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Maddened by Mystery A Casebook of Canadian Detective Fiction ed. Michael Richardson (Dennys, 1982, 0-88619-022-3, 304pp, hc, an) viii · Preface · Michael Richardson · pr 1 · The Adventure of the Annexationist Conspiracy · Jack Batten & Michael Bliss · ss Weekend Magazine May 28 1977 20 · Maddened by Mystery; or, The Defective Detective · Stephen Leacock · ss The Novel Magazine October 1911 29 · The Great Ruby Robbery · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Magazine October 1892 49 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905 82 · The Gray Seal [Jimmie Dale (The Gray Seal)] · Frank L. Packard · ss People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine May 1914 102 · His Royal Word [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · R. T. M. Scott · ss (r) 116 · The Black Fox Skin [November Joe] · H. Hesketh Prichard · nv November Joe: Detective of the Woods by H. Hesketh Prichard, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913 136 · The Ox-Blood Vase [Witter Kerfoot, Insomniac] · Arthur Stringer · nv (r) 173 · The Marshall Murder [John Duff] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · nv Detective Duff Unravels It by Harvey J. O'Higgins, Liveright, 1929 194 · The Kidnapping of Madame Storey [Madame Rosika Storey] · Hulbert Footner · nv Argosy December 2 1933 230 · Recipe for Murder [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · na Redbook Magazine November 1934 250 · The Couple Next Door [Inspector Sands] · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954 267 · The Stollmeyer Sonnets [Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966 287 · Who’s Who in Canadian Mystery Fiction · [uncredited] · bg

Not to Be Taken at Night: Thirteen Classic Canadian Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural ed. Michael Richardson & John Robert Colombo--- see under John Robert Colombo.

Fantasy Readers Wanted—Apply Within ed. James Richey & Nick Aires--- see under Nick Aires.

Roads of Destiny: and Other Tales of Alternative Histories and Parallel Realms ed. Alasdair Richmond (The British Library, November 23, 2023, 978-0-7123-5439-4, £9.99, 351pp, tp, an) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · Introduction · Alasdair Richmond · in 17 · The Discovery of the Treasure Isles · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Every Boy’s Magazine March 1864 (+3) 67 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 89 · The Roads of Destiny · O. Henry · nv Ainslee’s Magazine April 1903 117 · The Bad Lands · John Metcalfe · ss Land & Water April 15 1920 133 · The Death Voyage · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 28 1929 165 · The Curfew Tolls · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 5 1935 187 · An Undistinguished Boy · Gerald Kersh · ss Neither Man nor Dog by Gerald Kersh, Heinemann, 1946 195 · Branch Line to Benceston · Sir Andrew Caldecott · ss Not Exactly Ghosts by Andrew Caldecott, Edward Arnold, 1946 217 · Diplotopia · Sir Andrew Caldecott · ts Fires Burn Blue by Andrew Caldecott, Edward Arnold, 1948 219 · He Walked Around the Horses [Paratime Police] · H. Beam Piper · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1948 247 · Calamahain · Sarban · nv Ringstones and Other Stories by Sarban, Davies, 1951 305 · Exit · Patricia Miles · ss The Methuen Book of Strange Tales ed. Jean Russell, Methuen, 1980 311 · The Rose Wall · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine April 1981 327 · Scarrowfell · Robert Holdstock · nv Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1987

Fingerprints on the Sky: The Authorized Harlan Ellison Bibliography by Tim Richmond (Subterranean Press, October 2017, $75.00, 376pp, hc, nf) [Ref. Harlan Ellison]     Bibliographic, collectors guide to the work of Harlan Ellison. Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by Harlan Ellison and Tim Richmond. Also available in a lettered edition limited to 26 leatherbound copies, housed in a custom traycase, signed by Harlan Ellison and Tim Richmond ($375). Details taken from publisher’s website.

Breakfast at Twilight & Other Stories by Philip K. Dick ed. Gregg Rickman--- see under Philip K. Dick.

The Variable Man & Other Stories by Philip K. Dick ed. Gregg Rickman--- see under Philip K. Dick.

Haunted Houses by Charlotte Riddell (The British Library, August 30, 2018, 978-0-7123-5251-2, £8.99, 334pp, hc, co) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Ghost/horror collection. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Andrew Smith · in 15 · Fairy Water: A Christmas Story · Charlotte Riddell · na Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1873 173 · The Uninhabited House · Charlotte Riddell · n. Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1875

Best Ghost Stories ed. Anne Ridler (Faber and Faber, 1945, 9/6d, 360pp, hc, an) 9 · The Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ex from The House by the Church-Yard, Tinsley, 1863; originally published as Chapter 12, titled “Some Odd Facts About the Tiled House—Being an Authentic Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand”. 18 · 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). 47 · The Friends of the Friends · Henry James · nv Chapman’s Magazine May 1896, as “The Way It Came” 78 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Qui sait?”, L’Echo de Paris, April 6, 1890). 93 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 127 · The Triumph of Night · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1914 157 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 169 · The House Surgeon · Rudyard Kipling · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1909 (+1) 198 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 213 · The Face · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine February 1924 230 · With Intent to Steal [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 257 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 261 · Crewe · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury July 1929 290 · The Tool · W. F. Harvey · ss The New Decameron, Volume the Second, Blackwell, 1920 305 · Blind Man’s Hood · Carter Dickson · ss The Sketch Christmas 1937 328 · Our Feathered Friends · Philip MacDonald · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 340 · The Apple Tree · Elizabeth Bowen · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 354 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940

Sea ed. Alan Ridout (John Murray, 1980, 0719536642, 122pp, pb, an)     The short story series. · Looking for Annie · Charles Causley · ss Hands to Dance by Charles Causley, Carroll & Nicolson, 1951 · A Sailor to the Wheel · Bill Adams · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 14 1934 · Promotion of the Admiral · Morley Roberts · ss The Strand Magazine October 1901 · Penalty of Failure [Horatio Hornblower] · C. S. Forester · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 29 1948, as “Hornblower and the Penalty of Failure” · Two Typhoons · Shalimar · ss (r) · The Rival Beauties · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Million March 30 1895 · Youth · Joseph Conrad · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine September 1898 · Cruise · Evelyn Waugh · ss Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing and Other Sad Stories by Evelyn Waugh, Chapman, 1936 · Measures of Security · William Sansom · ss (r)

Supernatural ed. Alan Ridout & James Gibson--- see under James Gibson.

Ghostssss ed. Angela M. Ridsdale & Virginia Ferguson (Thomas Nelson, 1977, 0-17-005127-7, 125pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 30 stories and poems designed for young readers. One of the Young Australia Language Development Scheme series. 4 · Ghosts · J. J. Prowse · pm (r) 6 · The Ring · Ruth Manning-Sanders · vi A Book of Ghosts and Goblins by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Methuen, 1969 8 · Nothing · Barbara Giles · pm (r) 8 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891 17 · The Return · Clifford Dyment · pm (r) 18 · Sally Simpkin’s Lament · Thomas Hood · pm The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood, Frederick Warne, 1890 20 · The Ghost, the Girl and the Gold · Aidan Chambers · ss Ghosts 2 ed. Aidan Chambers, Topliners, 1972 25 · The Ghost in the Noonday Sun · Sid Fleischman · ex Atlantic Monthly Press, 1965 33 · Ghostly Gold · John Harden · ss (r) 36 · Live Night · John Symons Mackaness · pm (r) 37 · The Wild Ride in the Tilt Cart · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965 46 · Trees in the Moonlight · Leon Garfield · pm (r) 48 · The Restless Ghost · Leon Garfield · ss Restless Ghost ed. Susan Dickinson, Collins, 1970 68 · Haunted · William Mayne · pm Ghosts ed. William Mayne, Hamish Hamilton, 1971 69 · Ghost of Silence · Bryn Griffith · pm (r) 70 · Benny and Ossie · Colin Thiele · ss Uncle Gustave’s Ghosts by Colin Thiele, Rigby, 1974 78 · Daniel Webster’s Horses · Elizabeth Coatsworth · pm Compass Rose by Elizabeth Coatsworth, Coward McCann, 1929 81 · The Great Auk’s Ghost · Ralph Hodgson · pm The Last Blackbird by Ralph Hodgson, George Allen, 1907 81 · Hallowe’en · Leonard Clark · pm (r) 82 · Kingdom of Mist · Edward Storey · pm North Bank Light by Edward Storey, Chatto & Windus, 1969 84 · Tom Bone · Charles Causley · pm (r) 85 · Jean Labadie’s Big Black Dog · Natalie Savage Carlson · ss The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada by Natalie Savage Carlson, Harper & Row, 1952 94 · The Ghosts’ High Noon · W. S. Gilbert · pm Songs of a Savoyard by W. S. Gilbert, George Routledge and Sons, 1890 95 · The Wishing Stone · Joseph Burke Egan · ss (r) from New Found Tales from Many Lands. 98 · Cold Lies the Dew · [uncredited] · pm (r) 99 · House Fear · Robert Frost · pm from “The Hill Wife”, The Yale Review April 1916 100 · The Woodseaves Ghosts · Catherine Gleason · ss The Eighth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1976 110 · Voices · Frances Bellerby · pm (r) 111 · Paget · Lucy Norris · ss The Fifth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1973 122 · And Ghosts Just Sit · Robyn Fraser · pm (r)

And the Dying Is Easy All-New Tales of Summertime Suspense ed. Annette Riffle & Joseph Pittman--- see under Joseph Pittman.

Showdown at Midnight ed. David B. Riley (Science Fiction Trails, June 15, 2011, 978-1-4635-6916-7, $15.95, 278pp, tp, oa, cover by Russell Morgan)     Details taken from online listing. 3 · Introduction · David B. Riley · in 5 · The Incorruptible · Don D’Ammassa · ss 25 · Ghost of a Chance · Bill Craig · ss 39 · The Shadow Walkers [Lone Crow] · Joel Jenkins · nv 65 · Lycaon Unbound · Sam Kepfield · nv 105 · Low Noon · Henrik Ramsager · nv 137 · The Great Ghost Train Robbery · Jennifer Campbell-Hicks · nv 165 · Samurai Blade · John M. Whalen · nv 201 · Wolves of the Comancheria · Carol Hightshoe · ss 209 · The Banshee Mine · M. H. Bonham · ss 219 · A Promise Made · Jennifer Brozek · ss 233 · Belfry’s in Your Bats! · Aaron B. Larson · ss 253 · Night Thunder · David B. Riley · ss Tales of the Talisman v1 #2, 2005 267 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Minor Apocalypses & Other Small Horrors ed. Jame A. Riley & Scott H. Urban (Unnameable Press, January 1985, $6.00, 40pp, pb, an)     An anthology of poetry and short fiction by the Kent State University, Ohio, student sf & fantasy October Society. Edition ran to a little over 200 printed and bound copies. 5 · Foreword · Greg Vance · fw 8 · Dreams IV · John Lederle · pm 9 · Unknown Hands · Jame A. Riley · pm 10 · Judgment of Dusk · David D. Deyo · pm 10 · Image of Mind · Jame A. Riley · pm 11 · Never Name Anything You Might Have to Eat · R. Julius Fildes · vi 13 · Osmosis · Scott H. Urban · pm 14 · A Study in Modern Courtship · David D. Deyo · pm 15 · Rigor Mortis · Greg Vance · pm 17 · Grandfather at the Dinner Table · Scott H. Urban · ss 21 · It Glistens · Greg Vance · pm 23 · The Audience · David D. Deyo · vi 25 · Undertow · Greg Vance · pm 26 · The Long Night’s Witness · Jame A. Riley · pm 28 · Gibbous Moon · John Lederle · pm 29 · Violent Motion · Greg Vance · pm 31 · Apocalypse in the Afternoon · R. Julius Fildes · ss 34 · Poe Wouldn’t Like It · Jame A. Riley · pm 35 · The Frame · Scott H. Urban · pm 36 · Umbral Branchings · Jame A. Riley · pm 37 · Trouvaile? · John Lederle · pm 38 · Archives · David D. Deyo · pm 39 · Why, Mommy, Why? · Ben DeVries · pm

Once Upon a Midnight ed. Jame A. Riley, Thomas E. Fuller & Michael N. Langford--- see under Thomas E. Fuller.

Baffling Year One ed. Dave Ring, Gabriella Etoniru & Craig L. Gidney--- see under Gabriella Etoniru.

Baffling Year Two ed. Dave Ring, Gabriella Etoniru & Craig L. Gidney--- see under Gabriella Etoniru.

Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die ed. Dave Ring (Neon Hemlock Press, September 15, 2020, 978-1-952086-10-6, $17.99, 256pp, tp, oa, cover by Grace Fong)     Details taken from online listing. · A Note from the Editor · Dave Ring · in 11 · Wrath of a Queer God · Anthony Moll · ss 12 · Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel · Christopher Caldwell · ss 22 · The Descent of Their Last End · Izzy Wasserstein · ss 24 · Soft · Otter Lieffe · ss 28 · The Black Hearts of La Playa · Jordan Kurella · ss 42 · The Bone Gifts · Michael Milne · ss 51 · When the Last of the Birds and Bees Have Gone On · C. L. Clark · ss 53 · A Future in Color · R. J. Theodore · ss 59 · Champions of Water War · Elly Bangs · ss 69 · A Sound Like Staying Together · Adam R. Shannon · ss 74 · Be Strong, Kick Many Asses · Aun-Juli Riddle · ss 76 · Venom and Bite · Darcie Little Badger · ss 87 · The Currant Dumas · L. D. Lewis · nv 110 · The Limitations of Her Code · Marianne Kirby · ss 115 · You Fool, You Wanderer · Brendan Williams-Childs · ss 130 · A Party Planner’s Guide to the Apocalypse · Lauren Ring · ss 133 · Imago · A. Z. Louise · ss 141 · Safe Haven · A. P. Thayer · ss 149 · Note Left on a Coffeetable · Mari Ness · ss 153 · The Valley of Mothers · Josie Columbus · ss 166 · For the Taking, for the Making · V. Medina · ss 173 · When She Nothing Shines Upon · Blake Jessop · ss 183 · The Last Dawn of Targadrides · Trip Galey · ss 198 · The Dreadnought and the Stars · Phoebe Barton · ss 215 · Apocalypse · Saida Agostini · ss 216 · Dream Askew · Avery Alder · ss