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The File on Ramsey Campbell ed. Michael Ashley--- see under Fantasy Readers Guide #2, March 1980.

The Flaw in the Crystal and Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair ed. Mike Ashley--- see under May Sinclair.

From the Depths and Other Strange Tales of the Sea ed. Mike Ashley (The British Library, July 19, 2018, 978-0-712-35236-9, £8.99, 318pp, tp, an, cover by Mauricio Villamayor) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Fantasy/horror anthology. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 9 · The Ship of Silence · Albert R. Wetjen · nv The Blue Book Magazine July 1932 33 · From the Darkness and the Depths · Morgan Robertson · nv New Story Magazine January 1913 61 · Sargasso · Ward Muir · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1908 81 · Held by the Sargasso Sea · Frank H. Shaw · nv The Story-teller October 1908 105 · The Floating Forest · Herman Scheffauer · ss The Pall Mall Magazine August 1909 123 · Tracked · C. N. Barham · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine May 1891 137 · The Mystery of the Water-Logged Ship · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Grand Magazine May 1911 161 · From the Depths · F. Britten Austin · nv The Strand Magazine February 1920 183 · The Murdered Ships · James Francis Dwyer · ss The Premier Magazine #50, June 1918 201 · The Ship That Died · John DeWitt Gilbert · ss The Argosy May 1917 213 · Devereux’s Last Smoke · Izola Forrester · ss The Ocean March 1907 227 · The Black Bell Buoy · Rupert Chesterton · ss The Novel Magazine February 1907 243 · The High Seas · Elinor Mordaunt · nv The Century Magazine October 1918 267 · The Soul-Saver · Morgan Burke · ss The Blue Book Magazine February 1926 285 · No Ships Pass · Lady Eleanor Smith · nv The Story-teller May 1932

Future Crimes: Mysteries and Detection Through Time and Space ed. Mike Ashley (The British Library, May 20, 2021, 978-0-7123-5334-2, £9.99, 299pp, tp, an) [British Library Science Fiction Classics]     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Crimes Beyond Time · Mike Ashley · in 13 · Elsewhen [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · nv Astounding Science-Fiction January 1943 53 · Puzzle for Spacemen · John Brunner · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #42, December 1955 85 · Legwork · Eric Frank Russell · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1956 147 · Mirror Image [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact May 1972 169 · The Flying Eye [Paul Darraq] · Jacques Futrelle · ss The Popular Magazine November 1 1912 187 · Nonentity · E. C. Tubb · ss Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #54, February 15 1955 213 · Death of a Telepath · George Chailey · ss Science Fiction Adventures (UK) #6, 1959 221 · Murder, 1986 · P. D. James · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1970 249 · Apple [Talents] · Anne McCaffrey · nv Crime Prevention in the 30th Century ed. Hans Stefan Santesson, Walker US, 1969 287 · The Absolutely Perfect Murder · Miriam Allen deFord · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1965

The Ghost Slayers: Classic Tales of Occult Detection ed. Mike Ashley (The British Library, March 24, 2022, 978-0-7123-5416-5, £8.99, 288pp, tp, an, cover by Sandra Gómez) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Anthology of 9 stories featuring occult or psychic detectives, including the most prominent authors and rare and never-before-reprinted cases. Subtitle given as “Thrilling Tales of Occult Detection” on the cover. 7 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 9 · A Note from the Publisher · The Publisher · ms 11 · The Story of the Moor Road [Flaxman Low] · Kate & Hesketh Prichard · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1898, as by E. & H. Heron 31 · A Psychical Invasion [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · na John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1908 97 · The Searcher of the End House [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Idler June 1910 129 · The Fear [Aylmer Vance] · Alice & Claude Askew · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #277, August 22 1914 153 · The Valley of the Veils of Death [Mesmer Milann, Mediator] · Bertram Atkey · nv The Grand Magazine November 1914 193 · The Death Hound [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine October 1922 213 · The Case of the Fortunate Youth [Cosmo Thor] · Moray Dalton · ss The Premier Magazine #11, August 1927 239 · Forgotten Harbour [Cranshawe] · Gordon M. Hillman · ss Ghost Stories April 1931 259 · In Death as in Life [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Macabre #14, Winter 1963/1964

