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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Mummy: Stories of the Living Corpse ed. Peter Haining (Severn House, November 1988, 0-7278-1556-3, £10.95, 263pp, hc, an, cover by Trevor Newman) 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 15 · Some Words with a Mummy · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Review April 1845 32 · My New Year’s Eve Among the Mummies · Grant Allen · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1878, as by J. Arbuthnot Wilson 47 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892 81 · The Story of Baelbrow [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1898 95 · A Professor of Egyptology · Guy Boothby · ss The Graphic December 10 1904 114 · The Mysterious Mummy · Sax Rohmer · ss Pearson’s Weekly Christmas Extra November 26 1903, as by A. Sarsfield Ward 126 · The Mummy’s Foot · Theophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · ss New Orleans Item June 16 1878 (+1) translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840). 137 · Black Coffee · Jeffery Farnol · ss The Shadow and Other Stories by Jeffery Farnol, 1929 150 · Imprisoned with the Pharaohs · Harry Houdini (ghost written by H. P. Lovecraft) · nv Weird Tales May/June/July 1924; given as by H.P. Lovecraft & Harry Houdini. 178 · The Mummy Worshippers · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Strange Cults & Secret Societies of Modern London by Elliott O'Donnell, Philip Allan, 1934 184 · The Flying Head · A. Hyatt Verrill · ss Strange Stories June 1939 195 · Monkeys · E. F. Benson · ss Weird Tales December 1933 211 · The Mummy’s Ghost · Griffin Jay & Henry Sucher · ss (r) 222 · The Secret of Sebek [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1937 239 · A Life for a Life · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1935 250 · Colonel Stonesteel’s Genuine Home-Made Truly Egyptian Mummy · Ray Bradbury · ss Omni May 1981

Murder at the Races ed. Peter Haining (Chartwell, 1996, 0-7858-0527-3, $10.98, 487pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Orion 1995) anthology of 30 racing stories, each introduced by the editor. First American edition. xi · Introduction · Peter Haining · in xvii · Under Starter’s Orders · John Masefield · pm Right Royal by John Masefield, 1920 · 1. Sport of Killers: Mystery on the Course 3 · The Protection Racket · Dick Francis · ss (r) 21 · Nobbling the Favourite [Barry Bromley] · Nat Gould · ss The Novel Magazine March 1917 39 · A Racing Swindle · Thomas Gaspey · ss Richmond; or, Scenes in the Life of a Bow Street Runner by anon., 1827 52 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1892, as “The Adventure of Silver Blaze” 80 · Won by a Neck [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News September 11 1932 94 · The American Invasion · Frank Johnson · ss 1937 105 · A Derby Horse [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard May 28 1952 111 · The Horse That Died for Shame [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 144 · Murder on the Race Course [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · nv 1956, as “The Grand National Case” 167 · The Body in the Horsebox · John Francome · ex from Eavesdropper, Macdonald, 1986 · 2. Dead Weights: Mayhem in the Saddle 181 · Calling the Tune · Steve Donoghue · ss The Passing Show 1932 198 · To Win a Race · Alfred Watson · ss (r) 215 · Dead Cert · Leon Breaker · nv (r) 241 · Nat Wedgewood Trapped [Nat Wedgewood] · Jack Fairfax-Blakeborough · ss Nat Wedgewood, Jockey by J. Fairfax-Blakeborough, Philip Allan, 1933 258 · The Phantom Jockey · Bat Masters · ss (r) 269 · Thoroughbred · Max Brand · ss Collier’s November 30 1935 283 · My Old Man · Ernest Hemingway · ss Three Stories and Ten Poems by Ernest Hemingway, McAlman's Contract Publishing Co., 1923 298 · Saratoga in August · Hugh Pentecost · ss (r) 313 · The Photographer and the Jockey [Manuel Andradas (The Photographer)] · James Holding · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1974 326 · Ellen Keegan’s Revenge · Mary Ryan · nv · 3. Fixed Odds: Crime and the Gamblers 349 · Straight from the Horse’s Mouth [Educated Evans] · Edgar Wallace · ss Educated Evans by Edgar Wallace, Webster, 1924 361 · A Story Goes with It · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan November 1931 375 · Had a Horse · John Galsworthy · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 11 1923 399 · Morning in the High Street · Barré Lyndon · ss The (London) Evening News October 14 1935 406 · The Crackler [Tuppence & Tommy Beresford] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 19 1924, as “The Affair of the Forged Notes” 420 · Something Short of Murder! · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1957, as by O. H. Leslie 435 · Born Gambler · Thomas Walsh · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 10 1980 452 · The Later Edition · Victor Bridges · ss Jetsam by Victor Bridges, Mills & Boon, 1914 464 · Two and a Half Per Cent · Mark Daniel · ss Inside Racing 477 · En Famille · Ed Gorman · ss

Murder by the Glass: A Vintage Selection of Crime Mystery ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, 1994, 0-285-63205-1, 351pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in (r) 11 · 1. Name Your Poison: Stories of the Connoisseurs 13 · A Connoisseur’s Revenge · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” 26 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 33 · Ale Celestial? · A. E. Coppard · ss The (London) Evening News July 18 1938 39 · Bitter Almonds [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Passing Show June 30 1934 50 · The Income Tax Mystery · Michael Gilbert · ss Lilliput October 1957, as “Mr. Portway’s Practice” 60 · In Vino Veritas [Dr. Frank Belling] · Lawrence G. Blochman · vi The American Magazine October 1941, as “Perfect Wine” 64 · The Last Bottle in the World · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1968 83 · Cellar Cool · Geoffrey Household · ss Argosy (UK) April 1964 89 · The Friends of Plonk · Kingsley Amis · ss Town 1964 99 · 2. Dying for a Drink: Cocktails of Mystery and Death 101 · The Opener of the Crypt [Fortunato] · John Jakes · ss Fantastic November/December 1952 108 · Before the Party · Somerset Maugham · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1922 131 · A Bottle of Gin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1943 147 · Marmalade Wine · Joan Aiken · ss Suspense (UK) September 1958 154 · The Wine Glass · A. A. Milne · ss Cosmopolitan May 1946 166 · The Liqueur Glass · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Smart Set March 1915 174 · Over an Absinthe Bottle · W. C. Morrow · ss The Argonaut January 2 1893, as “The Pale Dice-Thrower” 183 · The Widow [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine April 1937 204 · To the Widow · Christianna Brand · ss The Saint Magazine June 1984 219 · 3. Make Mine Murder: Cases of the Drinking Detectives 221 · A Matter of Taste [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste” 233 · Raffles and Operation Champagne [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 4 1981 255 · The Unblemished Bootlegger [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News September 4 1932, as “Shanghaied!” 265 · The Unknown Peer [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine February 1938, as “Trent and the Unknown Peer” 278 · The Adventure of the Tell-tale Bottle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #36, November 1946 295 · Wry Highball [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1959 304 · The Man Who Stirred Champagne [John Jericho] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979 315 · Under the Hammer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) November 1961 translated from the French (“Vente à la bougie”, Les Petits Cochons sans Queue, Presse de la Cite, 1955). 328 · Means of Evil [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1977, as “The Case of the Shaggy Caps”