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The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories by Joan Aiken (Big Mouth House, October 2008, 978-1-93152-057-7, $20.00, 329pp, hc, co, cover by Beth Adams) [Armitage Family]     Collection of 24 stories, four original, about Harriet and Mark Armitage, to whom interesting things happen. Introductions by Garth Nix and Lizza Aiken. Illustrated by Andi Watson. This includes all of the stories collected in Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home (Doubleday 1968). i · Introduction · Lizza Aiken · in vii · Introduction · Garth Nix · in ix · Prelude · Joan Aiken · lk Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home by Joan Aiken, Doubleday, 1968 1 · Yes, But Today Is Tuesday [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 10 · Broomsticks and Sardines [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss A Small Pinch of Weather by Joan Aiken, J. Cape, 1969 20 · The Frozen Cuckoo [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 30 · Sweet Singeing in the Choir [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 40 · The Ghostly Governess [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · nv All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 57 · Harriet’s Birthday Present [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 69 · Dragon Monday [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 75 · Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss More Than You Bargained For by Joan Aiken, 1955 88 · Rocket Full of Pie [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss More Than You Bargained For by Joan Aiken, 1955 98 · Doll’s House to Let, Mod. Con. [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss More Than You Bargained For by Joan Aiken, 1955 110 · Tea at Ravensburgh [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss More Than You Bargained For by Joan Aiken, 1955 120 · The Land of Trees and Heroes [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 138 · Harriet’s Hairloom [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home by Joan Aiken, Doubleday, 1968 154 · The Stolen Quince Tree [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home by Joan Aiken, Doubleday, 1968 168 · The Apple of Trouble [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Winter’s Tales for Children 4 ed. M. R. Hodgkin, Macmillan UK, 1968 187 · The Serial Garden [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Winter’s Tales for Children 2 ed. Caroline Hillier, Macmillan UK, 1966 207 · Mrs. Nutti’s Fireplace [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · nv A Harp of Fishbones by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1972 227 · The Looking-Glass Tree [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · nv Cricket 1976 247 · Miss Hooting’s Legacy [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories ed. Jean Russell, Methuen, 1982 264 · Kitty Snickersnee [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss 275 · Goblin Music [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss 289 · The Chinese Dragon [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss 306 · Don’t Go Fishing on Witches’ Day [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Small Beers Press, July 2008 319 · Milo’s New Word [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Moon Cake and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Hodder, 1998

Shadows & Moonshine by Joan Aiken (David R. Godine, November 2001, 1-56792-167-1, $18.95, x+171pp, hc, co, cover by Pamela Johnson)     Young-adult collection of 13 stories. Illustrated by Pamela Johnson. vii · Introduction · Joan Aiken · in 3 · The Gift Pig · Joan Aiken · ss Allsorts 4 ed. Ann Thwaite, Macmillan, 1970 16 · The Rocking Donkey · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 25 · Cooks and Prophecies · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 36 · The Lilac in the Lake · Joan Aiken · ss A Small Pinch of Weather by Joan Aiken, J. Cape, 1969 50 · A Harp of Fishbones · Joan Aiken · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967 69 · A Small Pinch of Weather · Joan Aiken · ss Woman’s Journal September 1962, as by Nicholas Dee 83 · The King Who Stood All Night · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 94 · Cat’s Cradle · Joan Aiken · ss Faithless Lollybird and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1977 106 · Moonshine in the Mustard Pot · Joan Aiken · ss Faithless Lollybird and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1977 126 · The Wolves and the Mermaids · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 137 · John Sculpin and the Witches · Joan Aiken · ss All You’ve Ever Wanted by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1953 146 · The Night the Stars Were Gone · Joan Aiken · ss Faithless Lollybird and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1977 157 · The Boy with a Wolf’s Foot · Joan Aiken · ss Magpie Book of Stories, Purnell, 1970

Tale of a One-Way Street by Joan Aiken (Puffin, August 1986, 0-14-031700-7, £1.95, 127pp, pb, co)     Reprint (Cape 1978) collection of fantasy stories, illustrated with color and b&w silhouettes by Jan Pienkowski. 11 · Tale of a One-Way Street · Joan Aiken · ss 27 · The Lions · Joan Aiken · ss 41 · Bridget’s Hat · Joan Aiken · ss Puffin Post 57 · The Goodbye Song · Joan Aiken · ss 71 · The Queen of the Moon · Joan Aiken · ss 85 · Clean Sheets · Joan Aiken · ss Puffin Post 95 · The Alarm Cock · Joan Aiken · ss 111 · The Tractor, the Duck and the Drum · Joan Aiken · ss

A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken (Gollancz, August 1979, 0-575-02667-7, £3.75, 191pp, hc, co) 7 · Lodgers · Joan Aiken · nv 30 · Mrs. Considine · Joan Aiken · ss The Windscreen Weepers by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1969 37 · The Sewanee Glide · Joan Aiken · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1979 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1979 52 · Listening · Joan Aiken · ss 66 · The Companion · Joan Aiken · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1978 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1978 75 · The Rented Swan · Joan Aiken · ss The Far Forests by Joan Aiken, Viking, 1977 92 · Jugged Hare · Joan Aiken · ss The Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1959 100 · A Game of Black and White · Joan Aiken · ss 113 · Time to Laugh · Joan Aiken · ss 125 · “He” · Joan Aiken · ss 135 · The Story about Caruso · Joan Aiken · ss Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973 141 · The Helper · Joan Aiken · ss 156 · Power-Cut · Joan Aiken · ss A Book of Contemporary Nightmares ed. Giles Gordon, Michael Joseph, 1977 168 · Who Goes Down This Dark Road? · Joan Aiken · ss 175 · A Train Full of War-Lords · Joan Aiken · ss The Windscreen Weepers by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1969

A Touch of Chill: Tales for Sleepless Nights (var. 1) by Joan Aiken (Delacorte Press, May 1980, 978-0-440-00007-5, $7.95, 183pp, hc, co)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · The Cat Flap and the Apple Pie · Joan Aiken · ss The Cat Flap and the Apple Pie and Other Funny Stories ed. Lance Salway, W.H. Allen, 1979 10 · “He” · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1979 20 · Time to Laugh · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1979 33 · Lodgers · Joan Aiken · nv A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1979 57 · Listening · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1979 71 · Sailors’ Legends · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) October 1961, as by Nicholas Dee 81 · A Game of Black and White · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1979 94 · Elephant’s Ear · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) February 1960 105 · The Sewanee Glide · Joan Aiken · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1979 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1979 120 · She Was Afraid of Upstairs · Joan Aiken · ss 130 · The Birthday Party · Joan Aiken · ss 141 · Mousework · Joan Aiken · ss The Windscreen Weepers by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1969 153 · A Long Way to Swim · Joan Aiken · ss 165 · Who Goes Down This Dark Road? · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1979 172 · Power Cut · Joan Aiken · ss A Book of Contemporary Nightmares ed. Giles Gordon, Michael Joseph, 1977

