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Here with the Shadows by Steve Rasnic Tem (Swan River Press, February 2014, 978-1-78380-000-1, €40.00, 165pp, hc, co, cover by Jason Zerrillo)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Here with the Shadows · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 15 · A House by the Ocean · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 28 · The Cabinet Child · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Phantom ed. Paul Tremblay & Sean Wallace, Prime Books, 2009 36 · The Still, Cold Air · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 47 · G Is for Ghost · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 55 · Breaking the Rules · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Narrow Houses: Volume I ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1992 67 · The Slow Fall of Dust in a Quiet Place · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Shadows and Silence ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2000 79 · Inside William James · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Acquainted with the Night ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2004 88 · Back Among the Shy Trees · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #2, Autumn 2011 106 · Seeing the Woods · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 113 · Smoke in a Bottle · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Appalachian Winter Hauntings ed. Michael Knost & Mark Justice, Woodland Press, 2009 123 · Est Enim Magnum Chaos · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Sorcery and Sanctity ed. Daniel Corrick, Hieroglyphic Press, 2013 · Telling · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss The Seventh Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2010 · These Days When All Is Silver and Bright · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Supernatural Tales #21, Summer 2012 · Wheatfield with Crows · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Dark World ed. Timothy Parker Russell, Tartarus Press, 2013

A Primer to Steve Rasnic Tem by Steve Rasnic Tem (Dark Moon Books, July 10, 2017, 978-0-9988275-2-0, 224pp, tp, co, cover by Eric J. Guignard)     Details taken from online listing. Volume one in the “Exploring Dark Short Fiction” series. · Introduction · Eric J. Guignard · in · Hungry · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Borderlands 3 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1993 · Hungry: A Commentary · Michael A. Arnzen · as · The Last Moments Before Bed · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss After Death… ed. Eric J. Guignard, Dark Moon Books, 2013 · The Last Moments Before Bed: A Commentary · Michael A. Arnzen · as · In These Final Days of Sales · Steve Rasnic Tem · nv Wormhole Books, 2001 · In These Final Days of Sales: A Commentary · Michael A. Arnzen · as · The Giveaway · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Shadows 4 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1981 · The Giveaway: A Commentary · Michael A. Arnzen · as · Rat Catcher · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Dark at Heart ed. Joe R. & Karen Lansdale, Dark Harvest, 1992 · Rat Catcher: A Commentary · Michael A. Arnzen · as · Whatever You Want · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss · Whatever You Want: A Commentary · Michael A. Arnzen · as · Why Steve Rasnic Tem Matters · Michael A. Arnzen · ar · In Conversation with Steve Rasnic Tem · Eric J. Guignard · iv [Ref. Steve Rasnic Tem] · The Subject Matter of Horror · Steve Rasnic Tem · ar Necrofile Winter 1992

The Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry ed. Steve Rasnic Tem (Umbral Press, 1982, 0-943422-00-0, $4.50, xiv+222pp, tp, an) xi · Introduction · Steve Rasnic Tem · in 1 · Missionary · D. M. Thomas · pm Penguin Modern Poets 11, Penguin, 1968 · Elegy for an Android · D. M. Thomas · pm Penguin Modern Poets 11, Penguin, 1968 · Two Sonnets from Drifting Worlds · D. M. Thomas · pm (r) · A Dead Planet · D. M. Thomas · pm Penguin Modern Poets 11, Penguin, 1968 · S.F. · D. M. Thomas · pm (r) · Tithonus · D. M. Thomas · pm Penguin Modern Poets 11, Penguin, 1968 · The Head-Rape · D. M. Thomas · pm New Worlds #180, March 1968 · The Strait · D. M. Thomas · pm (r) 19 · Once in a Blue Moon · Sonya Dorman · pm (r) · The Child Dreams · Sonya Dorman · pm Women of Wonder ed. Pamela Sargent, Vintage, 1975 · View from the Moon Station · Sonya Dorman · pm The New Women of Wonder ed. Pamela Sargent, Vintage, 1978 · Corruption of Metals · Sonya Dorman · pm 2076: The American Tricentennial ed. Edward Bryant, Pyramid, 1977 · End of the Day · Sonya Dorman · pm (r) · Winter City · Sonya Dorman · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1971 31 · On Science Fiction · Thomas M. Disch · pm TriQuarterly #49, Fall 1980 · The Turtle’s Dream · Thomas M. Disch · pm Juillard Winter 1968/1969 · The Vegetables · Thomas M. Disch · pm Poetry February 1972 · Apollo 14 · Thomas M. Disch · pm Poetry February 1972 · The Growth of the Church · Thomas M. Disch · pm The Little Magazine Spring 1977 · Song of Myself · Thomas M. Disch · pm New Worlds #216, September 1979 · Alternate Universe I · Tom Disch · pm Beyond Time ed. Sandra Ley, Pocket, 1976 · Alternate Universe II · Tom Disch · pm Beyond Time ed. Sandra Ley, Pocket, 1976 · Alternate Universe III · Tom Disch · pm Beyond Time ed. Sandra Ley, Pocket, 1976 45 · Theory of the Alternative Universe · Dick Allen · pm (r) · The Perpetual Motion Machine · Dick Allen · pm (r) · Hyperspace · Dick Allen · pm Edge #5/6, Autumn/Winter 1973 · Canto Ten (from ANON) · Dick Allen · pm Dell, 1966 · To an Astronaut… · Dick Allen · pm (r) 59 · The Last Wolf · Mary Tall Mountain · pm 1981 60 · The Coming of the Plague · Weldon Kees · pm The Collected Poems of Weldon Kees by Weldon Kees, The Stonewall Press, 1960 61 · Unlike · Roswell Spafford · pm · Leaving the Water · Roswell Spafford · pm 67 · An Astronaut’s Journal · Jane Shore · pm 1977 68 · Progression of the Species · Brian Aldiss · pm Priapus Spring 1967 70 · Small Thin Children Live in Flat Holes · James Reiss · pm The Breathers by James Reiss, Ecco Press, 1974 71 · A Martian Sends a Postcard Home · Craig Raine · pm 1979 73 · Ghost Crabs · Ted Hughes · pm The Listener July 21 1966 75 · Speeches for Dr. Frankenstein · Margaret Atwood · pm self-published, 1966 81 · The Man from the Top of the Mind · David Wagoner · pm A Place to Stand by David Wagoner, Indiana University Press, 1958 82 · The Beast Upon the Wire · Ray Bradbury · pm Datamation December 1966 83 · Machines to Kiss You Goodnight · William Heyen · pm Lord Dragonfly by William Heyen, Vanguard Press, 1981 · The Machine That Mends Birds’ Nests · William Heyen · pm Lord Dragonfly by William Heyen, Vanguard Press, 1981 · The Machine That Treats Other Machines · William Heyen · pm Lord Dragonfly by William Heyen, Vanguard Press, 1981 · The Machine That Puts You to Sleep · William Heyen · pm Lord Dragonfly by William Heyen, Vanguard Press, 1981 87 · The Parable of the Robot Poem · Bill Tremblay · pm 1977 · View from Atlantis · Bill Tremblay · pm 1977 · To William Blake · Bill Tremblay · pm 1978 86 · Navajo Moon · James L. White · pm Dacotah Territory #11, 1977 97 · The World in the Year 2000 · Marge Piercy · pm The Berkley Showcase Vol. 4 ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1981 · Absolute Zero in the Brain · Marge Piercy · pm The Berkley Showcase Vol. 4 ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1981 99 · Problems in the Space-Time Continuum… · Miller Williams · pm (r) · We · Miller Williams · pm (r) · Story of a Memory and His Man · Miller Williams · pm (r) 102 · ITH-CORO · Michael Bishop · pm The Anthology of Speculative Poetry #3 ed. Bob Frazier, Bob Frazier, 1978 · Vultures · Michael Bishop · pm The Anthology of Speculative Poetry #4 ed. Robert A. Frazier, Robert Frazier, 1980 · Among the Hominids at Olduvai · Michael Bishop · pm The Anthology of Speculative Poetry #3 ed. Bob Frazier, Bob Frazier, 1978 105 · Remembering a Window · Marvin Bell · pm 106 · A Winter’s Tale · Ruth Lechlitner · pm Holding Your Eight Hands ed. Edward Lucie-Smith, Doubleday, 1969 108 · Lady Faustus · Diane Ackerman · pm 111 · Futurebaby · Judith Berke · pm · Us · Judith Berke · pm 113 · The Returned Utopians · Barry Goldensohn · pm Poetry 1971 114 · deja vu · George Roberts · pm 1977 · Poem · George Roberts · pm 1977 · Visitor · George Roberts · pm 1977 117 · First and Last Contact · Bruce McAllister · pm Rocket Candy ed. Duane Ackerson, The Dragonfly Press, 1977 119 · Lust · Gregory Benford · pm 121 · From Another Planet · Mark Jarman · pm 1974 122 · Invasion · H. R. Hays · pm 123 · Science Fiction Poem · Judith Kroll · pm 124 · Flying Saucers Have Landed… · Jack Anderson · pm (r) · Second Sight · Jack Anderson · pm (r) · The Mysterious Sound · Jack Anderson · pm (r) · The Lost Space Ship · Jack Anderson · pm Star*Line July 1979 131 · “their bodies came back, but they didn’t…” · Dave Calder · pm Spaced by Dave Calder, Toulouse Press, 1978 · “everything was possible…” · Dave Calder · pm Spaced by Dave Calder, Toulouse Press, 1978 · a transcript from the holograph tape · Dave Calder · pm Spaced by Dave Calder, Toulouse Press, 1978 · “toying with the narrow…” · Dave Calder · pm Spaced by Dave Calder, Toulouse Press, 1978 136 · Science Fiction Story · Duane Ackerson · pm Edge #5/6, Autumn/Winter 1973 · The Starman · Duane Ackerson · pm Cthulhu Calls October 1976 138 · Wind · Kathryn Rantala · pm · Voices · Kathryn Rantala · pm Star*Line July 1978 · The Second Collecting Mission · Kathryn Rantala · pm 141 · Planet of Voices: Initiation · Melissa Cannon · pm 148 · The Calamity · Richard Schramm · pm Rooted in Silence by Richard Schramm, Bobbs-Merrill, 1972 · Letters from Another World · Richard Schramm · pm Western Humanities Review Spring 1979 151 · The Immortals · James Tate · pm 152 · Three Views of the Cosmic Ballet · Gene Van Troyer · pm 156 · from A Book of Change, Part Three: III, VII, XVII · Frederick Morgan · pm Scribner’s, 1972 · The Promise · Frederick Morgan · pm Death Mother and Other Poems by Frederick Morgan, University of Illinois Press, 1979 161 · Encased in the Amber of Eternity · Robert Frazier · pm Thor’s Hammer ed. Reginald Bretnor, Ace, 1979 · Encased in the Amber of Death · Robert Frazier · pm The Spear of Mars ed. Reginald Bretnor, Ace, 1980 · Encased in the Amber of Fate · Robert Frazier · pm Orion’s Sword ed. Reginald Bretnor, Ace, 1980 · Mapping the Island in Images · Robert Frazier · pm Galaxy Magazine July 1980 · Black Ice · Robert Frazier · pm 168 · The Beast of Larimer County · Christopher Howell · pm 1977 · The Monster That Ate Sandusky · Christopher Howell · pm 1977 170 · The Gymnasium · Barbara Eve · pm New River Review Fall 1975 172 · Nightsong · Marilyn Hacker · pm Quark/4 ed. Samuel R. Delany & Marilyn Hacker, Paperback Library, 1971 · Prayer for My Daughter · Marilyn Hacker · pm Millennial Women ed. Virginia Kidd, Delacorte, 1978 174 · At One with the Blue Night · Geof Hewitt · pm 1969 · The Frozen Man · Geof Hewitt · pm 1977 177 · The Blob · Ron Koertge · pm Cheap Thrills by Ron Koertge, Wormwood Review Press, 1976 178 · Home · Steve Kowit · pm 179 · The Landscape of Tin Statues · Cecil Helman · pm 181 · Parade Test · Gary Fincke · pm · Gravity Failing · Gary Fincke · pm · The Changing of the Robot Guard · Gary Fincke · pm · Balloon Song · Gary Fincke · pm 185 · The Result of the Dig · Peter Payack · pm (r) · The Beginning of Things · Peter Payack · pm · The Migration of Darkness · Peter Payack · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1979 · The Origins of the Material World · Peter Payack · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1979 · The Ultimate Party · Peter Payack · vi from The Growth of Human Ideas (r) 189 · Counting Sheep · Russell Edson · pm The Intuitive Journey & Other Works by Russell Edson, Harper & Row, 1976 · A Machine · Russell Edson · pm The Very Thing That Happens by Russell Edson, New Directions, 1964 · The Tool · Russell Edson · pm The Very Thing That Happens by Russell Edson, New Directions, 1964 192 · God: A Biographical Note · Tom Whalen · pm 193 · Circular Error Probability · Andrew Darlington · pm · A Plague of Dreamers After the Raid · Andrew Darlington · pm · Full Frontal Jazz · Andrew Darlington · pm 197 · In Case of Doubt, Ask · Steve Sneyd · pm Star*Line January/February 1980 · Time Machine · Steve Sneyd · pm · Sunset Strip · Steve Sneyd · pm · Relief of the Lost Colony · Steve Sneyd · pm · Come One Come All · Steve Sneyd · pm Syzygy May 1980 · An End to an Old Song · Steve Sneyd · pm 204 · The Hydrocephalic Ward · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm Bennington Review 1979 · The Swimmer · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm The Patchin Review 1982 208 · The Tetrahedron Letters · Andrew Joron · pm Portland Review 1979 · The Sonic Flowerfall of Primes · Andrew Joron · pm New Worlds #216, September 1979 214 · Storm Warning · William Stafford · pm Small Pond 1982 · The Thought Machine · William Stafford · pm Poetry June 1961 216 · The Astronaut of Waste · Joel Sloman · pm Virgil’s Machines by Joel Sloman, Norton, 1966 218 · (Hope) (Ambition) (Anticipation!) · David R. Bunch · pm Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic May 1981 · Practicing · David R. Bunch · pm Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic July 1981 220 · The End of the World · Archibald MacLeish · pm Collected Poems of Archibald MacLeish by Archibald MacLeish, Houghton Mifflin, 1962 · Epistle to Be Left in the Earth · Archibald MacLeish · pm Collected Poems of Archibald MacLeish by Archibald MacLeish, Houghton Mifflin, 1962 · Afterword · Steve Rasnic Tem · aw

USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series ed. Johnny Temple (Akashic Books, November 5, 2013, 978-1-61775-184-4, $25.95, 548pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]     Details taken from Table of Contents. 11 · Writers on the Run · Johnny Temple · in 15 · Part I: True Grit 17 · Animal Rescue · Dennis Lehane · nv Boston Noir ed. Dennis Lehane, Akashic Books, 2009; set in Dorchester. 36 · The Confidential Informant · George Pelecanos · nv D.C. Noir ed. George Pelecanos, Akashic Books, 2006; set in Park View, N.W. 52 · The Golden Gopher · Susan Straight · nv Los Angeles Noir ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books, 2007; set Downtown. 73 · The Book Signing · Pete Hamill · ss Brooklyn Noir ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books, 2004; set in Park Slope. 86 · Run Kiss Daddy · Joyce Carol Oates · ss New Jersey Noir ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Akashic Books, 2011; set in Kittatinny Mountains. 100 · Still Air · Terrance Hayes · ss Pittsburgh Noir ed. Kathleen George, Akashic Books, 2011; set in East Liberty. 112 · White Trash · Jerome Charyn · ss Bronx Noir ed. S. J. Rozan, Akashic Books, 2007; set in Claremont/Concourse. 117 · Part II: American Values 119 · Alice Fantastic · Maggie Estep · ss Queens Noir ed. Robert Knightly, Akashic Books, 2008; set on the Aqueduct Racetrack. 131 · The Gospel of Moral Ends · Bayo Ojikutu · ss Chicago Noir ed. Neal Pollack, Akashic Books, 2005; set at 77th & Jeffery. 145 · When All This Was Bay Ridge · Tim McLoughlin · ss Brooklyn Noir ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books, 2004; set in Sunset Park. 155 · Crazy for You · Barbara DeMarco-Barrett · nv Orange County Noir ed. Gary Phillips, Akashic Books, 2010; set in Costa Mesa. 170 · Mastermind · Reed Farrel Coleman · ss Long Island Noir ed. Kaylie Jones, Akashic Books, 2012; set in Selden. 180 · The Clown and the Bard · Karen Karbo · ss Portland Noir ed. Kevin Sampsell, Akashic Books, 2009; set on S.E. Twenty-Eighth Avenue. 193 · Part III: Road Rage 195 · Mulholland Dive · Michael Connelly · ss Los Angeles Noir ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books, 2007; set on Mulholland Drive. 208 · Our Eyes Couldn’t Stop Opening · Megan Abbott · ss Detroit Noir ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking, Akashic Books, 2007; set on Alter Road. 220 · Public Transportation · Lee Child · ss Phoenix Noir ed. Patrick Millikin, Akashic Books, 2009; set in Chandler. 225 · Too Near Real · Jonathan Safran Foer · ss New Jersey Noir ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Akashic Books, 2011; set in Princeton. 236 · Ride Along · James W. Hall · ss Miami Noir ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books, 2006; set in Coconut Grove. 248 · Second Chance · Elyssa East · ss Cape Cod Noir ed. David L. Ulin, Akashic Books, 2011; set in Buzzards Bay. 263 · Part IV: Homeland Security 265 · After Thirty · Don Winslow · ss San Diego Noir ed. Maryelizabeth Hart, Akashic Books, 2011; set in Pacific Beach. 275 · Missing Gene · J. Malcolm Garcia · ss Kansas City Noir ed. Steve Paul, Akashic Books, 2012; set on Troost Lake. 290 · Loot · Julie Smith · ss New Orleans Noir ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books, 2007; set in the Garden District. 304 · The Prison · Domenic Stansberry · ss San Francisco Noir ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books, 2005; set in North Beach. 315 · Helper · Joseph Bruchac · ss Indian Country Noir ed. Sarah Cortez & Liz Martínez, Akashic Books, 2010; set in Adirondacks, New York. 329 · Easy As A-B-C · Laura Lippman · ss Baltimore Noir ed. Laura Lippman, Akashic Books, 2006; set in Locust Point. 337 · The Rose Red Vial · Pir Rothenberg · nv Richmond Noir ed. Andrew Blossom, Brian Castleberry & Tom De Haven, Akashic Books, 2010; set in the Museum District. 353 · Part V: Under the Influence 355 · Amapola · Luis Alberto Urrea · nv Phoenix Noir ed. Patrick Millikin, Akashic Books, 2009; set in Paradise Valley. 371 · The Tik · John O’Brien · ss Las Vegas Noir ed. Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce, Akashic Books, 2008; set in the Scotch 80s. 379 · Lighthouse · S. J. Rozan · ss Staten Island Noir ed. Patricia Smith, Akashic Books, 2012; set in St. George. 393 · Secret Pool · Asali Solomon · ss Philadelphia Noir ed. Carlin Romano, Akashic Books, 2010; set in West Philadelphia. 405 · Bums · William Kent Krueger · ss Twin Cities Noir ed. Julie Schaper & Steven Horwitz, Akashic Books, 2006; set in West Side (St. Paul). 415 · Part VI: Street Justice 417 · Vic Primeval [Robbie Brownlaw] · T. Jefferson Parker · ss San Diego Noir ed. Maryelizabeth Hart, Akashic Books, 2011; set in Kearny Mesa. 433 · Feeding Frenzy · Tim Broderick · ss Wall Street Noir ed. Peter Spiegelman, Akashic Books, 2007; set at 40 Wall Street. 452 · Promised Tulips · Bharti Kirchner · nv Seattle Noir ed. Curt Colbert, Akashic Books, 2009; set in Wallingford. 469 · If You Can’t Stand the Heat · Lawrence Block · ss Manhattan Noir ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books, 2006; set in Clinton. 477 · Phelan’s First Case · Lisa Sandlin · ss Lone Star Noir ed. Bobby & Johnny Byrd, Akashic Books, 2010; set in Beaumont. 493 · A Nice Place to Visit · Jeffery Deaver · nv Manhattan Noir ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books, 2006; set in Hell’s Kitchen. 520 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg