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Through the Drowsy Dark by Rachel Swirsky (Aqueduct Press, May 2010, 978-1-933500-38-6, $12.00, 145pp, tp, co, cover by Barry Deutsch)     Collection of 10 stories (three original) and nine poems (one original). This is volume 27 in the Conversation Pieces series. 3 · Those Who Wait Through the Drowsy Dark · Rachel Swirsky · ss (r) 17 · A Season with the Geese · Rachel Swirsky · pm Abyss & Apex #23, 3rd Quarter 2007 18 · Heartstrung · Rachel Swirsky · ss Interzone #210, June 2007; illustrated by Douglas A. Sirois 29 · Pomegranate · Rachel Swirsky · pm (r) 31 · Mirror Images · Rachel Swirsky · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #14, May 2008 36 · Remembering the World · Rachel Swirsky · pm Electric Velocipede #15/16, Winter 2008 39 · Of Passage · Rachel Swirsky · vi (r) 42 · Inside Her Heart · Rachel Swirsky · pm Ideomancer September 2007 44 · Heat Engine · Rachel Swirsky · ss (r) 48 · The Dream Vacation · Rachel Swirsky · pm (r) 50 · The Black Angel’s Kiss · Rachel Swirsky · ss (r) 66 · The Oracle on River Street · Rachel Swirsky · pm (r) 68 · Detours on the Way to Nothing · Rachel Swirsky · ss Weird Tales March/April 2008 75 · Dear Melody · Rachel Swirsky · pm Sybil’s Garage #4, March 2007 78 · Defiled Imagination · Rachel Swirsky · ss (r) 86 · Invitation to Emerald · Rachel Swirsky · pm Lone Star Stories #24, December 2007 88 · The Debt of the Innocent · Rachel Swirsky · ss Glorifying Terrorism ed. Farah Mendlesohn, Rackstraw Press, 2007 119 · The Fate of Hitler’s Brain · Rachel Swirsky · pm (r) 120 · No Longer You · Rachel Swirsky & Katherine Sparrow · ss Interzone #224, September/October 2009; illustrated by Mark Pexton

People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy ed. Rachel Swirsky & Sean Wallace (Prime Books, December 2010, 978-1-60701-238-2, $14.95, 318pp, tp, an, cover by Liwei Wang)     Anthology of 20 stories, one original, all with Jewish themes and published from 2000-2010. Authors include Peter S. Beagle, Neil Gaiman, Lavie Tidhar, and Michael Chabon. Introduction by Ann VanderMeer. · Introduction · Ann VanderMeer · in · Burning Beard · Rachel Pollack · ss Interfictions ed. Delia Sherman & Theodora Goss, Interstitial Arts Foundation, 2007 · How the Little Rabbi Grew · Eliot Fintushel · ss Strange Horizons September 17 2007 · Geddarien · Rose Lemberg · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #21, December 2008 · The Wings of Meister Wilhelm · Theodora Goss · ss Polyphony, Volume 4 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2004 · The Dybbuk in Love · Sonya Taaffe · nv Prime Books, 2005 · Fidelity: A Primer · Michael Blumlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2000 · Niels Bohr and the Sleeping Dane · Jonathon Sullivan · na Strange Horizons July 18 2005 (+1) · The Tsar’s Dragons · Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple · nv The Dragon Book ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace, 2009 · Going East · Elana Gomel · ss (r) · Dark Coffee, Bright Light, and the Paradox of Omnipotence · Ben Burgis · ss (r) · Biographical Notes to “A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes” by Benjamin Rosenbaum · Benjamin Rosenbaum · nv All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories ed. David Moles & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press & All-Star Stories, 2004 · Alienation and Love in the Hebrew Alphabet · Lavie Tidhar · ss ChiZine #24, April/June 2005 · The Problem of Susan [Narnia] · Neil Gaiman · ss Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2004 · Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke · Peter S. Beagle · nv Strange Roads by Peter S. Beagle, Dreamhaven Books, 2008 · Eliyahu ha-Navi · Max Sparber · ss Strange Horizons September 18 2000 · Reuben · Tamar Yellin · ss (r) · The Muldoon · Glen Hirshberg · nv American Morons by Glen Hirshberg, Earthling Publications, 2006 · Semaphore · Alex Irvine · ss Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007 · Golems I Have Known · Michael Chabon · ss (r) · The History Within Us · Matthew Kressel · nv Clarkesworld #42, March 2010

The Praesidium of Archive by Jefferson P. Swycaffer (Avon, January 1986, 0-380-89663-X, $2.95, 197pp, pb, oc)     Collection of 6 connected sf stories. They all seem to be originals. This is the fourth book set in the “Concordat” universe. 1 · Upon the Eve of the Last of Days · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · pr 5 · Case and Cause · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv 41 · The Damnable Price · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv 86 · Escalation · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv 133 · A Precise Young Death · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv 154 · To Live; To Learn · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv 175 · Archive Midwinter · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv

The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias ed. M. J. Sydney (Lycan Valley Press, May 12, 2019, 978-1-64562-950-4, $25.00, 636pp, tp, oa, cover by Kealan Patrick Burke)     Details taken from online listing. 13 · A Touch of Madness · Tim Waggoner · nv 37 · It Came from the Grave · James Pyne · nv 59 · Entwined · Colleen Anderson · ss 77 · Destiny’s Road Trip · Jay Seate · ss 95 · Morbid Dread of the Dawn · Philip Athans · nv 119 · Mutual Possession · W. T. Patterson · nv 147 · Right of Crossing · James Chambers · nv 177 · Passing Judgement · Chad Lutzke · ss 195 · The Clinic · Asher Ellis · ss 215 · Not Just Desserts · Jonah Buck · nv 241 · The Man Who Feared the Sky · John Skipp · ss 249 · Children of Blood · Greg Chapman · nv 271 · The Yearning Jade · Hank Schwaeble · nv 305 · The Cemetery Man · J. G. Faherty · nv 333 · White to Black · Michael Bailey · ss 353 · The Hunch · Richard Chizmar · nv 379 · Five in the Six · Sèphera Girón · nv 407 · The Toxic Magician · Sheri Sebastian-Gabriel · nv 431 · Feeding the Orishas · Gabino Iglesias · ss 451 · Munchausen · Max Booth, III · nv 477 · True Confessions of the Happiest Pistachio · Mehitobel Wilson · nv 499 · Beautiful Women · Ray Garton · nv 525 · A Bolt of Lightning · Edward M. Erdelac · nv 549 · Halfpenny · Steven M. Vance · nv 575 · Too Hot in Boilertown · Jill Hand · ss 595 · The Catalyst to Grow Some Guts · Kerry Lipp · ss

