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Black Thorn, White Rose ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Morrow AvoNova, September 1994, 0-688-13713-X, $22.00, 386pp, hc, oa, cover by Thomas Canty)
Original anthology of 18 adult fairy tales, a follow-up volume to Snow White, Blood Red.

1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · in

7 · Words Like Pale Stones · Nancy Kress · nv

30 · Stronger Than Time · Patricia C. Wrede · nv

58 · Somnus’s Fair Maid · Ann Downer · nv

86 · The Frog King, or Iron Henry · Daniel Quinn · ss

98 · Near-Beauty · M. E. Beckett · ss

107 · Ogre · Michael Kandel · ss

120 · Can’t Catch Me · Michael Cadnum · ss

129 · Journeybread Recipe · Lawrence Schimel · vi

132 · The Brown Bear of Norway · Isabel Cole · ss

151 · The Goose Girl · Tim Wynne-Jones · nv

173 · Tattercoats · Midori Snyder · nv

203 · Granny Rumple · Jane Yolen · ss

217 · The Sawing Boys · Howard Waldrop · nv

245 · Godson · Roger Zelazny · nv

281 · Ashputtle · Peter Straub · nv

306 · Silver and Gold · Ellen Steiber · pm

310 · Sweet Bruising Skin · Storm Constantine · nv

359 · The Black Swan · Susan Wade · nv

382 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi

Blood and Other Cravings ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor, September 2011, 978-0-7653-2828-1, $25.99, 317pp, hc, oa)
Original anthology of 17 horror stories, two reprints, about the many forms of vampirism. Authors include Elizabeth Bear, Melanie Tem, and Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg.
Details taken from online listing.

13 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

17 · All You Can Do Is Breathe · Kaaron Warren · ss

35 · Needles · Elizabeth Bear · ss

51 · Baskerville’s Midgets · Reggie Oliver · ss Madder Mysteries by Reggie Oliver, Ex Occidente Press, 2009

69 · Blood Yesterday, Blood Tomorrow · Richard Bowes · ss

85 · X for Demetrious · Steve Duffy · ss

99 · Keeping Corky · Melanie Tem · ss

113 · Shelf-Life · Lisa Tuttle · ss

133 · Caius · Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini · ss

139 · Sweet Sorrow · Barbara Roden · nv

161 · First Breath · Nicole J. LeBoeuf · ss

169 · Toujours · Kathe Koja · ss

179 · Miri · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

195 · Mrs. Jones · Carol Emshwiller · ss Omni August 1993

211 · Bread and Water · Michael Cisco · ss

227 · Mulberry Boys · Margo Lanagan · ss

247 · The Third Always Beside You · John Langan · nv

277 · The Siphon · Laird Barron · nv

319 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Blood Is Not Enough: 17 Stories of Vampirism ed. Ellen Datlow (Morrow, January 1989, 0-688-08526-1, $19.95, 318pp, hc, an)
Anthology of vampire stories—ten are original.

11 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

15 · Carrion Comfort · Dan Simmons · nv Omni September 1983 (+1)

· Afterword to “Carrion Comfort” · Dan Simmons · as

55 · The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be · Gahan Wilson · ss Playboy May 1967

· Afterword to “The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be” · Gahan Wilson · as

69 · The Silver Collar · Garry Kilworth · ss

· Afterword to “The Silver Collar” · Garry Kilworth · as

83 · Try a Dull Knife · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1968

· Afterword to “Try a Dull Knife” · Harlan Ellison · as

99 · Varicose Worms · Scott Baker · nv

· Afterword to “Varicose Worms” · Scott Baker · as

130 · Lazarus · Leonid Andreyev · ss Current Literature May 1907
translated from the Russian (“Eleazar”, 1906).

148 · L’Chaim! · Harvey Jacobs · ss

· Afterword to “L’Chaim!” · Harvey Jacobs · as

154 · Return of the Dust Vampires · Sharon N. Farber · ss Whispers V ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1985

· Afterword to “Return of the Dust Vampires” · Sharon N. Farber · as

167 · Good Kids · Edward Bryant · ss

· Afterword to “Good Kids” · Edward Bryant · as

181 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949

· Afterword to “The Girl with the Hungry Eyes” · Fritz Leiber · as

196 · The Janfia Tree · Tanith Lee · ss

· Afterword to “The Janfia Tree” · Tanith Lee · as

212 · A Child of Darkness · Susan Casper · ss

· Afterword to “A Child of Darkness” · Susan Casper · as

224 · Nocturne · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm

· Afterword to “Nocturne” · Steve Rasnic Tem · as

228 · Down Among the Dead Men · Gardner R. Dozois & Jack M. Dann · nv Oui July 1982

· Afterword to “Down Among the Dead Men” · Gardner R. Dozois · as

· Afterword to “Down Among the Dead Men” · Jack Dann · as

256 · …To Feel Another’s Woe · Chet Williamson · ss

· Afterword to “…To Feel Another’s Woe” · Chet Williamson · as

271 · Time Lapse · Joe Haldeman · pm

· Afterword to “Time Lapse” · Joe Haldeman · as

275 · Dirty Work [Deadpan Allie] · Pat Cadigan · nv

· Afterword to “Dirty Work” · Pat Cadigan · as

312 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Body Shocks: Extreme Tales of Body Horror ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, October 19, 2021, 978-1-61696-360-6, $17.95, 384pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

7 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

11 · The Travellers Stay · Ray Cluley · ss Black Static #25, October/November 2011

25 · Toother [Dan Truswell] · Terry Dowling · nv Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2007

49 · Painlessness · Kirstyn McDermott · nv Greatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine #2, Spring 2008

75 · You Go Where It Takes You · Nathan Ballingrud · ss Sci Fiction July 16 2003

89 · A Positive · Kaaron Warren · ss Bloodsongs #10, 1998

99 · La Beauté Sans Vertu · Genevieve Valentine · ss Tor.com April 27 2016

111 · Subsumption · Lucy Taylor · ss Endless Apocalypse ed. Josie Mitchell, Flame Tree Publishing, 2018

