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Off the Sand Road: Ghost Stories Volume One by Russell Kirk (Ash-Tree Press, August 18, 2002, 1-55310-043-3, C$59.00, xvii+199pp, hc, co, cover by Russell Kirk) [edited by John Pelan]     First of two volumes collecting together Russell Kirk’s short supernatural fiction, edited with an Introduction, by John Pelan. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $45.00 and in the UK for £28.00. ix · The Ghosts of Piety Hill · John Pelan · in 3 · The Surly Sullen Bell · Russell Kirk · ss The London Mystery Magazine #7, 1950 21 · Behind the Stumps · Russell Kirk · ss The London Mystery Magazine #4, 1950 35 · Sorworth Place [Ralph Bain] · Russell Kirk · nv The London Mystery Magazine #14, February/March 1952, as “Old Place of Sorworth” 52 · Balgrummo’s Hell · Russell Kirk · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1967 69 · There’s a Long, Long Trail A-Winding · Russell Kirk · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 101 · Saviourgate [Ralph Bain] · Russell Kirk · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1976 116 · Off the Sand Road · Russell Kirk · ss The Surly Sullen Bell by Russell Kirk, Fleet, 1962 127 · Fate’s Purse · Russell Kirk · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1979; accidentally omits last four paragraphs of the story. 146 · The Princess of All Lands · Russell Kirk · nv The Princess of All Lands by Russell Kirk, Arkham House, 1979 168 · An Encounter by Mortstone Pond · Russell Kirk · ss Watchers at the Strait Gate by Russell Kirk, Arkham House, 1984 175 · Lex Talionis · Russell Kirk · nv Whispers II ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1979 195 · A Cautionary Note on the Ghostly Tale · Russell Kirk · ar The Surly Sullen Bell by Russell Kirk, Fleet, 1962

The Princess of All Lands by Russell Kirk (Arkham House, 1979, $8.95, vii+228pp, hc, co) · Prologue · Russell Kirk · pr · Sorworth Place [Ralph Bain] · Russell Kirk · nv The London Mystery Magazine #14, February/March 1952, as “Old Place of Sorworth” · Behind the Stumps · Russell Kirk · ss The London Mystery Magazine #4, 1950 · The Princess of All Lands · Russell Kirk · nv · The Last God’s Dream · Russell Kirk · nv · The Cellar of Little Egypt · Russell Kirk · ss The Surly Sullen Bell by Russell Kirk, Fleet, 1962 · Ex Tenebris · Russell Kirk · ss Queen’s Quarterly Summer 1957 · Balgrummo’s Hell · Russell Kirk · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1967 · There’s a Long, Long Trail A-Winding · Russell Kirk · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · Saviourgate [Ralph Bain] · Russell Kirk · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1976

The Surly Sullen Bell by Russell Kirk (Fleet Publishing Corp., 1962, $4.50, 240pp, hc, co)     Also published as: Lost Lake. Paperback Library, 1966. · A Cautionary Note on the Ghostly Tale · Russell Kirk · ar · Uncle Isaiah · Russell Kirk · nv The London Mystery Magazine #11, August/September 1951 · Off the Sand Road · Russell Kirk · ss · Ex Tenebris · Russell Kirk · ss Queen’s Quarterly Summer 1957 · The Surly Sullen Bell · Russell Kirk · ss The London Mystery Magazine #7, 1950 · The Cellar of Little Egypt · Russell Kirk · ss · Skyberia · Russell Kirk · ss Queen’s Quarterly Summer 1952 · Sorworth Place [Ralph Bain] · Russell Kirk · nv The London Mystery Magazine #14, February/March 1952, as “Old Place of Sorworth” · Behind the Stumps · Russell Kirk · ss The London Mystery Magazine #4, 1950 · What Shadows We Pursue · Russell Kirk · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1953 · Lost Lake · Russell Kirk · ss

Watchers at the Strait Gate by Russell Kirk (Arkham House, September 1984, 0-87054-098-X, $14.95, 255pp, hc, co)     An excellent collection of supernatural fantasy stories. Recommended. (FCM) ix · A Cautionary Note on the Ghostly Tale · Russell Kirk · ar The Surly Sullen Bell by Russell Kirk, Fleet, 1962 3 · The Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost · Russell Kirk · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1983 51 · The Surly Sullen Bell · Russell Kirk · ss The London Mystery Magazine #7, 1950 71 · The Peculiar Demesne of Archvicar Gerontion · Russell Kirk · nv Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980 103 · Uncle Isaiah · Russell Kirk · nv The London Mystery Magazine #11, August/September 1951 125 · The Reflex-Man in Whinnymuir Close · Russell Kirk · nv Whispers IV ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1983 157 · What Shadows We Pursue · Russell Kirk · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1953 175 · Lex Talionis · Russell Kirk · nv Whispers II ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1979 201 · Fate’s Purse · Russell Kirk · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1979 225 · An Encounter by Mortstone Pond · Russell Kirk · ss 235 · Watchers at the Strait Gate · Russell Kirk · nv New Terrors 1 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Pan, 1980

What Shadows We Pursue: Ghost Stories Volume Two by Russell Kirk (Ash-Tree Press, March 28, 2003, 1-55310-051-4, C$59.00, xiv+247pp, hc, co, cover by Russell Kirk) [edited by John Pelan]     Second of two volumes collecting together Russell Kirk’s short supernatural fiction, edited with an Introduction, by John Pelan. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $45.00 and in the UK for £28.00. ix · The Wizard of Mecosta · John Pelan · in 3 · The Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost · Russell Kirk · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1983 43 · What Shadows We Pursue · Russell Kirk · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1953 58 · The Peculiar Demesne of Archvicar Gerontion · Russell Kirk · nv Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980 83 · Uncle Isaiah · Russell Kirk · nv The London Mystery Magazine #11, August/September 1951 99 · The Reflex-Man in Whinnymuir Close · Russell Kirk · nv Whispers IV ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1983 124 · The Cellar of Little Egypt · Russell Kirk · ss The Surly Sullen Bell by Russell Kirk, Fleet, 1962 139 · Skyberia · Russell Kirk · ss Queen’s Quarterly Summer 1952 149 · Lost Lake · Russell Kirk · ss The Surly Sullen Bell by Russell Kirk, Fleet, 1962 158 · The Last God’s Dream · Russell Kirk · nv The Princess of All Lands by Russell Kirk, Arkham House, 1979 195 · Ex Tenebris · Russell Kirk · ss Queen’s Quarterly Summer 1957 209 · Watchers at the Strait Gate · Russell Kirk · nv New Terrors 1 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Pan, 1980 229 · Fate’s Purse · Russell Kirk · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1979

Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season ed. Tanya Kirk (The British Library, 2020, 978-0-7123-5323-6, £8.99, 219pp, tp, an, cover by Sandra Gómez) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Ghost/horror anthology. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Tanya Kirk · in 9 · A Strange Christmas Game · Charlotte Riddell · ss The Broadway January 1868 25 · The Old Portrait · Hume Nisbet · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper February 22 1896 33 · The Real and the Counterfeit · Louisa Baldwin · ss The Shadow on the Blind and Other Ghost Stories by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin, Dent, 1895 57 · Old Applejoy’s Ghost · Frank R. Stockton · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly December 1897 73 · Transition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The New Witness December 11 1913, as “Mudbury’s Xmas Adventure” 83 · The Fourth Wall · A. M. Burrage · ss The London Magazine December 1915 101 · The Festival [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales January 1925 115 · The Crown Derby Plate · Marjorie Bowen · ss Grace Latouche and the Warringtons by Marjorie Bowen, Selwyn & Blount, 1931 133 · Green Holly · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener December 21 1944 149 · Christmas Re-union · Andrew Caldecott · ss Not Exactly Ghosts by Andrew Caldecott, Edward Arnold, 1946 165 · A Christmas Meeting · Rosemary Timperley · vi Truth 1952 171 · Someone in the Lift · L. P. Hartley · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 181 · Told After Supper · Jerome K. Jerome · nv Leadenhall Press, 1891

