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Particulates ed. Nalo Hopkinson (Dia Art Foundation, August 28, 2018, 978-0-944521-88-5, $12.95, 98pp, tp, oa, cover by Rita McBride)
Details taken from online listing.

6 · Foreword · Jessica Morgan · fw

8 · Introduction · Alexis Lowry · in

10 · Editor’s Note · Nalo Hopkinson · ms

13 · Particulates · Elizabeth Bear · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

15 · Fire in the Sky · Samuel Delany · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

21 · After the End of the World · Kameron Hurley · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

25 · Glimmer · Nicola Griffith · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

29 · Great Female Scientists in History · Annalee Newitz · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

33 · The Earthman Prophecies · Ken MacLeod · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

39 · The Mysteries · Karen Lord · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

45 · Universal Geography · Sofia Samatar · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

51 · Home · Daniel José Older · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

59 · Reflection Eternal · Minister Faust · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

65 · Soliton · Mark von Schlegell · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

71 · Ark of Light · Victor LaValle · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

77 · A Subtle Web [Somadeva] · Vandana Singh · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

83 · Umwelt I · Gina Ashcraft · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

87 · Umwelt II · Gina Ashcraft · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

91 · And More Slow · Nalo Hopkinson · ss; illustrated by Rita McBride

So Long Been Dreaming ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Uppinder Mehan (Arsenal Pulp, October 2004, 1-55152-158-X, $19.95, 270pp, tp, oa, cover by Ho Che Anderson)
Original anthology of 19 “postcolonial” SF stories written by people of color. Introduction by Hopkinson, afterword by Mehan. Authors include Karin Lowachee, Nisi Shawl, and Sheree R. Thomas.

· Introduction · Nalo Hopkinson · in

· Deep End [Making Amends] · Nisi Shawl · ss

· Griots of the Galaxy · Andrea Hairston · ss

· Toot Sweet Matricia · Suzette Mayr · ss

· Rachel · Larissa Lai · ss

· Terminal Avenue · Eden Robinson · ss

· When Scarabs Multiply · Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu · ss

· Delhi · Vandana Singh · ss

· Panopte’s Eye · Tamai Kobayashi · ss

· The Grassdreaming Tree · Sheree R. Thomas · ss

· The Blue Road: A Fairy Tale · Wayde Compton · ss

· The Forgotten Ones · Karin Lowachee · ss

· Native Aliens · Greg van Eekhout · ss

· Refugees · Celu Amberstone · ss

· Trade Winds · Devorah Major · ss

· Lingua Franca · Carole McDonnell · ss

· Out of Sync · Ven Begamudré · ss Tesseracts⁴ ed. Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet, Porcepic, 1992

· The Living Roots · Opal Palmer Adisa · ss

· Journey Into the Vortex · Maya Khankhoje · ss

· Necahual · Tobias S. Buckell · ss

· Afterword · Uppinder Mehan · aw

Tesseracts Nine ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Geoff Ryman (Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, June 2005, 1-894063-26-0, $16.95, 391pp, tp, oa, cover by Colleen McDonald)
Original anthology of 20 stories, three linked excerpts/vignettes, and two poems by Canadian writers. Authors include Yves Meynard, Candas Jane Dorsey, Elisabeth Vonarburg, and Nancy Kilpatrick. Foreword by Ryman; afterword by Hopkinson.

· Canadian Identity? No, Thanks. · Geoff Ryman · in

· Excerpt from “Fugue Phantasmagorical”: Embarking · Anthony MacDonald & Jason Mehmel · ex

· Lemmings in the Third Year · Jerome Stueart · ss

· Principles of Animal Eugenetics · Yves Meynard · nv Tomorrow April 1996

· Mom and Mother Theresa · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss

· Fin-de-siècle · E. L. Chen · ss

· Excerpt from “Fugue Phantasmagorical”: Setting Sail · Anthony MacDonald & Jason Mehmel · ex

· Carnaval Perpetuel · Sandra Kasturi · pm Strange Horizons March 18 2002

· Writing on the Wall · Steve Stanton · ss

· La Course de Kathryn · Elisabeth Vonarburg · ss; winner of the 2004 Aurora award for best story in French.

· Newbie Wrangler · Timothy J. Anderson · ss

· Souvenirs de Lumière · Daniel Sernine · ss Solaris #138, August 2001

· The Singing · Dan Rubin · ss

· Our Lady of the Snows · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss

· Thought and Memory · Alette J. Willis · ss

· Mermaid · Rhea Rose · ss

· The Coin · Casey June Wolf · ss

· Jimmy Away to Me · Sarah Totton · ss

· Before the Altar on the Feast for All Souls · Marg Gilks · ss

· Being Here · Claude Lalumière · ss

· Mayfly · Peter Watts & Derryl Murphy · ss

· Avoir des Ailes · Sylvie Bérard · ss

· Mirrors · René Beaulieu · ss

· Omphalos · Pat Forde · ss

· Heaven and Earth · Allan Weiss · ss

· Excerpt from “Fugue Phantasmagorical”: Epilogue: Disembarkings · Anthony MacDonald & Jason Mehmel · ex

· Final thoughts · Nalo Hopkinson · aw

Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction ed. Nalo Hopkinson (Invisible Cities Press, October 2000, 0-9679683-2-1, $14.95, 318pp, hc, an, cover by Michel Ange Altidort)
Anthology of 20 fantastical stories, nine original, by authors of Caribbean background. A hardcover edition (-1-3, $24.95) was announced but not seen.

xi · Introduction · Nalo Hopkinson · in

· ’Membah

3 · What the Periwinkle Remember · Marcia Douglas · ex from Madam Fate, Soho Press, 1999

23 · Yurokon · Wilson Harris · ss The Sleepers of Roraima (a Carib Trilogy) by Wilson Harris, Faber and Faber, 1970

39 · Spurn Babylon · Tobias S. Buckell · ss

· Science

53 · Just a Lark (or the Crypt of Matthew Ashdown) · Roger McTair · nv

83 · Tears for Érsulie Frèda: Men Without Shadow · Claude-Michel Prévost · ss

· Blood Thicker More Than Water

97 · The Village Cock · H. Nigel Thomas · ss How Loud Can the Village Cock Crow? by H. Nigel Thomas, Afo Enterprises, 1996, as “How Loud Can the Village Cock Crow?”

