Principally
a writer of detective fiction, Sayers' novels follow the exploits
of 'Lord Peter Wimsey'.
Anthologies edited by Dorothy L. Sayers
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and
Horror, 1st Series, Gollancz (London), 1929
(Includes the following mystery and horror titles:
Macrocosmos (Stories of the Supernatural): 1. Tales of Ghosts and
Haunting: "The Open Door" by Mrs. Oliphant, 'Story of the Bagman's
Uncle" by C. Dickens, "The Trial for Murder" by C. Collins &
C. Dickens, "Martin's Close" by M. R. James, "Phantas" by O.
Onions, "How Love Came to Professor Guildea" by R. Hichens, "The
Open Window" by Saki. 2. Tales of Magic: Witchcraft: "The Black
Seal" by A. Machen, "Tcheriapin" by S. Rohmer, "The Monkey's Paw"
by W. W. Jacobs, "The Hair" by A.J. Alan. Vampires: "Mrs. Amworth"
by E.F. Benson. The Frankenstein Theme: "Moxon's Master" by A.
Bierce, "The Dancing Partner" by J. K. Jerome. Possession and the
Dead Alive: "The Man With a Malady" by J.F. Sullivan, "August
Heat" by W.F. Harvey, "The Anticipator" by M. Roberts, "The Brute"
by J. Conrad, "Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched" by May Sinclair.
3. Tales of Nightmare and the Borderland of the Mind: "Green Tea"
by J.S. Le Fanu, "The Misanthrope" by J.D. Beresford, "The Bad
Lands" by J. Metcalfe, "Nobody's House" by A.M. Burrage, "The
Seventh Man" by A.T. Quiller-Couch, "Proof" by N. Royde-Smith,
"Seaton's Aunt" by W. de la Mare.
ditto, as The Omnibus of Crime, Harcourt (New York),
1929
(adds "Lukundoo" by E. L. White)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and
Horror, 2nd Series, Gollancz, 1931
(Includes the following fantasy/weird stories: 2.
Mystery and Horror: "My Adventure in Norfotk" by A.J. Alan, "Miss
Bracegirdle Does Her Duty" by S. Aumonier, "The Leech of
Folkestone" by R. H. Barham, "A.V. Laider" by M. Beerbohm, "The
Room in the Tower" by E.F. Benson, "Cut-Throat Farm" by J.D.
Beresford, "The Damned Thing" by A. Bierce, "Secret Worship" by A.
Blackwood, "No. 17" by Mrs. E. Bland, "The Queer Door" by D.G.
Browne, "The Waxwork" by A.M. Burrage, "Mad Monkton" by W.W.
Collins, "The Haunted Ships" by A. Cunningham, "The King Waits" by
C. Dane, "The Tree" by W. de la Mare, "The Second Awakening of a
Magician" by S.L. Dennis, "No.1 Branch Line: The Signalman" by
Charles Dickens, "Reisenberg" by F.M. Ford, "The Prayer" by Violet
Hunt, "The Beast With Five Fingers" by W.F. Harvey, "The Old Man"
by H. Horn, "The Well" by W.W. Jacobs, "The Resurgent Mysteries"
by E. Jepson, "Mr. Justice Harbottle" by J.S. Le Fanu, "The
Haunted and the Haunters" by E. Bulwer-Lytton, "The Great Return"
by Arthur Machen, "The Story of the Greek Slave" by F. Marryat,
"Anty Blight" by J. Masefield, "The Double Admiral" by J.
Metcalfe, "The Library Window" by Mrs. Oliphant, "Rose Rose" by B.
Pain, "The Iron Pineapple" by E. Phillpotts, "Berenice" by E.A.
Poe, "The Roll-Call of the Reef" by Sir A. Quiller-Couch,
"Mangaroo" by N. Royde-Smith, "Sredni Vashtar" by Saki, "The
Mortal Immortal" by, Mary Shelley, "The Primate of the Rose" by,
M. P. Shiel, "Called to the Rescue" by H. Spicer, "The Enemy" by
H. Walpole, "The Inexperienced Ghost" by H.G. Wells, "Lukundoo"
by, E L. White.
ditto, as The Second Omnibus of Crime, Coward-McCann (New York),
1932
(This first U.S. edition adds: "The Open Boat" by
S. Crane, "Ants" by M. Komroff, "The Bell-Tower" by H.
Melville.)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and
Horror, 3rd Series, Gollancz (London), 1934
(Includes the following fantasy/weird stories: 2.
Mystery and Horror: "The 19 Club" by A.J. Alan, "Sombrero" by M.
Armstrong, "Lord Mount Prospect" by J. Betjeman, "The Wendigo" by
A. Blackwood, "The Song in the House" by Ann Bridge, "Couching at
the Door" by D.K. Broster, "The Dumb Wife" by T. Burke, "The
Bargain" by A.M. Burrage, "Arabesque: the Mouse" by A.E. Coppard,
"The Mistaken Fury" by O. Couldrey, "Sophy Mason Comes Back" by E.
M. Delafield, "Our Distant Cousins" by Lord Dunsany, "A Jungle
Graduate" by J.F. Dwyer, "The Scoop" by Leonora Gregory, "The
House of Desolation" by A. Griff, "The Island" by L.P. Hartley,
"Double Demon" by W.F. Harvey, "The Book" by Margaret Irwin, "The
Interruption" by W.W. Jacobs, "The Diary of Mr. Poynter" by M.R.
James, "You'll Come to the Tree in the End" by C. Landon,
"Time-Fuse" by J. Metcalfe, "Decap" by J. Moore, "Stowaway" by
Claire D. Pollexen, "A Pair of Hands" by A. Quilter-Couch, "The
Hill" by R.E. Roberts, "The Pattern" by Naomi Royde-Smith, "What
Can a Dead Man Do?" H. Shaw, "The Virtuoso" by V. Sheehan, "No
Ships Pass" by Lady E. Smith, "The Idol With Hands of Clay" by Sir
F. Treves, "The Frontier Guards" by H. R. Wakefield, "The Story of
the Late Mr. Elvesham" by H.G. Wells, "Witch-Trot Pond"t, B. A.
Williams, "Anniversary" by C. Winchester.
ditto, as The Third Omnibus of Crime, Coward-McCann (New York),
1935
(This first U.S. edition adds: "Clay-Shuttered
Doors" by Helen R. Hull, "The Head" by M. Komroff, "The People of
the Pit" by A. Merritt.)
Human and Inhuman Stories, Macfadden,
1963
(Paperback, stories selected from the
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and
Horror series, includes: "The Gentleman From America" by
Michael Arlen, "The Narrow Way" by R. Ellis Roberts, "Sawney Bean
and His Family" by Traditional, "The Squaw" by Bram Stoker, "The
Corsican Sisters" by Violet Hunt, "The End of a Show" by Barry
Pain, "The Cone" by H. G. Wells, "The Separate Room" by Ethel C.
Mayne.)
Stories of the Supernatural, Macfadden,
1963
(Paperback, stories selected from the
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and
Horror series, includes: "The Trial for Murder" by
Charles A. Collins & C. Dickens, "The Open Window" by Saki,
"The Novel of the Black Seal" by A. Machen, "The Monkey's Paw" by
W.W. Jacobs, "Mrs Amworth" by E.F. Benson, "August Heat" by W.F.
Harvey, "The Anticipator" by Morley Roberts, "Where Their Fire Is
Not Quenched" by May Sinclair, "The Seventh Man" by Sir A.
Quiller-Couch, "Proof" by Naomi Royde-Smith, "Lukundon" by Edward
L. White.)
Bedside Tales of Mystery and
Suspense, Panther, 1975
(Includes: "The House in Goblin Wood" by John
Dickson Carr, "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey" by
Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Romantic Young Lady" by W. Somerset
Maugham, "The Diamond Lens" by Fitz-James O'Brien, "The Griffin
and the Minor Canon" by Frank R. Stockton, "Exit Permit" by Peter
Cheyney, "The Good River" by Pearl S. Buck.)
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