The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 2 ed. Richard Dalby (Carroll & Graf, September 1991, 0-88184-701-1, $9.95, 658pp, tp, an, cover by Peter Kettle)
Anthology of 59 ghost stories, seven of them original, with a preface by Christopher Lee.
- · Preface · Christopher Lee · pr
- 1 · Who or What Was It? · Kingsley Amis · ss Playboy December 1972
- 12 · The Believers · Robert Arthur · ss Weird Tales July 1941
- 28 · A Happy Release · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904
- 39 · One, Two, Buckle My Shoe · Nugent Barker · ss Written with my Left Hand by Nugent Barker, Percival Marshall, 1951
- 50 · The Man Who Went Too Far · E. F. Benson · nv The Pall Mall Magazine June 1904
- 71 · The Secret of Macarger’s Gulch · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave April 25 1891
- 79 · The God with Four Arms · H. T. W. Bousfield · ss The Windsor Magazine April 1933
- 89 · The Shadowy Escort · A. M. Burrage · ss The London Magazine May 1928
- 100 · The Widow’s Clock · Bernard Capes · ss The Pall Mall Magazine May 1900
- 108 · A Pleasant Evening · Robert W. Chambers · nv The Maker of Moons by Robert W. Chambers, Putnam, 1896
- 131 · The Elemental · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv The Elemental by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1974
- 150 · Something to Reflect Upon · Clare Colvin · nv Winter’s Tales, New Series: 6 ed. Robin Baird-Smith, Constable, 1990
- 168 · The Second Passenger · Basil Copper · ss The Dark Brotherhood Journal #3, 1973
- 178 · No. 252 Rue M. le Prince · Ralph Adams Cram · nv Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895
- 192 · St. Bartholomew’s Day · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1975
- 206 · The Ghost in Master B.’s Room · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1859, uncredited.
- 217 · The Brown Hand · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine May 1899, as “The Story of the Brown Hand”
- 232 · Yak Mool San · H. B. Drake · ss The London Mystery Magazine #1, 1949
- 247 · The Spirit of Christmas · Vivian Edwards · ss 1990
- 252 · Uncle Christian’s Inheritance · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss The Man-Wolf and Other Tales by Mm. Erckmann-Chatrian, Ward, Lock & Tyler, 1876
translated from the French (“L’héritage de mon oncle Christian”, La Revue européenne, May 1860).
- 263 · The Black Widow · John S. Glasby · ss
- 280 · Across the Moors · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910
- 286 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy”
- 294 · Governor Manco and the Soldier · Washington Irving · ss The Alhambra by Washington Irving, Colburn & Bentley, 1832
- 309 · Rats · M. R. James · ss At Random March 23 1929
- 315 · Mädelein · Roger Johnson · ss
- 328 · And Turns No More His Head · A. F. Kidd · ss Change and Decay by A. F. Kidd, A.F. Kidd, 1985
- 337 · By Word of Mouth · Rudyard Kipling · vi The Civil and Military Gazette June 10 1887
- 342 · The Curse of the Stillborn · Margery Lawrence · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1925
- 355 · Dance! Dance! The Shaking of the Sheets · Alan W. Lear · ss
- 361 · The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh [The Purcell Papers] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine March 1838, uncredited.
- 370 · Haunted Air · L. A. Lewis · ss Tales of the Grotesque by L. A. Lewis, Allan, 1934
- 380 · The Coxswain of the Lifeboat · R. H. Malden · ss Nine Ghosts by R. H. Malden, E. Arnold, 1943
- 392 · On the River · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“En Canot”, Le Bulletin Francais, March 10, 1876).
- 398 · Things · J. C. Moore · ss The English Review June 1928
- 406 · The Ebony Frame · Edith Nesbit · nv Longman’s Magazine October 1891
- 417 · The Downs · Amyas Northcote · ss In Ghostly Company by Amyas Northcote, The Bodley Head, 1921
- 424 · The Pot of Tulips [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1855, uncredited.
- 441 · The Burned House · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Century Magazine October 1916
- 449 · The Unfinished Masterpiece · C. D. Pamely · ss Tales of Mystery and Terror by C. D. Pamely, C. D. Pamely, 1926
- 454 · The Witches’ Sabbath · James Platt · ss Tales of the Supernatural by James Platt, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1894
- 466 · Metzengerstein · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia Saturday Courier January 14 1832
- 475 · The Story of Saddler’s Croft [Flaxman Low] · Kate & Hesketh Prichard · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1899, as by E. & H. Heron
- 489 · The Face · Lennox Robinson · ss 1913
- 494 · A Fisher of Men [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Holly Bough (Ireland) Christmas 1984
- 500 · A Mysterious Portrait · Mark Rutherford · ss The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford by Mark Rutherford, Trübner, 1881
- 508 · Ward 8 · Pamela Sewell · ss
- 514 · The Coat · A. E. D. Smith · ss Powers of Darkness, Philip Allan, 1934
- 521 · A Voice in Feathers · Lewis Spence · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine August 1923
- 529 · A Dream of Porcelain · Derek Stanford · nv
- 554 · No. 11 Welham Square · Herbert Stephen · ss The Cornhill Magazine May 1885, as by Edward Masey
- 566 · The Bishop’s Ghost and the Printer’s Baby · Frank R. Stockton · ss Chapman’s Magazine June 1895
- 571 · The Secret of the Growing Gold · Bram Stoker · ss Black & White January 23 1892
- 584 · The Ash Track · Mark Valentine · ss
- 596 · In a Nursing Home (A Euthanasian Subject) · E. H. Visiak · vi
- 599 · The Stranger of the Night · Edgar Wallace · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #75, October 8 1910
- 609 · The Triumph of Night · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1914
- 633 · The Hall Bedroom · Mary E. Wilkins · ss Collier’s Weekly March 28 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- 649 · The Ghost at the “Blue Dragon” · William J. Wintle · ss Ghost Gleams by W. J. Wintle, Heath Cranton, 1921
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