My Hallowe'en and beyond: Early Key Horror Anthologies (for me)

One of the books I learned to read with (along with Dr. Seuss and Gyo Fujikawa and Little Golden Books): compiled by Oscar Weigle

edited by Wilhelmina Harper, borrowed from the elementary school library in first grade:

• Publication: Ghosts and Goblins: Stories for Hallowe'en and Other Times
• Editor: Wilhelmina Harper
• Date: 1936-08-20
• Publisher: E. P. Dutton
• Price: $2.00
• Pages: 271

 Ghosts and Goblins • (1936) • interior artwork by Wilfred Jones

13 • Foreword (Ghosts and Goblins) • (1936) • essay by Wilhelmina Harper

23 • Hallowe'en • (1936) • poem by Molly Capes

25 • The Ghost of the Great White Stag • (1925) • short story by Arthur C. Parker

37 • The Hungry Old Witch • (1924) • short story by Charles J. Finger

52 • The Conjure Wives • (1921) • short story by Frances G. Wickes

57 • Someone • juvenile • (1913) • poem by Walter de la Mare

58 • Ah Tcha the Sleeper • juvenile • (1925) • short story by Arthur Bowie Chrisman

69 • The Woodman and the Goblins • juvenile • (1936) • short story by J. Berg Esenwein and Marietta Stockard [as by J. B. Esenwein and Marietta Stockard]

77 • The King o' the Cats • (1894) • short story by Joseph Jacobs

80 • The Enchanted Cow • (1931) • short story by Mary Gould Davis [as by Mary G. Davis]

88 • Peter and the Witch of the Wood • (1936) • short story by Anna Wahlenberg

105 • The Goblin of the Pitcher • (1931) • short story by Alida S. Malkus

112 • Tamlane • (1894) • short story by Joseph Jacobs

118 • The Ghosts of Forefathers' Hill • (1922) • short story by Raymond Macdonald Alden

131 • The Shadow People • (1917) • poem by Francis Ledwidge

133 • The Black Cat of the Witch-Dance-Place • (1936) • short fiction by Frances Jenkins Olcott [as by Frances J. Olcott]

138 • Tomson's Hallowe'en • juvenile • (1936) • short story by Margaret Baker [as by Margaret Baker and Mary Baker]

156 • So-Beé-Yit • (1936) • short story by Maynard Dixon

165 • The Old Hag of the Forest • (1899) • short story by Seumas MacManus

182 • The Ghost Wife • (1936) • short story by Charles A. Eastman

187 • The Old Witch • (1894) • short story by Joseph Jacobs

194 • Wait Till Martin Comes • (1921) • short story by Frances G. Wickes

The Wishing-Well • (1918) • short fiction by Maud Lindsay and Emilie Poulsson

The Witch's Shoes • (1929) • short fiction by Frances Jenkins Olcott [as by Frances J. Olcott]

208 • Old Man Gully's Hant • (1936) • short story by Sarah Johnson Cocke [as by Sarah J. Cocke]

A Hallowe'en Story • (1936) • poem by Margaret Widdemer

The Witch of Lok Island • (1929) • short story by Elsie Masson

The Great White Bear • juvenile • non-genre • (1915) • short story by Maud Lindsay

The Ghosts of Kahlberg • (1936) • short fiction by Bernard Henderson

The Wonderful Lamb • (1930) • short fiction by Nándor Pogány

Teeny-Tiny • (1890) • short fiction by Joseph Jacobs

Edited by Hal Cantor:

• Publication: Ghosts and Things
• Editor: Hal Cantor
• Date: 1962-00-00
• Catalog ID: #F666
• Publisher: Berkley Medallion
• Price: $0.50
• Pages: 160
• Binding: pb
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Container Title: Ghosts and Things • anthology by Hal Cantor
• Cover: Richard Powers

• 7 • The Romance of Certain Old Clothes • (1868) • short story by Henry James
• 28 • Caterpillars • (1912) • short story by E. F. Benson
• 37 • Markheim • (1885) • short story by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 54 • The Ghost Ship • (1912) • short story by Richard Middleton (variant of The Ghost-Ship)
• 65 • The Novel of the White Powder • (1895) • short story by Arthur Machen (variant of Novel of the White Powder)
• 83 • The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 92 • Running Wolf • (1920) • novelette by Algernon Blackwood and Wilfred Wilson [as by Algernon Blackwood]
• 111 • The Music on the Hill • (1911) • short story by Saki
• 117 • Phantas • (1910) • short story by Oliver Onions
• 134 • The House • (1931) • short fiction by André Maurois (trans. of La maison)
• 137 • The Lovely House • (1952) • novelette by Shirley Jackson

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edited by Nora Kramer:

• Publication: The Ghostly Hand and Other Haunting Stories
• Editor: Nora Kramer
• Date: 1972-10-00
• Catalog ID: #TX 2234
• Publisher: Scholastic Book Services
• Price: $0.60
• Pages: 96
• Binding: pb
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Container Title: The Ghostly Hand and Other Haunting Stories • juvenile • (1972) • anthology by Nora Kramer
• Cover: Don Dyan

•  The Ghostly Hand and Other Haunting Stories • (1972) • interior artwork by Don Dyan
• 5 • The Cat • (1972) • poem by Rosalind Welcher
• 6 • The Ghostly Hand of Spital House • (1972) • short story by Dorothy Spicer
• 20 • In the Night • (1923) • poem by Elizabeth Coatsworth
• 21 • The Quaker Girl and the Rocking Chair Ghost • (1956) • short story by Carl Carmer
• 25 • Invitation to a Ghost • (1972) • short story by Geoffrey Palmer and Noel Lloyd
• 33 • Most Spirited Ghost • (1972) • poem by Amanda Hall
• 34 • The Ghost in the Blue Cape • (1972) • short story by Vic Crume
• 40 • In the Fog • (1972) • poem by Lilian Moore
• 41 • The Family Ghosts • (1972) • short story by Moritz Jagendorf [as by M. Jagendorf]
• 45 • Up in the Attic • (1972) • poem by Rosalind Welcher
• 46 • Horror at Dusk • (1972) • short story by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
• 50 • Ghost Lake • (1972) • poem by Vic Crume
• 51 • The House That Lacked a Bogle • (1964) • short story by Sorche Nic Leodhas
• 63 • The Old Mansion • (1972) • poem by Rosalind Welcher
• 64 • The Strange Valley • (1968) • short story by T. V. Olsen
• 79 • The White Wolf • (1972) • poem by Rosalind Welcher
• 80 • The Open Window • (1911) • short story by Saki
• 87 • A Great Night for Spooks • (1966) • short story by Beverly Antonitis
• 96 • The Ghostly Crew • (1951) • poem by William M. Doerflinger

edited by Henry Mazzeo:

• Publication: Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural
• Editors: Henry Mazzeo
• Date: 1968-00-00
• ISBN: 0-385-09373-X [978-0-385-09373-6]
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Price: $5.98
• Pages: 318
• Binding: hc
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Cover: Edward Gorey

•  Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural • interior artwork by Edward Gorey
• 9 • Introduction: The Castle of Terror (Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural) • essay by Henry Mazzeo
• 15 • The Lonesome Place • (1941) • short story by August Derleth
• 25 • In the Vault • (1925) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 35 • The Man Who Collected Poe • (1951) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 51 • "Where Angels Fear ..." • (1939) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 61 • Lot No. 249 • (1892) • novelette by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 95 • The Haunted Dolls' House • (1923) • short story by M. R. James
• 109 • The Open Door • (1881) • novelette by Margaret Oliphant [as by Mrs. Oliphant]
• 151 • Thus I Refute Beelzy • (1940) • short story by John Collier
• 159 • Levitation • (1958) • short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 165 • The Ghostly Rental • (1876) • novelette by Henry James
• 199 • The Face • (1924) • short story by E. F. Benson
• 215 • The Whistling Room • [Carnacki (William Hope Hodgson)] • (1910) • short story by William Hope Hodgson
• 233 • The Grey Ones • (1953) • short story by J. B. Priestley
• 251 • The Stolen Body • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 269 • The Red Lodge • (1928) • short story by H. Russell Wakefield [as by H. R. Wakefield]
• 285 • The Visiting Star • (1966) • novelette by Robert Aickman
• 311 • Midnight Express • (1935) • short story by Alfred Noyes

edited by Kathleen Lines:

• Publication: The House of the Nightmare: and Other Eerie Tales
• Editor: Kathleen Lines
• Date: 1967-00-00
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Price: $3.95
• Pages: xii + 250
• Binding: hc
• Type: ANTHOLOGY

• The House of the Nightmare • (1906) • short story by Edward Lucas White
• The Hauntings at Thorhallstead • (unknown) • short fiction by Allen French
• His Own Number • (1963) • short story by William Croft Dickinson
• Gabriel-Ernest • (1909) • short story by Saki
• Hand in Glove • (1952) • short story by Elizabeth Bowen
• Mr. Fox • (unknown) • short fiction by unknown
• Curfew • short story by L. M. Boston
• John Bartine's Watch • (1893) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• The Monkey's Paw • (1902) • short story by W. W. Jacobs
• My Grandfather, Hendry Watty • (1892) • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch]
• A School Story • (1911) • short story by M. R. James
• The Red Cane • short story by E. F. Bozman
• A Diagnosis of Death • (1901) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• Bad Company • (1954) • short story by Walter de la Mare
• Proof • (1964) • short story by Henry Cecil
• The Amulet • (unknown) • short fiction by Thomas Raddall
• The Hair • (1928) • short story by A. J. Alan
• The Return of the Native • (1963) • short story by William Croft Dickinson
• The Earlier Service • (1935) • short story by Margaret Irwin

edited by Robert Arthur:

Alfred Hitchcock’s Monster Museum ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost edited by Robert Arthur) Random House; 1965; 207pp; $3.95
• 7 · Introduction: A Variety of Monsters · Alfred Hitchcock · in (gh. Arthur)
• 9 · The Day of the Dragon · Guy Endore · nv The Blue Book Magazine Jun 1934
• 36 · The King of the Cats · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Harper’s Bazaar Feb 1929
• 52 · Slime · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Weird Tales Mar 1953
• 78 · The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles · Idris Seabright · ss F&SF Oct 1951
• 83 · Gone to the Dogs · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Mar 1954, as “Henry Martindale, Great Dane”
• 97 · The Microscopic Giants · Paul Ernst · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1936
• 114 · The Young One · Jerome Bixby · nv Fantastic Apr 1954
• 143 · Doomsday Deferred · Will F. Jenkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 24 1949
• 159 · The Desrick on Yandro [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss F&SF Jun 1952
• 172 · The Wheelbarrow Boy · Richard Parker · ss Lilliput Oct 1950
• 177 · Homecoming · Ray Bradbury · ss Mademoiselle Oct 1946

edited by Betty M. Owen

• Publication: Nine Strange Stories
• Editors: Betty M. Owen
• Date: 1974-00-00
• Catalog ID: #TK4467
• Publisher: Scholastic Book Services
• Pages: 155
• Binding: pb
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Cover: Joe Ciardiello

• 1 • The Rocking-Horse Winner • (1926) • short story by D. H. Lawrence
• 23 • Heartburn • (1951) • short story by Hortense Calisher
• 38 • The Snail-Watcher • (1964) • short story by Patricia Highsmith (variant of The Snail Watcher)
• 49 • Manuscript Found in a Police State • (1972) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
• 88 • The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles • (1951) • short story by Margaret St. Clair [as by Idris Seabright]
• 95 • The Mark of the Beast • (1890) • short story by Rudyard Kipling
• 114 • The Summer People • (1950) • short story by Shirley Jackson
• 134 • The Leopard Man's Story • non-genre • (1903) • short story by Jack London
• 140 • The Garden of Forking Paths • (1971) • short story by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. of El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan 1941)

and then onto Helen Hoke and Son Manley and Gogo Lewis and certainly quite a few more Robert Arthur, Harold Q. Masur and other Hitchcock-branded books, and several more from Betty M. Owen...and Gerald Page's annual The Year's Best Horror Stories...