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Best British Horror 2014 ed. Johnny Mains (Salt Publishing, April 15, 2014, 978-1-907773-64-8, £9.99, 432pp, tp, an)     Details taken from online listing. · Doll Re Mi · Tanith Lee · nv Nightmare #8, May 2013 · When Charlie Sleeps · Laura Mauro · ss Black Static #37, November/December 2013 · Exploding Raphaelesque Heads · Ian Hunter · ss The Tenth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2013 · The Bloody Tower · Anna Taborska · ss Terror Tales of London ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2013 · Behind the Doors · Ramsey Campbell · ss Memoryville Blues ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2013 · The Secondary Host · John Llewellyn Probert · ss Exotic Gothic 5, Volume II ed. Danel Olson, PS Publishing, 2013 · The Garscube Creative Writing Group · Muriel Gray · ss The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 · Biofeedback · Gary Fry · ss Shades of Nothingness by Gary Fry, PS Publishing, 2013 · Doll Hands · Adam Nevill · nv The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 · Guinea Pig Girl · Thana Niveau · nv The Tenth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2013 · Touch Me with Your Cold, Hard Fingers · Elizabeth Stott · ss Nightjar Press, June 2013 · Dad Dancing · Kate Farrell · ss The Tenth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2013 · The Arse-Licker · Stephen Volk · ss Anatomy of Death (In Five Sleazy Pieces) ed. Mark West, Hersham Horror Books, 2013 · Laudate Dominum (for Many Voices) · D. P. Watt · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #5, Summer 2013 · Someone to Watch Over You · Marie O’Regan · ss Terror Tales of London ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2013 · Namesake · V. H. Leslie · ss Black Static #36, September/October 2013 · Come Into My Parlour · Reggie Oliver · ss Dark World ed. Timothy Parker Russell, Tartarus Press, 2013 · The Red Door · Mark Morris · ss Terror Tales of London ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2013 · Author of the Death · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Everything You Need by Michael Marshall Smith, Earthling Publications, 2013 · The Magician Kelso Dennett · Stephen Volk · ss Terror Tales of the Seaside ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2013 · That Tiny Flutter of the Heart I Used to Call Love · Robert Shearman · ss Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2013

Best British Horror 2015 ed. Johnny Mains (Salt Publishing, May 25, 2015, 978-1-78463-028-7, £9.99, 335pp, tp, an, cover by vithib)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Introduction · Johnny Mains · in 1 · Quarry Hogs · Jane Jakeman · nv Supernatural Tales #27, Autumn 2014 24 · Random Flight · Rosalie Parker · ss Terror Tales of Yorkshire ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 34 · Shaddertown · Conrad Williams · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #6, Spring 2014 50 · Learning the Language · John Llewellyn Probert · ss Terror Tales of Wales ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 65 · A Spider Remember · Sara Pascoe · ss Dead Funny ed. Robin Ince & Johnny Mains, Salt Publishing, 2014 70 · Eastmouth · Alison Moore · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014 78 · The Reunion · Rebecca Lloyd · ss Mercy and Other Stories by Rebecca Lloyd, Tartarus Press, 2014 96 · The Third Time · Helen Grant · nv The Ghosts and Scholars Book of Shadows: Vol 2 ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press, 2014 129 · Drowning in Air · Andrew Hook · ss Strange Tales Volume IV ed. Rosalie Parker, Tartarus Press, 2014 140 · Alistair · Mark Samuels · ss Written in Darkness by Mark Samuels, Egaeus Press, 2014 150 · In the Year of Omens · Helen Marshall · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 167 · Apple Pie and Sulphur · Christopher Harman · nv Shadows & Tall Trees #6, Spring 2014 195 · On Ilkley Moor · Alison Littlewood · ss Terror Tales of Yorkshire ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 211 · The Broken and the Unmade · Steven J. Dines · nv Black Static #39, March/April 2014 234 · Only Bleeding · Gary McMahon · ss Horror Uncut ed. Tom Johnstone & Joel Lane, Gray Friar Press, 2014 242 · Night Porter · R. B. Russell · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #6, Spring 2014 258 · Something Sinister in Sunlight · Lisa Tuttle · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014 274 · The Night Run · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss Noir ed. Ian Whates>, Newcon Press, 2014, as “The Private Ambulance” 281 · The Rising Tide · Priya Sharma · ss Terror Tales of Wales ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 299 · The Slista · Stephen Laws · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014 303 · Dog · Reece Shearsmith · ss Dead Funny ed. Robin Ince & Johnny Mains, Salt Publishing, 2014 315 · Remembering Graham Joyce · Sue Joyce · ob [Ref. Graham Joyce] 316 · Under the Pylon · Graham Joyce · ss Darklands 2 ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1992