Haunters at the Hearth: Eerie Tales for Christmas Nights ed. Tanya Kirk (The British Library, October 13, 2022, 978-0-7123-5427-1, £9.99, 288pp, tp, an) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Volume 34 in the series. 7 · Introduction · Tanya Kirk · in 11 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 31 · Jerry Bundler · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1897 43 · Bone to His Bone · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 57 · Oberon Road · A. M. Burrage · ss The London Magazine December 1924 77 · The Last Laugh · D. H. Lawrence · ss The New Decameron IV, Blackwell, 1925 101 · Dr. Browning’s Bus · E. S. Knights · ss Horrors, Philip Allan, 1933 115 · Whittington’s Cat · Eleanor Smith · nv The Radio Times December 22 1933 141 · The Earlier Service · Margaret Irwin · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine December 1933, as “In Church” 163 · Christmas Honeymoon · Howard Spring · nv The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton, 1939 189 · The Cheery Soul · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener December 24 1942 205 · Between Sunset and Moonrise · R. H. Malden · ss Nine Ghosts by R. H. Malden, E. Arnold, 1943 221 · The Mirror in Room 22 · James Hadley Chase · ss Slipstream ed. David Langdon, 1946, as by Squadron Leader Rene Raymond 229 · At the Chalet Lartrec · Winston Graham · ss John Bull May 31 1947 245 · Account Rendered [Nurse Wilkie] · W. F. Harvey · ss The Arm of Mrs. Egan and Other Stories by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1951 259 · The Wild Wood · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957 273 · The Waits · L. P. Hartley · ss Two for the River and Other Stories by L. P. Hartley, Hamish Hamilton, 1961 285 · Deadman’s Corner · George Denby · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1863 293 · Don’t Tell Cissie · Celia Fremlin · ss By Horror Haunted by Celia Fremlin, Gollancz, 1974

Spirits of the Season: Christmas Hauntings ed. Tanya Kirk (The British Library, October 18, 2018, 978-0-7123-5252-9, £8.99, 320pp, tp, an) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Tanya Kirk · in 11 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 45 · The Curse of the Catafalques · F. Anstey · nv The Cornhill Magazine August 1882, uncredited. 79 · Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk · Frank Cowper · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1889 107 · The Christmas Shadrach · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine December 1891 133 · “Number Ninety” · B. M. Croker · ss Chapman’s Magazine December 1895 147 · The Shadow · E. Nesbit · ss Black & White #777, December 23 1905, as “The Portent of the Shadow” 163 · The Kit-Bag · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1908 179 · The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance · M. R. James · nv The Cambridge Review June 4 1913 197 · Boxing Night · E. F. Benson · ss The Tatler November 30 1923 217 · The Prescription · Marjorie Bowen · ss The London Magazine January 1929 241 · The Snow · Hugh Walpole · ss The (London) Evening News December 21 1928 255 · Smee · A. M. Burrage · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine December 1929 273 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1931 291 · Lucky’s Grove · H. Russell Wakefield · nv The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. Russell Wakefield, Herbert Jenkins, 1940

Sunless Solstice: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights ed. Tanya Kirk & Lucy Evans--- see under Lucy Evans.

Ghost Bus: Tales from Wellington’s Dark Side by Anna Kirtlan (The National Library of New Zealand, June 19, 2020, 978-0-473-52548-4, 120pp, tp, oc)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Introduction · Anna Kirtlan · in 9 · The Ministry for Public Art · Anna Kirtlan · ss 27 · Ghost Bus · Anna Kirtlan · ss 45 · Raven’s Haven for Women of Magic · Anna Kirtlan · ss 55 · The Oriental Bay Piranhas · Anna Kirtlan · ss 69 · The Best Pick-up Joint in Town · Anna Kirtlan · ss 75 · Nautical Nightmare · Anna Kirtlan · ss 89 · The Night I Helped an Interstellar Bogan · Anna Kirtlan · ss 101 · The Wondrous Adventures of Mittens · Anna Kirtlan · ss 109 · You Can’t Beat Wellington on a Good Day · Anna Kirtlan · ss

Horror in Paradise ed. Bacil F. Kirtley & A. Grove Day--- see under A. Grove Day.

A Shadow of Autumn ed. Gwendolyn Kiste (, September 15, 2015, 978-1-5170-6074-9, 184pp, tp, oa)     Subtitled “An Anthology of Fall & Halloween Tales” on the cover. Details taken from online listing. · Salt the Earth · Gerri Leen · ss · The Halloween Girl of Coldsprings · J. Tonzelli · ss · Hattie’s Ghosts · Scarlett R. Algee · ss · Simon’s Cottage · John Kiste · ss · The Hairy Man · Julia Benally · ss · The Triple Dare · Miracle Austin · ss · The Bones of Hillside · Lee A. Forman · ss · On a Night Like Devil’s Night · Daniel Weaver · ss · The September Ceremony · Gwendolyn Kiste · ss · Hall ’o Ween Partie! · Troy Blackford · ss · Old Temperanceville · Mike Watt · ss · The Jorogumo’s Daughter · K. Z. Morano · ss · The Twisted End of Vernon Boggs · Brooke Warra · ss · The Balfour Witch · Tawny Kipphorn · pm

Tales of the Outré: Writings Celebrating the Centenary of H.P. Lovecraft ed. Hieronymous Kitsch (Unspeakable Tomes, 1990, 0-948518-90-1, £3.50, 43pp, ph, oa)     Original anthology of spoof Lovecraft stories, all written under pseudonyms. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies. 5 · The Captain’s Tattoo · F. X. Montagu Azathoth · ss 10 · Yellow Pages · Hieronymous Kitsch · ss 14 · The Audit of Dagon · John Graunt · ss 17 · The Nameless Cylinder · Hieronymous Kitsch · ss 31 · Extract from ‘The Book of Gnats’ · Maud Glub · vi 32 · Thanksgiving Dinner · Gershom Wilmarth · vi 33 · Twintown Innsmouth · W. Grimes Noblett · ss 42 · Notes on the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Curse of Four by Caitlin Kittredge (Subterranean Press, November 2011, 978-1-59606-398-3, $25.00, 143pp, hc, na, cover by Ben Templesmith)     Dark urban fantasy novella in the Black London series. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 250 with bonus chapbook The Names of Hell ($45.00) is also available.

The Names of Hell by Caitlin Kittredge (Subterranean Press, November 2011, 52pp, ph, nv)     Chapbook distributed with the limited edition of The Curse of Four.

Great Action Stories ed. William Kittredge & Steven M. Krauzer (Mentor, May 1977, 0-451-61569-7, $1.50, 308pp, pb, an) 1 · What Happens Next · William Kittredge & Steven M. Krauzer · in 11 · Duel · Richard Matheson · nv Playboy April 1971 36 · Winter’s Morning · Len Deighton · ss Declarations of War by Len Deighton, Jonathan Cape, 1971 49 · Hijack · Robert L. Fish · ss Playboy August 1972 59 · I’ll Die Tomorrow · Mickey Spillane · ss Cavalier #81, March 1960 71 · The Hit · George V. Higgins · ss 1973 78 · The King Is Dead · Walter S. Tevis · ss Playboy September 1973 98 · A Man Called Horse · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s January 7 1950 113 · The Conquest of the Washington Monument · Stan Dryer · ss Playboy August 1974 120 · Arena · Fredric Brown · nv Astounding Science Fiction June 1944 148 · Harlem Transfer · Evan K. Walker · ss Black World May 1970 160 · Roller Ball Murder · William Harrison · ss Esquire September 1973 174 · The Gutting of Couffignal [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask December 1925 205 · The Hottest Guy in the World · Damon Runyon · ss Liberty November 8 1930 216 · Hurricane · Richard Hughes · ss 1938 229 · I-80 Nebraska, M. 490-M. 205 · John Sayles · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1975 247 · The Wild One · Frank Rooney · nv Harper’s Magazine January 1951, as “Cyclists’ Raid” 266 · Nevada Gas · Raymond Chandler · nv Black Mask June 1935