Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 1 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers (Gollancz, 1928, 1229pp, hc, an)
Derivative anthologies: The Omnibus of Crime (Payson & Clarke 1929), Tales of Detection and Mystery (McFadden 1962), Stories of the Supernatural (McFadden 1963), & Human and Inhuman Stories (McFadden 1963), Vintage Detective Stories, ed. by Mike Higgs (Galley 1987).
- 9 · Introduction · Dorothy L. Sayers · in
- 51 · The History of Bel · [uncredited] · vi from The Apocrypha (r)
- 52 · The History of Susanna · [uncredited] · vi from The Apocrypha (r)
- 56 · The Story of Hercules and Cacus · Publius Vergilius Maro; translated by Robert Bevan · ex from The Aeneid (r)
- 58 · The Story of Rhampsinitus · [uncredited] · vi (r)
- 61 · The Ebony Box [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · na The Argosy (UK) January 1883 (+2), as by Johnny Ludlow
- 113 · The Ace of Trouble · C. Hedley Barker · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1925
- 118 · The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Snowden’s Lady’s Companion November 1842 (+2)
- 163 · The Mysterious Death in Percy Street [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine October 1901
- 178 · The Adventure of the Priory School [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Collier’s Weekly January 30 1904
- 207 · Coincidence [F.T. Carrington] · J. Storer Clouston · nv The Sphere October 23 1920 (+2)
- 229 · The Ghost at Massingham Mansions [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Eyes of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1923
- 254 · The Secret of the Singular Cipher [Ebbie Entwhistle] · F. A. M. Webster · ss The Blue Magazine #63, September 1924
- 267 · The English Filter · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · ss The Strand Magazine March 1926
- 282 · The Clever Cockatoo [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine July 1914
- 296 · Prince Charlie’s Dirk · Eden Phillpotts · nv The London Magazine August 1926
- 345 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905
- 380 · The Face in the Dark · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss The London Magazine July 1903
- 396 · The Blue Sequin [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1908
- 412 · The Tea-Leaf · Edgar Jepson & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine October 1925
- 427 · The Cyprian Bees [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s February 6 1926
- 443 · A Happy Solution · Raymund Allen · ss The Strand Magazine December 1916
- 455 · The Adventure of the Fallen Angels [Bill Parmelee] · Percival Wilde · nv The Popular Magazine October 20 1924
- 492 · Sir Gilbert Murrell’s Picture [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine October 1905
- 504 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue”
- 520 · The Long Barrow [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss The London Magazine January 1925
- 541 · The Hanover Court Murder [Mr. Pepper] · Sir Basil Thomson · ss Mr. Pepper, Investigator by Sir Basil Thomson, John Castle, 1925
- 556 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921
- 584 · Her Last Adventure · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv 1924
- 606 · The Wrong House [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Scribner’s Magazine September 1901
- 621 · The Open Door · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1882
- 660 · The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Ghosts of the Mail”
- 677 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.; given as by Charles Allston Collins & Charles Dickens.
- 687 · Martin’s Close · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911
- 705 · Phantas · Oliver Onions · ss Nash’s Magazine February 1910
- 719 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert S. Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved”
- 761 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911
- 764 · The Novel of the Black Seal · Arthur Machen · na The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895
- 800 · Tchériapin · Sax Rohmer · ss The Sovereign Magazine April 1920
- 816 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- 826 · The Hair · A. J. Alan · ss 1926
- 834 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922
- 847 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s”
- 856 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893
- 863 · Thrawn Janet · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1881, as by R. L. S.
- 872 · Father Meuron’s Tale · Robert Hugh Benson · ss A Mirror of Shalott by R. H. Benson, Pitman, 1907
- 881 · The Avenging of Ann Leete · Marjorie Bowen · ss The New Magazine (UK) December 1923
- 893 · The Man with a Malady · J. F. Sullivan · ss The Strand Magazine July 1894
- 904 · August Heat · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910
- 909 · The Anticipator · Morley Roberts · ss The Sketch May 13 1896
- 914 · The Brute · Joseph Conrad · ss The Daily Chronicle December 5 1906
- 934 · Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922
- 953 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.
- 984 · The Misanthrope · John D. Beresford · ss Nineteen Impressions by J. D. Beresford, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918
- 993 · The Bad Lands · John Metcalfe · ss Land & Water April 15 1920
- 1003 · Nobody’s House · A. M. Burrage · ss Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927
- 1014 · The Seventh Man · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by A. T. Quiller-Couch, Cassell & Company, 1900
- 1026 · Proof · Naomi Royde-Smith · ss Land & Water 1919
- 1035 · Seaton’s Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury April 1922
- 1063 · The Gentleman from America · Michael Arlen · ss The Tatler Christmas 1924
- 1080 · The Narrow Way · R. Ellis Roberts · ss The Other End by R. Ellis Roberts, Palmer, 1923
- 1094 · Sawney Bean and His Family · [uncredited] · ar Historical and Traditional Tales Connected with the South of Scotland, John Nicholson, 1843
- 1099 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893
- 1110 · The Corsican Sisters · Violet Hunt · na More Tales of the Uneasy by Violet Hunt, Heinemann, 1925
- 1187 · The End of a Show · Barry Pain · vi Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901
- 1190 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895
- 1201 · The Separate Room · Ethel Colburn Mayne · nv Come In by Ethel Colburn Mayne, Chapman & Hall, 1917
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