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The Eighth Stage of Fandom by Robert Bloch (Advent, 1962, $10.00, 176pp, hc, nf, cover by Jon Stopa)     Collection of non-fiction fanzine pieces. Limited to 125 copies signed, numbered, and bound in red buckram without jackets, sold only directly at the 1962 World SF Convention in Chicago Also available in an 875 copy trade edition in gray cloth binding for $5.00. · Thank You · Earl Kemp · in (r) · Introduce Robert Bloch? · Wilson Tucker · in (r) · Preface · Robert Bloch · pr (r) · Jabberwocky for Fandom · Robert Bloch · pm Rea #2, 1954 · The Seven Ages of Fan · Robert Bloch · ar The Fanscient Winter 1949 · Gafia House · Robert Bloch · ar Hyphen #21, 1958 · Poe and Me · Robert Bloch · ar Vanations #6, 1953 · Left at the Post · Robert Bloch · hu Slant #7, Winter 1952/1953 · Credo for Fantasy Writers · Robert Bloch · ar Peon #2, 1950 · An Immodest Proposal · Robert Bloch · ar New Purposes #1, 1949 · Birth of a Notion · Robert Bloch · ar The Zed March 1955 · A Letter from Sally Ann Bloch · Sally Ann Bloch · lt (r) · McGuffey’s First Science Fiction Reader · Robert Bloch · fr Imagination April 1957, as “Pandora’s Box” · The Tape of Things to Come · Robert Bloch · ar Oopsla #9, 1953 · Bah! Humbug! · Robert Bloch · ar Oopsla #25, 1958 · I’ll Fry Tomorrow · Robert Bloch · ar Science Fiction Five-Yearly #2, 1956 · “Forty Whacks” · Robert Bloch · ar Excelsior #2, 1957 · Through a Picture Tube Darkly · Robert Bloch · ar The Vinegar Worm #3, 1957 · In Memoriam: Weird Tales · Robert Bloch · ar Isomer #2, 1955 · Lost and Found Department · Robert Bloch · ar Hodge-Podge #10, 1954 · The Demolished Fan · Robert Bloch · ar Oopsla #11, 1954 · A Way of Life · Robert Bloch · ar (r) not the Bloch story of the same name. · Every Man His Own Psychiatrist · Robert Bloch · ar New Purposes #12, 1949 · The Method of Catharsis · Robert Bloch · ar (r) · Them Ain’t Bongo Drums—That’s Opportunity Knocking · Robert Bloch · ar Shangri L’Affaires #39, 1958 · Children of Blunder · Robert Bloch · ar Grue #27, 1956 · How Weak Was My End · Robert Bloch · ar Quandry #21, 1952 · How to Attend a Science Fiction Convention · Robert Bloch · ar Fanwarp #1, 1953 · From a Letter to P. Howard Lyons · Robert Bloch · ar (r) · Pros and Con · Robert Bloch · ar Bem #3, 1954 · At the Headwaters · Robert Bloch · ar Kteic #29, 1955 · Letter to a Convention-Goer · Robert Bloch · ar Newyorcon Programme Book, 1956 · Surrogate in ’58 · Robert Bloch · ar Oopsla #23, 1957 · The Incredible Head-Shrinking Man · Robert Bloch · ar (r) · Pete Kelly’s Blue Dragnet · Robert Bloch · ar gasp! #7, 1956 · The Ealing Art · Robert Bloch · ar Hyphen #18, 1957 · The Past Recaptured · Robert Bloch · ar Science Fiction Five-Yearly #1, 1957 · Doctor Bloomington, I Presume? · Robert Bloch · ar Science Fiction Fifty-Yearly 1957 · The Fabulous Mr. Tucker · Robert Bloch · ar (r) · The Art of William Rotsler · Robert Bloch · ar Innuendo #8, 1958 · Willis in America · Robert Bloch · ar Hyphen #3, 1953 · Second Coming! · Robert Bloch · ar New Purposes #9, 1949 · A Public Apology · Robert Bloch · ar New Purposes #16, 1950 · Worst Foot Forward · Robert Bloch · ar Inside #15/49, May 1956 · Just a Goddam Hobby · Robert Bloch · lt Psychotic #20, May/June/July 1955, as “[letter]” · The Communist · Robert Bloch · ss Destiny Summer 1954 · The Dead Beat Generation · Robert Bloch · ar Grue · Cause to Read Joyce · Robert Bloch · ar Hyphen #12, 1954 · From Hubbub Horizontal · Robert Bloch · ar Nandu #13, 1956 · “The Lomokome Papers” · Robert Bloch · ar Stf-in-Gen & Bolide #3, 1957 · A Non-Lewis Carol · Robert Bloch · pm Psychotic #19, March/April 1955 · Cassandra · Robert Bloch · ar Vega #10, 1953 · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r) · Index · [uncredited] · ix (r) · Various pseudo-advertisements · [uncredited] · ms (r)

The Fear Planet and Other Unusual Destinations by Robert Bloch (Subterranean Press, March 2005, 1-59606-005-0, $40.00, 301pp, hc, co, cover by Gahan Wilson) [edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz]     Collection of 20 stories, all previously uncollected. This is a signed, limited edition of 750; a lettered edition of 26 is also available. Volume one in “The Reader’s Bloch”. 7 · Future Imperfect · Stefan R. Dziemianowicz · in 17 · Beep No More, My Lady · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Universe March 1960 23 · How Bug-Eyed Was My Monster · Robert Bloch · ss Caper May 1957 29 · The Old Switcheroo · Robert Bloch · ss Worlds of If March/April 1972 37 · Have Tux—Will Travel · Robert Bloch · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 53 · Alternate Universe · Robert Bloch · ss Super-Science Fiction August 1957 61 · The End of Science-Fiction · Robert Bloch · ss Other Worlds Science Stories October 1951 75 · Last Laugh · Robert Bloch · ss Startling Stories November 1941 85 · The Tempter · Robert Bloch · ss Satellite Science Fiction October 1957 95 · A Lesson for the Teacher · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic October 1958 105 · Let’s Do It for Love · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic November/December 1953 123 · The Machine That Changed History · Robert Bloch · ss Science Fiction Stories July 1943 137 · The Man Who Walked Through Mirrors · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Stories August 1939 149 · Red Moon Rising · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories June 1958 163 · The Black Brain · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures March 1943, as by Tarleton Fiske 177 · Murder from the Moon · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Stories November 1942 195 · Secret of the Observatory · Robert Bloch · nv Amazing Stories August 1938 229 · Phantom from the Film · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Stories February 1943, as by Tarleton Fiske 247 · The Fear Planet · Robert Bloch · ss Super Science Stories February 1943 261 · Grandma Goes to Mars · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Stories November 1954 269 · Queen of the Metal Men · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures April 1940 283 · The Tin You Love to Touch · Robert Bloch · ss Other Worlds Science Stories June/July 1951

Hell on Earth by Robert Bloch (Subterranean Press, 2000, 1-892284-62-6, $40.00, 310pp, hc, co, cover by Bernie Wrightson) [edited by David J. Schow]     Collection of four short novels and novellas from the pulps. Edited and with an afterword by David J. Schow; foreword by Douglas E. Winter. Includes a transcription of portions of a radio interview with Bloch conducted by J. Michael Straczynski and Larry DiTillio. This is a signed (by Schow & Winter) limited edition of 1250; a lettered, traycased edition is also available. Volume two in “The Lost Bloch”. 7 · From Here I Can See Four Blochs · David J. Schow · in 13 · Lost and Found · Douglas E. Winter · fw 21 · Hell on Earth · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales March 1942 78 · The Miracle of Ronald Weems · Robert Bloch · na Imaginative Tales May 1955 133 · It’s a Small World · Robert Bloch · na Amazing Stories March 1944 181 · Once a Sucker · Robert Bloch · na Bluebook August 1952 283 · Twice a Sucker · David J. Schow · aw 287 · Slightly More than Another Hour with Robert Bloch · J. Michael Straczynski & Larry DiTillio · iv [Ref. Robert Bloch]

Skeleton in the Closet and Other Stories by Robert Bloch (Subterranean Press, October 2008, 978-1-59606-122-4, $40.00, 306pp, hc, co, cover by Gahan Wilson) [edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz]     Collection of 16 previously uncollected stories, volume two in The Reader’s Bloch series. This is a limited edition of 750 signed by the editor; issued without a dustjacket. Volume two in “The Reader’s Bloch”. 7 · Tooth or Consequences · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Stories May 1950 21 · The Curse of the House · Robert Bloch · ss Strange Stories February 1939 39 · Never Trust a Demon · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Stories April 1943 55 · Pink Elephants · Robert Bloch · ss Strange Stories August 1939 69 · The Last Plea · Robert Bloch · nv Fantastic July 1959 107 · Iron Mask · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1944 149 · Skeleton in the Closet · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures May 1943, as by Tarleton Fiske 169 · The Tchen-Lam’s Vengeance · Robert Bloch · ss Other Worlds Science Stories December 1951 187 · Fairy Tale · Robert Bloch · nv Fantastic Adventures August 1943, as by Tarleton Fiske 215 · The Red Swimmer · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales April 1939 235 · Unheavenly Twin · Robert Bloch · ss Strange Stories June 1939 243 · The Strange Island of Doctor Nork · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales March 1949 265 · Lilies · Robert Bloch · vi Marvel Tales Winter 1934 269 · The Hound of Pedro · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1938 283 · The Bat Is My Brother · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1944 301 · The Black Lotus · Robert Bloch · ss Unusual Stories Winter 1935

Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper by Robert Bloch (Subterranean Press, November 2011, 978-1-59606-424-9, $40.00, 332pp, hc, co, cover by J. K. Potter)     Collection of three Jack the Ripper stories, novel The Night of the Ripper (1984), Star Trek script “Wolf in the Fold”, and an essay. Introduction by Norman Partridge. This also includes Bloch’s 1988 foreword to the anthology Ripper!. 7 · The Writer and the Ripper · Norman Partridge · in 13 · Foreword · Robert Bloch · fw Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988 · Stories 21 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943 39 · A Most Unusual Murder · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1976 51 · A Toy for Juliette · Robert Bloch · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 57 · The Night of the Ripper · Robert Bloch · n. Doubleday, September 1984 · Script 233 · Wolf in the Fold [Star Trek] · Robert Bloch · pl · Essay 327 · Two Victorian Gentlemen · Robert Bloch · ar

The Best of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown ed. Robert Bloch--- see under Fredric Brown.

Monsters in Our Midst ed. Robert Bloch (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Tor, November 1993, 0-312-85049-2, $20.95, 303pp, hc, oa, cover by Joe DeVito)     Original anthology of 17 horror stories, with an introduction by Bloch. Copyrighted by Bloch and Martin H. Greenberg. 13 · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in 22 · Snow Man · John Coyne · nv 47 · A Gentle Breeze Blowing · Robert E. Vardeman · ss 64 · For You to Judge · Ramsey Campbell · nv 87 · The Child Killer · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 103 · The Lick of Time · Jonathan Carroll · ss 115 · The Edge · Richard Christian Matheson · ss 122 · How Would You Like It? · Lawrence Block · ss 128 · The Moment the Face Falls · Chet Williamson · ss 139 · Judgment · Ed Gorman · ss 147 · Reality Function · J. N. Williamson · nv 183 · Sacrifice · Kathleen Buckley · ss 203 · Name That Tune · Charles L. Grant · ss 213 · Taking Care of Georgie · Lisa W. Cantrell · ss 218 · Fish Are Jumpin’, and the Cotton Is High · S. P. Somtow · nv 244 · It Takes One to Know One · Robert Bloch · nv 278 · The Lesson · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 288 · Fee Fie Foe Fum · Ray Bradbury · ss 300 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Psycho-Paths ed. Robert Bloch (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Tor, March 1991, 0-312-85048-4, $18.95, 295pp, hc, oa, cover by Bill Sienkiewicz)     Original horror anthology of 17 stories featuring psychokillers, with an introduction by Bloch. The copyright is by Bloch and unlisted co-editor Martin H. Greenberg. ix · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in 1 · Them Bleaks · Gahan Wilson · ss 17 · Remains to Be Seen · David Morrell · ss 35 · No Love Lost · J. N. Williamson · nv 63 · Confession of a Madman · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss 79 · Jesse · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 95 · Enduring Art · Robert E. Vardeman · ss 111 · A Determined Woman · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 127 · Kessel’s Party · Michael Berry · ss 141 · Him, Her, Them · William F. Nolan · ss 159 · Clutter · Brad Linaweaver · ss 179 · Dreaming in Black and White · Susan M. Shwartz · nv 201 · The Secret Blade · Edward D. Hoch · ss 219 · Kin · Charles L. Grant · ss 229 · Call Home · Dennis Etchison · ss 239 · Waste · Kathleen Buckley · ss 257 · Red Devils · Hugh B. Cave · nv 281 · Pick Me Up · David J. Schow · ss

The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder by Lawrence Block (LB Productions, June 24, 2023, 978-1-954762-21-3, $18.99, 242pp, tp, no) [Matt Scudder]     Details taken from online listing.

The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder by Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, December 2023, 978-1-64524-154-6, $60.00, 200pp, hc, no, cover by John K. Snyder, III) [Matt Scudder]     Reprint (Lawrence Block 2023) novel. Limited to 750 numbered, signed, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 15 lettered, signed, copies ($750). Details taken from publisher website.