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The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2012 ed. Laura Furman (Anchor Books, April 2012, 978-0-307-94788-8, xxvi+468pp, tp, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories] vii · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms xi · To Reynolds Price (1933-2011) · [uncredited] · ob [Ref. Reynolds Price] xvii · Introduction · Laura Furman · in 3 · Uncle Rock · Dagoberto Gilb · ss The New Yorker May 10 2010 11 · The Vandercook · Alice Mattison · ss Ecotone #11, Spring 2011 28 · Leak · Sam Ruddick · ss The Threepenny Review #122, Summer 2010 38 · Nothing Living Lives Alone · Wendell Berry · ss The Threepenny Review #125, Spring 2011 58 · The First Wife · Christine Sneed · ss New England Review v31 #4, 2010 79 · A Birth in the Woods · Kevin Wilson · ss Ecotone #11, Spring 2011 96 · Naima · Hisham Matar · ss The New Yorker January 24 2011 119 · Mickey Mouse · Karl Taro Greenfeld · ss Santa Monica Review Fall 2010 131 · Things Said or Done · Ann Packer · nv Zoetrope: All-Story Summer 2010 157 · East of the West · Miroslav Penkov · ss Orion May/June 2011 182 · A Brush · John Berger · ss Harper’s Magazine September 2010 192 · Kindness · Yiyun Li · na A Public Space #10, Summer 2010 262 · Phantoms · Steven Millhauser · ss McSweeney’s #35, 2010 286 · Boys Town · Jim Shepard · ss The New Yorker November 8 2010 304 · The Hare’s Mask · Mark Slouka · ss Harper’s Magazine January 2011 313 · Eyewall · Lauren Groff · ss Subtropics #11/12, Winter/Spring 2011 325 · Rothko Eggs · Keith Ridgway · nv Zoetrope: All-Story Spring 2011 352 · The Deep · Anthony Doerr · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Fall 2010 371 · The Woman Who Lived in the House · Salvatore Scibona · ss A Public Space #10, Summer 2010 392 · Corrie · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker October 11 2010 411 · Reading the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2012 _411 · “Kindness” by Yiyun Li · Mary Gaitskill · ar [Ref. Yiyun Li] _413 · “Kindness” by Yiyun Li · Daniyal Mueenuddin · ar [Ref. Yiyun Li] _416 · “Corrie” by Alice Munro · Ron Rash · ar [Ref. Alice Munro] 419 · Writing the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2012 · Various · ms 437 · Recommended Stories 2012 · [uncredited] · bi 439 · Publications Submitted · [uncredited] · ms

Crime Plus Music: Twenty Stories of Music-Themed Noir ed. Jim Fusilli (Three Rooms Press, October 18, 2016, 978-1-941110-45-4, 400pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from Table of Contents. i · Foreword · Jim Fusilli · fw 1 · The Last Temptation of Frankie Lymon · Peter Blauner · ss 14 · The Blackbird · Peter Robinson · ss 29 · The Misfits · Naomi Rand · ss 47 · Shaderoc the Soul Shaker · Gary Phillips · ss 58 · The Long Black Veil · Val McDermid · ss A Merry Band of Murderers ed. Claudia Bishop & Don Bruns, Poisoned Pen Press, 2006 73 · Me Untamed · David Liss · ss 89 · 1968 Pelham Blue Sg Jr. · Mark Haskell Smith · ss 96 · All Ages · Alison Gaylin · ss 112 · Are You with Me, Doctor Wu? · David Corbett · nv 140 · The Long Lament · Brendan DuBois · ss 157 · Unbalanced · Craig Johnson · ss 169 · A Bus Ticket to Phoenix · Willy Vlautin · ss 192 · Earworms · Zoe Sharp · ss 207 · Look at Me/Don’t Look at Me · Reed Farrel Coleman · ss 221 · Only Women Bleed · Galadrielle Allman · ss 243 · Vincent Black Lightning · Tyler Dilts · ss 250 · No Place You’re Likely to Find · Erica Wright · ss 255 · Played to Death · Bill Fitzhugh · ss 266 · Watching the Detectives · A. J. Hartley · ss 278 · Boy Wonder · Jim Fusilli · nv 306 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Best “Thinking Machine” Detective Stories by Jacques Futrelle (Dover Publications, 1973, 0-486-20537-1, $3.25, ix+241pp, tp, co) [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] [edited by E. F. Bleiler] v · Introduction · E. F. Bleiler · in 1 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13” 34 · The Crystal Gazer [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 23 1906, as “Problem of the Crystal Gazer” 48 · The Scarlet Thread [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American December 11 1905 - December 17 1905, as “Mystery of the Scarlet Thread” 77 · The Flaming Phantom [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American November 13 1905 - November 19 1905, as “Mystery of the Flaming Phantom” 106 · The Problem of the Stolen Rubens [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine February 17 1907 116 · The Missing Necklace [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine October 21 1906, as “Problem of the Missing Necklace” 130 · The Phantom Motor [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 11 1906, as “Problem of the Phantom Auto” 144 · The Brown Coat [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 18 1906, as “Problem of the Stolen Bank Notes” 159 · His Perfect Alibi [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 4 1906, as “Problem of the Perfect Alibi” 173 · The Lost Radium [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine October 7 1906, as “Problem of the Lost Radium” 190 · Kidnapped Baby Blake, Millionaire [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American November 27 1905 216 · The Fatal Cipher [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American January 1 1906 - January 7 1906, as “Mystery of the Fatal Cipher”

Great Cases of the Thinking Machine by Jacques Futrelle (Dover Publications, 1976, 170pp, tp, co) [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] [edited by E. F. Bleiler] · The Haunted Bell [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · na The Saturday Evening Post November 17 1906 · The Interrupted Wireless [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 3 1907, as “Problem of the Interrupted Wireless” · The Motor Boat [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 9 1906, as “Problem of the Motor Boat” · The Problem of the Auto Cab [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine April 14 1907 · The Problem of the Broken Bracelet [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 8 1907 · The Problem of the Cross Mark [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine May 12 1907 · The Problem of the Hidden Million [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine March 31 1907 · The Problem of the Souvenir Cards [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine February 3 1907 · The Problem of the Vanishing Man [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine August 11 1907 · The Roswell Tiara [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 30 1906 · The Silver Box [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine June 9 1907 · The Superfluous Finger [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 25 1906, as “Problem of the Superfluous Finger” · The Three Overcoats [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine March 3 1907

Jacques Futrelle’s “The Thinking Machine” by Jacques Futrelle (Modern Library, January 2004, 0-8129-7014-4, $14.95, xxxi+370pp, tp, co) [edited by Harlan Ellison]     Collection of 20 mystery stories about an eccentric genius scientist. Edited and with an introduction by Harlan Ellison. ix · Enter: “The Thinking Machine” [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ex from “Problem of Dressing Room A”, Associated Sunday Magazine September 2 1906 xiii · My First Experience with the Great Logician [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine January 20 1907 xix · Introduction · Harlan Ellison · in · Jacques Futrelle’s “The Thinking Machine” 3 · The Thinking Machine’s First Problem: Dressing Room “A” [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 2 1906, as “Problem of Dressing Room A”; first section omitted (see p.ix above). 15 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13” 49 · The Phantom Motor [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 11 1906, as “Problem of the Phantom Auto” 63 · The Mystery of the Grip of Death [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American January 8 1906 - January 14 1906 87 · The Problem of the Hidden Million [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine March 31 1907 97 · The Ralston Bank Burglary [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American November 6 1905 - November 12 1905, as “Mystery of the Ralston Bank Burglary” 124 · The Problem of the Auto Cab [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine April 14 1907 135 · The Silver Box [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine June 9 1907 150 · The Jackdaw Girl [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss The Popular Magazine September 15 1912, as “The Jackdaw” 168 · The Brown Coat [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 18 1906, as “Problem of the Stolen Bank Notes” 183 · The Problem of the Stolen Rubens [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine February 17 1907 194 · The Fatal Cipher [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American January 1 1906 - January 7 1906, as “Mystery of the Fatal Cipher” 221 · The Superfluous Finger [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 25 1906, as “Problem of the Superfluous Finger” 237 · The Motor Boat [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 9 1906, as “Problem of the Motor Boat” 252 · The Problem of the Broken Bracelet [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 8 1907 269 · The Problem of the Cross Mark [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine May 12 1907 280 · The Roswell Tiara [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 30 1906 294 · The Problem of the Red Rose [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine July 21 1907 311 · The Man Who Was Lost [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American December 18 1905 - December 24 1905, as “Mystery of the Man Who Was Lost” 340 · A Piece of String [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 16 1906 354 · The Problem of the Deserted House [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine July 7 1907

The Thinking Machine by Jacques Futrelle (Dodd, Mead & Company, March 1907, 342pp, hc, co) [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)]     Subtitled “Being a True and Complete Statement of Several Intricate Mysteries which came under the Observation of Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S., M.D., etc.”. 1 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13” 57 · The Scarlet Thread [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American December 11 1905 - December 17 1905, as “Mystery of the Scarlet Thread” 106 · The Man Who Was Lost [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American December 18 1905 - December 24 1905, as “Mystery of the Man Who Was Lost” 152 · The Great Auto Mystery [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American November 21 1905 210 · The Flaming Phantom [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American November 13 1905 - November 19 1905, as “Mystery of the Flaming Phantom” 258 · The Ralston Bank Burglary [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American November 6 1905 - November 12 1905, as “Mystery of the Ralston Bank Burglary” 302 · The Mystery of a Studio [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American December 4 1905

The Thinking Machine on the Case by Jacques Futrelle (D. Appleton and Company, March 1908, 337pp, hc, co) [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)]     Collection of 13 stories and an introductory vignette about “The Thinking Machine”. Each of the stories appears as two adjacent chapters: for convenience only the first chapter is indexed with a note on the title of the second chapter. 1 · “The Thinking Machine” [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ex from “Problem of Dressing Room A”, Associated Sunday Magazine September 2 1906 7 · The Motor Boat [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 9 1906, as “Problem of the Motor Boat”; second part (p.26) titled “The Woman in the Case”. 33 · Dressing Room A [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 2 1906, as “Problem of Dressing Room A”; first section omitted (see p.1 above); second part (p.41) titled “Fitting a Hypothesis”. 53 · The Crystal Gazer [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 23 1906, as “Problem of the Crystal Gazer”; second part (p.69) titled “A Matter of Logic”. 78 · The Interrupted Wireless [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 3 1907, as “Problem of the Interrupted Wireless”; second part (p.91) titled “The Midnight Message”. 104 · The Roswell Tiara [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 30 1906; second part (p.118) titled “A Fool of Good Intention”. 128 · The Lost Radium [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine October 7 1906, as “Problem of the Lost Radium”; second part (p.135) titled “The Suit Case”. 158 · The Green-Eyed Monster [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine October 28 1906, as “Problem of the Green Eyed Monster”; second part (p.168) titled “Two and Two Again Make Four”. 185 · An Opera Box [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine October 14 1906, as “The Problem of the Opera Box”; second part (p.198) titled “Before Midnight”. 211 · The Missing Necklace [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine October 21 1906, as “Problem of the Missing Necklace”; second part (p.225) titled “Master of His Profession”. 236 · The Phantom Motor [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 11 1906, as “Problem of the Phantom Auto”; second part (p.251) titled “The Gap in the Trail”. 261 · The Brown Coat [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 18 1906, as “Problem of the Stolen Bank Notes”; second part (p.275) titled “A Human Problem”. 287 · His Perfect Alibi [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 4 1906, as “Problem of the Perfect Alibi”; second part (p.301) titled “A Question of Time”. 311 · The Superfluous Finger [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 25 1906, as “Problem of the Superfluous Finger”; second part (p.331) titled “The Case is Closed”.

The Thinking Machine (var. 1) by Jacques Futrelle (Four Winds Press, 1959, 116pp, hc, co) [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] [edited by Tony Simon] · Foreword · Tony Simon · fw 1 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13” 53 · The Case of the Flaming Phantom [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American November 13 1905 - November 19 1905, as “Mystery of the Flaming Phantom” 98 · The Mystery of the Silver Box [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine June 9 1907, as “The Silver Box”

Backstage Passes ed. Amelia G (Rhinoceros/Masquerade, October 1996, 1-56333-438-0, $6.95, 265pp, pb, oa)     Anthology of one poem and 16 erotic rock and roll stories, most with supernatural elements, many originally published in Blue Blood magazine. 5 · Chanel No. 5 · Johnny Chen · pm Blue Blood #1, 1992 7 · Preface · Amelia G · pr 11 · When Enter Came · John Shirley · nv Yellow Silk #33, 1990 35 · Sticky Fingers · Thomas S. Roche · ss 47 · Temporary Assignment · Will Judy · ss 61 · Rock Steady · Cecilia Tan · nv 83 · Demon Lover · Nancy A. Collins · ss Blue Blood #2, 1993 revised from “Demonlover”, Hotter Blood ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket 1991. 99 · Music of My Damnation · William Spencer-Hale · ss Blue Blood #3, 1993 111 · Bodie · Sèphera Girön · ss 125 · Accept No Substitutes · Sarah McKinley Oakes · ss 137 · Dreamgirl · Amelia G · nv 163 · Not Another Groupie · Andrew Greenberg · ss 177 · To an Excellent Slave · L. · ss Blue Blood #1, 1992 191 · The Ceremony of Loneliness · Althea Morin · ss Blue Blood #4, 1994 201 · Special Guest · Phil Brucato · ss 215 · Private · t. d. k. · ss Blue Blood #1, 1992 225 · Lacerations · Yon Von Faust · ss Blue Blood #2, 1993 237 · Pipe Dreams · Shariann Lewitt · nv SexMagick ed. Cecilia Tan, Circlet Press, 1993 revised from a story of the same name in All Hallows’ Eve, ed. Mary Elizabeth Allen, Walker 1992. 261 · America [Steve Finn & Ghost] · Poppy Z. Brite · ss

Lord John and the Hand of Devils by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte, December 2007, 978-0-385-31139-7, $25.00, 302pp, hc, co, cover by Robert Hunt) [Outlander; Lord John Grey]     Collection of three historical stories, one original, all with fantasy elements, featuring the character spun off from the Outlander series. 3 · Lord John and the Hell-Fire Club [Outlander; Lord John Grey] · Diana Gabaldon · na Delacorte Press, September 2003; this version was available online and in book Lord John and the Private Matter, Arrow 2004. a shorter version appeared as “Hellfire” in Past Poisons, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1998. 45 · Lord John and the Succubus [Outlander; Lord John Grey] · Diana Gabaldon · na Legends II ed. Robert Silverberg, Voyager, 2003 161 · Lord John and the Haunted Soldier [Outlander; Lord John Grey] · Diana Gabaldon · n.