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The Laughing West ed. C. L. Sonnichsen (Swallow Press, 1988, tp)     A collection of humorous western stories. Details supplied by Kent Johnson. · Ancestral Eagles · Frank G. Applegate · ss from Indian Stories-from the Pueblos (r) · The Marriage of Moon Wind · Bill Gulick · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 31 1955 · Louis Champlain’s Party · Dan Cushman · ss from Stay Away Joe (r) · A Night in Town · Ross Santee · ss Leslie’s Weekly February 25 1922 · Old Fooler in Action · Max Evans · ss from The Rounders (r) · Partners · Glendon Swarthout · ss from The Cadillac Cowboys (r) · Little Piñon Fires · Dorothy Pillsbury · ss from No High Adobe (r) · Life at Sagrado · Richard Bradford · ss from Red Sky at Morning (r) · Joe Mondragón Defies the Establishment · John Nichols · ss from The Milagro Beanfield War (r) · The Real Wild Bill Hickok · Thomas Berger · ss from Little Big Man (r) · The History of Sheriff C.L. Hoke Birdsill · David Markson · ss from The Ballad of Dingus Magee (r) · Tom Horn Meets Al Sieber · Will Henry · ss from Pilgrim in the West (r) · Jaimie Meets Jim Bridger · Robert Lewis Taylor · ss from The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (r) · Ike Bender’s Indian Scare · David Wagoner · ss from The Road to Many a Wonder (r) · Flashy and Sonsee-Array · George MacDonald Fraser · ss from Flashman and the Redskins (r) · Reel 11 · Don Imus · ss from God’s Other Son (r) · Spotlight on Cullie Blanton · Larry L. King · ss from The One-Eyed Man (r) · Seldom-Seen Smith · Edward Abbey · ss from The Monkey Wrench Gang (r) · The Founding of Caliche · H. Allen Smith · ss from The Return of the Virginian (r) · Janet and Her Songs · Dan Jenkins · ss from Baja Oklahoma (r) · Freight Train · William Brinkley · ss from Peeper (r)

Magic and Mischief by Emily Martha Sorensen (CreateSpace, July 27, 2018, tp)     Details taken from online listing. · Valentine’s Oops · Emily Martha Sorensen · ss · To Catch a Leprechaun · Emily Martha Sorensen · ss · The Goose That Laid Golden Easter Eggs · Emily Martha Sorensen · ss · Little House in the Crater · Emily Martha Sorensen · ss · Mirror Image · Emily Martha Sorensen · ss Spellbound Spring 2013 · The Reason Why My Paper Is Late · Emily Martha Sorensen · ss · Glass Beads · Emily Martha Sorensen · ss · The Silent Princess · Emily Martha Sorensen · ss · The Body-Borrower · Emily Martha Sorensen · ss · Unexpected Lastborn · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · Computer Gremlins · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · The Dark Lord’s Genie · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · The Day of Shoulder Angels · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · Miss Galaxy · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · Way Too Familiar · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · Standardized Testing · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · Dragon Bait · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · Easy Target · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · The Librarian Is In · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · Old-Fashioned · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · Proof · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · Ogre · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · Zombies · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · Identical Twits · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · The Hunt · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · Imaginary Fiend · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · Karmic Balance · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · The Open Source Time-Travel App · Emily Martha Sorensen · vi · The Toddler’s Lament · Emily Martha Sorensen · pm · Knock Three Times · Emily Martha Sorensen · pm · Pixie Eggs · Emily Martha Sorensen · pm · One Midsummer’s Night · Emily Martha Sorensen · pm Spellbound Summer 2013 · The Kraken · Emily Martha Sorensen · pm Spellbound Summer 2014

The Book of Ellison by Harlan Ellison ed. Andrew Sorter--- see under Harlan Ellison.

Desert Raiders by Lucien Soulban (Black Library, December 3, 2007, 978-1-84416-492-9, £6.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Klaus Scherwinski) [Warhammer 40,000: Imperial Guard]     Future-war novel set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Book 4 in the Imperial Guard series after Fifteen Hours, Death World, Rebel Winter. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $7.99.

Fleshworks by Lucien Soulban (Black Library, March 2006, 1-84416-329-6, £6.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Necromunda]     Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $7.99.

