Supernatural Stories (var. 1) ed. William Mayne (Kingfisher US, September 1996, 0-7534-5026-7, $6.95, 223pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Kingfisher 1995) young-adult anthology of 26 supernatural stories, most literary, seven folktales. Authors include Ray Bradbury, Robert Westall, M.R. James, and Truman Capote. Illustrated by Martin Salisburg. This edition omits three of the stories in the UK edition.
Details taken from online listing.
- · Introduction · William Mayne · in Supernatural Stories ed. William Mayne, Kingfisher, 1995
- · Zero Hour · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1947
- · Bubbling Well Road · Rudyard Kipling · vi The Civil and Military Gazette January 18 1888, as by The Traveler
- · The Picktree “Brag” · Mary Archbold · ss The Bishoprick Garland by Cuthbert Sharp, Nichols, and Baldwin & Cradock, 1834
- · A School Story · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911
- · La Llorona, the Weeping Woman · Joe Hayes · ss The Day It Snowed Tortillas by Jow Hayes, Mariposa Publishing Co., 1982
- · Bang, Bang—Who’s Dead? · Jane Gardam · ss Beware! Beware! ed. Jean Richardson, Hamish Hamilton, 1987
- · The Cold Hand · Jerome Cardan · ss The Book of Dreams and Ghosts ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1897
- · Thorns · Martin Wilkinson · ss Supernatural Stories ed. William Mayne, Kingfisher, 1995
- · A Lesson · Elizabeth Garner · ss Supernatural Stories ed. William Mayne, Kingfisher, 1995
- · Magicians of the Way · Cyril Birch · ss Chinese Myths and Fantasies by Cyril Birch, Oxford University Press, 1961
- · A Haunted Terrace · William Mayne · ss Supernatural Stories ed. William Mayne, Kingfisher, 1995
- · The Walking Boundary Stone · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964
- · A Kind of Swan Song · Helen Cresswell · ss Shades of Dark ed. Aidan Chambers, Patrick Hardy, 1984
- · The Foul Fords · [uncredited] · ss The Book of Dreams and Ghosts ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1897
- · The Call · Robert Westall · ss The Call and Other Stories by Robert Westall, Viking UK, 1990
- · Feel Free · Alan Garner · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967
- · Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle June 1945
- · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911
- · The Story of Glam · William Mayne · ss Supernatural Stories ed. William Mayne, Kingfisher, 1995
- · The Highboy · Alison Lurie · ss Redbook October 1990, as “A Curious Haunting”
- · The Hunter in the Haunted Forest · Robert D. San Souci · ss Short & Shivery ed. Robert D. San Souci, Doubleday, 1987
from three Teton Sioux tales in Myths and Legends of the Great Plains by Katharine Berry Judson.
- · The Dog Fanti · [uncredited] · ss The Book of Dreams and Ghosts ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1897
- · Space Invaders · Margaret Mahy · ss from Aliens in the Family, Hippo, May 1985
- · Transition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The New Witness December 11 1913, as “Mudbury’s Xmas Adventure”
- · The Woman with the Golden Arm · Mark Twain · vi How Tell a Story and Others by Mark Twain, Harper & Brothers, 1897, as “The Golden Arm”
- · As Cold as Ice · William Mayne · ss Supernatural Stories ed. William Mayne, Kingfisher, 1995
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