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Bodies from the Library 6 ed. Tony Medawar (Collins Crime Club, September 14, 2023, 978-0-00-852277-3, £16.99, 352pp, hc, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · No Evidence · Alice Campbell · ss Hush June 1930 20 · Alice Campbell · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Alice Campbell] 23 · Post Hasty · Andrew Garve · ss The (London) Evening News February 23 1962 29 · Andrew Garve · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Andrew Garve] 32 · Greedy Night · E. C. Bentley · ss Parody Party ed. Leonard Russell, Hutchinson, 1936 45 · E C Bentley · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. E. C. Bentley] 48 · The Blackmailers · Cyril Hare · ss The Bystander January 2 1929, as by T. G. Clark 57 · Cyril Hare · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Cyril Hare] 60 · Death Travels First · John Rhode · pl first broadcast on the BBC Home Service, in two parts, 2 and 3 July 1940. 84 · John Rhode · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. John Rhode] 87 · The Whole Truth · Anthony Gilbert · nv News Chronicle March 4 1935 (+4) 117 · Anthony Gilbert · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Anthony Gilbert] 121 · A Piece of Cake · Christianna Brand · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1983 129 · Christianna Brand · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Christianna Brand] 131 · The Mystery Man of Soho [Bob Fisher] · Margery Allingham · na The Thriller #217, April 1 1933 206 · Margery Allingham · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Margery Allingham] 209 · The Commotion at San Giovanni · George Bellairs · ss John o’ London’s Weekly February 10 1939 216 · George Bellairs · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. George Bellairs] 219 · The Glass Gravestone [Sen. Brooks U. Banner] · Joseph Commings · ss The Saint Magazine October 1966 243 · Joseph Commings · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Joseph Commings] 245 · The Mystery of the Corridor Express [Humphrey Judd] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss Pearson’s Weekly April 22 1899 255 · Victor L Whitechurch · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Victor L. Whitechurch] 259 · Sinister Sequence · gp 261 · Part One: The Sinister Stranger · Michael Cronin · ss Daily Sketch May 11 1953 275 · Part Two: The Sinister Suitcase · Geoffrey Household · ss Daily Sketch May 12 1953 290 · Part Three: The Sinister Smile · Laurence Meynell · ss Daily Sketch May 13 1953 304 · Part Four: The Sinister House · Dennis Wheatley · ss Daily Sketch May 14 1953 316 · Part Five: The Sinister Clock · L. P. Hartley · ss Daily Sketch May 15 1953 330 · Michael Cronin · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Michael Cronin] 332 · Geoffrey Household · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Geoffrey Household] 334 · Laurence Meynell · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Laurence Meynell] 336 · Dennis Wheatley · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Dennis Wheatley] 339 · L P Hartley · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. L. P. Hartley]

Ghosts from the Library ed. Tony Medawar (Collins Crime Club, September 29, 2022, 978-0-00-851481-5, £14.99, 288pp, hc, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Tony Medawar · in 1 · Ghost Stories · G. K. Chesterton · ar The Illustrated London News May 30 1936 6 · G.K. Chesterton · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. G. K. Chesterton] 9 · Deborah · Josephine Tey · ss The English Review March 1929, as by Gordon Daviot 18 · Josephine Tey · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Josephine Tey] 23 · The Red Balloon · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Weird Tales November 1953 38 · Q. Patrick · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler)] 41 · Terror · Daphne du Maurier · ss The Bystander December 26 1928 46 · Daphne du Maurier · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Daphne du Maurier] 49 · The Green Dress · Anthony Berkeley · ss 62 · Anthony Berkeley · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Anthony Berkeley] 65 · The Haunted House · A. Fielding · ss The Sphere November 24 1924 81 · A. Fielding · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. A. Fielding] 83 · Personal Call [Inspector Narracott] · Agatha Christie · pl Samuel French, December 2019 first broadcast on the BBC’s Light Programme, 31 May 1954. 104 · Agatha Christie · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Agatha Christie] 107 · The Woman Who Cried · H. C. Bailey · ss The Daily Telegraph August 5 1912 122 · H.C. Bailey · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. H. C. Bailey] 125 · The Witch · Christianna Brand · nv Woman’s Journal January 1962 172 · Christianna Brand · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Christianna Brand] 175 · Death in a Dream · Laurence W. Meynell · ss Liverpool Echo November 29 1963 180 · Laurence W. Meynell · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Laurence W. Meynell] 185 · The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Calabash Press, 2000 195 · Arthur Conan Doyle · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Arthur Conan Doyle] 199 · Misleading Lady · Margery Allingham · ss The Picture Show Annual for 1935 ed. Anon, Amalgamated Press, 1935 216 · Margery Allingham · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Margery Allingham] 219 · The Legend of the Cane in the Dark · John Dickson Carr · ss The Haverfordian March 1927 224 · John Dickson Carr · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. John Dickson Carr] 227 · St. Bartholomew’s Day · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1975 244 · Edmund Crispin · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Edmund Crispin] 247 · Martin’s Close · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Arnold, 1911 269 · Coda to the Late Provost’s Ghost Story · Dorothy L. Sayers · lt The Eton Chronicle February 4 1937 272 · M.R. James & Dorothy L. Sayers · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. M. R. James & Dorothy L. Sayers]

The Island of Coffins by John Dickson Carr ed. Tony Medawar & Douglas Greene--- see under John Dickson Carr.

The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill’s Casebook by Christianna Brand ed. Tony Medawar--- see under Christianna Brand.

13 to the Gallows by John Dickson Carr & Val Gielgud ed. Tony Medawar--- see under John Dickson Carr.

Carnacki: Heaven and Hell by William Meikle (Ghost House/Dark Regions Press, December 2011, $45.00, hc, oc, cover by Wayne Miller)     Signed limited hardcover edition of 100 copies. Also available in a slipcased, leatherbound, edition ($99) limited to 13 signed copies. Details taken from online listing. · The Blooded Iklwa [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · The Larkhill Barrow [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · The Sisters of Mercy [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · The Hellfire Mirror [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · The Tomb of Pygea [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · The Lusitania [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · The Haunted Oak [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · The Shoreditch Worm [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · The Dark Island [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss Enigmatic Novellas #6, 2000 · The Beast of Glamis [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss

Carnacki: The Edinburgh Townhouse and Other Stories by William Meikle (Lovecraft eZine Press, September 19, 2017, 978-0-9966941-9-3, $9.95, 206pp, tp, oc)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · The Photographer’s Friend [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss 17 · Fins in the Fog [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss 31 · The Cheyne Walk Infestation [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss 51 · An Unexpected Delivery [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss 69 · A Sticky Wicket [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss 85 · The King’s Treasure [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss 105 · Mr. Churchill’s Surprise [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss 123 · The Edinburgh Townhouse [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · nv 153 · A Night in the Storeroom [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss 173 · Into the Light [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · nv

The Carnacki: The Watcher at the Gate and Other Stories by William Meikle (Ghost House, August 2015, $18.95, 228pp, tp, oc, cover by M. Wayne Miller)     Also available in a deluxe hardcover edition, limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the author, with two extra stories. · The Banshee [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · Treason and Plot [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss Horror for the Holidays ed. Scott David Aniolowski, Miskatonic River Press, 2011 · Captain Gault’s Nemesis [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · The China Dolls [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · A Cold Christmas in Chelsea [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss 13 Ghosts of Christmas ed. Simon Marshall-Jones, Spectral Press, 2012 · The Black Swan [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · The Blue Egg [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss Sargasso: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies Fall 2013, as “Carnacki: The Blue Egg” · Mr. Churchill’s Dilemma [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · Bedlam in Yellow [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss In the Court of the Yellow King ed. Glynn Owen Barrass, Celaeno Press, 2014 · The Watcher at the Gate [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · The Gray Boats [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · The Chislehurst Conundrum [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss · The Parliament of Owls [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss; only in deluxe hardcover edition. · The Island of Dr. Munroe [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss Steampunk Cthulhu ed. Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons, Chaosium, 2014; only in deluxe hardcover edition.

The Ghost Club: Newly Found Tales of Victorian Terror by William Meikle (Crystal Lake Publishing, December 1, 2017, 978-1-64204-931-2, $14.99, 246pp, tp, oc, cover by Ben Baldwin)     A collection of stories ostensibly written by famous 19th-early 20th century authors, framed as stories told at a club. Each story is preceded by an untitled prologue relating how the following “manuscript” was found, and interspersed with an untitled framing narration, purported to be by Arthur Conan Doyle (also the supposed transcriber of the stories), relating the circumstances under which the authors told the stories to the Ghost Club. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Introduction · William Meikle · in 7 · Wee Davie Makes a Friend · William Meikle · ss [Ref. Robert Louis Stevenson]; supposedly by Robert Louis Stevenson. 25 · The High Bungalow [Sigils and Totems] · William Meikle · ss [Ref. Rudyard Kipling]; supposedly by Rudyard Kipling. 41 · The Immortal Memory · William Meikle · ss [Ref. Leo Tolstoy]; supposedly by Leo Tolstoy. 59 · The House of the Dead [Sigils and Totems] · William Meikle · ss [Ref. Bram Stoker]; supposedly by Bram Stoker. 77 · Once a Jackass · William Meikle · ss [Ref. Mark Twain]; supposedly by Mark Twain. 89 · Farside · William Meikle · nv [Ref. H. G. Wells]; supposedly by Herbert George Wells. 107 · To the Manor Born · William Meikle · ss [Ref. Margaret Oliphant]; supposedly by Margaret Oliphant. 123 · The Angry Ghost · William Meikle · ss [Ref. Oscar Wilde]; supposedly by Oscar Wilde. 133 · The Black Ziggurat · William Meikle · nv [Ref. H. Rider Haggard]; supposedly by Henry Rider Haggard. 155 · Born of Ether · William Meikle · ss [Ref. Helena P. Blavatsky]; supposedly by Helena P. Blavatsky. 171 · The Scrimshaw Set [Sigils and Totems] · William Meikle · ss [Ref. Henry James]; supposedly by Henry James. 189 · At the Molenzki Junction · William Meikle · ss [Ref. Anton Chekhov]; supposedly by Anton Chekhov. 199 · To the Moon and Beyond · William Meikle · nv [Ref. Jules Verne]; supposedly by Jules Verne. 225 · The Curious Affair on the Embankment [Sherlock Holmes] · William Meikle · ss [Ref. Arthur Conan Doyle]; supposedly by Arthur Conan Doyle; features Inspector Lestrade from the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Wild Chrome by Greg Mellor (Ticonderoga Publications, October 2012, 978-1-921857-24-9, A$25.00, 300pp, tp, oc, cover by Leanne & Jamie Tufrey)     Collection of 21 stories, ten original. Introduction by Damien Broderick. A print-on-demand edition; a signed limited hardcover edition of 100 (-23-2, A$75.00) is also available. Details taken from online listing. 11 · Preface · Greg Mellor · pr 15 · Introduction · Damien Broderick · in 23 · Fragments · Greg Mellor · ss Cosmic Catastrophes ed. Chris Bartholomew, 2011 37 · The Trouble with Memes · Greg Mellor · ss 51 · Terra Q · Greg Mellor · ss 61 · Eyes of Fire in My Waking Dreams · Greg Mellor · ss Aurealis #48, March 2012 75 · Alien Intent · Greg Mellor · ss 89 · Day Break · Greg Mellor · ss Cosmos #38, April/May 2011 99 · Stranded Light · Greg Mellor · ss 119 · Autumn Leaves Falling · Greg Mellor · ss Cosmos (online) 2010 129 · Defence of the Realm · Greg Mellor · ss Cosmos #25, February/March 2009 141 · Ethos Anthropoi Daimon · Greg Mellor · ss Novus Creatura ed. Michael C. Pennington & Arthur "JAM" Miller, 2010 155 · Hollow Places · Greg Mellor · ss Specutopia July 2012 163 · Heaven and Earth · Greg Mellor · nv Aurealis #46, November 2011 185 · Ravenous · Greg Mellor · ss 199 · Robo Sapiens · Greg Mellor · ss 207 · Social Contract · Greg Mellor · ss 217 · House of Cards · Greg Mellor · ss Hit Men ed. Chris Bartholomew, 2011 231 · Static · Greg Mellor · ss Deep Space Terror ed. Chris Bartholomew, Static Movement, 2010 247 · Beyond Winter’s Shadow · Greg Mellor · ss 263 · Time Capture · Greg Mellor · ss 269 · Weapons of Choice · Greg Mellor · ss 287 · Signals in the Deep · Greg Mellor · ss Clarkesworld #60, September 2011

Nine Visions ed. Andrea LaSonde Melrose (Seabury Press, 1983, 0-8164-2490-X, x+181pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of nine fantasies, most original. vii · Introduction · Andrea LaSonde Melrose · in 2 · The Aqueduct · Calvin Miller · ss 10 · Pursuit of a Lost Tugolith · Robert Don Hughes · ss 22 · Someone to Watch Over Me · Hilary Andrewes · ss 33 · Mother and the Flying Saucer · Mary McDermott Shideler · ss Mother and the Flying Saucer by Mary McDermott Shideler, 1976 45 · The One Hundred and First Miracle · Madeleine L’Engle · ss 59 · Certain Distant Suns · Joanne Greenberg · ss High Crimes and Misdemeanors by Joanne Greenberg, Henry Holt & Co., 1979 78 · Ceyx · Starr Luteri · nv 109 · Vocation [Deryni] · Katherine Kurtz · nv 135 · Unworthy of the Angel · Stephen Donaldson · nv 174 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg