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H.P. Lovecraft Selects Classic Horror Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz (Fall River Press, 2016, 978-1-4351-6281-5, $7.98, 760pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in 1 · The Sandman · E. T. A. Hoffmann; translated by John Oxenford · nv Tales from the German ed. John Oxenford & C. A. Feiling, Chapman & Hall, 1844 translated from the German (“Der Sandmann”, Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816). 28 · The Vampyre · John Polidori · nv The New Monthly Magazine April 1 1819, as by Lord Byron 41 · Carwin, The Biloquist · Charles Brockden Brown · uw Literary Magazine and American Register November 1803, as “Memoirs of Carwin, The Biloquist” an unfinished sequel to Wieland, written in 1798. 96 · The Tapestried Chamber · Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 109 · Clarimonde · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · nv One of Cleopatra’s Nights by Théophile Gautier, tr. Lafcadio Hearn, R. Worthington, 1882 translated from the French (“La Morte Amoureuse”, Chronique de Paris, June 23 & 26, 1836). 135 · The Venus of Ille · Prosper Mérimée · nv (r) translated from the French (“La Vénus d’Ille”, La Revue des Deux Mondes, May 1837). 160 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 174 · The Were-Wolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839; given as by H. B. Marryatt. 188 · Ethan Brand · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss Boston Weekly Museum January 5 1850, as “The Unpardonable Sin” 202 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited. 213 · The Waters of Death · Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Julia de Kay · ss Romance October 1893, as “The Crab Spider” translated from the French (“L’araignée-crabe”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860). 224 · On the River · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Ernest Boyd · ss The Collected Novels and Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 16 by Guy de Maupassant, Knopf, 1926 translated from the French (“En Canot”, Le Bulletin Francais, March 10, 1876). 229 · The Ghostly Kiss · Lafcadio Hearn · vi New Orleans Item July 24 1880 232 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885 251 · The Were-Wolf · Clemence Housman · nv Atalanta #39, December 1890 285 · The Death of Halpin Frayser · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave December 19 1891 298 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892 327 · The Dead Valley · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 335 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 343 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 353 · The Southwest Chamber · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · na The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins, Doubleday, Page, March 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins 377 · The Man Who Went Too Far · E. F. Benson · nv The Pall Mall Magazine June 1904 396 · The Treasure of Abbot Thomas · M. R. James · nv Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 412 · The Story of a Panic · E. M. Forster · nv Independent Review March 1904 431 · The White People · Arthur Machen · nv Horlick’s Magazine and Home Journal for Australia, India and the Colonies January 1904 463 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905 476 · Ancient Sorceries [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, September 1908 516 · The House on the Borderland · William Hope Hodgson · n. Chapman & Hall, 1908 624 · The Snout · Edward Lucas White · nv Lukundoo and Other Stories by Edward Lucas White, Doran, 1927 653 · The Hoard of the Gibbelins · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sketch January 25 1911 657 · The House of Sounds · M. P. Shiel · nv The Pale Ape by M. P. Shiel, T. Werner Laurie, October 1911 a revised and updated version of “Vaila”, Shapes in the Fire, 1896. 682 · The Last Kiss · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss Crises by Maurice Level, tr. Alys Eyre Macklin, Erskine MacDonald, June 1920 translated from the French (“Le baiser dans la nuit”, Le Journal, June 20, 1912). 687 · The Bad Lands · John Metcalfe · ss Land & Water April 15 1920 697 · The Death-Mask · Mrs. H. D. Everett · ss The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts by H. D. Everett, Philip Allan, 1920 706 · Seaton’s Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury April 1922 732 · Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922 751 · A Night in Malnéant · Clark Ashton Smith · ss The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies by Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn Journal, 1933 757 · Original Sources · [uncredited] · bi

The Idol of the Flies and Other Stories by Jane Rice ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Jim Rockhill--- see under Jane Rice.

Mistresses of the Dark: 25 Macabre Tales by Master Storytellers ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Denise Little & Robert Weinberg (Barnes & Noble, October 1998, 0-7607-1002-3, $9.98, 543pp, hc, an, cover by Tom McKeveny)     Anthology of 25 horror stories by noted female writers. Authors include Doris Lessing, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shirley Jackson. This is an instant remainder edition. ix · Introduction · Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Denise Little & Robert Weinberg · in 1 · Death by Landscape · Margaret Atwood · ss Saturday Night July 1989 20 · The July Ghost · A. S. Byatt · nv Firebird 1 ed. T. J. Binding, Allen Lane, March 1982 first broadcast in Radio 3 in 1981. 37 · The Bloody Chamber · Angela Carter · nv The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, Gollancz, 1979 78 · Don’t Look Now · Daphne du Maurier · na Ladies’ Home Journal December 1970 127 · Fleur · Louise Erdrich · ss Esquire August 1986 141 · Up North · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker November 21 1959 147 · Letter from His Father · Nadine Gordimer · ss The London Review of Books October 20 1983 164 · The Pond · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1976 182 · The Bullet Catcher · A. M. Homes · ss The Safety of Objects by A. M. Homes, Norton, 1990 201 · The Summer People · Shirley Jackson · ss Charm September 1950 216 · Ovando · Jamaica Kincaid · ss Conjunctions #14, Fall 1989 225 · Poor Little Saturday · Madeleine L’Engle · nv Fantastic Universe October 1956 242 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, October 1973 249 · Plants and Girls · Doris Lessing · ss The Habit of Loving by Doris Lessing, MacGibbon & Kee, 1957 260 · Another Halloween · Alison Lurie · ss Women and Ghosts by Alison Lurie, Heinemann, June 1994 271 · The Parallel World · Valerie Martin · ss The Consolation of Nature & Other Stories by Valerie Martin, Houghton Mifflen, 1988 278 · Number 10 · Edna O’Brien · ss The New Yorker August 16 1976 286 · The River · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Sewanee Review #3, Summer 1953 304 · The Virgin in the Rose-Bower; or, The Tragedy of Glen Mawr Manor [Xavier Kilgarvan] · Joyce Carol Oates · n. Mysteries of Winterthurn by Joyce Carol Oates, Dutton, February 1984 471 · The Dreadful Day of Judgment · Ruth Rendell · ss The Fever Tree and Other Stories of Suspense by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1982 483 · A Spiritualist · Jean Rhys · vi The Left Bank and Other Stories by Jean Rhys, Jonathan Cape, 1927 486 · The Dummy · Susan Sontag · ss I, Etcetera by Susan Sontag, Farraf, Straus & Giroux, 1963 495 · The Girl I Left Behind Me · Muriel Spark · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1957 500 · Spirit of the House · Fay Weldon · ss The After Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Hutchinson, 1980 515 · Clytie · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Summer 1941 529 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Mists from Beyond ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Robert Weinberg.

Murder Most Scottish ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Bob Adey, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, August 1999, 0-7607-1154-2, $9.98, 543pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 20 murder stories set in Scotland. ix · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in 1 · Dancing Bear · Doug Allyn · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1994 19 · Vanishing Point · Hugh B. Cave · ss Northern Frights 2 ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press, June 1994 34 · The Adventure of the Callous Colonel [Solar Pons] · Basil Copper · na The Exploits of Solar Pons by Basil Copper, Fedogan & Bremer, October 1993 103 · Our Midnight Visitor · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Temple Bar February 1891 125 · The Dreadful Bell · Elizabeth Ferrars · nv 1980 155 · The Case of the Parr Children [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · nv 1979 181 · McLean of Scotland Yard [Inspector McLean] · George Goodchild · ss 1927 193 · The Spy and the Healing Waters [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1990 211 · The Cameronian Preacher’s Tale · James Hogg · ss (r) 225 · Leave It to the River · P. M. Hubbard · ss 1978 234 · The Body in the Glen [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard February 17 1959 239 · The Milnathort Murder · Christopher N. Johnston · nv Major Owen, and Other Tales by Christopher N. Johnston, Blackwood, 1909 268 · The Killing Game [Colin Thane & Phil Moss] · Bill Knox · n. Long, 1963, as “The Man in the Bottle” 416 · Concrete Evidence [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 435 · The Night of Kirk O’Field: The Murder of Darnley · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #30, October 1916 452 · The Two Drovers · Sir Walter Scott · nv Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, Cadell & Co., 1827 478 · The Murder Hole · Catherine Sinclair · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1829, uncredited. 485 · Murder So Cool · Guy N. Smith · ss 1998 496 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 514 · Iceman [P Division] · Peter Turnbull · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1994

Nursery Crimes ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, June 1993, 1-56619-101-7, $9.98, 560pp, hc, an, cover by John Tierney)     Anthology of 30 horror stories about children in jeopardy, with an introduction by Dziemianowicz. This is an instant remainder edition. ix · Introduction · Stefan R. Dziemianowicz · in 1 · The Child That Went with the Fairies · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round February 5 1870, uncredited. 9 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 18 · The Turn of the Screw [Turn of the Screw] · Henry James · na Collier’s Weekly January 27 1898 (+11) 105 · The Frolic · Thomas Ligotti · ss Fantasy Tales #9, Spring 1982 117 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown August 1940 139 · Brenda · Margaret St. Clair · ss Weird Tales March 1954 149 · The Child That Loved a Grave · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine April 1861, uncredited. 153 · The Idol of the Flies · Jane Rice · nv Unknown Worlds June 1942 172 · Big Surprise · Richard Matheson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1959, as “What Was in the Box?” 178 · Wish · Al Sarrantonio · ss Shadows 8 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, October 1985 185 · You Never Believe Me · Davis Grubb · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1964 193 · The Lonesome Place · August Derleth · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries February 1948 200 · The Bogey Man Will Get You · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1946 210 · The Trap [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead (with H. P. Lovecraft) · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror March 1932 229 · The Academy · David Ely · ss Playboy June 1965 237 · The Interloper · Ramsey Campbell · ss Demons by Daylight by Ramsey Campbell, Arkham House, 1973, as by Errol Undercliffe 245 · Magpie · Stephen Gallagher · ss Final Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, September 1991 260 · Pig Blood Blues · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. I by Clive Barker, Sphere, November 1984 288 · The Doll Maker · Sarban · n. The Doll Maker and Other Tales of the Uncanny by Sarban, Peter Davies, 1953 404 · The Inner Room · Robert Aickman · nv The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. Robert Aickman, Fontana, 1966 430 · Miss Gentilbelle · Charles Beaumont · ss Stories for the Dead of Night ed. Don Congdon, Dell, March 1957 446 · Everything to Live For · Charles L. Grant · ss Whispers VI ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, July 1987 461 · Resettling · Steve Rasnic & Melanie Tem · ss Post Mortem ed. Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva, St. Martin's, March 1989 473 · The Memory of Wood · Lisa Tuttle · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1982 485 · The Father-Thing · Philip K. Dick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1954 496 · The October Game · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales March 1948 503 · Chickamauga · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner January 20 1889 509 · The Jest of Warburg Tantavul [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales September 1934 536 · Black and White and Red All Over · David Morrell · nv Night Visions 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Dark Harvest, October 1985 549 · By Bizarre Hands · Joe Lansdale · ss Hardboiled #9, Winter/Spring 1988

100 Astounding Little Alien Stories ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Robert Weinberg.

100 Creepy Little Creatures ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Robert Weinberg.

100 Crooked Little Crime Stories ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Robert Weinberg.

100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Robert Weinberg.

