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Terror Tales of East Anglia ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, September 2012, 978-1-906331-30-6, £8.99, 236pp, tp, oa, cover by Steve Upham)     Details taken from online listing. · Loose · Paul Meloy & Gary Greenwood · ss · The Most Haunted House in England · Paul Finch · ar · Deep Water · Christopher Harman · ss · Murder in the Red Barn · Paul Finch · ar · The Watchman · Roger Johnson · ss The Best of Ghosts & Scholars 1986 · The Woman in Brown · Paul Finch · ar · Shuck · Simon Bestwick · ss · The Witchfinder-General · Paul Finch · ar · The Marsh Warden · Steve Duffy · ss Midnight Never Comes ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 1997 · Beware the Lantern Man! · Paul Finch · ar · The Fall of the King of Babylon · Mark Valentine · ss · The Weird in the Wood · Paul Finch · ar · Double Space · Gary Fry · ss · The Dagworth Mystery · Paul Finch · ar · Wicken Fen · Paul Finch · nv · Boiled Alive · Paul Finch · ar · Wolferton Hall · James Doig · ss Shadows and Silence ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2000 · The Wandering Torso · Paul Finch · ar · Aldeburgh · Johnny Mains · ss · The Killer Hounds of Southery · Paul Finch · ar · Like Suffolk, Like Holidays · Alison Littlewood · ss · The Demon of Wallasea Island · Paul Finch · ar · The Little Wooden Box · Edward Pearce · ss · The Dark Guardian of Wandlebury · Paul Finch · ar · The Spooks of Shellborough · Reggie Oliver · ss

Terror Tales of London ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, May 2013, 978-1-906331-39-9, £8.99, 240pp, tp, oa, cover by Steve Upham)     Details taken from online listing. · The Tiger · Nina Allan · ss · London After Midnight · Paul Finch · ar · The Soldier · Roger Johnson · ss Mystery for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara, 1990 · Queen Rat · Paul Finch · ar · Train, Night · Nicholas Royle · ss 3:AM Magazine 2007 · The Horror at Berkeley Square · Paul Finch · ar · The Angels of London · Adam Nevill · nv · Boudicca’s Bane · Paul Finch · ar · Capital Growth · Gary Fry · ss · The Black Dog of Newgate · Paul Finch · ar · The Thames · Rosalie Parker · ss · The Other Murderers · Paul Finch · ar · The Red Door · Mark Morris · ss · The Demon Barber of Fleet Street · Paul Finch · ar · Undesirable Residence · Barbara Roden · ss · Nosferatu in Highgate · Paul Finch · ar · The Horror Writer · Jonathan Oliver · ss · Butchery in Bleeding-Heart Yard · Paul Finch · ar · Perry in Seraglio · Christopher Fowler · ss City Jitters by Christopher Fowler, Sphere, 1986 · The Monster of Hammersmith · Paul Finch · ar · Someone to Watch Over You · Marie O’Regan · ss · The Black Death Returns · Paul Finch · ar · The Outcast Dead · David J. Howe · ss · What Stirs Below? · Paul Finch · ar · The Bloody Tower · Anna Taborska · ss

Terror Tales of Northwest England ed. Paul Finch (Telos Publishing, October 2019, 978-1-84583-133-2, £12.99, 338pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Normal Bones · Jason Gould · ss 24 · The Lost Lads of Rivington · Paul Finch · ar 27 · The Mute Swan · Cate Gardner · ss 40 · The Resurrection Men · Paul Finch · ar 43 · Factory Rook · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss 65 · Night Falls Over Pendle · Paul Finch · ar 69 · Tights and Straw and Wire Mesh · John Travis · ss 87 · The Lancashire Boggarts · Paul Finch · ar 90 · A Weekend Break · Edward Pearce · ss 110 · Lord Combermere’s Ghost · Paul Finch · ar 112 · Writer’s Cramp · David A. Riley · ss Fantasy Tales, v.10 #1 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1988 131 · Screaming Skulls · Paul Finch · ar 134 · Wet Jenny · Christopher Harman · ss 156 · Land of Monsters · Paul Finch · ar 159 · The Drain · Stephen Gallagher · nv Fantasy Tales, v.11 #4 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1990 190 · Chingle Hell · Paul Finch · ar 193 · Only Sleeping · Peter Bell · ss Acquainted with the Night ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2004 207 · Of Gods and Ghosts · Paul Finch · ar 210 · Peeling the Layers · Sam Stone · ss 223 · The Borgias of the Slums · Paul Finch · ar 226 · Root Cause · Ramsey Campbell · ss Night Visions 3 ed. George R. R. Martin, Dark Harvest, 1986 241 · The Horror at the Gatehouse · Paul Finch · ar 245 · Formby Point · Anna Taborska · ss 258 · Hill of Mysteries · Paul Finch · ar 260 · Below · Simon Bestwick · ss 283 · The Vengeance of Bannister Doll · Paul Finch · ar 286 · Old Huey · Solomon Strange · ss 297 · A Vision of His Own Destruction · Paul Finch · ar 300 · The Upper Tier · Paul Finch · nv 334 · Sources · Paul Finch · bi

Terror Tales of the Cotswolds ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, February 2012, 978-1-906331-26-9, £8.99, 246pp, tp, oa, cover by Steve Upham)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · In the Quiet and in the Dark · Alison Littlewood · nv 18 · Fury from Beyond · Paul Finch · ar 20 · Straw Babies · Gary McMahon · ss 33 · A Bizarre and Terrible Event · Paul Finch · ar 35 · Charm · Reggie Oliver · nv 58 · The Grimmest Castle in England · Paul Finch · ar 61 · Hoxlip and After · Christopher Harman · ss 80 · The Undead Who Wander the Wye · Paul Finch · ar 82 · The Shakespeare Curse · Simon Clark · ss 96 · Oxford’s Black Assize · Paul Finch · ar 98 · The Scouring · Thana Niveau · ss 114 · The Cannibal Feast · Paul Finch · ar 116 · Wassailing · Steve Lockley · ss 129 · Bloodbath Under a Spectral Sun · Paul Finch · ar 132 · The Silent Dance · Joel Lane · ss 139 · What Walks in Ettington Park? · Paul Finch · ar 141 · Waiting for Nicky · Antonia James · ss 156 · The Satanic Slayings at Meon Hill · Paul Finch · ar 158 · The Horror Under Warrendown [Severn Valley] · Ramsey Campbell · ss Made in Goatswood ed. Scott David Aniolowski, Chaosium, 1995 172 · Worcester’s Most Odious Relic · Paul Finch · ar 175 · The Lurker · Gary Fry · ss 187 · The Beast of St John’s · Paul Finch · ar 189 · The Cotswold Olimpicks · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss 201 · God’s Dire Warning · Paul Finch · ar 203 · A Taste of Honey, a Horror of Stone · John Llewellyn Probert · ss 220 · Lovell’s Long Wait · Paul Finch · ar 222 · Bog Man · Paul Finch · ss Cemetery Dance #59, 2008

Terror Tales of the Home Counties ed. Paul Finch (Telos Publishing, October 22, 2020, 978-1-84583-159-2, £12.99, 304pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · In the English Rain · Steve Duffy · ss 27 · Devils in the Countryside · Paul Finch · ar 31 · Monkey’s · Reggie Oliver · ss 46 · The Ostrich Inn · Paul Finch · ar 49 · The Old, Cold Clay · Gail-Nina Anderson · ss 65 · The Buckland Shag · Paul Finch · ar 67 · Between · Sam Dawson · ss 89 · Three More for the Hangman · Paul Finch · ar 93 · The Somnambulant Heart · Andrew Hook · ss 104 · The Horned Huntsman · Paul Finch · ar 107 · The Gravedigger of Witchfield · Steven J. Dines · ss 130 · The Naphill Death Omen · Paul Finch · ar 133 · Where Are They Now? · Tina Rath · ss 153 · Land of Dark Arts · Paul Finch · ar 157 · The Doom · Paul Finch · ss The Sixth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2010 171 · Lord Stanhope’s Homonculi · Paul Finch · ar 174 · Summer Holiday · John Llewellyn Probert · ss 186 · The Coldest Christmas of All · Paul Finch · ar 189 · Chesham · Helen Grant · ss 199 · The Raven · Paul Finch · ar 201 · Love Leaves Last · M. P. N. Sims · ss Monsters Hiding in the Darkness by M. P. N. Sims, Enigmatic Press, 2019 221 · The Thing by the Roadside · Paul Finch · ar 223 · The Topsy-Turvy Ones · Tom Johnstone · nv 250 · Knocking Knoll · Paul Finch · ar 252 · Taking Tusk Mountain · Allen Ashley · ss 273 · The Drowned · Paul Finch · ar 276 · Moses · David J. Howe · ss 288 · Eerie in Oil · Paul Finch · ar 290 · The Old Man in Apartment 90 · Jason Gould · ss 300 · Sources · Paul Finch · bi

Terror Tales of the Lake District ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, September 2011, 978-1-906331-25-2, £8.99, 218pp, tp, oa, cover by Steve Upham)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Little Mag’s Barrow · Adam L. G. Nevill · ss 15 · The Mad Clown of Muncaster · Paul Finch · ar 17 · The Coniston Star Mystery · Simon Clark · ss 32 · The Croglin Vampire · Paul Finch · ar 34 · The Devils of Lakeland · Paul Finch · ss Enigmatic Tales #2, September 1998 49 · The Mumps Hall Murders · Paul Finch · ar 51 · The Moraine · Simon Bestwick · ss 68 · The Tawny Boy · Paul Finch · ar 70 · The Claife Crier · Carole Johnstone · ss 83 · The Monster of Renwick · Paul Finch · ar 85 · Jewels in the Dust · Peter Crowther · ss revised from the story of the same name in Haunted Holidays, Greenberg/Davis, DAW, 2004. 101 · The Devil’s Hole · Paul Finch · ar 103 · Above the World · Ramsey Campbell · ss Whispers II ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1979 112 · Nightmares of Burnmoor · Paul Finch · ar 114 · The Jilted Bride of Windermere · Gary Fry · ss 132 · The Horror at Carlisle Castle · Paul Finch · ar 134 · Walk the Last Mile · Steven Savile · ss 143 · The Poltergeist of Walla Crag · Paul Finch · ar 145 · Framed · Peter Bell · ss 158 · Fiend’s Fell · Paul Finch · ar 160 · Night of the Crone · Anna Taborska · ss 177 · The Tortured Souls of Lord’s Rake · Paul Finch · ar 179 · Along Life’s Trail · Gary McMahon · ss 190 · The Black Hound of Shap · Paul Finch · ar 192 · Striding Edge · Reggie Oliver · ss

Terror Tales of the Ocean ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, December 2015, 978-1-906331-98-6, £8.99, 262pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)     Details taken from online listing. · Stuka Juice · Terry Grimwood · ss · Ship of the Dead · Paul Finch · ar · The End of the Pier · Stephen Laws · ss · The Swirling Sea · Paul Finch · ar · Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed · Steve Duffy · nv At Ease with the Dead ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2007 · Meg · Paul Finch · ar · The Seventh Wave · Lynda E. Rucker · ss · The Palmyra Curse · Paul Finch · ar · Hippocampus · Adam Nevill · ss · Gelatinous · Paul Finch · ar · The Offing · Conrad Williams · ss · Blood and Oil · Paul Finch · ar · Sun Over the Yard Arm · Peter James · ss · Echoes of an Eldritch Past · Paul Finch · ar · First Miranda · Simon Strantzas · ss · Sharkbait · Paul Finch · ar · The Derelict of Death · Simon Clark & John B. Ford · nv The Derelict of Death & Other Stories ed. Steve Lines & John B. Ford, Rainfall Books, 2003 · Horrific Beasts · Paul Finch · ar · The Decks Below · Jan Edwards · ss · The Flying Dutchman · Paul Finch · ar · Hell in the Cathedral · Paul Finch · nv The Shadows Beneath by Paul Finch, Enigmatic Press, 2000 · From the Hadean Deep · Paul Finch · ar · Hushed Will Be All Murmurs · Adam Golaski · ss · Mer-Killers · Paul Finch · ar · And This Is Where We Falter · Robert Shearman · ss

Terror Tales of the Scottish Highlands ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, June 2015, 978-1-906331-99-3, £8.99, 251pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Skye’s Skary Places · Ian Hunter · ss 13 · Phantoms in the Mist · Paul Finch · ar 15 · The Dove · Helen Grant · ss 29 · Prey of the Fin-Folk · Paul Finch · ar 32 · Strone House · Barbara Roden · ss 46 · The Well of Heads · Paul Finch · ar 48 · Face Down in the Earth · Tom Johnstone · ss 56 · The Vanishing · Paul Finch · ar 59 · The Dreaming God Is Singing Where She Lies · William Meikle · ss 68 · The Curse of Scotland · Paul Finch · ar 71 · The Housekeeper · Rosie Seymour · ss 74 · From Out the Hollow Hills · Paul Finch · ar 76 · The Executioner · Peter Bell · ss 95 · Saurians of the Deep · Paul Finch · ar 98 · You Must Be Cold · John Whitbourn · ss 115 · Glamis Castle · Paul Finch · ar 118 · The Fellow Travellers · Sheila Hodgson · nv The Fellow Travellers & Other Ghost Stories by Sheila Hodgson, Ash-Tree Press, 1998 141 · Daemonologie · Paul Finch · ar 144 · Shelleycoat · Graeme Hurry · ss 151 · Evil Monsters · Paul Finch · ar 154 · The Other House, the Other Voice · Craig Herbertson · ss 174 · The Mull Plane Mystery · Paul Finch · ar 176 · Myself/Thyself · D. P. Watt · ss 185 · The Bauchan · Paul Finch · ar 187 · Broken Spectres · Carl Barker · ss 206 · The Big Grey Man · Paul Finch · ar 208 · Jack Knife · Gary Fry · ss 221 · Tristicloke the Wolf · Paul Finch · ar 223 · The Foul Mass at Tongue House · Johnny Mains · ss 231 · The Drummer of Cortachy · Paul Finch · ar 233 · There You’ll Be · Carole Johnstone · ss

