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Gothic Horror Book ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1974, 0-491-01760-X, x+305pp, hc, an)
The usual Kurt Singer anthology with most stories selected from recent reprint sources, chiefly the Health Knowledge magazines.

ix · Preface · Kurt Singer · pr

1 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845

11 · Amy Foster · Joseph Conrad · nv The Illustrated London News December 14 1901 (+2)

41 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904

64 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.

98 · For Services Rendered [Shop] · Stephen Goldin · ss Magazine of Horror February 1970

110 · The Roc Raid · George B. Tuttle · nv Weird Tales November 1929

147 · The Plague of the Living Dead · A. Hyatt Verrill · nv Amazing Stories April 1927

186 · The Duel of the Sorcerers · Paul Ernst · na Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror March 1932

260 · The Cloth of Madness · Seabury Quinn · nv Young’s Magazine January 1920

284 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885

The Gothic Reader ed. Kurt Singer (Ace, 1966, K-244, 50¢, 253pp, pb, an)

7 · Shadow in Beige · Dorothy Eden · na 1960

84 · The Duenna · Marie Belloc Lowndes · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

98 · The Alibi · Daphne du Maurier · nv 1956

140 · Spinsters’ Rest · Clemence Dane · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine September 1925

166 · Mrs. Lannisfree · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales November 1945

175 · The Villa Désirée · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1921

187 · Mrs. Lunt · Hugh Walpole · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

202 · The Amorous Ghost · Enid Bagnold · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

208 · Chemical · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

232 · Schalken the Painter · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851
revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839).

Horror Omnibus ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1965, 25/-, 317pp, hc, an)
Mixture of classic and pulp horror stories with many selected from the Magazine of Horror.

7 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895

25 · The Last Dawn · Frank Lillie Pollock · ss The Argosy June 1906, as “Finis”

37 · The Dreams in the Witch-House [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales July 1933

76 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922

92 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.; given as by Charles Collins & Charles Dickens.

104 · The House of the Worm [Cthulhu] · Mearle Prout · nv Weird Tales October 1933

125 · Last Act: October · Tigrina · ss Phantom July 1958

142 · Lukundoo · Edward Lucas White · ss Weird Tales November 1925

157 · The Man with a Thousand Legs · Frank Belknap Long, Jr. · nv Weird Tales August 1927

182 · The Pacer · August W. Derleth & Mark Schorer · ss Weird Tales March 1930; given as by August W. Derleth alone.

194 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost”

208 · Cassius [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror November 1931

245 · Clay · C. Hall Thompson · nv Weird Tales May 1948

269 · Schalken the Painter · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851
revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839).

290 · Caverns of Horror [Stranger Club] · Laurence Manning · nv Wonder Stories March 1934

The House in the Valley & Other Tales of Terror ed. Kurt Singer (Sphere, 1970, 142pp, pb, an)
abridged from Tales of Terror, (W.H. Allen, 1967) along with The Day of the Dragon.

9 · Introduction · Kurt Singer · in Tales of Terror ed. Kurt Singer, W.H. Allen, 1967

11 · The House in the Valley · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales July 1953

41 · Death Went That Way · Allison V. Harding · ss Weird Tales November 1943

55 · Dream-Dust from Mars · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1938

80 · The Frightened Planet · Sidney Austen · ss Amazing Stories October 1948

96 · The Handler · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales January 1947

107 · Repayment · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales January 1943

119 · We, the Invisible · Frank Belknap Long · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1938

I Can’t Sleep at Night ed. Kurt Singer (Whiting & Wheaton, April 1966, 21/-, 238pp, hc, an)

7 · The Watchers · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1945

27 · Outside of Time · Carroll John Daly · ss Weird Tales January 1950

47 · The Family · Margaret St. Clair · vi Weird Tales January 1950

52 · Skydrift · Emil Petaja · ss Weird Tales November 1949

65 · Mistress Sary · William Tenn · ss Weird Tales May 1947

80 · The Dead Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1945

93 · The Lost Day · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1945

105 · The Man Who Cried “Wolf!” · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1945

139 · The Smiling Face · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales January 1950

160 · Welcome Home! · Charles King · ss Weird Tales May 1945

177 · These Debts Are Yours · Arthur J. Burks · nv Weird Tales November 1949

208 · Ship-in-a-Bottle · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Weird Tales January 1945

223 · Please Go ’Way and Let Me Sleep · Helen W. Kasson · ss Weird Tales March 1945

Kurt Singer’s Ghost Omnibus ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1965, 25/-, 287pp, hc, an)
UK pb split as Ghost Omnibus and Second Ghost Omnibus.

7 · The Shadow from the Steeple [Cthulhu] · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales September 1950

27 · The House Beyond Midnight · Allison V. Harding · nv Weird Tales January 1947

42 · Mrs. Lannisfree · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales November 1945

50 · What Beckoning Ghost? · Harold Lawlor · ss Weird Tales July 1948

67 · A Witch’s Curse · Paul Ernst · nv Weird Tales February 1929

87 · The Insistent Ghost · Emil Petaja · ss Weird Tales September 1950

101 · They Shall Rise · August W. Derleth & Mark Schorer · ss Weird Tales April 1936

120 · The Wolf-Girl of Josselin · Arlton Eadie · nv Weird Tales August 1938

148 · Lords of the Ghostlands [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales March 1945

172 · The Druidic Doom · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1936

190 · Song of Death · A. W. Calder · ss Weird Tales June 1938

204 · The Graveyard Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1941

228 · Rain, Rain, Go Away! · Gardner F. Fox · ss Weird Tales May 1946

245 · The Half-Haunted [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Gans T. Field · ss Weird Tales September 1941

259 · The Blue Spectacles · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales July 1949

268 · Catspaws [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales July 1946

Kurt Singer’s Ghost Omnibus (var. 1) ed. Kurt Singer (Four Square, November 1967, 1961, 3/6d, 126pp, pb, an)
First half of the W.H. Allen 1965 hc edition.

7 · The Shadow from the Steeple [Cthulhu] · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales September 1950

24 · The House Beyond Midnight · Allison V. Harding · nv Weird Tales January 1947

37 · Mrs. Lannisfree · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales November 1945

43 · What Beckoning Ghost? · Harold Lawlor · ss Weird Tales July 1948

57 · A Witch’s Curse · Paul Ernst · nv Weird Tales February 1929

75 · The Insistent Ghost · Emil Petaja · ss Weird Tales September 1950

86 · They Shall Rise · August W. Derleth & Mark Schorer · ss Weird Tales April 1936

102 · The Wolf-Girl of Josselin · Arlton Eadie · nv Weird Tales August 1938

Kurt Singer’s Ghost Omnibus (var. 2) ed. Kurt Singer (Leisure Books, July 1971, 0-8439-0020-2, 75¢, 174pp, pb, an)
abridged from W.H. Allen, 1965 edition.

7 · Mrs. Lannisfree · August W. Derleth · ss Weird Tales November 1945

20 · What Beckoning Ghost? · Harold Lawlor · ss Weird Tales July 1948

47 · Lords of the Ghostlands [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales March 1945

86 · The Druidic Doom · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1936

115 · Song of Death · A. W. Calder · ss Weird Tales June 1938

138 · The Half-Haunted [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Gans T. Field · ss Weird Tales September 1941

161 · The Blue Spectacles · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales July 1949

Kurt Singer’s Second Ghost Omnibus ed. Kurt Singer (Four Square, December 1967, 3/6d, 125pp, pb, an)
Second half of the W.H. Allen 1965 hc edition.

7 · Lords of the Ghostlands [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales March 1945

27 · The Druidic Doom · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1936

42 · Song of Death · A. W. Calder · ss Weird Tales June 1938

54 · The Graveyard Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1941

74 · Rain, Rain, Go Away! · Gardner F. Fox · ss Weird Tales May 1946

89 · The Half-Haunted [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Gans T. Field · ss Weird Tales September 1941

101 · The Blue Spectacles · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales July 1949

108 · Catspaws [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales July 1946

The Oblong Box and Other Tales of the Uncanny ed. Kurt Singer (Sphere, 1970, 78530, 5/-, 159pp, pb, an)
abridged from Tales of the Uncanny, (W.H. Allen, 1968) along with The Plague of the Living Dead.

9 · Almost Immortal · Austin Hall · nv All-Story Weekly October 7 1916

54 · The Leaden Ring · S. Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904

68 · The Oblong Box · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book September 1844

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

113 · Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Knickerbocker January 1837, as “The Fountain of Youth”, uncredited.

123 · Lazarus · Leonid Andreyeff · ss Current Literature May 1907
translated from the Russian (“Eleazar”, 1906).

142 · The Voice · Ella Banks; as told to Nell Kay · ss Ghost Stories July 1928, as “Our Haunted Taxi Ride”; given as by Nell Kay.

The Plague of the Living Dead and More Tales of the Uncanny ed. Kurt Singer (Sphere, 1970, 78549, 5/-, 159pp, pb, an)
abridged from Tales of the Uncanny, (W.H. Allen, 1968) along with The Oblong Box.

9 · The Plague of the Living Dead · A. Hyatt Verrill · nv Amazing Stories April 1927

46 · The Mask · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895

63 · The Affair at 7 Rue de M— · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1955

71 · Under the Hau Tree · Katherine Yates · ss Weird Tales November 1925

80 · The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885

101 · The Abyss [Cthulhu] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ss Stirring Science Stories February 1941

109 · Fever Dream · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales September 1948

115 · Spawn of the Green Abyss [Cthulhu] · C. Hall Thompson · nv Weird Tales November 1946

Satanic Omnibus ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1973, £2.50, 293pp, hc, an)
Selection of varied pulp stories, with all but one from Weird Tales.

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1 · The Devils of Po Sung · Bassett Morgan · nv Weird Tales December 1927

21 · The Green Invasion · Denis Plimmer · ss Weird Tales November 1940

42 · The Shunned House · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales October 1937

68 · Spanish Vampire · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales September 1939

83 · The Werewolf of Ponkert [The Master] · H. Warner Munn · nv Weird Tales July 1925

115 · The Music from Infinity · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales September 1941

132 · Clair de Lune [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales November 1947

151 · The Book of the Dead · Frank Gruber · ss Weird Tales November 1941

170 · The Cheaters · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales November 1947

197 · The Dark Star · G. G. Pendarves · nv Weird Tales March 1937

227 · The Devil of Maniara · Douglas Leach · ss Short Stories February 25 1933

243 · Mr. Hyde—and Seek [Thomas Chadwick] · Malcolm M. Ferguson · ss Weird Tales May 1950

253 · Not According to Dante · Malcolm Jameson · ss Unknown June 1941

269 · Which’s Witch? · Harold Lawlor · ss Weird Tales July 1952

286 · Father’s Vampire · Alvin Taylor & Len J. Moffatt · ss Weird Tales May 1952

The Second Target Book of Horror ed. Kurt Singer (Target, 1984, 0-426-19887-5, £1.60, 144pp, pb, an)
Stories from Weird Tales of the Supernatural (W.H. Allen 1966), Tales from the Unknown (W.H. Allen 1970), Ghouls and Ghosts (W.H. Allen 1972), Satanic Omnibus (W.H. Allen 1973), and They Are Posessed (W.H. Allen 1976).

7 · The Man Who Cried “Wolf!” · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1945

38 · The Nameless Mummy · Arlton Eadie · nv Weird Tales May 1932

56 · The Man They Couldn’t Hang · Judge Marcus Kavanagh · ar Liberty June 27 1931

68 · Legal Rites · Isaac Asimov & James MacCreigh · nv Weird Tales September 1950

101 · The Devil and Sharon Tate · Michael Ballantine · ar (r)

114 · The Exorcist—New York Style · Kurt & Jane Singer · ar (r)

126 · Not According to Dante · Malcolm Jameson · ss Unknown June 1941

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