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The Annotated and Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Edgar Allan Poe.

The Best Ghost Stories and Weird Fiction of M.R. James by M. R. James ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under M. R. James.

Campfire Ghost Stories About Haunted Forests and Cursed Campers: An Anthology of Woodland Tales ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, December 21, 2020, 979-8584889586, $17.00, 387pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 20 stories and 1 poem, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

7 · Ulalume · Edgar Allan Poe · pm American Whig Review December 1847

10 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

· Temptations in the Wilderness

16 · The Dead Valley · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895

23 · The White People · Arthur Machen · nv Horlick’s Magazine and Home Journal for Australia, India and the Colonies January 1904

51 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”

61 · Roger Malvin’s Burial · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv The Token 1832, 1831, uncredited.

75 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, August 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon

· That Dark Old House in the Woods

85 · The Suitable Surroundings · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 14 1889

91 · A Haunted Island · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine April 1899

103 · Tailypo · M. Grant Kellermeyer · ss The Yellow Booke: Volume VI ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Oldstyle Tales Press, October 2017; a retelling of a traditional Appalachian story.

112 · Some Haunted Houses · Ambrose Bierce · gp (r)

_ · The Isle of Pines · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 26 1888

_ · A Fruitless Assignment · Ambrose Bierce · ss Current Literature July 1889, as “An Assignment”

_ · A Vine on a House · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine October 1905

_ · At Old Man Eckert’s · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner November 17 1901

_ · The Spook House · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 7 1889

_ · The Other Lodgers · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine August 1907

_ · The Thing at Nolan · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 2 1891, as “A Queer Story”

· Camping Trips from Hell

128 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, November 1907

165 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, June 1910

200 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902

212 · The Camp of the Dog [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · na John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, September 1908

262 · The Valley of the Beasts · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Wolves of God by Algernon Blackwood & Wilfred Wilson, Cassell & Co., May 1921

· There’s Something Off About These Woods

278 · The Eyes of the Panther · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner October 17 1897

285 · The Thing in the Forest · Bernard Capes · vi The Fabulists by Bernard Capes, Mills & Boon, 1915

288 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #1, June 23 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon

301 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891

304 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893

312 · The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #6, March 15 1820, as by Geoffrey Crayon

The Captain of the Polestar, Lot No. 249, and Other Horrors by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

A Christmas Carol, The Signalman and Other Ghostly Tales by Charles Dickens ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Charles Dickens.

Classic Maine Ghosts: Gripping Tales of Horror and Haunting ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Jon Arlin Schlenker, Jessica Chazin & Charles G. Waugh (Oldstyle Tales Press, March 16, 2026, $4.05, ebook, an)
A revised and extended version of Haunting Me.: 22 Classic Maine Ghost Stories ed. Jon Schlenker, Jessie Chazin & Charles G. Waugh (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2024), dropping two stories and adding eight stories and a poem.

· The Dead Ship of Harpswell · John Greenleaf Whittier · pm The Atlantic Monthly June 1866, uncredited.

· Introduction · Charles G. Waugh · in

· Roger Malvin’s Burial · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv The Token 1832, 1831, uncredited.

· Back from the Bourne · Edward Page Mitchell · ss The Sun December 19 1874, uncredited.

· Lady Ferry · Sarah Orne Jewett · nv Old Friends and New by Sarah Orne Jewett, Houghton, 1879

· The Brig’s Ghost · H. F. C. · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly March 1886

· Witch Kate · Robert G. Denig · ss The Outing Magazine February 1895

· The Guardian of Mystery Island · Dr. Edmond Nolcini · ss The Black Cat September 1896

· The Red Wolf · Allen French · ss New England Magazine October 1900

· Who Fell from Aloft? · George S. Wasson · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1902

· Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s Weekly April 4 1903 (+2)

· Out of the Depths · Robert W. Chambers · ss Collier’s Weekly December 3 1904

· The White Stag · William J. Long · ss Leslie’s Monthly Magazine August 1905

· The Voodoo-Woman · Mary S. Watts · ss McClure’s Magazine December 1907

· The Waiting Hand · Margaret Deland · nv The Century Magazine July 1909

· The Moths [Capt. Nichols] · Lincoln Colcord · ss Collier’s March 18 1911

· The Luck of the Annie Crosby · Frederick William Wallace · ss Adventure December 1912

· The Other Woman · Richard Washburn Child · ss Ladies’ Home Journal March 1913

· Rain · Dana Burnet · ss The Grim 13 ed. Frederick Stuart Greene, Dodd, Mead, 1917

· The Red Pipe · W. C. Gaynor · nv The Catholic World July 1914 (+1)

· Fog · Dana Burnet · ss McBride’s Magazine February 1916

· The Foot-Print at Frawleys · Arthur W. Patterson · ss Lewiston Journal May 22 1920

· Peter Ronco · Charles Boardman Hawes · ss The Open Road October 1921

· The Phantom Farmhouse · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales October 1923

· The Dream · Dana Burnet · ss Ladies’ Home Journal January 1924

· Perfectly Absurd · Ben Ames Williams · ss The Ladies’ Home Journal February 1924

· Old Man Ledge · May Stanley · nv Pictorial Review June 1925

· The Four Dreams of Gram Perkins · Ruth Sawyer · ss The American Mercury October 1926

· Creatures of the Night · Ben Ames Williams · ss The American Magazine February 1930

· Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

· Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Classic, Spooky Poems for Halloween Night: A Fireside Anthology of Gothic Poems ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, September 12, 2020, 979-8685747426, $15.00, 239pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 83 poems, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

11 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

· Ghosts: Tales of Spirits and Shades

14 · Dance of the Dead · J. W. von Goethe · pm (r)

17 · We Are Seven · William Wordsworth · pm Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798

19 · The Shadow on the Stone · Thomas Hardy · pm Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Thomas Hardy, Macmillan and Co., 1917

20 · The Highwayman · Alfred Noyes · pm Blackwood’s Magazine August 1906

24 · Ghosts · Fitz-James O’Brien · pm The Knickerbocker January 1859

25 · The Poor Ghost · Christina Rossetti · pm Poems of Christina Rossetti by Christina Rossetti, Macmillan, 1904

26 · Methought I Saw… · John Milton · pm Poems of Mr. John Milton, 2nd edn. by John Milton, Thomas Dring, 1673, as “Sonnet 23”

28 · I Died for Beauty… · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1890

29 · The Phantom Wooer · Thomas Lovell Beddoes · pm from Death’s Jest-Book, William Pickering, 1850

30 · Lenore · Gottfried August Bürger · pm (r)
translated from the German (“Lenore”, Göttinger Musenalmanach, 1774).

38 · The Ghosts’ Moonshine · Thomas Lovell Beddoes · pm The Poems Posthumous and Collected of Thomas Lovell Beddoes by Thomas Lovell Beddoes, W. Pickering, 1851

· Goblins: Tales of Sprites and Bogeys

39 · Little Orphant Annie · James Whitcomb Riley · pm Indianapolis Journal November 15 1885, as “The Elf-Child”

42 · The Erl-King · J. W. von Goethe · pm (r)
translated from the German (“Der Erlkönig”, 1782).

43 · The Kraken · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Poems Chiefly Lyrical by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Effingham Wilson, 1830

45 · The Conqueror Worm · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine January 1843

46 · Jabberwocky · Lewis Carroll · pm from Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Macmillan, December 1871

47 · Goblin Market · Christina Rossetti · pm The Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti, 1862

62 · The Stolen Child · W. B. Yeats · pm The Irish Monthly December 1886

64 · The Tyger · William Blake · pm Songs of Experience by William Blake, 1794

65 · Nine Little Goblins · James Whitcomb Riley · pm Puck February 22 1882, as “Nightmare”

68 · The Garrison of Cape Ann · John Greenleaf Whittier · pm Home Ballads and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier, Ticknor & Fields, 1860

71 · Tam Lin · [uncredited] · pm (r); a traditional ballad.

77 · Will-o’-the-Wisp · Madison Cawein · pm Undertones by Madison Cawein, Copeland and Day, 1896

· Witches: Tales of Sorcery and Hags

78 · The Amber Witch · William Vaughn Moody · pm The Harvard Monthly March 1892

80 · The Sorcerer’s Apprentice · J. W. von Goethe · pm (r)

83 · The Witch of Atlas · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm Posthumous Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824

86 · A Weird Gathering · John Greenleaf Whittier · pm Legends of New England by John Greenleaf Whittier, Hartford, 1831

93 · Macbeth’s Song of the Witches · William Shakespeare · ex from Macbeth, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623

96 · Tam o’ Shanter · Robert Burns · pm Edinburgh Magazine March 1791

102 · The Laboratory · Robert Browning · pm Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany June 1844

105 · The Hag · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648

106 · The White Witch · James Weldon Johnson · pm The Crisis 1915

108 · The Witch of Coös · Robert Frost · pm Poetry January 1922

112 · The Witch Bride · William Allingham · pm Poems by William Allingham, Chapman & Hall, 1850

114 · The Town Witch · Madison Cawein · pm The Pathfinder December 1908

· Vampires: Tales of Seducers and Shapeshifters

115 · The Vampire · Conrad Aiken · pm Turns and Movies and Other Tales in Verse by Conrad Aiken, Houghton Mifflin, 1916

118 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848
written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820.

121 · Christabel · S. T. Coleridge · ex Christabel/Kubla Khan/The Pains of Sleep by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Murray, 1816

122 · The Ghost · Charles Baudelaire · pm (r)

124 · The Bride of Corinth · J. W. von Goethe · pm (r)
translated from the German (“Die Braut von Korinth”, Die Horen, 1797).

125 · The Vampyre · John Stagg · pm The Minstrel of the North by John Stagg, Hamblin and Seyfang, 1810

130 · The World · Christina Rossetti · pm The Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti, 1862

136 · Demon of the Gibbet · Fitz-James O’Brien · pm The Home Journal October 18 1856, as “What Befell”

137 · The Vampire · Rudyard Kipling · pm New Gallery Catalogue April 1891

139 · The Giaour · George Gordon, Lord Byron · ex John Murray, 1813

141 · The Vampire Bride · Henry Thomas Liddell · pm The Wizard of the North: The Vampire Bride, and Other Poems by The Hon. Henry Liddell, W. Blackwood, 1833

142 · The Vampire · Madison Cawein · pm Undertones by Madison Cawein, Copeland and Day, 1896

· Haunted Houses: Tales of Troubled Homes and Places

145 · Ghost House · Robert Frost · pm The Youth’s Companion March 15 1906

146 · The Haunted Palace · Edgar Allan Poe · pm American Museum April 1839

148 · The Haunted Chamber · Henry W. Longfellow · pm Aftermath by H. W. Longfellow, James R. Osgood & Co., 1873

150 · The Listeners · Walter de la Mare · pm The Living Age April 29 1911

151 · The Haunted House · Thomas Hood · pm Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany January 1844

155 · Haunted Houses · Henry W. Longfellow · pm (r)

156 · The Mistletoe Bough · N. T. Haynes Bayly · pm Songs and Ballads by Thomas Haynes Bayly, Carey and Hart, 1844

158 · The Haunted Beach · Mary Darby Robinson · pm The Morning Post February 28 1800

161 · The Haunted Oak · Paul Laurence Dunbar · pm The Century Magazine December 1900

163 · Low Barometer · Robert Bridges · pm New Verse by Robert Bridges, Oxford University Press, December 1925

165 · Haunted Spot · Emma Lazarus · ex from “Scenes in the Wood”, Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science August 1875

166 · The Haunted House · Alice Cary · pm Poems by Alice Cary, Ticknor and Fields, 1855

· Haunted Men: Tales of Troubled Hearts and Minds

167 · The Eve of St. Agnes · John Keats · pm Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems by John Keats, Taylor and Hessey, 1820

177 · The Raven · Edgar Allan Poe · pm New York Evening Mirror January 29 1845

181 · Ulalume · Edgar Allan Poe · pm American Whig Review December 1847

185 · Because I Could Not Stop for Death · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1890

187 · Lenore · Edgar Allan Poe · pm The Pioneer February 1843

188 · The Sleeper · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Saturday Chronicle May 22 1841
revised from “Irene” 1831.

190 · To Be Haunted · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series Two by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1896, as “One Need Not Be a Chamber—to Be Haunted”

191 · Annabel Lee · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tribune October 9 1849

192 · A Dream Within a Dream · Edgar Allan Poe · pm The Flag of Our Union March 31 1839

193 · I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1890

194 · The Rime of the Ancient Mariner · S. T. Coleridge · pm Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798

214 · Dreamland · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine June 1844

· Hallowe’en: Tales of Dark Nights and Moonlit Skies

216 · Halloween · Robert Burns · pm Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect by Robert Burns, John Wilson, July 1786

223 · Theme in Yellow · Carl Sandburg · pm Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg, Henry Holt, 1916

225 · In Night (Sonnet 100) · Lord Brooke Fulke Greville · pm (r)

226 · All Souls’ Night, 1917 · Hortense King Flexner · pm Clouds and Cobblestones by Hortense Flexner, Houghton Mifflin, 1920

227 · All Souls · Edith Wharton · pm Scribner’s Magazine January 1909

229 · Ghost Music · Robert Graves · pm Over the Brazier by Robert Graves, The Poetry Bookshop, 1916

230 · Hallowe’en · Madison Cawein · pm Weeds by the Wall by Madison Cawein, J.P. Morton & Co., 1901

232 · Windy Nights · Robert Louis Stevenson · pm A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, Longmans, Green, & Co., 1885

233 · Darkness · George Gordon, Lord Byron · pm The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems by Lord Byron, John Murray, 1816

235 · Hallowe’en · Joel Benton · pm Harper’s Weekly October 31 1896

237 · Hamlet’s Fifth Soliloquy · William Shakespeare · ex from Hamlet, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623

238 · At Sunset · Madison Cawein · pm Undertones by Madison Cawein, Copeland and Day, 1896

Creepy Cats & Terrifying Tigers! Gripping Tales of Frightful Felines ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Jessica Chazin & Charles G. Waugh (Oldstyle Tales Press, September 12, 2025, $4.05, ebook, an)

· Nasty Cats: Purrfectly Evil!

· The White Cat of Drumgunniol · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, uncredited.

· The Vampire Cat of Nabéshima · A. B. Mitford · ss Tales of Old Japan by A. B. Mitford, Macmillan, 1871

· The Lord of Ballyteagh · C. J. T. · ss Folk-Lore and Legends: Ireland, W. W. Gibbings, 1889

· The Gray Cat · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901

· The Black Cat · Fred M. White · ss The Sunday Times (Perth) September 6 1903

· The Empty Sleeve · Algernon Blackwood · ss The London Magazine January 1911

· In the Valley of the Sorceress · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #21, January 1916

· The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924

· The Black Rabbit · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Mountain Tavern and Other Stories by Liam O’Flaherty, Jonathan Cape, 1929

· The King of the Cats · Stephen Vincent Benet · ss Harper’s Bazar February 1929

· The Damsel and Her Cat · David H. Keller · ss Weird Tales April 1929

· Ignatz · Ron Goulart · ss If March 1960

· Killer Tigers: Part 2: Terrifying Tails!

· The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882

· The Tomb of His Ancestors · Rudyard Kipling · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1897

· The Brahmin Girl That Married a Tiger · Mrs. Howard Kingscote · ss Tales of the Sun ed. Mrs. Howard Kingscote & Pandit Natesa Sastri, W.H. Allen, 1890

· The Serpent-Charmer · A. Sarath Kumar Ghosh · ss The Strand Magazine November 1900

· The Tiger Charm · Alice Perrin · ss East of Suez by A. Perrin, Anthony Treherne, 1901

· The Bronze Tiger · James Francis Dwyer · ss The American Magazine June 1913

· The Saber-Tooth [Uk] · George Sterling · ss The Popular Magazine February 1 1914

· Tiger! Tiger! · George Gilbert · ss The Black Cat October 1918

· The Heart of Little Shikara · Edison Marshall · ss Everybody’s Magazine January 1921

· The Hated Horde · Lieut. Colonel Gordon Casserly · ss The Windsor Magazine #348, December 1923

· The Tiger’s Eye · Pearl Norton Swet · ss Oriental Stories October/November 1930

· Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Bystander April 12 1911

The Damned Thing and Other Horrors by Ambrose Bierce ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Ambrose Bierce.

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, The Body Snatcher, & Other Horrors by Robert Louis Stevenson ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Robert Louis Stevenson.

The Essential Victorian Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Murder, Mystery, Horror, & Hauntings ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, December 21, 2023, 979-8871872963, $21.95, 528pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 25 stories, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

8 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

20 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851
revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839).

49 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.

71 · To Be Read at Dusk · Charles Dickens · ss The Keepsake 1852

88 · Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine December 1853, as “An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in an Old House in Aungier-Street”, uncredited.

115 · The Cold Embrace · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss The Welcome Guest September 22 1860

126 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited.

142 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”

157 · Nothing but the Truth · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar February 1868, as “The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth”

171 · Squire Toby’s Will · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Temple Bar January 1868

204 · Behold, It Was a Dream! · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar November 1872

222 · The Story of Clifford House · Anonymous · nv The Mistletoe Bough 1878

244 · The Open Door · Mrs. Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #795, January 1882, uncredited.

284 · The Captain of the “Pole-Star” · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Temple Bar January 1883

315 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884

344 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

364 · Man-Size in Marble · Edith Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887

380 · John Charrington’s Wedding · Edith Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891

391 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891

412 · Owen Wingrave · Henry James · nv The Graphic November 28 1892

446 · The Mystery of the Semi-Detached · Edith Nesbit · ss Grim Tales by E. Nesbit, A.D. Innes, 1893

453 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895

467 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896

479 · Jerry Bundler · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Windsor Magazine #36, December 1897

490 · The Brown Hand · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine May 1899, as “The Story of the Brown Hand”

505 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost”

· Further Reading

522 · Anthologies, Commentary, & History · M. Grant Kellermeyer · ms

523 · Annotated Bibliography of Single Author Anthologies · M. Grant Kellermeyer · bi

Fantastic New York: Gripping Tales of Phantoms and Fantasy ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Jon A. Schlenker & Charles G. Waugh (Oldstyle Tales Press, March 23, 2026, $4.05, ebook, an)

· Introduction · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

· The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #6, March 15 1820, as by Geoffrey Crayon

· What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.

· The Upper Berth · Francis Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

· The Port of Missing Ships · John R. Spears · nv Scribner’s Magazine November 1888

· The Bow-Legged Ghost · Leon Mead · ss The Bow-Legged Ghost and Other Stories by Leon Mead, The Werner Company, 1899

· The Lady’s Maid’s Bell · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine November 1902

· The Dollar · Morgan Robertson · ss The Popular Magazine February 1905

· The Ghost-Extinguisher · Gelett Burgess · ss The Cosmopolitan April 1905

· Samaris [Westrel Keen] · Robert W. Chambers · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 5 1906

· Buried Treasure · George MacAdam · ss Short Stories October 1907

· Not on the Passenger List · Barry Pain · ss The Novel Magazine August 1915

· Souls on Fifth · Harley Granville-Barker · na The Century Magazine April 1916

· The Runaway Skyscraper · Murray Leinster · nv Argosy and Railroad Man’s Magazine February 22 1919

· The Black Quag · Arthur Mallory · nv Adventure mid June 1921

· Mendel Marantz—Housewife · David Freedman · ss Pictorial Review April 1922

· The White Grouse · John Taintor Foote · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 9 1922

· The Lurking Fear · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Home Brew January 1923 (+3)

· The Big Trip Up Yonder · Kurt Vonnegut · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1954

· The Red Death · David H. Keller · nv Cosmic Stories July 1941

· The Comet · W. E. B. Du Bois · ss Darkwater: Voices from the Veil by W. E. B. Du Bois, Harcourt, Brace & Howe, 1920

· Time Enough at Last · Lyn A. Venable · ss If January 1953

· Finis · Frank L. Pollock · ss The Argosy June 1906

· Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

· Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Fire in the Sky: Gripping Fairy Tales of Dragons and Fantasy ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Joe Monson & Charles G. Waugh (Oldstyle Tales Press, July 21, 2025, $9.99, ebook, an)

· Introduction · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

· The Dragon of Hushby · Abbie Farwell Brown · ex from Kisington Town, Houghton Mifflin, 1915

· Casperl · H. C. Bunner · ss St. Nicholas April 1886

· Baa, Baa, Blacksheep · Mary Senior Clark · ss Lost Legends of the Nursery Songs by Mary Senior Clark, Bell & Daldy, 1870

· The World Beautiful Sharkan Roja · Jeremiah Curtin · ss Fairy Tales of Eastern Europe by Jeremiah Curtin, McBride, Nast & Company, 1914

· The White Cat · Madame d’Aulnoy; translated by Miss Lee · nv Fairy Tales of Madame d’Aulnoy by Madame d’Aulnoy, tr. Annie Macdonell & Miss Lee, Lawrence and Bullen, 1892
translated from the French (“La chatte blanche”, Contes Nouvelles ou les Fées à la Mode, 1698).

· Bashtchelic · Edmund Dulac · ss Edmund Dulac’s Fairy Book by Edmund Dulac, Hodder & Stoughton, 1916

· The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany, George Allen & Sons, October 1908

· The Basilisk of Utrecht · [uncredited] · ss Tales Told in Holland ed. Olive Beaupré Miller, The Book House for Children, 1926; a Dutch fairy tale.

· The Northland Dragon · translated by F. Ethel Hynam · ss The Secrets of the Night by Anon., tr. F. Ethel Hynam, Elliot Stock, 1899; an Estonian fairy tale.

· The Brown Owl · Ford Madox Ford · na Fisher Unwin, 1891

· The Reluctant Dragon · Kenneth Grahame · nv Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame, John Lane, 1898

· The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh · Joseph Jacobs · ss English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, David Nutt, 1890

· The House in the Lake · Edmund Leamy · ss The Golden Spears and Other Fairy Tales by Edmund Leamy, Desmond FitzGerald, Inc., 1911

· The Dragon Tamers [Seven Dragons] · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine August 1899

· Kind Little Edmund, or The Caves and the Cockatrice · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine December 1899

· The Dragon-Fang Possessed by the Conjuror Piou-Lu · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1856, uncredited.

· The Bride of the Dragon King · Norman Hinsdale Pitman · ss Chinese Fairy Tales by Norman Hinsdale Pitman, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1910

· The Three Robes of Wonder · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss Fairy Tales Far and Near by Arthur Quiller-Couch, Cassell, 1895

· Stan Bolovan · Herr Slavice · ss Roumanian Fairy Tales by Mite Kremnitz & J. M. Percival, Henry Holt, 1885

· The Enchanted Cave · Constance Hagberg Wright · ss Tales of Chinese Magic by Constance Hagberg Wright, Dulau & Company, Ltd., 1925

· Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Fireside Ghost Stories for Christmas Eve: An Anthology of Winter Horror Tales ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, September 27, 2017, 978-1-977752-81-9, $15.00, 346pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 30 stories and 1 poem, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

10 · Yule Horror · H. P. Lovecraft · pm Weird Tales December 1926

11 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

· Christmas Messengers: Tales of Spectres on a Mission

14 · A Christmas Tree · Charles Dickens · nv Household Words #39, December 21 1850, uncredited.

18 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895

31 · The Shadow · E. Nesbit · ss Black & White #777, December 23 1905, as “The Portent of the Shadow”

40 · Jacob Marley’s Ghost · Charles Dickens · ex from “A Christmas Carol”, Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843

55 · The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton”

· Wintry Visitors: Tales of Wandering Spirits and Shades

64 · Between the Lights · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912

73 · The Dead Sexton · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Once a Week Christmas 1871

88 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828

99 · The Step · E. F. Benson · ss The Windsor Magazine #435, March 1931

109 · The Kit-Bag · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1908

· Children in Danger: Tales of Haunted Nurseries and Toys

119 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.

136 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903

145 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1896

156 · The Open Door · Mrs. Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #795, January 1882, uncredited.

189 · The Wondersmith · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1859, uncredited.

· Snow Demons: Tales of Monsters and Shapeshifters

216 · The Snow-Fiend · Ann Radcliffe · pm Gaston de Blondeville by Anne Radcliffe, Henry Colburn, 1826

218 · The Festival [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales January 1925

225 · The Horror-Horn · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1922

235 · The Glamour of the Snow · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Pall Mall Magazine December 1911

252 · The Transition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The New Witness December 11 1913, as “Mudbury’s Xmas Adventure”

· Haunted Houses: Tales of Troubled Homes and Rooms

257 · The Mistletoe Bough Legend · N. Thomas Haynes Bayly · pm Songs and Ballads by Thomas Haynes Bayly, Carey and Hart, 1844

258 · The Other Bed · E. F. Benson · ss The Popular Magazine April 1908

267 · A Strange Christmas Game · Charlotte Riddell · ss The Broadway January 1868

276 · Number 17 · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine June 1910, as by E. Bland

284 · Jerry Bundler · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Windsor Magazine #36, December 1897

· Death in the Snow: Tales of Treacherous Landscapes and Men

292 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited.

304 · The Hostel · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)

314 · In the Vault · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout November 1925

321 · The Silver Hatchet · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss London Society Christmas 1883

334 · The Story of a Disappearance & an Appearance · M. R. James · nv The Cambridge Review June 4 1913

Fireside Ghost Stories for Valentine’s Day: An Anthology of Romantic Tales ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, January 23, 2018, 978-1-984052-16-2, $17.00, 488pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 24 stories and 6 poems, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

8 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

· Plaintive Poems

13 · The Highwayman · Alfred Noyes · pm Blackwood’s Magazine August 1906

16 · Lenore · G. A. Bürger · pm (r)
translated from the German (“Lenore”, Göttinger Musenalmanach, 1774).

23 · Annabel Lee · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tribune October 9 1849

26 · A Dream Within a Dream · Edgar Allan Poe · pm The Flag of Our Union March 31 1839

27 · Ulalume · Edgar Allan Poe · pm American Whig Review December 1847

31 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848
written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820.

· Haunted Hearts

33 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, November 1907

42 · The Way It Came · Henry James · nv Chapman’s Magazine #13, May 1896

63 · Olalla · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Court and Society Review Christmas 1885

97 · The Bridal Pair · Robert W. Chambers · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1902

107 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon

119 · The Haunted Inheritance · E. Nesbit · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 17 1900

· Courting Corpses

133 · The Adventure of the German Student · W. Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, August 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon

138 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851
revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839).

155 · Ultor de Lacy · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine December 1861, uncredited.

175 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891

181 · Laura Silver Bell · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1871

195 · The Dance of Death · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, November 1907

· Vengeful Valentines

204 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s Weekly April 4 1903 (+2)

233 · The Captain of the Polestar · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Temple Bar January 1883

252 · Sir Edmund Orme · Henry James · nv Black & White November 25 1891

275 · The Cold Embrace · Mary E. Braddon · ss The Welcome Guest September 22 1860

283 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838

298 · The Coming of Abel Behenna · Bram Stoker · ss Lloyd’s Weekly London Newspaper March 26 1893 (+1)

· Heartbreaking Horrors

313 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887

325 · The Oval Portrait · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1842, as “Life in Death”

329 · The Bohemian · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine July 1855, uncredited.

347 · From the Dead · E. Nesbit · nv The Illustrated London News September 3 1892

359 · The Shadow · E. Nesbit · ss Black & White #777, December 23 1905, as “The Portent of the Shadow”

368 · Poor Pretty Bobby · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar December 1872

· Limitless Lovers

385 · The Maker of Moons · Robert W. Chambers · na The English Illustrated Magazine July 1896

422 · The Demoiselle d’Ys · Robert W. Chambers · ss The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895

435 · The Ring of Thoth · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Cornhill Magazine January 1890, uncredited.

450 · The Tomb of Samaris [Westrel Keen] · Robert W. Chambers · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 5 1906, as “Samaris”

474 · The Ebony Frame · Edith Nesbit · nv Longman’s Magazine October 1891

484 · Uncle Abraham’s Romance · Edith Nesbit · ss Grim Tales by E. Nesbit, A.D. Innes, 1893

Fireside Horror Stories About Demons and the Devil: An Anthology of Hellish Tales ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, September 28, 2017, 978-1-977764-20-1, $15.00, 231pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 23 stories and 1 poem, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

8 · Hymn to Lucifer · Aleister Crowley · pm Dove Press, 1970

9 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

· Demons and the Devil: An Anthology of Devilish Tales

13 · How Much Land Does a Man Need? · Leo Tolstoy · ss (r)
translated from the Russian (“Mnogo li cheloveku zemli nuzhno?”, 1886).

25 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, August 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon

36 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

49 · A Talking Rat · Charles Dickens · ss from The Uncommercial Traveller, Chapman & Hall, 1860

53 · Bon-Bon · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Baltimore Saturday Courier December 1 1832, as “The Bargain Lost”

65 · Never Bet the Devil Your Head · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine September 1841, as “Never Bet Your Head”

73 · The Devil in the Belfry · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Saturday Chronicle May 18 1839

79 · The Devil’s Wager · William Makepeace Thackeray · ss Fraser’s Magazine 1836

87 · The Painter’s Bargain · William Makepeace Thackeray · ss Fraser’s Magazine December 1838

97 · The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh [The Purcell Papers] · J. S. Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine March 1838, uncredited.

104 · The Drunkard’s Dream [The Purcell Papers] · J. S. Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine August 1838, uncredited.

114 · From the Memoirs of Satan · Wilhelm Hauff · ss (r)
from Märchen for Söhne und Töchter, 1825.

119 · The Merry Men · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv The Cornhill Magazine June 1882 (+1), uncredited.

135 · Thrawn Janet · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1881, as by R. L. S.

144 · The Demon Pope · Richard Garnett · ss The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett, Fisher Unwin, 1888

151 · Madam Lucifer · Richard Garnett · ss The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett, Fisher Unwin, 1888

155 · Sir Dominick’s Bargain · J. S. Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round July 6 1872, uncredited.
revised from “The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh”, Dublin University Magazine Mar 1838.

167 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · J. S. Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster”

192 · The Generous Gambler · Charles Baudelaire · pm The English Review November 1918
translated from the French (“Le joueur généreux”, Le spleen de Paris, 1868).

195 · The Legend of Mont St. Michel · Guy de Maupassant · ss 1888
translated from the French (“La légende du Mont Saint-Michel”, Gil Blas December 19, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse).

198 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”

208 · The Dead Sexton · J. S. Le Fanu · ss Once a Week Christmas 1871

220 · St. John’s Eve · Nicolai Gogol · ss Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Nikolai Gogol, Dutton, 1917, as “The Witch”

Fireside Horror Stories About Mummies and Curses: An Anthology of Egyptian Tales ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, October 13, 2017, 978-1-978350-15-1, $18.00, 473pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 13 stories and 1 novel, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

8 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

· Lovers Beyond Time

13 · The Tomb of Samaris [Westrel Keen] · Robert W. Chambers · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 5 1906, as “Samaris”

36 · The Professor of Egyptology · Guy Boothby · ss The Graphic December 10 1904

49 · The Ring of Thoth · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Cornhill Magazine January 1890, uncredited.

63 · The Whispering Mummy [Abu Tabah; Kernaby] · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #47, March 1918

· Encounters with the Past

75 · Descent Into Egypt · Algernon Blackwood · nv Incredible Adventures by Algernon Blackwood, Macmillan & Co., November 1914

124 · Some Words with a Mummy · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Review April 1845

137 · Smith and the Pharaohs · H. Rider Haggard · na The Strand Magazine December 1912 (+2)

168 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · ss New Orleans Item June 16 1878 (+1)
translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840).

· Curses, Creatures, and Corpses

178 · Lot No. 249 · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892

203 · Iras: A Mystery · H. D. Everett · n. William Blackwood & Sons, 1896, as by Theo. Douglas

287 · Lost in a Pyramid · Louisa May Alcott · ss The New World January 16 1869

· Power of Possession

294 · Obsession, Possession · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Byways of Ghost-land by Elliott O’Donnell, William Rider, 1911

304 · The Wings of Horus · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Century Magazine November 1914

321 · The Jewel of the Seven Stars · Bram Stoker · n. Heinemann, 1903

Fireside Horror Stories About Pirates & Ghost Ships: An Anthology of Seafaring Tales ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, January 8, 2018, 978-1-983686-66-5, $16.00, 328pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 22 stories, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

8 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

· Ghost Pirates

13 · The Ghost Pirates · William Hope Hodgson · ex Stanley Paul, 1909

36 · The Terrible Old Man · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout July 1921

38 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss The Knickerbocker October 1839

46 · The Isle of Pines · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 26 1888

50 · At Old Man Eckert’s · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner November 17 1901

· Derelicts & Ghost Ships

52 · The Dutch Brig · Edgar Allan Poe · ex from The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Harper & Brothers, 1838

56 · The Rime of the Ancient Mariner · S. T. Coleridge · pm Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798

68 · Demons of the Sea · William Hope Hodgson · ss Sea Stories Magazine October 5 1923

76 · Ms. Found in a Bottle · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Baltimore Saturday Visitor October 19 1833

84 · The Striped Chest · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Pearson’s Magazine July 1897

94 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912

· Haunted Ships & Haunted Men

102 · The Captain of the Polestar · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Temple Bar January 1883

119 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s Weekly April 4 1903 (+2)

145 · The Haunted Pampero · William Hope Hodgson · ss Short Stories February 1918

158 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

174 · The Mystery of the Derelict [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Story-teller July 1907

· Brutal Buccaneers & Buried Treasure

184 · Captain Rogers · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine February 1901

193 · The Brute · Joseph Conrad · ss The Daily Chronicle December 5 1906

209 · Golden Dreams · Washington Irving · nv Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, August 1824, as “Wolfert Webber; or, Golden Dreams” by Geoffrey Crayon

245 · The Gold Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1)

271 · Dolph Heyliger · Wash. Irving · nv Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Geoffrey Crayon, John Murray, 1822, as by Geoffrey Crayon

312 · Kidd the Pirate · Wash. Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, August 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon

· Devil & Tom Walker · Wash. Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, August 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon

Fireside Horror Stories About Supernatural Cats: An Anthology of Feline Tales ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, September 29, 2017, 978-1-977836-98-4, $15.00, 270pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 27 stories and 2 excerpts, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

9 · The Cats · H. P. Lovecraft · pm A Winter Wish by H. P. Lovecraft, Whispers Press, 1977

11 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

· Purring Ghosts: Tales of Spectral Felines

16 · The Haunted Manor House · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Animal Ghosts; or Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O’Donnell, William Rider, 1913

24 · The Mystic Properties of Cats · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Animal Ghosts; or Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O’Donnell, William Rider, 1913

30 · The Cat on a Post · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Animal Ghosts; or Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O’Donnell, William Rider, 1913

32 · The Headless Cat · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Animal Ghosts; or Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O’Donnell, William Rider, 1913

37 · Some Ghost Cats · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Animal Ghosts; or Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O’Donnell, William Rider, 1913

· Feline Revenge: Tales of Battered Cats Biting Back

44 · Tailypo · M. Grant Kellermeyer · ss The Yellow Booke: Volume VI ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Oldstyle Tales Press, October 2017; a retelling of a traditional Appalachian story.

52 · The Cathood of Maurice · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine December 1907

63 · The Cats of Ulthar [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · vi The Tryout November 1920

66 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893

76 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843

84 · The Enchanted Cat of Bantry · [uncredited] · ss Fireside Stories of Ireland ed. Patrick Kennedy, M'Glashan and Gill, 1870; an Irish Folktale.

· Creepy Kitties: Tales of Strange Cats from Dark Realms

85 · The White Cat of Drumgunniol · J. S. Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, uncredited.

95 · The Street of the Four Winds · R. W. Chambers · ss The Wave May 18 1895

99 · The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral · M. R. James · nv The Contemporary Review April 1910, as “The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral: Materials for a Ghost Story”

112 · The Repairer of Reputations · R. W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895

136 · The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath [Randolph Carter] · H. P. Lovecraft · ex Beyond the Wall of Sleep by H. P. Lovecraft, Arkham House, 1943

158 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891

· Transfiguring Toms: Tales of Shapeshifting Cats

161 · Ancient Sorceries [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, September 1908

196 · Eyes of the Panther · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner October 17 1897

203 · The Cat · E. F. Benson · ss The Illustrated London News November 27 1905

215 · The Gray Cat · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901

225 · Lord Peter · [uncredited] · ss (r); a Norwegian Folktale.

229 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ex The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3)

· It’s Reigning Cats: Tales of Cats in Charge and Feline Friends

244 · The King of the Cats · [uncredited] · vi (r); a British Folktale.

246 · Puss in Boots · Charles Perrault · ss (r), as “The Master Cat or, Puss in Boots”
translated from the French (“Le Maître chat ou le chat botté”, Histoires ou Contes du temps passé, Paris, 1697).

249 · Sir Walter Scott’s Cat · Washington Irving · ex from “Abbotsford”, as by Geoffrey Crayon, The Crayon Miscellany by Geoffrey Crayon, Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835, as by Geoffrey Crayon

254 · The Paradise of Cats · Émile Zola · ss (r)
translated from the French (Contes à Ninon, 1864).

258 · Tobermory [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, August 1911
revised from the original (Westminster Gazette, November 27, 1909) to feature Clovis rather than Bertie van Tahn.

263 · The Colony of Cats · Andrew Lang · ss The Crimson Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longman, 1903

Fireside Horror Stories About Werewolves: An Anthology of Beastly Tales ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, October 10, 2017, 978-1-978179-44-8, $17.00, 328pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 20 stories, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

8 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

· Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

15 · The Thing in the Forest · Bernard Capes · vi The Fabulists by Bernard Capes, Mills & Boon, 1915

18 · The Camp of the Dog [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · na John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, September 1908

64 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, June 1910

97 · Loup Garou · Allan Sullivan · ss (r)

108 · The Wolf · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Scrap Book December 1907
translated from the French (“Le Loup”, Le Gaulois, November 14, 1882).

113 · Gabriel Ernest · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 29 1909

118 · A Private Secretary in New York · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, November 1906, as “The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York”

· Women with a Wild Side

146 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900

157 · The Werewolf · Clemence Housman · nv Atalanta #39, December 1890

176 · The Eyes of the Panther · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner October 17 1897

184 · The White Wolf of the Hartz Mtns. · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839

202 · John Barrington Cowles · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Cassell’s Saturday Journal April 12 1884 (+1)

220 · The White Wolf of Kostopchin · Sir Gilbert Campbell · nv Wild and Weird; or, Remarkable Stories of Russian Life by Sir Gilbert Campbell, Bart., Ward Lock, 1889

· Curses, Criminals, and Karma

243 · The Hound [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales February 1924

250 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1)

260 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914
written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.

270 · The Lay of the Were-Wolf · Marie de France · ss (r)
translated from the Anglo-Norman (“Bisclavret”, The lais of Marie de France, 12th century).

275 · Olalla · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Court and Society Review Christmas 1885

302 · The Gray Cat · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901

312 · The Valley of the Beasts · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Wolves of God by Algernon Blackwood & Wilfred Wilson, Cassell & Co., May 1921

Frankenplants ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Timothy S. Miller & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Timothy S. Miller.

The Great God Pan, The White People, & Other Horrors by Arthur Machen ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Arthur Machen.

The Horla and Other Horrors by Guy de Maupassant ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Guy de Maupassant.

Hounded! Gripping Tales of Canines and Crime ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Wayne Lewis, Charles G. Waugh & Kathy Sweet Waugh (Oldstyle Tales Press, July 23, 2025, $9.99, ebook, an)

· Introduction · Charles G. Waugh · in

· 13 Recommended Dog Mystery/Crime Films · [uncredited] · ms

· The Million-Dollar Dog [Average Jones] · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ss The Red Book Magazine March 1911

· Bulldog · Max Brand · ss Collier’s February 23 1924

· The Oracle of the Dog [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1923

· Back to God’s Country · James Oliver Curwood · nv Good Housekeeping November 1918 (+1), as “Wapi, the Walrus”

· Old Frank Sees It Through · Samuel A. Derieux · ss The American Magazine November 1919

· Circumstantial Evidence · Edward Salisbury Field · ss Putnam’s Magazine October 1909

· The Death Hound [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine October 1922

· Man and Dog · Laurence Housman · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine March 1911

· Justice in the Painted Hills · Alexander Hull · ss The American Magazine July 1923

· Some Spoons and a Dog · Alice Louise Lee · ss Lippincott’s Magazine June 1909

· Vagabond or Gentleman? · Edison Marshall · ss The American Magazine June 1917

· Lupo · John A. Moroso · ss Collier’s May 29 1915; subtitled “The Story of a New York Police Dog”.

· The Bloodhounds · W. C. Morrow · ss The Argonaut December 13 1879

· “Funeral Frank” · Ethel Watts Mumford · ss Detective Story Magazine October 29 1921

· The Price and the Pup · Hugh Pendexter · ss Short Stories April 1916

· Only a Dog · Herbert Preskin · ss Chambers’s Journal March 4 1899 (+3); subtitled “An Australian Story”.

· Man and His Shadow · John Ritchie · ss Munsey’s Magazine July 1921

· Mixed Breed · Charles G. D. Roberts · ss The Yellow Magazine June 2 1922

· The Nose of Nemesis · Damon Runyon · ss Munsey’s Magazine November 1912

· “Quiet!” · Albert Payson Terhune · ss Pictorial Review July 1917

· The Dog Andrew [Ephraim Tutt] · Arthur Train · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 15 1919

· The Burglars at Miss Camp’s · Frances Wilson · ss Ainslee’s Magazine August 1901

· Breaking Into Society · P. G. Wodehouse · ss The Strand Magazine December 1915, as “The Mixer”

· Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

· Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Indian Bizarre: Gripping Tales of Suspense from the Subcontinent ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Jon A. Schlenker & Charles G. Waugh (Oldstyle Tales Press, July 16, 2025, $9.99, ebook, an, cover by Ted Closson)

· Introduction · Jon A. Schlenker · in

· The Marigold Goddess · [uncredited] · nv Macmillan’s Magazine April 1907

· The Realm of the Unreal · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 20 1890, as “In the Realm of the Unreal”

· In the Lower Passage · Harle Oren Cummins · ss Welsh Rarebit Tales by Harle Oren Cummins, Mutual Book Co., 1902

· The Brown Hand · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine May 1899, as “The Story of the Brown Hand”

· The People of the Black Circle [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales September 1934 (+2)

· The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902

· Lalor Abboo Singh · George H. Jessop · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1888

· The Brâhmin Girl That Married a Tiger · Mrs. Howard Kingscote · ss Tales of the Sun ed. Mrs. Howard Kingscote & Pandit Natesa Sastri, W.H. Allen, 1890

· The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1)

· Railhead · Perceval Landon · ss Short Stories November 1908

· The Waters of Oblivion · S. Weir Mitchell · ss The Century Magazine May 1902

· His Unconquerable Enemy · W. C. Morrow · ss The Argonaut March 11 1889, as “The Rajah’s Nemesis”

· Sultana’s Dream · Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain · ss The Indian Ladies’ Magazine 1905

· The God of Terror · Maitland LeRoy Osborne · ss Colored American Magazine June 1900

· The Interval · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss Boston Evening Transcript September 8 1917

· The Tiger-Charm · Alice Perrin · ss East of Suez by A. Perrin, Anthony Treherne, 1901

· The Mahatma’s Story · May Sinclair · ss English Life October 1924

· The Skeleton Tree · Flora Annie Steel · ss Collier’s Weekly April 28 1900

· The Tiger’s Eye · Pearl Norton Swet · ss Oriental Stories October/November 1930

· The Lost Jewels · Rabindranath Tagore; translated by William Winstanley Pearson · ss The Modern Review v21 #6, 1917
translated from the Bengali (Bharati, November-December, 1898).

· Phalaenopsis Gloriosa · John Jason Trent · ss The Monthly Story Magazine November 1905

· The Almedi Concession [Newton Moore] · Fred M. White · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1900

· The Maharaja Tiger Sahib · Michael White · ss The Black Cat March 1913

· Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

· Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

The Judge’s House, Dracula’s Guest, and Other Horrors by Bram Stoker ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Bram Stoker.

The King in Yellow and Other Horrors by Robert W. Chambers ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Robert W. Chambers.

Kipling’s India: Gripping Tales by Rudyard and His Rivals ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Jon A. Schlenker & Charles G. Waugh (Oldstyle Tales Press, April 9, 2026, $4.05, ebook, an, cover: Indian Landscape by Maurits E. H. R. van den Kerkhoff from 1868)

· Introduction · Dr. Jon Arlen Schlenker · in

· 10 Recommended Movies · [uncredited] · ms

· A Son of the Law · Emily T. Sheets · ss Kali’s Country by Emily T. Sheets, Fleming H. Revell, 1910

· The Village of the Ghost · Harold A. Lamb · na Adventure mid May 1921

· Tiger! Tiger! · George Gilbert · ss The Black Cat October 1918

· Hookum Hai · Talbot Mundy · nv Adventure July 1913

· A Nightmare of the Doldrums · W. Clark Russell · ss The Strand Magazine August 1892

· The Serpent-Charmer · Sir A. Sarath Kumar Ghosh · ss The Strand Magazine November 1900

· The Finding of the Ship · Hector Fuller · ss Roach & Co.—Pirates: and Other Stories by Hector Fuller, Bowen-Merrill, 1898

· Krishnavana, Destroyer of Souls · Achmed Abdullah · ss Snappy Stories December 1914

· The Stolen Wife · William McCulloch · ss Bengali Household Tales by William McCulloch, Hodder and Stoughton, 1912

· The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885

· The Hated Horde · Lieut. Colonel Gordon Casserly · ss The Windsor Magazine #348, December 1923

· Jim Russell’s Upcountry Brief · C. A. Kincaid · ss Anchorite and Other Stories by Charles Augustus Kincaid, Oxford University Press, 1922

· The “Missus” · B. M. Croker · ss Village Tales and Jungle Tragedies by B. M. Croker, Chatto & Windus, 1895; subtitled “A Dog Tragedy”.

· The Serpent-Flower · Judith Gautier; translated by M. Tyson · ss Belgravia September 1887
translated from the French (“La fleur serpent”, Le Rappel, April 22-27, 1882).

· The Sign of the Four [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · na Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine February 1890

· Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

· Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, & Other Gothic Tales by Washington Irving ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Washington Irving.

Legends of the Sargasso Sea: Gripping Tales of Shipwreck and Suspense ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Jon Arlen Schlenker & Charles G. Waugh (Oldstyle Tales Press, July 30, 2025, $9.99, ebook, an)

· The Sargasso Sea · Harry Bryan Owsley · pm Munsey’s Magazine June 1916

· What This Book Is About · Charles G. Waugh · pr

· The Sargasso Sea · Josiah W. Leeds · ar (r)

· A Map of the Sargasso Sea · [uncredited] · mp

· Sargasso · Ward Muir · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1908

· The Last of the Flying Dutchmen · W. L. Alden · ss The Pall Mall Magazine July 1893

· The Mystery of the Derelict [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Story-teller July 1907

· The Haven of Dead Ships · Sylvester Baxter · ss The Cosmopolitan February 1899

· From the Tideless Sea [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Monthly Story Magazine April 1906

· A Cheerful Derelict · Cap’n Hawser · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1901

· The True Fate of the Flying Dutchman · George Griffith · ss Pearson’s Weekly July 21 1894

· The Loot of Bombasharna · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sketch December 28 1910

· The Thing in the Weeds [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Story-teller January 1913

· The Lure of Atlantis · Joel Martin Nichols, Jr. · nv Weird Tales April 1925

· The Sargasso Sea · Justus Miles Forman · ss Collier’s July 29 1911

· In the Sargasso Sea · Thomas A. Janvier · n. Harper & Brothers, 1898

· Death of the Kraken · David H. Keller · ss Weird Tales March 1942

· The Port of Missing Ships · John R. Spears · nv Scribner’s Magazine November 1888

· Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

· Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Magic Cats: Gripping Tales of Mystical Mousers ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, T. M. Gray & Charles G. Waugh--- see under T. M. Gray.

Man-Size in Marble and Other Horrors by Edith Nesbit ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Edith Nesbit.

Mermaids! Gripping Tales of Sirens and the Sea ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Charles G. Waugh & Kathy Sweet Waugh (Oldstyle Tales Press, September 15, 2025, $4.05, ebook, an)

· Introduction · Charles G. Waugh · in

· Mermaid Films · [uncredited] · ms

· Fancy’s Friend · Louisa May Alcott · ss Morning-Glories, and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott, Horace B. Fuller, 1868

· The Little Mermaid · Hans Christian Andersen; translated by H. P. Paull · nv Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, tr. Mrs. H. B. Paull, Frederick Warne, 1892
translated from the Danish (“Den lille havfrue”, Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn. Første Samling. Tredie Hefte, C.A. Reitzel, 1837).

· A New Species · Robert Coutts Armour · ss The Red Magazine June 10 1921, as by Coutts Brisbane

· Under the Sea · Jane G. Austin · ss Fairy Dreams, or, Wanderings in Elf-Land by Jane G. Austin, J.E. Tilton and Company, 1859

· The Mermaid · George A. Birmingham · ss The Pall Mall Magazine May 1914

· Loreley · Clemens Brentano · ss The Young Man’s Offering, Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1849

· The Mermaid of Druid Lake · Charles Weathers Bump · ss Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories by Charles Weathers Bump, Nunn & Company, 1906

· Clytie · Flora J. Cooke · ss Nature Myths and Stories by Flora J. Cooke, A. Flanagan Co., 1921

· Hans, the Mermaid’s Son · translated by W. A. Craigie · ss The Pink Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897; a Danish Fairytale.

· The Yellow Dwarf · Madame d’Aulnoy · nv A Collection of Novels and Tales of the Fairies by Countess d’Anois, W. Taylor and W. Chetwood, 1721
translated from the French (“Le nain jaune”, Contes Nouvelles ou les Fées à la Mode, 1698).

· A Penny a Day · Walter de la Mare · ss Number Five Joy Street, Basil Blackwell, September 1927, as “Wages”

· The Good Ferryman and the Water Nymphs · A. J. Glinski; translated by Maude Ashurst Biggs · ss Polish Fairy Tales by A. J. Glinski, tr. Maude A. Shurst Biggs, John Lane, 1920
translated from the Polish.

· The Kelpie · Frederick Graves · ss The Pall Mall Magazine June 1911

· A Man and a Mermaid · W. George Gribble · ss The Black Cat February 1907

· The Golden Mermaid · The Brothers Grimm · ss The Green Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1892
translated from the German.

· Undine · Freiherr de Friedrich Heinrich Karl La Motte-Fouqué · na 1818; this is the condensed version from The World’s Greatest Books, Vol IV ed. Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton (1910).
translated from the German (“Undine: Eine Erzählung”, Hitzig, 1811).

· Finn Blood · Jonas Lie; translated by R. Nisbet Bain · ss Weird Tales from Northern Seas by Jonas Lie, tr. R. Nisbet Bain, Kegan Paul, 1893
translated from the Danish (“Finneblod”, Fortællinger og Skildringer, Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1872).

· Mermaid of the Magdalenes · Cyrus Macmillan · ss Canadian Wonder Tales by Cyrus Macmillan, John Lane, 1918

· Oolooloo, the Mermaid · Hawser Martingale · ss Salt Water Bubbles by Hawser Martingale, W.J. Reynolds, 1854

· The King of Persia and the Princess of the Sea · translated by E. Dixon · ss Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights ed. & tr. E. Dixon, J.M. Dent, 1893; a Middle-Eastern Folktale.

· The Mermaid · T. S. Morton · ss The Idler October 1909

· The Whimpus · Tod Robbins · nv All-Story Weekly October 25 1919

· The Talking Fish · Skimble Skamble · ss Fairy Tales by Skimble Skamble, Andrews & Co., 1869

· Urashima · Teresa Peirce Williston · ss Japanese Fairy Tales ed. Theodora Ozaki, 1903

· Appendix: Short Story Anthologies About Mermaids · Charles G. Waugh · bi

· Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

The Monkey’s Paw and Other Horrors by W. W. Jacobs ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under W. W. Jacobs.

Native American Legends and Stories: Gripping Tales of Spirits and Survival ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Cynthia Ward & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Cynthia Ward.

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