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Wilde Stories 2016: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, July 23, 2016, 978-1-59021-610-1, $25.00, 224pp, hc, an, cover by Marwane Pallas)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 15 gay stories from 2015. Authors include Jonathan Harper, Richard Bowes, and Chaz Brenchley. Details supplied by Denny Lien. · Introduction · Steve Berman · in 1 · Imaginary Boys · Paul Magrs · nv Speak My Language ed. Torsten Højer, Robinson, 2015 33 · Wallflowers · Jonathan Harper · ss Big Lucks January 15 2015 47 · Camp · David Nickle · ss Aickman’s Heirs ed. Simon Strantzas, Undertow Publications, 2015 61 · The Ticket Taker of Cenote Zaci · Benjamin Parzybok · ss Strange Horizons February 2 2015 79 · The Duchess and the Ghost · Richard Bowes · ss Fantasy Magazine #59, December 2015 93 · Lockbox · E. Catherine Tobler · ss She Walks in Shadows ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, 2015 103 · What Lasts · Jared W. Cooper · vi Daily Science Fiction July 28 2015 109 · He Came from a Place of Openness and Truth · Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam · ss Lightspeed #56, January 2015 123 · The Language of Knives · Haralambi Markov · ss Tor.com February 4 2015 131 · To Die Dancing · Sam J. Miller · ss Apex Magazine #78, November 2015 147 · Edited · Rich Larson · ss Interzone #259, July/August 2015 155 · Envious Moons · Richard Scott Larson · ss Joyland February 2 2015 167 · Utrechtenaar · Paul Evanby · nv Strange Horizons June 1 2015 (+1) 189 · To the Knife-Cold Stars · A. Merc Rustad · ss previously available as an audio download from Escape Pod, February 7, 2015. 203 · The Astrakhan, the Homburg, and the Red Red Coal · Chaz Brenchley · nv Lightspeed #61, June 2015 221 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Wilde Stories 2017: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, July 9, 2017, 978-1-59021-628-6, $30.00, 302pp, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. · The Tale of the Costume Maker · Steve Carr · ss Sick Lit Magazine July 6 2016 · Das Steingeschöpf · G. V. Anderson · ss Strange Horizons December 12 2016 · Where’s the Rest of Me? · Matthew Cheney · nv Blood by Matthew Cheney, Black Lawrence Press, 2016 · The Gentleman of Chaos · A. Merc Rustad · ss Apex Magazine #87, August 2016 · Frost · ’Nathan Burgoine · ss apostrophen.wordpress.com December 14 2016 · Bull of Heaven · Gabriel Murray · ss Strange Horizons July 25 2016 · The Sound a Raven Makes · Mathew Scaletta · nv GigaNotoSaurus July 1 2016 · Angel, Monster, Man · Sam J. Miller · nv Nightmare #40, January 2016 · Most Holy Ghost · Martin Pousson · ss · Ratcatcher · Amy Griswold · ss Mothership Zeta #4, July 2016 · The Drowning Line · Haralambi Markov · ss Uncanny Magazine #10, May/June 2016 · My Own Heart’s Desire · Robert Levy · ss 2016 · Turing Test · Eric Schaller · ss Meet Me in the Middle of the Air by Eric Schaller, Undertow Publications, 2016 · Of All Possible Worlds · Eneasz Brodski · ss Swords v. Cthulhu ed. Molly Tanzer & Jesse Bullington, Stone Skin Press, 2016 · Carnivores · Rich Larson · ss Strangers Among Us ed. Susan Forest & Lucas K. Law, Laksa Media, 2016 · It’s the End of the World As We Know It · A. C. Wise · ss The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories by A. C. Wise, Lethe Press, 2016 · The Death of Paul Bunyan · Charles Payseur · ss Lightspeed #79, December 2016

Wilde Stories 2018: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, October 2018, 978-1-59021-319-3, $20.00, 292pp, tp, an)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Ghost Sex · Joseph Keckler · ss Dragon at the Edge of a Flat World by Joseph Keckler, Turtle Point Press, 2017 · Serving Fish · Christopher Caldwell · ss People of Color Take Over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination ed. Nisi Shawl, Wilder Publications, 2017 · Some Kind of Wonderland · Richard Bowes · ss Mad Hatters and March Hares ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2017 · Pan and Hook · Adam McOmber · ss Vestiges #3, 2017 · The Summer Mask · Karin Lowachee · ss Nightmare #62, November 2017 · The Library of Lost Things · Matthew Bright · ss Tor.com August 23 2017 · Making the Magic Lightning Strike Me · John Chu · ss Uncanny Magazine #16, May/June 2017 · Salamander Six-Guns · Martin Cahill · ss Shimmer #38, July 2017 · Cracks · Xen · nv Fiyah #3, Summer 2017 · The Future of Hunger in the Age of Programmable Matter · Sam J. Miller · ss Tor.com October 18 2017 · Uncanny Valley · Greg Egan · nv Tor.com August 9 2017 · Love Pressed in Vinyl · Devon Wong · ss Strange Horizons April 3 2017 · There Used to Be Olive Trees · Rich Larson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2017 · The Secret of Flight · A. C. Wise · ss Black Feathers ed. Ellen Datlow, Pegasus Books, 2017 · A Bouquet of Wonder and Marvel · Sean Eads · ss Georgetown Haunts and Mysteries ed. Jeanne C. Stein & Joshua Viola, Hex Publishers, 2017

Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages ed. Steve Berman (Prime Books, August 14, 2013, 978-1-60701-395-2, $15.95, 379pp, tp, oa, cover by Timothy Lantz)     Anthology of 33 stories, eight reprints, about zombies from “Before Lazarus” to the early 20th Century. Authors include Jonathan Maberry, Richard E. Gropp, and Steven Popkes. Details taken from online listing. 11 · Untitled Prologue · [uncredited] · lk 13 · Before Lazarus 15 · Blood Marker · Victoria Janssen · ss 17 · Selected Sources for the Babylonian Plague of the Dead (572-571 BCE) · Alex Dally MacFarlane · ss 21 · Immortals · Nathan Southard · ss 23 · The Cost of Moving the Dead · E. L. Kemper · ss 27 · Hauntings and Hungers on the Banks of the Vipasa · Rajan Khanna · ss 39 · After Lazarus 41 · Antiquity 43 · A Frenzy of Ravens · Christopher M. Cevasco · ss 59 · The Wedding of Osiris · Adam Morrow · ss 65 · The Middle Ages 67 · The Hyena’s Blessing · Alex Jeffers · ss 79 · The Good Shepherdess · S. J. Chambers · ss 84 · The Fledglings of Time · Carrie Laben · ss 91 · 16th and 17th Centuries 93 · Hung from a Hairy Tree · Samantha Henderson · ss 96 · Good Deaths · Paul Berger · ss 114 · Dead Reckoning · Elaine Pascale · ss 124 · Grit in a Diseased Eye · Lee Thomas · ss 126 · Theater Is Dead · Raoul Wainscoting · ss History Is Dead ed. Kim Paffenroth, Permuted Press, 2007 139 · 18th Century 141 · Deathless · Ed Kurtz · ss 161 · Tantivy · Molly Tanzer · ss 169 · Cinereous · Livia Llewellyn · ss 177 · 19th Century 179 · The Wailing Hills · L. Lark · ss 196 · As the Crow Flies · Rita Oakes · ss 210 · Seneca Falls: First Recorded Outbreak of Strain Z · Dayna Ingram · nv 234 · Pegleg and Paddy Save the World · Jonathan Maberry · ss History Is Dead ed. Kim Paffenroth, Permuted Press, 2007 248 · Dead in the Water · Richard Larson · ss 250 · Starvation Army · Joe McKinney · ss History Is Dead ed. Kim Paffenroth, Permuted Press, 2007 262 · Lonegan’s Luck · Stephen Graham Jones · nv New Genre Summer 2009 285 · The Rickshaw Pusher · Mercurio D. Rivera · ss 291 · The Revenge of Oscar Wilde · Sean Eads · ss 307 · Early 20th Century 309 · The Gringo · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss 312 · The End of the Caroll A. Deering · Bob Hole · ss 314 · Promised Land (Wineville, 1928) · Richard E. Gropp · ss 316 · Tell Me Like You Done Before · Scott Edelman · ss The Dead That Walk ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2009 332 · The Fated Sky · Aimee Payne · ss 348 · The Crocodiles · Steven Popkes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2010 369 · Gedenkschrift Authors · [uncredited] · ms

First Armada Ghost Book ed. Christine Bernard (Armada, 1967, C197, 2/6d, 159pp, pb, an) 6 · Introduction · Christine Bernard · in 9 · Sandy MacNeil and His Dog · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964 20 · School for the Unspeakable · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales September 1937 34 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine September 1906 47 · The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902 66 · The Giant Bones · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964 72 · Prince Godfrey Frees Mountain Dwellers and Little Shepherds from a Savage Werewolf and from Witches · Halina Gorska · ss Prince Godfrey by Halina Gorska, Roy, 1946 88 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891 102 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 115 · Spooks of the Valley · Louis C. Jones · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1948; adapted from chapter 7. 132 · The Lads Who Met the Highwayman · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965 142 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q

Second Armada Ghost Book ed. Christine Bernard (Armada, 1968, C253, 2/6d, 127pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Christine Bernard · in 9 · The Ghost That Didn’t Want to Be a Ghost · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965 21 · The Keepers of the Wall · William Croft Dickinson · ss The Scotsman Christmas 33 · Fiddler, Play Fast, Play Faster · Ruth Sawyer · ss Long Christmas by Ruth Sawyer, Viking, 1941 42 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903 59 · Mr. Fox · [uncredited] · ss (r) 64 · His Own Number · William Croft Dickinson · ss Dark Encounters by William Croft Dickinson, Harvill Press, 1963 79 · The Man Who Walked Widdershins Round the Kirk · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965 86 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894 99 · The Ugly-Wuglies · Edith Nesbit · ex from The Enchanted Castle, Unwin, 1907; chapters 6 and 7.

The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Christine Bernard (Fontana, February 1966, 1232, 3/6d, 221pp, pb, an) 9 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 24 · No Stronger Than a Flower · Robert Aickman · ss 40 · Tarnhelm · Hugh Walpole · ss Liberty December 28 1929 58 · The Gypsy · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933 69 · A Case of Eavesdropping [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 86 · The Pond · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 94 · William and Mary · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 125 · The Two Vaynes · L. P. Hartley · ss World Review #22, December 1950 137 · The Next in Line · Ray Bradbury · nv Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947 176 · In the Steam Room · Frank Baker · ss 188 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander January 17 1912 195 · The Cat Jumps · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 207 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891 213 · Marmalade Wine · Joan Aiken · ss Suspense (UK) September 1958

The Second Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Christine Bernard (Fontana, 1967, 3/6d, 221pp, pb, an) 9 · The Spider · Elizabeth Walter · nv The Sin-Eater and Other Scientific Impossibilities by Elizabeth Walter, Harvill, 1967 35 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · nv The London Mercury September 1930 50 · Something Strange · Kingsley Amis · nv The Spectator November 25 1960 69 · Satan’s Circus · Lady Eleanor Smith · nv Britannia and Eve June 1930 85 · The Photograph · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 91 · The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1928 revised from The New Decameron, Volume the First, B.H. Blackwell, 1919. 118 · As Gay as Cheese · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) December 1956 124 · The Hound of Death · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933 142 · Judith · Hjalmar Bergman · ss The Evening Standard February 16 1934 149 · The Victim · May Sinclair · nv The Criterion October 1922 171 · The House on Big Faraway · Norman Matson · ss The Evening Standard June 12 1934 182 · The Killing-Bottle · L. P. Hartley · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927

The Third Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Christine Bernard (Fontana, March 1968, 1702, 3/6d, 188pp, pb, an) 7 · Green Fingers · R. C. Cook · ss 22 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948 42 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 54 · The Academy · David Ely · ss Playboy June 1965 64 · Cut-Throat Farm · J. D. Beresford · ss The Westminster Gazette August 14 1909 69 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited. 89 · Poison · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s June 3 1950 101 · Lucky’s Grove · Herbert Russell Wakefield · nv The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. Russell Wakefield, Herbert Jenkins, 1940 123 · Housebound · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss 134 · The Shuttered Room · H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth · nv The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces by H. P. Lovecraft, Arkham House, 1959 written by Derleth from a fragment by Lovecraft. 169 · At the End of the Passage · Rudyard Kipling · ss Boston Herald July 20 1890

The Fourth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Christine Bernard (Fontana, August 1969, 3/6d, 190pp, pb, an) 7 · The Doll · Francis King · ss The Brighton Belle and Other Stories by Francis King, Longmans, 1968 22 · The Idiots · Joseph Conrad · ss The Savoy #6, October 1896 45 · Looking for Something to Suck · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss 58 · The Head · Edith Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine May 1907, as by Mrs. Hubert Bland 74 · Chains · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 78 · The Empty House [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 94 · The Flesh Is Weak · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 98 · Seven Floors · Dino Buzzati; translated by Judith Landry · ss Catastrophe by Dino Buzzati, Calder & Boyars, 1965 translated from the Italian. 112 · New Moon · Malachi Whitaker · ss Frost in April by M. Whitaker, Cape, 1930 121 · Mess · Francis King · nv The Brighton Belle and Other Stories by Francis King, Longmans, 1968 150 · Young Blood · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 153 · The Telegram · Violet Hunt · nv Tales of the Uneasy by Violet Hunt, Heinemann, 1911 177 · Mateo Falcone · Prosper Mérimée · ss International Short Stories ed. & tr. Wm Patten, P.F. Collier's Sons, 1910 translated from the French.

Legal Briefs ed. William Bernhardt (Doubleday, June 1998, 0-385-49138-7, $22.95, 292pp, hc, oa) vii · If Everyone Hates Lawyers So Much, Why Are They Buying Our Books? · William Bernhardt · in 1 · The Divorce · Grif Stockley · na 47 · Poetic Justice · Steve Martini · nv 73 · Stairwell Justice · Jay Brandon · nv 95 · The Client · Richard North Patterson · ss The Atlantic Monthly 1979 115 · What We’re Here For · William Bernhardt · nv 147 · Cook County Redemption · Michael A. Kahn · nv 179 · The Jailhouse Lawyer · Phillip M. Margolin · ss The Saint Magazine August 1984 195 · Voir Dire [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · nv 231 · The Birthday · John Grisham · ss Oxford American 1994 237 · Roads · Philip Friedman · ss 257 · Carrying Concealed · Lisa Scottoline · nv 285 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg