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The Best American Short Stories 2014 ed. Heidi Pitlor & Jennifer Egan--- see under Jennifer Egan.

The Best American Short Stories 2015 ed. Heidi Pitlor & T. C. Boyle--- see under T. C. Boyle.

The Best American Short Stories 2016 ed. Heidi Pitlor & Junot Díaz--- see under Junot Díaz.

The Best American Short Stories 2017 ed. Heidi Pitlor & Meg Wolitzer--- see under Meg Wolitzer.

The Best American Short Stories 2018 ed. Heidi Pitlor & Roxane Gay--- see under Roxane Gay.

The Best American Short Stories 2019 ed. Heidi Pitlor & Anthony Doerr--- see under Anthony Doerr.

The Best American Short Stories 2020 ed. Heidi Pitlor & Curtis Sittenfeld--- see under Curtis Sittenfeld.

The Best American Short Stories 2021 ed. Heidi Pitlor & Jesmyn Ward--- see under Jesmyn Ward.

The Best American Short Stories 2022 ed. Heidi Pitlor & Andrew Sean Greer--- see under Andrew Sean Greer.

The Best American Short Stories 2023 ed. Heidi Pitlor & Min Jin Lee--- see under Min Jin Lee.

The Best American Short Stories 2024 ed. Heidi Pitlor & Lauren Groff--- see under Lauren Groff.

And the Dying Is Easy All-New Tales of Summertime Suspense ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle (Signet, June 2001, 978-0-451-20329-8, $6.99, x+387pp, pb, oa) ix · Introduction · Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle · in 1 · Salt on the Rim [Whit Mosley] · Jeff Abbott · ss 22 · A Case of Feline Psychopathology [Alice Nestleton] · Lydia Adamson · ss 34 · Let Sleeping Dogs Lie [Annie O’Hara & Claudius] · Ann Campbell · ss 53 · The Chocolate Kidnapping Clue [Lee McKinney] · JoAnna Carl · ss 73 · Never Neck at Niagara [Leigh Koslow] · Edie Claire · ss 92 · Unreasonable Doubt [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv 113 · Murder Can Hurt Your Ears [Desiree Shapiro] · Selma Eichler · ss 136 · Journey’s End [Sheila Malory] · Hazel Holt · ss 156 · The Body in the Bay [Jack London] · Peter King · ss 180 · The Jungle [Willie Cuesta] · John Lantigua · ss 197 · The Loch Ness Mystery [John Darnell] · Sam McCarver · ss 219 · Porridge and Bess [Magdalena Yoder] · Tamar Myers · ss 236 · Missing, Presumed… · Dana Stabenow · ss 255 · Call It Dead Time [Frank Pavlicek] · Andy Straka · ss 276 · Not a Monster of a Chance [Skye Denison] · Denise Swanson · ss 291 · Corpse on a Holy Day [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 311 · Lightning Strikes Twice [Claire Reynier] · Judith Van Gieson · ss 327 · Under the Big Black Sun [Filomena Buscarsela] · K. J. A. Wishnia · ss 345 · Serve and Volley [Jacob Burns] · Matt Witten · ss 369 · Sweet Rewards [Sherlock Holmes] · Wayne Worcester · ss

The Best of the Best ed. Joseph Pittman & Elaine Koster--- see under Elaine Koster.

Bravado’s House of Blues by J. A. Pitts (Fairwood Press, November 2013, 978-1-933846-41-5, $15.99, 236pp, tp, co, cover by Paul Swenson)     Collection of 14 stories, four original, with notes on each. Introduction by Ken Scholes. E-book also available. Details taken from online listing. · The Heart and Bones of Story and Life · Ken Scholes · in · Three Chords and the Truth · J. A. Pitts · ss Talebones #39, Winter 2009 · There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket (A Fortean Love Story) · J. A. Pitts · ss Fortean Bureau April 2006 · Towfish Blues · J. A. Pitts · ss Talebones #36, Spring 2008 · How Jack Got His Self a Wife · J. A. Pitts · ss The Trouble with Heroes ed. Denise Little, DAW, 2009 · The Harp · J. A. Pitts · ss 10Flash Quarterly October 2011 · Luck Muscle · J. A. Pitts · ss · The Hanging of the Greens · J. A. Pitts · nv Aeon #11, September 2007 · F*cking Napalm Bastard · J. A. Pitts · ss From the Trenches ed. Joseph Paul Haines & Samantha Henderson, Carnifex Press, 2007 · Mushroom Clouds and Fairy Rings · J. A. Pitts · nv Courts of the Fey ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis, DAW, 2011 · Dead Poets · J. A. Pitts · ss Zombie Raccoons & Killer Bunnies ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Kerrie Hughes, DAW, 2009 · Black Blade Blues · J. A. Pitts · ss Swordplay ed. Denise Little, DAW, 2009 · Crow and Turtle · J. A. Pitts · ss · Howling · J. A. Pitts · ss · Bones of My Father · J. A. Pitts · ss

Bibliotheca Fantastica ed. Don Pizarro (Dagan Books, July 10, 2013, 978-0-9831373-8-2, $13.99, 306pp, tp, oa, cover by Galen Dara)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Don Pizarro · in 3 · The Secret Atlas · Garry Kilworth · ss 18 · The Crimson Codex · Andrew S. Fuller · nv 42 · The Philosopher’s Nectar · David Sklar · ss 49 · The Gallery of Vespasian Marat · Megan Arkenberg · ss 58 · The Book of Doors · Lydia S. Gray · ss 73 · Other Palimpsests · Michael J. DeLuca · ss 79 · The Go-Between · Ray Vukcevich · nv 108 · Lynx · Yarrow Paisley · ss 117 · The Typographer’s Folly · J. S. Bangs · ss 131 · The Book of Her · A. C. Wise · ss 137 · Where Love Is Written · Todd T. Castillo · nv 162 · Cathedral Rising · George S. Walker · ss 181 · The Dreams of Trees · Ursula Pflug · ss 191 · Pages Torn from “Eminent Phantasists: A New Edition” · S. J. Hirons · nv 227 · Read Me · Michael Skeet · ss 241 · The Fox and His Book · Trevor Shikaze · ss 250 · Egyptian Holiday · Amber Polo · ss 259 · Paperheart · Tina Connolly · ss 264 · The Book with No End · Colleen Anderson · ss 278 · The Rite · Gord Sellar · nv

Eve’s Daughters ed. Laurette Pizer (Graphic Giant, 1957, G-217, 35¢, 223pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 9 · I Knew What I Was Doing · Jerome Weidman · ss The American Mercury September 1936 28 · Pink May · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Demon Lover and Other Stories by Elizabeth Bowen, Jonathan Cape, 1945 39 · The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt · Mary McCarthy · nv Partisan Review July/August 1941 90 · The Darling · Anton P. Chekhov; translated by Thomas Seltzer · ss Best Russian Short Stories ed. Thomas Seltzer, Boni & Liveright, 1917 107 · The Girl on the Bus · William Sansom · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1953 125 · Sun · D. H. Lawrence · nv New Coterie Autumn 1926 150 · On Time · John O’Hara · vi Collier’s April 8 1944 154 · Passion (or the Western Room) · Yuan Chen; adapted by Lin Yutang · nv Famous Chinese Short Stories by Lin Yutang, John Day, 1952 178 · Love Affair · Henrietta Weigel · nv The Kenyon Review Winter 1945 207 · The Little Girl and the Wolf · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker January 21 1939 208 · Poison · Katherine Mansfield · ss Collier’s November 24 1923 216 · The Husband’s Revenge · Luigi Pirandello; translated by Michael Pettinati · ss Medals and Other Stories, Dutton, 1939

Great Psychological Stories ed. Laurette Naomi Pizer (Panther, 1967, 2334, 3/6d, 155pp, pb, an) 9 · Mother and Daughter · D. H. Lawrence · ss The New Criterion April 1929 30 · Paul’s Case · Willa Cather · nv McClure’s Magazine May 1905 49 · The Real Thing · Henry James · ss Black & White April 16 1892 74 · “That in Aleppo Once…” · Vladimir Nabokov · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1943 84 · The Handkerchief · Ryunosuke Akutagawa · ss (r) 94 · Sunstroke · Ivan Bunin; translated by John Cournos · ss Story #20, March 1934 101 · The Spinoza of Market Street · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss Esquire October 1961 118 · The Kepi · Colette · nv (r)

