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Entry updated 31 August 2026. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1940-2007) UK anthologist, almost all of whose extremely numerous publications, beginning with Devil Worship in Britain (anth 1964) with A V Sellwood, have been in the fields of horror and fantasy (see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy for these titles); his one novel, The Hero (1973), is a Near Future political thriller about the threat of a nuclear World War Three with China. Of his approximately 150 Anthologies, a few are of sf interest, including The Future Makers: A Selection of Science Fiction (anth 1968); The Dream Machines (anth 1972; vt The Dream Machines: An Eye-Witness History of Ballooning 1973), about Balloons; The H G Wells Scrapbook: Articles, Essays, Letters, Anecdotes, Illustrations, Photographs, and Memorabilia about the Prophetic Genius of the Twentieth Century (anth 1978); The Jules Verne Companion (anth 1978); a set of Doctor Who Ties, beginning with Doctor Who – A Celebration: Two Decades Through Time and Space (1983) (see Doctor Who); Cyber-Killers (anth 1997) as by Ric Alexander. Other pseudonyms used in his capacity as anthologist were Alfred Hitchcock (for several ghost-edited titles), William Pattrick, Richard Peyton and Sean Richards.
Most of Haining's work is entertainingly selected, though his bibliographical scholarship, and his general accuracy, sometimes suffered from haste and inattention. [JC/DRL]
Peter Alexander Haining
born Enfield, Middlesex: 2 April 1940
died Boxford, Suffolk: 19 November 2007
works
nonfiction (highly selected)
works as editor (highly selected)
series
as by Alfred Hitchcock
- Guaranteed Rest in Peace, and Other Macabre Tales (London: Four Square, 1966) as by Alfred Hitchcock [anth: pb/]
- Anyone for Murder? (London: Four Square, 1967) as by Alfred Hitchcock [anth: pb/Josh Kirby]
- Behind the Locked Door, and Other Strange Tales (London: Four Square, 1967) as by Alfred Hitchcock [anth: pb/Josh Kirby]
- This Day's Evil, and Other Tales of Suspense (London: Four Square, 1967) as by Alfred Hitchcock [anth: pb/Philippe Halsman]
- The Late Unlamented, and Other Tales of Evil (London: Four Square, 1967) as by Alfred Hitchcock [anth: pb/Josh Kirby]
- Meet Death at Night, and Other Tales of Terror (London: Four Square, 1967) as by Alfred Hitchcock [anth: pb/Josh Kirby]
- The Graveyard Man (London: Four Square, 1968) as by Alfred Hitchcock [anth: pb/Josh Kirby]
- This One Will Kill You (New York: Dell, 1971) as by Alfred Hitchcock [anth: pb/]
Frankenstein
Doctor Who
single-author collections as editor
individual titles as editor
- Devil Worship in Britain (London: Corgi, 1964) with A V Sellwood [anth: pb/]
- The Hell of Mirrors (London: Four Square, 1965) [anth: pb/]
- Beyond the Curtain of Dark (London: Four Square, 1966) [anth: pb/Josh Kirby]
- The Future Makers: A Selection of Science Fiction (London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1968) [anth: hb/]
- The Ghouls: The Great Stories Behind the Classic Horror Films (London: W H Allen, 1971) [anth: Cinema: hb/Mark Abraham]
- The Dream Machines (London: New English Library, 1972) [nonfiction: anth: Balloons: illus/hb/Anthony Lamb from unidentified source]
- The Nightmare Reader (New York: Doubleday, 1973) [anth: hb/]
- The Fantastic Pulps (London: Victor Gollancz, 1975) [anth: Pulp: hb/nonpictorial]
- The Edgar Allan Poe Scrapbook: Articles, Essays, Letters, Anecdotes, Illustrations, Photographs, and Memorabilia about the Legendary American Genius (London: New English Library, 1977) [nonfiction: anth: Edgar Allan Poe: hb/]
- The H G Wells Scrapbook: Articles, Essays, Letters, Anecdotes, Illustrations, Photographs, and Memorabilia about the Prophetic Genius of the Twentieth Century (London: New English Library, 1978) [nonfiction: anth: H G Wells: hb/]
- The Jules Verne Companion (London: Pictorial Presentations/Souvenir Press, 1978) [nonfiction: anth: Jules Verne: hb/Chris Scott]
- Classic Horror Omnibus, Volume 1 (London: New English Library, 1979) [anth: no other volumes in the series were published: hb/]
- The Edgar Allan Poe Bedside Companion (London: Victor Gollancz, 1980) [anth: stories by Edgar Allan Poe and others: hb/]
- The Barbarian Swordsmen (London: W H Allen/Star, 1981) as by Sean Richards [pb/Gino D'Achille]
- Christmas Spirits: Ghost Stories of the Festive Season (London: William Kimber, 1983) [anth: hb/]
- Ghost Tour: An Armchair Journey Through the Supernatural (London: William Kimber, 1984) [anth: hb/Ionicus]
- Mysterious Railway Stories (London: W H Allen, 1984) as by William Pattrick [anth: hb/]
- The Ghost Ship: Stories of the Phantom Flying Dutchman (London: William Kimber, 1985) [anth: hb/Ionicus]
- Tune in for Fear: A Choice of Supernatural Radio Stories (London: William Kimber, 1985) [anth: hb/Ionicus]
- Mysterious Air Stories (London: W H Allen, 1986) as by William Pattrick [anth: hb/]
- Tales of Dungeons and Dragons (London: Century, 1986) [anth: hb/]
- James Bond: A Celebration (London: Planet Books, 1987) [nonfiction: anth: Ian Fleming: hb/]
- Poltergeist: Tales of Deadly Ghosts (London: Severn House, 1987) [anth: Poltergeists: hb/]
- Werewolf: Horror Stories of the Man-Beast (London: Severn House, 1987) [anth: hb/]
- Space Movies: Classic Science Fiction Films (London: Severn House, 1995) [anth: stories that became sf Cinema: hb/Derek Colligan]
- Space Movies II: Classic Television Science Fiction (London: Severn House, 1996) [anth: stories that became sf Television: hb/Derek Colligan]
- Cyber-Killers (London: Orion, 1997) as by Ric Alexander [anth: hb/]
- Timescapes: Stories of Time Travel (London: Souvenir Press, 1997) [anth: hb/]
- The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal (London: Orion, 1998) as by Ric Alexander [anth: hb/]
- The Flying Bomb War: Contemporary Eyewitness Accounts of the German V-1 and V-2 Raids on Britain (London: Robson Books, 2002) [nonfiction: anth: World War Two: illus/hb/various]
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