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Tales of the Supernatural by Algernon Blackwood ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Algernon Blackwood.

Thing of Darkness by G. G. Pendarves ed. Mike Ashley--- see under G. G. Pendarves.

Toward the Golden Age The Stories That Turned Crime to Gold ed. Mike Ashley (Dover Publications, June 30, 2016, 978-0-486-80609-9, $9.95, xiii+314pp, tp, an)

ix · Toward the Golden Age · Mike Ashley · in

1 · Christabel’s Crystal · Carolyn Wells · ss Sunday Record-Herald October 15 1905

16 · The Crime at Big Tree Portage [November Joe] · Hesketh Prichard · nv Pearson’s Magazine July 1912

35 · The Case of Oscar Brodski [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1910

80 · The Tragedy on the London and Mid-Northern [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine August 1905

94 · Spontaneous Combustion [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine July 1911

115 · The Case of the Scientific Murderer [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv The Popular Magazine September 1 1912

134 · The Blue Cross [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 23 1910, as “Valentin Follows a Curious Trail”

155 · The Man Who Lived at Clapham [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine May 1921

174 · Naboth’s Vineyard [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Metropolitan Magazine December 1912

188 · The Game Played in the Dark [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World December 28 1913

211 · The Ninescore Mystery [Lady Molly de Mazareen] · Baroness Orczy · ss Cassell’s Magazine June 1909

230 · The Three Knocks [Fanny Gordon] · Edith MacVane · ss McClure’s Magazine December 1913

258 · Whither Thou Goest [Jack Lanagan] · Edward H. Hurlbut · ss Collier’s June 1 1912

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

294 · The Papered Door · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Collier’s March 21 1914

Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers ed. Mike Ashley (Dover, April 24, 2009, 978-0-486-46797-9, $10.95, vi+313pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 18 classic ghost stories by women writers, edited and with a general introduction and author biographies by Mike Ashley.

v · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in

1 · The Lost Ghost · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · nv The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins, Doubleday, 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins

20 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916

45 · The Green Road · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1 1981

64 · The Apartment · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss The Haunted Wherry ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, The Strange Company, 1985

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

96 · The Shell of Sense · Olivia Howard Dunbar · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1908

108 · The Shadow in the Moonlight · Mary Molesworth · nv Uncanny Tales by Mary Louisa Molesworth, Hutchinson, 1896

150 · From the Dead · Edith Nesbit · nv The Illustrated London News September 3 1892

165 · The Mad Lady · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss Scribner’s Magazine February 1916

177 · The Lovely House · Shirley Jackson · nv New World Writing #2, Mentor, 1952

202 · The Footsteps in the Dust · Alice Perrin · ss Crampton’s Magazine December 1901

210 · Perdita · Hildegarde Hawthorne · vi Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1897

217 · The Open Door · Charlotte Riddell · nv Weird Stories by Mrs. J. H. Riddell, J. Hogg, 1882

251 · An Urban Paradox · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Witness v8 #2, 1994

259 · Unseen—Unfeared · Francis Stevens · ss People’s Favorite Magazine February 10 1919

278 · The Wax Doll · Greye La Spina · ss The Thrill Book August 1 1919, as by Ezra Putnam

292 · The Scarecrow · Gwendolyn Ranger Wormser · ss The Scarecrow and Other Stories by G. Ranger Wormser, Dutton, 1918

305 · The Striding Place · Gertrude Atherton · ss The Speaker June 20 1896, as “The Twins”

Vampires: Classic Tales ed. Mike Ashley (Dover, July 2011, 978-0-486-48113-5, $9.95, 246pp, tp, an, cover by Jeff A. Menges)
Anthology of 12 vampire stories, most written before Stoker’s Dracula, including a seminal fragment by Lord Byron; other authors include Nancy Holder, Brian Stableford, and Alexandre Dumas. Ashley’s introduction discusses the evolution of vampire stories in fiction.

v · The Romance of Vampires · Mike Ashley · in

1 · Blood Gothic · Nancy Holder · ss Shadows 8 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1985

7 · Let the Dead Rest · Ernst Raupach · nv Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, Vol. 1, Simpkin, Marshall, 1823, as “Wake Not the Dead”, uncredited.
translated from the German (“Lasst die Todten Ruhen: Ein Mährchen”, Minerva: Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1823, Leipzig, 1822).

33 · The Mysterious Stranger · Karl von Wachsmann · nv Chamber’s Repository February 1854
translated fron the German (Erzählungen und Novellen, 3rd Series, Leipzig, 1844).

70 · The Pale Lady · Alexandre Dumas (with Paul Bocage); translated by A. R. Allinson · nv from “A Day at Fontenay-aux-Roses”, Tales of the Supernatural by Alexandre Dumas, Methuen, 1907
translated from the French (chapters 12 to 15 of Les Mille et un Fantômes, Librairie de Tarride, 1849).

106 · Blood Chess · Tanith Lee · ss Weird Tales Spring 2003

117 · The Fate of Madame Cabanel · Elizabeth Lynn Linton · ss All the Year Round December 16 1872

132 · A Kiss of Judas · Julian Osgood Field · nv The Pall Mall Magazine July 1893, as by X. L.

174 · The Crimson Weaver · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The Yellow Book July 1895

182 · The Woman with the “Oily Eyes” · Dick Donovan · nv Tales of Terror by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1899

215 · Emptiness · Brian Stableford · nv Dreams of Decadence #13, Winter 2000/Spring 2001
originally published in French (“Le Vide”, De Sang d’Encre ed. Lea Silhol, 1999).

231 · With the Vampires · Sidney Bertram · ss Phil May’s Annual #10, Winter 1899

241 · A Fragment · Lord Byron · uw Mazeppa by Lord Byron, John Murray, 1819

The Ways of Ghosts and Other Dark Tales by Ambrose Bierce ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Ambrose Bierce.

Weird Legacies ed. Mike Ashley (Star, 1977, 0-352-39657-1, 60p, 157pp, pb, an, cover by Peter Jones)
Tribute anthology to Weird Tales.

9 · A Word About Weird · Robert Bloch · ar WT50 ed. Robert Weinberg, Robert Weinberg, 1974

13 · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr

15 · Skulls in the Stars [Solomon Kane] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales January 1929

30 · The Three Marked Pennies · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales August 1934

39 · He That Hath Wings · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales July 1938

65 · The Distortion Out of Space · Francis Flagg · ss Weird Tales August 1934

79 · The Utmost Abomination · Clark Ashton Smith & Lin Carter · ss Weird Tales Fall 1973
expanded by Carter from a 400-word outline by Smith.

93 · Eternal Rediffusion · Eric Frank Russell & Leslie J. Johnson · ss Harbottle Fantasy Booklet #3, 1973

101 · The Ducker [Johnny Choir] · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales November 1943

113 · The Black Kiss [Michael Leigh] · Robert Bloch & Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales June 1937; given as by Robert Bloch, Kuttner having asked that his name be removed from later publication.

135 · The Survivor · H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth · nv Weird Tales July 1954
written by Derleth from a fragment by Lovecraft.

When Spirits Talk ed. Mike Ashley (Ghost Story Society, August 1990, no ISBN, 32pp, ph, an, cover by Alan Hunter)
Anthology of two classic ghost stories plus an introductory article about the magazine Ghost Stories.

1 · What the Spirits Told · Mike Ashley · ar

10 · Child or Demon—Which? [Doctor Martinus] · Eugene Branscombe; as told to Victor Rousseau · ss Ghost Stories October 1926; given as by Victor Rousseau.

20 · A Soul with Two Bodies · Urann Thayer · ss Ghost Stories February 1928 (+1)

The Whisperers & Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Algernon Blackwood.

Tales from the Miskatonic University Library ed. John Ashmead & Darrell Schweitzer (PS Publishing, February 2017, 978-1-78636-028-1, £20.00, 219pp, hc, oa, cover by J. K. Potter)
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · John Ashmead · in

· Another Introduction · Darrell Schweitzer · in

· Slowly Ticking Time Bomb · Don Webb · ss

· The Third Movement · Adrian Cole · ss

· To Be in Ulthar on a Summer Afternoon · Dirk Flinthart · ss

· Interlibrary Loan · Harry Turtledove · ss

· A Trillion Young [Cthulhu] · Will Murray · nv

· The Paradox Collection · A. C. Wise · ss

· The Way to a Man’s Heart · Marilyn “Mattie” Brahen · ss

· The White Door · Douglas Wynne · ss

· One Small Change · P. D. Cacek · nv

· Recall Notice · Alex Shvartsman · ss

· The Children’s Collection · James Van Pelt · ss

· Not in the Card Catalog · Darrell Schweitzer · ss

· The Bonfire of the Blasphemies · Robert M. Price · nv

Unwillingly to Earth by Pauline Ashwell (Tor, August 1992, 0-812-51929-9, $3.99, 280pp, pb, co, cover by Boris Vallejo)
Sf fix-up novel/collection of connected stories of a trouble-prone young woman from a miner’s planet who gets a scholarship to study on Earth. The original story was a Hugo nominee.

1 · Unwillingly to School [Lizzie Lee] · Pauline Ashwell · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1958

63 · Rats in the Moon [Lizzie Lee] · Pauline Ashwell · na Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact November 1982

143 · Fatal Statistics [Lizzie Lee] · Pauline Ashwell · na Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact July 1988

209 · The Lost Kafoozalum [Lizzie Lee] · Pauline Ashwell · na Analog Science Fact—Fiction October 1960

The Alternate Asimovs by Isaac Asimov (Doubleday, January 1986, 0-385-19784-5, $16.95, 272pp, hc, co)
Collection of three early unpublished drafts for Pebble in the Sky, The End of Eternity, and “Belief,” plus historical comment by Asimov.

ix · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in

1 · Grow Old Along with Me · Isaac Asimov · n.; written in summer of 1947.
original version of the novel Pebble in the Sky.

137 · The End of Eternity · Isaac Asimov · n.; written in winter of 1953-1954.
original version of the novel The End of Eternity.

215 · Belief · Isaac Asimov · nv; original version.

255 · Belief · Isaac Asimov · ex Astounding Science Fiction October 1953; ending of published version.

271 · Final Word · Isaac Asimov · aw

The Asimov Chronicles: Volume One by Isaac Asimov (Ace, August 1990, 0-441-00011-8, $3.95, 182pp, pb, co, cover by Bob Eggleton) [edited by Martin H. Greenberg]
Reprint collection of seven stories, the first book of six reprinted from The Asimov Chronicles: 50 Years of Isaac Asimov (Dark Harvest, 1989).

1 · Marooned Off Vesta [Brandon, Shea & Moore] · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories March 1939

21 · Robbie [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories September 1940, as “Strange Playfellow”

45 · Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science-Fiction September 1941

87 · Runaround [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science-Fiction March 1942

109 · Death Sentence · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1943

131 · Catch That Rabbit [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science Fiction February 1944

155 · Blind Alley · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1945

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