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Cinderella on the Ball (Attic Press, 1991, 1-85594-027-2, £3.99, 64pp, tp, oa)     Fifth in the series “Fairytales for Feminists”. 5 · Damsel in Distress · Margaret Neylon · ss 13 · The Princess and the Sun · Moya Roddy · ss 20 · The Ugly Sisters Strike Back · Linda Kavanagh · ss 26 · The Soothsayer’s Quest · Joni Crone · ss 32 · Red Riding Hood · Zoë Fairbairns · pm 33 · Alice in Thunderland (Chapter 4) · Maeve Kelly · ss 42 · No More Embroidery · Celia de Fréine · ss 48 · Snow White · Róisín Sheerin · ss 52 · After Reading the Swan Prince · Roz Cowman · pm 53 · The King, the Queen and the Donkey-Man · Ivy Bannister · ss 58 · Happy Ever After and Other Obsessions · Máiríde Woods · ss

Classic Detective Stories (MQ Publications, Ltd., 1999, 1-84072-071-9, 143pp, pb, an)     Anthology of six detective stories. Page 3 gives title as “Classic Detective Stories from a Suitcase of Suspense.” 7 · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924 30 · The Blue Geranium [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller December 1929 51 · The Stolen Rubens [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine February 17 1907, as “Problem of the Stolen Rubens” 66 · Ask Me Another [Oliver Quade] · Frank Gruber · ss Black Mask June 1937 91 · The Riddle of the Yellow Canary [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Mystery April 1934 122 · Sweating It Out with Dover [Insp. Wilfred Dover] · Joyce Porter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 18 1980

Classic Erotic Tales (Michael O’Mara, September 1995, 1-85479-738-7, £4.99, 243pp, pb, an, cover by Guillaume Signac)     Reprint (Michael O’Mara 1994) collection of 16 stories and excerpts from novels, including Dracula and Candide. Further copyrighted 1995. 1 · The Decameron · Boccaccio · ex (r) translated from the Italian (Decamerone, 1353). 21 · The Memoirs of Casanova · Casanova · ex (r) 35 · The Journals of James Boswell · James Boswell · ex (r) 51 · Candide · Voltaire · ex 1759 55 · Venus in India · Charles Devereaux · ex 1889 79 · My Secret Life · Walter · ex 1888 95 · Eveline · [uncredited] · ex 1843 105 · The Adventures of a School-Boy · [uncredited] · ex (r) 143 · Dracula [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ex Constable, 1897 147 · Lustful Memoirs of a Young and Passionate Girl · [uncredited] · ex 1904 167 · Emmanuelle · Emmanuelle Arsan · ex Grove Press, 1971 185 · Rabbit Is Rich · John Updike · ex Knopf, 1981 203 · The Women’s Room · Marilyn French · ex Simon & Schuster, 1978 209 · The Ages of Lulu · Almudena Grandes · ex 1989 221 · The Butcher [Bedtime Stories] · Alina Reyes · ex 1988 231 · Vox · Nicholson Baker · ss Playboy March 1992

Classic Fantasy Collection (Arcturus Publishing Limited, 2017, 978-1-78828-076-1, 927pp, hc, an, cover by Peter Ridley)     Anthology of 38 fantasy stories. 7 · Introduction · [uncredited] · in 11 · The Phoenix on the Sword [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales December 1932 33 · The Scarlet Citadel [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales January 1933 69 · Rogues in the House [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales January 1934 93 · The Tower of the Elephant [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales March 1933 117 · Queen of the Black Coast [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales May 1934 145 · The Dunwich Horror [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales April 1929 185 · The Call of Cthulhu [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales February 1928 213 · The Color Out of Space [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Amazing Stories September 1927 239 · Werewolf of the Sahara · G. G. Pendarves · nv Weird Tales August/September 1936 271 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903 283 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898 299 · Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland · H. G. Wells · ss The London Magazine February 1903 313 · The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902 327 · The Wood Beyond the World · William Morris · n. Kelmscott Press, 1894 431 · The Soul of the Great Bell · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn, Roberts Bros., 1887 437 · The Return of Yen-Tchin-King · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn, Roberts Bros., 1887 443 · The Tale of the Porcelain-God · Lafcadio Hearn · nv Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn, Roberts Bros., 1887 453 · The Dream of Akinosuké · Lafcadio Hearn · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1904 460 · Rokuro-Kubi · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn, Houghton Mifflin, 1904 471 · The Moon Pool [Walter Goodwin] · Abraham Merritt · na All-Story Weekly June 22 1918 509 · The People of the Pit · Abraham Merritt · nv All-Story Weekly January 5 1918 527 · The Great God Pan · Arthur Machen · na The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1894 a portion appeared earlier in The Whirlwind, Dec 13, 1890. 575 · The Inmost Light [Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1894 601 · The Transmutation of Ling [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · na The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1900 673 · The Story of Yung Chang [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · ss Chapman’s Magazine October 1896 685 · The Probation of Sen Heng [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1900 703 · The Experiment of the Mandarin Chan Hung [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1900 721 · The Confession of Kai Lung [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1900 737 · The Vengeance of Tung Fel [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1900 757 · The Career of the Charitable Quen-Ki-Tong [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1900 777 · The Vision of Yin, the Son of Yat Huang [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · ss The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1900 791 · The Ill-Regulated Destiny of Kin Yen, the Picture-Maker [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · ss The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1900 803 · The Repairer of Reputations · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 833 · The Mask · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 849 · In the Court of the Dragon · Robert W. Chambers · ss The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 859 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 877 · The Shadows · George MacDonald · nv Adela Cathcart by George MacDonald, Hurst & Blackett, 1864 903 · The Golden Key · George MacDonald · nv Dealings with the Fairies by George MacDonald, Arthur Strahan, 1867

