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Fiends and Creatures ed. Marvin Kaye (Popular Library, 1975, 289, $1.25, 190pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Marvin Kaye · in 13 · Enoch · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1946 29 · Babylon: 70 M. · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Magazine of Horror and Strange Stories August 1963 37 · A Midnight Visitor · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly December 10 1892 51 · The Vengeance of Nitocris · Tennessee Williams · ss Weird Tales August 1928, as by Thomas Lanier Williams 65 · The Three Infernal Jokes · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set July 1915 73 · An Episode of Cathedral History · M. R. James · ss The Cambridge Review June 10 1914 91 · Damned Funny · Eugene D. Goodwin · ss 105 · Interim · Ray Bradbury · vi Weird Tales July 1947 not the same as the stories of the same name in the Fall 1947 issue of Epoch or in The Martian Chronicles. 107 · The Bottle Imp · La Motte Fouqué · nv Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, Vol. 1, Simpkin, Marshall, 1823, uncredited. translated from the German (“Das Galgenmännlein”, 1814). 131 · Crescendo · Richard Matheson · ss Gamma #1, 1963 141 · In the X-Ray · Fritz Leiber · ss Weird Tales July 1949 155 · The Generous Gambler · Charles Pierre Baudelaire · pm The English Review November 1918 translated from the French (“Le joueur généreux”, Le spleen de Paris, 1868). 159 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round September 8 1860 163 · Bubnoff and the Devil · Ivan Turgenev; adapted by Marvin Kaye · ss 171 · The Shadow Watchers · Dick Baldwin · ss 185 · The Faceless Thing · Edward D. Hoch · ss Magazine of Horror and Strange Stories November 1963

The Game Is Afoot ed. Marvin Kaye (St. Martin’s, 1994, 513pp, hc, an) xi · Introduction · Marvin Kaye · in xiv · A Study in Scarlet [Sherlock Holmes] · Isaac Asimov · pm Asimov’s Sherlockian Limericks by Isaac Asimov, The Mysterious Press, 1978 · Preliminary Ponderings 3 · Sherlock Holmes: A Little History of the World’s Most Famous Fictional Character [Sherlock Holmes] · Frederic Dorr Steele · ar 1929 12 · The Recollections of Captain Wilkie · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Chambers’s Journal January 19 1895 24 · The Original of Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · Dr. Harold Emery Jones · ar 1904 30 · Mr. Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · Dr. Joseph Bell · ar The Bookman December 1892, as “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”; this follows the text of the 1893 edition of A Study in Scarlet in omitting two paragraphs. · Early Parodies—Con Amore 37 · The Singular Adventure of the Unexpected Doorscraper · Kenneth Grahame · ex from The Wind in the Willows, 1908 41 · The Adventure of the Two Collaborators [Sherlock Holmes] · James M. Barrie · ss Collier’s December 29 1923; in Chapter XI. 44 · The Mystery of Pinkham’s Diamond Stud [Sherlock Holmes] · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Bazar April 1 1899 50 · The Umbrosa Burglary [Picklock Holes] · R. C. Lehmann · ss Punch November 4 1893, as by Cunnin Toil 54 · A la Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · Charles Loomis · vi The Four-Masted Catboat and Other Truthful Tales by Charles Loomis, Century, 1899 56 · The Sign of the “400” · R. K. Munkittrick · vi Puck October 24 1894 58 · The Adventure of the Clothes-Line [Sherlock Holmes; The Society of Infallible Detectives] · Carolyn Wells · ss The Century Magazine May 1915 64 · Sherlock Holmes Umpires Baseball [Sherlock Holmes] · [uncredited] · ss Seattle Post-Intelligencer February 25 1906 · Six Classic Pastiches 69 · The Adventure of the Circular Room [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss The Baker Street Journal July 1946 86 · The Adventure of the Marked Man [Sherlock Holmes] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #17, July 1944 100 · The Strange Case of the Megatherium Thefts [Sherlock Holmes] · S. C. Roberts · ss Cambridge University Press, 1945 109 · The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet [Sherlock Holmes] · Vincent Starrett · ss self-published, December 1920, as “The Unique Hamlet” 123 · The Enchanted Garden [Mr. Mycroft] · H. F. Heard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #64, March 1949 145 · But Our Hero Was Not Dead [Sherlock Holmes] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Argosy August 9 1941 · Scholarly Ponderings 155 · Sherlock Holmes and the Drood Mystery [Sherlock Holmes] · Edmund Pearson · ss Boston Evening Transcript April 2 1913 163 · In the Island of Uffa [Sherlock Holmes] · Poul Anderson · ss West by One and by One, The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County, 1965 169 · The Tibetan Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · Amanda Russell · ar Tibetan Review August 1982 175 · The Histrionic Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · Marvin Kaye · ar 1971; first complete version. 221 · How Holmes Came to Play the Violin · Jacques Barzun · ar The Baker Street Journal July 1951 · Parodies Absurdes et Cruelles 227 · The Really Final Solution [Sherlock Holmes] · Nick Pollotta · vi 230 · The Unmasking of Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Chapman · vi The Critic February 1905 233 · The Succored Beauty · William B. Kahn · ss The Smart Set October 1905, as “More Adventures of Oilock Combs” 237 · The Adventure of the Second Swag [Sherlock Holmes] · Luke Sharp · ss The Idler December 1904 246 · An Irreducible Detective Story [The Great Detective] · Stephen Leacock · vi Further Foolishness by Stephen Leacock, Lane, 1916 248 · The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes [Shamrock Jolnes] · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World February 7 1904 253 · The Stolen Cigar Case · Bret Harte · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 24 1900 261 · A Letter from Mycroft Holmes · Jon White · vi 1968 263 · The Murder of Conan Doyle · Ray Russell · ss Playboy May 1955 268 · The Adventure of the Conk-Singleton Papers [Sherlock Holmes] · John Dickson Carr · pl The Unicorn Mystery Book Club News v1 #9, 1949, as by Dr. John H. Watson play performed at the Mystery Writers of America annual meeting, April 1948. 272 · Journal of a Ghurka Physician · Capt. Daniel M. Pinkwater · ss 279 · The Struldbrugg Reaction · John Sutherland · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1964 · New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 297 · The Moriarty Gambit [Sherlock Holmes] · Fritz Leiber · ss Chess Review February 1962 307 · The Adventure of the Missing Countess [Sherlock Holmes] · Jon Koons · ss 320 · The Gibraltar Letter [Sherlock Holmes] · Sam Benady · ss Sherlock Holmes in Gibraltar by Sam Benady, Gibraltar Books, 1990 335 · The Strange Case of the Tongue-Tied Tenor [Sherlock Holmes] · Carole Buggé · ss 352 · The Problem of the Purple Maculas [Sherlock Holmes] · James C. Iraldi · nv 1968 388 · Our American Cousins [Sherlock Holmes] · Roberta Rogow · ss · Pieces Problematical 405 · The Field Bazaar [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · vi The Student November 20 1896 408 · Sussex Interview [Sherlock Holmes] · P. M. Stone · ss 1940 417 · From the Diary of Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · Maurice Baring · ss The Eye-Witness November 23 1911 421 · Mrs. Hudson Speaks [Sherlock Holmes] · ZaSu Pitts · ss The Baker Street Journal 1947 first given at a dinner for the Detroit branch of the Baker Street Irregulars, March 14, 1947. 425 · The Adventure of the Bogle-Wolf [Sherlock Holmes] · Anthony Boucher · ss Illustrious Client’s Second Case-Book ed. J. N. Williamson, Curtis Brown, 1949 431 · Sherlock Holmes in Oz [Sherlock Holmes] · Ruth Berman · ss Oziana #1, 1971 441 · The Sinister Cheesecake [Sherlock Holmes] · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss 449 · The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard [Sherlock Holmes] · Crighton Sellars · ss The Baker Street Journal October 1946 461 · The Adventure of the Death-Fetch [Sherlock Holmes] · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 477 · The Theft of the Persian Slipper [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1977, as “The Theft of the Sherlockian Slipper” 488 · The Dynamics of an Asteroid · Robert Bloch · ss The Baker Street Journal October 1953 494 · “Daydream” · Basil Rathbone · ss The Baker Street Journal October 1947 499 · Appendix I: Miscellaneous Notes · [uncredited] · bi 504 · Appendix II: Holmesiography · [uncredited] · bi 513 · The Adventure of the Retired Colourman · Isaac Asimov · pm Asimov’s Sherlockian Limericks by Isaac Asimov, The Mysterious Press, 1978

