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The Hard-Boiled Omnibus (var. 1) ed. Joseph Thompson Shaw (Pocket, May 1952, 875, 25¢, 324pp, pb, an)
Twelve stories from the Simon & Schuster 1946 edition.

v · Introduction · Joseph Thompson Shaw · in The Hard-Boiled Omnibus ed. Joseph Thompson Shaw, Simon & Schuster, 1946

1 · Sail [Oscar Sail] · Lester Dent · nv Black Mask October 1936

37 · Taking His Time · Reuben Jennings Shay · vi Black Mask January 1931

42 · Death in the Pasig [Jo Gar] · Ramon Decolta · ss Black Mask March 1930

56 · The Man Who Liked Dogs [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · nv Black Mask March 1936

97 · Fly Paper [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask August 1929

133 · Inside Job · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask February 1932

175 · Red Goose [Ben Shaley] · Norbert Davis · ss Black Mask February 1934

197 · Red 71 · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask December 1932

225 · Best Man · Thomas Walsh · nv Black Mask October 1934

251 · Kick-Back [Francis St. Xavier Harrigan] · Ed Lybeck · ss Black Mask January 1932

277 · Clean Sweep [Dal Prentice] · Roger Torrey · ss Black Mask February 1934

305 · South Wind [Jerry Tracy] · Theodore Tinsley · ss Black Mask November 1932

Spurs West! ed. Joseph T. Shaw (Perma Books, 1951, pb, an)
Not to be confused with the WWA anthology of the same name, edited by S. Omar Barker, Doubleday, 1960.

· Stagecoach West! · Frank Bonham · na Dime Western Magazine September 1950

· Dusty Wheels—Bloody Trail! · Frank Bonham · na Dime Western Magazine June 1949

· The Long Shot · John M. Cunningham · ss The American Magazine June 1949

· Partners’ Quarrel · Bennett Foster · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 10 1950

· Wild Leather! · Norman Fox · ss Cosmopolitan May 1948

· The Last Snake · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss Esquire November 1949

· Deep Winter [Land Rush] · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s January 2 1943

· Red Horse Hamber · Dee Linford · nv The Country Gentleman February 1948 (+2)

· The Man Who Cursed Texas · Ray Nafziger · na Dime Western Magazine June 15 1935

· A Man for the Rio Flame · Bob Obets · na Star Western November 1950

· Son of a King · Thomas Thompson · ss Dime Western Magazine November 1950

Great Science Fiction Adventures ed. Larry T. Shaw (Lancer, October 1963, 72-697, 50¢, 174pp, pb, an, cover by Ed Emsh from Science Fiction Adventures April 1958)

7 · The Starcombers · Edmond Hamilton · na Science Fiction Adventures December 1956

51 · Hunt the Space-Witch! · Robert Silverberg · na Science Fiction Adventures January 1958, as by Ivar Jorgenson

95 · The Man from the Big Dark · John Brunner · na Science Fiction Adventures June 1958

143 · The World Otalmi Made · Harry Harrison · na Science Fiction Adventures June 1958

Terror! ed. Larry T. Shaw (Lancer, 1966, 72-139, 50¢, 192pp, pb, an)

5 · Introduction · Larry T. Shaw · in

9 · Same Time, Same Place · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #60, 1963

19 · A Good Imagination · Robert Bloch · ss Suspect Detective Stories February 1956

35 · Tie-Up · Edward Wellen · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1957, as “Army Without Banners”; abridged.

40 · The Man of the Crowd · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine December 1840

49 · The Body Hunters · Paul W. Fairman · nv Fantastic February 1959

86 · Over the River · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Unknown April 1941

99 · Wolves Don’t Cry · Bruce Elliott · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1954

111 · The Torture of Hope · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; translated by Mary J. Safford · ss Short Stories July 1894
translated from the French (“La Torture par l’Espérance”, Nouveaux Contes Cruels, La Librairie Illustrée, 1888).

116 · The Courts of Jamshyd · Robert F. Young · ss Infinity Science Fiction September 1957

122 · The Horla, or Modern Ghosts · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887).

147 · Mrs. Bullwinkle · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #421, April 17 1858, uncredited.

153 · The Little Woman · Richard Wilson · ss (r)

157 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890

167 · A Tasty Dish · Lorenz Heller · ss Suspect Detective Stories February 1956

178 · No News Today · Cleve Cartmill · ss Unknown Worlds October 1941

Matt Shaw Presents Masters of Horror ed. Matt Shaw (Matt Shaw Publications, November 5, 2017, 978-1-975911-29-4, $12.99, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Introduction · Matt Shaw · in

3 · The Cyprus Shell · Brian Lumley · ss The Arkham Collector #3, Summer 1968

13 · Again · Ramsey Campbell · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November 1981

25 · Survival · Sam West · ss

43 · Mary · J. R. Park · nv

65 · Doll Face · Peter McKeirnon · ss

77 · A Taste of Mercy · Andrew Freudenberg · ss

87 · Chocolate · Mason Sabre · ss

97 · The Contract · Shaun Hutson · ss

115 · Dead-Eyed Dick · Anton Palmer · ss

133 · Beast Mode · Wrath James White · ss

153 · Dewey Davenport · Shane McKenzie · ss

163 · Zolem · Tonia Brown · nv

195 · The Pit 18 · Graeme Reynolds · ss

213 · Hippocampus · Adam L. G. Nevill · ss Terror Tales of the Ocean ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2015

223 · You Can Go Now · Gary McMahon · ss

233 · Down There · Ryan Harding · nv

255 · Letter from Hell · Matt Shaw · ss

263 · Eye for an Eye · Matt Hickman · ss

279 · Three Black Dogs · Daniel Marc Chant · ss

299 · Checkout · Amy Cross · ss

309 · Loco Parentis · Kit Power · ss

321 · In the Family · Adam Millard · ss

333 · The Priest Hole · Guy N. Smith · ss

341 · Just Breathe · Jaime Johnesee · ss

349 · Raintown Sam · Craig Saunders · ss

363 · The End Is Where You’ll Find It · Michael Bray · ss

379 · Don’t Make Fun of the Haunted House · Jeff Strand · ss

387 · Trust Issues · Mark Cassell · ss

399 · The Silent Invader · Paul Flewitt · ss

405 · The Clay Man · Clare Riley Whitfield · ss

413 · Animus · Jim Goforth · nv

445 · The Deep-Sea Conch · Brian Lumley · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971

455 · Afterword · Chris Hall · aw

Ars Gratia Sanguis ed. Steve J. Shaw (Black Shuck Books, September 30, 2021, 978-1-913038-71-7, £11.99, 254pp, tp, oa)
Subtitled “Great British Horror 6” on the cover.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Untitled (Cloud of Blood) · Brian Evenson · ss

21 · From Life · Muriel Gray · ss

39 · Having a Benny · Sarah Lotz · nv

63 · Our Lady of Flies · Teika Marija Smits · nv

95 · Everybody’s Always Losing Somebody · Sean Hogan · nv

123 · Sibyl · Lisa Tuttle · ss

143 · The Acolyte’s Triptych · Steve Duffy · nv

167 · The Field Has Eyes, the Wood Has Ears · Helen Grant · ss

181 · The Redeemers · Andrew Hook · ss

195 · Blind Man’s Buff · Lucie McKnight Hardy · nv

217 · The Waiting Room · Stephen Volk · nv

Dark and Stormy Nights ed. Steve J. Shaw (Black Shuck Books, March 26, 2020, 978-1-913038-44-1, £11.99, 270pp, tp, oa)
Subtitled “Great British Horror 4” on the cover.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Nor Cease You Never Now · Ren Warom · ss

31 · Faith Leaps · Kath Deakin & Tim Lebbon · nv

59 · Whispers after Dark · G. V. Anderson · ss

71 · My Mother’s Ghosts · Priya Sharma · ss

93 · Old Women and Knives · Phil Sloman · ss

107 · Errol · Paul M. Feeney · na

149 · The Goddess of the Rain · Alison Littlewood · ss

161 · Slipper · Catriona Ward · ss

177 · All the Secret Colours of the World · Simon Avery · na

221 · Oathkeeper · Maura McHugh · ss

237 · I Will Tell You Seven-Oh · M. R. Carey · nv

Dark Satanic Mills ed. Steve J. Shaw (Black Shuck Books, September 2017, £20.00, 240pp, hc, oa)
Subtitled “Great British Horror 2” on the cover.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

9 · Tools of the Trade · Paul Finch · nv

29 · Fragments of a Broken Doll · Cate Gardner · ss

49 · The Cardiac Ordeal · Andrew Freudenberg · ss

65 · The Lies We Tell · Charlotte Bond · nv

87 · Our Lady of Wicker Bridge · Angela Slatter · ss

103 · The Church with Bleeding Windows · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

121 · Sleeping Black · Marie O’Regan · ss

141 · Satin Road · Gary Fry · ss

159 · Non-Standard Construction · Penny Jones · nv

181 · The Night Moves · Gary McMahon · ss

197 · Juhst · Carole Johnstone · nv

Green and Pleasant Land ed. Steve J. Shaw (Black Shuck Books, January 30, 2017, 978-1-5427-6282-3, £9.99, 275pp, tp, an)
Subtitled “Great British Horror 1”.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

9 · Hermaness · V. H. Leslie · nv

31 · Meat for the Field · Rich Hawkins · ss

49 · Strange as Angels · Laura Mauro · nv

73 · The Castellmarch Man · Ray Cluley · nv

105 · Ostrich · David Moody · ss

125 · Blue-Eyes · Barbie Wilde · ss

137 · A Glimpse of Red · James Everington · nv

159 · Mr. Denning Sings · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss

173 · He Waits on the Upland · Adam Millard · ss

189 · Misericord · A. K. Benedict · ss

203 · Quiet Places · Jasper Bark · na

Major Arcana ed. Steve J. Shaw (Black Shuck Books, September 29, 2022, 978-1-913038-78-6, 224pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Wheel of Fortune · Ida Keogh · ss

· The Star · Anna Taborska · ss

· The High Priestess · Dan Coxon · ss

· The Hierophant · Jonathan Sims · ss

· The Lovers · Lynda E. Rucker · ss

· Temperance · Gary Budden · ss

· The Fool · Carly Holmes · ss

· The Chariot · Malcolm Devlin · ss

· The Tower · Alison Moore · ss

· The Hermit · Steven J. Dines · ss

· The Hanged Man · Conrad Williams · ss

Filter House by Nisi Shawl (Aqueduct Press, May 2008, 978-1-933500-19-5, $18.00, 276pp, tp, co)
Collection of 14 stories, three original. Introduction by Eileen Gunn.

· Where Everything Is a Bit Different · Eileen Gunn · in

· At the Huts of Ajala · Nisi Shawl · ss Dark Matter ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect, 2000

· Wallamelon · Nisi Shawl · nv Aeon #3, May 2005

· The Pragmatical Princess · Nisi Shawl · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1999

· The Rainses’ · Nisi Shawl · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1995

· Bird Day · Nisi Shawl · vi

· Maggies · Nisi Shawl · ss Dark Matter: Reading the Bones ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect, 2004

· Momi Watu · Nisi Shawl · ss Strange Horizons August 18 2003

· Deep End [Making Amends] · Nisi Shawl · ss So Long Been Dreaming ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Uppinder Mehan, Arsenal Pulp, 2004

· Good Boy · Nisi Shawl · nv

· Little Horses · Nisi Shawl · nv Detroit Noir ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books, 2007

· Shiomah’s Land · Nisi Shawl · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2001

· The Water Museum · Nisi Shawl · ss

· But She’s Only a Dream · Nisi Shawl · ss Trabuco Road March 2007

· The Beads of Ku · Nisi Shawl · ss Rosebud #23, 2002

New Suns 2: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color ed. Nisi Shawl (Solaris, March 14, 2023, 978-1-78618-858-8, £9.99, 352pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Walter Mosley · fw

· OCASTA · Daniel H. Wilson · ss

· The Farmer’s Wife and the Faerie Queen · K. Tempest Bradford · ss

· Juan · Darcie Little Badger · ss

· Neti-Neti · Geetanjali Vandemark · ss

· Equal Forces Opposed in Exquisite Tension · John Chu · ss

· Silk and Cotton and Linen and Blood · Nghi Vo · ss

· Suppertime · Tananarive Due · ss

· Good Night Gracie · Alex Jennings · ss

· A Borrowing of Bones · Karin Lowachee · ss

· Chosen · Saad Hossain · ss

· Home Is Where the Heart Is · Hiromi Goto · ss

· Before the Glory of Their Majesties · Minsoo Kang · ss

· Haunted Bodies of WombMen · Tlotlo Tsamaase · ss

· Dragons of Yuta · Rochita Loenen-Ruiz · ss

· The Plant and the Purist · Malka Older · ss

· The Fast-Enough Human · Kathleen Alcalá · ss

· Counting Her Petals · Christopher Caldwell · ss

· Fever Dreams · Jaymee Goh · ss

· Afterword · Grace Dillon · aw

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color ed. Nisi Shawl (Solaris US, March 12, 2019, 978-1-78108-578-3, $15.99, 279pp, tp, oa, cover by Yoshi Yoshitani)
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Foreword · LeVar Burton · fw

11 · The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex · Tobias S. Buckell · ss

23 · Deer Dancer · Kathleen Alcalá · ss

31 · The Virtue of Unfaithful Translations · Minsoo Kang · nv

51 · Come Home to Atropos · Steven Barnes · ss

57 · The Fine Print · Chinelo Onwualu · ss

71 · Unkind of Mercy · Alex Jennings · ss

83 · Burn the Ships · Alberto Yáñez · nv

105 · The Freedom of the Shifting Sea · Jaymee Goh · ss

123 · Three Variations on a Theme of Imperial Attire · E. Lily Yu · ss

135 · Blood and Bells · Karin Lowachee · nv

159 · Give Me Your Black Wings Oh Sister · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss

165 · The Shadow We Cast Through Time · Indrapramit Das · ss

183 · The Robots of Eden · Anil Menon · ss

201 · Dumb House · Andrea Hairston · nv

225 · One Easy Trick · Hiromi Goto · ss

245 · Harvest · Rebecca Roanhorse · ss

255 · Kelsey and the Burdened Breath · Darcie Little Badger · ss

273 · Afterword · Nisi Shawl · aw

275 · Contributor Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany ed. Nisi Shawl & Bill Campbell (Rosarium Publishing, July 1, 2015, 978-0-9903191-7-7, $19.99, 390pp, tp, oa, cover by John Jennings)

13 · Introduction · Kim Stanley Robinson · in

15 · Michael Swanwick and Samuel R. Delany at the Joyce Kilmer Service Area, March 2005 · Eileen Gunn · ss Foundation Winter 2007

19 · Billy Tumult · Nick Harkaway · ss

29 · Voice Prints · Devorah Major · ss

38 · Delany Encounters: Or, Another Reason Why I Study Race and Racism in Science Fiction · Isiah Lavender, III · ar

51 · Clarity · Anil Menon · ss

60 · When Two Swordsmen Meet · Ellen Kushner · ss

65 · For Sale: Fantasy Coffins (Ababuo Need Not Apply) · Chesya Burke · ss

75 · Holding Hands with Monsters · Haralambi Markov · ss

83 · Song for the Asking · Carmelo Rafala · ss

100 · Kickenders · Kit Reed · ss

109 · Walking Science Fiction: Samuel Delany and Visionary Fiction · Walidah Imarisha · ar

115 · Heart of Brass · Alex Jennings · nv

137 · Empathy Evolving as a Quantum of Eight-Dimensional Perception · Claude Lalumière · ss

143 · Be Three · Jewelle Gomez · ss

154 · Guerrilla Mural of a Siren’s Song · Ernest Hogan · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #4, Summer 1989

165 · An Idyll in Erewhyna · Hal Duncan · ss

175 · Real Mothers, a Faggot Uncle, and the Name of the Father: Samuel R. Delany’s Feminist Revisions of the Story of SF · L. Timmel Duchamp · ar

196 · Nilda · Junot Díaz · ss The New Yorker October 4 1999

204 · The First Gate of Logic · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss

217 · The Master of the Milford Altarpiece · Thomas M. Disch · ss The Paris Review #46, Spring 1969

231 · River, Clap Your Hands · Sheree Renée Thomas · ss

238 · Haunt-Type Experience · Roz Clarke · ss Black Static #9, February/March 2009

252 · Eleven Stations · Fábio Fernandes · ss

257 · «Légendaire» [The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps] · Kai Ashante Wilson · nv Bloodchildren ed. Nisi Shawl, Book View Café, 2013

278 · On My First Reading of The Einstein Intersection · Michael Swanwick · ar

283 · Characters in the Margins of a Lost Notebook · Kathryn Cramer · ar

291 · Hamlet’s Ghost Sighted in Frontenac, KS · Vincent Czyz · ss

301 · Each Star a Sun to Invisible Planets · Tenea D. Johnson · ss

305 · Clones · Alex Smith · ss

320 · The Last Dying Man · Geetanjali Dighe · ss

326 · Capitalism in the 22nd Century or A.I.r. · Geoff Ryman · ss

339 · Jamaica Ginger · Nalo Hopkinson & Nisi Shawl · nv

357 · Festival · Christopher Brown · ss

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Maggie Shayne (Berkley Sensation, December 2005, 0-425-20576-2, $13.00, 278pp, tp, co, cover by Robin Davis)
Collection of three paranormal romances.

1 · Everything She Does Is Magick · Maggie Shayne · na Bewitched, Jove, 1997

97 · Musketeer by Moonlight · Maggie Shayne · na Moonglow, Berkley, 1998

179 · The Con and the Crusader · Maggie Shayne · na Veils of Time, Berkley, 1999

Immortal Desire by Maggie Shayne (Berkley Sensation, December 2007, 978-0-425-21748-1, $14.00, 346pp, tp, co, cover by Aleta Rafton)
Collection/omnibus of paranormal romance novel Destiny (2001) and novella “Immortality”.

1 · Destiny · Maggie Shayne · n. 2001

261 · Immortality · Maggie Shayne · na Out of This World, Jove, 2001

Sheer Pleasure by Maggie Shayne (Berkley Sensation, February 2007, 978-0-425-21458-9, $14.00, 295pp, tp, co)
Collection of three romance novellas, two supernatural.

1 · Leather and Lace · Maggie Shayne · na 2000

85 · Awaiting Moonrise · Maggie Shayne · na Hot Blooded, Jove, 2004

185 · Daydream Believer · Maggie Shayne · ss Man of My Dreams, Jove, 2004

Strangers in the Night by Maggie Shayne, Anne Stuart & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro--- see under Anne Stuart.

Dangerous Dames ed. Mike Shayne (Dell, 1955, 77, 192pp, pb, an)
Also- Dell Mar ’65. Pagination is from 1965 edition.

5 · Foreword · Brett Halliday · fw

9 · A Better Mantrap · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales October 1947

25 · Collector’s Item · Jerome Barry · ss

37 · Hang That Husband High · Bruno Fischer · nv Detective Tales July 1948

57 · Simone · Joan Vatsek · ss Today’s Woman 1949

73 · The Statement of Jerry Malloy · Anthony Boucher · ss

81 · She-Wolf · Rutherford Montgomery · ss from Gray Wolf, 1938

97 · Women Are Poison · Brett Halliday · ss Detective Fiction Weekly October 31 1936, as by Davis Dresser

111 · Speak to Me of Death · John West · ss

123 · If I Can Ever Forget · Frank Gruber · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 30 1938

139 · Witness for the Prosecution · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946

155 · Rhapsody in Blood [Scott Jordan] · Harold Q. Masur · nv Manhunt August 1953

183 · Angelica Is Still Alive · Walter Snow · ss Suspect Detective Stories November 1955

In Search of Lovecraft by J. Vernon Shea (Necronomicon Press, June 1991, 0-940884-39-9, $5.95, 42pp, ph, co, cover by Jason Eckhardt)
Collection of six essays on Lovecraft, 13 poems, and two stories, one a collaboration with Lovecraft. There is an introduction by Robert Bloch and an afterword by Donald Wandrei.

6 · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in

9 · The Timeless Lovecraft · J. Vernon Shea · ar 1979

11 · The Lovecraftian Saga · J. Vernon Shea · ar 1976

12 · “The Outsider” · J. Vernon Shea · ar 1979

13 · H.P. Lovecraft and Samuel Johnson: A Comparison · J. Vernon Shea · ar 1978

15 · H.P.L. and Films · J. Vernon Shea · ar HPL: A Tribute to Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) ed. Meade & Penny Frierson, Meade and Penny Frierson, 1972

17 · The Fifth World Fantasy Convention · J. Vernon Shea · ar 1980

25 · The Snouted Thing · H. P. Lovecraft & J. Vernon Shea · ss Necroapa June 1977

28 · Dead Giveaway [Cthulhu] · J. Vernon Shea · ss Outré May 1976

37 · When Artists Die · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

38 · Look to the Skies · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

38 · The Dream-World of H.P. Lovecraft · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

38 · “We tire of tyrants…” · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

39 · A Walk in Providence · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

39 · H.P.L.’s Gravestone · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

39 · So Little Time Beneath the Stars · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

40 · Impermanence · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

40 · Better Days? · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

41 · What Good Is a Book? · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

41 · Roses Blooming in November · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

41 · Here at Swan Point · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

42 · Tomorrow · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

42 · Afterword · Donald Wandrei · aw

Strange Barriers ed. J. Vernon Shea (Lion Library, October 1955, LL:47, 35¢, 188pp, pb, an, cover by Clark Hulings)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. Anthology about race relations. Reprinted twice by Pyramid Books, the second time as The Black and the White.

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

19 · Battle Royal · Ralph Ellison · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art October 1947

34 · Health Card · Frank Yerby · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1944

44 · A Good Job Gone · Langston Hughes · ss Esquire April 1934

51 · The Test · Angelica Gibbs · ss The New Yorker June 15 1940

55 · The Child by Tiger · Thomas Wolfe · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 11 1937

81 · Arrangement in Black and White · Dorothy Parker · ss The New Yorker October 8 1927

86 · Little Victor · Robert Lewis · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1946

110 · Of Educational Value · Mark Schorer · ss The New Yorker February 19 1949

116 · Almos’ a Man · Richard Wright · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2732, January 1940

129 · After You, My Dear Alphonse · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker January 16 1943

133 · Education South · Paul Green · ss Dog on the Sun, University of North Carolina Press, 1949

145 · The Body of an American · John Dos Passos · ex from 1919, Harcourt Brace, 1932

150 · Child of God · Roark Bradford · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1927

164 · The Necessary Knocking at the Door · Ann Petry · ss ’47—The Magazine of the Year August 1947

171 · The Whipping · Lillian Smith · ex from Strange Fruit, Reynal, 1944

178 · He Don’t Plant Cotton · J. F. Powers · ss Accent Winter 1943

Strange Desires ed. J. Vernon Shea (Lion Books, February 1954, 191, 25¢, 192pp, pb, an, cover by Greco)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

1 · To the Reader · J. Vernon Shea · in

9 · The Watchman · Mark Van Doren · ss The Yale Review Spring 1949

23 · Williamson [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · ss West India Lights by Henry S. Whitehead, Arkham House, 1946

42 · Lila Bohmer · Gil Orlovitz · ss Quarterly Review of Literature v4 #1,

52 · The Vise · William D. Magnes · ss Story #1 ed. Whit & Hallie Burnett, David McKay, 1951

67 · The Anonymous · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · nv The Virginia Quarterly Review Summer 1941

88 · Stalies · Terry Morris · ss Cross Section 1947 ed. Edward Seaver, Simon & Schuster, 1947

99 · The Frog Prince · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941

106 · Golden Land · William Faulkner · nv The American Mercury May 1935

129 · The Abyss · Leonid Andreyev; translated by John Cournos · ss Treasury of Russian Life and Humor ed. John Cournos, Coward-McCann, 1943
translated from the Russian (“Bezdna”, 1902).

145 · Take Her Up Tenderly · Hoke Norris · ss Prairie Schooner Winter 1949

155 · Seedling · Helen McCune · ss Story #126, September/October 1947

164 · The Blood of the Walsungs · Thomas Mann; translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter · nv Stories of Three Decades by Thomas Mann, Knopf, 1936

Copping Squid and Other Mythos Tales by Michael Shea (Perilous Press, October 31, 2009, 978-0-9704000-2-4, $32.95, 224pp, hc, co, cover by Steven Gilberts)
Collection of eight Lovecraftian stories, four original. Foreword by editor S.T. Joshi. Illustrated by Steven Gilberts. A signed, limited edition of 250 ($47.00) was announced but not seen.
Details taken from online listing.

bp · Foreword · S. T. Joshi · fw

1 · Tsathoggua · Michael Shea · nv

35 · Dagoniad · Michael Shea · nv

63 · Copping Squid [Cthulhu] · Michael Shea · nv

83 · Nemo Me Impune Lacessit · Michael Shea · nv Whispers March 1982

105 · The Pool · Michael Shea · nv Weird Tales February/March 2007

131 · The Battery · Michael Shea · nv

153 · The Presentation · Michael Shea · nv Allen K’s Inhuman Magazine December 2005

181 · Fat Face [Cthulhu] · Michael Shea · nv Axolotl Press, 1987

Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea (DAW, December 1982, 0-87997-783-3, $2.95, 304pp, pb, oc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Nifft the Lean]

5 · Shag Margold’s Eulogy of Nifft the Lean, His Dear Friend · Michael Shea · pr

15 · Come Then, Mortal. We Will Seek Her Soul [Nifft the Lean] · Michael Shea · na

70 · The Pearls of the Vampire Queen [Nifft the Lean] · Michael Shea · nv

111 · The Fishing of the Demon-Sea [Nifft the Lean] · Michael Shea · n.

240 · The Goddess in Glass [Nifft the Lean] · Michael Shea · na

Polyphemus by Michael Shea (Arkham House, November 1987, 0-87054-155-2, $16.95, 245pp, hc, co)
Collection of 7 stories plus an introduction by Algis Budrys.

vii · Foreword · Algis Budrys · fw

1 · Polyphemus · Michael Shea · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1981

53 · The Angel of Death · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1979

85 · Uncle Tuggs · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1986

115 · The Pearls of the Vampire Queen [Nifft the Lean] · Michael Shea · nv Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea, DAW, 1982

155 · The Horror on the #33 · Michael Shea · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1982

177 · The Extra · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1987

205 · The Autopsy · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1980

Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical by Robert Shearman (Big Finish, December 31, 2009, 978-1-84435-436-8, £12.95, 240pp, hc, oc)
Details taken from online listing.

· Love Among the Lobelias · Robert Shearman · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #42, 2009

· Roadkill · Robert Shearman · nv Twelfth Planet Press, 2009

· Sweet Nothings · Robert Shearman · ss

· Pang · Robert Shearman · ss

· This Creeping Thing · Robert Shearman · na

· 14.2 · Robert Shearman · ss

· Your Long, Loving Arms · Robert Shearman · ss

· At the Crease · Robert Shearman · ss

· Luxembourg · Robert Shearman · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #39, 2009

· Sharp · Robert Shearman · ss

· Be of Good Cheer · Robert Shearman · ss Midnight Echo #1, October 2008

· Jolly Roger · Robert Shearman · ss

· Crumble · Robert Shearman · ss

· George Clooney’s Moustache · Robert Shearman · ss The British Fantasy Society Yearbook 2009, British Fantasy Society, 2009

· Love in a Time of Sharing · Robert Shearman · ss

· Not About Love · Robert Shearman · ss

· One Last Love Song · Robert Shearman · ss

Remember Why You Fear Me: The Best Dark Fiction of Robert Shearman by Robert Shearman (ChiZine Publications, October 30, 2012, 978-1-927469-21-7, $16.95, 338pp, tp, co, cover by Erik Mohr) [edited by Helen Marshall]
Collection of 20 horror stories, six original. Introduction by Stephen Jones. A deluxe limited hardcover edition was available by preorder only.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Not Really a Horror Writer · Stephen Jones · in

17 · Mortal Coil · Robert Shearman · ss Phobic: Modern Horror Stories ed. Andy Murray, Carcanet Press, 2007

31 · George Clooney’s Moustache · Robert Shearman · ss The British Fantasy Society Yearbook 2009, British Fantasy Society, 2009

43 · Damned if You Don’t · Robert Shearman · ss Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman, Comma Press, 2007

61 · So Proud · Robert Shearman · ss Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman, Comma Press, 2007

69 · Roadkill · Robert Shearman · nv Twelfth Planet Press, 2009

97 · Clown Envy · Robert Shearman · ss

103 · Elementary Problems of Photography (Number Three) · Robert Shearman · ss

113 · Good Grief · Robert Shearman · nv Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2011

137 · Custard Cream · Robert Shearman · ss

154 · Cold Snap · Robert Shearman · nv

183 · Pang · Robert Shearman · ss Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical by Robert Shearman, Big Finish, 2009

200 · Blue Crayon, Yellow Crayon · Robert Shearman · ss

215 · Favourite · Robert Shearman · ss Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman, Comma Press, 2007

228 · One More Bloody Miracle After Another · Robert Shearman · ss

234 · Featherweight · Robert Shearman · nv Visitants ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2010

252 · Jason Zerrillo Is an Annoying Prick · Robert Shearman · ss

258 · Granny’s Grinning · Robert Shearman · ss The Dead That Walk ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2009

269 · Alice Through the Plastic Sheet · Robert Shearman · nv A Book of Horrors ed. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher Books, 2011

298 · The Bathtub · Robert Shearman · ss

311 · The Dark Space in the House in the Garden at the Centre of the World · Robert Shearman · ss House of Fear ed. Jon Oliver, Solaris, 2011

326 · Merely a Horror Writer · Robert Shearman · ss

Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman (Comma Press, November 3, 2007, 978-1-905583-14-0, £7.95, v+218pp, pb, oc)
Details taken from online listing.

· Mortal Coil · Robert Shearman · ss Phobic: Modern Horror Stories ed. Andy Murray, Carcanet Press, 2007

· Perfect · Robert Shearman · ss

· Grappa · Robert Shearman · ss

· Ashes to Ash · Robert Shearman · ss

· Extra Ordinary · Robert Shearman · ss

· Stuff We Leave Behind · Robert Shearman · ss

· Damned if You Don’t · Robert Shearman · ss

· Favourite · Robert Shearman · ss

· Static · Robert Shearman · ss

· No Looking Back · Robert Shearman · ss

· So Proud · Robert Shearman · ss

· The Storyteller · Robert Shearman · ss

· Tiny Deaths · Robert Shearman · ss

· Meanwhile, in a Small Room, a Small Boy · Robert Shearman · ss

Year’s Best Weird Fiction: Volume 5 ed. Robert Shearman & Michael Kelly--- see under Michael Kelly.

Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? by Robert Sheckley (Doubleday, December 1971, 0-385-03495-4, $4.95, 191pp, hc, co, cover by Margo Herr)

9 · Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy August 1969

22 · Cordle to Onion to Carrot · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy December 1969

42 · The Petrified World · Robert Sheckley · ss If February 1968

54 · Game: First Schematic · Robert Sheckley · ss

60 · Doctor Zombie and His Little Furry Friends · Robert Sheckley · ss

74 · The Cruel Equations · Robert Sheckley · ss BOAC 1971

93 · The Same to You Doubled · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy March 1970

106 · Starting from Scratch · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1970

112 · The Mnemone · Robert Sheckley · ss

124 · Tripout · Robert Sheckley · ss BOAC 1971

138 · Notes on the Perception of Imaginary Differences · Robert Sheckley · ss

145 · Down the Digestive Tract and Into the Cosmos with Mantra, Tantra, and Specklebang · Robert Sheckley · vi Galaxy Science Fiction February 1971

148 · Pas De Trois of the Chef and the Waiter and the Customer · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy August 1971, as “Three Sinners in the Green Jade Moon”

168 · Aspects of Langranak · Robert Sheckley · ss

174 · Plague Circuit · Robert Sheckley · ss

182 · Tailpipe to Disaster · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One by Robert Sheckley (Pulphouse, September 1991, no ISBN, 331pp, hc, co)
Collection of 24 stories with an introduction by Roger Zelazny, first volume of a five-book set. These books are only available as a 300-copy limited slipcased set, each leatherbound volume signed by the author and introducer. The price is $150.00.

1 · Introduction · Roger Zelazny · in

7 · The Monsters · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953

17 · Cost of Living · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1952

27 · The Altar · Robert Sheckley · ss Fantastic July/August 1953

35 · Shape · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1953, as “Keep Your Shape”

49 · Untouched by Human Hands · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1953, as “One Man’s Poison”

63 · The King’s Wishes · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953

73 · Warm · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1953

83 · The Demons · Robert Sheckley · ss Fantasy Magazine March 1953

93 · Specialist · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1953

109 · Seventh Victim [Victim] · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1953

123 · Ritual · Robert Sheckley · ss Climax 1953, as “Strange Ritual”

133 · Beside Still Waters · Robert Sheckley · vi Amazing Stories October/November 1953

137 · The Mountain Without a Name · Robert Sheckley · ss Citizen in Space by Robert Sheckley, Ballantine, 1955

153 · The Accountant · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1954

163 · Hunting Problem · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction September 1955

175 · A Thief in Time · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1954

201 · The Luckiest Man in the World · Robert Sheckley · vi Fantastic Universe February 1955, as “The Fortunate Person”

205 · Hands Off · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1954

229 · Something for Nothing · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1954

241 · A Ticket to Tranai · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1955

279 · The Battle · Robert Sheckley · ss If September 1954

285 · Skulking Permit · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction December 1954

311 · Citizen in Space · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1955, as “Spy Story”

323 · Ask a Foolish Question · Robert Sheckley · ss Science Fiction Stories #1, 1953

The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Four by Robert Sheckley (Pulphouse, September 1991, no ISBN, 275pp, hc, co)
Collection of 20 stories with an introduction by Damon Knight, fourth volume of a five-book set. These books are only available as a 300-copy limited slipcased set, each leatherbound volume signed by the author and introducer. The price is $150.00.

1 · Introduction · Damon Knight · in

5 · The Prize of Peril · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1958

23 · The Humors · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Magazine December 1958, as “Join Now” by Finn O’Donnevan

65 · Triplication · Robert Sheckley · gp Playboy May 1959

_65 · Judication · Robert Sheckley · vi Playboy May 1959

_66 · Duplication · Robert Sheckley · vi Playboy May 1959

_68 · Lubrication · Robert Sheckley · vi Playboy May 1959

71 · The Minimum Man · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1958

103 · If the Red Slayer · Robert Sheckley · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories July 1959

111 · The Store of the Worlds · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1959, as “The World of Heart’s Desire”

119 · The Gun Without a Bang · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1958, as by Finn O’Donnevan

129 · The Deaths of Ben Baxter · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1957

163 · Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy August 1969

173 · Cordle to Onion to Carrot · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy December 1969

189 · The Petrified World · Robert Sheckley · ss If February 1968

199 · Game: First Schematic · Robert Sheckley · ss Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? by Robert Sheckley, Doubleday, 1971

205 · Doctor Zombie and His Little Furry Friends · Robert Sheckley · ss Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? by Robert Sheckley, Doubleday, 1971

215 · The Cruel Equations · Robert Sheckley · ss BOAC 1971

229 · The Same to You Doubled · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy March 1970

239 · Starting from Scratch · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1970

245 · The Mnemone · Robert Sheckley · ss Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? by Robert Sheckley, Doubleday, 1971

255 · Tripout · Robert Sheckley · ss BOAC 1971

267 · Notes on the Perception of Imaginary Differences · Robert Sheckley · ss Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? by Robert Sheckley, Doubleday, 1971

273 · Down the Digestive Tract and Into the Cosmos with Mantra, Tantra, and Specklebang · Robert Sheckley · vi Galaxy Science Fiction February 1971

The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book Five by Robert Sheckley (Pulphouse, September 1991, no ISBN, 344pp, hc, co)
Collection of 36 stories with an introduction by K.W. Jeter, fifth volume of a five-book set. These books are only available as a 300-copy limited slipcased set, each leatherbound volume signed by the author and introducer. The price is $150.00.

1 · Sheckley and I Go Back a Long Ways · K. W. Jeter · in

7 · The Robot Who Looked Like Me · Robert Sheckley · ss Cosmopolitan August 1973

17 · Slaves of Time · Robert Sheckley · nv Nova 4 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1974

43 · Voices · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy October 1973

49 · A Suppliant in Space · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1973

71 · Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead · Robert Sheckley · ss Nova 2 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1972

77 · Sneak Previews · Robert Sheckley · ss Penthouse (US) August 1977

85 · Welcome to the Standard Nightmare · Robert Sheckley · ss Nova 3 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1973

101 · End City · Robert Sheckley · vi Galaxy Science Fiction May 1974

105 · The Never-Ending Western Movie · Robert Sheckley · ss Science Fiction Discoveries ed. Carol & Frederik Pohl, Bantam, 1976

121 · What Is Life? · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy December 1976

125 · I See a Man Sitting on a Chair, and the Chair Is Biting His Leg · Robert Sheckley & Harlan Ellison · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1968

151 · Is That What People Do? · Robert Sheckley · ss Anticipations ed. Christopher Priest, Faber & Faber, 1978

159 · Silversmith Wishes · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy May 1977

167 · Meanwhile, Back at the Bromide · Robert Sheckley · gp Playboy February 1960

_ · The Desperate Chase · Robert Sheckley · vi Playboy February 1960

_ · The Disguised Agent · Robert Sheckley · vi Playboy February 1960

_ · The Locked Room · Robert Sheckley · vi Playboy February 1960

175 · Five Minutes Early · Robert Sheckley · vi Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine October 1982

179 · Miss Mouse and the Fourth Dimension · Robert Sheckley · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January 1982

189 · The Helping Hand · Robert Sheckley · vi Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine April 1981

191 · The Last Days of (Parallel?) Earth · Robert Sheckley · ss After the Fall ed. Robert Sheckley, Ace, 1980

195 · The Future Lost · Robert Sheckley · ss Omni August 1980

201 · The Swamp · Robert Sheckley · vi Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July 1981

203 · The Life of Anybody · Robert Sheckley · vi Is That What People Do? by Robert Sheckley, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984

205 · Good-bye Forever to Mr. Pain · Robert Sheckley · ss Destinies v1 #2, 1979

211 · The Shaggy Average American Man Story · Robert Sheckley · ss Gallery 1979

219 · Shootout in the Toy Shop · Robert Sheckley · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine October 1981

227 · The Universal Karmic Clearing House · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy January 1986

233 · Sarkanger [AAA Ace] · Robert Sheckley · ss Stardate January/February 1986

241 · At the Conference of the Birds · Robert Sheckley · ss 1988

247 · Love Song from the Stars · Robert Sheckley · ss Weird Tales Winter 1989/1990

253 · Divine Intervention · Robert Sheckley · ss 1988

261 · The Destruction of Atlantis · Robert Sheckley · ss 1989, as “The Truth About Atlantis”

267 · The Eye of Reality · Robert Sheckley · vi Omni October 1982

269 · There Will Be No War After This One · Robert Sheckley · nv

299 · Wormworld · Robert Sheckley · nv

329 · Robotvendor Rex · Robert Sheckley · ss Omni February 1986

337 · Message from Hell · Robert Sheckley · ss Weird Tales Winter 1988/1989

341 · Dial-a-Death · Robert Sheckley · ss 1987

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