Thin Air ed. Alan C. Jenkins (Blackie, October 1966, 15/-, 412pp, hc, an)
Anthology of Ghost Stories, including some factual, aimed at the teenage reader. Reprinted in 1967. The 1972 printing omitted the last four stories.
- 9 · Introduction · Alan C. Jenkins · in
- 11 · The Treasure of Abbot Thomas · M. R. James · nv Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904
- 35 · Running Wolf · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Century Magazine August 1920
- 59 · The Ghost of Glam · Andrew Lang · ss The Book of Dreams and Ghosts ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1897
- 73 · The Haunted Mosque · S. L. Sadhu · ss Folk Tales from Kashmir by S. L. Sadhu, Asia Publishing House, 1962
- 79 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1)
- 115 · The Whistling Ghosts · Sir Arthur Grimble · ar A Pattern of Islands by Sir Arthur Grimble, John Murray, 1952
- 123 · The Ghost in the Ring · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Shivers, Philip Allan, 1932
- 128 · A Phantom of the Seas · Warren Armstrong · ar Tales of the Tall Ships by Warren Armstrong, Odhams, 1964
- 140 · The Unforgiving Garden · Francis Hayley Bell · ss Blackwood’s Magazine January 1943
- 161 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- 175 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost”
- 192 · The Ghost of a Saint · W. H. Barrett · ss More Tales from the Fens by W. H. Barrett, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1963
- 196 · My Own True Ghost Story · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Week’s News February 25 1888
- 206 · The Death Watch · Charles Downing · ss Russian Tales and Legends by Charles Downing, Oxford University Press, 1956
- 211 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911
- 216 · An Apparition · Guy de Maupassant · ss Romance February 1891
translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883).
- 225 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 243 · Sambo · W. F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910
- 252 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839
- 278 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912
- 291 · A Little Ghost · Hugh Walpole · ss The Red Book Magazine October 1922
- 309 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”
- 326 · The House with the Brick-Kiln · E. F. Benson · ss The London Magazine December 1908
- 341 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q
- 357 · Phantas · Oliver Onions · ss Nash’s Magazine February 1910
- 376 · The Coat · A. E. D. Smith · ss Powers of Darkness, Philip Allan, 1934
- 386 · The Story of Admetus · Roger Lancelyn Green · ss from Tales of the Greek Heroes, 1958
- 394 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine February 1909
- 401 · The Haunted Forest · Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd · ss Ghost Stories Round the World by Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd, Odhams, 1965
- 409 · Full Fathom Five · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker June 22 1929
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