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The Oxford Book of Canadian Ghost Stories ed. Alberto Manguel (Oxford University Press Canada, April 1990, 0-19-540761-X, $15.95, 276pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 26 ghost stories by Canadian writers, from Mazo De La Roche to Margaret Atwood. vii · Introduction · Alberto Manguel · in 1 · La Corriveau · Philippe Aubert de Gaspé; translated by Charles G. D. Roberts · ss The Canadians of Old by Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, tr. Charles G. D. Roberts, D. Appleton, 1890; dated 1863. 11 · The Gerrard Street Mystery · John Charles Dent · nv The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales by John Charles Dent, Rose, 1886 34 · The Miser’s Ghost · Honoré Beaugrand; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss (r) translated from the French (La Chasse-galérie, Canada 1900). 39 · A Tale of the Grand Jardin · W. H. Blake · ss Brown Waters and Other Sketches by William H. Blake, Toronto, 1915 46 · The Flood [Pretty Pierre] · Gilbert Parker · ss The National Observer 53 · Vengeance Is Mine · Duncan Campbell Scott · ss In the Village of Viger by Duncan Campbell Scott, 1896 63 · Buggam Grange: A Good Old Ghost Story · Stephen Leacock · ss Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock, John Lane, 1920 70 · Portrait of a Wife · Mazo de la Roche · ss The Graphic December 30 1927 80 · Mr. Sleepwalker · Ethel Wilson · ss Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories by Ethel Wilson, Macmillan, 1961 96 · No Traveller Returns… · A. M. Klein · ss Short Stories by A. M. Klein, 1983 101 · Dickens Digested · Robertson Davies · ss High Spirits by Robertson Davies, Penguin, 1982 109 · The Sight · Brian Moore · nv Irish Ghost Stories ed. Joseph Hone, Hamish Hamilton, 1977 126 · The Snow Walker · Farley Mowat · ss The Snow Walker by Farley Mowat, McClelland, 1975 134 · From the Fifteenth District · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker October 30 1978 140 · Fallowfields · Virgil Burnett · ss Farewell Tour by Virgil Burnett, 1986 158 · The Ghost of Lovers’ Lane · Antonine Maillet; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss 1989 translated from the French (“Le Revenant du chemin des amoureux”, Les Contes de par derrière chez mon père, Leméac Editeurm, 1987). 163 · Dreams · Timothy Findley · nv Stones by Timothy Findley, Penguin Books Canada, 1988 183 · If There Is No Gate · Jane Rule · ss (r) 188 · Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa · W. P. Kinsella · ss Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa by W. P. Kinsella, Oberon Press, 1980 201 · Joseph and His Brother · Audrey Thomas · ss Two in the Bush and Other Stories by Audrey Thomas, McClelland & Stewart, 1981 210 · As Birds Bring Forth the Sun · Alistair MacLeod · ss As Birds Bring Forth the Sun by Alistair Macleod, McClelland & Stewart, 1986 218 · No Country for Old Men · Eric McCormack · ss Inspecting the Vaults by Eric McCormack, Penguin Canada, 1987 221 · Death by Landscape · Margaret Atwood · ss Saturday Night July 1989 238 · Haunt · Sean Virgo · ss Illusion One ed. Geoff Hancock, Aya Press, 1983 250 · The Woman with the Lounge-Act Hair · Tim Wynne-Jones · ss Descant #51, 1985 259 · The Ghost of Firozsha Baag · Rohinton Mistry · ss Quarry Spring 1986 273 · Notes on Authors · [uncredited] · bg

White Fire: Further Fantastic Literature ed. Alberto Manguel (Picador, April 12, 1991, 0-330-31380-0, £9.99, 941pp, tp, an, cover by George Tooker)     Reprint (Lester & Orpen Dennys 1990 as Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic) anthology of 65 stories and novel excerpts, primarily by literary and mainstream authors.

One Horn to Rule Them All: A Purple Unicorn Anthology ed. Lisa Mangum (WordFire Press, August 11, 2014, 978-1-61475-192-2, $15.99, 302pp, tp, oa, cover by James A. Owen)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Kevin J. Anderson · in 5 · Rhubarb and Beets · Todd J. McCaffrey · ss Shadows of the New Sun ed. J. E. Mooney & Bill Fawcett, Tor, 2013 13 · Purple Is the New Black · Jody Lynn Nye · ss 33 · A Single Spark · Mary Pletsch · ss 49 · Best of All Possible Worlds · John D. Payne · ss 61 · Korgak’s Daily Schedule · Jeanette Gonzalez · ss 67 · Dead Friends and New Horses · Sharon Dodge · ss 83 · The Godfairy · Quincy J. Allen · ss 103 · The Faerie Journal · Megan Grey · ss 119 · The Greggs Family Zoo of Odd and Marvelous Creatures · Kristin Luna · ss 137 · Menagerie Violette · Colette Black · ss 149 · The Unicorn Prince [The Nylean Chronicles] · Gama Ray Martinez · ss 161 · The Girl with the Artist’s Eyes · Nathan Barra · ss 181 · Conner Bright and the Case of the Purple Unicorn · Robert J. McCarter · ss 201 · My Hero · Mark Ryan · ss 219 · Of Unicorns and Pie · Nathan & Sharon Dodge · ss 229 · Gateway Blood · Ezekiel James Boston · ss 233 · The Monoceros · Lou J. Berger · ss 247 · The Last Dregs of Winter · Scott Eder · ss 263 · Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros · Peter S. Beagle · nv Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn ed. Peter S. Beagle, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995 285 · Red Roses · Todd J. McCaffrey · ss

X Marks the Spot ed. Lisa Mangum (WordFire Press, January 17, 2020, 978-1-68057-112-7, $17.99, 362pp, tp, oa, cover by Tiffany Brazell)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · The Wish Shore · Kristen Bickerstaff · ss 19 · The Wreckers · Ken Hoover · ss 37 · Scourge · L. V. Bell · ss 53 · The Pirate’s Cat · Tracy Leonard Nakatani · ss 71 · Annie Spark and the Pirates of Port 1337 · David Cole · ss 89 · Tidying Magic · Linda Maye Adams · ss 101 · By Stars and Gears · Trisha J. Wooldridge · ss 117 · Porch Pirates of Pasadena · Amy Hughes · ss 135 · Sabbath · Jessica Guernsey · ss 149 · A Good Pirate’s Final Storm · Tanya Hales · ss 163 · Percival Bunnyrabbit and the Robot Wizard · John D. Payne · ss 181 · Plundering Lives · Lauren Lang · ss 199 · Time Comes for All Men · Melissa Koons · ss 215 · Life Pirate · Elmdea Adams · ss 225 · Pirated RPG · Jace Killan · ss 243 · Breath of the Cherubim · Clint Hall · ss 261 · Princess Yum Yum’s Challenge · Nancy DiMauro · nv 283 · Where We Will All Go · C. H. Hung · ss 301 · Silver Future · Mary Pletsch · ss 321 · Sea Wolves · Julie Frost · ss 335 · Harry the Ghost Pirate · Robert J. McCarter · ss

Baleful Beasts ed. Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1974, 0-688-41573-3, 222pp, hc, an)     Great Supernatural Stories of the Animal Kingdom, illustrated by Emanuel Schongut. 13 · Introduction · Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis · in 15 · Phut Phat Concentrates · Lilian Jackson Braun · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1963 29 · The Boy Who Drew Cats · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Hasegawa, 1898 36 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916 68 · The Horse of the Invisible [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Idler April 1910 104 · The Terror of Blue John Gap · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1910 129 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890 141 · The Tiger · Hugh Walpole · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1927 166 · Sealskin Trousers · Eric Linklater · ss The Sealskin Trousers and Other Stories by Eric Linklater, Hart-Davis, 1947 189 · The Story-Teller · Saki · ss The Morning Post, as by H. H. Munro 198 · Change of Heart · George Whitley · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #110, September 1961 219 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Bewitched Beings ed. Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1974, 0-688-41657-8, $5.95, 224pp, hc, an)     Stories of phantoms, familiars and the possessed, illustrated by Emanuel Schongut. 11 · Introduction · Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis · in 13 · The Swap · H. F. Heard · nv The Great Fog and Other Weird Tales by H. F. Heard, Vanguard, 1944 37 · The Rabbit Prince · Davis Grubb · ss Woman’s Home Companion June 1949 54 · Swamp Girl · Prentiss Combs · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 11 1960 76 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv In a Glass Darkly by J. S. Le Fanu, R. Bentley & Son, 1872 revised from “The Watcher”, Dublin University Magazine, November 1847. 125 · The Black Lamb · Lady Jane Wilde · ar Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Jane Wilde, Ticknor & Co., 1887 129 · The Man Who Went Too Far · E. F. Benson · nv The Pall Mall Magazine June 1904 158 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; translated by Sarka B. Hrbkova · ss Czechoslovak Stories ed. Sarka B. Hrbkova, Duffield & Co., 1920 translated from the Czech (“Vampyr”, Různé lidé, 1871). 165 · The Compensation House · Charles Allston Collins · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 3 Branch Line. The Compensation House” 188 · The Witch Hare · Mr. S. C. & Mrs. S. C. Hall · ss (r) 192 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 207 · The Ghost of Fear · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896, as “The Red Room” 221 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Christmas Ghosts ed. Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis (Doubleday, 1978, xii+227pp, hc, an)     Eleven seasonal ghost stories. xi · Introduction · Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis · in 1 · The Prescription · Marjorie Bowen · ss The London Magazine January 1929 26 · On Christmas Day in the Morning [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1950 40 · Thirteen at Table · Lord Dunsany · ss Tamworth Herald January 4 1913 53 · Wolverden Tower · Grant Allen · nv The Illustrated London News November 23 1896 93 · Tarnhelm · Hugh Walpole · ss Liberty December 28 1929 116 · A Christmas Carol [Christmas Carol] · Charles Dickens · na Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843; version abridged by Dickens for his public readings. 160 · Transition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The New Witness December 11 1913, as “Mudbury’s Xmas Adventure” 169 · The Ether-Hogs · Oliver Onions · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 181 · Christmas Eve in the Blue Chamber · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome, Leadenhall Press, 1891, as “The Ghost of the Blue Chamber” 192 · The White Road · E. F. Bozman · ss Ghost Stories ed. John Hampden, Everyman, 1939 207 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 18 1931 223 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Fun Phantoms: Tales of Ghostly Entertainment ed. Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1979, 0-688-41877-5, $7.95, 186pp, hc, an) 13 · Foreword · Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis · fw 14 · My Displaced Ghosts · John West · ss A Red Skeleton in Your Closet ed. Red Skelton, Grosset & Dunlap, 1965 34 · The Haunted Mill: or, The Ruined Home · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Wave February 21 1891 40 · The Water Ghost · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891 50 · The Dog Got Them · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 62 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 100 · The Night the Ghost Got In · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker August 12 1933 108 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912 122 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 128 · The Transferred Ghost · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine May 1882 144 · The Ghost-Extinguisher · Gelett Burgess · ss The Cosmopolitan April 1905 158 · To Starch a Spook · Andrew Benedict · ss A Red Skeleton in Your Closet ed. Red Skelton, Grosset & Dunlap, 1965 178 · The Mortal · Oliver Onions · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 183 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

A Gathering of Ghosts ed. Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis (Funk & Wagnalls, 1970, 217pp, hc, an)     12 ghost stories plus a grouping of ghostly verse. 11 · Preface · Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis · pr 21 · The Panelled Room · August Derleth · ss Westminster Magazine September 1933 35 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 51 · The Lamp · Agatha Christie · ss 1924 63 · Cool Air · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Tales of Magic and Mystery March 1928 75 · The Haunted House · Pliny the Younger · ss Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907, as “Letter to Sura” translated from the Latin (as a letter to Sura, 2nd century AD). 81 · Quite Immaterial · Alexander Woollcott · ar 1943 essay incorporating several anecdotal stories. 89 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 107 · The Ghost’s Song · [uncredited] · pm (r) 107 · Dibdin’s Ghost · Eugene Field · pm (r) 109 · Haunted Houses · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · pm (r) 111 · The Phantom-Wooer · Thomas Lovell Beddoes · pm from Death’s Jest-Book, William Pickering, 1850 112 · The Only Ghost I Ever Saw · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1891 112 · To an Importunate Ghost · James Whitcomb Riley · pm (r) 113 · As If a Phantom Caress’d Me · Walt Whitman · pm (r) 113 · The Composite Ghost · Marion Couthouy Smith · pm (r) 121 · The Dream · Lucius Apuleius · ex from The Golden Ass, ca. 160 129 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 163 · Ghost of Hamlet’s Father (from Hamlet) · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 175 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 191 · The Transferred Ghost · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine May 1882 207 · Ghosts in Literature · Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis · ar (r) 213 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Ghostly Gentlewomen: Two Centuries of Spectral Stories by the Gentle Sex ed. Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1977, 0-688-41782-5, 237pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis · in 10 · Mr. Edward · Norah Lofts · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947 32 · Kentucky’s Ghost · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1868, uncredited. 49 · Faithful Jenny Dove · Eleanor Farjeon · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1924 71 · The Queen’s Twin · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss The Cornhill Magazine February 1899 95 · The Coach · Violet Hunt · ss The English Review March 1909 119 · Christmas Meeting · Rosemary Timperley · vi Truth 1952 125 · New England Tavern Ghosts · Alice Morse Earle · ar In Old Narragansett by Alice Morse Earle, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898 135 · Mr. Tallent’s Ghost · Mary Webb · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 152 · The Shadow in the Moonlight · Mrs. Molesworth · nv Uncanny Tales by Mary Louisa Molesworth, Hutchinson, 1896 203 · Mommy · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales April 1939 217 · The Dutch Officer’s Story · Catherine Crowe · ss Ghosts and Family Legends by Mrs. Crowe, T.C. Newby, 1858 230 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921

Grande Dames of Detection ed. Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis (Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1973, 0-688-41551-2, $5.95, 220pp, hc, an)     Two Centuries of Sleuthing Stories by the Gentle Sex. 11 · Introduction · Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis · in 14 · The Dublin Mystery [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine September 1902 33 · Christabel’s Crystal · Carolyn Wells · ss Sunday Record-Herald October 15 1905 50 · The Plymouth Express [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch April 4 1923, as “The Mystery of the Plymouth Express” 69 · The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Pearson’s Magazine June 1926, as “The Dragon’s Head” 96 · Family Affair [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1960 111 · A Memorable Murder · Celia Thaxter · nv (r) 141 · Death on the Air [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh & A. Drummond Sharpe · nv The Grand Magazine February 1937; given as by Ngaio Marsh alone. 177 · A Midsummer Night’s Crime [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1961 213 · Finger-Prints Can’t Lie · Evelyn Johnson & Gretta Palmer · ss Murder by Evelyn Johnson & Gretta Palmer, Covici Friede, 1928