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Neonlit: Time Out Book of New Writing Vol. 1 ed. Nicholas Royle (Quartet, 1998, 0704380900, £7.00, 330pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology, design by Namara, illustrations by David Bray.

1 · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

9 · Thirteen Places of Interest in Kentish Town · Christopher Fowler · ss

18 · Spaces · Cath Skinner · ss

24 · Head of a Girl · Brian Howell · ss

30 · Quaint Honor · Christopher Burns · ss

48 · Travelling at Night · G. A. Pickin · ss

52 · What the Water Yields · Mike O’Driscoll · nv

73 · Clean · David Rose · ss

80 · The Precipice · James Miller · ss

98 · The Big Picture · Bonnie Greer · ss

102 · Me and the Rest of the World · John O’Connell · ss

116 · The Dressing Floors · Tim Nickels · ss

126 · Huddersfield Versus Crewe · Alan Beard · ss

137 · The Ball · Stephen O’Reilly · ss

145 · Umph · Hannah Griffiths · ss

156 · Not That Funny · Gabriel Brown · ss

159 · The Beautiful Space · Jason Gould · ss

177 · Fishy Tales · Fred Normandale · ss

189 · The Gift · Louise Doughty · ss

193 · Looking for Jake · China Miéville · ss

208 · Daddy’s Girl · Emma Donoghue · ss

215 · A Higher Agency · Toby Litt · ss

228 · Breathing Under Water · Christopher Kenworthy · ss

237 · Alice · Ron Butlin · ss

241 · Threshold · Colm O’Gaora · ss

248 · Lessons in Pleasure · Hilaire · ss

258 · eta · Conrad Williams · ss

277 · A Designated Space · Trezza Azzopardi · ss

284 · Graceland · John Burnside · ss

297 · Black and White · Derek Marlowe · ss

312 · Framework of Loss · Art Corriveau · ss

325 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg (r)

The Time Out Book of London Short Stories: Volume 2 ed. Nicholas Royle (Penguin, October 26, 2000, 0-14-029623-9, £7.99, xii+339pp, tp, oa, cover: [photo] by Max Jourdan)
Anthology of 29 original mainstream and literary fantasy stories, including work by Moorcock, McAuley, Newman, Fowler, Kenworthy, and Iain Sinclair.

1 · Mud man · Leone Ross · ss

7 · The Tango Shift · Russell Celyn Jones · ss

16 · Swim · Kate Pemberton · ss

25 · Rainy Day Boys · Christopher Fowler · nv

45 · The Man on the Clapham Omnibus · Kim Newman · nv

86 · The Bodyguards · Esther Freud · ss

93 · Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) · Stewart Home · ss

96 · Gone to Earth · John O’Connell · ss

105 · The Caravaggio Room · Reuben Lane · ss

112 · Reverse Evolution · Angelica Jacob · ss

121 · Portions · Steve Grant · nv

144 · Unhaunted · Toby Litt · ss

154 · My Thing · Robert Elms · ss

159 · The Keeper of the Rothenstein Tomb · Iain Sinclair · ss

172 · Rapprochement · Maureen Freely · ss

191 · Touching Base · Jacqueline Lucas · ss

195 · Bone Orchards [Mr. Carlyle] · Paul J. McAuley · ss

206 · The Cookery Lesson · Michèle Roberts · ss

216 · Known · Conrad Williams · ss

229 · City of Dreams · Rhonda Carrier · ss

237 · The Hard Shoulder · Chris Petit · ss

242 · Wittgenstein’s Mattress · Geoff Nicholson · ss

250 · London Blood · Michael Moorcock · ss

263 · Watcher · Tamara Smith · ss

268 · Suicide Note · Courttia Newland · nv

291 · Jonesing: The End · Elizabeth Young · ss

307 · Trompe l’Oeil · Marc Werner · ss

318 · Waste Ground · Christopher Kenworthy · ss

330 · Ultima Thule · Gareth Evans · ss

The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories ed. Nicholas Royle (Penguin, November 1997, 0-14-027007-8, £6.99, 236pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 23 mainstream and genre stories set in New York, by authors including Jonathan Carroll, Michael Moorcock, Kim Newman, Christopher Fowler, and Joyce Carol Oates.

vii · Contributors · [uncredited] · ms

xi · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

1 · This Could Be the First Day of the Rest of Your Life · Mark Amerika · ss

5 · The Coalminer’s Scarf · Russell Celyn Jones · ss

14 · Swallows · Lisa Natalie Pearson · ss

29 · Suck on This · Charles Higson · ss

38 · Toby and Cole · Samantha Gillison · ss

44 · Coastal City · Kim Newman · ss

51 · Recovering at the Chelsea · Maureen Freely · ss

62 · 9th and 13th · Jonathan Coe · ss

69 · A Manhattan Romance · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

80 · Sexual Perversity in New York · Steve Grant · ss

87 · Suzie and Choo-Choo’s Day in New York · Liz Jensen · ss

99 · Occupational Hazards · Thomas Beller · ss

113 · Personal History · Brooke Auchinclos · vi

115 · Doves in the Circle · Michael Moorcock · nv

133 · Daniel’s Skyline · Christopher Burns · ss

141 · The New Zoo · Rikki Ducornet · ss

146 · Elevator Man · Edward Fox · ss

154 · The Fortune-Teller · Elisa Segrave · ss

164 · Little Tales of New York · Lynne Tillman · ss

168 · Asleep in Wolf’s Clothing · Jonathan Carroll · nv

181 · Looking for Bolivar · Christopher Fowler · nv

203 · Heart Problems · Cris Mazza · ss

212 · Shrinking · Elizabeth Young · nv

The Time Out Book of Paris Short Stories ed. Nicholas Royle (Penguin, March 1999, 0-14-028121-5, £6.99, xiv+194pp, tp, an)
Original anthology of 17 stories, at least one being of genre interest. Authors include Kim Newman, Christopher Kenworthy, and Patricia Duncker.

vii · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

xi · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in (r)

1 · Paris · Patricia Duncker · ss

13 · Une Étrange Aventure de Richard Blaine · Kim Newman · ss

25 · Rosebud · Maureen Freely · ss

41 · The Barge · Didier Daeninckx; translated by Nicholas Royle · ss

45 · Story to Be Translated from English Into French and Then Translated Back (Without Reference to the Original) · Toby Litt · ss

53 · Fluency · Michèle Roberts · ss

63 · The Events · Edward Fox · ss

69 · The Convalescents · Ron Butlin · ss

79 · I Love Paris · Marie Darrieussecq; translated by Nicholas Royle · vi

81 · Debauchery · Adam Thorpe · ss

99 · Seven Stations in the Paris Whirlwind · Michel Butor · ss

113 · The Taste of Apricots: une histoire de fantômes · Erica Wagner · ss

121 · The Storm · Patrick Smith · ss

141 · Speak to me/Royle, Nicholas ,trans. · Lê, Linda · ss

149 · The Great Book · Ismail Kadare; translated by Helen Constantine · ss

157 · Paris noir · Marc Werner · ss

163 · The Wishbone Bag · Chris Kenworthy · nv; genre.

Chin Yong-Yun Takes the Stage by S. J. Rozan (Crippen & Landru, December 2021, free, ph, ss) [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith]
Original short story published as a gift for friends of Crippen & Landru.

The Private Eye: An American Hero by S. J. Rozan (Crippen & Landru, November 2009, 8pp, ph, co)
Chapbook containing three columns written for the Private Eye Writers of America, included with the hardback edition of A Tale About a Tiger and Other Mysterious Events.

A Tale About a Tiger and Other Mysterious Events by S. J. Rozan (Crippen & Landru, November 2009, 978-1-932009-90-3, $17.00, 243pp, tp, co, cover by Erin Wells)
Collection of nine stories. Also available in a signed, numbered, hardback edition (-89-7, $43.00) limited to 225 copies with a bonus chapbook, The Private Eye: An American Hero.

7 · Introduction · S. J. Rozan · in

9 · Film at Eleven [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith] · S. J. Rozan · nv Deadly Allies II ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday, 1994

42 · Hoops [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith] · S. J. Rozan · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1996

75 · Seeing the Moon · S. J. Rozan · nv On a Raven’s Wing ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Harper, 2009

94 · Passline · S. J. Rozan · ss Murder in Vegas ed. Michael Connelly, Tor, 2005

109 · Night Court · S. J. Rozan · ss The Prosecution Rests ed. Linda Fairstein, Little, Brown, 2009

115 · Subway · S. J. Rozan · nv Vengeance Is Hers ed. Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1997

144 · A Tale About a Tiger · S. J. Rozan · nv Criminal Records ed. Otto Penzler, Orion, 2000

187 · Childhood · S. J. Rozan · nv Compulsion (e-book), Mightywords.com, 2000

214 · Double-Crossing Delancey [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith] · S. J. Rozan · nv Mystery Street ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2001

241 · A Checklist of the Mystery Writings of S.J. Rozan · [uncredited] · bi

Bronx Noir ed. S. J. Rozan (Akashic Books, August 2007, 1-933354-25-9, $15.95, 361pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]

13 · Welcome to Da Bronx · S. J. Rozan · in

17 · Part I: Bring It on Home

19 · White Trash · Jerome Charyn · ss; set in Claremont/Concourse.

26 · Gold Mountain · Terrence Cheng · nv; set in Lehman College.

52 · Hey, Girlie · Joanne Dobson · ss; set on Sedgwick Avenue.

66 · The Woman Who Hated the Bronx · Rita Lakin · ss; set on Elder Avenue.

85 · Part II: In the Still of the Night

87 · Rude Awakening · Lawrence Block · ss; set in Riverdale.

97 · Burnout · Suzanne Chazin · ss; set on Jerome Avenue.

114 · The Cheers Like Waves · Kevin Baker · nv; set in Yankee Stadium.

136 · Jaguar · Abraham Rodriguez, Jr. · ss; set in South Bronx.

151 · Part III: Another Saturday Night

153 · Early Fall · Steven Torres · nv; set in Hunts Point.

177 · Hothouse · S. J. Rozan · ss; set in the Botanical Garden.

191 · Lost and Found · Thomas Bentil · ss; set on Rikers Island.

206 · Look What Love Is Doing to Me · Marlon James · ss; set in Williamsbridge.

219 · Part IV: The Wanderer

221 · Home Sweet Home · Sandra Kitt · nv; set on City Island.

242 · A Visit to St. Nick’s · Robert J. Hughes · nv; set on Fordham Road.

273 · Numbers Up · Miles Marshall Lewis · ss; set in Baychester.

289 · The Big Five · Joseph Wallace · nv; set in the Bronx Zoo.

311 · Part V: All Shook Up

313 · Ernie K.’s Gelding · Ed Dee · ss; set in Van Cortlandt Park.

328 · The Prince of Arthur Avenue · Patrick W. Picciarelli · ss; set on Arthur Avenue.

342 · You Want I Should Whack Monkey Boy? · Thomas Adcock · ss; set in the Courthouse.

362 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Crime Hits Home ed. S. J. Rozan (Hanover Square Press, April 19, 2022, 978-1-335-42579-9, $27.99, 416pp, hc, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Grand Garden · Naomi Hirahara · ss

· The World’s Oldest Living Detective · David Bart · ss

· Little House in the Big Woods · Sara Paretsky · ss

· Banana Island · Susan Breen · ss

· Flip Top · Gary Phillips · ss

· Oyster Creek · Neil S. Plakcy · ss

· Stalking Adolf · Renee James · ss

· Currents · Connie Johnson Hambley · ss

· What They Knew · Gabino Iglesias · ss

· Haunted Home on the Range · A. P. Jamison · ss

· Not Exit · Walter Mosley · ss

· Missing on Kaua’i · Tori Eldridge · ss

· Calling Mr. Smith · Ellen Hart · ss

· Forever Unconquered · G. Miki Hayden · ss

· Private Dancer · Jonathan Santlofer · ss

· The Relentless Flow of the Amazon · Jonathan Stone · ss

· Live Pawns · Ovidia Yu · ss

· The Happy Birthday Song · Bonnie Hearn Hill · ss

· Jack in the Box · Steve Liskow · ss

· Playing for Keeps · S. J. Rozan · ss

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