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The Dog Syndrome & Other Sick Puppies by Tom Piccirilli (Marietta Publishing, November 1997, no ISBN, $8.00, 75pp, ph, oc, cover by Eric Turnmire)
Chapbook collection of six dark fantasy and suspense stories, one previously published online. Illustrated by seven artists. A limited edition of 500, signed by author and artists.

9 · The Dog Syndrome · Tom Piccirilli · ss

21 · Fellowship · Tom Piccirilli · ss Speculative Fiction & Beyond 1997

29 · Where the Swamp Folk Go When the Need Comes · Tom Piccirilli · ss

41 · Hostages · Tom Piccirilli · ss

55 · Water Wears the Stones · Tom Piccirilli · ss

71 · Lilith at the Playground · Tom Piccirilli · vi

A Little Black Book of Noir Stories by Tom Piccirilli (Borderlands Press, October 24, 2003, $17.00, 118pp, hc, co)

· Fellowship · Tom Piccirilli · ss Speculative Fiction & Beyond 1997

· Seems Like Old Times · Tom Piccirilli · ss Pirate Writings #5, Fall 1994

· Horsepower · Tom Piccirilli · ss Best Fetish Erotica ed. Cara Bruce, Cleis, 2002

· Hostages · Tom Piccirilli · ss The Dog Syndrome & Other Sick Puppies by Tom Piccirilli, Marietta Publishing, 1997

· Inside the Works · Tom Piccirilli · ss Inside the Works, Necro Publications, 1997

· Diamond Mozzarella · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· Black · Tom Piccirilli · ss

Mean Sheep by Tom Piccirilli (Delirium Books, January 2003, 1-929653-47-6, $50.00, 225pp, hc, co, cover by Alan M. Clark)
Collection of 16 stories, four original, and 15 original poems. This is a signed, limited edition of 400.

· I. Stories

· The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Despair · Tom Piccirilli · ss The Darker Side: Generations of Horror ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2002

· The Whole Head Is Sick, the Whole Heart Faint · Tom Piccirilli · ss Bad News ed. Richard Laymon, Cemetery Dance, 2000

· This, and That’s the End of It · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· New York Comes to the Desert · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· Sentry · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· At One Stride Comes the Dark · Tom Piccirilli · ss Crimewave #3, 2000

· Her Child Arises · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· Come Back to Tell You All · Tom Piccirilli · ss Fantastic Stories of the Imagination #22, Winter 2001

· Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crowd · Tom Piccirilli · ss 2002

· Whisper, When You Drown · Tom Piccirilli · ss 2002

· Souls, Written on the Flea · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· Twilight in the Room of Fathers · Tom Piccirilli · vi Pirate Writings #9, 1996

· Horsepower · Tom Piccirilli · ss Best Fetish Erotica ed. Cara Bruce, Cleis, 2002

· A Square Wedge of Vanilla · Tom Piccirilli · ss 2001

· Tracking the Death Angel · Tom Piccirilli · nv The Best of the American West II ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley, 1999

· Those Vanished I Recognize · Tom Piccirilli · ss The Museum of Horrors ed. Dennis Etchison, Leisure, 2001

· II. Poems

· Mean Sheep · Tom Piccirilli · pm Frisson: Disconcerting Verse #20, Winter 2000

· What You Leave Behind on the Side of Your Plate · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· In the Outrunning · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· A Lightning Sting on the Far Side of the Skull · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· How to Perform Heart Surgery with Someone Else’s Gaze · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· When the First Lemming Drops · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· The Curve After Which the Engine Squeals · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· My Conscience Shattered by a Jittery Scrawl · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· Rye · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· Staring Into a Bitter Face I’ve Seen Before · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· The Living Room · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· Sylvia · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· Tragedy As You Like It · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· 45 Seconds on Third Avenue and 8th Street · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· Another Man’s October · Tom Piccirilli · pm

Pentacle by Tom Piccirilli (Pirate Writings, June 1995, 0-9640168-2-6, $5.99, 124pp, tp, oc, cover by Keith Minnion)
Quasi-novel made up of five related horror stories about a necromancer and his demon familiar wandering contemporary America. There is an introduction by Jack Cady.

1 · Introduction · Jack Cady · in

5 · Neverdead · Tom Piccirilli · ss Terminal Fright #6, October/December 1994

19 · Bury St. Edmonds · Tom Piccirilli · ss Terminal Fright #7, Spring 1995

39 · Maleficia · Tom Piccirilli · nv

61 · Paindance · Tom Piccirilli · nv

87 · Eye-Biting and Other Displays of Affection · Tom Piccirilli · nv

123 · Afterword · Tom Piccirilli · aw

A Student of Hell by Tom Piccirilli (Skull Job Productions, April 2000, 0-9675774-0-3, $10.00, 55pp, ph, co)
Chapbook poetry collection with 35 poems, illustrated by five artists, with introduction by Charlee Jacob and afterword by editor Scott Urban. This edition is signed by all contributors.

1 · Introduction · Charlee Jacob · in

3 · Poised on the Division Bridge · Tom Piccirilli · pm Roadworks #6, Autumn 1999

4 · Illustration · GAK · il (r)

5 · University of Pity · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

7 · Marrow · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

8 · Sunday, While the Sauce Simmers · Tom Piccirilli · pm Roadworks #7, Winter 2000

10 · Maleficarum Sunrise · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

11 · Not Yet of the Flesh · Tom Piccirilli · pm Frisson: Disconcerting Verse #8, Winter 1997

12 · Illustration · G. Warlock Vance · il (r)

13 · Children Seen Only in High Beams · Tom Piccirilli · pm Talebones #12, Summer 1998, as “Children Seen Only in Headlights”

14 · Divinity as Witnessed to the Depth of Our Darkening Love · Tom Piccirilli · pm Frisson: Disconcerting Verse #13, Spring 1999

15 · Measured Unto You · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

16 · Walking My Dog Through Perdition · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

17 · Rue · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

18 · Illustration · Mark McLaughlin · il (r)

19 · A Countenance More in Anger Than in Sorrow · Tom Piccirilli · pm Frisson: Disconcerting Verse #16, Winter 1999

20 · Waiting to Cross · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

21 · Judgment · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

22 · Patience · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

23 · Soft and Sweet Cool Whisper of Revenge · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

25 · Sponging My Syrup Up Off the Formica · Tom Piccirilli · pm Mindmares #9, Winter 2000

26 · When the Delicate Fragrence Grows Too Great · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

27 · Lazarus, Beckoning · Tom Piccirilli · pm Roadworks #6, Autumn 1999

28 · A Dull Blade Slicing Off a Portion of Prayer · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

30 · When the Sea Sleeps Against Your Neck · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

32 · Taking the Bull’s Ear Between My Teeth · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

33 · Within the Twining of Tiny Cries · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

35 · Ankle-Deep in the Surf of a Thumbnail Moon · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

36 · Illustration · Wayne Miller · il (r)

37 · Living Pillars on a Dead Monday Night · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

39 · On the Couch, Sharing a Few Beers with My Fears · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

41 · In an Effort to Remove the Seventh Sin from My Fifth Rib · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

43 · Upon Receiving an Invitation Etched in Gold and Offered by a Fleshless Hand · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

44 · Jealousy · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

46 · My Dead Dad Can Beat Up Your Dead Dad · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

47 · Driving Through the Heart of Kansas, Kansas Driven Through My Heart · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

48 · In Lieu of the Garrison of Rome · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

49 · Upon Releasing What Needs to Stay Caged · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

50 · House of Worship · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

51 · Mist Settling on the Faces of My Family · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

52 · Illustration · Paul Swenson · il (r)

54 · Afterword · Scott H. Urban · aw

This Cape Is Red Because I’ve Been Bleeding by Tom Piccirilli (Catalyst Press, October 2002, 1-930997-21-3, $14.00, 100pp, tp, oc, cover by Caniglia)
Original poetry collection of 60 poems.

· Part I

11 · Jones Beach, Thirty Years After the Last Sand Castle · Tom Piccirilli · pm

13 · When Those Who Know the Answer Let Slip a Few Hints · Tom Piccirilli · pm

14 · For All of You Who Think I Don’t Know What You’re Going Through · Tom Piccirilli · pm

16 · My Sister · Tom Piccirilli · pm

17 · Twined Backwards Upon the History of My Heart · Tom Piccirilli · pm ChiZine #13, July/September 2002

18 · At the Center of a Circle of Vultures · Tom Piccirilli · pm

20 · The Guy Who Just Lives There · Tom Piccirilli · pm ChiZine #12, April/June 2002

22 · The Abdication of Our Daily Fears · Tom Piccirilli · pm

23 · Adjusting the Atonement · Tom Piccirilli · pm

24 · In Less Time Than It Takes to Learn an Unknowable Language · Tom Piccirilli · pm

25 · The Toll of Your Personal Evil Troll · Tom Piccirilli · pm

27 · This Cape Is Red Because I’ve Been Bleeding · Tom Piccirilli · pm

28 · Fat Boy Invades Hostile Territory Just This Side of Purgatory · Tom Piccirilli · pm

29 · Nunzio, Sixty Years Dead, Lying at My Side, Staring · Tom Piccirilli · pm

31 · Saving Your Life and Mine Without Breaking a Sweat · Tom Piccirilli · pm

32 · Dinner at Dawn · Tom Piccirilli · pm

33 · The Long Journey Leading Us Deeper Behind Everyday Eyes · Tom Piccirilli · pm

35 · A Symbolic Interpretation of the Worst Day of My Life · Tom Piccirilli · pm

36 · Kurosawa Comes Through in a Clutch · Tom Piccirilli · pm

37 · Patience · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

· Part II

41 · Murder · Tom Piccirilli · pm

42 · When You and I Finally Have the Talk We Need to Have · Tom Piccirilli · pm

43 · Waiting for the Bus of Desolation · Tom Piccirilli · pm

44 · Concern · Tom Piccirilli · pm

45 · Friendship, As the Wildfires Rage · Tom Piccirilli · pm

46 · The Terror of Pint-sezed Lives · Tom Piccirilli · pm

47 · Debt · Tom Piccirilli · pm

49 · Choke and Throttle · Tom Piccirilli · pm

51 · Coveting · Tom Piccirilli · pm

52 · The Leech, Overindulging · Tom Piccirilli · pm

53 · The Final Undenied Dream · Tom Piccirilli · pm

54 · Your New Tendency · Tom Piccirilli · pm

55 · With an Ease and Grace Lost to Me · Tom Piccirilli · pm

56 · Accusations Upon Reading a Lettoe Once Clutched in a Cold Hand · Tom Piccirilli · pm

57 · How to Make It Through a Friday Night Without Biting Your Tongue in Two · Tom Piccirilli · pm

59 · The Grand Guignol of Common Grief · Tom Piccirilli · pm

61 · My First Groupie and How Much I Love Her Despite the Failed Assassination Attempt · Tom Piccirilli · pm

64 · Cremation Reformation · Tom Piccirilli · pm

65 · Resentment · Tom Piccirilli · pm

67 · The Christening That Should Have Been · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· Part III

71 · Why I Can’t Stand Behind Some People, and Why You Ought to Be Scared About It · Tom Piccirilli · pm

73 · One for the Worm · Tom Piccirilli · pm

74 · I Don’t Want Him on My Mantle Either · Tom Piccirilli · pm

75 · It Knows So Much More Than Me · Tom Piccirilli · pm

77 · Forgetfulness · Tom Piccirilli · pm

78 · Deadfall Haven · Tom Piccirilli · pm

79 · Kith · Tom Piccirilli · pm

80 · When You Look Down to Find Yourself Going but Not Yet Gone · Tom Piccirilli · pm

82 · On Being Asked the Meaning of the Last Line · Tom Piccirilli · pm

83 · Darkness Gnawing at the Cracks · Tom Piccirilli · pm

84 · “I Thought of Ships, Sailing Beyond the Reef of God” · Tom Piccirilli · pm

86 · Assistance · Tom Piccirilli · pm

87 · The Redemption She Offers in Her Lips · Tom Piccirilli · pm

88 · Misdirection · Tom Piccirilli · pm

90 · In the Way of My Brooding · Tom Piccirilli · pm

91 · The Ordeal of Belief · Tom Piccirilli · pm

93 · When Lunatics Deny the Moon · Tom Piccirilli · pm

95 · As Art Unfolds and Foretells · Tom Piccirilli · pm

97 · Showdown · Tom Piccirilli · pm

99 · The Last One · Tom Piccirilli · pm

Murder in La-La Land ed. Kathleen Piché, Lenore Carlson & Donna May--- see under Lenore Carlson.

Dr. Couch Saves a Bird by Nancy Pickard (Crippen & Landru, May 2009, free, 8pp, ph, ss)
Short story pamphlet commemorating Pickard as Guest of Honor at Malice Domestic XXI, May 1-3, 2009. Revised by the author.

Storm Warnings by Nancy Pickard (International Polygonics, August 2002, 155882040X, $21.95, 163pp, hc, co)
Collection of nine stories, adds an original story and introduction to Five Star 1999 edition.

vii · Show and Tell · Nancy Pickard · in

viii · It’s in a Cat’s Nature to Kill · Nancy Pickard · ss

7 · Valentine’s Night · Nancy Pickard · nv Crimes of the Heart ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley, 1995

31 · A Rock and a Hard Place · Nancy Pickard · ss Women on the Case ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996

52 · Sign of the Times · Nancy Pickard · ss Malice Domestic 3 ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket, 1994

59 · Dust Devil · Nancy Pickard · ss The Armchair Detective Winter 1991

78 · Storm Warnings · Nancy Pickard · ss Sisters in Crime 2 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990

89 · Sex and Violence · Nancy Pickard · ss Deadly Allies ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime, 1992

113 · The Dead Past · Nancy Pickard · ss Mystery Scene October 1989

128 · Speak No Evil · Nancy Pickard · ss For Crime Out Loud ed. Robert J. Randisi, Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd., 1995

150 · It Had to Be You · Nancy Pickard · nv Marilyn: Shades of Blonde ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge, 1997

The First Lady Murders ed. Nancy Pickard (Pocket Books, February 1999, 0-671-01444-7, $6.99, x+436pp, pb, oa)

ix · Introduction · Nancy Pickard · in

1 · The Secret President · Barbara Paul · ss

26 · Political Decision · John Lutz · ss

40 · “A” Is for Adams · Carolyn Wheat · nv

65 · You Run · Sarah Shankman · ss

83 · The Bachelor’s Wife · Judith Kelman · nv

114 · Lost at Sea · Pamela J. Fesler · ss

121 · Madame President · Anne Perry · ss

141 · The Mother of Our Country · Linda Grant · ss

162 · Dolley Madison and the Staff of Life · Barbara D’Amato · ss

170 · Alice Holds the Cards · Carole Nelson Douglas & Jennifer Waddell · nv

204 · Jackie-O · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss

215 · Goodbye, Dolley · Gillian Roberts · ss

239 · Portal · T. J. MacGregor · ss

258 · Adams and Evil · Sarah Booth Conroy · nv

286 · A Tale of Two Sisters · Richard Timothy Conroy · ss

311 · The Second Lady · Peter Crowther · nv

340 · The First Ladies’ Secret · Nancy Pickard · ss

360 · Mrs. Lincoln’s Dilemma · Janet Dawson · nv

386 · Julia Grant, A.K.A. Private Eye · Jan Grape · ss

406 · Blood in Buzzard’s Bay; or, Sweets to the Sweet · P. M. Carlson · ss

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