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Speaking of Wrath: Stories of Vindictive Anger (unpublished) ed. Lawrence Block (Cumberland House, May 2002, 1-58182-251-0, $24.95, 368pp, hc, an)     Intended to be the third, and final, volume in the “Seven Deadly Sins” series, the anthology and it’s contents were, announced but Block found he was unable to write the necessary original novella for inclusion so the publication was cancelled. · Speaking of Wrath · Lawrence Block · in · A Crime of Passion · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Gauntlet #2, 1991 · While She Was Out · Edward Bryant · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988 · A Soda for Susan · Richard Deming · ss Mantrap October 1956 · The Dark Snow · Brendan DuBois · ss Playboy November 1996 · The Stalker · Faye Kellerman · ss Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996 · Murder, She Did · Gillian Roberts · ss Murder, They Wrote II ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books, 1998 · Mother Tucker · James Kisner · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 · Slasher · F. Paul Wilson · ss Predators ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1993 · Before He Kills · Ray Russell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1973 · Lover · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard, 1977 · Black Wind · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979 · Seeing Red · Barbara Collins · ss Women on the Edge ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Donald I. Fine, 1992 · Red Light [Ms. Michael Tree] · Max Allan Collins · ss The Files of Ms. Tree (comic) Summer 1984 · Bad Blood · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1986 · The Scarlet King · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt December 25 1954 · The Homecoming · Dorothy B. Hughes · ss Murder Cavalcade, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946 · The Explosives Expert · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1967 · Little Apple Hard to Peel · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Tales February 1942 · Blood Sport · Thomas Lynch · ss Witness v14 #2, 2000 · The Steel Valentine · Joe R. Lansdale · ss By Bizarre Hands by Joe R. Lansdale, Ziesing, 1989

Death on the Down Beat by Eric Walter Blom--- see under Sebastian Farr.

New Haven Noir ed. Amy Bloom (Akashic Books, August 1, 2017, 978-1-61775-541-5, $15.95, 288pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir] 11 · Noir Haven · Amy Bloom · in 15 · Part I: Skull & Bones 17 · Crossing Harry · Chris Knopf · ss; set in Union Station. 27 · Callback · Sarah Pemberton Strong · ss; set in Audubon Arts District. 46 · A Woe for Every Season · Hirsh Sawhney · ss; set in Dwight. 71 · Sure Thing · David Rich · ss; set in Long Wharf. 86 · I’ve Never Been to Paris · Amy Bloom · nv; set in East Rock. 115 · Part II: Down and Out in Elm City 117 · The Secret Societies · Roxana Robinson · nv; set in Beinecke Library. 144 · The Boy · Karen E. Olson · ss; set in Fair Haven. 154 · Evening Prayer · Stephen L. Carter · ss; set in Dixwell Avenue. 171 · Second Act · Jessica Speart · ss; set in Food Terminal Plaza. 187 · The Gauntlet · Jonathan Stone · ss; set on Edgewood Avenue. 203 · Part III: Death or Glory 205 · Innovative Methods · Alice Mattison · ss; set in Lighthouse Point Park. 224 · Spring Break · John Crowley · ss; set in Yale University. 240 · Silhouettes · Chandra Prasad · ss; set in Wooster Square. 263 · The Man in Room Eleven · Michael Cunningham · ss; set in Chapel Street. 270 · The Queen of Secrets · Lisa D. Gray · ss; set in Bradley Street. 286 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Fictions ed. Peter Bloomfield--- see under Anon..

A Bicentennial Tribute to Robert E. Howard ed. Fred Blosser (George Hamilton, 1976, 37pp, ph, an, cover by Steve Fabian) [Ref. Robert E. Howard]     Collection of pieces about Robert E. Howard plus one previously unpublished fragment by Howard. 1 · Howard’s Atlantis · Fred Blosser · ar 4 · Three from Grant · Fred Blosser · br 7 · Interview with Steve Fabian · George T. Hamilton · iv [Ref. Steve Fabian] 12 · Some Notes on Publishing REH · Donald M. Grant · ar 15 · The Return of the Sorcerer · Robert E. Howard · uw 24 · Ultima Thule [#2, April 1976] · ed. Glenn Lord · mg Ultima Thule #2, 1976 28 · Ultima Thule [#3, July 1976] · ed. Glenn Lord · mg Ultima Thule #3, 1976

