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The Lucifer Society ed. Peter Haining (W.H. Allen, June 1972, 0-491-00881-3, £2.50, 256pp, hc, an)     Anthology of horror/macabre stories by authors more famous in other fields. Paperback edition retitled Detours Into the Macabre (Pan, 1974). Also retitled Masters of the Macabre (Hale, 1993). vii · Foreword · Kingsley Amis · fw xv · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 3 · “Man Overboard!” · Winston Churchill · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine January 1899 7 · Timber · John Galsworthy · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1920 17 · The Angry Street [Club of Queer Trades] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News January 25 1908, as “A Somewhat Improbable Story” 23 · The Call of Wings · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933 39 · The Cherries · Lawrence Durrell · ss Masterpieces of Thrills, Daily Express, 1936 43 · A 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). 55 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955 60 · The Grey Ones · J. B. Priestley · nv Lilliput April/May 1953 79 · The Man Who Didn’t Ask Why · C. S. Forester · vi 1957 83 · All but Empty · Graham Greene · ss The Strand Magazine March 1947 87 · Animals or Human Beings · Angus Wilson · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 93 · Something Strange · Kingsley Amis · nv The Spectator November 25 1960 117 · The Post-Mortem Murder · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Century Magazine May 1921 143 · The Dance · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Red Book Magazine June 1926 159 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930 170 · The Bronze Door · Raymond Chandler · nv Unknown November 1939 199 · The Man Who Had No Eyes · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Liberty May 2 1931 203 · The Affair at 7, Rue de M— · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1955 212 · The Snail-Watcher · Patricia Highsmith · ss Gamma #3, 1964 220 · Inferiority Complex · Evan Hunter · vi Fantastic Universe May 1955 225 · The Terrible Answer · Paul Gallico · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 17 1950 240 · Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle June 1945 254 · Exterminator · William Burroughs · ss Evergreen Review #46, April 1967 259 · During the Jurassic · John Updike · ss Transatlantic Review #21, Summer 1966

The Magicians ed. Peter Haining (Peter Owen, July 1972, 0-7206-0152-5, £3.00, 220pp, hc, an, cover by Eliphas Levi)     Purported to be true stories of the occult written by author-magicians. Also in pb (Pan 1975). 13 · Foreword · Peter Haining · fw 15 · Introduction · Colin Wilson · in 27 · The Black Mass · Joris-Karl Huysmans · ex from Down There, Boni & Liveright, 1924 translated from the French (Là-Bas, Tresse & Stock, 1891). 38 · The Magus · Eliphas Levi · ss (r) 50 · A Story of the Mystical · Madame Blavatsky · ss 1875 61 · An Experiment in Necromancy · Aleister Crowley · ss (r) 71 · Rosa Alchemica · W. B. Yeats · ss The Savoy #2, April 1896 91 · Strange Occurrence in Clerkenwell [Mr. Dyson] · Arthur Machen · lk The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895 99 · History of the Young Man with Spectacles [Mr. Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895 116 · The Return of the Ritual [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine June 1922, as “The Riddle of the Sign” 134 · Playing with Fire · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900 149 · Breath of Allah [Abu Tabah; Kernaby] · Sax Rohmer · nv The Premier Magazine #46, February 1918 170 · Lucifer Over London · Lewis Spence · ss The London Mystery Magazine #1, 1949 181 · With Intent to Steal [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 205 · The Witch Cult · Gerald Gardner · ex from High Magic’s Aid (r) 220 · Afterword · Peter Haining · aw

Magicians’ Circle: More Spellbinding Stories of Wizards & Wizardry ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, October 23, 2003, 0-285-63681-2, £9.99, 268pp, hc, an, cover by Arnaud Crémet)     Young-adult anthology of 14 stories and novel extracts, each with an introduction and afterword by Haining. 9 · The Spell of Magic · Peter Haining · in 17 · A Course in Magic [Professor Doloro de Lara] · E. Nesbit · nv (r) 38 · Doctor Cadaverezzi’s Magic Show · Philip Pullman · ex from Count Karlstein or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman, Doubleday UK, 1991 46 · The Magic Fish-Bone · Charles Dickens · ex from “Holiday Romance”, Our Young Folks January 1868 (+3) 61 · The Magician of Karakosk [Innkeeper] · Peter S. Beagle · nv David Copperfield’s Beyond Imagination ed. David Copperfield, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1996 94 · Elphenor and Weasel · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The New Yorker December 16 1974 115 · The Rule of Names [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination April 1964 131 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903 147 · The Magic Bonbons · L. Frank Baum · ss American Fairy Tales by Frank L. Baum, George M. Hill, 1901 157 · The Day Boy and the Night Girl · George MacDonald · nv The Graphic Christmas 1879, as “The Romance of Photogen and Nycteris” 212 · The Magic Child-Killer · Roald Dahl · ex from The Witches, Jonathan Cape, 1983 222 · The April Witch [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 5 1952 237 · Ms Wiz, Supermodel [Ms Wiz] · Terence Blacker · ex Macmillan, 1997 248 · Works Like Magic · Jacqueline Wilson · ex from Video Rose, Blackie and Son, 1992 256 · Feel Free · Alan Garner · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967

The Magic Valley Travellers: Welsh Stories of Fantasy and Horror ed. Peter Haining (Gollancz, March 1974, 0-575-01686-8, £2.20, 256pp, hc, an) 13 · Foreword · Richard Hughes · fw 17 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 21 · Lludd and Llevelys · [uncredited] · ss (r) 27 · Merlin and the Magicians · Geoffrey of Monmouth · ex (r) translated from the Latin (Historia Regum Britanniae, ca. 1136). 31 · Arthur and Gorlagon · adapted by Peter Haining · ss (r) 12th century Latin manuscript first translated into English in 1903. 48 · The Living Dead Man · Walter Map; edited by M. R. James · ex (r) from De Nugis Curialium (ca. 1200), ed. Thomas Wright, Camden Society 1850. 50 · The Fairy People · Giraldus Cambrensis · ar Topographia Hibernica by Giraldus Cambrensis, 1185 53 · The Sin-Eater · John Aubrey · ex Miscellanies by John Aubrey, 1696 55 · The Fatal Prediction · Anne of Swansea · ss Deeds of Olden Times by Anne of Swansea, 1826 80 · The Invisible Girl · Mary W. Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1833, 1832 95 · The Dylluan · George Borrow · ex Wild Wales by George Borrow, 1862 99 · The Curse of Pantannas · Sir John Rhys · ss Celtic Folklore—Welsh and Manx by John Rhys, Clarendon Press, 1901 107 · The Treasure Ghost · Elias Owen · ex Welsh Folklore by Elias Owen, 1896 112 · The Corpse Candle · Wirt Sikes · ex British Goblins by Wirt Sikes, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1880 120 · The Chronic Argonauts [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · nv Science Schools Journal April 1888 (+2) 144 · The Gift of Tongues · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s Weekly December 3 1927 151 · The Coffin · Caradoc Evans · ss Illustrated Review July 1923 157 · A Stray from Cathay · John Wyndham · nv Argosy (UK) February 1953, as “Chinese Puzzle” 178 · The Stranger · Richard Hughes · ss The Weekly Westminster Gazette May 26 1923 187 · The School for Witches · Dylan Thomas · ss Contemporary Poetry and Prose August/September 1936 195 · The Sabbath · Charles Williams · ex (r) 204 · Week-End at Cwm Tatws · Robert Graves · ss Punch March 31 1954 209 · Jordan · Glyn Jones · ss (r) 223 · The Dark Isle · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1939 249 · The Dark World · Rhys Davies · ss (r)

The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, September 24, 1998, 1-85487-539-6, £6.99, xiv+464pp, tp, an)     Associational anthology: revised omnibus of Crime Movies: Classic Murder & Detective Films and Crime Movies 2: Famous Television Crime Series (Severn House, 1996 & 1997) removing a Dick Francis excerpt and adding 2 stories. ix · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 1 · Old Man Menace [Michael Lanyard (The Lone Wolf)] · Louis Joseph Vance · ss The Saturday Evening Post 1927 19 · The Ghost of John Holling [Felix Jenks] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Grand Magazine March 1924 33 · Nobody’s All Bad [Billy the Kid] · W. R. Burnett · ss Collier’s June 7 1930 47 · The Three Garridebs [Sherlock Holmes] · Thomas H. Hutchinson · pl 1937 75 · The Unknown Traitor · Eric Ambler · vi The Strand Magazine December 1948 79 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927 91 · Reward for Survivors [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Black Mask March 1935, as “Earned Reward” 129 · It Had to Be Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine February 1942 169 · Forbidden Fruit · Edgar Lustgarten · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 191 · To Break the Wall · Evan Hunter · ss Discovery No. 2 ed. Vance Bourjaily, Pocket, 1953 205 · Down the Long Night · William F. Nolan · nv Terror Detective Story Magazine #4, April 1957, as “Laugh Till You Die” by Frank Anmar 227 · The Case of the Howling Dog [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · sa TV Guide adapted from the episode first broadcast on CBS, April 11, 1959. 241 · Equal Status · Elwyn Jones · nv (r) adapted from a 1973 episode of Softly, Softly. 271 · Inspector Maigret Hesitates [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Jean Stewart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1969 translated from the French (“Monsieur Lundi”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, December 20, 1936). 287 · Kick It or Kill · Mickey Spillane · na Cavalier #97, July 1961 339 · Larger Than Life · Anthony Shaffer · ss The London Mystery Magazine #18, 1953 347 · There Are Some Days… · Frederick Forsyth · nv No Comebacks by Frederick Forsyth, Hutchinson, 1982 369 · The Embassy Incident [The Professionals] · Brian Clemens · ss 1982 379 · The Glory Hunter · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1977 391 · Saint Nick Alas · Tony Hoare · ss TV Times December 1991 401 · The Dripping [John Rambo] · David Morrell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1972 413 · Your Appointment Is Cancelled [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · ss 1983 425 · A Case of Coincidence · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 30 1980 443 · The End of an Era · Richard Levinson & William Link · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1962 455 · Mr. Big · Woody Allen · ss Getting Even by Woody Allen, Random House, 1971

The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, October 5, 2000, 1-84119-160-4, £6.99, 576pp, tp, an, cover: [photo] by Simon Marsden)     Anthology of 36 stories (1 an original collaborative vignette by Ray Bradbury), based on the haunted house theme. 1 · Haunted House · Elizabeth Albright & Ray Bradbury · vi 3 · I Live in a Haunted House · Peter Haining · fw part previously published as “The Smoke Ghost” in Dancing with the Dark ed. Stephen Jones, Vista, 1997. 7 · 1: Haunted Places: Stories of Fact and Fiction 9 · The Haunted and the Haunters · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865 revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story. 39 · Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine October 1862, uncredited. 53 · A Case of Eavesdropping [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 69 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921 73 · Ghost Hunt · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Weird Tales March 1948 81 · Dark Winner · William F. Nolan · ss Whispers December 1976 87 · 2: Avenging Spirits: Tales of Dangerous Elementals 89 · The Old House in Vauxhall Walk · Charlotte Riddell · nv Home Christmas 1880 109 · No. 252 Rue M. le Prince · Ralph Adams Cram · nv Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 125 · The Southwest Chamber · Mary Eleanor Freeman · na The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins, Doubleday, Page, 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins 145 · The Toll-House · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine April 1907 157 · Feet Foremost · L. P. Hartley · nv The Killing Bottle by L. P. Hartley, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932 191 · Happy Hour · Ian Watson · nv Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990 215 · 3: Shadowy Corners: Accounts of Restless Spirits 217 · The Ankardyne Pew · W. F. Harvey · ss The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928 231 · The Real and the Counterfeit · Louisa Baldwin · ss The Shadow on the Blind and Other Ghost Stories by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin, Dent, 1895 249 · A Night at a Cottage… · Richard Hughes · ss A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926 253 · The Considerate Hosts · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales December 1939 265 · The Grey House · Basil Copper · nv Not After Nightfall by Basil Copper, Four Square, 1967 309 · Watching Me, Watching You · Fay Weldon · ss Woman’s Own January 1981 327 · 4: Phantom Lovers: Sex and the Supernatural 329 · A Spirit Elopement · Richard Dehan · ss Off Sandy Hook and Other Stories by Richard Dehan, Frederick A. Stokes, 1915 339 · The House of Dust · Herbert de Hamel · ss The Blue Magazine #9, March 1920 357 · The Kisstruck Bogie · A. E. Coppard · ss Fearful Pleasures by A. E. Coppard, Arkham House, 1946 367 · Mr. Edward · Norah Lofts · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947 385 · House of the Hatchet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1941 403 · Napier Court · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 421 · 5: Little Terrors: Ghosts and Children 423 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 435 · The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1916 461 · A Little Ghost · Hugh Walpole · ss The Red Book Magazine October 1922 477 · The Patter of Tiny Feet · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain (var. 1) by Nigel Kneale, Knopf, 1950 489 · Uninvited Ghosts · Penelope Lively · ss Frank and Polly Muir’s Big Dipper, Heinemann, 1981 495 · 6: Psychic Phenomena: Signs from the Other Side 497 · Playing with Fire · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900 513 · The Whistling Room [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler March 1910 533 · Bagnell Terrace · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1925 547 · The Companion · Joan Aiken · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1978 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1978 557 · The Ghost Hunter · James Herbert · ex from Haunted, Hodder & Stoughton, 1988 563 · Computer Séance · Ruth Rendell · ss The Oldie 1997 571 · Appendix: Haunted House Novels: A Listing · Peter Haining · bi

The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (var. 1) ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, August 25, 2005, 1-84529-185-9, £7.99, 689pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 43 stories (1 an original collaborative vignette by Ray Bradbury), based on the haunted house theme. This is expanded from the 2000 edition of the same name by adding a new last section, ‘Houses of Horror’ of 7 stories. 1 · Haunted House · Elizabeth Albright & Ray Bradbury · vi The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories ed. Peter Haining, Robinson, 2000 3 · I Live in a Haunted House · Peter Haining · fw The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories ed. Peter Haining, Robinson, 2000; revised. part previously published as “The Smoke Ghost” in Dancing with the Dark ed. Stephen Jones, Vista, 1997. 7 · 1: Haunted Places: Stories of Fact and Fiction 9 · The Haunted and the Haunters · Edward Bulwer Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865 revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story. 39 · Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine October 1862, uncredited. 53 · A Case of Eavesdropping [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 69 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921 73 · Ghost Hunt · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Weird Tales March 1948 81 · Dark Winner · William F. Nolan · ss Whispers December 1976 87 · 2: Avenging Spirits: Tales of Dangerous Elementals 89 · The Old House in Vauxhall Walk · Charlotte Riddell · nv Home Christmas 1880 109 · No. 252 Rue M. le Prince · Ralph Adams Cram · nv Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 125 · The Southwest Chamber · Mary Eleanor Freeman · na The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins, Doubleday, Page, 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins 145 · The Toll-House · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine April 1907 157 · Feet Foremost · L. P. Hartley · nv The Killing Bottle by L. P. Hartley, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932 191 · Happy Hour · Ian Watson · nv Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990 215 · 3: Shadowy Corners: Accounts of Restless Spirits 217 · The Ankardyne Pew · W. F. Harvey · ss The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928 231 · The Real and the Counterfeit · Louisa Baldwin · ss The Shadow on the Blind and Other Ghost Stories by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin, Dent, 1895 249 · A Night at a Cottage… · Richard Hughes · ss A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926 253 · The Considerate Hosts · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales December 1939 265 · The Grey House · Basil Copper · nv Not After Nightfall by Basil Copper, Four Square, 1967 309 · Watching Me, Watching You · Fay Weldon · ss Woman’s Own January 1981 327 · 4: Phantom Lovers: Sex and the Supernatural 329 · A Spirit Elopement · Richard Dehan · ss Off Sandy Hook and Other Stories by Richard Dehan, Frederick A. Stokes, 1915 339 · The House of Dust · Herbert de Hamel · ss The Blue Magazine #9, March 1920 357 · The Kisstruck Bogie · A. E. Coppard · ss Fearful Pleasures by A. E. Coppard, Arkham House, 1946 367 · Mr. Edward · Norah Lofts · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947 385 · House of the Hatchet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1941 403 · Napier Court · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 421 · 5: Little Terrors: Ghosts and Children 423 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 435 · The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1916 461 · A Little Ghost · Hugh Walpole · ss The Red Book Magazine October 1922 477 · The Patter of Tiny Feet · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain (var. 1) by Nigel Kneale, Knopf, 1950 489 · Uninvited Ghosts · Penelope Lively · ss Frank and Polly Muir’s Big Dipper, Heinemann, 1981 495 · 6: Psychic Phenomena: Signs from the Other Side 497 · Playing with Fire · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900 513 · The Whistling Room [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler March 1910 533 · Bagnell Terrace · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1925 547 · The Companion · Joan Aiken · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1978 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1978 557 · The Ghost Hunter · James Herbert · ex from Haunted, Hodder & Stoughton, 1988 563 · Computer Séance · Ruth Rendell · ss The Oldie 1997 571 · 7: Houses of Horror: Terror Visions of the Stars 573 · In Letters of Fire · Gaston Leroux · ss The Strand Magazine June 1908 translated from the French (“L’homme qui a vu le diable”). 593 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 613 · The Storm · McKnight Malmar · ss Good Housekeeping February 1944 627 · The Waxwork · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X 641 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 655 · Sophy Mason Comes Back · E. M. Delafield · ss Time and Tide 1930 669 · The Boogeyman · Stephen King · ss Cavalier March 1973 683 · Appendix: Haunted House Novels: A Listing · Peter Haining · bi The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories ed. Peter Haining, Robinson, 2000; revised.

The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories: Great Supernatural Tales of the Twentieth Century ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, September 13, 2007, 978-1-84529-476-2, £7.99, xxi+582pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 44 reprinted stories. Authors include M.R. James, Doyle, Kipling, Dunsany, Bradbury, Leiber, van Vogt, and Pullman. xvii · I Have Been Ghost Hunting · Peter Haining · fw 1 · 1. Raising Spectres: The Modern Tradition 3 · “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” · M. R. James · nv Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 21 · The House at Treheale · A. C. Benson · nv (r) 45 · The Richpins · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer & Sons, 1912 59 · The Everlasting Club · Arthur Gray · ss The Cambridge Review October 27 1910, as by Ingulphus 66 · Number Seventy-Nine · A. N. L. Munby · ss The Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories by Alan Noel Latimer Munby, Dennis Dobson, 1949 73 · 2. Ghost Writers: The “Golden Era” 75 · Playing with Fire · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900 88 · The House Surgeon · Rudyard Kipling · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1909 (+1) 110 · The Grove of Ashtaroth · John Buchan · nv Blackwood’s Magazine June 1910 131 · A Man from Glasgow · 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). 141 · The Last Laugh · D. H. Lawrence · ss The New Decameron IV, Blackwell, 1925 157 · The Visit to the Museum · Vladimir Nabokov; translated by Dmitri Nabokov · ss Nabokov’s Dozen by Vladimir Nabokov, Heinemann, 1959 translated from the Russian (“Poseshchenie muzeya”, Sovremennyye zapiski, March 1939, as by Sirin). 167 · 3. Phantom Ranks: Supernatural at War 169 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · vi The (London) Evening News September 29 1914 173 · The Ghost of U65 · G. A. Minto · ss Blackwood’s Magazine July 1962 180 · “Vengeance Is Mine” · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Wolves of God by Algernon Blackwood & Wilfred Wilson, Cassell & Co., 1921 212 · The Punishment · Lord Dunsany · ss Tales of War by Lord Dunsany, Little, Brown, 1918 216 · The Haunted Chateau [Neils Orsen] · Dennis Wheatley · ss Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts by Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, 1943, as “The Case of the Haunted Château” 229 · Pink May · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Demon Lover and Other Stories by Elizabeth Bowen, Jonathan Cape, 1945 237 · A Gremlin in the Beer · Derek Barnes · ss The Spectator June 1942 243 · Money for Jam · Sir Alec Guinness · ss The Penguin New Writing 1945 255 · 4. The Ghost-Feelers: Modern Gothic Tales 257 · The Lady’s Maid’s Bell · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine November 1902 276 · The Duenna · Marie Belloc Lowndes · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 289 · Clytie · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Summer 1941 301 · The Pool · Daphne du Maurier · nv The Breaking Point by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1959 328 · A Spot of Gothic · Jane Gardam · ss The Sidmouth Letters by Jane Gardam, Morrow, 1980 339 · 5. Entertaining Spooks: Supernatural High Jinks 341 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 353 · Full Fathom Five · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker June 22 1929 356 · The Night the Ghost Got In · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker August 12 1933 362 · Sir Tristram Goes West · Eric Keown · ss Punch May 9 1932 370 · Who or What Was It? · Kingsley Amis · ss Playboy December 1972 380 · Another Fine Mess · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1995 389 · 6. Christmas Spirits: Festive Season Chillers 391 · Only a Dream… · Rider Haggard · ss Harry Furniss’s Christmas Annual 1905, as “A Wedding Gift” 398 · The Haunted House · Edith Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine December 1913, as by E. Bland 410 · The Light in the Garden · E. F. Benson · ss Eve November 23 1921 419 · The Prescription · Marjorie Bowen · ss The London Magazine January 1929 435 · Christmas Honeymoon · Howard Spring · nv The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton, 1939 453 · South Sea Bubble · Hammond Innes · ss Punch Christmas 1973 460 · Ringing in the Good News · Peter Ackroyd · ss The Times December 24 1985 467 · 7. Haunting Times: Tales of Unease 469 · Smoke Ghost · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown Worlds October 1941 484 · The Ghost · A. E. van Vogt · nv Unknown Worlds August 1942 516 · The Party · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy April 1967 526 · Underground · J. B. Priestley · ss The Collected Stories of J.B. Priestley by J. B. Priestley, 1974 535 · Haunted · Joyce Carol Oates · nv The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987 554 · Video Nasty · Philip Pullman · ss Cold Feet ed. Jean Richardson, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985 563 · My Beautiful House · Louis de Bernières · ss The Times December 18 2004, as “This Beautiful House” 569 · A Century of Ghost Novels 1900-2000 · Peter Haining · bi

The Mammoth Book of Movie Detectives & Screen Crimes ed. Peter Haining (Carroll & Graf, 1998, 0-7867-0584-1, $10.95, 464pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Robinson 1998 as The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes) revised omnibus of Crime Movies: Classic Murder & Detective Films and Crime Movies 2: Famous Television Crime Series (Severn House, 1996 & 1997).

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, October 30, 2008, 978-1-84529-688-9, £7.99, xvi+521pp, tp, an) xi · I Am a Researcher of the Supernatural · Peter Haining · fw 1 · 1. A Century of Hauntings: Chronology for 1900-2000 · Peter Haining · ar 105 · 2. The Ghost Hunters: Fifty Authentic Supernatural Experiences 110 · Miss Morton’s Ghost · Eleanor Sidgwick · ts (r) 113 · A Remarkable Haunting · Professor William Fletcher Barrett · ts (r) 114 · The Rotating Man · Frank Podmore · ts from “Apparitions and Thought Transference” (r) 116 · The Case of the Buried Bones · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ts 1916 117 · The Trance Reports · Sir Oliver Lodge · ts (r) 119 · Messages from the Other Side · William James · ts (r) 121 · The Old Woman and the Coffin · Professor James Hervey Hyslop · ts (r) 122 · The Haunted Bed · Camille Flammarion · ts (r) 126 · A Dead Mother’s Kiss · Cesare Lombroso · ts from Experiments with Eusapia, 1908 128 · The Phenomena of Materialisation · Albert von Schrenck-Notzing · ex Kegan, Paul & Trench, 1923 131 · The Mystery of Stella C · Eric John Dingwall · ts Weekend 132 · The Hoax of the Spirit Lover · Harry Houdini (ghost written by Harold Ward ,[?]) · ar Weird Tales April 1924 139 · The Irish Poltergeist · Shane Leslie · ts (r) 140 · The Invisible Hands · Violet Tweedale · ex from Ghosts I Have Seen & Other Psychic Experiences, Frederick A. Stokes, December 1919 143 · The Ghost in the Top Hat · Thomas Charles Lethbridge · ts (r) 145 · The Telekinetic Girl · Harry Price · ts (r) 148 · The Puzzle of Borley Rectory · Professor Cyril Edwin Mitchinson Joad · ar Harper’s Magazine June 1938, as “Adventures in Psychical Research” 151 · The Phantom Ship · James Reynolds · ts (r) 160 · All Hallows Eve Haunt · Elliott O’Donnell · ts (r) 165 · A Vision of Tomorrow · Eileen Garrett · ex from Adventures in the Supernatural, Garrett Publications, 1949 167 · One of Our Boys · Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding · ts Sunday Pictorial 1943 169 · The Spectral Dog · John Harries · ts from The Ghost Hunter’s Road Book, Frederick Muller, 1974 171 · Murdered by the Nazis · Dennis Bardens · ts (r) 176 · The Haunted Farmhouse · Alasdair Alpin MacGregor · ts (r) 180 · Ghosts Walk on Fridays · Fred Archer · ts (r) 185 · Under the Influence · Hereward Carrington · ts (r) 191 · Photographing a Ghost · Joseph Braddock · ts (r) 196 · The Break-in from Beyond · Coral Lorenzen · ts from The Shadow of the Unknown, 1970 198 · The Baltimore Poltergeist · Nandor Fodor · ts Fate 1964 206 · The Burnley School Spook · Susy Smith · ts Prominent American Ghosts by Susy Smith, The World Publishing Company, 1967 218 · The Man in the Uniform · Hans Holzer · ts (r) 220 · The Steps in the Stairwell · Marc Alexander · ts from Phantom Britain, Frederick Muller, 1975 222 · The Fen Mystery · Peter Underwood · ts (r) 225 · The Woman in White · Andrew Green · ts (r) 226 · The Pyromaniac Ghost · Ena Twigg · ts (r) 229 · The Ghost Who Knew He Was Dead · Canon John Pearce-Higgins · ts (r) 233 · Séance with a Son · Bishop James Pike · ex from From the Other Side, Doubleday, 1968 236 · The House of Ill-Fame · Dom Robert Petitpierre · ts (r) 237 · The Ghost of Nessie · Reverend Donald Omand · ts (r) 238 · The Haunted Place · Arthur Guirdham · ts from A Foot in Both Worlds, Neville Spearman, 1973 240 · Wraith of a Murder · Joan Forman · ts (r) 242 · The Figure from the Past · Matthew Manning · ts (r) 244 · Uri Geller’s Unexpected Guest · Professor John Hasted · ts 1976 245 · The Council House Rowdy · Professor Archie Roy · ts News of the World June 1978 247 · Were We the Ghosts? · Doctor Alan Gauld & Tony Cornell · ts from Poltergeists, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979 254 · No Such Thing as Spooks? · Doris Stokes · ts (r) 255 · The House on the Lake · Arthur Koestler · ts (r) 259 · The Psychic Force of Evil · D. Scott Rogo · ts UFO Annual 1975 261 · The Coutts Bank Revenant · Eddie Burks · ts The Independent January 1994 263 · Sensing Ghosts · Mia Doran · ts The Sunday Times February 2007 267 · 3. Phantoms in the Sky: Ghostly Pilots, Aircraft and Haunted Airfields · Peter Haining · ar 291 · 4. Encounters with the Unknown: Eyewitness Stories by Journalists 295 · A Visit to the Devil’s Castle · W. T. Stead · ts (r) 298 · Haunted by a Shadow · Shaw Desmond · ts (r) 300 · They Walk the Battlefields · James Wentworth Day · ts (r) 304 · A Photographic Seance · James Malcolm Bird · ts (r) 316 · The Racket of the Poltergeist · Arthur Machen · ts The Referee January 1928 318 · Edgar Wallace Returns · Maurice Barbanell · ts Psychic News November 1932 323 · My Talks with the Dead · Hannen Swaffer · ts (r) 328 · Spirits Speak for the Record · John Gay Stevens · ts Fate 1933 336 · The Warning · Robert Thurston Hopkins · ts (r) 337 · An Eminent Victorian in Wartime London · Alan Dent · ts The Illustrated London News Christmas 1967 345 · My Domestic Ghosts · Mary Carter Roberts · ss The New Yorker October 7 1950 348 · The Glowing Chest · Chapman Pincher · ts Ghosts Over England by R. Thurston Hopkins, Meridian Books, 1953 350 · The Greenwich Village Ghost · Elizabeth Byrd · ts The Villager April 30 1964 353 · Exposing George the Ghost · Ken Gardner · ts The People May 10 1964 355 · The Six O’Clock Visitor · Gerard Fairlie · ts News of the World December 20 1964 356 · The Empty House · Gordon Honeycombe · ts Sunday People December 15 1974 357 · A Message for Georgina · Brian Inglis · ts (r) 359 · 5. Haunted Stars: Show Business and the Supernatural · Peter Haining · ar 393 · 6. Supernatural Tales: True Ghost Stories by Famous Authors 398 · The Toadpool Poltergeist · Sacheverell Sitwell · ex from Poltergeists, Faber and Faber, 1940 399 · The Crouching Figure · Dennis Wheatley · ts (r) 401 · The Wrecker’s Cave · John Betjeman · ts (r) 403 · The Wounded Cavalier · Barbara Cartland · ts (r) 403 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921 405 · The Belle of Bath · Montague Summers · ex from The Galanty Show, Cecil Woolf, July 1980 406 · The Room of Apparitions · Thomas Mann · ts (r) 409 · The Unseen World · Henry Williamson · ts The Daily Telegraph 410 · Something Utterly Malign · Joan Grant · ts (r) 412 · What I Believe About Ghosts · Robert Graves · ts Picture Post December 27 1941 417 · The Lady in Blue · Daphne du Maurier · ts (r) 418 · The Midnight Hour · Algernon Blackwood · ar The Queen November 24 1948 421 · The Haunted Child · Nicholas Monsarrat · ts (r) 423 · Hantu · Anthony Burgess · ts (r) 426 · The Little House on the Hill · Miriam Allen deFord · ts True Experiences with Ghosts ed. Martin Ebon, Signet, 1968 432 · The Elementals · Robert Aickman · ts The Illustrated London News Christmas 1959 433 · The Ghost Over My Shoulder · Constantine FitzGibbon · ts (r) 435 · Someone Stared · Frederick Forsyth · ts (r) 436 · The Sound of Music · Beryl Bainbridge · ts (r) 439 · 7. Phantom Lovers: Sexual Encounters with Ghosts · Peter Haining · ar 463 · 8. What Are Ghosts? The Theories of the Experts · Peter Haining · ar 491 · 9. An A-Z of Ghosts: Phantoms of the World · Peter Haining · ar 515 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi 519 · Research Organizations · [uncredited] · ms

The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, October 29, 1998, 1-85487-536-1, £6.99, 482pp, tp, oa, cover: [photo] by Gordon Crabb)     Anthology of 30 stories, including an original by Haining. Authors include Doyle, James, Kuttner, Steinbeck, Wells, and Wodehouse. 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 3 · One: The Golden Era 5 · The Third Person · Henry James · nv The Soft Side by Henry James, Methuen, 1900 41 · The Presence by the Fire · H. G. Wells · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper August 14 1897 49 · How It Happened · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1913 55 · A Ghostly Duel · Jack London · ss The (Oakland) High School Aegis October 21 1895, as “Who Believes in Ghosts!” 65 · The Hand · Theodore Dreiser · nv Munsey’s Magazine May 1919 88 · The Ghost of Down Hill · Edgar Wallace · nv The Ghost of Down Hill and The Queen of Sheba’s Belt by Edgar Wallace, Readers Library, 1929 131 · Honeysuckle Cottage [Mr. Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · nv Meet Mr. Mulliner by P. G. Wodehouse, Herbert Jenkins, 1927 revised from the story of the same name (Saturday Evening Post, January 24, 1925) to turn it into a Mulliner story. 158 · The Old Dark House · J. B. Priestley · ex from Benighted, Heinemann, October 1927 188 · Sophy Mason Comes Back · E. M. Delafield · ss Time and Tide 1930 204 · In a Glass Darkly · Agatha Christie · ss Collier’s July 28 1934 213 · Two: The Phantom Army 215 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · vi The (London) Evening News September 29 1914 221 · The Other Side of the Medal · Stella Gibbons · ss The Saturday Book ed. Leonard Russell, Hutchinson, 1946 230 · Three Lines of Old French · A. Merritt · nv All-Story Weekly August 9 1919 255 · The Lusitania Waits · Alfred Noyes · ss New-York Tribune December 31 1916 262 · Vengeance Is Mine · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Wolves of God by Algernon Blackwood & Wilfred Wilson, Cassell & Co., 1921 304 · We Are the Dead · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales April 1937 311 · The Escort · Daphne du Maurier · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2737, May 1940 330 · The Elf in Algiers · John Steinbeck · ss Pause to Wonder ed. Marjorie Fischer & Rolfe Humphries, Julian Messner, 1944 334 · The Mirror in Room 22 · James Hadley Chase · ss Slipstream ed. David Langdon, 1946, as by Squadron Leader Rene Raymond 341 · Is There a Life Beyond the Gravy? · Stevie Smith · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947 359 · Three: The Modern Tradition 361 · Sloane Square · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947 370 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956 378 · At the Chalet Lartrec · Winston Graham · ss John Bull May 31 1947 393 · The Love of a Good Woman · William Trevor · ss The Eighth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Jenkins, 1972 408 · The Haunting of Shawley Rectory · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979 428 · Voices in the Coalbin · Mary Higgins Clark · ss Sisters in Crime 2 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990 440 · A Good Sound Marriage · Fay Weldon · ss Ladies’ Home Journal October 1991 449 · A Self-Possessed Woman · Julian Barnes · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Cape, 1975 467 · A Programmed Christmas Carol · John Mortimer · ss The Daily Mail December 24 1994 478 · A Figment in Time · Peter Haining · ss

Meals on Wheels by W. Heath Robinson ed. Peter Haining--- see under W. Heath Robinson.

Meet Death at Night and Other Tales of Terror ed. Peter Haining--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

MG Log ed. Peter Haining (Greenwich Editions, 1997, 0-86288-136-6, £15.99, 176pp, hc, oa)     Reprint (Souvenir Press 1993) “celebration of the world’s favourite sports car”. 7 · Preface · [uncredited] · pr 9 · Octagonal Fever · Peter Haining · ar 25 · The Man Who Loved His Dream · Jean Cook · ar 43 · The Vintage Years · Cyril Mellor · ar 60 · The Lure of Speed · Cecil Kimber · ar part of a lecture given to the Specialloids Sports and Social Club in Finchley in 1944. 70 · The Wonder Years · Barry Foster · ar 83 · The MG Fast Ladies · Anna Guerrier · ar 99 · The Immortal “T” Types · David Saunders · ar 120 · MGB: “The World’s Most Popular Sports Car” · Geoff Shirt · ar 135 · Restoring MG Cars · Mike Allison · ar 154 · The MG Models 1923-1993 · [uncredited] · ms 170 · The MG File · [uncredited] · ms

The Midnight Penthouse ed. Peter Haining (Bernard Geis, 1968, 850-49004-9, 45/-, 256pp, hc, an)     Anthology of pieces originally published in Penthouse. 9 · Editor’s Note · Peter Haining · fw 10 · Introduction · Bob Guccione · in 12 · [cartoon] · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) February 1968 13 · Great in the Hay · Norman Mailer · vi (r) 14 · Centre Forward · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 15 · Adults Only? · Frederic Mullally · ar Penthouse (UK) November 1967 24 · Fur Sale · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 25 · Salvador Dali · William Fifield · iv Penthouse (UK) June/July 1967 [Ref. Salvador Dali] 29 · Delivery Round · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 30 · untitled (“What do I do now, Mr Grossblatt…Mr Grossblatt…I said, Mr Grossblatt.”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) April 1967 31 · The Elopement · John Gardner · ss Penthouse (UK) October/November 1966 38 · Wined and Downed · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 38 · Pearl Dance · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 39 · The Rapacious Highwayman [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) March 1968, as by Jonathan Clements 41 · A Dream of Fair Women · H. E. Bates · ss Penthouse (UK) November 1965 48 · Holly Tale · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 48 · Smoking Cure · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 49 · Interview: Edna O’Brien · Herb Greer · iv Penthouse (UK) April 1967, as “Leading an Interior Life” [Ref. Edna O’Brien] 57 · Up the Ladder · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 58 · untitled (“Gee, Mr. Crandell…is this really what they call skin diving…?”) · Forbes · ct Penthouse (UK) August 1967 59 · Love Is a Groove · Michael Thomas · ar (r) 72 · untitled (“Hello, Mabel, if there’s a doctor in the house, untie him and send him up to 203…”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) October 1967 73 · The “Lomokome” Papers · Herman Wouk · na Collier’s February 17 1956 108 · untitled (“You know what? I think I’m engaged!”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) May 1967 109 · Pop Goes the Suitor [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) April 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 110 · Staying Power · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 111 · Sexology’s Pioneer · Alan Hull Walton · ar Penthouse (UK) March 1967, as “Havelock Ellis: A Retrospect of Sexology’s Pioneer” 120 · To Have and Have Not · Bob Guccione · ct Penthouse (UK) November 1965 121 · On the Swanley By-Pass · John Bratby · vi Penthouse (UK) January/February 1967 124 · Siam Old Story · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 125 · Simon Dee · Frederic Mullally · iv Penthouse (UK) February 1968 [Ref. Simon Dee] 134 · Maid Her · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 134 · Tower Power · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 135 · In Search of the Perfect Woman · Rona Jaffe · ar Penthouse (UK) December 1967 149 · Knee Trembler · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 150 · untitled (“Really darling, we ought to get rid of those empties now the guests have gone!”) · Eglesfield · ct Penthouse (UK) January/February 1967 151 · The Headpiece · Ray Bradbury · ss Lilliput May 1958 155 · Warm Up · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 156 · untitled (“Please, Mr. Grundyke, not here!”) · Chris · ct Penthouse (UK) December 1965 157 · The Key of Virtue [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) January/February 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 159 · Interview: Peter Brook · Herb Greer · iv Penthouse (UK) March 1967, as “What I’m Driving at in the Theatre” [Ref. Peter Brook] 169 · Spotlight · Budd Schulberg · vi Liberty November 19 1938 171 · Touch and Go? · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 172 · untitled (“I came home early because no-one seems to go to the old club any more…”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) March 1967 173 · What Did They Do When the Lights Went Out? · Don Wiedenman · ar Penthouse (UK) February 1968 178 · untitled (“I know all that business about taking from the rich and giving to us poor…it’s how we have to earn it that bugs me!”) · Forbes · ct Penthouse (UK) July 1968 179 · The Adulterous Ostrich [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) March 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 181 · Write Is Might · Bob Guccione · pl Penthouse (UK) September 1967 186 · untitled (“Have you ever tried pot, Miss Bennister?”) · Bob Guccione · ct Penthouse (UK) November 1965 187 · Allen Ginsberg · Christopher Kypreos · iv Penthouse (UK) November 1967 [Ref. Allen Ginsberg] 198 · Old School Tie · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 198 · Cock Crow · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 199 · A Knight Errant Bold [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) June/July 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 201 · The Follower · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt July 1953, as by Hunt Collins 208 · Mammarabilia · Jan Kristofori · ct Penthouse (UK) September 1967 209 · Tribulations of an Erotic Painter · Chris Robbins · ar Penthouse (UK) February 1968 213 · Draw the Line · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 214 · [cartoon] · John Mead · ct Penthouse (UK) 215 · The Dodo and the Doxies [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) August 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 216 · A Harlot Called Gail · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 217 · The Dirtiest Book in the World · Rory Harrity · hu Penthouse (UK) July 1968 222 · untitled (“Hi, there! Let me introduce myself—I’m the architect of this building.”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) January 1968 223 · Burma Incident · John Masters · ss Suspense (UK) January 1961 232 · untitled (“The trouble with you, George, is you’ve got a suspicious mind!”) · Eglesfield · ct Penthouse (UK) August 1966 237 · The UFO Conspiracy · [uncredited] · ar Penthouse (UK) January 1968 (+3)

The Midnight People: Being Eighteen Terrifying and Bizarre Tales of Vampires ed. Peter Haining (Leslie Frewin, 1968, 30/-, 255pp, hc, an)     Anthology of vampire stories. Also available in pb in the US from Popular Library, 1968; and in the UK from Ensign Books, 1974. Retitled Vampires at Midnight, Grosset & Dunlap, 1970. 11 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 15 · Fritz Haarmann—“The Hanover Vampire” · Montague Summers · ar The Vampire: His Kith and Kin by Montague Summers, Kegan, Paul, 1928 21 · The Vampire of Croglin Grange · Augustus Hare · ss The Story of My Life by Augustus Hare, George Allen, London, 1896 26 · The Vampyre · Dr. John William Polidori · nv The New Monthly Magazine April 1 1819, as by Lord Byron 50 · The Storm Visitor · Thomas P. Prest (error, actually by James Malcolm Rymer) · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, anonymously, E. Lloyd, 1847, uncredited. this work was long attributed to Prest but opinion has now shifted to Rymer as the author. 57 · Three Young Ladies [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ex from Dracula, Constable, 1897 62 · An Episode of Cathedral History · M. R. James · ss The Cambridge Review June 10 1914 82 · Bat’s Belfry · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1926 93 · “And No Bird Sings” · E. F. Benson · ss Woman December 1926 109 · The Believer · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930, as “The Vampire” 116 · The Drifting Snow · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales February 1939, as by August W. Derleth 129 · When It Was Moonlight · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown February 1940 147 · Over the River · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Unknown April 1941 162 · Drink My Blood · Richard Matheson · ss Imagination April 1951, as ““Drink My Red Blood…”” 172 · Pillar of Fire · Ray Bradbury · nv Planet Stories Summer 1948 218 · Dr. Porthos · Basil Copper · ss 226 · The Living Dead · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1967 234 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949 253 · Postscript · Montague Summers · ex The Vampire in Europe by Montague Summers, Kegan Paul, Trench & Trubner, 1929

Midnight Tales by Bram Stoker ed. Peter Haining--- see under Bram Stoker.

The Monster Makers ed. Peter Haining (Victor Gollancz, 1974, 0-575-01729-5, £1.80, 288pp, hc, an)     Eighteen stories about the creation of life, human and otherwise. Note the abridged edition from Knight Books (1980). 13 · Editor’s Introduction · Peter Haining · in 17 · The Monster Lives! · Mary W. Shelley · ex from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, anonymously, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited. 25 · The Facts of M. Valdemar’s Case · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845, as “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” 37 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 46 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s” 58 · The Monster Maker · W. C. Morrow · nv The Argonaut October 15 1887, as “The Surgeon’s Experiment” 78 · And the Dead Spake · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1922 101 · The Stolen Body · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine November 1898 120 · The Vivisector Vivisected · Sir Ronald Ross · nv Strange Assembly ed. John Gawsworth, Unicorn Press, 1932 138 · The Incubator Man · Wallace West · ss Weird Tales October 1928 148 · The Plague Demon · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew March 1922 156 · The Strange Island of Doctor Nork · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales March 1949 182 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown August 1940 211 · Lazarus II · Richard Matheson · ss Fantastic Story Magazine July 1953 225 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 233 · Men of Iron · Guy Endore · ss Black & White January 1940 242 · Changeling · Ray Bradbury · ss Super Science Stories July 1949 253 · Robot AL-76 Goes Astray [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories February 1942 270 · Baby · Carol Emshwiller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1958

The Monster Makers (var. 1) ed. Peter Haining (Knight, 1980, 0-340-25093-3, 95p, 130pp, pb, an)     Abridged from original edition (Gollancz, 1974) with revised introductions. 9 · Editor’s Introduction · Peter Haining · in The Monster Makers ed. Peter Haining, Gollancz, 1974 13 · The Monster Lives! · Mary W. Shelley · ex from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, anonymously, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited. 20 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s” 31 · The Monster Maker · W. C. Morrow · nv The Argonaut October 15 1887, as “The Surgeon’s Experiment” 50 · And the Dead Spake · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1922 71 · The Incubator Man · Wallace West · ss Weird Tales October 1928 80 · The Strange Island of Doctor Nork · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales March 1949 103 · Lazarus II · Richard Matheson · ss Fantastic Story Magazine July 1953 116 · Robot AL-76 Goes Astray [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories February 1942

More of Christopher Lee’s New Chamber of Horrors ed. Peter Haining (Mayflower, December 1976, 583-12636-7, 60p, 159pp, pb, an)     Contains 7 of the 16 stories in Christopher Lee’s New Chamber of Horrors (Souvenir Press, 1974). 7 · About Christopher Lee · Peter Haining · pr Christopher Lee’s New Chamber of Horrors ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press, 1974 9 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in Christopher Lee’s New Chamber of Horrors ed. Peter Haining, Souvenir Press, 1974 13 · The Empty Sleeve · Algernon Blackwood · ss The London Magazine January 1911 32 · The Thing on the Doorstep [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales January 1937 63 · Four Ghosts in Hamlet · Fritz Leiber · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1965 103 · The Devil, George, and Rosie · John Collier · nv The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 126 · The October Game · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales March 1948 136 · A Life for a Life · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1935 149 · No Such Thing as a Vampire · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy October 1959

More Tales of Unknown Horror ed. Peter Haining (NEL, January 1979, 450-04229-4, 80p, 140pp, pb, an, cover by Tony Masero)     Third volume of lesser known stories. Later revised as The Third Book of Unknown Tales of Horror. 7 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 11 · Gothic: Dr. Immortelle · Kathleen Ludwick · nv Amazing Stories Quarterly Fall 1930 39 · Weird: The Passing of Van Mitten · Claude Farrère; translated by Roy Temple House · ss Weird Tales February 1938 translated from the French (“Monsieur Van Mitten rendait l’âme…”). 44 · Terror: The River of Death · Fred M. White · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1904 51 · Macabre: Morning on the Wissahiccon · Edgar Allan Poe · vi Opal 1844 54 · Uncanny: The Spider’s Eye · Fitz-James O’Brien (error, actually by Lucretia P. Hale) · ss Putnam’s Monthly July 1856 69 · Supernatural: A Shot at the Sun · M. P. Shiel · ss The Pictorial Magazine October 24 1903 76 · Fantasy: The Little Man on the Subway · Isaac Asimov & James MacCreigh · ss Fantasy Book #6, 1950 88 · Bizarre: The Undead Die · E. Everett Evans & Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1948, as by E. Everett Evans 103 · Outré: Delenda Est · Robert E. Howard · ss Worlds of Fantasy v1 #1, 1968 110 · Mystery: On the Theatre Steps · Rosemary Timperley · ss 114 · Fear: Between Eight and Eight · C. S. Forester · ss The Evening Standard June 13 1934 127 · Spine-Chiller: The Night of the Tiger · Stephen King · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1978

More Weird Tales ed. Peter Haining--- see under Weird Tales Vol. 2 ed. Peter Haining, Sphere, 1978.

Movie Monsters: Great Horror Film Stories ed. Peter Haining (Severn House, May 1988, 0-7278-1546-6, £10.95, 282pp, hc, an, cover by John Costelloe)     Anthology of stories that were the basis of classic horror films. 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 3 · Inviting Frankenstein Into the Parlour · Ray Bradbury · ar Argosy December 1974, as “Boris, Bela and Me” 8 · Balaoo—The Demon Baboon · Gaston Leroux; translated by Alexander T. DeMattos · ex from Balaoo, Hurst & Blackett, 1913 32 · The Golem · Chayim Bloch · ss (r) translated from the German (“Der Golem”, Oesterreichischen Wochenschrift, 1914). 52 · The Beetle · Richard Marsh · ex Skeffington, 1897 65 · The Mummy · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Cornhill Magazine January 1890, as “The Ring of Thoth”, uncredited. 84 · King Kong · Edgar Wallace & Draycot M. Dell · ss Cinema Weekly October 28 1933 101 · The Bride of Frankenstein · Guy Preston · nv Pearson’s Weekly September 28 1935 (+2); given as by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley & Guy Preston. 132 · Dracula’s Daughter [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914, as “Dracula’s Guest” written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 146 · The War of the Worlds [War of the Worlds] · H. G. Wells · n. Heinemann, 1898; condensed by the author (The Strand Magazine, February 1920). 159 · The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 23 1951 169 · The Night of the Demon · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1911, as “Casting the Runes” 192 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv Playboy June 1957 223 · The Thing · John W. Campbell, Jr. · na Astounding Science-Fiction August 1938, as ““Who Goes There?”” by Don A. Stuart

M.R. James—Book of the Supernatural ed. Peter Haining (Foulsham, 1979, 0-572-01048-6, £5.95, 128pp, hc, an) [Ref. M. R. James]     Large-size illustrated volume reprinting writings about and stories by, or which influenced, M. R. James. 7 · Foreword · Sir John Betjeman · fw 9 · The Haunted World of M.R. James · Peter Haining · ar 19 · Some Remarks on Ghost Stories · Dr. Montague R. James · ar The Bookman December 1929 31 · M.R. James as Sherlock Holmes · [uncredited] · ar The Times March 8 1927 report of James’s lecture at Eton, March 7, 1927. 34 · Twelve Medieval Ghost Stories · M. R. James; translated by Pamela Chamberlaine · nv; twelve ghost stories allegedly recorded in Latin by a monk of Byland Abbey shortly after 1400, and transcribed by MRJ. translated from the Latin (English Historical Review, July 1922). 50 · The Vampire of Kring · [uncredited] · ar Camber November 14 1856 62 · The Novels and Stories of J. Sheridan Le Fanu · M. R. James · ar adapted from the notes for a lecture of the same name given by James at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 16th March 1923. 66 · The Little Red Man · J. S. Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round July 27 1872, as “To Begin with Rats”, uncredited.; one of the “Stories of Lough Guir” usually entitled “The Earl’s Hall”. 70 · The White and the Black · Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Pamela Chamberlaine · ss (r); dated 1867. translated from the French (“Le blanc et le noir”, Le Monde illustré, January 15, 1862). 90 · The Story of the Bulbul · M. R. James · ss; story based on an original Indian story included in Indian Fairy Tales by Maive Stokes, 1880. originally included in a letter from James to Jane McBryde, written February 9, 1917. 92 · My Dream of a Murderer’s Ghost · M. R. James · ex extract from a letter by James written in August 1928. 96 · “A Warning to the Curious…” · Charles R. Beard · ex The Romance of Treasure Trove by Charles R. Beard, 1925 98 · The Experiment · Dr. M. R. James · ss The Morning Post December 31 1931 107 · [extract from letter to Gwendolen McBryde, February 12, 1932] · M. R. James · lt 108 · The Mystery of a Satanist Picture · [uncredited] · ar The Times January 21 1932 112 · The Satanist Picture · M. R. James · lt The Times January 25 1932 113 · A Vignette · Montague Rhodes James · ss The London Mercury November 1936 _115 · Masters of Fantasy: M.R. James—Ghost Writer Number One · Neil Austin · ia Famous Fantastic Mysteries April 1950 123 · A Tribute to M.R.J. · Christopher Lee · ar 128 · Bibliography · Peter Haining · bi

M.R. James—The Book of Ghost Stories ed. Peter Haining (Stein and Day, 1984, 0-8128-8056-0, $3.95, 232pp, pb, an, cover by Gilbert James) [Ref. M. R. James]     Reprint (Foulsham 1979 as M.R. James—Book of the Supernatural) ghost anthology. Title given as just The Book of Ghost Stories in some places.

The Mummy: Stories of the Living Corpse ed. Peter Haining (Severn House, November 1988, 0-7278-1556-3, £10.95, 263pp, hc, an, cover by Trevor Newman) 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 15 · Some Words with a Mummy · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Review April 1845 32 · My New Year’s Eve Among the Mummies · Grant Allen · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1878, as by J. Arbuthnot Wilson 47 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892 81 · The Story of Baelbrow [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1898 95 · A Professor of Egyptology · Guy Boothby · ss The Graphic December 10 1904 114 · The Mysterious Mummy · Sax Rohmer · ss Pearson’s Weekly Christmas Extra November 26 1903, as by A. Sarsfield Ward 126 · The Mummy’s Foot · Theophile 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). 137 · Black Coffee · Jeffery Farnol · ss The Shadow and Other Stories by Jeffery Farnol, Sampson Low, 1929 150 · Imprisoned with the Pharaohs · Harry Houdini (ghost written by H. P. Lovecraft) · nv Weird Tales May/June/July 1924; given as by H.P. Lovecraft & Harry Houdini. 178 · The Mummy Worshippers · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Strange Cults & Secret Societies of Modern London by Elliott O'Donnell, Philip Allan, 1934 184 · The Flying Head · A. Hyatt Verrill · ss Strange Stories June 1939 195 · Monkeys · E. F. Benson · ss Weird Tales December 1933 211 · The Mummy’s Ghost · Griffin Jay & Henry Sucher · ss (r) 222 · The Secret of Sebek [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1937 239 · A Life for a Life · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1935 250 · Colonel Stonesteel’s Genuine Home-Made Truly Egyptian Mummy · Ray Bradbury · ss Omni May 1981