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The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, October 29, 1998, 1-85487-536-1, £6.99, 482pp, tp, oa, cover: [photo] by Gordon Crabb)     Anthology of 30 stories, including an original by Haining. Authors include Doyle, James, Kuttner, Steinbeck, Wells, and Wodehouse. 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 3 · One: The Golden Era 5 · The Third Person · Henry James · nv The Soft Side by Henry James, Methuen, 1900 41 · The Presence by the Fire · H. G. Wells · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper August 14 1897 49 · How It Happened · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1913 55 · A Ghostly Duel · Jack London · ss The (Oakland) High School Aegis October 21 1895, as “Who Believes in Ghosts” 65 · The Hand · Theodore Dreiser · nv Munsey’s Magazine May 1919 88 · The Ghost of Down Hill · Edgar Wallace · nv The Haunted House & Other Ghost Stories, Reader's Library, 1929 131 · Honeysuckle Cottage [Mr. Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · nv Meet Mr. Mulliner by P. G. Wodehouse, Herbert Jenkins, 1927 revised from the story of the same name (Saturday Evening Post, January 24, 1925) to turn it into a Mulliner story. 158 · The Old Dark House · J. B. Priestley · ex from Benighted, Heinemann, October 1927 188 · Sophy Mason Comes Back · E. M. Delafield · ss Time and Tide 1930 204 · In a Glass Darkly · Agatha Christie · ss Collier’s July 28 1934 213 · Two: The Phantom Army 215 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · vi The (London) Evening News September 29 1914 221 · The Other Side of the Medal · Stella Gibbons · ss The Saturday Book ed. Leonard Russell, Hutchinson, 1946 230 · Three Lines of Old French · A. Merritt · nv All-Story Weekly August 9 1919 255 · The Lusitania Waits · Alfred Noyes · ss New-York Tribune December 31 1916 262 · Vengeance Is Mine · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Wolves of God by Algernon Blackwood & Wilfred Wilson, Cassell & Co., 1921 304 · We Are the Dead · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales April 1937 311 · The Escort · Daphne du Maurier · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2737, May 1940 330 · The Elf in Algiers · John Steinbeck · ss Pause to Wonder ed. Marjorie Fischer & Rolfe Humphries, Julian Messner, 1944 334 · The Mirror in Room 22 · James Hadley Chase · ss Slipstream ed. David Langdon, 1946, as by Squadron Leader Rene Raymond 341 · Is There a Life Beyond the Gravy? · Stevie Smith · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947 359 · Three: The Modern Tradition 361 · Sloane Square · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947 370 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956 378 · At the Chalet Lartrec · Winston Graham · ss John Bull May 31 1947 393 · The Love of a Good Woman · William Trevor · ss The Eighth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1972 408 · The Haunting of Shawley Rectory · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979 428 · Voices in the Coalbin · Mary Higgins Clark · ss Sisters in Crime 2 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990 440 · A Good Sound Marriage · Fay Weldon · ss Ladies’ Home Journal October 1991 449 · A Self-Possessed Woman · Julian Barnes · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Cape, 1975 467 · A Programmed Christmas Carol · John Mortimer · ss The Daily Mail December 24 1994 478 · A Figment in Time · Peter Haining · ss

Meals on Wheels by W. Heath Robinson ed. Peter Haining--- see under W. Heath Robinson.

Meet Death at Night and Other Tales of Terror ed. Peter Haining--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

The Midnight Penthouse ed. Peter Haining (Bernard Geis, 1968, 850-49004-9, 45/-, 256pp, hc, an)     Anthology of pieces originally published in Penthouse. 9 · Editor’s Note · Peter Haining · fw 10 · Introduction · Bob Guccione · in 12 · [cartoon] · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) February 1968 13 · Great in the Hay · Norman Mailer · vi (r) 14 · Centre Forward · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 15 · Adults Only? · Frederic Mullally · ar Penthouse (UK) November 1967 24 · Fur Sale · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 25 · Salvador Dali · William Fifield · iv Penthouse (UK) June/July 1967 [Ref. Salvador Dali] 29 · Delivery Round · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 30 · untitled (“What do I do now, Mr Grossblatt…Mr Grossblatt…I said, Mr Grossblatt.”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) April 1967 31 · The Elopement · John Gardner · ss Penthouse (UK) October/November 1966 38 · Wined and Downed · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 38 · Pearl Dance · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 39 · The Rapacious Highwayman [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) March 1968, as by Jonathan Clements 41 · A Dream of Fair Women · H. E. Bates · ss Penthouse (UK) November 1965 48 · Holly Tale · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 48 · Smoking Cure · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 49 · Interview: Edna O’Brien · Herb Greer · iv Penthouse (UK) April 1967, as “Leading an Interior Life” [Ref. Edna O’Brien] 57 · Up the Ladder · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 58 · untitled (“Gee, Mr. Crandell…is this really what they call skin diving…?”) · Forbes · ct Penthouse (UK) August 1967 59 · Love Is a Groove · Michael Thomas · ar (r) 72 · untitled (“Hello, Mabel, if there’s a doctor in the house, untie him and send him up to 203…”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) October 1967 73 · The “Lomokome” Papers · Herman Wouk · na Collier’s February 17 1956 108 · untitled (“You know what? I think I’m engaged!”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) May 1967 109 · Pop Goes the Suitor [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) April 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 110 · Staying Power · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 111 · Sexology’s Pioneer · Alan Hull Walton · ar Penthouse (UK) March 1967, as “Havelock Ellis: A Retrospect of Sexology’s Pioneer” 120 · To Have and Have Not · Bob Guccione · ct Penthouse (UK) November 1965 121 · On the Swanley By-Pass · John Bratby · vi Penthouse (UK) January/February 1967 124 · Siam Old Story · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 125 · Simon Dee · Frederic Mullally · iv Penthouse (UK) February 1968 [Ref. Simon Dee] 134 · Maid Her · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 134 · Tower Power · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 135 · In Search of the Perfect Woman · Rona Jaffe · ar Penthouse (UK) December 1967 149 · Knee Trembler · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 150 · untitled (“Really darling, we ought to get rid of those empties now the guests have gone!”) · Eglesfield · ct Penthouse (UK) January/February 1967 151 · The Headpiece · Ray Bradbury · ss Lilliput May 1958 155 · Warm Up · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 156 · untitled (“Please, Mr. Grundyke, not here!”) · Chris · ct Penthouse (UK) December 1965 157 · The Key of Virtue [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) January/February 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 159 · Interview: Peter Brook · Herb Greer · iv Penthouse (UK) March 1967, as “What I’m Driving at in the Theatre” [Ref. Peter Brook] 169 · Spotlight · Budd Schulberg · vi Liberty November 19 1938 171 · Touch and Go? · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 172 · untitled (“I came home early because no-one seems to go to the old club any more…”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) March 1967 173 · What Did They Do When the Lights Went Out? · Don Wiedenman · ar Penthouse (UK) February 1968 178 · untitled (“I know all that business about taking from the rich and giving to us poor…it’s how we have to earn it that bugs me!”) · Forbes · ct Penthouse (UK) July 1968 179 · The Adulterous Ostrich [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) March 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 181 · Write Is Might · Bob Guccione · pl Penthouse (UK) September 1967 186 · untitled (“Have you ever tried pot, Miss Bennister?”) · Bob Guccione · ct Penthouse (UK) November 1965 187 · Allen Ginsberg · Christopher Kypreos · iv Penthouse (UK) November 1967 [Ref. Allen Ginsberg] 198 · Old School Tie · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 198 · Cock Crow · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 199 · A Knight Errant Bold [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) June/July 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 201 · The Follower · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt July 1953, as by Hunt Collins 208 · Mammarabilia · Jan Kristofori · ct Penthouse (UK) September 1967 209 · Tribulations of an Erotic Painter · Chris Robbins · ar Penthouse (UK) February 1968 213 · Draw the Line · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 214 · [cartoon] · John Mead · ct Penthouse (UK) 215 · The Dodo and the Doxies [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) August 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 216 · A Harlot Called Gail · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 217 · The Dirtiest Book in the World · Rory Harrity · hu Penthouse (UK) July 1968 222 · untitled (“Hi, there! Let me introduce myself—I’m the architect of this building.”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) January 1968 223 · Burma Incident · John Masters · ss Suspense (UK) January 1961 232 · untitled (“The trouble with you, George, is you’ve got a suspicious mind!”) · Eglesfield · ct Penthouse (UK) August 1966 237 · The UFO Conspiracy · [uncredited] · ar Penthouse (UK) January 1968 (+3)

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