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Stories of Fear ed. Denys Val Baker (William Kimber, 1980, 0-7183-0337-7, £5.75, 237pp, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · Denys Val Baker · in 9 · On the Battlements · Antonia Fraser · ss formed basis of radio play on BBC Radio 4, in 1976. 19 · Neck · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 36 · The Curse Upon the Clavertons · A. L. Rowse · ss West Country Stories by A. L. Rowse, Macmillan, 1945 51 · Thinnest Ice · Angela Huth · ss Monday Lunch in Fairyland by Angela Huth, Collins, 1978 67 · The Wig-Wam · Winston Graham · nv Argosy (UK) September 1970 87 · The Brothers · James Hanley · ss Crilley by James Hanley, Nicholson & Watson, 1947 102 · The House of My Dreams · Edna O’Brien · ss The New Yorker August 12 1974 121 · Friends of Miss Reece · Susan Hill · ss The Albatross and Other Stories by Susan Hill, Hamish Hamilton, 1971 136 · The Blue Lenses · Daphne du Maurier · nv Ladies’ Home Journal May 1959 172 · A Man of Parts · William Sansom · ss Argosy (UK) January 1956 184 · Miss Smith · William Trevor · ss Transatlantic Review #25, Summer 1967 195 · Fixing Pixie Loveless · A. L. Barker · ss Femina Regal by A. L. Barker, Hogarth Press, 1971 209 · The Loony · Fred Urquhart · ss The Clouds Are Big With Mercy by Fred Urquhart, McClellan, 1946 216 · The Aurelian · Vladimir Nabokov · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1941 229 · The Stain on the Chair · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ninth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1973

Stories of Haunted Inns ed. Denys Val Baker (William Kimber, October 24, 1983, 0-7183-0459-4, £6.95, 173pp, hc, oa) 7 · Introduction · Denys Val Baker · in 9 · The Jolly Waterman · J. C. Trewin · ss 18 · The Last Man In · W. B. Maxwell · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1909 35 · Number 13 · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 51 · The Horseshoe Inn · Gordon Williams · ss Prevailing Spirits ed. Giles Gordon, Hamish Hamilton, 1976 66 · The Guest House · A. L. Rowse · ss 71 · The Artist’s Model · Rosemary Timperley · ss 76 · At the Chalet Lartrec · Winston Graham · ss John Bull May 31 1947 89 · The Anniversary · Denys Val Baker · ss The Flameswallower and Other Stories from Cornwall by Denys Val Baker, J.M. Lake, 1963 95 · The Terrible Stone of Chalcombe Manor · Richard Selmer · ss The Eighth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1972 108 · Alice, The Baby and Bonnie Dundee · Fred Urquhart · ss 120 · The Dream of Fair Women · A. L. Barker · ss 135 · Carrot Quintet · Rosalind Wade · ss 152 · In Another Room · Derek Stanford · ss 165 · In My Father’s House Are Many Mansions · Patricia Daly · ss

Stories of Horror and Suspense ed. Denys Val Baker (William Kimber, 1977, 0-7183-0395-4, £3.75, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · Denys Val Baker · in 9 · The Man with the Moon in Him · William Sansom · ss Among the Dahlias by William Sansom, Hogarth Press, 1957 21 · The Sack · Frank Baker · ss 33 · The Apple Tree · Elizabeth Bowen · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 46 · S.O.S. · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine February 1926 64 · Genesis and Catastrophe · Roald Dahl · ss Playboy December 1959, as “A Fine Son” 71 · Ganymede · Daphne du Maurier · nv Breaking Point by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1959 110 · The Golden Spaniard · Dennis Wheatley · ss Mediterranean Nights by Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, 1942 126 · The Island · Winston Graham · ss The Japanese Girl by Winston Graham, Collins, 1971 134 · Enoch’s Two Letters · Alan Sillitoe · ss Men, Women and Children by Alan Sillitoe, W.H. Allen, 1973 144 · The Sisters · James Joyce · ss Irish Homestead August 13 1904 153 · Death of a Principal · A. L. Rowse · ss Cornish Stories by A. L. Rowse, Macmillan, 1967 164 · Circumstantial Evidence · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine August 1922 178 · A Diver in China Seas · Fred Urquhart · ss The Scottish Review 1967 187 · What Became of Fairfax? · James Hanley · ss The Evening Standard July 17 1956

