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The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, November 1995, 0-7867-0275-3, $12.95, 446pp, tp, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Anthology of 22 Arthurian stories, nine original, and one a re-worked extract of Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. There is a detailed introduction of the history of Merlin by Ashley. Authors include Robert Holdstock, Tanith Lee, Esther Friesner, and Charles de Lint. Simultaneous with the UK (Raven) edition.

The Merriest Knight by Theodore Goodridge Roberts ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Theodore Goodridge Roberts.

The Mirror and Other Strange Reflections by Arthur Porges ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Arthur Porges.

Moonrise: The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures ed. Mike Ashley (The British Library, April 5, 2018, 978-0-7123-5275-8, £8.99, 348pp, tp, an, cover: Theophilus by Chesley Bonestell from Life March 4 1946) [British Library Science Fiction Classics]     Anthology of 11 stories and a novel extract. “Introduction” and introduction to each story by Ashley. 17 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 31 · Dead Center · Judith Merril · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1954 67 · A Visit to the Moon [Honeymoon in Space] · George Griffith · ss Pearson’s Magazine January 1900 93 · Sun-Rise in the Moon · John Munro · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine October 1894 105 · The First Men in the Moon · H. G. Wells · ex George Newnes, 1901 151 · Sub-Satellite [Robert Kornfield & C. Jerry Clankey] · Charles Cloukey · ss Amazing Stories March 1928 175 · Lunar Lilliput · William F. Temple · nv Tales of Wonder #2, Spring 1938 221 · “Nothing Happens on the Moon” · Paul Ernst · ss Astounding Science-Fiction February 1939 247 · Whatever Gods There Be · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Amazing Stories July 1961 269 · Idiot’s Delight [Troons] · John Wyndham · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #72, June 1958 317 · After a Judgement Day · Edmond Hamilton · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination December 1963 335 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity”

More Shakespearean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Past Times, November 1998, 1-85487-559-0, 440pp, tp, an, cover by The Senate)     Reprint (Robinson 1998 as Shakespearean Detectives) associational collection of 29 original stories set in the world of Shakespearean plays. Authors include Barnett, Baxter, Brenchley, Gay, Holt, Karr, Langford, Nicholls, Schweitzer, and Tremayne. Only available as part of the boxed set The Collected Shakespearean Whodunnits.

Mrs. Gaskell’s Tales of Mystery and Horror by Mrs. E. C. Gaskell ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Mrs. E. C. Gaskell.

Nature’s Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (The British Library, August 27, 2020, 978-0-7123-5357-1, £9.99, 352pp, tp, an) [British Library Science Fiction Classics]     SF anthology. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 21 · Survey Team · Philip K. Dick · ss Fantastic Universe May 1954 39 · The Dust of Death · Fred M. White · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1903 59 · The Man Who Hated Flies · J. D. Beresford · ss The Meeting Place by J. D. Beresford, Faber and Faber, 1929 71 · The Man Who Awoke · Laurence Manning · nv Wonder Stories March 1933 113 · Sterile Planet · Nathan Schachner · nv Astounding Stories July 1937 145 · Shadow of Wings · Elizabeth Sanxay Holding · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1954 175 · The Gardener · Margaret St. Clair · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949 191 · Drop Dead · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1956 229 · A Matter of Protocol [Jerry Norcriss] · Jack Sharkey · ss Galaxy Magazine August 1962 247 · Hunter, Come Home · Richard McKenna · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1963 297 · Adam and No Eve · Alfred Bester · ss Astounding Science-Fiction September 1941

The Open Door by Margaret Oliphant ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Margaret Oliphant.

The Outcast and Other Dark Tales by E. F. Benson ed. Mike Ashley--- see under E. F. Benson.

The Pendragon Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley (Peter Bedrick, April 1990, 0-87226-335-5, $18.95, 417pp, hc, an, cover by Les Edwards)     Anthology of 16 Arthurian fantasy stories, with introductory Arthurian material by the editor. 1 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 3 · Dramatis Personae · Mike Ashley · ms 10 · Chief Dragon of the Island · Joy Chant · ex from The High Kings, Bantam, 1983 32 · The Dragon’s Boy [Merlin’s Booke] · Jane Yolen · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 1985 49 · The Knight with Two Swords · John Steinbeck · nv The Acts of King Arthur & His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976 70 · Morte d’Alain [King Arthur] · Maxey Brooke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #109, December 1952 78 · King’s Man · Sasha Miller · ss 89 · Sir Percivale of Wales · Roger Lancelyn Green · ex from King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Penguin, 1953 101 · For to Achieve Your Adventure [Sir Dinadan] · Theodore Goodridge Roberts · nv The Blue Book Magazine October 1951 120 · The King’s Damosel [King Arthur] · Vera Chapman · na Rex Collings, 1976 204 · The Lady of the Fountain · [uncredited] · ex from The Mabinogion (r) 227 · Buried Silver · Keith Taylor · ex from Bard, Ace, 1981 revised from the story of the same name (Fantastic Stories, February 1977). 260 · Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende · [uncredited] · na 1856 rendered into English by Alfred Elwes. 322 · Son of the Morning [Mordred mac Lot] · Ian McDowell · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1983 344 · The Lady of Belec · Phyllis Ann Karr · ss Weird Tales Winter 1989/1990 354 · Artos, Son of Marius · Andre Norton · ex from Dragon Magic, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1972 372 · An Entry That Did Not Appear in Domesday Book · John Brunner · ss Amazing Stories March 1988 385 · Midnight, Moonlight, and the Secret of the Sea [Julian] · Darrell Schweitzer · ss We Are All Legends by Darrell Schweitzer, Starblaze, 1981 revised from “The Faces of Midnight”, Distant Worlds, ed. Paul Collins, Cory & Collins 1981. 402 · The Pendragon Chroniclers: A Survey of Arthurian Fiction · Mike Ashley · ar

The Pendragon Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, May 3, 1990, 1-85487-014-9, £6.99, 417pp, tp, an, cover by Les Edwards)     Reprint (Peter Bedrick 1990) anthology of 16 Arthurian fantasy stories.

The Pendragon Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley (SFBC, September 1990, #17471, $9.98, 417pp, hc, an, cover by Les Edwards)     Reprint (Peter Bedrick 1990) anthology of 16 Arthurian fantasy stories.

A Phantom Lover and Other Dark Tales by Vernon Lee ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Vernon Lee.

Phantom Perfumes and Other Shades: Memories of Ghost Stories Magazine ed. Mike Ashley (Ash-Tree Press, January 18, 2000, 1-899562-89-3, C$58.00, xxxvi+244pp, hc, an, cover by Linda Dyde)     Anthology of 17 stories that appeared in Ghost Stories between 1926 and 1931, with a checklist of the issues of the magazine, a complete index to the contributors, and a foreword by Hugh B. Cave. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $42.50 and in the UK for £26.50. ix · Looking Back · Hugh B. Cave · fw xiii · Spectral Memories · Mike Ashley · in 3 · The Affair of the Clutching Hand · Hugh B. Cave · ss Ghost Stories May 1931 17 · The Man Who Died Twice · Frank Belknap Long, Jr. · ss Ghost Stories January 1927 25 · The Woman with Two Souls · Allan Gordon; as told to J. Paul Suter · ss Ghost Stories January 1927; given as by J. Paul Suter. 37 · The Dead Who Know No Peace · Hughes Neupert · ss Ghost Stories August 1927 47 · Phantom Perfumes · Ethel Watts Mumford · ss Ghost Stories December 1927 61 · A Soul with Two Bodies · Urann Thayer · ss Ghost Stories February 1928 (+1) 85 · Seven Grey Wolves · Frank Meadock; as told to Stuart Palmer · ss Ghost Stories December 1928; given as by Stuart Palmer. 97 · The Creature That Rose from the Sea · Capt. John Boyd; as told to Muriel Hunt · ss Ghost Stories February 1929; given as by Muriel Hunt. 113 · The Angel of the Marne · Albert Sewell; as told to Victor Rousseau · ts Ghost Stories July 1929; given as by Victor Rousseau. 127 · The Thing That Came Home from the War · Henry Leigh; as told to H. Thompson Rich · ss Ghost Stories September 1929; given as by H. Thompson Rich. 141 · The Punishment of Barney Muldoon · Bassett Morgan · ss Ghost Stories October 1929 151 · The Spirit in the Garden · Sophie Wenzel Ellis · ss Ghost Stories November 1929 161 · The Room Behind Walls · W. R. Davis · ss Ghost Stories April 1930 177 · The Living Dead Man · Arthur T. Jolliffe · ss Ghost Stories January 1931 187 · Forgotten Harbour [Cranshawe] · Gordon Malherbe Hillman · ss Ghost Stories April 1931 199 · Chained to a Bed of Roses · Jack Bechdolt · ss Ghost Stories July 1926 211 · The Toad-Man Spectre · Conrad Richter · ss Ghost Stories June 1931 223 · Appendix I: Checklist of Issues of Ghost Stories · Mike Ashley · bi 225 · Appendix II: Index of Contributors to Ghost Stories · Mike Ashley · bi

Playing with Fire by Arthur Conan Doyle ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Arthur Conan Doyle.

Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird ed. Mike Ashley (The British Library, September 24, 2020, 978-0-7123-5391-5, £8.99, 350pp, tp, an, cover by Sandra Gómez) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Ghost/horror anthology. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 11 · A Revelation · Mary E. Braddon · nv The Mistletoe Bough 1888 39 · The Sculptor’s Angel · Marie Corelli · ss Nash’s Magazine December 1913 61 · From the Dead · Edith Nesbit · nv The Illustrated London News September 3 1892 81 · The Christmas in the Fog · Frances Hodgson Burnett · ss Good Housekeeping December 1914 105 · The Haunted Flat · Marie Belloc Lowndes · ss The Grand Magazine August 1920 125 · A Modern Circe · Alicia Ramsey · ss The Novel Magazine December 1919 141 · The Nature of the Evidence · May Sinclair · ss Fortune May 1923 159 · The Bishop of Hell · Marjorie Bowen · ss The Blue Magazine #75, September 1925 183 · The Antimacassar · Greye La Spina · ss Weird Tales May 1949 203 · White Lady · Sophie Wenzel Ellis · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror January 1933 221 · The Laughing Thing · G. G. Pendarves · ss Weird Tales May 1929 247 · Candlelight · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss The Story-teller March 1931 271 · The Wonderful Tune · Jessie Douglas Kerruish · ss At Dead of Night ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, Selwyn & Blount, 1931 291 · Island of the Hands · Margaret St. Clair · nv Weird Tales September 1952 321 · The Unwanted · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales January 1951 341 · The Seventh Horse · Leonora Carrington · ss VVV #2/3, 1943 349 · Story Sources · [uncredited] · bi

Quest for the Holy Grail ed. Mike Ashley (Past Times, August 1997, 1-85487-433-0, xvi+391pp, tp, oa, cover: [King Arthur fights a Roman general] by The Boucicaut Master)     Reprint (Raven 1996 as The Chronicles of the Holy Grail) original fantasy anthology of 20 stories (six reprints) and a poem. Only available as part of the boxed set Chronicles of King Arthur.

The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories ed. Mike Ashley (Random House, 1997, 0-679-88528-5, $9.99, 403pp, tp, an, cover by Neal McPheeters)     Reprint (Robinson 1996 as Fantasy Stories) young-adult anthology of 27 stories (three excerpts from longer works) of fantasy. Authors include Diana Wynne Jones, Lord Dunsany, Joan Aiken, and Neil Gaiman. Introduction by Gary Kilworth. Interior illustrations by Doublas Carrell.

The Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories ed. Mike Ashley (Random House, 1997, 0-679-88527-7, $9.99, 402pp, tp, an, cover by Neal McPheeters)     Reprint (Robinson 1996 as Space Stories) young-adult anthology of 25 stories, eight original and two revised from previous versions. Authors include Stephen Baxter, John Russell Fearn, Eric Brown, and Simon Clark.

Robert E. Howard’s World of Heroes by Robert E. Howard ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Robert E. Howard.

Royal Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, February 25, 1999, 1-85487-893-X, £6.99, xiv+434pp, tp, oa, cover by The Senate)     Associational anthology of 25 original whodunnits involving royal families. Authors include Tom Holt, Stephen Baxter, Richard Lupoff, Paul Barnett, and Peter Tremayne. xi · Foreword · Paul C. Doherty · fw 1 · The Snows of Saint Stephen · M. G. Owen · ss 15 · Night’s Black Agents · Peter Tremayne · nv 36 · Even Kings Die · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · ss 47 · Accidental Death · Tom Holt · ss 64 · The White Ship Murders · Susanna Gregory · ss 83 · Who Killed Fair Rosamund? · Tina & Tony Rath · ss 93 · Provenance · Liz Holliday · nv 117 · To Whom the Victory? · Mary Monica Pulver · ss 134 · A Frail Young Life · Renée Vink · ss 153 · A Stone of Destiny [Friar Gregory] · Jean Davidson · ss 172 · Perfect Shadows · Edward Marston · ss 187 · The Friar’s Tale · Cherith Baldry · ss 203 · Neither Pity, Love nor Fear · Margaret Frazer · nv 224 · Happy the Man… · Amy Myers · ss 238 · Borgia by Blood [Don Alessandro Orsini] · Claire Griffen · ss 258 · The Curse of the Unborn Dead · Derek Wilson · ss 276 · Two Dead Men · Paul Barnett · nv 298 · A Secret Murder · Robert Franks · nv 323 · The Gaze of the Falcon · Andrew Lane · ss 338 · The Mysterious Death of the Shadow Man [Henry Bagnet] · John T. Aquino · ss 351 · The Day the Dogs Died · Edward D. Hoch · ss 367 · Natural Causes · Martin Edwards · ss 381 · The Modern Cyrano · Stephen Baxter · ss 397 · News from New Providence [Hobart Lindsey; Marvia Plum] · Richard A. Lupoff · ss 414 · Woman in a Wheelchair · Morgan Llywelyn · ss 430 · The Contributors · [uncredited] · bg