Books
- The Case of the Gilded Fly (1944)
- Holy Disorders (1945)
- The Moving Toyshop (1946) was dedicated to Crispin's great friend and fellow admirer of the work of John Dickson Carr, Philip Larkin.
- Swan Song (1947)
- Love Lies Bleeding (1948)
- Buried for Pleasure (1948)
- Frequent Hearses (1950)
- The Long Divorce (1952)
- Beware of the Trains (1953) (short story collection)
- The Glimpses of the Moon (1977)
- Fen Country (1979) (short story collection, published posthumously)
Crispin also edited seven volumes entitled Best Science Fiction, which were published during the 1960s.
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