Jane Rice

(Born: 17-Apr-1913; Owensboro, Kentucky)
(Died: 2-Mar-2003; High Point, New York)
 
Awards: None Known
Pseudonyms: Mary Austin; Allison Rice {with Ruth Allison};
Prose Fiction Prose Fiction Books Series Poetry & Drama Poetry & Drama Books
Articles Miscellaneous Non-Fiction Books Publications Edited by Jane Rice
Other Media Articles on Jane Rice Reviews Items devoted to Jane Rice
Phantom and Forthcoming Titles Related Items by Other Authors Textual Variations and Other Notes Chronological Index of Prose Fiction
 

A. Prose Fiction

A1.The Blue Bus Driver (ss)
Charm 7-44
 
A2.The Cats (NT)
Skullduggery Spring 1981
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A3.Ceiling Zero (ss)
Charm 2-45
 
A4.The Children (ss)
Charm 9-47
 
A5.The Crest of the Wave (NT)
Unknown 6-41; Winter 1947 (UK);
THE UNKNOWN 5, Bensen, Pyramid, 1964
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A6.The Crossroads (NT)
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 8-85
THE YEAR'S BEST MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE STORIES - 1986, Hoch, Walker, 1986
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A7.A Difficult Subject (sss)
Charm 9-48
100 HILARIOUS LITTLE HOWLERS, Dziemianowicz/Weinberg/ Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1999
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003) {revised}
 
A8.The Dream (NT)
Unknown 7-40; 7-40 (UK);
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A9.Drusilla (ss)
Charm 12-46
 
A10.The Elixir (NT)
Unknown Worlds 12-42; 2-43 (UK);
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A11.The Forbidden Trail (NT)
Unknown 4-41; Winter 1949 (UK);
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A12.The Golden Bridle (NT)
Unknown Worlds 4-43; Spring 1949 (UK);
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A13.Great-Aunt Ella and the Stanley Steamer (ss)
Charm 9-46
100 HILARIOUS LITTLE HOWLERS, Dziemianowicz/Weinberg/ Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1999
 
A14.The House (NT)
Unknown Worlds 12-41; Winter 1948 (UK);
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A15.The Idol of the Flies (NT)
Unknown Worlds 6-42; 6-42 (UK);
Creep, Shadow! (fnz) 4-46
CHILDREN OF WONDER, Tenn, Simon & Schuster, 1953; Perma, 1954 (as OUTSIDERS: CHILDREN OF WONDER)
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: STORIES MY MOTHER NEVER TOLD ME, Hitchcock, Random House, 1963; Dell, 1965 (14 of 28, as AHP: MORE STORIES MY MOTHER NEVER TOLD ME); Pan, 1967 (12 of 28, as AHP: STORIES MY MOTHER NEVER TOLD ME, PART II)
THESE WILL CHILL YOU, Wright/Sheehan, Bantam, 1967
MIND AT BAY, Evans, Panther, 1969
THE UNSPEAKABLE PEOPLE, Haining, Leslie Frewin, 1969
HAPPY ENDINGS, Knight, Bobbs-Merril, 1974
CRIES OF TERROR, Masters, Arrow, 1976
NATURE'S REVENGE, Manley/Lewis, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1978
WITCHES' BREW, Muller/Pronzini, Macmillan, 1984
NURSERY CRIMES, Dziemianowicz/Weinberg/Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1993
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A16.Just a Memory, Thank Heaven (ss)
Charm 7-43
 
A17.The Last Straw (ss)
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 3-85
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A18.The Loolies Are Here (ss) {with Ruth Allison}
ORBIT 1, Knight, Berkley Medallion, 1966 {as by Allison Rice}
THE BEST FROM ORBIT, Knight, Berkley, 1975 {as by Allison Rice}
SHARED TOMORROWS, Pronzini/Malzberg, St. Martin's, 1979
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A19.Magician's Dinner (NT)
Unknown Worlds 10-42; 10-42 (UK);
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A20.The Misfits (NT)
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2-89
ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL AND THE FANTASTIC, Jordan, Smithmark, 1993
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A21.The Mystery of the Lion Window (NT)
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 10-84
ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MOST WANTED, Jordan, Davis, 1988
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A22.The Pattern (ss)
Charm 11-45
 
A23.Pobby (NT)
Unknown Worlds 4-42; Fall 1945 (UK);
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A24.The Rainbow Gold (ss)
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 12-59; 3-60 (UK)
THE BEST FROM FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION: 10, Mills, Doubleday, 1961
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A25.The Refugee (ss)
Unknown Worlds 10-43; 5-44 (UK);
From Unknown Worlds 1948; 1952 (UK);
GHOSTLY TALES TO BE TOLD, Davenport, Dodd Mead, 1950
HELL HATH FURY, Hay, Spearman, 1963
MONSTER FESTIVAL, Protter, Vanguard, 1965
WAY OF THE WEREWOLF, Hill, Panther, 1966
THE DARK DOMINION, Anon., Paperback Library, 1970
65 GREAT TALES OF HORROR, Danby, Octopus, 1981
WEREWOLF, Haining, Severn House, 1987
RIVALS OF WEIRD TALES, Weinberg/Dziemianowicz/Greenberg, Bonanza, 1990
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A26.Rosemary—For Remembrance (ss)
Charm 1-44
 
A27.The Saga of Lizzie Borden (sss)
Charm 3-46
100 HILARIOUS LITTLE HOWLERS, Dziemianowicz/Weinberg/ Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1999
 
A28.The Sixth Dog (NT)
THE SIXTH DOG (1995)
THE BEST NEW HORROR: VOLUME SEVEN, Jones, Raven, 1996
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A29.The Split Hickory (ss)
Collier's 20-Sep-47
 
A30.The Stalkers (ss)
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A31.Tea Dance (ss)
Woman's Home Companion 7-47
 
A32.The White Pony (ss)
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 2-60; 5-60 (UK);
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
A33.The Willapawampus (ss)
Ladies' Home Journal 5-46
 
A34.The Willow Tree (ss)
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 2-59
THE BEST FROM FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION: 9, Mills, Doubleday, 1960
Venture (UK) #12, 8-64
MISTRESSES OF MYSTERY, Manley/Lewis, Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1973
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 

B. Prose Fiction Books

B1.THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES [C-22: K1, A15, A5, A12, A8, A10, A11, A14, A19, A23, A25, A2, A21, A6, A20, A17, A18, A7, A24, A32, A34, A28, A30, K2]
Midnight House (hb) 9740589-X, 2003, 372pp, $40.00 (Allen Koszowski) {limited to 500 numbered copies}
 
B2.THE SIXTH DOG [A28]
Necronomicon Press (ph) 74-7, 4-95, 28pp, $4.95 (Jason Eckhardt)
 

C. Series

None Known
 

D. Poetry & Drama

D1.Night Thought
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 9-59 {as by Mary Austin}
 
D2.The Sorcerer's Mate
Weird Tales 3/4-2004
 

E. Poetry & Drama Books

None Known
 

F. Articles

None Known
 
 

G. Miscellaneous

None Known
 

H. Non-Fiction Books

None Known
 

I. Publications Edited by Jane Rice

None Known
 

J. Other Media

None Known
 

K. Articles on Jane Rice

K1.Introduction by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 
K2.Afterword by Jim Rockhill
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES (2003)
 

L. Reviews

None Known
 

M. Items devoted to Jane Rice

None Known
 

N. Phantom and Forthcoming Titles

N1.Lucy
Novelette purchase for Unknown, now lost, about a WWII soldier and "a little English child, in a bathing suit, who seems to have foreknowledge of a sort - and who appears and disappears with ease".
 
N2.Other stories
Jane Rice stated (in private correspondence) that she had sold stories to Good Housekeeping, Cosmpolitan and American Magazine, but no such stories have been traced.
 

O. Related Items by Other Authors

None Known
 

P. Textual Variations and Other Notes

None Known
 

Q. Chronological Index of Prose Fiction

1940
The Dream
 
1941
The Forbidden Trail
The Crest of the Wave
The House
 
1942
Pobby
The Idol of the Flies
Magician's Dinner
The Elixir
 
1943
The Golden Bridle
Just a Memory, Thank Heaven
The Refugee
 
1944
Rosemary—For Remembrance
The Blue Bus Driver
 
1945
Ceiling Zero
The Pattern
 
1946
The Saga of Lizzie Borden
The Willapawampus
Great-Aunt Ella and the Stanley Steamer
Drusilla
 
1947
Tea Dance
The Split Hickory
The Children
 
1948
A Difficult Subject
 
1959
The Willow Tree
The Rainbow Gold
 
1960
The White Pony
 
1966
The Loolies Are Here
 
1981
The Cats
 
1984
The Mystery of the Lion Window
 
1985
The Last Straw
The Crossroads
 
1989
The Misfits
 
1995
THE SIXTH DOG
The Sixth Dog
 
2003
THE IDOL OF THE FLIES AND OTHER STORIES
The Stalkers
None Known