Miscellaneous Anthologies

Books, Listed by Author

PRONZINI, BILL, ed. (stories) (continued)

• * *A Treasury of World War II Stories (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Bonanza 0-517-467828, 1985, 755pp, hc, cover by Ruth Markiewicz) (Contents)
• * *The Warriors (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-12721-4; LCC# 85-90702, Sep ’85, $2.95, 243pp, pb) [Western] (Contents)
• * *The Western Hall of Fame (with Martin H. Greenberg) (William Morrow and Co. 0-688-02220-0, 1984, $17.95, 376pp, hc, cover by Terry Fehr) [Western] (Contents)
• * *Wild Westerns: Stories from the Grand Old Pulps (Walker 0-8027-4066-9, 1986, $14.95, xii+214pp, hc) [Western] [DKL] (Contents)

PROULX, E. ANNIE, ed. (1937- ) (stories)

• * *The Best American Short Stories 1997 (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-79865-5, Nov ’97, $13.00, 381pp, tp) Contents from Amazon.com. (Contents)

PTACEK, KATHRYN, ed.; [i.e., Kathryn Anne Ptacek Grant] (1952- )

• * *Women of the West: An Anthology of Short Stories by Contemporary Western Women Writers (Doubleday, 1990, hc) [Western] a Double D Western. (Contents)

PURDOM, THOMAS E(dward), ed. (1936- ) (stories)

• * *Adventures in Discovery (Doubleday 71-84394, 1969 [Oct ’95], $4.95, 182pp, hc) Collection of science fact articles by famous science fiction authors such as Isaac Asimov and John Brunner. [PSP] (Contents)

QUIRK, TOM, ed. (stories)

• * _The Portable American Realism Reader (with James Nagel) See entry under James Nagel.

RABKIN, ERIC S(tanley), ed. (1946- ) (stories)

• * *Stories: An Anthlogy and an Introduction (Longman 0-06-045327-3, 1994, $58.00, 1500pp, tp) (Contents)

RAFFEL, BURTON, ed. (1928- ) (stories)

• * *Signet Classic Book of American Short Stories (Signet Classic 0-451-52279-6, Jan ’90, $5.95, 560pp, tp) Contents from publisher’s catalog. (Contents)

RAINE, WILLIAM McLEOD, ed. (1871-1954) (stories)

• * *Western Stories (Dell, 1949, pb) [Western] Cover with woman whipping guy’s face. A Dell mapback. (Contents)

RALEIGH, ROBERT, ed. (stories)

• * *In Our Lovely Deseret: Mormon Fictions (Signature Books 1-560-85119-8, Apr ’98, $17.95, 300pp, hc) Contents from Amazon.com. (Contents)

RANDISI, ROBERT J(oseph), ed. (1951- ) (stories)

• * *Black Hats (Berkely, 2003, pb) [Western] (Contents)
• * *Boot Hill: An Anthology of the West (Tom Doherty, 2002, pb) [Western] (Contents)
• * *How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 (Durkin Hayes, 1996, au) [Western] Original audio anthology, read by George Kennedy. (Contents)
• * *How the West Was Read, Vol. 2 (Durkin Hayes, 1997, au) [Western] Original audio anthology read by Lee Marshall and Kitty Brooks. (Contents)
• * *Legend (Leisure, 1999, pb) [Western] Technically this is a “shared novel” but since each author wrote a self-contained story about the main character, each story set in a separate decade, this can also be considered an original anthology. Authors include Judy Alter, Jane Candia Coleman, Loren D. Estleman, Ed Gorman, Elmer Kelton, Robert J. Randisi, & James Reasoner.
• * *Lone Star Law (Pocket Books, 2005, pb) [Western] (Contents)
• * *Tin Star (Berkley 0-425-17405-0, Apr 2000, $5.99, 274pp, pb) [Western] Contents from Amazon.com. (Contents)
• * *White Hats (Berkley 0-425-18426-9, Apr 2002, $5.99, 258pp, pb) [Western] Original anthology of 16 western stories, two reprint. (Contents)

RANTAVAARA, IRMA, ed. (stories)

• * _Seven American Short Stories (with Helvi Hakulinen) See entry under Helvi Hakulinen.

RASCOE, BURTON, ed. (stories)

• * *The Smart Set Anthology (with Groff Conklin) (Reynal & Hitchcock no ISBN, 1934, no price, xlviii+844pp, hc) (Contents)

RAVENEL, SHANNON, ed.

• * _The Best American Short Stories 1978 (with Theodore Solotaroff) See entry under Theodore Solotaroff.
• * _The Best American Short Stories 1979 (with Joyce Carol Oates) See entry under Joyce Carol Oates.
• * _The Best American Short Stories 1981 (with Hortense Calisher) See entry under Hortense Calisher.
• * _The Best American Short Stories 1982 (with John C. Gardner) See entry under John C. Gardner
• * _The Best American Short Stories 1983 (with Anne Tyler) See entry under Anne Tyler.
• * _The Best American Short Stories 1984 (with John Updike) See entry under John Updike.
• * _The Best American Short Stories 1985 (with Gail Godwin) See entry under Gail Godwin.
• * _The Best American Short Stories 1986 (with Raymond Carver) See entry under Raymond Carver.
• * _The Best American Short Stories 1987 (with Ann Beattie) See entry under Ann Beattie.
• * _The Best American Short Stories 1988 (with Mark Helprin) See entry under Mark Helprin.
• * _The Best American Short Stories 1989 (with Margaret Atwood) See entry under Margaret Atwood.
• * *New Stories from the South: 1999 - The Year’s Best (Algonquin Books 1-565-12247-X, Sep ’99, $14.95, 312pp, tp) Contents from Amazon.com. (Contents)
• * *New Stories from the South: 2000 - The Year’s Best (Algonquin Books 1-565-12295-X, Sep 2000, $14.95, 320pp, tp) Contents from Amazon.com. (Contents)
• * *New Stories from the South: 2001 - The Year’s Best (Algonquin Books 1-565-12311-5, Sep 2001, $14.95, 346pp, tp) Contents from Amazon.com. (Contents)

RAY, CYRIL, ed. (stories)

• * *Cyril Ray’s Compleat Imbiber No.14 (Beaumont Books 1-871073-02-2, 1989, £14.95, 191pp, hc) [NB] (Contents)

READER’s DIGEST, EDITORS of, ed.

• * *The Best of the West, Volume II (Reader’s Digest, 1976, hc) [Western] Four condensed novels. (Contents)
• * *The Best of the West: A Treasury of Western Adventure (Reader’s Digest, 1976, hc) [Western] Selected and condensed by the editors of the Reader’s Digest. (Contents)
• * *Great British Short Stories (London: Reader’s Digest, 1974, 736pp, hc) A compendium of over sixty stories with a high proportion of ghost and strange stories. (Contents)
• * *Great British Short Stories (London: Reader’s Digest, 1974, 736pp, hc) A compendium of over sixty stories with a high proportion of ghost and strange stories. Items of interest include “The Amorous Ghost”, Enid Bagnold, “Running Wolf”, Algernon Blackwood, “The Demon Lover” Elizabeth Bowen, “A Terribly Strange Bed” Wilkie Collins, “The Brute” Joseph Conrad, “The Birds” Daphne Du Maurier, “The End of the Party” Graham Greene, “The Cotillon” L. P. Hartley, “August Heat”, W. F. Harvey, “The Ghost” Richard Hughes, “The Monkey’s Paw” W. W. Jacobs, “The Mezzotint” M. R. James, “The Rocking-Horse Winner” D. H. Lawrence, “The Open Window”, Saki, “The Sire de Malétroit’s Door” Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Man Who Could Work Miracles” H. G. Wells and “The Happy Prince” Oscar Wilde. (Contents)

REAMAN, MICKI, ed.

• * _A Line of Cutting Women (with Beverly McFarland & Teri Mae Rutledge) See entry under Beverly McFarland.

RECK, FRANKLIN M., ed. (stories)

• * *The American Boy Anthology (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1951, hc) (Contents)

REDMAN, CROSBY E., ed. (stories)

• * *Introduction to the Short Story (McCormick-Mathers Publishing Co., 1965, 280pp, tp) Each story is followed by sections called Questions and Comments, Word Study, and Composition. (Contents)
• * *Introduction to the Short Story (McCormick-Mathers Publishing Co. 0-800-91851-7, 1977, 281pp, tp) Each story is followed by sections called Questions and Comments, Word Study, and Composition. (Contents)

REED, ISHMAEL (Scott), ed. (1938- ) (stories)

• * *19 Necromancers from Now (Anchor A 743, 1970, $1.95, 369pp, tp) (Contents)

REID, MICHELLE, ed.

• * _Parietal Games: Critical Writings by and on M. John Harrison (with Mark Bould) See entry under Mark Bould.

RHYS, ERNEST (Percival), ed. (1859-1946)

• * *The Haunters and the Haunted (with M. Larigot) (London: D. O’Connor, 1921, 394pp, hc) 57 ghost stories including 40 from local legends and folk-lore. Only the non-fiction is listed. (Contents)

RIDOUT, ALAN (John), ed. (1934- )

• * *Sea (London: J. Murray 0719536642, 1980, 122pp, pb) The short story series. (Contents)

RIVERS, JAMES, ed. (stories)

• * *MacDonald Medley (with E. R. H. Harvey) (MacDonald no ISBN, 1945, no price, 246pp, hc) [PSP] (Contents)

ROBERTSON, ROBIN, ed.

• * *Firebird 3 (Penguin 0-14-006797-3, 1984, £3.50, 284pp, tp, cover by Andrew Davidson) Annual anthology of new writing. [PSP] (Contents)

ROBERTSON, WENDY, ed. (1941- ) (stories)

• * *Headlines: The Write Around Short Story Anthology (with Heather Bennett) (Write Around 1-899028-05-6, Oct ’94, £4.25, 75pp, tp, cover by Rebecca Bell & Fiona Midgeley) Anthology of original short stories, including several of genre interest. Available from Berwick Hills Library, Ormesby Rd, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, England. (Contents)

ROHY, VALERIE, ed. (stories)

• * _American Local Color Writing, 1880-1920 (with Elizabeth Ammons) See entry under Elizabeth Ammons.

ROSMOND, BABETTE, ed.; [i.e., Babette Rosmond Stone] (1921-1997)

• * *Seventeen from Seventeen (Macmillan, 1967, hc) (Contents)

ROSS, ROBERT L., ed. (stories)

• * *Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English: An Anthology (Garland 0815314310, Sep ’99, $75.00, 480pp, hc) Contents from Amazon.com. (Contents)

ROW, A. T., ed.

• * _Unbridled Spirits: Short Fiction About Women in the Old West (with Judy Alter) See entry under Judy Alter.

ROWELL, CHARLES H., ed. (stories)

• * _Shades: An Anthology of Fiction by Gay Men of African Descent (with Bruce Morrow) See entry under Bruce Morrow.

ROYLE, NICHOLAS (John), ed. (1963- ) (stories)

• * *A Book of Two Halves (Gollancz 0-575-06323-8, Sep ’96 [Mar ’97], £9.99, 288pp, tp) Anthology of 23 original stories and a selection of poems about football, most by genre authors. Several are SF or fantasy. [PSP] (Contents)
• * *Neonlit: Time Out Book of New Writing Vol. 1 (London: Quartet 0704380900, 1998, £7.00, 330pp, tp) Original anthology, design by Namara, illustrations by David Bray. (Contents)
• * *The Time Out Book of Paris Short Stories (Penguin 0-14-028121-5, Mar ’99 [May ’99], £6.99, xiv+194pp, tp) Original anthology of 17 stories, at least one being of genre interest. Authors include Kim Newman, Christopher Kenworthy, and Patricia Duncker. (Contents)

RUBENSTEIN, ROBERTA, ed.; [i.e., Roberta Rubenstein Larson] (1944- ) (stories)

• * *Worlds of Fiction (with Charles R. Larson) (MacMillan College Division 0-024-04185-8, Jan ’93, $60.00, 1472pp, tp) Contents from publisher’s catalog and Amazon.com. (Contents)

RUBINSKY, HOLLEY, ed.

• * *The Journey Prize Anthology 10 (McClelland & Stewart 0-771-04437-2, Mar ’99, $16.99, 208pp, tp) Contents from Amazon.com. (Contents)

RUSSELL, DON(ald Bert), ed. (1899-1986)

• * *Trails of the Iron Horse (Doubleday, 1975, hc) [Western] Non-fiction. 15 original articles on the railroads. (Contents)

RUSSO, RICHARD, ed. (stories)

• * _Yellow Silk: Erotic Arts and Letters (with Lily Pond) See entry under Lily Pond.

RUSSO, RICHARD A(nthony), ed. (1946- ) (stories)

• * *Dreams Are Wiser Than Men (North Atlantic 0-938190-94-6, Aug ’87, $14.95, 374pp, tp) Anthology of articles, poems, and stories about dreams, most surreal or fantastic, including five poems by Ursula K. Le Guin from Wild Angels. (Contents)

RUTLEDGE, TERI MAE, ed.

• * _A Line of Cutting Women (with Micki Reaman & Beverly McFarland) See entry under Beverly McFarland.

RYAN, KEVIN, ed.

• * *Tails of Terror (with Pamela Pollack) (Allen, TX: Big Red Chair Books 1-570-64480-2, 1999, 154pp, hc) The super adventures of Wishbone; #4. “On Halloween night, as the rest of the Talbot family sleeps, Wishbone imagines himself the hero of classic ghost stories as he chases a mysterious figure through the streets of Oakdale. (Contents)

SAMUDA, MIKE, ed.

• * *Western Stories (Ward Lock, 1979, hc) [Western] Juvenile anthology. Contents not known.

SCHAEFER, JACK (Warner), ed. (1907-1991) (stories)

• * _Out West (Transworld / Corgi, 1961, pb) [Western] British. Probably an abridgment of Schaefer’s Out West: A Western Omnibus. Reprinted Mayflower (Brit) (pb) 1965. Contents not known.
• * _Out West: A Western Omnibus (A. Deutsch, 1959, hc) [Western] British publication of Out West: An Anthology of Stories. Contents not known.
• * *Out West: An Anthology of Stories (Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1955, hc) [Western] (Contents)

SCHELD, ELIZABETH, ed. (stories)

• * *Designs in Fiction: Revised Edition (The Macmillan Co. 28358, 1968, 156pp, tp) Each story is followed by sections called Questions for discussion, Vocabulary growth, and For composition. (Contents)

SCHER, HELENE, trans. (stories)

• * *Four Romantic Tales from 19th Century German (Frederick Ungar 0-8044-6304-4, 1982, $4.95, 114pp, tp) (Contents)

SCHMITT, MIMI, ed.

• * _The Short Story: Plot Thickens (with Arthur Daigon) See entry under Arthur Daigon.

SCHNEIDERMAN, BETH KLINE, ed.

• * *By and About Women: An anthology of short fiction (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0155056654, Oct ’73, 337pp, hc) Contents from Yahoo Books. (Contents)

SCHORSCH, LAURENCE, ed.

• * *Evil Tales of Evil Things (Checkerboard Press 1-56288-407-7, 1993, $3.50, 127pp, tp) (Contents)

SCHULZ, THOMAS H., ed. (stories)

• * *Adam’s Best Fiction (Holloway House Publishing Co. HH-129, 1966, 95¢, 320pp, pb, cover by Harry Wysocki) (Contents)

SCHWARCZ, GLADYS, ed.

• * _The Haunted House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales (with Victoria Crume) See entry under Victoria Crume.

SCOGNAMIGLIO, JOHN, ed.

• * *Angel Love (Zebra/Kensington 0-8217-5375-4, Aug ’96, $4.99, 430pp, pb) [BG] (Contents)

SECHRIST, ELIZABETH HOUGH, ed. (stories)

• * *Heigh-Ho for Halloween! (Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1948, 240pp, hc) (Contents)

SEELYE, JOHN, ed. (stories)

• * *Stories of the Old West: Tales of the Mining Camp, Cavalry Troop, & Cattle Ranch (University of Oklahoma Press 0-806-13283-3, Oct 2000, $18.95, 512pp, hc) Contents from Amazon.com. (Contents)

SHARP, KERRI, ed. (stories)

• * *Wicked Words 4: A Black Lace short-story collection (Black Lace 0-352-33603-X, 2001, £6.99, ix+299pp, pb, cover by Emma Delves-Broughton) Anthology of 17 original erotic stories. [IC] (Contents)

SHAW, JOSEPH T(hompson), ed. (1874-1952)

• * *Spurs West! (PermaBooks, 1951, pb) [Western] Not to be confused with the WWA anthology of the same name, edited by S. Omar Barker, Doubleday, 1960. (Contents)

SHEINER, MARCY, ed. (stories)

• * *Herotica 5: A New Collection of Women’s Erotic Fiction (Plume 0-452-27812-0, Feb ’98, $13.95, 224pp, tp) Contents from Amazon.com. (Contents)