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Ghosts, Spooks and Spectres ed. William Mayne--- see under Charles Molin.

Ghosts, Spooks and Spectres (var. 1) ed. William Mayne--- see under Charles Molin.

The Hamish Hamilton Book of Giants ed. William Mayne (Hamish Hamilton, 1968, 30/-, viii+215pp, hc, an, cover by Raymond Briggs)
19 stories about giants for younger readers. Illustrated by Raymond Briggs.

vii · Introduction · William Mayne · in

1 · The Three Golden Apples · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss A Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1851

27 · The Giant Who Stole a River · Doris Rust · ss (r)
from Tales from the Pacific.

35 · How Loki Outwitted a Giant · Barbara Leonie Picard · ex (r)
from Tales of the Norse Gods and Heroes.

42 · Tavadan and the Fire Giant · Charles Molin · ss (r)

55 · Angus · Charlotte Hough · ss (r)
from Red Biddy.

63 · The Gouty Giant · D. M. G. Howell · ss (r)
from Fairy Tales (Gibbons, 1935).

71 · He Who Laughs Last · Janet McNeill · ss (r)
from A Pinch of Salt.

83 · Jack the Giant Killer · Joseph Jacobs · ss (r)

98 · Jack and the Beanstalk · Joseph Jacobs · ss (r)

108 · The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body · Peter Christian Asbjörnsen & Jørgen Moe · ex Norske Folkeeventyr by Peter Christian Asbjörnsen & Jörgen Moe, Norway, 1842

119 · The Giant of the Brown Beechwood · Seumas MacManus · ss (r)
from The Bold Heroes of Hungry Hill.

138 · The Giants of Towednack · Amabel Williams-Ellis · ss (r)
from Fairy Tales from the British Isles.

148 · Clever Oonagh · Amabel Williams-Ellis · ss (r)
from Fairy Tales from the British Isles.

161 · The Ogre Courting · Juliana H. Ewing · ss Aunt Judy’s Magazine 1871

170 · A Moon of Gobbags · Dora Broome · ss (r)
from Fairy Tales from the Isle of Man.

177 · Voyage to Brobdingnag [Gulliver] · Jonathan Swift · ex from Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World, Benjamin Motte, 1726

195 · The Giant Bones · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964

204 · The Selfish Giant · Oscar Wilde · ss The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde, David Nutt, 1888

211 · The Giant and the Mite · Eleanor Farjeon · ss The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon, Oxford University Press, 1955

Supernatural Stories ed. William Mayne (Kingfisher, November 1995, 1-85697-211-9, £4.99, 256pp, tp, an, cover by Jason Cockcroft)
Young-adult fantasy collection of 29 (mainly) reprinted stories, including Bradbury (‘Zero Hour’), Saki, Garner, etc. A hardcover edition (-322-0, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Introduction · William Mayne · in

11 · Zero Hour · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1947

24 · Bubbling Well Road · Rudyard Kipling · vi The Civil and Military Gazette January 18 1888, as by The Traveler

29 · The Picktree “Brag” · Mary Archbold · ss The Bishoprick Garland by Cuthbert Sharp, Nichols, and Baldwin & Cradock, 1834

31 · A School Story · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911

41 · La Llorona, the Weeping Woman · Joe Hayes · ss The Day It Snowed Tortillas by Jow Hayes, Mariposa Publishing Co., 1982

48 · Bang, Bang—Who’s Dead? · Jane Gardam · ss Beware! Beware! ed. Jean Richardson, Hamish Hamilton, 1987

60 · The Cold Hand · Jerome Cardan · ss The Book of Dreams and Ghosts ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1897

63 · Thorns · Martin Wilkinson · ss

71 · A Lesson · Elizabeth Garner · ss

73 · Magicians of the Way · Cyril Birch · ss Chinese Myths and Fantasies by Cyril Birch, Oxford University Press, 1961

82 · A Haunted Terrace · William Mayne · ss

90 · The Walking Boundary Stone · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964

97 · A Kind of Swan Song · Helen Cresswell · ss Shades of Dark ed. Aidan Chambers, Patrick Hardy, 1984

109 · The Foul Fords · [uncredited] · ss The Book of Dreams and Ghosts ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1897

112 · The Call · Robert Westall · ss The Call and Other Stories by Robert Westall, Viking UK, 1990

130 · Feel Free · Alan Garner · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967

142 · Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle June 1945

158 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911

163 · The Story of Glam · William Mayne · ss

175 · The Highboy · Alison Lurie · ss Redbook October 1990, as “A Curious Haunting”

193 · The Hunter in the Haunted Forest · Robert D. San Souci · ss Short & Shivery ed. Robert D. San Souci, Doubleday, 1987
from three Teton Sioux tales in Myths and Legends of the Great Plains by Katharine Berry Judson.

