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Classic Ghost Stories ed. Everett F. Bleiler, uncredited (Dover Publications, 1975, 0-486-20735-8, $3.50, viii+330pp, tp, an) 1 · Sir Dominick Sarsfield · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round July 6 1872, as “Sir Dominick’s Bargain”, uncredited. revised from “The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh”, Dublin University Magazine Mar 1838. 16 · The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Ghosts of the Mail” 34 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 45 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824 64 · 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. 76 · The Open Door · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1882 118 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833 132 · Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Knickerbocker January 1837, as “The Fountain of Youth”, uncredited. 142 · No. 1 Branch Line, the Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 155 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 169 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 183 · The Dream Woman · W. Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 207 · The Apparition of Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, as “A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705”, uncredited. 211 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 229 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex The New Monthly Magazine July 1839, as “Krantz’s Narrative” 249 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 272 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 293 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version.

Classic Ghost Stories (Penguin, June 1996, 0-14-600314-4, £0.60, 56pp, pb, an, cover by Gino D’Achille)     Mini-paperback anthology of 3 stories; one of the ‘Penguin Children’s 60s’. 1 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 28 · The Phantom Ship · Captain Marryat · ex W. H. Colyer, 1839 52 · The Ghost-Brahman · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Classic Horror Stories (Barnes & Noble, September 2015, 978-1-4351-4620-4, $20.00, 788pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 41 classic horror stories by authors including H.P. Lovecraft, M.R. James, and E. Nesbit. Introduction by Stefan Dziemianowicz. This is a gilt-edged, leatherbound edition in the Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions series. Issued without dust jacket.

Classic Tales of Horror (Canterbury Classics, October 13, 2015, 978-1-62686-465-8, $24.99, xxviii+864pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Ernest Hibert · in 1 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 5 · 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. 15 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon, John Murray, 1824 25 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890 33 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916 52 · The Elixir of Life · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) translated from the French (“L’elixir de longue vie”, La Revue de Paris, October 1830). 70 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 86 · The Case of Lady Sannox · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler November 1893 94 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 105 · The Turn of the Screw [Turn of the Screw] · Henry James · na Collier’s Weekly January 27 1898 (+11) 189 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 228 · The Shunned House · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales October 1937 251 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 263 · The Vampyre · John William Polidori · nv The New Monthly Magazine April 1 1819, as by Lord Byron 279 · One Summer Night · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906 281 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905 294 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 305 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 320 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 324 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 345 · The Raven · Edgar Allan Poe · pm New York Evening Mirror January 29 1845 349 · The Man Who Found Out · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Lady’s Realm June 1909 363 · La Grande Bretèche · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890, as “An Accursed House” translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831). 379 · The Terror of Blue John Gap · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1910 393 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 407 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy” 412 · The Metamorphosis [Gregor Samsa] · Franz Kafka · nv Parton Press, 1937 translated from the German (“Die Verwandlung”, Weisse Blätter Oct ’15). 452 · The Outsider [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales April 1926 458 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 467 · Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book · M. R. James · ss National Review March 1895, as “The Scrap-Book of Canon Alberic” 477 · Present at a Hanging · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 24 1888 479 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 489 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. 498 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839 514 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 539 · The Succubus · Honoré de Balzac · na Droll Stories by Honoré de Balzac, William Mitchell & Company, 1874 translated from the French (“Le Succube”, Les Contes drolatiques, 1837). 578 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 586 · The Tree · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout October 1921 590 · The Empty House [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 603 · The Bottle Imp · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv New York Herald February 8 1891 (+3) 626 · The Screaming Skull · Francis Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 650 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 663 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 673 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 676 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” 700 · Sir Edmund Orme · Henry James · nv Black & White November 25 1891 723 · A 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). 729 · In the Penal Colony · Franz Kafka · nv (r) translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919). 753 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 763 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 773 · An Inhabitant of Carcosa · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Newsletter December 25 1886 776 · The Damned · Algernon Blackwood · na Incredible Adventures by Algernon Blackwood, Macmillan, 1914 840 · The Japanned Box · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1899, as “The Story of the Japanned Box” 850 · The Tomb · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Vagrant #14, March 1922 859 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846

Classic Tales of Horror Volume 1 (Bloody Books, April 10, 2006, 0-9549476-8-1, £9.99, 251pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 15 dark fantasy stories. This was published in 2006 but not seen until now. 1 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890 9 · The Ghostly Rental · Henry James · nv Scribner’s Monthly September 1876 45 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 63 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 78 · The Dream Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 105 · A Confession Found in a Prison in the Time of Charles the Second · Charles Dickens · ss Master Humphrey’s Clock April 18 1840 113 · Silence · Leonid Andreyev · ss (r) 128 · The Withered Arm · Thomas Hardy · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1888 160 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890, as “An Accursed House” translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831). 172 · Transformation · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1831, 1830 191 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 197 · Some Terrible Letters from Scotland · James Hogg · ss The Metropolitan Magazine April 1832 212 · Lost Face · Jack London · ss New York Herald December 13 1908 226 · True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, uncredited. 236 · The Blast of the Book [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Liberty August 26 1933, as “The Five Fugitives”

