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Title: August Heat Title Record # 897213
Author: William Fryer Harvey
Date: 1910-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: The full text of this story is available online. Multiple audio files of the story are available from the Wikipedia link.
Synopsis: One very hot day, an artist randomly draws a man in the dock at trial. He soon comes across the living counterpart of that unknown face, who's a gravestone carver who had the random impulse to carve a stone with an unfamiliar name and today's date of death--the name being the artist's.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1910 August Heat [as by William F. Harvey]
1910 August Heat [as by W. F. Harvey]
Year Language Title
1949Translated by A. Verhoeff
Dutch Onweer op Komst [as by W. F. Harvey]
1957Translated by Havank
Dutch Augustus-hitte [as by W. F. Harvey]
1958Translated by an unknown hand.
Spanish Calor de Agosto
1961Translated by Peter Naujack
German Augusthitze [as by W. F. Harvey]
1964Translated by Peter Naujack
German Augusthitze [as by W. F. Harvey]
1965Translated by Roland Stragliati & Françoise Martenon
French
Chaleur d'août?Chaleur d'aout
[as by W. F. Harvey]
1967Translated by an unknown translator.
French Chaleur d'août
1967Translated by G. W. Roos
Dutch De grafsteen [as by W. F. Harvey]
1979Translated by Karl H. Kosmehl
German Hundstage
1990Translated by Tomás Doreste.
Spanish Calor de agosto
1991Translated by Mihnea Columbeanu
Romanian
Căldură de august?Caldura de august
2022Translated by Gustavo Terranova
Portuguese Calor de agosto [as by W. F. Harvey]
2024Translated by unknown.
Italian Calura d'Agosto

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Midnight House and Other Tales 1910-00-00 William Fryer Harvey J. M. Dent     v+
243
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1928-09-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
8/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Omnibus of Crime 1929-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Harcourt, Brace & Company  
$3.00?$: US dollar
1177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1929-04-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Omnibus of Crime 1929-08-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Payson & Clarke  
$3.00?$: US dollar
1177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1930-05-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1930-09-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1931-08-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1932-06-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1933-01-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1933-12-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Haunted Omnibus 1937-00-00 ed. Alexander Laing Farrar & Rinehart  
$3.00?$: US dollar
xvi+
848
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lynd Ward  
The Haunted Omnibus 1937-00-00 ed. Alexander Laing Oxford  
C$?C$: Canadian dollar
xvi+
848
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Haunted Omnibus 1937-00-00 ed. Alexander Laing Cassell     xvi+
846
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Omnibus of Crime 1937-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Garden City Publishing Co.     1177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Ghost Stories of the World: The Haunted Omnibus 1939-00-00 ed. Alexander Laing Garden City Publishing Co.  
$1.79?$: US dollar
xvi+
848
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Great Short Stories of Detection: Part II, Mystery and Horror 1939-07-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
619
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Ghost Stories of the World 1941-00-00 ed. Alexander Laing Blue Ribbon Books  
$1.00?$: US dollar
viii+
485
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lynd Ward  
Great Ghost Stories of the World 1941-00-00 ed. Alexander Laing Blue Ribbon Books  
C$1.39?C$: Canadian dollar
viii+
485
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lynd Ward  
The Midnight Reader 1942-03-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Henry Holt & Co.  
$3.00?$: US dollar
ix+
564
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Famous Ghost Stories 1944-00-00 ed. Bennett Cerf Modern Library (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books #73)  
$1.25?$: US dollar
xi+
361
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Midnight Tales 1946-00-00 William Fryer Harvey J. M. Dent  
8/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
xiv+
200
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Geo. Mansell  
Strange and Fantastic Stories: Fifty Tales of Terror, Horror, and Fantasy 1946-00-00 ed. Joseph A. Margolies Whittlesey House  
$3.75?$: US dollar
x+
762
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Salter Checkmark
The Beast with Five Fingers: Twenty Tales of the Uncanny 1947-00-00 William Fryer Harvey E. P. Dutton  
$2.50?$: US dollar
219
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Travelers in Time, Strange Tales of Man's Journeyings Into the Past and the Future 1947-07-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Doubleday  
$3.50?$: US dollar
483
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Pocket Book of Ghost Stories 1947-10-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Pocket Books 384
$0.25?$: US dollar
405
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
Short Stories 1948-00-00 ed. Henry Christ, Jerome Shostak Oxford Book Co.  
$2.08?$: US dollar
429
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Voor en Na Middernacht: Zijnde Vijfendertig Spook en Griezelverhalen Alsmede Andere Fantastische Vertellingen 1949-00-00 ed. B. Jessurun Lobo Elsevier     354
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth J. F. Doeve  
Ghostly Tales to Be Told 1950-00-00 ed. Basil Davenport Dodd, Mead & Co.  
$3.00?$: US dollar
xvii+
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Week-End Book of Ghost Stories 1953-00-00 ed. Hereward Carrington Ives Washburn  
$3.50?$: US dollar
viii+
280
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Voor en Na Middernacht 1954-00-00 ed. B. Jessurun Lobo Elsevier (Elsevier Reeks)     319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth F. van Uden Checkmark
Famous Ghost Stories 1956-00-00 ed. Bennett Cerf Modern Library P21
$0.95?$: US dollar
xi+
361
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
Best Horror Stories 1957-00-00 ed. John Keir Cross Faber and Faber  
15/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
300
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Griezelverhalen 1957-00-00 ed. Havank Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #66) 66   190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Dick Bruna  
Antología de cuentos de misterio y terror 1958-00-00 ed. Juan José López Ibor Editorial Labor (Grandes Antologías Labor)     xxxi+
1319+
[5]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Haunted Looking Glass 1959-00-00 ed. Edward Gorey Epstein & Carroll (Looking Glass Library #9)     311
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey  
Great Tales of Action and Adventure 1959-06-00 ed. George Bennett Dell LB126
$0.35?$: US dollar
256
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Griezelverhalen 1961-00-00 ed. Havank Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #66) 66   190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Dick Bruna Checkmark
Panik: Gruselgeschichten aus England und Amerika von R. L. Stevenson bis Ernest Hemingway 1961-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger Diogenes  
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
449+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Flora  
Vóór Middernacht: De Beste Griezelverhalen 1961-00-00 ed. B. Jessurun Lobo Elsevier (Elsevier Pockets #E 83) E 83
ƒ1.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder
159
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Friso Henstra Checkmark
Best Horror Stories 1962-00-00 ed. John Keir Cross Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions)  
6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
300
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Famous Ghost Stories 1962-00-00 ed. Bennett Cerf Vintage Books V-140
$1.25?$: US dollar
xi+
361
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
Great Ghost Stories 1962-00-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Washington Square Press W-592
$0.60?$: US dollar
xxvi+
326
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Irv Docktor  
The Beast with Five Fingers and Other Midnight Tales 1962-00-00 William Fryer Harvey Aldine 10
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
xv+
200
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Great Ghost Stories 1962-07-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Washington Square Press W-592
$0.60?$: US dollar
xxvi+
326
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Irv Docktor Checkmark
Stories of the Supernatural 1963-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Macfadden-Bartell 50-170
$0.50?$: US dollar
144
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Die Bestie mit den fünf Fingern?Die Bestie mit den fuenf Fingern
1964-00-00 W. F. Harvey Diogenes (Diogenes Erzähler Bibliothek)  
DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
398
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Peter Neugebauer  
Histoires de terreur 1965-05-00 ed. Roland Stragliati OPTA (
Fiction Spécial?Fiction Special
#7)
 
F6.00?F: French frank
248
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
anth  
Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries 1966-00-00 ed. Bryan A. Netherwood Hammond, Hammond and Company  
30/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Het beest met vijf vingers en andere griezelverhalen 1967-00-00 W. F. Harvey Meulenhoff (Meesters der Fantastische Vertelkunst #5) F5
ƒ2.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder
157
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Sanne Sannes Checkmark
Les chefs-d'œuvre du fantastique?Les chefs-d'oeuvre du fantastique
1967-00-00 ed. Jacques Bergier, Alex Grall, Jacques Sternberg Planète (Anthologie Planète)     480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Christian Broutin  
Stories of the Supernatural 1967-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Macfadden-Bartell 50-300
$0.50?$: US dollar
144
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Great Tales of Action and Adventure 1967-04-00 ed. George Bennett Dell Laurel-Leaf 3202
$0.45?$: US dollar
256
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Richard Powers  
Die besten klassischen und modernen Gruselgeschichten von Poe bis Hemingway 1968-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger Diogenes  
DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
452+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Flora  
Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade 1968-02-00 ed. Jerome Brondfield Scholastic Book Services TK1056
$0.75?$: US dollar
238
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Margaret Howlett Checkmark
The Other Side of the Clock 1969-00-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Van Nostrand Reinhold P7977
$5.95?$: US dollar
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Unknown Worlds 1969-00-00 ed. Michael C. Flanigan, Lawana Trout Holt, Rinehart and Winston (Holt's Impact Series) 0-03-071620-9
$2.20?$: US dollar
xviii+
157
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade 1969-10-00 ed. Jerome Brondfield Scholastic Book Services TK1056
$0.75?$: US dollar
238
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade 1969-12-00 ed. Jerome Brondfield Scholastic Book Services TK1056
$0.75?$: US dollar
238
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Margaret Howlett Checkmark
The Restless Ghost: And Other Encounters and Experiences 1970-00-00 ed. Susan Dickinson Collins 0-00-195272-2
30/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antony Maitland  
Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade 1970-02-00 ed. Jerome Brondfield Scholastic Book Services TK1056
$0.75?$: US dollar
238
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
The Usurping Ghost: And Other Encounters and Experiences 1971-00-00 ed. Susan Dickinson E. P. Dutton 0-525-41902-0
$5.95?$: US dollar
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antony Maitland  
The Other Side of the Clock 1971-06-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Pinnacle Books P036-N
$0.95?$: US dollar
220
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
London Tales of Terror 1972-00-00 ed. Jacquelyn Visick Fontana (Fontana Tales of Terror) 0-00-612921-8 / 2921
£0.25?£: UK pound
187
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries 1972-00-00 ed. Bryan A. Netherwood Hammond, Hammond and Company 0-242-78533-6   544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Restless Ghost: And Other Encounters and Experiences 1972-00-00 ed. Susan Dickinson Collins 0-00-195272-2   318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antony Maitland  
Ghostly Encounters 1973-00-00 ed. Susan Dickinson Armada Lions 0-00-670611-8
£0.25?£: UK pound
157
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
The Usurping Ghost: And Other Encounters and Experiences 1973-02-00 ed. Susan Dickinson E. P. Dutton 0-525-41902-0
$5.95?$: US dollar
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antony Maitland  
Stories of the Supernatural 1974-03-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Manor Books 95313
$0.95?$: US dollar
175
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
London Tales of Terror 1975-05-00 ed. Jacquelyn Visick Fontana (Fontana Tales of Terror) 0-00-613958-2
£0.45?£: UK pound
187
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Justin Todd  
Cries of Terror 1976-00-00 ed. Anthony Masters Arrow Books 0-09-912190-5
£0.50?£: UK pound
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
Die besten klassischen und modernen Gruselgeschichten von Poe bis Hemingway 1976-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger Diogenes (Diogenes Sonderband) 3-257-00902-X   452+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Flora Checkmark
Dying of Fright: Masterpieces of the Macabre 1976-00-00 ed. Les Daniels Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-14624-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
x+
271
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lee Brown Coye Checkmark
Midnight House and Other Tales 1976-00-00 William Fryer Harvey Arno Press (Supernatural and Occult Fiction) 0-405-08133-2
$14.00?$: US dollar
243
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Mystery and the Unknown 1976-00-00 ed. Robert Potter Globe Book Company 0-87065-276-1   x+
214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mort Perry  
Tales of Mystery and Suspense 1977-00-00 ed. Theodore W. Hipple Allyn & Bacon     ix+
280
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Tales of Action and Adventure 1977-11-00 ed. George Bennett Dell 0-440-93202-5
$1.50?$: US dollar
256
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Histoires d'aberrations 1977-11-03 ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - La grande anthologie du fantastique #1466) 2-266-00425-5   406
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth C. Broutin  
Die Bestie mit den fünf Fingern?Die Bestie mit den fuenf Fingern
1979-00-00 W. F. Harvey Diogenes (detebe #191) 3-257-20599-6
DM 8.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
398
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Peter Neugebauer  
Gespenstergeschichten aus London 1979-00-00 ed. Jacquelyn Visick Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #2817) 3-596-22817-4
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
143
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Klaus Endrikat , Wenn  
Histoires d'aberrations 1980-00-00 ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati France Loisirs (La grande anthologie du fantastique #7) 2-7242-0721-1   406
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Benjamin Baltimore  
Histoires d'aberrations 1981-08-24 ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - La grande anthologie du fantastique #1466) 2-266-00425-5   406
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth C. Broutin Checkmark
Ghostly Encounters 1981-09-17 ed. Susan Dickinson Armada Lions 0-00-671359-9
£0.95?£: UK pound
 
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Chris Yates  
Alfred Hitchcock's Fatal Attractions 1983-00-00 ed. Elana Lore Davis Publications  
$2.95?$: US dollar
348
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
anth  
Alfred Hitchcock's Fatal Attractions 1983-00-00 ed. Elana Lore The Dial Press / Davis Publications 0-385-27914-0
$12.95?$: US dollar
348
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Tales of Mystery and Suspense 1983-00-00 ed. Theodore W. Hipple Allyn & Bacon     ix+
280
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Edward Gorey's Haunted Looking Glass 1984-00-00 ed. Edward Gorey Avenel Books 0-517-44898-X   315
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey Checkmark
Alfred Hitchcock's Fatal Attractions 1986-05-00 ed. Elana Lore Severn House 0-7278-1285-8
£9.95?£: UK pound
352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Ghost Stories in Large Print 1988-05-00 ed. Mary C. Allen G. K. Hall & Co. (G. K. Hall Large Print Book Series) 0-8161-4423-0
$18.95?$: US dollar
x+
390
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Reau Johnson Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult 1989-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Prometheus Books 0-87975-506-7
$22.95?$: US dollar
354
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Antología del horror y el misterio 4 1990-00-00 ed. Tomás Doreste Grijalbo (Antología del horror y el misterio #4) 968-419-896-5   310
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Iris SF, #6 1991-00-00 ed. Editors of Iris SF Iris  
Lei 25?Lei: Romanian leu
64
A5?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
mag
Valentin Tănase?Valentin Tanase
 
100 Tiny Tales of Terror 1996-09-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0140-7
$7.98?$: US dollar
x+
565
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Cheryl Knippenburg Checkmark
The Haunted Looking Glass 2001-03-00 ed. Edward Gorey New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics) 0-940322-68-4
$12.95?$: US dollar
254
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Edward Gorey  
Lovecraft's Weird Mysteries, #4 2001-04-00 ed. John M. Navroth Pentagram Publications  
$3.50?$: US dollar
36
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag Allen Koszowski  
The Beast with Five Fingers: Supernatural Stories 2009-00-00 W. F. Harvey Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-179-4
£2.99?£: UK pound
xii+
418
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Des Knock  
The Double Eye 2009-06-29 William Fryer Harvey Tartarus Press 978-1-905784-14-1
£32.50?£: UK pound
xvi+
303
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Screaming Skull and Other Classic Horror Stories 2010-00-00 ed. Michael Kelahan Fall River Press 978-1-4351-2498-1   xiv+
408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Patrice Kaplan Checkmark
The Big Book of Ghost Stories 2012-09-18 ed. Otto Penzler Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books 978-0-307-47449-0
$25.00?$: US dollar
xii+
833
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Gregg Kulick Checkmark
Cries of Terror 2012-10-16 ed. Anthony Masters Bloomsbury Reader 978-1-4482-1020-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Before Weird Tales: Early 20th Century Stories of Horror and the Supernatural 2013-00-00 ed. Araminta Star Matthews, Charles G. Waugh Sam Teddy Publishing 978-1-935573-59-3
$24.95?$: US dollar
428
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
The Phantom Coach: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Ghost Stories 2014-08-26 ed. Michael Sims Bloomsbury USA 978-1-62040-324-2
$11.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson 2014-10-09 ed. Darryl Jones Oxford University Press 978-0-19-968543-1
£14.99?£: UK pound
xlii+
510
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Simon Marsden  
Great Horror Stories: 101 Chilling Tales 2016-12-29 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz Fall River Press 978-1-4351-6441-3
$7.98?$: US dollar
xii+
755
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume III 2020-02-11 ed. Ian Gordon HorrorBabble  
$29.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
Heavy Weather: Tempestuous Tales of Stranger Climes 2021-02-18 ed. Kevan Manwaring The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-5358-8
£8.99?£: UK pound
332
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth
Sandra Gómez?Sandra Gomez
Checkmark
Realidades alternativas, May 2022 2022-05-00 ed. Gustavo Terranova Editora Andarilho (Realidades alternativas #2)  
R$22.00?R$: Brazilian real
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Howard V. Brown  
Fugit: L'ombra del tempo 2024-03-06 ed. Lorenzo Incarbone ABEditore (Ombre e Creature) 978-88-6551-376-7
€15.00?€: Euro
300
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Famous Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Bennett Cerf Vintage Books 0-394-70140-2 / V-140
$2.45?$: US dollar
xi+
361
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Great Horror Stories: 101 Chilling Tales date unknown ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz Fall River Press (BG-Classic Editions) 978-1-4351-6441-3   xii+
755
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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