Agog! Ripping Reads ed. Cat Sparks (Agog! Press, June 2006, 0-8095-6237-5, $29.95, 282pp, hc, cover by Cat Sparks)     Details taken from online listing. · When the World Was Flat · Geoffrey Maloney · nv · One Night Stand · Dirk Flinthart · ss · 1 Blue · Kim Westwood · nv · See Here, See There · Anna Tambour · ss · Truckdreamin [Trucksong] · Andrew Macrae · nv · The Secret Lives of Rick and Peggy [Secret Lives] · Jeff VanderMeer · ss · A Pig’s Whisper · Margo Lanagan · ss · Along Came a Spider · Simon Brown · ss · Very Like a Whale · David J. Kane · ss · Rosebuds · Tansy Rayner Roberts · nv · Lifelike and Josephine · Paul Haines · ss · The Souls of Dead Soldiers Are for Blackbirds, Not Little Boys · Ben Peek · nv · Different in the Lands of Glory · Jay Lake · ss · Daughter of the Red Cranes · Sue Isle · ss · Stealing Free · Deborah Biancotti · ss · Screening Test · Chris Lawson · nv · Aftermath · David Conyers · nv · Bladderwrack · Adam Browne · ss · Lady Bountiful’s Lies · Cory Daniells · ss · The Pain Threshold · Jason Nahrung · ss · World’s Wackiest Upper Atmosphere Re-entry Disasters Dating Game · Brendan Duffy · nv · The Secret Live of Maria McCune [Secret Lives] · Jeff VanderMeer · ss

Ecopunk! ed. Cat Sparks & Liz Grzyb--- see under Liz Grzyb.

Unbound ed. Shawn Speakman (Grim Oak Press, December 1, 2015, 978-1-944145-01-9, $9.99, ebook, cover by Todd Lockwood)     Details taken from online listing. · A Geek Trying to Do Good · Shawn Speakman · in · Madwalls · Rachel Caine · ss · Stories Are Gods · Peter Orullian · ss · River and Echo · John Marco · ss · A Dichotomy of Paradigms · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss · Son of Crimea · Jason M. Hough · ss · An Unfortunate Influx of Filipians [Magic Kingdom of Landover] · Terry Brooks · ss · The Way Into Oblivion · Harry Connolly · ss · Uncharming · Delilah S. Dawson · ss · A Good Name [The Broken Empire] · Mark Lawrence · nv · All in a Night’s Work · David Anthony Durham · ss · Seven Tongues · Tim Marquitz · ss · Fiber [Fighting Pumpkins] · Seanan McGuire · ss · The Hall of the Diamond Queen · Anthony Ryan · nv · The Farmboy Prince · Brian Staveley · ss · Heart’s Desire · Kat Richardson · ss · The Game · Michael J. Sullivan · ss · The Ethical Heresy · Sam Sykes · ss · Small Kindnesses [First Law] · Joe Abercrombie · nv · The Rat · Mazarkis Williams · ss · The Siege of Tilpur · Brian McClellan · ss · Mr. Island · Kristen Britain · ss · Jury Duty [Harry Dresden] · Jim Butcher · nv · The Dead’s Revenant · Shawn Speakman · ss

Unfettered II: New Tales by Masters of Fantasy ed. Shawn Speakman (Grim Oak Press, December 2016, 978-1-944145-05-7, $35.00, 567pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood)     Original anthology of 20 fantasy stories by authors including Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Naomi Novik, and Brandon Sanderson. Introduction by Terry Brooks. Illustrated by Don Maitz. Published to raise funds for authors’ medical bills and for cancer research. A leatherbound, slipcased, limited edition signed by all contributors ($200.00) was annouced but not seen. Details taken from online listing. xi · Remembering Kathy Speakman · Terry Brooks · fw xv · The End of Magic’s Beginning · Shawn Speakman · in 1 · Castle Coeurlieu · Naomi Novik · nv 23 · A Slow Kill · Peter Ourllian · nv 53 · And Men Will Mine the Mountain for Our Souls · Seanan McGuire · ss 69 · Day One [Harry Dresden] · Jim Butcher · nv 97 · Brightwine in the Garden of Tsitsian Village [The Song of the Shattered Sands] · Bradley P. Beaulieu · nv 141 · Aokigahara · John A. Pitts · ss 159 · The Decoy · Janny Wurts · nv 185 · The King’s Despatcher · David Farland · nv 209 · Figures · Rachel Caine · ss 215 · The Red-Rimmed Eyes of Tóu Mă · Aidan Moher · nv 243 · Magic Beans · Django Wexler · nv 293 · The Hedgewitch · Sarah Beth Durst · ss 311 · Victim with a Capital V · Scott Sigler · nv 339 · A Duel of Evils [Raven’s Shadow] · Anthony Ryan · nv 365 · The Raven · Erin Lindsey · nv 395 · Bulletproof · Mark Lawrence · nv 419 · The Gunnie · Charlaine Harris · nv 445 · Little Wren and the Big Forest · Michael J. Sullivan · nv 473 · The Thrill · Brandon Sanderson · nv 535 · The Last Flowers of the Spring Witch · Shawn Speakman · ss

A Pocket Book of Short Stories ed. M. Edmund Speare (Washington Square Press, February 1970, 671-46443-4, 60¢, 336pp, pb)     Reissue (Washington Square Press, Jan ’41). ix · Introduction · M. Edmund Speare · in (r) 1 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927 11 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936 26 · Big Blonde · Dorothy Parker · nv The Bookman February 1929 49 · Paul’s Case · Willa Cather · nv McClure’s Magazine May 1905 70 · Seeds · Sherwood Anderson · ss 1921 78 · Bliss · Katherine Mansfield · ss The English Review August 1918 91 · Disorder and Early Sorrow · Thomas Mann · nv The Dial October 1926 (+1) translated from the German. 124 · Rain · W. Somerset Maugham · nv The Smart Set April 1921, as “Miss Thompson” 165 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925 176 · The Gentleman from San Francisco · Ivan Bunin · nv The Dial January 1922 200 · Tobermory [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, 1911 revised from the original (Westminster Gazette, November 27, 1909) to feature Clovis rather than Bertie van Tahn. 208 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 219 · A Municipal Report · O. Henry · ss Hampton’s Magazine November 1909 235 · The Darling · Anton P. Chekhov · ss 1925 248 · A Lodging for the Night · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar October 1877 268 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884). 276 · The Procurator of Judæa · Anatole France; translated by Frederic Chapman · ss (r) 290 · The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Mark Twain · ss The Californian December 16 1865 revised from “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” (The New York Saturday Press, November 18, 1865). 297 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly August 1868 308 · God Sees the Truth, But Waits · Leo N. Tolstoi · ss 1917 316 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 323 · A Passion in the Desert · Honoré de Balzac; translated by Count Stenbock · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890 translated from the French (“Une Passion dans le Désert”, 1830).

A Haunting in Germany & Other Stories by Darren Speegle (PS Publishing, February 2016, 978-1-84863-965-2, £20.00, 258pp, hc)     Details taken from online listing. · Vibing for Validity in Vegas · Darren Speegle · ss · Fallen Cathedrals · Darren Speegle · ss · Windows of Alaska · Darren Speegle · ss · The Symphony of the Normal · Darren Speegle · ss · A Haunting in Germany · Darren Speegle · ss · Ibiza Fantástico · Darren Speegle · ss

Adam’s Ladder: An Anthology of Dark Science Fiction ed. Darren Speegle & Michael Bailey--- see under Michael Bailey.

The Ocean and All Its Devices by William Browning Spencer (Subterranean Press, June 2006, 1-59606-047-6, $40.00, 195pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton)     Collection of nine stories. This is a signed, limited edition of 750 numbered copies. 9 · Introduction · William Browning Spencer · in 2006 15 · The Ocean and All Its Devices · William Browning Spencer · nv Borderlands 4 ed. Elizabeth & Thomas Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1994 41 · The Oddskeeper’s Daughter · William Browning Spencer · nv Wheel of Fortune ed. Roger Zelazny & Martin H. Greenberg, AvoNova, 1995 63 · The Death of the Novel · William Browning Spencer · ss Century #1, March/April 1995 75 · Downloading Midnight · William Browning Spencer · nv Tomorrow December 1995 105 · Your Faithful Servant · William Browning Spencer · ss Air Fish ed. Joy Oestreicher & Richard Singer, Catseye Books, 1993 117 · The Foster Child · William Browning Spencer · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2000 131 · The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness · William Browning Spencer · ss Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Avon Eos, 1998 151 · The Lights of Armageddon · William Browning Spencer · ss Argonaut #19, Spring 1994 167 · The Essayist in the Wilderness · William Browning Spencer · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2002