197 · The Hair · A. J. Alan · ss 1926

208 · Cousin Edward’s Cat · Clare Weyman · ss 1957

219 · The Dog Fanti · [uncredited] · ss The Book of Dreams and Ghosts ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1897

220 · Space Invaders · Margaret Mahy · ss from Aliens in the Family, Hippo, May 1985

226 · The Duke’s Reappearance · Thomas Hardy · ss The Saturday Review of Literature December 14 1896

236 · Transition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The New Witness December 11 1913, as “Mudbury’s Xmas Adventure”

245 · The Woman with the Golden Arm · Mark Twain · vi How Tell a Story and Others by Mark Twain, Harper & Brothers, 1897, as “The Golden Arm”

248 · As Cold as Ice · William Mayne · ss

Supernatural Stories (var. 1) ed. William Mayne (Kingfisher US, September 1996, 0-7534-5026-7, $6.95, 223pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Kingfisher 1995) young-adult anthology of 26 supernatural stories, most literary, seven folktales. Authors include Ray Bradbury, Robert Westall, M.R. James, and Truman Capote. Illustrated by Martin Salisburg. This edition omits three of the stories in the UK edition.
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · William Mayne · in Supernatural Stories ed. William Mayne, Kingfisher, 1995

· Zero Hour · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1947

· Bubbling Well Road · Rudyard Kipling · vi The Civil and Military Gazette January 18 1888, as by The Traveler

· The Picktree “Brag” · Mary Archbold · ss The Bishoprick Garland by Cuthbert Sharp, Nichols, and Baldwin & Cradock, 1834

· A School Story · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911

· La Llorona, the Weeping Woman · Joe Hayes · ss The Day It Snowed Tortillas by Jow Hayes, Mariposa Publishing Co., 1982

· Bang, Bang—Who’s Dead? · Jane Gardam · ss Beware! Beware! ed. Jean Richardson, Hamish Hamilton, 1987

· The Cold Hand · Jerome Cardan · ss The Book of Dreams and Ghosts ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1897

· Thorns · Martin Wilkinson · ss Supernatural Stories ed. William Mayne, Kingfisher, 1995

· A Lesson · Elizabeth Garner · ss Supernatural Stories ed. William Mayne, Kingfisher, 1995

· Magicians of the Way · Cyril Birch · ss Chinese Myths and Fantasies by Cyril Birch, Oxford University Press, 1961

· A Haunted Terrace · William Mayne · ss Supernatural Stories ed. William Mayne, Kingfisher, 1995

· The Walking Boundary Stone · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964

· A Kind of Swan Song · Helen Cresswell · ss Shades of Dark ed. Aidan Chambers, Patrick Hardy, 1984

· The Foul Fords · [uncredited] · ss The Book of Dreams and Ghosts ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1897

· The Call · Robert Westall · ss The Call and Other Stories by Robert Westall, Viking UK, 1990

· Feel Free · Alan Garner · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967

· Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle June 1945

· The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911

· The Story of Glam · William Mayne · ss Supernatural Stories ed. William Mayne, Kingfisher, 1995

· The Highboy · Alison Lurie · ss Redbook October 1990, as “A Curious Haunting”

· The Hunter in the Haunted Forest · Robert D. San Souci · ss Short & Shivery ed. Robert D. San Souci, Doubleday, 1987
from three Teton Sioux tales in Myths and Legends of the Great Plains by Katharine Berry Judson.