Terror Tales of the Scottish Lowlands ed. Paul Finch (Telos Publishing, October 5, 2021, 978-1-84583-194-3, 310pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · The Moss-Trooper · M. W. Craven · ss 20 · Bastions of Dread · Paul Finch · ar 24 · The Strathentine Imps · Steve Duffy · ss 49 · Spirits of Palace and Tomb · Paul Finch · ar 52 · Gie Me Somethin’ ta Eat Afore I Dee · John Alfred Taylor · ss Castle Fantastic ed. John DeChancie & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996 60 · Glasgow’s Dancing Corpse · Paul Finch · ar 63 · Land of the Foreigner · Tracy Fahey · ss 81 · The Bloodiest of Ends · Paul Finch · ar 84 · Proud Lady in a Cage · Fred Urquhart · ss Prevailing Spirits ed. Giles Gordon, Hamish Hamilton, 1976 101 · The Ghost Road · Paul Finch · ar 104 · Dumbglass Chapel · Reggie Oliver · nv 132 · The Devil in the Dark City · Paul Finch · ar 135 · Two Shakes of a Dead Lamb’s Tail · Anna Taborska · ss 148 · I’ll Be in Scotland Before You · Paul Finch · ar 151 · The Ringlet Stones · Charlotte Bond · ss 176 · The Real Mr. Hyde · Paul Finch · ar 179 · Coulter’s Candy · Johnny Mains · ss 197 · Dishes Served Cold · Paul Finch · ar 199 · Echoes from the Past · Grahame Smith · ss 224 · The Murder Dolls · Paul Finch · ar 227 · Herders · William Meikle · ss 239 · The Vampire of Annandale · Paul Finch · ar 242 · Birds of Prey · S. J. I. Holliday · ss 258 · The Selkirk Undead · Paul Finch · ar 261 · The Clearance · Paul M. Feeney · ss 280 · The Overtoun Bridge Mystery · Paul Finch · ar 282 · The Fourth Presence · S. A. Rennie · ss

Terror Tales of the Seaside ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, October 2013, 978-1-906331-37-5, £8.99, 268pp, tp, oa, cover by Steve Upham)     Details taken from online listing. · Holiday from Hell · Reggie Oliver · ss · The Eerie Events at Castel Mare · Paul Finch · ar · The Causeway · Stephen Laws · ss Terror Tales #3, 2006 · The Kraken Wakes · Paul Finch · ar · The Magician Kelso Dennett · Stephen Volk · ss · Forces of Evil · Paul Finch · ar · A Prayer for the Morning · Joseph Freeman · ss · Hotel of Horror · Paul Finch · ar · The Jealous Sea · Sam Stone · ss · The Ghosts of Goodwin Sands · Paul Finch · ar · The Entertainment · Ramsey Campbell · nv 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999 · The Horse and the Hag · Paul Finch · ar · The Poor Weather Crossings Company · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss · The Devil Dog of Peel · Paul Finch · ar · Brighthelmstone · R. B. Russell · ss · The Ghouls of Bannane Head · Paul Finch · ar · Men with False Faces · Robert Spalding · ss · This Beautiful, Terrible Place · Paul Finch · ar · GG LUVS PA · Gary Fry · ss · In the Deep Dark Winter · Paul Finch · ar · The Incident at North Shore · Paul Finch · ss · The Walking Dead · Paul Finch · ar · Shells · Paul Kane · ss · Hellmouth · Paul Finch · ar · The Sands Are Magic · Kate Farrell · ss · Wild Men of the Sea · Paul Finch · ar · Broken Summer · Christopher Harman · ss

Terror Tales of the West Country ed. Paul Finch (Telos Publishing, October 31, 2022, 978-1-84583-208-7, £12.99, 367pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · The Darkness Below · Dan Coxon · ss · Unto These Ancient Stones · Paul Finch · ar · Objects in Dreams May Be Closer Than They Appear · Lisa Tuttle · ss House of Fear ed. Jon Oliver, Solaris, 2011 · The Horror at Littlecote · Paul Finch · ar · The Wooden Jug · John Linwood Grant · ss · And Then There Was One · Paul Finch · ar · Chalk and Flint · Sarah Singleton · ss · When Evil Walked Among Them · Paul Finch · ar · Epiphyte · Thana Niveau · ss · The Hangman’s Pleasure · Paul Finch · ar · In the Land of Thunder · Adrian Cole · ss · The Thing in the Water · Paul Finch · ar · Unrecovered · Stephen Volk · ss · Priests of Good and Evil · Paul Finch · ar · Gwen · S. L. Howe · ss · The Pixie’s Curse · Paul Finch · ar · Watcher of the Skies · Mike Chinn · ss · Vixiana · Paul Finch · ar · Bullbeggar Walk · Paul Finch · ss Allen K’s Inhuman Magazine July 2004 · The Tedworth Drummer · Paul Finch · ar · The Pale Man · Andy Briggs · ss · By the Axe, He Lived · Paul Finch · ar · Little Down Barton · Lizzie Fry · ss · Hounds of Hell · Paul Finch · ar · Certain Death for a Known Person · Steve Duffy · nv Apparitions ed. Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications, 2009 · The Blood Price · Paul Finch · ar · Knyfesmyths’ Steps · A. K. Benedict · ss · Lonesome Roads · Paul Finch · ar · Soon, the Darkness · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

Terror Tales of Wales ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, June 2014, 978-1-906331-45-0, £8.99, 250pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Under the Windings of the Sea · Ray Cluley · ss 21 · Legions of Ghosts · Paul Finch · ar 23 · Old as the Hills · Steve Duffy · nv Ghosts & Scholars #33, 2001 44 · The Beast of Bodalog · Paul Finch · ar 46 · The Druid’s Rest · Reggie Oliver · ss 60 · Night of the Bloody Ape · Paul Finch · ar 62 · Swallowing a Dirty Seed · Simon Clark · ss Midnight Never Comes ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 1997 78 · The Devil Made Him Do It · Paul Finch · ar 80 · The Face · Thana Niveau · ss 91 · Hoof-Beats in the Mist · Paul Finch · ar 93 · Don’t Leave Me Down Here · Steve Lockley · ss 106 · The Werewolf of Clwyd · Paul Finch · ar 108 · Matilda of the Night · Stephen Volk · nv 143 · The Goblin Stone · Paul Finch · ar 145 · The Sound of the Sea · Paul Lewis · ss 159 · A Quick Pint and a Slow Hanging · Paul Finch · ar 161 · The Flow · Tim Lebbon · ss 173 · Doppelganger · Paul Finch · ar 175 · The Offspring · Steve Jordan · ss 186 · Prophecy of Fire · Paul Finch · ar 188 · Dialled · Bryn Fortey · ss 197 · The Dark Heart of Magnificence · Paul Finch · ar 199 · The Rising Tide · Priya Sharma · ss 211 · The Hag Lands · Paul Finch · ar 215 · Apple of Their Eyes · Gary Fry · ss 227 · Beneath the Sea of Wrecks · Paul Finch · ar 229 · Learning the Language · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

Terror Tales of Yorkshire ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press, September 2014, 978-1-906331-47-4, £8.99, 264pp, tp, oa, cover by Neil Williams)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · In October We Buried the Monsters · Simon Avery · ss 19 · The Decapitation Device · Paul Finch · ar 21 · The Coat Off His Back · Keris McDonald · ss 39 · Haunting Memories of the Past · Paul Finch · ar 41 · They Walk As Men · Mark Morris · nv 67 · The Yorkshire Witches · Paul Finch · ar 69 · On Ilkley Moor · Alison Littlewood · ss 82 · The Black Monk of Pontefract · Paul Finch · ar 84 · The Crawl · Stephen Laws · nv Dark of the Night ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1997 110 · The Woman in the Rain · Paul Finch · ar 112 · Ragged · Gary McMahon · ss 125 · The Hobman · Paul Finch · ar 127 · A True Yorkshireman · Christopher Harman · nv 153 · The Town Where Darkness Was Born · Paul Finch · ar 156 · All Things Considered, I’d Rather Be in Hell · Mark Chadbourn · ss Peeping Tom #27, July 1997 167 · A Feast for Crows · Paul Finch · ar 169 · The Demon of Flowers · Chico Kidd · ss 175 · The City of the Dead · Paul Finch · ar 177 · The Summer of Bradbury · Stephen Bacon · ss 190 · Radiant Beings · Paul Finch · ar 192 · Random Flight · Rosalie Parker · ss 200 · Death in the Harrying · Paul Finch · ar 202 · The Rhubarb Festival · Simon Clark · ss 213 · The Alien · Paul Finch · ar 215 · The Crack · Gary Fry · ss 228 · The Boggart of Bunting Nook · Paul Finch · ar 230 · A Story from When We Had Nothing · Jason Gould · ss

The Guild of Xenolinguists by Sheila Finch (Golden Gryphon Press, September 2007, 978-1-930846-48-7, $24.95, xiii+281pp, hc, co, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Lingster]     Collection of 11 stories, one original, in Finch’s Lingster series, with an afterword on the difficulties of communicating with aliens. Foreword by Ian Watson. ix · Foreword · Ian Watson · fw 3 · First Was the Word [Lingster] · Sheila Finch · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2007 32 · A Flight of Worlds [Lingster] · Sheila Finch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1997 49 · A World Waiting [Lingster] · Sheila Finch · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1989 70 · The Roaring Ground [Lingster] · Sheila Finch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1997 84 · No Brighter Glory [Lingster] · Sheila Finch · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1999 109 · Out of the Mouths [Lingster] · Sheila Finch · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1996 133 · Stranger Than Imagination Can [Lingster] · Sheila Finch · ss 153 · Babel Interface [Lingster] · Sheila Finch · nv Amazing Stories May 1988 171 · The Naked Face of God [Lingster] · Sheila Finch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1998 189 · Communion of Minds [Lingster] · Sheila Finch · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 1996 210 · Reading the Bones [Lingster] · Sheila Finch · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1998 274 · Berlitz in Outer Space · Sheila Finch · aw

Alien Encounters ed. Jan Howard Finder (Taplinger, June 1982, 0-8008-0168-7, $11.95, 233pp, hc, oa) vii · The Inevitable · Ben Bova · in 1 · Harmony · Mark J. McGarry · nv 31 · A Perfect Day · James A. Corrick · ss 35 · The Lying Ear · Lee Killough · nv 57 · Peace · Ian Watson · ss 71 · Gift · Dorothy G. Tompkins · nv 93 · The Toshita Project · Lynn Abbey · nv 117 · Misencounter · Barry B. Longyear · ss 123 · The Wondrous Works of His Hands · Jayge Carr · nv 145 · Taken on Faith · George Florance-Guthridge · nv 181 · Loosely Translated · Ron Montana · ss 187 · Marlowe · Jeff Duntemann · nv 213 · Now! You Can Banish Embarrassing Foot Odor Forever! · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss 219 · Lukewarm · David Langford · ss 233 · The Ultimate One-Word First-Contact Story · Ian Watson · vi

Counterfeit Corpse by Ferguson Findley (Ace Double, December 1956, D-197, 35¢, 162pp, pb, n.)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with TNT for Two by James Byron.

Bubble Off-Plumb ed. K. G. Finfrock, Dan M. Kalin & Sarah Kalin (Feral Cat Publishers, December 11, 2018, 978-1-970087-00-0, $16.99, 338pp, tp, oa, cover by Priscilla Thomas)     Details taken from online listing. i · Foreword · Dan M. Kalin · fw 1 · Serpent, Wolf, and Half-Dead Thing · Marie Brennan · ss 13 · Barn Raising · Buzz Dixon · ss 21 · Good Thoughts · K. G. Finfrock · ss 39 · How Music Moves Us · Veronica Brush · ss 43 · Budget Demon · Dan M. Kalin · ss 63 · The Way It Was with Jonah · Arthur Weil · ss 75 · The Hole · Tim Jeffreys · ss 91 · Who Listens to Hummingbirds? · Sarah M. Lewis · ss 99 · Grasshopper · Ellen Denton · ss Creepy Campfire Stories (for Grown Ups) ed. Jennifer Word, EMP Publishing, 2015 117 · The Customer Is Always Right · Sarah Kalin · ss 127 · Dome Sweet Dome · Turner Campbell · ss 135 · Alien Avenue · Mickey Kulp · ss 145 · Second Sun · Beth Winokur · ss 151 · The Octopus of Bangkok · Robert Millet · ss 161 · Goodnight, Pretty Molly · Jill Hand · ss 165 · The Time Before Dreams · E. E. King · ss 171 · Carrion · Simone L. W. Mounsamy · ss 181 · Birds of a Feather · Liz Schriftsteller · ss 193 · The Prisoner · Valerie Manwill · ss 201 · A Steak and a Story · Frank Kozusko · ss 215 · Poker Night with Louie Da Squid · Karen Ovér · ss 235 · Harold’s Not Imaginary Friend · Pepper Hume · ss 251 · I Am Bridget · Mariah Southworth · nv 273 · Cat and Mouse · David Tallerman · ss 289 · Why the Louisiana Swamp Cat He Go to Texas · Sarah M. Lewis · ss 303 · Final Review · Dan M. Kalin · ss

Her Life Sentence by Charles Coleman Finlay (Subterranean Press, October 2005, 22pp, ph, nv)     Distributed with the signed limited ($40.00) edition of Charles Coleman Finlay’s Wild Things only. Details taken from online listing.

Wild Things by Charles Coleman Finlay (Subterranean Press, October 2005, 1-59606-030-1, $25.00, 231pp, hc, co, cover by Cory & Catska Ench)     Collection of 14 stories, one original. Afterword by the author. A signed, limited edition ($40.00) with added chapbook is also available. 9 · Wild Thing · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2003 25 · Pervert · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2004 35 · Still Life with Action Figure · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss Argosy Quarterly #3, Spring 2005 47 · A Game of Chicken · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2003 53 · Lucy, in Her Splendor · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss www.marsdust.com 2003 65 · The Frontier Archipelago · Charles Coleman Finlay · vi On Spec Summer 2002 67 · The Seal Hunter · Charles Coleman Finlay · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2004 87 · The Smackdown Outside Dedham · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss H.P. Lovecraft’s Magazine of Horror Fall 2004; illustrated by Ed Hertneck 99 · Footnotes · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2001 103 · The Political Officer · Charles Coleman Finlay · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2002 151 · Fading Quayle, Dancing Quayle · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss The Book of More Flesh ed. James Lowder, Eden Studios, 2002 161 · After the Gaud Chrysalis [Vertir & Kuikin] · Charles Coleman Finlay · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2004 195 · The Factwhore Proposition · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss Futurismic (online) May 2004 209 · We Come Not to Praise Washington · Charles Coleman Finlay · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2002 227 · Afterword · Charles Coleman Finlay · aw

Hieroglyph: Stories & Visions for a Better Future ed. Ed Finn & Kathryn Cramer (HarperCollins/Morrow, September 2014, 978-0-06-220469-1, $27.99, xxvi+530pp, hc, oa, cover by Emil Erlenmeyer)     Original anthology of 17 near-future SF stories (two reprints) of positive innovation, inspired by an essay by Neal Stephenson (included here as preface) and linked to Project Hieroglyph online. Foreword by Lawrence M. Krauss. Also provides an interview with Paul Davies on science and SF. Authors include Cory Doctorow, Kathleen Ann Goonan, and Bruce Sterling. Details taken from online listing. vii · Foreword · Lawrence M. Krauss · fw xiii · Innovation Starvation · Neal Stephenson · pr xxiii · A Blueprint for Better Dreams · Ed Finn & Kathryn Cramer · in 1 · Atmosphaera Incognita · Neal Stephenson · nv Starship Century ed. James & Gregory Benford, Microwave Sciences, 2013 38 · Girl in Wave: Wave in Girl · Kathleen Ann Goonan · nv 74 · By the Time We Get to Arizona · Madeline Ashby · nv 98 · The Man Who Sold the Moon · Cory Doctorow · na 182 · Johnny Appledrone vs. the FAA · Lee Konstantinou · nv 206 · Degrees of Freedom · Karl Schroeder · nv 243 · Two Scenarios for the Future of Solar Energy · Annalee Newitz · ss 254 · A Hotel in Antarctica · Geoffrey A. Landis · nv 283 · Periapsis · James L. Cambias · nv 307 · The Man Who Sold the Stars · Gregory Benford · nv Starship Century ed. James & Gregory Benford, Microwave Sciences, 2013 352 · Entanglement · Vandana Singh · na 398 · Elephant Angels · Brenda Cooper · nv 421 · Covenant · Elizabeth Bear · ss 436 · Quantum Telepathy · Rudy Rucker · nv 466 · Transition Generation · David Brin · ss 477 · The Day It All Ended · Charlie Jane Anders · ss 489 · Tall Tower · Bruce Sterling · nv 515 · Science and Science Fiction: An Interview with Paul Davies · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Paul Davies]

Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures ed. Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich & Juliet Ulman (Center for Science and the Imagination, December 6, 2017, 978-0-9995902-1-8, xxxi+312pp, ebook, oa, cover by Maciej Rebisz)     Each section begins with a brief excerpt from Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. Details taken from online listing. xx · The Flag and the Garden · Ed Finn & Joey Eschrich · in xxiv · Human Exploration of Mars: Fact from Fiction? · Jim Bell · ar 5 · Vanguard 2.0 · Carter Scholz · ss 23 · Reflections on the “Dual Uses” of Space Innovation · G. Pascal Zachary · ar 33 · Mozart on the Kalahari · Steven Barnes · ss 51 · Past Empires and the Future of Colonization in Low Earth Orbit · William K. Storey · ar 63 · Expanding Our Solution Space: How We Can Build an Inclusive Future · Deji Bryce Olukotun · ar 83 · The Baker of Mars · Karl Schroeder · nv 105 · Exploration Fact and Exploration Fiction · Lawrence Dritsas · ar 115 · Death on Mars · Madeline Ashby · nv 139 · Life on Mars? · Steve Ruff · ar 151 · The Use of Things · Ramez Naam · ss 165 · Toward Asteroid Exploration · Roland Lehoucq · ar 175 · Night Shift · Eileen Gunn · ss 193 · Rethinking Risk · Andrew D. Maynard · ar 207 · Shikasta · Vandana Singh · nv 243 · The New Science of Astrobiology · Sara Imari Walker · ar 253 · Negotiating the Values of Space Exploration · Emma Frow · ar 265 · The Luxury Problem: Space Exploration in the “Emergency Century” · Jim Bell · iv [Ref. Kim Stanley Robinson] 275 · The Practical Economics of Space · Clark A. Miller · ar 292 · High Hedonistic and Low Fatalistic · Linda T. Elkins-Tanton · ar

Horror ed. F. E. S. Finn (John Murray, 1978, 0-7195-3503-4, 121pp, pb, an)     One of the Short Story Series under the general editorship of James Gibson. 1 · My Sad Face · Heinrich Böll; translated by Leila Vennewitz · ss 1970 7 · All Looks Yellow to the Jaundiced Eye · Patrick Boyle · ss (r) 17 · The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl · Ray Bradbury · ss Detective Book Magazine Winter 1948, as “Touch and Go!” 28 · The Seagull · Juanita Casey · vi (r) 31 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item” 41 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936 50 · The Silent Hostages · Paul Gallico · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 2 1956 57 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955 61 · Fully Integrated · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss Frighteners 2 ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1976 69 · His Brother’s Keeper · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1922 80 · Sister Coxall’s Revenge · Dawn Muscillo · vi The 17th Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1976 83 · The Easter Egg · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette April 15 1911 87 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 98 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896 108 · Close Behind Him · John Wyndham · ss Fantastic January/February 1953

Western ed. F. E. S. Finn (John Murray, 1980, 0719536677, 119pp, pb, an)     The short story series. · Mountain Skill, Mountain Luck · Winfred Blevins · ss (r) · The Shaming of Broken Horn · Bill Gulick · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 13 1960 · The Guns of William Longley · Donald Hamilton · ss Iron Men and Silver Stars ed. Donald Hamilton, Fawcett, 1967 · The Man Who Knew the Buckskin Kid · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Cosmopolitan June 1955 · Blanket Squaw · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 18 1942 · The Gift of Cochise · Louis L’Amour · ss Collier’s July 5 1952 · Trap of Gold · Louis L’Amour · ss Argosy August 1951 · Emmet Dutrow · Jack Schaefer · ss Collier’s 1951 · In the Silence · Peggy S. Curry · ss Boys’ Life January 1970

Fists of Iron, Round Four by Robert E. Howard ed. Mark Finn, Patrice Louinet & Christopher Gruber--- see under Robert E. Howard.

The Ghosts of Manacle by Charles G. Finney (Pyramid, July 1964, R1042, 50¢, 159pp, pb, co, cover by Jack Gaughan) 5 · Foreword · Charles G. Finney · fw 9 · The Iowan’s Curse · Charles G. Finney · ss Harper’s Magazine July 1958 24 · The Horsenaping of Hotspur · Charles G. Finney · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1958 35 · The Life and Death of a Western Gladiator · Charles G. Finney · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1958 42 · The Gilashrikes · Charles G. Finney · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1959 48 · The Black Retriever · Charles G. Finney · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958 58 · The Captivity · Charles G. Finney · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961 67 · The Door · Charles G. Finney · ss Point West Magazine January 1962 77 · The End of the Rainbow · Charles G. Finney · ss

About Time by Jack Finney (Fireside, August 1986, 0-671-62887-9, $7.95, 219pp, pb, co)     Collection of 12 time travel stories originally published in either The Third Level (Rhinehart & Co. 1957) or I Love Galesberg in the Springtime (Simon & Schuster 1962). 11 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 7 1950 17 · “I Love Galesburg in the Springtime” · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s April 1960 37 · Such Interesting Neighbors · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s January 6 1951 57 · The Coin Collector · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 30 1960, as “The Other Wife” 75 · Of Missing Persons · Jack Finney · ss Good Housekeeping March 1955 94 · Lunch-Hour Magic · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s March 1962, as “The Man with the Magic Glasses” 112 · Where the Cluetts Are · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s January 1962 130 · The Face in the Photo · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 13 1962, as “Time Has No Boundaries” 148 · I’m Scared · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s September 15 1951 165 · Home Alone · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s October 1961, as “An Old Tune” 183 · Second Chance · Jack Finney · nv Good Housekeeping April 1956 203 · Hey, Look at Me! · Jack Finney · ss Playboy September 1962

The Clock of Time by Jack Finney (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958, 13/6d, 189pp, hc, co)     Reprint (Rinehart 1957 as The Third Level) collection.

I Love Galesburg in the Springtime by Jack Finney (Simon & Schuster, 1963, LC:63-7623, $3.95, 224pp, hc, co) 11 · “I Love Galesburg in the Springtime” · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s April 1960 35 · Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s March 1962, as “The Man with the Magic Glasses” 57 · Where the Cluetts Are · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s January 1962 79 · Hey, Look at Me! · Jack Finney · ss Playboy September 1962 99 · A Possible Candidate for the Presidency · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s May 31 1952, as “Tiger Tamer” 117 · Prison Legend · Jack Finney · nv The Saturday Evening Post January 10 1959, as “Seven Days to Live” 139 · The Face in the Photo · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 13 1962, as “Time Has No Boundaries” 161 · The Intrepid Aeronaut · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s October 1961, as “An Old Tune” 183 · The Coin Collector · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 30 1960, as “The Other Wife” 205 · The Love Letter · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 1 1959

The Third Level by Jack Finney (Rinehart, 1957, $3.00, 256pp, hc, co) 11 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 7 1950 18 · Such Interesting Neighbors · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s January 6 1951 43 · I’m Scared · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s September 15 1951 64 · Cousin Len’s Wonderful Adjective Cellar · Jack Finney · ss Ladies’ Home Journal April 1948 69 · Of Missing Persons · Jack Finney · ss Good Housekeeping March 1955 94 · Something in a Cloud · Jack Finney · ss Good Housekeeping March 1949 115 · There Is a Tide… · Jack Finney · nv Collier’s August 2 1952 141 · Behind the News · Jack Finney · ss Good Housekeeping November 1952 163 · Quit Zoomin’ Those Hands Through the Air · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s August 4 1951 188 · A Dash of Spring · Jack Finney · ss Cosmopolitan June 1949 204 · Second Chance · Jack Finney · nv Good Housekeeping April 1956 230 · Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket · Jack Finney · nv Collier’s October 26 1956

Bone Meal: Seven More Tales of Terror ed. A. Finnis (Scholastic, December 1995, 0-590-50982-9, $3.99, 243pp, pb, an)     Anthology of seven storles, the second half of Point Horror: Thirteen More Tales of Horror (Scholastic UK 1994). 1 · Something to Read · Philip Pullman · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 27 · Killing Time · Jill Bennett · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 67 · J.R.E. Ponsford · Graham Masterton · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 101 · The Buyers · David Belbin · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 149 · Closeness · Chris Westwood · ss Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 173 · The Ring · Margaret Bingley · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 209 · Bone Meal · John Gordon · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994

The Cat-Dogs ed. A. Finnis (Scholastic, 1995, 0-590-22292-9, $3.50, 209pp, pb, an)     Anthology of six stories originally published in Point Horror: Thirteen More Tales of Horror, ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994. 1 · The Cat-Dogs · Susan Price · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 43 · The Piano · Diane Hoh · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 73 · The Devil’s Footprints · Malcolm Rose · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 115 · Softies · Stan Nicholls · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 155 · The House That Jack Built · Garry Kilworth · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 revised from “The House that Joachim Jacober Built” (Beyond Lands of Never ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Unicorn, 1984). 183 · The Station with No Name · Colin Greenland · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994

Chilling Christmas Tales ed. Anne Finnis--- see under Anon..

Haunting Christmas Tales ed. Anne Finnis--- see under Anon..

Point Horror: Thirteen More Tales of Horror ed. A. Finnis (Scholastic UK, March 18, 1994, 0-590-55605-3, £4.99, 365pp, pb, oa) 1 · The Cat-Dogs · Susan Price · nv 33 · The Piano · Diane Hoh · nv 57 · The Devil’s Footprints · Malcolm Rose · nv 91 · Softies · Stan Nicholls · nv 123 · The House That Jack Built · Garry Kilworth · nv revised from “The House that Joachim Jacober Built” (Beyond Lands of Never ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Unicorn, 1984). 145 · The Station with No Name · Colin Greenland · nv 167 · Something to Read · Philip Pullman · nv 189 · Killing Time · Jill Bennett · nv 223 · J.R.E. Ponsford · Graham Masterton · nv 251 · The Buyers · David Belbin · nv 289 · Closeness · Chris Westwood · ss 309 · The Ring · Margaret Bingley · nv 337 · Bone Meal · John Gordon · nv

13 Again ed. A. Finnis (Scholastic UK, July 21, 1995, 0-590-55914-1, £4.99, 361pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 13 horror stories by Masterton, Greenland, Kilworth, Gross, Tuttle, and others. 1 · Anjelica’s Room · Laurence Staig · nv 35 · Foxgloves · Susan Price · nv 61 · The Ultimate Assassin · Malcolm Rose · nv 97 · The Rattan Collar · Garry Kilworth · ss 119 · Boomerang · David Belbin · nv 151 · The Delinquent · Maresa Morgan · ss 169 · The Ghost Trap · Lisa Tuttle · nv 193 · Close Cut · Philip Gross · ss 211 · Grandma · Colin Greenland · nv 239 · Vampire in Venice · John Gordon · ss 257 · Picking up the Tab · Stan Nicholls · nv 297 · Evidence of Angels · Graham Masterton · nv 331 · Hospital Trust · Dennis Hamley · nv

Extravaganzas by Ronald Firbank (Coward-McCann, 1935, $2.00, 204pp, hc, co) · The Artificial Princess · Ronald Firbank · nv (r) · Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli · Ronald Firbank · nv (r)

Paper Thin by Philip First (Paladin, May 1986, 0-586-08555-6, £2.95, 174pp, tp, co)     Enigmatic, perverse, and bizarre collection of short stories. 7 · Paper Thin · Philip First · nv (r) 40 · Smoke · Philip First · nv (r) 61 · Meanwhile, Back on Planet Earth… · Philip First · ss (r) 76 · Thirteen Minutes of Sunshine · Philip First · ss (r) 82 · Coming Out · Philip First · nv (r) 108 · A Man’s Best Friend and His Television · Philip First · ss (r) 118 · Sphinxes · Philip First · nv (r) 139 · Buddhazap! · Philip First · nv (r)

Blazing Guns by N. Wesley Firth (Hamilton & Co., 1947, 1/-, 32pp, 7¼″ x 9¾″ s/s, oc)     Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 3 · Injun Trouble · N. Wesley Firth · ss 10 · The Insects of Death Valley · N. Wesley Firth · nv 21 · Pudding Wins His Spurs · N. Wesley Firth · nv

The Secrets of Dr. Taverner by Violet M. Firth--- see under Dion Fortune.

The Secrets of Dr. Taverner (var. 1) by Violet M. Firth--- see under Dion Fortune.

The Fingered Man by Bruno Fischer (Ace Double, September 1953, D-27, 35¢, 182pp, pb, n., cover by Norman Saunders)     Reprint (Doubleday 1944 as Quoth the Raven) mystery novel. Bound in the tête-bêche style with Double Take by Mel Colton.

Quoth the Raven by Bruno Fischer (Doubleday, October 1944, LC:44-9574, $2.00, 207pp, hc, n.)

Crooks’ Tour ed. Bruno Fischer (Dodd, Mead, 1953, LC:53-9600, 304pp, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Also published in the U.K. (Macdonald 1954). 6 · Preface · Bruno Fischer · pr 12 · The MWA Murder · Robert Arthur · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #95, October 1951, as “The Fifty-First Sealed Room; or, The MWA Murder 51st Sealed Room; or, The MWA Murder” 32 · Fox in the Pennine Hills · Maurice Procter · ss 40 · Not a Lick of Sense · Dorothy Gardiner · ss 52 · Flowers for an Angel [Mrs. Palmyra Pym] · Nigel Morland · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #94, September 1951 68 · Nobody’s Business · Bruno Fischer · ss 1947 74 · A Boy’s Will · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #79, June 1950 92 · The Dilemma of Grampa Dubois · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss The American Magazine 1952 100 · Big Shot · Brett Halliday · ss Argosy October 22 1938, as by Davis Dresser 116 · The Needle’s Eye [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #93, August 1951 144 · The Lieabout · Margery Allingham · ss The (London) Evening News July 22 1936 152 · The Anomaly of the Empty Man · Anthony Boucher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1952 172 · The Jimat of Dorland · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Adventure October 1936 186 · Death—in the Bag · Walter Snow · ss 15 Story Detective April 1950 194 · Source Seven [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull August 29 1953 212 · Letter to the Editor · Morris Hershman · ss Detective Story Magazine September 1953 218 · The Sound of Murder · William P. McGivern · ss Bluebook October 1952 232 · Homicide House · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales July 1947 246 · The Wire Brush · Lawrence Treat & Sidney Tarachow · ss 258 · Bones for Davy Jones · Joseph Commings · ss 280 · The Chateau of Missing Men [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #57, August 1948 translated from the French (Les 13 Enigmes, 1932). 288 · The Man Who Wasn’t There · Ruthven Todd · ss

Pause to Wonder ed. Marjorie Fischer & Rolfe Humphries (Julian Messner, Inc., 1944, $3.00, 572pp, hc, an)     Stories of the Marvelous, Mysterious and Strange. xi · Possibility of Pleasure · Marjorie Fischer & Rolfe Humphries · in 1 · Reason · Ralph Hodgson · pm (r) 2 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921 4 · The Philosophy of Relative Existences · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine August 1892 11 · Birth · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Fairy Goose and Two Other Stories by Liam O'Flaherty, Crosby Gaige, 1927 16 · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv Collier’s May 27 1922 42 · Strong but Quirky · Irwin Shapiro · ss (r) 46 · The Man That Stopped · Frank O’Connor · ss The Bones of Contention and Other Stories by Frank O'Connor, Macmillan, 1936 60 · A Man and His Boots · W. B. Yeats · vi The Celtic Twilight by W. B. Yeats, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893 61 · Off the Ground · Walter de la Mare · pm The New Fry’s Magazine May 1911 65 · The Rime of True Thomas · John Buchan · ss Macmillan’s Magazine July 1897, as “Song of the Moor” 74 · The Haunted Man · Ralph Bates · nv The Miraculous Horde by Ralph Bates, Cape, 1939 100 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 14 1889 107 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · vi The (London) Evening News September 29 1914 111 · Before the Battle at Lake Trasimenus · Livy; translated by B. O. Foster · ex (r) 112 · Private Martin Passy · William March · vi Company K by William March, Harrison Smith, 1933 114 · Ballad of the Buried Sword · Ernest Rhys · pm (r) 116 · The Perfect Game · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News August 11 1906 120 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 148 · The Rival Beauties · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Million March 30 1895 156 · The Dong with the Luminous Nose · Edward Lear · pm Laughable Lyrics by Edward Lear, Robert John Bush, 1877 160 · A Haunted House · Pliny · ss Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907, as “Letter to Sura” translated from the Latin (as a letter to Sura, 2nd century AD). 162 · The Transferred Ghost · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine May 1882 174 · How a Beautiful Maiden Changed Into a Frog and Leaped Upon the Face of the Moon · C. E. S. Wood · ex A Book of Indian Tales by C. E. S. Wood, Vanguard Press, 1929 177 · An Imperfect Conflagration · Ambrose Bierce · vi The Wasp March 27 1886 181 · The Phantom Fence Rider of San Miguel · Henry Yelvington · ss 186 · Old Christmas · Roy Helton · pm Lonesome Water by Roy Helton, Harper & Brothers, 1930 188 · The Real Right Thing · Henry James · ss Collier’s Weekly December 16 1899 202 · The Quick and the Dead · Finley Peter Dunne · ss (r) 205 · Lady Into Fox · David Garnett · na Chatto & Windus, 1922 263 · Charley Lambert · J. M. Synge · vi (r) 265 · The Bold Dragoon; or, The Adventure of My Grandfather · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 274 · The Vixen · Wilfrid Wilson Gibson · pm The Blue Review May 1913 277 · A Blazing Starre Seene in the West · Jonas Wright & I. H. · ts 1642; the full title is “A Blazing Starre seene in the West at Totneis in Devonshire, on the foureteenth of this instant November, 1642. Wherin is manifested how Master Ralph Ashley, a deboyst Cavalier, attemted to ravish a young Virgin, the Daughter of Mr. Adam Fisher, inhabiting neare the said Towne. Also how at that instant, a fearefull Comet appeared, to the terrour and amazment of all the Country thereabouts. Likewise declaring how he persisting in his damnable attemt, was struck with a flaming Sword, which issued from the Comet, so that he dyed a fearefull example to al his fellow Cavaliers.” 279 · The Last Laugh · D. H. Lawrence · ss The New Decameron IV, Blackwell, 1925 296 · Dionysus and the Pard · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar by Geoffrey Household, Chatto, 1938 303 · Story of Pygmalion · Ovid · ex (r) 305 · The Chaser · John Collier · ss The New Yorker December 28 1940 308 · King Cheops’ Daughter · Herodotus · ex (r) 309 · Nelly Trim · Sylvia Townsend Warner · pm The Espalier by Sylvia Townsend Warner, Chatto & Windus, 1925 313 · The Story of the Siren · E. M. Forster · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1923 321 · The Unicorn in the Garden · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker October 21 1939 323 · How Mount Shasta Was Made and How Grizzly Bears Came to Be · C. E. S. Wood · ex A Book of Indian Tales by C. E. S. Wood, Vanguard Press, 1929 325 · The Wisdom of the King · W. B. Yeats · ss The Celtic Twilight by W. B. Yeats, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893 330 · Orpheus and Eurydice · Virgil · ex (r) 332 · The Tryals and Confessions of Several Witches in New-England · Cotton Mather · ex The Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather, 1692 338 · The Witch of Coös · Robert Frost · pm Poetry January 1922 343 · Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven · Mark Twain · ex Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1907 (+1) 381 · Colonel Sterett Relates Marvels · Alfred Henry Lewis · ss (r) 388 · A True Story · Lucian · ex (r) 389 · Macavity: The Mystery Cat · T. S. Eliot · pm Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, Faber and Faber, 1939 391 · Private Roger Jones · William March · vi Company K by William March, Harrison Smith, 1933 392 · Tall Tales of the G.I.’s · Sergeant Bill Davidson · ss (r) 395 · The Elks · Julius Caesar · ex (r) 396 · Sacre du Printemps · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Story #59, June 1937 401 · The Elf in Algiers · John Steinbeck · ss 404 · Lord Deliver Us · Donald Cowie · ss (r) 408 · The Voice of God · Winifred Holtby · ss Truth Is Not Sober by Winifred Holtby, Macmillan, 1934 417 · The Judgement Seat · W. Somerset Maugham · vi The Judgement Seat by W. Somerset Maugham, Centaur Press, 1934 422 · The Sensitive Goldfish · Christina Stead · ss Salzburg Tales by Christina Stead, Peter Davies, 1934 432 · Panic · Orson Welles · pl (r) transcript of Howard Koch’s adaptation of H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, first broadcast on CBS on CBS on October 30th 1938, accompanied by newspaper clippings of the panic. 450 · The Soul of Laploshka · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 8 1909 455 · No Trouble at All · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Vogue March 1 1937 462 · Welsh Incident · Robert Graves · pm (r) 464 · The Angry Street [Club of Queer Trades] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News January 25 1908, as “A Somewhat Improbable Story” 469 · Artist Unknown · Heywood Broun · ss 1941 473 · Miracle of St. Scothinus · [uncredited] · ex from The Acta Sanctorum Hiberniæ (r) 474 · The Saint · Antonia White · ss Life and Letters November 1931 481 · The Silence of God · Osbert Sitwell · pm (r) 484 · A Miracle of St. Goar · [uncredited] · ex from The Acta Sanctorum Bolland (r) 485 · Building the Church · J. M. Synge · vi (r) 486 · Private Edward Romano · William March · vi Company K by William March, Harrison Smith, 1933 487 · Blessed Patrick of the Bells · Lady Gregory · ss (r) 491 · How Caedmon Learned to Sing · Bede; translated by J. E. King · vi from Historia Ecclesiastica (r) 493 · King O’Toole and St. Kevin · Samuel Lover · ss Legends and Stories of Ireland by Samuel Lover, W.F. Wakeman, 1832 502 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898 520 · A Shepherd and a Shepherdess · Elizabeth Goudge · ss The Strand Magazine January 1935 535 · The Case of Prometheus · Max Beerbohm · ss More by Max Beerbohm, 1899 540 · The Road from Colonus · E. M. Forster · ss The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories by E. M. Forster, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1911 552 · Mr. Valiant Summoned · John Bunyan · ex from The Pilgrim’s Progress, Nathanial Ponder, 1678 553 · Philemon and Baucis · Ovid; translated by Frank J. Miller · ex (r) 556 · The Fairy Goose · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Fairy Goose and Two Other Stories by Liam O'Flaherty, Crosby Gaige, 1927 563 · Passing Strange · John Masefield · pm (r)