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Four Stories by American Women ed. Cynthia Griffin Wolff (Penguin Classic 0-14-039076-6, Nov ’90, $9.95, 240pp, tp); Contents from publisher’s catalog.

• Introduction • Cynthia Griffin Wolff • in
• Life in the Iron Mills • Rebecca Harding Davis • ss, 1861
• The Yellow Wallpaper • Charlotte Perkins Gilman • ss New England Magazine Jan, 1892
• The Country of the Pointed Firs • Sarah Orne Jewett • na Atlantic Monthly Jan, 1896 (+8)
• Souls Belated • Edith Wharton • nv Greater Inclination, Scribner, 1899
Best New American Voices 2000 ed. Tobias Wolff, John Kulka & Natalie Danford (Harvest Books 0-156-01322-3, Nov 2000, $14.00, 388pp, tp); Contents from Amazon.com.

• Preface • Misc. Material • pr
• Introduction • Tobias Wolff • in
• In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd • Ana Menendez • ss Zoetrope All-Story Spr ’99
• The B-Zone Open • Kate Small • ss
• Feathers on the Solar Wind • David Wood • ss
• Cat and Mouse • Lisa Metzgar • ss
• The Hatbox • Jennifer Vanderbes • ss
• The Tower Pig • Scott Antworth • ss
• Bike New York! • Merrill Feitell • ss
• The Girls • Ladette Randolph • ss
• The View • Monica Wesolowska • ss
• My Mother’s First Lover • Margo Rabb • ss Atlantic Monthly Nov ’98
• Video • Ame Shimon Tanaka • ss
• Closer Than You Think • Marlais Olmstead Brand • ss
• When the Nines Roll Over • David Benioff • ss Zoetrope All-Story Sum, 2000
• A Love Transaction • Maile Chapman • ss
• Aida South, Flower • Martha Otis • ss
• Ten Secrets of Beauty • Jason Coleman • ss
• Maedele • Gabriella Goliger • ss
• The Paperhanger • William Gay • ss Harper’s Feb, 2000
• The Doctor’s Wife • William Gay • ss
• The Child Who Went into the Abstract • William Gay • ss
• Tome • Maile Meloy • ss
• Cliff Gods of Acapulco • Adam Johnson • ss
• Contributors • Misc. Material • bg
• Participants • Misc. Material • bg
Writers Harvest 3 ed. Tobias Wolff (Delta 0-385-33377-3, Feb 2000, $12.95, 302pp, tp); Contents from Amazon.com.

• Foreword • Bill Shore • fw
• Introduction • Tobias Wolff • in
• Corporal Lewis • Andre Dubus • ss
• Out of the Woods • Chris Offutt • ss Esquire Dec ’93
• Extension • John Barth • ss
• The Blind Neighbor • Mary Gordon • ss
• Afternoon of the Sassanoa • Jason Brown • ss
• Debriefing • Frederick Busch • ss
• Desire Lines • Jacob Molyneux • ss
• Rodeo Patrol • Tim Gautreaux • ss
• The Photographer • Joyce Carol Oates • ss
• Caller I.D. • Thomas Beller • ss
• Stolen Horses • Barry Lopez • ss
• ‘Scuse Me, While I Kiss this Guy • Jim Shepard • ss
• The Holy Boys • Bridget Rohan Garrity • ss
• Cashmere Christmas • Ralph Lombreglia • ss
• 20 Burgers • Stewart O’Nan • ss
• Contributors • Misc. Material • bg
Let’s Go Naked ed. Donald A. Wollheim (Pyramid 196, 1956 [Jun ’98], 25c, 158pp, pb, cover by Ed Fisher); Reissue (Pyramid 1952) anthology of stories set in a nudist camp by authors such as H.E. Bates and Eric Frank Russell.

5 • Let’s Go Naked • Louis-Charles Royer • ss, 1932
18 • Over the Green Mountains • Erskine Caldwell • ss, 1931
27 • The Undraped Model • Earl Wilson • ss Pike’s Peek or Bust, 1946
31 • American Nocturne • Robert Whitehand • ss, 1935
41 • Love Cult in the Timber • Stewart H. Holbrook • ss, 1937
52 • Barefooted... Up to Her Chin • H. Allen Smith • ss Low Man on a Totem Pole, 1941
59 • Boy in the Birches • Mary Brinker Post • ss, 1934
64 • Josephine in the Flesh [from The Bishop’s Jaegers] • Thorne Smith • ex Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1932; chapter 17.
81 • The Revelation • H. E. Bates • ss, 1934
91 • Exposure • Eric Frank Russell • ss Astounding Jul ’50
116 • Among the Nudists [from In Search: An Autobiography] • Meyer Levin • ex, 1950
124 • Naked Lady • Mindret Lord • ss Weird Tales Sep ’34
140 • Baltic Night • Paul Morand • ss, 1923
Gunfight! Thirteen Western Stories ed. James C. Work (University of Nebraska Press 0803298048, Sep ’98, $10.00, 184pp, tp); Contents list from Yahoo Books.

• Introduction • James C. Work • in
2 • The Reformation of Calliope • O. Henry • ss
10 • Cowboys Who Have Mothers, Too • James C. Work • ar
14 • Hopalong Sits In [Hopalong Cassidy] • Clarence E. Mulford • nv Short Stories, 1929
34 • Heroes Who Never Saw a White Hat • James C. Work • ar
38 • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance • Dorothy Johnson • ss
52 • The Man Who Wanted to Be Nobody • James C. Work • ar
54 • Top Hand • Luke Short • ss The Saturday Evening Post, 1943
65 • The Defense of Freedom • James C. Work • ar
68 • The Tin Star • John M. Cunningham • ss Colliers Dec 6 ’47
82 • The Privilege behind the Badge • James C. Work • ar
86 • Massacre at Cottonwood Springs • Lewis B. Patten • ss
92 • Carnage in Fact and Fiction • James C. Work • ar
97 • The Last Shot • Frank O’Rourke • ss
108 • Fair Revenge, Western Style • James C. Work • ar
112 • The Guns of William Longley • Donald Hamilton • ss Iron Men and Silver Stars, Fawcett, 1967
125 • The Hanging That Didn’t Take • James C. Work • ar
128 • The Death of Sun • William Eastlake • ss Cosmopolitan Oct ’72
146 • A Shootout in the Sky • James C. Work • ar
150 • The Fastest Gun • Will Bryant • ss
155 • Quick Justice in the Old West • James C. Work • ar
158 • Cowboys • Gerald Haslam • ss
164 • The Old Code of the New West • James C. Work • ar
168 • Righteous Guns • Bill Pronzini • ss
172 • False Fronts and Real Lead • James C. Work • ar
174 • The Field • Mark Holden • ss
183 • Being Right and Being Wrong • James C. Work • ar
Winter’s Tales 22 ed. James Wright (St. Martin’s LCC# 55-13894, 1976, hc); [DKL]

7 • Editor’s Note • James Wright • pr
9 • At the King Edward Hotel • Joanna M. Glass • ss *
22 • A Murderer in the Cowshead • Margaret Bhatty • ss *
35 • Town and Country Lovers • Nadine Gordimer • nv *
60 • A Natural Death • Celia Dale • ss *
73 • The Rise and Fall of Bulky Baby, Guerrilla • Elizabeth Troop • ss *
89 • Via Dolorosa • Honor Tracy • ss *
105 • The Philosopher’s Stone • William Bloom • na *
Fetish: An Anthology ed. John Yau (Four Walls Eight Windows 1568581173, Oct ’98, $15.95, 232pp, tp); Contents list from Yahoo Books.

0 • Introduction • John Yau • in
3 • Call and No Response • Lynne Tillman • ss
5 • Wait Until Dark • Kevin Killian • ss
13 • Her First Bra [from A Body Chemical] • Cris Mazza • ex The Mammoth Book of International Erotica, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1996
23 • Love for $17.50 • Charles Bukowski • ss
29 • Solow • Lynn Crawford • ss
37 • Metempsychosis • Garrett Caples • ss
51 • Attention • Beth Nugent • ss
61 • Multiple Unit Dwelling • Albert Mobilio • ss
71 • The Chokecherry Tree • Marci Blackman • ss
79 • Tree Planting Ceremony • John Yau • ss
81 • from The Age of Wire and String • Ben Marcus • ex
85 • The Haile Selassie Funeral Train • Guy Davenport • ss
91 • F • Jessica Hagedorn • ss
95 • After He Bought a Dog • Robert Kelly • ss
99 • Problem, with Cherries • Robert Kelly • ss
103 • Jominy (An Art History) • Shelley Jackson • ss
119 • Body • Brian Evenson • ss
129 • The Feet of John Yau • Gordon Lish • ss
131 • Day of Darkness, Day of Sorrow • Dennis Barone • ss
135 • The Pornographers • Cybele Knowles • ss
137 • from Show Me the Good Parts • Kenneth Goldsmith • ex
143 • Sea Tang & Nino • Jeff Clark • ss
147 • The Honk of M’Joob • Rikki Ducornet • ss
151 • Mandrake • Rikki Ducornet • ss
153 • Tusk • Steve Aylett • ss *
157 • Votive: Chalice • Carole Maso • ss
165 • The Son, He Must Not Know • Michael Brodsky • ss
173 • The Substance • Dennis Barone • ss
177 • Snow White and the Seven Dicks • Janice Eidus • ss
185 • Baker Betterlaugh Today • A. G. Rizzoli • ss
193 • from The Sex Sphere • Rudy Rucker • ex
211 • Dear Mother • Harry Mathews • ss
215 • Absent • Beth Nugent • ss
219 • The Spray • Jonathan Lethem • ss *
225 • Poison Ivy • Eileen Myles • ss
229 • The Chinese Boy Who Lived Up to His Name • John Yau • ss
235 • Swallow • Laurie Weeks • ss
243 • This Is Nice of You • Gary Lutz • ss
255 • The Monitor • James Poniewozik • ss
269 • Crush • Wang Ping • ss
283 • Pages from Cold Point • Paul Bowles • ss
305 • Uppsala • Stacey Levine • ss
309 • Acknowledgements • Misc. Material • ms
313 • Authors’ Biographies • Misc. Material • bg
Shore Stories: An Anthology of the Jersey Shore ed. Richard Youmans (Down the Shore Pub. 0-945-58250-1, Jul ’98, $29.95, 351pp, hc); Contents from Amazon.com.

• Scheinman’s Deck • Wendy Patrice Williams • ss
• Long Branch, New Jersey • Robert Pinsky • ss
• Asbury Park • R. C. Ringer • ss
• A Day in the Life of Vincent Lucciola • J. F. Battaglia • ss
• The Northern Shore: photographs • Joe Paduano • pi
• Ringolevio • Dulcie Leimbach • ss
• The Jersey Shore: Three Essays and a Poem • Frank Finale • gp
• The Wooden Gauntlet • John Mahoney • ss
• Seaside Heights • Barbara O’Dair • ss
• Island Beach State Park: photographs • Gene Ahrens • pi
• Fisherman’s Wife • Josephine Lehman Thomas • ss
• At the Fishermen’s Bar • Sandy Gingras • ss
• Barnegat Light Commercial Fishing: photographs • Serge J-F. Levy • pi
• The Distant Edge of War • Margaret R. Thomas • ss
• The Finished Sound • Sandy Gingras • ss
• Beach Access • Bruce Novotny • ss
• A Strange Incident at Bond’s Hotel • John Bailey Lloyd • ss
• Woo • David C. Bruton • ss
• Long Beach Island in Winter: photographs • Ray Fisk • pi
• The Refuge • Stephen Dunn • ss
• Atlantic City Proof • Christopher Cook Gilmore • ss
• Black Boy • Kay Boyle • ss New Yorker
• from The Boardwalk • Robert Kotlowitz • ex
• Caveat Emptor • Barry Targan • ss
• Old Light • Barry Targan • ss Yankee Apr ’79
• Atlantic City: historical photographs from the collection of Robert E. Ruffolo, Jr. • Misc. Material • pi
• Atlantic City 1955 • Norman Paul Hyett • ss
• Two Atlantic City Poems • Rochelle Ratner • pm
• The Search for Marvin Gardens • John McPhee • ss
• Irregular Intervals • Anndee Hochman • ss
• Razing the Tenements in Atlantic City • Barbara Helfgott Hyett • ss
• Atlantic City • Lisa Walker • ss
• Voice from the Ocean • Joel A. Ensana • ss
• Atlantic City: photographs • Michael Baytoff • pi
• When Jerry Loves Jenny • Elayne Clif • ss
• Margie and Herb • Jane Elkington Wohl • ss
• The Elephant, Margate • John Grey • ss
• from Unto the Sons • Gay Talese • ex
• Killing Time • Therse Halscheid • ss
• Love • Claude F. Koch • ss
• The Southern Shore: photographs • Michael Baytoff & Donna Connor • pi
• Ashes to Ashes • Karen de Balbian Verster • ss
• Senior Week • Jason Wilson • ss
• Breakfast at th Wildwood Motel, 1996 • Peter E. Murphy • ss
• from Pride • William Wharton • ex
• A Tale of Two Hawkwatchers • Pete Dunne • ss
• Beach Glass Cape May Point • Karen Zaborowski • ss
Love Shook My Heart ed. Irene Zahava (Alyson 1-555-83404-3, Feb ’98, $11.95, 200pp, tp); Contents from Amazon.com.

• Switch • Carol Guess • ss
• Waiting for Marianne • Harlyn G. Aizley • ss
• At Frank’s • Tzivia Gover • ss
• First Love at Sweet Briar • Sally Miller Gearhart • ss
• Wood • Barbara Wilson • ss
• The Common Price of Passion • Jess Wells • ss
• Pasta Salad Made from Curled Noodles • Elissa Goldberg • ss
• The Girl Who Will Become a Dyke and the Boy Who Will Become a Fag Ponder the French Kiss • Judy MacLean • ss
• Becca and the Woman Prince • Carolyn Gage • ss
• If This Were... • Antonia Matthew • ss
• Swing Shift • Julia Willis • ss
• The View from Inside • Anne Seale • ss
• She Called Me Jules • Julie Mitchell • ss
• Shelling Peas • Merril Mushroom • ss
• Muffie’s Midnite Lounge, 1958 • Cathy Cockrell • ss
• Members of the Wedding • Judith Stein • ss
• Baby Pictures • Martha Clark Cummings • ss
• In Limbo • Deborah Schwartz • ss
• The Birthday Party • Uncumber • ss
• In the Heat of the Moment • Roey Thorpe • ss
• Teacher • Yvonne Fisher • ss
• Amour, Amour • Maureen Brady • ss
• In Case of Emergency • Anndee Hochman • ss
• Sand Slip Away • Pam McArthur • ss
The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination and Social Criticism [by Earl Kemp] ed. Anon. (Advent, Sep ’64 [Nov ’81], $1.95, 160pp, tp); Reprint (Advent 1959) critical book.

7 • Introduction • Basil Davenport • in *
17 • Science Fiction: Its Nature, Faults and Virtues • Robert A. Heinlein • ar *; based on a lecture delivered 8-Feb-1957 at University College, the University of Chicago.
64 • The Failure of the Science Fiction Novel as Social Criticism • C. M. Kornbluth • ar *; based on a lecture delivered 11-Jan-1957 at University College, the University of Chicago.
102 • Science Fiction and the Renaissance Man • Alfred Bester • ar *; based on a lecture delivered 22-Feb-1957 at University College, the University of Chicago.
126 • Imagination and Modern Social Criticism • Robert Bloch • ar *; based on a lecture delivered 8-Mar-1957 at University College, the University of Chicago.
156 • Index • Misc. Material • ix *
Experiment Perilous: Three Essays on Science Fiction [by Andrew Porter] ed. Anon. (Algol Press 0-916186-02-4, 1976 [Apr ’82], $2.50, 34pp, ph); Critical book. Three long articles from Algol, one from 1969 and two from 1972. Limited to 1000 copies.

7 • Experiment Perilous: The Art and Science of Anguish in Science Fiction • Marion Zimmer Bradley • ar Algol #19 ’72
21 • The ‘Bug Jack Barron’ Papers • Norman Spinrad • ar Algol #15 ’69
29 • Writing & ‘The Demolished Man’ • Alfred Bester • ar Algol May ’72
Exploring Cordwainer Smith [by Andrew Porter] ed. Anon. (Algol Press, 1977, $2.50, 36pp, ph); Associational/crime/horror/art/legends/non-fiction/occult/reference/thriller/western book. Limited to 1000 copies. [Cordwainer Smith]

• Introduction • John Bangsund • in
• Paul Linebarger • Arthur Burns • ar
• Cordwainer Smith • John Foyster • iv [Arthur Burns]
• I Am Joan & I Love You • Sandra Miesel • ar
• Chronology • Alice K. Turner • ms
• Bibliography • J. J. Pierce • bi
• Background • Misc. Material • ms
Fantasy Readers Guide: Number Two: The File on Ramsey Campbell ed. Michael Ashley (Cosmos Literary Agency, Mar ’80 [Oct ’93], no price, 60pp, ph); Collection of biographical and bibliographical pieces on, and by, Ramsey Campbell. [PSP]

3 • Unshackled from Shadow • Mike Ashley • ed *
7 • As Far As I Can Recall... • Ramsey Campbell • bg *
9 • Where It All Began [from The Princess and the Goblin] • George MacDonald • ex, 1870
11 • Before the Storm • Ramsey Campbell • ss *
16 • Ramsey Campbell: An Appreciation • T. E. D. Klein • ar Nyctalops #13 ’77
27 • Ramsey Campbell: Premier Stylist • Jack Sullivan • ar *
32 • Ramsey Campbell: An Editor’s Dream • Hugh Lamb • ar *
35 • The Gap • Ramsey Campbell • ss *
43 • The File on Ramsey Campbell • Mike Ashley • bi *
59 • Last Word - Or Rather, The Right Ones • Ramsey Campbell • ms *
61 • Feedback • The Readers • lt *
The Secret of the Universe Isaac Asimov (Oxford University Press 0-19-286144-1, Mar ’92, £6.99, 240pp, tp); Reprint (Doubleday 1991) collection of 17 essays from Fantasy and Science Fiction. [First U.K. edition]

xi • Introduction • Isaac Asimov • in
3 • Smashing the Sky • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Mar ’90
17 • A Change of Air • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Jun ’89
30 • The Changing Distance • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF May ’89
45 • The Moon’s Twin • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Apr ’89
59 • Worlds in Order • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Apr ’90
73 • The Nearest Star • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Oct ’89
86 • Massing the Sun • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Nov ’89
100 • What are Little Stars Made Of? • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Dec ’89
117 • The Importance of Pitch • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Jul ’89
131 • Long Ago and Far Away • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Aug ’89
144 • The Cosmic Lens • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Feb ’89
157 • The Secret of the Universe • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Mar ’89
173 • The Salt-Producers • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Jun ’90
187 • The True Rulers • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Sep ’89
201 • Hot, Cold, and Con Fusion • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Jan ’90
215 • Business as Usual • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF Feb ’90
228 • Just Say “No"? • Isaac Asimov • ar F&SF May ’90
The Issue at Hand William Atheling, Jr. (Advent 0-911682-17-1, Jul ’74, $2.25, 158pp, tp, cover by John Stopa); Reprint (Advent 1964) collection of critical essays.

1 • Introduction • James Blish • in
5 • Some Propositions [“Pro-Phile”] • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Skyhook Aut ’52
17 • Some Missing Rebuttals [“Pro-Phile”] • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Skyhook Win ’52
31 • Rebuttals, Token Punches, and Violence [“The Issue at Hand”] • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Skyhook Spr ’53
44 • A Sprig of Editors [“The Issue at Hand”] • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Skyhook Sum ’53
52 • Cathedrals in Space [“The Issue as Hand”] • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Skyhook Aut ’53
62 • Afterword to ‘Cathedrals in Space’ • William Atheling, Jr. • ms
65 • Another Case • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Xero Apr ’62 [Robert A. W. Lowndes]
68 • And Another • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Oct ’61 [Robert A. Heinlein]
80 • Negative Judgments: Swashbungling Series and Second Guessing [“The Issue at Hand”] • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Skyhook Aut ’53 (+1)
92 • One Completely Lousy Story, With Feetnote [“The Issue at Hand”] • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Skyhook Spr ’54
101 • Scattershot [“The Issue at Hand”] • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Skyhook Win ’54
108 • One Way Trip • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Jan ’62
114 • The Short Novel: Three Ranging Shots and Two Duds • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Jul ’62
125 • The Fens Revisited: “Said” Books and Incest • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Aug ’62
131 • An Answer of Sorts • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Sep ’63; speech at Discon: 21st World SF Convention, Washinton, 1963
138 • A Question of Content • William Atheling, Jr. • ar Sep ’60; Guest of Honour speech at 18th Worldcon in 1960
151 • Index • Misc. Material • ix

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