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American Mystery Stories ed. Carolyn Wells (Oxford University Press US, 1927, LC:27-254197, $1.50, 232pp, hc, an)
Mostly 19th Century weird fiction.

iv · Foreword · Carolyn Wells · fw

1 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846

9 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843

21 · The Minister’s Black Veil · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Token and Atlantic Souvenir 1836, 1835, as by The Author of “Sights from a Steeple”

37 · Horror · John Berwick Harwood, uncredited · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1861

62 · The Mysterious Card [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat February 1896

73 · The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat August 1896

93 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.

109 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

134 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890

146 · The Little Room · Madeline Yale Wynne · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1895

161 · The Sequel to “The Little Room” · Madeline Yale Wynne · ss The Little Room and Other Stories by Madeline Yale Wynne, Way & Williams, 1895

177 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

198 · Circumstance · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1860, uncredited.

214 · The Lost Phoebe · Theodore Dreiser · ss The Century Magazine April 1916

Best American Mystery Stories I ed. Carolyn Wells (Boni, July 1932, 533pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Day 1931 as Best American Mystery Stories of the Year, Volume 1) anthology.

Best American Mystery Stories of the Year, Volume 1 ed. Carolyn Wells (Day, 1931, 533pp, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · Carolyn Wells · in

3 · Man Afraid · Ben Ames Williams · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 26 1930

29 · Honor Among Thieves · Arthur Somers Roche · nv 1930

55 · The Farewell Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na Black Mask February 1930

113 · The Witness in the Metal Box [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The American Magazine November 1929

135 · Up the Spout · Gelett Burgess · nv Collier’s December 14 1929

161 · Ramikin Rubies · Clarence Budington Kelland · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 14 1930

195 · The Ax · Ben Hecht · ss Cosmopolitan November 1930

205 · Mr. Picarelli Takes a Bath · James Warner Bellah · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 17 1930

237 · Atchison Always Wins! · Mrs. Wilson Woodrow & C. C. Waddell · nv Collier’s August 16 1930

263 · The Little Dry Sticks · Faraday Keene · nv Ladies’ Home Journal February 1930

289 · Madame the Cat [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 29 1930

317 · Alibi · William J. Neidig · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 12 1930

353 · The Unrepentant Thief · John B. Kennedy · ss Collier’s March 8 1930

363 · The Moll-Trap · Howard McLellan · nv Collier’s November 30 1929

395 · The Twenty-Fourth Hour · Jerome Beatty · nv Collier’s January 4 1930

417 · Fair and Stormy · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s August 2 1930

425 · Red Wine · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Adventure June 1 1930

459 · The Light at Three O’Clock · MacKinlay Kantor · nv Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories July 1930

481 · Drawing Room B · Allan Vaughan Elston · nv Adventure April 15 1930

509 · The Master of the Conjurers’ Guild · Joseph Szebenyei · nv Adventure March 15 1930

Best American Mystery Stories of the Year, Volume 2 ed. Carolyn Wells (Day, 1932, 542pp, hc, an)

v · Introduction · Carolyn Wells · in

3 · Death and Company [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Black Mask November 1930

21 · The Man in Seat Twelve · James Warner Bellah · nv 1931

47 · A Bird in the Hand · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan December 1931

79 · The Crutile · Ben Ames Williams · na The Saturday Evening Post August 29 1931 (+1)

153 · A Flea Can Grow Bigger Than a Man · Alan LeMay · nv 1931

181 · An Ounce of Curiosity [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · nv The American Magazine August 1931

205 · The Seven Curses · Samuel Hopkins Adams · nv The Illustrated Detective Magazine November 1931

227 · A Gentleman for a Night [Jim Hanvey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The American Magazine October 1931

255 · Manner · Thomas Beer · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 26 1931

281 · The Petal of the Red Geranium · Edmund Pearson · tc Liberty September 26 1931

301 · Tragic Eyes · Rita Weiman · nv Liberty May 2 1931

331 · McQuestion Rides [Matt McQuestion] · Ernest Haycox · nv Collier’s June 20 1931

353 · The Body of the Crime · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Ladies’ Home Journal March 1931

387 · A Murder at the Monde · Gelett Burgess · nv This Quarter December 1931

423 · Diffycult Hill · Faraday Keene · nv 1931

455 · Fishermen’s Luck · William MacHarg · ss 1931

465 · An Expert—in Gems · Everett Rhodes Castle · nv Ladies’ Home Journal May 1931

487 · The Stubborn Heiress · R. T. M. Scott · ss The Illustrated Detective Magazine October 1931

