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Some Things Dark and Dangerous ed. Joan Kahn (Harper & Row, 1970, 0-06-023082-7, $6.95, 221pp, hc, an)

7 · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in

9 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing”

17 · The White Cat of Drumgunniol · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, uncredited.

29 · The Murder of Dr. Burdell · Edmund Pearson · ar 1935

38 · The Destruction of Smith · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Eye-Witness February 29 1912

45 · Wet Saturday · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 16 1938

53 · Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The 20-Story Magazine #47, May 1926, as “The Adventure of the Cat in the Bag”

66 · Fatal Visit of the Inca to Pizarro and His Followers in the City of Caxamalca · William H. Prescott · ar (r)

71 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv The Strand Magazine June 1903

107 · Portrait of a Murderer · Q. Patrick · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1942

126 · The Dead Finger · Howard Pyle · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1911

144 · Boy Hunt · John Bartlow Martin · ar Harper’s Magazine December 1944

162 · Calling All Stars · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961

167 · “These Terrible Men, the Harpes!” · Robert M. Coates · ar 1930

181 · When the Bough Breaks · Lewis Padgett · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1944

207 · A Musical Enigma · Rev. C. P. Cranch · ss Putnam’s Magazine May 1870, as “A Musical Mystery”

218 · The Sinking Ship · Robert Louis Stevenson · vi Longman’s Magazine August 1895

221 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Some Things Dark and Dangerous (var. 1) ed. Joan Kahn (Coronet Books, 1976, 0-340-20146-0, 237pp, pb, an)
Abridged from the original edition (Harper & Row, 1970).

9 · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in Some Things Dark and Dangerous ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1970

11 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing”

21 · The White Cat of Drumgunniol · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, uncredited.

37 · The Destruction of Smith · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Eye-Witness February 29 1912

47 · Wet Saturday · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 16 1938

57 · Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The 20-Story Magazine #47, May 1926, as “The Adventure of the Cat in the Bag”

74 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv The Strand Magazine June 1903

123 · Portrait of a Murderer · Q. Patrick · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1942

148 · Boy Hunt · John Bartlow Martin · ar Harper’s Magazine December 1944

173 · Calling All Stars · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961

180 · When the Bough Breaks · Lewis Padgett · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1944

215 · A Musical Enigma · Rev. C. P. Cranch · ss Putnam’s Magazine May 1870, as “A Musical Mystery”

230 · The Sinking Ship · Robert Louis Stevenson · vi Longman’s Magazine August 1895

233 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg Some Things Dark and Dangerous ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1970

Some Things Fierce and Fatal ed. Joan Kahn (Harper & Row, 1971, 0-06-023084-3, $6.95, 246pp, hc, an)
14 horror and macabre stories. UK edition published by Bodley Head (1972).

ix · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in

1 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936

15 · The Vermont Raffles Who Transcended the Tomb · Edward H. Smith · ar from You Can Escape, Macmillan US, 1929

29 · Invisible Boy · Ray Bradbury · ss Mademoiselle November 1945

40 · Something Evil in the House · Celia Fremlin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1968

61 · The “Coney” Men · Lloyd Lewis · ar from Myths After Lincoln, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1929

82 · High-Water Mark · Bret Harte · ss The Golden Era January 6 1861

94 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903

110 · The Nine-to-Five Man · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1961

134 · Sarah Jane Robinson · Edmund Pearson · ar from More Studies in Murder, 1936

151 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916

184 · The Leaping Trout · David Hogan · ss (r)

195 · A Tale of Terror · Paul Louis Courier · ar (r)

199 · Eight Minutes to Kill · Julian Symons · nv The Evening Standard May 30 1957 (+5)

230 · Traveller’s Joy · Dwynwen Richards · ss

243 · Biographical Notes · Ann O’Hara · bg

Some Things Strange and Sinister ed. Joan Kahn (Harper & Row, 1973, x+245pp, hc, an)
Published in Britain by The Bodley Head, 1973, and Coronet Books, 1976.

ix · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in (r)

1 · The Lamp · Agatha Christie · ss 1924

12 · Nerves · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Spasm”
translated from the French (“Le tic”, Le Gaulois, July 14, 1884).

19 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940

26 · Keeping His Promise · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906

46 · The House · André Maurois; translated by Jacques Chambrun · vi Harper’s Magazine June 1931

50 · The Call of the Hand · Louis Golding · nv The English Review November 1919

69 · 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).

102 · The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler May 1896

125 · The Strange Occurrences Connected with Captain John Russell · Neil Bell · ss Modern Reading 15 ed. Reginald Moore, Phoenix House, 1947

146 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · nv The London Mercury September 1930

168 · 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.

185 · The Cocoon · John B. L. Goodwin · ss Story #121, September/October 1946

208 · The Empty Schoolroom · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss The Uncertain Element ed. Kay Dick, Jarrolds, 1950

229 · The Ghost of Washington · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Some Things Weird and Wicked: 12 Stories to Chill Your Bones ed. Joan Kahn (Pantheon, April 1976, 0-394-83244-2, $5.95, x+243pp, hc, an)
Paperback edition: Bantam 1977.

ix · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in

3 · The White Circle · John Bell Clayton · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1947

14 · The Wind in the Rosebush · Mary E. Wilkins · nv Everybody’s Magazine February 1902

37 · “Blow Up with the Brig!” · Wilkie Collins · ss Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline by Wilkie Collins, Richard Bentley and Son, 1873
revised from “The Ghost in the Cupboard Room” (All the Year Round, Christmas 1859).

55 · The Web · D’Arcy Niland · ss World Prize Stories, Odhams, 1952

64 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902

87 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884

113 · Only the Guilty Run · Vin Packer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1955

127 · My Friend Paton · Julian Hawthorne · ss Belgravia 1883

151 · Playmates · A. M. Burrage · nv Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927

184 · My Dear Uncle Sherlock [Uncle George Crowder] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1960

196 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

221 · The Transferred Ghost · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine May 1882

239 · Biographical Notes · Sherry Knox · bg

Trial and Terror ed. Joan Kahn (Houghton Mifflin, 1973, 0-395-17208-X, $8.95, 560pp, hc, an)

xiii · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in

1 · In an Early Winter · Roger Angell · ss The New Yorker January 22 1955

19 · The Black Veil [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv The London Magazine September 1929

43 · The Farewell Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na Black Mask February 1930

80 · The Gentleman from San Francisco · Ivan Bunin · nv The Dial January 1922

103 · The Murder of Julia Wallace · Dorothy L. Sayers · ar The Evening Standard November 6 1934, as “The Mysterious Telephone Call: The Murder of Julia Wallace”

154 · Cat People · Francis King · ss The Brighton Belle and Other Stories by Francis King, Longmans, 1968

164 · In a Foreign City · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker May 14 1955

177 · The Escape · Joseph Kessel · nv (r)

206 · The Brothers · Kenneth Deale · ar 1960

236 · The Wall · Jean-Paul Sartre; translated by Lloyd Alexander · ss (r)
translated from the French (“Le Mur”, Le Mur, Gallimard, 1939).

255 · The Treasure Hunt [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s November 22 1924

272 · An Episode of the Terror · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890, as “In the Time of the Terror”
translated from the French (as introduction to Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de la Révolution française, par Sanson, Librairie Centrale, 1829).

289 · Murder at the Brown Palace · Brett Halliday · ar 1946

323 · The Knock at the Manor Gate · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Der Schlag ans Hoftor”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

325 · The Comforts of Home · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Kenyon Review Fall 1960

347 · The Sand-Man · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv (r)
translated from the German (“Der Sandmann”, Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816).

383 · The Trial of Robert Wood · Edward Majoribanks · ar (r)

422 · A Spool of Thread · Rose Wilder Lane · ss
revised from “Vengeance” (Liberty 1933).

440 · The March Assize · Samuel Warren · ss Experiences of a Barrister by Samuel Warren, Wentworth, 1859

455 · Red 71 · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask December 1932

482 · The Victim · Edgar Lustgarten · ar 1955

510 · The Lug Wrench · Berton Rouéché · ss The New Yorker June 7 1969

517 · The Tallow Candle · Joseph Shearing · ss The Uncertain Element ed. Kay Dick, Jarrolds, 1950

535 · Lottery Ticket, No. 1710 · Officer George S. McWatters · ts Knots Untied by Officer George S. McWatters, J.B. Burr and Hyde, 1871

552 · Why Herbert Killed His Mother · Winifred Holtby · ss Truth Is Not Sober by Winifred Holtby, Macmillan, 1934

561 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Imagine Africa 500 ed. Billy Kahora (Pan African Publishers, September 5, 2016, $9.99, ebook, oa, cover by Rodgers Chilemba)
Details taken from online listing.

· Manging Editor’s Note · Shadreck Chikoti · ed

· Foreword · Bertan Selim · fw

· One wit’ This Place · Muthi Nhlema · ss

· Snake Blood · Dilman Dila · ss

· The Wish Box · Chinelo Onwualu · ss

· Those Without Sin · Hagai Magai · ss

· After Market Life · Frances Naiga Muwonge · ss

· When We Had Faith · Lauri Kubuitsile · ss

· Closer to the Sun · Aubrey Chinguwo · ss

· Necessary and Sufficient Conditions · Wole Talabi · ss

· Tiny Dots · Tuntufye Simwimba · ss

· Unexpected Dawn · Musinguzi Ray Robert · ss

· Transit · Derek Lubangakene · ss

· Xaua-Khoe · Catherine Shepherd · ss

· A Is a Four-Letter Word · Hannah Onoguwe · ss

· Land of Light · Stephen Embleton · ss

· Women Are from Venus · Tiseke Chilima · ss

The Masked Rider Archives, Volume 2 by Jay J. Kalez, George A. Starbird & Lincoln Hoffman--- see under George A. Starbird.

Bubble Off-Plumb ed. Dan M. Kalin, K. G. Finfrock & Sarah Kalin--- see under K. G. Finfrock.

Bubble Off-Plumb ed. Sarah Kalin, K. G. Finfrock & Dan M. Kalin--- see under K. G. Finfrock.

The Broken Bridge: Fiction from Expatriates in Literary Japan ed. Suzanne Kamata (Stone Bridge Press, November 1997, 1-880-65631-0, $18.95, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Introduction · Donald Richie · in (r)

· The Broken Bridge · Frank Tuohy · ss Short Story Monthly #2, November 1981

· The Business at Hand · Edward Seidensticker · ss (r)

· from Imaginary Speeches for a Brazen Head · Philip Whalen · ss (r)

· Indirect Method · Francis King · ss (r)

· The Granny Room · John Haylock · ss Blackwood’s Magazine 1980

· The Bonsai Master · James Kirkup · ss (r)

· Mr. Butterfry · Hal Porter · ss (r)

· Summer Insects · David Burleigh · ss (r)

· The Altar · Catherine Browder · ss (r)

· The Reunion · William Wetherall · ss (r)

· Blue Notes on the Samisen in Early Summer · Michelle Leigh · ss (r)

· Japanese Jew · Sanford Goldstein · ss (r)

· Flatlands II · Al Alonzo · ss (r)

· Dreaming of Glory · John Bryson · ss (r)

· Michiko’s House · Meira Chand · ss (r)

· Enlightenment with Tea · Kate the Slops · ss (r)

· The Trouble with Angels · Cheryl Chow · ss (r)

· Hair Nudes · David Lazarus · ss (r)

· The Circuit · Michael Fessler · ss (r)

· Shades · Alex Shishin · ss (r)

· Angels of the Unknown · Laurel Ostrow · ss (r)

· from One Hundred Views of Raoul · Ralph McCarthy · ss (r)

· Mr. Robert · Viki Radden · ss (r)

· Ghost Stories · Leza Lowitz · ss (r)

· Casualties · Alex Kerr · ss (r)

· Is There a God in Your Heart? · Morgan Gibson · ss (r)

· Summertime · Karen Hill Anton · ss (r)

· The Podiatrist · Daniel Rosenblum · ss (r)

· Wakanomiya · Christopher Blasdel · ss (r)

· Bloodlines · Holly Thompson · ss (r)

· Tokyo Tremors · Alan Brown · ss (r)

· The Screen Man · Elizabeth Balestrieri · ss (r)

· A Roasted Potato at Dusk · Phyllis Birnbaum · ss (r)

· Season’s Greetings · Joseph LaPenta · ss (r)

· Standing There Naked · Eric Madeen · ss (r)

· Six Encounters · Donald Richie · ss (r)

· Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg (r)

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