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This Hermetic Legislature: A Homage to Bruno Schulz ed. D. T. Ghetu (Ex Occidente Press, May 2012, 238pp, hc, oa)     This edition is limited to 122 copies. Details taken from online listing. · Fugue for Black Thursday · George Berguño · ss · Great Ruins of Tomorrow · Stephen J. Clark · ss · The Fall of a City Planner · Karim Ghahwagi · ss · The Messiah of the Mannequins · Rhys Hughes · ss · Letters in Black Wood · Joel Lane · ss · The Original Light · Mark Valentine · ss · With Shadow All the Marble Steps · Oliver Smith · ss · Manual of Quiet Destruction · Charles Schneider · ss · Silver on Green · John Howard · nv · The Subjugation of Eros · D. P. Watt · ss · All in a Hot and Copper Sky · Dominy Clements · ss · My Ruined Father · Douglas Thompson · ss · The Notched Sword · Adam S. Cantwell · ss · A Calendar of Cherries · Colin Insole · ss · The Vile Game of Gunter and Landau · Michael Cisco · ss · A Posthumous Messiah · Reggie Oliver · ss · The Restaurant Saint Martin · R. B. Russell · ss · My Heretical Existence · Mark Samuels · ss

Androids, Time Machines and Blue Giraffes ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood--- see under Roger Elwood.

Beware More Beasts ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood (Manor Books, 1975, 12276, $1.25, 192pp, pb, an) 7 · Wolves of Darkness · Jack Williamson · na Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror January 1932 97 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro 104 · Beyond the Threshold [Cthulhu] · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales September 1941 140 · The Crew of the “Lancing” · William Hope Hodgson · ss Over the Edge ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1964 revised version of “Demons of the Sea”, Sea Stories Oct 5, 1923. 152 · In the Straw · Edward D. Hoch · ss 162 · A Summary of Events Leading Up to Bedlam · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 172 · The Worm · Thomas N. Scortia · nv

Beware the Beasts ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood (MacFadden-Bartell, July 1970, 343, 75¢, 160pp, pb, an, cover by Jack Faragasso) 11 · In the Avu Observatory · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 9 1894 20 · The Cats of Ulthar [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · vi The Tryout November 1920 24 · Here, Daemos! · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales March 1942 33 · The Hound · Fritz Leiber · ss Weird Tales November 1942 49 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine September 1906 59 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1) 73 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 86 · Metzengerstein · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia Saturday Courier January 14 1832 96 · The Tortoise-Shell Cat · Greye La Spina · ss Weird Tales November 1924 111 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1910

The Devil’s Generation ed. Vic Ghidalia (Lancer, 1973, 75465, 95¢, 175pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Vic Ghidalia · in 9 · The Black Ferris · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1948 18 · Call Him Demon · Henry Kuttner · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Fall 1946, as by Keith Hammond 46 · Mother by Protest · Richard Matheson · nv Fantastic September/October 1953 90 · Floral Tribute · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1949 102 · The Place in the Woods · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1954 114 · Hole in the Air · Robert Silverberg · ss Amazing Stories January 1956 125 · Mr. Lupescu · Anthony Boucher · ss Weird Tales September 1945 130 · Day of Truce · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Magazine February 1963 154 · The Other Wing · Algernon Blackwood · ss McBride’s Magazine November 1915

Dracula’s Guest and Other Stories ed. Vic Ghidalia (Xerox Education, 1972, F394, 75¢, 125pp, pb, an)     Six relatively well-known vampire stories. 7 · Introduction · Vic Ghidalia · in 9 · The Dark Castle · Marion Brandon · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror September 1931 29 · The Cloak · Robert Bloch · ss Unknown May 1939 53 · The Hunt · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Nine Horrors and a Dream by Joseph Payne Brennan, Arkham House, 1958 67 · 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. 87 · Bat’s Belfry · August W. Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1926 101 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905

Eight Strange Tales ed. Vic Ghidalia (Fawcett, October 1972, T2624, 75¢, 160pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Vic Ghidalia · in 11 · Subterfuge · Ray Bradbury · ss Astonishing Stories April 1943 20 · Dark Benediction · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · na Fantastic Adventures September 1951 74 · A Wig for Miss DeVore · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1943 83 · The Second Interment · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror January 1933 94 · Dig Me No Grave [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1937 107 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 123 · By Water · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette April 18 1914 130 · The Snout · Edward Lucas White · nv Lukundoo by Edward Lucas White, Doran, 1927; dated 1909.

Feast of Fear ed. Vic Ghidalia (Manor Books, 1977, 0-532-15245-X, $1.50, 205pp, pb, an) 5 · Masquerade · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales May 1942 19 · The Cobra in the Dream · Robert E. Howard · ss Weirdbook #1, 1968 27 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 55 · The Striding Place · Gertrude Atherton · ss The Speaker June 20 1896, as “The Twins” 63 · Music from the Dark · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Mystery Magazine July 1935, as “Dark Melody of Madness” 103 · The Dead Man · Fritz Leiber · nv Weird Tales November 1950 135 · The Thing in the Hall · E. F. Benson · nv The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 143 · The Dark Brotherhood · H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth · nv The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces by H. P. Lovecraft & et al., Arkham House, 1966 written by Derleth from a fragment by Lovecraft. 169 · Waxworks · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales January 1939 191 · The Mutant Legacy · Roberta Ghidalia · ss

Gooseflesh! ed. Vic Ghidalia (Berkley Medallion, December 1974, S2732, 75¢, 152pp, pb, an) 1 · The October Game · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales March 1948 11 · The Secret of the Death Dome · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · nv Amazing Stories January 1951 49 · Three Gentlemen in Black · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales August 1938 61 · The Seed from the Sepulcher · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales October 1933 77 · Smith: An Episode in a Lodging House · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 97 · The Message on the Slate · Edward Lucas White · nv Lukundoo by Edward Lucas White, Doran, 1927; dated 1906. 139 · Black Country · Robert E. Howard · ss Weirdbook #6, 1973

Horror Hunters ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood--- see under Roger Elwood.

The Little Monsters ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood--- see under Roger Elwood.

More Little Monsters ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood--- see under Roger Elwood.

The Mummy Walks Among Us ed. Vic Ghidalia (Xerox, 1971, XF379, 75¢, 151pp, pb, an) 1 · The Man in Crescent Terrace [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales March 1946 35 · A Visitor from Egypt · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales September 1930 51 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · ss New Orleans Item June 16 1878 (+1) translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840). 67 · The Eyes of the Mummy [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1938 89 · The Vengeance of Ai · August Derleth & Mark Schorer · ss Strange Stories April 1939, as by Mark Schorer 109 · Monkeys · E. F. Benson · ss Weird Tales December 1933 131 · The Nameless Mummy · Arlton Eadie · nv Weird Tales May 1932

Nightmare Garden ed. Vic Ghidalia (Manor, 1976, 12411, $1.25, 192pp, pb, an) 5 · Come Into My Cellar · Ray Bradbury · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1962 based on his tv script “Special Delivery,” broadcast on Alfred Hitchcock Presents 11/29/59. 23 · The Fangs of the Trees · Robert Silverberg · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1968 48 · Seed Stock · Frank Herbert · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1970 62 · The Vine · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1967 73 · The Blood-Flower [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales March 1927 100 · Strange Harvest · Donald Wandrei · nv Weird Tales May 1953 125 · Step Into My Garden · Frank Belknap Long · ss Unknown Worlds August 1942 145 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894 154 · The Plant-Thing · R. G. Macready · ss Weird Tales July 1925 161 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine”

The Oddballs ed. Vic Ghidalia (Manor, 1973, 95266, 95¢, 190pp, pb, an) 9 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898 33 · The Lunatic Planet · Robert Silverberg · ss Amazing Stories November 1957, as by Ralph Burke 55 · Nobody Bothers Gus [Gus] · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1955, as by Paul Janvier 75 · The Dreams of Albert Moreland · Fritz Leiber · nv Acolyte Spring 1945 99 · The Man Who Walked Through Glass · Nelson S. Bond · ss Esquire November 1938 111 · Talent · Robert Bloch · ss If July 1960 129 · The Barbarian · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1956 143 · Each an Explorer · Isaac Asimov · ss Future Science Fiction #30, 1956 163 · Passing of the Third Floor Back · Jerome K. Jerome · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 19 1904

Satan’s Pets ed. Vic Ghidalia (Manor, 1972, 478, 75¢, 224pp, pb, an) 7 · Out in the Garden · Philip K. Dick · ss Fantasy Fiction August 1953 19 · Legacy of Terror · Henry Slesar · nv Amazing Science Fiction Stories November 1958 51 · The Dogs of Doctor Dwann · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales October 1932 87 · Lefty Feep Gets Henpecked [Lefty Feep] · Robert Bloch · nv Fantastic Adventures April 1945 117 · The Rat Racket · David H. Keller, M.D. · ss Amazing Stories November 1931 141 · Keyhole · Murray Leinster · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1951 163 · Thanks from the Whole Bouquet · Harvey Jacobs · ss Nugget September/October 1965 169 · The Remarkable Talent of Egbert Haw · Nelson S. Bond · ss The Blue Book Magazine December 1941 187 · The Animals in the Case · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962 207 · The Cat · E. F. Benson · ss The Illustrated London News November 27 1905

The Venus Factor ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood (MacFadden-Bartell, 1972, 75-462, 75¢, 192pp, pb, an, cover by Jack Faragasso)     Sf and fantasy by women writers. 9 · “God Grante That She Lye Stille” · Cynthia Asquith · nv When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 43 · The Foghorn · Gertrude Atherton · ss Good Housekeeping November 1933 54 · The Last Séance · Agatha Christie · ss Ghost Stories November 1926, as “The Woman Who Stole a Ghost” 70 · Against Authority · Miriam Allen deFord · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1966 96 · J-Line to Nowhere · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1969 117 · The Ship Who Disappeared [Brainship] · Anne McCaffrey · nv If March 1969 142 · The Lady Was a Tramp · Judith Merril · ss Venture Science Fiction March 1957, as by Rose Sharon 162 · The Dark Land [Jirel of Joiry] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales January 1936

Wizards and Warlocks ed. Vic Ghidalia (Manor, 1972, 192, 95¢, 224pp, pb, an) 9 · The Secret of Sebek [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1937 29 · In the Left Wing · Mark Schorer & August Derleth · ss Weird Tales June 1932 47 · The Necromantic Tale · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales January 1931 61 · Battle of Wizards · L. Ron Hubbard · ss Fantasy Book #5, 1949 75 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 91 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Arnold, 1911 115 · The Disappearance of Mrs. Macrecham · Richard Marsh · nv The Harmsworth Magazine March 1901 143 · So Sweet as Magic… · Bruce Elliott · na Fantasy Fiction August 1953 207 · Apprentice Magician · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales August 1939

Young Demons ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood--- see under Roger Elwood.

Statement Against Corpses by Zulfikar Ghose & B. S. Johnson--- see under B. S. Johnson.

Bending to Earth: Strange Stories by Irish Women ed. Maria Giakaniki & Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, March 2019, 978-1-78380-025-4, xxiv+185pp, hc, an, cover by Karen Vaughan)     Anthology of 12 stories of the gothic, uncanny, and supernatural. Limited to 400 copies. Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · Maria Giakaniki & Brian J. Showers · in · The Dark Lady · Anna Maria Hall · ss Sharpe’s London Magazine November 1848 · The Child’s Dream · Lady Wilde · ss Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Jane Wilde, Ticknor & Co., 1887 · The Unquiet Dead · Lady Gregory · ss Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland by Lady Gregory, The Knickerbocker Press, 1920 · The Woman with the Hood · L. T. Meade · ss The Weekly Scotsman December 1897 · The Wee Gray Woman · Ethna Carbery · ss Passionate Hearts by Anna MacManus, Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1903, as by Anna MacManus · The Blanket Fiend · Beatrice Grimshaw · ss Liberty March 9 1929 · The First Wife · Katharine Tynan · ss An Isle in the Water by Katharine Tynan, Adam & Charles Black, 1896 · Transmigration · Dora Sigerson Shorter · ss The Father Confessor by Dora Sigerson Shorter, Ward Lock, 1900 · Not to Be Taken at Bed-Time · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, uncredited. · The Red Woollen Necktie · B. M. Croker · ss Kingdom of Kerry by B. M. Croker, 1896 · The De Grabrooke Monument · Charlotte Riddell · ss 1879 · A Vanished Hand · Clotilde Graves · ss The Cost of Wings and Other Stories by Richard Dehan, Frederick A. Stokes, 1914, as by Richard Dehan · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Uncanny Ireland: Otherworldly Tales of the Strange and Sublime ed. Maria Giakaniki (British Library Publishing, June 27, 2024, 978-0-7123-5520-9, £16.99, xiv+272pp, hc, an, cover by Mag Ruhig) [British Library Hardback Classics]     Twenty short tales from the past two centuries. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. vii · Introduction · Maria Giakaniki · in 3 · Folk Tales and Folk Beliefs 5 · The Evil Eye · Lady Jane Wilde · ar Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Jane Wilde, Ticknor & Co., 1887 17 · The Unquiet Dead · Lady Augusta Gregory · ex Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland by Lady Gregory, The Knickerbocker Press, 1920 33 · Myths and Legends Reimagined 35 · The Curse of the Fires and the Shadows · William Butler Yeats · ss The National Observer August 5 1893 43 · A Legend of Barlagh Cave · Fitz-James O’Brien · ex from “The Phantom Light”, The Home Companion January 31 1852 (+8) 49 · The Monks of Saint Bride · Herminie Templeton Kavanagh · ss Collier’s January 11 1908, as by Herminie Templeton 69 · Some Rural Ghosts and Uncanny Sounds 71 · The Drowned Fisherman · Anna Maria Hall · ss The Amulet 1836 83 · A Scrap of Irish Folklore · Rosa Mulholland · ss The Irish Monthly December 1894 89 · The Strange Voice · Dora Sigerson Shorter · ss Cassell’s Magazine June 1900 97 · The Wee Gray Woman · Ethna Carbery · ss Passionate Hearts by Anna MacManus, Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1903, as by Anna MacManus 107 · Tale of the Piper · Donn Byrne · vi Destiny Bay by Donn Byrne, Little Brown, 1928 113 · Gothic Chills 115 · The Last of Squire Ennismore · Charlotte Riddell · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper Christmas 1886 125 · The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh [The Purcell Papers] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine March 1838, uncredited. 153 · The Watcher o’ the Dead · John Guinan · ss The Cornhill Magazine June 1929 169 · Strange and Dangerous Women 171 · The Sea’s Dead · Katharine Tynan · ss An Isle in the Water by Katharine Tynan, Adam & Charles Black, 1896 179 · Julia Cahill’s Curse · George Moore · ss Untilled Field by George Moore, Lippincott, 1903 195 · The Return of Niav · Dorothy Macardle · ss Earth-Bound by Dorothy Macardle, Harrigan, 1924 209 · Modern Horrors 211 · The Back Drawing-Room · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Ann Lee’s: & Other Stories by Elizabeth Bowen, Boni and Liveright Publishers, 1926 229 · The Raising of Elvira Tremlett · William Trevor · ss Transatlantic Review #60, June 1977 251 · Encounter at Night · Mary Frances McHugh · ss Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, Associated Newspapers, 1935 259 · A Ghost Story · Mary Beckett · ss A Literary Woman by Mary Beckett, Bloomsbury Publishing, 1990