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Great Modern Short Stories ed. Bennett Cerf (Random House, 1942, 480pp, hc, an) · Heart of Darkness · Joseph Conrad · na Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1899 (+2) · The Apple Tree · John Galsworthy · na Good Housekeeping January 1917 (+3) · The Prussian Officer · D. H. Lawrence · nv The English Review August 1914, as “Honour and Arms” · Miss Brill · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Athenaeum November 26 1920 · The Letter · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International April 1924 · The Snows of Kilimanjaro · Ernest Hemingway · nv Esquire August 1936 · Paul’s Case · Willa Cather · nv McClure’s Magazine May 1905 · I’m a Fool · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial February 1922 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925 · Turnabout · William Faulkner · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 5 1932 · The Old Demon · Pearl Buck · ss Cosmopolitan February 1939 · The Red Pony [Billy Buck] · John Steinbeck · nv North American Review November 1933

Modern American Short Stories ed. Bennett Cerf (World, 1945, 384pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Bennett Cerf · in 15 · A White Heron · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, Houghton Mifflin, 1886 27 · Mammon and the Archer · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World March 19 1905 35 · The Sculptor’s Funeral · Willa Cather · ss McClure’s Magazine January 1905 51 · The Heathen · Jack London · ss The London Magazine September 1909 71 · Little Miss Marker · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s March 26 1932 87 · A Caddy’s Diary · Ring Lardner · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 11 1922 105 · For They Know Not What They Do · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Pictorial Review July 1919 125 · Pigeons en Casserole · Bessie Breuer · ss The New Yorker June 20 1942 139 · The Standard of Living · Dorothy Parker · ss The New Yorker September 20 1941 147 · Clay-Shuttered Doors · Helen R. Hull · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1926 167 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939 175 · The Circus · Katherine Anne Porter · ss (r) 183 · That Evening Sun Go Down · William Faulkner · nv The American Mercury March 1931 203 · The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber · Ernest Hemingway · nv Cosmopolitan September 1936 235 · The King of the Cats · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Harper’s Bazar February 1929 251 · The Raid · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review October 1934 265 · Warm River · Erskine Caldwell · ss Pagany January/March 1932 277 · Afternoon in the Jungle · Albert Maltz · ss The New Yorker January 11 1941 287 · Almos’ a Man · Richard Wright · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2732, January 1940 301 · The Shepherd’s Daughter · William Saroyan · ss Story #22, May 1934 307 · Livvie Is Back · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1942 323 · Hook · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · nv The Atlantic Monthly August 1940 343 · The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt · Mary McCarthy · nv Partisan Review July/August 1941 379 · The Girls in Their Summer Dresses · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker February 4 1939

Stories Selected from The Unexpected ed. Bennett Cerf (Bantam, March 1963, FP30, 50¢, 184pp, pb, an)     Abridged edition of The Unexpected! (Bantam, 1948). vii · Introduction · Bennett Cerf · in The Unexpected! ed. Bennett Cerf, Bantam, 1948 1 · Salesmanship · Mary Ellen Chase · ss Pictorial Review July 1930 9 · The Storm · McKnight Malmar · ss Good Housekeeping February 1944 23 · The Thousand Dollar Bill · Manuel Komroff · ss Cosmopolitan September 1935 37 · Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World November 26 1905 43 · Exchange of Men · Joseph Cross · ss Story #122, November/December 1946 55 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 14 1889 62 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 76 · Final Break · Ian S. Thomson · ss 1945 79 · Addio · Thomas Beer · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 29 1921 94 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933 111 · Gavin · John van Druten · ss Good Housekeeping May 1945 124 · Mammon and the Archer · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World March 19 1905 131 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander January 17 1912 137 · Adam and Eve and Pinch Me · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerell Press, 1921 148 · Revelations in Black · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales April 1933 169 · The Price of the Head · John Russell · ss Collier’s May 20 1916 181 · The Chaser · John Collier · ss The New Yorker December 28 1940

The Unexpected! ed. Bennett Cerf (Bantam, June 1948, 502, 25¢, 273pp, pb, an) ix · Introduction · Bennett Cerf · in 1 · Salesmanship · Mary Ellen Chase · ss Pictorial Review July 1930 10 · The Storm · McKnight Malmar · ss Good Housekeeping February 1944 26 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939 33 · The Thousand Dollar Bill · Manuel Komroff · ss Cosmopolitan September 1935 50 · Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World November 26 1905 57 · Exchange of Men · Joseph Cross · ss Story #122, November/December 1946 72 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 14 1889 80 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 96 · Final Break · Ian S. Thomson · ss 1945 100 · Addio · Thomas Beer · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 29 1921 118 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933 138 · Gavin · John van Druten · ss Good Housekeeping May 1945 154 · Mammon and the Archer · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World March 19 1905 162 · Clay-Shuttered Doors · Helen R. Hull · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1926 186 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander January 17 1912 193 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943 216 · Adam and Eve and Pinch Me · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerell Press, 1921 230 · Revelations in Black · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales April 1933 255 · The Price of the Head · John Russell · ss Collier’s May 20 1916 270 · The Chaser · John Collier · ss The New Yorker December 28 1940

The Vintage Anthology of Science Fantasy ed. Christopher Cerf (Vintage, February 1966, V-326, $1.65, 310pp, pb, an) vii · Introduction · Christopher Cerf · in 3 · The Great Automatic Grammatisator · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 22 · An Egg a Month from All Over · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 30 · There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950 37 · And Now the News… · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 59 · No-Sided Professor · Martin Gardner · ss Esquire January 1947 71 · Random Quest · John Wyndham · nv Consider Her Ways and Others by John Wyndham, Joseph, 1961 111 · The Rocket of 1955 · C. M. Kornbluth · vi Escape August 1939 113 · Something for Nothing · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1954 126 · The Death of the Sea · José Maria Gironella · ss 1964 140 · The Red White and Blue Rum Collins · John C. M. Brust · ss Harvard Lampoon 142 · Pie in the Sky · William Styron · ss 160 · The Analogues [The Analogues] · Damon Knight · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1952 172 · Immortality · Fredric Brown · vi The Gent February 1961 174 · Shadow Show · Clifford D. Simak · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1953 213 · Chronopolis · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #95, June 1960 239 · Or All the Seas with Oysters · Avram Davidson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1958 249 · Patent Pending [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Argosy November 1954, as “The Invention” 260 · I Kill Myself · Julian Kawalec · ss The Modern Polish Mind ed. Maria Kuncewicz, Little Brown, 1962 268 · The Men Who Murdered Mohammed · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958 282 · A Canticle for Leibowitz [St. Leibowitz, Order of] · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1955 305 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (Fourth Estate, July 2, 2001, 1-84115-493-8, £7.99, 659pp, tp, no)     Reprint (Random House 2000) associational novel.

The Best American Short Stories 2005 ed. Michael Chabon & Katrina Kenison (Houghton Mifflin, 2005, 978-0-618-42349-1, $14.00, xvii+411pp, hc, an) ix · Foreword · Katrina Kenison · fw xiii · Introduction · Michael Chabon · in 1 · The Smile on Happy Chang’s Face · Tom Perrotta · ss Post Road #8, 2004 19 · Until Gwen · Dennis Lehane · nv Men from Boys ed. John Harvey, Heinemann, 2003 35 · A Taste of the Dust · Lynne Sharon Schwartz · ss Ninth Letter Spring/Summer 2004 43 · Old Friends · Thomas McGuane · ss The New Yorker October 25 2004 58 · Eight Pieces for the Left Hand · J. Robert Lennon · vi Granta #85, Spring 2004 67 · Stone Animals · Kelly Link · nv Conjunctions #43, Fall 2004 109 · First Four Measures · Nathaniel Bellows · ss The Paris Review #170, Summer 2004 125 · The Scheme of Things · Charles D’Ambrosio · nv The New Yorker October 11 2004 149 · Silence · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker June 14/June 21 2004 174 · Death Defier · Tom Bissell · nv The Virginia Quarterly Review Summer 2004 212 · The Girls · Joy Williams · ss Idaho Review #6, 2004 223 · Anda’s Game · Cory Doctorow · nv Salon November 15 2004 251 · Simple Exercises for the Beginning Student · Alix Ohlin · ss Swink #1, 2004 265 · Old Boys, Old Girls · Edward P. Jones · nv The New Yorker May 3 2004 288 · The Secret Goldfish · David Means · ss The New Yorker May 31 2004 298 · The Cousins · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Harper’s Magazine July 2004 318 · Natasha · David Bezmozgis · nv Harper’s Magazine May 2004 339 · Hart and Boot · Tim Pratt · ss Polyphony, Volume 4 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2004 356 · Justice Shiva Ram Murthy · Rishi Reddi · ss Harvard Review #27, 2004 374 · Bohemians · George Saunders · ss The New Yorker January 19 2004 383 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 394 · 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2004 · [uncredited] · bi 398 · Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · ms

McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales ed. Michael Chabon (Vintage Books, February 2003, 1-4000-3339-X, $13.95, 478pp, tp, oa, cover by H. J. Ward from Red Star Mystery October 1940)     Anthology of 20 stories in various genres, previously published in the magazine McSweeney’s Quarterly #10, available only to subscribers. Authors include Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Michael Moorcock, and Neil Gaiman. Guest editor Chabon provides an introduction. 5 · The Editor’s Notebook · Michael Chabon · in 13 · Tedford and the Megalodon · Jim Shepard · ss 31 · The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter · Glen David Gold · ss 53 · The Bees · Dan Chaon · ss 73 · Catskin · Kelly Link · nv 101 · How Carlos Webster Changed His Name to Carl and Became a Famous Oklahoma Lawman · Elmore Leonard · ss 125 · The General · Carol Emshwiller · ss 143 · Closing Time · Neil Gaiman · ss 155 · Otherwise Pandemonium · Nick Hornby · ss 173 · The Tale of Gray Dick · Stephen King · ss 191 · Blood Doesn’t Come Out · Michael Crichton · ss 202 · Weaving the Dark · Laurie King · ss 221 · Chuck’s Bucket · Chris Offutt · ss 237 · Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly · Dave Eggers · nv 285 · The Case of the Nazi Canary [Sir Sexton Begg (The Metatemporal Detective)] · Michael Moorcock · na 331 · The Case of the Salt and Pepper Shakers · Aimee Bender · ss 341 · Ghost Dance · Sherman Alexie · ss 354 · Goodbye to All That · Harlan Ellison · nv 365 · Private Grave 9 · Karen Joy Fowler · nv 380 · The Albertine Notes · Rick Moody · na 447 · The Martian Agent, a Planetary Romance · Michael Chabon · nv 477 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg 479 · This Book Benefits 826 Valencia · Dave Eggers & Michael Chabon · ms

Detective Fiction: Crime and Compromise ed. David Chacko & Dick Allen--- see under Dick Allen.

Macabre: A Journey Through Australia’s Darkest Fears ed. Angela Challis & Marty Young (Brimstone Press, September 1, 2010, 978-0-9805677-4-8, A$25.00, 672pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · Australia’s Horror Short Story · Dr. Marty Young · in · Classics (1836-1979) · Fisher’s Ghost: A Legend of Campbelltown · John Lang · nv Household Words March 5 1853, uncredited. derived from a report by W. Kerr in Tegg’s Monthly Magazine, Aug 1836. · The White Maniac, a Doctor’s Tale · Waif Wander · ss The Australian Journal July 13 1867 · Hunted Down · Marcus Clarke · ss Australasian May 6 1871 · The Devil of the Marsh · H. B. Marriott Watson · ss Diogenes of London by H. B. Marriott Watson, Methuen, 1893 · The Red Cap Spectre of the Robertson · E. Downs · ss The North Queensland Register December 23 1896 · The Old Portrait · Hume Nisbet · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper February 22 1896 · The Ghostly Door · Henry Lawson · ss Cassell’s Magazine May 1901 · The Chosen Vessel · Barbara Baynton · ss The Bulletin December 12 1896, as “The Tramp” · The Land of the Unseen · Ernest Favenc · ss Phil May’s Annual #14, Winter 1902/1903 · A Strange Goldfield · Guy Boothby · ss The Lady of the Island by Guy Boothby, John Long, 1904 · Yara Ma Tha Who · David Unaipon · ss Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines by David Unaipon, Harrap, 1930 · And Not in Peace · George Whitley · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries December 1946 · The Evil Sickness · Wolfe Herscholt (by G. C. Bleeck) · ss Scientific Thrillers October 1949 · Blinded They Fly · Vol Molesworth · ss Blinded They Fly by Vol Molesworth, (pamphlet), 1951 · Modern Masters (1980-2000) · The Bullet That Grows in the Gun · Terry Dowling · ss Urban Fantasies ed. David King & Russell Blackford, Ebony Books, 1985 · Rough Trade · Robert Hood · ss Aurealis #13, 1994 · Entropy · Leanne Frahm · ss She’s Fantastical ed. Lucy Sussex & Judith Raphael Buckrich, Sybylla Feminist Press, 1995 · Passing the Bone · Sean Williams · nv Eidolon Summer 1996 · Never Seen by Waking Eyes · Stephen Dedman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1996 · A Positive · Kaaron Warren · ss Bloodsongs #10, 1998 · Due West · Rick Kennett · nv Eidolon Spring 1997 · The New Era (2000- ) · All the Clowns in Clowntown [Clowntown] · Andrew J. McKiernan · nv · Her Collection of Intimacy · Paul Haines · ss Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine #2, September 2008 · Dhayban [Happy Endings] · Will Elliott · ss · Obituary Park · Nathan Burrage · ss · Schubert by Candlelight · Matthew Chrulew · ss · Take the Free Tour · Bob Franklin · nv Under Stones by Bob Franklin, Affirm Press, 2010 · Dark Heart Alley (An Urban Fable) · Shane Jiraiya Cummings · ss · Monsters Among Us · Kirstyn McDermott · ss · Hive · Stephen M. Irwin · ss · Beheld · Tim Kroenert · ss · Here Be Monsters · Susan Wardle · ss · Feast or Famine · Gary Kemble · ss · Can’t Stop Killing You · Russell B. Farr · ss · Erina Hearn and the Gods of Death · Kyla Ward · ss · Sweet as Decay · David Witteveen & David Conyers · ss · Crawlin’ · Martin Livings · ss · The Fear · Richard Harland · nv · Appendix: Australian Horror Fiction Timeline · Angela Challis & Dr. Marty Young · ms