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Best in Show: Fifteen Years of Outstanding Furry Fiction ed. Fred Patten (Sofawolf Press, July 2003, 0-9712670-1-4, $19.95, 455pp, tp, an, cover by Ursula Vernon)     Anthology of 26 anthropomorphic stories. Authors include Lawrence Watt-Evans, Jefferson P. Swycaffer, and Mel. White. Afterword and bibliography by Fred Patten. Forewords by Tim Susman, Gene Breshears, and Phil Geusz. 4 · Introduction · Fred Patten · in 11 · A Note from the Publisher · J. L. Eddy · pr · Section One: Living Among Us: Furries and Humans 12 · Foreword · Tim Susman · si 15 · To the Magic Born · Brian W. Antoine · ss PawPrints Fanzine Summer 1995; illustrated by Conrad Wong 30 · Foxy Lady · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Zoomorphica Summer 1992 41 · The Color of Rain · Gene Breshears · ss North American Fur September 2000 57 · Crucible · Kim Liu · ss Anthrolations July 2000; illustrated by Dave Bryant 70 · How George Miles Almost Saved the World · Watts Martin · ss Yarf! July 1991 81 · Canis Major · Michael H. Payne · ss Anthrolations July 2001; illustrated by Kylen Christine Miles 95 · A Snapshot from Fayetteville · Mick Collins · ss FURthest North Crew January 1993 109 · Wings · Todd G. Sutherland · ss FURthest North Crew March 1997 129 · Respect the Sea · Jeff Eddy · ss HistoriMorphs July 2001; illustrated by Jennie Hoffer 138 · The Boar Goes North · Matt Posner · ss Mythagoras Autumn 1990 · Section Two: Living Apart: Furry Alternate Worlds 152 · Foreword · Gene Breshears · si 155 · Port in a Storm · Robert K. Carspecken · ss Rowrbrazzle July 1989; illustrated by Margaret Carspecken 176 · Rosettes and Ribbons · M. C. A. Hogarth · nv Yarf! January 2000 207 · Painted Memories · Conrad Wong · ss PawPrints Fanzine Winter 1994; illustrated by Conrad Wong 222 · Recruiting · Elizabeth McCoy · ss Fantastic Furry Stories October 2001 235 · Rat’s Reputation · Michael H. Payne · ss FurVersion May 1989 246 · Whimper’s Law [Xanadu] · Craig Hilton · ss The Ever-Changing Palace July 1991 260 · Beneath the Crystal Sea · Brock Hoagland · nv Tales of Perissa by Brock Hoagland, United Publications, 2001; illustrated by Vicky M. Wyman 284 · Secret Weapon · Allen Kitchen · ss Morphic Tales January 2000 292 · Mercy to the Cubs: A Tale of the Furkindred [Furkindred] · Chas. P. A. Melville · nv Yarf! July 1995 317 · Messenger · Mel. White · ss PawPrints Fanzine Spring 1998; illustrated by Jonathan Kaufman 324 · Castlefail · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · ss FurryPhile June 1996 339 · Repas du Vivant [Tai-Pan Universe] · Axel Shaikman · ss Rowrbrazzle October 1993; illustrated by Conrad Wong · Section Three: Living Within: Transformation 350 · Foreword · Phil Geusz · si 352 · Graduation Day · Phil Geusz · nv Raven’s Lair website August 16 1999 387 · Top of the Mountain · Ben Goodridge · nv Fang, Claw, & Steel Winter 1999 409 · Find the Beautiful · Tim Susman · ss Mythagoras Summer 1997; illustrated by John Nunnemacher 423 · Little Monster · Tom Turrittin · ss Fang, Claw, & Steel Summer 1999 437 · Afterword and Bibliography · Fred Patten · aw 447 · Contributor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Cats and More Cats ed. Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions, January 2016, 978-1-61450-297-5, $19.95, 316pp, tp, oa) 13 · Introduction · Fred Patten · in 19 · Trouble · P. M. Griffin · nv Catfantastic ed. Andre Norton & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1989 43 · Bomber and the Bismarck · Clare Bell · nv Catfantastic II ed. Andre Norton & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1991 75 · …But a Glove · John E. Johnston, III · ss Catfantastic III ed. Andre Norton & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1994 95 · Born Again · Elizabeth Ann Scarborough · ss Catfantastic IV ed. Andre Norton & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996 113 · Masters and Students · Bryan Derksen · ss 1997 125 · Trixie · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Catfantastic V ed. Andre Norton & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1999 141 · Destiny · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Creature Fantastic ed. Denise Little, DAW, 2001 173 · Three-Inch Trouble · Andre Norton · nv A Constellation of Cats ed. Denise Little, DAW, 2001 187 · Defender of the Small · Jody Lynn Nye · ss Turn the Other Chick ed. Esther M. Friesner, Baen, 2004 205 · The Luck of the Dauntless · James M. Ward · nv Furry Fantastic ed. Jean Rabe & Brian M. Thomsen, DAW, 2006 225 · After Tony’s Fall · Jean Rabe · ss Catopolis ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Janet Deaver-Pack, DAW, 2008 243 · Magtwilla and the Mouse · Mary E. Lowd · ss Allasso, Volume 2: Saudade ed. Brian Lee Cook, CreateSpace, 2012 251 · A Spoiled Rotten Cat Lives Here · Dusty Rainbolt · ss The Mystical Cat ed. Dusty Rainbolt, Sky Warrior Book Publishing, 2013 265 · The Emerald Mage · Renee Carter Hall · ss Hero’s Best Friend ed. Scott M. Sandridge, Seventh Star Press, 2014 285 · Furry Fandom and Cats · Fred Patten · ar 291 · A Bibliography for Bast · Fred Patten · bi 307 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 314 · About the Artist · [uncredited] · bg 315 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Dogs of War ed. Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions, January 2017, 978-1-61450-346-0, $19.95, 456pp, tp, oa, cover by Teagan Gavet) 15 · Introduction · Fred Patten · in 19 · Nosy and Wolf · Ken MacGregor · ss 29 · After Their Kind · Taylor Harbin · ss 41 · Succession · Devin Hallsworth · ss 51 · Two if by Sea · Field T. Mouse · nv 77 · The Queens’ Confederate Space Marines · Elizabeth McCoy · ss 87 · The Loving Children · Bill McCormick · ss 95 · Strike, But Hear Me · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv 121 · End of Ages · BanWynn Oakshadow · na 175 · Shells on the Beach · Tom Mullins · nv 201 · Cross of Valor Reception for the Raccoon, Tanner Williams, Declassified Transcript · John Kulp · ss 215 · Last Man Standing · Frances Pauli · ss 227 · Hunter’s Fall · Angela Oliver · ss 243 · Old Regimes · Gullwulf · nv 265 · The Shrine War · Alan Loewen · nv 293 · The Monster in the Mist · Madison Keller · ss 309 · Wolves in Winter · Searska GreyRaven · ss 317 · The Third Variety · Rob Baird · nv 349 · The Best and Worst of Worlds · Mary E. Lowd · ss 367 · Tooth, Claw and Fang · Stephen Coghlan · ss 377 · Sacrifice · J. N. Wolfe · nv 401 · War of Attrition · Lisa Timpf · ss 411 · Fathers to Sons · MikasiWolf · ss 429 · Hoodies and Horses · Michael D. Winkle · ss 447 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 455 · About the Artist · [uncredited] · bg 455 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Dogs of War II: Aftermath ed. Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions, December 2017, 978-1-61450-397-2, $19.95, 478pp, tp, oa, cover by Teagan Gavet) 15 · Introduction · Fred Patten · in 17 · Dog, Extended · Cairyn · nv 41 · Remembrance · Alice “Huskyteer” Dryden · ss 55 · Scars · Televassi · nv 81 · The Surface Tension · Dwale · nv 103 · My Brother’s Shadow · M. R. Anglin · na 167 · Close to Us · MikasiWolf · nv 191 · Lime Tiger · Slip-Wolf · nv 213 · Umbra’s Legion: The Destruction of Ismara · Geoff Galt · nv 249 · Umbra’s Legion: Charon’s Obol · Adam Baker · ss 259 · The Call · Lord Ikari · ss 265 · Every Horse Will Do His Duty · Thurston Howl · ss 275 · Matched Up · K. Hubschmid · ss 295 · The Son of Goulon Stumptail · NightEyes DaySpring · ss 315 · Noble · Thomas “Faux” Steele · ss 335 · Trial by Error · Jaden Drackus · ss 355 · The Night the Stars Fell · K. C. Alpinus · nv 389 · Tears of the Sea · MikasiWolf · ss 397 · The Pack · Argyron · nv 431 · Red Engines · Kris Schnee · ss 443 · Going Home · Miles Reaver · nv 471 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 478 · About the Artist · [uncredited] · bg 478 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Exploring New Places ed. Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions, July 2018, 978-1-61450-421-4, $19.95, 400pp, tp, oa, cover by Demicoeur) 15 · Introduction · Fred Patten · in 19 · To Drive the Cold Winter Away · Michael H. Payne · ss 39 · In Search of the Creators · Alan Loewen · ss 53 · The Rocky Spires of Planet 227 · Mary E. Lowd · ss 65 · Defiant · Harwich Wolcott · nv 95 · Why Indeed · Pepper Hume · ss 113 · Come to Todor! · Fred Patten · ss 125 · You Are Our Lifeboat · Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen · ss 141 · The Animal Game · Vixyy Fox · ss 161 · Ashland’s Fury · MikasiWolf · nv 195 · Legacy · M. R. Anglin · nv 221 · Umbra’s Legion: Shamblers of Woe · Adam Baker · nv 243 · Umbra’s Legion: Where Pride Planted · Geoff Galt · nv 265 · Beyond Acacia Ridge · Amy Fontaine · ss 283 · One Day in Hanoi · Thomas “Faux” Steele · ss 295 · Welcome, Furries · Cathy Smith · ss 309 · Back Then · Frank LeRenard · ss 323 · Tortoise Who · Mary E. Lowd · ss 335 · I Am the Jaguar · Cairyn · na 379 · The Promise of New Heffe · Kary M. Jomb · ss 395 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 401 · About the Artist · [uncredited] · bg 401 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Five Fortunes ed. Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions, January 2014, 978-1-61450-169-5, $19.95, 415pp, tp, oa, cover by Terrie Smith) 11 · Introduction · Fred Patten · in 13 · Chosen People · Phil Geusz · na 79 · Huntress · Renee Carter Hall · na 173 · Going Concerns · Watts Martin · na 253 · When a Cat Loves a Dog [Otters in Space] · Mary E. Lowd · na 341 · Piece of Mind [Forest Tales] · Bernard Doove · na

The Furry Future: 19 Possible Prognostications ed. Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions, January 2015, 978-1-61450-214-2, $19.95, 446pp, tp, oa, cover by Teagan Gavet) 13 · Introduction · Fred Patten · in 17 · Emergency Maintenance · Michael H. Payne · nv 45 · Tow · Watts Martin · ss 65 · Experiment Seventy · J. F. R. Coates · ss 79 · A Bedsheet for a Cape · Nathanael Gass · nv 123 · Hachimoto · Samuel C. Conway · ss 133 · Vivian · Bryan Feir · nv 161 · Family Bonding · Yannarra Cheena · ss 179 · The Future Is Yours · MikasiWolf · nv 201 · Distant Shores · Tony Greyfox · nv 243 · The Analogue Cat · Alice “Huskyteer” Dryden · ss 249 · The Sequence · NightEyes DaySpring · ss 267 · Trinka and the Robot · Ocean Tigrox · nv 289 · Lunar Cavity [Crossroads Station] · Mary E. Lowd · nv 315 · The Darkness of Dead Stars · Dwale · nv 337 · Field Research · M. C. A. Hogarth · ss 345 · The Curators · T. S. McNally · nv 367 · Evolver · Ronald W. Klemp · nv 393 · Growing Fur · Fred Patten · ss 399 · Thebe and the Angry Red Eye · David Hopkins · nv; illustrated by Roz Gibson 437 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 444 · About the Artist · [uncredited] · bg 445 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Gods with Fur ed. Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions, July 2016, 978-1-61450-324-8, $19.95, 454pp, tp, oa, cover by Teagan Gavet) 15 · Introduction · Fred Patten · in 19 · 400 Rabbits · Alice “Huskyteer” Dryden · ss 31 · Contract Negotiations · Field T. Mouse · ss 51 · On the Run from Isofell · M. R. Anglin · nv 87 · To the Reader · Alan Loewen · ss 91 · First Chosen · BanWynn Oakshadow · nv 133 · All of You Are in Me · Kyell Gold · ss 143 · Yesterday’s Trickster · NightEyes DaySpring · ss 155 · The Gods of Necessity · Jefferson Swycaffer · ss 175 · The Precession of the Equinoxes · Michael H. Payne · ss 183 · Deity Theory · James L. Steele · nv 207 · Questor’s Gambit · Mary E. Lowd · ss 225 · Fenrir’s Saga · Televassi · nv 251 · The Three Days of the Jackal · Samuel C. Conway · ss 257 · A Melody in Seduction’s Arsenal · Slip-Wolf · nv 283 · Adversary’s Fall · MikasiWolf · nv 313 · As Below, So Above · Mut · nv 335 · Wings of Faith · Kris Schnee · ss 353 · The Going Forth of Uadjet · Frances Pauli · ss 361 · That Exclusive Zodiac Club · Fred Patten · ss 367 · Three Minutes to Midnight · Killick · ss 377 · A Day with No Tide · Watts Martin · nv 403 · Repast (A Story of Aligare) · Heidi C. Vlach · nv 425 · Origins · Michael D. Winkle · ss 445 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Ursa Major Awards Anthology ed. Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions, July 2012, 978-1-61450-052-0, $19.95, 339pp, tp, an, cover by Teagan Gavet & Tess Garman)     Anthology of 11 anthropomorphic/furry stories about humanoid animals, a mix of winners and finalists from the last ten years of the Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction. Patten’s introduction discusses the rise of furry fandom and the awards. Authors include Kyell Gold, Paul Di Filippo, and Naomi Kritzer. 1 · Introduction · Fred Patten · in 7 · Beneath the Crystal Sea · Brock Hoagland · nv Tales of Perissa by Brock Hoagland, United Publications, 2001 35 · Familiars · Michael H. Payne · ss Sword and Sorceress XIX ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 2002 43 · In the Line of Duty · M. C. A. Hogarth · ss (r) 57 · Felicia and the Tailcutter’s Curse · Charles P. A. Melville · na (r) 133 · In His Own Country · Kristin Fontaine · nv (r) 175 · Jacks to Open · Kyell Gold · nv (r) 197 · Don’t Blink · Kyell Gold · nv (r) 229 · Six · Samuel C. Conway · ss (r) 249 · Drifting · Kyell Gold · ss (r) 269 · Ailoura · Paul Di Filippo · nv Once Upon a Galaxy ed. Wil McCarthy, Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2002 299 · St. Ailbe’s Hall · Naomi Kritzer · nv Strange Horizons January 19 2004 (+1) 329 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 332 · About the Artists · [uncredited] · bg 334 · Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction Awards by Year · [uncredited] · ms

What Happens Next: An Anthology of Sequels ed. Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions, July 2013, 978-1-61450-116-9, $19.95, 422pp, tp, oa, cover by Sara “Caribou” Miles) 10 · Introduction · Fred Patten · in 13 · Second [Alysha Forrest] · M. C. A. Hogarth · na; illustrated by Mike Raabe 91 · Festival of Vampires · Brock Hoagland · ss; illustrated by Vicky Wyman 109 · False Doctrine · Kevin Frane · nv; illustrated by Idess Sherwood 141 · Reflections of Things to Come · Kristin Fontaine · nv; illustrated by C. D. Woodbury 167 · Immolation · Michael H. Payne · nv; illustrated by Megan Giles 191 · Pick-Up at Hanging Drop · Jenner · ss; illustrated by Jenner 208 · Blackest Before the Dawn · Elizabeth McCoy · nv; illustrated by Conrad Wong 253 · The Magi Decree · Chuck Melville · nv; illustrated by Chas. P. A. Melville 297 · Game of Fox and Rabbit · Ken Pick · nv; illustrated by Kacey Miyagami 343 · Sibling Rivalry · Kyell Gold · nv; illustrated by Sara “Caribou” Miles 372 · The Monkeytown Raid · Roz Gibson · nv; illustrated by Roz Gibson

What the Fox?! ed. Fred Patten (Thurston Howl Publications, March 2018, 978-1-945247-30-9, $18.00, 291pp, tp, oa, cover by Tabsley) 2 · Preface · Fred Patten · pr 4 · FAPD · Sofox · ss 14 · Perfect Harmony · Jaleta Clegg · ss 24 · Counter-Curlture · Televassi · ss 38 · The Carrot Is Mightier Than the Sword · Nidhi Singh · ss 48 · A Web of Truths · James Hudson · ss 62 · Suddenly, Chihuahua · Madison Keller · ss 78 · Kenyak’s Saga · MikasiWolf · ss 98 · Rapscallions · Mary E. Lowd · ss 116 · Dazzle Joins the Screenwriters’ Guild [Dazzle] · Scott Bradfield · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2008 134 · A Late Lunch · Nightshade · ss 150 · Riddles in the Road · Searska GreyRaven · ss 158 · The Lost Unicorn · Shawn Frazier · ss 166 · Boomsday · Jennie Brass · ss 175 · Oh! What a Night! · Tyson West · ss 190 · Moral for Dogs · Maggie Veness · vi 2016 193 · Broadstripe, Virginia Smells Like Skunk · Skunkbomb · ss 201 · A Legend in His Own Time · Fred Patten · ss 211 · The Cat’s Meow · Lisa Pais · ss 220 · Super · Billy Leigh · nv 242 · Woolwertz Department Store Integrated Branch Employee Manual: Human-Furred Relations · Frances Pauli · ss 253 · A List of Erotica Clichés You Should Avoid in Your Heat Submission · Dark End · ss 256 · The Best and Greatest Story Ever · Mog Moogle · ss 261 · Self-Insertion · Jaden Drackus · ss 271 · The Best and Greatest Sequel: Pron Harder Damnit!, by Some Guy Who Is Definitely Not the Main Character · [uncredited] · ss 275 · Jokes · Fred Patten · hu 282 · Recommended Reading · Fred Patten · bi 288 · Letter from the Illustrators · Tabsley & Jeqon · lt 291 · Credits · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Western Stories of Lewis B. Patten by Lewis B. Patten (Southern Illinois University Press, September 1987, 0-8093-1358-8, xvii+162pp, hc, co) [edited by Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg] ix · The Tall Quiet Man · Robert E. Briney · in 1 · Too Good with a Gun · Lewis B. Patten · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1950 10 · Massacre at Cottonwood Springs · Lewis B. Patten · ss Mammoth Western May 1950 17 · Dobbs Ferry · Lewis B. Patten · ss Frontier Stories Fall 1950, as “Payoff in Steel!” 27 · High-Carded · Lewis B. Patten · ss Western Short Stories November 1950, as “Fast-Draw Feud” 35 · Nester Kid · Lewis B. Patten · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine December 1950 44 · Payday · Lewis B. Patten · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine June 1951 54 · The Rough String · Lewis B. Patten · ss Fifteen Western Tales February 1951 63 · The Winter of His Life · Lewis B. Patten · ss The Colorado Quarterly 1953 71 · They Called Him a Killer · Lewis B. Patten · na Complete Western Book Magazine September 1955 135 · Hell-Bent · Lewis B. Patten · nv Best Western March 1956 159 · Bibliography of Western Publications by Lewis B. Patten · [uncredited] · bi

Blood on the Grass: A Western Duo by Lewis B. Patten (Five Star, May 2002, hc, co)     Details supplied by Todd Mason. · Sharpshod · Lewis B. Patten · na West May 1953 · Blood on the Grass · Lewis B. Patten · na Giant Western April 1953, as by Lewis Ford

Great Short Stories Volume 1: Detective Stories ed. William Patten (Collier, 1906, 430pp, hc, an) 5 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 45 · The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Snowden’s Lady’s Companion November 1842 (+2) 99 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 121 · The Sign of the Four [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · na Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine February 1890 237 · A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine July 1891 265 · The Doctor, His Wife, and the Clock [Ebenezer Gryce; Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · na Putnam, 1895 313 · The Rajah’s Diamond · Robert Louis Stevenson · gp (r) _313 · Story of the Bandbox · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv London August 3 1878 (+2) _337 · Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss London August 31 1878 (+1) _352 · Story of the House with the Green Blinds · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv London September 14 1878 (+3) _382 · The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss London October 26 1878 391 · The Mystery of the Steel Disk · Broughton Brandenburg · nv Metropolitan Magazine April 1905 413 · The Vanished Millionaire [Addington Peace] · B. Fletcher Robinson · ss Home Magazine of Fiction #48, December 1904

Great Short Stories II: Ghost Stories ed. William Patten (P.F. Collier, 1909, 428pp, hc, an)     Volume 2 of a three volume series. 5 · La Morte Amoreuse · Théophile Gautier · nv (r), as “Clarimonde” translated from the French (“La Morte Amoureuse”, Chronique de Paris, June 23 & 26, 1836). 31 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 45 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885 69 · The Roll-Call of the Reef · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Idler June 1895, as by Q 89 · The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865 revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story. 121 · 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). 145 · Green Branches · Fiona Macleod · nv The Sin-Eater by Fiona Macleod, Patrick Geddes, 1895 161 · A Bewitched Ship · W. Clark Russell · ss 1884 175 · The Signal Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 191 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 221 · Our Last Walk · Hugh Conway · nv Bound Together, Vol. II by Hugh Conway, Remington & Co., 1884 245 · Thrawn Janet · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1881, as by R. L. S. 259 · A Christmas Carol [Christmas Carol] · Charles Dickens · na Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843 341 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon 359 · The Mysterious Sketch · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss Strange Stories by Erckmann-Chatrian, Appleton, 1880 translated from the French (“L’esquisse mystérieuse”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860). 379 · Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine December 1834, uncredited. 395 · The White Old Maid · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine July 1835, as “The Old Maid in the Winding-Sheet” by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 409 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824

Great Short Stories III: Romance & Adventure ed. William Patten (P.F. Collier, 1909, 444pp, hc, an)     Volume 3 of a three volume series. 5 · The Attack on the Mill · Emile Zola · nv Romance November 1891 translated from the French (“L’Attaque du moulin”, Les Soirées de Médan, 1880). 45 · The Venus of Ille · Prosper Merimee · nv (r) translated from the French (“La Vénus d’Ille”, La Revue des Deux Mondes, May 1837). 77 · The Pavilion on the Links · Robert Louis Stevenson · na The Cornhill Magazine September 1880 (+1), as by R. L. S. 135 · The Prisoners · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Strand Magazine September 1892 translated from the French (“Les Prisonniers”, 1884). 149 · The Siege of Berlin · Alphonse Daudet · ss (r) translated from the French. 159 · The Man Who Would Be King · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales by Rudyard Kipling, Wheeler, 1888 199 · The Black Pearl · Victorien Sardou · nv Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science September 1872 translated from the French (“La Perle Noire”, 1862). 233 · The Prisoner of Assiout · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Magazine August 1891 245 · The Smugglers of the Clone · S. R. Crockett · ss The Idler September 1895 257 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honore de Balzac · ss (r) translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831). 271 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. 291 · The Capture of Bill Sikes · Charles Dickens · ex from Oliver Twist, Richard Bentley, 1838 321 · The Postmistress of Laurel Run · Bret Harte · ss The Strand Magazine September 1891 341 · The Captain’s Vices · Francois Coppee; translated by Walter Learned · ss Ten Tales by François Coppée, tr. Walter Learned, Harper, 1890 355 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” 389 · Zodomirsky’s Duel · Alexandre Dumas · ss The Strand Magazine June 1892 translated from the French (“Marianna”, Herminie and Marianna, Méline, Cans et Cie., 1859). 405 · The Courting of T’Nowhead’s Bell · James Matthew Barrie · ss Auld Licht Idylls by J. M. Barrie, Hodder & Stoughton, 1888 427 · The Rynard Gold Reef Company, Ltd. · Sir Walter Besant · ss The Strand Magazine June 1891

The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 ed. James Patterson (Mariner, October 6, 2015, 978-0-544-52675-4, $14.95, xv+413pp, tp, an)     A hardcover edition (-63874-7) was announced but not seen. ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw xiii · Introduction · James Patterson · in 1 · The Snow Angel [Dylan LaCrosse] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2014 34 · Cowboy Justice · Andrew Bourelle · ss Law and Disorder ed. Amy Locklin, Main Street Rag, 2013 50 · Rosalee Carrasco · Tomiko M. Breland · ss Ploughshares Winter 2014/2015 61 · Wet with Rain · Lee Child · ss Belfast Noir ed. Adrian McKinty & Stuart Neville, Akashic Books, 2014 73 · Red Eye [Patrick Kenzie & Angela Gennaro; Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch] · Michael Connelly & Dennis Lehane · nv FaceOff ed. David Baldacci, Simon & Schuster, 2014 93 · Harm and Hammer · Joseph D’Agnese · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2014 109 · Adventure of the Laughing Fisherman · Jeffery Deaver · nv In the Company of Sherlock Holmes ed. Laurie R. King & Leslie S. Klinger, Pegasus Books, 2014 134 · Crush Depth · Brendan DuBois · ss Ice Cold ed. Jeffery Deaver & Raymond Benson, Grand Central Publishing, 2014 148 · Molly’s Plan · John M. Floyd · ss The Strand Magazine #43, June/September 2014 162 · A Bottle of Scotch and a Sharp Buck Knife · Scott Grand · ss Thuglit #11, May/June 2014 176 · Shared Room on Union · Steven Heighton · ss The Dead Are More Visible by Steven Heighton, Knopf Canada, 2012 191 · Afterlife of a Stolen Child · Janette Turner Hospital · nv Georgia Review Fall 2014 215 · Apocrypha · Richard Lange · ss Bull: Men’s Fiction #4, 2014 233 · Staircase to the Moon · Theresa E. Lehr · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 2014 264 · A Man Looking for Trouble · Lee Martin · nv Glimmer Train #90, Spring/Summer 2014 291 · Many Dogs Have Died Here · James Mathews · nv Iron Horse Literary Review v16 #3, 2014 314 · Motherlode · Thomas McGuane · ss The New Yorker September 8 2014 332 · A Kidnapping in Koulèv-Ville · Kyle Minor · ss The Normal School Spring 2014 349 · The Home at Craigmillnar · Joyce Carol Oates · nv The Kenyon Review Winter 2014 373 · The Shot · Eric Rutter · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 2014 397 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 412 · Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2014 · [uncredited] · bi

Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night ed. James Patterson (MIRA Books, June 2006, 0-7783-2299-8, $24.95, 477pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 30 stories by members of the International Thriller Writers, Inc. 9 · Introduction · James Patterson · in 13 · James Penney’s New Identity [Jack Reacher] · Lee Child · nv Fresh Blood 3 ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, The Do-Not Press, 1999; revised. 29 · Operation Northwoods [Jack Swyteck] · James Grippando · ss 45 · Epitaph [Phineas Troutt] · J. A. Konrath · ss 57 · The Face in the Window · Heather Graham · ss 75 · Empathy · James Siegel · ss 87 · Kowalski’s in Love [Sigma Force] · James Rollins · ss 105 · The Hunt for Dmitri [Liz Sansborough] · Gayle Lynds · ss 121 · Disfigured · Michael & Daniel Palmer · ss 137 · The Abelard Sanction [Saul Grisman] · David Morrell · ss 151 · Falling [Malcolm Fletcher] · Chris Mooney · ss 167 · Success of a Mission · Dennis Lynds · ss Argosy April 1968, as by William Arden 187 · The Portal · John Lescroart & M. J. Rose · ss 203 · The Double Dealer [Benjamin Weaver] · David Liss · ss 219 · Dirty Weather · Gregg Hurwitz · ss 231 · Spirit Walker [Kier Wintripp] · David Dun · ss 245 · At the Drop of a Hat · Denise Hamilton · ss 261 · The Other Side of the Mirror · Eric Van Lustbader · ss 277 · Man Catch · Christopher Rice · ss 285 · Goodnight, Sweet Mother [Maggie O’Dell] · Alex Kava · ss 299 · Sacrificial Lion [Henry Caulder] · Grant Blackwood · ss 317 · Interlude at Duane’s [Repairman Jack] · F. Paul Wilson · ss 333 · The Powder Monkey [Alex Hawke] · Ted Bell · ss 351 · Surviving Toronto · M. Diane Vogt · ss 367 · Assassins [Nick Neumann] · Christopher Reich · ss 375 · The Athens Solution · Brad Thor · ss 391 · Diplomatic Constraints [Stella] · Raelynn Hillhouse · ss 407 · Kill Zone · Robert Liparulo · ss 415 · The Devils’ Due [Cotton Malone] · Steve Berry · ss 431 · The Tuesday Club [Benjamin Franklin] · Katherine Neville · nv 455 · Gone Fishing [Douglas D’Agosta] · Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child · ss 471 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Mysterious Air Stories ed. William Pattrick (W.H. Allen, May 1986, 0-491-03581-0, £9.95, 249pp, hc, an)     Anthology of suspense and fantasy stories of the air. 7 · Introduction · William Pattrick · in 11 · A Tale of Terror · Thomas Hood · vi The London Magazine 1821 17 · A Drama in the Air · Jules Verne; translated by George M. Towle · ss Doctor Ox, and Other Stories by Jules Verne, tr. George M. Towle, Osgood, 1874 translated from the French (“Un Voyage en Ballon”, Musée des Familles, August 1851). 39 · Up a Gum Tree · George Griffith · ss Short Stories February 10 1894 55 · The Argonauts of the Air · H. G. Wells · ss Phil May’s Annual #5, Winter 1895 71 · The Horror of the Heights · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine November 1913 89 · The Secret of the New British Aeroplane · William Le Queux · nv Spies of the Kaiser by William Le Queux, Hurst, 1909 111 · A Reprisal Raid [Tam o’ the Scoots] · Edgar Wallace · ss Everybody’s Magazine June 1918 127 · Hot Air · Negley Farson · ss Adventure May 15 1931 139 · The Demon Diver · Arch Whitehouse · ss Air Stories 155 · Anniversary · Clarence Winchester · ss The Story-teller March 1932 163 · 5,000 Enemy Planes Over London · Stephen Graham · ss The Daily Express 1935 173 · The Conversion of Johnny · Captain W. E. Johns · ss Sky Fever by W. E. Johns, Latimer House, 1953 183 · Gremlins · W. E. Woosnam-Jones · ss The Spectator January 1 1943 191 · Sergeant Carmichael · H. E. Bates · ss There’s Something in the Air by Flying Officer X, Knopf, 1943, as by Flying Officer X 207 · The Voice in the Earphones · Wilbur Schramm · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 29 1947 219 · Nightmare at 20,000 Feet · Richard Matheson · ss Alone by Night ed. Michael & Don Congdon, Ballantine, 1962 239 · Cassidy’s Saucer · Edward D. Hoch · ss Flying Saucers in Fact and Fiction ed. Hans Stefan Santesson, Lancer, 1968

Mysterious Motoring Stories ed. William Pattrick (W.H. Allen, February 1987, 0-491-03643-4, £10.95, 224pp, hc, an)     Anthology of supernatural stories about cars. Reprinted (Star 1987) as Duel and Other Horror Stories of the Road. 7 · Introduction · William Pattrick · in 11 · The Car with the Green Lights [Dr. Villiers Beetham-Saunders] · William Le Queux · ss The Premier Magazine #22, February 1916 29 · The Dust-Cloud · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1906 43 · How It Happened · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1913 49 · The Last Trip · Archie Binns · ss Weird Tales August 1925 59 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941 69 · Jay Walkers · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. Russell Wakefield, Herbert Jenkins, 1940 83 · The Ghost of the Model T · Betsy Emmons · ss Weird Tales November 1942 91 · The Ghost Car · Ken Batten · ss Ghost Stories October 1928 109 · New Corner · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Mystery Stories #20, 1939 123 · “Just Like Wild Bob” · William F. Nolan · ss Connoisseur’s World June 1964 133 · Auto Suggestion · Charles Beaumont · ss Gamma #5, September 1965 149 · Duel · Richard Matheson · nv Playboy April 1971 175 · Second Chance · Jack Finney · nv Good Housekeeping April 1956 193 · Trucks · Stephen King · ss Cavalier June 1973 211 · The Hitch-Hiker · Roald Dahl · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1977

Mysterious Railway Stories ed. William Pattrick (W.H. Allen, January 12, 1984, 0-491-03112-2, 255pp, hc, an)     Anthology of thirteen railway related ghost and mystery stories. Also available in pb (London: Star 1985). 7 · Introduction · William Pattrick · in 9 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866; given as by Amelia B. Edwards & Charles Dickens. 39 · My Adventure in the Flying Scotsman · Eden Phillpotts · nv 1888 65 · The Lost Special · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1898, as “The Story of the Lost Special” 85 · The Tragedy on the London and Mid-Northern [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine August 1905 101 · The Cloud-Bursters [Calvin Sprague] · Francis Lynde · nv The Popular Magazine September 1 1912 (+1) 145 · The Ghost Train · Arnold Ridley & Ruth Alexander · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June/July 1926, as by Arnold Ridley 161 · The Girl in the Train · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine February 1924 183 · The Fisherman’s Special · H. L. Thomson · ss Weird Tales August 1939; given as by Hal Thomson. 191 · Swamp Train · Harry Walton · ss Unknown January 1940 207 · The Level Crossing · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Cornhill Magazine November 1933 223 · The Man on B-17 · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1950, as by Stephen Grendon 231 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 249 · The Last Train · Fredric Brown · ss Weird Tales January 1950

Mysterious Sea Stories ed. William Pattrick (W.H. Allen, January 1985, 0-491-03114-9, £9.95, 247pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 14 sea fantasies. American edition: Salem House 1985. 1 · Introduction · William Pattrick · in 5 · Ms. Found in a Bottle · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Baltimore Saturday Visitor October 19 1833 19 · The Legend of the Bell Rock · Captain Frederick Marryat · ss 1836 31 · Hood’s Isle and the Hermit Oberlus · Herman Melville · ss Putnam’s Monthly May 1854 43 · A Bewitched Ship · W. Clark Russell · ss 1884 57 · J. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Cornhill Magazine January 1884, uncredited. 91 · The Benevolent Ghost and Captain Lowrie · Richard Sale · nv Argosy March 9 1940, as “Till Doomsday” 113 · Make Westing · Jack London · ss The Pall Mall Magazine April 1908 123 · The Black Mate · Joseph Conrad · nv The London Magazine April 1908 153 · A Matter of Fact · Rudyard Kipling · ss The People January 24 1892 169 · The Finding of the Graiken [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine February 15 1913 193 · Davy Jones’s Gift · John Masefield · ss Country Life November 11 1905 199 · In the Abyss · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1896 217 · Undersea Guardians · Ray Bradbury · ss Amazing Stories December 1944 235 · The Turning of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936

Jack Be Quick and Other Crime Stories by Barbara Paul (Five Star US, June 1999, 0-7862-1919-X, $20.95, 219pp, hc, co)     Collection of nine stories. 5 · Introduction · Barbara Paul · in 1999 9 · Okay, Diogenes, You Can Stop Looking—We Found Him · Barbara Paul · nv Murder Most Delicious ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1995 39 · Scat · Barbara Paul · nv Cat Crimes ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1991 76 · French Asparagus · Barbara Paul · ss Murderous Intent Fall 1996 91 · The Favor · Barbara Paul · ss Mystery Monthly July 1976 101 · Portrait of the Artist as a Young Corpse [Enrico Caruso] · Barbara Paul · ss Crime Through Time ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley, 1997 122 · Stet · Barbara Paul · ss Brought to Book ed. Penny Sumner, The Women's Press, 1998 143 · Ho, Ho, Ho · Barbara Paul · ss Santa Clues ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Signet, 1993 153 · Play Nice · Barbara Paul · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1994 180 · Jack Be Quick · Barbara Paul · nv Solved ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf, 1991

Jack Be Quick and Other Crime Stories by Barbara Paul (Five Star US, June 1999, 0-7862-1919-X, $20.95, 219pp, hc, co)     Collection of nine stories. 5 · Introduction · Barbara Paul · in 9 · Okay, Diogenes, You Can Stop Looking—We Found Him · Barbara Paul · nv Murder Most Delicious ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1995 39 · Scat · Barbara Paul · nv Cat Crimes ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1991 76 · French Asparagus · Barbara Paul · ss Murderous Intent Fall 1996 91 · The Favor · Barbara Paul · ss Mystery Monthly July 1976 101 · Portrait of the Artist as a Young Corpse [Enrico Caruso] · Barbara Paul · ss Crime Through Time ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley, 1997 122 · Stet · Barbara Paul · ss Brought to Book ed. Penny Sumner, The Women's Press, 1998 143 · Ho, Ho, Ho · Barbara Paul · ss Santa Clues ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Signet, 1993 153 · Play Nice · Barbara Paul · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1994 180 · Jack Be Quick · Barbara Paul · nv Solved ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf, 1991

Kansas City Noir ed. Steve Paul (Akashic Books, 2012, 978-1-61775-128-8, $15.95, 218pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]     Fourteen original stories set in Kansas City. 11 · Papa’s Blues · ed. Steve Paul · in 15 · Part I: Heartland 17 · Missing Gene · J. Malcolm Garcia · ss; set on Troost Lake. 35 · Cat in a Box · Kevin Prufer · ss; set in Country Club Plaza. 51 · Mission Hills Confidential · Grace Suh · ss; set in Mission Hills. 65 · Come Murder Me Next, Babe · Daniel Woodrell · ss; set on 12th Street. 71 · The Softest Crime · Matthew Eck · ss; set at 41st and Walnut. 85 · You Shouldn’t Be Here · Philip Stephens · ss; set in Midtown. 107 · Part II: Crazy Little Women 109 · The Incident · Catherine Browder · ss; set in the Northeast. 125 · The Good Neighbor · Linda Rodriguez · ss; set in South Troost. 138 · Thelma and Laverne · John Lutz · ss; set on West 8th Street. 151 · Lightbulb · Nancy Pickard · ss; set in the Paseo. 167 · Part III: Smoke & Mirrors 169 · Yesterdays · Andrés Rodríguez · ss; set in Milton’s Tap Room. 180 · Last Night at the Rialto · Mitch Brian · ss; set in the Celluloid City. 192 · Charlie Price’s Last Supper · Nadia Pflaum · ss; set at 18th and Vine. 210 · The Pendergast Musket · Phong Nguyen · ss; set in West Bottoms. 220 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Wandering Weeds: Tales of Rabid Vegetation ed. Frances Pauli & Jaleta Clegg--- see under Jaleta Clegg.

Shadows on the Wall by Steven Paulsen (IFWG Publishing Australia, 2018, 978-1-925496-44-4, 210pp, tp, co, cover by Shaun Tan)     Subtitled “Dark and Weird Stories” on the cover and “Weird Tales of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and the Supernatural” on the title page. Each story is followed (on separate page) by an “Afterword” explaining its background. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Foreword · Isobelle Carmody · fw 3 · Ma Rung · Steven Paulsen · ss Dreaming Down-Under ed. Jack Dann & Janeen Webb, Voyager Australia, 1998 21 · Two Tomorrow · Steven Paulsen · vi Eidolon Spring 1990 25 · Greater Garbo · Steven Paulsen · ss Australian & NZ PC User October 1992 35 · In the Light of the Lamp · Steven Paulsen · ss Terror Australis ed. Leigh Blackmore, Coronet Australia, 1993 51 · Logic Loop · Steven Paulsen · vi Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine #5, Summer 1986/1987 53 · Harold the Hero & the Talking Sword · Steven Paulsen & Jack Dann · nv And Then…The Great Big Book of Awesome Adventure Tales, Vol. 2 ed. Ruth Wykes & Kylie Fox, Clan Destine Press, 2018 93 · Fixed in Time · Steven Paulsen · ss 103 · The Place · Steven Paulsen · vi Terror Australis Autumn 1988 109 · The Wine Cellar · Steven Paulsen · ss 127 · Pest Control · Steven Paulsen · ss Cthulhu: Deep Down Under ed. Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce Stevens, Horror Australis, 2015 137 · Old Wood · Steven Paulsen · ss Terror Australis Winter 1988 151 · The Sorcerer’s Looking Glass · Steven Paulsen · ss Fantastic Worlds ed. Paul Collins, Moonstone Australia, 1998 167 · Christmas Morning · Steven Paulsen · vi Hell’s Bells ed. AHWA Committee, Australian Horror Writers Association, 2016 171 · The Black Diamond of the Elephant God · Steven Paulsen · nv 205 · Publication History · Steven Paulsen · bi

Recipes for Crime by Jenny Pausacker & Kerry Greenwood--- see under Kerry Greenwood.

The Architecture of Fear ed. Peter D. Pautz & Kathryn Cramer--- see under Kathryn Cramer.

Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword and Sorceress XXI ed. Diana L. Paxson (DAW, November 2004, 0-7564-0195-X, $6.99, 308pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 23 fantasy stories. Paxson’s introduction discusses taking over Bradley’s series. Authors include Rosemary Edghill, Esther M. Friesner, and Naomi Kritzer. Copyrighted by the Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust. · Love Potion No. 8 1/2 · Marilyn A. Racette · ss · Necessity and the Mother · Lee Martindale · ss · Child’s Play · Esther M. Friesner · ss · Dawn and Dusk · Dana Kramer-Rolls · ss · Spell of the Sparrow · Jim C. Hines · ss · The Woman’s Place · Susan Urbanek Linville · ss · Kin · Naomi Kritzer · ss · Ursa · Jenn Reese · ss · Red Caramae · Kit Wesler · ss · Parri’s Blade · Cynthia McQuillin · ss · Sun Thief · K. A. Laity · ss · Lostland · Rosemary Edghill · ss · Plowshares · Rebecca Maines · ss · Step by Step · Catherine Soto · ss · Favor of the Goddess · Lynn Morgan Rosser · ss · Rose in Winter · Marie M. Longhin · ss · Kazhe’s Blade · Terry McGarry · ss · The Skin Trade · Heather Rose Jones · ss · Multiple Choice · Leslie Fish · ss GateWay S-F Magazine Spring 2002 · Oulu · Aimee Kratts · ss · A Kind of Redemption · John P. Buentello · ss · Journey’s End [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] · Dorothy J. Heydt · ss · Sword and Sorceress · Jennifer G. Tifft · pm

2012 ed. Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press, March 2008, 978-0-9804841-0-6, A$20.00, viii+118pp, tp, oa, cover by Cat Sparks)     Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein · in 1 · Watertight Lies · Deborah Biancotti · ss 13 · Fleshy · Tansy Rayner Roberts · ss 24 · Oh, Russia · Simon Brown · ss 31 · Soft Viscosity · David Conyers · nv 53 · Apocalypse Rules, OK? · Lucy Sussex · ss 57 · The Last Word · Dirk Flinthart · ss 71 · Ghost Jail · Kaaron Warren · ss 87 · I Love You Like Water · Angela Slatter · ss 98 · Skinsongs · Martin Livings · ss 105 · David Bowie · Ben Peek · ss 111 · Oblivion · Sean McMullen · ss

A Book of Endings by Deborah Biancotti ed. Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein--- see under Deborah Biancotti.

The Pick of the Roundup ed. Stephen Payne (Avon, 1963, pb, oa)     (old WWA #11 / new WWA #12) In 1965, Legends and Tales of the Old West, the 1962 anthology of retold tall tales, was added to the WWA list at position #10 and changed the previous numbering. · The Way of the Old West · S. Omar Barker · pm · The Fort Greer Mules · Bill Burchardt · ss · Mountain Man on a Mule · William R. Cox · ss · The Far Cry · Max Evans · ss · The Promise of the Fruit · Ann Ahlswede · nv · Melody on the Range · John L. Shelley · ss · The Deep Valley · Lucia Moore · ss · Comanche Woman · Fred Grove · ss · They Walked Tall · T. V. Olsen · ss · Uncle Jeff and the Gunfighter · Elmer Kelton · ss · Beat the Drums Slowly · Richard Wormser · ss

Various Temptations ed. Thomas Payne (Avon Books, 1955, T-109, 35¢, 192pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Various Temptations · William Sansom · ss Cosmopolitan March 1948, as “The Intruder” 23 · The Girls of Tongatabu · John Langdon · ss Story #110, November/December 1944 30 · The Indian Feather · Thomas Mabry · nv The Sewanee Review Autumn 1952 51 · Stuffed Shirt · Robert Standish · ss Private Enterprise, and Other Stories by Robert Standish, Peter Davies, 1954; c. by D. G. Gerahty. 66 · The Flamingos · Frederic Prokosch · pm Harper’s Magazine August 1933 75 · Tangier · Truman Capote · ar Local Color, Random House, 1950 83 · Search Through the Streets of the City · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 2 1941 91 · The Pale Virgins Shrouded in Snow · John Heffron Porter · ss Partisan Review January/February 1952; given as by John Heffrom Porter in the Table of Contents. 101 · The Great Linda · Herman Wouk · ss Today’s Woman June 1952 114 · Boy for Tea · Ward Greene · ss The American Mercury June 1930 123 · The Dare · Budd Schulberg · ss Esquire May 1949 138 · Monday Morning · Evelyn Shefner · ss The Hudson Review Winter 1955 151 · The Language of Men · Norman Mailer · ss Esquire April 1953 162 · Flesh and the Devil · Peter De Vries · ss The New Yorker December 16 1950 168 · The Crapshooter · John Steinbeck · ar New York Herald Tribune August 12 1943, as “Steinbeck Tells Dice Game Epic with a Mulligan Denouement” 172 · An Episode at the Honeypot [unnamed inspector] · Mark Van Doren · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952 178 · The Patented Gate and the Mean Hamburger · Robert Penn Warren · ss Mademoiselle January 1947 191 · Notes on the Authors · Clark Kinnaird · ms

Mondo Elvis ed. Richard Peabody & Lucinda Ebersole--- see under Lucinda Ebersole.

Mondo Marilyn ed. Richard Peabody & Lucinda Ebersole--- see under Lucinda Ebersole.

Boy in Darkness and Other Stories by Mervyn Peake (Peter Owen, January 2008, 978-0-7206-1306-3, £9.95, 143pp, tp, co, cover by Mervyn Peake) [edited by Sebastian Peake]     Collection of 6 stories, including the title novella about “Titus Groan”, and a range of illustrations. 7 · Foreword · Joanne Harris · fw 11 · Preface · Sebastian Peake · pr 14 · [illustrations] · Various · pi (r) 17 · Foreword to Boy in Darkness · Maeve Gilmore · fw 1976 23 · Boy in Darkness [Gormenghast] · Mervyn Peake · na Sometime, Never, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956 95 · The Weird Journey · Mervyn Peake · ss 1948 original in Harvest, Volume 1: Travel (ed. Vincent Stuart, Castle Press). 103 · I Bought a Palm-tree · Mervyn Peake · ss 1978 first published “in a corrected version” in Peake’s Progress (Allen Lane). 111 · The Connoisseurs · Mervyn Peake · ss Lilliput January 1950 117 · Danse Macabre · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #61, 1963 131 · Same Time, Same Place · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #60, 1963

Boy in Darkness and Other Stories by Mervyn Peake ed. Sebastian Peake--- see under Mervyn Peake.

Familiar and Haunting by Philippa Pearce (HarperCollins/Greenwillow, May 2002, 0-06-623964-8, $16.95, 388pp, hc, co)     Young-adult collection/omnibus of 37 stories, about 20 supernatural. Most of the stories were previously collected in the US as What the Neighbors Did and Other Stories (1973), The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural (1977), and Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories (1987). Eight additional stories were published in the UK as collection The Rope and Other Stories (Puffin UK 2000). · The Rope · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · Early Transparent · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · The Fir Cone · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · Nutmeg · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · Bluebag · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · The Nest Egg · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · Inside Her Head · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · What Neighbors Did · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · Black Eyes · Philippa Pearce · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1981 · In the Middle of the Night · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · The Tree in the Meadow · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · Fresh · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · Who’s Afraid? · Philippa Pearce · ss Hundreds and Hundreds ed. Peter Dickinson, Puffin, 1984 · Still Jim and Silent Jim · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · The Great Blueberry Pick · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · Lucky Boy · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · Return to Air · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · The Shadow-Cage · Philippa Pearce · nv The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 · Miss Mountain · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 · Guess · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 · At the River-Gates · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 · Her Father’s Attic · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · The Running-Companion · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 · Beckoned · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 · The Dear Little Man with His Hands in His Pockets · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · The Dog Got Them · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 · Mrs. Chamberlain’s Reunion · Philippa Pearce · ss (r) · The Strange Illness of Mr. Arthur Cook · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 · A Christmas Pudding Improves with Keeping · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986 · Samantha and the Ghost · Philippa Pearce · ss 1981 · A Prince in Another Place · Philippa Pearce · ss They Wait, and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1983 · The Road It Went By · Philippa Pearce · ss Outsiders ed. Bryant Newman, Collins, 1985 · Auntie · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986 · His Loving Sister · Philippa Pearce · ss Ghost After Ghost ed. Aidan Chambers, Kestrel, 1982 · Mr. Hurrel’s Tallboy · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986 · The Hirn · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986 · The Yellow Ball · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986

Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce (Viking Kestrel, October 1986, 0-670-80907-1, £6.50, 120pp, hc, co)     Young adult ghost/horror collection. 1 · A Christmas Pudding Improves with Keeping · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986 11 · Samantha and the Ghost · Philippa Pearce · ss 1981 22 · A Prince in Another Place · Philippa Pearce · ss They Wait, and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1983 34 · Black Eyes · Philippa Pearce · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1981 46 · The Road It Went By · Philippa Pearce · ss Outsiders ed. Bryant Newman, Collins, 1985 59 · Auntie · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986 70 · His Loving Sister · Philippa Pearce · ss Ghost After Ghost ed. Aidan Chambers, Kestrel, 1982 79 · Who’s Afraid? · Philippa Pearce · ss Hundreds and Hundreds ed. Peter Dickinson, Puffin, 1984 85 · Mr. Hurrel’s Tallboy · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986 96 · The Hirn · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986 108 · The Yellow Ball · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986

Dread and Delight: A Century of Children’s Ghost Stories ed. Philippa Pearce (Oxford University Press, October 19, 1995, 0-19-212605-9, £17.99, xx+348pp, hc, an, cover by Frederick Smallfield)     Young-adult anthology of 40 ghost stories, several original, plus a critical introduction and lengthy background notes on the stories and their authors. ix · Introduction · Philippa Pearce · in 1 · A School Story · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1911 7 · Out of the Sea · A. C. Benson · nv The Isles of Sunset by Arthur Christopher Benson, Isbister, 1905 18 · Manfred’s Three Wishes · H. F. W. Tatham · ss The Footprints in the Snow by H. F. W. Tatham, Macmillan, 1910 23 · The Light in the Dormitory · William J. Wintle · ss Ghost Gleams by W. J. Wintle, Heath Cranton, 1921 32 · Miss Jemima · Walter de la Mare · nv Joy Street Number 1, Blackwell, 1923 52 · Johnny Double · Arthur Machen · ss The Treasure Cave ed. Cynthia Asquith, Jarrolds, 1928 58 · Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep · Eleanor Farjeon · ss The Treasure Cave ed. Cynthia Asquith, Jarrolds, 1928 70 · The Tiger-Skin Rug · Lucy Boston · ss; written in 1933. 84 · Elisabeth the Cow Ghost · William Pène du Bois · ss 1936 87 · Georgie · Robert Bright · vi 1944 89 · All in the Night’s Work · David Severn · ss Junior #4, 1947 96 · Richard · Christopher Woodforde · ss A Pad in the Straw by Christopher Woodforde, Dent, 1952 102 · The Wee Ghostie · Alison Uttley · ss The Little Knife Who Did All The Work, Faber and Faber, 1962 106 · The Haunted Trailer · Robert Arthur · nv Weird Tales January 1942, as “Death Thumbs a Ride” 122 · The House That Lacked a Bogle · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964 128 · The January Queen · Pamela Ropner · ss Winter’s Tales for Children 2 ed. Caroline Hiller, Macmillan, 1966 138 · Brownie · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Third Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1970 151 · The Ghost of Top Wood · Michael Kenyon · ss Allsorts 7 ed. Ann Thwaite, Methuen Children's Books, 1975 155 · The Old White Ghost and the Old Grey Granddad · Dorothy Edwards · ss The Magician Who Kept a Pub by Dorothy Edwards, Kestrel, 1975 159 · Looking for a Ghost · Margaret Mahy · ss The Second Margaret Mahy Story Book by Margaret Mahy, Dent, 1975 164 · At the River-Gates · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 170 · Somebody Lives in the Nobody House · Ruth Park · ss Spooks and Spirits ed. Margaret Hamilton, Hodder & Stoughton, 1978 180 · The Ghostly Goat of Glaramara [Cthulhu] · J. S. Leatherbarrow · ss Berrow’s Worcester Journal December 27 1979, as “The Silvery Tinkle of a Bell” 188 · She Was Afraid of Upstairs · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill (var. 1) by Joan Aiken, Delacorte, 1980 195 · The Extinguished Lights · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Irene Lieblich · ss The Power of Light by Isaac Bashevis Singer, tr. Irene Lieblich, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980 200 · Who’s a Pretty Boy, Then? · Jan Mark · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1981 208 · Uninvited Ghosts · Penelope Lively · ss Frank and Polly Muir’s Big Dipper, Heinemann, 1981 213 · The Bride · Farrukh Dhundy · ss Trip Trap by Farrukh Dhundy, Gollancz, 1982 223 · Ivor · George Mackay Brown · ss Shades of Dark ed. Aidan Chambers, Patrick Hardy, 1984 233 · Siren Song · Vivien Alcock · ss Ghostly Companions by Vivien Alcock, Methuen, 1984 237 · The Tower · Aidan Chambers · ss A Quiver of Ghosts ed. Aidan Chambers, The Bodley Head, 1987 251 · The Guitarist · Grace Hallworth · vi 1984 253 · A Grave Misunderstanding · Leon Garfield · vi Guardian Angels ed. Stephanie Nettell, Viking Kestrel, 1987 255 · Ghost Trouble · Ruskin Bond · ss Julia MacRae Books, 1989 265 · Spirits of the Railway · Paul Yee · ss Tales from Gold Mountain by Paul Yee, Groundwood Books, 1987 269 · Many Happy Returns! · Barbara Griffiths · ss Frankenstein’s Hamster by Barbara Griffiths, ABC, 1990 275 · The Beach · Robert Westall · ss; written circa 1990-1. 285 · Across the Fields · Susan Price · nv Haunting Christmas Tales, Scholastic UK, 1991 301 · The Clearing · Tim Wynne-Jones · ss Some of the Kinder Planets by Tim Wynne-Jones, Groundwood Books, 1993 312 · The Burning Baby · John Gordon · nv The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992 325 · Biographical Notes · ms 346 · Publisher’s Acknowledgements · ms