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Chrysalis 9 ed. Roy Torgeson (Doubleday, September 1981, 0-385-17251-6, $10.95, 186pp, hc, oa, cover by Tom Barber)     Also in pb (Zebra 1982). 1 · Introduction · Roy Torgeson · in 4 · A Child of Earth and Starry Heaven · Somtow Sucharitkul · nv 20 · Tomorrow Mourning · Nicholas V. Yermakov · ss 31 · The Hashed Brown Buggy · Margaret St. Clair · ss 38 · Dancing in the Dark · Glenn Chang · nv 67 · Orange Blossom Time · Pat Murphy · ss 77 · Again, the Hit-and-Miss · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 80 · A Good Place to Be · Cynthia Felice · ss 93 · The Ballad of Lady Blue · Karl Hansen · na 141 · That They Be Saved · Al Sarrantonio · ss 150 · Hunting the Dragonblood · Patrick H. Adkins · ss 162 · The Sound of Hawkwings Dissolving · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 171 · Gemini · Tanith Lee · nv

Chrysalis 10 ed. Roy Torgeson (Doubleday, April 1983, 0-385-17598-1, $11.95, 182pp, hc, oa, cover by Tom Barber) vii · Introduction · Roy Torgeson · in 1 · Moulder Moulder · Jay A. Parry · ss 14 · The Warmth of the Stars · David F. Bischoff · nv 39 · As Time Goes By · Tanith Lee · ss 53 · Mechanic · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 56 · One More Time · Andrew Weiner · ss 66 · Devil and the Dancer [Dilvish] · Roger Zelazny · nv Dilvish, the Damned by Roger Zelazny, Ballantine, 1982 100 · The Mechanical Boy · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss 111 · The Legend of the Paper Spaceship · Tetsu Yano; translated by Gene Van Troyer & Tomoko Oshiro · nv translated from the Japanese (“Origami Uchūsen no Densetsu”, 1978). 131 · Lost · Leanne Frahm · ss 137 · A Little Moonshine · Connie Willis · ss 146 · A Traveler in an Antique Land · Gardner R. Dozois · nv

Night Fear by Frank Belknap Long ed. Roy Torgeson--- see under Frank Belknap Long.

Other Worlds 1 ed. Roy Torgeson (Zebra, December 1979, 0-89083-558-6, $2.25, 282pp, pb, oa) 9 · Introduction · Roy Torgeson · in 18 · Fire from the Wine-Dark Sea · Somtow Sucharitkul · nv 40 · The Birdchaser · James E. Thompson · ss 46 · The Pavilion Where All Times Meet · Jayge Carr · nv 69 · The Bully and the Beast · Orson Scott Card · na 142 · Hideout · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 153 · The Last Performance of Kobo Daishi · Alan Ryan · nv 178 · Miss Notworthy and the Aliens · Sharon Webb · ss 187 · Water Kwatz, or More Bible Suckers · Ronald Anthony Cross · ss 207 · The Dragon That Lived in the Sea · Elizabeth A. Lynn · ss 215 · The Painters Are Coming Today · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 221 · Perfect Balance · Steve Perry · ss 235 · The Character Assassin · Paul H. Cook · ss 249 · From the Last Viking: The Saga of Harald Hardrede · Poul Anderson · gp (r) _250 · How Harald Came Home · Poul Anderson · ex from The Golden Horn forthcoming from Zebra Books (March 1980). _265 · Of Kings in Miklagardh · Poul Anderson · ex from The Golden Horn forthcoming from Zebra Books (March 1980).

Other Worlds 2 ed. Roy Torgeson (Zebra, January 1980, 0-89083-584-5, $2.25, 281pp, pb, oa) 7 · Introduction · Roy Torgeson · in 13 · The Man Who Lived in Kaleidoscope Glass · James Tucker · nv 38 · The Places of Aache [Dilvish] · Roger Zelazny · ss 51 · Since Tommy Came · Spencer Chilton Manrodt · ss 54 · One Night of the Year [Cyrion] · Tanith Lee · nv 89 · A Frenzied Beat of Wings · C. Bruce Hunter · ss 99 · The Sparrow and the Wizard · John P. Boyd · ss 109 · A World Beyond Our Dreams · Bill Pronzini · ss 115 · A Form That Fetters · Keith Allen Daniels · ss 128 · Don’t Look Back · Pat Murphy · ss 144 · There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me [Jack Limekiller] · Avram Davidson · na 246 · From the Last Viking · Poul Anderson · gp (r) _246 · Of Thora Thorbergsdottir · Poul Anderson · ex from The Road of the Sea Horse forthcoming from Zebra Books (May 1980). _265 · How They Fought at the River Niss · Poul Anderson · ex from The Sign of the Raven forthcoming from Zebra Books (June 1980).

The Case-Hardened Samaritan by Roger D. Torrey (Black Mask, August 1, 2023, 978-1-61827-733-6, $24.95, 260pp, tp, co, cover by Jes Schlaikjer) [Dal Prentice]     Volume one in “The Complete Black Mask Cases of Dal Prentice”. Details taken from publisher website. · Police Business [Dal Prentice] · Roger D. Torrey · ss Black Mask January 1933 · The Case-Hardened Samaritan [Dal Prentice] · Roger D. Torrey · ss Black Mask April 1933 · Robbery—with Violence [Dal Prentice] · Roger D. Torrey · ss Black Mask June 1933 · Hospital Case [Dal Prentice] · Roger D. Torrey · ss Black Mask August 1933 · Murder in Jail [Dal Prentice] · Roger D. Torrey · ss Black Mask September 1933 · Blackmail Is an Ugly Word [Dal Prentice] · Roger D. Torrey · nv Black Mask October 1933 · Dal Prentice Thinks It Out [Dal Prentice] · Roger D. Torrey · pz Black Mask October 1933

The Complete Cases of Johnny Cass by Roger D. Torrey (Popular Publications, November 26, 2022, 978-1-61827-688-9, $24.95, 214pp, tp, co, cover by John Newton Howitt) [Johnny Cass]     Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · Will Murray · in · Opals Are Unlucky [Johnny Cass] · Roger D. Torrey · ss Dime Detective Magazine February 15 1934 · Hot Money [Johnny Cass] · Roger D. Torrey · ss Dime Detective Magazine May 1 1934 · A Death in the Family [Johnny Cass] · Roger D. Torrey · na Dime Detective Magazine June 1 1934 · Dice and No Dice [Johnny Cass] · Roger D. Torrey · ss Dime Detective Magazine September 15 1934 · The Jade Beast [Johnny Cass] · Roger D. Torrey · nv Dime Detective Magazine December 1 1934 · Curtains for Five · Roger D. Torrey · ss Dime Detective Magazine July 1 1934

Survival Printout ed. Total Effect (Vintage, 1973, V-857, $1.95, ix+332pp, pb, an) v · Printout · Total Effect · in · Evolution/Identity 3 · The Star Thrower · Loren Eiseley · ar from The Unexpected Universe, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1969 22 · The Terminal Beach · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #140, March 1964 45 · Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 68 · For a Breath I Tarry · Roger Zelazny · nv New Worlds SF #160, March 1966 · Earth Probabilities 111 · The Social Consequences of Communications Satellites · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Horizon January 1962 122 · A Happy Day in 2381 [Urban Monad] · Robert Silverberg · ss Nova 1 ed. Harry Harrison, Delacorte, 1970 139 · Interurban Queen · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 8 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 150 · I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream · Harlan Ellison · ss If March 1967 · Ecosystems—Cellular and Solar 169 · Exploding Stars · Nigel Calder · ar 1969 192 · The Secret Songs · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1962 204 · Driftglass · Samuel R. Delany · ss If June 1967 225 · Desertion [City (Websters)] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1944 · Time Space Travel 241 · Direct Contact Among Galactic Civilizations · I. S. Shklovskii & Carl Sagan · ar 1966 255 · Scanners Live in Vain · Cordwainer Smith · na Fantasy Book #6, 1950 295 · “All You Zombies—” · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959 309 · Common Time · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1953 · The Editors · [uncredited] · bg · The Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition: Volume 1: 1938-1943 by Ray Bradbury ed. William F. Touponce & Jonathan R. Eller--- see under Ray Bradbury.

The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners ed. Amor Towles (Vintage Books, September 10, 2024, 978-0-593-47061-9, $19.00, 432pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. xi · Introduction · Amor Towles · in 3 · Roy · Emma Binder · ss Gulf Coast v35 #1, Winter/Spring 2023 18 · The Soccer Balls of Mr. Kurz · Michele Mari; translated by Brian Robert Moore · ss The New Yorker May 29 2023 translated from the Italian. 36 · Orphans · Brad Felver · nv Subtropics #33, Winter/Spring 2023 65 · The Home Visit · Morris Collins · ss Subtropics #33, Winter/Spring 2023 85 · The Import · Jai Chakrabarti · ss Ploughshares Spring 2023 101 · Didi · Amber Caron · ss Electric Literature #581, July 3 2023 123 · Serranos · Francisco González · ss McSweeney’s #70, 2023 143 · Hiding Spot · Caroline Kim · ss New England Review Summer 2022 165 · Junior · Katherine D. Stutzman · ss Harvard Review #60, 2023 173 · My Good Friend · Juliana Leite; translated by Zoë Perry · ss The Paris Review #244, Summer 2023 translated from the Portuguese. 188 · The Castle of Rose Tellin · Kate DiCamillo · ss Harper’s Magazine July 2023 201 · Rain · Colin Barrett · ss Granta #161, Autumn 2022 212 · Marital Problems · Robin Romm · ss The Sewanee Review Fall 2022 231 · The Last Grownup · Allegra Goodman · ss The New Yorker February 27 2023 245 · The Honor of Your Presence · Dave Eggers · nv One Story #302, June 22 2023 282 · The Paper Artist · E. K. Ota · ss Ploughshares Fall 2022 307 · The Room-Service Waiter · Tom Crewe · ss Granta #163, Spring 2023 318 · Seeing Through Maps · Madeline ffitch · ss Harper’s Magazine June 2023 336 · The Dark · Jess Walter · ss Ploughshares Summer 2023 348 · Mobilization · Allegra Hyde · ss Story #16, Spring 2023 357 · The O. Henry Prize Winners 2024: The Writers on Their Work · Various · ms 375 · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms 379 · How the Stories Are Chosen · [uncredited] · ms 381 · Afterword · Jenny Minton Quigley · aw 385 · Publications Submitted · [uncredited] · ms

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2023 ed. Amor Towles (The Mysterious Bookshop, September 19, 2023, 978-1-61316-449-5, $17.95, 500pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. xi · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw xv · Introduction · Amor Towles · in 1 · Blind Baseball · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2022 41 · The Adventure of the Misquoted Macbeth [Sherlock Holmes] · Derrick Belanger · ss Sherlock Holmes: A Detective’s Life ed. Martin Rosenstock, Titan, 2022 63 · Princess · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker November 7 2022 77 · Cold Hands, Warm Heart · Joslyn Chase · nv Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #12, 2022 109 · New Kid in Town · Andrew Child · nv Hotel California ed. Don Bruns, Blackstone Publishing, 2022 139 · Death at the Sundial Motel · Aaron Philip Clark · ss Witnesses for the Dead ed. Gary Phillips & Gar Anthony Haywood, Soho Crime, 2022 163 · Dodge · Jeffery Deaver · na Amazon Original Stories, December 13 2022 229 · The Landscaper’s Wife · Brendan DuBois · nv Mystery Tribune #18, August/September 2022 269 · Strangers at a Table · Kerry Hammond · ss Malice Domestic 16: Mystery Most Diabolical ed. Verena Rose, Rita Owen & Shawn Reilly Simmons, Wildside Press, 2021 279 · Miller and Bell · Victor Kreuiter · ss Mystery Magazine August 2022 297 · Two Sharks Walk Into a Bar · David Krugler · ss Mystery Magazine September 2022 317 · Pobre Maria [Ernesto Guillén] · Tom Larsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2022 337 · Playing God · Avram Lavinsky · ss Deadly Nightshade ed. Christine Bagley, Susan Oleksiw & Leslie Wheeler, Crime Spell Books, 2022 353 · Ears · Jessi Lewis · ss Alaska Quarterly Review Spring/Summer 2022 365 · The Smoking Gunners · Ashley Lister · ss The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Mango Publishing Group, 2022 379 · Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday · Sean McCluskey · ss Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir, Vol. 3 ed. Michael Bracken, Down & Out Books, 2022 403 · What the Cat Dragged In · Michael Mallory · ss The Strand Magazine #68, 2022 425 · Sundown · Lou Manfredo · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2022 447 · The Promise · Annie Reed · ss Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #12, 2022 465 · Glass · Anna Round · ss The Briar Cliff Review #34, 2022 479 · Crime Scene · Joseph S. Walker · ss Malice in Dallas ed. Barb Goffman, Sisters in Crime, 2022 497 · A Bottle of Perrier · Edith Wharton · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 27 1926, as “A Bottle of Evian” 525 · The Best Mystery Stories 2023 Honor Roll · [uncredited] · bi

A Book of Dreams ed. George P. Townsend & Trevor Jones--- see under Trevor Jones.

Coming Together: Among the Stars ed. Lynn Townsend (Lynn Townsend, November 22, 2014, 978-1-5031-6057-6, $12.00, 278pp, tp, oa, cover by Alessia Brio)     Details taken from online listing. 4 · A Little Science Fiction · Lynn Townsend · in 8 · Duali-Teaze · Rose Caraway · ss 18 · Repair Mission · Annabeth Leong · ss 32 · Situation Normal · Lynn Townsend · ss 47 · A Matter of Taste · E. S. Wynn · ss 55 · Getting Even · T. B. Bond · ss 64 · Love in a Space Elevator · T. B. Bond · ss 74 · Longing · Elizabeth Black · ss 85 · Forbidden Goods of the Galaxy · Zee Giovanni · ss 99 · Birth of a Monster Whisperer · Nobilis Reed · ss 113 · Gyozo’s Mate · Essemoh Teepee · ss 129 · Yvette · George Box · ss 145 · The Joy Ride · Jade Waters · ss 159 · S.E.T.H. · Nickie Jamison · ss 171 · Sense-Think-Act · Elliot DeLocke · ss 179 · Love Is a Virus · Delilah Night · ss 192 · Rose of High Barbary · V. L. Locey · ss 206 · Of Gods and Men · Adrik Kemp · ss 219 · A Fully Functional Lo^ghi · Skilja Peregrinarius · ss 234 · Navigator · Kathleen Tudor · ss 247 · Bleeding Red · Elizabeth L. Brooks · ss 260 · The Power of Positive Thinking · Malin James · ss