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Stories in Light and Shadow ed. Anon. (Budapest: Lantos, 1923, 78pp, pb); [Endre]

3 • The Eye of Apollo [Father Brown] • G. K. Chesterton • ss Cassell’s Mar ’11
25 • The Black Veil • Charles Dickens • ss Sketches by Boz, Macrone, 1836
39 • Ready for Sea • Jerome K. Jerome • ss
52 • A Restless Night • Mark Twain • ss
60 • A Dog in Church • Marl Twain • ss
65 • The Window • Barry Pain • ss
69 • Tact • Barry Pain • ss
74 • Out of It • Barry Pain • ss
Sons of the Empire ed. Anon. (London: John F. Shaw & Co., 1903, hc); Heavily illustrated by a variety of artists: H. Hervey, George Soper, J. Littler and others. Made up from two previously published volumes, The Battle and the Breeze and For Fame and Fortune, both published by John H. Shaw in 1902. [RB]

• Part I: The Battle and the Breeze
5 • A Western Custom • Walter Foster • ss
11 • A Fight for a Wife • W. C. Metcalfe • ss
16 • The Sword of the Carews • Duncan MacLaren • ss
33 • To the Rescue • George Griffith • ss
48 • Treveleyan’s Daring • V. L. Going • ss
56 • The Trapper’s Discovery • Duncan MacLaren • ss
61 • The Last Creek • John Mackie • ss
69 • In the Good Old Days • Dr. Gordon Stables, R.N. • ss
83 • A Donkey-Boy of Cairo • Lieut-Colonel John Macgregor • ss
92 • Saved from Wolves • Anon. • ss
96 • The Holder of the Grange • Edward Tebbutt • ss
106 • The Lion’s Prey • Duncan MacLaren • ss
108 • Nearly - but not Quite So • Anon. • ss
112 • The Peril of Two • George G. Farquhar • ss
117 • A Good-for-Nothing • Mabel Mackintosh • ss
123 • At the Bottom of the Sea: A Christmas Adventure • Alec G. Pearson • ss
• Part II: For Fame and Fortune
5 • When Charlie Reigned in Holyrood • Edward Tebbutt • ss
14 • How Sparkes Unearthed an Inheritance • H. Hervey • ss
25 • The Pirate Pe-Ta-Yang • Dr. Gordon Stables, R.N. • ss
33 • The Secret of the Idol • R. Murray Graydon • ss
40 • The Baby of the 40th Dragoons • Duncan MacLaren • ss
45 • A Tale of Moresby Manor • Duncan MacLaren • ss
48 • Across the Viaduct • W. Lloyd Summers, B.A. • ss
55 • Out into the Night • F. Eastwood • ss
68 • How Sparkes “Bagged” a Tiger • H. Hervey • ss
75 • Fame and Fortune • W. C. Metcalfe • ss
85 • When Greek Meets Greek • Horace Irving • ss
91 • Marjorie of the Grange • Duncan MacLaren • ss
96 • A Bold Buccaneer • L. P. Moore • ss
100 • Overheard • Duncan MacLaren • ss
103 • The Eagle’s Eggs • Anon. • ss
107 • Ayesha’s Pilgrimage • Anon. • ss
110 • A Small Malignant • Arthur King • ss
117 • The Sacred Chain • W. C. Metcalfe • ss
128 • Caught by a Snake • Anon. • ss
Tales and Fantasies ed. Anon. (Budapest: Lantos, 1923, 80pp, pb); [Endre]

4 • A Pair of Gloves • Charles Collins • ss
12 • The Sofa • Charles Collins • ss
18 • The Sexton • Charles Dickens • ss
34 • The Butterfly • Rudyard Kipling • ss
48 • The Masque of the Red Death • Edgar Allan Poe • ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May, 1842
57 • Silence [“Siope. A Fable”] • Edgar Allan Poe • ss The Baltimore Book, 1838
62 • The Star • H. G. Wells • ss The Graphic Christmas, 1897
Tales for Travellers Collection 1 ed. Anon. (Penton Overseas Publishing 1-56015-625-2, 1997, $12.95, pb); Anthology of 12 stories, each one printed individually in the format of a brochure.

• Parson’s Pleasure • Roald Dahl • nv Esquire Apr ’58
• The Conversion of the Jews • Philip Roth • ss The Paris Review Spr ’58
• The Treasure • W. Somerset Maugham • ss
• Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor • John Cheever • ss New Yorker Dec 24 ’49
• The Doll’s House • Katherine Mansfield • ss The Nation Feb 4 ’22
• Miss Brill • Katherine Mansfield • ss, 1922
• Going Home • William Trevor • ss
• The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky • Stephen Crane • nv Scribner’s Jun, 1897
• A Christmas Memory • Truman Capote • ss, 1956
• Roman Fever • Edith Wharton • ss Liberty Magazine Nov 10 ’34
• The Peaches • Dylan Thomas • ss
• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • Ambrose Bierce • ss San Francisco Examiner Jul 13, 1890
• The Gardener • Rudyard Kipling • ss McCall’s Apr ’26
Tales for Travellers Collection 2 ed. Anon. (Penton Overseas Publishing 1-56015-626-0, 1997, $12.95, pb); Anthology of 12 stories, each one printed individually in the format of a brochure.

• The Lottery • Shirley Jackson • ss New Yorker Jun 26 ’48
• The Magic Barrel • Bernard Malamud • ss The Paris Review Nov-Dec ’54
• Tennessee’s Partner • Bret Harte • ss Overland Monthly Oct, 1869
• The Outcasts of Poker Flat • Bret Harte • ss Overland Monthly Jan, 1869
• Blue Murder • Wilbur Daniel Steele • nv Harper’s Oct ’25
• My Oedipus Complex • Frank O’Connor • ss Magpie Sep ’51
• “Tickets, Please!” • D. H. Lawrence • ss The Strand Apr ’19
• The Interlopers • Saki • ss The Bystander Jan 17 ’12
• The Open Window • Saki • ss The Westminster Gazette Nov 18 ’11
• The Spree • V. S. Pritchett • ss Playboy Dec ’73
• Lady with Lapdog • Anton Chekhov • ss
• A & P • John Updike • ss
• Should Wizard Hit Mommy? • John Updike • ss
• Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? • Joyce Carol Oates • ss Epoch Fll ’66
• Everything That Rises Must Converge • Flannery O’Connor • ss New World Writing #19, NAL, 1961
Tales for Travellers Collection 3 ed. Anon. (Penton Overseas Publishing 1-56015-627-9, 1997, $12.95, pb); Anthology of 12 stories, each one printed individually in the format of a brochure.

• How Mr. Hogan Robbed a Bank • John Steinbeck • ss Atlantic Monthly Mar ’56
• Seven Say You Can Hear Corn Grow • Kay Boyle • ss
• The Hitch-Hiker • Roald Dahl • ss Atlantic Monthly Jul ’77
• A Couple of Hamburgers • James Thurber • ss
• The Catbird Seat • James Thurber • ss New Yorker Nov 14 ’42
• The Tennis Court • William Trevor • ss
• A Bit of Singing and Dancing • Susan Hill • ss
• The Strength of God • Sherwood Anderson • ss Masses Aug ’16
• The Teacher • Sherwood Anderson • ss
• The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] • A. Conan Doyle • nv The Strand Aug, 1891
• The Vertical Ladder • William Sansom • ss Good Housekeeping Nov ’46
• Mamma Mia • William Sansom • ss Argosy (UK) Jan ’67
• The Most Dangerous Game • Richard Connell • nv Colliers Jan 19 ’24
• Sex Education • Dorothy Canfield • ss The Yale Review Win ’46
• To Build a Fire • Jack London • ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 ’02
Tales for Travellers Collection 4 ed. Anon. (Penton Overseas Publishing 1-56015-628-7, 1997, $12.95, pb); Anthology of 12 stories, each one printed individually in the format of a brochure.

• The Drunkard • Frank O’Connor • ss
• The Storm • McKnight Malmar • ss Good Housekeeping Feb ’44
• The Third Party • Jack London • ss
• The Girls in Their Summer Dresses • Irwin Shaw • ss New Yorker
• Mixed Doubles • Irwin Shaw • ss
• Revelation • Flannery O’Connor • ss The Sewanee Review Spr ’64
• The Spinoza of Market Street • Isaac Bashevis Singer • ss Esquire Oct ’61
• Why Haven’t You Written? • Nadine Gordimer • ss
• Bliss • Katherine Mansfield • ss, 1920
• A Dedicated Man • Elizabeth Taylor • ss
• A Walk to the Jetty • Jamaica Kincaid • ss New Yorker Nov 5 ’84
• The Horse Dealer’s Daughter • D. H. Lawrence • ss The English Review, 1923
• Uncle Fred Flits By • P. G. Wodehouse • nv The Red Book Magazine Jul ’35
Ten of the Best Short Stories of the Last Ten Years ed. Anon. (New York: Hearst Magazines, Inc., 1940, free, 48pp, 6"x9" pb); Gray and black cover with red highlights; no internal illustrations. “These stories have appeared in Cosmopolitan during the last ten years, and are bound together in this book as a gift to you from your newsdealer and with the compliments of Cosmopolitan Magazine. This book is not for sale, and there are no more copies available.” [RB]

3 • The Eyes Had It • Faith Baldwin • ss Cosmopolitan Apr ’33
12 • Mr. Charles • Donald Hough • ss Cosmopolitan Jan ’39
15 • The Old Demon • Pearl S. Buck • ss Cosmopolitan Feb ’39
21 • Later • Michael Foster • ss Cosmopolitan Nov ’38
23 • Never Again • Adela Rogers St. Johns • ss Cosmopolitan Apr ’34
29 • 9 Minutes • Agnes Rumsey & Jack Goodman • ss Cosmopolitan Nov ’39
31 • He Was My Friend • Joseph Laurance Marx • ss Cosmopolitan Oct ’39
35 • Dorothy Dresses for Dinner • Mary Roberts Rinehart • ss Cosmopolitan Jan ’40
41 • A Dog’s Life • John Kent • ss Cosmopolitan Nov ’39
45 • First Dip • Dorothy Kilgallen • ss Cosmopolitan Jul ’39
Thirteen Good Stories from Old and New ed. Anon. (Boston: Old and New Office, 1873?, hc)

• Devil Puzzlers • Fred B. Perkins • ss Old and New Aug, 1871
• The Improvisatore and the Heeler • Fred W. Loring • ss Old and New
• Two Princes • E. E. Hale • ss Old and New
• In the Wide Wide World • Theodor Federhorn • ss Old and New; trans. from Swedish.
• Rebecca’s Ma • Fred Loring • ss Old and New
• What Happened to the Khan and the Poor Man’s Son • Anon. • ss Old and New
• The Companion of Paradise • Henry A. Miles • ss Old and New
• A Tartar Fairy Tale • Anon. • ss Old and New
• Spoons in a Wherry • Mark Sibley Severance • ss Old and New
• Waveline • Annie Moore • ss Old and New
• A Night of Terror • Mrs. S. De Ponte • ss Old and New
Through the Forbidden Gates and Other Stories [possibly by Herman Umbstaetter] ed. Anon. (Boston: The Shortstory Publishing Co., 1903, 248pp, pb); Green and red cover, white highlights; no ills. [RB]

5 • Through the Forbidden Gates • Carroll Carrington • nv The Black Cat Oct ’00; $200.00 prize.
23 • Margaret Kelly’s Wake • S. C. Brean • ss The Black Cat Jan ’01; $500.00 prize.
39 • A Celestial Crime • Charles Stuart Pratt • ss The Black Cat Dec, 1897; $1000.00 prize.
56 • For the Sake of Lize • C. B. Lewis • ss The Black Cat Jan ’02; $500.00 prize.
64 • The Music of Money • Newt. Newkirk • ss The Black Cat Sep ’00; $100.00 prize.
69 • The Diamond Drill and Mary • H. J. W. Dam • ss The Black Cat Nov ’00; $150.00 prize.
81 • Hans Kremler’s Anniversary • Elisabeth F. Dye • ss The Black Cat Dec ’00; $300.00 prize.
93 • The Vase of the Mikado • A. Ernest B. Lane • ss The Black Cat Dec ’00; $150.00 prize.
107 • On Pigeon River • Jeanie Drake • ss The Black Cat May, 1899; $250.00 prize.
119 • The Smile of Joss • William J. Neidig • ss The Black Cat Feb ’01; $200.00 prize.
127 • The King of the Subdivision • James O’Shaughnessy • ss The Black Cat Jun ’01; $150.00 prize.
142 • The Pillow of Justice • E. S. Innet • ss The Black Cat Nov, 1898; $500.00 prize.
157 • The Lost Jurisdiction • Ellis Meredith • ss The Black Cat Oct, 1898; $250.00 prize.
172 • The Diary of a White Kaffir • James O. Fagan • ss The Black Cat Sep, 1899; $500.00 prize.
182 • The Statement of Jared Johnson • Geraldine Bonner • ss The Black Cat Jun, 1899; $350.00 prize.
197 • The Levitation of Jacob • Clifford Howard • ss The Black Cat Sep ’00; $200.00 prize.
209 • The White Brick • F. E. Chase • ss The Black Cat Jan ’00; $1000.00 prize.
219 • When Time Turned • Ethel Watts Mumford • ss The Black Cat Jan ’01; $125.00 prize.
227 • The Family Skeleton’s Wedding Journey • Annie Fellows Johnston • ss The Black Cat May ’01; $125.00 prize.
240 • Missing • Mary Boardman Sheldon • ss The Black Cat Sep ’00; $100.00 prize.
A Time-Travel Christmas ed. Anon. (Love Spell 0-505-51912-7, Nov ’93, $4.99, 443pp, pb)

5 • The Christmas Portrait • Megan Daniel • na *
127 • The Spirit of Things to Come • Vivian Knight-Jenkins • na *
233 • The Ghost of Christmas Past • Eugenia Riley • na *
347 • Twelfth Night • Flora Speer • na *
Timeless ed. Anon. (Berkley 0-425-13701-5, May ’94, $4.99, 263pp, pb); [BG]

1 • A Midsummer Day’s Dream • Linda Lael Miller • na *
71 • Lovers of the Golden Drum • Diana Bane • na *
137 • Out of Time • Anna Jennet • na *
195 • Echoes of Love • Elaine Crawford • na *
Timeless Autumn ed. Anon. (Zebra/Kensington 0-8217-6312-1, Sep ’99, $5.99, 380pp, pb); [BG]

7 • The Colors of Autumn • Carol Finch • na *
131 • Autumn Lover • Kathryn Fox • na *
239 • An Autumn Bouquet • Linda Madl • na *
Timeless Spring ed. Anon. (Zebra/Kensington 0-8217-6148-X, Mar ’99, $5.50, 349pp, pb); [BG]

7 • Beyond the Call • Sandra Davidson • na *
125 • Chances Are • Lisa Plumley • na *
231 • Come the Spring • Cynthia Thomason • na *
Timeless Summer ed. Anon. (Zebra/Kensington 0-821705053-4, Aug ’95, $5.99, 383pp, pb); [BG]

7 • The Gift • Rosalyn Alsobrook • na *
69 • Whispers in the Night • Barbara Benedict • na *
145 • Lion’s Pride • Janice Bennett • na *
203 • Summertime Blues • Amy J. Fetzer • na *
255 • Leap of Faith • Katharine Kincaid • na *
309 • The Keeper of Time • Joan Overfield • na *
Timeless Winter ed. Anon. (Zebra/Kensington 0-8217-6438-1, Dec ’99, $5.99, 347pp, pb); [BG]

7 • Winter’s Bride • Sandra Davidson • na *
129 • A Cold Day in Paradise • Kathryn Hockett • na *
233 • Winter Song • Lisa Plumley • na *
Timeswept Brides ed. Anon. (Jove 0-515-11891-5, Jul ’96, $5.99, 343pp, pb); [BG]

1 • The Heirloom • Mary Balogh • na *
73 • A Dream Across Time • Constance O’Banyon • na *
154 • Man of Her Dreams • Virginia Brown • na *
261 • Bride’s Joy • Elda Minger • na *
Timeswept Summer ed. Anon. (Zebra/Kensington 0-8217-5949-3, Aug ’98, $5.99, 304pp, pb); [BG]

7 • Timeless Masquerade • Amy J. Fetzer • na *
127 • Mistress of Time • Joyce Carlow • na *
217 • Portraits in Time • Jean Wilson • na *
Transgressions: The Iowa anthology of innovative fiction ed. Anon. (University of Iowa Press 0877454744, Oct ’94, 268pp, hc); Contents list from Yahoo Books.

1 • Preface and Acknowledgments • Lee Montgomery • pr
2 • Introduction: Anywhere but Kansas • William H. Gass • in
10 • Before the Days of Dreaming • Kathy Acker • ss
25 • From a Work in Progress • George Angel • ss
28 • Closing Out the Visit • John Barth • ss
35 • Bright is Innocent • Jonathan Baumbach • ss
48 • The Spectacle • Mary Caponegro • ss
58 • The Best Things in Life • Lenora Champagne • ss The Iowa Review Spr/Sum ’94
69 • The New Thing • Robert Coover • ss
73 • Analogue • Susan Daitch • ss
80 • S & M • Jeffrey DeShell • ss
90 • from Phosphor in Dreamland • Rikki Ducornet • ss
96 • The Shade Man • Patricia Eakins • ss
106 • from EHMH: An Oceanic Romance • Patricia Eakins • ss
112 • Step-Mothers • Patricia Eakins • ss
122 • Emma Enters a Sentence of Elizabeth Bishop’s • William H. Gass • ss
128 • Circe • Laura Gerrity • ss
139 • Armand the Frog • John Hawkes • ss
149 • The Man with the Arm • Lucy Hochman • ss
158 • from Swanny’s Ways • Steve Katz • ss
168 • Kalamazoo is Where Kalamazoo is • Janet Kauffman • ss
172 • And Variation • Jim Krusoe • ss
175 • Sausage • Stacey Levine • ss
186 • Works from the War between Houses and Wind • Ben Marcus • ss
190 • Your Name Here _______________ • Cris Mazza • ss
199 • Barbary Coast Nightworld • Julie Regan • ss
207 • from Grape Architect • Lou Robinson • ss
212 • The Burial of Count Orgasm • Ronald Sukenick • ss
229 • It Was a Great Marvel That He Was in the Father without Knowing Him (II) • David Foster Wallace • ss
244 • from Memories of My Father on T.V. • Curtis White • ss
256 • The Helpmeet • Diane Williams • ss
256 • An Argument for Staying the Same • Diane Williams • ss
257 • The Everlasting Sippers • Diane Williams • ss
258 • When Post-Realism (and the 1960s) Came to Iowa City: An Afterword • Robert F. Sayre • ss
265 • Notes on Contributors • Misc. Material • ss
Trick or Treat ed. Anon. (Love Spell 0-505-52220-9, Oct ’97, $5.99, 392pp, pb); [BG]

5 • Loving Spirits • Lark Eden • na *
109 • When Midnight Comes • Lori Handeland • na *
187 • The Shadow King • Stobie Piel • na *
295 • Cat Magic • Lynda Trent • na *
Under His Spell ed. Anon. (Zebra/Kensington 0-8217-5115-8, Oct ’95, $4.99, 380pp, pb); [BG]

7 • Wishes • Ellen Archer • na *
99 • Smoke and Mirrors • Stephanie Bartlett • na *
191 • Deja Vu • Christine Dorsey • na *
281 • The O’Madden • Lisa Ann Verge • na *
Valentine Wishes ed. Anon. (Zebra/Kensington 0-8217-5853-5, Feb ’98, $4.99, 236pp, pb); [BG]

7 • Lady Diana’s Courtship • Mona Gedney • na *
75 • Valentine from Venus • Cindy Holbrook • na *
167 • Cupid’s Ace • Jeanne Savery • na *
Veils of Time ed. Anon. (Berkley 0-425-16970-7, Jul ’99, $6.50, 389pp, pb, cover by Wendi Schneider); [BG]

1 • And the Groom Wore Tulle • Lynn Kurland • na *
99 • The Con and the Crusader • Maggie Shayne • na *
201 • A Bride Most Common • Angie Ray • na *
293 • Conyn’s Bride • Ingrid Weaver • na *
381 • Firebird • Janice Graham • ex *
Victorian Erotic Tales ed. Anon. (Michael O’Mara 1-85479-751-4, Oct ’95 [Dec ’95], £13.99, 246pp, hc, cover by Daniel Hernandez); Anthology of 12 novel excerpts, including one from Dracula.

1 • Eveline • Anon. • ex, 1843
7 • My Secret Life • Walter • ex, 18??
36 • Rosa Fielding [“Victim of Lust!”] • Anon. • ex, 1867
53 • Thèrése Raquin • Émile Zola • ex, 1867
60 • My Life and Loves • Frank Harris • ex, 1922
94 • Venus in India • Charles Devereaux • ex, 1889
116 • The Cremorne • Anon. • ex, 18??
138 • The Voluptuous Night • Anon. • ex, 17??
150 • Flossie • Anon. • ex, 18??
198 • The Perfumed Garden • Sir Richard Burton • ex, 1886
229 • Dracula [Dracula] • Bram Stoker • ex London: Constable, 1897; same passage as in Classic Erotic Tales, 1994.
232 • The Lustful Memoirs of a Young and Passionate Girl • Anon. • ex, 1904; same passage as in Classic Erotic Tales, 1994.

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