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The Hashish Club: An Anthology of Drug Literature, Volume Two: The Psychedelic Era: From Huxley to Lennon ed. Peter Haining (Peter Owen, 1975, 0-7206-0014-6, £3.25, 160pp, hc, an, cover by Keith Cunningham)     Anthology of “drug literature” with 19 stories and articles tracing the field from Aldous Huxley to John Lennon. Each piece and each section has an introduction by Haining. 13 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 17 · I 20 · The First Third · Neal Cassady · ss (r) 24 · Writing Dreams · Jack Kerouac · ex from Book of Dreams, City Lights Books, 1960 33 · I Am Dying, Meester? · William S. Burroughs · ss (r) 37 · The Great Being · Allen Ginsberg · ss (r) 43 · II 48 · LSD Is Air · Timothy Leary · ar 1968 52 · The Joyous Cosmology · Alan Watts · ex 1962 60 · Good Ole Cagey Cage · William J. Craddock · ex from Be Not Content, Doubleday, 1970 67 · A Trip to Stonesville · Andrew Weil · ex from The Natural Mind, Houghton Mifflin, 1972 75 · III 78 · The Wind at Beni Midar · Paul Bowles · ss (r) 89 · My King · Henri Michaux · ss (r) translated from the French (“Mon Roi”, La Nuit Remue, 1935). 95 · The Blood of a Wig · Terry Southern · ss Evergreen Review #49, October 1967 109 · The Long Book · Alexander Trocchi · ss (r) 125 · IV 130 · Neville Club · John Lennon · ss In His Own Write by John Lennon, Jonathan Cape, 1964 133 · Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas · Hunter S. Thompson · ex Random House, July 7 1972 140 · Fable the Third · Smokestack El Ropo · ss Bedside Reader by Smokestack El Ropo, Straight Arrow, 1972 144 · “A Conscious Tool of the Universe” · Jerry Garcia · ss (r) 151 · Epilogue 152 · A Visionary Prediction · Aldous Huxley · ar Playboy November 1963, as “Hallucinogens: A Philosopher’s Visionary Prediction”

The Hell of Mirrors ed. Peter Haining (Four Square, December 1965, 1423, 3/6d, 189pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 9 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839 27 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 41 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 50 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 62 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851 revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839). 83 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 91 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 99 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 110 · 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). 121 · The Drowned Man · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French (“Le Noyé”, Le Gaulois, August 16, 1888). 127 · The Caterpillar · Edogawa Rampo · ss Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edogawa Rampo, Tuttle, 1956 141 · The Hell of Mirrors · Edogawa Rampo; translated by J. B. Harris · ss Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edogawa Rampo, Tuttle, 1956 150 · The Knocking in the Castle · Henry Slesar · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination November 1964 183 · The Fanatic · Arthur Porges · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination December 1964

The Hell of Mirrors (var. 1) ed. Peter Haining (Sidgwick & Jackson, August 1974, 0-283-98199-7, £3.50, 239pp, hc, an)     A substantially revised version of Haining’s original anthology, now designed to show the development of horror fiction in the last two centuries. Paperback edition retitled Everyman’s Book of Classic Horror Stories. ix · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 1 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 19 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 35 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851 revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839). 63 · The Drowned Man · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French (“Le Noyé”, Le Gaulois, August 16, 1888). 71 · The Sandman · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv (r) translated from the German (“Der Sandmann”, Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816). 107 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 117 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 132 · “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” · M. R. James · nv Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 155 · Old Man of Visions · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 166 · The Nameless City [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Wolverine #11, November 1921 181 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 199 · The Emissary · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947 208 · The Hell of Mirrors · Edogawa Rampo; translated by J. B. Harris · ss Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edogawa Rampo, Tuttle, 1956 219 · Danse Macabre · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #61, 1963 231 · The Fanatic · Arthur Porges · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination December 1964

The H.G. Wells Scrapbook ed. Peter Haining (NEL, 1978, 450-03778-9, £6.95, 144pp, hc, an) [Ref. H. G. Wells]     “Articles, essays, letters, anecdotes, illustrations, photographs, and memorabilia about the prophetic genius of the twentieth century”. 5 · untitled (“For the writer of fantastic stories”) · H. G. Wells · pr from The Scientific Romances of H.G. Wells, Gollancz, 1933 6 · Foreword · Jack Williamson · fw 10 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 14 · The Fables of H.G. Wells · Jorge Luis Borges · ar (r) [Ref. H. G. Wells] 16 · Baron Munchausen’s Trip to the Moon · R. E. Raspe · ex from The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 1786 18 · A Voyage to the Planets · Sir Humphry Davy · ex from Consolations in Travel, 1839 22 · War Fantasies · H. G. Wells · ex from Experiment in Autobiography, 1934 24 · A Tale of the Twentieth Century · H. G. Wells · ss Science Schools Journal May 1887, as by S. B.; subtitled “For Advanced Thinkers”. 27 · 1,000,000 A.D. · [uncredited] · pm Punch November 25 1893 27 · The Man of the Year Million · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette November 6 1893 31 · Canals on the Planet Mars · Richard A. Proctor · lt The Times April 13 1882 32 · The Truth about Mars · H. P. Lovecraft · ar The Phoenician Autumn 1917 32 · Intelligence on Mars · H. G. Wells ,[?], uncredited · ar Saturday Review (UK) April 4 1896 36 · Ecstasy and Time Travel in Sevenoaks: The Genesis of Modern Science Fiction · Basil Copper · ar (r) [Ref. H. G. Wells] 44 · Man of Genius · W. T. Stead · ms Review of Reviews March 1895 [Ref. H. G. Wells] 44 · A Man Who Built a Real Time Machine · P. H. Alexander · ar (r) 46 · A Loathsome and Repulsive Book · [uncredited] · lt The Times June 17 1896 [Ref. H. G. Wells]; about The Island of Doctor Moreau. 46 · Cheap Horrors · Chalmers Mitchell · ar Saturday Review (UK) April 11 1896 [Ref. H. G. Wells] 49 · Scientific Justification for The Island of Dr. Moreau? · H. G. Wells · lt Saturday Review (UK) November 1896 51 · The Island of Professor Menu · James F. Sullivan · ss Punch Autumn 1896 59 · The Prophetic Powers of Mr. Wells · [uncredited] · ar The Academy July 10 1897 [Ref. H. G. Wells] 60 · The Invisible Man · [uncredited] · br The Spectator September 25 1897 [Ref. H. G. Wells] 62 · An Experiment in Illustration · H. G. Wells · ex The Strand Magazine February 1920 62 · Earth Invaded by Martians! · [uncredited] · br The Academy January 29 1898 [Ref. H. G. Wells]; review of The War of the Worlds. 69 · A Novel of London Devastated · [uncredited] · br The Bookman May 1898 [Ref. H. G. Wells]; review of The War of the Worlds. 72 · The War of the Wenuses · Charles Marshall Graves & E. V. Lucas · pm (r) 72 · In the Wake of the Martians · [uncredited] · br Atheneum, June 3 1899 [Ref. H. G. Wells]; review of When the Sleeper Wakes. 73 · The Finding of Laura · Jules Castier · ss Rather Like… by Jules Castier, Jenkins, 1920 78 · A Lunar Romance · [uncredited] · br Nature January 9 1902 [Ref. H. G. Wells]; review of The First Men in the Moon. 83 · The Queer Story of Brownlow’s Newspaper · H. G. Wells · ss Ladies’ Home Journal February 1932 97 · Scientific Romances · [uncredited] · ar The Times Literary Supplement August 3 1933 108 · Mr. Wells Apocalypse · Gerald Heard · ar The Nineteenth Century October 1933 [Ref. H. G. Wells] 115 · Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact · [uncredited] · ar The New York Times October 31 1938 [Ref. Orson Welles] 119 · The Man Who Did Work Miracles—In the Movies · Denis Gifford · ar (r) [Ref. H. G. Wells] 134 · Filming “War of the Worlds” · George Pal · ar Astounding Science Fiction October 1953 140 · Science Fiction That Endures · Hugo Gernsback · ed Amazing Stories April 1961 143 · Mars Probe Furrows Scientists’ Brows · [uncredited] · ar The Times June 18 1977 144 · The Scientific Romances and Prophecies of H.G. Wells · [uncredited] · bi

Hole in Fun: A Round of 18 Humorous Golf Stories ed. Peter Haining (W.H. Allen, 1988, 0-491-03068-1, 237pp, hc, an, cover by Stan McMurtry)     Anthology of 18 humorous golf stories and essays by authors such as Ring Lardner & P.G. Wodehouse, with an introduction and notes on each story by Haining. 9 · Foreword · Peter Haining · fw 13 · A Tale of Golf · William Graham · ss Golf, A Royal and Ancient Game ed. Robert Clark, Robert Clark, 1875 21 · The Chelah’s Round · Andrew Lang · ss (r) 27 · The Devil’s Round · Charles Deulin · ss 1868 43 · A Braid Hills Mystery · J. M. Barrie · ss (r) 51 · The Culbin Game · C. L. Graves & E. V. Lucas · ss Punch August 1904 57 · Colonel Belcher’s Ghost Story · Henry Leach · ss The Golfer 1910 63 · A One-Ball Match · Gerald Batchelor · ss Batchelor’s Golf Stories by Gerald Batchelor, A. & C. Black, 1914 69 · Retired Golf [Reginald Drake (aka Percy) Biffin] · Harry Graham · ss The Pall Mall Magazine March 1914 (+1) 85 · Jan Plays Golf · A. J. Coles · ss (r) 103 · Beginner’s Luck · A. G. Macdonell · ex from England, Their England, 1933 117 · A Caddy’s Diary · Ring Lardner · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 11 1922 135 · A Medieval Hole in One · Stephen Leacock · hu Harper’s Magazine January 1930 145 · Wartime Golf · George C. Nash · ss Punch June 12 1940 151 · An Unlucky Golfer · A. A. Milne · ss (r) 157 · Those in Peril on the Tee [Mr. Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · nv Mr. Mulliner Speaking by P. G. Wodehouse, Herbert Jenkins, 1929 revised from the story of the same name (Liberty, May 21, 1927) to change it from an Oldest Member story into a Mulliner story. 179 · Is a Golfer a Gentleman? [Albert Haddock] · A. P. Herbert · ss Uncommon Law by A. P. Herbert, Methuen, 1935 185 · The Temptation of Admiral Juddy · Ben Travers · ss (r) 201 · A Heavenly Round · Paul Gallico · ss (r) 217 · Golf for Duffers · Sir Henry Rider Haggard · ar The Graphic November 29 1890 227 · Laughter on the Links · Bernard Darwin · ar The Times July 21 1934 233 · Man Who Has Discovered the Secret · Terry Wogan · ar (r)

The Hollywood Nightmare ed. Peter Haining (Macdonald, 1970, 0-356-03050-4, £1.75, 276pp, hc, an)     “Tales of Fantasy and Horror from the Film World”. 11 · Editor’s Preface · Peter Haining · pr 13 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in 19 · The Prehistoric Producer · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 23 1962 35 · The Plot Is the Thing · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1966 43 · The Shadow on the Screen · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales March 1938 61 · Return to the Sabbath · Tarleton Fiske · ss Weird Tales July 1938, as by Robert Bloch 77 · A Wig for Miss DeVore · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1943 87 · The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies · John Jakes · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962 95 · The Perfect Plot · Frank Fenton · nv 1955 117 · Death Double · William F. Nolan · ss Impact-20 by William F. Nolan, Paperback Library, 1963 123 · Booked Solid · Ray Russell · ss Sardonicus by Ray Russell, Ballantine, 1961 135 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 149 · Double-Take · Winston K. Marks · ss Science Fiction Adventures December 1953, as by Ken Winney 155 · The New People · Charles Beaumont · nv Rogue August 1958, as by Michael Phillips 177 · Gavin O’Leary · John Collier · ss Desert Island Decameron ed. H. Allen Smith, Doubleday, Doran, 1945 187 · Faed-Out · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1963 207 · Mantage · Richard Matheson · nv Science Fiction Showcase ed. Mary Kornbluth, Doubleday, 1959 227 · Technical Advisor · Chad Oliver · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1953 241 · The Screen Game [Vermilion Sands] · J. G. Ballard · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination October 1963 267 · Death Warmed Over · Ray Bradbury · ar Playboy January 1968

The Hollywood Nightmare (var. 1) ed. Peter Haining (Taplinger, 1971, $5.95, 276pp, hc, an)     “Tales of Fantasy and Horror from the Film World”. Changes two stories from the original edition (Macdonald, 1970). 11 · Editor’s Preface · Peter Haining · pr The Hollywood Nightmare ed. Peter Haining, Macdonald, 1970 13 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in The Hollywood Nightmare ed. Peter Haining, Macdonald, 1970 19 · The Prehistoric Producer · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 23 1962 35 · The Plot Is the Thing · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1966 43 · The Shadow on the Screen · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales March 1938 61 · Return to the Sabbath · Tarleton Fiske · ss Weird Tales July 1938, as by Robert Bloch 77 · A Wig for Miss DeVore · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1943 87 · The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies · John W. Jakes · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962 95 · The Perfect Plot · Frank Fenton · nv 1955 117 · Death Double · William F. Nolan · ss Impact-20 by William F. Nolan, Paperback Library, 1963 123 · Booked Solid · Ray Russell · ss Sardonicus by Ray Russell, Ballantine, 1961 135 · The Hollywood Horror Man · Boris Karloff · ar 1968, as “The Life of a Monster” 141 · The Casket-Demon · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination April 1963 155 · The New People · Charles Beaumont · nv Rogue August 1958, as by Michael Phillips 177 · Gavin O’Leary · John Collier · ss Desert Island Decameron ed. H. Allen Smith, Doubleday, Doran, 1945 187 · Faed-Out · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1963 207 · Mantage · Richard Matheson · nv Science Fiction Showcase ed. Mary Kornbluth, Doubleday, 1959 227 · Technical Advisor · Chad Oliver · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1953 241 · The Screen Game [Vermilion Sands] · J. G. Ballard · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination October 1963 267 · Death Warmed Over · Ray Bradbury · ar Playboy January 1968

The Hollywood Nightmare (var. 2) ed. Peter Haining (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1973, 0-283-98127-X, 40p, 190pp, pb, an, cover by Peter Goodfellow)     “Tales of Fantasy and Horror from the Film World”. Abridged from the original edition (Macdonald, 1970). 9 · Editor’s Preface · Peter Haining · pr The Hollywood Nightmare ed. Peter Haining, Macdonald, 1970 11 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in The Hollywood Nightmare ed. Peter Haining, Macdonald, 1970 15 · The Prehistoric Producer · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 23 1962 29 · The Shadow on the Screen · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales March 1938 46 · Return to the Sabbath · Tarleton Fiske · ss Weird Tales July 1938, as by Robert Bloch 61 · A Wig for Miss DeVore · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1943 71 · Death Double · William F. Nolan · ss Impact-20 by William F. Nolan, Paperback Library, 1963 76 · The Hollywood Horror Man · Boris Karloff · ar 1968, as “The Life of a Monster” 82 · The Casket-Demon · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination April 1963 94 · Gavin O’Leary · John Collier · ss Desert Island Decameron ed. H. Allen Smith, Doubleday, Doran, 1945 104 · Faed-Out · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1963 123 · Mantage · Richard Matheson · nv Science Fiction Showcase ed. Mary Kornbluth, Doubleday, 1959 143 · Technical Advisor · Chad Oliver · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1953 156 · The Screen Game [Vermilion Sands] · J. G. Ballard · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination October 1963 181 · Death Warmed Over · Ray Bradbury · ar Playboy January 1968

Hook, Line and Laughter: A Haul of 18 Humorous Fishing Stories ed. Peter Haining (W.H. Allen, 1989, 0-491-03439-3, £8.95, 189pp, hc, an, cover by Stan McMurtry)     Anthology of 18 humorous fishing stories and essays by authors such as Rudyard Kipling & Ernest Hemingway, with an introduction and notes on each story by Haining. 9 · Foreword · Peter Haining · fw 15 · Twaddle on Tweedside · Christopher North · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine May 1833 23 · A Shark Story · Thomas Chandler Haliburton · ss 1852 35 · The Monstrous Trout · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Three Men in a Boat, Arrowsmith, 1889 45 · A Catch on the Line [Troddles] · R. Andom · ss (r) 57 · On Dry Cow Fishing · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Fishing Gazette December 13 1890 67 · The Legacy of Noah’s Art [Reginald Drake (aka Percy) Biffin] · Harry Graham · nv (r) 89 · The Poacher [Para Handy] · Neil Munro · ss (r) 97 · The Everlasting Angler · Stephen Leacock · ss 1926 105 · A Corner in Worms · William Caine · ss The Strand Magazine February 1922 115 · The River God · Roland Pertwee · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 7 1928 135 · An Unlikely Haul [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Punch April 17 1940, as “A Fishing Story” 141 · Fish Royal · A. P. Herbert · ss Uncommon Law by A. P. Herbert, Methuen, 1935 149 · Fishing in Baden Perfect · Ernest Hemingway · ss (r) 155 · The Little Fishes [Uncle Silas] · H. E. Bates · ss Cut and Come Again by H. E. Bates, Cape, 1935 163 · The One That Nearly Got Away [Engelbrecht the Dwarf] · Maurice Richardson · ss Lilliput May 1948 173 · Troutmanship · Stephen Potter · hu (r) 179 · Gone Fishing · Keith Waterhouse · ss Punch June 1986 185 · The Lord of the Flowing Waters · George Melly · ss (r)

Hunted Down by Charles Dickens ed. Peter Haining--- see under Charles Dickens.

Hunter Quatermain’s Story by H. Rider Haggard ed. Peter Haining--- see under H. Rider Haggard.

The Jules Verne Companion ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, 1978, 0-285-62367-2, £6.50, 127pp, hc, an, cover by Chris Scott) 7 · The Master of Prophecy · Peter Haining · in 17 · Two Glimpses of the Moon · George Orwell · br The New Statesman January 18 1941 [Ref. Kenneth Allott]; review of Jules Verne by Kenneth Allott. 20 · Jules Verne at Home · Marie Belloc · iv The Strand Magazine February 1895 [Ref. Jules Verne] 25 · A Muse to Scotland · Jules Verne · pm (r) 26 · The Bizarre Genius of Edgar Poe · Jules Verne; translated by I. O. Evans · ar [Ref. Edgar Allan Poe] translated, and abridged, from the French (“Edgard Poë et ses oeuvres”, Musée de Familles, April 1864). 31 · The “Insoluble” Cipher · H. J. Hardy · ar 38 · My Journey Around the World · Thomas Cook · ar The Times November 27 1872 (+3) 45 · A Musical Turn Round! · George Robey · ar (r) 48 · To My English Readers · Jules Verne · ms 1891 from the second edition of A Plunge Into Space by Robert Cromie. 49 · An Express of the Future · Jules Verne (ghost written by Michel Verne) · ss The Strand Magazine December 1895 translated from the French (“Un express de l’avenir”, Le Figaro, September 1, 1888). 52 · The Future for Women · Jules Verne; translated by I. O. Evans · ar delivered as an address at the Lycée de Jeunes Filles, Amiens, July 1893. 58 · Jules Verne Re-Visited · Robert H. Sherard · ar T.P.’s Weekly October 9 1903 62 · “Jules Verne and I” · H. G. Wells · pr from Seven Famous Novels, Knopf, June 1934 66 · Jules Verne and the Fairies · Nozière (translated) · ar translated from the French (Journal d’Amiens, October 15, 1906). 73 · Homage to Jules Verne · Michel Butor (translated) · ar The New Statesman July 15 1966 79 · Astronaut by Gaslight · William Golding · ar The Spectator June 9 1961 88 · “A Great Pioneer of the Space Age” · [uncredited] · ar (r) translated from the French (Le Monde, November 1969. 90 · “My Spirit-Telephone Conversation with Jules Verne” · Erich von Daniken · ex from According to the Evidence, 1977 97 · In the Twenty Ninth Century · Jules Verne (with Michel Verne); translated by I. O. Evans · ss Yesterday and Tomorrow by Jules Verne, Arco, 1965 translated from the French (“Au XXIXe siècle: La Journée d’un journaliste américain en 2889”, Hier et Demain, Paris, J. Hetzel, 1910). itself a revision by Michel of a revision by Jules of a story by Michael Verne (“In the Year 2889”) published in English under Jules’ name in The Forum February 1889. 120 · A Jules Verne Bibliography: Les Voyages Extraordinaires · Peter Haining · bi

Knights of Madness: Further Comic Tales of Fantasy ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, September 10, 1998, 0-285-63450-X, £16.99, 252pp, hc, oa, cover by Josh Kirby)     Anthology of 24 comic fantasy, historical and crime stories, including work by Pratchett, Peake, Bloch, Dick, Beagle, and Westlake; an original story by Stan McMurtry; and stories by David L. Stone and Ray Bradbury, seemingly in book form for the first time. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 13 · 1: Flights of Fantasy: Stories of the Absurd 15 · Hollywood Chickens · Terry Pratchett · ss More Tales from the Forbidden Planet ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, 1990 28 · The New Utopia · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Diary of a Pilgrimage by Jerome K. Jerome, J.W. Arrowsmith, 1891 38 · The Angry Street [Club of Queer Trades] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News January 25 1908, as “A Somewhat Improbable Story” 44 · The Party at Lady Cusp-Canine’s [Gormenghast] · Mervyn Peake · ss New Worlds #194, September/October 1969 52 · The Little Man Who Wasn’t All There [Lefty Feep] · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures August 1942 72 · The Year the Glop-Monster Won the Golden Lion at Cannes · Ray Bradbury · ss Cavalier July 1967 85 · Lila the Werewolf [Sam Farrell] · Peter S. Beagle · nv guabi #1, 1969, as “Farrell and Lila the Werewolf” 107 · The War with the Fnools · Philip K. Dick · ss Galactic Outpost Spring 1964 121 · 2: The Muddle Ages: Tales of Heroic Times 123 · The Creation According to Spike Milligan · Spike Milligan · ss Punch February 1989 129 · A Mediaeval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express January 1 1870, as “An Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance” 137 · Ethelred the Unready · Ben Travers · ss The Passing Show 192? 142 · Dream Damsel · Evan Hunter · ss Fantastic Universe October 1954 152 · Three Months in a Balloon · John Kendrick Bangs · ex from Mr Münchausen, 1901 159 · How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion · Gene Wolfe · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact May 1973 177 · Fifi and the Chilean Truffle [Did It Happen?] · Orson Welles · ss The Evening Standard March 18 1955 183 · The Wastrel · Peter Sellers · ss The (London) Evening News April 26 1963 189 · 3: Malice in Blunderland: Cases of Crime 191 · Stirring the Pot · Tom Sharpe · ss The Daily Telegraph 1994 197 · The Suicide of Kiaros · L. Frank Baum · ss The White Elephant #16, September 1897 210 · The Rape of the Sherlock [Sherlock Holmes] · A. A. Milne · vi Vanity Fair (UK) October 15 1903 213 · The White Rabbit Caper · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 19 1949 221 · Wot the Eye Don’t See · Stan McMurtry · ss 230 · The Condemned · Woody Allen · ss The New Yorker November 21 1977 237 · The Mulligan Stew · Donald E. Westlake · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1979 243 · The Dulwich Assassins · David L. Stone · ss Xenos #42, April 1997

The Last Gentleman: A Tribute to David Niven ed. Peter Haining (W.H. Allen, March 1984, 0-491-03103-3, 224pp, hc, oa) [Ref. David Niven]     Anthology of articles by Haining, tributes from many of Niven’s friends and a couple of letters by Niven. 11 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 25 · Anglo-Saxon Type 2008: The Life and Uproarious Times of Our Hero · Peter Haining · ar 101 · Dear Trubshawe · David Niven · gp 102 · [letter] · David Niven · lt The Daily Express September 17 1946 104 · [letter] · David Niven · lt The Daily Express November 2 1946 109 · Art Upside Down · David Niven · lt The Times July 24 1973 113 · Our Friend Niv · gp _115 · The Best Storyteller I Have Ever Known · John Mortimer · ar _117 · The Silliest Idea I’d Ever Heard! · Tommy Phipps · ar _119 · The Arrival of a Popular Young Man · Douglas Fairbanks, Jnr · ar _122 · He Was a True Life Enhancer · Lauren Bacall · ar _124 · Our First Meeting in Hollywood · Dame Flora Robson · ar _126 · Never a Fair-Weather Friend · Lord Olivier · ms _127 · On Duty with David Niven · The Rt Hon. Lord Hailsham · ms _128 · Starring Around the World · Phil Gersh · ar _133 · The Actor Who Never Got Egg on His Face · Sir John Mills, CBE · ar _135 · Memories of My Dear Old Chum · Deborah Kerr · ar _139 · The Man Who Set His Own Fashions · Jerome Chodorov · ar _140 · I Truly Adored That Gentle Man · Lana Turner · ms _141 · Did I Ever Tell You About the Time… · Brian Doyle · ar _146 · A Joy Never to Be Forgotten · Bette Davis · ms _148 · The Case of Niven, Howard Hughes and Some Beautiful Ladies… · Greg Bautzer · ar _151 · A Gallant and High-Spirited Journey · Gregory Peck · ar _157 · A Man Who Could Brighten a Whole Room · Gene Kelly · ms _158 · Niv’s Life Was a Marvellous Party · Bryan Forbes · ar _162 · Taking a Ride to the Stars · George Greenfield · ar _167 · On the Road to Scissors Time · Philip Evans · ar _173 · Rescued on the Nile · Maggie Smith · ar 177 · The Films of David Niven 1932-1982 · [uncredited] · bi

The Late Unlamented and Other Tales of Evil ed. Peter Haining--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

LBW: Laughter Before Wicket!: 100 Years of Humorous Cricket Short Stories ed. Peter Haining (Unwin, 1987, 0-04-440059-4, £3.95, 315pp, tp, an, cover by Martin Honysett)     Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1986) anthology of cricketing short stories. xiii · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 1 · The Feelings of a Bowler · J. M. Barrie · ar The St. James’s Gazette, as by Gavin Ogilvy 7 · The Great Britannula Game · Anthony Trollope · ex from The Fixed Period, 1882 19 · The Rustic Heroes · Horace Hutchinson · ex from Creatures of Circumstances, 1891 25 · The Talisman · Alfred Cochrane · ss The Cornhill Magazine 1896 33 · The Story of Spedegue’s Dropper · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine October 1928 53 · A Bowler’s Innings · E. W. Hornung · ss Old Offenders by E. W. Hornung, Murray, 1923 65 · Playing the Game [Locksley] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Pearson’s Magazine May 1906 77 · An Indian Cricket Tutor · E. V. Lucas · ar 1891 83 · A West Indian Cricket Match · Eden Phillpotts · ss (r) 97 · A Scratch Lot · A. A. Milne · ss 1910 115 · The Umpire’s Remorse · E. B. V. Christian · ss (r) 123 · The Match · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine July 1916 135 · A Buffer’s Wicket · Ben Travers · ss 1923 145 · Biffin on Acquaintances [Reginald Drake (aka Percy) Biffin] · Harry Graham · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1931 157 · Some Record Catches · Herbert Farjeon · ss The Passing Show 163 · How Our Village Beat the Australians [Tillingfold] · Hugh de Selincourt · nv Pall Mall Magazine December 1928 185 · The Guardian Angel · W. A. Darlington · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1930 201 · How Jembu Played for Cambridge [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss The Graphic Christmas 1928 215 · Cricket in the Caucasus, or, The Volga Batman · A. P. Herbert · ss Punch 1936 227 · Dingley Dell v. All-Muggleton · A. G. Macdonell · ss 1936 239 · French Cricket · Ian Hay · ss 1940 245 · Cricket for Americans · Stephen Leacock · hu Lilliput August 1943 253 · The Seasonable Twinge · Bernard Hollowood · ar March 1963 261 · Tripping O’Er the Greensward · Michael Parkinson · ar (r) 269 · Ain’t Half a Bloody Game · John Arlott · nv Lilliput July 1957 293 · Daffodil Summer · Leslie Thomas · ss 1982 307 · The Test in Witney Scrotum · Peter Tinniswood · ss 311 · The Wizzerd of Oz · Ian Wooldridge · ar The Daily Mail August 1985

