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The Open Door and Other Stories of the Seen & Unseen by Margaret Oliphant (The British Library, June 24, 2021, 978-0-7123-5354-0, £14.99, 320pp, hc, co) [British Library Gilded Nightmares] [edited by Mike Ashley]

vii · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in

1 · The Secret Chamber · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine December 1876

35 · Earthbound · Margaret Oliphant · nv Fraser’s Magazine January 1880

75 · The Open Door · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #795, January 1882, uncredited.

121 · The Portrait · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1885, uncredited.

165 · Dies Iræ · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood, 1895

193 · The Library Window · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1896

239 · Story Sources · Mike Ashley · ms

Stories of the Seen and Unseen by Margaret O. W. Oliphant (Roberts Bros., 1889, 123+190+134+164pp, hc, co)

· A Little Pilgrim · Margaret Oliphant · co Macmillan, 1882

5 · In the Unseen · Margaret Oliphant · na Macmillan’s Magazine May 1882, as “A Little Pilgrim in the Unseen”

65 · The Little Pilgrim Goes Up Higher · Margaret Oliphant · na Macmillan’s Magazine September 1882

· The Little Pilgrim: Further Experiences · Mrs. Oliphant · co Roberts Brothers, 1889

7 · The Little Pilgrim in the Seen and Unseen · Margaret Oliphant · nv The Scottish Church July 1885

46 · On the Dark Mountains · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine November 1888

93 · The Land of Darkness · Margaret Oliphant · na Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1887

5 · Old Lady Mary · Margaret Oliphant · n. Roberts Brothers, 1884; subtitled “A Story of the Seen and the Unseen”.

3 · The Open Door and the Portrait · Margaret Oliphant · co Roberts Brothers, 1885

5 · The Open Door · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #795, January 1882, uncredited.

89 · The Portrait · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1885, uncredited.

Another Kind by Chad Oliver (Ballantine, 1955, H-113, $2.00, 170pp, hc, co, cover by Richard Powers)

1 · The Mother of Necessity · Chad Oliver · ss

15 · Rite of Passage · Chad Oliver · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1954

60 · Scientific Method · Chad Oliver · ss Science-Fiction Plus August 1953, as “Hands Across Space”

74 · Night · Chad Oliver · ss If March 1955

92 · Transformer · Chad Oliver · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1954

107 · Artifact · Chad Oliver · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1955

130 · A Star Above It · Chad Oliver · nv

The Edge of Forever: Classic Anthropological Science Fiction by Chad Oliver (Sherbourne Press, 1971, 0-8202-0052-2, $7.50, 305pp, hc, co)

11 · The Worlds of Chad Oliver: A Biographical Introduction · William F. Nolan · in

33 · Transfusion · Chad Oliver · nv Astounding Science Fiction June 1959

87 · A Friend to Man · Chad Oliver · nv Universe Science Fiction #4, March 1954, as “Let Me Live in a House”

122 · Field Expedient · Chad Oliver · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1955

177 · The Ant and the Eye · Chad Oliver · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1953

229 · First to the Stars · Chad Oliver · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1952, as “Stardust”

277 · Didn’t He Ramble · Chad Oliver · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1957

294 · Afterthoughts · Chad Oliver · aw

301 · Chad Oliver’s Collected Science Fiction: A Basic Checklist · William F. Nolan · bi

Children of Epiphany by Frances Oliver (Ash-Tree Press, April 2004, 978-1-55310-067-6, C$21.00, viii+176pp, tp, n., cover by Keith Minnion)
Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1983) novel. A world-wide edition available in the US for $29.00 and in the UK for £13.00.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

vii · Introduction · Frances Oliver · in

Dancing on Air by Frances Oliver (Ash-Tree Press, April 9, 2004, 1-55310-066-2, C$58.00, xi+155pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe)
The ten stories collected in Dancing on Air were written over a period of four decades, and while not all of them include ghosts, all of them concern hauntings. Limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $44.00 and in the UK for £27.00.

ix · Introduction · Frances Oliver · in

3 · The Visitors’ Book · Frances Oliver · ss All Hallows #15, June 1997

13 · Cyprian’s Room · Frances Oliver · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1967, as by Monica Sterba

36 · The Black Mare Midnight · Frances Oliver · ss All Hallows #25, October 2000

43 · Prester John · Frances Oliver · ss

57 · The Monster Drawing · Frances Oliver · ss Xenos #32, August 1995

69 · A Walk in the Forest · Frances Oliver · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1964, as by Monica Sterba

89 · The Man in the Blue Mercedes · Frances Oliver · nv Shadows and Silence ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2000

110 · The Dinosaurs · Frances Oliver · ss The Antioch Review Winter 1995

122 · The Married Man · Frances Oliver · ss All Hallows #20, February 1999

137 · Dancing on Air · Frances Oliver · ss

155 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi

The Ghosts of Summer by Frances Oliver (Ash-Tree Press, October 2010, 978-1-55310-128-4, C$49.00, vi+154pp, hc, oc, cover by Jason Zerrillo)
This is a limited edition of 350. A world-wide edition available in the US for $49.00 and in the UK for £28.00.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

3 · The Ghosts of Summer · Frances Oliver · n.

131 · The Case of Dr Tisch · Frances Oliver · ss

House of Fear: Nineteen New Stories of Haunted House and Spectral Encounters ed. Jon Oliver (Solaris, October 2011, 978-1-907992-06-3, £7.99, 402+viipp, tp, oa, cover by Luke Preece)
Anthology of 19 original stories; authors include Brenchley, Fowler, Lansdale, Lebbon, Priest, Royle, Tuttle, and Volk.

7 · Introduction · Jonathan Oliver · in

9 · Objects in Dreams May Be Closer Than They Appear · Lisa Tuttle · ss

28 · Pied-á-terre · Stephen Volk · nv

49 · In the Absence of Murdock · Terry Lamsley · ss

68 · Florrie · L. G. Nevill · ss

85 · Driving the Milky Way · Weston Ochse · nv

107 · The Windmill · Rebecca Levene · ss

122 · Moretta · Garry Kilworth · ss

136 · Hortus Conclusus · Chaz Brenchley · ss

151 · The Dark Space in the House in the Garden at the Centre of the World · Robert Shearman · ss

170 · The Muse of Copenhagen · Nina Allan · nv

197 · An Injustice · Christopher Fowler · ss

213 · The Room Upstairs · Sarah Pinborough · nv

242 · Villanova · Paul Meloy · nv

263 · Widow’s Weeds · Christopher Priest · nv

287 · The Doll’s House · Jonathan Green · nv

316 · Inside Out · Nicholas Royle · ss

332 · The House · Eric Brown · nv

353 · Trick of the Light · Tim Lebbon · ss

369 · What Happened to Me · Joe R. Lansdale · nv

403 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Dangerous Games: An Anthology of Original Short Stories ed. Jonathan Oliver (Solaris, December 4, 2014, 978-1-78108-265-2, £7.99, 307pp, tp, oa, cover by Nicolas Delort)
Original anthology of 18 stories involving games. Authors include Yoon Ha Lee, Melanie Tem, and Pat Cadigan.

9 · Introduction · Jonathan Oliver · in

13 · Big Man · Chuck Wendig · ss

29 · The Yellow Door · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss

45 · Die · Lavie Tidhar · ss

55 · Chrysalises · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss

71 · South Mountain · Paul Kearney · ss

89 · The Game Changer · Libby McGugan · ss

109 · Distinguishing Characteristics · Yoon Ha Lee · ss

125 · Captain Zzapp!!!—Space Hero from 3000 AD · Gary Northfeld · cs

133 · Death Pool · Melanie Tem · ss

145 · The Bone Man’s Bride · Hillary Monahan · ss

163 · Honourable Mention · Tade Thompson · ss

183 · Loser · Rebecca Levene · ss

197 · Two Sit Down, One Stands Up · Ivo Stourton · ss

211 · Ready or Not · Gary McMahon · ss

227 · The Monogamy of Wild Beasts · Robert Shearman · ss

245 · The Stranger Cards · Nik Vincent · ss

263 · All Things Fall Apart and Are Built Again · Helen Marshall · ss

281 · Lefty Plays Bridge · Pat Cadigan · nv

303 · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

The End of the Line: New Horror Stories Set On and Around the Underground, the Subway, the Metro and Other Places Deep Below ed. Jonathan Oliver (Solaris, November 1, 2010, 978-1-907519-32-1, £7.99, viii+374pp, tp, oa)
Anthology of 19 original horror stories. Authors include Jasper Bark, Pat Cadigan, Ramsey Campbell, Christopher Fowler, Joel Lane, James Lovegrove, Mark Morris, Nicholas Royle, and Michael Marshall Smith.

7 · Introduction · Jonathan Oliver · in

9 · Bullroarer · Paul Meloy · nv

33 · The Girl in the Glass · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

51 · The Lure · Nicholas Royle · nv

73 · 23:45 Morden (via Bank) · Rebecca Levene · ss

93 · End of the Line · Jasper Bark · ss

111 · The Sons of the City · Simon Bestwick · nv

135 · The Roses That Bloom Underground · Al Ewing · ss

151 · Exit Sounds · Conrad Williams · ss

169 · Funny Things · Pat Cadigan · nv

203 · On All London Underground Lines · Adam L. G. Nevill · ss

221 · Fallen Boys · Mark Morris · ss

241 · In the Colosseum · Stephen Volk · ss

261 · The Rounds · Ramsey Campbell · ss

275 · Missed Connection · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Secret City ed. Jo Fletcher & Stephen Jones, Titan, 1997

295 · Siding 13 · James Lovegrove · ss

307 · Diving Deep · Gary McMahon · ss

323 · Crazy Train · Natasha Rhodes · nv

349 · All Dead Years · Joel Lane · ss

361 · Down · Christopher Fowler · ss

End of the Road: An Anthology of Original Short Stories ed. Jonathan Oliver (Solaris, December 5, 2013, 978-1-78108-153-2, £7.99, 242+vpp, tp, oa, cover by Nicolas Delort)
Anthology of 15 original stories. Authors include Whates, Reeve, Nevill, Tidhar, Cho, and McDougall. Simultaneous with the US (Solaris US) edition.

7 · Introduction · Jonathan Oliver · in

11 · We Know Where We’re Goin · Philip Reeve · ss

25 · Fade to Gold · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss

39 · Without a Hitch · Ian Whates · ss

51 · Balik Kamung (Going Back) · Zen Cho · ss

67 · Driver Error · Paul Meloy · ss

81 · Locusts · Lavie Tidhar · ss

91 · The Track · Jay Caselberg · ss

105 · Dagiti Timayap Garda (of the Flying Guardians) · Rochita Loenen-Ruiz · ss

119 · I’m the Lady of Good Times, She Said · Helen Marshall · ss

135 · The Widow · Rio Youers · ss

153 · The Cure · Anil Menon · ss

165 · Through Wylmere Woods · Sophia McDougall · nv

197 · Bingo · S. L. Grey · ss

207 · Peripateia · Vandana Singh · ss

223 · Always in Our Hearts · Adam Nevill · ss

243 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane ed. Jonathan Oliver (Solaris, October 25, 2012, 978-1-78108-053-5, £7.99, 279pp, tp, oa, cover by Nicolas Delort)
Anthology of 15 original stories by authors including Liz Williams, Dan Abnett, Christopher Fowler, Audrey Niffenegger, Storm Constantine, Will Hill, Steve & Melanie Tem.

7 · Introduction · Jonathan Oliver · in

11 · The Wrong Fairy · Audrey Niffenegger · ss

21 · If I Die, Kill My Cat · Sarah Lotz · ss

39 · Shuffle · Will Hill · ss

53 · Domestic Magic · Steve Rasnic & Melanie Tem · ss

69 · Cad Coddeu [Celtic] · Liz Williams · ss

79 · Party Tricks · Dan Abnett · ss

95 · First and Last and Always · Thana Niveau · ss

115 · The Art of Escapology · Alison Littlewood · ss

133 · The Baby · Christopher Fowler · nv

155 · Do as Thou Wilt · Storm Constantine · nv

177 · Bottom Line · Lou Morgan · ss

189 · MailerDaemon · Sophia McDougall · nv

217 · Buttons [Deadly Curiosities] · Gail Z. Martin · nv

239 · Nanny Grey · Gemma Files · ss

253 · Dumb Lucy · Robert Shearman · ss

273 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

World War Cthulhu ed. Jonathan Oliver (Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd, December 18, 2013, 978-0-85744-212-3, $6.99, ebook, oa, cover by Jon Hodgson)
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Jonathan Oliver · in

· The Aklo Intelligence · James Lovegrove · ss

· Nightmares and the Price of Dreams · Sarah Newton · ss

· Reign of Hell · Paul Finch · ss

· The Hunger in the Flames · Rebecca Levene · ss

· Baby-Steps to Oblivion · T. P. Pike · ss

· The Death House · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

· Now I Am Nothing · Simon Bestwick · ss

· The Egyptian · Robin D. Laws · ss

· Strange Bedfellows · Greg Stolze · ss

· From Unquiet Waters · Gaie Sebold · ss

· When I Knew Baseball · Weston Ochse · ss

· The Scottish Patient · Jonathan Green · ss

· The Mouse · Archie Black · ss

· Watchers · Lavie Tidhar · ss

· Afterword · Dominic McDowall · aw

Blind Man’s Box: Some Documents Relating to the History of the Grand Pavilion Theatre, Seabourne by Reggie Oliver (Swan River Press, June 2007, €5.00, 20pp, ph, ss, cover by Meggan Kehrli) [Haunted Histories]
Given as “By the late George Vilier (D. Litt.), transcribed and edited by Reggie Oliver”. Limited to 150 hand-numbered copies. Volume two in the series.
Details taken from publisher website.

The Complete Symphonies of Adolf Hitler & Other Strange Stories by Reggie Oliver (The Haunted River, 2005, £28.50, 432pp, hc, co)

· The Complete Symphonies of Adolf Hitler · Reggie Oliver · ss

· Lapland Nights · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Garden of Strangers · Reggie Oliver · ss

· Among the Tombs · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Skins · Reggie Oliver · ss Weirdly Supernatural #2, 2004

· The Sermons of Dr. Hodnet · Reggie Oliver · ss

· Parma Violets · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Constant Rake · Reggie Oliver · ss

· Bloody Bill · Reggie Oliver · ss

· A Christmas Card · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Time of Blood · Reggie Oliver · ss

· Difficult People · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Babe of the Abyss · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Blue Room · Reggie Oliver · ss

· A Nightmare Sang · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Magus Zoroaster · Reggie Oliver · ss All Hallows #38, February 2005

Madder Mysteries by Reggie Oliver (Ex Occidente Press, February 2009, 976-073-8946-46-9, 256pp, hc, co)

· Introduction · Reggie Oliver · in

· Stories

· Baskerville’s Midgets · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Wig: A Monologue for an Actor · Reggie Oliver · ss

· Tawny · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Head · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Devil’s Funeral · Reggie Oliver · nv Shades of Darkness ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2008

· A Donkey at the Mysteries · Reggie Oliver · nv Exotic Gothic 2 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2008

· The Game of Bear · M. R. James & Reggie Oliver · ss
completion by Oliver of an unfinished story by James.

· The Devil’s Number · Reggie Oliver · ss Acquainted with the Night ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2004

· Diversions & Curiosities

· Stella Gibbons: A Writer and the Supernatural · Reggie Oliver · bg All Hallows #32, February 2003 [Ref. Stella Gibbons]

· Ghost Stories of Another Antiquary: Montague Summers and the Supernatural Tale · Reggie Oliver · ar All Hallows #39, June 2005 [Ref. Montague Summers]

· The Scholar and the Story Teller: Aspects of M.R. James · Reggie Oliver · ar All Hallows #41, February 2006 [Ref. M. R. James]

· Religion, Evil, and Obsession in the Ghostly Stories of Henry James · Reggie Oliver · ar All Hallows #43, Summer 2007 [Ref. Henry James]

· Putting on the Surrealist Hat: The Decadent Aesthetic of Jules Charnier · Reggie Oliver · fa Wormwood #11, 2008

· The Cabinet of Curiosities

· The Sleeping Portraits of Monkshood Hall · Reggie Oliver · ar All Hallows #42, October 2006

· Temporary Disappearance of a School · Reggie Oliver · ss

· Mrs. Midnight’s Animal Comedians · Reggie Oliver · ss

· A Cautionary Tale Concerning Beards · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Rev. Arthur Gasport and His Daemonograph · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Destruction of the Great Empires by Trees · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Romantic Ruin at St. Botolph’s · Reggie Oliver · ss

· Soren Ünting and His Philosophy · Reggie Oliver · ss

· A Boiled Egg Called Lowestoft · Reggie Oliver · ss

· I Uomini di Burro by Ugo Sossigi · Reggie Oliver · ss

Masques of Satan: Twelve Tales and a Novella by Reggie Oliver (Ash-Tree Press, December 2007, 978-1-55310-101-7, $49.00, x+230pp, hc, co)
Collection of 13 stories with illustrations by the author. Limited to 500 copies.

· Introductory · Reggie Oliver · in

· The Man in the Grey Bedroom · Reggie Oliver · ss (r)

· Grab a Granny Night · Reggie Oliver · ss (r)

· The Children of Monte Rosa · Reggie Oliver · ss Dark Horizons #51, Autumn/Winter 2007

· Mr. Poo-Poo · Reggie Oliver · ss At Ease with the Dead ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2007

· The Silver Cord · Reggie Oliver · ss Faunus #12, 2005

· The Road from Damascus · Reggie Oliver · ss (r)

· Mmm—Delicious · Reggie Oliver · nv Nemonymous #7, 2007, uncredited.

· Puss-Cat · Reggie Oliver · ss

· The Old Silence · Reggie Oliver · nv

· Music by Moonlight · Reggie Oliver · ss (r)

· Blind Man’s Box [Haunted Histories] · Reggie Oliver · ss Swan River Press, June 2007

· Shades of the Prison House · Reggie Oliver · na (r)

· The End of History · Reggie Oliver · ss (r)

Distaff: A Science Fiction Anthology by Female Authors ed. Rosie Oliver & Samanda R. Primeau (Distaffanthology, July 15, 2019, 978-1-07-495500-7, £10.99, 158pp, tp, oa, cover by Shellie Horst)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · The Broken Man · Jane O’Reilly · ss

19 · Space Rocks · Kerry Buchanan · ss

31 · The Ice Man · Rosie Oliver · nv

67 · Holo-Suite · E. J. Tett · ss

77 · A Cold Night in He3-II · Juliana Spink Mills · ss

89 · The Colour of Silence · Damaris Browne · ss

101 · My Little Mecha · Shellie Horst · nv

123 · Ab Initio · Susan Boulton · ss

135 · The Shadows of Us and They Are the Shadows · Jo Zebedee · ss

145 · About the Authors · Mark Allan Gunnells · bg

4X4 ed. Michael Oliveri, Geoff Cooper, Brian Keene & Michael T. Huyck, Jr. (Delirium Books, November 2001, 1-929653-20-4, $18.00, 182pp, hc, oa, cover by GAK)
Original anthology of eight stories, one a reprint, a mix of solo and collaborative work by the author/editors. The afterword by the authors discusses why they write horror, and how these stories came to be.

7 · Introduction · Ray Garton · in

15 · Turning Leaves (An Autumn Romance) [Brackard’s Point] · Geoff Cooper · ss

24 · Wild Kingdom · Geoff Cooper & Brian Keene · ss

41 · Earthworm Gods [Earthworm Gods] · Brian Keene · nv No Rest for the Wicked by Brian Keene, Imaginary Worlds Publishing, 2001

80 · To Fight with Monsters · Brian Keene & Michael Oliveri · ss

99 · Engaging Entropy · Michael Oliveri & Michael T. Huyck, Jr. · nv

136 · Harvesting Sorrow · Michael T. Huyck, Jr. · nv

168 · Dealer’s Wheel · Michael T. Huyck, Jr. & Geoff Cooper · ss

178 · By Reason of Insanity · Geoff Cooper, Michael T. Huyck, Jr., Brian Keene & Michael Oliveri · aw

183 · Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

UnCommon Faire: A Fiction Sideshow by Rachel V. Olivier (Putt Putt Productions, October 2012, 978-1-105-21828-6, $19.95, 198pp, tp, co, cover by Rachel V. Olivier)
Collection of 21 stories. A print-on-demand edition.
Details taken from online listing.

11 · Ferris Wheels, Roller Coasters & Trains

11 · The Crow King · Rachel V. Olivier · ss Aoife’s Kiss September 2009

20 · The Lullaby · Rachel V. Olivier · ss Aoife’s Kiss March 2009

35 · Family Coat · Rachel V. Olivier · ss Bewildering Stories 2011

47 · Iphigenia and Our Lady of Perpetual Chaos · Rachel V. Olivier · nv Aoife’s Kiss June 2012

73 · Kiddle Rides

73 · Slow and Steady Wins the Race… · Rachel V. Olivier · ss Beyond Centauri April 2009

76 · The Spider and the Crow · Rachel V. Olivier · ss Beyond Centauri July 2009

82 · The Locked Door · Rachel V. Olivier · ss puttputtproductions.com/blogetary 2008

87 · Mirror Fun House

87 · Lavinia’s Apprenticeship · Rachel V. Olivier · ss puttputtproductions.com/blogetary January 30 2007

98 · Zombie Juice · Rachel V. Olivier · ss puttputtproductions.com/blogetary 2008

100 · Getting Out of Town · Rachel V. Olivier · ss puttputtproductions.com/blogetary 2008

102 · Down the Moonhole · Rachel V. Olivier · ss puttputtproductions.com/blogetary 2008

109 · Scary Things · Rachel V. Olivier · ss Bewildering Stories 2008

116 · The Turning · Rachel V. Olivier · ss 2010

120 · Love’s Clothing · Rachel V. Olivier · ss Aoife’s Kiss March 2010

132 · The Man in the Hat · Rachel V. Olivier · ss Cover of Darkness #8, October 2011

141 · Corn Dogs, Curly Fries & Elephant Ears

141 · Vlad Never Had It So Good: Or How I Became a Vuppie · Rachel V. Olivier · ss 2007

148 · The Oracle of Themazuri · Rachel V. Olivier · ss MindFlights February 2011

162 · Gramma and the Giant Tomato Worm · Rachel V. Olivier · ss Beyond Centauri July 2011

177 · Cotton Candy & Caramel Corn

177 · She Lit the Candle · Rachel V. Olivier · ss puttputtproductions.com/blogetary December 24 2009

180 · Sevanna · Rachel V. Olivier · ss puttputtproductions.com/blogetary 2008

183 · Santa Is My Homeboy · Rachel V. Olivier · ss MindFlights December 2008

Blood Work: Remembering Gary Shulze Once Upon a Crime ed. Rick Ollerman (Down & Out Books, August 8, 2018, 978-1-948235-17-4, 416pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Introduction · Rick Ollerman · in

5 · Lush · Duane Swierczynski · ss

17 · Undeliverable · Libby Fischer Hellmann · ss

29 · Seven Fiancées · David Housewright · ss

43 · House on the Mound · Randy Wayne White · ss

47 · Just Another Cold Case · William Kent Krueger · ss

61 · Ticket to Hell · Kristi Belcamino · ss

75 · Message from a Dead Man · Michael Allan Mallory · ss

87 · Melanie · Jen Conley · ss

103 · Faith · Stuart Neville · ss

111 · Tommy the Turtle and the Tuba · Michael A. Black · ss

127 · The Adventure of the First Problem · Jess Lourey · ss

147 · The Stolen Arm · Scott Adlerberg · ss

159 · The Shoe Tack · Reed Farrel Coleman · ss

167 · Return · Eric Beetner · ss

175 · Malta · Terrence McCauley · ss

191 · Unsafe · Lois Greiman · ss

205 · At the Laundromat · Nick Petrie · ss

217 · The Secret Adversary · Jessie Chandler · ss

231 · I’m with It: A Love Story · Gary R. Bush · ss

251 · The Case of the Missing Tuba · Michael Stanley · ss

259 · Tide Kings · Rick Ollerman · ss

277 · An Orchestral Caper · Don Bruns · ss

293 · The Last Customer · John Gaspard · ss

303 · The Dead Man Blues · Lissa Marie Redmond · ss

321 · The Truck Stop · Jenny Milchman · ss

343 · Backlit · Michael Bracken · ss

363 · The Funkafied Man · Gary Phillips · ss

377 · Moose Tracks · Dave Case · ss

391 · One for the Books · Austin Camacho · ss

397 · Subtle Notes · Case Younggren · ss

The Stark House Anthology ed. Rick Ollerman & Greg Shepard (Stark House, June 3, 2024, 979-8-88601-043-5, $21.95, 448pp, tp, an)
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

7 · Stark House Press: The First 25 Years · Gregory Shepard · in

10 · Introduction · Rick Ollerman · in

13 · Hangover · Charles Runyon · ss Manhunt December 1960

24 · A Matter of Balance · Peter Rabe · ss

35 · Invitation to an Accident · Wade Miller · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1955

48 · The Tormented · James McKimmey · nv The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine August 1967

64 · Murderer #2 · Jean Potts · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1961

75 · To Kill a Wife · Lionel White · nv Murder September 1956

89 · So Curse the Day · Jada M. Davis · na

198 · Art for Money’s Sake · Dan J. Marlowe · ss The Elks Magazine February 1970

204 · Chester Drum Takes Over [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Ellery Queen’s Anthology #25, Spring/Summer 1973

216 · Sleep Without Dreams [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss Manhunt February 1956

228 · The Memory Guy [Peter Chambers] · Henry Kane · nv Come Seven/Come Death ed. Henry Morrison, Pocket, 1965

241 · Nothing in My Way · Orrie Hitt · ss Smashing Detective Stories July 1955

250 · Preventive Medicine · Harry Whittington · ss Trapped Detective Story Magazine August 1956, as “Preventative Medicine”

256 · Die, Darling, Die · Gil Brewer · nv Justice January 1956

275 · The Geek-Girl · Day Keene · nv Adam October 1953

297 · Woman Missing · Helen Nielsen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1960

318 · Backbite · Lorenz Heller, writing as Frederick Lorenz · ss Justice January 1956, as by Frederick Lorenz

323 · Angie · Ed Gorman · ss 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999

336 · Night Games · Bill Pronzini · ss Bullets and Other Hurting Things ed. Rick Ollerman, Down & Out Books, 2021

343 · The Silent One · Fletcher Flora · ss Hunted Detective Story Magazine #7, December 1955

349 · Beware of the Dog · Fredric Brown · ss Ten Detective Aces February 1943, as “Hound of Hell”

354 · Hit Me · Rick Ollerman · ss Down & Out: The Magazine v1 #1, 2017

370 · Axe · Gregory Shepard · ss

378 · Last Night at Skipper’s Lounge · Timothy J. Lockhart · ss Down & Out: The Magazine v1 #2, 2017

390 · Barbarians · Robert W. Chambers · ex D. Appleton & Co., 1917; chapters 1-3.

402 · Politics Pays Best [Major Radford] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Country Gentleman February 1930

415 · Secretaries Make Such Nice Wives · A. S. Fleischman · ss Star Weekly 1946

418 · The Dead Man’s Eyes · Robert Silverberg · ss Playboy August 1988

432 · Disorderly · Barry N. Malzberg · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine January 1968

436 · Instruction for Murder · Bruno Fischer · ss A Mate for Murder and Other Stories from the Pulps ed. Gary Lovisi, Gryphon Books, 1992

Homicide Hosts Presents ed. Helen Esper Olmsted (Write Way Publishing, September 1996, 1-885173-14-8, $25.00, 273pp, hc, oa)

11 · The Girl Who Talked to Horses [Henry Po] · Robert J. Randisi · nv

35 · A Conflict of Law & Justice · Sandra Brewer · ss

48 · Holy Dying · Margaret Lawrence · nv

80 · The Dirt Eaters · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss

98 · My Gal Monday · Carol Caverly · ss

108 · Nick Castle—Private Eye · Hugh Holton · ss

126 · One Shot—He’s Dead · Ann Blaine · nv

149 · Tea for Two · Mark Richard Zubro · nv

170 · You Belong to Me · John Lutz · nv

197 · The Narrow House · Edward D. Hoch · ss

216 · Pickups & Shotguns [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss

228 · The Muse · Thomas Sullivan · ss

238 · The Corpse Was Clean-Shaven · Helen Esper Olmsted · ss

255 · Exit Laughing · William X. Kienzle · ss

The Hot Diary by Howard J. Olmsted (Ace Double, September 1960, D-459, 35¢, 121pp, pb, n., cover by Robert Maguire)
Bound in the tête-bêche style with Ring Around a Rogue by J. M. Flynn.

Tales of Time and Space ed. Ross R. Olney (Western Publishing Co., 1969, 1628, 212pp, hc, an)

10 · Yesterday’s Fantasy, Today’s Fact · Ross R. Olney · in

15 · All the Time in the World · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories July 1952

34 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962

50 · Birds of a Feather · Robert Silverberg · nv Galaxy Magazine November 1958

82 · Clutch of Morpheus · Larry Sternig · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Winter 1946

105 · The Last Command [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1967

136 · Fog · William Campbell Gault · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1951

161 · The Martian Crown Jewels · Poul Anderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1958

189 · Of Missing Persons · Jack Finney · ss Good Housekeeping March 1955

Ten Tales Calculated to Give You Shudders ed. Ross R. Olney (Whitman, 1972, 0-307-01617-X, 212pp, hc, an, cover by Gordon Johnson)

13 · A Forewarning · Ross R. Olney · fw

19 · Sweets to the Sweet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1947

34 · The Waxwork · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X

56 · Used Car · H. R. Wakefield · ss Ghost Stories by H. Russell Wakefield, Cape, 1932

80 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost”

102 · The Whistling Room [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler March 1910

132 · The Last Drive · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales June 1933

141 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902

160 · Second Night Out · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales October 1933, as “The Black, Dead Thing”

176 · The Hills Beyond Furcy · Robert G. Anderson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1966

194 · Floral Tribute · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1949

Detroit Noir ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking (Akashic Books, November 2007, 1-933354-39-9, $14.95, 280pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]

15 · Reflections from the Dark Side · E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking · in

19 · Part I: Animal Farm

21 · Kill the Cat [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · nv; set in Rivertown.

43 · Pride · P. J. Parrish · ss; set in Brush Park.

62 · Panic · Joyce Carol Oates · ss; set on Chrysler Freeway.

75 · Little Horses · Nisi Shawl · nv; set in Belle Isle.

99 · Part II: Factory of One

101 · Red Quarters · Craig Holden · ss; set in Hamtramck.

110 · Migration · Craig Bernier · ss; set in Rouge Foundry.

122 · Night Coming · Desiree Cooper · ss; set in Palmer Woods.

137 · Part III: Silence of the City

139 · The Coffee Break · Melissa Preddy · ss; set in Grandmont-Rosedale.

159 · Snow Angel · E. J. Olsen · ss; set in Grand Circus Park.

179 · The Night Watchman Is Asleep · Joe Boland · ss; set in Downtown.

200 · Our Eyes Couldn’t Stop Opening · Megan Abbott · ss; set on Alter Road.

217 · Honesty above All Else · Dorene O’Brien · ss; set in Corktown.

233 · Part IV: Edge of the Past

235 · Over the Belle Isle Boundary · Lolita Hernandez · ss; set in East Grand Boulevard.

250 · The Dead Man’s Boat · Peter Markus · ss; set in Delray.

261 · Hey Love · Roger K. Johnson · ss; set in New Center.

273 · The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit · Michael Zadoorian · ss; set on Woodward Avenue.

282 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Hard Guy: The Collected Adventures of “Hard Guy” Dallas Duane by James P. Olsen--- see under James A. Lawson.

Scherzi, I Believe by Lance Olsen (Wordcraft of Oregon, June 1994, 1-877655-11-2, $9.95, 130pp, tp, co, cover by Andi Olsen)
Collection of 21 stories and vignettes, many fantasy, with collage art by Andi Olsen. This is a 250-copy signed numbered limited edition.

9 · Family · Lance Olsen · ss The Iowa Review January 1989

15 · Madman Agonistes · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

24 · Augustine’s Last Days · Lance Olsen · ss Yellow Silk Summer 1985

29 · Watch and Ward · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

35 · Egyptian Hyperspace, Although · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

41 · Moving · Lance Olsen · ss Scherzi, I Believe by Lance Olsen, Wordcraft of Oregon, 1994

49 · Exterminating the Monkeys · Lance Olsen · vi (r)

52 · Friedrich Nietzsche’s Birthday Party · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

57 · Loss · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

62 · Live Sex: Microwaves: LOndon · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

68 · Small but Significant Invasions · Lance Olsen · ss The Louisville Review Fall 1982

72 · Plazma Blizzard · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

82 · My Dates with Franz · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

91 · The Death of Hieronymous Bosch · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

98 · Two Children Are Menaced by a Nightmare · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

102 · Down in Frenchburg · Lance Olsen · vi Alaska Quarterly Review Spring/Summer 1990

105 · Marigolds · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

109 · Welcome to Seattle and Other Unnatural Practices · Lance Olsen · vi (r)

111 · Thirty Messages · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

118 · Michael Jackson Dances with the Elephant Man’s Bones · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

124 · Final · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

Sewing Shut My Eyes by Lance Olsen (FC2/Black Ice, March 2000, 1-57366-083-3, $11.95, 143pp, tp, co, cover by Andi Olsen)
Collection of nine surreal, darkly satiric stories. Illustrated by Andi Olsen.

11 · Telegenesicide · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

19 · How Itty “The Human” Snibb Was More or Less Born Again · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

37 · Pentapod Freak Nest · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

43 · Digital Matrix: Barbie: Lust · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

62 · X-Ray Dreams, 1963 · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

73 · Cybermorphic Beat-Up Get-Down Subterranean Homesick Reality-Sandwich Blues · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

79 · Sewing Shut My Eyes · Lance & Andi Olsen · ss Fiction International #30, 1997

85 · Kamikaze Motives of the Immaculate Deconstruction in the Data-Sucking Rust-Age of Insectile Hackers · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

93 · Strategies in the Overexposure of Well-Lit Space · Lance Olsen · nv (r)

Haven of the Hunted by T. V. Olsen (Ace Double, January 1956, D-138, 35¢, 160pp, pb, n., cover by Walter Popp)
Bound in the tête-bêche style with Gunsmoke Over Sabado by Paul Evan.

The Man from Nowhere by T. V. Olsen (Ace Double, March 1959, D-348, 35¢, pb, n.)
Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Avenging Gun by John L. Shelley.

The Eerie Mr. Murphy by Howard Wandrei ed. D. H. Olson--- see under Howard Wandrei.

Frost by Donald Wandrei ed. D. H. Olson--- see under Donald Wandrei.

Time Burial by Howard Wandrei ed. D. H. Olson--- see under Howard Wandrei.

Exotic Gothic: Forbidden Tales from Our Gothic World ed. Danel Olson (Ash-Tree Press, October 2007, 978-1-55310-099-7, $49.00, x+306pp, hc, oa)
Anthology of 23 stories eight original, limited to 350 copies. Also available in tp (-100-0, $30.00).

· Preface: The Gothic Takes a Holiday · Danel Olson · pr

· Mbo · Nicholas Royle · ss The Mammoth Book of Dracula ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1997

· In the Desert of Deserts · Thomas Tessier · ss After the Darkness ed. Stanley Wiater, Maclay & Associates, 1993

· Going Native · John Bushore · ss Be Mine ed. L. Marie Wood, Cyber-Pulp Press, 2004

· The Butsudan · Lucy Taylor · ss

· Twilight in the Green Zone · David Wellington · ss

· Jarkman at the Othergates · Terry Dowling · nv

· Rustle · Peter Crowther · ss Cemetery Dance #17/18, Fall 1993

· Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire · Neil Gaiman · nv Gothic! ed. Deborah Noyes, Candlewick Press, 2004

· The Skin of My Soul · Sean Meriwether · ss The Big Book of Erotic Ghost Stories ed. Greg Wharton, Blue Moon Books, 2005

· The Man Who Stalked Hyde · William F. Nolan · ss

· The House by the Bulvarnoye Koltso · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

· Bones · Ilsa J. Bick · ss Be Mine ed. L. Marie Wood, Cyber-Pulp Press, 2004

· Extinctions in Paradise · Brian Hodge · ss Werewolves ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995

· From Against Gravity · Farnoosh Moshiri · ex (r)

· Tide Pool · Douglas Unger · ss (r)

· The Black and White Sisters · T. C. Boyle · ss Playboy September 2000

· The Pumpkin Child · Nancy A. Collins · nv Knuckles & Tales by Nancy A. Collins, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2002

· Ever After · James Cortese · ss

· Lovecraft’s Pillow · Mark Steensland & Rick Hautala · ss

· Purity · Thomas Ligotti · ss Weird Tales Spring 2003

· Waiting for the 400 · Kyle Marffin · nv The Darkest Thirst, Design Image Group, 1998

· From Beasts · Joyce Carol Oates · ex (r)

· The Wide, Wide Sea · Barbara Roden · ss

Exotic Gothic 2: New Tales of Taboo ed. Danel Olson (Ash-Tree Press, September 2008, 978-1-55310-109-3, $49.00, x+318pp, hc, oa)
Original anthology of 25 stories, limited to 350 copies. Also available in tp (-110-9, $31.00).

· A Twenty-First Century Gothic · Danel Olson · pr

· Asia

· Remembrance · Dean Francis Alfar · ss

· The Arrangement · Edward P. Crandall · ss

· Side-Effects May Include · Steve Duffy · nv

· Stones · Genni Gunn · nv

· The Most Precious Thing in Antalya · Milorad Pavic · ss

· Englightenment · John Whitbourn · ss

· Africa

· Blood Reader · George Makana Clark · ss

· Very Low-Flying Aircraft · Nicholas Royle · ss

· Europe

· The Barony at Rodal · Peter Bell · ss

· The Ice Wedding · Nancy Collins · ss

· Arkangel · Christopher Fowler · nv

· Tivar · Taylor Kincaid · ss

· Black Death · Kenneth McKenney · ss

· A Donkey at the Mysteries · Reggie Oliver · nv

· Burning Snow · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

· Grvnice · David Wellington · ss

· North America

· Monkey Bottom · John Bushore · ss

· Los Penitentes · Elizabeth Massie · ss

· One Thousand Dragon Sheets · Tia V. Travis · ss

· South America

· A Line Through el Salar d’Uyuni · Adam Golaski · ss

· Australia

· Empathy · Stephen Dedman · ss

· From Clowns at Midnight · Terry Dowling · ex

· Kulpunya · Robert Hood · ss

· Antarctica

· Endless Night · Barbara Roden · nv

· Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Exotic Gothic 3: Strange Visitations ed. Danel Olson (Ash-Tree Press, 2009, 978-1-55310-115-4, $49.00, xi+278pp, hc, oa, cover by Jason Zerrillo)
Original anthology of 24 stories, limited to 400 copies.

· Oceania and Australasia

· Behind Dark Blue Eyes · Robert Hood · ss

· Sanguma · Lucy Taylor · ss

· The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall · Kaaron Warren · ss

· Asia

· Bruhita · Dean Francis Alfar · ss

· Two Steps Along the Road · Terry Dowling · nv

· The Suicide Wood · Steve Duffy · ss

· Keramat · Tunku Halim · ss

· Extended Family · Tina Rath · ss

· From The Lips of Lazarus · Stephen Volk · ex

· Mine · Simon Clark · ss

· Mami Wata · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss

· Europe

· The Stranger · Isobelle Carmody · ss

· The Orange & Lemon Café · Denana Dimitrijevic · ss

· Profanities · Paul Finch · ss

· To Forget and Be Forgotten · Adam L. G. Nevill · ss

· Meeting with Mike · Reggie Oliver · ss

· From Paper Theater · Milorad Pavic · ex

· Citizen Komarova Finds Love · Ekaterina Sedia · ss

· From Amarcord · Zoran Zivkovic · ex
translated from the Serbian.

· North America

· From Freak House · James Cortese · ex

· The Dismal Mirror · Brian Evenson · ss

· The Haunted House in Etobicoke · Barbara Roden · ss

· From Deadfall Hotel · Steve Rasnic Tem · ex

· Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

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