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The Falling Torch by Algis Budrys (Pyramid, June 1959, G-416, 35¢, 158pp, pb, n.) [Michael Wireman]     Fixup novel based on three stories featuring Michael Wireman. · Falling Torch [Michael Wireman] · Algis Budrys · nv Venture Science Fiction January 1958 · The Man Who Did Not Fit [Michael Wireman] · Algis Budrys · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1959 · Hot Potato [Michael Wireman] · Algis Budrys · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1957

The Furious Future by Algis Budrys (Gollancz, 1964, 15/-, 191pp, hc, co)     Reprint (Berkley Medallion 1963 as Budrys’ Inferno) collection.

The Unexpected Dimension by Algis Budrys (Ballantine, 1960, 388K, 35¢, 159pp, pb, co) 7 · The End of Summer · Algis Budrys · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1954 34 · The Distant Sound of Engines · Algis Budrys · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959 39 · Never Meet Again · Algis Budrys · ss Infinity Science Fiction March 1958 55 · The Burning World · Algis Budrys · nv Infinity Science Fiction July 1957 92 · First to Serve · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1954 110 · Go and Behold Them · Algis Budrys · ss Venture Science Fiction January 1958, as “The End of Winter” by William Scarff 122 · The Executioner · Algis Budrys · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1956

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future ed. Algis Budrys (Bridge, March 1985, 0-88404-170-0, $3.95, 354pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 15 stories by winners and runners-up in Hubbard’s New Writers contest, plus essays by some of the judges. ix · About L. Ron Hubbard · Algis Budrys · bg xiii · Introduction · L. Ron Hubbard · in xv · On Shaping Creativity · Algis Budrys · ar 1 · Tyson’s Turn · Michael D. Miller · nv 25 · A Step Into Darkness · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv 49 · Tiger Hunt · Jor Jennings · nv 83 · A Writer’s Beginnings · Robert Silverberg · ar 89 · In the Garden · A. J. Mayhew · ss Space Grits Spring 1983, as by Emerson Dell 105 · Arcadus Arcane · Dennis J. Pimple · ss 125 · Recalling Cinderella · Karen Joy Fowler · nv 147 · The Ebbing · Leonard P. Carpenter · nv 185 · What Are You Doing Here? · Theodore Sturgeon · ar 189 · The Land of the Leaves · Norma Hutman · ss 203 · Anthony’s Wives · Randell Crump · ss 219 · The Thing from the Old Seaman’s Mouth · Victor L. Rosemund · ss 229 · Without Wings · L. E. Carroll · ss 245 · On Science Fiction · Jack Williamson · ar 251 · Shanidar · David Zindell · nv 283 · One Last Dance · Dean Wesley Smith · ss 299 · Measuring the Light · Michael Green · nv 333 · A Way Out · Mary Frances Zambreno · ss 349 · The Writer’s Life and Uniqueness · Roger Zelazny · ar 355 · About the Artists · [uncredited] · bg 357 · About the Contest · [uncredited] · ms

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XX ed. Algis Budrys (Bridge/Galaxy Press, August 2004, 1-59212-177-2, $7.99, xvi+562pp, pb, oa, cover by Andrew Tucker)     Original anthology of 15 stories by contest winners, illustrated by “Illustrators of the Future” winners. This “20th Anniversary Edition” has comments on the contest’s anniversary by Algis Budrys, William J. Widder, and Robert Silverberg, along with articles on writing and art by L. Ron Hubbard, Robert A. Heinlein, Vincent Di Fate, and Kevin J. Anderson. xiii · The Nature of Creativity · Algis Budrys · in 1 · On Our Twentieth Anniversary · William J. Widder · in 5 · Monkey See, Monkey Deduce · Jonathan Laden · ss; illustrated by Laura Diehl 27 · Bottomless · Luc Reid · nv; illustrated by Robert Drozd 68 · Art, More About · L. Ron Hubbard · ar HCO Bulletin July 29 1973 79 · Flotsam · Bradley P. Beaulieu · nv; illustrated by Shawn Gaddy 103 · Kinship · Jason Stoddard · nv; illustrated by Brian Carl Petersen 148 · In Memory · Eric James Stone · ss; illustrated by Luis G. Morales 163 · On the Writing of Speculative Fiction · Robert A. Heinlein · ar Of Worlds Beyond ed. Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, Fantasy Press, 1947 174 · The Key · Blair MacGregor · na; illustrated by Yancy Betterly 243 · Cancilleri’s Law · Gabriel F. W. Koch · ss; illustrated by Douglas Pakidko 263 · Sleep Sweetly, Junie Carter · Joy Remy · nv; illustrated by Brian C. Reed 292 · Twenty Years! · Robert Silverberg · ar 300 · Conversation with a Mechanical Horse · Floris M. Kleijne · nv; illustrated by Matt Taggart 339 · Weapons of the Lord Are Not Carnal · Andrew Tisbert · nv; illustrated by Fabrizio Pacitti 365 · Sunrunners · Matthew Champine · na; illustrated by Beth Anne Zaiken 427 · State of the Art · Vincent Di Fate · ar 439 · Shipwoman · Roxanne Hutton · nv; illustrated by Laura Diehl 481 · Last Days of the Mahdi · Tom Pendergrass · nv; illustrated by Matt Taggart 504 · Asleep in the Forest of the Tall Cats · Kenneth Brady · ss; illustrated by Beth Anne Zaiken 523 · False Summits · Kevin J. Anderson · ar 530 · The Plastic Soul of a Note · William T. Katz · nv; illustrated by Luis G. Morales 559 · The Year in the Contests · Algis Budrys · ms 565 · Contest Information · [uncredited] · ms

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXII ed. Algis Budrys (Galaxy, August 2006, 978-1-59212-345-2, $7.99, xx+493pp, pb, oa, cover: The Once and Future King by Stephen Hickman)     Original anthology of 12 stories by contest winners, illustrated by Illustrators of the Future winners. Includes essays on writing and art by L. Ron Hubbard, Bob Eggleton, Robert J. Sawyer, and Orson Scott Card. Contest rules are included. Details taken from online listing. xv · Introduction · Algis Budrys · in 1 · The Sword from the Sea · Blake Hutchins · na; illustrated by Nathan Taylor 53 · Broken Stones · Judith Tabron · nv; illustrated by Alex Y. Torres 99 · Advice to the Word-Weary · L. Ron Hubbard · ar; compilation of advice letters, not previously published. 113 · Games on the Children’s Ward · Michail Velichansky · nv; illustrated by Miguel Rojas 145 · Evolution’s End · Lee Beavington · na; illustrated by Melanie Tregonning 199 · The Red Envelope · David Sakmyster · nv; illustrated by Laura Jennings 227 · Art Is a Journey · Bob Eggleton · ar 235 · Schroedinger’s Hummingbird · Diana Rowland · ss; illustrated by Daniel Harris 251 · On the Mount · David John Baker · na; illustrated by Tamara Streeter 311 · Eight Things New Writers Need to Know · Robert J. Sawyer · ar 319 · Life on the Voodoo Driving Range · Brandon Sigrist · ss; illustrated by Katherine Hallberg 339 · At the Gate of God · Joseph Jordan · na; illustrated by Eldar Zakirov 389 · Are We at the End of Science Fiction? · Orson Scott Card · ar 403 · Balancer · Richard Kerslake · nv; illustrated by James T. Schmidt 427 · The Bone Fisher’s Apprentice · Sarah Totton · ss; illustrated by Kim Feigenbaum 447 · Tongues · Brian Rappatta · nv; illustrated by Ozzie Rodriguez 489 · The Year in the Contests · Algis Budrys · ms 495 · Contest Information · [uncredited] · ms

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXIV ed. Algis Budrys (Galaxy, September 8, 2008, 978-1-59212-374-2, $7.99, 503pp, pb, oa, cover by Stephan Martiniere)     Original anthology of 13 stories by contest winners, illustrated by Illustrators of the Future winners. Includes essays on writing and art by L. Ron Hubbard, Rebecca Moeste, and Cliff Nielsen. Contest rules are included. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Why There Are the Contests by Algis Budrys (1931-2008) · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Algis Budrys] 3 · Why There Are the Contests · Algis Budrys · in 7 · A Man in the Moon · Dr. Philip Edward Kaldon · na; illustrated by William Ruhlig 65 · Bitter Dreams [Alternate Australia] · Ian McHugh · nv; illustrated by Robert J. Hall, Jr. 115 · Taking a Mile · J. Kathleen Cheney · nv; illustrated by James Galindo 149 · Circulate · L. Ron Hubbard · ar The Author & Journalist 1935 155 · Crown of Thorns · Sonia Helbig · nv; illustrated by William Ruhlig 181 · Hangar Queen · Patrick Lundrigan · nv; illustrated by Robert Castillo 207 · Snakes and Ladders · Paula R. Stiles · nv; illustrated by Gustavo Bollinger 247 · The Well-Adjusted Writer · Rebecca Moesta · ar 253 · Epiphany · Laura Bradley Rede · nv; illustrated by Alexandra D. Szweryn 287 · Cruciger · Erin Cashier · nv; illustrated by Stephen R. Stanley 327 · Circuit · J. D. EveryHope · nv; illustrated by Brittany J. Jackson 349 · A War Bird in the Belly of the Mouse · David Parish-Whittaker · nv; illustrated by Sean Kibbe 383 · The Four C’s to Success · Cliff Nielsen · ar 389 · Simulacrum’s Children · Sarah L. Edwards · nv; illustrated by Kyle Phillips 423 · The Bird Reader’s Granddaughter · Kim A. Gillett · nv; illustrated by Ilya Shkipin 461 · The Girl Who Whispered Beauty · Al Bogdan · nv; illustrated by Stephen Knox 491 · The Year in the Contests · Algis Budrys · ms

First Stories: An Anthology of Debut Fiction (from the New Yorker) ed. Bill Buford (The New Yorker, February 2001, 0970779003, $7.95, ebook, an)     Available for download, Format: Microsoft Reader. · Sexy · Jhumpa Lahiri · ss The New Yorker December 28 1998/January 4 1999 · The Smoker · David Schickler · nv The New Yorker June 19/June 26 2000 · Drinking Coffee Elsewhere · Z Z Packer · ss The New Yorker June 19/June 26 2000 · What I Saw from Where I Stood · Marisa Silver · ss The New Yorker October 30 2000 · Drown · Junot Díaz · ss The New Yorker January 29 1996 · Still-Life with Particle Board · Charlie Buck · ss The New Yorker March 15 1999 · Blind Jozef Pronek · Aleksandar Hemon · ss The New Yorker April 19 1999 · Issues I Dealt with in Therapy · Matthew Klam · ss The New Yorker July 12 1999

Another 100 Horrors ed. Kevin G. Bufton (Cruentus Libri Press, June 14, 2013, 978-1-4895-1427-1, 110pp, tp, oa, cover by Marc Jaytin)     Details taken from online listing. · Black Talbot · Chad Chown · ss · Abductia · Andrés Abel · ss translated from the Spanish. · In the End Was the Word · Gary B. Phillips · ss · Messages from Ourselves · James Bojaciuk · ss · Old Friend · Niccolo Skill · ss · Creative · Ryan Tandy · ss · Night Terror · Teresa Hawk · ss · Kill Your Gods · Allen Ashley · ss · Together Forever · M. Thomas Smith · ss · Sweet Dreams · Aaron Z. Hawkins · ss · Curiosity Piqued · Allan Kalupar · ss · All-Star · Dan Larnerd · ss · National Rip-off · Alex Grover · ss · Tap Door Run · Mark Smith · ss · Seeker in the Dark · Brandon Barrows · ss · Meat Race · Nicky Peacock · ss · His Heart · Vivian Caethe · ss · The Hunt · Essel Pratt · ss · The Backseat Check · Michael E. Grant · ss · The Fort · C. J. Meirick · ss · Walking to the Store · Keith Deininger · ss · The Lost Limb · Jay Esou · ss · Plumber · Chris Blinn · ss · White Collar Necropolis · Christopher Cornell · ss · No Light in the Attic · Andira Dodge · ss · Drink · Dawn Nikithser · ss · Riders on the Storm · Dorothy Davies · ss · Dark Glass · Gary Budgen · ss · Winter of Abomination · Mark Lewis · ss · Black Mantle · Justin Powell · ss · The Temple · McKynzie Bair · ss · The Last Tattoo · Ross Baxter · ss · Endless Falling · Brian Turnbull · ss · Cuts · Irvine Harker · ss · Intervention · Robert Laseur · ss · Dear Devil · Teddy Vork · ss · Hide-and-Seek · Erin Cole · ss · The Asylum of the Dead · Jaimie M. Engle · ss · The Boarder · Kathy Ferrell · ss · Clockwork Offal · Stephen Kozeniewski · ss · What Lies Beneath · Jerry Scarbrough · ss · After the Slaughter · Julie R. Kendrick · ss · Water Is My Home · Tiffany A. Robbins · ss · Man-na · Sharla Anderson · ss · Night Walk · John Kujawski · ss · Birth · L. R. Bonehill · ss · Shackles · Dan Howarth · ss · Kage · Chad Case · ss · On Reflection · C. C. Adams · ss · Endless Loop · Christopher Shultz · ss · Sister Knows Best · Kevin G. Bufton · ss · Tears of Blood · Val Gryphin · ss · Habit · Dirky Henkel · ss · A Change Too Far · Adam Millard · ss · 100 Worries · Shaun Avery · ss · Mr. Whippey · David Marr · ss · Miss Ham and Eggar · Lance Manion · ss · Dog Days · Rose Blackthorn · ss · Mouse in the House · Cara S. Cobb · ss · The Hunter · K. Trap Jones · ss · Flurg · Ken Goldman · ss Necrotic Tissue #9, January 2010 · Dean Man’s Chest · Scott L. Vannatter · ss · Meeting the Family · Jennifer Mccullah · ss · The Problem of Magick · David J. West · ss · Tiny Gifts · Matt Kurtz · ss · The Standing Appointment · R. Y. Brockway · ss · Greed · Paul S. Huggins · ss · Schödinger’s Mistress · Phil Ambler · ss · While You Sleep · Bruce L. Priddy · ss · Closer · Chrise Yodice · ss · Asylum · Oonah V. Joslin · ss · Dress Up · Aurelio Rico Lopez, III · ss · One Last Dance · Paco · ss · Knock Out · Kristal Stittle · ss · The Witch’s Dilemma · David Edward Nell · ss · The Bridge · Angela Pritchett · ss · In Deep · Sheri White · ss Necon e-books website June 2011 · Giggles · Gabino Iglesias · ss · The Little Fat Man’s Curiosity · Stuart Conover · ss · Self · Jay Wilburn · ss · Breaking Free · Donald Jacob Uitvlugt · ss · Arachne · Matt Moody · ss · Rye · Joshua Rubb · ss · Jerky · Allen Jacoby · ss · Feast · Mark Slade · ss · Shipwreck · Cameron Suey · ss · Effort Number Eighty-Seven · Nathan Robinson · ss · Howl · Angel Zapata · ss · Sacred Vows · Jon McAchren · ss · Corpse Mother · J. Rodimus Fowler · ss · The Hose · Tim Tobin · ss · Bruise · T. J. Oneal Antley · ss · Victim #93 · Rocky Alexander · ss · Snap · Kerry G. S. Lipp · ss · Strange Noises · Lisamarie Lamb · ss · Severage Package · Cameron Johnston · ss · Procession · A. R. Aston · ss · Mummy · Jonathan Ward · ss · Stuck · David Williamson · ss · One Hundred Pairs of Eyes · Jillian Robinson · ss

The Dark Side of the Womb ed. Kevin G. Bufton (Cruentus Libri Press, November 3, 2012, $2.99, ebook, oa, cover by Simon Cope)     Details taken from online listing. · Unsafe · Ryan Neil Falcone · ss · She’s My Everything · S. C. Hayden · ss · Slouching Towards Bethlehem · Ken Goldman · ss Ghosts and Demons ed. Chris Bartholomew, Static Movement, 2010 · Sweet Nectar of Life · Joseph A. Pinto · ss · Womb · Cecilia Dockins · ss · Jay’s New Home · Philip M. Roberts · ss · The Body Inside My Body · Christos Callow, Jr. · ss · Hatch · Nathan Robinson · ss · Mother’s Milk · Kevin G. Bufton · ss · New Beginnings · David Edward Nell · ss · Baby Blue · Stephen McQuiggan · ss · Maria’s Baby · Wol-vriey · ss · Slideshow · Michael Wolf · ss · Baby Bub · T. Fox Dunham · ss · Elliott · Lyle Enright · ss · The Drawer · Malon Edwards · ss Beneath the Surface ed. Tim Deal, Shroud Publishing, 2008

