The FictionMags Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 2390

Playboy [v51 #12, December 2004] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 130 · The Revenge of the Godfather · Mark Winegardner · ss 172 · The Old Badger Game · Annie Proulx · ss

Playboy [v52 #1, January 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · Digging Up Private Ryan · Christopher Buckley · ss 136 · Mom Descending a Staircase · Neil LaBute · ss

Playboy [v52 #2, February 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 100 · The Afterlife · Amy Hempel · ss

Playboy [v52 #3, March 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · Punchdrunk · Chuck Palahniuk · ss

Playboy [v52 #4, April 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 94 · The Swift Passage of the Animals · T. C. Boyle · ss

Playboy [v52 #5, May 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 108 · Foot Work · Chuck Palahniuk · ss

Playboy [v52 #6, June 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 98 · Suburban Jigsaw · Robert Coover · ss

Playboy [v52 #7, July 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 114 · The Fall · Bill Roorbach · ss

Playboy [v52 #8, August 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 80 · Weight of the Moon · Madison Smartt Bell · ss

Playboy [v52 #9, September 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 84 · The Fisherman and the Jinn · Robert Coover · ss

Playboy [v52 #10, October 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 74 · Statehood · Kevin A. González · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v52 #11, November 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · Harry and the Girl-Girl Scene · Glen David Gold · ss

Playboy [v52 #12, December 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 72 · A Christmas Story: Three Quarters of the Way to Hell · T. C. Boyle · ss 144 · My Father’s War · Scott Turow · ss

Playboy [v53 #1, January 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 80 · German Lessons · John Updike · ss 120 · Professional Beauty · Jay McInerney · ss

Playboy [v53 #2, February 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 60 · An Exciting New Career in Medicine · Michelle Richmond · ss

Playboy [v53 #3, March 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 78 · Sogbo’s Wife · Tony D’Souza · ss

Playboy [v53 #4, April 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 66 · Sex with Esther · Michel Houellebecq · ss

Playboy [v53 #5, May 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 92 · Suicide Watch · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

Playboy [v53 #6, June 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 72 · Proactive Keller [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · ss

Playboy [v53 #7, July 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 66 · The Bad News · Margaret Atwood · vi Good Bones by Margaret Atwood, Coach House, 1992

Playboy [v53 #8, August 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 66 · Cul-de-Sac · J. Robert Lennon · ss

Playboy [v53 #9, September 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 74 · The Unlucky Mother of Aquiles Maldonado · T. C. Boyle · ss

Playboy [v53 #10, October 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 78 · Ozark Lake · Nick Connell · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v53 #11, November 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 84 · The Wisdom of the Doulas · Sam Lipsyte · ss

Playboy [v53 #12, December 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 98 · Willa · Stephen King · nv

Playboy [v54 #1, January 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 78 · The Myth of Sisypha · Walter Mosley · ss

Playboy [v54 #2, February 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 62 · The Starlight on Idaho · Denis Johnson · ss

Playboy [v54 #3, March 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 104 · Zombie Dan · J. Robert Lennon · ss

Playboy [v54 #4, April 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 82 · The Third Sense · Nadine Gordimer · ss

Playboy [v54 #5, May 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 100 · Winter Storms · Edward Falco · ss

Playboy [v54 #6, June 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 76 · This Nib for Hire · Woody Allen · ss

Playboy [v54 #7, July 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 108 · State of the Union · Jamie Malanowski · ss

Playboy [v54 #8, August 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 88 · We Live in Water · Jess Walter · ss

Playboy [v54 #9, September 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 66 · A Mature Student · Tobias Wolff · ss

Playboy [v54 #10, October 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 74 · Lizard Man · David James Poissant · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v54 #11, November 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 108 · The Gunderson Prophecy · Sam Lipsyte · ss

Playboy [v54 #12, December 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 84 · Mute · Stephen King · nv

Playboy [v55 #1, January 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 70 · Blue Light · John Updike · ss

Playboy [v55 #2, February 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 88 · Holy Man · F. X. Toole · ss

Playboy [v55 #3, March 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 88 · The Cook · Tony D’Souza · ss

Playboy [v55 #4, April 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 64 · Wailing Shall Be in All Streets · Kurt Vonnegut · ar; details his formative experiences as a prisoner of war in Dresden. 88 · Charm City · Robert Stone · ss

Playboy [v55 #5, May 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 70 · In Old Moab · Ron Carlson · ss

Playboy [v55 #6, June 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 80 · Paradigm Shift · Jane Smiley · ss

Playboy [v55 #7, July 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 94 · Nobody Move [Part 1 of 4] · Denis Johnson · n.

Playboy [v55 #8, August 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 98 · Nobody Move [Part 2 of 4] · Denis Johnson · n.

Playboy [v55 #9, September 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 100 · Nobody Move [Part 3 of 4] · Denis Johnson · n.

Playboy [v55 #10, October 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 90 · Haunted Classics · Gahan Wilson · ct 96 · Nobody Move [Part 4 of 4] · Denis Johnson · n.

Playboy [v55 #11, November 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 102 · The Wraith · J. Robert Lennon · ss

Playboy [v55 #12, December 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 112 · Comic Heroes · Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Lethem, Walter Mosley & Jodi Picoult · ar; four comics-influenced authors describe their devotion to their favorite superheroes. 136 · Blood’s a Rover · James Ellroy · ex

Playboy [v56 #1, January 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 78 · In His Own Woods · Scott Turow · ss

Playboy [v56 #2, February 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 72 · Helpless Little Things · Jess Walter · ss

Playboy [v56 #3, March 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 76 · The World’s Fastest White Woman · Jim Harrison · ss

Playboy [v56 #4, April 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 56 · The Hilliker Curse [Part 1 of 4] · James Ellroy · bg 72 · The Last Bachelor · Jay McInerney · ss

Playboy [v56 #5, May 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 68 · Minotaur · Jim Shepard · ss

Playboy [v56 #6, June 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 48 · The Hilliker Curse [Part 2 of 4] · James Ellroy · bg 82 · Lovely Rita · Maile Meloy · ss

Playboy [v56 #7, July/August 2009] ed. Hugh Hefner (166pp, quarto) [] Jimmy Jellinek, Editorial Director. Details supplied by Todd Mason. 46 · Future Tense: A Symposium on the New American Landscape: _46 · The Age of the Bottleneck · Margaret Atwood · ar _47 · A Vulnerable World · Edwidge Danticat · ar _48 · Car Fuel of the Future · T. Boone Pickens · ar _48 · The New American Diplomacy · Ishmael Reed · ar _49 · The Cosmos · Martin Rees · ar _49 · The Future of Sex · Chip Rowe · ar _50 · The Queen of Convergence: Olivia Munn · [uncredited] · iv _52 · A World Without Borders · Reza Aslan · ar _52 · The Future Will Be Cooked Medium Rare · Seth McFarlane · ar 56 · Farenheit 451 · Ray Bradbury & Tim Hamilton · ex Hill and Wang, 2009 79 · “She really has taken quite a liking to you!” · Gahan Wilson · ct 123 · Cell Mates · Roberto Bolaño · ss; illustrated by Andrea Ventura

Playboy [v56 #8, September 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 48 · The Hilliker Curse [Part 3 of 4] · James Ellroy · bg 76 · Confido · Kurt Vonnegut · ss

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