The Giant Book of Myths and Legends ed. Mike Ashley (Parragon, October 1995, 0-7525-1010-X, £2.99, 564pp, tp, an, cover by Alan Baker)     Massive anthology of 51 stories from myth and legend, some retold by classic authors like Nathaniel Hawthorne and William Morris, and others newly adapted by modern authors like Peter Tremayne and Jessica Amanda Salmonson. This is an “Instant Remainder” edition. ix · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Part I: The Dawn of Time 3 · The Ever-Living Ones · Peter Tremayne · ss 13 · The Star Maids · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · gp _13 · The Starmaids and the Flea Man · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi _14 · The Star Maidens’ Laughter · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi 17 · Bearskin Woman and Grizzly Woman · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Daughters of Nyx #2, 1994 19 · Part II: Youth and Self-Discovery 21 · The Quest for Discovery · Andrew Lang · nv Tales of Troy and Greece by Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1907 43 · The Strange Tale of Caribou and Moose · Cyrus Macmillan · ss Canadian Wonder Tales by Cyrus Macmillan, John Lane, 1918 47 · The Hero Makóma · Kingsley Fairbridge · ss (r) 55 · Prince Yamato Take · Theodora Ozaki · ss Japanese Fairy Tales ed. Theodora Ozaki, 1903 69 · Part III: Quests of Fortune 71 · The Lad with One Sandal · Winifred Hutchinson · nv The Golden Porch by Winifred Hutchinson, 1907 95 · The Sons of Tuirenn · Peter Tremayne · ss 109 · My Lord Bag of Rice · Theodora Ozaki · ss Japanese Fairy Tales ed. Theodora Ozaki, 1903 115 · Prince Seyf el Mulouk · François Pétis de la Croix; translated by Justin Huntly McCarthy · ss The Thousand and One Days by Francois Petis de la Croix, Chatto & Windus, 1892 129 · The Journey to Constantinople · Hans Schück; translated by William F. Harvey · ss Medieval Stories by Professor H. Schück, Sands & Co., 1902 145 · Huon’s Quest · A. R. Hope-Moncrieff · nv Romance and Legend of Chivalry by A. R. Hope Moncrieff, 1913 167 · Part IV: Heroes and Monsters 169 · Perseus and the Gorgon · Charles Kingsley · nv The Heroes by Charles Kingsley, 1856 193 · The Chimaera · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss A Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1851 213 · Hercules in Hell · Mike Ashley · ss 223 · Siegfried and the Dragon Fafnir · James Baldwin · ss The Story of Siegfried by James Baldwin, Charles Scribner's, 1882 233 · The Slaying of Grendel · Alfred J. Church · nv Heroes of Chivalry and Romance by Alfred J. Church, 1898 257 · The Lambton Worm · Jessie Adelaide Middleton · ss The Grey Ghost Book by Jessie Adelaide Middleton, 1912 263 · Part V: Battles and Conquests 265 · The Shadowy One · Peter Tremayne · ss 273 · Bran and Branwen · Peter Tremayne · ss 281 · King Laurin’s Rose-Garden · Wilhelm Wägner · ss Epics and Romances of the Middle Ages by Wilhelm Wagner, J.B. Lippincott, 1883 295 · The Children of Loki · Annie & Eliza Keary · ss The Heroes of Asgard by Annie & Eliza Keary, 1857 313 · When the Woman Chief Was Young · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Pirate Writings #4, Summer 1994 321 · Tewdrig, Tyrant of Treheyl · Peter Tremayne · ss 335 · Red Wolf’s Daughter and Bloody Chief’s Son · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Phantom Waters by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Press, 1995 349 · Part VI: Love, Revenge and Self-Sacrifice 351 · East of the Sun and West of the Moon · William Morris; adapted by Madalen Edgar · ss Stories from the Earthly Paradise by William Morris & adapted by Madalen Edgar, 1919 371 · The Barnacle Maid · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss The Mysterious Doom by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Books, 1992 377 · Battle on the Bridge of the Gods · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss 383 · Story of the Three Strong Men · Charles G. Leland · ss Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles G. Leland, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1884 389 · The Lay Nun Who Gave of Herself · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Mystic Women: Their Ancient Tales and Legends by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Street of Crocodiles, 1991 393 · The One-Handed Girl · Edward Steere · ss Swahili Tales by Edward Steere, SPCK, 1870 407 · Rayamati, the Savioress · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Mystic Women: Their Ancient Tales and Legends by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Street of Crocodiles, 1991 413 · Echo and Narcissus · A. R. Hope-Moncrieff · ss Classical Mythology by A. R. Hope-Moncrieff, 1913 417 · Vasavadatta the Courtesan · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Mystic Women: Their Ancient Tales and Legends by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Street of Crocodiles, 1991 421 · Part VII: Wonders and Mysteries 423 · The Courtesan Who Worked a Miracle · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Mystic Women: Their Ancient Tales and Legends by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Street of Crocodiles, 1991 425 · The King’s Son and the White-Bearded Scolog · Jeremiah Curtin · ss Hero-Tales of Ireland by Jeremiah Curtin, 1894 437 · The Adventure of the Holy Grail · Alfred J. Church · ss Heroes of Chivalry and Romance by Alfred J. Church, 1898 447 · The Prince Who Sought Immortality · Leonora Lang · ss (r) 457 · The Changelings · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Phantom Waters by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Press, 1995 463 · The Story of a Gazelle · Edward Steere · ss Swahili Tales by Edward Steere, SPCK, 1870 477 · Yuki-Onna · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn, Houghton Mifflin, 1904 481 · Part VII: Fulfilment and Fate 483 · Bhadra and the Mendicant · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Mystic Women: Their Ancient Tales and Legends by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Street of Crocodiles, 1991 491 · The Reborn Divinities · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Mystic Women: Their Ancient Tales and Legends by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Street of Crocodiles, 1991 495 · Island of the Ocean God · Peter Tremayne · ss 505 · The Rover of the Plain · Henri Junod; translated by Leonora Lang · ss The Orange Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906 513 · Uraschimataro and the Turtle · David Brauns; translated by Leonora Lang · ss The Pink Fairy Book by Leonora Lang, 1897 517 · How the Serpent-Gods Were Propitiated · Rachel Harriette Busk · ss Sagas from the Far East by Rachel Harriette Busk, 1873 523 · Koshchei the Deathless · Alexander Afanasief; translated by William S. Ralston · ss Russian Folktales ed. W. R. S. Ralston, 1873 531 · The Circumvention of Fate · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Mystic Women: Their Ancient Tales and Legends by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Street of Crocodiles, 1991 535 · The Destruction of Ker-Ys · Peter Tremayne · ss 545 · Story Notes and Acknowledgements · Mike Ashley · ms

Glimpses of the Unknown: Lost Ghost Stories ed. Mike Ashley (The British Library, September 20, 2018, 978-0-712-35266-6, £8.99, 331pp, tp, an, cover by Mauricio Villamayor) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Fantasy/horror anthology. 7 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 11 · On the Embankment · Hugh E. Wright · ss The Blue Magazine #3, September 1919 31 · The Mystery of the Gables · Elsie Norris · ss Yes or No June 20 1908 41 · The Missing Word · Austin Philips · ss The Pall Mall Magazine November 1907 51 · Phantom Death · Huan Mee · ss Cassell’s Magazine March 1900 67 · The Wraith of the Rapier · Firth Scott · ss The Red Magazine January 15 1911 83 · The Soul of Maddalina Tonelli · James Barr · ss The Red Magazine December 1909 105 · Haunted! · Jack Edwards · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #83, December 3 1910 127 · Our Strange Traveller · Percy James Brebner · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #105, May 6 1911 145 · A Regent of Love Rhymes · Guy Thorne · ss The Lady’s Realm December 1905 157 · Amid the Trees · Francis Xavier · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #110, June 10 1911 169 · The River’s Edge · Mary Schultze · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #188, December 7 1912 179 · A Futile Ghost · Mary Reynolds · nv Crampton’s Magazine February 1899 201 · Ghosts [Sabinette] · Lumley Deakin · ss The New Magazine (UK) October 1914 223 · Kearney · Elizabeth Jordan · ss The Premier Magazine #36, April 1917 247 · When Spirits Steal [Peter Carwell] · Philippa Forest · ss Pearson’s Magazine May 1920, as “When Spirits Steal Our Dreaming Bodies” 265 · The House of the Black Evil · Eric Purves · ss Pearson’s Magazine May 1929 287 · The Woman in the Veil · E. F. Benson · ss The (London) Evening News June 26 1928 303 · The Treasure of the Tombs · F. Britten Austin · ss The Strand Magazine February 1921

Great American Ghost Stories: Chilling Tales by Poe, Bierce, Hawthorne and Others ed. Mike Ashley (Dover Publications, August 8, 2008, 978-0-486-46602-6, $10.95, xiv+300pp, tp, an, cover by Jeff A. Menges)     Ghost anthology. v · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 17 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy” 25 · Grayling: or, “Murder Will Out” · William Gilmore Simms · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 60 · The Real Right Thing · Henry James · ss Collier’s Weekly December 16 1899 74 · Lady Ferry · Sarah Orne Jewett · nv Old Friends and New by Sarah Orne Jewett, Houghton, 1879 101 · My Platonic Sweetheart · Mark Twain · uw Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1912; originally entitled “The Lost Sweetheart”, written Jul-Aug 1898. 114 · The Philosophy of Relative Existences · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine August 1892 121 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 143 · An Itinerant House · Emma Frances Dawson · ss The Argonaut April 20 1878 161 · The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1907 171 · The Conquering Will · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Smart Set June 1901 183 · The Shadows on the Wall · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine March 1903 199 · The Eyes [Tales of Men] · Edith Wharton · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1910 219 · Consequences · Willa Cather · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1915 240 · Call Me from the Valley [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954 252 · The Fire When It Comes · Parke Godwin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1981

A Haunting Beauty by Charles Birkin ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Charles Birkin.

Heroic Adventure Stories: From the Golden Age of Greece and Rome ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, January 28, 1998, 1-85487-865-4, £6.99, xii+516pp, tp, an, cover by Lionel Noel Royer)     Reprint (Past Times 1996 as Classical Stories: Heroic Tales from Ancient Greece and Rome) associational anthology of stories. Includes stories by Darrell Schweitzer, Thomas Burnett Swann, E.C. Tubb, and L. Sprague de Camp. This edition adds stories and extracts by Herodotus, Lawrence, Day, Gautier, Bulwer-Lytton, Spero, Marchmont, and Benson; and an original story by Tom Holt. A simultaneous Magpie edition (export-only as Giant Book of Heroic Adventure Stories) was not seen. v · The Golden Age · Mike Ashley · in Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 vii · The Fiction of History · Mary Renault · ar The London Magazine March 1979 1 · Paris and Helen · Edward Lucas White · ex from Helen, Jonathan Cape, 1925 17 · No Place Like Home · Tom Holt · ss 25 · The Thread · Vera Chapman · ss The Phoenix Tree ed. Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski, Avon, 1980 36 · Where Is the Bird of Fire? [Mellonia] · Thomas Burnett Swann · na Science Fantasy #52, 1962 81 · The Story of Gyges · Herodotus; translated by George Rawlinson · ex from The History of Herodotus, John Murray, 1858 translated from the Greek. 85 · The Slave of Marathon [Grey Maiden] · Arthur D. Howden Smith · nv Adventure July 23 1926 105 · The Kidnapping · Margery Lawrence · ex from The Gate of Yesterday, Robert Hale, 1960 124 · The Wearer of Purple · Pierre Louÿs · ss The Collected Works of Pierre Louÿs by Pierre Louÿs, Liveright, 1932 143 · The Gods Play for High Stakes · Langston Day · nv Magic Casements by Langston Day, Rider, 1951 167 · The Horse from Thessaly · Mary Renault · ss The Twelfth Man ed. Martin Boddey, Cassell, 1971 176 · The Banquet of Death · Peter Tremayne · ss Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 195 · The Preparation · Naomi Mitchison · ex from The Conquered, Jonathan Cape, 1923 211 · The Mountain Wolves · John Maddox Roberts · nv Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 245 · The Rise of Augustus · Allan Massie · ex from Augustus, The Bodley Head, 1989 264 · One of Cleopatra’s Nights · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · nv One of Cleopatra’s Nights by Théophile Gautier, tr. Lafcadio Hearn, R. Worthington, 1882 translated from the French (“Une Nuit de Cléopâtre”, La Presse, November 29 to December 6, 1838). 294 · The Chariot Race · Lew Wallace · ex from Ben-Hur, or The Days of the Messiah, Harper & Brothers, 1880 313 · Caligula the God · Robert Graves · ex from I, Claudius, A. Barker, 1934 327 · Betrayed · Juliet Dymoke · ss Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 adapted from Prisoner of Rome, 1975. 344 · Captain Leopard · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 351 · Sword of Freedom · E. C. Tubb · ss Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 revised extract from Atilus the Gladiator, Futura Books, 1975. 360 · The Last Letter · Derek Wilson · ss Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 379 · The Last Day of Pompeii · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · ex from The Last Days of Pompeii, Richard Bentley, 1834 405 · Marcellus Takes the Biscuit [Marcellus] · Leopold Spero · ss Chambers’s Journal May 1945 419 · Fortunatus · R. H. Stewart · nv Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 446 · The Walking Walls of Rome · Keith Taylor · nv Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 467 · Æolf the Martyr · A. W. Marchmont · ss The Royal Magazine November 1898 473 · The Temple of Death · A. C. Benson · ss The Hill of Trouble by A. C. Benson, Isbister, 1903 487 · The Great World and the Small · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine Winter 1993 499 · The Crown of the Golden Chain [Lady Zoë] · Max Pemberton · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1901 514 · Sources and Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms (r)

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 1: 1926-1935 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, 1974, 0-450-02182-3, £2.95, 239pp, hc, an) 7 · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr 11 · An Amazing Experiment · Mike Ashley · in 52 · The Coming of the Ice · G. Peyton Wertenbaker · ss Amazing Stories June 1926 67 · The Machine Man of Ardathia [Ardathia] · Francis Flagg · ss Amazing Stories November 1927 82 · Out of the Sub-Universe · R. F. Starzl · ss Amazing Stories Quarterly Summer 1928 91 · The Eternal Man [Herbert Zulerich] · D. D. Sharp · ss Science Wonder Stories August 1929 99 · The Power and the Glory · Charles Willard Diffin · ss Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 107 · The Voice from the Ether · Lloyd Arthur Eshbach · nv Amazing Stories May 1931 136 · The Asteroid of Gold · Clifford D. Simak · ss Wonder Stories November 1932 153 · The Island of Unreason · Edmond Hamilton · ss Wonder Stories May 1933 172 · One Prehistoric Night · Philip Barshofsky · ss Wonder Stories November 1934 187 · Davey Jones’ Ambassador · Raymond Z. Gallun · nv Astounding Stories December 1935 218 · Appendices _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Charles Willard Diffin] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Lloyd Arthur Eshbach] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Francis Flagg] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Raymond Z. Gallun] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Edmond Hamilton] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Maurice M. Kaplan] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Drury D. Sharp] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Clifford D. Simak] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. R. F. Starzl] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. G. Peyton Wertenbaker] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Miles J. Breuer, M.D.] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John W. Campbell, Jr.] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Stanton A. Coblentz] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. David H. Keller] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Captain S. P. Meek] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. P. Schuyler Miller] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Nathan Schachner] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. E. E. Smith] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. A. Hyatt Verrill] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Donald Wandrei] _ · Summary of Magazine Issues, 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Glossary of Magazine Editors · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Note on Key Illustrators · Mike Ashley · bi

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 1: 1926-1935 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, March 1977, 450-02484-9, £1.50, 239pp, pb, an, cover by Terry Griffiths)     Reprint (NEL 1974) SF anthology. This edition is revised and updated.

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 2: 1936-1945 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, 1975, 0-450-02574-8, £3.95, 298pp, hc, an) 8 · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr 11 · SF Bandwagon · Mike Ashley · in 77 · The Circle of Zero · Stanley G. Weinbaum · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1936 95 · Seeker of Tomorrow · Eric Frank Russell & Leslie J. Johnson · na Astounding Stories July 1937 137 · The Dead Spot · Jack Williamson · nv Marvel Science Stories November 1938 158 · The Four-Sided Triangle · William F. Temple · nv Amazing Stories November 1939 181 · Hermit of Saturn’s Ring · Neil R. Jones · ss Planet Stories Fall 1940 201 · The Abyss [Cthulhu] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ss Stirring Science Stories February 1941 210 · Up There · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Science Fiction Quarterly #7, Summer 1942, as by Martin Pearson 219 · Almost Human · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures June 1943, as by Tarleton Fiske 238 · Wanderer of Time · John Russell Fearn · ss Startling Stories Summer 1944, as by Polton Cross 254 · The Power · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1945 271 · Appendices _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert Bloch] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John Russell Fearn] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Neil R. Jones] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Leslie J. Johnson] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Murray Leinster] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert A. W. Lowndes] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Eric Frank Russell] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. William F. Temple] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Stanley G. Weinbaum] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Jack Williamson] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Donald A. Wollheim] _ · Summary of Magazine Issues · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Glossary of Magazine Editors · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Note on Key Cover Artists · Mike Ashley · bi 297 · Bibliography · Mike Ashley · bi

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 2: 1936-1945 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, April 1978, 450-03296-5, £1.50, 298pp, pb, an)     Reprint (NEL 1975) SF anthology.

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 3: 1946-1955 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, 1976, 0-450-03051-2, 349pp, hc, an, cover by Bob Layzell) 11 · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr 13 · From Bomb to Boom · Mike Ashley · in 111 · Memorial · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1946 125 · The Fires Within · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Fantasy, The Magazine of Science Fiction August 1947, as by E. G. O’Brien 135 · Don’t Look Now · Henry Kuttner · ss Startling Stories March 1948 149 · Kaleidoscope · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949 160 · To Serve Man · Damon Knight · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 169 · Earthman, Beware! · Poul Anderson · nv Super Science Stories June 1951 191 · They Fly So High · Ross Rocklynne · ss Amazing Stories June 1952 205 · The Last Day · Richard Matheson · ss Amazing Stories April/May 1953 221 · Hands Off · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1954 245 · The Wager · E. C. Tubb · nv Science Fantasy #16, 1955 283 · Appendices _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Poul Anderson] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Ray Bradbury] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Arthur C. Clarke] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Damon Knight] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Henry Kuttner] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Richard Matheson] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Ross Rocklynne] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert Sheckley] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Theodore Sturgeon] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. E. C. Tubb] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. James Blish] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Leigh Brackett] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John Christopher] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Lester del Rey] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Alan E. Nourse] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Frederik Pohl] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Eric Frank Russell] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Richard S. Shaver] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John Beynon Harris] _ · Summary of Magazine Issues 1946-55 · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Glossary of Magazine Editors · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Note on Key Cover Artists · Mike Ashley · bi 347 · Bibliography · Mike Ashley · bi

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 4: 1956-1965 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, 1978, 450-03438-0, £6.50, 288pp, hc, an, cover by Gordon C. Davies) 9 · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr 11 · Ebb-Tide and New Wave · Mike Ashley · in 72 · Mr. Culpeper’s Baby · Kenneth Bulmer · ss Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #68, April 15 1956 85 · All the World’s Tears · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Nebula Science Fiction #21, 1957 97 · Ozymandias · Robert Silverberg · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1958, as by Ivar Jorgenson 115 · Love and the Stars—Today! · Kate Wilhelm · ss Future Science Fiction #43, June 1959 129 · Crazy Maro · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1960 151 · The Overloaded Man · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #108, July 1961 165 · The Streets of Ashkelon · Harry Harrison · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #122, September 1962 181 · The Expendables [Centaurus] · A. E. van Vogt · nv If September 1963 213 · Problem Child · Arthur Porges · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction April 1964 219 · Speech Is Silver · John Brunner · ss Amazing Stories April 1965 233 · Appendices _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Ken Bulmer] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Brian W. Aldiss] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert Silverberg] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Kate Wilhelm] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Daniel Keyes] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. J. G. Ballard] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Harry Harrison] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. A. E. van Vogt] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Arthur Porges] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John Brunner] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Algis J. Budrys] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Philip K. Dick] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Frank Herbert] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Fritz Leiber] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. J. T. McIntosh] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Clifford D. Simak] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Cordwainer Smith] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Jack Vance] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. James White] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Roger Zelazny] _ · Summary of Magazine Issues · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Glossary of Magazine Editors · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Note on Key Cover Artists · Mike Ashley · bi 287 · Bibliography and Recommended Reading · Mike Ashley · bi

Horror Novels ed. Mike Ashley (W.H. Smith, August 2004, 1-84529-105-0, £4.99, 518pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Robinson 1988 as The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels) horror anthology. Only available in W.H. Smith’s bookshops.

Jewels of Wonder ed. Mike Ashley (Kimber, June 1981, 0-7183-0457-8, £5.75, 203pp, hc, an)     Anthology of five short novels of heroic fantasy. 7 · Editor’s Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 10 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 13 · Thieves of Zangabal · Lin Carter · na The Mighty Barbarians ed. Hans Stefan Santesson, Lancer, 1969 57 · A Fortnight of Miracles · Randall Garrett · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination February 1965 107 · Vashti · Thomas Burnett Swann · na Science Fantasy #72, May 1965 148 · Blood in the Mist · E. C. Tubb · nv Heroic Fantasy ed. Gerald W. Page & Hank Reinhardt, DAW, 1979 180 · The Wreck of the “Kissing Bitch” · Keith Roberts · nv Warlocks and Warriors ed. Douglas Hill, Mayflower, 1971

Lost Mars: The Golden Age of the Red Planet ed. Mike Ashley (The British Library, April 5, 2018, 978-0-7123-5240-6, £8.99, 302pp, tp, an, cover by Chesley Bonestell from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1954) [British Library Science Fiction Classics]     Collection of 10 stories. ’Introduction’ and introduction to each story by Ashley. 17 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 27 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897 51 · Letters from Mars · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · gp (r) _53 · In the Antarctic Regions of Mars [Aleriel] · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine April 1887, as by Aleriel _58 · The Congress [Aleriel] · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · ss from “Our Second Voyage to Mars”, as by Aleriel, Cassell’s Family Magazine February 1889, as by Aleriel _61 · The Canals of Mars [Aleriel] · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · ss from “Our Second Voyage to Mars”, as by Aleriel, Cassell’s Family Magazine February 1889, as by Aleriel _66 · Canal Life on Mars [Aleriel] · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine April 1890, as by Aleriel 73 · The Great Sacrifice · George C. Wallis · nv The London Magazine June 1903 103 · The Forgotten Man of Space · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Wonder Stories April 1933 127 · A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories July 1934 163 · Ylla [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s January 1 1950, as “I’ll Not Ask for Wine” 181 · Measureless to Man · Marion Zimmer Bradley · nv Amazing Stories December 1962 229 · Without Bugles [Mars] · E. C. Tubb · ss New Worlds #13, January 1952 253 · Crucifixus Etiam · Walter M. Miller · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1953 282 · The Time-Tombs · J. G. Ballard · nv If March 1963

The Lure of the Unknown by Algernon Blackwood ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Algernon Blackwood.

The Magic Mirror by Algernon Blackwood ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Algernon Blackwood.

The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, May 27, 2010, 978-1-84901-305-5, £7.99, xii+500pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 24 stories, six original. Simultaneous with the US (Running Press) edition. ix · The End of All Things · Mike Ashley · in · The Nature of the Catastrophe 1 · When We Went to See the End of the World · Robert Silverberg · ss Universe 2 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1972 11 · The End of the World · Sushma Joshi · ss The End of the World by Sushma Joshi, Mandala Book Print, 2008 17 · The Clockwork Atom Bomb · Dominic Green · ss Interzone #198, May/June 2005 38 · Bloodletting · Kate Wilhelm · ss Omni June 1994 52 · When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth · Cory Doctorow · nv Jim Baen’s Universe August 2006 93 · The Rain at the End of the World · Dale Bailey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1999 105 · The Flood · Linda Nagata · ss More Amazing Stories ed. Kim Mohan, Tor, 1998 113 · The End of the World Show · David Barnett · ss Postscripts #9, Winter 2006 129 · Fermi and Frost · Frederik Pohl · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1985 146 · Sleepover · Alastair Reynolds · nv 192 · The Last Sunset · Geoffrey A. Landis · vi Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1996 · Beyond Armageddon 196 · Moments of Inertia · William Barton · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2004 239 · The Books · Kage Baker · ss 253 · Pallbearer · Robert Reed · na 306 · And the Deep Blue Sea · Elizabeth Bear · ss Sci Fiction May 4 2005 326 · The Meek · Damien Broderick · ss Synergy SF: New Science Fiction ed. George Zebrowski, Five Star US, 2004 333 · The Man Who Walked Home · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories May 1972 351 · A Pail of Air · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1951 366 · Guardians of the Phoenix · Eric Brown · nv 404 · Life in the Anthropocene · Paul Di Filippo · nv 424 · Terraforming Terra · Jack Williamson · ss Science Fiction Age November 1998 · The End of All Things 462 · World Without End · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss 474 · The Children of Time · Stephen Baxter · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2005 490 · The Star Called Wormwood · Elizabeth Counihan · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2004

The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, July 15, 1998, 0-7867-0532-9, $10.95, 566pp, tp, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Anthology of 27 stories, five original. Authors include Jane Yolen, Hillaire Belloc, and Rosemary Sutcliff. ix · The Enduring Myth · Mike Ashley · in 1 · The Start of the Legend 3 · The First Pendragon · Sir James Knowles · ss (r) 12 · The Winning of Kinghood [King Arthur] · Howard Pyle · ex from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Scribner’s, November 1903 38 · The Winning of the Kingdom · Geoffrey of Monmouth; adapted by Mike Ashley; translated by Sebastian Evans · ss adapted by Ashley from the 1912 translation of Sebastian Evans. 46 · The Knight with the Two Swords · John Steinbeck · nv The Acts of King Arthur & His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976 67 · The Winning of a Sword · Howard Pyle · nv The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle, 1903 97 · The Treason of Morgan le Fay · George Cox · ss Popular Romances of the Middle Ages, 1871 109 · The Deeds of the Round Table 111 · The Winning of Olwen · Lady Charlotte Guest · nv from The Mabinogion, Bernard Quaritch, 1877 translated from the Welsh. 144 · The Temptation of Launcelot · Peter Valentine Timlett · ss 160 · Sir Gawain and the Green Knight · Rosemary Sutcliff · ex from The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, The Bodley Head, 1981 176 · The Quest of the Saracen Beast [Sir Dinadan] · Theodore Goodridge Roberts · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1950 192 · Sir Marrok the Wolf · Allen French · ex from Sir Marrok, Century Company, 1902 250 · The Marriage of Sir Gawayne · Maude Ebbutt · ss Hero Myths and Legends of the British People, 1910 263 · The Carle of Carlisle · Ron Tiner · nv 289 · Sir Lanval · A. R. Hope Moncrieff · ss Romance and Legend of Chivalry by A. R. Hope Moncrieff, 1913 297 · Sir Percivale of Wales · Roger Lancelyn Green · ex from King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Penguin, 1953 309 · John, the Knight of the Lion · H. Shück; translated by W. F. Harvey · nv Medieval Stories by Professor H. Schück, Sands & Co., 1902 353 · The Romance of Tristan and Iseult · Hilaire Belloc · ex 1913 413 · The Final Days 415 · The Dog’s Story · Eleanor Arnason · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1996 449 · The Quest of the Holy Grail · Andrew & Leonora Lang · ss The Book of Romance ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1902 468 · Madoc the Door Ward · Douglas Carmichael · ss 482 · Guinevere and Lancelot · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s Weekly April 2 1909, as “Many-Tower’d Camelot” 491 · The Pretender · Stephen Dedman · ss Realms of Fantasy February 1997 506 · The Passing of Arthur · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1870 519 · The Lady of Belec · Phyllis Ann Karr · ss Weird Tales Winter 1989/1990 529 · Raven’s Meat · Fay Sampson · ss; given as “Ravens’ Meat” in the Table of Contents. 546 · The Quiet Monk · Jane Yolen · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1988 558 · The Isle of Avalon · Phil Carradice · ss

The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, August 13, 1998, 1-85487-533-7, £6.99, x+566pp, tp, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1998) anthology of 27 stories, five original. Authors include Yolen, Belloc & Rosemary Sutcliff.

The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, May 24, 2001, 1-84119-080-2, £6.99, xii+528pp, tp, oa, cover by Julek Heller & Pete Rozycki)     Original/reprint anthology of 32 humorous stories. Authors include David Langford, Esther Friesner, Tom Holt, Craig Shaw Gardner, Michael G. Coney, Fredric Brown, and John Cleese with a sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus. xi · Another Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Happy Valley · John Cleese & Connie Booth · ss The Brand New Monty Python Book, 1973 based on a sketch on Monty Python. 13 · Attack of the Charlie Chaplins · Garry Kilworth · ss New Worlds ed. David Garnett, White Wolf, 1997 24 · Mother Duck Strikes Again [Ebenezum & Wuntvor] · Craig Shaw Gardner · ex from An Excess of Enchantments, Ace, 1988 35 · The Blackbird · Jack Sharkey · ss Fantastic Science Fiction Stories September 1959 52 · Pale Assassin · James Bibby · nv 76 · The Strawhouse Pavilion [Max Kearny] · Ron Goulart · ss Coven 13 #3, January 1970 90 · A Bevy of Beasts 90 · Dragonet · Esther M. Friesner · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories January 1986 96 · The Diplodocus · Porter Emerson Browne · ss The New Broadway Magazine August 1908 110 · Nothing in the Rules [Squaredeal Sam McGhee] · Nelson S. Bond · ss The Blue Book Magazine August 1943 124 · Bad Day on Mount Olympus · Marilyn Todd · ss 137 · A Bunch of Fiends 137 · How Much Would You Pay? · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss 147 · The Devil Times Three · Fredric Brown · gp (r) _147 · Nasty · Fredric Brown · vi Playboy April 1959 _149 · Rope Trick · Fredric Brown · vi Adam May 1959 _150 · The Ring of Hans Carvel · Fredric Brown · vi Nightmares and Geezenstacks by Fredric Brown, Bantam, 1961 retold and somewhat modernized from the works of Rabelais. 152 · Fair-Weather Fiend [Kedrigern] · John Morressy · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1991 175 · A Pair of Oddities 175 · The Byrds · Michael G. Coney · ss Changes ed. Michael Bishop & Ian Watson, Ace, 1983 190 · Polly Put the Mockers On · Stan Nicholls · nv 211 · A Trove of Oldies 211 · Ferdie · F. Anstey · ss The Strand Magazine December 1907 234 · The Queen’s Triplets · Israel Zangwill · ss The Idler December 1892 247 · Crispin the Turnspit · Anthony Armstrong · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1930 258 · A Halo of Angels 258 · Touched by a Salesman · Tom Holt · ss 277 · Math Takes a Holiday · Paul Di Filippo · nv 304 · Broadway Barbarian · Cherith Baldry · ss [Ref. Damon Runyon] 315 · The Winds of Fate · Tony Rath · nv 337 · Not Ours to See · David Langford · ss The Fortune Teller ed. Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1997 344 · The Caliber of the Sword · Larry Lawrence · ss published in the e-zine, Fantasy, Folklore and Fairytales, Sept 1999. 353 · A Recursion of Fairy Tales 353 · Gunsel and Gretel · Esther Friesner · nv 391 · Frog · Tina Rath · ss 398 · The Swords and the Stones · E. K. Grant · ss 413 · A Touch of the Impossibles 413 · A Case of Four Fingers · John Grant · nv 435 · The Absolute and Utter Impossibility of the Facts in the Case of the Vanishing of Henning Vok (a.k.a. The Amazing Blitzen) (r.n. Jack Ralph Cole) · Jack Adrian · ss New Crimes 3 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1991 443 · Milord Sir Smiht, the English Wizard [Dr. Eszterhazy] · Avram Davidson · nv The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy by Avram Davidson, Warner, 1975 473 · “Put Back That Universe!” [Smedley Faversham] · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2000 490 · You’ll Never Walk Alone · Scott Edelman · nv

The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, June 9, 2001, 0-7867-0867-0, $11.95, 528pp, tp, oa, cover by Julek Heller)     Reprint (Robinson 2001) anthology of 32 humorous fantasy stories, 13 original. Authors include James Bibby, Esther Friesner, and Tom Holt. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of Black Magic ed. Mike Ashley (Running Press, July 2013, 978-0-7624-4815-9, $13.95, xii+500pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Robinson 2004 as The Mammoth Book of Sorcerer’s Tales) anthology of 23 stories. This edition was published in the UK as The Mammoth Book of Dark Magic.

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, April 30, 1998, 1-85487-530-2, £6.99, xvi+524pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 35 humorous fantasy stories, including originals by James Bibby, Peter Cannon, Louise Cooper, Neil Gaiman, Anne Gay, Tom Holt, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, and Amy Myers. xiii · Still Crazy After All These Years · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Peregrine: Alflandia [Peregrine] · Avram Davidson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1973 24 · Pizza to Go · Tom Holt · ss 39 · A Malady of Magicks [Ebenezum & Wuntvor] · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss Fantastic Stories October 1978 56 · Golden Apples of the Sun · Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann & Michael Swanwick · nv The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 11 ed. Arthur W. Saha, DAW, 1985 expanded from “Virgin Territory” (Penthouse, March 1984). 75 · Death Swatch · Esther Friesner · nv Castle Fantastic ed. John DeChancie & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996 99 · Press Ann · Terry Bisson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1991 108 · Troll Bridge [Discworld] · Terry Pratchett · ss After the King ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, 1992 119 · The Toll Bridge · Harvey Jacobs · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1988 131 · Alaska [Kedrigern] · John Morressy · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1989 161 · The Cat with Two Tails · Terry Jones · ss Fantastic Stories by Terry Jones, Pavilion Books, 1992 166 · A Bunch of Fairy Tales 166 · The Warlock’s Daughter · Anthony Armstrong · ss The Strand Magazine January 1938 177 · The Glass Slip-Up · Louise Cooper · ss 197 · The Distressing Damsel · David Langford · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic July 1984 [Ref. The Brothers Grimm] 214 · A Pair of Lovecraftians 214 · Tender Is the Night-Gaunt · Peter Cannon · ss 227 · Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar [Cthulhu] · Neil Gaiman · ss 239 · A Cocoon of Oldies 239 · Looking-Glass Land [Alice] · Lewis Carroll · ex from Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Macmillan, 1871 247 · The Story of the Four Little Children · Edward Lear · ss Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets by Edward Lear, 1870 256 · The Disadvantages of Mind · James F. Sullivan · ss The Strand Magazine November 1895 265 · A Quiver of Spooks 265 · The Return of Max Kearny [Max Kearny] · Ron Goulart · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1981 288 · The Unpleasantness at the Baloney Club · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss 296 · A Fortnight of Miracles · Randall Garrett · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination February 1965 346 · Aphrodite’s New Temple [Aphrodite] · Amy Myers · ss; a sequel to “Aphrodite’s Trojan Horse” (1996). 361 · The Fifty-First Dragon · Heywood Broun · ss New-York Tribune April 13 1919 370 · The Boscombe Walters Story · Robert Rankin · ex from A Dog Called Demolition, Doubleday UK, 1996 377 · Fall’n Into the Sear [Ronan] · James A. Bibby · nv 400 · The Cunning Plan · Anne Gay · ss 414 · War of the Doom Zombies · Richard A. Lupoff · ss Fantastic Stories June 1971, as by Ova Hamlet 426 · The Tale of the Seventeenth Eunuch · Jane Yolen · ss Aladdin ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1992 435 · An Eye for an Eye, A Tooth for a Tooth · Lawrence Schimel · ss Young Blood ed. Mike Baker, Zebra, 1994 439 · Queen of the Green Sun · Jack Sharkey · ss Fantastic May 1959 453 · Wu-Ling’s Folly [Mad Amos Malone] · Alan Dean Foster · nv Fantasy Book August 1982 475 · Mebodes’ Fly [Clever Rolf] · Harry Turtledove · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1992 487 · The Return of Mad Santa · Al Sarrantonio · ss Fantasy Book February 1982 503 · Ruella in Love [Queen Ruella] · Molly Brown · ss Interzone #76, October 1993 517 · Been a Long, Long Time · R. A. Lafferty · ss Fantastic December 1970; further copyrighted 1998.

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, June 1998, 0-7867-0533-7, $10.95, 524pp, tp, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Reprint (Robinson 1998) anthology of 35 humorous fantasy stories, eight original. Authors include James Bibby, Peter Cannon, Louise Cooper, and Neil Gaiman. First American edition (Robinson/Raven 4/98).

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (SFBC, June 1998, #17365, $11.98, 524pp, hc, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Reprint (Robinson 1998) anthology of 35 humorous fantasy stories, eight original. This is similar to the Carroll & Graf trade paperback edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, December 1999, 0-7867-0694-5, $10.95, xiv+494pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Robinson 1999 as The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy) anthology of 34 humorous fantasy stories, seven original, several revised for this edition. Authors include Gene Wolfe, Esther Friesner, and Tom Holt. First American edition.

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II ed. Mike Ashley (SFBC, January 2000, #06812, $11.98, xiv+494pp, hc, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Reprint (Robinson 1999 as The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy) anthology. This SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0714-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy: Fourth All-New Collection ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, July 28, 2005, 1-84529-157-3, £7.99, 844pp, tp, oa, cover by Julek Heller)     Original anthology of 32 humorous fantasy stories, the fourth such anthology and the second with this title. Simultaneous with the US Carroll & Graf edition titled The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy. 1 · The Wonders to Behold · Mike Ashley · in 3 · Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire · Neil Gaiman · nv Gothic! ed. Deborah Noyes, Candlewick Press, 2004 17 · The Blue Magnolia · Tony Ballantyne · ss The Third Alternative #22, 2000 27 · Colquitt’s High-Energy Trousers · Steven Pirie · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #7, June/July 2003 36 · A Drama of Dragons [Ebenezum & Wuntvor] · Craig Shaw Gardner · nv Dragons of Light ed. Orson Scott Card, Ace, 1980 54 · Pest Control · Adam Roberts · ss 65 · Wrong Planet · Tom Holt · ss 88 · Return of the Warrior · Laird Long · ss 98 · Christmas Games · David Langford · ss Christmas Forever ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 1993 110 · Stephen Skarridge’s Christmas · Frank R. Stockton · ss Scribner’s Monthly January 1872 126 · Sing a Song of Sixpence [Jack B. Goode] · Robert Loy · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1999 140 · The Kaluza-Klein Caper · Damien Broderick · nv originally published in a different form as part of the novel Striped Holes (Avon, 1988). 171 · Shoes · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2002 178 · The Day We Played Mars [Engelbrecht the Dwarf] · Maurice Richardson · ss Lilliput March 1949 185 · Fowl Play · Steve Redwood · ss 197 · The Deaths of Robin Hood · Rhys Hughes · ss Redsine #8, April 2002, as “Robin Hood’s New Mother”; slightly revised. 213 · Bad Timing · Molly Brown · ss Interzone #54, December 1991 232 · Sweet, Savage Sorcerer · Esther Friesner · ss Amazing Stories January 1990 239 · The Power and the Gory · James Bibby · nv 263 · The Strange Affair of Mr Corpusty · Anthony Armstrong · ss The Prince Who Hiccuped and Other Tales by Anthony Armstrong, Ernest Benn, 1932 275 · The Great Wish Syndicate · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Jack and the Check Book by John Kendrick Bangs, Harper, 1911 289 · Fractal Paisleys · Paul Di Filippo · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1992 326 · Almost Heaven · Tom Gerencer · ss Realms of Fantasy October 2004, as “Almost (But Not Quite) Heaven” 331 · A Rude Awakening · Gail-Nina Anderson · ss 337 · Spoiled Rotten [Victor] · Grey Rollins · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 1993 364 · The Birth of A.I. · Cynthia Ward · ss XOddity #3, May 1998, as “The Birth of Artificial Intelligence” 366 · Stakes and Adders · Marilyn Todd · ss 387 · The Sea Serpent Syndicate [Billy Martin; Jimmy Raines] · Everard Jack Appleton · ss The Popular Magazine December 1904 399 · Yo Ho Hoka! [Hokas] · Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 430 · The Mirrors of Moggropple · John Morressy · gp (r) _430 · The Crystal of Caracodissa [Kedrigern] · John Morressy · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1982 _440 · Mirror, Mirror, Off the Wall [Kedrigern] · John Morressy · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1988 467 · I Married a Robot [Maggie & Ben] · Ron Goulart · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 1999 491 · Mrs. Wilson and the Black Arts of Mrs. Beelzebub from Number Six · Steven Pirie · ss 501 · Sooner or Later or Never Never [Crispin Mobey] · Gary Jennings · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1972 535 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Mammoth Book of Dark Magic ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, April 2013, 978-1-78033-991-7, £7.99, 500pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Reprint (Robinson 2004 as The Mammoth Book of Sorcerers’ Tales) anthology of 23 stories about wizards.

The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, November 2007, 978-1-84529-630-8, £7.99, xi+496pp, tp, oa, cover by Gustave Doré)     Original anthology of 22 stories set in the world of various Dickens novels. ix · Dickensian Crimes · Mike Ashley · in 1 · The Marshalsea Handicap · Gillian Linscott · ss 18 · The Three-legged Cat of Great Clatterden · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · nv 42 · Murder in Murray’s Court · David Stuart Davies · ss 59 · The Leaping Lover · Kage Baker · nv 83 · The End of Little Nell · Robert Barnard · ss 94 · Encounter in the Dark · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · nv 126 · The Lord No Zoo · Deirdre Counihan · nv 155 · The Bartered Child · Charles Todd · nv 180 · The Little Christian · Rebecca Tope · nv 205 · The Fiery Devil · Peter Tremayne · nv 226 · The Divine Nature · Kate Ellis · nv 250 · I Encounter an Old Friend and a New Mystery · Derek Wilson · nv 274 · Awaiting the Dawn · Marilyn Todd · nv 301 · The Letter · Joan Lock · ss 320 · Not Cricket · Judith Cutler · ss 338 · Tom Wasp and the Swell Mob [Tom Wasp] · Amy Myers · nv 364 · Miss Havisham’s Revenge · Alanna Knight · nv adapted and extensively revised from a chapter in Estella (Macmillan, 1986). 389 · The Prints of the Beast · Michael Pearce · ss 408 · The Mystery of Canute Villa · Martin Edwards · nv 432 · Watchful Unto Death · Hilary Bonner · nv 455 · The Tidal · Michael Ryan · nv 479 · The Thorn of Anxiety · Edward Marston · ss

The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, September 12, 2002, 1-84119-505-7, £6.99, xv+496pp, tp, oa, cover by James Goodall)     Associational anthology of 19 stories (1 is a reprint). ix · The Sands of Crime · Mike Ashley · fw xiii · Introduction · Elizabeth Peters · in 1 · Set in Stone · Deirdre Counihan · nv 23 · Serpent at the Feast · Claire Griffen · ss 40 · The Sorrow of Senusert the Mighty · Keith Taylor · nv 79 · The Execration · Noreen Doyle · nv 105 · No-name · R. H. Stewart · nv 135 · “Or You Can Drink the Wine…?” [Amerotke] · Paul C. Doherty · nv 165 · Murder in the Land of Wawat [Lt. Bak] · Lauren Haney · ss 182 · The Locked Tomb Mystery · Elizabeth Peters · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989 199 · Heretic’s Dagger [Lord Meren] · Lynda S. Robinson · nv 228 · Scorpion’s Kiss [Huy the Scribe] · Anton Gill · nv 253 · Claws of the Wind · Suzanne Frank · ss 272 · The Weighing of the Heart · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · na 337 · Chosen of the Nile [Herodotus] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · nv 358 · The Justice of Isis · Gillian Bradshaw · nv 386 · The Wings of Isis · Marilyn Todd · nv 410 · Bringing the Foot · Kate Ellis · nv 432 · Unrolling the Dead · Ian Morson · nv 466 · Heart Scarab · Gillian Linscott · nv 487 · Made in Egypt [Mamur Zapt] · Michael Pearce · ss

The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, October 2002, 0-7867-1065-9, $11.95, 496pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Robinson 2002) anthology of 19 mysteries set in historial Egypt. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy: To the Ultimate Limit ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, June 26, 2008, 978-1-84529-806-7, £7.99, 562pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 24 stories based on speculative ideas taken to their extremes. Authors include Andy Duncan, Orson Scott Card, R.A. Lafferty, and A.A. Attanasio. 1 · Beyond the Impossible · Mike Ashley · in 5 · Senator Bilbo · Andy Duncan · ss Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001 23 · Sandmagic [Mithermages] · Orson Scott Card · nv Swords Against Darkness IV ed. Andrew J. Offutt, Zebra, 1979 43 · Dream a Little Dream for Me… · Peter Crowther · nv Perchance to Dream ed. Denise Little, DAW, 2000 71 · Lost Wax · Leah Bobet · ss Realms of Fantasy December 2006 81 · Save a Place in the Lifeboat for Me · Howard Waldrop · nv Nickelodeon #2, 1976 107 · I Am Bonaro · John Niendorff · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination December 1964 113 · The Old House Under the Snow · Rhys Hughes · nv Postscripts #2, Summer 2004 149 · The Banquet of the Lords of Night · Liz Williams · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2002 161 · Charlie the Purple Giraffe Was Acting Strangely · David D. Levine · ss Realms of Fantasy June 2004 171 · Master Lao and the Flying Horror · Lawrence Person · nv Postscripts #4, Summer 2005 205 · Using It and Losing It · Jonathan Lethem · ss Journal Wired #3, Summer/Fall 1990 215 · The All-at-Once Man [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1970 237 · Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani · William Hope Hodgson · ss Nash’s Illustrated Weekly September 20 1919, as “The Baumoff Explosive” 257 · Boatman’s Holiday · Jeffrey Ford · ss Book of Voices ed. Michael Butscher, Flame Books, 2005 275 · The Detweiler Boy · Tom Reamy · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1977 317 · The Fence at the End of the World · Melissa Mia Hall · ss Realms of Fantasy August 2002 325 · Elric at the End of Time [Elric] · Michael Moorcock · nv Elsewhere ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981 373 · Cup and Table · Tim Pratt · ss Twenty Epics ed. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, All-Star Stories, 2006 391 · I, Haruspex · Christopher Priest · nv The Third Alternative #16, 1998 435 · Radio Waves · Michael Swanwick · nv Omni Winter 1995 461 · Tower of Babylon · Ted Chiang · nv Omni November 1990 491 · Jack Neck and the Worrybird · Paul Di Filippo · nv Science Fiction Age July 1998 513 · The Dark One · A. A. Attanasio · nv Crank! #4, Fall 1994 541 · A Ring of Green Fire · Sean McMullen · ss Interzone #89, November 1994

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy: To the Ultimate Limit ed. Mike Ashley (Running Press, August 2008, 978-0-7624-3383-4, $13.95, 562pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Reprint (Robinson 2008) fantasy anthology of 24 stories. Authors include Andy Duncan, Liz Williams, and Ted Chiang. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, May 9, 2006, 0-7867-1727-0, $13.95, 562pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 19 SF stories, three original; new stories by Stephen Baxter, Jerry Oltion, and Robert Reed. Simultaneous with the UK (Robinson) edition. ix · Extreme Science Fiction · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Anomalies · Gregory Benford · ss Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 13 · …And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon · Paul Di Filippo · na Sci Fiction November 19 2003 32 · Crucifixion Variations · Lawrence Person · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1998 52 · The Pacific Mystery · Stephen Baxter · nv 74 · Flowers from Alice · Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross · nv New Voices in Science Fiction ed. Mike Resnick, DAW, 2003 89 · Merlin’s Gun [Merlin] · Alastair Reynolds · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 2000 123 · Death in the Promised Land · Pat Cadigan · na Omni Online March 1995 184 · The Long Chase · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2002 197 · Waterworld · Stephen L. Gillett & Jerry Oltion · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 1994, as by Lee Goodloe & Jerry Oltion 239 · Hoop-of-Benzene [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · nv 268 · The New Humans · B. Vallance · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1909 295 · The Creator · Clifford D. Simak · nv Marvel Tales March/April 1935 322 · The Girl Had Guts · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Venture Science Fiction January 1957 346 · The Region Between [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Harlan Ellison · na Galaxy Science Fiction March 1970; revised. 393 · The Days of Solomon Gursky · Ian McDonald · na Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1998 451 · Wang’s Carpets · Greg Egan · nv New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin Greenberg, Legend, 1995 485 · Undone · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2001 515 · Judgment Engine · Greg Bear · nv Far Futures ed. Gregory Benford, Tor, 1995 551 · Stuffing · Jerry Oltion · ss