· The Dog Fanti · [uncredited] · ss The Book of Dreams and Ghosts ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1897

· Space Invaders · Margaret Mahy · ss from Aliens in the Family, Hippo, May 1985

· Transition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The New Witness December 11 1913, as “Mudbury’s Xmas Adventure”

· The Woman with the Golden Arm · Mark Twain · vi How Tell a Story and Others by Mark Twain, Harper & Brothers, 1897, as “The Golden Arm”

· As Cold as Ice · William Mayne · ss Supernatural Stories ed. William Mayne, Kingfisher, 1995

Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic ed. Eduardo Jiménez Mayo & Chris N. Brown (Small Beer Press, December 13, 2011, 978-1-931520-31-7, $16.00, xxiv+261pp, tp, oa, cover by Jamie Stolarski)
Details taken from online listing.

xiii · Better Than a Mirror · Bruce Sterling · in

xvii · When Fixed Ideas Take Flight · Eduardo Jiménez Mayo · in

xxi · Introduction · Chris N. Brown · in

1 · Today, You Walk Along a Narrow Path · María Isabel Aguirre; translated by Rebecca Huerta · ss

5 · The Guest · Amparo Dávila; translated by Anna Guercio · ss
translated from the Spanish (“El Huesped”, Tiempo Destrozado by Amparo Dávila, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1959).

13 · Murillo Park · Agustín Cadena; translated by C. M. Mayo · ss

25 · The Hour of the Fireflies · Karen Chacek; translated by Michael J. DeLuca · ss

31 · Waiting · Iliana Estañol; translated by Joanna Tilley · ss

43 · Hunting Iguanas · Hernán Lara Zavala; translated by Eduardo Jiménez Mayo · ss

51 · 1965 · Edmée Pardo; translated by Lesly Betancourt-González · ss

59 · Variation on a Theme of Coleridge · Alberto Chimal; translated by Chris N. Brown · ss
translated from the Spanish (“Variación sobre un tema de Coleridge Brown”).

61 · Photophobia · Mauricio Montiel Figueiras; translated by Jen Hofer · ss

79 · The Last Witness to Creation · Jesús Ramírez Bermúdez; translated by Eduardo Jiménez Mayo · ss

89 · Rebellion · Queta Navagómez; translated by Rebecca Huerta · ss

91 · Future Perfect · Gerardo Sifuentes; translated by Chris N. Brown · ss

101 · Luck Has Its Limits · Beatriz Escalante; translated by Stephen Jackson · ss

111 · The Stone · Donají Olmedo; translated by Emily Eaton · ss

115 · Trompe-l’œil · Mónica Lavín; translated by Andrea Rosenberg · ss

121 · Lions · Bernardo Fernández; translated by Chris N. Brown · ss

129 · A Pile of Bland Desserts · Yussel Dardón; translated by Osvaldo de la Torre · ss

135 · Amalgam · Amélie Olaiz; translated by Armando García · ss

139 · The Nahual Offering · Carmen Rioja; translated by Emily Eaton · ss

147 · Pachuca Second Street · Lucía Abdó; translated by Emily Eaton · ss

151 · Wittgenstein’s Umbrella · Óscar de la Borbolla; translated by Sara Gilmore · ss

157 · Mannequin · Esther M. Garcia; translated by Chris N. Brown · ss

159 · Mr. Strogoff · Guillermo Samperio; translated by Steve Vásquez Dolph · ss

163 · The Mediator · Ana Gloria Álvarez Pedrajo; translated by Anisia Rodríguez · ss

165 · The Pin · Leo Mendoza; translated by Armando García · ss

171 · Future Nereid · Gabriela Damián Miravete; translated by Michael J. DeLuca · ss

183 · Pink Lemonade · Liliana V. Blum; translated by Toshiya Kamei · ss

191 · The Return of Night · René Roquet; translated by Armando García · ss

201 · Three Messages and a Warning in the Same Email · Ana Clavel; translated by Elsy Jackson · ss

207 · The President Without Organs · Pepe Rojo; translated by Chris N. Brown · ss

217 · The Transformist · Horacio Sentíes Madrid; translated by Eduardo Jiménez Mayo & José Alejandro Flores · ss

225 · The Drop · Claudia Guillén; translated by Leah Leone · ss

231 · Wolves · José Luis Zárate; translated by Bernardo Fernández & Chris N. Brown · ss

235 · The Infamous Juan Manuel · Bruno Estañol; translated by Anisia Rodríguez · ss

Morgan Library Ghost Stories ed. Hope Mayo & Inge Dupont--- see under Inge Dupont.

Beat to a Pulp, Round 2 ed. Matthew P. Mayo & David Cranmer--- see under David Cranmer.

Where Legends Ride: New Tales of the Old West ed. Matthew Mayo (Express Westerns, 2007, pb, oa)

· Introduction · David Whitehead · in (r)

· Stretch-Hemp Station · Ben Bridges · ss

· Crazy She Called Him · Roy Carlton · ss

· Desert Surrender · Kit Churchill · ss

· A Time to Live · Jack Giles · ss

· The Ballad of Jesse Barnett · Lance Howard · ss

· Hecate · P. McCormac · ss

· Bubbles · Ross Morton · ss

· Once Upon a Time in Mirage · I. J. Parnham · ss

· Hard Times for the Pecos Kid · Lee Pierce · ss

· The Man Who Tracked a River · Derek Rutherford · ss

· Pretty Polly · Duane Spurlock · ss

· Easier Than Working · Gillian F. Taylor · ss

· The Prodigal · Chuck Tyrell · ss

Closing Time and Other Stories by Dallas William Mayr--- see under Jack Ketchum.

Peaceable Kingdom by Dallas William Mayr--- see under Jack Ketchum.

Right to Life by Dallas William Mayr--- see under Jack Ketchum.

Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural ed. Henry Mazzeo (Doubleday, 1968, 0-385-09373-X, $5.98, 317pp, hc, an)
A volume of classic ghost stories illustrated by Edward Gorey.

9 · The Castle of Terror · Henry Mazzeo · in

15 · The Lonesome Place · August Derleth · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries February 1948

25 · In the Vault · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout November 1925

35 · The Man Who Collected Poe · Robert Bloch · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries October 1951

51 · “Where Angels Fear…” · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown March 1939

61 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892

95 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review February 1923

109 · The Open Door · Mrs. Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1882

151 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940

159 · Levitation · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Nine Horrors and a Dream by Joseph Payne Brennan, Arkham House, 1958

165 · The Ghostly Rental · Henry James · nv Scribner’s Monthly September 1876

199 · The Face · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine February 1924

215 · The Whistling Room [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler March 1910

233 · The Grey Ones · J. B. Priestley · nv Lilliput April/May 1953

251 · The Stolen Body · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine November 1898

269 · The Red Lodge · H. R. Wakefield · ss They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928

285 · The Visiting Star · Robert Aickman · nv Powers of Darkness by Robert Aickman, Collins, 1966

311 · Midnight Express · Alfred Noyes · ss This Week November 3 1935

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2015 Edition ed. Beth Meacham, Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Carl Engle-Laird, David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Marco Palmieri & Ann VanderMeer--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Eyes of Terror and Other Dark Adventures by L. T. Meade (Swan River Press, September 2021, 978-1-78380-039-1, €40.00, xix+235pp, hc, co, cover by Brian Coldrick)
Horror collection. Limited to 350 copies. A paperback edition (-750-5, €20.00) is also available.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

vii · Introduction · Janis Dawson · in

3 · Very Far West [Doctor Halifax] · L. T. Meade & Clifford Halifax · ss The Strand Magazine September 1893, as by The Author(s) of “The Medicine Lady”

28 · The Panelled Bedroom [Paul Gilchrist] · L. T. Meade & Clifford Halifax · nv The Strand Magazine December 1896

58 · The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv Cassell’s Family Magazine August 1897

81 · The Dead Hand [Diana Marburg] · L. T. Meade · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1902

99 · The Doom [Norman Head] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine October 1898

127 · The Woman with the Hood · L. T. Meade · ss The Weekly Scotsman December 1897

146 · Followed · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine December 1900

172 · The Man Who Disappeared · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine December 1901

200 · Eyes of Terror · L. T. Meade · nv The Strand Magazine December 1903

227 · How I Write My Books · L. T. Meade · ar The Young Woman January 1893

233 · Sources · [uncredited] · ms

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