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Post by dem bones on Oct 15, 2016 10:57:04 GMT
Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (eds.) - 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (Barnes & Noble, 1993) Stefan R. Dziemianowicz - Introduction
William Fryer Harvey - Across the Moors Renier Wyers - Attorney for the Damned Barry N. Malzberg - Away Dale Clark - Behind the Screen Thorp McClusky - Black Gold E. G. Swain - Bone to His Bone Vincent O’Sullivan - The Burned House Darrell Schweitzer - Clocks Harold Ward - The Closed Door A. E. D. Smith - The Coat Mary E. Braddon - The Cold Embrace Nina Kiriki Hoffman - Coming Home Paul Ernst - Concert to Death Thorp McClusky - The Considerate Hosts Steve Rasnic Tem - Daddy Thorp McClusky - Dark Mummery Talbot Johns · Date in the City Room Lafcadio Hearn - A Dead Secret Henry S. Whitehead - The Door J. Wilmer Benjamin - Drowned Argosies Edna Goit Brintnall - Dust Dorothy Quick - Edge of the Cliff Arthur J. Burks - Faces J. N. Williamson - Fancy That R. H. Benson - Father Macclesfield’s Tale O. Henry - The Furnished Room W. K. Mashburn, Jr. - The Garret of Madame Lemoyne J. Sheridan Le Fanu - The Ghost and the Bone-Setter Bernard Capes · A Ghost-Child Susan Andrews Rice - The Ghost Farm Alan Brennert - Ghost Story Alfred I. Tooke - The Ghosts at Haddon-le-Green J. M. Hiatt & Moye W. Stephens - Ghosts of the Air William F. Nolan - Gibbler’s Ghost Elia W. Peattie - A Grammatical Ghost Stefan Grabinski - The Grey Room Mearle Prout - Guarded Jessica Amanda Salmonson - Harmless Ghosts W. C. Morrow - The Haunted Burglar Julius Long - He Walked by Day Steve Rasnic Tem - Her New Parents W. Benson Dooling - Highwaymen Wallace J. Knapp · The Honor of Don Pedro Mary Elizabeth Counselman - The House of Shadows Louisa Baldwin - How He Left the Hotel W. W. Jacobs - Jerry Bundler Edith Nesbit - John Charrington’s Wedding Renier Wyers - Kharu Knows All Mrs. J. H. Riddell - The Last of Squire Ennismore John Rawson Speer · The Light Was Green Elsie Ellis - McGill’s Appointment Stephen Grendon - The Man on B-17 Will Oursler - Mandolin August W. Derleth - The Metronome Fred Chappell - Miss Prue Perley Poore Sheehan - Monsieur De Guise A. V. Milyer - Mordecai’s Pipe Erckmann-Chatrian - The Murderer’s Violin G. L. Raisor - The Night Caller H. F. Arnold - The Night Wire Chet Williamson - O Come Little Children ... Richard Middleton - On the Brighton Road Joseph Lavinson [Marvin Kaye] - Our Late Visitor Ramsey Campbell - Out of Copyright August W. Derleth - Pacific 421 Donald R. Burleson - The Pedicab H. Thompson Rich -The Phantom Express David Bernard - The Piper from Bhutan M. R. James - The Rats Mary Austin - The Readjustment Seabury Quinn - Rebels’ Rest Robert Sampson - Relationships Richard H. Hart - Rendezvous R. Murray Gilchrist - The Return Marjory E. Lambe [G. G. Pendarves] - The Return Barry Pain - Rose, Rose Barry Malzberg - Safety Zone Otto E. A. Schmidt - Shadows Cast Behind Steve Rasnic Tem - Shadows in the Grass Edith Lichty Stewart - The Sixth Tree Saki - The Soul of Laploshka Oscar Wilde - The Sphinx Without a Secret S. B. H. Hurst - The Splendid Lie H. Warner Munn - A Sprig of Rosemary B - The Stone Coffin Guy Boothby - A Strange Goldfield Ambrose Bierce - The Stranger Avram Davidson - Summerland H. P. Lovecraft - The Terrible Old Man E. F. Benson - The Terror by Night Manly Wade Wellman - The Theater Upstairs Clark Ashton Smith - Thirteen Phantasms August W. Derleth - Three Gentlemen in Black Percy B. Prior - The Tree-Man Ghost Ingulphus [Arthur Gray ] - The True History of Anthony Ffryar Al Sarrantonio - Two Helen M. Reid - Under the Eaves Loretta G. Burrough - A Visitor from Far Away Paul Ernst - Waiter Number 34 Walker G. Everett - The Woman in Gray E. Hoffmann Price - The Word of Bentley Another must for Weird Tales casualties, containing no less than forty-six reprints direct from the unique magazine (plus two from Haunted Library, and a Creep). In short, total bookstasy. Am well looking forward to getting stuck in.
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Post by Swampirella on Oct 15, 2016 13:31:52 GMT
This is one heck of a long book! Only $0.01 + s/h at Amaz.ca; I may just get it. If you hear a loud crash, it'll be one of my bookshelves giving out ...
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Post by bobby on Oct 15, 2016 15:48:05 GMT
Be forewarned that the print in these Barnes & Noble "100 Little" anthologies is smaller than normal to squeeze 100 stories into an average-sized book. I had no problem reading them 20 years ago, but I think I would need reading glasses now.
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Post by bobby on Oct 15, 2016 15:52:12 GMT
Here's the dustjacket art that was used on the early printings:
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Post by dem bones on Oct 15, 2016 17:48:38 GMT
Be forewarned that the print in these Barnes & Noble "100 Little" anthologies is smaller than normal to squeeze 100 stories into an average-sized book. I had no problem reading them 20 years ago, but I think I would need reading glasses now. Can't say I find the print difficult at all, seems pretty standard to me. Some of the Wordsworth editions are absolute murder on the eyes, mind. This is one heck of a long book! Only $0.01 + s/h at Amaz. Canada; I may just get it. If you hear a loud crash, it'll be one of my bookshelves giving out If Ghastly Ghosts proves half as much fun as 100 Wild Little Weird Tales, that will be $0.01+ well spent. And at 546 pages it's probably not as bulky as you might think. Fred Humiston Seabury Quinn - Rebels' Rest : ( Weird Tales July 1950). On the death of her mother, young Eileen Huncke crosses the ocean to seek out the father she has never met. But Chris Hunke has remarried, and his second wife, a spiteful harridan, has no wish to play stepmother to an interloper she despises as a gold-digger. Pennsylvania folk are unwelcoming to the point of open hostility, but at least the ghosts in the local burying ground are friendly. Eileen finds peace in the arms of Tieg McCarthy, a dashing, smooth-talking charmer in his day (he died in the civil war) who never could resist a damsel in distress. W. Benson Dooling - Highwaymen: ( Weird Tales Feb 1929). Fresh from another successful hold up, Boyce the randy dandy highwayman - "he was a sportive man, who drank and loved too much" - finally meets his match. Galloping home to the inn, he's intercepted by a spectral fellow with skeleton hands who demands that he "Stand and deliver, sire!" Boyce, a crack shot, puts a bullet between the fellow's eyes, but it simply passes through. The phantom knight of the road relieves him of his purse. J. Wilmer Benjamin - Drowned Argosies: ( Weird Tales July 1934). "Only time a sailor dies is when they plant him six feet under in a churchyard." The Volcania goes down in the Caribbean. The ghastly spectres of the drowned dead determine that the sole survivor, Charteris, five days adrift in a lifeboat, does not lack company. Will the rescue party reach the ailing seaman before he accepts a post aboard The Saturnia?
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Post by mcannon on Oct 15, 2016 23:25:57 GMT
Be forewarned that the print in these Barnes & Noble "100 Little" anthologies is smaller than normal to squeeze 100 stories into an average-sized book. I had no problem reading them 20 years ago, but I think I would need reading glasses now. Dammit, now I find out! Thanks for the warning; I'll manage somehow.... In case they haven't been mentioned as yet, there are also these two volumes: Both are a mixture of modern material and older reprints, including "Weird Tales" material. And yes, both are rather teeny print. I'd forgotten until just now that my copy of "Tiny Tales is autographed by.... someone. Martin Greenberg, perhaps? I've no idea how I ended up with an autographed edition, as I wouldn't have placed a special order for it. I think there was also at least one crime-themed collection, titled something like "100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories", but I never bothered buying that one. Mark
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Post by jamesdoig on Oct 16, 2016 9:57:24 GMT
I think there was also at least one crime-themed collection, titled something like "100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories", but I never bothered buying that one. There's 100 Malicious Little Mysteries edited by Isaac Asimov but I haven't got around to reading it yet. There's also 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories, which is good.
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Post by dem bones on Oct 16, 2016 10:51:48 GMT
Yeah, I like the look of the Creatures volume. Still not getting this "tiny print" thing. Could be that the versions I'm reading are the later, instant remainder editions as they're very easy on the eye. I'd forgotten until just now that my copy of "Tiny Tales is autographed by.... someone. Martin Greenberg, perhaps? I've no idea how I ended up with an autographed edition, as I wouldn't have placed a special order for it. I'm getting "Marty" followed by something indecipherable that might be "We"-something.
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Post by ripper on Oct 16, 2016 12:20:48 GMT
This is the kind of collection that I like. Plenty of stories, with many that are new to me. It also looks as if there are a fair few available online so prices don't appear too steep. I haven't heard of this '100 Little...' series before and a number sound interesting, particularly this one. A good way to obtain stories from 'Weird Tales' that might otherwise be more difficult and costly to get.
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Post by dem bones on Oct 16, 2016 15:14:41 GMT
Susan Andrews Rice - The Ghost Farm: ( Weird Tales May 1925). Maide's friends shield her from the grisly details surrounding husband Steve's death (he was blown to bits by a German shell). The young widow finds comfort in recalling their shared dream of finding the perfect farm to settle down. Recently she discovered just the place on her daily walk, though, strangely, nobody else can see it. One night Maide takes off in a storm. An alert is raised. The local doctor finds her body in a field and, just for a moment, shares her "mirage." Henry S. Whitehead - The Door: ( Weird Tales Nov 1924 ). Having brought shame on the family one too many times, young Roger Phillips is told "Go, and never darken this doorstep again!" It is only the prospect of scandal prevents his father from setting the police on him. Tonight, knowing his parents are attending a social function, the black sheep returns intent on performing the one decent action of his life, but the bloody key won't turn in the lock! And what's with all the commotion in the street below? Edith Lichty Stewart - The Sixth Tree: ( Weird Tales May-June-July 1924). Last entries in the diary of Professor Carhart, SANE GEOLOGIST, suppressed following his hideous death at the teeth and claw of creature unknown, presumed mountain lion. Cahart met his end at the same accursed cabin where five tough guy trappers were butchered in identical fashion. According to the Professor's journal, he played cards with their ghastly phantoms over three consecutive nights. Stakes not mentioned, but we can safely assume he lost. A pair of railway themed hauntings encountered elsewhere, the second being the more effective. H. Thomson Rich - The Phantom Express (Oct. 1926: Sept 1952) August Derleth - Pacific 451: ( Weird Tales, Sept. 1944).
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Post by bobby on Oct 16, 2016 15:19:36 GMT
Yeah, I like the look of the Creatures volume. Still not getting this "tiny print" thing. Could be that the versions I'm reading are the later, instant remainder editions as they're very easy on the eye. 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories was the second "100 Little" anthology I bought. ( 100 Wild Little Weird Tales was the first.) It's one of the ones that relied heavily on stories from Weird Tales for its contents. Maybe the later printings changed to larger print (in addition to replacing that wonderful Edward Gorey-ish dustjacket art). Bear in mind that I desperately need new glasses; right now I often need a magnifying glass to read the backs of DVD cases, and the ingredients on groceries. Hopefully new glasses will fix that. (But I still would probably need reading glasses for the Dover edition of Varney the Vampyre.)
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Post by bobby on Oct 16, 2016 15:34:31 GMT
I think these are all of the "100 Little" Barnes & Noble anthologies from the 1990's. (I had to look up the crime/mystery titles since I could only remember 3 of them.)
Horror: 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 100 Wild Little Weird Tales 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories 100 Tiny Tales of Terror 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares 100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment
Crime/Mystery: 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories 100 Malicious Little Mysteries 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories
Other: 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories 100 Hilarious Little Howlers
Of these, I only bought the 9 horror titles. The only one I regret not buying is 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories. At the time I assumed it would be all straight science fiction stories, but now I wonder if at least some of them might be "horrific" SF, like Robert Bloch's "The Goddess of Wisdom".
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Post by bobby on Oct 16, 2016 16:21:58 GMT
This isn't "officially" part of the "100 Little" series, but it has the same trio of editors and is in a similar vein. (And it was published by Barnes & Noble in the 1990's.) I bought it new, but don't have my copy at hand to provide a listing of contents.
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Post by ripper on Oct 16, 2016 18:04:13 GMT
I think these are all of the "100 Little" Barnes & Noble anthologies from the 1990's. (I had to look up the crime/mystery titles since I could only remember 3 of them.) Horror: 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories100 Wild Little Weird Tales100 Creepy Little Creature Stories100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories100 Wicked Little Witch Stories100 Tiny Tales of Terror100 Fiendish Little Frightmares100 Twisted Little Tales of TormentCrime/Mystery: 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories100 Malicious Little Mysteries100 Menacing Little Murder Stories100 Sneaky Little Sleuth StoriesOther: 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories100 Hilarious Little Howlers Of these, I only bought the 9 horror titles. The only one I regret not buying is 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories. At the time I assumed it would be all straight science fiction stories, but now I wonder if at least some of them might be "horrific" SF, like Robert Bloch's "The Goddess of Wisdom". Bobby, do you know if the horror-related collections have unique contents for each title or do some tales appear in more than one volume.
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Post by bobby on Oct 17, 2016 1:13:43 GMT
I've only read 3 of them cover-to-cover (as well as parts of 4 of the other 6), but there hasn't been any duplication of contents in what I've read so far.
The contents vary from title to title. 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories and 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories are mostly brand new stories with only a small number of reprints, while 100 Wild Little Weird Tales is (of course) all reprints of stories from the original run of Weird Tales. The rest are mostly reprints with a small number of new stories. 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories is mostly reprints of more recent stories, 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories relies heavily on stories from Weird Tales for content, and 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories is mostly 19th-century ghost stories and stories from Weird Tales.
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