The FictionMags Index

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Strange Desires ed. J. Vernon Shea (Lion Books, February 1954, 191, 25¢, 192pp, pb, an, cover by Greco)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · To the Reader · J. Vernon Shea · in 9 · The Watchman · Mark Van Doren · ss The Yale Review Spring 1949 23 · Williamson [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · ss West India Lights by Henry S. Whitehead, Arkham House, 1946 42 · Lila Bohmer · Gil Orlovitz · ss Quarterly Review of Literature v4 #1, 52 · The Vise · William D. Magnes · ss Story #1 ed. Whit & Hallie Burnett, David McKay, 1951 67 · The Anonymous · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · nv The Virginia Quarterly Review Summer 1941 88 · Stalies · Terry Morris · ss Cross Section 1947 ed. Edward Seaver, Simon & Schuster, 1947 99 · The Frog Prince · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 106 · Golden Land · William Faulkner · nv The American Mercury May 1935 129 · The Abyss · Leonid Andreyev; translated by John Cournos · ss Treasury of Russian Life and Humor ed. John Cournos, Coward-McCann, 1943 translated from the Russian (“Bezdna”, 1902). 145 · Take Her Up Tenderly · Hoke Norris · ss Prairie Schooner Winter 1949 155 · Seedling · Helen McCune · ss Story #126, September/October 1947 164 · The Blood of the Walsungs · Thomas Mann; translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter · nv Stories of Three Decades by Thomas Mann, Knopf, 1936

Copping Squid and Other Mythos Tales by Michael Shea (Perilous Press, October 31, 2009, 978-0-9704000-2-4, $32.95, 224pp, hc, co, cover by Steven Gilberts)     Collection of eight Lovecraftian stories, four original. Foreword by editor S.T. Joshi. Illustrated by Steven Gilberts. A signed, limited edition of 250 ($47.00) was announced but not seen. Details taken from online listing. bp · Foreword · S. T. Joshi · fw 1 · Tsathoggua · Michael Shea · nv 35 · Dagoniad · Michael Shea · nv 63 · Copping Squid · Michael Shea · nv 83 · Nemo Me Impune Lacessit · Michael Shea · nv Whispers March 1982 105 · The Pool · Michael Shea · nv Weird Tales February/March 2007 131 · The Battery · Michael Shea · nv 153 · The Presentation · Michael Shea · nv Allen K’s Inhuman Magazine December 2005 181 · Fat Face [Cthulhu] · Michael Shea · nv Axolotl Press, 1987

Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical by Robert Shearman (Big Finish, December 31, 2009, 978-1-84435-436-8, £12.95, 240pp, hc, oc)     Details taken from online listing. · Love Among the Lobelias · Robert Shearman · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #42, 2009 · Roadkill · Robert Shearman · nv Twelfth Planet Press, 2009 · Sweet Nothings · Robert Shearman · ss · Pang · Robert Shearman · ss · This Creeping Thing · Robert Shearman · na · 14.2 · Robert Shearman · ss · Your Long, Loving Arms · Robert Shearman · ss · At the Crease · Robert Shearman · ss · Luxembourg · Robert Shearman · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #39, 2009 · Sharp · Robert Shearman · ss · Be of Good Cheer · Robert Shearman · ss Midnight Echo #1, October 2008 · Jolly Roger · Robert Shearman · ss · Crumble · Robert Shearman · ss · George Clooney’s Moustache · Robert Shearman · ss The British Fantasy Society Yearbook 2009, British Fantasy Society, 2009 · Love in a Time of Sharing · Robert Shearman · ss · Not About Love · Robert Shearman · ss · One Last Love Song · Robert Shearman · ss

Remember Why You Fear Me: The Best Dark Fiction of Robert Shearman by Robert Shearman (ChiZine Publications, October 30, 2012, 978-1-927469-21-7, $16.95, 338pp, tp, co, cover by Erik Mohr) [edited by Helen Marshall]     Collection of 20 horror stories, six original. Introduction by Stephen Jones. A deluxe limited hardcover edition was available by preorder only. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Not Really a Horror Writer · Stephen Jones · in 17 · Mortal Coil · Robert Shearman · ss Phobic: Modern Horror Stories ed. Andy Murray, Carcanet Press, 2007 31 · George Clooney’s Moustache · Robert Shearman · ss The British Fantasy Society Yearbook 2009, British Fantasy Society, 2009 43 · Damned if You Don’t · Robert Shearman · ss Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman, Comma Press, 2007 61 · So Proud · Robert Shearman · ss Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman, Comma Press, 2007 69 · Roadkill · Robert Shearman · nv Twelfth Planet Press, 2009 97 · Clown Envy · Robert Shearman · ss 103 · Elementary Problems of Photography (Number Three) · Robert Shearman · ss 113 · Good Grief · Robert Shearman · nv Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2011 137 · Custard Cream · Robert Shearman · ss 154 · Cold Snap · Robert Shearman · nv 183 · Pang · Robert Shearman · ss Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical by Robert Shearman, Big Finish Productions, 2009 200 · Blue Crayon, Yellow Crayon · Robert Shearman · ss 215 · Favourite · Robert Shearman · ss Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman, Comma Press, 2007 228 · One More Bloody Miracle After Another · Robert Shearman · ss 234 · Featherweight · Robert Shearman · nv Visitants ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2010 252 · Jason Zerrillo Is an Annoying Prick · Robert Shearman · ss 258 · Granny’s Grinning · Robert Shearman · ss The Dead That Walk ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2009 269 · Alice Through the Plastic Sheet · Robert Shearman · nv A Book of Horrors ed. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher Books, 2011 298 · The Bathtub · Robert Shearman · ss 311 · The Dark Space in the House in the Garden at the Centre of the World · Robert Shearman · ss House of Fear ed. Jon Oliver, Solaris, 2011 326 · Merely a Horror Writer · Robert Shearman · ss

Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman (Comma Press, November 3, 2007, 978-1-905583-14-0, £7.95, v+218pp, pb, oc)     Details taken from online listing. · Mortal Coil · Robert Shearman · ss Phobic: Modern Horror Stories ed. Andy Murray, Carcanet Press, 2007 · Perfect · Robert Shearman · ss · Grappa · Robert Shearman · ss · Ashes to Ash · Robert Shearman · ss · Extra Ordinary · Robert Shearman · ss · Stuff We Leave Behind · Robert Shearman · ss · Damned if You Don’t · Robert Shearman · ss · Favourite · Robert Shearman · ss · Static · Robert Shearman · ss · No Looking Back · Robert Shearman · ss · So Proud · Robert Shearman · ss · The Storyteller · Robert Shearman · ss · Tiny Deaths · Robert Shearman · ss · Meanwhile, in a Small Room, a Small Boy · Robert Shearman · ss

Year’s Best Weird Fiction: Volume 5 ed. Robert Shearman & Michael Kelly--- see under Michael Kelly.

Store of the Worlds by Robert Sheckley (New York Review Books, May 1, 2012, 978-1-59017-494-4, $17.95, xi+396pp, tp, co, cover by Keith Carter) [edited by Jonathan Lethem & Alex Abramovich]     Collection of 26 stories. Edited and with an introduction by Alex Abramovich and Jonathan Lethem. Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · Jonathan Lethem & Alex Abramovich · in 3 · The Monsters · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953 14 · Seventh Victim [Victim] · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1953 30 · Shape · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1953, as “Keep Your Shape” 46 · Specialist · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1953 63 · Warm · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1953 73 · Watchbird · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1953 97 · The Accountant · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1954 107 · Paradise II · Robert Sheckley · ss Time to Come ed. August Derleth, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954 121 · All the Things You Are · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1956 133 · Protection · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1956 145 · The Native Problem · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction December 1956 168 · Pilgrimage to Earth · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1956, as “Love, Incorporated” 181 · A Wind Is Rising · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1957, as by Finn O’Donnevan 198 · Dawn Invader · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1957 209 · Double Indemnity · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1957 240 · Holdout · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1957 253 · The Language of Love · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1957 266 · Morning After · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1957 288 · If the Red Slayer · Robert Sheckley · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories July 1959 296 · The Store of the Worlds · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1959, as “The World of Heart’s Desire” 304 · Shall We Have a Little Talk? · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Magazine October 1965 330 · Cordle to Onion to Carrot · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy December 1969 347 · The People Trap · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1968 368 · Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy August 1969 379 · Is That What People Do? · Robert Sheckley · ss Anticipations ed. Christopher Priest, Faber & Faber, 1978 388 · Beside Still Waters · Robert Sheckley · vi Amazing Stories October/November 1953

After the Fall ed. Robert Sheckley (Ace, September 1980, 0-441-00941-7, $2.25, x+212pp, pb, oa, cover by Paul Alexander) vii · Introduction · Robert Sheckley · in 1 · The Last Days of (Parallel?) Earth · Robert Sheckley · ss 8 · The Day After the End of the World · Harry Harrison · ss 25 · A Very Good Year · Roger Zelazny · vi Harvey December 1979 31 · Fire And/Or Ice · Roger Zelazny · ss 35 · Exeunt Omnes · Roger Zelazny · ss 40 · Sungrab [Sam Space] · William F. Nolan · nv 66 · Where Are You Now, Erik Scorbic? · K. Copeland Shea · ss 79 · Bud · Ian Watson · ss 88 · The Making of Revelation, Part I · Philip José Farmer · nv 111 · Rebecca Rubinstein’s Seventeenth Birthday · Simon Gandolfi · ss 128 · The Revelation · Thomas M. Disch · ss 135 · Nirvanna Is a Nowhere Place · Joel Schulman · ss 144 · Heir · Judith Ann Lawrence · ss 159 · Afterword to “Heir” · Judith Ann Lawrence · as 161 · The Kingdom of O’Ryan · Bob Shaw · nv 201 · Just Another End of the World · Maxim Jakubowski · ss

At the Foot of the Story Tree: The Fiction of Peter Straub by Bill Sheehan (Subterranean Press, May 2000, 1-892284-77-4, $40.00, 359pp, hc, nf, cover by Alan Clark) [Ref. Peter Straub]     Non-fiction, a critical look at the work of Peter Straub. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition of 26 ($150.00) is also available.

The Best of Elizabeth Hand by Elizabeth Hand ed. Bill Sheehan--- see under Elizabeth Hand.

The Best of Lucius Shepard: Volume Two by Lucius Shepard ed. Bill Sheehan--- see under Lucius Shepard.

Embrace the Mutation: Limited Edition Chapbook ed. Bill Sheehan & William Schafer--- see under William Schafer.

J.K. Potter’s Embrace the Mutation ed. Bill Sheehan & William Schafer--- see under William Schafer.

Joe R. Lansdale’s Lords of the Razor ed. Bill Sheehan & William Schafer (Subterranean Press, June 2006, 1-931081-34-4, $100.00, 281pp, hc, oa, cover by Tim Truman)     Original anthology of 12 stories based on Lansdale’s “The God of the Razor”, the lone reprint here; Lansdale also provides a new story. Other authors include Elizabeth Massie, Bradley Denton, and Thomas Tessier. This is a signed, slipcased edition of 500 numbered copies; a leatherbound, traycased, lettered edition of 26 ($300.00) is also available. 9 · The God of the Razor [God of the Razor] · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Grue #5, 1987 21 · Jeaves and the Deteriorating Relations [Jeeves and Wooster] · Chet Williamson · ss 41 · The Butterfly Garden · Stephen Gallagher · nv 77 · Old Schick · Gary A. Braunbeck · nv 99 · Fence Line · Elizabeth Massie · ss 117 · The Art of the Deal · Christopher Golden · ss 137 · The Edge · Ardath Mayhar · ss 145 · Brief Stay in a Small Town · Hugh B. Cave · ss 157 · Monster · P. D. Cacek · ss 169 · Back in My Arms I Want You · Thomas Tessier · ss 179 · Blackburn and the Blade [Blackburn] · Bradley Denton · na 251 · King of Shadows [God of the Razor] · Joe R. Lansdale · nv

Night Visions 11 ed. Bill Sheehan (Subterranean Press, June 2004, 1-931081-94-8, $30.00, 244pp, hc, oa, cover by Edward Miller)     Original anthology of three novellas. Authors are Kim Newman (with a story featuring Richard Jeperson and the Diogenes Club), Tim Lebbon, and Lucius Shepard. A limited edition of 250 ($50.00) is also available. 9 · Introduction · Bill Sheehan · in 13 · Swellhead [Richard Jeperson; Diogenes Club] · Kim Newman · na 109 · In Perpetuity · Tim Lebbon · na 181 · Hands Up! Who Wants to Die? · Lucius Shepard · na

The One Gift by Perley Poore Sheehan (Fantasy House, 1974, 48pp, ph, nv)     Facsimile reprint of the story from “All-Story Weekly”, July 3, 1920. Details taken from online listing. 2 · The One Gift · Ken Krueger · in 3 · The One Gift · Perley Poore Sheehan · nv All-Story Weekly July 3 1920

These Will Chill You ed. Richard G. Sheehan & Lee Wright--- see under Lee Wright.

Wake Up Screaming ed. Richard G. Sheehan & Lee Wright--- see under Lee Wright.

Herotica 5: A New Collection of Women’s Erotic Fiction ed. Marcy Sheiner (Plume, February 1998, 0-452-27812-0, $13.95, 224pp, tp, oa)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Introduction · Marcy Sheiner · in · The Knitting Circle · Joan Leslie Taylor · ss · Letter from New Orleans · Catherine M. Tavel · ss · Box · Felice Newman · ss · Dragon Cat Flower · Cecilia Tan · ss · Walls of Fire · Christine Solano · ss · Mind Fuck · Kelly Conway · ss · Casting Couch · Serena Moloch · ss · Drowsy · Maggie Jolie Graham · ss · Celia and the Bed · Winn Gilmore · ss · Leash · Michele Serchuk · ss · In the Mood · Adrienne Rabinov · ss · The Hobby Horse · Karen A. Selz · ss · Under His Thumb · Marcy Sheiner · ss · Sabrina · Stacy Reed · ss · Fish Curry Rice · Ginu Kamani · ss · Glory · Susan St. Aubin · ss · Playing for the Camera · Aurora Light · ss · Marilyn · Carol Queen · ss · Get on Your Bikes and Ride · Blake C. Aarens · ss · The Appliance · Michelle Stevens · ss · Thirst · Julia Rader · ss · Tame · Sonja Kindley · ss · Sauce · Karen Marie Christa Minns · ss · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg