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- The Story Pocket Book ed. Whit Burnett (Pocket 276, Sep ’45, 325pp, pb); Fifth printing.
- Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories ed. Rex Collings (Wordsworth Classics 1-85326-186-6, 1996, $3.95, 289pp, tp)
- · Introduction · Rex Collings · in
- 1 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake, 1829, 1828
- 13 · The Spectre of Tappington [as by Thomas Ingoldsby] · Richard Harris Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany Feb, 1837
- 35 · The Botathen Ghost · R. S. Hawker · ss All the Year Round May 18, 1867
- 44 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer Jan, 1843
- 49 · The Squire’s Story · Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas, 1853
- 63 · The Story of Mary Ancel · William Makepeace Thackeray · ss The New Monthly Magazine Oct, 1838
- 79 · The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Sep, 1837
- 94 · To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1865
- 104 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine Dec, 1853
- 122 · The Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand [from The House by the Churchyard] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ex London: Tinsley, 1863
- 129 · Fisher’s Ghost · John Lang · ss, 1859
- 136 · The Traveller’s Story of a Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words Apr 24, 1852
- 150 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1864
- 162 · Eveline’s Visitant · Miss Braddon · ss Ralph the Bailiff and Other Tales, Ward, 1862
- 171 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Broken Shaft: Unwin’s Christmas Annual, ed. Sir Henry Norman, London: Fisher Unwin, 1886
- 185 · Man-Size in Marble [1886] · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales, London: Innes, 1893
- 195 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review Feb 23, 1887 (+1)
- 219 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · Montague Rhodes James · ss The Empire Review Feb ’23
- 56 · A School Story · Montague Rhodes James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Arnold, 1911
- 235 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss Raw Edges, Heinemann, 1908
- 248 · In the Cliff Land of the Dane · Howard Pease · ss
- 256 · Laura · Saki · ss Beasts and Super-Beasts, John Lane, 1914
- · Appendix: Three True Ghost Stories
- 263 · The Story of Euphemia Hewit · James Hogg · nf
- 270 · A Ghostly Manifestation · A Clergyman · nf
- 280 · Correspondence on ‘A Ghostly Manifestation’ · A Clergyman · lt
- 284 · Ghost in the Tower · Edmund Lenthal Swifte · nf
- The Haunted House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales ed. Vic Crume & Gladys Schwarcz (Scholastic TX 1786, Oct ’70, 50¢, 80pp, tp)
- The Short Story: Plot Thickens ed. Arthur Daigon & Mimi Schmitt (Prentice-Hall 0-13-809764-X, 1977, 186pp, tp); There is an Activities page after each story.
- 1 · Beginnings and Endings
- 2 · The Father · Björnstjerne Björnson · ss Union Jack Aug 24, 1882
- 6 · Thank You, M’am · Langston Hughes · ss, 1958
- 10 · The Unuttered Warning · Eric Bengston · ss
- 14 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
- 20 · The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World · Gabriel García Márquez · ss Playboy Nov ’71
- 27 · Yesterdays
- 28 · 1692 Cotton Mather Newsreel · Richard Brautigan · ss
- 32 · A Visit to Grandmother · William Melvin Kelley · ss
- 39 · How Grandpa Came Into the Money · Elsa Zantner · ss
- 42 · Ancient Gentility · William Carlos Williams · ss
- 44 · Time in Thy Flight · Ray Bradbury · ss Fantastic Universe Jun/Jul ’53
- 50 · Live and Learn
- 51 · Señor Payroll · William E. Barrett · ss The Southwest Review Aut ’43
- 55 · Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment [“The Fountain of Youth”] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Knickerbocker Jan, 1837
- 63 · Coyote 13 · Arturo Souto Alabarce; trans. by Harriet de Onis · ss
- 67 · The Richer, the Poorer · Dorothy West · ss
- 71 · Our Best and Our Worst
- 72 · Epitaph for a Heel · William Fay · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 20 ’62
- 80 · The Apple Tree · Katherine Mansfield · ss Woman’s Home Companion
- 84 · The Enemy · Pearl Buck · ss Harper’s, 1943
- 94 · Four Men and a Box · Leslie Gordon Barnard · ss This Week, 1947
- 99 · Insiders and Outsiders
- 100 · The Lost Soul · Ben Hecht · ss
- 104 · The Walls [People] · Zenna Henderson · ss Holding Wonder, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971
- 111 · Give Us This Day · Alice Reid · ss
- 114 · Caged · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss
- 117 · Zoo · Edward D. Hoch · vi Fantastic Universe Jun ’58
- 120 · Love Me/Love Me Not
- 121 · The Lover and His Lass · James Thurber · ss
- 123 · The Wooing of Ariadne · Harry Mark Petrakis · ss The Saturday Evening Post Aug 20 ’60
- 133 · The Gift of the Magi · O. Henry · ss The Four Million, Doubleday, 1906
- 137 · Feels Like Spring · Milton Kaplan · ss
- 142 · Out of This World
- 143 · The Boy Who Drew Cats · Lafcadio Hearn · ss, 1898
- 146 · Tularecito · John Steinbeck · ss
- 153 · Where Angels Fear · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown Mar ’39
- 159 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 ’10
- 164 · Tomorrows
- 165 · The Business As Usual · Mack Reynolds · vi F&SF Jun ’52
- 168 · The Wheel · John Wyndham · ss Startling Stories Jan ’52
- 174 · Virtuoso · Herbert Goldstone · ss F&SF Feb ’53
- 179 · Who Can Replace a Man? [“But Who Can Replace a Man?”] · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction Jun ’58
- Tall Short Stories ed. Eric Duthie (Ace Star K-113, 1960, 50¢, 352pp, pb); Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1959) anthology.