Richmond Noir ed. Andrew Blossom, Brian Castleberry & Tom De Haven (Akashic Books, March 2010, 978-1-933354-98-9, $15.95, 270pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]     Twelve original stories set in Richmond, Virginia. 13 · Foreword · Tom Robbins · fw 15 · Negotiating the James · Andrew Blossom, Brian Castleberry & Tom De Haven · in 21 · Part I: Nevermore 23 · The Rose Red Vial · Pir Rothenberg · nv; set in the Museum District. 46 · Homework · David L. Robbins · ss; set in the East End. 61 · Gaia · Mina Beverly · ss; set in Providence Park. 76 · Texas Beach · Dennis Danvers · ss; set in Texas Beach. 91 · Part II: Numbers 93 · The Battle of Belle Isle · Clay McLeod Chapman · ss; set in Belle Isle. 111 · A Late-Night Fishing Trip · X. C. Atkins · ss; set in Oregon Hill. 129 · The Heart Is a Strange Muscle · Laura Browder · ss; set in Church Hill. 140 · The Fall Lines · Dean King · ss; set in Shockoe Slip. 151 · Part III: Neurosis 153 · Playing with DaBlonde · Tom De Haven · nv; set in Manchester. 174 · Midnight at the Oasis · Anne Thomas Soffee · ss; set on the Jefferson Davis Highway. 194 · Untitled · Meagan J. Saunders · ss; set in Jackson Ward. 206 · Marco’s Broken English · Conrad Ashley Persons · ss; set in the West End. 221 · Part IV: Nonsuch 223 · The Thirteenth Floor · Howard Owen · ss; set in Monroe Park. 239 · Mr. Not · Hermine Pinson · ss; set in Devil’s Half Acre. 255 · The Apprentice · Clint McCown · ss; set in Hollywood Cemetery. 271 · Editors’ Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms 274 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Pulp Western Anthology: Volume 1 ed. John Walker Blue (Clarion Publishing, November 7, 2016, 978-0-9908190-5-9, $12.75, 292pp, tp, an)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · A Word to the Reader · John Walker Blue · in 11 · Lead Storm in Concho City [The Devil’s Deputy] · C. William Harrison · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly September 3 1938 27 · Killer’s Trap [Jimmy Quick] · Frank J. Litchfield (by Cliff Farrell) · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly April 27 1935 43 · Bald Prosperity · Roland Krebs · ss Western Story Magazine August 4 1928 53 · Range Ruse · Cliff Walters · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 11 1935 63 · Señor White Flowers · Kent Bennett (by John L. Considine & F. L. Stebbins) · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly April 27 1935 75 · The West Hates a Hoss Thief [Blackstone Bangs] · Dean McKinley (by Allan R. Bosworth) · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly September 3 1938 93 · Bear in Bottleneck Canyon · Philip F. Deere (by Hal Davenport) · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly April 27 1935 105 · Pug, Pointer Pard · Howard E. Morgan · ss Western Story Magazine August 4 1928 120 · Sweet Teeth or None · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss Western Story Magazine August 4 1928 133 · Tobaccy for Bears · Austin Hall · ss Western Story Magazine January 7 1928 145 · The Last Man · Johnston McCulley · ss Western Story Magazine August 4 1928 160 · Buckaroo Bluff · Lee Bond · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly September 3 1938 176 · Framed · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 11 1935 191 · Biffalo Bill Tells Another [Biffalo Bill] · Roland Krebs · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 11 1935 203 · Dead Man’s Rancho [Solo Strant (The Silver Kid)] · T. W. Ford · nv Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly September 3 1938 239 · Renegade Riders · Kenneth Perkins · nv Western Story Magazine August 4 1928

The Pulp Western Anthology: Volume 2 ed. John Walker Blue (Clarion Publishing, January 31, 2017, 978-0-9908190-7-3, $12.75, 322pp, tp, an)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · A Word to the Reader · John Walker Blue · in 5 · Poisoned Range · H. C. Wire · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 11 1935 45 · Risky McKee Crosses a Deadline [Risky McKee] · William A. Todd (by Norman W. Hay) · nv Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly April 27 1935 91 · Gun Bait at Grizzly Gap [Flash Moran] · William F. Bragg · nv Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly September 3 1938 123 · Cougar Fang’s Show-Down [Cougar Fang] · Walker Tompkins · nv Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly April 27 1935 169 · Guns and Wildflowers · Ray Humphreys · nv Western Story Magazine August 4 1928 203 · The Oklahoma Kid Votes Early [The Oklahoma Kid] · Lee Bond · nv Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly April 27 1935 237 · Furnace County Gets a Law-Dog · William Schuyler · nv 10 Story Western Magazine October 1949 265 · Rebels of the Stage Trails · Wayne D. Overholser · na Ace-High Western Stories May 1943

The Blumhouse Book of Nightmares: The Haunted City ed. Jason Blum (Blumhouse Books, July 2015, 978-1-101-87391-5, $14.95, viii+370pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 17 horror stories set in cities. Authors include Simon Kurt Unsworth, Sarah Langan, and Ethan Hawke. Details taken from online listing. vii · Preface · Jason Blum · pr 1 · Hellhole · Christopher Denham · nv 35 · Valdivia · Eli Roth · ss 51 · Golden Hour · Jeremy Slater · ss 67 · A Clean White Room · C. Robert Cargill & Scott Derrickson · nv 107 · The Leap · Dana Stevens · ss 125 · Novel Fifteen · Steve Faber · na 169 · The Darkish Man · Nissar Modi · ss 181 · 1987 · Ethan Hawke · ss 187 · Geist · Les Bohem · ss 203 · Gentholme · Simon Kurt Unsworth · nv 225 · Donations · William Joselyn · ss 231 · The Old Jail · Sarah Langan · nv 271 · The Words · Scott Stewart · ss 285 · Dreamland · Michael Olson · nv 319 · Meat Maker · Mark Neveldine · ss 329 · Eyes · George Gallo · ss 345 · Procedure · James DeMonaco · nv

Hong Kong Noir ed. Susan Blumberg-Kason & Jason Y. Ng--- see under Jason Y. Ng.

All I Ever Dreamed by Michael Blumlein (Valancourt Books, May 15, 2018, 978-1-943910-99-1, $22.99, 505pp, tp, co, cover by Tyson Stryg)     Collection of 18 stories originally published from 1993-2016, with brief notes on each. Details taken from online listing. · California Burning · Michael Blumlein · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2009 · Twenty-Two and You · Michael Blumlein · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2012 · Paul and Me · Michael Blumlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1997 · Revenge · Michael Blumlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1998 · Isostasy · Michael Blumlein · ss michaelblumlein.com 1999 · Snow in Dirt · Michael Blumlein · nv Black Swan, White Raven ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon, 1997 · The Big One · Michael Blumlein · nv Flurb #6, Fall/Winter 2008 · Hymenoptera · Michael Blumlein · ss Crank! #1, 1993 · Greedy for Kisses · Michael Blumlein · ss Darkness Rising: The Rolling Darkness Revue Chapbook 2005, Earthling Publications, 2005 · Fidelity: A Primer · Michael Blumlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2000 · Strategy for Conflict Avoidance: Memo to the Commander-in-Chief · Michael Blumlein · ss Flurb #1, Fall 2006 · The Roberts · Michael Blumlein · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2008 · Know How, Can Do · Michael Blumlein · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2001 · Bloom · Michael Blumlein · ss Interzone #94, April 1995 · Y(ou)r Q(ua)ntifi(e)d S(el)f · Michael Blumlein · ss · Bird Walks in New England · Michael Blumlein · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2012 · Success · Michael Blumlein · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2013 · Choose Poison, Choose Life · Michael Blumlein · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2016

Long by Michael Blumlein (Subterranean Press, December 2023, 978-1-64524-153-9, $45.00, 360pp, hc, co, cover by Bob Aufuldish)     Collection of all the longer stories and novellas Blumlein published in his lifetime. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · Karen Joy Fowler · in · California Burning · Michael Blumlein · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2009 · The Roberts · Michael Blumlein · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2008 · Success · Michael Blumlein · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2013 · Choose Poison, Choose Life · Michael Blumlein · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2016 · No Fast Dancing · Michael Blumlein · pl · Longer · Michael Blumlein · na Tor.com, May 2019 · Thoreau’s Microscope · Michael Blumlein · ar Thoreau’s Microscope by Michael Blumlein, PM Press, 2018