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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories ed. J. A. Cuddon (Penguin, 1984, 0-14-006799-X, £4.95, 607pp, tp, an)
A representative anthology of classic and lesser-known horror stories from authors including Henry James, Poe, Kafka, William Hope Hodgson and Ray Bradbury.

11 · Introduction · J. A. Cuddon · in

59 · The Monk of Horror, or The Conclave of Corpses · [uncredited] · ss The Tales of the Crypt, London, 1796

62 · The Astrologer’s Prediction, or The Maniac’s Fate · [uncredited] · ss Legends of Terror, London, 1826

69 · The Expedition to Hell · James Hogg · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine May 1827, as “George Dobson’s Expedition to Hell”

78 · Mateo Falcone · Prosper Mérimée · ss International Short Stories ed. & tr. Wm Patten, P.F. Collier's Sons, 1910
translated from the French.

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

97 · La Grande Bretèche · Honoré de Balzac; translated by Clara Bell · ss Grande Bretèche and Other Stories by Honoré de Balzac, tr. Clara Bell, J.M. Dent, 1896
translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831).

114 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited.

131 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Qui sait?”, L’Echo de Paris, April 6, 1890).

142 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884

158 · The Death of Olivier Bécaille · Émile Zola; translated by Elizabeth McNally · nv (r)

180 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891

184 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895

193 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896

202 · The Derelict · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine December 1 1912

224 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908

237 · The Fourth Man · John Russell · nv Collier’s January 6 1917

254 · In the Penal Colony · Franz Kafka · nv (r)
translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919).

277 · The Waxwork · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X

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

300 · The Reptile · Augustus Muir · ss The Strand Magazine May 1926

312 · Mr. Meldrum’s Mania · John Metcalfe · nv Judas and Other Stories by John Metcalfe, Constable, 1931

338 · The Beast with Five Fingers · William F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928
revised from The New Decameron, Volume the First, B.H. Blackwell, 1919.

361 · Dry September · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1931

372 · Couching at the Door · Dorothy K. Broster · nv The Cornhill Magazine December 1933

391 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1)

402 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Cosmopolitan September 1933

415 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar by Geoffrey Household, Chatto, 1938

433 · The Thought · L. P. Hartley · ss The Travelling Grave and Other Stories by L. P. Hartley, Arkham House, 1948

443 · Comrade Death · Gerald Kersh · nv Courier Summer 1938

467 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938
translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937).

486 · The Brink of Darkness · Yvor Winters · ss (r)

496 · Activity Time · Monica Dickens · ss 65 Great Tales of Horror ed. Mary Danby, Octopus Books, 1981

506 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955

510 · The Dwarf · Ray Bradbury · ss Fantastic January/February 1954

521 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan UK, 1956

540 · No Flies on Frank · John Lennon · vi In His Own Write by John Lennon, Jonathan Cape, 1964

542 · Sister Coxall’s Revenge · Dawn Muscillo · vi The 17th Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1976

545 · Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch… · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947

557 · The Terrapin · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1962

569 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item”

579 · Uneasy Home-coming · Will F. Jenkins · ss Argosy (UK) April 1952

587 · The Aquarist · J. N. Allan · ss The London Magazine August 1981

599 · An Interview with M. Chakko · Vilas Sarang · ss The London Magazine December 1982

Cthulhurotica ed. Carrie Cuinn (Dagan Books, December 2010, 0983137307, $32.28, 344pp, tp, oa, cover by Oliver Wetter)

1 · Astrophobos · H. P. Lovecraft · pm The United Amateur January 1918, as by Ward Phillips

3 · Introduction · Carrie Cuinn · in

10 · Descent of the Wayward Sister · Gabrielle Harbowy · ss

10 · Glyphs · Carrie Cuinn · il

22 · Into the Darkness · Galen Dara · il

23 · The C-Word · Don Pizarro · ss

35 · The Widow’s Walk · Galen Dara · il

36 · Infernal Attractors · Cody Goodfellow · ss

37 · Infernal Machine · Galen Dara · il

47 · Shirley’s Demon Lover · Galen Dara · il

48 · Daddy’s Girl · Madison Woods · ss

55 · Victim of Victims · [uncredited] · vi

56 · Whateley Family Portrait · Kirsten Brown · il

57 · The Cry in the Darkness · Richard Baron · ss

70 · Wandering Bride · Galen Dara · il

71 · Riemannian Dreams · Juan Miguel Marin · ss

84 · Tuning In, Turning On, and Dropping Out at the Mountains of Madness · Ahimsa Kerp · ss

96 · Song of the Catherine Clark · Maria Mitchell · ss

104 · Between a Rock and an Elder Goddess · Mae Empson · ss

116 · Lovecraftian Love · Galen Dara · il

117 · The Fishwives of Sean Brolly · Nathan Crowder · ss

129 · Deep Ones · Galen Dara · il

130 · Flash Frame [Cthulhu] · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss

143 · Woman, Yellow · Galen Dara · il

144 · Transfigured Night · K. V. Taylor · ss

160 · Love from the Black Lagoon · Galen Dara · il

162 · The Lake at Roopkund · Andrew Scearce · ss

176 · Ipsa Scientia · Constella Espj · ss

190 · Amid Disquieting Dreams · Leon West · ss

202 · Your Fisheater · Stephen Stanley · il

203 · The Dreamlands of Mars · Travis King · ss

216 · The Assistant from Innsmouth · Steven J. Scearce · ss

217 · The Whateley Estate · Galen Dara · il

232 · Anna · Galen Dara · il

233 · The Summoned · Clint Collins · ss

245 · Sense · Matthew Marovich · ss

256 · The Box · Galen Dara · il

257 · Optional on the Beach at the Festival of Shug Niggurath · Gary Mark Bernstein · ss

264 · The Brides of Tindalos · Kirsten Brown · il

265 · Le Ciél Ouvert · Kirsten Brown · ss

275 · Great Rift · Galen Dara · il

279 · Cthulhu’s Polymorphous Perversity · Kenneth Hite · ar

295 · The Sexual Attraction of the Lovecraftian Universe · Jennifer Brozek · ar

305 · Cthulhurotica, Female Empowerment, and the New Weird · Justin Everett, Ph.D. · ar

Fish ed. Carrie Cuinn & K. V. Taylor (Dagan Books, January 27, 2013, 978-0-9831373-4-4, $13.99, 314pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

4 · Thwarting the Fiends · Polenth Blake · ss

13 · The Fish-Wife’s Tale · M. Bennardo · ss

22 · The Skin of Her Skin · Camille Alexa · ss

33 · Anansi and the New Thing · Megan Engelhardt · ss

38 · One Let Go · Paul Al. Dixon · ss

50 · Water Demons · Jennifer R. Povey · ss

62 · You, Fish · Zachary George · ss

66 · What the Water Gave Her · Sam Fleming · ss

81 · I Know a Secret · Shay Darrach · ss

84 · The Fish Are There on Land · H. L. Fullerton · ss

92 · Life at the Lake’s Shore · Alex Shvartsman · ss

100 · Too Delicate for Human Form · Cate Gardner · ss

111 · Maria and the Fish · Andreea Zup · ss

123 · The Fisher Queen · Cat Rambo · ss

126 · O How the Wet Folk Sing · Amanda C. Davis · ss

133 · Fallen Dragons · Timothy Nakayama · ss

143 · Never to Return · Sarah Hendrix · ss

156 · Vanity Mirror · Tim Kane · ss

161 · Fisheye · Maria Romasco-Moore · ss

167 · The Talking Fish of Shangri-La · Bear Weiter · ss

176 · The Touch of the Taniwha · Tracie McBride · ss

186 · The Applause of Others · Corinne Duyvis · ss

203 · How Did the Catfish Get a Flat Head, You Wonder? · T. J. McIntyre · ss

210 · Quick Karma · April L’Orange · ss

225 · The Fisherman and the Golden Fish · Mel Obedoza · ss

229 · Becoming Human · Andrea Kneeland · ss

233 · Needlepoint Fish of Azure City · Jessie Kwak · ss

244 · Xandra’s Brine · Claude Lalumière · ss

259 · A Salmon Tale, 2072 · Andrew S. Fuller · ss

271 · Lanternfish in the Overworld · Suzanne Palmer · ss

286 · The Last Fisherman of Habitat 37 · Mjke Wood · ss

290 · Fish Tears · A. D. Spencer · ss

296 · How Do You Know if a Fish Is Happy? · Ken Liu · ss

In Situ ed. Carrie Cuinn (Dagan Books, July 2012, 978-0983137320, $8.99, 248pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of stories featuring alien archeology, hidden mysteries, and things that are better off left buried.

1 · Donning the Helm · Dawn Vogel · ss

17 · The Dig · David J. West · ss

33 · The Stone · Rebecca Lloyd · ss

48 · Relevant Information from the Tel Najmah Site · Kelly C. Stiles · ss

65 · Seeds · Bear Weiter · ss

81 · Vessels of Clay, Flesh, and Stars · Mae Empson · ss

97 · Recovery · Jason Andrew · ss

108 · Chennai 5 · K. V. Taylor · ss

126 · Jewel of Tahn-Vinh · R. S. Hunter · ss

141 · You’ll Always Have the Burden with You · Ken Liu · nv

166 · Requiem · Paul A. Dixon · ss

181 · Rachel’s Journal · Sarah Hendrix · ss

195 · The Assemblage of the Aeolian · Greg Burch · ss

204 · Salvage · Graham Storrs · ss

219 · The Field Trip · Alex Shvartsman · ss

230 · Afterword · Carrie Cuinn · aw

233 · Key to the Mathematical and Scientific Symbols Found in the Book · [uncredited] · ms

235 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

238 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Star Trek: The New Voyages ed. Myrna Culbreath & Sondra Marshak--- see under Sondra Marshak.

Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 ed. Myrna Culbreath & Sondra Marshak--- see under Sondra Marshak.

Rivers in Harness: The Story of Dams by Allen H. Cullen (Chilton Books, November 1962, LC:62-18207, $3.95, 175pp, hc, nf)

Exile and Other Tales of Fantasy by M. A. Cummings (Flagship, 1968, 00864, 60¢, 160pp, pb, oc, cover by L. Miller)

5 · Exile · M. A. Cummings · na

72 · Those Were Giants · M. A. Cummings · ss

76 · Don’t You Remember? · M. A. Cummings · ss

91 · Buy Me a Woofl · M. A. Cummings · ss

100 · Specimen · M. A. Cummings · vi

102 · What Happened to Tuesday? · M. A. Cummings · ss

106 · Get Rich Quick · M. A. Cummings · ss

119 · To Change the Past · M. A. Cummings · ss

124 · Moon Down · M. A. Cummings · ss

130 · Aliens Aren’t Wanted · M. A. Cummings · ss

135 · Little Old Lady · M. A. Cummings · ss

140 · The Girl with the Green Glass Eyes · M. A. Cummings · ss

150 · Full Moon · M. A. Cummings · ss

155 · The Cat Who Liked Thrillers · M. A. Cummings · ss

Explorers Into Infinity by Ray Cummings (Avalon, 1965, $3.25, 192pp, hc, n., cover by Gray Morrow) [Martt & Bartt Gryce]
Fix-up novel comprised of “Explorers Into Infinity” and “The Giant World”.

· Explorers Into Infinity [Martt & Bartt Gryce] · Ray Cummings · na Weird Tales April 1927 (+2)

· The Giant World [Martt & Bartt Gryce] · Ray Cummings · na Weird Tales January 1928 (+2)

Explorers Into Infinity and The Giant World by Ray Cummings (Altus Press, November 23, 2023, 978-1-61827-770-1, $24.95, 196pp, tp, co, cover by Frank R. Paul) [Martt & Bartt Gryce]
Details taken from publisher website.

· Explorers Into Infinity [Martt & Bartt Gryce] · Ray Cummings · na Weird Tales April 1927 (+2)

· The Giant World [Martt & Bartt Gryce] · Ray Cummings · na Weird Tales January 1928 (+2)

The Girl and The People of the Golden Atom by Ray Cummings (Steeger Books, December 1, 2019, 978-1-61827-436-6, $19.95, 310pp, tp, co) [The Scientific Club]
Volume 52 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Introduction · Will Murray · in

· The Girl in the Golden Atom [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · na All-Story Weekly March 15 1919

· The People of the Golden Atom [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · n. All-Story Weekly January 24 1920 (+5)

The Man Who Mastered Time and Other Adventures: The Ray Cummings Omnibus by Ray Cummings (Steeger Books, November 27, 2020, 978-1-61827-551-6, $29.95, 418pp, tp, co, cover by Norman Saunders)
Volume 75 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details taken from publisher website.

1 · The Fire People · Ray Cummings · n. Argosy Allstory Weekly October 21 1922 (+4)

217 · The Man Who Mastered Time [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · n. Argosy Allstory Weekly July 12 1924 (+4)

413 · About the Author · Ray Cummings · cl Argosy February 8 1930, as “The Men Who Make the Argosy”

The Other Man’s Blood by Ray Cummings (Steeger Books, November 27, 2022, 978-1-61827-695-7, $24.95, 254pp, tp, co) [The Scientific Club]
Volume 125 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume one in “The Complete Cases of the Scientific Club”.
Details taken from publisher website.

· The Other Man’s Blood [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · nv All-Story Weekly October 18 1919

· The Thought-Girl [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · nv Live Stories May 1920 (+1)

· The Other Road [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · ss Live Stories January 1921

· The Peppermint Test [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly June 24 1922

· A Dark-Room Conviction [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · ss Detective Story Magazine October 14 1922

Poisoned Harmony by Ray Cummings (Popular Publications, November 26, 2023, 978-1-61827-765-7, $24.95, 198pp, tp, co, cover by Lejaren Hiller) [The Scientific Club]
Volume 149 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume two in “The Complete Cases of the Scientific Club”.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Telling What He Knew [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · ss Flynn’s March 21 1925

· When Rosa Confessed [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · ss Flynn’s May 9 1925

· Poisoned Harmony [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · ss Flynn’s May 23 1925

· What Thought Did [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · ss Flynn’s May 30 1925

· The Murder in the Pool [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · ss Flynn’s June 13 1925

· The Man in the Bath [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · ss Flynn’s June 20 1925

· Manufactured Evidence [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · ss Flynn’s July 25 1925

· The Murder of Maria Vicente [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · ss The Sketch August 12 1925

Rats of the Harbor: The Complete Cases of Dirk and Baker by Ray Cummings (Steeger Books, November 26, 2021, 978-1-61827-636-0, $19.95, 156pp, tp, co, cover by Virgil Finlay) [Franklin Dirk & Jack Baker]
Volume 100 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Bandits of the Cylinder [Franklin Dirk & Jack Baker] · Ray Cummings · nv Argosy August 29 1931

· The Disappearance of William Roger [Franklin Dirk & Jack Baker] · Ray Cummings · ss Argosy January 9 1932

· Rats of the Harbor [Franklin Dirk & Jack Baker] · Ray Cummings · nv Argosy December 24 1932 (+1)

The Snow Girl by Ray Cummings (Popular Publications, November 29, 2024, 978-1-61827-815-9, $19.95, 156pp, tp, n., cover by Robert A. Graef)
Volume 160 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details taken from publisher website.

Tarrano the Conqueror by Ray Cummings (A.C. McClurg & Co., 1930, $2.00, 345pp, hc, n.)

Tarrano the Conqueror by Ray Cummings (Altus Press, January 2, 2009, 978-1-4404-8871-9, $14.95, 226pp, tp, n., cover by Frank R. Paul)
Reprint (McClurg 1930) classic science fiction epic, restored to its original version from Science and Invention magazine from 1925 and 1926.
Details taken from publisher website.

Tarrano the Conqueror by Ray Cummings (Black Dog Books, March 23, 2015, 978-1-884449-60-4, $12.95, 120pp, tp, n.)
Reprint (McClurg 1930) classic science fiction epic.

7 · Introduction · Tom Roberts · in

Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2006 ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings & Angela Challis--- see under Angela Challis.

Shadow Box ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings & Angela Challis (Brimstone Press, November 2005, A$5.00, ebook, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· The Ol’ Ferret Blues (or Weasel Rips My Flesh) · Geoffrey Maloney · ss

· Coming Home · Rick Kennett · vi All Hallows #38, February 2005

· Shadows’ Bride · Marie Brennan · ss

· The Ghost · Eric Christ · ss

· Cruel Summer (Sand) · Shane Jiraiya Cummings · ss

· Downpour · Trent Jamieson · ss

· Entwined · Chris Barnes · ss

· Counting Corpses · Karl El-Koura · vi

· Love Shot · Ken Goldman · ss

· The First · Kylie Seluka · ss

· Changing · Susan Wardle · ss

· Blurring · Nathan Burrage · ss

· Reclamation · Deborah McDonnell · ss

· Tattoo Ink · Suzanne Church · ss

· Business Week · Samantha Henderson · ss

· Clown Face · Daniel Slaten · ss

· Cruel Summer (Sun) · Shane Jiraiya Cummings · ss

· Organ Donor · Stephanie Campisi · ss

· I Can Make You Famous · Lee Battersby · ss

· I Watch · L. R. Snow · ss

· There Is a Light · Deborah Crabtree · ss

· The First Time · Mark Smith-Briggs · ss

· Just Visiting · Aurelio Rico Lopez, III · ss

· Playtime · Martin Livings · ss

· Listen · Stephanie Gunn · ss

· Erotica · Susie Hawes · ss

· A Little Homegrown Hollywood Magic · Lon Prater · ss

· Papercut · Thomas Wiloch · ss

· Steady · Grant Watson · ss

· Behind You · Marty Young · ss

· Cruel Summer (Sky) · Shane Jiraiya Cummings · ss

· Dark Waters · Amanda M. Hayes · ss

· On the Ocean Wave · Steven Cavanaugh · ss

· Saved by the Bell · Shelley Lesher · ss

· Baby Gal · Charles Richard Laing · ss

· Broken Vows · Nadia Harmsen · ss

· Sweet Josephine · Liam Rands · ss

· Hush · Lyn Battersby · ss

· Watching, Wondering · Michael Kelly · pm Nasty Piece of Work #13, September 1999

· Custody · Kathleen Jennings · ss

· Shut Up · Greg Beatty · ss

· Blah Blah Blah · Siobhan Bailey · ss

· Say Goodbye, Again · Mark T. Barnes · ss

· Anthills · Karl Koweski · ss

· Betrayed · Mark Zirbel · ss

· A Touch of Bad Luck · Samantha Joan · ss

· Precious Cargo · Michael A. Kechula · ss

· Sarkik · Ellen Klages · ss

· Head Count · Andrew J. Wilson · ss

· Adaptations · D. E. Wasden · ss

· Cruel Summer (Surf) · Shane Jiraiya Cummings · ss

· Keep Tahoe Blue · Stephen M. Wilson · ss

· The Last Three Questions of a Blindfolded Quintessential Gourmand · Joseph Paul Haines · ss

