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Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers ed. Richard Dalby (Carroll & Graf, May 1989, 0-88184-473-X, $18.95, xvi+347pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Virago 1988 as The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories) anthology of 21 classic ghost stories by women, with an introduction by Jennifer Uglow.

Victorian Ghost Stories by Noted Women Writers ed. Richard Dalby (Barnes & Noble, September 1996, 0-76070-354-X, $7.98, 347pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Virago 1988 as The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories) anthology of 21 classic ghost stories by women, with an introduction by Jennifer Uglow. This is an instant remainder edition.

Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Barnes & Noble, 1997, 0-7607-0353-1, $9.98, 573pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Robinson; Carroll & Graf 1995 as The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories) anthology of 42 stories and 1 poem. This is an instant remainder edition.

The Virago Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Virago, November 1987, 0-86068-810-0, £12.95, 331pp, hc, an, cover by Gerald Brockhurst)     Wide-ranging slection of twentieth-century ghost stories written by women, including three stories commissioned especially for this volume. vii · Preface · Richard Dalby · pr ix · Introduction · Jennifer Uglow · in 1 · The Eyes [Tales of Men] · Edith Wharton · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1910 17 · The Violet Car · E. Nesbit · ss Fear by E. Nesbit, S. Paul, 1910 28 · The Crimson Blind · Henrietta D. Everett · nv The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts by H. D. Everett, Philip Allan, 1920 39 · The Token · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1922 49 · The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1916 68 · The Return · Marjory E. Lambe · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine March 1924 73 · The Haunted Saucepan · Margery H. Lawrence · nv The Tatler December 1 1922 92 · Mr. Tallent’s Ghost · Mary Webb · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 102 · The Amorous Ghost · Enid Bagnold · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 107 · The Accident · Marjorie Bowen · vi The Mathematical Gazette December 1923 108 · A Persistent Woman · Marjorie Bowen · vi Dark Ann, and Other Stories by Marjorie Bowen, John Lane, 1927 109 · The Waiting-Room · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review July 1926 115 · The Ghost · Catherine Wells · ss The Windsor Magazine May 1928 120 · “Will Ye No’ Come Back Again?” · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 126 · Sophy Mason Comes Back · E. M. Delafield · ss Time and Tide 1930 137 · The Doll’s House · Hester Gorst · ss Horrors, Philip Allan, 1933 144 · The Night Nurse’s Story · Edith Olivier · ss Harper’s Bazaar January 1934 153 · The Voice of God · Winifred Holtby · ss Truth Is Not Sober by Winifred Holtby, Macmillan, 1934 160 · The Follower · Cynthia Asquith · ss My Grimmest Nightmare, Allen & Unwin, 1935 164 · Miss de Mannering of Asham · F. M. Mayor · nv The Room Opposite by F. M. Mayor, Longmans, Green, 1935 183 · Roaring Tower · Stella Gibbons · ss Roaring Tower by Stella Gibbons, Longmans, Green, 1937 191 · Juggernaut · Dorothy K. Broster · ss Chambers’s Journal January 1935 206 · The Happy Autumn Fields · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Cornhill Magazine November 1944 220 · The Empty Schoolroom · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss The Uncertain Element ed. Kay Dick, Jarrolds, 1950 233 · Three Miles Up · Elizabeth Jane Howard · nv We Are for the Dark by Elizabeth Jane Howard & Robert Aickman, Cape, 1951 249 · Whitewash · Rose Macaulay · ss The Second Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1952 253 · Poor Girl · Elizabeth Taylor · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 269 · On No Account, My Love · Elizabeth Jenkins · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 277 · The Mistress in Black · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Fifth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969 288 · A Curious Experience · Norah Lofts · ss Woman’s Journal 1971 295 · Breakages · Fay Weldon · ss The Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1978 303 · Dual Control · Elizabeth Walter · nv Dead Woman by Elizabeth Walter, Collins and Harvill Press, 1975 311 · Lady with Unicorn · Sara Maitland · ss 318 · Diamond Jim · Lisa St. Aubin de Terán · ss 324 · Ashputtle · Angela Carter · ss 326 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Virago Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Virago, October 2006, 1-84408-159-1, £12.99, x+496pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 31 ghost stories selected from three previous anthologies: The Virago Book of Ghost Stories (1987), The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (1988), and The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two (Virago 1991). vii · Preface · Richard Dalby · pr 1 · Napoleon and the Spectre · Charlotte Brontë · ss C. Shorter, 1919; written 1833. 5 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 28 · The Story of Salome · Amelia B. Edwards · ss Storm-Bound, Tinsley’s Christmas Annual 1867, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 50 · Reality or Delusion? [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · ss The Argosy (UK) December 1868, as by Johnny Ludlow 69 · The Old House in Vauxhall Walk · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv Home Christmas 1880 88 · The Open Door · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1882 133 · The Villa Lucienne · Ella D’Arcy · ss The Yellow Book July 1896 143 · The Vacant Lot · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine September 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins 160 · The Violet Car · E. Nesbit · ss Fear by E. Nesbit, S. Paul, 1910 175 · The Eyes [Tales of Men] · Edith Wharton · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1910 196 · The Token · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1922 209 · Rosalind · Richmal Crompton · ss The Sovereign Magazine April 1925 223 · The Haunted Saucepan · Margery Lawrence · nv The Tatler December 1 1922 226 · Miss de Mannering of Asham · F. M. Mayor · nv The Room Opposite by F. M. Mayor, Longmans, Green, 1935 248 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · nv The London Mercury September 1930 292 · The Station Road · Ann Bridge · ss The Song in the House by Ann Bridge, 1936 301 · Roaring Tower · Stella Gibbons · ss Roaring Tower by Stella Gibbons, Longmans, Green, 1937 313 · The Happy Autumn Fields · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Cornhill Magazine November 1944 331 · The Mistress in Black · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Fifth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969 346 · Don’t Tell Cissie · Celia Fremlin · ss By Horror Haunted by Celia Fremlin, Gollancz, 1974 361 · Who’s Been Sitting in My Car? · Antonia Fraser · ss Prevailing Spirits ed. Giles Gordon, Hamish Hamilton, 1976 374 · The Haunting of Shawley Rectory · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979 392 · The July Ghost · Antonia S. Byatt · nv Firebird 1 ed. Tim J. Binding, Penguin, 1982 410 · The Dream of Fair Women · A. L. Barker · ss Stories of Haunted Inns ed. Denys Val Baker, William Kimber, 1983 426 · Black Dog · Penelope Lively · ss Nothing Missing But the Samovar by Penelope Lively, Heinemann, 1978 435 · The Chauffeur [Jane Bradshawe] · Rosemary Pardoe · ss The Angry Dead by Mary Ann Allen, Crimson Altar Press, 1986, as by Mary Ann Allen 441 · Diamond Jim · Lisa St. Aubin de Terán · ss The Virago Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1987 449 · Ashputtle · Angela Carter · ss The Virago Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1987 452 · The Ghosts of Calagou · Elizabeth Fancett · ss The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1991 461 · The Traitor · Joan Aiken · nv The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1991 480 · Redundant · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1991 487 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · ms

The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two ed. Richard Dalby (Virago, October 1991, 1-85381-454-7, £13.99, 318pp, hc, an, cover by Sir James Jebusa Shannon)     Anthology of 27 ghost stories, four original, written by women writers in the twentieth century, with an introduction by Sara Maitland. ix · Preface · Richard Dalby · pr x · Introduction · Sara Maitland · in 1 · The July Ghost · Antonia S. Byatt · nv Firebird 1 ed. Tim J. Binding, Penguin, 1982 15 · With and Without Buttons · Mary Butts · ss Last Stories by Mary Butts, Brendin Publishing Company, 1938 27 · Don’t Tell Cissie · Celia Fremlin · ss By Horror Haunted by Celia Fremlin, Gollancz, 1974 39 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · nv The London Mercury September 1930 52 · The Grey Men · Rebecca West · ss Tales of Mystery ed. Ernest Rhys & C. A. Dawson-Scott, Hutchinson, 1927 57 · The Pool · Daphne du Maurier · nv Breaking Point by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1959 81 · The Station Road · Ann Bridge · ss The Song in the House by Ann Bridge, 1936 88 · Black Dog · Penelope Lively · ss Nothing Missing But the Samovar by Penelope Lively, Heinemann, 1978 95 · No. 17 · Edith Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine June 1910, as by E. Bland 102 · Prelude · Pamela Sewell · ss 108 · The Pestering · D. K. Broster · nv Good Housekeeping (UK) December 1932 140 · I Used to Live Here Once · Jean Rhys · vi Sleep It Off, Lady by Jean Rhys, Andre Deutsch, 1976 142 · A Spirit Elopement · Clotilde Graves · ss Off Sandy Hook and Other Stories by Richard Dehan, Frederick A. Stokes, 1915, as by Richard Dehan 150 · Whittington’s Cat · Eleanor Smith · nv The Radio Times December 22 1933 166 · The Haunting of Shawley Rectory · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979 180 · Mare Amore · Margery Lawrence · ss Cassell’s Magazine December 1931, as “Storm” 194 · Who’s Been Sitting in My Car? · Antonia Fraser · ss Prevailing Spirits ed. Giles Gordon, Hamish Hamilton, 1976 204 · The Ghosts of Calagou · Elizabeth Fancett · ss 211 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 236 · The Thingummyjig · Mary Williams · ss The Haunted Valley by Mary Williams, Kimber, 1978 243 · The House of Shadows · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales April 1933 250 · Rosalind · Richmal Crompton · ss The Sovereign Magazine April 1925 261 · Redundant · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss 267 · The Dream of Fair Women · A. L. Barker · ss Stories of Haunted Inns ed. Denys Val Baker, William Kimber, 1983 279 · The Chauffeur [Jane Bradshawe] · Rosemary Pardoe · ss The Angry Dead by Mary Ann Allen, Crimson Altar Press, 1986, as by Mary Ann Allen 284 · The Traitor · Joan Aiken · nv 299 · The Landlady · Elinor Mordaunt · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1923 314 · Notes on the Authors · Richard Dalby · bg

The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Virago, September 12, 1988, 0-86068-809-7, £12.95, 347pp, hc, an, cover: Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti from 1874)     Anthology of 21 ghost stories from the Victorian era. vii · Preface · Richard Dalby · pr ix · Introduction · Jennifer Uglow · in 1 · Napoleon and the Spectre · Charlotte Brontë · ss C. Shorter, 1919; written 1833. 5 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 23 · The Last House in C— Street · Dinah Maria Mulock · ss Fraser’s Magazine October 1856, uncredited. 34 · Round the Fire · Catherine Crowe · ss from “Seventh Evening”, Ghosts and Family Legends by Mrs. Crowe, T.C. Newby, 1858 44 · The Cold Embrace · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss The Welcome Guest September 22 1860 52 · Not to Be Taken at Bed-Time · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, uncredited. 64 · The Story of Salome · Amelia B. Edwards · ss Storm-Bound, Tinsley’s Christmas Annual 1867, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 81 · The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar February 1868 90 · Reality or Delusion? [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · ss The Argosy (UK) December 1868, as by Johnny Ludlow 105 · Winthrop’s Adventure · Vernon Lee · nv Fraser’s Magazine January 1881, as “A Culture-Ghost; or, Winthrop’s Adventure” 135 · The Old House in Vauxhall Walk · Charlotte Riddell · nv Home Christmas 1880 150 · The Open Door · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1882 185 · Cecilia de Noël · Lanoe Falconer · na Macmillan, 1891 255 · Many Waters Cannot Quench Love · Louisa Baldwin · ss The Shadow on the Blind and Other Ghost Stories by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin, Dent, 1895 263 · The Prayer · Violet Hunt · nv Chapman’s Magazine December 1895, as “The Story of a Ghost” 286 · Let Loose · Mary Cholmondeley · nv Temple Bar April 1890 301 · The Villa Lucienne · Ella D’Arcy · ss The Yellow Book July 1896 309 · The Striding Place · Gertrude Atherton · ss The Speaker June 20 1896, as “The Twins” 315 · The Affair at Grover Station · Willa Cather · ss The Library June 16 1900 (+1) 328 · The Vacant Lot · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine September 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins 341 · Haunted! · Isabella Banks · pm Ripples and Breakers by Isabella Banks, 1898 343 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Great Ghost Stories ed. Harrison Dale (Herbert Jenkins, 1930, 7/6d, 399pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 15 ghost stories with an informative introduction by the editor. 5 · The Art of the Ghost Story · Harrison Dale · in 35 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824 63 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Mrs. Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 97 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited. 118 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version. 177 · Madam Crowl’s Ghost · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round December 31 1870, uncredited. 199 · The Cedar Closet · Lafcadio Hearn · ss The Enquirer March 1 1874 214 · Thrawn Janet · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1881, as by R. L. S. 230 · Teig O’Kane and the Corpse · translated by Dr. Douglas Hyde · ss Legends of Saints and Sinners ed. Douglas Hyde, Talbot Press, 1915 250 · The Lady’s Maid’s Bell · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine November 1902 284 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 317 · 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). 336 · Maese Pérez, the Organist · Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer; translated by Rollo Ogden · nv Modern Ghosts, Harper's, 1890 translated from the Spanish (“Maese Pérez, el organista (Leyenda sevillana)”, El Contemporaneo, December 1861). 354 · The Tall Woman · Pedro de Alarcón; translated by Rollo Ogden · nv Modern Ghosts, Harper's, 1890 translated from the Spanish (“La mujer alta”, Narraciones inverosímiles, 1881). 376 · The Corpse the Blood-Drinker · P’u Sung-Ling, uncredited; translated by George Soulié · ss Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures by George Soulie, Constable, 1913 381 · The Story of Ming-Y · Lafcadio Hearn · nv Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn, Roberts Bros., 1887

More Great Ghost Stories ed. Harrison Dale (Herbert Jenkins, 1932, 7/6d, 396pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 12 ghost stories with an informative introduction by the editor. 5 · Anthologists and Other Ghouls · Harrison Dale · in 23 · In Defence of His Right · Daniel Defoe · ex from Essay on the Reality of Apparitions, as by Andrew Moreton, 1727, as by Andrew Moreton 38 · Peter Rugg, the Missing Man · William Austin · nv New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New England in a Letter to Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell 78 · The Botathen Ghost · R. S. Hawker · ss All the Year Round May 18 1867 92 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 110 · The Signal Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 128 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv In a Glass Darkly by J. S. Le Fanu, R. Bentley & Son, 1872 revised from “The Watcher”, Dublin University Magazine, November 1847. 179 · The Phantom Regiment · James Grant · nv The Phantom Regiment or Stories of “Ours” by James Grant, Thomas Hodgson, 1856 220 · The Open Door · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1882 278 · Though One Rose from the Dead · William Dean Howells · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine April 1903 319 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 360 · In the Blackfriars Wynd · Howard Pease · ss Border Ghost Stories by Howard Pease, Macdonald, 1919 375 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908

Sydney Noir ed. John Dale (Akashic Books, January 1, 2019, 978-1-61775-581-1, $15.95, 248pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]     Details taken from publisher website. 11 · City of Change · John Dale · in · Part I: Family Matters 17 · The Passenger · Kirsten Tranter · ss; set in Balmain. 38 · The Birthday Present · Mandy Sayer · ss; set in Kings Cross. 48 · Good Boy, Bad Girl · John Dale · ss; set in Newtown. 65 · In the Dunes · Eleanor Limprecht · ss; set in Maroubra. 75 · In the Court of the Lion King · Mark Dapin · ss; set in La Perouse. · Part II: Sex and the City 99 · The Transmutation of Sex · Leigh Redhead · ss; set in Parramatta. 119 · The Patternmaker · Julie Koh · ss; set in Ashfield. 132 · Toxic Nostalgia · Peter Polites · ss; set in Bankstown. 148 · The Razor · Robert Drewe · ss; set in Lavender Bay. · Part III: Criminal Justice 171 · Rip-Off · Tom Gilling · ss; set in Sydney Harbour. 185 · Slow Burn · Gabrielle Lord · ss; set in Clovelly. 203 · Black Cul-De-Sac · Philip McLaren · ss; set in Redfern. 218 · Chinaman’s Beach · P. M. Newton · ss; set in Mosman. 229 · Good Bloke · Peter Doyle · ss; set in Edgecliff. 246 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg