Randolph C. Bull – Upon the Midnight

Randolph C. Bull (ed.) – Upon the Midnight: An Anthology of Ghost and Horror Stories (Macdonald, 1957)

 

William Hope Hodgson – The Voice in the Night
Sir Gilbert Campbell, Bart. – The White Wolf of Kostopchin
J.B. Priestley – The Demon King
“A Lady” – The Parlour Car Ghost
H. de Vere Stacpoole – The Middle Bedroom
Theo Gift – Dog or Demon
Graham Greene – A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
Arnold Bennett – The Murder of the Mandarin
Amelia B. Edwards – The Four-Fifteen Express
Georgina C. Clark – A Life-Watch
John Moore – Decay
J.J. Curle – Awake – Asleep – Awake
Norman Edwards – The Flagstone
Robert W. Chambers – The Messenger
Clemence Dane – Nightly She Sings
Elizabeth Gaskell – The Squire’s Story

Thanks to Alan Frackelton for providing the contents and Steve Goodwin for providing a scan of the elusive cover!

Randolph C. Bull – Perturbed Spirits

Randolph C. Bull – Perturbed Spirits (Arthur Baker, 1954)

Grant Allen – Wolverden Tower
Rhoda Broughton – The Man With The Nose
R. W. Chambers – The Demoiselle D’y’s
Ralph Adams Cram – The Dead Valley
Dick Donovan – The Corpse Light
William Hope Hodgson – The Derelict
Erckmann-Chatrian – The Invisible Eye
H. B. Marriott Watson – The Devil On The Marsh
John Metcalfe – Mortmain
Pamela Hansford Johnson – Ghost Of Honour
Hume Nisbet – The Haunted Station
Fitz-James O’Brien – The Lost Room
Villiers De L’Isle Adam – Vera
Henry S. Whitehead – The Fireplace
Mrs H. D. Everett – The Death Mask
F. M. Mayor – The Unquiet Grave

A major influence on the Victorian ghost and horror collections of the excellent Hugh Lamb.

Thanks to Marijke van Duyn for the delightful cover scans!