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Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman (Avon, November 1998, 0-380-97364-2, $24.00, 340pp, hc, co, cover by J. K. Potter)
Collection of 30 stories and poems, two original. This is an expanded version of Gaiman’s earlier collection Angels & Visitations (DreamHaven 1993). Gaiman’s introduction discusses the writing of the pieces, and includes a story he did not write for a friend’s wedding.

xi · Reading the Entrails: A Rondel · Neil Gaiman · pm The Fortune Teller ed. Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1997

1 · An Introduction · Neil Gaiman · in

3 · The Wedding Present · Neil Gaiman · nv Dark Terrors 4 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1998

33 · Chivalry · Neil Gaiman · ss Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurrences ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Unnameable Press, 1992

48 · Nicholas Was… · Neil Gaiman · vi Drabble II: Double Century ed. Rob Meades & David Wake, Beccon, 1990

49 · The Price · Neil Gaiman · ss On Cats & Dogs: Two Tales by Neil Gaiman, DreamHaven Books, 1997

57 · Troll Bridge · Neil Gaiman · ss Snow White, Blood Red ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1993

69 · Don’t Ask Jack · Neil Gaiman · vi Overstreet’s FAN 1995

72 · The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories · Neil Gaiman · nv David Copperfield’s Beyond Imagination ed. David Copperfield, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1996

108 · The White Road · Neil Gaiman · pm Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1995

120 · Queen of Knives · Neil Gaiman · pm Tombs ed. Edward E. Kramer & Peter Crowther, White Wolf, 1995

130 · Changes · Neil Gaiman · ss Crossing the Border: Tales of Erotic Ambiguity ed. Lisa Tuttle, Gollancz, 1998

141 · Daughter of Owls · Neil Gaiman · vi Tales of the Unanticipated #18, 1997

144 · Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar · Neil Gaiman · ss The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 1998

156 · Virus · Neil Gaiman · pm Digital Dreams ed. David V. Barrett, NEL, 1990

159 · Looking for the Girl · Neil Gaiman · ss Penthouse 1985

171 · Only the End of the World Again · Neil Gaiman · ss Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 1994

190 · Bay Wolf · Neil Gaiman · pm

198 · We Can Get Them for You Wholesale · Neil Gaiman · ss Knave (UK) v16 #7, 1984

209 · One Life Furnished with Early Moorcock [Elric] · Neil Gaiman · ss Elric: Tales of the White Wolf ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1994

224 · Cold Colors · Neil Gaiman · pm Midnight Graffiti #6, Winter 1990/1991

236 · The Sweeper of Dreams · Neil Gaiman · pp Overstreet’s FAN 1996

238 · Foreign Parts · Neil Gaiman · nv Words Without Pictures ed. Steve Niles, Eclipse Books, 1990

255 · Vampire Sestina · Neil Gaiman · pm Fantasy Tales, v.10 #2 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1989

257 · Mouse · Neil Gaiman · ss Touch Wood ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1993

267 · The Sea Change · Neil Gaiman · pm Overstreet’s FAN 1995

271 · When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, age 11¼ · Neil Gaiman · ss

278 · Desert Wind · Neil Gaiman · pm

281 · Tastings · Neil Gaiman · ss Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism, 1998

290 · Babycakes · Neil Gaiman · vi Taboo #4, 1990

292 · Murder Mysteries · Neil Gaiman · nv Midnight Graffiti ed. Jessica Horsting & James Van Hise, Warner, 1992

325 · Snow, Glass, Apples. · Neil Gaiman · ss DreamHaven Books, 1995

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman (Subterranean Press, June 2014, no ISBN, $250.00, 272pp, hc, co)
Reprint (Avon 1998) collection of 30 stories and poems, with new illustrations and designed by Dave McKean. This is a slipcased limited edition of 500 signed by both Gaiman and McKean; a lettered edition of 26 is also available.

Now We Are Sick ed. Neil Gaiman & Stephen Jones (DreamHaven, October 1991, 0-9630944-1-6, $20.00, 93pp, hc, oa, cover by Clive Barker)
Anthology of mostly original “nasty verse” and macabre poetry, with illustrations by Andrew Smith. Limited to 1,000 copies. A leatherbound limited edition of 300 copies (-0-8) was announced but not seen.

11 · Now We Are Sick · Neil Gaiman & Stephen Jones · pm Now We Are Sick Sampler ed. Neil Gaiman & Stephen Jones, DreamHaven, 1986

14 · A Slice of Life · Diana Wynne Jones · pm Now We Are Sick Sampler ed. Neil Gaiman & Stephen Jones, DreamHaven, 1986

16 · Auntie Ethel · Richard Hill · pm

17 · You Always Eat the One You Love · Kim Newman · pm

18 · Chocolate and Worms · David S. Garnett · pm

21 · The Dangers of Colour TV · Simon Ian Childer · pm

22 · The Children’s Hour · Alan Moore · pm 1986

24 · Radio Nasty · Stephen Gallagher · pm

26 · Something Came Out of the Toilet · Harry Adam Knight · pm

29 · The Secret Book of the Dead · Terry Pratchett · pm

31 · Mummy’s Blocked the Lav Again · John Grant · pm

34 · Rice Pudding · Brian W. Aldiss · pm

36 · Aboard the Good Ship ‘Revenger’ · Galad Elflandsson · pm

39 · The Dream of Omar K. Yam · David Sutton · pm

40 · You’re Deceased, Father William · Colin Greenland · pm

44 · A Landlady’s Lament · Ramsey Campbell · pm Now We Are Sick Sampler ed. Neil Gaiman & Stephen Jones, DreamHaven, 1986

48 · The Borgia Brats · Garry Kilworth · pm

50 · Another Cursed House Story · John M. Ford · pm 1986

52 · Waiting… · James Herbert · pm

54 · The Thing at the Top of the Stairs · Sharon Baker · pm

55 · Things That Go Bump in the Night · Ian Pemble · pm

60 · In the Dark · Storm Constantine · pm

62 · Lights Out · Alex Stewart · pm

63 · A Mother’s Tender Love · Jo Fletcher · pm Now We Are Sick Sampler ed. Neil Gaiman & Stephen Jones, DreamHaven, 1986

65 · Catcawls · Samantha Lee · pm

69 · The Haunted Henhouse · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm

70 · When the Music Breaks · R. A. Lafferty · pm

72 · Nasty Snow · Jody Scott · pm

73 · Why Private War · Gene Wolfe · pm 1986

75 · The Answering Machine · S. P. Somtow · pm

83 · Warning: Death May Be Injurious to Your Health · Robert Bloch · pm

Dead Cats Bouncing ed. GAK & Gerard Houarner--- see under Gerard Houarner.

World’s Spring ed. Vladimir Gakov (Macmillan, 1981, 0-02-542180-8, $12.95, xiv+297pp, hc, oa)

ix · Introduction · Vladimir Gakov; translated by Roger DeGaris · in
translated from the Russian.

3 · The Surf of Mars · Dmitri Bilenkin; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Marsianskiy priboy”, 1966).

12 · The Port of Rock Storms · Genrikh Altov; translated by Roger DeGaris · nv
translated from the Russian (“Port Kamennykh bur’”, 1965).

38 · World’s Spring · Victor Kolupaev; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Vesna sveta”, 1972).

48 · Nine Minutes · Genrikh Altov; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Devyat’ minut”, 1964).

61 · The World in Which I Vanished · Anatoly Dneprov; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Mir, v kotorom ya ischez”, Znanie-Sila February 1961).

76 · The Sun Sets in Donomag · Ilya Varshavsky; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Solntse zahodit v Donomage”, 1966).

82 · Testing Grounds · Sever Gansovsky; translated by Roger DeGaris · nv
translated from the Russian (“Poligon”, 1966).

104 · The Ultimate Threshold · German Maksimov; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Posledniy porog”, 1965).

117 · City and Wolf · Dmitri Bilenkin; translated by Roger DeGaris · nv
translated from the Russian (“Gorod i volk”, 1970).

144 · An Ugly Bioform · Kirill Bulychev; translated by Roger DeGaris · nv
translated from the Russian (“O nekrasivom bioforme”, 1974).

167 · The Very Biggest House · Victor Kolupaev; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Samyy bol’shoy dom”, 1974).

181 · Appendix · Andrei Balabukha; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Appendiks”, 1968).

195 · The Great Actor Jones · Gennady Gor; translated by Roger DeGaris · nv
translated from the Russian (“Velikiy akter Dzhons”, 1966).

217 · The Stanislavsky Method · Alexander Gorbovsky; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Po sisteme Stanislavskogo”, 1974).

226 · Life Space · Marietta Chudakova; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Prostranstvo zhizni”, 1969).

239 · A Day of Wrath · Sever Gansovsky; translated by Roger DeGaris · nv
translated from the Russian (“Den’ gneva”, 1965).

265 · Once at Night · Dmitri Bilenkin; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Odnazhdy noch’yu”, 1973).

272 · The Choice · Kirill Bulychev; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Vybor”, 1971).

