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Two Complete Novels by Theodore Sturgeon (Magabook, 1965, 50¢, 127pp, pb, co, cover by Gray Morrow)

3 · …And My Fear Is Great… · Theodore Sturgeon · na Beyond Fantasy Fiction July 1953

67 · Baby Is Three · Theodore Sturgeon · na Galaxy Science Fiction October 1952

The Ultimate Egoist by Theodore Sturgeon (North Atlantic Books, February 1995, 1-55643-182-1, $25.00, 387pp, hc, co, cover by Jacek Yerka)
Collection of 46 stories and one poem, nine of them previously unpublished “trunk” stories (literally). This covers Sturgeon’s work through 1940. Edited and with extensive story notes by Paul Williams, with forewords by Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, and Gene Wolfe. Volume one in “The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon”.

v · Editor’s Note · Paul Williams · ms

ix · About Theodore Sturgeon · Ray Bradbury · fw Without Sorcery by Theodore Sturgeon, Prime Press, 1948

xii · About Theodore Sturgeon · Arthur C. Clarke · fw

xiv · About Theodore Sturgeon · Gene Wolfe · fw

3 · Heavy Insurance · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal July 16 1938

6 · The Heart · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Other Worlds Science Stories #11, May 1955

10 · Cellmate · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Weird Tales January 1947

23 · Fluffy · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Weird Tales March 1947

31 · Alter Ego · Theodore Sturgeon · ss

35 · Mailed Through a Porthole · Theodore Sturgeon · ss

40 · A Noose of Light · Theodore Sturgeon · ss

50 · Strangers on a Train · Theodore Sturgeon · ss

55 · Accidentally on Porpoise · Theodore Sturgeon · ss

70 · The Right Line · Theodore Sturgeon · ss

83 · Golden Day · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal March 4 1939

86 · Permit Me My Gesture · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal March 10 1939

89 · Watch My Smoke · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal March 13 1939

92 · The Other Cheek · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal April 10 1939

95 · Extraordinary Seaman · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal June 1939

104 · One Sick Kid · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal April 29 1939

107 · His Good Angel · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal May 12 1939

110 · Some People Forget · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal May 30 1939

113 · A God in a Garden · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Unknown October 1939

133 · Fit for a King · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal June 10 1939

136 · Ex-Bachelor Extract · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal June 17 1939

139 · East Is East · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal June 24 1939

142 · Three People · Theodore Sturgeon · ss

145 · Eyes of Blue · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal July 1 1939

148 · Ether Breather [Ether Breather] · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science-Fiction September 1939

163 · Her Choice · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal July 8 1939

166 · Cajun Providence · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal July 15 1939

169 · Strike Three · Theodore Sturgeon · ss

172 · Contact! · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal August 5 1939

175 · The Call · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal August 19 1939

178 · Helix the Cat · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding ed. Harry Harrison, Random House, 1973

204 · To Shorten Sail · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal September 9 1939

207 · Thanksgiving Again · Theodore Sturgeon · ss

217 · Bianca’s Hands · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Argosy (UK) May 1947

226 · Derm Fool · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Unknown March 1940

242 · He Shuttles · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown April 1940

262 · Turkish Delight · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal November 18 1939

265 · Niobe · Theodore Sturgeon · ss

270 · Mahout · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal January 22 1940

273 · The Long Arm · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal February 5 1940

276 · The Man on the Steps · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal February 22 1940

279 · Punctuational Advice · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal February 29 1940

282 · Place of Honor · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Milwaukee Journal March 18 1940

285 · The Ultimate Egoist · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown February 1941, as by E. Hunter Waldo

303 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown August 1940

328 · Butyl and the Breather [Ether Breather] · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science-Fiction October 1940

351 · Back Words: Story Notes · Paul Williams · ms

387 · Look About You · Theodore Sturgeon · pm Unknown January 1940

A Way Home (var. 1) by Theodore Sturgeon (Pyramid, March 1956, G184, 35¢, 192pp, pb, co, cover by Mel Hunter) [edited by Groff Conklin]
Drops 2 stories from the Funk & Wagnalls (1955) edition.

6 · Introduction · Groff Conklin · in A Way Home by Theodore Sturgeon, Funk & Wagnalls, 1955

9 · Unite and Conquer · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1948

42 · Special Aptitude · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Other Worlds Science Stories March 1951, as “Last Laugh”

56 · Mewhu’s Jet · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1946

85 · Hurricane Trio · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1955

108 · The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949

115 · Thunder and Roses · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1947

134 · Bulkhead · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Science Fiction March 1955, as “Who?”

159 · Tiny and the Monster · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1947

187 · A Way Home · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Amazing Stories April/May 1953

The Odd Number by Jonathan Sturges--- see under Guy de Maupassant.

Spider Pie by Alyssa Sturgill (Raw Dog Screaming, August 2005, 1-933293-05-5, $10.95, 97pp, tp, oc, cover by Kris Kuksi)
Original collection of 24 irreal stories, seven reprints. This is the author’s first collection. Introduction by D. Harlan Wilson. Illustrated by Cake Earthhead.

8 · Introduction · Alyssa Sturgill · in

13 · Leviathan · Alyssa Sturgill · ss The Dream People

19 · Beware of Kitten · Alyssa Sturgill · ss

25 · A Bag of Hair · Alyssa Sturgill · ss

29 · We Twins · Alyssa Sturgill · ss

35 · The Contortionist · Alyssa Sturgill · ss

37 · Born, Not Made · Alyssa Sturgill · ss

41 · The Bunny Threat · Alyssa Sturgill · ss The Dream People

45 · FADE IN · Alyssa Sturgill · ss A Kick in the Nuts

49 · I Wear Black to Mourn Myself · Alyssa Sturgill · ss Crown of Bones

51 · Death of a UPS Man · Alyssa Sturgill · ss

55 · Spider Pie · Alyssa Sturgill · ss

59 · The Secret Ingredient · Alyssa Sturgill · ss

65 · No. 5 Simian Place · Alyssa Sturgill · ss

67 · Scarytale · Alyssa Sturgill · ss

71 · Mr. Dan the Ice Cream Man · Alyssa Sturgill · ss

75 · Used · Alyssa Sturgill · vi The Dream People

77 · Eat Me, Drink Me · Alyssa Sturgill · ss Tempting Disaster ed. John Edward Lawson, Two Backed Books, 2005

81 · Being John Lovitz · Alyssa Sturgill · vi

83 · Honest Abe · Alyssa Sturgill · vi

85 · What Little Girls Are Made Of · Alyssa Sturgill · vi

87 · Athenaeum · Alyssa Sturgill · ss

91 · Dizzy Miss Lizzy · Alyssa Sturgill · vi

93 · Love Samurai · Alyssa Sturgill · vi Dream Virus

95 · The Church of the Lamb · Alyssa Sturgill · ss

Memories and Visions: Women’s Fantasy & Science Fiction ed. Susanna J. Sturgis (Crossing Press, September 1989, 0-89594-391-3, $9.95, 201pp, tp, oa)
Anthology of 15 feminist sf and fantasy stories, with an introduction by the editor. Also announced in hardcover (-392-1).

1 · Editorial Memories & Visions, or Why Does a Bright Feminist Like You Read That Stuff Anyway? · Susanna J. Sturgis · in

10 · The Chaos Diaries · Lorraine Schein · ss

16 · Itu’s Sixth Winter Festival · Shirley Hartwell · ex
excerpts from unpublished novel Daughters of Gelasia.

30 · Womankind · Rosaria Champagne · ss

36 · The Rational Ship · Caro Clarke · ss

45 · The Amazing Disappearing Girl · Judith Katz · ss

58 · Killing Color · Charlotte Watson Sherman · ss Obsidian II Spring 1989

72 · O’s Story · L. Timmel Duchamp · ss

92 · Conversation with a Legend · R. M. Meluch · ss

102 · Signs of Life · Barbara Krasnoff · nv

132 · A Token for Celandine [Nightseer] · Laurell K. Hamilton · ss

152 · Harmonic Conception · Nona M. Caspers · ss

161 · Children of Divers Kind · Mary Ellen Mathews · ss

175 · Meaningful Dialog · Kiel Stuart · ss

182 · Sign of Hope · Adrienne Lauby · ss

197 · womanmansion/to my sister/mourning her mother/ · Hattie Gossett · pm

203 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Tales of Magic Realism by Women: Dreams in a Minor Key ed. Susanna J. Sturgis (Crossing Press, April 1991, 0-89594-474-X, $10.95, 235pp, tp, oa, cover by Tom Trujillo)
Anthology of 15 fantasy/magic realism stories by women writers, ten of them original, with an introduction by the editor.

1 · Magic Realism: What’s in a Name? · Susanna J. Sturgis · in

6 · The Gifts of Diaz · Valerie Nieman Colander · ss

13 · Heading West · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss

21 · Penguin Flight · Rosalind Warren · ss Fiction Network #5,

29 · Memo the the Universe · Gwynne Garfinkle · ss

37 · Degree Days at Home · Ellen Gruber Garvey · ss

46 · Flora’s Complaint · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss

54 · Edgar Allan Poe in the Bronx · Lorraine Schein · ss

63 · The Miracle of Santa Maia · Kathleen de Azevedo · ss

76 · The Monument · Lianne Elizabeth Mercer · nv

102 · Bottles · Alcina Lubitch Domecq; translated by Ilan Stavans · vi Albany Review Winter 1989; dated 1988.

105 · In Unison, Softly · Mary Rosenblum · ss

122 · Old Night · Stephanie T. Hoppe · ss

136 · Hearts of Sand · Conda V. Douglas · ss

145 · The Man Hanged Upside Down · Lucy Sussex · nv My Lady Tongue & Other Tales by Lucy Sussex, Heinemann Australia, 1990

173 · Bapka in Brooklyn · Batya Weinbaum · na
the first two sections appeared in slightly different form in Word of Mouth, ed. by Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press, 1990.

230 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

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