Up the Chimney Down and Other Stories by Joan Aiken (Harper & Row, November 1985, 0-06-020036-7, $11.95, 248pp, hc, oc)     Reprint (Cape 1984) collection of fantasy stories. Also available in a library edition, 0-06-020037-5, $11.89. 1 · The Last Chimney Cuckoo · Joan Aiken · nv 27 · Miss Hooting’s Legacy [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories ed. Jean Russell, Methuen, 1982 50 · The Gift Giving · Joan Aiken · ss Sixteen ed. Donald Gallo, Dell, 1984 66 · The Dog on the Roof · Joan Aiken · nv 96 · The Missing Heir · Joan Aiken · nv 118 · Up the Chimney Down · Joan Aiken · nv 149 · Christmas at Troy · Joan Aiken · nv 171 · The Midnight Rose · Joan Aiken · ss 191 · The Happiest Sheep in London · Joan Aiken · nv 212 · The Fire Dogs · Joan Aiken · ss 228 · Potter’s Gray · Joan Aiken · ss

A Whisper in the Night: Stories of Horror, Suspense, and Fantasy by Joan Aiken (Gollancz, May 1982, 0-575-03105-0, £5.95, 189pp, hc, co) 9 · Old Fillikin · Joan Aiken · ss Ghostly Encounters, 1981 20 · Miss Spitfire · Joan Aiken · ss 30 · She Was Afraid of Upstairs · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill (var. 1) by Joan Aiken, Delacorte, 1980 40 · The Birthday Party · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill (var. 1) by Joan Aiken, Delacorte, 1980 51 · The Black Cliffs · Joan Aiken · ss 71 · Finders Keepers · Joan Aiken · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1981 87 · The Hunchback of Brook Green · Joan Aiken · ss 105 · Mrs. Chatterbox · Joan Aiken · ss 121 · Sultan: A Friend · Joan Aiken · nv 143 · Hanging Matter · Joan Aiken · ss 151 · Picnic Area · Joan Aiken · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July 1982 164 · Merminster · Joan Aiken · ss 176 · The Swan Child · Joan Aiken · ss

A Whisper in the Night: Tales of Terror and Suspense (var. 1) by Joan Aiken (Delacorte, October 1984, 0-385-29344-5, $14.95, 203pp, hc, co)     Collection of 13 tales of horror and the supernatural. A collection with the same title appeared in England (Gollancz 1982; Fontana 1983), but half the stories are different. 1 · Lob’s Girl · Joan Aiken · ss 16 · Miss Spitfire · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1982 28 · Finders Keepers · Joan Aiken · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1981 46 · The Windowbox Waltz · Joan Aiken · nv Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 67 · The Swan Child · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1982 83 · Merminster · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1982 96 · Mrs. Chatterbox · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1982 113 · Two Races · Joan Aiken · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1982 132 · Old Fillikin · Joan Aiken · ss Ghostly Encounters, 1981 144 · Snow Horse · Joan Aiken · ss 156 · The Hunchback of Brook Green · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1982 175 · Homer’s Whistle · Joan Aiken · ss They Wait, and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1983 191 · The Last Specimen · Joan Aiken · ss

The Windscreen Weepers and Other Stories of Horror and Suspense by Joan Aiken (Gollancz, 1969, 0-575-00189-5, 30/-, 256pp, hc, co)     Also revised as The Green Flash and Other Tales of Horror, Suspense and Fantasy (Holt 1971). 9 · Marmalade Wine · Joan Aiken · ss Suspense (UK) September 1958 17 · Belle of the Ball · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) May 1958 26 · Mrs. Considine · Joan Aiken · ss 33 · Follow My Fancy · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) January 1956 44 · Dead Language Master · Joan Aiken · ss The First Panther Book of Horror ed. Anthony Rampton, Panther, 1965 53 · A Train Full of War-Lords · Joan Aiken · ss 69 · As Gay as Cheese · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) December 1956 75 · Cricket · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) September 1956 79 · Elephant’s Ear · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) February 1960 90 · The Green Flash · Joan Aiken · ss 105 · Island Wedding · Joan Aiken · ss 117 · Minette · Joan Aiken · ss 126 · Mousework · Joan Aiken · ss 138 · The Dreamers · Joan Aiken · ss Suspense (UK) April 1960 144 · Jugged Hare · Joan Aiken · ss The Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1959 152 · Summer by the Sea · Joan Aiken · ss 160 · Sailors’ Legends · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) October 1961, as by Nicholas Dee 170 · Socksy Boy · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) February 1961 183 · Pride of the Circle Y · Joan Aiken · ss 197 · Searching for Summer · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) September 1958 207 · Smell · Joan Aiken · ss 218 · A View of the Heath · Joan Aiken · ss 229 · The Davenport Ballroom · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) October 1960, as by Nicholas Dee 243 · The Windscreen Weepers · Joan Aiken · ss

The Winter Sleepwalker and Other Stories by Joan Aiken (Red Fox, November 2, 1995, 0-09-949641-0, £2.99, 96pp, pb, oc, cover by Quentin Blake)     Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1994) young-adult fantasy collection of eight original stories. 1 · Over the Cloudy Mountains · Joan Aiken · ss 19 · Blazing Shadows · Joan Aiken · ss 31 · Melusina · Joan Aiken · ss 43 · A Basket of Water · Joan Aiken · ss 52 · The Liquorice Tree · Joan Aiken · ss 65 · Furious Hill · Joan Aiken · ss 73 · The Winter Sleepwalker · Joan Aiken · ss 87 · Catch a Falling World · Joan Aiken · ss

Authors’ Choice 2 ed. Joan Aiken--- see under Anon..

Aegri Somnia ed. Gill Ainsworth & Jason Sizemore--- see under Jason Sizemore.

The Blackness Within ed. Gill Ainsworth (Apex Publications, September 2010, 978-0-9845535-2-5, $16.95, 194pp, tp, oa, cover by Stanley Morrison)     Original anthology of 14 horror stories about the “new” God for the 21st century: Moccus, a savagely brutal Celtic fertility god. Authors include S. Clayton Rhodes, Lucas Pederson, and Steven L. Shrewsbury. A print-on-demand edition. vii · The New God, The New Order · Gill Ainsworth · in · Part 1: The Apostiles 1 · Secrets of Fatima · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 16 · Without Mercy · Lucas Pederson · ss 30 · The Messiah of Mincemeat · S. Clayton Rhodes · ss 40 · Dreaming · Brenton Tomlinson · ss · Part 2: The Life 55 · Daughter of God · Maxwell Peterson · ss 64 · The Free Poor · Mark Grundy · nv 89 · Bad Meat · Michael Keyton · ss 99 · Chain of Hearts · Eric Gregory · ss 113 · Big Game · Conrad Zero · ss 126 · Dance of the Psychopomps · Joshua McCune · ss 145 · Song-Ji and the Wolf · Paul Williams · ss 154 · For They Are As Beasts · Camille Alexa · ss 164 · Abattoir Blues · Geoffrey W. Cole · ss · Part 4: The Food 182 · The Holy Meal · Moccus Meats hlc · ms; recipes. 187 · Acknowledgments · Gill Ainsworth · ms 188 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Descended from Darkness: Apex Magazine Vol. I ed. Gill Ainsworth & Jason Sizemore (Apex Publications, November 2009, 978-0-9788676-9-0, $18.95, 286pp, tp, an, cover: Machinery of the Stars by Vitaly S. Alexius)     Contains 24 stories published in Apex Magazine from January 1, 2008 through June 30th, 2009. Also known as The Book of Apex: Volume 1 of Apex Magazine. Details taken from online listing. · Biographies · [uncredited] · ms 1 · Post Apocalypse · James Walton Langolf · ss Apex Online January 1 2008 9 · These Days · Katherine Sparrow · ss Apex Online July 13 2008 23 · In the Seams · Andrew C. Porter · ss Apex Online July 28 2008 40 · The Nature of Blood · George Mann · ss Apex Online August 11 2008 59 · Scenting the Dark · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Apex Online August 25 2008 70 · The Limb Knitter · Steven Francis Murphy · ss Apex Online September 8 2008 88 · Empty Spaces · Nathan Rosen · ss Apex Online October 2 2008, as “I Know an Old Lady” 90 · Blakenjel · Lavie Tidhar · ss Apex Online October 2 2008 107 · Behold: Skowt! · Jason Heller · ss Apex Online November 2 2008 113 · Shaded Streams Run Clearest · Geoffrey W. Cole · ss Apex Online November 4 2008 117 · Plebiscite AV3X · Jason Fischer · ss Apex Online November 4 2008 120 · A Splash of Color · William T. Vandemark · ss Apex Online November 2 2008 130 · Organ Nell · Jennifer Pelland · ss Apex Online December 2 2008 138 · A Night at the Empire · Joy Marchand · ss Apex Online December 2 2008 151 · Starter House · Jason Palmer · ss Apex Online January 3 2009 166 · On the Shadow Side of the Beast · Ruth Nestvold · ss Apex Online January 3 2009 178 · Cai and Her Ten Thousand Husbands · Gord Sellar · ss Apex Online February 3 2009 191 · Dark Planet · Lavie Tidhar · ss Apex Online February 3 2009 206 · The Puma · Theodora Goss · ss Apex Online March 3 2009 223 · The Mind of a Pig · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Apex Online March 3 2009 233 · Hindsight, in Neon · Jamie Todd Rubin · ss Apex Online April 7 2009, as “The Last Science Fiction Writer” 238 · Waiting for Jakie · Barbara Krasnoff · ss Apex Online April 7 2009 245 · Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens · Peter M. Ball · ss Apex Online May 5 2009 264 · Hideki and the Gnomes [Hideki] · Mark Lee Pearson · ss Apex Online May 5 2009

Gratia Placenti: For the Sake of Pleasing ed. Gill Ainsworth & Jason Sizemore--- see under Jason Sizemore.

Hit Parade of Mystery Stories ed. Norma Ruedi Ainsworth (Scholastic Book Services, 1963, T502, 188pp, pb, an) 1 · “?” · Sister Paschala, O.P. · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1962 13 · The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch March 14 1923, as “The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls” 37 · Death Had a Voice [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s June 26 1948 57 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891 96 · The Day the Children Vanished · Hugh Pentecost · nv This Week April 20 1958 (+2), as “The Children Vanished” 141 · The Case of the White Elephant [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine August 1936, as “The White Elephant” 171 · The Unique Guinea · Stephen Barr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1959 179 · The Dilemma of Grampa Dubois · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss The American Magazine 1952

The Last Bullet and Other Western Stories ed. Norma Ruedi Ainsworth (Scholastic, 1965, pb, an)     Lon Tinkle, consultant. · Maverick in the Bunkhouse · Verne Athanas · ss Argosy September 1952 · Water Hog · Raymond Boyle · ss 1946 · The Long Trail Drive · Edward Carr · ss 1959 · The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv Chapman’s Magazine #34, February 1898 · The Maverick Branded Murder · J. Frank Dobie · ss 1941 · The Missing Chord · O. Henry · ss The Century Magazine June 1904 · The Elk Tooth Dress · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss 1957 · The Last Bullet · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s December 10 1938 · Palomino · Bud Murphy · ss 1945 · Way of the Law in Calico · John B. Prescott · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 5 1956, as “The Landlady’s Daughter”

Chapter and Hearse and Other Stories by Catherine Aird (St. Martin’s Minotaur, February 2004, 0-312-29084-5, $23.95, 293pp, hc, co)     Reprint (Macmillan 2003) collection of 22 stories. First US edition. 1 · A Change of Heart [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 15 · Due Diligence · Catherine Aird · ss The Strand Magazine #4, April/July 2000 31 · Time, Gentlemen, Please [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 50 · Cold Comfort [Sheriff Rhuaraidh Macmillan] · Catherine Aird · ss Murder Through the Ages ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, 2000 63 · Chapter and Hearse [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss Past Crimes ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1998 77 · The Widow’s Might · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 92 · Handsel Monday [Sheriff Rhuaraidh Macmillan] · Catherine Aird · ss Past Poisons ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, 1998 110 · Preyed in Aid [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 130 · A Different Cast of Mind · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 135 · Examination Results [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 148 · Child’s Play [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 162 · Like to Die [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss Malice Domestic 6 ed. Anne Perry, Pocket, 1997 176 · Dead Letters [Sheriff Rhuaraidh Macmillan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 189 · Gold, Frankincense and Murder [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss A Classic Christmas Crime ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1995 210 · The Trouble and Strife [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 2002 221 · Losing the Plot · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 234 · A Soldier to the Queen · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 242 · Touch Not the Cat [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 251 · Exit Strategy · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 257 · The Wild Card [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 265 · Coup de Grâce [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 279 · Dummy Run [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003