507 · Dirty Work at the Crossroads · Elinore Cowan Stone · ss The American Magazine August 1931

525 · One Chance in a Million · Will Payne · ss The American Magazine December 1931

Lip Service: Alluring New Lesbian Erotica ed. Jess Wells (Alyson Publications, October 1999, 1-555-83503-1, $12.95, 272pp, tp, oa)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Introduction · Jess Wells · in (r)

· How I Ended Up on My Back · Amie M. Evans · ss

· Pearls · Jeannie Sullivan · ss

· The Sacred Sex Tour · Wendy Caster · ss

· A Real-Life Superhero · Kate Dominic · ss

· Broken Moratoriums · Nancy Ferreyra · ss

· Chosen · Renette Toliver · ss

· Thank You, Jackie James · Caitlyn Marie Poland · ss

· Black Vinyl · M. R. Daniel · ss

· Dream Mammal · Sarah Van Arsdale · ss

· The Healing · M. N. Schoeman · ss

· Love Play · Myra LaVenue · ss

· First Time · Isadora Stern · ss

· The Wedding Present · M. Damian · ss

· The Cookie Sheet · Ouida Crozier · ss

· Rural Free Delivery · Anne Seale · ss

· The Party · Catherine Lundoff · ss

· This Is the Famous Bath Scene from Dirty Alice · Merril Mushroom · ss

· The Tarantula Mind · Nyondo Nadi · ss

· Sand · Lana Pacheco · ss

· Of Human Bondage · Danya Ruttenberg · ss

· Deo Gratias · Connie Fox · ss

· Marisol · Carla Diaz · ss

· My Familiar Aphrodite · Sonia Abel · ss

· Blood Hunger · Ginger Simon · ss

· The Closet · Robin St. John & Sandra Hayes · ss

· Plastic Pleasures · Nilaja Montgomery-Akalu · ss

· God Blessed Eva · Randi Oklevik Solberg · ss

· The Perfect Gift · Rhonda Jackson · ss

· Love Child · Karen X. Tulchinsky · ss

· With Some Jazz · Juliet Crichton · ss

· About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Love Shook My Heart 2: Lesbian Love Stories ed. Jess Wells (Alyson, December 2001, 1555836178, $14.95, 280pp, tp, oa)

· Introduction · Jess Wells · in (r)

· At Fourteen · Deborah J. Archer · ss (r)

· The Grand Union · Ruthann Robson · ss (r)

· Girls · Lu Vickers · ss (r)

· Antelope · Elana Dykewomon · ss (r)

· The One I Left Behind · M. Christian · ss

· The Diary of a Performative Self · Aja Couchois Duncan · ss (r)

· To Sleep · Laura M. Farmer · ss (r)

· Jacqueline · Jess Wells · ss (r)

· Kiss of Death, Inc. · Kathy Anderson · ss (r)

· Winnie’s Wake · Julie Auer · ss (r)

· Reply · Jenie Pak · ss (r)

· Penny a Point · Karen X. Tulchinsky · ss (r)

· Her Clear Voice Undid Me · Carol Guess · ss (r)

· The Girls Club · Sally Bellerose · ss (r)

· Illuminated Crypts · Dorothy Lane, (Sunlight) · ss (r)

· Bessie & Sweet Colleen · Ta’Shia Asanti · ss (r)

· Lovingkindness · Kelly Barth · ss (r)

· Invisible · Mary Sharratt · ss (r)

· My Dead Aunt’s Vodka · Lori Horvitz · ss (r)

· Groundwater · Amy Boyer · ss (r)

· My Son Jake · Marnie Webb · ss (r)

· Ghetto Anthem · Roxane Gay · ss (r)

· Waiting for Claudette · Jamie Joy Gatto · ss (r)

· A Preference for the Moment · Ronna Magy · ss (r)

· Recycled · Kristin Steele · ss (r)

· The Fall · Helen Vozenilek · ss (r)

· Goombay Smash · Jane Eaton Hamilton · ss (r)

· Millie’s Girl · Tzivia Gover · ss (r)

Bodies and Souls ed. Joel Wells & Dan Herr--- see under Dan Herr.

Bodies and Spirits ed. Joel Wells & Dan Herr--- see under Dan Herr.

Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women: Volume 1 ed. Kim Wells & P. K. Tyler--- see under P. K. Tyler.

Compulsory by Martha Wells (Subterranean Press, July 2023, $80.00, 1pp, broadsheet, vi) [Murderbot Diaries]
A shorter version of this story originally appeared in Wired magazine in January 2019. Limited to 400 signed, numbered, copies, printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine 80# cover. Also available as 26 lettered, signed, copies, printed letterpress on Somerset Velvet 80# cover with a deckled edge, and custom hot foil stamping ($200). Details taken from publisher website.

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells (Tor.com, September 22, 2020, 978-1-250-78427-8, $70.99, hc, co) [Murderbot Diaries]
Details taken from online listing.

· All Systems Red [Murderbot Diaries] · Martha Wells · na Tor.com, May 2 2017

· Artificial Condition [Murderbot Diaries] · Martha Wells · na Tor.com, May 8 2018

· Rogue Protocol [Murderbot Diaries] · Martha Wells · na Tor.com, August 7 2018

· Exit Strategy [Murderbot Diaries] · Martha Wells · na Tor.com, October 2 2018

The Murderbot Diaries (var. 1) by Martha Wells (Subterranean Press, March 2021, $150.00, 453pp, hc, co, cover by Tommy Arnold) [Murderbot Diaries]
This edition adds the short story “Home: Habitat Range Niche Territory”, previously distributed digitally to people who pre-ordered Martha Wells’ novella Exit Strategy. Limited to 400 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($375.00).
Details taken from publisher website.

1 · Introduction · Martha Wells · in

13 · All Systems Red [Murderbot Diaries] · Martha Wells · na Tor.com, May 2 2017

111 · Artificial Condition [Murderbot Diaries] · Martha Wells · na Tor.com, May 8 2018

221 · Rogue Protocol [Murderbot Diaries] · Martha Wells · na Tor.com, August 7 2018

325 · Exit Strategy [Murderbot Diaries] · Martha Wells · na Tor.com, October 2 2018

441 · Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory [Murderbot Diaries] · Martha Wells · ss
previously distributed digitally to readers who pre-ordered Martha’s Murderbot novel, Network Effect.

Network Effect by Martha Wells (Subterranean Press, September 2021, $175.00, 352pp, hc, n., cover by Tommy Arnold) [Murderbot Diaries]
Reprint (Tor.com 2020) SF novel. Limited to 400 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($400.00).
Details taken from publisher website.

Witch King by Martha Wells (Tor.com, May 30, 2023, 978-1-250-82679-4, $28.99, xi+414pp, hc, n., cover by Cynthia Sheppard)
Details taken from online listing.

Witch King by Martha Wells (Subterranean Press, December 2023, $150.00, 367pp, hc, n., cover by Rovina Cai)
Reprint (Tor.com 2023) fantasy novel. Limited to 500 numbered, signed, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($850).
Details taken from publisher website.

Novacon 19 Programme Book ed. Pam Wells (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 1989, no ISBN, 60pp, ph, nf)
Programme book for Novacon 19, featuring Geoff Ryman as Guest of Honour. Only partial contents listed.

13 · Geoff Ryman: Telling the Truth · Colin Greenland · ar [Ref. Geoff Ryman]

15 · Geoff Ryman—A Bibliography · Phil Stephensen-Payne & Geoff Ryman · bi

19 · A King in Fragments: Why Perform Gilgamesh? · Geoff Ryman · ar

Columbus Noir ed. Andrew Welsh-Huggins (Akashic Books, March 3, 2020, 978-1-61775-765-5, $15.95, 288pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Details taken from ebook.

· A Capital Place for Killing · Andrew Welsh-Huggins · in

· Part I: Sin in Cbus

· The Satin Fox · Robin Yocum · ss; set in Victorian Village.

· Gun People · Kristen Lepionka · ss; set in Olde Towne East.

· Curb Appeal · Craig McDonald · ss; set in German Village.

· My Name Is Not Susan · Chris Bournea · ss; set in Eastmoor.

· Part II: Capital Offenses

· Going Places · Andrew Welsh-Huggins · ss; set in Ohio Statehouse.

· Honor Guard · Tom Barlow · ss; set in Clintonville.

· An Agreeable Wife for a Suitable Husband · Mercedes King · ss; set in South End.

· Take the Wheel · Daniel Best · ss; set in Short North.

· The Dead and the Quiet · Laura Bickle · ss; set in Union Cemetery.

· Part III: Buckeye Betrayals

· The Luckiest Man Alive · Lee Martin · ss; set in San Margherita.

· The Valley · Yolanda Tonette Sanders · ss; set in Whitehall.

· All That Burns the Mind · Julia Keller · ss; set in Ohio State University.

· Long Ears · Khalid Moalim · ss; set in North Side.

· Foreign Study · Nancy Zafris · ss; set in West Broad Street.

· About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

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