Strange and Fantastic Stories (var. 1) ed. Joseph A. Margolies (Armed Forces, 1946, 1223, 512pp, pb, an)
Abridged Armed Forces edition.
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- · Introduction · Christopher Morley · in Strange and Fantastic Stories ed. Joseph A. Margolies, Whittlesey House, 1946
- · The Executioner · Honoré de Balzac · ss The Cosmopolitan September 1888
translated from the French (“El Verdugo”, La Mode, January 30, 1830).
- · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills Boon, 1912
- · The Criminal · John D. Beresford · ss Nineteen Impressions by J. D. Beresford, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918
- · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890
- · In the Mirror · Valery Brussof · ss The Republic of the Southern Cross and Other Stories by Valery Brussof, Constable, 1918
- · Jean-ah Poquelin · George Washington Cable · ss Scribner’s Monthly May 1875
- · 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 Allston Collins & Charles Dickens.
- · “Blow Up with the Brig!” · Wilkie Collins · ss Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline by Wilkie Collins, Richard Bentley and Son, 1873
revised from “The Ghost in the Cupboard Room” (All the Year Round, Christmas 1859).
- · True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, uncredited.
- · No. 1 Branch Line: The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866
- · The Elixir of Life · Richard Garnett · ss The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett, Unwin, 1888
- · President Lincoln’s Dream · Lord Halifax · ar Lord Halifax’s Ghost Book by Lord Halifax, Geoffrey Bles, 1936
- · Wakefield · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine May 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- · The Story of Serapion · E. T. A. Hoffmann · ss The Serapion Brethren, Volume I by E. T. A. Hoffmann, George Bell and Sons, 1886
translated from the German (Die Serapionsbrüder, 1819).
- · The Ghost · Richard Hughes · vi A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926
- · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited.
- · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904
- · Mrs. Drainger’s Veil · Howard Mumford Jones · nv The Smart Set December 1918
- · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3)
- · The Kennel · Maurice Level · ss (r)
translated from the French (“Le Chenil”, Le Journal, 1906).
- · The Novel of the White Powder · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895
- · The Specter · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895
translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883).
- · Bartleby the Scrivener · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly November 1853 (+1), uncredited.
- · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912
- · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited.
- · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838
- · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824
- · Desire · James Stephens · ss Reedy’s Mirror March 1 1918
- · Thrawn Janet · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1881, as by R. L. S.
- · The Torture of Hope · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; translated by Mary J. Safford · ss Short Stories July 1894
translated from the French (“La Torture par l’Espérance”, Nouveaux Contes Cruels, La Librairie Illustrée, 1888).
- · The Door in the Wall · H. G. Wells · ss The Daily Chronicle July 14 1906
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