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The Rushdie File ed. Lisa Appignanesi & Sara Maitland (Syracuse University Press, May 1990, 0-8156-0248-0, $12.95, 266pp, tp, nf)     Associational non-fiction; reference. A collection of articles and commentary on Rushdie and The Satanic Verses controversy. A hardcover edition (-2494-8) was announced but not seen.

Collision: Stories from the Science of CERN ed. Rob Appleby & Connie Potter (Comma Press, February 9, 2023, 978-1-912697-68-7, £9.99, 250pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Prof Rob Appleby & Connie Potter · in · Going Dark · Steven Moffat · ss The Daily Telegraph December 4 2022 · Afterword to “Going Dark” · Dr. Peter Dong · as · The Grand Unification · Lisa Luxx · ss · Afterword to “The Grand Unification” · Dr. Carole Weydert · as · Afterglow · Bidisha · ss · Afterword to “Afterglow” · Dr. Kristin Lohwasser · as · Marble Run · Luan Goldie · ss · Afterword to “Marble Run” · Dr. Carole Weydert · as · Skipping · Ian Watson · ss · Afterword to “Skipping” · Dr. Andrea Bersani · as · The Ogre, the Monk and the Maiden · Margaret Drabble · ss · Afterword to “The Ogre, the Monk and the Maiden” · Dr. Tessa Charles · as · End Titles · Adam Marek · ss · Afterword to “End Titles” · Dr. Andrea Giammanco · as · Dark Matters · Lucy Caldwell · ss · Afterword to “Dark Matters” · Dr. Joe Haley · as · Side Channels to Andromeda · Peter Kalu · ss · Afterword to “Side Channels to Andromeda” · Dr. Michael Davis · as · The Jazari Principle · Courttia Newland · ss · Afterword to “The Jazari Principle” · Dr. Daniel Cervenkov · as · Absences · Desiree Reynolds · ss · Afterword to “Absences” · Jens Vigen · as · Gauguin’s Questions · Stephen Baxter · ss · Afterword to “Gauguin’s Questions” · Prof John Ellis · as · Cold Open · Lillian Weezer · ss · Afterword to “Cold Open” · Prof Gino Isidori · as

Thought X: Fictions and Hypotheticals ed. Rob Appleby & Ra Page (Comma Press, April 20, 2017, 978-1-905583-60-7, 288pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Introduction · Rob Appleby & Ra Page · in · Lightspeed · Adam Marek · ss · The Twin Paradox · Tara Shears · ar · Tether · Zoe Gilbert · ss · The Experience Machine · Jonathan Wolff · ar · The Tiniest Atom · Sarah Schofield · ss · Laplace’s Demon · Rob Appleby · ar · Red · Annie Kirby · ss · Mary’s Room and the Knowledge Argument · Frank Jackson · ar · XOR · Andy Hedgecock · ss · The Grandfather Paradox · Stewart Boogert · ar · Bright Boy · Marie Louise Cookson · ss · Maxwell’s Demon · Rob Appleby · ar · The Rooms · Annie Clarkson · ss · The Chinese Room · Seth Bullock · ar · If He Wakes · Margaret Wilkinson · ss · Schrödinger’s Cat · Steven French · ar · People Watching · Claire Dean · ss · Galileo’s Ship · Roman Frigg · ar · Monkey Business · Ian Watson · ss · The Infinite Monkey Typing Pool · Rob Appleby · ar · Equivalence · Sandra Alland · ss · Einstein in a Lift · Ana Jofre · ar · The Child in the Lock · Robin Ince · ss · The Spider in the Urinal & The Drowning Child · Glen Newey · ar · Keep It Dark · Adam Roberts · ss · Olber’s Paradox · Sarah Bridle · ar · Inertia · Anneliese Mackintosh · ss · Chasing a Beam of Light · Michela Massimi · ar · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg · About the Scientists & Philosophers · [uncredited] · bg

The Vanishing Hitch-hiker: Modern Myths of the Macabre by Roy Apps (Corgi, May 1, 1998, 0-552-54585-6, £3.99, 143pp, pb, oc, cover by David Wyatt)     Original young-adult collection retelling fantastic urban myths. 9 · The Vanishing Hitch-hiker · Roy Apps · ss 27 · The Demon Drink · Roy Apps · ss 37 · The Beasts Beneath Your Feet · Roy Apps · ss 49 · Fingers · Roy Apps · ss 63 · The Phantom Surgeon · Roy Apps · ss 75 · The Very Last Baby-Sitter · Roy Apps · ss 91 · Love.Bites · Roy Apps · ss 101 · Dog’s Dinner · Roy Apps · ss 113 · The Hands of Old Miss Summers · Roy Apps · ss 125 · What Shall We Do with Granny Simpkins? · Roy Apps · ss

Classic Monsters Unleashed ed. James Aquilone (Black Spot Books, July 12, 2022, 978-1-64548-121-8, $21.99, 443pp, tp, oa, cover by Colton Worley)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Kim Newman · in · Inferno · Alessandro Manzetti · pm · Höllenlegion · Jonathan Maberry · ss · They Call Me Mother · Geneve Flynn · ss · Old Monsters Never Die · Tim Waggoner · ss · She-Creature from the Golden Cove · John Palisano · ss · Dreams · F. Paul Wilson · ss The Ultimate Frankenstein ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991 · Blood Hunt · Owl Goingback · ss · Mummy Calls · Simon Bestwick · ss · The Viscount and the Phantom · Lucy A. Snyder · ss · Modern Monsters · Monique Snyman · ss · Beautiful Monster · J. G. Faherty · ss · The Nightbird · Michael Knost · ss · Give Me Your Hand · David Surface · ss · A Tale of Wickedness · Kelsea Yu · ss · Something Borrowed · Lindy Ryan · ss · Moonlight Serenade · Gaby Triana · ss · Dead Lions · Richard Christian Matheson · ss · Mai Doon Izahn · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss · Hacking the Horseman’s Code · Lisa Morton · ss · The Invisible Man: The Fire This Time · Maurice Broaddus · ss · Diminished Seventh · Sean Eads & Joshua Viola · ss · You Can Have the Ground, My Love · Carlie St. George · ss · The Picture of Doriana Gray · Mercedes M. Yardley · ss · Make the Blood Go Where It Wants · Alessandro Manzetti · ss · Da Noise, Da Funk, Da Blob · Linda D. Addison · ss · Rapt · Rena Mason · ss · “Can” Doesn’t Mean “Should” · Seanan McGuire · ss · Enter, the Dragon · Leverett Butts & Dacre Stoker · ss · Someone to Blame · Ramsey Campbell · ss · The God of the Razor [God of the Razor] · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Grue #5, 1987

Ten Plagues: A Collection of Deadly Stories ed. Ian Donnell Arbuckle & Justin Conwell (Saltboy Bookmakers, 2006, $10.40, 268pp, tp, oa) · Peter Pallister’s Pool · J. J. Beazley · ss · Jump, Frog! · Matthew Johnson · ss · Under the Church · Mark E. Deloy · ss · Drums and Drums · Andrew Ferguson · ss · Mercy in the Lazaretto · Mark Yohalem · ss · The Harvester of Sorry · M. E. Palmer · ss · A Mouthful of Smoke · Julian Todd · ss · A Plague on Both Your Houses · Paul Finch · ss · Baa-Rum-Pa · P. Grey · ss · China · Ian Donnell Arbuckle · ss

And Thereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin’s, 2010, 0-312-53953-3, $25.99, 301pp, hc, co)     Reprint (Macmillan 2010) fifteen original stories with settings from around the globe. 1st US Edition. 1 · Stuck on You · Jeffrey Archer · ss 21 · The Queen’s Birthday Telegram · Jeffrey Archer · ss 31 · High Heels · Jeffrey Archer · ss 51 · Blind Date · Jeffrey Archer · ss 59 · Where There’s a Will · Jeffrey Archer · nv 83 · Double-Cross · Jeffrey Archer · ss 103 · “I Will Survive” · Jeffrey Archer · ss 119 · A Good Eye · Jeffrey Archer · ss 135 · Members Only · Jeffrey Archer · nv 177 · The Undiplomatic Diplomat · Jeffrey Archer · nv 203 · The Luck of the Irish · Jeffrey Archer · ss 223 · Politically Correct · Jeffrey Archer · nv 245 · Better the Devil You Know · Jeffrey Archer · ss 259 · No Room at the Inn · Jeffrey Archer · ss 273 · Caste-Off · Jeffrey Archer · nv

Cat o’ Nine Tales and Other Stories by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin’s, 2007, 0-312-36264-1, $27.95, 255pp, hc, oc)     Reprint (Macmillan 2007) original collection of 12 stories with drawings by Ronald Searle. First US edition. ix · Preface · Jeffrey Archer · pr 1 · The Man Who Robbed His Own Post Office · Jeffrey Archer · nv 37 · Maestro · Jeffrey Archer · ss 53 · Don’t Drink the Water · Jeffrey Archer · nv 83 · It Can’t Be October Already · Jeffrey Archer · ss 101 · The Red King · Jeffrey Archer · nv 131 · The Wisdom of Solomon · Jeffrey Archer · ss 147 · Know What I Mean? · Jeffrey Archer · ss 163 · Charity Begins at Home · Jeffrey Archer · nv 189 · The Alibi · Jeffrey Archer · ss 203 · A Greek Tragedy · Jeffrey Archer · ss 215 · The Commissioner · Jeffrey Archer · ss 235 · In the Eye of the Beholder · Jeffrey Archer · ss

Rath and Storm ed. Peter Archer (Wizards of the Coast, July 1998, 0-7869-1175-1, $5.99, 311pp, tp, oa) [Magic: The Gathering]     Original anthology of nine related stories, with framing material before and after each, based on the card games. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. 1 · A Dark Room · [uncredited] · lk 15 · I. Weatherlight 17 · Gerrard’s Tale · Michael Ryan · nv 43 · A Dark Room · [uncredited] · lk 47 · Tahngarth’s Tale · Hanovi Braddock · ss 67 · A Dark Room · [uncredited] · lk 71 · Ertai’s Tale · Hanovi Braddock · ss 87 · A Dark Room · [uncredited] · lk 91 · II. Tempest 93 · A Dark Room · [uncredited] · lk 97 · Greven’s Tale · Philip Athans · ss 109 · A Dark Room · [uncredited] · lk 113 · Hanna’s Tale · Miranda Horner · nv 147 · A Dark Room · [uncredited] · lk 151 · Starke’s Tale · Jennifer Clarke Wilkes · nv 183 · A Dark Room · [uncredited] · lk 187 · III. Stronghold 189 · A Dark Room · [uncredited] · lk 195 · Karn’s Tale · J. Robert King · nv 219 · A Dark Room · [uncredited] · lk 223 · Crovax’s Tale · Kij Johnson · nv 247 · IV. Exodus 249 · A Dark Room · [uncredited] · lk 253 · The Weatherlight’s Tale · Francis Lebaron · ss 271 · A Dark Room · [uncredited] · lk 277 · Mirri’s Tale · Liz Holliday · nv 307 · Dawn · [uncredited] · lk

Fifty-to-One by Charles Ardai (Subterranean Press, December 2008, 978-1-59606-236-8, $45.00, hc, n., cover by Glen Orbik)     Novel celebrating “50 Years of Hard Case Crime”. Limited to 500 cloth bound copies signed by the author. Also available in a deluxe limited edition of 50 lavishly bound copies ($750), housed in a handmade traycase, with over twenty full-color signature pages for most of the Hard Case Crime Authors, each hand-tipped in front of the chapter that bears the title of one of their books.

Futurecrime: An Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come ed. Charles Ardai & Cynthia Manson--- see under Cynthia Manson.

Great Tales of Crime & Detection ed. Charles Ardai (Galahad, June 1991, 0-88365-771-6, $9.98, 512pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 25 crime and detection stories from EQMM and AHMM, with an introduction by Robert Bloch and a foreword by John Lutz. An “instant remainder” book. xi · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in xiii · Foreword · John Lutz · fw 1 · Out the Window [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1977 31 · Major Crimes [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1986 44 · Silent Warning · William J. Carroll, Jr. · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1990 88 · The Third Man · Graham Greene · na The American Magazine March 1949 140 · The Cross of Lorraine [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1976 156 · Nameless Enemy · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1966 171 · Tragedy of a Handkerchief [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #47, October 1947 184 · Unc Foils Show Foe [Uncle Pinkerton] · John W. Jakes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1966 199 · Dangerous Widows [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week January 18 1953 209 · Ride the Lightning [Alo Nudger] · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985 229 · Till Tuesday [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1988 242 · The Day of the Losers · Dick Francis · ss Horse and Hound February 1977 253 · The Case of the Pietro Andromache [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1988 279 · SuSu and the 8:30 Ghost · Lilian Jackson Braun · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1964 286 · The Investigation of Things · Charles Ardai · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1991 312 · The Trailor Murder Mystery · Abraham Lincoln · ts Quincy, Illinois Whig April 15 1846, as “A Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder” 320 · The Importance of Trifles · Avram Davidson · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1969 357 · A Double-Barrelled Detective Story [Sherlock Holmes] · Mark Twain · na Harper’s Monthly Magazine January 1902 (+1) 404 · The Adventure of the Oval Window · John H. Dirckx · nv Ellery Queen’s Anthology #48, Winter 1983 433 · Your Appointment Is Cancelled [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · ss 1983 442 · Le Chateau de l’Arsenic [Dr. Jean Dollent] · Georges Simenon · ss The Strand Magazine October 1947 translated from the French (Le Petit Docteur, 1943). 456 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 465 · Crime in Rhyme · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1957 474 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 491 · The Man with the Twisted Lip [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1891