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Anthologies

Introduction

GNS has been anthologised in book form surprisingly rarely given how many short stories he's written, just eighteen stories over almost forty years and a few of them were reprints from other publications.

This page lists all of his short stories that have been published in anthologies, initially in a basic table and then with covers and further details below.

For other work, return to Short Stories or Broken Backlist.


The List

# Year Title Anthology Editor(s)
1 1977 Seagull Pool Communication Practice in Written English Frank Chaplen
2 1986 Hollow Eyes Halloween Horrors Alan Ryan
3 1989 Crustacean Revenge Scare Care Graham Masterton
4 1990 The Baby Dark Voices 2 David Sutton
Stephen Jones
5 1991 I'll See You on Saturday Night Final Shadows Charles L. Grant
6 1993 The Doll Cold Cuts Paul Lewis
Steve Lockley
7 1994 Return to Innsmouth Shadows Over Innsmouth Stephen Jones
8 1994 Last Train The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein Stephen Jones
9 1997 The Case of the Sporting Squire The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures Mike Ashley
10 1997 Larry's Guest The Mammoth Book of Dracula Stephen Jones
11 1999 Murder So Cool Murder Most Scottish Stefan Dziemianowicz
Bob Adey
Ed Gorman
Martin H. Greenberg
12 2000 A Matter of Flesh and Blood Murder Through the Ages Maxim Jakubowski
13 2001 The Deserter The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak
The Mammoth Book of Sea Battles
Mike Ashley
14 2009 The Beast in the Mist Creature Feature Neil Jackson
15 2009 The Fish Thing Creature Feature Neil Jackson
16 2011 The Fish Thing Dead Bait 2 Unknown
17 2011 Devil of the Dark Forest 11 Cieć Unknown
18 2012 The Hangman Horror Express Volume Two Marc Shemmans
19 2013 The Big One The Unspoken William Meikle
20 2016 Bone Meal Za Tebou Roman Kroufka
Honza Vojtíšek


Individual Stories

Seagull Pool

This was a short piece of general fiction that was published in a textbook, Communication Practice in Written English, edited by Frank Chaplen. It had been previously published in Country Gentleman's Magazine.

Editions

  • 1977 - Oxford University Press (UK) paperback


Hollow Eyes

This was a horror story published in an anthology, Halloween Horrors, edited by Alan Ryan.

Editions

  • 1986 - Doubleday (USA) hardback
  • 1987 - Charter (USA) paperback
  • 1988 - Severn House (UK) hardback
  • 1988 - Sphere (UK) paperback


Crustacean Revenge

This was a Crabs story published in Scare Care, a horror anthology edited by Graham Masterton as a fundraiser for the Scare Care Trust.

Editions

  • 1989 - Tor (USA) hardback
  • 1989 - Tor (USA) paperback
  • 1991 - Grafton (UK) paperback


The Baby

This horror story was published in Dark Voices 2, edited by David Sutton and Stephen Jones. Dark Voices was the new title of the old faithful, The Pan Book of Horror Stories.

Editions

  • 1990 - Pan (UK) paperback
  • 1991 - Severn House (UK) hardback


I'll See You on Saturday Night

This horror story was published in Final Shadows, edited by Charles L. Grant.

Editions

  • 1991 - Doubleday (USA) paperback


The Doll

This was another horror story, published in Cold Cuts, edited by Paul Lewis and Steve Lockley.

Editions

  • 1993 - Alun Books (UK) paperback


Return to Innsmouth

This Lovecraftian horror story was published in Shadows Over Innsmouth, edited by Stephen Jones. It had previously appeared in the souvenir programme for Reminiscon 40, the event celebrating R. Lionel Fanthorpe's fortieth year in print.

Editions

  • 1994 - Fedogan & Bremer (USA) hardback
  • 1994 - Fedogan & Bremer (USA) slipcased edition of above, signed and numbered
  • 1997 - Cassell (UK) trade paperback
  • 2001 - Del Rey (USA) trade paperback
  • 2001 - Gakken Bunko (Japan) paperback, in two volumes
  • 2012 - Jemma Press (Greece) trade paperback
  • 2013 - Titan (USA) trade paperback
  • 2015 - Festa (Germany) trade paperback, as Schatten über Innsmouth
  • 2016 - Mokba/Eksmo (Russia) hardback


Last Train

This horror tale was Guy's first Mammoth story, published in The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, edited by Stephen Jones.

Editions

  • 1994 - Carroll & Graf (USA) trade paperback
  • 1994 - Robinson (UK) trade paperback
  • 1995 - Justsystem (Japan) hardback
  • 1995 - Magpie (UK) trade paperback, as The Giant Book of Frankenstein
  • 1995 - The Book Company (Australia) trade paperback, as The Giant Book of Frankenstein
  • 1996 - Newton Compton (Italy) trade paperback, as Tutte le storie di Frankenstein
  • 2012 - Azbooka-Atticus (Russia) hardback
  • 2015 - Robinson (UK) trade paperback
  • 2016 - Pegasus (USA) hardback, as In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus


The Case of the Sporting Squire

This mystery story was published in The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, edited by Mike Ashley. It was based on a credited but unwritten case of Sherlock Holmes.

Editions

  • 1997 - Robinson (UK) trade paperback
  • 2009 - Running Press (UK) trade paperback


Larry's Guest

This horror story was published in The Mammoth Book of Dracula, edited by Stephen Jones.

Editions

  • 1997 - Robinson (UK) trade paperback
  • 1997 - Carroll & Graf (USA) trade paperback
  • 1997 - Newton & Compton (Italy) trade paperback, as Il grande libro di Dracula
  • 2004 - Newton & Compton (Italy) trade paperback, as Il grande libro di Dracula
  • 2008 - Newton & Compton (Italy) trade paperback, as Il grande libro di Dracula
  • 2011 - Robinson (UK) trade paperback
  • 2011 - Running Press (USA) trade paperback
  • 2012 - Azbooka-Atticus (Russia) hardback


Murder So Cool

This Scottish mystery story was published in Murder Most Scottish, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Bob Adey, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg.

Editions

  • 1999 - Barnes & Noble (USA) hardback
  • 1999 - Barnes & Noble (USA) trade paperback


A Matter of Flesh and Blood

This historical mystery story was published in Murder Through the Ages, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

Editions

  • 2000 - Headline (UK) trade paperback
  • 2001 - Headline (UK) trade paperback
  • 2006 - Ibooks (UK) trade paperback


The Deserter

This naval history story set aboard HMS Temeraire on the eve of the battle of Trafalgar was published in The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak, edited by Mike Ashley. This book was also published as The Mammoth Book of Sea Battles.

Editions

  • 2001 - Robinson (UK) trade paperback (as Hearts of Oak)
  • 2001 - Running Press (UK) trade paperback (as Sea Battles)


The Beast in the Mist \ The Fish Thing

These horror stories were published in an anthology edited by Neil Jackson of Ghostwriter Publications. The Beast in the Mist was an original story, while The Fish Thing was reprinted from London Mystery Selection.

Editions

  • 2009 - Ghostwriter Publications (UK) trade paperback


The Fish Thing

This horror story was reprinted again in Dead Bait 2, a themed anthology around horror from the deep.

Editions

  • 2011 - Severed Press (UK) trade paperback


Devil of the Dark Forest

This story, originally published in The Countryman's Weekly was reprinted in a Polish horror anthology, 11 Cieć.

Editions

  • 2011 - Replika (Poland) paperback


The Hangman

This story was another reprint, as it had been originally published in London Mystery Selection, but found book form in Horror Express Volume Two, edited by Marc Shemmans.

Editions

  • 2011 - Horror Express Publications (UK) trade paperback


The Big One

This horror story was published in The Unspoken, edited by William Meikle, published through Createspace as a fundraiser for the Beatson Cancer Research Institute.

Editions

  • 2013 - Createspace (UK) trade paperback


Bonemeal

This story, originally published in Peeping Tom #22 back in April 1996, was recently reprinted in a Polish anthology called Za Tebou or Thirteen Hours. This appears to be a special edition to celebrate five years and twenty issues of the Czech horror magazine, Howard.

Thanks to Chris Hall for noticing this one! A comprehensive interview (in Czech) about Howard can be found at XB-1.

Editions

  • 2016 - Unknown (Czech Republic) e-book



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