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The Haunted Omnibus ed. Alexander Laing (Farrar & Rinehart, 1937, $3.00, 848pp, hc, an)     One of the classic supernatural anthologies. See abridged edition, Great Ghost Stories of the World, 1941. vii · Foreword · Alexander Laing · fw (r) 3 · August Heat · W. F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910 11 · The Half-Pint Flask · DuBose Heyward · ss The Bookman May 1927 29 · The Brahman, the Thief and the Ghost · [uncredited] · ex (r) translated from the Sanskrit (The Panchatantra, ca. 200 B.C.). 33 · The Treasure of Abbot Thomas · M. R. James · nv Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 55 · The Yellow Wall Paper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 75 · The King of the World · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1921 83 · Perez · W. L. George · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1919, as “The Phantom Truth” 99 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1910 149 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904 157 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 189 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 203 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 229 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro 237 · The White People · Arthur Machen · nv Horlick’s Magazine and Home Journal for Australia, India and the Colonies January 1904 277 · Concerning Phantoms · Pliny the Younger · ss Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907, as “Letter to Sura” translated from the Latin (as a letter to Sura, 2nd century AD). 281 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 301 · The Story of Ming-Y · Lafcadio Hearn · nv Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn, Roberts Bros., 1887 315 · The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv The New Decameron, Volume the First, Blackwell, 1919; original version. 343 · Adam and Eve and Pinch Me · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1921 355 · Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922 379 · The Second Kalandar’s Tale · [uncredited] · nv from The Arabian Nights (r) 407 · Full Fathom Five · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker June 22 1929 413 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890 425 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912 437 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839 459 · The Feather Cloak of Hawaii · Johannes C. Andersen · ss Myths and Legends of the Polynesians by Johannes C. Andersen, 1928 465 · The Gentleman from America · Michael Arlen · ss The Tatler Christmas 1924 487 · The Story of Glam · translated by George Ainslie Hight · ex from The Saga of Grettir the Strong, J.M. Dent, 1914; from the Scandinavian (The Grettis Saga, c. 1250). 499 · The Ghosts of Wulakai · Owen Lattimore · ss Asia March 1934 509 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911 533 · A Man with Two Lives · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine October 1905 537 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 543 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 555 · The Haunted Hotel · Wilkie Collins · n. The Illustrated London News Christmas 1877 717 · Clorinda Walks in Heaven · A. E. Coppard · ss Clorinda Walks in Heaven by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1922 725 · The Grendel Episode · [uncredited] · ex from Beowulf, ca. 750 749 · Green Thoughts · John Collier · ss The London Mercury May 1931 769 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 777 · A Visitor from Down Under · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 797 · The Foghorn · Gertrude Atherton · ss Good Housekeeping November 1933 809 · The Cherry Tree · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me (var. 1) by A. E. Coppard, Knopf, 1922 815 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910

The Sky That Wraps by Jay Lake (Subterranean Press, September 2010, 978-1-59606-266-5, $40.00, 406pp, hc, co, cover by Aurélien Police)     Collection of 25 stories, two original, chosen by the author as the best of his recent work, with a few old favorites thrown in. Introduction by Ken Scholes. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,000. 9 · Preface · Jay Lake · pr 11 · Anything Could Be True · Ken Scholes · in 15 · The Sky That Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black · Jay Lake · ss Clarkesworld #18, March 2008 27 · Journal of an Inmate · Jay Lake · nv Postscripts #7, Summer 2006 51 · Achilles, Sulking in His Buick · Jay Lake · ss Realms of Fantasy December 2008 57 · Crossing the Seven · Jay Lake · nv Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007 89 · The Leopard’s Paw · Jay Lake · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2007 97 · Coming for Green · Jay Lake · nv 119 · Promises: A Tale of the City Imperishable · Jay Lake · ss Paper Cities ed. Ekaterina Sedia, Senses Five Press, 2008 129 · Witness to the Fall · Jay Lake · ss Crime Spells ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Loren L. Coleman, DAW, 2009 139 · Number of the Bus · Jay Lake · ss Realms of Fantasy February 2007 153 · A Different Way Into the Life · Jay Lake · ss Wizards, Inc. ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Loren L. Coleman, DAW, 2007 169 · Green Grass Blues · Jay Lake · nv The River Knows Its Own by Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2007 193 · Fat Man · Jay Lake · nv The Mammoth Book of Monsters ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2007 225 · Dogs in the Moonlight · Jay Lake · ss Fortean Bureau Fall 2003 239 · Little Pig, Berry Brown, and the Hard Moon · Jay Lake · ss The Magic Toybox ed. Denise Little, DAW, 2006 247 · On the Human Plan · Jay Lake · ss Lone Star Stories #31, February 2009 257 · Lehr, Rex · Jay Lake · nv Forbidden Planets ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2006 277 · The Man with One Bright Eye · Jay Lake · ss Fate Fantastic ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Daniel M. Hoyt, DAW, 2007 287 · To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Yourselves [Sunspin] · Jay Lake · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 319 · Skinhorse Goes to Mars · Jay Lake · ss Postscripts #15, Summer 2008 335 · A Very Old Man with No Wings at All · Jay Lake · ss Aeon #11, September 2007 339 · People of Leaf and Branch · Jay Lake · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #27, June 2009 353 · A Water Matter [Green Universe] · Jay Lake · nv Tor.com October 29 2008 373 · To This Their Late Escape [Sunspin] · Jay Lake · ss 385 · Chain of Fools [Mainspring] · Jay Lake · ss Subterranean (online) Summer 2008 399 · The American Dead · Jay Lake · ss Interzone #203, April 2006

Tesseracts Nineteen: Superhero Universe ed. Claude Lalumière & Mark Shainblum--- see under Mark Shainblum.

Things a Map Won’t Show You: Stories from Australia and Beyond ed. Susan LaMarca & Pam MacIntyre (Penguin Australia, February 22, 2012, 978-0-14-356531-4, A$24.99, 296pp, tp, oa, cover by Elissa Webb)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. · Introduction · Susan LaMarca & Pam MacIntyre · in 1 · Out of the Yellow · James Roy · ss 15 · Cloud Busting · Tara June Winch · ex from Swallow the Air (r) 25 · The Two Little Round Stones · Obed Raggett · vi Spirit Song ed. Lorraine Mafi-Williams, Omnibus Books, 1993 29 · Milford Sound · Peta Freestone · ss 49 · The Price of a Sword · Alison Lloyd · ss 63 · Ice-Cream Headache · Tim Sinclair · pm 75 · The Exotic Rissole · Tanveer Ahmed · ss 85 · The True Story of Mary, Who Wanted to Stand on Her Head · Jane Godwin · pm 95 · Learning to Fly · Sofie Laguna · ss 101 · Integration · Jack Davis · pm 105 · Australia Day · Ursula Dubosarsky · ss 117 · Sea Scene · Horiguchi Daigaku · pm Modern Japanese Poetry ed. A. R. Davis, University of Queensland Press, 1978 118 · Poetry · Horiguchi Daigaku · pm Modern Japanese Poetry ed. A. R. Davis, University of Queensland Press, 1978 118 · I Know That Intense Emotion · Horiguchi Daigaku · pm Modern Japanese Poetry ed. A. R. Davis, University of Queensland Press, 1978 119 · Only a Game · Ruth Starke · nv 141 · Stark’s Statues · Tohby Riddle · ss 153 · Snow Falls on the Subway · Yoon Zelim; translated by Chae-Pyong Song & Anne Rashid · ss 157 · Introducing Wendy · Oliver Phommavanh · ss 169 · Smarty · Doug MacLeod · pm Trust Me! ed. Paul Collins, Ford Street Publishing, 2008 180 · Smiley · Doug MacLeod · pm 187 · The Second-Last Baby Tooth · Sonya Hartnett · ss 201 · The Year King · Michael Prior · ss 221 · The Legend of Lungalunga · Samson Tavat · vi When the Moon Was Big ed. Ulli Beier, WilliamCollins Australia, 1972 225 · Yinti’s Kitten · Pat Lowe · ss; illustrated by Jimmy Pike 237 · Chewing Gum · [uncredited] · pm Modern Japanese Poetry ed. A. R. Davis, University of Queensland Press, 1978 243 · The Art of Hunting · Brenton McKenna · cs 251 · A Dozen Bloomin’ Roses · Paul Jennings · ss Quirky Tails by Paul Jennings, Penguin Australia, 1987 267 · A Guide to Better Kissing · Chris Wheat · fa 277 · How I Taught My Grandmother to Read · Sudha Murty · ss 285 · All One Race · Oodgeroo Noonuccal · pm My People 4/e, John Wiley & Sons Australia, 2008

The Phantom in the Rainbow by Slater LaMaster (A.C. McClurg, October 1929, 376pp, hc, n.)

The Phantom in the Rainbow by Slater LaMaster (Steeger Books, November 29, 2021, 978-1-61827-615-5, $29.95, 310pp, tp, n., cover by Paul Stahr)     Reprint (McClurg 1929) novel. Volume 101 in “The Argosy Library”. Details taken from publisher website.

Marching Sands and The Caravan of the Dead: The Harold Lamb Omnibus by Harold Lamb (Steeger Books, December 1, 2019, 978-1-61827-444-1, $24.95, 447pp, tp, co)     Volume 60 in “The Argosy Library”. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Marching Sands · Harold Lamb · n. Argosy October 25 1919 (+3) 207 · The Caravan of the Dead · Harold Lamb · n. Argosy June 12 1920 (+5)

Best Tales of Terror of Erckmann-Chatrian by Erckmann-Chatrian ed. Hugh Lamb--- see under Erckmann-Chatrian.

The Black Reaper by Bernard Capes ed. Hugh Lamb--- see under Bernard Capes.

Cold Fear ed. Hugh Lamb (W.H. Allen & Co., November 7, 1977, 0-491-02082-1, £3.95, 175pp, hc, oa)     Anthology of fifteen specially written stories, including the award-winning “In the Bag”. 11 · Editor’s Foreword · Hugh Lamb · fw 13 · Lullaby for a Baby Horror-Story Writer · Marion Pitman · pm Dark Horizons #13, Spring 1976 15 · In the Bag · Ramsey Campbell · ss 26 · The Music in the House · Eleanor Inglefield · ss 35 · In the Glow-Zone · Brian Lumley · ss 40 · The Papal Magician · Ken Alden · ss 54 · Laura · Robert Aickman · ss 64 · An Emissary for the Devil · Robert Haining · ss 75 · A Little Bit of Egypt · David Sutton · ss 87 · Aunty Green · John Blackburn · ss 94 · All the Amenities · Kathleen Murray · ss 104 · The Demon in the Stone · Adrian Cole · nv 125 · Dinner in a Private Room · Charles Birkin · ss 138 · The House in the Forest · Frederick Cowles · ss 150 · The Man Who Wouldn’t Eat · Arthur Porges · ss 159 · The Darkhouse Keeper · Rosemary Timperley · ss 168 · After the Queen · Ramsey Campbell · ss

Forgotten Tales of Terror ed. Hugh Lamb (Magnum Books, November 1978, 0-417-02830-X, 85p, 170pp, pb, an)     Also available in simultaneous hardback for the library business from the parent company Eyre Methuen, 0-413-45450-9. Anthology of twelve rare stories. 9 · Introduction · Hugh Lamb · in 15 · The Fear from the Lake · Oswell Blakeston · ss Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, Associated Newspapers, 1935 21 · The Cadaver of Bishop Louis · Frederick Cowles · ss The Night Wind Howls by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1938 34 · Smeath · Barry Pain · nv The London Magazine April 1911 61 · The Murder of the Hunchbacked Boy · C. D. Pamely · ss Tales of Mystery and Terror by C. D. Pamely, C. D. Pamely, 1926 67 · The Reconciliation · Lafcadio Hearn · vi Shadowings by Lafcadio Hearn, Little Brown, 1900 71 · The Moon Stricken · Bernard Capes · ss The Cornhill Magazine December 1896 93 · The Chippendale Mirror · E. F. Benson · ss Pearson’s Magazine May 1915 104 · The Haunted Bungalow · Charles Duff · ss Thrills, Associated Newspapers, 1936 111 · The Third Eye [Bronx Park Zoological Society; Percy Smith] · Robert W. Chambers · nv Hearst’s Magazine February 1915 137 · The Late Mrs. Fowke · Amyas Northcote · ss In Ghostly Company by Amyas Northcote, The Bodley Head, 1921 147 · The Mystery of the Derelict [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Story-teller July 1907 160 · The House on the Rynek · Dermot Chesson Spence · ss Little Red Shoes by Dermot Chesson Spence, Williams & Norgate, 1937

Gaslit Nightmares ed. Hugh Lamb (Futura, March 1988, 0-7088-3658-5, £4.50, 358pp, tp, an)     Ghost/horror anthology. 1 · The Undying Thing · Barry Pain · nv Black & White Christmas 1893 25 · The Serpent’s Head · Lady Dilke · ss The Shrine of Death and Other Stories by Lady Dilke, George Routledge & Sons, 1886 35 · The Phantom Model · Hume Nisbet · ss The Haunted Station by Hume Nisbet, F.V. White & Co., 1894 50 · The Black Reaper · Bernard Capes · ss At a Winter’s Fire by Bernard Capes, C. Arthur Pearson, 1899 61 · The Accursed Cordonnier · Bernard Capes · nv The Dome June 1900 90 · The Vengeance of the Dead · Robert Barr · ss The English Illustrated Magazine May 1894 105 · The Beckside Boggle · Alice Rea · ss The Beckside Boggle by Alice Rea, T. Fisher Unwin, 1886 121 · Maw-Sayah [Eastern Quiver] · Charles J. Mansford · ss The Strand Magazine March 1893 135 · In the Court of the Dragon · Robert W. Chambers · ss The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 145 · The Old House in Vauxhall Walk · Charlotte Riddell · nv Home Christmas 1880 165 · The Drunkard’s Death · Charles Dickens · ss Sketches by Boz: Second Series by Box, Macrone, 1836, as by Boz 179 · Luella Miller · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins 195 · A Psychological Experiment [Augustus Champnell] · Richard Marsh · ss The Seen and the Unseen by Richard Marsh, Methuen, 1900 209 · The Mystic Spell · Dick Donovan · nv Tales of Terror by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1899 243 · The Late Mr Watkins of Georgia · Joel Chandler Harris · ss Tales of the Home Folks in Peace and War by Joel Chandler Harris, A.P. Watt, 1898 253 · The Ghost in the Mill · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 1870, uncredited. 267 · A Derelict · J. A. Barry · ss In the Great Deep by J. A. Barry, Methuen, 1896 285 · The Haunted Mill · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Wave February 21 1891 295 · An Unexpected Journey · J. H. Pearce · ss Drolls from Shadowland by J. H. Pearce, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893 301 · The Pride of the Corbyns · Isabella Banks · nv The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1875 329 · The Page Boy’s Ghost · The Countess of Munster · ss Ghostly Tales by The Countess of Munster, Hutchinson, 1896 335 · Mysterious Maisie [Horace Vesey] · Wirt Gerrare · nv Phantasms by Wirt Gerrare, Roxburghe Press, 1895

Gaslit Nightmares 2 ed. Hugh Lamb (Futura, January 24, 1991, 0-7088-4876-1, £4.50, 384pp, pb, an, cover by Richard Jones)     Anthology of ghost/horror stories from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, with introductions to each by Lamb. · Introduction · Hugh Lamb · in 1 · The Strange Story of Northavon Priory · Frank Frankfort Moore · ss The Other World by F. Frankfort Moore, Eveleigh Nash, 1904 17 · A Tropical Horror · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Grand Magazine June 1905 31 · Nightmare-Touch · Lafcadio Hearn · ar Shadowings by Lafcadio Hearn, Little Brown, 1900 41 · The Phantom Riders · E. R. Suffling · ss The Story Hunter; or, Tales of the Weird and Wild by Ernest R. Suffling, Jarrold, 1896 57 · Un Peu d’Amour [Bronx Park Zoological Society; Percy Smith] · Robert W. Chambers · nv Hearst’s Magazine June 1915 85 · The Spirit of the Fjord · John C. Shannon · ss Zylgrahof and Other Stories by John C. Shannon, Simpkin, Marshall, 1901 97 · Mustapha · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss Western Weekly Mercury 1894 117 · Marceau’s Prisoner · Alexandre Dumas · ss The Strand Magazine July 1892 translated (and abridged) from the French (“La Rose Rouge”, Revue des Deux Mondes, 1831). 137 · Dark Dignum · Bernard Capes · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1897 149 · The Vanishing House · Bernard Capes · ss The Sketch January 5 1898 155 · The King of the Baboons [Vrouw Grobelaar] · Perceval Gibbon · ss The Vrouw Grobelaar’s Leading Cases by Perceval Gibbon, Blackwood, 1905 169 · The Woman with a Candle · W. Bourne Cooke · ss For King and Love by W. Bourne Cooke, 1908 185 · The Pig-Skin Belt · Edward Lucas White · nv Lukundoo by Edward Lucas White, Doran, 1927 221 · The Black Knight · Raymund Allen · ss The Strand Magazine April 1892 237 · The Terror by Night · Lewis Lister · ss The Novel Magazine July 1915 251 · The Dark Shadow [Horace Vesey] · Wirt Gerrare · ss Phantasms by Wirt Gerrare, Roxburghe Press, 1895 269 · The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv Cassell’s Family Magazine August 1897 293 · Old Gervais · Mrs. Molesworth · ss Studies and Stories by Mary Louisa Molesworth, Innes, 1893 313 · In the Light of the Red Lamp · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss 1909, as “The Grip of Fear” translated from the French (“Sous la lumière rouge”, Le Journal, 1906). 320 · The Test · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss Crises by Maurice Level, tr. Alys Eyre Macklin, Erskine Macdonald, 1920 translated from the French (“Confrontation”, Le Journal, 1902). 325 · Mrs River’s Journal · Perceval Landon · nv Raw Edges by Perceval Landon, Heinemann, 1908 347 · The Woman of the Sæter · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Idler July 1893 363 · The Devil’s Manuscript · S. Levett-Yeats · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine December 1895