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The Adventures of Little Lou by Lucy Swan (Savoy, November 2007, 978-0-86130-117-1, £18.99, 127pp, hc, n., cover by John Coulthart) [Lord Horror]
Debut fantasy novel in the Lord Horror mythos.

The Last Days of Johnny North by David Swann (Elastic Press, February 2006, £6.00, 296pp, tp, co)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

11 · The Boggart Hole · David Swann · ss

28 · The Trees on Earth, The Trees on Space · David Swann · ss

38 · A Harbour in the Hills · David Swann · ss

48 · Except in Song · David Swann · ss

55 · The Last Days of Johnny North · David Swann · ss

71 · A Parliament of Hares · David Swann · vi

73 · A Polder, a Place to Live · David Swann · ss

87 · The Collector of Small Town Secrets · David Swann · ss

96 · Badly Good · David Swann · ss Northern Stories Vol. 6 ed. David Dabydeen & A. L. Kennedy, Arc, 1995

106 · Lucifer Brings Light · David Swann · ss

118 · Answers · David Swann · ss

120 · The Radioactive Lowry · David Swann · ss

133 · Another Bloody Cowboy · David Swann · ss

142 · Voodoo Address Boox · David Swann · ss

144 · The Maker’s Name · David Swann · ss

156 · In the Path of the Comet · David Swann · ss Staple #62, 2005

172 · Speedbone Sauna Blues · David Swann · ss Northern Stories Vol. 7 ed. Mark Illis & Jane Rogers, Arc, 1996

187 · In That Brilliant Village · David Swann · ss

200 · Birds · David Swann · ss

205 · The Coming Attractions · David Swann · ss

215 · Crumbs · David Swann · ss

219 · The Spike · David Swann · ss Arc Short Stories, Vol. 9 ed. Sarah Dunant & Tibor, Arc, 1998

230 · In the Home · David Swann · ss

· In the Country of Daft Pink Things · David Swann · ss

270 · High Tide · David Swann · ss Watch Fire ed. Chris Kenworthy, Darius, 1995

· The Privilege of Rain · David Swann · ss Staple #55/56, 2002; a very short version appeared in Nottingham Poetry International.

Pleasure Bound by Susan Swann (X Libris, February 6, 1997, 0-7515-1872-7, £4.99, 205pp, pb, oc)
Collection of 13 erotic stories, 2 fantasy, by a pseudonymous associated author who also writes as Cleo Cordell.

1 · The Seven-Year Itch · Susan Swann · ss

17 · Julia’s Burning · Susan Swann · ss

30 · Looking-Glass · Susan Swann · ss

49 · Succubus · Susan Swann · ss

60 · Therapy · Susan Swann · ss

75 · The Music Lesson · Susan Swann · ss

83 · The Huntress · Susan Swann · nv

108 · Wet Nurse · Susan Swann · ss

122 · War Story · Susan Swann · ss

140 · Domia · Susan Swann · ss Decadence 1994

156 · With Kid Gloves · Susan Swann · ss

173 · Peep-Show · Susan Swann · ss

184 · Charity Begins… · Susan Swann · nv

The Dolphin and the Deep by Thomas Burnett Swann (Ace, 1968, G-694, 50¢, 160pp, pb, co, cover by Gray Morrow)

6 · The Dolphin and the Deep · Thomas Burnett Swann · na Science Fantasy #60, 1963

61 · The Manor of Roses [John & Stephen] · Thomas Burnett Swann · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1966

125 · The Murex · Thomas Burnett Swann · nv Science Fantasy #63, February 1964

Where Is the Bird of Fire? by Thomas Burnett Swann (Ace, 1970, 441-88270, 60¢, 155pp, pb, co, cover by John Schoenherr)

7 · Where Is the Bird of Fire? [Mellonia] · Thomas Burnett Swann · na Science Fantasy #52, 1962

65 · Vashti · Thomas Burnett Swann · na Science Fantasy #72, May 1965

111 · Bear · Thomas Burnett Swann · ss

Denver Noir ed. Cynthia Swanson (Akashic Books, May 3, 2022, 978-1-63614-029-2, $16.95, 288pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Details taken from ebook.

· Mile High Misgivings · Cynthia Swanson · in

· Part I: The Longest, Wickedest Street

· Colfax and Havana · David Heska Wanbli Weiden · ss; set in Aurora.

· A Life of Little Consequence · Twanna LaTrice Hill · ss; set in Capitol Hill.

· Pieces of Everyone, Everywhere · Cynthia Swanson · ss; set in Cheesman Park.

· Tough Girls · Erika T. Wurth · ss; set in Lakewood.

· Part II: 5,280′

· The Lake · Peter Heller · ss; set in Sloan’s Lake.

· A Baker’s Duckling · R. Alan Brooks · ss; set in Baker.

· No Gods · Amy Drayer · ss; set in South Broadway.

· Junk Feed · Mark Stevens · ss; set in Glendale.

· Northside Nocturne · Manuel Ramos · ss; set in Northside.

· Part III: Things to Do in Denver When You’re Young

· Ways of Escape · Barbara Nickless · ss; set in Union Station.

· Sangre · D. L. Cordero · ss; set in Auraria.

· Dreaming of Ella · Francelia Belton · ss; set in Five Points.

· On Grasmere Lake · Mathangi Subramanian · ss; set in Washington Park.

· El Armero · Mario Acevedo · ss; set in Globeville.

The Best of Dark Moon Digest ed. Stan Swanson (Dark Moon Books, 2012, 978-0-9885569-0-4, 205pp, hc, an)
22 tales of horror including new stories from Stoker Award winner Joe McKinney and Dark Moon favorite C. W. LaSart. Limited to 250 copies.

· Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens · Joe McKinney · ss

Frightmares: A Fistful of Flash Fiction Horror ed. Stan Swanson (Dark Moon Books, November 22, 2011, 978-0-9834335-5-2, $14.95, 258pp, tp, oa, cover by Whendy Muchlis Effendy)
Details taken from online listing.

· Head Shot · John Erbar · vi

· Stranglers in the Night · Jeff Carter · vi

· The Deal · Mike Wilson · vi

· $2 Bust from an Antique Sale · Eric J. Guignard · vi

· Circle of Salt · Adam William Spike · vi

· Genesis · Natalie McNabb · vi

· Running with the Pack · Stan Swanson · vi Dark Moon Digest #2, January 2011

· Serial Killers Don’t Pay Membership Dues · K. K. Philan · vi

· The Initiation · Jason D. Brawn · vi

· Stakes · P. R. O’Leary · vi

· Nostalgia · Miriam H. Harrison · vi

· The Heart of Hell · Liam Ford · vi

· Ladder of Thorns · John Irvine · vi

· The Burly Men of Maine · Eric Dimbleby · vi

· Motherhood · Cindy Little · vi

· Grease Monkey · Joseph Robert Desylva · vi

· A Modern Problem · Rob Smales · vi

· See Jack Run · L. A. Tobin · vi

· 80 Square Feet · Jason Burum · vi

· A Jury of His Peers · Andrew Alford · vi

· I Live in Your Cupboard · Santiago Eximeno · vi

· The Children of Faith · Sean Templeton · vi

· Sally’s Dream · Gary R. Hoffman · vi

· They Won’t Get Us · T. J. Reed · vi Dark Moon Digest #4, July 2011

· The Shackles · James S. Dorr · vi

· Skipping Stones · A. J. Brown · vi

· Mush · Logan Branjord · vi

· If These Walls Could Talk · Jack Nealy · vi

· The Real World · Cyndie Goins Hoelscher · vi

· A New Suit · John Hunt · vi

· The Voyeur · Ran Walker · vi

· The Summing of Parts · Vince Darcangelo · vi

· Awake · Adam Stehly · vi

· Leaves · R. F. Marazas · vi

· Instinct · Suzie Lockhart · vi

· Every Fiber · Peggy McFarland · vi

· Welcome to the Neighborhood · Lori Michelle · vi

· The Unwrapping · Carrie Anne Martin · vi

· And Their Names Were… · Brian J. Smith · vi

· The Beauty of Death · Cris Keuggar · vi

· Just Leave · Milo James Fowler · vi

· Lobotomy · Pedro Iniguez · vi

· The Mailbox of Broken Dreams · Pavelle Wesser · vi

· Neighbour from Hell · Paul Johnson-Jovanovic · vi

· Popsicles · Charles Nathan Capasso · vi

· Number Thirty-Six · Alba Arango · vi

· Not Very Long Left · T. E. Samad · vi

· Feed · Suzie Savage · vi

· Springing Forward · Steven Jenkins · vi

· Prototype · Niall McMahon · vi

· Blood of Gleuvinn · Nicholas Conley · vi

· La Rana · Cynthia (Cina) Pelayo · vi

· Apple of My Eye · Ramona Gardea · vi

· Polly Gone · Nathan Robinson · vi

· Mother · Franca Di Pietro · vi

· The House Call · C. W. LaSart · vi

· The Call · Adam J. Mueller · vi

· Blood Ties · Roger Kilbourne · vi

· Catholic School · S. Walker · vi

· Eye Candy · David Buchan · vi

· Evading the Dark Pursuer · Ron Koppelberger · vi

· A Thoughtful Gift · Kevin David Anderson · vi

· A Fishy Tale · Connie Berridge · vi

· Twitch and Twitter · Steve Voelker · vi

· Dead Eyes See No Future · Scott Davison · vi

· Howling · Richard Allden · vi

· Lovely Girls · Marshall A. Taylor · vi

· The Creature Beneath the Narrows Bridges · Judy Comer Franklin · vi

· Always Come Back · Joe Mynhardt · vi

· Insanity · Ellen Denton · vi

· Infected · Donald Haas · vi

· Absorb · Lance Davis · vi

· I Used to Find Things · Keith Deininger · vi

· Dead Reckoning · Hope Sullivan McMickle · vi

· The Final Fight · Kevin Brown · vi

· Language · Bunny Ultramod · vi

· The Girl Next Door · Lev Heller · vi

· Death Is Just a Tick Away · Kelli A. Wilkins · vi

· Black Ice · Bon Tindle · vi

· The Beat of Intention · Greg Chapman · vi

· The Buoy · Scott Scherr · vi

· Golden Amelia · Frances Augusta Hogg · vi Dark Moon Digest #4, July 2011

· Like a Puff of Smoke · P. A. Clark · vi

· Justice for Ginger · Graham Ducker · vi

· Hydropod Slug Invasion · Zoltan Varga · vi

· House Call · Jennifer Word · vi

· Speed Dial · John Schroeder · vi

· The Other Side · Jeremiah Dutch · vi

· Thirteen Seconds · George Morrow · vi Dark Moon Digest #2, January 2011

· Living Things · Stephen D. Rogers · vi

· Last Meal · Rachel Green · vi

· Such a Shiny Pretty Blade · Blane Rogers · vi

· Road Diary of a U.S. Army Grunt · Joseph Rubas · vi

· Night Shift · Tara Fox Hall · vi

· The Man in the Carnival Booth · Eric Houge · vi

· House on Fredrick’s Way · Rebekah Galas · vi

· Murdered Angel · Valerie D. Benko · vi

· Grizzly Possibilities · D. M. Slate · vi

· Mother Hen · Phil Bledsoe · vi

· Stitch · David Horscroft · vi

· Bloody Perfect · Vincenzo Bilof · vi

· Fertilizer · John Erik Petersen · vi

· Grasping at Straws · Patricia La Barbera · vi

· Gray · Janel Gradowski · vi

· Hollowed Walls · Diane Ward · vi

· In the Other Room · J. M. Lewis · vi

· Oral Fixation · April Williams · vi

· Marvel the Magician · Gerald A. Griffiths · vi

· Mirror View · Max Booth, III · vi

· Moments from the Fringe · George Wilhite · vi

· Nothing Left but Faith · Eric Pollarine · vi

· Of What Is Hidden in the Blood · Stephen Gresham · vi

· Primal Were · Timothy P. Remp · vi

· Question Mark · Robert Wilde · vi

· Residue of Decay · Rania Hanna · vi

· Road Hazard · Charlie Bookout · vi

· Shadows in the Night · Courtney Rene · vi

· The Leopard Optimist · Benjamin McElroy · vi

· Special · Rebecca Carter · vi

· Spirit · James Beaton · vi

· Sunglasses · Paul D. Scavitto · vi

· The Hands · Corey Maida · vi

· The Kiss · Sonia B. Sygaco · vi

· The Laugh That Makes You Cry for Mommy · Jerry Wright · vi

· The Raven and the Snowman · Sharif Khan · vi

· The Secret of Mrs. Is · Grier Jewell · vi

· The Subject · Charles Thurston-Snoha · vi

· Unexpected Visitor · John T. Foley · vi

· Finis · Stan Swanson · vi

Slices of Flesh ed. Stan Swanson (Dark Moon Books, March 29, 2012, 978-0-9850290-9-8, $16.95, 336pp, tp, oa, cover by Mike Mignola)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· Acceptance · Reesa Brown · vi

