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The Laughing West ed. C. L. Sonnichsen (Swallow Press, 1988, tp, an)
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)

The Ghost Story Treasury ed. Linda Sonntag (Kingfisher, 1987, 93pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 15 ghost stories. Also in US from Putnam (0-399-21477-1) from which details taken.

8 · In a Dark, Dark Box · Jane Hollowood · ss Spooky ed. Pamela Lonsdale, Methuen, 1983

24 · The House That Lacked a Bogle · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964

35 · Ghost and the Skeleton · [uncredited] · pm (r)

36 · The Guitarist · Grace Hallworth · vi Mouth Open, Story Jump Out by Grace Hallworth, Methuen, 1984

39 · The Ghost Train · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The Fourth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1972

45 · The Man Who Wasn’t There · [uncredited] · pm (r)

46 · A Story About Death · Judith Gorog · ss A Taste for Quiet by Judith Gorog, Putnam, 1982

53 · In the Cathedral Gardens · Kit Wright · pm Hot Dog and Other Poems by Kit Wright, Kestrel, 1981

54 · They Wait · Jan Mark · ss They Wait, and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1983

67 · Mr. Nobody · [uncredited] · pm (r)

68 · The Wind on Haunted Hill · Ruskin Bond · ss (r)

80 · The Haunting · Margaret Mahy · ex J.M. Dent, 1982

87 · The Visitor · Ian Serraillier · pm A Second Poetry Book ed. John Foster, Oxford Univ. Press, 1980

89 · The Peculiar Such Thing · Virginia Hamilton · ss The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton, Knopf, 1985

93 · Scottish Prayer · [uncredited] · pm (r)

Magic and Mischief by Emily Martha Sorensen (CreateSpace, July 27, 2018, tp, oc)
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 Armchair Science Reader ed. Sophie Sorkin & Isabel S. Gordon--- see under Isabel S. Gordon.

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, no, 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, n., 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.

Istanbul Noir ed. Amy Spangler & Mustafa Ziyalan--- see under Mustafa Ziyalan.

Agog! Ripping Reads ed. Cat Sparks (Agog! Press, June 2006, 0-8095-6237-5, $29.95, 282pp, hc, oa, 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, oa, 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, oa, 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 [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

Unfettered III: New Tales by Masters of Fantasy ed. Shawn Speakman (Grim Oak Press, March 2019, 978-1-944145-23-1, $30.00, xiv+749pp, hc, oa, cover by Todd Lockwood)
Each story is preceded with an essay (1-2 pages) by the story author
Details taken from online listing.

xi · Foreword · Jacqueline Carey · fw

xiii · The Power of Three · Shawn Speakman · in

3 · The Heart Box · Callie Bates · ss

19 · Everybody Said It Would Hurt [Fillory] · Lev Grossman · ss

39 · A Thousand Years [The Broken Empire] · Mark Lawrence · nv

67 · Among a Throng of Bilious Octogenarians [The Tales of Pell] · Delilah S. Dawson · ss

83 · Blood of the Sardaukar [Dune] · Kevin J. Anderson & Brian Herbert · ss

105 · Allanon’s Quest [Shannara: Paladins of Shannara] · Terry Brooks · nv Del Rey, July 2012

135 · Kneeling Before Jupiter · David Anthony Durham · ss

155 · Stripes in the Sunset · Seanan McGuire · ss

169 · All That Glitters · Marc Turner · ss

187 · The Heir Apparent [The Faithful and the Fallen] · John Gwynne · ss

211 · Dancing on the Edge [The Dragon’s Legacy] · Deborah A. Wolf · nv

253 · Prologue: Second Book of “The Evertide” [The Evertide] · Todd Lockwood · ss

261 · Thasha’s Cure for Cabin Fever [Chathrand Voyage] · Robert V. S. Redick · nv

293 · How Not to Invade a Country [Godblind] · Anna Stephens · nv

321 · The Paper Man · Peter Orullian · nv

351 · Merchants Have Maxims [Tabat] · Cat Rambo · nv

381 · Of Anchor Chains and Slow Refrains and Light Long Lost in Darkness [The Psalms of Isaak] · Ken Scholes · nv

417 · Second Chances · Megan Lindholm · nv

452 · The Hidden [The Last King of Osten Ard] · Tad Williams · ss

471 · Throwdown [Victim with a Capital V] · Scott Sigler · nv

505 · Sidekick · Carrie Vaughn · ss

519 · Hawkeye · Patrick Swenson · ss

539 · The Spectral Sword [Legend of Takashaniel] · Ramón Terrell · nv

565 · Gold Light [Empires of Dust] · Anna Smith Spark · ss

583 · The Stone Golem of Qual’Jom · Jason Denzel · nv

612 · A Fire Within the Ways [Wheel of Time] · Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson · nv

683 · Seven · Naomi Novik · ss

705 · The Fire-Risen Ash [The Annwn Cycle] · Shawn Speakman · ss

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