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Snakelust by Kenji Nakagami; translated by Andrew Rankin (Kodansha International, January 1999, 4-7700-2354-5, $23.00, 147pp, hc, co)     Collection of seven stories, several with ghosts, demons and visions. 9 · The Mountain Ascetic · Kenji Nakagami; translated by Andrew Rankin · ss translated from the Japanese (“Shugen”, 1974). 23 · The Wind and the Light · Kenji Nakagami; translated by Andrew Rankin · ss translated from the Japanese (“Somoku”, 1975). 41 · Snakelust · Kenji Nakagami; translated by Andrew Rankin · nv translated from the Japanese (“Jain”, 1975). 71 · Makeup · Kenji Nakagami; translated by Andrew Rankin · ss translated from the Japanese (“Kessho”, 1976). 85 · Crimson Waterfall · Kenji Nakagami; translated by Andrew Rankin · ss translated from the Japanese (“Kurenai no taki”, 1977). 99 · A Tale of a Demon · Kenji Nakagami; translated by Andrew Rankin · nv translated from the Japanese (“Oni no hanashi”, 1981). 121 · Gravity’s Capital · Kenji Nakagami; translated by Andrew Rankin · nv translated from the Japanese (“Juryoku no miyako”, 1981).

The Kindling Spark by John Dickson Carr ed. Dan Napolitano--- see under John Dickson Carr.

Raúl and Rita in It’s a Wonderful Wife! by Richie Narvaez (Crippen & Landru, January 2024, free, ph, ss)     Original short story published as a gift for friends of Crippen & Landru.

Lucky Dip and Other Stories by Liza Nassim--- see under Liza Cody.

Mr. Bo by Liza Nassim--- see under Liza Cody.

White Knights & Giggling Bimbos by Liza Nassim--- see under Liza Cody.

1st Culprit ed. Liza Nassim & Michael Z. Lewin--- see under Liza Cody.

2nd Culprit ed. Liza Nassim & Michael Z. Lewin--- see under Liza Cody.

3rd Culprit ed. Liza Nassim, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey--- see under Liza Cody.

Midian Unmade: Tales of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed ed. Joseph Nassise & Del Howison--- see under Del Howison.

Urban Allies: Ten Brand-New Collaborative Stories ed. Joseph Nassise (Harper Voyager US, July 26, 2016, 978-0-06-239134-6, $16.99, 410pp, tp, oa, cover by Owen Corrigan & Maciej Toporowicz)     Urban fantasy anthology of ten collaborative stories by authors collaborating to combine their series; team-ups include Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire & Kelley Armstrong, and Larry Correia & Jonathan Maberry. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Ladies Fight · Caitlin Kittredge & Jaye Wells · nv 39 · Tailed [Otherworld] · Seanan McGuire & Kelley Armstrong · nv 75 · Sweet, Blissful Certainty · Steven Savile & Craig Schaefer · nv 113 · Pig Roast · Joseph Nassise & Sam Witt · nv 151 · Takes All Kinds · Diana Rowland & Carrie Vaughn · nv 191 · The Lessons of Room 19 · Weston Ochse & David Wellington · nv 237 · Blood for Blood · Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden · nv 269 · Spite House · C. E. Murphy & Kat Richardson · nv 305 · Crossed Wires · Jeff Somers & Stephen Blackmoore · nv 359 · Weaponized Hell [Joe Ledger] · Larry Correia & Jonathan Maberry · nv

