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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.

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 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 The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 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 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, 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 New Magazine (UK) January 1912 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 Pocket Magazine June 1901 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 Life’s Handicap by Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan, 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 Webzine 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