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Descended from Darkness: Apex Magazine Vol. I ed. Gill Ainsworth & Jason Sizemore (Apex Publications, November 2009, 978-0-9788676-9-0, $18.95, 286pp, tp, an, cover: Machinery of the Stars by Vitaly S. Alexius)     Contains 24 stories published in Apex Magazine from January 1, 2008 through June 30th, 2009. Also known as The Book of Apex: Volume 1 of Apex Magazine. Details taken from online listing. · Biographies · [uncredited] · ms 1 · Post Apocalypse · James Walton Langolf · ss Apex Online January 1 2008 9 · These Days · Katherine Sparrow · ss Apex Online July 13 2008 23 · In the Seams · Andrew C. Porter · ss Apex Online July 28 2008 40 · The Nature of Blood · George Mann · ss Apex Online August 11 2008 59 · Scenting the Dark · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Apex Online August 25 2008 70 · The Limb Knitter · Steven Francis Murphy · ss Apex Online September 8 2008 88 · Empty Spaces · Nathan Rosen · ss Apex Online October 2 2008, as “I Know an Old Lady” 90 · Blakenjel · Lavie Tidhar · ss Apex Online October 2 2008 107 · Behold: Skowt! · Jason Heller · ss Apex Online November 2 2008 113 · Shaded Streams Run Clearest · Geoffrey W. Cole · ss Apex Online November 4 2008 117 · Plebiscite AV3X · Jason Fischer · ss Apex Online November 4 2008 120 · A Splash of Color · William T. Vandemark · ss Apex Online November 2 2008 130 · Organ Nell · Jennifer Pelland · ss Apex Online December 2 2008 138 · A Night at the Empire · Joy Marchand · ss Apex Online December 2 2008 151 · Starter House · Jason Palmer · ss Apex Online January 3 2009 166 · On the Shadow Side of the Beast · Ruth Nestvold · ss Apex Online January 3 2009 178 · Cai and Her Ten Thousand Husbands · Gord Sellar · ss Apex Online February 3 2009 191 · Dark Planet · Lavie Tidhar · ss Apex Online February 3 2009 206 · The Puma · Theodora Goss · ss Apex Online March 3 2009 223 · The Mind of a Pig · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Apex Online March 3 2009 233 · Hindsight, in Neon · Jamie Todd Rubin · ss Apex Online April 7 2009, as “The Last Science Fiction Writer” 238 · Waiting for Jakie · Barbara Krasnoff · ss Apex Online April 7 2009 245 · Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens · Peter M. Ball · ss Apex Online May 5 2009 264 · Hideki and the Gnomes [Hideki] · Mark Lee Pearson · ss Apex Online May 5 2009

Hit Parade of Mystery Stories ed. Norma Ruedi Ainsworth (Scholastic Book Services, 1963, T502, 188pp, pb, an) 1 · “?” · Sister Paschala, O.P. · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1962 13 · The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch March 14 1923, as “The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls” 37 · Death Had a Voice [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s June 26 1948 57 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891 96 · The Day the Children Vanished · Hugh Pentecost · nv This Week April 20 1958 (+2), as “The Children Vanished” 141 · The Case of the White Elephant [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine August 1936, as “The White Elephant” 171 · The Unique Guinea · Stephen Barr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1959 179 · The Dilemma of Grampa Dubois · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss The American Magazine 1952

The Last Bullet and Other Western Stories ed. Norma Ruedi Ainsworth (Scholastic, 1965, pb, an)     Lon Tinkle, consultant. · Maverick in the Bunkhouse · Verne Athanas · ss Argosy September 1952 · Water Hog · Raymond Boyle · ss 1946 · The Long Trail Drive · Edward Carr · ss 1959 · The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv McClure’s Magazine February 1898 · The Maverick Branded Murder · J. Frank Dobie · ss 1941 · The Missing Chord · O. Henry · ss The Century Magazine June 1904 · The Elk Tooth Dress · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss 1957 · The Last Bullet · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s December 10 1938 · Palomino · Bud Murphy · ss 1945 · Way of the Law in Calico · John B. Prescott · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 5 1956, as “The Landlady’s Daughter”

Chapter and Hearse and Other Stories by Catherine Aird (St. Martin’s Minotaur, February 2004, 0-312-29084-5, $23.95, 293pp, hc, co)     Reprint (Macmillan 2003) collection of 22 stories. First US edition. 1 · A Change of Heart [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 15 · Due Diligence · Catherine Aird · ss The Strand Magazine #4, April/July 2000 31 · Time, Gentlemen, Please [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 50 · Cold Comfort [Sheriff Rhuaraidh Macmillan] · Catherine Aird · ss Murder Through the Ages ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, 2000 63 · Chapter and Hearse [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss Past Crimes ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1998 77 · The Widow’s Might · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 92 · Handsel Monday [Sheriff Rhuaraidh Macmillan] · Catherine Aird · ss Past Poisons ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, 1998 110 · Preyed in Aid [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 130 · A Different Cast of Mind · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 135 · Examination Results [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 148 · Child’s Play [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 162 · Like to Die [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss Malice Domestic 6 ed. Anne Perry, Pocket, 1997 176 · Dead Letters [Sheriff Rhuaraidh Macmillan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 189 · Gold, Frankincense and Murder [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss A Classic Christmas Crime ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1995 210 · The Trouble and Strife [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 2002 221 · Losing the Plot · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 234 · A Soldier to the Queen · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 242 · Touch Not the Cat [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 251 · Exit Strategy · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 257 · The Wild Card [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 265 · Coup de Grâce [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003 279 · Dummy Run [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 2003

Injury Time by Catherine Aird (St. Martin’s, August 1995, 0-312-13095-3, $19.95, 168pp, hc, co)     Reprint (Macmillan 1994) collection of 16 stories. First US edition. 1 · Steady As She Goes [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 1st Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1992 12 · The Man Who Rowed for the Shore [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss The Man Who… ed. H. R. F. Keating, Macmillan UK, 1992 23 · A Fair Cop [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 31 · Double Jeopardy [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 42 · Lord Peter’s Touch [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss Encounters with Lord Peter ed. Christopher Dean, The Dorothy L. Sayers Society, 1991 47 · Memory Corner [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 59 · Slight of Hand [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss 2nd Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1993 69 · Cause and Effects [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss A Classic English Crime ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1990 90 · The Hard Sell [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 98 · One Under the Eight [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 112 · Bare Essentials [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 127 · Home Is the Hunter [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1988 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1988 138 · Blue Upright [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss 147 · Devilled Dip · Catherine Aird · ss 154 · The Misjudgement of Paris · Catherine Aird · ss 159 · Her Indoors [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss

Fantasy Readers Wanted—Apply Within ed. Nick Aires & James Richey (Silver Lake Publishing, October 2003, 1-931095-67-1, $18.95, 390pp, tp, oa, cover by Barb Jacobs)     Original anthology of 23 stories, two reprints, and one reprint poem, all with a fantasy quest theme. Authors include Matthew Hughes, Richard Parks, and Bruce Holland Rogers. This is a print-on-demand edition. 5 · Instructions · Neil Gaiman · pm A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, 2000 9 · Caulin’s Dust · Rebecca Bradley · ss 27 · A Little Learning [Archonate: Guth Bandar] · Matthew Hughes · nv 55 · How the Highland People Came to Be · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss Realms of Fantasy August 1999 75 · From Here to Zerr · Nick Aires · ss 83 · Voice Lessons · E. G. Young · nv 113 · Wyrm Food · Murray Leeder · ss 121 · From Dark to Dawn · Stephen D. Rogers · ss 125 · No Baloney Sandwiches in Elf Land · Tracey E. Schelmetic · ss 139 · The Unicorn’s Laugh · Erin Hoffman · ss 155 · Stone o’ Galen · Breanna Wojcik · ss 169 · It’s Reigning Cats abd Dogs · Nick Aires & John Heeder · nv 195 · Ghelda’s Pendant · James Richey · ss 211 · A Damsel in This Dress · Ralan Conley · ss 227 · Death in the Tower of Lost Dreams · Richard Bray · ss 235 · Know Thy Fate · Terri J. Barczak · ss 247 · The Gift Horse · Jack Rice · nv 273 · Speaking the Ceremony · Nicole R. Murphy · ss 281 · The Divine Spark · Frank Fradella · ss 297 · Virgin Steel · Michael Bracken · ss 307 · The War · Stephen M. Wilson · ss 315 · Black Diablerie’s First Quest · John Heeder · ss 333 · Flight of the Phoenix · Chris McMahon · nv 371 · A Thing or Two About Love · Richard Parks · ss Wizard Fantastic ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1997 385 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

New Writing Scotland 2 ed. James Aitchison & Alexander Scott--- see under Alexander Scott.

New Writing Scotland 3 ed. James Aitchison & Alexander Scott--- see under Alexander Scott.

Tales of Other Days ed. John Yonge Akerman--- see under Anon..

The Never Never Land ed. Mitchell Akhurst, Phillip Berrie & Ian McHugh (CSFG Publishing, 2015, 978-0-9775192-5-5, 305pp, tp, oa, cover by Shauna O’Meara)     Details taken from online listing. 3 · Tirari Desert, Saturday · Thoraiya Dyer · ss 11 · The Seven-Forty from Paraburdoo · Charlotte Nash · ss 17 · Against the Current · Dan Baker · ss 31 · The Nexus Tree · Kimberly Gaal · ss 43 · The Green, Green Grass of Home · Brenda Anderson · ss 49 · Drought · Adrik Kemp · ss 59 · She’ll Be Right · Donna Maree Hanson · ss 69 · Jimmy’s Boys · Laura E. Goodin · ss 77 · Ferals · William Broom · ss 89 · Rainbows of the Drought · Jacob Edwards · ss 97 · Terra Australis · Craig Garrett · ss 109 · Hard · Helen Stubbs · ss 121 · The Laneway · Richard L. Lagarto · ss 133 · The Spectacularly Lucky Country · David Coleman · ss 141 · To Look Upon a Dream Tiger · Shauna O’Meara · ss 155 · Ghost Versions · Darren Goossens · ss 163 · Looking for Ben · M. James Richards · ss 179 · The Inventor of Ironclad Creek · Michael Kraaz · ss 185 · Rebirth · Linh T. Nguyen · ss 197 · Consumed · Elizabeth Jakimow · ss 203 · Done and Darbie’d · Faran Silverton · ss 215 · Beyond the Factory Wall · Rivqa Rafael · ss 227 · Rust Titan · Chris Large · ss 241 · Memory Lane · Suzanne J. Willis · ss 249 · The Swagman · Angus Yeates · ss 263 · Adventure Socks · Leife Shallcross · ss 273 · Trike Race · Edwina Harvey & Simon Petrie · ss 285 · The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth · Jodi Cleghorn · ss 289 · Dragon Girl · Cat Sparks · ss 299 · Welcome to Australia · Monica Carroll · ss

Good Evening, Everyone! by A. J. Alan (Hutchinson, 1928, 2/6d, 286pp, hc, co) · My Adventure in Jermyn Street · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine January 1927 first broadcast on the BBC, January 31, 1924. · The Dream · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine June 1927 · The Cabmen’s Shelter · A. J. Alan · ss (r) · A Coincidence · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine April 1927 broadcast by the BBC Nov 7, 1925. · The Diver · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine May 1927 broadcast by the BBC Dec 25, 1925. · My Adventure in Dartmoor · A. J. Alan · ss (r) · The Hair · A. J. Alan · ss 1926 · Charles · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine February 1928 broadcast by the BBC Aug 27, 1927. · The Voice · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine August 1927 · An Impromptu Dance · A. J. Alan · ss · The Photograph · A. J. Alan · ss (r) · A Foggy Evening · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine March 1927 · My Adventure in Norfolk · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine October 1927 broadcast by the BBC Dec 24, 1926. · The First of April · A. J. Alan · ss · The B.B.I. · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine February 1927

Accessing the Future: A Disability-Themed Speculative Fiction Anthology ed. Djibril al-Ayad & Kathryn Allan (Futurefire.net Publishing, April 22, 2015, 978-0-9573975-4-5, $16.00, ix+227pp, tp, oa, cover by Robin E. Kaplan)     Original anthology of 15 stories about people with disabilities in varied futures, with eight full-page illustrations by various artists. Preface by Joelle Vanderhooft; afterword by Derek Newman-Stille. Authors include Sarah Pinsker, Joyce Chng, and David Jón Fuller. A text description of the work is on the other side of each illustration. Details taken from online listing. vi · Preface · JoSelle Vanderhooft · pr 1 · Introduction · Djibril al-Ayad & Kathryn Allan · in 7 · Pirate Songs · Nicolette Barischoff · nv 27 · 19.12.2014_A Future Without Pain · Comebab · il 29 · Pay Attention · Sarah Pinsker · ss 43 · Invisible People · Margaret Killjoy · ss 55 · Julienne the Technician · Fabian Alvarado · il 57 · The Lessons of the Moon · Joyce Chng · ss 65 · Screens · Samantha Rich · ss 73 · To the Pitch · L. E. Badillo · il 75 · A Sense All Its Own · Sara Patterson · ss 95 · Better to Have Loved · Kate O’Connor · ss 105 · Needs More Coffee · Rachel Keslensky · il 107 · Morphic Resonance · Toby MacNutt · ss 121 · Losing Touch · Louise Hughes · ss 133 · futurecoffee · Vincent Konrad · il 135 · Into the Waters I Rode Down · Jack Hollis Marr · ss 143 · Playa Song · Petra Kuppers · ss 157 · Flux · Pandalion Death · il 159 · Puppetry · A. C. Buchanan · ss 175 · Lyric · A. F. Sanchez · ss 191 · High Handed · Jane Baker · il 193 · Courting the Silent Sun · Rachael K. Jones · ss 205 · Everyday Future · Tostoini · il 207 · In Open Air · David Jón Fuller · ss 223 · Afterword · Derek Newman-Stille · aw