Classic Ghost Stories ed. Everett F. Bleiler, uncredited (Dover Publications, 1975, 0-486-20735-8, $3.50, viii+330pp, tp, an) 1 · Sir Dominick Sarsfield · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round July 6 1872, as “Sir Dominick’s Bargain”, uncredited. revised from “The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh”, Dublin University Magazine Mar 1838. 16 · 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” 34 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 45 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824 64 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 76 · The Open Door · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1882 118 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833 132 · Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Knickerbocker January 1837, as “The Fountain of Youth”, uncredited. 142 · No. 1 Branch Line, the Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 155 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 169 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 183 · The Dream Woman · W. 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). 207 · The Apparition of Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, as “A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705”, uncredited. 211 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 229 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839 249 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 272 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 293 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version.

Classic Ghost Stories (Penguin, June 1996, 0-14-600314-4, £0.60, 56pp, pb, an, cover by Gino D’Achille)     Mini-paperback anthology of 3 stories; one of the ‘Penguin Children’s 60s’. 1 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 28 · The Phantom Ship · Captain Marryat · ex W. H. Colyer, 1839 52 · The Ghost-Brahman · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Classic Horror Stories (Barnes & Noble, September 2015, 978-1-4351-4620-4, $20.00, 788pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 41 classic horror stories by authors including H.P. Lovecraft, M.R. James, and E. Nesbit. Introduction by Stefan Dziemianowicz. This is a gilt-edged, leatherbound edition in the Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions series. Issued without dust jacket.

Classic Tales of Horror (Canterbury Classics, October 13, 2015, 978-1-62686-465-8, $24.99, xxviii+864pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Ernest Hibert · in 1 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 5 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 15 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 25 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890 33 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916 52 · The Elixir of Life · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) translated from the French (“L’elixir de longue vie”, La Revue de Paris, October 1830). 70 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 86 · The Case of Lady Sannox · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler November 1893 94 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 105 · The Turn of the Screw [Turn of the Screw] · Henry James · na Collier’s Weekly January 27 1898 (+11) 189 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 228 · The Shunned House · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales October 1937 251 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 263 · The Vampyre · John William Polidori · nv The New Monthly Magazine April 1 1819, as by Lord Byron 279 · One Summer Night · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906 281 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905 294 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 305 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 320 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 324 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 345 · The Raven · Edgar Allan Poe · pm New York Evening Mirror January 29 1845 349 · The Man Who Found Out · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Lady’s Realm June 1909 363 · La Grande Bretèche · 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). 379 · The Terror of Blue John Gap · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1910 393 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 407 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy” 412 · The Metamorphosis [Gregor Samsa] · Franz Kafka · nv Parton Press, 1937 translated from the German (“Die Verwandlung”, Weisse Blätter Oct ’15). 452 · The Outsider [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales April 1926 458 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 467 · Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book · M. R. James · ss National Review March 1895, as “The Scrap-Book of Canon Alberic” 477 · Present at a Hanging · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 24 1888 479 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 489 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. 498 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839 514 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 539 · The Succubus · Honoré de Balzac · na Droll Stories by Honoré de Balzac, William Mitchell & Company, 1874 translated from the French (“Le Succube”, Les Contes drolatiques, 1837). 578 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 586 · The Tree · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout October 1921 590 · The Empty House [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 603 · The Bottle Imp · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv New York Herald February 8 1891 (+3) 626 · The Screaming Skull · Francis Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 650 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 663 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 673 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 676 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” 700 · Sir Edmund Orme · Henry James · nv Black & White November 25 1891 723 · A Ghost · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895, as “The Spectre” translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883). 729 · In the Penal Colony · Franz Kafka · nv (r) translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919). 753 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 763 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 773 · An Inhabitant of Carcosa · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Newsletter December 25 1886 776 · The Damned · Algernon Blackwood · na Incredible Adventures by Algernon Blackwood, Macmillan & Co., 1914 840 · The Japanned Box · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1899, as “The Story of the Japanned Box” 850 · The Tomb · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Vagrant #14, March 1922 859 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846

Classic Tales of Horror Volume 1 (Bloody Books, April 10, 2006, 0-9549476-8-1, £9.99, 251pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 15 dark fantasy stories. This was published in 2006 but not seen until now. 1 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890 9 · The Ghostly Rental · Henry James · nv Scribner’s Monthly September 1876 45 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 63 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 78 · 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). 105 · A Confession Found in a Prison in the Time of Charles the Second · Charles Dickens · ss Master Humphrey’s Clock April 18 1840 113 · Silence · Leonid Andreyev · ss (r) 128 · The Withered Arm · Thomas Hardy · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1888 160 · 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). 172 · Transformation · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1831, 1830 191 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 197 · Some Terrible Letters from Scotland · James Hogg · ss The Metropolitan Magazine April 1832 212 · Lost Face · Jack London · ss New York Herald December 13 1908 226 · True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, uncredited. 236 · The Blast of the Book [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Liberty August 26 1933, as “The Five Fugitives”