Great Tales of Terror (Chancellor Press, 1991, 1-85152-106-2, £2.99, 638pp, hc, an)
An anonymous reprint of H. Douglas Thomson’s The Great Book of Thrillers (revised edition, 1937), omitting six stories and rearranging part of the story sequence.
- 13 · H2, Etc. · A. J. Alan · ss A. J. Alan’s Second Book by A. J. Alan, Hutchinson, 1932
- 18 · The Smell in the Library [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · nv The Sketch December 25 1922, as “Red Antony”
- 37 · The Man in the Bell · W. E. Aytoun (error, actually by William Maginn) · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine November 1821, uncredited.
- 43 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890, as “An Accursed House”
translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831).
- 57 · The Folding Doors · Marjorie Bowen · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1912
- 72 · The Lady of Glenwith Grange · Wilkie Collins · nv After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856
- 92 · The New Sun · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine July 1 1913
- 110 · Hot Water · Val Gielgud · ss The Great Book of Thrillers ed. H. Douglas Thomson, Odhams Press, 1935
- 118 · The Island · L. P. Hartley · ss Night Fears by L. P. Hartley, Putnam, 1924
- 133 · Edward Randolph’s Portrait · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss United States Magazine and Democratic Review July 1838, as by The Author of “Twice-Told Tales”
- 144 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 158 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845
- 169 · The Tarn · Hugh Walpole · ss Success October 1923
- 182 · The Resurrectionist · Samuel Warren · ss Passages from a Diary of a Late Physician by Samuel Warren, Blackwood, 1833
- 194 · The Blue Room · Prosper Mérimée · ss The Novels, Tales and Letters of Prosper Mérimée by Prosper Mérimée, Frank S. Holby, 1905
translated from the French (“La Chambre Bleue”, L’Indépendance Belge, September 6 & 7, 1871).
- 206 · The Café of Terror [Samuel T. Billingham] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Collier’s May 16 1925
- 219 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929
- 235 · A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1933
- 247 · Mr. Pemberton’s Commission [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Windsor Magazine March 1933
- 260 · Who Killed Castelvetri? · Gilbert Frankau · nv The Strand Magazine March 1928
- 280 · The Aluminium Dagger [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine March 1909
- 304 · The Gylston Slander [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine July 1920
- 323 · Arsène Lupin in Prison [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · nv The Story-teller May 1907
translated from the French (“Arsène Lupin en prison”, Je sais tout, December 15, 1905).
- 341 · The Fenchurch Street Mystery [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine May 1901
- 358 · Peacock House · Eden Phillpotts · nv Peacock House and Other Mysteries by Eden Phillpotts, Hutchinson, 1926
- 389 · The Vanishing Diamond · John Rhode · nv The Great Book of Thrillers ed. H. Douglas Thomson, Odhams Press, 1935
- 405 · Staley Fleming’s Hallucination · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906
- 408 · The Italian’s Story · Catherine Crowe · nv Ghosts and Family Legends by Mrs. Crowe, T.C. Newby, 1858
- 424 · The Ghost of Dorothy Dingley · Daniel Defoe · ss Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe, London, 1722
- 432 · To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, uncredited.
- 443 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited.
- 455 · Madam Crowl’s Ghost · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round December 31 1870, uncredited.
- 471 · Black Coffee · Jeffery Farnol · ss The Shadow and Other Stories by Jeffery Farnol, 1929
- 484 · The Black Ferry · John Galt · ss The Club Book ed. Andrew Picken, Cochrane & Pickersgill, 1831, as “The Book of Life”
- 495 · The Dreamland Bride · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · nv One of Cleopatra’s Nights by Théophile Gautier, tr. Lafcadio Hearn, B. Worthington, 1882, as “Clarimonde”
translated from the French (“La Morte Amoureuse”, Chronique de Paris, June 23 & 26, 1836).
- 515 · The Dilemma of Phadrig · Gerald Griffin · ss Tales of the Munster Festival by Gerald Griffin, 1827
- 523 · Mary Burnet · James Hogg · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1828, as “Fairies, Brownies, and Witches”
- 544 · The Three Sisters · W. W. Jacobs · ss Night Watches by W. W. Jacobs, Hodder & Stoughton, 1914
- 553 · The Doctor’s Ghost · Norman Macleod · ss from “A True Ghost Story”, Good Words September 1862
- 559 · Mr. Kempe · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury November 1925
- 584 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828
- 599 · The Frontier Guards · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Illustrated London News November 25 1929
- 605 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896
- 616 · The Sphinx Without a Secret · Oscar Wilde · ss The World May 25 1887, as “Lady Alroy”
- 621 · The Gardener · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1922
- 634 · A Spanish Ghost Story · [uncredited] · ss The Great Book of Thrillers (var. 1) ed. H. Douglas Thomson, Odhams, 1937
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