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A Phantom Lover and Other Dark Tales by Vernon Lee (The British Library, April 16, 2020, 978-0-7123-5381-6, £8.99, 285pp, tp, co, cover by Sandra Gómez) [British Library Tales of the Weird] [edited by Mike Ashley]
Horror collection.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Possessed by the Past · Mike Ashley · in

15 · The Enchanted Woods · Vernon Lee · ss Enchanted Woods by Vernon Lee, John Lane, 1905

21 · Winthrop’s Adventure · Vernon Lee · nv Fraser’s Magazine January 1881, as “A Culture-Ghost; or, Winthrop’s Adventure”

69 · A Phantom Lover · Vernon Lee · na Blackwood, 1886

135 · Amour Dure · Vernon Lee · nv Murray’s Magazine 1887

177 · A Wicked Voice · Vernon Lee · nv Hauntings, Fantastic Stories by Vernon Lee, Heinemann, 1890
revised from “A Culture-Ghost; or, Winthrop’s Adventure” Fraser’s Magazine Jan 1881.

211 · The Legend of Madame Krasinska · Vernon Lee · nv The Fortnightly Review March 1890

243 · Marsyas in Flanders · Vernon Lee · ss For Maurice by Vernon Lee, John Lane, 1927

259 · Sister Benvenuta and the Christ Child · Vernon Lee · nv The Fortnightly Review Christmas 1905

285 · Story Sources · [uncredited] · bi

Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee (Prime Books, April 16, 2013, 978-1-60701-387-7, $14.95, 329pp, tp, co, cover by Sherin Nicole)
Collection of 16 stories, one original. The author’s first collection.
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Aliette de Bodard · in

· Ghostweight · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #52, January 2011

· The Shadow Postulates · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Helix #5, Summer 2007

· The Bones of Giants · Yoon Ha Lee · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August/September 2009

· Between Two Dragons · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #43, April 2010

· Swanwatch · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Federations ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2009

· Effigy Nights · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #76, January 2013

· Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Lightspeed #4, September 2010

· Iseul’s Lexicon · Yoon Ha Lee · na

· Counting the Shapes · Yoon Ha Lee · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2001

· Blue Ink · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #23, August 2008

· The Battle of Candle Arc [The Machineries of Empire] · Yoon Ha Lee · nv Clarkesworld #73, October 2012

· A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Tor.com August 10 2011

· The Unstrung Zither · Yoon Ha Lee · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2009

· The Black Abacus · Yoon Ha Lee · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2002

· The Book of Locked Doors · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #91, March 22 2012

· Conservation of Shadows · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #59, August 2011

The Life to Come by Tim Lees (Elastic Press, May 1, 2005, 978-0-9548812-2-1, £5.00, 200pp, tp, co, cover by Richard Marchand)
First edition.Cover layout by Dean Harkness.
Details taken from online listing.

1 · The God House · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #12, 1997

17 · Starlight · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #20, 1999

31 · Head Crimes · Tim Lees · ss Crimewave #6, 2002

43 · The Life to Come · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #29, 2002

55 · Homeground · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #28, Autumn 2001

75 · Up There · Tim Lees · ss

79 · The Leopard Girl · Tim Lees · ss

91 · Home in the Light · Tim Lees · ss Midnight Street #3, Winter 2004

101 · The Anti-Fan · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #34, Spring 2003

115 · Rif · Tim Lees · ss

129 · Oi · Tim Lees · ss

139 · Everybody’s Crazy in the West · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #25, 2000

153 · Jinner and the Shambly House · Tim Lees · ss

165 · Boomtime · Tim Lees · ss

175 · Relics · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #37, Spring 2004

195 · A Specialist in Souls · Tim Lees · ss Midnight Street #2, Summer 2004 [Ref. Ernest Hemingway]

Travel ed. Edward Leeson (John Murray, 1980, 0719536669, 120pp, pb, an)
The short story series.

· Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922

· The Story-Teller · Saki · ss The Morning Post, as by H. H. Munro

· An Elaborate Elopement · W. W. Jacobs · ss (r)

· Under the Deck-Awnings · Jack London · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 19 1910

· The Better Part of Valour · Celia Dale · ss (r)

· The Long-Distance Train · W. B. Maxwell · ss The Home Magazine (UK) November 1924

· Enemies · Nadine Gordimer · ss (r)

· The Rough Crossing · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 8 1929

· A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & M. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1933

Winter’s Tales 27 ed. Edward Leeson (St. Martin’s, 1982, 0-312-88417-6, $11.95, 189pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Macmillan 1981) mystery anthology.

7 · Editor’s Note · Edward Leeson · fw (r)

9 · Letting the Birds Go Free · Philip Oakes · ss

27 · Things · V. S. Pritchett · nv

48 · Old Tom · Celia Dale · ss

56 · Flora’s Lame Duck · Harold Acton · ss

71 · Safe Wintering · Terence Wheeler · ss

91 · The Indian Girl · Giles Gordon · ss

101 · A Mouthful of Gold · John Brunner · ss

120 · Home Ownership · Murray Bail · ss

128 · Chemistry · Graham Swift · ss

140 · Egnaro · M. John Harrison · nv

165 · Birthday! · Fay Weldon · ss

179 · Christmas with a Stranger · Leslie Thomas · ss The New Standard December 24 1980

The Ballads and Poems of J. Sheridan Le Fanu by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Swan River Press, August 2011, €12.00, xi+45pp, ph, co)
This booklet reproduces much of the contents of The Poems of Le Fanu, which was first published in 1896. The original introduction by Alfred Perceval Graves is herein reproduced as are the appendices. New to this edition are extracts from Seventy Years of Irish Life in which the author’s brother, William Le Fanu included extracts of juvenile poetry (“O’Donoghue” and “Valentine to Miss K”); and a selection of contemporary reviews. Limited to 150 copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Introduction · Alfred Perceval Graves · in Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896

· Duan Na Claev—The Legend of the Glaive · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Dublin University Magazine February 1863, as by Hyacinth Con Carolan

· Shamus O’Brien · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Dublin University Magazine July 1850, uncredited.

· Phaudhrig Crohoore · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Dublin University Magazine June 1839, uncredited.

· Molly, My Dear · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896

· Abhain au Bhuideil: Address of a Drunkard to a Bottle of Whiskey · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896

· Song (“The autumn leaf was falling”) · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm from Checkmate, Hurst & Blackett, 1871

· Memory · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896

· The Stream · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Dublin University Magazine June 1839, as “untitled (“When moonlight falls on wave and wimple”)”, uncredited.

· A Doggrel in a Dormant-Window · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896

· Note to “Shamus O’Brien” · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · is Dublin University Magazine July 1850, uncredited.

· Note to “Phaudhrig Crohoore” [The Purcell Papers] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss from “Scraps of Hibernian Ballads”, anonymously, Dublin University Magazine June 1839, uncredited.; contains the whole text of “Scraps of Hibernian Ballads” apart for the poem “Phaudhrig Crohoore” itself, plus a couple of paragraphs of framing narrative.

· Seventy Years of Irish Life · William Le Fanu · ex Edward Arnold, 1893

· Contemporary Reviews · Various · rv (r)

Carmilla, Green Tea & Other Horrors: The Best Ghost Stories and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Oldstyle Tales Press, September 29, 2016, 978-1-5393-2640-3, $21.20, 498pp, tp, co)
Collection of 21 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

· Ghosts, Goblins, and Haunted Houses

24 · A Drunkard’s Dream [The Purcell Papers] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine August 1838, uncredited.

36 · The Sexton’s Adventure · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, uncredited.

44 · The Watcher (A.K.A. The Familiar) · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine November 1847, uncredited.

83 · Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · 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.

109 · Ghost Stories of the Tiled House: The Ghost of a Hand · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ex from The House by the Church-Yard, Tinsley, 1863
originally published as Chapter 12, titled “Some Odd Facts About the Tiled House—Being an Authentic Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand”.

121 · An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine October 1862, uncredited.

133 · Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine April 1864, uncredited.

146 · Squire Toby’s Will · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Temple Bar January 1868

180 · Madam Crowl’s Ghost · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round December 31 1870, uncredited.

197 · Stories of Lough Guir · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · gp All the Year Round April 23 1870, uncredited.

_ · The Magician Earl · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · vi All the Year Round April 23 1870, uncredited.

_ · Moll Rial’s Adventure · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · vi All the Year Round April 23 1870, uncredited.

_ · The Banshee · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · vi All the Year Round April 23 1870, uncredited.

_ · The Governess’s Dream · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · vi All the Year Round April 23 1870, uncredited.

_ · The Earl’s Hall · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · vi All the Year Round April 23 1870, uncredited.

208 · Dickon the Devil [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss London Society Christmas 1872

· Vampres, Devils, and Doppelgängers

219 · The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh [The Purcell Papers] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ex Dublin University Magazine March 1838, uncredited.; first part only.

229 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851
revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839).

257 · Ultor de Lacy · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine December 1861, uncredited.

281 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.

326 · The Child That Went with the Fairies · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round February 5 1870, uncredited.

336 · The White Cat of Drumgunniol · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, uncredited.

347 · Sir Dominick’s Bargain · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round July 6 1872, uncredited.
revised from “The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh”, Dublin University Magazine Mar 1838.

361 · Laura Silver Bell · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1871

376 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3)

461 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster”

The Complete Ghost Stories of Chapelizod by J. S. Le Fanu (Swan River Press, October 2011, €12.00, v+51pp, ph, co)
This edition commemorates the 160th anniversary of “Ghost Stories of Chapelizod” (1851) and the 150th anniversary of “The House by the Church-yard” (1861-1863), and is the first time “Some Gossip About Chapelizod” (1851) has been reprinted. Limited to 150 copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Introduction · Albert Power · in

· Ghost Stories of Chapelizod · J. S. Le Fanu · gp Dublin University Magazine January 1851, uncredited.

_ · The Village Bully · J. S. Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, uncredited.

_ · The Sexton’s Adventure · J. S. Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, uncredited.

_ · The Spectre Lovers · J. S. Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, uncredited.

· Some Gossip About Chapelizod · J. S. Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine April 1851, uncredited.

· Ghost Stories of the Tiled House · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ex from “The House by the Church-Yard”, as by Charles de Cresseron, Dublin University Magazine October 1861 (+16), as by Charles de Cresseron; chapters 8 and 9 as originally serialised.

· An Afterword Concerning the Text to “Ghost Stories of the Tiled House” · Jim Rockhill · aw The Haunted Baronet and Others by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Ash-Tree Press, 2003

The Gothic Tales of Sheridan Le Fanu by Sheridan Le Fanu (British Library Publishing, July 30, 2020, 978-0-7123-5396-0, £14.99, 256pp, hc, co) [British Library Hardback Classics] [edited by Xavier Aldana Reyes]
Details taken from Table of Contents.

vii · Introduction · Xavier Aldana Reyes · in

1 · The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh [The Purcell Papers] · Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine March 1838, uncredited.

31 · Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess [The Purcell Papers] · Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine November 1838, uncredited.

73 · A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family [The Purcell Papers] · Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine October 1839, uncredited.

119 · Schalken the Painter · Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851
revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839).

143 · Ultor de Lacy · Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine December 1861, uncredited.; subtitled “A Legend of Capercullen”.

173 · Squire Toby’s Will · Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Temple Bar January 1868

211 · Stories of Lough Guir · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · gp All the Year Round April 23 1870, uncredited.

_ · The Magician Earl · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · vi All the Year Round April 23 1870, uncredited.

_ · Moll Rial’s Adventure · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · vi All the Year Round April 23 1870, uncredited.

_ · The Banshee · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · vi All the Year Round April 23 1870, uncredited.

_ · The Governess’s Dream · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · vi All the Year Round April 23 1870, uncredited.

_ · The Earl’s Hall · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · vi All the Year Round April 23 1870, uncredited.

225 · Madam Crowl’s Ghost · Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round December 31 1870, uncredited.

Green Tea %%1: A Case Reported by Martin Hesselius, the German Physician by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Swan River Press, October 23, 2019, 978-1-78380-029-2, €45.00, xiv+93pp, hc, nv, cover by Alisdair Wood) [Martin Hesselius]
Limited to 400 copies signed by Holness, Wood, Rockhill and Showers, 100 of which are numbered. Each copy also contains two postcards and a CD of a specially commissioned recording of Le Fanu’s classic tale, adapted with original music by Reggie Chamberlain-King and performed by Belfast’s Wireless Mystery Theatre.
Details taken from online listing.

vii · Introduction · Matthew Holness · in

61 · Some Meditations on “Green Tea” · Jim Rockhill & Brian J. Showers · ar

75 · Exterior Visions: Assessments of “Green Tea” by Le Fanu’s Contemporaries · Jim Rockhill & Brian J. Showers · ar

The Haunted Baronet and Others: Ghost Stories 1861-70 by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Ash-Tree Press, July 11, 2003, 1-55310-056-5, C$59.00, xxxvi+189pp, hc, co, cover by Douglas Walters) [edited by Jim Rockhill]
Collection of supernatural stories covering the period between 1861 and 1870, edited, with an Introduction, by Jim Rockhill. This is a limited edition of 650 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $45.00 and in the UK for £28.00.

ix · A Mind Turned In Upon Itself: The Life & Supernatural Fiction of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu from 1861-70 · Jim Rockhill · in

3 · Ghost Stories of the Tiled House · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ex from “The House by the Church-Yard”, as by Charles de Cresseron, Dublin University Magazine October 1861 (+16), as by Charles de Cresseron; chapters 8 and 9 as originally serialised.

13 · Borrhomeo the Astrologer · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1862, uncredited.

23 · An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine October 1862, uncredited.

33 · Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine April 1864, uncredited.

43 · Squire Toby’s Will · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Temple Bar January 1868

65 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.

89 · The Haunted Baronet · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · na Belgravia July 1870 (+5)

183 · An Afterword Concerning the Text to “Ghost Stories of the Tiled House” · Jim Rockhill · aw

185 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

189 · Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms

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