· Air Baby · Stephen Volk · vi

· All Paths Lead to Psychopath · Sèphera Girón · vi

· Althea’s Mistake · Jennifer Word · vi Dark Moon Digest #3, April 2011

· Angst · Fran Friel · vi

· The Bastard Called Hope · Jennifer Brozek · vi

· Big Bite · Rick Hautala · vi

· Blame the Neighbours · Kaaron Warren · vi

· Bloody · Lorelei Shannon · vi

· Blue · J. R. Parks · vi

· Bones, Bones · James S. Dorr · vi

· Bones Lie Quietly Now · Nate Kenyon · vi

· Breathe · Brad C. Hodson · vi

· Burial Ground · Simon Clark · vi

· Carb Friendly · David C. Hayes · vi

· Chains of Love · Del Howison · vi

· The Collector · Jacob Ruby · vi

· Costumes · J. F. Palma · vi

· Cur · Shelly Towne · vi

· Cutter · David Dunwoody · vi

· Dear Jimmy · D. L. Snell · vi

· Demon · Michael O’Neal · vi

· Devoured · Jeremy C. Shipp · vi

· Dryad · Laura Benedict · vi

· Dwindling · Kevin McClintock · vi

· Etched Deep · David Niall Wilson · vi Thin Ice #7, 1990

· Every Time a Bell Rings · Araminta Star Matthews · vi

· Ex Voto · Graham Masterton · vi

· Extinction · Janice Gable Bashman · vi

· Fallen Leaves · Michelle Mellon · vi

· fambly · Jeremy M. Zoss · vi

· For Worse · Steve Voelker · vi

· Chomps · Sierra Christman · vi

· The Fourth Wall · Jack Nealy · vi

· Fresh Air · Lon Prater · vi

· Grampa’s Lucky Coin · Peter Timony · vi

· Heart Throb · Linda Addison · vi

· Hoodies · Paul Kane · vi

· How to Make a Monster · Adrian Ludens · vi

· I Am Not Afraid · Stan Swanson · vi

· I Am Not Going to Be That Guy · Lance Shoeman · vi

· If You Go Out in the Woods Tonight · Nancy Holder · vi Horrors! 365 Scary Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1998

· In the Fullness of the Moon · Nancy Kilpatrick · vi

· Intertwining Tales · Timothy P. Remp · vi

· Into the Death Zone · Tim Lebbon · vi

· It’s Just Business · Matthew Warner · vi

· Jumping In · Aaron Polson · vi

· Just One of the Gang · William F. Nolan · vi

· Kelly Wants to Be Free · Wayne Simmons · vi

· Laid Down · Ramsey Campbell · ss Cemetery Dance #50, 2004

· Last Call · M. R. Sellars · vi

· Love Disappears · J. W. Schnarr · vi

· Magnum Opus · Lori Michelle · vi

· Monster · Max Booth, III · vi

· MRM · Connie Corcoran-Wilson · vi

· Nothing · Douglas Smith · ss Chimerascope by Douglas Smith, ChiZine Publications, 2010

· Overtime at the Beheading Factory · Tom Cardamone · vi

· Paper or Plastic · Roy Robbins · vi

· Perishables · Amy Grech · vi Weird Stories #25, October 1998

· Picnic · R. B. Payne · vi

· Polaroids · Jack Ketchum · vi

· Predator and Prey · Fred Wiehe · vi

· The Prisoner of Andersonville · Eric J. Guignard · vi

· Puddles · Bryan Hall · vi

· The Real Deal · Anne C. Petty · vi

· Rudy Jenkins Buries His Fears · Richard Thomas · vi

· The Rush · Lisa Morton · vi

· Sabbatical in the Ohio Methlands · Joe McKinney · ss The Pedestal Magazine #55, 2009

· The Shadow of a Doubt · C. W. LaSart · vi

· She. Her. You. · Kevin James Breaux · vi

· Snuffbox · Erin Eveland · vi

· Soul of the Dog · Lee F. Jordan · vi

· Spit · Jeremy Wagner · vi

· Spot · Charles Gramlich · vi

· Stab · Lawrence Watt-Evans · vi MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992

· Striped Pajamas · Marge Simon · vi Nemonymous #2, May 2002, uncredited.

· Sumpahump · J. G. Faherty · vi

· Swallow · Simon Strantzas · vi

· Then, Just a Dream · Lawrence Santoro · vi

· Things Fall Apart · Christopher DiLeo · vi

· Today, I’m Marshall Mason · Charlie Fish · vi

· Touch · Marie O’Regan · vi

· Under Dale · Susan Palwick · vi

· Vade in Pacem · Monica J. O’Rourke · ss Surreal #1, Winter 2005

· Van Helsing: His True Story · Jason V. Brock · vi

· Wetback · David Tallerman · vi

· What I’ve Gots in My Pocketses · Chantal Boudreau · vi

· When the Dead Rise · Sandy DeLuca · vi

· Who Is Screaming · Stewart Carrick · vi

· The Wrath of Benjo · Edward M. Erdelac · vi

A Field Guide to the Mesozoic Megafauna & Five British Dinosaurs by Michael Swanwick (Tachyon Publications, February 2004, 1-892391-13-9, $8.95, 32pp, tp, co)
Collection of 18 short-short stories.

· A Field Guide to the Mesozoic Megafauna

7 · The Thief of Time · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

8 · A Matter of Size · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

9 · Three Conversations · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

11 · How the West Was Won II · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

12 · The Scientific Method · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

14 · Dueling Mosasaurs · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

15 · Pocket Brontosaurs · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

16 · Herbivores · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

17 · Parallels · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

18 · Wusses · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

19 · Dinosaur Music · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

20 · The Bird-Fishers · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

21 · Proving Dr. Tom’s Hypothesis · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

25 · Five British Dinosaurs · Michael Swanwick · ss Interzone #177, March 2002

A Geography of Unknown Lands by Michael Swanwick (Tigereyes Press, July 1997, 0-931763-06-1, $12.00, 154pp, tp, co, cover by Lee Moyer)
Collection of five stories, one previously unpublished. A hardcover edition (-07X, $25.00) is also available.

1 · The Wireless Folly · Michael Swanwick · ss Thunder’s Shadow Collector’s Magazine February 1992

7 · Mother Grasshopper · Michael Swanwick · nv

35 · North of Diddy-Wah-Diddy · Michael Swanwick · nv Killing Me Softly ed. Gardner Dozois, HarperPrism, 1995

67 · The Edge of the World · Michael Swanwick · ss Full Spectrum 2 ed. Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout & Patrick LoBrutto, Doubleday Foundation, 1989

93 · Radio Waves · Michael Swanwick · nv Omni Winter 1995

129 · The Changeling’s Tale · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1994

Moon Dogs by Michael Swanwick (NESFA Press, February 2000, 1-886778-22-1, $25.00, 409pp, hc, co, cover by Rick Berry)
Collection of seven stories, six essays, two speeches, and a play, published in conjunction with Swanwick’s Guest of Honor appearance at Boskone 37. Two stories are original, one finished by Swanwick from notes by Avram Davidson. Other collaborators are Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, who provides the introduction. This is a limited edition of 815; a signed, slipcased limited edition of 175 (-23-X, $36.00) is also available.

11 · Michael Swanwick: The Chameleon Eludes the Net · Gardner Dozois · in

19 · Author Profile · Michael Swanwick · bg Tangents Summer 1997

23 · Moon Dogs · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2000

35 · The Death of the Magus: Two Myths · Michael Swanwick · ar Locus October 1994
originally published in the first Avram Davidson electronic fanzine, 1994.

39 · Mickelrede · Michael Swanwick & Avram Davidson · ss

57 · Vergil Magus: King Without Country [Vergil] · Michael Swanwick & Avram Davidson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 1998

87 · Jane Swanwick and the Search for Identity · Michael Swanwick · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #113, January 1998

93 · The Hagiography of Saint Dozois · Michael Swanwick · ar Philcon 1997 Program Book, PSFS, 1997

97 · Ancestral Voices · Michael Swanwick & Gardner Dozois · na Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1998

155 · The City of God · Michael Swanwick & Gardner Dozois · na Omni Online December 1995

233 · The Dead · Michael Swanwick · ss Starlight 1 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1996

247 · They Fell Like Wheat · Michael Swanwick · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #97, September 1996
originally a speech given at Confluence, 1996.

257 · A User’s Guide to the Postmoderns · Michael Swanwick · ar Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1986

275 · Ships · Michael Swanwick & Jack Dann · nv Lethal Kisses ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, 1996

293 · “In the Tradition…” · Michael Swanwick · ar Asimov’s Science Fiction November 1994

323 · Growing Up in the Future · Michael Swanwick · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #102, February 1997
delivered as a Guest of Honor speech at DisClave, Washington DC, in May 1996.

333 · Griffin’s Egg · Michael Swanwick · na Legend, 1991

The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus by Michael Swanwick (Subterranean Press, April 2020, 978-1-59606-936-7, $40.00, 193pp, hc, co, cover by Lee Moyer) [Surplus & Darger]
Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Mother Goose’s Errant Sons · Michael Swanwick · in

· The Dog Said Bow-Wow [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2001

· The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2002

· Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2005

· Tawny Petticoats [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · nv Rogues ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2014

· There Was an Old Woman [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · ss

· A Little Smoke and a Mirror or Three · Michael Swanwick · is

· Smoke and Mirrors: Four Scenes from the Postutopian Future [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · vi Live Without a Net ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2003

Scanned Clean: (Re)Reading Michael Marshall Smith in the Digital Age by David Sweeney (Subterranean Press, July 2022, 978-1-64524-075-4, $40.00, 280pp, hc, nf, cover by Michael Marshall Smith) [Ref. Michael Marshall Smith]
Book-length examination of the fiction of Michael Marshall Smith. Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

Pulp Adventures on the Moon ed. Jonathan W. Sweet (Brick Pickle Media, August 5, 2019, 978-1-08-661979-9, $10.00, 177pp, tp, an, cover by Lars Nissen)
Details taken from online listing.

5 · Introduction · Jonathan W. Sweet · in

6 · First Target in Space · R. L. Farnsworth · ar Startling Stories September 1948

13 · Hollywood on the Moon [Tony Quade] · Henry Kuttner · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1938

48 · Afraid · V. E. Thiessen · ss Startling Stories Fall 1946

63 · Wobblies in the Moon [John Carstairs] · Frank Belknap Long · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1943

88 · Turnover Time · Noel Loomis · ss Startling Stories March 1949

107 · Moon Dust · Oliver Saari · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Winter 1954

121 · Moon Patrol · Victor Rousseau · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1941

136 · Life on the Moon · Alexander Samalman · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1946

144 · One Came Back · George Whitley · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Fall 1945

156 · Welcome to Luna · Charles E. Fritch · ss Startling Stories April 1952

162 · The Homesteader · James Blish · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949

174 · Escape from Earth · [uncredited] · ms Startling Stories March 1952

The Pocket Book of Famous French Short Stories ed. Eric Swenson (Pocket Books, 1947, 431, 25¢, 281pp, pb, an)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

vi · Foreword · Eric Swenson · fw

1 · Blue Beard · Charles Perrault; translated by Maxim Lieber · ss Great Stories of All Nations, Brentano's, 1927
translated from the French (“La Barbe Bleue”, Histoires ou Contes du temps passé, Paris, 1697).

8 · Jeannot and Colin · Voltaire · ss Romances, Tales and Smaller Pieces of M. De Voltaire by Voltaire, P. Dodsley, 1794
translated from the French.

21 · The Executioner · Honoré de Balzac · ss The Cosmopolitan September 1888
translated from the French (“El Verdugo”, La Mode, January 30, 1830).

35 · Omphale · Théophile Gautier & Lafcadio Hearn · ss (r)

48 · Mimi Pinson · Alfred de Musset · nv (r)

82 · The Venus of Ille · Prosper Mérimée; translated by George Burnham Ives · nv Little French Masterpieces by Honoré de Balzac, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903
translated from the French (“La Vénus d’Ille”, La Revue des Deux Mondes, May 1837).

119 · The Crimson Curtain · Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly; translated by Ernest Boyd · na The Diaboliques by Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, Knopf, 1925

171 · Zodomirsky’s Duel · Alexandre Dumas · ss The Strand Magazine June 1892
translated from the French (“Marianna”, Herminie and Marianna, Méline, Cans et Cie., 1859).

189 · The Siege of Berlin · Alphonse Daudet; translated by George Burnham Ives · ss Little French Masterpieces by Honoré de Balzac, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903
translated from the French.

198 · The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller · Gustave Flaubert · nv (r)
translated from the French (“La légende de saint Julien l’Hospitalier”, Trois Contes, G. Charpentier, 1877).

232 · The Maid of the Dauber · Émile Zola; translated by Maxim Lieber · ss Great Stories of All Nations, Brentano's, 1927

239 · The Wife’s Confession · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Confession d’une femme”, Gil Blas, June 28, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse).

