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Fae ed. Rhonda Parrish (World Weaver Press, May 8, 2014, 978-0-692-20791-8, $12.95, 234pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 17 stories involving fairies, from new fairy tales to urban fantasy. Authors include Christine Morgan, Beth Cato, and Liz Colter.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Introduction · Sara Cleto & Brittany Warman · in

9 · Rosie Red Jacket · Christine Morgan · ss

20 · The Queen of Lakes · L. S. Johnson · nv

42 · Ten Ways to Self-Sabotage, Only Some of Which Relate to Fairies · Sara Puls · ss

55 · Antlers · Amanda Block · ss

66 · Only Make-Believe · Lauren Liebowitz · ss

81 · F. C. U. · Jon Arthur Kitson · ss

91 · Water Sense · Adria Laycraft · ss

106 · The Cartography of Shattered Trees · Beth Cato · ss

117 · Possession · Rhonda Eikamp · ss

129 · And Only the Eyes of Children · Laura VanArendonk Baugh · ss

147 · Seven Years Fleeting · Lor Graham · ss

157 · The Last King · Liz Colter · ss

175 · Faerie Knight · Sidney Blaylock, Jr. · ss

187 · Solomon’s Friend · Kristina Wojtaszek · ss

199 · A Fairfolk Promise · Alexis A. Hunter · ss

212 · The Fairy Midwife · Shannon Phillips · ss

221 · The Price · Kari Castor · ss

F Is for Fairy ed. Rhonda Parrish (Poise and Pen Publishing, May 1, 2019, 978-1-988233-54-3, $15.95, 440pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · A · L. S. Johnson · nv

29 · B · C. S. MacCath · nv

55 · C · Jonathan C. Parrish · ss

61 · D · Jeanne Kramer-Smyth · ss

71 · E · Pete Aldin · nv

95 · F · Steve Bornstein · nv

123 · G · Stephanie A. Cain · nv

153 · H · Suzanne J. Willis · ss

165 · I · Joseph Halden · nv

189 · J · Alexandra Seidel · ss

207 · K · Cory Cone · ss

215 · L · Lynn Hardaker · ss

227 · M · Rachel M. Thompson · ss

237 · N · Brittany Warman · ss

241 · O · Lilah Wild · ss

259 · P · Michael B. Tager · ss

269 · Q · Danielle Davis · ss

277 · R · Megan Engelhardt · ss

281 · S · Samantha Kymmell-Harvey · ss

301 · T · Sara Cleto · ss

307 · U · Andrew Bourelle · nv

335 · V · B. D. Wilson · nv

357 · W · Laura VanArendonk Baugh · nv

389 · X · Michael M. Jones · ss

405 · Y · Michael Fosburg · ss

419 · Z · Beth Cato · ss

G Is for Ghosts ed. Rhonda Parrish (Poise and Pen Publishing, September 27, 2021, 978-1-988233-89-5, $19.95, 365pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · A · Stephanie A. Cain · ss

19 · B · Samantha L. Strong · ss

33 · C · C. S. MacCath · ss

41 · D · Alexandra Seidel · ss

49 · E · Sara Cleto & Brittany Warman · ss

55 · F · Roddy Fosburg · ss

59 · G · Andrew Bourelle · nv

81 · H · Beth Cato · ss

95 · I · Xan van Rooyen · ss

111 · J · Michael M. Jones · ss

125 · K · Jeanne Kramer-Smyth · ss

139 · L · Samantha Kymmell-Harvey · ss

157 · M · B. D. Wilson · ss

173 · N · Lynn Hardaker · ss

185 · O · L. S. Johnson · nv

211 · P · Laura VanArendonk Baugh · ss

229 · Q · Pete Aldin · ss

241 · R · Sarah Van Goethem · ss

257 · S · Michael B. Tager · ss

265 · T · Jonathan C. Parrish · ss

271 · U · Amanda C. Davis · ss

277 · V · Lilah Wild · ss

295 · W · Rachel M. Thompson · ss

311 · X · M. L. D. Curelas · ss

319 · Y · Joseph Halden · ss

339 · Z · Suzanne J. Willis · ss

Mrs. Claus: Not the Fairy Tale They Say ed. Rhonda Parrish (World Weaver Press, November 2017, 978-0-9987022-4-7, $12.95, 196pp, tp, oa, cover by Sarena Ulibarri)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Introduction · Rhonda Parrish · in

3 · Wight Christmas · Laura VanArendonk Baugh · nv

26 · The Asylum Musicale · C. B. Calsing · ss

38 · Desperately Seeking Santa · D. J. Tyrer · ss

45 · Christmas Magic · Jennifer Lee Rossman · ss

55 · Good Morning · Kristen Lee · ss

64 · Moves Like Jagger · Randi Perrin · nv

90 · Miss ’Lil Toe Head · Michael Leonberger · ss

109 · Unexpected Guests · Andrew Wilson · ss

119 · The True Story of Christina and Kristopher Kringle · Ross Van Dusen · ss

129 · Shouldering the Burden · Margaret Curelas · ss

141 · You’d Better Watch Out · Maren Matthais · ss

155 · Captain Lizzy and the Stranger in the Fog · Anne Luebke · ss

162 · Agatha Sings to the Scorpions · Jeff Kuykendall · ss

172 · Red to Hide the Blood · Hayley Stone · ss

Prairie Starport: Stories in Celebration of Candas Jane Dorsey ed. Rhonda Parrish (Poise and Pen Publishing, May 8, 2018, 978-1-988233-38-3, $9.99, 201pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Introduction · Rhonda Parrish · in

3 · Slough · Timothy J. Anderson · ss

11 · The Smut Story · Greg Bechtel · nv Boundary Problems by Greg Bechtel, Freehand Books, 2014

39 · Canda of Boyle Street · Anita Jenkins · ar

43 · Flash Fictions · Gregg Chamberlain · ss

49 · Sami’s Song · Laina Kelly · ss

67 · About Candas · Barb Galler-Smith · ar

71 · One Day I’m Going to Give Up the Blues for Good · Ursula Pflug · nv Prairie Fire Summer 1994

