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The Midnight People: Being Eighteen Terrifying and Bizarre Tales of Vampires ed. Peter Haining (Leslie Frewin, 1968, 30/-, 255pp, hc, an)     Anthology of vampire stories. Also available in pb in the US from Popular Library, 1968; and in the UK from Ensign Books, 1974. Retitled Vampires at Midnight, Grosset & Dunlap, 1970. 11 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 15 · Fritz Haarmann—“The Hanover Vampire” · Montague Summers · ar The Vampire: His Kith and Kin by Montague Summers, Kegan, Paul, 1928 21 · The Vampire of Croglin Grange · Augustus Hare · ss The Story of My Life by Augustus Hare, George Allen, London, 1896 26 · The Vampyre · Dr. John William Polidori · nv The New Monthly Magazine April 1 1819, as by Lord Byron 50 · The Storm Visitor · Thomas P. Prest (error, actually by James Malcolm Rymer) · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, anonymously, E. Lloyd, 1847, uncredited. this work was long attributed to Prest but opinion has now shifted to Rymer as the author. 57 · Three Young Ladies [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ex from Dracula, Constable, 1897 62 · An Episode of Cathedral History · M. R. James · ss The Cambridge Review June 10 1914 82 · Bat’s Belfry · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1926 93 · “And No Bird Sings” · E. F. Benson · ss Woman December 1926 109 · The Believer · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930, as “The Vampire” 116 · The Drifting Snow · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales February 1939, as by August W. Derleth 129 · When It Was Moonlight · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown February 1940 147 · Over the River · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Unknown April 1941 162 · Drink My Blood · Richard Matheson · ss Imagination April 1951, as ““Drink My Red Blood…”” 172 · Pillar of Fire · Ray Bradbury · nv Planet Stories Summer 1948 218 · Dr. Porthos · Basil Copper · ss 226 · The Living Dead · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1967 234 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949 253 · Postscript · Montague Summers · ex The Vampire in Europe by Montague Summers, Kegan Paul, Trench & Trubner, 1929

Midnight Tales by Bram Stoker ed. Peter Haining--- see under Bram Stoker.

The Monster Makers ed. Peter Haining (Victor Gollancz, 1974, 0-575-01729-5, £1.80, 288pp, hc, an)     Eighteen stories about the creation of life, human and otherwise. Note the abridged edition from Knight Books (1980). 13 · Editor’s Introduction · Peter Haining · in 17 · The Monster Lives! · Mary W. Shelley · ex from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, anonymously, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited. 25 · The Facts of M. Valdemar’s Case · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845, as “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” 37 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 46 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s” 58 · The Monster Maker · W. C. Morrow · nv The Argonaut October 15 1887, as “The Surgeon’s Experiment” 78 · And the Dead Spake · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1922 101 · The Stolen Body · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine November 1898 120 · The Vivisector Vivisected · Sir Ronald Ross · nv Strange Assembly ed. John Gawsworth, Unicorn Press, 1932 138 · The Incubator Man · Wallace West · ss Weird Tales October 1928 148 · The Plague Demon · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew March 1922 156 · The Strange Island of Doctor Nork · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales March 1949 182 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown August 1940 211 · Lazarus II · Richard Matheson · ss Fantastic Story Magazine July 1953 225 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 233 · Men of Iron · Guy Endore · ss Black & White January 1940 242 · Changeling · Ray Bradbury · ss Super Science Stories July 1949 253 · Robot AL-76 Goes Astray [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories February 1942 270 · Baby · Carol Emshwiller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1958

The Monster Makers (var. 1) ed. Peter Haining (Knight, 1980, 0-340-25093-3, 95p, 130pp, pb, an)     Abridged from original edition (Gollancz, 1974) with revised introductions. 9 · Editor’s Introduction · Peter Haining · in The Monster Makers ed. Peter Haining, Gollancz, 1974 13 · The Monster Lives! · Mary W. Shelley · ex from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, anonymously, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited. 20 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s” 31 · The Monster Maker · W. C. Morrow · nv The Argonaut October 15 1887, as “The Surgeon’s Experiment” 50 · And the Dead Spake · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1922 71 · The Incubator Man · Wallace West · ss Weird Tales October 1928 80 · The Strange Island of Doctor Nork · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales March 1949 103 · Lazarus II · Richard Matheson · ss Fantastic Story Magazine July 1953 116 · Robot AL-76 Goes Astray [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories February 1942

