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Peter Haining

Haining, Peter Alexander

April 2, 1940 – November 19, 2007 (aged 67)

Birth place: Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK

55 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
June 1970 30 Review The Freak Show Vision of Tomorrow #9, June 1970
April 1971 46 Review The Unspeakable People Forgotten Fantasy, April 1971
May 1973 77 Review Beyond the Curtain of Dark The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1973
May 1973 78 Review Gothic Tales of Terror The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1973
May 1973 78 Review The Clans of Darkness The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1973
May 1973 77 Review The Hollywood Nightmare The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1973
February 1975 72 Review The Magic Valley Travelers The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1975
1976 18 Review The Ancient Mysteries Reader Luna Monthly, #64, Summer 1976
February 1976 10 Review The Ancient Mysteries Reader Delap's F & SF Review, February 1976
July 1976 11 Review The Fantastic Pulps Delap's F & SF Review, July 1976
July 1976 44 Review The Fantastic Pulps Algol, #26, Summer 1976
September 1976 118 Review The Ancient Mysteries Reader Galaxy, September 1976
November 1976 120 Review The Ancient Mysteries Reader Fantastic, November 1976
March 1977 81 Review The Fantastic Pulps Foundation, #11 and 12 March 1977
April 1977 14 Review Weird Tales Delap's F & SF Review, April 1977
September 1977 129 Review Weird Tales Galaxy, September 1977
July 1979 81 Review The H. G. Wells Scrapbook Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, July 1979
February 1980 20 Review The Jules Verne Companion Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, February 1980
March 1981 122 Essay Review of Criti Fan by Ellen Pederson and Niels Dalgaard Science-Fiction Studies, March, 1981
March 1981 106 Review The H. G. Wells Scrapbook Science-Fiction Studies, March, 1981
January 1983 26 Review M. R. James - The Book of Ghost Stories Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #11, January-February 1983
March 1984 8 Review Christmas Spirits SF & Fantasy Review, March 1984
July 1984 38 Review Christmas Spirits Fantasy Review, July 1984
August 1984 37 Review Doctor Who, A Celebration: Two Decades Through Time and Space Fantasy Review, August 1984
November 1984 32 Review Ghost Tour Fantasy Review, November 1984
January 1985 41 Review Doctor Who: The Key to Time: A Year By Year Record Fantasy Review, January 1985
February 1985 15 Review Hallowe'en Hauntings Fantasy Review, February 1985
August 1985 Review Tune In for Pain Vector 127
October 1985 21 Review Tune in for Fear Fantasy Review, October 1985
February 1986 22 Review The Ghost Ship Fantasy Review, February 1986
May 1986 19 Review Supernatural Sleuths Fantasy Review, May 1986
August 1986 Review Supernatural Sleuths Vector 133
January 1987 37 Review Tales of Dungeons and Dragons Fantasy Review, January-February 1987
April 1987 Review Tales of Dungeons and Dragons Vector 137
March 1991 33 Review Weird Tales Aboriginal Science Fiction, March-April 1991
June 1993 38 Review Vampires at Midnight Vector 173
December 1993 20 Review Great Irish Stories of the Supernatural Vector 176
April 1994 17 Review Great Irish Stories of the Supernatural Vector 178
August 1995 92 Review The Vampire Omnibus SFX, #3
December 1995 Review The Vampire Omnibus Vector 186
October 1996 60 Review Ghost Movies II All Hallows, October 1996
October 1996 61 Review The Vampire Hunters' Casebook All Hallows, October 1996
December 1997 Review The Wizards of Odd SF Site, Mid-December 1997
February 1998 62 Review The Wizards of ODD Science Fiction Chronicle, #195 February 1998
January 1999 Review The Flying Sorcerers SF Site, January 1999
February 1999 94 Review The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Ghost Stories All Hallows, February 1999
May 1999 26 Review The Flying Sorcerors Vector 205
June 1999 18|18.7 Review Great Irish Tales of Horror Realms of Fantasy, June 1999
July 2000 25 Review Knights of Madness Vector 212
November 2000 135 Review Knights of Madness Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2000
February 2001 101 Review The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories All Hallows, February 2001
July 2001 21 Review The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines SFRA Review #253
July 2001 68 Review The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines Locus, #486 July 2001
July 2001 23 Review The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories Vector 218
January 2020 114 Review Zombie Pulp Horror: All Reviews Special Edition

155 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1964 Nonfiction Devil Worship In Britain Peter Haining & A. V. Sellwood
1965 Anthology The Hell of Mirrors Peter Haining
1966 Anthology Beyond the Curtain of Dark Peter Haining
1966 Anthology Summoned from the Tomb: Great Tales of Horror Peter Haining
1966 Anthology The Craft of Terror Peter Haining
1966 Anthology Where Nightmares Are Peter Haining
1967 Anthology The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies Peter Haining
1968 Anthology Dr. Caligari's Black Book Peter Haining
1968 Anthology Legends for the Dark Peter Haining
1968 Anthology The Evil People Peter Haining
1968 Anthology The Future Makers Peter Haining
1968 Anthology The Midnight Penthouse Peter Haining
1968 Anthology The Midnight People Peter Haining
1969 Anthology The Satanists Peter Haining
1969 Anthology The Unspeakable People Peter Haining
1969 Anthology The Witchcraft Reader Peter Haining
1970 Anthology The Freak Show Peter Haining
1970 Anthology The Hollywood Nightmare Peter Haining
1970 Anthology The Wild Night Company Peter Haining
1970 Anthology Vampires at Midnight Peter Haining
1971 Anthology A Circle of Witches Peter Haining
1971 Anthology The Clans of Darkness: Scottish Stories of Fantasy and Horror Peter Haining
1971 Anthology The Ghouls Peter Haining
1971 Anthology The Necromancers: The Best of Black Magic and Witchcraft Peter Haining
1971 Nonfiction Witchcraft and Black Magic Peter Haining
1972 Anthology Gothic Tales of Terror: Classic Horror Stories from Great Britain, Europe, and the United States, 1765-1840 Peter Haining
1972 Anthology Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765–1840 Peter Haining
1972 Anthology Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840 Peter Haining
1972 Anthology Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations Peter Haining
1972 Anthology The Lucifer Society: Macabre Tales by Great Modern Writers Peter Haining
1972 Anthology The Magicians: Occult Stories Peter Haining
1973 Anthology Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume One: Classic Horror Stories from Great Britain Peter Haining
1973 Anthology Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume Two: Classic Horror Stories from Europe and the United States Peter Haining
1973 Anthology Nightfrights: Occult Stories for All Ages Peter Haining
1973 Anthology Summoned from the Tomb: Great Tales of Horror Peter Haining
1973 Anthology The Magicians: The Occult in Fact and Fiction Peter Haining
1973 Anthology The Nightmare Reader Peter Haining
1974 Anthology Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors Peter Haining
1974 Anthology Detours Into the Macabre Peter Haining
1974 Anthology The Ghouls: Book One Peter Haining
1974 Anthology The Ghouls: Book Two Peter Haining
1974 Anthology The Magic Valley Travellers Peter Haining
1974 Anthology The Monster Makers Peter Haining
1975 Anthology The Ancient Mysteries Reader Peter Haining
1975 Anthology The Fantastic Pulps Peter Haining
1975 Anthology The Ghost's Companion Peter Haining
1975 Anthology The Penny Dreadful; or, Strange, Horrid & Sensational Tales! Peter Haining
1976 Anthology Everyman's Book of Classic Horror Stories Peter Haining
1976 Anthology More of Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors Peter Haining
1976 Nonfiction Terror! A History of Horror Illustrations from the Pulp Magazines Peter Haining
1976 Anthology The Black Magic Omnibus Peter Haining
1976 Nonfiction The Dracula Scrapbook Peter Haining
1976 Anthology The First Book of Unknown Tales of Horror Peter Haining
1976 Anthology The Nightmare Reader Volume One Peter Haining
1976 Anthology The Nightmare Reader: Volume Two Peter Haining
1976 Anthology Weird Tales Peter Haining
1977 Anthology Black Magic 2 Peter Haining
1977 Anthology Black Magic I Peter Haining
1977 Anthology Deadly Nightshade: Strange Tales of the Dark Peter Haining
1977 Anthology Tales of a Monster Hunter Peter Haining & Peter Cushing
1977 Nonfiction The Edgar Allan Poe Scrapbook Peter Haining
1977 Anthology The Frankenstein File Peter Haining
1977 Nonfiction The Legend and Bizarre Crimes of Spring Heeled Jack Peter Haining
1978 Anthology Tales of Unknown Horror Peter Haining
1978 Anthology The Ancient Mysteries Reader Book 1 Peter Haining
1978 Anthology The Ancient Mysteries Reader Book 2 Peter Haining
1978 Anthology The Ghost Finders: Tales of Some Famous Phantoms Peter Haining
1978 Nonfiction The H. G. Wells Scrapbook Peter Haining
1978 Nonfiction The Jules Verne Companion Peter Haining
1978 Anthology The Second Book of Unknown Tales of Horror Peter Haining
1978 Anthology The Shilling Shockers: Stories of Terror from the Gothic Bluebooks Peter Haining
1978 Anthology Weird Tales Vol. 1 Peter Haining
1978 Anthology Weird Tales Vol. 2 Peter Haining
1979 Omnibus Classic Horror Omnibus Volume I Peter Haining
1979 Anthology M. R. James - Book of the Supernatural Peter Haining
1979 Anthology More Tales of Unknown Horror Peter Haining
1979 Nonfiction The Leprechaun's Kingdom Peter Haining
1979 Nonfiction The Man Who Was Frankenstein Peter Haining
1980 Anthology The Edgar Allan Poe Bedside Companion: Morgue and Mystery Tales Peter Haining
1980 Anthology The Elephant Man and Other Freaks Peter Haining
1980 Anthology The Third Book of Unknown Tales of Horror Peter Haining
1981 Anthology Dead of Night Peter Haining
1982 Anthology Greasepaint and Ghosts Peter Haining
1982 Anthology M. R. James - The Book of Ghost Stories Peter Haining
1982 Anthology Shades of Dracula: Bram Stoker's Uncollected Stories Peter Haining
1983 Anthology Christmas Spirits: Ghost Stories of the Festive Season Peter Haining
1983 Nonfiction Doctor Who, a Celebration: Two Decades Through Time and Space Peter Haining
1983 Anthology Nightcaps and Nightmares Peter Haining
1984 Nonfiction Doctor Who: The Key to Time: A Year By Year Record Peter Haining
1984 Anthology Ghost Tour: An Armchair Journey Through the Supernatural Peter Haining
1984 Anthology Hallowe'en Hauntings: Stories About the Most Ghostly Night of the Year Peter Haining
1985 Nonfiction A Pictorial History of Horror Stories: 200 Years of Spine-Chilling Illustrations from the Pulp Magazines Peter Haining
1985 Anthology The Ghost Ship: Stories of the Phantom Flying Dutchman Peter Haining
1985 Anthology Tune in for Fear: A Choice of Supernatural Radio Stories Peter Haining
1985 Anthology Vampire Peter Haining
1985 Anthology Zombie! Peter Haining
1986 Anthology Stories of the Walking Dead Peter Haining
1986 Anthology Supernatural Sleuths: Stories of Occult Investigators Peter Haining
1986 Anthology Tales of Dungeons and Dragons Peter Haining
1986 Nonfiction The Art of Horror Stories: Two Hundred Years of Spine—Chilling Illustrations Peter Haining
1986 Nonfiction The Doctor Who File Peter Haining
1987 Nonfiction Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide Peter Haining
1987 Anthology Poltergeist: Tales of Deadly Ghosts Peter Haining
1987 Nonfiction The Dracula Centenary Book Peter Haining
1987 Anthology Werewolf: Horror Stories of the Man-Beast Peter Haining
1988 Nonfiction Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years Peter Haining
1988 Anthology Hole in Fun Peter Haining
1988 Anthology Irish Tales of Terror Peter Haining
1988 Anthology Movie Monsters: Great Horror Film Stories Peter Haining
1988 Anthology Scottish Stories of Fantasy & Horror Peter Haining
1988 Anthology The Mummy: Stories of the Living Corpse Peter Haining
1992 Anthology Great Irish Stories of the Supernatural Peter Haining
1993 Anthology Masters of the Macabre: The Best of the 20th Century Peter Haining
1993 Anthology The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus Peter Haining
1994 Anthology Great Irish Tales of the Unimaginable Peter Haining
1994 Anthology Peter Cushing's Monster Movies Peter Haining
1994 Anthology Tales from the Rogues' Gallery Peter Haining
1994 Anthology The Armchair Horror Collection Peter Haining
1994 Anthology The Frankenstein Collection Peter Haining
1994 Anthology The Frankenstein Omnibus Peter Haining
1995 Anthology Ghost Movies: Famous Supernatural Films Peter Haining
1995 Anthology Great Irish Tales of Horror: A Treasury of Fear Peter Haining
1995 Anthology Space Movies Peter Haining
1995 Anthology The Vampire Omnibus Peter Haining
1996 Anthology Ghost Movies II: Famous Supernatural Television Programmes Peter Haining
1996 Anthology Great Irish Tales of Fantasy and Myth Peter Haining
1996 Anthology London After Midnight: A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts Peter Haining
1996 Anthology Space Movies II Peter Haining
1996 Anthology The Vampire Hunters' Casebook Peter Haining
1996 Anthology The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy Peter Haining
1997 Anthology The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy Peter Haining
1997 Anthology Timescapes: Stories of Time Travel Peter Haining
1998 Anthology Classic Science Fiction Peter Haining
1998 Anthology Classics of the Supernatural Peter Haining
1998 Anthology Knights of Madness Peter Haining
1998 Anthology Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream! Peter Haining
1998 Anthology The Flying Sorcerers Peter Haining
1998 Nonfiction The Invasion: Earth Companion Peter Haining
1998 Anthology The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Ghost Stories Peter Haining
1998 Anthology The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories Peter Haining
1998 Anthology Time Travelers: Fiction in the Fourth Dimension Peter Haining
1999 Anthology Death on Wheels Peter Haining
1999 Anthology Great Irish Tales of Fantasy Peter Haining
1999 Anthology Vintage Science Fiction Peter Haining
2000 Nonfiction A Dictionary of Vampires Peter Haining
2000 Anthology Great Welsh Fantasy Stories Peter Haining
2000 Nonfiction The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines Peter Haining
2000 Anthology The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories Peter Haining
2001 Anthology The Wizards' Den: Spellbinding Stories of Magic and Magicians Peter Haining
2002 Anthology Scary! 2: More Stories That Will Make You Scream! Peter Haining
2003 Anthology Magicians' Circle: More Spellbinding Stories of Wizards & Wizardry Peter Haining
2004 Anthology Pulp Fictions Peter Haining
2005 Anthology Great Irish Tales of Horror Peter Haining
2007 Anthology The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories Peter Haining
2008 Anthology The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings Peter Haining

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1998 British Fantasy Award Best Anthology/Collection The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy Nominee
2002 Locus Poll Award Best Art Book The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines Nominee
2004 Premio Ignotus Mejor antología - Best Collected Work Cronopaisajes Runner-up

According to researchers, sources given by Peter Haining in his reprint anthologies are not always reliable. See the ISFDB record for the story 'The Bat' (attributed to Bela Lugosi) for an example and this post for other details and examples.
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