The FictionMags Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 2402

Playboy [v56 #9, October 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 84 · Light, Sweet Crude · Christopher Feliciano Arnold · ss; college fiction contest winner. 108 · The Weird World of Gahan Wilson · Gahan Wilson · ct

Playboy [v56 #10, November 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 58 · The Bone Church · Stephen King · pm 64 · The Hilliker Curse [Part 4 of 4] · James Ellroy · bg

Playboy [v56 #11, December 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 44 · The Original of Laura · Vladimir Nabokov · ex Knopf, 2009 58 · Brothers in Arms · Gore Vidal · ar 102 · Dust in the Wind · Paulo Coelho · ar

Playboy [v57 #1, January/February 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 58 · Animal Rescue · Dennis Lehane · nv Boston Noir ed. Dennis Lehane, Akashic Books, 2009 74 · The Kate Moss Effect · Will Self · ar; reflects on the “rexy” dynamo.

Playboy [v57 #2, March 2010] ed. Hugh Hefner (134pp+, quarto) [] Jimmy Jellinek, Editorial Director. Details supplied by Todd Mason. 44 · The House of Horrors · Charles Bukowski · ar from The Absence of the Hero, City Lights Books, 2010; illustrated by James Imbrogino 58 · Tommy · Stephen King · pm; illustrated by Kent Williams 89 · The Dawn of Sexual Intercourse · Martin Amis · ex from The Pregnant Widow, Knopf, 2010; illustrated by Lisel Ashlock 91 · “Except for 5F there, all the folks in this building are as nice as they can be!” · Gahan Wilson · ct

Playboy [v57 #3, April 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 56 · Asylum · Ariel Dorfman · ss

Playboy [v57 #4, May 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 50 · Love to All · Ethan Coen · ss

Playboy [v57 #5, June 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 72 · The Sexual Life of Savages · Samantha Gillison · ss

Playboy [v57 #6, July 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 46 · Joanna Silvestri · Roberto Bolaño · ss

Playboy [v57 #7, August 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 48 · Stardust · Christopher Sorrentino · ss

Playboy [v57 #8, September 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 56 · Madame Bovary · Gustave Flaubert; translated by Lydia Davis · ex Viking, 2010; an excerpt from her new translation of Flaubert’s literary giant.

Playboy [v57 #9, October 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 64 · Woman, Fire & the Sea · Meaghan Mulholland · ss; college fiction contest winner. 90 · William Shatner · David Rensin · iv [Ref. William Shatner]; CBS’s cantankerous dad talks about Star Trek erotica, toupees and Betty White’s flexible hips. 96 · The Weird World of Gahan Wilson · Gahan Wilson · ct

Playboy [v57 #10, November 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 66 · The Petting Zoo · Jim Carroll · ex Viking, 2010

Playboy [v57 #11, December 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 70 · (Secret) Marilyn · Joyce Carol Oates · ar; deconstructs Norma Jean. 84 · The Palm Readers · Mark Twain · ar; an excerpt from the second volume of Mark Twain’s autobiography. 94 · Knock-Knock · Chuck Palahniuk · ss

Playboy [v58 #1, January 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 68 · Bomb Shelter Noel · Thom Jones · ss

Playboy [v58 #2, February 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 50 · Untitled Crime Story · Walter Mosley · ss

Playboy [v58 #3, March 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 58 · Good Home · T. C. Boyle · ss

Playboy [v58 #4, April 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 54 · The Passenger · Jennifer Dubois · ss 86 · Dancing in the Streets · Will Self · ar; throws himself into the midst of a London street riot and contemplates the appeal of political demonstrations.

Playboy [v58 #5, May 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 47 · Lust in Space · A. O. Scott · ar; appreciation of Barbarella. 52 · Carcassonne · Julian Barnes · ss 90 · Kovacs’s Gift · Jonathan Lethem · ar [Ref. Ernie Kovacs]

Playboy [v58 #6, June 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 60 · The Girl Next Door · Robert Coover · ss

Playboy [v58 #7, July 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 58 · Yeoman · Charles Yu · ss

Playboy [v58 #8, August 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 58 · Romance · Chuck Palahniuk · ss

Playboy [v58 #9, September 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 88 · Crimes in Southern Indiana · Frank Bill · ss

Playboy [v58 #10, October 2011] (60¢, 162pp+, quarto) [] Details supplied by Todd Mason. 70 · San Quentin · Joyce Carol Oates · ss; illustrated by Jason Holley 74 · The Weird Art of Seduction · Margaret Atwood · es; illustrated by Margaret Brundage; on Margaret Brundage’s Weird Tales covers, illustrated with examples. 78 · The Weird World of Gahan Wilson · Gahan Wilson · ct; eight reprinted cartoons on two pages. · Introduction · Jonathan Lethem & Pamela Jackson · si 96 · The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick · Philip K. Dick · ex all taken from their forthcoming book of the same name. · [letter to Peter Fitting] · Philip K. Dick · lt; illustrated by Jared Ryder

Playboy [v58 #11, November 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 60 · Hot Damn · Martha Stallman · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v58 #12, December 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 76 · Dark Was the Night · Richard Powers · ss 80 · Dead Letter File 80 · [letter] · Ray Bradbury · lt 80 · [letter] · Ayn Rand · lt 81 · [letter] · Hunter S. Thompson · lt 81 · [letter] · Graham Greene · lt 81 · [letter] · William Burroughs · lt 81 · [letter] · Henry Miller · lt 81 · [letter] · Will Eisner · lt 124 · How to Build a Time Machine · Brian Clegg · ar

Playboy [v59 #1, January/February 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $7.99, 212pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 78 · Raylan [Raylan Givens] · Elmore Leonard · ex Morrow, 2012; illustrated by Ryan Schude 134 · What It Was · George Pelecanos · ex Reagan Arthur Books, 2012; illustrated by Jeffrey Smith

Playboy [v59 #2, March 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $6.99, 144pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 68 · The Orphan Master’s Son · Adam Johnson · ex Random House, 2012; illustrated by Phil Hale

Playboy [v59 #3, April 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $6.99, 144pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 68 · A Russian Picnic · Zakhar Prilepin; translated by Peter Golub · ss; illustrated by João Ruas 70 · Michonne’s Story [Walking Dead] · Robert Kirkman · cs; illustrated by Charlie Adlard

Playboy [v59 #4, May 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $6.99, 144pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 70 · Hollywood Patrol [from Harbor Nocturne] · Joseph Wambaugh · ex The Mysterious Press, 2012; illustrated by Ryan Heshka 76 · The Super Psyche · Gavin Edwards · iv; illustrated by Frank Quitely [Ref. Grant Morrison]

Playboy [v59 #5, June 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $6.99, 144pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 74 · Vlad · Carlos Fuentes; translated by Ethan Shaksan Bumas & Alejandro Branger · ex; illustrated by Dave McKean forthcoming from Dalkey Archive Press, July 2012.

Playboy [v59 #6, July/August 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $7.99, 194pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 64 · Live by Night · Dennis Lehane · ex; illustrated by Jeffrey Smith 124 · Ayn Rand · Alvin Toffler · iv Playboy March 1964 [Ref. Ayn Rand]

Playboy [v59 #7, September 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $6.99, 150pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 82 · The Way You Look Tonight · T. C. Boyle · ss; illustrated by Jon Krause

Playboy [v59 #8, October 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $6.99, 154pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 112 · Circuit Builders · Don Peteroy · ss; illustrated by Tony Dimauro; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v59 #9, November 2012] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 86 · The Great Cummerbund Steeplechase · Ron Carlson · ss

Playboy [v59 #10, December 2012] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 130 · Blind Call · Michael Connelly · ex from the book The Black Box, to be published this month by Little, Brown and Company.

Playboy [v60 #1, January-February 2013] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 114 · All at Sea · Lawrence Block · ex; illustrated by Mark Thomas from the book Hit Me (Little, Brown - forthcoming).

Playboy [v60 #2, March 2013] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 69 · The Goddess Parka · Ludmilla Petrushevskaya; translated by Anna Summers · ss; illustrated by Yuta Onoda the “R” in “Parka” is reversed.

Playboy [v60 #3, April 2013] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · The Hierophant · Jake Arnott · ss from The House of Rumour, New Harvest, 2013

Playboy [v60 #4, May 2013] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 68 · Cannibal · Chuck Palahniuk · ss

Playboy [v60 #5, June 2013] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 106 · Getting My Baby Tanked · Liesl Schillinger · ss

Playboy [v60 #6, July/August 2013] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 106 · The Marlbane Manchester Musser Award · T. C. Boyle · ss

Playboy [v60 #7, September 2013] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 99 · The Double · George Pelecanos · ex excerpt from The Double (Little, Brown and Co., forthcoming).

Playboy [v60 #8, October 2013] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 102 · Sparring Partners · Stu Dearnley · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v60 #9, November 2013] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 104 · Zombie · Chuck Palahniuk · ss; illustrated by P-Jay Miller

Playboy [Volume 60 Number 10, December 2013] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 108 · Six Soldiers of Fortune · Robert Coover · ss

Playboy [v61 #1, January/February 2014] (quarto) [] Special Edition 60 Years Anniversary Issue. Details supplied by Ian Covell. 153 · Julie and the Warlord · B. J. Novak · ss; illustrated by Craig Cutler 204 · By Sun and Lightning · Don Winslow · ss; illustrated by Goni Montes

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 2, March 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 82 · Tea Ceremony · Stuart Dybek · ss

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 3, April 2014] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 88 · Back Down Home · Chris Offutt · ss

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 4, May 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 70 · Extreme [Part 1 of 3] · Don Winslow · sl; illustrated by Thomas Ehretsmann

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 5, June 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 80 · Extreme [Part 2 of 3] · Don Winslow · sl; illustrated by Thomas Ehretsmann

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 6, July/August 2014] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 130 · Extreme [Part 3 of 3] · Don Winslow · sl; illustrated by Thomas Ehretsmann

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 7, September 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 110 · Perfidia · James Ellroy · ex Random House, 2014

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 8, October 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 104 · Something Ancient Welling Up · Nolan Turner · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 9, November 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 92 · The Bullet [Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch] · Michael Connelly · ex from The Burning Room, Little, Brown, 2014; illustrated by Scott Bakal

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 10, December 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 110 · Miss Mary’s Room · George Pelecanos · ss The Martini Shot by George Pelecanos, Little Brown, 2014

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 1, January/February 2015] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 84 · Theft and Other Issues · T. C. Boyle · ss; illustrated by Russell Cobb

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 2, March 2015] [] 72 · The Bull You See, the Bull You Don’t · Mark Jacobs · ss; illustrated by Jesús Sotés

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 3, April 2015] [] no fiction

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 4, May 2015] [] 62 · Jasmine Daze of the Condor [Condor] · James Grady · ss; illustrated by Anthony Ventura

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 5, June 2015] [] 74 · Odin · Ted Cohen · ss

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 6, July/August 2015] [] 69 · Dad All Over · Chuck Palahniuk · vi

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 7, September 2015] [] 62 · Playboy · Scott Wolven · ss; illustrated by Pat Kinsella

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 8, October 2015] [] 88 · My Feet Are Fire · Donnie Watson · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 9, November 2015] [] 90 · South of Bradley · Steve Weddle · ss; illustrated by Jonathan Bartlett

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 10, December 2015] [] no fiction.

Playboy [Vol. 63 No. 1, January/February 2016] [] 68 · Crow Country Moses · Callan Wink · ss; illustrated by Matt Dorfman

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 2, March 2016] [] · Boone Daniel’s Rough Ride · Don Winslow · ss; illustrated by Gemma O’Brien

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 3, April 2016] [] 74 · Insipidities · Marie Calloway · ss; illustrated by Simon Pemberton

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 4, May 2016] [] 92 · A Beautiful Country · Luke Mogelson · ss These Heroic, Happy Dead by Luke Mogelson, Tim Duggan Books, 2016; illustrated by Jennie Webber

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 5, June 2016] [] 92 · Good-bye to Rootine · Ron Carlson · ss; illustrated by Stacey Rozich

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 6, July/August 2016] [] 108 · Babylon · Matt Gallagher · ss; illustrated by Skip Sterling

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 7, September 2016] [] 80 · Whereabouts · Colin Winnette · vi; illustrated by Trey Wright

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 8, October 2016] [] 78 · After the Dyerses · Tony Tulathimutte · ss; illustrated by Peter Strain

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 9, November 2016] [] 102 · The Filmmaker · Kevin Mandel · ss

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 10, December 2016] [] 98 · The Music Room · Stephen King · ss; illustrated by Edward Hopper

Playboy [Volume 64 Number 1, January/February 2017] [] 132 · Visiting Violence · Jon Raymond · ex from Freebird, Graywolf Press, 2017

Playboy [Volume 64 Number 2, March/April 2017] [] 78 · Supercops · Liesl Schillinger · ss; illustrated by David Lanaspa 146 · The Domestic Lives of Superheroes · John Hornor Jacobs · ss; illustrated by Kalen Hollomon

Playboy [Volume 64 Number 3, May/June 2017] [] 78 · The Sparrow · Dennis Lehane · ex from Since We Fell, HarperCollins, 2017; illustrated by Simon Prades 128 · Monsters · Matthew Sharpe · ss

Playboy [Volume 64 Number 4, July/August 2017] [] 76 · The Disgruntled Americans · Frank Bill · ss; illustrated by Andrew Archer 118 · She Got Away · A. M. Homes · ss

Playboy [Volume 64 Number 5, September/October 2017] [] 76 · Subtract One Death · T. C. Boyle · ss; illustrated by Marc Aspinall 120 · Safeword · R. O. Kwon · ss; illustrated by Sean Freeman

Playboy [Volume 64 Number 6, November/December 2017] [] 76 · Artemis · Andy Weir · ex Crown, November 2017; illustrated by Matthew Lyons 118 · Under the Clock · Robert Coover · ss; illustrated by Tula Lotay

Playboy [Volume 65 Number 1, January/February 2018] [] 70 · What She Saw · Ariel Dorfman · ss; illustrated by Edel Rodriguez 140 · What Are You Thinking About Right Now · Baird Harper · ss; illustrated by Edward Kinsella

Playboy [Volume 65 Number 2, March/April 2018] [] 112 · Killing Time [Mike Hammer] · Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins · ex from forthcoming novel (Titan, April 2018). 144 · Go, Space Racer! · Curtis C. Chen · ss; illustrated by Andrew Archer

Playboy [Volume 65 Number 3, May/June 2018] [] 94 · Unlawful Entry · Chuck Palahniuk · ex from Adjustment Day, Norton, May 1 2018; illustrated by Diego Patiño 140 · Hellboy: Return of the Lambton Worm · Mike Mignola · cs; illustrated by [Hellboy], Ben Stenbeck 146 · Between the Records · Julian Tepper · ss; illustrated by Jeremy Enecio

Playboy [Volume 65 Number 4, July/August 2018] [] 96 · Showdown on the Hudson · Walter Mosley · ss; illustrated by Marc Aspinall 142 · Shark Fin Dinner Party · Ling Ma · ex from the forthcoming novel Severance (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 14, 2018).

Playboy [Volume 65 Number 5, September/October 2018] [] 64 · Madrigal · John Wray · ss; illustrated by Marc Burckhardt 112 · 1,111 Emblems · Hernan Diaz · ss

Playboy [Volume 65 Number 6, November/December 2018] [] 64 · The Queen of Majestic · T. Jefferson Parker · ss; illustrated by Marc Aspinall 112 · The Fourth Armada · Maxim Loskutoff · ss; illustrated by Jake Foreman

Playboy [Volume 66 Number 1, Winter 2019] [] 66 · Repercussions · Chuck Palahniuk · ss; illustrated by Riki Blanco 118 · The Modern Era · Sarah Braunstein · ss; illustrated by Spiros Halaris

Playboy [Volume 66 Number 2, Spring 2019] [] 142 · The Kiss · Robert Coover · vi; illustrated by Spiros Halaris 164 · We Are Not Here · David Gilbert · ss; illustrated by Spiros Halaris

Playboy [Volume 66 Number 3, Summer 2019] [] 114 · Mr. Stickum · Joyce Carol Oates · ss; illustrated by Corey Brickley 156 · Yeast · Lisa Taddeo · ss; illustrated by Josephine Rais

Playboy [Volume 66 Number 4, Fall 2019] [] 58 · Being Shot · Catherine Lacey · ss; illustrated by Jeff Drew 142 · Not Me · T. C. Boyle · ss; illustrated by Tishk Barzanji

Playboy [Volume 67 Number 1, Winter 2020] [] 88 · Francophile · Claire Lombardo · ss; illustrated by Spiros Halaris

Playboy [Volume 67 Number 2, Spring 2020] [] 56 · Crossing Tracks · Ariel Dorfman · ss; illustrated by Josef Minor 188 · Your First Pet and the Street You Grew Up On · Kiley Reid · ss; illustrated by Casey Weldon

Playboy [February 2025] ed. Mike Guy ($19.95, 128pp, quarto) [] No fiction.

Playboy (South Africa)   (about)

Playboy (South Africa) [August 2011] [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 74-79 · The Cut-Man Cometh · André P. Brink · ar; memoir of political/literary censorship in SA; in English on pp76-77 and in Zulu on pp78-79. 128-131 · The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World · Gabriel García Márquez; translated by Gregory Rabassa · ss Playboy November 1971 translated from the Spanish.

Playful   (about)

Playful [195?] (Paget Publications Ltd., 75¢, 34pp+, 7.25″ x 9″) [] Subtitled “(American Edition)”. Details supplied by Morgan A. Wallace. 4 · The Second Party · Mavis St. Claire · ss 8 · A Struggle with Conscience · June Bryony · ss 11 · No Welcome on the Mat · Jean Bradley · ss 14 · Whose Birthday Was It, Anyway? · Rod Le Baron · ss 18 · The Intruder · Simon Sinclair · ss 21 · Sea Siren · Ross Devine · ss 25 · Ladies’-Man · Lacy Monroe · ss 29 · Proud Nimrod · Arty Kane · ss

Playgirl   (about)

Playgirl [v1 #7, December 1973] [] Details taken from eBay listing. · Last Minuet in Washington · James O’Connor Sargent · ss · Vanity and Possession · Gardner McKay · ss

Playgirl [v2 #2, July 1974] [] Details taken from eBay listing. · The Child · Audrey Lee · ss · After Summer · Sheila Weller · ss

Playgirl [v2 #5, October 1974] [] Details taken from eBay listing. · The Waterbugs · Barbara Condos · ss · The Baron · Prudence Sprite · ss

Playgirl [v2 #7, December 1974] [] Details taken from eBay listing. · What’s Wrong with This Picture? · Jacquelyn R. Nicholson · ss

Playgirl [v3 #8, January 1976] (Playgirl, Inc., $1.25, 144pp+, quarto) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson, listing fiction only. 54 · Space in Each Other’s Head · David Nemec · ss; illustrated by Terry Lamb 56 · Ray Bradbury · Sandra Shevey · iv [Ref. Ray Bradbury]

Playgirl [v5 #2, July 1977] [] Issue partially indexed. · Fantasies of the Famous! · Harlan Ellison · ar

Playtime (1958)   (about) --- see under Spree.

Pleasure (1937)   (about)

Pleasure [v1 #1, Winter 1937] ed. J. C. Godfrey (Pleasure Publishing Co., 50¢, 90pp) [] Details supplied by Saskia van de Kruisweg & Art Lortie. 4 · “Gawdamighty, another new magazine” · Delpo · ct 6 · A Toast to Pleasure · Irving Douglas · ed 8 · Finest Hotels and Resorts · [uncredited] · ms 10 · Holiday Gift Suggestions · [uncredited] · ms 11 · Around the Town · Dan Golberg · th 12 · Entertainment After Dark · [uncredited] · ms 13 · After the Show · [uncredited] · cl 15 · How to Bet on the Horses and Win! · Mark Mellen · ar 17 · “Let’s go this way, it’s prettier” · George Lichty · ct 18 · “Fanning” · R. H. Palenske · il 19 · “Let’s strip her down and run for Newport” · [uncredited] · ct 20 · Skiing from St. Moritz to Sun Valley · Alfred Langlois · ar; illustrated by Glenn Grohe 24 · Smartening Up the Male · Alma Archer · ar 26 · Time Means Touchdowns · Lou Little · ar 28 · Fish That Climb Trees and Other Tales of the Malay Jungle · Carveth Wells, F.R.G.S. · ar 29 · “We must have picked him up out of Bombay” · George Lichty · ct 30 · Two Billion Dollars of Unclaimed Treasure · Harold T. Wilkins · ar 32 · “Drat it, I knew if I went shootin’ without my specs I wouldn’t have any luck” · George Lichty · ct 33 · After the Count of Ten · Marvin McCarthy · ar 34 · The Big Three · S. Kip Farrington, Jr. · ar 36 · “The Belvidere hounds go on a sit-down strike” · D. T. Carlisle · ct 37 · Big Game Fish Map · Joe Godfrey, Jr. · il 38 · “Well, what else is there to do?” · [uncredited] · ct 39 · Su-Lin, the Giant Panda · Al Madsen · ar 40 · Hooking a Killer Whale · Thorne Donnelley · ar 42 · Big Game Fishing with Zane Grey · [uncredited] · pi [Ref. Zane Grey] 43 · “Oh—but certainly, madam—in all the best families” · [uncredited] · ct 45 · Hurrell · Jack Smalley · ar 46 · Cigarettes in the Dark · Foley Martin · ss; illustrated by Ben Stahl 48 · Marvelous Mexico · Charles O. Davies · ar 50 · Long Live the Alibi · Herb Graffis · ss 51 · Bundling, or the Pilgrims Had a Place for It · Thomas Morrow · ar 52 · Fabulous Frontier · Rex Beach · ar 54 · Flying Fisherman · Captain Eddie Rickenbacker · ar 55 · “Must have been a swordfish, you can see my hands” · [uncredited] · ct 56 · Streamlined Transportation for Pleasure · Glenn Grohe · il 57 · “Take command, Chutney. I’m going after some of this easy money” · George Lichty · ct 58 · Our Diminutive Little Chum, Charlie McCarthy · [uncredited] · pi 59 · Fun on Ice · Charles Johnson · ar 60 · Pleasure in Attire · Robert Surrey · ms 63 · $5,000 in Prizes for Candid Camera Shots · [uncredited] · cn 64 · At the Auto Shows · [uncredited] · pi 65 · New Cars for 1938 · [uncredited] · pi 66 · Mr. Hotomato Complains! · Ed Holden · hu 72 · The Guide to Travel · [uncredited] · cl 73 · Fireman · [uncredited] · ct 74 · “I don’t know, Brother Angus found it in the garden” · [uncredited] · ct 81 · Your Library Table · [uncredited] · rc

