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The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 22 ed. Alastair Gunn (Wimbourne Books, August 5, 2022, £1.99, ebook, an, cover: [portrait of Rudyard Kipling] by John Collier)
This volume contains stories published in America and Britain between 1845 and 1899.

· Introduction · Alastair Gunn · in

_ · Ghostdom · [uncredited] · ar St. James’s Magazine November 1863

· The Monomaniac · Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet · ss United States Magazine and Democratic Review October 1845

· Ghost Stories · George Washington Peck · ss American Review October 1848

· George Whitmore’s Great-Uncle · Mary Ann Bird · ss The London Journal September 1850

· The Monktons of Wincot Abbey · Wilkie Collins · na Fraser’s Magazine November 1855 (+1)

· The Sheep Farmer’s Story · Catherine Ann Crowe · nv Ghosts and Family Legends by Mrs. Crowe, T.C. Newby, 1858

· Four Stories · Edward Bulwer-Lytton (in error) · ts All the Year Round September 1861

· D’Outre Mort · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Galaxy November 15 1866

· Not a Doubt of It · William Morley Farrow · ss The Argosy (UK) January 1869

· Since I Died · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward · ss Scribner’s Monthly February 1873, as by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

· The Spectre of the Hemlock Gorge · Charles W. Jay · ss My New Home in Northern Michigan and Other Tales by Charles W. Jay, W.S. and E.W. Sharp, 1874

· Under the Sheer-Legs · Henry Tinson · ss St. James’s Christmas Annual 1875

· An Antiquary’s Ghost Story · Augustus Jessopp · vi The Athenaeum January 1880

· A Curious Experience [Johnny Ludlow] · Ellen Wood · ss The Argosy (UK) November 1883, as by Johnny Ludlow

· The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885

· A Dead Man’s Vengeance · William John Butterworth Bird · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine March 1888

· The Last of the Ghosts · Barrett Wendell · ss Scribner’s Magazine February 1888

· The Old House on the Cliff · William Wilthew Fenn · ss London Society December 1889

· Geordie Blair’s Luck · Birch Vye & Sydney Phelps · ss Belgravia April 1897

· The Piano Next Door · Elia Wilkinson Peattie · ss The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales by Elia W. Peattie, Macmillan US, 1898

· Number 13 · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 23 ed. Alastair Gunn (Wimbourne Books, June 8, 2023, £2.40, ebook, an, cover: [portrait of Vernon Lee] by John Singer Sargent from 1881)
This volume contains stories by female authors published in America and Britain between 1842 and 1897.

· Introduction · Alastair Gunn · in

_ · Book-Talk: Ghosts · Julian Hawthorne & H. C. Walsh · br Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine August 1890; given as by Hawthorne alone.

· The Necromancer, or, Ghost Versus Gramarye · Isabella Frances Romer · ss Bentley’s Miscellany January 1842

· The Haunted House · Mary Ann Bird · ss The London Journal July 1852

· The Man-in-the-Moon’s Ghost Story · Rosa Almeida Chawner · ss Hits and Bits by Rosa Almeida Chawner, F. C. Wesdey, 1861

· Grandmother’s Story · Julia Bachope Goddard · ss Once a Week August 25 1866

· The Ghost of Russian Hill · Margaret Kerr Hosmer · ss The Lady’s Friend December 1868

· How Georgette Kept Tryst · Mary E. Penn · ss The Argosy (UK) October 1879

· A Culture-Ghost; or, Winthrop’s Adventure · Vernon Lee · nv Fraser’s Magazine January 1881

· A Stray Reveler · Emma Frances Dawson · ss The Wasp December 23 1882; subtitled “The Picture Which Was a Prophesy”.

· “That Awful Face!” · Florence Marryat · ss The Weekly News December 1882

· The Ghost of Manibere Court · Louisa Grice Hutchinson · ss Temple Bar December 1884

· Miss Tweed’s Ghost Story: A Tale for the People · Sarah Doudney · ss The Sunday Times September 8 1889

· John Charrington’s Wedding · Edith Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891

· Caulfield’s Crime · Alice Perrin · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1892

· The Missing Model · Lettice Galbraith · ss New Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith, Ward Lock, 1893

· The Stout Wooer and the Haunted Room · A. M. Stein · ss Haunted House of Ben’s Hollow and Other Ghostly Stories by A. M. Stein, J. Elliott & Co., 1894

· The Prayer · Violet Hunt · nv Chapman’s Magazine December 1895, as “The Story of a Ghost”

· Whither Thou Goest · Katharine Lee Bates · ss The Chap-Book April 1896

· The Villa Lucienne · Ella D’Arcy · ss The Yellow Book July 1896

· My Fellow Travellers · Mary Angela Dickens · ss The Gentlewoman December 19 1896

· There and Here · Alice Brown · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1897

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 24 ed. Alastair Gunn (Wimbourne Books, January 3, 2024, £1.99, ebook, an, cover: Portrait of Thomas Hardy by Reginald G. Eves from 1924)
This volume contains stories published in America and Britain between 1861 and 1901.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· Introduction · Alastair Gunn · in

_ · The Supernatural in Nineteenth Century Fiction · [uncredited] · ar Edinburgh Review April 1903

· The Ghost-Story of the Lady Who Kept a Secret · Frederick William Robinson · ex from Twelve O’Clock: A Christmas Story, Hurst & Blackett, 1861

· Poor Chips · Charles Henry Webb · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine July 1861, uncredited.

· My Old Nurse’s Story · George MacDonald · ex from “The Portent”, anonymously, The Cornhill Magazine May 1860 (+2), uncredited.

· The Ghost of the State Cabin · Charles Rathbone Low · ss Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1870

· Eily’s Ghost · James Bowker · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1875

· A Debt of Honour · Charles Lawrence Young · ss London Society Christmas 1872; subtitled “A Ghost Story”.

· The Haunted Rock: A Legend of Port Guerron Cove · William Wilthew Fenn · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1881

· Nut Bush Farm · Charlotte Riddell · nv Weird Stories by Mrs. J. H. Riddell, Chatto & Windus, 1882

· A Ghost Story Without an End · Leslie Ethridge · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1886

· The House on the Corner · George Downing Sparks · ss The Australian Journal January 1888

· The Ghost at the Proscenium · Gilbert Edward Campbell · ss Mysteries of the Unseen by Sir Gilbert Campbell, Bart., Ward Lock, 1889

· The Superstitious Man’s Story · Thomas Hardy · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine April 1891

· The Ghosts in My Tower · Frank Richard Stockton · ss The Philadelphia Inquirer December 16 1894

· The Roll Call of the Reef · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Idler June 1895, as by Q

· The House of the Bronze Fox · Clinton Ross · ss Daily Witness June 27 1896

· The Friends of the Friends · Henry James · nv Chapman’s Magazine May 1896, as “The Way It Came”

· The Story of Baelbrow [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1898

· The Corpse Light · J. E. P. Muddock · ss Tales of Terror by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1899, as by Dick Donovan

· The Fifth-Mile Post · C. E. Jeffery · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine November 1899; subtitled “An Indian Ghost Story”.

· The Spirit of the Fjord · John Clark Shannon · ss Zylgrahof and Other Stories by John C. Shannon, Simpkin, Marshall, 1901

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 25 ed. Alastair Gunn (Wimbourne Books, November 26, 2024, £1.99, ebook, an)
This volume contains stories published anonymously in Britain, Australia and New Zealand between 1844 and 1897.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· Introduction · Alastair Gunn · in

_ · The Decline of the Ghost · [uncredited] · ar Popular Science Monthly January 1886

· The Unknown Singer: A Mystification · [uncredited] · ss Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany August 1844

· Ghost or No Ghost? · W. Harrison Ainsworth ,[?], uncredited · ss The New Monthly Magazine August 1852

· The Story of a Phantom · [uncredited] · ss Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1858

· A Photographer’s Story · [uncredited] · ss Sharpe’s London Magazine July 1861

· The Ghost’s Hand: A Christmas Story · [uncredited] · ss The New Monthly Magazine January 1864

· The Ghost of the Abbey · [uncredited] · ss Reynolds’s Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, Science, and Art September 1867

· The Phantom of Regatta Island · Charles Dickens, Jr. ,[?], uncredited · ss All the Year Round May 8 1869

· Grey Woman of the Moor · [uncredited] · ss The Australian Journal May 1885

· The Lady of the Lea · [uncredited] · ss Vanity Fair (UK) December 1888

· The Tower Ghost · [uncredited] · ss Vanity Fair (UK) December 1888

· The Ninth Window · Mary E. Braddon ,[?], uncredited · ss The Mistletoe Bough December 1888

· The Mystery of Catherine Clairville · [uncredited] · ss Whitehall Review January 1889

· A Phantom Face · [uncredited] · ss Whitehall Review February 1889

· A Ghostly Manifestation · Rev. J. C. Grey ,[?], uncredited · ss Murray’s Magazine July 1889

· The Empty Compartment · [uncredited] · ss Murray’s Magazine July 1890

· The Recess in the Wall · [uncredited] · ss Every Week Christmas 1890

· The Restless Dead · Reginald E. Horsley, uncredited · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine December 1892

· The Ghosts of Cottenal Court · E. M. · ss Every Week Christmas 1895

· The Third Traveller · [uncredited] · ss The Argosy (UK) December 1896

· The Ghost of Sir Willopy Wite · [uncredited] · ss The New Zealand Graphic and Ladies’ Journal July 1897

Questionable Practices by Eileen Gunn (Small Beer Press, March 11, 2014, 978-1-61873-075-6, $16.00, 276pp, tp, co, cover by Fu Wenchao)
Collection of one poem and 16 stories, two original; this includes four collaborations with Michael Swanwick and one with Rudy Rucker. E-book also available.
Details taken from online listing.

· Up the Fire Road · Eileen Gunn · nv Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2007

· “Chop Wood, Carry Water” · Eileen Gunn · nv

· No Place to Raise Kids · Eileen Gunn · ss Flurb #3, Spring/Summer 2007

· The Trains That Climb the Winter Tree · Michael Swanwick & Eileen Gunn · nv Tor.com December 21 2010

· To the Moon Alice · Eileen Gunn · pm Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #22, June 2008

· Speak, Geek · Eileen Gunn · vi Nature #7105, August 24 2006

· Hive Mind Man · Rudy Rucker & Eileen Gunn · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2012

· Thought Experiment · Eileen Gunn · ss Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2011

· “Shed That Guilt! Double Your Productivity Overnight!” · Michael Swanwick & Eileen Gunn · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2008

· A Different Engine · Eileen Gunn · ss Tor.com October 28 2010 [Ref. William Gibson & Bruce Sterling]

· Day After the Cooters · Eileen Gunn · ss Tor.com October 29 2010 [Ref. Howard Waldrop]

· The Perdido Street Project · Eileen Gunn · ss Tor.com November 1 2010 [Ref. China Miéville]

· Internal Devices · Eileen Gunn · ss Tor.com November 2 2010 [Ref. K. W. Jeter]

· The Armies of Elfland · Eileen Gunn & Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2009

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

· Zeppelin City · Eileen Gunn & Michael Swanwick · nv Tor.com October 6 2009

· Phantom Pain · Eileen Gunn · ss

Stable Strategies & Others by Eileen Gunn (Tachyon Publications, September 2004, 1-892391-18-X, $14.95, xvi+206pp, tp, co, cover by John D. Berry)
Collection of 12 stories, two original. Foreword by William Gibson, afterword by Howard Waldrop, and a poem by Michael Swanwick.

xi · She’s the Business · William Gibson · fw

xv · The Secret of Writing · Eileen Gunn · in

xvii · Hooray for Eileen! · Michael Swanwick · pm

3 · Stable Strategies for Middle Management · Eileen Gunn · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1988

19 · Fellow Americans · Eileen Gunn · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1991

37 · Computer Friendly · Eileen Gunn · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1989

59 · The Sock Story · Eileen Gunn · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1989

63 · Coming to Terms · Eileen Gunn · ss

73 · Lichen and Rock · Eileen Gunn · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1991

89 · Contact · Eileen Gunn · ss Proteus ed. Richard S. McEnroe, Ace, 1981

103 · What Are Friends For? · Eileen Gunn · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories November 1978

113 · A Recipe for Ideologically Labile Fruit Crisp · Eileen Gunn · ms The Bakery Men Don’t See, SF3, 1991

117 · Spring Conditions · Eileen Gunn · ss Tales by Moonlight ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Robert T. Garcia, 1983

125 · Nirvana High · Eileen Gunn & Leslie What · nv

151 · Green Fire · Eileen Gunn, Andy Duncan, Pat Murphy & Michael Swanwick · nv Event Horizon January 18 1999 (+1)

203 · Afterwards · Howard Waldrop · aw

Breaking Point by James Gunn (Walker & Co., 1972, 0-8027-5552-6, $4.95, vi+182pp, hc, co)

ii · Translations · [uncredited] · ms

1 · Introduction · James Gunn · in

4 · Breaking Point · James Gunn · na Space Science Fiction March 1953

52 · A Monster Named Smith · James Gunn · nv If July 1954

79 · Cinderella Story · James Gunn · ss Vanguard Science Fiction June 1958, as “When the Shoe Fits”

96 · Teddy Bear · James Gunn · ss Worlds of Fantasy v1 #2, 1970

115 · The Man Who Owned Tomorrow · James Gunn · ss Argosy July 1953

124 · Green Thumb · James Gunn · nv If April 1957

147 · The Power and the Glory · James Gunn · ss If December 1969, as “The Man Who Would Not”

155 · The Listeners [Listeners] · James Gunn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction September 1968

The Burning by James E. Gunn (Dell, February 1972, 0-440-00861-1, 95¢, 154pp, pb, n., cover by Robert Foster) [John Wilson]
Fix-up novel based on three previously-published stories.

· Witches Must Burn [John Wilson] · James E. Gunn · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1956

· Trial by Fire [John Wilson] · James E. Gunn · na If February 1969

· Witch Hunt [John Wilson] · James E. Gunn · na Galaxy Science Fiction April 1969

Crisis! by James Gunn (Tor, May 1986, 0-812-53944-3, $2.95, 219pp, pb, n.)
Sf novel composed of a series of episodes which appeared separately.

11 · Man in the Cage · James Gunn · pr

13 · The End of the World [Bill Johnson] · James Gunn · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact January 1984

45 · Child of the Sun [Bill Johnson] · James Gunn · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1977

83 · Man of the Hour [Bill Johnson] · James Gunn · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact October 1984

125 · Touch of the Match [Bill Johnson] · James Gunn · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact February 1985

155 · Woman of the Year [Bill Johnson] · James Gunn · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact April 1985, as “Mother of the Year”

189 · Will-of-the-Wisp [Bill Johnson] · James Gunn · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact May 1985

The Dreamers by James Gunn (Simon & Schuster, January 1981, 0-671-25280-1, $10.95, 166pp, hc, n., cover by Lisa Falkenstein)
Novel comprising three stories, one previously published, and four pieces of linking material.

· The Mnemonist I · James Gunn · lk

· The Historian · James Gunn · nv

· The Mnemonist II · James Gunn · lk

· The Volunteer · James Gunn · na Triax ed. Robert Silverberg, Pinnacle, 1977, as “If I Forget Thee”

· The Mnemonist III · James Gunn · lk

· The Dreamer · James Gunn · na

· The Mnemonist IV · James Gunn · lk

The End of the Dreams by James Gunn (Scribners, September 1975, 0-684-14352-6, $6.95, xv+202pp, hc, co, cover by Bob Strimban)

ix · Introduction · James Gunn · in

1 · Space Is a Lonely Place [Amos Danton] · James Gunn · na Venture Science Fiction May 1957

61 · The Joy Ride · James Gunn · na Startling Stories Fall 1955, as “The Naked Sky”

143 · The Immortal [Dr. Russell Pearce] · James Gunn · nv Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1958

Future Imperfect by James Gunn (Bantam, January 1964, J2717, 40¢, 137pp, pb, co, cover by Paul Lehr)

1 · The Misogynist · James Gunn · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1952

9 · The Last Word · James Gunn · ss

17 · Little Orphan Android · James Gunn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction September 1955

46 · The Stilled Patter · James Gunn · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1956

53 · Skin Game · James Gunn · ss Venture Science Fiction January 1958

61 · Every Day Is Christmas · James Gunn · nv Super-Science Fiction February 1957

81 · The Girls Who Were Really Built · James Gunn · ss Fantastic June 1958, as “Neosho’s Choicest”

90 · Survival Policy [Malachi Jones] · James Gunn · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1952, as by Edwin James

113 · Tsylana · James Gunn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction March 1956

132 · Feeding Time · James Gunn · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1955

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