The Ghost Quartet ed. Marvin Kaye (Tor, September 2008, 978-0-7653-1251-8, $25.95, 303pp, hc, oa, cover by Stephen Hickman)     Original anthology of four novellas about ghosts by Brian Lumley, Orson Scott Card, Marvin Kaye, and Tanith Lee. 7 · Introduction · Marvin Kaye · in 15 · The Place of Waiting · Brian Lumley · na 77 · Hamlet’s Father · Orson Scott Card · na 165 · The Haunted Single Malt · Marvin Kaye · na 215 · Strindberg’s Ghost Sonata · Tanith Lee · na 299 · Authors’ Afterwords · [uncredited] · aw

Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old & New ed. Marvin Kaye (Doubleday, 1981, 0-385-18506-5, $13.95, 652pp, hc, an) xii · Introduction · Marvin Kaye · in xvi · A Prologue of Last Words · Marvin Kaye · ms 1 · Minuke · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 12 · The Wind in the Rose-Bush · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · nv Everybody’s Magazine February 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins 28 · Legal Rites · Isaac Asimov & Frederik Pohl · nv Weird Tales September 1950, as by Isaac Asimov & James MacCreigh 55 · Smee · A. M. Burrage · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine December 1929 66 · Thurlow’s Christmas Story · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly December 15 1894 79 · The Ghost, the Gallant, the Gael and the Goblin · W. S. Gilbert · pm Fun 83 · The Corpse at the Inn · Pu Sung Ling; adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood · vi Monsters Galore ed. Bernhardt J. Hurwood, Gold Medal, 1965 translated from the Chinese (Liao Chai). 86 · The Vampire of Croglin Grange · adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood · vi Ghosts, Ghouls & Other Horrors by Bernhardt J. Hurwood, Scholastic, 1971 87 · The Old Man in Yellow · adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood · vi Ghosts, Ghouls & Other Horrors by Bernhardt J. Hurwood, Scholastic, 1971 89 · The Glowing Maggot of Doom · adapted by Bernhardt J. Hurwood · vi Ghosts, Ghouls & Other Horrors by Bernhardt J. Hurwood, Scholastic, 1971 91 · The Lady of Finnigan’s Hearth · Parke Godwin · nv Fantastic Stories September 1977 122 · The Phantom Hag · Guy de Maupassant ,[?] · ss Twenty-Five Ghost Stories ed. W. Bob Holland, J.S. Ogilvie, 1904 translated from the French. 125 · The Ghost of the Capuchins · Eugène Montfort; translated by Faith Lancereau & Marvin Kaye · ss 133 · Who Rides with Santa Anna? · Edward D. Hoch · vi Real Western Stories February 1959 136 · Jane · Barbara Gallow · ss 147 · The Tale of the German Student · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as “The Adventure of the German Student” by Geoffrey Crayon 152 · The Hounds of Hell · John Masefield · pm (r) 171 · Doorslammer · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Magazine of Horror and Strange Stories November 1963 176 · The Ensouled Violin · Helena P. Blavatsky · nv Nightmare Tales by Helena P. Blavatsky, Theosophical Publishing House, 1892 201 · The Monk of Horror, or The Conclave of Corpses · [uncredited] · ss The Tales of the Crypt, London, 1796 205 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster” 234 · The Flying Dutchman · [unknown author] · pm (r) 236 · The Parlor-Car Ghost · Elisabeth Cavazza, uncredited · ss The New York Advertiser 1895, as by A Lady 240 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 249 · A Gathering of Ghosts · Craig Shaw Gardner · nv 264 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 272 · Miss Jéromette and the Clergyman · Wilkie Collins · nv Canadian Monthly August 1875 (+1), as “The Clergyman’s Confession” 294 · The Phantom Woman · [unknown author] · ss (r) 300 · The Spectre Bride · Elia Wilkinson Peattie, uncredited · ss The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales by Elia Wilkinson Peattie, Macmillan, 1898, as “On the Northern Ice” 303 · 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. 311 · “The Philosophy of Relative Existences” · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine August 1892 317 · 21 Main Street No. · Z. Z. Jeromm · vi 320 · Four Ghosts in Hamlet · Fritz Leiber · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1965 351 · The Ghost of Sailboat Fred · Saralee Terry · pm 353 · The Fisherman’s Story · Anatole Le Braz; translated by Faith Lancereau · ss 361 · The Old Mansion · A Sportsman · ss (r) 365 · The Haunting of Y-12 · Al Sarrantonio · ss 372 · The Ghostly Rental · Henry James · nv Scribner’s Monthly September 1876 403 · Untitled Ghost Story · E. T. A. Hoffmann · ss The Serapion Brethren, Volume I by E. T. A. Hoffmann, George Bell and Sons, 1886, as “[untitled]”; prologue to “Automata”, 1814. translated from the German (“Eine Spukgeschichte”, Zeitung für die elegante Welt, 1814). 411 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1896 422 · Staley Fleming’s Hallucination · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906 425 · The Dead Woman’s Photograph · Elia Wilkinson Peattie, uncredited · ss The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales by Elia Wilkinson Peattie, Macmillan, 1898, as “Story of an Obstinate Corpse” 429 · The Castle of the King · Bram Stoker · nv The Warder 1876 443 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 469 · Blind Man’s Buff · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Sketch April 25 1928 473 · A Suffolk Miracle · [unknown author] · ss (r) 477 · Father Stein’s Tale · Robert Hugh Benson · ss A Mirror of Shalott by R. H. Benson, Pitman, 1907 482 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 501 · Money Talks · Dick Baldwin · ss 506 · The Ghost of the Count · A Spinster · ss (r) 513 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 530 · “The Penhale Broadcast” · Jack Snow · ss Dark Music and Other Spectral Tales by Jack Snow, Herald, 1947 539 · The Last Traveler · Jean Ray; translated by Lowell Blair · ss Ghouls in My Grave by Jean Ray, Berkley, 1965 547 · The Phantom Regiment · James Grant · nv The Phantom Regiment or Stories of “Ours” by James Grant, Thomas Hodgson, 1856 574 · The Tale of the Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Ghosts of the Mail” 590 · The North Mail · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 602 · How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery · E. F. Benson · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1911 617 · Appendix A: “Ralph” · Marvin Kaye · ar 630 · Appendix B: So You Want to Meet a Ghost? · Marvin Kaye · ms 632 · Appendix C: A Baedeker of Favorite U.S. Haunts · Marvin Kaye · ms 647 · Appendix D: Selected Bibliography · Marvin Kaye · bi

Haunted America: Star-Spangled Supernatural Stories ed. Marvin Kaye (SFBC, February 1991, #15993, $9.98, 582pp, hc, an, cover by Edward Gorey)     Anthology of 48 ghost and horror stories. ix · The Lively Ghost of Liberty · Marvin Kaye · in 3 · The Triumph of Night · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1914 28 · The White Old Maid · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine July 1835, as “The Old Maid in the Winding-Sheet” by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 39 · Victoria · Ogden Nash · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1948 43 · The Terrible Old Man · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout July 1921 47 · The Problem of the Pilgrims Windmill [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 10 1980 67 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited. 87 · Bones · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Stirring Science Stories February 