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Great Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Taplinger, November 1977, 0-8008-3618-9, $8.95, 222pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Mayflower 1974 as The 1st Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories) horror anthology.

The Great Villains: An Omnibus of Evil ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee--- see under Christopher Lee.

The Hounds of Hell ed. Michel Parry (Gollancz, 1974, 0-575-01715-5, £2.10, 192pp, hc, an)     Also in pb (Arrow 1975). 9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 15 · The Hound [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales February 1924 24 · Staley Fleming’s Hallucination · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906 27 · The Dog · Ivan Turgenev · ss The Scottish Review 43 · The Hound of Death · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933 62 · Dead Dog · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales August 1938 72 · The Dutch Officer’s Story · Catherine Crowe · ss Ghosts and Family Legends by Mrs. Crowe, T.C. Newby, 1858 82 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante” translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883). 87 · Dog or Demon? · Theo Gift · ss Not for the Night-Time by Theo Gift, Roper & Drowley, 1889 100 · Louis · Saki · ss The Morning Post April 7 1914, as by H. H. Munro 106 · The Howling Tower [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown June 1941 122 · The White Dog · Feodor Sologub; translated by John Cournos · ss The Old House and Other Tales by Feodor Sologub, tr. John Cournos, Martin Secker, 1915 translated from the Russian (“Sobaka”, 1908). 129 · The Hound · William Faulkner · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1931 143 · The Emissary · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947 152 · The Hound of Pedro · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1938 167 · The Whining · Ramsey Campbell · ss 176 · The Death Hound [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine October 1922

Jack the Knife ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1975, 0-583-12502-6, 50p, 160pp, pb, an)     Tales of Jack the Ripper 11 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 21 · Forever Stand the Stones · Joseph F. Pumilia · ss 40 · The Demon Spell · Hume Nisbet · ss The Haunted Station by Hume Nisbet, F.V. White & Co., 1894 46 · The Lodger · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv Nash’s Magazine January 1911 74 · In the Slaughteryard · [uncredited] · ss The Adventures of the Adventurer’s Club, Gardner & Co., 1890 87 · A Kind of Madness · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1972 94 · The Gatecrasher · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Unbidden by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Tandem, 1971 107 · My Father the Ripper · Philip José Farmer · ex A Feast Unknown by Philip José Farmer, Essex House, 1969 112 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943 130 · Jack’s Little Friend · Ramsey Campbell · ss 140 · The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World · Harlan Ellison · nv Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 160 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Lurking Shadows ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee (W.H. Allen, 1979, 0-491-02289-1, 157pp, hc, an)     Stories which exude the very essence of fear. 7 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in 9 · The Dream Makers · Robert Bloch · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953 37 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 53 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 72 · After the Ball · John Collier · nv Lovat Dickson’s Magazine November 1933 92 · The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies · John W. Jakes · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962 98 · The Ghost of Fear · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896, as “The Red Room” 108 · The Valley of the Worm [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales February 1934 130 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine February 1909 136 · The Lurking Fear · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Home Brew January 1923 (+3)

The 1st Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1974, 12332, 40p, 222pp, pb, an)     First in a series of 6 anthologies of new and classic occult and black magic stories. This volume reprinted in US as Great Black Magic Stories (Taplinger, 1977). 9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 12 · Potential [Severn Valley] · Ramsey Campbell · ss Demons by Daylight by Ramsey Campbell, Arkham House, 1973 22 · The Snake · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine January 1933 38 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943 51 · The Vixen · Aleister Crowley · ss The Equinox 55 · “He Cometh and He Passeth By” · H. Russell Wakefield · nv They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928 84 · The Invoker of the Beast · Feodor Sologub · ss The Old House and Other Tales by Feodor Sologub, tr. John Cournos, Martin Secker, 1915 93 · Witch War · Richard Matheson · ss Startling Stories July 1951 99 · The Ensouled Violin · Helena P. Blavatsky · nv Nightmare Tales by Helena P. Blavatsky, Theosophical Publishing House, 1892 130 · Nasty · Fredric Brown · vi Playboy April 1959 132 · The New People · Charles Beaumont · nv Rogue August 1958, as by Michael Phillips 155 · In the Valley of the Sorceress · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #21, January 1916 172 · The Devil’s Debt · James Platt · ss Tales of the Supernatural by James Platt, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1894 184 · The Hand of Glory [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales July 1933

The 2nd Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1974, 0-583-12333-3, 40p, 205pp, pb, an) 9 · The Likeness of Julie · Richard Matheson · ss Alone by Night ed. Michael & Don Congdon, Ballantine, 1962, as by Logan Swanson 19 · The Sanctuary · E. F. Benson · nv More Spook Stories by E. F. Benson, Hutchinson, 1934 43 · The Violinist · Aleister Crowley · vi The Equinox 46 · The Return of the Sorcerer [Cthulhu] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror September 1931 64 · Upon the Dull Earth · Philip K. Dick · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction #9, 1954 89 · The Witch-Finder · Frederick Cowles · ss The Night Wind Howls by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1938 95 · Kosem Kesamim the Magician · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · ex from Asmodeus at Large, Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833 112 · The Seal of Solomon the Great · Wardon Allan Curtis · ss The Argosy February 1901 118 · The Necromancers · Marjorie Bowen · ss The Queen September 6 1923, as “The Incantation” 132 · Dig Me No Grave [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1937 147 · The Eye of the Beholder · Roland Caine · vi 149 · The Spider · Hanns Heinz Ewers · nv The International December 1915 translated from the German (“Die Spinne”, 1908). 174 · Children of Ubasti [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales December 1929

