Bibliography

The following is the best list I have of books by Celia Fremlin. Please write if you have any corrections or additions to suggest. In particular, I should welcome any further information on translators, and a full list of the stories in Spiel mit dem Feuer would be welcome.

  

The Seven Chars of Chelsea
  Methuen, hardcover, 1940 

(with Tom Harrisson) War Factory  
  1943;  Vintage/Ebury, 1987

The Hours Before Dawn
  Gollancz, 1958
[Japanese translation](tr. Koji Nakata)
  Tokyo Sogen Sha/Charles E Tuttle, 1961
The Hours Before Dawn
  Dell, paperback, 1961 
The Hours Before Dawn
  Dell, paperback, 1966
The Hours Before Dawn
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1973 
The Hours Before Dawn
  Academy Chicago Publications, paperback, 1984
The Hours Before Dawn
  HarperCollins, paperback, 1988
Las Horas Que Preceden Al Alba (tr. D.R.Yagolkowski)
  Sudamericana, paperback, 1991 
The Hours Before Dawn 
  Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C (Chivers Large Print), hardcover, 1995 
The Hours Before Dawn
  Story Sound, audio cassette, 1995 (Judith Boyd, narrator)
The Hours Before Dawn 
  Virago Press Ltd (Virago Modern Classics), paperback, 1996  
Die Stunden vor Morgengrauen
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2001 
Die Stunden vor Morgengrauen (with others)
  Hörbuchproduktionen, 4 Cassetten, 2000
Die Stunden vor Morgengrauen (tr. Isabella Nadolny)
  Krimi Klassiker, 2009  
The Hours before Dawn
  Academy Chicago Publications/Lulu.com, paperback, 2005
The Hours Before Dawn
  Amazon Kindle
The Hours Before Dawn
  Faber, paperback, 2017

Uncle Paul
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1959
Uncle Paul
  Lippincott, hardcover, 1959
Uncle Paul
  Four Square, 1964
Uncle Paul
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1974
Onkel Paul
  Diogenes Verlag, hardcover, 1989
Onkel Paul
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1991 
Uncle Paul
  Black Dagger Crime Reprints, hardcover, 1993
Uncle Paul
  Black Dagger Crime Reprints, hardcover, 1994 
Onkel Paul
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
Uncle Paul
  Amazon Kindle

Seven Lean Years
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1961 
Wait for the Wedding
  Lippincott, 1961  
Wait for the Wedding
  Avon, paperback, 1961 
Wait for the Wedding
  Avon, paperback, 1967 
Seven Lean Years
  Gollancz/Littlehampton Book Services, hardcover, 1975 
Jahre der Verzweiflung
  Heyne, paperback, 1980
Sieben magere Jahre (tr. Monika Elwenspoek)
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1994 
Sieben magere Jahre
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
Sieben magere Jahre (and other books)
  Hörbuchproduktionen, 6 audio-CDs, 2002
Seven Lean Years
  Faber, paperback, 2014
Seven Lean Years
  Amazon Kindle
  
The Trouble Makers
  Gollancz, 1963
The Trouble Makers
  Lippincott, 1963
The Trouble Makers
  Lippincott, 1965 
The Trouble Makers
  Avon, paperback, 1967
The Trouble Makers
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1979
Unruhestifter (tr. Monika Elwenspoek)
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1993 
Unruhestifter
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
The Trouble Makers
  Faber, paperback, 2014
The Trouble Makers
  Amazon Kindle

The Jealous One
  Gollancz, 1964
The Jealous One
  Avon Publishers, paperback, 1970 
The Jealous One
  Lippincott, hardcover, 1965 
The Jealous One
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1976 
The Jealous One
  Academy Chicago Publications, paperback, 1985 
Die Eifersüchtige (tr. Barbara Rojahn-Deyk)
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1993 
The Jealous One
  Academy Chicago Publications/Lulu.com, paperback, 2005 
Revnost' (tr. Galina Tumarkina)
  Phantom Press, Moscow, 2008
The Jealous One
  Faber, paperback, 2014
The Jealous One
  Amazon Kindle
  
Prisoner's Base
  Gollancz/Littlehampton Book Services, 1967 
Prisoner's Base
  J.B.Lippincott, hardcover, 1968
Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
Prisoner's Base
  Faber, paperback, 2014
Prisoner's Base
  Amazon Kindle

Possession
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1969 
Possession
  Lippincott, hardcover, 1969
Possession
  Pocket Books, paperback, 1970 
Klimax
  Buchclub ex libris Zorich, hardcover, 1972
Klimax oder Außerordentliches Beispiel von Mutterliebe
  Sischer-TB-Verlag, 1984
Possession
  Academy Chicago Publications, paperback, 1985 
Klimax
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1981
Klimax oder Außerordentliches Beispiel von Mutterliebe
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1986
Klimax oder Außerordentliches Beispiel von Mutterliebe
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1991
Possession
  Academy Chicago Publications/Lulu.com, paperback, 2005 
Klimax oder Außerordentliches Beispiel von Mutterliebe (tr. Dietrich Stössel)
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2009 (Diogenes Taschenbuch 23891)
Possession
  Faber, paperback, 2014
Possession
  Amazon Kindle
Possesso (tr. Cecilia Martini)
  DMG Edizione, 2017
Possesso
  Amazon Kindle

Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark (short stories)
  (The Quiet Game;  The Betrayal;  The New House;  Last Day of Spring;  
   The Special Gift;  Old Daniel's Treasure;  For Ever Fair;  
   The Irony of Fate;  The Baby Sitter;  The Hated House;  Angel-face;  
   The Fated Interview;  The Locked Room.) 
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1970
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark
  Lippincott, hardcover, 1970 
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark
  Lippincott, textbook binding, 1970 
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark
  Gollancz, 1979
Non Dormite a Luce Spenta (tr. Cecilia Martini) 
  DMG Edizioni, 2016 
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark
  Faber, paperback, 2014
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark
  Amazon Kindle
Non Dormite a Luce Spenta 
  Amazon Kindle
 
Appointment with Yesterday
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1972 
Appointment with Yesterday (with "Death Wish", by B.Garfield, and "The Champagne Killer", by Hugh Pentecost)
  Walter J. Black, hardcover, 1972 
Cita con el ayer (tr. Ramon Margalef Llambrich)    
  Editorial Molino, 1974
Encontro com o passado (tr. Carmen Vera Cirne Lima)
  Editora Globo, paperback, 1976
Begegnung mit der Vergangenheit
  Heyne, paperback, 1980
Rendezvous mit Gestern 
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1988 
Appointment with Yesterday
  Gollancz, paperback, 1991
Ucieczka z przeszłości
  Express Books, 1991 (tr. Janusz Tomczak)
Rendezvous mit Gestern 
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002 
Appointment with Yesterday
  Dales, large print paperback, 2005
Appointment with Yesterday 
  Ulverscroft Large Print, large print paperback, 2005 
Appointment with Yesterday 
  Faber, paperback, 2014
Appointment with Yesterday 
  Amazon Kindle

By Horror Haunted (short stories)
     (Her Number on It;  Tuesday's Child;  Don't Tell Cissie;  
      The Sunday Outing;  Lilac Time;  The Blood on the Innocents;
      The Savage Heart;  Place in the Sun;  The End of the Road;  
      Gate of Death;  The Combined Operation;  An Unsuspected Talent;  
      Ephemerida;  The Intruder;  Barry Findlater.)
  Gollancz/Littlehampton Book Services, hardcover, 1974 
Arrastrados por el miedo (tr. J.M.Highstone)
  Editorial Molino, paperback, 1975 
By Horror Haunted
  Faber, paperback, 2014
By Horror Haunted
  Amazon Kindle

The Long Shadow
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1975
The Long Shadow
  Doubleday, 1976 
The Long Shadow
  Faber, paperback, 2014
The Long Shadow
  Amazon Kindle

Der lange Schatten
  Diogenes Verlag, 2002
The Long Shadow
  Oakhill Publishing Limited, audio CD, 2005
The Long Shadow
  Oakhill Publishing Limited, audio cassette, 2005
  
The Spider-Orchid
  Gollancz/Book Club Associates, hardcover, 1977 
The Spider-Orchid
  Doubleday, hardcover, 1978
The Spider-Orchid (with "The Enemy", by Desmond Bagley, and "Copper Gold", by Pauline Glen Winslow)
  Walter J. Black, hardcover, 1978 
Das Tagebuch des Todes
  Heyne, paperback, 1980
The Spider-Orchid
  Academy Chicago Publishers, paperback, 1986 
Die Spinnen-Orchidee
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1988 
The Spider-Orchid
  Gollancz, paperback, 1991
The Spider-Orchid
  Story Sound, audio cassette, 1993 (Christopher Scott, narrator)
The Spider-Orchid  
  Ulverscroft Large Print Books, hardcover, 1993
The Spider-Orchid
  Gollancz, 1997
The Spider-Orchid
  Academy Chicago Publications, paperback
The Spider-Orchid
  Faber, paperback, 2014
The Spider-Orchid
  Amazon Kindle
	 
With No Crying
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1980
With No Crying
  Doubleday, hardcover, 1980 
With No Crying
  Doubleday, hardcover, 1981 
Gibt's ein Baby, das nicht schreit?
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1991 
Gibt's ein Baby, das nicht schreit?
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
With No Crying
  Faber, paperback, 2014
With No Crying
  Amazon Kindle
  
The Parasite Person
  Gollancz/Littlehampton Book Services, hardcover, 1982 
The Parasite Person
  John Curley & Assoc, paperback, 1983
Parasiten-Person (tr. Monika Elwenspoek)
  Diogenes Verlag, hardcover, 1991
Parasiten-Person
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1994 
Parasiten-Person
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
The Parasite Person
  Faber, paperback, 2014
The Parasite Person
  Amazon Kindle
  
