Nightmares: A Collection of Uneasy Tales

Creeps

by Charles Birkin (Editor)

One of a series of books containing supernatural/horror stories edited by Charles Birkin and published by Philip Allan (London) between 1932-1936.

Contents

9 • High Tide • short story by Hester Gaskell Holland [as by Hester Holland Gaskell]
21 • The Escape • short story by John Ratho
37 • "Binkie" • short story by A. C. S. Tibbett
51 • Hangman's Cottage • short story by Philip Murray
71 • The Headless Leper • short story by Frederick Cowles
81 • The Happy Dancers • short story by Charles Birkin [as by Charles Lloyd]
99 • The Haunted Bungalow • short story by B. Lumsden Milne
117 • The End of the Holiday • short story by V. A. Chappell
129 • "Is It True?" • short story by Sonya Converse
143 • The Curse • short story by Ronald Aggett
163 • The Whimpus • (1919) • novelette by Tod Robbins
243 • The Woolen Helmet • short story by P. Erroll

255 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1933

About the author

Sir Charles Lloyd Birkin, 5th Baronet of Ruddington Grange (24 September 1907 – 1985) was an English author of horror short stories and the editor of the Creeps Library of anthologies. Mostly working under the pseudonym Charles Lloyd, Birkin's tales tended towards the contes cruels rather than supernatural fiction.

Reviews

[Canavan · Rating 3 out of 5]

✭✭½

“High Tide”, Hester Gaskell Holland (as by Hester Holland Gaskell) (1925) ✭✭✭½
“The Escape”, John Ratho ✭✭✭
“‘Binkie’”, Aldwyn Tibbett ✭✭✭
“Hangman’s Cottage”, Philip Murray ✭✭½
“The Headless Leper”, Frederick Cowles ✭✭✭
“‘The Happy Dancers’”, Charles Birkin (as by Charles Lloyd) ✭✭✭
“The Haunted Bungalow”, B. Lumsden Milne ✭✭
“The End of the Holiday”, V. A. Chappell ✭✭
“‘Is It True?’”, Sonya Converse ✭✭
“The Curse”, Ronald Aggett ✭✭½
“The Whimpus”, Tod Robbins (1919) ✭✭½
“The Woolen Helmet”, Paul Erroll ✭✭½

All stories published 1933 unless noted otherwise.