The Captain of the “Pole-Star”: Weird and Imaginative Fiction by Arthur Conan Doyle (Ash-Tree Press, May 22, 2004, 1-55310-068-9, $60.00, xxxviii+460pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe) [edited by Christopher & Barbara Roden]
The most complete volume of ACD’s weird fiction ever published, showcases this aspect of Conan Doyle’s writing through thirty-seven stories of the mysterious and the macabre. Edited, with an Introduction, by Christopher Roden & Barbara Roden, and a Preface by Michael Dirda. Limited to 600 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $46.00 and in the UK for £30.00.
- ix · Preface · Michael Dirda · pr
- xv · Introduction · Christopher & Barbara Roden · in
- 3 · The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Calabash Press, 2000
- 10 · The American’s Tale · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss London Society Christmas 1880, uncredited.
- 16 · The Captain of the “Pole-Star” · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Temple Bar January 1883
- 34 · The Winning Shot · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Bow Bells July 11 1883
- 60 · The Silver Hatchet · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss London Society Christmas 1883
- 72 · Selecting a Ghost · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv London Society December 1883; subtitled “The Ghosts of Goresthorpe Grange”.
- 85 · J. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Cornhill Magazine January 1884, uncredited.
- 108 · The Blood-Stone Tragedy · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal February 16 1884
- 116 · John Barrington Cowles · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Cassell’s Saturday Journal April 12 1884 (+1)
- 134 · The Great Keinplatz Experiment · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Belgravia July 1885
- 146 · Cyprian Overbeck Wells · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Boy’s Own Paper Christmas 1886
- 160 · The Ring of Thoth · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Cornhill Magazine January 1890, uncredited.
- 173 · A Pastoral Horror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The People December 21 1890
- 186 · The Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892, as “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”
- 205 · “De Profundis” · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler March 1892
- 213 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892
- 238 · The Los Amigos Fiasco · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler December 1892
- 244 · The Case of Lady Sannox · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler November 1893
- 252 · The Lord of Château Noir · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine July 1894
- 261 · The Parasite · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s Weekly November 10 1884 (+3)
- 293 · The Striped Chest · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Pearson’s Magazine July 1897
- 303 · The Fiend of the Cooperage · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Manchester Weekly Times October 1 1897
- 313 · The New Catacomb · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Sunlight Year Book 1898, as “Burger’s Secret”
- 324 · The Sealed Room · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1898, as “The Story of the Sealed Room”
- 335 · The Retirement of Signor Lambert · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1898
- 342 · The Brazilian Cat · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine December 1898, as “The Story of the Brazilian Cat”
- 357 · The Brown Hand · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine May 1899, as “The Story of the Brown Hand”
- 369 · Playing with Fire · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900
- 380 · The Legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ex from “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, The Strand Magazine August 1901 (+8)
- 383 · The Leather Funnel · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1902
- 392 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1908
- 399 · The Terror of Blue John Gap · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1910
- 412 · The Blighting of Sharkey [Captain John Sharkey] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1911
- 421 · Through the Veil · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Last Galley by Arthur Conan Doyle, Smith, Elder, 1911
- 425 · How It Happened · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1913
- 428 · The Horror of the Heights · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine November 1913
- 440 · The Bully of Brocas Court · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine November 1921
- 450 · The Lift · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine June 1922
- 459 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi
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