286 · An Old Robot’s Two Times Two · Vladimir Grigorev; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Nichto chelovecheskoye nam ne chyzhdo”, 1962).

294 · Coincidence · Alexander Gorbovsky; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Sovpadeniye”, 1972).

A Death in Texas ed. Cherri Galbiati & Lisa René Smith (L & L Dreamspell, September 2008, 1-60318-051-6, $18.95, 324pp, tp, oa)
Second annual mystery anthology by The Final Twist, a Houston, Texas based writers group.

· Pushing up Bluebonnets · Linda Houle · ss

· The Best Man · Cash Anthony · ss

· Growing Up Dead · Sylvia Dickey Smith · ss

· Connor Creek Fog · Cherri Galbiati · ss

· Searching for Rachel · Laura Elvebak · ss

· Die Mahnung (The Warning) · Diana L. Driver · ss

· Death on the Bayou · Mark & Charlotte Phillips · ss

· Men in Jeans · Pauline Baird Jones · ss

· Guilty · Lisa René Smith · ss

· Rumors on Rat Shack Row · Alexis Glynn Latner · ss

· Feels Like Home · Shirley H. Wetzel · ss

· Dead End Job · Cornelia Amiri · ss

· Dark Pleasures · Loretta Wheeler · ss

· Secrets of Canyon Lake · Autumn Storm · ss

· Anna Rose · Betty Gordon · ss

Don’t Give Up the Ghost: The Delacorte Press Book of Original Ghost Stories ed. David Gale (Delacorte, October 1993, 0-385-31109-5, $14.95, 163pp, hc, oa, cover by Franz Spohn)
Original anthology of 12 young-adult ghost stories.

v11 · Introduction · David Gale · in

3 · The Last House on Crescent Road · Mary Downing Hahn · ss

18 · Sweet Hour of Prayer · Joyce Hansen · ss

37 · Things That Go Gleep in the Night · Walter Dean Myers · ss

48 · The Haunting of Fex O’Toole · Constance Greene · ss

60 · Variation on a Theme: The Grateful Dead · Judith Gorog · ss

68 · The Face in the Rafters · Janet Taylor Lisle · ss

83 · The Sounds of the House · Gary Soto · ss

95 · Andrew, Honestly · Theresa Nelson · nv

122 · Grandmother’s Ghost, the Gilded Bathroom, and Other Home Improvements · Barbara Ann Porte · ss

133 · The Fifth-Grade Ghost · Johanna Hurwitz · ss

146 · Emma Jean’s Ghost · Joan Lowery Nixon · ss

153 · When Life Gives You Lemons · Marion Dane Bauer · ss

Tales From the Darkside, Volume I ed. Mitchell Galin & Tom Allen (Berkley, October 1988, 0-425-11095-8, $3.50, 248pp, pb, an)
Horror anthology of 16 stories that appeared on the tv show. Five are original stories written by Michael McDowell based on teleplays.

1 · The Devil’s Advocate · Michael McDowell · sa
based on a screenplay by George A. Romero.

17 · The Word Processor of the Gods · Stephen King · ss Playboy January 1983, as “The Word Processor”

37 · A Case of the Stubborns · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976

55 · Inside the Closet · Michael McDowell · sa
based on a screenplay by Michael McDowell.

71 · Printer’s Devil · Ron Goulart · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1984, as “Me and the Devil”

85 · Levitation · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Nine Horrors and a Dream by Joseph Payne Brennan, Arkham House, 1958

91 · Halloween Candy · Michael McDowell · sa
based on a screenplay by Michael McDowell.

111 · The Satanic Piano · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales May 1934

135 · Slippage · Michael P. Kube-McDowell · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1982

155 · The Shrine · Pamela Sargent · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine December 1982

167 · In the Cards · Michael McDowell · sa
based on a screenplay by Carole Lucia Satrina.

185 · The Bitterest Pill · Frederik Pohl · ss Galaxy Magazine April 1959

197 · Hush! · Zenna Henderson · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction November 1953

207 · The Circus · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1980

215 · Distant Signals · Andrew Weiner · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May/June 1984

233 · The Odds · Michael McDowell · sa
based on a screenplay by Carole Lucia Satrina.

The Authentic William James by Stephen Gallagher (Subterranean Press, September 2016, 978-1-59606-779-0, $40.00, 316pp, hc, n., cover by Gail Cross) [Sebastian Becker]
Associational historical mystery novel/thriller set in 1913, the third in the Sebastian Becker series. Sebastian must determine the sanity of a Wild West showman in England who confesses to arson. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,000.

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