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Ten-Second Staircase by Christopher Fowler (Bantam, October 2008, 978-0-553-38556-4, $13.00, 356pp, tp, cover by Sarah Coleman) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Reprint (Doubleday UK 2006) gothic mystery novel. Volume eight in the series.

The Ultimate Party Book The Illustrated Guide to Social Intercourse by Christopher Fowler (Unwin, November 1985, 0-04-793087-X, £4.95, 144pp, lp, cover by Stuart Buckley)     Humorous guide to social etiquette at parties.

Uncut: Twenty-One Short Stories by Christopher Fowler (Warner UK, July 15, 1999, 0-7515-2644-4, £7.99, 406pp, tp, cover: [photo] by Jay Eff)     Collection of dark fantasy stories, including four originals. 1 · Anti-Bob · Christopher Fowler · in 5 · The Human Element · Christopher Fowler · nv 30 · Norman Wisdom and the Angel of Death · Christopher Fowler · nv Sharper Knives by Christopher Fowler, Warner UK, 1992 55 · On Edge · Christopher Fowler · ss Dark Voices 4 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1992 69 · The Master Builder · Christopher Fowler · nv The Bureau of Lost Souls by Christopher Fowler, Century, 1989 114 · The Trafalgar Lockdown · Christopher Fowler · nv 140 · Perfect Casting · Christopher Fowler · nv London Noir ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent's Tail, 1994 164 · In Persia · Christopher Fowler · ss Sharper Knives by Christopher Fowler, Warner UK, 1992, as “Persia” 175 · Black Day at Bad Rock · Christopher Fowler · ss In Dreams ed. Paul J. McAuley & Kim Newman, Gollancz, 1992 190 · Chang-Siu and the Blade of Grass · Christopher Fowler · ss Sharper Knives by Christopher Fowler, Warner UK, 1992 200 · Thirteen Places of Interest in Kentish Town · Christopher Fowler · ss Neonlit: Time Out Book of New Writing Vol. 1 ed. Nicholas Royle, Quartet, 1998 212 · Last Call for Passenger Paul · Christopher Fowler · ss The 28th Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Clarence Paget, Pan, 1987, as “Final Call for Passenger Paul” 228 · The Unreliable History of Plaster City · Christopher Fowler · nv Flesh Wounds by Christopher Fowler, Warner UK, 1995 254 · Jouissance de la Mort · Christopher Fowler · ss Flesh Wounds by Christopher Fowler, Warner UK, 1995 262 · Night After Night of the Living Dead · Christopher Fowler · ss The Mammoth Book of Zombies ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1993 276 · Jumbo Portions · Christopher Fowler · ss More City Jitters by Christopher Fowler, Dell, 1988 295 · The Laundry Imp · Christopher Fowler · ss You October 30 1994 311 · The Most Boring Woman in the World · Christopher Fowler · ss Flesh Wounds by Christopher Fowler, Warner UK, 1995 322 · Dale and Wayne Go Shopping · Christopher Fowler · ss Peeping Tom #6, May 1992 331 · Tales of Britannica Castle · Christopher Fowler · gp (r) _331 · Ginansia’s Ravishment · Christopher Fowler · nv Tombs ed. Edward E. Kramer & Peter Crowther, White Wolf, 1995 _353 · Leperdandy’s Revenge · Christopher Fowler · ss Flesh Wounds by Christopher Fowler, Warner UK, 1995 373 · Mother of the City · Christopher Fowler · ss The Time Out Book of London Short Stories ed. Maria Lexton, Penguin, 1993 390 · Two Murders · Christopher Fowler · ss; given as “Two Murderers” in the Table of Contents.

The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler (Doubleday UK, June 30, 2008, 978-0-385-61068-1, £12.99, 333pp, hc, cover by David Frankland) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Gothic mystery novel. Volume 10 in the series.

The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler (Bantam, November 2008, 978-0-553-80502-4, $24.00, 326pp, hc, cover by Sarah Coleman) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Reprint (Doubleday UK 2008) gothic mystery novel. First US edition. Volume 10 in the series.

The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler (Bantam UK, July 2009, 978-0-553-81799-7, £7.99, 363pp, tp, cover by David Frankland) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Reprint (Doubleday UK 2008) gothic mystery novel. Volume 10 in the series.

The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler (Bantam, November 2009, 978-0-553-58956-6, $15.00, 325pp, tp, cover by Sarah Coleman) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Reprint (Doubleday UK 2008) gothic mystery novel. Volume 10 in the series.

The Water Room by Christopher Fowler (Doubleday UK, September 2004, 0-385-60554-4, £12.99, 400pp, hc, cover by James Macfarlane) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Gothic mystery novel. Second in a new series featuring “Bryant & May”, the decrepit detectives from Rune and Darkest Day, after Full Dark House. Volume six in the series.

The Water Room by Christopher Fowler (Bantam, June 2005, 0-553-80389-1, $24.00, 356pp, hc, cover by Chris Spollen) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) gothic mystery novel. Second in a new series after Full Dark House, featuring “Bryant & May”, Volume six in the series.

The Water Room by Christopher Fowler (Bantam UK, September 8, 2005, 0-553-81553-9, £6.99, 430pp, tp, cover by Aidan Willis) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) gothic mystery novel. Second in a new series after Full Dark House, featuring “Bryant & May”, the decrepit detectives. Volume six in the series.

The Water Room by Christopher Fowler (Bantam, April 2006, 0-553-58716-1, $6.99, 476pp, pb, cover by Chris Spollen) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) gothic mystery featuring detectives Bryant and May. Volume six in the series.

The Water Room by Christopher Fowler (Bantam, October 2008, 978-0-553-38555-7, $13.00, 356pp, tp, cover by Sarah Coleman) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) gothic mystery featuring detectives Bryant and May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit. Volume six in the series.

White Corridor by Christopher Fowler (Bantam, June 2007, 978-0-553-80450-8, $24.00, 339pp, hc, cover by Christopher Gibbs) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Gothic mystery novel, fifth in the new series featuring detectives Bryant and May. Volume nine in the series.

White Corridor by Christopher Fowler (Doubleday UK, July 2, 2007, 978-0-385-61067-4, £14.99, 304pp, hc, cover by David Frankland) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Reprint (Bantam 2007) gothic mystery novel. Fifth in a new series featuring “Bryant & May”, the decrepit detectives. Volume nine in the series.

White Corridor by Christopher Fowler (Bantam UK, July 14, 2008, 978-0-553-81798-0, £7.99, 366pp, tp) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Reprint (Bantam 2007) gothic mystery novel. Fifth in a new series featuring Bryant & May, the decrepit detectives. Volume nine in the series.

White Corridor by Christopher Fowler (Bantam, October 2008, 978-0-553-58832-3, $13.00, 339pp, tp, cover by Christopher Gibbs) [Arthur Bryant & John May]     Reprint (Bantam 2007) gothic mystery novel. Fifth in a new series featuring Bryant & May, the decrepit detectives. Volume nine in the series.

Letters from Home by Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Cadigan & Pat Murphy--- see under Pat Cadigan.

What I Didn’t See and Other Stories by Karen Joy Fowler (Small Beer Press, October 1, 2010, 978-1-931520-68-3, $24.00, 197pp, hc, cover by Erica Harris)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · The Pelican Bar · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2009 21 · Booth’s Ghost · Karen Joy Fowler · ss 35 · The Last Worders · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #20, June 2007 53 · The Dark · Karen Joy Fowler · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1991 75 · Always · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2007 91 · Familiar Birds · Karen Joy Fowler · ss The Journal of Mythic Arts Spring 2006 103 · Private Grave 9 · Karen Joy Fowler · nv McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books, 2003 125 · The Marianas Islands · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Intersections ed. John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, Tor, 1996 139 · Halfway People · Karen Joy Fowler · ss My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me ed. Kate Bernheimer & Carmen Giménez Smith, Penguin US, 2010 153 · Standing Room Only · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1997 169 · What I Didn’t See · Karen Joy Fowler · nv Sci Fiction July 10 2002 191 · King Rat · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Trampoline ed. Kelly Link, Small Beer Press, 2003

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 ed. Karen Joy Fowler (Mariner Books, October 4, 2016, 978-0-544-55520-4, $14.95, xxiii+293pp, tp, cover by Mark R. Robinson)     Best of the year anthology, with 20 stories by authors including Kelly Link, Salman Rushdie, and Ted Chiang. Introduction by Fowler; foreword by series editor John Joseph Adams, who also provides his own list of notable stories of 2015. Details taken from online listing. ix · Foreword · John Joseph Adams · fw 2016 xvi · Introduction · Karen Joy Fowler · in 2016 1 · Meet Me in Iram · Sofia Samatar · ss Meet Me In Iram/Those Are Pearls by Sofia Samatar, Guillotine Series, 2015 10 · The Game of Smash and Recovery · Kelly Link · ss Strange Horizons October 19 2015 25 · Interesting Facts · Adam Johnson · ss Harper’s Magazine June 2015 46 · Planet Lion · Catherynne M. Valente · nv Uncanny Magazine #4, May/June 2015 63 · The Apartment Dweller’s Bestiary · Kij Johnson · ss Clarkesworld #100, January 2015 75 · By Degrees and Dilatory Time · S. L. Huang · ss Strange Horizons May 18 2015 87 · The Mushroom Queen · Liz Ziemska · ss Tin House Spring 2015 101 · The Daydreamer by Proxy · Dexter Palmer · ss The Bestiary ed. Ann VanderMeer, Centipede Press, 2015 107 · Tea Time · Rachel Swirsky · ss Lightspeed #67, December 2015 122 · Headshot · Julian Mortimer Smith · ss Terraform March 2 2015 127 · The Duniazát · Salman Rushdie · ss The New Yorker June 1 2015 137 · No Placeholder for You, My Love · Nick Wolven · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2015 158 · The Thirteen Mercies · Maria Dahvana Headley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2015 174 · Lightning Jack’s Last Ride · Dale Bailey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2015 196 · Things You Can Buy for a Penny · Will Kaufman · ss Lightspeed #57, February 2015 207 · Rat Catcher’s Yellows · Charlie Jane Anders · ss Press Start to Play ed. Daniel H. Wilson & John Joseph Adams, Vintage Books, 2015 219 · The Heat of Us: Notes Toward an Oral History · Sam J. Miller · ss Uncanny Magazine #2, January/February 2015 234 · Three Bodies at Mitanni · Seth Dickinson · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2015 254 · Ambiguity Machines: An Examination · Vandana Singh · nv Tor.com April 29 2015 273 · The Great Silence · Ted Chiang · ss e-flux journal May 8 2015 [Ref. Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla] written as a script for the video installation at Philadelphia’s Fabric Workshop and Museum with artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla (2014). 279 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 2016 291 · Notable Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories of 2015 · John Joseph Adams · bi 2016

The Voice That Murmurs in the Darkness by James Tiptree, Jr. ed. Karen Joy Fowler & Jeffrey D. Smith--- see under James Tiptree, Jr..

Rawhide Men ed. Kenneth Fowler (Doubleday, 1964, hc)     WWA #13. It would have been #12, but with this volume, Legends and Tales of the Old West, the 1962 anthology of retold tall tales, was added to the WWA list at position #10, changing the previous numbering. · Rawhide · S. Omar Barker · pm (r) · Saddle or Nothing · S. Omar Barker · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 9 1949, as “My Gun Talks for Me” · Welcome from Broken Jaw · Tom W. Blackburn · ss Collier’s April 8 1950, as “Mountain Crossing” · A Rose for Dan Robie · Allan R. Bosworth · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 2 1950, as “Stampede!” · Proud Guidon · William Chamberlain · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 4 1956 (+1), as “Sioux Uprising” · Caballero Alegre · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss Dime Detective Magazine August 1 1934, as “Star Witness” · Deadline · Cliff Farrell · ss Argosy July 1960 · The Fitness of Sean O’Fallon · Norman A. Fox · ss New Western Magazine June 1947, as “Too Dumb to Die!” · Big Olaf Paints for War · Bill Gulick · ss Dime Western Magazine May 1948, as “The Madness of Big Olaf” · Crisis in the Canyon · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s January 17 1948, as “Snow in the Canyon” · Winter Harvest · John Prescott · ss (r)

Psy-Fi One: An Anthology of Psychology in Science Fiction ed. Raymond D. Fowler, Jr., Kenneth B. Melvin & Stanley L. Brodsky--- see under Kenneth B. Melvin.

A Frog in My Throat: The 1987 Killer Frog Anthology ed. Janet Fox (Scavenger’s Newsletter, 1987, $1.50, 33pp, ph, cover by Marge Simon) 1 · Bat/Moon · T. R. Bingham · pm 2 · Day of the Ground Hog · Erskine Carter · ss 6 · The Bander · James P. Roberts · pm 9 · Septicus · C. B. Leiche · ss 13 · Handgreiflich Katastrophe · Todd Mecklem & Jonathan Falk · pm 14 · Frog’s Game · James Loverde · ss 15 · Rune of the Cogniscenti · Richard A. Dengrove · ss 17 · Frankenmulch · Donna Dolezal Zelzer · ss 21 · Take It Off · Chuck (Sleezepulp) Snow · ss 24 · Three Pointed Star · Jody Carlson · ss 26 · Jungle Jealousies · Elizabeth Hillman · ss 27 · Beware the Willows · John Phillips Palmer · pm 28 · Fun Guy from Yuggoth · Jody Forest · pm 30 · Predictable · Kathleen Jurgens · ss 33 · Transylvania Aerobics · Sue Marra · pm

Ape’s-Face by Marion Fox (Ash-Tree Press, August 11, 2006, 978-1-55310-091-1, C$50.00, xvii+154pp, hc, cover by Keith Minnion)     Reprint (John Lane 1914) novel. This is a limited edition of 400. A world-wide edition available in the US for $46.00 and in the UK for £27.00. Details supplied by Denny Lien. ix · Introduction · Jack Adrian · in 2006

Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History ed. Rose Fox & Daniel José Older--- see under Daniel Jos^e' Older.

More Murder, They Wrote ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg (Boulevard Books, October 1999, 0-425-16990-1, $6.99, 309pp, pb)     Original anthology, “Jessica Fletcher presents…” 14 mystery stories. ix · Introduction · Jessica Fletcher · in (r) 1 · The Fall Guy · Jo Bannister · nv 25 · Hollywood Homicide [Iris Cooper] · K. K. Beck · nv 55 · Social Death · Joyce Christmas · nv 81 · The Man in Her Dream · Margaret Coel · ss 99 · The Most Beautiful Place on Earth · Eileen Dreyer · ss 111 · Lady Appleton and the London Man [Susanna, Lady Appleton] · Kathy Lynn Emerson · nv 133 · The Workshop · Kate Gallison · ss 143 · Murder She Wrote · Sue Henry · ss 161 · The Prodigal · J. A. Jance · ss 177 · Miss Chatterfield’s Chairs · Stefanie Matteson · nv 203 · Honeymoon for One · Sharan Newman · nv 231 · Onnagata · Laura Joh Rowland · nv 263 · Moonlighting · Janice Steinberg · nv 285 · The Family Jewels · Kathy Hogan Trocheck · ss 305 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg (r)