Injury Time by Catherine Aird (St. Martin’s, August 1995, 0-312-13095-3, $19.95, 168pp, hc, co)     Reprint (Macmillan 1994) collection of 16 stories. First US edition. 1 · Steady As She Goes [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 1st Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1992 12 · The Man Who Rowed for the Shore [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss The Man Who… ed. H. R. F. Keating, Macmillan UK, 1992 23 · A Fair Cop [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 31 · Double Jeopardy [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 42 · Lord Peter’s Touch [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss Encounters with Lord Peter ed. Christopher Dean, The Dorothy L. Sayers Society, 1991 47 · Memory Corner [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 59 · Slight of Hand [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss 2nd Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1993 69 · Cause and Effects [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss A Classic English Crime ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1990 90 · The Hard Sell [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss Crime Waves 1 ed. H. R. F. Keating, Gollancz, 1991 98 · One Under the Eight [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 112 · Bare Essentials [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 127 · Home Is the Hunter [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1988 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1988 138 · Blue Upright [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss 147 · Devilled Dip · Catherine Aird · ss 154 · The Misjudgement of Paris · Catherine Aird · ss 159 · Her Indoors [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss

Fantasy Readers Wanted—Apply Within ed. Nick Aires & James Richey (Silver Lake Publishing, October 2003, 1-931095-67-1, $18.95, 390pp, tp, oa, cover by Barb Jacobs)     Original anthology of 23 stories, two reprints, and one reprint poem, all with a fantasy quest theme. Authors include Matthew Hughes, Richard Parks, and Bruce Holland Rogers. This is a print-on-demand edition. 5 · Instructions · Neil Gaiman · pm A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, 2000 9 · Caulin’s Dust · Rebecca Bradley · ss 27 · A Little Learning [Archonate: Guth Bandar] · Matthew Hughes · nv 55 · How the Highland People Came to Be · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss Realms of Fantasy August 1999 75 · From Here to Zerr · Nick Aires · ss 83 · Voice Lessons · E. G. Young · nv 113 · Wyrm Food · Murray Leeder · ss 121 · From Dark to Dawn · Stephen D. Rogers · ss 125 · No Baloney Sandwiches in Elf Land · Tracey E. Schelmetic · ss 139 · The Unicorn’s Laugh · Erin Hoffman · ss 155 · Stone o’ Galen · Breanna Wojcik · ss 169 · It’s Reigning Cats abd Dogs · Nick Aires & John Heeder · nv 195 · Ghelda’s Pendant · James Richey · ss 211 · A Damsel in This Dress · Ralan Conley · ss 227 · Death in the Tower of Lost Dreams · Richard Bray · ss 235 · Know Thy Fate · Terri J. Barczak · ss 247 · The Gift Horse · Jack Rice · nv 273 · Speaking the Ceremony · Nicole R. Murphy · ss 281 · The Divine Spark · Frank Fradella · ss 297 · Virgin Steel · Michael Bracken · ss 307 · The War · Stephen M. Wilson · ss 315 · Black Diablerie’s First Quest · John Heeder · ss 333 · Flight of the Phoenix · Chris McMahon · nv 371 · A Thing or Two About Love · Richard Parks · ss Wizard Fantastic ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1997 385 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Little Dystopias by Kyle Aisteach (Lightning Cellar, October 13, 2015, 978-1-943305-00-1, $25.00, 240pp, hc, oc)     Collection of 17 stories (eight original) and 17 essay/introductions to each. Details taken from online listing. 1 · That One · Kyle Aisteach · ar 4 · Too Close for Comfort · Kyle Aisteach · ss Cosmos #35, October/November 2010 14 · Research Fail · Kyle Aisteach · ar 17 · The Survivors’ Menagerie · Kyle Aisteach · nv Lightning Cellar, September 2011 43 · Little Dystopias · Kyle Aisteach · ar 45 · Pressure and the Argument Tree · Kyle Aisteach · ss Pressure Suite ed. Christine Clukey, Gseb Marketing, 2011 55 · Breaking Rules · Kyle Aisteach · ar 57 · Final Voices · Kyle Aisteach · ss 2011 60 · The Real Wrong Dog · Kyle Aisteach · ar 62 · The Wrong Dog · Kyle Aisteach · ss Stupefying Stories July 2013 74 · Taking Chances · Kyle Aisteach · ar 76 · Eternal Love · Kyle Aisteach · ss 2013 77 · Slushpile Nightmares · Kyle Aisteach · ar 80 · Clockman · Kyle Aisteach · pm 2012 83 · I Blame Ann Leckie · Kyle Aisteach · ar 85 · A Fairy Tale · Kyle Aisteach · nv 110 · This Is My Story · Kyle Aisteach · ar 113 · Nobody’s Ancestor · Kyle Aisteach · ss 121 · Changing Visions · Kyle Aisteach · ar 123 · Eternity Undone · Kyle Aisteach · ss 132 · Tabloid Weird · Kyle Aisteach · ar 133 · Promised · Kyle Aisteach · ss 138 · Ideas Aren’t the Hard Part · Kyle Aisteach · ar 141 · Unforgivable · Kyle Aisteach · ss 150 · Interesting · Kyle Aisteach · ar 151 · The Folklorist’s Notebook · Kyle Aisteach · nv 189 · All the Tropes · Kyle Aisteach · ar 191 · Another Generation’s Problems · Kyle Aisteach · ss Emerald Sky September 2012 210 · Writing What You Know · Kyle Aisteach · ar 211 · Ward and Protector · Kyle Aisteach · ss 221 · Do I Make You Uncomfortable? · Kyle Aisteach · ar 222 · Nobody Watches · Kyle Aisteach · ss 230 · Revisions · Kyle Aisteach · ar 233 · Man of Water · Kyle Aisteach · ss Fantasy for Good ed. Jordan Ellinger & Richard Salter, Nightscape Press, 2014

New Writing Scotland 2 ed. James Aitchison & Alexander Scott--- see under Alexander Scott.

New Writing Scotland 3 ed. James Aitchison & Alexander Scott--- see under Alexander Scott.

Beyond the Skyline by Robert Aitken (John Murray, January 1909, 6/-, 318pp, hc, co) 1 · The Passing of the Little Sister Tula · Robert Aitken · ss 23 · Righinn · Robert Aitken · ss 48 · A Second-Class District · Robert Aitken · ss 65 · The Price of Victory · Robert Aitken · ss 73 · Paquita · Robert Aitken · ss The English Illustrated Magazine December 1904 98 · Coeurvaillant · Robert Aitken · ss The English Illustrated Magazine October 1905 116 · The Black Sergeant · Robert Aitken · ss The Idler December 1905 136 · Peter · Robert Aitken · ss Appleton’s Magazine September 1907 154 · The Assythment of Mr. Archibald · Robert Aitken · ss 170 · Delilah · Robert Aitken · nv 198 · The Brand of Cain · Robert Aitken · ss 216 · Gruagach · Robert Aitken · ss 225 · The Unlighted Shrine · Robert Aitken · ss The All-Story Magazine January 1907 254 · Meretrix · Robert Aitken · ss 271 · Falaise · Robert Aitken · ss 293 · The Curious Case in Which Ginger Handasyde Came Home · Robert Aitken · ss

Tales of Other Days ed. John Yonge Akerman--- see under Anon..

The Never Never Land ed. Mitchell Akhurst, Phillip Berrie & Ian McHugh (CSFG Publishing, 2015, 978-0-9775192-5-5, 305pp, tp, oa, cover by Shauna O’Meara)     Details taken from online listing. 3 · Tirari Desert, Saturday · Thoraiya Dyer · ss 11 · The Seven-Forty from Paraburdoo · Charlotte Nash · ss 17 · Against the Current · Dan Baker · ss 31 · The Nexus Tree · Kimberly Gaal · ss 43 · The Green, Green Grass of Home · Brenda Anderson · ss 49 · Drought · Adrik Kemp · ss 59 · She’ll Be Right · Donna Maree Hanson · ss 69 · Jimmy’s Boys · Laura E. Goodin · ss 77 · Ferals · William Broom · ss 89 · Rainbows of the Drought · Jacob Edwards · ss 97 · Terra Australis · Craig Garrett · ss 109 · Hard · Helen Stubbs · ss 121 · The Laneway · Richard L. Lagarto · ss 133 · The Spectacularly Lucky Country · David Coleman · ss 141 · To Look Upon a Dream Tiger · Shauna O’Meara · ss 155 · Ghost Versions · Darren Goossens · ss 163 · Looking for Ben · M. James Richards · ss 179 · The Inventor of Ironclad Creek · Michael Kraaz · ss 185 · Rebirth · Linh T. Nguyen · ss 197 · Consumed · Elizabeth Jakimow · ss 203 · Done and Darbie’d · Faran Silverton · ss 215 · Beyond the Factory Wall · Rivqa Rafael · ss 227 · Rust Titan · Chris Large · ss 241 · Memory Lane · Suzanne J. Willis · ss 249 · The Swagman · Angus Yeates · ss 263 · Adventure Socks · Leife Shallcross · ss 273 · Trike Race · Edwina Harvey & Simon Petrie · ss 285 · The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth · Jodi Cleghorn · ss 289 · Dragon Girl · Cat Sparks · ss 299 · Welcome to Australia · Monica Carroll · ss

Good Evening, Everyone! by A. J. Alan (Hutchinson, 1928, 2/6d, 286pp, hc, co) · My Adventure in Jermyn Street · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine January 1927 first broadcast on the BBC, January 31, 1924. · The Dream · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine June 1927 · The Cabmen’s Shelter · A. J. Alan · ss (r) · A Coincidence · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine April 1927 broadcast by the BBC Nov 7, 1925. · The Diver · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine May 1927 broadcast by the BBC Dec 25, 1925. · My Adventure in Dartmoor · A. J. Alan · ss (r) · The Hair · A. J. Alan · ss 1926 · Charles · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine February 1928 broadcast by the BBC Aug 27, 1927. · The Voice · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine August 1927 · An Impromptu Dance · A. J. Alan · ss · The Photograph · A. J. Alan · ss (r) · A Foggy Evening · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine March 1927 · My Adventure in Norfolk · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine October 1927 broadcast by the BBC Dec 24, 1926. · The First of April · A. J. Alan · ss · The B.B.I. · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine February 1927

Accessing the Future: A Disability-Themed Speculative Fiction Anthology ed. Djibril al-Ayad & Kathryn Allan (Futurefire.net Publishing, April 22, 2015, 978-0-9573975-4-5, $16.00, ix+227pp, tp, oa, cover by Robin E. Kaplan)     Original anthology of 15 stories about people with disabilities in varied futures, with eight full-page illustrations by various artists. Preface by Joelle Vanderhooft; afterword by Derek Newman-Stille. Authors include Sarah Pinsker, Joyce Chng, and David Jón Fuller. A text description of the work is on the other side of each illustration. Details taken from online listing. vi · Preface · JoSelle Vanderhooft · pr 1 · Introduction · Djibril al-Ayad & Kathryn Allan · in 7 · Pirate Songs · Nicolette Barischoff · nv 27 · 19.12.2014_A Future Without Pain · Comebab · il 29 · Pay Attention · Sarah Pinsker · ss 43 · Invisible People · Margaret Killjoy · ss 55 · Julienne the Technician · Fabian Alvarado · il 57 · The Lessons of the Moon · Joyce Chng · ss 65 · Screens · Samantha Rich · ss 73 · To the Pitch · L. E. Badillo · il 75 · A Sense All Its Own · Sara Patterson · ss 95 · Better to Have Loved · Kate O’Connor · ss 105 · Needs More Coffee · Rachel Keslensky · il 107 · Morphic Resonance · Toby MacNutt · ss 121 · Losing Touch · Louise Hughes · ss 133 · futurecoffee · Vincent Konrad · il 135 · Into the Waters I Rode Down · Jack Hollis Marr · ss 143 · Playa Song · Petra Kuppers · ss 157 · Flux · Pandalion Death · il 159 · Puppetry · A. C. Buchanan · ss 175 · Lyric · A. F. Sanchez · ss 191 · High Handed · Jane Baker · il 193 · Courting the Silent Sun · Rachael K. Jones · ss 205 · Everyday Future · Tostoini · il 207 · In Open Air · David Jón Fuller · ss 223 · Afterword · Derek Newman-Stille · aw

Fae Visions of the Mediterranean: An Anthology of Horrors and Wonders of the Sea ed. Djibril al-Ayad & Valeria Vitale (Futurefire.net Publishing, March 2016, 978-0-9573975-8-3, $14.00, viii+164pp, tp, oa, cover by Tostoini)     Details taken from online listing. vi · Preface · Valeria Vitale · pr 1 · Madonna Mermaid · Christine Lucas · ss Arcane ed. Nathan Shumate, Cold Fusion Media, 2011, as “Lady of the Crossroads” 13 · Regretful in the City of Promises · Kelda Crich · pm 17 · The Miracle Town · Mattia Ravasi · ss 29 · El Baile de la Hipacotora · Claude Lalumière · ss; in Spanish. translated from the English (“The Dance of the Hippacotora”, 2010). 32 · The Dance of the Hippacotora · Claude Lalumière · ss Lost Myths May 20 2010 35 · Salt in Our Veins · Dawn Vogel · ss 45 · On Encountering Unicorns · Marco Polo · ex (r) 47 · The Wisps of Tabarka · Hella Grichi · ss 53 · Għanja Bla Flus · Maria Grech Ganado · pm Taht il-Kpiepel t’Ghanjnejja 2014; in Maltese. 55 · A Free Song · Maria Grech Ganado · pm translated from the Maltese (“Għanja Bla Flus”, 2014). 57 · The Minotaur in Pamplona · Rhys Hughes · ss The Minotaur in Pamplona: Book I ed. Neil Ayres, D-Press, 2005 61 · The City of Brass · [uncredited] · ss from A Thousand and One Nights (r) 63 · The Heart of the Flame · Mari Ness · pm 67 · Ya Duerme el Mutado · Álvaro Mielgo Gallego · ss; in Spanish. 71 · Bilaadi · S. Chakraborty · ss 79 · Mimikrija · Urša Vidic · ss; in Slovenian. 83 · Mimicry · Urša Vidic · ss translated from the Slovenian (“Mimikrija”). 87 · Michaelis and the Dew Shades · Louise Herring-Jones · ss 99 · Izgubenoto Zlato · Kalina Aïch · ss; in Bulgarian. 101 · The Lost Gold · Kalina Aïch · ss translated from the Bulgarian (“Izgubenoto Zlato”). 103 · Liquid Pleasure · Jenny Blackford · pm Eternal Haunted Summer Spring Equinox 2013 105 · The Return of Melusine · Angela Rega · ss 115 · Kod Kose i Sata · Vladimira Becić · ss; in Croatian. 118 · The Scythe and the Hourglass · Vladimira Becić · ss translated from the Croatian (“Kod Kose i Sata”). 121 · The Strangest Sort of Siren · Lyndsay E. Gilbert · ss 129 · Il-Passjoni Ta’ San Ġor&ġ · Maria Grech Ganado · pm Fil-Hofra Bejn Spallejha 2005; in Maltese. 131 · The Passion of St. George · Maria Grech Ganado · pm Transcript #38, 2012 translated from the Maltese (“Il-Passjoni Ta’ San Ġor&ġ”, 2005). 133 · Mare Nostrum · Simon Kearns · ss 137 · Hymn to Aphrodite · Sappho · pm (r); in Ancient Greek. 139 · Buzzing Affy (Sappho’s Hymn to Aphrodite) · Adam Lowe · pm Ten: The New Wave ed. Karen McCarthy Woolf, Bloodaxe Books, 2014 141 · Xandra’s Brine · Claude Lalumière · ss Fish ed. Carrie Cuinn & K. V. Taylor, Dagan Books, 2013

Making Monsters: A Speculative and Classical Anthology ed. Djibril al-Ayad & Emma Bridges (Futurefire.net Publishing, September 2018, 978-0-9957265-0-5, $12.43, vii+222pp, tp, oa, cover by Robin Kaplan)     Details taken from online listing. vi · Preface · Djibril al-Ayad · pr 1 · Introduction · Emma Bridges · in 5 · Danaë · Megan Arkenberg · ss 17 · The Last Siren Sings · George Lockett · ss 21 · Field Reports from the Department of Monster Resettlement · L. Chan · ss 35 · Calling Homer’s Sirens · Hannah Silverblank · ar 47 · Aeaea on the Seas · Hester J. Rook · ss 57 · To the Gargoyle Army · H. A. Eilander · pm 61 · Water · Danie Ware · ss 73 · Monsters of the World · Margrét Helgadóttir · ar 81 · A Song of Sorrow · Neil James Hudson · ss 93 · Helen of War · Margaret McLeod · pm 95 · The Vigil of Talos · Hûw Steer · ss 107 · The Monster in Your Pocket · Valeria Vitale · ar 119 · A Heart of Stone · Tom Johnstone · ss 129 · The Banshee · Alexandra Grunberg · ss 131 · The Giulia Effect · Barbara Davies · ss 143 · Caught in Medusa’s Gaze · Liz Gloyn · ar 153 · The Eyes Beyond the Hearth · Catherine Baker · ss 163 · Eclipse · Misha Penton · ss 165 · The Origin of the Different · Maria Anastasiadou · ar 177 · Justice Is a Noose · Valentine Wheeler · ss 185 · Siren Song · Barbara E. Hunt · pm 187 · The Tengu’s Tongue · Rachel Bender · ss 197 · Ecological Angst and Encounters with Scary Flesh · Annegret Maerten · ar 207 · When Soldiers Come · Hunter Liguore · ss 213 · Afterword · Mathilde Skoie · aw

We See a Different Frontier: A Postcolonial Speculative Fiction Anthology ed. Djibril al-Ayad & Fabio Fernandes--- see under Fabio Fernandes.

The Man from Stony Lonesome by Jay Albert (Ace Double, February 1956, D-144, 35¢, 166pp, pb, n., cover by Walter Popp)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with A Killer Comes Riding by Rod Patterson.

New Altars ed. Dawn Albright & Sandra J. Hutchinson (Angelus Press, February 1997, 0-9648653-6-X, $14.95, 231pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 19 SF and fantasy stories and two poems about spirituality and religion. Four stories and one poem are reprints. Authors include Nancy Etchemendy, Tom Piccirilli, Darrell Schweitzer, and Mary Turzillo. Introduction by Katherine Kurtz. 7 · Introduction · Katherine Kurtz · in 9 · Brit Lit One · Mary A. Turzillo · pm 11 · A Candle in the Sun · David Niall Wilson · nv Starshore Winter 1990, as by David Niall 29 · The Mourning Keeper · Charles Ardai · ss 37 · Ignis Aer Terra Aqua · Carol D. Page · ss 43 · Want’s Bridge · Nancy Etchemendy · ss 49 · The Book of Permissions · Ellen Brenner · ss 61 · Paindance · Tom Piccirilli · nv Pentacle by Tom Piccirilli, Pirate Writings, 1995 79 · The Sin Eater · Charles Saplak · ss Nightstalker 93 · Learning to Spell · Mark McLaughlin · vi 97 · Blessed Mother · Lisa Costello · ss 107 · A Song for All Seasons · Alexandra Honigsberg · ss 117 · Going to the Mountain · Darrell Schweitzer · nv Monochrome ed. Bryan Cholfin, Broken Mirrors Press, 1990 131 · Gabriel’s Gargoyle · Lorelei Shannon · ss 147 · Flying Suitcases · Deborah Hunt · vi 151 · Touch the Air · Sue Thomason · ss 163 · God 4 a Day · Alan Kirk · ss 173 · Casting the Cards · Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch · ss 183 · The Toxic Baby · Pat York · ss 193 · The Passion of Julian Garcia · Mark Noe · ss 207 · Death Looked Down · Brian Dana Akers · nv; given as by Bryan Dana Akers in the Table of Contents. 231 · Mucusoids · Mary A. Turzillo · pm Tales of the Unanticipated #4, Fall/Winter 1988

Vision Quests ed. Dawn Albright & Sandra J. Hutchinson (Angelus Press, December 1995, 0-9648653-1-9, $9.95, 125pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of seven SF and fantasy tales of shamanism, five original, and one poem. 9 · Introduction · Dawn Albright · in 11 · Visit to the Medicine Man · Mary A. Turzillo · pm 13 · The Turquoise Horse · K. D. Wentworth · ss 27 · A Quantum Shaman for Her Time · Charlee Jacob · ss 39 · The Healer · Susan J. Kroupa · nv L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume X ed. Dave Wolverton, Bridge, 1994 63 · Bloody Knife and Morning Star · David Niall Wilson · ss 77 · Blood Brotherhood · Vol Ranger · ss 87 · Range Wars · Diane de Avalle-Arce · ss 95 · The Year of Storms · Judith Berman · ss Realms of Fantasy February 1995

The Dragon Who Ate His Tail by Ray Bradbury ed. Donn Albright--- see under Ray Bradbury.

Greentown Tinseltown by Ray Bradbury ed. Donn Albright--- see under Ray Bradbury.

It Came from Outer Space by Ray Bradbury ed. Donn Albright--- see under Ray Bradbury.

Match to Flame: The Fictional Path to Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ed. Donn Albright--- see under Ray Bradbury.

Somewhere a Band Is Playing %%3 by Ray Bradbury ed. Donn Albright--- see under Ray Bradbury.

Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist by Kathleen J. Alcalá (Calyx Books, May 1992, 0-934971-25-0, $9.95, 170pp, tp, co, cover by Alfredo Arreguin)     Collection of 14 fantasy/magic realism stories, six apparently original, with a preface by the author. xi · Preface · Kathleen J. Alcalá · pr 1 · The Transforming Eye · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss CALYX v12 #2, 1989/90 17 · Sweetheart · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1991 29 · Gypsy Lover · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss 39 · Reflection in the Eye of a Crow · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss Black Ice v3, 1987 43 · Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss The Seattle Review v8 #2, 1985 53 · The Fire of San Marcos · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss Chiricú v5 #2, 1989 63 · A Pearl in the Desert · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss 73 · Ghostwriting for the Archbishop · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss 87 · Reading the Road · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss 99 · The Canary Singer · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss 117 · Flora’s Complaint · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss Tales of Magic Realism by Women ed. Susanna J. Sturgis, Crossing Press, 1991 127 · Taking Inventory · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss The Daily, U. of Washington February 5 1986 131 · Amalia · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss Women and Aging, CALYX Books, 1986 143 · La Esmeralda · Kathleen J. Alcalá · nv

Ghostly Companions by Vivien Alcock (Methuen, July 1984, 0-416-49330-0, £5.95, 160pp, hc, oc)     Young-adult fantasy/horror collection. 1 · The Sea Bride · Vivien Alcock · ss 19 · Patchwork · Vivien Alcock · ss 32 · The Strange Companions · Vivien Alcock · ss 43 · Siren Song · Vivien Alcock · ss 49 · A Change of Aunts · Vivien Alcock · ss 61 · The Good-looking Boy · Vivien Alcock · ss 73 · The Whisperer · Vivien Alcock · ss 86 · A Fall of Snow · Vivien Alcock · ss 94 · QWERTYUIOP · Vivien Alcock · ss 109 · The Masquerade · Vivien Alcock · ss

Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott by Louisa May Alcott (The Hogarth Press, 1985, 0-7012-0638-1, £3.95, xxxviii+277pp, tp, co, cover by Edward Poynter)     Reprint (Morrow 1975) collection. vii · Introduction · Madeleine B. Stern · in xxxv · Letter to Louisa May Alcott from Her Publisher (Aug 11, 1866) · [uncredited] · lt (r) xxxvii · Letter to Louisa May Alcott from Her Publisher (Jan 21, 1865) · [uncredited] · lt (r) 1 · Behind a Mask; or, A Woman’s Power · Louisa May Alcott · n. The Flag of Our Union October 13 1866, as by A. M. Barnard 105 · Pauline’s Passion and Punishment · Louisa May Alcott · nv Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper January 3 1863 (+1), uncredited. 153 · Mysterious Key, and, What It Opened · Louisa May Alcott · na Elliott, Thomas & Talbot, 1867 209 · The Abbot’s Ghost: or, Maurice Treherne’s Temptation · Louisa May Alcott · na The Flag of Our Union January 5 1867 (+3), as by A. M. Barnard; subtitled “A Christmas Story”.

Louisa May Alcott’s Fairy Tales and Fantasy Stories by Louisa May Alcott (University of Tennessee Press, 1992, 0-87049-752-9, $39.95, 392pp, hc, co)     Collection of 39 stories, edited and with a critical introduction by Daniel Shealy. A trade paperback edition (-758-8, $24.95) bound from the same sheets, is also available. xv · Introduction · Daniel Shealy · in 3 · Flower Fables · Louisa May Alcott · vi Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott, George W. Briggs and Co., 1855 4 · The Frost King; or, The Power of Love · Louisa May Alcott · ss Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott, George W. Briggs and Co., 1855 17 · Eva’s Visit to Fairy-Land · Louisa May Alcott · ss Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott, George W. Briggs and Co., 1855 29 · Lily-Bell and Thistledown · Louisa May Alcott · nv Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott, George W. Briggs and Co., 1855 51 · Little Bud · Louisa May Alcott · ss Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott, George W. Briggs and Co., 1855 59 · Little Annie’s Dream; or, The Fairy Flower · Louisa May Alcott · ss Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott, George W. Briggs and Co., 1855 67 · Ripple, the Water-Spirit · Louisa May Alcott · ss Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott, George W. Briggs and Co., 1855 79 · The Rose Family · Louisa May Alcott · nv James Redpath, 1864 106 · What the Bells Saw and Said · Louisa May Alcott · ss Saturday Evening Gazette December 21 1867 115 · Shadow-Children · Louisa May Alcott · ss Morning-Glories, and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott, Horace B. Fuller, 1868 125 · What the Swallows Did · Louisa May Alcott · ss Morning-Glories, and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott, Horace B. Fuller, 1868 133 · Little Gulliver · Louisa May Alcott · ss Morning-Glories, and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott, Horace B. Fuller, 1868 141 · The Whale’s Story · Louisa May Alcott · ss Morning-Glories, and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott, Horace B. Fuller, 1868 148 · A Strange Island · Louisa May Alcott · ss Morning-Glories, and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott, Horace B. Fuller, 1868 156 · Fancy’s Friend · Louisa May Alcott · ss Morning-Glories, and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott, Horace B. Fuller, 1868 171 · Madam Cluck, and Her Family · Louisa May Alcott · ss Merry’s Museum August 1869 176 · A Curious Call · Louisa May Alcott · ss Merry’s Museum February 1869 181 · Fairy Pinafores · Louisa May Alcott · ss Aunt Jo’s Scrap-Bag: Cupid and Chow-Chow by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1874 192 · The Moss People · Louisa May Alcott · ss Aunt Jo’s Scrap-Bag: Cupid and Chow-Chow by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1874 202 · What Fanny Heard · Louisa May Alcott · ss The Youth’s Companion May 13 1869 206 · A Marine Merry-Making · Louisa May Alcott · ss Merry’s Museum October 1869 215 · The Autobiography of an Omnibus · Louisa May Alcott · ss St. Nicholas October 1874 223 · Rosa’s Tale · Louisa May Alcott · ss Aunt Jo’s Scrap-Bag: Jimmy’s Cruise in the Pinafore by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1879 233 · What Becomes of the Pins · Louisa May Alcott · ss Aunt Jo’s Scrap-Bag: Jimmy’s Cruise in the Pinafore by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1879 242 · The Dolls’ Journey from Minnesota to Maine · Louisa May Alcott · ss Aunt Jo’s Scrap-Bag: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1882 255 · A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True · Louisa May Alcott · ss Harper’s Young People December 5 1882 (+1) 268 · The Candy Country · Louisa May Alcott · ss St. Nicholas November 1885 281 · The Skipping Shoes · Louisa May Alcott · ss Lulu’s Library. Vol. 1. A Christmas Dream by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1886 288 · Cockyloo · Louisa May Alcott · ss Lulu’s Library. Vol. 1. A Christmas Dream by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1886 294 · Rosy’s Journey · Louisa May Alcott · ss Lulu’s Library. Vol. 1. A Christmas Dream by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1886 304 · The Fairy Box · Louisa May Alcott · ss Lulu’s Library. Vol. 1. A Christmas Dream by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1886 311 · The Three Frogs · Louisa May Alcott · ss Lulu’s Library. Vol. 1. A Christmas Dream by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1886 320 · Sunshine, and Her Brothers and Sisters · Louisa May Alcott · ss Lulu’s Library. Vol. 2. The Frost King by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1887 324 · The Fairy Spring · Louisa May Alcott · ss Lulu’s Library. Vol. 2. The Frost King by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1887 334 · Queen Aster · Louisa May Alcott · ss Woman’s Journal February 26 1887, as “A Flower Fable” 339 · The Brownie and the Princess · Louisa May Alcott · ss Lulu’s Library. Vol. 2. The Frost King by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1887 355 · Mermaids · Louisa May Alcott · ss Lulu’s Library. Vol. 2. The Frost King by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1887 367 · The Flower’s Story · Louisa May Alcott · ss Lulu’s Library. Vol. 2. The Frost King by Louisa May Alcott, Roberts Brothers, 1887 380 · The Silver Party · Louisa May Alcott · ss Harper’s Young People November 22 1887 389 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

A Whisper in the Dark by Louisa May Alcott (Barnes & Noble, June 1996, 0-7607-0185-7, $9.98, 496pp, hc, co, cover by Jean Beraud) [edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz]     Collection of gothic stories, subtitled “Twelve Thrilling Tales.” Edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, with an introduction by novelist/editor Susie Mee. This is an instant remainder edition. vii · Foreword · Stefan Dziemianowicz · fw ix · Introduction · Susie Mee · in 1 · A Modern Mephistopheles · Louisa May Alcott · n. 1877 132 · Marion Earle; or, Only an Actress! · Louisa May Alcott · ss 1858 151 · La Jeune; or, Actress and Woman · Louisa May Alcott · ss Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner April 18 1868 168 · A Pair of Eyes; or, Modern Magic · Louisa May Alcott · nv Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper October 24 1863 (+1) 198 · The Abbot’s Ghost: or, Maurice Treherne’s Temptation · Louisa May Alcott · na The Flag of Our Union January 5 1867 (+3), as by A. M. Barnard 258 · Perilous Play · Louisa May Alcott · ss Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner February 3 1869 270 · Love and Self-Love · Louisa May Alcott · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1860, uncredited. 290 · Ariel: A Legend of the Lighthouse · Louisa May Alcott · nv Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner July 8 1865 (+1) 328 · A Whisper in the Dark · Louisa May Alcott · nv Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper June 6 1863 (+1) 365 · V. V.; or, Plots and Counterplots · Louisa May Alcott · na The Flag of Our Union February 4 1865 (+3) 451 · Enigmas · Louisa May Alcott · nv Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly April 1876 486 · A Laugh and a Look · Louisa May Alcott · ss Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner July 4 1868

The Heart of Childhood ed. Henry Mills Alden & William Dean Howells--- see under William Dean Howells.

Shapes That Haunt the Dusk ed. Henry Mills Alden & William Dean Howells--- see under William Dean Howells.

Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles ed. Emily Alder, Jimmy Packham & Joan Passey (The British Library, June 23, 2022, 978-0-7123-5421-9, £9.99, 288pp, tp, an) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Volume 31 in the series. 7 · Introduction · Emily Alder, Jimmy Packham & Joan Passey · in 15 · The Haunted Beach · Mary Robinson · pm The Morning Post February 28 1800 21 · Two Sonnets · Charlotte Smith · gp (r) _ · On Being Cautioned Against Walking on an Headland Overlooking the Sea, Because It Was Frequented by a Lunatic · Charlotte Smith · pm Elegiac Sonnets by Charlotte Smith, 1784, as “Sonnet: LXX” _ · Sonnet: XLIV · Charlotte Smith · pm Elegiac Sonnets by Charlotte Smith, 1784 25 · Narrative of a Fatal Event · Walter Scott · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine March 1818, as by Tweedside 39 · The Strange Student · [uncredited] · ss Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany February 1844 57 · What Was It? · [uncredited] · ss (r) 75 · One Day at Arle · Frances Hodgson Burnett · ss Scribner’s Monthly September 1872, as by Fannie E. Hodgson 93 · Two Folk Tales · James Bowker · ss (r) 111 · The Last of Squire Ennismore · Charlotte Riddell · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper Christmas 1886 123 · Legends · H. D. Lowry · ss Wreckers and Methodists, and Other Stories by H. D. Lowry, Heinemann, 1893 131 · A Ghost of the Sea · Francis Prevost · nv Temple Bar July 1893 161 · Crooken Sands · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 1 1894 189 · The Sea Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896 205 · The Sea Fit · Algernon Blackwood · ss Country Life June 25 1910 223 · Where the Tides Ebb and Flow · Lord Dunsany · ss Saturday Review (UK) May 2 1908, as “The Terrible Dream” 231 · Four Folk Tales · Sophia Morrison · ss (r) 245 · Out of the Earth · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s Weekly November 27 1915 257 · The Tale of an Empty House · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1925 275 · On the Isle of Blue Men · Robert W. Sneddon · nv Ghost Stories April 1927 307 · Seashore Macabre · Hugh Walpole · ss All Soul’s Night by Hugh Walpole, Macmillan UK, 1933; subtitled “A Moment’s Experience”. 315 · A Coast-Nightmare · Christina Rossetti · pm New Poems by Christina Rossetti by Christina Rossetti, Macmillan and Co., 1896, as “A Nightmare (Fragment)”