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Mrs. Claus: Not the Fairy Tale They Say ed. Rhonda Parrish (World Weaver Press, November 2017, 978-0-9987022-4-7, $12.95, 196pp, tp, oa, cover by Sarena Ulibarri)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Rhonda Parrish · in 3 · Wight Christmas · Laura VanArendonk Baugh · nv 26 · The Asylum Musicale · C. B. Calsing · ss 38 · Desperately Seeking Santa · D. J. Tyrer · ss 45 · Christmas Magic · Jennifer Lee Rossman · ss 55 · Good Morning · Kristen Lee · ss 64 · Moves Like Jagger · Randi Perrin · nv 90 · Miss ’Lil Toe Head · Michael Leonberger · ss 109 · Unexpected Guests · Andrew Wilson · ss 119 · The True Story of Christina and Kristopher Kringle · Ross Van Dusen · ss 129 · Shouldering the Burden · Margaret Curelas · ss 141 · You’d Better Watch Out · Maren Matthais · ss 155 · Captain Lizzy and the Stranger in the Fog · Anne Luebke · ss 162 · Agatha Sings to the Scorpions · Jeff Kuykendall · ss 172 · Red to Hide the Blood · Hayley Stone · ss

Prairie Starport: Stories in Celebration of Candas Jane Dorsey ed. Rhonda Parrish (Poise and Pen Publishing, May 8, 2018, 978-1-988233-38-3, $9.99, 201pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Rhonda Parrish · in 3 · Slough · Timothy J. Anderson · ss 11 · The Smut Story · Greg Bechtel · nv Boundary Problems by Greg Bechtel, Freehand Books, 2014 39 · Canda of Boyle Street · Anita Jenkins · ar 43 · Flash Fictions · Gregg Chamberlain · ss 49 · Sami’s Song · Laina Kelly · ss 67 · About Candas · Barb Galler-Smith · ar 71 · One Day I’m Going to Give Up the Blues for Good · Ursula Pflug · nv Prairie Fire Summer 1994 93 · The Secret of Freedom · B. D. Wilson · ss 109 · Avoidance · E. C. Bell · ss 113 · Father Time · Derryl Murphy · ss Tesseracts4 ed. Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet, Beach Holme Books, 1992 123 · Split Decision · Robert Runté · ss Tesseracts Fifteen ed. Susan MacGregor & Julie Czerneda, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2011 139 · Candas Jane Dorsey: A Friendship Spanning 40+ Years · Diane L. Walton · ar 143 · Sister Margaret · Rhonda Parrish · ss Pantechnicon #5, 2007 157 · A Letter from Beyond · Alexandrea Flynn & Annalise Glinker · ss 163 · Spring Sunset · John Park · vi On Spec Spring 1990 167 · A Chat, with Footnotes · S. G. Wong · iv [Ref. Candas Jane Dorsey]

Scarecrow ed. Rhonda Parrish (World Weaver Press, August 2, 2015, 978-0-692-43022-4, $12.95, 206pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Rhonda Parrish · in 9 · Scarecrow Hangs · Jane Yolen · pm 10 · Kakashi & Crow · Megan Fennell · ss 30 · The Roofnight · Amanda C. Davis · ss 43 · Skin Map · Kim Goldberg · ss 46 · A Fist Full of Straw · Kristina Wojtaszek · ss 54 · Judge & Jury · Laura VanArendonk Baugh · nv 78 · Waking from His Master’s Dream · Katherine Marzinsky · ss 90 · Waking from His Master’s Dream · Andrew Bud Adams · ss 110 · Black Birds · Laura Blackwood · ss 118 · Edith and I · Virginia Carraway Stark · ss 123 · Scarecrow Progressions (Rubber Duck Remix) · Sara Puls · ss 134 · Truth About Crows · Craig Pay · ss 146 · Two Steps Forward · Holly Schofield · ss 153 · Only the Land Remembers · Amanda Block · nv 175 · If I Only Had an Autogenic Cognitive Decision Matrix · Scott Burtness · ss

Sirens ed. Rhonda Parrish (World Weaver Press, July 12, 2016, 978-0-692-68720-8, $12.95, 284pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Sara Cleto & Brittany Warman · in 4 · Siren Seeking · Kelly Sandoval · ss 14 · The Fisherman and the Golem · Amanda Kespohl · nv 35 · We Are Sirens · L. S. Johnson · nv 58 · Moth to an Old Flame · Pat Flewwelling · ss 78 · The Bounty · Gabriel F. Cuellar · ss 85 · The Dolphin Riders · Randall G. Arnold · ss 94 · Is This Seat Taken? · Michael Leonberger · nv 118 · Nautilus · V. F. LeSann · nv 140 · Siren’s Odyssey · Tamsin Showbrook · nv 162 · Safe Waters · Simon Kewin · ss 172 · Notefisher · Cat McDonald · ss 184 · Experience · Sandra Wickham · ss 198 · Threshold · K. T. Ivanrest · ss 217 · The Fisherman’s Catch · Adam L. Bealby · ss 226 · One More Song · Eliza Chan · ss 240 · Homecoming · Tabitha Lord · ss

Heartless by H. G. Parry (Subterranean Press, February 2024, 978-1-64524-164-5, $45.00, 144pp, hc, na, cover by Kathleen Jennings)     Limited to 1000 numbered, signed, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Archives of Evil ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee--- see under Christopher Lee.

Beware of the Cat ed. Michel Parry (Gollancz, 1972, 191pp, hc, an)     Anthology of macabre and supernatural stories about cats. 9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 13 · Beware the Cat · Gulielmus Baldwin · ss 1561; dated 1553. 16 · The Grey Cat · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901 28 · The King of the Cats · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Harper’s Bazar February 1929 44 · The Vampire Cat · [uncredited] · ss (r) translation of the Japanese “The Vampire Cat of Nabeshima”. 53 · The Cat Man · Byron Liggett · ss Story Spring 1960 69 · The White Cat · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, as “The White Cat of Drumgunniol”, uncredited. 82 · Ancient Sorceries [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Nash, 1908 130 · Tobermory [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, 1911 revised from the original (Westminster Gazette, November 27, 1909) to feature Clovis rather than Bertie van Tahn. 139 · Fluffy · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Weird Tales March 1947 148 · Cat and Mouse · Ramsey Campbell · ss 162 · The Cats of Ulthar [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · vi The Tryout November 1920 166 · The Eyes of the Panther · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner October 17 1897 177 · The Black Cat · William J. Wintle · ss Ghost Gleams by W. J. Wintle, Heath Cranton, 1921 186 · The Child Watcher · Ernest Harrison · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1958 189 · Notes · [uncredited] · ms

Christopher Lee’s Archives of Evil ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, May 1975, 12903, 85p, 160pp, pb, an)     Reprint (W.H. Allen 1977 as by Christopher Lee & Michel Parry) horror anthology.

Christopher Lee’s Omnibus of Evil ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1975, 0-583-13122-0, £1.25, 255pp, pb, an)     Reprint (W.H. Allen 1978 as The Great Villains by Christopher Lee & Michel Parry) horror anthology.

Christopher Lee’s ‘X’ Certificate ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee--- see under Christopher Lee.

The Devil’s Children ed. Michel Parry (Orbit, 1974, 0-8600-7814-0, 40p, 213pp, pb, an)     Tales of demons and exorcists. US edition in hc from Taplinger, 1974 and in pb from Berkley, 1976. 7 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 13 · Enoch · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1946 28 · Father Meuron’s Tale · Robert Hugh Benson · ss A Mirror of Shalott by R. H. Benson, Pitman, 1907 38 · Vacant Possession · Ramsey Campbell · ss 44 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 70 · The Thing on the Doorstep [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales January 1937 99 · Saunder’s Little Friend · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1948 111 · A Porta Inferi · Roger Pater · nv Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Oates & Washbourne, 1923 124 · The Lips · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales September 1929 138 · From Shadowed Places · Richard Matheson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1960 161 · The Unspeakable Betrothal · Robert Bloch · ss Avon Fantasy Reader 9 ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon Publishing Co., 1949 176 · Isabo · J. A. Cuddon · nv Splinters ed. Alex Hamilton, Hutchinson, 1968 203 · The Possession of Angela Bradshaw · John Collier · ss The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 209 · The Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Devil’s Kisses ed. Michel Parry--- see under Linda Lovecraft.

Dream Trips ed. Michel Parry (Panther Books, 1974, 0-586-03957-0, 35p, 160pp, pb, an)     Stories of Weird and Unearthly Drugs. Illustrated by Peter Dale. See companion volumes Strange Ecstacies and Spaced Out. 9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 11 · The Hashish Man · Lord Dunsany · ss A Dreamer’s Tales by Lord Dunsany, J.W. Luce, 1910 17 · As Dreams Are Made On · Joseph F. Pumilia · ss Fantastic Stories February 1973 35 · The Adventure of the Pipe · Richard Marsh · nv Curios by Richard Marsh, John Long, 1898 54 · Dream-Dust from Mars · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1938 77 · The Life Serum · Paul S. Powers · ss Weird Tales June 1926 92 · Morning After · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1957 112 · Under the Knife · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #80, January 1896 127 · The Good Trip · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic August 1970 135 · No Direction Home · Norman Spinrad · ss New Worlds Quarterly 2 ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1971 153 · The Phantom Drug · A. W. Kapfer · ss Weird Tales April 1926

From the Archives of Evil ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee--- see under Christopher Lee.

From the Archives of Evil Number 2 ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee--- see under Christopher Lee.

Ghostbreakers ed. Michel Parry (Granada, 1985, 0-246-12758-9, £4.95, 128pp, hc, an)     Young adult ghost anthology. A good representative young adult anthology of psychic detective stories. 9 · Foreword · Michel Parry · fw 11 · The Gateway of the Monster [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler January 1910 33 · The Story of Konnor Old House [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1899 49 · The Warder of the Door [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine July 1897 68 · The Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924, as “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire” 86 · The Story of Yand Manor House [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1898 101 · The Horse of the Invisible [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Idler April 1910

Great Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry (Taplinger, November 1977, 0-8008-3618-9, $8.95, 222pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Mayflower 1974 as The 1st Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories) horror anthology.

The Great Villains: An Omnibus of Evil ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee--- see under Christopher Lee.

The Hounds of Hell ed. Michel Parry (Gollancz, 1974, 0-575-01715-5, £2.10, 192pp, hc, an)     Also in pb (Arrow 1975). 9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 15 · The Hound [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales February 1924 24 · Staley Fleming’s Hallucination · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906 27 · The Dog · Ivan Turgenev · ss The Scottish Review 43 · The Hound of Death · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933 62 · Dead Dog · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales August 1938 72 · The Dutch Officer’s Story · Catherine Crowe · ss Ghosts and Family Legends by Mrs. Crowe, T.C. Newby, 1858 82 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante” translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883). 87 · Dog or Demon? · Theo Gift · ss Not for the Night-Time by Theo Gift, Roper & Drowley, 1889 100 · Louis · Saki · ss The Morning Post April 7 1914, as by H. H. Munro 106 · The Howling Tower [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown June 1941 122 · The White Dog · Feodor Sologub; translated by John Cournos · ss The Old House and Other Tales by Feodor Sologub, tr. John Cournos, Martin Secker, 1915 translated from the Russian (“Sobaka”, 1908). 129 · The Hound · William Faulkner · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1931 143 · The Emissary · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947 152 · The Hound of Pedro · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1938 167 · The Whining · Ramsey Campbell · ss 176 · The Death Hound [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine October 1922

Jack the Knife ed. Michel Parry (Mayflower, 1975, 0-583-12502-6, 50p, 160pp, pb, an)     Tales of Jack the Ripper 11 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 21 · Forever Stand the Stones · Joseph F. Pumilia · ss 40 · The Demon Spell · Hume Nisbet · ss The Haunted Station by Hume Nisbet, F.V. White & Co., 1894 46 · The Lodger · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv Nash’s Magazine January 1911 74 · In the Slaughteryard · [uncredited] · ss The Adventures of the Adventurer’s Club, Gardner & Co., 1890 87 · A Kind of Madness · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1972 94 · The Gatecrasher · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Unbidden by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Tandem, 1971 107 · My Father the Ripper · Philip José Farmer · ex A Feast Unknown by Philip José Farmer, Essex House, 1969 112 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943 130 · Jack’s Little Friend · Ramsey Campbell · ss 140 · The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World · Harlan Ellison · nv Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 160 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Lurking Shadows ed. Michel Parry & Christopher Lee (W.H. Allen, 1979, 0-491-02289-1, 157pp, hc, an)     Stories which exude the very essence of fear. 7 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in 9 · The Dream Makers · Robert Bloch · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953 37 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 53 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 72 · After the Ball · John Collier · nv Lovat Dickson’s Magazine November 1933 92 · The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies · John W. Jakes · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962 98 · The Ghost of Fear · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896, as “The Red Room” 108 · The Valley of the Worm [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales February 1934 130 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine February 1909 136 · The Lurking Fear · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Home Brew January 1923 (+3)