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A Load of Old BoSh: Serious Scientific Talks by Bob Shaw (Beccon Publications, April 14, 1995, 1-870824-34-2, £4.95, 94pp, A5, co, cover by Sue Mason)
Collection of ten of Bob Shaw’s incomparably funny speeches, mainly given at the British Eastercons between 1974 and 1988. This includes all of the speeches from The Eastercon Speeches (Paranoid/Inca Press, 1979) and Serious Science (Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984), 1984; plus two others collected for the first time.

2 · Introduction · Alison Scott · in

2 · A Note from the Author · Bob Shaw · ms The Eastercon Speeches by Bob Shaw, Inca Press, 1979; expanded from the foreword to “Corn Is the Lowest Form of Wheat”.

5 · The Need for BAD Science Fiction · Bob Shaw · ar Goblin’s Grotto #1, June 1975; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Tynecon, Easter 1974.

13 · Time-Travellers Among Us · Bob Shaw · ar Triode #21, June 1975, as “Time Travel Talk”; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Seacon ’75, Easter 1975.

21 · The Return of the Backyard Spaceship · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #11, July 1976; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Mancon 5, Easter 1976.

29 · The Bermondsey Triangle Mystery · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #14, June 1977; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Eastercon ’77, Easter 1977.

41 · Up the Conjunction: An Investigation Into Astrology · Bob Shaw · ar Drilkjis #3, August 1978; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Skycon, Easter 1978.

51 · Beyond Cosmos · Bob Shaw · ar Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw, The Shaw Fund, 1984; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Channelcon, Easter 1982.

59 · Conning Your Way · Bob Shaw · ar Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw, The Shaw Fund, 1984; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Albacon II, Easter 1983.

67 · Ten Years, but Not Decayed · Bob Shaw · ar Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw, The Shaw Fund, 1984; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Seacon ’84, Easter 1984.

75 · Worldcon After Dinner Speech · Bob Shaw · ar Matrix #61, October 1985, as “My Life and Space/Times”; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Aussiecon Two, August 1985.

85 · A Serious Scientific Talk · Bob Shaw · ar Nowhere Fast #4, August 1988, as “The Importance of Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies”; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Follycon, Easter 1988.

Other Days, Other Eyes by Bob Shaw (Ace, July 1972, 64240, 95¢, 186pp, pb, n., cover by J. H. Breslow) [Slow Glass]
Although marketed as a novel, this is actually a collection of the title novella, with three other, unrelated, “Slow Glass” stories embedded as “Sidelights”. Simultaneous with the UK (Gollancz) edition.

5 · Other Days, Other Eyes [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · na Amazing Science Fiction Stories May 1972 (+1)

_26 · Sidelight One: Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1966

_51 · Sidelight Two: Burden of Proof [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact May 1967

_107 · Sidelight Three: A Dome of Many-Colored Glass [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Fantastic Stories April 1972

Other Days, Other Eyes by Bob Shaw (Victor Gollancz, July 1972, 0-575-01485-7, £1.80, 160pp, hc, co) [Slow Glass]
Although marketed as a novel, this is actually a collection of the title novella, with three other, unrelated, “Slow Glass” stories embedded as “Sidelights”. Simultaneous with the US (Ace) edition.

The Serious Scientific Talks by Bob Shaw (Ansible Editions, July 2020, 978-1-913451-20-2, free, ebook, co, cover by Jim Barker)
Revised from the November 2019 edition to include “Campus Fugit”.

· Publisher’s Note · David Langford · ms

· Introduction, 1979 · Mike Glicksohn · in The Eastercon Speeches by Bob Shaw, Inca Press, 1979

· Introduction, 1995 · Alison Scott · in A Load of Old BoSh by Bob Shaw, Beccon, 1995

· A Note from the Author · Bob Shaw · ms The Eastercon Speeches by Bob Shaw, Inca Press, 1979; expanded from the foreword to “Corn Is the Lowest Form of Wheat”.

· The Speeches

· The Need for BAD Science Fiction · Bob Shaw · ar Goblin’s Grotto #1, June 1975
delivered as a speech at Tynecon, Easter 1974.

· Time-Travellers Among Us · Bob Shaw · ar Triode #21, June 1975, as “Time Travel Talk”
delivered as a speech at Seacon ’75, Easter 1975.

· The Return of the Backyard Spaceship · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #11, July 1976
delivered as a speech at Mancon 5, Easter 1976.

· The Bermondsey Triangle Mystery · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #14, June 1977
delivered as a speech at Eastercon ’77, Easter 1977.

· Up the Conjunction: An Investigation Into Astrology · Bob Shaw · ar Drilkjis #3, August 1978
delivered as a speech at Skycon, Easter 1978.

· Eau de Clone · Bob Shaw · ar Matrix #30, June 1980
delivered as a speech at Seacon ’79, August 1979.

· The Mysterious World of Bob C. Shaw · Bob Shaw · ar Matrix #37, August 1981
delivered as a speech at Yorcon 2, Easter 1981.

· Beyond Cosmos · Bob Shaw · ar Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw, The Shaw Fund, 1984
delivered as a speech at Channelcon, Easter 1982.

· Conning Your Way · Bob Shaw · ar Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw, The Shaw Fund, 1984
delivered as a speech at Albacon II, Easter 1983.

· Ten Years, but Not Decayed · Bob Shaw · ar Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw, The Shaw Fund, 1984
delivered as a speech at Seacon ’84, Easter 1984.

· My Life and Space/Times · Bob Shaw · ar Matrix #61, October 1985
delivered as a speech at Aussiecon Two, August 1985.

· What I Learned from Watching Star Trek · Bob Shaw · ar Mimosa #3, September 1987
delivered as a speech at Rivercon XII, July/August 1987.

· Campus Fugit · Bob Shaw · ar Xyster #13, November 1987
delivered as a speech at Conspiracy ’87, August/September 1987.

· The Importance of Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies · Bob Shaw · ar Nowhere Fast #4, August 1988
delivered as a speech at Follycon, Easter 1988.

· Foreword to “Corn Is the Lowest Form of Wheat” · Bob Shaw · is Pulp #18, January 1991

· Corn Is the Lowest Form of Wheat · Bob Shaw · ar Mimosa #9, December 1990
delivered as a speech at Confiction, August 1990.

· Appendix: Past Collections · Various · ms

· Original Appearances · David Langford · bi

Serious Scientific Talks: 1982-1984 by Bob Shaw (The Shaw Fund, 1984, no ISBN, 24pp, ph, co)
Given as Serious Science on the cover.

3 · Beyond Cosmos · Bob Shaw · ar; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Channelcon, Easter 1982.

10 · Conning Your Way · Bob Shaw · ar; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Albacon II, Easter 1983.

18 · Ten Years, but Not Decayed · Bob Shaw · ar; illustrated by Jim Barker
delivered as a speech at Seacon ’84, Easter 1984.

Ship of Strangers by Bob Shaw (Victor Gollancz, April 1978, 0-575-02482-8, £3.95, 160pp, hc, n.) [A.E.S.O.P.]
Novel based on four previously-published stories.

· Appointment on Prila [A.E.S.O.P.] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1968

· Unfaithful Recording [A.E.S.O.P.] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact December 1975

· Gambler’s Choice [A.E.S.O.P.] · Bob Shaw · nv If March/April 1971

· Retroactive [A.E.S.O.P.] · Bob Shaw · nv Universe 2 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1972

Slow Pint Glass by Bob Shaw (Ansible Editions, August 2020, 978-1-913451-71-4, free, 462pp, tp, co)

fc. · [front cover] · Jim Barker · cv Tyne Capsule ed. Rob Jackson, Tynecon III, 2015

· Introduction · David Langford · in

· The 1950s

· The Fansmanship Lectures I · Bob Shaw · ar Slant #5, Spring 1951

· I Remember · Bob Shaw · ar Phantasmagoria #2, Spring 1951

· The Moon Will Be Hell · Bob Shaw · ar Phantasmagoria #3, Summer 1951

· The Fansmanship Lectures II · Bob Shaw · ar Slant #6, Winter 1951/1952

· 1961: Extrapolated · Bob Shaw · ar Slant #6, Winter 1951/1952

· The Fansmanship Lectures III · Bob Shaw · ar Slant #7, Winter 1952/1953

· An Inexpensive Fanzine Printing Press · Bob Shaw & Vince Clarke · hu Slant #7, Winter 1952/1953

· Crud and Punishment · Bob Shaw · ar Bem #3, September 1954

· The Modern Mariner · Bob Shaw · ar Alpha #13, Winter 1955/1956

· Wholly Berry · Bob Shaw · ar Grue #29, April 1956

· Goon Abroad This Year? · Bob Shaw · ar Retribution #4, October 1956

· The Top of the Turnip · Bob Shaw · ar À Bas #9, November 1956

· A Chance of a Ghost · Bob Shaw · ar Retribution #7, 1957

· I Refuse to Budgie · Bob Shaw · ar Veritas #4, June 1957

· Greener on the Other Side · Bob Shaw · gp (r)

_63 · [letters] · Bob Shaw · lt Oopsla #22, September 1957

_64 · [letters] · Bob Shaw · lt Oopsla #25, July 1958

· None but the Loony Heart · Bob Shaw · ar The Compleat Faan December 1958

· Filthy Looker · Bob Shaw · ar Retribution #13, May 1959

· The 1960s

· Lesion of the Damned · Bob Shaw · ar Retribution #16, January 1961

· Where There’s a Willis There’s a Waysgoose · Bob Shaw · ar Void #23, January 1961

· Purple Writers of the Sage · Bob Shaw · ar Retribution #17, July 1961

· Dragnit · Bob Shaw · ar The Scarr #1, April 1963

· A Funny Thing Happened to Me on My Way to the Typewriter · Bob Shaw · ar The Scarr #3, January 1964

· Take Me to Your Leader · Bob Shaw · ar The Scarr #4, April 1964

· Discourse on Metaphysics · Bob Shaw · ar The Scarr #6, November 1964

· Slobland Revisited · Bob Shaw · ar The Scarr #8, June 1965

· Air on a Harp String · Bob Shaw · ar The Scarr #120, May 1967

· The Cosy Universe · Bob Shaw · ar Warhoon #24, August 1968

· The Mortal Gael I · Bob Shaw · ar Warhoon #25, November 1968

· The Mortal Gael II · Bob Shaw · ar Warhoon #26, February 1969

· The 1970s

· The Jaundiced Goggle · Bob Shaw · ar Scottishe #55, March 1970

· Speculations on Fan Mortality · Bob Shaw · ar Science Fiction Review #36, 1970

· The Mortal Gael III · Bob Shaw · ar Warhoon #27, September 1970

· BoSh Tosh I · Bob Shaw · ar Focal Point September 14 1970

· BoSh Tosh II: How I Saved Winston Churchill’s Life · Bob Shaw · ar Focal Point December 21 1970

· BoSh Tosh III · Bob Shaw · ar Focal Point January 4 1971

· The Extraordinary Behaviour of Ordinary Materials · Bob Shaw · ar Energumen #7, July 1971

· BoSh Tosh IV · Bob Shaw · ar Focal Point August 17 1971

· By a Specious Correspondent · Bob Shaw · ar Egoboo #13, October 8 1971

· James White · Bob Shaw · ar Novacon Programme Book ed. Dave Langford, Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 1971

· This Is…Uh…He Publishes…Er… · Bob Shaw · ar Warm Heart Pastry #1, 1972

· The Jig Is Up · Bob Shaw · ar Rats! #14, January 1972

· Never Respond to a Review · Bob Shaw · gp (r)

_ · [letter] · Bob Shaw · lt Algol #18, May 1972

_ · [letter] · Bob Shaw · lt Algol #20, May 1973

· BoSh Tosh V · Bob Shaw · ar Tandem #1, January 1973

· Two Recipes · Bob Shaw · gp (r)

_ · Deadline Stew · Bob Shaw · ms Cooking Out of This World ed. Anne McCaffrey, Ballantine, 1973

_ · Martian Madness · Bob Shaw · ms Cooking Out of This World ed. Anne McCaffrey, Ballantine, 1973

· All Our Chester Days · Bob Shaw · ar Blazon #1, April 1974

· Bicycle to Betelgeuse · Bob Shaw · ar Tynecon ’74 Programme Book ed. Rob Jackson, Tynecon, 1974

· Billion Year Esprit de Corps · Bob Shaw · br Cypher #11, May 1974 [Ref. Brian W. Aldiss]

· Hi, Fen! · Bob Shaw · ar Random #6, February 1975

· Once Upon a Tyne · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #7, 1975

· Allies in Sunderland · Bob Shaw · ar Prevert #1, March 1975

· Beyond Apollo · Bob Shaw · br Foundation #7/8, March 1975 [Ref. Barry Malzberg]

· Bringing Them Out of Their Shells · Bob Shaw · ar MOTA #11, July 1975

· Beer · Bob Shaw · ar Mimosa #19, November 1996

· Prediction or Predilection? · Bob Shaw · ar Diaspar #17, November 1975

· Income Taxi · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #10, March 1976

· Escape to Infinity · Bob Shaw · ar Foundation #10, June 1976

· Irish Rose · Bob Shaw · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. Patrick Wyatt]

· Introduction to “The Exorcists of IF” · Bob Shaw · is Algol Fall 1976/Winter 1977

· The Writer’s Year · Bob Shaw · ar BSFA Yearbook ed. Dave Lewis, BSFA, 1977

· The Two-Year Warning · Bob Shaw · ar Seacon ’79 Bid Progress Report #3, April 1977

· Tango Time · Bob Shaw · br The New Statesman April 15 1977 [Ref. Michael Moorcock]; review of The Condition of Muzak.

· Wetfoot in the Head · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #14, July 1977

· How Short Is “Short”? · Bob Shaw · ar Rigel Magazine #60, December 1977

· Talking a Lot of Bilge · Bob Shaw · ar MOTA #24, March 1978

· PRO and Con · Bob Shaw · ar Maya #15, June 1978

· The Game of Dog and Crab · Bob Shaw · ar MOTA #26, November 1978

· The View from Serendip · Bob Shaw · br Vector #90, November/December 1978 [Ref. Arthur C. Clarke]

· Auld Slang Sayings · Bob Shaw · ar DNQ #16, April 1979

· Pro Lapse · Bob Shaw · ar Matrix #23, April 1979

· What Is Science Fiction? My View · Bob Shaw · ar The Science Fiction Book Club News Summer 1979

· Confessions of a Philistine · Bob Shaw · ar Inca #1, 1979

· Dreams of Empire · Bob Shaw · ar Seacon ’79 Programme Book ed. Graham Charnock, Seacon, 1979; contribution to symposium.

· Tiles of Horror · Bob Shaw · ar Seacon ’79 Programme Book ed. Graham Charnock, Seacon, 1979

· Coming Apart at the Themes · Bob Shaw · ar Science Fiction Review #35, May 1980

· BoSh of Arabia · Bob Shaw · ar Energumen #16, September 1981

· Has-to-Ride Belt, or A Streetcar Named Bizarre · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #22, July 1982

· When Fandoms Collide · Bob Shaw · ar Zine That Has No Name #3, November 1982

· BoShcon Non-Speech · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #27, May 1983

· Private Passions · Bob Shaw · ar New Internationalist December 1982

· James White, An Appreciation · Bob Shaw · ar Albacon II Programme Book ed. Frances Jane Nelson & Dave Ellis, Albacon II, 1983 [Ref. James White]

· Comparative Fizzyology · Bob Shaw · ar Australian Fan Funds’ Newsletter #1, December 1983

· Murphan’s Law · Bob Shaw · ar Microwave #7, February 1984

· You Don’t Really Mean That · Bob Shaw · ar Ron’s Raygun #2, September 1984

· A Word in Your Beer · Bob Shaw · ar Mainstream #10, October 1984

· V: Plumbing the Depths · Bob Shaw · mr Starburst #75, November 1984

· Seducers with Staples · Bob Shaw · ar Focus #10, February 1985

· How to Be Sick…and Live to Tell About It · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #36, June 1985

· Aussiecon Two After-Dinner Speech · Bob Shaw · ar Matrix #61, October 1985, as “My Life and Space/Times”; illustrated by Jim Barker; this is a slightly revised extract that was published in Thyme #49, January 1986.
delivered as a speech at Aussiecon Two, August 1985.

· Aussiecon Two Fan Natter · Bob Shaw · ar Thyme #49, January 1986
delivered as a speech at Aussiecon Two, August 1985.

· Foreword to PsiFi: Psychological Theories and Science Fictions · Bob Shaw · fw PsiFi: Psychological Theories and Science Fictions ed. Jim Ridgway & Michele Benjamin, The British Psychological Society, 1987

· Bob Shaw’s Patented Ever-Fail Get-Rich-Quick Schemes · Bob Shaw · ar ConFederation Program Book ed. Charlotte Proctor, Worldcon Atlanta, Inc., 1986

· The Extra Dimension · Bob Shaw · ar Vector #134, October/November 1986

· Silverberg and Slow Glass · Bob Shaw · ex from “Comment on Two of Silverberg’s Worlds of Wonder”, Foundation #38, Winter 1986/1987

· Escaping from a Monster of the Mind · Bob Shaw · ar The Independent May 26 1987

· Friends on a Train · Bob Shaw · ar Empties #9, September 1988

· Merry Christmas · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #49, May 1989

· The 1990s

· Perspex Parrot · Bob Shaw · ar Perspex Parrot #1, 1990

· DeepSouthCon 28 Speech · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #52, October 1990

· Life Is but a Raffle · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #52, October 1990

· Mickey Mouse Works · Bob Shaw · ar Sticky Quarters #20, December 1990

· Play Mystic for Me · Bob Shaw · ar Trap Door #10, January 1991

· Seasonal Greetings · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #53, April 1991

· Twenty Years of Novacon · Bob Shaw · hu Novacon 21 Programme Book ed. Alice & Steve Lawson, Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 1991, as ““I Have Missed Only Two Novacons””

· Key Bored · Bob Shaw · ar Nexus #2, Spring 1992

· Bargaining Up the Wrong Tree · Bob Shaw · ar Anvil #54, July 1992

· The Half-Life of Brian · Bob Shaw · ar Novacon 25 Progress Report One ed. Martin Tudor, Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 1994 [Ref. Brian W. Aldiss]

· An Introduction to “The Mercenary Mirage” · Bob Shaw · is String #2, Summer 1991

· Appendix: Quotes and Nuggets; most of these are from published letters of comment, the originals usually being untitled.

· Fan File · Bob Shaw · ms Quandry #13, August 1951

· Stunned Speculation on the Manchester Mushroom · Bob Shaw · ar Slant #6, Winter 1951/1952

· Pun Primer · Bob Shaw · ms Bem #2, June 1954

· Absent-Minded Astronauts · Bob Shaw · lt Nebula Science Fiction #13, 1955, as “[letter]”

· Fan Chess · Bob Shaw · ms Fanac #12, December 1958

· An Old Fan and Tired? · Bob Shaw · ms Hyphen #22, March 1959

· A Word from the Co-Author · Bob Shaw · in 1962
from the introduction to the second edition The Enchanted Duplicator (August 1962).

· A Presentation to Terry Carr · Bob Shaw · ms Innuendo #12, May 1990

· Advice to a Beginning Writer · Bob Shaw · ms SF Writer’s Bulletin #5, July 1970; contribution to Q&A symposium.

· The Bun Is the Lowest Form of Wheat · Bob Shaw · ms Focal Point July 6 1970

· The Rustle-Bedspring Diagram · Bob Shaw · lt Maya #9, November 1975, as “[letter]”

· The House on the Borderland · Bob Shaw · ms Checkpoint #78, January 1977

· Ming the Mercenary · Bob Shaw · ms Quark #14, April 1977

· You Can B. Shaw · Bob Shaw · ms True Rat #9, April 1977

· Writing Funny · Bob Shaw · ms MOTA #28, June 1979

· Practical Joke · Bob Shaw · ms Ansible #6, February 1980

· Law of the Jungle · Bob Shaw · ms Holier Than Thou #9, January 1981

· Hugos There? · Bob Shaw · ms Boonfark #5, August 1981

· First Visit to the South · Bob Shaw · ms TriContinental One-Shot August 1981

· TED Author Credits · Bob Shaw · ms Boonfark #6, Spring 1982

· On Perfectionism · Bob Shaw · ms Pong #33/34, April 19 1982

· Correction · Bob Shaw · ms File 770 #71, December 1987

· Swelling and Skating · Bob Shaw · ms Sikander #15, March 1989

· Interzone Newsflash · Bob Shaw · lt Interzone #34, March/April 1990, as “[letter]”

· How Do They Say It? · Bob Shaw · pm Anvil #55, April 1993

· Certificate · Bob Shaw · ms (r); undated; personalised copies given at various times to various fans.

· Original Appearances · David Langford · bi

Tomorrow Lies in Ambush by Bob Shaw (Victor Gollancz, February 1973, 0-575-01602-7, £2.00, 204pp, hc, co)

7 · Call Me Dumbo · Bob Shaw · nv If December 1966

25 · Repeat Performance · Bob Shaw · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1971

37 · …And Isles Where Good Men Lie · Bob Shaw · nv New Worlds SF #155, October 1965

65 · What Time Do You Call This? · Bob Shaw · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories September 1971

71 · Communication · Bob Shaw · nv Fantastic June 1970

90 · The Cosmic Cocktail Party · Bob Shaw · ss Science Against Man ed. Anthony Cheetham, Avon, 1970, as “Harold Wilson at the Cosmic Cocktail Party”

111 · The Happiest Day of Your Life · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact October 1970

116 · The Weapons of Isher II · Bob Shaw · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories May 1971

128 · Pilot Plant · Bob Shaw · na New Worlds SF #162, May 1966

174 · Telemart Three · Bob Shaw · ss If March 1970

182 · Invasion of Privacy · Bob Shaw · nv Amazing Stories July 1970

Tomorrow Lies in Ambush (var. 1) by Bob Shaw (Ace, February 1973, 81656, 95¢, 281pp, pb, co)
Adds two stories to the Gollancz edition, published simultaneously.

7 · Call Me Dumbo · Bob Shaw · nv If December 1966

30 · Stormseeker · Bob Shaw · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January/February 1972

36 · Repeat Performance · Bob Shaw · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1971

51 · …And Isles Where Good Men Lie · Bob Shaw · nv New Worlds SF #155, October 1965

87 · What Time Do You Call This? · Bob Shaw · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories September 1971

95 · Communication · Bob Shaw · nv Fantastic June 1970

120 · The Cosmic Cocktail Party · Bob Shaw · ss Science Against Man ed. Anthony Cheetham, Avon, 1970, as “Harold Wilson at the Cosmic Cocktail Party”

148 · The Happiest Day of Your Life · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact October 1970

154 · Element of Chance · Bob Shaw · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1969

162 · The Weapons of Isher II · Bob Shaw · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories May 1971

178 · Pilot Plant · Bob Shaw · na New Worlds SF #162, May 1966

240 · Telemart Three · Bob Shaw · ss If March 1970

251 · Invasion of Privacy · Bob Shaw · nv Amazing Stories July 1970

Floodwater by Heather Shaw & Tim Pratt (Tropism Press, December 2002, no ISBN, $4.00, 10pp, ph, oc, cover by Richard Doyle)
Collection of three stories, one collaboration and a solo story by each.

2 · Wetting the Bed · Heather Shaw · vi

4 · A Serious Case of Fairies · Heather Shaw & Tim Pratt · ss

9 · The Heart, a Chambered Nautilus · Tim Pratt · vi

When We Were Six by Heather Shaw (Tropism Press, May 2007, no ISBN, $5.00, 52pp, ph, co, cover by Heather Shaw)
Chapbook collection of six stories, one original, with story notes by the author discussing the genesis of each.

1 · Single White Farmhouse · Heather Shaw · ss Polyphony, Volume 5 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2005

9 · Mountain, Man · Heather Shaw · ss Rabid Transit: Long Voyages, Great Lies ed. Christopher Barzak, Alan DeNiro & Kristin Livdahl, Velocity Press, 2006

19 · Restoration · Heather Shaw · ss Polyphony, Volume 3 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2003

27 · When We Were Twelve · Heather Shaw · ss

37 · Famishing · Heather Shaw · ss Strange Horizons February 10 2003

47 · Wetting the Bed · Heather Shaw · vi Floodwater by Heather Shaw & Tim Pratt, Tropism Press, 2002

49 · Story Notes · Heather Shaw · ms

Wintering Away by Heather Shaw & Tim Pratt (Tropism Press, December 2003, no ISBN, $3.00, 8pp, ph, oc)
Chapbook original collection of two stories (one by each author) and one collaborative poem.

2 · Winter on the Pyre · Tim Pratt · ss

5 · Wintering Away · Heather Shaw & Tim Pratt · pm

7 · The Janitor’s Night Dive · Heather Shaw · vi

Blood on the Curb by Joseph T. Shaw (Dodge Publishing Company, April 1936, 297pp, hc, n.)

Blood on the Curb by Joseph T. Shaw (Black Mask, July 3, 2020, 978-1-61827-476-2, $19.95, 264pp, tp, n.)
Reprint (Dodge 1936) novel.
Details taken from publisher website.

It Happened at the Lake by Joseph T. Shaw (Dodd, Mead & Company, January 1937, 289pp, hc, n.)

It Happened at the Lake by Joseph T. Shaw (Black Mask, August 4, 2022, 978-1-61827-661-2, $24.95, 284pp, tp, n.)
Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1937) novel.
Details taken from publisher website.

The Hard-Boiled Omnibus ed. Joseph Thompson Shaw (Simon & Schuster, October 1946, $3.00, 468pp, hc, an)
Early Stories from Black Mask.

v · Introduction · Joseph Thompson Shaw · in

3 · The Devil Suit [Jack McGuire] · J.-J. des Ormeaux · nv Black Mask July 1932

54 · Taking His Time · Reuben Jennings Shay · vi Black Mask January 1931

59 · Fly Paper [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask August 1929

97 · Death in the Pasig [Jo Gar] · Ramon Decolta · ss Black Mask March 1930

112 · The Man Who Liked Dogs [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · nv Black Mask March 1936

157 · Red Goose [Ben Shaley] · Norbert Davis · ss Black Mask February 1934

181 · Murder Mixup [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Black Mask May 1936

225 · Red 71 · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask December 1932

255 · Inside Job · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask February 1932

300 · Sail [Oscar Sail] · Lester Dent · nv Black Mask October 1936

338 · Sister Act · Charles G. Booth · ss Black Mask February 1933

360 · Best Man · Thomas Walsh · nv Black Mask October 1934

387 · Kick-Back [Francis St. Xavier Harrigan] · Ed Lybeck · ss Black Mask January 1932

415 · Clean Sweep [Dal Prentice] · Roger Torrey · ss Black Mask February 1934

445 · South Wind [Jerry Tracy] · Theodore Tinsley · ss Black Mask November 1932

The Hard-Boiled Omnibus (var. 1) ed. Joseph Thompson Shaw (Pocket, May 1952, 875, 25¢, 324pp, pb, an)
Twelve stories from the Simon & Schuster 1946 edition.

v · Introduction · Joseph Thompson Shaw · in The Hard-Boiled Omnibus ed. Joseph Thompson Shaw, Simon & Schuster, 1946

1 · Sail [Oscar Sail] · Lester Dent · nv Black Mask October 1936

37 · Taking His Time · Reuben Jennings Shay · vi Black Mask January 1931

42 · Death in the Pasig [Jo Gar] · Ramon Decolta · ss Black Mask March 1930

56 · The Man Who Liked Dogs [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · nv Black Mask March 1936

97 · Fly Paper [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask August 1929

133 · Inside Job · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask February 1932

175 · Red Goose [Ben Shaley] · Norbert Davis · ss Black Mask February 1934

197 · Red 71 · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask December 1932

225 · Best Man · Thomas Walsh · nv Black Mask October 1934

251 · Kick-Back [Francis St. Xavier Harrigan] · Ed Lybeck · ss Black Mask January 1932

277 · Clean Sweep [Dal Prentice] · Roger Torrey · ss Black Mask February 1934

305 · South Wind [Jerry Tracy] · Theodore Tinsley · ss Black Mask November 1932

Spurs West! ed. Joseph T. Shaw (Perma Books, 1951, pb, an)
Not to be confused with the WWA anthology of the same name, edited by S. Omar Barker, Doubleday, 1960.

· Stagecoach West! · Frank Bonham · na Dime Western Magazine September 1950

· Dusty Wheels—Bloody Trail! · Frank Bonham · na Dime Western Magazine June 1949

· The Long Shot · John M. Cunningham · ss The American Magazine June 1949

· Partners’ Quarrel · Bennett Foster · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 10 1950

· Wild Leather! · Norman Fox · ss Cosmopolitan May 1948

· The Last Snake · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss Esquire November 1949

· Deep Winter [Land Rush] · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s January 2 1943

· Red Horse Hamber · Dee Linford · nv The Country Gentleman February 1948 (+2)

· The Man Who Cursed Texas · Ray Nafziger · na Dime Western Magazine June 15 1935

· A Man for the Rio Flame · Bob Obets · na Star Western November 1950

· Son of a King · Thomas Thompson · ss Dime Western Magazine November 1950

Great Science Fiction Adventures ed. Larry T. Shaw (Lancer, October 1963, 72-697, 50¢, 174pp, pb, an, cover by Ed Emsh from Science Fiction Adventures April 1958)

7 · The Starcombers · Edmond Hamilton · na Science Fiction Adventures December 1956

51 · Hunt the Space-Witch! · Robert Silverberg · na Science Fiction Adventures January 1958, as by Ivar Jorgenson

95 · The Man from the Big Dark · John Brunner · na Science Fiction Adventures June 1958

143 · The World Otalmi Made · Harry Harrison · na Science Fiction Adventures June 1958

Terror! ed. Larry T. Shaw (Lancer, 1966, 72-139, 50¢, 192pp, pb, an)

5 · Introduction · Larry T. Shaw · in

9 · Same Time, Same Place · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #60, 1963

19 · A Good Imagination · Robert Bloch · ss Suspect Detective Stories February 1956

35 · Tie-Up · Edward Wellen · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1957, as “Army Without Banners”; abridged.

40 · The Man of the Crowd · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine December 1840

49 · The Body Hunters · Paul W. Fairman · nv Fantastic February 1959

86 · Over the River · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Unknown April 1941

99 · Wolves Don’t Cry · Bruce Elliott · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1954

111 · The Torture of Hope · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; translated by Mary J. Safford · ss Short Stories July 1894
translated from the French (“La Torture par l’Espérance”, Nouveaux Contes Cruels, La Librairie Illustrée, 1888).

116 · The Courts of Jamshyd · Robert F. Young · ss Infinity Science Fiction September 1957

122 · The Horla, or Modern Ghosts · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887).

147 · Mrs. Bullwinkle · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #421, April 17 1858, uncredited.

153 · The Little Woman · Richard Wilson · ss (r)

157 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890

167 · A Tasty Dish · Lorenz Heller · ss Suspect Detective Stories February 1956

178 · No News Today · Cleve Cartmill · ss Unknown Worlds October 1941

Matt Shaw Presents Masters of Horror ed. Matt Shaw (Matt Shaw Publications, November 5, 2017, 978-1-975911-29-4, $12.99, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Introduction · Matt Shaw · in

3 · The Cyprus Shell · Brian Lumley · ss The Arkham Collector #3, Summer 1968

13 · Again · Ramsey Campbell · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November 1981

25 · Survival · Sam West · ss

43 · Mary · J. R. Park · nv

65 · Doll Face · Peter McKeirnon · ss

77 · A Taste of Mercy · Andrew Freudenberg · ss

87 · Chocolate · Mason Sabre · ss

97 · The Contract · Shaun Hutson · ss

115 · Dead-Eyed Dick · Anton Palmer · ss

133 · Beast Mode · Wrath James White · ss

153 · Dewey Davenport · Shane McKenzie · ss

163 · Zolem · Tonia Brown · nv

195 · The Pit 18 · Graeme Reynolds · ss

213 · Hippocampus · Adam L. G. Nevill · ss Terror Tales of the Ocean ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2015

223 · You Can Go Now · Gary McMahon · ss

233 · Down There · Ryan Harding · nv

255 · Letter from Hell · Matt Shaw · ss

263 · Eye for an Eye · Matt Hickman · ss

279 · Three Black Dogs · Daniel Marc Chant · ss

299 · Checkout · Amy Cross · ss

309 · Loco Parentis · Kit Power · ss

321 · In the Family · Adam Millard · ss

333 · The Priest Hole · Guy N. Smith · ss

341 · Just Breathe · Jaime Johnesee · ss

349 · Raintown Sam · Craig Saunders · ss

363 · The End Is Where You’ll Find It · Michael Bray · ss

379 · Don’t Make Fun of the Haunted House · Jeff Strand · ss

387 · Trust Issues · Mark Cassell · ss

399 · The Silent Invader · Paul Flewitt · ss

405 · The Clay Man · Clare Riley Whitfield · ss

413 · Animus · Jim Goforth · nv

445 · The Deep-Sea Conch · Brian Lumley · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971

455 · Afterword · Chris Hall · aw

Ars Gratia Sanguis ed. Steve J. Shaw (Black Shuck Books, September 30, 2021, 978-1-913038-71-7, £11.99, 254pp, tp, oa)
Subtitled “Great British Horror 6” on the cover.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Untitled (Cloud of Blood) · Brian Evenson · ss

21 · From Life · Muriel Gray · ss

39 · Having a Benny · Sarah Lotz · nv

63 · Our Lady of Flies · Teika Marija Smits · nv

95 · Everybody’s Always Losing Somebody · Sean Hogan · nv

123 · Sibyl · Lisa Tuttle · ss

143 · The Acolyte’s Triptych · Steve Duffy · nv

167 · The Field Has Eyes, the Wood Has Ears · Helen Grant · ss

181 · The Redeemers · Andrew Hook · ss

195 · Blind Man’s Buff · Lucie McKnight Hardy · nv

217 · The Waiting Room · Stephen Volk · nv

Dark and Stormy Nights ed. Steve J. Shaw (Black Shuck Books, March 26, 2020, 978-1-913038-44-1, £11.99, 270pp, tp, oa)
Subtitled “Great British Horror 4” on the cover.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Nor Cease You Never Now · Ren Warom · ss

31 · Faith Leaps · Kath Deakin & Tim Lebbon · nv

59 · Whispers after Dark · G. V. Anderson · ss

71 · My Mother’s Ghosts · Priya Sharma · ss

93 · Old Women and Knives · Phil Sloman · ss

107 · Errol · Paul M. Feeney · na

149 · The Goddess of the Rain · Alison Littlewood · ss

161 · Slipper · Catriona Ward · ss

177 · All the Secret Colours of the World · Simon Avery · na

221 · Oathkeeper · Maura McHugh · ss

237 · I Will Tell You Seven-Oh · M. R. Carey · nv

Dark Satanic Mills ed. Steve J. Shaw (Black Shuck Books, September 2017, £20.00, 240pp, hc, oa)
Subtitled “Great British Horror 2” on the cover.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

9 · Tools of the Trade · Paul Finch · nv

29 · Fragments of a Broken Doll · Cate Gardner · ss

49 · The Cardiac Ordeal · Andrew Freudenberg · ss

65 · The Lies We Tell · Charlotte Bond · nv

87 · Our Lady of Wicker Bridge · Angela Slatter · ss

103 · The Church with Bleeding Windows · John Llewellyn Probert · ss

121 · Sleeping Black · Marie O’Regan · ss

141 · Satin Road · Gary Fry · ss

159 · Non-Standard Construction · Penny Jones · nv

181 · The Night Moves · Gary McMahon · ss

197 · Juhst · Carole Johnstone · nv

Green and Pleasant Land ed. Steve J. Shaw (Black Shuck Books, January 30, 2017, 978-1-5427-6282-3, £9.99, 275pp, tp, an)
Subtitled “Great British Horror 1”.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

9 · Hermaness · V. H. Leslie · nv

31 · Meat for the Field · Rich Hawkins · ss

49 · Strange as Angels · Laura Mauro · nv

73 · The Castellmarch Man · Ray Cluley · nv

105 · Ostrich · David Moody · ss

125 · Blue-Eyes · Barbie Wilde · ss

137 · A Glimpse of Red · James Everington · nv

159 · Mr. Denning Sings · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss

173 · He Waits on the Upland · Adam Millard · ss

189 · Misericord · A. K. Benedict · ss

203 · Quiet Places · Jasper Bark · na

Major Arcana ed. Steve J. Shaw (Black Shuck Books, September 29, 2022, 978-1-913038-78-6, 224pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Wheel of Fortune · Ida Keogh · ss

· The Star · Anna Taborska · ss

· The High Priestess · Dan Coxon · ss

· The Hierophant · Jonathan Sims · ss

· The Lovers · Lynda E. Rucker · ss

· Temperance · Gary Budden · ss

· The Fool · Carly Holmes · ss

· The Chariot · Malcolm Devlin · ss

· The Tower · Alison Moore · ss

· The Hermit · Steven J. Dines · ss

· The Hanged Man · Conrad Williams · ss

Filter House by Nisi Shawl (Aqueduct Press, May 2008, 978-1-933500-19-5, $18.00, 276pp, tp, co)
Collection of 14 stories, three original. Introduction by Eileen Gunn.

· Where Everything Is a Bit Different · Eileen Gunn · in

· At the Huts of Ajala · Nisi Shawl · ss Dark Matter ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect, 2000

· Wallamelon · Nisi Shawl · nv Aeon #3, May 2005

· The Pragmatical Princess · Nisi Shawl · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1999

· The Rainses’ · Nisi Shawl · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1995

· Bird Day · Nisi Shawl · vi

· Maggies · Nisi Shawl · ss Dark Matter: Reading the Bones ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect, 2004

· Momi Watu · Nisi Shawl · ss Strange Horizons August 18 2003

· Deep End [Making Amends] · Nisi Shawl · ss So Long Been Dreaming ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Uppinder Mehan, Arsenal Pulp, 2004

· Good Boy · Nisi Shawl · nv

· Little Horses · Nisi Shawl · nv Detroit Noir ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books, 2007

· Shiomah’s Land · Nisi Shawl · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2001

· The Water Museum · Nisi Shawl · ss

· But She’s Only a Dream · Nisi Shawl · ss Trabuco Road March 2007

· The Beads of Ku · Nisi Shawl · ss Rosebud #23, 2002

New Suns 2: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color ed. Nisi Shawl (Solaris, March 14, 2023, 978-1-78618-858-8, £9.99, 352pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Walter Mosley · fw

· OCASTA · Daniel H. Wilson · ss

· The Farmer’s Wife and the Faerie Queen · K. Tempest Bradford · ss

· Juan · Darcie Little Badger · ss

· Neti-Neti · Geetanjali Vandemark · ss

· Equal Forces Opposed in Exquisite Tension · John Chu · ss

· Silk and Cotton and Linen and Blood · Nghi Vo · ss

· Suppertime · Tananarive Due · ss

· Good Night Gracie · Alex Jennings · ss

· A Borrowing of Bones · Karin Lowachee · ss

· Chosen · Saad Hossain · ss

· Home Is Where the Heart Is · Hiromi Goto · ss

· Before the Glory of Their Majesties · Minsoo Kang · ss

· Haunted Bodies of WombMen · Tlotlo Tsamaase · ss

· Dragons of Yuta · Rochita Loenen-Ruiz · ss

· The Plant and the Purist · Malka Older · ss

· The Fast-Enough Human · Kathleen Alcalá · ss

· Counting Her Petals · Christopher Caldwell · ss

· Fever Dreams · Jaymee Goh · ss

· Afterword · Grace Dillon · aw

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color ed. Nisi Shawl (Solaris US, March 12, 2019, 978-1-78108-578-3, $15.99, 279pp, tp, oa, cover by Yoshi Yoshitani)
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Foreword · LeVar Burton · fw

11 · The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex · Tobias S. Buckell · ss

23 · Deer Dancer · Kathleen Alcalá · ss

31 · The Virtue of Unfaithful Translations · Minsoo Kang · nv

51 · Come Home to Atropos · Steven Barnes · ss

57 · The Fine Print · Chinelo Onwualu · ss

71 · Unkind of Mercy · Alex Jennings · ss

83 · Burn the Ships · Alberto Yáñez · nv

105 · The Freedom of the Shifting Sea · Jaymee Goh · ss

123 · Three Variations on a Theme of Imperial Attire · E. Lily Yu · ss

135 · Blood and Bells · Karin Lowachee · nv

159 · Give Me Your Black Wings Oh Sister · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss

165 · The Shadow We Cast Through Time · Indrapramit Das · ss

183 · The Robots of Eden · Anil Menon · ss

201 · Dumb House · Andrea Hairston · nv

225 · One Easy Trick · Hiromi Goto · ss

245 · Harvest · Rebecca Roanhorse · ss

255 · Kelsey and the Burdened Breath · Darcie Little Badger · ss

273 · Afterword · Nisi Shawl · aw

275 · Contributor Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany ed. Nisi Shawl & Bill Campbell (Rosarium Publishing, July 1, 2015, 978-0-9903191-7-7, $19.99, 390pp, tp, oa, cover by John Jennings)
Details taken from online listing.

13 · Introduction · Kim Stanley Robinson · in

15 · Michael Swanwick and Samuel R. Delany at the Joyce Kilmer Service Area, March 2005 · Eileen Gunn · ss Foundation Winter 2007

19 · Billy Tumult · Nick Harkaway · ss

29 · Voice Prints · Devorah Major · ss

38 · Delany Encounters: Or, Another Reason Why I Study Race and Racism in Science Fiction · Isiah Lavender, III · ar

51 · Clarity · Anil Menon · ss

60 · When Two Swordsmen Meet · Ellen Kushner · ss

65 · For Sale: Fantasy Coffins (Ababuo Need Not Apply) · Chesya Burke · ss

75 · Holding Hands with Monsters · Haralambi Markov · ss

83 · Song for the Asking · Carmelo Rafala · ss

100 · Kickenders · Kit Reed · ss

109 · Walking Science Fiction: Samuel Delany and Visionary Fiction · Walidah Imarisha · ar

115 · Heart of Brass · Alex Jennings · nv

137 · Empathy Evolving as a Quantum of Eight-Dimensional Perception · Claude Lalumière · ss

143 · Be Three · Jewelle Gomez · ss

154 · Guerrilla Mural of a Siren’s Song · Ernest Hogan · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #4, Summer 1989

165 · An Idyll in Erewhyna · Hal Duncan · ss

175 · Real Mothers, a Faggot Uncle, and the Name of the Father: Samuel R. Delany’s Feminist Revisions of the Story of SF · L. Timmel Duchamp · ar

196 · Nilda · Junot Díaz · ss The New Yorker October 4 1999

204 · The First Gate of Logic · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss

217 · The Master of the Milford Altarpiece · Thomas M. Disch · ss The Paris Review #46, Spring 1969

231 · River, Clap Your Hands · Sheree Renée Thomas · ss

238 · Haunt-Type Experience · Roz Clarke · ss Black Static #9, February/March 2009

252 · Eleven Stations · Fábio Fernandes · ss

257 · «Légendaire» [The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps] · Kai Ashante Wilson · nv Bloodchildren ed. Nisi Shawl, Book View Café, 2013

278 · On My First Reading of The Einstein Intersection · Michael Swanwick · ar

283 · Characters in the Margins of a Lost Notebook · Kathryn Cramer · ar

291 · Hamlet’s Ghost Sighted in Frontenac, KS · Vincent Czyz · ss

301 · Each Star a Sun to Invisible Planets · Tenea D. Johnson · ss

305 · Clones · Alex Smith · ss

320 · The Last Dying Man · Geetanjali Dighe · ss

326 · Capitalism in the 22nd Century or A.I.r. · Geoff Ryman · ss

339 · Jamaica Ginger · Nalo Hopkinson & Nisi Shawl · nv

357 · Festival · Christopher Brown · ss

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Maggie Shayne (Berkley Sensation, December 2005, 0-425-20576-2, $13.00, 278pp, tp, co, cover by Robin Davis)
Collection of three paranormal romances.

1 · Everything She Does Is Magick · Maggie Shayne · na Bewitched, Jove, 1997

97 · Musketeer by Moonlight · Maggie Shayne · na Moonglow, Berkley, 1998

179 · The Con and the Crusader · Maggie Shayne · na Veils of Time, Berkley, 1999

Immortal Desire by Maggie Shayne (Berkley Sensation, December 2007, 978-0-425-21748-1, $14.00, 346pp, tp, co, cover by Aleta Rafton)
Collection/omnibus of paranormal romance novel Destiny (2001) and novella “Immortality”.

1 · Destiny · Maggie Shayne · n. 2001

261 · Immortality · Maggie Shayne · na Out of This World, Jove, 2001

Sheer Pleasure by Maggie Shayne (Berkley Sensation, February 2007, 978-0-425-21458-9, $14.00, 295pp, tp, co)
Collection of three romance novellas, two supernatural.

1 · Leather and Lace · Maggie Shayne · na 2000

85 · Awaiting Moonrise · Maggie Shayne · na Hot Blooded, Jove, 2004

185 · Daydream Believer · Maggie Shayne · ss Man of My Dreams, Jove, 2004

Strangers in the Night by Maggie Shayne, Anne Stuart & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro--- see under Anne Stuart.

Dangerous Dames ed. Mike Shayne (Dell, 1955, 77, 192pp, pb, an)
Also- Dell Mar ’65. Pagination is from 1965 edition.

5 · Foreword · Brett Halliday · fw

9 · A Better Mantrap · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales October 1947

25 · Collector’s Item · Jerome Barry · ss

37 · Hang That Husband High · Bruno Fischer · nv Detective Tales July 1948

57 · Simone · Joan Vatsek · ss Today’s Woman 1949

73 · The Statement of Jerry Malloy · Anthony Boucher · ss

81 · She-Wolf · Rutherford Montgomery · ss from Gray Wolf, 1938

97 · Women Are Poison · Brett Halliday · ss Detective Fiction Weekly October 31 1936, as by Davis Dresser

111 · Speak to Me of Death · John West · ss

123 · If I Can Ever Forget · Frank Gruber · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 30 1938

139 · Witness for the Prosecution · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946

155 · Rhapsody in Blood [Scott Jordan] · Harold Q. Masur · nv Manhunt August 1953

183 · Angelica Is Still Alive · Walter Snow · ss Suspect Detective Stories November 1955

In Search of Lovecraft by J. Vernon Shea (Necronomicon Press, June 1991, 0-940884-39-9, $5.95, 42pp, ph, co, cover by Jason Eckhardt)
Collection of six essays on Lovecraft, 13 poems, and two stories, one a collaboration with Lovecraft. There is an introduction by Robert Bloch and an afterword by Donald Wandrei.

6 · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in

9 · The Timeless Lovecraft · J. Vernon Shea · ar 1979

11 · The Lovecraftian Saga · J. Vernon Shea · ar 1976

12 · “The Outsider” · J. Vernon Shea · ar 1979

13 · H.P. Lovecraft and Samuel Johnson: A Comparison · J. Vernon Shea · ar 1978

15 · H.P.L. and Films · J. Vernon Shea · ar HPL: A Tribute to Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) ed. Meade & Penny Frierson, Meade and Penny Frierson, 1972

17 · The Fifth World Fantasy Convention · J. Vernon Shea · ar 1980

25 · The Snouted Thing · H. P. Lovecraft & J. Vernon Shea · ss Necroapa June 1977

28 · Dead Giveaway · J. Vernon Shea · ss Outré May 1976

37 · When Artists Die · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

38 · Look to the Skies · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

38 · The Dream-World of H.P. Lovecraft · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

38 · “We tire of tyrants…” · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

39 · A Walk in Providence · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

39 · H.P.L.’s Gravestone · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

39 · So Little Time Beneath the Stars · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

40 · Impermanence · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

40 · Better Days? · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

41 · What Good Is a Book? · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

41 · Roses Blooming in November · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

41 · Here at Swan Point · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

42 · Tomorrow · J. Vernon Shea · pm (r)

42 · Afterword · Donald Wandrei · aw

Strange Barriers ed. J. Vernon Shea (Lion Library, October 1955, LL:47, 35¢, 188pp, pb, an, cover by Clark Hulings)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. Anthology about race relations. Reprinted twice by Pyramid Books, the second time as The Black and the White.

7 · Dry September · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1931

19 · Battle Royal · Ralph Ellison · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art October 1947

34 · Health Card · Frank Yerby · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1944

44 · A Good Job Gone · Langston Hughes · ss Esquire April 1934

51 · The Test · Angelica Gibbs · ss The New Yorker June 15 1940

55 · The Child by Tiger · Thomas Wolfe · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 11 1937

81 · Arrangement in Black and White · Dorothy Parker · ss The New Yorker October 8 1927

86 · Little Victor · Robert Lewis · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1946

110 · Of Educational Value · Mark Schorer · ss The New Yorker February 19 1949

116 · Almos’ a Man · Richard Wright · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2732, January 1940

129 · After You, My Dear Alphonse · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker January 16 1943

133 · Education South · Paul Green · ss Dog on the Sun, University of North Carolina Press, 1949

145 · The Body of an American · John Dos Passos · ex from 1919, Harcourt Brace, 1932

150 · Child of God · Roark Bradford · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1927

164 · The Necessary Knocking at the Door · Ann Petry · ss ’47—The Magazine of the Year August 1947

171 · The Whipping · Lillian Smith · ex from Strange Fruit, Reynal, 1944

178 · He Don’t Plant Cotton · J. F. Powers · ss Accent Winter 1943

Strange Desires ed. J. Vernon Shea (Lion Books, February 1954, 191, 25¢, 192pp, pb, an, cover by Greco)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

1 · To the Reader · J. Vernon Shea · in

9 · The Watchman · Mark Van Doren · ss The Yale Review Spring 1949

23 · Williamson [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · ss West India Lights by Henry S. Whitehead, Arkham House, 1946

42 · Lila Bohmer · Gil Orlovitz · ss Quarterly Review of Literature v4 #1,

52 · The Vise · William D. Magnes · ss Story #1 ed. Whit & Hallie Burnett, David McKay, 1951

67 · The Anonymous · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · nv The Virginia Quarterly Review Summer 1941

88 · Stalies · Terry Morris · ss Cross Section 1947 ed. Edward Seaver, Simon & Schuster, 1947

99 · The Frog Prince · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941

106 · Golden Land · William Faulkner · nv The American Mercury May 1935

129 · The Abyss · Leonid Andreyev; translated by John Cournos · ss Treasury of Russian Life and Humor ed. John Cournos, Coward-McCann, 1943
translated from the Russian (“Bezdna”, 1902).

145 · Take Her Up Tenderly · Hoke Norris · ss Prairie Schooner Winter 1949

155 · Seedling · Helen McCune · ss Story #126, September/October 1947

164 · The Blood of the Walsungs · Thomas Mann; translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter · nv Stories of Three Decades by Thomas Mann, Knopf, 1936

Copping Squid and Other Mythos Tales by Michael Shea (Perilous Press, October 31, 2009, 978-0-9704000-2-4, $32.95, 224pp, hc, co, cover by Steven Gilberts)
Collection of eight Lovecraftian stories, four original. Foreword by editor S.T. Joshi. Illustrated by Steven Gilberts. A signed, limited edition of 250 ($47.00) was announced but not seen.
Details taken from online listing.

bp · Foreword · S. T. Joshi · fw

1 · Tsathoggua · Michael Shea · nv

35 · Dagoniad · Michael Shea · nv

63 · Copping Squid [Cthulhu] · Michael Shea · nv

83 · Nemo Me Impune Lacessit · Michael Shea · nv Whispers March 1982

105 · The Pool · Michael Shea · nv Weird Tales February/March 2007

131 · The Battery · Michael Shea · nv

153 · The Presentation · Michael Shea · nv Allen K’s Inhuman Magazine December 2005

181 · Fat Face [Cthulhu] · Michael Shea · nv Axolotl Press, 1987

Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea (DAW, December 1982, 0-87997-783-3, $2.95, 304pp, pb, oc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Nifft the Lean]

5 · Shag Margold’s Eulogy of Nifft the Lean, His Dear Friend · Michael Shea · pr

15 · Come Then, Mortal. We Will Seek Her Soul [Nifft the Lean] · Michael Shea · na

70 · The Pearls of the Vampire Queen [Nifft the Lean] · Michael Shea · nv

111 · The Fishing of the Demon-Sea [Nifft the Lean] · Michael Shea · n.

240 · The Goddess in Glass [Nifft the Lean] · Michael Shea · na

Polyphemus by Michael Shea (Arkham House, November 1987, 0-87054-155-2, $16.95, 245pp, hc, co)
Collection of 7 stories plus an introduction by Algis Budrys.

vii · Foreword · Algis Budrys · fw

1 · Polyphemus · Michael Shea · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1981

53 · The Angel of Death · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1979

85 · Uncle Tuggs · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1986

115 · The Pearls of the Vampire Queen [Nifft the Lean] · Michael Shea · nv Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea, DAW, 1982

155 · The Horror on the #33 · Michael Shea · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1982

177 · The Extra · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1987

205 · The Autopsy · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1980

Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical by Robert Shearman (Big Finish, December 31, 2009, 978-1-84435-436-8, £12.95, 240pp, hc, oc)
Details taken from online listing.

· Love Among the Lobelias · Robert Shearman · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #42, 2009

· Roadkill · Robert Shearman · nv Twelfth Planet Press, 2009

· Sweet Nothings · Robert Shearman · ss

· Pang · Robert Shearman · ss

· This Creeping Thing · Robert Shearman · na

· 14.2 · Robert Shearman · ss

· Your Long, Loving Arms · Robert Shearman · ss

· At the Crease · Robert Shearman · ss

· Luxembourg · Robert Shearman · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #39, 2009

· Sharp · Robert Shearman · ss

· Be of Good Cheer · Robert Shearman · ss Midnight Echo #1, October 2008

· Jolly Roger · Robert Shearman · ss

· Crumble · Robert Shearman · ss

· George Clooney’s Moustache · Robert Shearman · ss The British Fantasy Society Yearbook 2009, British Fantasy Society, 2009

· Love in a Time of Sharing · Robert Shearman · ss

· Not About Love · Robert Shearman · ss

· One Last Love Song · Robert Shearman · ss

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