Classic Tales of Terror (Scholastic, 1999, 0-439-05684-5, 53pp, tp, an)     All stories rewritten for a juvenile audience. 3 · The Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894, as “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid” 9 · Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · na Longmans, Green, January 5 1886, as “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” 21 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 26 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 32 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 44 · The Waxwork · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X

The Classics of Horror: Stoker and Shelley (State Street Press, 2001, 0-681-97986-0, $19.95, 655pp, hc, om)     Reprint (BOMC/QPBC 1991 as Dracula/Frankenstein) omnibus of two classic horror novels: Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897) and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818). This is dated 2001, but not seen until now.

Claws and Feathers (Lake Books, 1989, 0-8224-3335-4, $16.00, 135pp, hc, an)     One of a series of large-print editions intended for new and/or slow readers. Each volume was an omnibus of previously available small paperbacks. This volume is more crime/horror than fantasy. 3 · The Good Luck Smiling Cat · Phil Garrison · nv 1984 31 · The Cobra · Richard Laymon · nv Fearon, 1985 57 · Dressed Up for Murder · Gary Brandner · ss 1986 85 · The Bird · A. G. Gersdorf · nv Lake Books, 1987

The Clockwork Reader Volume 1 (Clockwork Storybook, November 2001, 0-9704841-4-3, $8.00, 100pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of four novel excerpts and six stories by Mark Finn, Chris Roberson, Matthew Sturges, and Bill Willingham. This is a print-on-demand edition. 7 · Introduction · [uncredited] · in 11 · from Gods New and Used · Mark Finn · ex 21 · You’re Solid, Right? · Mark Finn · ss 35 · Lord Peter Midnight and the Goblin King · Chris Robertson · ss 41 · from Cybermancy, Incorporated · Chris Robertson · ex 57 · from Midwinter · Matthew Sturges · ex 65 · Pets or Meat · Matthew Sturges · ss 71 · A Sorcerer’s Tale · Matthew Sturges · ss 79 · Middleman · Bill Willingham · ss 87 · Mythology · Bill Willingham · ss 95 · from The Monster Maker · Bill Willingham · ex 99 · Afterword · [uncredited] · aw 101 · Catalogue · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Clues Detective Stories (Haffner Press, 2013, ph, an)     Distributed with preorders for The Complete John Thunstone, The Complete Ivy Frost, and The Michael Gray Mysteries. · Revelations in Green [Cyrus North] · Donald Wandrei · nv · Murder Among Magicians · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Popular Detective December 1939 · Murder’s Handyman · Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore · ss Popular Detective March 1948, as by Woodrow Wilson Smith

The Color of Neanderthal Eyes/And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees (Tor, January 1990, 0-812-55964-9, $3.50, 76+133pp, pb, an, cover by Dave Archer & Brian Waugh)     Anthology of a novella and a short novel. 1 · The Color of Neanderthal Eyes · James Tiptree, Jr. · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1988 1 · And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees · Michael Bishop · n. Harper & Row, 1976

Come Not Lucifer ed. Gerald Verner, uncredited (John Westhouse, 1945, 12/6d, 267pp, hc, an)     Subtitled, “A Romantic Anthology.” Illustrated by R.A. Brandt. 7 · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms (r) 11 · King Pest · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger September 1835 27 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 39 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 53 · Bartleby · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly November 1853 (+1), as “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street”, uncredited. 95 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 111 · The Watcher · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine November 1847, uncredited. 153 · The Oath · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) 177 · Torture by Hope · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; translated by M. P. Shiel · ss The Strand Magazine June 1891 translated from the French (“La Torture par l’Espérance”, Nouveaux Contes Cruels, La Librairie Illustrée, 1888). 185 · The Pistol Shot · Alexander Pushkin · ss The Strand Magazine February 1891 translated from the Russian (“Vystrel”, Povest Belkina, 1831). 201 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Pushkin · nv (r) translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834). 231 · Thrawn Janet · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1881, as by R. L. S. 245 · A Lodging for the Night · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar October 1877

The Complete Adventures of Robin of Sherwood (Puffin, 1990, 0-14-034450-0, £5.99, 631pp, pb, om) 7 · Robin of Sherwood · Richard Carpenter · n. Puffin, 1984 163 · Richard Carpenter’s Robin of Sherwood and the Hounds of Lucifer · Robin May · n. Puffin, 1985 333 · Richard Carpenter’s Robin of Sherwood: The Hooded Man · Anthony Horowitz · n. Puffin, 1986 481 · Robin of Sherwood: The Time of the Wolf · Richard Carpenter · n. Puffin, 1988