Although
Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong, who used the pen-name name John
Gawsworth, was a poet and writer, he will be remembered for
championing the cause of many writers between the wars, and
persuading many to dust off their pens and create new work. He
edited a number of anthologies.
Anthologies edited by John Gawsworth
Strange Assembly, Unicorn (London),
1932
Includes:
"The Flying Cat" by M. P. Shiel, "The Vivisector Vivisected" by
Sir Ronald Ross, "The Black Lad" by Frederick Carter, "The
Franc-Tireur's Escape" by Herbert E. Palmer, "The Gift of Tongues"
by A. Machen, "A Feilside Tragedy" by Hubert Crackenthorpe, "The
Mask" by Francis Marsden, "Ilya Vilka" by Stephen Graham, "The
Journey" by Rhys Davies, "A Fragment" by Stephen Hudson,
"Londoners" by Wilfred Ewart, "The Harrying of the Dead" by F.
Carter, "A Night in Venice" by M. P. Shiel, "The Rose Garden" by
A. Machen.
Full Score, Rich & Cowan (London),
1933. Edited as T. I. Fytton Armstrong
Includes:
"Aha" by S Graham, "The Irreverence of Fod" by S Leslie, "Luigi of
Catanzaro" by L. Golding, "Dark Lot of One Saul" by M.P Shiel,
"The Chemise of Margarita Pareja" by L. Hearn, "The Secret Land"
by W. Ewart, "The Coffin" by C. Evans, "Nikaldon" by L.A. Pavey,
"Gold Like Glass" by F. Carter, "A Wonderful Woman" by Arthur
Machen, "X" by M. Whitaker, "The Gardener" by J. Lindsey, "In the
Night" by P. Henderson, "Metamorphosis" by A. Wareham, "The
Exorciser" by F. Marsden, "Last Days in High Germany" by H Palmer,
"Kitchener at Archangel" by S. Graham, "A Pilgrimage" by W Ewart,
"What Is There to Say" by R. Davies, "The Fur Coat" by C. Duff,
"The Fluke Cannon" by R L Megroz, "Finding" by J Lindsey,
"Innocence" by H.E. Bates, "A Suet Pudding" by T E Powys, "Above
the River" by J. Gawsworth, "A Postscript to 'Above the River' "
by A. Machen.
New Tales of Horror, Hutchinson (London),
]1934]
Includes: "A
Double Return" by Arthur Machen, "The Lost Club" by Arthur Machen,
"Love at First Sight" by Richard Middleton, "The Luck of
Keith-Martin" by Richard Middleton, "The Amazing Hieroglyphs" by
Richard Middleton, "The Making of a Man" by Richard Middleton,
"The Murderer" by Richard Middleton, "Wet Eyes and Sad Mouth" by
Richard Middleton, "Medusan Madness" by E. H. Visiak, "How Life
Climbs" by M.P. Shiel, "The Globe of Gold-Fish" by M.P. Shiel,
"Scylla and Charybdis" by John Gawsworth, "The Truth" by Frederick
Carter, "Something for Arthur" by Frederick Carter, "Madame
Libismina" by Frederick Carter, "The Dead Harlot" by Hugh
Macdiarmid, "A'body's Lassie" by Hugh Macdiarmid, "Wound-Pie" by
Hugh Macdiarmid, "The Stranger" by Hugh Macdiarmid, "The Ring of
Fire" by Sir D. Ross, "The House of Dust" by H. De Hamel, "Effect
and Cause" by S. Graham, "Joshua Greenway" by E.H.W. Meyerstein,
"The Cold-Meat Shop" by E.H.W. Meyerstein, "Murderers' Corner" by
C. Duff, "Drink Monster" by C. Duff, "The New War," by H. Palmer,
"Vision and Television" by R.L. Megroz, "Mrs. Sayce's Guy" by N.
Barker, "Force of Habit" by M. Magill.
Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, Associated
Newspapers Ltd (London), [1935]
Includes:
"The Skeleton" by Frederick Carter, "The Vivisector Vivisected "
Sir Ronald Ross, "The Gift of Tongues" by A. Machen, "The
Purchester Instrument" by M. P. Shiel, "A Feilside Tragedy" by
Hubert Crackanthorpe, "The Invalid" by Nugent Barker, "The Wrong
Turning" by R. Middleton, "The Flying Cat" by M.P. Shiel, "The Old
Lawyer's Tale" by Charles Duff, "Rescued" by E.H. Visiak,
"Torture" by A. Machen, The Last Adventure" by R. Middleton, "A
Woman, a Dog, and a Walnut Tree" by E.H.W. Meyerstein, "The Death
Dance" by M.P. Shiel, "The Mask" by Francis Marsden, "The Cry of a
Century" by R. Middleton & Edgar Jepson, "At the Eleventh
Hour" by M.P. Shiel, "What the East Wind Brought" by Anthony M.
Ludovici "I Am a Murderer" by E.H. Visiak & A. Vesselo, "The
Miracle of the Octagon Room" by Elmar O'Duffy, "Gold Like Glass"
by Fred. Carter, "The Place of Pain" by M. P. Shiel, "The Mills of
Hell" by Herbert De Hamel, "Kitchener at Archangel" by Stephen
Graham, "The Captain" by F. Marsden, "Drake's Drum" by A. Machen,
"The Harrying of the Dead" by F. Carter, "The Bath" by F. H. W.
Meyerstein, "The Glass Panel" by E. O'Duffy, "A Suet Pudding" by
T. F. Powys, "Superintendent Deering's Dilemma" by OsweIl
Blakeston, "The Strangeness of Joab Lashmere" by E. Wallace,
"December" by R.L. Megroz, "The Flying Pig" by Malachi Whitaker,
"A Shot at Goal" by Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Disappearance of
George Wake" by R.L. Megorz, "The Six" by N. Barker, "A Document
From the Russian" by S. Graham, "The Triptych" by E.H.W.
Meyerstein, "The Funspot Street Affair" by T. Burke, "You Wouldn't
Understand" by John Lindsey, "Superintendent Deering Puts a
Question" by O. Blakeston, "Statement of a Scholar" by E.H. W.
Meyerstein, "There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard" by M. R.
James, "Mr. Parsons' Revenge" by Simon Dewes, "Miss Kitten's Case"
by E. O'Duffy, "The Fear From the Lake" by O. Blakeston, "The
Second Gong" by Agatha Christie, "The Pageant" by E.H.W.
Meyerstein, "Whessoe" by N. Barker, "Orpheus" by L.A.G. Strong,
"Tom Mackie's Trial" by Hugh MacDiarmid, "En counter at Night" by
Mary F. McHugh, "The Coffin" by Caradoc Evans, "The Fluke Cannon"
by R. L. Megroz, "The Legacy" by E.H. Visiak, "The Solution" by O.
Blakeston, "The Shopwalker's Wife" G.R. Malloch, "Flat to Let" by
Marcus Magill, "The Rival Poets" by E. H. W. Meyerstein, "The
Friendly Creature" by Rhys Davies.
Crimes, Creeps and Thrills, E. H. Samuel
(London), 1936
Includes:
"The Shadow" by E.H. Visiak, "Hunger" by P. Lindsey, "The Eyes of
Obi" by E.E. Page, "The Uncharted Islands" by E.H. Visiak & J.
Gawsworth, "The Woman With the Bundle" by K. Hare, "The Skull" by
A. L.Davis, "The Rattlesnake" by J. Rowland, "Chinese Mask" by J.
St. C. Muriel, "The Ninth Year" by R.E. Page, "Sacrifice" by S.
Dewes, "Broken" by H. Yalden, "The Hand" by R. Middleton, "The
Falls Scandal" by M.P. Shiel & F. Armstrong, "Eccentric Lady
Tullswater" by R. Middleton, "The Execution of Damiens" by H.H.
Ewers, "Murray's Child" by R. Middleton & G. Dundas, "The
Cat-Lovers" by E.H.W. Meyerstein, "The Tube of Radium" by R.E.
Page, "Coincidence" by F. Carter, "The Woman Avenge" by E. Jepson,
"High Politics" by G.R. Mallock, "The Signet Ring" by F. Marsden,
"The House Opposite" by O. Blakeston, "My Friend Trenchard" by E.
O'Duffy, "Boxbug Paints His Kitchen" by E.H.W. Meyerstein, "On
Lighthouse Rock" by J. Lindsey, "Secret Service Work" by E.
Jepson, "Gilmartin" by Mary F. McHugh, "Decision" by J. St. C.
Muriel, "Death for the Gander" by Simon, "The Case of the
Absconding Financier" by E. Jepson, "Really Was a Bluetit" by
E.H.W. Meyerstein, "Helping Mummy" by Norah C. James, "The
Jingling Telephone" by R.E. Page & K. Jay, "Carson" by E.H.
Visiak, "The Ride" by Mary F. McHugh, "A Whistling Woman, and a
Crowing Hen" by E.H.W. Meyerstein, "Summer Harvest" by H.
MacLaren, "Cruelty in Sunlight" by P. Henderson, "The Lost Meadow"
by E. Jepson, "The Disappearance" by Simon, "The 'Master'" by M.
P. Shiel and F. Armstrong, "The Announcement" by N. Barker, "The
Fakir of Teheran" by F. Carter, "The Shifting Growth" by E. Jepson
& Gawsworth.
Masterpieces of Thrills, Daily Express (London),
1936
Includes:
"Kali" by Dr. M. R. Anand, "Death's Door" by N. Barker, "Sluice
Gates" by "The Grim Case of Mrs. John" by O. Blakeston, "Felo de
Se" by J. Brownson, "The Grey Room" by R. Burford, "Spells by
Night" by F. Carter, "Bergamask's Revenge" by F. Carter, "Fine
Hands" by F. Carter, "The Fetch" by F. Carter, "The Mannikin's
Tale" by F. Carter, "Judgment" by S. Dewes, "What Happened to
Larry?" by R. Dewsbury, "A Mysterious Coincidence" by C. Duff, "A
Man of Spirit" by R. Dundas, "The Cherries" by L. Durrell, "The
Upstairs Room" by W. Ewart, "Sprigge" by W. Ewart, "A Stele From
Atlantis" by L. G. Gibbon, "The Woman of Leadenhall Street" by L.
G. Gibbon, "First and Last Woman" by L. G. Gibbon, "The Dark Wood"
by H. Gore, "5,000 Enemy Planes Over London" by S. Graham,
"Whither Thou Goest..." by J. Greenidge, "The Man Upstairs" by F.
Gregg, "Charlie" by F. Gregg, "Strange Idyll" by F. Gregg, "Dr.
Samson Gregory" by N. Harman "The Superintendent's Story" by N.
Harman, "The Mother" by P. Henderson, "Melodrama," by J. Lindsey,
"Mrs. Biggadyke's 'Unconscious'" by A. M. Ludovici, "The String
Game" by M. Magill, "The Secret Chapel" by F. Marsden "The
Companion" by F. Marsden "Duty" by F. Marsden "Shillings" by F.
Marsden, "Second Sight" by E. H. W. Meyerstein, "The Folkema" by
E. H. W. Meyerstein, "The Crossword" by E. H. W. Meyerstein,
"Hengo" by E. H. W. Meyerstein, "Death Pages Mr. Startle" by E. H.
W. Meyerstein, "The Failure" by R. Middleton, "Busman's Holiday"
by J. L. Mitchell "The Road to Freedom" by J. L. Mitchell "Lost
Tribes" by J. L. Mitchell, "Kametis and Evelpis" by J. L. Mitchell
& F. Armstrong, "Ghost of Fleurde-Lis Court" by K. Myer,
"Murder Most Foul" by E. O'Duffy, "Dr. Todor Karadja" by M. P.
Shiel & J. Gawsworth, "The Mystery of the Red Road" by M. P.
Shiel & J. Gawsworth, "The Hanging of Ernest Clark" by M. P.
Shiel & J. Gawsworth, "The Flying Worm" by 'Simon',
"Borderlines" by 'Simon', "The Traveller" by Gay Taylor, "Red
Foam" by Hedda Veseley & R. L. Megroz, "A Good Reprisal" by F.
H. Visiak, "In the Mangrove Hall" by F. H. Visiak, "The Mist
Rider" by G. West, "A Shawl From the East" by P.
Whitehouse.
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