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Horror: Another 100 Best Books ed. Stephen Jones & Kim Newman (Carroll & Graf, September 2005, 0-7867-1577-4, $16.95, 456 + xxpp, tp, nf, cover by Les Edwards)     Non-fiction, a critical guide to 100 horror classics, chosen and commented on by noted authors, a companion to the 1988 Horror: 100 Best Books. Foreword by Peter Straub. Introduction by the editors. Includes a recommended reading list, “webliography,” and index. xiii · Foreword · Peter Straub · fw xvii · It Seemed Like a Simple Idea at the Time… · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · in 1 · The Revenger’s Tragedy · Robert Silverberg · ar [Ref. Cyril Tourneur] 5 · Pikovaia Dama/The Queen of Spades · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ar [Ref. Aleksandr Pushkin] 9 · A Christmas Carol · Elizabeth Hand · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens] 14 · Jane Eyre · Doug Bradley · ar [Ref. Charlotte Brontë] 20 · Rekopiz Znaleziony w Saragossie/The Manuscript Found in Saragossa · Jay Lake · ar [Ref. Count Jan Potocki] 24 · New Grub Street · K. W. Jeter · ar [Ref. George Gissing] 29 · The Picture of Dorian Gray · David J. Skal · ar [Ref. Oscar Wilde] 34 · The War of the Worlds · Les Edwards · ar [Ref. H. G. Wells] 39 · The Hound of the Baskervilles · Tony Richards · ar [Ref. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle] 43 · The Boats of the “Glen Carrig” · Rick Hautala · ar [Ref. William Hope Hodgson] 47 · Le Fantôme de l’Opéra/The Phantom of the Opera · Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier · ar [Ref. Gaston Leroux] 50 · Fantômas · Tim Lucas · ar [Ref. Pierre Souvestre & Marcel Allain] 55 · The Case of Charles Dexter Ward · Christopher Wicking · ar [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft] 60 · They Return at Evening · Barbara & Christopher Roden · ar [Ref. H. R. Wakefield] 64 · Creep, Shadow! · Sydney J. Bounds · ar [Ref. A. Merritt] 69 · The Trail of Fu Manchu · Chaz Brenchley · ar [Ref. Sax Rohmer] 73 · The Devil Rides Out · Stephen Volk · ar [Ref. Dennis Wheatley] 78 · The Haunted Omnibus · Gahan Wilson · ar [Ref. Alexander Laing] 82 · The Edge of Running Water · Robert Weinberg · ar [Ref. William Sloane] 86 · L’Étranger/The Stranger · T. M. Wright · ar [Ref. Albert Camus] 90 · Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur · David A. Sutton · ar [Ref. August Derleth] 95 · Lost Worlds · Storm Constantine · ar [Ref. Clark Ashton Smith] 99 · Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales · Stefan Dziemianowicz · ar [Ref. Henry S. Whitehead] 104 · Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural · Gwyneth Jones · ar [Ref. Herbert A. Wise & Phyllis Fraser] 108 · The Opener of the Way · Joel Lane · ar [Ref. Robert Bloch] 113 · Gormenghast · Christopher Fowler · ar [Ref. Mervyn Peake] 117 · Carnacki the Ghost-Finder · Gary Gianni · ar [Ref. William Hope Hodgson] 121 · Darker Than You Think · Randy Broecker · ar [Ref. Jack Williamson] 125 · Tales of Horror and the Supernatural · Tanith Lee · ar [Ref. Arthur Machen] 130 · Nineteen Eighty-Four · Lucius Shepard · ar [Ref. George Orwell] 136 · House of Flesh · David Bischoff · ar [Ref. Bruno Fischer] 141 · Fancies and Goodnights · Anne Billson · ar [Ref. John Collier] 145 · The Killer Inside Me · Nancy A. Collins · ar [Ref. Jim Thompson] 149 · The Third Ghost Book · Laurence Staig · ar [Ref. Lady Cynthia Asquith] 153 · The Body Snatchers · Andy Duncan · ar [Ref. Jack Finney] 157 · The Talented Mr. Ripley · John Gordon · ar [Ref. Patricia Highsmith] 161 · The Hunger and Other Stories · Norman Partridge · ar [Ref. Charles Beaumont] 166 · The Blind Owl · Robert Irwin · ar [Ref. Sadegh Hedayat] 169 · The Midwich Cuckoos · Mark Morris · ar [Ref. John Wyndham] 173 · A Scent of New-Mown Hay · Howard Waldrop · ar [Ref. John Blackburn] 178 · A Stir of Echoes · Ed Gorman · ar [Ref. Richard Matheson] 181 · The Weirdstone of Brinsingamen · Muriel Gray · ar [Ref. Alan Garner] 185 · Tales of Terror · Terry Dowling · ar [Ref. Charles Higham] 189 · Some of Your Blood · Peter Atkins · ar [Ref. Theodore Sturgeon] 193 · We Have Always Lived in the Castle · Jack Womack · ar [Ref. Shirley Jackson] 197 · The Case Against Satan · Darrell Schweitzer · ar [Ref. Ray Russell] 200 · Something Wicked This Way Comes · Peter Crowther · ar [Ref. Ray Bradbury] 204 · The Collector · Ian MacLeod · ar [Ref. John Fowles] 208 · Who Fears the Devil? · Glen Hirshberg · ar [Ref. Manly Wade Wellman] 212 · A Wrinkle in the Skin · Simon Clark · ar [Ref. John Christopher] 215 · Rosemary’s Baby · Nancy Holder · ar [Ref. Ira Levin] 219 · The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural · Ellen Datlow · ar [Ref. Ray Russell] 224 · Pages from Cold Point · Terry Lamsley · ar [Ref. Paul Bowles] 228 · Outer Dark · John Farris · ar [Ref. Cormac McCarthy] 231 · The Book of Skulls · Stephen Baxter · ar [Ref. Robert Silverberg] 235 · Harvest Home · Elizabeth Massie · ar [Ref. Thomas Tryon] 239 · The Night Stalker · P. N. Elrod · ar [Ref. Jeff Rice] 243 · Blood Sport · Michael Swanwick · ar [Ref. Robert F. Jones] 246 · Nightshade · Nicholas Royle · ar [Ref. Derek Marlowe] 250 · Peace · Roz Kaveney · ar [Ref. Gene Wolfe] 253 · The Year of the Sex Olympics: Three TV Plays · David Drake · ar [Ref. Nigel Kneale] 257 · Our Lady of Darkness · Marc Laidlaw · ar [Ref. Fritz Leiber] 260 · The Cement Garden · Paul McAuley · ar [Ref. Ian McEwan] 264 · Darkness Weaves with Many Shades… · Jo Fletcher · ar [Ref. Karl Edward Wagner] 269 · The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories · Sir Christopher Frayling · ar [Ref. Angela Carter] 274 · Sweeney Todd · Thomas Ligotti · ar [Ref. Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Callingham Wheeler] 278 · The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen · D. F. Lewis · ar [Ref. Elizabeth Bowen] 282 · Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror · Christopher Golden · ar [Ref. Kirby McCauley] 286 · Tales from the Nightside · John Burke · ar [Ref. Charles L. Grant] 290 · They Thirst · Yvonne Navarro · ar [Ref. Robert R. McCammon] 294 · The Face That Must Die · Poppy Z. Brite · ar [Ref. Ramsey Campbell] 298 · The Woman in Black · David Stuart Davies · ar [Ref. Susan Hill] 301 · Pet Sematary · Michael Marshall Smith · ar [Ref. Stephen King] 306 · Clive Barker’s Books of Blood Volumes One, Two, and Three · Anthony Timpone · ar [Ref. Clive Barker] 310 · Perfume: The Story of a Murderer · Nancy Kilpatrick · ar [Ref. Patrick Süskind] 314 · Finishing Touches · Bill Sheehan · ar [Ref. Thomas Tessier] 317 · Strange Toys · Kelly Link · ar [Ref. Patricia Geary] 321 · The Dark Descent · Allen Koszowski · ar [Ref. David G. Hartwell] 325 · Misery · Graham Joyce · ar [Ref. Stephen King] 329 · The Silence of the Lambs · Frank M. Robinson · ar [Ref. Thomas Harris] 334 · Prime Evil · Mark Chadbourn · ar [Ref. Douglas E. Winter] 338 · By Bizarre Hands: Stories by Joe R. Lansdale · Jay Russell · ar [Ref. Joe R. Lansdale] 342 · The Grotesque · Peter H. Cannon · ar [Ref. Patrick McGrath] 345 · Carrion Comfort · David Morrell · ar [Ref. Dan Simmons] 349 · From Hell · Stephen R. Bissette · ar [Ref. Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell] 354 · American Psycho · David McGillivray · ar [Ref. Bret Easton Ellis] 358 · Lost Souls · Brian Hodge · ar [Ref. Poppy Z. Brite] 362 · The Course of the Heart · China Miéville · ar [Ref. M. John Harrison] 366 · Flicker · Adam Simon · ar [Ref. Theodore Roszak] 371 · X, Y · Paul Di Filippo · ar [Ref. Michael Blumlein] 375 · Skin · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ar [Ref. Kathe Koja] 378 · Throat Sprockets: A Novel of Erotic Obsession · Tananarive Due · ar [Ref. Tim Lucas] 382 · The Off Season: A Victorian Sequel · Simon R. Green · ar [Ref. Jack Cady] 385 · The Nightmare Factory · S. T. Joshi · ar [Ref. Thomas Ligotti] 389 · A Sight for Sore Eyes · Roberta Lannes · ar [Ref. Ruth Rendell] 393 · Reprisal · Michael Shea · ar [Ref. Mitchell Smith] 397 · A Haunting Beauty · John Pelan · ar [Ref. Sir Charles Birkin] 401 · House of Leaves · Jeff VanderMeer · ar [Ref. Mark Z. Danielewski] 406 · Feesters in the Lake & Other Stories · Richard A. Lupoff · ar [Ref. Bob Leman] 411 · More Tomorrow & Other Stories · Tim Lebbon · ar [Ref. Michael Marshall Smith] 415 · Appendix I: Horror: 100 Best Books · [uncredited] · bi 420 · Appendix II: Further Reading · [uncredited] · bi 438 · Selected Webliography · [uncredited] · bi 445 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg 447 · Index to the Books, Authors, and Contributors · [uncredited] · ix

Horrorology ed. Stephen Jones (Jo Fletcher Books, October 1, 2015, 978-1-78206-997-3, £20.00, 400pp, hc, oa, cover by Clive Barker)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · The Library of the Damned · Stephen Jones · ar 5 · Accursed · Robert Shearman · nv 37 · Afraid · Clive Barker · ss 45 · Afterlife · Michael Marshall Smith · nv 67 · Chilling · Pat Cadigan · nv 105 · Decay · Mark Samuels · ss 123 · Faceless · Joanne Harris · ss 135 · Forgotten · Muriel Gray · nv 159 · Guignol [Kate Reed; Yuki Kashima (Lady Snowblood); Clara Watson] · Kim Newman · na 227 · Nightmare · Ramsey Campbell · ss 245 · Possessions · Reggie Oliver · nv 271 · Ripper · Angela Slatter · na 355 · Vastation · Lisa Tuttle · ss 371 · Epilogue · Stephen Jones · ar

In the Footsteps of Dracula: Tales of the Un-Dead Count ed. Stephen Jones (Pegasus Books, October 3, 2017, 978-1-68177-534-0, $29.95, xx+679pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Robinson 1997 as The Mammoth Book of Dracula) original dark fantasy anthology of 32 stories and a poem, published to celebrate the Centenary of Bram Stoker’s novel.

In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus ed. Stephen Jones (Pegasus, July 2016, 978-1-68177-145-8, $27.95, xvii+708pp, hc, an, cover by Jean-Louis-Cesar Lair)     Reprint (Robinson 2015 as The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein) anthology of 25 items including one poem and the original 1818 version of the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. This follows the Robinson 2015 edition of The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein which adds one story and a foreword by Neil Gaiman.

James Herbert: By Horror Haunted ed. Stephen Jones (NEL, November 5, 1992, 0-450-53810-9, £17.99, 322pp, hc, an)     Collection of articles and stories by James Herbert, together with articles on, and interviews with, James Herbert, edited by Stephen Jones. A 30-page extract was distributed in 6/92 for promotional purposes. 5 · Editor’s Note · Stephen Jones · ms 9 · James Herbert: Introduction · Stephen King · in 19 · A Category to Himself · Stephen Jones · iv 33 · A Life in the Day of James Herbert · James Herbert · bg The Sunday Times September 11 1983; this is credited to Victor Olliver, but seems to be written by Herbert. 39 · Bowled Over by the Beast: Me and My Car · James Herbert · ar The Sunday Times September 18 1988 43 · At Home with…James Herbert · Dave Hughes · bg Fear #8, August 1989 47 · Doing It with Style · Douglas E. Winter · iv Faces of Fear by Douglas E. Winter, Berkley, 1985, as “James Herbert” 65 · Comic Relief · James Herbert · ar She July 1987 69 · Castaway · Mike Ashley · ar 75 · My Ten Favourite Books · James Herbert · ar 1989/90 Waterstone’s Catalogue, Waterstone's, 1989 79 · The Craft · Neil Gaiman · iv 93 · Breakfast · James Herbert · vi Scare Care ed. Graham Masterton, Tor, 1989 this is a portion of the novel Domain that was deleted before publication. 99 · Season of the Rat · Adrian Cole · ar 105 · Horror of The Rats · John Gilbert · gr Farnborough News & Mail October 4 1985 109 · The Fog · James Herbert · fw Hodder & Stoughton, 1988 113 · The Curious Case of The Spear · Jo Fletcher · ar 123 · Maurice and Mog · James Herbert · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 this is a portion of the novel Domain that was deleted before publication. 137 · James Herbert and Science Fiction · Michael A. Morrison · ar 151 · The Dark Domain · John Fraser · iv Horrorstruck January 1988, as “James Herbert: A Profile” 161 · Breaking the Mould · Stephen Laws · ar 165 · The Eidetic Image · Michael A. Morrison · ar The Washington Post September 9 1987, as “The Unreal Estate” 169 · A British Phenomenon · David J. Howe · iv Starburst September 1988; revised. 181 · Herbert, Haunted, and the Integrity of Bestsellerdom · Stephen Gallagher · ar 189 · Haunted by Success · John Gilbert · iv Fear #2, September/October 1988 [Ref. James Herbert] 199 · Selling a Bestseller · Nick Sayers, Ian Hughes, David Singer & Tony Hammond · ar 1988 209 · In the Hall of the Monster King: Music and the Maestro of Horror · Edwin Pouncey · iv 217 · Hallowe’en’s Child · James Herbert · ss Male & Femail October 29 1988; an extract appeared in Gaslight & Ghosts, ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher, Robinson 1988. 231 · Swamp Thing · James Herbert · fw 1987, as “Foreword” 235 · The Devil You Know · John Gilbert · iv Fear #20, August 1990 243 · Creed: The Advertisement · David J. Howe · ar Starburst September 1990 249 · Big Climaxes and Movie Bullshit · Stefan Jaworzyn · ar 261 · From Rats to Riches · Dave Hughes · iv GM Magazine October 1989 267 · Jim Meets Gray · Graham Masterton · ar Mystery Scene January 1990; revised. 271 · Dark Dreamer · Stanley Wiater · iv Dark Dreamers by Stanley Wiater, Underwood-Miller, 1990; revised. 283 · They Don’t Like Us · James Herbert · ss 289 · Notes Toward a Reappraisal · Ramsey Campbell · ar Fantasy Review #76, February 1985 [Ref. James Herbert]; revised. 299 · James Herbert: Afterword · Clive Barker · aw 302 · James Herbert: A Working Bibliography · Stephen Jones · bi 322 · Waiting… · James Herbert · pm Now We Are Sick ed. Neil Gaiman & Stephen Jones, DreamHaven, 1991

Karl Edward Wagner: Masters of the Weird Tale by Karl Edward Wagner ed. Stephen Jones--- see under Karl Edward Wagner.

Keep Out the Night ed. Stephen Jones (PS Publishing, October 2002, 978-1-902880-55-6, £45.00, 248pp, hc, an, cover by Edward Miller)     Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a slipcased edition (-54-4, £65.00), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies. Details taken from online listing. 9 · More Not at Night · Stephen Jones · in 13 · Invasion from Inferno · Hugh B. Cave · nv Thrilling Mystery May 1937 37 · The Viaduct · Brian Lumley · ss Superhorror ed. Ramsey Campbell, W.H. Allen, 1976 51 · Spindleshanks (New Orleans, 1956) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Queer Fear ed. Michael Rowe, Arsenal Pulp, 2000 61 · Homecoming · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1975 67 · Feeders and Eaters · Neil Gaiman · ss Keep Out the Night ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2002 originally published in different form in Revolver, 1990. 75 · Nothing of Him That Doth Fade · Poppy Z. Brite · ss Aqua Erotica ed. Mary Anne Mohanraj, Three Rivers Press, 2000 83 · The Unfortunate · Tim Lebbon · na As the Sun Goes Down by Tim Lebbon, Night Shade Books, 2000 133 · One of Us · Dennis Etchison · ss The Spook #3, September 2001 143 · Is There Anybody There? · Kim Newman · nv New English Library Book of Internet Stories ed. Maxim Jakubowski, NEL, 2000 158 · Dear Alison · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Dracula ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1997 167 · The Gossips · Basil Copper · na From Evil’s Pillow by Basil Copper, Arkham House, 1973 199 · Needing Ghosts · Ramsey Campbell · na Legend, 1990