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Shudders ed. Charles Birkin, uncredited (Philip Allan, 1932, 2/6d, 254pp, hc, an)     also in Creeps Omnibus. 7 · Or Persons Unknown · H. R. Wakefield · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine January 1928 35 · Toys · Tod Robbins · nv Munsey’s Magazine January 1921 77 · Accusing Shadows · Elliott O’Donnell · ss 95 · Professor Pownall’s Oversight · H. R. Wakefield · ss The Royal Magazine March 1928, as “The Unseen Player” 119 · The Harlem Horror · Charles Lloyd · ss 137 · The Trunk · Philip Murray · ss 143 · The Third Coach · H. R. Wakefield · nv They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928 169 · The Crimson Blind · Mrs. Everett · nv The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts by H. D. Everett, Philip Allan, 1920 195 · The Haunted Spinney · Elliott O’Donnell · ss The Idler November 1904 213 · The Patch · Philip Murray · ss 219 · That Dieth Not · H. R. Wakefield · nv They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928

SideQuest Adventures No. 1 (47North, August 27, 2013, 978-1-4778-4823-4, $14.95, tp, an)     Shared-world anthology/omnibus of three standalone adventures in the alternate history universe of the Foreworld Saga (including The Mongoliad series), all originally published separately by 47North: The Lion in Chains by Angus Trim & Mark Teppo (2012), The Shield-Maiden by Michael “Tinker” Pearce & Linda Pearce (2012), and The Beast of Calatrava by Mark Teppo (2013). Details taken from online listing. · The Beast of Calatrava [The Foreworld Saga] · Mark Teppo · na 47North, January 29 2013 · The Shield Maiden [The Foreworld Saga] · Linda & Michael ’Tinker’ Pearce · na 47North, November 27 2012 · The Lion in Chains [The Foreworld Saga] · Mark Teppo & Angus Trim · na 47North, October 30 2012

Silent Night (Jove, November 1998, 0-515-12385-4, $6.99, 340pp, pb, oa)     Romance/suspence Christmas anthology of four novellas, including a new futuristic detective novella by J.D. Robb featuring detective “Eve Dallas”, and a tale of one of Santa’s less handy elves by Claire Cross. This indicates second printing. 1 · A Berry Merry Christmas · Claire Cross · na 93 · The Unexpected Gift · Dee Holmes · na 161 · Christmas Promises · Susan Plunkett · na 247 · Midnight in Death [Eve Dallas] · J. D. Robb · na

Silent Striders & Black Furies (White Wolf, May 2001, 1-56504-883-0, $6.50, tp, om) [World of Darkness: Tribe]     Omnibus of two novelizations in the “Tribe” series, based on the “Werewolf: The Apocalypse” role-playing games. Copyrighted by White Wolf. 1 · Silent Striders [World of Darkness: Tribe] · Carl Bowen · n. 155 · Black Furies [World of Darkness: Tribe] · Gherbod Fleming · n.

Silent Thunder/Universe (Tor, July 1991, 0-812-50265-5, $3.99, 220pp, pb, an, cover by Joe DeVito)     Anthology of “Silent Thunder”, an original short novel by Dean Ing, a thriller concerning a Nazi secret weapon endangering the world, and the classic sf novella “Universe” by Robert A. Heinlein. 5 · Silent Thunder · Dean Ing · n. 163 · Universe [Hugh Hoyland] · Robert A. Heinlein · na Astounding Science-Fiction May 1941

Silhouette Shadows (Silhouette, October 1992, 0-373-48246-9, $4.99, 380pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of three gothic/witchcraft/romantic suspense novels. 9 · The Monster in the Closet · Anne Stuart · n. 133 · Seawitch · Helen R. Myers · n. 263 · Wilde Imaginings · Heather Graham Pozzessere · n.

Silver Fangs & Glass Walkers (White Wolf, August 2002, 1-58846-813-5, $6.50, 283pp, pb, om, cover by Steve Prescott) [World of Darkness: Tribe]     Omnibus of two “Tribe” novelizations based on the role-playing games: Silver Fangs by Carl Bowen and Glass Walkers by Tim Dedopulos. Copyrighted by White Wolf. 1 · Silver Fangs [World of Darkness: Tribe] · Carl Bowen · na 145 · Glass Walkers [World of Darkness: Tribe] · Tim Dedopulos · na

Simple Story Book (Dean & Son, 1967, hc, oa, cover: [2 children riding on fawn’s back])     In the “Little Ones’ Reader” series. Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 6 · The Orange Umbrella · A. I. Mungeam · ss 12 · The Puffed-Up Pixie · Christine E. Bradley · ss Ideal Book for Tinies 195? 18 · Denny Duckling’s Adventure · Flora Smith · ss 24 · The Story of Belinda Blue Eyes · Dorothy M. Sheppard · ss Monster Book for Tinies 1949 32 · Fishermen Four · Eunice Close · pm Monster Book for Children 1956 33 · Uncle Bill’s Family Fitting · Christine E. Bradley · ss 40 · Willie White Pig · Jocelyn Sholto · ss 46 · The Pink Umbrella · Madeleine Collier · pm 47 · The Fall of Humpty Dumpty · Dorothy M. Sheppard · ss Monster Book for Tinies 195? 52 · Winter Home for Three · Nancy D. Stevens · ss Monster Book for Tinies 1957 59 · Binkie Bunny Chooses a Lettuce · Julia M. Cookson · ss 63 · The Lovely Holiday · Aileen E. Passmore · ss Monster Book for Tinies 1957 68 · Peggy Pillar Box · Phyllis Bryant · ss 74 · Timothy’s Toffee · Christine E. Bradley · ss Tales for Tinies, Dean & Son, 1962 83 · Danny Dee · Jean Robertson · ss Monster Book for Tinies 1951 89 · Mr. Tickle Makes Tea · Alys Sephton · ss Monster Book for Tinies 1949 95 · How Freddy Fox Got His New Coat · Rosemary Lee · ss Monster Book for Tinies 1947 101 · Uncle John · Christine E. Bradley · pm Monster Book for Children 1959 102 · The Snowdrop · Eunice Close · pm Tales for Tinies, Dean & Son, 1962 103 · Tuffet and the Ticket · Jean Robertson · ss Monster Book for Tinies 195?

A Sinister Quartet (Mythic Delirium Books, June 9, 2020, 978-1-73264-403-8, $19.99, 380pp, tp, oa, cover by Jason Wren)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Mike Allen, C. S. E. Cooney, Amanda J. McGee & Jessica P. Wick · in 11 · The Twice-Drowned Saint · C. S. E. Cooney · n. 145 · An Unkindness · Jessica P. Wick · na 189 · Viridian · Amanda J. McGee · na 277 · The Comforter · Mike Allen · na 366 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · ms

Sir! Droll Stories (Volitant Books, 1967, V7501S, 75¢, 192pp, pb, an)     Anthology of stories from Sir! magazine. Numerous (less than one per story) full-page pictures by Irwin Greenberg, which I am unwilling to call illustrations since they have nothing in particular to do with the stories and could as well have been in any order. Another is on the cover. Mixed types, sf, supernatural, crime, mostly contemporary. Not actually droll for the most part. Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · The Rumor · Sherry Lane · ss Sir! 14 · A Bottle of Coke · Thomas J. Marks, Jr. · vi Sir! January 1964 17 · A Surprising Afternoon · William Borden · ss Sir! 23 · The Grim Lover · William Danch · ss Sir! 28 · The Hunting Ground · Herbert Leslie Greene · ss Sir! 34 · Paradise Is Downtown · Sonny Newman · ss Sir! 40 · The Apology · George Antonich · ss Sir! 45 · The Dark Night · Pat Bannister · ss Sir! 51 · Belated Virgin · Jack Phelps · ss Mr. February 1966 60 · Recessive Trait · Marcus Cowell · ss Sir! 67 · The Eroticas · Norman Anthony · ss Sir! 74 · Refuge · Herbert Leslie Greene · ss Sir! 82 · The Assignation · David Halliday · ss Sir! November 1964 86 · Night Stroll · Scott Kendall · ss Sir! October 1966 94 · Sugar Puss · Garen Drussaï · ss Sir! 101 · The Nude Beachcomber · Derral Pilgrim · ss Sir! November 1963 111 · Beneath the Streets · Neal Curtis · ss Sir! 116 · Moment of Truth · Connie Sellers · ss Sir! 124 · He Who Laughs Last · James Hudson · ss Sir! 135 · The Credit House · Wanda X. · ss Sir! May 1963 141 · Family Man · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Mr. August 1965 152 · Tide Song · Walter Brazil · ss Sir! 163 · The Pillow Fight · Keith Kelly · ss Sir! 165 · A Taste of Dreams · Vladimer Penkovesky · ss Sir!; given as by Vladimir Penkovsky on story. 172 · The Bigger He Was · Carl Damon · ss Sir! 173 · Rescue Party · Tulsa O’Hara · ss Mr. August 1965 180 · Two Feet in Ivie’s Bar · Carl Damon · ss Sir! October 1964 182 · The Square of the Hypotenuse · Melvin Shestack · ss Sir! 191 · Sudden Ending · J. H. · ss Sir!

The 6 Fingers of Time and 5 Other Science Fiction Novelets ed. Samuel H. Post, uncredited (MacFadden-Bartell, 1965, 60-428, 60¢, 128pp, pb, an)     Cover says “…novellas from Galaxy magazine”, although all stories are from (Worlds of) If! 7 · The Six Fingers of Time · R. A. Lafferty · nv If September 1960 28 · A Pride of Islands · C. C. MacApp · nv If May 1960 44 · Sitting Duck · Daniel F. Galouye · ss If July 1959 58 · I.O.U. · Edward Wellen · nv If March 1961 97 · To Each His Own · Jack Sharkey · ss If January 1960 109 · The Junkmakers · Albert Teichner · nv If July 1961

Six Great Modern Short Novels (Dell Books First Edition, 1954, F35, 50¢, 448pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · The Dead · James Joyce · na The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914 57 · Billy Budd, Foretopman · Herman Melville · na Billy Budd & Other Prose Pieces by Herman Melville, Constable and Company, 1924 155 · Noon Wine · Katherine Anne Porter · na Signatures Spring 1936 213 · The Overcoat · Nikolai Gogol; translated by Constance Garnett · na Atlantis Press, 1947 translated from the Russian (“Shinel”, Sochineniia, 1842). 251 · The Pilgrim Hawk · Glenway Wescott · na Harper’s Magazine November 1940 (+1) 323 · The Bear · William Faulkner · na The Saturday Evening Post May 9 1942

Six Redbook Novels (The McCall Company, 193?, hc, an)     Anthology of six novels reproduced from the original pages in Redbook. · The Thin Man · Dashiell Hammett · na Redbook Magazine December 1933 · The Figure in the Fog · Mignon G. Eberhart · na Redbook Magazine September 1933 · The Cross of Peace · Sir Philip Gibbs · na Redbook Magazine January 1934 · White Piracy · James Warner Bellah · na Redbook Magazine October 1933 · The Boomerang Clue · Agatha Christie · na Redbook Magazine November 1933 · Parade Ground · Charles L. Clifford · na Redbook Magazine February 1934

666: The Number of the Beast (Scholastic/Point, September 2007, 978-0-545-02117-3, $14.99, 330pp, hc, oa)     Young-adult original anthology of 18 horror stories. Authors include Christopher Pike, Joyce Carol Oates, Bentley Little, and P.D. Cacek. · Evil 13 · Channel 99 · Peter Abrahams · ss 25 · The Legend of Anna Barton · Laurie Faria Stolarz · nv 46 · Saving Face · Christopher Pike · nv 76 · The Little Sacrifice · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 80 · If You Knew Suzie · Heather Graham · ss 99 · Slam Dance · Bentley Little · ss · Darkness 117 · A Trick of the Light · Chet Williamson · ss 135 · Erased · Jane Mason · ss 146 · Empire of Dirt · Amelia Atwater-Rhodes · ss 165 · Incident Report · Joshua Gee · ss 182 · Scapegoat · Robin Wasserman · ss 200 · Imagining Things · T. E. D. Klein · nv · Beasts 221 · Grandma Kelly · David Moody · ss 238 · Shelter Island [Blue Bloods] · Melissa de la Cruz · ss 252 · La Fleur de Nuit · P. D. Cacek · ss 270 · Ever After · Isobel Bird · nv 291 · Haunted · Ellen Schreiber · ss 310 · Wolfsbane · Sarah Hines Stephens · ss 323 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

666: The Number of the Beast (Scholastic/Point, September 2008, 978-0-545-00009-3, $7.99, 392pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Point 2007) young-adult anthology of 18 horror stories.

Skycon ’78 Programme Book (Skycon ’78, March 1978, no ISBN, 64pp, ph, nf)     Programme book for Skycon ’78, featuring Robert Sheckley as Guest of Honour. Only partial contents listed. 12 · Robert Sheckley: Guest of Honour _12 · Robert Sheckley · D. West · il _13 · Robert Sheckley · Christopher Priest · ar [Ref. Robert Sheckley] _14 · Robert Sheckley · Harry Harrison · ms [Ref. Robert Sheckley] _15 · Robert Sheckley · Kingsley Amis · ms [Ref. Robert Sheckley] _15 · Robert Sheckley · Brian Aldiss · ms [Ref. Robert Sheckley] _16 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Robert Sheckley]

Slan & Slan Hunter (SFBC, July 2007, #1236398, $13.99, 373pp, hc, om, cover by Vincent Di Fate)     Omnibus of the classic SF novel Slan by A.E. Van Vogt (1946; this appears to be the 1951 text) and Slan Hunter by Kevin J. Anderson (2007). This is dated 2007, but not seen until now; it has ISBN 978-0-7394-8491-3, lacks a price, and has the book club number on the back jacket. 1 · Slan [Slan] · A. E. van Vogt · n. Arkham House, 1946 3 · Introduction · Kevin J. Anderson · in 167 · Slan Hunter [Slan] · A. E. van Vogt & Kevin J. Anderson · n. Tor, 2007