Laughter Before Wicket: The Second Innings: A Select Team of 18 Humorous Cricketing Stories ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, November 1990, 0-285-63007-5, £14.95, 239pp, hc, an, cover by John Jensen)     Anthology of cricketing short stories. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 13 · Village Cricket [Reginald Drake (aka Percy) Biffin] · Harry Graham · ss (r) 27 · How Our Village Tried to Play the Australians [Tillingfold] · Hugh de Selincourt · ss (r) 39 · From Father to Sons · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss (r) 48 · The Day of the Duck · Jack Hobbs · ts (r) 58 · A Cricketer Explains (Strange Misfortunes on the Cricket Field) · J. M. Barrie · ss (r) 66 · Fuji Kawa: The Cricket Star · Hesketh Prichard · ss (r) 78 · Five Short Legs · A. G. Macdonell · ex from How Like an Angel, Macmillan, 1934 101 · The Unrecorded Test Match [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey by Lord Dunsany, Michael Joseph, 1954 117 · The Rabbits · A. A. Milne · nv Punch June 16 1909, as by A. A. M. 159 · Batter Sweet: or ‘Not Cricket’ · A. P. Herbert · pl (r) 174 · How’s That, Umpire? · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Nothing Serious by P. G. Wodehouse, Herbert Jenkins, 1950 191 · Herbert Wins the Toss · Ben Travers · ss (r) 201 · The Pitch We Come To · Rudyard Kipling · fa The Civil and Military Gazette October 1890 210 · Cricket Through the Looking Glass · R. C. Robertson-Glasgow · ss (r) 219 · Purple Pads v. Gasometer · Bernard Hollowood · ss Punch April 1958 224 · Jack the Giant Commentator · Miles Kington · ss (r) 230 · Cricket, Lousy Cricket · Richard Gordon · fa Punch December 1966 234 · Bowled Over · Barry Norman · ar (r)

Legends for the Dark ed. Peter Haining (NEL, February 1968, 2094, 3/6d, 127pp, pb, an)     Subtitled “Tales of Fantasy and Horror”. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 11 · Solomon’s Demon · Arthur Porges · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1961 21 · The Altar · Robert Sheckley · ss Fantastic July/August 1953 28 · Here, Daemos! · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales March 1942 38 · The Academy of Pain · Basil Copper · ss 49 · Floral Tribute · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1949 61 · The Secret of the Vault · J. Wesley Rosenquest · ss Weird Tales May 1938 76 · The Ordeal of Doctor Trifulgas · Jules Verne; translated by Peter Haining · ss translated from the French (“Frritt-Flacc”, Le Figaro Illustré, 1884/5). 83 · A Night with Hecate · Edward W. Ludwig · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination October 1963 100 · Beyond the Wall of Sleep · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Pine Cones October 1919 112 · The Scythe · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1943

London After Midnight: A Conducted Tour ed. Peter Haining (Little, Brown UK, January 5, 1996, 0-316-87573-2, £16.99, 342pp, hc, an, cover: [photo] by James Walker)     Anthology of 22 stories, each with an introduction by Haining. A trade paperback edition (-87981-9, £9.99) was announced but not seen. 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 3 · Section One: Black Spots 5 · The Knife · Robert Arthur · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine November 1951 14 · Fu Manchu and the Frightened Redhead [Fu Manchu; (Sir Denis) Nayland Smith] · Sax Rohmer · ss This Week February 1 1959 25 · The Funspot-Street Affair · Thomas Burke · ss Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, Associated Newspapers, 1935 31 · The Girl Who Loved Graveyards · P. D. James · ss Winter’s Crimes 15 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1983 49 · The Most Hated Man in London · Patricia Moyes · ss The (London) Evening News 1961 54 · Flight from Fleet Street · Carter Dickson · pl The London Mystery Magazine #14, February/March 1952, as by John Dickson Carr first broadcast on CBS Radio, July 5, 1948. 69 · Dangerous Game [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981 90 · Karmesin the Murderer [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The People #3295, December 24 1944, as “Inscrutable Providence” 99 · The Day Lucky’s Luck Ran Out · Allan Prior · ss The Daily Mail November 1981 105 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947 113 · People Don’t Do Such Things · Ruth Rendell · ss The Fallen Curtain by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1976 127 · Section Two: City Sleuths 129 · 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 148 · The Adventure of the Worst Man in London [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Collier’s Weekly March 26 1904, as “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton”; this is the manuscript title. 169 · The Bottle Party [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Strand Magazine October 1939 193 · Aces High · Peter Cheyney · ss (r) 204 · Yellow Iris [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine July 1937 222 · Trent and the Fool-Proof Lift [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss (r) 240 · The Cave of Ali Baba [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba” 274 · Border-Line Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard August 25 1936 285 · The Santa Claus Club [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss Suspense (UK) December 1960 298 · The Incautious Burglar [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine October 1940, as “A Guest in the House” 317 · The Bones of the Case · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine

The Lucifer Society ed. Peter Haining (W.H. Allen, June 1972, 0-491-00881-3, £2.50, 256pp, hc, an)     Anthology of horror/macabre stories by authors more famous in other fields. Paperback edition retitled Detours Into the Macabre (Pan, 1974). Also retitled Masters of the Macabre (Hale, 1993). vii · Foreword · Kingsley Amis · fw xv · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 3 · “Man Overboard!” · Winston Churchill · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine January 1899 7 · Timber · John Galsworthy · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1920 17 · The Angry Street [Club of Queer Trades] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News January 25 1908, as “A Somewhat Improbable Story” 23 · The Call of Wings · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933 39 · The Cherries · Lawrence Durrell · ss Masterpieces of Thrills, Daily Express, 1936 43 · A Man from Glasgow · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham, Heinemann, 1947 revised from “Told in the Inn at Algeciras” (The Woman at Home, February 1905). 55 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955 60 · The Grey Ones · J. B. Priestley · nv Lilliput April/May 1953 79 · The Man Who Didn’t Ask Why · C. S. Forester · vi 1957 83 · All but Empty · Graham Greene · ss The Strand Magazine March 1947 87 · Animals or Human Beings · Angus Wilson · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 93 · Something Strange · Kingsley Amis · nv The Spectator November 25 1960 117 · The Post-Mortem Murder · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Century Magazine May 1921 143 · The Dance · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Red Book Magazine June 1926 159 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930 170 · The Bronze Door · Raymond Chandler · nv Unknown November 1939 199 · The Man Who Had No Eyes · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Liberty May 2 1931 203 · The Affair at 7, Rue de M— · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1955 212 · The Snail-Watcher · Patricia Highsmith · ss Gamma #3, 1964 220 · Inferiority Complex · Evan Hunter · vi Fantastic Universe May 1955 225 · The Terrible Answer · Paul Gallico · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 17 1950 240 · Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle June 1945 254 · Exterminator · William Burroughs · ss Evergreen Review #46, April 1967 259 · During the Jurassic · John Updike · ss Transatlantic Review #21, Summer 1966

The Magicians ed. Peter Haining (Peter Owen, July 1972, 0-7206-0152-5, £3.00, 220pp, hc, an, cover by Eliphas Levi)     Purported to be true stories of the occult written by author-magicians. Also in pb (Pan 1975). 13 · Foreword · Peter Haining · fw 15 · Introduction · Colin Wilson · in 27 · The Black Mass · Joris-Karl Huysmans · ex from Down There, Boni & Liveright, 1924 translated from the French (Là-Bas, Tresse & Stock, 1891). 38 · The Magus · Eliphas Levi · ss (r) 50 · A Story of the Mystical · Madame Blavatsky · ss 1875 61 · An Experiment in Necromancy · Aleister Crowley · ss (r) 71 · Rosa Alchemica · W. B. Yeats · ss The Savoy #2, April 1896 91 · Strange Occurrence in Clerkenwell [Mr. Dyson] · Arthur Machen · lk The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895 99 · History of the Young Man with Spectacles [Mr. Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895 116 · The Return of the Ritual [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine June 1922, as “The Riddle of the Sign” 134 · Playing with Fire · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900 149 · Breath of Allah [Abu Tabah; Kernaby] · Sax Rohmer · nv The Premier Magazine #46, February 1918 170 · Lucifer Over London · Lewis Spence · ss The London Mystery Magazine #1, 1949 181 · With Intent to Steal [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 205 · The Witch Cult · Gerald Gardner · ex from High Magic’s Aid (r) 220 · Afterword · Peter Haining · aw

Magicians’ Circle: More Spellbinding Stories of Wizards & Wizardry ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, October 23, 2003, 0-285-63681-2, £9.99, 268pp, hc, an, cover by Arnaud Crémet)     Young-adult anthology of 14 stories and novel extracts, each with an introduction and afterword by Haining. 9 · The Spell of Magic · Peter Haining · in 17 · A Course in Magic [Professor Doloro de Lara] · E. Nesbit · nv (r) 38 · Doctor Cadaverezzi’s Magic Show · Philip Pullman · ex from Count Karlstein or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman, Doubleday UK, 1991 46 · The Magic Fish-Bone · Charles Dickens · ex from “Holiday Romance”, Our Young Folks January 1868 (+3) 61 · The Magician of Karakosk [Innkeeper] · Peter S. Beagle · nv David Copperfield’s Beyond Imagination ed. David Copperfield, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1996 94 · Elphenor and Weasel · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The New Yorker December 16 1974 115 · The Rule of Names [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination April 1964 131 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903 147 · The Magic Bonbons · L. Frank Baum · ss American Fairy Tales by Frank L. Baum, George M. Hill, 1901 157 · The Day Boy and the Night Girl · George MacDonald · nv The Graphic Christmas 1879, as “The Romance of Photogen and Nycteris” 212 · The Magic Child-Killer · Roald Dahl · ex from The Witches, Jonathan Cape, 1983 222 · The April Witch [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 5 1952 237 · Ms Wiz, Supermodel [Ms Wiz] · Terence Blacker · ex Macmillan, 1997 248 · Works Like Magic · Jacqueline Wilson · ex from Video Rose, Blackie and Son, 1992 256 · Feel Free · Alan Garner · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967

The Magic Valley Travellers: Welsh Stories of Fantasy and Horror ed. Peter Haining (Gollancz, March 1974, 0-575-01686-8, £2.20, 256pp, hc, an) 13 · Foreword · Richard Hughes · fw 17 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 21 · Lludd and Llevelys · [uncredited] · ss (r) 27 · Merlin and the Magicians · Geoffrey of Monmouth · ex (r) translated from the Latin (Historia Regum Britanniae, ca. 1136). 31 · Arthur and Gorlagon · adapted by Peter Haining · ss (r) 12th century Latin manuscript first translated into English in 1903. 48 · The Living Dead Man · Walter Map; edited by M. R. James · ex (r) from De Nugis Curialium (ca. 1200), ed. Thomas Wright, Camden Society 1850. 50 · The Fairy People · Giraldus Cambrensis · ar Topographia Hibernica by Giraldus Cambrensis, 1185 53 · The Sin-Eater · John Aubrey · ex Miscellanies by John Aubrey, 1696 55 · The Fatal Prediction · Anne of Swansea · ss Deeds of Olden Times by Anne of Swansea, 1826 80 · The Invisible Girl · Mary W. Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1833, 1832 95 · The Dylluan · George Borrow · ex Wild Wales by George Borrow, 1862 99 · The Curse of Pantannas · Sir John Rhys · ss Celtic Folklore—Welsh and Manx by John Rhys, Clarendon Press, 1901 107 · The Treasure Ghost · Elias Owen · ex Welsh Folklore by Elias Owen, 1896 112 · The Corpse Candle · Wirt Sikes · ex British Goblins by Wirt Sikes, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1880 120 · The Chronic Argonauts [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · nv Science Schools Journal April 1888 (+2) 144 · The Gift of Tongues · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s Weekly December 3 1927 151 · The Coffin · Caradoc Evans · ss Illustrated Review July 1923 157 · A Stray from Cathay · John Wyndham · nv Argosy (UK) February 1953, as “Chinese Puzzle” 178 · The Stranger · Richard Hughes · ss The Weekly Westminster Gazette May 26 1923 187 · The School for Witches · Dylan Thomas · ss Contemporary Poetry and Prose August/September 1936 195 · The Sabbath · Charles Williams · ex (r) 204 · Week-End at Cwm Tatws · Robert Graves · ss Punch March 31 1954 209 · Jordan · Glyn Jones · ss (r) 223 · The Dark Isle · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1939 249 · The Dark World · Rhys Davies · ss (r)

The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, September 24, 1998, 1-85487-539-6, £6.99, xiv+464pp, tp, an)     Associational anthology: revised omnibus of Crime Movies: Classic Murder & Detective Films and Crime Movies 2: Famous Television Crime Series (Severn House, 1996 & 1997) removing a Dick Francis excerpt and adding 2 stories. ix · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 1 · Old Man Menace [Michael Lanyard (The Lone Wolf)] · Louis Joseph Vance · ss The Saturday Evening Post 1927 19 · The Ghost of John Holling [Felix Jenks] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Grand Magazine March 1924 33 · Nobody’s All Bad [Billy the Kid] · W. R. Burnett · ss Collier’s June 7 1930 47 · The Three Garridebs [Sherlock Holmes] · Thomas H. Hutchinson · pl 1937 75 · The Unknown Traitor · Eric Ambler · vi The Strand Magazine December 1948 79 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927 91 · Reward for Survivors [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Black Mask March 1935, as “Earned Reward” 129 · It Had to Be Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine February 1942 169 · Forbidden Fruit · Edgar Lustgarten · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 191 · To Break the Wall · Evan Hunter · ss Discovery No. 2 ed. Vance Bourjaily, Pocket, 1953 205 · Down the Long Night · William F. Nolan · nv Terror Detective Story Magazine #4, April 1957, as “Laugh Till You Die” by Frank Anmar 227 · The Case of the Howling Dog [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · sa TV Guide adapted from the episode first broadcast on CBS, April 11, 1959. 241 · Equal Status · Elwyn Jones · nv (r) adapted from a 1973 episode of Softly, Softly. 271 · Inspector Maigret Hesitates [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Jean Stewart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1969 translated from the French (“Monsieur Lundi”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, December 20, 1936). 287 · Kick It or Kill · Mickey Spillane · na Cavalier #97, July 1961 339 · Larger Than Life · Anthony Shaffer · ss The London Mystery Magazine #18, 1953 347 · There Are Some Days… · Frederick Forsyth · nv No Comebacks by Frederick Forsyth, Hutchinson, 1982 369 · The Embassy Incident [The Professionals] · Brian Clemens · ss 1982 379 · The Glory Hunter · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1977 391 · Saint Nick Alas · Tony Hoare · ss TV Times December 1991 401 · The Dripping [John Rambo] · David Morrell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1972 413 · Your Appointment Is Cancelled [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · ss 1983 425 · A Case of Coincidence · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 30 1980 443 · The End of an Era · Richard Levinson & William Link · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1962 455 · Mr. Big · Woody Allen · ss Getting Even by Woody Allen, Random House, 1971

The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, October 5, 2000, 1-84119-160-4, £6.99, 576pp, tp, an, cover: [photo] by Simon Marsden)     Anthology of 36 stories (1 an original collaborative vignette by Ray Bradbury), based on the haunted house theme. 1 · Haunted House · Elizabeth Albright & Ray Bradbury · vi 3 · I Live in a Haunted House · Peter Haining · fw part previously published as “The Smoke Ghost” in Dancing with the Dark ed. Stephen Jones, Vista, 1997. 7 · 1: Haunted Places: Stories of Fact and Fiction 9 · The Haunted and the Haunters · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865 revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story. 39 · Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine October 1862, uncredited. 53 · A Case of Eavesdropping [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 69 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921 73 · Ghost Hunt · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Weird Tales March 1948 81 · Dark Winner · William F. Nolan · ss Whispers December 1976 87 · 2: Avenging Spirits: Tales of Dangerous Elementals 89 · The Old House in Vauxhall Walk · Charlotte Riddell · nv Home Christmas 1880 109 · No. 252 Rue M. le Prince · Ralph Adams Cram · nv Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 125 · The Southwest Chamber · Mary Eleanor Freeman · na The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins, Doubleday, Page, 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins 145 · The Toll-House · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine April 1907 157 · Feet Foremost · L. P. Hartley · nv The Killing Bottle by L. P. Hartley, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932 191 · Happy Hour · Ian Watson · nv Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990 215 · 3: Shadowy Corners: Accounts of Restless Spirits 217 · The Ankardyne Pew · W. F. Harvey · ss The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928 231 · The Real and the Counterfeit · Louisa Baldwin · ss The Shadow on the Blind and Other Ghost Stories by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin, Dent, 1895 249 · A Night at a Cottage… · Richard Hughes · ss A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926 253 · The Considerate Hosts · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales December 1939 265 · The Grey House · Basil Copper · nv Not After Nightfall by Basil Copper, Four Square, 1967 309 · Watching Me, Watching You · Fay Weldon · ss Woman’s Own January 1981 327 · 4: Phantom Lovers: Sex and the Supernatural 329 · A Spirit Elopement · Richard Dehan · ss Off Sandy Hook and Other Stories by Richard Dehan, Frederick A. Stokes, 1915 339 · The House of Dust · Herbert de Hamel · ss The Blue Magazine #9, March 1920 357 · The Kisstruck Bogie · A. E. Coppard · ss Fearful Pleasures by A. E. Coppard, Arkham House, 1946 367 · Mr. Edward · Norah Lofts · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947 385 · House of the Hatchet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1941 403 · Napier Court · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 421 · 5: Little Terrors: Ghosts and Children 423 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 435 · The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1916 461 · A Little Ghost · Hugh Walpole · ss The Red Book Magazine October 1922 477 · The Patter of Tiny Feet · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain (var. 1) by Nigel Kneale, Knopf, 1950 489 · Uninvited Ghosts · Penelope Lively · ss Frank and Polly Muir’s Big Dipper, Heinemann, 1981 495 · 6: Psychic Phenomena: Signs from the Other Side 497 · Playing with Fire · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900 513 · The Whistling Room [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler March 1910 533 · Bagnell Terrace · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1925 547 · The Companion · Joan Aiken · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1978 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1978 557 · The Ghost Hunter · James Herbert · ex from Haunted, Hodder & Stoughton, 1988 563 · Computer Séance · Ruth Rendell · ss The Oldie 1997 571 · Appendix: Haunted House Novels: A Listing · Peter Haining · bi

The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (var. 1) ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, August 25, 2005, 1-84529-185-9, £7.99, 689pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 43 stories (1 an original collaborative vignette by Ray Bradbury), based on the haunted house theme. This is expanded from the 2000 edition of the same name by adding a new last section, ‘Houses of Horror’ of 7 stories. 1 · Haunted House · Elizabeth Albright & Ray Bradbury · vi The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories ed. Peter Haining, Robinson, 2000 3 · I Live in a Haunted House · Peter Haining · fw The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories ed. Peter Haining, Robinson, 2000; revised. part previously published as “The Smoke Ghost” in Dancing with the Dark ed. Stephen Jones, Vista, 1997. 7 · 1: Haunted Places: Stories of Fact and Fiction 9 · The Haunted and the Haunters · Edward Bulwer Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865 revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story. 39 · Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine October 1862, uncredited. 53 · A Case of Eavesdropping [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 69 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921 73 · Ghost Hunt · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Weird Tales March 1948 81 · Dark Winner · William F. Nolan · ss Whispers December 1976 87 · 2: Avenging Spirits: Tales of Dangerous Elementals 89 · The Old House in Vauxhall Walk · Charlotte Riddell · nv Home Christmas 1880 109 · No. 252 Rue M. le Prince · Ralph Adams Cram · nv Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 125 · The Southwest Chamber · Mary Eleanor Freeman · na The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins, Doubleday, Page, 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins 145 · The Toll-House · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine April 1907 157 · Feet Foremost · L. P. Hartley · nv The Killing Bottle by L. P. Hartley, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932 191 · Happy Hour · Ian Watson · nv Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990 215 · 3: Shadowy Corners: Accounts of Restless Spirits 217 · The Ankardyne Pew · W. F. Harvey · ss The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928 231 · The Real and the Counterfeit · Louisa Baldwin · ss The Shadow on the Blind and Other Ghost Stories by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin, Dent, 1895 249 · A Night at a Cottage… · Richard Hughes · ss A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926 253 · The Considerate Hosts · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales December 1939 265 · The Grey House · Basil Copper · nv Not After Nightfall by Basil Copper, Four Square, 1967 309 · Watching Me, Watching You · Fay Weldon · ss Woman’s Own January 1981 327 · 4: Phantom Lovers: Sex and the Supernatural 329 · A Spirit Elopement · Richard Dehan · ss Off Sandy Hook and Other Stories by Richard Dehan, Frederick A. Stokes, 1915 339 · The House of Dust · Herbert de Hamel · ss The Blue Magazine #9, March 1920 357 · The Kisstruck Bogie · A. E. Coppard · ss Fearful Pleasures by A. E. Coppard, Arkham House, 1946 367 · Mr. Edward · Norah Lofts · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947 385 · House of the Hatchet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1941 403 · Napier Court · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 421 · 5: Little Terrors: Ghosts and Children 423 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 435 · The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1916 461 · A Little Ghost · Hugh Walpole · ss The Red Book Magazine October 1922 477 · The Patter of Tiny Feet · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain (var. 1) by Nigel Kneale, Knopf, 1950 489 · Uninvited Ghosts · Penelope Lively · ss Frank and Polly Muir’s Big Dipper, Heinemann, 1981 495 · 6: Psychic Phenomena: Signs from the Other Side 497 · Playing with Fire · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900 513 · The Whistling Room [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler March 1910 533 · Bagnell Terrace · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1925 547 · The Companion · Joan Aiken · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1978 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1978 557 · The Ghost Hunter · James Herbert · ex from Haunted, Hodder & Stoughton, 1988 563 · Computer Séance · Ruth Rendell · ss The Oldie 1997 571 · 7: Houses of Horror: Terror Visions of the Stars 573 · In Letters of Fire · Gaston Leroux · ss The Strand Magazine June 1908 translated from the French (“L’homme qui a vu le diable”). 593 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 613 · The Storm · McKnight Malmar · ss Good Housekeeping February 1944 627 · The Waxwork · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X 641 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 655 · Sophy Mason Comes Back · E. M. Delafield · ss Time and Tide 1930 669 · The Boogeyman · Stephen King · ss Cavalier March 1973 683 · Appendix: Haunted House Novels: A Listing · Peter Haining · bi The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories ed. Peter Haining, Robinson, 2000; revised.

The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories: Great Supernatural Tales of the Twentieth Century ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, September 13, 2007, 978-1-84529-476-2, £7.99, xxi+582pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 44 reprinted stories. Authors include M.R. James, Doyle, Kipling, Dunsany, Bradbury, Leiber, van Vogt, and Pullman. xvii · I Have Been Ghost Hunting · Peter Haining · fw 1 · 1. Raising Spectres: The Modern Tradition 3 · “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” · M. R. James · nv Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 21 · The House at Treheale · A. C. Benson · nv (r) 45 · The Richpins · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer & Sons, 1912 59 · The Everlasting Club · Arthur Gray · ss The Cambridge Review October 27 1910, as by Ingulphus 66 · Number Seventy-Nine · A. N. L. Munby · ss The Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories by Alan Noel Latimer Munby, Dennis Dobson, 1949 73 · 2. Ghost Writers: The “Golden Era” 75 · Playing with Fire · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900 88 · The House Surgeon · Rudyard Kipling · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1909 (+1) 110 · The Grove of Ashtaroth · John Buchan · nv Blackwood’s Magazine June 1910 131 · A Man from Glasgow · Somerset Maugham · ss Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham, Heinemann, 1947 revised from “Told in the Inn at Algeciras” (The Woman at Home, February 1905). 141 · The Last Laugh · D. H. Lawrence · ss The New Decameron IV, Blackwell, 1925 157 · The Visit to the Museum · Vladimir Nabokov; translated by Dmitri Nabokov · ss Nabokov’s Dozen by Vladimir Nabokov, Heinemann, 1959 translated from the Russian (“Poseshchenie muzeya”, Sovremennyye zapiski, March 1939, as by Sirin). 167 · 3. Phantom Ranks: Supernatural at War 169 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · vi The (London) Evening News September 29 1914 173 · The Ghost of U65 · G. A. Minto · ss Blackwood’s Magazine July 1962 180 · “Vengeance Is Mine” · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Wolves of God by Algernon Blackwood & Wilfred Wilson, Cassell & Co., 1921 212 · The Punishment · Lord Dunsany · ss Tales of War by Lord Dunsany, Little, Brown, 1918 216 · The Haunted Chateau [Neils Orsen] · Dennis Wheatley · ss Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts by Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, 1943, as “The Case of the Haunted Château” 229 · Pink May · Elizabeth Bowen · ss English Story: Third Series ed. Woodrow Wyatt, Collins, 1942 237 · A Gremlin in the Beer · Derek Barnes · ss The Spectator June 1942 243 · Money for Jam · Sir Alec Guinness · ss The Penguin New Writing 1945 255 · 4. The Ghost-Feelers: Modern Gothic Tales 257 · The Lady’s Maid’s Bell · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine November 1902 276 · The Duenna · Marie Belloc Lowndes · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 289 · Clytie · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Summer 1941 301 · The Pool · Daphne du Maurier · nv The Breaking Point by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1959 328 · A Spot of Gothic · Jane Gardam · ss The Sidmouth Letters by Jane Gardam, Morrow, 1980 339 · 5. Entertaining Spooks: Supernatural High Jinks 341 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 353 · Full Fathom Five · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker June 22 1929 356 · The Night the Ghost Got In · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker August 12 1933 362 · Sir Tristram Goes West · Eric Keown · ss Punch May 9 1932 370 · Who or What Was It? · Kingsley Amis · ss Playboy December 1972 380 · Another Fine Mess · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1995 389 · 6. Christmas Spirits: Festive Season Chillers 391 · Only a Dream… · Rider Haggard · ss Harry Furniss’s Christmas Annual 1905, as “A Wedding Gift” 398 · The Haunted House · Edith Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine December 1913, as by E. Bland 410 · The Light in the Garden · E. F. Benson · ss Eve November 23 1921 419 · The Prescription · Marjorie Bowen · ss The London Magazine January 1929 435 · Christmas Honeymoon · Howard Spring · nv The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton, 1939 453 · South Sea Bubble · Hammond Innes · ss Punch Christmas 1973 460 · Ringing in the Good News · Peter Ackroyd · ss The Times December 24 1985 467 · 7. Haunting Times: Tales of Unease 469 · Smoke Ghost · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown Worlds October 1941 484 · The Ghost · A. E. van Vogt · nv Unknown Worlds August 1942 516 · The Party · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy April 1967 526 · Underground · J. B. Priestley · ss The Collected Stories of J.B. Priestley by J. B. Priestley, 1974 535 · Haunted · Joyce Carol Oates · nv The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987 554 · Video Nasty · Philip Pullman · ss Cold Feet ed. Jean Richardson, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985 563 · My Beautiful House · Louis de Bernières · ss The Times December 18 2004, as “This Beautiful House” 569 · A Century of Ghost Novels 1900-2000 · Peter Haining · bi