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Vermintide by Bruno Lee (Black Library, January 2, 2006, 1-84416-286-9, £6.99, 252pp, pb, n., cover by Alex Boyd) [Warhammer]     Fantasy-war novel set in the world of “Warhammer”. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $7.99.

Archives of Evil ed. Christopher Lee & Michel Parry (W.H. Allen & Co., October 1977, 0-491-02042-2, £3.95, 172pp, hc, an, cover by Les Edwards)     Abridged reprint of From the Archives of Evil Number 2 (Warner, 1976) omitting Lovecraft’s “The Lurking Fear”. 9 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in From the Archives of Evil Number 2 ed. Christopher Lee & Michel Parry, Warner, 1976 11 · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924 29 · Rope Enough · John Collier · ss The New Yorker November 18 1939 36 · Lost Face · Jack London · ss New York Herald December 13 1908 50 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown August 1940 77 · The Rats of Doctor Picard · Henry Slesar · vi Bizarre Mystery Magazine October 1965 82 · The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928 revised from The New Decameron, Volume the First, B.H. Blackwell, 1919. 110 · Skeleton · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales September 1945 127 · The Seventeenth Hole at Duncaster · H. R. Wakefield · ss They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928 141 · Gabriel-Ernest · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 29 1909 149 · The Ash-Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 164 · The Avenging Film · Massimo Bontempelli · ss (r)

Christopher Lee’s Treasury of Terror ed. Christopher Lee (Pyramid, September 1966, R-1498, 50¢, 144pp, pb, oa)     Stories adapted to comic-book format. · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling; adapted by Craig Tennis · cs; illustrated by Johnny Craig · Wentworth’s Day · H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth; adapted by Russ Jones · cs; illustrated by Russ Jones · The Past Master · Robert Bloch; adapted by Craig Tennis · cs; illustrated by Alden McWilliams · The Death of Halpin Frayser · Ambrose Bierce; adapted by Craig Tennis · cs; illustrated by Frank Bolle · Dracula’s Guest · Bram Stoker; adapted by E. Nelson Bridwell · cs; illustrated by Frank Bolle

Christopher Lee’s ‘X’ Certificate ed. Christopher Lee & Michel Parry (Star Books, 1975, 0-352-39809-4, 60p, 176pp, pb, an)     Given as Christopher Lee’s ‘X’ Certificate No. 1 on the title page (only). Later published in hardcover by W.H. Allen (1976). 7 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in 14 · The Spider · Fritz Leiber · ss Rogue January 1963 30 · I, the Vampire · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales February 1937 52 · Talent · Robert Bloch · ss If July 1960 66 · Amber Print · Basil Copper · nv Dr. Caligari’s Black Book ed. Peter Haining, W.H. Allen, 1968 84 · The Gorgon · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales April 1932 97 · The Kill · Peter Fleming · ss Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931 110 · Blood Son · Richard Matheson · ss Imagination April 1951, as ““Drink My Red Blood…”” 120 · The Black Stone [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1931 139 · The Monster-Maker · W. C. Morrow · nv The Argonaut October 15 1887, as “The Surgeon’s Experiment” 157 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891

From the Archives of Evil ed. Christopher Lee & Michel Parry (Warner, January 1976, 0-446-76884-7, $1.25, 205pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Star 1975 as Christopher Lee’s ‘X’ Certificate) horror anthology.

From the Archives of Evil Number 2 ed. Christopher Lee & Michel Parry (Warner Books, October 1976, 0-446-88215-1, $1.50, 220pp, pb, an, cover by Herb Tauss) · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924 35 · The Lurking Fear · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Home Brew January 1923 (+3) · Rope Enough · John Collier · ss The New Yorker November 18 1939 · Lost Face · Jack London · ss New York Herald December 13 1908 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown August 1940 · The Rats of Doctor Picard · Henry Slesar · vi Bizarre Mystery Magazine October 1965 · The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928 revised from The New Decameron, Volume the First, B.H. Blackwell, 1919. · Skeleton · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales September 1945 · The Seventeenth Hole at Duncaster · H. R. Wakefield · ss They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928 · Gabriel-Ernest · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 29 1909 · The Ash-Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904; given as by M.R. Jones in the Table of Contents. · The Avenging Film · Massimo Bontempelli · ss (r)

The Great Villains: An Omnibus of Evil ed. Christopher Lee & Michel Parry (W.H. Allen & Co., 1978, 0-491-02105-4, £5.50, 255pp, hc, an, cover by Bob Haberfield)     Retitled: Christopher Lee’s Omnibus of Evil. London: Mayflower, 1980. 7 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in 13 · Professor Moriarty [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine December 1893, as “The Adventure of the Final Problem” 33 · Jack the Ripper · Theodora Benson · ss The Man from the Tunnel by Theodora Benson, Gollancz, 1950, as “In the Fourth Ward” 40 · Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · ex from Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Longmans, Green, January 5 1886 58 · Sagittarius · Ray Russell · na Playboy March 1962 96 · Doctor Fu Manchu · Sax Rohmer · ex from The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, Methuen, 1913 111 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3) 176 · Count Dracula · Bram Stoker · ex from Dracula, Constable, 1897 208 · At Last, the True Story of Frankenstein [Frankenstein] · Harry Harrison · ss Science Fantasy #76, September 1965 215 · Sawney Bean and His Family · [uncredited] · ar Historical and Traditional Tales Connected with the South of Scotland, John Nicholson, 1843 221 · The Skull of the Marquis de Sade · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales September 1945 241 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1931

Lurking Shadows ed. Christopher Lee & Michel Parry--- see under Michel Parry.

Sex, Drugs & Power Tools by Edward Lee (Necro Publications, February 2002, 1-889186-22-8, $45.00, 250pp, hc, co, cover by David G. Barnett)     Collection of three hardcore horror novellas, one original. This is a signed, limited edition of 300; a slipcased, lettered edition of 26 is also available. · Header · Edward Lee · na (r) · The Pig · Edward Lee · na Inside the Works, Necro Publications, 1997 based on the story by Gene Michael Higney. · The Horn-Cranker · Edward Lee · na

Splatterspunk: The Micah Hayes Stories by Edward Lee & John Pelan (Sideshow Press, August 1998, no ISBN, $15.00, 211pp, tp, co, cover by Mychael Tolver) [Micah Hayes]     Collection of five humorously disgusting, erotic horror stories about the sexually over-endowed police deputy. One is an excerpt from a previously published novella; two stories, the prologue, and a foreword by Hayes himself are original to this volume. This is a limited edition of 550; a hardcover, lettered edition ($125.00) was announced but not seen. 1 · Foreword · Mikah Hayes · fw 7 · Prologue · Edward Lee & John Pelan · pr 13 · Cotter’s Field or The Scene That Started It All… [Micah Hayes] · Edward Lee & John Pelan · ex from “Goon”, Necro Publications, 1996 19 · The Case of the Police Officer’s Cock Ring and the Piano Player Who Had No Fingers [Micah Hayes] · Edward Lee & John Pelan · ss Palace Corbie #7, 1997, as “The Piano Player Has No Fingers” 39 · Girl’s Night Out [Micah Hayes] · Edward Lee & John Pelan · ss Brutarian #23, 57 · Sideshow [Micah Hayes] · Edward Lee & John Pelan · na 103 · Refrigerator Full of Sperm [Micah Hayes] · Edward Lee & John Pelan · na

The Arrow Book of Horror Stories ed. Elizabeth Lee--- see under Anon..

The Second Arrow Book of Horror Stories ed. Elizabeth Lee--- see under Anon..

Horror Stories ed. Elizabeth Lee--- see under Anon..

More Horror Stories ed. Elizabeth Lee (Elek Bestseller Library, 1962, 3/6d, 222pp, pb, an)     Retitled The Second Arrow Book of Horror Stories, Arrow, 1965 pb, published anonymously. 7 · The Dead Smile · F. Marion Crawford · nv Ainslee’s Magazine August 1899 34 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 46 · Monstrous Regiment · H. Russell Wakefield · nv Strayers from Sheol by H. Russell Wakefield, Arkham House, 1961 76 · Telling · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 86 · The Veldt · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 23 1950, as “The World the Children Made” 105 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947 113 · Nowhere Without Her · Colin Evans · ss Ghosts ed. Elliott O'Donnell, Foulsham, 1959 136 · The Sorcerer’s Apprentice · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1949 151 · The Travelling Grave · L. P. Hartley · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 178 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841

Murder Mixture ed. Elizabeth Lee (Elak Books, 1963, 16/-, 478pp, hc, an) 9 · Holy Well [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine #498, June 1936 43 · Murder! · Arnold Bennett · nv Cassell’s Magazine October 1927 59 · Murder for Posterity · Margot Bennett · ar Lilliput June 1949 64 · Aren’t Our Police Wonderful? · Christianna Brand · ss For Love or Money ed. Dorothy Gardiner, Doubleday, 1957 68 · The Clue of the Red Wig · John Dickson Carr · nv The Strand Magazine December 1940 94 · Triangle at Rhodes [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week February 2 1936 117 · By Kind Permission of the Murdered Man · Hylton Cleaver · ss The Strand Magazine March 1934 128 · Suspect Unknown [Inspector Jessup] · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss Collier’s September 23 1939 141 · Recipe for Murder · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss The American Legion Magazine January 1947 143 · The Empty House [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Collier’s Weekly September 26 1903, as “The Adventure of the Empty House” 165 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948 183 · The Letters in Evidence · C. S. Forester · ss The Editor Regrets… ed. George Joseph, Michael Joseph, 1937 191 · Phyllis Annesley’s Peril [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1922 215 · No Trace · Veronica Parker Johns · ss The Saint Detective Magazine December 1957 228 · Listen, Listen! · R. E. Kendall · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #43, June 1947 239 · A Roof in Manhattan · Hilda Lawrence · nv 1948 256 · Ten O’Clock · Philip MacDonald · nv Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931 270 · Willful Murder · H. A. Manhood · ss Apples by Night by H. A. Manhood, Cape, 1932 277 · The Letter · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International April 1924 309 · The Murder in the Fishing Cat · Edna St. Vincent Millay · ss The Century Magazine March 1923 325 · He Got What She Wanted · Nigel Morland · ss Butcher’s Dozen by Crime Writers Association, Heinemann, 1956 339 · In the Dark · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine September 1908, as by E. Bland 350 · The Undiscovered Murderer [Michael Sayers] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Strand Magazine December 1921, as “The Undiscovered Murder” 366 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 397 · Sense of Humor · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan September 1934 406 · The Fountain Plays · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar December 1932 418 · The Sleeve · L. A. G. Strong · ss Choice of Weapons, Hodder & Stoughton, 1958 424 · The Rubber Trumpet [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1934 441 · Being a Murderer Myself · Arthur Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #57, August 1948 454 · The Boat Race Murder · David Winser · ss Detective Stories of To-Day ed. Raymond Postgate, Faber and Faber, 1940 464 · Inquest · Loel Yeo · ss The Strand Magazine April 1932

Spine Chillers ed. Elizabeth Lee (Elek, 1961, 25/-, 528pp, hc, an) 9 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 23 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 32 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 39 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 47 · No. 1 Branch Line, the Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 59 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. 69 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. 84 · The Case of Mr. Lucraft · Sir Walter Besant & James Rice · nv The Case of Mr. Lucraft and Other Tales by Walter Besant & James Rice, Sampson Low, 1876 114 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889 124 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 151 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887; dated 1886. 164 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891 171 · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 182 · The Novel of the White Powder [Mr. Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895 198 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895 212 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 221 · Lukundoo · Edward Lucas White · ss Weird Tales November 1925 234 · In the Tube · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1922 247 · At the Farmhouse · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1923 261 · When I Was Dead · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss A Book of Bargains by Vincent O'Sullivan, Leonard Smithers, 1896 265 · The Business of Madame Jahn · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss A Book of Bargains by Vincent O'Sullivan, Leonard Smithers, 1896 272 · The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 303 · Benlian · Oliver Onions · nv The Fortnightly Review January 1911 321 · Phantas · Oliver Onions · ss Nash’s Magazine February 1910 336 · Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922 356 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 368 · The Bureau d’Echange de Maux · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set January 1915 372 · That Dieth Not · H. R. Wakefield · nv They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928 390 · The Thing on the Doorstep [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales January 1937 415 · Cool Air · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Tales of Magic and Mystery March 1928 423 · The Outsider [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales April 1926 429 · A Visitor from Down Under · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 445 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930 454 · The Cat Jumps · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 463 · Ghost of Honour · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams, 1936 470 · Catnip · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1948 482 · Enoch · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1946 495 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan UK, 1956 515 · Skeleton · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales September 1945

Jade City by Fonda Lee (Orbit, November 16, 2017, 978-0-356-51050-7, £13.99, 495pp, tp, n.) [The Green Bone Saga]

Jade City by Fonda Lee (Subterranean Press, February 2025, $225.00, 464pp, hc, n., cover by Micah Epstein) [The Green Bone Saga]     Reprint (Orbit 2017) fantasy novel. Limited to 600 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition ($1500), limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies. Details taken from publisher website.