Pleasure (1960)   (about)

Pleasure [Vol. 1 No. 2, 1960] (91pp) [] Details taken from eBay listing. · The Mating Call · Lou-Pierson Catron · ss · Midnight Seduction · Glen Low · ss · The Sex Education of Homer Purdy · Robert Bloch · ss · Odd Job Lover · Arnold Marmor · ss · Kiss the Blood of My Lips · William Weston · ss · Lust Farm · Jacques Lewis · na

Plokta   (about)

Plokta [#40, May 2009] ed. Steve Davies, Alison Scott & Mike Scott [] Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 3 · Editorial · The Editors · ed 4 · Samantha’s Diary · Diana Wynne Jones · ss 10 · A Virgin’s Guide to Toilet Etiquette · Phil Bradley · ar 11 · Science Fiction · Paul Cornell · ss 16 · Eating Around Sunningdale Park · Steve Davies · ar

Plot   (about) Publishers: Calypso Publishing; Sugar Land, TX: Plot. Editors: Christina C. Russell - Editor: Plot.

Plot [#1, 1994] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing, $3.95, 48pp, quarto, cover by Cami Stelzer) [] ifc. · Editorial · Christina C. Russell · ed 2 · Street Level · Douglas Hewitt · ss 9 · A Flowering of Vines · Lyn McConchie · ss 12 · Mistakes in Reality · Fred Askew · ss 14 · Almost a Miracle · Don Hornbostel · ss 18 · Well Chosen Plot · Curt Fischer · ss 22 · Toys Are for Good Guys · T. A. Hennard · ss 28 · The Locket · Margaret B. Simon · vi 30 · Code of the Jenri · Stephanie Loyd · ss 34 · Ranya’s Choice · P. Andrew Miller · ss 37 · Sprain Brook · Steven Sawicki · ss 42 · Relaxation · Stephen Woodworth · ss 48 · Gazer · Mark Rich · vi

Plot [#2, Spring 1995] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing, $3.95, 48pp+, quarto, cover by Cami Stelzer) [] ifc. · Editorial · Teresa Williams · ed 2 · An Olden Song · Laura Higgins · ss 4 · Shades of Darkling Nights and Other Colorful Metaphors · R. P. Nettelhorst · ss 10 · Human Nature · Daveed Gartenstein-Ross · vi 12 · A Magic Potion, Amyone? · P. S. Simmerman · ss 16 · Cauchemar · Stephanie Loyd · ss 22 · The Monsters Behind the Words · W. K. Pomeroy · ss 24 · Thunderin’ Mungo · Ken Goldman · ss 29 · Nets of Silver and Gold Have We · Sue Storm · ss 32 · Brother’s Keeper · Mark Sutton · ss 36 · The Pizza Man · David Moss & Lance Carney · ss 41 · The Stirge · Leigh Kimmel · ss 48 · Post Mortem · Christina C. Russell · ed

Plot [#3, Summer 1995] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing, $3.95, 48pp+, quarto, cover by Cami Stelzer) [] 2 · Editorial · Christina C. Russell · ed 3 · Nine for a Man · Lyn McConchie · ss 6 · Last Call for a Wizard · Milton E. Wheeler, Jr. · ss 12 · After the First Dying · Lenora K. Rogers · ss 16 · Summertime Wine · Carol Weekes · ss 21 · The Experiment Hums · Thomas A. Turcich · ss 24 · Windrider · Stephanie Loyd · ss 28 · Up in Smoke · Margaret Macigewski · ss 32 · The Journey of the Moon · Laura Higgins · ss 34 · Garbageman · James S. Dorr · ss 39 · A Fool and His Money · Michael Mardis · ss 42 · A House in the Woods · Paul Walther · ss 44 · The Island · Barbara Rosen · ss 48 · Post Mortem · Christina C. Russell · ed

Plot [#4, Fall 1995] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing, $3.95, 48pp+, quarto, cover by Cami Stelzer) [] 2 · Smile a Smile of Checkmate · Barbara E. Tarbox · ss 16 · Snowshifter · William T. Tripp · ss 20 · Computer Personal · Brian Plante · ss 24 · Cooper’s Crossing · James Medford · ss 34 · Sanctuary · Barbara Malenky · vi 36 · The Green Princess · Barbara Rosen · ss 42 · Bad Blood · Larry D. Sweazy · vi 44 · Sullivans · William Andrew · vi

Plot [#5, Winter/Spring 1996] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing, $3.95, 48pp+, quarto, cover by Victory) [] ifc. · Letters · The Readers · lc 2 · Double or Nothing · David Sakmyster · ss 14 · Hillun of Troy · Mary Soon Lee · ss 18 · The Last House Santa Visits · Michael Decker · ss 20 · Practical Considerations · Barbara E. Tarbox · ss 24 · Waiting for Sunrise · Jeff Carter · ss 28 · Perishable Cargo · Ann K. Schwader · ss 34 · The Ties That Bind · Paul O. Miles · ss 40 · The Lost Ones · Serena Fusek · ss 48 · Post Mortem · Teresa Williams · ed

Plot [#6, Summer 1996] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing, $3.95, 48pp+, quarto, cover by Lee Seed) [] 2 · When the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead · Michael Gillis · ss 8 · Medias Res · Joe Murphy · ss 13 · Click · Elizabeth Dearl · ss 16 · The Darklands · Sandra Hutchinson · ss 20 · Tiger to Death · Natalia Lincoln · ss 24 · Suicide Helpline · Marsha Cornelius · ss 26 · The Demon’s Tear · John Strysik · ss 30 · That Elusive Sensation of Peace · Michael Decker · ss 34 · Politically Dead · Jim Elliot · ss 40 · To Cleanse a Man’s Soul · Richard A. McMahan · ss 44 · Red Sky · Terry McGarry · ss

Plot [#7, Fall 1996] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing, $3.95, 60pp+, quarto, cover by Michelle Parker) [] 2 · Letters · The Readers · lc 3 · Star of Darkness · Lee Roy Williams · ss 6 · When the Rain Comes · William Christopher · ss 13 · Stop by a Drive-in Movie · Hunter Blair · ss 18 · Horror Perfect · James E. Szurek · ss 22 · Elder Logic · S. A. Magnuson · vi 24 · Three Little Houses and a Field of Corn · Karen Jordan Allen · ss 30 · Immortal · Cary Weissman · ss 33 · Shadows · Rich Gray · ss 36 · The House on Ridge Road · David Moss · ss 40 · The South Wind Rises · George Rapier · ss 44 · One Last Breath · Michael Laimo · ss 50 · The Hole · Robin Spriggs · ss 54 · The Rainbow Grinned · Rob Schadt · ss 60 · The Pure Essence of Professionalism · Teresa Williams · aw

Plot [#8, Winter/Spring 1997] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing, $3.95, 48pp+, quarto) [] 2 · A Dearth of Ravens · Jake West · ss 14 · The Monster · Jeremy Ponder · ss 16 · Grail · Tim Lockette · ss 21 · Tree of Sorrows · Dale Phillips · ss 24 · Harpsong and Dreamsmoke · Lyn McConchie · ss 26 · A Socratic Pacifist in King Arthur’s Court · Eric Reitan · ss 30 · King and Country · Barbara Tarbox · ss 37 · A Time for Music · John Everson · ss 43 · Twice in His Lives · Mark Rich · ss 48 · Post Mortem · Christina C. Russell · ed

Plot [#9, Summer/Fall 1997] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing, $3.95, 48pp+, quarto, cover by Edward Bocanegra) [] 1 · Letters · The Readers · lc 2 · The Reluctant Guest at the End of the World · Andrew L. Burt · ss 11 · In the Balance of Trade · Dan Thompson · ss 17 · Rendezvous with Hector · Jamie Barras · ss 24 · People Like Us · Lyn McConchie · ss 28 · The Garden Mogul · Kevin Johnson · ss 34 · Gwenore’s Prayer · Rosemary Sullivan · ss 37 · Repeating History · Suzanne Donahue · ss 42 · Trouble at the Door · Susanne Shaphren · ss

Plotweaver

Plotweaver [v10 #4, April 1929] ed. Earle I. Strickland (Hollywood Photoplay and Fiction Institute, 25¢, 32pp+) [] Details supplied by Rob Preston. 3 · Editorial · [uncredited] · ed 4 · Healing the Sick Story · Laurence D’Orsay · ar 7 · The Gulf Between · Earle I. Strickland · ar 9 · What Is Literature? · Madeleine Matzen · ar 10 · How to Present Manuscripts · Jeanette Norland · ar 10 · Dairy of a Dud · M. Ethel Anderson · ar 11 · The Writer-Scientist · Harry Goldberg · ar 11 · “Abie’s” Author Leads Sex in Stage Success · [uncredited] · ar 12 · Stories and Emotion Pictures · William M. Marston · ar 13 · Playwrights Signed for Talkies · [uncredited] · ar 14 · The Agent’s Side of It · Madeleine Matzen · ar 18 · The Story Market · [uncredited] · cl 24 · Directory of Publishers · [uncredited] · ms

Plotweaver [v10 #5, May 1929] ed. Earle I. Strickland (Hollywood Photoplay and Fiction Institute, 25¢, 32pp+) [] Details supplied by Rob Preston. 3 · Editorial · [uncredited] · ed 4 · Writing for the Popular Taste · Earle I. Strickland · ar 5 · Writing Your Way to Independence · Glen Perris · ar 6 · “The Dangerous Sale” · V. M. Cooke · ar 7 · The Game Worth While · Gilson Vandeveer Willets · ar 8 · Pieces of Eight · Jane Sloan · ar 9 · Two Roads to Success · Laurence D’Orsay · ar 13 · The Right Place to Start Your Story · Harry Goldberg · ar 14 · Young Writers Get Break at Universal · Ivan St. Johns · ar 16 · Motion Pictures as Mental Exercises for Children · William M. Marston · ar 18 · Scenario Writing Today · Sherman Lowe · ar 20 · The Story Market · [uncredited] · cl 24 · Directory of Publishers · [uncredited] · ms

Plotweaver [v12 #3, March 1931] ed. Earle I. Strickland (The Plotweaver Publishing Co., 25¢, 16pp) [] Details supplied by John Locke. 2 · Editorial · E. L. W. · ed 3 · [advice to young authors] · W. Wirt · ar 5 · [advice to young authors] · Kingsbury Scott · ar 6 · [advice to young authors] · Allan K. Echols · ar 7 · [short autobiography] · Walt Coburn · lt 7 · [advice to young authors] · Clem Yore · lt 8 · [on writing] · John A. Thompson · lt 8 · Atmosphere in Creative Writing · Reginald C. Barker · ar 10 · Song Writers · Henry R. Cohen · ar 11 · [requirements of Love Story Magazine] · Daisy S. Bacon · lt 12 · The Scenario Market · [uncredited] · cl

Ploughshares   (about) Literary original anthology/magazine published by Emerson College, Boston, MA. Selected contents and back issues of Ploughshares are available at www.pshares.org.