The 3rd Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1975, 0-583-12334-1, 50p, 220pp, pb, an) 9 · Black Magic [Sebastian Quin] · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930 26 · Borgia Pomade · M. P. Dare · ss Unholy Relics and Other Uncanny Tales by M. P. Dare, Edward Arnold, 1947 36 · Threshold · Henry Kuttner · ss Unknown December 1940 55 · The Altar · Robert Sheckley · ss Fantastic July/August 1953 62 · The Black Kiss [Michael Leigh] · Robert Bloch & Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales June 1937; given as by Robert Bloch, Kuttner having asked that his name be removed from later publication. 84 · The Cave of Echoes · Helena P. Blavatsky · ss Nightmare Tales by Helena P. Blavatsky, Theosophical Publishing House, 1892 95 · No. 252 Rue M. le Prince · Ralph Adams Cram · nv Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 111 · Review Copy · Anthony Boucher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949, as by H. H. Holmes 123 · Instrument of Darkness · Joseph F. Pumilia · ss 142 · Naturally · Fredric Brown · vi Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1954 144 · The Dreams in the Witch-House [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales July 1933 187 · The Incense of Abomination [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales March 1938

The 4th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1976, 0-583-12703-7, 50p, 192pp, pb, an) 9 · At the Fork of the Roads · Aleister Crowley · ss The Equinox 16 · There Shall Be No Darkness · James Blish · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1950 80 · The Words of Guru · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Stirring Science Stories June 1941, as by Kenneth Falconer 89 · Blood Debt · David Drake · ss 104 · The Fishers of the Fountain · Daphne Castell · ss 108 · Vigil · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Strange Stories December 1939, as by Hampton Wells 127 · The Cage · Ray Russell · ss Rogue November 1959, as by Roger Thorne 134 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 168 · Dolls [Severn Valley] · Ramsey Campbell · nv

The 5th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1976, 0-583-12704-5, 50p, 158pp, pb, an) 9 · The House on the Marsh · Frederick Cowles · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1936 19 · Out of Depth · Evelyn Waugh · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) December 1933 30 · Hell Is Forever · Alfred Bester · na Unknown Worlds August 1942 122 · The Wish-Giver · Henry Slesar · ss Rogue June 1963 129 · The Night of the Beast · Patricia Williams · ss 134 · Lilith’s · Ramsey Campbell · ss 153 · Nellthu · Anthony Boucher · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1955 155 · Red Christmas · Roland Caine · ss

The 6th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1977, 0-583-12705-3, 60p, 174pp, pb, an) 9 · The Salem Horror [Michael Leigh] · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales May 1937 30 · The Thing on the Roof [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1932 41 · Someone Is Watching · Steven Utley · ss Adam May 1976, as “The Voyeur” 49 · Taureke’s Eyes · Hector Bolitho · ss The House in Half Moon Street by Hector Bolitho, Cobden-Sanderson, 1935 59 · The Horn of Vapula · Lewis Spence · ss The Grand Magazine July 1916 71 · The Mannikin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1937 91 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940 97 · The Other Side · Arthur Porges · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination February 1961 106 · The Seductress · Ramsey Campbell · nv 133 · Compliments of the Author · Lewis Padgett · nv Unknown Worlds October 1942, as by Henry Kuttner

More Devil’s Kisses ed. Michel Parry--- see under Linda Lovecraft.

Reign of Terror: 1st Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1976, 0-552-10335-7, 65p, 187pp, pb, an)     Originally planned as a single bumper volume but then split into five. The 5th and final volume was never published. US edition, Barnes & Noble, 1980. 9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 27 · A Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, D.D. · R. H. Barham · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine April 1831 53 · The Phantom Regiment · James Grant · nv The Phantom Regiment or Stories of “Ours” by James Grant, Thomas Hodgson, 1856 86 · A Night in an Old Castle · G. P. R. James · ss Eva St Clair & Other Collected Tales by G. P. R. James, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1843 104 · The Forsaken of God · William Mudford · ss Tales and Trifles by William Mudford, London, 1849 117 · The Monk’s Story · Catherine Crowe · ss Light and Darkness by Catherine Crowe, London, 1850 133 · The North Mail · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 149 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Mrs. Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 173 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”

Reign of Terror: 2nd Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1977, 0-552-10390-X, 70p, 190pp, pb, an) 7 · The Dream Woman · W. Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 37 · The Compensation House · Charles Collins · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 3 Branch Line. The Compensation House” 58 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version. 104 · The Dead Man’s Story · Hain Friswell · ss Ghost Stories and Phantom Fancies by Hain Friswell, Richard Bentley, 1858 126 · Horror: A True Tale · John Berwick Harwood · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1861, uncredited. 152 · The Cold Embrace · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss The Welcome Guest September 22 1860 164 · The Merchant of Rotterdam · H. G. Bell · ss Nimmo’s Popular Tales 1866 173 · The Child Stealer · Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Charles S. Cheltnam · ss Temple Bar April 1871 translated from the French (“La voleuse d’enfant”, Les contes du bord du Rhin, J. Hetzel, 1862).

Reign of Terror: 3rd Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1977, 0-552-10433-7, 65p, 158pp, pb, an) 9 · Wildgoose Lodge · William Carleton · ss Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, v1 by William Carleton, 1830 32 · Sir Dominick’s Bargain · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round July 6 1872, uncredited. revised from “The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh”, Dublin University Magazine Mar 1838. 50 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited. 74 · Under the Cloak · Rhoda Broughton · ss Tales for Christmas Eve by Rhoda Broughton, Tauchnitz, 1872 86 · The Gray Wolf · George MacDonald · ss Works of Fancy and Imagination by George MacDonald, Alexander Strahan, 1871 94 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 117 · Secret of the Stradivarius · Hugh Conway · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine December 1881 141 · The Fate of Madame Cabanel · Elizabeth Lynn Linton · ss All the Year Round December 16 1872

Reign of Terror: 4th Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1978, 0-552-10487-6, 75p, 157pp, pb, an) 9 · The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885 37 · The Haunted Organist · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round November 10 1866, uncredited. 54 · The Beckoning Hand · Grant Allen · nv The Beckoning Hand by Grant Allen, Chatto, 1887 87 · The Demon Spell · Hume Nisbet · ss The Haunted Station by Hume Nisbet, F.V. White & Co., 1894 96 · A Mysterious Visitor · Mrs. Henry Wood · nv Bentley’s Miscellany October 1857 120 · The Lady Isopel · Sir Gilbert Campbell · ss Mysteries of the Unseen by Sir Gilbert Campbell, Bart., Ward Lock, 1889 134 · The Witches’ Sabbath · James Platt · ss Tales of the Supernatural by James Platt, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1894 149 · The Skeleton Hand · Agnes MacLeod · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine October 1894

The Rivals of Dracula: A Century of Vampire Fiction ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1977, 0-552-10410-8, 65p, 189pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 15 · Conversion · Ramsey Campbell · ss 20 · The Mysterious Stranger · [uncredited] · nv Odds and Ends 1860 61 · The Vampire of Kaldenstein · Frederick Cowles · nv The Night Wind Howls by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1938 81 · The Guardian of the Cemetery · Jean Ray · ss Weird Tales December 1934, as “The Graveyard Duchess” by John Flanders translated from the French (“Le gardien du cimetière”, Les contes du whisky, Renaissance du Livre, 1925 as by Jean Ray). 91 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 105 · The Story of Baelbrow [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1898 119 · The Undead Die · E. Everett Evans (with Ray Bradbury) · ss Weird Tales July 1948 135 · The Horror Undying · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales May 1936 144 · The Bat Is My Brother · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1944 163 · Blood Brother · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy April 1961 168 · Something Had to Be Done · David Drake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1975 174 · Night Life · Steven Utley · ss 178 · Further Rivals of Dracula · [uncredited] · bi 179 · Vampires of the Silver Screen · Michel Parry · bi

The Rivals of Frankenstein: A Gallery of Monsters ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1977, 0-552-10465-5, 70p, 222pp, pb, an) 9 · In the Footsteps of Frankenstein · Michel Parry · in 17 · The Colossus of Ylourgne [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales June 1934 56 · The Last of the Daubeny-FitzAlans · Arnold Harvey · ss 1976 59 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 66 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s” 76 · Dr. Karnstein’s Creation [Frankenstein] · Donald F. Glut · ss 91 · Almost Human · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures June 1943, as by Tarleton Fiske 111 · Count Szolnok’s Robots · D. Scott-Moncrieff · ss Not for the Squeamish by David Scott-Moncrieff, Background Books, 1948 126 · Herbert West—Reanimator · H. P. Lovecraft · gp (r), as “Grewsome Tales” _ · From the Dark · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew February 1922 _ · The Plague Demon · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew March 1922 _ · Six Shots by Moonlight · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew April 1922 _ · The Scream of the Dead · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew May 1922 _ · The Horror from the Shadows · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew June 1922 _ · The Tomb-Legions · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew July 1922 158 · Pithecanthropus Rejectus · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Astounding Stories January 1938 169 · The Dead Man · Fritz Leiber · nv Weird Tales November 1950 198 · Iron Man · Eando Binder · ss Future Science Fiction #28, 1955 215 · The Monster at the Movies—A Checklist of Frankenstein Films · Michel Parry · bi