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Not at Night Series These excerpts come from Wikipedia which I use as a framework for this page. I've made many additions and added commentary to fill-in gaps and missing information.

Originally intended as a one off collection, the series was such a success that Campbell Thomson edited eleven volumes and an omnibus between 1925 and 1937. In all, there were 170 stories and, according to noted fantasy bibliographer Mike Ashley, exactly 100 of these came from the legendary American pulp Weird Tales. Among the contributors were such greats of horror fiction as H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Seabury Quinn, Oscar Cook and Rupert Grayson. The books in the series were all published by Selwyn & Blount. I now have all these editions in my collection with ORIGINAL dust jackets

Not At Night (October, 1925)		Contents Paul S. Powers – Monsters Of The Pit Victor Roman – Four Wooden Stakes Mortimer Levitan – The Third Thumb-Print W. J. Stamper – Lips Of The Dead Gerald Dean – The Devil Bed Frank Belknap Long jr. – Death-Waters G. Frederick Montefoire – Black Curtains R. G. MacReady – The Plant-Thing C. Franklin Miller – His Family Romeo Poole – A Hand From The Deep Greye La Spina – The Tortoise-Shell Cat Henry W. Whitehill – The Case Of The Russian Stevedore W. Chiswell Collins – The Leopard’s Trail Archie Binns – The Last Trip H. Thompson Rich – The Purple Cincture

More Not At Night (Sept. 1926)		Contents Joel Martin Nichols, jr. – The Hooded Death B. W. Sliney – The Man Who Was Saved W. J. Stamper – Fidel Basin Galen C. Colin – Teeth Edith Lyle Ragsdale – Vials Of Wrath Sewell Peaslee Wright – The Experiment Of Erich Weigert Donald Edward Keyhoe – The Mystery Under The Sea Seabury Quinn – The Horror On The Links Stewart Van Der Veer – The Yellow Spectre Will Smith & R. J. Robbins – Swamp Horror Raoul Lenoir – The Dead Soul Frank Belknap Long, jr. -The Sea Thing H. Thompson Rich -The Black Box August Derleth – Bat’s Belfry A. W. Kapfer – The Phantom Drug

You'll Need A Night Light (Sept. 1927)		Contents Eli Colter – The Last Horror Paul S. Powers – The Life Serum Joseph McCord – The Girdle Oscar Cook – Si Urag Of The Tail Paul Benton – The Beast Zina Inez Ponder – His Wife Bassett Morgan – Laocoon Flavia Richardson – Out Of The Earth W. J. Stamper – Ti Michel Seabury Quinn – The House Of Horror August Derleth – The Coffin Of Lissa R. Anthony – The Parasitic Hand Romeo Poole – The Death Crescents Of Koti J. M. Hiatt & Moye W. Stephens – Ghosts Of The Air H. P. Lovecraft – The Horror At Red Hook

Gruesome Cargoes (July, 1928)		Contents Lockhart North – Dead Man’s Luck Flavia Richardson – When Hell Laughed Edmund Snell – The Black Spider Anthony Wharton – The Hunting on the Doonagh Bog Dora Christie-Murray – Drums of Fear Harold Markham – The Hand From The Ruins Harry De Windt – A Celestial Hell Dagney Major – The Children of Bondage Rupert Grayson – The Man Who Ordered a Double Oscar Cook – When Glister Walked H. Thomson – Offspring Of Hell Francis Beeding – The Tomb A. A. Rawlinson – The Creeping Horror Benge Atlee – The Green Eyes of Mbuiri L. Oulton – The Padlocked House

By Daylight Only (Oct. 1929)		Contents H. Warner Munn – The Chain John Dwight – The Fates H. P. Lovecraft – Pickman’s Model C. Franklin Miller – The Last Laugh Flavia Richardson – At Number Eleven Bassett Morgan – Devils Of Po Sung Charles Lawrence Edholm – The Rose Window Morgan Johnson – Panthers of Shevgoan Royal W. Jimerson – Medusa Oscar Cook – Piecemeal Arthur J. Burks – Bells Of Oceana Signe Toksvig – The Devil’s Martyr William R. Hickey – The Cave of Spiders R. Anthony – The Witch-Baiter Douglas Newton – The Trimmer Rupert Grayson – Blood August Derleth – The Tenant Harold Markham – White Lotus Flower Oscar Schisgall – In Kashla’s Garden Captain George Fielding Eliot – The Copper Bowl

Switch On The Light (April, 1931)		Contents Zealia B. Bishop – The Curse of Yig Richard Stone – Murder By Proxy Jack Bradley – Haunted Hands N. J. O’Neail – The Flame Fiend Oscar Cook – Boomerang J. Dyott Matthews – The Tapping Frank Belknap Long, jr. -The Red Fetish August Derleth & Marc R. Schorer – The Pacer J. S. Whittaker – Flower Valley H. P. Lovecraft – The Rats In The Walls J. Joseph Renaud – Suzanne Amelia Reynolds Long – The Thought Monster Flavia Richardson – The Red Turret Edmond Hamilton – Pigmy Island R. F. Broad – Bhuillaneadh

At Dead Of Night (Nov, 1931)		Contents Lorretta G. Burrough – Creeping Fingers F. A. M. Webster – The Owl Geoffrey Vace – Four Doomed Men Seabury Quinn – The Curse Of The House Of Phipps Oscar Cook – His Beautiful Hands David H. Keller – The Seeds Of Death Henry S. Whitehead – Passing Of A God August Derleth – Prince Borgia’s Mass Flavia Richardson (Christine Campbell Thomson) – Pussy Jessie D. Kerruish – The Wonderful Tune Paul Ernst – The Scourge Of Mektoub Michael Annesley – Rats Richard Jackson & A. Edwards Chapman – The Idol Of Death Everil Worrell – The Grey Killer Charles Henry MacKintosh – Guardian Of The Guavas

Grim Death (Aug, 1932)		Contents J. Leslie Mitchell – If You Sleep In The Moonlight Bassett Morgan – Island Of Doom Anthony Vercoe – Flies Arthur Woodward – Lord Of The Talking Heads Rosalie Muspratt – Helvellyn: Elivion Or Hill Of Baal Harold Ward – House Of The Living Dead J. Dyott Mathews – The Wings Oscar Cook – The Great White Fear Robert E. Howard – The Black Stone Elizabeth Sheldon – The Ghost That Never Died Flavia Richardson (Christine Campbell Thomson) – Behind the Blinds David H. Keller – The Thing in the Cellar Hester Holland – Dorner Cordainthus Maurice Level – Night And Silence Guy Preston – The Inn

Keep On The Light (July, 1933)		Contents Hester G. Holland – The Library Oscar Cook – Golden Lilies Henry S. Whitehead – The Chadbourne Episode Robert E. Howard – Worms Of The Earth Flavia Richardson – The Black Hare Bassett Morgan – Tiger Dust Mary E. Counselman – The House Of Shadows J. Dyott Mathews – Green Slime Jessie D. Kerruish – The Seven Locked Room Warden Ledge – Legion Of Evil Don C. Wiley – The Head Of Wu Fang Guy Preston – The Way He Died Hugh B. Cave – Cult Of The White Ape Rosalie Muspratt – Althorpe Abbey Clark Ashton Smith – Isle Of The Torturers

Terror By Night (Aug., 1934)		Contents Joseph O. Kesselring – King Cobra A. Barclay – The Chamber Of Death Merle Prout – The House Of the Worm F. Bonney – The Flying Head J. W. Benjamin – The Man Who Saw Red Hazel Heald – The Horror in the Museum Oscar Cook – Dog Death August Derleth – The Metronome Mary E. Counselman – The Accursed Isle Hugh B. Cave – The Watcher In The Green Room Robert E. Howard – Rogues in the House Harold Ward – The Closed Door Michael Gwynn – The Death Plant Flavia Richardson – Behind the Yellow Door L. A. Lewis – The Author’s Tale

Nightmare By Daylight (April, 1936)		Contents Charles Cullum – Scarred Mirror Barrett Willoughby – One Alaskan Night David H. Keller – The Dead Woman Oscar Cook – The Crimson Head-Dress Gordon Chesson – Little Red Shoes Zayu Konstanz – The Yellow Paw Dion Fortune – The Flute Of Seven Stops Hester Holland – The Scream Nicholas Stafford – Mirabel Houston Walter Rose – The Horror Of the Cavern Jessie D. Kerruish – The Gold Of Hermodike E.M.P. Inglefield – The Cossacks R. Dawson – Grannie Flavia Richardson – Empty Stockings Oswell Blakeston – The Crack

The first three volumes were assembled as Not At Night Omnibus (April 1937.

Another Omnibus edition is Not at Night!(1928)and edited by Herbert Ashbury

Arrow books published three paperback compilations from the series from 1960-62 as:

Not At Night (1960)

More Not At Night (1961)

Still Not At Night (1962)

Never at Night (1972)

Only by Daylight (1972)

A new Not at Night Series edited by Stephen Jones came about resecently but have nothing to do with the original series;

Keep Out the Night (2002)

By Moonlight Only (2003)

Don't Turn Out the Light (2005)