· Gut Instinct · Melissa Mead · ss

· Sharp · Josh Rountree · ss

· Smooth Trajectory · Esteban Silvani · pm

· Thursday Afternoon, Just Past Three · James C. Bassett · ss

· The Cellar Cleaners · Stephen Clark · ss

· Cats and Dogs · Eric Marin · ss

· It Comes to Us All · Brian G. Ross · ss

· Elyssian Village · Shei Tanner · ss

· Afterlife? · David L. Kok · ss

· Frederick Finds God · E. Sedia · vi Fusing Horizons #4, Autumn 2004

· Under the Cushions · Meghan Jurado · ss

· Light · Christian Girard · ss

· Happy Hour · Tony Williams · ss

· A French Version of Me · Gerard Brennan · ss

· The Capture Diamonds · Kaaron Warren · ss

· Cruel Summer (Shadow) · Shane Jiraiya Cummings · ss

· Shadow Box · Kurt Newton · ss

Welsh Rarebit Tales by Harle Oren Cummins (Mutual Book Co., 1902, ix+173pp, hc, co)

v · Preface · Harle Oren Cummins · pr

3 · The Man Who Made a Man · Harle Oren Cummins · ss Minneapolis Journal March 25 1901

13 · In the Lower Passage · Harle Oren Cummins · ss

23 · The Fool and His Joke · Harle Oren Cummins · ss (r)

31 · The Man and the Beast · Harle Oren Cummins · ss The Argosy April 1901

45 · At the End of the Road · Harle Oren Cummins · ss (r)

51 · The Space Annihilator · Harle Oren Cummins · ss The Argosy September 1901, as “Martin Bradley’s Space Annihilator”

73 · A Question of Honor · Harle Oren Cummins · ss (r)

81 · The Wine of Pantinelli · Harle Oren Cummins · ss The Black Cat August 1901

91 · The Strangest Freak · Harle Oren Cummins · ss (r)

103 · The False Prophet · Harle Oren Cummins · ss (r)

115 · A Study in Psychology · Harle Oren Cummins · ss (r)

127 · The Painted Lady and the Boy · Harle Oren Cummins · ss (r)

139 · The Palace of Sin · Harle Oren Cummins · ss (r)

153 · The Man Who Was Not Afraid · Harle Oren Cummins · ss The Nickell Magazine December 1901

163 · The Story the Doctor Told · Harle Oren Cummins · ss (r)

The Other Sides of Reality ed. Walter M. Cummins, Martin Green & Margaret Verhulst (Boyd & Fraser, 1972, 0-87835-038-1, 334pp, tp, an)
Anthology of fiction, myth and verse arranged in seven sections to illustrate an alternate view of the world.

vii · Preface · Walter M. Cummins, Martin Green & Margaret Verhulst · pr

viii · Introduction · Walter M. Cummins, Martin Green & Margaret Verhulst · in

· Part I: Creation

2 · Introduction to Part One · Walter M. Cummins, Martin Green & Margaret Verhulst · si

8 · Genesis 1-3 · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r)

13 · Bhagavadgita IX · [unknown author] · ex (r)

17 · The Blackfoot Genesis · [uncredited] · ex 1892; a Blackfoot Myth.

21 · Raven · [uncredited] · ex (r); a Tlingit Myth.

24 · A Garden · Andrew Marvell · pm Miscellaneous poems by Andrew Marvell, Esq. by Andrew Marvell, Robert Boulter, 1681

26 · Upon Nothing · John Wilmot · pm (r)

28 · The Tyger · William Blake · pm Songs of Experience by William Blake, 1794

29 · Dreamtigers · Jorge Luis Borges · vi (r)

30 · The Other Tiger · Jorge Luis Borges · vi (r)

32 · The Nightingale · Hans Christian Andersen · ss 1846
translated from the Danish (“Nattergalen”, Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Første Samling, C.A. Reitzel, 1843).

40 · The Creation · James Weldon Johnson · pm 1927

43 · Lacandon Creation Myth · Howard Cline · ex (r)
from A Treasury of American Folkways by Frances Toor (Crown, 1947).

· Part II: Transformation

46 · Introduction to Part Two · Walter M. Cummins, Martin Green & Margaret Verhulst · si

50 · Apollo and Daphne · [uncredited] · ex (r); a Greek Myth.

52 · Cinderella · Charles Perrault · ss (r)
translated from the French (“Cendrillon, ou la petite pantoufle de verre”, Histoires ou Contes du temps passé, Paris, 1697).

57 · The Little Sea-Maid · Hans Christian Andersen · nv Tales from Hans Christian Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1897, as “The Little Mermaid”
translated from the Danish (“Den lille havfrue”, Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn. Første Samling. Tredie Hefte, C.A. Reitzel, 1837).

74 · The Book of Thel · William Blake · pm 1789

78 · Blood, Sea · Italo Calvino; translated by William Weaver · ss t zero by Italo Calvino, tr. William Weaver, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1969
translated from the Italian (“Il sangue, il mare”, Ti con zero, Einaudi, 1967).

85 · Dream Variation · Langston Hughes · pm 1926

86 · A Folding and Unfolding · Welton Smith · pm (r)

· Part III: Bewitchment and Enchantment

88 · Introduction to Part Three · Walter M. Cummins, Martin Green & Margaret Verhulst · si

93 · The Sick Rose · William Blake · pm Songs of Experience by William Blake, 1794

94 · Rapunzel · Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823, as by The Brothers Grimm
translated from the German (“Rapunzel”, 1812).

97 · Snow White · Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823, as by The Brothers Grimm

104 · The Hasheesh Eater · Fitzhugh Ludlow · ss (r)

119 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1)

130 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848
written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820.

132 · Monterrey Sun · Alfonso Reyes · pm An Anthology of Mexican Poetry ed. Octavio Paz, Indiana University Press, 1958

134 · Anatol Pierre · Zora Neale Hurston · vi 1935

· Part IV: The Other

138 · Introduction to Part Four · Walter M. Cummins, Martin Green & Margaret Verhulst · si

141 · The Goosegirl · Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823, as by The Brothers Grimm
translated from the German (Kinder—und Haus-Märchen, 1812).

146 · Christabel · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · pm Christabel/Kubla Khan/The Pains of Sleep by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Murray, 1816

164 · The Hound of Heaven · Francis Thompson · pm Merry England July 1890

169 · The Vampire · Efren Rebolledo · pm An Anthology of Mexican Poetry ed. Octavio Paz, Indiana University Press, 1958

170 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943

179 · Tailypo · John Harrington Cox · ss from “Negro Tales from West Virginia”, The Journal of American Folklore v47, 1937

· Part V: Strange Journeys

182 · Introduction to Part Five · Walter M. Cummins, Martin Green & Margaret Verhulst · si

185 · Bermudas · Andrew Marvell · pm (r)

186 · Sailing to Byzantium · William Butler Yeats · pm The Tower by W. B. Yeats, Macmillan and Co., 1928

188 · Passage to India · Walt Whitman · pm (r)

194 · The Forsaken Merman · Matthew Arnold · pm The Strayed Reveller and Other Poems by A, B. Fellowes, 1849

198 · Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came · Robert Browning · pm Men and Women by Robert Browning, 1855

206 · The Story of Kōgi the Priest · Lafcadio Hearn · ss A Japanese Miscellany by Lafcadio Hearn, Little, Brown, 1901

210 · Night-Sea Journey · John Barth · ss Esquire June 1966

217 · Paraguay · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker September 6 1969

223 · October Journey · Margaret Walker · pm (r)

· Part VI: Death and Resurrection

226 · Introduction to Part Six · Walter M. Cummins, Martin Green & Margaret Verhulst · si

229 · Ode to the West Wind · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm Prometheus Unbound with Other Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, C. and J. Ollier, 1820

232 · “They Are All Gone…” · Henry Vaughan · pm (r)

234 · The City in the Sea · Edgar Allan Poe · pm American Review April 1845
revised from “The Doomed City” (Poems, 1831).

236 · The Garden of Proserpine · Algernon Charles Swinburne · pm Poems and Ballads by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Edward Moxon, 1866

239 · How Death Came Into the World · Alice Marriott · ex (r)
a Modoc Indian Legend from American Indian Mythology by Alice Marriott & Carol Rachlin (Crowell, 1968).

242 · Coyote and Eagle Visit the Land of the Dead · E. E. Clark · ex (r)
a Wishram Indian Legend from Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest by E. E. Clark (University of California Press).

245 · Death, Be Not Proud · John Donne · pm 1609

246 · River of Oblivion · Alfonso Reyes · pm An Anthology of Mexican Poetry ed. Octavio Paz, Indiana University Press, 1958

248 · A Story of the Underworld · Anne Chapman · ex (r)
from A Treasury of American Folkways by Frances Toor (Crown, 1947).

251 · For the Dead Gregorians… · Ignacio Ramírez · pm An Anthology of Mexican Poetry ed. Octavio Paz, Indiana University Press, 1958

· Part VII: Apocalypse

254 · Introduction to Part Seven · Walter M. Cummins, Martin Green & Margaret Verhulst · si

259 · The Revelation of St. John the Divine · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r)

286 · The Fate of the Gods · Snorri Sturlusson · ex (r)

292 · Darkness · Lord Byron · pm The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems by Lord Byron, John Murray, 1816

294 · The End of the World · Archibald MacLeish · pm Collected Poems of Archibald MacLeish by Archibald MacLeish, Houghton Mifflin, 1962

295 · The Kraken · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Poems Chiefly Lyrical by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Effingham Wilson, 1830

296 · The Second Coming · William Butler Yeats · pm The Dial November 1920

297 · German · William Zander · pm The Beloit Poetry Journal Spring 1968

298 · I Wake and Feel the Fell of Dark · Gerard Manley Hopkins · pm (r)

299 · Judgement Day · Flannery O’Connor · nv Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1965

314 · My Kinsman, Major Molineux · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv The Token 1832, 1831, as by The Author of “Sights from a Steeple”

Jack Vance: Critical Appreciations and a Bibliography by A. E. Cunningham (The British Library, 2000, 978-0-7123-1103-8, £40.00, 232pp, hc, nf, cover by Paul Rhoads)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · In Praise, in Awe, of Jack Vance · Harlan Ellison · fw

5 · Fruit from the Tree of Life · Terry Dowling · in

13 · Winged Being Plucking Fruit from the Tree of Life · Paul Rhoads · ar

57 · Biographical Sketch & Other Facts · Jack Vance · bg

67 · People Are Plastic: Jack Vance & the Dilemma of Cultural Relativism · Tom Shippey · ar

85 · The Living Earth · Gene Wolfe · ar

99 · Growing Up, Striking Back: Revenge in the World of Jack Vance · David Langford · ar [Ref. Jack Vance]

115 · Jack Vance: The Dragon Master · Dan Simmons · ar

141 · From Phade to Wayness: The Changing Role of Women · David Mathew · ar

153 · A Jack Vance Bibliography · A. E. Cunningham · ar

215 · Publishing Jack Vance · Charles F. Miller · ar

229 · Note on the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Lone Star Sleuths: An Anthology of Texas Crime Fiction ed. Bill Cunningham, Steven L. Davis & Rollo K. Newsom (University of Texas Press, November 2007, 0292717377, $24.95, 265pp, tp, oa)
Southwestern Writers Collection Series.

· Introduction · [uncredited] · in

· Part 1: El Paso and West Texas

· Track of the Cat [Anna Pigeon] · Nevada Barr · ex 1993

· El Camino del Rio [Dolph Martinez] · Jim Sanderson · ex 1998

· Time Bombs [Elena Jarvis] · Nancy Herndon · ex 1997

· Bordersnakes [Milo Milodragovitch; C. W. Sughrue] · James Crumley · ex 1996

· Death of a Healing Woman [Texana Jones] · Allana Martin · ex 1996

· The Killer Inside Me · Jim Thompson · ex Lion Books, 1952

· Part 2: Austin and the Hill Country

· A Twist at the End · Steven Saylor · ex 2000

· Rock Critic Murders [Martin Fender] · Jesse Sublett · ex 1989

· Buck Fever · Ben Rehder · ex 2003

· Rosemary Remembered [China Bayles] · Susan Wittig Albert · ex 1995

· Armadillos and Old Lace [Kinky Friedman] · Kinky Friedman · ex 1994

· Part 3: Houston and the Gulf Coast

· Heat from Another Sun [Stuart Haydon] · David L. Lindsey · ex 1984

· Interstate Dreams · Neal Barrett, Jr. · ex Mojo Press, 1999

· Drowned Man’s Key [John Rodrigue] · Ken Grissom · ex 1992

· Bay of Sorrows · Gaylord Dold · ex 1995

· Part 4: Dallas, Fort Worth, and the Panhandle

· Umbrella Man [Jack Flippo] · Doug J. Swanson · ex 1999

· Prime Suspect · A. W. Gray · ex 1992

· The Sheriff and the Panhandle Murders [Sheriff Charles Timothy Matthews] · D. R. Meredith · ex 1984

· Part 5: East Texas

· The Two-Bear Mambo [Hap Collins & Leonard Pine] · Joe R. Lansdale · ex The Mysterious Press, September 1995

· Gone Fishin’ [Easy Rawlins] · Walter Mosley · ex 1997

· Funny As a Dead Relative [Kimmey Kruse] · Susan Rogers Cooper · ex 1994

· Part 6: San Antonio and South Texas

· Death on the River Walk [Henrietta O’Dwyer Collins (Henrie O)] · Carolyn Hart · ex 1999

· The Last King of Texas [Jackson “Tres” Navarre] · Rick Riordan · ex 2000

· The Case of the Hook-Billed Kites [Sarah Deane & Dr. Alex McKenzie] · J. S. Borthwick · ex 1982

· Partners in Crime [Rafe Buenrosto] · Rolando Hinojosa · ex 1985

· Part 7: Small Town Texas

· Winning Can Be Murder [Dan Rhodes] · Bill Crider · ex 1996

· Hot Enough to Kill [Jolene Jackson] · Paula Boyd · ex 1999

· Do Unto Others [Jordan Poteet] · Jeff Abbott · ex 1994

· Agatite · Clay Reynolds · ex 1986

· Part 8: End of the Road

· The Red Scream [Molly Cates] · Mary Willis Walker · ex 1994

Cody’s Army by Chet Cunningham, Joe R. Lansdale & Stephen Mertz--- see under Jim Case.

The Apes of Devil’s Island by John Cunningham (Altus Press, November 22, 2018, 978-1-61827-376-5, $14.95, 157pp, tp, n.)
Volume 38 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details taken from publisher website.

Reincarnation: The Best Short Stories of R.B. Cunninghame Graham by R. B. Cunninghame Graham (Ticknor & Fields, 1980, 0-89919-004-9, 158pp, hc, co)

3 · Some Notes on R.B. Cunninghame Graham · Alanna Knight · in

11 · Reincarnation · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r)

21 · Mist in Monteith · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r)

27 · A Hegira · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r)

43 · The Captive · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r)

58 · A Hundred in the Shade · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r)

65 · Beattock for Moffat · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss The Evening Standard September 1 1933

75 · At Navalcan · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r)

83 · The Gold Fish · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss Thirteen Stories by R. B. Cunninghame Graham, Heinemann, 1900

92 · It Is Written · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r)

99 · Faith · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r)
from Thirty Tales and Sketches 1929.

110 · El Tango Argentino · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r)

119 · Un Monsieur · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r)

126 · Un Autre Monsieur · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r)

134 · Signalled · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss Reedy’s Mirror November 5 1915

140 · Writ in Sand · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r)

Consensual: A Collection of Meaty Erotic Stories ed. Cathy Cupitt, Stephen Dedman & Elaine Kemp--- see under Stephen Dedman.

Consensual: The Second Coming ed. Cathy Cupitt, Stephen Dedman & Elaine Kemp--- see under Stephen Dedman.

Cross Plains Universe: Texans Celebrate Robert E. Howard ed. Scott A. Cupp & Joe R. Lansdale (MonkeyBrain Books/FACT, October 2006, 1-932265-22-8, 295pp, tp, oa, cover by Gary Gianni) [Ref. Robert E. Howard]
Original anthology of 21 stories paying homage to Robert E. Howard. Co-published by Monkeybrain and the Fandom Association of Central Texas, distributed free to members of the 2006 World Fantasy Convention; there are currently no plans to make it commercially available. Authors include Bradley Denton, Michael Moorcock, Howard Waldrop, and Gene Wolfe. Introduction by Cupp.

1 · Cross Plains and Imagination · Scott A. Cupp · in

4 · The Pillar in the Mist · Ardath Mayhar · ss

11 · A Penny a Word · Rick Klaw & Paul Miles · ss

18 · Slim and Swede and the Damned Dead Horse: A Tale of Bloodsong · C. Dean Andersson · ss

28 · The King Comes to Texas [Kull] · Bradley Denton · pm

30 · An Excerpt from the Stone of Namirha · Bill Crider & Charlotte Laughlin · ss

45 · Two Hearts in Zamora · Jessica Reisman · ss

58 · One Fang · Scott Cupp · ss

71 · The Bunker of the Tikriti · Chris Nakashima-Brown · ss

90 · Six from Atlantis · Gene Wolfe · ss

96 · A Whim of Circumstance · Mark Finn · ss

115 · Wolves of the Mountains [El Borak] · James Reasoner · ss

137 · Thin, on the Ground · Howard Waldrop · ss

145 · The Warrior and the King [Conan] · Carrie Richerson · ss

150 · The Diamonds of Golkonda · Lillian Stewart Carl · ss

162 · Prince Koindrindra Escapes · Jayme Lynn Blaschke · ss

184 · Boomtown Bandits · L. J. Washburn · ss

202 · The Jewel of Leystall · Chris Roberson · ss

217 · The Heart · Neal Barrett, Jr. · ss

231 · The Toughest Jew in the West · Lawrence Person · ss

255 · The Sea of Grass on the Day of Wings · Melissa Mia Hall · ss

268 · The Roaming Forest · Michael Moorcock · nv

290 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Murder Without Tears ed. Will Cuppy (Sheridan House, 1946, 561pp, hc, an)

v · Introduction · Will Cuppy · in

3 · What Makes a Good Murder? · Edmund Pearson · ar Instigation of the Devil by Edmund Pearson, Charles Scribner's, 1930

10 · Rules for Murderesses · Edmund Pearson · ar Instigation of the Devil by Edmund Pearson, Charles Scribner's, 1930

21 · Malice Domestic or The Balham Mystery · William Roughead · ar 1929

56 · The Wolves of the West Port: A Tale of Terror · William Roughead · ar 1938

97 · A Sort of Genius · James Thurber · ar The New Yorker January 23 1937

113 · Belle of Indiana · Stewart H. Holbrook · ar Murder Out Yonder by Stewart H. Holbrook, Macmillan, 1941

132 · Murder at Harvard · Stewart H. Holbrook · ar The American Scholar October 1945

143 · The Tale of the Murderous Philologist with but One Big Toe · Carl Carmer · ar 1936

151 · The Restless Bones of Lizzie Lowell · Richard Dempewolff · ar 1942

170 · Murder Wholesale · Frederick A. Mackenzie · ar (r)

195 · Fatal Occasions · [uncredited] · ar The Newgate Calendar

225 · Wife’s Progress · [uncredited] · ar The Newgate Calendar

244 · Marriage a la Mode · [uncredited] · ar The Newgate Calendar

289 · Lessons in Love · [uncredited] · ar The Newgate Calendar

321 · De Mortuis · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 18 1942

330 · The Sailor-Boy’s Tale · Isak Dinesen · ss Winter’s Tales by Isak Dinesen, Putnam UK, 1942

343 · An Introduction to Eric · Ellis St. Joseph · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1933

359 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936

370 · An Attempt at Murder · Karel Capek; translated by Paul Selver · ss Tales from Two Pockets by Karel Capek, tr. Paul Selver, Faber and Faber, 1932
translated from the Czech (“Vražedný útok”, 1928).

377 · The Sins of Prince Saradine [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 22 1911

399 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921

433 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week March 5 1917
based on material from the play “Trifles”.

458 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path”

469 · In the Teeth of the Evidence [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1939

485 · Green Ice [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss The Chicago Tribune April 13 1941, as “The Riddle of the Green Ice”

505 · The Curate of Churnside · Grant Allen · nv The Cornhill Magazine September 1884, uncredited.

537 · They Can Only Hang You Once [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Collier’s November 19 1932

553 · Maddened by Mystery; or, The Defective Detective · Stephen Leacock · ss The Novel Magazine October 1911

World’s Great Detective Stories ed. Will Cuppy (The World Publishing Company, November 1943, 320pp, hc, an)

7 · Introduction · Will Cuppy · in

13 · The Man with Copper Fingers [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers”

32 · A Man Called Spade [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The American Magazine July 1932

63 · The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine July 1904

86 · The Man Who Was Missing [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator August 1934

113 · The Yellow Diamonds [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine June 1933

147 · The Mystery of the Missing Wash [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 22 1938

165 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841

199 · The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch September 26 1923

214 · The Seal of Nebuchadnezzar [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1925

234 · The Adventure of the House of Darkness [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv The American Magazine February 1935, as “The House of Darkness”

257 · The Elusive Bullet [Dr. Lancelot Priestley] · John Rhode · ss Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 2 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1931

273 · The New Invisible Man [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · ss The Strand Magazine April 1938

288 · The Policeman’s Cape [Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · ss The Evening Standard August 20 1936

301 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Osgood, 1882

World’s Great Mystery Stories ed. Will Cuppy (The World Publishing Company, January 1943, 321pp, hc, an)

9 · Introduction · Will Cuppy · in

15 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930

25 · The Adventure of the Clapham Cook [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 14 1923

39 · A Message to Laura · Francis Brett Young · ss Redbook Magazine May 1941

54 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933

70 · The Fiend of the Cooperage · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Manchester Weekly Times October 1 1897

83 · Miss Mary Pask · Edith Wharton · ss Pictorial Review April 1925

98 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”

111 · The Cosy Room · Arthur Machen · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929

117 · A Bird in the Hand · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan December 1931

137 · The Listener · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907

163 · A Short Trip Home · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 17 1927

185 · The Magic of Fear [Sanders of the River] · Edgar Wallace · ss Everybody’s December 1925

201 · The Door in the Wall · H. G. Wells · ss The Daily Chronicle July 14 1906

218 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925

231 · The Dream-Woman · William Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1)
revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855).

255 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891

260 · Vain Oblations · Katharine Fullerton Gerould · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1911

279 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy”

286 · The Iron Shroud · William Mudford · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1830, as by The Author of “First and Last”

301 · Who Do You Think Did It? or, The Mixed-Up Murder Mystery · Stephen Leacock · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1920

The Weird Gathering and Other Tales from the Enchanted World of Dark Legends ed. Ronald Curran (Fawcett Crest, June 1979, 0-449-23994-2, $2.50, 574pp, pb, an)
“Supernatural” Women in American Popular Fiction, 1800-1850.

7 · Little Red-Ridinghood · Mrs. Frances S. Osgood · pm Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1843

13 · Introduction · Ronald Curran · in

40 · Woman · [uncredited] · pm (r)

43 · The Witch Dance on the Brocken · Frederick Gottschalck · ex from “German Legends”, Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine November 1840

45 · The Witches’ Revel · E. F. E. · pm The Knickerbocker December 1834

46 · The Weird Gathering · John Greenleaf Whittier · pm Legends of New England by John Greenleaf Whittier, Hartford, 1831

55 · The Midnight Voyage of the Seagull: A Tradition of Salem · Volney E. Howard (ghost written by Catherine Elizabeth Howard) · nv Godey’s Lady’s Book July 1842

91 · Fairies, Devils, and Witches · James Hogg · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine April 1828

118 · “Woman” · [uncredited] · ms The New-York Mirror, and Ladies’ Literary Gazette September 24 1825

119 · The Witch Caprusche · Mrs. E. F. Ellet · ss Columbian Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine September 1845

128 · The Witch: A Tale of the Dark Ages · Elizabeth P. Hall · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book June 1841

146 · Fairies, Brownies, and Witches · James Hogg · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1828

177 · The Witch of Roseberry Topping, or the Haunted Ring: A Legend of the North · [uncredited] · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine December 1835

218 · The Witch of the Gray Thorn · James Hogg · pm Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine June 1825

223 · The Witch · [uncredited] · ss Atkinson’s Casket v2, 1827

227 · The Last Witch · Clara F. Guernsey · ss Old and New September 1873

244 · Aunt Rache · Joseph R. Chandler · ss from “Superstitions of New England”, Godey’s Lady’s Book March 1833; tale No. 2.

250 · Miriam Power · [uncredited] · ss from “Sketches of a New England Village in the Last Century”, Atkinson’s Casket March 1838

255 · The Witch · [uncredited] · ss Atkinson’s Casket v2, 1827

266 · To Mary · “Horace” · pm The Knickerbocker May 1844

267 · The Nymph of the Waters · [uncredited] · ss The New-York Mirror, and Ladies’ Literary Gazette July 29 1826

274 · The Sorceress of the Sea · W. · pm The Memorial 1827

278 · The Enchanted Lake · [uncredited] · ss The New-York Mirror, and Ladies’ Literary Gazette May 17 1828

286 · The Water Lady—a Legend · [uncredited] · ss The Portfolio June 1822

293 · A Night on “The Enchanted Mountains” · The Author of “A Winter in the West” · ss The Magnolia 1836

308 · The “Little Witch” · J. H. S. · pm The Knickerbocker January 1838

309 · Hamet, A Tale · [uncredited] · ss The Portfolio August 1812

315 · Seppi, The Goatherd: A Fairy Tale of Switzerland · [uncredited] · nv from Legends of Many Nations, Fairy Tales and Legends of Many Nations ed. & tr. C. B. Burkhardt, Baker and Scribner, 1850

327 · A Swiss Legend · [uncredited] · ss The New-York Mirror, and Ladies’ Literary Gazette January 16 1830

336 · The Three Swans · [uncredited] · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book February 1834

344 · The Wife of Kong Tolv: A Fairy Tale of Scandinavia · The Author of “Cola Monti” (by Mrs. Craik) · ss Littell’s Living Age August 1850

360 · The Magic Mirror, or Lady of the Crystal Spring · R. R. W. · ss Southern Literary Messenger October 1847

377 · Crochet · Alfred Crowquill · ss Littell’s Living Age December 1848
from Bentley’s Magazine.

389 · Fairy Land and Fairy Lore · J. K. Paulding · ar Godey’s Lady’s Book June 1847

404 · Characteristic Differences of the Male and Female of the Human Species · Johann Kaspar Lavater · ex The New-York Magazine June 1790

405 · Witch Creek: A Romance · Richard Evans · nv The National Atlas and Tuesday Morning Mail 1836

441 · The Dark Maid of Illinois · [uncredited] · ss The Knickerbocker July 1833

458 · The Mermaid of Martin Meer · [uncredited] · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book February 1833

478 · “Female Advice” · [uncredited] · pm Royal American Magazine April 1774

478 · Ollapodiana · [uncredited] · ms The Knickerbocker December 1835

479 · The Twin-Sisters: A Leaf from the Journal of an Antiquarian · Mrs. Emma C. Embury · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1843

494 · The Murderess · [uncredited] · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine February 1838

511 · The Dream-Girl · [uncredited] · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book March 1835

535 · The Wedding Garment · [uncredited] · ss The Metropolitan Magazine

551 · Female Revenge: A tale founded on some incidents from evenings with Prince Cambaceres · E. M. D. C. · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1843

567 · Selected Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Witches, Wraiths and Warlocks: Supernatural Tales of the American Renaissance ed. Ronald Curran (Fawcett Premier, May 1971, M517, 95¢, 361pp, pb, an)

xi · Introduction · Ronald Curran · in

1 · Enchantments Encounter’d · Cotton Mather · ex The Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather, 1692

9 · Old Deb and Other Old Colony Witches · William Root Bliss · ss The Old Colony Town and Other Sketches by William Root Bliss, Boston and New York, 1893

13 · Gen. Andrew Jackson · M. V. Ingram · ex from An Authenticated History of the Famous Bell Witch, W.P. Titus, 1894; chapter XI.

17 · The Cat-Witch · Mary Richardson · vi American Negro Folktales ed. Richard M. Dorson, New York, 1968

19 · The Witch Dance on the Brocken · Frederick Gottschalck · ex from “German Legends”, Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine November 1840

21 · The Leeds Devil · Charles M. Skinner · vi American Myths and Legends by Charles M. Skinner, Philadelphia and London, 1903

23 · Stolen Fire · Virginia Frazer Boyle · vi Devil Tales by Virginia Frazer Boyle, Harper, 1900

27 · Seeing the Devil in Three Shapes · Mary Richardson · vi American Negro Folktales ed. Richard M. Dorson, New York, 1968

29 · Jonathan Moulton and the Devil · Samuel Adams Drake · ex from “The Heart of the White Mountains”, A Book of New England Legends and Folk Lore by Samuel Adams Drake, Boston, 1901

34 · Barney Oxman and the Devil · Thomas Chandler Haliburton · vi The Attaché; or Sam Slick in England by Thomas Chandler Haliburton, New York, 1856

38 · Death Waltz · Charles M. Skinner · vi Myths and Legends of Our Own Land by Charles M. Skinner, Philadelphia and London, 1896

40 · The Haunted House · Richard Chase · vi American Folk Tales and Songs ed. Richard Chase, New York, 1962

43 · The Ghost · [uncredited] · vi Atkinson’s Casket April 1832

45 · The Long Sleep · Charles M. Skinner · vi American Myths and Legends by Charles M. Skinner, Philadelphia and London, 1903

49 · The Legend of the Pipe · Launcelot · ss The Hesperus, and Western Miscellany July 19 1828 - August 2 1828

53 · Coffined Alive · [uncredited] · vi Atkinson’s Casket October 1832
from the New York Constellation.

57 · The Castle of Costanzo · [uncredited] · ss Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure v75, 1784

63 · The Parricide Punished · [uncredited] · ss Gentlemen and Ladies’ Town and Country Magazine July 1789
first published in French in 1782.

67 · The Wig and the Black Cat · [uncredited] · vi from “The Steam-Boat”, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine December 1821; no. VIII, tale No. XIII.

71 · The Witch: A Tale of the Dark Ages · Elizabeth P. Hall · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book June 1841

86 · The Veil: An Adventure on Board a Steamboat · [uncredited] · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine May 1838

94 · The Midnight Voyage of the Seagull: A Tradition of Salem · Volney E. Howard (ghost written by Catherine Elizabeth Howard) · nv Godey’s Lady’s Book July 1842

123 · The Sphinx: An Extravaganza Etched in the Manner of Callot · [uncredited] · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine October 1828

145 · Tale of a Conjurer · [uncredited] · ss Atkinson’s Casket August 1833
from Oonagh Lynch, London.

150 · The Enchanter Faustus and Queen Elizabeth · [uncredited] · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1822

159 · The Dream · [uncredited] · ss Littell’s Living Age July 1844
from the New European Magazine.

168 · The Captive’s Dream: From the Papers of a Student · [uncredited] · ss Atkinson’s Casket November 1833

176 · The Wooden-Legged Ghost · John Waters · ss The Knickerbocker April 1840

182 · A Ghost Story · I. P. A. · vi Atkinson’s Casket November 1831

186 · The Village Doctor—A Tale: From the Journal of an American Traveller in England · Rudolph · ss The Hesperus, and Western Miscellany March 1 1828

193 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”

206 · The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #6, March 15 1820, as by Geoffrey Crayon

235 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843

244 · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888

250 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine”

278 · The Tartarus of Maids · Herman Melville · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine April 1855, uncredited.

292 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838

308 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #1, June 23 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon

324 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839

343 · The Bell-Tower · Herman Melville · ss Putnam’s Monthly August 1855, uncredited.

359 · Selected Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

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