Index to Fontana Book Of Horror Stories

[dem]

Index to The Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories (1966-1984)

In terms of critical acclaim, the series is very much the poor relation of the Robert Aickman edited volumes of The Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories, but it has its fans and i'm one of them. Here's an index. i make it 228 stories over 17 volumes, the first four edited by Christine Bernard, the rest by Mary Danby. Any mistakes/ omissions, please let me know!

A-Z By Author

Robert Aickman - No Stronger Than A Flower #1
Joan Aiken - As Gay As Cheese #2
______________ Marmalade Wine #1
Ken Alden - The Warrior's Return #13
Kingsley Amis - Something Strange #2
Anonymous - In The Slaughteryard #15
Margot Arnold - Acid Test #10

Frank Baker - In The Steam Room #1
Honore de Balzac - The Mysterious Mansion #6
Charles Beaumont - Miss Gentibelle #6
E. F. Benson - Mrs. Amsworth #5
______________The Room In The Tower #3
______________The Thing In The Hall #10
J. D. Beresford - Cut-throat Farm #3
Hjalmar Bergman - Judith #2
Ambrose Bierce - The Boarded Window #1
______________The Man And The Snake #6
Charles Birkin - Havelock's Farm #8
Nyki Blatchly - Safe As Houses #13
Algernon Blackwood - A Case Of Eavesdropping #1
______________The Empty House #4
Robert Bloch - The Mannikin #7
Anthony Boucher - They Bite #15
Sydney J. Bounds - The Circus #13
______________Cold Sleep #6
______________The Flesh Is Weak #4
______________Homecoming #9
______________ No-Face #11
______________ Young Blood #4
Elizabeth Bowen - The Cat Jumps #1
Marjorie Bowen - Florence Flannery #7
Ray Bradbury - The Man Upstairs #5
______________The Next In Line #1
______________The Smiling People #10
Christianna Brand - Akin To Love #14
Joseph Payne Brennan - The Horror At Chilton Castle #9
Anthony Burgess - An American Organ #13
Ken Burke - Starvation Diet #14
Thomas Burke - The Bird #14
______________The Hollow Man #9
A. M. Burrage - The Waxwork #5
Dino Buzzati - Seven Floors #4
______________Something Beginning With L #12

Ramsey Campbell - Reply Guaranteed #17
David Campton - Firstborn #17
Truman Capote - Miriam #6
Robert W. Chambers - The Yellow Sign #17
Mark Channing - The Feet #16
William Charlton - Undesirable Guests #13
R. Chetwynd-Hayes - Growth #15
______________Housebound #3
______________Looking For Something To Suck #4
______________The Monster #5
______________A Sin Of Omission #10
Agatha Christie - The Gypsy #1
______________The Hound Of Death #2
Roger Clarke - Blackberries #16
______________So Typical Of Eleanor #14
Sir Hugh Clifford - The Ghoul #14
Stuart Cloete - The Second Nail #9
Adrian Cole - The Moon Web #11
John Collier - Back For Christmas #6
______________De Mortuis #10
Wilkie Collins - A Terribly Strange Bed #9
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Brazilian Cat #10
______________The Horror Of The Heights #7
______________The Leather Funnel #17
______________Lot No. 249 #14
Joseph Conrad - The Idiots #4
R. C. Cook - Green Fingers #3
Julio Cortazar - Letter To A Young Lady In Paris #6
Frederick Cowles - The Horror Of Abbot's Grange #16

Roald Dahl - Georgy Porgy #5
______________Poison #3
______________Royal Jelly #8
______________William And Mary #1
Mary Danby - Curleylocks #16
______________The Engelmayer Puppets #12
______________Harvest Home #8
______________Keeping In Touch #10
______________The Natterjack #9
______________Nursery Tea #11
______________Party Pieces #6
______________Quid Pro Quo #5
______________Robbie #15
______________The Secret Ones #7
______________True Love #17
______________The Witness #14
______________Woodman's Knot #13
Monica Dickens - Activity Time #15
______________To Reach The Sea #5
David Dixon - The Lodger In Room 16 #15
Daphne DuMaurier - The Blue Lenses #5
Roger F. Dunkley - Miss Brood's Speciality #9
______________Surprise! Surprise! #11

Stanley Ellin - The Speciality Of The House #3
David Ely - The Academy #3
Barbara Joan Eyre - Anaesthetic #13
______________ For Charity's Sake #11

Elizabeth Fancett - Dark Dream #9
______________Someone In the Room #11
Rick Ferriera - The Girl From Tomango #9
C. S. Forester - The Turn Of The Tide #7
Bryn Fortey - Merry-Go-Round #12
______________Shrewhampton North-East #15
Sally Franklin - The People Opposite #11
Celia Fremlin - Angel Face #7
J. C. Furnas - The Laocoon Complex #17

Charlotte Perkins Gilman - The Yellow Wallpaper #9
Catherine Gleason - A Question Of Conscience #11
John B. L. Goodwin - The Cocoon #6
Winston Graham - The Basket Chair #7
Robert Graves - Earth To Earth #6
Graham Greene - The End Of The Party #6

Robert Haining -The Vigil #14
John Halkin - Bobby #11
Willis Hall - Waking Or Sleeping #17
Roy Harrison - The Frogwood Roundabout #11
L. P. Hartley - The Killing Bottle #2
______________The Two Vaynes #1
Dorothy K. Haynes - The Boorees #14
______________King Of The Fair #12
______________Oblige Me With A Loaf #16
______________The Peculiar Case Of Mrs. Grimmond #8
William Fryer Harvey - The Beast With Five Fingers #2
Phillip C. Heath - Creepogs #16
C. D. Herriot - The Trapdoor #10
Patricia Highsmith - Harry: A Ferret #17
______________The Quest For Blank Claveringi #6
Thomas Hood - A Tale Of Terror #7
Violet Hunt - The Telegram #4

Margaret Irwin - The Book #2
______________ Monsieur Seeks A Wife #12

W. W. Jacobs - His Brother's Keeper #5
______________The Well #12
Shirley Jackson - The Lottery #5
Henry James - The Romance Of Certain Old Clothes #3
M. R. James - A View From A Hill #7
Mor Jokai - The Drop Of Blood #15
Gwyn Jones - The Pit #8

Gerald Kersh - Comrade Death #7
Dorothy Kilmurry-Hall - Bert's Resurrection #11
Garry Kilworth - Love Child #15
Francis King - The Doll #4
______________Mess #4
Rudyard Kipling - At The End Of The Passage #3
Nigel Kneale - Chains #4
______________The Photograph #2
______________The Pond #1
Manuel Komroff - So You Won't Talk #8
Henry Kuttner - The Graveyard Rats #5

David Langford - At The Corner Of The Eye #10
______________Cold Spell #13
Kay Leigh - The Huntress #12
______________The Sanguivites #9
L. A. Lewis - Hybrid #12
Charles Lloyd (Charles Birkin) - A Low Profile #10
Frank Belknap Long - The Black Druid #15
H. P. Lovecraft - Herbert West: Reanimator #13
H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth - The Shuttered Room #3

Roger Malisson - A Little Knowledge #10
______________The Salesman #11
______________Switching Off #16
Frederick Marryat - The Werewolf #13
Joyce Marsh - Tomorrow's Child #9
Guy de Maupassant - The Hand #5
______________ Vendetta #13
Andre Maurois - Thanatos Palace Hotel #14
Prosper Merimee - Mateo Falcone #4
H. Warner Munn - The Wheel #16

Edith Nesbit - The Head #4
Andrea Newman - She'll Be Company For You #15

Maureen O'Hara - The Rainbow #11

Rog Pile - Mary #11
Hal Pink - The Screaming Plant #12
Marion Pitman - Dead And Alive #11
Edgar Allan Poe - A Tale Of The Ragged Mountains #5
______________The Tell-Tale Heart #8
Alison Prince - Mother's Day #16

Tina Rath - Fifth Sense #17
Tony Richards - Headlamps #14
Lennox Robinson - A Pair Of Muddy Shoes #8
Sax Rohmer - Tcheriapin #7

Saki - The Interlopers #1
______________Srendi Vashtar #6
William Sansom - A Woman Seldom Found #5
Robert Silverberg - Back From The Grave #17
May Sinclair - The Victim #2
Lady Eleanor Smith - Satan's Circus #2
Barnard Stacey - The Devil's Ape #10
W. J. Stamper - Fidel Basin #17
Bram Stoker - The Burial Of The Rats #16
______________The Secret Of The Growing Gold #12
______________The Squaw #1
Theodore Sturgeon - The Other Celia #12

Terry Tapp - The Invaders #12
______________Polish The Lid #14
______________See How They Run #16
Bernard Taylor - The Godsend #8
Steve Rasnic Tem - The Farmer #16
Alan Temperley - Where No Wind Blows #17
Dylan Thomas - The Old Woman Upstairs #7
Charles Thornton - For The Sake Of Alf #12
Rosemary Timperley - The Bandaged Man #9
______________The Eye Of The Mandala #11
______________House Of Mirrors #15
Leo Tolstoy - The Porcelain Doll #8
Basil Tozer - The Pioneers Of Pike's Peak #6
Harry E. Turner - Now Showing At The Roxy #10
______________The Wager #15

Pamela Vincent - Hard Luck Story #6
______________Mr. Priapos #8

H. R. Wakefield - Blind Man's Buff #14
______________Lucky's Grove #3
Hugh Walpole - The Silver Mask #9
______________Tarnhelm #1
Elizabeth Walter - The Spider #2
______________The Tibetan Box #8
______________Telling The Bees #10
Norman Watson - The House On Big Faraway #2
Evelyn Waugh - The Man Who Liked Dickens #9
Philip Welby - Buffy #11
H. G. Wells - The Sea Raiders #5
Dennis Wheatley - The Snake #7
Malachi Whitaker - New Moon #4
T. H. White - The Troll #8
Angus Wilson - Mummy To The Rescue #10
William Wood - One Of The Dead #13
John Wyndham - Close Behind Him #6

[israelregardie]

Which edition would you - or anyone here - recommend? (I signed up just to ask this. I realize yr post is 5 years old... But maybe someone else can answer?)
I've been drooling over all of them, but with limited resources I'd like to narrow it down to two, at least.

[dem]

Dec 15, 2016 8:11:31 GMT israelregardie said:

Which edition would you - or anyone here - recommend? (I signed up just to ask this. I realize yr post is 5 years old... But maybe someone else can answer?)
I've been drooling over all of them, but with limited resources I'd like to narrow it down to two, at least.

Hi there.

In that case, I'd ignore the paperbacks and go for two of the compilations from the series instead which are way better value. Take your pick from 65 Great Tales Of Horror, 65 Great Spinechillers and/ or Realms Of Darkness. If it's ghost stories you're after, 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural should do the trick.

Hope this is of some help.

[Truegho]

These fantastic, memorable volumes of horror stories were not only staple reading when I was growing up in the 70s, but also have been a great influence on my own writing pursuits. I am very proud to now call myself "a published horror writer", having had two volumes of my HORROR STORIES series published on Amazon. I have also published a werewolf portmanteau novella (my little homage to both The Wolfman movies and the Amicus anthologies) called WEREWOLF NIGHTMARE.

There were so many wonderful books I read when I was a teenager back in the 70s, and it was always a big thrill to go into my local library and see a new edition of the Pan Book of Horror Stories, The Fontana Book of Ghost Stories, Mary Danby's Fontana collections etc. Then of course there were all those wonderful horror novels by James Herbert, Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell etc.

Keep up the good work posting about these classic paperbacks. It really gets the memories flooding back of happy horror-book-buying Heaven!

[Truegho]

I was recently fortunate enough to stumble upon two of these fine hardbacks in a Liverpool charity shope (surprising what little gems you can find in those places): 65 Great Tales of Horror and 65 Great Spinechillers. I need the third one, 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural, to complement my collection. Who knows? I may stumble across a copy of this one day in another charity shop.

[Truegho]

Thank you. Will check these out. I especially love that book cover with the face of Christopher Lee on it.

[Truegho]

Thanks. I am sure you will enjoy reading JOB HUNTING HELL too.

[dem]

Jul 26, 2018 7:22:06 GMT mauricebendrix said:

do the four volumes you mention collect ALL of the Fontana series contents or only selected stories?

Hi Maurice. Selected stories, plus new material from several of the contemporary authors.

[drhesselius]

I’ve copied this over from another thread – I think I posted in the wrong area. I recently finished getting through all 17 volumes of The Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories. I mark everything I read out of 10 (I've included these scores in brackets). Here are my top stories from each - that is those to which I have given 7 or more to out of 10 (I think I'm a harsh marker!). I'm the first to admit that I can be inconsistent with markings and if a story doesn't grab me in the first couple of pages my mind can wander, but then surely a part of writing a good short story is to grab the reader's attention quickly. What do I like in a horror story? Atmosphere above anything and stories which are different, odd even. I'm not into graphic descriptions of decapitations and blood and guts. The fact that the collections improve from Volume 5 onward speaks volumes of Mary Danby (a very fine editor and writer):-



Volume 1

A Case Of Eavesdropping by Algernon Blackwood (7)

The Pond by Nigel Kneale (7)

William And Mary by Roald Dahl (7)



Volume 2

The Spider by Elizabeth Walter (7)

Satan's Circus by Lady Eleanor Smith (7)

The Victim by May Sinclair (7)



Volume 3

The Room In The Tower by E.F.Benson (8)



Volume 4

The Flesh Is Weak by Sydney J.Bounds (7)



Volume 5

Mrs Amworth by E.F.Benson (9)

The Graveyard Rats by Henry Kuttner (8)

The Waxwork by A.M.Burrage (8)

The Blue Lenses by Daphne Du Maurier (7)

A Woman Seldom Found by William Sansom (7)

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (7)

His Brother's Keeper by W.W.Jacobs (7)

The Hand by Guy de Maupassant (7)



Volume 6

The Quest For Blank Claveringi by Patricia Highsmith (9)

The End Of The Party by Graham Greene (7)

Hard Luck Story by Pamela Vincent (7)

Miss Gentilbelle by Charles Beaumont (7)

Cold Sleep by Sydney J.Bounds (7)

Close Behind Him by John Wyndham (7)



Volume 7

The Horror Of The Heights by Conan Doyle (8)

The Manniken by Robert Bloch (7)

A View From A Hill by M.R.James (7)

The Turn Of The Tide by C.S.Forrester (7)



Volume 8

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (8)

The Troll by T.H.White (7)

The Peculiar Case Of Mrs Grimmond by Dorothy K.Haynes (7)

Royal Jelly by Roald Dahl (7)

Mr Priapos by Pamela Vincent (7)

So You Won't Talk by Manuel Komroff (7)

Harvest Home by Mary Danby (7)



Volume 9

The Hollow Man by Thomas Burke (8)

Tomorrow's Child by Joyce Marsh (7)

The Bandaged Man by Rosemary Timperley (7)

The Sanguivites by Kay Leith (7)

A Terribly Strange Bed by William Wilkie Collins (7)

The Natterjack by Mary Danby (7)



Volume 10

A Little Knowledge by Roger Malisson (7)

The Brazilian Cat by Conan Doyle (7)

Acid Test by Margot Arnold (7)



Volume 11

Mary by Roger Pile (9)

The Eye Of The Mandala by Rosemary Timperley (7)

Buffy by Philip Welby (7)

The Salesman by Roger Malisson (7)



Volume 12

Monsieur Seeks A Wife by Margaret Irwin (7)

The Well by W.W.Jacobs (7)

The Invaders by Terry Tapp (7)

The Screaming Plant by Hal Pink (7)



Volume 13

Woodman's Knot by Mary Danby (8)

The Warrior's Return by Ken Alden (7)

The Werewolf by Frederick Marryat (7)



Volume 14

Thanatos Palace Hotel by Andre Maurois (8)

The Witness by Mary Danby (8)

So Typical Of Eleanor by Roger Clarke (7)

The Vigil by Robert Haining (7)



Volume 15

Growth by R.Chetwyd-Hayes (9)

The Wager by Harry E.Turner (8)

Shrewhampton North-East by Bryn Fortey (8)

The Lodger In Room 16 by David Dixon (7)

She'll Be Company For You by Andrea Newman (7)

In The Slaughteryard by Anonymous (7)

The Drop Of Blood by Mor Jokai (7)

Robbie by Mary Danby (7)



Volume 16

Oblige Me With A Loaf by Dorothy K.Haynes (8)

Mother's Day by Alison Prince (8)

Curlylocks by Mary Danby (8)

Blackberries by Roger Clarke (7)

Creepogs by Phillip C.Heath (7)

The Horror Of Abbot's Grange by Frederick Cowles (7)

Switching Off by Roger Malisson (7)

The Burial Of The Rats by Bram Stoker (7)



Volume 17

Where No Wind Blows by Rosemary Timperley (7)

The Laocoon Complex by J.C.Furnas (7)

Back From The Grave by Robert Silverberg (7)

[dem]

Wonderful selection. I agree that the books got more interesting when Mary Danby took over but am still very fond of the Christine Barnard volumes, especially #4. Lurid covers, 190 pages, paperback, cheap, available from the local newsagent. Would that there were a contemporary equivalent.

One minor typo. Where No Wind Blows in #17 is by Alan Temperley.

[drhesselius]

Wonderful selection. I agree that the books got more interesting when Mary Danby took over but am still very fond of the Christine Barnard volumes, especially #4. Lurid covers, 190 pages, paperback, cheap, available from the local newsagent. Would that there were a contemporary equivalent.



One minor typo. Where No Wind Blows in #17 is by Alan Temperley.



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Thanks for the feedback.  I shall return to the Fontana Ghost Stories with renewed vigour and post my next list here asap.  I love J.Sheridan LeFanu, but I've gone and gotten myself bogged down at the moment trying to finish 'House By The Churchyard' - not one of his better works!  You're quite right about 'Where No Wind Blows' - not sure how I got my Rosemary's and Alan's mixed up.  Love this site, full of info, will post more often!