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Valentine Picture Story Library ed. Lara Maiklem (Prion, February 4, 2008, 978-1-853-75645-0, £12.99, 399pp, hc, an) 5 · Introduction · Steve Holland · in 6 · Livin’ Lovin’ Doll · [uncredited] · cs Valentine Picture Story Library #20, March 1961; illustrated by R. G. Casarrubio 72 · What Do You Want? · [uncredited] · cs Valentine Picture Story Library #15, January 1961; illustrated by R. G. Casarrubio 138 · You Made Me Love You · [uncredited] · cs Valentine Picture Story Library #22, April 1961; illustrated by R. Santos 204 · Treat Me Nice · [uncredited] · cs Valentine Picture Story Library #26, June 1961; illustrated by Jesus Blasco 270 · Say It with Music · [uncredited] · cs Valentine Picture Story Library #17, February 1961; illustrated by Jesus Blasco 336 · No Turning Back · [uncredited] · cs Valentine Picture Story Library #16, January 1961; illustrated by Jose Carlos

The Darkest of Nights by Charles Eric Maine (Hodder & Stoughton, 1962, 254pp, hc, n.)     SF novel.

The Darkest of Nights by Charles Eric Maine (The British Library, February 14, 2019, 978-0-7123-5218-5, £8.99, 317pp, tp, n., cover by Chesley Bonestell) [British Library Science Fiction Classics]     Reprint (Hodder 1962) SF novel.

The Tide Went Out by Charles Eric Maine (Hodder & Stoughton, 1958, 190pp, hc, n.)     SF novel.

The Tide Went Out by Charles Eric Maine (The British Library, January 25, 2019, 978-0-7123-5237-6, £8.99, 236pp, tp, n., cover by David A. Hardy) [British Library Science Fiction Classics]     Reprint (Hodder 1958) SF novel.

Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master ed. Ricia Mainhardt & Richard Matheson--- see under Richard Matheson.

Frightfully Cosy and Mild Stories for Nervous Types by Johnny Mains (Shadow Publishing, September 25, 2012, 978-0-9539032-5-2, £7.99, 173pp, tp, oc, cover by Richard Sampson)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Foreword · Johnny Mains · fw 3 · The Song of the Syrinx, and Other Callings: An Intro to Johnny Mains’ “Difficult Second Collection” · Stephen Volk · in 7 · Aldeburgh · Johnny Mains · ss Terror Tales of East Anglia ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2012 25 · Mrs. Claus and the Immaculate Conception · Johnny Mains · nv 47 · Cure · Johnny Mains · ss 53 · The Tip Run · Johnny Mains · ss 59 · Head Soup · Johnny Mains · ss The Aklonomicon ed. Ivan McCann & Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Aklo Press, 2012 69 · Dead Forest Air · Johnny Mains · ss 81 · The Rookery · Johnny Mains · ss Bite Sized Horror ed. Johnny Mains, Obverse Books, 2011; revised. 91 · Prim Suspect · Johnny Mains · nv 113 · The Jacket · Johnny Mains · ss Alt-Dead ed. Peter Mark May, Hersham Horror Books, 2011 123 · “I Wish” · Johnny Mains · ss 133 · George V · Johnny Mains · ss Voices from the Past ed. Lee Harris & Scott Harrison, H&H Books, 2011 139 · The Were-Dwarf · Johnny Mains · nv 169 · Author’s Mumbles · Johnny Mains · aw

Back from the Dead: The Legacy of The Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Johnny Mains (Noose & Gibbet Publishing, March 2010, 978-0-9564884-0-4, £20.00, 524pp, hc, oa) · Foreword · Shaun Hutson · fw · The Influence of Pan · David A. Sutton · in · Locked · Christopher Fowler · ss · Mr. Smythe · Tony Richards · ss · Acute Rehab · John Burke · ss · Camera Obscura · Basil Copper · nv The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1965 · The True Spirit · David A. Riley · ss · Angel · Jack Wainer · ss · A Good Offence · Myc Harrison · ss · Gallybagger · Roger Clarke · ss · Spinalonga · John Ware · ss The 13th Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1972 · The Forgotten Island · Jonathan Cruise · ss · Dreaming the Dark · J. P. Dixon · ss · The Little Girl Eater · Septimus Dale · ss The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1963 · Mr. Golden’s Haunt · Christina Kiplinger · ss · The Stare · John Burke · ss · The Children · Nicholas Royle · ss · The Moment of Death · Ken Alden · ss The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1983 · A Caribbean Incident · Jane Louie · ss · The Waiting Game · Craig Herbertson · ss · School Crossing · Francis King · ss The 20th Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1979 · Sounds Familiar · Harry E. Turner · ss · An Outing with H. · Conrad Hill · ss · “Lest Ye Should Suffer Nightmares”: Herbert Van Thal: A Biography · Johnny Mains · bg [Ref. Herbert Van Thal]

Best British Horror 2014 ed. Johnny Mains (Salt Publishing, April 15, 2014, 978-1-907773-64-8, £9.99, 432pp, tp, an)     Details taken from online listing. · Doll Re Mi · Tanith Lee · nv Nightmare #8, May 2013 · When Charlie Sleeps · Laura Mauro · ss Black Static #37, November/December 2013 · Exploding Raphaelesque Heads · Ian Hunter · ss The Tenth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2013 · The Bloody Tower · Anna Taborska · ss Terror Tales of London ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2013 · Behind the Doors · Ramsey Campbell · ss Memoryville Blues ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2013 · The Secondary Host · John Llewellyn Probert · ss Exotic Gothic 5, Volume II ed. Danel Olson, PS Publishing, 2013 · The Garscube Creative Writing Group · Muriel Gray · ss The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 · Biofeedback · Gary Fry · ss Shades of Nothingness by Gary Fry, PS Publishing, 2013 · Doll Hands · Adam Nevill · nv The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 · Guinea Pig Girl · Thana Niveau · nv The Tenth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2013 · Touch Me with Your Cold, Hard Fingers · Elizabeth Stott · ss Nightjar Press, June 2013 · Dad Dancing · Kate Farrell · ss The Tenth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2013 · The Arse-Licker · Stephen Volk · ss Anatomy of Death (In Five Sleazy Pieces) ed. Mark West, Hersham Horror Books, 2013 · Laudate Dominum (for Many Voices) · D. P. Watt · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #5, Summer 2013 · Someone to Watch Over You · Marie O’Regan · ss Terror Tales of London ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2013 · Namesake · V. H. Leslie · ss Black Static #36, September/October 2013 · Come Into My Parlour · Reggie Oliver · ss Dark World ed. Timothy Parker Russell, Tartarus Press, 2013 · The Red Door · Mark Morris · ss Terror Tales of London ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2013 · Author of the Death · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Everything You Need by Michael Marshall Smith, Earthling Publications, 2013 · The Magician Kelso Dennett · Stephen Volk · ss Terror Tales of the Seaside ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2013 · That Tiny Flutter of the Heart I Used to Call Love · Robert Shearman · ss Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2013

Best British Horror 2015 ed. Johnny Mains (Salt Publishing, May 25, 2015, 978-1-78463-028-7, £9.99, 335pp, tp, an, cover by vithib)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Introduction · Johnny Mains · in 1 · Quarry Hogs · Jane Jakeman · nv Supernatural Tales #27, Autumn 2014 24 · Random Flight · Rosalie Parker · ss Terror Tales of Yorkshire ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 34 · Shaddertown · Conrad Williams · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #6, Spring 2014 50 · Learning the Language · John Llewellyn Probert · ss Terror Tales of Wales ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 65 · A Spider Remember · Sara Pascoe · ss Dead Funny ed. Robin Ince & Johnny Mains, Salt Publishing, 2014 70 · Eastmouth · Alison Moore · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014 78 · The Reunion · Rebecca Lloyd · ss Mercy and Other Stories by Rebecca Lloyd, Tartarus Press, 2014 96 · The Third Time · Helen Grant · nv The Ghosts and Scholars Book of Shadows: Vol 2 ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press, 2014 129 · Drowning in Air · Andrew Hook · ss Strange Tales Volume IV ed. Rosalie Parker, Tartarus Press, 2014 140 · Alistair · Mark Samuels · ss Written in Darkness by Mark Samuels, Egaeus Press, 2014 150 · In the Year of Omens · Helen Marshall · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 167 · Apple Pie and Sulphur · Christopher Harman · nv Shadows & Tall Trees #6, Spring 2014 195 · On Ilkley Moor · Alison Littlewood · ss Terror Tales of Yorkshire ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 211 · The Broken and the Unmade · Steven J. Dines · nv Black Static #39, March/April 2014 234 · Only Bleeding · Gary McMahon · ss Horror Uncut ed. Tom Johnstone & Joel Lane, Gray Friar Press, 2014 242 · Night Porter · R. B. Russell · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #6, Spring 2014 258 · Something Sinister in Sunlight · Lisa Tuttle · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014 274 · The Night Run · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss Noir ed. Ian Whates>, Newcon Press, 2014, as “The Private Ambulance” 281 · The Rising Tide · Priya Sharma · ss Terror Tales of Wales ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 299 · The Slista · Stephen Laws · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014 303 · Dog · Reece Shearsmith · ss Dead Funny ed. Robin Ince & Johnny Mains, Salt Publishing, 2014 315 · Remembering Graham Joyce · Sue Joyce · ob [Ref. Graham Joyce] 316 · Under the Pylon · Graham Joyce · ss Darklands 2 ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1992

Best British Horror 2018 ed. Johnny Mains (NewCon Press, October 23, 2018, 978-1-910935-96-5, £12.99, 253pp, tp, an, cover by Daniele Serra)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Johnny Mains · in 9 · Paymon’s Trio · Colette de Curzon · ss Nightjar Press, June 2017 19 · Love and Death · Reggie Oliver · ss The Scarlet Soul ed. Mark Valentine, Swan River Press, 2017 37 · In the Light of St. Ives · Ray Cluley · ss Terror Tales of Cornwall ed. Paul Finch, Telos Publishing, 2017 53 · The Book of Dreems · Georgina Bruce · ss Black Static #61, November/December 2017 65 · The Affair · James Everington · ss Nightscript III ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2017 75 · Fragments of a Broken Doll · Cate Gardner · ss Dark Satanic Mills ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2017 81 · The Lies We Tell · Charlotte Bond · nv Dark Satanic Mills ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2017 97 · Ting-a-Ling-a-Ling [Dr. C. G. Lawrence] · Daniel McGachey · nv The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter #32, October 2017 127 · Tools of the Trade · Paul Finch · nv Dark Satanic Mills ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2017 153 · Departures · A. K. Benedict · ss New Fears ed. Mark Morris, Titan, 2017 167 · The Taste of Her · Mark West · ss Things We Leave Behind by Mark West, Dark Minds Press, 2017 175 · Sun Dogs · Laura Mauro · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 193 · Dispossession · Nicholas Royle · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 199 · Shell Baby · V. H. Leslie · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 217 · The Unwish · Claire Dean · ss Nightjar Press, November 2017 227 · A Day with the Delusionists · Reggie Oliver · ss Holidays from Hell by Reggie Oliver, Tartarus Press, 2017 235 · We Who Sing Beneath the Ground · Mark Morris · ss Terror Tales of Cornwall ed. Paul Finch, Telos Publishing, 2017

Bite Sized Horror ed. Johnny Mains (Obverse Books, June 30, 2011, 978-0-9565605-6-8, £9.99, 96pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · The Brighton Redemption · Reggie Oliver · ss · The Between · Paul Kane · ss · His Pale Blue Eyes · David A. Riley · ss · The Unquiet Bones · Marie O’Regan · ss · The Rookery · Johnny Mains · ss · The Carbon Heart · Conrad Williams · ss

The Burning Circus: BFS Horror 1 ed. Johnny Mains (The British Fantasy Society, October 2013, 121pp, hc, oa, cover by David Whitlam)     Anthology of original horror stories, distributed free to members of the British Fantasy Society. · Editor’s Note · Johnny Mains · fw 1 · Introduction · Ramsey Campbell · in 5 · Doll Hands · Adam Nevill · nv 25 · Death Walks En Pointe · Thana Niveau · ss 41 · The Burning Circus · Angela Slatter · ss 49 · Where Is Uncle Phillip? · Alex Hamilton · ss 59 · The Queen in the Yellow Wallpaper · Lynda E. Rucker · nv 73 · The Peter Lorre Fan Club · Stephen Volk · nv 93 · The Garscube Creative Writing Group · Muriel Gray · ss 105 · The Sixteenth Step · Rob Shearman · ss

Celtic Weird: Tales of Wicked Folklore and Dark Mythology ed. Johnny Mains (British Library Publishing, November 10, 2022, 978-0-7123-5432-5, £16.99, 288pp, hc, an) [British Library Hardback Classics]     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Johnny Mains · in xi · A Note from the Publisher · [uncredited] · ms · Scotland 3 · The Milk-White Doo · Elizabeth W. Grierson · ss Scottish Fairy Book by Elizabeth W. Grierson, T. Fisher Unwin, 1910 11 · The Cure · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss The Tenth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1969 19 · The Fetch · Robert Aickman · nv New Tales of Terror ed. Hugh Lamb, Magnum, 1980 · Ireland 67 · The Death Spancel · Katharine Tynan · ss The Wave May 2 1896 75 · The Seeker of Souls · Jasper John · ss Sinister Stories by Jasper John, Henry Walker, 1930 87 · The Green Grave and the Black Grave · Mary Lavin · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1940 · Brittany 107 · The Other Side · Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock · ss The Spirit Lamp June 6 1893; subtitled “A Breton Legend”. 121 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916 147 · Celui-Là · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 · Isle of Man 169 · Outwitting the Devil · Bill Billy · ss Manx Tales, S.K. Broadbent, 1899 177 · The Black Dog of Colby Glen · Billy Pheric · ss Manx Tales, S.K. Broadbent, 1899 183 · The Tarroo-Ushtey · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 · Wales 197 · The Knight of the Blood-Red Plume · Anne of Swansea · nv Deeds of Olden Times by Anne of Swansea, 1826, as “The Unknown!, or The Knight of the Red Plume” 227 · The Gift of Tongues · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s Weekly December 3 1927 235 · Mermaid Beach · Leslie Vardre · ss London Mystery Selection #55, December 1962 · Cornwall 245 · All Souls’ Night · A. L. Rowse · ss West Country Stories by A. L. Rowse, Macmillan, 1945 261 · Shepherd, Show Me… · Rosalind Wade · ss Unlikely Ghosts ed. James Turner, Cassell, 1967 283 · The Green Steps · Frank Baker · ss One and All ed. Denys Val Baker, Museum Press, 1951 · Gaelic 303 · MacPhie’s Black Dog · Donald Cameron · ss The Scottish Celtic Review March 1881 translated from the Gaelic (“Cù Dubh Mhic-a-Phì”). 311 · The Butterfly’s Wedding · Eachann MacPhaidein · ss The Celtic Review October 16 1905 translated from the Gaelic (“Pòsadh An Dealan-dè”, Uirsgenlan Gaidhealach, 1905). 317 · The Loch at the Back of the World · Reverend Lauchlan MacLean Watt · ss The Celtic Review July 1906

Dead Funny: Horror Stories by Comedians ed. Johnny Mains & Robin Ince--- see under Robin Ince.

Halloweird: Classic Stories from the Season of Samhain ed. Johnny Mains (British Library Publishing, October 10, 2024, 978-0-7123-5502-5, £16.99, xvi+299pp, hc, an, cover by Mag Ruhig) [British Library Hardback Classics]     Details taken from online listing. vii · A Brief History of Early Halloween · Johnny Mains · in 3 · Hallowe’en · John Mayne · pm Ruddiman’s Weekly Magazine November 1780 9 · Halloween · Robert Burns · pm Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect by Robert Burns, John Wilson, 1786 21 · Hallowe’en: Or a Tale of Terror · Revi · pm Belfast Commercial Chronicle November 18 1807 25 · ’Twas the Night of All Hallows · Geraldine · pm The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 31 1865 33 · Vermudyn’s Fate · R. Fryer · ss Chambers’s Journal August 23 1884 (+1) 53 · Out of the Night · Elizabeth Phipps Train · ss Peterson’s Magazine November 1889 71 · The Face in the Glass · Letitia Virginia Douglas · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book October 1891 85 · ’Struther Kannock’s Halloween · Edgar L. Wakeman · ss New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier October 27 1894 105 · The Phantom Ride: A Hallowe’en Ghost Story · Lyllian Huntley · ss Sunny South October 27 1901 115 · The Vow on Hallowe’en · Lyllian Huntley Harris · vi Weird Tales May/June/July 1924 121 · The Banshee’s Halloween [Darby O’Gill] · Herminie Templeton Kavanagh · ss McClure’s Magazine May 1903, as by Herminie Templeton 145 · The Graveyard · Alphonse Courlander · ss The Sketch March 6 1907 155 · All Souls’ Night · Eleanor Fitzgerald · ss The New Ross Standard October 29 1909 163 · The Sword · Rachel Swete Macnamara · ss The Sketch November 28 1917 171 · Cock-Crow Inn · Tod Robbins · nv Mystery Magazine March 1 1926 195 · When Hell Laughed · Flavia Richardson · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine January 1926 207 · All Souls’ · Edith Wharton · nv Ghosts by Edith Wharton, Appleton-Century, 1937 235 · Moonlight—Starlight · Virginia Layefsky · ss Ladies’ Home Journal October 1959 249 · The New House · Elizabeth Walter · nv Snowfall and Other Chilling Events by Elizabeth Walter, Harvill Press, 1965 283 · The Grove · Mary Williams · ss Chill Company by Mary Williams, Kimber, 1976