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The Ghosts of Manacle by Charles G. Finney (Pyramid, July 1964, R1042, 50¢, 159pp, pb, co, cover by Jack Gaughan) 5 · Foreword · Charles G. Finney · fw 9 · The Iowan’s Curse · Charles G. Finney · ss Harper’s Magazine July 1958 24 · The Horsenaping of Hotspur · Charles G. Finney · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1958 35 · The Life and Death of a Western Gladiator · Charles G. Finney · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1958 42 · The Gilashrikes · Charles G. Finney · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1959 48 · The Black Retriever · Charles G. Finney · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958 58 · The Captivity · Charles G. Finney · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961 67 · The Door · Charles G. Finney · ss Point West Magazine January 1962 77 · The End of the Rainbow · Charles G. Finney · ss

About Time by Jack Finney (Fireside, August 1986, 0-671-62887-9, $7.95, 219pp, pb, co)     Collection of 12 time travel stories originally published in either The Third Level (Rhinehart & Co. 1957) or I Love Galesberg in the Springtime (Simon & Schuster 1962). 11 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 7 1950 17 · “I Love Galesburg in the Springtime” · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s April 1960 37 · Such Interesting Neighbors · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s January 6 1951 57 · The Coin Collector · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 30 1960, as “The Other Wife” 75 · Of Missing Persons · Jack Finney · ss Good Housekeeping March 1955 94 · Lunch-Hour Magic · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s March 1962, as “The Man with the Magic Glasses” 112 · Where the Cluetts Are · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s January 1962 130 · The Face in the Photo · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 13 1962, as “Time Has No Boundaries” 148 · I’m Scared · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s September 15 1951 165 · Home Alone · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s October 1961, as “An Old Tune” 183 · Second Chance · Jack Finney · nv Good Housekeeping April 1956 203 · Hey, Look at Me! · Jack Finney · ss Playboy September 1962

The Clock of Time by Jack Finney (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958, 13/6d, 189pp, hc, co)     Reprint (Rinehart 1957 as The Third Level) collection.

I Love Galesburg in the Springtime by Jack Finney (Simon & Schuster, 1963, LC:63-7623, $3.95, 224pp, hc, co) 11 · “I Love Galesburg in the Springtime” · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s April 1960 35 · Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s March 1962, as “The Man with the Magic Glasses” 57 · Where the Cluetts Are · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s January 1962 79 · Hey, Look at Me! · Jack Finney · ss Playboy September 1962 99 · A Possible Candidate for the Presidency · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s May 31 1952, as “Tiger Tamer” 117 · Prison Legend · Jack Finney · nv The Saturday Evening Post January 10 1959, as “Seven Days to Live” 139 · The Face in the Photo · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 13 1962, as “Time Has No Boundaries” 161 · The Intrepid Aeronaut · Jack Finney · nv McCall’s October 1961, as “An Old Tune” 183 · The Coin Collector · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 30 1960, as “The Other Wife” 205 · The Love Letter · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 1 1959

The Third Level by Jack Finney (Rinehart, 1957, $3.00, 256pp, hc, co) 11 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 7 1950 18 · Such Interesting Neighbors · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s January 6 1951 43 · I’m Scared · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s September 15 1951 64 · Cousin Len’s Wonderful Adjective Cellar · Jack Finney · ss Ladies’ Home Journal April 1948 69 · Of Missing Persons · Jack Finney · ss Good Housekeeping March 1955 94 · Something in a Cloud · Jack Finney · ss Good Housekeeping March 1949 115 · There Is a Tide… · Jack Finney · nv Collier’s August 2 1952 141 · Behind the News · Jack Finney · ss Good Housekeeping November 1952 163 · Quit Zoomin’ Those Hands Through the Air · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s August 4 1951 188 · A Dash of Spring · Jack Finney · ss Cosmopolitan June 1949 204 · Second Chance · Jack Finney · nv Good Housekeeping April 1956 230 · Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket · Jack Finney · nv Collier’s October 26 1956

13 Again ed. A. Finnis (Scholastic UK, July 21, 1995, 0-590-55914-1, £4.99, 361pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 13 horror stories by Masterton, Greenland, Kilworth, Gross, Tuttle, and others. 1 · Anjelica’s Room · Laurence Staig · nv 35 · Foxgloves · Susan Price · nv 61 · The Ultimate Assassin · Malcolm Rose · nv 97 · The Rattan Collar · Garry Kilworth · ss 119 · Boomerang · David Belbin · nv 151 · The Delinquent · Maresa Morgan · ss 169 · The Ghost Trap · Lisa Tuttle · nv 193 · Close Cut · Philip Gross · ss 211 · Grandma · Colin Greenland · nv 239 · Vampire in Venice · John Gordon · ss 257 · Picking up the Tab · Stan Nicholls · nv 297 · Evidence of Angels · Graham Masterton · nv 331 · Hospital Trust · Dennis Hamley · nv

The Cat-Dogs ed. A. Finnis (Scholastic, 1995, 0-590-22292-9, $3.50, 209pp, pb, an)     Anthology of six stories originally published in Point Horror: Thirteen More Tales of Horror, ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994. 1 · The Cat-Dogs · Susan Price · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 43 · The Piano · Diane Hoh · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 73 · The Devil’s Footprints · Malcolm Rose · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 115 · Softies · Stan Nicholls · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 155 · The House That Jack Built · Garry Kilworth · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 revised from “The House that Joachim Jacober Built” (Beyond Lands of Never ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Unicorn, 1984). 183 · The Station with No Name · Colin Greenland · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994

Chilling Christmas Tales ed. Anne Finnis--- see under Anon..

Haunting Christmas Tales ed. Anne Finnis--- see under Anon..

Point Horror: Thirteen More Tales of Horror ed. A. Finnis (Scholastic UK, March 18, 1994, 0-590-55605-3, £4.99, 365pp, pb, oa)     Original young-adult horror anthology. 1 · The Cat-Dogs · Susan Price · nv 33 · The Piano · Diane Hoh · nv 57 · The Devil’s Footprints · Malcolm Rose · nv 91 · Softies · Stan Nicholls · nv 123 · The House That Jack Built · Garry Kilworth · nv revised from “The House that Joachim Jacober Built” (Beyond Lands of Never ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Unicorn, 1984). 145 · The Station with No Name · Colin Greenland · nv 167 · Something to Read · Philip Pullman · nv 189 · Killing Time · Jill Bennett · nv 223 · J.R.E. Ponsford · Graham Masterton · nv 251 · The Buyers · David Belbin · nv 289 · Closeness · Chris Westwood · ss 309 · The Ring · Margaret Bingley · nv 337 · Bone Meal · John Gordon · nv

Extravaganzas by Ronald Firbank (Coward-McCann, 1935, $2.00, 204pp, hc, co) · The Artificial Princess · Ronald Firbank · nv (r) · Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli · Ronald Firbank · nv (r)

Paper Thin by Philip First (Paladin, May 1986, 0-586-08555-6, £2.95, 174pp, tp, co)     Enigmatic, perverse, and bizarre collection of short stories. 7 · Paper Thin · Philip First · nv (r) 40 · Smoke · Philip First · nv (r) 61 · Meanwhile, Back on Planet Earth… · Philip First · ss (r) 76 · Thirteen Minutes of Sunshine · Philip First · ss (r) 82 · Coming Out · Philip First · nv (r) 108 · A Man’s Best Friend and His Television · Philip First · ss (r) 118 · Sphinxes · Philip First · nv (r) 139 · Buddhazap! · Philip First · nv (r)

Blazing Guns by N. Wesley Firth (Hamilton & Co., 1947, 1/-, 32pp, 7¼″ x 9¾″ s/s, oc)     Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 3 · Injun Trouble · N. Wesley Firth · ss 10 · The Insects of Death Valley · N. Wesley Firth · nv 21 · Pudding Wins His Spurs · N. Wesley Firth · nv

The Secrets of Dr. Taverner by Violet M. Firth--- see under Dion Fortune.

The Secrets of Dr. Taverner (var. 1) by Violet M. Firth--- see under Dion Fortune.

Crooks’ Tour ed. Bruno Fischer (Dodd, Mead, 1953, LC:53-9600, 304pp, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Also published in the U.K. (Macdonald 1954). 6 · Preface · Bruno Fischer · pr 12 · The MWA Murder · Robert Arthur · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #95, October 1951, as “The Fifty-First Sealed Room; or, The MWA Murder 51st Sealed Room; or, The MWA Murder” 32 · Fox in the Pennine Hills · Maurice Procter · ss 40 · Not a Lick of Sense · Dorothy Gardiner · ss 52 · Flowers for an Angel [Mrs. Palmyra Pym] · Nigel Morland · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #94, September 1951 68 · Nobody’s Business · Bruno Fischer · ss 1947 74 · A Boy’s Will · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #79, June 1950 92 · The Dilemma of Grampa Dubois · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss The American Magazine 1952 100 · Big Shot · Brett Halliday · ss Argosy October 22 1938, as by Davis Dresser 116 · The Needle’s Eye [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #93, August 1951 144 · The Lieabout · Margery Allingham · ss The (London) Evening News July 22 1936 152 · The Anomaly of the Empty Man · Anthony Boucher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1952 172 · The Jimat of Dorland · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Adventure October 1936 186 · Death—in the Bag · Walter Snow · ss 15 Story Detective April 1950 194 · Source Seven [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull August 29 1953 212 · Letter to the Editor · Morris Hershman · ss Detective Story Magazine September 1953 218 · The Sound of Murder · William P. McGivern · ss Bluebook October 1952 232 · Homicide House · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales July 1947 246 · The Wire Brush · Lawrence Treat & Sidney Tarachow · ss 258 · Bones for Davy Jones · Joseph Commings · ss 280 · The Chateau of Missing Men [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #57, August 1948 translated from the French (Les 13 Enigmes, 1932). 288 · The Man Who Wasn’t There · Ruthven Todd · ss

Pause to Wonder ed. Marjorie Fischer & Rolfe Humphries (Julian Messner, Inc., 1944, $3.00, 572pp, hc, an)     Stories of the Marvelous, Mysterious and Strange. xi · Possibility of Pleasure · Marjorie Fischer & Rolfe Humphries · in 1 · Reason · Ralph Hodgson · pm (r) 2 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921 4 · The Philosophy of Relative Existences · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine August 1892 11 · Birth · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Fairy Goose and Two Other Stories by Liam O'Flaherty, Crosby Gaige, 1927 16 · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv Collier’s May 27 1922 42 · Strong but Quirky · Irwin Shapiro · ss (r) 46 · The Man That Stopped · Frank O’Connor · ss The Bones of Contention and Other Stories by Frank O'Connor, Macmillan, 1936 60 · A Man and His Boots · W. B. Yeats · vi The Celtic Twilight by W. B. Yeats, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893 61 · Off the Ground · Walter de la Mare · pm Peacock Pie by Walter de la Mare, Constable, 1913 65 · The Rime of True Thomas · John Buchan · ss The Moon Endureth by John Buchan, Blackwood, 1912 74 · The Haunted Man · Ralph Bates · nv The Miraculous Horde by Ralph Bates, Cape, 1939 100 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 14 1889 107 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · vi The (London) Evening News September 29 1914 111 · Before the Battle at Lake Trasimenus · Livy; translated by B. O. Foster · ex (r) 112 · Private Martin Passy · William March · vi Company K by William March, Harrison Smith, 1933 114 · Ballad of the Buried Sword · Ernest Rhys · pm (r) 116 · The Perfect Game · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News August 11 1906 120 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 148 · The Rival Beauties · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Million March 30 1895 156 · The Dong with the Luminous Nose · Edward Lear · pm Laughable Lyrics by Edward Lear, Robert John Bush, 1877 160 · A Haunted House · Pliny · ss Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907, as “Letter to Sura” translated from the Latin (as a letter to Sura, 2nd century AD). 162 · The Transferred Ghost · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine May 1882 174 · How a Beautiful Maiden Changed Into a Frog and Leaped Upon the Face of the Moon · C. E. S. Wood · ex A Book of Indian Tales by C. E. S. Wood, Vanguard Press, 1929 177 · An Imperfect Conflagration · Ambrose Bierce · vi The Wasp March 27 1886 181 · The Phantom Fence Rider of San Miguel · Henry Yelvington · ss 186 · Old Christmas · Roy Helton · pm Lonesome Water by Roy Helton, Harper & Brothers, 1930 188 · The Real Right Thing · Henry James · ss Collier’s Weekly December 16 1899 202 · The Quick and the Dead · Finley Peter Dunne · ss (r) 205 · Lady Into Fox · David Garnett · na Chatto & Windus, 1922 263 · Charley Lambert · J. M. Synge · vi (r) 265 · The Bold Dragoon; or, The Adventure of My Grandfather · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 274 · The Vixen · Wilfrid Wilson Gibson · pm The Blue Review May 1913 277 · A Blazing Starre Seene in the West · [uncredited] · ar 1642 report of a bizarre incident in Devon on November 14, 1642. 279 · The Last Laugh · D. H. Lawrence · ss The New Decameron IV, Blackwell, 1925 296 · Dionysus and the Pard · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar by Geoffrey Household, Chatto, 1938 303 · Story of Pygmalion · Ovid · ex (r) 305 · The Chaser · John Collier · ss The New Yorker December 28 1940 308 · King Cheops’ Daughter · Herodotus · ex (r) 309 · Nelly Trim · Sylvia Townsend Warner · pm (r) 313 · The Story of the Siren · E. M. Forster · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1923 321 · The Unicorn in the Garden · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker October 21 1939 323 · How Mount Shasta Was Made and How Grizzly Bears Came to Be · C. E. S. Wood · ex A Book of Indian Tales by C. E. S. Wood, Vanguard Press, 1929 325 · The Wisdom of the King · W. B. Yeats · ss The Celtic Twilight by W. B. Yeats, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893 330 · Orpheus and Eurydice · Virgil · ex (r) 332 · The Tryals and Confessions of Several Witches in New-England · Cotton Mather · ex The Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather, 1692 338 · The Witch of Coös · Robert Frost · pm Poetry January 1922 343 · Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven · Mark Twain · ex Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1907 (+1) 381 · Colonel Sterett Relates Marvels · Alfred Henry Lewis · ss (r) 388 · A True Story · Lucian · ex (r) 389 · Macavity: The Mystery Cat · T. S. Eliot · pm Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, Faber and Faber, 1939 391 · Private Roger Jones · William March · vi Company K by William March, Harrison Smith, 1933 392 · Tall Tales of the G.I.’s · Sergeant Bill Davidson · ss (r) 395 · The Elks · Julius Caesar · ex (r) 396 · Sacre du Printemps · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Story #59, June 1937 401 · The Elf in Algiers · John Steinbeck · ss 404 · Lord Deliver Us · Donald Cowie · ss (r) 408 · The Voice of God · Winifred Holtby · ss Truth Is Not Sober by Winifred Holtby, Macmillan, 1934 417 · The Judgement Seat · W. Somerset Maugham · vi The Judgement Seat by W. Somerset Maugham, Centaur Press, 1934 422 · The Sensitive Goldfish · Christina Stead · ss Salzburg Tales by Christina Stead, Appleton, 1934 432 · Panic · Orson Welles · pl (r) transcript of Howard Koch’s adaptation of H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, first broadcast on CBS on CBS on October 30th 1938, accompanied by newspaper clippings of the panic. 450 · The Soul of Laploshka · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 8 1909 455 · No Trouble at All · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Vogue March 1 1937 462 · Welsh Incident · Robert Graves · pm (r) 464 · The Angry Street [Club of Queer Trades] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News January 25 1908, as “A Somewhat Improbable Story” 469 · Artist Unknown · Heywood Broun · ss 1941 473 · Miracle of St. Scothinus · [uncredited] · ex from The Acta Sanctorum Hiberniæ (r) 474 · The Saint · Antonia White · ss Life and Letters November 1931 481 · The Silence of God · Osbert Sitwell · pm (r) 484 · A Miracle of St. Goar · [uncredited] · ex from The Acta Sanctorum Bolland (r) 485 · Building the Church · J. M. Synge · vi (r) 486 · Private Edward Romano · William March · vi Company K by William March, Harrison Smith, 1933 487 · Blessed Patrick of the Bells · Lady Gregory · ss (r) 491 · How Caedmon Learned to Sing · Bede; translated by J. E. King · vi from Historia Ecclesiastica (r) 493 · King O’Toole and St. Kevin · Samuel Lover · ss Legends and Stories of Ireland by Samuel Lover, W.F. Wakeman, 1832 502 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898 520 · A Shepherd and a Shepherdess · Elizabeth Goudge · ss The Strand Magazine January 1935 535 · The Case of Prometheus · Max Beerbohm · ss More by Max Beerbohm, 1899 540 · The Road from Colonus · E. M. Forster · ss The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories by E. M. Forster, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1911 552 · Mr. Valiant Summoned · John Bunyan · ex from The Pilgrim’s Progress, Nathanial Ponder, 1678 553 · Philemon and Baucis · Ovid; translated by Frank J. Miller · ex (r) 556 · The Fairy Goose · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Fairy Goose and Two Other Stories by Liam O'Flaherty, Crosby Gaige, 1927 563 · Passing Strange · John Masefield · pm (r)