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Mystery Stories: An Intriguing Collection (1996)

by Helen Cresswell (Editor)

Other authors: Joan Aiken (Contributor), Vivien Alcock (Contributor), Ambrose Bierce (Contributor), Ray Bradbury (Contributor), Emily Bronte (Contributor)14 more, Dino Buzzati (Contributor), Agatha Christie (Contributor), Helen Cresswell (Contributor), Arthur Conan Doyle (Contributor), Paul Ernst (Contributor), Eleanor Farjeon (Contributor), Paul Jennings (Contributor), Diana Wynne Jones (Contributor), Carl Jung (Contributor), Ursula Le Guin (Contributor), Thomas Malory (Contributor), Rodrigues Ottolengui (Contributor), Ann Pilling (Contributor), Thomas Wright (Contributor)

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A collection of nineteen mysterious stories involving surprising circumstances, unexpected crimes, and eerie events, by such authors as Vivien Alcock, Ray Bradbury, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Diana Wynne Jones.
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Cresswell, HelenEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Aiken, JoanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Alcock, VivienContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bierce, AmbroseContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bradbury, RayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bronte, EmilyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Buzzati, DinoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Christie, AgathaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cresswell, HelenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Doyle, Arthur ConanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ernst, PaulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Farjeon, EleanorContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jennings, PaulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jones, Diana WynneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jung, CarlContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Le Guin, UrsulaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Malory, ThomasContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ottolengui, RodriguesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pilling, AnnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wright, ThomasContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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A collection of nineteen mysterious stories involving surprising circumstances, unexpected crimes, and eerie events, by such authors as Vivien Alcock, Ray Bradbury, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Diana Wynne Jones.

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7 • The Green Arches • (1996) • short story by Joan Aiken
43 • The Girl Who Kissed the Peach Tree • (1996) • short story by Eleanor Farjeon (variant of The Girl Who Kissed the Peach-Tree 1955)
52 • The Thing in the Pond • (1934) • short story by Paul Ernst
69 • Smart Ice Cream • (1985) • short story by Paul Jennings
75 • The Pelican • (1982) • short story by Ann Pilling
103 • The Tower • (1961) • essay by C. G. Jung [as by Carl Jung]
108 • The Scythe • (1943) • short story by Ray Bradbury
127 • A Sea Above the Sky • short story by Thomas Wright
129 • A Vine on a House • [Some Haunted Houses] • (1905) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
135 • The Master • juvenile • (1989) • short story by Diana Wynne Jones
156 • King Arthur: How King Arthur Commanded to Cast His Sword Excalibur Into the Water, and How He was Delivered to Ladies in a Barge (excerpt) • (1485) • short fiction by Sir Thomas Malory
162 • The Whisperer • (1984) • short story by Vivien Alcock
176 • Texts • non-genre • (1990) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin [as by Ursula Le Guin]
180 • The Sky Sea • (1989) • short story by Helen Cresswell
192 • The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire • non-genre • [Sherlock Holmes] • (1924) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
214 • The Bewitched Jacket • (1966) • short story by Dino Buzzati (trans. of La giacca stregata 1962)
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