7 Introduction (The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) (1969) essay by Robert Aickman 
11 The Firmin Child (1965) shortstory by Richard H. Blum 
33 Lord Mount Prospect (1965) shortstory by John Betjeman 
45 The Library Window (1881) shortstory by Margaret Oliphant [as by Mrs. Oliphant ] 
87 The Dancing Partner (1893) shortstory by Jerome K. Jerome 
94 The Swords (1969) novelette by Robert Aickman 
122 The Mysterious Stranger (1823) novelette by Anonymous 
161 A Question Of Time (1969) shortstory by Elizabeth Walter 
172 Venus (1909) shortstory by Maurice Baring 
182 Jerry Bundler (1897) shortstory by W. W. Jacobs 
190 The Great Return (1915) novelette by Arthur Machen

The 5th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories

Robert Aickman

Fontana

A collection of 12 of the most popular tales from the "Pan Book of Horror Stories". Included are stories by Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King and John Lennon.

Dark Voices: The Best from the "Pan Book of Horror Stories"

Literature & Fiction

Robert Holdstock

JOHN LENNON

HARRY HARRISON

Alan Ryan

ian-mcewan

BASIL COPPER

David Case

Robert, Bloch

Ray. Bradbury

Stanley Ellin

Stephen, King

George Langelaan

Genre Fiction

Pan Books

Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories

Literary

Berkley Publishing Co.

Sub rosa: strange tales

Gollancz

Cold Hand in Mine was first published in the UK in 1975 and in the US in 1977. The story Pages from a Young Girl's Journal won Aickman the World Fantasy Award in 1975. It was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1973 before appearing in this collection.\nCold Hand in Mine stands as one of Aickman's best collections and contains eight stories that show off his powers as a 'strange story' writer to the full, being more ambiguous than standard ghost stories. Throughout the stories the reader is introduced to a variety of characters, from a man who spends the night in a Hospice to a German aristocrat and a woman who sees an image of her own soul. There is also a nod to the conventional vampire story (Pages from a Young Girl's Journal) but all the stories remain unconventional and inconclusive, which perhaps makes them all the more startling and intriguing.\nThe Swords 
The Real Road to the Church 
Niemandswasser 
Pages from a Young Girl's Journal 
The Hospice 
The Same Dog 
Meeting Mr. Millar 
The Clock Watcher

Cold Hand in Mine. Eight strange stories

Short Stories & Anthologies

Charles Scribner`s Sons

Dark Descent: A Fabulous Formless Darkness v. 3 (The Dark Descent Series)

Joyce Carol Oates

Oliver Onions

Shirley Jackson

GENE WOLFE

Fritz LEIBER

Thomas M. Disch

ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

Ambrose, Bierce

Algernon, Blackwood

Edith, Wharton

Philip, K. Dick

WALTER

De La Mare

GRAFTON

A collection of horror tales by the recipient of the 1981 World Fantasy Award, and author of "Cold Hand in Mine" and "Painted Devils".

The Wine-dark Sea

Mandarin

Cold Hand in Mine stands as one of Aickman's best collections and contains eight stories that show off his powers as a 'strange story' writer to the full. The listener is introduced to a variety of characters, from a man who spends the night in a Hospice to a German aristocrat and a woman who sees an image of her own soul. There is also a nod to the conventional vampire story ("Pages from a Young Girl's Journal") but all the stories remain unconventional and inconclusive, which perhaps makes them all the more startling and intriguing. Cold Hand in Mine was first published in the UK in 1975 and in the US in 1977. The story Pages from a Young Girl's Journal won the Aickman World Fantasy Award in 1975. It was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1973 before appearing in this collection. This collection includes:"The Swords""The Real Road to the Church""Niemandswasser""Pages from a Young Girl’s Journal""The Hospice""The Same Dog""Meeting Mr Millar""The Clock Watcher" Robert Fordyce Aickman was born in 1914 in London. In 1951, he published his first ghost stories in a volume called We Are the Dark, written in conjunction with Elizabeth Jane Howard, then went on to publish 11 further volumes of horror stories, two fantasy novels, and two volumes of autobiography. Dubbed ‘the supreme master of the supernatural’, he won a World Fantasy Award and British Fantasy Award for his short fiction, and also edited the first eight volumes of The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories. Aside from his writing, Aickman was passionate about preserving British canals and founded the Inland Waterways Association in 1946. He died in February 1981. Reece Shearsmith is a talented actor and writer. He is most famous for co-writing and starring in the award-winning The League of Gentlemen, along with Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, and Jeremy Dyson. In 2009, Shearsmith and Pemberton won Best New Comedy at the 2009 British Comedy Awards for Psychoville. Reece Shearsmith has just finished filming Ben Wheatley’s horror A Field in England, out in July 2013.

Cold Hand in Mine

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Robert Aickman, the supreme master of the supernatural, brings together eight stories in which strange things happen that the reader is unable to predict. His characters are often lonely and middle-aged, but all have the same thing in common: they are brought to the brink of an abyss that shows how terrifyingly fragile our piece of mind actually is. The Unsettled Dust, The House of the Russians, No Stronger Than a Flower, The Cicerones and Ravissante first appeared in the Sub Rosa collection in 1968, but the stories were published together as The Unsettled Dust in 1990. Aickman received the British Fantasy Award in 1981 for The Stains, which first appeared in the anthology New Terrors (1980), as well as the posthumous collection of Aickman's short stories, Night Voices (1985). The Unsettled DustThe Houses of the RussiansNo Stronger Than a FlowerThe CiceronesThe Next GladeRavissanteBind Your HairThe Stains Robert Fordyce Aickman was born in 1914 in London. In 1951, he published his first ghost stories in a volume called We Are the Dark, written in conjunction with Elizabeth Jane Howard, then went on to publish eleven further volumes of horror stories, two fantasy novels and two volumes of autobiography. Dubbed ‘the supreme master of the supernatural’, he won a World Fantasy Award and British Fantasy Award for his short fiction, and also edited the first eight volumes of The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories. Aside from his writing, Aickman was passionate about preserving British canals and founded the Inland Waterways Association in 1946. He died in February 1981. Reece Shearsmith is a talented actor and writer. He is most famous for co-writing and starring in the award-winning The League of Gentlemen, along with Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, and Jeremy Dyson. In 2009, Shearsmith and Pemberton won Best New Comedy at the 2009 British Comedy Awards for Psychoville. Reece Shearsmith has just finished filming Ben Wheatley's horror A Field in England, out in July 2013.

Unsettled Dust, The

First published in the US in 1988 and in the UK in 1990, The Wine-Dark Sea contains eight unsettling stories that explore protagonists' fears and desires, at once illogical and terrifying, and culminate in a disturbing and enigmatic ending. Aickman's 'strange stories' (his preferred term for them) are a subtle exploration of psychological displacement and paranoia; his characters ordinary people that are gradually drawn into the darker recesses of their own minds. For fans of the horror genre, Robert Aickman is a must read. The Wine-Dark SeaThe Trains Your Tiny Hand Is FrozenGrowing BoysThe FetchThe Inner RoomNever Visit VeniceInto the WoodRobert Fordyce Aickman was born in 1914 in London. In 1951, he published his first ghost stories in a volume called We Are the Dark, written in conjunction with Elizabeth Jane Howard, then went on to publish eleven further volumes of horror stories, two fantasy novels and two volumes of autobiography. Dubbed ‘the supreme master of the supernatural’, he won a World Fantasy Award and British Fantasy Award for his short fiction, and also edited the first eight volumes of The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories. Aside from his writing, Aickman was passionate about preserving British canals and founded the Inland Waterways Association in 1946. He died in February 1981. Reece Shearsmith is a talented actor and writer. He is most famous for co-writing and starring in the award-winning The League of Gentlemen, along with Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson. In 2009, Shearsmith and Pemberton won Best New Comedy at the 2009 British Comedy Awards for Psychoville.Reece Shearsmith has just finished filming Ben Wheatley’s horror A Field in England, out in July 2013.

Wine Dark Sea, The

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