Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes & Stephen Jones (Carroll & Graf, July 2004, 0-7867-1363-1, $13.00, xxiii+326pp, tp, an, cover by Michael Gesinger)
Anthology of 25 ghost stories selected from books in the “Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories” series edited by the late Chetwynd-Hayes. Foreword by Jones; introduction by Chetwynd-Hayes. Authors include Stephen King, Garry Kilworth, F. Marion Crawford, and E. Nesbit.
- xi · Foreword · Stephen Jones · fw
- xv · Introduction · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · in
- 1 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866
- 31 · On the Brighton Road · Richard Middleton · ss The Ghost Ship by Richard Middleton, Unwin, 1912
- 35 · The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1907
- 45 · The Whittaker’s Ghost · G. B. S. · ss The Argosy (UK) July 1879
- 55 · The Leaden Ring · S. Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904
- 71 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828
- 87 · Ghost Stories of the Tiled House · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ex from “The House by the Church-Yard”, as by Charles de Cresseron, Dublin University Magazine October 1861 (+16), as by Charles de Cresseron; chapters 8 and 9 as originally serialised.
- 101 · The Dead Smile · F. Marion Crawford · nv Ainslee’s Magazine August 1899
- 125 · The Ghost of Dorothy Dingley · Daniel Defoe · ss Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe, London, 1722
- 135 · The Dead Man of Varley Grange · Elizabeth Anna Hart, uncredited · ss 1878
- 151 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891
- 161 · The Night Walkers · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The Fifteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1979
- 169 · Brickett Bottom · Amyas Northcote · ss In Ghostly Company by Amyas Northcote, The Bodley Head, 1921
- 181 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891
- 189 · The Reaper’s Image · Stephen King · ss Startling Mystery Stories Spring 1969
- 199 · Christmas Eve in the Blue Chamber · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome, The Leadenhall Press, 1891, as “The Ghost of the Blue Chamber”
- 207 · Housewarming · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1982
- 215 · The Ferries · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1982
- 231 · The Fetch · Tina Rath · ss The Nineteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1983
- 243 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss The Knickerbocker October 1839
- 255 · The Tryst · Garry Kilworth · ss The Nineteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1983
- 265 · An Apparition · Guy de Maupassant · ss Romance February 1891
translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883).
- 273 · Aunt Hester [Cthulhu] · Brian Lumley · nv The Satyr’s Head & Other Tales of Terror ed. David A. Sutton, Corgi, 1975
- 293 · Our Lady of the Shadows · Tony Richards · ss The Twentieth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1984
- 315 · She Walks on Dry Land · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss Haunted Shores ed. Peter C. Smith, William Kimber, 1980
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