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On My Honor by Barbara D’Amato (Five Star US, March 2004, 1-59414-183-5, $26.95, hc, co)     Collection of the title novel and a short story. 9 · On My Honor · Barbara D’Amato · n. 389 · Steak Tartare · Barbara D’Amato · ss Death Dines at 8:30 ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley, May 2001

Translation Station by Don D’Ammassa (Merry Blacksmith Press, May 2011, 978-0-615489-36-0, $13.95, 189pp, tp, co)     Collection of 17 stories, two original, with an afterword by the author discussing the origins of each. Details taken from online listing. 1 · How’s This for an Intro? · Don D’Ammassa · in 3 · A Good Offense · Don D’Ammassa · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2003 15 · Wormdance · Don D’Ammassa · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1999 27 · Diplomatic Relations · Don D’Ammassa · ss Talebones #33, Summer 2006 37 · Funeral Party · Don D’Ammassa · ss Talebones #39, Winter 2009 47 · Getting with the Program · Don D’Ammassa · ss Pirate Writings #13, 1997 53 · Translation Station · Don D’Ammassa · ss Talebones #4, Summer 1996 67 · The Man Who Walked to Procyon · Don D’Ammassa · ss Cosmic Speculative Fiction Spring 2004 79 · No Distance Too Great · Don D’Ammassa · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2010 91 · Jack the Martian · Don D’Ammassa · ss Harsh Mistress #2, Spring/Summer 1994 99 · Adding It Up · Don D’Ammassa · ss Talebones #13, October 1998 109 · Actual Mode · Don D’Ammassa · vi VB Tech Journal September 1995 113 · Scrimshaw · Don D’Ammassa · ss 123 · Remotely Possible · Don D’Ammassa · ss 137 · Duck and Cover · Don D’Ammassa · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2009 147 · Chronic Pain · Don D’Ammassa · nv Cosmic Crime Stories January 2011 157 · Curing Agent · Don D’Ammassa · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2003 173 · The Natural World · Don D’Ammassa · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2008

The Complete Cases of the Acme Indemnity Op, Volume 1 by Jan Dana (Steeger Books, November 27, 2020, 978-1-61827-557-8, $24.95, 286pp, tp, co, cover by Walter Baumhofer) [Acme Indemnity Op]     Details taken from Table of Contents. xi · The Other Op · John Wooley · in 1 · Riddle of the Rats [Acme Indemnity Op] · Jan Dana · ss Dime Detective Magazine December 1937 45 · To the Murder Born [Acme Indemnity Op] · Jan Dana · nv Dime Detective Magazine January 1938 111 · Murder for Not Much [Acme Indemnity Op] · Jan Dana · ss Dime Detective Magazine July 1938 143 · Green Eyes for the Corpse [Acme Indemnity Op] · Jan Dana · ss Dime Detective Magazine September 1938 173 · The Judas Touch [Acme Indemnity Op] · Jan Dana · na Dime Detective Magazine January 1939 237 · Single Indemnity [Acme Indemnity Op] · Jan Dana · ss Dime Detective Magazine February 1939

The Third Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (Armada, 1970, C362, 128pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Mary Danby · in 9 · House of Fear · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 15 · The Headless Horseman · Ruth Manning-Sanders · ss A Book of Ghosts and Goblins by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Methuen, 1969 22 · There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard · M. R. James · ss Snapdragon September 6 1924 27 · The House That Lacked a Bogle · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, May 1964 37 · Out of the Earth · Flavia Richardson · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine #27, April 1925 47 · Proof · Henry Cecil · ss Argosy (UK) April 1964 52 · Brownie · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss 74 · The Red Cane · E. F. Bozman · ss The House of the Nightmare ed. Kathleen Lines, The Bodley Head, 1967 81 · The Skull · Ruth Manning-Sanders · ss A Book of Ghosts and Goblins by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Methuen, 1969 85 · Ghost of Honour · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams, 1936 97 · The Young Irish Lad from the Hiring Fair · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965 109 · The Rocking-Horse Room · Mary Danby · ss

The Fourth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (Armada, February 1972, C467, 20p, 128pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Mary Danby · in 9 · Floating Hair · Julia Birley · ss 23 · Three Ghosts · John Keir Cross · ss Collins Magazine #13, January 1949 42 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review February 1923 60 · The Ghost Train · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 65 · The Bus-Conductor · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1906 78 · The Three D’s · Ogden Nash · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1948, as “Victoria” 84 · The Little Black Ghost · Ruby McMillan · ss 99 · Teeny-Tiny · [uncredited] · vi English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, David Nutt, 1890, as by Joseph Jacobs 101 · Let’s Play Ghosts · Pamela Vincent · ss 115 · A View of the Sea · Mary Danby · ss

The Fifth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (Armada, 1973, pb, oa) 7 · Introduction · Mary Danby · in 9 · The Mourning Brooch · Ray Gottlieb · ss 16 · The Skeleton Rider · Christine Pullein-Thompson · ss 29 · Sleeping Bones · Pamela Vincent · ss 45 · Humblepuppy · Joan Aiken · ss Puffin Post 54 · The Captain’s Yacht · Joyce Marsh · ss 66 · Macauslan’s Castle · Iain Dennler · ss 82 · Paget · Lucy Norris · ss 95 · The Haunted Tower · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 101 · Uncle Jim · Martin Ricketts · ss 108 · The Old Greenhouse · Kay Leith · ss 116 · The Last Earl · Mary Danby · ss

The Sixth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (Armada, 1974, C818, 25p, 128pp, pb, oa) 7 · Introduction · Mary Danby · in 9 · Mirror Mirror on the Wall · Ruth Ainsworth · ss The Phantom Cyclist and Other Stories by Ruth Ainsworth, Andre Deutsch, 1971 22 · Mackrin Mains · Kay Leith · ss 34 · The Ghost with a Long Memory · Pat Klacar · ss 45 · Cobwebs · Terry Gisbourne · ss 60 · Splendid Ancestor · Mary Clarke · ss 69 · Isobel’s Pony · Christine Pullein-Thompson · ss 84 · Alicia · Louise Francke · ss 94 · The Model · James Turner · ss Spectre 1 ed. Richard Davis, Abelard Schuman UK, 1973 115 · Room at the Inn · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 120 · Edward · Mary Danby · ss Spectre 1 ed. Richard Davis, Abelard Schuman UK, 1973

The Seventh Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (Armada, March 1975, 0-00-691020-3, 30p, 126pp, pb, oa) 7 · Introduction · Mary Danby · in 9 · The Shepherd’s Dog · Joyce Marsh · ss 24 · When the Moon Was Full · Pamela Vincent · ss 30 · The Life and Soul of the Party · Julia Birley · ss 38 · A Cat on the Drive · Brian Morse · ss 47 · Portrait of Rhoda · Lucy Norris · ss 58 · The Tockley Familiar · Kay Leith · ss 71 · The Hanging Tree · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 78 · The Old Man of the Hills · Mary Clarke · ss 89 · The Fun Fair Ghost · Ray Gottlieb · ss 96 · The Curse of the White Owl · Tim Vicary · ss 111 · The Man with the Beard · Rosemary Timperley · ss 121 · The Haunters · Mary Danby · ss

The Eighth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (Armada, 1976, 0-00-691142-0, 40p, 127pp, pb, oa) 7 · Introduction · Mary Danby · in 9 · The Terrible Gaoler · Rosemary Timperley · ss 19 · Sarah · Roger Malisson · ss 31 · Sir Harry Mortlake’s Clock · Joyce Marsh · ss 50 · The Haunted Pillar-Box · Rosemary Timperley · ss 61 · Dream Ghost · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 68 · Crusoe’s Parrot · Rick Ferreira · ss 78 · The Girl in the Mirror · Margot Arnold · ss 89 · Takeover · David Langford · ss 97 · A Red, Red Rose · Ruth Cameron · ss 105 · The Woodseaves Ghosts · Catherine Gleason · ss 116 · The Haunted River · Charles Thornton · ss 121 · Time After Time · Mary Danby · ss

The Ninth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (Armada, 1977, 0-00-691263-X, 40p, 123pp, pb, oa) 7 · Introduction · Mary Danby · in 9 · The Last Fare · Guy Weiner · ss 24 · House of Glass · Catherine Gleason · ss 37 · The Murderous Ghosts · Rosemary Timperley · ss 46 · The Haunted Circus · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 53 · A Star for a Lady · Diana Pullein-Thompson · ss 66 · Lisa · Daphne Froome · ss 77 · Child of the Future · John Duncan · ss 87 · The Phantom Pirates · Rick Ferreira · ss 99 · Goodbye, Charlotte · Margaret Biggs · ss 114 · The Vackie · Mary Danby · ss

The Tenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (Armada, March 1978, 0-00-691381-4, 50p, 126pp, pb, oa) 7 · The Sinister Schoolmaster · Rosemary Timperley · ss 18 · Misty · Margaret Biggs · ss 30 · Hunters’ Hill · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 36 · The Warning · Joyce Marsh · ss 48 · The Ghosts of Nisos Trikkeri · Margot Arnold · ss 57 · Mousey · John Halkin · ss 73 · The Doll · Terry Tapp · ss 90 · The Post Room · Catherine Gleason · ss 102 · George · Joan Selby-Lowndes · ss 114 · The Grey Lady · Mary Danby · ss

The Eleventh Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (Armada, October 1979, 0-00-691510-8, 60p, 125pp, pb, oa) 7 · Introduction · Mary Danby · in 9 · The Green Ghost · Terry Tapp · ss 24 · The King Stone · Margaret Biggs · ss 35 · Tom · Frank Richards (by Charles Hamilton) · ss 45 · The Lavendar Lady · Valerie Waters · ss 52 · Magic on the Field · Eve Gothard · ss 66 · Stella · Rosemary Timperley · ss 74 · This Book Belongs To… · Daphne Froome · ss 83 · A Ghost in the Family · Christine Pullein-Thompson · ss 94 · The Ghostly Gardeners · Ruth Cameron · ss 106 · The Old Siege House · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 114 · The House Ghosts · Mary Danby · ss

The Twelfth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (Armada, 1980, 0-00-691670-8, 75p, 126pp, pb, oa) 7 · Someone Drowned · Tony Richards · ss 19 · The Chess Set · David Langford · ss 29 · Devil Horse · Patricia Leitch · ss 42 · The Proving · Terry Tapp · ss 51 · The Cat Room · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss 64 · Kept In · Rosemary Timperley · ss 74 · Studderley Tower · Joyce Marsh · ss 90 · Dressed for the Occasion · Terry Tapp · ss 108 · The Haunted Village · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 116 · The Red Miller · Mary Danby · ss

The Thirteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (Armada, October 1981, 0-00-691913-8, 85p, 126pp, pb, oa) 7 · Ghost Hunter · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 16 · The Return of the Lorelei · Ken Burke · ss 27 · The Girl in the Cellar · Tony Richards · ss 39 · The Day I Died · Terry Tapp · ss 58 · The Baby-Sitter · Alison Prince · ss 67 · The Fisherman’s Ghost · Maxine Bailey · ss 78 · The Thing That Went Bump in the Night · Rosemary Timperley · ss 88 · Dance of Death · Ken Burke · ss 98 · The Shadow-Cage · Philippa Pearce · nv The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 115 · Lorimer’s Bride · Mary Danby · ss

The Fourteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (Armada, 1982, 0-00-692072-1, 85p, 126pp, pb, oa) 7 · The Longest Journey · Catherine Gleason · ss 15 · The Junk Room · Terry Tapp · ss 30 · Under the Bedclothes · David Langford · ss 39 · Gibson’s · Ann Pilling · ss 55 · The Ghost of Smeaton Hall · Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd · ss The Obstinate Ghost and Other Ghostly Tales by Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd, Odhams, 1968 63 · The Third Eye · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss 81 · In Flanders Fields · Frances Thomas · ss 92 · Can’t Help Laughing · Alison Prince · ss 107 · The Train Watchers · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 113 · The Ghost Writer · Mary Danby · ss

The Fifteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (Armada, 1983, 0-00-692222-8, 95p, 128pp, pb, oa) 7 · Run for Your Life · Philip Sidney Jennings · ss 15 · Hallowe’en · Rita Morris · ss 24 · Who’s a Pretty Boy, Then? · Jan Mark · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1981 36 · The Patchwork Quilt · August Derleth · ss Over the Edge ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, May 1964 50 · The Sound of Sirens · Tony Richards · ss 68 · Spirit of the Trail · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 76 · Christmas in the Rectory · Catherine Storr · ss Ghost After Ghost ed. Aidan Chambers, Kestrel, 1982 89 · The Servant · Alison Prince · ss 104 · Whoever Heard of a Haunted Lift? · Alan W. Lear · ss 118 · Mr. Jones · Mary Danby · ss

The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana, 1970, 3/6d, 189pp, pb, an) 9 · The Blue Lenses · Daphne du Maurier · nv Ladies’ Home Journal May 1959 44 · The Man Upstairs · Ray Bradbury · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1947 56 · A Woman Seldom Found · William Sansom · ss A Contest of Ladies and Other Stories by William Sansom, Hogarth Press, 1956 60 · The Graveyard Rats · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales March 1936 67 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948 76 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896 86 · A Tale of the Ragged Mountains · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book April 1844 96 · Georgy Porgy · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, February 1960 119 · To Reach the Sea · Monica Dickens · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1965 122 · The Monster · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss 133 · His Brother’s Keeper · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1922 144 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss Monsieur Parent, Queen Hortense, Fascination and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant, P.F. Collier, 1910 translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883). 151 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 166 · The Waxwork · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X 178 · Quid Pro Quo · Mary Danby · ss

The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana, 1971, 3/6d, 189pp, pb, an) 9 · The Quest for “Blank Claveringi” · Patricia Highsmith · ss The Snail-Watcher and Other Stories by Patricia Highsmith, Doubleday, 1970 revised from “The Snails” (The Saturday Evening Post, June 17, 1967). 26 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939 33 · The Cocoon · John B. L. Goodwin · ss Story #121, September/October 1946 53 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury January 1932 64 · Hard Luck Story · Pamela Vincent · ss 72 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 78 · Miss Gentilbelle · Charles Beaumont · ss Stories for the Dead of Night ed. Don Congdon, Dell, March 1957 100 · The Pioneers of Pike’s Peak · Basil Tozer · ss The Strand Magazine September 1897 111 · Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle June 1945 125 · Cold Sleep · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 129 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831). 141 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955 146 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890 154 · Close Behind Him · John Wyndham · ss Fantastic January/February 1953 169 · Letter to a Young Lady in Paris · Julio Cortázar · ss End of the Game, and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar, Pantheon Books, 1967 180 · Party Pieces · Mary Danby · ss

The Seventh Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana, 1972, 190pp, pb, an) 7 · The Basket Chair · Winston Graham · ss Winter’s Crimes 2 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1970 24 · Comrade Death · Gerald Kersh · nv Courier Summer 1938 53 · The Mannikin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1937 71 · The Horror of the Heights · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine November 1913 88 · Florence Flannery · Marjorie Bowen · ss The Regent Magazine #13, December 1924 107 · A View from a Hill · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury May 1925 126 · The Snake · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine January 1933 141 · Angel-Face · Celia Fremlin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1969, as “With a Rustle of Wings” 150 · A Tale of Terror · Thomas Hood · vi The London Magazine 1821 153 · The Old Woman Upstairs · Dylan Thomas · ss Yellowjacket May 1939, as “The True Story” 157 · Tchériapin · Sax Rohmer · ss The Sovereign Magazine April 1920 175 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936 185 · The Secret Ones · Mary Danby · ss

The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana, 1973, 189pp, pb, an) 7 · The Godsend · Bernard Taylor · ss 23 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935 36 · Havelock’s Farm · Charles Birkin · ss Devil’s Spawn by Charles Birkin, Philip Allan, 1936, as by Charles Lloyd 50 · The Peculiar Case of Mrs. Grimmond · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss 60 · The Pit · Gwyn Jones · nv Penguin Parade #9, 1942 84 · Royal Jelly · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, February 1960 114 · A Pair of Muddy Shoes · Lennox Robinson · ss Eight Short Stories by Lennox Robinson, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919 122 · The Porcelain Doll · Leo Tolstoy; translated by Aylmer Maude · ss The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Tales by Leo Tolstoy, Oxford University Press, 1940; from a letter to Tolstoy’s wife’s sister dated Mar 23, 1863. translated from the Russian. 127 · The Tibetan Box · Elizabeth Walter · ss Snowfall and Other Chilling Events by Elizabeth Walter, Harvill Press, 1965 147 · Mr. Priapos · Pamela Vincent · ss 166 · So You Won’t Talk · Manuel Komroff · ss Esquire April 1935 174 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 180 · Harvest Home · Mary Danby · ss

The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana, 1975, 45p, 192pp, pb, oa) 7 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Cosmopolitan September 1933 25 · Tomorrow’s Child · Joyce Marsh · ss 31 · The Horror at Chilton Castle · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Scream at Midnight by Joseph Payne Brennan, Macabre House, 1963 49 · The Silver Mask · Hugh Walpole · ss Harper’s Bazaar March 1932 65 · Dark Dream · Elizabeth Fancett · ss 74 · The Bandaged Man · Rosemary Timperley · ss 82 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 101 · The Girl from Tomango · Rick Ferreira · ss 115 · The Hollow Man · Thomas Burke · ss Collier’s October 14 1933 130 · Miss Brood’s Speciality · Roger F. Dunkley · ss 134 · The Second Nail · Stuart Cloete · ss 1966 143 · The Sanguivites · Kay Leith · ss 159 · A Terribly Strange Bed · William Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. 178 · Homecoming · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 185 · The Natterjack · Mary Danby · ss

The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana, 1977, 0-00-614272-9, 60p, 192pp, pb, an) 7 · Mummy to the Rescue · Angus Wilson · ss Such Darling Dodos and Other Stories by Angus Wilson, Secker & Warburg, 1950 14 · The Smiling People · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1946 25 · Now Showing at the Roxy · Harry E. Turner · ss 39 · The Trapdoor · C. D. Heriot · ss The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams, 1936 52 · A Low Profile · Charles Lloyd · ss 65 · De Mortuis · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 18 1942 73 · A Little Knowledge · Roger Malisson · ss 91 · The Brazilian Cat · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine December 1898, as “The Story of the Brazilian Cat” 113 · A Sin of Omission · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss 127 · The Thing in the Hall · E. F. Benson · nv The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 141 · Acid Test · Margot Arnold · ss 150 · Telling the Bees · Elizabeth Walter · ss Dead Woman by Elizabeth Walter, Harvill Press, 1975 170 · At the Corner of the Eye · David Langford · ss 178 · The Devil’s Ape · Barnard Stacey · ss The Evening Standard January 16 1933 185 · Keeping in Touch · Mary Danby · ss

The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana, June 1978, 0-00-614750-X, 70p, 191pp, pb, oa) 7 · Introduction · Mary Danby · in 9 · Bobby · John Halkin · ss 21 · A Question of Conscience · Catherine Gleason · ss 33 · The Eye of the Mandala · Rosemary Timperley · ss 40 · Surprise! Surprise! · Roger F. Dunkley · ss 48 · The Frogwood Roundabout · Roy Harrison · ss 54 · Dead and Alive · Marion Pitman · ss 63 · Mary · Rog Pile · ss 82 · For Charity’s Sake · Barbara Joan Eyre · ss 93 · Buffy · Philip Welby · ss 107 · Someone in the Room · Elizabeth Fancett · ss 112 · No-Face · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 118 · Bert’s Resurrection · Dorothy Kilmurry-Hall · ss 128 · The People Opposite · Sally Franklin · ss 142 · The Rainbow · Maureen O’Hara · ss 147 · The Moon Web · Adrian Cole · ss 162 · The Salesman · Roger Malisson · ss 181 · Nursery Tea · Mary Danby · ss

The Twelfth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana, 1979, 0-00-615439-5, 75p, 187pp, pb, an) 9 · Merry-Go-Round · Bryn Fortey · ss 22 · King of the Fair · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss 30 · The Secret of the Growing Gold · Bram Stoker · ss Black & White January 23 1892 45 · Monsieur Seeks a Wife · Margaret Irwin · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine December 1934 80 · The Other Celia · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1957 100 · For the Sake of Alf · Charles Thornton · ss 108 · Something Beginning with “L” · Dino Buzzati; translated by Judith Landry · ss Catastrophe by Dino Buzzati, Calder & Boyars, 1965 translated from the Italian. 117 · The Huntress · Kay Leith · ss 124 · The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Queen June 23 1900 138 · The Invaders · Terry Tapp · ss 148 · Hybrid · L. A. Lewis · nv Tales of the Grotesque by L. A. Lewis, Philip Allan, September 1934 165 · The Screaming Plant · Hal Pink · ss The Evening Standard November 8 1932 172 · The Engelmayer Puppets · Mary Danby · ss

The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana, 1980, 0-00-615848-X, 80p, 191pp, pb, oa) 7 · Cold Spell · David Langford · ss 18 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante” translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883). 24 · The Circus · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 32 · Undesirable Guests · William Charlton · ss 46 · An American Organ · Anthony Burgess · ss Splinters ed. Alex Hamilton, Hutchinson, 1968 53 · The Warrior’s Return · Ken Alden · ss 63 · One of the Dead · William Wood · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 31 1964 96 · Anaesthetic · Barbara Joan Eyre · ss 104 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839 128 · Safe as Houses · Nyki Blatchley · ss 134 · Herbert West—Reanimator · H. P. Lovecraft · gp (r), as “Grewsome Tales” _ · From the Dark · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew February 1922 _ · The Plague Demon · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew March 1922 _ · Six Shots by Moonlight · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew April 1922 _ · The Scream of the Dead · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew May 1922 _ · The Horror from the Shadows · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew June 1922 _ · The Tomb-Legions · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew July 1922 171 · Woodman’s Knot · Mary Danby · ss

The Fourteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana, July 1981, 0-00-616196-0, £1.00, 189pp, pb, an) 7 · Starvation Diet · Ken Burke · ss 15 · Thanatos Palace Hotel · André Maurois · ss 1967 30 · Blind Man’s Buff · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Sketch April 25 1928 35 · Polish the Lid · Terry Tapp · ss 52 · Lot No. 249 · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892 89 · So Typical of Eleanor · Roger Clarke · ss 106 · The Bird [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Limehouse Nights by Thomas Burke, Grant Richards, 1916 115 · Headlamps · Tony Richards · ss 127 · The Ghoul · Sir Hugh Clifford · ss The Further Side of Silence by Hugh Clifford, Doubleday, Page, 1916 142 · The Boorees · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss 150 · Akin to Love · Christianna Brand · ss Rogue April 1963 157 · The Vigil · Robert Haining · ss 170 · The Witness · Mary Danby · ss

The Fifteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana, 1982, 0-00-616460-9, £1.25, 192pp, pb, an) 7 · The Lodger in Room 16 · David Dixon · ss 19 · She’ll Be Company for You · Andrea Newman · nv More Tales of Unease ed. John Burke, Pan, 1969 41 · Growth · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss 57 · In the Slaughteryard · [uncredited] · ss The Adventures of the Adventurer’s Club, Gardner & Co., 1890 72 · Activity Time · Monica Dickens · ss 65 Great Tales of Horror ed. Mary Danby, Octopus Books, September 1981 84 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943 97 · House of Mirrors · Rosemary Timperley · ss 104 · The Drop of Blood · Mor Jokai · ss (r) 115 · The Wager · Harry E. Turner · ss 132 · Shrewhampton North-East [Shrewhampton] · Bryn Fortey · ss New Writings in Horror and the Supernatural, Vol. 2 ed. David A. Sutton, Sphere, 1972 149 · Love Child · Garry Kilworth · ss 165 · The Black Druid · Frank Belknap Long, Jr. · ss Weird Tales July 1930 175 · Robbie · Mary Danby · ss

The Sixteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana, 1983, 0-00-616673-3, £1.25, 190pp, pb, an) 7 · The Farmer · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 14 · See How They Run · Terry Tapp · ss 65 Great Tales of Horror ed. Mary Danby, Octopus Books, September 1981 27 · The Wheel · H. Warner Munn · ss Weird Tales May 1933 48 · Blackberries · Roger Clarke · ss 64 · The Feet · Mark Channing · ss (r) 74 · Creepogs · Phillip C. Heath · ss Space and Time #45, November 1977 86 · The Horror of Abbot’s Grange · Frederick Cowles · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1936 106 · Oblige Me with a Loaf · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss 114 · Mother’s Day · Alison Prince · ss 131 · Switching Off · Roger Malisson · ss 144 · The Burial of the Rats · Bram Stoker · nv Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 174 · Curlylocks · Mary Danby · ss

The 17th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana, 1984, 0-00-616934-1, £1.50, 188pp, pb, an)     Horror anthology of 12 new and reprint stories. 7 · Where No Wind Blows · Alan Temperley · ss 17 · The Laocoön Complex · J. C. Furnas · ss Esquire April 1937 31 · Firstborn · David Campton · ss Whispers III ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1981 48 · Waking or Sleeping · Willis Hall · ss The Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1978 62 · Back from the Grave · Robert Silverberg · ss Monster Parade December 1958, as “Coffins Are for Corpses” by David Challon 77 · Harry: A Ferret · Patricia Highsmith · ss The Animal-Lover’s Book of Beastly Murder by Patricia Highsmith, Heinemann, 1975 95 · The Leather Funnel · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1902 110 · Reply Guaranteed · Ramsey Campbell · ss Tandem Horror 2 ed. Richard Davis, Tandem, 1968 128 · Fifth Sense · Tina Rath · ss 144 · Fidel Bassin · W. J. Stamper · ss Weird Tales July 1925 154 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 177 · True Love · Mary Danby · ss

Frighteners ed. Mary Danby (Fontana Books, 1974, 0-00-613510-2, 35p, 160pp, pb, oa) 7 · Introduction · Mary Danby · in 9 · For the Love of Pamela · Kay Leith · ss 15 · The Mask · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 19 · Old Hether’s Picture · Joyce Marsh · ss 33 · Cera · Bernard Taylor · ss 50 · Lost Soul · Pamela Vincent · ss 53 · If Thy Right Hand Offend Thee… · A. E. Ellis · ss 64 · Dissolving Partnership · Martin Ricketts · ss 68 · The Quiet Man · Terry Gisbourne · ss 80 · A Walk Along the Beach · Frances Stephens · ss 87 · The Catomado · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss 97 · Dorothy Dean · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss 107 · Hothouse · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 111 · The Old Men · Julia Birley · ss 123 · Homicidal Maniac! · Pamela Vincent · ss 128 · My Very Good Friend · Bernard Taylor · ss 135 · And Now the Pact · Martin Ricketts · ss 139 · The Horror Under Penmire [Penmire] · Adrian Cole · ss

Frighteners 2 ed. Mary Danby (Fontana Books, 1976, 0-00-614170-6, 45p, 157pp, pb, oa) 7 · Introduction · Mary Danby · in 9 · Claws · Frances Stephens · ss 18 · The Thirteenth Kestrel · Roger Malisson · ss 31 · The Cockroaches · Roy Harrison · ss 36 · Cross Talk · Roger F. Dunkley · ss 52 · A Complete Collection · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 57 · Guest Room · Tim Vicary · ss 70 · Fully Integrated · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss 78 · Magic Man · Robert P. Holdstock · ss 90 · Avalon Heights · Kay Leith · ss 96 · The Substitute · Bryn Fortey · ss 114 · Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake · Bernard Taylor · ss 121 · An Eye for Beauty · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 127 · Friends · Catherine Gleason · ss 141 · Brain Drain · Margot Arnold · ss 149 · The Method and Madness of George Strode · Roger F. Dunkley · ss

The Green Ghost and Other Stories ed. Mary Danby (Armada, October 1989, 0-00-693593-1, £3.99, 507pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 42 young adult ghost stories, all taken from volumes of The Armada Ghost Book. 11 · The Green Ghost · Terry Tapp · ss The Eleventh Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, October 1979 26 · Hallowe’en · Rita Morris · ss The Fifteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1983 34 · The Sinister Schoolmaster · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Tenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, March 1978 47 · Hunters’ Hill · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The Tenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, March 1978 54 · The Baby-Sitter · Alison Prince · ss The Thirteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, October 1981 64 · The Sound of Sirens · Tony Richards · ss The Fifteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1983 82 · Dance of Death · Ken Burke · ss The Thirteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, October 1981 91 · The Woodseaves Ghosts · Catherine Gleason · ss The Eighth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1976 102 · Lorimer’s Bride · Mary Danby · ss The Thirteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, October 1981 116 · The Shepherd’s Dog · Joyce Marsh · ss The Seventh Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, March 1975 131 · The Junk Room · Terry Tapp · ss The Fourteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1982 145 · This Book Belongs To… · Daphne Froome · ss The Eleventh Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, October 1979 154 · The Murderous Ghosts · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Ninth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1977 164 · Sarah · Roger Malisson · ss The Eighth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1976 177 · A Red, Red Rose · Ruth Cameron · ss The Eighth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1976 184 · Whoever Heard of a Haunted Lift? · Alan W. Lear · ss The Fifteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1983 198 · The Girl in the Cellar · Tony Richards · ss The Thirteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, October 1981 210 · The Longest Journey · Catherine Gleason · ss The Fourteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1982 218 · Spirit of the Trail · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The Fifteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1983 225 · The Grey Lady · Mary Danby · ss The Tenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, March 1978 241 · Child of the Future · John Duncan · ss The Ninth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1977 251 · Lisa · Daphne Froome · ss The Ninth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1977 263 · The Train Watchers · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The Fourteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1982 269 · The Warning · Joyce Marsh · ss The Tenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, March 1978 282 · House of Glass · Catherine Gleason · ss The Ninth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1977 296 · Teeny-Tiny · [uncredited] · vi English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, David Nutt, 1890, as by Joseph Jacobs 298 · Stella · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Eleventh Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, October 1979 307 · Gibson’s · Ann Pilling · ss The Fourteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1982 315 · The Doll · Terry Tapp · ss The Tenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, March 1978 333 · Mr. Jones · Mary Danby · ss The Fifteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1983 343 · The Ghostly Gardeners · Ruth Cameron · ss The Eleventh Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, October 1979 355 · Someone Drowned · Tony Richards · ss The Twelfth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1980 368 · The Third Eye · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Fourteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1982 385 · The Servant · Alison Prince · ss The Fifteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1983 399 · The Thing That Went Bump in the Night · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Thirteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, October 1981 410 · Sir Harry Mortlake’s Clock · Joyce Marsh · ss The Eighth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1976 429 · The Haunted Circus · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The Ninth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1977 436 · The Post Room · Catherine Gleason · ss The Tenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, March 1978 450 · The Day I Died · Terry Tapp · ss The Thirteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, October 1981 470 · Can’t Help Laughing · Alison Prince · ss The Fourteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1982 484 · The Return of the Lorelei · Ken Burke · ss The Thirteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, October 1981 495 · The Ghost Writer · Mary Danby · ss The Fourteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1982

Nightmares ed. Mary Danby (Armada, 1983, 0-00-692103-5, 95p, 128pp, pb, oa)     Young adult horror anthology of new and reprint stories. 7 · The Chicken · Alison Prince · ss 21 · Hobscabs · Ian Stratton Rice · ss 35 · Something Nasty · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 46 · Miss Flewitt, Miss Webb and Miss Bone · Wendy Eyton · ss The Ghost of Christmas Present by Wendy Eyton, Frederick Warne, 1980 67 · The Holiday-Makers · Roger Malisson · ss 79 · The Hat · Rosemary Timperley · ss 86 · Curfew · Lucy M. Boston · ss The House of the Nightmare ed. Kathleen Lines, The Bodley Head, 1967 100 · The Brother · Tony Richards · ss 117 · Slugs · Mary Danby · ss

Nightmares 2 ed. Mary Danby (Armada, October 1984, 0-00-692346-1, £1.25, 160pp, pb, oa)     Young-adult horror anthology of new and reprint stories. Illustrated by John Higgins. 7 · Gruesome · Alan W. Lear · ss 21 · The Baby-Sitter · Celia Fremlin · ss Don’t Go to Sleep in the Dark by Celia Fremlin, Gollancz, 1970 34 · The Loony · Alison Prince · ss 55 · Evening Flight · Alan Temperley · nv 80 · Heads and Tales · Terry Tapp · ss 97 · The Lonesome Place · August Derleth · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries February 1948 109 · Creepers · Phillip C. Heath · nv Whispered Legends ed. Joey Froehlich, Froehlich, 1983 130 · The Runaways · Johnny Yen · ss 139 · Arbor Day · Mary Danby · ss

Nightmares 3 ed. Mary Danby (Armada, October 1985, 0-00-692551-0, £1.50, 128pp, pb, oa)     Young adult horror anthology. 7 · Clifftops · Antony Bennett · ss 27 · Barnacles · Johnny Yen · ss 34 · Dead Letter · Alan W. Lear · ss 53 · House of Horror · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 60 · The Diary · Samantha Lee · ss 74 · Shadow of the Rope · Roger Malisson · ss 91 · Joplin’s · Brian Mooney · ss 104 · The Shaft · Phillip C. Heath · ss 114 · Old Wiggie · Mary Danby · ss

Realms of Darkness ed. Mary Danby (Octopus US, 1985, 0-86273-244-1, $8.95, 796pp, hc, an)     Compiled for sale through the Marks & Spencer’s chain of stores. 11 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in 15 · Denton’s Death · Martin Amis · ss Encounter 1976 20 · In the Slaughteryard · [uncredited] · ss The Adventures of the Adventurer’s Club, Gardner & Co., 1890 32 · The Dead Man of Varley Grange · Elizabeth Anna Hart, uncredited · ss 1878 44 · Footsteps Invisible · Robert Arthur · ss Argosy January 20 1940 56 · The Potter’s Art · Denys Val Baker · ss The Secret Place by Denys Val Baker, William Kimber, 1977 63 · The Thing in the Hall · E. F. Benson · nv The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 73 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891 77 · The Mannikin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1937 91 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943 101 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941 107 · The Crown Derby Plate · Marjorie Bowen · ss Grace Latouche and the Warringtons by Marjorie Bowen, Selwyn & Blount, 1931 117 · The Kite · Christianna Brand · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1968, as “King of the Air” 123 · Blind Man’s Hood · John Dickson Carr · ss The Sketch Christmas 1937 139 · The Door · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss Cold Terror by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Tandem, 1973 152 · The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, October 1933 169 · Blackberries · Roger Clarke · ss The Sixteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1983 180 · The Moon Web · Adrian Cole · ss The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, June 1978 192 · The Horror of Abbot’s Grange · Frederick Cowles · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1936 206 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 230 · Pig · Roald Dahl · ss Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, February 1960 247 · Robbie · Mary Danby · ss The Fifteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1982 261 · The Extra Passenger · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales January 1947, as by Stephen Grendon 268 · The Witch’s Bone · William Croft Dickinson · ss Dark Encounters by William Croft Dickinson, Harvill, 1963 277 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 299 · The Haunted Haven · A. E. Ellis · ss The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. Robert Aickman, Fontana, 1972 307 · The Sexton’s Adventure · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, uncredited. 313 · The Black Ferry · John Galt · ss The Club Book ed. Andrew Picken, Cochrane & Pickersgill, 1831, as “The Book of Life” 323 · Friends · Catherine Gleason · ss Frighteners 2 ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1976 335 · The Circus · Winston Graham · nv Winter’s Crimes 6 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1974 352 · Where the Woodbine Twineth · Davis Grubb · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1964, as “You Never Believe Me” 359 · Waking or Sleeping · Willis Hall · ss The Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1978 368 · Someone in the Lift · L. P. Hartley · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 373 · The Peculiar Case of Mrs. Grimmond · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1973 381 · The Trapdoor · C. D. Heriot · ss The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams, 1936 390 · The Day of Reckoning · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1974 403 · An Invitation to the Hunt · George Hitchcock · ss San Francisco Review March 1960 411 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar by Geoffrey Household, Chatto & Windus, 1938 428 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss The Knickerbocker October 1839 438 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury September 1930 450 · The Three Sisters · W. W. Jacobs · ss Night Watches by W. W. Jacobs, Hodder & Stoughton, 1914 457 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review February 1923; written to fill a miniature book in the library of Queen Mary’s doll house. 467 · The Yellow Cat · Michael Joseph · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine #17, June 1924 476 · The Reaper’s Image · Stephen King · ss Startling Mystery Stories Spring 1969 483 · Soldier Key [Brigadier Ffellowes] · Sterling E. Lanier · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1968 507 · The Sanguivites · Kay Leith · ss The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1975 518 · Hybrid · L. A. Lewis · nv Tales of the Grotesque by L. A. Lewis, Philip Allan, September 1934 530 · The Black Druid · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales July 1930 537 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 548 · The Skeleton Hand · Agnes MacLeod · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine October 1894 554 · The Man from Glasgow · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham, Heinemann, June 1947 revised from “Told in the Inn at Algeciras” (The Woman at Home, February 1905). 563 · The Hostelry · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French. 574 · The Phantom of the Lake · Edmund Mitchell · ss The Argosy (UK) June 1886 584 · The Thing in the Upper Room · Arthur Morrison · ss The Story-teller May 1910 592 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 597 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1931 608 · Peekaboo · Bill Pronzini · ss Nightmares ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, September 1979 613 · The Black Lake · Tony Richards · ss Realms of Darkness ed. Mary Danby, Octopus, 1985 621 · The Red Turret · Flavia Richardson · ss Switch on the Light ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, Selwyn & Blount, April 1931 629 · Intercom · Agnes Short · ss The After Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Hutchinson, 1980 639 · Examination Day · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy February 1958 643 · The Devil’s Ape · Barnard Stacey · ss The Evening Standard January 16 1933 649 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 664 · Polish the Lid · Terry Tapp · ss The Fourteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, July 1981 677 · Evening Flight · Alan Temperley · nv Nightmares 2 ed. Mary Danby, Armada, October 1984 691 · Dengué Fever · Paul Theroux · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Cape, 1975 700 · Message for Margie · Christine Campbell Thomson · ss The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1964 708 · Harry · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 719 · Lucky’s Grove · H. Russell Wakefield · nv The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. Russell Wakefield, Herbert Jenkins, 1940 737 · Tarnhelm · Hugh Walpole · ss Liberty December 28 1929 750 · The Tibetan Box · Elizabeth Walter · ss Snowfall and Other Chilling Events by Elizabeth Walter, Harvill Press, 1965 765 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896 774 · A Thin Gentleman with Gloves · Simon West · ss Weird Tales November 1943, as by August Derleth 785 · The Case of the Haunted Château [Neils Orsen] · Dennis Wheatley · ss Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts by Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, June 1943

65 Great Murder Mysteries ed. Mary Danby (Octopus, 1983, 0-86273-083-X, 653pp, hc, an)     Also with an additional story as Great Murder Mysteries ed. Anon. (Octopus/Chartwell 1988). 9 · Evidence in Camera · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine June 1949 22 · The Case of the Emerald Sky [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 10 1940 30 · Acid Test · Margot Arnold · ss The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1977 37 · Eye Witness · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 28 1939 49 · The Murder of the Mandarin · Arnold Bennett · ss The Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett, Chapman & Hall, June 1907 59 · Nemesis · Phyllis Bentley · ss The Windsor Magazine #535, July 1939 68 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 82 · Sweets to the Sweet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1947 89 · Nightmare in Yellow · Fredric Brown · vi The Dude May 1961 91 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 106 · Baby · Ramsey Campbell · ss Star Book of Horror, No. 2 ed. Hugh Lamb, Star Books, November 1976 121 · A Note for the Milkman · Sidney Carroll · ss Today’s Woman April 1950 130 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue” 143 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path” 151 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930 156 · Banquo’s Chair · Rupert Croft-Cooke · ss Pharaoh and His Waggons and Other Stories by Rupert Croft-Cooke, Jarrolds, 1937 162 · Esmeralda · John Keir Cross · ss The Other Passenger by John Keir Cross, John Westhouse, December 1944 177 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 186 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. 195 · The Corpse Light · Dick Donovan · ss Tales of Terror by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1899 204 · The Veiled Lodger [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Liberty January 22 1927, as “The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger” 213 · Surprise! Surprise! · Roger F. Dunkley · ss The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, June 1978 219 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 230 · The Kill · Peter Fleming · ss Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931 240 · Something to Do with Figures · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #21, March 1945 249 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936 257 · The Blood on the Innocents · Celia Fremlin · ss By Horror Haunted by Celia Fremlin, Gollancz, 1974 264 · The Squire’s Story · Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas 1853, uncredited. 277 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955 281 · Mrs. Manifold · Stephen Grendon · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949 291 · The Two Vaynes · L. P. Hartley · ss World Review #22, December 1950 300 · August Heat · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1910 305 · Dark Journey · Francis Iles · ss News Chronicle April 30 1934 (+4) 320 · The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Queen June 23 1900 330 · Moment of Power · P. D. James · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1968 345 · Another Shot in the Locker · Michael Kent · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1929 352 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling, Heinemann and Balestier, March 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray” 362 · The Lady with the Hatchet [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · ss MacLean’s April 15 1922 379 · A Thousand Deaths · Jack London · ss The Black Cat May 1899 387 · Homicidal Hiccup · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales June 1948 393 · The Sound of Murder · William P. McGivern · ss Bluebook October 1952 402 · An Official Position · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan July 1937 419 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante” translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883). 423 · Such a Good Idea · Andrea Newman · ss Tales of Unease ed. John Burke, Pan, 1966 429 · The Regent’s Park Murder [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine September 1901 441 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 452 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 458 · The House by the Headland · “Sapper” · ss The Sovereign Magazine March 1920 470 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933 483 · The Second Step · Margery Sharp · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1934 491 · The Case of Arnold Schuttringer [Monsieur Froget] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1942 translated from the French (Les 13 Coupables, 1932). 498 · The People Next Door · Pauline C. Smith · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine June 1952 503 · The King of Spades · Nancy Spain · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 510 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Botteghe Oscure #18, Autumn 1956 528 · Blue Murder · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine October 1925 544 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934 554 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 567 · The Secret of the Growing Gold · Bram Stoker · ss Black & White January 23 1892 578 · A Theme for Hyacinth · Julian Symons · ss Argosy (UK) August 1967 596 · Miss Smith · William Trevor · ss Transatlantic Review #25, Summer 1967 605 · The Treasure Hunt [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s November 22 1924 619 · The Snow · Hugh Walpole · ss The (London) Evening News December 21 1928 626 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895 635 · In the Fog · Dennis Wheatley · ss The (London) Evening News May 29 1953 640 · The Cyprian Bees [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s February 6 1926

65 Great Spine Chillers ed. Mary Danby (Octopus, 1982, 0-7064-1848-4, £4.95, 670pp, hc, an) 9 · Lodgers · Joan Aiken · nv A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, August 1979 26 · The Playfellow · Cynthia Asquith · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 45 · The Amorous Ghost · Enid Bagnold · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 50 · The Face in the Mirror · Denys Val Baker · ss The Briarcliff Quarterly January 1945 60 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 67 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 74 · A Case of Eavesdropping [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 86 · A Home Away from Home · Robert Bloch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1961 93 · The Cat Jumps · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 101 · Dearth’s Farm · Gerald Bullett · ss The Street of the Eye by Gerald Bullett, John Lane, 1923 110 · Calling Card · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Companions by Ramsey Campbell, Macmillan, February 1982 115 · The Feet · Mark Channing · ss (r) 122 · Undesirable Guests · William Charlton · ss The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1980 132 · Shona and the Water Horse · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss Scottish Tales of Terror ed. Angus Campbell, Fontana, 1972 146 · “Man Overboard!” · Winston Churchill · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine #6, January 1899 149 · Superstitious Ignorance · Michael Cornish · ss Tales of Unease ed. John Burke, Pan, 1966 159 · The Dead Smile · F. Marion Crawford · nv Ainslee’s Magazine August 1899 176 · Georgy Porgy · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, February 1960 195 · Woodman’s Knot · Mary Danby · ss The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1980 209 · The Lodger in Room 16 · David Dixon · ss The Fifteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1982 218 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892 238 · When Morning Comes · Elizabeth Fancett · ss The Fifth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969 254 · The Girl from Tomango · Rick Ferreira · ss The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1975 264 · Dog or Demon? · Theo Gift · ss Not for the Night-Time by Theo Gift, Roper & Drowley, 1889 273 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 287 · Gibbet Lane · Anthony Gittins · ss 50 Years of Ghost Stories, Hutchinson, January 1935 294 · A Question of Conscience · Catherine Gleason · ss The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, June 1978 303 · The Basket Chair · Winston Graham · ss Winter’s Crimes 2 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1970 315 · The Tsanta in the Parlor · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales July 1948 326 · The Frogwood Roundabout · Roy Harrison · ss The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, June 1978 331 · 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. 352 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 363 · The Ash-Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 374 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 380 · Jordan · Glyn Jones · ss (r) 391 · The Thing in the Cellar · David H. Keller, M.D. · ss Weird Tales March 1932 397 · Suffer the Little Children · Stephen King · ss Cavalier February 1972 407 · The Pond · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 413 · The Graveyard Rats · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales March 1936 419 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908 432 · Avalon Heights · Kay Leith · ss Frighteners 2 ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1976 437 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924 453 · The Haunted and the Haunters · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version. 483 · Deadline · Richard Matheson · ss Rogue December 1959 487 · The House on Big Faraway · Norman Matson · ss The Evening Standard June 12 1934 495 · The Three D’s · Ogden Nash · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1948, as “Victoria” 498 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887 508 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 520 · Headlamps · Tony Richards · ss The Fourteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, July 1981 529 · Behind the Yellow Door · Flavia Richardson · ss Terror by Night ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, Selwyn & Blount, August 1934 536 · A Pair of Muddy Shoes · Lennox Robinson · ss Eight Short Stories by Lennox Robinson, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919 542 · The Music on the Hill · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, August 1911 547 · The Villa Désirée · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1921 557 · The Coat · A. E. D. 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