The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Robinson, July 19, 1990, 1-85487-055-6, £4.99, 654pp, tp, an, cover by Gordon Crabb)
Anthology of fifty ghost stories from the 19th and 20th centuries.
- ix · Preface · Richard Dalby · pr
- 1 · The Unsettled Dust · Robert Aickman · nv Sub Rosa by Robert Aickman, Gollancz, 1968
- 40 · How He Left the Hotel · Louisa Baldwin · ss The Argosy (UK) October 1894, uncredited.
- 45 · Whessoe · Nugent Barker · ss Life and Letters December 1928
- 55 · The Shuttered Room · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Story-Magazine August 1929
- 68 · An Inhabitant of Carcosa · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Newsletter December 25 1886
- 72 · Is There Anybody There? · Charles Birkin · ss The Smell of Evil by Charles Birkin, Library 33, 1964
- 88 · The Whisperers · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Eye-Witness May 23 1912
- 94 · Curfew · L. M. Boston · ss The House of the Nightmare ed. Kathleen Lines, The Bodley Head, 1967
- 103 · I’m Sure It Was No. 31 [Did It Happen?] · A. M. Burrage · ar The Evening Standard May 10 1955
- 108 · The Guide · Ramsey Campbell · ss Post Mortem ed. Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva, St. Martin's, 1989; in this version the lullaby verse has been revised.
- 120 · The Limping Ghost · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Night Ghouls by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1975, as “The Ghost Who Limped”
- 136 · Mrs. Zant and the Ghost · Wilkie Collins · nv My Lady’s Money by Wilkie Collins, Tauchnitz, 1879, as “The Ghost’s Touch”
- 169 · The House by the Tarn · Basil Copper · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971
- 182 · In Kropfsberg Keep · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895
- 191 · The Ghost in All the Rooms · Daniel Defoe · ss The Secrets of the Invisible World Disclos’d by Daniel Defoe, 1727
- 200 · The Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Ghosts of the Mail”
- 217 · The Bully of Brocas Court · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine November 1921
- 229 · In the Confessional · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round December 4 1871
- 244 · The Tune in Dan’s Café · Shamus Frazer · ss Lie Ten Nights Awake ed. Herbert van Thal, Hodder, 1967
- 254 · Beyond the Bourne · John S. Glasby · ss The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby, Robinson, 1990
- 267 · The Valley of the Lost Children · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Cornhill Magazine February 1906
- 278 · The Sand-Walker · Fergus Hume · ss The Dancer in Red by Fergus Hume, Digby, Long, 1906
- 293 · The Real Right Thing · Henry James · ss Collier’s Weekly December 16 1899
- 306 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review February 1923; written to fill a miniature book in the library of Queen Mary’s doll house.
- 317 · The Wall-Painting · Roger Johnson · ss Saints and Relics ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Haunted Library, 1983
- 331 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904
- 352 · The Last Laugh · D. H. Lawrence · ss The New Decameron IV, Blackwell, 1925
- 369 · Robin’s Rath · Margery H. Lawrence · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1923
- 387 · The Dream · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine August 1838, as “The Drunkard’s Dream”, uncredited.
- 399 · The Sundial · R. H. Malden · ss Nine Ghosts by R. H. Malden, E. Arnold, 1943
- 409 · The Fifteenth Man [Augustus Champnell] · Richard Marsh · ss The Seen and the Unseen by Richard Marsh, Methuen, 1900
- 420 · Brenner’s Boy · John Metcalfe · ss White Owl Press, 1932
- 436 · Uncle Abraham’s Romance · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales by E. Nesbit, Innes, 1893
- 440 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.
- 452 · The Next Room · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Dublin Magazine October 1928 (+2)
- 461 · The Footsteps of the Aventine · Roger Pater · ss Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Oates & Washbourne, 1923
- 472 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839
- 491 · Courage · Forrest Reid · ss A Garden by the Sea by Forrest Reid, 1918
- 498 · The Last of Squire Ennismore · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper Christmas 1886
- 505 · The Garside Fell Disaster · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Sleep No More by L. T. C. Rolt, Constable, 1948
- 513 · The Tears of Saint Agathé [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Saints and Relics ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Haunted Library, 1983
- 524 · The Soul of Laploshka · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 8 1909
- 529 · The Old Dining-Room · “Sapper” · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine December 1920
- 541 · The Between-Maid · Montague Summers · ss Everybody’s January 3 1948
- 546 · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888
- 552 · The Folly [Ralph Tyler] · Mark Valentine · ss 14 Bellchamber Tower by Mark Valentine, Crimson Altar Press, 1987
- 569 · Out of the Wrack I Rise · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Weird Tales November 1949
- 575 · In the Pines · Karl Edward Wagner · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1973
- 603 · “Where Angels Fear…” · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown March 1939
- 611 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine September 1906
- 620 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1)
- 646 · The Spectre Spiders · William J. Wintle · ss Ghost Gleams by W. J. Wintle, Heath Cranton, 1921
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