1941 94 · The Vacant Lot · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine September 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins 113 · A Curious Dream · Mark Twain · ss The Century Magazine November 1881, as “A Curious Experiment” 123 · The Man Who Collected Poe · Robert Bloch · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries October 1951 138 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss The Knickerbocker October 1839 150 · Our Late Visitor · Marvin Kaye · ss Brother Theodore’s Chamber of Horrors ed. Marvin Kaye & Brother Theodore, Pinnacle, 1975, as by Joseph Lavinson 156 · The Girl with the Beckoning Eyes · Bernhardt J. Hurwood · ss 1972 162 · ghosts · Don Marquis · ex from Archy and Mehitabel, Doubleday, 1927 165 · The Ghost of Washington · [uncredited] · ss (r) 178 · The Headless Horseman of Paoli · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Fantastic Science Fiction October 1980, as “The Headless Horseman” 197 · Artemisia’s Mirror · Bertha Runkle · nv A House Party, Small, Maynard and Company, 1901, uncredited. 221 · Unto the Fourth Generation · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1959 233 · The Spook House · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 7 1889 237 · The Shot-Tower Ghost · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales September 1949 251 · A Tale of the Ragged Mountains · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book April 1844 262 · Come to the Party · Frances Garfield · ss Whispers IV ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1983 271 · Nobody Ever Goes There [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales #3 ed. Lin Carter, Zebra, 1981 283 · Ghost of Buckstown Inn · Arnold M. Anderson · ss (r), uncredited. 289 · The Stuffed Alligator · L. Frank Baum · ss The Delineator February 1905 300 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine September 1906 310 · The Elemental · Frank Belknap Long · ss Unknown July 1939 325 · We Are the Dead · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales April 1937 333 · The Destruction of Smith · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Eye-Witness February 29 1912 341 · The Return of the Moresbys · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1964 350 · The Rider on the Pale Horse · Helen Eustis · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 11 1950 360 · The Glove · Fritz Leiber · ss Whispers June 1975 374 · Kaena Point · C. H. Sherman · ss 384 · Atrocities · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss A Silver Thread of Madness by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Ace, 1989 390 · Gibbler’s Ghost · William F. Nolan · ss Alien Horizons by William F. Nolan, Pocket, 1974, as “Full of, Mostly, Bagels and Cream Cheese” 396 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943 409 · Miracle at Chimayo · Carole Buggé · ss 1990 428 · Slaughter House · Richard Matheson · nv Weird Tales July 1953 465 · The Dead Remember · Robert E. Howard · ss Argosy August 15 1936 474 · The Night the Ghost Got In · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker August 12 1933 480 · Dumb Supper · Henderson Starke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Summer 1950 492 · The Fear That Walks by Noonday · Willa Cather · ss Sombrero 1895 504 · The Chadwick Pit · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales #1 ed. Lin Carter, Zebra, 1981, as “The Pit” 518 · The Return of Andrew Bentley · August Derleth & Mark Schorer · ss Weird Tales September 1933 535 · Away · Barry N. Malzberg · ss A Treasury of American Horror Stories ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Bonanza/Crown Books, 1985 540 · The Strange Guests · Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, uncredited · ss American Antiquities and Discoveries in the West ed. Josiah Priest, 1833, as “The Two Ghosts, or Hospitality Rewarded” 547 · Another Chance for Casey · Larry Siegel · ss The American Legion Magazine 1950 557 · Appendix: The Midnight Tourist’s Guide to Haunted America · [uncredited] · ms