The Great Book of Thrillers (var. 1) ed. H. Douglas Thomson (Odhams Press, December 1937, 704pp, hc, an)
Omits the Wallace and Blackwood stories but adds six more. Note anonymous reprint as Great Tales of Terror (Chancellor Press, 1991).
- 7 · Introduction · H. Douglas Thomson · in The Great Book of Thrillers ed. H. Douglas Thomson, Odhams, 1935
- 21 · H2, Etc. · A. J. Alan · ss A. J. Alan’s Second Book by A. J. Alan, Hutchinson, 1932
- 26 · The Smell in the Library [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · nv The Sketch December 25 1922, as “Red Antony”
- 45 · The Man in the Bell · W. E. Aytoun (error, actually by William Maginn) · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine November 1821, uncredited.
- 51 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831).
- 65 · The Folding Doors · Marjorie Bowen · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1912
- 80 · The Lady of Glenwith Grange · Wilkie Collins · nv After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856
- 100 · The New Sun · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine July 1 1913
- 118 · Hot Water · Val Gielgud · ss The Great Book of Thrillers ed. H. Douglas Thomson, Odhams, 1935
- 126 · The Island · L. P. Hartley · ss Night Fears by L. P. Hartley, Putnam, 1924
- 141 · Edward Randolph’s Portrait · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss United States Magazine and Democratic Review July 1838, as by The Author of “Twice-Told Tales”
- 152 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 166 · The Story of the Greek Slave · Captain Frederick Marryat · ss The Metropolitan Magazine July 1831
- 181 · 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).
- 193 · The Café of Terror [Samuel T. Billingham] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Collier’s May 16 1925
- 206 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845
- 217 · The Tarn · Hugh Walpole · ss Success October 1923
- 230 · The Resurrectionist · Samuel Warren · ss Passages from a Diary of a Late Physician by Samuel Warren, Blackwood, 1833
- 245 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929
- 261 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s January 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands”
- 283 · A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1933
- 295 · Mr. Pemberton’s Commission [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Windsor Magazine March 1933
- 308 · Who Killed Castelvetri? · Gilbert Frankau · nv The Strand Magazine March 1928
- 328 · The Aluminium Dagger [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine March 1909
- 352 · The Gylston Slander [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine July 1920
- 371 · Arsène Lupin in Prison [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · nv The Story-teller May 1907
translated from the French (“Arsène Lupin en prison”, Je sais tout, December 15, 1905).
- 389 · The Fenchurch Street Mystery [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine May 1901
- 406 · Peacock House · Eden Phillpotts · nv Peacock House and Other Mysteries by Eden Phillpotts, Hutchinson, 1926
- 437 · The Vanishing Diamond · John Rhode · nv The Great Book of Thrillers ed. H. Douglas Thomson, Odhams, 1935
- 453 · Bitter Almonds [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Passing Show June 30 1934
- 467 · The Gardener · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1922
- 480 · A Spanish Ghost Story · [uncredited] · ss
- 485 · Staley Fleming’s Hallucination · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906
- 488 · The Italian’s Story · Catherine Crowe · nv Ghosts and Family Legends by Mrs. Crowe, T.C. Newby, 1858
- 504 · The Ghost of Dorothy Dingley · Daniel Defoe · ss Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe, London, 1722
- 512 · To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, uncredited.
- 523 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited.
- 535 · Madam Crowl’s Ghost · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round December 31 1870, uncredited.
- 551 · Black Coffee · Jeffery Farnol · ss The Shadow and Other Stories by Jeffery Farnol, Sampson Low, 1929
- 564 · The Black Ferry · John Galt · ss The Club Book ed. Andrew Picken, Cochrane & Pickersgill, 1831, as “The Book of Life”
- 575 · The Dreamland Bride · Théophile Gautier · nv (r), as “Clarimonde”
translated from the French (“La Morte Amoureuse”, Chronique de Paris, June 23 & 26, 1836).
- 595 · The Dilemma of Phadrig · Gerald Griffin · ss Tales of the Munster Festival by Gerald Griffin, 1827
- 603 · Mary Burnet · James Hogg · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1828, as “Fairies, Brownies, and Witches”
- 624 · The Three Sisters · W. W. Jacobs · ss Night Watches by W. W. Jacobs, Hodder & Stoughton, 1914
- 633 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · vi The (London) Evening News September 29 1914
- 637 · The Doctor’s Ghost · Norman Macleod · ss from “A True Ghost Story”, Good Words September 1862
- 643 · Mr. Kempe · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury November 1925
- 668 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828
- 683 · The Frontier Guards · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Illustrated London News November 25 1929
- 689 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896
- 700 · The Sphinx Without a Secret · Oscar Wilde · ss The World May 25 1887, as “Lady Alroy”
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