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Spaced Out ed. Michel Parry (Panther, November 1977, 0-586-04167-2, 75p, 192pp, pb, an)
Second of the volumes on drugs. See also Dream Trips and Strange Ecstasies.

9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

13 · The Deep Fix · Michael Moorcock · na Science Fantasy #64, April 1964, as by James Colvin

77 · All the Weed in the World · Fritz Leiber · ss Playboy January 1961

85 · The Roger Bacon Formula · Irvin Lester & Fletcher Pratt · ss Amazing Stories January 1929; given as by Pratt alone.

105 · Smoke of the Snake · Carl Jacobi · ss Top-Notch January 1934

125 · Melodramine · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy August 1965

141 · My Head’s in a Different Place, Now · Grania Davis · nv Universe 2 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1972

161 · Sky · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971

175 · All of Them Were Empty · David Gerrold · ss With a Finger in My I by David Gerrold, Ballantine, 1972

Strange Ecstasies ed. Michel Parry (Panther, 1973, 03894, 30p, 151pp, pb, an)
Third of the volumes on drugs. See also Dream Trips and Spaced Out. US edition: Pinnacle 1974.

1 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

9 · The Plutonian Drug · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Amazing Stories September 1934

23 · The Dream Pills · F. H. Davis · ss Colour November 1914

33 · The White Powder · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895, as “The Novel of the White Powder”

54 · The New Accelerator · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1901

71 · The Big Fix · Richard Wilson · nv Infinity Science Fiction August 1956

99 · The Secret Songs · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1962

112 · The Hounds of Tindalos [Cthulhu] · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales March 1929

130 · Subjectivity · Norman Spinrad · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction January 1964

146 · What to Do Till the Analyst Comes · Frederik Pohl · ss Imagination February 1956, as “Everybody’s Happy but Me!”

162 · Pipe Dream · Chris Miller · ss National Lampoon June 1972

Superheroes ed. Michel Parry (Sphere, 1978, 0-7221-6711-3, £0.85, 207pp, pb, an, cover by Melvyn)

9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

17 · Stuporman [Lefty Feep] · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures June 1943

41 · The Evil Super-Man · George E. Clark · nv Marvel Tales May 1940, as “The Test-Tube Monster”

71 · The Golden Amazon Returns [Violet Ray (The Golden Amazon)] · John Russell Fearn · nv Fantastic Adventures January 1941, as by Thornton Ayre

103 · Origin of a Superhero [Frankenstein] · Donald F. Glut · ss

114 · Captain Amazing · Stephen Hitchcock · ss

119 · The Awesome Menace of the Polarizer · Geo. Alec Effinger · ss Fantastic Stories December 1971

135 · Satyr-Man · John A. Keel · ss The Fickle Finger of Fate by John A. Keel, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1966

151 · Transmuto, the Metamorphic Myrmidon · Adrian Cole · ss

168 · Easy Way Out · Marion Pitman · ss

171 · It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane! · Norman Spinrad · hu Gent December 1967

182 · Up, Up and Away · Allan C. Kimball · ss

187 · Alternative Ending · Frank Adey · ss

199 · Man of Steel—Woman of Kleenex · Larry Niven · hu Knight December 1969

The Supernatural Solution ed. Michel Parry (Granada, January 1976, 0-586-04217-2, 60p, 222pp, pb, an)
Anthology of psychic detective stories. US hc edition: Taplinger 1976.

9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

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

55 · The Story of Yand Manor House [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1898

70 · The Gateway of the Monster [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler January 1910

93 · The Warder of the Door [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine July 1897

112 · Blood-Lust [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine May 1922

131 · The Shining Pyramid [Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Unknown World May 15 1895 (+1)

157 · The Jest of Warburg Tantavul [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales September 1934

188 · The Two Graves of Lill Warran [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales May 1951, as “The Last Grave of Lill Warran”

211 · The Case of the Red-Headed Women [Neils Orsen] · Dennis Wheatley · ss Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts by Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, 1943

Waves of Terror ed. Michel Parry (Gollancz, 1976, 0-575-02184-5, £3.95, 208pp, hc, an)
15 weird stories about the Sea.

11 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

17 · From the Tideless Sea [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Monthly Story Magazine April 1906

38 · Log the Man Dead · Eugene Burdick · ss Argosy May 1953

52 · The Phantom Death · William Clark Russell · ss The Idler October 1893

68 · At Sea · Guy de Maupassant; translated by H. N. P. Sloman · ss (r), as “Selfishness”

74 · The Brute · Joseph Conrad · ss The Daily Chronicle December 5 1906

96 · A Psychological Shipwreck · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Argonaut May 24 1879, as “My Shipwreck”

101 · From the Dark Waters · David A. Drake · ss

116 · Sea Curse [Faring Town] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales May 1928

124 · Fishhead · Irvin S. Cobb · ss The Cavalier January 11 1913

134 · Dagon · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Vagrant #11, November 1919

140 · Fire in the Galley Stove · Captain William Outerson · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1937

155 · The Slaver · John Russell · ss Collier’s February 16 1918

176 · The Sinking Ship · Robert Louis Stevenson · vi Longman’s Magazine August 1895

179 · More News from the “Homebird” [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine August 1907

202 · The Devil and the Old Man · John Masefield · ss The Green Sheaf #6, 1903, as “A Deep Sea Yarn”; dated 1905.

Friends and Spectres ed. Robert Lloyd Parry (Swan River Press, June 2024, 978-1-78380-048-3, €40.00, x+255pp, hc, an, cover by John Coulthart)
Limited to 500 unnumbered copies.
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

vii · Preface · Robert Lloyd Parry · pr

3 · M.R. James (1862-1936) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg Ghosts of the Chit-Chat ed. Robert Lloyd Parry, Swan River Press, 2021 [Ref. M. R. James]

14 · A Night in King’s College Chapel · M. R. James · vi Ghosts & Scholars #7, 1985

20 · A Night in King’s College Chapel (Early Fragment) · M. R. James · uw Ghosts & Scholars #7, 1985, as “untitled fragment (“After this there was an interval of silence”)”

23 · F. Anstey (1856-1934) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. F. Anstey]

35 · The Wraith of Barnjum · F. Anstey · ss Temple Bar March 1879

52 · The Breaking-Point · F. Anstey · ss The Strand Magazine December 1919

73 · Arthur Reed Ropes (1859-1933) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Arthur Reed Ropes]

81 · A Midnight Fantasy · Arthur Reed Ropes · ss The Reflector January 5 1888 (+1), as by Henry Doone

84 · Seraphita: The Story of a Spook · Arthur Reed Ropes · ss The Cambridge Review May 3 1888 (+1), as by Henry Doone

109 · ’B’ (1862-1925) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. ’B’]

118 · When the Door Is Shut · ’B’ · ss Magdalene College Magazine June 1912

125 · Quia Nominor · ’B’ · ss Magdalene College Magazine June 1913

134 · The Sparsholt Stone · ’B’ · ss Magdalene College Magazine December 1919

147 · E.G. Swain (1861-1938) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. E. G. Swain]

160 · The Man with the Roller · E. G. Swain · ss The Peterborough Standard December 23 1911

172 · The Greenford Ghost · E. G. Swain · nv Middlesex County Times December 11 1920 (+1)

205 · R.H. Malden (1879-1951) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. R. H. Malden]

213 · The Collector’s Company · R. H. Malden · ss Nine Ghosts by R. H. Malden, E. Arnold, 1943

228 · The Sundial · R. H. Malden · ss Leeds Parish Church Magazine December 1930

243 · Appendix: A Theory of Black Cats · aílourofóvos · fa The Cambridge Review May 9 1883

Ghosts of the Chit-Chat ed. Robert Lloyd Parry (Swan River Press, April 30, 2021, 978-1-78380-036-0, €40.00, xxv+230pp, hc, an, cover by John Coulthart)
Limited to 500 copies. A paperback edition (-744-4, €20.00) is also available.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

vii · Preface · Robert Lloyd Parry · pr

xi · An Invitation to the Chit-Chat · Robert Lloyd Parry · in

3 · M.R. James (1862-1936) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. M. R. James]

11 · The Scrap-Book of Canon Alberic · M. R. James · ss National Review March 1895

25 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895

37 · E.F. Benson (1867-1940) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. E. F. Benson]

42 · The Other Bed · E. F. Benson · ss The Popular Magazine April 1908

55 · R.C. Bosanquet (1871-1935) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. R. C. Bosanquet]

61 · The Dean’s Story · R. C. Bosanquet · pm The Granta April 1891

65 · Red Gold · R. C. Bosanquet · pm The Cambridge ABC June 1894

69 · R.H. Benson (1871-1914) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. R. H. Benson]

75 · Father Bianchi’s Tale · R. H. Benson · ss The Ecclesiastical Review July 1 1906

83 · J.K. Stephen (1859-1892) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. J. K. Stephen]

89 · Man Stories · J. K. Stephen · ss The Reflector January 22 1888

99 · A.C. Benson (1862-1925) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. A. C. Benson]

107 · Basil Netherby · A. C. Benson · nv The Sovereign Magazine August 1926

139 · H.W. Tatham (1861-1909) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. H. W. Tatham]

143 · The Phonograph Bewitched · H. W. Tatham · ss The Footprints in the Snow by H. F. W. Tatham, Macmillan, 1910

151 · Maurice Baring (1874-1945) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Maurice Baring]

155 · The Shadow of a Midnight · Maurice Baring · ss The Morning Post October 6 1908

160 · The Ikon · Maurice Baring · ss The Morning Post March 9 1909

167 · Will Stone (1872-1901) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Will Stone]

173 · A Fable · Will Stone · ss The Letters and Memorials of William Johnston Stone, Eton College, 1904

177 · Desmond MacCarthy (1877-1952) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Desmond MacCarthy]

181 · Pargiton and Harby · Desmond MacCarthy · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

199 · Gerald Warre Cornish (1875-1916) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Gerald Warre Cornish]

203 · Beneath the Surface · Gerald Warre Cornish · ex Beneath the Surface and Other Stories by Gerald Warre Cornish, Grant Richards, 1918

211 · Appendix: The Green Bay Tree

215 · The Green Bay Tree · W. H. Wilkins & Herbert Vivian · ex Hutchinson, 1894

227 · Sources · [uncredited] · ms

Doomed Romances: Strange Tales of Uncanny Love ed. Joanne Ella Parsons (The British Library, January 25, 2024, 978-0-7123-5555-1, £9.99, 304pp, tp, an, cover by Sandra Gómez) [British Library Tales of the Weird]
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

7 · Introduction · Joanne Ella Parsons · in

17 · The Invisible Girl · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1833, 1832

35 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3)

125 · Mr. Captain and the Nymph · Wilkie Collins · ss The Spirit of the Times and New York Sportsman December 23 1876

153 · The Little Woman in Black · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv Criterion Library, September 1886

179 · White Magic · Ella D’Arcy · ss The Yellow Book October 1894

191 · The Tiger-Charm · Alice Perrin · ss East of Suez by A. Perrin, Anthony Treherne, 1901

207 · One Remained Behind · Marjorie Bowen · nv Help Yourself! Annual 1936

235 · The Lady of the House of Love · Angela Carter · nv The Iowa Review Summer/Fall 1979

257 · The Glass Bottle Trick · Nalo Hopkinson · ss Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Invisible Cities Press, 2000

275 · Could You Wear My Eyes · Kalamu ya Salaam · ss Dark Matter ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect, 2000

283 · I’ll Be Your Mirror · Tracy Fahey · ss I Spit Myself Out by Tracy Fahey, Sinister Horror Company, 2021

297 · Dancehall Devil · V. Castro · ss Mestiza Blood by V. Castro, Flame Tree Press, 2022

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