Realms of Darkness ed. Mary Danby (Octopus US, 1985, 0-86273-244-1, $8.95, 796pp, hc, an)
Compiled for sale through the Marks & Spencer’s chain of stores.
- 11 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in
- 15 · Denton’s Death · Martin Amis · ss Encounter 1976
- 20 · In the Slaughteryard · [uncredited] · ss The Adventures of the Adventurer’s Club, Gardner & Co., 1890
- 32 · The Dead Man of Varley Grange · Elizabeth Anna Hart, uncredited · ss 1878
- 44 · Footsteps Invisible · Robert Arthur · ss Argosy January 20 1940
- 56 · The Potter’s Art · Denys Val Baker · ss The Secret Place by Denys Val Baker, William Kimber, 1977
- 63 · The Thing in the Hall · E. F. Benson · nv The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912
- 73 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891
- 77 · The Mannikin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1937
- 91 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943
- 101 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941
- 107 · The Crown Derby Plate · Marjorie Bowen · ss Grace Latouche and the Warringtons by Marjorie Bowen, Selwyn & Blount, 1931
- 117 · The Kite · Christianna Brand · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1968, as “King of the Air”
- 123 · Blind Man’s Hood · John Dickson Carr · ss The Sketch Christmas 1937, as by Carter Dickson
- 139 · The Door · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss Cold Terror by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Tandem, 1973
- 152 · The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933
- 169 · Blackberries · Roger Clarke · ss The Sixteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1983
- 180 · The Moon Web · Adrian Cole · ss The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1978
- 192 · The Horror of Abbot’s Grange · Frederick Cowles · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1936
- 206 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)
- 230 · Pig · Roald Dahl · ss Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960
- 247 · Robbie · Mary Danby · ss The Fifteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1982
- 261 · The Extra Passenger · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales January 1947, as by Stephen Grendon
- 268 · The Witch’s Bone · William Croft Dickinson · ss Dark Encounters by William Croft Dickinson, Harvill, 1963
- 277 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866
- 299 · The Haunted Haven · A. E. Ellis · ss The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. Robert Aickman, Fontana, 1972
- 307 · The Sexton’s Adventure · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, uncredited.
- 313 · The Black Ferry · John Galt · ss The Club Book ed. Andrew Picken, Cochrane & Pickersgill, 1831, as “The Book of Life”
- 323 · Friends · Catherine Gleason · ss Frighteners 2 ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1976
- 335 · The Circus · Winston Graham · nv Winter’s Crimes 6 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1974
- 352 · Where the Woodbine Twineth · Davis Grubb · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1964, as “You Never Believe Me”
- 359 · Waking or Sleeping · Willis Hall · ss The Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1978
- 368 · Someone in the Lift · L. P. Hartley · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 373 · The Peculiar Case of Mrs. Grimmond · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1973
- 381 · The Trapdoor · C. D. Heriot · ss The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams, 1936
- 390 · The Day of Reckoning · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1974
- 403 · An Invitation to the Hunt · George Hitchcock · ss San Francisco Review March 1960
- 411 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar by Geoffrey Household, Chatto, 1938
- 428 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss The Knickerbocker October 1839
- 438 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury September 1930
- 450 · The Three Sisters · W. W. Jacobs · ss Night Watches by W. W. Jacobs, Hodder & Stoughton, 1914
- 457 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review February 1923; written to fill a miniature book in the library of Queen Mary’s doll house.
- 467 · The Yellow Cat · Michael Joseph · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1924
- 476 · The Reaper’s Image · Stephen King · ss Startling Mystery Stories Spring 1969
- 483 · Soldier Key [Brigadier Ffellowes] · Sterling E. Lanier · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1968
- 507 · The Sanguivites · Kay Leith · ss The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1975
- 518 · Hybrid · L. A. Lewis · nv Tales of the Grotesque by L. A. Lewis, Philip Allan, 1934
- 530 · The Black Druid · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales July 1930
- 537 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900
- 548 · The Skeleton Hand · Agnes MacLeod · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine October 1894
- 554 · The Man from Glasgow · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham, Heinemann, 1947
revised from “Told in the Inn at Algeciras” (The Woman at Home, February 1905).
- 563 · The Hostelry · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French.
- 574 · The Phantom of the Lake · Edmund Mitchell · ss The Argosy (UK) June 1886
- 584 · The Thing in the Upper Room · Arthur Morrison · ss The Story-teller May 1910
- 592 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843
- 597 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1931
- 608 · Peekaboo · Bill Pronzini · ss Nightmares ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1979
- 613 · The Black Lake · Tony Richards · ss Realms of Darkness ed. Mary Danby, Octopus, 1985
- 621 · The Red Turret · Flavia Richardson · ss Switch on the Light ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, Selwyn & Blount, 1931
- 629 · Intercom · Agnes Short · ss The After Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Hutchinson, 1980
- 639 · Examination Day · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy February 1958
- 643 · The Devil’s Ape · Barnard Stacey · ss The Evening Standard January 16 1933
- 649 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891
- 664 · Polish the Lid · Terry Tapp · ss The Fourteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1981
- 677 · Evening Flight · Alan Temperley · nv Nightmares 2 ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1984
- 691 · Dengué Fever · Paul Theroux · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Cape, 1975
- 700 · Message for Margie · Christine Campbell Thomson · ss The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1964
- 708 · Harry · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 719 · Lucky’s Grove · H. Russell Wakefield · nv The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. Russell Wakefield, Herbert Jenkins, 1940
- 737 · Tarnhelm · Hugh Walpole · ss Liberty December 28 1929
- 750 · The Tibetan Box · Elizabeth Walter · ss Snowfall and Other Chilling Events by Elizabeth Walter, Harvill Press, 1965
- 765 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896
- 774 · A Thin Gentleman with Gloves · Simon West · ss Weird Tales November 1943, as by August Derleth
- 785 · The Case of the Haunted Château [Neils Orsen] · Dennis Wheatley · ss Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts by Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, 1943
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