Great Ghost Stories (Reader’s Digest, 1997, 0-276-42330-5, 528pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 46 ghost stories selected by editors of The Reader’s Digest.
- 9 · Introduction · The Editors · in
- 13 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 36 · The Corner Shop · Cynthia Asquith · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1926
- 48 · The Whip Hand · A. L. Barker · ss Tales to Make the Flesh Creep ed. Herbert van Thal, John Constable, 1977
- 60 · A Tough Tussle · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 30 1888
- 66 · Transition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The New Witness December 11 1913, as “Mudbury’s Xmas Adventure”
- 71 · The Crowd · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1943
- 79 · The Buick Saloon · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine June 1930, as by Mary O’Malley
- 92 · The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar February 1868
- 101 · Smee · A. M. Burrage · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine December 1929
- 110 · The July Ghost · A. S. Byatt · nv Firebird 1 ed. Tim J. Binding, Penguin, 1982
- 122 · “To Let” · B. M. Croker · ss London Society Christmas 1890
- 135 · The Ghost Who Vanished by Degrees · Robertson Davies · ss High Spirits by Robertson Davies, Penguin, 1982
- 143 · Seaton’s Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury April 1922
- 166 · No. 1 Branch Line, the Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866
- 176 · Autumn Cricket · Lord Dunsany · ss John Bull April 29 1950
- 180 · The Ghosts of Calagou · Elizabeth Fancett · ss The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1991
- 187 · The Shepherd · Frederick Forsyth · na Hutchinson, 1975
- 209 · Florinda · Shamus Frazer · ss The London Mystery Magazine #29, June 1956
- 216 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.
- 232 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947
- 237 · Someone in the Lift · L. P. Hartley · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 242 · The Gateway of the Monster [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler January 1910
- 258 · The Shadow of a Shade · Tom Hood · ss Bow Bells Christmas 1869
- 270 · The Old Man · Holloway Horn · ss Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 2 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1931
- 275 · Three Miles Up · Elizabeth Jane Howard · nv We Are for the Dark by Elizabeth Jane Howard & Robert Aickman, Cape, 1951
- 290 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited.
- 305 · The Ash Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 315 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885
- 332 · The Tower · Marghanita Laski · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 338 · 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).
- 356 · Black Dog · Penelope Lively · ss Nothing Missing But the Samovar by Penelope Lively, Heinemann, 1978
- 362 · The Highboy · Alison Lurie · ss Redbook October 1990, as “A Curious Haunting”
- 373 · The Taipan · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1922
- 379 · An Apparition · Guy de Maupassant · ss Romance February 1891
translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883).
- 385 · Man-Size in Marble · Edith Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887
- 396 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839
- 411 · The Queen of Spades · Alexandre Pushkin · nv (r)
translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834).
- 431 · I Used to Live Here Once · Jean Rhys · vi Sleep It Off, Lady by Jean Rhys, Andre Deutsch, 1976
- 433 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884
- 447 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891
- 461 · Poor Girl · Elizabeth Taylor · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 476 · Blind Man’s Buff · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Sketch April 25 1928
- 480 · Dual Control · Elizabeth Walter · nv Dead Woman by Elizabeth Walter, Collins and Harvill Press, 1975
- 488 · Breakages · Fay Weldon · ss The Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1978
- 496 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1)
- 518 · Angeline, or the Haunted House · Émile Zola · ss The Star January 16 1899
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