More Stories Strange and Sinister ed. Laurette Naomi Pizer (Panther, September 1967, 233, 3/6d, 127pp, pb, an) 9 · The Wardrobe · Thomas Mann; translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter · ss Stories of Three Decades by Thomas Mann, Knopf, 1936 translated from the German (“Der Kleiderschrank”, 1899). 19 · Poison · Katherine Mansfield · ss Collier’s November 24 1923 26 · The Shout · Robert Graves · ss The Woburn Books #16, 1929 51 · The Expert · Nakajima · ss (r) 62 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941 71 · The Dummy · Susan Sontag · ss I, Etcetera by Susan Sontag, Farraf, Straus & Giroux, 1963 82 · Esther Kreindel the Second · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 17 1964 103 · Spring in Fialta · Vladimir Nabokov · ss Nine Stories by Vladimir Nabokov, New Directions, 1947

Stories Strange and Sinister ed. Laurette Pizer (Panther, 1965, 1960, 3/6d, 173pp, pb, an) 9 · Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle June 1945 27 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Qui sait?”, L’Echo de Paris, April 6, 1890). 46 · The Porcelain Doll · Leo Tolstoy; translated by Aylmer Maude · ss The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Tales by Leo Tolstoy, Oxford University Press, 1940 translated from the Russian. from a letter to Tolstoy’s wife’s sister dated Mar 23, 1863. 52 · “Autumn Mountain” · Ryunosuke Akutagawa; translated by Ivan Morris · ss (r) translated from the Japanese. 64 · Lappin and Lapinova · Virginia Woolf · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2722, April 1939 77 · The Ubiquitous Wife · Marcel Aymé; translated by Whit Burnett · nv Story Spring 1960 117 · The Zahir · Jorge Luís Borges · ss (r) 130 · Love · Yury Olesha · ss (r) 144 · The Young Man with the Carnation · Isak Dinesen · ss Winter’s Tales by Isak Dinesen, Putnam UK, 1942

The Man in the Moone and Other Lunar Fantasies ed. Faith K. Pizor & T. Allan Comp (Praeger, 1971, LC:73-136146, $8.95, xx+230pp, hc, an) xi · Reaching for the Moon · Isaac Asimov · in 3 · The Man in the Moone, or A Discourse of a Voyage Thither by Domingo Gonsales the Speedy Messenger · Francis Godwin · ex 1638 41 · The Discovery of a New World, …with a Discourse Concerning the Possibility of a Passage Thither · John Wilkins · ex 1640 59 · The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon · Cyrano de Bergerac · ex 1657 translated from the French (Histoire comique, par Monsieur de Cyrano Bergerac, Contenant les Estats et Empires de la Lune, Charles de Sercy, 1657). 103 · A Voyage to Cacklogallinia · Capt. Samuel Brunt · ex 1727 126 · The Life and Astonishing Transactions of John Daniel… · Ralph Morris · ex 1751 146 · A Journey Lately Performed Through the Air, in an Aerostatic Globe…to the Newly Discovered Planet, Georgium Sidus · Vivenair · ss 1784 162 · Hans Pfaall—A Tale · Edgar Allan Poe · na Southern Literary Messenger June 1835 190 · Great Astronomical Discoveries Lately Made by Sir John Herschel…at the Cape of Good Hope · Richard Adams Locke · ex 1835 217 · The Great Steam-Duck · A Member of the L.L.B.B. · ss 1841

The Gas by Charles Platt (Savoy, September 1980, 0-86130-023-8, £1.50, 166pp, tp, n., cover by Harry Douthwaite)     Reprint (Ophelia Press 1970) erotic novel. This edition is revised. 3 · Foreword · Philip Jose Farmer · fw

Highway Sandwiches by Charles Platt, Thomas M. Disch & Marilyn Hacker--- see under Thomas M. Disch.

Loose Canon by Charles Platt (Cosmos Books, October 2001, 1-58715-437-4, $19.95, 228pp, tp, co, cover by Charles Platt)     Non-fiction collection of 34 essays, one original, several revised, most involved with SF. Platt also provides a new introduction and postscript. 8 · Introduction · Charles Platt · in · Part 1: Looking Back 18 · The Carnival of Angst · Charles Platt · ar Interzone #87, September 1994 26 · The Ides of Lust · Charles Platt · ss NonStop Science Fiction Magazine #3, 1997 33 · The Selling of Science Fiction · Charles Platt · ar Interzone #89, November 1994 · Part 2: Lamenting the Literature 40 · In Purely Commercial Terms · Charles Platt · ar Interzone #30, July/August 1989 45 · Destination: Gloom · Charles Platt · ar Interzone #24, Summer 1988 49 · Report from Utopia · Charles Platt · ar Interzone #33, January/February 1990 54 · Theorists, Parasites, and Frauds · Charles Platt · ar 60 · The Rape of Science Fiction · Charles Platt · ar Science Fiction Eye #5, July 1989 68 · Evading the Future · Charles Platt · ar Science Fiction Eye 1993 73 · Quantum Fiction · Charles Platt · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #20, April 1990 · Part 3: The Writers 82 · Alfred Bester’s Tender Loving Rage · Charles Platt · ar Science Fiction Eye #9, November 1991 [Ref. Alfred Bester] 92 · Alfred Bester Obituary · Charles Platt · ob REM July 1987 [Ref. Alfred Bester] 95 · The Lurid Landscape · Charles Platt · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #43, March 1992, as “The Kindness of Women” [Ref. J. G. Ballard] 100 · Heinlein Speaks? · Charles Platt · ar (r) [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein] 112 · Taking Liberties · Charles Platt · ar Interzone #28, March/April 1989 [Ref. Victor Koman] 118 · The Teflon Fantasist · Charles Platt · ar Science Fiction Guide July 1989 [Ref. Ursula K. Le Guin] · Part 4: The Business 124 · Too Many Books! · Charles Platt · ar The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1990 130 · A Hard Look at Hardcovers · Charles Platt · ar Thrust #25, Fall/Winter 1986 135 · Writer-Editor Psychology · Charles Platt · ar REM July 1986 138 · Fairly Rich, Fairly Quick · Charles Platt · ar Interzone #36, June 1990 · Part 5: Behind the Business 146 · Tales to Astonish · Charles Platt · cl The Patchin Review #2, September 1981, as by Gabby Snitch 149 · The Lucky Dog Award · Charles Platt · ar The Patchin Review #5, October/December 1982 152 · Ackermania · Charles Platt · ar The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1988 158 · Blacklisted or Boring? · Charles Platt · lt The New York Review of Science Fiction #85, September 1995, as “[letter]”; originally published untitled, in the Letters section. 163 · Inscrutable Science Fiction · Charles Platt · ar The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November 1988 171 · Pilgrimage to Node Zero · Charles Platt · ar Cheap Truth #16, 1986, as by Seth L. Lapcart · Part 6: Looking Forward 178 · In Search of Science Fiction · Charles Platt · ar Interzone #85, July 1994 184 · Taking the N Out of Entropy · Charles Platt · ar Science Fiction Eye #13, Spring 1994 193 · Profits of Doom · Charles Platt · ar The Washington Post May 1998 197 · Who Needs Privacy? · Charles Platt · ar Science Fiction Eye #10, June 1992 202 · Upstream · Charles Platt · ar Science Fiction Eye #12, Summer 1993 209 · The Soviet Space Auction · Charles Platt · ar Science Fiction Eye #14, Spring 1996 215 · Fear of Life · Charles Platt · ar Cryonics October 1992, as “The Real-World Interface” 218 · Freeze! · Charles Platt · ar Science Fiction Eye #11, December 1992 227 · Postscript · Charles Platt · aw