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Ask a Policeman by Helen Simpson, Anthony Berkeley, Milward Kennedy, Gladys Mitchell, John Rhode & Dorothy L. Sayers--- see under Anthony Berkeley.

The Woman on the Beast: Viewed from Three Angles by Helen Simpson (William Heinemann Ltd., 1933, 8/6d, xii+492pp, hc, co)

· Foreword · Helen Simpson · fw

1 · Prologue: Between Earth and Heaven · Helen Simpson · lk (r)

21 · Book I. The Indies, 1579 · Helen Simpson · na (r)

183 · Book II. France, 1789 · Helen Simpson · na (r)

337 · Book III. Australia, 1999 · Helen Simpson · na (r)

487 · Epilogue: Between Heaven and Earth · Helen Simpson · lk (r)

The End of the Web by George Sims (Gollancz, 1976, 157pp, hc, n.)
Thriller novel.

The End of the Web by George Sims (The British Library, September 21, 2017, 978-0-712-35682-4, £7.99, 192pp, tp, n.) [British Library Classic Thrillers]
Reprint (Gollancz 1976) thriller novel.

The Last Best Friend by George Sims (Gollancz, 1967, 191pp, hc, n.) [Nicholas Howard]
Thriller novel.

The Last Best Friend by George Sims (The British Library, September 21, 2017, 978-0-712-35684-8, £7.99, 192pp, tp, n.) [Nicholas Howard; British Library Classic Thrillers]
Reprint (Gollancz 1967) thriller novel.

Dorcas Dene, Detective by Geo. R. Sims (F.V. White & Co., September 1897, 1/-, 119pp, hc, oc) [Dorcas Dene]
Greenhill, 1986.

1 · I.—The Council of Four [Dorcas Dene] · Geo. R. Sims · ss

11 · II.—The Helsham Mystery [Dorcas Dene] · Geo. R. Sims · ss

22 · III.—The Man with the Wild Eyes [Dorcas Dene] · Geo. R. Sims · nv

32 · IV.—The Secret of the Lake [Dorcas Dene] · Geo. R. Sims · ss

43 · V.—The Diamond Lizard [Dorcas Dene] · Geo. R. Sims · ss

53 · VI.—The Prick of a Pin [Dorcas Dene] · Geo. R. Sims · ss

64 · VII.—The Mysterious Millionaire [Dorcas Dene] · Geo. R. Sims · nv

75 · VIII.—The Empty House [Dorcas Dene] · Geo. R. Sims · ss

87 · IX.—The Clothes in the Cupboard [Dorcas Dene] · Geo. R. Sims · ss

98 · X.—The Haverstock Hill Murder [Dorcas Dene] · Geo. R. Sims · ss

109 · XI.—The Brown Bear Lamp [Dorcas Dene] · Geo. R. Sims · ss

Dead Water ed. Maynard Sims (Hersham Horror Books, June 26, 2014, 978-1-4997-7581-5, $10.99, 122pp, tp, an, cover by Bev Manders)
Details taken from online listing.

· Forward · Maynard Sims · fw

· The Lowland Hundred · Simon Bestwick · na

· A Night at the Lake · Alan Spencer · na

· The Lucky Ones · David Moody · na

· The Day of Black Rain · Daniel S. Boucher · na

· Silver · Maynard Sims · na

Echoes of Darkness by M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under L. H. Maynard.

The Secret Geography of Nightmare by M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under L. H. Maynard.

Shadows at Midnight: Ten Ghost Stories by M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under L. H. Maynard.

Shadows at Midnight: Twelve Ghost Stories (var. 1) by M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under L. H. Maynard.

Darkness Rising, Volume One: Night’s Soft Pains ed. M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under L. H. Maynard.

Darkness Rising, Volume Two: Hideous Dreams ed. M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under L. H. Maynard.

Darkness Rising, Volume Three: Secrets of Shadows ed. M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under L. H. Maynard.

Darkness Rising, Volume Four: Caresses of Nightmare ed. M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under L. H. Maynard.

Darkness Rising, Volume Five: Black Shroud of Fear ed. M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under L. H. Maynard.

Darkness Rising, Volume Six: Evil Smiles ed. M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under L. H. Maynard.

Darkness Rising, Volume Seven: Screaming in Colours ed. M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under L. H. Maynard.

Darkness Rising 2003 ed. M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under L. H. Maynard.

Darkness Rising 2005 ed. M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under L. H. Maynard.

Dead Water ed. Michael P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard--- see under Maynard Sims.

The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime ed. Michael Sims (Penguin US, 2011, 978-0-14-310621-0, $16.00, 321pp, tp, an)
Eleven stories featuring the era’s great crime-fighting females, plus a few choice female crooks.

· Introduction · Michael Sims · in

· Suggestions for Further Reading · [uncredited] · ms (r)

· The Mysterious Countess [Mrs. Paschal] · W. S. Hayward · nv Revelations of a Lady Detective, George Vickers, 1864, uncredited.

· The Unknown Weapon [Miss Gladden (“G”)] · Andrew Forrester · na The Female Detective by Andrew Forrester, Jr., Ward and Lock, 1864

· Drawn Daggers [Loveday Brooke] · C. L. Pirkis · nv The Ludgate Monthly June 1893

· The Long Arm · Mary E. Wilkins & Joseph Edgar Chamberlin · na Chapman’s Magazine #4, August 1895, as by Mary E. Wilkins

· That Affair Next Door [Ebenezer Gryce; Amelia Butterworth] · Anna Katharine Green · n. 1897

· The Man with the Wild Eyes [Dorcas Dene] · George R. Sims · nv Dorcas Dene, Detective by Geo. R. Sims, F.V. White & Co., 1897

· The Adventure of the Cantankerous Old Lady [Miss Lois Cayley] · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Magazine March 1898

· How He Cut His Stick [Dora Myrl] · M. M’Donnell Bodkin · ss Dora Myrl, the Lady Detective by M. M’Donnell Bodkin, Chatto & Windus, 1900

· The Man Who Cut Off My Hair [Judith Lee] · Richard Marsh · ss The Strand Magazine August 1911

· The Man with Nine Lives [Madelyn Mack] · Hugh C. Weir · nv Miss Madelyn Mack, Detective by Hugh C. Weir, Page, 1914

· The Second Bullet [Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · ss The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam, 1915

Lost Cartographies: Tales of Another Europe by Cyril Simsa (Invocations Press, July 28, 2014, 978-0-9568021-7-0, £8.00, 147pp, tp, oc, cover by John Shire & Cyril Simsa)
Collection of 6 fantasy stories, 4 original.

1 · Introduction · Cyril Simsa · in

6 · Imbibing History · Cyril Simsa · na Darkness Rising 2005 ed. L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims, Prime Books, 2005

62 · Journey’s End · Cyril Simsa · ss

81 · On the Feast of Stephen · Cyril Simsa · ss 2013
originally on The World SF Blog, 22 Jan 2013.

93 · Under the Waves · Cyril Simsa · ss

112 · Poorly Formulated Questions · Cyril Simsa · ss
originally in German webzine InterNova (ed Michael Iwoleit) 5 Jan 2013.

122 · Queen of Sumava · Cyril Simsa · nv

Scandalize My Name by Fiona Sinclair (Geoffrey Bles, 1960, 12/6d, 223pp, hc, n.) [Paul Grainger]

Scandalize My Name by Fiona Sinclair (The British Library, October 4, 2025, 978-0-7123-5547-6, £9.99, 256pp, tp, n.) [Paul Grainger; British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1960) novel. This edition adds an introduction by Martin Edwards and Sinclair’s poem “Bequest”.

· Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

· Bequest · Fiona Sinclair · pm (r)

Agents of Oblivion by Iain Sinclair (Swan River Press, May 2023, 978-1-78380-044-5, €40.00, 198pp, hc, oc)
Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by both Iain Sinclair and illustrator Dave McKean.

· Code 4: Agents of Oblivion · Iain Sinclair · in

· The Lure of Silence · Iain Sinclair · nv [Ref. Algernon Blackwood]

· House of Flies · Iain Sinclair · nv [Ref. Arthur Machen]

· London Spirit · Iain Sinclair · nv [Ref. J. G. Ballard]

· At the Mountains of Madness · Iain Sinclair · nv [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]

Slow Chocolate Autopsy: Incidents from the Notorious Career of Norton, Prisoner of London by Iain Sinclair (Phoenix House, November 3, 1997, 1-861-59088-1, £9.99, 193pp, tp, oc, cover by Dave McKean) [Norton, Prisoner of London]
Literary dark fantasy collection about an unstable observer unstable in time, but restricted in space to London - and in event to its darkest deeds. Graphic sections and illustrations by Dave McKean. A hardcover edition (-59087-3, £17.99) was announced but not seen.

1 · The Fifth Man in the Garden [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · ss Secret City ed. Jo Fletcher & Stephen Jones, Titan, 1997

14 · The Articulate Head [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · ss

30 · Hardball [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · ss A Book of Two Halves ed. Nicholas Royle, Gollancz, 1996

44 · The Apotheosis of Lea Bridge Road [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · ss

60 · No More Yoga of the Night Club [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · ss New Worlds No. 221 ed. Michael Moorcock, Jayde Design, 1996

82 · The Griffin’s Egg [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · cs; illustrated by Dave McKean

94 · Careful the Horse’s Bite [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · ss

112 · The Double-Death of the Falconer [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · cs; illustrated by Dave McKean

132 · Two Gentlemen of Soho [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · vi The Edge #5, August/September 1997

144 · Living with Raptors (or, the Missionary Position) [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · ss

160 · Scrip. Scribe. Script. [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · cs; illustrated by Dave McKean

176 · The Contents of the Kettles [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · ss

The Flaw in the Crystal and Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair (The British Library, February 18, 2023, 978-0-7123-5477-6, £9.99, 336pp, tp, co, cover by Mauricio Villamayor) [British Library Tales of the Weird] [edited by Mike Ashley]

7 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in

15 · Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922

40 · The Token · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1922

54 · The Flaw in the Crystal · May Sinclair · na The English Review September 1912

123 · The Nature of the Evidence · May Sinclair · ss Fortune May 1923

136 · If the Dead Knew · May Sinclair · ss Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair, Hutchinson, 1923

158 · The Victim · May Sinclair · nv The Criterion October 1922

182 · The Finding of the Absolute · May Sinclair · ss Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair, Hutchinson, 1923

202 · The Pictures · May Sinclair · ss The Smart Set September 1913

215 · Portrait of My Uncle · May Sinclair · ss The Century Magazine January 1917

227 · Heaven · May Sinclair · nv Pictorial Review June 1922

257 · The Intercessor · May Sinclair · nv The English Review July 1911

309 · The Villa Désirée · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1921

322 · Jones’s Karma · May Sinclair · ss The Criterion October 1923

336 · The Mahatma’s Story · May Sinclair · ss English Life October 1924

The Intercessor and Other Stories by May Sinclair (Hutchinson, 1931, 6/-, 222pp, hc, co)

· Heaven · May Sinclair · nv Pictorial Review June 1922

· The Intercessor · May Sinclair · nv The English Review July 1911

· Jone’s Karma · May Sinclair · ss The Criterion October 1923

· The Mahatma’s Story · May Sinclair · ss English Life October 1924

· The Villa Désirée · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1921

Tales Told by Simpson by May Sinclair (Hutchinson, 1930, hc, co)
Also published by Macmillan in 1930..

· The Bambino · May Sinclair · ss

· Between the Lines · May Sinclair · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1911

· The Collector · May Sinclair · ss The Century Magazine January 1914

· Compensation · May Sinclair · ss Nash’s Magazine December 1913

· Fame · May Sinclair · na Hutchinson’s Story Magazine January 1920

· The Frewin Affair · May Sinclair · ss (r)

· “Khaki” · May Sinclair · ss

· Lena Wrace · May Sinclair · ss The Dial July 1921

· Miss Tarrant’s Temperament · May Sinclair · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1911 (+1)

· The Pictures · May Sinclair · ss The Smart Set September 1913

· The Pin-Prick · May Sinclair · ss Harper’s Magazine February 1915

· Portrait of My Uncle · May Sinclair · ss The Century Magazine January 1917

· The “Wrackham Memoirs” · May Sinclair · ss Harper’s Magazine December 1913

Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair (Hutchinson, 1923, 7/-, 247pp, hc, co)

· The Finding of the Absolute · May Sinclair · ss

· The Flaw in the Crystal · May Sinclair · na The English Review September 1912

· If the Dead Knew · May Sinclair · ss

· The Nature of the Evidence · May Sinclair · ss Fortune May 1923

· The Token · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1922

· The Victim · May Sinclair · nv The Criterion October 1922

· Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922

The Villa Désirée and Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair (Ash-Tree Press, December 2008, 978-1-55310-114-7, $49.00, xx + 232pp, hc, co, cover by Jason Zerrillo)
Collection of 17 stories.

· Introduction · Rebeccah Kinnamon Neff · in

· Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922

· The Token · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1922

· The Flaw in the Crystal · May Sinclair · na The English Review September 1912

· The Nature of the Evidence · May Sinclair · ss Fortune May 1923

· If the Dead Knew · May Sinclair · ss Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair, Hutchinson, 1923

· The Victim · May Sinclair · nv The Criterion October 1922

· The Finding of the Absolute · May Sinclair · ss Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair, Hutchinson, 1923

· “Khaki” · May Sinclair · ss Tales Told by Simpson by May Sinclair, Hutchinson, 1930

· Portrait of My Uncle · May Sinclair · ss The Century Magazine January 1917

· The Pictures · May Sinclair · ss The Smart Set September 1913

· The Pin-Prick · May Sinclair · ss Harper’s Magazine February 1915

· The Bambino · May Sinclair · ss Tales Told by Simpson by May Sinclair, Hutchinson, 1930

· The Mahatma’s Story · May Sinclair · ss English Life October 1924

· Jones’s Karma · May Sinclair · ss The Criterion October 1923

· Heaven · May Sinclair · nv Pictorial Review June 1922

· The Intercessor · May Sinclair · nv The English Review July 1911

· The Villa Désirée · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1921

Bloch and Bradbury ed. Kurt Singer (Tower, 1969, 43-246, 60¢, 155pp, pb, an)
In England as Fever Dream and Other Fantasies, also with additional filler material as Whispers from Beyond (Peacock Press 1972).

7 · The Shadow from the Steeple [Cthulhu] · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales September 1950

29 · The Watchers · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1945

45 · The Grinning Ghoul · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales June 1936

56 · Mannikins of Horror · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1939

68 · Fever Dream · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales September 1948

75 · The Druidic Doom · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1936

95 · The Dead Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1945

106 · A Question of Etiquette · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1942

118 · The Handler · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales January 1947

128 · The Man Who Cried “Wolf!” · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1945

The Day of the Dragon & Other Tales of Terror ed. Kurt Singer (Sphere, 1971, 78522, 25p, 160pp, pb, an)
abridged from Tales of Terror, (W.H. Allen, 1967) along with The House in the Valley.

5 · A Question of Etiquette · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1942

18 · The Star Beast · Poul Anderson · nv Super Science Stories September 1950

48 · Secret of the Lightning · H. H. Harmon · ss Fantastic Adventures September 1949

64 · Black Harvest of Moraine · Arthur J. Burks · nv Weird Tales January 1950

97 · The Day of the Dragon · Guy Endore · nv The Blue Book Magazine June 1934

125 · The Thirteenth Floor · Frank Gruber · ss Weird Tales January 1949

142 · The Invisible Invasion · Frederic Arnold Kummer · ss Amazing Stories April 1939

Fever Dream and Other Fantasies ed. Kurt Singer (Sphere, 1970, 157pp, pb, an)
Reprint (Tower 1969 as Bloch and Bradbury) SF anthology.

The First Target Book of Horror ed. Kurt Singer (Target, 1984, 0-426-19852-2, £1.60, 143pp, pb, an)
Stories from Weird Tales of the Supernatural (W.H. Allen 1966), Ghouls and Ghosts (W.H. Allen 1972), and Satanic Omnibus (W.H. Allen 1973).

7 · The Grinning Ghoul · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales June 1936

20 · The Bradley Vampire · Roger M. Thomas · ss Weird Tales May 1951

35 · Seven Seconds of Eternity · Robert H. Leitfred · nv Weird Tales September 1940

86 · The Mirror · Mildred Johnson · ss Weird Tales September 1950

100 · Death’s Bouquet · Peter Phillips · ss Weird Tales September 1948

114 · Which’s Witch · Harold Lawlor · ss Weird Tales July 1952

134 · Father’s Vampire · Alvin Taylor & Len J. Moffatt · ss Weird Tales May 1952

The Fourth Target Book of Horror ed. Kurt Singer (Target, 1985, 0-426-19887-5, 142pp, pb, an)
Stories from Weird Tales of the Supernatural (W.H. Allen, 1966), Tales from the Unknown (W.H. Allen, 1970), Ghouls and Ghosts (W.H. Allen, 1972), Satanic Omnibus (W.H. Allen, 1973), and They Are Posessed (W.H. Allen 1976).

7 · The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865
revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story.

39 · The “Ouanga” Charm · W. B. Seabrook · ss (r)

63 · The Green Jewel of Death · Princess Catherine Radziwill · ar Liberty July 31 1926

74 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited.; erroneously by-lined Elma B. Edwards.

90 · Ghosts Come to Hell · Pat Scholer · ss (r)

102 · Wages of Envy · Mark Bartholomeusz · nv (r)

130 · White Lady of the Hohenzollerns · Clyde Clark · ss (r)

Ghouls and Ghosts ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1972, 0-491-00339-0, 320pp, hc, an)
Standard Singer selection of classics and pulp stories.

9 · Preface · Kurt Singer · pr

11 · Birthmark [Carmichael] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales September 1941

33 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)

60 · Death’s Bouquet · Peter Phillips · ss Weird Tales September 1948

71 · Sir Edmund Orme · Henry James · nv Black & White November 25 1891

97 · Vampire Kith and Kin [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales May 1949

116 · The Valley of the Assassins · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales November 1943

146 · The Nameless Mummy · Arlton Eadie · nv Weird Tales May 1932

161 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887).

183 · The Man Who Cried “Wolf!” · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1945

209 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited.

220 · The Seventh Man · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by A. T. Quiller-Couch, Cassell & Company, 1900

232 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891

249 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912

259 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910

287 · Götterdämmerung · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales May 1938

Gothic Horror Book ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1974, 0-491-01760-X, x+305pp, hc, an)
The usual Kurt Singer anthology with most stories selected from recent reprint sources, chiefly the Health Knowledge magazines.

ix · Preface · Kurt Singer · pr

1 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845

11 · Amy Foster · Joseph Conrad · nv The Illustrated London News December 14 1901 (+2)

41 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904

64 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.

98 · For Services Rendered [Shop] · Stephen Goldin · ss Magazine of Horror February 1970

110 · The Roc Raid · George B. Tuttle · nv Weird Tales November 1929

147 · The Plague of the Living Dead · A. Hyatt Verrill · nv Amazing Stories April 1927

186 · The Duel of the Sorcerers · Paul Ernst · na Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror March 1932

260 · The Cloth of Madness · Seabury Quinn · nv Young’s Magazine January 1920

284 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885

The Gothic Reader ed. Kurt Singer (Ace, 1966, K-244, 50¢, 253pp, pb, an)

7 · Shadow in Beige · Dorothy Eden · na 1960

84 · The Duenna · Marie Belloc Lowndes · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

98 · The Alibi · Daphne du Maurier · nv Ladies’ Home Journal April 1959

140 · Spinsters’ Rest · Clemence Dane · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine September 1925

166 · Mrs. Lannisfree · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales November 1945

175 · The Villa Désirée · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1921

187 · Mrs. Lunt · Hugh Walpole · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

202 · The Amorous Ghost · Enid Bagnold · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

208 · Chemical · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

232 · 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 1839).

Horror Omnibus ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1965, 25/-, 317pp, hc, an)
Mixture of classic and pulp horror stories with many selected from the Magazine of Horror.

7 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895

25 · The Last Dawn · Frank Lillie Pollock · ss The Argosy June 1906, as “Finis”

37 · The Dreams in the Witch-House [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales July 1933

76 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922

92 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.; given as by Charles Collins & Charles Dickens.

104 · The House of the Worm [Cthulhu] · Mearle Prout · nv Weird Tales October 1933

125 · Last Act: October · Tigrina · ss Phantom July 1958

142 · Lukundoo · Edward Lucas White · ss Weird Tales November 1925

157 · The Man with a Thousand Legs · Frank Belknap Long, Jr. · nv Weird Tales August 1927

182 · The Pacer · August W. Derleth & Mark Schorer · ss Weird Tales March 1930; given as by August W. Derleth alone.

194 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost”

208 · Cassius [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror November 1931

245 · Clay · C. Hall Thompson · nv Weird Tales May 1948

269 · 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 1839).

290 · Caverns of Horror [Stranger Club] · Laurence Manning · nv Wonder Stories March 1934

The House in the Valley & Other Tales of Terror ed. Kurt Singer (Sphere, 1970, 142pp, pb, an)
abridged from Tales of Terror, (W.H. Allen, 1967) along with The Day of the Dragon.

9 · Introduction · Kurt Singer · in Tales of Terror ed. Kurt Singer, W.H. Allen, 1967

11 · The House in the Valley · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales July 1953

41 · Death Went That Way · Allison V. Harding · ss Weird Tales November 1943

55 · Dream-Dust from Mars · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1938

80 · The Frightened Planet · Sidney Austen · ss Amazing Stories October 1948

96 · The Handler · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales January 1947

107 · Repayment · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales January 1943

119 · We, the Invisible · Frank Belknap Long · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1938

I Can’t Sleep at Night ed. Kurt Singer (Whiting & Wheaton, April 1966, 21/-, 238pp, hc, an)

7 · The Watchers · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1945

27 · Outside of Time · Carroll John Daly · ss Weird Tales January 1950

47 · The Family · Margaret St. Clair · vi Weird Tales January 1950

52 · Skydrift · Emil Petaja · ss Weird Tales November 1949

65 · Mistress Sary · William Tenn · ss Weird Tales May 1947

80 · The Dead Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1945

93 · The Lost Day · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1945

105 · The Man Who Cried “Wolf!” · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1945

139 · The Smiling Face · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales January 1950

160 · Welcome Home! · Charles King · ss Weird Tales May 1945

177 · These Debts Are Yours · Arthur J. Burks · nv Weird Tales November 1949

208 · Ship-in-a-Bottle · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Weird Tales January 1945

223 · Please Go ’Way and Let Me Sleep · Helen W. Kasson · ss Weird Tales March 1945

Kurt Singer’s Ghost Omnibus ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1965, 25/-, 287pp, hc, an)
UK pb split as Ghost Omnibus and Second Ghost Omnibus.

7 · The Shadow from the Steeple [Cthulhu] · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales September 1950

27 · The House Beyond Midnight · Allison V. Harding · nv Weird Tales January 1947

42 · Mrs. Lannisfree · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales November 1945

50 · What Beckoning Ghost? · Harold Lawlor · ss Weird Tales July 1948

67 · A Witch’s Curse · Paul Ernst · nv Weird Tales February 1929

87 · The Insistent Ghost · Emil Petaja · ss Weird Tales September 1950

101 · They Shall Rise · August W. Derleth & Mark Schorer · ss Weird Tales April 1936

120 · The Wolf-Girl of Josselin · Arlton Eadie · nv Weird Tales August 1938

148 · Lords of the Ghostlands [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales March 1945

172 · The Druidic Doom · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1936

190 · Song of Death · A. W. Calder · ss Weird Tales June 1938

204 · The Graveyard Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1941

228 · Rain, Rain, Go Away! · Gardner F. Fox · ss Weird Tales May 1946

245 · The Half-Haunted [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Gans T. Field · ss Weird Tales September 1941

259 · The Blue Spectacles · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales July 1949

268 · Catspaws [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales July 1946

Kurt Singer’s Ghost Omnibus (var. 1) ed. Kurt Singer (Four Square, November 1967, 1961, 3/6d, 126pp, pb, an)
First half of the W.H. Allen 1965 hc edition.

7 · The Shadow from the Steeple [Cthulhu] · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales September 1950

24 · The House Beyond Midnight · Allison V. Harding · nv Weird Tales January 1947

37 · Mrs. Lannisfree · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales November 1945

43 · What Beckoning Ghost? · Harold Lawlor · ss Weird Tales July 1948

57 · A Witch’s Curse · Paul Ernst · nv Weird Tales February 1929

75 · The Insistent Ghost · Emil Petaja · ss Weird Tales September 1950

86 · They Shall Rise · August W. Derleth & Mark Schorer · ss Weird Tales April 1936

102 · The Wolf-Girl of Josselin · Arlton Eadie · nv Weird Tales August 1938

Kurt Singer’s Ghost Omnibus (var. 2) ed. Kurt Singer (Leisure Books, July 1971, 0-8439-0020-2, 75¢, 174pp, pb, an)
abridged from W.H. Allen, 1965 edition.

7 · Mrs. Lannisfree · August W. Derleth · ss Weird Tales November 1945

20 · What Beckoning Ghost? · Harold Lawlor · ss Weird Tales July 1948

47 · Lords of the Ghostlands [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales March 1945

86 · The Druidic Doom · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1936

115 · Song of Death · A. W. Calder · ss Weird Tales June 1938

138 · The Half-Haunted [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Gans T. Field · ss Weird Tales September 1941

161 · The Blue Spectacles · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales July 1949

Kurt Singer’s Second Ghost Omnibus ed. Kurt Singer (Four Square, December 1967, 3/6d, 125pp, pb, an)
Second half of the W.H. Allen 1965 hc edition.

7 · Lords of the Ghostlands [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales March 1945

27 · The Druidic Doom · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1936

42 · Song of Death · A. W. Calder · ss Weird Tales June 1938

54 · The Graveyard Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1941

74 · Rain, Rain, Go Away! · Gardner F. Fox · ss Weird Tales May 1946

89 · The Half-Haunted [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Gans T. Field · ss Weird Tales September 1941

101 · The Blue Spectacles · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales July 1949

108 · Catspaws [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales July 1946

The Oblong Box and Other Tales of the Uncanny ed. Kurt Singer (Sphere, 1970, 78530, 5/-, 159pp, pb, an)
abridged from Tales of the Uncanny, (W.H. Allen, 1968) along with The Plague of the Living Dead.

9 · Almost Immortal · Austin Hall · nv All-Story Weekly October 7 1916

54 · The Leaden Ring · S. Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904

68 · The Oblong Box · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book September 1844

80 · The Ghostly Rental · Henry James · nv Scribner’s Monthly September 1876

113 · Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Knickerbocker January 1837, as “The Fountain of Youth”, uncredited.

123 · Lazarus · Leonid Andreyeff · ss Current Literature May 1907
translated from the Russian (“Eleazar”, 1906).

142 · The Voice · Ella Banks; as told to Nell Kay · ss Ghost Stories July 1928, as “Our Haunted Taxi Ride”; given as by Nell Kay.

The Plague of the Living Dead and More Tales of the Uncanny ed. Kurt Singer (Sphere, 1970, 78549, 5/-, 159pp, pb, an)
abridged from Tales of the Uncanny, (W.H. Allen, 1968) along with The Oblong Box.

9 · The Plague of the Living Dead · A. Hyatt Verrill · nv Amazing Stories April 1927

46 · The Mask · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895

63 · The Affair at 7 Rue de M— · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1955

71 · Under the Hau Tree · Katherine Yates · ss Weird Tales November 1925

80 · The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885

101 · The Abyss [Cthulhu] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ss Stirring Science Stories February 1941

109 · Fever Dream · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales September 1948

115 · Spawn of the Green Abyss [Cthulhu] · C. Hall Thompson · nv Weird Tales November 1946

Satanic Omnibus ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1973, £2.50, 293pp, hc, an)
Selection of varied pulp stories, with all but one from Weird Tales.

vii · Preface · Kurt Singer · pr

1 · The Devils of Po Sung · Bassett Morgan · nv Weird Tales December 1927

21 · The Green Invasion · Denis Plimmer · ss Weird Tales November 1940

42 · The Shunned House · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales October 1937

68 · Spanish Vampire · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales September 1939

83 · The Werewolf of Ponkert [The Master] · H. Warner Munn · nv Weird Tales July 1925

115 · The Music from Infinity · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales September 1941

132 · Clair de Lune [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales November 1947

151 · The Book of the Dead · Frank Gruber · ss Weird Tales November 1941

170 · The Cheaters · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales November 1947

197 · The Dark Star · G. G. Pendarves · nv Weird Tales March 1937

227 · The Devil of Maniara · Douglas Leach · ss Short Stories February 25 1933

243 · Mr. Hyde—and Seek [Thomas Chadwick] · Malcolm M. Ferguson · ss Weird Tales May 1950

253 · Not According to Dante · Malcolm Jameson · ss Unknown June 1941

269 · Which’s Witch? · Harold Lawlor · ss Weird Tales July 1952

286 · Father’s Vampire · Alvin Taylor & Len J. Moffatt · ss Weird Tales May 1952

The Second Target Book of Horror ed. Kurt Singer (Target, 1984, 0-426-19887-5, £1.60, 144pp, pb, an)
Stories from Weird Tales of the Supernatural (W.H. Allen 1966), Tales from the Unknown (W.H. Allen 1970), Ghouls and Ghosts (W.H. Allen 1972), Satanic Omnibus (W.H. Allen 1973), and They Are Posessed (W.H. Allen 1976).

7 · The Man Who Cried “Wolf!” · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1945

38 · The Nameless Mummy · Arlton Eadie · nv Weird Tales May 1932

56 · The Man They Couldn’t Hang · Judge Marcus Kavanagh · ar Liberty June 27 1931

68 · Legal Rites · Isaac Asimov & James MacCreigh · nv Weird Tales September 1950

101 · The Devil and Sharon Tate · Michael Ballantine · ar (r)

114 · The Exorcist—New York Style · Kurt & Jane Singer · ar (r)

126 · Not According to Dante · Malcolm Jameson · ss Unknown June 1941

The Secret Agent’s Badge of Courage ed. Kurt Singer (Belmont, 1961, L506, 50¢, 158pp, pb, an)
Adds one article to World’s Greatest Spy Stories.

7 · The Spy School in Leningrad · Jan Valtin · ar Out of the Night by Jan Valtin, Alliance Book Corporation, 1941

22 · Belgrade, 1926 · Eric Ambler · ex from A Mask for Dimitrios, Hodder & Stoughton, 1939

44 · The $7,500 Typewriter I Built for Alger Hiss · Martin Tytell; as told to Harry Kursh · ar True #183, August 1952

64 · I Was a Red Spy in Korea · Serge Molonkev · ar Pic Magazine 1952

73 · A Man’s Foes · Pearl S. Buck · nv This Week December 22 1940 (+1), as “Iron”

102 · The Informer · Joseph Conrad · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1906

127 · Guilty Without Trial · Victoria Wolff · ar World’s Greatest Spy Stories ed. Kurt Singer, W.H. Allen, 1954

150 · Francis G. Powers: Modern Space Spy · Kurt Singer · ar

158 · The Secret Agent’s Badge of Courage · Ernest Hemingway · ar World’s Greatest Spy Stories ed. Kurt Singer, W.H. Allen, 1954

Shriek ed. Kurt Singer (Eclipse Books, 1974, A$1.95, 607pp, pb, om)
Australian omnibus of Singer’s Ghouls and Ghosts and Satanic Omnibus.

5 · Birthmark [Carmichael] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales September 1941

27 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)

54 · Death’s Bouquet · Peter Phillips · ss Weird Tales September 1948

65 · Sir Edmund Orme · Henry James · nv Black & White November 25 1891

91 · Vampire Kith and Kin [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales May 1949

110 · The Valley of the Assassins · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales November 1943

140 · The Nameless Mummy · Arlton Eadie · nv Weird Tales May 1932

155 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887).

177 · The Man Who Cried “Wolf!” · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1945

203 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited.

214 · The Seventh Man · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by A. T. Quiller-Couch, Cassell & Company, 1900

226 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891

243 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912

253 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910

281 · Götterdämmerung · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales May 1938

315 · The Devils of Po Sung · Bassett Morgan · nv Weird Tales December 1927

335 · The Green Invasion · Denis Plimmer · ss Weird Tales November 1940

356 · The Shunned House · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales October 1937

382 · Spanish Vampire · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales September 1939

397 · The Werewolf of Ponkert [The Master] · H. Warner Munn · nv Weird Tales July 1925

429 · The Music from Infinity · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales September 1941

446 · Clair de Lune [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales November 1947

465 · The Book of the Dead · Frank Gruber · ss Weird Tales November 1941

484 · The Cheaters · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales November 1947

511 · The Dark Star · G. G. Pendarves · nv Weird Tales March 1937

541 · The Devil of Maniara · Douglas Leach · ss Short Stories February 25 1933

557 · Mr. Hyde—and Seek [Thomas Chadwick] · Malcolm M. Ferguson · ss Weird Tales May 1950

567 · Not According to Dante · Malcolm Jameson · ss Unknown June 1941

583 · Which’s Witch? · Harold Lawlor · ss Weird Tales July 1952

600 · Father’s Vampire · Alvin Taylor & Len J. Moffatt · ss Weird Tales May 1952

The Star Bumper Horror Book One ed. Kurt Singer (Star, November 1986, 0-352-31944-5, £2.50, 144pp, pb, om)
Omnibus of The First Target Book of Horror and The Second Target Book of Horror, both Target, 1984. Page numbering repeats.

7 · The Grinning Ghoul · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales June 1936

20 · The Bradley Vampire · Roger M. Thomas · ss Weird Tales May 1951

35 · Seven Seconds of Eternity · Robert H. Leitfred · nv Weird Tales September 1940

86 · The Mirror · Mildred Johnson · ss Weird Tales September 1950

100 · Death’s Bouquet · Peter Phillips · ss Weird Tales September 1948

114 · Which’s Witch? · Harold Lawlor · ss Weird Tales July 1952

134 · Father’s Vampire · Alvin Taylor & Len J. Moffatt · ss Weird Tales May 1952

7 · The Man Who Cried “Wolf!” · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1945

38 · The Nameless Mummy · Arlton Eadie · nv Weird Tales May 1932

56 · The Man They Couldn’t Hang · Judge Marcus Kavanagh · ar Liberty June 27 1931

68 · Legal Rites · Isaac Asimov & James MacCreigh · nv Weird Tales September 1950

101 · The Devil and Sharon Tate · Michael Ballantine · ar (r)

114 · The Exorcist—New York Style · Kurt & Jane Singer · ar (r)

126 · Not According to Dante · Malcolm Jameson · ss Unknown June 1941

The Star Bumper Horror Book Two ed. Kurt Singer (Star, November 1986, 0-352-31945-3, £2.50, 142pp, pb, an)
Omnibus of The Third Target Book of Horror and The Fourth Target Book of Horror, both Target, 1985. Page numbering repeats.

7 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited.

20 · Psychic Alert Saved Film Star · Frank Stevens · ar (r)

27 · The Dark Star · G. G. Pendarves · nv Weird Tales March 1937

62 · Portrait in Moonlight · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales November 1947

77 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912

88 · I Am a Psychic Detective · Horace Leaf · gp (r)

_ · I Am a Psychic Detective · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty March 18 1939

_ · The Old Lady of Battersea · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty March 25 1939

_ · A Full House · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty April 1 1939

_ · The Incubus · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty April 8 1939

117 · The Cloth of Madness · Seabury Quinn · nv Young’s Magazine January 1920

7 · The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865
revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story.

39 · The “Ouanga” Charm · W. B. Seabrook · ss (r)

63 · The Green Jewel of Death · Princess Catherine Radziwill · ar Liberty July 31 1926

74 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited.; erroneously by-lined Elmer B. Edwards.

90 · Ghosts Come to Hell · Pat Scholer · ss (r)

102 · Wages of Envy · Mark Bartholomeusz · nv (r)

130 · White Lady of the Hohenzollerns · Clyde Clark · ss (r)

Supernatural ed. Kurt Singer (Eclipse Books, 1974, A$1.95, 617pp, pb, om)
Australian omnibus of Singer’s Weird Tales of the Supernatural and Tales of the Uncanny, less one story.

5 · Seven Seconds of Eternity · Robert H. Leitfred · nv Weird Tales September 1940

46 · The Mystery of Uncle Alfred · Mindret Lord · ss Weird Tales November 1941

58 · The Rhythm of the Rats · Eric Frank Russell · ss Weird Tales July 1950

72 · The Bradley Vampire · Roger M. Thomas · ss Weird Tales May 1951

84 · Legal Rites · Isaac Asimov & James MacCreigh · nv Weird Tales September 1950

111 · The Grinning Ghoul · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales June 1936

121 · And Give Us Yesterday · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales January 1948

136 · The Keeper of the Key [Laban Shrewsbury] · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales May 1951

169 · Potts’ Triumph · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1950

178 · Twilight of the Gods · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales July 1948

212 · Two Face · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales March 1950

229 · Green Brothers Take Over · Maria Moravsky · ss Weird Tales January 1948

246 · The Mirror · Mildred Johnson · ss Weird Tales September 1950

257 · The Vengeance of Nitocris · Tennessee Williams · ss Weird Tales August 1928, as by Thomas Lanier Williams

270 · The Life-After-Death of Mr. Thaddeus Warde · Robert Barbour Johnson · ss Magazine of Horror November 1964

285 · The Valley of the Gods · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales May 1946

311 · The Antimacassar · Greye La Spina · ss Weird Tales May 1949

324 · The Valley of the Undead · Helen Weinbaum · ss Weird Tales September 1940

342 · Almost Immortal · Austin Hall · nv All-Story Weekly October 7 1916

381 · The Leaden Ring · S. Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904

394 · The Oblong Box · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book September 1844

405 · The Plague of the Living Dead · A. Hyatt Verrill · nv Amazing Stories April 1927

439 · The Mask · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895

454 · The Affair at 7 Rue de M— · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1955

461 · The Ghostly Rental · Henry James · nv Scribner’s Monthly September 1876

491 · Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Knickerbocker January 1837, as “The Fountain of Youth”, uncredited.

500 · Lazarus · Leonid Andreyeff · ss Current Literature May 1907
translated from the Russian (“Eleazar”, 1906).

518 · Under the Hau Tree · Katherine Yates · ss Weird Tales November 1925

527 · The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885

546 · The Abyss [Cthulhu] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ss Stirring Science Stories February 1941

554 · The Voice · Ella Banks; as told to Nell Kay · ss Ghost Stories July 1928, as “Our Haunted Taxi Ride”; given as by Nell Kay.

571 · Fever Dream · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales September 1948

577 · Spawn of the Green Abyss [Cthulhu] · C. Hall Thompson · nv Weird Tales November 1946

Tales from the Unknown ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1970, 319pp, hc, an)
Anthology of weird and occult stories, most purported to be true. Many seem to have been selected from “true confession” magazines. Reprinted by White Lion, 1976 (0-7274-0059-2) from which details taken. Selection later used in the Target Book of Horror series.

7 · Introduction · Kurt Singer · in

9 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version.

35 · Psychic Alert Saved Film Star · Frank Stevens · ar (r)

41 · The “Ouanga” Charm · W. B. Seabrook · ss (r)

61 · The Green Jewel of Death · Princess Catherine Radziwill · ar Liberty July 31 1926

69 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited.; erroneously by-lined Elmer B. Edwards.

83 · Ghosts Come to Hell · Pat Scholer · ss (r)

93 · Wages of Envy · Mark Bartholomeusz · nv (r)

117 · I Am a Psychic Detective · Horace Leaf · gp (r)

_117 · I Am a Psychic Detective · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty March 18 1939

_124 · The Old Lady of Battersea · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty March 25 1939

_131 · A Full House · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty April 1 1939

_137 · The Incubus · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty April 8 1939

143 · The Man They Couldn’t Hang · Judge Marcus Kavanagh · ar Liberty June 27 1931

153 · White Lady of the Hohenzollerns · Ida Clyde Clark · ss (r)

165 · The Shadow and the Flash · Jack London · ss The Bookman June 1903

179 · In the Footsteps of Svengali · Kurt Singer · ar (r)

209 · Ghostly Steppes · Princess Marina Chavchavadze · ar (r)

219 · Murderous Night on Pinaki Atoll · Wilmon Menard · ar (r)

231 · A Publisher’s Strange Experience · Kurt Singer · ar (r)

235 · The Mountain of Devil Worshippers · W. B. Seabrook · ar (r)

257 · Psychic Experiences of Famous People · Ida Clyde Clark · ar (r)

273 · The Specter Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon

287 · Witchcraft the Religion · Raymond Buckland · ar (r)

299 · The Truth About Voodoo · Harry Sauberli · ar (r)

311 · I Walked on Fire · Wilmon Menard · ar (r)

Tales of Terror ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1967, 30/-, 255pp, hc, an)
UK pb split as The House in the Valley and The Day of the Dragon.

7 · Introduction · Kurt Singer · in

9 · The Handler · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales January 1947

18 · The Frightened Planet · Sidney Austen · ss Amazing Stories October 1948

32 · The House in the Valley · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales July 1953

58 · Repayment · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales January 1943

68 · We, the Invisible · Frank Belknap Long · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1938

89 · Death Went That Way · Allison V. Harding · ss Weird Tales November 1943

101 · A Question of Etiquette · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1942

112 · Dream-Dust from Mars · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1938

133 · The Star Beast · Poul Anderson · nv Super Science Stories September 1950

159 · Secret of the Lightning · H. H. Harmon · ss Fantastic Adventures September 1949

173 · Black Harvest of Moraine · Arthur J. Burks · nv Weird Tales January 1950

201 · The Day of the Dragon · Guy Endore · nv The Blue Book Magazine June 1934

225 · The Thirteenth Floor · Frank Gruber · ss Weird Tales January 1949

240 · The Invisible Invasion · Frederic Arnold Kummer · ss Amazing Stories April 1939

Tales of the Macabre ed. Kurt Singer (New English Library, December 1969, 2594, 5/-, 125pp, pb, an)
A selection from earlier Singer anthologies with most stories drawn from Weird Tales.

· Introduction · Kurt Singer · in

9 · The Atoms of God · Ray Bradbury · fw

11 · The Final Hour · Chester S. Geier · ss Weird Tales January 1947

18 · Water’s Edge · Robert Bloch · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1956

34 · Birthmark [Carmichael] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales September 1941

56 · Death’s Bouquet · Peter Phillips · ss Weird Tales September 1948

67 · The Odyssey of Flight 33 · Rod Serling · sa More Stories from the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling, Bantam, 1961
adapted from Serling’s teleplay, broadcast February 24, 1961.

86 · The Devil’s Lottery · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales September 1948

96 · Compliments of Spectro · August W. Derleth · ss Weird Tales November 1941

103 · The Ubiquitous Professor Karr · Stanton A. Coblentz · ss Weird Tales July 1949

118 · The Cuckoo Clock · David Eynon · ss Weird Tales May 1951

Tales of the Uncanny ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1968, 0-491-00002-2, 30/-, 286pp, hc, an)
Mixture of classic and pulp horror stories with most selected from the Magazine of Horror. UK pb split as The Oblong Box and The Plague of the Living Dead.

9 · Almost Immortal · Austin Hall · nv All-Story Weekly October 7 1916

50 · The Leaden Ring · S. Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904

63 · The Oblong Box · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book September 1844

74 · The Plague of the Living Dead · A. Hyatt Verrill · nv Amazing Stories April 1927

108 · The Mask · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895

123 · The Affair at 7 Rue de M— · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1955

130 · The Ghostly Rental · Henry James · nv Scribner’s Monthly September 1876

160 · Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Knickerbocker January 1837, as “The Fountain of Youth”, uncredited.

169 · Lazarus · Leonid Andreyeff · ss Current Literature May 1907
translated from the Russian (“Eleazar”, 1906).

187 · Under the Hau Tree · Katherine Yates · ss Weird Tales November 1925

196 · The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885

215 · The Abyss [Cthulhu] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ss Stirring Science Stories February 1941

223 · The Voice · Ella Banks; as told to Nell Kay · ss Ghost Stories July 1928, as “Our Haunted Taxi Ride”; given as by Nell Kay.

240 · Fever Dream · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales September 1948

246 · Spawn of the Green Abyss [Cthulhu] · C. Hall Thompson · nv Weird Tales November 1946

They Are Possessed: Masterpieces of Exorcism ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, November 1976, 0-491-01857-6, £4.95, 246pp, hc, an)
Anthology of occult and black magic items dealing primarily with possession. About 50:50 fiction and non-fiction.

1 · Exorcism in a Convent · Reverend Carl Vogl · ar (r)

36 · Six Feet of Willow-Green · Carroll K. Michener · ss Weird Tales April 1923

47 · The Curse of Hamid · Ann Taylor · ss (r)

67 · Demons by the Dozen · Reverend Johannes Greber · ex from Communication with the Spirit World of God (r)

81 · The Devil and Sharon Tate · Michael Ballantine · ar (r)

93 · At the End of the Corridor · Evangeline Walton · ss Weird Tales May 1950

107 · The Exorcist—New York Style · Kurt & Jane Singer · ar (r)

117 · The Hand of Glory [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales July 1933

152 · The Original Black Mass · Stephan A. Hoeller · ar (r)

163 · Satan and Dr. Janet · Pierre Janet · ar (r)

174 · Glad Ghosts · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Dial July 1926 (+1)

216 · Portrait in Moonlight · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales November 1947

230 · The Amherst Mystery · R. S. Lambert · ar (r)

The Third Target Book of Horror ed. Kurt Singer (Target, 1985, 0-426-20154-X, £1.60, 142pp, pb, an)
Stories from Tales from the Unknown (W.H. Allen 1970), Ghouls and Ghosts (W.H. Allen 1972), Satanic Omnibus (W.H. Allen 1973), Gothic Horror Book (W.H. Allen 1974), and They Are Posessed (W.H. Allen 1976).

7 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited.

20 · Psychic Alert Saved Film Star · Frank Stevens · ar (r)

27 · The Dark Star · G. G. Pendarves · nv Weird Tales March 1937

62 · Portrait in Moonlight · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales November 1947

77 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912

88 · I Am a Psychic Detective · Horace Leaf · gp (r)

_ · I Am a Psychic Detective · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty March 18 1939

_ · The Old Lady of Battersea · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty March 25 1939

_ · A Full House · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty April 1 1939

_ · The Incubus · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty April 8 1939

117 · The Cloth of Madness · Seabury Quinn · nv Young’s Magazine January 1920

Weird Tales of the Supernatural ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1966, 30/-, 352pp, hc, an)

7 · Seven Seconds of Eternity · Robert H. Leitfred · nv Weird Tales September 1940

48 · The Mystery of Uncle Alfred · Mindret Lord · ss Weird Tales November 1941

60 · The Rhythm of the Rats · Eric Frank Russell · ss Weird Tales July 1950

74 · The Bradley Vampire · Roger M. Thomas · ss Weird Tales May 1951

86 · Legal Rites · Isaac Asimov & James MacCreigh · nv Weird Tales September 1950

113 · The Grinning Ghoul · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales June 1936

123 · And Give Us Yesterday · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales January 1948

138 · The Keeper of the Key [Laban Shrewsbury] · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales May 1951

171 · Potts’ Triumph · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1950

180 · Twilight of the Gods · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales July 1948

214 · Two Face · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales March 1950

231 · Green Brothers Take Over · Maria Moravsky · ss Weird Tales January 1948

248 · The Mirror · Mildred Johnson · ss Weird Tales September 1950

259 · The Vengeance of Nitocris · Tennessee Williams · ss Weird Tales August 1928, as by Thomas Lanier Williams

271 · The Life-After-Death of Mr. Thaddeus Warde · Robert Barbour Johnson · ss Magazine of Horror November 1964

287 · The Valley of the Gods · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales May 1946

313 · The Antimacassar · Greye La Spina · ss Weird Tales May 1949

326 · The Valley of the Undead · Helen Weinbaum · ss Weird Tales September 1940

342 · Mannikins of Horror · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1939

Whispers from Beyond ed. Kurt Singer (Peacock Press, 1972, $1.00, 80pp, quarto, an)
A large-format booklet issued anonymously, though a total reprint (with new filler material) of Bloch and Bradbury (Tower, 1969).
Details taken from online listing.

5 · The Shadow from the Steeple [Cthulhu] · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales September 1950

13 · The Angry Ghost of Shakespeare · [uncredited] · ms

15 · The Watchers · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1945

21 · Fever Dream · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales September 1948

24 · Houdini’s Story of a Call from the Dead · [uncredited] · ms

25 · The Druidic Doom · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1936

33 · The Handler · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales January 1947

37 · The Man Who Cried “Wolf!” · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1945

47 · The Dead Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1945

51 · Mannikins of Horror · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1939

55 · Mark Twain’s Dream of Death · [uncredited] · ms

57 · The Grinning Ghoul · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales June 1936

61 · Men Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead · [uncredited] · ms

64 · A Question of Etiquette · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1942

68 · Gangway for Ghosts · [uncredited] · ms

69 · Noel Coward’s Personal Blithe Spirit · Jane Sherrod Singer · ar

73 · The Ghost of Cambridge University · [uncredited] · ms

77 · Ghosts of Cape Town Castle · [uncredited] · ms

World’s Greatest Spy Stories ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1954, hc, an)
See also The Secret Agent’s Badge of Courage.

· The Spy School in Leningrad · Jan Valtin · ar Out of the Night by Jan Valtin, Alliance Book Corporation, 1941

· Belgrade, 1926 · Eric Ambler · ex from A Mask for Dimitrios, Hodder & Stoughton, 1939

· The $7,500 Typewriter I Built for Alger Hiss · Martin Tytell; as told to Harry Kursh · ar True #183, August 1952

· I Was a Red Spy in Korea · Serge Molonkev · ar Pic Magazine 1952

· A Man’s Foes · Pearl S. Buck · nv This Week December 22 1940 (+1), as “Iron”

· The Informer · Joseph Conrad · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1906

· Guilty Without Trial · Victoria Wolff · ar

· The Secret Agent’s Badge of Courage · Ernest Hemingway · ar

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