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The First Five Star Western Series Corral ed. Vicki Piekarski (Five Star 0786218487, May 2000, $21.95, 236pp, hc)

• The Mystery Dogs • Fred Grove • ss Antæus #25 ’77
• For the Good of the Service • Tim Champlin • ss
• So Wild, So Free • T. T. Flynn • ss
• Night Ride • Peter Dawson • ss
• Wild Challenge • Robert Easton • ss Argosy Feb ’52
• Day of the Dedication • Cliff Farrell • ss
• “Give-a-Damn” Jones • Bill Pronzini • ss
• The Last Ride of Gunplay Maxwell • Stephen Overholser • ss
• Ruby’s Cape • Jane Candia Coleman • ss
• His Personal Prisoner • Les Savage, Jr. • ss Argosy Oct ’48
• Horse Tradin’ • Rita Cleary • ss
• A Question of Faith • Ray Hogan • ss
• Eagles Over Crooked Creek • Max Brand • ss
• Favorite Son • Cynthia Haseloff • ss
Westward the Women: An Anthology of Western Stories by Women ed. Vicki Piekarski (University of New Mexico Press 0-826-31063-X, Jun ’88, $13.95, 179pp, tp); Contents from Amazon.com.

• On the Divide • Willa Cather • ss
• The Wash-Tub Mail • Gertrude Atherton • ss
• The Last Antelope • Mary Austin • ss Atlantic Monthly Jul ’03
• When the Cook Fell Ill • B. M. Bower • ss
• The Vine • Mari Sandoz • ss
• Mister Death and the Redheaded Woman • Helen Eustis • ss
• Lost Sister • Dorothy M. Johnson • ss Colliers Mar 30 ’56
• Geranium House • Peggy Simson Curry • ss, 1959
• The Promise of the Fruit • Ann Ahlswede • ss
• The Deep Valley • Lucia Moore • ss
• The Outsider • Juanita Brooks • ss
• Yellow Woman • Leslie Silko • ss, 1974
Famous Short Stories ed. Frank C. Platt (NEL, 1966, 5/-, pb); Signet/NAL. Anthology of stories from Liberty magazine. [TM]

7 • Pearls • Philip Wylie • vi Liberty Magazine, 1929
9 • Checkmate • Samuel W. Taylor • vi
11 • Spotlight • Budd Schulberg • vi Liberty Magazine Nov 19 ’38
14 • Me and Nine Hundred Dollars • Oscar Schisgall • vi
16 • The Dancing Mouse • Howell N. White, Jr. • ss
19 • Homestretch • Lyle Robertson • ss
22 • The Road to Valley Forge • Peggy Van Der Goltz • ss
25 • A Dowry for Willie • Albert N. Williams • ss
30 • Ace High • Ned Tomlinson • vi Liberty Magazine Jan 23 ’32
33 • Scared to Life • Olga Rosmanith • vi Liberty Magazine Oct ’47
36 • “Thou Shalt Not Kill” • Channing Pollock • vi
38 • Let ’Em Eat Fruitcake • Sid Schumann • ss
42 • A Cup of Water • Albert Payson Terhune • ss
46 • Back in Town • Frederick Nebel • ss Liberty Magazine Oct ’48
49 • Short Drink • Ray Nafziger • ss Liberty Magazine Jan 2 ’43
52 • Exit for a Hero • Gerald Mygatt • ss
56 • Begin Again • John D. MacDonald • vi Liberty Magazine Nov ’47
60 • Cards Don’t Lie • B. Virginia Lee • ss
63 • Athlete’s Heart • Ernest Lehman • ss
67 • Luncheon Alfresco • J. I. Lawrence • vi
69 • A Man Who Had No Eyes • MacKinlay Kantor • ss
72 • Crybaby • John McClain • ss
74 • Up Jumped the Devil • Guy Gilpatric • ss
77 • Wilmer Jackson and the Levitator • John Gillick • ss
79 • Jedediah Meets His Master • Odgers T. Gurnee • ss
83 • Snake Dance • Corey Ford • vi Liberty Magazine, 1934
85 • Released from Chancery • Llewellyn Hughes • ss
87 • Aunt Minnie and the Accessory After the Fact • Samuel Hopkins Adams • ss Liberty Magazine, 1945
93 • In Character • Richard Connell • vi Liberty Magazine Oct 5 ’35
95 • The Bright Eyes of Danger • Donald Barr Chidsey • ss Liberty Magazine May 13 ’39
98 • Rich Man • Everett Rhodes Castle • nf Liberty Magazine Apr 26 ’41
100 • No Holds Barred • F. R. Buckley • ss
103 • Easy Money • George S. Brooks • ss
106 • Off Side • Howard Breslin • vi Liberty Magazine Dec 10 ’38
108 • The Green Moustache • Frank Bonham • ss
112 • A Good Little Feature • M. C. Blackman • ss
114 • Bedtime Story • Phyllis Duganne • ss
117 • The Lion Roared • Virginia Eiseman • ss Liberty Magazine May 27 ’44
122 • Initiation • Burton Rascoe • ss
125 • The Jackknife • T. F. Healey • ss
129 • Scarecrow • Paul Jones • ss
131 • The Perfect Murder • Roy L. Mangum • ss
134 • The Man from Liberty Street • Paul MacNamara • ss
139 • The Second Bottle • James Ronald • ss Liberty Magazine, 1945
Yellow Silk: Erotic Arts and Letters ed. Lily Pond & Richard Russo (Harmony Books 0-517-58736-X, 1990, $10.00, 296pp, tp); Associational collection.

