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Ghosts of Christmas Past ed. Tim Martin (John Murray, 2017, 978-1-473-66346-6, £8.99, 294pp, tp, an, cover by Darren Hopes)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Introduction · Tim Martin · in

7 · The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance · M. R. James · nv The Cambridge Review June 4 1913

33 · Dinner for One · Jenn Ashworth · ss Poor Souls’ Night, Curious Tales, 2014

49 · The Shadow · E. Nesbit · ss Black & White #777, December 23 1905, as “The Portent of the Shadow”

69 · This Beautiful House · Louis de Bernières · ss The Times December 18 2004

83 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956

95 · Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk · Frank Cowper · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1889

133 · The Step · E. F. Benson · nv The Windsor Magazine December 1926, as “When Greek Meets Greek”

157 · The Vanishing House · Bernard Capes · ss The Sketch January 5 1898

167 · Someone in the Lift · L. P. Hartley · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955

179 · The Visiting Star · Robert Aickman · nv Powers of Darkness by Robert Aickman, Collins, 1966

223 · Nicholas Was… · Neil Gaiman · vi Drabble II: Double Century ed. Rob Meades & David Wake, Beccon, 1990

227 · The Ghost of the Blue Chamber · Jerome K. Jerome · nv Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome, Leadenhall Press, 1891

249 · The Lady and the Fox · Kelly Link · nv My True Love Gave To Me ed. Stephanie Perkins, Macmillan Children's Books, 2014

We Are the Stories We Tell: The Best Short Stories by North American Women Since 1945 ed. Wendy Martin (Pantheon Books, 1990, 0-394-58179-2, $29.95, 337pp, hc, an)

· Introduction · Wendy Martin · in (r)

· The Blackguard · Mary McCarthy · ss The New Yorker October 12 1946

· No Place for You, My Love · Eudora Welty · ss The New Yorker September 20 1952

· A View of the Woods · Flannery O’Connor · nv Partisan Review Fall 1957

· An Interest in Life · Grace Paley · ss The Little Disturbances of Man by Grace Paley, Doubleday, 1959

· Brooklyn · Paule Marshall · ss 1961

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

· My Man Bovanne · Toni Cade Bambara · ss Black World October 1971, as “Mama Hazel Takes to Her Bed”

· Yellow Woman · Leslie Marmon Silko · ss The Man to Send Rain Clouds ed. Kenneth Mark Rosen, Viking Press, 1974

· Giving Birth · Margaret Atwood · ss Dancing Girls and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood, McClelland and Stewart, 1977

· Holding Things Together · Anne Tyler · ss The New Yorker January 24 1977

· Royal Beatings · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker March 14 1977

· Souvenir · Jayne Anne Phillips · ss Black Tickets by Jayne Anne Phillips, Delacorte Press, 1979

· On Discovery · Maxine Hong Kingston · ss 1980

· The Abortion · Alice Walker · ss Mother Jones August 1980

· Shiloh · Bobbie Ann Mason · ss The New Yorker October 20 1980

· The Slaves in New York · Tama Janowitz · ss The New Yorker December 31 1984

· Lust · Susan Minot · ss The Paris Review #91, Spring 1984

· Hairs, a Rice Sandwich, Hips · Sandra Cisneros · ss 1984

· Janus · Ann Beattie · ss The New Yorker May 27 1985

· She Unnames Them · Ursula K. Le Guin · vi The New Yorker January 21 1985

· Other Lives · Francine Prose · ss 1985

· Fleur · Louise Erdrich · ss Esquire August 1986

· The Dancing Party · Mary Gordon · ss Ms. 1987

· In the Life · Becky Birtha · ss 1987

· The Authors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

· The Editor · [uncredited] · bg (r)

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (Subterranean Press, January 2023, $195.00, 400pp, hc, n., cover by Victo Ngai) [Teixcalaan]
Reprint (Tor 2021) SF novel. Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($850.00).
Details taken from publisher website.

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (Subterranean Press, March 2022, $175.00, 360pp, hc, n., cover by Victo Ngai) [Teixcalaan]
Reprint (Tor 2019) SF novel. Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($750.00).
Details taken from publisher website.

Rose/House by Arkady Martine (Subterranean Press, June 2023, 978-1-64524-033-4, $45.00, 125pp, hc, na, cover by David Curtis)
Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery ed. Liz Martínez & Sarah Cortez--- see under Sarah Cortez.

Indian Country Noir ed. Liz Martínez & Sarah Cortez--- see under Sarah Cortez.

We Are the Stories We Tell ed. Teri Martini--- see under Wendy Martin.

The Dark Forest by Joel Martinsen--- see under Liu Cixin.

Supernova Era by Joel Martinsen--- see under Liu Cixin.

Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American Stories Since 1970 ed. Michael Martone & Lex Williford--- see under Lex Williford.

Getting to Know You by David Marusek (Subterranean Press, April 2007, 978-1-59606-088-3, $25.00, 297pp, hc, co, cover by Mark A. Nelson)
Collection of ten stories. A signed, limited edition of 200 numbered copies ($40.00) with an added story, “She Was Good, She Was Funny”, in chapbook form is also available.

13 · Introduction · David Marusek · in

15 · The Wedding Album [Cathy] · David Marusek · na Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1999

81 · The Earth Is on the Mend · David Marusek · vi Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1993

85 · Yurek Rutz, Yurek Rutz, Yurek Rutz · David Marusek · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1999

103 · A Boy in Cathyland [Cathy] · David Marusek · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May 2001

111 · We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy [North American future] · David Marusek · na Asimov’s Science Fiction November 1995

181 · VTV · David Marusek · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2000

221 · Cabbages and Kale, or, How We Downsized North America [North American future] · David Marusek · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1999

255 · Getting to Know You · David Marusek · nv Future Histories ed. Stephen McClelland, Horizon House (UK), 1997

289 · Listen to Me · David Marusek · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2003

295 · My Morning Glory · David Marusek · vi Nature #7085, April 6 2006

She Was Good, She Was Funny by David Marusek (Subterranean Press, April 2007, 16pp, ph, ss)
Reprint short story distributed with the signed, limited, edition of Getting to Know You.

The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories ed. Tom Maschler & John Higgins ,[?]--- see under Anon..

The Prisoner of the Opal by A. E. W. Mason (Sphere, July 1974, 0-7221-5913-7, 45p, 288pp, pb, n.) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]
Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1928) horror novel. Volume 10 in the series.

7 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in

Witches, Warlocks and Ghosts ed. J. Edward Mason (Oliver & Boyd, 1938, 127pp, hc, an)
Volume of selections from Victorian literature. In “The Self-Study English series”, complete with notes and exercises.

7 · Introduction · J. Edward Mason · in

11 · The Witches of Pendle Hill · W. H. Ainsworth · ex from The Lancashire Witches, Henry Colburn, 1849

24 · Old Marley’s Ghost · Charles Dickens · ex from “A Christmas Carol”, Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843

36 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824

60 · The Headless Horseman · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #6, March 15 1820, as “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Geoffrey Crayon

72 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex The New Monthly Magazine July 1839, as “Krantz’s Narrative”

93 · Arbaces the Magician · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · ex from The Last Days of Pompeii, 1834

118 · Cornish Litany · [unknown author] · pm (r)

119 · Notes on Books · [uncredited] · ms

126 · Exercises · [uncredited] · ms

Trinidad Noir ed. Jeanne Mason & Lisa Allen-Agostini--- see under Lisa Allen-Agostini.

October Dreams: A Harvest of Horror ed. Jeff Mason & David Kubicek--- see under David Kubicek.

Spicy Horror Stories ed. Tom Mason (Malibu Graphics, 1990, 0-944735-66-5, $9.95, 105pp, tp, an, cover by Rob Davis)
Anthology of eight stories from the weird menace pulps.

iii · Scare-Devils of the Red Circle · John Wooley · in

1 · Fresh Fiancés for the Devil’s Daughter · Russell Gray · nv Marvel Tales May 1940

19 · Satan Lives for My Love · Donald Graham · nv Uncanny Tales May 1940

39 · Cult of the Lusting Carcass · Holden Sanford · ss Uncanny Tales May 1940

51 · The Claw Will Come to Caress Me · Brent North · ss Uncanny Tales May 1940

63 · Fresh Blood for My Bride · Ray King · ss Uncanny Tales May 1940

75 · Terror Is Cupid’s Mate · John Wallace · ss Mystery Tales May 1939

85 · Chorines for Death’s Ballet · Donald Graham · ss Mystery Tales May 1939

97 · House Where Evil Lived · Russell Gray · ss Uncanny Tales May 1940

Spicy Mystery Stories ed. Tom Mason (Malibu Graphics, 1990, 0-944735-23-1, $9.95, 112pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 10 stories reprinted from the 1930’s pulp Spicy Mystery Stories.

iii · What Dunnit? · Tom Mason · fw

v · I Love a Mystery · John Wooley · in

1 · The Dark Tower · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Mystery Stories September 1937

11 · Werewolf’s Bride · James A. Lawson · ss Spicy Mystery Stories January 1937

23 · The Stone of Ageless Evil · Rex Norman · nv Spicy Mystery Stories January 1937

35 · Medusa’s Kiss · Hamlin Daly · ss Spicy Mystery Stories January 1936

47 · I Am a Monster · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Mystery Stories January 1937

57 · Dungeon of the Blind · Arthur Wallace · ss Spicy Mystery Stories July 1935

69 · Portrait of Terror · Jerome Severs Perry · nv Spicy Mystery Stories January 1936

83 · The Door on the Stairs · Charles A. Baker, Jr. · ss Spicy Mystery Stories January 1937

93 · Synthetic Husband · Lew Merrill · ss Spicy Mystery Stories September 1937

103 · Princess of Dreams · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Mystery Stories August 1938

Spicy Western Stories ed. Tom Mason (Malibu Graphics, 1990, 0-944735-53-3, $9.95, 107pp, tp, an)
Anthology of eight stories reprinted from the 1930/1940’s pulp Spicy Western Stories.

iii · Hot in the Saddle · John Wooley · in

1 · Hermit of Hell’s Hump · Tim Carey · ss Spicy Western Stories November 1940

13 · Forbidden Food · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Spicy Western Stories November 1940

31 · Trouble Rides Hard · William G. Bogart · ss Spicy Western Stories June 1938

43 · Six-Gun Rendezvous · Rex Norman · ss Spicy Western Stories June 1938

55 · The Bull Had Blue Horns · Laurence Donovan · ss Spicy Western Stories March 1942

67 · The Moving Finger · Edwin Truett · ss Spicy Western Stories November 1942

83 · Pinch-Penny, Bulldogger · Laurence Donovan · ss Spicy Western Stories November 1942

97 · Hell on Wheels · Max Neilson · ss Spicy Western Stories July 1937, as “Rodeo Rats” by Rex Norman

Dark Dreams: A Collection of Horror and Suspense by Black Writers ed. Brandon Massey (Dafina Books, August 2004, 978-0-7582-0753-1, $15.00, xii+307pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 20 stories of horror and suspense by Black authors, several with supernatural or SF elements, including an apocalyptic SF tale by Steven Barnes & Tananarive Due.

ix · Introduction · Brandon Massey · in

1 · Resident Evil · Zane · ss

18 · But Beautiful and Terrifying · Robert Fleming · ss

30 · He Who Takes Away the Pain · Chesya Burke · ss

37 · Bras Coupe · Kalamu ya Salaam · nv

66 · Hair Dreams · Joy M. Copeland · ss

81 · The Track · L. R. Giles · ss

100 · If the Walls Could Talk · L. A. Banks · ss

120 · The Fourth Floor · Ahmad Wright · ss

125 · Empty Vessel · Lawana Holland-Moore · ss

133 · I, Ghoul · Christopher Chambers · ss

147 · Dreads · D. S. Foxx · ss

152 · Plaything · Terence Taylor · ss

171 · The Power · Linda Addison · ss

191 · Red · Rickey Windell George · ss

210 · Siren Song · Francine Lewis · ss

219 · Granddad’s Garage · Brandon Massey · ss

232 · Wild Chocolate · Patricia E. Canterbury · ss

245 · Cum Onn, It’z Lovely Whether · Anthony Beal · ss

265 · The Gray Riders · B. Gordon Doyle · ss

276 · Danger Word · Steven Barnes & Tananarive Due · nv

301 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · ms

308 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · ms

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