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Ramsey Campbell, Probably by Ramsey Campbell ed. S. T. Joshi--- see under Ramsey Campbell.

The Return of the Soul and Other Stories by Robert Hichens ed. S. T. Joshi--- see under Robert Hichens.

Searchers After Horror: New Tales of the Weird and Fantastic ed. S. T. Joshi (Fedogan & Bremer, 2014, 978-1-878252-26-5, $30.00, 352pp, hc, oa, cover by Richard Corben)
Details taken from online listing.

iii · Introduction · S. T. Joshi · in

1 · Iced In · Melanie Tem · ss

12 · At Home with Azathoth · John Shirley · ss

28 · The Girl Between the Slats · Michael Aronovitz · nv

51 · The Patter of Tiny Feet · Richard Gavin · ss

63 · At Lorn Hall · Ramsey Campbell · ss Nightmare #2, November 2012

83 · Blind Fish · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss

102 · An Element of Nightmare · W. H. Pugmire · ss

113 · The Reeds [Cthulhu] · Gary Fry · ss

133 · Crawldaddies · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

144 · Three Dreams of Ys · Jonathan Thomas · nv

166 · Willie the Protector · Lois H. Gresh · ss

182 · Miranda’s Tree · Hannes Bok · nv

211 · The Beautiful Fog Ascending · Simon Strantzas · ss

219 · Exit Through the Gift Shop · Nick Mamatas · ss

230 · Going to Ground · Darrell Schweitzer · ss

236 · Dark Equinox · Ann K. Schwader · ss

254 · Et in Arcadia Ego · Brian Stableford · ss

272 · The Shadow of Heaven [Milton’s Children] · Jason V. Brock · nv

297 · Flesh and Bones · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss

313 · The Sculptures in the House · John D. Haefele · ss

328 · Ice Fishing · Donald Tyson · ss

Tales by H. P. Lovecraft ed. S. T. Joshi--- see under H. P. Lovecraft.

The Terror and Other Stories by Arthur Machen ed. S. T. Joshi--- see under Arthur Machen.

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories by H. P. Lovecraft ed. S. T. Joshi--- see under H. P. Lovecraft.

The White People and Other Tales by Arthur Machen ed. S. T. Joshi--- see under Arthur Machen.

The White People and Other Weird Stories by Arthur Machen ed. S. T. Joshi--- see under Arthur Machen.

The Yellow Sign and Other Tales by Robert W. Chambers ed. S. T. Joshi--- see under Robert W. Chambers.

Black Atlantic by Simon Jowett & Peter J. Evans (Black Flame US, June 2004, 1-84416-108-0, $6.99, 252pp, pb, n., cover by Dylan Teague) [Judge Dredd]
Novelization based on the comic books. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S.

Black Dust by Graham Joyce (Subterranean Press, September 2001, $12.00, 47pp, ph, co)
Mini-collection featuring a classic reprint, and an original story written exclusively for Subterranean. Limited to 250 signed numbered chapbooks, and 52 signed lettered hardcovers ($40.00).

· Black Dust · Graham Joyce · ss

· The Apprentice · Graham Joyce · nv Interzone #77, November 1993

Black Dust & Other Tales of Interrupted Childhood by Graham Joyce (Beccon Publications/Westwood St. Thomas School, November 2005, 1-870824-52-0, £9.95, tp, co, cover by Tony Baker)
A hardcover edition (-51-2, £24.95) was announced but not seen. Collection of 3 stories by Joyce with introductions to each by Mark Chadbourn, Jeff Vandermeer and Jeffrey Ford. Proceeds toward establishing a bursary for students at the Nqabakazulu School near Durban (South Africa). Trade paperback limited to 800 copies signed by the author; hardback limited to 125 numbered copies signed by all the contributors.

11 · Introduction · Mark Chadbourn · in

13 · Black Dust · Graham Joyce · ss Black Dust by Graham Joyce, Subterranean Press, 2001

27 · From One to Another… · Jeffrey Ford · is

31 · Under the Pylon · Graham Joyce · ss Darklands 2 ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1992

45 · From Another to the End… · Jeff VanderMeer · is

47 · Tiger Moth · Graham Joyce · ss Gathering the Bones ed. Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell & Jack Dann, Tor, 2003

61 · Afterword to “Tiger Moth” · Graham Joyce · as

Horrograph by Graham Joyce (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 1994, 12pp, ph, ss, cover by Tim Groome) [Novacon Booklets]
Original short story issued in a limited edition of 350 numbered copies, to coincide with Joyce’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 24.

Partial Eclipse and Other Stories by Graham Joyce (Subterranean Press, March 2004, 1-931081-62-X, $40.00, 226pp, hc, co)
Collection of ten stories. Introduction by Bill Sheehan. This is a signed, limited edition of 1250; a lettered, traycased edition is also available ($150.00).

7 · Introduction · Graham Joyce · in

13 · Partial Eclipse · Graham Joyce · ss Sci Fiction August 9 2000

29 · Black Dust · Graham Joyce · ss Black Dust by Graham Joyce, Subterranean Press, 2001

45 · The Apprentice · Graham Joyce · nv Interzone #77, November 1993

79 · Candia · Graham Joyce · ss Taps and Sighs ed. Peter Crowther, Subterranean Press, 2000

95 · The Careperson · Graham Joyce · nv Interzone #58, April 1992

119 · Gap-Sickness · Graham Joyce · ss New Worlds 3 ed. David Garnett, Gollancz, 1993

131 · Xenos Beach · Graham Joyce · ss The Third Alternative #23, 2000

149 · Pinkland · Graham Joyce · ss Crossing the Border ed. Lisa Tuttle, Gollancz, 1998

163 · Leningrad Nights · Graham Joyce · na PS Publishing, 1999

213 · Under the Pylon · Graham Joyce · ss Darklands 2 ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1992

Gunner Cade by Cyril Judd (Simon & Schuster, August 23, 1952, $2.75, 218pp, hc, n., cover by Paul Bacon)

Gunner Cade by Cyril Judd (Ace Double, June 1957, D-227, 35¢, 198pp, pb, n.)
Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1952) SF novel. Bound in the tête-bêche style with Crisis in 2140 by H. Beam Piper & John J. McGuire.

Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women ed. Harriet Devine Jump (Routledge US, July 1998, 0-415-16782-5, $24.99, 464pp, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Introduction · Harriet Devine Jump · in

· The Limerick Gloves · Maria Edgeworth · ss (r)

· The Story of Sir Bertrand · Anna L. Barbauld · ss Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose by Anna Laetitia & John Aikin, 1773

· Cousin Mary · Mary Russell Mitford · ss (r)

· The Three Damsels · David Lynsay · ss (r)

· Lady Evelyn Savile’s Three Trials · Catherine Gore · ss (r)

· The Mortal Immortal · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833

· Sefton Church · Letitia E. Landon · ss (r)

· The Manchester Marriage · Elizabeth Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas 1858, uncredited.

· Eveline’s Visitant · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1867

· Sister Johanna’s Story · Amelia Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1872

· The Mystery at Number Seven [Johnny Ludlow] · Ellen Wood · nv The Argosy (UK) January 1877, as by Johnny Ludlow

· A Railway Journey · Lady Margaret Majendie · ss (r)

· The End of Her Journey · Lucy Clifford · ss (r)

· A Wicked Voice · Vernon Lee · nv Hauntings, Fantastic Stories by Vernon Lee, Heinemann, 1890
revised from “A Culture-Ghost; or, Winthrop’s Adventure” Fraser’s Magazine Jan 1881.

· A Dream of Wild Bees · Olive Schreiner · ss Woman’s World November 1888

· A Cross Line · George Egerton · ss Keynotes by George Egerton, John Lane, 1893

· Urmi: The Story of a Queen · Cornelia Sorabji · ss (r)

· The Pleasure-Pilgrim · Ella D’Arcy · nv The Yellow Book April 1895

· Suggestion · Ada Leverson · ss The Yellow Book April 1895

· A Correspondence · Netta Syrett · nv The Yellow Book October 1895

· A Knot of Ribbon · Laurence Alma-Tadema · ss (r)

· An Idyll in Millinery · Ménie Muriel Dowie · nv The Yellow Book July 1896

· The Sweet o’ the Year · Ella Hepworth Dixon · ss The Yellow Book April 1896

· Another Freak · Mary Angela Dickens · ss The Pall Mall Magazine November 1894

· The Other Anna · Evelyn Sharp · nv The Yellow Book April 1897

· Lucy Wren · Ada Radford · ss The Yellow Book April 1897

· Amor Vincit Omnia · Flora Annie Steel · ss (r)

· A Story of a Wedding Tour · Margaret Oliphant · ss (r)

· References and Further Reading · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Re/Search: J.G. Ballard by J. G. Ballard ed. Andrea Juno & Vale--- see under J. G. Ballard.

Re/Search No 8/9: J.G. Ballard ed. Andrea Juno & Vale--- see under Vale.

The Apex Book of World SF: Volume 5 ed. Cristina Jurado (Apex Publications, September 18, 2018, 978-1-937009-71-7, $16.95, x+293pp, tp, an, cover by Sarah Anne Langton)
Details taken from online listing.

vii · Introduction by Series Editor Lavie Tidhar · Lavie Tidhar · in

ix · Introduction by Volume Editor Cristina Jurado · Cristina Jurado · in

1 · A Series of Steaks · Vina Jie-Min Prasad · nv Clarkesworld #124, January 2017

23 · Accursed Lineage · Daína Chaviano; translated by Matthew David Goodwin · ss Latin@ Rising ed. Matthew David Goodwin, Wings Press, 2017
translated from the Spanish (“Estirpe maldita”, Antología del cuento latinoamericano del siglo XXI ed. Julio Ortega, Siglo XXI Editores, 1997).

28 · Nkásht íí · Darcie Little Badger · ss Strange Horizons December 15 2014

42 · Ghostalker · T. L. Huchu · ss Electric Spec September 10 2015

53 · Violation of the TrueNet Security Act · Taiyo Fujii; translated by Jim Hubbert · nv Lightspeed #62, July 2015
translated from the Japanese (“Koraborēshon”, 2013).

79 · Ambiguity Machines: An Examination · Vandana Singh · nv Tor.com April 29 2015

98 · Scenes from the Life of an Autocrat · Basma Abdel Aziz; translated by Elisabeth Jaquette · ss World Literature Today March 2017
translated from the Arabic.

105 · Our Dead World · Liliana Colanzi; translated by Jessica Sequeira · ss Our Dead World by Liliana Colanzi, Dalkey Archive Press, 2017
translated from the Spanish (“Nuestro mundo muerto”, Nuestro mundo muerto, El Cuervo, 2016).

113 · An Evolutionary Myth · Bo-Young Kim; translated by Gord Sellar & Jihyun Park · nv Clarkesworld #104, May 2015
translated from the Korean (“Jinhwa sinhwa”, HappySF, Volume 2, 2006).

136 · You Will See the Moon Rise · Israel Alonso; translated by Steve Redwood · ss
translated from the Spanish (“Verás crecer la luna”, Tiempo prestado ed. Sergio Fernández, Gilead Ediciones, 2017).

153 · The Barrette Girls · Sara Saab · ss Liminal Stories #3, Spring/Summer 2017

167 · The Calculations of Artificials · Chi Hui; translated by John Chu · nv Clarkesworld #121, October 2016
translated from the Chinese (“Wěirén suànfă”, Science Fiction World, May 2010).

191 · El Cóndor del Machángara · Ana Hurtado · ss Strange Horizons November 13 2017

203 · Alone, on the Wind · Karla Schmidt; translated by Lara M. Harmon · nv Clarkesworld #119, August 2016
translated from the German (“Auf dem Wind. Allein”, Space Rocks ed. Harald Giersche, Begedia, 2011).

238 · The Seventh · Eliza Victoria · ss Likhaan v9, 2015

247 · Screamers · Tochi Onyebuchi · ss Omenana #8, November 2016

260 · The Bois · R. S. A. Garcia · ss Truancy June 2017

267 · Ugo · Giovanni De Feo · ss Lightspeed #88, September 2017

Appalachian Winter Hauntings: Weird Holiday Tales from the Mountains ed. Mark Justice & Michael Knost--- see under Michael Knost.

The Secrets of Insects by Richard Kadrey (Subterranean Press, October 2023, 978-1-64524-128-7, $45.00, 272pp, hc, co, cover by Christopher Shy)
Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

· Ambitious Boys Like You · Richard Kadrey · nv The Doll Collection ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2015

· The Secrets of Insects · Richard Kadrey · ss Children of Lovecraft ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, 2016

· Razor Pig · Richard Kadrey · nv Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 3 ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2020

· A Trip to Paris · Richard Kadrey · ss When Things Get Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Titan, 2021

· A Hinterlands Haunting · Richard Kadrey · ss Echoes ed. Ellen Datlow, Saga Press, 2019

· Suspect Zero · Richard Kadrey · ss Harper Voyager, April 16 2013

· Black Neurology: A Love Story · Richard Kadrey · vi Infinite Matrix March 5 2003

· Flayed Ed · Richard Kadrey · ss
previously available as part of the audio horror anthology Come Join Us by the Fire (Tor Nightfire, November 2020).

· A Sandman Slim Christmas Carol [Sandman Slim] · Richard Kadrey · ss Patreon.com/richardkadrey December 20 2021

· The Air Is Chalk · Richard Kadrey · ss Wastelands: The New Apocalypse ed. John Joseph Adams, Titan, 2019

· The Tunguska Event · Richard Kadrey · ss

· Horse Latitudes · Richard Kadrey · nv Omni Best Science Fiction One ed. Ellen Datlow, Omni, 1992

· Snuff in Six Scenes · Richard Kadrey · ss Final Cuts ed. Ellen Datlow, Anchor Books, 2020

· What Is Love but the Quiet Moments After Dinner? · Richard Kadrey · ss Screams from the Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor Nightfire, 2022

· Devil in the Dollhouse [Sandman Slim] · Richard Kadrey · ss Harper Voyager, July 31 2012

· Candy Among the Jades [Sandman Slim] · Richard Kadrey · ss

Teeth and Tongue Landscape/Angel Scene by Richard Kadrey & Carlton Mallick, III--- see under Carlton Mallick, III.

The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka (Penguin, May 5, 2005, 0-141-02230-2, £1.50, 55pp, tp, co)
Ten stories selected from Shorter Works, Volume I (Secker & Warburg, 1973).

1 · The Great Wall of China · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer”, Der Morgen, 1930).

21 · A Little Fable · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Kleine Fabel”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

23 · The Knock at the Manor Gate · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Der Schlag ans Hoftor”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

25 · A Report to an Academy · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Ein Bericht für eine Akademie”, Der Jude, 1917).

39 · Jackals and Arabs · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Schakale und Araber”, Der Jude, October 1917).

45 · The Next Village · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Das nächste Dorf”, Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen, 1919).

47 · The Vulture · Franz Kafka · vi Description of a Struggle by Franz Kafka, Schocken, 1958
translated from the German (“Der Geier”, Beschreibung eines Kampfes, 1936).

49 · Prometheus · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Prometheus”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

51 · The City Coat of Arms · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Das Stadtwappen”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

53 · Before the Law · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Vor dem Gesetz”, Selbstwehr, September 7, 1915).

The Great Wall of China and Other Pieces by Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir (Martin Secker, 1933, 8/6d, xvi+285pp, hc, co) [edited by Max Brod & Hans Joachim Schoeps]
First posthumous collection of short stories by Franz Kafka published in Germany in 1931 (Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer).

· Introductory Note · Edwin Muir · in

· Longer Stories

· Investigations of a Dog · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Forschungen eines Hundes”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· The Burrow · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Der Bau”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· The Great Wall of China · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer”, Der Morgen, 1930).

· The Giant Mole · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Der Riesenmaulwurf”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· Short Stories and Fables

· The Hunter Gracchus · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Der Jäger Gracchus”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· The Married Couple · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Das Ehepaar”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· My Neighbor · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Der Nachbar”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· A Common Confusion · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Eine alltägliche Verwirrung”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· The Bridge · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Die Brücke”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· The Bucket Rider · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Der Kübelreiter”, Prager Presse, 1921).

· A Crossbreed · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi
translated from the German (“Eine Kreuzung”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· The Knock at the Manor Gate · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi
translated from the German (“Der Schlag ans Hoftor”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· The City Coat of Arms · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi
translated from the German (“Das Stadtwappen”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· The Silence of the Sirens · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Das Schweigen der Sirenen”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· Prometheus · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Prometheus”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· The Truth about Sancho Panza · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Die Wahrheit über Sancho Pansa”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· The Problem of Our Laws · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss
translated from the German (“Zur Frage der Gesetze”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· On Parables · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · uw
translated from the German (“Von den Gleichnissen”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· A Little Fable · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi
translated from the German (“Kleine Fabel”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· Aphorisms

· “He” · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ms

· Reflections on Sin, Pain, Hope, and the True Way · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ms

Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka (Penguin, 1968, 1572, 4/-, 218pp, pb, co)
Abridged from Selected Stories of Franz Kafka.

· The Metamorphosis · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · na The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Die Verwandlung”, Weisse Blätter Oct ’15).

· The Great Wall of China · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer”, Der Morgen, 1930).

· Investigations of a Dog · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Forschungen eines Hundes”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· The Burrow · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Der Bau”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· In the Penal Settlement · Franz Kafka; translated by Edwin Muir & Willa Muir · nv The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919).

· The Giant Mole · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Der Riesenmaulwurf”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

Selected Stories of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka (Modern Library, 1952, $1.25, 328pp, hc, co)

· Introduction · Philip Rahv · in

· The Judgment · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Das Urteil”, Arkadia. Ein Jahrbuch für Dichtkunst ed. Max Brod & Kurt Wolff, Leipzig, 1913).

· The Metamorphosis · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · na The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Die Verwandlung”, Weisse Blätter Oct ’15).

· In the Penal Colony · Franz Kafka; translated by Edwin Muir & Willa Muir · nv The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919).

· The Great Wall of China · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer”, Der Morgen, 1930).

· A Country Doctor · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Ein Landarzt”, Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen, 1919).

· A Common Confusion · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Eine alltägliche Verwirrung”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· The New Advocate · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Der neue Advokat”, Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen, 1919).

· An Old Manuscript · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Ein altes Blatt”, Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen, 1919).

· A Fratricide · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Ein Brudermord”, 1917).

· A Report to an Academy · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Ein Bericht für eine Akademie”, Der Jude, 1917).

· The Hunter Gracchus · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Der Jäger Gracchus”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· A Hunger Artist · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Ein Hungerkünstler”, Die neue Rundschau, 1922).

· Investigations of a Dog · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Forschungen eines Hundes”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· The Burrow · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Der Bau”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).

· Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Josefine, die Sängerin oder Das Volk der Mäuse”, Ein Hungerkünstler, 1924).

Mirabile by Janet Kagan (Tor, October 1991, 0-312-85220-7, $18.95, 278pp, hc, co, cover by Rick Sternbach)
Collection of the six humorous “Mama Jason” sf adventure stories of interstellar colonization and scrambled gene programming that originally appeared in IASFM. This is being packaged as a novel.

1 · The Loch Moose Monster [Mama Jason] · Janet Kagan · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1989

43 · The Return of the Kangaroo Rex [Mama Jason] · Janet Kagan · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1989

85 · The Flowering Inferno [Mama Jason] · Janet Kagan · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1990

128 · Getting the Bugs Out [Mama Jason] · Janet Kagan · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1990

169 · Raising Cane [Mama Jason] · Janet Kagan · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1991

227 · Frankenswine [Mama Jason] · Janet Kagan · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1991

277 · Author’s Note · Janet Kagan · ms

The Iron Fey: Volume One by Julie Kagawa (Harlequin Teen, August 27, 2013, 978-0-373-21138-8, $14.95, 728pp, tp, om)
Omnibus of two young-adult fantasy novels in the series: The Iron King (2010) and The Iron Daughter (2010).
Details taken from online listing.

7 · The Iron King [The Iron Fey] · Julie Kagawa · n. Harlequin Teen, 2010

367 · The Iron Daughter [The Iron Fey] · Julie Kagawa · n. Harlequin Teen, 2010

(Re)Living Mythology ed. Shingai Njeri Kagunda, H. D. Hunter, L. P. Kindred & Yvette Lisa Ndlovu--- see under H. D. Hunter.

Abaculus III ed. Danielle Kaheaku (Leucrota Press, November 2009, 978-0-9824713-2-6, $12.95, ix+219pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 17 stories. Introduction by Erin Durante.

vii · Introduction · Erin Durante · ss

11 · The Thing in the Tunnels · Kevin Wallis · ss

23 · God’s Laugh · Jessica Dall · ss

37 · The Witch’s Camel · Josh Alletto · ss

51 · Raven’s Transformation · Melissa Carmichael · ss

58 · Midnight Train · Brandon Ford · ss

65 · The Lancelot Effect · Mark Finnemore · ss

73 · Mister Checkers · Murphy Edward · ss

82 · Devonshire · M. D. Maurice · ss

100 · Skull Face Returns · Terry W. Ervin, II · ss

116 · A Functional Man · Martin Zeigler · ss

131 · Deer Illusion · Lesley Conner · ss

140 · By Maggots Be Driven · Robert Essig · ss

151 · Flowers in the Sky · R. S. Hunter · ss

161 · In Darkness Lingering · Larry Ivkovich · ss

181 · Saved by a Damsel in Distress · John X. Grey · ss

202 · Deadfall · Shaun Jeffrey · ss

208 · The Rocket’s Red Glare · David M. Peak · ss

Not Your Average Monster: A Bestiary of Horrors ed. Pete Kahle (Bloodshot Books, October 29, 2015, 978-0-692-56793-7, 356pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · It Must Feed · Megan Neumann · ss

17 · The New Governess · Joshua Rex · ss

35 · Tunnel Vision · Jeremy Hepler · ss

47 · Only a Matter of Time · Rose Blackthorn · ss

57 · The Goldbug · Jason Parent · ss

69 · War Without an Enemy, Enemy Without a War · Adrian Chamberlin · ss

89 · Monsters · Jeff Carlson · ss Space and Time #97, Spring 2003

97 · Reborn · The Behrg · ss

107 · Soft-Walker · Christine Morgan · ss

123 · Cemetery of the Sky · D. Morgan Ballmer · ss

131 · In the Court of the Pumpkin King [Nick Nightmare] · Adrian Cole · nv

165 · RestyAcres · Beau Johnson · ss

177 · Meemaw’s Frogs · Richard Dansky · ss

191 · Good Ol’ Buddy · Rob Lammle · ss

211 · Insect · Marc Lyth · nv

233 · The Keeper · Kya Aliana · ss

251 · Teeth · Mark Carroll · ss

265 · Mekoomweso’s Revenants · Esther M. Leiper-Estabrooks · ss

277 · What Rough Beast? · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss

285 · Piety · John Bruni · ss

299 · The Serpent’s Army · Seth Skorkowsky · ss

311 · Where the Sun Don’t Shine · Pete Kahle · nv

Not Your Average Monster! II: A Menagerie of Vile Beasts ed. Pete Kahle (Bloodshot Books, February 19, 2016, 978-0-692-64473-7, £10.99, 309pp, tp, oa)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

i · A Note from Pete · Pete Kahle · in

1 · One Mississippi · Leigh Harlen · ss

11 · What Clayton Found · Betty Rocksteady · ss

21 · With Covered Eyes · Johann Thorsson · ss

39 · Lorelei · Logan Noble · ss

53 · Mockery · Patrick Lacey · ss

65 · The Client · B. T. Joy · nv

81 · Apt Pupae · John F. D. Taff · ss

91 · Salt on the Dance Floor · Nisi Shawl · ss

105 · Cryptozoa · Aaron Worth · nv

141 · Two Cheeseburgers and That Weird Little Kid · Jenny Orosel · ss

151 · Bempton · Richard Farren Barber · ss

167 · Tiny Necks · Marlena Frank · ss

179 · Darling Brother · Erin Michelle Jendras · ss

193 · A List of Grey and Crimson · Jared Oliver Adams · nv

215 · The Esurient Hyrst · Michael Picco · ss

223 · The Grand Sacrifice · Sallie McDaniel · ss

237 · The Death of a Housefly · Shawn Francis · nv; given as “Death of a Housefly” in the Table of Contents.

281 · Raja · Wednesday Lee Friday · ss

289 · Bristles · Meryl Stenhouse · nv

Widowmakers: A Benefit Anthology of Dark Fiction ed. Pete Kahle (CreateSpace, September 21, 2014, 978-1-5010-1323-2, $24.99, 732pp, tp, oa, cover by Keith Minnion)
Details taken from online listing.

ii · Foreword · James Newman · fw

1 · Death to Trees! · Jeff Strand · ss

7 · Conversations Kill · Tim Waggoner · ss Cemetery Dance #60, 2009

21 · Impressions in Oak · Ronald Kelly · ss Midnight Grinding and Other Twilight Terrors by Ronald Kelly, Cemetery Dance, 2009

34 · Medicine Man · Donn Gash · ss

51 · She Called Him Sky · Mercedes M. Yardley · ss BluePrintReview #19, 2009

55 · In the Bones · Bracken MacLeod · ss

73 · Contemplating Corners · Rose Blackthorn · ss

77 · Ever Green · Pete Kahle · ss

92 · The Guy Down the Street · Ray Garton · nv Slivers of Bone by Ray Garton, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2008

139 · Hearts in Reverse · Usman T. Malik · ss The Crimson Pact: Volume 5 ed. Paul Genesse, Iron Dragon Books, 2013

156 · Cages · Peter Giglio · ss After Death… ed. Eric J. Guignard, Dark Moon Books, 2013

172 · The Kid in the Werewolf Mask · Tom Martin · ss

177 · Our Lady of Sloth and Scarlet Ivy · Brian Hodge · ss Lies & Ugliness by Brian Hodge, Night Shade Books, 2002

191 · Burls · Norman Prentiss · ss LampLight September 2013

209 · A Walk in the Park · Brandon Ford · nv

232 · Grownups · Paul Anderson · ss

244 · Gram Knows · Glen Krisch · nv Through the Eyes of Strays by Glen Krisch, Dog Horn Publishing, 2012

266 · Hazel’s Twin · Tracy L. Carbone · ss

273 · Molting · Robert Essig · ss

286 · Baptism · Kit Power · ss

291 · The Lynwood Vampires · Patrick Lacey · ss

310 · Fear of Fish · Elizabeth Massie · ss

320 · Dead Gods: Book One · James A. Moore · na

381 · Sperare Victor · Tim Marquitz · ss

391 · Moonshine · Brett Williams · ss

402 · Iphigenia · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss Deathrealm #15, Fall/Winter 1991

422 · Angel and Grace · Ed Kurtz · nv

443 · ArborEATum · Evans Light · na

495 · The Lurker · Gary Fry · ss Terror Tales of the Cotswolds ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2012

510 · Widowmaker · B. E. Burkhead · ss

513 · Home · J. F. Gonzalez · ss

532 · Deafening Silence · Mir Plemmons · ss

536 · Collateral Casualties · Maurice Broaddus · ss King’s Justice by Maurice Broaddus, Angry Robot, 2011

542 · The Ghosts of Monsters · Brian Keene · vi Unhappy Endings by Brian Keene, Delirium Books, 2009

551 · Splinterette · John Palisano · ss

558 · The Monster · Joseph W. Miles · ss

568 · Don’t You Want to Play with Us? · Shane McKenzie · ss

587 · Beyond This Tangled Loathsome Wood · Mary Genevieve Fortier · ss

592 · Late Lunch at the Eddie Bear · Shawna L. Bernard · ss

605 · God Be Damned · T. G. Arsenault · ss

616 · Peggy Sang the Blues · Jenny Orosel · ss

626 · Santa’s Little Spy · Mark Allan Gunnells · ss

643 · A Beautiful Lady Without Pity [Thomas Carnacki] · Charles R. Rutledge · nv

667 · Things Happen Here After Dark · Sheri White · ss

679 · When Karen Met Her Mountain · Todd Keisling · nv Miseria’s Chorale ed. David Nell, Forgotten Tomb Press, 2013

710 · A Church in the Middle of Nowhere · Michelle Garza & Melissa Lason · ss

Chilling and Killing ed. Joan Kahn (Houghton Mifflin, 1978, 0-395-26287-9, $10.95, 332pp, hc, an)

vii · Preface · Jacques Barzun · pr

xi · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in

1 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.

15 · The Raspberry Patch · Berton Rouéché · ss Evergreen Review #58, September 1968

22 · The Man Hunt · Milton MacKaye · ar 1928

38 · Another Solution · Gilbert Highet · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1951

43 · Miss Hinch · Henry Sydnor Harrison · nv McClure’s Magazine September 1911

63 · The Withered Arm · Thomas Hardy · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1888

93 · The Old Shell Collector · H. R. F. Keating · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1970

116 · The Man Who Murdered Papa Desire · Lassiter Wren · ar Masterstrokes of Crime Detection by Lassiter Wren, Doubleday, 1929

130 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week March 5 1917
based on material from the play “Trifles”.

153 · Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922

169 · A Record of Escape · Alfred Morain · ar The Underworld of Paris—Secrets of the Surete by Alfred Morain, Dutton, 1931

184 · The Invaders · Robbie Macauley · ss 1957

194 · Bird of Prey · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941

203 · The Confession of Charles Linkworth · E. F. Benson · ss The Cavalier and the Scrap Book January 13 1912

219 · The Broadway Central Tragedy · Alfred Henry Lewis · ar Nation-Famous New York Murders by Alfred Henry Lewis, G. W. Dillingham, 1914

243 · The Woman at the Store · Katherine Mansfield · ss Rhythm Spring 1911

254 · The Escape · E. H. Lacon Watson · ss The London Mercury November 1928

267 · The Doll · Francis King · ss The Brighton Belle and Other Stories by Francis King, Longmans, 1968

283 · Undertaker Song · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s November 24 1934

296 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907

306 · The Trial of Jane’s Aunt · Albert Borowitz · ar 1978

332 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

The Edge of the Chair ed. Joan Kahn (Harper & Row, 1967, LC:67-22500, 555pp, hc, an)
Derivative anthologies: Skeleton Keys and Graveyard Shift.

1 · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in

3 · The Sixth Capsule; or, Proof by Circumstantial Evidence · Edmund Pearson · ar Vanity Fair (US) 1926

14 · Fool’s Mate · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #96, November 1951

29 · The Axeman Wore Wings · Robert Tallant · ts Ready to Hang by Robert Tallant, Harper & Brothers, 1952

50 · Stone from the Stars · Valentina Zhuravleva; translated by R. Prokofieva · ss The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961

63 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin; translated by Rosemary Edmonds · nv The Classics of Mystery Volume IX: An Omnibus of Continental Mysteries, Part II ed. Arno Eckberg, Juniper, 1961
translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834).

88 · Billy: The Seal Mission · Stewart Alsop & Thomas Braden · ex from Sub Rosa: The OSS and American Espionage, Reynal, 1946

109 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889

120 · Tea Party · Harold Pinter · ss Playboy January 1965

124 · Death Draws a Triangle · Edward Hale Bierstadt · ar 1934

156 · The Net · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker January 27 1940

165 · Prisoner of the Sand · Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; translated by Lewis Galantiere · ex from Wind, Sand and Stars, Reynal and Hitchcock, 1939
translated from the French (Terre des hommes, Gallimard, 1939).

202 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury January 1932

211 · The Last Inhabitant of the Tuileries · André Castelot; translated by Denise Folliot · ex from The Turbulent City: Paris 1783-1871, Harper’s Magazine 1962

218 · Jesting Pilot · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1947

231 · Shattering the Myth of John Wilkes Booth’s Escape · William G. Shepherd · ar Harper’s Magazine November 1924

255 · A Piece of Steak · Jack London · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 20 1909

272 · The Game of Murder · Gerd Gaiser; translated by H. M. Waldson · ss Great German Short Stories ed. Stephen Spender, Dell, 1960
translated from the German (“Das Mörderspiel”. Akzente, August 1955).

278 · On the Killing of Eratosthenes the Seducer · Kathleen Freeman · ar The Murder of Herodes and Other Trials from the Athenian Law-Courts by Kathleen Freeman, Farquharsen, 1963

289 · The Adventure of the Clapham Cook [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 14 1923

302 · The Last Night of the World · Ray Bradbury · ss Esquire February 1951

306 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904

326 · The Chair · John Bartlow Martin · ar Butcher’s Dozen and Other Murders by John Bartlow Martin, Harper, 1950

360 · Old Fags · Stacy Aumonier · nv The Grim 13 ed. Frederick Stuart Greene, Dodd, Mead, 1917

380 · “…Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields” · William B. Seabrook · ar from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929

390 · How the Brigadier Lost His Ear [Brigadier Gerard] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1902, as “How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear”

409 · Dry September · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1931

421 · Rattenbury and Stoner · F. Tennyson Jesse · ar Famous Trials, Fifth Series ed. James H. Hodge, Penguin, 1955

454 · Sing a Song of Sixpence [Edward Leithen; The Runagates Club] · John Buchan · nv Pall Mall Magazine February 1928

467 · The Murder in Le Mans · Janet Flanner · ar Vanity Fair (US) June 1934

474 · Sleeping Beauty · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1938

490 · The Shadow of the Shark [Gabriel Gale] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1921

509 · A Small Buried Treasure · John Fischer · ar Harper’s Magazine July 1960

515 · 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).

539 · Scrawns · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Story-teller December 1932, as “Interlude at Scrawns”

553 · Biographical Notes · Onica Friend · bg

The Graveyard Shift ed. Joan Kahn (Dell, January 1970, 3038, 75¢, 319pp, pb, an)
More Tales from The Edge of the Chair.

9 · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in The Edge of the Chair ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1967

11 · On the Killing of Eratosthenes the Seducer · Kathleen Freeman · ar The Murder of Herodes and Other Trials from the Athenian Law-Courts by Kathleen Freeman, Farquharsen, 1963

23 · The Adventure of the Clapham Cook [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 14 1923

37 · The Last Night of the World · Ray Bradbury · ss Esquire February 1951

42 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904

64 · The Chair · John Bartlow Martin · ar Butcher’s Dozen and Other Murders by John Bartlow Martin, Harper, 1950

102 · Old Fags · Stacy Aumonier · nv The Grim 13 ed. Frederick Stuart Greene, Dodd, Mead, 1917

125 · “…Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields” · William B. Seabrook · ar from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929

136 · How the Brigadier Lost His Ear [Brigadier Gerard] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1902, as “How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear”

157 · Dry September · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1931

170 · Rattenbury and Stoner · F. Tennyson Jesse · ar Famous Trials, Fifth Series ed. James H. Hodge, Penguin, 1955

207 · Sing a Song of Sixpence [Edward Leithen; The Runagates Club] · John Buchan · nv Pall Mall Magazine February 1928

221 · The Murder in Le Mans · Janet Flanner · ar Vanity Fair (US) June 1934

229 · Sleeping Beauty · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1938

246 · The Shadow of the Shark [Gabriel Gale] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1921

267 · A Small Buried Treasure · John Fischer · ar Harper’s Magazine July 1960

274 · 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).

300 · Scrawns · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Story-teller December 1932, as “Interlude at Scrawns”

315 · Biographical Notes · Onica Friend · bg The Edge of the Chair ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1967

Handle with Care ed. Joan Kahn (Greenwillow Books, 1985, 0-688-04663-0, $10.25, xii+209pp, hc, an)
14 mystery and horror stories.

xi · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in

1 · The Toy Killer · Barbara Williamson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979

10 · The Witch’s Vengeance · William B. Seabrook · ss Cosmopolitan August 1930

22 · Object Lesson [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week September 11 1955, as “The Blackboard Gangsters”

35 · The Yellow Pill · Rog Phillips · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1958

51 · My Dear Uncle Sherlock [Uncle George Crowder] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1960

61 · The Sailor-Boy’s Tale · Isak Dinesen · ss Winter’s Tales by Isak Dinesen, Putnam UK, 1942

74 · The Happy Brotherhood [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1977

87 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895

99 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893

108 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.

134 · Mr. Strang Picks Up the Pieces [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1975

153 · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951

176 · The Day of the Bookmobile · Patricia McGerr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1979

188 · The Dressmaker’s Doll · Agatha Christie · ss Woman’s Journal December 1958

Hanging by a Thread ed. Joan Kahn (Houghton Mifflin, 1969, $7.95, 595pp, hc, an)

ix · Foreword · Ogden Nash · pm (r)

xv · Introduction · Eudora Welty · in

1 · The Scorched Face [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask May 1925

37 · The Murder of Arnold Rothstein · Russel Crouse · ar 1932

51 · The Splintered Monday · Charlotte Armstrong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1966

69 · The Mysterious Occurrence in Lambeth · G. P. R. James · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1855

93 · The Guest · Albert Camus; translated by Justin O’Brien · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1957

107 · The Sandyford Mystery · William Roughead · ar (r)

142 · The Grandstand Complex · Horace McCoy · ss Esquire December 1935

153 · The Other Place · Robert Borger · ss 1952

158 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898

187 · “Other Than a Good One” · Joseph Henry Jackson · ar 1947

217 · The Hashish Man · Lord Dunsany · ss A Dreamer’s Tales by Lord Dunsany, George Allen & Sons, 1910

222 · The True Story · Dylan Thomas · ss Yellowjacket May 1939

226 · The Manhattan Well Murder · E. S. Gould · ar (r)

238 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954

251 · The Haunted and the Haunters · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.

287 · Escape from the Bastille · Jean Henry Latude · ar (r)

295 · Miss Holland’s Elopement · Edmund Pearson · ar (r)

306 · The Peasant Girl · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1956, as by Paul Janvier

327 · A Strange Murderer · Maxim Gorky · ss The Dial October 1924
translated from the Russian.

335 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895

345 · A Marriage Tragedy · Wilkie Collins · na Harper’s New Monthly Magazine February 1858

402 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896

413 · The Waste Land · Alan Paton · vi Tales from a Troubled Land by Alan Paton, Simon and Schuster, 1961

417 · The Death of Agrippina, the Mother of Nero · Tacitus · ar from Annales (r)

423 · Beheaded in Error · translated by Gene Z. Hanrahan · ss 50 Great Oriental Stories ed. Gene Z. Hanrahan, Bantam Books, 1965
translated from the Chinese (“Ching-pen t’ung-hsu hsiao-shuo”, 1915).

437 · A Manner of Legacy · Donn Byrne · ss (r)

450 · A Sort of Genius · James Thurber · ar The New Yorker January 23 1937

464 · Funny the Way Things Work Out · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1963

476 · Captain John Porteous · [uncredited] · ar The Newgate Calendar

484 · The End · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Anthony Kerrigan · vi Ficciones by Jorge Luís Borges, Grove Press, 1962
translated from the Spanish (“El fin”, La Nación, October 11, 1953).

488 · Operation Enticement · Henry Cecil · nv Ways and Means by Henry Cecil, Chapman & Hall, 1952

518 · To the South Sea Islands · Thor Heyerdahl · ar from Kon-Tiki, 1950

532 · Cambric Tea · Marjorie Bowen · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1925

552 · The Ghost of a Head · [uncredited] · ss Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal September 25 1852

563 · A Winter’s Tale · Helen Eustis · nv Captains and the Kings Depart by Helen Eustis, Harper, 1949

588 · The Murder at the Towers · E. V. Knox · ss This Other Eden by E. V. Knox, Methuen, 1929

Open at Your Own Risk ed. Joan Kahn (Houghton Mifflin, 1975, 0-395-20718-5, $12.95, 506pp, hc, an)

xi · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in

1 · The Yellow Wall-Paper · Charlotte Curtis Stetson Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

18 · A Man from Glasgow · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham, Heinemann, 1947
revised from “Told in the Inn at Algeciras” (The Woman at Home, February 1905).

29 · The Daemon Lover · Shirley Jackson · nv Woman’s Home Companion February 1949, as “The Phantom Lover”

44 · Pen, Pencil and Poison · Oscar Wilde · ar The Fortnightly Review January 1889

64 · A Place of One’s Own · Osbert Sitwell · na Macmillan, 1941

102 · The Fortunes of Martin Waldeck · translated by Sir Walter Scott · ss (r), as “Waldeck: a Tale from the German”

113 · Murder in Solitude · Alister Kershaw · ar 1955

137 · The Mole · Gerald Bullett · ss The London Mercury May 1923

145 · The Man Who Missed the ’Bus · Stella Benson · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1929

160 · Elvira Barney · Edgar Lustgarten · ar 1958

197 · The Toll-House · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine April 1907

207 · A Theme for Hyacinth · Julian Symons · ss Argosy (UK) August 1967

229 · Miss Parsons · Henry Wilson · ar (r)

245 · Stay of Execution [Hargest Macrea] · Michael Gilbert · na Home June 1963 (+1)

298 · The Squire’s Story · Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas 1853, uncredited.

314 · The Beast with Five Fingers · William F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928
revised from The New Decameron, Volume the First, B.H. Blackwell, 1919.

340 · Steinie Morrison · Maurice Moiseiwitsch · ar 1962

364 · Death and the Compass · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni · ss The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luís Borges, Dutton, 1970
translated from the Spanish (“La Muerte y la Brújula”, Sur, May 1942).

376 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922

391 · Last Visit · Christopher Lazare · ss Cross Section 1944 ed. Edward Seaver, L.B. Fischer, 1944

409 · Murder Among the Lovebirds · Janet Flanner · ar Vanity Fair (US) 1935

416 · The Coach · Violet Hunt · ss The English Review March 1909

434 · The Spider · Jan Gerhard Toonder · ss The Paris Review #25, Winter/Spring 1961

446 · “Eleven Days’ Wonder” · Lenore Glen Offord · ar 1947

474 · Sensational Occurrence at a Poetry Reading [Psmith] · P. G. Wodehouse · ex from Leave It to Psmith, Herbert Jenkins, 1923

500 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories! ed. Joan Kahn (Greenwillow, August 1987, 0-688-07167-8, $11.75, 159pp, hc, an)
Young adult anthology of 14 horror stories. Most, but not all, are supernatural.

xi · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in

1 · Please, No Strawberries · Hayes Wilson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 10 1980

6 · Peter Two · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker April 19 1952

18 · The Vinegar Mother · Ruth Rendell · nv The Fallen Curtain by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1976

40 · Robert · Stanley Ellin · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958

60 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1896

76 · Paul’s Tale · Mary Norton · ss Story #114, July/August 1945

85 · If Big Brother Says So · Alice Rudoski · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1977

90 · A Private Ghost · Joyce Cary · ss The New Yorker November 10 1956

102 · The Playground · Ray Bradbury · ss The Illustrated Man (var. 1) by Ray Bradbury, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952

120 · The Girl in the Mirror · Margot Arnold · ss The Eighth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1976

130 · The Thing Waiting Outside · Barbara Williamson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1977

138 · Fair’s Fair · Jane Speed · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1967

149 · A Hell of a Story · H. R. F. Keating · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1982

155 · The Wish · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953

Skeleton Keys ed. Joan Kahn (Dell, August 1969, 8028, 75¢, 317pp, pb, an)
Tales from The Edge of the Chair.

9 · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in The Edge of the Chair ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1967

11 · The Sixth Capsule; or, Proof by Circumstantial Evidence · Edmund Pearson · ar Vanity Fair (US) 1926

23 · Fool’s Mate · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #96, November 1951

40 · The Axeman Wore Wings · Robert Tallant · ts Ready to Hang by Robert Tallant, Harper & Brothers, 1952

63 · Stone from the Stars · Valentina Zhuravleva; translated by R. Prokofieva · ss The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961

77 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin; translated by Rosemary Edmonds · nv The Classics of Mystery Volume IX: An Omnibus of Continental Mysteries, Part II ed. Arno Eckberg, Juniper, 1961
translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834).

103 · Billy: The Seal Mission · Stewart Alsop & Thomas Braden · ex from Sub Rosa: The OSS and American Espionage, Reynal, 1946

126 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889

138 · Tea Party · Harold Pinter · ss Playboy January 1965

143 · Death Draws a Triangle · Edward Hale Bierstadt · ar 1934

178 · The Net · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker January 27 1940

188 · Prisoner of the Sand · Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; translated by Lewis Galantiere · ex from Wind, Sand and Stars, Reynal and Hitchcock, 1939
translated from the French (Terre des hommes, Gallimard, 1939).

228 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury January 1932

238 · The Last Inhabitant of the Tuileries · André Castelot; translated by Denise Folliot · ex from The Turbulent City: Paris 1783-1871, Harper’s Magazine 1962

246 · Jesting Pilot · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1947

260 · Shattering the Myth of John Wilkes Booth’s Escape · William G. Shepherd · ar Harper’s Magazine November 1924

287 · A Piece of Steak · Jack London · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 20 1909

306 · The Game of Murder · Gerd Gaiser; translated by H. M. Waldson · ss Great German Short Stories ed. Stephen Spender, Dell, 1960
translated from the German (“Das Mörderspiel”. Akzente, August 1955).

314 · Biographical Notes · Onica Friend · bg The Edge of the Chair ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1967

Some Things Dark and Dangerous ed. Joan Kahn (Harper & Row, 1970, 0-06-023082-7, $6.95, 221pp, hc, an)

7 · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in

9 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing”

17 · The White Cat of Drumgunniol · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, uncredited.

29 · The Murder of Dr. Burdell · Edmund Pearson · ar 1935

38 · The Destruction of Smith · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Eye-Witness February 29 1912

45 · Wet Saturday · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 16 1938

53 · Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The 20-Story Magazine #47, May 1926, as “The Adventure of the Cat in the Bag”

66 · Fatal Visit of the Inca to Pizarro and His Followers in the City of Caxamalca · William H. Prescott · ar (r)

71 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s Weekly April 4 1903 (+2)

107 · Portrait of a Murderer · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1942

126 · The Dead Finger · Howard Pyle · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1911

144 · Boy Hunt · John Bartlow Martin · ar Harper’s Magazine December 1944

162 · Calling All Stars · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961

167 · “These Terrible Men, the Harpes!” · Robert M. Coates · ar 1930

181 · When the Bough Breaks · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore) · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1944

207 · A Musical Enigma · Rev. C. P. Cranch · ss Putnam’s Magazine May 1870, as “A Musical Mystery”

218 · The Sinking Ship · Robert Louis Stevenson · vi Longman’s Magazine August 1895

221 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Some Things Dark and Dangerous (var. 1) ed. Joan Kahn (Coronet Books, 1976, 0-340-20146-0, 237pp, pb, an)
Abridged from the original edition (Harper & Row, 1970).

9 · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in Some Things Dark and Dangerous ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1970

11 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing”

21 · The White Cat of Drumgunniol · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, uncredited.

37 · The Destruction of Smith · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Eye-Witness February 29 1912

47 · Wet Saturday · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 16 1938

57 · Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The 20-Story Magazine #47, May 1926, as “The Adventure of the Cat in the Bag”

74 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s Weekly April 4 1903 (+2)

123 · Portrait of a Murderer · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1942

148 · Boy Hunt · John Bartlow Martin · ar Harper’s Magazine December 1944

173 · Calling All Stars · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961

180 · When the Bough Breaks · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore) · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1944

215 · A Musical Enigma · Rev. C. P. Cranch · ss Putnam’s Magazine May 1870, as “A Musical Mystery”

230 · The Sinking Ship · Robert Louis Stevenson · vi Longman’s Magazine August 1895

233 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg Some Things Dark and Dangerous ed. Joan Kahn, Harper & Row, 1970

Some Things Fierce and Fatal ed. Joan Kahn (Harper & Row, 1971, 0-06-023084-3, $6.95, 246pp, hc, an)
14 horror and macabre stories. UK edition published by Bodley Head (1972).

ix · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in

1 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936

15 · The Vermont Raffles Who Transcended the Tomb · Edward H. Smith · ar from You Can Escape, Macmillan US, 1929

29 · Invisible Boy · Ray Bradbury · ss Mademoiselle November 1945

40 · Something Evil in the House · Celia Fremlin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1968

61 · The “Coney” Men · Lloyd Lewis · ar from Myths After Lincoln, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1929

82 · High-Water Mark · Bret Harte · ss The Golden Era January 6 1861

94 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903

110 · The Nine-to-Five Man · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1961

134 · Sarah Jane Robinson · Edmund Pearson · ar from More Studies in Murder, 1936

151 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916

184 · The Leaping Trout · David Hogan · ss (r)

195 · A Tale of Terror · Paul Louis Courier · ar (r)

199 · Eight Minutes to Kill · Julian Symons · nv The Evening Standard May 30 1957 (+5)

230 · Traveller’s Joy · Dwynwen Richards · ss

243 · Biographical Notes · Ann O’Hara · bg

Some Things Strange and Sinister ed. Joan Kahn (Harper & Row, 1973, x+245pp, hc, an)
Published in Britain by The Bodley Head, 1973, and Coronet Books, 1976.

ix · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in

1 · The Lamp · Agatha Christie · ss 1924

12 · Nerves · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Spasm”
translated from the French (“Le tic”, Le Gaulois, July 14, 1884).

19 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940

26 · Keeping His Promise · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906

46 · The House · André Maurois; translated by Jacques Chambrun · vi Harper’s Magazine June 1931

50 · The Call of the Hand · Louis Golding · nv The English Review November 1919

69 · The Dream Woman · W. Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1)
revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855).

102 · The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler May 1896

125 · The Strange Occurrences Connected with Captain John Russell · Neil Bell · ss Modern Reading 15 ed. Reginald Moore, Phoenix House, 1947

146 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury September 1930

168 · 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.

185 · The Cocoon · John B. L. Goodwin · ss Story #121, September/October 1946

208 · The Empty Schoolroom · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss The Uncertain Element ed. Kay Dick, Jarrolds, 1950

229 · The Ghost of Washington · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Some Things Weird and Wicked: 12 Stories to Chill Your Bones ed. Joan Kahn (Pantheon, April 1976, 0-394-83244-2, $5.95, x+243pp, hc, an)
Paperback edition: Bantam 1977.

ix · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in

3 · The White Circle · John Bell Clayton · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1947

14 · The Wind in the Rosebush · Mary E. Wilkins · nv Everybody’s Magazine February 1902

37 · “Blow Up with the Brig!” · Wilkie Collins · ss Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline by Wilkie Collins, Richard Bentley and Son, 1873
revised from “The Ghost in the Cupboard Room” (All the Year Round, Christmas 1859).

55 · The Web · D’Arcy Niland · ss World Prize Stories, Odhams, 1952

64 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902

87 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884

113 · Only the Guilty Run · Vin Packer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1955

127 · My Friend Paton · Julian Hawthorne · ss Belgravia 1883

151 · Playmates · A. M. Burrage · nv Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927

184 · My Dear Uncle Sherlock [Uncle George Crowder] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1960

196 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

221 · The Transferred Ghost · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine May 1882

239 · Biographical Notes · Sherry Knox · bg

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