Avon Fantasy Reader

Issues

Issue #1 – February 1947

Avon Fantasy Reader 1

• "The Power Planet" by Murray Leinster
• "The Shuttered House" by August Derleth (© Copyright Renewed: August Derleth (A); 20Jul64; R341606.)
• "Justice" by The Gibsons
• "The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson
• "The Woman of the Wood" by A. Merritt
• "The Truth About Pyecraft" by H. G. Wells
• "The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis" by Clark Ashton Smith (© Copyright Renewed as part of Weird Tales, May 1932; Steinberg Press, Inc.; 1960-1-18; R250138.)
• "Nostalgia" by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• "The Central Figure" by H. Russell Wakefield
• "The Three Infernal Jokes" by Lord Dunsany
• "Climax for a Ghost Story" by I. A. Ireland

Issue #2 – April 1947

Avon Fantasy Reader 2

• "Stenographer's Hands" by David H. Keller, M.D.
• "The Strange Case of Lemuel Jenkins" by Philip Fisher
• "The Day of the Dragon" by Guy Endore (© Copyright Renewed as part of Blue Book Magazine, June 1934; McCall Corp.; 27Sep61; R282249.)
• "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" (Kull series) by Robert E. Howard
• "The Yellow Sign" by Robert W. Chambers
• "Automata" by S. Fowler Wright
• "The City of the Living Dead" by Laurence Manning & Fletcher Pratt

Issue #3 – June 1947

Avon Fantasy Reader 3

• "Rhythm of the Spheres" by A. Merritt (© Copyright Renewed as part of Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1936; Popular Library, Inc.; 11Sep63; R321807.)
• "The Silent Trees" by Frank Owen
• "The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper" by H. G. Wells (© Copyright Renewed as part of Ladies Home Journal, February or April 1932; Curtis Pub. Co.; 11Dec59; R247672 or R247674.)
• "The Silver Key" (Randolph Carter series) by H. P. Lovecraft
• "Black Thirst" (Northwest Smith series) by C. L. Moore (© Copyright Renewed: Catherine L. Moore Kuttner (A); 19May61; R276546.)
• "Mimic" by Donald A. Wollheim (as Martin Pearson) (© Copyright Renewed as part of Astonishing Stories, December 1942; Popular Publications, Inc,; 10Nov69; R472055.)
• "Bishop's Gambit" by August Derleth (as Stephen Grendon) (© Copyright Renewed: April Derleth & Balden Derleth(C); 20Jun75; R607403.)
• "Evening Primrose" by John Collier (© Copyright Renewed as part of Presenting Moonshine; John Collier (A); 8Mar68; R431233.)
• "Homecoming" by Ray Bradbury (© Copyright Renewed: Ray Bradbury (A); 24Jun74; R579952.)

Issue #4 – September 1947

Avon Fantasy Reader 4

• "The Arrhenius Horror" by P. Schuyler Miller
• "The Hollow Man" by Thomas Burke (© Copyright Restored due to URAA as part of The Evening Standard Book of Strange Stories, 1933; PD in the UK)
• "Conquerors' Isle" by Nelson Bond (See Discussion about the copyright status)
• "The Hoard of the Gibbelins" by Lord Dunsany
• "The Derelict" by William Hope Hodgson
• "The Man Upstairs" by Ray Bradbury (© Copyright Renewed as part of Harper's Magazine, March 1947; Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, Inc; 9Sep74; R585I75.)
• "The Planet of the Dead" by Clark Ashton Smith (© Copyright Renewed as part of Weird Tales, March 1932; Steinberg Press, Inc.; R250136.)
• "A Warning to the Curious" by M. R. James
• "Defense" by A. E. van Vogt (© Copyright Renewed: A. E. Van Vogt (A); 18Aug75; R611735.)

Issue #5 – March 1948

Avon Fantasy Reader 5

• "Scarlet Dream" (Northwest Smith series) by C. L. Moore (© Copyright Renewed: C. L. Moore; 27Jul61; R279616.)
• "Sambo" by William Fryer Harvey
• "Fane of the Black Pharaoh" by Robert Bloch (© Copyright Renewed: Robert Bloch; 7Jul65; R364297.)
• "The Random Quantity" by Carl Jacobi (© Copyright Renewed: Carl Jacobi; 16Jul75; R609279.)
• "The Gold Dress" by Stephen Vincent Benét (© Copyright Renewed as part of Cosmopolitan, July 1942; Hearst Corp. (PCW); 30Jun69; R464835.)
• "The Miracle of the Lily" by Clare Winger Harris
• "In the Court of the Dragon" by Robert W. Chambers
• "A Study in Amber" by Frank Owen
• "The Words of Guru" by C. M. Kornbluth

Issue #6 – May 1948

Avon Fantasy Reader 6

• "The Crawling Horror" by Thorp McClusky
• "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft
• "The Metal Man" by Jack Williamson
• "The Thing in the Cellar" by David H. Keller, M.D.
• "The Drone" by A. Merritt
• "From the Dark Waters" by Joseph E. Kelleam
• "The Star-Stealers" by Edmond Hamilton
• "The Philosophy of Relative Existences" by Frank R. Stockton
• "The Trap" (Gerald Canevin series) by Henry S. Whitehead

Issue #7 – September 1948

Avon Fantasy Reader 7

• "Shambleau" (Northwest Smith series) by C. L. Moore
• "The Curse of a Thousand Kisses" by Sax Rohmer
• "The Dreams of Albert Moreland" by Fritz Leiber
• "The Slugly Beast" (Joseph Jorkens series) by Lord Dunsany
• "The Cairn on the Headland" by Robert E. Howard
• "Aquella" (aka "The Planet Called Aquella") by Martin Pearson
• "The Empire of the Necromancers" (Zothique series) by Clark Ashton Smith
• "When Old Gods Wake" by A. Merritt
• "The Were-Snake" by Frank Belknap Long
• "The Gun" by Frank Gruber

Issue #8 – December 1948

Avon Fantasy Reader 8

• "Queen of the Black Coast" (Conan series) by Robert E. Howard
• "The Machine Man of Ardathia" (Ardathia series) by Francis Flagg
• "The Cat-Woman" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• "The Man with a Thousand Legs" by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.
• "Zero Hour" by Ray Bradbury
• "The Other Wing" by Algernon Blackwood
• "The Temple" by H. P. Lovecraft
• "The Goblins Will Get You" by John Michel (as by Hugh Raymond)
• "The Canal" by Everil Worrell
• "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" by Ambrose Bierce

Issue #9 – February 1949

Avon Fantasy Reader 9

• "The Flower-Women" (Maal Dweb series) by Clark Ashton Smith
• "The Night Wire" by H. F. Arnold
• "Through the Vibrations" (Alexander Gregory series) by P. Schuyler Miller
• "The Man Who Never Grew Young" by Fritz Leiber (© Copyright Renewed as part of Night's Black Agents, 1947: Fritz Leiber, Jr; 20Jun75; R607402.)
• "The Man from the Moon" by Otis Adelbert Kline
• "The Unspeakable Betrothal" by Robert Bloch (© Copyright Renewed: Robert Bloch; 16Apr76; R630957.)
• "The Stone Ship" by William Hope Hodgson
• "Child's Play" by Alice-Mary Schnirring
• "The Madness of Andelsprutz" by Lord Dunsany
• "The Painted Mirror" by Donald Wandrei (© Copyright Renewed as part of Esquire, May 1937: Esquire, Inc.; 7Mar63; R311983.)

Issue #10 – July 1949

Avon Fantasy Reader 10

• "A Witch Shall Be Born" (Conan series) by Robert E. Howard
• "Bimini" by Bassett Morgan
• "The Statement of Randolph Carter" (Randolph Carter series) by H. P. Lovecraft
• "The Mentanicals" by Francis Flagg
• "Vengeance in Her Bones" by Malcolm Jameson
• "The Gostak and the Doshes" by Miles J. Breuer, M.D
• "Storm Warning" by Donald A. Wollheim (as Millard Verne Gordon)
• "Omega" by Amelia Reynolds Long

Issue #11 – October 1949

Avon Fantasy Reader 11

• "Glamour" by Seabury Quinn
• "The Golden Hour of Kwoh Fan" by Frank Owen
• "Uncommon Castaway" by Nelson S. Bond
• "Mogglesby" by T. S. Stribling (© Copyright Renewed as part of Adventure, June 1, 1930; Popular Publications, Inc.; 8Nov57; R202653.)
• "Asleep in Armageddon" by Ray Bradbury
• "The Inheritors" by John Michel & Robert Lowndes
• "The Dancer in the Crystal" by Francis Flagg

Issue #12 – January 1950

Avon Fantasy Reader 12

• "The Blonde Goddess of Bal-Sagoth" (aka "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth") by Robert E. Howard
• "The Chain of Aforgomon" by Clark Ashton Smithh
• "In the Valley of the Sorceress" by Sax Rohmer
• "The Kelpie" by Manly Wade Wellman
• "The Captured Cross-Section" by Miles J. Breuer, M.D
• "The Wonderful Window" by Lord Dunsany
• "Tiger Dust" by Bassett Morgan
• "An Episode of Cathedral History" by M. R. James
• "The Day Has Come" by Walter Kubilius

Issue #13 – April 1950

Avon Fantasy Reader 13

• "The Love-Slave and the Scientists" (aka "The Body-Masters") by Frank Belknap Long
• "The Cave" by Beatrice Grimshaw
• "The Forgotten Planet" (John Hanson series) by Sewell Peaslee Wright
• "The Curious Case of Norton Hoorne" by Ray Cummings
• "The Power and the Glory" by Charles W. Diffin
• "He Walked by Day" by Julius Long
• "Original Sin" by S. Fowler Wright
• "The Thing that Walked on the Wind" by August Derleth (© Copyright Renewed: August Derleth (A); 4Apr60; R255766.)
• "Raiders of the Universes" by Donald Wandrei
• "The House of Shadows" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• "The Ship of Silence" by Albert Richard Wetjen
• "The Street That Wasn't There" by Clifford D. Simak & Carl Jacobi

Issue #14 – July 1950

Avon Fantasy Reader 14

• "Temptress of the Tower of Torture and Sin" (aka "The Voice of El-Lil") by Robert E. Howard
• "Ylla" (aka "I'll Not Look for Wine") by Ray Bradbury
• "The Three Eyed Man" (Tubby series)] by Ray Cummings
• "The Cave of the Invisible" by James Francis Dwyer
• "Guard in the Dark" by Allison V. Harding
• "The Still Small Voice" by Clive Jackson
• "The Curse of Yig" by Z. B. Bishop
• "The Yeast Men" by David H. Keller, M.D.
• "The Headless Miller of Kobold's Keep" by Irvin Ashkenazy
• "The Shadows" by Henry S. Whitehead

Issue #15 – February 1951

Avon Fantasy Reader 15

• "A Man, a Maid, and Saturn's Temptation" (aka "Flight on Titan") by Stanley G. Weinbaum (© Copyright Renewed: details pending)
• "Mommy" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• "The Great Gizmo" by Gilbert Wright (© Copyright Renewed: details pending)
• "Gray Ghouls" by Bassett Morgan
• "Venus" by Maurice Baring
• "Ship-in-a-Bottle" by P. Schuyler Miller
• "Up There" by Donald A. Wollheim (as by Martin Pearson)
• "The Einstein See-Saw" by Miles J. Breuer, M.D
• "In Amundsen's Tent" by John Martin Leahy
• "Ubbo-Sathla" by Clark Ashton Smith (© Copyright Renewed as part of Weird Tales, July 1933; Weird Tales; 1961-1-25; R269995.)
• "Kazam Collects" by Cyril M. Kornbluth (as by S. D. Gottesman)

Issue #16 – April 1951

Avon Fantasy Reader 16

• "The Black Kiss" (Michael Leigh series) by Robert Bloch
• "Mr. Strenberry's Tale" (aka "Doomsday") by J. B. Priestley (© Copyright: First publication in the United Kingdom)
• "The Man Who Lived Backward" by Gelett Burgess (© Copyright Renewed: details pending)
• "Something From Above" by Donald Wandrei (© Copyright Renewed as part of Weird Tales, December 1930; Weird Tales; 1958-2-4; R208386.)
• "The Wax Doll" by Greye La Spina (as Ezra Putnam)
• "The Forest of Lost Men" by Beatrice Grimshaw
• "The Place of Pain" by M. P. Shiel
• "The River" by L. Major Reynolds
• "The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall" by John Kendrick Bangs
• "The Hounds of Tindalos" by Frank Belknap Long
• "The Picture" by Francis Flagg (© Copyright Renewed as part of Weird Tales, February-March 1931; Weird Tales; 1958-2-4; R208388.)

Issue #17 – June 1951

Avon Fantasy Reader 17

• "The Sapphire Siren" (aka "The Sapphire Goddess") by Nictzin Dyalhis
• "Jack-in-the-Box" by Ray Bradbury (© Copyright Renewed: Ray Bradbury (A); 3Mar75; R599694.)
• "The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd" (Rupert Grant and Basil Grant series) by G. K. Chesterton
• "The Pink Caterpillar" (Fergus O'Breen series) by Anthony Boucher (© Copyright Renewed as part of Adventure, February 1945; 8Jan73; RS43l67.)
• "The Phantom Dictator" by Wallace West (© Copyright Renewed as part of Astounding Stories, August 1935; 3Aug62; R299476.)
• "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" (Randolph Carter series) by H. P. Lovecraft & E. Hoffmann Price
• "The Bookshop" by Nelson Bond (© Copyright Renewed as part of The Blue Book Magazine, October 1941; 12Mar69; R457437.)
• "One-Man God" by Frank Owen
• "The Mystery of the Sargasso" (aka "The Mystery of the Derelict") by William Hope Hodgson

Issue #18 – January 1952

Avon Fantasy Reader 18

• "The Witch from Hell's Kitchen" by Robert E. Howard (© Copyright Renewed: P. M. Kuykendall (PPW), 1979-09-20; RE0000034522.)
• "The Devil in Hollywood" by Dale Clark (© Copyright Renewed as part of Argosy, August 8, 1936; 12Nov63; R325552.)
• "The Watcher in the Green Room" by Hugh B. Cave (© Copyright Renewed as part of Weird Tales, September 1933; Weird Tales; 1961-1-25; R269997.)
• "A Victim of Higher Space" (John Silence series) by Algernon Blackwood
• "Out of the Eons" by Hazel Heald (ghost written by H. P. Lovecraft)
• "Just What Happened" by Gelett Burgess (© Copyright Renewed as part of The Blue Book Magazine, June 1944; 8Sep71; R512068.)
• "The Phantom Ship of Dirk Van Tromp" by James Francis Dwyer
• "Amina" by Edward Lucas White
• "The Haunted Jarvee" (Carnacki series) by William Hope Hodgson (© Copyright Restored due to URAA, first published in the UK, The Premier Magazine, March 1929.)

External links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database - Avon Fantasy Reader
• Collecting Science Fiction Books] - Avon Reader Series
• Galactic Central - Avon Fantasy Reader checklist and datafile