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

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Short story collections

  • Devil's Spawn (Philip Allan, 1936). Contains:
    • "Old Mrs. Strathers" (first published 1933)
    • "Shelter" (first published 1934)
    • "The Cockroach" (first published 1934)
    • "The Terror on Tobit" (first published 1933)
    • "The Last Night" (first published 1932)
    • "An Eye for an Eye" (first published 1932)
    • "Henri Larne" (first published 1935)
    • "Havelock's Farm"
    • "The Harlem Horror" (first published 1932)
    • "A Poem and a Bunch of Roses" (first published 1933)
    • "Obsession" (first published 1934)
    • "The Happy Dancers" (first published 1933)
    • "The Actor's Story" (first published 1933)
    • "Special Diet" (first published 1933)
    • "Premiere"
    • "Angela"
  • The Kiss of Death and Other Horror Stories (Tandem, 1964; rpt. Award, 1967). Introduction by Dennis Wheatley. Contains:
    • "The Kiss of Death"
    • "The Hens"
    • "Les Belles Dames Sans Merci"
    • " "The New Ones" "
    • "The Mouse Hole"
    • "Fairy Dust"
    • " "Some New Pleasures Prove" "
    • "The Kennel"
    • "Mon Ami, Pierrot"
    • "The Mutation"
    • "Fine Needlework"
    • "The Hitch"
    • "The Three Monkeys"
    • "Malleus Maleficarum"
  • The Smell of Evil (Tandem, 1965; rpt. Award, 1969 and second printing 1975). Introduction by Dennis Wheatley. Contains:
    • "The Smell of Evil"
    • "Text for Today"
    • "The Godmothers"
    • "Green Fingers"
    • "Ballet Nègre"
    • "The Lesson"
    • " "Is Anyone There?" "
    • "The Serum of Doctor White"
    • " "Dance, Little Lady" "
    • "Little Boy Blue"
    • "The Cornered Beast"
    • "The Interloper"
    • "The Cross"
  • Where Terror Stalked and Other Horror Stories (Tandem, 1966). Contains:
    • "Where Terror Stalked"
    • "Old Mrs. Strathers" (first published 1933)
    • "New Faces"
    • "Paris Pilgrimage"
    • "Obsession" (first published 1934)
    • "The Harlem Horror" (first published 1932)
    • " "Bring Back My Bonny" "
    • "Softly...Softly"
    • "The Belt"
    • "Shelter" (first published 1934)
    • "The Orphanage"
    • " "Gran" "
    • "No More for Mary"
  • My Name Is Death and Other New Tales of Horror (Panther, 1966; rpt. Award, 1970). Contains:
    • "My Name is Death" (first published as "The Terror on Tobit" 1933 )
    • "Kitty Fisher"
    • "King of the Castle"
    • "Parlez Moi d'Amour"
    • "Who's Your Lady Friend?"
    • "The Finger of Fear"
    • "Hosanna!"
    • "Hard to Get"
  • Dark Menace (Tandem, 1968). Contains:
    • "The Jungle"
    • "S.O.S."
    • "Happy As Larry"
    • "Dark Menace"
    • "T-I-M"
    • "The Life Giver"
    • "Don't Ever Leave Me"
    • "The Yellow Dressing Gown"
    • "Waiting for Trains"
    • "The Lord God Made Them All"
    • "The Accessory"
    • "Simple Simon"
    • "Siren Song"
  • So Pale, So Cold, So Fair (Tandem, 1970). Contains:
    • " "So Pale, So Cold, So Fair" "
    • "The Godsend"
    • "Rover"
    • "Circle of Children"
    • "Lot's Wife"
    • "Gideon"
    • "The Road"
    • "A Haunting Beauty"
    • "Lords of the Refuge"
  • Spawn of Satan (Award, 1970)
    • "Spawn of Satan"
    • "Wedding Presents"
    • "Traces of Lipstick"
    • "A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"
    • "Soeur Celeste"
    • "A Right to Know" (first published 1964)
    • "The New Dress"
    • "The Beautiful People"
    • "Child's Play"
  • A Haunting Beauty (Midnight House, 2000; post-humous "Best of..." collection, limited 450 copies)
  • The Harlem Horror (Midnight House, 2002; post-humous "Best of..." collection, limited 450 copies)

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