The Shilling Shockers: Stories of Terror from the Gothic Bluebooks ed. Peter Haining (Gollancz, August 17, 1978, 0-575-02417-8, £4.95, 183pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 10 rare stories taken from the Gothic Bluebooks of the early nineteenth century.
- 13 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- 21 · The Vindictive Monk; or, The Fatal Ring · Isaac Crookenden · ss Romantic Tales by Isaac Crookenden, 1802; this version has been heavily edited and modernized.
- 32 · The Mysterious Novice: or, Convent of the Grey Penitents · Sarah Wilkinson · nv Arliss, 1809
- 61 · Captive of the Banditti: A Terrific Tale Concluded · Dr. Nathan Drake & A. N. Other · ss (r)
an anonymous conclusion to an uncompleted story by Drake. taken from New Collection of Gothic Stories (1801).
- 72 · The Spectre Mother; or, The Haunted Tower · [uncredited] · nv 1823
- 94 · The Life and Horrid Adventures of the Celebrated Dr. Faustus · [uncredited] · nv ca. 1810
- 117 · The Bluebook Illustrations · Various · il (r)
- 123 · The Old Tower of Frankenstein · [uncredited] · ss Lloyd’s Weekly London Newspaper 1847; attributed as coming from Phantasmagoria (1812), though it is not in the standard edition.
translated from the German (c. 1812).
- 127 · The Bride of the Isles: A Tale Founded on the Popular Legend of the Vampire · [uncredited] · nv 1820
adapted from a play by James Robinson Planché based on “The Vampyre” by John William Polidori (The New Monthly Magazine, 1 April 1819).
- 152 · The Lunatic and His Turkey · [uncredited] · ss (r)
from Tales of Witchcraft (New York: Harrison, c.1802).
- 157 · The Severed Arm: or, The Wehr-wolf of Limousin · [uncredited] · ss Tales of Superstition, Tegg and Castleman, 1803
- 170 · Five Hundred Years Hence! · “D” · ss The Pocket Magazine of Classic and Polite Literature 1818
- 181 · A Brief Bibliography of “Shilling Shockers” · [uncredited] · bi
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