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- The Evil People ed. Peter Haining (London: Leslie Frewin, 1968, 25/-, 252pp, hc); Being thirteen strange and terrible accounts of Witchcraft, Black Magic and Voodoo.
- The Hollywood Nightmare ed. Peter Haining (London: Macdonald, 1970, £1.75, 276pp, hc); The American edition (Taplinger, 1971) substituted two stories. Note also later variant edition (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1973).
- 11 · Editor’s Preface · Peter Haining · pr
- 13 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in
- 19 · The Prehistoric Producer · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 23 ’62
- 35 · The Plot Is the Thing · Robert Bloch · ss F&SF Jul ’66
- 43 · The Shadow on the Screen · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales Mar ’38
- 61 · Return to the Sabbath [as by Robert Bloch] · Tarleton Fiske · ss Weird Tales Jul ’38
- 77 · A Wig for Miss DeVore · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May ’43
- 87 · The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies · John Jakes · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1962
- 95 · The Perfect Plot · Frank Fenton · nv, 1955
- 117 · Death Double · William F. Nolan · ss Impact-20, Paperback Library, 1963
- 123 · Booked Solid · Ray Russell · ss Sardonicus, Ballantine, 1961
- 135 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest, London: Routledge, 1914
- 149 · Double-take [as by Ken Winney] · Winston K. Marks · ss Science Fiction Adventures Dec ’53
- 155 · The New People [as by Michael Phillips] · Charles Beaumont · ss Rogue Aug ’58
- 177 · Gavin O’Leary · John Collier · ss, 1945
- 187 · Faed-out · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Oct ’63
- 207 · Mantage · Richard Matheson · nv Science Fiction Showcase, ed. Mary Kornbluth, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959
- 227 · Technical Advisor · Chad Oliver · ss F&SF Feb ’53
- 241 · The Screen Game [Vermillion Sands] · J. G. Ballard · nv Fantastic Oct ’63
- 267 · Death Warmed Over · Ray Bradbury · ar Playboy Jan ’68
- The Hollywood Nightmare [abridged] ed. Peter Haining (London: Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98127-X, 1973, 40p, 190pp, pb); Abridged from the original edition (Macdonald, 1970).
- The Hollywood Nightmare: Tales of Fantasy and Horror from the Film World ed. Peter Haining (Taplinger, 1971, 276pp, hc); Changes two stories from the UK edition.
- · Editor’s Preface · Peter Haining · pr
- · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in
- · The Prehistoric Producer · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 23 ’62
- · The Plot Is the Thing · Robert Bloch · ss F&SF Jul ’66
- · The Shadow on the Screen · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales Mar ’38
- · Return to the Sabbath [as by Robert Bloch] · Tarleton Fiske · ss Weird Tales Jul ’38
- · A Wig for Miss DeVore · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May ’43
- · The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies · John W. Jakes · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1962
- · The Perfect Plot · Frank Fenton · nv, 1955
- · Death Double · William F. Nolan · ss Impact-20, Paperback Library, 1963
- · Booked Solid · Ray Russell · ss Sardonicus, Ballantine, 1961
- · The Hollywood Horror Man [“The Life of a Monster”] · Boris Karloff · ar, 1968
- · The Casket-Demon · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic Apr ’63
- · The New People [as by Michael Phillips] · Charles Beaumont · ss Rogue Aug ’58
- · Gavin O’Leary · John Collier · ss, 1945
- · Faed-out · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Oct ’63
- · Mantage · Richard Matheson · nv Science Fiction Showcase, ed. Mary Kornbluth, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959
- · Technical Advisor · Chad Oliver · ss F&SF Feb ’53
- · The Screen Game [Vermillion Sands] · J. G. Ballard · nv Fantastic Oct ’63
- · Death Warmed Over · Ray Bradbury · ar Playboy Jan ’68
- Legends for the Dark ed. Peter Haining (London: Four Square Books 2094, Feb ’68, 3/6d, 127pp, pb)
- The Midnight People ed. Peter Haining (London: Leslie Frewin, 1968, 30/-, 255pp, hc); Anthology of vampire stories. Also available in pb in the US from Popular Library, 1968; and in the UK from Ensign Books, 1974. Retitled Vampires at Midnight, Grosset & Dunlap, 1970.
- 11 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- 15 · Fritz Haarmann - “The Hanover Vampire” · Montague Summers · ar The Vampire: His Kith and Kin, London: Kegan, Paul, 1928
- 21 · The Vampire of Croglin Grange · Augustus Hare · ss The Story of My Life, Augustus Hare, London, 1896
- 26 · The Vampyre · Dr. John William Polidori · nv The New Monthly Magazine Apr, 1819
- 50 · The Storm Visitor [from Varney, the Vampyre; by James Malcolm Rymer] · Thomas P. Prest · ex London: Lloyd, 1847
- 57 · Three Young Ladies [from Dracula; Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ex London: Constable, 1897
- 62 · An Episode of Cathedral History · M. R. James · ss The Cambridge Review Jun 10 ’14
- 82 · Bat’s Belfry · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May ’26
- 93 · “And No Bird Sings” · E. F. Benson · ss Woman Dec ’26
- 109 · The Believer [“The Vampire”] · Sydney Horler · ss Hush Feb ’31
- 116 · The Drifting Snow · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales Feb ’39
- 129 · When It Was Moonlight · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown Feb ’40
- 147 · Over the River · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Unknown Apr ’41
- 162 · Drink My Blood [“Drink My Red Blood”] · Richard Matheson · ss Imagination Apr ’51
- 172 · Pillar of Fire · Ray Bradbury · nv Planet Stories Sum ’48
- 218 · Dr. Porthos · Basil Copper · ss *
- 226 · The Living Dead · Robert Bloch · ss EQMM Apr ’67
- 234 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl With the Hungry Eyes, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon, 1949
- 253 · Postscript [from The Vampire in Europe] · Montague Summers · ar, 1929
- More Weird Tales ed. Peter Haining (Sphere 0-7221-4255-2, 1978, 85p, 256pp, pb); Stories from Weird Tales, Neville Spearman: London, 1976
- The Nightmare Reader ed. Peter Haining (London: Gollancz, Aug ’73, 340pp, hc)
- ix · Editor’s Preface · Peter Haining · pr
- xiii · What Hath Light Wrought? · Isaac Asimov · in
- 1 · The Midnight Embrace · Matthew Gregory Lewis · ss
- 13 · The Transformation · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake, 1831, 1830
- 33 · The Bold Dragoon · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller, John Murray, 1824
- 43 · Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow · Thomas De Quincey · ss
- 51 · The Magician [from Asmodeus at Large] · Lord Lytton · ex The New Monthly Magazine Jan, 1832-Feb 1833
- 69 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger Mar, 1835
- 79 · The Drunkard’s Dream · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine Aug, 1838
- 95 · The Man in the Reservoir · C. F. Hoffman · ss
- 105 · Haceldama · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Cincinnati Commercial Sep 5, 1875
- 119 · The Ensouled Violin · Madame Blavatsky · nv Nightmare Tales, 1892
- 149 · Visions of the Night · Ambrose Bierce · ar San Francisco Examiner Jul 24, 1887
- 157 · The Soldiers’ Rest · Arthur Machen · ss London Evening News Oct 20 ’14
- 163 · The Bureau d’Echange de Maux · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set Jan ’15
- 169 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Aug ’08
- 181 · The Testament of Magdalen Blair · Aleister Crowley · nv The Equinox, 1912
- 211 · A Dream of Armageddon · H. G. Wells · nv Black and White May/Jun ’01
- 239 · A School Story · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Arnold, 1911
- 247 · The Grimoire · Montague Summers · ss The Grimoire and Other Supernatural Stories, ed. Montague Summers, Fortune; London, 1936
- 271 · The Evil Clergyman [“The Wicked Clergyman”] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Apr ’39
- 277 · The Slayers and the Slain · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales Sep ’49
- 287 · The Shifting Growth · John Gawsworth · ss Crimes, Creeps and Thrills, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), Samuel, 1936
- 293 · Along Came a Spider · Algernon Blackwood · ms London Mystery #8 ’51
- 299 · The Head Hunter [“Head Man”] · Robert Bloch · ss 15 Mystery Stories Jun ’50
- 319 · The Haunting of the New · Ray Bradbury · ss Vogue (UK) Oct ’69
- 337 · The Curse [“Nightfall”] · Arthur C. Clarke · vi King’s College Review Dec ’46
- The Nightmare Reader Volume One ed. Peter Haining (Pan 0-330-24598-8, 1976, 50p, 191pp, hc)
- 9 · Editor’s Preface · Peter Haining · pr
- 13 · What Hath Light Wrought? · Isaac Asimov · in
- 17 · The Midnight Embrace · Matthew Gregory Lewis · ss
- 29 · The Transformation · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake, 1831, 1830
- 49 · The Bold Dragoon · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller, John Murray, 1824
- 59 · Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow · Thomas De Quincey · ss
- 69 · The Magician [from Asmodeus at Large] · Lord Lytton · ex The New Monthly Magazine Jan, 1832-Feb 1833
- 87 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger Mar, 1835
- 98 · The Drunkard’s Dream · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine Aug, 1838
- 114 · The Man in the Reservoir · C. F. Hoffman · ss
- 123 · Haceldama · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Cincinnati Commercial Sep 5, 1875
- 137 · The Ensouled Violin · Helena P. Blavatsky · nv Nightmare Tales, 1892
- 170 · Visions of the Night · Ambrose Bierce · ar San Francisco Examiner Jul 24, 1887
- 179 · The Soldiers’ Rest · Arthur Machen · ss London Evening News Oct 20 ’14
- 186 · The Bureau d’Echange de Maux · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set Jan ’15
- The Nightmare Reader: Volume Two ed. Peter Haining (London: Pan 0-330-24786-7, Apr ’76, 50p, 192pp, pb); Second half of original hardcover edition.
- 8 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Aug ’08
- 20 · The Testament of Magdalen Blair · Aleister Crowley · nv The Equinox, 1912
- 52 · A Dream of Armageddon · H. G. Wells · nv Black and White May/Jun ’01
- 83 · A School Story · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Arnold, 1911
- 92 · The Grimoire · Montague Summers · ss The Grimoire and Other Supernatural Stories, ed. Montague Summers, Fortune; London, 1936
- 117 · The Evil Clergyman [“The Wicked Clergyman”] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Apr ’39
- 123 · The Slayers and the Slain · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales Sep ’49
- 135 · The Shifting Growth · John Gawsworth · ss Crimes, Creeps and Thrills, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), Samuel, 1936
- 141 · Along Came a Spider · Algernon Blackwood · ms London Mystery #8 ’51
- 148 · The Head Hunter [“Head Man”] · Robert Bloch · ss 15 Mystery Stories Jun ’50
- 169 · The Haunting of the New · Ray Bradbury · ss Vogue (UK) Oct ’69
- 189 · The Curse [“Nightfall”] · Arthur C. Clarke · vi King’s College Review Dec ’46
- The Unspeakable People ed. Peter Haining (London: Leslie Frewin, Nov ’69, 246pp, hc); Being twenty of the World’s most horrible horror stories. Collection of stories that were either banned or caused a public outcry. Paperback editions from Popular Library, New York, 1969, and Ensign Books, Manchester, 1974.
- 7 · Foreword · August Derleth · fw
- 9 · Preface · Peter Haining · pr
- 11 · The Monk [from The Monk: A Romance] · Matthew Gregory Lewis · ex London: J. Bell, 1796
- 26 · The Raven · Edgar Allan Poe · pm New York Evening Mirror Jan 29, 1845
- 32 · The Bird Woman · Henry Spicer · ss Strange Things Among Us, Chapman & Hall, 1863
- 36 · My Own Tale · Robert Hugh Benson · ss, 1905
- 46 · Williamson [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · ss West India Lights, Arkham House, 1946; story written around 1910 but remained unpublished until after the author’s death.
- 66 · A Thing of Beauty · Wallace West · ss Magazine of Horror Aug ’63
- 75 · The Outsider · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Apr ’26
- 83 · The Loved Dead [ghost written by H. P. Lovecraft] · C. M. Eddy, Jr. · ss Weird Tales May-Jul ’24
- 95 · The Copper Bowl · George Fielding Eliot · ss Weird Tales Dec ’28
- 109 · The Feast in the Abbey · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Jan ’35
- 118 · The Cathedral Crypt [as by John Beynon Harris] · John Wyndham · ss Marvel Tales Mar/Apr ’35
- 125 · The Graveyard Rats · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales Mar ’36
- 134 · Bianca’s Hands · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Argosy (UK) May ’47
- 145 · The Head and the Feet · C. S. Forester · ss, 1940
- 160 · The Idol of the Flies · Jane Rice · nv Unknown Jun ’42
- 186 · A Night at a Cottage... · Richard Hughes · ss A Moment of Time, Chatto & Windus, 1926
- 190 · The Shape of Things · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ’48
- 209 · Desire and the Black Masseur · Tennessee Williams · ss, 1948
- 219 · The Coffin [from The Ka of Gifford Hillary] · Dennis Wheatley · ex London: Hutchinson, 1956
- 233 · Mercy · Laurence James · ss, 1967
- Weird Tales ed. Peter Haining (Neville Spearman 0-85978-020-1, Nov ’76, 264pp, hc); Derivative anthologies Weird Tales (Sphere 1978) and More Weird Tales.
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