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Friday Night in Beast House by Richard Laymon (Dorchester/Leisure, March 2010, 978-0-8439-6142-3, $7.99, 238pp, pb, co) [Beast House Chronicles]
Collection/omnibus of two novellas: Friday Night in Beast House (2001), the fourth book in the Beast House Chronicles; and associational horror novella The Wilds (1998).

1 · The Friday Night in Beast House [Beast House Chronicles] · Richard Laymon · n. Cemetery Dance Publications, August 2001

143 · The Wilds · Richard Laymon · na Cemetery Dance Publications, July 1998

A Good, Secret Place by Richard Laymon (Deadline, March 1993, 0-9631367-4-7, $35.00, 231pp, hc, co, cover by Larry Mori)
Collection of 20 horror stories, five original, with an introduction by Edward Gorman and illustrations by Larry Mori. This is a signed numbered 574-copy limited edition, with a 26-copy lettered leatherbound edition announced but not seen.

xi · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in

3 · Desert Pickup · Richard Laymon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1970

11 · Roadside Pickup · Richard Laymon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1974

17 · Oscar’s Audition · Richard Laymon · ss Don Pendleton’s The Executioner Mystery Magazine June 1975, as by Dick Kelly

25 · Paying Joe Back · Richard Laymon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1975

33 · Out of the Woods · Richard Laymon · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1975

37 · A Good Cigar Is a Smoke · Richard Laymon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1976

43 · The Direct Approach · Richard Laymon · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1977

49 · The Champion · Richard Laymon · ss Cavalier October 1978

57 · Stiff Intruders · Richard Laymon · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1980

65 · Barney’s Bigfoot Museum · Richard Laymon · ss Creature! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1981

73 · Blarney · Richard Laymon · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1981

83 · Spooked · Richard Laymon · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1981

87 · The Grab · Richard Laymon · ss Gallery January 1982

95 · Eats · Richard Laymon · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine July 1985

105 · The Bleeder · Richard Laymon · ss New Blood Winter 1989

119 · The Good Deed · Richard Laymon · nv

145 · Joyce · Richard Laymon · ss

165 · Stickman · Richard Laymon · nv

183 · The Mask · Richard Laymon · nv

205 · A Good, Secret Place · Richard Laymon · nv

Out Are the Lights and Other Tales by Richard Laymon (Headline, June 10, 1993, 0-7472-3581-3, £4.99, 344pp, pb, co, cover by Mark Taylor)
Collection of the title novel (NEL 1982) and five short stories, previously uncollected.

1 · Out Are the Lights · Richard Laymon · n. New English Library, 1982

241 · Mess Hall · Richard Laymon · nv Book of the Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1989

269 · Dinker’s Pond · Richard Laymon · ss Razored Saddles ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Patrick LoBrutto, Dark Harvest, 1989

287 · Madman Stan · Richard Laymon · ss Night Visions VII ed. Stanley J. Wiater, Dark Harvest, 1989

303 · Bad News · Richard Laymon · ss Night Visions VII ed. Stanley J. Wiater, Dark Harvest, 1989

321 · The Tub · Richard Laymon · ss Hotter Blood ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket, 1991

Bad News ed. Richard Laymon (CD Publications, May 2000, 1-881475-95-6, $100.00, 340pp, hc, oa)
Slipcased Limited Edition of 500 signed copies.

· Introduction · Richard Laymon · in

· On Wings That So Darkly Beat… · Simon Clark · ss

· The Best · Jack Ketchum · ss

· Girl Under Glass · Lucy Taylor · ss

· Gethsemane (Reprise) [Brackard’s Point] · Geoff Cooper · ss

· Nightmare Transcript · Rick Hautala · ss

· Welcome Aboard · Gary Brandner · ss

· Lamia · Edo van Belkom · ss

· Lila Came a Walkin’ · Rain Graves · ss

· Tree Hugger · Bentley Little · ss

· On the Run · Ed Gorman · nv The Conspiracy Files ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Scott H. Urban, DAW, 1998, as by Daniel Ransom

· The Whole Head Is Sick, the Whole Heart Faint · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· Ghoul · Roman A. Ranieri · ss

· The Mayor of Asshole Valley · Bill Pronzini · ss

· Seeing You Again · Edward Lee & John Pelan · ss

· The Death Scene · Nancy Holder · ss

· The Interview · Richard Chizmar · ss

· Performance · F. Paul Wilson · ss

· Double Date · Richard Laymon · ss

The Nine Muses ed. Deborah Layne & Forrest Aguirre--- see under Forrest Aguirre.

Polyphony, Volume 1 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake (Wheatland Press, September 2002, 0-9720547-0-7, $16.95, 216pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 12 slipstream stories, one a reprint, the first in a planned biannual series. Authors include Lucius Shepard, Carol Emshwiller, and Maureen McHugh.

ix · Foreword · Deborah Layne & Jay Lake · fw

1 · The Holy Bright Number [Charlie Poole] · Andy Duncan · ss

13 · How Lonesome Heartbreak Changed His Life · Lucius Shepard · nv

43 · Blind Date with the Invisible Man · Leslie What · ss

61 · Love Story · Ray Vukcevich · ss

69 · Anthropology · Victoria Elisabeth Garcia · ss

87 · The Heroic Death of Lieutenant Michkov · Carrie Vaughn · ss

103 · The Doctor · Carol Emshwiller · ss

113 · The Sea Monkey Conspiracy · Douglas Lain · nv

135 · The Room on the Roof · Vandana Singh · nv

157 · Do Good · James Van Pelt · ss

177 · Laika Comes Back Safe · Maureen McHugh · ss

195 · The Main Design That Shines Through Sky and Earth · Bruce Holland Rogers · nv

Polyphony, Volume 2 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake (Wheatland Press, April 2003, 0-9720547-1-5, $16.95, 297pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 16 slipstream stories. Authors include Lucius Shepard, Jack Dann, Lisa Goldstein, and Michael Bishop.

1 · The Same Old Story · Lucius Shepard · nv

37 · The Hanging · Jack Dann · ss

53 · Professor Berkowitz Stands on the Threshold · Theodora Goss · ss

71 · Animal Attributes · Honna Swenson · nv

95 · The Uterus Garden · Alex Irvine · nv

117 · Coo People · Carol Emshwiller · ss

135 · Chrysalide · Beth Bernobich · ss

151 · The Arts of Malediction · Lisa Goldstein · ss

167 · Into the Jungle · Kit Reed · ss

183 · Theo’s Girl · David Moles · nv

205 · Andalusian Triptych, 1962 · Michael Bishop · ss

221 · Dead White Guys · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss

237 · Burning in the Montage · Timalyne Frazier · ss

247 · Carlos Manson Lives [Julie Banks] · Sally Carteret · ss

261 · Dreaming for Hire, By Appointment Only · Dianna Rodgers · nv

285 · Last Man on Earth · Brendan Day · ss

Polyphony, Volume 3 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake (Wheatland Press, October 2003, 0-9720547-3-1, $16.95, 386pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 21 slipstream stories. Authors include Jack Dann, Michael Bishop, Kit Reed, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman.

1 · Don Ysidro · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss

7 · Rings Around the Moon · Jack Dann · na

61 · The Road Leads Back · Michael Bishop · ss

81 · The Snow Queen’s Rick Assessment · Chris Clarke · ss

85 · Doc Hawthorne’s Beautiful Daughter · Don Webb · ss

99 · A Short History of the Roosterville Poetry Massacre · Jesse Walker · ss

119 · The Mystery of Our Baraboo Lands · Barth Anderson · ss

133 · No Two Alike · Kit Reed · ss

151 · Heart of Glass · Lori Ann White · ss

163 · The Men’s Support Group · Barry Malzberg · ss

179 · Handsome, Winsome Johnny [Julie Banks] · Sally Carteret · nv

215 · The Wife · Vandana Singh · ss

229 · Wild Talents · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv

257 · The Krebs Cycle as Interpretive Dance · Kathy Oltion · ss

263 · Wounds · Celia Marsh · ss

275 · Restoration · Heather Shaw · ss

287 · Valley of the Falling Clouds · Robert Freeman Wexler · ss

307 · A Grand Unifield Theory of Mind · Leon J. West · nv

339 · Our Byzantium · Alan DeNiro · ss

355 · Coffins on the River · Jeffrey Ford · nv

381 · Morning Meditation · Ray Vukcevich · ss

Polyphony, Volume 4 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake (Wheatland Press, September 2004, 0-9720547-6-6, $17.95, vii+412pp, tp, oa, cover by Jay Lake)
Original anthology of 24 slipstream stories. Authors include Lucius Shepard, Michael Bishop, Tim Pratt, and Jeff VanderMeer.

· The Girl with the Sun in Her Head · Jeremy Tolbert · ss

· Down in the Fog-Shrouded City · Alex Irvine · nv Wormhole Books, 2002

· Black Dog at Work · Steve Mohan · ss

· Blackpool Ascensions · Lucius Shepard · ss

· The Mud Fork Cottonmouth Expedition · Eric Witchey · ss

· When They Came · Don Webb · ss

· Over Alsace · Forrest Aguirre · ss

· State Change · Ken Liu · nv

· High Rise High · Kit Reed · nv

· The Storyteller’s Story · Gavin Grant · ss

· Memree · Jenn Reese · ss

· The Eye · Eliot Fintushel · ss

· The Train There’s No Getting Off · Bruce Holland Rogers, Ray Vukcevich & Holly Arrow · ss

· Baby Love · Michael Bishop · ss

· Psyche and Eros · Diana Sherman · ss

· Hart and Boot · Tim Pratt · ss

· Life in the Movies · Mikal Trimm · ss

· Bagging the Peak · Jerry Oltion · ss

· The Journal of Philip Schuyler · Robert Wexler · ss

· Ataxia, the Wooden Continent · Stepan Chapman · ss

· Tales from the City of Seams · Greg van Eekhout · ss

· The Wings of Meister Wilhelm · Theodora Goss · ss

· Crazy Rain · Piper Selden · ss

· Three Days in a Border Town · Jeff VanderMeer · nv

Polyphony, Volume 5 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake (Wheatland Press, October 2005, 0-9755903-5-9, $18.95, 418pp, tp, oa, cover by Alexander Lamb)
Original anthology of 31 slipstream stories. Authors include Jeff VanderMeer, Nick Mamatas, and Leslie What.

· Single White Farmhouse · Heather Shaw · ss

· The Beauty of the World Has Two Edges · Iain Rowan · ss

· Story Stories: A Suite of Seven Narratives · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss

· Gillian Underground · Michael Jasper, Tim Pratt & Greg van Eekhout · ss

· Habe Ich Meinen Eigenen Tod Geseh’n · Paul O. Miles · ss

· After the Sky Fell · Rob Vagle · ss

· Redundant Sue and the Billy Goat Blue · Blake Hutchins · ss

· The Happy Jumping Woman · Robin Catesby · ss

· The Farmer’s Cat · Jeff VanderMeer · ss

· Dusty Wings · Nancy Jane Moore · ss

· Femina Obscura · Joy Marchand · ss

· The Green Wall · Robert Freeman Wexler · ss

· Among the Ruins · Forrest Aguirre · ss

· The Bone Ship · Scott Thomas · ss

· Crystal Vision · Eric Schaller · ss

· Nine Electric Flowers [Julie Banks] · Sally Carteret · nv

· To-Do List · Nick Mamatas · ss

· The Woman in the Numbers · M. K. Hobson · ss

· The Tongue · Brendan Connell · ss

· The Hottest Night of the Summer · Richard Wadholm · ss

· Dog on a Loose Chain · Sarah Totton · ss

· Dwelling · John Aegard · ss

· Vaudeville’s Puppet · Aynjel Kaye · ss

· How Eddie Changed the World · Bob Urell · ss

· The Woman Who Spoke in Parables · Brian Richard Wade · ss

· Tongues · Ray Vukcevich · ss

· Death Comes for Ervina · Theodora Goss · ss

· Ithrulene · Alexander Lamb · ss

· Fugue · Jay Caselberg · ss

· Nature Mort · Leslie What · ss

· A Love for All Time · D. G. K. Goldberg · ss

Polyphony 6 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake (Wheatland Press, November 2006, 0-9755903-4-0, $18.95, 347pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 25 slipstream stories. Authors include Robert Reed, Esther Friesner, and Tim Pratt.

· Keys I Don’t Remember · Forrest Aguirre · ss

· Winter in Aso · Paul Berger · ss

· For the Sky Is Made of Glass · Hannah Wolf Bowen · ss

· The Heresy Box · Darin Bradley · ss

· …And I Ask Myself the Same Question · Haddayr Copley-Woods · ss

· An Autumn Butterfly · Esther Friesner · ss

· Fire Rising in the Moon · Laura Anne Gilman · ss

· God Juice · M. K. Hobson · ss

· Wanderers · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss

· Faulkner’s Seesaw · Barry Malzberg & Jack Dann · ss

· The Uncanny Valley · Nick Mamatas · ss

· thleeharveyoswaldband · Ben Peck · ss

· The Crawlspace of the World · Tim Pratt · ss

· Willa · Robert Reed · ss

· Missy Victoria · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss

· Chasing America · Josh Rountree · ss

· Dark Corners · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss

· The Drowned Father · Pamela Sargent · ss

· Soon We Shall All Be Saunders · Ken Scholes · ss

· Manifest Destiny · David Schwartz · ss

· The Syncopation Streak · Anna Tambour · ss

· The Last Drinkin’ Man’s Blues · Mikal Trimm · ss

· Crab · Steven Utley & Howard Waldrop · ss

· The Library of Pi · Ray Vukcevich · ss

· Orange Groves Out to the Horizon · Richard Wadholm · ss

· Schuyler Journal #2 · Robert Freeman Wexler · ss

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