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Murder at the Races ed. Peter Haining (Chartwell, 1996, 0-7858-0527-3, $10.98, 487pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Orion 1995) anthology of 30 racing stories, each introduced by the editor. First American edition. xi · Introduction · Peter Haining · in xvii · Under Starter’s Orders · John Masefield · pm Right Royal by John Masefield, 1920 · 1. Sport of Killers: Mystery on the Course 3 · The Protection Racket · Dick Francis · ss (r) 21 · Nobbling the Favourite [Barry Bromley] · Nat Gould · ss The Novel Magazine March 1917 39 · A Racing Swindle · Thomas Gaspey · ss Richmond; or, Scenes in the Life of a Bow Street Runner by anon., 1827 52 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1892, as “The Adventure of Silver Blaze” 80 · Won by a Neck [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News September 11 1932 94 · The American Invasion · Frank Johnson · ss 1937 105 · A Derby Horse [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard May 28 1952 111 · The Horse That Died for Shame [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 144 · Murder on the Race Course [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · nv 1956, as “The Grand National Case” 167 · The Body in the Horsebox · John Francome · ex from Eavesdropper, Macdonald, 1986 · 2. Dead Weights: Mayhem in the Saddle 181 · Calling the Tune · Steve Donoghue · ss The Passing Show 1932 198 · To Win a Race · Alfred Watson · ss (r) 215 · Dead Cert · Leon Breaker · nv (r) 241 · Nat Wedgewood Trapped [Nat Wedgewood] · Jack Fairfax-Blakeborough · ss Nat Wedgewood, Jockey by J. Fairfax-Blakeborough, Philip Allan, 1933 258 · The Phantom Jockey · Bat Masters · ss (r) 269 · Thoroughbred · Max Brand · ss Collier’s November 30 1935 283 · My Old Man · Ernest Hemingway · ss Three Stories and Ten Poems by Ernest Hemingway, McAlman's Contract Publishing Co., 1923 298 · Saratoga in August · Hugh Pentecost · ss (r) 313 · The Photographer and the Jockey [Manuel Andradas (The Photographer)] · James Holding · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1974 326 · Ellen Keegan’s Revenge · Mary Ryan · nv · 3. Fixed Odds: Crime and the Gamblers 349 · Straight from the Horse’s Mouth [Educated Evans] · Edgar Wallace · ss Sports Pictures February 3 1923 361 · A Story Goes with It · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan November 1931 375 · Had a Horse · John Galsworthy · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 11 1923 399 · Morning in the High Street · Barré Lyndon · ss The (London) Evening News October 14 1935 406 · The Crackler [Tuppence & Tommy Beresford] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 19 1924, as “The Affair of the Forged Notes” 420 · Something Short of Murder! · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1957, as by O. H. Leslie 435 · Born Gambler · Thomas Walsh · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 10 1980 452 · The Later Edition · Victor Bridges · ss Jetsam by Victor Bridges, Mills & Boon, 1914 464 · Two and a Half Per Cent · Mark Daniel · ss Inside Racing 477 · En Famille · Ed Gorman · ss

Murder by the Glass: A Vintage Selection of Crime Mystery ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, 1994, 0-285-63205-1, 351pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 11 · 1. Name Your Poison: Stories of the Connoisseurs 13 · A Connoisseur’s Revenge · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” 26 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 33 · Ale Celestial? · A. E. Coppard · ss The (London) Evening News July 18 1938 39 · Bitter Almonds [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Passing Show June 30 1934 50 · The Income Tax Mystery · Michael Gilbert · ss Lilliput October 1957, as “Mr. Portway’s Practice” 60 · In Vino Veritas [Dr. Frank Belling] · Lawrence G. Blochman · vi The American Magazine October 1941, as “Perfect Wine” 64 · The Last Bottle in the World · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1968 83 · Cellar Cool · Geoffrey Household · ss Argosy (UK) April 1964 89 · The Friends of Plonk · Kingsley Amis · ss Town 1964 99 · 2. Dying for a Drink: Cocktails of Mystery and Death 101 · The Opener of the Crypt [Fortunato] · John Jakes · ss Fantastic November/December 1952 108 · Before the Party · Somerset Maugham · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1922 131 · A Bottle of Gin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1943 147 · Marmalade Wine · Joan Aiken · ss Suspense (UK) September 1958 154 · The Wine Glass · A. A. Milne · ss Cosmopolitan May 1946 166 · The Liqueur Glass · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Smart Set March 1915 174 · Over an Absinthe Bottle · W. C. Morrow · ss The Argonaut January 2 1893, as “The Pale Dice-Thrower” 183 · The Widow [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine April 1937 204 · To the Widow · Christianna Brand · ss The Saint Magazine June 1984 219 · 3. Make Mine Murder: Cases of the Drinking Detectives 221 · A Matter of Taste [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste” 233 · Raffles and Operation Champagne [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 4 1981 255 · The Unblemished Bootlegger [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News September 4 1932, as “Shanghaied!” 265 · The Unknown Peer [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine February 1938, as “Trent and the Unknown Peer” 278 · The Adventure of the Tell-tale Bottle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #36, November 1946 295 · Wry Highball [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1959 304 · The Man Who Stirred Champagne [John Jericho] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979 315 · Under the Hammer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) November 1961 translated from the French (“Vente à la bougie”, Les Petits Cochons sans Queue, Presse de la Cite, 1955). 328 · Means of Evil [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1977, as “The Case of the Shaggy Caps”

Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, October 1991, 0-285-63055-5, £14.99, 415pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 27 mystery and horror stories about food. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 13 · I Spécialtés de la Maison: Stories by Some Famous Authors 15 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948 32 · Bribery and Corruption · Ruth Rendell · ss The New Girl Friend and Other Stories by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1985 42 · Chef d’Œuvre · Paul Gallico · ss Argosy (UK) November 1959 54 · La Spécialité de M. Duclos · Oliver La Farge · ss The New Yorker April 29 1950 61 · Three, or Four, for Dinner · L. P. Hartley · ss Life and Letters December 1932 76 · A Terrible Tale · Gaston Leroux; translated by Hannaford Bennett · nv The Burgled Heart by Gaston Leroux, tr. Hannaford Bennett, John Long, 1925 translated from the French (“Une histoire épouvantable”, Le cœur cambriolé, Pierre Lafitte & Cie, 1922). 92 · So You Won’t Talk! · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan May 1937 105 · Sauce for the Goose · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1972 116 · A Very Commonplace Murder · P. D. James · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1968, as “Moment of Power” 133 · II Entrées Historiques: Tales from the Culinary Past 135 · A Dinner at Imola [Chronicles of the City-States] · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales April 1929 140 · The Feast in the Abbey · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1935 147 · The Three Low Masses · Alphonse Daudet; translated by Farnsworth Wright · ss Weird Tales July 1925 translated from the French (“Les Trois Messes Basses”, Contes du Lundi, 1875). 154 · The Coffin-Maker · Alexander Pushkin · ss (r) 161 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss The Knickerbocker October 1839 171 · The Compleat Housewife · Richard Dehan · ss The Windsor Magazine February 1910, as by Clotilde Graves 188 · The Case of Mr. Lucraft · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv The Case of Mr. Lucraft and Other Tales by Walter Besant & James Rice, Sampson Low, 1876 234 · The Man Who Couldn’t Taste Pepper · G. B. Stern · ss (r) 240 · Final Dining · Roger Zelazny · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination February 1963 249 · III Just Desserts: A Selection of Detective Cases 251 · Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Collier’s November 9 1940 264 · The Long Dinner [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine January 1935 293 · The Assassins’ Club [Nigel Strangeways] · Nicholas Blake · ss Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939, as “A Slice of Bad Luck” 301 · Dinner for Two [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #62, January 1949 317 · A Case for Gourmets [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) May 1959, as “Mr. Duckworth’s Night Out” 331 · Rum for Dinner [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s February 7 1948 347 · Under the Hammer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) November 1961 translated from the French (“Vente à la bougie”, Les Petits Cochons sans Queue, Presse de la Cite, 1955). 360 · Poison à la Carte [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Three at Wolfe’s Door by Rex Stout, Viking, 1960 407 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953

Murder on the Railways ed. Peter Haining (Orion, 1996, 0-75280-454-5, £16.99, 484pp, hc, an)     Crime/mystery anthology. 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 5 · Murder in the Railway Train: A Broadsheet Ballad · [uncredited] · pm 1870 7 · 1. Murder Express: Classic Journeys Into Fear 9 · Express to Stamboul [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Cosmopolitan April 1933, as “Have You Got Everything You Want?” 22 · Crime on the Footplate [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard December 28 1949 31 · The Man with No Face [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face” 57 · Dead Man · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1936 69 · Cheese · Ethel Lina White · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1923 86 · A Curious Suicide · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1973, as “Who Dies, Who Lives?” 97 · Jeumont: 51 Minutes’ Wait [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) October 1961 translated from the French (“Jeumont, 51 minutes d’arrêt”, Les Nouvelles Enquêtes de Maigret, Gallimard, 1944). 109 · Three-Ten to Yuma · Elmore Leonard · nv Dime Western Magazine March 1953 125 · 2. Tracked Down: The Railway Detectives 127 · The Adventure of the First Class Carriage [Sherlock Holmes] · Ronald A. Knox · ss The Strand Magazine February 1947 139 · The Murder on the Okehampton Line [Godfrey Page] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss (r) 150 · The Mystery of the Black Blight [Calvin Sprague] · Francis Lynde · nv The Popular Magazine August 15 1912 181 · The Knight’s Cross Signal Problem [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World August 24 1913 (+1), as “The Mystery of the Signals” 206 · Once Upon a Train [Hildegarde Withers; John J. Malone] · Craig Rice & Stuart Palmer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #83, October 1950 228 · The Rhine Maiden [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss The American Magazine February 1936, as “All Aboard for Shanghai!” 245 · Murder on the 7.16 [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Appleby Talks Again by Michael Innes, Gollancz, 1956 250 · Murder in the Tunnel · Brian Hunt · ss The Daily Telegraph December 17 1994 261 · 3. Tunnel Visions: Death on the Subway 263 · A Mystery of the Underground · John Oxenham · nv To-Day February 27 1897 (+6) 286 · Death in the Air · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Fiction Weekly October 10 1936 306 · The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv The Royal Magazine July 1901 323 · Thubway Tham’s Bomb Scare [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine January 1960 334 · The Coulman Handicap [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) April 1958 352 · A Midnight Train to Nowhere · Ken Follett · ss The (London) Evening News August 19 1975 356 · Oxford Circus · Maeve Binchy · ss Victoria Line by Maeve Binchy, Quartet, 1980 365 · Drink Entire: Against the Madness of Crowds · Ray Bradbury · ss Gallery April 1976 377 · 4. End of the Line: Commuter Crimes 379 · The Riddle of the 5.28 [Hamilton Cleek] · Thomas W. Hanshew · nv Cassell’s Saturday Journal April 30 1910 398 · Headhunter · Jan Carol Sabin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1994 405 · Escape to Danger · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week May 11 1952 (+1), as “Flight Into Disaster” 420 · Death Decision · William F. Nolan · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine July 1981 432 · Broker’s Special · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1956 443 · Galloping Foxley · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 457 · The Second Passenger · Basil Copper · ss The Dark Brotherhood Journal #3, 1973 467 · The Green Road to Quephanda · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1 1981, as “The Green Road”

Mysterious Air Stories ed. Peter Haining--- see under William Pattrick.

Mysterious Motoring Stories ed. Peter Haining--- see under William Pattrick.

Mysterious Railway Stories ed. Peter Haining--- see under William Pattrick.

Mysterious Sea Stories ed. Peter Haining--- see under William Pattrick.

The Necromancers ed. Peter Haining (Hodder & Stoughton, February 1971, £2.25, 256pp, hc, an)     A mixture of fact and fiction covering the whole spectrum of Black Magic and Witchcraft. 11 · Editor’s Preface · Peter Haining · pr 13 · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in · Section One 21 · Modern Witchcraft · Robert Graves · ar 1965 28 · Black Magic Today · Rollo Ahmed · ar 33 · The Black Lodge · Aleister Crowley · ex from Moonchild, Mandrake Press, 1929 42 · The Sacrifice · Betty May · ex 1929 45 · The Sorcerers · W. B. Yeats · vi The Celtic Twilight by W. B. Yeats, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893 47 · A Life for a Life · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1935 · Section Two 63 · The Witches’ Sabbat · C. W. Olliver · ar 1965 69 · The Salem Mass · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as “Young Goodman Brown” by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 81 · The Tryals of the New England Witches · Cotton Mather · ex from The Wonders of the Invisible World, 1692 83 · An Indictment for Witchcraft · [uncredited] · ar 1679; transcript of a charge of witchcraft against two Scottish women. 84 · The Lancashire Witches · William Godwin · ex from Lives of the Necromancers, Frederick J. Mason, 1834 88 · The Midnight Assembly · W. Harrison Ainsworth · ex from The Lancashire Witches, Henry Colburn, 1849 93 · The Initiation to Witchcraft · Margaret Murray · ex from The God of the Witches, Sampson Low, 1931 103 · A Pact with the Devil · [uncredited] · ar (r); purportedly a translation of a 17th Century German pact. · Section Three 107 · How to Raise a Spirit · [uncredited] · ar (r); a necromantic evocation taken from Sloame mss 1884 in the British Museum. 109 · The Black Goat of Brandenburg · [uncredited] · ex (r); a surviving fragment from a 17th Century German work. 110 · My Experiences in Necromancy · Benvenuto Cellini · ex (r) 114 · The Necromancer · Lawrence Flammenberg; translated by Peter Teuthold · ex Minerva Press, 1794 translated from the German (Der Geisterbanner, 1792). 137 · Gavon’s Eve · E. F. Benson · ss The Illustrated London News January 13 1906 · Section Four 151 · The Confessions of the Witches of Elfdale · [uncredited] · ar 1669; apparent confessions of witches from two Swedish villages. 154 · The Witch Finders · Sax Rohmer · ex from The Romance of Sorcery, Methuen, 1914 159 · The Witch-Baiter · Robert Anthony · ss Weird Tales December 1927 167 · The Spell of Witchcraft · P. T. Barnum · ar (r) 175 · Familiars · Frank Hamel · ex 1955 183 · The Little Friend · August W. Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1948, as “Saunder’s Little Friend” · Section Five 197 · The Chambre Ardente Affair · Ronald Seth · ex 1970 204 · The Tarn of Sacrifice · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Wolves of God by Algernon Blackwood & Wilfred Wilson, Cassell & Co., 1921 225 · The Hell-Fire Clubs · Montague Summers · ex Witchcraft and Black Magic by Montague Summers, Rider, 1946 234 · At the Heart of It · Michael Harrison · ss The London Mystery Magazine #19, 1954 246 · Beelzebub · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy December 1963

Nightcaps and Nightmares: Ghosts with a Touch of Humour ed. Peter Haining (William Kimber, May 9, 1983, 0-7183-0269-9, £6.50, 204pp, hc, an, cover by Ionicus)     Collection of humorous ghost stories. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 13 · The Spectre of Tappington · Richard Harris Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany February 1837, as by Thomas Ingoldsby 41 · The Lawyer and the Ghost · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837 45 · The Wraith of Barnjum · F. Anstey · ss Temple Bar March 1879 60 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 90 · The Ghost Aristocracy · Kenneth Grahame · ar The National Observer November 1892 95 · The Haunted Mill · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Wave February 21 1891 100 · Ghosts That Have Haunted Me · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly December 19 1896 113 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 127 · The Clothing of Ghosts · Ambrose Bierce · ar New York American May 3 1902 131 · A Ghost of a Chance · O. Henry · ss The Smart Set January 1903 140 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912 152 · Buggam Grange · Stephen Leacock · ss Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock, John Lane, 1920 161 · A Trip to Spirit Land · Robert Benchley · es Liberty August 15 1931 166 · The Night the Ghost Got In · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker August 12 1933 172 · The White Horse or, “The Great Southern Ghost Story” · Robert Graves · ss 1956 177 · Half-Way to Hell · John Collier · ss The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 185 · The Indian Spirit Guide · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1948

Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations ed. Peter Haining (Victor Gollancz Ltd., October 1972, 0-575-01446-6, £1.60, 254pp, hc, an, cover by David Smee) 11 · Editor’s Foreword · Peter Haining · fw 13 · I. Tales That Frightened Your Grandparents 15 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 36 · The Story of a Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, as “A Terribly Strange Bed”, uncredited. 55 · The Tell Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 61 · Madam Crowl’s Ghost · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round December 31 1870, uncredited. 79 · The Man in White · Andrew Lang · ts The Red True Story Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, and CO., 1895 83 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887 97 · II. Tales That Scared Your Parents 99 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 113 · The Valley of the Spiders · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1903 125 · The Haunted Doll’s House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review February 1923 138 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 148 · The Transfer · Algernon Blackwood · ss Country Life December 9 1911 160 · The Lamp · Agatha Christie · ss 1924 169 · III. Tales That Will Horrify You 171 · The Lonesome Place · August Derleth · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries February 1948 180 · Close Behind Him · John Wyndham · ss Fantastic January/February 1953 195 · Enoch · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1946 211 · Same Time, Same Place · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #60, 1963 221 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · nv Dime Mystery Magazine November 1946 241 · Furry Night · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) November 1958

The Nightmare Reader ed. Peter Haining (Victor Gollancz, August 1973, 0-575-01710-4, £2.60, xv+340pp, hc, an)     Anthology of stories inspired by dreams. US edition Doubleday, 1973. ix · Editor’s Preface · Peter Haining · pr xiii · What Hath Light Wrought? · Isaac Asimov · in 1 · 1: Visitation 1 · The Midnight Embrace · Matthew Gregory Lewis · ss Tales of Terror by Matthew Gregory Lewis, J. Bell, 1801, as “Albert of Werdendorff; or the Midnight Embrace”, uncredited. 13 · 2: The Frankenstein Theme 13 · The Transformation · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1831, 1830 33 · 3: Dream State 33 · The Bold Dragoon · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 43 · 4: Drug Addiction 43 · Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow · Thomas De Quincey · ex from The Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Taylor and Hessey, 1822 51 · 5: Sorcery 51 · The Magician · Lord Lytton · ex from Asmodeus at Large, The New Monthly Magazine January 1832 - February 1833 69 · 6: Morphia Influence 69 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 79 · 7: Schizophrenia 79 · The Drunkard’s Dream [The Purcell Papers] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine August 1838, uncredited. 95 · 8: Claustrophobia 95 · The Man in the Reservoir · C. F. Hoffman · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine August 1842, as “Ben Blower’s Story” 105 · 9: The Blood Drinker 105 · Haceldama · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Cincinnati Commercial September 5 1875 119 · 10: Hallucination 119 · The Ensouled Violin · Madame Blavatsky · nv Nightmare Tales by Helena P. Blavatsky, Theosophical Publishing House, 1892 149 · 11: Morbidity 149 · Visions of the Night · Ambrose Bierce · ar San Francisco Examiner July 24 1887 157 · 12: The Legendary Dream 157 · The Soldiers’ Rest · Arthur Machen · ss The (London) Evening News October 20 1914 163 · 13: A Trauma of War 163 · The Bureau d’Echange de Maux · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set January 1915 169 · 14: Psychic Experience 169 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1908 181 · 15: The Occultist 181 · The Testament of Magdalen Blair · Aleister Crowley · nv The Equinox 1912 211 · 16: Visionary 211 · A Dream of Armageddon · H. G. Wells · nv Black & White May/June 1901 239 · 17: Ghostly Visitation 239 · A School Story · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1911 247 · 18: Obsession 247 · The Grimoire · Montague Summers · nv The Grimoire and Other Supernatural Stories ed. Montague Summers, Fortune Press, 1936 271 · 19: Recluse 271 · The Evil Clergyman · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales April 1939, as “The Wicked Clergyman” 277 · 20: Nightmare 277 · The Slayers and the Slain · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1949 287 · 21: Fear of Illness 287 · The Shifting Growth · Edgar Jepson & John Gawsworth · ss Crimes, Creeps and Thrills, E.H. Samuel, 1936; given as by John Gawsworth alone. 293 · 22: Arachnophobia 293 · Along Came a Spider · Algernon Blackwood · ar The London Mystery Magazine #8, February/March 1951 first broadcast as “Spiders and Such” on BBC Home Service, June 10, 1950. 299 · 23: Night Fantasy 299 · The Head Hunter · Robert Bloch · ss 15 Mystery Stories June 1950, as “Head Man” 319 · 24: A Waking Dream 319 · The Haunting of the New · Ray Bradbury · ss Vogue (UK) October 1969 337 · 25: The Future 337 · The Curse · Arthur C. Clarke · vi King’s College Review December 1946, as “Nightfall”

The Nightmare Reader: Volume One ed. Peter Haining (Pan, January 1976, 0-330-24598-8, 50p, 191pp, hc, an)     First half of the original hardcover edition (Gollancz 1973). 9 · Editor’s Preface · Peter Haining · pr The Nightmare Reader ed. Peter Haining, Gollancz, 1973 13 · What Hath Light Wrought? · Isaac Asimov · in The Nightmare Reader ed. Peter Haining, Gollancz, 1973 17 · 1. Visitation 17 · The Midnight Embrace · Matthew Gregory Lewis · ss Tales of Terror by Matthew Gregory Lewis, J. Bell, 1801, as “Albert of Werdendorff; or the Midnight Embrace”, uncredited. 29 · 2. The Frankenstein Theme 29 · The Transformation · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1831, 1830 49 · 3. Dream State 49 · The Bold Dragoon · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 59 · 4. Drug Addiction 59 · Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow · Thomas De Quincey · ex from The Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Taylor and Hessey, 1822 69 · 5. Sorcery 69 · The Magician · Lord Lytton · ex from Asmodeus at Large, The New Monthly Magazine January 1832 - February 1833 87 · 6. Morphia Influence 87 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 98 · 7. Schizophrenia 98 · The Drunkard’s Dream [The Purcell Papers] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine August 1838, uncredited. 114 · 8. Claustrophobia 114 · The Man in the Reservoir · C. F. Hoffman · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine August 1842, as “Ben Blower’s Story” 123 · 9. The Blood Drinker 123 · Haceldama · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Cincinnati Commercial September 5 1875 137 · 10. Hallucination 137 · The Ensouled Violin · Madame Blavatsky · nv Nightmare Tales by Helena P. Blavatsky, Theosophical Publishing House, 1892 170 · 11. Morbidity 170 · Visions of the Night · Ambrose Bierce · ar San Francisco Examiner July 24 1887 179 · 12. The Legendary Dream 179 · The Soldiers’ Rest · Arthur Machen · ss The (London) Evening News October 20 1914 186 · 13. A Trauma of War 186 · The Bureau d’Echange de Maux · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set January 1915

The Nightmare Reader: Volume Two ed. Peter Haining (Pan, April 1976, 0-330-24786-7, 50p, 192pp, pb, an, cover by Alan Lee)     Second half of the original hardcover edition (Gollancz 1973). 8 · 1. Psychic Experience 8 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1908 20 · 2. The Occultist 20 · The Testament of Magdalen Blair · Aleister Crowley · nv The Equinox 1912 52 · 3. Visionary 52 · A Dream of Armageddon · H. G. Wells · nv Black & White May/June 1901 83 · 4. Ghostly Visitation 83 · A School Story · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1911 92 · 5. Obsession 92 · The Grimoire · Montague Summers · nv The Grimoire and Other Supernatural Stories ed. Montague Summers, Fortune Press, 1936 117 · 6. Recluse 117 · The Evil Clergyman · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales April 1939, as “The Wicked Clergyman” 123 · 7. Nightmare 123 · The Slayers and the Slain · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1949 135 · 8. Fear of Illness 135 · The Shifting Growth · Edgar Jepson & John Gawsworth · ss Crimes, Creeps and Thrills, E.H. Samuel, 1936; given as by John Gawsworth alone. 141 · 9. Arachnophobia 141 · Along Came a Spider · Algernon Blackwood · ar The London Mystery Magazine #8, February/March 1951 first broadcast as “Spiders and Such” on BBC Home Service, June 10, 1950. 148 · 10. Night Fantasy 148 · The Head Hunter · Robert Bloch · ss 15 Mystery Stories June 1950, as “Head Man” 169 · 11. A Waking Dream 169 · The Haunting of the New · Ray Bradbury · ss Vogue (UK) October 1969 189 · 12. The Future 189 · The Curse · Arthur C. Clarke · vi King’s College Review December 1946, as “Nightfall”

The Norfolk Broads: The Golden Years by Philippa Miller ed. Peter Haining--- see under Philippa Miller.

The Orion Book of Murder ed. Peter Haining (Orion, October 1996, 0-75280-442-1, £9.99, 556pp, tp, an)     Crime/mystery anthology. A hardcover edition (-464-2, £15.99) was announced but not seen. 1 · Book One: Crime: Criminals and Killers 3 · Introduction · Peter Haining · si; this is credited to Nicholas Rhea in the paperback reprint, which seems unlikely. 5 · Man with a Hobby · Robert Bloch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1957 14 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path” 23 · Evidence in Camera · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine June 1949 36 · Round Trip · W. R. Burnett · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1929 46 · Morning Visit · James Hadley Chase · ss (r) 53 · Murder Comes Easy · Evan Hunter · ss Real March 1953 66 · The Flaw in the System · Jim Thompson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1956 75 · Blurred View · John D. MacDonald · vi This Week February 23 1964 80 · The Sweetest Man in the World · Donald E. Westlake · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1967 89 · Prediction · Chester Himes · ss Black on Black, Baby Sister and Selected Writings by Chester Himes, Doubleday, 1973 97 · Going Through the Motions · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981 110 · The Corder Figure · Peter Lovesey · nv Butchers and Other Stories of Crime by Peter Lovesey, Macmillan, 1985 128 · Gravy Train · James Ellroy · ss The Armchair Detective Winter 1990 143 · A Flash of White · Andrew Vachss · ss Crossroads Press, 1993 149 · Remain Nameless · Lynda La Plante · vi (r) 153 · Book Two: Detection: Police and Detectives 155 · Introduction · Peter Haining · si 157 · A Case of Christmas Spirit [Nicholas Rhea] · Nicholas Rhea · ss 166 · The Second Skin [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) August 1957, as “The Oyster Catcher” 180 · Blood Brothers [Insp. Cockrill] · Christianna Brand · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1965 192 · Duello [Insp. (Chief Insp.) Poole] · Henry Wade · ss The London Magazine April 1930 207 · The Suitcase [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard August 9 1950 217 · Confirmation [Charlie Resnick] · John Harvey · nv 236 · Auld Lang Syne [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 248 · Sweating It Out with Dover [Insp. Wilfred Dover] · Joyce Porter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 18 1980 263 · Clutching at Straws [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1979 287 · The Burglar [Endeavour Morse & Robert “Robbie” Lewis] · Colin Dexter · ss You 1994 294 · Where the Snow Lay Dinted [Supt. Andrew Dalziel; Inspector Pascoe] · Reginald Hill · ss Northern Blood II ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press, 1995 308 · The Little Copplestone Mystery [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1973, as “Chapter and Verse” 327 · Gideon and the Young Toughs [Commander George Gideon] · John Creasey · ss The (London) Evening News September 4 1961, as “Piccadilly Lights” by J. J. Marric 334 · Before Insulin [Clinton Driffield] · J. J. Connington · ss The Evening Standard September 1 1936, as “Beyond Insulin” 344 · The Memorial Service [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1973 361 · Book Three: Punishment: Private Eyes and Investigators 363 · Introduction · Peter Haining · si 365 · Somewhere in the City [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss The Armchair Detective Spring 1990 382 · A Classic Forgery [Fidelity Dove] · Roy Vickers · ss The Exploits of Fidelity Dove by David Durham, Hodder & Stoughton, 1924, as by David Durham 396 · The Adventure of the Abergavenny Murder [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · uw; outline for an unwritten Holmes story found among Doyle’s papers after his death. 400 · Raffles and the Dangerous Game [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1976 415 · The Smashing of Another Racket [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News November 12 1933 426 · They Can Only Hang You Once [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Collier’s November 19 1932 439 · Black Out [Slim Callaghan] · Peter Cheyney · ss (r) 448 · The Sleeping Dog [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Argosy April 1965 464 · Caribbean Clues [Selena Mead] · Patricia McGerr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1984 474 · Virgil Tibbs and the Fallen Body [Virgil Tibbs] · John Ball · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1978 484 · Full Moon [Pharoah Love] · George Baxt · ss The Armchair Detective Winter 1994 494 · Willing to Kill [Mack Bolan (The Executioner)] · Don Pendleton · ss The Great American Detective ed. William Kittredge & Steven M. Krauzer, Mentor, 1978 513 · The Bottle Dungeon [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · nv Midwinter Mysteries 2 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1992 528 · The Takamoku Joseki [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1984 538 · She Didn’t Come Home [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · ss Redbook April 1986

Paths to the River Bank by Kenneth Grahame ed. Peter Haining--- see under Kenneth Grahame.

The Penny Dreadful or, Strange, Horrid & Sensational Tales! ed. Peter Haining (Gollancz, January 1975, 0-575-01779-1, £3.60, 382pp, hc, an)     A selection of items from the Victorian “penny dreadful” publications. 13 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 23 · The Terrific Register · Peter Haining · si 25 · The Monster of Scotland · [uncredited] · ar The Terrific Register, Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825 [Ref. Sawney Bean] 30 · The Calendar of Horrors · Peter Haining · si 32 · The Dead Alive; or, The Mendicant Robber of Orleans · [uncredited] · ex The Calendar of Horrors 1836 36 · The Life of Dick Turpin · Peter Haining · si 38 · The Robbery of the Astrologer · [uncredited] · ex from The Life of Dick Turpin, 1841 50 · The Ambush of Death · Pierce Egan, Jr. · ex from Robin Hood and Little John, 1839 68 · Actor’s Tale · Renton Nicholson · ex from Dombey and Daughter, 1847 83 · The Body-Snatchers · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from The Mysteries of London, 1845 95 · Sweeney Todd · Peter Haining · si 97 · The Last Batch of Pies · Thomas Peckett Prest · ex from The String of Pearls, 1846 121 · The Resuscitation of a Vampire · James Malcolm Rymer · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, anonymously, E. Lloyd, 1847, uncredited. 134 · Buried Alive! · Percy B. St. John · ex from Jessie, the Mormon’s Daughter, 1848 146 · The Life of a Murderer · Hannah Maria Jones · ex from The Shipwrecked Stranger, 1848 162 · The Abduction · Thomas Frost · ex from Paul the Poacher, 1850 176 · The Episode of the Knights of the Round Table · James Lindridge · ex from The Merry Wives of London, Purkiss, 1850 195 · Sister Anne · Paul de Kock; translated by G. W. M. Reynolds · ex ca. 1830 212 · The Raft of Death · Eugène Sue · ss 1840 229 · The Mad Wolf · Peter Haining · si 232 · The Mad Wolf · Ned Buntline · ss (r) 244 · The League of “The Thirty” · J. H. Ingraham · ss (r) 264 · The People’s Periodical · Peter Haining · si 266 · Confessions of a Deformed Lunatic · E. P. Hingston · ss The People’s Periodical and Family Library April 17 1847 276 · Reynolds’ Miscellany · Peter Haining · si 278 · The Rosicrucian · Edwin F. Roberts · ss Reynolds’s Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, Science, and Art #43, May 5 1849 293 · The London Journal · Peter Haining · si 296 · Stanfield Hall · J. F. Smith · ex The London Journal 1850 302 · Boys of England · Peter Haining · si 304 · Jack Rushton: or, Alone in the Pirates’ Lair · Charles Stevens · ex (r) 317 · The Arena of Blood · George Emmett & Harcourt Burrage · ex from Caractacus, Champion of the Arena, Hogarth House, 1885; the British Library catalog attributes this to Charles Stevens. 330 · The Vault of Death · George Augustus Sala · ex from Guy Fawkes or, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot (r) 341 · The Road to Adventure · Bracebridge Hemyng · ex from Jack Harkaway’s Schooldays, Boys of England 1871 357 · Penny Packets of Poison · James Greenwood · ar The Wilds of London by James Greenwood, Chatto & Windus, 1874 372 · Horrible Murder and Human Pie-Makers · [uncredited] · ar The Tell Tale 1825 376 · To My Readers · G. W. M. Reynolds · ar Reynolds’s Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, Science, and Art November 1848 380 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Peter Cushing’s Tales of a Monster Hunter ed. Peter Haining--- see under Tales of a Monster Hunter ed. Peter Cushing, Arthur Barker, 1977.

Poltergeist: Tales of Deadly Ghosts ed. Peter Haining (Severn House, December 1987, 0-7278-1474-5, £9.95, 249pp, hc, an)     Anthology of stories about poltergeists. 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 15 · The Haunted and the Haunters · Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version. 56 · A Fruitless Assignment · Ambrose Bierce · ss Current Literature July 1889, as “An Assignment” 60 · Haunted Subalterns · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette May 27 1887 66 · The Death Room · Edgar Wallace · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #132, March 1923 81 · Phantom Fingers · Robert S. Carr · ss Weird Tales May 1927 93 · Thursday Evenings · E. F. Benson · ss Pears’ Annual 1920 106 · The Poltergeist [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales October 1927 133 · The Mystery of Beechcroft Farm · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Pearson’s Magazine 1932 145 · Parasite Mansion · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · nv Weird Tales January 1942 176 · Maggie’s Bite · Laurence Housman · ss Strange Ends and Discoveries by Laurence Housman, Cape, 1948 181 · Miss Cornelius · W. F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928 201 · The Beam · M. P. Dare · ss Unholy Relics and Other Uncanny Tales by M. P. Dare, Edward Arnold, 1947 209 · A Knocking in the Wall · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales July 1951 220 · The Haunted Bungalow · Charles Duff · ss Thrills, Associated Newspapers, 1936 227 · Minuke · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 239 · Poltergeist! · Kurt Singer · ar (r)

Pulp Fictions ed. Peter Haining (Barnes & Noble, 1997, 0-76070-430-9, $7.98, 331pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Souvenir Press 1996 as Pulp Friction) crime anthology.

Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, 1996, 0-285-63331-7, £16.99, 331pp, hc, an)     “20 stories of private eyes, law officers and the criminal fraternity from writers old and new.” 7 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 11 · 1: Hardboiled Dicks: Cases of the Private Eyes 13 · Torch Number · James Ellroy · ss Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1990 29 · The Egyptian Lure [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · nv Black Mask March 1928 63 · Arson Plus [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask October 1 1923, as by Peter Collinson 81 · The Man Who Liked Dogs [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · nv Black Mask March 1936 112 · Dead Man’s Head [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Detective Stories August 1936 128 · The Singing Pigeon [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Manhunt February 1953, as “The Imaginary Blonde” by John Ross Macdonald 159 · 2: Cops and G-Men: Stories of the Law Officers 161 · The Hunting of Hemingway [Nick & Dave Glennan] · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 21 1934 183 · Dead on Her Feet · Cornell Woolrich · ss Dime Detective Magazine December 1935 202 · Nice Work [Lemmy Caution] · Peter Cheyney · ss The Evening Standard October 5 1936 210 · The Lady Says Die! [Inspector Early] · Mickey Spillane · nv Manhunt October 1953, as “The Girl Behind the Hedge” 221 · Accident Report · Ed McBain · ss Manhunt September 1953, as by Richard Marsten 236 · Freaky Deaky · Elmore Leonard · ex Arbor House, 1988 245 · 3: The Hoods: Tales of the Criminal Fraternity 247 · Travelling Light · W. R. Burnett · ss Collier’s December 7 1935 263 · Pastorale · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1928 272 · The Deadly Circle · Samuel Fuller · ss (r) 277 · Get a Load of This · James Hadley Chase · ss (r) 286 · It’s a Wise Cadaver · David Goodis · ss New Detective Magazine July 1946 293 · The Frightening Frammis [Mitch Allison] · Jim Thompson · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1957 315 · The Fifth Quarter · Stephen King · ss Cavalier April 1972, as by John Swithen 329 · The Watch · Quentin Tarantino · ss from Pulp Fiction, Faber and Faber, 1995

The Real Opera Ghost and Other Tales by Gaston Leroux ed. Peter Haining--- see under Gaston Leroux.

The Satanists ed. Peter Haining (Neville Spearman, August 1969, 0-85435-040-3, 25/-, 249pp, hc, an)     Mixture of fiction and non-fiction. Also in pb (Mayflower 1971). · Editor’s Note · Peter Haining · fw 11 · Black Mass in a Park Sparks Police Hunt · [uncredited] · ar The Sun 13 · Modern Satanism—The Facts · Peter Haining · in 19 · The Satanic Mass · Montague Summers · ex Witchcraft and Black Magic by Montague Summers, Rider, 1946, as “The Black Mass” 29 · The Sanctuary · E. F. Benson · nv More Spook Stories by E. F. Benson, Hutchinson, 1934 55 · Ancient Sorceries [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1908 109 · The Festival [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales January 1925 121 · The Watcher from the Sky [Laban Shrewsbury] · August W. Derleth · nv Weird Tales July 1945 169 · The Black Magician · Dennis Wheatley · ex from To the Devil—A Daughter, Hutchinson, 1953 183 · The Initiation · Aleister Crowley · ss (r) 187 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury September 1930 207 · No News Today · Cleve Cartmill · ss Unknown Worlds October 1941 225 · Spawn of the Dark One · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic May 1958 247 · Black Magic Battle in Church · [uncredited] · ar The Sun December 8 1968

Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream! ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, August 27, 1998, 0-285-63461-5, 223pp, hc, an, cover by Tony Cordoza & James Sarfati)     Young-adult anthology of 14 horror stories, each with a brief biography of the author. 11 · The Scaremongers · Peter Haining · in 15 · The Spell · R. L. Stine · nv Thirteen ed. Tonya Pines, Scholastic, 1991 36 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 63 · Drink My Red Blood · Richard Matheson · ss Imagination April 1951 75 · Something Nasty · William F. Nolan · ss The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd, Mead, 1983 88 · The Restless Ghost · Leon Garfield · ss The Restless Ghost ed. Susan Dickinson, Collins, 1970 111 · The Thirteenth Day of Christmas [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1977 117 · Hush! · Zenna Henderson · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction November 1953 132 · Spotty Powder · Roald Dahl · ss originally written as part of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 139 · A Baby Tramp · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave August 29 1891 147 · The Man Upstairs · Ray Bradbury · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1947 169 · Dead Language Master · Joan Aiken · ss The First Panther Book of Horror ed. Anthony Rampton, Panther, 1965 181 · Here There Be Tygers · Stephen King · ss Ubris Spring 1968 189 · The Trick · Ramsey Campbell · nv Weird Tales #2 ed. Lin Carter, Zebra, 1981, as “Trick or Treat” 213 · A Toy for Juliette · Robert Bloch · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967

Scary! 2: More Stories That Will Make You Scream! ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, September 30, 2002, 0-285-63648-0, £6.99, 207pp, tp, an, cover by Darren Lock)     Young-adult anthology of 12 horror stories, each with a brief biography of the author. 9 · Return of the Scaremongers · Peter Haining · in 15 · Video Nasty · Philip Pullman · ss Cold Feet ed. Jean Richardson, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985 30 · The House of No Return · R. L. Stine · ss (r) 45 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 62 · Finders Keepers · Anne McCaffrey · ss The Haunt of Horror August 1973 84 · The Black Dress · Alison Prince · ss A Haunting Refrain by Alison Prince, Methuen, 1988 104 · The Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924, as “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire” 130 · Cloud Cover · Robert Swindells · nv Mysterious Christmas Tales, Scholastic UK, 1993 152 · The Ghost Horse of Genghis Khan · Russell Hoban · ss The Listener 162 · How 7 Went Mad · Bram Stoker · ss Under the Sunset by Bram Stoker, Sampson Low, 1881 182 · Kittens · Dean Koontz · ss Readers and Writers 1966; revised. 192 · Horror Snap · Pete Johnson · ss (r) 198 · When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, age 11¼ · Neil Gaiman · ss Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman, Avon, 1998

The Second Book of Unknown Tales of Horror ed. Peter Haining (Sidgwick & Jackson, May 1978, 0-283-98422-8, £5.50, 207pp, hc, an)     Paperback edition retitled Tales of Unknown Horror, NEL, 1978. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 19 · The Reanimated Englishman · Mary W. Shelley · ss Yesterday and To-day by Cyrus Redding, T. Cautley Newby, 1863, as “Story of Mr. Dodsworth”; written 1826. 31 · The Dracula File · Tim Stout · ss 1977 45 · The Woman with the Velvet Collar [Capt. Michel] · Gaston Leroux · ss Weird Tales October 1929 translated from the French (“La femme au collier de velours”, 1924). 63 · Red Mist [Paul Harley] · Sax Rohmer · ss The Story-teller October 1924 83 · A Silent Witness · Richard Marsh · ss Ainslee’s Magazine April 1899 97 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 3 of 5; Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 105 · Son of a Witch [Lefty Feep] · Robert Bloch · nv Fantastic Adventures September 1942 131 · Undersea Guardians · Ray Bradbury · ss Amazing Stories December 1944 149 · The Whispering Gallery · William F. Temple · ss Fantastic Universe October/November 1953 171 · Dream Damsel · Evan Hunter · ss Fantastic Universe October 1954 183 · The Tunnel · Rosemary Timperley · ss first broadcast on Capital Radio, London, 1973. 191 · The Cat from Hell · Stephen King · ss Cavalier June 1977

Sensation Stories by Wilkie Collins ed. Peter Haining--- see under Wilkie Collins.

Shades of Dracula: Bram Stoker’s Uncollected Stories ed. Peter Haining (William Kimber, October 11, 1982, 0-7183-0159-5, £6.50, 204pp, hc, an, cover by Ionicus)     The uncollected stories of Bram Stoker. Contains material by other writers. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 14 · The Crystal Cup · Bram Stoker · ss London Society September 1872 29 · The Chain of Destiny · Bram Stoker · nv The Shamrock May 1 1875 (+3) 74 · The Castle of the King · Bram Stoker · nv The Warder 1876 91 · The Fate of Fenella · Bram Stoker · ss The Gentlewoman January 30 1892, as “Lord Castleton Explains” originally chapter ten of a “round-robin” novel entitled The Fate of Fenella. 101 · Vampires in New England · [uncredited] · ar New York Evening World February 2 1896; article found among Bram Stoker’s working papers for Dracula. 109 · Walpurgis Night [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914, as “Dracula’s Guest” written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 123 · The Seer · Bram Stoker · ex from The Mystery of the Sea, Heinemann, 1902 134 · Another Dracula · Ralph Milne Farley · na Weird Tales September 1930 (+1) 190 · At Last · Bram Stoker · ss Snowbound by Bram Stoker, Collier & Co., 1908 198 · In the Valley of the Shadow · Bram Stoker ,[?] · ss The Grand Magazine June 1907, uncredited.; despite Haining’s claim that this is by Stoker, there is no evidence to indicate that Stoker actually wrote it.

Sherlock Holmes and the Devil’s Foot by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ed. Peter Haining--- see under Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

A Sherlock Holmes Compendium ed. Peter Haining (Castle Books, January 1981, 0-89009-406-3, 215pp, hc, an)     Reprint (W.H. Allen 1980) anthology. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 13 · The Cult of Sherlock · S. C. Roberts · ar John o’ London’s Weekly February 19 1954; given as “The Cult of Sherlock Holmes” in the Table of Contents. 20 · Conan Doyle Hated Sherlock Holmes! · Macdonald Hastings · ar John o’ London’s Weekly February 4 1949 27 · A Sherlock Holmes Competition · Arthur Conan Doyle · cn The Strand Magazine March 1927 _27 · Mr. Sherlock Holmes to His Readers · Arthur Conan Doyle · ar The Strand Magazine March 1927 30 · Forerunners of Sherlock Holmes · [uncredited] · ar The Strand Magazine July 1906 41 · The Artist Who Made Holmes Real · Winifred Paget · ar John o’ London’s Weekly February 19 1954 46 · “I Play the Game for the Game’s Own Sake” · John Bennett Shaw · pz 47 · Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes · Ronald Knox · ar The Blue Book July 1912 66 · A Sherlock Holmes Crossword Puzzle · Dorothy Rowe Shaw · pz 71 · A Times Leader · [uncredited] · ar The Times May 12 1953 73 · The Problem of Baker Street · [uncredited] · ar The Times April 21 1951 76 · The Case of the Baker Street Plans · Ellery Husted · ar The Reader’s Digest April 1950 81 · The English Haunts of Sherlock Holmes · Gavin Brend · ar Coming Events in Britain October 1952 87 · A Tour Though Holmesian London · [uncredited] · ms 94 · Sherlock Holmes on the Continent · Michael C. Kaser · ar The Baker Street Journal January 1956 101 · Sherlock Holmes Was an American! · Franklin Delano Roosevelt · ar The Baker Street Journal 103 · Sherlock Holmes and the American Presidents · John Bennett Shaw · qz (r) 105 · The Railway Journeys of Mr Sherlock Holmes · J. Alan Rannie · ar The Railway Magazine May 1935 116 · The Great Holmes Joke · Bernard Darwin · ar John o’ London’s Weekly February 19 1954 120 · The Adventures of Picklock Holes · Cunnin Toil · ss Punch Winter 1893, as “The Hungarian Diamond” 124 · The Bound of the Haskervilles [Herlock Sholmes] · Peter Todd · ss The Greyfriars Herald #3, December 4 1915 130 · The Adventure of the Two Collaborators [Sherlock Holmes] · J. M. Barrie · ss Collier’s December 29 1923 133 · Sherlock Holmes’ “Death” · Dr. David Lunn · lt The Times December 10 1976 134 · Holmes Sweet Holmes · [uncredited] · pz 135 · The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes · Peter Haining · ar 144 · From the Diary of Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · Maurice Baring · ss The Eye-Witness November 23 1911 147 · A Encounter in Central Park [Sherlock Holmes] · Basil Rathbone · ss (r) 152 · Mycroft Holmes: Private Detective · J. Randolph Cox · ar The Baker Street Journal October 1956 157 · “You Know My Methods, Apply Them!” · John Bennett Shaw · qz 160 · From a Detective’s Notebook [Mr. Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Punch May 20 1959 164 · The Head of the Family · John Gardner · ar The Daily Telegraph November 29 1974 173 · The Colonel Moran Quiz · William E. Dunning · qz 175 · Re: Vampires · William Leonard · ar The Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual 1957 181 · Shady Mr. Holmes · J. P. W. Mallalieu · ar The Spectator February 27 1953 184 · Cryptic Crossword · [uncredited] · pz 186 · A View of Sherlock Holmes from New Scotland Yard · Sir Robert Mark · ar The Cornhill Magazine Summer 1974; delivered as a speech at the annual dinner of the Sherlock Holmes Society in January 1974. 190 · The $64,000 Questions · [uncredited] · qz ; from the NBC show of the same name from Summer 1956. 192 · Sherlock Holmes’s Horoscope · Walter Breen · ar Sybil Leek’s Astrology Journal January 1971 199 · Sherlock Holmes in Space [Sherlock Holmes] · Evoe · ss Punch November 23 1960, as “Conan Doyle in Space” 204 · Holmes Beyond the Grave · [uncredited] · ar The Baltimore Sun

Sherlock Holmes Meets the Sussex Vampire by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ed. Peter Haining--- see under Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook ed. Peter Haining (Treasure Press, 1986, 1-85051-158-6, £5.99, 128pp, hc, an) [Ref. Arthur Conan Doyle]     Reprint (NEL 1973) collection of pieces about Sherlock Holmes. This follows the text of the revised and corrected second edition (NEL, 1974) 4 · Foreword · Peter Cushing · fw 7 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 10 · Sherlock Holmes—A Short Biography [Sherlock Holmes] · [uncredited] · ms (r) 12 · How S**rl**k H****s Solved the Great Face Mystery [Sherlock Holmes] · [uncredited] · ms 1908; advert for the AutoStrop Safety Razor. 13 · Sherlock Holmes—World Figure [Sherlock Holmes] · Frank Swinnerton · ar John o’ London’s Weekly February 19 1954 16 · The Many Facets of Dr. Watson [Sherlock Holmes] · J. S. Coltart · ar The Fortnightly Review May 1 1931 20 · Villains: Professor Moriarty [Sherlock Holmes] · William Vaughan · ar The Captain 1902 22 · Some Personalia About Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ar The Strand Magazine December 1917 29 · Conan Doyle Was Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · Lady Conan Doyle · ar Pearson’s Magazine December 1934 32 · Sherlock Holmes Saga: His “Private Life” · J. M. Bulloch · br The Sunday Times June 10 1934 [Ref. Vincent Starrett]; review of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. 33 · Holmes Among the Illustrators [Sherlock Holmes] · Edmund Pearson · ar The Bookman August 1932 38 · The World of Books: Sherlockismus! · Desmond MacCarthy · ar The Sunday Times October 30 1932; reviews of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson by H.W. Bell & Sherlock Holmes by Thomas Blakeney. 41 · The Love Story of the Great Detective · S. C. Roberts · ar The Radio Times December 26 1952 42 · The Education of Holmes · Sir H. Macnaghten · lt The Sunday Times August 26 1934 43 · Sherlock Holmes and Poe · [uncredited] · lt John o’ London’s Weekly September 15 1934 43 · Sherlock’s Home · J. S. Pope · lt The Daily Telegraph July 30 1937 44 · Tears, Idle Tears · Evoe · vi Punch April 22 1942 45 · The Old Tin Box · Jay Finlay Christ · pm 1946 46 · Ellie Norwood—There Goes the Master · John Montgomery · ar The Leader August 23 1947 47 · At the Play: “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” · [uncredited] · th Punch October 17 1923 50 · The Passing of Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · E. V. Knox · fa The Strand Magazine December 1948; illustrated by Wyndham Robinson 53 · Sherlock Holmes—His Creator’s Secret · John Brophy · ar The Sunday Graphic October 10 1943 [Ref. Arthur Conan Doyle] 55 · Conan Doyle: Crusader · Dorothy L. Sayers · lt The Times February 6 1949 55 · A Magazine Dies—and a Fifty Year Secret Comes Out · [uncredited] · ms The Daily Express December 14 1949 55 · Death of a Tradition · [uncredited] · ms The Times January 2 1950 56 · Bujitsu in Baker Street · Richard Hughes · ar The Sunday Times February 26 1950 57 · Mistaken for Holmes! · Reverend Gerald Herring · lt The Church Times May 1910 58 · The Adventure of the First Class Carriage [Sherlock Holmes] · Ronald A. Knox · ss The Strand Magazine February 1947; illustrated by Tom Purvis 64 · The Final Problem · Louisa L. Richardson · lt John o’ London’s Weekly March 26 1954 64 · Deer-Stalker, Deasy and All · “King-Pin” · lt Motor August 27 1952 65 · Case Against Sherlock Holmes · [uncredited] · lt The Times October 27 1950 65 · The Curious Case of Sherlock Holmes · John H. Watson, M.D. · lt The Times October 28 1950 65 · Holmes and His “Gifted Guesswork” · G. Lestrade · lt The Times November 2 1950 66 · The Curious Case of Sherlock Holmes · John H. Watson, M.D. · lt The Times November 2 1950 70 · A Holmes Exhibition for Festival · [uncredited] · ms The Times November 2 1950 70 · Sherlock Holmes’s Deerstalker · Winifred Paget · lt Picture Post December 16 1950 72 · Not So Elementary, My Dear Watson · [uncredited] · ar The Birmingham Post August 15 1951 73 · Oh, No John (Watson), No! · Kate Whitney · lt The Times October 31 1950 73 · The Achievements of My Lodger · Mrs. Hudson · lt The Times November 1 1950 73 · Holmes and the Occult · Oscar Meunier · lt The Times November 4 1950 74 · A Holmes Experiment—I · Geoffrey B. Stephens · lt The Sunday Times April 1 1951 74 · A Holmes Experiment—II · Mycroft Holmes · lt The Sunday Times April 8 1951 74 · A Holmes Experiment—III · F. W. Watkyn-Thomas · lt The Sunday Times April 15 1951 74 · A Holmes Experiment—IV · J. H. Watson · lt The Sunday Times April 15 1951 76 · Baker Street Revisited by Sherlock Holmes · [uncredited] · fa The Sunday Times May 27 1951 77 · The Secret Watson · D. B. Wyndham Lewis · lt The Tatler and Bystander August 8 1951 78 · Baker Street Reflections · [uncredited] · ar Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review September 1 1951 80 · Chaplin Meets Holmes · [uncredited] · ar Illustrated September 27 1952 81 · Holmes Beats the Yard · [uncredited] · ms The Daily Express May 24 1951 81 · Spreading “Culture” · Hannen Swaffer · ms The People January 6 1952 81 · Another Rewrite · John Lardner · ms Look April 22 1952 81 · A Sherlockian Coincidence! · [uncredited] · ms John o’ London’s Weekly October 10 1952 81 · Holmes, Sweet Holmes · Aubrey Vincent · lt The Spectator June 5 1953 82 · Sherlock’s Shag · [uncredited] · ms John o’ London’s Weekly April 11 1952 82 · Holmes Show in New York · [uncredited] · ar The Daily Telegraph May 26 1952 82 · The Ultima Thule of Romance · Nathan L. Bengis · lt The Times July 17 1952 83 · The Mystery of Baskerville · Peter Evans · ar The Daily Express March 16 1959 88 · Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet “The Great Detective” · [uncredited] · th The Times January 22 1953 88 · My Dear Watson! · Richard Buckle · th The Observer January 25 1953 90 · The Baker Street Irregulars of New York · Christopher Morley · ar The Sunday Times January 29 1950 92 · The Sherlock Holmes Special · [uncredited] · ms Empire News October 4 1953 93 · The Irregulars and Some Imponderables · Lord Justice Asquith · lt The Sunday Times February 5 1950 93 · Was Watson a Woman? · A. R. McElwain · lt The Sunday Times February 12 1950 94 · Broken Big Toe Killed a Man · [uncredited] · ms The Daily Express June 2 1959 94 · Watson Tyrannised · D. B. Wyndham Lewis · lt The Tatler and Bystander August 12 1953 94 · PeoplJul12Was Sherlock a Fool? · Hannen Swaffer · ms 1953 96 · An Old Friend’s Brithday · [uncredited] · ar The Times January 8 1954 96 · The Shadow of Moriarty Still Darkens Baker Street · Tanfield · ar The Daily Mail January 9 1954 97 · Tea-Time Tales · Helen Eastwood · lt John o’ London’s Weekly March 19 1954 97 · “The Paradol Chamber” · Raymond Hull · lt John o’ London’s Weekly March 26 1954 97 · London Day by Day · Peterborough · cl The Daily Telegraph June 29 1955 98 · A Bookman’s Diary · [uncredited] · cl John o’ London’s Weekly January 29 1954 98 · “What Company, Watson!” · [uncredited] · ms The Radio Times November 1954 100 · Stand In for Sherlock · Peter Browne · ar Everybody’s September 1 1956 102 · The Original Holmes · Irving Wallace · lt The Sunday Times January 13 1957 102 · Holmes in the Houses of Parliament · Peterborough · ar The Daily Telegraph February 7 1958 104 · The Great Detective on Stage and Screen · Anthony Howlett & Michael Pointer · ar John o’ London’s Weekly February 19 1954 109 · Just Fancy That · [uncredited] · ms The Daily Express January 1 1958 109 · The Case Against Holmes, by Moriarty · [uncredited] · lt The Daily Express September 15 1958 109 · 3-D? It’s Elementary, My Dear Watson · James Thomas · ms The Daily Express November 12 1958 109 · The Bell That Didn’t Ring · Cornelis Herring · lt John o’ London’s Weekly December 3 1959 110 · The Sherlock Holmes Inn Where Baskerville Lost a Boot · [uncredited] · ar The Daily Telegraph December 13 1957 113 · Dear, Dear Watson · Derek Bowman · ms The Sunday Telegraph June 25 1961 113 · The Case of the Predetermined Game · [uncredited] · ms The Times September 14 1959 115 · Conan Doyle Suit Fails · [uncredited] · ms The Daily Telegraph August 18 1959 115 · Personal · [uncredited] · ms The Sunday Times April 16 1967 116 · The Women in Sherlock’s Life · Peter Chambers · ar The Daily Express March 19 1965 118 · Case of the Unknown Holmes · Arthur Steele · ms Evening Mail June 12 1965 118 · The Voice of Holmes · Michael Hardwick · lt The Radio Times January 18 1962 119 · In My Opinion · Robert Pitman · cl The Daily Express October 2 1968 119 · London Day by Day · [uncredited] · ms The Daily Telegraph March 19 1970 122 · By the Reichenbach Falls · [uncredited] · ar The Times August 31 1966 126 · Not Before the Public! · Polly Toynbee · ar The Observer December 6 1970 128 · Ban Raid “Copy of 1890 Story” · Arnold Latcham · ms The Daily Express January 3 1973 128 · Elementary · Peter Simple · ms The Daily Telegraph April 5 1973