246 · Olivier’s Brag · Anatole France; translated by Alfred Allinson · ss The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche, Dodd, Mead, 1909

256 · The Extraordinary Adventures of Madame Esquollier · Pierre Louÿs; translated by K. Rebillon Lambley · ss (r)

267 · The Stricken Doe · Pierre Mille; translated by Vyvyan Holland · ss (r)

275 · Monsieur U · Paul Morand · ss Best French Short Stories of 1925-26 ed. Richard Eaton, Dodd, Mead, 1926
translated from the French (“Monsieur U”, Nouvelle Revue Française, June 1, 1926).

The Pocket Treasury ed. Eric Swenson, Louis Untermeyer, Philip Van Doren Stern & Caryl Brooks--- see under Louis Untermeyer.

The Best of Talebones ed. Patrick Swenson (Fairwood Press, November 2010, 978-1-933846-24-8, $18.99, 352pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 42 stories originally published in Talebones during its run from 1995-2009. Authors include Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Jack Cady, Jay Lake, and Ken Scholes. Swenson provides a bit of the magazine’s history in his foreword and story notes. A print-on-demand edition.

11 · Foreword · Patrick Swenson · fw

13 · The Yard God · James Van Pelt · ss Talebones #22, Fall 2001

23 · The Winds of Brennen Marcher · Barb Hendee · ss Talebones #0, Summer 1995

35 · Ten Sigmas · Paul Melko · ss Talebones #28, Summer 2004

42 · Cats, Dogs, and Other Creatures · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Talebones #21, Spring 2001

46 · Still Life with Boobs · Anne Harris · ss Talebones #30, Summer 2005

62 · The Girl with the Pre-Raphaelite Hair · Carrie Vaughn · ss Talebones #17, Fall 1999

74 · Swoop · Patricia Russo · ss Talebones #38, Summer 2009

79 · Two · Jack Skillingstead · ss Talebones #35, Summer 2007

84 · Snow on Snow · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · vi Talebones #1, Fall 1995

87 · Night Shift · Louise Marley · ss Talebones #29, Winter 2004

92 · The Next Best Thing · Ray Vukcevich · ss Talebones #13, October 1998

98 · 23 Skidoo · Patrick O’Leary · ss Talebones #8, Summer 1997

110 · Hail, Conductor · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss Talebones #32, Spring 2006

119 · The Parable of Satan’s Adversary · Jack Cady · ss Talebones #27, Winter 2003

124 · The Acid Test · Kay Kenyon · ss Talebones #29, Winter 2004

130 · The Dandelion Clock · Stephen Couch · ss Talebones #33, Summer 2006

142 · Comachrome · Alan DeNiro · ss Talebones #25, Fall 2002

154 · Robbie · James C. Glass · vi Talebones #11, Spring 1998

158 · Song of Mother Jungle · Ken Rand · ss Talebones #7, Spring 1997

169 · Jack in the Box · Mike Brotherton · ss Talebones #1, Fall 1995

177 · Spiders · Bruce Taylor · ss Talebones #4, Summer 1996

181 · Love of the True God · Uncle River · ss Talebones #10, Winter 1998

191 · Tall Spirits, Blocking the Night · Jay Lake · ss Talebones #25, Fall 2002

195 · From Sunset to the White Sea · William Mingin · ss Talebones #26, Summer 2003

210 · Landlocked · Barth Anderson · vi Talebones #18, Winter 2000

212 · Seepage · Catherine MacLeod · ss Talebones #14, Winter 1999

216 · Zothique Mi Amore · Mark Rich · ss Talebones #15, Spring 1999

220 · Sugar ’n’ Spice · Devon Monk · ss Talebones #23, Winter 2001

233 · Wolf Song · William F. Nolan · ss Talebones #35, Summer 2007

242 · Safe, Child, Safe · Aliette de Bodard · ss Talebones #39, Winter 2009

251 · Your Life, Fifteen Minutes from Now · Nick Mamatas · ss Talebones #19, Spring 2000

255 · The Forever Sleep · Jennifer Rachel Baumer · ss Talebones #26, Summer 2003

261 · Roofs and Forgiveness in the Early Dawn · James Sallis · ss Talebones #24, Spring 2002

264 · Nothing but Fear · Eric Del Carlo · ss Talebones #8, Summer 1997

271 · Caucasus · Tom Piccirilli · ss Talebones #3, Spring 1996

278 · Bluebeard by the Sea · Sandra McDonald · ss Talebones #28, Summer 2004

285 · The Dog Prince · Sarah Prineas · ss Talebones #29, Winter 2004

294 · Three Chords and the Truth · John A. Pitts · ss Talebones #39, Winter 2009

308 · Death Comes but Twice · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Talebones #35, Summer 2007

313 · The Twa Corbies · Marie Brennan · ss Talebones #31, Winter 2005

324 · God of Exile · Terry McGarry · ss Talebones #12, Summer 1998

333 · Edward Bear and the Very Long Walk · Ken Scholes · ss Talebones #22, Fall 2001

Imagination Fully Dilated: Science Fiction ed. Patrick Swenson & Robert Kruger--- see under Robert Kruger.

Memoirs of a Space Traveler by Maria Swiecicka-Ziemianek & Joel Stern--- see under Stanislaw Lem.

Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir ed. Duane Swierczynski (Busted Flush Press, July 2006, 0976715759, $18.00, 385pp, tp, oa)

· Part One: Twilights and Goodnights

· My Father’s Gun · Dave White · ss

· Twilight on Second Avenue · Sarah Weinman · ss

· The Ballad of Davey Robson · Ray Banks · ss

· Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy · Duane Swierczynski · ss

· Policy · Megan Abbott · ss

· 3-A · Jenny Siler · ss

· The Necklace · Sean Doolittle · ss

· Part Two: Duffers and Bachelors

· Fathers and Sons · Charles Ardai · ss

· Duffers of the Apocalypse · Victor Gischler · ss

· Daphne McAndrews and the Smack-Head Junkies · Stuart MacBride · ss

· The Last Bachelor of North Miami · Jason Starr · ss

· Last Right · Zoe Sharp · ss

· Funeral for a Friend · Simon Kernick · ss

· Part Three: Killers and Cons

· The Killer Beside Me · Allan Guthrie · ss

· Tender Mercies · Jeff Abbott · ss

· Pros and Cons · Donna Moore · ss

· Steppin Up · Mark Billingham · ss

· Femme Fatale · Laura Lippman · ss

· Part Four: Guns and Geezers

· Payoff · Steve Brewer · ss

· Geezer Tricks · Charlie Stella · ss

· Requiem for Moe · Reed Farrel Coleman · ss

· Has Anyone Seen Mrs. Lightswitch? · Colin Cotterill · ss

· The Old Gun · Ken Bruen · ss

· Part Five: Felons and Friends

· Encore · Milton T. Burton · ss

· Cranked · Bill Crider · ss

· The Deadsters · Robert Ward · ss

· Just Friends · John Harvey · ss

How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Press, September 30, 2013, 978-1-59606-550-5, $45.00, 340pp, hc, co, cover by Shaun Tan)
Collection of 19 stories. This is a signed, limited edition of 750 numbered copies.
Details taken from online listing.

· The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window · Rachel Swirsky · na Subterranean (online) Summer 2010

· A Memory of Wind · Rachel Swirsky · nv Tor.com November 3 2009

· Monstrous Embrace · Rachel Swirsky · ss Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2008

· The Adventures of Captain Black Heart Wentworth: A Nautical Tail · Rachel Swirsky · ss Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008

· Heartstrung · Rachel Swirsky · ss Interzone #210, June 2007

· Marry the Sun · Rachel Swirsky · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #15, June 2008, as “Marrying the Sun”

· A Monkey Will Never Be Rid of Its Black Hands · Rachel Swirsky · nv Subterranean (online) Winter 2008

· The Sea of Trees · Rachel Swirsky · nv The Future Is Japanese ed. Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington, Haikasoru, 2012

· Fields of Gold · Rachel Swirsky · nv Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2011

· Eros, Philia, Agape · Rachel Swirsky · nv Tor.com March 3 2009

· The Monster’s Million Faces · Rachel Swirsky · ss Tor.com September 8 2010

· Again and Again and Again · Rachel Swirsky · vi Interzone #226, January/February 2010

· Diving After the Moon · Rachel Swirsky · ss Clarkesworld #53, February 2011

· Scene from a Dystopia · Rachel Swirsky · ss Subterranean #4, 2006

· The Taste of Promises · Rachel Swirsky · nv Life on Mars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2011

· With Singleness of Heart · Rachel Swirsky · ss

· Dispersed by the Sun, Melting in the Wind · Rachel Swirsky · ss Subterranean (online) Summer 2007

· How the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth · Rachel Swirsky · ss Electric Velocipede #13, Fall 2007

· Speech Strata · Rachel Swirsky · ss

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