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Hell-Fire by David A. Wilson (Lorien House, January 1999, 0-934852-44-8, $8.00, 68pp, ph, oc)
Original perfect-bound-chapbook collection of nine stories/vignettes, three reprints, interspersed with scientific “factoids”.

4 · Introduction · David A. Wilson · in

5 · Hell-Fire · David A. Wilson · ss Wonderdisk December 1993

15 · An Interview with Leonardo DaVinci · David A. Wilson · ss

20 · Genesis Redux · David A. Wilson · ss

39 · Dissertation on the Universality of the Phenomenon of Five Digits Among Creatures of the Universe · David A. Wilson · vi

41 · Voice · David A. Wilson · ss Elysium Fields by David A. Wilson, Lorien House, 1971

47 · Gift-Horse · David A. Wilson · ss

54 · Horrorculture · David A. Wilson · vi

57 · An Exclusive Interview with the Loch Ness Monster · David A. Wilson · ss

61 · Morningmood Wood · David A. Wilson · ss The Path by David A. Wilson, Lorien House, 1977

Defining Moments by David Niall Wilson (Sarob Press, May 2007, £27.50, hc, co, cover by Don Paresi)
3 originals; and all previously published stories revised for this edition. A deluxe signed edition edition (£65.00) was announced but not seen.

· Preface · David Niall Wilson · pr

· Defining Moments · David Niall Wilson · ss Gothic.Net website; revised.

· The Lost Wisdom of Instinct · David Niall Wilson · ss Deathrealm #18, Summer 1993; revised.

· For These Things I Am Truly Grateful · David Niall Wilson · nv Haunted Holidays ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis, DAW, 2004, as “For These Things I Am Truly Thankful”; revised.

· Cockroach Suckers · David Niall Wilson · ss
written for an unpublished anthology, Cockroach Suckers.

· More Than Words · David Niall Wilson · ss

· The Call of Farther Shores · David Niall Wilson · nv Lost on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2005; revised.

· Bloody Knife and Morning Star · David Niall Wilson · ss Vision Quests ed. Dawn Albright & Sandra J. Hutchinson, Angelus Press, 1995; revised.

· The Gentle Brush of Wings · David Niall Wilson · ss

· The Death-Sweet Scent of Lilies · David Niall Wilson · ss Dark Destiny III: Children of Dracula ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996; revised.

· To Dream of Sheherzad · David Niall Wilson · ss Terminal Frights ed. Kenneth E. Abner, Jr., Terminal Fright, 1997; revised.

· A Taste of Blood and Roses · David Niall Wilson · ss Werewolves ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995; revised.

· The Milk of Paradise · David Niall Wilson · ss City Slab #7, 2005; revised.

· ’scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky · David Niall Wilson · ss

Tales from the Crossroad ed. David Niall Wilson & David Dodd--- see under David Dodd.

The Dedalus Book of Sexual Ambiguity: Sexuality and Masquerade ed. Emma Wilson (Dedalus, November 27, 1996, 1-873982-07-0, £8.99, 274pp, tp, an)
Associational anthology of 21 stories and novel excerpts, from the 1830s to the 1990s. Several have light fantasy elements, including Woolf, Wilde, Carter and Roberts. The cover title is & Masquerade.

3 · Introduction · Emma Wilson · in

35 · Monsieur Venus · Rachilde; translated by Liz Heron · ex (r)

41 · Lélia · George Sand; translated by Emma Wilson · ex (r)

49 · The Swimmer (Mallorca) · Anaïs Nin · ss Delta of Venus by Anais Nin, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977

55 · Russian Princess · Virginia Woolf · ex from Orlando, Hogarth House, 1928

75 · Paquita · Honoré de Balzac; translated by Ernest Dowson · ex from The Girl with the Golden Eyes (r)

83 · Cinephile · Gilbert Adair · ex from The Holy Innocents, The Hogarth Press, 1988

89 · Hèléne L. · Marguerite Duras; translated by Emma Wilson · ex from The Lover, 1984

95 · Robinson · Michel Tournier; translated by Norman Denny · ex from Friday, or The Other Island, 1967

109 · Robin Vote · Djuna Barnes · ex from Nightwood, 1936

123 · Tiresias · Angela Carter · nv Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974, as “Reflections”

145 · Des Esseintes · Joris-Karl Huysmans · ex from Against Nature, 1884

159 · Bébé · Émile Zola; translated by Charles Duff · ex from Nana (r)

167 · Albertine · Marcel Proust; translated by Emma Wilson · ex from The Captive (r)

175 · The Other · Roland Barthes; translated by Richard Howard · ex from A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments, 1977

179 · The Lover · Sylvie Germain; translated by Judith Landry · ex from The Weeping Woman on the Streets of Prague, 1992

185 · Théodore · Théophile Gautier; translated by Alvah C. Bessie · ex from Mademoiselle de Maupin (r)

221 · Léon · Gustav Flaubert · ex from Madame Bovary, 1857

235 · Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · ex from The Picture of Dorian Gray %%2, Ward Lock, 1891

241 · Harcamone · Jean Genet; translated by Bernard Frechtman · ex from Miracle of the Rose, 1951

255 · Camille · Michel Foucault; translated by Richard McDougall · ex from Herculine Barbin, 1978

259 · Georgina · Michèle Roberts · ex from Flesh and Blood, Virago, 1994

Ad Statum Perspicuum by F. Paul Wilson--- see under Author’s Choice Monthly #13, October 1990.

Dydeetown World by F. Paul Wilson (Baen, July 1989, 0-671-69828-1, $3.50, 303pp, pb, co)
Hardboiled P.I./sf quasi-novel (made up of three connecting stories).

1 · Lies [Sig Dreyer] · F. Paul Wilson · na Far Frontiers Vol. IV ed. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen, Baen, 1986, as “Dydeetown Girl”

103 · Wires [Sig Dreyer] · F. Paul Wilson · na New Destinies, Vol. IV ed. Jim Baen, Baen, 1988

199 · Kids [Sig Dreyer] · F. Paul Wilson · na New Destinies, Vol. VII ed. Jim Baen, Baen, 1989

Healer by F. Paul Wilson (Stealth Press, January 2001, 1-58881-008-9, $24.95, 261pp, hc, co) [LaNague Federation]
SF collection/fix-up novel of the LaNague Federation (Doubleday, 1976). This has a new preface by Wilson, and adds one barely related story.

iii · Preface · F. Paul Wilson · pr

1 · Healer [LaNague Federation] · F. Paul Wilson · n. Doubleday, 1976

239 · To Fill the Sea and Air [LaNague Federation] · F. Paul Wilson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1979

The Tery by F. Paul Wilson (Baen, January 1990, 0-671-69855-9, $3.50, 246pp, pb, co, cover by Larry Elmore)
Collection of three connected sf stories featuring Cultural Survey agent Steven Dalt.

1 · The Tery [Steven Dalt] · F. Paul Wilson · na Binary Star #2 ed. James R. Frenkel, Dell, 1979
revised from “He Shall Be Jon”, Fiction #4 ’73.

191 · Pard [Steven Dalt] · F. Paul Wilson · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact December 1972

Diagnosis: Terminal ed. F. Paul Wilson (Tor/Forge, July 1996, 0-312-85972-4, $23.95, 349pp, hc, oa, cover by Robert Santara)
Original anthology of 14 stories of medical terror, some with SF or supernatural elements. Authors include Karl Edward Wagner, Ed Gorman, Stephen Spruill, and Matthew Costello.

13 · Angel of Mercy · Bill Pronzini · ss

23 · Dr. Joe · Chet Williamson · ss

42 · Friendly Wager · Matthew Costello · ss

57 · Prosper Bane, 05409021 · Billie Sue Mosiman · nv

80 · Sinister · Steven Spruill · nv

115 · Bad Touch · Richard Lee Byers · ss

124 · Get It Out · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss

143 · The Cuban Solution · Tina L. Jens · nv

170 · All Over but the Dying · Ridley Pearson · na

219 · Petit Mal · Jack Nimersheim · nv

245 · Wind Over Heaven · Bruce H. Rogers · ss

263 · Offshore · F. Paul Wilson · nv

291 · Survival · Ed Gorman · nv Cages by Ed Gorman, Deadline Press, 1995

341 · Final Cut · Karl Edward Wagner · ss

Freak Show ed. F. Paul Wilson (Pocket, September 1992, 0-671-69574-6, $5.50, 367pp, pb, oa, cover by Jeff K. Potter)
Original shared-world anthology of 19 horror stories featuring a travelling circus. The stories build on each other and are supposed to be read sequentially.

1 · Winter Quarters · F. Paul Wilson · ss

13 · Okefenokee Swamp, GA · Brad Strickland · nv

34 · Athens, GA · Gregory Nicoll · ss

53 · Sikeston, MO · Rex Miller · ss

69 · Leesville, LA · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss

79 · Bois D’Arc, TX · Scott Cupp · ss

94 · Palomita, NM · Kathryn Ptacek · ss

111 · Venice, CA · Douglas Borton · ss

131 · La Cañada, CA · Morgan Fields · ss

148 · Seattle, WA · Richard Lee Byers · ss

162 · Elm Haven, IL · Dan Simmons · nv

196 · Chicago, IL · Yvonne Navarro · nv

218 · Battle Creek, MI · Steven Spruill · ss

236 · Drood Hollow, WV · Lee Moler · nv

261 · Bird-in-Hand, PA · Chet Williamson · nv

285 · Rochester, NY · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss

303 · Quarry, MA · R. Patrick Gates · nv

330 · Oyster Bay, NY · Thomas F. Monteleone · nv

353 · Pine Barrens, NJ · F. Paul Wilson · ss

369 · The Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Favorite Tales of Horror ed. Gahan Wilson (Tempo, 1976, 0-448-12627-3, $1.75, 186pp, pb, an)

1 · General Introduction · Gahan Wilson · in

3 · Kitty Fisher · Charles Birkin · ss My Name Is Death by Charles Birkin, Panther, 1966

21 · The Treader of the Dust · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales August 1935

33 · The Horror of the Heights · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine November 1913

53 · The Stone Ship · W. Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine July 1 1914, as “The Mystery of the Ship in the Night”

87 · The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be · Gahan Wilson · ss Playboy May 1967

103 · Luella Miller · Mary Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins

121 · The Idol with Hands of Clay · Sir Frederick Treves · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #124, July 1922

131 · My Favorite Murder · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 16 1888

143 · The Clock · William Fryer Harvey · ss The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928

151 · The Harbor-Master [Bronx Park Zoological Society; Gilland the Zoologist] · Robert W. Chambers · ss Ainslee’s Magazine August 1899

179 · Rats · M. R. James · ss At Random March 23 1929

First World Fantasy Awards ed. Gahan Wilson (Doubleday, October 1977, 0-385-12199-7, $8.95, 311pp, hc, an)

9 · Introduction · Gahan Wilson · in

11 · Map of Providence · Gahan Wilson · il

15 · The Convention · Kirby McCauley · ar

17 · About the Fantasy Awards · Gahan Wilson · ar

19 · The Awards · Gahan Wilson · bi

21 · The Bat Is My Brother · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1944

36 · Beetles · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1938

46 · Acceptance Speech · Robert Bloch · ar

53 · About Robert Bloch · [uncredited] · bg

55 · The Forgotten Beasts of Eld · Patricia A. McKillip · ex Atheneum, 1974

63 · An Essay · Robert Aickman · ar

66 · Pages from a Young Girl’s Journal · Robert Aickman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1973

97 · The Events at Poroth Farm · T. E. D. Klein · na From Beyond the Dark Gateway #2, 1972

137 · A Father’s Tale [Brigadier Ffellowes] · Sterling E. Lanier · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1974

168 · Sticks [Cthulhu] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers March 1974

187 · Come Into My Parlor · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949

198 · Fearful Rock [Sgt. Jaeger] · Manly Wade Wellman · na Weird Tales February 1939 (+2)

253 · About Manly Wade Wellman · [uncredited] · bg

254 · The Ballantines · [uncredited] · bg

256 · Lee Brown Coye: An Appreciation · Gahan Wilson · ar Whispers March 1974 [Ref. Lee Brown Coye]

260 · The Bait [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · vi Whispers December 1973

263 · The Vampire in America · Manly Wade Wellman · ar Whispers December 1973

268 · The Shortest Way [Dama (& Vettius)] · David Drake · ss Whispers March 1974

277 · From “Chips and Shavings” · Lee Brown Coye · ar Mid-York Weekly October 17 1963

279 · The Soft Wall · Dennis Etchison · ss Whispers July 1974

290 · Toward a Greater Appreciation of H.P. Lovecraft · Dirk W. Mosig · ar Whispers July 1973 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]

302 · The Abandoned Boudoir · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm Whispers July 1974

302 · Cradle Song for an Abandoned Werewolf · H. Warner Munn · pm Whispers July 1973, as “Cradle Song for a Baby Werewolf”

303 · Guillotine · Walter Shedlofsky · pm The Fantastic Acros by Walter Shedlofsky, Acrostic Press, 1970

304 · The Farmhouse · David A. Riley · ss New Writings in Horror and the Supernatural #1 ed. David A. Sutton, Sphere, 1971

Gahan Wilson’s The Ultimate Haunted House ed. Gahan Wilson (HarperPrism, September 1996, 0-06-105315-5, $15.00, 191pp, tp, oa, cover by Gahan Wilson)
Original anthology of 13 horror stories based on the art of Gahan Wilson. Authors include Kathe Koja, Norman Partridge, and Lucy Taylor. Nancy A. Collins is the “Consulting Editor”; there is an introduction and illustrations by Gahan Wilson. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

vii · Introduction · Gahan Wilson · in

1 · The Last Straw · Christopher Golden · ss

17 · Still Life with Peckerwood · Anya Martin & Philip Nutman · ss

29 · Reunion · Mike Lee · ss

47 · The Head · Melissa Mia Hall · ss

61 · The Ratz in the Halls · Gregory Nicoll · ss

75 · An Eye for an Eye · Norman Partridge · ss

89 · Curtains for Nat Crumley · T. E. D. Klein · ss

105 · The Inverted Violin · Kathe Koja · ss

117 · Bundling · Lucy Taylor · ss

133 · Bone Tunes · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss

139 · Afternoons with the Beasts · David Aaron Clark · ss

153 · The Monster Lab · Steve Antczak · ss

169 · Someone’s in the Kitchen · Nancy A. Collins · ss

Maelstrom Volume 1 ed. Paul Calvin Wilson (Calvin House, January 2005, 0-9547665-0-4, £9.99, 302pp, tp, oa, cover by Allen Koszowski)
Limited Edition of 350 Numbered copies.

4 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Paul Calvin Wilson]

6 · About the Artist · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Allen Koszowski]

13 · Brian Lumley: Biography · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Brian Lumley]

15 · Deja Viewer · Brian Lumley · ss

23 · Arthur Mandrake and Bloody Bones · Damien Hindmarsh · vi

25 · Educational Channels · Boyd E. Harris · ss

39 · Blind Faith [Light’s End] · Michael Vance · ss On Spec Winter 2000

49 · Issue · L. Marie Wood · ss

63 · Don’t Tease the Animals · Ron Shiflet · ss

71 · Blonde on the Run · J. K. Cummings · ss

79 · Accidental Hero · John Ling · ss

89 · The Lottery · Douglas Allen Danielson · ss

95 · The House on Levingston Street · Brian W. Keen · ss

103 · Real Men Stay Fat · H. Turnip Smith · ss

111 · The Secret Life of Peter Black · Doug Hewitt · ss

117 · Flowers for Daddy’s Grave · Lisa Tate · ss

123 · Falling · L. J. Blount · ss

133 · Dust and Light · C. J. Hurtt · vi

137 · Pendragon Rising · Frazer Lee · ss

145 · Rider of the Storm · David Grove · ss

157 · A Baker’s Dozen · Nancy Jackson · ss

165 · Her Sister’s Dance · Gary McMahon · ss

173 · Midday Visitations · Richard Gavin · ss

183 · Casino Atlantis · Vincent VanAllen · ss

199 · Albino Rhino · Jacqueline Seewald · ss

207 · The Miracles of Buford · John Severt · ss

217 · Against the Season [Frank Johnson] · Edward C. Lynskey · ss Out of Town a Few Days by Ed Lynskey, BooksForABuck, 2004

225 · Blood and Sand · R. J. Sevin · ss

229 · The Swinging Ballad · Steven Deighan · ss

235 · Bloodsucking in Berkshire · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

249 · The Long Road Back · John Rector · ss

259 · Famous Last Words · Orrin Grey · ss

265 · Man’s Best Friend · Gary Fry · ss

275 · Stan’s Mirror · J. R. Murdock · ss

281 · Skeleton Crew · Paul Finch · ss

289 · Friends · Dan Foley · ss

295 · Birth Creature · Paul Calvin Wilson · ss

Semiotext(e) SF ed. Peter Lamborn Wilson, Rudy Rucker & Robert Anton Wilson--- see under Rudy Rucker.

Untravelled Worlds ed. R. Wilson & Alan Frank Barter--- see under Alan Frank Barter.

Suspense ed. Raymond Wilson (John Murray, 1982, 0-7195-3872-6, 120pp, tp, an)

1 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890

7 · Terrified · C. B. Gilford · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1958

16 · The Quest for “Blank Claveringi” · Patricia Highsmith · ss The Snail-Watcher and Other Stories by Patricia Highsmith, Doubleday, 1970
revised from “The Snails” (The Saturday Evening Post, June 17, 1967).

29 · Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket · Jack Finney · nv Collier’s October 26 1956

44 · Fat Man’s Ghost · Raymond Wilson · ss (r)

55 · Uneasy Home-coming · Will F. Jenkins · ss Argosy (UK) April 1952

64 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896

73 · The Veldt · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 23 1950, as “The World the Children Made”

87 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

92 · The Birds · Daphne du Maurier · nv Good Housekeeping October 1952

115 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910

And Then the Town Took Off by Richard Wilson (Ace Double, May 1960, D-437, 35¢, 123pp, pb, n., cover by Ed Emshwiller)
Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Sioux Spaceman by Andre Norton.

The Kid from Ozone Park & Other Stories by Richard Wilson (Drumm, August 1987, 0-936055-32-4, $3.50, 62pp, pb, oc)
Small pamphlet collection of 8 original stories, put together by the author before his death in March 1987. Drumm Booklet #27.

3 · Harry Protagonist, Inseminator General · Richard Wilson · ss

14 · Fair Morsel · Richard Wilson · vi

15 · A Letter from a Lady · Richard Wilson · ss

25 · The Greater Powers · Richard Wilson · ss

32 · Green Is the Color · Richard Wilson · ss

45 · Waiting for the Buyer · Richard Wilson · ss

50 · The Blue Lady · Richard Wilson · ss

55 · The Kid from Ozone Park · Richard Wilson · ss

Time Out for Tomorrow by Richard Wilson (Ballantine, 1962, F658, 50¢, 159pp, pb, co, cover by Richard Powers)

7 · Kin · Richard Wilson · vi Fantastic Universe May 1956, as “Show Your Might”

9 · The Big Fix · Richard Wilson · nv Infinity Science Fiction August 1956

30 · Wasp · Richard Wilson · ss Fantastic June 1954

40 · An Abundance of Good Things · Richard Wilson · ss Amazing Stories May 1954, as “Have It Your Own Way”

52 · Time Out for Tomorrow · Richard Wilson · ss Science Fantasy #26, 1957

62 · The Tunnel Under the World · Richard Wilson · ss Galaxy Magazine June 1959, as “Traveling Companion Wanted”

79 · The Best Possible World · Richard Wilson · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #98, September 1960

97 · The Voice of the Diaphragm · Richard Wilson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1958

108 · QRM · Richard Wilson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1957

119 · The Ubiquitous You · Richard Wilson · ss Future Science Fiction #32, Spring 1957, as “The In-Betweens”

136 · Just Call Me Irish · Richard Wilson · ss Future Science Fiction #37, June 1958

140 · The Locus Focus · Richard Wilson · ss Science Fiction Quarterly August 1957

Semiotext(e) SF ed. Robert Anton Wilson, Rudy Rucker & Peter Lamborn Wilson--- see under Rudy Rucker.

Tesseracts Ten ed. Robert Charles Wilson & Edo van Belkom (Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, October 2006, 1-894063-36-8, $20.95, 301pp, tp, oa, cover by Colleen McDonald)
Original anthology of 17 stories and three poems (two reprints) by Canadian writers. Authors include Scott Mackay, Matthew Hughes, and Lisa Smedman. Introduction by Wilson, afterword by van Belkom.

· A Nervous Look Down a Dark Road · Robert Charles Wilson · in

· Threshold of Perception · Scott Mackay · ss Interzone #197, March/April 2005

· Frankenstein’s Monster’s Wife’s Therapist · Sandra Kasturi · pm Star*Line March/April 2005

· Puss Reboots · Stephanie Bedwell-Grime · ss

· Au Pays des Merveilles · Wendy Waring · ss

· Donovan’s Brain · Allen Moore · ss

· The Undoing · Sarah Totton · ss

· Blackbird Shuffle (The Major Arcana) · Greg Bechtel · ss

· Ideo Radio Poem · Jason Christie · pm i-Robot by Jason Christie, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2006

· Women Are from Mars, Men Are from Venus · Michele Laframboise · ss

· Closing Time · Matthew Johnson · ss On Spec Summer 2001

· Go Tell the Phoenicians · Matthew Hughes · ss Interzone #198, May/June 2005

· Buttons · Victoria Fisher · ss

· Findings at the Dump · Nancy Bennett · pm

· The Girl from Ipanema · Scott Mackay · ss

· The Intruder · Lisa Smedman · ss

· Angel of Death · Susan Forest · ss

· Transplant · Yvonne Pronovost · ss

· Phantom Love · René Beaulieu · ss

· Permission · Mark Dachuk · ss

· Summer Silk · Rhea Rose · ss

· Canadian SF Comes of Age · Edo van Belkom · ar

Murder of a Lady by Robert McNair Wilson--- see under Anthony Wynne.

Ashes and Entropy ed. Robert S. Wilson (Nightscape Press, December 11, 2018, $6.99, 362pp, tp, oa, cover by Pat R. Steiner)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

7 · The Gray Room · Tim Waggoner · ss

19 · The Head on the Door · Erinn L. Kemper · ss

33 · Flesh Without Blood · Nadia Bulkin · ss

49 · Scraps · Max Booth, III · ss

65 · Yellow House · Jon Padgett · ss

71 · What Finds Its Way Back · Damien Angelica Walters · ss

87 · We All Speak Black · Lynne Jamneck · ss

105 · Ain’t Much Pride · Nate Southard · ss

121 · The Choir of the Tunnels · Matthew B. Hare · ss

127 · Amity in Bloom · Jessica McHugh · ss

143 · Red Stars / White Snow / Black Metal · Fiona Maeve Geist · nv

177 · Shadowmachine · Autumn Christian · ss

185 · The One About Maggie · Greg Sisco · ss

205 · Breakwater · John Langan · ss

225 · For Our Skin, a Daughter · Kristi DeMeester · ss

237 · Houdini: The Egyptian Paradigm · Lisa Mannetti · ss

251 · Girls Without Their Faces On · Laird Barron · ss

267 · Dr. 999 · Matthew M. Bartlett · ss

279 · Leaves of Dust · Wendy Nikel · ss

289 · The Kind Detective · Lucy A. Snyder · ss

299 · The Levee Breaks · Jayaprakash Satyamurthy · ss

305 · I Can Give You Life · Paul Michael Anderson · nv

Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology ed. Robert S. Wilson, R. J. Cavender & Mark C. Scioneaux--- see under R. J. Cavender.

Nox Pareidolia ed. Robert S. Wilson (Nightscape Press, November 7, 2019, 978-1-938644-28-3, $18.00, 381pp, tp, oa, cover by Don Noble)
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Watch Me Burn with the Light of Ghosts · Paul Jessup · ss

19 · Immolation · Kristi DeMeester · ss

27 · Her Eyes Are Winter · Christopher Ropes · ss

41 · 8X10 · Duane Pesice & Don Webb · ss

53 · Bag and Baggage · Greg Sisco · ss

67 · The Dredger · Matt Thompson · ss

81 · Hello · Michael Wehunt · ss

99 · Gardening Activities for Couples · Alvaro Zinos-Amaro · ss

117 · Lies I Told Myself · Lynne Jamneck · ss

129 · The Unkindness · Dino Parenti · ss

141 · Merge Now · Kurt Fawver · ss

155 · When We Were Trespassers · Doungjai Gam · ss

165 · Rum Punch Is Going Down · Daniel Braum · ss

185 · Unmoored · Sean M. Thompson · ss

197 · Just Beyond the Shore · Elizabeth Beechwood · ss

207 · The Schoolmaster · David Peak · ss

211 · The Past You Have, The Future You Deserve · K. H. Vaughan · ss

225 · Herr Scheintod · L. C. von Hessen · ss

241 · The Room Above · Brian Evenson · ss

247 · Sincerely Eden · Amelia Gorman · ss

257 · Wild Dogs · Carrie Laben · ss

271 · The Moody Rooms of Agatha Tate · Wendy Nikel · ss

279 · Salmon Run · Andrew Kozma · ss

285 · The Little Drawer Full of Chaos · Annie Neugebauer · ss

303 · When the Nightingale Devours the Stars · Gwendolyn Kiste · ss

315 · Far from Home · Dan Coxon · ss

325 · Birds · Zin E. Rocklyn · ss

335 · Strident Caller · Laird Barron · ss Whispers from the Abyss Vol. 2 ed. Kat Rocha, 01 Publishing, 2015

347 · The Taste of Rot · Steve Toase · ss

355 · Venom · S. P. Miskowski · ss

369 · In the Vastness of the Sovereign Sky · S. L. Edwards · ss

Clarion ed. Robin Scott Wilson (Signet, June 1971, Q4664, 95¢, 239pp, pb, oa)

ix · Introduction · Robin Scott Wilson · in

13 · Something Happens · Kate Wilhelm · ar

21 · What About Us Grils? · Mel Gilden · ss

27 · Only at Night · Vonda McIntyre · ss

32 · The Soft Blue Bunny Rabbit Story · Ed Bryant · ss

42 · Dreamers on the Barricades · Harlan Ellison · ar

47 · Wheels · Robert Thurston · ss

65 · Trouble Follows · Geo. Alec Effinger · ss

72 · The Game-Playing Literature · Frederik Pohl · ar

77 · Just Dead Enough · C. Davis Belcher · nv Orbit 5 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1969, as “The Price”

102 · Sending the Very Best · Ed Bryant · ss New Worlds #197, January 1970

105 · Charting Utopia · Damon Knight · ar

111 · A Free Pass to the Carnival · Geo. Alec Effinger · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1971

119 · The Beholder’s Eye · Amy Hutton · ss

122 · Chains · Dave Skal · ss

129 · Fantasy: Many Mansions and Hovels · Fritz Leiber · ar

135 · Anaconda · Robert Thurston · ss

140 · Crossover · Octavia Estelle Butler · ss

146 · Norman: Friends and Other Strangers · Lynnda Stevenson · ss

152 · Reading Between the Words · Samuel R. Delany · ar

159 · Silent Hands · Gerard F. Conway · ss

167 · An Uneven Evening · Steve Herbst · ss

177 · The Inspector · Evelyn Lief · ss

182 · Genre · Joanna Russ · ar

187 · The Last Desperate Hour · Robert Thurston · ss

196 · “The Westfield Heights Mall Monster” · Geo. Alec Effinger · ss

203 · The Terrific Play of Forces Natural and Human · Robin Scott Wilson · ar

214 · Song from a Forgotten Hill · Glen Cook · ss Worlds of Tomorrow 1971

224 · The Secret · Maggie Nadler · ss

236 · The Bandemar · Joe Wehrle, Jr. · ss

Clarion II ed. Robin Scott Wilson (Signet, June 1972, 0-451-05056-8, 95¢, 256pp, pb, oa)

xi · Preface · Robin Scott Wilson · pr

xv · Introduction · James Sallis · in

19 · Punchline · Robert Thurston · ss Orbit 9 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1971, as “Stop Me Before I Tell More”

36 · Magic Passes · Steve Herbst · ss

48 · Fifteen Vultures, the Strop, and the Old Lady · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar

51 · In the Greenhouse · Lin Nielsen · ss

61 · Early to Bed · Geo. Alec Effinger · ss

70 · Golden Ages Gone Away · Frederik Pohl · ar

81 · Goodbye, Henry J. Kostkos, Goodbye · Damon Knight · ar

87 · Here, There, and Everywhere · F. M. Busby · ss

94 · The Hanged Man · Edward Bryant · ss

102 · Winter Housecleaning · Molly Daniel · ss

106 · Frozen Assets · Robert Wissner · ss

112 · Crayola · Dave Skal · ss

116 · Why Is It So Hard? · Kate Wilhelm · ar

122 · To the Mountains · Laura Haney · ss

127 · Their Thousandth Season · Ed Bryant · ss

140 · Get FDR! · Robert Thurston · ss

158 · At the Second Solstice · James E. Sutherland · ss

163 · You Are What You Write · Harlan Ellison · ar

181 · Notes on a Restless Urge · Robert Wissner · ss

186 · And Dragons in the Sky · Glen Cook · nv

214 · A Modest Proposal · Russell L. Bates · ss

226 · The He-Man Ethos in Science Fiction · Joanna Russ · ar
originally delivered as a speech at the Philadelphia Science Fiction Conference, November 9, 1968.

231 · Omnia Triste · Rick Norwood · vi

233 · Stranger in the House · Lisa Tuttle · ss

240 · The Good Life · Robert Thurston · ss

247 · Sand and Stones · Geo. Alec Effinger · ss

254 · The Writer as Teacher · James Sallis · ar

Clarion III ed. Robin Scott Wilson (Signet, October 1973, 0-451-05503-9, 95¢, 224pp, pb, oa, cover by Bob Pepper)

7 · Introduction · Robin Scott Wilson · in

9 · Road Map · F. M. Busby · ss

23 · Everybody Loves: in a Circular Motion · Mel Gilden · ss

32 · The Ursula Major Construct: or, A Far Greater Horror Loomed · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss

38 · Asclepius Has Paws · Mildred Downey Broxon · ss

45 · The Word “Random”, Deliberately Repeated · John Shirley · ss

53 · Why? · Theodore Sturgeon · ar

58 · The Teardrop · Dvora Olmstead · ss

63 · Bus Station · William Earls · ss

72 · Say Goodbye to the World’s Last Brothel · Robert Wissner · ss

83 · Flat Hatter · David Wise · ss

87 · Baby Makes Two · Gerard F. Conway · ss

95 · Thrangs and Other Wonders · Leonard Isaacs · pm

97 · Cantaloupes and Kangaroos · Dennis R. Caro · ss

108 · The Breath of Dragons · J. Michael Reaves · ss

118 · The Source · Kate Wilhelm · ar

124 · Servants · David Wise · ss

131 · When Pappy Isn’t There · Lin Nielsen · ss

140 · “More I Cannot Wish You” · Jean Sullivan · ss

146 · The Deep Well of the Unconscious—Well, Well… · Damon Knight · ar

150 · Give My Regards to the Czar · David N. Williams · ss

165 · Molten Core · Donnel Stern · ss

174 · Science Fiction, Archetypes, and the Future · R. Glenn Wright · ar

182 · The Diggers · Donnel Stern · ss

185 · Play It Again, Sam · F. M. Busby · ss

190 · Till Human Voices Wake Us… · Lisa Tuttle · ss

196 · When Dreams Become Nightmares: Some Cautionary Notes on the Clarion Experience · Harlan Ellison · ar

Paragons: Twelve Science Fiction Writers Ply Their Craft ed. Robin Wilson (St. Martin’s, April 1996, 0-312-14023-1, $24.95, 368pp, hc, an)
Anthology and writing guide, with 12 reprint stories accompanied by original essays. Authors include Pat Cadigan, Greg Bear, Lucius Shepard, and Howard Waldrop.

ix · To the Reader · Robin Wilson · in

xiii · Editor’s Note · Robin Wilson · pr

1 · Plot: The Tangled Web · Robin Wilson · si Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Mentor, 1973; revised.

4 · The Price of Oranges · Nancy Kress · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1989

29 · One Damned Thing After Another · Nancy Kress · ar

37 · Monsters · James Patrick Kelly · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1992

60 · Making Monsters · James Patrick Kelly · ar

69 · Character: The Determinant of Incident · Robin Wilson · si Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Mentor, 1973; revised.

72 · Sisters · Greg Bear · nv Tangents by Greg Bear, Warner, 1989

103 · Characters Great and Small in SF: “Sisters” · Greg Bear · ar

106 · Rachel in Love · Pat Murphy · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1987

135 · Imaginary Friends · Pat Murphy · ar

141 · Setting: A Local Habitation and a Name · Robin Wilson · si Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Mentor, 1973; revised.

143 · Glacier · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1988

164 · The Psychic Landscape · Kim Stanley Robinson · ar

169 · Beast of the Heartland · Lucius Shepard · nv Playboy September 1992

195 · God Is in the Details · Lucius Shepard · ar

207 · Theme: To Mean Intensely · Robin Wilson · si Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Mentor, 1973; revised.

209 · Lily Red · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1988

223 · Once More, with Meaning · Karen Joy Fowler · ar

229 · Our Neural Chernobyl · Bruce Sterling · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1988

237 · About “Our Neural Chernobyl” · Bruce Sterling · ar

243 · Point of View: Who’s Minding the Store? · Robin Wilson · si Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Mentor, 1973; revised.

246 · Feedback · Joe Haldeman · nv Playboy March 1993

273 · Point of View · Joe Haldeman · ar

280 · Buddha Nostril Bird · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1990

301 · Uncle Henry, Uncle Zorp, and Crazy Cousin Bingo · John Kessel · ar

309 · Style: The Dress of Thought · Robin Wilson · si Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Mentor, 1973; revised.

312 · Pretty Boy Crossover · Pat Cadigan · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1986

323 · The S Word · Pat Cadigan · ar

326 · Fair Game · Howard Waldrop · nv Afterlives ed. Pamela Sargent & Ian Watson, Vintage, 1986

342 · Iceberg, Goldberg, It’s All the Same to Me… · Howard Waldrop · ar

351 · A Workshop Lexicon · Bruce Sterling · ar Interzone #39, September 1990
revised and expanded from “The Turkey City Lexicon” by Lewis Shiner (New Pathways, July 1990).

365 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson (Mentor, September 1973, MW1236, $1.50, 333pp, pb, an)

xi · To the Reader · Robin Scott Wilson · in

1 · Plot: The Tangled Web · Robin Scott Wilson · si

3 · Jamboree · Jack Williamson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1969

12 · Plotting “Jamboree” · Jack Williamson · ar

18 · We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line · Samuel R. Delany · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1968, as “Lines of Power”

70 · Thickening the Plot · Samuel R. Delany · ar

79 · Character: The Determinant of Incident · Robin Scott Wilson · si

81 · Crazy Maro · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1960

101 · How Much Does a Character Cost? · Daniel Keyes · ar

104 · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight May 1967

123 · The Whore with a Heart of Iron Pyrites; or, Where Does a Writer Go to Find a Maggie? · Harlan Ellison · ar

135 · Setting: A Local Habitation and a Name · Robin Scott Wilson · si

137 · The Man Who Could Not See Devils · Joanna Russ · ss Alchemy and Academe ed. Anne McCaffrey, Doubleday, 1970

149 · On Setting · Joanna Russ · ar

154 · Sundance · Robert Silverberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1969

169 · Introduction to “Sundance” · Robert Silverberg · ar

177 · Theme: To Mean Intensely · Robin Scott Wilson · si

179 · Nine Lives · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Playboy November 1969

203 · On Theme · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar

209 · An Annotated “Masks” · Damon Knight · ss; reprints the original story with extensive notes by the author.

_209 · Masks · Damon Knight · ss Playboy July 1968

233 · Point of View: Who’s Minding the Store · Robin Scott Wilson · si

235 · The Planners · Kate Wilhelm · ss Orbit 3 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968

250 · On Point of View · Kate Wilhelm · ar

255 · For a While There, Herbert Marcuse, I Thought You Were Maybe Right About Alienation and Eros · Robin Scott Wilson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1972

269 · Point of View: The Quick-Change Artist in the Type · Robin Scott Wilson · ar

275 · Style: The Dress of Thought · Robin Scott Wilson · si

277 · The Listeners [Listeners] · James E. Gunn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction September 1968

303 · On Style · James E. Gunn · ar

312 · Grandy Devil · Frederik Pohl · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1955

318 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue February/March 1966

323 · On Velocity Exercises · Frederik Pohl · ar

100% Pure Florida Fiction ed. Robley Wilson & Susan Hubbard--- see under Susan Hubbard.

Dwarf Stars 2007 ed. Stephen M. Wilson & Deborah P. Kolodji--- see under Deborah P. Kolodji.

Dwarf Stars 2008 ed. Stephen M. Wilson & Deborah P. Kolodji--- see under Deborah P. Kolodji.

Dwarf Stars 2009 ed. Stephen M. Wilson & Deborah P. Kolodji--- see under Deborah P. Kolodji.

The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories by Wilfred Wilson & Algernon Blackwood--- see under Algernon Blackwood.

Shorter Stories from Balzac by William Wilson & Stanislaus Eric Stenbock--- see under Honoré de Balzac.

The Test of Time: What Makes a Classic a Classic? ed. Honor Wilson-Fletcher & Andrew Holgate--- see under Andrew Holgate.

Under Cover Man by John Wilstach (W. Morrow & Co., June 1931, 287pp, hc, co)
Although presented as a novel, this is actually a collection of mainly previously published short stories. The final two chapters (“Corruption” and “The Lid Blows Off”) do not match any known story. Details supplied by Sheila Vanderbeek & Bill Plott.

14 · Hot Car [Clark Jones (Under Cover Man)] · John Wilstach · ss The Popular Magazine 1st July 1930; comprises chapters 1 to 3 (“Getting Contact”, “Three on a Ride” and “Steel Braclets”).

27 · Pineapples! [Clark Jones (Under Cover Man)] · John Wilstach · na The Popular Magazine 2nd July 1930; comprises chapters 4 to 6 (“Pay or Lay”, “A Pineapple Party” and “Spies and Traps”).

75 · Guarded Jack [Clark Jones (Under Cover Man)] · John Wilstach · nv The Popular Magazine 1st August 1930; comprises chapters 7 to 9 (“Roping”, “Third Degree” and “Baffling Bullets”).

108 · The Bump-Off Artist [Clark Jones (Under Cover Man)] · John Wilstach · nv The Popular Magazine 2nd August 1930 (+1); comprises chapters 10 to 12 (“Murder Rates”, “Farren Show His Stuff” and “Two Short—One Long”).

144 · Police Proof [Clark Jones (Under Cover Man)] · John Wilstach · nv The Popular Magazine 2nd September 1930; comprises chapters 12 to 15 (“The Crime Finder”, “The Job” and “Police-Proof”).

191 · High Spade [Clark Jones (Under Cover Man)] · John Wilstach · nv The Popular Magazine 1st October 1930; comprises chapters 16 & 17 (“High Spade” and “Framed”).

232 · Uptown—Downtown [Clark Jones (Under Cover Man)] · John Wilstach · ss The Popular Magazine 1st November 1930; comprises chapters 18 & 19 (“The Human Target” and “Underground”).

Tales of the South by William Gilmore Simms ed. Mary Ann Wimsatt--- see under William Gilmore Simms.

Alien Shores ed. Margaret Winch & Peter McNamara--- see under Peter McNamara.

Forever Shores: Fiction of the Fantastic ed. Margaret Winch & Peter McNamara--- see under Peter McNamara.

Boomerang Dice by Prentice Winchell--- see under Stewart Sterling.

The Helpers by Stanley Winchester (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, June 1970, LC:79-105578, 347pp, hc, n.)
Novel about three London psychiatrists.

The Helpers by Stanley Winchester (W.H. Allen, October 1970, 0-491-00235-1, 336pp, pb, n., cover: [photo] by Peter Pugh-Cook)
Reprint (Putnam 1970) novel.

The Helpers by Stanley Winchester (Corgi, 1972, 0-552-08962-1, 40p, 315pp, pb, n., cover: [photo] by Peter Pugh-Cook)
Reprint (Putnam 1970) novel.

A Man with a Knife by Stanley Winchester (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, September 1968, LC:68-25469, 381pp, hc, n.)
Reprint (W.H. Allen 1968 as Men with Knives) novel.

A Man with a Knife by Stanley Winchester (Signet, August 1969, Q3962, 95¢, 320pp, pb, n.)
Reprint (W.H. Allen 1968 as Men with Knives) novel.

Men with Knives by Stanley Winchester (W.H. Allen, 1968, 0-4910-0401-X, 30/-, 352pp, hc, n., cover by Barbara Walton)
Novel about a Dublin surgeon.

Men with Knives by Stanley Winchester (Corgi, 1970, 0-552-08391-7, 349pp, pb, n.)
Reprint (W.H. Allen 1968) novel.

The Practice by Stanley Winchester (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, June 1967, LC:67-19974, 316pp, hc, n.)
Novel about a medical practice in Southern England.

The Practice by Stanley Winchester (W.H. Allen, July 1967, no ISBN, 30/-, 381pp, hc, n., cover: [photo] by Barbara Walton)
Reprint (Putnam 1967) novel.

The Practice by Stanley Winchester (Dell, June 1968, 7081, 95¢, 330pp, pb, n., cover: [photo] by Bama)
Reprint (Putnam 1967) novel.

The Practice by Stanley Winchester (Corgi, 1969, 0-552-08073-X, pb, n.)
Reprint (Putnam 1967) novel.

Ten Per Cent of Your Life by Stanley Winchester (W.H. Allen, 1973, 0-491-00904-6, £2.50, 314pp, hc, n., cover by Michael Bell)
Novel about a literary agency.

Ten Per Cent of Your Life by Stanley Winchester (Corgi, January 1975, 0-552-09690-3, 60p, 317pp, pb, n.)
Reprint (W.H. Allen 1973) novel.

After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia ed. Terri Windling & Ellen Datlow--- see under Ellen Datlow.

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