Ploughshares [v1 #1, #1, Fall 1971] ed. DeWitt Henry & Peter O’Malley ($20.00, 122pp, tp, cover by David Omar White) [] 5 · Going to Chicago · Ted Berrigan · pm 7 · The Green Raft · Catherine Dexter · ss 19 · The Cave or The Mine · Thomas Lux · pm 20 · Ten Notes to M-- · Thomas Lux · pm 23 · Oreana · Anselm Hollo · pm 24 · “the total length of” · Josephine Clare · pm 25 · ’it’s lonely in here’ · Harris Schiff · pm 25 · “we ate all the whales” · Harris Schiff · pm 31 · Getting It in the Salt City · Carter Wilson · ss 35 · Settlers · Thomas Tessier · pm 36 · Mahler · Thomas Tessier · pm 38 · Upon Going Into Prison · Thomas Redshaw · pm 39 · In the Endless · Thomas Redshaw · pm 40 · Anthropitis · David Berman · pm 41 · Stage Directions · David Berman · pm 42 · Gloria Gloria · Cynthia Housh · ss 53 · Crossing Tuscany · Andrew Littauer · pm 54 · Images · Bruce Bennett · pm 55 · Contributor’s Note · Bruce Bennett · pm 56 · From the Notes of Keats Before Writing the “Ode to a Nightingale” · Roberto Sanesi · pm 58 · Vacations · Norman Klein · pm 59 · Death Dreams · Norman Klein · pm 60 · Out of Work · William Corbett · pm 61 · My Uncle · William Corbett · pm 62 · Fiesta · Paul Hannigan · pm 63 · Study Aids · Paul Hannigan · pm 65 · A Ten-Minute Walk · Sidney Goldfarb · pm 71 · Ballgame · DeWitt Henry · ss 87 · Old French Fables · Norman Shapiro · pm 89 · Poem on a Surface · John Moritz · pm 90 · First Glimpse Out the Window in the Morning · Nicolas Born · pm 91 · Monday, Monday · Nicolas Born · pm 92 · Amanita Muscaria · Anne Waldman · pm 92 · Sophisticated Poem · Anne Waldman · pm 92 · Vast Love · Anne Waldman · pm 93 · Linwood Place in Snow 2/9/69 2-2:15 pm · Bill Costley · pm 94 · “they just started” · Claudia Menza · pm 95 · The Haitian Campaign · Edward Densmore · pm 96 · Chill Amerika · Andrew Wylie · pm 96 · Vietnamese Girl · Christina Wylie · pm 102 · The Flight · Hayden Murphy · pm 103 · Photos from the Family Album · Will Pirone · pm 104 · Afternoon Tea · George Anthony · pm 105 · Rather Curious Than in Haste · George Anthony · pm 106 · Archeological Dig, Wailing Wall Jerusalem · Anne Shaftel · pm 107 · Waking in the Grass After Dark · William Doreski · pm 108 · A Surge of Passion · David Ball · pm 109 · Balto Md 9 Aug 1968: In Memoriam Robert Lincoln Gullette · David Gullette · pm 111 · Sand · Hugh Maxton · pm 112 · Energy · David Lenson · pm 115 · Journal Excerpts · David Ignatow · ms 119 · Nights of Naomi · William Corbett · br [Ref. Bill Knott] 121 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Ploughshares [v1 #2, #2, Summer 1972] ed. George Kimball ($20.00, 100pp, tp, cover by David Omar White) [] 5 · For Gordon Cairnie on His 75th Birthday · Desmond O’Grady · pm 7 · Franklin Street · Desmond O’Grady · pm 8 · Silent Letters · John Bart Gerald · ss 17 · The Corrected Works · Jeff Silva · pm 19 · Voice from Danang · Thomas Redshaw · pm 20 · California · Hugh Seidman · pm 21 · Out-take · Hugh Seidman · pm 22 · I Begin to See That Life Has Various Themes That Reoccur · Phyllis Janowitz · pm 24 · Theme and Variations · David Ignatow · pm 25 · Soft, Soft · David Ignatow · pm 26 · Maumau American Canto · Tom Weatherly · pm 28 · Novel Excerpt · Richard Grossinger · ss 34 · Near Cub Run, In Virginia · Jeoffrey Bartman · pm 37 · Melisma · Paul Hannigan · pm 40 · Walking Notes · David Cohen · pm 41 · Baxter’s Wharf, Hyannis · Richard Burns · pm 42 · Alternative Crumb · James Tate · ss 45 · Novel Excerpt · Fanny Howe · ss 47 · Because My Love Is There · Geoffrey Clark · ss 57 · Crash Diet · Emily Barkin · pm 58 · My Malaria · Thomas Lux · pm 59 · Things I Remember About Her Birth · Thomas Lux · pm 60 · Fuck Poem · Joyce Peseroff · pm 61 · Poem · Joyce Peseroff · pm 62 · Poems · Aram Saroyan · pm 63 · Windy Night · Anthony Jarzombek · pm 64 · Christy Brown’s “Down All the Days” · Larry Eigner · pm 65 · Mon Jour Chez Sam: A Visit with Beckett · David Gullette · ar 70 · Slices · Mark Halliday · pm 71 · an abrupt change in nothing · Hank Kune · pm 73 · When You Die · George Anthony · pm 74 · Edwin Dickinson’s Perspective · William Corbett · pm 75 · Falling in Love · William Corbett · pm 76 · & So On · James Humphrey · pm 77 · Pearl Diving · Jack Thibeau · pm 77 · Who’s Who · Jack Thibeau · pm 78 · The Pear Orchard · Maura Stanton · pm 79 · The Tourists · David Berman · pm 85 · In Defense of Pure Sensation · Edward Dorn · ss 86 · Isopet · Norman Shapiro · pm 88 · The Rejection · Henry H. Roth · ss 94 · Cambridge Vignette · Bruce Bennett · pm 94 · “I’ll tell you who I was thinking of” · Bruce Bennett · pm 95 · The Scots Gentleman on a Visit Escapes · David Ball · pm 96 · Islands in the Stream · William Corbett · br [Ref. Ernest Hemingway] 97 · David Johnson Passed Through Here · DeWitt Henry · br [Ref. John Fairfield] 100 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Ploughshares [v1 #3, #3, Winter 1972] ed. James Randall ($20.00, 102pp, tp, cover by David Omar White) [] 5 · Song 72 · Robert Kelly · pm 7 · Boils Down · Tom Sullivan · ss 13 · If the River’s This High All Summer · Martha Fritz · pm 14 · Some Comfort · Martha Fritz · pm 15 · Involving a Risk · Martha Fritz · pm 16 · Song · Stratis Haviaras · pm 17 · A Farewell to a Southern Melody · Ling Chung & Kenneth Rexroth · pm 18 · Backtrack · Charles Wright · pm 19 · Sex · Charles Wright · pm 20 · Family Lottery · John Bart Gerald · ss 23 · In Horse Latitudes · Katha Pollitt · pm 24 · Dream · Marcia Southwick · pm 25 · Deracination · William Gallagher · pm 26 · “some-/times i am/a nigger’” · Sam Cornish · pm 27 · The Elephant’s Decision · Jean Eddy · ss 34 · Just Like Everybody Else · Alphonse Allais · ss 36 · Como · William Meredith · pm 37 · Veal · Phyllis Janowitz · pm 39 · The Thirteen Causes of Love · Ray Amorosi · pm 40 · Sign Language · Paul Metcalf · pm 43 · Driving America · Sue Wilkins · pm 44 · An Evening with the King of the Jews · Jeffrey Davis · ss 53 · There Are So Many Fatherless Children Around · John Wieners · pm 59 · Taking Chances · Robert Hayford · pm 60 · His Marriage (Notes for a Novel) · Joyce Peseroff · pm 61 · Weather · Joyce Peseroff · pm 62 · This Is a Poem About Killing Your Mother · Jeff Knapp · pm 63 · No Dead Ends · Cathleen Quirk · pm 65 · An Interview with Richard Yates · DeWitt Henry & Geoffrey Clark · iv 79 · The Crime of Mopery: Exposing Yourself to a Blind Person · Miriam Levine · pm 80 · Thinking Big · John Rogers · pm 81 · Inheritance · John Rogers · pm 82 · Reflections · William Styron · ar 85 · Badger Swamp · Douglas Delaney · pm 86 · In the Middle of the Road · Kenneth Irby · pm 89 · Protocol · John Price · ar 90 · The Pakistani’s Daughter · Kevin King · pm 91 · The Carnation · David Gullette · br [Ref. Paul Hannigan] 92 · Run/Ride · DeWitt Henry · br [Ref. Kip Crosby] 94 · Judah the Pious · Katha Pollitt · br [Ref. Francine Prose] 96 · Memory’s Handgrenade · Robert McRoberts · br [Ref. Thomas Lux] 100 · By the Sound · James Randall · br [Ref. Edward Dorn] 102 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg