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The Platypus of Doom and Other Nihilists by Arthur Byron Cover (Warner, June 1976, 0-446-88079-5, $1.50, 222pp, pb, oc) 13 · The Platypus of Doom · Arthur Byron Cover · nv 51 · The Armadillo of Destruction · Arthur Byron Cover · nv 113 · The Aardvark of Despair · Arthur Byron Cover · nv 159 · The Clam of Catastrophe · Arthur Byron Cover · nv

Odder than Ever by Bruce Coville (Harcourt Brace, May 1999, 0-15-201747-X, $16.00, 146pp, hc, co, cover by Michael Hussar)     Young-adult collection of nine stories, three original, featuring unusual creatures including a ghost, a goblin, and a giant. “A Note from the Author” discusses how the stories came to be written. 1 · The Golden Sail · Bruce Coville · ss 17 · Biscuits of Glory · Bruce Coville · ss The Haunted House ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Jane Yolen, HarperCollins, 1995 25 · I, Earthling · Bruce Coville · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994 43 · The Giant’s Tooth · Bruce Coville · ss 61 · There’s Nothing Under the Bed · Bruce Coville · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Nightmares ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1995 79 · The Stinky Princess · Bruce Coville · ss 97 · The Japanese Mirror · Bruce Coville · nv A Nightmare’s Dozen ed. Michael Stearns, Harcourt Brace, 1996 115 · Am I Blue? · Bruce Coville · ss Am I Blue? ed. Marion Dane Bauer, HarperCollins, 1994 127 · The Metamorphosis of Justin Jones · Bruce Coville · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Magic II ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1997 143 · A Note from the Author · Bruce Coville · aw (r)

Oddest of All by Bruce Coville (Harcourt, September 2008, 978-0-15-205808-1, $16.00, 235pp, hc, co)     Young-adult collection of nine stories, three original. 1 · In Our Own Hands · Bruce Coville · ss Bruce Coville’s Alien Visitors ed. Bruce Coville, Avon Camelot, 1999, as “In Our Hands” 15 · What’s the Worst That Could Happen? · Bruce Coville · ss 13 ed. James Howe, Atheneum, 2003 37 · The Ghost Let Go · Bruce Coville · nv Bruce Coville’s Book of Ghosts ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994 73 · In the Frog King’s Court · Bruce Coville · ss Ribbiting Tales ed. Nancy Springer, Philomel, 2000 93 · The Thing in Auntie Alma’s Pond · Bruce Coville · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Spine Tinglers ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1996 115 · The Hardest, Kindest Gift · Bruce Coville · nv Half-Human ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic Press US, 2001 155 · The Mask of Eamonn Tiyado · Bruce Coville · nv 187 · Herbert Hutchison in the Underworld · Bruce Coville · ss 205 · The Boy with Silver Eyes · Bruce Coville · nv 231 · A Note from the Author · Bruce Coville · aw

Oddly Enough by Bruce Coville (Harcourt Brace, October 1994, 0-15-200093-3, $15.95, 122pp, hc, co, cover by Michael Hussar)     Collection of nine young-adult fantasy stories, three original. With illustrations by Michael Hussar. 1 · The Box · Bruce Coville · ss Dragons & Dreams ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, 1986 11 · Duffy’s Jacket · Bruce Coville · ss Things That Go Bump in the Night ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg, Harper & Row, 1989 19 · Homeward Bound · Bruce Coville · ss The Unicorn Treasury ed. Bruce Coville, Doubleday, 1988 33 · With His Head Tucked Underneath His Arm · Bruce Coville · ss A Wizard’s Dozen ed. Michael Stearns, Harcourt Brace, 1993 43 · Clean as a Whistle · Bruce Coville · ss 61 · The Language of Blood · Bruce Coville · ss 79 · Old Glory · Bruce Coville · ss 2041 ed. Jane Yolen, Delacorte, 1991 87 · The Passing of the Pack · Bruce Coville · ss Werewolves ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg, Harper & Row, 1988 105 · A Blaze of Glory · Bruce Coville · ss 119 · A Note from the Author · Bruce Coville · aw (r)

The One Right Thing by Bruce Coville (NESFA Press, February 2008, 978-1-886778-72-6, $25.00, 249pp, hc, co, cover by Omar Rayyan)     Collection of 15 stories (one original) and two poems, published for Boskone 45. Introduction by Tamora Pierce. Also available in a slipcased edition (-73-3, $40.00). 11 · Introduction · Tamora Pierce · in 15 · The Stinky Princess · Bruce Coville · ss Odder than Ever by Bruce Coville, Harcourt Brace, 1999 29 · I, Earthling · Bruce Coville · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994 43 · The Guardian of Memory · Bruce Coville · nv A Glory of Unicorns ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic, 1998 59 · A Life in Miniature · Bruce Coville · ss Swan Sister ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, 2003 69 · The Troddler · Bruce Coville · ss Unexpected by Bruce Coville, Scholastic, 2005 83 · Old Glory · Bruce Coville · ss 2041 ed. Jane Yolen, Delacorte, 1991 89 · Just Like You · Bruce Coville · pm Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994 91 · The World’s Worst Fairy Godmother · Bruce Coville · na 1996 147 · The Box · Bruce Coville · ss Dragons & Dreams ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, 1986 153 · My Little Brother Is a Monster · Bruce Coville · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Monsters ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic, 1993 171 · The Giant’s Tooth · Bruce Coville · ss Odder than Ever by Bruce Coville, Harcourt Brace, 1999 185 · Ragged John · Bruce Coville · pm The Unicorn Treasury ed. Bruce Coville, Doubleday, 1988, as by Beatrice Farrington 187 · Saying No to Nick · Bruce Coville · ss Twice Told, Dutton, 2006 199 · Clean as a Whistle · Bruce Coville · ss Oddly Enough by Bruce Coville, Harcourt Brace, 1994 213 · With His Head Tucked Underneath His Arm · Bruce Coville · ss A Wizard’s Dozen ed. Michael Stearns, Harcourt Brace, 1993 219 · Wizard’s Boy · Bruce Coville · nv Bruce Coville’s Book of Magic ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1996 239 · The Metamorphosis of Justin Jones · Bruce Coville · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Magic II ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1997

The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore ed. Bruce Coville (Doubleday, September 1988, 0-385-24000-7, $14.95, 166pp, hc, an)     Young adult illustrated anthology of stories, poems, and lore, with illustrations by Tim Hildebrandt. It includes new stories and poems by fantasy writers, plus novel excerpts. 1 · The Lore of the Unicorn · Bruce Coville · in 7 · The Unicorn in the Maze · Megan Lindholm · ss 23 · Unicorn · William Jay Smith · pm 1957 24 · A Net to catch the Wind · Margaret Greaves · ss 1979 40 · Riddle · Myra Cohn Livingston · pm 41 · Valley of the Unicorns · Madeleine L’Engle · ex from A Swiftly Tilting Planet, 1987 61 · Ragged John · Beatrice Farrington · pm 63 · Homeward Bound · Bruce Coville · ss 78 · The Paint Box · E. V. Rieu · pm Argosy (UK) October 1961 79 · The Transfigured Hart · Jane Yolen · ex from The Transfigured Hart, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1975; chapters 14-16. 90 · The Unicorn · Ella Young · pm The Hornbook Magazine March 1939 92 · The Snow White Pony · Ardath Mayhar · ss 105 · What News the Eagle Brought · C. S. Lewis · ex from The Last Battle, John Lane, 1956 118 · Unicorn · Nicholas Stuart Gray · pm 1963 119 · The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn · Patricia C. Wrede · ss 135 · Starhorn · Shirley Rousseau Murphy · pm 136 · The Court of the Summer King · Jennifer Roberson · ss 156 · The Strangers · Audrey Alexandra Brown · pm 1947 157 · The Boy Who Drew Unicorns · Jane Yolen · ss

Looming Low: Volume I ed. Sam Cowan & Justin Steele--- see under Justin Steele.

Looming Low: Volume II ed. Sam Cowan & Justin Steele (Dim Shores, March 11, 2023, 979-8-9858282-1-4, $23.00, 370pp, tp, oa, cover by Yves Tourigny)     Details taken from online listing. · Radius Unknown · Kurt Fawver · ss · Undo · Alvaro Zinos-Amaro · ss · Vigil in the Inner Room · Brian Evenson · ss · Dead but Dreaming Still · Michael Kelly · ss · To the Progeny Forsaken · Gwendolyn Kiste · ss · The Other Cat · Anya Martin · ss · Lovenest · Clint Smith · ss · The Strangler Fig · Jeffrey Thomas · ss · Still Packed · Simon Strantzas · ss · We Don’t Live Here Anymore · Brooke Warra · ss · We Spend Weekends with Dad · Michael Griffin · ss · The Cryptic Jape · Matthew M. Bartlett · ss · Impz · Craig Laurance Gidney · ss · Protect & Serve · Cody Goodfellow · ss · Zones Without Names · David Peak · ss · Ex Astris · Erica Ruppert · ss · The Intercessor · Richard Gavin · ss · Songs We Sing at Sea Are the Lies We Tell Ourselves · Kaaron Warren · ss · Across the Darkness · S. P. Miskowski · ss · Into the Green · A. C. Wise · ss · Bb Minor, or The Suicide Choir: An Oral History · Gemma Files · ss · Your Heart Is a House on Fire · Nadia Bulkin · ss

Do the World a Favour and Other Stories by Mat Coward (Five Star US, January 2003, 0-7862-4313-9, $25.95, 213pp, hc, co)     Collection of 14 stories. 9 · Introduction · Ian Rankin · in 11 · History Repeats Itself, and It Doesn’t Even Say Pardon · Mat Coward · ss Constable New Crimes 2 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Constable, 1993 22 · No Night by Myself · Mat Coward · ss No Alibi ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press, 1995 41 · The Set-Up Man · Mat Coward · ss Hardboiled #18, June 1994 48 · The Shortest Distance · Mat Coward · ss Shots Winter 1999 63 · Do the World a Favour · Mat Coward · ss Crime Yellow ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Gollancz, 1994 72 · Not a Minute on the Day · Mat Coward · ss Past Crimes ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1998 87 · Famous for One Thing · Mat Coward · ss (r) 96 · Nowhere to Be Found · Mat Coward · ss Missing Persons ed. Martin Edwards, Constable, 1999 116 · Breathe In · Mat Coward · ss 121 · But Poor Men Pay for All · Mat Coward · nv Murder Through the Ages ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, 2000 143 · Tomorrow’s Villain · Mat Coward · ss Shots Spring 1999 161 · Bits · Mat Coward · ss Perfectly Criminal ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1996 178 · Old Sultan · Mat Coward · ss Once Upon a Crime ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley Prime Crime, 1998 192 · Twelve of the Little Buggers · Mat Coward · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2000

So Far, So Near by Mat Coward (Elastic Press, January 31, 2007, 978-0-9553181-0-8, £5.99, 200pp, tp, co, cover by Mike Fyles)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Time Spent in Reconnaissance · Mat Coward · ss Interzone #181, August 2002 23 · One Box of Books · Mat Coward · ss The Third Alternative #31, Summer 2002 33 · By Hand or by Brain · Mat Coward · ss Interzone #185, January 2003 49 · Offenders · Mat Coward · ss The Mammoth Book of Future Cops ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson, 2003 67 · Room to Move · Mat Coward · ss The Best British Mysteries 2005 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison & Busby, 2004 first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7 March 2003. 77 · We All Saw It · Mat Coward · ss Interzone #155, May 2000 95 · Knee Deep · Mat Coward · ss 1998 103 · Little Green Card · Mat Coward · ss Interzone #183, October 2002 117 · Clean and Bright · Mat Coward · ss The Third Alternative #3, Summer 1994 125 · We Have Fed You All for a Thousand Years · Mat Coward · ss The Third Alternative #20, 1999 137 · Those Things · Mat Coward · ss Cold Cuts III ed. Paul Lewis & Steve Lockley, Alun Books, 1995 147 · Early Retirement · Mat Coward · ss Interzone #182, September 2002 161 · Now I Know Its Name · Mat Coward · ss 2002 171 · The Second Question · Mat Coward · ss Interzone #169, July 2001 189 · Jilly’s Fault · Mat Coward · ss 2000 197 · Remote Viewing · Mat Coward · ss The Mammoth Book of On The Road ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson, 2002

HWA Poetry Showcase Volume III ed. David E. Cowen (Horror Writers Association, August 6, 2016, 978-0-9858089-3-8, $2.99, 115pp, tp, oa, cover by Rick Pickman)     Details taken from online listing. 13 · Enough · Bruce Boston · pm 15 · Nuclear Winter Kiss · Chad Stroup · pm 17 · Always the Black and White Keys · Corrine De Winter · pm 18 · Tea for Two · Kathryn Ptacek · pm 21 · The Trappings of Poetry · Michael A. Arnzen · pm 23 · Ant Farm Necropolis · Adrian Ludens · pm 24 · The Ghost Subway · Alessandro Manzetti · pm 26 · Fragments from a Notebook in Hell · Alex S. Johnson · pm 28 · Death Waits · Angela Smith · pm 30 · The Shed · Annie Neugebauer · pm 32 · Ghoul Mistress · Ashley Dioses · pm 33 · 3 AM at Clio’s Laundromat · Cecelia Dockens · pm 35 · Call of the West · Chad Hensley · pm 37 · She Walks in Moonlight · Clay F. Johnson · pm 39 · Forever and a Day · David C. Hayes · pm 41 · Playground · Davide Camparsi · pm 43 · Sutekh from the Throne · Denise Dumars · pm 45 · Du Vieux Carre · Don Gillette · pm 47 · The Parts We Don’t Talk About · E. F. Schraeder · pm 48 · Pain · Elsa Carruthers · pm 49 · Hitchhiker · G. O. Clark · pm Disturbed Digest #6, September 2014 50 · Bastet’s Return · Gene Stewart · pm 53 · A Daughter’s Plea · J. P. Rosen · pm 55 · Phantom Calls · Janet Leach · pm 56 · Self-Portrait as Bad 1950’s Science Fiction Movie · Jeannine Hall Gailey · pm 57 · Grandmother · Joseph A. Pinto · pm 58 · Paranoid · Skye Caden · pm 59 · Bones · Jillian Rossi · pm 61 · The Lady in White · Kyle Opperman · pm 62 · Burning Out · Leigh M. Lane · pm 64 · Alice After · Lisa Lepovetsky · pm 66 · Bygones, Be Flygones: A Conversation with a Sarcophaga Flesh Fly · Lina Sophia Rossi · pm 68 · The Straw Man · Lisa Morton · pm 69 · Day of the Dead · Lori R. Lopez · pm 71 · Wolf Waltz · Lucy A. Snyder · pm 72 · Night among the Dead: 1867 · Marge Simon · pm 73 · Health and Safety · Mark Kirkbride · pm 74 · When She Kissed Me · Megan Rhode · pm 76 · Mister Deadsmile · Michael H. Hanson · pm 77 · Xiana’s Skull · Nancy Etchemendy · pm 79 · Gratitude · Pete Mesling · pm 80 · Sweet Dreams, Love · Peter Adam Salomon · pm 82 · Cryposo Woods in the Moonlight · Randy D. Rubin · pm 85 · The Doppelganger · Richard Geyer · pm 86 · The Killer Angels · Richard Groller · pm 87 · Another Match · Rob E. Boley · pm 89 · Prey · Robert Perez · pm 91 · Monster’s Doubt · Robin Morris · pm 92 · Vigil · Rose Blackthorn · pm 94 · Beauty in Death (Haiku) · Samson Stormcrow Hayes · pm 95 · Dracula’s Castle—Romania, 2015 · Tausha Johnson · pm