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Boundary Problems by Greg Bechtel (Freehand Books, March 18, 2014, 978-1-55481-186-1, $19.95, 226pp, tp, oc, cover by Natalie Olsen)

7 · Blackbird Shuffle · Greg Bechtel · ss Tesseracts Ten ed. Robert Charles Wilson & Edo van Belkom, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2006

31 · The Concept of a Photon · Greg Bechtel · ss Prairie Fire v28 #2, 2007

49 · The Smut Story [Part 1 of 3] · Greg Bechtel · nv; this part is titled “The Smut Story (III)”.

57 · Mindreader · Greg Bechtel · ss Qwerty #15, 2004

71 · Junk Mail · Greg Bechtel · ss Prairie Fire v26 #2, 2005

93 · The Smut Story [Part 2 of 3] · Greg Bechtel · nv; this part is titled “The Smut Story (II)”.

109 · Boundary Problems · Greg Bechtel · nv

137 · The Mysterious East · Greg Bechtel · nv The Fiddlehead #246, 2011

165 · The Smut Story [Part 3 of 3] · Greg Bechtel · nv; this part is titled “The Smut Story (II)”.

175 · The Everett-Wheeler Hypothesis · Greg Bechtel · nv
an excerpt from an earlier draft appeared in Herman #2, 2010, under the title “The Garden of Forking Paths”.

225 · Notes · Greg Bechtel · ms

The Frankenstein Reader ed. Calvin Beck (Ballantine, 1962, F680, 50¢, 159pp, pb, an)

7 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890

16 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866

40 · Passeur · Robert W. Chambers · ss The English Illustrated Magazine October 1897

45 · The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The National Observer February 4 1893

66 · The Ghost of Fear · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896, as “The Red Room”

76 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.

88 · The Dead Valley · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895

98 · The Thing in the Hall · E. F. Benson · nv The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills Boon, 1912

110 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q

123 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912

134 · On the Staircase · Katharine Fullerton Gerould · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1913

The Openers of the Gate by L. Adams Beck (Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1930, 368pp, hc, co) [Dr. James Livingstone]
Collection of ten short stories “either narrated by or concerning Dr. James Livingstone, a specialist in nervous disorders, who is very close to being an occult detective”.

· Preface · L. Adams Beck · pr

1 · The Openers of the Gate [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv

35 · Lord Killary [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv

64 · How Felicity Came Home [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv

99 · Waste Manor [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv

138 · The Mystery of Iniquity [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv

190 · Many Waters Cannot Quench Love [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv

239 · The Horoscope [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv Pearson’s Magazine May 1929, as by E. Barrington

274 · The Thug [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv

311 · Hell [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv

340 · The Man Who Saw [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv

Literature of the Supernatural ed. Robert E. Beck (McDougal, Littell, 1974, 188pp, tp, an)

9 · The Man Upstairs · Ray Bradbury · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1947

21 · The Real Dracula · James F. Donohue · ar San Francisco Chronicle January 9 1972

25 · …Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields · W. B. Seabrook · ar from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929

35 · In the Vault · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout November 1925

44 · The Considerate Hosts · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales December 1939

55 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865
revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story.

78 · Sweet William’s Ghost · [uncredited] · pm (r)

81 · Footsteps Invisible · Robert Arthur · ss Argosy January 20 1940

95 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843

104 · Readings, Forecasts, Personal Guidance · Kenneth Fearing · pm (r)

108 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904

115 · The Tradition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette November 29 1913

120 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941

126 · In Ghostly Japan · Lafcadio Hearn · ar In Ghostly Japan by Lafcadio Hearn, Little Brown, 1899

129 · The Other World · translated by Robert Hillyer · pm from The Book of the Dead (r)

131 · Charts from The Divine Comedy · Dante Alighieri · ex (r)

135 · The Witch Mania · Charles McKay · ar (r)

145 · Witches’ Spell from Macbeth · William Shakespeare · pm Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623

147 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895

163 · A Way of Thinking · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Amazing Stories October/November 1953

Golden Tales of Our America: Stories of Our Background & Tradition ed. May Lamberton Becker (Dodd, Mead, 1960, hc, an)

· Peter Rugg, the Missing Man · William Austin · nv New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New England in a Letter to Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell

· Uncle Lisha’s Spring Gun · Rowland Robinson · ss (r)

· The Bedquilt · Dorothy Canfield · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine November 1906

· The Ambitious Guest · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine June 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”

· Young Lucretia · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss (r)

· The Coon Dog · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss The Century Magazine August 1898

· The Steeple Trap · Jacob Abbott · ss (r)

· The Revenge of Saint Nicholas · James K. Paulding · ss (r)

· The Turn Out · Augustus Baldwin Longstreet · ss (r)

· Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox · Joel Chandler Harris · ss (r)

· Christmas on Bee Tree · Lucy Furman · ss (r)

· The Battle-Ground · Elsie Singmaster · ss Gettysburg by Elsie Singmaster, Houghton Mifflin, 1913

· A Drama of Three · Grace King · ss The Century Magazine December 1892

· The Emigrants · James Hall · ss (r)

· The Politician · Caroline M. Kirkland · ss (r)

· Doggett’s Last Migration · Hayden Carruth · ss The Century Magazine October 1892

· Mrs. Ripley’s Trip · Hamlin Garland · ss Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland, Arena Publishing Company, 1891

· Spelling Down the Master · Edward Eggleston · ss (r)

· Paul Bunyan’s Cornstalk · Esther Shephard · ss (r)

· The Last Antelope · Mary Hunter Austin · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1903

· High-Water Mark · Francis Bret Harte · ss The Golden Era January 6 1861

Humans Are the Problem: A Monster’s Anthology ed. Willow Becker & Michael Cluff (Weird Little Worlds, November 2021, 978-1-73789-181-9, $24.99, xii+241pp, hc, oa, cover by SusIO)
Details taken from online listing.

xi · When Humans Attack: A Concerning Prologue · Willow Becker & Michael Cluff · in

1 · Root Rot · Sarah Read · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

14 · Taffy Sweet · Michaelbrent Collings · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

29 · The Dawn Woman · Calvin Cleary · ss

40 · Who We Are · L. H. Moore · ss

44 · Aquarium Diver · Philip Fracassi · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

64 · Nothing Personal · Georgia Cook · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

76 · Woof · Patrick Barb · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

87 · If Wishes Were · John Langan · ss

105 · On This Side of the Veil · Gabino Iglesias · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

114 · Epic Troll · Auston Habershaw · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

128 · The Man of Seaweed and Reeds · Corey Farrenkopf · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

137 · The Sound · Leah Claire Kaminski · ss

140 · Poor Butcher-Bird · Gemma Files · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

158 · Crack of the Bat · T. J. Tranchell · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

167 · The Clean Kill · Justin Guleserian · ss

177 · The Fingernail Man · Jonathon Mast · ss

186 · Mea Tulpa · Gordon Linzner · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

192 · In the House of the Elementals · Lisa Morton · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

202 · Passed On · Die Booth · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

207 · The Blanch · Dominick Cancilla · ss

211 · My Friend Nessie · J. H. Moncrieff · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

224 · Laurel’s First Chase · Christi Nogle · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

Sons of Eden by Chris Beckett (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 2018, £8.00, 34pp, ph, nv, cover by David A. Hardy) [Dark Eden; Novacon Booklets]
Original novelette issued in a limited edition of 250 numbered copies, to coincide with Beckett’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 48.
Details taken from online listing.

The Episodes of Vathek by William Beckford (Stephen Swift & Co. Ltd., 1912, xxxi+207+127pp, hc, oc)
Collection of three episodes left out of the original edition of the novel, both in the original French as in translations by Sir Frank T. Marzials.

vii · Introduction · Lewis Melville · in; includes several letters between Beckford and Samuel Henley.

1 · The Story of Prince Alasi and the Princess Firouzkah · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · nv
translated from the French (“Histoire du Prince Alasi et de la Princess Firouzkah”, The English Review, August & September 1910).

49 · The Story of Prince Barkiarokh · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · n.
translated from the French (“Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh”).

163 · The Story of the Princess Zulkaïs and the Prince Kalilah · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · uw
translated from the French (“Histoire de la Princess Zulkaïs et du Prince Kalilah”, The English Review, December 1909).

1 · Histoire du Prince Alasi et de la Princess Firouzkah · William Beckford · nv The English Review August 1910 (+1); in French.

31 · Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh · William Beckford · n.; in French.

101 · Histoire de la Princess Zulkaïs et du Prince Kalilah · William Beckford · uw The English Review December 1909; in French.

The Episodes of Vathek (var. 1) by William Beckford (Dedalus, February 24, 1995, 1-873982-61-5, £6.99, 207pp, tp, co, cover by Lise Weisgerber)
Fantasy collection: portions of the classic Vathek which were suppressed before that book’s publication in 1787 (because of their contentious themes of homosexuality and sado-masochism) and not published until 1912. An extremely rare collection, this is only the third British edition, and the first in over fifty years. Using the 1912 translation by Sir Frank T. Marzials (with minor corrections and alterations), but omitted the original French texts that were in the 1912 (Stephen Swift) edition, this edition is edited with an introduction by Malcolm Jack. It is internally dated 1994.

9 · Introduction · Malcolm Jack · in

17 · Note on the Present Edition · [uncredited] · ms

18 · Select Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

19 · The Story of Prince Alasi and the Princess Firouzkah · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · nv Episodes of Vathek by William Beckford, Stephen Swift, 1912
translated from the French (“Histoire du Prince Alasi et de la Princess Firouzkah”, The English Review, August & September 1910).

63 · The Story of Prince Barkiarokh · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · n. Episodes of Vathek by William Beckford, Stephen Swift, 1912
translated from the French (“Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh”).

167 · The Story of the Princess Zulkaïs and the Prince Kalilah · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · uw Episodes of Vathek by William Beckford, Stephen Swift, 1912
translated from the French (“Histoire de la Princess Zulkaïs et du Prince Kalilah”, The English Review, December 1909).

The History of the Caliph Vathek, Including the Episodes of Vathek by William Beckford (Ballantine Adult Fantasy, June 1971, 345-02279-3, 95¢, 305pp, pb, co, cover by Ray Cruz)
Fantasy collection.

vii · The Caliph of Fonthill Abbey · Lin Carter · in

1 · Vathek · William Beckford; translated by Samuel Henley · n. J. Johnson, 1786, as “An Arabian Tale”, uncredited.; note that the last 4 pages of the novel are moved to page 277 after the three episodes.

99 · The Story of Prince Alasi and the Princess Firouzkah · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · nv Episodes of Vathek by William Beckford, Stephen Swift, 1912
translated from the French (“Histoire du Prince Alasi et de la Princess Firouzkah”, The English Review, August & September 1910).

140 · The Story of Prince Barkiarokh · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · n. Episodes of Vathek by William Beckford, Stephen Swift, 1912
translated from the French (“Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh”).

239 · The Story of the Princess Zulkaïs and the Prince Kalilah · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · uw Episodes of Vathek by William Beckford, Stephen Swift, 1912
translated from the French (“Histoire de la Princess Zulkaïs et du Prince Kalilah”, The English Review, December 1909).

281 · Notes · William Beckford; translated by Samuel Henley · ms from An Arabian Tale, J. Johnson, 1786

Murder in Mind ed. Michael Beckman & Barry Kiel--- see under Barry Kiel.

The Life of Pinky Jenkins, Volume 2 by H. Bedford-Jones (Altus Press, 2018, 978-1-61827-365-9, $19.95, 184pp, tp, co)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Pinky Jenkins, Sheriff [Pinky Jenkins] · H. Bedford-Jones · na Ace-High Magazine 1st April 1924 (+2)

97 · T.J. Jenkins, Diplomat [Pinky Jenkins] · H. Bedford-Jones · nv Ace-High Magazine 2nd September 1924

183 · About the Author · H. Bedford-Jones · cl Argosy November 16 1929, as “The Men Who Make the Argosy”

Pirates Ain’t All Dead Yet: The Complete Adventures of Captain Struthers by H. Bedford-Jones (Steeger Books, 2020, 978-1-61827-479-3, $16.95, 155pp, tp, co, cover by Modest Stein from Argosy Allstory Weekly September 17 1921)
Details supplied by Denny Lien. In “The H. Bedford-Jones Library”.

1 · “Pirates Ain’t All Dead Yet” [Captain Struthers] · H. Bedford-Jones · nv Argosy Allstory Weekly September 17 1921

24 · Land Sharks and Others [Captain Struthers] · H. Bedford-Jones · nv Argosy Allstory Weekly September 24 1921

49 · Piracy on the High Seas [Captain Struthers] · H. Bedford-Jones · nv Argosy Allstory Weekly October 1 1921

73 · Down the Coast of Barbary · H. Bedford-Jones · na Argosy Allstory Weekly October 21 1922

155 · The Men Who Make the Argosy · H. Bedford-Jones · cl Argosy November 16 1929

Shadowplay: An Anthology of New Horror Fiction ed. Eric S. Beebe (Post Mortem Press, January 14, 2011, 978-0-615-42470-5, $12.95, 172pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Carousel Gardens · Patrick Scalisi · ss

· Bimini Underground · G. Elmer Munson · ss

· I Am Lonnie · Fred McGavran · ss

· Waking Dead · Andrew Risch · ss

· At Patrick’s Halloween Party · Lawrence Vernon · ss

· The Kitchen · Alexandro Rios · ss

· Clubhouse Gods · Yarrow Paisley · ss

· Behind the Door · Jason Downes · ss

· Expanding the Family Business · Hal Kempka · ss

· Stewart King’s First Sale · Paul DeCirce · ss

· Old Town Ghost Tours · S. C. Hayden · ss

A Midwinter Entertainment ed. Mark Beech (Egaeus Press, November 25, 2016, 978-0-9935278-3-8, £33.00, 288pp, hc, oa)
Limited to 400 copies.
Details taken from online listing.

· Meet Me at the Frost Fair · Alison Littlewood · ss

· The Monkey and Basil Holderness · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Senate December 1895

· A Matter of Fact · Marion Fox · pm The Lost Vocation by Marion Fox, David Nutt, 1911

· The Ruddy-Cheeked Boy (A Tale in Homage to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ’The Snow-Image’) · Sheryl Humphrey · ss

· Drebbel, Zander and Zervan · Ron Weighell · ss

· Second Master · Mark Valentine · fa The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter #17, April 2010

· Window Widows · Avalon Brantley · ss

· The Secret · Anatole Le Braz · ss
translated from the French (“Le secret”, Le Journal (Paris), 8 September 1900).

· The Longing for Which · Sara Rich · ss

· Barefoot Withouten Shoon · Tina Rath · ss

· A Winter’s Night · Arthur Symons · pm Days and Nights by Arthur Symons, Macmillan, 1889

· How Shall Dead Men Sing? (The Supernatural Affair of Lord Alfred Douglas and Oscar Wilde) · Nina Antonia · ar

· Better Than Borley Rectory · Jane Fox · nv

· The Harmony of Death (A Pianist’s Most Terrible Experience) · Havelock Ettrick · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine April 1900, as “The Harmony of Horror”

· Il va neiger… · Francis Jammes · pm
translated from the French (“Il va neiger…”, 1888).

· The Celestial Tobacconist [The Connoisseur] · John Howard & Mark Valentine · ss

· Finvarragh · Nora Hopper · pm Under Quicken Boughs by Nora Hopper, John Lane, 1896

· From the Mouth of Mad Pratt · Ross Smeltzer · ss

· In St. James’s Park · Hubert Crackanthorpe · vi Vignettes by Hubert Crackanthorpe, The Bodley Head, 1896

· Aut Diabolus Aut Nihil · X. L. · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine October 1888

· Somewhere Snow · Jonathan Wood · ss

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