Edward
Frederic Benson found success with his society novel,
Dodo (1893), but wrote in many genres and forms,
including ghost and horror stories
Novels
The Judgment Books, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co
(London), 1895
The Luck of the Vails, Heinemann (London),
1901
The Image in the Sand, Heinemann (London),
1905
ditto, J.B. Lippincott (Philadelphia), 1905
Across the Stream, John Murray (London),
1919
Colin, A Novel, Hutchinson (London)
[1923]
The Inheritor, Hutchinson (London),
[1930]
Raven's Brood, Arthur Barker (London),
1934
Short Stories
The Room in the Tower and Other
Stories, Mills and Boon (London) [1912]
(Including:
"The Room in the Tower", "Gavon's Eve", "The Dust-Cloud", "The
Confession of Charles Linkworth", "At Abdul Alt'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", "Between the Lights", "Outside the Door", "The
Other Bed", "The Thing in the Hall", "The House with the
Brick-Kiln", "The Terror by Night".)
ditto, Knopf (New York), 1929
The Countess of Lowndes Square and Other
Stories, Cassell (London) [1920]
(Including:
"The Case of Frank Hampden", "Mrs Andrews' Control", "The Ape",
"Through".)
Visible and Invisible, Hutchinson (London)
[1923]
(Including:
"And the dead Spoke...", "The Outcast", "Machon", "Negotium
Perambulans...", "At the Farmhouse", " Inscrutable Decrees", "The
Gardener", Mr Tilly's Seance", "Mrs Amworth", "In the Tube",
"Roderick's Story", "The Horror Horn".)
ditto, Doran (New York), 1924
'And the Dead Spake' & The Horror
Horn, Doran (U.S.), 1923
Expiation & Naboth's Vineyard, Doran (U.S.),
1924
The Face, Doran (U.S.), 1924
The Temple, Doran (U.S.), 1925
A Tale of an Empty House & Bagnell
Terrace, Doran (U.S.), 1925
ditto, as The Tale of an Empty House, Black Swan/
Corgi, 1985 (wraps)
ditto, Black Swan/Corgi, 1986 (limited edition
hardback)
Spook Stories, Hutchinson (London), [1928]
(Including:
"Reconciliation", "The Face", "Spinach", "Bagnell terrace", "A
Tale of an Empty House", "Naboth's Vineyard", "Expiation", "Home,
Sweet Home", "And No Birds Sing", "The Corner House",
"Corstophine", "The Temple".)
The Step, H.V. Marrot, 1930
More Spook Stories, Hutchinson (London)
[1934]
(Including:
"The Step", "The Bed by the Window", "James Lamp", "The Dance",
"The Hanging of Alfred Wadham", "The Wishing-Well", "The
Bath-Chair", "Pirates", "Monkeys", "Christopher Came Back", "The
Sanctuary", "Thursday Evenings", "The Psychical Mallards".)
The Horror Horn, Panther (London), 1974
(wraps)
The Flint Knife, Equation, 1988
(wraps)
The Terror by Night, Collected Spook Stories
Volume One, edited by Jack Adrian, Ash-Tree Press (Ashcroft,
British Columbia), 1998
(Including:
"Introduction by Jack Adrian", "At Abdul Ali's Grave", "The Man
Who Went Too Far", "The Dust-Cloud", "Gavon's Eve", "The Shootings
at 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".)
The Passenger, Collected Spook Stories Volume
Two, edited by Jack Adrian, Ash-Tree Press (Ashcroft,
British Columbia), 1999
(Including:
"Introduction by Jack Adrian"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".)
Mrs Amworth, Collected Spook Stories Volume
Three, edited by Jack Adrian, Ash-Tree Press (Ashcroft,
British Columbia), 2001
(Including:
"Introduction by Jack Adrian", "The Outcast", "Number 12", "Mrs
Amworth", "The Top Landing;", "he 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", "Sources".)
The Face, Collected Spook Stories Volume
Four, edited by Jack Adrian, Ash-Tree Press (Ashcroft,
British Columbia), 2003
(Including:
"Introduction" by Jack Adrian; "Naboth's Vineyard", "The Face",
"Spinach", "Reconciliation", "Corstophine", "The Temple", "The
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", "Appendix: 'EFB, Ward
Lock, and dust-jackets' ", "Sources".)
Further Reading
The Life
of E.F. Benson, by Brian Masters, Chatto & Windus,
1991.
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