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Best of Weird Tales ed. John Betancourt (Barnes & Noble, September 1995, 1-56619-730-9, $7.98, 498pp, hc, an, cover by Bob Eggleton)     Anthology of 27 horror and dark fantasy stories originally published in the 1988-1994 incarnation of Weird Tales. There is an introduction by Betancourt. This is an instant remainder edition available in Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton stores. vii · Introduction · John Gregory Betancourt · in 1 · Midnight Mass · F. Paul Wilson · na Axolotl Press, 1990 52 · Fruiting Bodies · Brian Lumley · nv Weird Tales Summer 1988 76 · Nonstop · Tad Williams · ss Weird Tales Spring 1990 88 · Snickerdoodles · Nancy Springer · ss Weird Tales Summer 1990 103 · Death Dances · Tanith Lee · ss Weird Tales Spring 1988 115 · Little Once · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · vi Weird Tales Fall 1988 119 · Emma’s Daughter · Alan Rodgers · nv Weird Tales Fall 1988 146 · Stalin’s Teardrops · Ian Watson · nv Weird Tales Winter 1990/1991 174 · Avatar · Lois Tilton · ss Weird Tales Fall 1988 185 · The Grab Bag · Robert Bloch & Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales Spring 1991 193 · 1/72nd Scale · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Weird Tales Fall 1990 222 · Mothrasaurus · A. R. Morlan · pm Weird Tales Spring 1991 225 · Swan’s Lake · Susan M. Shwartz · ss Weird Tales Summer 1990 240 · Night Bloomer · David J. Schow · nv Seeing Red by David J. Schow, Tor, 1990 260 · At Diamond Lake · William F. Nolan · ss The Anthology of Fantasy & the Supernatural ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Tiger Books, 1994 268 · The Pronounced Effect · John Brunner · nv Weird Tales Summer 1990 292 · The Same in Any Language · Ramsey Campbell · ss Weird Tales Summer 1991 305 · Soft · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Weird Tales Spring 1990 310 · Princess · Morgan Llywelyn · vi Weird Tales Summer 1988 314 · Well-Connected · T. E. D. Klein · ss Dagon #18/19, July/October 1987 328 · Knox’s ’Nga · Avram Davidson · ss Weird Tales Winter 1988/1989 340 · Courting Disasters · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Weird Tales Spring/Fall 1989 360 · After the Last Elf Is Dead · Harry Turtledove · ss Weird Tales Summer 1988 374 · The Lost Art of Twilight · Thomas Ligotti · ss Dark Horizons #30, Summer 1986 391 · Magician in the Dark · Robert Sampson · nv Weird Tales Winter 1988/1989 416 · The Other Dead Man · Gene Wolfe · ss Weird Tales Spring 1988 435 · At First Just Ghostly [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · na Weird Tales Spring/Fall 1989 489 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Best of Weird Tales: 1923 ed. John Gregory Betancourt & Marvin Kaye--- see under Marvin Kaye.

Horror: The Best of the Year: 2006 Edition ed. John Gregory Betancourt & Sean Wallace (Prime Books, May 2006, 0-8095-5648-0, $13.95, 319pp, tp, an, cover by Pieter Claesz)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 17 stories, with an introduction on the year in fantasy by the editors. Authors include Joe R. Lansdale, Clive Barker, and Jeff Vandermeer. · Introduction · John Gregory Betancourt & Sean Wallace · in · The Shadows, Kith and Kin · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Outsiders ed. Nancy Holder & Nancy Kilpatrick, Roc, 2005 · The Souls of Drowning Mountain · Jack Cady · ss Taverns of the Dead ed. Kealan Patrick Burke, Cemetery Dance, 2005 · The Other Grace · Holly Phillips · nv In the Palace of Repose by Holly Phillips, Prime Books, 2005 · Sitting Tenant · Nicholas Royle · ss Poe’s Progeny ed. Gary Fry, Gray Friar Press, 2005 · The Cape · Joe Hill · nv 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, PS Publishing, 2005 · La Peau Verte (Green Skin) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv To Charles Fort, With Love by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Subterranean Press, 2005 · A Very Little Madness Goes a Long Way · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2005 · There’s a Hole in the City [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · ss Sci Fiction June 15 2005 · Northwest Passage · Barbara Roden · nv Acquainted with the Night ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2004 · Proboscis · Laird Barron · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2005 · Haeckel’s Tale · Clive Barker · ss Dark Delicacies ed. Del Howison & Jeff Gelb, Carroll & Graf, 2005 · Lost · Jeff VanderMeer · ss TEL: Stories ed. Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2005 · Unblinking · Ramsey Campbell · na Lost on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2005 · Real People Slash · Nick Mamatas · nv Son and Foe November 2005 · Fair Exchange · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 2005 · This Hand, Waving · Simon Owens · ss ChiZine #25, July/September 2005 · The Call of Farther Shores · David Niall Wilson · nv Lost on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2005

Horror: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition (unpublished) ed. John Gregory Betancourt & Sean Wallace (Prime Books, n.d., 978-0-8095-6299-2, 320pp, tp, an)     Announced but never published. Details taken from online listing. · Sob in the Silence · Gene Wolfe · ss Strange Birds by Gene Wolfe, Dreamhaven Books, 2006 · The Moment of Joy Before · Claudia O’Keefe · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2006 · Journey Into the Kingdom · M. Rickert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2006 · Hallucigenia · Laird Barron · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2006 · Immortal Forms · Albert E. Cowdrey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2006 · A Pig’s Whisper · Margo Lanagan · ss Agog! Ripping Reads ed. Cat Sparks, Agog Press, 2006 · The Saffron Gatherers [Lost Domain] · Elizabeth Hand · nv Saffron and Brimstone by Elizabeth Hand, M Press, 2006 · My Travels with Al-Qaeda · Lavie Tidhar · ss Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006 · Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006 · La Profonde · Terry Dowling · ss Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear by Terry Dowling, Cemetery Dance, 2006 · Raphael · Stephen Graham Jones · nv Cemetery Dance #55, 2006 · The Muldoon · Glen Hirshberg · nv American Morons by Glen Hirshberg, Earthling Publications, 2006 · Everything Is Better with Zombies · Hannah Wolf Bowen · ss Phantom Magazine #0, Fall 2006 · Lydia’s Body · Vylar Kaftan · ss Clarkesworld #2, November 2006 · Pony · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest January 2006 · The Novel of the Holocaust · Stewart O’Nan · ss Fantasy Magazine #2, 2006 · It’s Against the Law to Feed the Ducks · Paul Tremblay · ss Fantasy Magazine #2, 2006 · The Changeling · Sarah Langan · ss Phantom Magazine #0, Fall 2006 · Girl with the Lute · Samantha Henderson · ss ChiZine #28, April/June 2006 · The Virgin Butcher · Brenna Yovanoff Graham · ss ChiZine #30, October/December 2006

New Masterpieces of Horror ed. John Betancourt (Barnes & Noble, September 1996, 1-56619-790-2, $7.98, 514pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 24 horror and dark fantasy stories. Authors include Peter Straub, S.P. Somtow, Joyce Carol Oates, and Connie Willis. ix · Introduction · John Gregory Betancourt · in 1 · The Chaney Legacy · Robert Bloch · ss Night Cry Fall 1986 19 · Soft Monkey · Harlan Ellison · ss Mystery Scene Reader ed. Edward Gorman, Fedora, 1987 35 · Death on the Nile · Connie Willis · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1993 61 · Ménage à Trois [Ronald Burke] · F. Paul Wilson · nv Weird Tales Spring 1988 91 · Peacemaker · Charles Grant · ss Borderlands 2 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1991 99 · Night They Missed the Horror Show · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988 117 · The Yard · William F. Nolan · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 125 · In the Trees · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Fantasy Tales, v.11 #4 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1990 131 · Dead Air · Gregory Nicoll · nv Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988 153 · The Third Dead Body · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss The Ultimate Zombie ed. Byron Preiss & John Betancourt, Dell, 1993 173 · The Troll · Ray Bradbury · ss The Bradbury Chronicles ed. William F. Nolan & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1991 181 · Brazo de Dios · Elizabeth Massie · ss Borderlands 3 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1993 197 · Her Wild Wild Eyes · Brad Strickland · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1991 219 · The Snatchers · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1993 227 · All Flesh Is Clay · John Ordover · ss Weird Tales Summer 1993 233 · The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead · Alan Rodgers · nv Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 263 · The Dark Country [Jack Martin] · Dennis Etchison · ss Fantasy Tales #8, Summer 1981 285 · Nobody’s Perfect · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988 301 · Blind · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Haunted by Joyce Carol Oates, Penguin/Dutton, 1994 315 · Gingerbread · S. P. Somtow · nv The Ultimate Witch ed. Byron Preiss & John Betancourt, Dell, 1993 345 · Graves · Joe Haldeman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1992 355 · The Old School · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1989 367 · The Ghost Village [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · nv MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992 401 · The Great Lover · Dan Simmons · na Lovedeath by Dan Simmons, Warner, 1993

Swashbuckling Editor Stories ed. John Gregory Betancourt (Wildside Press, November 1993, 1-880448-22-X, $7.95, 128pp, tp, oa, cover by Pat Morrissey)     Original anthology of 17 stories about sf, fantasy, and horror editors, two reprints. A numbered hardcover edition (-20-3) and a “lettered and double lettered” hardcover edition (-21-1) were also available. 7 · Introduction · John Gregory Betancourt · in 11 · It Came from the Slushpile · Bruce Bethke · ss Aboriginal Science Fiction July/August 1987 23 · Why They Call It That · James D. Macdonald & Debra Doyle · vi 26 · Slush-O-Matic · Chuck Rothman · ss 31 · Spellcaster · Janna Silverstein · ss 47 · The Emperor’s New Prose · Kij Johnson · ss 59 · Grace Under Pressure · Paul Levinson · ss 72 · Dear Contributor · David M. Harris · vi 74 · [untitled] · Greg Cox · ss Wildside Fall 1993 79 · The Masque of the Red Pencil · John C. Bunnell · ss 83 · Editor Meacham and the Fate Worse Than Death · Mike Resnick · vi 86 · Not Virginal Enough · George H. Scithers · ss 91 · Falcon Lace · John J. Ordover · vi 94 · False Assumptions · Gordon Van Gelder · vi 97 · Out Tray · Anthony R. Lewis · ss 102 · Just Perfect · Lawrence Watt-Evans · vi 105 · Re: Vision · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine September/October 1992 109 · The Big Nap · David Bischoff · ss

The Ultimate Dragon ed. John Betancourt, Byron Preiss & Keith R. A. DeCandido--- see under Byron Preiss.

The Ultimate Frankenstein ed. John Gregory Betancourt, Byron Preiss, David Keller & Megan Miller--- see under Byron Preiss.

The Ultimate Werewolf ed. John Gregory Betancourt, Byron Preiss, David Keller & Megan Miller--- see under Byron Preiss.

The Ultimate Witch ed. John Betancourt & Byron Preiss--- see under Byron Preiss.

The Ultimate Zombie ed. John Betancourt & Byron Preiss--- see under Byron Preiss.

Weird Tales: Seven Decades of Terror ed. John Betancourt & Robert Weinberg (Barnes & Noble, April 1997, 0-7607-0403-1, $7.98, 438pp, hc, an, cover by Bob Eggleton)     Horror anthology of 28 stories that appeared in Weird Tales from the ’20s to the ’90s, arranged in chronological order. Authors include H.P. Lovecraft, C.L. Moore, Gene Wolfe, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman. An instant remainder book. xv · Introduction · John Betancourt & Robert Weinberg · in · The 1920s: The Early Years 3 · The Fireplace · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales January 1925 19 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924 41 · Bells of Oceana · Arthur J. Burks · ss Weird Tales December 1927 55 · The Eighth Green Man · G. G. Pendarves · ss Weird Tales March 1928 · The 1930s: The Golden Age 77 · The Seed from the Sepulcher · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales October 1933 91 · The Accursed Isle · Mary E. Counselman · ss Weird Tales November 1933 105 · The Graveyard Rats · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales March 1936 113 · Lost Paradise [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales July 1936 · The 1940s: New Voices 143 · The Hound · Fritz Leiber · ss Weird Tales November 1942 161 · The Crowd · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1943 177 · Pacific 421 · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1944 189 · The Dead Man’s Hand [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales November 1944 · The 1950s: A Quiet Exit 213 · The Three Pools and the Painted Moon · Frank Owen · ss Weird Tales September 1950 221 · The Ring of Bastet [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales September 1951 241 · Lucy Comes to Stay · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1952 249 · The Rhythm of the Rats · Eric Frank Russell · ss Weird Tales July 1950 · The 1970s: The First Revival 269 · Sea Curse [Faring Town] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales May 1928 277 · The Dead Smile · F. Marion Crawford · nv Ainslee’s Magazine August 1899 301 · Lethal Labels · Ray Russell · vi Weird Tales Summer 1974 307 · The Finding of the Graiken [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine February 15 1913 · The 1980s: Death and Life Again 333 · The Dead Man · Gene Wolfe · ss Sir! October 1965; revised. 339 · The Pit-Yakker · Brian Lumley · ss Weird Tales Spring/Fall 1989 361 · Save the Children! · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Weird Tales #4 ed. Lin Carter, Zebra, 1983 367 · Love Song from the Stars · Robert Sheckley · ss Weird Tales Winter 1989/1990 · The 1990s: A New Golden Age 377 · Welcomeland · Ramsey Campbell · ss Words International February 1988 391 · The Lily Garden · Tanith Lee · ss Weird Tales Spring 1992 405 · The Pulse of the Machine · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv Weird Tales Spring 1993 431 · Turn, Turn, Turn · Nancy Springer · ss Weird Tales Spring 1991

The Complete Adventures of Koyala, Volume 1 by John Charles Beukema--- see under John Charles Beecham.

Minions of Mars by William Gray Beyer (Steeger Books, December 8, 2019, 978-1-61827-449-6, $16.95, 197pp, tp, n.) [Minions]     Volume 65 in “The Argosy Library”. Details taken from online listing. fc. · [front cover] · Virgil Finlay · cv Famous Fantastic Mysteries September 1943

Minions of Mercury by William Gray Beyer (Steeger Books, December 2, 2020, 978-1-61827-544-8, $19.95, 203pp, tp, n.) [Minions]     Volume 88 in “The Argosy Library”. Details taken from online listing. fc. · [front cover] · Virgil Finlay · cv Famous Fantastic Mysteries September 1942

Minions of the Moon by William Gray Beyer (Gnome Press, 1950, $2.50, 190pp, hc, n., cover by Edd Cartier)