Urban Enemies ed. Joseph Nassise (Gallery Books, August 1, 2017, 978-1-5011-5508-6, $16.00, 440pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of 17 urban fantasy stories set in their respective authors’ universes. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Even Hand [Harry Dresden] · Jim Butcher · nv Dark and Stormy Knights ed. P. N. Elrod, St. Martin's Griffin, 2010 34 · Hounded [Cainsville] · Kelley Armstrong · ss 48 · Nigsu Ga Tesgu [The Ustari Cycle] · Jeff Somers · nv 69 · Sixty-Six Seconds · Craig Schaefer · nv 92 · Kiss [Jill Kismet] · Lilith Saintcrow · nv 116 · The Naughtiest Cherub [The Iron Druid Chronicles] · Kevin Hearne · ss 132 · The Resurrectionist [Hellhound Chronicles] · Caitlin Kittredge · nv 156 · Down Where the Darkness Dwells [Templar Chronicles] · Joseph Nassise · nv 181 · Bellum Romanum [Kitty the werewolf] · Carrie Vaughn · nv 203 · Altar Boy [Joe Ledger] · Jonathan Maberry · nv 231 · Make It Snappy [Jane Yellowrock] · Faith Hunter · nv 256 · Chase the Fire [Lawson Vampire] · Jon F. Merz · nv 285 · Unexpected Choices [Horngate Witches] · Diana Pharaoh Francis · nv 322 · Reel Life [Glass Town] · Steven Savile · nv 357 · The Difference Between Deceit and Delusion [Black Magic Outlaw] · Domino Finn · nv 385 · Balance [InCryptid] · Seanan McGuire · nv 409 · Everywhere [Pitchfork County] · Sam Witt · nv

Finale ed. Michael Nava (Alyson, October 1989, 1-55583-161-3, $8.95, 287pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of gay/lesbian mystery and suspense stories. 7 · Introduction · Michael Nava · in 11 · Death Writes a Story · Richard Hall · nv 38 · Jessie [Kate Delafield] · Katherine V. Forrest · nv Dreams and Swords by Katherine V. Forrest, Naiad, 1987 75 · Death and the Tattoo · Phil Andros · nv 108 · Terminal Anniversary · Ivy Burrowes · ss 125 · Reunion · Gerald Lebonati · nv 160 · Skip · Alan Irwin · nv 193 · Street People · Michael Nava · na 242 · All About Steve · Vincent Lardo · na 286 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Willow Files, Vol. 1 by Yvonne Navarro (Pocket Pulse, December 1999, 0-671-03918-0, $4.99, 194pp, pb, oc) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer]     Young-adult collection/novelization of three episodes of the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. 3 · Daily Journal Entry [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] · Yvonne Navarro · lk 9 · File: I Robot, You Jane [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] · Yvonne Navarro · sa adapted from the teleplay by Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden. 74 · Daily Journal Entry [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] · Yvonne Navarro · lk 79 · File: Phases [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] · Yvonne Navarro · sa adapted from the teleplay by Rob DesHotel & Dean Batali. 135 · Daily Journal Entry [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] · Yvonne Navarro · lk 139 · File: Dead Man’s Party [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] · Yvonne Navarro · sa adapted from the teleplay by Marti Noxon. 193 · Daily Journal Entry [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] · Yvonne Navarro · lk

Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Willow Files, Vol. 2 by Yvonne Navarro (Pocket Pulse, February 2001, 0-7434-0043-7, $5.99, 208pp, pb, oc) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer]     Collection/novelization of three episodes from the TV show. This includes eight unpaginated pages of color stills. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. 9 · Gingerbread [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] · Yvonne Navarro · sa adapted from the teleplay by Jane Espenson, from a story by Thania St. John & Jane Espenson. 89 · Doppelgänger [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] · Yvonne Navarro · sa adapted from the teleplay by Joss Whedon. 153 · Choices [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] · Yvonne Navarro · sa adapted from the teleplay by David Fury.

Neighboring Lives by Charles Naylor & Thomas M. Disch--- see under Thomas M. Disch.

New Constellations ed. Charles Naylor & Thomas M. Disch--- see under Thomas M. Disch.

Strangeness ed. Charles Naylor & Thomas M. Disch--- see under Thomas M. Disch.

Primordial Soup by Doug Naylor & Rob Grant--- see under Grant Naylor.

Children of the Night ed. Gloria Naylor (Little, Brown, 1995, 0-316-59926-3, $24.95, 572pp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. xiii · Children of the Night · Gloria Naylor · in 5 · The Tale of Gorgik [Nevèrÿon] · Samuel Delany · na Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Summer 1979 58 · Meditations on History · Sherley Anne Williams · nv 1980 100 · Damballah · John Edgar Wideman · ss Damballah by John Edgar Wideman, Avon, 1981 109 · Louisiana: 1850 [Gilda] · Jewelle Gomez · nv The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez, Firebrand Books, 1991 152 · Remember Him a Outlaw · Alexis DeVeaux · ss (r) 163 · Mother · Andrea Lee · ss 1984 172 · Long Distances · Jewell Parker Rhodes · ss Peregrine Magazine Summer 1989 180 · After Dreaming of President Johnson · Howard Gordon · ss 1992 189 · Neighbors · Diane Oliver · ss The Sewanee Review Spring 1966 205 · The Witness · Ann Petry · ss Redbook February 1971 223 · Steady Going up · Maya Angelou · ss 1972 232 · The Lesson · Toni Cade Bambara · ss Redbook January 1973 240 · Kiswana Browne · Gloria Naylor · ex from The Women of Brewster Place, Viking, 1982 255 · Second-Hand Man · Rita Dove · ss (r) 262 · Crusader Rabbit · Jess Mowry · ss Zyzzyva v6 #4, 1990 269 · Silences · Helen Elaine Lee · ss Callaloo v13 #2, 1990 280 · Proper Library · Carolyn Ferrell · ss Ploughshares Spring 1993 296 · The Diary of an African Nun · Alice Walker · ss 1968 300 · In a House of Wooden Monkeys · Shay Youngblood · ss 1989 304 · Young Reverend Zelma Lee Moses · Joyce Carol Thomas · ss A Gathering of Flowers by Joyce Carol Thomas, HarperCollins, 1990 324 · Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone · James Baldwin · nv McCall’s February 1967 352 · By the Way of Morning Fire · Michael Weaver · ss Southern Exposure January/February 1983 360 · China · Charles Johnson · nv MSS 1983 381 · Blackness · Jamaica Kincaid · ss 1983 385 · Lost in the City · Edward P. Jones · ss 1992 394 · Run, Mourner, Run [Tims Creek] · Randall Kenan · nv Let the Dead Bury Their Dead by Randall Kenan, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992 414 · Blues for Little Prez · Sam Greenlee · ss 1993 423 · Ma’Dear · Terry McMillan · ss Breaking the Ice ed. Terry McMillan, Penguin, 1990 434 · Transaction · Kelvin Christopher James · ss 1990 445 · A Loaf of Bread · James Alan McPherson · ss (r) 464 · Backwacking, a Plea to the Senator · Ralph Ellison · ss Massachusetts Review #18, 1977 471 · The Woman Who Would Eat Flowers · Colleen McElroy · nv 1990 502 · —And Love Them? · Thomas Glave · nv 1993 523 · An Area in the Cerebral Hemisphere · Clarence Major · ss 1975 529 · Oh She Gotta Head Fulla Hair · Ntozake Shange · vi 1978 532 · That Place · Carolivia Herron · nv Callaloo v10 #3, 1987 562 · New York Day Women · Edwidge Danticat · ss Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat, Soho Press, 1995

Primordial Soup by Grant Naylor (Penguin, March 25, 1993, 0-14-017886-4, £4.99, 151pp, tp, oc)     Collection of six scripts from the Red Dwarf TV series. v · Introduction · Grant Naylor · in 1 · Polymorph · Grant Naylor · pl 24 · Marooned · Grant Naylor · pl 45 · Dimension Jump · Grant Naylor · pl 71 · Justice · Grant Naylor · pl 93 · Back to Reality · Grant Naylor · pl 121 · Psirens · Grant Naylor · pl

After the Sundial by Vera Nazarian (Norilana Books, August 2010, 978-1-60762-077-8, $9.95, 217pp, tp, co, cover by Vera Nazarian)     Collection of eight stories (one original) and two poems (one original), focusing on SF and a theme of time. 9 · Introduction · Vera Nazarian · in 15 · What Is Time? · Vera Nazarian · pm American Poetry Anthology Fall/Winter 1982 17 · The Ballad of Universal Jack · Vera Nazarian · ss New Writings in the Fantastic ed. John Grant, Pendragon Press UK, 2007 27 · A Time to Crawl · Vera Nazarian · ss Bookface.com July 2000 45 · Faces at the End of Time · Vera Nazarian · ss Beyond the Last Star ed. Sherwood Smith, SFF Net, 2002 53 · Port Custodial Blues · Vera Nazarian · ss Helix #2, Fall 2006 69 · The Ice · Vera Nazarian · ss Colonies Science Fiction Magazine #3, 2000, as “Ice Cool” 87 · Mount Dragon · Vera Nazarian · ss Talebones #14, Winter 1999 92 · Salmon in the Drain Pipe · Vera Nazarian · vi 95 · Scent of the Stars · Vera Nazarian · pm 97 · The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass · Vera Nazarian · n. PS Publishing, 2005

(Re)Living Mythology ed. Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, H. D. Hunter, Shingai Njeri Kagunda & L. P. Kindred--- see under H. D. Hunter.

The Fiends in the Furrows: An Anthology of Folk Horror ed. David T. Neal & Christine M. Scott (Nosetouch Press, September 20, 2018, 978-1-944286-13-2, $13.99, 217pp, tp, oa, cover by Christine M. Scott)     Details taken from online listing. 11 · Introduction · David T. Neal · in 15 · Sire of the Hatchet · Coy Hall · nv 39 · Back Along the Old Track · Sam Hicks · ss 59 · The Fruit · Lindsay King-Miller · ss 79 · The Jaws of Ouroboros · Steve Toase · ss 97 · The First Order of Whaleyville’s Divine Basilisk Handlers · Eric J. Guignard · nv 123 · Pumpkin, Dear · Romey Petite · nv 147 · The Way of the Mother · Stephanie Ellis · ss 165 · Leave the Night · Zachary Von Houser · nv 195 · Revival · S. T. Gibson · ss

Detective Stories for Boys ed. Arthur Neale (Clode, 1930, 311pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Clode 1929 as Master Detective Stories) mystery anthology.

The Great Weird Stories ed. Arthur Neale (Duffield, 1929, $2.00, 409pp, hc, an)     Adapted for UK by Marjorie Bowen as Great Tales of Horror. 3 · The Great Keinplatz Experiment · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Belgravia July 1885 26 · In Letters of Fire · Gaston Leroux · ss The Strand Magazine June 1908 translated from the French (“L’homme qui a vu le diable”). 53 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 68 · The Two Sisters of Cologne · [uncredited] · nv (r) 108 · Almodoro’s Cupid · William Waldorf Astor · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1897 130 · The Ghost’s Double · L. F. Austin · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1897 136 · In the Valley of the Sorceress · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #21, January 1916 158 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1) 176 · The Man Who Lived Backwards · Allen Upward · ss The Strand Magazine May 1905 189 · The Ghost of a Head · [uncredited] · ss Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal September 25 1852 206 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 220 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 240 · The Legend of Dunblane · [uncredited] · nv (r) 274 · The Shining Pyramid [Mr. Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Unknown World May 15 1895 (+1) 305 · A Night in an Old Castle · G. P. R. James · ss Eva St Clair & Other Collected Tales by G. P. R. James, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1843 331 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. 348 · The Power of Darkness · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine April 1905 369 · The Warder of the Door [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine July 1897 392 · The Doppelgänger · [uncredited] · ss (r)