The FictionMags Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 2447

Playboy [v47 #12, December 2000] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 113 · The Scrotum Monologues · Jonathan Reynolds · ss 138 · The Sexual Life of Savages · Paul Theroux · ss

Playboy [v48 #1, January 2001] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 106 · Cruising Altitude · Chuck Palahniuk · ss 140 · The High School Sweetheart · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

Playboy [v48 #2, February 2001] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 90 · 1-900 · Richard Bausch · ss

Playboy [v48 #3, March 2001] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. · The Sparring Partner · Lucius Shepard · nv

Playboy [v48 #4, April 2001] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 120 · My Life in Heavy Metal · Steve Almond · ss

Playboy [v48 #5, May 2001] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 38 · Spectacles [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss

Playboy [v48 #6, June 2001] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 92 · The Other Side of Mulholland · Stephen Randall · ss

Playboy [v48 #7, July 2001] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 98 · Supertoys: Play Can Be So Deadly · Brian Aldiss · ss _ · Supertoys: What Fun to Be Reborn · Brian Aldiss · ss

Playboy [v48 #8, August 2001] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 90 · Motel · John Biguenet · ss

Playboy [v48 #9, September 2001] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 104 · Puzzle Man · Asa Baber · ss

Playboy [v48 #10, October 2001] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 94 · Fishboy · Matt McIntosh · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v48 #11, November 2001] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 92 · The Letterman · Alicia Erian · ss

Playboy [v48 #12, December 2001] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 94 · Blood Test · Andrew Vachss · ss 128 · How to Love a Republican · Steve Almond · ss

Playboy [v49 #1, January 2002] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · The Invisible Man · Robert Coover · ss 120 · Aiding and Abetting · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

Playboy [v49 #2, February 2002] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. · Reflections from the Black Lagoon · Jim Shepard · ss

Playboy [v49 #3, March 2002] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 104 · The Polyamorist · Gary S. Kadet · ss

Playboy [v49 #4, April 2002] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 70 · Pinky · Walter Mosley · ss

Playboy [v49 #5, May 2002] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 36 · Almost Perfect · Lawrence Block · ss

Playboy [v49 #6, June 2002] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · The Possibility of Love · Ethan Hauser · ss

Playboy [v49 #7, July 2002] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 112 · Sauce · Steve Almond · ss

Playboy [v49 #8, August 2002] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · A Day in the Country · John Weisman · ss

Playboy [v49 #9, September 2002] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 76 · The Personals · Ron Carlson · ss

Playboy [v49 #10, October 2002] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien from Table of Contents. 116 · Que-Linda Takes the Rite Aid · Morgan Atkins · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v49 #11, November 2002] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · Swallowing · Steve Amick · ss

Playboy [v49 #12, December 2002] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 94 · The Detective · Scott Turow · ss

Playboy [v50 #1, January 2003] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien from Table of Contents. 86 · Christmas Even [Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch] · Michael Connelly · ss revised from a story published on Connelly’s website c. 2001.

Playboy [v50 #2, February 2003] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 74 · Won’t Get Fooled Again · Jim Shepard · ss

Playboy [v50 #3, March 2003] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 88 · Guy · Sarah Arellano · ss

Playboy [v50 #4, April 2003] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 108 · Kid, Rock · Ethan Hauser · ss

Playboy [v50 #5, May 2003] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · Appropriate Sex · Steve Almond · ss

Playboy [v50 #6, June 2003] (quarto) [] no fiction.

Playboy [v50 #7, July 2003] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 76 · Joint Custody · Steve Amick · ss

Playboy [v50 #8, August 2003] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 72 · Jubilation · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss

Playboy [v50 #9, September 2003] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 126 · Tuba City · Joseph Kierland · ss

Playboy [v50 #10, October 2003] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 108 · 1% · Harding Young · ss; college fiction contest winner. · The Corpse That Lost Its Head · John Vermeulen · ss

Playboy [v50 #11, November 2003] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 108 · Dent Island · Pete Dexter · ss

Playboy [v50 #12, December 2003] ($7.99, 214pp, quarto) [] Details supplied by René Beaulieu. · Playbill · [uncredited] · bg 23 · Dear Playboy · The Readers · lc 41 · The Playboy Forum · The Readers · lc 46 · Books · [uncredited] · br 53 · The Great Playmate Hunt · [uncredited] · pi 71 · Playboy Interview: John Cusak · David Sheff · iv 78 · The Last Days of Jam Master Jay · Frank Owen · ar 98 · Playboy’s Christmas Gift Guide · [uncredited] · ar 102 · Olath · Ethan Coen · ss 106 · Sex in Cinema 2003 · [uncredited] · pi 114 · What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Howard Dean? · George McGovern · ar 122 · Playmate: Tele Twins · [uncredited] · pi 136 · Sexperiments II : Case Studies in Perversion · Chip Rowe · pi 150 · Playboy’s Annual Music Poll 2003 · [uncredited] · ar _ · Micheal Stipe Interview · [uncredited] · iv 156 · College Basketbll Preview · [uncredited] · ar 161 · Ceterfolds on Sex: Nicole Narain · [uncredited] · pi 162 · Daredevil Cocktails · Sarah Preston · ar 164 · Playboy’s 20 Questions—William H. Macy · Warren Kalbacker · iv 168 · Shannen Doherty · [uncredited] · pi 205 · Playmate News · [uncredited] · cl

Playboy [v51 #1, January 2004] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 104 · Loyalty · Scott Turow · nv 228 · All Along the Watchtower · Thom Jones · ss

Playboy [v51 #2, February 2004] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Todd Mason. 52 · Keep America from Voting Act · Ishmael Reed · es 72 · Destination Mars · Ray Bradbury · es 108 · Assignment in Havana · Bob Shacochis · ss

Playboy [v51 #3, March 2004] (172pp, quarto) [] Details supplied by Todd Mason. 76 · Guts · Chuck Palahniuk · ss; illustrated by [uncredited] 89 · “If he finds his glasses, we’re dead!” · Gahan Wilson · ct

Playboy [v51 #4, April 2004] (172pp, quarto) [] Details supplied by Todd Mason. 89 · Fear · E. L. Doctorow · es; illustrated by Janet Woolley; about government-fostered paranoia. 91 · “Of course, if they ever start to suspect all their TVs are watching them back, we may have problems” · Gahan Wilson · ct 109 · Yellow · Scott Smith · ss; illustrated by Jonathan Weiner

Playboy [v51 #5, May 2004] (164pp, quarto) [] Details supplied by Todd Mason. 85 · See You in Paradise · J. Robert Lennon · ss; illustrated by Istvan Banyai 113 · “It strikes me this book is pretty hard on wolves.” · Gahan Wilson · ct

Playboy [v51 #6, June 2004] (184pp, quarto) [] Details supplied by Todd Mason. 55 · One Nation, Under God, Divisible · Gore Vidal · es; illustrated by Richard Borge 56 · Gay Marriage: What’s in It for You? · Dan Savage · es 91 · “It’s not a good sign when cowboys start waving back to the cacti!” · Gahan Wilson · ct 99 · The Blind Man’s Wife · Paul Theroux · ss; illustrated by Nick Dewar

Playboy [v51 #7, July 2004] (174pp, quarto) [] Details supplied by Todd Mason. 84 · Powder · Thom Jones · ss; illustrated by Pat Andrea 88 · The Naked Page Project · Jonathan Safran Foer, et al. · ms; reader response to a challenge to do what they will with a blank page.

Playboy [v51 #8, August 2004] (164pp, quarto) [] Details supplied by Todd Mason. 83 · Up Against the Wall · T. C. Boyle · ss; illustrated by Phil Hale 105 · “I hate to say I told you so!” · Gahan Wilson · ct

Playboy [v51 #9, September 2004] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · Are Dreams Faster Than the Speed of Light · John Edgar Wideman · ss

Playboy [v51 #10, October 2004] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 94 · Aqua Velva Smitty · Sara Joan Berniker · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v51 #11, November 2004] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 84 · St. Mark’s Day · Rod Liddle · ss

Playboy [v51 #12, December 2004] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 130 · The Revenge of the Godfather · Mark Winegardner · ss 172 · The Old Badger Game · Annie Proulx · ss

Playboy [v52 #1, January 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · Digging Up Private Ryan · Christopher Buckley · ss 136 · Mom Descending a Staircase · Neil LaBute · ss

Playboy [v52 #2, February 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 100 · The Afterlife · Amy Hempel · ss

Playboy [v52 #3, March 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · Punchdrunk · Chuck Palahniuk · ss

Playboy [v52 #4, April 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 94 · The Swift Passage of the Animals · T. C. Boyle · ss

Playboy [v52 #5, May 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 108 · Foot Work · Chuck Palahniuk · ss

Playboy [v52 #6, June 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 98 · Suburban Jigsaw · Robert Coover · ss

Playboy [v52 #7, July 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 114 · The Fall · Bill Roorbach · ss

Playboy [v52 #8, August 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 80 · Weight of the Moon · Madison Smartt Bell · ss

Playboy [v52 #9, September 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 84 · The Fisherman and the Jinn · Robert Coover · ss

Playboy [v52 #10, October 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 74 · Statehood · Kevin A. González · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v52 #11, November 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · Harry and the Girl-Girl Scene · Glen David Gold · ss

Playboy [v52 #12, December 2005] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 72 · A Christmas Story: Three Quarters of the Way to Hell · T. C. Boyle · ss 144 · My Father’s War · Scott Turow · ss

Playboy [v53 #1, January 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 80 · German Lessons · John Updike · ss 120 · Professional Beauty · Jay McInerney · ss

Playboy [v53 #2, February 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 60 · An Exciting New Career in Medicine · Michelle Richmond · ss

Playboy [v53 #3, March 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 78 · Sogbo’s Wife · Tony D’Souza · ss

Playboy [v53 #4, April 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 66 · Sex with Esther · Michel Houellebecq · ss

Playboy [v53 #5, May 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 92 · Suicide Watch · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

Playboy [v53 #6, June 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 72 · Proactive Keller [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · ss

Playboy [v53 #7, July 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 66 · The Bad News · Margaret Atwood · vi Good Bones by Margaret Atwood, Coach House, 1992

Playboy [v53 #8, August 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 66 · Cul-de-Sac · J. Robert Lennon · ss

Playboy [v53 #9, September 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 74 · The Unlucky Mother of Aquiles Maldonado · T. C. Boyle · ss

Playboy [v53 #10, October 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 78 · Ozark Lake · Nick Connell · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v53 #11, November 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 84 · The Wisdom of the Doulas · Sam Lipsyte · ss

Playboy [v53 #12, December 2006] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 98 · Willa · Stephen King · nv

Playboy [v54 #1, January 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 78 · The Myth of Sisypha · Walter Mosley · ss

Playboy [v54 #2, February 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 62 · The Starlight on Idaho · Denis Johnson · ss

Playboy [v54 #3, March 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 104 · Zombie Dan · J. Robert Lennon · ss

Playboy [v54 #4, April 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 82 · The Third Sense · Nadine Gordimer · ss

Playboy [v54 #5, May 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 100 · Winter Storms · Edward Falco · ss

Playboy [v54 #6, June 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 76 · This Nib for Hire · Woody Allen · ss

Playboy [v54 #7, July 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 108 · State of the Union · Jamie Malanowski · ss

Playboy [v54 #8, August 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 88 · We Live in Water · Jess Walter · ss

Playboy [v54 #9, September 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 66 · A Mature Student · Tobias Wolff · ss

Playboy [v54 #10, October 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 74 · Lizard Man · David James Poissant · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v54 #11, November 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 108 · The Gunderson Prophecy · Sam Lipsyte · ss

Playboy [v54 #12, December 2007] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 84 · Mute · Stephen King · nv

Playboy [v55 #1, January 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 70 · Blue Light · John Updike · ss

Playboy [v55 #2, February 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 88 · Holy Man · F. X. Toole · ss

Playboy [v55 #3, March 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 88 · The Cook · Tony D’Souza · ss

Playboy [v55 #4, April 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 64 · Wailing Shall Be in All Streets · Kurt Vonnegut · ar; details his formative experiences as a prisoner of war in Dresden. 88 · Charm City · Robert Stone · ss

Playboy [v55 #5, May 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 70 · In Old Moab · Ron Carlson · ss

Playboy [v55 #6, June 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 80 · Paradigm Shift · Jane Smiley · ss

Playboy [v55 #7, July 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 94 · Nobody Move [Part 1 of 4] · Denis Johnson · n.

Playboy [v55 #8, August 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 98 · Nobody Move [Part 2 of 4] · Denis Johnson · n.

Playboy [v55 #9, September 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 100 · Nobody Move [Part 3 of 4] · Denis Johnson · n.

Playboy [v55 #10, October 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 90 · Haunted Classics · Gahan Wilson · ct 96 · Nobody Move [Part 4 of 4] · Denis Johnson · n.

Playboy [v55 #11, November 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 102 · The Wraith · J. Robert Lennon · ss

Playboy [v55 #12, December 2008] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 112 · Comic Heroes · Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Lethem, Walter Mosley & Jodi Picoult · ar; four comics-influenced authors describe their devotion to their favorite superheroes. 136 · Blood’s a Rover · James Ellroy · ex

Playboy [v56 #1, January 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 78 · In His Own Woods · Scott Turow · ss

Playboy [v56 #2, February 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 72 · Helpless Little Things · Jess Walter · ss

Playboy [v56 #3, March 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 76 · The World’s Fastest White Woman · Jim Harrison · ss

Playboy [v56 #4, April 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 56 · The Hilliker Curse [Part 1 of 4] · James Ellroy · bg 72 · The Last Bachelor · Jay McInerney · ss

Playboy [v56 #5, May 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 68 · Minotaur · Jim Shepard · ss

Playboy [v56 #6, June 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 48 · The Hilliker Curse [Part 2 of 4] · James Ellroy · bg 82 · Lovely Rita · Maile Meloy · ss

Playboy [v56 #7, July/August 2009] ed. Hugh Hefner (166pp, quarto) [] Jimmy Jellinek, Editorial Director. Details supplied by Todd Mason. 46 · Future Tense: A Symposium on the New American Landscape: _46 · The Age of the Bottleneck · Margaret Atwood · ar _47 · A Vulnerable World · Edwidge Danticat · ar _48 · Car Fuel of the Future · T. Boone Pickens · ar _48 · The New American Diplomacy · Ishmael Reed · ar _49 · The Cosmos · Martin Rees · ar _49 · The Future of Sex · Chip Rowe · ar _50 · The Queen of Convergence: Olivia Munn · [uncredited] · iv _52 · A World Without Borders · Reza Aslan · ar _52 · The Future Will Be Cooked Medium Rare · Seth McFarlane · ar 56 · Farenheit 451 · Ray Bradbury & Tim Hamilton · ex Hill and Wang, 2009 79 · “She really has taken quite a liking to you!” · Gahan Wilson · ct 123 · Cell Mates · Roberto Bolaño · ss; illustrated by Andrea Ventura

Playboy [v56 #8, September 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 48 · The Hilliker Curse [Part 3 of 4] · James Ellroy · bg 76 · Confido · Kurt Vonnegut · ss

Playboy [v56 #9, October 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 84 · Light, Sweet Crude · Christopher Feliciano Arnold · ss; college fiction contest winner. 108 · The Weird World of Gahan Wilson · Gahan Wilson · ct

Playboy [v56 #10, November 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 58 · The Bone Church · Stephen King · pm 64 · The Hilliker Curse [Part 4 of 4] · James Ellroy · bg

Playboy [v56 #11, December 2009] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 44 · The Original of Laura · Vladimir Nabokov · ex Knopf, 2009 58 · Brothers in Arms · Gore Vidal · ar 102 · Dust in the Wind · Paulo Coelho · ar

Playboy [v57 #1, January/February 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 58 · Animal Rescue · Dennis Lehane · nv Boston Noir ed. Dennis Lehane, Akashic Books, 2009 74 · The Kate Moss Effect · Will Self · ar; reflects on the “rexy” dynamo.

Playboy [v57 #2, March 2010] ed. Hugh Hefner (134pp+, quarto) [] Jimmy Jellinek, Editorial Director. Details supplied by Todd Mason. 44 · The House of Horrors · Charles Bukowski · ar from The Absence of the Hero, City Lights Books, 2010; illustrated by James Imbrogino 58 · Tommy · Stephen King · pm; illustrated by Kent Williams 89 · The Dawn of Sexual Intercourse · Martin Amis · ex from The Pregnant Widow, Knopf, 2010; illustrated by Lisel Ashlock 91 · “Except for 5F there, all the folks in this building are as nice as they can be!” · Gahan Wilson · ct

Playboy [v57 #3, April 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 56 · Asylum · Ariel Dorfman · ss

Playboy [v57 #4, May 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 50 · Love to All · Ethan Coen · ss

Playboy [v57 #5, June 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 72 · The Sexual Life of Savages · Samantha Gillison · ss

Playboy [v57 #6, July 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 46 · Joanna Silvestri · Roberto Bolaño · ss

Playboy [v57 #7, August 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 48 · Stardust · Christopher Sorrentino · ss

Playboy [v57 #8, September 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 56 · Madame Bovary · Gustave Flaubert; translated by Lydia Davis · ex Viking, 2010; an excerpt from her new translation of Flaubert’s literary giant.

Playboy [v57 #9, October 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 64 · Woman, Fire & the Sea · Meaghan Mulholland · ss; college fiction contest winner. 90 · William Shatner · David Rensin · iv [Ref. William Shatner]; CBS’s cantankerous dad talks about Star Trek erotica, toupees and Betty White’s flexible hips. 96 · The Weird World of Gahan Wilson · Gahan Wilson · ct

Playboy [v57 #10, November 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 66 · The Petting Zoo · Jim Carroll · ex Viking, 2010

Playboy [v57 #11, December 2010] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 70 · (Secret) Marilyn · Joyce Carol Oates · ar; deconstructs Norma Jean. 84 · The Palm Readers · Mark Twain · ar; an excerpt from the second volume of Mark Twain’s autobiography. 94 · Knock-Knock · Chuck Palahniuk · ss

Playboy [v58 #1, January 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 68 · Bomb Shelter Noel · Thom Jones · ss

Playboy [v58 #2, February 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 50 · Untitled Crime Story · Walter Mosley · ss

Playboy [v58 #3, March 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 58 · Good Home · T. C. Boyle · ss

Playboy [v58 #4, April 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 54 · The Passenger · Jennifer Dubois · ss 86 · Dancing in the Streets · Will Self · ar; throws himself into the midst of a London street riot and contemplates the appeal of political demonstrations.

Playboy [v58 #5, May 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 47 · Lust in Space · A. O. Scott · ar; appreciation of Barbarella. 52 · Carcassonne · Julian Barnes · ss 90 · Kovacs’s Gift · Jonathan Lethem · ar [Ref. Ernie Kovacs]

Playboy [v58 #6, June 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 60 · The Girl Next Door · Robert Coover · ss

Playboy [v58 #7, July 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 58 · Yeoman · Charles Yu · ss

Playboy [v58 #8, August 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 58 · Romance · Chuck Palahniuk · ss

Playboy [v58 #9, September 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 88 · Crimes in Southern Indiana · Frank Bill · ss

Playboy [v58 #10, October 2011] (60¢, 162pp+, quarto) [] Details supplied by Todd Mason. 70 · San Quentin · Joyce Carol Oates · ss; illustrated by Jason Holley 74 · The Weird Art of Seduction · Margaret Atwood · es; illustrated by Margaret Brundage; on Margaret Brundage’s Weird Tales covers, illustrated with examples. 78 · The Weird World of Gahan Wilson · Gahan Wilson · ct; eight reprinted cartoons on two pages. · Introduction · Jonathan Lethem & Pamela Jackson · si 96 · The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick · Philip K. Dick · ex all taken from their forthcoming book of the same name. · [letter to Peter Fitting] · Philip K. Dick · lt; illustrated by Jared Ryder

Playboy [v58 #11, November 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 60 · Hot Damn · Martha Stallman · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v58 #12, December 2011] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 76 · Dark Was the Night · Richard Powers · ss 80 · Dead Letter File 80 · [letter] · Ray Bradbury · lt 80 · [letter] · Ayn Rand · lt 81 · [letter] · Hunter S. Thompson · lt 81 · [letter] · Graham Greene · lt 81 · [letter] · William Burroughs · lt 81 · [letter] · Henry Miller · lt 81 · [letter] · Will Eisner · lt 124 · How to Build a Time Machine · Brian Clegg · ar

Playboy [v59 #1, January/February 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $7.99, 212pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 78 · Raylan [Raylan Givens] · Elmore Leonard · ex Morrow, 2012; illustrated by Ryan Schude 134 · What It Was · George Pelecanos · ex Reagan Arthur Books, 2012; illustrated by Jeffrey Smith

Playboy [v59 #2, March 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $6.99, 144pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 68 · The Orphan Master’s Son · Adam Johnson · ex Random House, 2012; illustrated by Phil Hale

Playboy [v59 #3, April 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $6.99, 144pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 68 · A Russian Picnic · Zakhar Prilepin; translated by Peter Golub · ss; illustrated by João Ruas 70 · Michonne’s Story [Walking Dead] · Robert Kirkman · cs; illustrated by Charlie Adlard

Playboy [v59 #4, May 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $6.99, 144pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 70 · Hollywood Patrol [from Harbor Nocturne] · Joseph Wambaugh · ex The Mysterious Press, 2012; illustrated by Ryan Heshka 76 · The Super Psyche · Gavin Edwards · iv; illustrated by Frank Quitely [Ref. Grant Morrison]

Playboy [v59 #5, June 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $6.99, 144pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 74 · Vlad · Carlos Fuentes; translated by Ethan Shaksan Bumas & Alejandro Branger · ex; illustrated by Dave McKean forthcoming from Dalkey Archive Press, July 2012.

Playboy [v59 #6, July/August 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $7.99, 194pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 64 · Live by Night · Dennis Lehane · ex; illustrated by Jeffrey Smith 124 · Ayn Rand · Alvin Toffler · iv Playboy March 1964 [Ref. Ayn Rand]

Playboy [v59 #7, September 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $6.99, 150pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 82 · The Way You Look Tonight · T. C. Boyle · ss; illustrated by Jon Krause

Playboy [v59 #8, October 2012] ed. Jimmy Jellinek (Playboy Publications, $6.99, 154pp, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 112 · Circuit Builders · Don Peteroy · ss; illustrated by Tony Dimauro; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v59 #9, November 2012] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 86 · The Great Cummerbund Steeplechase · Ron Carlson · ss

Playboy [v59 #10, December 2012] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 130 · Blind Call · Michael Connelly · ex from the book The Black Box, to be published this month by Little, Brown and Company.

Playboy [v60 #1, January-February 2013] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 114 · All at Sea · Lawrence Block · ex; illustrated by Mark Thomas from the book Hit Me (Little, Brown - forthcoming).

Playboy [v60 #2, March 2013] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 69 · The Goddess Parka · Ludmilla Petrushevskaya; translated by Anna Summers · ss; illustrated by Yuta Onoda the “R” in “Parka” is reversed.

Playboy [v60 #3, April 2013] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · The Hierophant · Jake Arnott · ss from The House of Rumour, New Harvest, 2013

Playboy [v60 #4, May 2013] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 68 · Cannibal · Chuck Palahniuk · ss

Playboy [v60 #5, June 2013] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 106 · Getting My Baby Tanked · Liesl Schillinger · ss

Playboy [v60 #6, July/August 2013] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 106 · The Marlbane Manchester Musser Award · T. C. Boyle · ss

Playboy [v60 #7, September 2013] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 99 · The Double · George Pelecanos · ex excerpt from The Double (Little, Brown and Co., forthcoming).

Playboy [v60 #8, October 2013] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 102 · Sparring Partners · Stu Dearnley · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v60 #9, November 2013] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 104 · Zombie · Chuck Palahniuk · ss; illustrated by P-Jay Miller

Playboy [Volume 60 Number 10, December 2013] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 108 · Six Soldiers of Fortune · Robert Coover · ss

Playboy [v61 #1, January/February 2014] (quarto) [] Special Edition 60 Years Anniversary Issue. Details supplied by Ian Covell. 153 · Julie and the Warlord · B. J. Novak · ss; illustrated by Craig Cutler 204 · By Sun and Lightning · Don Winslow · ss; illustrated by Goni Montes

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 2, March 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 82 · Tea Ceremony · Stuart Dybek · ss

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 3, April 2014] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 88 · Back Down Home · Chris Offutt · ss

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 4, May 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 70 · Extreme [Part 1 of 3] · Don Winslow · sl; illustrated by Thomas Ehretsmann

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 5, June 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 80 · Extreme [Part 2 of 3] · Don Winslow · sl; illustrated by Thomas Ehretsmann

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 6, July/August 2014] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 130 · Extreme [Part 3 of 3] · Don Winslow · sl; illustrated by Thomas Ehretsmann

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 7, September 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 110 · Perfidia · James Ellroy · ex Random House, 2014

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 8, October 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 104 · Something Ancient Welling Up · Nolan Turner · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 9, November 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 92 · The Bullet [Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch] · Michael Connelly · ex from The Burning Room, Little, Brown, 2014; illustrated by Scott Bakal

Playboy [Vol. 61 No. 10, December 2014] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 110 · Miss Mary’s Room · George Pelecanos · ss The Martini Shot by George Pelecanos, Little Brown, 2014

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 1, January/February 2015] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 84 · Theft and Other Issues · T. C. Boyle · ss; illustrated by Russell Cobb

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 2, March 2015] [] 72 · The Bull You See, the Bull You Don’t · Mark Jacobs · ss; illustrated by Jesús Sotés

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 3, April 2015] [] no fiction

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 4, May 2015] [] 62 · Jasmine Daze of the Condor [Condor] · James Grady · ss; illustrated by Anthony Ventura

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 5, June 2015] [] 74 · Odin · Ted Cohen · ss

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 6, July/August 2015] [] 69 · Dad All Over · Chuck Palahniuk · vi

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 7, September 2015] [] 62 · Playboy · Scott Wolven · ss; illustrated by Pat Kinsella

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 8, October 2015] [] 88 · My Feet Are Fire · Donnie Watson · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 9, November 2015] [] 90 · South of Bradley · Steve Weddle · ss; illustrated by Jonathan Bartlett

Playboy [Vol. 62 No. 10, December 2015] [] no fiction.

Playboy [Vol. 63 No. 1, January/February 2016] [] 68 · Crow Country Moses · Callan Wink · ss; illustrated by Matt Dorfman

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 2, March 2016] [] · Boone Daniel’s Rough Ride · Don Winslow · ss; illustrated by Gemma O’Brien

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 3, April 2016] [] 74 · Insipidities · Marie Calloway · ss; illustrated by Simon Pemberton

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 4, May 2016] [] 92 · A Beautiful Country · Luke Mogelson · ss These Heroic, Happy Dead by Luke Mogelson, Tim Duggan Books, 2016; illustrated by Jennie Webber

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 5, June 2016] [] 92 · Good-bye to Rootine · Ron Carlson · ss; illustrated by Stacey Rozich

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 6, July/August 2016] [] 108 · Babylon · Matt Gallagher · ss; illustrated by Skip Sterling

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 7, September 2016] [] 80 · Whereabouts · Colin Winnette · vi; illustrated by Trey Wright

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 8, October 2016] [] 78 · After the Dyerses · Tony Tulathimutte · ss; illustrated by Peter Strain

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 9, November 2016] [] 102 · The Filmmaker · Kevin Mandel · ss

Playboy [Volume 63 Number 10, December 2016] [] 98 · The Music Room · Stephen King · ss; illustrated by Edward Hopper

Playboy [Volume 64 Number 1, January/February 2017] [] 132 · Visiting Violence · Jon Raymond · ex from Freebird, Graywolf Press, 2017

Playboy [Volume 64 Number 2, March/April 2017] [] 78 · Supercops · Liesl Schillinger · ss; illustrated by David Lanaspa 146 · The Domestic Lives of Superheroes · John Hornor Jacobs · ss; illustrated by Kalen Hollomon

Playboy [Volume 64 Number 3, May/June 2017] [] 78 · The Sparrow · Dennis Lehane · ex from Since We Fell, HarperCollins, 2017; illustrated by Simon Prades 128 · Monsters · Matthew Sharpe · ss

Playboy [Volume 64 Number 4, July/August 2017] [] 76 · The Disgruntled Americans · Frank Bill · ss; illustrated by Andrew Archer 118 · She Got Away · A. M. Homes · ss

Playboy [Volume 64 Number 5, September/October 2017] [] 76 · Subtract One Death · T. C. Boyle · ss; illustrated by Marc Aspinall 120 · Safeword · R. O. Kwon · ss; illustrated by Sean Freeman

Playboy [Volume 64 Number 6, November/December 2017] [] 76 · Artemis · Andy Weir · ex Crown, November 2017; illustrated by Matthew Lyons 118 · Under the Clock · Robert Coover · ss; illustrated by Tula Lotay

Playboy [Volume 65 Number 1, January/February 2018] [] 70 · What She Saw · Ariel Dorfman · ss; illustrated by Edel Rodriguez 140 · What Are You Thinking About Right Now · Baird Harper · ss; illustrated by Edward Kinsella

Playboy [Volume 65 Number 2, March/April 2018] [] 112 · Killing Time [Mike Hammer] · Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins · ex from forthcoming novel (Titan, April 2018). 144 · Go, Space Racer! · Curtis C. Chen · ss; illustrated by Andrew Archer

Playboy [Volume 65 Number 3, May/June 2018] [] 94 · Unlawful Entry · Chuck Palahniuk · ex from Adjustment Day, Norton, May 1 2018; illustrated by Diego Patiño 140 · Hellboy: Return of the Lambton Worm · Mike Mignola · cs; illustrated by [Hellboy], Ben Stenbeck 146 · Between the Records · Julian Tepper · ss; illustrated by Jeremy Enecio

Playboy [Volume 65 Number 4, July/August 2018] [] 96 · Showdown on the Hudson · Walter Mosley · ss; illustrated by Marc Aspinall 142 · Shark Fin Dinner Party · Ling Ma · ex from the forthcoming novel Severance (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 14, 2018).

Playboy [Volume 65 Number 5, September/October 2018] [] 64 · Madrigal · John Wray · ss; illustrated by Marc Burckhardt 112 · 1,111 Emblems · Hernan Diaz · ss

Playboy [Volume 65 Number 6, November/December 2018] [] 64 · The Queen of Majestic · T. Jefferson Parker · ss; illustrated by Marc Aspinall 112 · The Fourth Armada · Maxim Loskutoff · ss; illustrated by Jake Foreman

Playboy [Volume 66 Number 1, Winter 2019] [] 66 · Repercussions · Chuck Palahniuk · ss; illustrated by Riki Blanco 118 · The Modern Era · Sarah Braunstein · ss; illustrated by Spiros Halaris

Playboy [Volume 66 Number 2, Spring 2019] [] 142 · The Kiss · Robert Coover · vi; illustrated by Spiros Halaris 164 · We Are Not Here · David Gilbert · ss; illustrated by Spiros Halaris

Playboy [Volume 66 Number 3, Summer 2019] [] 114 · Mr. Stickum · Joyce Carol Oates · ss; illustrated by Corey Brickley 156 · Yeast · Lisa Taddeo · ss; illustrated by Josephine Rais

Playboy [Volume 66 Number 4, Fall 2019] [] 58 · Being Shot · Catherine Lacey · ss; illustrated by Jeff Drew 142 · Not Me · T. C. Boyle · ss; illustrated by Tishk Barzanji

Playboy [Volume 67 Number 1, Winter 2020] [] 88 · Francophile · Claire Lombardo · ss; illustrated by Spiros Halaris

Playboy [Volume 67 Number 2, Spring 2020] [] 56 · Crossing Tracks · Ariel Dorfman · ss; illustrated by Josef Minor 188 · Your First Pet and the Street You Grew Up On · Kiley Reid · ss; illustrated by Casey Weldon

Playboy [February 2025] ed. Mike Guy ($19.95, 128pp, quarto) [] No fiction.

Playboy [Winter 2025/2026] ed. Cassie Anderson & Mike Guy ($19.95, 238pp, quarto) [] No fiction.

Playboy [Spring 2026] ed. Phillip Picardi ($19.95, 178pp, quarto) [] 166 · Leah · Sean Thor Conroe · ss; illustrated by Sunny Wu

Playboy (South Africa)   (about)

Playboy (South Africa) [August 2011] [] Details supplied by Ian Covell. 74-79 · The Cut-Man Cometh · André P. Brink · ar; memoir of political/literary censorship in SA; in English on pp76-77 and in Zulu on pp78-79. 128-131 · The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World · Gabriel García Márquez; translated by Gregory Rabassa · ss Playboy November 1971 translated from the Spanish.

Playful   (about)

Playful [195?] (Paget Publications Ltd., 75¢, 34pp+, 7.25″ x 9″) [] Subtitled “(American Edition)”. Details supplied by Morgan A. Wallace. 4 · The Second Party · Mavis St. Claire · ss 8 · A Struggle with Conscience · June Bryony · ss 11 · No Welcome on the Mat · Jean Bradley · ss 14 · Whose Birthday Was It, Anyway? · Rod Le Baron · ss 18 · The Intruder · Simon Sinclair · ss 21 · Sea Siren · Ross Devine · ss 25 · Ladies’-Man · Lacy Monroe · ss 29 · Proud Nimrod · Arty Kane · ss

Playgirl   (about)

Playgirl [February/March 1973] [] Issue partially indexed. · Cake & Ice Cream · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss

Playgirl [v1 #7, December 1973] [] Details taken from eBay listing. · Last Minuet in Washington · James O’Connor Sargent · ss · Vanity and Possession · Gardner McKay · ss

Playgirl [v2 #2, July 1974] [] Details taken from eBay listing. · The Child · Audrey Lee · ss · After Summer · Sheila Weller · ss