113 · Shadows Move in the Britannia Bar · Ismith Khan · ss The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories, Oxford University Press, 1999

125 · My Mother · Jamaica Kincaid · ss At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid, Plume, 1992

· The Broad Dutty Water

135 · Mad Fish · Olive Sebior · ss Turn of the Story: Canadian Short Fiction on the Eve of the Millennium ed. Heidi Harms & Joan Thomas, House of Anansi Press, 1999

147 · Widows’ Walk · Opal Palmer Adisa · nv Bake-Face and Other Guava Stories by Opal Palmer Adisa, Kelsey St. Press, 1986

171 · Once on the Shores of the Stream Senegambia · Pamela Mordecai · nv

· Crick Crack

197 · In the Beginning · Lillian Allen · ss

201 · Uncle Obadiah and the Alien · Geoffrey Philp · ss Mississippi Review Spring 1996

211 · My Grandmother’s Tale of the Buried Treasure and How She Defeated the King of Chacachacari and the Entire American Army with Her Venus-Flytraps · Robert Antoni · nv Conjunctions #18, Spring 1992

241 · Pot O’ Rice Horowitz’s House of Solace · Ian McDonald · ss The Caribbean Writer v5, 1991

· Down Inside the Chute

257 · The Glass Bottle Trick · Nalo Hopkinson · ss

273 · Buried Statues · Antonio Benítez-Rojo; translated by Lee H. Williams, Jr. · ss The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories ed. Roberto González Echevarría, Oxford University Press, 1997
translated from the Spanish (Ture de Reyes, Casa de las Américas, 1967).

289 · Soma · Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar · ss

· Dream

299 · My Funny Valentine · Kamau Brathwaite · ss

303 · Devil Beads · Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell · ss

309 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

The Killing Spirit: An Anthology of Murder for Hire ed. Jay Hopler (Overlook Press, November 1996, 0-87951-661-5, $23.95, 310pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 17 stories, poems and a play about hit men.

xi · In Search of the Assassin · Jay Hopler · in

1 · This Gun for Hire · Graham Greene · ex 1936

25 · The Hit Man · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss 1980

31 · “Gentlemen, the King!” · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s April 25 1931

47 · Loose Ends · Bharati Mukherjee · ss The Middleman and Other Stories by Bharati Mukherjee, 1980

59 · The Butcher’s Boy · Thomas Perry · ex Scribner’s, 1982

105 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927

117 · Screen Image: (Royal Emerald Hotel, Nassau) · Mark Rudman · pm The Millennium Hotel by Mark Rudman, 1996

121 · The Same, Only Different! · Jiri Kajanë; translated by Kevin Phelan & Bill U’Ren · nv Minnesota Review 1995
from Wake Up. It’s Time to Go to Sleep, 1993.

147 · Hit Man · Charles Bukowski · ss South of No North by Charles Bukowski, Black Sparrow Press, 1973

153 · The Death of Mrs. Sheer · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Upon the Sweeping Flood by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard, 1966

179 · Memories of West Street and Lepke · Robert Lowell · pm Life Studies by Robert Lowell, 1956

183 · Cain · Andrew Vachss · vi The New Mystery ed. Jerome Charyn, Dutton, 1993

189 · When This Man Dies · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1964

201 · Ripley’s Game · Patricia Highsmith · ex 1993

255 · In the Beginning · Ian McEwan · ss The New Yorker June 26/July 3 1995; from a novel in progress.

267 · The Assassin · David Ray · pp Chicago Review 1996

269 · Shelter · David Kost · pl 1993

301 · Appendix: Hit Man Movies · [uncredited] · bi

The Defective Detective in the Pulps ed. Gary Hoppenstand & Ray B. Browne (Bowling Green State Univ. Popular Press, 1983, 0-87972-235-5, $15.95, 119pp, hc, an)
The acknowledgements list “Rhapsody in Blood” by Day Keene, Dime Mystery Magazine Jan ’43, which is not included in the book. “Dead Man—Killer” by Edith and Ejler Jacobson is not listed. Also available in tp (-236-3, $7.95).

1 · “I’d Kiss You Sweetheart, But My Lips Are Missing”: The Defective Detective in the Pulps · Gary Hoppenstand & Ray B. Browne · in

8 · Madam Murder—and the Corpse Brigade [Seekay] · Paul Ernst · nv Strange Detective Mysteries October 1937

25 · The Brain Murders [Peter Quest] · John Kobler · nv Dime Mystery Magazine December 1938

46 · The Devil Beats Death’s Drums · Warren Lucas · nv Dime Mystery Magazine December 1938

67 · The Brothers from Hell · Grendon Alzee · ss Dime Mystery Magazine October 1938

76 · The Flowering Corpses [Nicholas Street] · Nat Schachner · nv Dime Mystery Magazine October 1938

98 · The River Styx · [uncredited] · ed (r)

99 · Dead Man—Killer [Nathaniel Perry (The Bleeder)] · Edith & Ejler Jacobson · nv Dime Mystery Magazine February 1939

The Dime Novel Detective ed. Gary Hoppenstand (Bowling Green Univ. Popular Press, 1982, 0-87972-213-4, $18.95, 254pp, hc, an)

1 · Preface · Edward T. LeBlanc · pr

3 · The Missing Detective · Gary Hoppenstand · in

5 · Chapter 1: New York Detective Library 1882-1899, Old King Brady · Gary Hoppenstand · si

7 · The Haunted Churchyard: or, Old King Brady the Detective and the Mystery of the Iron Vault [James (“Old King”) Brady; Harry (“Young King”) Brady] · A New York Detective · na The New York Detective Library January 4 1890

35 · New York Detective Library · [uncredited] · bi

70 · Chapter 2: Old Cap Collier Library 1883-1899, Old Cap Collier · Gary Hoppenstand · si

71 · The Thugs of the Tenderloin; or, Old Cap. Collier Tracking a Daring Band of Thieves · The Author of “Old Cap. Collier” · na Old Cap Collier Library #686, 1897

99 · Old Cap Collier Library · [uncredited] · bi

136 · Chapter 3: Old Sleuth Library 1885-1905, Old Sleuth · Gary Hoppenstand · si

138 · Old Sleuth, Badger & Co. · Old Sleuth · na Old Sleuth Library December 17 1891

161 · Old Sleuth Library · [uncredited] · bi

166 · Old Sleuth Weekly · [uncredited] · bi

175 · Young Sleuth Library · [uncredited] · bi

182 · Chapter 4: Bob Brooks Library 1893, Bob Brooks (with an addendum on Nick Carter) · Gary Hoppenstand · si

183 · Train Wreckers Betrayed; or, Bob Brooks in Kansas · The Author of “Bob Brooks” · na Bob Brooks Library #27, 1893

197 · Bob Brooks Library · [uncredited] · bi

200 · Chapter 5: Secret Service 1899-1912, Old and Young King Brady · Gary Hoppenstand · si

201 · The Bradys After the Tong Kings [James (“Old King”) Brady; Harry (“Young King”) Brady] · [uncredited] · na Secret Service November 19 1909

227 · Secret Service · [uncredited] · bi

The Monkey’s Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre by W. W. Jacobs ed. Gary Hoppenstand--- see under W. W. Jacobs.

The Night Nemesis: The Complete Adventures of the Moon Man—Vol. One by Frederick C. Davis ed. Gary Hoppenstand & Garyn G. Roberts--- see under Frederick C. Davis.

Popular Fiction: An Anthology ed. Gary Hoppenstand (Addison-Wesley, January 1998, 0-321-01164-3, $51.00, 800pp, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Foreword · Gary Hoppenstand · fw

· Introduction · Charles I. Schuster · in

· 1 Horror Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· The King and His Three Daughters · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales, Strawberry Hill Press, 1785, uncredited.

· The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

· The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.

· Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.

· The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893

· Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914
written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.

· Introduction to “Supernatural Horror in Literature” · H. P. Lovecraft · ex The Fantasy Fan October 1933 (+16)
revised from its original appearance in The Recluse, 1927.

· The Call of Cthulhu [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales February 1928

· The Horror Market Writer and the Ten Bears · Stephen King · ar Writer’s Digest November 1973

· Graveyard Shift · Stephen King · ss Cavalier October 1970

· Nunc Dimittis · Tanith Lee · nv The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd, Mead, 1983

· Down, Satan! · Clive Barker · ss Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. IV by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1985

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· 2 Romance Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· The Sisters’ Trial · Louisa May Alcott · ss (r)

· Jane · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 25 1912

· Introduction to Love Stories · Rosamunde Pilcher · ar (r)

· Lalla · Rosamunde Pilcher · ss (r)

· Trying to Tame the Romance: Critics and Correctness · Jayne Ann Krentz · ar (r)

· Connecting Rooms · Jayne Ann Krentz · na Everlasting Love, Pocket, 1995

· The Kiss · Kathleen E. Woodiwiss · nv Three Weddings and a Kiss, Avon, 1995

· The Healing Touch · Janet Dailey · n. (r)

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· 3 Science Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· The Mortal Immortal · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833

· An Express of the Future · Jules Verne (ghost written by Michel Verne) · ss The Strand Magazine December 1895
translated from the French (“Un express de l’avenir”, Le Figaro, September 1, 1888).

· The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897

· Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales November 1933

· Robbie [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories September 1940, as “Strange Playfellow”

· Space Jockey · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 26 1947

· Coda · Ray Bradbury · ar 1979
originally “Author’s Afterword” in Fahrenheit 451, Ballantine 1979.

· Usher II [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1950, as “Carnival of Madness”

· “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965

· Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones · Samuel R. Delany · nv New Worlds #185, December 1968

· Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Parabola v1 #4, 1976

· Vaster Than Empires and More Slow [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971

· Johnny Mnemonic [Molly Millions] · William Gibson · nv Omni May 1981

· Speech Sounds · Octavia E. Butler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1983

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· 4 Detective Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841

· The Musgrave Ritual [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine May 1893, as “The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual”

· The Tuesday Night Club [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Royal Magazine December 1927

· Too Many Have Lived [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The American Magazine October 1932

· The Simple Art of Murder · Raymond Chandler · ar The Atlantic Monthly December 1944

· Blackmailers Don’t Shoot [Mallory] · Raymond Chandler · nv Black Mask December 1933

· Absolutely Elsewhere [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Strand Magazine February 1934

· Chee’s Witch [Jim Chee] · Tony Hillerman · ss The New Black Mask No.7 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986

· Creating a Female Sleuth · Marcia Muller · ar The Writer #10, October 1978

· The Place That Time Forgot [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss Sisters in Crime 2 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990

· The Watts Lions [Easy Rawlins] · Walter Mosley · ss The New Mystery ed. Jerome Charyn, Dutton, 1993

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· 5 Adventure Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· About Fiction · H. Rider Haggard · ar The Contemporary Review February 1887

· Long Odds [Allan Quatermain] · H. Rider Haggard · ss Macmillan’s Magazine February 1886

· Literature · Rudyard Kipling · ar (r)

· The Man Who Would Be King · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales by Rudyard Kipling, Wheeler, 1888

· The Taste of the Meat [Christopher “Smoke” Bellew] · Jack London · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine June 1911

· The Battle for Teeka [Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1917

· The Good Patriots · Baroness Orczy · ss (r)

· The Ghost · Max Brand · ss All-Story Weekly May 3 1919

· From Missouri · Zane Grey · nv McCall’s Magazine August 1926

· The Treasure Ship [Captain Peter Blood] · Rafael Sabatini · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1930

· The Gift of Cochise · Louis L’Amour · ss Collier’s July 5 1952

· From a View to a Kill [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv The Daily Mail September 21 1959 (+4), as “James Bond and the Murder Before Breakfast”

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· Appendix · [uncredited] · ms (r)

· Critical Perspectives on Popular Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· Popular Culture—New Notes Toward a Definition · Ray B. Browne · ss (r)

· The Concept of Formula in the Study of Popular Literature · John G. Cawelti · ss (r)

· Frankenstein: The New Prometheus · Arthur Asa Berger · ss (r)

· Beneath the Surface: The Hidden Codes of Romance · Linda Barlow & Jayne Ann Krentz · ss (r)

· Science Fiction: The Rebirth of Mythology · Gail Landsman · ss (r)

· A Marxist Interpretation of the Crime Story · Ernest Mandel · ss (r)

· Women and the Language of Men · Jane Tompkins · ss (r)

· Critical Readings Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· Filmography · [uncredited] · ms

The Traitor by Sydney Horler (Collins, 1936, 251pp, hc, n.)
Thriller novel.

The Traitor by Sydney Horler (The British Library, September 2015, 978-0-712-35614-5, £8.99, 256pp, tp, n.) [British Library Classic Thrillers; British Library Spy Classics]
Reprint (Collins 1936) classic spy thriller.

December Tales ed. J. D. Horn (Curious Blue Press, September 28, 2021, 978-1-73662-071-7, $19.95, 468pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

i · Foreword · Colin Dickey · fw

1 · Grey Glass · Reggie Oliver · ss

20 · Whessoe · Nugent Barker · ss Life and Letters December 1928

34 · Cold Reflections · Sybil Ward · ss

53 · The White and the Black · Erckmann-Chatrian · nv Stories of the Rhine by Mm. Erckmann-Chatrian, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1875, as “Black and White”
translated from the French (“Le blanc et le noir”, Le Monde illustré, January 15, 1862).

74 · Jetty Sara · Glen Hirshberg · ss

87 · Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad · M. R. James · nv Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904

111 · Ours · P. J. Manney · ss

130 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Pushkin · nv (r)
translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834).

160 · A Plague on the House · Lisa Morton · ss

175 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1896

192 · The Shadow of the Dream · J. Lincoln Fenn · nv

221 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.

249 · Two Alices · Kate Maruyama · ss

268 · Aunt Joanna · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904

283 · A Blacksmith’s Gift · Eddie Generous · ss

299 · The Spectral Rout · Frances Power Cobbe · nv Shilling Magazine December 1865

326 · Fairytale of New York · Tonya Hurley · ss

347 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896

360 · Epiphany · Nicole D. Sconiers · ss

370 · Véra · Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam · ss (r)
translated from the French (“Vera”, 1874).

385 · Incident at the Red Hawk Road Stop · Eric J. Guignard · ss

410 · Above the World · Ramsey Campbell · ss Whispers II ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1979

424 · Last Night at the Dairy Bar · Tod Goldberg · ss

Men with No Master: The Complete Adventures of Robin the Bombardier by Roy de S. Horn (Steeger Books, December 2, 2019, 978-1-61827-451-9, $19.95, 282pp, tp, co) [Robin Santerre (aka Robin the Bombardier)]
Volume 67 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Men with No Master [Robin Santerre (aka Robin the Bombardier)] · Roy de S. Horn · nv Argosy September 2 1939 (+1)

83 · [letter] · Roy de S. Horn · lt Argosy September 2 1939

89 · Archers to the Front [Robin Santerre (aka Robin the Bombardier)] · Roy de S. Horn · na Argosy January 6 1940

151 · Bowman’s Banner [Robin Santerre (aka Robin the Bombardier)] · Roy de S. Horn · nv Argosy April 27 1940 (+1)

211 · Flight of the Guns [Robin Santerre (aka Robin the Bombardier)] · Roy de S. Horn · na Argosy August 17 1940

267 · About the Author · Roy de S. Horn · cl Argosy April 12 1930, as “The Men Who Make the Argosy”

The Methods of Sergeant Cluff by Geoffrey Horne--- see under Gil North.

Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm by Geoffrey Horne--- see under Gil North.

Murder by the Dozen ed. Durbin Lee Horner (Dingwall-Rock, 1935, LC:35-15310, 515pp, hc, an)
The Cream of the “Mystery” Crop.

v · Preface · Durbin Lee Horner · pr

3 · The Merry Go-Round of Murder · Joseph F. Dinneen · na Mystery 1935

101 · The House That Jack Built · Colver Harris · na Mystery August 1935

313 · The Man in the Mirror · Louis Golding · ss Mystery April 1934

329 · The Woman in Scarlet Stockings · Norman Matson · ss The Evening Standard June 12 1934, as “The House on Big Faraway”

339 · The Black Cats Vanished [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery October 1934

369 · The Woman He Had to Kill · Francis Beeding · nv Mystery June 1934

401 · The Lisping Man [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · nv Mystery November 1934

427 · “I Must Live Till Wednesday” · John Ewing · ss Mystery May 1933

439 · Thirty Hours with a Corpse · Maurice Level · ss Mystery September 1934

463 · What Can a Dead Man Want? · Guy Endore · ss Mystery December 1934

491 · Poisoned Letters · Georges Surdez · ar Mystery 1934

503 · Exceptional Murderer · Georges Surdez · ts Mystery March 1934

Cloaked in Shadow: Dark Tales of Elves ed. W. H. Horner (Fantasist Enterprises, October 2004, 0-9713608-2-0, $16.00, 239pp, tp, oa)
Original Anthology of 22 dark fantasy stories about elves. Authors include K.D. Wentworth, Elaine Cunningham, and Gerard Daniel Houarner. Introduction by Drew Hayes.

xi · Introduction · Drew Hayes · ss

1 · Diminishing · Erin MacKay · ss

15 · The Suitcase · J. R. Cain · ss

33 · Under Distant Hills · John Sullivan · ss

39 · Curve of Her Claw · Margaret McGaffey Fisk · ss

51 · The Elf Knight and Lady Isabelle · Kyri Freeman · ss

55 · Unreachable · Star E. Sutezzo · ss

67 · Rotten Blood · Murray Leeder · ss

73 · The Day of the Hens · Angeline Hawkes-Craig · ss

91 · The Legacy of the Quedana · David J. Corwell · ss

113 · Laume’s Lesson · Stephen D. Rogers · ss

117 · Bad Company · K. D. Wentworth · ss

127 · The Grisly Race · Tim Curran · ss

139 · The Kin of the Blood · Christe M. Callabro · ss

151 · Night Bruises · Lisa Mantchev · ss

159 · Evil Lives. Vice Eats Simplicity · H. Turnip Smith · ss

167 · A Thrice-Told Tale · A. Dorrance · ss

179 · Penumbra · Jeremy Yoder · ss

187 · The Singleton Path · Adam Hardy · ss

201 · Juniper · Elaine Cunningham · ss

215 · The Artist · Jon Sprunk · ss

219 · Songs · Barbara Geiger · ss

225 · Celebrant · Gerard Daniel Houarner · ss

234 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

240 · Writer’s Guidelines for Upcoming Anthologies · [uncredited] · ms

Fantastical Visions ed. W. H. Horner (Fantasist Enterprises, December 2001, 0-9713608-0-4, $9.99, 186pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Why Fantasy? · W. H. Horner · in

· Wraithsong · Jean Graham · ss

· Jathen Longblade · Christine E. Ricketts · ss

· Death and the Maiden · Trent M. Walters · ss

· Vigil · Magee Gilks · ss

· Life · Colin Roberts · ss

· Prescient Witness · Tracy Whelan · ss

· The Dream Shop · David A. Hart · ss

· Of Savage Blood · Travis J. Koll · ss

· The Mad Queen of the Sky · D. K. Latta · ss

· The Farmer’s Daughter · Tanya Michna · ss

· It’s Better in Brooklyn · Michael Penncavage · ss

· 7:58 · Matthew Wolfe · ss

Fantastical Visions II ed. W. H. Horner & C. Nathan Dudek--- see under C. Nathan Dudek.

Fantastical Visions III ed. W. H. Horner, C. Nathan Dudek & Christina Stitt--- see under C. Nathan Dudek.

Fantastical Visions IV ed. W. H. Horner (Fantasist Enterprises, July 2009, 978-0-9713608-7-7, $17.00, 312pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Evelyn · Michail Velichansky · ss

· Imaginix · Maggie Slater · ss

· The Mermaid’s Silver Pool · Jeff R. Campbell · ss

· Abandoned Responsibility · G. Scott Huggins · ss

· Gratitude · Margaret Yang · ss

· The Benefits of Public Transportation · Todd Austin Hunt · ss

· The Song That Made Hell Hell · Greg Beatty · ss

· How Savio Arcaini Came by His Sword · M. T. Reiten · ss

· The Corn Bear · Michael Penncavage · ss

· The Desert Island Fifty · Jason S. Ridler · ss

· The Pit Fighter · Alex Jackson · ss

· A Plant’s Scream · Christine Welcome · ss

· Healing Hands · Aliette de Bodard · ss

· Dragonfly Savior · David Walton · ss

· Deathless in Manhattan · Hank Quense · ss

· A Night on Pope Lake · James R. Cain · ss

· Renewal · Robyn A. Hay · ss

· Chaos Theory · Brandon Alspaugh · ss

Modern Magic ed. W. H. Horner (Fantasist Enterprises, April 2006, 978-0-9713608-4-6, $17.00, x+254pp, tp, oa, cover by David Seidman)
Details taken from online listing.

ix · Here Be Dragons · Kelley Armstrong · in

1 · Stock Management · Sarah A. Hoyt · ss

11 · Kindled Morphogenesis · Alexa Grave · ss

17 · Salvation in a Plastic Bag · P. Kirby · ss

23 · Joy, Unbottled · Ron Horsley · ss

37 · Souls of Living Wood · Eugie Foster · ss

43 · Peter I Am Lost · Kelly Hale · ss

51 · Zaubererkrieg · Stephen D. Rogers · ss

53 · The Apprentice · Joy Marchand · ss

57 · Office Magic · Jon Sprunk · ss

65 · Raven · Elaine Cunningham · ss

79 · Beauty, Sleeping · Melissa Frederick · ss

89 · Unsung Hero · Michael A. Pignatella · ss

101 · Swan Dive · Christe M. Callabro · ss

107 · Feast of Clowns · Robert Guffey · ss

125 · Subversion Clause · Richard Parks · ss

143 · Love’s Consequence · Rhonda Mason · ss

161 · The Healer’s Line · Jill Knowles · ss

169 · The Lamia · James S. Dorr · ss

181 · Midnight Snack · Kenneth Brady · ss

187 · Pavlov’s Breast · Steve Verge · ss

191 · Golden Rule · Donna Munro · ss

201 · Wishbone · Erin MacKay · ss

207 · No Worries, Partner · Jim C. Hines · ss

219 · Pentacle on His Forehead, Lizard on His Breath · James Maxey · ss

227 · Undead Air · John Passarella · ss

247 · The Woman Who Walked with Dogs · Mary Rosenblum · ss

Sails & Sorcery ed. W. H. Horner (Fantasist Enterprises, August 2007, 0971360898, $23.00, xi+395pp, tp, oa)
Illustrated by Julie Dillon.

· We Sail with the Tide · Lawrence C. Connolly · in

· Return, My Heart, to the Sea · J. C. Hay · ss

· Sea of Madness · Jon Sprunk · ss

· Stillworld: Sailing to Noon · Chun Lee · ss

· Female Rambling Silor · Murray J. D. Leeder · ss

· The Bokor · Jens Rushing · ss

· Albatross Dark · Jaleigh Johnson · ss

· The Sea in Silence · Gerard Houarner · ss

· Azieran: Distilling the Essence [Azieran] · Christopher Heath · ss

· Thief of Hearts · William Ledbetter · ss

· Beneath the Sea of Tears [Murphy’s Lore] · Patrick Thomas · nv

· The Second Voyage of the Stormreaver’s Blade · Jordan Lapp · ss

· The Drum of the Sea · Gerri Leen · ss

· Cassia’s Song · T. Borregaard · ss

· The Duel · James M. Ward · ss

· Dryad in the Mast · Leslie Brown · ss

· Balaam’s Bones: A Tale of the Barbarian Kabar of El Hazzar · Angeline Hawkes · ss

· The Pirate and the Peach · Robert E. Vardeman · ss

· Hostage · Renee Stern · ss

· Rum Runners · Jeff Houser · ss

· Rowing Near Hell · Jeffrey Lyman · ss

· Currents and Clockwork · Lindsey Duncan · ss

· The Medusa · Chris Stout · ss

· The Islands of Hope · Heidi Ruby Miller · ss

· The Sound from the Deep · Jack MacKenzie · ss

· Dead Men Tell No Tales · Elaine Cunningham · ss

· Consigned to the Sea · Danielle Ackley-McPhail · ss

· Tisarian’s Treasure · J. M. Martin · ss

· The Spinner · Paul S. Kemp · ss

· Afterword · Mark Summers & John Baur · aw

The Stories in Between: A Between Books Anthology ed. W. H. Horner, Jeanne B. Benzel & Greg Schauer--- see under Jeanne B. Benzel.

Nine Sons by Wendy Hornsby (Crippen & Landru, March 2002, 1-885941-66-8, $16.00, 171pp, tp, co, cover by Deborah Miller)
Collection of ten stories, two new, and an essay. Also available in a signed, numbered, hardback edition (-65-X, $42.00) limited to 225 copies with a bonus chapbook, Why Vanessa Jumped.

9 · Introduction · Wendy Hornsby · in

16 · Nine Sons · Wendy Hornsby · ss Sisters in Crime 4 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991

30 · High Heels in the Headliner · Wendy Hornsby · ss Malice Domestic 3 ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket, 1994

42 · Wendy Goes to the Morgue · Wendy Hornsby · ar Mystery Scene 1992

46 · New Moon and Rattlesnakes · Wendy Hornsby · ss The Mysterious West ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, 1994

65 · Ghost Caper · Wendy Hornsby · ss Ten Tales, James Cahill, 1994

78 · Be Your Own Best Friend · Wendy & Alyson Hornsby · ss Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House, 1996

89 · Out of Time · Wendy & Alyson Hornsby · ss Mothers and Daughters ed. Jill Morgan, Martin H. Greenberg & Robert Weinberg, Signet, 1998

106 · The Naked Giant · Wendy Hornsby · ss The Best of the Best ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet, 1998

123 · The Last Is Adoration · Wendy Hornsby · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 2000

134 · The Sky Shall Be Blue · Wendy Hornsby · ss

148 · Essential Things · Wendy Hornsby · nv

170 · A Wendy Hornsby Checklist · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Wendy Hornsby]

Why Vanessa Jumped by Wendy Hornsby (Crippen & Landru, March 2002, ph, ss)
Chapbook included with the hardback edition of Nine Sons.

Caravan Tales and Some Others by J. G. Hornstein--- see under Wilhelm Hauff.

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2024 ed. Anthony Horowitz (The Mysterious Bookshop, September 24, 2024, 978-1-61316-449-5, $17.95, 512pp, tp, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

xi · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw

xvii · Introduction · Anthony Horowitz · in

1 · Stunts · Ace Atkins · ss Austin Noir ed. Hopeton Hay, Scott Montgomery & Molly Odintz, Akashic Books, 2023

15 · Beat the Clock · Michael Bracken · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2023

39 · How to Teach Yourself to Swim · Fleur Bradley · nv Dark Yonder #3, Summer 2023

55 · The Knife Sharpener · Shelley Costa · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2023

73 · Down the Fire Road · Doug Crandell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2023

103 · The Lady in My Life · Jeffery Deaver · ss Thrillers ed. Don Bruns, Blackstone Publishing, 2023

127 · Last Day at the Jackrabbit · John M. Floyd · ss The Strand Magazine #69, 2023

141 · Lovely and Useless Things · Nils Gilbertson · ss Prohibition Peepers ed. Michael Bracken, Down & Out Books, 2023

163 · El Paso Heat · Peter W. J. Hayes · ss Black Cat Mystery Magazine #14, 2023

183 · The Back Woods · Shells Legoullon · nv Thrill Ride—The Magazine #2, Summer 2023

211 · Kill Night · Victor Methos · nv Amazon Original Stories, February 7 2023

247 · A Family Matter · Leonardo Padura; translated by Frances Riddle · ss Southwest Review Autumn 2023

261 · Snow Over Harvard · Dan Pope · ss Bellevue Literary Review #44, 2024

279 · Dead Names · Annie Reed · ss WMG Publishing, December 2023

299 · Billowing Down the Bayou · Cameron Sanders · ss Greensboro Review Spring 2024

307 · It’s Not Even Past [Lorraine Yarborough (The Librarian on the Run)] · Anna Scotti · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2023

327 · Good Harvest · Archer Sullivan · ss Rock and a Hard Place #9, Winter 2023

337 · Wonder Falls · Andrew Welsh-Huggins · ss Mystery Tribune #20, July/August 2023

351 · One Night in 1965 · Stacy Woodson · ss More Groovy Gumshoes ed. Michael Bracken, Down & Out Books, 2023

369 · The Suicide of Kiaros · L. Frank Baum · ss The White Elephant #16, September 1897

386 · The Best Mystery Stories 2024 Honor Roll · [uncredited] · bi

The Puffin Book of Horror Stories ed. Anthony Horowitz (Viking UK, November 14, 1994, 0-670-85382-8, £9.99, 160pp, hc, an, cover by Julian Lee)
Juvenile collection of ten pieces, including Stephen King, Roald Dahl, an extract from Dracula and one original.

7 · Preface · Anthony Horowitz · pr

13 · Secret Terror · Pete Johnson · ss One Step Beyond, Methuen, 1990

25 · Battleground · Stephen King · ss Cavalier September 1972

43 · The Vacancy · Robert Westall · ss The Haunting of Chas McGill and Other Stories by Robert Westall, Macmillan, 1983

57 · The Twitch · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Anthony Horowitz · ss (r)

65 · Freebies · Laurence Staig · ss Poor William’s Omnibus December 1986, as “Call-Back”

79 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item”

97 · The Werewolf Mask · Kenneth Ireland · ss 1983

111 · Eels · John Gordon · ss The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992

125 · Jonathan Harker’s Journal from Dracula · Bram Stoker · ex Constable, 1897

131 · Bath Night · Anthony Horowitz · nv

Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren’t as Scary, Maybe,… ed. Eli Horowitz & Ted Thompson--- see under Ted Thompson.

Midnight Graffiti ed. Jessica Horsting & James Van Hise (Warner, October 1992, 0-446-36307-3, $5.99, xvi+365pp, pb, an, cover by Martin Cannon)
Anthology of 19 horror stories, eight originals, with an introduction about fear by Horsting.

v · Introduction · Jessica Horsting · in

5 · Rainy Season · Stephen King · ss Midnight Graffiti #3, Spring 1989

30 · Say Hello, Mister Quigley · J. Michael Straczynski · nv Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine September/October 1992

52 · Sinus Fiction · Gil Lamont · nv

87 · Emerald City Blues · Steven R. Boyett · ss Midnight Graffiti #2, Fall 1988

106 · Cattletruck · Cliff Burns · ss Midnight Graffiti #3, Spring 1989

112 · Bad Guy Hats · David J. Schow · nv 1989

143 · “I Want to Get Married!” Says World’s Smallest Man · John Shirley · ss

162 · Spike Jones and Reverend Sister Claudine · Rex Miller · nv

188 · Bob the Dinosaur Goes to Disneyland · Joe R. Lansdale · vi Midnight Graffiti #4, Fall 1989

192 · Salvation · Lawrence Person · ss

199 · Rant · Nancy A. Collins · ss Midnight Graffiti #5, Spring 1990

213 · Blue on One End, Yellow on the Other · K. W. Jeter · ss Midnight Graffiti #5, Spring 1990

223 · The Domino Man · Phil Tiso · ss

228 · The New Order: 3 Moral Fictions · R. V. Branham · gp

_228 · One: The Professional · R. V. Branham · ss

_241 · Two: Missing Letters · R. V. Branham · ss

_245 · Three: The Father-in-Law Speaks · R. V. Branham · ss

257 · Murder Mysteries · Neil Gaiman · nv

291 · Heaven, Heaven Is a Place · R. V. Branham · ss

303 · Where I Shall Dwell in the Next World · Harlan Ellison · ss Eidolon Autumn 1992

318 · The River Styx Runs Upstream · Dan Simmons · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine April 1982

334 · Dark Embrace · James Van Hise · nv

Callis and Toll: The Old Ways by Nick Horth (Black Library, 2017, ebook, nv) [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]
Details taken from online listing.

City of Secrets by Nick Horth (Black Library, January 28, 2017, £9.99, 122pp, ebook, na) [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]
Details taken from online listing.

