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Uncanny: Tales of the Spectral and Supernatural ed. Bryan A. Netherwood (Blackie, 1974, 0-216-89725-4, x+306pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 21 supernatural stories aimed at the young adult. ix · Introduction · Bryan A. Netherwood · in 1 · Ms. Found in a Bottle · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Baltimore Saturday Visitor October 19 1833 13 · The White Powder · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895, as “The Novel of the White Powder” 33 · 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. 48 · The Terror of Blue John Gap · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1910 68 · Browdean Farm · A. M. Burrage · ss Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927 84 · The Stolen Body · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine November 1898 102 · The Residence at Whitminster · M. R. James · nv A Thin Ghost by M. R. James, Longmans, Green, 1919 129 · Monkeys · E. F. Benson · ss Weird Tales December 1933 147 · Tarnhelm, or the Death of My Uncle Robert · Hugh Walpole · ss Liberty December 28 1929 165 · The Man on the Stairs · Montague Summers, uncredited · ss The Grimoire and Other Supernatural Stories ed. Montague Summers, Fortune Press, 1936 187 · The First Sheaf · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. Russell Wakefield, Herbert Jenkins, 1940 199 · The Extraordinarily Horrible Dummy · Gerald Kersh · ss Penguin Parade #6, 1939 204 · Dunworthy 13 · John Pudney · ss It Breathed Down My Neck by John Pudney, J. Lane, 1946 210 · Left Luggage · Elizabeth Jane Howard · nv We Are for the Dark by Elizabeth Jane Howard & Robert Aickman, Cape, 1951 230 · The Inn · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“L’auberge”, Les Lettres et les arts, September 1, 1886). 245 · It Could Happen to Anyone · Benjamin Barry · ss Ghosts ed. Elliott O'Donnell, Foulsham, 1959 260 · The Pan Night Mystery · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Ghosts ed. Elliott O'Donnell, Foulsham, 1959 273 · The Anniversary · Denys Val Baker · ss The Flameswallower and Other Stories from Cornwall by Denys Val Baker, J.M. Lake, 1963 280 · Big Surprise · Richard Matheson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1959, as “What Was in the Box?” 287 · The Statement of Randolph Carter [Randolph Carter] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Vagrant #13, May 1920 295 · Fall In at the Double · L. P. Hartley · ss The Sixth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1970

Guardian Angels: Fifteen New Stories by Winners of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award ed. Stephanie Nettell (Viking Kestrel, March 26, 1987, 0-670-81077-0, £6.95, 194pp, hc, oa) 7 · Introduction · Stephanie Nettell · in 9 · A Grave Misunderstanding · Leon Garfield · vi 15 · A Rhyme for Silver · Joan Aiken · ss 32 · Ben in Paradise · K. M. Peyton · ss 41 · Dancing Bear · John Christopher · ss 56 · Monkey Business · Gillian Avery · ss 68 · Argos · Richard Adams · ss 79 · The Keeping of the Castle · Barbara Willard · ss 93 · Jinnie’s Chance · Winifred Cawley · ss 105 · Barker · Peter Dickinson · ss 118 · The Fat Wizard · Diana Wynne Jones · ss 132 · A Speck of Dust · Peter Carter · ss 149 · Beginners · Michelle Magorian · ss 163 · Secrets · Anita Desai · ss 171 · The Guard Dog · Dick King-Smith · ss 183 · The Guardian · Ted Hughes · ss

Maps to Nowhere by Bryn Neuenschwander--- see under Marie Brennan.

Great Tales of Jewish Occult and Fantasy: The Dybbuk and 30 Other Classic Stories ed. Joachim Neugroschel (Wings, July 1991, 0-517-06005-1, $14.95, 709pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Stonehill 1976 as Yenne Velt: The Great Works of Jewish Fantasy and Occult) anthology.

Yenne Velt Volume I: The Great Works of Jewish Fantasy and Occult ed. Joachim Neugroschel (Stonehill, 1976, 0-88373-025-1, $25.00, xi+353pp, hc, an)     Thirty-one works (in 2 vols) of Jewish fantasy sequenced over the seven days of creation. UK edition published as Great Works of Jewish Fantasy (Cassell, 1976) in one volume. Also reprinted as The Great Works of Jewish Fantasy and Occult (Overlook Press, 1976) and The Great Tales of Jewish Occult & Fantasy(Wings, 1991). vii · Foreword · Joachim Neugroschel · fw 1 · The First Day 3 · The Tower of Rome · Ansky; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Russian. 21 · The Wandering of a Soul · Mendele Moykher-Sforim; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish. 31 · The Rabbi Who Was Turned Into a Werewolf · translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish (The Mayse-Book, 1602). 44 · At the Border · Der Nister; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish (Gedakht, 1922). 60 · The Three Wedding Canopies · Y. L. Peretz; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · nv translated from the Yiddish (1904). 105 · The Second Day 107 · The Penitent · Ansky; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish. 114 · Three Gifts · Y. L. Peretz; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish. 123 · Fool and the Forest Demon · Der Nister; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish (Gedakht, 1922). 128 · The Jewish Pope—A Historical Tale · I. J. Trunk; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · nv translated from the Yiddish. 157 · The Wind Who Lost His Temper · Moyshe Kulbak; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish. 162 · The Golem · Yudl Rosenberg; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · nv translated from the Yiddish (1909). 227 · The Third Day 229 · The Conversation of Two Ghosts · translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish (The Mayse-Book, 1602). 231 · A Good Laugh · Ansky; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Russian. 241 · The Possession · translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish (The Mayse-Book, 1602). 243 · At Night · David Bergelson; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish. 246 · In the Wine Cellar · Der Nister; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish (Gedakht, 1922). 265 · A Tale of a King and a Wise Man · Rabbi Nakhman of Bratslev; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · vi translated from the Yiddish. 268 · The Messiah of the House of Ephraim · Moyshe Kulbak; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · na translated from the Yiddish. 347 · Notes to Volume One · [uncredited] · ms

Yenne Velt Volume II: The Great Works of Jewish Fantasy and Occult ed. Joachim Neugroschel (Stonehill, 1976, 0-88373-025-1, $25.00, 357pp, hc, an)     The price and ISBN apply to both volumes as a set. 1 · The Fourth Day 3 · A Tale of a Prince · Rabbi Nakhman of Bratslev; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish. 7 · The Dybbuk · Ber Horovitz; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish. 18 · A Passion for Clothes · Y. L. Peretz · ss 31 · King Solomon and Ashmedai · translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish (The Mayse-Book, 1602). 31 · A Tale of a Rabbi and His Only Son · Rabbi Nakhman of Bratslev; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish. 35 · The Conjuror · Y. L. Peretz; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish. 40 · The Gilgul, or The Transmigration · A. B. Gotlober · nv (r) 89 · The Fifth Day 91 · Haninah and the Frog · translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish (The Mayse-Book, 1602). 100 · A Tale of a Menorah · Rabbi Nakhman of Bratslev; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · vi translated from the Yiddish. 102 · The Legend of the Madonna · Ber Horovitz; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss translated from the Yiddish. 114 · A Tale of Kings · Der Nister; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · nv translated from the Yiddish (Gedakht, 1922). 197 · The Sixth Day 199 · The Mare · Mendele Moykher-Sforim; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · na translated from the Yiddish. 317 · And on the Seventh Day 321 · The Tale of the Seven Beggars · Rabbi Nakhman of Bratslev; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · nv translated from the Yiddish. 351 · Notes to Volume Two · [uncredited] · ms

Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel (Subterranean Press, August 2019, $60.00, hc, no) [The Themis Files]     Reprint (Michael Joseph 2018) SF novel. Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies, available only as part of a set with Sleeping Giants and Waking Gods. Also available in a traycased edition of all 3 volumes ($600.00), limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel (Subterranean Press, August 2019, $60.00, hc, no) [The Themis Files]     Reprint (Del Rey; Michael Joseph 2016) SF novel. Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies, available only as part of a set with Only Human and Waking Gods. Also available in a traycased edition of all 3 volumes ($600.00), limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel (Subterranean Press, August 2019, $60.00, hc, no) [The Themis Files]     Reprint (Del Rey; Michael Joseph 2017) SF novel. Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies, available only as part of a set with Only Human and Sleeping Giants. Also available in a traycased edition of all 3 volumes ($600.00), limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Belfast Noir ed. Stuart Neville & Adrian McKinty--- see under Adrian McKinty.

The American Reader ed. Allan Nevins & Claude M. Simpson--- see under Claude M. Simpson.

Carnival of Crime by Fredric Brown ed. Francis M. Nevins, Jr. & Martin Harry Greenberg--- see under Fredric Brown.

Exeunt Murderers by Anthony Boucher ed. Francis M. Nevins, Jr. & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Anthony Boucher.

Hitchcock in Prime Time ed. Francis M. Nevins, Jr. & Martin H. Greenberg (Avon, August 1985, 0-380-89673-7, $9.95, 356pp, tp, an) 1 · Introduction · Henry Slesar · in 8 · And So Died Riabouchinska · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saint Detective Magazine June/July 1953 23 · The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #78, May 1950 44 · Momentum · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly December 14 1940, as “Murder Always Gathers Momentum” 77 · The Better Bargain · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt April 1956 88 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 109 · The Dangerous People · Fredric Brown · ss Dime Mystery Magazine March 1945, as “No Sanctuary” 121 · Enough Rope for Two · Clark Howard · ss Manhunt February 1957 137 · Suburban Tigress · Lawrence Treat · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1957 152 · The Day of the Execution · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1957 163 · The $2,000,000 Defense · Harold Q. Masur · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 181 · The Dusty Drawer · Harry Muheim · ss Collier’s May 3 1952 199 · Backward, Turn Backward · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #127, June 1954 225 · Hangover · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan July 1956 238 · Hangover · Charles W. Runyon · ss Manhunt December 1960 254 · A Home Away from Home · Robert Bloch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1961 264 · Terror Town · Ellery Queen · nv Argosy August 1956 294 · Anyone for Murder? · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1964 310 · One of the Family · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956 330 · Death Scene · Helen Nielsen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1963 342 · Winter Run · Edward D. Hoch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1965

Love and Night by Cornell Woolrich ed. Francis M. Nevins, Jr.--- see under Cornell Woolrich.

Mr. President, Private Eye An Anthology of Short Fiction Featuring Former United States Presidents ed. Francis M. Nevins, Jr. & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Speak to Me of Death by Cornell Woolrich ed. Francis M. Nevins, Jr.--- see under Cornell Woolrich.

Bardic Voices One ed. Alan Bard Newcomer (Hypatia, May 1988, 0-940841-20-7, 183pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of fantasy stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ru Emerson, Mercedes Lackey, and Jennifer Roberson. The book states that it is limited to 825 copies, but it is believed that only 50 copies were produced. i · A Note on Bardic Voice · Alan Bard Newcomer · in 1 · Balance and Power (Part 1) · Mercedes R. Lackey · gp (r) _ · Balance [Martis Mage] · Mercedes R. Lackey · nv Fantasy Book September 1986 _ · Dragon’s Teeth [Martis Mage] · Mercedes R. Lackey · na 63 · Bitch [Lythande] · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1987 77 · Of Honor and the Lion · Jennifer Roberson · nv 107 · The Walker Behind [Lythande] · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1987 127 · Two-Edged Choice · Ru Emerson · na

Spell Singers ed. Alan Bard Newcomer (DAW, December 1988, 0-88677-314-8, $3.50, 236pp, pb, oa)     Reprint (Hypatia Press 1988 as Bardic Voices One) original anthology of six fantasy stories.

Strained Relations ed. Alan Bard Newcomer (Hypatia Press, 1989, 0-940841-26-6, $20.00, xiv+130pp, hc, oa)     Small press anthology issued in six variant bindings. iii · Introduction · Alan Bard Newcomer · in vii · Eugene, the Wright Stuff · Alan Bard Newcomer · fw 1 · Play with Uncle Freddie · Dean Wesley Smith · ss 23 · A Way with Children · Lynn S. Adams · ss 29 · Accidents Happen · Joyce A. Cowan · ss 41 · The Empty One · Joyce A. Cowan · ss 55 · Mate or Die · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 73 · Zombies for Jesus · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss 89 · Give ’Til It Hurts · Lynn S. Adams · ss 95 · We Retire to the Desert · Ray Vukcevich · ss 103 · The Being Game · D. T. Steiner · ss 125 · Afterword · Alan Bard Newcomer · aw