The Evening Standard Book of Strange Stories ed. F. L. Marsh ,[?], uncredited (Hutchinson, October 16, 1934, 3/6d, 1024pp, hc, an)
A selection of stories featured in the London Evening Standard.
- 15 · A Tiger’s Skin · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine June 1902
- 29 · The Room on the Fourth Floor · Ralph Straus · ss The American Magazine December 1912
- 41 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · nv The London Mercury September 1930
- 57 · Crack o’ Whips · H. A. Manhood · ss The Evening Standard January 25 1934
- 71 · Nobody’s House · A. M. Burrage · ss Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927
- 83 · The Black Diamond Tree · A. M. Burrage · ss The Evening Standard April 23 1934
- 97 · The Strange Case of Mr. Todmorden · F. Britten Austin · ss Magpie December 1913
- 111 · Mary Ansell · Martin Armstrong · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine December 1933
- 123 · The Devil’s Ape · Barnard Stacey · ss The Evening Standard January 16 1933
- 131 · Chailey’s Folly · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Evening Standard May 1 1934
- 145 · Dusk Below Helvellyn · Anthony Marsden · ss The Evening Standard May 7 1934
- 153 · Crab-Apple Harvest · George R. Preedy · ss The Sketch December 24 1930
- 159 · Query · Seamark · ss Out of the Dark by Seamark, Hodder, 1931
- 173 · He Fought a Ghost · Louis Golding · ss The Evening Standard June 4 1934
- 183 · The Third Performance · Anthony Gittins · ss The Evening Standard January 17 1933
- 191 · The Screaming Plant · Hal Pink · ss The Evening Standard November 8 1932
- 199 · The Old Man · Holloway Horn · ss Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 2 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1931
- 207 · Sunset Woman · C. Patrick Thompson · ss The Evening Standard March 24 1934
- 215 · Portrait of a Queen · Kathleen Rivett · ss The Evening Standard January 8 1934
- 231 · The Big Drum · William Gerhardi · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1925
- 239 · The Third Medal · Alfred Tresidder Sheppard · ss Tuck-of-Drum and Other Stories by Alfred Tresidder Sheppard, Hodder, 1930
- 253 · The Chinese Girl · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Daily Mail August 14 1928
- 267 · My Adventure at Chiselhurst · A. J. Alan · ss The Evening Standard November 10 1932
broadcast by the BBC on June 13, 1932.
- 277 · The Hair · A. J. Alan · ss 1926
- 287 · Fear · Guy de Maupassant · ss Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907
translated from the French (“La Peur”, Le Gaulois, October 23, 1882).
- 293 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman”
translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883).
- 301 · The Song of Ho-Ling · Thomas Burke · ss Whispering Windows by Thomas Burke, Grant Richards, 1921
- 309 · The Hollow Man · Thomas Burke · ss Collier’s October 14 1933
- 325 · The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine October 1 1911
- 339 · The Secret of the Schwarztal · Francis Gribble · ss The Evening Standard October 25 1933
- 351 · The Pioneers of Pike’s Peak · Basil Tozer · ss The Strand Magazine September 1897
- 363 · The Shade of Peterbee · Michael Kent · ss The Blue Magazine #43, January 1923
- 375 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)
- 407 · The Two Horns · T. F. Powys · ss The Nation August 23 1924
- 415 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; translated by Sarka B. Hrbkova · ss Czechoslovak Stories ed. Sarka B. Hrbkova, Duffield & Co., 1920
translated from the Czech (“Vampyr”, Různé lidé, 1871).
- 421 · The Second Awakening of a Magician · S. L. Dennis · ss The London Mercury November 1930
- 433 · The Sphinx Without a Secret · Oscar Wilde · ss The World May 25 1887, as “Lady Alroy”
- 441 · The Vanishing Trick · Charles Davy · ss The English Review May 1931
- 453 · The Punishment of Shahpesh, the Persian, on Khipil, the Builder · George Meredith · ex Shaving of Shagpat by George Meredith, Chapman & Hall, 1856
- 461 · Three Pennyworth of Luck · Basil Murray · ss The Evening Standard March 7 1934
- 469 · An Experiment with Blood · L. C. S. Abson · ss The Evening Standard January 26 1933
- 477 · No. 1 Branch Line, the Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866
- 491 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882
- 501 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 14 1889
- 509 · Escape · E. H. Lacon Watson · ss The London Mercury November 1928
- 521 · Squirrel in a Cage · E. M. Delafield · ss Women Are Like That by E. M. Delafield, Harper, 1930
- 533 · The Albatross · Hector Bolitho · ss Life and Letters August 1931
- 545 · The Land of Green Ginger · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Radio Times December 23 1927
- 553 · Ancient Lights · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Eye-Witness July 11 1912
- 563 · The Thing in the Upper Room · Arthur Morrison · ss The Story-teller May 1910
- 575 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q
- 589 · Entirely Imaginary · Sir John Squire · ss Outside Eden by J. C. Squire, Knopf, 1933
- 601 · Mrs. Adis · Sheila Kaye-Smith · ss The Century Magazine January 1922
- 611 · The Battle of Berkeley Square · Michael Arlen · ss The Red Book Magazine April 1925
- 625 · A Man of Letters · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine July 1921
- 639 · Henry · Phyllis Bottome · ss Nash’s Magazine December 1927
- 649 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury January 1932
- 661 · Romanoff · Ethel Mannin · ss The Evening Standard March 3 1934
- 669 · Glasshouses · Marthé McKenna · ss The Evening Standard February 28 1934
- 681 · Discipline · Lesley Storm · ss (r)
- 693 · The Dust That Was Barren [Foreign Legion: McSnorrt] · P. C. Wren · ss The Passing Show July 15 1933, as “March—or Die!”
- 705 · Balalaika · Francis Brett Young · ss The Story-teller January 1926
- 717 · Phantas · Oliver Onions · ss Nash’s Magazine February 1910
- 735 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · ss New Orleans Item June 16 1878 (+1)
translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840).
- 747 · The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1926, as “Beyond the Reach of the Law”
- 761 · The De Medici Cup · F. A. Kummer · ss The Evening Standard February 7 1933
- 773 · High Tide · Eden Phillpotts · ss Black, White, and Brindled by Eden Phillpotts, Macmillan, 1923
- 783 · Mrs. Raeburn’s Waxwork · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss The London Mercury March 1931
- 797 · Satan’s Circus · Lady Eleanor Smith · nv Britannia and Eve June 1930
- 815 · I Pagliacci · R. H. Mottram · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1928
- 825 · The Elixir of the Rev. Father Gaucher · Alphonse Daudet; translated by Edward Harris · ss Letters from My Mill by Alphonse Daudet, Little, Brown, 1900
translated from the French (“L’Élixir du Révérend Père Gaucher”, Lettres de mon moulin, 1869).
- 835 · The Story of Ming-Y · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn, Roberts Bros., 1887
- 849 · Nor the Jury · Selwyn Jepson · ss The Evening Standard June 17 1933
- 857 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887
- 871 · The Tunnel · John Metcalfe · ss The Outlook March 14 1925
- 881 · The Bad Lands · John Metcalfe · ss Land & Water April 15 1920
- 895 · The Misanthrope · J. D. Beresford · ss Nineteen Impressions by J. D. Beresford, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918
- 905 · Powers of the Air · J. D. Beresford · ss Seven Arts October 1917
- 913 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922
- 931 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893
- 941 · Venus · Maurice Baring · ss Orpheus in Mayfair by Maurice Baring, Mills & Boon, 1909
- 953 · The Story of Yung Chang [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · ss Chapman’s Magazine October 1896
- 965 · Primula · Geoffrey Moss · ss The London Magazine June 1928
- 973 · The House on Big Faraway · Norman Matson · ss The Evening Standard June 12 1934, as “The Woman in Scarlet Stockings”
- 985 · If a Man Might Tarry · Sir Max Pemberton · ss Dolores and Some Others by Max Pemberton, Mills & Boon, 1931
- 995 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930
- 1003 · Judith · Hjalmar Bergman · ss Modern Swedish Short Stories ed. Anglo-Swedish Literary Foundation, Cape, 1934
- 1013 · The Taipan · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1922
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