Peter Haining (1940-2007) was one of a new breed of anthologists, one who made his living at anthologizing alone. Like Martin H. Greenberg in Science Fiction, Haining saw his name on countless books.
Scary Stories
Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream! (1998)
Scary! 2: More Stories to Make You Scream! (2002)
The Ancient Mysteries Reader
The Ancient Mysteries Reader Book 1 (1978)
The Ancient Mysteries Reader Book 2 (1978)
The Ancient Mysteries Reader (1975)
The Mammoth Book Series
The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Ghost Stories (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (2007)
The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings (2008)
The Nightmare Reader Series
The Nightmare Reader (1973)
The Nightmare Reader Volume One (1976)
The Nightmare Reader: Volume Two (1976)
The Weird Tales Series
Weird Tales (1976)
Weird Tales Vol. 1 (1978)
Weird Tales Vol. 2 (1978)
Other Anthologies
The Hell of Mirrors (1965)
Beyond the Curtain of Dark (1966)
Where Nightmares Are (1966)
Summoned from the Tomb: Great Tales of Horror (1966)
The Craft of Terror (1966)
The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies (1967)
Dr. Caligari’s Black Book (1968)
Legends for the Dark (1968)
The Evil People (1968)
The Midnight People (1968) (aka Vampires at Midnight (1970)
The Unspeakable People (1969)
The Witchcraft Reader (1969)
The Satanists (1969)
The Hollywood Nightmare (1970)
The Wild Night Company (1970) (aka Irish Tales of Terror (1988)
The Freak Show (1970)
A Circle of Witches (1971)
The Clans of Darkness (1971) (aka Scottish Stories of Fantasy and Horror (1988)
The Ghouls (1971) (aka The Ghouls: Book One (1974) and The Ghouls: Book Two (1974)
The Necromancers: Best of Black Magic and Witchcraft (1971)
Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations (1972) (aka Nightfrights: Occult Stories for All Ages (1973)
The Lucifer Society: Macabre Tales by Great Modern Writers (1972) (aka Detours Into the Macabre (1974) and Masters of the Macabre: The Best of the 20th Century (1993)
Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840, Volume 1 (1972)
The Magicians: Occult Stories (1972)
Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840, Volume 2 (1972)
Gothic Tales of Terror (1972)
Christopher Lee’s New Chamber of Horrors (1974)
The Magic Valley Travellers (1974) (aka Great Welsh Fantasy Stories (2000)
The Monster Makers (1974)
The Hell of Mirrors (revised) (1974)
The Fantastic Pulps (1975)
The Ghost’s Companion (1975)
More of Christopher Lee’s New Chamber of Horror (1976)
The Black Magic Omnibus (1976) (aka The Black Magic Omnibus Volume 1 (1977) and The Black Magic Omnibus Volume 2 (1977)
Everyman’s Book of Classic Horror Stories (1976)
Unknown Tales of Horror (1976) (aka The First Book of Unknown Tales of Horror (1976)
Deadly Nightshade (1977)
Tales of a Monster Hunter (1977) with Peter Cushing
The Ghost Finders: Tales of Some Famous Phantoms (1978)
The Second Book of Unknown Tales of Horror (1978) (aka Tales of Unknown Horror (1978)
The Shilling Shockers: Stories of Terror from the Gothic Bluebooks (1978)
Classic Horror Omnibus: Volume I (1979)
M. R. James – Book of the Supernatural (1979)
More Tales of Unknown Horror (1979) (aka The Third Book of Unknown Tales of Horror (1980)
The Elephant Man and Other Freaks (1980)
The Edgar Allan Poe Bedside Companion: Morgue and Mystery Tales (1980)
Dead of Night (1981)
Greasepaint and Ghosts (1982)
Shades of Dracula: Uncollected Stories of Bram Stoker (1982)
Nightcaps and Nightmares (1983)
Christmas Spirits (1983)
Ghost Tour (1984)
Mysterious Railway Stories (1984) (as William Pattrick)
Hallowe’en Hauntings (1984)
Vampire (1985)
Zombie (1985) (aka Stories of the Walking Dead (1986)
Mysterious Sea Stories (1985) (as William Pattrick)
Tune in for Fear (1985)
The Ghost Ship: Stories of the Phantom Flying Dutchman (1985)
Supernatural Sleuths: Stories of Occult Investigators (1986)
Mysterious Air Stories (1986) (as William Pattrick)
At The Track: A Treasury of Horse Racing Stories (1987) (aka At the Track: A Treasury of Horse Racing Stories (1987) (as Richard Peyton)
Mysterious Motoring Stories (1987) (aka Duel and Other Horror Stories of the Road (1987) (as William Pattrick)
Werewolf: Horror Stories of the Man-Beast (1987)
Poltergeist: Tales of Deadly Ghosts (1987)
Movie Monsters: Great Horror Film Stories (1988)
The Mummy: Stories of the Living Corpse (1988)
The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One (1990) (aka Journey Into Fear and Other Great Stories of Horror on the Railways (1990) (as Richard Peyton)
Sinister Gambits: Chess Stories of Murder and Mystery (1991) (as by Richard Peyton)
Great Irish Stories of the Supernatural (1992)
The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus (1993) (aka The Armchair Horror Collection (1994)
The Frankenstein Collection: Terrifying Tales Inspired By The Cult Horror Movie (1994)
The Frankenstein Omnibus (1994)
Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery (1994)
Great Irish Tales of the Unimaginable (1994)
Great Irish Tales of Horror (1995)
The Vampire Omnibus (1995)
Ghost Movies: Famous Supernatural Films (1995)
London After Midnight: A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts (1996)
Ghost Movies II: Famous Supernatural Television Programmes (1996)
The Vampire Hunters’ Casebook (1996)
Classics of the Supernatural (1998)
Knights of Madness (1998)
Death on Wheels (1999)
Pulp Fictions (2004)
Vic Ghidalia (1926-2013) is perhaps best remembered in Science Fiction circles, working with Roger Elwood. Vic’s day job was in television but for fun he enjoyed horror fiction.
The Little Monsters (1969) with Roger Elwood
Beware the Beasts (1970) with Roger Elwood
Horror Hunters (1971) with Roger Elwood
The Mummy Walks Among Us (1971)
Dracula’s Guest and Other Stories (1972)
Eight Strange Tales (1972)
Satan’s Pets (1972)
The Venus Factor (1972) with Roger Elwood
Wizards and Warlocks (1972)
Young Demons (1972) with Roger Elwood
More Little Monsters (1973) with Roger Elwood
The Oddballs (1973)
The Devil’s Generation (1973)
Gooseflesh! (1974)
Beware More Beasts (1975) with Roger Elwood
Nightmare Garden (1976) Feast of Fear (1977)
Hugh Lamb (1946-2019), like Peter Haining, was a pro-anthologist. What made him different was Lamb sought the truly neglected stories in old manuscripts and ancient tomes (a bit like the characters in some of those stories). He also published collections of new horror fiction like New Tales of Terror (1980).
Gaslit Nightmare Series
Gaslit Nightmares (1988)
Gaslit Nightmares 2 (1991)
Gaslit Nightmares (2006)
Other Anthologies
A Tide of Terror (1972)
A Wave of Fear (1973)
Victorian Tales of Terror (1974)
Star Book of Horror No. 1 (1975)
Terror by Gaslight (1975)
The Thrill of Horror (1975)
Return from the Grave (1976)
The Star Book of Horror No. 2 (1976)
The Taste of Fear (1976)
Victorian Nightmares (1977) (aka A Bottomless Grave and Other Victorian Tales of Terror (2001)
Cold Fear (1977)
Forgotten Tales of Terror (1978)
The Man-Wolf and Other Horrors (1978)
Tales from a Gas-Lit Graveyard (1979)
New Tales of Terror (1980)
Stories in the Dark: Tales of Terror by Jerome K. Jerome, Robert Barr and Barry Pain (1989)
Terror by Gaslight: An Anthology of Rare Tales of Terror (1992)
Ghosts in the House (1996)
Gaslit Horror (2008)
Michel Parry (1947-2014) was not the only editor to work with horror film legend, Christopher Lee, but he was the most often to do so.
From the Archives of Evil Series
From the Archives of Evil (1976) with Christopher Lee
From the Archives of Evil, Number 2 (1976) with Christopher Lee
The Mayflower Books of Black Magic series
The 1st Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories (1974) (ala Great Black Magic Stories (1977)
The 2nd Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories (1974)
The 3rd Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories (1975)
The 4th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories (1976)
The 5th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories (1976)
The 6th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories (1977)
Reign of Terror Series
Reign of Terror: The 1st Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories (1976)
Reign of Terror: The 2nd Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories (1977)
Reign of Terror: The 3rd Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories (1977)
Reign of Terror: The 4th Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories (1978)
The Devil’s Kisses Series
The Devil’s Kisses (1976) (as Linda Lovecraft)
More Devil’s Kisses (1977) (as Linda Lovecraft)
Other Anthologies
Beware of the Cat (1972)
Strange Ecstasies (1973)
Dream Trips (1974)
The Devil’s Children (1974)
The Hounds of Hell (1974)
Christopher Lee’s ‘X’ Certificate No. 1 (1975) with Christopher Lee
Jack the Knife (1975)
Roots of Evil: Beyond the Secret Life of Plants (1976) (as Carlos Cassaba)
The Supernatural Solution (1976)
Waves of Terror: Weird Stories About the Sea (1976)
The Rivals of Dracula: A Century of Vampire Fiction (1977)
The Rivals of Frankenstein: A Gallery of Monsters (1977)
Archives of Evil (1977) with Christopher Lee (aka Christopher Lee’s Archives of Evil (1979)
The Rivals of King Kong: A Rampage of Beasts (1978)
The Great Villains (1978) with Christopher Lee (aka Christopher Lee’s Omnibus of Evil (1978)
Lurking Shadows (1979) with Christopher Lee
Ghostbreakers (1985)
Richard Dalby (1949-2017) didn’t work in series but he frequently focused on vampires and Christmas anthologies.
The Sorceress in Stained Glass & Other Ghost Stories (1971)
Dracula’s Brood: Rare Vampire Stories by Friends and Contemporaries of Bram Stoker (1987) (aka Dracula’s Brood: Neglected Vampire Classics by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Algernon Blackwood, M. R. James and Others (1989)
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories (1987)
Ghosts and Scholars: Ghost Stories in the Tradition of M. R. James (1987) with Rosemary Pardoe
Ghosts for Christmas (1988)
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (1988) (aka Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers (1989) and Victorian Ghost Stories by Noted Women Writers (1996)
Chillers for Christmas (1989)
Tales of Witchcraft (1991)
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume 2 (1991) (aka Modern Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers (1992)
Horror for Christmas (1992) (aka Mistletoe & Mayhem: Horrific Tales for the Holidays (1993)
Vampire Stories (1992)
The Anthology of Ghost Stories (1994) (aka The World’s Greatest Ghost Stories (2004)
Shivers for Christmas (1995)
Twelve Gothic Tales (1998)
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories (2006)
Vintage Vampire Stories (2011) with Robert Eighteen-Bisang
Dracula’s Brethren (2017) with Brian J. Frost
In future segments we will look at the classic children collectors like Helen Hoke as well as the living anthologists of today like Stephen Jones and Mike Ashley.