Stories of the Macabre ed. Denys Val Baker (William Kimber, October 1976, 0-7183-0224-9, £2.95, 221pp, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · Denys Val Baker · in 9 · The Case of the Red-Headed Women [Neils Orsen] · Dennis Wheatley · ss Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts by Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, 1943 20 · Among the Dahlias · William Sansom · ss Among the Dahlias by William Sansom, Hogarth Press, 1957 28 · The Last Séance · Agatha Christie · ss Ghost Stories November 1926, as “The Woman Who Stole a Ghost” 42 · The Circus · Winston Graham · nv Winter’s Crimes 6 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1974 63 · All Souls’ Night · A. L. Rowse · ss West Country Stories by A. L. Rowse, Macmillan, 1945 76 · Don Quixote Drowned · James Hanley · ss (r) 96 · In the Steam Room · Frank Baker · ss The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Christine Bernard, Fontana, 1966 107 · The Stranger · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Fortnightly Review June 1927 119 · The Chamois · Daphne du Maurier · nv Ladies’ Home Journal September 1959 149 · Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster · Vladimir Nabokov · ss The Reporter March 20 1958 158 · W.S. · L. P. Hartley · ss World Review January 1952 169 · Averil at Endercombe · Rosalind Wade · ss The Fourth Ghost Book ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965 188 · The Valley of Spiders · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1903 199 · Summer Evening · J. C. Trewin · ss (r) 211 · Hand in Glove · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Second Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1952

Stories of the Night ed. Denys Val Baker (William Kimber, March 1976, 0-7183-0364-4, 204pp, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · Denys Val Baker · in 9 · South Sea Bubble · Hammond Innes · ss Punch Christmas 1973 16 · Danse Macabre · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Strand Magazine December 1949 23 · All Through the Night · Rhys Davies · ss The New Yorker January 5 1957 40 · The Case of the Thing That Whimpered [Neils Orsen] · Dennis Wheatley · ss Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts by Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, 1943 51 · The Shadow on the Wall · L. P. Hartley · ss The Fifth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969 66 · The Red Signal · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine June 1924 86 · The Snake · John Steinbeck · ss The Monterey Beacon June 22 1935 96 · Consanguinity · Ronald Duncan · ss The Fourth Ghost Book ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965 110 · Signs and Symbols · Vladimir Nabokov · ss The New Yorker May 15 1948, as “Symbols and Signs” 116 · Tredynham’s Folly · A. L. Rowse · ss Cornish Stories by A. L. Rowse, Macmillan, 1967 131 · Various Temptations · William Sansom · ss Cosmopolitan March 1948, as “The Intruder” 148 · Escape · Denys Val Baker · ss The Return of Uncle Walter by Denys Val Baker, Sampson Low, 1948 156 · The Lady of Sweetheart Abbey · Fred Urquhart · ss 175 · The Guardian · Walter de la Mare · ss John o’ London’s Weekly June 10 1938 188 · The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler May 1896

Stories of the Occult ed. Denys Val Baker (William Kimber, 1978, 0-7183-0096-3, £4.25, 208pp, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · Denys Val Baker · in 9 · The Grey Ones · J. B. Priestley · nv Lilliput April/May 1953 27 · The Basket Chair · Winston Graham · ss Winter’s Crimes 2 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1970 44 · The Hound of Death · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933 62 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894 71 · Kiss Me Again, Stranger · Daphne du Maurier · nv The Apple Tree by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1952 96 · Bollinger—Very Dry · Dennis Wheatley · ss Mediterranean Nights by Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, 1942 106 · The Speech · V. S. Pritchett · ss Harper’s Magazine December 1962 118 · The Sleep of Reason · Derek Stanford · ss 129 · A Sunrise on the Veld · Doris Lessing · ss African Stories by Doris Lessing, Michael Joseph, 1964 138 · The Three Drugs · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine February 1908, as “The Third Drug” by E. Bland 158 · Fly Away Home · James Turner · ss The Seventh Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1971 174 · The Little Ghost · Rosalind Wade · ss 192 · Proud Lady in a Cage · Fred Urquhart · ss Prevailing Spirits ed. Giles Gordon, Hamish Hamilton, 1976

Stories of the Supernatural ed. Denys Val Baker (William Kimber, 1979, 0-7183-0496-9, 192pp, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · Denys Val Baker · in 9 · Tyme Tryeth Troth · Frank Baker · ss The Uncertain Element ed. Kay Dick, Jarrolds, 1950 21 · The Sound Machine · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker September 17 1949 35 · Who’s Been Sitting in My Car? · Antonia Fraser · ss Prevailing Spirits ed. Giles Gordon, Hamish Hamilton, 1976 48 · George and Alice and Isabel · William Trevor · ss The Ninth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1973 64 · The Song in the House · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine September 1933 83 · The Beneficent Shoes · A. L. Rowse · ss West Country Stories by A. L. Rowse, Macmillan, 1945 92 · The Travelling Grave · L. P. Hartley · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 114 · On Terms · Christine Brooke-Rose · ss The Fourth Ghost Book ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965 125 · Looking for Annie · Charles Causley · ss Hands to Dance by Charles Causley, Carroll & Nicolson, 1951 134 · A Bit Simple · Ronald Blythe · ss The Fourth Ghost Book ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965 155 · The Crab · A. L. Barker · ss 166 · Double Take · James Turner · ss The Fifth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969 178 · Water Water Wallflower · Fred Urquhart · ss The Fourth Ghost Book ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965

Voyage An Anthology of Selected Stories ed. Denys Val Baker (Sylvian Press, 1945, 164pp, hc, an) · Introduction · Denys Val Baker · in · The Martyrdom of the House · Alex Comfort · ss (r) · On the Tip · Rhys Davies · ss (r) · The Two Lady Rams · Mulk Raj Anand · ss (r) · The Green Grave and the Black Grave · Mary Lavin · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1940 · The Little Room · William Sansom · ss Life and Letters Today January 1945 · Dirty Linen · Fred Urquhart · ss (r) · The Fourteenth Ward · Henry Miller · ts Black Spring by Henry Miller, Obelisk Press, 1936 · Beyond the Horizon · James Hanley · ss The Fortnightly Review October 1938 · Experience of War · Mikhail Sholokhov · ss (r) · The Threshold · Elizabeth Myers · ss (r) · Battle from the Vestibule · Jesse Stuart · ss Tomorrow January 1944 · “What Dreams May Come” · Walter de la Mare · ss The Wind Blows Over by Walter de la Mare, Faber and Faber, 1936 · The Wind · Chun-Chan Yeh · ss (r) · Holy Night · George Tabori · ss (r) · The Girl and the Hashish-Smoker · Albert Cossery · ss (r) · Mr. One · Arturo Barea · ss (r)

When Churchyards Yawn ed. Denys Val Baker (William Kimber, October 11, 1982, 0-7183-0039-4, £6.50, 186pp, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · Denys Val Baker · in 9 · Rats · M. R. James · ss At Random March 23 1929 16 · Spirit of the House · Fay Weldon · ss The After Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Hutchinson, 1980 29 · When We Dead Awaken · Ronald Duncan · ss One and All ed. Denys Val Baker, Museum Press, 1951 33 · Escort · Daphne du Maurier · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2737, May 1940 50 · Seven Ghosts in Search · Fred Urquhart · ss Blackwood’s Magazine May 1980 60 · Act of Contrition · James Turner · ss The Way Shadows Fall by James Turner, William Kimber, 1975 80 · In the Box · Frank Baker · ss 90 · The Basket Chair · Winston Graham · ss Winter’s Crimes 2 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1970 107 · The Sad Ghost · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Fourteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1978 126 · In Spite of Himself · Giles Gordon · ss The Twelfth Ghost Book, Barrie & Jenkins, 1976 137 · The Walking Shadow · Jean Stubbs · ss The Sixth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1970 151 · Mrs. Lunt · Sir Hugh Walpole · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 166 · The Anniversary · Denys Val Baker · ss The Flameswallower and Other Stories from Cornwall by Denys Val Baker, J.M. Lake, 1963 172 · The Top Coat · Peter Tinniswood · ss The Thirteenth Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977; listed in Contents and on running heads as “The Top Cat”.

