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Use Only As Directed ed. Simon Petrie & Edwina Harvey (Peggy Bright Books, June 2014, 978-0-9806998-7-6, A$24.95, 216pp, tp, oa, cover by Lewis P. Morley)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Simon Petrie & Edwina Harvey · in · Dellinger · Charlotte Nash · ss · The Blue Djinn’s Wish · Leife Shallcross · ss · The Kind Neighbours of Hell · Alex Isle · ss · Mister Lucky · Ian Nichols · ss · Home Sick · M. Darusha Wehm · ss · Always Falling Up · Grant Stone · ss · Yard · Claire McKenna · ss · Never More · Dave Freer · ss · Fetch Me Down My Gun · Lyn McConchie · ss · Uncle Darwin’s Bazooka · Douglas A. Van Belle · ss · The Climbing Tree · Michelle Goldsmith · ss · Large Friendly Letters · Stephen Dedman · ss · Future Perfect · Janeen Webb · ss · The Eighth Day · Dirk Flinthart · ss

The Exploits of Beau Quicksilver by Florence M. Pettee (Altus Press, 2018, 978-1-61827-377-2, $14.95, 112pp, tp, co)     Collection. Volume 40 in “The Argosy Library”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · A Tooth for a Tooth [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly February 24 1923 17 · An Eye for an Eye [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly March 3 1923 32 · The Claws of the Weasel [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly March 10 1923 48 · The Hand of the Hyena [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly March 17 1923 62 · The Green Rajah [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly March 24 1923 76 · Blistering Tongues [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly March 31 1923 93 · Murder Incognito [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly April 7 1923

Deadly Odds Crime and Mystery Stories of the Turf ed. Richard Peyton (Souvenir Press, October 16, 1986, 0-285-62771-6, 366pp, hc, an)     Also available in pb (Pan 1987). 9 · Introduction · Richard Peyton · in 11 · The Day of the Losers · Dick Francis · ss Horse and Hound February 1977 25 · The Field Against the Favourite · Angus Reach · nv 1849 65 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1892, as “The Adventure of Silver Blaze” 93 · The Great Derby Swindle · Guy Boothby · nv (r) 119 · A Mysterious Stable [Valentine Martyn] · Nat Gould · nv The Novel Magazine July 1919 133 · The Iron Prune · Barclay Northcote · nv All-Story Weekly March 17 1917 155 · The Downfall of Mulligan’s · Banjo Paterson · ss (r) 161 · The Broken Link Handicap · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette April 6 1887 167 · A Horse of the Same Colour [Educated Evans] · Edgar Wallace · ss (r) 181 · The Snatching of Bookie Bob · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s September 26 1931 195 · The Race-Gang Racket [Marcus Thane] · Frank Johnston · ss The Turf Crook by Frank Johnston, Long, 1937 207 · The Ascot Tragedy [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv People’s May 1 1923 231 · Horse of Death · Ralph Straus · ss The Bystander November 29 1912 241 · Horseshoes for Luck [Inspector Field] · Anthony Gilbert · ss Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939 251 · The Long Shot [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss The Blue Book Magazine September 1939 271 · Jorkens Consults a Prophet [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey by Lord Dunsany, Putnam, 1940 277 · The Owners’ Handicap [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News September 11 1932, as “Won by a Neck” 289 · The Racing Robot · Robert Bloch · nv (r) 313 · The Grand National Case [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · nv 1956 337 · A Derby Horse [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard May 28 1952 343 · A Day with the Toffs · Geoff O’Hara · ss The Sporting Life 351 · Outside Chance · John Welcome · ss Argosy (UK) November 1952 363 · Breakneck · Jon L. Breen · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1973

The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One: Phantoms of the Railways in Fact and Fiction ed. Richard Peyton (Souvenir Press, October 1990, 0-285-62991-3, £14.95, 322pp, hc, an, cover by Kim Palmer)     Anthology of pieces about phantoms of the railway in fact and fiction. retitled: Journey Into Fear, and Other Great Stories of Horror on the Railways. New York: Wings Books, 1991. 13 · Introduction · Richard Peyton · in 17 · The Tay Bridge Ghost Train · Richard Peyton · ms 19 · Journey Into Fear · Arnold Ridley · ss (r) 24 · The President’s Funeral Ride · Richard Peyton · ms 26 · The Ghost Train · Rod Serling (error, actually by Walter B. Gibson) · ss Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone Revisited by Rod Serling, Grosset & Dunlap, 1964 51 · ’The White Train’ · Richard Peyton · ms 52 · .007 · Rudyard Kipling · ss Scribner’s Magazine August 1897 67 · The Black Train of Lochalsh · Richard Peyton · ms 68 · The Haunted Curve · Elliott O’Donnell · ss (r) 72 · The Phantom Locomotive of Stevens Point · Richard Peyton · ms 73 · Pacific 421 · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1944 85 · The Ghost on Platform Two · Richard Peyton · ms 87 · Midnight Express · Alfred Noyes · ss This Week November 3 1935 92 · The Lyonshall Mystery · Richard Peyton · ms 93 · The Waiting Room · Robert Aickman · ss The Sketch November 9 1956 104 · The Footsteps of Doom · Richard Peyton · ms 105 · The Kill · Peter Fleming · ss Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931 116 · The Spectre of Shake City · Richard Peyton · ms 117 · The Town Where No One Got Off · Ray Bradbury · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1958 125 · The Woman in the Red Scarf · Richard Peyton · ms 126 · The Wrong Station · A. M. Burrage · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #364, April 22 1916 135 · The Night Flyer of Talylln · Richard Peyton · ms 137 · Lost in the Fog · John D. Beresford · ss Nineteen Impressions by J. D. Beresford, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918 143 · The Bedraggled Soldier · Richard Peyton · ms 144 · Branch Line to Benceston · Sir Andrew Caldecott · ss Not Exactly Ghosts by Andrew Caldecott, Edward Arnold, 1946 159 · Joe Baldwin’s Eerie Lamp · Richard Peyton · ms 160 · The Night Train to Lost Valley · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales January 1948 174 · The Ghost of the Subway · Richard Peyton · ms 175 · Take the Z-Train · Allison V. Harding · ss Weird Tales March 1950 183 · Underground Phantoms · Richard Peyton · ms 184 · Confidence Trick · John Wyndham · ss Fantastic July/August 1953 203 · The Barkston Spectre · Richard Peyton · ms 205 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 217 · The Navvy in the Tunnel · Richard Peyton · ms 218 · The Garside Fell Disaster · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Sleep No More by L. T. C. Rolt, Constable, 1948 226 · The Phantom Driver of Dunster · Richard Peyton · ms 227 · Locomotive · Richard Hughes · ss Colour December 1921 231 · The Ghost of ’Hayling Billy’ · Richard Peyton · ms 232 · Mourning Train · John Newton Chance · ss The (London) Evening News May 27 1963 237 · ’Railroad Bill’ · Richard Peyton · ms 238 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 255 · Voices in the Fog · Richard Peyton · ms 257 · A Journey by Train · Henry L. Lawrence · ss Tales of Fear, Philip Allan, 1935 264 · The Woman in Black · Richard Peyton · ms 265 · The Astral Lady · Eden Phillpotts · ss The London Magazine April 1912 272 · Beware: Ghosts Crossing · Richard Peyton · ms 274 · Miss Slumbubble—and Claustrophobia · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 288 · The Phantom on the ’Flying Yankee’ · Richard Peyton · ms 289 · A Short Trip Home · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 17 1927 309 · The Dead Man of Glendive · Richard Peyton · ms 310 · Lonely Train a’ Comin’ · William F. Nolan · ss Gallery October 1981, as “The Train” 322 · The Shortest Railway Ghost Story in the World · Richard Peyton · vi

Sinister Gambits ed. Richard Peyton (Souvenir Press, 1991, 0-285-63052-0, £14.99, 318pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 18 chess stories of murder and mystery. 7 · Introduction · Richard Peyton · in (r) · I: Grandplayer’s Nightmares 17 · The Dreams of Albert Moreland · Fritz Leiber · nv Acolyte Spring 1945 33 · The Three Sailors’ Gambit · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set August 1916 41 · The Devil That Troubled the Chessboard · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly January 11 1936 50 · Pawn to King’s Four · Stephen Leacock · ss Happy Stories Just to Laugh At by Stephen Leacock, Dodd, Mead, 1943 58 · The Royal Game · Stefan Zweig · nv Woman’s Home Companion March 1944 102 · End-Game · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #131, June 1963 · II: Bizarre Chessmen 124 · The Queen of the Red Chessmen · Lucretia P. Hale · nv The Atlantic Monthly February 1858, uncredited. 151 · A Game of Chess · Robert Barr · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1900 163 · A Set of Chessmen · Richard Marsh · ss The Cornhill Magazine April 1890, uncredited. 180 · The Haunted Chessmen · E. R. Punshon · ss The Novel Magazine March 1916 193 · Bishop’s Gambit · August Derleth · ss Avon Fantasy Reader 3 ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon Book Co., 1947, as by Stephen Grendon 205 · The Immortal Game · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1954 · III: Blood Chess 222 · A Chess Problem [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch February 13 1924 234 · Checkmate · Alfred Noyes · ss The Hidden Player by Alfred Noyes, Hodder & Stoughton, 1924 248 · Professor Pownall’s Oversight · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Royal Magazine March 1928, as “The Unseen Player” 260 · The Cat from Siam · Fredric Brown · nv Popular Detective September 1949 291 · Fool’s Mate · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #96, November 1951 306 · A Better Chess-Player · Kenneth Gavrell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1989

Novacon 18 Programme Book ed. Rog Peyton (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 1988, no ISBN, 46pp, ph, nf)     Programme book for Novacon 18, featuring Garry Kilworth as Guest of Honour. Only partial contents listed. 9 · Garry Kilworth: The Ideas Man · Rob Holdstock · ar [Ref. Garry Kilworth] 17 · Garry Kilworth—A Bibliography · Rog Peyton · bi [Ref. Garry Kilworth]

Playground of Lost Toys ed. Ursula Pflug & Colleen Anderson--- see under Colleen Anderson.

Fantasy: Shapes of Things Unknown ed. John Pfordresher, Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage & Raymond J. Rodrigues--- see under Edmund J. Farrell.

Science Fact/Fiction ed. John Pfordresher, Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage & Raymond J. Rodrigues--- see under Edmund J. Farrell.

Christmas Fairy Tales ed. Neil Philip (Little, Brown UK, September 1996, 0-316-87836-7, £15.99, 140pp, hc, an, cover by Isabelle Brent)     Juvenile collection of 13 stories. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent. 13 · Introduction · Neil Philip · in (r) 17 · Book of Fairy Tales · Hans Christian Andersen; adapted by Neil Philip · ss (r) 28 · Christmas Cuckoo · Frances Browne · ss (r) 47 · The Nutcracker · E. T. A. Hoffman; adapted by Neil Philip · ss (r) 58 · Father Christmas and the Carpenter · Alf Prøysen · ex from Mrs Pepperpot Again (r) 65 · Why the Sea Is Salt · translated by George Webbe Dasent · ss (r); a Norwegian Folktale. 71 · The Poor Count’s Christmas · Frank Stockton · ss St. Nicholas December 1881 (+1) 89 · Babushka and the Three Wise Men · [uncredited] · vi 1962; a Russian Legend. retold by Norah Montgomerie in To Read and to Tell. 92 · The Fir Tree · Hans Christian Andersen; adapted by Neil Philip · ss (r) 103 · Schnitzle, Schnotzle, and Schnootzle · Ruth Sawyer · ex from The Long Christmas, 1941 110 · The Best That Life Has to Give · Howard Pyle · ss (r) 123 · The Story of a Cat · Mary de Morgan · ss (r) 135 · The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree · Hans Christian Andersen; adapted by Neil Philip · ss (r)

The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume Four ed. Christopher Philippo (Valancourt Books, December 2020, 978-1-948405-81-2, $16.99, 232pp, tp, an)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. 7 · Introduction · Christopher Philippo · in 21 · The Green Huntsman · Joseph Holt Ingraham · ss The Ladies’ Companion June 1841 40 · Burt Pringle and the “Bellesnickle” · Bill Bramble · ss Syracuse Republican November 11 1853 46 · Worse Than a Ghost Story · [uncredited] · ss Grand Rapids Enquirer December 1856 57 · The Christmas Ghost · Lucy A. Randall · ss Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper December 26 1877 67 · The Frozen Husband · Frank Ibberson Jervis · ss Quad City Times December 26 1869 75 · A Sworn Statement · Emma Frances Dawson · ss The Wasp Christmas 1881 86 · The Snow Flower of the Sierras · Frederick H. Adams ,[?], uncredited · ss Cooperstown Courier December 26 1884 93 · The Devil’s Christmas · Julian Hawthorne · ss Norfolk Virginian Christmas 1885 105 · Harlakenden’s Christmas · Thomas Wentworth Higginson · pm 1887 109 · The Ghostly Christmas Gift · F. H. Brunell · ss Cleveland Plain Dealer December 25 1887 119 · The Blizzard · Luke Sharp · ss Detroit Free Press December 9 1888 127 · Warned by the Wire · Louis Glass · ss San Francisco Call December 25 1895 132 · Poor Jack · H. C. Dodge · pm 1892 134 · The Christmas Wolves · Pierre-Bartélemy Gheusi; translated by H. Switchell · ss The International December 1897 translated from the French (“Le Loups de Noel”, Figaro Illustre, January 1897). 143 · The Werwolves · Henry Beaugrand · ss The Century Magazine October 1898 157 · The Haunted Oak · Paul Laurence Dunbar · pm The Century Magazine December 1900 160 · The Anarchist’s Christmas · [uncredited] · pm Minneapolis Journal 1901 162 · Camel Bells · Hezekiah Butterworth · nv St. Louis Globe-Democrat December 20 1903 183 · The Ravings · [uncredited] · pm Arctic Eagle December 25 1903 186 · Out of the Depths · Robert W. Chambers · ss Collier’s Weekly December 3 1904 198 · Old Nick and Saint Nick · Wallace Irwin · pm Collier’s December 15 1906 201 · The Cremation of Sam McGee · Robert W. Service · pm Songs of a Sourdough by Robert W. Service, Briggs, 1907 206 · Xmas · Amorel Sterne · pm New York Age December 24 1908 209 · A Cubist Christmas · Kate Masterson · pm Life December 25 1913 211 · Desuetude: A Ghost Story · [uncredited] · ss El Paso Herald February 1914 213 · The Christmas Ghost · Anna Alice Chapin · ss The Argosy December 1914 222 · Merry Christmas · Stephen Leacock · ss Hearst’s Magazine December 1917