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Severian of the Guild by Gene Wolfe (Gollancz, October 18, 2007, 978-0-575-08130-7, £14.99, 905pp, tp, om, cover by Chris Moore)
Reprint (SFBC 1998 as The Book of the New Sun) omnibus of the four novels: The Shadow of the Torturer (1980), The Claw of the Conciliator (1981), The Sword of the Lictor (1981), and The Citadel of the Autarch (1983).

Shadow and Claw by Gene Wolfe (Millennium, March 23, 2000, 1-85798-977-5, £7.99, 603pp, tp, om, cover by Jim Burns)
Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1983 as The Book of the New Sun, Volumes I & II) compendium of The Shadow of the Torturer, Timescape, 1980 & The Claw of the Conciliator, Timescape, 1981. Volume 1 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.

Shadow and Claw by Gene Wolfe (Gollancz, September 1, 2011, 978-0-575-11673-3, £8.99, 603pp, hc, om, cover by Jim Burns)
Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1983 as The Book of the New Sun, Volumes I & II) SF omnibus. One of the “Gollancz 50th Top 10”. Introduction by Alistair Reynolds. Issued without a dustjacket. Volume 1 in “The Book of the New Sun”.

5 · The Shadow of the Torturer [Book of the New Sun] · Gene Wolfe · n. Simon & Schuster, May 1980

305 · The Claw of the Conciliator [Book of the New Sun] · Gene Wolfe · n. Timescape Books, March 1981

Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe (Tor/Orb, November 1994, 0-312-89017-6, $14.95, 413pp, tp, om, cover by Don Maitz)
Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1983 as The Book of the New Sun, Volumes I & II) omnibus of two fantasy novels, The Shadow of the Torturer (Timescape 1980) and The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape 1981), volumes one and two in “The Book of the New Sun” tetralogy. First American edition.

The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe (Simon & Schuster, May 1980, 0-671-25325-5, $11.95, 303pp, hc, n., cover by Don Maitz) [Book of the New Sun]
Volume one in the series.

The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe (Sidgwick & Jackson, March 1981, 0-283-98738-3, £7.95, 303pp, hc, n., cover by Bruce Pennington) [Book of the New Sun]
Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) SF novel. Volume one in the series.
Details taken from online listing.

The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe (Timescape, May 1981, 978-0-671-82825-7, $2.50, 262pp, pb, n., cover by Don Maitz) [Book of the New Sun]
Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) SF novel. Volume one in the series.
Details taken from online listing.

The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe (Arrow, May 1981, 0-09-926320-3, £1.60, 303pp, pb, n., cover by Bruce Pennington)
Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) SF novel. Volume one in the series.

Slow Children at Play by Gene Wolfe (Cheap Street, December 1989, 17pp, ph, ss, cover by Judy King-Rieniets)
Original short story, some signed by Wolfe. Distributed free to Cheap Street subscribers to celebrate the 1989 Winter Solstice.

Soldier of Arete by Gene Wolfe (Tor, September 1989, 0-312-93185-9, $17.95, 354pp, hc, n.) [Latro]
Greek historical fantasy, sequel to Soldier of the Mist.

Soldier of Arete by Gene Wolfe (NEL, June 7, 1990, 0-450-51334-3, £13.95, 354pp, hc, n.) [Latro]
Reprint (Tor 1989) fantasy novel. Volume two in the series.

Soldier of Arete by Gene Wolfe (Tor, November 1990, 0-812-51155-7, $4.95, 354pp, pb, n., cover by Carol Russo) [Latro]
Reprint (Tor 1989) fantasy novel. Volume two in the series.

Soldier of Arete by Gene Wolfe (NEL, June 6, 1991, 0-450-55107-5, £3.99, 342pp, pb, n.) [Latro]
Reprint (Tor 1989) fantasy novel. Volume two in the series.

Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe (Tor, October 2006, 0-765-31664-1, $24.95, 319pp, hc, n., cover by David Grove) [Latro]
Fantasy novel, the third in the Latro series. The man without long-term memory travels to Egypt.

Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe (Tor, December 2007, 978-0-7653-1670-7, $14.95, 319pp, tp, n., cover by David Grove) [Latro]
Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel, the third in the Latro series.

Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe (Gollancz, October 1986, 0-575-03928-0, £10.95, 335pp, hc, n.) [Latro]
Fantasy novel set in 479 B.C. Simultaneous with U.S. edition from Tor.

Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe (Tor, November 1986, 0-312-93734-2, $15.95, 335pp, hc, n.) [Latro]
Fantasy novel of an ancient Greek soldier with an ability to see and converse with invisible beings. First of a series.

Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe (Orbit, August 1987, 0-7088-8225-0, £2.95, 335pp, pb, n., cover by Melvyn Grant) [Latro]
Reprint (Gollancz; Tor 1986) fantasy novel. Volume one in the series.

Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe (Tor, October 1987, 0-812-55815-4, $3.95, 335pp, pb, n.) [Latro]
Reprint (Gollancz; Tor 1986) fantasy novel. Volume one in the series.

The Sorcerer’s House by Gene Wolfe (Tor, March 2010, 978-0-7653-2458-0, $24.99, 302pp, hc, n., cover by Cliff Nielsen)
Fantasy novel. A man recently released from prison inherits a strange old house.

The Sorcerer’s House by Gene Wolfe (PS Publishing, March 2010, 978-1-848630-72-7, £37.50, hc, n., cover by Dirk Berger)
Also available in a traycased edition (-73-4, £75.00), limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by Gene Wolfe & Tim Powers.

The Sorcerer’s House by Gene Wolfe (Tor, March 2011, 978-0-7653-2459-7, $14.99, 302pp, tp, n., cover by Cliff Nielsen)
Reprint (Tor; PS Publishing 2010) fantasy novel.

Starwater Strains by Gene Wolfe (Tor/Orb, May 2006, 0-765-31203-4, $15.95, 352pp, tp, co, cover by Joseph Van Os)
Reprint (Tor 2005) collection of 25 stories.

Storeys from the Old Hotel by Gene Wolfe (Tor, April 1992, 0-312-85208-8, $21.95, 331pp, hc, co, cover by D. Rottermund)
Reprint (Kerosina 1988) collection of 34 short pieces, three original, with an introduction by the author. First American edition.

Storeys from the Old Hotel by Gene Wolfe (Tor/Orb, January 1996, 0-312-89049-4, $14.95, 331pp, tp, co)
Reprint (Kerosina 1988) collection of 34 short pieces.

Strange Birds by Gene Wolfe (DreamHaven Books, May 2006, no ISBN, $10.00, 40pp, ph, oc, cover by Lisa Snellings-Clark)
Chapbook collection of two stories by Wolfe illustrated by Lisa Snellings-Clark, the first in a projected series of stories by various authors inspired by Snellings-Clark’s work. A limited edition of 1000.

3 · On a Vacant Face a Bruise · Gene Wolfe · ss

23 · Sob in the Silence · Gene Wolfe · ss

Strange Travelers by Gene Wolfe (Tor, January 2000, 0-312-87227-5, $25.95, 383pp, hc, co, cover: Strange Travelers by Giorgio de Chirico from 1922)
Collection of 15 recent stories.

11 · Bluesberry Jam · Gene Wolfe · nv Space Opera ed. Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, DAW, 1996

41 · One-Two-Three for Me · Gene Wolfe · ss The Many Faces of Fantasy ed. Richard Gilliam, World Fantasy Convention 1996, 1996

49 · Counting Cats in Zanzibar · Gene Wolfe · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1996

69 · The Death of Koshchei the Deathless · Gene Wolfe · ss Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1995

87 · No Planets Strike · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1997

99 · Bed and Breakfast · Gene Wolfe · nv Dante’s Disciples ed. Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996

127 · To the Seventh · Gene Wolfe · nv The Many Faces of Fantasy ed. Richard Gilliam, World Fantasy Convention 1996, 1996

151 · Queen of the Night · Gene Wolfe · ss Love in Vein ed. Poppy Z. Brite & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1994

169 · And When They Appear · Gene Wolfe · nv Christmas Forever ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 1993

197 · Flash Company · Gene Wolfe · ss The Horns of Elfland ed. Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman & Donald G. Keller, Roc, 1997

209 · The Haunted Boardinghouse · Gene Wolfe · nv Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990

239 · Useful Phrases · Gene Wolfe · ss Tomorrow January 1993

249 · The Man in the Pepper Mill · Gene Wolfe · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1996

269 · The Ziggurat · Gene Wolfe · na Full Spectrum 5 ed. Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree & Janna Silverstein, Bantam Spectra, 1995

353 · Ain’t You ’Most Done? · Gene Wolfe · nv The Sandman: Book of Dreams ed. Neil Gaiman & Edward E. Kramer, HarperPrism, 1996

Strange Travelers by Gene Wolfe (Tor/Orb, January 2001, 0-312-87278-X, $14.95, 383pp, tp, co, cover: Strange Travelers by Giorgio de Chirico from 1922)
Reprint (Tor 2000) collection of 15 recent stories.

Sword and Citadel by Gene Wolfe (Millennium, December 28, 2000, 1-85798-700-4, £7.99, 615pp, tp, n., cover by Jim Burns)
Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1985 as The Book of the New Sun, Volumes III & IV) compendium of The Sword of the Lictor, Timescape, 1981 & The Citadel of the Autarch, Timescape, 1983. Volume 12 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.

Sword & Citadel by Gene Wolfe (Tor/Orb, December 1994, 0-312-89018-4, $14.95, 411pp, tp, om, cover by Don Maitz) [Book of the New Sun]
Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1985 as The Book of the New Sun, Volumes III & IV) compendium of The Sword of the Lictor, Timescape, 1981 & The Citadel of the Autarch, Timescape, 1983.

The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe (Timescape, January 1982, 0-671-43595-7, $15.50, 302pp, hc, n., cover by Don Maitz) [Book of the New Sun]
Volume three in the series.

The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe (Sidgwick & Jackson, May 1982, 0-283-98860-6, £7.95, 302pp, hc, n., cover by Bruce Pennington) [Book of the New Sun]
Reprint (Timescape 1982) SF novel. Volume three in the series.

The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe (Timescape, December 1982, 0-671-45450-1, $2.95, 257pp, pb, n., cover by Don Maitz) [Book of the New Sun]
Reprint (Timescape 1982) SF novel. Volume three in the series.

The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe (Arrow, December 1982, 0-09-929540-7, £1.75, 301pp, pb, n., cover by Bruce Pennington) [Book of the New Sun]
Reprint (Timescape 1982) SF novel. Volume three in the series.

Talk of Mandrakes by Gene Wolfe (Sirius Fiction, December 2003, no ISBN, 14pp, ph, ss)
Chapbook SF story. Michael Andre-Driussi discusses the story’s non-publication history in an afterword. This is a limited edition of 90 numbered copies, available only by auction on E-bay; there is also a reserved edition of 26 lettered copies.

There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe (Tor, December 1988, 0-312-93099-2, $17.95, 313pp, hc, n., cover by Richard Bober)
Metaphysical/surreal fantasy novel of a man, a goddess, and a strange alternate world.

There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe (Gollancz, February 2, 1989, 0-575-04353-9, £12.95, 313pp, hc, n.)
Reprint (Tor 1988) parallel worlds/fantasy novel. This edition was also distributed by the Encounters Book Club in the Summer for £7.95.

There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe (Tor, September 1989, 0-812-50301-5, $4.95, 313pp, pb, n.)
Reprint (Tor 1988) alternate-world fantasy.

There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe (Orbit, April 26, 1990, 0-7088-8318-4, £4.50, 313pp, tp, n., cover by Luis Rey)
Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy novel.

The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (Gollancz, August 1987, 0-575-04116-1, £11.95, 372pp, hc, n., cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Book of the New Sun]
Volume five in the series.

The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (Tor, November 1987, 0-312-93033-X, $17.95, 372pp, hc, n., cover by Carol Russo) [Book of the New Sun]
Reprint (Gollancz 1987) SF novel. First US edition Volume five in the series.

The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (Tor, September 1988, 0-812-55817-0, $3.95, 372pp, pb, n.) [Book of the New Sun]
Reprint (Gollancz 1987) fantasy/sf novel. Volume five in the series.

The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (Orbit, September 1, 1988, 0-7088-8268-4, £4.99, 372pp, tp, n.) [Book of the New Sun]
Reprint (Gollancz 1987) fantasy/sf novel. Volume five in the series.

The Wizard by Gene Wolfe (Tor, November 2004, 0-765-31201-8, $25.95, 477pp, hc, n., cover by Gregory Manchess) [Wizard Knight]
Fantasy novel, the second part of “The Wizard Knight”. A young man transported to a magical realm becomes a knight and wizard.

The Wizard by Gene Wolfe (Tor, October 2005, 0-765-31470-3, $14.95, 477pp, tp, n., cover by Gregory Manchess) [Wizard Knight]
Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, the second part of “The Wizard Knight.”

The Wizard by Gene Wolfe (Gollancz, December 13, 2007, 978-0-575-08025-6, £7.99, 536pp, tp, n., cover by Laura Brett)
Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, the second part of “The Wizard Knight”. A young man transported to a magical realm becomes a knight and wizard.

The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe (Gollancz, September 22, 2005, 0-575-07710-7, £14.99, 920pp, tp, om, cover by Gregory Manchess) [Wizard Knight]
A hardcover edition (-07709-3, £20.00) was announced but not seen.

1 · The Knight [Wizard Knight] · Gene Wolfe · n. Tor, January 2004

433 · The Wizard [Wizard Knight] · Gene Wolfe · n. Tor, November 2004

The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe (Tor, August 11, 2020, 978-1-250-23744-6, $19.99, 909pp, tp, om) [Wizard Knight]
Reprint (Gollancz 2005) fantasy omnibus.
Details taken from online listing.

The Wolfe Archipelago by Gene Wolfe (Mark V. Ziesing, January 1984, 0-917488-13-X, $15.95, xiii+119pp, hc, co)
Collection of four stories, including one new. Cover by Carl Lundgren, interior illustrations by Rick DeMarco. Limited to 820 copies. Also available in a signed edition (-14-8, $30.00), limited to 200 numbered copies.

i · Foreword · Gene Wolfe · fw

vii · Death of the Island Doctor · Gene Wolfe · ss

1 · The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories · Gene Wolfe · nv Orbit 7 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970

19 · The Death of Dr. Island · Gene Wolfe · na Universe 3 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1973

73 · The Doctor of Death Island · Gene Wolfe · na Immortal ed. Jack M. Dann, Harper & Row, 1978

The Wolfe at the Door by Gene Wolfe (Tor.com, October 22, 2024, 978-1-250-84622-8, $18.99, 480pp, tp, co)
Reprint (Tor 2023) collection.
Details taken from online listing.

Wolfe Family Album by Gene Wolfe (United Mythologies Press, 1991, 12pp, ph, nf)
Collection of snapshots from Gene Wolfe’s family, only available with the limited edition of Letters Home.

Young Wolfe by Gene Wolfe (United Mythologies Press, December 1992, 0-921322-32-1, $15.95, 69pp, hc, co)
Collection of nine early stories, two apparently not previously published. A 100-copy signed limited edition (-33-X, $40.00) was announced but not seen—this includes a 32-page pamphlet, Orbital Thoughts, a collection of quotations from Wolfe’s stories that originally appeared in the Orbit series, selected by Rosemary Wolfe.

2 · The Case of the Vanishing Ghost · Gene Wolfe · ss
an earlier version appeared in the November 1951 issue of The Commentator.

8 · The Grave Secret · Gene Wolfe · vi
an earlier version appeared in the January 1951 issue of The Commentator.

12 · The Dead Man · Gene Wolfe · ss Sir! October 1965

17 · Mountains Like Mice · Gene Wolfe · nv If May 1966

34 · The Green Wall Said · Gene Wolfe · vi New Worlds #174, August 1967

39 · Screen Test · Gene Wolfe · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine July 1967

44 · Volksweapon · Gene Wolfe · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1967

51 · The Largest Luger · Gene Wolfe · ss

59 · The Last Casualty of Cambrai · Gene Wolfe · ss

The Mythic Dream ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien--- see under Dominik Parisien.

Robots vs. Fairies ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien (Saga Press, January 9, 2018, 978-1-4814-6236-5, $27.99, 373pp, hc, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Introduction · Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe · in

9 · Build Me a Wonderland · Seanan McGuire · ss

29 · Quality Time · Ken Liu · nv

58 · Murmured Under the Moon · Tim Pratt · nv

83 · The Blue Fairy’s Manifesto · Annalee Newitz · ss

99 · Bread and Milk and Salt · Sarah Gailey · ss

119 · Ironheart · Jonathan Maberry · nv

142 · Just Another Love Song · Kat Howard · ss

154 · Sound and Fury · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss

169 · The Bookcase Expedition · Jeffrey Ford · ss

182 · Work Shadow/Shadow Work · Madeline Ashby · nv

207 · Second to the Left, and Straight On · Jim C. Hines · ss

226 · The Buried Giant · Lavie Tidhar · nv

249 · Three Robots Experience Objects Left Behind from the Era of Humans for the First Time · John Scalzi · ss

258 · Ostentation of Peacocks · Lila Bowen · ss

277 · All the Time We’ve Left to Spend · Alyssa Wong · nv

299 · Adriftica · Maria Dahvana Headley · nv

327 · To a Cloven Pine · Max Gladstone · ss

340 · A Fall Counts Anywhere · Catherynne M. Valente · nv

The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien--- see under Dominik Parisien.

Gene Wolfe’s Orbital Thoughts by Gene Wolfe ed. Rosemary Wolfe--- see under Gene Wolfe.

Black Nights ed. Sebastian Wolfe (Carroll & Graf, July 1993, $10.95, tp, an)
Anthology of stories behind some of the great noir films of the 30s and 40s.

Kiss and Kill: Sensational True Stories of Love, Lust, and Murder ed. Sebastian Wolfe (Carroll & Graf, October 1990, 0-88184-624-4, $18.95, 260pp, hc, nf)
Non-fiction collection of true crime stories by various writers including Eric Ambler, Miriam Allen deFord, and Stanley Ellin.
Details supplied by Paul Flo Williams.

ix · Introduction · Sebastian Wolfe · in

1 · Killing for Gain

3 · The Case of the Burning Bride · Alan Hynd · tc Alan Hynd’s Murder by Alan Hynd, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1952

16 · Landru: A Real-Life Bluebeard · H. Russell Wakefield · tc The Fifty Most Amazing Crimes of the Last 100 Years, Odhams, 1936

31 · Killing for Revenge

33 · Cordelia Botkin’s Candy · Edward H. Smith · tc Famous American Poison Mysteries by Edward H. Smith, Hurst & Blackett, 1926

47 · Killing for Convenience

49 · Passion That Passed for Love · Leo Grex · tc Mystery Stranger than Fiction by Leo Grex, Hale, 1979

63 · Death at Her Elbow · Stanley Ellin · tc My Favourite True Mystery ed. Ernest V. Heyn, Heinemann, 1956

69 · Doctor Finch and Miss Tregoff · Eric Ambler · tc The Ability to Kill by Eric Ambler, The Bodley Head, 1963

93 · Killing for Jealousy

95 · The Buck Ruxton Case · Colin Wilson · tc

116 · Jealous Woman with a Gun · Rupert Furneaux · tc They Died by a Gun by Rupert Furneaux, Herbert Jenkins, 1962

131 · Killing for Lust

133 · Conman, Casanova, Killer · Norman Lucas · tc The Sex Killers, W.H. Allen, 1974

154 · The Pitiful Monster · Miriam Allen deFord · tc Murderers Sane and Mad, Abelard-Schuman, 1965

173 · Nemesis in the Nude · Leonard Gribble · tc Such Women Are Deadly by Leonard Gribble, John Long, 1965

187 · Killing for Self-Preservation

189 · “If Only I Could Have Foreseen…” · J. H. H. Gaute & Robin Odell · tc Lady Killers, Granada, 1980

215 · The Vampire of Kansas City · Bernard O’Donnell · tc The World’s Worst Women, W.H. Allen, 1953

The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror ed. Sebastian Wolfe (Xanadu, April 1992, 0-947761-45-4, £6.99, 124pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 70 short-short horror stories, poems and cartoons.

5 · Foreword · Sebastian Wolfe · fw

9 · In the Ruins · Roald Dahl · vi World Bookfair Programme June 1964

11 · Randolf’s Party · John Lennon · vi The Saturday Evening Post March 21 1964

12 · Red · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Night Cry Summer 1986

14 · A Wife Driven Insane by Husband Tickling Her Feet · [uncredited] · ms (r)

15 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931

17 · untitled (“I’ve Just Acquired Some Shrunken Heads…”) · Alistair Sampson · pm (r)

18 · [untitled cartoon] · Gahan Wilson · ct (r)

19 · Meeting with a Double · George D. Painter · pm The Road to Sinodun by George D. Painter, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951

20 · John Mortonson’s Funeral · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906

23 · The Skeleton at the Feast · E. H. Visiak · pm The Phantom Ship by E. H. Visiak, London, 1912

24 · [untitled] · Ornella Volta · ex from The Vampire, Compact, 1969

25 · Cousin Jane · Colin West · pm Not to Be Taken Seriously by Colin West, Hutchinson, 1982

26 · untitled (“‘I Have a Man at Last,’ She Cried…”) · Alistair Sampson · pm (r)

27 · Out of the Country · Jeffry Scott · vi Tales of Unease ed. John Burke, Pan, 1966

29 · Mousetrap · Stephen Gallagher · vi The Drabble Project ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon, 1988

30 · Singular Method of Execution · [uncredited] · ms (r)

31 · The Model Wife · Robert Bloch · vi Swank November 1961

33 · Good Dog Nigel · John Lennon · vi In His Own Write by John Lennon, Jonathan Cape, 1964

34 · Dog, Cat, and Baby · Joe R. Lansdale · vi Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987

36 · untitled (“The Nun is fearfully bedevilled…”) · Edward Gorey · pm (r)

37 · Mason’s Life · Kingsley Amis · ss The Sunday Times 1972

40 · The Dorking Thigh · William Plomer · pm Lilliput October 1945

42 · Henri Blot · Ornella Volta · ex from The Vampire, Compact, 1969

43 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round September 8 1860

46 · untitled (“In a dear little vine covered cottage…”) · F. Scott Fitzgerald · pm The Notebooks of F. Scott FitzGerald by F. Scott FitzGerald, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978

49 · Chompers · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July 1982

52 · Varney the Vampire · James Malcolm Rymer · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, anonymously, E. Lloyd, 1847, uncredited.

53 · Grocery List · Gina Haldane · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1979

55 · Mujina · Lafcadio Hearn · vi Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn, Houghton Mifflin, 1904

57 · At Parting · Raymond Chandler · pm The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler and English Summer by Raymond Chandler, Ecco Press, 1976

58 · [untitled cartoon] · Gahan Wilson · ct (r)

59 · Love at First Sight · Richard Middleton · ss (r)

61 · The Vampire · W. R. Hodder · ms (r)

63 · Singular Attempt at Suicide · [uncredited] · ms (r)

64 · One Summer Night · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906

66 · The Edinburgh Landlady · Aubrey Davidson · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 30 1980

67 · Delighted Deb’s Lament · Alistair Sampson · pm (r)

68 · Sergeant Bertrand · Ornella Volta · ex from The Vampire, Compact, 1969

69 · The Near Departed · Richard Christian Matheson (error, actually by Richard Matheson) · vi Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987

71 · A Warning for Certain Victorian Ladies · Edward Lauterbach · pm The Mystery and Detection Annual ed. Donald K. Adams, Donald K. Adams, 1972

72 · A Surprise for Little Bobby · John Lennon · vi In His Own Write by John Lennon, Jonathan Cape, 1964

73 · Oil of Dog · Ambrose Bierce · ss Oakland Daily Evening Tribune October 11 1890, as “The Oil of a Dog”

77 · A Functional Proof of Immortality · Edward Bryant · vi The Drabble Project ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon, 1988

78 · My Dear How Dead You Look and Yet You Sweetly Sing · Priscilla Marron · vi The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1967

80 · Horrible Cannibalism · [uncredited] · ms (r)

81 · Nightmare in Red · Fredric Brown · vi The Dude May 1961

83 · Essay · Alistair Sampson · vi (r)

84 · American Gothic · M. A. Lyon · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1975

86 · The Corpse Rises · P’u Sung-Ling · vi Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio by Herbert A. Giles, De La Rue, 1880
translated from the Chinese (Liao Chai, 1679).

87 · Revival Meeting · Dannie Plachta · vi Galaxy Science Fiction September 1969

89 · Anything They Can Do… · Alphonse Allais · vi (r)

91 · The Look of Death · Jean Cocteau · ex from Le Grand Ecart, 1923

92 · [untitled cartoon] · Gahan Wilson · ct (r)

93 · Pierre Torture · Frederic Boutet · ar (r)

96 · untitled (“Dear, oh dear. These breasts of mine…”) · Tommaso Landolfi · vi (r)

98 · A Horrible Discovery · [uncredited] · ms (r)

99 · The Midnight Lover · Gerald Atkins · vi The Eleventh Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1970

101 · A Tale the English used to Tell · K. C. Mann · vi The Drabble Project ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon, 1988

102 · Before the Law · Franz Kafka · vi (r)

105 · Hell Hath No— · Gloria Orlick · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1979

107 · The Five Books of Life · Mark Twain · ss (r)

111 · Mass Without Voices · Arthur L. Samuels · vi Nightmares ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1979

114 · Lord Dufferin’s Story · [uncredited] · ar (r)

115 · Deathbed · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987

117 · ‘Magdalene’ · W. B. Yeats · vi (r)

118 · Thang · Martin Gardner · vi Comment Fall 1948

120 · Shutting a Woman’s Head in a Box · [uncredited] · ms (r)

121 · A Lot to Learn · Robert T. Kurosaka · vi (r)

122 · Angel’s Exchange · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984

124 · How to Write the Suicide Note · Derek Pell · ms Morbid Curiosities by Derek Pell, Jonathan Cape, 1978

The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes ed. Sebastian Wolfe (Xanadu, 1989, 1-85480-009-4, £3.99, 249pp, pb, an) [Sherlock Holmes]

v · Introduction · Sebastian Wolfe · in

1 · The Martian Crown Jewels · Poul Anderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1958

22 · From the Diary of Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · Maurice Baring · ss The Eye-Witness November 23 1911

27 · The Anomaly of the Empty Man · Anthony Boucher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1952

49 · The Adventure of the Paradol Chamber [Sherlock Holmes] · John Dickson Carr · pl The Unicorn Mystery Book Club News v2 #3, 1949, as by Dr. John H. Watson
play performed at the Mystery Writers of America annual meeting, April 1949.

56 · The Adventure of the Conk-Singleton Papers [Sherlock Holmes] · John Dickson Carr · pl The Unicorn Mystery Book Club News v1 #9, 1949, as by Dr. John H. Watson
play performed at the Mystery Writers of America annual meeting, April 1948.

61 · The Adventure of the Snitch in Time [Solar Pons] · August Derleth & Mack Reynolds · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953

72 · The Adventure of the Dog in the Knight [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1970

86 · The Adventure of the Three Madmen · Philip José Farmer · na The Grand Adventure by Philip José Farmer, Berkley, 1984
extensively rewritten and revised from The Adventure of the Peerless Peer as by John H. Watson, M.D., The Aspen Press: Boulder CO, 1974.

171 · Mr. Montalba, Obsequist [Mr. Mycroft] · H. F. Heard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #24, September 1945, as “The Adventure of Mr. Montalba, Obsequist”

195 · A Trifling Affair · H. R. F. Keating · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1980 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1980

215 · The Great Detective · Stephen Leacock · ss The Novel Magazine October 1911, as “Maddened by Mystery”

225 · The Singularge Experience of Miss Anne Duffield · John Lennon · ss 1965

232 · The Affair of the Midnight Midget · Ardath Mayhar · ss

243 · From a Detective’s Notebook [Mr. Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Punch May 20 1959

Reel Terror ed. Sebastian Wolfe (Xanadu, April 1992, 0-947761-53-5, £9.99, 249pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 12 sf/horror stories that were made into films.

1 · Introduction · Sebastian Wolfe · in

8 · Duel · Richard Matheson · nv Playboy April 1971

34 · Spurs · Tod Robbins · nv Munsey’s Magazine February 1923

52 · While Zombies Walked · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales September 1939

82 · We Can Remember It for You Wholesale · Philip K. Dick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966

104 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv Playboy June 1957

138 · The Swimmer · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker July 18 1964

152 · The Beast with Five Fingers · William F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928
revised from The New Decameron, Volume the First, B.H. Blackwell, 1919.

180 · The Company of Wolves · Angela Carter · ss Bananas #7, Spring 1977

192 · The Golem · I. L. Peretz · vi A Treasury of Yiddish Stories ed. Hone & Greenberg, Deutsch, 1955
translated from the Yiddish (1893).

194 · Lucy Comes to Stay · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1952

202 · The Color Out of Space [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Amazing Stories September 1927

232 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

Four Stories by American Women ed. Cynthia Griffin Wolff (Penguin Classics US, November 1990, 0-14-039076-6, $9.95, 240pp, tp, an)
Contents from publisher’s catalog.

· Introduction · Cynthia Griffin Wolff · in

· Life in the Iron Mills · Rebecca Harding Davis · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1861, uncredited.

· The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

· The Country of the Pointed Firs · Sarah Orne Jewett · na The Atlantic Monthly January 1896 (+3)

· Souls Belated · Edith Wharton · nv Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton, Scribner, 1899

Masterworks of Children’s Literature, Volume 6: The Victorian Age ed. Robert Lee Wolff (Stonehill, 1985, 0-7139-1702-4, 453pp, hc, an)
A nine-volume series tracing children’s literature from earliest times to the twentieth century. The series is under the general editorship of Jonathan Cott. Wolff edited the three volumes covering the Victorian period. Only volume 6 contained fantasy, as it is the only volume in the series devoted to the fairy tale. Published jointly in England by Allen Lane from which details taken. The full introduction by Wolff covering this volume was part of Volume 5.

1 · The King of the Golden River, or The Black Brothers · John Ruskin · nv Smith, Elder, 1841

27 · The Enchanted Doll · Mark Lemon · nv Bradbury & Evans, 1849

57 · “Frauds on the Fairies” · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words #184, October 1 1853, uncredited.

