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Dreams and Delights by L. Adams Beck (Dodd, Mead, 1926, $2.50, 317pp, hc, co) · V. Lydiat · L. Adams Beck · nv The Atlantic Monthly February 1925 · The Bride of a God · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1924 · The Sea of Lilies · L. Adams Beck · ss Asia June 1925 · The Beloved of the Gods · L. Adams Beck · ss Asia September 1923 · The Hidden One · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1924 · The Marriage of the Princess · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Wisdom of the Orient · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · Stately Julia · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Island of Pearls · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Wonderful Pilgrimage to Amarnath · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Man Without a Sword · L. Adams Beck · ss (r)

The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories by L. Adams Beck (Dodd, Mead, 1922, $2.50, 333pp, hc, co) · The Ninth Vibration · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Interpreter · L. Adams Beck · nv The Atlantic Monthly July 1921 (+1) · The Incomparable Lady · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1920 · The Hatred of the Queen · L. Adams Beck · ss Asia May 1921 · Fire of Beauty · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1920 · The Building of the Taj Mahal · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1921 · How Great Is the Glory of Kwannon! · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1920 · Round-Faced Beauty · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1921

The Openers of the Gate by L. Adams Beck (Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1930, 368pp, hc, co) [Dr. James Livingstone]     Collection of ten short stories “either narrated by or concerning Dr. James Livingstone, a specialist in nervous disorders, who is very close to being an occult detective”. · Preface · L. Adams Beck · pr 1 · The Openers of the Gate [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 35 · Lord Killary [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 64 · How Felicity Came Home [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 99 · Waste Manor [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 138 · The Mystery of Iniquity [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 190 · Many Waters Cannot Quench Love [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 239 · The Horoscope [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv Pearson’s Magazine May 1929, as by E. Barrington 274 · The Thug [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 311 · Hell [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 340 · The Man Who Saw [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv

The Perfume of the Rainbow and Other Stories by L. Adams Beck (Dodd, Mead, 1923, $2.00, 324pp, hc, co) · The Man and the Lesser Gods · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · Juana · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Courtesan of Vaisali · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Flute of Krishna · L. Adams Beck · ss Asia January 1922 · The Emperor and the Silk Goddess · L. Adams Beck · ss Asia February 1921 · The Loveliest Lady in China · L. Adams Beck · ss Asia October 1921 · The Ghost Plays of Japan · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Marvels of Xanadu · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · From the Ape to Buddha · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Sorrow of the Queen · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Perfect One · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Way of Attainment · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Day Book of a Court Lady of Old Japan · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Courtesan Princess · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Happy Solitudes · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Desolate City · L. Adams Beck · ss (r)

Literature of the Supernatural ed. Robert E. Beck (McDougal, Littell, 1974, 188pp, tp, an) 9 · The Man Upstairs · Ray Bradbury · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1947 21 · The Real Dracula · James F. Donohue · ar San Francisco Chronicle January 9 1972 25 · …Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields · W. B. Seabrook · ar from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929 35 · In the Vault · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout November 1925 44 · The Considerate Hosts · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales December 1939 55 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865 revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story. 78 · Sweet William’s Ghost · [uncredited] · pm (r) 81 · Footsteps Invisible · Robert Arthur · ss Argosy January 20 1940 95 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 104 · Readings, Forecasts, Personal Guidance · Kenneth Fearing · pm (r) 108 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904 115 · The Tradition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette November 29 1913 120 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941 126 · In Ghostly Japan · Lafcadio Hearn · uw In Ghostly Japan by Lafcadio Hearn, Little Brown, 1899 129 · The Other World · translated by Robert Hillyer · pm from The Book of the Dead (r) 131 · Charts from The Divine Comedy · Dante Alighieri · ex (r) 135 · The Witch Mania · Charles McKay · ar (r) 145 · Witches’ Spell from Macbeth · William Shakespeare · pm Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 147 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895 163 · A Way of Thinking · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Amazing Stories October/November 1953

The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton and Other Stories by Louis Becke (Unwin, 1902, 6/-, 319pp, hc, co) 9 · The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton · Louis Becke · n. The English Illustrated Magazine April 1902 (+5) 157 · “Pig-Headed” Sailor Men · Louis Becke · ss (r) 179 · The Flemmings · Louis Becke · nv (r) 209 · “Flash Harry” of Savaii · Louis Becke · ss (r) 221 · Concerning “Bully” Hayes · Louis Becke · nv (r) 273 · Amona; the Child; and the Beast · Louis Becke · ss (r) 287 · The Snake and the Bell · Louis Becke · ss (r) 295 · South Sea Notes · Louis Becke · ss (r) 311 · Apinoka of Apamama · Louis Becke · ss The English Illustrated Magazine December 1901

Golden Tales of Our America: Stories of Our Background & Tradition ed. May Lamberton Becker (Dodd, Mead, 1960, hc, an) · Peter Rugg, the Missing Man · William Austin · nv New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New England in a Letter to Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell · Uncle Lisha’s Spring Gun · Rowland Robinson · ss (r) · The Bedquilt · Dorothy Canfield · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine November 1906 · The Ambitious Guest · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine June 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” · Young Lucretia · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss (r) · The Coon Dog · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss The Century Magazine August 1898 · The Steeple Trap · Jacob Abbott · ss (r) · The Revenge of Saint Nicholas · James K. Paulding · ss (r) · The Turn Out · Augustus Baldwin Longstreet · ss (r) · Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox · Joel Chandler Harris · ss (r) · Christmas on Bee Tree · Lucy Furman · ss (r) · The Battle-Ground · Elsie Singmaster · ss Gettysburg by Elsie Singmaster, Houghton Mifflin, 1913 · A Drama of Three · Grace King · ss The Century Magazine December 1892 · The Emigrants · James Hall · ss (r) · The Politician · Caroline M. Kirkland · ss (r) · Doggett’s Last Migration · Hayden Carruth · ss The Century Magazine October 1892 · Mrs. Ripley’s Trip · Hamlin Garland · ss Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland, Arena Publishing Company, 1891 · Spelling Down the Master · Edward Eggleston · ss (r) · Paul Bunyan’s Cornstalk · Esther Shephard · ss (r) · The Last Antelope · Mary Hunter Austin · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1903 · High-Water Mark · Francis Bret Harte · ss The Golden Era January 6 1861

Science Fiction Stories ed. Ulrike Becker & Claus Varrelmann (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, August 1993, 3-423-09308-0, 224pp, pb, an)     Anthology with English and German versions of nine SF stories. 6 · Star Light · Isaac Asimov · ss Scientific American October 1962 16 · Apartment Hunting · Harvey L. & Audrey L. Bilker · ss Future City ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1973 38 · The Sightseers · Ben Bova · vi Future City ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1973 44 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952 78 · Missing · Peggy Kagan · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1982 84 · Mariana · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic Science Fiction Stories February 1960 98 · Bad Medicine · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1956, as by Finn O’Donnevan 146 · To See the Invisible Man · Robert Silverberg · ss Worlds of Tomorrow April 1963 178 · $CALL LINK4(CATHY) · Cherie Wilkerson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1983

Humans Are the Problem: A Monster’s Anthology ed. Willow Becker & Michael Cluff (Weird Little Worlds, November 2021, 978-1-73789-181-9, $24.99, xii+241pp, hc, oa, cover by SusIO)     Details taken from online listing. xi · When Humans Attack: A Concerning Prologue · Willow Becker & Michael Cluff · in 1 · Root Rot · Sarah Read · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 14 · Taffy Sweet · Michaelbrent Collings · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 29 · The Dawn Woman · Calvin Cleary · ss 40 · Who We Are · L. H. Moore · ss 44 · Aquarium Diver · Philip Fracassi · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 64 · Nothing Personal · Georgia Cook · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 76 · Woof · Patrick Barb · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 87 · If Wishes Were · John Langan · ss 105 · On This Side of the Veil · Gabino Iglesias · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 114 · Epic Troll · Auston Habershaw · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 128 · The Man of Seaweed and Reeds · Corey Farrenkopf · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 137 · The Sound · Leah Claire Kaminski · ss 140 · Poor Butcher-Bird · Gemma Files · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 158 · Crack of the Bat · T. J. Tranchell · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 167 · The Clean Kill · Justin Guleserian · ss 177 · The Fingernail Man · Jonathon Mast · ss 186 · Mea Tulpa · Gordon Linzner · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 192 · In the House of the Elementals · Lisa Morton · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 202 · Passed On · Die Booth · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 207 · The Blanch · Dominick Cancilla · ss 211 · My Friend Nessie · J. H. Moncrieff · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 224 · Laurel’s First Chase · Christi Nogle · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade

Playlist of the Damned ed. Willow Dawn Becker & Jessica Landry (Weird Little Worlds, October 8, 2023, 979-8863736129, 318pp, hc, oa, cover by Frank Walls)     Details taken from online listing. i · Music and Magic · Willow Becker & Jess Landry · in 3 · Tears Like Rain · Tim Waggoner · ss 13 · The Brazen Bull · Sofia Ajram · ss 22 · Oil of Angels · Gemma Files · ss 40 · This Loaded Gun of a Song Stuck in My Head · Paul Michael Anderson · ss 55 · Everybody Loves My Body · Mercedes M. Yardley · ss 66 · Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil · Elis Montgomery · pm 68 · The Lung of Orpheus · Jonathan Duckworth · ss 83 · I Am He · Premee Mohamed · ss 97 · Pied Piper · Carol Edwards · ss 98 · Mixtape · V. Castro · ss 111 · To the River · Corey Farrenkopf · ss 115 · The Prodigy · Philip Fracassi · ss 126 · Red, Black, and Blue · Linda D. Addison · ss 128 · Instruments of Harm · Julia LaFond · ss 135 · Electric Muse · Virginia Kathryn · ss 147 · Ambient · L. B. Waltz · ss 161 · Vinyl Remains · Chad Stroup · ss 174 · Goddess · Lisa Morton · ss 188 · Her Only Single · Devan Barlow · ss 190 · I Will Not Scream · John Palisano · ss 207 · Lovely Piano of Rich Mahogany · A. J. Bartholomew · ss 209 · A Concert in Merzgau · R. L. Clore · ss 219 · Sing to the God of Slugs · Maxwell I. Gold · ss 221 · Song of the Guqin · Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito · ss 245 · Scordatura · Jess Landry · ss Twice-Told ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2019 259 · The Men Who Play · Jangar Tokpa · ss 261 · Whalesong · Shannon Brady · ss 265 · The Devil Went Down to the Subway · A. J. Rocca · ss 271 · Possession No. 239 in E Major, Op. 1 · Hailey Piper · ss 283 · Slow Head Karaoke · Robert Beveridge · ss

Sons of Eden by Chris Beckett (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 2018, £8.00, 34pp, ph, nv, cover by David A. Hardy) [Dark Eden; Novacon Booklets]     Original novelette issued in a limited edition of 250 numbered copies, to coincide with Beckett’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 48. Details taken from online listing.

The Episodes of Vathek by William Beckford (Stephen Swift & Co. Ltd., 1912, xxxi+207+127pp, hc, oc)     Collection of three episodes left out of the original edition of the novel, both in the original French as in translations by Sir Frank T. Marzials. vii · Introduction · Lewis Melville · in; includes several letters between Beckford and Samuel Henley. 1 · The Story of Prince Alasi and the Princess Firouzkah · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · nv translated from the French (“Histoire du Prince Alasi et de la Princess Firouzkah”, The English Review, August & September 1910). 49 · The Story of Prince Barkiarokh · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · n. translated from the French (“Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh”). 163 · The Story of the Princess Zulkaïs and the Prince Kalilah · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · uw translated from the French (“Histoire de la Princess Zulkaïs et du Prince Kalilah”, The English Review, December 1909). 1 · Histoire du Prince Alasi et de la Princess Firouzkah · William Beckford · nv The English Review August 1910 (+1); in French. 31 · Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh · William Beckford · n.; in French. 101 · Histoire de la Princess Zulkaïs et du Prince Kalilah · William Beckford · uw The English Review December 1909; in French.

The Episodes of Vathek (var. 1) by William Beckford (Dedalus, February 24, 1995, 1-873982-61-5, £6.99, 207pp, tp, co, cover by Lise Weisgerber)     Fantasy collection: portions of the classic Vathek which were suppressed before that book’s publication in 1787 (because of their contentious themes of homosexuality and sado-masochism) and not published until 1912. An extremely rare collection, this is only the third British edition, and the first in over fifty years. Using the 1912 translation by Sir Frank T. Marzials (with minor corrections and alterations), but omitted the original French texts that were in the 1912 (Stephen Swift) edition, this edition is edited with an introduction by Malcolm Jack. It is internally dated 1994. 9 · Introduction · Malcolm Jack · in 17 · Note on the Present Edition · [uncredited] · ms 18 · Select Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi 19 · The Story of Prince Alasi and the Princess Firouzkah · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · nv Episodes of Vathek by William Beckford, Stephen Swift, 1912 translated from the French (“Histoire du Prince Alasi et de la Princess Firouzkah”, The English Review, August & September 1910). 63 · The Story of Prince Barkiarokh · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · n. Episodes of Vathek by William Beckford, Stephen Swift, 1912 translated from the French (“Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh”). 167 · The Story of the Princess Zulkaïs and the Prince Kalilah · William Beckford; translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials · uw Episodes of Vathek by William Beckford, Stephen Swift, 1912 translated from the French (“Histoire de la Princess Zulkaïs et du Prince Kalilah”, The English Review, December 1909).