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The April Witch and Other Strange Tales ed. Barbara Ireson (Scribner’s, 1977, 0-684-15341-6, $8.95, hc, an)     Reprint (Faber and Faber 1977 as Fantasy Tales) anthology.

Creepy Creatures ed. Barbara Ireson (Beaver Books, 1978, 0-600-32064-2, 65p, 190pp, pb, an)     Nine stories, all reprints, designed for younger readers, though all stories were originally written for adult audiences. 7 · Slime · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Weird Tales March 1953 38 · Running Wolf · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Century Magazine August 1920 59 · The Terror of Blue John Gap · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1910 81 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935 96 · The Foghorn · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 23 1951, as “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” 106 · The Quest for “Blank Claveringi” · Patricia Highsmith · ss The Snail-Watcher and Other Stories by Patricia Highsmith, Doubleday, 1970 revised from “The Snails” (The Saturday Evening Post, June 17, 1967). 125 · The Lonesome Place · August Derleth · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries February 1948 135 · The Valley of the Beasts · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Wolves of God by Algernon Blackwood & Wilfred Wilson, Cassell & Co., 1921 159 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown August 1940

Fantasy Tales ed. Barbara Ireson (Faber and Faber, 1977, 0-571-10922-5, £3.50, 218pp, hc, an)     Anthology of fantasy stories aimed primarily at the young adult. See abridged paperback edition. Published in the US as The April Witch and Other Strange Tales (Scribners’, 1977). 11 · Of Polymuf Stock [The Prince in Waiting] · John Christopher · nv Young Winter’s Tales 2 ed. M. R. Hodgkin, Macmillan UK, 1971 27 · Obstinate Uncle Otis [Murchison Morks] · Robert Arthur · ss Argosy July 19 1941 37 · The Tower · Marghanita Laski · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 45 · The Cork Elephant · Ian Serraillier · ss 1945 49 · The Inner Room · Robert Aickman · nv The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. Robert Aickman, Fontana, 1966 82 · The Never-Ending Penny · Bernard Wolfe · nv Playboy September 1960 97 · The New Sun · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine July 1 1913 115 · The Star Beast · Nicholas Stuart Gray · ss Mainly in Moonlight by Nicholas Stuart Gray, Faber and Faber, 1965 122 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898 140 · The April Witch [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 5 1952 151 · Strange Fish · Leon Garfield · nv Boys’ Life October 1971 167 · The Riddle · Walter de la Mare · ss The Monthly Review February 1903 172 · The Tube That Stuck · Claire Creswell · nv 188 · The Bottle Imp · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv New York Herald February 8 1891 (+3)

Fantasy Tales (var. 1) ed. Barbara Ireson (Beaver Books, 1981, 20056, £1.10, 190pp, pb, an)     Abridged edition of 1977 original edition. Omits two stories. 7 · Of Polymuf Stock [The Prince in Waiting] · John Christopher · nv Young Winter’s Tales 2 ed. M. R. Hodgkin, Macmillan UK, 1971 25 · The Tower · Marghanita Laski · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 34 · The Cork Elephant · Ian Serraillier · ss 1945 38 · The Inner Room · Robert Aickman · nv The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. Robert Aickman, Fontana, 1966 75 · The Never-Ending Penny · Bernard Wolfe · nv Playboy September 1960 90 · The New Sun · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine July 1 1913 110 · The Star Beast · Nicholas Stuart Gray · ss Mainly in Moonlight by Nicholas Stuart Gray, Faber and Faber, 1965 118 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898 139 · The April Witch [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 5 1952 151 · Strange Fish · Leon Garfield · nv Boys’ Life October 1971 169 · The Riddle · Walter de la Mare · ss The Monthly Review February 1903 174 · The Tube That Stuck · Claire Creswell · nv Fantasy Tales ed. Barbara Ireson, Faber and Faber, 1977