More of Christopher Lee’s New Chamber of Horrors ed. Peter Haining (Mayflower, December 1976, 583-12636-7, 60p, 159pp, pb, an)     Contains 7 of the 16 stories in Christopher Lee’s New Chamber of Horrors (Souvenir Press, 1974). 7 · About Christopher Lee · Peter Haining · pr Christopher Lee’s New Chamber of Horrors ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press, 1974 9 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in Christopher Lee’s New Chamber of Horrors ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press, 1974 13 · The Empty Sleeve · Algernon Blackwood · ss The London Magazine January 1911 32 · The Thing on the Doorstep [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales January 1937 63 · Four Ghosts in Hamlet · Fritz Leiber · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1965 103 · The Devil, George, and Rosie · John Collier · nv The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 126 · The October Game · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales March 1948 136 · A Life for a Life · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1935 149 · No Such Thing as a Vampire · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy October 1959

More Tales of Unknown Horror ed. Peter Haining (NEL, January 1979, 450-04229-4, 80p, 140pp, pb, an, cover by Tony Masero)     Third volume of lesser known stories. Later revised as The Third Book of Unknown Tales of Horror. 7 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 11 · Gothic: Dr. Immortelle · Kathleen Ludwick · nv Amazing Stories Quarterly Fall 1930 39 · Weird: The Passing of Van Mitten · Claude Farrère; translated by Roy Temple House · ss Weird Tales February 1938 translated from the French (“Monsieur Van Mitten rendait l’âme…”). 44 · Terror: The River of Death · Fred M. White · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1904 51 · Macabre: Morning on the Wissahiccon · Edgar Allan Poe · vi Opal 1844 54 · Uncanny: The Spider’s Eye · Fitz-James O’Brien (error, actually by Lucretia P. Hale) · nv Putnam’s Monthly July 1856 69 · Supernatural: A Shot at the Sun · M. P. Shiel · ss The Pictorial Magazine October 24 1903 76 · Fantasy: The Little Man on the Subway · Isaac Asimov & James MacCreigh · ss Fantasy Book #6, 1950 88 · Bizarre: The Undead Die · E. Everett Evans & Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1948, as by E. Everett Evans 103 · Outré: Delenda Est · Robert E. Howard · ss Worlds of Fantasy v1 #1, 1968 110 · Mystery: On the Theatre Steps · Rosemary Timperley · ss 114 · Fear: Between Eight and Eight · C. S. Forester · ss The Evening Standard June 13 1934 127 · Spine-Chiller: The Night of the Tiger · Stephen King · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1978

More Weird Tales ed. Peter Haining--- see under Weird Tales Vol. 2 ed. Peter Haining, Sphere, 1978.

Movie Monsters: Great Horror Film Stories ed. Peter Haining (Severn House, May 1988, 0-7278-1546-6, £10.95, 282pp, hc, an, cover by John Costelloe)     Anthology of stories that were the basis of classic horror films. 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 3 · Inviting Frankenstein Into the Parlour · Ray Bradbury · ar Argosy December 1974, as “Boris, Bela and Me” 8 · Balaoo—The Demon Baboon · Gaston Leroux; translated by Alexander T. DeMattos · ex from Balaoo, Hurst & Blackett, 1913 32 · The Golem · Chayim Bloch · ss (r) translated from the German (“Der Golem”, Oesterreichischen Wochenschrift, 1914). 52 · The Beetle · Richard Marsh · ex Skeffington, 1897 65 · The Mummy · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Cornhill Magazine January 1890, as “The Ring of Thoth”, uncredited. 84 · King Kong · Edgar Wallace & Draycot M. Dell · ss Cinema Weekly October 28 1933 101 · The Bride of Frankenstein · Guy Preston · nv Pearson’s Weekly September 28 1935 (+2); given as by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley & Guy Preston. 132 · Dracula’s Daughter [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. 146 · The War of the Worlds [War of the Worlds] · H. G. Wells · n. Heinemann, 1898; condensed by the author (The Strand Magazine, February 1920). 159 · The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 23 1951 169 · The Night of the Demon · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1911, as “Casting the Runes” 192 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv Playboy June 1957 223 · The Thing · John W. Campbell, Jr. · na Astounding Science-Fiction August 1938, as ““Who Goes There?”” by Don A. Stuart