Fantasy: The Best of the Year: 2006 Edition ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, June 2006, 0-8095-5650-2, $13.95, 336pp, tp, an, cover by John William Waterhouse)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 19 stories, with an introduction on the year in fantasy by the editor. Authors include Gene Wolfe, Neil Gaiman, and Peter S. Beagle.

7 · The Year in Fantasy · Rich Horton · in

11 · Pip and the Fairies · Theodora Goss · ss Strange Horizons October 3 2005; illustrated by Susan Moore

18 · Comber · Gene Wolfe · ss Postscripts #3, Spring 2005

27 · Three Urban Folk Tales · Eric Schaller · gp Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #16, July 2005

_ · I. The Postman · Eric Schaller · vi Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #16, July 2005

_ · II. True Love · Eric Schaller · vi Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #16, July 2005

_ · III. As Above, So Below · Eric Schaller · vi Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #16, July 2005

32 · Wax [Abby Garrett] · Elizabeth Bear · nv Interzone #201, December 2005; illustrated by Ian Simmons

59 · The Emperor of Gondwanaland · Paul Di Filippo · ss Interzone #196, January/February 2005; illustrated by Edward Noon

75 · CommComm · George Saunders · ss The New Yorker August 1 2005

95 · Five Ways Jane Austen Never Died · Samantha Henderson · ss Fortean Bureau March 2005

106 · Fancy Bread · Gregory Feeley · ss TEL: Stories ed. Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2005

118 · Sunbird · Neil Gaiman · nv Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs ed. Ted Thompson & Eli Horowitz, McSweeney's Books, 2005

136 · The Secret of Broken Tickers · Joe Murphy · ss Realms of Fantasy August 2005

151 · On the Blindside · Sonya Taaffe · ss Flytrap #4, May 2005

161 · Jane · Marc Laidlaw · ss Sci Fiction February 16 2005

171 · Is There Life After Rehab? · Pat Cadigan · ss Sci Fiction August 17 2005

187 · Two Hearts [Last Unicorn] · Peter S. Beagle · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005

220 · Super-Villains · Michael Canfield · nv Son and Foe #1, 2005

241 · Empty Places · Richard Parks · ss Realms of Fantasy December 2005

263 · Invisible · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Sci Fiction March 2 2005

279 · By the Light of Tomorrow’s Sun · Holly Phillips · ss In the Palace of Repose by Holly Phillips, Prime Books, 2005

292 · The Gist Hunter [Archonate: Henghis Hapthorn] · Matthew Hughes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2005

Fantasy: The Best of the Year: 2007 Edition ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, May 2007, 978-0-8095-5650-2, $13.95, 358pp, tp, an, cover by John Everett Millais)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 16 stories, with an introduction on the year in fantasy by the editor. Authors include Geoff Ryman, Peter S. Beagle, and Ysabeau Wilce.

7 · The Year in Fantasy, 2006 · Rich Horton · in

13 · Journey Into the Kingdom · M. Rickert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2006

42 · The Water-Poet and the Four Seasons · David J. Schwartz · ss Strange Horizons May 1 2006; illustrated by Ann-Cathrine Loo

48 · Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006

85 · The Osteomancer’s Son · Greg van Eekhout · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2006

101 · Salt Wine · Peter S. Beagle · nv Fantasy Magazine #3, 2006

132 · The Original Word for Rain · Peter Higgins · ss Zahir #9, Spring 2006

145 · The Lineaments of Gratified Desire [Califa] · Ysabeau S. Wilce · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2006

199 · Journey to Gantica · Matthew Corradi · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2006

212 · Irregular Verbs · Matthew Johnson · ss Fantasy Magazine #4, Fall 2006

220 · A Fish Story · Sarah Totton · ss Realms of Fantasy October 2006

232 · The Night Whiskey · Jeffrey Ford · nv Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006

257 · A Fine Magic · Margo Lanagan · ss Eidolon I ed. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne, Eidolon Publications, 2006

265 · Naturally · Daniel Handler · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Spring 2006

277 · Moon Viewing at Shijo Bridge [Yamada Monogatari] · Richard Parks · nv Realms of Fantasy April 2006

316 · A Citrine: A Fable · Elise Moser · ss Room of One’s Own July 2006

324 · A Siege of Cranes · Benjamin Rosenbaum · nv Twenty Epics ed. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, All-Star Stories, 2006

353 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

357 · Publication History · [uncredited] · bi

Fantasy: The Best of the Year: 2008 Edition ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, June 2008, 978-0-8095-7251-9, $13.95, 384pp, tp, an, cover by Frederick Leighton)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 19 stories, with an introduction on the year in fantasy by the editor. Authors include Kelly Link, Andy Duncan, and Garth Nix.

7 · The Year in Fantasy, 2007 · Rich Horton · in

13 · Unpossible · Daryl Gregory · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2007

26 · Light · Kelly Link · nv Tin House Fall 2007

64 · The Teashop · Zoran Živković; translated by Alice Copple-Tošic · nv 12 Collections & The Teashop by Zoran Živković, PS Publishing, 2007
translated from the Serbian.

91 · The Rope [The Antique Lands] · Noreen Doyle · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2007

112 · Buttons · William Alexander · ss Zahir #13, Summer 2007

114 · Brother of the Moon · Holly Phillips · ss Fantasy ed. Sean Wallace & Paul G. Tremblay, Prime Books, 2007

133 · A Diorama of the Infernal Regions, or The Devil’s Ninth Question · Andy Duncan · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007

175 · Heartstrung · Rachel Swirsky · ss Interzone #210, June 2007; illustrated by Douglas A. Sirois

185 · The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics · Daniel Abraham · nv Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007

215 · Something in the Mermaid Way · Carrie Laben · ss Clarkesworld #6, March 2007

219 · Public Safety · Matthew Johnson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2007

246 · Stray · Benjamin Rosenbaum & David Ackert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2007

262 · The Comb · Marly Youmans · nv Fantasy Magazine (online) #9, December 2007

286 · Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again [Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz] · Garth Nix · nv Jim Baen’s Universe April 2007

324 · The Last Worders · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #20, June 2007

343 · Singing of Mount Abora · Theodora Goss · ss Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007

365 · Save Me Plz · David Barr Kirtley · ss Realms of Fantasy October 2007

385 · Bufo Rex · Erik Amundsen · ss Weird Tales November/December 2007

393 · The Master Miller’s Tale [The Aether Universe] · Ian R. MacLeod · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2007

454 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

460 · Publication History · [uncredited] · bi

Science Fiction: The Best of the Year: 2006 Edition ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, September 2006, 0-8095-5649-9, $13.95, 334pp, tp, an, cover by Les Edwards)
Best-of-the-year anthology with 15 stories and a look at the year 2005 by the editor. Authors include Michael Swanwick, Joe Haldeman, and Alastair Reynolds.

7 · The Year in Science Fiction · Rich Horton · in

11 · Triceratops Summer · Michael Swanwick · ss Amazon.com website August 19 2005

23 · Bank Run · Tom Purdom · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2005

74 · A Coffee Cup/Alien Invasion Story · Douglas Lain · ss Strange Horizons February 7 2005; illustrated by Jeff Foster

87 · The Edge of Nowhere · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2005

109 · Heartwired · Joe Haldeman · vi Nature #7032, March 24 2005

112 · The Fate of Mice · Susan Palwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2005

127 · The King of Where I Go · Howard Waldrop · nv Sci Fiction December 7 2005

151 · The Policeman’s Daughter · Wil McCarthy · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2005

188 · Bliss · Leah Bobet · ss On Spec Winter 2004/2005

204 · Finished · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2005

221 · The Inn at Mount Either · James Van Pelt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2005

239 · Search Engine · Mary Rosenblum · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2005

258 · You · Stephen Leigh · ss I, Alien ed. Mike Resnick, DAW, 2005, uncredited.

262 · The Jenna Set · Daniel Kaysen · ss Strange Horizons March 14 2005

277 · Understanding Space and Time · Alastair Reynolds · na Birmingham SF Group, November 2005

Science Fiction: The Best of the Year: 2007 Edition ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, June 2007, 978-0-8095-6297-8, $13.95, 377pp, tp, an, cover by Bob Eggleton)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 12 stories from 2006, with an overview of the year 2006 by Horton. Authors include Walter Jon Williams, Adam Roberts, and Robert Reed.

7 · The Year in Science Fiction, 2006 · Rich Horton · in

28 · Okanoggan Falls · Carolyn Ives Gilman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2006

67 · Saving for a Sunny Day, or, The Benefits of Reincarnation · Ian Watson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2006

81 · The Cartesian Theater · Robert Charles Wilson · nv FutureShocks ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2006

113 · Hesperia and Glory · Ann Leckie · ss Subterranean #4, 2006

126 · Incarnation Day · Walter Jon Williams · na Escape from Earth ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2006

170 · Exit Before Saving · Ruth Nestvold · ss Futurismic (online) August 2006

183 · Inclination [Netherview Station] · William Shunn · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2006

235 · Life on the Preservation · Jack Skillingstead · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2006

254 · Me-topia · Adam Roberts · na Forbidden Planets ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2006

294 · The House Beyond Your Sky · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss Strange Horizons September 4 2006; illustrated by Vladimir Vitkovsky

306 · A Billion Eves · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2006

373 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

377 · Publication History · [uncredited] · bi

Science Fiction: The Best of the Year: 2008 Edition ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, August 2008, 978-0-8095-7250-2, $13.95, 366pp, tp, an, cover: Mooncalf Pastures by Bob Eggleton from 1995)
Best-of-the-year anthology with 18 stories from 2007, by authors including Greg Egan, Bruce Sterling, and Karen Joy Fowler.

7 · The Year in Science Fiction, 2007 · Rich Horton · in

13 · Dark Integers [Luminous] · Greg Egan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2007

59 · A Plain Tale from Our Hills · Bruce Sterling · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2007

66 · An Eye for an Eye · Charles Coleman Finlay · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2007

90 · Always · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2007

103 · An Ocean Is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away · John Barnes · nv Jim Baen’s Universe August 2007

136 · Virus Changes Skin · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2007

146 · Wikiworld · Paul Di Filippo · nv Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007

177 · Artifice and Intelligence · Tim Pratt · ss Strange Horizons August 6 2007

186 · Jesus Christ, Reanimator · Ken MacLeod · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007

199 · Night Calls · Robert Reed · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2007

224 · Everyone Bleeds Through · Jack Skillingstead · ss Realms of Fantasy October 2007

234 · Art of War · Nancy Kress · ss The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007

255 · Three Days of Rain · Holly Phillips · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2007

268 · Brain Raid · Alexander Jablokov · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2007

298 · For Solo Cello, op.12 · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Cosmos #13, February/March 2007

305 · Perfect Violet · Will McIntosh · ss On Spec Summer 2007

322 · Vectoring · Geoffrey A. Landis · vi Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2007

325 · The Skysailor’s Tale · Michael Swanwick · nv The Dog Said Bow-Wow by Michael Swanwick, Tachyon, 2007

Space Opera ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, May 2014, 978-1-60701-407-2, $19.95, 574pp, tp, an, cover by Scott Grimando)
Details taken from online listing.

11 · Space Opera Then and Now · Rich Horton · in

15 · The Knight of Chains, the Deuce of Stars · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Lightspeed #39, August 2013

27 · The Wreck of the Godspeed · James Patrick Kelly · na Between Worlds ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, 2004

78 · Saving Tiamaat [Aleutian Universe] · Gwyneth Jones · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007

95 · Six Lights Off Green Scar · Gareth L. Powell · ss Aphelion #91, April 2005

112 · Glory [Incandescence] · Greg Egan · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007

135 · The Mote Dancer and the Firelife · Chris Willrich · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #90, March 8 2012

150 · On Rickety Thistlewaite · Michael F. Flynn · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2010

167 · War Without End · Una McCormack · nv Conflicts ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2010

187 · Finisterra · David Moles · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2007

216 · Seven Years from Home · Naomi Novik · nv Warriors ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Tor, 2010

244 · Plotters and Shooters [Mars] · Kage Baker · nv Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007

259 · The Muse of Empires Lost · Paul Berger · nv Twenty Epics ed. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, All-Star Stories, 2006

283 · Boojum [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008

300 · Lehr, Rex · Jay Lake · nv Forbidden Planets ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2006

318 · Cracklegrackle · Justina Robson · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009

347 · Hideaway [Merlin] · Alastair Reynolds · nv Interzone #157, July 2000

387 · Isabel of the Fall · Ian MacLeod · nv Interzone #169, July 2001

407 · Precious Mental [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2013

467 · The Two Sisters in Exile [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Solaris Rising 1.5 ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2012

477 · Lode Stars [Exodus] · Lavie Tidhar · ss The Immersion Book of SF ed. Carmelo Rafala, Immersion Press, 2010

499 · Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss Clarkesworld #87, December 2013

512 · The Tear [The Clade] · Ian McDonald · na Galactic Empires ed. Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2008

567 · Biographies · Rich Horton · bg

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