The Monster Book of Monsters ed. Michael O’Shaughnessy (Xanadu, May 1988, 0-947761-42-X, £9.95, 349pp, hc, an, cover by Hannes Bok)
Anthology of 50 sf/fantasy/horror stories that range from the well-known to the obscure. American edition: Bonanza 1988.
- 5 · Here Be Monsters · Michael O’Shaugnessy · in
- 9 · Vault of the Beast · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science-Fiction August 1940
- 26 · We Never Mention Aunt Nora · Frederik Pohl · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1958, as by Paul Flehr
- 33 · Last Rites · Charles Beaumont · ss If October 1955
- 44 · And Lo! The Bird · Nelson S. Bond · ss The Blue Book Magazine September 1950
- 53 · The Black Retriever · Charles G. Finney · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958
- 60 · The Bird Woman · Henry Spicer · ss Strange Things Among Us by Henry Spicer, Chapman & Hall, 1863
- 62 · The Hoard of the Gibbelins · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sketch January 25 1911
- 65 · Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships by Fredric Brown, E.P. Dutton, 1954
- 66 · The Painted Skin · P’u Sung-Ling · ss Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio by Herbert A. Giles, De La Rue, 1880
translated from the Chinese (Liao Chai, 1679).
- 69 · The Monster and the Maiden · Roger Zelazny · vi Galaxy Magazine December 1964
- 71 · The Devil Is Not Mocked · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown Worlds June 1943
- 77 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962
- 84 · At Last, the True Story of Frankenstein [Frankenstein] · Harry Harrison · ss Science Fantasy #76, September 1965
- 90 · Disturb Not My Slumbering Fair · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss Cautionary Tales by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Doubleday, 1978
- 98 · Island of Fear · William Sambrot · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 18 1958
- 105 · Doctor Zombie and His Little Furry Friends · Robert Sheckley · ss Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? by Robert Sheckley, Doubleday, 1971
- 112 · The Mother of Monsters · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Albert M. C. McMaster · ss The Complete Works of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The C.T. Brainard Publishing Co., 1910
translated from the French (“La mère aux monstres”, Gil Blas, June 12, 1883 as by Maufrigneuse).
- 115 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Cosmopolitan September 1933
- 126 · Monsters of the Pit · Paul S. Powers · ss Weird Tales June 1925
- 136 · Expendable · Philip K. Dick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953
- 140 · The Demon Spell · Hume Nisbet · ss The Haunted Station by Hume Nisbet, F.V. White & Co., 1894
- 145 · Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Summer 1950
- 148 · The Thing on Outer Shoal · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1947
- 156 · After King Kong Fell [Wold Newton] · Philip José Farmer · nv Omega ed. Roger Elwood, Walker US, 1973
- 165 · The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth · Roger Zelazny · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1965
- 189 · Leprechaun · William Sambrot · ss Escapade October 1962
- 193 · Men of Iron · Guy Endore · ss Black & White January 1940
- 199 · The Lop-Eared Cat That Devoured Philadelphia · Louis Phillips · pm Cornudo 1975
- 200 · Flight Useless, Inexorable the Pursuit · Thomas M. Disch · ss Under Compulsion by Thomas M. Disch, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968
- 203 · Ghost V [AAA Ace] · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1954
- 215 · Slime · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Weird Tales March 1953
- 231 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943
- 239 · The Foghorn · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 23 1951, as “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”
- 246 · The Plant-Thing · R. G. Macready · ss Weird Tales July 1925
- 251 · The Conqueror Worm · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine January 1843
- 253 · The Fools’ Pope [from Notre Dame de Paris] · Victor Hugo · ex 1831
- 259 · Rex · Harl Vincent · ss Astounding Stories June 1934
- 272 · Roman Remains · Algernon Blackwood · ss Weird Tales March 1948
- 278 · The Distortion Out of Space · Francis Flagg · ss Weird Tales August 1934
- 287 · Mr. Waterman · Peter Redgrove · ss The Nature of Cold Weather and Other Poems by Peter Redgrove, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1961
- 290 · The End of a Show · Barry Pain · vi Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901
- 293 · Mujina · Lafcadio Hearn · vi Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn, Houghton Mifflin, 1904
- 294 · She Only Goes Out at Night · William Tenn · ss Fantastic Universe October 1956
- 298 · Mother of Serpents · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1936
- 305 · Sweets to the Sweet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1947
- 311 · Wolves Don’t Cry · Bruce Elliott · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1954
- 319 · Looking for Something to Suck · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Fourth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Christine Bernard, Fontana, 1969
- 329 · The Professor’s Teddy-Bear · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Weird Tales March 1948
- 337 · Creature of the Snows · William Sambrot · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 29 1960
- 344 · Lips of the Dead · W. J. Stamper · ss Weird Tales June 1925
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