93 · The Secret of Freedom · B. D. Wilson · ss

109 · Avoidance · E. C. Bell · ss

113 · Father Time · Derryl Murphy · ss Tesseracts⁴ ed. Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet, Porcepic, 1992

123 · Split Decision · Robert Runté · ss Tesseracts Fifteen ed. Susan MacGregor & Julie Czerneda, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2011

139 · Candas Jane Dorsey: A Friendship Spanning 40+ Years · Diane L. Walton · ar

143 · Sister Margaret · Rhonda Parrish · ss Pantechnicon #5, 2007

157 · A Letter from Beyond · Alexandrea Flynn & Annalise Glinker · ss

163 · Spring Sunset · John Park · vi On Spec Spring 1990

167 · A Chat, with Footnotes · S. G. Wong · iv [Ref. Candas Jane Dorsey]

Scarecrow ed. Rhonda Parrish (World Weaver Press, August 2, 2015, 978-0-692-43022-4, $12.95, 206pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Introduction · Rhonda Parrish · in

9 · Scarecrow Hangs · Jane Yolen · pm

10 · Kakashi & Crow · Megan Fennell · ss

30 · The Roofnight · Amanda C. Davis · ss

43 · Skin Map · Kim Goldberg · ss

46 · A Fist Full of Straw · Kristina Wojtaszek · ss

54 · Judge & Jury · Laura VanArendonk Baugh · nv

78 · Waking from His Master’s Dream · Katherine Marzinsky · ss

90 · Waking from His Master’s Dream · Andrew Bud Adams · ss

110 · Black Birds · Laura Blackwood · ss

118 · Edith and I · Virginia Carraway Stark · ss

123 · Scarecrow Progressions (Rubber Duck Remix) · Sara Puls · ss

134 · Truth About Crows · Craig Pay · ss

146 · Two Steps Forward · Holly Schofield · ss

153 · Only the Land Remembers · Amanda Block · nv

175 · If I Only Had an Autogenic Cognitive Decision Matrix · Scott Burtness · ss

Sirens ed. Rhonda Parrish (World Weaver Press, July 12, 2016, 978-0-692-68720-8, $12.95, 284pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Introduction · Sara Cleto & Brittany Warman · in

4 · Siren Seeking · Kelly Sandoval · ss

14 · The Fisherman and the Golem · Amanda Kespohl · nv

35 · We Are Sirens · L. S. Johnson · nv

58 · Moth to an Old Flame · Pat Flewwelling · ss

78 · The Bounty · Gabriel F. Cuellar · ss

85 · The Dolphin Riders · Randall G. Arnold · ss

94 · Is This Seat Taken? · Michael Leonberger · nv

118 · Nautilus · V. F. LeSann · nv

140 · Siren’s Odyssey · Tamsin Showbrook · nv

162 · Safe Waters · Simon Kewin · ss

172 · Notefisher · Cat McDonald · ss

184 · Experience · Sandra Wickham · ss

198 · Threshold · K. T. Ivanrest · ss

217 · The Fisherman’s Catch · Adam L. Bealby · ss

226 · One More Song · Eliza Chan · ss

240 · Homecoming · Tabitha Lord · ss

Heartless by H. G. Parry (Subterranean Press, February 2024, 978-1-64524-164-5, $45.00, 144pp, hc, na, cover by Kathleen Jennings) [Peter Pan]
Limited to 1000 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

Archives of Evil ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee--- see under Christopher Lee.

Beware of the Cat ed. Michel Parry (Gollancz, 1972, 191pp, hc, an)
Anthology of macabre and supernatural stories about cats.

9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

13 · Beware the Cat · Gulielmus Baldwin · ss 1561; dated 1553.

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

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

44 · The Vampire Cat · [uncredited] · ss (r)
translation of the Japanese “The Vampire Cat of Nabeshima”.

53 · The Cat Man · Byron Liggett · ss Story Spring 1960

69 · The White Cat · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, as “The White Cat of Drumgunniol”, uncredited.

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

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

139 · Fluffy · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Weird Tales March 1947

148 · Cat and Mouse · Ramsey Campbell · ss

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

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

177 · The Black Cat · William J. Wintle · ss Ghost Gleams by W. J. Wintle, Heath Cranton, 1921

186 · The Child Watcher · Ernest Harrison · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1958

189 · Notes · [uncredited] · ms

Christopher Lee’s Archives of Evil ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, May 1975, 12903, 85p, 160pp, pb, an)
Reprint (W.H. Allen 1977 as by Christopher Lee & Michel Parry) horror anthology.

Christopher Lee’s Omnibus of Evil ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1975, 0-583-13122-0, £1.25, 255pp, pb, an)
Reprint (W.H. Allen 1978 as The Great Villains by Christopher Lee & Michel Parry) horror anthology.

Christopher Lee’s ‘X’ Certificate ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee--- see under Christopher Lee.

The Devil’s Children ed. Michel Parry (Orbit, 1974, 0-8600-7814-0, 40p, 213pp, pb, an)
Tales of demons and exorcists. US edition in hc from Taplinger, 1974 and in pb from Berkley, 1976.

7 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

13 · Enoch · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1946

28 · Father Meuron’s Tale · Robert Hugh Benson · ss A Mirror of Shalott by R. H. Benson, Pitman, 1907

38 · Vacant Possession · Ramsey Campbell · ss

44 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887).

70 · The Thing on the Doorstep [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales January 1937

99 · Saunder’s Little Friend · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1948

111 · A Porta Inferi · Roger Pater · nv Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1923

124 · The Lips · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales September 1929

138 · From Shadowed Places · Richard Matheson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1960

161 · The Unspeakable Betrothal · Robert Bloch · ss Avon Fantasy Reader 9 ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon Publishing Co., 1949

176 · Isabo · J. A. Cuddon · nv Splinters ed. Alex Hamilton, Hutchinson, 1968

203 · The Possession of Angela Bradshaw · John Collier · ss The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934

209 · The Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Devil’s Kisses ed. Michel Parry--- see under Linda Lovecraft.

Dream Trips ed. Michel Parry (Panther Books, 1974, 0-586-03957-0, 35p, 160pp, pb, an)
Stories of Weird and Unearthly Drugs. Illustrated by Peter Dale. See companion volumes Strange Ecstacies and Spaced Out.

9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

11 · The Hashish Man · Lord Dunsany · ss A Dreamer’s Tales by Lord Dunsany, George Allen & Sons, 1910

17 · As Dreams Are Made On · Joseph F. Pumilia · ss Fantastic Stories February 1973

35 · The Adventure of the Pipe · Richard Marsh · nv Curios by Richard Marsh, John Long, 1898

54 · Dream-Dust from Mars · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1938

77 · The Life Serum · Paul S. Powers · ss Weird Tales June 1926

92 · Morning After · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1957

112 · Under the Knife · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #80, January 1896

127 · The Good Trip · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic August 1970

135 · No Direction Home · Norman Spinrad · ss New Worlds Quarterly 2 ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1971

153 · The Phantom Drug · A. W. Kapfer · ss Weird Tales April 1926

From the Archives of Evil ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee--- see under Christopher Lee.

From the Archives of Evil Number 2 ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee--- see under Christopher Lee.

Ghostbreakers ed. Michel Parry (Granada, 1985, 0-246-12758-9, £4.95, 128pp, hc, an)
Young adult ghost anthology. A good representative young adult anthology of psychic detective stories.

9 · Foreword · Michel Parry · fw

11 · The Gateway of the Monster [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler January 1910

33 · The Story of Konnor Old House [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1899

49 · The Warder of the Door [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine July 1897

68 · The Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924, as “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”

86 · The Story of Yand Manor House [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1898

101 · The Horse of the Invisible [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Idler April 1910

Great Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Taplinger, November 1977, 0-8008-3618-9, $8.95, 222pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Mayflower 1974 as The 1st Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories) horror anthology.

The Great Villains: An Omnibus of Evil ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee--- see under Christopher Lee.

The Hounds of Hell ed. Michel Parry (Gollancz, 1974, 0-575-01715-5, £2.10, 192pp, hc, an)
Also in pb (Arrow 1975).

9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

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

24 · Staley Fleming’s Hallucination · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906

27 · The Dog · Ivan Turgenev · ss The Scottish Review

43 · The Hound of Death · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933

62 · Dead Dog · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales August 1938

72 · The Dutch Officer’s Story · Catherine Crowe · ss Ghosts and Family Legends by Mrs. Crowe, T.C. Newby, 1858

82 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante”
translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883).

87 · Dog or Demon? · Theo Gift · ss Not for the Night-Time by Theo Gift, Roper & Drowley, 1889

100 · Louis · Saki · ss The Morning Post April 7 1914, as by H. H. Munro

106 · The Howling Tower [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown June 1941

122 · The White Dog · Feodor Sologub; translated by John Cournos · ss The Old House and Other Tales by Feodor Sologub, tr. John Cournos, Martin Secker, 1915
translated from the Russian (“Sobaka”, 1908).

129 · The Hound · William Faulkner · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1931

143 · The Emissary · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947

152 · The Hound of Pedro · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1938

167 · The Whining · Ramsey Campbell · ss

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

Jack the Knife ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1975, 0-583-12502-6, 50p, 160pp, pb, an)
Tales of Jack the Ripper

11 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

21 · Forever Stand the Stones · Joseph F. Pumilia · ss

40 · The Demon Spell · Hume Nisbet · ss The Haunted Station by Hume Nisbet, F.V. White & Co., 1894

46 · The Lodger · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv Nash’s Magazine January 1911

74 · In the Slaughteryard · [uncredited] · ss The Adventures of the Adventurer’s Club, Gardner & Co., 1890

87 · A Kind of Madness · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1972

94 · The Gatecrasher · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Unbidden by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Tandem, 1971

107 · My Father the Ripper · Philip José Farmer · ex A Feast Unknown by Philip José Farmer, Essex House, 1969

112 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943

130 · Jack’s Little Friend · Ramsey Campbell · ss

140 · The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World · Harlan Ellison · nv Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967

160 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Lurking Shadows ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee (W.H. Allen, 1979, 0-491-02289-1, 157pp, hc, an)
Stories which exude the very essence of fear.

7 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in

9 · The Dream Makers · Robert Bloch · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953

37 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922

53 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929

72 · After the Ball · John Collier · nv Lovat Dickson’s Magazine November 1933

92 · The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies · John W. Jakes · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962

98 · The Ghost of Fear · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896, as “The Red Room”

108 · The Valley of the Worm [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales February 1934

130 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine February 1909

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

The 1st Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1974, 12332, 40p, 222pp, pb, an)
First in a series of 6 anthologies of new and classic occult and black magic stories. This volume reprinted in US as Great Black Magic Stories (Taplinger, 1977).

9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

12 · Potential [Severn Valley] · Ramsey Campbell · ss Demons by Daylight by Ramsey Campbell, Arkham House, 1973

22 · The Snake · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine January 1933

38 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943

51 · The Vixen · Aleister Crowley · ss The Equinox

55 · “He Cometh and He Passeth By” · H. Russell Wakefield · nv They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928

84 · The Invoker of the Beast · Feodor Sologub · ss The Old House and Other Tales by Feodor Sologub, tr. John Cournos, Martin Secker, 1915

93 · Witch War · Richard Matheson · ss Startling Stories July 1951

99 · The Ensouled Violin · Helena P. Blavatsky · nv Nightmare Tales by Helena P. Blavatsky, Theosophical Publishing House, 1892

130 · Nasty · Fredric Brown · vi Playboy April 1959

132 · The New People · Charles Beaumont · nv Rogue August 1958, as by Michael Phillips

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

172 · The Devil’s Debt · James Platt · ss Tales of the Supernatural by James Platt, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1894

184 · The Hand of Glory [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales July 1933

The 2nd Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1974, 0-583-12333-3, 40p, 205pp, pb, an)

9 · The Likeness of Julie · Richard Matheson · ss Alone by Night ed. Michael & Don Congdon, Ballantine, 1962, as by Logan Swanson

19 · The Sanctuary · E. F. Benson · nv More Spook Stories by E. F. Benson, Hutchinson, 1934

43 · The Violinist · Aleister Crowley · vi The Equinox

46 · The Return of the Sorcerer [Cthulhu] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror September 1931

64 · Upon the Dull Earth · Philip K. Dick · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction #9, 1954

89 · The Witch-Finder · Frederick Cowles · ss The Night Wind Howls by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1938

95 · Kosem Kesamim the Magician · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · ex from Asmodeus at Large, Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833

112 · The Seal of Solomon the Great · Wardon Allan Curtis · ss The Argosy February 1901

118 · The Necromancers · Marjorie Bowen · ss The Queen September 6 1923, as “The Incantation”

132 · Dig Me No Grave [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1937

147 · The Eye of the Beholder · Roland Caine · vi

149 · The Spider · Hanns Heinz Ewers · nv The International December 1915
translated from the German (“Die Spinne”, 1908).

174 · Children of Ubasti [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales December 1929

The 3rd Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1975, 0-583-12334-1, 50p, 220pp, pb, an)

9 · Black Magic [Sebastian Quin] · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930

26 · Borgia Pomade · M. P. Dare · ss Unholy Relics and Other Uncanny Tales by M. P. Dare, Edward Arnold, 1947

36 · Threshold · Henry Kuttner · ss Unknown December 1940

55 · The Altar · Robert Sheckley · ss Fantastic July/August 1953

62 · The Black Kiss [Michael Leigh] · Robert Bloch & Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales June 1937; given as by Robert Bloch, Kuttner having asked that his name be removed from later publication.

84 · The Cave of Echoes · Helena P. Blavatsky · ss Nightmare Tales by Helena P. Blavatsky, Theosophical Publishing House, 1892

95 · No. 252 Rue M. le Prince · Ralph Adams Cram · nv Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895

111 · Review Copy · Anthony Boucher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949, as by H. H. Holmes

123 · Instrument of Darkness · Joseph F. Pumilia · ss

142 · Naturally · Fredric Brown · vi Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1954

144 · The Dreams in the Witch-House [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales July 1933

187 · The Incense of Abomination [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales March 1938

The 4th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1976, 0-583-12703-7, 50p, 192pp, pb, an)

9 · At the Fork of the Roads · Aleister Crowley · ss The Equinox

16 · There Shall Be No Darkness · James Blish · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1950

80 · The Words of Guru · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Stirring Science Stories June 1941, as by Kenneth Falconer

89 · Blood Debt · David Drake · ss

104 · The Fishers of the Fountain · Daphne Castell · ss

108 · Vigil · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Strange Stories December 1939, as by Hampton Wells

127 · The Cage · Ray Russell · ss Rogue November 1959, as by Roger Thorne

134 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)

168 · Dolls [Severn Valley] · Ramsey Campbell · nv

The 5th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1976, 0-583-12704-5, 50p, 158pp, pb, an)

9 · The House on the Marsh · Frederick Cowles · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1936

19 · Out of Depth · Evelyn Waugh · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) December 1933

30 · Hell Is Forever · Alfred Bester · na Unknown Worlds August 1942

122 · The Wish-Giver · Henry Slesar · ss Rogue June 1963

129 · The Night of the Beast · Patricia Williams · ss

134 · Lilith’s · Ramsey Campbell · ss

153 · Nellthu · Anthony Boucher · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1955

155 · Red Christmas · Roland Caine · ss

The 6th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1977, 0-583-12705-3, 60p, 174pp, pb, an)

9 · The Salem Horror [Michael Leigh] · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales May 1937

30 · The Thing on the Roof [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1932

41 · Someone Is Watching · Steven Utley · ss Adam May 1976, as “The Voyeur”

49 · Taureke’s Eyes · Hector Bolitho · ss The House in Half Moon Street by Hector Bolitho, Cobden-Sanderson, 1935

59 · The Horn of Vapula · Lewis Spence · ss The Grand Magazine July 1916

71 · The Mannikin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1937

91 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940

97 · The Other Side · Arthur Porges · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination February 1961

106 · The Seductress · Ramsey Campbell · nv

133 · Compliments of the Author · Lewis Padgett · nv Unknown Worlds October 1942, as by Henry Kuttner

More Devil’s Kisses ed. Michel Parry--- see under Linda Lovecraft.

Reign of Terror: 1st Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1976, 0-552-10335-7, 65p, 187pp, pb, an)
Originally planned as a single bumper volume but then split into five. The 5th and final volume was never published. US edition, Barnes & Noble, 1980.

9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

27 · A Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, D.D. · R. H. Barham · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine April 1831

53 · The Phantom Regiment · James Grant · nv The Phantom Regiment or Stories of “Ours” by James Grant, Thomas Hodgson, 1856

86 · A Night in an Old Castle · G. P. R. James · ss Eva St Clair & Other Collected Tales by G. P. R. James, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1843

104 · The Forsaken of God · William Mudford · ss The Canterbury Magazine v1 #5, November 1834, as “The Atheist” by The Author of “The Five Nights at St Albans”

117 · The Monk’s Story · Catherine Crowe · ss Light and Darkness by Catherine Crowe, London, 1850

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

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

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

Reign of Terror: 2nd Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1977, 0-552-10390-X, 70p, 190pp, pb, an)

7 · The Dream Woman · W. Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1)
revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855).

37 · The Compensation House · Charles Collins · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 3 Branch Line. The Compensation House”

58 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version.

104 · The Dead Man’s Story · Hain Friswell · ss Ghost Stories and Phantom Fancies by Hain Friswell, Richard Bentley, 1858

126 · Horror: A True Tale · John Berwick Harwood · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1861, uncredited.

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

164 · The Merchant of Rotterdam · H. G. Bell · ss Nimmo’s Popular Tales 1866

173 · The Child Stealer · Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Charles S. Cheltnam · ss Temple Bar April 1871
translated from the French (“La voleuse d’enfant”, Les contes du bord du Rhin, J. Hetzel, 1862).

Reign of Terror: 3rd Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1977, 0-552-10433-7, 65p, 158pp, pb, an)

9 · Wildgoose Lodge · William Carleton · ss Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, v1 by William Carleton, 1830

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

50 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited.

74 · Under the Cloak · Rhoda Broughton · ss Tales for Christmas Eve by Rhoda Broughton, Tauchnitz, 1872

86 · The Gray Wolf · George MacDonald · ss Works of Fancy and Imagination by George MacDonald, Alexander Strahan, 1871

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

117 · Secret of the Stradivarius · Hugh Conway · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #794, December 1881, uncredited.

141 · The Fate of Madame Cabanel · Elizabeth Lynn Linton · ss All the Year Round December 16 1872

Reign of Terror: 4th Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1978, 0-552-10487-6, 75p, 157pp, pb, an)

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

37 · The Haunted Organist · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round November 10 1866, uncredited.

54 · The Beckoning Hand · Grant Allen · nv The Beckoning Hand by Grant Allen, Chatto, 1887

87 · The Demon Spell · Hume Nisbet · ss The Haunted Station by Hume Nisbet, F.V. White & Co., 1894

96 · A Mysterious Visitor · Mrs. Henry Wood · nv Bentley’s Miscellany October 1857

120 · The Lady Isopel · Sir Gilbert Campbell · ss Mysteries of the Unseen by Sir Gilbert Campbell, Bart., Ward Lock, 1889

134 · The Witches’ Sabbath · James Platt · ss Tales of the Supernatural by James Platt, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1894

149 · The Skeleton Hand · Agnes MacLeod · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine October 1894

The Rivals of Dracula: A Century of Vampire Fiction ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1977, 0-552-10410-8, 65p, 189pp, pb, an)

7 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

15 · Conversion · Ramsey Campbell · ss

20 · The Mysterious Stranger · [uncredited] · nv Odds and Ends 1860

61 · The Vampire of Kaldenstein · Frederick Cowles · nv The Night Wind Howls by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1938

81 · The Guardian of the Cemetery · Jean Ray; translated by Lowell Blair · ss Weird Tales December 1934, as “The Graveyard Duchess” by John Flanders
translated from the French (“Le gardien du cimetière”, Les contes du whisky, Renaissance du Livre, 1925 as by Jean Ray).

91 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904

105 · The Story of Baelbrow [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1898

119 · The Undead Die · E. Everett Evans (with Ray Bradbury) · ss Weird Tales July 1948

135 · The Horror Undying · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales May 1936

144 · The Bat Is My Brother · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1944

163 · Blood Brother · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy April 1961

168 · Something Had to Be Done · David Drake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1975

174 · Night Life · Steven Utley · ss

178 · Further Rivals of Dracula · [uncredited] · bi

179 · Vampires of the Silver Screen · Michel Parry · bi

The Rivals of Frankenstein: A Gallery of Monsters ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1977, 0-552-10465-5, 70p, 222pp, pb, an)

9 · In the Footsteps of Frankenstein · Michel Parry · in

17 · The Colossus of Ylourgne [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales June 1934

56 · The Last of the Daubeny-FitzAlans · Arnold Harvey · ss 1976

59 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893

66 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s”

76 · Dr. Karnstein’s Creation [Frankenstein] · Donald F. Glut · ss

91 · Almost Human · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures June 1943, as by Tarleton Fiske

111 · Count Szolnok’s Robots · D. Scott-Moncrieff · ss Not for the Squeamish by David Scott-Moncrieff, Background Books, 1948

126 · Herbert West—Reanimator · H. P. Lovecraft · gp (r), as “Grewsome Tales”

_ · From the Dark · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew February 1922

_ · The Plague Demon · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew March 1922

_ · Six Shots by Moonlight · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew April 1922

_ · The Scream of the Dead · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew May 1922

_ · The Horror from the Shadows · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew June 1922

_ · The Tomb-Legions · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew July 1922

158 · Pithecanthropus Rejectus · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Astounding Stories January 1938

169 · The Dead Man · Fritz Leiber · nv Weird Tales November 1950

198 · Iron Man · Eando Binder · ss Future Science Fiction #28, 1955

215 · The Monster at the Movies—A Checklist of Frankenstein Films · Michel Parry · bi

The Rivals of King Kong: A Rampage of Beasts ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1978, 0-552-10604-6, 80p, 205pp, pb, an)

9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

16 · After King Kong Fell [Wold Newton] · Philip José Farmer · nv Omega ed. Roger Elwood, Walker US, 1973

32 · The Monster God · H. Rider Haggard · ss from The Holy Flower, Ward Lock, 1915

42 · The Cult of the White Ape · Hugh B. Cave · nv Weird Tales February 1933

65 · Dr. Hudson’s Secret Gorilla · Howard Waldrop · ss Shayol #1, November 1977

78 · The Myth of the Ape God · Joseph F. Pumilia · ss

92 · Killer · Karl Edward Wagner & David Drake · nv Midnight Sun #1, 1974; given as by Wagner alone.

113 · The Attack of the Giant Baby · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1976

121 · Beauty and the Beast · Henry Kuttner · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1940

137 · Spawn · P. Schuyler Miller · nv Weird Tales August 1939

168 · The Day the Monsters Broke Loose · Robert Silverberg · ss Super-Science Fiction June 1959

184 · Deviation from a Theme · Steven Utley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1976

192 · A Checklist of Great Ape Movies · Michel Parry · bi

Roots of Evil ed. Michel Parry--- see under Carlos Cassaba.

The Roots of Evil ed. Michel Parry (Taplinger, 1976, 0-8008-6837-4, $7.95, 190pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Corgi 1976 as Roots of Evil by Carlos Cassaba) horror anthology.

Santa 2000 ed. Michel Parry (Granada, November 1984, 0-246-12457-1, £4.95, 128pp, hc, an)
Young adult anthology of 6 sf stories about Santa Claus.

1 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

3 · Santa Rides a Saucer · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Two Dozen Dragon Eggs by Donald A. Wollheim, Powell, 1969

8 · Christmas Treason · James White · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1962

33 · Sanity Clause · Edward Wellen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1975

38 · The Santa Claus Planet · Frank M. Robinson · nv The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty, Fredrick Fell, 1951

64 · Christmas on Ganymede · Isaac Asimov · ss Startling Stories January 1942

82 · The Santa Claus Compromise · Thomas M. Disch · ss Crawdaddy December 1974

Savage Heroes ed. Michel Parry--- see under Eric Pendragon.

Sex in the 21st Century ed. Michel Parry & Milton Subotsky (Panther, September 1979, 0-586-04705-0, 95p, 172pp, pb, an)

9 · The Shape of Things to Come? · Michel Parry & Milton Subotsky · in

13 · Push No More · Robert Silverberg · nv Strange Bedfellows ed. Thomas N. Scortia, Random House, 1972

36 · The Near Perfection of the USSS · Irving Feldman · ss Retort 1954

41 · A Trick or Two · John Novotny · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1957

51 · Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy August 1969

63 · In the Group · Robert Silverberg · ss Eros in Orbit ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1973

81 · The Crooked Man · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy August 1955

92 · What Is This Thing Called Love? · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories March 1961, as “Playboy and the Slime God”

106 · Game for Motel Room · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1963

116 · The Vana · Alain Doremieux; translated by Damon Knight · ss Rogue January 1962, as “Sylvie Was a Vana”
translated from the French (“La Vana”, La première anthologie de la science-fiction française, ed. Alain Dorémieux, OPTA, 1959).

129 · The Perfect Gentleman · R. J. McGregor · ss Startling Stories September 1952

144 · Love, Incorporated · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1956

157 · A Way Out · Miriam Allen deFord · ss The Alien Condition ed. Stephen Goldin, Ballantine, 1973

169 · Personal Column · Steven Utley · hu

Spaced Out ed. Michel Parry (Panther, November 1977, 0-586-04167-2, 75p, 192pp, pb, an)
Second of the volumes on drugs. See also Dream Trips and Strange Ecstasies.

9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

13 · The Deep Fix · Michael Moorcock · na Science Fantasy #64, April 1964, as by James Colvin

77 · All the Weed in the World · Fritz Leiber · ss Playboy January 1961

85 · The Roger Bacon Formula · Irvin Lester & Fletcher Pratt · ss Amazing Stories January 1929; given as by Pratt alone.

105 · Smoke of the Snake · Carl Jacobi · ss Top-Notch January 1934

125 · Melodramine · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy August 1965

141 · My Head’s in a Different Place, Now · Grania Davis · nv Universe 2 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1972

161 · Sky · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971

175 · All of Them Were Empty · David Gerrold · ss With a Finger in My I by David Gerrold, Ballantine, 1972

Strange Ecstasies ed. Michel Parry (Panther, 1973, 03894, 30p, 151pp, pb, an)
Third of the volumes on drugs. See also Dream Trips and Spaced Out. US edition: Pinnacle 1974.

1 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

9 · The Plutonian Drug · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Amazing Stories September 1934

23 · The Dream Pills · F. H. Davis · ss Colour November 1914

33 · The White Powder [Mr. Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895, as “Novel of the White Powder”

54 · The New Accelerator · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1901

71 · The Big Fix · Richard Wilson · nv Infinity Science Fiction August 1956

99 · The Secret Songs · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1962

112 · The Hounds of Tindalos [Cthulhu] · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales March 1929

130 · Subjectivity · Norman Spinrad · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction January 1964

146 · What to Do Till the Analyst Comes · Frederik Pohl · ss Imagination February 1956, as “Everybody’s Happy but Me!”

162 · Pipe Dream · Chris Miller · ss National Lampoon June 1972

Superheroes ed. Michel Parry (Sphere, 1978, 0-7221-6711-3, £0.85, 207pp, pb, an, cover by Melvyn)

9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

17 · Stuporman [Lefty Feep] · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures June 1943

41 · The Evil Super-Man · George E. Clark · nv Marvel Tales May 1940, as “The Test-Tube Monster”

71 · The Golden Amazon Returns [Violet Ray (The Golden Amazon)] · John Russell Fearn · nv Fantastic Adventures January 1941, as by Thornton Ayre

103 · Origin of a Superhero [Frankenstein] · Donald F. Glut · ss

114 · Captain Amazing · Stephen Hitchcock · ss

119 · The Awesome Menace of the Polarizer · Geo. Alec Effinger · ss Fantastic Stories December 1971

135 · Satyr-Man · John A. Keel · ss The Fickle Finger of Fate by John A. Keel, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1966

151 · Transmuto, the Metamorphic Myrmidon · Adrian Cole · ss

168 · Easy Way Out · Marion Pitman · ss

171 · It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane! · Norman Spinrad · hu Gent December 1967

182 · Up, Up and Away · Allan C. Kimball · ss

187 · Alternative Ending · Frank Adey · ss

199 · Man of Steel—Woman of Kleenex · Larry Niven · hu Knight December 1969

The Supernatural Solution ed. Michel Parry (Granada, January 1976, 0-586-04217-2, 60p, 222pp, pb, an)
Anthology of psychic detective stories. US hc edition: Taplinger 1976.

9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

17 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.

55 · The Story of Yand Manor House [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1898

70 · The Gateway of the Monster [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler January 1910

93 · The Warder of the Door [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine July 1897

112 · Blood-Lust [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine May 1922

131 · The Shining Pyramid [Mr. Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Unknown World May 15 1895 (+1)

157 · The Jest of Warburg Tantavul [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales September 1934

188 · The Two Graves of Lill Warran [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales May 1951, as “The Last Grave of Lill Warran”

211 · The Case of the Red-Headed Women [Neils Orsen] · Dennis Wheatley · ss Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts by Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, 1943

Waves of Terror ed. Michel Parry (Gollancz, 1976, 0-575-02184-5, £3.95, 208pp, hc, an)
15 weird stories about the Sea.

11 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in

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

38 · Log the Man Dead · Eugene Burdick · ss Argosy May 1953

52 · The Phantom Death · William Clark Russell · ss The Idler October 1893

68 · At Sea · Guy de Maupassant; translated by H. N. P. Sloman · ss (r), as “Selfishness”

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

96 · A Psychological Shipwreck · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Argonaut May 24 1879, as “My Shipwreck”

101 · From the Dark Waters · David A. Drake · ss

116 · Sea Curse [Faring Town] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales May 1928

124 · Fishhead · Irvin S. Cobb · ss The Cavalier January 11 1913

134 · Dagon · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Vagrant #11, November 1919

140 · Fire in the Galley Stove · Captain William Outerson · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1937

155 · The Slaver · John Russell · ss Collier’s February 16 1918

176 · The Sinking Ship · Robert Louis Stevenson · vi Longman’s Magazine August 1895

179 · More News from the “Homebird” [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine August 1907

202 · The Devil and the Old Man · John Masefield · ss The Green Sheaf #6, 1903, as “A Deep Sea Yarn”; dated 1905.

Friends and Spectres ed. Robert Lloyd Parry (Swan River Press, June 2024, 978-1-78380-048-3, €40.00, x+255pp, hc, an, cover by John Coulthart)
Limited to 500 unnumbered copies.
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

vii · Preface · Robert Lloyd Parry · pr

3 · M.R. James (1862-1936) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg Ghosts of the Chit-Chat ed. Robert Lloyd Parry, Swan River Press, 2021 [Ref. M. R. James]

14 · A Night in King’s College Chapel · M. R. James · vi Ghosts & Scholars #7, 1985

20 · A Night in King’s College Chapel (Early Fragment) · M. R. James · uw Ghosts & Scholars #7, 1985, as “untitled fragment (“After this there was an interval of silence”)”

23 · F. Anstey (1856-1934) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. F. Anstey]

35 · The Wraith of Barnjum · F. Anstey · ss Temple Bar March 1879

52 · The Breaking-Point · F. Anstey · ss The Strand Magazine December 1919

73 · Arthur Reed Ropes (1859-1933) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Arthur Reed Ropes]

81 · A Midnight Fantasy · Arthur Reed Ropes · ss The Reflector January 5 1888 (+1), as by Henry Doone

84 · Seraphita: The Story of a Spook · Arthur Reed Ropes · ss The Cambridge Review May 3 1888 (+1), as by Henry Doone

109 · ’B’ (1862-1925) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. ’B’]

118 · When the Door Is Shut · ’B’ · ss Magdalene College Magazine June 1912

125 · Quia Nominor · ’B’ · ss Magdalene College Magazine June 1913

134 · The Sparsholt Stone · ’B’ · ss Magdalene College Magazine December 1919

147 · E.G. Swain (1861-1938) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. E. G. Swain]

160 · The Man with the Roller · E. G. Swain · ss The Peterborough Standard December 23 1911

172 · The Greenford Ghost · E. G. Swain · nv Middlesex County Times December 11 1920 (+1)

205 · R.H. Malden (1879-1951) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. R. H. Malden]

213 · The Collector’s Company · R. H. Malden · ss Nine Ghosts by R. H. Malden, E. Arnold, 1943

228 · The Sundial · R. H. Malden · ss Leeds Parish Church Magazine December 1930

243 · Appendix: A Theory of Black Cats · aílourofóvos · fa The Cambridge Review May 9 1883

Ghosts of the Chit-Chat ed. Robert Lloyd Parry (Swan River Press, April 30, 2021, 978-1-78380-036-0, €40.00, xxv+230pp, hc, an, cover by John Coulthart)
Limited to 500 copies. A paperback edition (-744-4, €20.00) is also available.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

vii · Preface · Robert Lloyd Parry · pr

xi · An Invitation to the Chit-Chat · Robert Lloyd Parry · in

3 · M.R. James (1862-1936) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. M. R. James]

11 · The Scrap-Book of Canon Alberic · M. R. James · ss National Review March 1895

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

37 · E.F. Benson (1867-1940) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. E. F. Benson]

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

55 · R.C. Bosanquet (1871-1935) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. R. C. Bosanquet]

61 · The Dean’s Story · R. C. Bosanquet · pm The Granta April 1891

65 · Red Gold · R. C. Bosanquet · pm The Cambridge ABC June 1894

69 · R.H. Benson (1871-1914) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. R. H. Benson]

75 · Father Bianchi’s Tale · R. H. Benson · ss The Ecclesiastical Review July 1 1906

83 · J.K. Stephen (1859-1892) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. J. K. Stephen]

89 · Man Stories · J. K. Stephen · ss The Reflector January 22 1888

99 · A.C. Benson (1862-1925) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. A. C. Benson]

107 · Basil Netherby · A. C. Benson · nv The Sovereign Magazine August 1926

139 · H.W. Tatham (1861-1909) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. H. W. Tatham]

143 · The Phonograph Bewitched · H. W. Tatham · ss The Footprints in the Snow by H. F. W. Tatham, Macmillan, 1910

151 · Maurice Baring (1874-1945) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Maurice Baring]

155 · The Shadow of a Midnight · Maurice Baring · ss The Morning Post October 6 1908

160 · The Ikon · Maurice Baring · ss The Morning Post March 9 1909

167 · Will Stone (1872-1901) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Will Stone]

173 · A Fable · Will Stone · ss The Letters and Memorials of William Johnston Stone, Eton College, 1904

177 · Desmond MacCarthy (1877-1952) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Desmond MacCarthy]

181 · Pargiton and Harby · Desmond MacCarthy · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

199 · Gerald Warre Cornish (1875-1916) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Gerald Warre Cornish]

203 · Beneath the Surface · Gerald Warre Cornish · ex Beneath the Surface and Other Stories by Gerald Warre Cornish, Grant Richards, 1918

211 · Appendix: The Green Bay Tree

215 · The Green Bay Tree · W. H. Wilkins & Herbert Vivian · ex Hutchinson, 1894

227 · Sources · [uncredited] · ms

Doomed Romances: Strange Tales of Uncanny Love ed. Joanne Ella Parsons (The British Library, January 25, 2024, 978-0-7123-5555-1, £9.99, 304pp, tp, an, cover by Sandra Gómez) [British Library Tales of the Weird]
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

7 · Introduction · Joanne Ella Parsons · in

17 · The Invisible Girl · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1833, 1832

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

125 · Mr. Captain and the Nymph · Wilkie Collins · ss The Spirit of the Times and New York Sportsman December 23 1876

153 · The Little Woman in Black · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv Criterion Library, September 1886

179 · White Magic · Ella D’Arcy · ss The Yellow Book October 1894

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

207 · One Remained Behind · Marjorie Bowen · nv Help Yourself! Annual 1936

235 · The Lady of the House of Love · Angela Carter · nv The Iowa Review Summer/Fall 1979

257 · The Glass Bottle Trick · Nalo Hopkinson · ss Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Invisible Cities Press, 2000

275 · Could You Wear My Eyes · Kalamu ya Salaam · ss Dark Matter ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect, 2000

283 · I’ll Be Your Mirror · Tracy Fahey · ss I Spit Myself Out by Tracy Fahey, Sinister Horror Company, 2021

297 · Dancehall Devil · V. Castro · ss Mestiza Blood by V. Castro, Flame Tree Press, 2022

Crimes of Passion ed. David Partridge (Garden City, 1947, $2.49, 337pp, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · David Partridge · in

1 · Respectability · Sherwood Anderson · ss 1919

7 · The Woman at the Store · Katherine Mansfield · ss Rhythm Spring 1911

18 · Leviathan · Ellis St. Joseph · ss Redbook Magazine September 1938

35 · A Passion in the Desert · Honoré de Balzac · ss The Strand Magazine February 1891
translated from the French (“Une Passion dans le Désert”, Revue de Paris, Dec. 26, 1830).

49 · Sicilian Honour · Luigi Pirandello · ss 1939

56 · Bird of Prey · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941

65 · Leporella · Stefan Zweig · nv 1934

89 · That Evenin’ Sun Go Down · William Faulkner · nv The American Mercury March 1931

107 · One of Cleopatra’s Nights · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · nv One of Cleopatra’s Nights by Théophile Gautier, tr. Lafcadio Hearn, R. Worthington, 1882
translated from the French (“Une Nuit de Cléopâtre”, La Presse, November 29 to December 6, 1838).

142 · The Long Journey · Hector Bolitho · ss The Triad July 10 1923

146 · Little Lizzy · Thomas Mann; translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter · ss 1936

160 · Babette · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)

166 · The Guilty Party · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World October 1 1905

173 · The Smile · A. Hernández Catá; translated by Jesse Loewenthal · ss (r)

180 · Little Oaks · Ivan Bunin; translated by Helene Iswolsky · ss (r)

184 · The Ship “Saratoff” · Ivan Bunin; translated by Helene Iswolsky · ss (r)

189 · Heart’s Desire · Nathan Asch · ss 1937

201 · The Fate of the Baron · Arthur Schnitzler · ss 1929

220 · The Chink and the Child [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Colour October 1915

232 · Crime Passionnel · David Partridge · ss (r)

250 · The Kreutzer Sonata · Leo N. Tolstoy; translated by Louise Maude & Aylmer Maude · na The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude, Oxford University Press, 1924
translated from the Russian (“Kreitserova Sonata”, 1889).

328 · The Reproach · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r)

Bad Intentions by Norman Partridge (Subterranean Press, May 1996, 0-9649890-0-X, $40.00, 292pp, hc, co, cover by Ryan Dreimiller)
Collection of 14 horror stories, three original. There is an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale. This is a signed, limited edition of 500.

ix · Introduction · Joe R. Lansdale · in

1 · Johnny Halloween · Norman Partridge · ss Cemetery Dance #14, Fall 1992

13 · Eighty-Eight Sins · Norman Partridge · ss Amazing Stories December 1991

31 · The Cut Man · Norman Partridge · ss Copper Star ed. Bruce D. Arthurs, 1991 World Fantasy Convention, 1991

49 · Dead Celebs · Norman Partridge · ss Dark at Heart ed. Joe R. & Karen Lansdale, Dark Harvest, 1992

63 · ’59 Frankenstein · Norman Partridge · ss It Came From the Drive-In ed. Norman Partridge & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996

81 · Candy Bars for Elvis · Norman Partridge · ss Cemetery Dance #12, Spring 1992

89 · Styx · Norman Partridge · ss Peter Straub’s Ghosts ed. Peter Straub, Pocket Star, 1995

103 · Wrong Side of the Road · Norman Partridge · ss Final Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991

123 · Gorilla Gunslinger · Norman Partridge · cs Weird Business ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Richard Klaw, MoJo Press, 1995

161 · Dead Man’s Hand · Norman Partridge · na

207 · Apotropaics · Norman Partridge · ss Cemetery Dance #11, Winter 1992

217 · She’s My Witch · Norman Partridge · ss 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1995

227 · Bad Intentions · Norman Partridge · nv

249 · Guignoir · Norman Partridge · nv Guignoir and Other Furies ed. George Hatch, Horror's Head Press, 1991

279 · Story Notes · Norman Partridge · ms

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