1961; illustrated by R. Santos 204 · Treat Me Nice · [uncredited] · cs Valentine Picture Story Library #26, June 1961; illustrated by Jesus Blasco 270 · Say It with Music · [uncredited] · cs Valentine Picture Story Library #17, February 1961; illustrated by Jesus Blasco 336 · No Turning Back · [uncredited] · cs Valentine Picture Story Library #16, January 1961; illustrated by Jose Carlos

The Darkest of Nights by Charles Eric Maine (Hodder & Stoughton, 1962, 254pp, hc, n.)     SF novel.

The Darkest of Nights by Charles Eric Maine (The British Library, February 14, 2019, 978-0-7123-5218-5, £8.99, 317pp, tp, n., cover by Chesley Bonestell) [British Library Science Fiction Classics]     Reprint (Hodder 1962) SF novel.

The Tide Went Out by Charles Eric Maine (Hodder & Stoughton, 1958, 190pp, hc, n.)     SF novel.

The Tide Went Out by Charles Eric Maine (The British Library, January 25, 2019, 978-0-7123-5237-6, £8.99, 236pp, tp, n., cover by David A. Hardy) [British Library Science Fiction Classics]     Reprint (Hodder 1958) SF novel.

Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master ed. Ricia Mainhardt & Richard Matheson--- see under Richard Matheson.

Frightfully Cosy and Mild Stories for Nervous Types by Johnny Mains (Shadow Publishing, September 25, 2012, 978-0-9539032-5-2, £7.99, 173pp, tp, oc, cover by Richard Sampson)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Foreword · Johnny Mains · fw 3 · The Song of the Syrinx, and Other Callings: An Intro to Johnny Mains’ “Difficult Second Collection” · Stephen Volk · in 7 · Aldeburgh · Johnny Mains · ss Terror Tales of East Anglia ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2012 25 · Mrs. Claus and the Immaculate Conception · Johnny Mains · nv 47 · Cure · Johnny Mains · ss 53 · The Tip Run · Johnny Mains · ss 59 · Head Soup · Johnny Mains · ss The Aklonomicon ed. Ivan McCann & Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Aklo Press, 2012 69 · Dead Forest Air · Johnny Mains · ss 81 · The Rookery · Johnny Mains · ss Bite Sized Horror ed. Johnny Mains, Obverse Books, 2011; revised. 91 · Prim Suspect · Johnny Mains · nv 113 · The Jacket · Johnny Mains · ss Alt-Dead ed. Peter Mark May, Hersham Horror Books, 2011 123 · “I Wish” · Johnny Mains · ss 133 · George V · Johnny Mains · ss Voices from the Past ed. Lee Harris & Scott Harrison, H&H Books, 2011 139 · The Were-Dwarf · Johnny Mains · nv 169 · Author’s Mumbles · Johnny Mains · aw

Back from the Dead: The Legacy of The Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Johnny Mains (Noose & Gibbet Publishing, March 2010, 978-0-9564884-0-4, £20.00, 524pp, hc, oa) · Foreword · Shaun Hutson · fw · The Influence of Pan · David A. Sutton · in · Locked · Christopher Fowler · ss · Mr. Smythe · Tony Richards · ss · Acute Rehab · John Burke · ss · Camera Obscura · Basil Copper · nv The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1965 · The True Spirit · David A. Riley · ss · Angel · Jack Wainer · ss · A Good Offence · Myc Harrison · ss · Gallybagger · Roger Clarke · ss · Spinalonga · John Ware · ss The 13th Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1972 · The Forgotten Island · Jonathan Cruise · ss · Dreaming the Dark · J. P. Dixon · ss · The Little Girl Eater · Septimus Dale · ss The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1963 · Mr. Golden’s Haunt · Christina Kiplinger · ss · The Stare · John Burke · ss · The Children · Nicholas Royle · ss · The Moment of Death · Ken Alden · ss The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1983 · A Caribbean Incident · Jane Louie · ss · The Waiting Game · Craig Herbertson · ss · School Crossing · Francis King · ss The 20th Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1979 · Sounds Familiar · Harry E. Turner · ss · An Outing with H. · Conrad Hill · ss · “Lest Ye Should Suffer Nightmares”: Herbert Van Thal: A Biography · Johnny Mains · bg [Ref. Herbert Van Thal]

Best British Horror 2014 ed. Johnny Mains (Salt Publishing, April 15, 2014, 978-1-907773-64-8, £9.99, 432pp, tp, an)     Details taken from online listing. · Doll Re Mi · Tanith Lee · nv Nightmare #8, May 2013 · When Charlie Sleeps · Laura Mauro · ss Black Static #37, November/December 2013 · Exploding Raphaelesque Heads · Ian Hunter · ss The Tenth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2013 · The Bloody Tower · Anna Taborska · ss Terror Tales of London ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2013 · Behind the Doors · Ramsey Campbell · ss Memoryville Blues ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2013 · The Secondary Host · John Llewellyn Probert · ss Exotic Gothic 5, Volume II ed. Danel Olson, PS Publishing, 2013 · The Garscube Creative Writing Group · Muriel Gray · ss The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 · Biofeedback · Gary Fry · ss Shades of Nothingness by Gary Fry, PS Publishing, 2013 · Doll Hands · Adam Nevill · nv The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 · Guinea Pig Girl · Thana Niveau · nv The Tenth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2013 · Touch Me with Your Cold, Hard Fingers · Elizabeth Stott · ss Nightjar Press, June 2013 · Dad Dancing · Kate Farrell · ss The Tenth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2013 · The Arse-Licker · Stephen Volk · ss Anatomy of Death (In Five Sleazy Pieces) ed. Mark West, Hersham Horror Books, 2013 · Laudate Dominum (for Many Voices) · D. P. Watt · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #5, Summer 2013 · Someone to Watch Over You · Marie O’Regan · ss Terror Tales of London ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2013 · Namesake · V. H. Leslie · ss Black Static #36, September/October 2013 · Come Into My Parlour · Reggie Oliver · ss Dark World ed. Timothy Parker Russell, Tartarus Press, 2013 · The Red Door · Mark Morris · ss Terror Tales of London ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2013 · Author of the Death · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Everything You Need by Michael Marshall Smith, Earthling Publications, 2013 · The Magician Kelso Dennett · Stephen Volk · ss Terror Tales of the Seaside ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2013 · That Tiny Flutter of the Heart I Used to Call Love · Robert Shearman · ss Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2013

Best British Horror 2015 ed. Johnny Mains (Salt Publishing, May 25, 2015, 978-1-78463-028-7, £9.99, 335pp, tp, an, cover by vithib)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Introduction · Johnny Mains · in 1 · Quarry Hogs · Jane Jakeman · nv Supernatural Tales #27, Autumn 2014 24 · Random Flight · Rosalie Parker · ss Terror Tales of Yorkshire ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 34 · Shaddertown · Conrad Williams · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #6, Spring 2014 50 · Learning the Language · John Llewellyn Probert · ss Terror Tales of Wales ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 65 · A Spider Remember · Sara Pascoe · ss Dead Funny ed. Robin Ince & Johnny Mains, Salt Publishing, 2014 70 · Eastmouth · Alison Moore · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014 78 · The Reunion · Rebecca Lloyd · ss Mercy and Other Stories by Rebecca Lloyd, Tartarus Press, 2014 96 · The Third Time · Helen Grant · nv The Ghosts and Scholars Book of Shadows: Vol 2 ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press, 2014 129 · Drowning in Air · Andrew Hook · ss Strange Tales Volume IV ed. Rosalie Parker, Tartarus Press, 2014 140 · Alistair · Mark Samuels · ss Written in Darkness by Mark Samuels, Egaeus Press, 2014 150 · In the Year of Omens · Helen Marshall · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 167 · Apple Pie and Sulphur · Christopher Harman · nv Shadows & Tall Trees #6, Spring 2014 195 · On Ilkley Moor · Alison Littlewood · ss Terror Tales of Yorkshire ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 211 · The Broken and the Unmade · Steven J. Dines · nv Black Static #39, March/April 2014 234 · Only Bleeding · Gary McMahon · ss Horror Uncut ed. Tom Johnstone & Joel Lane, Gray Friar Press, 2014 242 · Night Porter · R. B. Russell · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #6, Spring 2014 258 · Something Sinister in Sunlight · Lisa Tuttle · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014 274 · The Night Run · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss Noir ed. Ian Whates>, Newcon Press, 2014, as “The Private Ambulance” 281 · The Rising Tide · Priya Sharma · ss Terror Tales of Wales ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 299 · The Slista · Stephen Laws · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014 303 · Dog · Reece Shearsmith · ss Dead Funny ed. Robin Ince & Johnny Mains, Salt Publishing, 2014 315 · Remembering Graham Joyce · Sue Joyce · ob [Ref. Graham Joyce] 316 · Under the Pylon · Graham Joyce · ss Darklands 2 ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1992

Best British Horror 2018 ed. Johnny Mains (NewCon Press, October 23, 2018, 978-1-910935-96-5, £12.99, 253pp, tp, an, cover by Daniele Serra)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Johnny Mains · in 9 · Paymon’s Trio · Colette de Curzon · ss Nightjar Press, June 2017 19 · Love and Death · Reggie Oliver · ss The Scarlet Soul ed. Mark Valentine, Swan River Press, 2017 37 · In the Light of St. Ives · Ray Cluley · ss Terror Tales of Cornwall ed. Paul Finch, Telos Publishing, 2017 53 · The Book of Dreems · Georgina Bruce · ss Black Static #61, November/December 2017 65 · The Affair · James Everington · ss Nightscript III ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2017 75 · Fragments of a Broken Doll · Cate Gardner · ss Dark Satanic Mills ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2017 81 · The Lies We Tell · Charlotte Bond · nv Dark Satanic Mills ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2017 97 · Ting-a-Ling-a-Ling [Dr. C. G. Lawrence] · Daniel McGachey · nv The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter #32, October 2017 127 · Tools of the Trade · Paul Finch · nv Dark Satanic Mills ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2017 153 · Departures · A. K. Benedict · ss New Fears ed. Mark Morris, Titan, 2017 167 · The Taste of Her · Mark West · ss Things We Leave Behind by Mark West, Dark Minds Press, 2017 175 · Sun Dogs · Laura Mauro · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 193 · Dispossession · Nicholas Royle · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 199 · Shell Baby · V. H. Leslie · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 217 · The Unwish · Claire Dean · ss Nightjar Press, November 2017 227 · A Day with the Delusionists · Reggie Oliver · ss Holidays from Hell by Reggie Oliver, Tartarus Press, 2017 235 · We Who Sing Beneath the Ground · Mark Morris · ss Terror Tales of Cornwall ed. Paul Finch, Telos Publishing, 2017

Bite Sized Horror ed. Johnny Mains (Obverse Books, June 30, 2011, 978-0-9565605-6-8, £9.99, 96pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · The Brighton Redemption · Reggie Oliver · ss · The Between · Paul Kane · ss · His Pale Blue Eyes · David A. Riley · ss · The Unquiet Bones · Marie O’Regan · ss · The Rookery · Johnny Mains · ss · The Carbon Heart · Conrad Williams · ss

The Burning Circus: BFS Horror 1 ed. Johnny Mains (The British Fantasy Society, October 2013, 121pp, hc, oa, cover by David Whitlam)     Anthology of original horror stories, distributed free to members of the British Fantasy Society. · Editor’s Note · Johnny Mains · fw 1 · Introduction · Ramsey Campbell · in 5 · Doll Hands · Adam Nevill · nv 25 · Death Walks En Pointe · Thana Niveau · ss 41 · The Burning Circus · Angela Slatter · ss 49 · Where Is Uncle Phillip? · Alex Hamilton · ss 59 · The Queen in the Yellow Wallpaper · Lynda E. Rucker · nv 73 · The Peter Lorre Fan Club · Stephen Volk · nv 93 · The Garscube Creative Writing Group · Muriel Gray · ss 105 · The Sixteenth Step · Rob Shearman · ss

Dead Funny: Horror Stories by Comedians ed. Johnny Mains & Robin Ince--- see under Robin Ince.

The Screaming Book of Horror ed. Johnny Mains (Screaming Dreams, October 2012, 978-1-906652-15-9, £20.00, 336pp, hc, oa, cover by Steve Upham)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Johnny Mains · in 5 · Christenings Can Be Dangerous · John Llewellyn Probert · ss 17 · Larva · John Brunner · nv 39 · The Swarm · Alison Littlewood · ss 51 · Natural Selection · Robin Ince · ss 57 · One of the Family · Bernard Taylor · ss 77 · “Cut!” · Anna Taborska · ss 93 · The Christmas Toys · Paul Finch · ss 113 · The Quixote Candidate · Rhys Hughes · ss 129 · Helping Mummy · Kate Farrell · ss 139 · The City of Plenty · Alex Miles · ss Glory and Splendour by Alex Miles, Karōshi Books, 2012 149 · The Iron Cross · Craig Herbertson · nv 173 · Sometimes You Think You Are Alone · Alison Moore · ss 179 · Bird Doll · Claire Massey · ss 187 · What Shall We Do About Barker? · Reginald Oliver · ss 205 · Old Grudge Ender · David A. Riley · nv 227 · Jack and Jill · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 233 · The Blackshore Dreamer [Dr. Caspian and Bronwen] · John Burke · nv 263 · Imagination · Christopher Fowler · nv 285 · The Baby Trap · Janine-Langley Wood · ss 295 · The Tip Run · Johnny Mains · ss Frightfully Cosy and Mild Stories for Nervous Types by Johnny Mains, Shadow Publishing, 2012 301 · Dementia · Charlie Higson · ss

The Rushdie File ed. Sara Maitland & Lisa Appignanesi--- see under Lisa Appignanesi.

Calling the Wind ed. Clarence Major (HarperPerennial, 1993, 0-06-018337-3, $30.00, 622pp, hc, an)     Twentieth-Century African-American Short Stories. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. xiii · Introduction · Clarence Major · in 1 · The Goophered Grapevine · Charles Chesnutt · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1887 12 · The Ingrate · Paul Laurence Dunbar · ss The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1900 18 · Mary Elizabeth · Jessie Fauset · ss The Crisis December 1919 25 · Esther · Jean Toomer · ss Modern Review January 1923 30 · The Hands: A Story · Marita Bonner · ss Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life #32, August 1925 34 · Sanctuary · Nella Larsen · ss The Forum January 1930 39 · Truant · Claude McKay · ss 1932 50 · A Summer Tragedy · Arna Bontemps · ss Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life 1931 58 · Miss Cynthie · Rudolph Fisher · ss Story #13, June 1933 69 · The Gilded Six-Bits · Zora Neale Hurston · ss Story #14, August 1933 79 · Headwaiter · Chester Himes · ss Opportunity March 1939, as “Salute to the Passing” 94 · Bright and Morning Star · Richard Wright · nv New Masses May 10 1938 123 · Jack in the Pot · Dorothy West · ss New York Daily News 1940 135 · Flying Home · Ralph Ellison · ss Cross Section 1944 ed. Edward Seaver, L.B. Fischer, 1944 151 · Who’s Passing for Who? · Langston Hughes · ss Laughing to Keep from Crying by Langston Hughes, Henry Holt and Company, 1952 155 · The Only Man on Liberty Street · William Melvin Kelley · ss 1956 163 · Come Out of the Wilderness · James Baldwin · ss Mademoiselle March 1959 182 · Has Anybody Seen Miss Dora Dean? · Ann Petry · ss The New Yorker October 25 1958 196 · Mother Dear and Daddy · Junius Edwards · ss 1962 205 · Blues for Pablo · John Stewart · ss 1962 220 · Son in the Afternoon · John A. Williams · ss The Angry Black ed. John A. Williams, Lancer, 1962 226 · What’s Your Problem? · Robert Boles · ss The New Yorker October 17 1964 232 · The Distributors · Henry Dumas · ss 1964 242 · Wade · Rosa Guy · ss from Bird at My Window, J.B. Lippincott, 1966 251 · Key to the City · Diane Oliver · ss Red Clay Reader #2, 1965 261 · The Alternative · LeRoi Jones · ss Transatlantic Review #18, Spring 1965; given as by LeRoi Jones & Amiri Baraka. 275 · To Da-Duh, in Memoriam · Paule Marshall · ss 1967 284 · A New Day · Charles Wright · ss The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers ed. Langston Hughes, Little, Brown, 1967 289 · Night and the Loves of Joe Dicostanzo · Samuel R. Delany · ss Alchemy and Academe ed. Anne McCaffrey, Doubleday, 1970 305 · The Lookout · Cyrus Colter · ss The University of Kansas City Review 1961 311 · A Long Day in November · Ernest J. Gaines · nv Story Summer 1964 348 · The Lesson · Toni Cade Bambara · ss Redbook January 1973 355 · The Story of a Scar · James Alan McPherson · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1973 366 · Soldiers · Ellease Southerland · vi Black World June 1973 370 · Roselily · Alice Walker · ss In Love and Trouble by Alice Walker, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973 374 · White Rat · Gayl Jones · ss White Rat by Gayl Jones, Random House, 1977 381 · Loimos · Edgar Nkose White · ss The Liberator v9 #12, 389 · The Education of Mingo · Charles Johnson · nv Mother Jones August 1977 399 · Scat · Clarence Major · ss 1979 405 · Now Is the Time · Cecil M. Brown · ss Black Scholar v12, 1981 421 · Damballah · John Edgar Wideman · ss Damballah by John Edgar Wideman, Avon, 1981 428 · Kiswana Browne · Gloria Naylor · ex from The Women of Brewster Place, Viking, 1982 438 · “Recitatif” · Toni Morrison · ss Confirmation ed. Amiri & Amina Baraka, Morrow, 1983 454 · Girl · Jamaica Kincaid · vi The New Yorker June 26 1978 456 · Chitterling · Henry Van Dyke · ss The Available Press/PEN Short Story Collection, Ballantine, 1985 466 · Jesus and Fat Tuesday · Colleen J. McElroy · ss 1987 480 · The World of Rosie Polk · Ann Allen Shockley · ss Black American Literature Forum 1987 498 · Mali Is Very Dangerous · Reginald McKnight · ss Massachusetts Review Summer 1986 508 · Her Mother’s Prayers on Fire · Don Belton · ss Black American Literature Forum Summer 1989 517 · Wings of the Dove · Hal Bennett · ss Black American Literature Forum Summer 1989 524 · Zazoo · Larry Duplechan · ss Black American Literature Forum Summer 1989 534 · Guess Who’s Coming to Seder · Trey Ellis · ss Black American Literature Forum Summer 1989 539 · Top of the Game · John McCluskey, Jr. · ss Black American Literature Forum Summer 1989 552 · Going to Meet Aaron · Richard Perry · ss 1989 558 · Willie Bea and Jaybird · Tina McElroy Ansa · ss Callaloo Winter 1991 566 · Screen Memory · Michelle Cliff · ss Bodies of Water by Michelle Cliff, Dutton, 1990 578 · Age Would Be That Does · Percival Everett · ss Callaloo v13, 1990 584 · Going for the Moon · Al Young · ss A Gathering of Flowers by Joyce Carol Thomas, HarperCollins, 1990 597 · Quilting on the Rebound · Terry McMillan · ss Voices Louder Than Words ed. William Shore, Random House, 1991