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- Bilbo’s Last Song J. R. R. Tolkien (Red Fox 0-09-991020-9, Mar ’92, £3.99, 32pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Middle-Earth]; Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) lavishly-illustrated edition of a 24-line poem by Tolkien (previously published as a poster).
- Poems and Stories J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10290-7, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £17.99, 342pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee); Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1980) omnibus of five of Tolkien’s smaller books. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
- 7 · The Adventures of Tom Bombadil · pm London: Allen & Unwin, 1962
- 75 · The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son · pl Essays and Studies for 1953, The English Association, 1953
- 113 · On Fairy-Stories [from Essays Presented to Charles Williams] · ar New York: The Oxford University Press, 1947; expanded from a lecture at the University of St. Andrew in 1938.
- 193 · Leaf by Niggle · nv Dublin Review Jan ’45
- 225 · Farmer Giles of Ham · na London: Allen & Unwin, 1949
- 303 · Smith of Wootton Major · na London: Allen & Unwin, 1967
- Sauron Defeated J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10240-0, Jan ’92, £20.00, 482pp, hc) [Middle-Earth]; Fantasy collection containing the fourth (and last) part of “The History of the Lord of the Rings”; together with the previously unpublished pieces “The Notion Club Papers” and “The Drowning of Anadûnê”, both related to the Númenórean legend. Volume IX in the “The History of Middle-Earth” series.
- xi · Foreword · Christopher Tolkien · fw *
- 1 · The End of the Third Age · uw *
- 143 · The Notion Club Papers · uw *
- 296 · Imram · pm Time & Tide Christmas ’55
- 329 · The Drowning of Anadûnê · uw *
- Aisling and other Irish Tales of Terror Peter Tremayne (Brandon Books 0-86322-148-3, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £12.99, 255pp, hc); Collection of 11 horror stories with an Irish background, including two that are original.
- 7 · Aisling · nv Weirdbook #20 ’85
- 35 · Deathstone · ss Winter Chills #1 ’87
- 51 · My Lady of Hy-Brasil · ss Kadath Fll ’84
- 69 · The Samhain Feis · ss Halloween Horrors, ed. Alan Ryan, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986; “Feis na Samhain”, Feasta, Nov ’84.
- 89 · The Mongfind · nv Weirdbook #25 ’90
- 127 · The Pooka · ss Shadows #8, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1985
- 149 · Tavesher · ss Shadows #9, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1986
- 167 · Fear a’ Ghorta · ss Final Shadows, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991
- 181 · The Dreeador · nv *
- 213 · Daoine Domhain · nv *
- 237 · Amhránaí · ss *
- Memories of the Body Lisa Tuttle (Severn House 0-7278-4312-5, May ’92, £12.99, 256pp, hc); Collection of 15 sf and horror stories. This is a world-wide edition available in the US for $18.95.
- 9 · Heart’s Desire · ss Other Edens III, ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, London: Unwin, 1989
- 26 · The Wound · nv Other Edens, ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, London: Unwin, 1987
- 47 · Husbands · ss Alien Sex, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dutton, 1990
- 61 · Riding the Nightmare · ss Night Visions 3, ed. George R. R. Martin, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1986
- 86 · Jamie’s Grave · ss Shadows #10, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1987
- 105 · The Spirit Cabinet · ss Women of Darkness, ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Tor, 1988
- 118 · The Colonization of Edward Beal · ss F&SF Oct ’87
- 129 · Lizard Lust · ss Interzone #39 ’90
- 147 · Skin Deep · ss Dark Fantasies, ed. Chris Morgan, Legend, 1989
- 169 · A Birthday · ss Tales from the Forbidden Planet, ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, 1987
- 181 · A Mother’s Heart: A True Bear Story · ss IASFM Jan/Feb ’78
- 189 · The Other Room · ss Whispers Aug ’82
- 202 · Dead Television · ss Zenith 2, ed. David S. Garnett, Orbit, 1990
- 213 · Bits and Pieces · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 9, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1990
- 234 · Memories of the Body · ss Interzone #22 ’87
- Haunted Pavilions ed. Mark Valentine (Mark Valentine, Aug ’92, no price, 47pp, ph, cover by C. P. Langeveld); Original anthology of nine original ghost stories set in the world of cricket. This edition is limited to 111 copies. Order from Mark Valentine, Flat 3, Castlegate House, 10-12 Castle Gate, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 1AZ.
- Ladies: Retold Stories of Goddesses and Heroines Doris & Boris Vallejo (Paper Tiger 1-85028-230-7, Nov ’92, £12.95, 186pp, tp, cover by Boris Vallejo); Original collection of ten short stories about various mythical heroines, lavishly illustrated by Boris Vallejo.
- Swords of Raemllyn Book 1 Robert E. Vardeman & Geo W. Proctor (NEL 0-450-56314-6, Apr ’92, £7.99, 610pp, tp) [Swords of Raemllyn]; Fantasy omnibus of the first three books in the “Swords of Raemllyn” series.
- 1 · To Demons Bound · n. New York: Ace, 1985
- 219 · A Yoke of Magic · n. New York: Ace, 1985
- 423 · Blood Fountain · n. New York: Ace, 1985
- Swords of Raemllyn Book 2 Robert E. Vardeman & Geo W. Proctor (NEL 0-450-56315-4, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], £7.99, 578pp, tp, cover by Davies) [Swords of Raemllyn]; Omnibus of the second three books in the “Swords of Raemllyn” fantasy series.
- 1 · Death’s Acolyte · n. New York: Ace, 1986
- 189 · The Beasts of the Mist · n. New York: Ace, 1986
- 377 · For Crown and Kingdom · n. New York: Ace, 1987
- The Christmas Ghost Robert Westall (Methuen 0-416-18691-2, Aug ’92 [Oct ’92], £9.99, 64pp, hc, cover by John Lawrence); Children’s ghost story, illustrated by John Lawrence.
- The Fearful Lovers Robert Westall (Macmillan UK 0-333-56362-X, Aug ’92, £8.99, 152pp, hc, cover by Barry Jones); Collection of five original young-adult fantasy/horror stories. Confusingly the book is called Fearful Lovers and Other Stories on the cover.
- 1 · In Camera · nv *
- 31 · Beelzebub · nv *
- 53 · Blind Bill · nv *
- 75 · Charlie Ferber · nv *
- 101 · Henry Marlborough · na *
- The Devil Rides Out and Gateway to Hell Dennis Wheatley (Chancellor Press 1-851-52186-0, Apr ’92, £3.99, 397pp, hc, cover by Terry Oakes) [Duke de Richleau]; Omnibus of two classic occult thrillers. This is an “Instant Remainder” edition.
- 9 · The Devil Rides Out · n. London: Hutchinson, 1935
- 227 · Gateway to Hell · n. London: Hutchinson, 1970
- Popes & Phantoms John Whitbourn (Haunted Library 0-906153-24-7, Nov ’92, £2.30, 31pp, ph, cover by Alan Hunter); Collection of two original stories about the psychic sleuth Admiral Slovo. This is Haunted Library “Psychic Sleuths” Booklet Number 4.
- 2 · Introduction · in
- 3 · Be Assured, He is Not There · ss *
- 19 · The Flowering of the Reformation · ss *
- The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women: 1800 - World War II ed. A. Susan Williams (Xanadu 1-85480-190-2, Dec ’92, £14.99, 566pp, hc); Anthology of 34 stories tracing the development of female fantasy writers from 1806 to 1936. Recommended (PSP).
- vii · Introduction · A. Susan Williams · in
- 1 · The Spectre; or, The Ruins of Belfont Priory · Sarah Wilkinson · ss London: A. Kemmish, 1806
- 20 · The Mortal Immortal: A Tale · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake, 1834, 1833
- 33 · Napoleon and the Spectre [written 1833] · Charlotte Brontë · ss C. Shorter, 1919; The Twelve Adventurers, Hodder & Stoughton, 1925
- 37 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas, 1852
- 57 · The Lifted Veil [as by Anonymous] · George Eliot · nv Blackwood’s Jul, 1859
- 97 · Circumstance · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss Atlantic Monthly May, 1860
- 110 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1864
- 123 · The Abbot’s Ghost, or Maurice Treherne’s Temptation · A. M. Barnard · na The Flag of Our Union, 1867
- 185 · Kentucky’s Ghost · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · ss Atlantic Monthly Dec, 1868
- 201 · The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss Atlantic Monthly Dec, 1870
- 211 · Behold It Was a Dream · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar Nov, 1872
- 227 · The Secret Chamber · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, 1876
- 255 · The Ghost of Charlotte Cray · Florence Marryat · ss A Moment of Madness, and Other Stories, Vol III, F.V. White & Co., 1883
- 272 · Lady Farquhar’s Old Lady, A True Ghost Story · Mrs. Molesworth · ss Tinsley’s Magazine Dec, 1873
- 286 · In a Far-Off World · Olive Schreiner · vi Dreams, Donohoe, 1890
- 288 · Death and the Woman · Gertrude Atherton · ss Vanity Fair, 1892
- 293 · Man-Size in Marble [1886] · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales, London: Innes, 1893
- 306 · The Banshee’s Warning [“Hertford O’Donnell’s Warning”] · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss London Society Christmas, 1867
- 325 · Caulfield’s Crime · Alice Perrin · ss Belgravia Annual Dec, 1892
- 333 · The Wind in the Rosebush · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · nv Everybody’s Magazine Feb ’02
- 350 · Sultana’s Dream · Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain · ss The Indian Ladies’ Magazine, 1905
- 361 · The Woman with the Hood · L. T. Meade · ss A Lovely Fiend, and Other Stories, Digby, Long & Co., 1908
- 376 · If I Were a Man · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss Physical Culture Jul ’14
- 383 · Consequences · Willa Cather · ss McClure’s Nov ’15
- 402 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Mar ’16
- 424 · A Suburban Fairy Tale · Katherine Mansfield · ss, 1917; Little Girl and Other Stories, Knopf, 1924
- 428 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday, London: Hogarth Press, 1921
- 430 · The Nature of the Evidence · May Sinclair · ss Fortune May ’23
- 441 · The Unbolted Door · Marie Belloc Lowndes · ss The Fortnightly Review Nov ’29
- 448 · The Buick Saloon · Mary O’Malley · ss The Cornhill Magazine Jun ’30
- 464 · Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales Nov ’33
- 492 · The Supper at Elsinore · Isak Dinesen · na Seven Gothic Tales, New York: Smith & Haas, 1934
- 537 · The English Gentleman’s Tale - The Gold Bride · Christina Stead · ss Salzburg Tales, New York: Appleton, 1934
- 545 · The Mask of Sacrifice · Margery Lawrence · ss The Floating Cafe, Jarrolds, 1936
- 559 · Notes on the Authors · Misc. Material · bg
- Creeping Fingers and Other Stories of the Occult Mary Williams (Robert Hale 0-7090-4801-7, May ’92, £14.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Helen Hale); Collection of 15 original supernatural and ghost stories.
- 7 · Creeping Fingers · nv *
- 30 · Henry · ss The Haunted Garden, Kimber, 1986
- 47 · A Rare Specimen · ss *
- 53 · The Willow House · nv *
- 78 · Haunted · ss *
- 96 · A Jaunt Out · ss *
- 99 · Home · vi *
- 101 · The Golden Dragon · ss *
- 114 · Succubus · ss *
- 125 · They · ss *
- 131 · Blizzard · ss *
- 142 · Vis-a-Vis · ss *
- 159 · The Man with Six Thumbs · ss *
- 162 · The Pink Mushroom · ss *
- 175 · Mister · ss *
- Child of an Ancient City Tad Williams & Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Legend 0-7126-5499-2, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £7.99, 80pp, tp, cover by Bruce Pennington); Arabian Nights fantasy novella, illustrated throughout by Bruce Pennington. A hardcover edition (-5492-5, £12.99) is also available. Simultaneous with US (Atheneum) edition.
- The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror ed. Sebastian Wolfe (Xanadu 0-947761-45-4, Apr ’92, £6.99, 124pp, tp); Anthology of 70 short-short horror stories, poems and cartoons.
- 5 · Foreword · Sebastian Wolfe · fw
- 9 · In the Ruins · Roald Dahl · vi World Bookfair Programme Jun ’64
- 11 · Randolf’s Party · John Lennon · vi The Saturday Evening Post Mar 24 ’64
- 12 · Red · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Night Cry Sum ’86
- 14 · A Wife Driven Insane by Husband Tickling Her Feet · Anon. · ms
- 15 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ss Esquire, 1934
- 17 · untitled (“I’ve Just Acquired Some Shrunken Heads...”) · Alistair Sampson · pm
- 18 · untitled · Gahan Wilson · ct
- 19 · Meeting with a Double · George D. Painter · pm
- 20 · John Mortonson’s Funeral · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Mar ’06
- 23 · The Skeleton at the Feast · E. H. Visiak · pm The Phantom Ship, London, 1912
- 24 · untitled [from The Vampire] · Ornella Volta · ex London: Compact, 1969
- 25 · Cousin Jane · Colin West · pm Not to Be Taken Seriously, London: Hutchinson, 1982
- 26 · untitled (“‘I Have a Man at Last,’ She Cried...”) · Alistair Sampson · pm
- 27 · Out of the Country · Jeffry Scott · vi Tales of Unease, ed. John Burke, London: Pan, 1966
- 29 · Mousetrap · Stephen Gallagher · vi The Drabble Project, ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon Publications, 1988
- 30 · Singular Method of Execution · Anon. · ms
- 31 · The Model Wife · Robert Bloch · vi Swank Nov ’61
- 33 · Good Dog Nigel · John Lennon · vi In His Own Write, 1964
- 34 · Dog, Cat, and Baby · Joe R. Lansdale · vi Masques #2, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1987
- 36 · untitled (“The Nun is fearfully bedevilled...”) · Edward Gorey · pm
- 37 · Mason’s Life · Kingsley Amis · ss The Sunday Times (London), 1972
- 40 · The Dorking Thigh · William Plomer · pm Lilliput Oct ’45
- 42 · Henri Blot [from The Vampire] · Ornella Volta · ex London: Compact, 1969
- 43 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Sep 8, 1860
- 46 · untitled (“In a dear little vine covered cottage...”) · F. Scott Fitzgerald · pm The Notebooks of F. Scott FitzGerald, 1978
- 49 · Chompers · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Twilight Zone Jul ’82
- 52 · Varney the Vampire [from Varney the Vampyre] · James Malcolm Rymer · ex London: Lloyd, 1847
- 53 · Grocery List · Gina Haldane · vi EQMM Mar ’79
- 55 · Mujina · Lafcadio Hearn · vi Kwaidan, Houghton Mifflin, 1904
- 57 · At Parting · Raymond Chandler · pm The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler, Ecco Press, 1977
- 58 · untitled · Gahan Wilson · ct
- 59 · Love at First Sight · Richard Middleton · ss
- 61 · The Vampire · W. R. Hodder · ms
- 63 · Singular Attempt at Suicide · Anon. · ms
- 64 · One Summer Night · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Mar ’06
- 66 · The Edinburgh Landlady · Aubrey Davidson · pm EQMM Jun 30 ’80
- 67 · Delighted Deb’s Lament · Alistair Sampson · pm
- 68 · Sergeant Bertrand [from The Vampire] · Ornella Volta · ex London: Compact, 1969
- 69 · The Near Departed · Richard Matheson · vi Masques #2, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1987; erroneously attributed to Richard Christian Matheson.
- 71 · A Warning for Certain Victorian Ladies · Edward Lauterbach · pm The Mystery and Detection Annual, ed. Anon., Adams, 1972
- 72 · A Surprise for Little Bobby · John Lennon · vi In His Own Write, 1964
- 73 · Oil of Dog · Ambrose Bierce · ss Oakland Daily Evening Tribune Oct 11, 1890
- 77 · A Functional Proof of Immortality · Edward Bryant · vi The Drabble Project, ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon Publications, 1988
- 78 · My Dear How Dead You Look and Yet You Sweetly Sing · Priscilla Marron · vi The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan, 1967
- 80 · Horrible Cannibalism · Anon. · ms
- 81 · Nightmare in Red · Fredric Brown · vi Dude May ’61; Five Nightmares, gp
- 83 · Essay · Alistair Sampson · vi
- 84 · American Gothic · M. A. Lyon · vi EQMM Dec ’75
- 86 · The Corpse Rises · Liao Chai · vi
- 87 · Revival Meeting · Dannie Plachta · vi Galaxy Sep ’69
- 89 · Anything They Can Do... · Alphonse Allais · vi
- 91 · The Look of Death [from Le Grand Ecart] · Jean Cocteau · ex, 1923
- 92 · untitled · Gahan Wilson · ct
- 93 · Pierre Torture · Frederic Boutet · ar
- 96 · untitled (“Dear, oh dear. These breasts of mine...”) · Tommaso Landolfi · vi; given as by Tomasso Landolfi.
- 98 · A Horrible Discovery · Anon. · ms
- 99 · The Midnight Lover · Gerald Atkins · vi The Eleventh Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan, 1970
- 101 · A Tale the English used to Tell · K. C. Mann · vi The Drabble Project, ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon Publications, 1988
- 102 · Before the Law · Franz Kafka · vi
- 105 · Hell Hath No— · Gloria Orlick · pm EQMM May ’79
- 107 · The Five Boons of Life · Mark Twain · vi Harper’s Weekly Jul 5 ’02
- 111 · Mass Without Voices · Arthur L. Samuels · vi Nightmares, ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1979
- 114 · Lord Dufferin’s Story · Anon. · nf
- 115 · Deathbed · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Masques #2, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1987
- 117 · ‘Magdalene’ · W. B. Yeats · vi
- 118 · Thang · Martin Gardner · vi Comment Fll ’48
- 120 · Shutting a Woman’s Head in a Box · Anon. · ms
- 121 · A Lot to Learn · Robert T. Kurosaka · vi
- 122 · Angel’s Exchange · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Masques #1, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1984
- 124 · How to Write the Suicide Note · Derek Pell · ms Morbid Curiosities, Jonathan Cape, 1978
- Reel Terror ed. Sebastian Wolfe (Xanadu 0-947761-53-5, Apr ’92 [Jun ’92], £9.99, 249pp, tp); Anthology of 12 sf/horror stories that were made into films.
- 1 · Introduction · Sebastian Wolfe · in
- 8 · Duel · Richard Matheson · nv Playboy Apr ’71
- 34 · Spurs · Tod Robbins · nv Munsey’s Feb ’23
- 52 · While Zombies Walked · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales Sep ’39
- 82 · We Can Remember It for You Wholesale · Philip K. Dick · nv F&SF Apr ’66
- 104 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv Playboy Jun ’57
- 138 · The Swimmer · John Cheever · ss New Yorker Jul 18 ’64
- 152 · The Beast with Five Fingers · William F. Harvey · nv The Beast With Five Fingers, J.M. Dent, 1928
- 180 · The Company of Wolves · Angela Carter · ss The Bloody Chamber and Other Tales, London: Gollancz, 1979; revised from Bananas, #7, Spring ’77.
- 192 · The Golem · I. L. Peretz · vi A Treasury of Yiddish Stories, ed. Hone & Greenberg, Deutsch, 1955
- 194 · Lucy Comes to Stay · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Jan ’52
- 202 · The Color Out of Space · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Amazing Sep ’27
- 232 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
- Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist Kathleen J. Alcalá (Calyx Books 0-934971-25-0, May ’92, $9.95, 170pp, tp, cover by Alfredo Arreguin); Collection of 14 fantasy/magic realism stories, six apparently original, with a preface by the author.
- xi · Preface · pr
- 1 · The Transforming Eye · ss CALYX v12 #2 ’89
- 17 · Sweetheart · ss IASFM Mar ’91
- 29 · Gypsy Lover · ss *
- 39 · Reflection in the Eye of a Crow · ss Black Ice v3 ’87
- 43 · Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist · ss The Seattle Review v8 #2 ’85
- 53 · The Fire of San Marcos · ss Chiricú v5 #2 ’89
- 63 · A Pearl in the Desert · ss *
- 73 · Ghostwriting for the Archbishop · ss *
- 87 · Reading the Road · ss *
- 99 · The Canary Singer · ss *
- 117 · Flora’s Complaint · ss Tales of Magic Realism By Women, ed. Susanna J. Sturgis, Crossing Press, 1991
- 127 · Taking Inventory · ss The Daily, U. of Washington Feb 5 ’86
- 131 · Amalia · ss Women and Aging, CALYX Books, 1986
- 143 · La Esmeralda · nv *
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