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Fireside Horror Stories About Supernatural Cats: An Anthology of Feline Tales ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, September 29, 2017, 978-1-977836-98-4, $15.00, 270pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 27 stories and 2 excerpts, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer. Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · The Cats · H. P. Lovecraft · pm A Winter Wish by H. P. Lovecraft, Whispers Press, 1977 11 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in · Purring Ghosts: Tales of Spectral Felines 16 · The Haunted Manor House · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Animal Ghosts; or Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell, William Rider, 1913 24 · The Mystic Properties of Cats · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Animal Ghosts; or Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell, William Rider, 1913 30 · The Cat on a Post · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Animal Ghosts; or Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell, William Rider, 1913 32 · The Headless Cat · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Animal Ghosts; or Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell, William Rider, 1913 37 · Some Ghost Cats · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Animal Ghosts; or Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell, William Rider, 1913 · Feline Revenge: Tales of Battered Cats Biting Back 44 · Tailypo · M. Grant Kellermeyer · ss The Yellow Booke: Volume VI ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Oldstyle Tales, 2017; a retelling of a traditional Appalachian story. 52 · The Cathood of Maurice · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine December 1907 63 · The Cats of Ulthar [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · vi The Tryout November 1920 66 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 76 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 84 · The Enchanted Cat of Bantry · [uncredited] · ss Fireside Stories of Ireland ed. Patrick Kennedy, M'Glashan and Gill, 1870; an Irish Folktale. · Creepy Kitties: Tales of Strange Cats from Dark Realms 85 · The White Cat of Drumgunniol · J. S. Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, uncredited. 95 · The Street of the Four Winds · R. W. Chambers · ss The Wave May 18 1895 99 · The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral · M. R. James · nv The Contemporary Review April 1910, as “The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral: Materials for a Ghost Story” 112 · The Repairer of Reputations · R. W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 136 · The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath [Randolph Carter] · H. P. Lovecraft · ex Beyond the Wall of Sleep by H. P. Lovecraft, Arkham House, 1943 158 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891 · Transfiguring Toms: Tales of Shapeshifting Cats 161 · Ancient Sorceries [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1908 196 · Eyes of the Panther · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner October 17 1897 203 · The Cat · E. F. Benson · ss The Illustrated London News November 27 1905 215 · The Gray Cat · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901 225 · Lord Peter · [uncredited] · ss (r); a Norwegian Folktale. 229 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ex The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3) · It’s Reigning Cats: Tales of Cats in Charge and Feline Friends 244 · The King of the Cats · [uncredited] · vi (r); a British Folktale. 246 · Puss in Boots · Charles Perrault · ss (r), as “The Master Cat or, Puss in Boots” translated from the French (“Le Maître chat ou le chat botté”, Histoires ou Contes du temps passé, Paris, 1697). 249 · Sir Walter Scott’s Cat · Washington Irving · ex from “Abbotsford”, as by Geoffrey Crayon, The Crayon Miscellany by Geoffrey Crayon, Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835, as by Geoffrey Crayon 254 · The Paradise of Cats · Émile Zola · ss (r) translated from the French (Contes à Ninon, 1864). 258 · Tobermory [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, 1911 revised from the original (Westminster Gazette, November 27, 1909) to feature Clovis rather than Bertie van Tahn. 263 · The Colony of Cats · Andrew Lang · ss The Crimson Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longman, 1903

Fireside Horror Stories About Werewolves: An Anthology of Beastly Tales ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, October 10, 2017, 978-1-978179-44-8, $17.00, 328pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 20 stories, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer. Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in · Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing 15 · The Thing in the Forest · Bernard Capes · vi The Fabulists by Bernard Capes, Mills & Boon, 1915 18 · The Camp of the Dog [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · na John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1908 64 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1910 97 · Loup Garou · Allan Sullivan · ss (r) 108 · The Wolf · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Scrap Book December 1907 translated from the French (“Le Loup”, Le Gaulois, November 14, 1882). 113 · Gabriel Ernest · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 29 1909 118 · A Private Secretary in New York · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906, as “The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York” · Women with a Wild Side 146 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 157 · The Werewolf · Clemence Housman · nv Atalanta #39, December 1890 176 · The Eyes of the Panther · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner October 17 1897 184 · The White Wolf of the Hartz Mtns. · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839 202 · John Barrington Cowles · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Cassell’s Saturday Journal April 12 1884 (+1) 220 · The White Wolf of Kostopchin · Sir Gilbert Campbell · nv Wild and Weird; or, Remarkable Stories of Russian Life by Sir Gilbert Campbell, Bart., Ward Lock, 1889 · Curses, Criminals, and Karma 243 · The Hound [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales February 1924 250 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1) 260 · 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. 270 · The Lay of the Were-Wolf · Marie de France · ss (r) translated from the Anglo-Norman (“Bisclavret”, The lais of Marie de France, 12th century). 275 · Olalla · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Court and Society Review Christmas 1885 302 · The Gray Cat · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901 312 · The Valley of the Beasts · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Wolves of God by Algernon Blackwood & Wilfred Wilson, Cassell & Co., 1921

Frankenplants ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Timothy S. Miller & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Timothy S. Miller.

The Great God Pan, The White People, & Other Horrors by Arthur Machen ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Arthur Machen.

The Horla and Other Horrors by Guy de Maupassant ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Guy de Maupassant.

The Judge’s House, Dracula’s Guest, and Other Horrors by Bram Stoker ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Bram Stoker.

The King in Yellow and Other Horrors by Robert W. Chambers ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Robert W. Chambers.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, & Other Gothic Tales by Washington Irving ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Washington Irving.

Man-Size in Marble and Other Horrors by Edith Nesbit ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Edith Nesbit.

The Monkey’s Paw and Other Horrors by W. W. Jacobs ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under W. W. Jacobs.

The Outsider, The Rats in the Walls, and More Tales of Ghouls, Gods, & Graveyards: The Subterranean Weird Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft by H. P. Lovecraft ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under H. P. Lovecraft.

The Red Room and Other Horrors by H. G. Wells ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under H. G. Wells.

Roots of Evil ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, Timothy S. Miller, Jessie Chazin & Charles G. Waugh (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2023, 978-1-943022-90-8, $26.95, 407pp, tp, an) 1 · Introduction · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in 5 · Top Ten Plant Movies · [uncredited] · ms 11 · The Grey Weed · Owen Oliver · ss The Royal Magazine May 1905 28 · When Pan Was Dead · Laurence Housman · nv All-Fellows by Laurence Housman, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1896 35 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894 44 · The Dead Valley · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 52 · Flowering Evil · Margaret St. Clair · ss Planet Stories Summer 1950 60 · Sargasso · Ward Muir · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1908 79 · The Marigold Goddess · [uncredited] · nv Macmillan’s Magazine April 1907 87 · The Grove of Ashtaroth · John Buchan · nv Blackwood’s Magazine June 1910 107 · The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1910 134 · The Other Side of the Hedge · E. M. Forster · ss The Independent November 1904 139 · The Facts of Life · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Comet May 1941 151 · The Tree of Death · Barry Pain · ss The Royal Magazine April 1920 171 · The Black Narcissus · Fred M. White · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1901 190 · El Mansor and Haïda · J. MacLaren Cobban · ss The Pall Mall Magazine March 1904 210 · The Lure of Atlantis · Joel Martin Nichols, Jr. · nv Weird Tales April 1925 237 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” 262 · The Purple Terror · Fred M. White · ss The Strand Magazine September 1899 280 · The Bamboo Trap · Robert S. Lemmon · ss Short Stories April 25 1923 292 · Professor Jonkin’s Cannibal Plant [Professor Jonkin] · Howard R. Garis · ss The Argosy August 1905 300 · The Man Who Cursed the Lilies · Charles Tenney Jackson · ss Short Stories December 10 1921 314 · The Tree That Eats · Brew Molohan · ss Chambers’s Journal June 27 1908 324 · The Ivy War · David H. Keller · nv Amazing Stories May 1930 346 · Weak on Square Roots · Russell Burton · ss If July 1953 354 · Phalaenopsis Gloriosa · Edgar Wallace · ss The Monthly Story Magazine November 1905, as by John Jason Trent 368 · The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral · M. R. James · nv The Contemporary Review April 1910 387 · Afterward: Other Fictional Plant Anthologies · [uncredited] · bi 397 · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg 406 · Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

The Sand Man, The Nutcracker, and Other Dark Fairy Tales by E. T. A. Hoffmann ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under E. T. A. Hoffmann.

Trapped! Gripping Horror Tales of Peril & Escape ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer, M.A. & Charles G. Waugh, Ph.D.--- see under Charles G. Waugh, Ph.D..

The Turn of the Screw & Other Horrors by Henry James ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Henry James.

The Upper Berth, For the Blood Is the Life, and Other Horrors by F. Marion Crawford ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under F. Marion Crawford.

The Victorian Ghost Story: Annotated and Illustrated Tales of Murder, Mystery, Horror & Hauntings ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, September 20, 2013, 978-0-615-88634-3, $20.25, 406pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 18 stories, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer. This is the second edition. Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in 9 · What You Should Know Before Reading These Stories… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · ms 15 · Christmas Ghost Stories · Charles Dickens · ex from “A Christmas Tree”, anonymously, Household Words #39, December 21 1850, uncredited. 23 · The Red Room (The Ghost of Fear) · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 38 · Nothing but the Truth · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar February 1868, as “The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth” 56 · The Cold Embrace · Mary E. Braddon · ss The Welcome Guest September 22 1860 71 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 100 · The Mystery of the Semi-Detached · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales by E. Nesbit, Innes, 1893 108 · Strange Disturbances in Aungier St. · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine December 1853, as “An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in an Old House in Aungier-Street”, uncredited. 140 · To Be Read at Dusk · Charles Dickens · ss The Keepsake 1852 162 · The Top Attic · Elliott O’Donnell · ar Scottish Ghost Stories by Elliott O'Donnell, London, 1911 172 · The Open Door · Mrs. Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1882 225 · The Superstitious Man’s Story · Thomas Hardy · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine April 1891 232 · The Phantom Coach (The North Mail) · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 252 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 270 · Behold, It Was a Dream! · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar November 1872 292 · The Kit-Bag · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1908 309 · The Brown Hand · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine May 1899, as “The Story of the Brown Hand” 329 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 351 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887 371 · Schalken the Painter [The Purcell Papers] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine May 1839, as “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter”, uncredited.

What Was It?, The Horla, and Other Horrors by Fitz-James O’Brien & Guy de Maupassant ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Fitz-James O'Brien.

What Was It? and Other Horrors by Fitz-James O’Brien ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Fitz-James O'Brien.

The Willows, the Wendigo and Other Horrors by Algernon Blackwood ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer--- see under Algernon Blackwood.

Winter Night Classics: Literature’s Best Christmas Ghost Stories ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer (Oldstyle Tales Press, December 8, 2015, 978-1-5197-6217-7, $15.00, 296pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 26 stories, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer. Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in 13 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 25 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 41 · The Mistletoe Bough Legend · N. Thomas Haynes Bayly · pm Songs and Ballads by Thomas Haynes Bayly, Carey and Hart, 1844 43 · The Open Door · Mrs. Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1882 74 · The Step · E. F. Benson · nv The Windsor Magazine December 1926, as “When Greek Meets Greek” 84 · The Horror Horn · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1922 94 · The Other Bed · E. F. Benson · ss The Popular Magazine April 1908 102 · Between the Lights · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 111 · The Wondersmith · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1859, uncredited. 137 · The Inn · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“L’auberge”, Les Lettres et les arts, September 1, 1886). 147 · A Christmas Tree · Charles Dickens · nv Household Words #39, December 21 1850, uncredited. 152 · The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton” 161 · Jacob Marley’s Ghost · Charles Dickens · ex from “A Christmas Carol”, Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843 175 · The Silver Hatchet · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss London Society Christmas 1883 188 · The Kit-Bag · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1908 198 · The Glamour of the Snow · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Pall Mall Magazine December 1911 214 · The Transition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The New Witness December 11 1913, as “Mudbury’s Xmas Adventure” 219 · Jerry Bundler · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1897 226 · The Story of a Disappearance & an Appearance · M. R. James · nv The Cambridge Review June 4 1913 236 · The Festival [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales January 1925 243 · In the Vault · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout November 1925 250 · The Lusitania Waits · Alfred Noyes · ss New-York Tribune December 31 1916 255 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895 268 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903 277 · Number 17 · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine June 1910, as by E. Bland 285 · The Shadow · Edith Nesbit · ss Black & White #777, December 23 1905, as “The Portent of the Shadow”