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Blackie’s Boys’ Annual (Blackie & Son, 193?, hc, oa)     Cover description: Fence vaulting Details supplied by Aileth Elgin. · Strange Birds in the Sky · B. Butler · fp 9 · Paid · J. G. Fyfe · ss; illustrated by R. Wenban 18 · Bob’s Transmitter · Percy F. Westerman · ss; illustrated by W. E. Wigfull 30 · A Model Scenic Electric Railway · “Glenalmond” · ar 32 · A View of Seaside, Showing the Model Terminus Station · [uncredited] · pt 35 · Monkey Tricks · Richard Bird · ss; illustrated by H. M. Brock 44 · The Vanished Herd · E. L. Chicanot · ss; illustrated by D. C. Eyles 52 · Woodcraft in Africa · Wilfrid Robertson · ar 56 · Opal-Seeking and Gold-Getting · Robert M. Macdonald · ar; illustrated by Ellis Silas 60 · The Rancher’s Tale · G. Prescott · ss; illustrated by Stanley Rogers 71 · When He Was Down · W. R. Henderson · ss; illustrated by Thos. Henry 77 · Late Again · Jeffrey Havilton · ss; illustrated by D. L. Mays 87 · The Man Without a Face · Hugh D.-M. M’Cutcheon · ss; illustrated by Reginald Cleaver 91 · The Escape · George Surrey · ss; illustrated by John De Walton 101 · The Guide · W. Kersley Holmes · ss; illustrated by Reginald Cleaver 108 · The Secret of the Warren · Edward Leslie · ss; illustrated by Ernest Prater 117 · The Tables Turned—Twice · J. Paterson Milne · ss; illustrated by Savile Lumley 123 · Budjart, the Woman-Killer · A. W. Strachan · ss; illustrated by Allan Carter 134 · Spurs · Jim Pennant · ss; illustrated by D. L. Mays 140 · The Feud at Starvation City · George Gaston Vincent · ss; illustrated by C. P. Shilton 145 · Bullion · J. D. Westwood · ss; illustrated by R. Wenban 154 · Butterfingers · Brian M. Bulman · ss; illustrated by Reginald Cleaver 163 · Joe of the “Pigeons” · Wallace E. Arter · ss; illustrated by E. R. Grover 169 · A Somali Hero · George Surrey · ar; illustrated by Philip Simmonds 172 · The Slave Caravan · Gordon Trenery · ss; illustrated by Reginald Cleaver 179 · Prentona for Orders · A. H. Hewitt · ss; illustrated by D. L. Mays 185 · Musha the Shinter · D. H. Low · ss; illustrated by Reginald Cleaver 191 · Sheeba · Keith Orme · ss; illustrated by Peter Lang 197 · Bowling · H. C. W. Westwood · ar 201 · Tricks of the Trade · D. Wilson MacArthur · ss; illustrated by W. E. Wigfull 209 · The Break in the Air · Colin Milne · ss; illustrated by Savile Lumley 217 · Fishing · A. W. Strachan · ar 220 · A Good Turn · Captain Herbert Meredith · ss; illustrated by Radcliffe Wilson 228 · “Nelson” · L. B. Griffiths · ss 230 · The Killer · A. W. Seymour · ss; illustrated by H. M. Brock 238 · Tumbling · Bertram S. Ash · ar 240 · Tumbling Exercises · [uncredited] · pt 242 · Sherlock and the “Shag” · F. S. Blomfield · ss; illustrated by Fred Bennett 250 · The Last Laugh · O. Robert · ss; illustrated by Leonard Potts 259 · The Sporting Platoon · Major J. T. Gorman · ss; illustrated by Ernest Prater 268 · The Footprints of Death · Robert M. Macdonald · ss; illustrated by Ellis Silas 271 · The Rabbit · Stanley Austin · ss; illustrated by John De Walton

Blackmail: Mystery Stories by Master Writers (The Mitre Press, 194?, 9d, 32pp, pb, an) 1 · Blackmail · Ray Carr · ss (r) 5 · Panic · Michael Hervey · vi (r) 7 · Talk of Murder · Douglas Newton · ss (r) 12 · Plan of Murder · Michael Hervey · vi Ghost Voice by Michael Hervey, Hampton Press, 1946, as “Plan to Murder” 14 · Too Simple for Suspicion · Douglas Newton · ss (r) 18 · Exit “Snake” Carney · Edmund Snell · ss (r) 23 · Partners in Crime · Michael Hervey · ss (r) 28 · Second Bite · Sidney Denham · ss (r)

Blades of the Traitor (Black Library, May 2015, 978-1-84970-967-5, £15.00, 137pp, hc, oa, cover by Neil Roberts) [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy]     Details taken from online listing. 11 · Daemonology [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Chris Wraight · nv 35 · Black Oculus [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · John French · ss 41 · Twisted [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Guy Haley · nv 79 · Chirurgeon [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Nick Kyme · nv 99 · Wolf Mother [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Graham McNeill · nv

The Blind Geometer/The New Atlantis (Tor, October 1989, 0-812-50010-5, $3.50, 87+42pp, pb, an)     Anthology of three stories. This Tor double is actually a Tor triple, including Robinson’s novelette “The Return from Rainbow Bridge”, which is 51 pages long. In addition to the 1987 and 1975 dates on the copyright page, Tor has included 1989 dates representing first paperback publication for the Robinson and first solo publication for the Le Guin. 3 · The Blind Geometer · Kim Stanley Robinson · na Cheap Street, December 22 1986 91 · The Return from Rainbow Bridge · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1987 1 · The New Atlantis · Ursula K. Le Guin · na The New Atlantis ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorne, 1975

Blood Red Kiss (Pocket, October 2016, 978-1-5011-4258-1, $7.99, 532pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of three paranormal romance novellas, one a reprint by Kresley Cole, the other two by Larissa Ione and Gena Showalter. Details taken from online listing. · The Warlord Wants Forever [Immortals After Dark] · Kresley Cole · na Playing Easy to Get, Pocket, 2006 · Forsaken by Night [MoonBound Clan Vampires] · Larissa Ione · na · Dark Swan [Alien Huntress] · Gena Showalter · na

Blood Rights/Flame Thrower (Roadkill Press, October 1991, no ISBN, $5.00, 30pp, quarto, oa, cover by Edward Bryant & Angela Barsotti)     Back-to-back anthology of two horror short stories, with illustrations by Edward Bryant and Angela Barsotti. This is a signed limited edition of 300 copies. · Blood Rights · Ann K. Schwader · ss · Flame Thrower · Lucy Taylor · ss

Blood Splattered & Politically Incorrect (Cemetery Dance Publications, December 2010, $15.00, 36pp, ph, oa) · Sick Puppy · Del James · ss · A Revolution of One · Brian Keene · ss · Real Gun Control Is Hitting What You Aim At · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss · Testify · Lee Thomas · ss

Blossoms (Signet, April 1995, 0-451-18249-9, $4.99, 346pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · The Forbidden Daffodils · Mary Balogh · na 70 · A Golden Crocus · Patricia Rice · na 130 · Hyacinths for Victoria · Patricia Oliver · na 213 · The Apple Blossom Bower · Margaret Evans Porter · na 284 · Violets Are Blue · Karen Harper · na

The Blue Ribbon Brides Collection (Barbour, 2016, 978-1-63409-861-8, $14.99, 445pp, tp, oa)     Theme anthology set at state fairs.. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Requited with Love · Carrie Fancett Pagels · na 57 · Seven Medals and a Bride · Angela Breidenbach · nv 101 · A Taste of Honey · Darlene Franklin · nv 145 · Altered Hearts · Gina Welborn · na 199 · Better with Butter · Jennifer AlLee · nv 245 · Driven to Distraction · Becca Whitham · na 295 · First Comes Pie · Niki Turner · na 353 · Front Paige Love · Amber Stockton · nv 399 · Competing Hearts · Cynthia Hickey · na

Bolos 3: The Triumphant (Baen, September 1995, 0-671-87683-X, $5.99, 389pp, pb, oa, cover by Paul Alexander) [Bolo]     Anthology of four stories, third in a series featuring the sentient tanks created by Keith Laumer. Stories are by Linda Evans (alone and with Robert R. Hollingsworth) and David Weber. 1 · The Farmer’s Wife [Bolo] · Linda Evans · nv 43 · Little Red Hen [Bolo] · Linda Evans & Robert R. Hollingsworth · na 121 · Little Dog Gone [Bolo] · Linda Evans · na 189 · Miles to Go [Bolo] · David Weber · na 355 · Technical Notes [Bolo] · David Weber · lk

Bone Gnawers and Stargazers (White Wolf, February 2002, 1-56504-886-5, $6.50, 286pp, pb, om, cover by Steve Prescott) [World of Darkness: Tribe]     Omnibus of two novelizations in the “Tribe” series, based on the role-playing games: Bone Gnawers by Bill Bridges & Justin Achilli, and Stargazers by Bill Bridges. Copyrighted by White Wolf. · Bone Gnawers [World of Darkness: Tribe] · Bill Bridges & Justin Achilli · na · Stargazers [World of Darkness: Tribe] · Bill Bridges · na

The Bone Yard (Berkley, May 1991, 0-425-12726-5, $4.95, 329pp, pb, oa)     Reissue (Dark Harvest 1988 as Night Visions VI) original horror anthology of three stories by F. Paul Wilson and novellas by Sheri S. Tepper and Ray Garton, with an introduction by Dean R. Koontz.

Bone-Chilling Tales of Fright (Lowell House Juvenile, 1994, 1-56565-167-7, $4.95, 119pp, pb, oa) 1 · Nature’s Way · Q. L. Pearce · ss 13 · Post-Mortem · Don Wulffson · ss 23 · The Poltergeist · Sandra K. Bailey · ss 39 · The Quarterback’s Revenge · Catherine Gourley · ss 53 · Beat Bart · Robert C. Welch · ss 69 · What Goes Around Comes Around · Anne Bancroft Fowler · ss 81 · The Witch · Sandra K. Bailey · ss 93 · Hyde and Seek · Robert C. Welch · ss 105 · Dream Catcher · Anne Bancroft Fowler · ss

The Book of Irish Weirdness (Sterling, September 1997, 0-8069-9936-5, $12.95, 484pp, tp, an, cover by Philippe Lechien)     Reprint (Quality Paperback Book Club 1995) anthology of 35 stories, some traditional, the majority by noted authors including Bram Stoker, Francis Marion Crawford, Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, and Oscar Wilde. 1 · Hertford O’Donnell’s Warning · Charlotte Riddell · ss London Society Christmas 1867 29 · Teig O’Kane and the Corpse · translated by Douglas Hyde · ss Legends of Saints and Sinners ed. Douglas Hyde, Talbot Press, 1915 47 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 71 · About the Fairies · D. R. McAnally, Jr. · ss (r) 85 · Far Darrig in Donegal · Letitia McClintock · ss from “Folk-lore of the County Donegal: Fairy Tales”, Dublin University Magazine February 1877 89 · The Brown Man · Gerald Griffin · ss Holland-Tide by Gerald Griffin, 1827 95 · Satan as Sculptor · D. R. McAnally, Jr. · ss (r) 111 · Donald and His Neighbors · [unknown author] · ss (r) 119 · The Eyes of the Dead · Daniel Corkery · ss Columbia May 1927 133 · Darby O’Gill and the Leprechaun [Darby O’Gill] · Herminie Kavanagh · ss McClure’s Magazine December 1902, as by Herminie Templeton 153 · Daniel Crowley and the Ghosts · [unknown author] · ss (r) 161 · The Defeat of the Widows · D. R. McAnally, Jr. · ss (r) 183 · From the Crock of Gold · James Stephens · ss (r) 195 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 231 · The Haunted Cellar · Thomas Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1825, uncredited. 239 · The Henpecked Giant · D. R. McAnally, Jr. · ss (r) 253 · John Reardon and the Sister Ghosts · [unknown author] · ss (r) 259 · The Leprechawn · D. R. McAnally, Jr. · ss (r) 271 · The Dead Smile · F. Marion Crawford · nv Ainslee’s Magazine August 1899 297 · The Dead Smile · Jeremiah Curtin · ss (r) 307 · Master and Man · Thomas Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1825, uncredited. 315 · The Ghosts and the Game of Football · Patrick Kennedy · ss Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts by Patrick Kennedy, 1866 319 · How the Lakes Were Made · D. R. McAnally, Jr. · ss (r) 333 · The Specter Lovers · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, uncredited. 349 · The Crucifixion of the Outcast · W. B. Yeats · ss The National Observer March 24 1894 359 · The Witch Hare · [uncredited] · ss Dublin University Magazine 1839 371 · Wicked Captain Walshawe of Wauling · Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine April 1864, uncredited. 385 · The Taming of the Pooka · D. R. McAnally, Jr. · ss (r) 399 · The Gollan · A. E. Coppard · ss Gollan by A. E. Coppard, self-published, 1929 409 · A Play-House in the Waste · George Moore · ss Untilled Field by George Moore, Lippincott, 1903 423 · The Legend of Knockgrafton · Thomas Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1825, uncredited. 431 · The Three Wishes · William Carleton · nv Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, v1 by William Carleton, 1830 459 · The Sexton of Cashel · D. R. McAnally, Jr. · ss (r) 471 · Daniel O’Rourke · Thomas Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1825, uncredited. 481 · The Field of Boliauns · Joseph Jacobs · vi (r)

Book of Mini-Sagas ed. Brian Aldiss, uncredited (Alan Sutton, 1985, 0-86299-269-9, £3.95, 256pp, tp, oa, cover by Richard Sawers)     Anthology of 220 original 50-word “mini sagas” submitted to the Telegraph Sunday Magazine competition. Only selected contents listed. 7 · Introduction · Brian Aldiss · in _7 · untitled (“Ours is a century which”) · Brian Aldiss · ms _8 · Happiness and Suffering · Brian Aldiss · vi Telegraph Sunday Magazine April 25 1982 _10 · Domestic Catastrophe · Brian Aldiss · vi 15 · To Be Careful, To Be Caring · James Cawthorn · vi 17 · Care in the Community of Men and Birds · Maggie Gee · vi 21 · Will He Escape True Love? · P. J. Kavanagh · vi 56 · So Passes an Ancient and Powerful Dynasty · [uncredited] · vi 61 · The Nihilist’s Double Vision · Martin Amis · vi 65 · Another Story on the Theme of the Last Man on Earth · Brian Aldiss · vi 95 · Easter, Bloody Easter · Magnus Magnusson · vi 111 · Every Night Our Ancestors Slept in Fear of Monsters · Ian McEwan · vi 129 · The Involuntary Voyage and Tragic Emulsification of an Edwardian Country Woman · Frank Muir · vi 141 · A Happening from the Past · H.R.H. the Princess Margaret · vi 146 · Greatest Saga of All Time (Soon to Be a Multi-Million Dollar Motion Picture) Here Mini-Mised Into Fifty Words · C. C. Shackleton · vi 154 · Watson’s Fatal Blunder, or, Professor Moriarty Returns from Reichenbach but Is Outfaced by Sherlock Holmes · James Cawthorn · vi 155 · Comeuppance: A Strange Tale of Death in the Dukeries · Frank Muir · vi 157 · Crime in the City · Frederick Forsyth · vi 159 · Prometheus Revisited—or the “Atlas Switch” · Reggie Bosanquet · vi 163 · A Satisfied Customer · Joanna Lumley · vi 164 · Possessed by Love · Brian Aldiss · vi 168 · The Woodlanders: Consequences, or, an Everyday Story of Hardy Folk · Margaret Manson · vi 177 · The Eighth Night · Hammond Innes · vi 183 · You Have to Live Near the Ground · Laurie Lee · vi 209 · Two Sides to Every Story · T. K. Dawber · vi 248 · The Thing from Double-Space, or, It Bred Between the Lines · James Cawthorn · vi