A Lovely Day to Die and Other Stories
     (A Lovely Day to Die;  Dangerous Sport;  High Dive;  
      A Strong Shoulder to Weep On;  The Luck of the Devil;
      The Post-Graduate Thesis;  The Holiday;  The Bonus Years;  
      A Case of Maximum Need;  Etiquette for Dying;  
      The Woman who had Everything;  Test Case;  The Miracle.)
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1984 
A Lovely Day to Die and Other Stories
  Doubleday/Crime Club, hardcover, 1984  
A Lovely Day to Die and Other Stories
  Ulverscroft Large Print Editions, hardcover, 1996
Ein schöner Tag zum Sterben
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1991 
Ein schöner Tag zum Sterben
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
A Lovely Day to Die and Other Stories
  Faber, paperback, 2014
A Lovely Day to Die and Other Stories
  Amazon Kindle
  
Listening in the Dusk
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1990
Listening in the Dusk
  Doubleday, hardcover, 1990  
Listening in the Dusk
  Ulverscroft Large Print Editions, hardcover, 1992
Zwielicht (tr. Ursula Kösters-Roth)
  Diogenes Verlag, hardcover, 1992
Zwielicht
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1994 
ZwielichtSlee
  Diogenes Verlag, 2002
Listening in the Dusk
  Faber, paperback, 2014
Listening in the Dusk
  Amazon Kindle

Dangerous Thoughts
  Gollancz, hardcover, 1991 
Dangerous Thoughts
  Doubleday, hardcover, 1992 
Dangerous Thoughts
  Ulverscroft Large Print Editions, hardcover, 1993 
Dangerous Thoughts
  Soundings, audio cassette, 1993 (Julia Franklyn, narrator)
Gefährliche Gedanken (tr. Irene Holicki)
  Diogenes Verlag, hardcover, 1994
Gefährliche Gedanken
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1996 
Dangerous Thoughts
  Faber, paperback, 2014
Dangerous Thoughts
  Amazon Kindle

The Echoing Stones
  Severn House Publishers, hardcover, 1993 
The Echoing Stones
  Severn House, paperback, 1993
The Echoing Stones
  Soundings, audio cassette, 1996 (John Hendry, narrator)
Das Tudorschloß
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1996 
The Echoing Stones
  Faber, paperback, 2014
The Echoing Stones
  Amazon Kindle

King of the World
  Severn House Publishers, hardcover, 1994 
King of the World
  Severn House, paperback, 1974
King of the World 
  Ulverscroft Large Print Editions, hardcover, 1996 
Vaters Stolz (tr. Thomas Stegers)
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1998
Vaters Stolz
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2000 
Vaters Stolz
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
King of the World
  Faber, paperback, 2014
King of the World
  Amazon Kindle

(with Leslie Minchin) Duet in Verse: Some Occasional Poems
  Able Publishing, paperback, June 1996 

Wetterumschwung
     (Mutters rettende Idee/Mother's Clever Idea;  Das Telegramm/The Telegram;  
      Der Kirschbaum/The Cherry Tree;  Die Seereise/The Bonus Years;  
      Wetterumschwung/A Change in the Weather;  
      Erinnerst du dich?/Do You Remember?;  
      Wohnung zu vermieten/Accommodation Vacant;  
      Die Weihnachtsdrachen/The Christmas Dragons;  
      Das Abendessen/The Dinner-Party;  Der hohe Sprung/High Dive;  
      Der Fahrstuhl/Full O'Death;  
      Aus heiterem Himmel/Out of the Blue;  Das Happy-End/The Happy Ending;  
      Der Held/The Rich Kid;  Aus dem Schneider/In the Clear;  
      Hilfe in der Not/A Helping Hand)
  Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1994 (translators Ursula Kösters-Roth, 
  Isabella Nadolny, Barbara Rojahn-Deyk)

Spiel mit dem Feuer
     (Dangerous Sport;  The Luck of the Devil;  Test Case;  etc.)
  Diogenes/Amazon, audiobook, 2010 (translators Ursula Kösters & 
  Isabella Nadolny, reader Sabine Kastius)


Further short stories:
Something Evil in the House 
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1968
  John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1983
With a Rustle of Wings
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1969
Don't Be Frightened 
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1970
The Ballad of Corpscandal Manor
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1970
Golden Tuesday
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1972
The Coldness of a Thousand Suns
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1972
Waiting for the Police
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1973
Who Killed the Cat (?)
  Verdict of Thirteen (ed. Julian Symons)
  Harper & Row, hardcover, 1978 
Anything May Happen
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1981
Accommodation Vacant  
  John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1984
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1993 
Bluebeard's Key
  John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1985
The Sensory Deprivation Tank
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1986
  John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1987
Drown Her on Saturday
  Winter's Crimes 19, Doubleday, 1987
Guilt Feelings
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1987 
  Women of Mystery, Castle Books, 2002
Yellow Ken
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1991
The Dinner-Party
  Woman's Realm, 1992
Mother's Clever Idea
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1992
  Women of Mystery III, Carroll & Graf, 1998
The Sound of Silence
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1994
The Peacock Feather
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1996
The Coincidence 
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1998
The Do-Gooder
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1999
Revenge Is Sweet
  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1999


I should like to acknowledge a helpful page of Thomas and Martina Fink, whom I would have thanked if they had given a contact address, and much information from Kacper Nedza. Petra Petschick sent me the details of the Wetterumschwung collection.

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