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Haunting Me.: 22 Classic Maine Ghost Stories ed. Jon Schlenker, Jessie Chazin & Charles G. Waugh (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2024, 978-1-935573-17-3, $24.95, 367pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Introduction · Charles G. Waugh · in 9 · The Last of the Ghosts · Barrett Wendell · ss Scribner’s Magazine February 1888 26 · Witch Kate · Robert G. Denig · ss The Outing Magazine February 1895 35 · The Lobsterman · E. E. Newbert · ss Munsey’s Magazine July 1896 43 · The Guardian of Mystery Island · Dr. Edmond Nolcini · ss The Black Cat September 1896 57 · The Red Wolf · Allen French · ss New England Magazine October 1900 72 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv The Strand Magazine June 1903 103 · Out of the Depths · Robert W. Chambers · ss Collier’s Weekly December 3 1904 114 · The White Stag · William J. Long · ss Leslie’s Monthly Magazine August 1905 124 · The Voodoo-Woman · Mary S. Watts · ss McClure’s Magazine December 1907 141 · The Waiting Hand · Margaret Deland · nv The Century Magazine July 1909 169 · The Moths [Capt. Nichols] · Lincoln Colcord · ss Collier’s March 18 1911 188 · The Luck of the Annie Crosby · Frederick William Wallace · ss Adventure December 1912 208 · The Other Woman · Richard Washburn Child · ss Ladies’ Home Journal March 1913 226 · Rain · Dana Burnet · ss The Grim 13 ed. Frederick Stuart Greene, Dodd, Mead, 1917 234 · The Red Pipe · W. C. Gaynor · nv The Catholic World July 1914 (+1) 260 · Fog · Dana Burnet · ss McBride’s Magazine February 1916 272 · A Voice from the Fog · Ben Ames Williams · ss All-Story Weekly September 15 1917 290 · The Foot-Print at Frawleys · Arthur W. Patterson · ss Lewiston Journal May 22 1920 299 · The Phantom Farmhouse · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales October 1923 319 · The Dream · Dana Burnet · ss Ladies’ Home Journal January 1924 334 · Perfectly Absurd · Ben Ames Williams · ss The Ladies’ Home Journal February 1924 347 · The Four Dreams of Gram Perkins · Ruth Sawyer · ss The American Mercury October 1926 359 · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg 366 · Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Humanoid Horrors ed. Jon A. Schlenker, Jeffrey A. Linscott & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Jeffrey A. Linscott.

Making Tracks: 23 Classic Railroad Stories ed. Jon A. Schlenker & Charles G. Waugh (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2013, 978-1-935573-72-2, $18.95, 376pp, tp, an)     Details taken from online listing. · Stealing a Conductor · Maurice Thompson · ss Hoosier Mosaics by Maurice Thompson, E.J. Hale & Son, 1875 · The Invalid’s Story · Mark Twain · ss The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Webster, 1882 · In the Vestibule Limited · Brander Matthews · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1891 · The Night Run of the “Overland” · Elmore Elliott Peake · ss McClure’s Magazine June 1900 · Jim Wainright’s Kid · John A. Hill · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1898 · Hearts and Hands · O. Henry · vi Everybody’s Magazine December 1902, as by Sydney Porter · Stanwick’s Business · Owen Wister · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 8 1904 · Pigs Is Pigs · Ellis Parker Butler · ss American Illustrated Magazine September 1905 · Rafferty’s Rule · Frank L. Packard · ss Collier’s January 4 1908 · The Secret Red Lights · Harry Bedwell · nv The Railroad Man’s Magazine May 1911 (+1) · Tantalus of Thirty-Seven · Edmund Mitchell · ss Sunset: The Pacific Monthly October 1912 · Consider the Lizard · Eugene Manlove Rhodes · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 28 1913 · The Triumph of Hiram Perkins · George A. Cleveland · ss Maine in Verse and Story by George A. Cleveland, R.G. Badger, 1915 · The Girl in the Pink Hat · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss The Forerunner February 1916 · The Mountain Comes to Scattergood [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence B. Kelland · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 24 1917 · The Schartz-Metterklume Method · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette October 14 1911 · Turkey Red · Frances G. Wood · ss Pictorial Review November 1919 · Starting the Train · George A. Birmingham · ss Lady Bountiful by George A. Birmingham, George H. Doran, 1922 · The Spider Water · Frank H. Spearman · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1901, as “The Roadmaster’s Story: The Spider Water” · The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908 · The Escape of Mr. Trimm · Irvin S. Cobb · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 27 1909 · Miss Hinch · Henry Sydnor Harrison · nv McClure’s Magazine September 1911 · The Ghost Whistle · Eugene K. Jones · ss Everybody’s October 1923

Making Tracks: Revised Edition: 24 Classic Railroad Stories ed. Jon A. Schlenker, Jeffrey A. Linscott & Charles G. Waugh (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2022, 978-1-943022-84-7, $26.95, xiii+396pp, tp, an)     Revised version of Making Tracks: 23 Classic Railroad Stories (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2013). i · I Like to See It Lap the Miles · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1891, as “The Railway Train” iii · America and Its Trains · Jon A. Schlenker · in 1 · Stealing a Conductor · Maurice Thompson · ss Hoosier Mosaics by Maurice Thompson, E.J. Hale & Son, 1875 8 · The Invalid’s Story · Mark Twain · ss The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Webster, 1882 15 · In the Vestibule Limited · Brander Matthews · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1891 41 · The Night Run of the “Overland” · Elmore Elliott Peake · ss McClure’s Magazine June 1900 56 · Jim Wainright’s Kid · John A. Hill · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1898 70 · The Spider Water · Frank H. Spearman · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1901, as “The Roadmaster’s Story: The Spider Water” 88 · Hearts and Hands · O. Henry · vi Everybody’s Magazine December 1902, as by Sydney Porter 91 · Stanwick’s Business · Owen Wister · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 8 1904 108 · Pigs Is Pigs · Ellis Parker Butler · ss American Illustrated Magazine September 1905 118 · Rafferty’s Rule · Frank L. Packard · ss Collier’s January 4 1908 131 · The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908 159 · The Escape of Mr. Trimm · Irvin S. Cobb · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 27 1909 188 · The Secret Red Lights · Harry Bedwell · nv The Railroad Man’s Magazine May 1911 (+1) 226 · Miss Hinch · Henry Sydnor Harrison · nv McClure’s Magazine September 1911 244 · Tantalus of Thirty-Seven · Edmund Mitchell · ss Sunset: The Pacific Monthly October 1912 268 · Consider the Lizard · Eugene Manlove Rhodes · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 28 1913 296 · The Triumph of Hiram Perkins · George A. Cleveland · ss Maine in Verse and Story by George A. Cleveland, R.G. Badger, 1915 305 · The Girl in the Pink Hat · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss The Forerunner February 1916 313 · The Mountain Comes to Scattergood [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence B. Kelland · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 24 1917 334 · The Schartz-Metterklume Method · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette October 14 1911 339 · Turkey Red · Frances G. Wood · ss Pictorial Review November 1919 352 · Starting the Train · George A. Birmingham · ss Lady Bountiful by George A. Birmingham, George H. Doran, 1922 360 · Shackles of Service · Meigs O. Frost · ss Short Stories March 25 1924 381 · A Parlor-Car Romance · Leon Mead · ss The Bow-Legged Ghost and Other Stories by Leon Mead, The Werner Company, 1899 385 · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg 395 · Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Northern Darkness: 19 Great Stories Set in the Northern Regions of the American Continent ed. Jon A. Schlenker, Jeffrey A. Linscott & Charles G. Waugh (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2024, $24.95, 353pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Introduction · Charles G. Waugh · in 11 · The Chase of the Tide · Norman Duncan · ss McClure’s Magazine August 1901 25 · The Clasp of Rank · S. Carleton · ss The Thrill Book April 1 1919 41 · The Devil’s Muskeg · Herman Whitaker · ss Munsey’s Magazine November 1901 52 · The Ice-Dogs · James B. Connolly · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1907 68 · In the Shadow of the Pines · Arnold Andrews · ss Munsey’s Magazine August 1920 81 · The Lame Priest · S. Carleton · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1901 94 · The Last Passenger · James B. Connolly · nv The Popular Magazine June 15 1913 134 · Lourdes · Herman Whitaker · ss Ainslee’s September 1909 150 · Love of Life · Jack London · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine December 1905 169 · Messengers at the Window · Henry van Dyke · ss The American Magazine October 1912 178 · Moss Island · Carl Jacobi · ss Amazing Stories Quarterly Winter 1932 revised from The Quest May ’30. 187 · On the Snow · Maximilian Foster · ss Everybody’s Magazine October 1901 200 · The People of the Pit · A. Merritt · nv All-Story Weekly January 5 1918 215 · Quiquern · Rudyard Kipling · ss Pall Mall Gazette October 24 1895 (+1) 233 · Spirit Island · Captain Henry Toke Munn · nv Chambers’s Journal November 1922 255 · The Thing from Outside · George Allan England · ss Science and Invention April 1923 273 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902 288 · The Valley of the Windigo · George T. Marsh · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1917 304 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1910 347 · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg 352 · Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Off the Rails: Strange and Fantastic Train Tales ed. Jon A. Schlenker, Jeffrey A. Linscott & Charles G. Waugh (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2021, 978-1-943022-39-7, $24.95, 338pp, tp, an) 1 · Introduction · Charles G. Waugh · in 9 · The Black Quag · Arthur Mallory · nv Adventure mid June 1921 62 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911 81 · The 4:15 Express · Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 104 · Ghost at Point of Rocks · Frank H. Spearman · ss Scribner’s Magazine August 1907 120 · A Ghost Train · W. L. Alden · ss The Idler January 1896 129 · The Ghost Whistle · Eugene K. Jones · ss Everybody’s October 1923 144 · The Headless Man · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Susquehanna Legends by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913 151 · His First Penitent · James Oliver Curwood · ss Munsey’s Magazine August 1911 158 · The Invisible Force · Fred M. White · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1903 177 · The Locomotive That Lost Herself · Cy Warman · ss McClure’s Magazine June 1896 189 · The Man at the Next Table · Robert W. Chambers · nv New York Press 1896 218 · The Mass for the Dead · Edith Nesbit · ss The Argosy (UK) April 1892 226 · Mr. Jones’s Dream · Edward Robins · ss The Black Cat September 1898 233 · The Mysterious Signal · Cy Warman · ss The Monthly Story Magazine June 1905 242 · The Signal Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 254 · The Toys of Fate · Tod Robbins · nv Munsey’s Magazine January 1921 280 · The Train Hunt at Loldos · E. C. Preston · ss The Black Cat August 1900 291 · The Trap · Richard Marsh · ss (r) revised from “The Secret of the Mask” (Ainslee’s Magazine, February 1899). 313 · A Wonderful Ghost Story · Thomas Heaphy · ss All the Year Round October 5 1861, as “Mr. H’s Own Narrative”, uncredited.; omits the initial framing narrative. 329 · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg 338 · Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Pillars of Fire: 21 Classic Lighthouse Tales ed. Jon A. Schlenker & Charles G. Waugh (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2015, 978-1-935573-91-3, $16.95, x+318pp, tp, an, cover: [photo of Pemaquid Point Lighthouse] by Dennis Iasiello) 1 · Introduction · Jon A. Schlenker · in 1 · The Outcast · T. Jenkins Hains · ss The Strife of the Sea by T. Jenkins Hains, The Baker & Taylor Co., 1903 15 · The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine October 1 1911 25 · Cosima and Sunta: An Artist’s Story · [uncredited] · ss Appleton’s Journal May 13 1876 43 · The Haunted Lighthouse · Lischen Miller · ss The Pacific Monthly August 1899, as “The Haunted Light” 49 · Wrecked on Carr’s Reef · President Bates · ss The Outing Magazine June 1890 (+1) 66 · The Light That Failed Not · Henry van Dyke · ss Scribner’s Magazine April 1900 84 · The Lighthouse · Alfred Noyes · ss The Bookman November 1918 96 · The Adventure of the Very Old Man · Temple Bailey · ss The Smart Set August 1906 106 · The Lighthouse on the Skeve Mhoil · [uncredited] · ss Chambers’s Journal June 3 1865 (+1) 123 · They Called Her Annie Laurie · Frances Hathaway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1919 138 · When the Light Failed at Carysfort [Bahama Bill] · T. Jenkins Hains · ss The Popular Magazine August 1906 145 · The Wrecker · Leavitt Ashley Knight · ss Everybody’s Magazine August 1912 161 · The Whistling Buoy · Ralph D. Paine · ss The Outing Magazine December 1907 181 · Ballast Island · Constance Fenimore Woolson · ss Appleton’s Journal June 28 1873 203 · Breathes There a Man— · George C. Hull · ss Scribner’s Magazine July 1917 213 · Bulls and Bears on Skor Vhean · John Oxenham · ss The Strand Magazine September 1901 235 · Captain Joe · F. Hopkinson Smith · ss The Century Magazine December 1889 245 · The Bubble of Dreams · Will Irwin · ss The American Magazine July 1907 261 · The Sea-Dog · T. Jenkins Hains · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine October 1902 269 · The Builder of the Lighthouse · Molly Elliot Seawell · ss The Smart Set December 1902 291 · The Man with a Thousand Legs · Frank Belknap Long · nv Weird Tales August 1927 313 · Author Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Ride to Glory: 23 Classic Cavalry Tales ed. Jon A. Schlenker & Charles G. Waugh (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2017, 978-1-943022-07-6, $20.95, iv+363pp, tp, an) · Go West Young Man · Charles G. Waugh · in 1 · The Boy That Couldn’t Stand Fire · Major General Charles King · ss Lippincott’s Magazine December 1904 8 · Miss Royston’s Gloves · Colonel Richard Henry Savage · ss The Cosmopolitan January 1894; given as “Miss Royalston’s Gloves” in the Table of Contents. 18 · For the Honor of the Gray · General Charles King · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 29 1899 29 · Girl-Who-Laughs · Woodruff Clarke · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly February 1889 38 · A Sergeant of the Orphan Troop · Frederic Remington · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1897 47 · Wilder’s Ride · Louis Dodge · ss Scribner’s Magazine December 1917 66 · The Trumpeter of the Troop · Thomas H. Wilson · ss The Century Magazine January 1896 72 · Like Soldiers, All · Tom Hall · ss Munsey’s Magazine June 1898 79 · Texas · Ellen Mackubin · ss The Century Magazine December 1893 93 · Old Barnaby’s Bess · Tom Hall · ss Tales by Tom Hall, F. A. Stokes Company, 1899 100 · Well Won: Or from the Plains to the Point · Major General Charles King · nv Starlight Ranch, and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier by Capt. Charles King, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1890 147 · Chummie · D. H. Nourse · ss Overland Monthly January 1900; subtitled “A Tale of Two Friends”. 160 · The Mule Driver and the Garrulous Mute · Rex Beach · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1903 169 · Trooper Baptiste · Morley Roberts · ss The Great Jester by Morley Roberts, Mentz, Kenner and Gelberg, 1896; given as “Trooper Batiste”. 175 · An Indian Story of the Sierra Madre · William Wright · ss The Cosmopolitan June 1895, as by Dan de Quille 197 · Little Big Horn Medicine · Owen Wister · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine June 1894 219 · The Lame Coyote’s Lone War · Charles Michelson · ss The Cosmopolitan April 1901 229 · Ranson’s Folly · Richard Harding Davis · na Collier’s Weekly May 10 1902 (+3) 278 · Troop Horse Number One · Hugh Johnson · ss Scribner’s Magazine December 1916 292 · Her Friend, Sergeant John · Wolcott LeClear Beard · ss Scribner’s Magazine April 1914 302 · The Mail-Order Cowboy · Hugh Johnson · ss Scribner’s Magazine November 1911 310 · Harlequin to the Rescue · Brig. Gen. Hugh Johnson · ss Scribner’s Magazine November 1915 323 · The Flag · James Francis Dwyer · ss Munsey’s Magazine September 1916 341 · A Scout with the Buffalo Soldiers · Frederic Remington · ar The Century Magazine April 1889 355 · Author Notes · [uncredited] · bg