ii • Perfect One • Stephen John Phillips • il Yellow Silk
xiii • List of Illustrations • Misc. Material • ms
xv • Preface: The Magazine • Lily Pond • pr
xix • Introduction • Richard A. Russo • in
1 • Dancing • Dan May • il Yellow Silk
2 • How It Feels #11 • Roberta Werdinger • pm Yellow Silk
2 • Your Crotch in the Morning After Making Love All Night After Not Seeing You For All Summer Haiku • Jeffrey Wilson • pm Yellow Silk
3 • There Are Flowers for Everyone in These Hills • Gina Covina • ss The City of Hermits, Gina Covina, Barn Owl Books, 1983
6 • Poem • Roberta Werdinger • pm Yellow Silk
7 • Untitled • Serge Kantorowicz • il Yellow Silk
8 • after reading John Updike’s poem entitled “Cunts” • Sarah Brown Weitzman • pm Yellow Silk
10 • The Dozen Kisses • C. M. Decarnin • ss Yellow Silk
16 • speak of it • Jane Underwood • pm Yellow Silk
19 • That Night • Michael Leu • il Yellow Silk
20 • Fiona McNair • Cerridwen Fallingstar • ss Yellow Silk
23 • California Rainman • Arlene Stone • pm Yellow Silk
25 • Untitled • Jeannie Kamins • il Yellow Silk
26 • The Ravisher • Charles Semones • pm Yellow Silk
27 • Dancing with Lucha • Geoffrey Fox • ss Yellow Silk
41 • How Aliens Survive on this Planet (Why Mother and I Garden) • Bonnie Roberts • pm Yellow Silk
43 • Untitled • Sandra Russell Clark • il Yellow Silk
44 • My Lovemaking Is Autobiographical • Bonnie Roberts • pm Yellow Silk
45 • Tea with Rita • Sarah Randolph • pm Yellow Silk
47 • Jewel of the Moon • William Kotzwinkle • ss Jewel of the Moon, Putnam, 1985
62 • Sleeping with Cats • Marge Piercy • pm My Mother’s Body, Knopf, 1985
63 • Goodnight Ladies • Elaine Perry • pm Yellow Silk
65 • Has the Blond a Buddha Nature? No. • Paul Castagna • il Yellow Silk
66 • The Missionaries Explore Central Asia • Noel Peattie • pm Yellow Silk
68 • In the Last Year of Childhood • D. Nurkse • pm Yellow Silk
68 • Home from the Fair • D. Nurkse • pm Yellow Silk
69 • Do You Know the Facts of Life? (Quiz) • Lynn Luria-Sukenick • ss Yellow Silk
81 • Garden in the Rain • Mayumi Oda • il Yellow Silk
82 • The Cone of Fire • Mary Mackey • ss Yellow Silk
85 • The Bridge • Peter E. Murphy • pm Yellow Silk
86 • Orchid Flight • John Minczeski • pm Yellow Silk
87 • Backyard Lyric • Leslie Adrienne Miller • pm Yellow Silk
89 • Please Don’t Go #9 • Elli Crocker • il Yellow Silk
90 • At the End of Summer • Carolyn Miller • pm Yellow Silk
92 • She Does the Red Dress Dance • Regina O’Melveny • pm Yellow Silk
93 • Ghost Dance • Carole Maso • ss Yellow Silk
109 • (Nineteenth Century Japanese Print) • Shunga • il Yellow Silk
110 • Bestiality • Rebecca Meketa • pm Yellow Silk
111 • Indigo’s Marvelous Moment • Ntozake Shange • vi Sassafras, Cypress & Indigo, St. Martin’s Press, 1982
113 • Skin Diver • Mary Mackey • pm Yellow Silk
115 • Don’t Start Something You Can’t Finish • Mary Mackey • pm Yellow Silk
118 • China • Dorianne Laux • pm Yellow Silk
119 • Polyester Lovers • Phoebe Palmer • il Yellow Silk
120 • Srngararasa: In the Erotic Mood • Steve Kowit • pm Yellow Silk
122 • Augustine’s Last Days • Lance Olsen • ss Yellow Silk
132 • Because I Am Tactful and Lewd • Rick Kempa • pm Yellow Silk
133 • LoveSong • Mikhail Horowitz • pm Yellow Silk
135 • Portsmouth Morning • Sigmund Abeles • il Yellow Silk
136 • Percolation • Jane Hirshfield • pm Yellow Silk
137 • The Moon in Rice Wine • Lily Pond • ss Yellow Silk
145 • 1973 • Jane Hirshfield • pm Yellow Silk
147 • Untitled • Sandra Russell Clark • il Yellow Silk
148 • Then • Marilyn Hacker • pm Yellow Silk
150 • Saturday Morning • Marilyn Hacker • pm Love, Death, and the Changing of the Seasons, Arbor House, 1986
151 • City of Men • Donald Rawley • pm Yellow Silk
156 • At the Cinema (After Fernando Arrabal) • David Fisher • pm Yellow Silk
157 • Ann • David Fisher • pm Yellow Silk
159 • Untitled • Gary Epting • il Yellow Silk
160 • The Thanatotic Prejudice • Mary Mackey • ss Yellow Silk
163 • Estelle’s Death • Peggy Roggenbuck • ss Yellow Silk
175 • Untitled • Harry Weisburd • il Yellow Silk
176 • Dawn Song: Her • W. A. Fahey • pm Yellow Silk
177 • I Give You • Anita Endrezze • pm Yellow Silk
179 • The Island of the Mapmaker’s Wife • Marilyn Sides • ss Yellow Silk Dec ’88
195 • China Sparklers • Miriam Dyak • pm Yellow Silk
197 • Yellow Silk cover, issue 8 • Mayumi Oda • il Yellow Silk
198 • Thesme and the Ghayrog [Majipoor] • Robert Silverberg • ex Majipoor Chronicles, Arbor House, 1982
206 • Thank You Very Much for the Last Time • Ray Clark Dickson • pm Yellow Silk
208 • A Short History of Sex • Gary Soto • ss Yellow Silk
211 • Untitled • Stephen John Phillips • il Yellow Silk
212 • Magic • Steven DaGama • pm Yellow Silk
212 • Winter Riddle • Steven DaGama • pm Yellow Silk
213 • Cynthia • Susan St. Aubin • ss Yellow Silk
226 • Sunday Morning • Steven DaGama • pm Yellow Silk
227 • Jewelweed • Gina Covina • il Yellow Silk
228 • Mother the Flesh • Wanda Coleman • pm Yellow Silk
230 • Son Days • Roberta Swann • ss Gargoyle #20 /#21 ’82
234 • Mother & Child • Roberta Swann • ss Yellow Silk
237 • Sleeping Lovers • Sigmund Abeles • il Yellow Silk
238 • This Can Happen When You’re Married • Karen Chase • pm Yellow Silk
239 • Life with the Brain • Joy Tremewan • ss Yellow Silk
245 • Africa: Headwrappers • Betty LaDuke • il Yellow Silk
246 • Ravished on a Bed of Roses, Sky by Fragonard • Carole Chambers • pm Yellow Silk
247 • Seedbed • Noelle Caskey • pm Yellow Silk
248 • The Zulu Warrior • Jane Underwood • ss Yellow Silk
259 • Grenada: Brief Flowering • Betty LaDuke • il Yellow Silk
260 • After Love-making • Jeffery Beam • pm Yellow Silk
260 • Organic Gardening • Ira Wood • ss Yellow Silk
264 • A Good Sign • Ronald Baatz • pm Yellow Silk
267 • Dream of Picasso • Judy Dater • il Yellow Silk
268 • Januscz • Elaine Perez Zickler • ss Yellow Silk
281 • Woman Inside the Woman • Ivan Argüelles • pm Yellow Silk
283 • Nudes #25 • Michael Rosen • il Yellow Silk
285 • Notes on the Contributors • Misc. Material • bg
Retro Retro: fictional flashbacks ed. Amy Prior (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-644-6, Jun 2000, £8.99, x+242pp, tp, cover by Martin O’Neill, Alex Williamson & Keenan); Original/reprint mainstream anthology of 16 stories, including some of genre interest: authors include Kenworthy, Oates, Royle, and Tony White with a “Jerry Cornelius” tale.

vii • Introduction • Amy Prior • in
1 • Future Tense • Brett Ellen Brock • ss *
17 • Glitter • Pagan Kennedy • ss *
35 • His Helpmate • Cris Mazza • ss *
49 • A Love of Watches • Tobias Hill • ss W - The Waterstone’s Magazine #13 ’98
59 • Strand Used Books 1956 • Joyce Carol Oates • ss *
71 • A Taste of the East • Bidisha • ss *
81 • Empty Boxes • Nicholas Royle • ss *
97 • The Death of Blonde • Christopher Kenworthy • ss *
117 • The Jet-Set Girls [Jerry Cornelius] • Tony White • ss *
133 • Mr Pharmacist • Susan Corrigan • ss *
145 • The Stock Exchange • Matthew de Abaitua • nv *
175 • Let’s Go [from Not Her Real Name] • Emily Perkins • ex Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1996
191 • Miss Shima • Amy Prior • ss *
205 • Doko Ni Iki Mas Ka • Emily Hammond • ss *
225 • Rosa • Eleanor Knight • ss *
235 • At the Estate Auction • Lucy Corin • ss *
239 • Notes on Contributors • Misc. Material • bg
The Western Hall of Fame ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Morrow, 1984, 376pp, hc)

• The Blue Hotel • Stephen Crane • nv Colliers Nov 26, 1898
• The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County • Mark Twain • ss, 1867
• The Outcasts of Poker Flat • Bret Harte • ss Overland Monthly Jan, 1869
• An Afternoon Miracle • O. Henry • ss Everybody’s Magazine Jul ’02
• Tappan’s Burro • Zane Grey • nv Ladies Home Journal Jun ’23
• Wine on the Desert • Max Brand • ss This Week Jun 7 ’36
• Stage to Lordsburg • Ernest Haycox • ss Colliers Apr 10 ’37
• A Day in Town • Ernest Haycox • ss Colliers Jan 1 ’38
• The Indian Well • Walter Van Tilburg Clark • ss
• A Man Called Horse • Dorothy M. Johnson • ss Colliers Jan 7 ’50
• Outlaw Trail • S. Omar Barker • ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 3 ’59
• Blood on the Sun • Thomas Thompson • ss The American Magazine, 1954
• Stubby Pringle’s Christmas • Jack Schaefer • ss
• The Winter of His Life • Lewis B. Patten • ss
• Isley’s Stranger • Clay Fisher • ss
• Lost Sister • Dorothy M. Johnson • ss Colliers Mar 30 ’56
• Paso Por Aqui • Eugene Manlove Rhodes • ss The Saturday Evening Post Feb 27 ’26
Wild Westerns: Stories from the Grand Old Pulps ed. Bill Pronzini (Walker, 1986, xii+214pp, hc); [DKL]

ix • Introduction • Bill Pronzini • in
1 • The Laughter of Slim Malone • Max Brand • ss All-Story Weekly Jun 14 ’19
15 • Hopalong Sits In [Hopalong Cassidy] • Clarence E. Mulford • nv Short Stories, 1929
43 • Doan Whispers • William MacLeod Raine • ss Short Stories, 1932
48 • Swindle at Piute Sink • Luke Short • nv Western Story Magazine, 1939
73 • Lawyer Two-Fist • Wayne D. Overholser • ss Western Story Magazine, 1939
86 • Enough Gold • W. Ryerson Johnson • ss Western Story Magazine, 1939
105 • I.O.U.—One Bullet • Dan Cushman • ss Lariat Story Magazine May ’46
118 • Vigilante [“Swing Your Pardner High!”] • H. A. DeRosso • ss New Western Magazine, 1938
131 • A Wollopin’ Good Chew [“Follow the Signpost to Hell”] • Thomas Thompson • ss New Western Magazine, 1948
149 • Chivaree [“Lovely Little Liar”] • Frank Bonham • ss Star Western, 1951
161 • Dangerous Orders • Les Savage, Jr. • ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine Apr ’51
178 • Law of the Hunted Ones • Elmore Leonard • nv Western Story Magazine Dec ’52
Christmas Fairy Tales ed. Neil Philip (Little Brown UK 0-316-87836-7, Sep ’96, £15.99, 140pp, hc, cover by Isabelle Brent); Juvenile collection of 13 stories. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.

13 • Introduction • Neil Philip • in
17 • Book of Fairy Tales • Hans Christian Andersen • ss; Retold by Neil Philip.
28 • Christmas Cuckoo • Frances Browne • ss
47 • The Nutcracker • E. T. A. Hoffman • ss; Retold by Neil Philip.
58 • Father Christmas and the Carpenter [from Mrs Pepperpot Again] • Alf Prøysen • ex
65 • Why the Sea Is Salt • Norwegian Folktale; trans. by George Webbe Dasent • ss
71 • Poor Count’s Christmas • Frank Stockton • ss St. Nicholas Magazine Dec, 1881/Jan 1882
89 • Babushka and the Three Wise Men • Russian Legend • vi, 1962; Retold by Norah Montgomerie in To Read and to Tell.
92 • The Fir Tree • Hans Christian Andersen • ss; Retold by Neil Philip.
103 • Schnitzle, Schnotzle, and Schnootzle [from The Long Christmas] • Ruth Sawyer • ex, 1941
110 • The Best That Life Has to Give • Howard Pyle • ss
123 • The Story of a Cat • Mary de Morgan • ss
135 • The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree • Hans Christian Andersen • ss; Retold by Neil Philip.
Other People’s Mail: An Anthology of Letter Stories ed. Gail Pool (University of Missouri Press 0-826-21246-8, Jan 2000, $16.95, 288pp, tp); Contents from Amazon.com.

• Introduction • Gail Pool • in
• A Wilderness Station • Alice Munro • ss New Yorker Apr 27 ’92
• Letters from the Samantha • Mark Helprin • ss New Yorker Jan 5 ’76
• The Death of Bed Number 12 • Ghassan Kanafani • ss
• Evil Star • Ray Russell • ss The Paris Review, 1976
• The Rise and Fall of Mortimer Scrivens • A. A. Milne • ss
• Man of Letters • Stephen Dixon • ss
• False Lights • Gail Godwin • ss Esquire Jan ’75
• Simple Arithmetic • Virginia Moricone • ss Transatlantic Review Spr ’63
• Quitting Smoking • Reginald McKnight • ss
• Correspondence • Donna Kline • ss
• Water • Torgny Lindgren • ss
• Peter’s Buddies • Michael Carson • ss
• Back on April Eleventh • Hubert Aquin • ss
• Letter to a Young Lady in Paris • Julio Cortázar • ss End of the Game and Other Stories, Random House, 1967
• Letter from His Father • Nadine Gordimer • ss, 1984
• A Letter from Home • Doris Lessing • ss
• Auschwitz, Our Home (A Letter) • Tadeusz Borowski • ss
• Additional Readings: Recommended Letter Stories • Misc. Material • ms
Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Arbor House 0-87795-410-0, 1982, 455pp, hc); Revised from Great Tales of the West (Galahad 1982).

• The Vengeance of Padre Arroyo • Gertrude Atherton • ss, 1902
• The Weight of Obligation • Rex Beach • ss, 1982
• Ananias Green • B. M. Bower • ss, 1910
• Dust Storm • Max Brand • ss Colliers Apr 3 ’37
• Hired Gun • William R. Cox • ss Argosy, 1951
• The Blue Hotel • Stephen Crane • nv Colliers Nov 26, 1898
• The Trap • Clay Fisher • ss, 1962
• Due Process [“All Legal and Proper”] • Steve Frazee • ss EQMM Mar ’60
• Riverboat Fighter • Brian Garfield • ss They Opened the West, ed. Tom W. Blackburn, Doubleday, 1967
• From Missouri • Zane Grey • nv McCall’s Aug ’26
• First Principal • A. B. Guthrie, Jr. • ss Gunsmoke, 1953
• How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar • Bret Harte • ss, 1902
• High Wind • Ernest Haycox • ss, 1934
• The Reformation of Calliope • O. Henry • ss
• Science at Heart’s Desire [Dan Anderson] • Emerson Hough • ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 1 ’04
• Snowblind • Evan Hunter • ss Gunsmoke Aug ’53
• The Woman at Apache Wells [“Lobo Loot”] • John Jakes • ss Max Brand’s Western Magazine Sep ’52
• I Woke Up Wicked • Dorothy M. Johnson • ss, 1955
• The Gift of Cochise • Louis L’Amour • ss Colliers Jul 5 ’52
• The Boy Who Smiled • Elmore Leonard • ss Gunsmoke Jun ’53
• All Gold Canyon • Jack London • nv The Century Nov ’05
• The Hold-Up • Clarence E. Mulford • ss, 1913
• Rainbow Captive • Stephen Overholser • ss Antæus #25 ’77
• The Patriarch of Gunsight Flat • Wayne D. Overholser • ss Blue Book Jun ’50
• The Hanging Man • Bill Pronzini • ss EQMM Aug 12 ’81
• Last Warning • William MacLeod Raine • ss Short Stories Jan 10 ’43
• The Trouble Man • Eugene Manlove Rhodes • ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 20 ’09
• Sergeant Houck • Jack Schaefer • ss Colliers Jul 14 ’51
• Top Hand • Luke Short • ss The Saturday Evening Post, 1943
• Buck Fanshaw’s Funeral • Mark Twain • ss
• The Honk-Honk Breed • Stewart Edward White • ss Everybody’s Magazine Jul ’07
• Timberline • Owen Wister • ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 7 ’08
• Sweet Cactus Wine • Marcia Muller • ss *

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