Please take a look on the remit of these volumes, among her later entries:
Torments and Traumas ed. Helen Hoke (Nashville: Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6600-9, 1978, $6.95, 160pp, hc) Anthology of horror stories for young adults. British edition: NEL 1978.
- 9 · About This Book · Helen Hoke · in
- 11 · Green Fingers · R. C. Cook · ss The 3rd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Christine Bernard, Fontana 1968
- 26 · Keeping His Promise · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Empty House, Eveleigh Nash 1906
- 40 · The Voyage of the Deborah Pratt · Miriam Allen deFord · ss F&SF Apr 1963
- 49 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch Feb 1955
- 53 · “Dear Ghost...” · Fielden Hughes · ss The Fourth Ghost Book, ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff 1965
- 69 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Jun 1922
- 83 · On the Brighton Road · Richard Middleton · ss The Ghost Ship, Unwin 1912
- 87 · The CRIB Circuit · Miriam Allen deFord · ss F&SF Nov 1969
- 104 · Changeling · Ray Bradbury · ss Super Science Stories Jul 1949
- 112 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Hearst’s International Sep 1933
- 124 · Robert · Stanley Ellin · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine Oct 1958
- 139 · The Knock at the Manor Gate · Franz Kafka · vi The Great Wall of China 1946
- 141 · Message for Margie · Christine Campbell Thomson · ss The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan 1964
- 150 · W.S. · L. P. Hartley · ss World Review Jan 1952
Meanwhile, her first YA anthology wasone of those I was very happy to discover:
And her next would arrive eight years later...in plenty of time for me to discover it in the early/mid '70s:
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- Publication: Spooks, Spooks, Spooks
- Editors: Helen Hoke
- Year: 1966-00-00
- Spooks, Spooks, Spooks • interior artwork by W. R. Lohse
- viii • About This Book (Spooks, Spooks, Spooks) • essay by Helen Hoke
- 1 • The King and the Merman • (1956) • shortfiction by Thomas D. Leekley
- 11 • The Devil's Thoughts • (1799) • poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- 13 • Witch Wood • (1948) • shortstory by Anna Elizabeth Bennett
- 21 • Mungo • (1965) • shortstory by Geoffrey Palmer and Noel Lloyd
- 34 • The Hag • (1648) • poem by Robert Herrick
- 36 • The Spooky Thing • (1960) • shortstory by William O. Steele
- 51 • Jamie's Ghost Horse • (1963) • shortstory by Marion Garthwaite
- 59 • The Burning Ship • (1948) • shortstory by Moritz Jagendorf [as by M. Jagendorf ]
- 63 • The Black Thing • (1962) • shortstory by Madeleine L'Engle
- 81 • The Battle with the Bogles • (1960) • shortstory by Sorche Nic Leodhas
- 95 • The Ride-By-Nights • (1958) • poem by Walter de la Mare
- 97 • The Tinker of Tamlacht and His Bargains with the Devil • (1963) • shortstory by Seumas MacManus
- 112 • The Ghostly Hitchhikers • (1956) • shortstory by Maria Leach
- 116 • Caleb Thorne's Day • (1936) • shortstory by Elizabeth Coatsworth
- 128 • The Ghost Village (excerpt) • (1959) • shortfiction by Erick Berry
- 139 • The Shadow People • (1922) • poem by Frances Legwidge
- 141 • Sop Doll! • (1943) • shortstory by Richard Chase
- 147 • The First Spell • (1962) • shortstory by Josephine Lee
- 157 • The Conjure Wives • (1921) • shortstory by Frances G. Wickes
- 161 • Suppose You Met a Witch • (1952) • poem by Ian Serraillier
- 167 • The Ghosts of the Mohawk • (1953) • shortstory by Anna L. Curtis
- 175 • The King o' the Cats • (1894) • shortstory by Joseph Jacobs
- 178 • Demon at Green Knowe • (1964) • shortstory by L. M. Boston
- 206 • Witch Girl • (1948) • shortstory by Elizabeth Coatsworth
A rather slight gathering of nostalgia, for the Hallowe'en season, on this morning where I have some physical labor ahead, and treating with an ill pet over the last several days...and atop all else, my Apple laptop isn't playing nice with Blogger at the moment. But Hoke did a fine job, and should be recalled, at very least in this season.
For more of today's books, please see Patti Abbott's blog.
And, from an earlier consideration on this blog of Hoke's career:
Helen Hoke might've been the most prolific producer of anthologies, particularly for young readers, among this handful, but not by much. She did have a long (and trans-Atlantic) career as a writer and editor, as her 1990 New York Times obituary notes,
In the late 1930's, Ms. Hoke inaugurated and managed children's book departments at several publishing houses, including Henry Holt, Reynal & Hitchcock and Julian Messer. In the 1940's, Ms. Hoke, whose first marriage, to John Hoke, had ended in divorce, married Franklin Watts, founder the New York publishing company that bears his name. She became the company's vice president and director of international projects.
She would go on to collaborate on at least one book each with one of her sons and one of her grandsons. And she didn't restrict herself too much...along with such titles as Monsters Monsters Monsters and Jokes Jokes Jokes, she also offered both Nurses Nurses Nurses and Doctors Doctors Doctors, which mixed short stories with essays and autobiographical excerpts.
But it was her horror and humor anthologies and compilations that I remember, particularly the former...she relied to some extent on chestnuts, but intelligently arrayed, and for young readers, this isn't the worst strategy.
Anthologies
And, from an earlier consideration on this blog of Hoke's career:
Helen Hoke might've been the most prolific producer of anthologies, particularly for young readers, among this handful, but not by much. She did have a long (and trans-Atlantic) career as a writer and editor, as her 1990 New York Times obituary notes,
In the late 1930's, Ms. Hoke inaugurated and managed children's book departments at several publishing houses, including Henry Holt, Reynal & Hitchcock and Julian Messer. In the 1940's, Ms. Hoke, whose first marriage, to John Hoke, had ended in divorce, married Franklin Watts, founder the New York publishing company that bears his name. She became the company's vice president and director of international projects.
She would go on to collaborate on at least one book each with one of her sons and one of her grandsons. And she didn't restrict herself too much...along with such titles as Monsters Monsters Monsters and Jokes Jokes Jokes, she also offered both Nurses Nurses Nurses and Doctors Doctors Doctors, which mixed short stories with essays and autobiographical excerpts.
But it was her horror and humor anthologies and compilations that I remember, particularly the former...she relied to some extent on chestnuts, but intelligently arrayed, and for young readers, this isn't the worst strategy.
Anthologies
- Witches! Witches! Witches! (1958)
- Spooks, Spooks, Spooks (1966)
- Dragons, Dragons, Dragons (1972)
- Weirdies (1973)
- Monsters Monsters Monsters (1975)
- Ghostly, Grim and Gruesome (1976)
- Ghosts and Ghastlies (1976)
- Devils, Devils, Devils (1976)
- Creepies, Creepies, Creepies (1977) also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Creepies: A Covey of Quiver-and-Quaver Tales (1978)
- Haunts! Haunts! Haunts! (1977)
- Spectres, Spooks and Shuddery Shades (1977)
- Eerie, Weird and Wicked (1977)
- Demons Within and Other Disturbing Tales (1978)
- Terrors, Torments and Traumas (1978)
- Horrors, Horrors, Horrors (1978)
- Terrors, Terrors, Terrors (1979)
- Thrillers, Chillers and Killers (1979)
- A Chilling Collection (1979)
- Fear! Fear! Fear! (1980)
- Giants! Giants! Giants! (1980)
- Sinister, Strange, and Supernatural (1980)
- Mysterious, Menacing & Macabre (1981)
- More Ghosts, Ghosts, Ghosts (1981)
- Tales of Fear & Frightening Phenomena (1982)
- Uncanny Tales of Unearthly and Unexpected Horrors (1983)
- Demonic, Dangerous & Deadly (1983)
- Ghastly, Ghoulish, Gripping Tales (1983)
- Spirits, Spooks and Other Sinister Creatures (1984)
- Venomous Tales of Villainy and Vengeance (1984)
- Horrifying and Hideous Hauntings (1986) with Franklin Hoke
...and so, I missed the preponderance of her work in the horror and fantasy fields, having left behind the younger-readers' sections of libraries by 1976, but I do remember the early volumes well, with their often rather uninspired covers, but usually interesting content...
2 comments:
I had no idea she edited so many anthologies. I remember seeing some of the covers, but probably, due to the subject matter - never liking horror or scary - paid attention to the editor. I did read one of them, though, one of the triple word ones, can't recall which.
I've seen these anthologies but passed on them. Next time, I'm buying!
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