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You and Science Fiction ed. Bernard C. Hollister (National Textbook Co., 1976, 349pp, tp, an)     A Humanistic Approach to Science Fiction. 1 · Introduction · Bernard C. Hollister · in 7 · Who Am I This Time? · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 16 1961, as “My Name Is Everyone” 21 · Profession · Isaac Asimov · na Astounding Science Fiction July 1957; edited. 40 · Rat Race · Raymond F. Jones · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1966 57 · Survival Ship · Judith Merril · ss Worlds Beyond January 1951 68 · The Smile · Ray Bradbury · ss Fantastic Summer 1952 81 · Gilead [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 108 · All Summer in a Day · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954 117 · Day of Truce · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Magazine February 1963 138 · The Subliminal Man · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #126, January 1963 156 · It’s Such a Beautiful Day · Isaac Asimov · nv Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1955 179 · Now Let Us Sleep · Avram Davidson · ss Venture Science Fiction September 1957 194 · What to Do Until the Analyst Comes · Frederik Pohl · ss Imagination February 1956, as “Everybody’s Happy but Me!” 207 · Consumer’s Report · Theodore R. Cogswell · ss Imagination October 1955, as “No Gun to the Victor” 219 · Computers Don’t Argue · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact September 1965 237 · Into the Shop · Ron Goulart · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1964 256 · Caught in the Organ Draft · Robert Silverberg · ss And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire ed. Roger Elwood, Chilton, 1972 270 · The Pill · Maggie Nadler · vi Fantastic Stories April 1972 281 · The Birds · Daphne du Maurier · nv Good Housekeeping October 1952 304 · Frog Pond [Thea] · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1971 315 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961 330 · The Census Takers · Frederik Pohl · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956 339 · The Crawlers · Philip K. Dick · ss Imagination July 1954 347 · Epilog · Bernard C. Hollister · aw

All the Visions: A Novel of the Sixties/Space Baltic by Anselm Hollo & Rudy Rucker--- see under Rudy Rucker.

Transactions of the Flesh ed. Peter Holman & D. P. Watt (Ex Occidente Press, November 2013, 254pp, hc, oa)     Subtitled “A Homage to Joris-Karl Huysmans”. Limited edition of 150 copies. Details taken from online listing. · Pray to the God of Flux · Jonathan Wood · ss · Ziegler Against the World · John Howard · nv · Towards Nature · Douglas Thompson · ss · In Our Deep Vaulted Cell · Derek John · ss · Summer Dusk, Winter Moon · Berit Ellingsen · ss · Ash Sun, Raspberry Sky · Adam Golaski · ss · Angel Head · Harold Billings · ss · Starless Mornings Find Me Older · Peter Holman · ss · An Expiatory Pessimism · Eugene Thacker · ss · The Red Seed · Louis Marvick · ss · Indescribable · M. O. N. · ss · The Key to Jerusalem · Mark Valentine · ss · Endgame Aesthete · Jeremy Reed · pm · The Sulphur Remedy · Oliver Smith · ss · Salammbô and the Zaïmph of Tanit · Colin Insole · ss · Again, the Granite; or, A 21st Century Secret Experiment in Devastating Ennui · Charles Schneider · ss · A Hive of Pain · D. P. Watt · ss · Martyr’s Fuligin · Adam S. Cantwell · ss · Pierrot the Sceptic · Léon Hennique & J.-K. Huysmans · ss translated from the French (“Pierrot Sceptique”, 1881).

Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Worlds ed. Rachel E. Holmen & Marion Zimmer Bradley--- see under Marion Zimmer Bradley.

Sword and Sorceress XIV ed. Rachel E. Holmen & Marion Zimmer Bradley--- see under Marion Zimmer Bradley.

Figurehead by Carly Holmes (Tartarus Press, July 2018, 978-1-912586-06-6, £35.00, 246pp, hc, co)     Limited to 300 copies. Details taken from online listing. · The Demon L · Carly Holmes · nv · Miss Luna · Carly Holmes · ss · Little Matrons · Carly Holmes · ss · Sleep · Carly Holmes · nv · Ghost Story · Carly Holmes · ss Wales Arts Review February 27 2014 · Dropped Stitches · Carly Holmes · ss · Like Water Through Fingers · Carly Holmes · ss Wales Arts Review October 30 2014 · Maria’s Silence · Carly Holmes · ss The Yellow Room Autumn 2012 · Piece by Piece · Carly Holmes · ss A Flock of Shadows ed. Claire Houguez & Rebecca Parfitt, Parthian Books, 2015 · The Glamour · Carly Holmes · ss The Ghastling #1, 2014 · Wich · Carly Holmes · ss · Three for a Girl · Carly Holmes · nv · Strumpet · Carly Holmes · ss Wales Arts Review June 5 2016 · Runty · Carly Holmes · ss · Into the Woods · Carly Holmes · ss · Alter · Carly Holmes · ss The Lonely Crowd Winter 2016 · Before the Fairytale · Carly Holmes · ss Wales Arts Review June 5 2016 · Bake Day · Carly Holmes · ss · Friday · Carly Holmes · ss Rarebit: New Welsh Fiction ed. Susie Wild, Parthian Books, 2014 · Heartwood · Carly Holmes · ss The Ghastling #6, 2017 · Figurehead · Carly Holmes · ss · They Tell Me · Carly Holmes · ss · Woodside Close · Carly Holmes · ss · A Small Life · Carly Holmes · nv Black Static #61, November/December 2017 · Beneath the Skin · Carly Holmes · ss Wales Arts Review October 30 2015 · Rootless · Carly Holmes · ss Syntax & Salt Magazine #1, January 2017

Uncertainties 7 ed. Carly Holmes, Brian J. Showers & Timothy J. Jarvis (Swan River Press, November 11, 2024, 978-1-78380-050-6, €40.00, ix+220pp, hc, oa, cover: Detour by James F. Johnston)     Limited to 425 copies, the first 100 of which are embossed and hand-numbered. Details taken from publisher website. · Foreword · Carly Holmes · fw · Pond Scum · Tyler Keevil · ss · An Innocent Beast · Georgina Bruce · ss · Mama Fungus · Sarah Read · ss · Sad Face · Mark Morris · ss · The Winding of the Willows · Steve Toase · ss · Subject Matter · Philippa Holloway · ss · A Suit of Darkest Blue · Steven J. Dines · ss · Little Nothings · Premee Mohamed · ss · Ends Abruptly · Tim Major · ss · The Son · Bethany W. Pope · ss · The Good Old Days · Craig Rosenberg · ss · An Empty House · Jessica Hagy · ss · Contributor Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Floating Fancies Among the Weird and Occult by Clara H. Holmes (F. Tennyson Neely, 1898, 248pp, hc, co) 7 · Nordhung Nordjansen · Clara H. Holmes · ss 29 · In the Beyond · Clara H. Holmes · ss 51 · The Tragedy of the Gnomes · Clara H. Holmes · ss 67 · An Unfair Exchange · Clara H. Holmes · nv 99 · Limitations · Clara H. Holmes · ss 119 · A Tale of Two Pictures · Clara H. Holmes · nv 152 · A Nineteenth Century Ghost · Clara H. Holmes · ss 169 · What Became of the Money? · Clara H. Holmes · nv 196 · His Friend · Clara H. Holmes · ss 214 · A Tale of the X-Ray · Clara H. Holmes · ss 231 · An Averted Tragedy · Clara H. Holmes · ss

The Magic Within ed. Diane Holmes, Emily Alward & Alicia Rasley--- see under Emily Alward.

Macabre Military Stories ed. Ronald Holmes (Leo Cooper, March 1979, 0-85052-244-7, £7.50, 175pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Ronald Holmes · in 1 · The Bold Dragoon · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 11 · The Roll-Call of the Reef · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Idler June 1895, as by Q 27 · Master Ghost and I · Barbara Softly · ss Haunting Tales ed. Barbara Ireson, Faber and Faber, 1973 47 · The Black Ferry · John Galt · ss The Club Book ed. Andrew Picken, Cochrane & Pickersgill, 1831, as “The Book of Life” 61 · Apparitions · Bourchier Wrey Savile, Rev. · ex Apparitions ed. Rev. Bourchier Savile, London, 1874 73 · The Phantom Regiment · James Grant · nv The Phantom Regiment or Stories of “Ours” by James Grant, Thomas Hodgson, 1856 99 · The Copper Bowl · George Fielding Eliot · ss Weird Tales December 1928 111 · The Soldiers’ Rest · Arthur Machen · ss The (London) Evening News October 20 1914 117 · A Trade Report Only · C. E. Montague · ss Fiery Particles by C. E. Montague, Chatto & Windus, 1923 133 · The Living Dead · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1967 141 · And Give Us Yesterday · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales January 1948 159 · The Scarlet King · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt December 25 1954 171 · The Battle · Robert Sheckley · ss If September 1954

Macabre Railway Stories ed. Ronald Holmes (W.H. Allen, October 1982, 0-491-02827-X, 231pp, hc, an)     Anthology of stories of fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. Reprinted by Star Books, London, 1986, from which details taken. 7 · Introduction · Ronald Holmes · in 13 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 29 · The Garside Fell Disaster · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Sleep No More by L. T. C. Rolt, Constable, 1948 41 · The Engineer · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 5 Branch Line. The Engineer” 63 · The Tunnel · Raymond Harvey · ss The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1967 75 · The Eighth Lamp · Roy Vickers · ss The Novel Magazine July 1916 91 · The Compensation House · Charles Allston Collins · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 3 Branch Line. The Compensation House” 111 · All Change · John Edgell · ss John Edgell’s Ghosts ed. John Edgell, Wayland, 1970 119 · Midnight Express · Alfred Noyes · ss This Week November 3 1935 127 · The Last Train · Harry Harrison · ss The Second Bedside Book of Strange Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Arthur Barker, 1976 135 · A Tale of a Gas-Light Ghost · [uncredited] · ss New Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 149 · The Attic Express · Alex Hamilton · nv The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1963 171 · The Woman in the Green Dress · Joyce Marsh · ss Spectre 3 ed. Richard Davis, Abelard Schuman UK, 1976 185 · The Very Silent Traveller · Paul Tabori · ss Lilliput September/October 1953 193 · Take the Z-Train · Allison V. Harding · ss Weird Tales March 1950 205 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 7 1950 213 · The Man Who Rode the Trains · Paul A. Carter · ss Travellers by Night ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1967

Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction: An Anthology ed. Naomi Holoch & Joan Nestle (Vintage Books, June 1999, 0679759522, $15.00, 384pp, tp, an)     Contents list from Yahoo Books. · Introduction · Naomi Holoch & Joan Nestle · in 3 · A Noise from the Woodshed · Mary Dorcey · ex (r) 15 · Caribbean Chameleon · Makeda Silvera · ss (r) 21 · Stephanie’s Book · Mireille Best · ss (r) 35 · Final Judgment and Singing in the Desert · Cristina Peri Rossi · ss (r) 43 · Lemon Scent · Shani Mootoo · ss (r) 52 · Sappho or Suicide · Marguerite Yourcenar · ss (r) 63 · Looking for Petronilla · Emma Donoghue · ss (r) 76 · Certificate of Absence · Sylvia Molloy · ex (r) 85 · Gypsophila · Dale Gunthorp · ss (r) 102 · They Came at Dawn · Karen Williams · ss (r) 107 · Lesbian Bedrooms · Cynthia Price · ss (r) 109 · My World of the Unknown · Alifa Rifaat · ss (r) 127 · The Civil War, Sandalwood, Transl(iter)ation I, and Transl(iter)ation II (for Aruna and Giti) · Yasmin V. Tambiah · ss (r) 132 · Madame Alaird’s Breasts · Dionne Brand · ss (r) 139 · L’Asphyxie · Violette Leduc · ex (r) 158 · Red Azalea · Anchee Min · ex (r) 167 · Four Winds · Gerd Brantenberg · ex (r) 182 · The Same Sea as Every Summer · Esther Tusquets · ex (r) 193 · Lost Faces · Karen-Susan Fessel · ss (r) 198 · The Girl Typist Who Worked for a Provincial Ministry of Culture · Maria Eugenia Alegria Nunez · ss (r) 202 · Paretipua, Old Man Tuna, and Watching the Big Girls · Ngahuia Te Awekotuku · ss (r) 215 · Letters to Marina · Dacia Maraini · ex (r) 227 · Forever Lasts Only a Full Moon · Rosamaria Roffiel · ss (r) 235 · Lonely Adventure · Anna Blaman · ex (r) 244 · The Child Manuela · Christa Winsloe · ex (r) 255 · Waters · Achy Obejas · ss (r) 269 · Mauve Desert · Nicole Brossard · ex (r) 277 · Meeting Natalia · Gila Svirsky · ss (r) 285 · The Microcosm · Maureen Duffy · ex (r) 296 · Georgie · Jeanne d’Arc Jutras · ex (r) 300 · Under the Ironwood Trees · Suzana Tratnik · ss (r) 305 · Aphrodite’s Vision · Elena Georgiou · ss (r) 318 · In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country · Etel Adnan · ex (r) 328 · Minnie Gets Married · Gina Schein · ss (r)

Shadows Before the Maiming by Scott C. Holstad (Gothic Press, October 1999, 0-913045-08-X, $7.00, 50pp, ph, co, cover by Margaret Ballif Simon)     Chapbook collection of 36 poems, most with horror elements. 7 · 1000 Years Wait · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 8 · Bile · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 9 · Control · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 10 · Crossing the Bridge · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 11 · This Is It, Folks · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 12 · A Riddle · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 13 · Intimacy · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 14 · Letter to Murderers, or Those Aspiring to Become Murderers · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 15 · Torture Technique · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 16 · Dreams Can Come True · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 17 · Death Warmed Over · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 18 · Some Call It a Sickness · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 19 · Living Death · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 20 · Halloween 1998 · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 22 · Do You Believe Me? · Scott C. Holstad · pm Frisson: Disconcerting Verse #14, Summer 1999 23 · Deaths · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 24 · As the Cuts Come to an End · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 25 · Hollow Man · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 28 · Horrorshow · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 30 · I Like It Better Alone · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 32 · Mass · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 33 · Moonlight · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 34 · My Love (2) · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 35 · Occupation · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 36 · Redemption · Scott C. Holstad · pm Cyber-Psychos AOD #7, 1997 37 · Reticence · Scott C. Holstad · pm Cyber-Psychos AOD #7, 1997 38 · Return to Love · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 40 · severed heads and earthworn moments · Scott C. Holstad · pm Midnight Zoo v2 #6, 1992 41 · The Hunting · Scott C. Holstad · pm Wicked Mystic #24, Fall/Winter 1994 42 · Still Again · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 44 · View from a Point · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 45 · I Torment My Neighbors (May They Rot in Hell) · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 46 · Vampire · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 48 · Vortex · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 49 · Making Peace · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 50 · The End of Heaven · Scott C. Holstad · pm (r) 51 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg (r)