- 9 · Introduction · Eric Duthie · in
- · I. The Natural Liar
- 17 · A.V. Laider · Max Beerbohm · ss The Century Jun ’16
- 37 · A Funny Thing [Uncle Silas] · H. E. Bates · ss
- 42 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette Nov 18 ’11
- · II. The Air of Truth
- 46 · Mrs. Jorkens [“The Mermaid’s Husband”; Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Cosmopolitan Oct ’30
- 62 · The Misadventures of a Matrimonial Swindler · Karel Capek · ss Tales from Two Pockets, London: Faber, 1932
- 69 · Entrance Fee [“Histoire de France, or Entrance Fee”] · Alexander Woollcott · ss New Yorker Mar 1 ’30
- 72 · Flurry at the Sheep Dog Trial · Eric Knight · ss
- 77 · Astonished Father · Bernard Glemser · ss
- 88 · The Woman in the Case · Anton Chekhov · ss
- 94 · The Contraption · Rhys Davies · ss
- 103 · Song at Twilight · Wolcott Gibbs · ss
- 108 · The Window · Guy de Maupassant · ss
- 114 · Idle Tears [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss London Evening News Feb 6 ’51
- 118 · The B.B.I. · A. J. Alan · ss
- · III. The Wolf Strain: A Ferocious Pack
- 129 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935
- 140 · The Unicorn in the Garden · James Thurber · vi New Yorker Oct 21 ’39
- 141 · Fallen Star · John Collier · ss
- 153 · Another American Tragedy · John Collier · ss New Yorker Jun 1 ’40
- 160 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch Feb ’55
- 165 · On Guard · Evelyn Waugh · ss
- 175 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time & Tide Nov 12 ’32 (+1)
- · IV. The Hyperbolist
- 188 · The Great French Duel · Mark Twain · ss
- 195 · Guest of the Redshields · Christina Stead · ss
- 199 · The Background · Saki · ss
- 202 · Pigs Is Pigs · Ellis Parker Butler · ss The American Magazine Sep ’05
- 211 · A Cross Action [Albert Haddock] · A. P. Herbert · ss
- 216 · How the Brigadier Slew the Fox [Brigadier Gerard] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss
- 229 · The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones · Stephen Leacock · ss
- 231 · Maxim’s at Fifty Thousand Feet · Art Buchwald · ss
- 235 · The Golden Scilens · Sir John Squire · ss
- · V. Science Fiction Surpassed
- 247 · The Vanishing Man · Richard Hughes · ss A Moment of Time, Chatto & Windus, 1926
- 250 · No Strings Attached [“Marionettes, Inc.”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Startling Stories Mar ’49
- 258 · Elixir of Love · C. S. Forester · ss
- 266 · Do Insects Think? · Robert Benchley · ss
- 267 · The Truth About Pyecraft · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Apr ’03
- 277 · God and the Machine · Nigel Balchin · ss, 1951
- · VI. Life the Great Tall Story
- 288 · I’ll Always Call You Schnorrer, My African Explorer · S. J. Perelman · ss
- 296 · The Extraordinary Cabman · G. K. Chesterton · ss
- 299 · The Perfect Game · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News Aug 11 ’06
- 303 · The Rightful Heir · Archibald Marshall · ss
- 306 · The Bus · Archibald Marshall · ss
- 309 · The Man with the Heart in the Highlands · William Saroyan · ss
- · VII. Upside Down-Inside Out
- 317 · The Carmanship of Godfrey Plaste · Stephen Potter · ss
- 322 · Quigley 873 [from The Night the Old Nostalgia Burned Down] · Frank Sullivan · ss London: J.M. Dent
- 328 · The Honest Man and the Devil · Hilaire Belloc · ss
- 333 · Mr. Havlena’s Verdict · Karel Capek · ss Tales from Two Pockets, London: Faber, 1932
- 339 · If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox · James Thurber · vi New Yorker Dec 6 ’30
- 342 · Love Is a Fallacy · Max Shulman · ss
- Mondo Elvis ed. Lucinda Ebersole & Richard Peabody (St. Martin’s Press 0-312-10505-3, Jan ’94, $12.95, 228pp, tp)
- xi · Introduction · Lucinda Ebersole & Richard Peabody · in
- 1 · Tupelo · Nick Cave · pm
- 4 · From Tender · Mark Childress · ex
- 16 · Young Elvis · Cornelius Eady · pm
- 17 · From Elvis Presley Calls His Mother After the Ed Sullivan Show · Samuel Charters · ex
- 22 · Words and Pictures · Rachel Salazar · ss
- 30 · Elvis Cuts Loose · Eleanor Earle Crockett · ss
- 39 · Blue Suede Shoes · Diane Wakoski · pm
- 42 · Jungle Music: The All-Time All-Star 1950s Rock ‘n’ Roll Movie · Greil Marcus · ss
- 49 · Ike at the Mike · Howard Waldrop · ss Omni Jun ’82
- 64 · From Cousins · Judy Vernon · ex
- 72 · W.C.W. Watching Presley’s Second Appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show”: Mercy Hospital, Newark, 1956 · David Wojahn · pm
- 74 · The Assassination of Robert Goulet, As Performed by Elvis Presley: Memphis , 1968 · David Wojahn · pm
- 75 · Nixon Names Elvis Honorary Federal Narcotics Agent At Oval Office Ceremony, 1973 · David Wojahn · pm
- 76 · Elvis Moving a Small Cloud: The Desert Near Las Vegas, 1976 · David Wojahn · pm
- 77 · At Graceland with a Six Year Old, 1985 · David Wojahn · pm
- 78 · Pharaoh’s Palace (Memphis, 1988) · David Wojahn · pm
- 81 · From Stark Raving Elvis · William McCranor Henderson · ex
- 84 · From The Girl Who Loved Elvis · Susie Mee · ex
- 94 · Elvis, Axl, and Me · Janice Eidus · ss
- 101 · Elvis P. and Emma B. · Elizabeth Ash · pm
- 102 · From Elvis Presley Boulevard · Mark Winegardner · ex
- 113 · From Graced Land · Laura Kalpakian · ex
- 135 · Sproing! [1987] · Eri Makino · ss Monkey Brain Sushi, ed. Alfred Birnbaum, Kodansha, 1991
- 152 · An Elvis for the Ages · Lynne McMahon · pm
- 154 · Elvis’s Bathroom · Pagan Kennedy · ss The Village Voice, 1989
- 170 · The Annunciation · Rafael Alvarez · ss
- 189 · The Resurrection of Elvis Presley · Ai · pm
- 192 · The Elvis Cults · Michael Wilkerson · ss
- 203 · Elvis · Brian Gilmore · pm
- 208 · Elvis in Perspective · Cathryn Hankla · ss
- 224 · Contributors · Misc. · bg
- The Ghostly Bell Ringer and Other Mysteries ed. Editors of Highlights for Children (Boyds Mills Press 1-878093-39-8, 1992, 96pp, tp)
- QSFx2: Queer Science Fiction Lars Eighner & Clay Caldwell (Badboy 1-56333-278-7, Sep ’95, $5.95, 172pp, pb)
- The Future of Being Human: Psychology and Science Fiction ed. Jackie & Dave Estrada (Canfield Press 0-06-382637-2, 1977, 172pp, tp)
- ix · Preface · Jackie & Dave Estrada · pr
- xi · Introduction: Psychology and Science Fiction · Theodore Sturgeon · in
- 1 · The Science of Psychology · Anon. · si
- 2 · No Fire Burns · Avram Davidson · ss Playboy Jul ’59
- 11 · John Sze’s Future · J. R. Pierce · ss Great Science Fiction By Scientists, ed. Groff Conklin, Collier, 1962
- 17 · Experiencing the World · Anon. · si
- 18 · Corona · Samuel R. Delany · ss F&SF Oct ’67
- 29 · Dreaming Is a Private Thing · Isaac Asimov · ss F&SF Dec ’55
- 38 · The Secret Songs · Fritz Leiber · ss F&SF Aug ’62
- 45 · Learning and Thinking · Anon. · si
- 46 · Brain Wipe · Katherine MacLean · ss The New Mind, Frontiers 2, ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973
- 51 · Prolog · John P. McKnight · vi F&SF Aug ’51
- 54 · Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv F&SF Apr ’59
- 70 · Built Down Logically · Howard Schoenfeld · vi F&SF Dec ’51
- 73 · Motivation and Emotion · Anon. · si
- 74 · Extrapolation [“Beware the Fury”] · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Fantastic Apr ’54
- 89 · The Circuit Riders [Chuck Matesic] · R. C. FitzPatrick · ss Analog Apr ’62
- 99 · The Span of Life · Anon. · si
- 100 · From the Government Printing Office · Kris Neville · ss Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
- 105 · Poppa Needs Shorts · Walt & Leigh Richmond · ss Analog Jan ’64
- 109 · The Man Who Went to the Moon—Twice · Howard Rodman · ss Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
- 113 · Human Differences and Similarities · Anon. · si
- 114 · The Humours [“Join Now”] · Robert Sheckley · na Galaxy Dec ’58
- 137 · When It Changed · Joanna Russ · ss Again, Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972
- 143 · Disorder and Therapy · Anon. · si
- 144 · The Insane Ones · J. G. Ballard · ss Amazing Jan ’62
- 150 · They · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Unknown Apr ’41
- 159 · Relating to One Another · Anon. · si
- 160 · Bride Ninety-One · Robert Silverberg · ss If Sep ’67
- 171 · Appendix: Guide to Using the Stories · Misc. · ms
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