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===Collections and uncollected short stories=== Collections: * ''Six Common Things'' (1893 [UK]; published in the United States as ''A Double Overture'' 1894), collection of 16 short stories: *: "Once", "Autumn and Love", "Two Days After", "Carrington", "Jack and Poll", "At King's Cross Station", "The Sound of the Grinding", "Blue Stripe", "A Winter Morning", "The Zoo", "The Three Old Ladies", "Like a Grammarian", "Poor Miss Huntingford", "The Defeat of Lady Grantham.", "The Tragedy of a Green Totem", "The Death Warrant" * ''The Room in the Tower, and Other Stories'' (1912), collection of 16 short stories and 1 novelette: *: "[[The Room in the Tower]]", "The Dust-Cloud", "Gavon's Eve", "The Confession of Charles Linkworth", "At Abdul Ali's Grave", "The Shootings of Achnaleish", "How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery", "Caterpillars", "The Cat", "The Bus-Conductor", "[[The Man Who Went Too Far]]" (novelette), "Between the Lights", "Outside the Door", "The Terror by Night", "The Other Bed", "The Thing in the Hall", "The House with the Brick-Kiln" * ''[https://archive.org/details/countessoflownde00bens The Countess of Lowndes Square, and Other Stories]'' (1920), collection of 14 short stories: *: "The Countess of Lowndes Square", "The Blackmailer of Park Lane", "The Dance on the Beefsteak", "The Oriolists", "In the Dark", "The False Step", "The Case of Frank Hampden", "Mrs. Andrews's Control", "The Ape", "Through", "{{-'}}Puss-Cat{{'-}}", "There Arose a King", "Tragedy of Oliver Bowman", "Philip's Safety Razor" * ''"And the Dead Spake—", and The Horror Horn'' (1923), collection of 2 short stories: *: "The Horror-Horn", "{{-'}}And the Dead Spake...{{'-}}" * ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60339 Visible and Invisible]'' (1923 [UK]; published in the United States 1924), collection of 12 short stories: *: "{{-'}}And the Dead Spake...{{'-}}", "The Outcast", "The Horror-Horn", "Machaon", "Negotium Perambulans", "At the Farmhouse", "Inscrutable Decrees", "The Gardener", "Mr. Tilly's Séance", "Mrs. Amworth", "In the Tube", "Roderick's Story" * ''Spook Stories'' (1928), collection of 12 short stories: *: "Reconciliation", "The Face", "Spinach", "Bagnell Terrace", "A Tale of an Empty House", "Naboth's Vineyard", "Expiation", "Home, Sweet Home", "{{-'}}And No Bird Sings{{'-}}", "The Corner House", "Corstophine", "The Temple" * ''More Spook Stories'' (1934), collection of 13 short stories: *: "The Step", "The Bed by the Window", "James Lamp", "The Dance", "The Hanging of Alfred Wadham", "Pirates", "The Wishing-Well", "The Bath-Chair", "Monkeys", "Christopher Comes Back", "The Sanctuary", "Thursday Evenings", "The Psychical Mallards" * ''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000472043%20Old%20London Old London]'' (1937), collection of 4 novellas: *: "Portrait of an English Nobleman", "Janet", "Friend of the Rich", "The Unwanted" * ''The Horror Horn and Other Stories: The Best Horror Stories of E. F. Benson'' (1974), collection of 13 short stories: *: "The Sanctuary", "Monkeys", "The Bed by the Window", "{{-'}}And No Bird Sings{{'-}}", "The Face", "Mrs. Amworth", "Negotium Perambulans", "The Horror-Horn", "The House with the Brick-Kiln", "The Thing in the Hall", "Caterpillars", "Gavon's Eve", "The Room in the Tower" * ''The Tale of an Empty House and Other Ghost Stories'' (1986), collection of 14 short stories: *: "The Face", "Caterpillars", "Expiation", "The Tale of an Empty House", "The Bus-Conductor", "How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery", "The Other Bed", "The Room in the Tower", "Mrs. Amworth", "{{-'}}And No Bird Sings{{'-}}", "Mr. Tilly's Séance", "Home, Sweet Home", "The Sanctuary", "Pirates" * ''The Flint Knife'' (Equation, 1988), edited by Jack Adrian, collection of 15 short stories (12 previously uncollected and 3 previously collected in ''The Countess of Lowndes Square''): *: "The Flint Knife", "The Chippendale Mirror", "The Witch-Ball", "The Ape", "Sir Roger de Coverley", "The China Bowl", "The Passenger", "The Friend in the Garden", "The Red House", "Through", "The Box at the Bank", "The Light in the Garden", "Dummy on a Dahabeah", "The Return of Frank Hampden", "The Shuttered Room" * ''Desirable Residences and Other Stories'' (1991), edited by Jack Adrian, collection of 6 short stories: *: "The Superannuation Department AD 1945", "The Satyr's Sandals", "The Disappearance of Jacob Conifer", "Number 12", "The Top Landing", "Sea Mist" * ''The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson'' (Carroll & Graf, 1992), edited by [[Richard Dalby]], omnibus ed of collections ''The Room in the Tower, and Other Stories'', ''Visible and Invisible'', ''Spook Stories'' and ''More Spook Stories'', with the addition of an essay on "The Clonmel Witch Burning"; Despite its title, the collection does not include any of the stories collected in ''The Flint Knife''. * ''Fine Feathers and Other Stories'' (Oxford University Press, 1994), edited by Jack Adrian, collection of 31 short stories: *: The three ''Spook stories'' printed here do not appear in ''The Flint Knife'' or ''The Collected Ghost Stories'': *:* ''The Further Diversions of Amy Bondham'': "The Lovers", "Complete Rest", "The Five Foolish Virgins" *:* ''Crook stories'': "My Friend the Murderer", "Professor Burnaby's Discovery" *:* ''Sardonic stories'': "The Exposure of Pamela", "Miss Maria's Romance", "The Eavesdropper", "James Sutherland, Ltd", "Bootles", "Julian's Cottage" *:* ''Society stories'': "Fine Feathers", "The Defeat of Lady Hartridge", "The Jamboree", "Complementary Souls", "Dodo and the Brick", "A Comedy of Styles", "Noblesse Oblige", "An Entire Mistake", "Mr Carew's Game of Croquet", "The Fall of Augusta", "The Male Impersonator" *:* ''Crank stories'': "M. O. M.", "The Adventure of Hegel Junior", "The Simple Life", "Mrs Andrews's Control", "George's Secret", "Buntingford Jugs" *:* ''Spook stories'': "By the sluice", "Atmospherics", "Boxing Night" * ''The Collected Spook Stories'' series ([[Ash-Tree Press]]), collects all of E. F. Benson's supernatural fiction. *# Vol. 1: ''The Terror by Night'' (1998), collection of 14 short stories and 1 novelette: *#: "At Abdul Ali's Grave", "The Man Who Went Too Far" (novelette), "The Cat", "The Dust-Cloud", "Gavon's Eve", "The Shootings of Achnaleish", "The Bus-Conductor", "The Terror by Night", "The House with the Brick-Kiln", "Between the Lights", "Caterpillars", "Outside the Door", "The Thing in the Hall", "The Other Bed", "How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery" *# Vol. 2: ''The Passenger'' (1999), collection of 14 short stories: *#: "The Room in the Tower", "The Confession of Charles Linkworth", "The Friend in the Garden", "Dummy on a Dahabeah", "The Red House", "The Chippendale Mirror", "The Return of Frank Hampden", "The China Bowl", "The Passenger", "The Ape", "Through", "Thursday Evenings", "The Light in the Garden", "The Psychical Mallards" *# Vol. 3: ''Mrs Amworth'' (2001), collection of 16 short stories: *#: "The Outcast", "Number 12", "Mrs. Amworth", "The Top Landing", "The Gardener", "The Horror-Horn", "{{-'}}And the Dead Spake...{{'-}}", "Negotium Perambulans...", "In the Tube", "Machaon", "Mr. Tilly's Séance", "At the Farmhouse", "Inscrutable Decrees", "Roderick's Story", "Expiation", "Boxing Night" *# Vol. 4: ''The Face'' (2003), collection of 15 short stories: *#: "Naboth's Vineyard", "The Face", "Spinach", "Reconciliation", "Corstophine", "The Temple", "A Tale of an Empty House", "Bagnell Terrace", "The Corner House", "{{-'}}And No Bird Sings{{'-}}", "The Call", "The Bath-Chair", "The Dance", "Home, Sweet Home", "By the Sluice" *# Vol. 5: ''Sea Mist'' (2005), collection of 20 short stories: *#: "Dives and Lazarus", "Sir Roger de Coverley", "The Box at the Bank", "Pirates", "The Witch-Ball", "The Hanging of Alfred Wadham", "Atmospherics", "The Wishing-Well", "Christopher Comes Back", "The Bed by the Window", "The Shuttered Room", "The Flint Knife", "James Lamp", "The Step", "The Sanctuary", "Monkeys", "Sea Mist", "Mrs. Andrews's Control", "The Clandon Crystal", "The Everlasting Silence" * ''Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson'' (Wordsworth, 2012), edited by [[David Stuart Davies]]; Effectively a reprint of Richard Dalby's 1992 ''Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson'', since it is an omnibus ed of ''The Room in the Tower, and Other Stories'', ''Visible and Invisible'', ''Spook Stories'' and ''More Spook Stories''; It omits the essay on "The Clonmel Witch Burning" and substitutes an introduction by Davies for that by Dalby. * ''The E. F. Benson Megapack'' (2013), collection of 35 short stories and 1 novelette: *: "At Abdul Ali's Grave", "The Man Who Went Too Far" (novelette), "The Cat", "Gavon's Eve", "The Dust-Cloud", "The Shootings at Achnaleish", "The Bus-Conductor", "The House with the Brick-Kiln", "Outside the Door", "How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery", "The Confession of Charles Linkworth", "The Room in the Tower", "Caterpillars", "Between the Lights", "The Terror by Night", "The Other Bed", "The China Bowl", "The Passenger", "The Ape", "Through", "Thursday Evenings", "The Psychical Mallards", "Mrs Amworth", "The Gardener", "The Horror-Horn", "{{-'}}And the Dead Spake...{{'-}}", "Negotium Perambulans", "In the Tube", "Mr. Tilly's Séance", "The Case of Frank Hampden", "Mrs. Andrews's Control", "The Death Warrant", "Machaon", "At the Farmhouse", "Inscrutable Decrees", "The Thing in the Hall" * ''Ghost Stories'' (2016), collection of 8 short stories and 1 novelette: *: "Spinach", "In the Tube", "The Man Who Went Too Far" (novelette), "Mrs Amworth", "The Room in the Tower", "The Bus-Conductor", "Negotium Perambulans", "{{-'}}And No Bird Sings{{'-}}", "Caterpillars" * ''The Outcast and Other Dark Tales'' (2020), collection of 16 short stories: *: "Dummy on a Dahabeah", "A Winter Morning", "The Thing in the Hall", "The Passenger", "The Light in the Garden", "The Outcast", "The Top Landing", "The Face", "The Corner House", "By the Sluice", "Pirates", "The Secret Garden", "The Flint Knife", "The Bath-Chair", "The Dance", "Billy Comes Through" Uncollected short stories: * "The Mystery of Black Rock Creek" (1894), with [[Jerome K. Jerome]], [[Frank Frankfort Moore]], [[Barry Pain]] and [[Eden Phillpotts]] * "The Adventure of Hegel", [[Illustrated London News]], January 1901 * "The Hapless Bachelors" (1921) * "The Witch Ball", [[Woman's Journal]], December 1928 * "The Woman in the Veil" (1928) * "Dark and Nameless" (1929)
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