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Mistletoe Mayhem: Horrific Tales for the Holidays ed. Richard Dalby (Castle Books, October 1993, 1-555-21972-1, $8.98, 248pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Michael O’Mara 1992 as Horror for Christmas) anthology of 13 Christmas horror stories, four apparently original. This is an instant remainder book.

Modern Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers ed. Richard Dalby (Carroll & Graf, November 1992, 0-88184-864-6, $20.00, 318pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Virago 1991 as The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two) anthology of 27 ghost stories by 20th-century women writers, with an introduction by the editor.

Mystery for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby (Michael O’Mara, November 1990, 1-85479-086-2, £12.95, viii+291pp, hc, an, cover by William Geldart)     Anthology of 23 mystery and ghost stories, 12 original. · Foreword · Richard Dalby · fw 1 · The Black Veil · Charles Dickens · ss Sketches by Boz: First Series by Boz, Macrone, 1836, as by Boz 12 · The Banshee’s Warning · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss London Society Christmas 1867, as “Hertford O’Donnell’s Warning” 29 · The Citizen’s Watch · Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Charles S. Cheltnam · nv Temple Bar March 1875, as “The Dean’s Watch” translated from the French (“La montre du doyen”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860). 49 · What the Shepherd Saw · Thomas Hardy · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1881 68 · The Picture Puzzle · Edward Lucas White · ss Lukundoo by Edward Lucas White, Doran, 1927; written 1909. 81 · Ellison’s Christmas Dinner · Dolf Wyllarde · ss Tropical Tales by Dolf Wyllarde, 1909 89 · Marwood’s Ghost Story · Marjorie Bowen · ss John o’ London’s Weekly December 6 1925 96 · The Man Who Came Back · Margery H. Lawrence · ss The Sphere November 20 1935 110 · The Chinese Apple · Joseph Shearing · ss The Illustrated London News November 18 1948 124 · Diary of a Poltergeist · Ronald Duncan · ss Unlikely Ghosts ed. James Turner, Cassell, 1967 136 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956 142 · The Illuminated Office · Derek Stanford · ss 155 · The Case of Seven Santas [Mrs. Craggs] · H. R. F. Keating · ss 174 · Mage of the Monkeys [Al Weaver, Private Mage] · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 182 · Nostalgia · Maggie Ross · ss 198 · The Reluctant Murderer · Roger F. Dunkley · ss 206 · Cyanide for Christmas · John S. Glasby · ss 219 · The Cloak of DeSouvre · Elizabeth Fawcett · ss 234 · The Soldier · Roger Johnson · ss 247 · The Case of the Fiery Messengers [Sherlock Holmes] · Ron Weighell · nv 270 · The Codex [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss 280 · Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Most Men [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 288 · Christmas Rose · Mary Williams · ss

Nightmare Jack and Other Stories by John Metcalfe ed. Richard Dalby--- see under John Metcalfe.

Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Barnes & Noble, November 1996, 0-76070-352-3, $9.98, 654pp, tp, an, cover by G. Crabb Arena)     Reprint (Robinson 1990 as The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories) anthology of 52 ghost stories. This is an instant remainder edition.

The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards ed. Richard Dalby--- see under Amelia B. Edwards.

The Relations and What They Related and Other Weird Tales by G. M. Robins ed. Richard Dalby--- see under G. M. Robins.

Shivers for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby (Michael O’Mara, October 13, 1995, 1-85479-919-3, £13.99, 250pp, hc, an, cover by Bob Harvey)     Anthology of 16 stories, including six originals by authors such as Stephen Gallagher & Richard Adams; plus a rare reprint of a Terry Pratchett story. 1 · The Discovery of the Treasure Isles · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Every Boy’s Magazine March 1864 (+3) 45 · Asher’s Last Hour · George Manville Fenn · ss Christmas Penny Readings by George Manville Fenn, Routledge, 1867 60 · The Christmas Banquet · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1843 81 · The Wolves of Cernogratz · ‘Saki’ · ss The Morning Post January 7 1913, as by H. H. Munro 87 · Ganthony’s Wife · E. Temple Thurston · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1925 104 · Mr. Huffam · Hugh Walpole · nv The Strand Magazine December 1933 125 · Jeremiah [Penelope Pettiweather] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · nv Harmless Ghosts by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Haunted Library, 1990 142 · Two Returns · Terry Lamsley · nv Under the Crust by Terry Lamsley, Wendigo, 1993 163 · Billy Drops In · Jill Drower · ss 175 · Sweet Chiming Bells · Roger Johnson · ss 195 · Fancy That! · Stephen Gallagher · ss 204 · Twenty Pence with Envelope and Seasonal Greetings · Terry Pratchett · ss Time Out December 16/December 30 1987 213 · The Bommie and the Drop-Off · Richard Adams · ss 223 · The Ferry · Joan Aiken · ss A Creepy Company (var. 1) by Joan Aiken, Dell Yearling, 1995 229 · The Maid · Jane Beeson · ss 242 · “It Will All Be Over by Christmas…” · Alan McMurray · ss

The Sorceress in Stained Glass & Other Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Tom Stacey, 1971, 0-85468-115-9, £2.00, 214pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Richard Dalby · in 13 · The Sorceress in Stained Glass · Lewis Spence · ss The Grand Magazine January 1920 21 · “And He Shall Sing…” · H. R. Wakefield · ss They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928 35 · The Story of the Moor Road [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1898 49 · The House Which Was Rent Free · Mrs. L. Baillie Reynolds · ss The Lady’s Realm March 1902, as by G. M. Robins; given as by L. Baillie Reynolds. 65 · The Round Graveyard · E. K. Allan · ss Monsters, Philip Allan, 1934 73 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1896 86 · The Horror in the Pond · A. D. Avison · nv Tales of Fear, Philip Allan, 1935 104 · The Child That Went with the Fairies · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round February 5 1870, uncredited. 114 · The Menhir · N. Dennett · nv Panics, Philip Allan, 1934 131 · A Jug of Syrup · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 17 1893 139 · The Interrupted Honeymoon · George Benwood · ss Monsters, Philip Allan, 1934 147 · Footprints · A. M. Burrage · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #184, November 9 1912 158 · The Other Bed · E. F. Benson · ss The Popular Magazine April 1908 169 · The Stone Ship · W. Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine July 1 1914, as “The Mystery of the Ship in the Night” 198 · The House with No Road · John Ashcroft Hopson · ss Thrills, Philip Allan, 1935 209 · A Vignette · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury November 1936

Tales of Witchcraft ed. Richard Dalby (Michael O’Mara, October 17, 1991, 1-85479-039-0, £13.99, 243pp, hc, an, cover by Victoria Orr-Ewing)     Anthology of 17 stories about witchcraft, two of them original. vii · Foreword · Richard Dalby · fw 1 · The Peace of Mowsle Barton · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette February 18 1911 8 · The Fenstanton Witch · M. R. James · uw Ghosts & Scholars #12, 1990 18 · Unburied Bane · N. Dennett · nv Horrors, Philip Allan, 1933 33 · The Toad Witch · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss 41 · Carven of Onyx · Ron Weighell · nv 62 · Furze Hollow · A. M. Burrage · ss The Red Magazine September 14 1923 78 · Miss Cornelius · William F. Harvey · ss The Beast with Five Fingers by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1928 95 · One Remained Behind · Marjorie Bowen · nv Help Yourself! Annual 1936 115 · Catnip · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1948 127 · The Yew Tree · Shamus Frazer · ss London Mystery Selection #39, December 1958 137 · Gramma [Castle Rock] · Stephen King · nv Weirdbook #19, Spring 1984 165 · The Hollow of the Three Hills · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Salem Gazette November 12 1830, uncredited. 170 · The Taking · Roger Johnson · ss Deep Things Out of Darkness by Roger Johnson, Garrie Hall, 1987 185 · The Day of the Underdog · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss Tales of Fear and Fantasy by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1977 203 · The Executor [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Ghosts & Scholars #4, 1982 219 · Gavon’s Eve · E. F. Benson · ss The Illustrated London News January 13 1906 229 · The Witch’s Cat · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales October 1939, as by Gans T. Field

The Terraces of Night by Margery Lawrence ed. Richard Dalby--- see under Margery Lawrence.