Fearfully Frightening ed. Barbara Ireson (Beaver Books, 1984, 0-09-933770-3, £1.25, 175pp, pb, an)     Ten ghost stories intended for younger readers. 8 · The Ghost of Rainbow Hill · Margaret Biggs · ss Spooky Stories 5 ed. Barbara Ireson, Carousel, 1983 23 · The Lost Gold Mine · Hazel F. Looker · ss Welsh Tales of Terror ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1973 35 · The Ghost of Gartenschmuck · Colin Thiele · ss A Handful of Ghosts ed. Barbara Ker Wilson, Knight Books, 1976 56 · Who’s a Pretty Boy, Then? · Jan Mark · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1981 68 · The Strange Illness of Mr. Arthur Cook · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 91 · Katzenfell · Christobel Mattingley · ss Spooks and Spirits ed. Margaret Hamilton, Hodder & Stoughton, 1978 104 · Time to Laugh · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1979 119 · Time, and Time Again · Judith Butler · ss Young Winter’s Tales 3 ed. M. R. Hodgkin, Macmillan UK, 1972 143 · The Little Yellow Dog · Mary Williams · ss Chill Company by Mary Williams, Kimber, 1976 153 · Glory Hole · Nicholas Fisk · ss Young Winter’s Tales 8 ed. D. J. Denney, Macmillan UK, 1978

Ghostly Laughter ed. Barbara Ireson (Beaver Books, 1981, 0-600-20322-0, £1.10, 159pp, pb, an)     Twelve humorous ghost stories selected for younger readers. 7 · The Night the Ghost Got In · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker August 12 1933 14 · Sonata for Harp and Bicycle · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) August 1958 26 · Jimmy Takes Vanishing Lessons · Walter R. Brooks · ss Story Parade 1950 38 · The Murderous Ghosts · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Ninth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1977 48 · The Man Who Hated Children · Brian Patten; adapted by Peter Eldin · ss The Best of Shadows, Carousel, 1979 67 · The House That Lacked a Bogle · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964 75 · Me and My Shadow · Eric Frank Russell · ss Strange Stories February 1940 96 · The Gargoyle · Roger Malisson · ss The Third Armada Monster Book ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Armada, 1977 115 · The Mysterious Barricades · Joan Aiken · ss More Than You Bargained For by Joan Aiken, 1955 126 · The Bungling Bunyip · Pamela Vincent · ss The Fourth Armada Monster Book ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Armada, 1978 132 · First Performance · Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd · ss The Obstinate Ghost and Other Ghostly Tales by Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd, Odhams, 1968 144 · The Spooky Thing · William O. Steele · ss The Spooky Thing by William O. Steele, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1960

Ghostly and Ghastly ed. Barbara Ireson (Beaver Books, 1977, 0-600-34065-1, 223pp, pb, an)     Anthology of ghost stories for young adults. 7 · The Emissary · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947 17 · The Thing in the Cellar · David H. Keller, M.D. · ss Weird Tales March 1932 26 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q 41 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine September 1906 53 · Miss Jemima · Walter de la Mare · nv Joy Street Number 1, Blackwell, 1923 81 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review February 1923 96 · The Devil’s Cure · Barbara Softly · ss 109 · The Earlier Service · Margaret Irwin · ss Madame Fears the Dark by Margaret Irwin, A.D. Peters, 1935 128 · Linda · Joan Mahe · ss 138 · Billy Bates’ Story · Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd · ss The Obstinate Ghost and Other Ghostly Tales by Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd, Odhams, 1968 153 · Remembering Lee · Eileen Bigland · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 170 · Jack-in-the-Box · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947 190 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1)

Haunting Tales ed. Barbara Ireson (Faber and Faber, 1973, 279pp, hc, an)     Anthology of ghost stories for young adults. Paperback reprint from Puffin Books, 1986, from which details taken. 9 · Huw · Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd · ss The Obstinate Ghost and Other Ghostly Tales by Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd, Odhams, 1968 22 · The Man Who Didn’t Believe in Ghosts · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965 30 · Hans and His Master · Ruth Manning-Sanders · ss A Book of Ghosts and Goblins by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Methuen, 1969 37 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903 51 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891 60 · The Ghostly Earl · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss 80 · Through the Veil · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Last Galley by Arthur Conan Doyle, Smith, Elder, 1911 87 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1896 100 · A Long Day Without Water · Joan Aiken · nv Young Winter’s Tales 2 ed. M. R. Hodgkin, Macmillan UK, 1971 122 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1931 138 · Faithful Jenny Dove · Eleanor Farjeon · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1924 157 · The Twilight Road · H. F. Brinsmead · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967 164 · Fiddler, Play Fast, Play Faster · Ruth Sawyer · ss Long Christmas by Ruth Sawyer, Viking, 1941 171 · Uncle Einar [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947 180 · Jimmy Takes Vanishing Lessons · Walter R. Brooks · ss Story Parade 1950 190 · The Crossways · L. P. Hartley · ss Children’s Ship ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1950 199 · Master Ghost and I · Barbara Softly · ss

Spooky Stories ed. Barbara Ireson (Carousel, 1975, 126pp, pb, an)     retitled Spooky Stories 1, Carousel Books, 1982, from which details taken. 9 · Brownie · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Third Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1970 28 · Napoleon’s Hat · Evelyn Fabyan · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 47 · The Rain-Lady and the Ghost · Adele DeLeeuw · ss (r) from Legends and Folk Tales of Holland. 55 · The Bull · Rachel Hartfield · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 65 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891 77 · Curfew · Lucy M. Boston · ss The House of the Nightmare ed. Kathleen Lines, The Bodley Head, 1967 87 · Yi Chang and the Haunted House · Eleanore M. Jewett · ss Which Was Witch? by Eleanore M. Jewett, Viking Press, 1953 102 · Spooks of the Valley · Louis C. Jones · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1948; adapted from chapter 7. 118 · The Water Woman and Her Lover · Ralph Prince · ss BIM #53, 1971

Spooky Stories 2 ed. Barbara Ireson (Carousel, 1979, 0-552-52104-3, 95p, 127pp, pb, an) 9 · The Headless Horseman · Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd · ss The Obstinate Ghost and Other Ghostly Tales by Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd, Odhams, 1968 17 · The Beekeeper and the Bewitched Hare · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Thistle and Thyme by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Henry Holth & Co., 1962 27 · Humblepuppy · Joan Aiken · ss Puffin Post 37 · Traveller’s Joy · Dwynwen Richards · ss Some Things Fierce and Fatal ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1971 49 · The Withered Bush · Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd · ss Ghosts Go Haunting by Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd, Odhams, 1963 60 · Gabriel-Ernest · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 29 1909 70 · The Looking-Glass Tree [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · nv Cricket 1976 94 · The Young One · Jerome Bixby · nv Fantastic April 1954

Spooky Stories 3 ed. Barbara Ireson (Carousel, 1981, 0-552-52140-X, 85p, 149pp, pb, an) 9 · Breath Into the Wind · Robin Chambers · ss The Ice Warrior and Other Stories by Robin Chambers, Kestrel, 1976 31 · The Ghostly Governess [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · nv All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 57 · The Shadow-Cage · Philippa Pearce · nv The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 82 · Ghost at Hallowe’en · Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd · ss The Obstinate Ghost and Other Ghostly Tales by Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd, Odhams, 1968 98 · The Ghost of a Calf · Sally Farrell · ss A Handful of Ghosts ed. Barbara Ker Wilson, Knight Books, 1976 115 · A Room Full of Leaves · Joan Aiken · ss More Than You Bargained For by Joan Aiken, 1955 138 · The Message · Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd · ss The Obstinate Ghost and Other Ghostly Tales by Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd, Odhams, 1968

Spooky Stories 4 ed. Barbara Ireson (Carousel, 1982, 0-552-52201-5, 95p, 123pp, pb, an) 9 · Echoes in the Sand · Roger F. Dunkley · ss Ghost Stories ed. Deborah Shine, Octopus Books, 1980 33 · The Woodseaves Ghosts · Catherine Gleason · ss The Eighth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1976 47 · Lonely Boy · Paul Dorrell · ss Ghost Stories ed. Deborah Shine, Octopus Books, 1980 59 · The Owl on the Ledge · Genevieve Hawkins · ss Animal Ghosts (var. 1) ed. Carolyn Lloyd, Armada, 1980 73 · Three Ghosts · John Keir Cross · ss Collins’ for Boys and Girls #13, January 1949 93 · Misty · Margaret Biggs · ss The Tenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1978 109 · The Sinister Schoolmaster · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Tenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1978

Spooky Stories 5 ed. Barbara Ireson (Carousel, 1983, 0-552-52230-9, 95p, 127pp, pb, an) 9 · The Pharaoh Hound · Pamela Ropner · nv Young Winter’s Tales 8 ed. D. J. Denney, Macmillan UK, 1978 35 · Beckoned · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 51 · The Man with the Beard · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Seventh Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1975 63 · Smoke from Cromwell’s Time · Joan Aiken · ss A Small Pinch of Weather by Joan Aiken, J. Cape, 1969 85 · Magic on the Field · Eve Gothard · ss The Eleventh Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1979 101 · The Lamp · Agatha Christie · ss 1924 113 · The Ghost of Rainbow Hill · Margaret Biggs · ss

Spooky Stories 6 ed. Barbara Ireson (Carousel, 1984, 0-552-52247-3, £1.25, 121pp, pb, an) 9 · Finders Keepers · Joan Aiken · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1981 28 · Guess · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 37 · Witchcraft Unaware · Rosemary Timperley · ss 46 · The Figure · Margaret Biggs · ss 62 · Tea at Ravensburgh [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss More Than You Bargained For by Joan Aiken, 1955 74 · The Empty Schoolroom · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss The Uncertain Element ed. Kay Dick, Jarrolds, 1950 94 · The Girl in the Bedroom · Margaret Biggs · ss 107 · Can’t Help Laughing · Alison Prince · ss The Fourteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1982

Tales Out of Time ed. Barbara Ireson (Faber and Faber, 1979, 0-571-11410-5, £4.95, 212pp, hc, an)     U.S. edition, New York: Philomel Books, 1981. · Pawley’s Peepholes · John Wyndham · ss Science Fantasy #3, Winter 1951/1952 revised from “Operation Peep” in Suspense Magazine Summer 1951. · Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1966 · Time Has No Boundaries · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 13 1962 · Alice’s Godmother · Walter de la Mare · nv Broomsticks & Other Tales by Walter de la Mare, Constable, 1925 · The Shape of Things · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1948 · Time Traveling [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · ex from The Time Machine, Heinemann, 1895 · Blemish · John Christopher · ss Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #39, November 15 1953 · The Love Letter · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 1 1959 · Halloween for Mr. Faulkner · August Derleth · ss Fantastic Universe November 1959 · Phantas · Oliver Onions · ss Nash’s Magazine February 1910 · The New Accelerator · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1901 · Trying to Connect You · John Rowe Townsend · ss The Eleventh Ghost Book ed. Aidan Chambers, Barrie & Jenkins, 1975 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952 · Deadline · Richard Matheson · ss Rogue December 1959

The Life of Riley by Alexander C. Irvine (Subterranean Press, September 2005, 1-59606-013-1, $25.00, 149pp, hc, n., cover by Patrick Arrasmith)     Short SF novel. A signed, limited edition of 200 with added chapbook collection, Two Tales, is also available ($40.00).

Two Tales by Alexander C. Irvine (Subterranean Press, September 2005, 50pp, ph, co)     Chapbook collection of two stories distributed with the signed, limited, edition of The Life of Riley. 5 · Volunteers · Alexander C. Irvine · nv Sci Fiction July 28 2004 40 · For Now It’s Eight O’Clock · Alexander C. Irvine · ss Strange Horizons March 1 2004

Unintended Consequences by Alex Irvine (Subterranean Press, October 2003, 1-931081-86-7, $40.00, 295pp, hc, co, cover by Patrick Arrasmith)     Collection of 13 stories, one original. · Jimmy Guang’s House of Gladmech · Alex Irvine · nv Sci Fiction April 10 2002 · Akhenaten · Alex Irvine · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2001 · Rossetti Song · Alex Irvine · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2000 · The Sands of Iwo Jima · Alex Irvine · ss Rossetti Song by Alex Irvine, Small Beer Press, 2002 · Intimations of Immortality · Alex Irvine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2000 · Chichen Itza · Alex Irvine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2002 · The Sea Wind Offers Little Relief · Alex Irvine · nv Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001 · Tato Chip, Tato Chip, Sing Me a Song · Alex Irvine · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #8, June 2001 · Fog-Shrouded City · Alex Irvine · ss Wormhole Books, 2002 · Elegy for a Greenwiper · Alex Irvine · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2001 · Agent Provocateur · Alex Irvine · ss Strange Horizons April 1 2002 · Vandoise and the Bone Monster · Alex Irvine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2003 · A Peaceable Man · Alex Irvine · nv