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Short Stories of To-day and Yesterday by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

The Specimen Case by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

The Story of Wan and the Remarkable Shrub, and The Story of Ching-Kwei and the Destinies by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

Meditations and Mesmerism: Tales Inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann ed. Farah Rose Smith (Ulthar Press, 2019, 978-0-359-48240-5, $24.95, 264pp, tp, oa, cover by Sabinaka)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. 5 · Introduction · Farah Rose Smith · in 7 · Professor Homonculus · Michael Cisco · nv 31 · Dr. Ligetti’s Dream · Ian Delacroix · ss 41 · Alpha and Iota · Jayaprakash Satyamurthy · ss 54 · Heirloom · L. C. von Hessen · ss 73 · The Face and the Flame · M. Lopes da Silva · ss 85 · Where the Sky Is Silver and the Earth Is Brass · Sonya Taaffe · ss 92 · Deadhead · Jennifer Quail · ss 105 · Unheimlich · K. H. Vaughan · nv 126 · A Woman from the Dark · Aydan Hasanli · ss 145 · No Half Measures · Rhys Hughes · ss 162 · Awake in the Hands of Solitude · Kurt Newton & John Boden · nv 184 · The Polished Scope of Dragon Hide · Michelle F. Goddard · ss 201 · Ladali · Sandy Parsons · ss 213 · Spinollio · D. J. Moore · ss 229 · Fruit of the Earth · Nidhi Singh · ss 246 · Notes Toward a Philosophy of Sleep · Michael Uhall · ss 256 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Cadaver by Guy N. Smith (Black Hill Books, November 21, 1991, £10.50, 24pp, ph, oc, cover by Tara Smith)     Collection of two stories published to commemorate the 100th issue of Black Hill Collector. Details supplied by Steve Holland. 4 · The Cadaver · Guy N. Smith · ss; illustrated by Tara Smith; later expanded into the novel of the same name (Severn House, 2008). 12 · The Crabs’ Armada · Guy N. Smith · ss; illustrated by Tara Smith

Desert Island Decameron ed. H. Allen Smith (Doubleday, Doran, June 21, 1945, ix+406pp, hc, oa)     Collection of short stories and sketches which the author deems suitable literature for a desert island retreat. 1 · I. Anthology, n. The Study of Ants · H. Allen Smith · in · II. Women 19 · A Pair of Sexes · F. P. A. (by Franklin P. Adams) · ss 22 · The Bedchamber Mystery · C. S. Forester · ss Cosmopolitan October 1943 26 · Entrance Fee · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker March 1 1930, as “Histoire de France, or Entrance Fee” 30 · Daughters of Joy · Barry Benefield · ss The Smart Set May 1913 · III. Wielding the Bludgeon 51 · Willy Wally to Wed · William Cowper Brann · ar Brann the Iconoclast by William Cowper Brann, Herz Brothers, 1898 54 · The Curse of Kissing · William Cowper Brann · ar Brann the Iconoclast by William Cowper Brann, Herz Brothers, 1898 59 · The Devil’s Dictionary · Ambrose Bierce · ex Neale Publishing Co., 1911 64 · Myriad-Minded Us · Westbrook Pegler · ar 67 · Clarion Call to Poets · H. L. Mencken · ar Prejudices: Sixth Series by H. L. Mencken, Knopf, 1927 73 · Chiropractic · H. L. Mencken · ar The Baltimore Evening Sun December 1924 80 · The Innocents Abroad · Mark Twain · ex American Publishing Company, 1869 83 · A Tramp Abroad · Mark Twain · ex American Publishing Company, 1880 · IV. The Sporting Life 91 · Mr. Frisbie · Ring W. Lardner · ss Cosmopolitan June 1928 103 · Colloquy at Second · Westbrook Pegler · ar 105 · Six-Day Race · Westbrook Pegler · ar 108 · Love Makes the Filly Go · Frank Sullivan · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 24 1937 123 · The Sawing Off of Manhattan Island · Herbert Asbury · ar from All Around the Town, Knopf, 1934 130 · The Golden Key · James Street · ss Good Housekeeping November 1944 · V. Life’s Little Problems 152 · The Mystery of Bridge Building · Robert Benchley · ar Benchley Beside Himself by Robert Benchley, Harper, 1943 158 · The Crack · Erskine Caldwell · ss 164 · A Model Dialogue · Stephen Leacock · vi Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock, Gazette, 1910 166 · The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth · Robert Benchley · ss Inside Benchley by Robert Benchley, Harper and Brothers, 1942 · VI. Domestic Science 176 · There Ought to Be a Law · Nunnally Johnson · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 26 1930 200 · A Harlem Tragedy · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World May 1 1904 207 · Dogs · Ring Lardner · ar First and Last by Ring Lardner, Charles Scribner's, 1934 215 · Birthday Present · Thorne Smith · ss Redbook Magazine October 1934 · VII. The Cocktail Hour 239 · A Man May Be Down · Wolcott Gibbs · ss The New Yorker September 23 1933 243 · You Were Perfectly Fine · Dorothy Parker · ss The New Yorker February 23 1929 247 · God Rest You Merry · Cornelia Otis Skinner · ss The New Yorker December 16 1939 254 · I Drink American · Donald Hough · ar Esquire June 1938 · VIII. Nopalera 266 · Gavin O’Leary · John Collier · ss 274 · The Missing Idol · Ben Hecht · nv A Book of Miracles by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1939 · IX. Dialogues in Dialect 326 · Mr. Kaplan’s Dark Logic [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker April 17 1937 332 · Steamboat Days · Roark Bradford · ss Ol’ Man Adam an’ His Chillun by Roark Bradford, Harper, 1928 336 · Sin · Roark Bradford · ss Ol’ Man Adam an’ His Chillun by Roark Bradford, Harper, 1928 341 · Mountain Justice · Fred Allen · ss · X. Five Characters 353 · Blood Pressure · Damon Runyon · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 5 1930 368 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939 374 · Our Mrs. Parker · Alexander Woollcott · ar Cosmopolitan August 1933 384 · The Retroactive Existence of Mr. Juggins · Stephen Leacock · vi The Popular Magazine August 15 1913 388 · Professor Sea Gull · Joseph Mitchell · ar The New Yorker December 12 1942

The Shining Ones by Iain Smith (Mark Valentine, 2005, £2.50, 12pp, ph, ss)     A World War I Angels of Mons tale; limited to 100 copies.

Sons of Fenris by Jeff Smith & Harry Heckel--- see under Lee Lightner.

Space Wolf: The Second Omnibus by Jeff Smith, Harry Heckel & William King--- see under William King.

Wolf’s Honour by Jeff Smith & Harry Heckel--- see under Lee Lightner.

Phantoms at the Phil ed. John Smith--- see under Anon..

New Orleans Noir ed. Julie Smith (Akashic Books, 2007, 978-1-933354-24-8, $14.95, 287pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir] 13 · Writing Underwater · Julie Smith · in 19 · Part I: Before the Levees Broke 21 · What’s the Score? · Ted O’Brien · ss; set in Mid-City. 31 · Two-Story Brick Houses · Patty Friedmann · ss; set in Uptown. 43 · Scared Rabbit · Tim McLoughlin · ss; set in Irish Channel. 51 · Schevoski · Olympia Vernon · ss; set in the University District. 56 · Algiers · David Fulmer · ss; set in Algiers. 68 · Pony Girl · Laura Lippman · ss; set in Treme. 78 · The Battling Priests of Corpus Christi · Jervey Tervalon · ss; set in the Seventh Ward. 88 · Open Mike · James Nolan · ss; set in the French Quarter. 110 · All I Could Was Cry · Kalamu ya Salaam · ss; set in the Lower Ninth Ward. 129 · There Shall Your Heart Be Also [Benjamin January] · Barbara Hambly · ss; set in the Swamp. 147 · Part II: Life in Atlantis 149 · Muddy Pond · Maureen Tan · nv; set in Village de l’Est. 171 · Lawyers’ Tongues · Thomas Adcock · ss; set in Gentilly. 188 · And Hell Walked In · Jeri Cain Rossi · ss; set in Bywater. 201 · Night Taxi · Christine Wiltz · nv; set in Lakeview. 224 · Annunciation Shotgun · Greg Herren · ss; set in Lower Garden District. 244 · Loot · Julie Smith · ss; set in the Garden District. 264 · Angola South · Ace Atkins · ss; set on Loyola Avenue. 274 · Marigny Triangle · Eric Overmyer · ss; set in Faubourg Marigny. 282 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

New Orleans Noir: The Classics ed. Julie Smith (Akashic Books, March 1, 2016, 978-1-61775-384-8, $15.95, 315pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir] 11 · The Many Ways It Can All Go Away · Julie Smith · in 17 · Part I: The Awakening 19 · A Marriage of Conscience · Armand Lanusse; translated by David Ball & Nicole Ball · ss; set in St. Louis Cathedral. translated from the French (“Un Mariage de Conscience”, L’Album Littéraire, August 15, 1843). 25 · The Little Convent Girl · Grace King · ss The Century Magazine August 1893; set in The River. 35 · The Story of an Hour · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue December 6 1894, as “The Dream of an Hour”; set in Bayou St. John. 39 · Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking · O. Henry · ss McClure’s Magazine December 1899; set in French Quarter. 59 · Part II: Sweet Bird of Youth 61 · The Purple Hat · Eudora Welty · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2758, November 1941; set in Upper Quarter. 70 · Desire and the Black Masseur · Tennessee Williams · ss New Directions in Prose and Poetry 10 ed. James Laughlin, IV, New Directions, 1948; set in Tremé. 80 · Miss Yellow Eyes · Shirley Ann Grau · nv The Black Prince and Other Stories by Shirley Ann Grau, Alfred A. Knopf, 1955; set in Pigeon Town. 116 · Pleadings · John William Corrington · nv The Southern Review Winter 1976; set in Uptown. 159 · Ritual Murder · Tom Dent · ss Callaloo #2, February 1978; set in Courthouse. 175 · Part III: The Thanatos Syndrome 177 · Rich · Ellen Gilchrist · ss Intro 9: Close to Home ed. George P. Garrett & Michael Mewshaw, Hendel & Reinke, 1978; set in Garden District. 201 · Spats · Valerie Martin · ss The Consolation of Nature & Other Stories by Valerie Martin, Houghton Mifflen, 1988; set in New Orleans East. 212 · The Man with Moon Hands [Dino Francis LaStanza] · O’Neil De Noux · ss New Mystery v1 #3, 1993, as “Old Foister, A Folk Tale: The Man with Moon Hands”; set in Tchoupitoulas and Jackson. 221 · Rose · John Biguenet · vi Esquire January 1999; set in Gentilly. 224 · Mussolini and the Axeman’s Jazz · Poppy Z. Brite · nv Dark Destiny: Proprietors of Fate ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1995; set in Basin Street. 251 · GDMFSOB · Nevada Barr · ss Deadly Housewives ed. Christine Matthews, Avon, 2006; set in Versailles Boulevard. 258 · Jesus Out to Sea · James Lee Burke · ss Esquire April 2006; set in Ninth Ward. 269 · Last Fair Deal Gone Down · Ace Atkins · ex from Crossroad Blues, Busted Flush Press, 2010; set in Warehouse District. 293 · Pie Man · Maurice Carlos Ruffin · ss The South Carolina Review Fall 2012; set in Central City. 312 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Mysterious Cat Stories ed. Kim Smith & John Richard Stephens--- see under John Richard Stephens.

Zen of the Dead ed. Lester Smith (Popcorn Press, October 31, 2015, $9.95, 204pp, tp, oa, cover by Kathryn Smith)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Sleeping Oaks · Myk Pilgrim · vi 1 · Halloween Zen · Gary W. Davis · pm 2 · The Tomb Wife · Scarlett R. Algee · ss 8 · Orgy of the Damned · Mike Kriesel · pm Star*Line Fall 2014 9 · Maiden, (…), Crone · Elaine Cunningham · pm 10 · Autumn I · Tim Ryan · pm 10 · Autumn II · Tim Ryan · pm 11 · The Noise · Sebastian Normandin · ss 12 · Halloween in the Haunted House · David C. Kopaska-Merkel · pm 14 · Bird Beak Man · Kelda Crich · pm Devilfish Review December 2014 16 · She Comes by Night · Jennifer Moore · pm 17 · The Replacement · Jade Black · ss 23 · Under Hunter’s Moon · Kelda Crich · pm Eternal Haunted Summer Summer 2014 24 · On Abundance · F. J. Bergmann · pm 25 · Jenny Was Taken · Jason Thibeault · ss 29 · The Youngling · Jason Huls · ss 31 · Transmutation · F. J. Bergmann · pm 32 · The Angles of Midnight · Adele Gardner · ss 47 · Sudden Death · F. J. Bergmann · pm 48 · Autumn Harvest · Kurt Newton · pm 49 · At the Bend of the Road · Robert Dawson · ss 61 · All Hallow’s Eve · Kurt Newton · pm 61 · untitled (“blanched…”) · Tim Ryan · pm 62 · When Your Boyfriend Becomes a Zombie · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm 62 · Romancing Your Dead · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm 62 · Season of the Dead · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm 63 · Auntie’s Revenge · Sara Dobie Bauer · ss 76 · untitled (“Garbage day has come…”) · Jason Huls · pm 76 · untitled (“Shame is not a fang…”) · Jason Huls · pm 76 · untitled (“You were warned but you…”) · Jason Huls · pm 76 · untitled (“The Pale King beckons…”) · Jason Huls · pm 77 · untitled (“Tried to crawl away…”) · Jason Huls · pm 77 · untitled (“No knife is too sharp…”) · Jason Huls · pm 77 · untitled (“Those are strange footprints…”) · Jason Huls · pm 77 · untitled (“She wants to break out…”) · Jason Huls · pm 78 · La Valise · James Dorr · ss 81 · untitled (“French Quarter at Night…”) · David Lee Summers · pm 81 · untitled (“buried pet turtles…”) · David Lee Summers · pm 81 · untitled (“unhealthy zombie…”) · Denny E. Marshall · pm 82 · untitled (“Her broomstick…”) · Patrick T. Randolph · pm 82 · untitled (“Cold tombstone…”) · Patrick T. Randolph · pm 82 · untitled (“Empty halls…”) · Patrick T. Randolph · pm 83 · Schrödinger’s Cat · John Cochrane · pm 83 · untitled (“Ev’ry Halloween…”) · John Cochrane · pm 83 · untitled (“God rolls a fumble…”) · John Cochrane · pm 84 · Nebraska Vampire · Patrick T. Randolph · pm 84 · High School Story of Bell, Book, and Candle · Patrick T. Randolph · pm 85 · A Vision of Sound · Patrick T. Randolph · pm 85 · The Power of Observation · Patrick T. Randolph · pm 86 · Biography of Everything · Michael Kriesel · pm The Pedestal Magazine December 2014 88 · New Hope Farm · John Lehman · ss 91 · Eyes · F. J. Bergmann · pm Out of the Black Forest by F. J. Bergmann, Centennial Press, 2012 93 · Bluebeard’s Honeymoon · Jennifer Moore · pm 94 · New Hobby · Adam Armour · ss 96 · The Send-Off · John Cochrane · pm 97 · Autumn Signal · Myk Pilgrim · ss 98 · The Tragedy of Dracula’s Daughter · Josh Brown · pm 104 · Strength in Numbers · Dusty Wallace · ss 106 · Halloween Haiku · Jennifer Moore · pm 106 · untitled (“There is a presence…”) · Christopher Reed · pm 106 · Urban Legend · Ralph Faraday · pm 107 · Hell, as a Spa Experience · Greer Woodward · pm 108 · Today’s Special · C. A. Verstraete · ss 110 · Yard Sale in Plainfield, Wisconsin (1995) · Michael Kriesel · pm First Class 2004 111 · Bees · Robert Borski · pm 112 · Veiled Wednesday · Myk Pilgrim · ss 113 · untitled (“windless night…”) · Greg Schwartz · pm Abyss & Apex #28, 4th Quarter 2008 113 · untitled (“desert winds…”) · Greg Schwartz · pm Star*Line September/October 2009 113 · untitled (“Hallow’s Eve…”) · Greg Schwartz · pm Tales of the Talisman v7 #2, 2011 114 · Spirit Snatched · Holly Riordan · ss 124 · Fungal Night, Uninteresting · Kelda Crich · pm Nonbinary Review June 2015 125 · Zombie Hamlet · Michael Kriesel · pm Eye to the Telescope October 2012 126 · untitled (“Pumpkins on the porch…”) · Jason Thibeault · pm 126 · untitled (“It comes in the night…”) · Jason Thibeault · pm 126 · untitled (“Miss Jones has a broom…”) · Jason Thibeault · pm 127 · untitled (“Can you hear me now…”) · Jason Thibeault · pm 127 · untitled (“abandoned cemetery…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm 127 · untitled (“horse-drawn wagon…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm The Shiki Monthly Kukai August 2015 128 · The Well · V. E. Battaglia · ss 139 · Eden Revisited · F. J. Bergmann · pm 140 · Aleister Crowley Lipogram · Michael Kriesel · pm North American Review Spring 2015 141 · Something Black · Tiffany Michelle Brown · ss 155 · Parachute · F. J. Bergmann · pm 156 · Pumpkin Girl · Christina Sng · pm Raven Electrick October 2001 157 · Corpse Plant · Robert Borski · pm 157 · I, Pod · Robert Borski · pm 158 · No Witnesses · Vicki Johnson-Steger · ss 164 · Black Cats Get a Bad Rap · Kurt Newton · pm 165 · A Dartmoor Ballad · Jennifer Moore · pm 167 · The Mummy’s Ring · Stephen D. Sullivan · ss 173 · That Kind of Day in the Neighborhood · David C. Kopaska-Merkel · pm 174 · untitled (“Astronomers watch…”) · David Lee Summers · pm 175 · untitled (“in the fog…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm 175 · untitled (“empty saddle…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm 175 · untitled (“one week…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm The Shiki Monthly Kukai August 2015 176 · Falling Asleep on a Cambrian Beach, I Wake Up Covered in Trilobites · Michael Kriesel · pp Star*Line Winter 2015 177 · An Uneasy Breeze · Nancy Hutchins · ss 186 · untitled (“My skin always crawls…”) · Leonard White · pm 186 · untitled (“My mind is dripping…”) · Leonard White · pm 186 · untitled (“Little moths flutter…”) · Leonard White · pm 187 · untitled (“Bright sunshine…”) · Leonard White · pm 187 · untitled (“Single lonely strand…”) · Leonard White · pm 187 · untitled (“On the night’s soft bridge…”) · Leonard White · pm 188 · Slugger Saves · Calvin Demmer · ss 191 · Remnants · F. J. Bergmann · pm 192 · untitled (“spasming priestess…”) · Dan Smith · pm 192 · untitled (“chandelier dust…”) · Joshua Gage · pm 192 · untitled (“bloodstains…”) · Joshua Gage · pm 192 · untitled (“inevitable…”) · Lester Smith · pm 193 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · ms