The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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H.G. Wells Robert Crossley (Starmont 0-916732-50-9, Dec 86, $7.95, 79pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study; Starmont Readers Guide #19. [H. G. Wells]
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The Dead Moon Kevin Crossley-Holland (Faber and Faber 0-571-13879-9, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £3.95, 104pp, tp) Reprint (Andre Deutsch 1982) collection of 11 retold East Anglian and Fen Country legends. Illustrated by Shirley Felts.
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Little, Big John Crowley (Methuen 0-413-51350-5, Nov 86, £3.95, 538pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1981) fantasy novel.
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What Niall Saw Brian Cullen (St. Martins 0-312-86613-5, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $11.95, 89pp, hc) Novella in diary form of a young Irish schoolboy and nuclear holocaust, framed with archeological notes on the finding of the diary. First American edition (Sphere 1985).
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A Noose of Light Seamus Cullen (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8178-5, Mar 86, £2.50, 216pp, pb) [Noose of Light] Arabian Nights-style fantasy novel. Two Djinni scheme to take the soul of a wise man and to satisfy their lusts for mortal women and the violent females of their own kind. Erotic and humorous.
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A Noose of Light Seamus Cullen (Macdonald Library Editions 0-356-12193-3, May 86, £8.95, 216pp, hc) [Noose of Light] Reprint (Futura/Orbit 1986) Arabian-style fantasy novel, a library edition almost simultaneous with the original paperback.
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The Sultans Turret Seamus Cullen (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8179-3, Aug 86, £2.50, 252pp, pb) [Noose of Light] Arabian Nights-style fantasy novel, sequel to A Noose of Light.
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Mr. Browser and the Mini-Meteorites Philip Curtis (Beaver 0-09-943670-1, Oct 86, £1.50, 128pp, pb) [Mr. Browser] Reprint (Andersen Press 1983) juvenile fantasy novel.
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Mr. Browser Meets the Burrowers Philip Curtis (Beaver 0-09-943680-9, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £1.50, 128pp, pb) [Mr. Browser] Reprint (Andersen Press 1980) juvenile fantasy novel of underground creatures advising humans not to use up the worlds oil supply.
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Cyclops Clive Cussler (Simon & Schuster 0-671-50374-X, Feb 86 [Apr 86], $18.95, 475pp, hc) [Dirk Pitt] Sf/suspense novel with an American colony on the Moon, a sunken treasure, and Soviet schemes, with Dirk Pitt escaping from a series of perils.
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Cyclops Clive Cussler (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-11842-5, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £9.95, 475pp, hc) [Dirk Pitt] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1986) sf/suspense novel.
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Cyclops Clive Cussler (Pocket 0-671-63184-5, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $4.95, 480pp, pb) [Dirk Pitt] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1986) thriller with sf elements, part of the Dirk Pitt series.
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Texas on the Rocks Daniel da Cruz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31659-2, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $3.50, 293pp, pb) [Ayes of Texas] Sf novel, sequel to The Ayes of Texas. Texans vs. Russians, with floating icebergs thrown in.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl (Windrush Large Print 1-85089-902-9, Dec 86, £7.65, 184pp, hc) [Charlie] Reprint (Knopf 1964) juvenile fantasy novel.
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Roald Dahl (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823342-0, May 86, £7.50, 160pp, hc) [Charlie] Reissue (Knopf 1972) juvenile fantasy novel. Illustrations by Michael Foreman.
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Roald Dahl (Puffin 0-14-032043-1, May 86, £1.95, 160pp, pb) [Charlie] Reissue (Knopf 1972) juvenile fantasy novel.
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Roald Dahls Completely Unexpected Tales Roald Dahl (Penguin 0-14-009820-8, Sep 86, £2.95, 405pp, pb) Omnibus collecting Dahls bizarre short stories. Highly recommended. (SJ)
- · Tales of the Unexpected · co London: Joseph, 1979
- · More Tales of the Unexpected · co London: Joseph, 1980
- 9 · Taste · ss New Yorker Dec 8 51
- 24 · Lamb to the Slaughter · ss Harpers Sep 53
- 34 · Man from the South [Collectors Item] · ss Colliers Sep 4 48
- 45 · My Lady Love, My Dove · ss New Yorker Jun 21 52
- 60 · Dip in the Pool · ss New Yorker Jan 19 52
- 72 · Galloping Foxley · ss Town & Country Nov 53
- 87 · Skin · ss New Yorker May 17 52
- 102 · Neck · ss Someone Like You, Knopf, 1953
- 122 · Nunc Dimittis [The Devious Bachelor] · ss Colliers Sep 4 53; ; as A Connoisseurs Revenge, EQMM Feb 55
- 144 · The Landlady · ss New Yorker Nov 28 59
- 154 · William and Mary · nv Kiss Kiss, Knopf, 1959
- 181 · The Way Up to Heaven · ss New Yorker Feb 27 54
- 195 · Parsons Pleasure · nv Esquire Apr 58
- 220 · Mrs. Bixby and the Colonels Coat · ss Nugget Dec 59
- 237 · Royal Jelly · nv Kiss Kiss, Knopf, 1959
- 265 · Edward the Conqueror · ss New Yorker Oct 31 53
- 287 · Poison · ss Colliers Jun 3 50
- 298 · The Sound Machine · ss New Yorker Sep 17 49
- 312 · Georgy Porgy · nv Kiss Kiss, Knopf, 1959
- 336 · Genesis and Catastrophe [A Fine Son] · ss Playboy Dec 59
- 343 · The Hitch-Hiker · ss Atlantic Monthly Jul 77
- 355 · The Umbrella Man · ss More Tales of the Unexpected, Michael Joseph, 1980
- 362 · Mr. Botibol · nv More Tales of the Unexpected, Michael Joseph, 1980
- 383 · Vengeance Is Mine Inc. · ss More Tales of the Unexpected, Michael Joseph, 1980
- 402 · The Butler · ss More Tales of the Unexpected, Michael Joseph, 1980
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The Doomfarers of Coramonde Brian Daley (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33953-3, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.50, 352pp, pb) [Coramonde] Reissue (Del Rey 1977) fantasy novel in the Coramonde series; 9th printing.
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Fall of the White Ship Avatar Brian Daley (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32919-8, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.95, 340pp, pb) [Alacrity FitzHugh] Sf novel, concluding the first trilogy featuring Alacrity FitzHugh.
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The Starfollowers of Coramonde Brian Daley (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33954-1, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.50, 368pp, pb) [Coramonde] Reissue (Del Rey 1979) fantasy novel in the Coramonde series; 8th printing.
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The Curse of Sagamore Kara Dalkey (Ace 0-441-12619-7, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $2.95, 232pp, pb) [Curse of Sagamore] Fantasy novel. A reluctant crown prince works to free his line of jester-kings from a curse. A first novel from another of the Minneapolis Fantasy Writers Group.
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The Reality Matrix John Dalmas (Baen 0-671-65583-3, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $2.95, 310pp, pb) Sf novel about our illusion-created world.
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The Walkaway Clause John Dalmas (Tor 0-812-53475-1, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Sf novel featuring galactic assassin Barney Boru.
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65 Great Spine Chillers ed. Mary Danby (Octopus 0-7064-1848-4, 1985 [May 86], $8.95, 670pp, hc) Reissue (Octopus 1982) horror anthology from a British-based instant remainder publisher; 2nd printing. This edition appeared in 1985, but we did not see it until 1986.
- 9 · Lodgers · Joan Aiken · nv A Touch of Chill, London: Gollancz, 1979
- 26 · The Playfellow · Cynthia Asquith · nv Shudders, Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1929
- 45 · The Amorous Ghost · Enid Bagnold · ss The Ghost-Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1926
- 50 · The Face in the Mirror · Denys Val Baker · ss The Briarcliff Quarterly Jan 45
- 60 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, London: Mills Boon, 1912
- 67 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics Dec 7, 1893; Weird Tales Sep 23
- 74 · A Case of Eavesdropping [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Dec 00
- 86 · A Home Away from Home · Robert Bloch · ss AHMM Jun 61
- 93 · The Cat Jumps · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Shudders, Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1929
- 101 · Dearths Farm · Gerald Bullett · ss The Street of the Eye, London: John Lane, 1923
- 110 · Calling Card · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Companions, Macmillan, 1982
- 115 · The Feet · Mark Channing · ss
- 122 · Undesirable Guests · William Charlton · ss The 13th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1980
- 132 · Shona and the Water Horse · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss Scottish Tales of Terror, ed. Angus Campbell, London: Fontana Books, 1972
- 146 · Man Overboard! · Winston Churchill · ss The Harmsworth Magazine Jan, 1899
- 149 · Superstitious Ignorance · Michael Cornish · ss Tales of Unease, ed. John Burke, London: Pan, 1966
- 159 · The Dead Smile · F. Marion Crawford · ss Ainslees Aug, 1899; Weird Tales Sum 74
- 176 · Georgy Porgy · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss, Knopf, 1959
- 195 · Woodmans Knot · Mary Danby · ss The 13th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1980
- 209 · The Lodger in Room 16 · David Dixon · ss The 15th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1982
- 218 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Feb, 1892
- 238 · When Morning Comes · Elizabeth Fancett · ss The Fifth Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969
- 254 · The Girl from Tomango · Rick Ferreira · ss The 9th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1975
- 264 · Dog or Demon? · Theo Gift · ss Not for the Night-Time, Roper & Drowley, 1889
- 273 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine Jan, 1892
- 287 · Gibbet Lane · Anthony Gittins · ss 50 Years of Ghost Stories, ed. Anon., London: Hutchinson, 1935
- 294 · A Question of Conscience · Catherine Gleason · ss The 11th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1978
- 303 · The Basket Chair · Winston Graham · ss Winters Crimes 2, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1970
- 315 · The Tsanta in the Parlor · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales Jul 48
- 326 · The Frogwood Roundabout · Roy Harrison · ss The 11th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1978
- 331 · The Beast with Five Fingers · William F. Harvey · nv The Beast With Five Fingers, J.M. Dent, 1928
- 352 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss Blue Book Nov 07
- 363 · The Ash-Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 374 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Idler Mar, 1893
- 380 · Jordan · Glyn Jones · ss
- 391 · The Thing in the Cellar · David H. Keller, M.D. · ss Weird Tales Mar 32
- 397 · Suffer the Little Children · Stephen King · ss Cavalier Feb 72
- 407 · The Pond · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain, London: Collins, 1949
- 413 · The Graveyard Rats · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales Mar 36
- 419 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss Raw Edges, Heinemann, 1908
- 432 · Avalon Heights · Kay Leith · ss Frighteners 2, ed. Mary Danby, London: Fontana Books, 1976
- 437 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Mar 24
- 453 · The Haunted and the Haunters · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwoods Aug, 1859; long version
- 483 · Deadline · Richard Matheson · ss Rogue Dec 59
- 487 · The House on Big Faraway [The Woman in Scarlet Stockings] · Norman Matson · ss The (London) Evening Standard Jun 12 34
- 495 · The Three Ds [Victoria] · Ogden Nash · ss Harpers Bazaar Apr 48; EQMM Feb 57
- 498 · Man-Size in Marble [1886] · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales, London: Innes, 1893
- 508 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Years Present, MDCCCXLIII, an, 1842, 1842
- 520 · Headlamps · Tony Richards · ss The 14th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1981
- 529 · Behind the Yellow Door · Flavia Richardson · ss Terror by Night, ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, London: Selwyn & Blount, 1934
- 536 · A Pair of Muddy Shoes · Lennox Robinson · ss Eight Short Stories, Unwin, 1919
- 542 · The Music on the Hill · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis, John Lane, 1911
- 547 · The Villa Désirée · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinsons Magazine Dec 21
- 557 · The Coat · A. E. D. Smith · ss Powers of Darkness, ed. Anon., P. Allan, 1934
- 563 · The Seed from the Sepulcher · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales Oct 33
- 573 · Satans Circus · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss Weird Tales Oct 31
- 586 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 2, 1893
- 596 · The Invaders · Terry Tapp · ss The 12th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1979
- 604 · The Pioneers of Pikes Peak · Basil Tozer · ss The Strand Sep, 1897
- 611 · Blind Mans Buff · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Old Mans Beard, Bles, 1929
- 615 · Mr. Lovedays Little Outing [Mr. Crutwells Outing] · Evelyn Waugh · ss Harpers Bazaar May 35; EQMM Sep 51
- 622 · The Snake · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nashs Pall Mall Magazine Jan 33
- 634 · No Ticket · Mary Williams · ss The Phantom Coach, ed. Peter C. Smith, London: William Kimber, 1979
- 641 · Fear · P. C. Wren · ss Rough Shooting, London: John Murray, 1938
- 660 · Close Behind Him · John Wyndham · ss Fantastic Jan/Feb 53
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Realms of Darkness ed. Mary Danby (Octopus 0-86273-244-1, 1985 [May 86], $8.95, 796pp, hc) This horror anthology from a British-based instant remainder publisher appeared in 1985, but we missed it.
- 11 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in
- 15 · Dentons Death · Martin Amis · ss Encounter, 1976
- 20 · In the Slaughteryard · Anon. · ss The Adventures of the Adventurers Club, Gardner & Co., 189?
- 32 · The Dead Man of Varley Grange · Anon. · ss, 1878
- 44 · Footsteps Invisible · Robert Arthur · ss Argosy Jan 20 40
- 56 · The Potters Art · Denys Val Baker · ss The Secret Place, London: William Kimber, 1977
- 63 · The Thing in the Hall · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, London: Mills Boon, 1912
- 73 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jul 14, 1889
- 77 · The Mannikin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Apr 37
- 91 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Aug 43
- 101 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener, 1941
- 107 · The Crown Derby Plate · Marjorie Bowen · ss The Last Bouquet, John Lane, 1933
- 117 · The Kite [King of the Air] · Christianna Brand · ss EQMM Jun 68
- 123 · Blind Mans Hood [as by Carter Dickson] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Sketch Christmas 37
- 139 · The Door · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss Cold Terror, London: Tandem Books, 1973
- 152 · The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories, London: Odhams, 1933
- 169 · Blackberries · Roger Clarke · ss The 16th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1983
- 180 · The Moon Web · Adrian Cole · ss The 11th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1978
- 192 · The Horror of Abbots Grange · Frederick Cowles · ss The Horror of Abbots Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 206 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Colliers Jul 11 08 (+1)
- 230 · Pig · Roald Dahl · ss Kiss Kiss, Knopf, 1959
- 247 · Robbie · Mary Danby · ss The 15th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1982
- 261 · The Extra Passenger [as by Stephen Grendon] · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales Jan 47
- 268 · The Witchs Bone · William Croft Dickinson · ss Dark Encounters, London: Harvill Press, 1963
- 277 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledges Christmas Annual, 1867, 1866
- 299 · The Haunted Haven · A. E. Ellis · ss The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, ed. Robert Aickman, Fontana, 1972
- 307 · The Sextons Adventure · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine Jan, 1851
- 313 · The Black Ferry · John Galt · ss
- 323 · Friends · Catherine Gleason · ss Frighteners 2, ed. Mary Danby, London: Fontana Books, 1976
- 335 · The Circus · Winston Graham · nv Winters Crimes 6, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1974
- 352 · Where the Woodbine Twineth [You Never Believe Me] · Davis Grubb · ss EQMM Feb 64
- 359 · Waking or Sleeping · Willis Hall · ss The Midnight Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, 1978
- 368 · Someone in the Lift · L. P. Hartley · ss The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 373 · The Peculiar Case of Mrs. Grimmond · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss The 8th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1973
- 381 · The Trapdoor · C. D. Heriot · ss Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries, eds. J. M. Parrish & J. R. Crossland, London: Odhams Press, 1936
- 390 · The Day of Reckoning · Patricia Highsmith · ss EQMM Sep 74
- 403 · An Invitation to the Hunt · George Hitchcock · ss San Francisco Review Mar 60
- 411 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar, London: Chatto, 1939; EQMM Win 42
- 428 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss Chronicles of Wolferts Roost and Other Papers, London: Constable, 1855
- 438 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury Sep 30
- 450 · The Three Sisters · W. W. Jacobs · ss Night Watches, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914
- 457 · The Haunted Dolls House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review Feb 23; written to fill a miniature book in the library of Queen Marys doll house.
- 467 · The Yellow Cat · Michael Joseph · ss Hutchinsons Mystery Story Magazine Jun 24
- 476 · The Reapers Image · Stephen King · ss Startling Mystery Stories Spr 69
- 483 · Soldier Key [Brigadier Ffellowes] · Sterling E. Lanier · nv F&SF Aug 68
- 507 · The Sanguivites · Kay Leith · ss The 9th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1975
- 518 · Hybrid · L. A. Lewis · ss Tales of the Grotesque, Allan, 1934
- 530 · The Black Druid · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales Jul 30
- 537 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Dec 00
- 548 · The Skeleton Hand · Agnes MacLeod · ss Blackwoods Oct, 1894
- 554 · The Man from Glasgow · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Creatures of Circumstance, London: Heinemann, 1944
- 563 · The Hostelry · Guy de Maupassant · ss
- 574 · The Phantom of the Lake · Edmund Mitchell · ss Argosy (UK), 1886
- 584 · The Thing in the Upper Room · Arthur Morrison · ss The Storyteller May 10
- 592 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer Jan, 1843
- 597 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Jan 31
- 608 · Peekaboo · Bill Pronzini · ss Nightmares, ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1979
- 613 · The Black Lake · Tony Richards · ss *
- 621 · The Red Turret · Flavia Richardson · ss Switch on the Light, ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, London: Selwyn & Blount, 1931
- 629 · Intercom · Agnes Short · ss The After Midnight Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, London: Hutchinson, 1980
- 639 · Examination Day · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy Feb 58
- 643 · The Devils Ape · Barnard Stacey · ss The (London) Evening Standard Jan 16 33
- 649 · The Judges House · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 5, 1891
- 664 · Polish the Lid · Terry Tapp · ss The 14th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1981
- 677 · Evening Flight · Alan Temperley · nv Nightmares 2, ed. Mary Danby, London: Armada, 1984
- 691 · Dengué Fever · Paul Theroux · ss, 1972
- 700 · Message for Margie · Christine Campbell Thomson · ss The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan, 1964
- 708 · Harry · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 719 · Luckys Grove · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Clock Strikes Twelve, London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940
- 737 · Tarnhelm · Hugh Walpole · ss Liberty Dec 28 29
- 750 · The Tibetan Box · Elizabeth Walter · ss Snowfall and Other Chilling Events, London: Harvill Press, 1965
- 765 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement Dec 6, 1896
- 774 · A Thin Gentleman with Gloves [as by August Derleth] · Simon West · ss Weird Tales Nov 43
- 785 · The Case of the Haunted Chateau [Neils Orsen] · Dennis Wheatley · ss Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts, London: Hutchinson, 1943
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