119 · Spar · Kij Johnson · ss Clarkesworld #37, October 2009

127 · It Was the Heat · Pat Cadigan · ss Tropical Chills ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon, 1988

143 · Atwater · Cody Goodfellow · ss Black Static #4, April/May 2008

163 · The Transfer · Edward Bryant · ss Muse 1985

175 · Welcome to Mengele’s · Simon Bestwick · ss Nasty Piece of Work #11, March 1999

185 · Black Neurology: A Love Story · Richard Kadrey · vi Infinite Matrix March 5 2003

189 · Cuckoo · Angela Slatter · ss A Killer Among Demons ed. Craig Bezant, Dark Prints Press, 2013

197 · Cinereous · Livia Llewellyn · ss Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages ed. Steve Berman, Prime Books, 2013

207 · The Truth That Lies Under Skin and Meat · Cassandra Khaw · ss Gamut Magazine #8, August 2017

215 · Natural Skin · Alyssa Wong · ss Lightspeed #78, November 2016

227 · The Lake · Tananarive Due · ss St. Martin’s, August 2011

243 · I’m Always Here · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Razored Saddles ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Patrick LoBrutto, Dark Harvest, 1989

251 · The Look · Christopher Fowler · ss The Urbanite #12, Spring 2001

269 · The Old Women Who Were Skinned · Carmen Maria Machado · ss Fairy Tale Review v12 #1, 2016

275 · Spores · Seanan McGuire · nv The End Is Nigh ed. John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey, Broad Reach Publishing, 2014

293 · Sweet Subtleties · Lisa L. Hannett · ss Clarkesworld #75, December 2012

305 · Elegy for a Suicide · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2013

315 · Skin City · Gemma Files · ss Grue #16, Summer 1994

327 · A True Friend · Brian Evenson · ss People Holding April 3 2020

331 · What I Found in the Shed · Tom Johnstone · ss Supernatural Tales #31, Winter 2015/2016

337 · Fabulous Beasts · Priya Sharma · nv Tor.com July 27 2015

365 · Tissue Ablation and Variant Regeneration: A Case Report · Michael Blumlein · ss Interzone #7, Spring 1984

378 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Children of Lovecraft ed. Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse Books, August 2016, 978-1-5067-0004-5, $19.99, 361pp, tp, oa, cover by Mike Mignola & Dave Stewart)
Original anthology of 14 Lovecraftian stories. Authors include Gemma Files, Laird Barron, and Richard Kadrey.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

9 · Nesters · Siobhan Carroll · nv

31 · Little Ease · Gemma Files · nv

61 · Eternal Troutland · Stephen Graham Jones · nv

99 · The Supplement · John Langan · nv

123 · Mortensen’s Muse · Orrin Grey · ss

137 · Oblivion Mode [Antiquity] · Laird Barron · nv

171 · Mr. Doornail · Maria Dahvana Headley · nv

195 · The Secrets of Insects · Richard Kadrey · ss

211 · Excerpts for an Eschatology Quadrille · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv

235 · Jules and Richard · David Nickle · nv

259 · Glasses · Brian Evenson · ss

269 · When the Stitches Come Undone · A. C. Wise · nv

295 · On These Blackened Shores of Time · Brian Hodge · nv

337 · Bright Crown of Joy · Livia Llewellyn · ss

Christmas and Other Horrors ed. Ellen Datlow (Titan Books, October 24, 2023, 978-1-80336-326-4, $27.99, 448pp, hc, oa)
Details taken from ebook Table of Contents.

· Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

· The Importance of a Tidy Home · Christopher Golden · ss

· The Ones He Takes · Benjamin Percy · ss

· His Castle · Alma Katsu · ss

· The Mawkin Field · Terry Dowling · ss

· The Blessing of the Waters · Nick Mamatas · ss

· Dry and Ready · Glen Hirshberg · ss

· Last Drinks at Bondi Beach · Garth Nix · ss

· Return to Bear Creek Lodge · Tananarive Due · ss

· The Ghost of Christmases Past · Richard Kadrey · ss

· Our Recent Unpleasantness · Stephen Graham Jones · ss

· All the Pretty People · Nadia Bulkin · ss

· Löyly Sow-na · Josh Malerman · ss

· Cold · Cassandra Khaw · ss

· Gravé of Small Birds · Kaaron Warren · ss

· The Visitation · Jeffrey Ford · ss

· The Lord of Misrule · M. Rickert · ss

· No Light, No Light · Gemma Files · ss

· After Words · John Langan · ss

The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Penguin/Viking, June 2007, 978-0-670-06194-5, $19.99, 523pp, hc, oa, cover by Charles Vess)
Original YA anthology of 22 stories and four poems about tricksters. Introduction by Terri Windling. Illustrated by Charles Vess. Authors include Kelly Link, Patricia A. McKillip, and Charles de Lint.

1 · Preface · Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · pr

5 · Introduction · Terri Windling · in

27 · One Odd Shoe · Pat Murphy · nv

49 · Coyote Woman · Carolyn Dunn · pm

54 · Wagers of Gold Mountain · Steve Berman · nv

82 · The Listeners · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv

108 · Realer Than You · Christopher Barzak · nv

131 · The Fiddler of Bayou Teche · Delia Sherman · nv

157 · A Tale for the Short Days · Richard Bowes · nv

180 · Friday Night at St. Cecilia’s · Ellen Klages · nv

204 · The Fortune-Teller · Patricia A. McKillip · ss

215 · How Raven Made His Bride · Theodora Goss · pm

219 · Crow Roads · Charles de Lint · nv

245 · The Chamber Music of Animals · Katherine Vaz · nv

267 · Uncle Bob Visits · Caroline Stevermer · ss

280 · Uncle Tompa · Midori Snyder · pm

284 · Cat of the World · Michael Cadnum · ss

293 · Honored Guest [Riverside] · Ellen Kushner · nv

317 · Always the Same Story · Elizabeth E. Wein · ss

336 · The Señorita and the Cactus Thorn · Kim Antieau · ss

348 · Black Rock Blues · Will Shetterly · nv

374 · The Constable of Abal · Kelly Link · nv

418 · A Reversal of Fortune · Holly Black · ss

437 · God Clown · Carol Emshwiller · ss

450 · The Other Labyrinth · Jedediah Berry · ss

465 · The Dreaming Wind · Jeffrey Ford · nv

486 · Kawaku Anansi Walks the World’s Web · Jane Yolen · pm

489 · The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change · Kij Johnson · nv

519 · Further Reading · [uncredited] · ms

The Cutting Room: Dark Reflections of the Silver Screen ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, October 2014, 978-1-61696-167-1, $16.95, xvii+366pp, tp, an, cover by Josh Beatman)
Anthology of 21 stories (one original) and two poems. of horror, noir, and movies. Introduction by Genevieve Valentine. Authors include Edward Bryant, Howard Waldrop, and Kim Newman. E-book also available.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

xiii · Introduction · Genevieve Valentine · in

xvi · Preface · Ellen Datlow · pr

1 · The Cutter · Edward Bryant · ss Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988

15 · The Hanged Man of Oz · Steve Nagy · ss Gathering the Bones ed. Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell & Jack Dann, Tor, 2003

30 · Deadspace · Dennis Etchison · nv Whispers V ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1985

55 · Cuts · F. Paul Wilson · nv Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988

75 · Final Girl Theory · A. C. Wise · ss ChiZine #47, April/June 2011

89 · Lapland, or Film Noir · Peter Straub · ss Conjunctions #42, Spring 2004

98 · The Thousand Cuts · Ian Watson · ss The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 3 ed. Ben Bova & Don Myrus, Omni, 1982

112 · Occam’s Ducks · Howard Waldrop · ss Omni February 1995

130 · Dead Image · David Morrell · nv Night Visions 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Dark Harvest, 1985

161 · The Constantinople Archives · Robert Shearman · ss One Hundred Stories August 26 2012, as “Matthew Tozer”

171 · Each Thing I Show You Is a Piece of My Death · Gemma Files & Stephen J. Barringer · nv Clockwork Phoenix 2 ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2009

202 · Cinder Images · Gary McMahon · ss Darker Minds ed. Ross Warren & Anthony Watson, Dark Minds Press, 2012

211 · The Pied Piper of Hammersmith · Nicholas Royle · ss Time Out October 1997

219 · Filming the Making of the Film of the Making of Fitzcarraldo · Garry Kilworth · ss In the Hollow of the Deep-Sea Wave by Garry Kilworth, The Bodley Head, 1989

232 · Onlookers · Gary A. Braunbeck · nv Midnight Premiere ed. Tom Piccirilli, Cemetery Dance, 2007

253 · Recreation · Lucy A. Snyder · pm A Sea of Alone ed. Christopher Conlon, Dark Scribe Press, 2011

254 · Bright Lights, Big Zombie · Douglas E. Winter · nv Still Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Ziesing, 1992

277 · She Drives the Men to Crimes of Passion! · Genevieve Valentine · ss Bewere the Night ed. Ekaterina Sedia, Prime Books, 2011

287 · Even the Pawn · Joel Lane · ss Crimewave #10, 2008

295 · Tenderizer · Stephen Graham Jones · ss

307 · Ardor · Laird Barron · nv Suffered from the Night ed. Steve Berman, Lethe Press, 2013

331 · Final Girl II: The Frame · Daphne Gottlieb · pm Final Girl by Daphne Gottlieb, Soft Skull Press, 2003

334 · Illimitable Dominion · Kim Newman · nv Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, 2009, as “Illimitable Domain”

353 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Ellen Datlow]

355 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, March 2010, 978-1-892391-95-7, $15.95, 470pp, tp, an, cover by Ann Monn)
Anthology of 25 horror stories from 1984-2005. Introduction by Datlow; foreword by Stefan Dziemianowicz. Authors include Clive Barker, Ed Bryant, Stephen King, and Poppy Z. Brite.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

13 · Foreword · Stefan Dziemianowicz · fw

23 · Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. II by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984

59 · Dancing Chickens · Edward Bryant · ss Light Years and Dark ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984

69 · The Greater Festival of Masks · Thomas Ligotti · ss Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti, Silver Scarab Press, 1986

77 · The Pear-Shaped Man · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni October 1987

107 · The Juniper Tree [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · nv Prime Evil ed. Douglas E. Winter, NAL Signet, 1988

137 · Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds · Dan Simmons · ss Omni April 1988

145 · The Power and the Passion · Pat Cadigan · ss Patterns by Pat Cadigan, Ursus, 1989

159 · The Phone Woman · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest, 1991

173 · Teratisms · Kathe Koja · ss A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991

183 · Chattery Teeth · Stephen King · nv Cemetery Dance #14, Fall 1992

215 · A Little Night Music · Lucius Shepard · ss Omni March 1992

231 · Calcutta, Lord of Nerves · Poppy Z. Brite · ss Still Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Ziesing, 1992

245 · The Erl-King · Elizabeth Hand · nv Full Spectrum 4 ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Bantam Spectra, 1993

283 · The Dog Park · Dennis Etchison · ss Dark Voices 5 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1993

297 · Rain Falls · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Werewolves ed. Stephen Jones, Carroll & Graf, 1994

309 · Refrigerator Heaven · David J. Schow · ss Dark Love ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1995

321 · █████ · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Fear Itself ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner, 1995

335 · Eaten (Scenes from a Moving Picture) · Neil Gaiman · pl Off Limits ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's, 1996

343 · The Specialist’s Hat · Kelly Link · nv Event Horizon November 15 1998

357 · The Tree Is My Hat · Gene Wolfe · nv 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999

383 · Heat · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss White of the Moon ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1999

393 · No Strings · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows and Silence ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2000

403 · Stitch · Terry Dowling · ss Eidolon: SF Online December 2002

417 · Dancing Men · Glen Hirshberg · nv The Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2003

451 · My Father’s Mask · Joe Hill · nv 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, PS Publishing, 2005

The Dark: New Ghost Stories ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor, October 2003, 0-765-30444-9, $25.95, 379pp, hc, oa)
Original anthology of 16 scary (not heartwarming) ghost stories. Authors include Tanith Lee, Terry Dowling, Jack Cady, and Lucius Shepard. Authors provide afterwords describing their favorite ghost stories.