100 Fiendish Little Frightmares ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert E. Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, October 1997, 0-7607-0144-X, $7.98, 596pp, hc, an, cover by Lucy Corvino)     Horror anthology of 100 horror stories. Introduction by Dziemianowicz. This is an instant remainder edition. ix · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in 1 · 3.47 AM · David Langford · ss The Gruesome Book ed. Ramsey Campbell, Piccolo, 1983 8 · Angry Man · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Fear #16, April 1990 15 · Another House, Another Home · Bruce Boston · ss 1987 20 · The Back of the Mirror · Hugh B. Cave · ss Borderland October 1987 27 · Blood Ghost · John Helfers · ss Phantoms of the Night ed. Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, June 1996 34 · The Burned House · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Century Magazine October 1916 40 · The Cage · Ray Russell · ss Rogue November 1959, as by Roger Thorne 46 · The Case of Lady Sannox · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler November 1893 54 · The Cat-Woman · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales October 1933 58 · The Champion · Richard Laymon · ss Cavalier October 1978 63 · The Closed Window · A. C. Benson · ss The Hill of Trouble by A. C. Benson, Isbister, 1903 71 · The Clown · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Potboiler Spring/Summer 1985 74 · The Cocomacaque · Carl Jacobi · ss The Arkham Collector #8, Winter 1971 81 · Cold Heart · Peter D. Pautz · ss Shadows 6 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, October 1983 87 · The Dancer in the Flames · David Drake · ss Whispers August 1982 95 · The Dark Beasts · Frank Belknap Long · ss Marvel Tales July/August 1934 102 · Dark Winner · William F. Nolan · ss Whispers December 1976 106 · Daylight Shadows · Arthur J. Burks · ss Weird Tales April 1925 113 · The Devil and Simon Flagg · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 119 · The Devilet · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Unbidden by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Tandem, 1971 125 · The Devil’s Debt · James Platt · ss Tales of the Supernatural by James Platt, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1894 134 · The Diary of Mr. Poynter · M. R. James · nv A Thin Ghost by M. R. James, Longmans, Green, 1919 142 · Dollburger · Lisa Tuttle · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1973 147 · Down Home · Edward Bryant · ss Obsessions ed. Gary Raisor, Dark Harvest, May 1991 153 · Dwindling · David B. Silva · ss Spectrum Stories #1, 1985 160 · Echoes · Lawrence C. Connolly · vi Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January/February 1983 162 · The Eerie Mr. Murphy · Howard Wandrei · ss Esquire November 1937 171 · An Elegy for Mr. Danielson · August Derleth · vi Weird Tales August 1933 176 · Empty Walls · Elizabeth Engstrom · ss Cemetery Dance #24, Summer 1996 181 · An Eye for an Eye, A Tooth for a Tooth · Lawrence Schimel · ss Young Blood ed. Mike Baker, Zebra, March 1994 183 · The Festival [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales January 1925 191 · The Foghorn · Gertrude Atherton · ss Good Housekeeping November 1933 198 · The Garrison · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Magazine of Horror April 1965, as by David Grinnell 203 · Gavon’s Eve · E. F. Benson · ss The Illustrated London News January 13 1906 212 · The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1975 220 · The Gorgon · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales April 1932 229 · Grandma’s Hobby · Elizabeth Engstrom · ss Nightmare Flower by Elizabeth Engstrom, Tor, September 1992 233 · Imperfect Strangers · Joel Lane · ss Transactions of the Doppelgänger Society ed. David Cowperthwaite, The Doppelganger Society, October 1990 239 · In Case of Disaster Only · Henry S. Whitehead · ss West India Lights by Henry S. Whitehead, Arkham House, 1946 247 · In the Hour Before Dawn · Brad Strickland · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1986 251 · Is This a Horror Story? · Scott Edelman · vi Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #5, Fall 1989 253 · The Journal of Edward Hargood · D. N. J. · ss The Cambridge Review January 26 1911 258 · Kisses from Auntie · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss Horrors ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, October 1981 265 · The Last Drop · Nicholas Royle · ss Dark Voices 4 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, October 1992 268 · Left Hand Drive · Christopher Fowler · ss City Jitters by Christopher Fowler, Sphere, June 1986 275 · A Legend of Sonora · Hildegarde Hawthorne · vi Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1891 277 · Lemon Drops · Donald Burleson · vi Grue #8, 1988 279 · A Man of Discretion (A Tale of Gai Paris) · Richard L. Tierney · ss Etchings & Odysseys #1, 1973 287 · The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1962 295 · The Man with the Roller · E. G. Swain · ss The Peterborough Standard December 23 1911 302 · A Maniac · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · vi Hearst’s Magazine March 1920 translated from the French (“Un maniaque”, L’Auto, February 9, 1905). 305 · Midnight House · William Fryer Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1910 311 · Midnight Promises · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Midnight Promises by Richard T. Chizmar, Gauntlet Press, 1996 317 · Misadventures in the Skin Trade · Don D’Ammassa · ss Borderlands 4 ed. Elizabeth & Thomas Monteleone, Borderlands Press, November 1994 323 · Missed Connection · Ramsey Campbell · ss Night Visions 3 ed. George R. R. Martin, Dark Harvest, October 1986 329 · Missing · Poppy Z. Brite · ss The Horror Show Fall 1986 335 · Mistress Marion’s Light · Gertrude Morton · ss (r) 340 · Mrs Vail · Kim Newman · ss The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales ed. Brian M. Stableford, Dedalus, March 1992 343 · The Mystics of Muelenburg · Thomas Ligotti · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #51, Hallowmas 1987 349 · The Night Gil Rhys First Met His Love · Alan Rodgers · ss Scare Care ed. Graham Masterton, Tor, July 1989 356 · A Night in Possum Holler · Ardath Mayhar · ss After Midnight ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, April 1986 361 · The Night Is Freezing Fast · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, June 1987 369 · No Need for Words · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Night Ghouls by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1975 376 · Oasis · Brian Hodge · ss The Horror Show Winter 1984 383 · Old Mrs. Cartwright · Basil Copper · ss Not After Nightfall by Basil Copper, Four Square, 1967 389 · The Overcoat · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Night Visions 1 ed. Alan Ryan, Dark Harvest, November 1984 395 · Playing for Keeps · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Weird Tales Spring 1991 403 · Proxy · John Metcalfe · ss The Smoking Leg and Other Stories by John Metcalfe, Jarrolds, September 1925 410 · The Rose of Knock · Alan Ryan · ss Perpetual Light ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, October 1982 418 · Sandprint · Norman Partridge · ss Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales by Norman Partridge, Roadkill Press, July 1992 422 · Seasons of Belief · Michael Bishop · ss Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, November 1979 429 · The Shaggy House [God of the Razor] · Joe R. Lansdale · ss The Horror Show Fall 1986 436 · Silted In · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Why Not You and I? by Karl Edward Wagner, Tor, September 1987 443 · Sitting in the Corner, Whimpering Quietly · Dennis Etchison · vi Whispers December 1976 original version appeared in Statement Magazine, Los Angeles State College, 1966. 446 · Sneakers · Marc Laidlaw · ss Shadows 6 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, October 1983 449 · Someone to Dump On · Terry Lamsley · ss All Hallows #8, February 1995 457 · Something More · Gordon Van Gelder · ss Young Blood ed. Mike Baker, Zebra, March 1994 460 · The Spider · Basil Copper · ss The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1964 465 · Still Frame · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss Shadows 7 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, November 1984 472 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine February 1909 476 · A Street Was Chosen · Ramsey Campbell · ss Weird Tales Summer 1991 482 · Surrogate · Janet Fox · ss Fears ed. Charles L. Grant, Berkley, 1983 487 · They’re Coming for You · Les Daniels · ss Cutting Edge ed. Dennis Etchison, Doubleday, October 1986 492 · Thirst · Bill Pronzini · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1973 497 · To Receive Is Better · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, October 1994 502 · Tomorrow Is Forever · Hugh B. Cave · vi Adventure September 1943 505 · Traps · F. Paul Wilson · ss Night Cry Summer 1987 513 · The Traveller · R. H. Benson · ss The Light Invisible by R. H. Benson, Isbister, March 1903 520 · The Tuckahoe · Nancy Etchemendy · ss Shadows 8 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, October 1985 528 · Uneasy Lie the Drowned · Donald Wandrei · nv Weird Tales December 1937 533 · The Village Bully · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, uncredited. 537 · The Visit · William F. Nolan · ss MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, July 1992 541 · A Week in the Unlife · David J. Schow · ss A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, November 1991 545 · When the Door Is Shut · ’B’ · ss Magdalene College Magazine June 1912; given as by D.N.J. 550 · Where Does Watson Road Go? · William Relling, Jr. · ss Eldritch Tales #14, 1987 558 · Where Flies Are Born · Douglas Clegg · ss Tekeli-li! #2, Summer 1991 565 · Who Walks at Night · John Maclay · ss The Horror Show Summer 1986 570 · The Winter Ghosts · Tanith Lee · ss Weird Tales Winter 1991/1992 577 · Wish Hound · Pat Murphy · ss Shadows 3 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, November 1980 584 · The Wrong Way · Chet Williamson · ss Skullduggery Summer 1981

