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Short Stories Magazine [v 1 # 3, February 1981] ed. John Ransley (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., 90p, 112pp, large digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

1 · Introduction · John Ransley · ed
4 · News · Misc. Material · ms
6 · New Books · Palisade · br
8 · Authors · Misc. Material · ms
9 · Letters · The Readers · lt
14 · Henry James’s Journeys into Authorship · Anon. · ar [Henry James]
17 · The Friends of the Friends [“The Way It Came”] · Henry James · nv Chap Book May, 1896
31 · Playing with Fire · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
35 · The Moose and Rusty Jones · Charles G. D. Roberts · ss (r)
40 · Sacre de Printemps · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Story Jun ’37
43 · Short Note to a Husband · Marcella Evaristi · ss
49 · The Vengeance Guns · George G. Gilman · ss
59 · Helping · Stephen Henry Whittell · ss
63 · Direct Approach · Tony Linton · ss
69 · The Third Eye · Robert W. Chambers · ss Police!!!, Appleton, 1915
83 · The Mystery of Room 666 [Garron] · Jacques Futrelle · ss The Story-Teller Aug ’10
93 · An Episode of War · Stephen Crane · ss (r)
97 · Directory · Misc. Material · ms
Short Stories Magazine [v 1 # 4, March 1981] ed. John Ransley (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., 90p, 112pp, large digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

1 · Introduction · John Ransley · ed
4 · News · Misc. Material · ms
6 · Letters · The Readers · lt
11 · New Books · Palisade · br
15 · Authors · Misc. Material · ms
16 · The Master of Grand Guignol · Peter Haining · ar [Gaston Leroux]; adapted from Haining’s introduction to The Gaston Leroux Bedside Companion
21 · In Letters of Fire · Gaston Leroux · ss The Strand Jun ’08
31 · The Box · Herb Greer · ss
35 · Snow Angel · Ann Wildman · ss
42 · The Genius of Sir Henry Rider Haggard · Peter Berresford Ellis · ar [H. Rider Haggard]
47 · Only a Dream [“The Wedding Gift”] · H. Rider Haggard · ss Harry Furniss’s Christmas Annual, 1905
51 · Cheque Mate · John Park · ss
57 · Girl on the Road · Louis Adamic · nv (r)
72 · The Torture by Hope · Villiers de l’Isle Adam · ss The Strand Jun, 1891; first published in French in Contes Cruels, 1883.
75 · Homing Jane · Ben Travers · ss (r)
83 · The House on the Rynek · Dermot Chesson Spence · ss Little Red Shoes, Williams & Norgate, 1937
89 · The Son’s Veto · Thomas Hardy · ss The Illustrated London News Dec 5, 1891
99 · Directory · Misc. Material · ms
Short Stories Magazine [v 1 # 5, April 1981] ed. John Ransley (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., 90p, 100pp, large digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

1 · Introduction · John Ransley · ed
4 · News · Misc. Material · ms
6 · Who Will Publish Your Short Story? · Lynn Corbyn · ar
14 · William Hope Hodgson: A Fearful Imagination · Peter Berresford Ellis · ar [William Hope Hodgson]
19 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss Blue Book Nov ’07
27 · The Bragado · A. F. Tschiffely · ss (r)
29 · The Dinner Party · Pauline Davies · ss
33 · The Visit · Denis McBride · ss
39 · The Lombardy Poplar · Mary Wilkins Freeman · ss Harper’s Bazaar Sep ’02
47 · A Tragic Honeymoon · G. R. Sims · ss My Two Wives, London, 1894
54 · I’m George - Buy Me · Ivor Smullen · ss
57 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, an, 1839, 1839
68 · The Selfish Giant · Oscar Wilde · ss The Happy Prince and Other Tales, London: David Nutt, 1888
71 · The Death of Doctor Watson [Sherlock Holmes] · Fred Partridge · ss
75 · Crewe · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury Jul ’29
89 · Directory · Misc. Material · ms
Short Stories Magazine [v 1 # 6, May 1981] ed. John Ransley (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., 90p, 96pp, large digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

1 · Introduction · John Ransley · ed
4 · News · Misc. Material · ms
6 · New Books · Palisade · br
11 · Authors · Misc. Material · ms
12 · Talbot Mundy · Peter Berresford Ellis · ar [Talbot Mundy]
17 · The Soul of a Regiment · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure Feb ’12
27 · The Cadaver of Bishop Louis · Frederick Cowles · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
34 · Ruins · Nigel Colborn · ss
39 · Bronze · W. M. Tidmarsh · ss
46 · The Puzzle That has Lasted 100 Years · Colin Fry & M. Jones · ar
49 · The Lady or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Nov, 1882
53 · Brickett Bottom · Amyas Northcote · ss In Ghostly Company, The Bodley Head, 1921
59 · Desiree’s Baby · Kate Chopin · ss, 1893; Bayou Folk, Houghton, 1894
63 · Lonnie Is My Friend · Ann Tyler · ss
69 · The Billiard Ball · Isaac Asimov · nv If Mar ’67
83 · Directory · Misc. Material · ms
Short Stories Magazine [v 1 # 7, June 1981] ed. John Ransley (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., 90p, 96pp, large digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 1 · Introduction · John Ransley · ed 4 · News · Misc. Material · ms 10 · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · Peter Berresford Ellis · ar [Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]; listed as “A Talent for Horror” in ToC 15 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine Dec, 1853 31 · Billy Thursday · Jon Strickland · ss 35 · June Blues · A. N. Carter · ss 45 · The Temple of Lior · Richard Howard · ss 55 · Doing Lennon · Gregory Benford · ss Analog Apr ’75 62 · David H. Keller: Pioneer of Modern SF · Mike Ashley · ar [David H. Keller] 64 · The Dead Woman · David H. Keller · ss Fantasy Magazine Apr ’34 69 · Riesenberg · Ford Madox Ford · nv The English Review Apr ’11 85 · Directory · Misc. Material · ms
Short Stories Magazine [v 1 # 8, July 1981] ed. John Ransley (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., 90p, 96pp, large digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 1 · Introduction · John Ransley · ed 4 · Authors · Misc. Material · bg 9 · John Creasey Remembered · Tom Bird · ar [John Creasey] 13 · Equation · Angela Wye · ss 17 · Aftermath · G. Phillips · ss 25 · The Ordeal of Dr. Trifulgas · Mike Ashley · ar [Jules Verne] 29 · Dr. Trifulgas · Jules Verne · ss The Strand Jul, 1892; allegedly appeared during 4-1885 in the USA; translated from the French (“Frritt-Flacc”, Le Figaro Illustré, 12-1884) 34 · When the Kissing Had to Start · Frank Gillman · ss 38 · A Little of Her Time · Julian Symons · ss; as ‘A Little Bit of Her Time’ on contents page 45 · Patchquote · Dick Chappell · qz 49 · No Way Home · Brian Lumley · ss F&SF Sep ’75 61 · Beggars · Susan George · ss 68 · Looking for Someone · Graham Kennedy · ss 76 · Flight of Fancy · Patricia Chown · ss 81 · Birthday · Catherine Gill · vi 85 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1866 93 · Dad’s Last Project · Paul Sherman · ss
Short Stories Magazine [v 1 # 9, August 1981] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., 90p, 96pp, large digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

4 · Authors · Misc. Material · ms
5 · Something About the Editor · Michael Nelson · ed
7 · The System · John Notley · ss
12 · Exhibit ’A’ · H. G. Battye · ss
17 · The Second Turning · Joan Herdman · ss
22 · A Little Light Reading · Peter Adams · vi
23 · Withdrawal · William Morrison-Bell · ss
30 · The Final Payment · Arthur A. Wilson · ss
33 · Butt’s Global Benefaction · Robin Brooks · ss
38 · The Watermeling Kid · Martin Horan · ss
41 · The Play’s The Thing · John Stoker · ss
49 · Sir Henry Blount (Born 1602. Traveller.) [from Brief Lives] · John Aubrey · ex (r)
54 · Good Morning, Miss Willis · Lauren Lucas · ss
57 · The Last Bus · J. M. Johnson-Smith · ss
61 · A Positive Success · Fiona MacGregor · ss
63 · Baby · Chris Walmsley · ss
65 · David’s Worm · Brian Lumley · ss Pulp, 1971
71 · The Decision Makers · Brian Stevenson · ss
75 · Old Times · Norman Moloney · ss
79 · Our Poet · Henry Stratton · ss
83 · The Speckled Band [“The Adventure of the Speckled Band”; Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Feb, 1892
Short Stories Magazine [v 1 #10, September 1981] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 80pp, 7" x 10") Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] 3 · Authors · Misc. Material · bg 5 · Letters · The Readers · lt 7 · The End of the Season · Pat Bince · ss 12 · At Death’s Door · Chris Middleton · ss 17 · A Regular Performance · Chris Butler · ss 20 · Mark of Suspicion · Joe Herkles · ss 23 · No Substance · Kathleen McBride · ss 27 · Asking for Trouble · George Rees · ss 30 · Harry’s Last Deal · Sidney Jennings · ss 35 · Poor Ossie Sharp · Hazel M. Wheeler · ss 39 · The Tempting of Mrs Foliage · Yetta Peterson · ss 43 · An Ordinary Mortal · Ron Sharpe · vi 45 · Blanc La Manche and Other Recipes for Travel Sickness · Peter Adams · ss 48 · Bums Along the Mohawk · D. C. McLoughlin · ss 55 · A Sunset in Soho · William Mars · ss 60 · When the Cat’s Away · Eleanor Rogers · vi 62 · Guess Who Came to Breakfast? · D. M. Priestley · ss 67 · Sustenance · Rosemary Stevens · ss 70 · Food for Thought · Misc. Material · cl 73 · La Grande Bretèche · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r)
Short Stories Magazine [v 1 #11, October 1981] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 80pp, 7" x 10") Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

3 · Authors · Misc. Material · ms
5 · Letters · The Readers · lt
7 · The Losing Game · C. C. Underwood · ss
10 · Three Entertainments · Jeffrey Bernard · gp; Pussies Galore, vi; Bliss, vi; Over and Out, vi
14 · Hospitality · Adel Jervaize · vi
15 · The Girl on the Seventh Floor · John F. Bennett · ss
19 · What Dark God? · Brian Lumley · ss Nameless Places, ed. Gerald W. Page, Arkham House, 1975
23 · The Horse as I Knew Him · G. de Fintry · ss
25 · His First Day · T. C. Kirby · ss
27 · Pantheon · James Preston · ss
35 · The Goodbye Thing · Pat Bince · ss
37 · The Lone Sin of Miss Sarah Please · Bill Jupe · ss
40 · The Widow of Ephesus [from The Satyricon, Rome, 60 A.D.] · Petronius · ex (r)
41 · Shoes and Pearls · Henry Stratton · ss
44 · Language Problems · Janet Shirley · ss
45 · As I Lay Dreaming · P. J. Slater · ss
52 · The Animal · M. J. Malcolm · ss
57 · Two Fishers · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Strand Apr, 1891; trans. from French.
61 · Finis · Frank Lillie Pollock · ss The Argosy Jun ’06
67 · United · David Bell · ss
69 · Terror in Black and White · V. M. Perry · ss
73 · Jerry Stokes · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Mar, 1891
78 · There’s a Man Who Came to Our House · Norman Harvey · ss
Short Stories Magazine [v 1 #12, November 1981] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 80pp, 7" x 10", cover by Robert Alexander Hillingford) Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] 3 · Authors · Misc. Material · bg 5 · Letters · The Readers · lt 7 · The Spoils of War · Carey Blyton · ss 11 · What Is Normal? · Steven Kirk Wilson · ss 21 · Food for Thought · Misc. Material · cl 22 · The Supreme Sacrifice · Graham Edwards · ss 25 · Uncle Baz · Agnes Higgitt · ss 29 · The Dream · Eleanor Rogers · ss 34 · The Healer · T. Marshall · ss 40 · Deidre Darling · Peter Adams · vi 41 · Moon’s Gibbet · Egerton Castle · ss (r) 47 · A Bloody Mess · Simon Hawk · vi 48 · As Good as a Rest · H. J. Warburton · ss 51 · I Hope You Won’t Read This · Harry Hearson · vi 52 · Cor, Strike a Light! · A. E. Dixon · vi 53 · Flight of Fancy · Anon. · vi 57 · East Woods · James Preston · ss 63 · Is There Paranoia After Death? · Les Munday · ss 66 · Perhaps · David Atkins · ss 69 · Returned Empty · Les Munday · ss 76 · Billy’s Girl · Gordon Woolliams · vi 77 · The Great Find of Monsieur Bretoncel · Champfleury · ss (r) Brief Lives: ___ 80 · Mr. Caisho Burroughs · John Aubrey · bg (r)
Short Stories Magazine [v 2 # 1, December 1981] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 80pp, 7" x 10") Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP]

2 · Authors · Misc. Material · bg
3 · New Books · Misc. Material · br
5 · Letters · The Readers · lt
7 · The Birthday Party · Paddy Bateson · ss
10 · A Midsummer Night’s Dream? · Mina Malcolm · ss
13 · Christmas Holiday · E. L. Torres · ss
15 · Temptation · Brian Gallacher · ss
19 · The Steck-Trokenbeer Affair · D. H. Taylor · vi
21 · The Mystery of the Thaxby Plough · D. H. Taylor · ss
25 · Mons. Cassecruche’s Inspiration · George Walter Thornbury · ss (r)
28 · Problem Child · Brian Lumley · ss Vampires, Werewolves and Other Monsters, ed. Roger Elwood, Curtis, 1974
30 · A Day in the Life of the Browns · Vera Haywood · vi
31 · All at Sea · Michael Beckett · ss
35 · The Job · John F. Baker · ss
38 · Hazel · John Escott · ss
42 · Dennis Haggarty’s Wife · William Makepeace Thackeray · ss The Fitz-Boodle Papers: and Men’s Wives, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857
50 · The Man Who Loved Pheasants · John Johnson · ss
54 · A Good Woman · W. L. Weaver · ss
57 · Fly by Night · Frank Speight · ss
62 · The Head-Man · Stan Vyner · ss
66 · A Meeting with the Devil · Neil Fletcher · vi
67 · The Man Who Knew Tomatoes · David Atkins · vi
69 · The Voice · Hazel M. Wheeler · ss
75 · Nightmare · Glenis Wilson · ss
78 · A Will to Win · Stuart Drinkwater · ss
Short Stories Magazine [v 2 # 2, January 1982] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 80pp, 7" x 10") [PSP] 2 · Authors · Misc. Material · bg 3 · New Books · Misc. Material · br 5 · Letters · The Readers · lt 8 · Suyani and My Friend · E. M. Slatter · ss 12 · The Pig · Colin Blackwood · ss 19 · Where Sanity Prevails · A. E. Dixon · ss 22 · You May Not Be an Angel · David Bell · ss 25 · Greetings from Melinda · John Thornham · ss 30 · Old Violet · Brian Bone · ss 33 · I’ve Seen It All Before · John Dench · ss 36 · The Monkey and the Queen’s Jewels · The Buddha · ss (r) 38 · Trial by Water · Jenny Cadas · ss 41 · Food for Thought · Misc. Material · cl 42 · Murphy · Derek Dunne · ss 45 · A Minor Miracle · David Bruce · ss 51 · The Beast of Albany Grove · Kenneth Allen · ss 54 · Armistice · Doreen Case · ss 57 · Nasty · Roy Bolitho · ss 59 · Garden of False Flowers · Ellen Miller · ss 63 · Is Anybody There? · Pauline Wood · vi 65 · The Collection · Margaret Maidment · vi 67 · Worth His Weight in Silver · Rupert Watts · vi 69 · Frank and Amy · David Atkins · ss 73 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia United States Saturday Post Aug 19, 1843 77 · The Beautiful People · Mary Kalugerovich · ss
Short Stories Magazine [v 2 # 3, February 1982] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 80pp, 7" x 10") [PSP]

2 · Authors · Misc. Material · bg
3 · Made to Measure · Peter A. Hough · ss
7 · The Casserole · Leslie Godfrey · vi
9 · Previous Encounter · Neal Anthony · ss
14 · Food for Thought · Misc. Material · ms
15 · On the Soup Run · John Hibberd · vi
17 · The Efficiency of Mrs Helmore · Harry Hearson · ss
21 · Professional Exit · David Bell · vi
23 · Once in a Blue Moon · Ian D. Carlin · vi
24 · Blacknest Lane · James Preston · ss
29 · A Horse of a Different Colour · David Walker · ss
i · The Rise and Fall of the British Lancer · Roy Butler · ar
33 · Epifanio’s Feast · John Bonett · vi
35 · Bill to Pay · John Bonett · vi
37 · Bliss · Katherine Mansfield · ss Bliss, and Other Stories, Constable, 1920
42 · A Tale from a Wrecker’s Yard · Colin Blackwood · ss
45 · Cyclamen Party · Henry Stratton · vi
47 · The Best Day of the Week · S. L. Lowndes · vi
49 · Mackintosh Willy · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows #2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979
55 · Chuckles of Last Summer · S. F. Hardy · ss
58 · Conquistador · Ian R. H. Abbot · ss
63 · Bubble ’n Squeak · Terry Court · vi
Short Stories Magazine [v 2 # 4, March/April 1982] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 60pp, 7" x 10") Details supplied by Mike Ashley. Announced as the final issue

2 · Authors · Misc. Material · ms
3 · Who Cares? · D. Walker · ss
11 · Eating Out · Michael Durrant · ss
14 · Silver Rider · Michael Durrant · ss
16 · Two Too · Michael Durrant · ss
18 · Spooked · Joe McNally · ss
20 · Duncan’s Bluff · Kevin Fromings · ss
25 · Chip off the Old Block · Brian Gallagher · ss
29 · Venetia Digby [from Brief Lives] · John Aubrey · ex (r)
30 · Pride Is No Substitute · L. D. Acaster · ss
33 · Nothing Doing · Eddie Moore · ss
37 · Bernie’s Ghost · Dora Doyle · ss
40 · The Final Take · Alan Buttery · ss
44 · The Sweetwater Incident · Stephen J. Williams · ss
49 · Cupid in the Cupboard · Yetta Peterson · ss
53 · Suspicion · Maurice Hill · ss
56 · Fairy Stories · Anjie Langcaster · ss
59 · Dreaming of a White Christmas · Llewellyn Thomas · ss

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