Best British Horror 2018 ed. Johnny Mains (NewCon Press, October 23, 2018, 978-1-910935-96-5, £12.99, 253pp, tp, an, cover by Daniele Serra)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Johnny Mains · in 9 · Paymon’s Trio · Colette de Curzon · ss Nightjar Press, June 2017 19 · Love and Death · Reggie Oliver · ss The Scarlet Soul ed. Mark Valentine, Swan River Press, 2017 37 · In the Light of St. Ives · Ray Cluley · ss Terror Tales of Cornwall ed. Paul Finch, Telos Publishing, 2017 53 · The Book of Dreems · Georgina Bruce · ss Black Static #61, November/December 2017 65 · The Affair · James Everington · ss Nightscript III ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2017 75 · Fragments of a Broken Doll · Cate Gardner · ss Dark Satanic Mills ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2017 81 · The Lies We Tell · Charlotte Bond · nv Dark Satanic Mills ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2017 97 · Ting-a-Ling-a-Ling [Dr. C. G. Lawrence] · Daniel McGachey · nv The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter #32, October 2017 127 · Tools of the Trade · Paul Finch · nv Dark Satanic Mills ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2017 153 · Departures · A. K. Benedict · ss New Fears ed. Mark Morris, Titan, 2017 167 · The Taste of Her · Mark West · ss Things We Leave Behind by Mark West, Dark Minds Press, 2017 175 · Sun Dogs · Laura Mauro · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 193 · Dispossession · Nicholas Royle · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 199 · Shell Baby · V. H. Leslie · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 217 · The Unwish · Claire Dean · ss Nightjar Press, November 2017 227 · A Day with the Delusionists · Reggie Oliver · ss Holidays from Hell by Reggie Oliver, Tartarus Press, 2017 235 · We Who Sing Beneath the Ground · Mark Morris · ss Terror Tales of Cornwall ed. Paul Finch, Telos Publishing, 2017

Bite Sized Horror ed. Johnny Mains (Obverse Books, June 30, 2011, 978-0-9565605-6-8, £9.99, 96pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · The Brighton Redemption · Reggie Oliver · ss · The Between · Paul Kane · ss · His Pale Blue Eyes · David A. Riley · ss · The Unquiet Bones · Marie O’Regan · ss · The Rookery · Johnny Mains · ss · The Carbon Heart · Conrad Williams · ss

The Burning Circus: BFS Horror 1 ed. Johnny Mains (The British Fantasy Society, October 2013, 121pp, hc, oa, cover by David Whitlam)     Anthology of original horror stories, distributed free to members of the British Fantasy Society. · Editor’s Note · Johnny Mains · fw 1 · Introduction · Ramsey Campbell · in 5 · Doll Hands · Adam Nevill · nv 25 · Death Walks En Pointe · Thana Niveau · ss 41 · The Burning Circus · Angela Slatter · ss 49 · Where Is Uncle Phillip? · Alex Hamilton · ss 59 · The Queen in the Yellow Wallpaper · Lynda E. Rucker · nv 73 · The Peter Lorre Fan Club · Stephen Volk · nv 93 · The Garscube Creative Writing Group · Muriel Gray · ss 105 · The Sixteenth Step · Rob Shearman · ss

Celtic Weird: Tales of Wicked Folklore and Dark Mythology ed. Johnny Mains (British Library Publishing, November 10, 2022, 978-0-7123-5432-5, £16.99, 288pp, hc, an) [British Library Hardback Classics]     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Johnny Mains · in xi · A Note from the Publisher · [uncredited] · ms · Scotland 3 · The Milk-White Doo · Elizabeth W. Grierson · ss Scottish Fairy Book by Elizabeth W. Grierson, T. Fisher Unwin, 1910 11 · The Cure · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss The Tenth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1969 19 · The Fetch · Robert Aickman · nv New Tales of Terror ed. Hugh Lamb, Magnum, 1980 · Ireland 67 · The Death Spancel · Katharine Tynan · ss The Wave May 2 1896 75 · The Seeker of Souls · Jasper John · ss Sinister Stories by Jasper John, Henry Walker, 1930 87 · The Green Grave and the Black Grave · Mary Lavin · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1940 · Brittany 107 · The Other Side · Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock · ss The Spirit Lamp June 6 1893; subtitled “A Breton Legend”. 121 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916 147 · Celui-Là · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 · Isle of Man 169 · Outwitting the Devil · Bill Billy · ss Manx Tales, S.K. Broadbent, 1899 177 · The Black Dog of Colby Glen · Billy Pheric · ss Manx Tales, S.K. Broadbent, 1899 183 · The Tarroo-Ushtey · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 · Wales 197 · The Knight of the Blood-Red Plume · Anne of Swansea · nv Deeds of Olden Times by Anne of Swansea, 1826, as “The Unknown!, or The Knight of the Red Plume” 227 · The Gift of Tongues · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s Weekly December 3 1927 235 · Mermaid Beach · Leslie Vardre · ss London Mystery Selection #55, December 1962 · Cornwall 245 · All Souls’ Night · A. L. Rowse · ss West Country Stories by A. L. Rowse, Macmillan, 1945 261 · Shepherd, Show Me… · Rosalind Wade · ss Unlikely Ghosts ed. James Turner, Cassell, 1967 283 · The Green Steps · Frank Baker · ss One and All ed. Denys Val Baker, Museum Press, 1951 · Gaelic 303 · MacPhie’s Black Dog · Donald Cameron · ss The Scottish Celtic Review March 1881 translated from the Gaelic (“Cù Dubh Mhic-a-Phì”). 311 · The Butterfly’s Wedding · Eachann MacPhaidein · ss The Celtic Review October 16 1905 translated from the Gaelic (“Pòsadh An Dealan-dè”, Uirsgenlan Gaidhealach, 1905). 317 · The Loch at the Back of the World · Reverend Lauchlan MacLean Watt · ss The Celtic Review July 1906

Dead Funny: Horror Stories by Comedians ed. Johnny Mains & Robin Ince--- see under Robin Ince.

Scotland the Strange: Weird Tales from Storied Lands ed. Johnny Mains (British Library Publishing, November 2, 2023, 978-0-7123-5454-7, £16.99, 304pp, hc, an) [British Library Hardback Classics]     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Johnny Mains · in xi · A Note from the Publisher · [uncredited] · ms 1 · The Hunt of Eildon · James Hogg · nv The Brownie of Bodsbeck by James Hogg, Wm. Blackwood, 1818 55 · The Murder Hole · Catherine Sinclair · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1829, uncredited. 65 · The Doom of Soulis · John Mackay Wilson · ss Tales of the Borders 1834 · The Seven Lights · John Mackay Wilson · ss Tales of the Borders 1834 93 · The Devil of Glenluce · Eliza Lynn Linton · ss Witch Stories by Elizabeth Lynn Linton, Chapman & Hall, 1861 105 · The Cavern of Steenfoll: A Scottish Legend · Wilhelm Hauff; translated by S. Mendel · ss Tales by Wilhelm Hauff by Wilhelm Hauff, tr. S. Mendel, George Bell & Sons, 1886 translated from the German (“Die Höhle von Steenfoll: Eine schottländische Sage”, 1827). 121 · Ticonderoga · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Scribner’s Magazine December 1887 135 · “Death to the Head That Wears No Hair!” · David Grant · ss Scotch Stories by David Grant, E.& S. Livingstone, 1888 145 · The Ghosts of Craig-Aulnaic · [uncredited] · ss Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland, W. W. Gibbings, 1889 153 · The Stag-Haunted Stream · Mrs. Campbell of Dunstaffnage · ss Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition ed. Lord Archibald Campbell, David Nutt, 1889 157 · The Two Sisters and the Curse · translated by Rev. John Gregorson Campbell · ss Clan Traditions and Popular Tales of the Western Highlands and Islands by Rev. John Gregorson Campbell, David Nutt, 1895 165 · The Outgoing of the Tide · John Buchan · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1902 187 · Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm · Elizabeth W. Grierson · ss Scottish Fairy Book by Elizabeth W. Grierson, T. Fisher Unwin, 1910 205 · Black-Haired John of Lewis, Sailor · translated by Rev. James MacDougall · ss Folk Tales and Fairy Lore by Rev. James MacDougall, John Grant, 1910 217 · The Moor · Neil M. Gunn · ss Hidden Doors by Neil M. Gunn, Porpoise, 1929 231 · Good Bairns · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch by Dorothy K. Haynes, Methuen, 1949 243 · The Lass with the Delicate Air · Eileen Bigland · ss The Second Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1952 261 · The Inheritance · Simon Pilkington · ss Tandem Horror 2 ed. Richard Davis, Tandem, 1968 283 · The Curse of Mathair Nan Uisgeachan · Angus Wolfe Murray · nv Prevailing Spirits ed. Giles Gordon, Hamish Hamilton, 1976

The Screaming Book of Horror ed. Johnny Mains (Screaming Dreams, October 2012, 978-1-906652-15-9, £20.00, 336pp, hc, oa, cover by Steve Upham)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Johnny Mains · in 5 · Christenings Can Be Dangerous · John Llewellyn Probert · ss 17 · Larva · John Brunner · nv 39 · The Swarm · Alison Littlewood · ss 51 · Natural Selection · Robin Ince · ss 57 · One of the Family · Bernard Taylor · ss 77 · “Cut!” · Anna Taborska · ss 93 · The Christmas Toys · Paul Finch · ss 113 · The Quixote Candidate · Rhys Hughes · ss 129 · Helping Mummy · Kate Farrell · ss 139 · The City of Plenty · Alex Miles · ss Glory and Splendour by Alex Miles, Karōshi Books, 2012 149 · The Iron Cross · Craig Herbertson · nv 173 · Sometimes You Think You Are Alone · Alison Moore · ss 179 · Bird Doll · Claire Massey · ss 187 · What Shall We Do About Barker? · Reginald Oliver · ss 205 · Old Grudge Ender · David A. Riley · nv 227 · Jack and Jill · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 233 · The Blackshore Dreamer [Dr. Caspian and Bronwen] · John Burke · nv 263 · Imagination · Christopher Fowler · nv 285 · The Baby Trap · Janine-Langley Wood · ss 295 · The Tip Run · Johnny Mains · ss Frightfully Cosy and Mild Stories for Nervous Types by Johnny Mains, Shadow Publishing, 2012 301 · Dementia · Charlie Higson · ss

The Rushdie File ed. Sara Maitland & Lisa Appignanesi--- see under Lisa Appignanesi.

Calling the Wind ed. Clarence Major (HarperPerennial, 1993, 0-06-018337-3, $30.00, 622pp, hc, an)     Twentieth-Century African-American Short Stories. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. xiii · Introduction · Clarence Major · in 1 · The Goophered Grapevine · Charles Chesnutt · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1887 12 · The Ingrate · Paul Laurence Dunbar · ss The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1900 18 · Mary Elizabeth · Jessie Fauset · ss The Crisis December 1919 25 · Esther · Jean Toomer · ss Modern Review January 1923 30 · The Hands: A Story · Marita Bonner · ss Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life #32, August 1925 34 · Sanctuary · Nella Larsen · ss The Forum January 1930 39 · Truant · Claude McKay · ss 1932 50 · A Summer Tragedy · Arna Bontemps · ss Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life 1931 58 · Miss Cynthie · Rudolph Fisher · ss Story #13, June 1933 69 · The Gilded Six-Bits · Zora Neale Hurston · ss Story #14, August 1933 79 · Headwaiter · Chester Himes · ss Opportunity March 1939, as “Salute to the Passing” 94 · Bright and Morning Star · Richard Wright · nv New Masses May 10 1938 123 · Jack in the Pot · Dorothy West · ss New York Daily News 1940 135 · Flying Home · Ralph Ellison · ss Cross Section 1944 ed. Edward Seaver, L.B. Fischer, 1944 151 · Who’s Passing for Who? · Langston Hughes · ss Laughing to Keep from Crying by Langston Hughes, Henry Holt and Company, 1952 155 · The Only Man on Liberty Street · William Melvin Kelley · ss 1956 163 · Come Out of the Wilderness · James Baldwin · ss Mademoiselle March 1959 182 · Has Anybody Seen Miss Dora Dean? · Ann Petry · ss The New Yorker October 25 1958 196 · Mother Dear and Daddy · Junius Edwards · ss 1962 205 · Blues for Pablo · John Stewart · ss 1962 220 · Son in the Afternoon · John A. Williams · ss The Angry Black ed. John A. Williams, Lancer, 1962 226 · What’s Your Problem? · Robert Boles · ss The New Yorker October 17 1964 232 · The Distributors · Henry Dumas · ss 1964 242 · Wade · Rosa Guy · ss from Bird at My Window, J.B. Lippincott, 1966 251 · Key to the City · Diane Oliver · ss Red Clay Reader #2, 1965 261 · The Alternative · LeRoi Jones · ss Transatlantic Review #18, Spring 1965; given as by LeRoi Jones & Amiri Baraka. 275 · To Da-Duh, in Memoriam · Paule Marshall · ss 1967 284 · A New Day · Charles Wright · ss The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers ed. Langston Hughes, Little, Brown, 1967 289 · Night and the Loves of Joe Dicostanzo · Samuel R. Delany · ss Alchemy and Academe ed. Anne McCaffrey, Doubleday, 1970 305 · The Lookout · Cyrus Colter · ss The University of Kansas City Review 1961 311 · A Long Day in November · Ernest J. Gaines · nv Story Summer 1964 348 · The Lesson · Toni Cade Bambara · ss Redbook January 1973 355 · The Story of a Scar · James Alan McPherson · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1973 366 · Soldiers · Ellease Southerland · vi Black World June 1973 370 · Roselily · Alice Walker · ss In Love and Trouble by Alice Walker, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973 374 · White Rat · Gayl Jones · ss White Rat by Gayl Jones, Random House, 1977 381 · Loimos · Edgar Nkose White · ss The Liberator v9 #12, 389 · The Education of Mingo · Charles Johnson · nv Mother Jones August 1977 399 · Scat · Clarence Major · ss 1979 405 · Now Is the Time · Cecil M. Brown · ss Black Scholar v12, 1981 421 · Damballah · John Edgar Wideman · ss Damballah by John Edgar Wideman, Avon, 1981 428 · Kiswana Browne · Gloria Naylor · ex from The Women of Brewster Place, Viking, 1982 438 · “Recitatif” · Toni Morrison · ss Confirmation ed. Amiri & Amina Baraka, Morrow, 1983 454 · Girl · Jamaica Kincaid · vi The New Yorker June 26 1978 456 · Chitterling · Henry Van Dyke · ss The Available Press/PEN Short Story Collection, Ballantine, 1985 466 · Jesus and Fat Tuesday · Colleen J. McElroy · ss 1987 480 · The World of Rosie Polk · Ann Allen Shockley · ss Black American Literature Forum 1987 498 · Mali Is Very Dangerous · Reginald McKnight · ss Massachusetts Review Summer 1986 508 · Her Mother’s Prayers on Fire · Don Belton · ss Black American Literature Forum Summer 1989 517 · Wings of the Dove · Hal Bennett · ss Black American Literature Forum Summer 1989 524 · Zazoo · Larry Duplechan · ss Black American Literature Forum Summer 1989 534 · Guess Who’s Coming to Seder · Trey Ellis · ss Black American Literature Forum Summer 1989 539 · Top of the Game · John McCluskey, Jr. · ss Black American Literature Forum Summer 1989 552 · Going to Meet Aaron · Richard Perry · ss 1989 558 · Willie Bea and Jaybird · Tina McElroy Ansa · ss Callaloo Winter 1991 566 · Screen Memory · Michelle Cliff · ss Bodies of Water by Michelle Cliff, Dutton, 1990 578 · Age Would Be That Does · Percival Everett · ss Callaloo v13, 1990 584 · Going for the Moon · Al Young · ss A Gathering of Flowers by Joyce Carol Thomas, HarperCollins, 1990 597 · Quilting on the Rebound · Terry McMillan · ss Voices Louder Than Words ed. William Shore, Random House, 1991