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Fontana's "Great Ghost Stories" Series
Series · 8 books · 1966-1981

Books in series

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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
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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]
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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

Authors

R. Chetwynd-Hayes
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Author · 12 books

Ronald Henry Glynn Chetwynd-Hayes aka Angus Campbell. Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes was an author, best known for his ghost stories. His first published work was the science fiction novel The Man From The Bomb in 1959. He went on to publish many collections and ten other novels including The Grange, The Haunted Grange, And Love Survived and The Curse of the Snake God. He also edited over 20 anthologies. Several of his short works were adapted into anthology style movies in the United Kingdom, including The Monster Club and From Beyond the Grave. Chetwynd-Hayes' book The Monster Club contains references to a film-maker called Vinke Rocnnor, an anagram of Kevin Connor, the director of From Beyond the Grave. He won the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement for 1988, and the British Fantasy Society Special Award in 1989.

Robert Aickman
Robert Aickman
Author · 27 books

Author of: close to 50 "strange stories" in the weird-tale and ghost-story traditions, two novels (The Late Breakfasters and The Model), two volumes of memoir (The Attempted Rescue and The River Runs Uphill), and two books on the canals of England (Know Your Waterways and The Story of Our Inland Waterways). Co-founder and longtime president of the Inland Waterways Association, an organization that in the middle of the 20th century restored a great part of England's deteriorating system of canals, now a major draw for recreation nationally and for tourism internationally. Grandson of author Richard Marsh.

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