Horror by Lamplight ed. Edel Brosnan, uncredited (Chancellor Press, August 1993, 1-85152-315-4, £4.99, 504pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 42 classic horror stories from Sir Walter Scott to Anne Rice.
- 1 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824
- 15 · The Monk · Matthew Lewis · ex J. Bell, 1796
- 25 · The White Wolf · Captain Frederick Marryat · ex The New Monthly Magazine July 1839, as “Krantz’s Narrative”
- 41 · Transformation · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1831, 1830
- 54 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Pushkin · nv (r)
translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834).
- 74 · The Blue Room · Prosper Mérimée · ss The Novels, Tales and Letters of Prosper Mérimée by Prosper Mérimée, Frank S. Holby, 1905
translated from the French (“La Chambre Bleue”, L’Indépendance Belge, September 6 & 7, 1871).
- 84 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 94 · 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”
- 99 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.
- 115 · The Dreamland Bride · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · nv One of Cleopatra’s Nights by Théophile Gautier, B. Worthington, 1882, as “Clarimonde”
translated from the French (“La Morte Amoureuse”, Chronique de Paris, June 23 & 26, 1836).
- 130 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round September 8 1860
- 133 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster”
- 157 · A Terribly Strange Bed · William Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words April 24 1852, uncredited.
- 169 · The Banshee’s Warning · Charlotte Riddell · ss London Society Christmas 1867, as “Hertford O’Donnell’s Warning”
- 184 · The Bird Woman · Henry Spicer · ss Strange Things Among Us by Henry Spicer, Chapman & Hall, 1863
- 187 · Eveline’s Visitant · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1867
- 195 · A 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).
- 199 · Barbara of the House of Grebe · Thomas Hardy · nv The Graphic December 1890
- 223 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890
- 229 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited.
- 244 · Ken’s Mystery · Julian Hawthorne · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1883
- 261 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893
- 270 · The Wind in the Rose-Bush · Mary E. Wilkins · nv Everybody’s Magazine February 1902
- 284 · The Golem · Isaac Loeb Peretz · vi A Treasury of Yiddish Stories ed. Hone & Greenberg, Deutsch, 1955
translated from the Yiddish (1893).
- 285 · Only a Dream · H. Rider Haggard · ss Harry Furniss’s Christmas Annual 1905, as “A Wedding Gift”
- 291 · Marsyas in Flanders · Vernon Lee · ss For Maurice by Vernon Lee, John Lane, 1927; written 1900.
- 301 · The Witch of the Marsh · Mrs. Ethel Marriott-Watson (error, actually by H. B. Marriott-Watson) · ss Diogenes of London by H. B. Marriott Watson, Methuen, 1893, as by H. B. Marriott Watson
- 305 · The Power of Darkness · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine April 1905
- 316 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892
- 341 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Stetson · ss New England Magazine January 1892, as by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- 354 · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 363 · The Courting of Dinah Shadd · Rudyard Kipling · nv Macmillan’s Magazine March 1890
- 381 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896
- 388 · Ancient Sorceries [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Nash, 1908
- 423 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander January 17 1912
- 428 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912
- 436 · The Lifting of the Veil · Dermot O’Byrne · ss (r)
- 443 · The Tarn · Hugh Walpole · ss Success October 1923
- 454 · A Place of No Return · Hugh B. Cave · ss Fantasy Tales #8, Summer 1981
- 464 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943
- 480 · Peter and the Wolf · Angela Carter · ss Black Venus by Angela Carter, Chatto & Windus, 1985
an earlier version appeared in Firebird 1, 1982.
- 488 · Interview with the Vampire [Vampire Chronicles] · Anne Rice · ex Knopf, 1976
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