Alfred Hitchcock – The Late Unlamented

Alfred Hitchcock [Peter Haining] (ed.) – The Late Unlamented (NEL Four Square 1967)

Jonathan Craig – The Late Unlamented
Arthur Porges – The Telltale Eye
Carroll Mayers – Ghost Of A Chance
Leo R. Ellis – The Madness Machine
C.B. Gilford – A Witch For The Burning
Donald Honig – Haunted Hall
Richard Levinson & William Link – The End Of An Era
Carroll Mayers – Until Death Do Us Part
August Derleth – The China Cottage
Wenzell Brown – Death By Misadventure
Lawrence Block – When this Man Dies
Richard Hardwick – Sheriff Peavy’s Cosa Nostra Caper

‘This collection of stories has been selected by Peter Haining from issues of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine published during the last five years in the USA…’

Thanks to nightreader for providing the scan and contents.

Alfred Hitchcock – Haunted Houseful

Alfred Hitchcock [Robert Arthur] (ed.) – Haunted Houseful (Four Square, 1965)

Josh Kirby

I’ve not seen a copy, but believe the contents to be the same as the Random House original from 1961, subtitled ‘Nine “COOL” stories about Haunted Houses and Ghosts for Boys and Girls’, which comprise.

Manly Wade Wellman – Let’s Haunt A House
Constance Savery – The Wastwych Secret
Walter R. Brooks – Jimmy Takes Vanishing Lessons
Jack Bechdolt – The Mystery Of Rabbit Run
Elizabeth Coatsworth – The Forgotten Island
John Kendrick Bangs – The Water Ghost Of Harrowby Hall
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – The Red-Headed League
Mark Twain – The Treasure In The Cave
Donald & Louise Peattie – The Mystery In Four-And-A-Half Street

Would appreciate if someone could confirm or deny! It certainly doesn’t look heavy on horror content, does it?

Dashiell Hammett – Breakdown

Dashiell Hammett (ed.) – Breakdown (NEL/Four Square, 1968).

Breakdown

Dashiell Hammett – Introduction

Peter Fleming – The Kill
H P Lovecraft – The Music of Erich Zann
John Collier – Green Thoughts
L A G Strong – Breakdown
Conrad Aiken – Mr Arcularis
William Faulkner – A Rose For Emily
Paul Suter – Beyond the Door
Frank Belknap Long – A Visitor From Egypt
Andre Maurois – The House
The King of the Cats

An early warning that Mr. Haining was prone to a crafty recycle! The discerning eye will note that this is a ‘Best of …’ culled from the previous Hammett selections.

Dashiell Hammett – The Red Brain

Dashiell Hammett (ed.) – The Red Brain (Four Square, 1965)

The Red Brain

Dashiell Hammett – Introduction

John Collier – Green Thoughts
Robert Dean Frisbie – The Ghost of Alexander Perks, A.B.
Peter Fleming – The Kill
Peter MacDonald – Ten O’Clock
L A G Strong – Breakdown
S Fowler Wright – The Rat
Irwin S Cobb – Faith, Hope and Charity
H P Lovecraft – The Music of Erich Zann
Donald Wandrei – The Red Brain
W Elwyn Backus – The Phantom Bus

Calenture gives the lowdown on most of Hammett’s inclusions on Vault’s Red Brain/ Creeps By Night/ Breakdown thread

Dashiell Hammett – Creeps by Night

Dashiell Hammett (ed.) – Creeps by Night (Four Square, 1966)

Creeps By Night

Introduction

Willaim Faulkner – A Rose for Emily
Andre Maurois – The House
Hanns Heinz Ewers – The Spider
William Seabrook – The Witch’s Vengeance
Conrad Aiken – Mr. Arcularis
Harold Dearden – The Strange Case of Mrs Arkwright
Stephen Vincent Benet – The King of the Cats
Paul Sutler – Beyond the Door
Micheal Joyce – Perchance to Dream
Frank Belknap Long Jnr. – A Visitor from Egypt

Thanks to Nightreader for providing the cover scan.