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A Creepy Company (var. 1) by Joan Aiken (Dell Yearling, February 1995, 0-440-40993-4, $3.99, 152pp, tp, co, cover by Mary GrandPré)     Young-adult collection of ten “ghostly” stories. Reprints eight of the 11 stories from the British edition (Gollancz 1993) and adds two later ones. First American edition. 1 · Dead Man’s Lane · Joan Aiken · ss A Creepy Company by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1993 11 · My Disability · Joan Aiken · ss A Creepy Company by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1993 28 · Toomie · Joan Aiken · ss A Creepy Company by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1993 44 · The Thing-in-Waiting · Joan Aiken · ss 1994 64 · They Have Found Out · Joan Aiken · ss A Creepy Company by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1993 74 · The Ferry · Joan Aiken · ss 81 · Little Nym · Joan Aiken · ss The Walker Book of Ghost Stories ed. Susan Hill, Walker, 1990 100 · The Traitor · Joan Aiken · nv The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1991 126 · Die from Day to Day · Joan Aiken · ss A Creepy Company by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1993 141 · Fastness of Light · Joan Aiken · ss A Creepy Company by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1993

Far Forests: Tales of Romance, Fantasy, and Suspense by Joan Aiken (Viking, 1977, 0-670-30760-2, $7.95, 154pp, hc, co) 1 · Lodging for the Night · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) March 1963 12 · Postman’s Knock · Joan Aiken · ss Woman’s Journal 22 · As Gay as Cheese · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) December 1956 28 · Furry Night · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) November 1958 41 · Five Green Moons · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) July 1961 52 · Sultan’s Splash · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) December 1963 65 · The Far Forests · Joan Aiken · ss 75 · The Story about Caruso · Joan Aiken · ss Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973 81 · The Rented Swan · Joan Aiken · ss 95 · Safe and Soundproof · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) April 1959 108 · Cricket · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) September 1956 112 · Our Feathered Friends · Joan Aiken · ss Woman’s Journal 124 · The Man Who Had Seen the Rope Trick · Joan Aiken · ss A Bundle of Nerves by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1976 133 · The Cold Flame · Joan Aiken · ss The Fifth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969 145 · A Taxi to Solitude · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) April 1961, as by Nicholas Dee

A Fit of Shivers by Joan Aiken (Gollancz, August 30, 1990, 0-575-04803-4, £8.95, 140pp, hc, oc, cover by Alan Fraser)     Original young-adult collection of ten stories of the “mysterious, macabre and paranormal”. 7 · Number Four, Bowstring Lane · Joan Aiken · ss 17 · Earrings · Joan Aiken · ss 32 · An L-Shaped Grave · Joan Aiken · ss 39 · Something · Joan Aiken · ss 49 · Birthday Gifts · Joan Aiken · ss 64 · The Rose-Garden Dream · Joan Aiken · ss 76 · Watkyn, Comma · Joan Aiken · ss 92 · The Shrieking Door · Joan Aiken · ss 108 · Cousin Alice · Joan Aiken · ss Visions, Delacorte, 1987 128 · The Legacy · Joan Aiken · ss

Fog Hounds, Wind Cat, Sea Mice by Joan Aiken (Macmillan UK, August 1984, 0-333-36574-7, £4.95, 64pp, hc, oc)     Collection of three juvenile tales of magic and the supernatural. 7 · Fog Hounds · Joan Aiken · nv 36 · Wind Cat · Joan Aiken · nv 56 · Sea Mice · Joan Aiken · nv

A Foot in the Grave by Joan Aiken & Jan Pienkowski (Jonathan Cape, October 1989, 0-224-02705-0, £8.95, 128pp, hc, oc)     Collection of eight stories by Aiken written around fantastic paintings by Pienkowski. 7 · Cold Harbour · Joan Aiken · ss 27 · Moveable Ears · Joan Aiken · ss 40 · Beezlebub’s Baby · Joan Aiken · ss 48 · A Foot in the Grave · Joan Aiken · ss 57 · Light Work · Joan Aiken · ss 71 · An Ill Wind · Joan Aiken · nv 97 · Bindweed · Joan Aiken · ss 115 · Amberland · Joan Aiken · ss

Ghostly Beasts by Joan Aiken (Jonathan Cape, October 3, 2002, 0-224-06463-0, £12.99, 143pp, hc, co, cover by Amanda Harvey)     Collection of 15 young-adult poems and stories, two original. 7 · Introduction · Joan Aiken · in 11 · The Dogs, the Cats and the Mice · Joan Aiken · ss 14 · Ducks · Joan Aiken · ss (r) reprinted from Joan Aiken’s school magazine. 15 · Lob’s Girl · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Delacorte, 1984 32 · Cat · Joan Aiken · pm The Skin Spinners by Joan Aiken, The Viking Press, 1976 33 · The Winter Sleepwalker · Joan Aiken · ss Winter Sleepwalker and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Cape, 1994 43 · Humblepuppy · Joan Aiken · ss Puffin Post 53 · Snail · Joan Aiken · pm The Skin Spinners by Joan Aiken, The Viking Press, 1976 54 · Snow Horse · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Delacorte, 1984 68 · Midwinter Song · Joan Aiken · pm The Skin Spinners by Joan Aiken, The Viking Press, 1976 69 · A Nasty, Muddy Ghost Dog · Joan Aiken · ss Short Circuits ed. Donald R. Gallo, Delacorte, 1992 78 · Man and Owl · Joan Aiken · pm The Skin Spinners by Joan Aiken, The Viking Press, 1976 79 · The Dancers · Joan Aiken · nv 101 · Potter’s Grey · Joan Aiken · ss Up the Chimney Down and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, 1984 122 · Ash Talks to Bone · Joan Aiken · pm The Skin Spinners by Joan Aiken, The Viking Press, 1976 124 · Crusader’s Toby · Joan Aiken · ss Faithless Lollybird and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1977

Give Yourself a Fright by Joan Aiken (Delacorte, February 1989, 0-440-50120-2, $14.95, 180pp, hc, co)     Young-adult collection; 13 tales of the supernatural. 1 · Wing Quack Flap · Joan Aiken · ss Cold Feet ed. Jean Richardson, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985 19 · The Old Poet · Joan Aiken · ss A Goose on Your Grave by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1987 31 · Do Not Alight Here · Joan Aiken · ss 44 · The Lame King · Joan Aiken · ss A Goose on Your Grave by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1987 56 · The Jealous Apprentice · Joan Aiken · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1984 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1984 70 · A Rhyme for Silver · Joan Aiken · ss 1987 89 · The Ill-Natured Muse · Joan Aiken · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1980 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1980 109 · The Erl King’s Daughter · Joan Aiken · ss 1988 123 · The End of Silence · Joan Aiken · ss A Quiver of Ghosts ed. Aidan Chambers, The Bodley Head, 1987 136 · The King of Nowhere · Joan Aiken · ss 147 · Aunt Susan · Joan Aiken · ss A Goose on Your Grave by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1987 157 · Find Me · Joan Aiken · ss 160 · Give Yourself a Fright · Joan Aiken · ss

A Goose on Your Grave by Joan Aiken (Gollancz, May 1987, 0-575-03985-X, £6.95, 159pp, hc, oc, cover by Alun Hood)     Collection of stories, many of them fantasy or supernatural. 7 · Your Mind Is a Mirror · Joan Aiken · ss 24 · Wing Quack Flap · Joan Aiken · ss Cold Feet ed. Jean Richardson, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985 41 · Snow Horse · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Delacorte, 1984 53 · Potter’s Grey · Joan Aiken · ss Up the Chimney Down and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, 1984 70 · The Old Poet · Joan Aiken · ss 81 · Lob’s Girl · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Delacorte, 1984 95 · The Last Specimen · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Delacorte, 1984 107 · The Lame King · Joan Aiken · ss 118 · Homer’s Whistle · Joan Aiken · ss They Wait, and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1983 133 · The Blades · Joan Aiken · ss Mystery Stories, Hamlyn, 1981 151 · Aunt Susan · Joan Aiken · ss

The Green Flash and Other Tales of Horror, Suspense and Fantasy by Joan Aiken (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1971, 0-03-080288-1, 163pp, hc, co)     Revised from The Windscreen Weepers and Other Stories of Horror and Suspense (Gollancz 1969). 1 · Mrs. Considine · Joan Aiken · ss The Windscreen Weepers by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1969 10 · Marmalade Wine · Joan Aiken · ss Suspense (UK) September 1958 20 · Sonata for Harp and Bicycle · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) August 1958 32 · The Dreamers · Joan Aiken · ss Suspense (UK) April 1960 39 · Follow My Fancy · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) January 1956 52 · Smell · Joan Aiken · ss The Windscreen Weepers by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1969 65 · Searching for Summer · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) September 1958 76 · A View of the Heath · Joan Aiken · ss The Windscreen Weepers by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1969 89 · Belle of the Ball · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) May 1958 100 · Summer by the Sea · Joan Aiken · ss The Windscreen Weepers by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1969 110 · Minette · Joan Aiken · ss The Windscreen Weepers by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1969 120 · Dead Language Master · Joan Aiken · ss The First Panther Book of Horror ed. Anthony Rampton, Panther, 1965 130 · The Windshield Weepers · Joan Aiken · ss The Windscreen Weepers by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1969, as “The Windscreen Weepers” 146 · The Green Flash · Joan Aiken · ss The Windscreen Weepers by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1969

A Handful of Gold by Joan Aiken (Red Fox, August 1997, 0-09-968361-X, £3.99, 236pp, pb, co, cover by Quentin Blake)     Reprint (Cape 1995) young-adult collection of 15 stories. 7 · All You’ve Ever Wanted · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 16 · The Rocking Donkey · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 24 · The People in the Castle · Joan Aiken · ss More Than You Bargained For by Joan Aiken, 1955 37 · Miss Hooting’s Legacy [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories ed. Jean Russell, Methuen, 1982 56 · The Third Wish · Joan Aiken · ss Britannia and Eve July 1955 63 · A Harp of Fishbones · Joan Aiken · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967 79 · The Serial Garden [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home by Joan Aiken, Doubleday, 1968 99 · The Dark Streets of Kimball’s Green · Joan Aiken · nv The Friday Miracle and Other Stories ed. Kaye Webb, Puffin, 1969 121 · The Boy Who Read Aloud · Joan Aiken · ss A Small Pinch of Weather by Joan Aiken, J. Cape, 1969 133 · Moonshine in the Mustard Pot · Joan Aiken · ss Faithless Lollybird and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1977 151 · The Man Who Pinched God’s Letter · Joan Aiken · ss Faithless Lollybird and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1977 170 · Crusader’s Toby · Joan Aiken · ss Faithless Lollybird and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1977 187 · The Cat-Flap and the Apple-Pie · Joan Aiken · ss The Cat Flap and the Apple Pie and Other Funny Stories ed. Lance Salway, W.H. Allen, 1979 197 · Mrs. Nutti’s Fireplace [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · nv A Harp of Fishbones by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1972 221 · The Midnight Rose · Joan Aiken · ss Up the Chimney Down and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, 1984

A Harp of Fishbones by Joan Aiken (Hodder Children’s Books, August 21, 1997, 0-340-68129-2, £3.99, 280pp, pb, oc, cover by Tracy Morgan)     Reprint (Cape 1972) young-adult collection of 14 stories. 1 · A Harp of Fishbones · Joan Aiken · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967 22 · The Boy with a Wolf’s Foot · Joan Aiken · ss Magpie Book of Stories, Purnell, 1970 40 · Mrs. Nutti’s Fireplace [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · nv 71 · Hope · Joan Aiken · nv 96 · The Lost Five Minutes · Joan Aiken · ss Allsorts 4 ed. Ann Thwaite, Macmillan, 1971 109 · The Rose of Puddle Fratrum · Joan Aiken · ss The World of Ballet, Collins, 1970 128 · The Jar of Cobblestones · Joan Aiken · ss Puffin Post 138 · A Long Day Without Water · Joan Aiken · nv Young Winter’s Tales 2 ed. M. R. Hodgkin, Macmillan UK, 1971 168 · The Prince of Darkness · Joan Aiken · ss 187 · Two Tales of Burnt Porridge · Joan Aiken · ss 205 · Humblepuppy · Joan Aiken · ss Puffin Post 216 · The River Boy · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) June 1961 235 · The Gift Pig · Joan Aiken · ss Allsorts 4 ed. Ann Thwaite, Macmillan, 1970 252 · The Dark Streets of Kimball’s Green · Joan Aiken · nv The Friday Miracle and Other Stories ed. Kaye Webb, Puffin, 1969

The Kingdom Under the Sea and Other Stories by Joan Aiken (Puffin, October 1973, 0-14-030641-2, 50p, 104pp, pb, oc, cover by Jan Pienkowski)     Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1971) juvenile fantasy collection (retelling Eastern European tales). 9 · The Kingdom Under the Sea · Joan Aiken · ss 19 · The Imprisoned Queen · Joan Aiken · ss 27 · Baba Yaga’s Daughter · Joan Aiken · ss 37 · The Sun-God’s Castle · Joan Aiken · ss 49 · The Reed Girl · Joan Aiken · ss 57 · The King Who Declared War on the Animals · Joan Aiken · ss 67 · The Venetian Princess · Joan Aiken · ss 75 · The Pear Tree · Joan Aiken · ss 83 · The Sun’s Cousin · Joan Aiken · ss 95 · The Golden-Fleeced Ram and the Hundred Elephants · Joan Aiken · ss 103 · The Goose Girl · Joan Aiken · ss

The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories by Joan Aiken (Harper & Row, April 1988, 0-06-020042-1, $12.95, 144pp, hc, co)     Reprint (Cape 1985) collection of 9 young-adult fantasy stories. First U.S. edition. 3 · The Last Slice of Rainbow · Joan Aiken · ss Storyteller Part Two by Joan Aiken, Marshall Cavendish Part Works, 1982 13 · Clem’s Dream · Joan Aiken · ss The Last Slice of Rainbow by Joan Aiken, Cape, 1985 31 · A Leaf in the Shape of a Key · Joan Aiken · ss All the Year Round by Joan Aiken, Evans Brothers, 1980 43 · The Queen with Screaming Hair · Joan Aiken · ss Jubilee Jackanory, BBC, 1977 64 · The Tree That Loved a Girl · Joan Aiken · ss The Last Slice of Rainbow by Joan Aiken, Cape, 1985 74 · Lost—One Pair of Legs · Joan Aiken · ss The Last Slice of Rainbow by Joan Aiken, Cape, 1985 90 · The Voice in the Shell · Joan Aiken · ss The Last Slice of Rainbow by Joan Aiken, Cape, 1985 105 · The Spider in the Bath · Joan Aiken · ss The Last Slice of Rainbow by Joan Aiken, Cape, 1985 128 · Think of a Word · Joan Aiken · ss Hundreds and Hundreds ed. Peter Dickinson, Puffin, 1984

Moon Cake and Other Stories by Joan Aiken (Hodder Children’s Books, November 1998, 978-0-340-70926-9, £3.99, 244pp, tp, oc, cover by Wayne Anderson)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Moon Cake · Joan Aiken · nv 45 · Barmkins Are Best · Joan Aiken · ss 60 · The Feather and the Page · Joan Aiken · ss 75 · Hot Water · Joan Aiken · ss 81 · The Green Arches · Joan Aiken · ss Mystery Stories ed. Helen Cresswell, Kingfisher, 1996 99 · Hatching Trouble · Joan Aiken · ss 115 · Milo’s New Word [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss 135 · The Furious Tree · Joan Aiken · nv 163 · The Mysterious Meadow · Joan Aiken · ss 173 · Petticoat Palm · Joan Aiken · ss 182 · The World Next Door · Joan Aiken · ss 198 · The Silver Cup · Joan Aiken · ss 208 · The King of the Forest · Joan Aiken · ss 228 · Wheelbarrow Castle · Joan Aiken · ss