100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, July 1993, 1-56619-106-8, $7.98, 546pp, hc, an, cover by Jack Eckstein)     Anthology of 101 short-short ghost stories of 3,000 words or less, two original. This is an instant remainder edition. xiii · Introduction · Stefan R. Dziemianowicz · in 1 · Across the Moors · William Fryer Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1910 5 · Attorney for the Damned · Renier Wyers · ss Weird Tales May 1936 13 · Away · Barry N. Malzberg · ss A Treasury of American Horror Stories ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Bonanza, 1985 16 · Behind the Screen · Dale Clark · ss Weird Tales April 1934 24 · Black Gold · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales April 1937 29 · Bone to His Bone · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer & Sons, 1912 36 · The Burned House · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Century Magazine October 1916 43 · Clocks · Darrell Schweitzer · ss The Horror Show Spring 1989 46 · The Closed Door · Harold Ward · ss Weird Tales December 1933 53 · The Coat · A. E. D. Smith · ss Powers of Darkness, Philip Allan, 1934 59 · The Cold Embrace · Mary E. Braddon · ss The Welcome Guest September 22 1860 67 · Coming Home · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Author’s Choice Monthly #14, November 1990 75 · Concert to Death · Paul Ernst · ss Weird Tales November 1934 82 · The Considerate Hosts · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales December 1939 92 · Daddy · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi Footsteps #7, November 1986 95 · Dark Mummery · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales November 1944 103 · Date in the City Room · Talbot Johns · ss Weird Tales January 1939 107 · A Dead Secret · Lafcadio Hearn · vi Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn, Houghton Mifflin, April 1904 109 · The Door · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales November 1924 113 · Drowned Argosies · J. Wilmer Benjamin · ss Weird Tales July 1934 117 · Dust · Edna Goit Brintnall · ss Weird Tales July 1932 121 · Edge of the Cliff · Dorothy Quick · vi Weird Tales March 1941 124 · Faces · Arthur J. Burks · ss Weird Tales April 1927 131 · Fancy That · J. N. Williamson · ss Fantasy Tales, v.10 #1 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1988 135 · Father Macclesfield’s Tale · R. H. Benson · ss A Mirror of Shalott by R. H. Benson, Pitman, 1907 141 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904 147 · The Garret of Madame Lemoyne · W. K. Mashburn, Jr. · ss Weird Tales January 1928 153 · The Ghost and the Bone-Setter [The Purcell Papers] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1838, uncredited. 161 · A Ghost-Child · Bernard Capes · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1906 167 · The Ghost Farm · Susan Andrews Rice · vi Weird Tales May 1925 170 · Ghost Story · Alan Brennert · ss Future Pastimes ed. Scott Edelstein, Aurora, 1977, as “Skyghosts and Dusk-Devils” 174 · The Ghosts at Haddon-le-Green · Alfred I. Tooke · vi Weird Tales February 1938 176 · Ghosts of the Air · J. M. Hiatt & Moye W. Stephens · ss Weird Tales June 1926 182 · Gibbler’s Ghost · William F. Nolan · ss Alien Horizons by William F. Nolan, Pocket, August 1974, as “Full of, Mostly, Bagels and Cream Cheese” 186 · A Grammatical Ghost · Elia W. Peattie · ss The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales by Elia W. Peattie, Macmillan US, September 1898 191 · The Grey Room · Stefan Grabinski; translated by Miroslaw Lipinski · ss 198 · Guarded · Mearle Prout · ss Weird Tales March 1938 203 · Harmless Ghosts [Penelope Pettiweather] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Harmless Ghosts by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Haunted Library, 1990 209 · The Haunted Burglar · W. C. Morrow · ss Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine July 1897 213 · He Walked by Day · Julius Long · ss Weird Tales June 1934 219 · Her New Parents · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm Weirdbook #23/24, 1988 225 · Highwaymen · W. Benson Dooling · ss Weird Tales February 1929 229 · The Honor of Don Pedro · Wallace J. Knapp · ss Weird Tales July 1935 236 · The House of Shadows · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales April 1933 243 · How He Left the Hotel · Louisa Baldwin · ss The Argosy (UK) October 1894, uncredited. 247 · Jerry Bundler · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Windsor Magazine #36, December 1897 254 · John Charrington’s Wedding · Edith Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891 260 · Kharu Knows All · Renier Wyers · ss Weird Tales July 1936 266 · The Last of Squire Ennismore · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper Christmas 1886 272 · The Light Was Green · John Rawson Speer · ss Weird Tales January 1938 279 · McGill’s Appointment · Elsie Ellis · vi Weird Tales January 1926 281 · The Man on B-17 · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales May 1950 286 · Mandolin · Will Oursler · ss Weird Tales June 1934 289 · The Metronome · August W. Derleth · ss Terror by Night ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, Selwyn & Blount, August 1934 295 · Miss Prue · Fred Chappell · ss Cold Mountain Review Spring 1981 298 · Monsieur De Guise · Perley Poore Sheehan · ss The Scrap Book January 1911 303 · Mordecai’s Pipe · A. V. Milyer · vi Weird Tales June 1936 305 · The Murderer’s Violin · Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Henry Frith · ss The Wild Huntsman by Erckmann-Chatrian, tr. Henry Frith, Ward Lock, 1877 translated from the French (“Le violon du pendu”, Contes de la montagne, Michel Lévy Frères, 1860). 311 · The Night Caller · G. L. Raisor · ss The Horror Show Summer 1989 315 · The Night Wire · H. F. Arnold · ss Weird Tales September 1926 321 · O Come Little Children… · Chet Williamson · ss Spirits of Christmas ed. Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell, Wynwood, October 1989 330 · On the Brighton Road · Richard Middleton · ss The Ghost Ship by Richard Middleton, Unwin, 1912 333 · Our Late Visitor · Marvin Kaye · ss Brother Theodore’s Chamber of Horrors ed. Marvin Kaye & Brother Theodore, Pinnacle, September 1975, as by Joseph Lavinson 337 · Out of Copyright · Ramsey Campbell · ss Hot Air, 1980 344 · Pacific 421 · August W. Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1944 352 · The Pedicab · Donald R. Burleson · ss 358 · The Phantom Express · H. Thompson Rich · vi Weird Tales October 1926 360 · The Piper from Bhutan · David Bernard · ss Weird Tales February 1938 366 · Rats · M. R. James · ss At Random March 23 1929 371 · The Readjustment · Mary Austin · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine April 1908 377 · Rebels’ Rest · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales July 1950 384 · Relationships · Robert Sampson · ss Strange Plasma #1, 1989 390 · Rendezvous · Richard H. Hart · ss Weird Tales January 1936 397 · The Return · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The National Observer July 2 1892 402 · The Return · G. G. Pendarves · ss Weird Tales April 1927 406 · Rose Rose · Barry Pain · ss The London Magazine May 1910 412 · Safety Zone · Barry Malzberg · ss New England Ghosts ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press, October 1990 418 · Shadows Cast Behind · Otto E. A. Schmidt · ss Weird Tales April 1927 426 · Shadows in the Grass · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss The Nineteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1983 430 · The Sixth Tree · Edith Lichty Stewart · ss Weird Tales May/June/July 1924 434 · The Soul of Laploshka · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 8 1909 438 · The Sphinx Without a Secret · Oscar Wilde · ss The World May 25 1887, as “Lady Alroy” 442 · The Splendid Lie · S. B. H. Hurst · vi Weird Tales July 1932 445 · A Sprig of Rosemary · H. Warner Munn · ss Weird Tales June 1933 452 · The Stone Coffin · ’B’ · ss Magdalene College Magazine December 1913 458 · A Strange Goldfield · Guy Boothby · ss The Lady of the Island by Guy Boothby, John Long, 1904 464 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine February 1909 468 · Summerland · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1957 472 · The Terrible Old Man · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout July 1921 475 · The Terror by Night · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 481 · The Theater Upstairs · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales December 1936 487 · Thirteen Phantasms · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Fantasy Magazine March 1936 490 · Three Gentlemen in Black · August W. Derleth · ss Weird Tales August 1938 498 · The Tree-Man Ghost · Percy B. Prior · ss Weird Tales March 1928 502 · The True History of Anthony Ffryar · Arthur Gray · ss The Cambridge Review February 16 1911, as by Ingulphus 508 · Two · Al Sarrantonio · ss The Horror Show Fall 1988 516 · Under the Eaves · Helen M. Reid · vi Weird Tales June 1932 519 · A Visitor from Far Away · Loretta G. Burrough · ss Weird Tales February 1936 525 · Waiter Number 34 · Paul Ernst · ss Weird Tales July 1935 534 · The Woman in Gray · Walker G. Everett · ss Weird Tales June 1935 539 · The Word of Bentley · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales May 1933

100 Hilarious Little Howlers ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, October 1999, 0-7607-1385-5, $7.98, 483pp, hc, an, cover by Lucy Corvino)     Associational anthology of 100 humor stories, three original, with introduction by Dziemianowicz. Authors include C.M. Kornbluth, Gahan Wilson, Bob Shaw, and Ramsey Campbell. This is an instant remainder edition. ix · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in 1 · Absent-Mindedness in a Parish Choir · Thomas Hardy · vi Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May 1891 3 · The Advent on Channel Twelve · C. M. Kornbluth · vi Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, November 1958 6 · The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes [Shamrock Jolnes] · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World February 7 1904 11 · After You, Montague · Howard Wandrei · vi The Arkham Collector #9, Spring 1971 13 · Agamemnon’s Career · Lucretia P. Hale · ss (r) 20 · All Moon-Beasts Amorphous and Mephitic · Peter Cannon · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #90, Lammas 1995 25 · At Arms with Morpheus · O. Henry · ss Ainslee’s Magazine October 1903, as by S. H. Peters 29 · Believing in the Twentieth Century · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Terra Incognita #1, Winter 1996/1997 38 · The Belle of Vallejo · W. L. Alden · vi (r) 40 · Boots · Anton Chekhov · ss (r) 44 · Broker’s Loan · Donald Wandrei · vi 1930 47 · The Captain’s Story · Mark Twain · ss Merry Tales by Mark Twain, Charles L. Webster, March 1892 51 · The Case of Jack the Clipper, or A Fimbulwinter’s Tale · David Langford · ss Interzone #126, December 1997 57 · Chalk Talk · Edward Wellen · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1973 60 · A Change of Lifestyle · Joe & Karen Lansdale · vi Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November/December 1984 63 · Chasing the Ugly Dog · Tom Piccirilli · ss 1993 67 · Christmas Afternoon · Robert C. Benchley · vi (r) 70 · Christmas Eve in the Blue Chamber · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome, The Leadenhall Press, 1891, as “The Ghost of the Blue Chamber” 77 · Cinderella · Ring Lardner · vi Hearst’s International August 1923 80 · The Cleft · Gahan Wilson · ss The Cleft and Other Odd Tales by Gahan Wilson, Tor, November 1998 83 · Deflation 2001 · Bob Shaw · vi Amazing Science Fiction Stories September 1972 86 · Dentondagon! · Don Webb · vi Alternate Hilarities #4, 1993 88 · Detection Perfection · Tim Lebbon · ss 96 · Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences · Edgar Allan Poe · ar Philadelphia Saturday Courier October 14 1843, as “Raising the Wind; or, Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences” 105 · A Difficult Subject · Jane Rice · vi Charm September 1948 109 · The Dog That Spoke French · Vincent Starrett · vi Chicago Sunday Tribune October 1 1944 111 · The Drawing-Room Bureau · E. F. Benson · ss Woman at Home December 1915 119 · The Egg · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial March 1920, as “The Triumph of the Egg” 128 · The Errors of Santa Claus · Stephen Leacock · ss Frenzied Fiction by Stephen Leacock, John Lane, 1918 132 · The Final Apprentice · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Betcha Can’t Read Just One ed. Alan Dean Foster & Martin H. Greenberg, Ace, December 1993 141 · Forgetful Charlie · Hugh B. Cave · ss Leatherneck 1957 145 · Gandhi at the Bat · Chet Williamson · ss The New Yorker June 20 1983 149 · Getting Enough · Chet Williamson · ss Playboy March 1987 153 · Great-Aunt Ella and the Stanley Steamer · Jane Rice · ss Charm September 1946 159 · Gremlin · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction #1, April/May 1995 164 · The Grilling of Loren Ellery · Jack London · ss (r) 169 · The Hand That Feeds · John Maclay · ss Bloodreams January 1992 172 · The Hapless Bachelors · E. F. Benson · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1921 183 · Hearing Aid · David Langford · ss Practical Computing October 1982 191 · The Helping Hand · Robert Sheckley · vi Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine April 1981 192 · The Hexer · Howard Wandrei · ss Unknown June 1939, as by H. W. Guernsey 204 · His First Day at Editing · Eugene Field · ss (r) 209 · His First Operation · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Round the Red Lamp by A. Conan Doyle, Methuen, October 1894 215 · If at First You Don’t Succeed, to Hell with It! · Charles E. Fritch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1972 220 · An Imperfect Conflagration · Ambrose Bierce · vi The Wasp March 27 1886 223 · In Mid-Atlantic · W. W. Jacobs · ss To-Day November 17 1894 229 · The Independent Fiend · Gordon Linzner · ss Bringing Down the Moon ed. Jani Anderson, Space & Time, October 1985 236 · Interlude in a Laboratory · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 3 1981 237 · Kitty Answers · William Dean Howells · ss (r) 243 · The Legend of Scotland · Lewis