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The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 2 ed. Richard Dalby (Carroll & Graf, September 1991, 0-88184-701-1, $9.95, 658pp, tp, an, cover by Peter Kettle)     Anthology of 59 ghost stories, seven of them original, with a preface by Christopher Lee. · Preface · Christopher Lee · pr 1 · Who or What Was It? · Kingsley Amis · ss Playboy December 1972 12 · The Believers · Robert Arthur · ss Weird Tales July 1941 28 · A Happy Release · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904 39 · One, Two, Buckle My Shoe · Nugent Barker · ss Written with my Left Hand by Nugent Barker, Percival Marshall, 1951 50 · The Man Who Went Too Far · E. F. Benson · nv The Pall Mall Magazine June 1904 71 · The Secret of Macarger’s Gulch · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave April 25 1891 79 · The God with Four Arms · H. T. W. Bousfield · ss The Windsor Magazine April 1933 89 · The Shadowy Escort · A. M. Burrage · ss The London Magazine May 1928 100 · The Widow’s Clock · Bernard Capes · ss The Pall Mall Magazine May 1900 108 · A Pleasant Evening · Robert W. Chambers · nv The Maker of Moons by Robert W. Chambers, Putnam, 1896 131 · The Elemental · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv The Elemental by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1974 150 · Something to Reflect Upon · Clare Colvin · nv Winter’s Tales, New Series: 6 ed. Robin Baird-Smith, Constable, 1990 168 · The Second Passenger · Basil Copper · ss The Dark Brotherhood Journal #3, 1973 178 · No. 252 Rue M. le Prince · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 192 · St. Bartholomew’s Day · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1975 206 · The Ghost in Master B.’s Room · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1859, uncredited. 217 · The Brown Hand · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine May 1899, as “The Story of the Brown Hand” 232 · Yak Mool San · H. B. Drake · ss The London Mystery Magazine #1, 1949 247 · The Spirit of Christmas · Vivian Edwards · ss 1990 252 · Uncle Christian’s Inheritance · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss The Man-Wolf and Other Tales by Mm. Erckmann-Chatrian, Ward, Lock & Tyler, 1876 translated from the French (“L’héritage de mon oncle Christian”, La Revue européenne, May 1860). 263 · The Black Widow · John S. Glasby · ss 280 · Across the Moors · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910 286 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy” 294 · Governor Manco and the Soldier · Washington Irving · ss The Alhambra by Washington Irving, Colburn & Bentley, 1832 309 · Rats · M. R. James · ss At Random March 23 1929 315 · Mädelein · Roger Johnson · ss 328 · And Turns No More His Head · A. F. Kidd · ss Change and Decay by A. F. Kidd, A.F. Kidd, 1985 337 · By Word of Mouth · Rudyard Kipling · vi The Civil and Military Gazette June 10 1887 342 · The Curse of the Stillborn · Margery Lawrence · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1925 355 · Dance! Dance! The Shaking of the Sheets · Alan W. Lear · ss 361 · The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine #63, March 1838, uncredited. 370 · Haunted Air · L. A. Lewis · ss Tales of the Grotesque by L. A. Lewis, Allan, 1934 380 · The Coxswain of the Lifeboat · R. H. Malden · ss Nine Ghosts by R. H. Malden, E. Arnold, 1943 392 · On the River · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“En Canot”, Le Bulletin Francais, March 10, 1876). 398 · Things · J. C. Moore · ss The English Review June 1928 406 · The Ebony Frame · Edith Nesbit · nv Longman’s Magazine October 1891 417 · The Downs · Amyas Northcote · ss In Ghostly Company by Amyas Northcote, The Bodley Head, 1921 424 · The Pot of Tulips [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1855, uncredited. 441 · The Burned House · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Century Magazine October 1916 449 · The Unfinished Masterpiece · C. D. Pamely · ss Tales of Mystery and Terror by C. D. Pamely, C. D. Pamely, 1926 454 · The Witches’ Sabbath · James Platt · ss Tales of the Supernatural by James Platt, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1894 466 · Metzengerstein · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia Saturday Courier January 14 1832 475 · The Story of Saddler’s Croft [Flaxman Low] · Kate & Hesketh Prichard · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1899, as by E. & H. Heron 489 · The Face · Lennox Robinson · ss 1913 494 · A Fisher of Men [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Holly Bough (Ireland) Christmas 1984 500 · A Mysterious Portrait · Mark Rutherford · ss The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford by Mark Rutherford, Trübner, 1881 508 · Ward 8 · Pamela Sewell · ss 514 · The Coat · A. E. D. Smith · ss Powers of Darkness, Philip Allan, 1934 521 · A Voice in Feathers · Lewis Spence · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine August 1923 529 · A Dream of Porcelain · Derek Stanford · nv 554 · No. 11 Welham Square · Herbert Stephen · ss The Cornhill Magazine May 1885, as by Edward Masey 566 · The Bishop’s Ghost and the Printer’s Baby · Frank R. Stockton · ss Chapman’s Magazine June 1895 571 · The Secret of the Growing Gold · Bram Stoker · ss Black & White January 23 1892 584 · The Ash Track · Mark Valentine · ss 596 · In a Nursing Home (A Euthanasian Subject) · E. H. Visiak · vi 599 · The Stranger of the Night · Edgar Wallace · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #75, October 8 1910 609 · The Triumph of Night · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1914 633 · The Hall Bedroom · Mary E. Wilkins · ss Collier’s Weekly March 28 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 649 · The Ghost at the “Blue Dragon” · William J. Wintle · ss Ghost Gleams by W. J. Wintle, Heath Cranton, 1921

The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Robinson, October 3, 1995, 1-85487-338-5, £5.99, xiv+573pp, tp, an, cover by The Senate)     Anthology of 42 stories and 1 poem, each with an introduction by Dalby. xi · Introduction · Richard Dalby · in 1 · Ghosts · [uncredited] · pm Dreamland and Ghostland, Volume III, George Redway, 1887 5 · Schalken the Painter · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851 revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1939). 28 · M. Anastius · Dinah Maria Mulock · nv Nothing New by Dinah M. Mulock, Hurst & Blackett, 1857 55 · The Lost Room · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1858, uncredited. 71 · No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 84 · Haunted · [uncredited] · ss A Stable for Nightmares, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 95 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited.; the “definitive” version from Stories Revived, 1885. 113 · John Granger · Mary E. Braddon · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1870, as by The Author of “Lady Audley’s Secret”, etc. 133 · The Ghost in the Mill · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 1870, uncredited. 143 · The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1870 153 · Poor Pretty Bobby · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar December 1872 173 · The New Pass · Amelia B. Edwards · ss Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1870 187 · The White and the Black · Erckmann-Chatrian · nv Stories of the Rhine by Mm. Erckmann-Chatrian, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1875, as “Black and White” translated from the French (“Le blanc et le noir”, Le Monde illustré, January 15, 1862). 204 · The Underground Ghost · John Berwick Harwood · ss Chambers’s Journal Christmas 1864, uncredited. 218 · Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk · Frank Cowper · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1889 236 · Dog or Demon? · Theo Gift · ss Not for the Night-Time by Theo Gift, Roper & Drowley, 1889 247 · A Ghost from the Sea · J. E. P. Muddock · ss Stories Weird and Wonderful by J. E. Muddock, Chatto & Windus, 1889 257 · A Set of Chessmen · Richard Marsh · ss The Cornhill Magazine April 1890, uncredited. 275 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 291 · Pallinghurst Barrow · Grant Allen · nv The Illustrated London News November 28 1892 308 · The Mystery of the Semi-Detached · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales by E. Nesbit, Innes, 1893 312 · Sister Maddelena · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 326 · The Trainer’s Ghost · Lettice Galbraith · ss New Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith, Ward Lock, 1893 340 · An Original Revenge · W. C. Morrow · ss The Ape, the Idiot and Other People by W. C. Morrow, Lippincott, 1897 346 · Caulfield’s Crime · Alice Perrin · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1892 354 · The Bridal Pair · Robert W. Chambers · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1902 368 · The Watcher · Robert Benson · vi The Light Invisible by R. H. Benson, Isbister, 1903 373 · The Spectre in the Cart · Thomas Nelson Page · ss Scribner’s Magazine August 1899 391 · H. P. · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904 404 · Yuki-Onna · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn, Houghton Mifflin, 1904 408 · The Ash-Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 420 · The Story of the Green House, Wallington [Alwyne Sargent & Jack Hargreaves] · Allen Upward · ss The Royal Magazine December 1905 429 · The Slype House · A. C. Benson · ss The Isles of Sunset by A. C. Benson, Isbister, 1904 442 · A Ghost-Child · Bernard Capes · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1906 449 · The Bead Necklace · Alice Perrin · ss Red Records by Alice Perrin, Chatto & Windus, 1906 459 · A Dead Man’s Bargain · Clive Pemberton · ss The Weird o’ It by Clive Pemberton, Henry Drane, 1906 467 · The House That Was Lost · Tom Gallon · ss The Story-teller June 1908 477 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review December 1908 508 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1896 520 · The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1907 529 · The Forbidden Floor · Alexander Harvey · ss The Cavalier November 23 1912 545 · The Shadow · E. Nesbit · ss Black & White #777, December 23 1905, as “The Portent of the Shadow” 555 · The Gateway of the Monster [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler January 1910

Mistletoe Mayhem: Horrific Tales for the Holidays ed. Richard Dalby (Castle Books, October 1993, 1-555-21972-1, $8.98, 248pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Michael O’Mara 1992 as Horror for Christmas) anthology of 13 Christmas horror stories, four apparently original. This is an instant remainder book.

Modern Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers ed. Richard Dalby (Carroll & Graf, November 1992, 0-88184-864-6, $20.00, 318pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Virago 1991 as The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two) anthology of 27 ghost stories by 20th-century women writers, with an introduction by the editor.

Mystery for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby (Michael O’Mara, November 1990, 1-85479-086-2, £12.95, viii+291pp, hc, an, cover by William Geldart)     Anthology of 23 mystery and ghost stories, 12 original. · Foreword · Richard Dalby · fw 1 · The Black Veil · Charles Dickens · ss Sketches by Boz: First Series by Boz, Macrone, 1836, as by Boz 12 · The Banshee’s Warning · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss London Society Christmas 1867, as “Hertford O’Donnell’s Warning” 29 · The Citizen’s Watch · Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Charles S. Cheltnam · nv Temple Bar March 1875, as “The Dean’s Watch” translated from the French (“La montre du doyen”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860). 49 · What the Shepherd Saw · Thomas Hardy · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1881 68 · The Picture Puzzle · Edward Lucas White · ss Lukundoo by Edward Lucas White, Doran, 1927; written 1909. 81 · Ellison’s Christmas Dinner · Dolf Wyllarde · ss Tropical Tales by Dolf Wyllarde, 1909 89 · Marwood’s Ghost Story · Marjorie Bowen · ss John o’ London’s Weekly December 6 1925 96 · The Man Who Came Back · Margery H. Lawrence · ss The Sphere November 20 1935 110 · The Chinese Apple · Joseph Shearing · ss The Illustrated London News November 18 1948 124 · Diary of a Poltergeist · Ronald Duncan · ss Unlikely Ghosts ed. James Turner, Cassell, 1967 136 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956 142 · The Illuminated Office · Derek Stanford · ss 155 · The Case of Seven Santas [Mrs. Craggs] · H. R. F. Keating · ss 174 · Mage of the Monkeys [Al Weaver, Private Mage] · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 182 · Nostalgia · Maggie Ross · ss 198 · The Reluctant Murderer · Roger F. Dunkley · ss 206 · Cyanide for Christmas · John S. Glasby · ss 219 · The Cloak of DeSouvre · Elizabeth Fawcett · ss 234 · The Soldier · Roger Johnson · ss 247 · The Case of the Fiery Messengers [Sherlock Holmes] · Ron Weighell · nv 270 · The Codex [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss 280 · Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Most Men [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 288 · Christmas Rose · Mary Williams · ss

Nightmare Jack and Other Stories by John Metcalfe ed. Richard Dalby--- see under John Metcalfe.

Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Barnes & Noble, November 1996, 0-76070-352-3, $9.98, 654pp, tp, an, cover by G. Crabb Arena)     Reprint (Robinson 1990 as The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories) anthology of 52 ghost stories. This is an instant remainder edition.

The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards ed. Richard Dalby--- see under Amelia B. Edwards.

The Relations and What They Related and Other Weird Tales by G. M. Robins ed. Richard Dalby--- see under G. M. Robins.

Shivers for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby (Michael O’Mara, October 13, 1995, 1-85479-919-3, £13.99, 250pp, hc, an, cover by Bob Harvey)     Anthology of 16 stories, including six originals by authors such as Stephen Gallagher & Richard Adams; plus a rare reprint of a Terry Pratchett story. 1 · The Discovery of the Treasure Isles · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Every Boy’s Magazine March 1864 (+3) 45 · Asher’s Last Hour · George Manville Fenn · ss Christmas Penny Readings by George Manville Fenn, Routledge, 1867 60 · The Christmas Banquet · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1843 81 · The Wolves of Cernogratz · ‘Saki’ · ss The Morning Post January 7 1913, as by H. H. Munro 87 · Ganthony’s Wife · E. Temple Thurston · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1925 104 · Mr. Huffam · Hugh Walpole · nv The Strand Magazine December 1933 125 · Jeremiah [Penelope Pettiweather] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · nv Harmless Ghosts by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Haunted Library, 1990 142 · Two Returns · Terry Lamsley · nv Under the Crust by Terry Lamsley, Wendigo, 1993 163 · Billy Drops In · Jill Drower · ss 175 · Sweet Chiming Bells · Roger Johnson · ss 195 · Fancy That! · Stephen Gallagher · ss 204 · Twenty Pence with Envelope and Seasonal Greetings · Terry Pratchett · ss Time Out December 16/December 30 1987 213 · The Bommie and the Drop-Off · Richard Adams · ss 223 · The Ferry · Joan Aiken · ss A Creepy Company by Joan Aiken, Dell Yearling, 1995 229 · The Maid · Jane Beeson · ss 242 · “It Will All Be Over by Christmas…” · Alan McMurray · ss

The Sorceress in Stained Glass & Other Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Tom Stacey, 1971, 0-85468-115-9, £2.00, 214pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Richard Dalby · in 13 · The Sorceress in Stained Glass · Lewis Spence · ss The Grand Magazine January 1920 21 · “And He Shall Sing…” · H. R. Wakefield · ss They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928 35 · The Story of the Moor Road [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1898 49 · The House Which Was Rent Free · Mrs. L. Baillie Reynolds · ss The Lady’s Realm March 1902, as by G. M. Robins; given as by L. Baillie Reynolds. 65 · The Round Graveyard · E. K. Allan · ss Monsters, Philip Allan, 1934 73 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1896 86 · The Horror in the Pond · A. D. Avison · nv Tales of Fear, Philip Allan, 1935 104 · The Child That Went with the Fairies · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round February 5 1870, uncredited. 114 · The Menhir · N. Dennett · nv Panics, Philip Allan, 1934 131 · A Jug of Syrup · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 17 1893 139 · The Interrupted Honeymoon · George Benwood · ss Monsters, Philip Allan, 1934 147 · Footprints · A. M. Burrage · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #184, November 9 1912 158 · The Other Bed · E. F. Benson · ss The Popular Magazine April 1908 169 · The Stone Ship · W. Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine July 1 1914, as “The Mystery of the Ship in the Night” 198 · The House with No Road · John Ashcroft Hopson · ss Thrills, Philip Allan, 1935 209 · A Vignette · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury November 1936