Mean Time: New Crime for a New Millennium ed. Jerry Sykes (Bloodlines, 1998, 978-1-899344-40-6, £6.50, 269pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 5 · NIPD Blue · Colin Bateman · ss 14 · Sitting Pretty · Simon Conway & Peter Crowther · nv 38 · My Little Suede Shoes [Charlie Resnick] · John Harvey · ss 53 · Roots · Jerry Sykes · ss 68 · Over the Edge · Jason Starr · ss 82 · Black Sheep · Ed Gorman · ss 97 · I Was Barbarella · Lauren Henderson · ss 117 · The Names of the Missing · Dennis Lehane · ss 129 · Unknown Pleasures · Ian Rankin · ss 146 · Half American · Nicholas Blincoe · ss 162 · Y2K · Molly Brown · ss 168 · Reaper · John Foster · ss 188 · Night Call · Richard T. Chizmar · ss 199 · Phantom Lover · Maxim Jakubowski · nv 222 · The Silent Server · Paul Charles · ss 240 · Beauty with Cruelty · David Bowker · nv 267 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Dead Leman & Other Tales from the French ed. Paul Sylvester & Andrew Lang--- see under Andrew Lang.

Moonchild %%2 by Aleister Crowley ed. John Symonds & Kenneth Grant--- see under Aleister Crowley.

The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons (Collins, 1965, hc, n.)

The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons (The British Library, September 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5232-1, £8.99, 240pp, tp, n.) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Collins 1965) mystery novel.

The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons (Collins, 1957, hc, n.)

The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons (The British Library, September 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5227-7, £8.99, 256pp, tp, n.) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Collins 1957) mystery novel.

The Detections of Francis Quarles by Julian Symons (Crippen & Landru, March 2006, 1-932009-45-0, $19.00, 204pp, tp, co, cover by Carol Heyer) [Francis Quarles] [edited by John Cooper]     Collection of 42 stories featuring private detective Francis Quarles. A hardcover edition (-44-2, $29.00) was announced but not seen. In the “Lost Classics” series. 7 · Introduction · John Cooper · in 11 · Red Rum Means Murder [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard May 15 1952 16 · Death in the Scillies [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard March 13 1951 21 · Poison Pen [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 15 1952 26 · An Exercise in Logic [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 8 1952 31 · Summer Show [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard August 21 1954 35 · The Desk [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 29 1950 40 · Mrs. Rolleston’s Diamonds [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard August 10 1950 45 · Murder—But How Was It Done? [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard October 29 1956 49 · Ancestor Worship [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard November 3 1956 53 · Iced Champagne [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard October 19 1953 57 · No Use Turning a Deaf Ear to Murder [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard June 1 1964 61 · The Duke of York [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard January 27 1953 66 · Double Double Cross [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 25 1952 71 · Tattoo [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 16 1953 78 · Jack and Jill [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 19 1953 79 · The Conjuring Trick [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard January 28 1953 83 · Happy Hexing [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 19 1950 88 · No Deception [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard January 29 1953 93 · The Second Bullet [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard October 31 1956 97 · Preserving the Evidence [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 18 1952 102 · Death for Mr. Golightly [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard December 22 1952 107 · A Man with Blue Hair [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard January 31 1953 112 · The Two Suitors [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 15 1953 116 · Airborne with a Borgia [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 28 1955 120 · Art-Loving Mr. Lister Lands a Fake… [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard March 13 1963 124 · The Collector [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 18 1953 128 · Ghost from the Past [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard October 1 1951 132 · The Swedish Nightingale [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 14 1953 137 · The Barton Hall Dwarf [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard August 16 1954 142 · The Pepoli Case [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard February 2 1952 147 · Nothing Up His Sleeve [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 23 1952 152 · A Present from Santa Claus [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard December 24 1954 156 · The Link [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard January 30 1953 160 · Little Boy Blue [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard August 20 1954 164 · Affection Unlimited [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard July 10 1950 170 · The Whistling Man [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard July 9 1952 174 · Party Line [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard October 30 1956 177 · Who Killed Harrington? [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard November 28 1950 182 · Murder in Reverse [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard November 2 1956 186 · The Vanishing Trick [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard July 28 1952 191 · The Impossible Theft [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss 1964 195 · Final Night Extra [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard September 3 1955 199 · Appendix: The Casebook of Francis Ouarles · [uncredited] · bi 203 · Afterword · Kathleen Symons · aw

How to Trap a Crook and 12 Other Mysteries by Julian Symons (Davis, February 1977, $1.35, 192pp, digest, co)     Seventh in the “Ellery Queen Presents” series. 7 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in 11 · How to Trap a Crook [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss 1972 18 · Experiment in Personality · Julian Symons · nv 1969 38 · Strolling in the Square One Day [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss 1960 48 · The Tiger’s Stripe · Julian Symons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1965 66 · Love Affair · Julian Symons · ss 1968 76 · A Theme for Hyacinth · Julian Symons · ss Argosy (UK) August 1967 96 · Credit to Shakespeare [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard December 12 1950, as “Credit to William Shakespeare” 102 · The Main Chance · Julian Symons · ss 1966 115 · Eight Minutes to Kill · Julian Symons · nv The Evening Standard May 30 1957 (+5) 134 · The Santa Claus Club [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss Suspense (UK) December 1960 145 · The Sensitive Ears of Mr. Small · Julian Symons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1972 154 · ’Twixt the Cup and the Lip · Julian Symons · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963, as “Father Christmas Comes to Orbins” 180 · Pickup on the Dover Road · Julian Symons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1972

Julian Symons Sherlockian Duet by Julian Symons (Calabash Press, 2000, C$7.50, ph, co) [Sherlock Holmes] · Preface · Christopher Roden · pr · Introduction · Jack Adrian · in · Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule—? [Sherlock Holmes; Hercule Poirot] · Julian Symons · ss The Illustrated London News April 1987 · The Affair of the Vanishing Diamonds [Sherlock Holmes] · Julian Symons · ss

The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons (Collins, 1960, hc, n.)

The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons (The British Library, September 10, 2020, 978-0-7123-5372-4, £8.99, 288pp, tp, co) [British Library Crime Classics]     Collection of the eponymous novel and a short story by the same author. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · Progress of a Crime · Julian Symons · n. Collins, 1960 259 · The Tigers of Subtopia · Julian Symons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1965, as “The Tiger’s Stripe”

The Penguin Classic Crime Omnibus ed. Julian Symons (Penguin US, 1984, 0-1400-6739-6, $5.95, 378pp, tp, an) 9 · Introduction · Julian Symons · in 13 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889 25 · The Coin of Dionysius [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · ss News of the World August 17 1913, as “The Master Coiner Unmasked” 41 · The Proverbial Murder [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1943 61 · The Wrong Shape [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 10 1910 79 · The Submarine Plans [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 7 1923 93 · Who Killed Baker? [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin & Geoffrey Bush · ss The Evening Standard October 30 1950 101 · Change of Climate · Ursula Curtiss · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967 113 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 125 · The Copper Beeches [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine June 1892, as “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches” 149 · The Question · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1962, as “The Question My Son Asked” 159 · Smoke [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1932 185 · The Phantom Motor [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 11 1906, as “Problem of the Phantom Auto” 201 · Counterplot [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1976, as “A Case of Shoplifting” 209 · The Case for the Defense · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947 215 · The Mobile Bed-Object · Patricia Highsmith · ss Little Tales of Misogyny by Patricia Highsmith, Heinemann, 1977 223 · The Most Dangerous Man [Sherlock Holmes] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1973, as by R. L. Stevens 231 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973 249 · All the Way to the Moon · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #94, September 1951 267 · “Thou Art the Man” · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1844 283 · The Adventure of the Bearded Lady [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery August 1934, as “The Sinister Beard” 305 · The Clinging Woman · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1975 319 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932 333 · Inspector Maigret Pursues [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) January 1962, as “The Man on the Run” translated from the French “L’Homme dans la rue”, Maigret et les petits cochons sans queue, Presses de la Cité, 1950). 347 · The Man Who Murdered in Public [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1934, as “The Clue-Proof Murders” 365 · Being a Murderer Myself · Arthur Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #57, August 1948

Verdict of 13: A Detection Club Anthology ed. Julian Symons (Faber and Faber, 1978, 0-571-10518-1, hc, oa)     Also available in pb (Ballantine Jun ’80). · Introduction · Julian Symons · in · Great-Aunt Allie’s Flypapers [Adam Dalgliesh] · P. D. James · nv · The Rogue’s Twist · Gwendoline Butler · ss · Twenty-One Good Men and True · Dick Francis · ss · Verdict of Three · Michael Gilbert · ss · Cloud Nine · Christianna Brand · ss · Pelly and Cullis [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss · Something the Cat Dragged In · Patricia Highsmith · nv · The Postgraduate Thesis · Celia Fremlin · ss · Gup · H. R. F. Keating · ss · Murder at St. Oswald’s · Michael Underwood · ss · Morepork · Ngaio Marsh · nv · Who Killed the Cat? · Peter Dickinson · ss · Waiting for Mr. McGregor · Julian Symons · ss

Living in the Future by Robert Silverberg ed. Tim Szczesuil & David G. Grubbs--- see under Robert Silverberg.

Frankensteins and Foreign Devils by Walter Jon Williams ed. Timothy P. Szczesuil--- see under Walter Jon Williams.

His Share of Glory by C. M. Kornbluth ed. Timothy P. Szczesuil--- see under C. M. Kornbluth.

Erotic Fairy Tales: A Romp Through the Classics by Mitzi Szereto (Cleis Press, 2001, 1-57344-124-4, $14.95, xii+316pp, tp, oc, cover: [photo] by Alice Egoyan)     Explicitly adult retellings of 15 classic stories such as “Cinderella”, “The Sleeping Beauty”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, and “Rapunzel”; each with a brief historical introduction. vii · Introduction · Mitzi Szereto · in 1 · Introduction to “Cinderella” · Mitzi Szereto · is 4 · Cinderella · Mitzi Szereto · nv 29 · Introduction to “The Magic Muntr” · Mitzi Szereto · is 32 · The Magic Muntr · Mitzi Szereto · ss 48 · Introduction to “The Goblin of Adachigahara” · Mitzi Szereto · is 51 · The Goblin of Adachigahara · Mitzi Szereto · ss 62 · Introduction to “Rapunzel” · Mitzi Szereto · is 65 · Rapunzel · Mitzi Szereto · ss 79 · Introduction to “The Swineherd” · Mitzi Szereto · is 82 · The Swineherd · Mitzi Szereto · ss 98 · Introduction to “The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces” · Mitzi Szereto · is 101 · The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces · Mitzi Szereto · ss 117 · Introduction to “The Ebony Horse” · Mitzi Szereto · is 120 · The Ebony Horse · Mitzi Szereto · nv 147 · Introduction to “Michel Michelkleiner’s Good Luck” · Mitzi Szereto · is 149 · Michel Michelkleiner’s Good Luck · Mitzi Szereto · ss 160 · Introduction to “Punished Pride” · Mitzi Szereto · is 163 · Punished Pride · Mitzi Szereto · nv 188 · Introduction to “A Tale of the Parrot” · Mitzi Szereto · is 190 · A Tale of the Parrot · Mitzi Szereto · ss 202 · Introduction to “Little Red Riding Hood” · Mitzi Szereto · is 205 · Little Red Riding Hood · Mitzi Szereto · ss 226 · Introduction to “The Travelin Companion” · Mitzi Szereto · is 229 · The Travelin Companion · Mitzi Szereto · nv 256 · Introduction to “The Turnip” · Mitzi Szereto · is 258 · The Turnip · Mitzi Szereto · ss 268 · Introduction to “The Sleeping Beauty” · Mitzi Szereto · is 271 · The Sleeping Beauty · Mitzi Szereto · ss 290 · Introduction to “The Twelve Months” · Mitzi Szereto · is 293 · The Twelve Months · Mitzi Szereto · nv

Getting Even: Revenge Stories ed. Mitzi Szereto (Serpent’s Tail, June 2008, 978-1-85242-961-4, 256pp, tp, oa) 1 · Glazed · Danuta Reah · ss 17 · Parvati · Umi Sinha · ss 35 · Payment in Kind · Stella Duffy · ss 45 · How to Kill an Aries · Tony Fennelly · ss 65 · Never Die · Niall Griffiths · ss 71 · A Cake Story · Josie Kimber · ss 91 · More Than Skin Deep · Becky Bradford · ss 105 · Hell Is Where the Heart Is · Mitzi Szereto · nv 127 · The One · Georgiana Nelsen · ss 133 · Echo · Rosie Jackson · ss 141 · Remember Me · Dee Silman · ss 151 · Love and Death in Renaissance Italy · Clare Colvin · ss 167 · Be Very Afraid · Vicki Hendricks · ss 175 · Hurting Hugh · Madeline de Chambrey · nv 197 · Dolls, Revenge, Dolls Again · Chris Dunning · ss 205 · Wig · Tara Ison · ss 225 · Esprit de Corpse · Jean Lamb · ss

The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard (Simon & Schuster, 1961, $3.00, 122pp, hc, co) 11 · Nightmare for Future Reference · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (Senior) Scholastic September 17 1938 19 · The Voice of the Dolphins · Leo Szilard · na (r) 75 · My Trial as a War Criminal · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Law Review Fall 1949 89 · The Mark Gable Foundation · Leo Szilard · ss 105 · Calling All Stars · Leo Szilard · ss 115 · Report on “Grand Central Terminal” · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Magazine June 1952

The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories (var. 1) by Leo Szilard (Sphere, 1967, 83216, 5/-, 126pp, pb, co)     This edition adds two stories not in the original (Simon & Schuster, 1961) edition. 7 · Nightmare for Future Reference · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (Senior) Scholastic September 17 1938 13 · The Voice of the Dolphins · Leo Szilard · na (r) 69 · My Trial as a War Criminal · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Law Review Fall 1949 81 · The Mark Gable Foundation · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961 95 · Calling All Stars · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961 101 · Report on “Grand Central Terminal” · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Magazine June 1952 109 · Kathy and the Bear · Leo Szilard · vi (r) 113 · The Mined Cities · Leo Szilard · ss Bulletin of the American Scientist December 1961

The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories (var. 2) by Leo Szilard (Stanford University Press, May 1992, 0-8047-1753-2, $45.00, 200pp, hc, co)     This edition adds an introduction by historian Barton Bernstein, an afterword by Helen Weiss and one story from the 1967 Sphere reprint. 3 · Introduction · Barton Bernstein · in 47 · The Voice of the Dolphins · Leo Szilard · na (r) 103 · My Trial as a War Criminal · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Law Review Fall 1949 117 · The Mark Gable Foundation · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961 133 · Calling All Stars · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961 143 · Report on “Grand Central Terminal” · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Magazine June 1952 153 · The Mined Cities · Leo Szilard · ss Bulletin of the American Scientist December 1961 171 · Afterword · Helen Weiss · aw 175 · Notes to Introduction · [uncredited] · ms

Transcendent: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction ed. K. M. Szpara (Lethe Press, September 2016, 978-1-59021-617-0, $20.00, viii+191pp, tp, an, cover by Noel Arthur Heimpel)     Year’s Best anthology of 15 stories. Authors include Nino Cirpri, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, and E. Catherine Tobler. Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · K. M. Szpara · in 1 · The Shape of My Name · Nino Cipri · ss Tor.com March 4 2015 17 · Into the Waters I Rode Down · Jack Hollis Marr · ss Accessing the Future ed. Djibril al-Ayad & Kathryn Allan, Futurefire.net Publishing, 2015 25 · Everything Beneath You · Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #164, January 8 2015 37 · Contents of Care Package to Etsath-tachri, Formerly Ryan Andrew Curran (Human English Translated to Sedrayin) · Holly Heisey · ss Evil Girlfriend Media November 10 2015 41 · The Petals Abide · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss Clarkesworld #103, April 2015 59 · Treasure Acre · Everett Maroon · ss Expanded Horizons #46, September 2015 63 · Splitskin [Jackson’s Circus] · E. Catherine Tobler · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #172, April 30 2015 77 · The Need for Overwhelming Sensation · Bogi Takács · ss Capricious #1, September 2015 91 · The Scaper’s Muse · B. R. Sanders · ss Glitterwolf #9, 2015 99 · The Librarian’s Dilemma · E. Saxey · nv Unlikely Story #12, October 2015 119 · Chosen · Margarita Tenser · ss Vitality #3, December 2015 123 · Where Monsters Dance · A. Merc Rustad · ss Inscription Magazine March 18 2015 143 · Be Not Unequally Yoked · Alexis A. Hunter · ss Shimmer #23, January 2015 161 · The Thing on the Cheerleading Squad · Molly Tanzer · ss She Walks in Shadows ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, 2015 177 · Kin, Painted · Penny Stirling · ss Lackington’s #7, Summer 2015

ReVisions ed. Isaac Szpindel & Julie E. Czerneda--- see under Julie E. Czerneda.

Robert E. Howard: The Power of the Writing Mind ed. Ben Szumskyj (Mythos Books, 2003, 0-9728545-0-9, $15.00, 76pp, tp, an, cover by Rick Cortes) [Ref. Robert E. Howard]     Collection of rare Howardiana and articles about Howard. 6 · Introduction · Ben Szumskyj · in 8 · An Introduction to the Life and Works of Robert E. Howard · Joe Marek · ar [Ref. Robert E. Howard] 10 · An Untitled Story · Robert E. Howard · uw Fantasy Crosswinds #2, January 1977, as “The Door to the Garden” 16 · A Short History of the Conan Typescripts · Patrice Louinet · ar 21 · The Devil’s Woodchopper · Robert E. Howard · uw originally published in a somewhat different version in The Grim Land and Others, Stygian Isle Press, 1976. 24 · Pages from As the Poet Says— · Rusty Burke · ms 27 · Letter to Argosy All-Story Weekly Magazine, ca. Spring 1929 (“I was born in Texas about twenty-three…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Argosy Allstory Weekly July 20 1929 27 · Letter to Farnsworth Wright, ca. June-July 1931 (“In your last letter you asked me to give you…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Ghost #3, May 1945 [Ref. Farnsworth Wright] 30 · Letter to Wilfred Blanch Talman, ca. September 1931 (“Thank you very much for the letter you wrote…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Whispers June 1975 [Ref. Wilfred Blanch Talman] 34 · And in this Corner…Hailing from Nazareth…or: What the Eddas Don’t Tell You · Scott Sheaffer · ar 45 · Double-Cross [Ace Jessel] · Robert E. Howard · ss Bran Mak Morn: A Play, and Others by Robert E. Howard, Cromlech, 1983 56 · Am-Ra: Howard’s Lost Hero · Ben Szumskyj · ar 59 · Introduction to ‘The Right Hook’ · Tom Munnerlyn · si 59 · The Right Hook [Volume 1 Number 1, ca. 1925] · Robert E. Howard · mg The Right Hook v1 #1, 1925 67 · An Interview with Glenn Lord · Joe Marek · iv [Ref. Glenn Lord] 71 · Some People Who Have Had Influence Over Me · Robert E. Howard · ar The Ghost #3, May 1945 73 · Afterword · Ben Szumskyj · aw

Strange Wonders by Fritz Leiber ed. Benjamin Szumskyj--- see under Fritz Leiber.

Call of the Dark: Erotic Lesbian Tales of the Supernatural ed. Therese Szymanski (Bella Books, 2005, 1-59493-040-6, £14.95, xi+308pp, tp, oa, cover by Sandy Knowles) ix · What Do You Do in the Dark? · Therese Szymanski · in 1 · Lilith · Kain Kallmaker · ss 16 · By the Light of the Moon · Radcliffe · ss 24 · The Feast of St. Lucy · Victoria A. Brownworth · ss 44 · The Tomb of Neru-Ra · Alison Laleche · ss 55 · Visitation · Julia Watts · ss 65 · Living Ophelia · Barbara Johnson · ss 74 · Dream Lover · Therese Szymanski · ss 88 · The Dream · Amie M. Evans · ss 93 · In the Blood · Patty G. Henderson · ss 101 · The Haunted Haunted House · Rachel Kramer Bussel · ss 107 · The Call · Vicky “Dylan” Wagstaff · ss 125 · All Hallows’ Eve · Peggy J. Herring, Laura DeHart Young & Therese Szymanski · nv 157 · A Ghost of a Chance · Lynn Ames · ss 173 · From the Sea · Crystal Barela · ss 183 · Samhain (The End of Summer) · Jane Vollbrecht · ss 199 · Van Helsing 2005 · Lynne Jamneck · nv 220 · The Specter of Sin · Kristina Wright · ss 229 · Captus in Fuga · Cynthia Glinik · ss 247 · Cinnamon Toast · Nancy Sanra · ss 256 · Games of Love · Ariel Graham · ss 266 · That Which Alters · Heather Osbourne · ss 278 · Jane Doe · Maria V. Ciletti · ss 287 · States of Grace · Joy Parks · ss 301 · About the Authors · bg

Terrible Tales: French ed. C. J. T.--- see under Anon..

Terrible Tales: German ed. C. J. T.--- see under Anon..

Terrible Tales: Italian ed. C. J. T.--- see under Anon..

Terrible Tales: Spanish ed. C. J. T.--- see under Anon..

The Singer by J. T. (The Gorham Press, 1916, 166pp, hc, co) · The Singer · J. T. · pm (r) · Remark · J. T. · pm (r) · Love in 1915 · J. T. · pm (r) · Werther Exhumed · J. T. · pm (r) · William in Belgium · J. T. · pm (r) · Ballad of England’s Secret · J. T. · pm (r) · David in Heaven · J. T. · pm (r) · War-Poetry · J. T. · pm (r) · A Quarter of a Century of Song · J. T. · pm (r) · The Advancement of Learning · J. T. · pm (r) · A Giant · J. T. · pm (r) · Flowers · J. T. · pm (r) · The Last Stand · J. T. · pm (r)

Forget the Sleepless Shores by Sonya Taaffe (Lethe Press, August 7, 2018, 978-1-59021-210-3, $20.00, 280pp, tp, co, cover by D. G. Smith)     Details taken from online listing. · Teinds · Sonya Taaffe · ss Strange Horizons October 29 2007 · Chez Vous Soon · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #35, April 2006 · Little Fix of Friction · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #33, April 2005 · On the Blindside · Sonya Taaffe · ss Flytrap #4, May 2005 · Notes Toward the Classification of the Lesser Moly · Sonya Taaffe · ss Zahir #12, Spring 2007 · Another Coming · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #32, September 2004 · Last Drink Bird Head · Sonya Taaffe · ss Last Drink Bird Head ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Ministry of Whimsy, 2009 · The Boatman’s Cure · Sonya Taaffe · nv Ghost Signs by Sonya Taaffe, Aqueduct Press, 2015 · The Dybbuk in Love · Sonya Taaffe · nv Prime Books, 2005 · Like Milkweed · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #52, September 2014 · Imperator Noster · Sonya Taaffe · ss Genius Loci ed. Jaym Gates, Ragnarok Publications, 2016 · The Salt House · Sonya Taaffe · ss Sirenia Digest September 2007 · And Black Unfathomable Lakes · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #50, September 2013 · The Face of the Waters · Sonya Taaffe · ss · The Creeping Influences · Sonya Taaffe · ss Shimmer #39, September 2017 · Drink Down · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #34, September 2005 · Exorcisms · Sonya Taaffe · ss Mythic ed. Mike Allen, Mythic Delirium Books, 2006 · When Can a Broken Glass Mend? · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #53, April 2015 · On Two Streets, with Three Languages · Sonya Taaffe · pm Interfictions Online #5, June 2015 · The Trinitite Golem · Sonya Taaffe · ss Clockwork Phoenix 5 ed. Mike Allen, Mythic Delirium Books, 2016 · All Our Salt-Bottled Hearts · Sonya Taaffe · nv Dreams from the Witch House ed. Lynne Jamneck, Dark Regions Press, 2016 · The Depth Oracle · Sonya Taaffe · ss Sirenia Digest #22, 2006

Postcards from the Province of Hyphens by Sonya Taaffe (Prime Books, May 2005, 0-8095-4487-3, $15.00, 111pp, tp, co, cover: Expectations by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema from 1885) 9 · Etz Chayim · Sonya Taaffe · pm Dreams and Nightmares #69, 2004 11 · Matlacihuatl’s Gift · Sonya Taaffe · pm Dreams and Nightmares #63, September 2002 14 · Intercourse · Sonya Taaffe · pm Star*Line March/April 2004 15 · Cornerstones · Sonya Taaffe · pm Star*Line November/December 2002 17 · Skins on Sule Skerry · Sonya Taaffe · pm Vestal Review #11, 2002 19 · The Laying-Out · Sonya Taaffe · pm Mythic Delirium #11, Summer/Fall 2004 20 · Green Fuses · Sonya Taaffe · pm Dreams and Nightmares #64, January 2003 23 · Daughters of the Ash-Tree · Sonya Taaffe · pm Not One of Us #32, September 2004 25 · The King of the Chia Pets · Sonya Taaffe · pm Full Unit Hookup #2, Summer 2002 27 · The Third Corbie · Sonya Taaffe · vi Companionship ed. John Benson, John Benson, 2002 30 · Sedna · Sonya Taaffe · pm Mythic Delirium #6, Winter/Spring 2002 31 · New Blood · Sonya Taaffe · pm Flytrap #1, November 2003 33 · Harlequin, Lonely · Sonya Taaffe · pm Star*Line July/August 2003 36 · Another Dark Lady · Sonya Taaffe · pm Star*Line May/June 2003 38 · Refractions · Sonya Taaffe · pm Not One of Us #32, September 2004 39 · And the Ocean Waves Do Roll · Sonya Taaffe · vi SubNatural ed. John Benson, John Benson, 2004 41 · Kaddish for a Dybbuk · Sonya Taaffe · pm Mythic Delirium #9, Summer/Fall 2003 43 · Gray’s Anatomy · Sonya Taaffe · pm Dreams and Nightmares #65, 2003 45 · Hershel Said · Sonya Taaffe · pm Full Unit Hookup #3, Spring 2003 47 · Shirat Hayam · Sonya Taaffe · pm Full Unit Hookup #4, Fall 2003 50 · The Genealogy of Dreams · Sonya Taaffe · pm Star*Line January/February 2004 52 · Lilim, After Dark · Sonya Taaffe · pm Mythic Delirium #10, Winter/Spring 2004 54 · Abraham’s Guest · Sonya Taaffe · vi Zahir #4, Summer 2004 56 · Milochael · Sonya Taaffe · pm Flytrap #3, November 2004 57 · Misrule · Sonya Taaffe · pm Flytrap #3, November 2004 59 · Tzaddik · Sonya Taaffe · pm Mythic Delirium #11, Summer/Fall 2004 61 · Prophesy · Sonya Taaffe · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Autumn 2004 63 · Roadside Ballads · Sonya Taaffe · pm Vestal Review #13, 2003 65 · Thunderbird · Sonya Taaffe · pm Mythic Delirium #7, Summer/Fall 2002 67 · An Eclipse of Raven · Sonya Taaffe · pm Dreams and Nightmares #68, 2004 69 · Apocalypso · Sonya Taaffe · pm Mythic Delirium #10, Winter/Spring 2004 71 · Turn of the Century, Jack-in-the-Green · Sonya Taaffe · pm Mythic Delirium #5, Summer/Fall 2001 73 · Proteus Tells · Sonya Taaffe · pm Mythic Delirium #8, Winter/Spring 2003 75 · Theagenes Remembers · Sonya Taaffe · pm Vestal Review #10, 2002 77 · Philon from Ithaka, Theas’s Son · Sonya Taaffe · pm Paradox #2, Summer 2003 79 · Amduat · Sonya Taaffe · pm 81 · When You Come to Troy · Sonya Taaffe · ss City Slab #3, 2003 86 · Salt and No Wounds · Sonya Taaffe · pm 88 · Martyrology · Sonya Taaffe · pm A Verse from Babylon ed. Jeannelle Ferreira, Prime Books, 2005 89 · Genesis · Sonya Taaffe · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Winter 2004/2005 92 · Etemmu · Sonya Taaffe · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Winter 2004/2005 93 · Years Like Yahrzeit Candles · Sonya Taaffe · pm Electric Velocipede #8, Spring 2005 94 · Doyna for August, and After · Sonya Taaffe · pm 95 · The Face of Heaven So Fine · Sonya Taaffe · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Autumn 2004 97 · Psyche · Sonya Taaffe · pm Not One of Us #33, April 2005 98 · The Language of Dead Flowers · Sonya Taaffe · pm Clarity ed. John Benson, John Benson, 2005 100 · Storm Gods of the Connecticut River Valley · Sonya Taaffe · pm Star*Line January/February 2003 103 · Postcards from the Province of Hyphens · Sonya Taaffe · ss Hadrosaur Tales Volume XXI ed. David Lee Summers, Hadrosaur Productions, 2005

Singing Innocence and Experience by Sonya Taaffe (Prime Books, October 2005, 0-8095-4479-2, $17.95, 272pp, tp, co, cover: The Siren by John William Waterhouse from 1900)     Collection of 15 stories, two original, and eight poems. The author provides notes on the writing of each story. Introduction by Tim Pratt. 9 · Introduction · Tim Pratt · in 13 · Shade and Shadow · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #26, September 2001 31 · Matlacihuatl’s Gift · Sonya Taaffe · pm Dreams and Nightmares #63, September 2002 34 · A Maid on the Shore · Sonya Taaffe · ss Zahir #3, Spring 2004 40 · Clay Lies Still · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #29, March 2003 57 · Storm Gods of the Connecticut River Valley · Sonya Taaffe · pm Star*Line January/February 2003 59 · Featherweight · Sonya Taaffe · ss Say… #4, 2004 71 · Nights with Belilah · Sonya Taaffe · ss Blowing Kisses ed. Mary Anne Mohanraj, 2005 85 · Tarot in the Dungeon · Sonya Taaffe · pm Mythic Delirium #12, Winter/Spring 2005 88 · Time May Be · Sonya Taaffe · ss 109 · To Everything, a Season · Sonya Taaffe · pm Say… #2, 2003 111 · Kouros · Sonya Taaffe · ss Say… #3, 2003 124 · Retrospective · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #31, April 2004 139 · Harlequin, Lonely · Sonya Taaffe · pm Star*Line July/August 2003 142 · Constellations, Conjunctions · Sonya Taaffe · ss Maelstrom Speculative Fiction #8, 2001 160 · Singing Innocence and Experience · Sonya Taaffe · ss Realms of Fantasy June 2004 177 · Gintaras · Sonya Taaffe · pm Dreams and Nightmares #70, 2005 179 · Till Human Voices Wake Us · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #28, September 2002 193 · A Ceiling of Amber, a Pavement of Pearl · Sonya Taaffe · nv 220 · Eelgrass and Blue · Sonya Taaffe · pm Mythic Delirium #12, Winter/Spring 2005 223 · Letters from the Eighth Circle · Sonya Taaffe · ss City Slab #1, 2002 237 · Moving Nameless · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #27, March 2002 249 · Courting Hades · Sonya Taaffe · pm Electric Velocipede #8, Spring 2005 250 · Return on the Downward Road · Sonya Taaffe · ss Wicked Hollow #7, December 2003 260 · Story Notes · Sonya Taaffe · ms

Harry Price: The Biography of a Ghost-Hunter by Paul Tabori (Sphere, June 1974, 0-7221-8326-7, 60p, 303pp, pb, nf) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Reprint (Athenaeum Press 1950) biographical book. Volume seven in the series. 7 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in

Erotic Edwardian Fairy Tales ed. Paul Tabori (NEL, 1970, 30p, 127pp, pb, an, cover by J. Frederick Smith)     All stories anonymous, allegedly selected and translated by Tabori. Unlike the Victorian volume, where each story starts at the head of a page, this runs stories on so same page may see end of one story and start of another; hence I give exact pages. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 7-8 · Introduction · Paul Tabori · in ; “from the slightly yellowing pages of a dozen different magazines”—he indicates from feuilletons. 9-14 · The Three Keys · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 14-18 · The Glass Princess · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 18-22 · The Inconvenience of Wings · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 22-25 · The Blue Kingdom · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 26-30 · Happiness Is in the Middle · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 30-32 · The Cross of Orion · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 32-37 · The Glass Slipper · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 37-48 · The Odalisque of Pittsburgh · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 48-52 · Permissive Wife · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 52-55 · The Divining Rod · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 55-59 · The Crown Prince · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 60-68 · The Nymph of Lake Balaton · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 68-69 · Shared Complaint · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 69-73 · The High Cost of Loving · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 73-74 · Frontier Incident · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 74-77 · The Raindrop · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 77-79 · Alarm Clock · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 79-80 · Top Boots · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 81-85 · Siesta · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 85-88 · The Stage Fireman · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 89-94 · The Coalman’s Wife · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 95-97 · Professional Pride · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 97-101 · In the Mood · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 101-106 · Love in Anytown · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 106-114 · The Topaz Maiden · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 114-120 · Angelica and the Prince · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 120-127 · Villanova · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r)

Erotic Victorian Fairy Tales ed. Paul Tabori (NEL, 1971, 30p, 142pp, pb, an)     All stories anonymous; supposedly selected and translated by Tabori. “Several of these stories have appeared in Playboy, and acknowledgement is made to that magazine, with thanks. P.T.” Details supplied by Denny Lien. 5-8 · Introduction · Paul Tabori · in ; on erotic writing in Victorian era; suggests most of the stories herein are from “magazines and even daily newspapers” from France, Italy, Germany, Austria and Hungary, fewer from England. 9 · The Playing Cards · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 12 · Harlequin · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 19 · Fair Judgement · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 23 · The Grateful Stag · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 25 · The Constant Maiden · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 44 · The Mystery of Life · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 47 · The Very Silent Wife · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 52 · The Love Fast · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 56 · Monsieur De Balzac’s Umbrella · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 59 · The Lady in the Red Velvet Cowl · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 64 · Typical Case · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 68 · Full Circle · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 72 · Yvette’s Secret Vice · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 76 · Personal Column · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 81 · Lucky Man · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 87 · The Extraordinary Wedding Night · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 93 · An Apple of Honour · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 100 · Sing of Death in Greece · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 103 · The Captain’s Moustache · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 108 · The Japanese Vase · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 113 · The Lesson · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 117 · Adventure in Scheveningen · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 125 · The Model Husband · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 128 · Orphan John · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 134 · Boomerang · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 137 · The School of Happiness · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r)

Shadowcats by Anna Taborska (Black Shuck Books, 2019, 978-1-913038-37-3, 120pp, pb, oc)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. 7 · I, Cat · Anna Taborska · pm 9 · The Cat Sitter · Anna Taborska · nv 55 · Schrodinger’s Human · Anna Taborska · nv The Fifth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2009 81 · Bagpuss · Anna Taborska · nv The Sixth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2010 111 · Marked · Anna Taborska · ss

Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror ed. John F. D. Taff (Titan, March 22, 2022, 978-1-78909-898-3, £8.99, 432pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · Foreword · Josh Malerman · fw · Introduction · John F. D. Taff · in · The Attentionist · Caroline Kepnes · nv · A Life in Nightmares · Ramsey Campbell · ss · Papa Eye · Priya Sharma · nv · Volcano · Livia Llewellyn · nv · All Things He Called Memories · Stephen Graham Jones · nv · Trinity River Blues · Chesya Burke · nv · The Familiar’s Assistant · Alma Katsu · ss · Swim in the Blood of a Curious Dream · John F. D. Taff · nv · The Sanguintalist · Gemma Files · nv · Mrs. Addison’s Nest · Josh Malerman · nv · Challawa · Usman T. Malik · nv · Enough for Hunger and Enough for Hate · John Langan · nv · Afterword · Ramsey Campbell · aw

Mexico City Noir ed. Paco Ignacio Taibo, II; translated by Achy Obejas (Akashic Books, February 2010, 978-1-933354-90-3, $15.95, 174pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir] 11 · Snow White vs. Dr. Frankenstein · Paco Ignacio Taibo, II · in 21 · Part I: Above the Law 23 · I’m Nobody · Eduardo Antonio Parra; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Narvarte. translated from the Spanish. 36 · Private Collection · Bernardo Fernández; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Vallejo. translated from the Spanish. 44 · The Corner · Paco Ignacio Taibo, II; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Doctores. translated from the Spanish. 54 · The Unsmiling Comedian · F. G. Haghenbeck; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Condesa. translated from the Spanish. 71 · Part II: Dead Men Walking 73 · Bang! · Juan Hernández Luna; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Roma. translated from the Spanish. 82 · Judas Burning · Eugenio Aguirre; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Calle Tacuba. translated from the Spanish. 88 · Violeta Isn’t Here Anymore · Myriam Laurini; translated by Achy Obejas · nv; set in Hipódromo. translated from the Spanish. 113 · Outside the Door · Óscar de las Borbolla; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Barrio Unknown. translated from the Spanish. 119 · Part III: Suffocation City 121 · A Squirrel Without a Tree · Rolo Diez; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Centro Histórico. translated from the Spanish. 130 · God Is Fanatical, Hija · Eduardo Monteverde; translated by Achy Obejas · nv; set in San Fernando. translated from the Spanish. 153 · Of Cats and Murderers · Victor Luis González; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Colonia del Valle. translated from the Spanish. 166 · RENO · Julia Rodríguez; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Buenos Aires. translated from the Spanish. 172 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Three Science Fiction Novels by John Taine (Dover, 1964, T1180, $2.00, 532pp, tp, om) · The Purple Sapphire · John Taine · n. Dutton, 1924 · The Time Stream · John Taine · n. Wonder Stories December 1931 (+3) · The Greatest Adventure · John Taine · n. Dutton, 1929

Transcendent 2: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction ed. Bogi Takács (Lethe Press, October 22, 2017, 978-1-59021-662-0, $18.00, 206pp, tp, an)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Bogi Takács · in · Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived by Her Mercy · Charlie Jane Anders · nv Drowned Worlds ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016 · Skerry-Bride · Sonya Taaffe · ss Lakeside Circus Summer 2014 · Transitions · Gwen Benaway · ss Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time ed. Hope Nicholson, Bedside Press, 2016 · This Is Not a Wardrobe Door · A. Merc Rustad · ss Fireside Magazine #29, January 2016 · Three Points Masculine · An Owomoyela · ss Lightspeed #72, May 2016 · The L7 Gene · Jeanne Thornton · ss Wired (online) December 13 2016 · Rhizomatic Diplomacy · Vajra Chandrasekera · ss An Alphabet of Embers ed. Rose Lemberg, Stone Bird Press, 2016 · The Pigeon Summer · Brit Mandelo · ss Tor.com May 11 2016 · The Road, and the Valley, and the Beasts · Keffy R. M. Kehrli · ss Clockwork Phoenix 5 ed. Mike Allen, Mythic Delirium Books, 2016 · About a Woman and a Kid · M. Téllez · ss Procyon Press Science Fiction Anthology 2016 ed. Jeanne Thornton, Procyon Press, 2016 · Sky and Dew · Holly Heisey · ss Amazon Digital, February 2016, as by Novae Caelum · The Nothing Spots Where Nobody Wants to Stay · K. Tait Jarboe · ss Procyon Press Science Fiction Anthology 2016 ed. Jeanne Thornton, Procyon Press, 2016 · Lisa’s Storie: Zombie Apocalypse · Gillian Ybabez · ss gillian-ybabez.com May 31 2016 (+17) · Happy Regards · RoAnna Sylver · ss The Library Ghost and Happy “Regards” by RoaAnna Sylver, RoaAnna Sylver, 2017 · The Way You Say Good-Night · Toby MacNutt · ss Ligature Works September 2016 · Her Sacred Spirit Soars · S. Qiouyi Lu · ss Strange Horizons July 18 2016

Transcendent 3: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction ed. Bogi Takács (Lethe Press, November 1, 2018, 978-1-59021-706-1, $18.00, xiv+246pp, tp, an, cover by L. Stiegman)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Bogi Takács · in · The Chameleon’s Gloves [The Machineries of Empire] · Yoon Ha Lee · nv Cosmic Powers ed. John Joseph Adams, Saga Press, 2017 · Death You Deserve · Ryley Knowles · ss Nerve Endings ed. Tobi Hill-Meyer, Instar Books, 2017 · Fire Fills the Belly · Noa Josef Sperber · ss Brave Boy World ed. Michael D. Takeda, Pink Narcissus Press, 2017 · Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time · K. M. Szpara · nv Uncanny Magazine #16, May/June 2017 · Heat Death of Western Human Arrogance · M. Téllez · ss Meanwhile, Elsewhere ed. Cat Fitzpatrick & Casey Plett, Topside Press, 2017 · Praying to the God of Small Chances · L. Chan · ss Arsenika #1, Spring 2017 · The Mouse · Larissa Glasser · ss Wicked Haunted ed. Scott T. Goudsward, Daniel G. Keohane & David Price, NEHW Press, 2017 · Cooking with Closed Mouths · Kerry Truong · ss GlitterShip Winter 2017 · World of the Three · Shweta Narayan · nv Lightspeed #85, June 2017 · A Spell to Signal Home · A. C. Buchanan · ss GlitterShip Spring 2017 · Feed · Rivers Solomon · ss (r) · Hello, World · Polenth Blake · ss Patreon.com/polenth 2017 · A Splendid Goat Adventure · Rose Lemberg · ss Patreon.com/rblemberg September 26 2017 · A Complex Filament of Light · S. Qiouyi Lu · ss Anathema: Spec from the Margins #1, April 2017 · Minor Heresies · Ada Hoffmann · ss Ride the Star Wind ed. C. Dombrowski & Scott Gable, Broken Eye Books, 2017 · The Heavy Things · Julian Jarboe · ss 2017 · Don’t Press Charges and I Won’t Sue · Charlie Jane Anders · nv Boston Review Fall 2017 · The Worldless · Indrapramit Das · ss Lightspeed #82, March 2017 · The Heart’s Cartography · Susan Jane Bigelow · ss Lightspeed #84, May 2017

Transcendent 4: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction ed. Bogi Takács (Lethe Press, October 6, 2019, 978-1-59021-676-7, $20.00, 266pp, tp, an, cover by August-Lain Weickert)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Bogi Takács · in · Ad Astra per Aspera · Nino Cipri · ss Capricious #9, January 2018 · The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births · José Pablo Iriarte · nv Lightspeed #92, January 2018 · You Inside Me · Tori Curtis · ss GlitterShip Autumn 2017/Winter 2018 · Sphexa, Start Dinosaur · Nibedita Sen · ss Robot Dinosaur Fiction! August 3 2018 · Assistance · Kathryn DeFazio · ss previously available as an audio download from Escape Pod, March 29, 2018. · Ports of Perceptions · Izzy Wasserstein · ss GlitterShip Autumn 2017/Winter 2018 · The Art of Quilting · Jes Rausch · ss Survivor ed. Mary Anne Mohanraj & J. J. Pionke, Lethe Press, 2018 · The Face of the Waters · Sonya Taaffe · ss Forget the Sleepless Shores by Sonya Taaffe, Lethe Press, 2018 · Into the Gray · Margaret Killjoy · ss Tor.com April 25 2018 · The God of Small Chances · L. Chan · ss Augur Magazine v1 #1, 2018 · Sandals Full of Rainwater · A. E. Prevost · nv Capricious #9, January 2018 · Of Warps and Wefts · Innocent Chizaram Ilo · ss Strange Horizons March 5 2018 · Control · Davian Aw · ss Anathema: Spec from the Margins #5, August 2018 · Nuclear Disassociations · Aqdas Aftab · ss Vulture Bones November 2018 · Apotheosis · Catherine Kim · ss 2018 · Therapeutic Memory Reversal · Everett Maroon · ss Trans/plant/portation March 23 2018 · The Sixth World · Kylie Ariel Bemis · ss Nameless Woman ed. Ellyn Pe^n~a, Jamie Berrout & Venus Selenite, Trans Women Writers Collective, 2018 · When the South Wind Whispers · H. Pueyo · ss Clarkesworld #146, November 2018 · Chokechain · Andrew Joseph White · ss medium.com November 13 2018 · Ghosts · Blue Neustifter · ss Twitter 2018, as by Azure Husky