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The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Volume 1, 2009-2011 (Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, November 22, 2015, 978-1-5191-5037-0, $9.99, 212pp, tp, an, cover by Justin Sweet)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Man of Moldania · Richard Marsden · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #1, 2009 13 · Leo Passimus Remembers His First Voyage · Danny Adams · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #1, 2009 15 · The Black Flowers of Sevan [Tulun of Birjand] · James Lecky · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #1, 2009 34 · Monster in the Mountains · William Gerke · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #2, 2009 51 · The Lay of Cuthred King · Joshua Hampton · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #2, 2009 58 · Shadows from Firelight [Hokagé] · R. Michael Burns · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #3, 2009 84 · The Footman · W. E. Couvillier · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #4, 2010 86 · Hero of Old · John Keller · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #4, 2010 88 · A Bit of Backstory · The Editors · ms 90 · No Two Stones · Christopher Wood · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #5, 2010 114 · What Sieglinde Serpentslayer Said to the King · Megan Arkenberg · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #5, 2010 116 · The Sea Wasp · Robert Rhodes · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #6, 2010 129 · Lord of the Brass Host · Dariel Quiogue · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #7, 2011 152 · The Last Free Bear · J. S. Bangs · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #7, 2011 159 · Lament for the Fathers · Joshua Hampton · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #7, 2011 165 · Shattering the Spear · P. Djèlí Clark · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #7, 2011 187 · The Baroness Drefelin · David Pilling · vi Bards and Sages Quarterly July 2011 191 · Gilgamesh (What the Sumerians Seem to Have Missed) · David Sklar · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #8, 2011

The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Volume 3, 2013-2015 (Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, October 27, 2019, 978-1-70218-214-0, $14.99, 295pp, tp, an, cover by Robert Zoltan)     Twenty-one works of fiction and poetry from Heroic Fantasy Quarterly issues seventeen through twenty-four. Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Sword and Sorcery Is What I Mean When I Point My (Insert Cutlery of Choice) at It · Darrell Schweitzer · in 15 · A Whisper in Ashes · Charles Gramlich · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #17, 2013 27 · Don Quixote’s Quandary · Colleen Anderson · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #17, 2013 31 · A Lonely Grave on the Hill · Cesar Alcazar · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #18, 2013 37 · Corinth · Gerald Henson · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #18, 2013 47 · The Region Linuis · Lorna Smithers · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #18, 2013 51 · The Last First Time · Colin Heintze · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #19, 2014 71 · Fortune-Teller · E. L. Schmitt · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #19, 2014 75 · The Sword · Cullen Groves · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #20, 2014 79 · Mouth of the Jaguar [Hummingbird Cycle] · Evan Dicken · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #20, 2014 97 · A Matter of Goats · Ben Fenwick · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #21, 2014 119 · The Tomb Robber’s Tale · Sean P. Robson · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #21, 2014 135 · Lady Cardula and the Gryphon · Shawn Scarber · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #21, 2014 141 · At the Sign of the Midpoint Tavern · The Editors · in 143 · Chiron · Gary Every · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #21, 2014 147 · Shadows and Foxfire [Hokagé] · R. Michael Burns · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #22, 2014 163 · With a Golden Risha · P. Djeli Clark · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #23, 2015 191 · Bronze-Ard, the Ferret Master, and Auspicious Events at Swift Creek Farm · Adrian Simmons · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #23, 2015 215 · Witch and Paladin · Reilly S. Blackwell · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #23, 2015 219 · Crazy Snake and the Ciguanaba [Crazy Snake] · Eric Atkisson · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #23, 2015 243 · The Madness of the Mansa · Cullen Groves · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #24, 2015 269 · The Reeds of Torin’s Field · Andrea G. Stewart · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #24, 2015 287 · Shamans · David Farney · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #24, 2015 291 · About the Artists · [uncredited] · bg 293 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg

The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Volume 4, 2016-2017 (Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, June 6, 2024, 979-8325013010, $16.99, 423pp, tp, an, cover by Karolína Wellartová)     Twenty-three works of fiction and poetry from Heroic Fantasy Quarterly issues 25 through 32. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Sword and Sorcery, A Deep Delve Into a Favorite Sub-Genre · Howard Andrew Jones · in 7 · White Elephants · Linda Donahue · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #25, 2015 29 · Engines Rarely Seen · N. G. Lancaster · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #25, 2015 41 · The Harrowed Hall · Cullen Groves · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #25, 2015 47 · Dragonslayer [The Sign of the Dragon] · Mary Soon Lee · pm Crowned by Mary Soon Lee, Dark Renaissance Books, 2015 53 · The Voice of the Green Flame · J. R. Restrick · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #26, 2015 69 · The Blue Lamp [Dareon Vin & Blue] · Robert Zoltan · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #26, 2015 93 · Crazy Snake and the Tribute for Pachacamac [Part 1 of 2; Crazy Snake] · Eric Atkisson · sl Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #27, 2016 119 · Crazy Snake and the Tribute for Pachacamac [Part 2 of 2; Crazy Snake] · Eric Atkisson · sl Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #28, 2016 147 · Four Against Olympus · Matt Hlinak · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #27, 2016 177 · Unvictorious · Christina Sng · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #27, 2016 181 · Brotherhood of the Book · M. R. Timson · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #28, 2016 195 · The Allfather’s Ravens · David Sklar · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #28, 2016 197 · Notes from the Mid-Point Demi-Plane · The Editors · ms 199 · Lethe’s Cup and the White Sword [Part 1 of 2] · Cullen Groves · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #29, 2016 229 · Lethe’s Cup and the White Sword [Part 2 of 2] · Cullen Groves · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #30, 2016 263 · Racing the Headsman · Andrew Knighton · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #29, 2016 281 · The Persuaders · Colleen Anderson · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #29, 2016 285 · The Man in Chains · Harry Piper · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #30, 2016 313 · The Night Before Yule · Daniel Stride · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #30, 2016 319 · Thokmay · Dennis Mombauer · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #31, 2017 333 · The Price of Mockery in Dallium · James Rowe · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #31, 2017 341 · Undercurrents · Jennifer Crow · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #31, 2017 345 · The Deaths of All We Are · Liz Colter · ss Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #32, 2017 359 · The Enemy’s True Name · Mark Silcox · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #32, 2017 379 · Hard Crossing at Luhimnov Ford · Adrian Simmons · nv Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #32, 2017 403 · Nightforest · Andrew Stockton · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #32, 2017 407 · About the Artists · [uncredited] · bg 409 · About the Founding Editors · [uncredited] · bg

The Best of Shadows ed. Pamela Lonsdale ,[?], uncredited (Carousel, 1979, 0-552-52096-9, 65p, 174pp, pb, oa)     Stories adapted from the Thames Television children’s series Shadows produced by Pamela Lonsdale. All stories illustrated by Les Matthews. 7 · The Dark Streets of Kimball’s Green · Joan Aiken · nv The Friday Miracle and Other Stories ed. Kaye Webb, Puffin, 1969 32 · The Inheritance · Josephine Poole · ss 55 · Eleven O’Clock · Ewart Alexander · nv 86 · And for My Next Trick · P. J. Hammond; adapted by Peter Eldin · ss 109 · The Rose of Puddle Fratrum · Joan Aiken · ss The World of Ballet, Collins, 1970 126 · The Eye · Ewart Alexander · nv 155 · The Man Who Hated Children · Brian Patten; adapted by Peter Eldin · ss

The Best of Thrilling Adventures (Altus Press, December 8, 2017, 978-1-61827-314-7, $29.95, 626pp, tp, an) · Introduction · Will Murray · in · Riley of the Bengal Lancers · Scott Morgan · na Thrilling Adventures June 1933 · Valley of Giants · Jackson Cole · na Thrilling Adventures July 1933 · Brother of the Tong [Larry Weston] · Scott Morgan · nv Thrilling Adventures August 1933 · Guerrilla Brand · Jackson Cole · ss Thrilling Adventures August 1933 · The Devil Fish · Capt. Kerry McRoberts · ss Thrilling Adventures September 1933 · Red Silver · Jackson Cole · na Thrilling Adventures September 1933 · The Avenger of Lo Chang [Larry Weston] · Scott Morgan · ss Thrilling Adventures October 1933 · Danger Trails · Capt. Kerry McRoberts · na Thrilling Adventures October 1933 · Pyramid of Gold · George Allan Moffatt · na Thrilling Adventures November 1933 · The Pearl of Death [Larry Weston] · Scott Morgan · ss Thrilling Adventures November 1933 · The Terror of Siberia · Scott Morgan · na Thrilling Adventures February 1934 · Dogs of Shallajai [Larry Weston] · Scott Morgan · nv Thrilling Adventures March 1934 · The Sultan of Hell · Capt. Kerry McRoberts · na Thrilling Adventures March 1934 · Orchid of Doom [Larry Weston] · Scott Morgan · nv Thrilling Adventures July 1934 · Lost Treasures of Eden · Capt. John Powers · ar Thrilling Adventures December 1934 · The Lagoon of Monsters · Johnston McCulley · na Thrilling Adventures December 1934 · World of Doom · Ray Cummings · nv Thrilling Adventures January 1935 · The Web of the Green Spider · Capt. Kerry McRoberts · nv Thrilling Adventures February 1935 · Sublevel Seventeen · Paul Ernst · ss Thrilling Adventures February 1935 · The Curse of the Shining God · A. Leslie · ss Thrilling Adventures April 1935 · Hell’s Oasis · Arthur J. Burks · nv Thrilling Adventures April 1935

The Best of Tomes of the Dead, Vol. 1 (Rebellion/Abaddon US, November 2010, 978-1-907519-35-2, $12.99, tp, om, cover by Luke Preece)     Omnibus of three shared-world zombie horror novels: Tomes of the Dead: The Words of Their Roaring by Matthew Smith (2007), Tomes of the Dead: I, Zombie by Al Ewing (2008), Tomes of the Dead: Anno Mortis by Rebecca Levene (2008). The authors provide new introductions to their works. Copyrighted by Rebellion. Simultaneous with the Abaddon UK edition.

The Best of Tomes of the Dead, Vol. 1 (Abaddon Books, November 11, 2010, 978-1-907519-34-5, £9.99, 672pp, tp, om)     Omnibus of three shared-world zombie horror novels: Tomes of the Dead: The Words of Their Roaring by Matthew Smith (2007), Tomes of the Dead: I, Zombie by Al Ewing (2008), and Tomes of the Dead: Anno Mortis by Rebecca Levine (2008). 3 · The Words of Their Roaring [Tomes of the Dead] · Matthew Smith · n. Abaddon 2007 5 · Introduction · Matthew Smith · in 229 · I, Zombie · Al Ewing · n. Abaddon 2008 231 · Introduction · Al Ewing · in 431 · Anno Mortis · Rebecca Levene · n. Abaddon 2008 433 · Introduction · Rebecca Levene · in

The Best of Tomes of the Dead, Vol. 2 (Abaddon Books, August 2011, 978-1-907992-17-9, £10.99, 756pp, tp, om)     Omnibus of three shared-world horror novels in the Tomes of the Dead series: Tide of Souls by Simon Bestwick (2010), Hungry Hearts by Gary McMahon (2009), and Way of the Barefoot Zombie by Jasper Bark (2009). 1 · Tide of Souls · Simon Bestwick · n. Abaddon 2010 267 · Hungry Hearts · Gary McMahon · n. Abaddon 2009 515 · Way of the Barefoot Zombie · Jasper Bark · n. Abaddon 2009

The Best of Tomes of the Dead, Vol. 2 (Rebellion/Abaddon US, August 2011, 978-1-907992-18-6, $12.99, 756pp, tp, om, cover by Luke Preece)     Omnibus of three shared-world zombie horror novels in the Tomes of the Dead series, all 2009: Tide of Souls by Simon Bestwick, Hungry Hearts by Gary McMahon, and Way of the Barefoot Zombie by Jasper Bark. Copyrighted by Rebellion. Simultaneous with the Abaddon UK edition.

The Best of True Story from 1945. Vol. 1. (Manor, 1977, pb, an)     The cover says: “3 uncut, book length true stories from the pages of one of American’s most popular magazines”. Details supplied by Jess Nevins. 3 · No Comparison · [uncredited] · na (r) 69 · Priceless Gift · [uncredited] · na (r) 131 · Swing Your Partner · [uncredited] · na (r)

The Best of the Realms, Book I (Wizards of the Coast, November 2003, 0-7869-3024-1, $6.99, 335pp, pb, an, cover by Mark Zug) [Forgotten Realms]     Anthology of 14 stories, one original by R.A. Salvatore, based on the world of the roleplaying game, chosen by readers from previous anthologies. Introduction by Philip Athans. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. · Introduction · Philip Athans · in 1 · Rite of Blood · Elaine Cunningham · na Realms of the Underdark ed. J. Robert King, TSR, 1996 55 · Elminster at the Magefair [Forgotten Realms: Elminster] · Ed Greenwood · nv Realms of Valor ed. James Lowder, TSR, 1993 85 · Darksword · Troy Denning · nv Realms of Shadow ed. Lizz Baldwin, Wizards of the Coast, 2002 117 · Blood Sport · Christie Golden · ss Realms of Infamy ed. James Lowder, TSR, 1994 139 · Six of Swords · William W. Connors · ss Realms of Magic ed. Brian Thomsen & J. Robert King, TSR, 1995 159 · The Rose Window · Monte Cook · ss Realms of Mystery ed. Philip Athans, TSR, 1998 175 · The First Moonwell · Douglas Niles · ss Realms of Magic ed. Brian Thomsen & J. Robert King, TSR, 1995 187 · The Greatest Hero Who Ever Died · J. Robert King · ss Realms of Infamy ed. James Lowder, TSR, 1994 207 · Tertius and the Artifact · Jeff Grubb · nv Realms of the Arcane ed. Brian Thomsen & Robert J. King, TSR, 1997 229 · Red Ambition · Jean Rabe · ss Realms of Magic ed. Brian Thomsen & J. Robert King, TSR, 1995 247 · The Common Spell · Kate Novak-Grubb · ss Realms of Magic ed. Brian Thomsen & J. Robert King, TSR, 1995 259 · Assassin’s Shadow · Jess Lebow · nv Realms of Shadow ed. Lizz Baldwin, Wizards of the Coast, 2002 289 · And the Dark Tide Rises · Keith Francis Strohm · nv Realms of the Deep ed. Philip Athans, Wizards of the Coast, 2000 315 · Empty Joys · R. A. Salvatore · ss

Bewitched (Jove, October 1997, 0-515-12157-6, $5.99, 341pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 1 · Saving Sirena · Susan Krinard · na 93 · Everything She Does Is Magick · Maggie Shayne · na 183 · To Mend a Spell · Lisa Higdon · na 253 · A Spell of Mist and Roses · Amy Elizabeth Saunders · na

Bewitched by Love (Zebra/Kensington, October 1996, 0-8217-5430-0, $4.50, 380pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 7 · The Haunted Bride · Teresa DesJardien · na 161 · Love’s Magic · Cindy Holbrook · na 291 · The Vampire Rogue · Valerie King · na

Bewitching Kittens (Zebra/Kensington, October 1998, 0-8217-6010-6, $4.99, 253pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 7 · Sanctuary · Janice Bennett · na 79 · Charlotte’s Kitten · Patricia Bray · na 151 · Lord Trevor’s Tomcat · Cathleen Clare · na

Bewitching Love Stories (Avon, September 1992, 0-380-76832-1, $4.99, 420pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of four romance novellas of relationships between witches and mortals. 1 · Devil’s Keep · Rebecca Brandewyne · na 105 · Vanquish the Night · Shannon Drake · na 205 · My Aunt Grizelda · Kasey Michaels · na 303 · What Dreams May Come [Draycott Legacy] · Christina Skye · na

Bewitching Season (Zebra/Kensington, September 2003, 0-8217-7487-5, $4.99, 254pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 7 · The Bewitched Baron · Lynn Collum · na 101 · The Bewitchment of Lord Dalford · Debbie Raleigh · na 171 · The Love Potion · Jeanne Savery · na