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The Dead Man and Other Horror Stories by Gene Wolfe (Subterranean Press, August 2023, 978-1-64524-120-1, $50.00, 400pp, hc, co, cover by Tom Kidd)     Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website. 7 · The Dead Man · Gene Wolfe · ss Sir! October 1965 13 · The Hero as Werwolf · Gene Wolfe · ss The New Improved Sun ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1975 31 · Many Mansions · Gene Wolfe · ss Orbit 19 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1977 43 · The Detective of Dreams · Gene Wolfe · nv Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980 63 · Redbeard · Gene Wolfe · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984 71 · In the House of Gingerbread · Gene Wolfe · ss The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987 89 · The Other Dead Man · Gene Wolfe · ss Weird Tales Spring 1988 109 · The Friendship Light · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1989 125 · The Haunted Boardinghouse · Gene Wolfe · nv Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990 153 · Lord of the Land [Cthulhu] · Gene Wolfe · nv Lovecraft’s Legacy ed. Robert E. Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, 1990 171 · The Seraph from Its Sepulcher · Gene Wolfe · ss Sacred Visions ed. Andrew M. Greeley & Michael Cassutt, Tor, 1991 189 · Queen of the Night · Gene Wolfe · ss Love in Vein ed. Poppy Z. Brite & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1994 205 · The Death of Koshchei the Deathless · Gene Wolfe · ss Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1995 221 · Bed and Breakfast · Gene Wolfe · nv Dante’s Disciples ed. Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996 245 · The Walking Sticks · Gene Wolfe · ss Taps and Sighs ed. Peter Crowther, Subterranean Press, 2000 257 · Mute · Gene Wolfe · ss World Horror Convention 2002 Program Book, 2002 269 · My Name Is Nancy Wood · Gene Wolfe · ss Weird Tales Spring 2003 275 · Talk of Mandrakes · Gene Wolfe · ss Sirius Fiction, 2003 285 · Black Shoes · Gene Wolfe · ss 13 Horrors ed. Brian A. Hopkins, KaCSFFS Press, 2003 295 · Hunter Lake · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2003 309 · Prize Crew · Gene Wolfe · ss Postscripts #1, Spring 2004 317 · Monster · Gene Wolfe · ss Amazing Stories September 2004 323 · The Card · Gene Wolfe · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2005 329 · The Vampire Kiss · Gene Wolfe · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2005 337 · Innocent · Gene Wolfe · ss Full Moon City ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Darrell Schweitzer, Pocket, 2010 347 · Josh · Gene Wolfe · ss Portents ed. Al Sarrantonio, Flying Fox Publishers, 2011 355 · Why I Was Hanged · Gene Wolfe · ss Ghosts by Gaslight ed. Jack Dann & Nick Gevers, Harper Voyager US, 2011 375 · Uncaged · Gene Wolfe · nv Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales ed. Melissa Marr & Tim Pratt, Headline, 2013

Strange Travelers by Gene Wolfe (Tor, January 2000, 0-312-87227-5, $25.95, 383pp, hc, co, cover by Giorgio de Chirico)     Collection of 15 recent stories. 11 · Bluesberry Jam · Gene Wolfe · nv Space Opera ed. Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, DAW, 1996 41 · One-Two-Three for Me · Gene Wolfe · ss The Many Faces of Fantasy ed. Richard Gilliam, World Fantasy Convention 1996, 1996 49 · Counting Cats in Zanzibar · Gene Wolfe · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1996 69 · The Death of Koshchei the Deathless · Gene Wolfe · ss Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1995 87 · No Planets Strike · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1997 99 · Bed and Breakfast · Gene Wolfe · nv Dante’s Disciples ed. Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996 127 · To the Seventh · Gene Wolfe · nv The Many Faces of Fantasy ed. Richard Gilliam, World Fantasy Convention 1996, 1996 151 · Queen of the Night · Gene Wolfe · ss Love in Vein ed. Poppy Z. Brite & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1994 169 · And When They Appear · Gene Wolfe · nv Christmas Forever ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 1993 197 · Flash Company · Gene Wolfe · ss The Horns of Elfland ed. Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman & Donald G. Keller, Roc, 1997 209 · The Haunted Boardinghouse · Gene Wolfe · nv Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990 239 · Useful Phrases · Gene Wolfe · ss Tomorrow January 1993 249 · The Man in the Pepper Mill · Gene Wolfe · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1996 269 · The Ziggurat · Gene Wolfe · na Full Spectrum 5 ed. Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree & Janna Silverstein, Bantam Spectra, 1995 353 · Ain’t You ’Most Done? · Gene Wolfe · nv The Sandman: Book of Dreams ed. Neil Gaiman & Edward E. Kramer, HarperPrism, 1996

The Wolfe at the Door by Gene Wolfe (Tor, October 31, 2023, 978-1-250-84620-4, $29.99, 480pp, hc, co)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Kim Stanley Robinson · in 13 · On a Vacant Face a Bruise · Gene Wolfe · ss Strange Birds by Gene Wolfe, Dreamhaven Books, 2006 33 · Bea and Her Bird Brother · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2006 41 · Memorare · Gene Wolfe · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2007 125 · A Method Bit in “B” · Gene Wolfe · ss Orbit 8 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 130 · Tarzan of the Grapes [Tarzan] · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1972 141 · The Little Stranger · Gene Wolfe · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2004 160 · Christmas Inn · Gene Wolfe · nv PS Publishing, April 2006 166 · At the Point of Capricorn · Gene Wolfe · vi Cheap Street, December 1983 189 · The Gunner’s Mate · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005 206 · The Grave Secret · Gene Wolfe · vi Young Wolfe by Gene Wolfe, United Mythologies Press, 1992 an earlier version appeared in the January 1951 issue of The Commentator. 210 · The Old Woman in the Young Woman · Gene Wolfe · ss Jim Baen’s Universe October 2006 223 · Dormanna · Gene Wolfe · ss The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 2012 231 · Easter Sunday · Gene Wolfe · ss The Commentator March 1951 234 · Archangel Gabriel · Gene Wolfe · ss 237 · Last Night in the Garden of Forking Tongues · Gene Wolfe · pm Plan[e]t Engineering by Gene Wolfe, NESFA Press, 1984 238 · Maybe We’ve Been Doing It Wrong · Gene Wolfe · pm For Rosemary by Gene Wolfe, Kerosina, 1988 239 · Connect the Dots · Gene Wolfe · pm Star*Line May/June 1981 243 · Planetarium in Orbit · Gene Wolfe · ss Constipating Science Fiction, Chicago in 2012 Worldcon Bid, 2009 249 · Remembrance to Come · Gene Wolfe · ss Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 261 · The On-Deck Circle · Gene Wolfe · ss Postscripts #8, Autumn 2006 269 · Hopkins Dalhousie · Gene Wolfe · ss Bibliomen by Gene Wolfe, Cheap Street, 1984 272 · How I Got Three Zip Codes · Gene Wolfe · ss The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 1999 277 · Screen Test · Gene Wolfe · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine July 1967 282 · Volksweapon · Gene Wolfe · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1967 289 · The Largest Luger · Gene Wolfe · ss Young Wolfe by Gene Wolfe, United Mythologies Press, 1992 298 · The Last Casualty of Cambrai · Gene Wolfe · ss Young Wolfe by Gene Wolfe, United Mythologies Press, 1992 311 · Last Drink Bird Head · Gene Wolfe · ss Last Drink Bird Head ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Ministry of Whimsy, 2009 315 · Mountains Like Mice · Gene Wolfe · nv If May 1966 333 · The Green Wall Said · Gene Wolfe · vi New Worlds #174, August 1967 337 · Thou Spark of Blood · Gene Wolfe · ss If April 1970 344 · Unrequited Love · Gene Wolfe · ss Subterranean (online) Summer 2007 351 · Loco Parentis · Gene Wolfe · ss Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972 354 · Going to the Beach · Gene Wolfe · ss Showcase ed. Roger Elwood, Harper & Row, 1973 361 · It’s Very Clean · Gene Wolfe · ss Generation ed. David Gerrold, Dell, 1972 367 · Frostfree · Gene Wolfe · ss Shadows of the New Sun ed. J. E. Mooney & Bill Fawcett, Tor, 2013 387 · The Giant · Gene Wolfe · ss Boondocks Fantasy ed. Jean Rabe & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2011 398 · The Magic Animal · Gene Wolfe · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007 428 · The Hour of the Sheep · Gene Wolfe · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007 438 · The Woman Who Went Out [Latro] · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1985 444 · Leif in the Wind · Gene Wolfe · ss Stories ed. Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio, William Morrow, 2010 458 · The Sea of Memory · Gene Wolfe · ss Shadows of the New Sun ed. J. E. Mooney & Bill Fawcett, Tor, 2013

Young Wolfe by Gene Wolfe (United Mythologies Press, December 1992, 0-921322-32-1, $15.95, 69pp, hc, co)     Collection of nine early stories, two not previously published and two revised from their first appearance. 2 · The Case of the Vanishing Ghost · Gene Wolfe · ss an earlier version appeared in the November 1951 issue of The Commentator. 8 · The Grave Secret · Gene Wolfe · vi an earlier version appeared in the January 1951 issue of The Commentator. 12 · The Dead Man · Gene Wolfe · ss Sir! October 1965 17 · Mountains Like Mice · Gene Wolfe · nv If May 1966 34 · The Green Wall Said · Gene Wolfe · vi New Worlds #174, August 1967 39 · Screen Test · Gene Wolfe · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine July 1967 44 · Volksweapon · Gene Wolfe · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1967 51 · The Largest Luger · Gene Wolfe · ss 59 · The Last Casualty of Cambrai · Gene Wolfe · ss

The Mythic Dream ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien--- see under Dominik Parisien.

Robots vs. Fairies ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien (Saga Press, January 9, 2018, 978-1-4814-6236-5, $27.99, 373pp, hc, oa)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe · in 9 · Build Me a Wonderland · Seanan McGuire · ss 29 · Quality Time · Ken Liu · nv 58 · Murmured Under the Moon · Tim Pratt · nv 83 · The Blue Fairy’s Manifesto · Annalee Newitz · ss 99 · Bread and Milk and Salt · Sarah Gailey · ss 119 · Ironheart · Jonathan Maberry · nv 142 · Just Another Love Song · Kat Howard · ss 154 · Sound and Fury · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss 169 · The Bookcase Expedition · Jeffrey Ford · ss 182 · Work Shadow/Shadow Work · Madeline Ashby · nv 207 · Second to the Left, and Straight On · Jim C. Hines · ss 226 · The Buried Giant · Lavie Tidhar · nv 249 · Three Robots Experience Objects Left Behind from the Era of Humans for the First Time · John Scalzi · ss 258 · Ostentation of Peacocks · Lila Bowen · ss 277 · All the Time We’ve Left to Spend · Alyssa Wong · nv 299 · Adriftica · Maria Dahvana Headley · nv 327 · To a Cloven Pine · Max Gladstone · ss 340 · A Fall Counts Anywhere · Catherynne M. Valente · nv

The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien--- see under Dominik Parisien.

Black Nights ed. Sebastian Wolfe (Carroll & Graf, July 1993, $10.95, tp, an)     Anthology of stories behind some of the great noir films of the 30s and 40s.

Kiss and Kill: Sensational True Stories of Love, Lust, and Murder ed. Sebastian Wolfe (Carroll & Graf, October 1990, 0-88184-624-4, $18.95, 260pp, hc, nf)     Non-fiction collection of true crime stories by various writers including Eric Ambler, Miriam Allen deFord, and Stanley Ellin.

The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror ed. Sebastian Wolfe (Xanadu, April 1992, 0-947761-45-4, £6.99, 124pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 70 short-short horror stories, poems and cartoons. 5 · Foreword · Sebastian Wolfe · fw 9 · In the Ruins · Roald Dahl · vi World Bookfair Programme June 1964 11 · Randolf’s Party · John Lennon · vi The Saturday Evening Post March 21 1964 12 · Red · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Night Cry Summer 1986 14 · A Wife Driven Insane by Husband Tickling Her Feet · [uncredited] · ms (r) 15 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931 17 · untitled (“I’ve Just Acquired Some Shrunken Heads…”) · Alistair Sampson · pm (r) 18 · [untitled cartoon] · Gahan Wilson · ct (r) 19 · Meeting with a Double · George D. Painter · pm The Road to Sinodun by George D. Painter, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951 20 · John Mortonson’s Funeral · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906 23 · The Skeleton at the Feast · E. H. Visiak · pm The Phantom Ship by E. H. Visiak, London, 1912 24 · [untitled] · Ornella Volta · ex from The Vampire, Compact, 1969 25 · Cousin Jane · Colin West · pm Not to Be Taken Seriously by Colin West, Hutchinson, 1982 26 · untitled (“‘I Have a Man at Last,’ She Cried…”) · Alistair Sampson · pm (r) 27 · Out of the Country · Jeffry Scott · vi Tales of Unease ed. John Burke, Pan, 1966 29 · Mousetrap · Stephen Gallagher · vi The Drabble Project ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon, 1988 30 · Singular Method of Execution · [uncredited] · ms (r) 31 · The Model Wife · Robert Bloch · vi Swank November 1961 33 · Good Dog Nigel · John Lennon · vi In His Own Write by John Lennon, Jonathan Cape, 1964 34 · Dog, Cat, and Baby · Joe R. Lansdale · vi Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 36 · untitled (“The Nun is fearfully bedevilled…”) · Edward Gorey · pm (r) 37 · Mason’s Life · Kingsley Amis · ss The Sunday Times 1972 40 · The Dorking Thigh · William Plomer · pm Lilliput October 1945 42 · Henri Blot · Ornella Volta · ex from The Vampire, Compact, 1969 43 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round September 8 1860 46 · untitled (“In a dear little vine covered cottage…”) · F. Scott FitzGerald · pm The Notebooks of F. Scott FitzGerald by F. Scott FitzGerald, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978 49 · Chompers · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July 1982 52 · Varney the Vampire · James Malcolm Rymer · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, anonymously, E. Lloyd, 1847, uncredited. 53 · Grocery List · Gina Haldane · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1979 55 · Mujina · Lafcadio Hearn · vi Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn, Houghton Mifflin, 1904 57 · At Parting · Raymond Chandler · pm The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler and English Summer by Raymond Chandler, Ecco Press, 1976 58 · [untitled cartoon] · Gahan Wilson · ct (r) 59 · Love at First Sight · Richard Middleton · ss (r) 61 · The Vampire · W. R. Hodder · ms (r) 63 · Singular Attempt at Suicide · [uncredited] · ms (r) 64 · One Summer Night · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906 66 · The Edinburgh Landlady · Aubrey Davidson · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 30 1980 67 · Delighted Deb’s Lament · Alistair Sampson · pm (r) 68 · Sergeant Bertrand · Ornella Volta · ex from The Vampire, Compact, 1969 69 · The Near Departed · Richard Christian Matheson (error, actually by Richard Matheson) · vi Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 71 · A Warning for Certain Victorian Ladies · Edward Lauterbach · pm The Mystery and Detection Annual ed. Donald K. Adams, Donald K. Adams, 1972 72 · A Surprise for Little Bobby · John Lennon · vi In His Own Write by John Lennon, Jonathan Cape, 1964 73 · Oil of Dog · Ambrose Bierce · ss Oakland Daily Evening Tribune October 11 1890, as “The Oil of a Dog” 77 · A Functional Proof of Immortality · Edward Bryant · vi The Drabble Project ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon, 1988 78 · My Dear How Dead You Look and Yet You Sweetly Sing · Priscilla Marron · vi The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1967 80 · Horrible Cannibalism · [uncredited] · ms (r) 81 · Nightmare in Red · Fredric Brown · vi The Dude May 1961 83 · Essay · Alistair Sampson · vi (r) 84 · American Gothic · M. A. Lyon · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1975 86 · The Corpse Rises · P’u Sung-Ling · vi Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio by Herbert A. Giles, De La Rue, 1880 translated from the Chinese (Liao Chai, 1679). 87 · Revival Meeting · Dannie Plachta · vi Galaxy Science Fiction September 1969 89 · Anything They Can Do… · Alphonse Allais · vi (r) 91 · The Look of Death · Jean Cocteau · ex from Le Grand Ecart, 1923 92 · [untitled cartoon] · Gahan Wilson · ct (r) 93 · Pierre Torture · Frederic Boutet · ar (r) 96 · untitled (“Dear, oh dear. These breasts of mine…”) · Tommaso Landolfi · vi (r) 98 · A Horrible Discovery · [uncredited] · ms (r) 99 · The Midnight Lover · Gerald Atkins · vi The Eleventh Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1970 101 · A Tale the English used to Tell · K. C. Mann · vi The Drabble Project ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon, 1988 102 · Before the Law · Franz Kafka · vi (r) 105 · Hell Hath No— · Gloria Orlick · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1979 107 · The Five Books of Life · Mark Twain · ss (r) 111 · Mass Without Voices · Arthur L. Samuels · vi Nightmares ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1979 114 · Lord Dufferin’s Story · [uncredited] · ar (r) 115 · Deathbed · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 117 · ‘Magdalene’ · W. B. Yeats · vi (r) 118 · Thang · Martin Gardner · vi Comment Fall 1948 120 · Shutting a Woman’s Head in a Box · [uncredited] · ms (r) 121 · A Lot to Learn · Robert T. Kurosaka · vi (r) 122 · Angel’s Exchange · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984 124 · How to Write the Suicide Note · Derek Pell · ms Morbid Curiosities by Derek Pell, Jonathan Cape, 1978