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Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, October 1991, 0-285-63055-5, £14.99, 415pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 27 mystery and horror stories about food. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 13 · I Spécialtés de la Maison: Stories by Some Famous Authors 15 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948 32 · Bribery and Corruption · Ruth Rendell · ss The New Girl Friend and Other Stories by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1985 42 · Chef d’Œuvre · Paul Gallico · ss Argosy (UK) November 1959 54 · La Spécialité de M. Duclos · Oliver La Farge · ss The New Yorker April 29 1950 61 · Three, or Four, for Dinner · L. P. Hartley · ss Life and Letters December 1932 76 · A Terrible Tale · Gaston Leroux; translated by Hannaford Bennett · nv The Burgled Heart by Gaston Leroux, tr. Hannaford Bennett, John Long, 1925 translated from the French (“Une histoire épouvantable”, Le cœur cambriolé, Pierre Lafitte & Cie, 1922). 92 · So You Won’t Talk! · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan May 1937 105 · Sauce for the Goose · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1972 116 · A Very Commonplace Murder · P. D. James · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1968, as “Moment of Power” 133 · II Entrées Historiques: Tales from the Culinary Past 135 · A Dinner at Imola [Chronicles of the City-States] · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales April 1929 140 · The Feast in the Abbey · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1935 147 · The Three Low Masses · Alphonse Daudet; translated by Farnsworth Wright · ss Weird Tales July 1925 translated from the French (“Les Trois Messes Basses”, Contes du Lundi, 1875). 154 · The Coffin-Maker · Alexander Pushkin · ss (r) 161 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss The Knickerbocker October 1839 171 · The Compleat Housewife · Richard Dehan · ss The Windsor Magazine February 1910, as by Clotilde Graves 188 · The Case of Mr. Lucraft · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv The Case of Mr. Lucraft and Other Tales by Walter Besant & James Rice, Sampson Low, 1876 234 · The Man Who Couldn’t Taste Pepper · G. B. Stern · ss (r) 240 · Final Dining · Roger Zelazny · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination February 1963 249 · III Just Desserts: A Selection of Detective Cases 251 · Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Collier’s November 9 1940 264 · The Long Dinner [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine January 1935 293 · The Assassins’ Club [Nigel Strangeways] · Nicholas Blake · ss Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939, as “A Slice of Bad Luck” 301 · Dinner for Two [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #62, January 1949 317 · A Case for Gourmets [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) May 1959, as “Mr. Duckworth’s Night Out” 331 · Rum for Dinner [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s February 7 1948 347 · 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). 360 · Poison à la Carte [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Three at Wolfe’s Door by Rex Stout, Viking, 1960 407 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953

Murder on the Railways ed. Peter Haining (Orion, 1996, 0-75280-454-5, £16.99, 484pp, hc, an)     Crime/mystery anthology. 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 5 · Murder in the Railway Train: A Broadsheet Ballad · [uncredited] · pm 1870 7 · 1. Murder Express: Classic Journeys Into Fear 9 · Express to Stamboul [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Cosmopolitan April 1933, as “Have You Got Everything You Want?” 22 · Crime on the Footplate [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard December 28 1949 31 · The Man with No Face [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face” 57 · Dead Man · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1936 69 · Cheese · Ethel Lina White · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1923 86 · A Curious Suicide · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1973, as “Who Dies, Who Lives?” 97 · Jeumont: 51 Minutes’ Wait [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) October 1961 translated from the French (“Jeumont, 51 minutes d’arrêt”, Les Nouvelles Enquêtes de Maigret, Gallimard, 1944). 109 · Three-Ten to Yuma · Elmore Leonard · nv Dime Western Magazine March 1953 125 · 2. Tracked Down: The Railway Detectives 127 · The Adventure of the First Class Carriage [Sherlock Holmes] · Ronald A. Knox · ss The Strand Magazine February 1947 139 · The Murder on the Okehampton Line [Godfrey Page] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss (r) 150 · The Mystery of the Black Blight [Calvin Sprague] · Francis Lynde · nv The Popular Magazine August 15 1912 181 · The Knight’s Cross Signal Problem [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World August 24 1913 (+1), as “The Mystery of the Signals” 206 · Once Upon a Train [Hildegarde Withers; John J. Malone] · Craig Rice & Stuart Palmer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #83, October 1950 228 · The Rhine Maiden [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss The American Magazine February 1936, as “All Aboard for Shanghai!” 245 · Murder on the 7.16 [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Appleby Talks Again by Michael Innes, Gollancz, 1956 250 · Murder in the Tunnel · Brian Hunt · ss The Daily Telegraph December 17 1994 261 · 3. Tunnel Visions: Death on the Subway 263 · A Mystery of the Underground · John Oxenham · nv To-Day February 27 1897 (+6) 286 · Death in the Air · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Fiction Weekly October 10 1936 306 · The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv The Royal Magazine July 1901 323 · Thubway Tham’s Bomb Scare [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine January 1960 334 · The Coulman Handicap [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) April 1958 352 · A Midnight Train to Nowhere · Ken Follett · ss The (London) Evening News August 19 1975 356 · Oxford Circus · Maeve Binchy · ss Victoria Line by Maeve Binchy, Quartet, 1980 365 · Drink Entire: Against the Madness of Crowds · Ray Bradbury · ss Gallery April 1976 377 · 4. End of the Line: Commuter Crimes 379 · The Riddle of the 5.28 [Hamilton Cleek] · Thomas W. Hanshew · nv Cassell’s Saturday Journal April 30 1910 398 · Headhunter · Jan Carol Sabin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1994 405 · Escape to Danger · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week May 11 1952 (+1), as “Flight Into Disaster” 420 · Death Decision · William F. Nolan · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine July 1981 432 · Broker’s Special · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1956 443 · Galloping Foxley · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 457 · The Second Passenger · Basil Copper · ss The Dark Brotherhood Journal #3, 1973 467 · The Green Road to Quephanda · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1 1981, as “The Green Road”

Mysterious Air Stories ed. Peter Haining--- see under William Pattrick.

Mysterious Motoring Stories ed. Peter Haining--- see under William Pattrick.

Mysterious Railway Stories ed. Peter Haining--- see under William Pattrick.

Mysterious Sea Stories ed. Peter Haining--- see under William Pattrick.

The Necromancers ed. Peter Haining (Hodder & Stoughton, February 1971, £2.25, 256pp, hc, an)     A mixture of fact and fiction covering the whole spectrum of Black Magic and Witchcraft. 11 · Editor’s Preface · Peter Haining · pr 13 · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in · Section One 21 · Modern Witchcraft · Robert Graves · ar 1965 28 · Black Magic Today · Rollo Ahmed · ar 33 · The Black Lodge · Aleister Crowley · ex from Moonchild, Mandrake Press, 1929 42 · The Sacrifice · Betty May · ex 1929 45 · The Sorcerers · W. B. Yeats · vi The Celtic Twilight by W. B. Yeats, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893 47 · A Life for a Life · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1935 · Section Two 63 · The Witches’ Sabbat · C. W. Olliver · ar 1965 69 · The Salem Mass · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as “Young Goodman Brown” by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 81 · The Tryals of the New England Witches · Cotton Mather · ex from The Wonders of the Invisible World, 1692 83 · An Indictment for Witchcraft · [uncredited] · ar 1679; transcript of a charge of witchcraft against two Scottish women. 84 · The Lancashire Witches · William Godwin · ex from Lives of the Necromancers, Frederick J. Mason, 1834 88 · The Midnight Assembly · W. Harrison Ainsworth · ex from The Lancashire Witches, Henry Colburn, 1849 93 · The Initiation to Witchcraft · Margaret Murray · ex from The God of the Witches, Sampson Low, 1931 103 · A Pact with the Devil · [uncredited] · ar (r); purportedly a translation of a 17th Century German pact. · Section Three 107 · How to Raise a Spirit · [uncredited] · ar (r); a necromantic evocation taken from Sloame mss 1884 in the British Museum. 109 · The Black Goat of Brandenburg · [uncredited] · ex (r); a surviving fragment from a 17th Century German work. 110 · My Experiences in Necromancy · Benvenuto Cellini · ex (r) 114 · The Necromancer · Lawrence Flammenberg; translated by Peter Teuthold · ex Minerva Press, 1794 translated from the German (Der Geisterbanner, 1792). 137 · Gavon’s Eve · E. F. Benson · ss The Illustrated London News January 13 1906 · Section Four 151 · The Confessions of the Witches of Elfdale · [uncredited] · ar 1669; apparent confessions of witches from two Swedish villages. 154 · The Witch Finders · Sax Rohmer · ex from The Romance of Sorcery, Methuen, 1914 159 · The Witch-Baiter · Robert Anthony · ss Weird Tales December 1927 167 · The Spell of Witchcraft · P. T. Barnum · ar (r) 175 · Familiars · Frank Hamel · ex 1955 183 · The Little Friend · August W. Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1948, as “Saunder’s Little Friend” · Section Five 197 · The Chambre Ardente Affair · Ronald Seth · ex 1970 204 · The Tarn of Sacrifice · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Wolves of God by Algernon Blackwood & Wilfred Wilson, Cassell & Co., 1921 225 · The Hell-Fire Clubs · Montague Summers · ex Witchcraft and Black Magic by Montague Summers, Rider, 1946 234 · At the Heart of It · Michael Harrison · ss The London Mystery Magazine #19, 1954 246 · Beelzebub · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy December 1963

Nightcaps and Nightmares: Ghosts with a Touch of Humour ed. Peter Haining (William Kimber, May 9, 1983, 0-7183-0269-9, £6.50, 204pp, hc, an, cover by Ionicus)     Collection of humorous ghost stories. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in (r) 13 · The Spectre of Tappington · Richard Harris Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany February 1837, as by Thomas Ingoldsby 41 · The Lawyer and the Ghost · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837 45 · The Wraith of Barnjum · F. Anstey · ss Temple Bar March 1879 60 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 90 · The Ghost Aristocracy · Kenneth Grahame · ar The National Observer November 1892 95 · The Haunted Mill · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Wave February 21 1891 100 · Ghosts That Have Haunted Me · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly December 19 1896 113 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 127 · The Clothing of Ghosts · Ambrose Bierce · ar New York American May 3 1902 131 · A Ghost of a Chance · O. Henry · ss The Smart Set January 1903 140 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912 152 · Buggam Grange · Stephen Leacock · ss Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock, John Lane, 1920 161 · A Trip to Spirit Land · Robert Benchley · es Liberty August 15 1931 166 · The Night the Ghost Got In · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker August 12 1933 172 · The White Horse or, “The Great Southern Ghost Story” · Robert Graves · ss 1956 177 · Half-Way to Hell · John Collier · ss The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 185 · The Indian Spirit Guide · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1948

Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations ed. Peter Haining (Victor Gollancz Ltd., October 1972, 0-575-01446-6, £1.60, 254pp, hc, an, cover by David Smee) 11 · Editor’s Foreword · Peter Haining · fw 13 · I. Tales That Frightened Your Grandparents 15 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 36 · The Story of a Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, as “A Terribly Strange Bed”, uncredited. 55 · The Tell Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 61 · Madam Crowl’s Ghost · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round December 31 1870, uncredited. 79 · The Man in White · Andrew Lang · ts The Red True Story Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, and CO., 1895 83 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887 97 · II. Tales That Scared Your Parents 99 · 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. 113 · The Valley of the Spiders · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1903 125 · The Haunted Doll’s House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review February 1923 138 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 148 · The Transfer · Algernon Blackwood · ss Country Life December 9 1911 160 · The Lamp · Agatha Christie · ss 1924 169 · III. Tales That Will Horrify You 171 · The Lonesome Place · August Derleth · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries February 1948 180 · Close Behind Him · John Wyndham · ss Fantastic January/February 1953 195 · Enoch · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1946 211 · Same Time, Same Place · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #60, 1963 221 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · nv Dime Mystery Magazine November 1946 241 · Furry Night · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) November 1958

The Nightmare Reader ed. Peter Haining (Victor Gollancz, August 1973, 0-575-01710-4, £2.60, xv+340pp, hc, an)     Anthology of stories inspired by dreams. US edition Doubleday, 1973. ix · Editor’s Preface · Peter Haining · pr xiii · What Hath Light Wrought? · Isaac Asimov · in 1 · 1: Visitation 1 · The Midnight Embrace · Matthew Gregory Lewis · ss Tales of Terror by Matthew Gregory Lewis, J. Bell, 1801, as “Albert of Werdendorff; or the Midnight Embrace”, uncredited. 13 · 2: The Frankenstein Theme 13 · The Transformation · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1831, 1830 33 · 3: Dream State 33 · The Bold Dragoon · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 43 · 4: Drug Addiction 43 · Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow · Thomas De Quincey · ex from The Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Taylor and Hessey, 1822 51 · 5: Sorcery 51 · The Magician · Lord Lytton · ex from Asmodeus at Large, The New Monthly Magazine January 1832 - February 1833 69 · 6: Morphia Influence 69 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 79 · 7: Schizophrenia 79 · The Drunkard’s Dream [The Purcell Papers] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine August 1838, uncredited. 95 · 8: Claustrophobia 95 · The Man in the Reservoir · C. F. Hoffman · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine August 1842, as “Ben Blower’s Story” 105 · 9: The Blood Drinker 105 · Haceldama · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Cincinnati Commercial September 5 1875 119 · 10: Hallucination 119 · The Ensouled Violin · Madame Blavatsky · nv Nightmare Tales by Helena P. Blavatsky, Theosophical Publishing House, 1892 149 · 11: Morbidity 149 · Visions of the Night · Ambrose Bierce · ar San Francisco Examiner July 24 1887 157 · 12: The Legendary Dream 157 · The Soldiers’ Rest · Arthur Machen · ss The (London) Evening News October 20 1914 163 · 13: A Trauma of War 163 · The Bureau d’Echange de Maux · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set January 1915 169 · 14: Psychic Experience 169 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1908 181 · 15: The Occultist 181 · The Testament of Magdalen Blair · Aleister Crowley · nv The Equinox 1912 211 · 16: Visionary 211 · A Dream of Armageddon · H. G. Wells · nv Black & White May/June 1901 239 · 17: Ghostly Visitation 239 · A School Story · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911 247 · 18: Obsession 247 · The Grimoire · Montague Summers · nv The Grimoire and Other Supernatural Stories ed. Montague Summers, Fortune Press, 1936 271 · 19: Recluse 271 · The Evil Clergyman · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales April 1939, as “The Wicked Clergyman” 277 · 20: Nightmare 277 · The Slayers and the Slain · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1949 287 · 21: Fear of Illness 287 · The Shifting Growth · Edgar Jepson & John Gawsworth · ss Crimes, Creeps and Thrills, E.H. Samuel, 1936; given as by John Gawsworth alone. 293 · 22: Arachnophobia 293 · Along Came a Spider · Algernon Blackwood · ar The London Mystery Magazine #8, February/March 1951 first broadcast as “Spiders and Such” on BBC Home Service, June 10, 1950. 299 · 23: Night Fantasy 299 · The Head Hunter · Robert Bloch · ss 15 Mystery Stories June 1950, as “Head Man” 319 · 24: A Waking Dream 319 · The Haunting of the New · Ray Bradbury · ss Vogue (UK) October 1969 337 · 25: The Future 337 · The Curse · Arthur C. Clarke · vi King’s College Review December 1946, as “Nightfall”