The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland (Odhams, 1936, 766pp, hc, an)
One of the best bumper volumes of the thirties.
- 17 · The Diver · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine May 1927
broadcast by the BBC Dec 25, 1925.
- 24 · The Ghoul of Golders Green [Capel (Beau) Maturin] · Michael Arlen · nv The Sketch Christmas 1923
- 59 · The Murder of the Mandarin · Arnold Bennett · ss Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett, Chapman & Hall, 1907
- 70 · Powers of the Air · John D. Beresford · ss Seven Arts October 1917
- 76 · Keeping His Promise · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906
- 92 · Dearth’s Farm · Gerald Bullett · ss The Street of the Eye by Gerald Bullett, John Lane, 1923
- 105 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue”
- 121 · The Blue Geranium [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller December 1929
- 135 · The Secret Sharer · Joseph Conrad · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1910 (+1)
- 173 · The Tiger · A. E. Coppard · ss Metropolitan April 1921
- 185 · The Looking Glass · Walter de la Mare · ss The Riddle and Other Stories by Walter de la Mare, Selwyn & Blount, 1923
- 195 · The Hostelry · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French.
- 208 · A Large Diamond [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Britannia and Eve March 1931
- 218 · The Cupboard · Jeffery Farnol · ss The London Magazine December 1921
- 235 · The Other Sense · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Sketch October 13 1909
- 246 · Ghost of Honour · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss
- 254 · Roads of Destiny · O. Henry · nv Ainslee’s Magazine April 1903
- 277 · The Trapdoor · C. D. Heriot · ss
- 288 · Ben Blower’s Story · C. F. Hoffman · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine August 1842
- 297 · The Shadow of a Shade · Tom Hood · ss Bow Bells Christmas 1869
- 311 · The Dwarfs · Aldous Huxley · ss (r)
- 322 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss The Knickerbocker October 1839
- 333 · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 346 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893
- 353 · The Woman Who Rode Away · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Dial July 1925 (+1)
- 390 · Honolulu · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Everybody’s October 1921
- 413 · Rooum · Oliver Onions · ss The Fortnightly Review December 1910
- 429 · The Green Light · Barry Pain · ss Phil May’s Annual #7, Winter 1897
- 435 · The Iron Pineapple · Eden Phillpotts · ss The Red Magazine March 15 1910
- 451 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1931
- 466 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin · nv (r)
translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834).
- 492 · The Seventh Man · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by A. T. Quiller-Couch, Cassell & Company, 1900
- 504 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro
- 509 · Goat-Cry, Girl-Cry · William B. Seabrook · ss (r)
- 522 · The Mahatma’s Story · May Sinclair · ss English Life October 1924
- 533 · Deep in the Forest · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Pearson’s Magazine January 1927
- 548 · The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The National Observer February 4 1893
- 568 · The Man of the Night · Edgar Wallace · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #75, October 8 1910, as “The Stranger of the Night”
- 578 · Major Wilbraham · Hugh Walpole · ss The Chicago Tribune November 13 1921
- 594 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost”
- 608 · The Salt of the Earth · Rebecca West · nv Woman’s Home Companion March 1934 (+1)
- 652 · A Tale of a Gas-Light Ghost · [uncredited] · ss New Christmas Annual 1867, 1866
- 665 · The Confession of Charles Linkworth · E. F. Benson · ss The Cavalier and the Scrap Book January 13 1912
- 680 · The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1907
- 689 · A Visitor from Down Under · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926
- 705 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907
- 717 · His Brother’s Keeper · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1922
- 728 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835
- 736 · The Coat · A. E. D. Smith · ss Powers of Darkness, Philip Allan, 1934
- 743 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893
- 755 · Presentiments [Foreign Legion: The Geste Brothers] · P. C. Wren · ss Good Gestes by P. C. Wren, Murray, 1929
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