100 Horrors: Tales of Horror in the Blink of an Eye ed. Kevin G. Bufton (Cruentus Libri Press, March 11, 2012, 978-1-4699-7528-3, 136pp, tp, oa, cover by Steve Upham)     Details taken from online listing. i · 100 Authors. 100 Stories. 100 Words · Kevin G. Bufton · fw 1 · The Killer’s House · Marius Renos Dicomites · vi 2 · Fathers and Sons · Quinn Hernandez · vi 3 · The Deal · William J. Joel · vi 4 · Clara Forgot · Chris Marrs · vi 5 · Girl Confesses · Marc Shapiro · vi 6 · Hush Little Baby · Anthony Cowin · vi 7 · Jenny Got Sick · Robert Ropars · vi 8 · The Artist · Paco · vi 9 · The Terror · J. D. Carter · vi 10 · Resurrection Love · Angel Zapata · vi 11 · Shadows · V. D. Griesdoorn · vi 12 · Collared · Gill Hoffs · vi 13 · Prime Time Hit · Ken Goldman · vi 14 · Burrower · A. R. Aston · vi 15 · Romantic · Matt Moody · vi 16 · It’s Inside Me? · Darren Barker · vi 17 · The Hole · Cee Martinez · vi 18 · Pieces of Eight · Phil Ambler · vi 19 · Dead Rebels · Colin F. Barnes · vi 20 · Desdemona Dreams · Pavelle Wesser · vi 21 · This Was Jimmy · John Xero · vi 22 · Lightbringer · David Naughton-Shires · vi 23 · Little Pleasures · Alexander W. Tkachuk · vi 24 · Sink · C. G. Bauer · vi 25 · It’s Coming · Jeremy Peterson · vi 26 · In the Eyes of Death · Lisa Ann Smith · vi 27 · Under the Church · Stacy Bolli · vi 28 · Anaon Unleashed · Kate Monroe · vi 29 · Growing a Spare · Rachel Green · vi 30 · Homecoming · Nathan Barnes · vi 31 · God’s Gonna Cut You Down · L. H. McGuire · vi 32 · Bedtime · Donald Jacob Uitvlugt · vi 33 · Sharp Rain · James Steele · vi 34 · Feeding Vertices · Sharla Anderson · vi 35 · Rearview · Brandon Scott · vi 36 · In Tasha’s Car: A Zombie A.C.R.E.S. Story · Josh Cook · vi 37 · The Grip · Neil Weston · vi 38 · Residual · Lily Childs · vi 39 · Homeless No More · J. Rodimus Fowler · vi 40 · Me Am Love You · Noah Mullette-Gillman · vi 41 · One Day, Tomorrow · Bruce L. Priddy · vi 42 · Dermatillomania · Alex Clements · vi 43 · Wake Up · Kristal Stittle · vi 44 · Sibling Rivalry · Naryssa Eve Hamilton · vi 45 · If You Hit the Roast, Then You Know You’ve Gone Too Far · S. Wayne Roberts · vi 46 · A Circle of Sky · Rich Gray · vi 47 · Cheshire Grin · Laura Ann Via · vi 48 · Beer-Basted · Jessica McHugh · vi 49 · Don’t Blink · David Bernstein · vi 50 · A Vase Is Only Political if You Throw It at Someone’s Head · Gene Tanta · vi 51 · White Hole · Abigail Runkle · vi 52 · Under the Bed · Lisamarie Lamb · vi 53 · Ritual · Jack Horne · vi 54 · Bin Day · Nathan Robinson · vi 55 · Detachment · Charlotte Emma Gledson · vi 56 · Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep · Veronica Marie Lewis-Shaw · vi 57 · Dawn · Tony Healey · vi 58 · Chop, Chop, Chop Goes the Knife · Peter Newman · vi 59 · Waiting in the Shadows · Robert D. Brewer · vi 60 · The Dentist · Allen Jacoby · vi 61 · Death to This Reader · David Thomas · vi 62 · Real Than · Miriam H. Harrison · vi 63 · My Ceiling Bleeds · Jon McAchren · vi 64 · Together Forever · Suzanne Robb · vi 65 · From Mrs. Bean’s Cookbook · Andrew J. Wilson · vi 66 · Haunted · James Everington · vi 67 · Breathless · R. M. Cochran · vi 68 · Flooded Quarry · H. J. Rodgers · vi 69 · Evidence · Dan Pawley · vi 70 · Out of the Band · Aurelio Rico Lopez, III · vi 71 · Faceless · Nate D. Burleigh · vi A Pint of Bloody Fiction ed. S. E. Cox & Nandy Ekle, House of Horror, 2010 72 · Glue · Ren Warom · vi 73 · Open Your Eyes · Sebastian J. Howley · vi 74 · Self-Harm · Jason D. Brawn · vi 75 · Colder · Brian Rosenberger · vi 76 · Lying Eyes · James Fadeley · vi 77 · The Itch · Alec McQuay · vi 78 · Almost Home · Michael Dortmund · vi 79 · Djinn · Jonathan Ward · vi 80 · Into the Darkness · Christopher Hiver · vi 81 · Cross-Stitch · S. J. Caunt · vi 82 · Brotherly Love · Jamie Freeman · vi 83 · Cold · Scott Cole · vi 84 · Fly Blown · Paul S. Huggins · vi 85 · It’s in My Head! · Daniel E. Potts · vi 86 · Critical Discourse · Russell Brown · vi 87 · It’s in the Eyes of the Beholder · R. Phillip Roberts · vi 88 · The Power of the Pen · Shawn M. Riddle · vi 89 · Hungry · Bob Lock · vi 90 · Windows to the Soul · Neil Kloster · vi 91 · Proposal · Kurt Fawver · vi 92 · Death Laughs · Kim Krodel · vi 93 · The Last Song · Ed Fortune · vi 94 · Burning Desire · David Lightfoot · vi 95 · Because I Could Not Stop the Death · Anne Barringer · vi 96 · Split · Lance Shoeman · vi 97 · Frontal Lobotomy · Cheryl Brandys · vi 98 · Suction · I. S. Paton · vi 99 · Isolation · K. Trap Bulton · vi 100 · Scum · Kevin G. Bufton · vi 102 · The Meaning of Horror · [uncredited] · ms 106 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, July 2022, 978-1-64524-089-1, $48.00, 454pp, hc, n., cover by Lauren Saint-Onge) [World of the Five Gods]     Limited to 1250 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Demon Daughter by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, January 2025, 978-1-64524-219-2, $45.00, 224pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren Saint-Onge) [World of the Five Gods]     Limited to 1250 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, July 2019, 978-1-59606-892-6, $25.00, 93pp, hc, na, cover by Jenn Ravenna) [Miles Vorkosigan]     Also available in a leatherbound edition, limited to 400 numbered, signed, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Knife Children by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, February 2020, 978-1-59606-954-1, $25.00, 208pp, hc, na, cover by Ryan Pancoast) [The Sharing Knife]     Also available in a leatherbound edition ($45.00), limited to 450 numbered, signed, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, April 2023, 978-1-64524-114-0, $45.00, 160pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren Saint-Onge) [World of the Five Gods]     Limited to 1250 signed, numbered, copies.

Masquerade in Lodi by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, December 14, 2021, 978-1-64524-047-1, $40.00, 176pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren Saint-Onge) [World of the Five Gods]     Reprint (Spectrum Literary Agency 2020) fantasy novella. Limited to 1250 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Mira’s Last Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, June 2018, 978-1-59606-854-4, $25.00, 159pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren Saint-Onge) [World of the Five Gods]     Also available in a limited edition of 450 signed, numbered, copies ($45.00). Details taken from publisher website.

The Orphans of Raspay by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, June 30, 2020, 978-1-59606-972-5, $25.00, 224pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren Saint-Onge) [World of the Five Gods]     Reprint (Spectrum Literary Agency 2019) fantasy novella. Also available in a signed, numbered, edition of 450 copies ($45.00). Details taken from publisher website.

Penric and the Bandit by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, May 2025, 978-1-64524-272-7, $45.00, 176pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren Saint-Onge) [World of the Five Gods]     Limited to 1250 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, February 21, 2017, 978-1-59606-815-5, $25.00, 213pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren Saint-Onge) [World of the Five Gods]     Reprint (Spectrum Literary Agency 2016) fantasy novella. Also available in a leatherbound edition, limited to 450 numbered copies, signed by the author ($45). Details taken from publisher’s website.

Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, May 31, 2016, 978-1-59606-769-1, $25.00, 183pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren Saint-Onge) [World of the Five Gods]     Reprint (Spectrum Literary Agency 2015) fantasy novella. Also available in a leatherbound edition, limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by the author ($45). Details taken from publisher’s website.

Penric’s Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, February 15, 2018, 978-1-59606-863-6, $25.00, 198pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren Saint-Onge) [World of the Five Gods]     Also available in a leatherbound edition, limited to 450 numbered, signed, copies ($45.00). Details taken from online listing.

Penric’s Mission by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, November 6, 2017, 978-1-59606-844-5, $25.00, 257pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren Saint-Onge) [World of the Five Gods]     Also available in a leatherbound edition limited to 450 numbered copies signed by Bujold ($45.00). Details taken from publisher’s website.

The Physicians of Vilnoc by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, July 2021, 978-1-64524-021-1, $30.00, 222pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren Saint-Onge) [World of the Five Gods]     Reprint (Spectrum Literary Agency 2020) fantasy novella. Also available in a signed, numbered, edition of 450 copies ($45.00). Details taken from publisher website.

The Prisoner of Limnos by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press, January 8, 2019, 978-1-59606-884-1, $25.00, 256pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren Saint-Onge) [World of the Five Gods]     Also available in a signed edition, limited to 450 numbered copies ($45.00). Details taken from online listing.

Chilling Horror Short Stories ed. Laura Bulbeck (Flame Tree Publishing, August 15, 2015, 978-1-78361-374-8, £20.00, 480pp, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. 8 · Chilling Horror Stories · Dr. Dale Townshend · fw 12 · Ecdysis · Rebecca J. Allred · ss 19 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 25 · Beyond the Wall · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine December 1907 31 · Mirror’s Keeper · Michael Bondies · ss 36 · The Watcher by the Threshold · John Buchan · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #1022, December 1900 48 · The Dying Art · Glen Damien Campbell · ss 56 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 68 · Breach · Justin Coates · ss 75 · The Dead Smile · F. Marion Crawford · nv Ainslee’s Magazine August 1899 88 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 106 · The Child’s Story · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 109 · The Leather Funnel · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1902 117 · In Search of a New Wilhelm · John H. Dromey · ss 122 · Leonora · Elise Forier Edie · ss Penumbra (online) November 2013 128 · A Game of Conquest · David A. Elsensohn · ss 134 · Thing in the Bucket · Eric Esser · ss Fictionvale #1, 2014 142 · The Murdered Cousin · Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851 revised from “Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess”, Dublin University Magazine Nov 1838. 162 · The Grey Woman · Elizabeth Gaskell · na All the Year Round January 5 1861 (+2) 194 · Worth the Having · Michael Paul Gonzalez · ss Halloween Tales ed. Kate Jonez, Omnium Gatherum, 2014 204 · Extraneus Invokat · Ed Grabianowski · ss Black Static #21, February/March 2011 209 · The Three Strangers · Thomas Hardy · nv Longman’s Magazine March 1883 223 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 231 · The Gateway of the Monster [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler January 1910 243 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 1 of 5; Cthulhu] · C. L. Moore · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 2 of 5; Cthulhu] · A. Merritt · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 3 of 5; Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 4 of 5; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 · The Challenge from Beyond [Part 5 of 5; Cthulhu] · Frank Belknap Long · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1935 253 · The Man in the Ambry · Gwendolyn Kiste · ss Typehouse Literary Magazine January 2015 264 · Start with Color · Bill Kte’pi · ss Strange Horizons March 24 2003 270 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926 280 · The Magnificat of Devils · James Lecky · ss Oktobyr ’98 ed. Simon Bestwick, Precinct 13 Publications, 1998 285 · The Dunwich Horror [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales April 1929 312 · The Call of Cthulhu [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales February 1928 330 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887). 345 · The Woman of the Wood · A. Merritt · nv Weird Tales August 1926 364 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; translated by Marie Busch & Otto Pick · ss Selected Czech Tales ed. Marie Busch & Otto Pick, Exford University Press, 1925 translated from the Czech (“Vampyr”, Různé lidé, 1871). 367 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy” 371 · The Premature Burial · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Dollar Newspaper July 31 1844 380 · Trial and Error · Frank Roger · ss translated from the Dutch (“Vallen en opstaan”, 2013). 387 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833 395 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 407 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 415 · Blessed Be the Bound · Lucy Taylor · ss Guignoir and Other Furies ed. George Hatch, Horror's Head Press, 1991 419 · Dead End · Kristopher Triana · ss 428 · Justified · D. J. Tyrer · ss Tigershark Magazine #5, Summer/Autumn 2014 436 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 455 · Deep-Sixed Without a Depth Gauge · Andrew J. Wilson · ss 2009 463 · The Dew of Heaven, Like Ashes · William R. D. Wood · ss Tomorrow ed. Karen Henderson, Kayelle Press, 2013

Murder Mayhem Short Stories ed. Laura Bulbeck (Flame Tree Publishing, July 15, 2016, 978-1-78361-987-0, £20.00, 479pp, hc, an, cover by Slava Gerj & Gabor Ruszkai)     Details taken from online listing. 8 · Murder Mayhem · Christopher P. Semtner · fw 9 · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms 12 · The Wendigo Goes Home · Sara Dobie Bauer · ss 17 · The Death of Halpin Frayser · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave December 19 1891 27 · The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1907 33 · The Rector of Veilbye · Steen Steensen Blicher; translated by Grace I. Colbron · nv Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: German: Russian: Scandinavian ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907 translated from the Danish (“Præsten i Vejlbye”, 1829). 48 · Funeral · Michael Cebula · ss Thuglit #13, September/October 2014 56 · Into the Blue · Carolyn Charron · ss 61 · Dr. Hyde, Detective, and the White Pillars Murder · G. K. Chesterton · ss English Life January 1925 70 · The Traveler’s Story of a Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, as “A Terribly Strange Bed”, uncredited. 86 · Who Killed Zebedee? · Wilkie Collins · nv Seaside Library January 26 1881 100 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. 107 · The Problem of Dead Wood Hall [Dick Donovan] · Dick Donovan · nv Riddles Read by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1896 127 · Mr. Happy Head · James Dorr · ss Wicked Mystic #25, Spring 1996 133 · The Brazilian Cat · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine December 1898, as “The Story of the Brazilian Cat” 146 · Nineteen Sixty-Five Ford Falcon · Tim Foley · ss 154 · “Mama Said” · Steven Thor Gunnin · ss 160 · Six Aspects of Cath Baduma · Kate Heartfield · ss Postscripts to Darkness 4 ed. Sean Moreland, Ex Hubris Imprints, 2013 168 · The House Among the Laurels [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Idler February 1910 180 · The Thing Invisible [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Ghost Pirates, a Chaunty, and Another Story by William Hope Hodgson, Paul R. Reynolds, 1909 196 · Freedom Is Not Free · David M. Hoenig · ss Nebula Rift v3 #7, 2015 204 · Mademoiselle de Scudéri · E. T. A. Hoffmann · na (r) translated from the German (“Das Fräulein von Scuderi”, Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1820. Der Liebe und Freundschaft, 1819). 243 · How to Build a Mass-Murderer · Liam Hogan · ss 247 · Pigeons from Hell · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales May 1938 267 · The Two-Out-of-Three Rule · Patrick J. Hurley · ss 275 · The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Queen June 23 1900 283 · In the Penal Colony · Franz Kafka · nv (r) translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919). 301 · Getting Shot in the Face Still Stings · Michelle Ann King · ss Black Treacle #3, June 2013 309 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling, Heinemann and Balestier, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray” 317 · Less Than Katherine · Claude Lalumière · ss Playground of Lost Toys ed. Colleen Anderson & Ursula Pflug, Exile Editions, 2015 325 · Shared Losses · Gerri Leen · ss 329 · The Hound [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales February 1924 334 · From Beyond [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Fantasy Fan June 1934 339 · Drive Save · K. A. Mielke · ss 344 · In the Dark · Edith Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine September 1908, as by E. Bland 352 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 357 · The Azure Ring [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · nv Cosmopolitan Magazine June 1911 369 · Redux · Alexandra Renwick · ss 376 · The First Seven Deaths of Mildred Orly · Fred Senese · ss 380 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 391 · The Dualitists · Bram Stoker · ss The Theatre Annual Christmas 1887 401 · The Burial of the Rats · Bram Stoker · nv Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 417 · Mister Ted · Donald Jacob Uitvlugt · ss 423 · Cheese · Ethel Lina White · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1923 435 · Corpses Removed, No Questions Asked · Dean H. Wild · ss 443 · Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review May 11 1887 463 · Fragments of Me · Nemma Wollenfang · ss 470 · Biographies & Sources · [uncredited] · ms

Science Fiction Short Stories ed. Laura Bulbeck (Flame Tree Publishing, September 24, 2015, 978-1-78361-650-3, £20.00, 480pp, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. 8 · Science Fiction Short Stories · Andy Sawyer · fw 12 · Flatland [Flatland] · Edwin A. Abbott · n. Seely & Co., 1884, as by A Square 61 · The Body Surfer · Edward Ahern · ss Aphelion #156, October 2011 66 · Behind the First Years · Stewart C. Baker · ss Cosmos (online) May 28 2013 73 · Genetic Changelings · Keyan Bowes · ss 81 · Overlap · Beth Cato · ss Cucurbital 3 ed. Lawrence M. Schoen, Paper Golem, 2012 88 · Phantoms of Reality · Ray Cummings · nv Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930 116 · The Disintegration Machine [Professor Challenger] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine January 1929 124 · The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909 144 · Smith and the Pharaohs · H. Rider Haggard · na The Strand Magazine December 1912 (+2) 171 · Rest in Peace · Sarah Hans · ss Bless Your Mechanical Heart ed. Jennifer Brozek, Evil Girlfriend Media, 2014 177 · The Hives and the Hive-Nots · Rob Hartzell · ss 180 · The Vast Weight of Their Bleeding Hearts · Alexis A. Hunter · ss Goldfish Grimm’s Spicy Fiction Sushi December 16 2013 186 · Makeisha in Time · Rachael K. Jones · ss Crossed Genres Magazine #20, August 2014 192 · The Ego Machine · Henry Kuttner · na Space Science Fiction May 1952 223 · The Julius Directive · Jacob M. Lambert · nv Encounters Magazine #13, April/May 2015 233 · The Shadow and the Flash · Jack London · ss The Bookman June 1903 242 · Metsys · Adrian Ludens · ss Chrome Baby August 12 2013 248 · The Tachypomp · Edward Page Mitchell · ss The Sun January 1874, uncredited. 257 · Fishing Expedition · Mike Morgan · ss 265 · Armageddon—2419 A.D. [Anthony “Buck” Rogers] · Philip Francis Nowlan · na Amazing Stories August 1928 308 · Red · Kate O’Connor · ss Penumbra (online) October 2012 315 · Time and Time Again · H. Beam Piper · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1947 326 · Nude Descending an Elevator Shaft · Conor Powers-Smith · ss The Tomorrow Project May 24 2013 336 · The Invisible Ray [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine October 1912 350 · Sweet Dreams, Glycerine · Zach Shephard · ss 357 · Jenny’s Sick · David Tallerman · ss Lightspeed #7, December 2010 364 · Shortcuts · Brian Trent · ss Cosmos #58, August/September 2014 374 · A Life as Warm as Death · Patrick Tumblety · ss 384 · Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven · Mark Twain · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1907 (+1), as “Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.—Taken from His Own Manuscript” 407 · Butterfly Dreams · Donald Jacob Uitvlugt · ss Crossed Genres Magazine #23, October 2010 411 · The Day of an American Journalist in 2889 · Jules Verne · ss (r) translated from the French (“La journée d’un journaliste américain en 2890”, Le Petit Journal: Supplément Illustré, August 29, 1891). 421 · Planetoid 127 · Edgar Wallace · na The Mechanical Boy September 4 1924 - October 23 1924 450 · The Care and Feeding of Mammalian Bipeds, v. 2.1 · M. Darusha Wehm · ss previously available as an audio download from Escape Pod, November 15, 2012. 457 · The Worlds of If [Van Manderpootz] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · ss Wonder Stories August 1935 468 · Clockwork Evangeline · Nemma Wollenfang · ss Titan Books website September 4 2014 472 · Biographies & Sources · [uncredited] · ms

Swords and Steam Short Stories ed. Laura Bulbeck (Flame Tree Publishing, September 26, 2016, 978-1-78361-997-9, £20.00, 480pp, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. 8 · Swords & Steam · S. T. Joshi · fw 12 · Little Healers · Andrew Bourelle · ss 20 · The Grove of Ashtaroth · John Buchan · nv Blackwood’s Magazine June 1910 34 · Moon Skin · Beth Cato · ss 45 · The Demoiselle d’Ys · Robert W. Chambers · ss The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 55 · Hilda Silfverling: A Fantasy · L. Maria Child · ss 1845 70 · Dear George, Love Margaret · Amanda C. Davis · ss 76 · Pax Mechanica · Daniel J. Davis · ss 83 · Fire to Set the Blood · Jennifer Dornan-Fish · ss 91 · The Horror of the Heights · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine November 1913 101 · The Fires of Mercy · Spencer Ellsworth · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #171, April 16 2015 109 · Sisters · David Jón Fuller · ss 116 · Undine · Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué · na 1818 translated from the German (“Undine: Eine Erzählung”, Hitzig, 1811). 166 · The Raid of “Le Vengeur” · George Griffith · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1901 177 · The Man Without a Country · Edward Everett Hale · nv The Atlantic Monthly December 1863, uncredited. 195 · Advantage on the Kingdom of the Shore · Kelly A. Harmon · ss 203 · The Artist of the Beautiful · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review June 1844 218 · P.’s Correspondence · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss United States Magazine and Democratic Review April 1845 229 · The Sandman · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv (r) translated from the German (“Der Sandmann”, Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816). 250 · Spectrum · Liam Hogan · ss 258 · Skulls in the Stars [Solomon Kane] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales January 1929 265 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #1, June 23 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon 274 · The Aerial Burglar · Percival Leigh · ss The Comic Album: 1844, Wm. S. Orr & Co., 1844, as by The Author of “The Comic Latin and Comic English Grammar” 279 · The Crime of the Windcatcher · B. C. Matthews · ss 286 · War Mage · Angus McIntyre · ss 294 · Three Lines of Old French · A. Merritt · nv All-Story Weekly August 9 1919 307 · Pen Dragons · Dan Micklethwaite · ss 314 · The Clock That Went Backward · Edward Page Mitchell · ss The Sun September 18 1881 323 · The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall · Edgar Allan Poe · na Southern Literary Messenger June 1835, as “Hans Phaall—A Tale” 350 · The Winning of a Sword · Howard Pyle · nv The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle, 1903 371 · Taking Care of Business · Victoria Sandbrook · ss 378 · My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror · Walter Scott · nv The Keepsake 1829, 1828, as by The Author of “Waverley” 400 · Death of the Laird’s Jock · Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828, as by The Author of “Waverley” 404 · Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman · Mary Shelley · ss Yesterday and To-day by Cyrus Redding, T. Cautley Newby, 1863, as “Story of Mr. Dodsworth” 410 · Eli Whitney and the Cotton Djinn · Zach Shephard · ss Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #42, November 2014 420 · Dressing Mr. Featherbottom · Amy Sisson · ss Robotica ed. Elizabeth Hirst, Pop Seagull Publishing, 2015 425 · The Touchstone · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Longman’s Magazine September 1895 429 · Vortaal Hunt · Brian Trent · ss 437 · A Drama in the Air · Jules Verne; translated by George M. Towle · ss Doctor Ox, and Other Stories by Jules Verne, tr. George M. Towle, Osgood, 1874 translated from the French (“Un Voyage en Ballon”, Musée des Familles, August 1851). 449 · Master Zacharius · Jules Verne; translated by George M. Towle · nv Doctor Ox, and Other Stories by Jules Verne, tr. George M. Towle, Osgood, 1874 translated from the French (“Maître Zacharius ou l’horloger qui avait perdu son âme”, Musée des Familles, April & May 1854).

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Great Stories of Detection ed. R. C. Bull (Barker, 1960, 654pp, hc, an)     Also abridged as Great Tales of Mystery. 5 · Prefatory Note · R. C. Bull · pr 11 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 24 · The Biter Bit · Wilkie Collins · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1858, as “Who Is the Thief?”, uncredited. 44 · Missing! · Emile Gaboriau · ss The Little Old Man of Batignolles and Other Stories by Emile Gaboriau, Vizetelly & Co., 1883 57 · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924 69 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905 97 · The Lenton Croft Robberies [Martin Hewitt] · Arthur Morrison · nv The Strand Magazine March 1894, uncredited. 114 · The Mysterious Death in Percy Street [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine October 1901 126 · The Blue Sequin [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1908 138 · The Queer Feet [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1910, as “Why the True Fishermen Always Wear Green Evening Coats” 151 · The Ginger King [Insp. Gabriel Hanaud] · A. E. W. Mason · ss The Strand Magazine August 1940 165 · If Only It Were Yesterday · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Ladies’ Home Journal August 1950 178 · The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World September 7 1913 (+1) 194 · The Thief · Anna Katharine Green · ss The Story-teller January 1911 207 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13” 233 · Naboth’s Vineyard [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Metropolitan Magazine December 1912 243 · Footprints in the Snow [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · nv MacLean’s May 15 1922 translated from the French (“Des pas sur la neige”). 261 · The Genuine Tabard [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1938, as “Trent and the Genuine Tabard” 273 · The Level Crossing · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Cornhill Magazine November 1933 283 · The Treasure Hunt [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s November 22 1924 295 · Death and Company [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Black Mask November 1930 301 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 317 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 330 · The Yellow Slugs [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine March 1935 356 · The Wood-for-the-Trees [Colonel Anthony Gethryn] · Philip MacDonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #43, June 1947 374 · The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Hangman’s Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1933 393 · The Adventure of the Hollow Dragon [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine September 1935, as “The Hollow Dragon” 410 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path” 417 · The Appalling Politician [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News October 16 1932, as “Third Degree Fires” 428 · The Incautious Burglar [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine October 1940, as “A Guest in the House” 440 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953 453 · I Can Find My Way Out [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #33, August 1946 472 · Instead of Evidence [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine May 1946, as “Murder on Tuesday” 513 · The Man Who Murdered in Public [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1934, as “The Clue-Proof Murders” 526 · The Widow [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine April 1937 543 · Mr. Prendergast and the Orange [Nigel Strangeways] · Nicholas Blake · ss The Sunday Dispatch March 27 1938 548 · The Cellini Salt-cellar [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1956 552 · Finger Man [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · na Black Mask October 1934 589 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946 600 · The Fingernail · William Irish · ss Detective Tales July 1941, as “The Customer’s Always Right” by Cornell Woolrich 606 · The Grand National Case [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · nv 1956 621 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #48, November 1947 translated from the French (“Le Pavillon de la Croix-Rousse”, as by Georges Sim, Détective, May 2, 1929 & May 16, 1929). 626 · Wild Goose Chase [Lew Archer] · John Ross Macdonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954 645 · The Blessington Method · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1956

Great Tales of Mystery ed. R. C. Bull (Hill and Wang, 1960, LC:60-14784, $4.95, 272pp, hc, an)     Abridged from Great Stories of Detection (Barker 1960). Also available in the U.K. (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1960). 11 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 32 · The Biter Bit · Wilkie Collins · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1858, as “Who Is the Thief?”, uncredited. 66 · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924 85 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905 125 · The Lenton Croft Robberies [Martin Hewitt] · Arthur Morrison · nv The Strand Magazine March 1894, uncredited. 151 · The Queer Feet [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1910, as “Why the True Fishermen Always Wear Green Evening Coats” 172 · The Blue Sequin [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1908 191 · The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World September 7 1913 (+1) 215 · The Level Crossing · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Cornhill Magazine November 1933 234 · The Treasure Hunt [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s November 22 1924 256 · The Appalling Politician [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News October 16 1932, as “Third Degree Fires”

Perturbed Spirits: A Book of Ghost & Terror Stories ed. R. C. Bull (Arthur Barker, 1954, 12/6d, 287pp, hc, an) 11 · Introduction · Herbert van Thal · in 15 · The Demoiselle d’Ys · Robert W. Chambers · ss The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 31 · Wolverden Tower · Grant Allen · nv The Illustrated London News November 23 1896 61 · The Dead Valley · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 71 · The Corpse Light · Dick Donovan · ss Tales of Terror by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1899 85 · The Death Mask · Mrs. H. D. Everett · ss The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts by H. D. Everett, Philip Allan, 1920 97 · The Invisible Eye · Mm. Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Charles S. Cheltnam · nv Temple Bar December 1870 translated from the French (“L’œil invisible ou L’auberge des trois pendus”, 1857). 115 · The Man with the Nose · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar October 1872 135 · Ghost of Honour · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams, 1936 143 · The Derelict · W. Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine December 1 1912 171 · Véra · Villiers de l’Isle Adam · ss (r) translated from the French (“Vera”, 1874). 183 · The Devil of the Marsh · H. B. Marriott-Watson · ss Diogenes of London by H. B. Marriott Watson, Methuen, 1893 189 · The Unquiet Grave · F. M. Mayor · ss The Room Opposite by F. M. Mayor, Longmans, Green, 1935 197 · Mortmain · John Metcalfe · nv Judas and Other Stories by John Metcalfe, Constable, 1931 233 · The Haunted Station · Hume Nisbet · nv The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1892 255 · The Lost Room · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1858, uncredited. 273 · The Fireplace · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales January 1925 287 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Perturbed Spirits: A Book of Ghost & Terror Stories (var. 1) ed. R. C. Bull (Dragon Books, 1958, D20, 2/6d, 192pp, pb, an)     Abridged from the hardback (Arthur Barker 1954) edition by omitting two stories and the bibliography. 7 · Introduction · Herbert van Thal · in 11 · The Demoiselle d’Ys · Robert W. Chambers · ss The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 25 · Wolverden Tower · Grant Allen · nv The Illustrated London News November 23 1896 51 · The Dead Valley · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 59 · The Corpse Light · Dick Donovan · ss Tales of Terror by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1899 71 · The Death Mask · Mrs. H. D. Everett · ss The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts by H. D. Everett, Philip Allan, 1920 81 · The Invisible Eye · Mm. Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Charles S. Cheltnam · nv Temple Bar December 1870 translated from the French (“L’œil invisible ou L’auberge des trois pendus”, 1857). 96 · The Man with the Nose · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar October 1872 112 · Ghost of Honour · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams, 1936 119 · The Derelict · W. Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine December 1 1912 143 · Véra · Villiers de l’Isle Adam · ss (r) translated from the French (“Vera”, 1874). 152 · The Devil of the Marsh · H. B. Marriott-Watson · ss Diogenes of London by H. B. Marriott Watson, Methuen, 1893 157 · The Unquiet Grave · F. M. Mayor · ss The Room Opposite by F. M. Mayor, Longmans, Green, 1935 164 · The Lost Room · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1858, uncredited. 180 · The Fireplace · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales January 1925

Upon the Midnight ed. R. C. Bull (Macdonald, 1957, 15/-, 288pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · R. C. Bull · in 13 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 28 · The White Wolf of Kostopchin · Sir Gilbert Campbell · nv Wild and Weird; or, Remarkable Stories of Russian Life by Sir Gilbert Campbell, Bart., Ward Lock, 1889 64 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1931 79 · The Parlor-Car Ghost · A Lady (by Elisabeth Cavazza) · ss The New York Advertiser 1895; in this version has an English setting. 84 · The Middle Bedroom · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Novel Magazine December 1918 92 · Dog or Demon? · Theo. Gift · ss Not for the Night-Time by Theo Gift, Roper & Drowley, 1889 105 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947 112 · The Murder of the Mandarin · Arnold Bennett · ss The Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett, Chapman & Hall, 1907 125 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 155 · A Life-Watch · Georgiana C. Clark · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1867 171 · Decay · John Moore · ss King Carnival by John C. Moore, Dent, 1933 182 · Awake, Asleep, Awake · J. J. Curle · ss 194 · The Flagstone · Norman Edwards · ss (r) 205 · The Messenger [Dick Darrel] · Robert W. Chambers · nv Scribner’s Magazine February 1897 247 · Nightly She Sings · Clemence Dane · ss Fate Cries Out by Clemence Dane, Heinemann, 1935 268 · The Squire’s Story · Mrs. Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas 1853, uncredited.