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Red Skelton’s Favorite Ghost Stories ed. Red Skelton (Tempo Books, 1968, T-182, 75¢, 187pp, pb, an)     Abridged edition of A Red Skeleton In Your Closet (1965). 5 · Of Course I Believe in Ghosts · Red Skelton · in A Red Skeleton in Your Closet ed. Red Skelton, Grosset & Dunlap, 1965 13 · The Spook Upon the Stair · Andrew McCullen · pm A Red Skeleton in Your Closet ed. Red Skelton, Grosset & Dunlap, 1965 15 · In a Dim Room [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss The (London) Evening News July 18 1945 21 · Little Orphan Annie · James Whitcomb Riley · pm Indianapolis Journal November 15 1885, as “The Elf-Child” 23 · To Starch a Spook · Andrew Benedict · ss A Red Skeleton in Your Closet ed. Red Skelton, Grosset & Dunlap, 1965 41 · The Moor’s Legacy · Washington Irving · ss The Alhambra by Washington Irving, Colburn & Bentley, 1832, as “Legend of the Moor’s Legacy” by Geoffrey Crayon 61 · Nine Little Goblins · James Whitcomb Riley · pm Puck February 22 1882, as “Nightmare” 63 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912 75 · The Boy Who Drew Cats · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Hasegawa, 1898 79 · The Haunted Trailer · Robert Arthur · nv Weird Tales January 1942, as “Death Thumbs a Ride” 99 · The Superstitious Ghost · Arthur Guiterman · pm The Mirthful Lyre by Arthur Guiterman, Harper & Brothers, 1918 101 · O Ugly Bird! [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 119 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 151 · He Walked by Day · Julius Long · ss Weird Tales June 1934 159 · When the Night Wind Howls · W. S. Gilbert · pm (r) 161 · The Water Ghost · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891 171 · The Faithful Ghost · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome, The Leadenhall Press, 1891, as “Johnson and Emily or the Faithful Ghost” 175 · The Ruined Home · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Wave February 21 1891, as “A Haunted Mill” 179 · The Ghost of the Blue Chamber · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome, The Leadenhall Press, 1891

Monsieur Zenith the Albino by Anthony Skene (Savoy, October 24, 2001, 0-86130-109-9, £20.00, xxxvi+250pp, hc, n., cover by John Coulthart) [Monsieur Zenith the Albino]     Reprint (Sampson Low 1936 as Monsieur Zenith) fantastic crime thriller. ix · Monsieur Zenith · Jack Adrian · in xxi · The Serbian Count: The Prince of Ruins · Michael Moorcock · fw xxxiii · The Zenith Letter · Anthony Skene · ms

Crime in a Cold-Climate: An Anthology of Classic Canadian Crime ed. David Skene-Melvin (Simon & Pierre, 1994, 0-88924-260-7, 286pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 14 stories and four poems by Canadian writers. 7 · Preface · David Skene-Melvin · pr 8 · Introduction · David Skene-Melvin · in 17 · The Gerrard Street Mystery · John Dent · nv The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales by John Charles Dent, Rose, 1886 41 · The Episode of the Mexican Seer [Colonel Clay] · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Magazine June 1896 57 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905 68 · The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs · Robert Barr · ss The Idler May 1892, as “Detective Stories Gone Wrong: The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs” by Luke Sharp [Ref. Arthur Conan Doyle] 79 · Bulldog Carney [Bulldog Carney] · William Fraser · nv MacLean’s April 1919 107 · Wild Oats · William Fraser · ss Red Meekins by William Fraser, Doran, 1921 119 · The Riders of the Plains · Pauline Johnson · pm Flint and feather by E. Pauline Johnson, Musson, 1912 125 · The Lean Man · Roger Pocock · ss Toronto World 1887 139 · The Shooting of Dan McGrew · Robert W. Service · pm Songs of a Sourdough by Robert W. Service, Briggs, 1907 145 · Clancy of the Mounted Police · Robert W. Service · pm Ballads of a Cheechako by Robert W. Service, Briggs, 1909 151 · Running Out of Pay-Dirt [Witter Kerfoot, Insomniac] · Arthur Stringer · ss The Man Who Couldn’t Sleep by Arthur Stringer, Bobbs-Merrill, 1919 169 · The Blackmailers [Barney Cook] · Harvey O’Higgins · nv The Adventures of Detective Barney by Harvey J. O'Higgins, Century (US), 1915 187 · The Marshall Murder [John Duff] · Harvey O’Higgins · ss The Red Book Magazine March 1925, as “The Burton Murder” 205 · Shanley’s Luck [Hill Division] · Frank L. Packard · ss The Popular Magazine December 15 1910 224 · The Builder · Frank L. Packard · ss On the Iron at Big Cloud by Frank L. Packard, Crowell, 1911 240 · The Legacy Hounds [Madame Rosika Storey] · Hulbert Footner · nv Argosy Allstory Weekly September 18 1926 263 · The Squad of One · Robert Stead · pm Why Don’t They Cheer? Poems by Robert Stead, T. Fisher Unwin, 1918 269 · The Crushed Pearl [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · R. T. M. Scott · ss The American Magazine January 1926

As Green As Emeraude by Margo Skinner (Dawn Heron Press, 1990, 0-939790-04-1, $15.00, 88pp, tp, co)     Collection of fantasy poetry with an introduction by Fritz Leiber. This is a limited edition of 500 copies, signed by Skinner and Leiber. xi · Introduction · Fritz Leiber · in 3 · An Old Play · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 5 · Morning Thoughts · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 5 · Challenge · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 6 · The Silent Fountain · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 7 · Earth Bound · Margo Skinner · pm As Green As Emeraude by Margo Skinner, Dawn Heron Press, 1990 9 · Poets Are Always Drinkers of Wine · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 10 · I Can Sing Like a Bird · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 11 · The Dancer · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 13 · To Jennie Milberg, a Poet · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 14 · God and the Cat · Margo Skinner · pm As Green As Emeraude by Margo Skinner, Dawn Heron Press, 1990 15 · To Aphrodite · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 16 · Song · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 17 · To a Fantasy Writer Friend · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 19 · Gifts of Time · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 20 · To My Teacher · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 22 · Spock · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 23 · To Desa · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 24 · [untitled poem] · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 25 · Unity and Diversity · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 27 · Friday · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 27 · Haiku-Liku · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 28 · Difference · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 29 · To an Atlantean Poet · Margo Skinner · pm Songs and Sonnets Atlantean by Donald S. Fryer, Arkham House, 1971 30 · The Tree · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 31 · To R.L. · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 32 · Woman Is · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 33 · At an Indian Wedding · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 34 · Haiku · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 35 · To Robots--A Protest · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 37 · Voyaging · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 38 · A Sinister of Siamese · Margo Skinner · pm As Green As Emeraude by Margo Skinner, Dawn Heron Press, 1990 39 · In the News · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 40 · The Polar Bear · Margo Skinner · pm As Green As Emeraude by Margo Skinner, Dawn Heron Press, 1990 41 · The Shark · Margo Skinner · pm Fantasy Newsletter June 1981 42 · Pele · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 44 · Lullaby for a Cat Names Fatima · Margo Skinner · pm As Green As Emeraude by Margo Skinner, Dawn Heron Press, 1990 45 · The Shadow · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 46 · The Pangolin · Margo Skinner & Jane Snow · pm Tales of the Unanticipated #6, Fall/Winter 1989 47 · The Snake · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 48 · Now · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 49 · To Three Beloved Teachers · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 51 · Block · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 52 · To Sister Mary · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 54 · Jealousy · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 55 · To Cathy Powell · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 56 · Four A.M. · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 57 · To the Violent · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 58 · Flower Girl · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 58 · Summer and Winter · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 59 · For Jean Cocteau’s “Orpheus” · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 60 · To Deepak · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 61 · Love · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 62 · At Mahabalypuram I & II · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 63 · Vishnu · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 64 · New Frontiers · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 65 · The Sea Takes Back Its Own? · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 67 · Night Passage · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 68 · Death at Sea · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 71 · Tule Lake Sequence · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 81 · Creation · Margo Skinner · pm (r) 85 · Afterword and Notes · Donald Sidney-Fryer · aw

Book of the Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector (Bantam, July 1989, 0-553-27998-X, $4.50, 390pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 16 zombie stories set in the same universe as George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. 1 · Foreword · George A. Romero · fw 5 · On Going Too Far · John M. Skipp & Craig Spector · in 15 · Blossom · Chan McConnell · ss 21 · Mess Hall · Richard Laymon · nv 42 · It Helps if You Sing · Ramsey Campbell · ss 51 · Home Delivery · Stephen King · nv 80 · Wet Work · Philip Nutman · ss 88 · A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned · Edward Bryant · nv 119 · Bodies and Heads · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 137 · Choices · Glen Vasey · na 195 · The Good Parts · Les Daniels · ss 201 · Less Than Zombie · Douglas E. Winter · ss 216 · Like Pavlov’s Dogs · Steven R. Boyett · na 280 · Saxophone · Nicholas Royle · ss 298 · On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks · Joe R. Lansdale · na 343 · Dead Giveaway · Brian Hodge · ss 356 · Jerry’s Kids Meet Wormboy · David J. Schow · nv 379 · Eat Me · Robert R. McCammon · ss

Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed ed. John Skipp (Black Dog & Leventhal, September 21, 2011, 978-1-57912-879-1, $18.95, viii+632pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 35 stories (19 apparently original) and two novel excerpts. Authors include W.W. Jacobs, Kim Harrison, Bentley Little, and Neil Gaiman. Includes two essays on the history of the devil, and demons in popular culture. Details taken from online listing. viii · The Terrible Things That Make Us Do All the Terrible Things We Do: An Inspirational Introduction · John Skipp · in 7 · Cherub · Adam-Troy Castro · nv 47 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury September 1930 63 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 77 · The Hound [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales February 1924 87 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 99 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936 115 · Nellthu · Anthony Boucher · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1955 119 · The Howling Man · Charles Beaumont · ss Rogue November 1959, as by C. B. Lovehill 137 · The Exorcist [Exorcist] · William Peter Blatty · ex Harper & Row, 1971 163 · Hell · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Scars by Richard Christian Matheson, Scream/Press, 1987 169 · Empathy · John Skipp · ss 179 · Visitation · David J. Schow · ss Ares #15, Fall 1983 199 · Best Friends · Robert R. McCammon · nv Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987 243 · Into Whose Hands · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers IV ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1983 265 · Pilgrims to the Cathedral · Mark Arnold · nv Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988 307 · The Bespelled [Rachel Morgan] · Kim Harrison · ss The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison, Eos, 2008 323 · Non Quis, Sed Quid · Maggie Stiefvater · ss 327 · Demon Girl · Athena Villaverde · ss 339 · He Waits · K. H. Koehler · nv 359 · Happy Hour · Laura Lee Bahr · ss 375 · Staying the Night · Amelia Beamer · ss 381 · Daisies and Demons · Mercedes M. Yardley · ss 389 · And Love Shall Have No Dominion · Livia Llewellyn · ss 401 · Mom · Bentley Little · ss 415 · 20th Level Chaotic Evil Rogue Seeks Whole Wide World to Conquer · Weston Ochse · ss 435 · Consuela Hates a Vacuum · Cody Goodfellow · ss 453 · Our Blood in Its Blind Circuit · J. David Osborne · ss 469 · Empty Church · James Steele · ss 489 · Angelology [Angelology] · Danielle Trussoni · ex Viking, 2010 499 · The Coda of Solomon · Nick Mamatas · ss 507 · The Law of Resonance · Zak Jarvis · ss 527 · Stupid Fucking Reason to Sell Your Soul · Carlton Mellick, III · ss 535 · Halt and Catch Fire · Violet LeVoit · ss 543 · Scars in Progress · Brian Hodge · nv 571 · The Unicorn Hunter [Woodcutter Universe] · Alethea Kontis · ss 587 · Other People · Neil Gaiman · vi The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2001 595 · Appendix A: Demonic Roots: On the History of the Devil · Christopher Kampe & Anthony Gambol · ar 601 · Appendix B: You Must Be Certain of the Devil: Demons in Popular Culture · John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow · ar

Still Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector (Mark V. Ziesing, July 1992, 0-929480-67-8, $29.95, 276pp, hc, oa, cover by Rick Berry)     Original shared-world anthology of 19 stories set in the world of George Romero’s “Living Dead” films. With a foreword by Tom Savini and an introduction by the editors; full-color illustrations by Rick Berry which are worth the price alone. Simultaneous with the Bantam mass-market paperback edition. A signed limited edition (-68-6, $85.00) was announced but not seen. This edition does not have the series title on it. xiii · Fast Foreword · Tom Savini · fw 1 · Nineteen New Ways to Kick Dead Ass or Resisting the Urge to Decay · John M. Skipp & Craig Spector · in 9 · The Old Man and the Dead · Mort Castle · nv 37 · Don’t/Walk · Chan McConnell · ss 49 · Necrophile · Nancy A. Collins · ss 64 · Rise Up and Walk · K. W. Jeter · ss 72 · One Step at a Time · Glen Vasey · nv 98 · The Ones You Love · John M. Skipp & Craig Spector · pm 109 · This Year’s Class Picture · Dan Simmons · nv 136 · Night of the Living Dead Bingo Women · Simon McCaffery · ss Thin Ice #7, 1990 141 · Abed · Elizabeth Massie · ss 152 · Come One, Come All · Gahan Wilson · ss 171 · The Prince of Nox · Kathe Koja · ss 183 · Beer Run · Gregory Nicoll · vi 187 · Prayer · Douglas Morningstar & Maxwell Hart · vi 190 · Calcutta, Lord of Nerves · Poppy Z. Brite · ss 207 · I Walk Alone · Roberta Lannes · ss 226 · Undiscovered Countries · J. S. Russell · ss 239 · Moon Towers · Brooks Carruthers · nv 265 · Passion Play · Nancy Holder · ss 279 · Bright Lights, Big Zombie · Douglas E. Winter · nv