The FictionMags Index

Book Contents Lists: Page 1954

Tales of All Nations: or, Popular Legends and Romances (T. Allman, 1848, hc, an)     The following is a partial listing taken from Bleiler. This volume is not to be confused with Tales of All Nations ed. H.A.S. (London: Thomas Hurst, 1827) which contains gothic fiction but little with any supernatural content. · The Black Water Vault · [uncredited] · ss (r) · The Shadowy Form · [uncredited] · ss (r); a version of Washington Irving’s “The German Student”. · The Bloody Footmarks · [uncredited] · ss (r) · The Little Dead Woman · [uncredited] · ss 1832 · The Bottle Imp · La Motte Fouque · nv Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, Vol. 1, Simpkin, Marshall, 1823, uncredited. translated from the German (“Das Galgenmännlein”, 1814). · The Severed Arm · [uncredited] · ss Tales of Superstition, Tegg and Castleman, 1803 · The Green Robe · [uncredited] · ss (r) · The Demon’s Victim · Johann August Apel, uncredited · ss (r), as “The Boarwolf” translated from the German (Gespensterbuch, 1810-17). · The Black Woodman · Washington Irving, uncredited · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Geoffrey Crayon · The Gnome of the Hartz Mountains · [uncredited] · ss Endless Entertainment #18, 1825 · The Mystic Chamber · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Tales of Death ed. Charles Birkin, uncredited (Philip Allan, 1936, 2/6d, 254pp, hc, oa) 7 · Kismet · Clifford Knight · nv 41 · Down-Draught to Hell · H. Boswell Lancaster · ss 59 · The Hut · Oswell Blakeston · ss 79 · Lion of Bengal · Hope Wilson · ss 93 · The Devil-Plant · Malcolm Ellison · nv 123 · Swift Death · Sydney Darcy · ss 141 · The Cottage · W. J. Pollock · nv 167 · Lost with All Hands · R. P. Morrison · ss 183 · The Return · Malcolm Critchley · ss 207 · An Appointment with Death · Esme H. Bidlake · ss 223 · The Graverhouse Affair · S. G. MacDonnell · nv

Tales of Dread ed. Charles Birkin, uncredited (Philip Allan, 1936, 2/6d, 248pp, hc, oa) 7 · Bathysphere Number 7 · Francis H. Sibson · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1935 33 · Angela · Charles Lloyd · ss 53 · The Green Taxi · Anne Edgar · ss 75 · The Secret of the Graves · Oswell Blakeston · nv 135 · The Silver Lady · Sidney Denham · ss 151 · The Dead Watch · David Lord · ss 175 · Dispossessed · Harold Markham · nv 201 · The Tiger · Francis Bruguiere · ss 223 · The False Trail · Kenneth Ingram · ss

Tales of Fear ed. Charles Birkin, uncredited (Philip Allan, 1935, 2/6d, 243pp, hc, oa) 11 · The Road · Vera A. Gadd · ss 31 · Bitten by a Spider · Patrick Clark · ss 45 · The Silent Inn · Geoffrey Wyndham Lewis · ss 65 · Many Cats and One Tale · W. A. C. Chadwick · ss 85 · The Horror in the Pond · A. D. Avison · nv 117 · Adventure Without Asking · Oswell Blakeston · ss 141 · The Thing from the Pit · Arthur Stafford Aylmer · ss 159 · Lone Cottage · Tilly Scard · ss 177 · The Figure at the Window · Ada Helen · ss 195 · A Journey by Train · Henry L. Lawrence · ss 209 · Hillmount · Vera A. Gadd · ss 225 · The Snake · Chrystabel Earle · ss The Red Magazine April 30 1920

Tales of Horror and Mystery (Dean, October 1993, 0-603-55222-6, £2.99, 378pp, hc, an)     Omnibus volume of Horror Stories (1987) and Mystery Stories (1981), issued as a bargain book. 8 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 18 · The Riddle · Walter de la Mare · ss The Monthly Review February 1903 23 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 34 · Through the Door · Ruth Ainsworth · ss The Phantom Roundabout by Ruth Ainsworth, Andre Deutsch, 1977 47 · Man-Size in Marble · Edith Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887 60 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 66 · A Kind of Swan Song · Helen Cresswell · ss Shades of Dark ed. Aidan Chambers, Patrick Hardy, 1984 76 · The Clock Tower Ghost · Gene Kemp · ex Faber and Faber, 1981 85 · The Gorge of the Churels · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 95 · The Haunted Trailer · Robert Arthur · nv Weird Tales January 1942, as “Death Thumbs a Ride” 113 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine February 1909 119 · Bad Company · Walter de la Mare · ss A Beginning and Other Stories by Walter de la Mare, Faber and Faber, 1955 127 · The Yellow Cat · Michael Joseph · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1924 137 · The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Queen June 23 1900 149 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro 155 · The Swan Child · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1982 167 · The Brown Hand · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine May 1899, as “The Story of the Brown Hand” 182 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 192 · The Blades · Joan Aiken · ss Mystery Stories, Hamlyn, 1981 206 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 217 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 230 · The Picture of Dorian Gray [Dorian Gray] · Oscar Wilde · ex Ward, Lock & Co., 1891 247 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1908 256 · The Stolen Cigar-Case · Bret Harte · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 24 1900 266 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890, as “An Accursed House” translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831). 277 · Sweets from a Stranger · Nicholas Fisk · ss Horror Stories and Mystery Stories by Nicholas Fisk, 1978 287 · The Hitch-Hiker · Roald Dahl · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1977 299 · The Dream Woman · 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). 323 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy” 329 · The Sailor-Boy’s Tale · Karen Blixen · ss Winter’s Tales by Isak Dinesen, Putnam, 1942, as by Isak Dinesen 341 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 365 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · ss New Orleans Item June 16 1878 (+1) translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840).

Tales of Imagination and Suspense (Silver Burdett, 1982, 0-382-09995-8, 273pp, pb, an) 2 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 9 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. 32 · The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv The Royal Magazine July 1901 55 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1892, as “The Adventure of Silver Blaze” 90 · The Wind in the Rosebush · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · nv Everybody’s Magazine February 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins 113 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 118 · Ghosts on the Jersey Coast · Stephen Crane · ss (r) 124 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891 137 · The Ugly Duckling · Hans Christian Andersen · ss (r) translated from the Danish (“Den grimme ælling”, Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Første Samling, C.A. Reitzel, 1843). 150 · The Dancing Doll · E. T. A. Hoffmann · ex from “The Sandman” (r) translated from the German (“Der Sandmann”, Nachtstücke Teil 1, 1816). 160 · A Mad Tea Party [Alice] · Lewis Carroll · ex from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Macmillan, 1865 169 · The King of the Golden River · John Ruskin · nv Smith, Elder, 1841 202 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833 220 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s” 233 · From the Earth to the Moon · Jules Verne · ex (r); abridged from From the Earth to the Moon and Round the Moon. translated from the French (De la Terre à la Lune, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, 1865). 263 · The Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894, as “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid”

Tales of Love and Fury (Avon Books, 1953, A549, 25¢, 158pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Midsummer Passions: a Variance · Irving Shulman · ss 15 · The Girls of Tongatabu · John Langdon · ss Story #110, November/December 1944 23 · Midsummer · Nancy Hale · ss The New Yorker September 8 1934 35 · Boy in the Summer Sun · Mark Schorer · ss Story #55, February 1937 49 · The Strange Thing · Emily Hahn · ss Story July 1935 63 · Testimonial · Stanley Olmsted · ss Story #71, June 1938 79 · Trouble in 1949 · John O’Hara · ss Harper’s Bazaar November 1938 89 · Summer Thunder · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Smart Set September 1920 105 · Sunday Revelation · Chandler Brossard · ss 112 · Satan’s Best Girl · Mark Van Doren · ss 1950 124 · My Side of the Matter · Truman Capote · ss Story #113, May/June 1945 137 · The Girls in Their Summer Dresses · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker February 4 1939 144 · The Face on the Barroom Floor, or Too Much Salt on the Pretzels · Nelson Algren · ss The American Mercury January 1947

Tales of Murder and Mystery (Everybody’s Books, 194?, 1/-, 50pp, pb, an) 3 · The Prison of Sunset · Sidney Denham · ss (r) 10 · The Country House Fire · J. D. Kerruish · ss (r) 25 · The Last Chapter · Sidney Denham · ss (r) 33 · Was It Murder? · Michael Hervey · ss (r) 36 · The Wrong Ticket · Sidney Denham · ss (r) 40 · Cast Iron Alibi · Sidney Denham · ss (r) 43 · The Brain Machine · Arthur Armstrong · ss (r)

Tales of Mystery (Gulliver Books, 1945, 1/-, 48pp, pb, an) 3 · The Broken Looking-Glass · Henry Harland · ss The Yellow Book April 1894 10 · Ben Blower’s Story · C. F. Hoffman · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine August 1842 18 · Edward Randolph’s Portrait · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss United States Magazine and Democratic Review July 1838, as by The Author of “Twice-Told Tales” 31 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”

Tales of Mystery and Horror (World Society Editions, 1966, 210pp, pb, an)     Mystery and horror stories by Doyle, Kipling and Poe. · The Boscombe Valley Mystery [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine October 1891 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891 · The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885 · Hop-Frog · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Flag of Our Union March 17 1849 · The Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892, as “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 · The Oval Portrait · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1842, as “Life in Death”

Tales of Mystery and Surprise (Everybody’s Books, 194?, 6d, 32pp, pb, an) 1 · Tongues of Death · Richard Westlake · ss (r) 5 · Confession by Jury · Harold Kelly · ss (r) 10 · The Doctor’s Fingerprints · Arthur Armstrong · ss (r) 15 · What Flynn Saw · Sidney Denham · ss (r) 20 · The Man Who Defied Gravity · Kent Barnett · ss (r) 26 · The Disappearance of Mr. Heavyside · Sidney Denham · ss (r)

Tales of Other Days ed. John Y. Akerman, uncredited (Effingham Wilson, 1830, 268pp, hc, an)     Anthology (in 2 vols) of historical adventures mostly with mystical, macabre or supernatural incidents. Details taken from later omnibus volume (London: Edwards & Bushell, 1857), which incorporated the novel The Gentleman in Black. 3 · The Gentleman in Black · John Y. Akerman ,[?], uncredited · n. 1830 also attributed to James Dalton. 119 · The Magic Phial; or, an Evening at Delft · [uncredited] · ss (r) 123 · A Tale of the Civil Wars · [uncredited] · ss (r) 132 · Friar Rush: a Tale of Faerie · [uncredited] · ss (r) 139 · Ghysbrecht, the Free-lance · [uncredited] · ss (r) 153 · The Three Suitors · [uncredited] · ss (r) 164 · The Fifth of November: a Legend of Palace Yard · [uncredited] · ss (r) 182 · A Tale of the Low Countries · [uncredited] · ss (r) 188 · Trial by Battle · [uncredited] · ss (r) 201 · The Castle of Stauffenberg · [uncredited] · ss (r) 207 · The Brothers: a Tale of London Bridge · [uncredited] · ss (r) 217 · Roger Clevelly: a Devonshire Legend · [uncredited] · ss (r) 230 · Haviland Hall · [uncredited] · ss (r) 247 · A Tour to the North · [uncredited] · ss (r) 257 · The Ring and the Mendicant · [uncredited] · ss 1825 275 · A Journey of Azibah: an Eastern Tale · [uncredited] · ss (r) 283 · The Death’s Head · Friedrich Schulze, uncredited · nv (r); different rendition of the story from Utterson’s Tales of the Dead. 297 · Waldeck: a Tale from the German · [uncredited] · ss (r) 305 · The Awkward Man · [uncredited] · ss (r) 316 · Who Can It Be? · [uncredited] · ss (r) 325 · The Robber Spatolino · [uncredited] · nv (r) 349 · Trials of Temper · [uncredited] · ss (r) 362 · The Prediction: a Tale of New-year’s Eve · [uncredited] · ss (r) 373 · An Adventure in 1780 · [uncredited] · ss (r) 381 · The Magician’s Visitor · [uncredited] · ss The Literary Remains of Henry Neele by Henry Neele, 1828, as by Henry Neele 386 · A Norwegian Sketch · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Tales of Terror (Houghton Mifflin, 1989, 0-3954-5995-8, 62pp, tp, an)     Two suspense plays intended for schools complete with discussion prompts. 5 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs; adapted by Louis Napoleon Parker · pl Samuel French, 1910 33 · Discussion · [uncredited] · ms (r) 37 · The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street · Rod Serling · pl Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May 1981 broadcast on March 4, 1960. 57 · Discussion · [uncredited] · ms (r) 58 · Roundtable Discussion · [uncredited] · ms (r) 59 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg