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Fontana's "Great Ghost Stories" Series
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#3
The 3rd Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1966
Contents: 7 • Introduction (The Third Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • essay by Robert Aickman 13 • Negotium Perambulans • (1922) • short story by E.F. Benson 29 • The End of the Flight • (1926) • short story by W. Somerset Maugham 35 • The Beckoning Fair One • (1911) • novella by Oliver Onions 107 • The Dream • (1927) • short story by A.J. Alan 116 • The Stranger • (1934) • short story by Hugh MacDiarmid 120 • The Case of Mr. Lucraft • (1876) • novella by Walter Besant and James Rice [as by Sir Walter Besant and James Rice] 154 • The Seventh Man • (1928) • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch] 168 • No Ships Pass • (1932) • novelette by Lady Eleanor Smith 194 • The Man Who Came Back • (1931) • short story by William Gerhardi 198 • The Visiting Star • novelette by Robert Aickman
#4
The 4th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1967
Contents 7 • Introduction (The Fourth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • (1967) • essay by Robert Aickman 13 • The Accident • (1936) • novelette by Ann Bridge 36 • Not on the Passenger-List • (1915) • short story by Barry Pain 48 • The Sphinx Without a Secret • (1887) • short story by Oscar Wilde 53 • When I Was Dead • (1896) • short story by Vincent O'Sullivan 57 • The Queen of Spades • (1927) • novelette by Александр Пушкин? \*translation of Пиковая дама? (1834) [as by Alexander Pushkin] 83 • Pargiton and Harby • (1926) • short story by Desmond MacCarthy 98 • The Snow • (1929) • short story by Hugh Walpole 107 • Carlton's Father • (1936) • short story by Eric Ambrose 119 • A School Story • (1911) • short story by M.R. James 126 • The Wolves of Cernogratz • (1913) • short story by Saki 131 • Mad Monkton • (1931) • novella by Wilkie Collins [as by William Wilkie Collins]
#5
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1969
7 • Introduction (The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • (1969) • essay by Robert Aickman 11 • The Firmin Child • (1965) • shortstory by Richard H. Blum 33 • Lord Mount Prospect • (1965) • shortstory by John Betjeman 45 • The Library Window • (1881) • shortstory by Margaret Oliphant [as by Mrs. Oliphant ] 87 • The Dancing Partner • (1893) • shortstory by Jerome K. Jerome 94 • The Swords • (1969) • novelette by Robert Aickman 122 • The Mysterious Stranger • (1823) • novelette by Anonymous 161 • A Question Of Time • (1969) • shortstory by Elizabeth Walter 172 • Venus • (1909) • shortstory by Maurice Baring 182 • Jerry Bundler • (1897) • shortstory by W. W. Jacobs 190 • The Great Return • (1915) • novelette by Arthur Machen
#7
The Seventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1971
Contents: 7 • Introduction (The Seventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • (1971) • essay by Robert Aickman 11 • Levitation • (1958) • short story by Joseph Payne Brennan 16 • Dearth's Farm • (1923) • short story by Gerald Bullett 29 • Esmeralda • (1944) • novelette by John Keir Cross 50 • The Dead Valley • (1895) • short story by Ralph Adams Cram 61 • The Visit to the Museum • (1958) • short story by Vladimir Nabokov \*translation of Посещение музея? (1939) 73 • Gone Away • (1935) • short story by A.E. Coppard 85 • Governor Manco and the Soldier • (1832) • short story by Washington Irving 103 • The Cicerones • (1967) • short story by Robert Aickman 116 • Old Mrs. Jones • (1882) • novella by Mrs. J.H. Riddell [as by Mrs. Riddell] 169 • Over an Absinthe Bottle • (1893) • short story by W.C. Morrow 181 • Where the Woodbine Twineth • (1964) • short story by Davis Grubb (variant of You Never Believe Me)
#9
The Ninth Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories
1973
Contents: 7 • Introduction (The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes 11 • The House in the Wood • (1937) • short story by John Hastings Turner 21 • Fear • (1944) • short story by P. C. Wren 44 • The Furnished Room • (1904) • short story by O. Henry 50 • To Keep Him Company • short story by Rosemary Timperley 61 • In the Mist • (1971) • short story by Elizabeth Walter 78 • On the Brighton Road • (1912) • short story by Richard Middleton 82 • Smee • (1929) • short story by A. M. Burrage [as by Ex-Private X] 94 • Master Ghost and I • (1973) • short story by Barbara Softly 112 • The Moonlit Road • (1907) • short story by Ambrose Bierce 121 • Two Trifles • (1934) • short story by Oliver Onions 132 • Wicked Captain Walshawe • (1937) • short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu \*variant of Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling (1864) [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu] 143 • Monkshood Manor • (1954) • short story by L.P. Hartley 156 • The Chapel Men • short story by A.E. Ellis 165 • The Birthright • (1931) • short story by Hilda Hughes 173 • Non-Paying Passengers • short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
#10
10th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1977
Non-Paying Passengers • shortstory by R. Chetwynd-Hayes The Birthright • (1931) • shortstory by Hilda Hughes The Chapel Men • shortfiction by A. E. Ellis Monkshood Manor • (1954) • shortfiction by L. P. Hartley Wicked Captain Walshawe • (1864) • shortstory by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (aka Wicked Captain Walshawe of Wauling) [as by Sheridan Le Fanu ] Two Trifles • shortfiction by Oliver Onions The Moonlit Road • (1907) • shortstory by Ambrose Bierce Master Ghost and I • (1973) • shortstory by Barbara Softly 'Smee' • shortfiction by A. M. Burrage (aka Smee 1929 ) [as by Ex-Private X ] The House In The Wood • (1937) • shortstory by John Hastings Turner On the Brighton Road • (1912) • shortstory by Richard Middleton In the Mist • (1971) • shortstory by Elizabeth Walter Fear • (1938) • shortstory by P. C. Wren The Furnished Room • (1906) • shortstory by O. Henry To Keep Him Company • shortfiction by Rosemary Timperley Introduction (The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
#11
The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1975
1 • Introduction (The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes 3 • Justice • (1947) • short story by The Gibsons 4 • Aunt Cassie • (1941) • short story by Virginia Swain 11 • The Woman's Ghost Story • (1907) • short story by Algernon Blackwood 21 • The Ghost of U65 • (1962) • short story by G. A. Minto 29 • Footsteps Invisible • (1940) • short story by Robert Arthur 44 • Night Doings at Deadman's • short story by Ambrose Bierce (variant of The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" 1874) 52 • The Earlier Service • (1935) • short story by Margaret Irwin 68 • Scots Wha Ha'e • short story by Dorothy K. Haynes 74 • The Whittaker's Ghost • (1879) • short story by George Bernard Shaw \[as by G. B. S.\] 83 • Lady Celia's Mirror • short story by Catherine Gleason and Rita Morris \[as by Roger Malisson\] 94 • The Lonely Inn • (1935) • short story by Thomas Burke 102 • The Green Scarf • (1926) • short story by A. M. Burrage 118 • The House of Desolation • (1934) • short story by Donald Suddaby \[as by Alan Griff\] 133 • The Man In The Mirror • short story by Sydney J. Bounds 138 • The Attic • short story by Pamela Vincent 145 • The Woman in Black • short story by Peter Hackett 152 • Haunted Ground • (1930) • short story by Oliver La Farge 157 • The Man Who Sold Ghosts • short story by Roger F. Dunkley 168 • Matthew and Luke • short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
#12
The Twelfth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1976
Contents:
9 • Introduction (The Twelfth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • (1976) • essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes 15 • Escort • (1940) • short story by Daphne du Maurier 30 • Elaina • (1976) • short story by Elizabeth Fancett 33 • Twisted Shadow • (1976) • short story by Roger F. Dunkley 49 • First-Foot • (1976) • short story by Clodagh Gibson-Jarvie 53 • The Leaden Ring • (1904) • short story by Sabine Baring-Gould \[as by S. Baring-Gould\] 66 • That Summer • (1976) • short story by Barbara Joan Eyre 69 • The Tapestried Chamber • (1828) • short story by Sir Walter Scott 82 • The Tunnel • (1976) • short story by Patrick Davis 97 • Ghost Stories of the Tiled House (excerpt) • short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu \*
variant of Ghost Stories of the Tiled House
(1861) 99 • The Matinee • (1976) • short story by William Abney 105 • The Travelling Companion • (1973) • short story by Elizabeth Walter 119 • Summer and Miss Swanson • (1976) • short story by Rick Ferreira 125 • January Ides • (1976) • short story by Margaret Chilvers Cooper 134 • Barleyriggs • (1976) • short story by Dorothy K. Haynes 142 • From Another World • (1976) • short story by Rosemary Timperley 151 • A Little Night Fishing • short story by Sydney J. Bounds 156 • A Fairly Great Reckoning • (1976) • short story by Catherine Gleason and Rita Morris \[as by Roger Malisson\] 169 • Brooding Dark • (1976) • short story by Pamela Vincent 178 • Cold Fingers • (1976) • short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
#13
The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1976
My Dear Wife • shortstory by R. Chetwynd-Hayes Mother Love • shortstory by Pamela Cleaver The Grey Cottage • (1886) • shortstory by Mrs. Claxton 28 Tower Street • shortfiction by Duncan Forbes The Cape-Cod Poltergeist • shortfiction by Margaret Chilvers Cooper The Rocker • (1911) • shortstory by Oliver Onions The Ghost Machine • shortfiction by Roger F. Dunkley Disappearance • shortfiction by Catherine Gleason and Rita Morris [as by Roger Malisson ] The Hostelry • (0000) • shortstory by Guy de Maupassant Into the Mad, Mad World • shortfiction by Terry Tapp Not Yet Solved • (1886) • shortstory by Anonymous The Taipan • (1922) • shortstory by W. Somerset Maugham The Man With The Flute • shortfiction by Rosemary Timperley Old Shadows • shortfiction by Ken Alden Crimson Lake • shortfiction by Daphne Froome The Dead Smile • (1899) • shortstory by F. Marion Crawford The Lonely Apparition • shortfiction by Charles Thornton The Case of the Long Dead Lord • (1943) • shortfiction by Dennis Wheatley Introduction (The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
#14
The Fourteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1978
The Sad Ghost • shortstory by R. Chetwynd-Hayes Madam Crowl's Ghost • (1870) • shortstory by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Siren Song • shortfiction by Barbara Joan Eyre The Three Sisters • shortfiction by W. W. Jacobs \[as by William Wymark Jacobs \] The Sutor of Selkirk • (1937) • shortstory by uncredited The Doll's Ghost • (1911) • shortstory by F. Marion Crawford The Late Arrivals • shortfiction by K. B. Hill Masks and Voices • shortfiction by Rosemary Timperley The Ghost of Dorothy Dingley • (1722) • shortstory by Daniel Defoe Thirteen at Table • (1916) • shortstory by Lord Dunsany Never, Never Leave Me • shortfiction by Terry Tapp One Who Saw • (1931) • shortstory by A. M. Burrage \[as by Ex-Private X \] Melody in a Minor Key • (1975) • shortstory by Mary Williams The St. Christopher Medallion • (1975) • shortstory by James Turner Round the Fire • (1858) • shortstory by Mrs. Crowe The Man on the Ground • (1933) • shortstory by Robert E. Howard Fall in at the Double • (1970) • shortstory by L. P. Hartley
Authors
Robert Aickman
Author · 38 books
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Author · 17 books
Fontana's "Great Ghost Stories" Series
Series ·
15
books · 1966-1983
By
Robert Aickman
,
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
#15
The 15th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1979
The complete set of four books published by Beagle.
#16
The Sixteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1980
Contents:
7 • Introduction (The Sixteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes 13 • Canon Alberic's Scrapbook • (1895) • short story by M. R. James 26 • Mariners • short story by Terry Tapp 41 • Beyond The Red Door • short story by Kenneth Hill 47 • The Story of Medhans Lea • \[Flaxman Low\] • (1916) • short story by Hesketh Prichard and Kate Prichard \[as by E. Heron and H. Heron\] 62 • Just for the Record • short story by Patricia Moynehan 78 • The Cook's Room • (1937) • short story by Pansy Pakenham 84 • Norton Camp • short story by William Charlton 98 • The Prescription • (1929) • short story by Marjorie Bowen 117 • The Rock Garden • short story by Heather Vineham 127 • Brickett Bottom • (1921) • short story by Amyas Northcote 139 • The Swan • short story by Pamela Hansford Johnson 146 • The Children and the Apple Tree • (1980) • short story by Meg Buxton 155 • The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall • (1891) • short story by John Kendrick Bangs 162 • Destination Glen Doll • short story by A. G. Scupham \[as by A. Scupham\] 181 • She Walks on Dry Land • (1980) • short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
#17
The Seventeenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1981
The Horrors of Sleep • (1846) • poem by Emily Brontë Which One? • shortfiction by R. Chetwynd-Hayes An Unsolved Mystery • (1886) • shortfiction by E. Owens Blackburne The Bed • shortfiction by Terry Tapp Welcombe Manor • shortfiction by Catherine Gleason and Rita Morris [as by Roger Malisson ] The Lamp • (1933) • shortstory by Agatha Christie Catherine's Angel • shortfiction by Heather Vineham Christmas Eve in the Blue Chamber • (1891) • shortstory by Jerome K. Jerome (aka The Ghost of the Blue Chamber) The Last Innings • shortfiction by Daphne Froome The Passing of Edward • (1912) • shortstory by Richard Middleton Dead Man's Barn • shortfiction by A. E. Ellis After Dark • shortstory by Tony Richards The Shot-Tower Ghost • (1949) • shortstory by Mary Elizabeth Counselman The Cupboard • (1922) • shortstory by Jeffery Farnol Help The Railway Mission • shortfiction by Dorothy K. Haynes The Reaper's Image • (1969) • shortstory by Stephen King Introduction (The Seventeenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
#18
The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1982
The Chair • (1978) • shortstory by R. Chetwynd-Hayes Above and Beyond • shortfiction by Charles Brameld Kecksies • (1925) • shortstory by Marjorie Bowen Streets of the City • shortstory by Tony Richards The Old Rectory Well • shortfiction by Patricia Moynehan Bad Company • (1955) • shortstory by Walter de la Mare The New Old House • shortfiction by Robert Solomon The Ferries • shortstory by Ramsey Campbell The Summer House • shortfiction by Heather Vineham Off the Deep End • shortfiction by Phillip C. Heath The Empty Schoolroom • (1950) • shortstory by Pamela Hansford Johnson Outside Agency • shortfiction by Daphne Froome The Ankardyne Pew • (1928) • shortstory by William Fryer Harvey \[as by W. F. Harvey \] Kindred Spirits • shortfiction by Rick Kennett Housewarming • shortfiction by Steve Rasnic Tem Eye to Eye • shortfiction by Roger F. Dunkley Introduction (The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
#19
The Nineteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
1983
Tomorrow's Ghost • (1981) • shortfiction by R. Chetwynd-Hayes They Walk At Evening • shortfiction by Mary Williams Still Life • shortfiction by Daphne Froome Lost Eden • shortfiction by Heather Vineham An Apparition • (1883) • shortstory by Guy de Maupassant The Tryst • shortfiction by Garry Kilworth The Way Shadows Fall • (1975) • shortstory by James Turner Safety Zone • shortfiction by Alan W. Lear Guests from Gibbet Island • (1855) • shortstory by Washington Irving Shadows on the Grass • shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem The Fetch • shortfiction by Tina Rath A Day Out • (1969) • shortfiction by Richard Davis In the Dark • (1885) • shortstory by Mary E. Penn Drake's Drum • shortfiction by Rick Kennett Situation Vacant • shortfiction by Meg Buxton Introduction (The Nineteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • essay by R. Chetwynd-Hayes