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A Century of Detective Stories (Hutchinson, April 1935, 3/6d, 1019pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · G. K. Chesterton · in 17 · The Jigsaw · Leonard R. Gribble · ss (r) 37 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 55 · The Gold-Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1) 91 · The Great West Raid [Peter Benskin] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 7 1928 111 · The Aztec Skull [Professor Luther Bastion] · Gavin Holt · ss rewritten from “The Aztec Skull” published as by Charles Rodda (Flynn’s, June 13, 1925). 133 · The Iron Pineapple · Eden Phillpotts · ss The Red Magazine March 15 1910 153 · The Rope of Pearls · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Strand Magazine November 1934 169 · The Mind Readers [Oliver Rater] · Edgar Wallace · ss Pall Mall Magazine October 1927 183 · Death on the 8:45 · Frank King · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 13 1929 203 · The Persistent House Hunters [A.B.C. Hawkes] · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · nv The Passing Show November 24 1934 225 · The Waste-Paper Basket · Alan Melville · ss (r) 243 · Death in the Dance · George Goodchild · ss (r) 259 · A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1933 273 · The Biter Bit · Wilkie Collins · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1858, as “Who Is the Thief?”, uncredited. 303 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 323 · The Inoffensive Captain [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine March 1914 343 · The Secret Garden [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 3 1910, as “The Secret of the Sealed Garden” 365 · By the Sword · Selwyn Jepson · nv Cassell’s Magazine December 1930 389 · Superfluous Murder · Milward Kennedy · ss The Premier Magazine #44, May 1930 405 · The Hampstead Murder · Christopher Bush · ss The Evening Standard November 9 1935 419 · A Labour of Hercules [Hercules Popeau] · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv The Windsor Magazine January 1929 441 · The Lake [Nurse Wilkie] · William F. Harvey · ss 457 · In Confidence [Inspector Ego] · G. R. Malloch · nv Cassell’s Magazine April 1931 483 · A Thread of Scarlet · J. J. Bell · ss The Strand Magazine March 1927 499 · The Yellow Imps [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Pleasantries of Old Quong by Thomas Burke, Constable, 1931 511 · The Three Keys · Henry Wade · ss Policeman’s Lot by Henry Wade, Constable, 1933 531 · The Image in the Mirror [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Hangman’s Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1933 557 · Heredity · Anthony Marsden · ss (r) 565 · The Young Doctor [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Mr. Fortune’s Practice by H. C. Bailey, Methuen, 1923 591 · Sing a Song of Sixpence · Agatha Christie · ss Holly Leaves December 1929 611 · Pigs’ Feet · Frederic Arnold Kummer · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 2 1924 637 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Osgood, 1882 659 · The Dollar Chasers · Earl Derr Biggers · na The Saturday Evening Post February 16 1924 (+1) 733 · Miss Hinch · Henry Sydnor Harrison · nv McClure’s Magazine September 1911 755 · The Sealed House [Madame Rosika Storey] · Hulbert Footner · ss Mystery July 1933 773 · Strong Brother John · Herbert Shaw · ss The Novel Magazine June 1912 785 · From Behind the Barrier · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss Metropolitan Magazine August 1907 803 · Who Killed Castelvetri? · Gilbert Frankau · nv The Strand Magazine March 1928 825 · The Case of the White Footprints [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Dr. Thorndyke’s Case-Book by R. Austin Freeman, Hodder & Stoughton, 1923 859 · The Secret of Headlam Height [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The New Magazine (UK) December 1925 893 · The Artificial Mole · John D. Beresford · ss Nash’s Magazine November 1927 911 · The Middle Dozen · Nellie Tom-Gallon & Calder Wilson · nv The Premier Magazine #154, November 28 1922 933 · The Other Hangman · John Dickson Carr · ss 949 · Abel Crew [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · na The Argosy (UK) September 1874, as by Johnny Ludlow 999 · The Greuze · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1921

A Century of Ghost Stories ed. Dorothy M. Tomlinson, uncredited (Hutchinson, May 1936, 3/6d, 1013pp, hc, an)     Expansion of Fifty Years of Ghost Stories, Hutchinson, 1935. Later reissued as two volumes, Let’s Talk of Graves and Walk in Dread, both Hutchinson, 1970. 13 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv In a Glass Darkly by J. S. Le Fanu, Richard Bentley, 1872 revised from “The Watcher”, Dublin University Magazine, November 1847. 53 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited. 89 · The Saint and the Vicar · Cecil Binney · ss 50 Years of Ghost Stories, Hutchinson, 1935 101 · The Tapestried Chamber · Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 117 · Gibbet Lane · Sir Anthony Gittins · ss 50 Years of Ghost Stories, Hutchinson, 1935 127 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 151 · The Residence at Whitminster · M. R. James · nv A Thin Ghost by M. R. James, Longmans, Green, 1919 175 · A Warning to the Curious · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury August 1925 195 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited. 235 · The Green Room · Walter de la Mare · nv The Bookman September 1925 275 · Eveline’s Visitant · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1867 287 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 319 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 331 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s Weekly April 4 1903 (+2) 369 · As in a Glass Dimly · Shane Leslie · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 381 · The Lord-in-Waiting · Shane Leslie · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 401 · 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. 415 · Expiation · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1923 433 · Pirates · E. F. Benson · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1928 453 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 465 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908 483 · The Rosewood Door · Oliver Onions · na The Painted Face by Oliver Onions, Heinemann, 1929 537 · The Virgin of the Seven Daggers · Vernon Lee · nv The English Review January 1909 (+1) first published in French (“La Madone aux sept glaives”, Feuilleton du journal des débats du Samedi, 1896). 565 · The Library Window · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1896 609 · The Song in the House · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine September 1933 629 · The Operation · Violet Hunt · nv Tales of the Uneasy by Violet Hunt, Heinemann, 1911 657 · The Sweeper · Ex-Private X · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931 673 · The Running Tide · Ex-Private X · ss The London Magazine September 1928, as by A. M. Burrage 689 · Perez · W. L. George · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1919, as “The Phantom Truth” 705 · The Spectre of Tappington · Richard Harris Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany February 1837, as by Thomas Ingoldsby 733 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 749 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy” 757 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 773 · The Dream Woman · W. Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 799 · The Lifted Veil · George Eliot · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine July 1859, uncredited. 843 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839 865 · The Ghost-Seer · Friedrich von Schiller · ex Verner and Hood, 1795 translated from the German (Der Geisterseher, Thalia, 1786). 907 · The Botathen Ghost · R. S. Hawker · ss All the Year Round May 18 1867 919 · The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Ghosts of the Mail” 939 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891 949 · The Klausenburg · Johann Ludwig Tieck; translated by C. A. Feiling · nv Tales from the German ed. John Oxenford & C. A. Feiling, Chapman & Hall, 1844 translated from the German (“Die Klausenburg”, 1837). 989 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 999 · The Haunted Ships · Allan Cunningham · ss The London Magazine November 1821

A Century of Nature Stories (Hutchinson, June 1937, 3/6d, 1024pp, hc, an) · Introduction · J. W. Robertson Scott · in 19 · The Happy Village · Sir William Beach Thomas · ex Ernest Benn, 1928 45 · The Story of Ben · William Henry Wright · ex from The Black Bear, Scribner’s, 1910 83 · A Brown Owl · H. M. Tomlinson · ss Out of Soundings by H. M. Tomlinson, Harper & Brothers, 1931 95 · Northern Chile and Peru · Charles Darwin · ex from The Voyage of the Beagle, Henry Colburn, August 1839 139 · Little Warhorse · Ernest Thompson Seton · ss The Ladies’ Home Journal June 1904 167 · The Perfect Lovers · P. Kingsford Venner · ss (r) 177 · The Last Hunt · Henry Williamson · ex from Tarka the Otter, Putnam, 1927 209 · Fishing · T. H. White · ex from England Have My Bones, Collins, 1936 249 · Rab and His Friends · John Brown · ss Ticknor & Fields, 1859 267 · The White Badger of Cairn Kenidzhek · J. C. Tregarthen · ex from Wild Life at the Land’s End, John Murray, 1904 297 · Voyage Up the Tapajos · H. W. Bates · ex from The Naturalist on the River Amazons, John Murray, 1863 357 · The Christmas Tree · H. J. Massingham · ex from Country, Cobden-Sanderson, 1934 387 · The Wood · Eric Parker · ex from English Wild Life, Longmans, Green, 1929 415 · The Thieves · H. Mortimer Batten · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1927 425 · King Dron · F. Dudley Hoys · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1927 439 · Memorable Incidents with Birds · Julian Huxley · ar Bird Watching and Bird Behaviour by Julian Huxley, Chatto & Windus, 1930 first broadcast as a talk on the BBC. 451 · A Life · R. L. Haig-Brown · nv (r) 477 · Bird of Odin · R. M. Lockley · ar Zoo March 1937 487 · A Single-Handed Fight with a Lion · B. F. Jearey · ex from Pride of Lions, Longmans, Green, 1936 495 · The Pageant of Summer · Richard Jefferies · es Longman’s Magazine June 1883, uncredited. 519 · Portland · Llewelyn Powys · ar from Dorset Essays, The Bodley Head, 1935 525 · Stumberleap · Henry Williamson · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1925, as “The Stag of Stumberleap” 551 · Letters to Thomas Pennant, Esq. · Gilbert White · ex from The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, 1789 643 · The Shepherds’ Trophy · Alfred Ollivant · ss Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant, Doubleday & McClure, 1898 659 · Homing Experiments with Sea-Birds · R. M. Lockley · ss (r) 669 · Quills the Indifferent · C. G. D. Roberts · ss The Windsor Magazine November 1920 687 · Timberline · Paul Annixter · ss Successful Farming February 1929, as “Above Timberline” 705 · The War Hero · H. Mortimer Batten · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1925 719 · An Uncommonly Stupid Dog · Dorothy Cottrell · ss Britannia and Eve May 1933 743 · Rural Rides · W. H. Hudson · ex from Afoot in England, Hutchinson, 1909 767 · A-Hunting of the Deer · Charles Dudley Warner · ss In the Wilderness by Charles Dudley Warner, Houghton, Osgood & Co., 1878 779 · Wiltshire · James Turle · ex from England All the Way, Constable, 1935 791 · Bumblefoot · Humfrey Jordan · nv The Cornhill Magazine August 1926 827 · The Dunes · H. M. Tomlinson · ar The Nation February 23 1918, as by H. M. T. 835 · The Lake of the Red Trout · H. A. Manhood · nv Crack of Whips by H. A. Manhood, Jonathan Cape, 1934 865 · The Farmhouse · Richard Jefferies · ex from Wild Life in a Southern County, Smith, Elder, 1879 883 · The Moving of a Field · Hilaire Belloc · ar Independent Review August 1905, as “On Making Hay” 897 · The Colonel’s Cup · Siegfried Sassoon · ex from Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Faber & Gwyer, 1928 933 · The Latest Spring Modes · A. G. Street · ar Country Days by A. G. Street, Faber & Faber, 1933 first broadcast on the BBC. 941 · Samuel Goodridge · A. G. Street · ex from Farmer’s Glory, Faber and Faber, 1932 955 · The Devil’s Bridge · George Borrow · ex from Wild Wales, John Murray, 1862 999 · The Creatures of the Night · Frances Pitt · ex from Wild Nature’s Day, Pitman, 1936 1009 · The Battle of the Marten and the Porcupine · Mayne Reid · ex from The Desert Home, Routledge, 1851 1017 · Black Beauty · Anna Sewell · n. Jarrolds, 1877

Century of Thrillers, Volume I (President Press, 1937, viii+367pp, hc, an)     Selected from UK Century of Thrillers plus new material. v · Introduction · [uncredited] · in 3 · Death and Company [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Black Mask November 1930 13 · The Magic of Fear [Sanders of the River] · Edgar Wallace · ss Everybody’s December 1925 29 · The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch March 14 1923, as “The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls” 44 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892 69 · The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1892 89 · The Prussian Officer · D. H. Lawrence · nv The English Review August 1914, as “Honour and Arms” 110 · Tchériapin · Sax Rohmer · ss The Sovereign Magazine April 1920 127 · The Queer Feet [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1910, as “Why the True Fishermen Always Wear Green Evening Coats” 145 · The Pavilion on the Links · Robert Louis Stevenson · na The Cornhill Magazine September 1880 (+1), as by R. L. S. 195 · The Taipan · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1922 203 · The Great Bear [Gerald Jennerton] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv The Country Gentleman March 1929 223 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 235 · Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922 250 · The Gold-Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1) 283 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 290 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 322 · The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Snowden’s Lady’s Companion November 1842 (+2)

Century of Thrillers, Volume II (President Press, 1937, vi+373pp, hc, an)     Selected from UK Century of Thrillers plus new material. 3 · Locked Doors [Hilda Adams] · Mary Roberts Rinehart · na The Saturday Evening Post August 22 1914 (+1) 47 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895 62 · The Adventure of the Three Lame Men [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Mystery April 1934, as “Three Lame Men” 85 · Tale of the Piper · Donn Byrne · vi Destiny Bay by Donn Byrne, Little Brown, 1928 89 · A Gentleman for a Night [Jim Hanvey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The American Magazine October 1931 106 · One of the Missing · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner March 11 1888 118 · The Affair at Coulter’s Notch · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner October 20 1889 127 · The Gentleman from America · Michael Arlen · ss The Tatler Christmas 1924 145 · Night · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French (“La Nuit”, Gil Blas, June 14, 1887). 150 · The Drowned Man · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French (“Le Noyé”, Le Gaulois, August 16, 1888). 157 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 178 · The Silent Bullet [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1911 195 · When the World Was Young · Jack London · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 10 1910 211 · The Traveller’s Story of a Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, as “A Terribly Strange Bed”, uncredited. 227 · The Biter Bit · Wilkie Collins · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1858, as “Who Is the Thief?”, uncredited. 255 · The Doctor, His Wife, and the Clock [Ebenezer Gryce; Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · na Putnam, 1895 295 · Sir Dominick Sarsfield · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round July 6 1872, as “Sir Dominick’s Bargain”, uncredited. revised from “The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh”, Dublin University Magazine Mar 1838. 310 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited. 342 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 351 · The Knights of the Silver Dagger · Ashton Wolfe · ar The Passing Show December 9 1933

Century of Thrillers, Volume III (President Press, 1937, vi+370pp, hc, an)     Selected from UK Century of Thrillers plus new material. 3 · The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine October 1 1911 15 · The Ivory God · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The London Magazine October 1905 28 · The Spectre of Tappington · Richard Harris Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany February 1837, as by Thomas Ingoldsby 53 · The Squire’s Story · Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas 1853, uncredited. 68 · The Corpus Delicti [Randolph Mason] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason by Melville Davisson Post, Putnam, 1896 94 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833 107 · Diver’s Drops · N. A. Temple Ellis · nv (r) 131 · The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Ghosts of the Mail” 148 · A Madman’s Manuscript · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837 166 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. 177 · The Cards · Sydney Parkman · ss (r) 190 · The Birthday of the Infanta · Oscar Wilde · ss Paris Illustré March 30 1889, as “The Birthday of the Little Princess” 208 · The Last Leaf · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World October 15 1905 214 · Roger Malvin’s Burial · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv The Token 1832, 1831, uncredited. 233 · The Ebony Box [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · na The Argosy (UK) January 1883 (+2), as by Johnny Ludlow 286 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824 304 · The Two Drovers · Sir Walter Scott · nv Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, Cadell & Co., 1827 329 · My Adventure at Chiselhurst · A. J. Alan · ss The Evening Standard November 10 1932 broadcast by the BBC on June 13, 1932. 339 · The Hair · A. J. Alan · ss 1926 347 · The Thing in the Hall · E. F. Benson · nv The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 359 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q

A Century of Thrillers: Second Series (Daily Express, 1935, 896pp, hc, an)     Published in Australia as The World’s Best Mystery Stories, Melbourne: United Press, 1935. 15 · The Taipan · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1922 25 · Tale of the Piper · Donn Byrne · vi Destiny Bay by Donn Byrne, Little Brown, 1928 31 · The Lifted Veil · George Eliot · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine July 1859, uncredited. 75 · Number 13 · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 91 · Rats · M. R. James · ss At Random March 23 1929 97 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 113 · The Queer Feet [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1910, as “Why the True Fishermen Always Wear Green Evening Coats” 135 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895 155 · My Adventure in Norfolk · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine October 1927 broadcast by the BBC Dec 24, 1926. 165 · Tchériapin · Sax Rohmer · ss The Sovereign Magazine April 1920 185 · The Ivory God · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The London Magazine October 1905 201 · The Apparition of Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, as “A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705”, uncredited. 213 · The Thing in the Hall · E. F. Benson · nv The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 229 · Night · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French (“La Nuit”, Gil Blas, June 14, 1887). 235 · The Drowned Man · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French (“Le Noyé”, Le Gaulois, August 16, 1888). 243 · 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). 259 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 275 · The Ballad of Reading Gaol · Oscar Wilde · pm Leonard Smithers, February 13 1898, as by C.3.3. 297 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 303 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 323 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 335 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 353 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 367 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q 381 · The Last Leaf · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World October 15 1905 389 · The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Queen June 23 1900 405 · The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain · Charles Dickens · na Bradbury & Evans, December 19 1848 493 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s” 503 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 513 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 525 · The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928 revised from The New Decameron, Volume the First, B.H. Blackwell, 1919. 555 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 577 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s Weekly April 4 1903 (+2) 615 · Diver’s Drops · N. A. Temple Ellis · nv (r) 641 · The Cards · Sydney Parkman · ss (r) 657 · The Knights of the Silver Dagger · Ashton Wolfe · ar The Passing Show December 9 1933 683 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839 707 · 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). 731 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3) 799 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv In a Glass Darkly by J. S. Le Fanu, Richard Bentley, 1872 revised from “The Watcher”, Dublin University Magazine, November 1847. 841 · Gabriel’s Marriage · Wilkie Collins · nv Household Words April 16 1853 (+1), uncredited. 887 · The Sexton’s Hero · Mrs. Gaskell · ss Howilt’s Journal September 4 1847, as by Cotton Mather Mills

A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen (Daily Express, 1934, 1087pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · James Agate · in 23 · The Traveller’s Story of a Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, as “A Terribly Strange Bed”, uncredited. 43 · Mad Monkton · Wilkie Collins · na Fraser’s Magazine November 1855 (+1), as “The Monktons of Wincot Abbey” 105 · The Biter Bit · Wilkie Collins · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1858, as “Who Is the Thief?”, uncredited. 137 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892 167 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833 183 · The Gentleman from America · Michael Arlen · ss The Tatler Christmas 1924 205 · The Leech of Folkestone · R. H. Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany July 1837 233 · Jerry Jarvis’s Wig · R. H. Barham · ss Bentley’s Miscellany May 1843, as by Thomas Ingoldsby 251 · The Spectre of Tappington · R. H. Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany February 1837, as by Thomas Ingoldsby 279 · A Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, D.D. · R. H. Barham · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine April 1831 305 · The Ebony Box [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · na The Argosy (UK) January 1883 (+2), as by Johnny Ludlow 363 · My Adventure at Chiselhurst · A. J. Alan · ss The Evening Standard November 10 1932 broadcast by the BBC on June 13, 1932. 375 · The Hair · A. J. Alan · ss 1926 389 · The Gold-Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1) 425 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 433 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 469 · The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Snowden’s Lady’s Companion November 1842 (+2) 519 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 537 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 547 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839 567 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy” 575 · Roger Malvin’s Burial · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv The Token 1832, 1831, uncredited. 595 · Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Knickerbocker January 1837, as “The Fountain of Youth”, uncredited. 605 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy” 615 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824 665 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 681 · Sir Dominick Sarsfield · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round July 6 1872, as “Sir Dominick’s Bargain”, uncredited. revised from “The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh”, Dublin University Magazine Mar 1838. 697 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster” 731 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited. 769 · The Birthday of the Infanta · Oscar Wilde · ss Paris Illustré March 30 1889, as “The Birthday of the Little Princess” 789 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. 801 · The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Ghosts of the Mail” 819 · No. 1 Branch Line, the Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 835 · The Squire’s Story · Mrs. Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas 1853, uncredited. 853 · The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine October 1 1911 871 · Malachi’s Cove · Anthony Trollope · ss Good Words December 1864 893 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version. 933 · The Story of the Greek Slave · Captain Frederick Marryat · ss The Metropolitan Magazine July 1831 949 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 961 · Secret Worship [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1908 997 · The Open Door · Mrs. Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #795, January 1882, uncredited. 1043 · The Suitable Surroundings · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 14 1889 1051 · One of the Missing · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner March 11 1888 1063 · The Affair at Coulter’s Notch · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner October 20 1889 1073 · A Tough Tussle · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 30 1888 1081 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 14 1889

Chalice of Roses (Signet Eclipse, January 2010, 978-0-451-22902-1, $15.00, 392pp, tp, oa, cover by Mélanie Delon)     Original anthology of four fantasy-romance stories involving the Holy Grail. Authors are Karen Harbaugh, Barbara Samuel, Jo Beverley, and Mary Jo Putney. Details taken from online listing. 1 · The Raven and the Rose · Jo Beverley · na 115 · The White Rose of Scotland [The Guardian] · Mary Jo Putney · na 201 · The English Rose: Miss Templar and the Holy Grail · Karen Harbaugh · na 301 · Eternal Rose · Barbara Samuel · na

The Challenge from Beyond ed. Marc Michaud, uncredited (Necronomicon Press, March 1990, 0-940884-27-5, $4.50, 14pp, ph, an)     First combined volume of the two round-robin stories both entitled “The Challenge from Beyond” and both published in Fantasy Magazine in 1935. Bound in the tête-bêche style with Challenge from Beyond %%2. 5 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 1 of 5; Cthulhu] · C. L. Moore · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 6 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 2 of 5; Cthulhu] · A. Merritt · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 7 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 3 of 5; Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 11 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 4 of 5; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 13 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 5 of 5; Cthulhu] · Frank Belknap Long · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935

The Challenge from Beyond ed. Marc Michaud, uncredited (Necronomicon Press, March 1990, 0-940884-27-5, $4.50, 14pp, ph, an)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Challenge from Beyond %%1. 5 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 1 of 5; Cthulhu] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 7 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 2 of 5; Cthulhu] · Donald Wandrei · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 8 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 3 of 5; Cthulhu] · Edward E. Smith · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 10 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 4 of 5; Cthulhu] · Harl Vincent · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 12 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 5 of 5; Cthulhu] · Murray Leinster · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935

Challenge of the Unknown ed. Forrest J Ackerman, uncredited--- see under Perry Rhodan #32, 1973.

Chamber of Horrors ed. Emma Blackley, uncredited (Octopus, 1984, 0-7064-2053-5, £2.99, 352pp, hc, an)     This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $4.98. 9 · Wood · Robert Aickman · nv Superhorror ed. Ramsey Campbell, W.H. Allen, 1976 28 · The Bird [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Limehouse Nights by Thomas Burke, Grant Richards, 1916 34 · A Thing About Machines · Rod Serling · sa More Stories from the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling, Bantam, 1961 adapted from Serling’s teleplay, broadcast October 28, 1960. 51 · A Woman Seldom Found · William Sansom · ss A Contest of Ladies and Other Stories by William Sansom, Hogarth Press, 1956 54 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 64 · The Cloth of Madness · Seabury Quinn · nv Young’s Magazine January 1920 83 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896 91 · The Dunwich Horror [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales April 1929 125 · Dad · John Blackburn · ss Return from the Grave ed. Hugh Lamb, W.H. Allen, 1976 129 · The Cold Embrace · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss The Welcome Guest September 22 1860 137 · Royal Jelly · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 158 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891 162 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955 166 · A Warning to the Curious · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury August 1925 179 · The Night of the Tiger · Stephen King · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1978 190 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925 200 · Back from the Grave · Robert Silverberg · ss Monster Parade December 1958, as “Coffins Are for Corpses” by David Challon 210 · The Derelict · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine December 1 1912 230 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante” translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883). 234 · Edifice Complex · Robert Bloch · ss Escapade February 1958 242 · The Red Lodge · H. Russell Wakefield · ss They Return at Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Philip Allan, 1928 252 · Mary Postgate · Rudyard Kipling · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine September 1915 264 · The Cradle Demon · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Cradle Demon and Other Stories of Fantasy and Horror by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, William Kimber, 1978 270 · The Horror of Abbot’s Grange · Frederick Cowles · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1936 283 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 287 · The Wall · Robert Haining · ss Return from the Grave ed. Hugh Lamb, W.H. Allen, 1976 296 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine December 1853, uncredited. 313 · The Whining · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Hounds of Hell ed. Michel Parry, Gollancz, 1974 319 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 326 · The Finless Death · R. E. Vernède · ss The Port Allington Stories by R. E. Vernède, Heinemann, 1921 335 · And the Dead Spake · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1922

Chamber of Horrors ed. Emma Blackley, uncredited (Octopus US, 1985, 0-7064-2053-5, $6.00, 349pp, hc, an)     Reissue (Octopus 1984) horror anthology from a British-based “instant remainder” publisher.

Chamber of Horrors (Fearon Educational, 1991, 0-8224-2802-4, 233pp, pb, an)     One of Fearon’s “Spellbinders” series. 3 · Tomb of Horror · Janet Lorimer · nv (r) 27 · The Bird · A. G. Gersdorf · nv Lake Books, 1987 73 · Guts · Richard Laymon · nv Fastback Horror, Pitman Learning, 1985 95 · Coming Home · Karen Liberatore · nv (r) 141 · Fast Forward · Janice Greene · nv (r) 189 · Halloween Hunt · Richard Laymon · na Fearon, 1987

Champions of Chaos (Black Library, April 19, 2018, 978-1-78496-677-5, £15.00, 944pp, tp, an)     Details taken from online listing. · Sigvald · Darius Hinks · n. Black Library, July 2011 · Valkia the Bloody · S. P. Cawkwell · n. (r) · Bloodraven [Warhammer: Time of Legends] · S. P. Cawkwell · ss Age of Legend ed. Christian Dunn, Black Library, 2012 · Blood Blessing [Warhammer Heroes] · S. P. Cawkwell · ss 15th Birthday Collection ed. Graeme Lyon, Black Library, 2012 · Reaper [Warhammer 40,000] · S. P. Cawkwell · ss Black Library Live! 2012 Chapbook, Black Library, 2012 · Harbinger [Warhammer Heroes] · S. P. Cawkwell · ss Black Library, June 23 2014 · Van Horstmann · Ben Counter · n. Black Library, February 2013

The Chapman Books (Uncanny Books, June 2014, 978-1-62898-004-2, $12.99, iii+239pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of three loosely connected macabre tales about the Chapman family. Authors are Aaron J. French, Erik T. Johnson, and Adam P. Lewis. ebook also available. i · Preface · Aaron J. French · pr 1 · Chapman One: The Stain · Aaron J. French · na 65 · Chapman Two: The Delirium · Erik T. Johnson · na 151 · Chapman Three: The Remains · Adam P. Lewis · na

Chapter One: A Mystery Sampler, Fall 1993 (Ballantine/Fawcett/Ivy, June 1993, 0-345-38635-3, 97pp, tp, an)     An anthology of seven novel excerpts from mysteries being published by Ballantine, Fawcett, or Ivy. This is a promotional book distributed to bookstore customers at no charge.

Chapter One: A Mystery Sampler, Spring 1993 (Ballantine/Fawcett/Ivy, January 1993, 0-345-38309-5, 103pp, tp, an)     An anthology of seven novel excerpts from mysteries being published by Ballantine, Fawcett, or Ivy. This is a promotional book distributed to bookstore customers at no charge.

Chapter One: A Mystery Sampler, Summer 1993 (Ballantine/Fawcett/Ivy, March 1993, 0-345-38448-2, 86pp, tp, an)     An anthology of seven novel excerpts from mysteries being published in the spring by Ballantine, Fawcett, or Ivy. This is a promotional book distributed to bookstore customers at no charge.

Chapter One: A Mystery Sampler, Summer 1994 (Ballantine/Fawcett/Ivy, March 1994, 0-345-39037-7, 92pp, tp, an)     An anthology of six novel excerpts from mysteries being published by Ballantine, Fawcett, or Ivy. This is a promotional book distributed to bookstore customers at no charge.

Charmed (Berkley, October 2008, 978-0-425-17129-5, $7.99, 339pp, pb, oa)     Reprint (Berkley 1999) original anthology of four paranormal romance/urban fantasy stories. Authors are Jayne Castle, Julie Beard, Lori Foster, and Eileen Wilks. 1 · Bridal Jitters · Jayne Castle · na 85 · Man in the Mirror · Julie Beard · na 167 · Tangled Dreams · Lori Foster · na 247 · Pandora’s Bottle · Eileen Wilks · na

Charmed Destinies (Harlequin/Silhouette, November 2003, 0-373-21833-8, $6.50, 377pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of three fantasy romance stories by Mercedes Lackey, Rachel Lee, and Catherine Asaro. · Counting Crows · Mercedes Lackey · na · Drusilla’s Dream · Rachel Lee · na · Moonglow · Catherine Asaro · na

Charmed Destinies (Luna, July 2009, 978-0-373-80306-4, $14.95, 313pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Silhouette 2003) anthology of three fantasy romance stories by Mercedes Lackey, Rachel Lee, and Catherine Asaro.

Charmed: Seasons of the Witch, Vol. 1 (Simon Pulse, October 2003, 0-689-86545-7, $7.99, 182pp, tp, oa)     Young-adult original anthology of three stories based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television. 1 · Samhain · Laura J. Burns · nv 59 · Yule · Emma Harrison · nv 123 · Imbolc · Laura J. Burns · nv

Charmed: Seasons of the Witch, Vol. 1 (Simon & Schuster UK, 2004, 0-689-87271-2, £5.99, 182pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Simon Pulse 2003) young-adult original anthology of three stories based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.

Chewton Abbot and Other Tales (W & R Chambers, 1887, hc, an)     Anthology with some crime. · Among Queer People · William Cyples, uncredited · ss (r) · Chewton Abbot · [uncredited] · ss Chambers’s Journal May 3 1884 (+2), as by Hugh Conway · A Flight in the Dark · T. W. Speight, uncredited · ss (r) · The White Hart Inn · Dutton Cook, uncredited · ss (r)

Chicago: Three Shades of Darkness (White Wolf, March 2006, 1-58846-870-4, $14.99, 287pp, tp, oa, cover by Tim Bradstreet) [World of Darkness]     Original anthology of three novellazations based on the universe of the roleplaying game. Authors are Janet Trautvetter, Sarah Roark, and Myranda Sarro. Copyrighted by White Wolf. 4 · The Murder of Crows [World of Darkness] · Janet Trautvetter · na 100 · Birds of Ill Omen [World of Darkness] · Sarah Roark · na 210 · Shadows and Mirrors [World of Darkness] · Myranda Sarro · na

Chi-Fi (Chicago in 2012 Worldcon Bid, February 11, 2010, 7pp, ph, oa, cover by Alessandra Kelley)     Released at Capricon 30. Details taken from online listing. · Knot with a Bang · Richard Chwedyk · ss

Children of Gaia & Uktena (White Wolf, March 2002, 1-58846-812-7, $6.50, 286pp, pb, om, cover by Steve Prescott) [World of Darkness: Tribe]     Omnibus of two novelizations in the “Tribe” series, based on the role-playing games: Children of Gaia by Richard Lee Byers and Uktena by Stefan Petrucha. Copyrighted by White Wolf. 5 · Children of Gaia · Richard Lee Byers · n. 145 · Uktena · Stefan Petrucha · n.

Chiller (Poolbeg Press, 1995, 1853715123, £3.99, 217pp, tp, oa, cover by P. J. Lynch)     Original anthology of 18 spine tingling tales from some of Ireland’s leading writers. 1 · Bearing Paul · Chris Lynch · ss 12 · The Green Room · Soinbbe Lally · ss 24 · The Hitch-hiker on Blueberry Hill · Maeve Friel · ss 33 · Mary’s Story · Margrit Cruickshank · ss 43 · The Girl with the Amethyst Eyes · Vincent Banville · ss 55 · Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed? · Mary Regan · ss 74 · The Attic · Maria Quirk Walsh · ss 90 · White Heather · Morgan Llywelyn · ss 100 · The Face in the Dream · Michael Scott · ss 109 · The Mirror · Ann Carroll · ss 121 · The Hauntings · Cormac MacRaois · ss 137 · The Hand of Glory · Eileen Dunlop · ss 146 · Miss Merriman · Rose Doyle · ss 160 · The Coachman’s Fate · Re O Laighleis · ss 169 · Sarah · Joan O’Neill · ss 181 · That Other River · Sheila Barrett · ss 192 · The Sand · Michael Carroll · ss 201 · The Coming · Tom Richards · ss

The Chillers (Royce, 1945, 104, 128pp, pb, an) 3 · In the Teeth of the Evidence [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1939 28 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925 52 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 87 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891

Chilling Christmas Tales ed. Anne Finnis, uncredited (Scholastic UK, October 1992, 0-590-54060-2, £9.99, 285pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of ten young-adult horror stories, including pieces by Joan Aiken and Garry Kilworth. 9 · Snapdragon · Gillian Cross · nv 31 · In the Bleak Midwinter · Robert Swindells · nv 63 · Christmas Past · David Belbin · nv 95 · The Familiar · Susan Price · nv 117 · The Old Corpse Road · K. M. Peyton · nv 145 · Unseelie Court · Tessa Krailing · nv 173 · The Road from Rushout Wood · Joan Aiken · ss 193 · I’ll Be Seeing You · Jill Bennett · nv 223 · The Highwayman’s Last Ride · Malcolm Rose · nv 257 · The Megowl · Garry Kilworth · nv

Chilling Christmas Tales ed. Anne Finnis, uncredited (Scholastic UK, October 1993, 0-590-55333-X, £4.99, 285pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Scholastic UK 1992) original anthology of ten young-adult horror stories, including pieces by Joan Aiken and Garry Kilworth.

Chilling Christmas Tales ed. Anne Finnis, uncredited (Scholastic UK, November 1999, 0-439-01283-X, £3.99, 285pp, pb, oa)     Reprint (Scholastic UK 1992) original anthology of ten young-adult horror stories, including pieces by Joan Aiken and Garry Kilworth.

Chocolate Kisses (St. Martin’s, February 1997, 0-312-96111-1, $5.99, 310pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · Rocky Road · Margaret Brownley · na 85 · Miss Delwin’s Delights · Raine Cantrell · na 169 · The Taste of Remembrance · Alexis Harrington · na 225 · Sweet Creations · Sue Rich · na

Choice of Weapons ed. Michael Gilbert, uncredited (Hodder & Stoughton, 1958, 13/6d, 256pp, hc, an, cover by Jarvis)     Subtitled “An anthology by the Crime Writers’ Association”. 5 · Introduction · Michael Gilbert · in 9 · Half-past Murder · Marjorie Alan · ss (r) 27 · After the Event [Insp. Cockrill] · Christianna Brand · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1958, as “Rabbit Out of a Hat” 53 · Death in a Cage · Josephine Bell · ss The Evening Standard January 19 1950 67 · Murder in Advance · Marjorie Bremner · ss 87 · Murder for Posterity · Margot Bennett · ar Lilliput June 1949 95 · Change Partners · Guy Cullingford · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1958 107 · The Passenger · Ernest Dudley · ss 115 · The Truthful Witness · Elizabeth Ferrars · ss (r) 135 · Highlight · Mary Fitt · ss (r) 141 · A Dumb Friend · Mary Fitt · ss 147 · Trust Little Al · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) October 1955 165 · Murderer’s Luck · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard July 17 1951 173 · The Big Teddy Bears · Herbert Harris · ss 187 · The Little Man · Colin Robertson · ss (r) 195 · The Sleeve · L. A. G. Strong · ss 203 · The Grand National Case [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · nv 1956 227 · Spinster’s Evidence · Roy Vickers · ss (r)

Christmas Angels (Love Spell, November 1995, 0-505-52062-1, $5.99, 440pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 7 · The Trouble with Hannah · Debra Dier · na 121 · Tryst with an Angel · Eugenia Riley · na 227 · A Time for Joy · Amy Elizabeth Saunders · na 323 · Chrissy’s Wish · Trana Mae Simmons · na

The Christmas Cat (Berkley, November 1996, 0-425-15542-0, $5.99, 310pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 1 · My True Love Gave to Me · Julie Beard · na 77 · A Gift of Light · Jo Beverley · na 149 · Home for the Holidays · Barbara Bretton · na 223 · The Gift of Christmas Past · Lynn Kurland · na

Christmas Cinderellas (Harlequin, November 2020, 978-1-335-50582-8, $6.50, 286pp, pb, oa)     Regency Romances. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Christmas with the Earl · Sophia James · na 93 · Invitation to the Duke’s Ball · Virginia Heath · na 185 · A Midnight Mistletoe Kiss · Catherine Tinley · n.

A Christmas Collection (Avon, 1992, 0-380-76833-X, $4.99, 384pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 1 · The Greatest Gift · Stella Cameron · na 111 · Falling Stars · Loretta Chase · na 199 · The Scent of Snow · Linda Lael Miller · na 291 · Footsteps in the Snow · Joan Hohl · na

Christmas Eve Kittens (Zebra Books, October 2001, 0-8217-7038-1, $4.99, 255pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology 7 · Christmas Cattitude · Cathleen Clare · na 85 · Christmas Joy · Wilma Counts · na 183 · Christmas Miracle · Debbie Raleigh · na

Christmas in Salem (Harlequin UK, October 18, 2013, 978-0-263-90418-5, £4.99, 304pp, pb, oa) [The Keepers]     Details taken from online listing. · Unholy Night [The Keepers] · Kathleen Pickering · na · Do You Fear What I Fear? [The Keepers] · Heather Graham · na · The Fright Before Christmas [The Keepers] · Deborah LeBlanc · na · Stalking in a Winter Wonderland [The Keepers] · Beth Ciotta · na

A Christmas Kiss (Zebra Books, November 1992, 0-8217-3975-1, $4.50, 348pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. set in different historical periods 1 · Her Heart’s Desire · Caroline Bourne · na 53 · A Gift of Love · Phoebe Conn · na 103 · A Rebel Christmas · Kathleen Drymon · na 157 · Melissa’s Miracle · Wanda Owen · na 215 · Golden Angel · Patricia Pellicane · na 281 · Merry · Victoria Thompson · na

Christmas Love Stories (Avon Books, November 1991, 0-380-76572-1, $4.99, 393pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · Holiday Spirit · Kay Hooper · na 97 · Gifts of Love · Shannon Drake · na 195 · Surrender · Lisa Kleypas · na 301 · A Creole Christmas · Diane Wicker Davis · na

A Christmas Miracle (Island/Dell, December 1996, 0-440-22290-7, $6.50, 453pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 1 · Love and Joy · Virginia Henley · na 133 · Upon a Midnight Clear · Katherine Kingsley · na 249 · In a Twinkling · Rebecca Paisley · na 357 · Angels in the Snow · Stephanie Mittman · na

Christmas Rogues (Harlequin, 1995, 83297, $4.99, 376pp, pb, oa)     Christmas-themed romance anthology. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 9 · The Christmas Stranger · Anita Mills · n. 121 · The Homecoming · Patricia Potter · n. 255 · Bayberry and Mistletoe · Miranda Jarrett · n.

Christmas Romance (Avon Books, December 1990, 0-380-76205-6, $4.50, 425pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · A Christmas Melodie · Catherine Hart · na 87 · Six Little Angels · Betina Krahn · na 189 · A Match Made in Heaven · Linda Ladd · na 271 · Candle in the Snow · Barbara Dawson Smith · na 351 · Silent Night, Starry Night · Katherine Sutcliffe · na

Christmas Spirits (Jove, November 1997, 0-515-12174-6, $5.99, 346pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 1 · The Three Wise Ghosts · Lynn Kurland · na 99 · Keeping Faith · Casey Claybourne · na 171 · Only Fifteen Shopping Days Left… · Elizabeth Bevarly · na 267 · The Ghost of Christmas Present · Jenny Lykins · na

Christmas Stories 1992 (Harlequin Historical, November 1992, 0-373-83245-1, $4.99, 379pp, pb, oa)     Christmas-themed anthology of historical romances, includes authors’ favorite Christmas recipes. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 9 · Miss Montrachet Requests · Maura Seger · n. 133 · Christmas Bounty · Erin Yorke · n. 261 · A Promise Kept · Bronwyn Williams · n.

A Christmas to Cherish (Zebra, November 1992, 0-8217-3974-3, $3.99, 351pp, pb, oa)     Regency Romances. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · A Gift of the Heart · Georgina Devon · na 53 · The House Party · Violet Hamilton · na 103 · The Sounds of Christmas · Valerie King · na 177 · Under the Kissing Bough · Mary Kingsley · na 243 · Christmas at the Priory · Meg-Lynn Roberts · na 311 · Winter Enchantment · Olivia Sumner · nv

The Christmas Visit (Harlequin Historical, November 2004, 0-373-29327-5, $5.50, 299pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. set in different historical periods 7 · Comfort and Joy · Margaret Moore · na; set in Wales, 1860. 96 · Love at First Step · Terri Brisbin · na 190 · A Christmas Secret · Gail Ranstrom · n.; set in England, 1819.

Christmas with a Vampire (HQN Books, November 16, 2010, 978-0-373-77613-9, $7.99, 537pp, pb, an)     Reprint anthology of five holiday vampire romance stories. Authors are Merline Lovelace, Lori Devoti, Linda Winstead Jones, Lisa Childs, and Bonnie Vanak. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Christmas Kiss · Merline Lovelace · na Holiday with a Vampire II, Silhouette, 2008 101 · The Vampire Who Stole Christmas · Lori Devoti · na Holiday with a Vampire II, Silhouette, 2008 239 · Sundown · Linda Winstead Jones · nv Holiday with a Vampire III, Silhouette, 2009 339 · Nothing Says Christmas Like a Vampire · Lisa Childs · nv Holiday with a Vampire III, Silhouette, 2009 437 · Unwrapped [Draicon Werewolves] · Bonnie Vanak · ss Holiday with a Vampire III, Silhouette, 2009

Chronicles of War (Simon & Schuster/Gallery, December 2010, 978-1-4391-7272-8, $19.99, 772pp, tp, om, cover by Glenn Rane) [Warcraft]     Omnibus of four tie-in novels based on the online game: Rise of the Horde by Christie Golden (2007), The Last Guardian by Jeff Grubb (2002), Tides of Darkness by Aaron Rosenberg (2007), and Beyond the Dark Portal by Aaron Rosenberg & Christie Golden (2008). Introduction by Chris Metzen. Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment. vii · Introduction · Chris Metzen · in 1 · Rise of the Horde [Warcraft] · Christie Golden · n. Pocket, 2007 193 · The Last Guardian [Warcraft] · Jeff Grubb · n. Pocket, 2002 357 · Tides of Darkness [Warcraft] · Aaron Rosenberg · n. Pocket Star, 2007 555 · Beyond the Dark Portal [Warcraft] · Aaron Rosenberg & Christie Golden · n. Pocket Star, 2008

Chronology (Curiosity Quills Press, January 1, 2015, 978-1-62007-819-8, $22.99, 530pp, tp, oa, cover by Amalia Chitulescu)     Details taken from online listing. · Draconic King · James Wymore · ss · Wind-Up Hearts · Stan Swanson · ss · Flight of the Pegasus · Darin Kennedy · ss · That Which Is Hidden · Julie Frost · ss · Whitechapel · Andrew Buckley · ss · The Lair · Tony Healey · ss · Signs Unseen · J. P. Moynahan · ss · In the Clutches of the Mummy Prince · B. C. Johnson · ss · Bait and Witch · J. P. Sloan · ss · Inmate #85298 · Andrew J. Rausch · ss · Lava · Piers Anthony · ss · Strange Flesh · Katie Young · ss · Wampus Cat · Scott Nicholson · ss Legends of the Mountain State 3 ed. Michael Knost, Woodland Press, 2009 · Yours Until the Ink Dries · Jordan Elizabeth · ss · The Room Below · Wilbert Stanton · ss · The Comeback · Tara Tyler · ss · The Bull · J. R. Rain · ss · After-Party · Mark W. Woodring · ss · The Unattended Life · J. E. Anckorn · ss · The Colorado King · Nathan L. Yocum · ss · Gookie Visits Her Moma · G. Miki Hayden · ss Keen Science Fiction! April 1996 · Above the Clouds · Richard Roberts · ss · Innocent Deception · Matthew S. Cox · ss · Limited Liability · Matthew Graybosch · ss

Cinderella on the Ball (Attic Press, 1991, 1-85594-027-2, £3.99, 64pp, tp, oa)     Fifth in the series “Fairytales for Feminists”. 5 · Damsel in Distress · Margaret Neylon · ss 13 · The Princess and the Sun · Moya Roddy · ss 20 · The Ugly Sisters Strike Back · Linda Kavanagh · ss 26 · The Soothsayer’s Quest · Joni Crone · ss 32 · Red Riding Hood · Zoë Fairbairns · pm 33 · Alice in Thunderland (Chapter 4) · Maeve Kelly · ss 42 · No More Embroidery · Celia de Fréine · ss 48 · Snow White · Róisín Sheerin · ss 52 · After Reading the Swan Prince · Roz Cowman · pm 53 · The King, the Queen and the Donkey-Man · Ivy Bannister · ss 58 · Happy Ever After and Other Obsessions · Máiríde Woods · ss

Classic Detective Stories (MQ Publications, Ltd., 1999, 1-84072-071-9, 143pp, pb, an)     Anthology of six detective stories. Page 3 gives title as “Classic Detective Stories from a Suitcase of Suspense.” 7 · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924 30 · The Blue Geranium [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller December 1929 51 · The Stolen Rubens [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine February 17 1907, as “Problem of the Stolen Rubens” 66 · Ask Me Another [Oliver Quade] · Frank Gruber · ss Black Mask June 1937 91 · The Riddle of the Yellow Canary [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Mystery April 1934 122 · Sweating It Out with Dover [Insp. Wilfred Dover] · Joyce Porter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 18 1980

Classic Erotic Tales (Michael O’Mara, September 1995, 1-85479-738-7, £4.99, 243pp, pb, an, cover by Guillaume Signac)     Reprint (Michael O’Mara 1994) collection of 16 stories and excerpts from novels, including Dracula and Candide. Further copyrighted 1995. 1 · The Decameron · Boccaccio · ex (r) translated from the Italian (Decamerone, 1353). 21 · The Memoirs of Casanova · Casanova · ex (r) 35 · The Journals of James Boswell · James Boswell · ex (r) 51 · Candide · Voltaire · ex 1759 55 · Venus in India · Charles Devereaux · ex 1889 79 · My Secret Life · Walter · ex 1888 95 · Eveline · [uncredited] · ex 1843 105 · The Adventures of a School-Boy · [uncredited] · ex (r) 143 · Dracula [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ex Constable, 1897 147 · Lustful Memoirs of a Young and Passionate Girl · [uncredited] · ex 1904 167 · Emmanuelle · Emmanuelle Arsan · ex Grove Press, 1971 185 · Rabbit Is Rich · John Updike · ex Knopf, 1981 203 · The Women’s Room · Marilyn French · ex Simon & Schuster, 1978 209 · The Ages of Lulu · Almudena Grandes · ex 1989 221 · The Butcher [Bedtime Stories] · Alina Reyes · ex 1988 231 · Vox · Nicholson Baker · ss Playboy March 1992