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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 (var. 1) 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 (var. 1) 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 Guardian Angels ed. Stephanie Nettell, Viking Kestrel, 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 (var. 1) 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 (var. 1) by Joan Aiken, Delacorte, 1984 95 · The Last Specimen · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night (var. 1) 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

The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories by Joan Aiken (Big Mouth House, October 2008, 978-1-93152-057-7, $20.00, 329pp, hc, co, cover by Beth Adams) [Armitage Family]     Collection of 24 stories, four original, about Harriet and Mark Armitage, to whom interesting things happen. Introductions by Garth Nix and Lizza Aiken. Illustrated by Andi Watson. This includes all of the stories collected in Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home (Doubleday 1968). i · Introduction · Lizza Aiken · in vii · Introduction · Garth Nix · in ix · Prelude · Joan Aiken · lk Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home by Joan Aiken, Doubleday, 1968 1 · Yes, But Today Is Tuesday [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 10 · Broomsticks and Sardines [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss A Small Pinch of Weather by Joan Aiken, J. Cape, 1969 20 · The Frozen Cuckoo [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 30 · Sweet Singeing in the Choir [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 40 · The Ghostly Governess [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · nv All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 57 · Harriet’s Birthday Present [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 69 · Dragon Monday [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 75 · Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss More Than You Bargained For by Joan Aiken, 1955 88 · Rocket Full of Pie [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss More Than You Bargained For by Joan Aiken, 1955 98 · Doll’s House to Let, Mod. Con. [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss More Than You Bargained For by Joan Aiken, 1955 110 · Tea at Ravensburgh [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss More Than You Bargained For by Joan Aiken, 1955 120 · The Land of Trees and Heroes [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 138 · Harriet’s Hairloom [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home by Joan Aiken, Doubleday, 1968 154 · The Stolen Quince Tree [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home by Joan Aiken, Doubleday, 1968 168 · The Apple of Trouble [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Winter’s Tales for Children 4 ed. M. R. Hodgkin, Macmillan, 1968 187 · The Serial Garden [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home by Joan Aiken, Doubleday, 1968 207 · Mrs. Nutti’s Fireplace [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · nv A Harp of Fishbones by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1972 227 · The Looking-Glass Tree [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · nv Cricket 1976 247 · Miss Hooting’s Legacy [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories ed. Jean Russell, Methuen, 1982 264 · Kitty Snickersnee [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss 275 · Goblin Music [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss 289 · The Chinese Dragon [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss 306 · Don’t Go Fishing on Witches’ Day [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Small Beers Press, July 2008 319 · Milo’s New Word [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Moon Cake and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Hodder, 1998

Shadows & Moonshine by Joan Aiken (David R. Godine, November 2001, 1-56792-167-1, $18.95, x+171pp, hc, co, cover by Pamela Johnson)     Young-adult collection of 13 stories. Illustrated by Pamela Johnson. vii · Introduction · Joan Aiken · in 3 · The Gift Pig · Joan Aiken · ss Allsorts 4 ed. Ann Thwaite, Macmillan, 1970 16 · The Rocking Donkey · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 25 · Cooks and Prophecies · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 36 · The Lilac in the Lake · Joan Aiken · ss A Small Pinch of Weather by Joan Aiken, J. Cape, 1969 50 · A Harp of Fishbones · Joan Aiken · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967 69 · A Small Pinch of Weather · Joan Aiken · ss Woman’s Journal September 1962, as by Nicholas Dee 83 · The King Who Stood All Night · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 94 · Cat’s Cradle · Joan Aiken · ss Faithless Lollybird and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1977 106 · Moonshine in the Mustard Pot · Joan Aiken · ss Faithless Lollybird and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1977 126 · The Wolves and the Mermaids · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 137 · John Sculpin and the Witches · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 146 · The Night the Stars Were Gone · Joan Aiken · ss Faithless Lollybird and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1977 157 · The Boy with a Wolf’s Foot · Joan Aiken · ss Magpie Book of Stories, Purnell, 1970