Mrs. Hephaestus and Other Short Stories by George A. Baker (White, Stokes, & Allen, 1887, 211pp, hc, co) · Mrs. Hephaestus · George A. Baker · ss (r) · The Child of the Regiment · George A. Baker · ss (r) · The Spirit of the Age · George A. Baker · ss (r) · The Merman · George A. Baker · ss (r) · The Invasion of Kleindorf · George A. Baker · ss (r) · Labor Troubles on an Island · George A. Baker · ss (r) · West Point · George A. Baker · pl (r)

Minor Hauntings: Chilling Tales of Spectral Youth ed. Jen Baker (The British Library, May 20, 2021, 978-0-7123-5319-9, £8.99, 317pp, tp, an, cover by Sandra Gómez) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Ghost/horror anthology. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Jen Baker · in 13 · The Dead Daughter · Henry Glassford Bell · ss The Edinburgh Literary Journal January 1 1831; subtitled “A Tale”. 25 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 55 · The Ghost of Little Jacques · Ann M. Hoyt · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1863, uncredited. 87 · Kentucky’s Ghost · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1868, uncredited. 111 · Walnut-Tree House · Charlotte Riddell · nv The Illustrated London News December 28 1878; subtitled “A Ghost Story”. 139 · Was It an Illusion? · Amelia B. Edwards · ss Arrowsmith’s Annual Christmas 1881; subtitled “A Parson’s Story”. 167 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 183 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1896 201 · 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 219 · The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1916 251 · Two Little Red Shoes · Bessie Kyffin-Taylor · nv From Out of the Silence by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor, Books Ltd., 1920 277 · Annie’s Little Ghost · H. D. Everett · ss The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts by H. D. Everett, Philip Allan, 1920 295 · The Curse of the Stillborn · Margery Lawrence · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1925 313 · Story Sources · [uncredited] · bi 315 · Notes · Jen Baker · ms

The Best of Kage Baker by Kage Baker (Subterranean Press, April 2012, 978-1-59606-442-3, $40.00, 501pp, hc, co, cover by J. K. Potter)     Collection of 20 stories, 11 not previously collected, one apparently available previously only as a podcast. Illlustrated by J.K. Potter. A leatherbound limited edition of 250 ($60.00) is also available. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Noble Mold [The Company] · Kage Baker · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1997; illustrated by J. K. Potter 29 · Old Flat Top [The Company] · Kage Baker · ss Black Projects, White Knights by Kage Baker, Golden Gryphon Press, 2002 49 · Hanuman [The Company] · Kage Baker · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April 2002 73 · Son Observe the Time [The Company] · Kage Baker · na Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1999; illustrated by J. K. Potter 131 · Welcome to Olympus, Mr. Hearst [The Company] · Kage Baker · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2003; illustrated by J. K. Potter 195 · The Catch [The Company] · Kage Baker · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2004 219 · Leaving His Cares Behind [Lord Ermenwyr] · Kage Baker · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2004, as “Leaving His Cares Behind Him” 247 · What the Tyger Told Her · Kage Baker · ss Realms of Fantasy June 2001; illustrated by J. K. Potter 267 · Calamari Curls · Kage Baker · ss Dark Mondays by Kage Baker, Night Shade Books, 2006; illustrated by J. K. Potter 281 · Maelstrom [Mars] · Kage Baker · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007; illustrated by J. K. Potter 313 · Speed, Speed the Cable [Gentlemen’s Speculative Society] · Kage Baker · nv Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology ed. Nick Gevers, Solaris, 2008; illustrated by J. K. Potter 339 · Caverns of Mystery · Kage Baker · ss Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2008 357 · Are You Afflicted with Dragons? [Lord Ermenwyr] · Kage Baker · ss The Dragon Book ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace, 2009 371 · I Begyn as I Meane to Go On [John James] · Kage Baker · nv Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008 395 · The Ruby Incomparable [Lord Ermenwyr] · Kage Baker · ss Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007; illustrated by J. K. Potter 411 · Plotters and Shooters [Mars] · Kage Baker · nv Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007 429 · The Faithful · Kage Baker · nv New Voices in Science Fiction ed. Mike Resnick, DAW, 2003 441 · The Leaping Lover · Kage Baker · nv The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2007 463 · Bad Machine [The Company] · Kage Baker · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2005; illustrated by J. K. Potter 493 · The Carpet Beds of Sutro Park [The Company] · Kage Baker · ss