15 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

19 · The Trentino Kid · Jeffrey Ford · ss

35 · The Ghost of the Clock · Tanith Lee · nv

63 · One Thing About the Night · Terry Dowling · nv

85 · The Silence of the Falling Stars · Mike O’Driscoll · nv

107 · The Dead Ghost · Gahan Wilson · ss

115 · Seven Sisters · Jack Cady · nv

141 · Subway · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

151 · Doctor Hood · Stephen Gallagher · nv

183 · An Amicable Divorce · Daniel Abraham · ss

201 · Feeling Remains · Ramsey Campbell · ss

219 · The Gallows Necklace · Sharyn McCrumb · ss; several manuscript pages were dropped from the story in this edition.

237 · Brownie and Me · Charles L. Grant · ss

251 · Velocity · Kathe Koja · ss

261 · Limbo · Lucius Shepard · na

325 · The Hortlak · Kelly Link · nv

351 · Dancing Men · Glen Hirshberg · nv

Day: Merciless Sun: Tales of Daylight ed. Ellen Datlow (Saga Press, September 2, 2025, 978-1-6680-8000-9, $20.00, tp, oa, cover by Samuel Araya)
Bound in the tête-bêche style with Night.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

ix · Preface · Ellen Datlow · pr

1 · The Bright Day · Priya Sharma · ss

16 · Faire · Rachel Harrison · ss

33 · Trick of the Light · Brian Evenson · ss

43 · One Day · Jeffrey Ford · ss

58 · The Wanting · A. T. Greenblatt · ss

68 · Hold Us in the Light · A. C. Wise · ss

88 · Dismaying Creatures · Robert Shearman · ss

108 · Bitter Skin · Kaaron Warren · ss

129 · Cold Iron · Sophie White · ss

The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow (Ballantine Del Rey, May 2008, 978-0-345-49632-4, $16.99, vi + 400pp, tp, oa, cover by Christian Northeast)
Original anthology of 16 stories. Authors include Elizabeth Bear, Jeffrey Ford, Pat Cadigan, and Paul McAuley & Kim Newman.

v · Preface · Ellen Datlow · pr

3 · The Elephant Ironclads · Jason Stoddard · na

53 · Ardent Clouds · Lucy Sussex · nv

77 · Gather · Christopher Rowe · ss

91 · Sonny Liston Takes the Fall · Elizabeth Bear · ss

105 · North American Lake Monsters · Nathan Ballingrud · ss

123 · All Washed Up While Looking for a Better World · Carol Emshwiller · ss

141 · Special Economics · Maureen F. McHugh · nv

175 · Aka St. Mark’s Place [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · nv

199 · The Goosle · Margo Lanagan · ss

215 · Shira · Lavie Tidhar · nv
translated from the Hebrew.

237 · The Passion of Azazel · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

251 · The Lagerstätte · Laird Barron · nv

287 · Gladiolus Exposed · Anna Tambour · ss

299 · Daltharee · Jeffrey Ford · ss

311 · Jimmy · Pat Cadigan · nv

339 · Prisoners of the Action · Paul McAuley & Kim Newman · na

Demons and Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Legend, April 13, 1989, 0-7126-3420-7, £6.95, 482pp, tp, an)
Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988 as The Year’s Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection) anthology of 36 fantasy and horror stories plus write-ups on the year etc. This edition omits “The Moon’s Revenge” by Joan Aiken. Also available in hardcover (-3021-X, £12.95).

xiii · Summation 1987: Fantasy · Terri Windling · ar

xx · Summation 1987: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar

xxix · 1987: Horror and Fantasy on the Screen · Edward Bryant · ar

xxxiv · Obituaries: 1987 · [uncredited] · ob

1 · Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences by Ursula K. Le Guin, Capra Press, 1987

26 · A World Without Toys · T. M. Wright · ss Upstate October 26 1986, as “The House Under the Street”

35 · DX · Joe W. Haldeman · pm In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, 1987

43 · Friend’s Best Man · Jonathan Carroll · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1987

59 · The Snow Apples · Gwyneth Jones · ss Tales from the Forbidden Planet ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, 1987

71 · Ever After · Susan Palwick · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1987

91 · My Name Is Dolly · William F. Nolan · ss Whispers VI ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1987

95 · Author’s Notes · Edward Bryant · ss Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987

102 · Lake George in High August · John Robert Bensink · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987

107 · Csucskari · Steven Brust · ex from The Sun, The Moon, and the Stars, Ace, 1987

125 · The Other Side · Ramsey Campbell · ss 1986 World Fantasy Convention Program Book, 1986; story based on a J.K. Potter illustration.

136 · Pamela’s Get · David J. Schow · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1987

158 · Voices in the Wind · Elizabeth S. Helfman · ss Spaceships and Spells ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, 1987

166 · “Once Upon a Time…” She Said · Jane Yolen · pm National Storyteller Journal Spring 1987

168 · The Circular Library of Stones · Carol Emshwiller · ss Omni February 1987

177 · Soft Monkey · Harlan Ellison · ss Mystery Scene Reader ed. Edward Gorman, Fedora, 1987

190 · Fat Face [Cthulhu] · Michael Shea · nv Axolotl Press, 1987

212 · Uncle Dobbin’s Parrot Fair [Newford] · Charles de Lint · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1987

234 · The Pear-Shaped Man · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni October 1987

259 · Delta Sly Honey · Lucius Shepard · ss In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, 1987

275 · Small Heirlooms · M. John Harrison · ss Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1987

286 · The Improper Princess · Patricia C. Wrede · ss Spaceships and Spells ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, 1987

297 · The Fable of the Farmer and Fox · John Brunner · vi Omni June 1987

300 · Haunted · Joyce Carol Oates · nv The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987

317 · Dead Possums [Greystone Bay] · Kathryn Ptacek · ss Doom City ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1987

328 · Pictures Made of Stones · Lucius Shepard · pm Omni September 1987

338 · Splatter: A Cautionary Tale · Douglas E. Winter · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987

347 · Gentlemen · John M. Skipp & Craig Spector · nv The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987

370 · Demon Luck [Ithkar] · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss Magic in Ithkar 4 ed. Andre Norton & Robert Adams, Tor, 1987

379 · Words of Power · Jane Yolen · ss Visions, Delacorte, 1987

391 · Jamie’s Grave · Lisa Tuttle · ss Shadows 10 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1987

405 · The Maid on the Shore · Delia Sherman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1987

418 · Halley’s Passing · Michael McDowell · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1987

433 · White Trains · Lucius Shepard · pm Night Cry Spring 1987

439 · Simple Sentences · Natalie Babbitt · ss The Devil’s Other Scrapbook by Natalie Babbitt, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987

443 · A Hypothetical Lizard [Liavek] · Alan Moore · nv Liavek: Wizard’s Row ed. Will Shetterly & Emma Bull, Ace, 1987

478 · Honorable Mentions: 1987 · [uncredited] · bi

Demons and Dreams 2 ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Legend, February 15, 1990, 0-09-972360-3, £7.99, 579pp, tp, an, cover by Tom Canty)
Reprint (St. Martin’s 1989 as The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection) fantasy/horror annual best-of-year anthology. A hardcover edition (0-7126-3639-0, £13.95) was announced but not seen.

xiii · Summation 1988: Fantasy · Terri Windling · ar

xxvi · Summation 1988: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar

xlvii · 1988: Horror and Fantasy on the Screen · Edward Bryant · ar

liv · Obituaries: 1988 · Jim Frenkel · ob

1 · Death Is Different · Lisa Goldstein · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1988

16 · The Tale of the Rose and the Nightingale (And What Came of It) · Gene Wolfe · nv Arabesques ed. Susan M. Shwartz, Avon, 1988

38 · It Was the Heat · Pat Cadigan · ss Tropical Chills ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon, 1988

53 · The Cutter · Edward Bryant · ss Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988

66 · The Freezer Jesus · John DuFresne · vi The Quarterly Fall 1988

70 · Voices of the Kill · Thomas M. Disch · ss Full Spectrum ed. Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy, Bantam Spectra, 1988

86 · Secretly · Ruth Roston · pm Pandora #19, Spring 1988

89 · The Devil’s Rose · Tanith Lee · nv Women of Darkness ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Tor, 1988

110 · Wempires · Daniel M. Pinkwater · vi Omni October 1988

114 · Scatter My Ashes · Greg Egan · ss Interzone #23, Spring 1988

125 · Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh · Ian McDonald · nv Empire Dreams by Ian McDonald, Bantam Spectra, 1988

149 · Shoo Fly · Richard Matheson · ss Omni November 1988

164 · The Thing Itself · Michael Blumlein · ss Full Spectrum ed. Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy, Bantam Spectra, 1988

178 · The Soft Whisper of Midnight Snow · Charles de Lint · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988

192 · Roman Games · Anne Gay · ss Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1988

200 · The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn · Patricia C. Wrede · ss The Unicorn Treasury ed. Bruce Coville, Doubleday, 1988

211 · The Book and Its Contents · Robert Kelly · ss Doctor of Silence by Robert Kelly, McPherson, 1988

224 · The Great God Pan · M. John Harrison · nv Prime Evil ed. Douglas E. Winter, NAL Signet, 1988

245 · Lost Bodies · Ian Watson · ss Interzone #25, September/October 1988

257 · Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds · Dan Simmons · ss Omni April 1988

264 · Preflash · John M. Ford · ss Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988

283 · Life of Buddha · Lucius Shepard · ss Omni May 1988

301 · Appointment with Eddie · Charles Beaumont · ss Selected Stories by Charles Beaumont, Dark Harvest, 1988

315 · Fragments of Papyrus from the Temple of the Older Gods · William Kotzwinkle · ss Omni April 1988

323 · Spillage · Nancy Kress · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1988

334 · Snowman · Charles L. Grant · ss Gaslight & Ghosts ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher, Robinson, 1988

343 · The Scar · Dennis Etchison · ss The Horror Show Winter 1987

351 · Laiken Langstrand · Gwyneth Jones · ss Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1988

364 · The Last Poem About the Snow Queen · Sandra M. Gilbert · pm Blood Pressure by Sandra M. Gilbert, Norton, 1988

367 · Pinocchio · Sandra M. Gilbert · pm Blood Pressure by Sandra M. Gilbert, Norton, 1988

369 · Game in the Pope’s Head · Gene Wolfe · ss Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988

376 · Playing the Game · Ramsey Campbell · ss Lord John Ten ed. Dennis Etchison, Lord John Press, 1988

388 · Faces · F. Paul Wilson · nv Night Visions 6, Dark Harvest, 1988

412 · Snowfall · Jessie Thompson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 1988

417 · Seal-Self · Sara Maitland · ss A Book of Spells by Sara Maitland, Michael Joseph, 1987

427 · No Hearts, No Flowers · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 14 Vicious Valentines ed. Rosalind M. Greenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Avon, 1988

437 · The Boy Who Drew Unicorns · Jane Yolen · ss The Unicorn Treasury ed. Bruce Coville, Doubleday, 1988

445 · The Darling · Scott Bradfield · nv The Secret Life of Houses by Scott Bradfield, Unwin Hyman, 1988

462 · Night They Missed the Horror Show · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988

477 · Your Story · Rick DeMarinis · ss The Coming Triumph of the Free World by Rick DeMarnis, Viking, 1988

488 · Winter Solstice, Camelot Station · John M. Ford · pm Invitation to Camelot ed. Parke Godwin, Ace, 1988

494 · The Boy Who Hooked the Sun [Book of the New Sun] · Gene Wolfe · ss Cheap Street, December 1985

498 · Clem’s Dream · Joan Aiken · ss The Last Slice of Rainbow by Joan Aiken, Cape, 1985

505 · Love in Vain · Lewis Shiner · nv Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988

524 · In the Darkened Hours · Bruce Boston · pm The Nightmare Collector by Bruce Boston, 2AM, 1988

528 · A Golden Net for Silver Fishes · Ru Emerson · ss Argos #1, Winter 1988

537 · Dancing Among Ghosts · Jim Aikin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1988

575 · Honorable Mentions: 1988 · [uncredited] · bi

The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, March 20, 2018, 978-1-59780-907-8, $25.99, 336pp, hc, oa, cover by Kevin Peterson)
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

· Deadwater · Simon Bestwick · ss

· Fodder’s Jig · Lee Thomas · ss

· The Curious Allure of the Sea · Christopher Golden · ss

· The Tryal Attract · Terry Dowling · ss

· The Whalers Song · Ray Cluley · ss

· A Ship of the South Wind · Bradley Denton · ss

· What My Mother Left Me · Alyssa Wong · ss

· Broken Record · Stephen Graham Jones · ss

· Saudade · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

· A Moment Before Breaking · A. C. Wise · nv

· Sister, Dearest Sister, Let Me Show to You the Sea · Seanan McGuire · ss

· The Deep Sea Swell · John Langan · ss

· He Sings of Salt and Wormwood · Brian Hodge · nv

· Shit Happens · Michael Marshall Smith · nv

· Haunt · Siobhan Carroll · nv

Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow (Prime Books, January 2010, 978-1-60701-208-5, $14.95, 310pp, tp, an, cover by Marc Hericher)
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

13 · Thirteen Phantasms · James P. Blaylock · ss Omni Online October 1996

29 · Mr. Goober’s Show · Howard Waldrop · ss Omni Online March 1998

45 · Get a Grip · Paul Park · nv Omni Online March 1997

61 · The Girl Detective · Kelly Link · nv Event Horizon March 16 1999

85 · Pansolapia · Jeffrey Ford · ss Event Horizon July 26 1999

89 · Harbingers · Severna Park · nv Event Horizon January 14 1999

119 · Frankenstein’s Daughter · Maureen F. McHugh · ss Sci Fiction April 2 2003

137 · The Pottawatomie Giant · Andy Duncan · nv Sci Fiction November 1 2000

163 · What I Didn’t See · Karen Joy Fowler · nv Sci Fiction July 10 2002

185 · Daughter of the Monkey God · M. K. Hobson · ss Sci Fiction July 23 2003

203 · Tomorrow Town [Richard Jeperson; Diogenes Club] · Kim Newman · nv Sci Fiction November 15 2000

239 · There’s a Hole in the City [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · ss Sci Fiction June 15 2005

259 · All of Us Can Almost… · Carol Emshwiller · ss Sci Fiction November 17 2004

271 · You Go Where It Takes You · Nathan Ballingrud · ss Sci Fiction July 16 2003

287 · Russian Vine · Simon Ings · ss Sci Fiction June 6 2001

The Doll Collection ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor, March 2015, 978-0-765-37680-0, $27.99, 352pp, hc, oa)
Original anthology of 17 dark stories about dolls, illustrated with photos taken by Datlow and others. Authors include Joyce Carol Oates, Seanan McGuire, and Richard Kadrey.

13 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

17 · Skin and Bone · Tim Lebbon · ss

25 · Heroes and Villains · Stephen Gallagher · nv

49 · The Doll-Master · Joyce Carol Oates · nv

75 · Gaze · Gemma Files · nv

97 · In Case of Zebras · Pat Cadigan · nv

121 · There Is No Place for Sorrow in the Kingdom of the Cold · Seanan McGuire · nv

149 · Goodness and Kindness · Carrie Vaughn · ss

167 · Daniel’s Theory About Dolls · Stephen Graham Jones · nv

191 · After and Back Before · Miranda Siemienowicz · nv

215 · Doctor Faustus · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss

225 · Doll Court · Richard Bowes · ss

243 · Visit Lovely Cornwall on the Western Railway Line · Genevieve Valentine · ss

259 · Ambitious Boys Like You · Richard Kadrey · nv

283 · Miss Sibyl-Cassandra · Lucy Sussex · ss

295 · The Permanent Collection · Veronica Schanoes · ss

309 · Homemade Monsters · John Langan · ss

329 · Word Doll · Jeffrey Ford · ss

Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories ed. Ellen Datlow (Saga Press, August 20, 2019, 978-1-5344-1346-7, $32.99, xiii+794pp, hc, oa)
Original ghost anthology.
Details taken from online listing.

· The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

· The Medium’s End · Ford Madox Ford · ss The Bystander March 1912

· Ice Cold Lemonade 25¢ Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person · Paul Tremblay · ss

· Linger Longer · Vincent J. Masterson · ss

· Whimper Beg · Lee Thomas · ss

· The July Girls · Alison Littlewood · ss

· About the O’Dells · Pat Cadigan · nv

· A Hinterlands Haunting · Richard Kadrey · ss

· The Number of Things You Remember · M. L. Siemienowicz · ss

· Must Be This Tall to Ride · Seanan McGuire · ss

· The Surviving Child · Joyce Carol Oates · na

· A Shade of Dusk · Indrapramit Das · ss

· Icarus Rising · Richard Bowes · ss

· The Puppet Motel · Gemma Files · nv

· Air Valve Semilunar Astern · Nick Mamatas · ss

· The Unwrapping · Terry Dowling · ss

· A Burning Sword for Her Cradle · Aliette de Bodard · ss

· Precipice · Dale Bailey · ss

· The Shooter · M. Rickert · ss

· The Tree of Self-Knowledge · Stephen Graham Jones · ss

· The Other Woman · Alice Hoffman · ss

· The Loneliness of Not Being Haunted · Bracken MacLeod · ss

· Mee-Ow · Garth Nix · ss

· Jasper Dodd’s Handbook of Spirits and Manifestations · Nathan Ballingrud · ss

· His Haunting · Brian Evenson · ss

· The Jeweled Wren · Jeffrey Ford · ss

· The Air, the Ocean, the Earth, the Deep · Siobhan Carroll · ss

· The Ghost Sequences · A. C. Wise · ss

· Deep, Fast, Green · Carole Johnstone · ss

· Natalia, Queen of the Hungry Dogs · John Langan · ss

The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Viking, June 2004, 0-670-05914-5, $19.99, 528pp, hc, oa, cover by Charles Vess)
Original YA/adult crossover anthology of 17 stories and three poems, a follow-up to The Green Man. Preface by Datlow & Windling; introduction on the folklore of fairies by Windling. Authors include Tanith Lee, Patricia A. McKillip, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Gregory Maguire. Illustrated by Charles Vess.

1 · Preface · Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · pr

5 · The Faeries · Terri Windling · in

33 · The Boys of Goose Hill · Charles de Lint · pm Author’s Choice Monthly #22, July 1991

37 · Catnyp · Delia Sherman · nv

68 · Elvenbrood · Tanith Lee · nv

97 · Your Garnet Eyes · Katherine Vaz · ss

115 · Tengu Mountain · Gregory Frost · nv

146 · The Faery Handbag · Kelly Link · nv

175 · The Price of Glamour · Steve Berman · nv

198 · The Night Market · Holly Black · nv

219 · Never Never · Bruce Glassco · nv

249 · Screaming for Faeries · Ellen Steiber · nv

292 · Immersed in Matter · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv

329 · Undine · Patricia A. McKillip · ss

341 · The Oakthing · Gregory Maguire · nv

367 · Foxwife · Hiromi Goto · nv

402 · The Dream Eaters · A. M. Dellamonica · nv

435 · The Faery Reel · Neil Gaiman · pm

439 · The Shooter at the Heartrock Waterhole · Bill Congreve · nv

471 · The Annals of Eelin-Ok · Jeffrey Ford · nv

497 · De La Tierra · Emma Bull · nv

521 · How to Find Faery · Nan Fyr · pm

525 · Further Reading · [uncredited] · ms

529 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg

531 · About the Illustrator · [uncredited] · bg

Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow (ChiZine Publications, June 17, 2014, 978-1-77148-193-9, $16.99, 344pp, tp, oa, cover by Erik Mohr)
Original anthology of 20 horror stories.
Details taken from online listing.

11 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

13 · A Wish from a Bone · Gemma Files · nv

39 · The Atlas of Hell · Nathan Ballingrud · nv

60 · The Witch Moth · Bruce McAllister · ss

70 · Kaiju · Gary McMahon · ss

76 · Will the Real Psycho in This Story Please Stand Up? · Pat Cadigan · nv

99 · In the Year of Omens · Helen Marshall · ss

114 · The Four Darks [Dan Truswell] · Terry Dowling · ss

134 · The Spindly Man · Stephen Graham Jones · ss

146 · The Window · Brian Evenson · ss

151 · Mount Chary Galore · Jeffrey Ford · nv

168 · Ballad of an Echo Whisperer · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss

181 · Suffer Little Children · Robert Shearman · nv

206 · Power · Michael Marshall Smith · ss

219 · Bridge of Sighs · Kaaron Warren · ss

235 · The Worms Crawl In · Laird Barron · ss

253 · The Attic · Catherine MacLeod · ss

268 · Wendigo Nights · Siobhan Carroll · ss

278 · Episode Three: On the Great Plains, in the Snow · John Langan · nv

310 · Catching Flies · Carole Johnstone · ss

322 · Shay Corsham Worsted · Garth Nix · ss

Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, September 10, 2024, 978-1-61696-422-1, $18.95, 336pp, tp, an)
Details taken from ebook Table of Contents.

· Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

· Bait · Simon Bestwick · ss The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Mango Publishing Group, 2022

· The Pelt · Annie Neugebauer · ss The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors ed. Doug Murano, Bad Hand Books, 2022

· A Sunny Disposition · Josh Malerman · ss Human Monsters ed. Sadie Hartmann & Ashley Saywers, Dark Matter Ink, 2022

· The Donner Party · Dale Bailey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2018

· White Noise in a White Room · Steve Duffy · ss Weird Horror October 2020

· Singing My Sister Down · Margo Lanagan · ss Black Juice by Margo Lanagan, Allen & Unwin Australia, 2004

· Back Seat · Bracken MacLeod · ss Lost Highways ed. D. Alexander Ward, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2018

· England and Nowhere · Tim Nickels · ss Nemonymous #7, 2007, uncredited.

· Endless Summer · Stewart O’Nan · ss Century #6, Spring 2000

· My Mother’s Ghosts · Priya Sharma · ss Dark and Stormy Nights ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, 2020

· The Wink and the Gun · John Patrick Higgins · ss The Black Dreams ed. Reggie Chamberlain-King, Blackstaff Press, 2021

· One of These Nights · Livia Llewellyn · ss Cutting Edge ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Akashic Books, 2019

· LD50 [Jessica Mace] · Laird Barron · ss Laird Barron website September 29 2013

· Cavity · Theresa DeLucci · ss Strange Horizons July 8 2019

· Souvenirs · Sharon Gosling · ss Close to Midnight ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, 2022

· Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Epoch Fall 1966

· The Wrong Shark · Ray Cluley · ss All That’s Lost by Ray Cluley, Black Shuck Books, 2022

· 21 Brooklands: Next to Old Western, Opposite the Burnt Out Red Lion · Carole Johnstone · nv For the Night Is Dark ed. Ross Warren, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2013

· Unkindly Girls · Hailey Piper · ss Worst Laid Plans ed. Samantha Kolesnik, Grindhouse Press, 2020

· A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts · Charles Birkin · ss Shafts of Fear ed. Dennis Wheatley, Arrow, 1964

· Teeth · Stephen Graham Jones · ss Brutarian #44, Spring 2005

The Fifth Omni Book of Science Fiction ed. Ellen Datlow (Zebra, April 1987, 0-8217-2050-3, $3.95, 381pp, pb, an)
Anthology of sf from Omni plus one original story by Pat Cadigan.

1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

13 · Multiples · Robert Silverberg · nv Omni October 1983

41 · Man-Mountain Gentian · Howard Waldrop · nv Omni September 1983

67 · Returning Home · Ian Watson · ss Sunstroke and Other Stories by Ian Watson, Gollancz, 1982

85 · Triceratops · Tensei Kono; translated by David Lewis · ss Omni August 1982
translated from the Japanese (“Torikeratopusu”, 1974).

103 · New Rose Hotel · William Gibson · ss Omni July 1984

121 · Adagio · Barry B. Longyear · nv Omni September 1984

161 · Track of a Legend · Cynthia Felice · ss Omni December 1983

179 · Prime Time · Norman Spinrad · nv Omni November 1980

201 · Edges · Gregg Keizer · nv Omni June 1983

227 · The Songbirds of Pain · Garry Kilworth · ss The Songbirds of Pain by Garry Kilworth, Gollancz, 1984

245 · The Changed Man and the King of Words · Orson Scott Card · nv Omni December 1982

293 · 400 Boys · Marc Laidlaw · nv Omni November 1983

315 · Seventh Sense · Robert Haisty · ss Omni September 1983

331 · Lunatic Bridge · Pat Cadigan · nv

Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles ed. Ellen Datlow (Anchor Books, June 2, 2020, 978-0-525-56575-8, $16.95, 480pp, tp, oa)
Original horror anthology.
Details taken from online listing.

ix · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

3 · Das Gesicht · Dale Bailey · nv

24 · Drunk Physics · Kelley Armstrong · nv

51 · Exhalation #10 · A. C. Wise · nv

80 · Scream Queen · Nathan Ballingrud · nv

108 · Family · Lisa Morton · ss

126 · Night of the Living · Paul Cornell · nv

149 · The One We Tell Bad Children · Laird Barron · nv

174 · Snuff in Six Scenes · Richard Kadrey · ss

185 · Insanity Among Penguins · Brian Hodge · nv

219 · From the Balcony of the Idawolf Arms · Jeffrey Ford · ss

228 · Lords of the Matinee · Stephen Graham Jones · ss

247 · A Ben Evans Film · Josh Malerman · ss

265 · The Face Is a Mask · Christopher Golden · ss

281 · Folie à Deux, or the Ticking Hourglass · Usman T. Malik · nv

311 · Hungry Girls · Cassandra Khaw · ss

322 · Cut Frame · Gemma Files · nv

350 · Many Mouths to Make a Meal · Garth Nix · ss

370 · Altered Beast, Altered Me · John Langan · ss

The First Omni Book of Science Fiction ed. Ellen Datlow (Zebra, December 1983, 0-8217-1319-1, $3.95, 395pp, pb, an)
Anthology of 14 stories from Omni magazine.

ix · Foreword · Ellen Datlow · fw

15 · Found! · Isaac Asimov · ss Omni October 1978

37 · Standing Woman · Yasutaka Tsutsui; translated by David Lewis · ss Omni February 1981; given as by Tsutsui Yasutaka.
translated from the Japanese (“Tatazumu Hito”, 1974).

53 · St. Amy’s Tale · Orson Scott Card · nv Omni December 1980

87 · The Last Jerry Fagin Show · John Morressy · ss Omni April 1980

107 · God Is an Iron [Lifehouse] · Spider Robinson · nv Omni May 1979

137 · Count the Clock That Tells the Time · Harlan Ellison · nv Omni December 1978

165 · Petra · Greg Bear · nv Omni February 1982

195 · Sam and the Sudden Blizzard Machine [Sam] · Dean Ing · ss Omni February 1979, as “The Blizzard Machine”

213 · Burning Chrome · William Gibson · nv Omni July 1982

245 · Ike at the Mike · Howard Waldrop · ss Omni June 1982

267 · The Palace at Midnight · Robert Silverberg · nv Omni July 1981

291 · The Angel’s Gift · Oxford Williams · ss

301 · The Hitmaker · Cynthia Morgan · nv Omni April 1981

331 · Sandkings [Thousand Worlds] · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni August 1979

The Fourth Omni Book of Science Fiction ed. Ellen Datlow (Zebra, July 1985, 0-8217-1630-1, $3.95, 397pp, pb, an)
Anthology of 19 stories, most from Omni. There are 1 2/3 originals—the fraction’s part of a Gene Wolfe triptych.

7 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in

11 · The Way of Cross and Dragon [Thousand Worlds] · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni June 1979

33 · The Thousand Cuts · Ian Watson · ss The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 3 ed. Ben Bova & Don Myrus, Omni, 1982

49 · Serpents’ Teeth · Spider Robinson · ss Omni March 1981

63 · Boundary Echoes · John M. Ford · ss Omni September 1983

81 · With the Original Cast · Nancy Kress · nv Omni May 1982

115 · Our Lady of the Sauropods · Robert Silverberg · ss Omni September 1980

135 · Going Under · Jack M. Dann · nv Omni September 1981

159 · Sigmund in Space [Sigmund Freud] · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Omni July 1980

167 · The Invitation · Paul J. Nahin · ss

185 · Unaccompanied Sonata · Orson Scott Card · ss Omni March 1979

207 · The Mickey Mouse Olympics · Thomas Sullivan · ss Omni June 1979

223 · I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes · Melisa Michaels · vi The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 4 ed. Ben Bova & Don Myrus, Omni, 1982

227 · The Lurking Duck · Scott Baker · nv Omni December 1983

265 · Hinterlands · William Gibson · ss Omni October 1981

287 · Sister Angel [Constance Leidl & Charlie Meiklejohn] · Kate Wilhelm · nv Omni November 1983

315 · Procreation · Gene Wolfe · gp

_315 · Creation · Gene Wolfe · vi Omni November 1983

_315 · Re-Creation · Gene Wolfe · vi

_315 · The Sister’s Account · Gene Wolfe · vi

325 · Easy Points · Kathleen V. Westfall · nv Omni October 1980

349 · When Auld’s Acquaintance Is Forgot · Harlan Ellison · ss Omni April 1982

357 · The Ancient Mind at Work · Suzy McKee Charnas · nv Omni February 1979

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