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The Best of Walter Jon Williams by Walter Jon Williams (Subterranean Press, February 28, 2021, 978-1-64524-002-0, $45.00, 616pp, hc, cover by Lee Moyer)     Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website. 7 · Introduction · Daniel Abraham · in 2021 11 · Daddy’s World · Walter Jon Williams · nv Not of Woman Born ed. Constance Ash, Roc, 1999 45 · The Golden Age · Walter Jon Williams · nv Dead Man’s Hand ed. John Joseph Adams, Titan, 2014 81 · Dinosaurs · Walter Jon Williams · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1987 111 · Surfacing · Walter Jon Williams · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1988 179 · Video Star · Walter Jon Williams · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1986 219 · The Millennium Party · Walter Jon Williams · vi Infinite Matrix August 5 2002 223 · The Bad Twin · Walter Jon Williams · nv Frankensteins and Foreign Devils by Walter Jon Williams, NESFA Press, 1998 265 · The Green Leopard Plague [College of Mystery] · Walter Jon Williams · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2003 341 · Diamonds from Tequila [Dagmar Shaw] · Walter Jon Williams · na Rogues ed. Gardner Dozois & George R. R. Martin, Bantam Spectra, 2014 397 · Margaux [Dread Empire’s Fall] · Walter Jon Williams · na Asimov’s Science Fiction May 2003 451 · Prayers on the Wind · Walter Jon Williams · na When the Music’s Over ed. Lewis Shiner, Bantam Spectra, 1991 503 · Wall, Stone, Craft · Walter Jon Williams · na Axolotl Press, 1993 595 · Story Notes · Walter Jon Williams · ms 2021

The Boolean Gate by Walter Jon Williams (Subterranean Press, November 2012, 978-1-59606-460-7, $38.00, 119pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter)     SF novella about Mark Twain and Nicola Tesla. This is a signed limited edition of 500.

Figures in Rain by Chet Williamson (Ash-Tree Press, July 29, 2002, 1-55310-039-5, C$60.00, xii+313pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe)     Collection of 27 supernatural stories, two specially written for this volume, with an Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $46.50 and in the UK for £29.00. vii · Preface · Chet Williamson · pr ix · Introduction · Joe R. Lansdale · in 3 · Offices · Chet Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine October 1981 11 · A Lover’s Alibi · Chet Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May 1982 21 · Lares & Penates · Chet Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November/December 1983 31 · I’ll Drown My Book · Chet Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1986 39 · Prometheus’s Ghost · Chet Williamson · nv Afterlives ed. Pamela Sargent & Ian Watson, Vintage, 1986 55 · Miss Tuck and the Gingerbread Boy · Chet Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1988 62 · The Music of the Dark Time · Chet Williamson · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1988 77 · Return of the Neon Fireball · Chet Williamson · ss Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988 88 · The House of Fear · Chet Williamson · ss Footsteps Press, 1989 100 · Blue Notes · Chet Williamson · ss Night Visions VII ed. Stanley J. Wiater, Dark Harvest, 1989 110 · O Come Little Children… · Chet Williamson · ss Spirits of Christmas ed. Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell, Wynwood, 1989 118 · Other Errors, Other Times · Chet Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1990 130 · Ex-Library [Greystone Bay] · Chet Williamson · ss The SeaHarp Hotel ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1990 139 · Jabbie Welsh · Chet Williamson · nv Weird Tales Fall 1990 157 · The Cairnwell Horror · Chet Williamson · nv Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990 170 · His Two Wives · Chet Williamson · ss Iniquities Autumn 1990 182 · From the Papers of Helmut Hecker · Chet Williamson · ss Lovecraft’s Legacy ed. Robert E. Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, 1990 193 · The Bookman · Chet Williamson · ss Obsessions ed. Gary Raisor, Dark Harvest, 1991 204 · A Father’s Dream · Chet Williamson · ss Final Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 213 · Coventry Carol · Chet Williamson · nv Peter Straub’s Ghosts ed. Peter Straub, Pocket Star, 1995 231 · A Place Where a Head Would Rest · Chet Williamson · bg Dancing with the Dark ed. Stephen Jones, Vista, 1997 234 · The Blood-Red Sea [Crow] · Chet Williamson · ss The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams ed. J. O'Barr & Ed Kramer, Del Rey, 1998 247 · Excerpts from the Records of the New Zodiac and the Diaries of Henry Watson Fairfax · Chet Williamson · ss 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999 258 · A Collector of Magic · Chet Williamson · ss Imagination Fully Dilated, Volume 2 ed. Elizabeth Engstrom, IFD Publishing, 2000 267 · Subtle Knowing · Chet Williamson · nv Strange Attraction ed. Edward E. Kramer, ShadowLands Press, 2000 281 · Figures in Rain · Chet Williamson · ss 289 · Sundowners · Chet Williamson · ss 303 · Story Notes and Sources · [uncredited] · bi

The Best of Masques ed. J. N. Williamson (Berkley, June 1988, 0-425-10693-4, $3.50, 228pp, pb)     Anthology of 20 horror stories, culled from Masques and Masques II. ix · Best of Masques · J. N. Williamson · in 1988 1 · Nightcrawlers · Robert R. McCammon · nv Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984 23 · Buried Talents · Richard Matheson · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 30 · Soft · F. Paul Wilson · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984 43 · Second Sight · Ramsey Campbell · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 49 · Everybody Needs a Little Love · Robert Bloch · nv Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984 65 · The Yard · William F. Nolan · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 73 · The Substitute · Gahan Wilson · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984 84 · Maurice and Mog · James Herbert · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 this is a portion of the novel Domain that was deleted before publication. 92 · Angel’s Exchange · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984 94 · Hidey Hole · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 99 · Long After Ecclesiastes · Ray Bradbury · pm Satellite Orbit September 1983 102 · The Night Is Freezing Fast · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 111 · The Old Men Knew · Charles L. Grant · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984 127 · Splatter: A Cautionary Tale · Douglas E. Winter · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 137 · Czadek · Ray Russell · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984 147 · Wordsong · J. N. Williamson · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 154 · Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984 159 · Outsteppin’ Fetchit · Charles R. Saunders · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 165 · Somebody Like You · Dennis Etchison · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984 173 · Third Wind · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984 182 · The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead · Alan Rodgers · nv Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 209 · Popsy · Stephen King · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 221 · Behind the Masques · J. N. Williamson · bg 1988

The Iron God/Tomorrow by Jack Williamson & E. C. Tubb--- see under The Iron God/Tomorrow, Gryphon Books, 1999.

Blood & Roses ed. James Williamson & Adèle Olivia Gladwell--- see under Ad^e`le Olivia Gladwell.

Forged in Blood ed. Michael Z. Williamson (Baen, September 5, 2017, 978-1-4814-8270-7, $25.00, 390pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Freehold Universe]     Details taken from online listing. 3 · The Tachi [Freehold Universe] · Zachary Hill · ss 23 · Musings of a Hermit [Freehold Universe] · Larry Correia · ss 37 · Stronger than Steel [Freehold Universe] · Michael Massa · nv 75 · He Who Lives Wins [Freehold Universe] · John F. Holmes · nv 97 · Souvenirs [Freehold Universe] · Rob Reed · ss 113 · Broken Spirit [Freehold Universe] · Dale C. Flowers & Michael Z. Williamson · ss 125 · Okoyyūki [Freehold Universe] · Tom Kratman · nv 147 · The Day the Tide Rolled In [Freehold Universe] · Leo Champion & Michael Z. Williamson · ss 167 · Ripper [Freehold Universe] · Peter Grant · nv 195 · Case Hardened [Freehold Universe] · Christopher L. Smith · nv 219 · Magnum Opus [Freehold Universe] · Jason Cordova · ss 235 · Lovers [Freehold Universe] · Tony Daniel · nv 281 · The Reluctant Heroine [Freehold Universe] · Michael Z. Williamson · nv 305 · The Thin Green Line [Freehold Universe] · Michael Z. Williamson · na 353 · Family Over Blood [Freehold Universe] · Kacey Ezell · nv 375 · Choices and Consequences [Freehold Universe] · Michael Z. Williamson · ss 386 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · ms

Secret Language by Neil Williamson (NewCon Press, 2016, 978-1-910935-13-2, hc, cover by Andy Bigwood)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Neil Williamson · in 11 · Deep Draw · Neil Williamson · ss Astrologica: Stories of the Zodiac ed. Allen Ashley, The Alchemy Press, 2013 25 · The Secret Language of Stamps · Neil Williamson · ss Black Static #46, May/June 2015 39 · Sweeter Than · Neil Williamson · ss Caledonia Dreamin’ ed. Hal Duncan & Chris Kelso, Eibonvale Press, 2013 49 · Arrhythmia · Neil Williamson · ss Music for Another World ed. Mark Harding, Mutation Press, 2010 61 · Pearl in the Shell · Neil Williamson · ss Solaris Rising 2 ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2013 73 · Killing Me Softly · Neil Williamson · ss Unspoken Water #3, 2012 87 · The Bed · Neil Williamson · ss 93 · Fish on Friday · Neil Williamson · ss Interzone #256, January/February 2015 99 · The Posset Pot · Neil Williamson · ss Interzone #252, May/June 2014 115 · Lost Sheep · Neil Williamson · nv Dark Currents ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2012 137 · Silk Bones · Neil Williamson · ss 151 · Messianic Con Brio · Neil Williamson · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #11, November 2002 171 · Last Drink Bird Head · Neil Williamson · ss Last Drink Bird Head ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Ministry of Whimsy, 2009 173 · This Is Not a Love Song · Neil Williamson · ss 181 · The Golden Nose · Neil Williamson · ss Interzone #253, July/August 2014 199 · The Death of Abigail Goudy · Neil Williamson · ss

Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American Stories Since 1970 ed. Lex Williford & Michael Martone (Scribner, December 1999, 0-684-85796-0, $16.00, 672pp, tp)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Foreword · Lex Williford & Michael Martone · fw (r) · Introduction · Rosellen Brown · in (r) · This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona · Sherman Alexie · ss Esquire June 1993 · Death by Landscape · Margaret Atwood · ss Saturday Night July 1989 · Raymond’s Run · Toni Cade Bambara · ss Something Else ed. Leo B. Kneer, Scott, Foresman and Co., 1970, as by Toni Cade · Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story · Russell Banks · nv The Missouri Review 1984 · Click · John Barth · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1997 · The School · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker June 17 1974 · Wild Horses · Rick Bass · ss (r) · The Man Who Knew Belle Starr · Richard Bausch · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1987 · Gryphon · Charles Baxter · ss Epoch 1985 · Customs of the Country · Madison Smartt Bell · ss Harper’s Magazine February 1988 · Silver Water · Amy Bloom · ss Story Autumn 1991 · Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta · Kate Braverman · ss Story Autumn 1990 · A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain · Robert Olen Butler · ss New England Review 1991 · The Year of Getting to Know Us · Ethan Canin · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1987 · Errand · Raymond Carver · ss The New Yorker June 1 1987 · Woman Hollering Creek · Sandra Cisneros · ss (r) · White Angel · Michael Cunningham · ss The New Yorker July 25 1988 · Fiesta, 1980 · Junot Diaz · ss Story Winter 1996 · Pet Milk · Stuart Dybek · ss The New Yorker August 13 1984 · The Prophet from Jupiter · Tony Earley · ss Harper’s Magazine January 1993 · Saint Marie · Louise Erdrich · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1984 · Rock Springs · Richard Ford · nv Esquire February 1982 · The Mail Lady · David Gates · nv Grand Street 1993 · Same Place, Same Things · Tim Gautreaux · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 1991 · Nebraska · Ron Hansen · ss Prairie Schooner Summer 1986 · In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried · Amy Hempel · ss TriQuarterly #56, Winter 1983 · Emergency · Denis Johnson · ss The New Yorker September 16 1991 · Marie · Edward P. Jones · ss The Paris Review #122, Spring 1992 · Cold Snap · Thom Jones · ss The New Yorker June 21 1993 · Doe Season · David Michael Kaplan · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1985 · Patriotic · Janet Kauffman · ss The New Yorker April 11 1983 · Girl · Jamaica Kincaid · vi The New Yorker June 26 1978 · Territory · David Leavitt · ss The New Yorker May 31 1982 · The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas · Reginald McKnight · ss The Kenyon Review Summer 1989 · You’re Ugly, Too · Lorrie Moore · nv The New Yorker July 3 1989 · The Management of Grief · Bharati Mukherjee · ss Fiction Network 1988 · Meneseteung · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker January 11 1988 · Ghost Girls · Joyce Carol Oates · ss American Short Fiction 1995 · The Things They Carried · Tim O’Brien · ss Esquire August 1986 · The Shawl · Cynthia Ozick · ss The New Yorker May 26 1980 · Brokeback Mountain · Annie Proulx · nv The New Yorker October 13 1997 · Strays · Mark Richard · ss Esquire July 1988 · Intensive Care · Lee Smith · ss Me and My Baby View the Eclipse by Lee Smith, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990 · The Way We Live Now · Susan Sontag · ss The New Yorker November 24 1986 · Two Kinds · Amy Tan · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1989 · First, Body · Melanie Rae Thon · ss Antæus #73/74, Spring 1994 · Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog · Stephanie Vaughn · ss The New Yorker June 5 1978 · Nineteen Fifty-Five · Alice Walker · ss Ms. March 1981, as “1955, or, You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down” · Fever · John Edgar Wideman · nv Conjunctions #14, Fall 1989 · Taking Care · Joy Williams · ss Taking Care by Joy Williams, Random House, 1982

12 Women Detective Stories ed. Chris Willis & Laura Marcus--- see under Laura Marcus.

All About Emily by Connie Willis (Subterranean Press, January 2012, 978-1-59606-452-2, $20.00, 97pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter)     SF novelette. An actress fears she’s about to be replaced by an artificial intelligence. Illustrated by J.K. Potter. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 200 ($45.00) is also available.

All Clear by Connie Willis (Subterranean Press, March 2011, 978-1-59606-335-8, $75.00, 742pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter)     Reprint (Ballantine 2010) SF novel, the second part of a novel published in two parts beginning with Blackout. This is a signed, limited ediiton of 500; a leatherbound, traycased, lettered edition of 26 ($250.00) is also available.

All Seated on the Ground by Connie Willis (Subterranean Press, December 2007, 978-1-59606-161-3, $20.00, 126pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter)     SF novella about the arrival of aliens who refuse to respond to anything until the Christmas season. Limited to 1000 copies. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 200 copies ($45.00) is also available.