Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic ed. Alberto Manguel (Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990, 0-88619-124-6, xx+941pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 65 stories and novel excerpts, primarily by literary and mainstream authors. First American edition (Canada: Lester & Orpen Dennys 1990). UK edition Picador 1991 tp as White Fire.
- xviii · Foreword · Alberto Manguel · fw
- 1 · The Child Who Believed · Grace Amundson · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 16 1950
- 17 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
- 36 · The Door · E. B. White · ss The New Yorker March 25 1939
- 42 · Mysterious Kôr · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Demon Lover and Other Stories by Elizabeth Bowen, J. Cape, 1945
- 57 · Nights at Serampore · Mircea Eliade · nv Two Tales of the Occult by Mircea Eliade, Herder & Herder, 1970
- 99 · The Dead Fiddler · Isaac Bashevis Singer · nv The New Yorker May 25 1968
- 127 · The Phoenix · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The Cat’s Cradle Book by Sylvia Townsend Warner, Viking, 1940
- 132 · The Spider · Hanns Heinz Ewers; translated by Walter F. Kohn · nv (r)
translated from the German (“Die Spinne”, 1908).
- 155 · Changeling · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss Modern Reading #8,
- 164 · The July Ghost · A. S. Byatt · nv Firebird 1 ed. Tim J. Binding, Penguin, 1982
- 180 · Poor Girl · Elizabeth Taylor · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 200 · Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922
- 222 · The Complete Gentleman · Amos Tutuola · ex The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola & ed. George Braziller, Faber and Faber, 1952
- 231 · The Professor and the Mermaid · Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa; translated by Archibald Colquhoun · nv Two Stories and a Memory by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Pantheon, 1962
- 255 · The Sausage · Friedrich Dürrenmatt; translated by Alberto Manguel · vi 1989
- 258 · A Woman Seldom Found · William Sansom · ss A Contest of Ladies and Other Stories by William Sansom, Hogarth Press, 1956
- 262 · Mummy to the Rescue · Angus Wilson · ss Such Darling Dodos and Other Stories by Angus Wilson, Secker & Warburg, 1950
- 269 · Aghwee the Sky Monster · Kenzaburō Ōe; translated by John Nathan · nv Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness by Kenzaburo Oe, Grove Press, 1977
- 298 · Berkeley or Mariana of the Universe · Liliana Heker; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real ed. Celia Correas de Zapata, Arte Público Press, 1990
translated from the Spanish.
- 305 · The Saint · Antonia White · ss Life and Letters November 1931
- 313 · The Ghost of Firozsha Baag · Rohinton Mistry · ss Quarry Spring 1986
- 328 · Miracle of Ash Wednesday · Yevgeny Zamyatin; translated by Mirra Ginsburg · ss The Dragon by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Random House, 1968; dated 1926.
- 336 · Heartburn · Hortense Calisher · ss The American Mercury January 1951
- 347 · The Accident · Ann Bridge · nv The Song in the House by Ann Bridge, 1936
- 370 · The Old Woman · Joyce Marshall · ss Canadian Short Stories ed. Robert Weaver, Oxford, 1960
- 383 · A Short Trip Home · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 17 1927
- 405 · The Brute · Joseph Conrad · ss The Daily Chronicle December 5 1906
- 426 · Mr. Sleepwalker · Ethel Wilson · ss Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories by Ethel Wilson, Macmillan, 1961
- 444 · A Self-Possessed Woman · Julian Barnes · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Cape, 1975
- 460 · The Woman Who Talked to Horses · Leon Rooke · ss Sing Me No Love Songs, I’ll Say You No Prayers by Leon Rooke, Ecco Press, 1984
- 469 · The White Rooster · William Goyen · ss Mademoiselle April 1947
- 484 · The Labrenas · Tommaso Landolfi; translated by Kathrine Jason · nv Words in Commotion, and Other Stories by Tommaso Landolfi, Viking, 1986
- 508 · The Dead Fish · Boris Vian; translated by Damon Knight · ss 13 French Science-Fiction Stories ed. Damon Knight, Bantam, 1965
translated from the French (“Les poissons morts”, L’Arbalète #12, Spring 1947).
- 521 · Major Aranda’s Hand · Alfonso Reyes; translated by Mildred Johnson · ss The Eye of the Heart ed. Barbara Howes, Bobbs-Merrill, 1973; dated 1955.
- 528 · Giving Birth · Margaret Atwood · ss Dancing Girls and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood, McClelland and Stewart, 1977
- 543 · The Jewbird · Bernard Malamud · ss The Reporter April 11 1963
- 553 · The Misanthrope · John D. Beresford · ss Nineteen Impressions by J. D. Beresford, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918
- 563 · Bartleby · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly November 1853 (+1), as “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street”, uncredited.
- 600 · Private—Keep Out! · Philip MacDonald · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949
- 616 · Dreams · Timothy Findley · nv Stones by Timothy Findley, Penguin Books Canada, 1988
- 638 · Mr. Dombey, the Zombie · Geoffrey Drayton · vi
first broadcast by the BBC in 1951.
- 642 · Why I Changed Into a Nightingale · Wolfgang Hildesheimer; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss The Art of the Tale ed. Daniel Halpern, Viking, 1986
- 648 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935
- 660 · Two Words · Isabel Allende; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss; dated 1989.
- 668 · Ch’ien-niang · Chen Xuanyou; translated by Wayne Schlepp · vi
translated from the Chinese (T’aip’ing Kwangchi, ca. 900 AD).
- 671 · The Visiting Star · Robert Aickman · nv Powers of Darkness by Robert Aickman, Collins, 1966
- 696 · Ratanbabu and the Man · Satyajit Ray · ss The Unicorn Expedition by Satyajit Ray, Dutton, 1987
- 711 · How It Happened · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1913
- 716 · Same Time, Same Place · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #60, 1963
- 726 · The Enigma of Arrival · V. S. Naipaul · ss The New Yorker August 11 1986
- 728 · Faithful Peter · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Renatha Oppenheimer · ss Stories from Far and Near by Lion Feuchtwanger, Viking, 1945
- 736 · The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship · Gabriel García Márquez; translated by Gregory Rabassa · ss The Leaf Storm and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez, Cape, 1972
translated from the Spanish.
- 742 · The House-Hunters · Peter Green · ss The New Strand January 1962
- 762 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892
- 780 · Eckhardt at a Window · Eric McCormack · ss Inspecting the Vaults by Eric McCormack, Penguin Canada, 1987
- 792 · The Lefthanders · Günter Grass; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss 1989
- 799 · Mr. Arcularis · Conrad Aiken · nv Harper’s Magazine March 1931
- 819 · The Times My Father Died · Yehuda Amichai; translated by Yosef Schachter · ss The World Is a Room and Other Stories by Yehuda Amichai, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1984
- 830 · The Haunted House · Luigi Pirandello; translated by Michele Pettinati · ss A Character in Distress, and Other Stories by Luigi Pirandello, Duckworth, 1938
translated from the Italian (“La casa del Granella”).
- 847 · The Finder · Elizabeth Spencer · ss The New Yorker January 23 1971
- 866 · Desire · James Stephens · ss Reedy’s Mirror March 1 1918
- 874 · The Miraculous Revenge · George Bernard Shaw · ss Time March 1885
- 896 · Room of Blood · Brett Balon · ss 1984
- 904 · The Shadow · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty January 30 1926
- 920 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
- 928 · The Authors · [uncredited] · bg
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