62 · The Rose and the Ring · William Makepeace Thackeray · na Smith, Elder, 1855, as by Michael Angelo Titmarsh

141 · Sour and Civil · Frances Browne · ss Granny’s Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne, Griffith & Farrow, 1856

153 · The Story of Merrymind · Frances Browne · ss Granny’s Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne, Griffith & Farrow, 1856

165 · “Fairy Stories” · John Ruskin · ar 1868

173 · At the Back of the North Wind · George MacDonald · n. Strahan, 1870

373 · The Boy in Grey · Henry Kingsley · na (r)

431 · The Good Little Girl · F. Anstey · nv Longman’s Magazine March 1890

447 · A Select Bibliography of Primary Works · [uncredited] · bi

The Best American Short Stories 1994 ed. Tobias Wolff & Katrina Kenison (Houghton Mifflin, 1994, 0-395-68103-0, xviii+364pp, hc, an)

ix · Foreword · Katrina Kenison · fw

xiii · Introduction · Tobias Wolff · in

1 · This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona · Sherman Alexie · ss Esquire June 1993

12 · Hammam · Carol Anshaw · ss Story Autumn 1993

26 · Salem · Robert Olen Butler · ss Mississippi Review 1993

34 · Pipa’s Story · Lan Samantha Chang · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1993

52 · Where I Work · Ann Cummins · ss Room of One’s Own 1993

61 · In the Gloaming · Alice Elliott Dark · ss The New Yorker May 3 1993

79 · We Didn’t · Stuart Dybek · ss Antæus #70, Spring 1993

90 · The Prophet from Jupiter · Tony Earley · ss Harper’s Magazine January 1993

107 · Proper Library · Carolyn Ferrell · ss Ploughshares Spring 1993

123 · The Voyage Out · John Rolfe Gardiner · nv The New Yorker January 18 1993

145 · The Mail Lady · David Gates · nv Grand Street 1993

167 · Nicodemus Bluff · Barry Hannah · nv Carolina Quarterly 1993

189 · Cold Snap · Thom Jones · ss The New Yorker June 21 1993

202 · The Chasm · John Keeble · nv Prairie Schooner 1993

226 · Landscape and Dream · Nancy Krusoe · ss Georgia Review 1993

232 · Fur · Laura Glen Louis · nv Ploughshares 1993

254 · Melungeons · Chris Offutt · ss Story Spring 1993

264 · Mr. Sumarsono · Roxana Robinson · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1993

277 · Batting Against Castro · Jim Shepard · ss The Paris Review #127, Summer 1993

293 · Things Left Undone · Christopher Tilghman · nv The Southern Review 1993

316 · From Shanghai · Jonathan Wilson · ss Ploughshares 1993

329 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

346 · 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 1993 · [uncredited] · bi

350 · Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · ms

Best New American Voices 2000 ed. Tobias Wolff, John Kulka & Natalie Danford (Harvest Books, November 2000, 0-156-01322-3, $14.00, 388pp, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Preface · [uncredited] · pr

· Introduction · Tobias Wolff · in

· In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd · Ana Menendez · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Spring 1999

· The B-Zone Open · Kate Small · ss (r)

· Feathers on the Solar Wind · David Wood · ss (r)

· Cat and Mouse · Lisa Metzgar · ss (r)

· The Hatbox · Jennifer Vanderbes · ss (r)

· The Tower Pig · Scott Antworth · ss (r)

· Bike New York! · Merrill Feitell · ss (r)

· The Girls · Ladette Randolph · ss (r)

· The View · Monica Wesolowska · ss (r)

· My Mother’s First Lover · Margo Rabb · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1998

· Video · Ame Shimon Tanaka · ss (r)

· Closer Than You Think · Marlais Olmstead Brand · ss (r)

· When the Nines Roll Over · David Benioff · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Summer 2000

· A Love Transaction · Maile Chapman · ss (r)

· Aida South, Flower · Martha Otis · ss (r)

· Ten Secrets of Beauty · Jason Coleman · ss (r)

· Maedele · Gabriella Goliger · ss (r)

· The Paperhanger · William Gay · ss Harper’s Magazine February 2000

· The Doctor’s Wife · William Gay · ss (r)

· The Child Who Went Into the Abstract · William Gay · ss (r)

· Tome · Maile Meloy · ss (r)

· Cliff Gods of Acapulco · Adam Johnson · ss Esquire April 1999

· Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

· Participants · [uncredited] · bg

The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories ed. Tobias Wolff (Vintage Books, August 1994, 978-0-679-74513-6, $13.00, 558pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Picador 1993 as The Picador Book of Contemporary American Stories) anthology.
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

xi · Introduction · Tobias Wolff · in

3 · River of Names · Dorothy Allison · ss Lesbian Fiction ed. Elly Bulkin, Persephone Press, 1981

13 · All the Way in Flagstaff, Arizona · Richard Bausch · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1983

29 · A Vintage Thunderbird · Ann Beattie · ss The New Yorker February 27 1978

48 · Talk of Heroes · Carol Bly · nv (r)

69 · The Darling · Scott Bradfield · nv The Secret Life of Houses by Scott Bradfield, Unwin Hyman, 1988

89 · Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta · Kate Braverman · ss Story Autumn 1990

108 · Cathedral · Raymond Carver · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1981

125 · The Fat Girl · Andre Dubus · ss (r)

141 · Chopin in Winter · Stuart Dybek · nv (r)

162 · Rock Springs · Richard Ford · nv Esquire February 1982

185 · A Romantic Weekend · Mary Gaitskill · nv (r)

207 · Minor Heroism · Allan Gurganus · nv The New Yorker November 18 1974

229 · Testimony of Pilot · Barry Hannah · nv Airships by Barry Hannah, Alfred A. Knopf, 1978

256 · Wickedness · Ron Hansen · ss Sonora Review

274 · Emergency · Denis Johnson · ss The New Yorker September 16 1991

286 · The First Day · Edward P. Jones · ss Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones, Morrow, 1992

291 · A White Horse · Thom Jones · ss The New Yorker July 13 1992

306 · Girl · Jamaica Kincaid · vi The New Yorker June 26 1978

308 · Departures · John L’Heureux · ss The New Yorker April 7 1980

320 · Men Under Water · Ralph Lombreglia · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1986

342 · Murderers · Leonard Michaels · ss 1972

347 · Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Epoch Fall 1966

366 · The Things They Carried · Tim O’Brien · ss Esquire August 1986

385 · Aunt Granny Lith · Chris Offutt · ss (r)

399 · Cody’s Story · Robert Olmstead · ss (r)

410 · Home · Jayne Anne Phillips · ss (r)

426 · Moonwalk · Susan Power · ss (r)

445 · Lawns · Mona Simpson · nv The Iowa Review v14 #3, 1984

467 · Helping · Robert Stone · nv The New Yorker June 8 1987

497 · Rules of the Game · Amy Tan · ss Seventeen November 1986

509 · Dog Heaven · Stephanie Vaughan · ss (r)

521 · Daddy Garbage · John Edgar Wideman · ss (r)

537 · Train · Joy Williams · ss Taking Care by Joy Williams, Random House, 1982

Writers Harvest 3 ed. Tobias Wolff (Delta, February 2000, 0-385-33377-3, $12.95, 302pp, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Foreword · Bill Shore · fw

· Introduction · Tobias Wolff · in

· Corporal Lewis · Andre Dubus · ss (r)

· Out of the Woods · Chris Offutt · ss Esquire December 1993

· Extension · John Barth · ss (r)

· The Blind Neighbor · Mary Gordon · ss (r)

· Afternoon of the “Sassanoa” · Jason Brown · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1999

· Debriefing · Frederick Busch · ss (r)

· Desire Lines · Jacob Molyneux · ss (r)

· Rodeo Patrol · Tim Gautreaux · ss (r)

· The Photographer · Joyce Carol Oates · ss (r)

· Caller I.D. · Thomas Beller · ss (r)

· Stolen Horses · Barry Lopez · ss (r)

· ‘Scuse Me, While I Kiss this Guy · Jim Shepard · ss (r)

· The Holy Boys · Bridget Rohan Garrity · ss (r)

· Cashmere Christmas · Ralph Lombreglia · ss (r)

· 20 Burgers · Stewart O’Nan · ss (r)

· Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Best American Short Stories 2017 ed. Meg Wolitzer & Heidi Pitlor (Mariner Books, October 3, 2017, 978-0-544-58276-7, $28.00, hc, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

ix · Foreword · Heidi Pitlor · fw

xiv · Introduction · Meg Wolitzer · in

1 · Maidencane · Chad B. Anderson · ss Nimrod v60 #1, 2016

11 · Are We Not Men? · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker November 7 2016

28 · God’s Work · Kevin Canty · ss The New Yorker April 4 2016

41 · A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness · Jai Chakrabarti · ss A Public Space #24, 2016

54 · Arcadia · Emma Cline · ss Granta #136, Summer 2016

72 · Hog for Sorrow · Leopoldine Core · ss Bomb July 15 2016

92 · Campoamor · Patricia Engel · ss Chicago Quarterly Review #23, 2016

107 · Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain · Danielle Evans · ss American Short Fiction #63, 2016

126 · Ugly · Mary Gordon · nv The Yale Review January 2016

147 · The Midnight Zone · Lauren Groff · ss The New Yorker May 23 2016

157 · The Chicane · Amy Hempel · ss Washington Square Review Spring 2016

162 · Tally · Noy Holland · vi Epoch v65 #3, 2016

164 · Gabe Dove · Sonya Larson · ss Salamander #43, 2016

181 · Let’s Go to the Videotape · Fiona Maazel · ss Harper’s Magazine June 2016

192 · Ancient Rome · Kyle McCarthy · ss American Short Fiction Summer 2016

202 · Last Day on Earth · Eric Puchner · ss Granta #134, Winter 2016

219 · Novostroïka · Maria Reva · ss The Atlantic December 2016

232 · Telemachus · Jim Shepard · nv Zoetrope: All-Story Spring 2016

255 · Gender Studies · Curtis Sittenfeld · ss The New Yorker August 29 2016

267 · Famous Actor · Jess Walter · ss Tin House Fall 2016

283 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

297 · 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2016 · [uncredited] · bi

301 · Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · ms

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