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The Lucifer Society ed. Peter Haining (W.H. Allen, June 1972, 0-491-00881-3, £2.50, 256pp, hc, an)     Anthology of horror/macabre stories by authors more famous in other fields. Paperback edition retitled Detours Into the Macabre (Pan, 1974). Also retitled Masters of the Macabre (Hale, 1993). vii · Foreword · Kingsley Amis · fw xv · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 3 · “Man Overboard!” · Winston Churchill · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine January 1899 7 · Timber · John Galsworthy · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1920 17 · The Angry Street [Club of Queer Trades] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News January 25 1908, as “A Somewhat Improbable Story” 23 · The Call of Wings · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933 39 · The Cherries · Lawrence Durrell · ss Masterpieces of Thrills, Daily Express, 1936 43 · A Man from Glasgow · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham, Heinemann, 1947 revised from “Told in the Inn at Algeciras” (The Woman at Home, February 1905). 55 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955 60 · The Grey Ones · J. B. Priestley · nv Lilliput April/May 1953 79 · The Man Who Didn’t Ask Why · C. S. Forester · vi 1957 83 · All but Empty · Graham Greene · ss The Strand Magazine March 1947 87 · Animals or Human Beings · Angus Wilson · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 93 · Something Strange · Kingsley Amis · nv The Spectator November 25 1960 117 · The Post-Mortem Murder · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Century Magazine May 1921 143 · The Dance · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Red Book Magazine June 1926 159 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930 170 · The Bronze Door · Raymond Chandler · nv Unknown November 1939 199 · The Man Who Had No Eyes · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Liberty May 2 1931 203 · The Affair at 7, Rue de M— · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1955 212 · The Snail-Watcher · Patricia Highsmith · ss Gamma #3, 1964 220 · Inferiority Complex · Evan Hunter · vi Fantastic Universe May 1955 225 · The Terrible Answer · Paul Gallico · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 17 1950 240 · Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle June 1945 254 · Exterminator · William Burroughs · ss Evergreen Review #46, April 1967 259 · During the Jurassic · John Updike · ss Transatlantic Review #21, Summer 1966

MG Log ed. Peter Haining (Greenwich Editions, 1997, 0-86288-136-6, £15.99, 176pp, hc, oa)     Reprint (Souvenir Press 1993) “celebration of the world’s favourite sports car”. 7 · Preface · [uncredited] · pr (r) 9 · Octagonal Fever · Peter Haining · ar 25 · The Man Who Loved His Dream · Jean Cook · ar 43 · The Vintage Years · Cyril Mellor · ar 60 · The Lure of Speed · Cecil Kimber · ar part of a lecture given to the Specialloids Sports and Social Club in Finchley in 1944. 70 · The Wonder Years · Barry Foster · ar 83 · The MG Fast Ladies · Anna Guerrier · ar 99 · The Immortal “T” Types · David Saunders · ar 120 · MGB: “The World’s Most Popular Sports Car” · Geoff Shirt · ar 135 · Restoring MG Cars · Mike Allison · ar 154 · The MG Models 1923-1993 · [uncredited] · ms 170 · The MG File · [uncredited] · ms

M.R. James—Book of the Supernatural ed. Peter Haining (Foulsham, 1979, 0-572-01048-6, £5.95, 128pp, hc, an) [Ref. M. R. James]     Large-size illustrated volume reprinting writings about and stories by, or which influenced, M. R. James. 7 · Foreword · Sir John Betjeman · fw 9 · The Haunted World of M.R. James · Peter Haining · ar 19 · Some Remarks on Ghost Stories · Dr. Montague R. James · ar The Bookman December 1929 31 · M.R. James as Sherlock Holmes · [uncredited] · ar The Times March 8 1927 report of James’s lecture at Eton, March 7, 1927. 34 · Twelve Medieval Ghost Stories · M. R. James; translated by Pamela Chamberlaine · nv; twelve ghost stories allegedly recorded in Latin by a monk of Byland Abbey shortly after 1400, and transcribed by MRJ. translated from the Latin (English Historical Review, July 1922). 50 · The Vampire of Kring · [uncredited] · ar Camber November 14 1856 62 · The Novels and Stories of J. Sheridan Le Fanu · M. R. James · ar adapted from the notes for a lecture of the same name given by James at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 16th March 1923. 66 · The Little Red Man · J. S. Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round July 27 1872, as “To Begin with Rats”, uncredited.; one of the “Stories of Lough Guir” usually entitled “The Earl’s Hall”. 70 · The White and the Black · Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Pamela Chamberlaine · ss (r); dated 1867. translated from the French (“Le blanc et le noir”, Le Monde illustré, January 15, 1862). 90 · The Story of the Bulbul · M. R. James · ss; story based on an original Indian story included in Indian Fairy Tales by Maive Stokes, 1880. originally included in a letter from James to Jane McBryde, written February 9, 1917. 92 · My Dream of a Murderer’s Ghost · M. R. James · ex extract from a letter by James written in August 1928. 96 · “A Warning to the Curious…” · Charles R. Beard · ex The Romance of Treasure Trove by Charles R. Beard, 1925 98 · The Experiment · Dr. M. R. James · ss The Morning Post December 31 1931 107 · [extract from letter to Gwendolen McBryde, February 12, 1932] · M. R. James · lt 108 · The Mystery of a Satanist Picture · [uncredited] · ar The Times January 21 1932 112 · The Satanist Picture · M. R. James · lt The Times January 25 1932 113 · A Vignette · Montague Rhodes James · ss The London Mercury November 1936 _115 · Masters of Fantasy: M.R. James—Ghost Writer Number One · Neil Austin · ia Famous Fantastic Mysteries April 1950 123 · A Tribute to M.R.J. · Christopher Lee · ar 128 · Bibliography · Peter Haining · bi

M.R. James—The Book of Ghost Stories ed. Peter Haining (Stein and Day, 1984, 0-8128-8056-0, $3.95, 232pp, pb, an, cover by Gilbert James) [Ref. M. R. James]     Reprint (Foulsham 1979 as M.R. James—Book of the Supernatural) ghost anthology. Title given as just The Book of Ghost Stories in some places.

The Magic Valley Travellers: Welsh Stories of Fantasy and Horror ed. Peter Haining (Gollancz, March 1974, 0-575-01686-8, £2.20, 256pp, hc, an) 13 · Foreword · Richard Hughes · fw 17 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 21 · Lludd and Llevelys · [uncredited] · ss (r) 27 · Merlin and the Magicians · Geoffrey of Monmouth · ex (r) translated from the Latin (Historia Regum Britanniae, ca. 1136). 31 · Arthur and Gorlagon · adapted by Peter Haining · ss (r) 12th century Latin manuscript first translated into English in 1903. 48 · The Living Dead Man · Walter Map; edited by M. R. James · ex (r) from De Nugis Curialium (ca. 1200), ed. Thomas Wright, Camden Society 1850. 50 · The Fairy People · Giraldus Cambrensis · ar Topographia Hibernica by Giraldus Cambrensis, 1185 53 · The Sin-Eater · John Aubrey · ex Miscellanies by John Aubrey, 1696 55 · The Fatal Prediction · Anne of Swansea · ss Deeds of Olden Times by Anne of Swansea, 1826 80 · The Invisible Girl · Mary W. Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1833, 1832 95 · The Dylluan · George Borrow · ex Wild Wales by George Borrow, 1862 99 · The Curse of Pantannas · Sir John Rhys · ss Celtic Folklore—Welsh and Manx by John Rhys, Clarendon Press, 1901 107 · The Treasure Ghost · Elias Owen · ex Welsh Folklore by Elias Owen, 1896 112 · The Corpse Candle · Wirt Sikes · ex British Goblins by Wirt Sikes, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1880 120 · The Chronic Argonauts [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · nv Science Schools Journal April 1888 (+2) 144 · The Gift of Tongues · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s Weekly December 3 1927 151 · The Coffin · Caradoc Evans · ss Illustrated Review July 1923 157 · A Stray from Cathay · John Wyndham · nv Argosy (UK) February 1953, as “Chinese Puzzle” 178 · The Stranger · Richard Hughes · ss The Weekly Westminster Gazette May 26 1923 187 · The School for Witches · Dylan Thomas · ss Contemporary Poetry and Prose August/September 1936 195 · The Sabbath · Charles Williams · ex (r) 204 · Week-End at Cwm Tatws · Robert Graves · ss Punch March 31 1954 209 · Jordan · Glyn Jones · ss (r) 223 · The Dark Isle · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1939 249 · The Dark World · Rhys Davies · ss (r)

The Magicians ed. Peter Haining (Peter Owen, July 1972, 0-7206-0152-5, £3.00, 220pp, hc, an, cover by Eliphas Levi)     Purported to be true stories of the occult written by author-magicians. Also in pb (Pan 1975). 13 · Foreword · Peter Haining · fw 15 · Introduction · Colin Wilson · in 27 · The Black Mass · Joris-Karl Huysmans · ex from Down There, Boni & Liveright, 1924 translated from the French (Là-Bas, Tresse & Stock, 1891). 38 · The Magus · Eliphas Levi · ss (r) 50 · A Story of the Mystical · Madame Blavatsky · ss 1875 61 · An Experiment in Necromancy · Aleister Crowley · ss (r) 71 · Rosa Alchemica · W. B. Yeats · ss The Savoy #2, April 1896 91 · Strange Occurrence in Clerkenwell · Arthur Machen · lk The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895 99 · History of the Young Man with Spectacles · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895 116 · The Return of the Ritual [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine June 1922, as “The Riddle of the Sign” 134 · Playing with Fire · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900 149 · Breath of Allah [Abu Tabah; Kernaby] · Sax Rohmer · nv The Premier Magazine #46, February 1918 170 · Lucifer Over London · Lewis Spence · ss The London Mystery Magazine #1, 1949 181 · With Intent to Steal [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 205 · The Witch Cult · Gerald Gardner · ex from High Magic’s Aid (r) 220 · Afterword · Peter Haining · aw

Magicians’ Circle: More Spellbinding Stories of Wizards & Wizardry ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, October 23, 2003, 0-285-63681-2, £9.99, 268pp, hc, an, cover by Arnaud Crémet)     Young-adult anthology of 14 stories and novel extracts, each with an introduction and afterword by Haining. 9 · The Spell of Magic · Peter Haining · in 17 · A Course in Magic [Professor Doloro de Lara] · E. Nesbit · nv (r) 38 · Doctor Cadaverezzi’s Magic Show · Philip Pullman · ex from Count Karlstein or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman, Doubleday UK, 1991 46 · The Magic Fish-Bone · Charles Dickens · ex from “Holiday Romance”, Our Young Folks January 1868 (+3) 61 · The Magician of Karakosk [Innkeeper] · Peter S. Beagle · nv David Copperfield’s Beyond Imagination ed. David Copperfield, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1996 94 · Elphenor and Weasel · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The New Yorker December 16 1974 115 · The Rule of Names [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination April 1964 131 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903 147 · The Magic Bonbons · L. Frank Baum · ss American Fairy Tales by Frank L. Baum, George M. Hill, 1901 157 · The Day Boy and the Night Girl · George MacDonald · nv The Graphic Christmas 1879, as “The Romance of Photogen and Nycteris” 212 · The Magic Child-Killer · Roald Dahl · ex from The Witches, Jonathan Cape, 1983 222 · The April Witch [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 5 1952 237 · Ms Wiz, Supermodel [Ms Wiz] · Terence Blacker · ex Macmillan, 1997 248 · Works Like Magic · Jacqueline Wilson · ex from Video Rose, Blackie and Son, 1992 256 · Feel Free · Alan Garner · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967

The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, September 24, 1998, 1-85487-539-6, £6.99, xiv+464pp, tp, an)     Associational anthology: revised omnibus of Crime Movies: Classic Murder & Detective Films and Crime Movies 2: Famous Television Crime Series (Severn House, 1996 & 1997) removing a Dick Francis excerpt and adding 2 stories. ix · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 1 · Old Man Menace [Michael Lanyard (The Lone Wolf)] · Louis Joseph Vance · ss The Saturday Evening Post 1927 19 · The Ghost of John Holling [Felix Jenks] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Grand Magazine March 1924 33 · Nobody’s All Bad [Billy the Kid] · W. R. Burnett · ss Collier’s June 7 1930 47 · The Three Garridebs [Sherlock Holmes] · Thomas H. Hutchinson · pl 1937 75 · The Unknown Traitor · Eric Ambler · vi The Strand Magazine December 1948 79 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927 91 · Reward for Survivors [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Black Mask March 1935, as “Earned Reward” 129 · It Had to Be Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine February 1942 169 · Forbidden Fruit · Edgar Lustgarten · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 191 · To Break the Wall · Evan Hunter · ss Discovery No. 2 ed. Vance Bourjaily, Pocket, 1953 205 · Down the Long Night · William F. Nolan · nv Terror Detective Story Magazine #4, April 1957, as “Laugh Till You Die” by Frank Anmar 227 · The Case of the Howling Dog [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · sa TV Guide adapted from the episode first broadcast on CBS, April 11, 1959. 241 · Equal Status · Elwyn Jones · nv (r) adapted from a 1973 episode of Softly, Softly. 271 · Inspector Maigret Hesitates [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Jean Stewart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1969 translated from the French (“Monsieur Lundi”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, December 20, 1936). 287 · Kick It or Kill · Mickey Spillane · na Cavalier #97, July 1961 339 · Larger Than Life · Anthony Shaffer · ss The London Mystery Magazine #18, 1953 347 · There Are Some Days… · Frederick Forsyth · nv No Comebacks by Frederick Forsyth, Hutchinson, 1982 369 · The Embassy Incident [The Professionals] · Brian Clemens · ss 1982 379 · The Glory Hunter · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1977 391 · Saint Nick Alas · Tony Hoare · ss TV Times December 1991 401 · The Dripping [John Rambo] · David Morrell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1972 413 · Your Appointment Is Cancelled [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · ss 1983 425 · A Case of Coincidence · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 30 1980 443 · The End of an Era · Richard Levinson & William Link · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1962 455 · Mr. Big · Woody Allen · ss Getting Even by Woody Allen, Random House, 1971

The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, October 5, 2000, 1-84119-160-4, £6.99, 576pp, tp, an, cover: [photo] by Simon Marsden)     Anthology of 36 stories (1 an original collaborative vignette by Ray Bradbury), based on the haunted house theme. 1 · Haunted House · Elizabeth Albright & Ray Bradbury · vi 3 · I Live in a Haunted House · Peter Haining · fw part previously published as “The Smoke Ghost” in Dancing with the Dark ed. Stephen Jones, Vista, 1997. 7 · 1: Haunted Places: Stories of Fact and Fiction 9 · The Haunted and the Haunters · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865 revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story. 39 · Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine October 1862, uncredited. 53 · A Case of Eavesdropping [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 69 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921 73 · Ghost Hunt · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Weird Tales March 1948 81 · Dark Winner · William F. Nolan · ss Whispers December 1976 87 · 2: Avenging Spirits: Tales of Dangerous Elementals 89 · The Old House in Vauxhall Walk · Charlotte Riddell · nv Home Christmas 1880 109 · No. 252 Rue M. le Prince · Ralph Adams Cram · nv Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 125 · The Southwest Chamber · Mary Eleanor Freeman · na The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins, Doubleday, 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins 145 · The Toll-House · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine April 1907 157 · Feet Foremost · L. P. Hartley · nv The Killing Bottle by L. P. Hartley, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932 191 · Happy Hour · Ian Watson · nv Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990 215 · 3: Shadowy Corners: Accounts of Restless Spirits 217 · The Ankardyne Pew · W. F. Harvey · ss The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1928 231 · The Real and the Counterfeit · Louisa Baldwin · ss The Shadow on the Blind and Other Ghost Stories by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin, Dent, 1895 249 · A Night at a Cottage… · Richard Hughes · ss A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926 253 · The Considerate Hosts · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales December 1939 265 · The Grey House · Basil Copper · nv Not After Nightfall by Basil Copper, Four Square, 1967 309 · Watching Me, Watching You · Fay Weldon · ss Woman’s Own January 1981 327 · 4: Phantom Lovers: Sex and the Supernatural 329 · A Spirit Elopement · Richard Dehan · ss Off Sandy Hook and Other Stories by Richard Dehan, Frederick A. Stokes, 1915 339 · The House of Dust · Herbert de Hamel · ss The Blue Magazine #9, March 1920 357 · The Kisstruck Bogie · A. E. Coppard · ss Fearful Pleasures by A. E. Coppard, Arkham House, 1946 367 · Mr. Edward · Norah Lofts · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947 385 · House of the Hatchet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1941 403 · Napier Court · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 421 · 5: Little Terrors: Ghosts and Children 423 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 435 · The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1916 461 · A Little Ghost · Hugh Walpole · ss The Red Book Magazine October 1922 477 · The Patter of Tiny Feet · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 489 · Uninvited Ghosts · Penelope Lively · ss Frank and Polly Muir’s Big Dipper, Heinemann, 1981 495 · 6: Psychic Phenomena: Signs from the Other Side 497 · Playing with Fire · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900 513 · The Whistling Room [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler March 1910 533 · Bagnell Terrace · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1925 547 · The Companion · Joan Aiken · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1978 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1978 557 · The Ghost Hunter · James Herbert · ex from Haunted, Hodder & Stoughton, 1988 563 · Computer Séance · Ruth Rendell · ss The Oldie 1997 571 · Appendix: Haunted House Novels: A Listing · Peter Haining · bi (r)