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The Pseudo-Nymph: An Anthology of NSFA Member Magazines ed. Chris Hart (Chris Hart 0-9517848-0-3, Dec ’91, £2.25, 43pp, ph, cover by Kevin Cullen); Anthology of six short stories, four poems, one vignette and one article representing the six founder magazines of the “New SF Alliance”.


Witches ed. Carolyn Lloyd (London: Armada C566, 1977, 78, 20p, pb); Anthology for young readers.


The Boy Scouts’ Year Book of Ghost and Mystery Stories ed. Franklin K. Mathiews (Appleton-Century, 1933, $2.00, 286pp, hc)


The Hamish Hamilton Book of Giants ed. William Mayne (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968, 30/-, viii+215pp, hc); 19 stories about giants for younger readers. Illustrated by Raymond Briggs. US edition from E.P. Dutton, 1969 as William Mayne’s Book of Giants, from which pagination details taken.


Great British Short Stories ed. Editors of Reader’s Digest (London: Reader’s Digest, 1974, 736pp, hc); A compendium of over sixty stories with a high proportion of ghost and strange stories. Items of interest include “The Amorous Ghost”, Enid Bagnold, “Running Wolf”, Algernon Blackwood, “The Demon Lover” Elizabeth Bowen, “A Terribly Strange Bed” Wilkie Collins, “The Brute” Joseph Conrad, “The Birds” Daphne Du Maurier, “The End of the Party” Graham Greene, “The Cotillon” L. P. Hartley, “August Heat”, W. F. Harvey, “The Ghost” Richard Hughes, “The Monkey’s Paw” W. W. Jacobs, “The Mezzotint” M. R. James, “The Rocking-Horse Winner” D. H. Lawrence, “The Open Window”, Saki, “The Sire de Malétroit’s Door” Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Man Who Could Work Miracles” H. G. Wells and “The Happy Prince” Oscar Wilde.


Dreams Are Wiser Than Men ed. Richard A. Russo (North Atlantic 0-938190-94-6, Aug ’87, $14.95, 374pp, tp); Anthology of articles, poems, and stories about dreams, most surreal or fantastic, including five poems by Ursula K. Le Guin from Wild Angels.


The Haunters and the Haunted ed. Ernest Rhys & M. Larigot (London: D. O’Connor, 1921, 394pp, hc); 57 ghost stories including 40 from local legends and folk-lore. Only the non-fiction is listed.


Broomsticks and Beasticles ed. Barbara Sleigh (London: Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-25948-5, 1981, £5.95, 152pp, hc); Stories and verse about witches and strange creatures, aimed at young readers.


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