Carroll · ss (r) 249 · The Life of Anybody · Robert Sheckley · vi Is That What People Do? by Robert Sheckley, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, August 1984 251 · A Little Joke · Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins · ss Sport Royal and Other Stories by Anthony Hope, Innes, 1893, as by Anthony Hope 255 · Little Red in the Hood · Linda Addison · vi Tomorrow November 1996 256 · The Lot’s Wife Caper · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Anthology #25, Spring/Summer 1973, as by R. L. Stevens 263 · Luck · Mark Twain · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1891 267 · Lynx-Hunting [Whilomville] · Stephen Crane · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1899 272 · Malice Aforethought · Donald A. Wollheim · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1952, as by David Grinnell 277 · Mirror, Mirror · Tina & Tony Rath · ss Weird Tales Winter 1992/1993 282 · Miss Crump’s Song · Augustus Baldwin Longstreet · ss (r) 286 · Miss Rennsdale Accepts · Booth Tarkington · ss (r) 292 · Monologue in Baker Street · Vincent Starrett · vi Chicago Sunday Tribune December 3 1950, as “Dr. Watson’s Mind Read by Master” 293 · Monster Tales: Return of the Jumbo Shrimp · Les Daniels · vi Necon Stories, Three Bobs Press, July 1990 294 · Moti Guj—Mutineer · Rudyard Kipling · ss Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling, Heinemann and Balestier, March 1891 301 · Mrs. Joseph Porter · Charles Dickens · ss The Monthly Magazine January 1834, uncredited. 310 · Not Just Another Saint Paddy’s Day · Ben P. Indick · vi 1993 313 · Nothing but the Best · Brian McNaughton · vi Masques IV ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, October 1991 316 · Novelty and Romance: A Broken Spell · Lewis Carroll · ss (r) 323 · Oil of Dog · Ambrose Bierce · ss Oakland Daily Evening Tribune October 11 1890, as “The Oil of a Dog” 327 · The Old, Old Story of How Five Men Went Fishing · Stephen Leacock · ss MacLean’s Magazine September 1917 333 · Our New Bedstead · Frederick Swartout Cozzens · ss (r) 337 · Papa’s Planet · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy April 1968 341 · Paranoid Fantasy #1 · Lawrence Watt-Evans · vi The American Atheist 1975 343 · Patrons · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Space and Time #30, May 1975 345 · The Perfumed Garden · David H. Keller · ss The Gorgon v2 #4, 1948 352 · Personality Problem · Joe R. Lansdale · vi Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January/February 1983 353 · A Piece of Red Calico · Frank R. Stockton · vi Scribner’s Monthly February 1876, as by Andrew Scoggin 358 · Pig · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette June 3 1887 364 · Project Hush · William Tenn · ss Galaxy Science Fiction February 1954 370 · Rheumatism Movement Cure · Robert Jones Burdette · vi (r) 373 · The Saga of Lizzie Borden · Jane Rice · vi Charm March 1946 376 · Santa’s Tenth Reindeer · Gordon Van Gelder · ss 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories ed. Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, April 1984 379 · The Second Coming of a First Husband [Judge William Pitman Priest (Old Judge Priest)] · Irvin S. Cobb · ss Snake Doctor and Other Stories by Irvin S. Cobb, George H. Doran, July 1923 387 · The Social Life of the Newt · Robert Benchley · ar Vanity Fair (US) December 1919 391 · “Sorry, But We Only Offer That Course in the Fall” · William Relling, Jr. · ss The Infinite Man by William Relling, Jr., Scream/Press, October 1989 394 · Speak · Henry Slesar · vi The Diners Club Magazine 1965 396 · The Stalled Ox · Saki · ss The Morning Post, as by H. H. Munro 400 · The Stampeding of Lady Bastable [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · vi The Daily Mail November 5 1910, as “A Modern Boy” 403 · The Stout Gentleman [Bracebridge] · Washington Irving · ss Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving, John Murray, 1822; subtitled “A Stage Coach Romance”. 412 · Sweet Violence · Morris Hershman · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1967, as by Arnold English 413 · A Tale of Wet Days · Irvin S. Cobb · ss (r) 420 · Tempest in a Tub · J. M. Bailey · vi (r) 422 · Truman Capote’s Trilby: The Facts · Garry Kilworth · ss Back Brain Recluse #15, Spring 1990 430 · Two Dead Guys Walkin’ Around Eatin’ People · John R. Platt · ss 1997 437 · Upon My Soul · Jack Ritchie · ss The Diners Club Magazine January 1965 440 · The Vigil · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine September 1912 449 · When a Felon Needs a Friend · Morris Hershman · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1958, as by Arnold English 456 · With Nott in the Terrible Targa · William F. Nolan · ss 464 · Witch Hunt · Lawrence Schimel · vi 466 · The Worst Fog of the Year · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Horizons #31, 1990 472 · X-ing a Paragrab · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Flag of Our Union May 12 1849

100 Menacing Little Murder Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Robert Weinberg.

100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Robert Weinberg.

100 Tiny Tales of Terror ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Robert Weinberg.

100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, October 1998, 0-7607-0855-X, $7.98, 578pp, hc, an, cover by Lucy Corvino)     Anthology of 100 horror stories. Authors include Lucy Taylor, John Galsworthy, Fritz Leiber, and Ramsey Campbell. This is an instant remainder edition. xi · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in 1 · The Archer in the Arras · Lewis Spence · ss The Grand Magazine January 1916 7 · The Atom-Smasher · Donald Wandrei · vi Astounding Stories April 1934 9 · Awakening · David A. Drake · ss Nameless Places ed. Gerald W. Page, Arkham House, December 1975 12 · The Baku · Lucy Taylor · ss Women of Darkness ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Tor, December 1988 18 · “Beyondaril” · John Metcalfe · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 24 · The Black Godmother · John Galsworthy · vi The English Review February 1912 28 · Bringing It Along · A. R. Morlan · ss Night Screams ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, January 1996 35 · Broken Glass · Georgia Wood Pangborn · ss Scribner’s Magazine August 1911 42 · Broken Things · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · vi Deathrealm #13, Fall/Winter 1990 44 · The Buried Alive · John Galt · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine October 1821, uncredited. 47 · The Business of Madame Jahn · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss A Book of Bargains by Vincent O’Sullivan, Leonard Smithers, 1896 53 · Busted in Buttown · David J. Schow · ss Reflex #21, December 1991 59 · By the Light of the Silvery Moon · Les Daniels · ss Borderlands ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, November 1990 64 · Cancer Alley · Nancy A. Collins · ss The Earth Strikes Back ed. Richard Chizmar, Ziesing, December 1994 72 · Cedar Lane · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, September 1990 80 · The Clock · William Fryer Harvey · ss The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928 84 · Coffins for Two · Vincent Starrett · ss Coffins for Two by Vincent Starrett, Covici Friede, 1924 89 · Cold Spell · David Langford · ss The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1980 98 · Crispy Notes · Nicholas Royle · ss Obsessions ed. Gary Raisor, Dark Harvest, May 1991 102 · Crutches · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Shadows 6 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, October 1983 109 · Dark Whispers · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Midnight Promises by Richard T. Chizmar, Gauntlet Press, 1996 114 · The Devil’s Lottery · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales September 1948 123 · Die Rache · Steven Utley · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1992 126 · Don’t Get Lost · Tanith Lee · ss Dark Fantasies ed. Chris Morgan, Legend, August 1989 133 · Don’t Take It to Heart · H. L. Gold · ss Fantastic July/August 1953 141 · Doorslammer · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Magazine of Horror and Strange Stories November 1963 145 · The Elevator · Garry Kilworth · ss Darklands 2 ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, October 1992 150 · The Ex · William F. Nolan · vi Deathrealm #27, Spring 1996 156 · A Far-Away Melody · Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman · ss Westminster Magazine August 1890 163 · The Feet · Mark Channing · ss (r) 170 · The Final Tale · Elizabeth Engstrom · ss Olelo Hou Spring 1986 175 · Fingers of a Hand · H. D. Everett · ss The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts by H. D. Everett, Philip Allan, 1920 182 · Fire-Bringer! · William Brandon · ss Dime Mystery Magazine August 1949 187 · Food for Thought · Mandy Slater · ss Dark Terrors ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, October 1995 195 · Free Hand · Fred Chappell · ss Deathrealm #11, Spring 1990 201 · From Beyond [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Fantasy Fan June 1934 207 · From What Strange Land · Blanche Bane Kuder · ss (r) 214 · The Frontier Guards · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Illustrated London News November 25 1929 219 · The Good Husband · Evelyn E. Smith · vi Fantastic Universe August 1955 222 · Great Expectations · Kim Antieau · vi Cemetery Dance #5, Summer 1990 226 · The Green Light · Barry Pain · ss Phil May’s Annual #7, Winter 1897 231 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss Monsieur Parent, Queen Hortense, Fascination and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant, P.F. Collier, 1910 translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883). 237 · Haunted Air · L. A. Lewis · ss Tales of the Grotesque by L. A. Lewis, Philip Allan, September 1934 245 · Here Lies · Howard Wandrei · ss Weird Tales October 1937, as by H. W. Guernsey 250 · The House · André Maurois; translated by Jacques Chambrun · vi Harper’s Magazine June 1931 translated from the French (“La maison”, L’Anglaise et d’autres femmes, Nouvelle Société d’Édition, 1932). 252 · How It Happened · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1913 255 · The Idol with Hands of Clay · Sir Frederick Treves · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #124, July 1922 262 · In the Light of the Red Lamp · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss The Black Mask May 1920 translated from the French (“Sous la lumière rouge”, Le Journal, July 31, 1906). 266 · In the Straw · Edward D. Hoch · ss Beware More Beasts ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood, Manor, 1975 272 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander January 17 1912 277 · Invisible Boy · Cliff Burns · ss 1987 282 · It Will Come to You · Frank Belknap Long · ss Unknown Worlds December 1942 288 · Key to the Mysteries · Don Webb · ss Eldritch Tales #18, 1989 293 · The King’s Messenger · F. Marion Crawford · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine November 1907 300 · The Little Finger on the Left Hand · Ardath Mayhar · vi Weird Tales Summer 1990 304 · Little Old Miss Macbeth · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1958 309 · Lucky · John Maclay · ss Cemetery Dance #25, Fall 1996 312 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890 318 · The Man in the Bell · William Maginn · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine November 1821, uncredited. 323 · The Man with the Fine Mind · Kris Neville · ss Fantastic January/February 1953 331 · The Mummy Buyer · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1981 335 · The Music of the Moon · Thomas Ligotti · ss Fantasy Macabre #9, 1987 342 · Narrative of a Fatal Event · Walter Scott · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine March 1818, as by Tweedside 350 · Night Deposits · Chet Williamson · ss University Man 1987 355 · On Call · Dennis Etchison · ss Fantasy Newsletter March 1980 363 · On the Leads · S. Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904 371 · On the River · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Jonathan Sturges · ss Modern Ghosts, Harper's, 1890 translated from the French (“En Canot”, Le Bulletin Francais, March 10, 1876). 377 · Onawa · Alan Ryan · ss Death ed. Stuart David Schiff, Playboy, 1982 384 · The Opener of the Crypt [Fortunato] · John Jakes · ss Fantastic November/December 1952 390 · Out of the Night · H. Warner Munn · ss Weirdbook #1, 1968 395 · Out of the Woods · Richard Laymon · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1975 398 · Outside the Door · E. F. Benson · ss The London Magazine January 1910 405 · The Outside Man · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Narrow Houses: Volume I ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, December 1992 413 · Patricia’s Profession · Kim Newman · ss Interzone #14, Winter 1985/1986 418 · The Pewter Ring [Cthulhu] · Peter Cannon · ss Tales of Lovecraftian Horror #1, May 1987 425 · The Playmate · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Unbidden by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Tandem, 1971 434 · Powers of the Air · J. D. Beresford · ss Seven Arts October 1917 439 · The Prince · W. B. Maxwell · ss The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 444 · The Quiet Ones · Al Sarrantonio · ss Weirdbook #18, 1983 452 · Rising Generation · Ramsey Campbell · ss World of Horror #4, 1975 456 · The Room Above the Top · Hugh B. Cave · ss Shudder Stories #1, June 1984 463 · A Room in a House · August Derleth · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1950 471 · Sagasta’s Last · Carl Jacobi · ss Strange Stories August 1939 479 · Say It with Spiders · Janet Fox · ss Weirdbook #3, 1970 482 · Secrets · Melanie Tem · ss Cemetery Dance #8, Spring 1991 490 · Six Kinds of Darkness · John Shirley · ss High Times March 1988 498 · Slippage · Edward Bryant · ss Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, September 1990 500 · The Steps · Amyas Northcote · ss In Ghostly Company by Amyas Northcote, The Bodley Head, 1921 507 · Take Me When You Go · Joel Lane · ss The Third Alternative #1, 1994 513 · Terror’s Dark Pool · Henry Treat Sperry · ss Dime Mystery Magazine May 1936 519 · The Thing in the Cellar · David H. Keller · ss Weird Tales March 1932 526 · Those Whom the Gods Love · Hilda Hughes · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 533 · Time Enough to Sleep · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Fear Itself ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner, February 1995 539 · A Time for Waiting · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Dark Voices 4 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, October 1992 542 · Told in the Desert · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Over the Edge ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, May 1964 547 · The Triumphant Dead · William Hines · ss Terror Tales November/December 1936 554 · Twelve O’Clock · Charles Whibley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 558 · Voice · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Owlflight #1, 1981 562 · The Walker · Donald R. Burleson · vi Tales of Lovecraftian Horror #2, June 1988 565 · Wrapped Up · Ramsey Campbell · ss Fantasy Tales #7, Spring 1981

100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Robert Weinberg.

100 Wicked Little Witch Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, September 1995, 1-56619-762-7, $7.98, 610pp, hc, oa)     Anthology of 100 horror stories, 88 original, about witches, with an introduction by Dziemianowicz. This is an instant remainder edition. xiii · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in 1 · Gramma Grunt · Donald R. Burleson · ss 6 · By the Hair of the Head · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Shadows 6 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, October 1983 17 · The Hunt · James S. Dorr · ss 22 · The Fit · Ramsey Campbell · ss New Terrors 1 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Pan, 1980 33 · Witches in the Cornfield · Carl Jacobi · ss Imagination August 1954, as “The Dangerous Scarecrow” 40 · Somewhere My Love · Stephen Mark Rainey · ss 46 · Burning in the Light · Juleen Brantingham · ss 54 · The Scream · Mike Ashley · ss 61 · The Mandrakes [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales February 1933 67 · Next-Door Neighbor · Don D’Ammassa · ss 74 · Witch Hunt · Christie Golden · ss 78 · The Laurel Lake Laser · Aimee Kratts · ss 85 · The Only Way to Fly · Nancy Holder · ss 91 · The Princess and the Frog · Tina L. Jens · ss 99 · There’ll Be Witches · Joe Meno · ss 104 · Alan’s Mother · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1982 109 · Blood Mary · Simon McCaffery · ss 115 · Mobile Home · Michael Skeet · ss 122 · Of Time and Space · Hugh B. Cave · ss Borderland #2, 1985 128 · A Matter of Honor · R. K. Partain · ss 136 · Hair Apparent · Don D’Ammassa · ss 142 · A Good Witch Is Hard to Find · Dawn Dunn · ss 148 · Psychomildew Love · Lois H. Gresh · ss 153 · The Career Witch · Thomas M. Sipos · ss 161 · Retrocurses · Terry Campbell · ss 168 · Daughters · Juleen Brantingham · ss 173 · Beware of That for Which You Wish · Linda J. Dunn · ss 178 · Cerile and the Journeyer · Adam-Troy Castro · ss 183 · The Witch of the World’s End · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 193 · Inyanga · Janet Berliner Gluckman & George Guthridge · ss 198 · Requiem for a Witch · Dan Perez · ss 203 · Crone Woman Gandy · Richard Gilliam · ss 209 · The Devil’s Men · Brian Stableford · ss 214 · The Caress of Ash and Cinder · Cindie Geddes · ss 221 · I Feel My Body Grow · Del Stone, Jr. · ss 225 · The Conversion of St. Monocarp · Brian McNaughton · ss 233 · Garage Sale · Janet Fox · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1982 238 · Buyer Beware · Tim Waggoner · ss 244 · On the Wings of the Wind · Lillian Csernica · ss 248 · Alexa, Skyclad · Benjamin Adams · ss 257 · Angel of the Eleventh Hour · Joel S. Ross · ss 265 · Overdue Fines · Edo van Belkom · ss 273 · 1-900-Witches · Nancy & Wayne Holder · ss 279 · Vend-a-Witch · Adam-Troy Castro · vi 281 · Shedding Light on the Black Forest · Brent Monahan · ss 285 · Suffer a Witch · Mike Baker · ss 293 · The Politically Incorrect Witch · Benjamin Adams · ss 301 · Grue Love · David Annandale · ss 307 · Dry Skin · Charles M. Saplak · vi 310 · Gather Round and You Shall Hear · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 317 · Fish Witch · Lois H. Gresh · ss 325 · The Hammer of Witches · Mark Kreighbaum · ss 330 · Witch Hunter · Douglas Hewitt · ss 336 · Sorrow Laughed · Tom Piccirilli · ss 342 · A Spell of Research · Brad Strickland · ss 347 · How the Cookie Crumbles · Mollie L. Burleson · ss 352 · Coming Out of the Broom Closet · Lawrence Schimel · vi 354 · Bat’s Blood for Flavor · Adam Niswander · ss 359 · The Metropolitan Menace · Gordon Linzner · ss 364 · In the Cards · Martin R. Soderstrom · ss 371 · Plague · Ernest Leong · vi 374 · Under Control · Danielle D’Attilio · ss 378 · Dressed to Live · C. Bruce Hunter · ss 385 · Common Grounds · P. D. Cacek · ss 391 · She’s My Witch · Norman Partridge · ss 398 · The Angel · Christie Golden · ss 403 · The Good Witch of the North Wing · Steve Antczak · ss 411 · Fiddlesticks · T. Diane Slatton · ss 420 · Empty Jar, Empty Chest · Stephanie D. Shaver · ss 426 · Brownouts · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 431 · Small Workers · Lois Tilton · ss 436 · A Wild Imagination · Lisa Lepovetsky · ss 440 · Quiet, Please · Richard Parks · ss 446 · A Hundred Wicked Little Witches · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 450 · Silhouette · Mark McLaughlin · vi 452 · Master Tape · Rick Hautala · ss 460 · The Edge · Adam Meyer · ss 464 · Do No Harm · Pamela D. Hodgson · ss 470 · Magician’s Assistant · Adam Meyer · vi 473 · Bad Things Happen on Halloween · Lucy Taylor · vi 1993 475 · Midnight Oil · L. S. Silverthorne · ss 479 · Invitation · Katherine Ramsland · ss 485 · Heartbeat · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss 492 · Blood of the Rose · Karen E. Taylor · ss 496 · Predator’s Moon · Mel Odom · ss 504 · Djinneyah & Co. · Blythe Ayne · ss 512 · The Mudang · Will Murray · ss 520 · Agnes Across the Swamp · Rich Powell · ss 527 · Hunger Gulag · Martin Mundt · ss 533 · Young Goodwife Doten · Robert M. Price · ss 541 · Newcomer · Tim Waggoner · ss 547 · Just the Two of Us · Hugh B. Cave · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #25, Michaelmas 1984 554 · A Bluegrass Reunion · Ben P. Indick · ss Eldritch Tales #25, Spring 1991 560 · Poppet · Kathryn Ptacek · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #5, Fall 1989 566 · The Robbery · Cynthia Ward · ss 571 · Patience Serves · David C. Smith · ss 576 · This House · Yvonne Navarro · ss 583 · Saunder’s Little Friend · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1948 592 · In the Chimney · Simon MacCulloch · ss 600 · Wall of Darkness · Basil Wells · ss Fantasy Book #4, 1948

100 Wild Little Weird Tales ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Robert Weinberg.

Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz (Fall River Press, 2014, 978-1-4351-5721-7, $7.98, 666pp, hc, an, cover by Shutterstock)     Horror anthology of 20 “sensation stories” from the 19th century, including Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818 version), and works by Washington Irving, E.T.A. Hoffman, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Louisa May Alcott. This is an instant remainder edition. vii · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in 1 · Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus [Frankenstein] · Mary Shelley · n. Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited. 154 · The Adventure of the German Student · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, August 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 159 · The Wehr-Wolf: A Legend of the Limousin · Richard Thomson · nv Tales of an Antiquary: Vol. I, Henry Colburn, 1828, uncredited. 172 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 185 · Sawney Beane: The Man-Eater · Charles Whitehead · ss Lives and Exploits of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Robbers, and Murderers, of All Nations by Charles Whitehead, E. Strong, 1836 189 · Aurelia, or, The Tale of a Ghoul · E. T. A. Hoffmann · ss The Serapion Brethren, Volume II by E. T. A. Hoffmann, George Bell and Sons, 1892, as “[untitled]” translated from the German (“Vampirismus”, 1821). 201 · Wake Not the Dead! or, The Bride of the Grave · Johann Ludwig Tieck (error, actually by Ernst Raupach) · nv Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, Vol. 1, Simpkin, Marshall, 1823, uncredited. translated from the German (“Lasst die Todten Ruhen: Ein Mährchen”, Minerva: Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1823, Leipzig, 1822). 224 · The Dream-Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 245 · A Night in the Grave, or, The Devil’s Receipt · Sir Walter Scott, uncredited · ex from Redgauntlet, as by The Author of “Waverley”, Constable, 1824, as by The Author of “Waverley” 260 · The Case of Lady Sannox · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler November 1893 269 · The Diary of a Madman · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895 translated from the French (“Un fou”, Le Gaulois, September 2, 1885). 273 · George Dobson’s Expedition to Hell · James Hogg · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine May 1827 282 · Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · na Longmans, Green, January 5 1886 334 · The Apparition of Lord Tyrone to Lady Beresford · [uncredited] · ss The Terrific Register, Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825 340 · Lost in a Pyramid, or, The Mummy’s Curse · Louisa May Alcott · ss The New World January 16 1869 349 · In Kropfsberg Keep · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 358 · The Buried Alive · John Galt · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine October 1821, uncredited. 361 · The Dualitists, or, The Death-Doom of the Double-Born · Bram Stoker · ss The Theatre Annual Christmas 1887 374 · The Executioner · William Godwin · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1832 (+1), as by Syphax 415 · The String of Pearls, or, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet-Street · James Malcolm Rymer & Thomas Peckett Prest · n. 1850, uncredited.; given as by James Malcolm Rymer alone.