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Stories in the Modern Manner (Avon Books, 1953, AT-61, 35¢, 282pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Crossing Paris · Marcel Aymé; translated by Frank Frantz & Evalin Frantz · nv Partisan Review July/August 1950 58 · Sunny Honeymoon · Alberto Moravia; translated by Frances Frenaye · nv Partisan Review November/December 1952 87 · The Human Voice: A One-Act Play · Jean Cocteau; translated by Dudley Fitts · ss Partisan Review July 1948 101 · The Other Margaret · Lionel Trilling · nv Partisan Review Fall 1945 128 · A Sermon by Doctor Pep · Saul Bellow · ss Partisan Review May 1949 137 · The Bleeding Heart · Jean Stafford · nv Partisan Review September 1948 164 · The Lesson · Max Wiseman · ss Partisan Review September/October 1947 170 · Theseus · André Gide; translated by John Russell · na Partisan Review November 1948 217 · Funeral Rites · Jean Genet; translated by Frances A. Lippman · ss Partisan Review Spring 1946 223 · Hunger · Jean Genet; translated by William Barrett · ss Partisan Review 228 · The Sin of Jesus · Isaac Babel; translated by Mirra Ginsburg · ss Partisan Review January 1949 234 · Guy de Maupassant · Isaac Babel; translated by Raymond Rosenthal & Waclaw Solski · ss Partisan Review January 1950 243 · Rachel’s Summer · Charles Jackson · ss Partisan Review Summer 1939 261 · George · Isaac Rosenfeld · ss Partisan Review July/August 1952 273 · In Dreams Begin Responsibilities · Delmore Schwartz · ss Partisan Review December 1937

Stories with a Vengeance--- see under Bow Bells Annual Christmas 1883.

Storytime (Dean & Son, 1935, 124pp, hc, oa, cover: [two girls in fancy dress hanging paper lanterns])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · Anne in Charge · Cicely M. Drury · ss 16 · Cuthbert Candy and the Little Princess · Madge Williams · ss 25 · The Indian Temple · P. M. Frost · ss 33 · The Good Twin and the Bad Twin · E. F. Whatham · ss 41 · Kidnapped · W. H. Morris · ss 48 · The Sick Sultan · Roma Lobel · ss 57 · The Big Idea · C. L. Emmit · ss 65 · The Five Brothers · Constance Lacey · ss 73 · Curlew Camp · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 81 · The Princess Who Lost Her Golden Curls · E. F. Whatham · ss 95 · The Handy Man · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 101 · The Blind Man’s Dog · Roma Lobel · ss 107 · Princess Pearl’s Pet · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 113 · A Holiday Adventure · August Renton · ss 120 · Don of the Circus · H. E. Pemberton · ss

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Prentice Hall, 1998, 0-13-435472-9, hc, an)     Anthology of the title novella by Stevenson and five other stories. 1 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · na Longmans, Green, January 5 1886 · Selected Additional Readings 65 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961 71 · The Colomber · Dino Buzzati · ss Restless Nights by Dino Buzzati, North Point Press, 1983 77 · The Wife’s Story · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper & Row, 1982 81 · Poison · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s June 3 1950 91 · The Third Expedition [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1948, as “Mars Is Heaven!”

Strange Doings in Strange Places (Cassell, 1890, 312pp, hc, an)     An anthology of “sensational stories” that had appeared originally in Cassell’s Saturday Journal during 1889. 9 · A Brigand of Today · Frank Barrett · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal February 23 1889 27 · The Mysterious Guide: An Alpine Adventure · Maxwell Gray · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal July 20 1889 45 · A Ride Against Death · Q · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal May 18 1889 61 · In Spite of All · Charles Gibbon · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal May 11 1889 81 · The Man in the Opposite Bed · F. W. Robinson · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal April 27 1889 101 · The Tolling of Brendham Bell · Florence Warden · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal May 25 1889 118 · Alive or Dead? · R. E. Francillon · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal August 31 1889 132 · Bob Cheddar’s Fate · Fitzgerald Molloy · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal April 6 1889 148 · In Horrible Suspense · G. Manville Fenn · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal March 30 1889 166 · A Haunted Gaol · Major Arthur Griffiths · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal June 15 1889 185 · In Mortal Peril · Richard Dowling · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal September 7 1889 205 · For Life or for Death · J. Berwick Harwood · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal February 16 1889 222 · A Duel on an Iceberg · Henry Frith · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal March 16 1889 239 · Yet So as by Fire · Theo. Gift · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal September 14 1889 253 · Abner Goodchild’s Sacrifice · Mary Crommelin · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal August 17 1889 270 · The Singular Experience of Doctor Macbeth · John K. Leys · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal April 13 1889 283 · Old Peder’s Treasure · Mrs. Edward Kennard · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal June 22 1889 298 · The Man with the Waxen Finger · Betham Edwards · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal July 13 1889

Strange Happenings (Methuen, March 1901, 6/-, 309pp, hc, an) 1 · The First to Die · H. D. Lowry · ss Black & White #46, December 19 1891 9 · The Sequel · W. Clark Russell · nv (r) 39 · The Philosopher’s Son · W. E. Norris · ss Black & White #44, December 5 1891 63 · The Musical Mouse · W. E. Norris · ss Black & White #35, October 3 1891 87 · Selwyn Utterton’s Nemesis · Grant Allen · ss Black & White #12, April 25 1891 110 · The Wedding Dress · W. Beer · ss (r) 123 · The Three Spies · L. Cope Cornford · ss (r) 140 · The Silver Snake · Beatrice O’Connor · ss (r) 153 · The Bagman’s Pony · Martin Ross · ss (r) 170 · A Day of Solitude Royal · Frank Hird · ss Black & White 185 · Alter Idem · L. Galbraith · ss (r) 201 · At a Christmas Ball · Mrs. Fleming · ss (r) 215 · A Careful Mother · F. C. Philips · ss (r) 223 · An Honourable Precedent · H. B. Marriott-Watson · ss Black & White August 17 1895 233 · A Lynching in Mosinee · Hamlin Garland · ss The Pocket Magazine July 1896 254 · “My Little Husband” · F. C. Philips · ss My Little Husband by F. C. Philips, Tauchnitz, 1894 266 · An Excellent Mystery · Francis Prevost · nv (r) 293 · The German Student’s Romance · Clara Savile-Clarke · ss (r)

Strange Love Stories--- see under Utopian Booklets April 1946.

Strange Secrets (Chatto & Windus, June 1889, 6/-, viii+336pp, hc, an)     Includes stories selected from Dreamland and Ghostland. The US edition (New York: R.F. Fenno, 1895) was entitled Strange Secrets: Told by A. Conan Doyle and Others, from which pagination details taken. 7 · The Secret of Swalecliff Castle · [uncredited] · nv London Society December 1885, as by F. Milford 36 · The Secret of the Mine · F. Talbot, uncredited · nv (r) 68 · The Secret of Calverley Court · Gertrude Parsons · nv (r) 96 · The Secret of Cousin Geoffrey’s Chamber · Mrs. Henry Clifford · nv London Society Christmas 1868, as “Cousin Geoffrey’s Chamber” 117 · The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange · A. Conan Doyle · nv London Society December 1883, as “Selecting a Ghost” 133 · The Box with the Iron Clamps · Florence Marryat · na London Society 1868 163 · The Veiled Portrait · James Grant · ss London Society Christmas 1874 174 · The Spectre Hand · James Grant · ss London Society Christmas 1871 186 · The Ghost of Lawford Hall · Walter Thornbury · ss London Society Christmas 1871, uncredited. 196 · A Coachful of Ghosts · Eleanor C. Price · nv (r), uncredited. 217 · George Venn and the Ghost · Dutton Cook · ss (r) 235 · The Mystery in Daffodil Terrace · Percy Fitzgerald · ss (r) 252 · Why New Houses Are Haunted · Elwyn Keith · ss London Society Christmas 1886 263 · A Very Queer Inn · M. B. Archer · ss (r)

Strange Stories of Coincidence and Ghostly Adventure ed. George Redway, uncredited (George Redway, November 1888, 320pp, hc, an)     Reprint (George Redway 1887 as Dreamland and Ghostland, Volume II) anthology.

Strange Stories of the Supernatural (Watermill Press, 1980, 0-89375-403-X, $1.50, 135pp, pb, an) 1 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 20 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 56 · The Dream Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 96 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833 119 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912

Strange Tales Volume II ed. Rosalie Parker, uncredited (Tartarus Press, 2007, 978-1-905784-05-9, £30.00, vi+327pp, hc, oa)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. · Calico Black, Calico Blue · Mike Kerins · fp v · Preface · [uncredited] · pr 1 · Calico Black, Calico Blue · Joel Knight · ss 15 · The Fairy Killer · Quentin S. Crisp · nv 59 · She Lights the Little Candle · Katherine Haynes · ss 67 · Mister Poppy · Stephen Holman · ss 86 · Carden in Capaea · Mark Valentine · ss 94 · What Water Reveals · Adam Golaski · nv 115 · Pastor Arrhenius and the Maiden Brita · Dale Nelson · nv 151 · The Other Village · Simon Strantzas · ss 165 · What the Eye Remembers · Anne-Sylvie Salzman; translated by William Charlton · ss 175 · The Magpies · David Rix · nv 215 · The Concise Picaresque Adventures of the Wanderlust Bridge · Rhys Hughes · ss 232 · Sourdough · Angela Slatter · ss 240 · The Hiding Place · Barbara Roden · ss 246 · Mea Tulpa · Roger Dunkley · ss 259 · Llanfihangel · Elizabeth Brown · ss 275 · Dinckley Green · Christopher Harman · nv 304 · Sejanus’ Daughter · Hilbourne Carlone · ss

Strange Tales Volume III ed. Rosalie Parker, uncredited (Tartarus Press, December 2009, 978-1-905784-18-9, £30.00, 288pp, hc, oa, cover by Stephen J. Clark)     Distributed in the US for $50.00. Details supplied by Denny Lien. · “Of the Vine” · Stephen Clark · fp v · Preface · Rosalie Parker · pr 1 · The Lammas Worm · Nina Allan · nv 32 · Morpheus House · Mark Valentine · ss 44 · Sanctuary Run · Daniel Mills · ss 60 · A Woman of the Party · Elizabeth Brown · nv 83 · The Good, Light People · Gary McMahon · ss 92 · Countess Otho · Reggie Oliver · ss 108 · Melting · A. J. McIntosh · nv 137 · It’s White and It Follows Me · Tina Rath · ss 145 · Yet No Greater Love of Promise · Joel Knight · ss 161 · Divan Method · Eric Stener Carlson · ss 174 · Party Talk · John Gaskin · ss 185 · The Other Box · Gerard Houarner · nv 212 · The Great Blind God Passed Through Us · Adam Golaski · ss 221 · Her Father’s Daughter · Simon Strantzas · ss 236 · Sister, Sister · Angela Slatter · nv 259 · A Taste of Casu Marzu · David Rix · ss 268 · The Solipsist · Philbampus · ss

Strange Tales from Blackwood (Blackwood, 1950, 521pp, hc, an) 1 · The Curio Shop · C. G. Chenevix Trench · ss Blackwood’s Magazine January 1936 15 · The Devil Stone · Victor Bayley · nv Blackwood’s Magazine February 1937 40 · An Affair of Some Gravity · T. B. Simpson · ss Blackwood’s Magazine June 1924 60 · The Gun · William M’Dowell · nv Blackwood’s Magazine December 1936 85 · The Devil’s Assistant · Kenneth MacNichol · ss Blackwood’s Magazine May 1923 103 · They That Walk in Darkness · J. W. Thompson · ss Blackwood’s Magazine July 1935 113 · Quia Incredibile · C. G. Chenevix Trench · ss Blackwood’s Magazine September 1927 130 · The Unforgiving Garden · Francis Hayley Bell · ss Blackwood’s Magazine January 1943 149 · Sea Ghosts · G. H. Gandy · ss Blackwood’s Magazine May 1923 158 · Lady Jane Confesses · [uncredited] · nv Blackwood’s Magazine August 1920 188 · The Third Hood · Francis Hayley Bell · ss Blackwood’s Magazine August 1939 204 · A Dry Season Trek · J. S. R. Duncan · ss Blackwood’s Magazine November 1948 213 · The Power of Destruction · Weston Martyr · ss Blackwood’s Magazine April 1935 234 · The Doctor Scores · Walter B. Harris · ss Blackwood’s Magazine September 1923 259 · Forbidden Valley · John Welman · ss Blackwood’s Magazine September 1948 280 · Storm in the Desert · Edward Liveing · nv Blackwood’s Magazine April 1922 315 · The Shadow on the Moor · Duke of Northumberland · nv Blackwood’s Magazine October 1930 347 · A Matter of Nomenclature · Victor Bayley · nv Blackwood’s Magazine July 1937 373 · Hoodoo Armstrong · A. Sadler · nv Blackwood’s Magazine September 1922 417 · The Bridge · Roy Forster · nv Blackwood’s Magazine January 1937 450 · The Rain-Maker · Colonel Sir Harry Mackworth · ss Blackwood’s Magazine July 1932 460 · The Handless Helper · Julian Turnbull · ss Blackwood’s Magazine December 1942 472 · The Vulgarizer · W. E. B. Henderson · ss Blackwood’s Magazine July 1930 496 · Polson’s Tale · Al Khanzir · ss Blackwood’s Magazine July 1934

Strange World of Science Fiction (NEL, October 1975, pb, oa) · The Specimen · [uncredited] · ss · Harry Among the Aliens · [uncredited] · ss · The Man from Occam · [uncredited] · ss · The Space Pedlar · Joyce Marsh · ss · The Voyage of the Morning Star · Robin Smyth · ss · The Parallel Development · Guy Weiner · ss · The Mysterious Footprints · [uncredited] · ss · The Zargon Menace · [uncredited] · ss

Strange and Uncanny (Gulliver Books, September 1945, 22, 1/-, 48pp, pb, an)     No. 22 in Gulliver Pocket Library’s Famous Stories of All Times. 5 · The Tall Woman · Pedro Antonio de Alarcón; translated by Rollo Ogden · nv Modern Ghosts, Harper's, 1890 translated from the Spanish (“La mujer alta”, Narraciones inverosímiles, 1881). 26 · Maese Pérez, the Organist · Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer; translated by Rollo Ogden · nv Modern Ghosts, Harper's, 1890 translated from the Spanish (“Maese Pérez, el organista (Leyenda sevillana)”, El Contemporaneo, December 1861). 38 · The Man in the Reservoir · C. F. Hoffman · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine August 1842, as “Ben Blower’s Story”