M.R. James—Book of the Supernatural ed. Peter Haining (Foulsham, 1979, 0-572-01048-6, £5.95, 128pp, hc, an) [Ref. M. R. James]     Large-size illustrated volume reprinting writings about and stories by, or which influenced, M. R. James. 7 · Foreword · Sir John Betjeman · fw 9 · The Haunted World of M.R. James · Peter Haining · ar 19 · Some Remarks on Ghost Stories · Dr. Montague R. James · ar The Bookman December 1929 31 · M.R. James as Sherlock Holmes · [uncredited] · ar The Times March 8 1927 report of James’s lecture at Eton, March 7, 1927. 34 · Twelve Medieval Ghost Stories · M. R. James; translated by Pamela Chamberlaine · nv; twelve ghost stories allegedly recorded in Latin by a monk of Byland Abbey shortly after 1400, and transcribed by MRJ. translated from the Latin (English Historical Review, July 1922). 50 · The Vampire of Kring · [uncredited] · ar Camber November 14 1856 62 · The Novels and Stories of J. Sheridan Le Fanu · M. R. James · ar adapted from the notes for a lecture of the same name given by James at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 16th March 1923. 66 · The Little Red Man · J. S. Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round July 27 1872, as “To Begin with Rats”, uncredited.; one of the “Stories of Lough Guir” usually entitled “The Earl’s Hall”. 70 · The White and the Black · Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Pamela Chamberlaine · ss (r); dated 1867. translated from the French (“Le blanc et le noir”, Le Monde illustré, January 15, 1862). 90 · The Story of the Bulbul · M. R. James · ss; story based on an original Indian story included in Indian Fairy Tales by Maive Stokes, 1880. originally included in a letter from James to Jane McBryde, written February 9, 1917. 92 · My Dream of a Murderer’s Ghost · M. R. James · ex extract from a letter by James written in August 1928. 96 · “A Warning to the Curious…” · Charles R. Beard · ex The Romance of Treasure Trove by Charles R. Beard, 1925 98 · The Experiment · Dr. M. R. James · ss The Morning Post December 31 1931 107 · [extract from letter to Gwendolen McBryde, February 12, 1932] · M. R. James · lt 108 · The Mystery of a Satanist Picture · [uncredited] · ar The Times January 21 1932 112 · The Satanist Picture · M. R. James · lt The Times January 25 1932 113 · A Vignette · Montague Rhodes James · ss The London Mercury November 1936 _115 · Masters of Fantasy: M.R. James—Ghost Writer Number One · Neil Austin · ia Famous Fantastic Mysteries April 1950 123 · A Tribute to M.R.J. · Christopher Lee · ar 128 · Bibliography · Peter Haining · bi

M.R. James—The Book of Ghost Stories ed. Peter Haining (Stein and Day, 1984, 0-8128-8056-0, $3.95, 232pp, pb, an, cover by Gilbert James) [Ref. M. R. James]     Reprint (Foulsham 1979 as M.R. James—Book of the Supernatural) ghost anthology. Title given as just The Book of Ghost Stories in some places.

The Mummy: Stories of the Living Corpse ed. Peter Haining (Severn House, November 1988, 0-7278-1556-3, £10.95, 263pp, hc, an, cover by Trevor Newman) 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 15 · Some Words with a Mummy · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Review April 1845 32 · My New Year’s Eve Among the Mummies · Grant Allen · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1878, as by J. Arbuthnot Wilson 47 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892 81 · The Story of Baelbrow [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1898 95 · A Professor of Egyptology · Guy Boothby · ss The Graphic December 10 1904 114 · The Mysterious Mummy · Sax Rohmer · ss Pearson’s Weekly Christmas Extra November 26 1903, as by A. Sarsfield Ward 126 · The Mummy’s Foot · Theophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · ss New Orleans Item June 16 1878 (+1) translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840). 137 · Black Coffee · Jeffery Farnol · ss The Shadow and Other Stories by Jeffery Farnol, Sampson Low, 1929 150 · Imprisoned with the Pharaohs · Harry Houdini (ghost written by H. P. Lovecraft) · nv Weird Tales May/June/July 1924; given as by H.P. Lovecraft & Harry Houdini. 178 · The Mummy Worshippers · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Strange Cults & Secret Societies of Modern London by Elliott O'Donnell, Philip Allan, 1934 184 · The Flying Head · A. Hyatt Verrill · ss Strange Stories June 1939 195 · Monkeys · E. F. Benson · ss Weird Tales December 1933 211 · The Mummy’s Ghost · Griffin Jay & Henry Sucher · ss (r) 222 · The Secret of Sebek [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1937 239 · A Life for a Life · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1935 250 · Colonel Stonesteel’s Genuine Home-Made Truly Egyptian Mummy · Ray Bradbury · ss Omni May 1981

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