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    The Future Makers ed. Peter Haining (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1968, 18/-, 191pp, hc)
    Also in Science Fiction Special 5.


    The Future Makers ed. Peter Haining (NEL 2516, Sep ’69, 5/-, 142pp, pb)
    Revised from Sidgwick & Jackson 1968. Also in US (Belmont 1971).
    • 7 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
    • 9 · The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Dec 1935
    • 20 · The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing May 1939
    • 35 · Abreaction · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Weird Tales Jul 1948
    • 46 · The Piper [2] · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1943
    • 60 · Columbus Was a Dope · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Startling Stories May 1947
    • 64 · Castaway · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Fantasy, The Magazine of Science Fiction Apr 1947, as by Charles Willis
    • 70 · The Hour of Battle · Robert Sheckley · ss Space Science Fiction Sep 1953
    • 76 · Equator · Brian W. Aldiss · na New Worlds Sep 1958 (+1)


    The Ghouls ed. Peter Haining (W.H. London: Allen, Feb ’71, £2.50, 384pp, hc)
    The stories behind the classic horror films. US edition published by Stein & Day, May 1971. Later British paperback split into two volumes.
    • 11 · Editor’s Foreword · Peter Haining · fw
    • 13 · Introduction · Vincent Price · in
    • 17 · The Devil in a Convent · Francis Oscar Mann · ss The Devil in a Nunnery, London: Constable 1914, as “The Devil in a Nunnery”
    • 26 · The Lunatics · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Nov 1845, as “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether”
    • 43 · Puritan Passions · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss Mosses from an Old Manse, Wiley & Putnam 1846, as “Feathertop: A Moralized Legend”
    • 62 · The Phantom of the Opera · Gaston Leroux · ex Mills 1911
    • 124 · The Magician · W. Somerset Maugham · ex Heinemann 1908
    • 137 · Freaks · Tod Robbins · nv Munsey’s Magazine Feb 1923, as “Spurs”
    • 154 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Connell · nv Collier’s Jan 19 1924
    • 170 · Dracula’s Daughter [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest, London: Routledge 1914, as “Dracula’s Guest”; written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.
    • 182 · All That Money Can Buy · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 24 1936, as “The Devil and Daniel Webster”
    • 196 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Pall Mall Christmas Extra 1884
    • 213 · The Beast with Five Fingers [revised version] · William F. Harvey · nv The Beast With Five Fingers, J.M. Dent 1928
    • 238 · The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 23 1951
    • 246 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv Playboy Jun 1957
    • 277 · Black Sunday · Nikolai Gogol · nv Mirgorod: Stories, Knopf 1929, as “The Viy”, 1835
    • 312 · Incident at Owl Creek · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jul 13 1890, as “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
    • 321 · Monster of Terror · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Amazing Sep 1927, as “The Colour Out of Space”
    • 348 · The Skull · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Sep 1945, as “The Skull of the Marquis de Sade”
    • 366 · The Oblong Box · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book Sep 1844
    • 377 · Afterword · Christopher Lee · aw
    • 379 · Cast and Credits · [Misc.] · bg





    Legends for the Dark ed. Peter Haining (London: Four Square Books 2094, Feb ’68, 3/6d, 127pp, pb)
    • 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
    • 11 · Solomon’s Demon · Arthur Porges · ss Fantastic Jul 1961
    • 21 · The Altar · Robert Sheckley · ss Fantastic Jul/Aug 1953
    • 28 · Here, Daemos! · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales Mar 1942
    • 38 · The Academy of Pain · Basil Copper · ss *
    • 49 · Floral Tribute · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Jul 1949
    • 61 · The Secret of the Vault · J. Wesley Rosenquest · ss Weird Tales May 1938
    • 76 · The Ordeal of Doctor Trifulgas · Jules Verne · ss Saturn, The Magazine of Science Fiction Jul 1957, as “Frritt-Flacc”; Le Figaro Illustre December 1884.
    • 83 · A Night with Hecate · Edward W. Ludwig · ss Fantastic Oct 1963
    • 100 · Beyond the Wall of Sleep · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Pine Cones Oct 1919; Weird Tales Mar 1938
    • 112 · The Scythe · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales Jul 1943



    The Monster Makers ed. Peter Haining (London: Victor Gollancz 0-575-01729-5, 1974, £1.80, 288pp, hc)
    Eighteen stories about the creation of life, human and otherwise. Note the abridged edition from Knight Books (1980).
    • 13 · Editor’s Introduction · Peter Haining · in
    • 17 · The Monster Lives! [from Frankenstein] · Mary W. Shelley · ex Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones 1818
    • 25 · The Facts of M. Valdemar’s Case · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review Dec 1845, as “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”
    • 37 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Idler Mar 1893
    • 46 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Apr 16 1899
    • 58 · The Monster Maker · W. C. Morrow · ss The Argonaut Oct 15 1887, as “The Surgeon’s Experiment”
    • 78 · And the Dead Spake · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Oct 1922
    • 101 · The Stolen Body · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Nov 1898
    • 120 · The Vivisector Vivisected · Sir Ronald Ross · ss Strange Assembly, ed. John Gawsworth, London: Unicorn Press 1932
    • 138 · The Incubator Man · Wallace West · ss Weird Tales Oct 1928
    • 148 · The Plague Demon · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Jul 1942; Herbert West—Reanimator, gp
    • 156 · The Strange Island of Doctor Nork · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Mar 1949
    • 182 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown Aug 1940
    • 211 · Lazarus II · Richard Matheson · ss Fantastic Story Magazine Jul 1953
    • 225 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Mar 1955
    • 233 · Men of Iron · Guy Endore · ss 1940
    • 242 · Changeling · Ray Bradbury · ss Super Science Stories Jul 1949
    • 253 · Robot AL-76 Goes Astray · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Feb 1942
    • 270 · Baby · Carol Emshwiller · ss F&SF Feb 1958


    The Monster Makers [abridged] ed. Peter Haining (London: Knight Books 0-340-25093-3, 1980, 95p, 130pp, pb)
    Abridged from original edition (Gollancz, 1974) with revised introductions.
    • 9 · Editor’s Introduction · Peter Haining · in
    • 13 · The Monster Lives! [from Frankenstein] · Mary W. Shelley · ex Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones 1818
    • 20 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Apr 16 1899
    • 31 · The Monster Maker · W. C. Morrow · ss The Argonaut Oct 15 1887, as “The Surgeon’s Experiment”
    • 50 · And the Dead Spake · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Oct 1922
    • 71 · The Incubator Man · Wallace West · ss Weird Tales Oct 1928
    • 80 · The Strange Island of Doctor Nork · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Mar 1949
    • 103 · Lazarus II · Richard Matheson · ss Fantastic Story Magazine Jul 1953
    • 116 · Robot AL-76 Goes Astray · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Feb 1942


    The Nightmare Reader ed. Peter Haining (London: Gollancz, Aug ’73, 340pp, hc)
    • ix · Editor’s Preface · Peter Haining · pr
    • xiii · What Hath Light Wrought? · Isaac Asimov · in
    • 1 · The Midnight Embrace · Matthew Gregory Lewis · ss
    • 13 · The Transformation · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake, 1831 1830
    • 33 · The Bold Dragoon · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller, John Murray 1824
    • 43 · Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow · Thomas De Quincey · ss
    • 51 · The Magician [from Asmodeus at Large] · Lord Lytton · ex The New Monthly Magazine Jan 1832-Feb 1833
    • 69 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger Mar 1835
    • 79 · The Drunkard’s Dream · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine Aug 1838
    • 95 · The Man in the Reservoir · C. F. Hoffman · ss
    • 105 · Haceldama · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Cincinnati Commercial Sep 5 1875
    • 119 · The Ensouled Violin · Madame Blavatsky · nv Nightmare Tales 1892
    • 149 · Visions of the Night · Ambrose Bierce · ar San Francisco Examiner Jul 24 1887
    • 157 · The Soldiers’ Rest · Arthur Machen · ss The (London) Evening News Oct 20 1914
    • 163 · The Bureau d’Echange de Maux · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set Jan 1915
    • 169 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Aug 1908
    • 181 · The Testament of Magdalen Blair · Aleister Crowley · nv The Equinox 1912
    • 211 · A Dream of Armageddon · H. G. Wells · nv Black and White May/Jun 1901
    • 239 · A School Story · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Arnold 1911
    • 247 · The Grimoire · Montague Summers · ss The Grimoire and Other Supernatural Stories, ed. Montague Summers, Fortune; London 1936
    • 271 · The Evil Clergyman · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Apr 1939, as “The Wicked Clergyman”
    • 277 · The Slayers and the Slain · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales Sep 1949
    • 287 · The Shifting Growth · John Gawsworth · ss Crimes, Creeps and Thrills, ed. Anon. (John Gawsworth), Samuel 1936
    • 293 · Along Came a Spider · Algernon Blackwood · ms The London Mystery Magazine #8 1951
    • 299 · The Head Hunter · Robert Bloch · ss 15 Mystery Stories Jun 1950, as “Head Man”
    • 319 · The Haunting of the New · Ray Bradbury · ss Vogue (UK) Oct 1969
    • 337 · The Curse · Arthur C. Clarke · vi King’s College Review Dec 1946, as “Nightfall”


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