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What Was It?, The Horla, and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of Fitz-James O’Brien and Guy de Maupassant by Fitz-James O’Brien & Guy de Maupassant (Oldstyle Tales Press, August 19, 2014, 978-1-5008-9385-9, $17.25, 414pp, tp, co) [edited by M. Grant Kellermeyer]
Omnibus of What Was It? and Other Horrors (2014) and The Horla and Other Horrors (2014).

8 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

11 · Fitz-James O’Brien

17 · The Pot of Tulips [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1855, uncredited.

32 · The Bohemian · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine July 1855, uncredited.

50 · The Dragon Fang Possessed by the Conjurer Piou-Lu · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1856, uncredited.

53 · The Demon of the Gibbet, or What Befell · Fitz-James O’Brien · pm The Home Journal October 18 1856, as “What Befell”

68 · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited.

96 · The Wondersmith · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1859, uncredited.

122 · Jubal the Ringer · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss The Knickerbocker August 1858

129 · The Lost Room · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1858, uncredited.

150 · The Golden Ingot · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss The Knickerbocker October 1858

161 · The Ghosts · Fitz-James O’Brien · pm The Knickerbocker January 1859

162 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.

180 · The Child Who Loved a Grave · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine April 1861, as “The Child That Loved a Grave”, uncredited.

185 · Guy de Maupassant

189 · The Dead Girl · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La morte”, Gil Blas, May 31, 1887).

194 · He? · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895, as “The Terror”
translated from the French (“Lui?”, Gil Blas, July 3, 1883 as by Maufrigneuse).

200 · Am I Insane? · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Fou?”, Gil Blas, August 23, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse).

203 · The Horla—or, Modern Ghosts · 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).

223 · Fear · Guy de Maupassant · ss Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907
translated from the French (“La Peur”, Le Gaulois, October 23, 1882).

228 · The Inn · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“L’auberge”, Les Lettres et les arts, September 1, 1886).

238 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman”
translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883).

244 · The Grave · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Tombe”, Gil Blas, July 29, 1884 as by Maufrigneuse).

248 · On the River · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“En Canot”, Le Bulletin Francais, March 10, 1876).

254 · Magnetism · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Magnétisme”, Gil Blas, April 5, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse).

258 · Diary of a Madman · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895
translated from the French (“Un fou”, Le Gaulois, September 2, 1885).

263 · The Apparition · Guy de Maupassant · ss Romance February 1891
translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883).

270 · The Flayed Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Main d’écorché”, L’Almanach lorrain de Pont-à-Mousson, 1875 as by Joseph Prunier).

275 · The White Wolf · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le loup”, Le Gaulois, November 14, 1882).

281 · A Queer Night in Paris · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Une soirée”, Le Gaulois, September 21, 1883).

286 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Qui sait?”, L’Echo de Paris, April 6, 1890).

What Was It? and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of Fitz-James O’Brien by Fitz-James O’Brien (Oldstyle Tales Press, August 18, 2014, 978-1-5008-8252-5, $21.20, 253pp, tp, co) [edited by M. Grant Kellermeyer]
Collection of 12 stories, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

8 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

15 · The Pot of Tulips [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1855, uncredited.

35 · The Bohemian · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine July 1855, uncredited.

60 · The Dragon Fang Possessed by the Conjurer Piou-Lu · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1856, uncredited.

64 · The Demon of the Gibbet, or What Befell · Fitz-James O’Brien · pm The Home Journal October 18 1856, as “What Befell”

86 · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited.

126 · The Wondersmith · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1859, uncredited.

163 · Jubal the Ringer · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss The Knickerbocker August 1858

172 · The Lost Room · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1858, uncredited.

202 · The Golden Ingot · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss The Knickerbocker October 1858

218 · The Ghosts · Fitz-James O’Brien · pm The Knickerbocker January 1859

220 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.

246 · The Child Who Loved a Grave · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine April 1861, as “The Child That Loved a Grave”, uncredited.

251 · Further Reading: Critical, Literary, and Biographical Works · M. Grant Kellermeyer · ms

The Wondersmith and Others by Fitz-James O’Brien (Ash-Tree Press, April 2008, 978-1-55310-106-2, $49.00, xxiv+272pp, hc, co, cover by Jason Zerrillo) [edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson]
Collection of 25 stories and two poems, previously published in two volumes (Doubleday 1988 as The Supernatural Tales of Fitz-James O’Brien, Vol. 1: Macabre Tales and The Supernatural Tales of Fitz-James O’Brien, Vol. 2: Dream Stories and Fantasies). Edited, with an Introduction by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.

· Introduction—Fitz-James O’Brien: America’s Splendid Bohemian · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · in

· Macabre Tales

· Proem: The Ghosts · Fitz-James O’Brien · pm The Knickerbocker January 1859

· The Lost Room · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1858, uncredited.

· The Child That Loved a Grave · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine April 1861, uncredited.

· The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited.

· The Pot of Tulips [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1855, uncredited.

· The Bohemian · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine July 1855, uncredited.

· Seeing the World · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1857, uncredited.

· What Was It? A Mystery [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.

· The Wondersmith · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1859, uncredited.

· A Dead Secret · Fitz-James O’Brien (error, actually by George Augustus Sala) · ss Household Words #181, September 10 1853, uncredited.

· A Legend of Barlagh Cave · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss from “The Phantom Light”, The Home Companion January 31 1852

· Jubal, the Ringer · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss The Knickerbocker August 1858

· Dream Stories and Fantasies

· Envoi: The Enchanted Titan · Fitz-James O’Brien · pm Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1859, uncredited.

· A Voyage in My Bed · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss American Whig Review September 1852

· A Terrible Night · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1856, uncredited.

· A Day Dream · Fitz-James O’Brien · vi Harper’s Weekly February 21 1857, uncredited.

· The Other Night · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss American Whig Review December 1852

· The Crystal Bell · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1856, uncredited.

· How I Overcame My Gravity · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May 1864, uncredited.

· Three of a Trade; Or, Red Little Kriss Kringle · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Saturday Press December 25 1858

· From Hand to Mouth · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv New York Picayune Newspaper March 27 1858 (+7)

· The Wonderful Adventures of Mr. Papplewick · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss The Lantern March 13 1852

· The Comet and I · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s Weekly May 23 1857

· The Man Without a Shadow: A New Version · Fitz-James O’Brien · vi The Lantern September 4 1852

· An Arabian Nightmare · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Household Words #85, November 8 1851, uncredited.

· The King of Nodland and His Dwarf · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv American Whig Review December 1852

· The Dragon-Fang Possessed by the Conjuror Piou-Lu · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1856, uncredited.

· Sources and Story Notes · [uncredited] · ms (r)

In Sunshine or in Shadow ed. Kate Cruise O’Brien & Mary Maher (Delta, February 1999, 0-385-32399-9, $21.95, 320pp, hc, oa)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· What Big Teeth · Ivy Bannister · ss

· Ellie’s Ring · Sheila Barrett · ss

· Taximen Are Invisible · Maeve Binchy · ss

· Windfalls · Mary Rose Callaghan · ss

· Breaking · Kate Cruise O’Brien · ss

· Do the Decent Thing · Ita Daly · ss

· A Girl Like You · Margaret Dolan · ss

· The Orphan · Mary Dorcey · ss

· Bishop’s House · Mary Gordon · ss Harper’s Magazine January 1997

· The Facts of Life · Katy Hayes · ss

· Son, Moon and Stars · Jennifer Johnston · ss

· Late Opening at the Last Chance Saloon · Marian Keyes · ss

· Commencements · Mary Leland · ss

· Dwelling Below the Skies · Liz McManus · ss

· Lucy’s Story · Mary Maher · ss

· Clods · Mary Morrissy · ss

· Passover · Mary O’Donnell · ss

· Ripples · Patricia Scanlan · ss

· Polygamy · Gaye Shortland · ss

The Book of Fantasy ed. Silvina Ocampo, Jorge Luís Borges & Adolfo Bioy Casares--- see under Jorge Lu^i's Borges.

The Fatal Move and Other Stories by Frederick William O’Connell--- see under Conall Cearnach.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 14 of My Favorites in Suspense ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Don’t Look a Gift Shark in the Mouth ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More of My Favorites in Suspense ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: My Favorites in Suspense ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: My Favourites in Suspense, Part I ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: My Favourites in Suspense, Part II ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

Don’t Look a Gift Shark in the Mouth ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

14 of My Favorites in Suspense ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

More of My Favorites in Suspense ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

My Favorites in Suspense ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

Classic Irish Short Stories ed. Frank O’Connor (Oxford University Press US, March 1990, 0-192-81918-6, $12.95, 335pp, tp, an)
Reissue (Oxford University Press 1957 as Modern Irish Short Stories) anthology.

· Introduction · Frank O’Connor · in (r)

· Home Sickness · George Moore · ss Harper’s Weekly August 16 1902

· Lisheen Races, Second-Hand · E. O. Somerville & Martin Ross · ss The Badminton Magazine #43, February 1899

· The Awakening · Daniel Corkery · ss (r)

· The Dead · James Joyce · na The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914

· A Rhinoceros, Some Ladies, and a Horse · James Stephens · ss The American Mercury June 1947

· The Fairy Goose · [uncredited] · ss (r)

· Three Lambs · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Spring Sowing by Liam O'Flaherty, Jonathan Cape, 1924

· Going Into Exile · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Spring Sowing by Liam O'Flaherty, Jonathan Cape, 1924

· “Prongs” · L. A. G. Strong · ss John o’ London’s Weekly March 30 1929

· Unholy Living and Half Dying · Sean O’Faolain · ss Tomorrow October 1946

· The Trout · Sean O’Faolain · vi Collier’s May 12 1945

· Guests of the Nation · Frank O’Connor · ss The Atlantic Monthly January 1931

· My Oedipus Complex · Frank O’Connor · ss Magpie September 1951

· The Jury Case · Eric Cross · ss (r)

· The Poteen Maker · Michael McLaverty · ss Commonweal October 25 1946

· Exile’s Return · Bryan MacMahon · ss The Red Petticoat and Other Stories by Bryan MacMahon, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1955

· The Will · Mary Lavin · ss Harper’s Bazaar

· The Eagles and the Trumpets · James Plunkett · ss (r)

· Summer Night · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Look at All Those Roses by Elizabeth Bowen, Gollancz, 1941

Horror: Box-Office Hits by Colin Odell & Michelle Le Blanc--- see under Michelle Le Blanc.

Austin Noir ed. Molly Odintz, Hopeton Hay & Scott Montgomery--- see under Hopeton Hay.

Sparkle the Brain by Romano Molenaar ed. Mike O’Doherty & Steve Holland--- see under Romano Molenaar.

The Sorcery Club by Elliott O’Donnell (Sphere, May 1974, 0-7221-6505-6, 45p, 249pp, pb, n.) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]
Reprint (William Rider 1912) horror novel. Volume six in the series.

7 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in

Ghosts: Stories of the Supernatural ed. Elliott O’Donnell (Foulsham, 1959, 16/-, 176pp, hc, oa)
An anthology of purportedly true stories written in fictional form.

7 · It Could Happen to Anyone · Benjamin Barry · ss

19 · The Horrible Red Sisters · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

27 · Nowhere Without Her · Colin Evans · ss

43 · The Churchyard Bride · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

47 · The Ghostly Horrors of Rainford Hall · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

51 · The House Beloved · Susy Smith · ss

57 · The Ghosts of Hampton Court Palace · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

60 · The Visionary Prediction of Mrs. Porteus · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

64 · The Valley · Robert Caldwell · ss

75 · The Tower Ghosts · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

78 · The Ghosts of Berry Pomeroy Castle · Elliott O’Donnell · vi

80 · The Bust and the Scent · Colin Evans · ss

85 · The Ghosts of Danton Hall · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

88 · The Strange Case of Camilla Flint · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

100 · The Cries in the Old Churchyard · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

104 · The Tragic Story of Mary the Ghost Maiden · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

109 · The Phoenix · Robert Caldwell · ss

113 · The Mystery of the Lightship Annabelle · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

122 · One Ghost, Medium Quality · Colin Evans · ss

129 · The Pan Night Mystery · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

139 · The Ghost on the Stairs · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

143 · The Disquieting Experiences of Dr. Phipps · Susy Smith · ss

152 · No.-- Berkeley Square · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

155 · Leering Death · Colin Evans · ss

163 · The Hoodoo Theatre · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

168 · Turnip Top · Colin Evans · ss

173 · The Potterdene Ghosts · Elliott O’Donnell · ts Sievier’s Monthly #18, June 1910

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