12 Gothic Tales ed. Richard Dalby (Oxford University Press, January 1999, 0-19-288094-2, £5.99, viii+221pp, tp, an) vii · Introduction · Richard Dalby · in 1 · Leixlip Castle · Charles R. Maturin · ss The Literary Souvenir, or Cabinet of Poetry and Romance, London, 1825 14 · The Dream · Mary W. Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1832, 1831 28 · Metzengerstein · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia Saturday Courier January 14 1832 37 · Master Sacristan Eberhart · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss Hurst Johnian December 1858 46 · Dickon the Devil [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss London Society Christmas 1872 56 · The Secret of the Growing Gold · Bram Stoker · ss Black & White January 23 1892 69 · In Kropfsberg Keep · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 79 · The Dead Smile · F. Marion Crawford · nv Ainslee’s Magazine August 1899 100 · By One, by Two, and by Three · Stephen Hall · nv Temple Bar December 1887, uncredited. 133 · The Buckross Ring · L. A. G. Strong · ss Doyle’s Rock and Other Stories by L. A. G. Strong, Basil Blackwell, 1925 155 · The Knocker at the Portico · Basil Copper · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 168 · The Entrance · Gerald Durrell · nv The Picnic and Such Like Pandemonium by Gerald Durrell, Collins, 1979 217 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Vampire Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Michael O’Mara, September 25, 1992, 1-85479-044-7, £13.99, x+246pp, hc, an, cover by Graham Potts)     Anthology of 18 horror stories about vampires, three original, with a foreword by Peter Cushing. vii · Foreword · Peter Cushing · fw 1 · Phantoms · Ivan Turgenev · nv 1897; written 1864. 26 · 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. 37 · The Haunted House · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine December 1913, as by E. Bland 49 · An Episode of Cathedral History · M. R. James · ss The Cambridge Review June 10 1914 64 · “And No Bird Sings” · E. F. Benson · ss Woman December 1926 76 · The Lovely Lady · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 93 · The Author’s Tale · L. A. Lewis · ss Terror by Night ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, Selwyn & Blount, 1934 103 · Close Behind Him · John Wyndham · ss Fantastic January/February 1953 115 · The Woman on the Stairs [Miles Pennoyer] · Margery Lawrence · nv Master of Shadows by Margery Lawrence, Robert Hale, 1959 150 · Vampires Ltd. · Josef Nesvadba; translated by Iris Urwin · ss Vampires Ltd. by Josef Nesvadba, A. Vanous, 1964 translated from the Czech (“Upír LTD”, Výprava opačným směrem, 1962). 159 · Chastel [Lee Cobbett; Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VII ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1979 180 · The Apples of Sodom [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss The Saints Preserve Us, 1961, as “The Lady Alys” 189 · The Master of Rampling Gate · Anne Rice · nv Redbook February 1984 204 · The Undead · Robert Bloch · ss The Book Sail 16th Anniversary Catalog, 1984 208 · China Rose · Ron Weighell · ss 225 · Saint Sebastian and the Mona Lisa · A. F. Kidd · ss Bells Rung Backwards by A. F. Kidd, A.F. Kidd, 1991 234 · Quiet Is the Night · Jessica Palmer · ss 243 · The Last Sin · Ken Cowley · ss

Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers ed. Richard Dalby (Carroll & Graf, May 1989, 0-88184-473-X, $18.95, xvi+347pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Virago 1988 as The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories) anthology of 21 classic ghost stories by women, with an introduction by Jennifer Uglow.

Victorian Ghost Stories by Noted Women Writers ed. Richard Dalby (Barnes & Noble, September 1996, 0-76070-354-X, $7.98, 347pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Virago 1988 as The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories) anthology of 21 classic ghost stories by women, with an introduction by Jennifer Uglow. This is an instant remainder edition.

Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Barnes & Noble, 1997, 0-7607-0353-1, $9.98, 573pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Robinson; Carroll & Graf 1995 as The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories) anthology of 42 stories and 1 poem. This is an instant remainder edition.

The Virago Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Virago, November 1987, 0-86068-810-0, £12.95, 331pp, hc, an, cover by Gerald Brockhurst)     Wide-ranging slection of twentieth-century ghost stories written by women, including three stories commissioned especially for this volume. vii · Preface · Richard Dalby · pr ix · Introduction · Jennifer Uglow · in 1 · The Eyes [Tales of Men] · Edith Wharton · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1910 17 · The Violet Car · E. Nesbit · ss Fear by E. Nesbit, S. Paul, 1910 28 · The Crimson Blind · Henrietta D. Everett · nv The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts by H. D. Everett, Philip Allan, 1920 39 · The Token · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1922 49 · The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1916 68 · The Return · Marjory E. Lambe · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine March 1924 73 · The Haunted Saucepan · Margery H. Lawrence · nv The Tatler December 1 1922 92 · Mr. Tallent’s Ghost · Mary Webb · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 102 · The Amorous Ghost · Enid Bagnold · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 107 · The Accident · Marjorie Bowen · vi The Mathematical Gazette December 1923 108 · A Persistent Woman · Marjorie Bowen · vi Dark Ann, and Other Stories by Marjorie Bowen, John Lane, 1927 109 · The Waiting-Room · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review July 1926 115 · The Ghost · Catherine Wells · ss The Windsor Magazine May 1928 120 · “Will Ye No’ Come Back Again?” · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 126 · Sophy Mason Comes Back · E. M. Delafield · ss Time and Tide 1930 137 · The Doll’s House · Hester Gorst · ss Horrors, Philip Allan, 1933 144 · The Night Nurse’s Story · Edith Olivier · ss Harper’s Bazaar January 1934 153 · The Voice of God · Winifred Holtby · ss Truth Is Not Sober by Winifred Holtby, Macmillan, 1934 160 · The Follower · Cynthia Asquith · ss My Grimmest Nightmare, Allen & Unwin, 1935 164 · Miss de Mannering of Asham · F. M. Mayor · ss The Room Opposite by F. M. Mayor, Longmans, Green, 1935 183 · Roaring Tower · Stella Gibbons · ss Roaring Tower by Stella Gibbons, Longmans, Green, 1937 191 · Juggernaut · Dorothy K. Broster · ss Chambers’s Journal January 1935 206 · The Happy Autumn Fields · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Cornhill Magazine November 1944 220 · The Empty Schoolroom · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss The Uncertain Element ed. Kay Dick, Jarrolds, 1950 233 · Three Miles Up · Elizabeth Jane Howard · nv We Are for the Dark by Elizabeth Jane Howard & Robert Aickman, Cape, 1951 249 · Whitewash · Rose Macaulay · ss The Second Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1952 253 · Poor Girl · Elizabeth Taylor · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 269 · On No Account, My Love · Elizabeth Jenkins · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 277 · The Mistress in Black · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Fifth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969 288 · A Curious Experience · Norah Lofts · ss Woman’s Journal 1971 295 · Breakages · Fay Weldon · ss The Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1978 303 · Dual Control · Elizabeth Walter · nv Dead Woman by Elizabeth Walter, Collins and Harvill Press, 1975 311 · Lady with Unicorn · Sara Maitland · ss 318 · Diamond Jim · Lisa St. Aubin de Terán · ss 324 · Ashputtle · Angela Carter · ss 326 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg