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The Chronicles of King Arthur ed. Mike Ashley (Past Times, August 1997, 1-85487-968-5, £11.99, 446+391pp, tp, bx)     Boxed set containing the fantasy anthologies Tales of the Round Table and Quest for the Holy Grail.

The Chronicles of the Holy Grail ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, November 1996, 0-7867-0363-6, $12.95, xix+440pp, tp, oa, cover by Julek Heller)     Anthology of 21 Arthurian stories, 15 original. Simultaneous with the UK (Raven) edition.

The Chronicles of the Holy Grail ed. Mike Ashley (Raven, November 18, 1996, 1-85487-433-0, £5.99, xix+440pp, tp, oa, cover by Julek Heller)     Anthology of 21 Arthurian stories, 15 original. The introduction by Ashley discusses the origins of the Grail legend. A guide to Arthurian characters is provided. Authors include Phyllis Ann Karr, Tanith Lee, Parke Godwin, and Brian Stableford. xi · Dramatis Personae: A Guide to Arthurian Characters · [uncredited] · ms 1 · The Holy Grail · Mike Ashley · in 11 · The Magic Bowl · Peter Tremayne · nv 34 · Maidens of the Grael · Peter Valentine Timlett · nv 58 · The Story of Peredur · Lady Charlotte Guest · nv 1849, as “Peredur, Son of Evrawc” 94 · Hunt of the Hart Royal · Cherith Baldry · ss 109 · The Castles of Testing · Keith Taylor · nv 145 · The Legend of Sir Dinar · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Speaker December 19 1891, as by Q 151 · Galahad’s Lady · Phyllis Ann Karr · nv 178 · Shrouded in Mist · Lawrence Schimel & Mark A. Garland · ss 185 · The Unwanted Grail · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 195 · The Figure in Darkness · Ken Alden · ss 208 · The Treasures of Britain · Heather Rose Jones · ss 218 · Honour Before Glory · Steve Lockley · ss 228 · The Kingdoms of the Air · Tanith Lee · nv Weird Tales Summer 1988 264 · The Secret History · Peter T. Garratt · nv 287 · An Idyll of the Grail · Phyllis Ann Karr · pm 292 · Launcelot’s Grail · Peter Valentine Timlett · ss 307 · Reliquary · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss 324 · Peronnik the Fool · George Moore · nv The London Mercury September 1921 (+1) 360 · The Last Rainbow · Parke Godwin · nv Fantastic Stories July 1978 394 · The Lost Romance · Brian Stableford · ss 407 · The Great Return · Arthur Machen · nv Faith Press, 1915 439 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

The Chronicles of the Round Table ed. Mike Ashley (Raven, October 30, 1997, 1-85487-953-7, £5.99, x+451pp, tp, oa, cover by Julek Heller)     Reprint (Past Times 1997 as Tales of the Round Table) anthology of original stories about the Knights of the Round Table, and an interview with Marion Bradley. ix · Arthur, the Demigod? · Vera Chapman · fw The Once and Future Arthur ed. Edmund R. Meskys, Niekas Publications, 1989 1 · The Realm of the Round Table · Mike Ashley · in 7 · The Hedge of Mist · Peter Valentine Timlett · nv 36 · The Perfect Stranger · R. H. Stewart · nv 65 · Knight of the Golden Collar · Peter Tremayne · ss 80 · Tournament of Rogues · Keith Taylor · nv 105 · A Tribute of Ferns · Peter T. Garratt · ss 125 · Dieu et Mon Droit! · Eliot Fintushel · nv 148 · The Gest of Sir Brandiles · Kurt Roth · ss 165 · My Lady of the Ashes · Paul Finch · nv 188 · Twice Knightly · Alan Kennington · ss The Evening Standard September 28 1936 196 · The Goose Girl [Sir Dinadan] · Theodore Goodridge Roberts · ss The Blue Book Magazine August 1951 213 · Belleus’s Demon · Lawrence Schimel · ss 219 · The Hand of Fair Lysette · Michael Coney · ss 234 · The Knight of Good Heart · Liz Holliday · ss 251 · Clarissant · Phyllis Ann Karr · nv 283 · Just Cause · Fay Sampson · nv 306 · Earthworks · Patrick McCormack · nv 339 · The Trial of Sir Kay · Cherith Baldry · ss 355 · Meraugis and Medwina · Seamus Cullen · ss 373 · The Fight for the Queen · Leonora Lang · ss The Book of Romance ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1902 380 · My Mother, the Hag · Brian Stableford · ss 391 · The Dragon of Camlann · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 406 · Uallannach · Parke Godwin · nv Invitation to Camelot ed. Parke Godwin, Ace, 1988 427 · A Figure in Faerie Time · John T. Aquino · ss 440 · Afterword: The Road to Camelot: Parke Godwin Talks to Marion Zimmer Bradley · Parke Godwin · iv Fantasy Review April 1984 [Ref. Marion Zimmer Bradley]

The Chronicles of the Round Table ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, November 1997, 0-7867-0464-0, $12.95, 451pp, tp, oa, cover by Julek Heller)     Reprint (Past Times 1997 as Tales of the Round Table) original anthology of 23 Arthurian stories, four reprints, plus an interview with Marion Zimmer Bradley conducted by Parke Godwin. Authors include Brian Stableford, Phyllis Ann Karr, and Peter Tremayne. There is a foreword by Vera Chapman and introduction by Ashley. First US edition.

Classical Stories: Heroic Tales from Ancient Greece and Rome ed. Mike Ashley (Past Times, July 1996, 1-85487-462-4, xiv+370pp, tp, an)     Associational anthology of stories set in Ancient Greece and Rome, including stories by Darrell Schweitzer, Thomas Burnett Swann, and E.C. Tubb, with an original story by L. Sprague de Camp. Only available as part of a boxed set The Collected Classical Stories & Classical Whodunnits (-812-3, £11.95). vii · The Golden Age · Mike Ashley · in ix · 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 · The Thread · Vera Chapman · ss The Phoenix Tree ed. Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski, Avon, 1980 28 · Where Is the Bird of Fire? [Mellonia] · Thomas Burnett Swann · na Science Fantasy #52, 1962 73 · The Slave of Marathon [Grey Maiden] · Arthur D. Howden Smith · nv Adventure July 23 1926 93 · The Wearer of Purple · Pierre Louÿs · ss The Collected Works of Pierre Louÿs by Pierre Louÿs, Liveright, 1932 112 · The Horse from Thessaly · Mary Renault · ss The Twelfth Man ed. Martin Boddey, Cassell, 1971 121 · The Banquet of Death · Peter Tremayne · ss 140 · The Preparation · Naomi Mitchison · ex from The Conquered, Jonathan Cape, 1923 156 · The Mountain Wolves · John Maddox Roberts · nv 190 · The Rise of Augustus · Allan Massie · ex from Augustus, The Bodley Head, 1989 209 · The Chariot Race · Lew Wallace · ex from Ben-Hur, or The Days of the Messiah, 1880 228 · Caligula the God · Robert Graves · ex from I, Claudius, A. Barker, 1934 242 · Betrayed · Juliet Dymoke · ss adapted from Prisoner of Rome, 1975. 259 · Captain Leopard · L. Sprague de Camp · ss 266 · Sword of Freedom · E. C. Tubb · ss revised extract from Atilus the Gladiator, Futura Books, 1975. 275 · The Last Letter · Derek Wilson · ss 294 · Fortunatus · R. H. Stewart · nv 321 · The Walking Walls of Rome · Keith Taylor · nv 342 · The Great World and the Small · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine Winter 1993 354 · The Crown of the Golden Chain [Lady Zoë] · Max Pemberton · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1901 369 · Sources and Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms

Classical Whodunnits: Murder and Mystery from Ancient Greece and Rome ed. Mike Ashley (Past Times, July 1996, 1-85487-463-2, x+374pp, tp, oa)     Associational anthology of mystery stories set in Ancient Greece and Rome, including original stories by Darrell Schweitzer, Keith Taylor, and Brian Stableford. Only available as part of the boxed set The Collected Classical Stories & Classical Whodunnits. vii · The Ancient Mysteries · Mike Ashley · in ix · A Murder, Now and Then… · Steven Saylor · pr 1 · Aphrodite’s Trojan Horse (or Murder on Mount Ida) [Aphrodite] · Amy Myers · nv 25 · Investigating the Silvius Boys · Lindsey Davis · ss No Alibi ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press, 1995 37 · The Gateway to Death [Socrates] · Brèni James · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1955, as “Socrates Solves Another Murder” 45 · Death of the King [The Great “Detectives”] · Theodore Mathieson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1959, as “Alexander the Great, Detective” 60 · The Favour of a Tyrant · Keith Taylor · ss 72 · The White Fawn [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv 96 · The Statuette of Rhodes [SPQR] · John Maddox Roberts · ss 113 · The Things That Are Caesar’s · Edward D. Hoch · ss 126 · Murderer, Farewell · Ron Burns · ss 145 · A Pomegranate for Pluto · Claire Griffen · nv 171 · The Gardens of Tantalus · Brian Stableford · nv 192 · A Green Boy [Gaius Celerius] · Anthony Price · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973 208 · Mosaic · Rosemary Aitken · ss 218 · The Brother in the Tree · Keith Heller · ss 237 · The Ass’s Head · Phyllis Ann Karr · nv 267 · The Nest of Evil [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · ss London Mystery Selection #64, March 1965, as “The Case of the Nest of Evil” 276 · In This Sign, Conquer · Gail-Nina Anderson & Simon Clark · nv; by-lined “Nina-Gail Anderson & Simon Clark” on contents page. 305 · Last Things · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 317 · Beauty More Stealthy [John the Eunuch] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · nv 346 · The Poisoned Chalice [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 373 · Sources and Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms

Classical Whodunnits: Murder and Mystery from Ancient Greece and Rome ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, November 18, 1996, 1-85487-463-2, £5.99, x+374pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Past Times 1996) associational anthology of original/reprint stories about murder and detection in the ancient world. This is actually exactly the same edition as the Past Times version except for the publisher name and price.

Classical Whodunnits: Murder and Mystery from Ancient Greece and Rome ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, June 1997, 0-7867-0418-7, $9.95, 374pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Past Times 1996) associational anthology of 20 stories, 15 of them original, by Brian Stableford, Phyllis Ann Karr, and Darrell Schweitzer, and other fantasy authors. Preface by Steven Saylor. First US edition.

The Collected Classical Stories & Classical Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Past Times, July 1996, 1-85487-812-3, £11.95, 370+374pp, tp, bx)     Boxed set containing the associational anthologies Classical Stories and Classical Whodunnits.

The Collected Shakespearean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Past Times, November 1998, 1-84119-018-7, £11.99, 422+440pp, tp, bx)     Boxed set containing the associational anthologies Shakespearean Whodunnits and More Shakespearean Whodunnits.

Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (W.H. Smith, 2004, 1-84529-102-6, £4.99, 528pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Robinson 2001 as The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy) original/reprint anthology of 32 humorous stories. Only available in W.H. Smith’s bookshops.

The Darker Sex: Tales of the Supernatural and Macabre by Victorian Women Writers ed. Mike Ashley (Peter Owen, July 2009, 978-0-7206-1335-3, £9.99, 245pp, tp, an, cover by Nick Pearson)     Anthology of 11 stories by writers including Emily Brontë, E. Nesbit, George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell. 9 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 11 · The Palace of Death · Emily Brontë; translated by Sue Lonoff · vi The Belgian Essays by Charlotte & Emily Brontë, Yale University Press, 1997 translated from the French (“Le Palais de la Mort”, 1842). 15 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 39 · The Shadow in the Corner · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv All the Year Round Summer 1879 62 · Nut Bush Farm · Charlotte Riddell · nv Weird Stories by Mrs. J. H. Riddell, J. Hogg, 1882 104 · The Tenant of the Cedars · Mary E. Penn · ss The Argosy (UK) September 1883 128 · Sir Nigel Otterburn’s Case · Louisa Baldwin · ss The Shadow on the Blind and Other Ghost Stories by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin, Dent, 1895 145 · Luella Miller · Mary Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins 161 · The Three Kisses · Violet Quirk · ss The Novel Magazine February 1920 167 · The Third Drug · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine February 1908, as by E. Bland 188 · The Lifted Veil · George Eliot · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine July 1859, uncredited. 233 · The Presence · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · ss Harper’s Bazar January 1910

Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (The British Library, May 3, 2019, 978-0-7123-5263-5, £8.99, 261pp, tp, an, cover by Mauricio Villamayor) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Reprint anthology of 19 ’dark fantasy’ stories, each with an Introduction by Ashley. Several stories are paired with their sequels. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 7 · What Is Dark Fantasy? · Mike Ashley · in 13 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited. 31 · The Anticipator · Morley Roberts · ss The Sketch May 13 1896 41 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 51 · The Discourager of Hesitancy · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine July 1885 59 · The White People · Arthur Machen · nv Horlick’s Magazine and Home Journal for Australia, India and the Colonies January 1904 107 · The Prism · Mary E. Wilkins · ss The Century Magazine July 1901, as by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 123 · The Mysterious Card [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat February 1896 136 · The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat August 1896 155 · A Moonlight Fable · H. G. Wells · ss Collier’s April 10 1909 163 · Fear · Catherine Wells · ss The Book of Catherine Wells by Catherine Wells, Doubleday, Doran, 1928 171 · The Little Room · Madeline Yale Wynne · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1895 188 · The Sequel to “The Little Room” · Madeline Yale Wynne · ss The Little Room and Other Stories by Madeline Yale Wynne, Way & Williams, 1895 205 · The Thing in the Cellar · David H. Keller · ss Weird Tales March 1932 217 · Johnson Looked Back · Thomas Burke · ss Night Pieces by Thomas Burke, Constable, 1935 225 · The Woman in Red [The Woman in Red] · Muriel Campbell Dyar · ss The Black Cat November 1899 235 · Unmasked [The Woman in Red] · Muriel Campbell Dyar · ss The Black Cat March 1900 245 · The New Mother · Lucy Clifford · nv Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise by Lucy Lane Clifford, Macmillan and Co., 1882 273 · The Hoard of the Gibbelins · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sketch January 25 1911 281 · The Three Marked Pennies · Mary E. Counselman · ss Weird Tales August 1934 295 · Copyright Acknowledgements and Story Sources · Mike Ashley · ms

The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women ed. Mike Ashley (Peter Owen, July 30, 2010, 978-0-7206-1354-4, £9.99, 252pp, tp, an, cover by Nick Pearson)     Anthology of 14 stories. 11 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 15 · The Blue Laboratory [Tales of Other Cities] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv Cassell’s Family Magazine May 1897; given as by L.T. Meade. 40 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833 55 · The Moonstone Mass · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1868, uncredited. 72 · A Wife Manufactured to Order · Harriet W. Fuller · ss The Arena July 1895 82 · Good Lady Ducayne · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv The Strand Magazine February 1896 111 · The Hall Bedroom · Mary Wilkins Freeman · ss Collier’s Weekly March 28 1903 129 · The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar · G. M. Barrows · ss The Argosy March 1904 143 · Sultana’s Dream · Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain · ss The Indian Ladies’ Magazine 1905; given as by Roquia Sukhawat Hossein. 156 · The Five Senses · Edith Nesbit · ss The London Magazine December 1909 175 · Lady Clanbevan’s Baby · Clotilde Graves · ss Off Sandy Hook and Other Stories by Richard Dehan, Frederick A. Stokes, 1915, as by Richard Dehan 186 · Monsieur Fly-by-Night · Muriel Pollexfen · nv The Grand Magazine October 1915 210 · The Ultimate Ingredient · Greye La Spina · ss The Thrill Book October 15 1919 229 · The Miracle of the Lily · Clare Winger Harris · nv Amazing Stories April 1928 249 · The Earth Slept: A Vision · Adeline Knapp · ss One Thousand Dollars a Day by Adeline Knapp, Arena Publishing, 1894