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Strange Fruit: Tales of the Unexpected ed. Paul Collins (Penguin Australia, 1995, 0-14-024805-6, A$14.95, 235pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 17 stories, four new and two revised. 1 · Introduction · Paul Collins · in 5 · Martin Falvey · Thomas Shapcott · ss Australian Short Stories #33, 1991 17 · Jade Elm · Jack Wodhams · nv Other Worlds ed. Paul Collins, Void, 1978 47 · Poor Reception · Gary Disher · ss revised from appearence in The Difference to Me, Angus & Robertson, 1988. 63 · Hurley’s Life of Samuel Johnson · Morris Lurie · ss Argosy (UK) March 1966 73 · Roger · Richard Lunn · ss The Taxidermist’s Dance by Richard Lunn, Angus & Robertson, 1990 89 · Back of Beyond · Cherry Wilder · ss 109 · The Arrows · Dorothy Porter · ss My Look’s Caress by Dorothy Porter, Local Consumption Publications, 1990 117 · The Fossil Evidence Re-Run · Michael Wilding · ss The Phallic Forrest by Michael Wilding, Wild & Woolley, 1978 121 · Holding Hands · James McQueen · ss The Electric Beach by James McQueen, Robin Books, 1978 133 · The Cat · Nancy Cato · ss Australian Monthly May 1954 145 · Old Wood · Steven Paulsen · ss Terror Australis Winter 1988 161 · Peeking · Robert Hood · ss 175 · The Seas of Castle Hill Road [Ernie Pine] · Rick Kennett · nv Eidolon Winter 1992 199 · A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow · Carmel Bird · ss 205 · Skin Holes · Kaaron Warren · ss 215 · The Lady with the Ermine · Lucy Sussex · ss

Tales from the Wasteland: Stories from the 13th Floor ed. Paul Collins (Hodder Children’s Books, 2000, 0-7336-1097-8, 218pp, tp, oa, cover by Antart & Marc McBride)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Another Rumour from the Wasteland · Gary Crew · ss 17 · Invisible Ink · Pamela Freeman · ss 31 · That Old Black Graffiti · Robert Hood · ss 47 · The Greening · Allan Baillie · ss 64 · Tomorrow When It Came · Archimede Fusillo · ss 78 · The Experiment · Jenny Pausacker · nv 102 · Avalon · Brian Caswell · ss 110 · Rock ’n’ Roll Heaven · Paul Collins · ss 122 · Real Horror · Bill Condon · ss 134 · Time Flies · Meredith Costain · ss 146 · Frontiers · Ivan Southall · ss 160 · The Morgue · Lucy Sussex · ss 175 · The Trap · Christine Harris · ss 186 · Bells Underwater · Sophie Masson · ss 196 · The Weatherman · David Metzenthen · ss 206 · About the Contributors · Paul Collins · bg

Trust Me! ed. Paul Collins (Ford Street Publishing, 2008, 978-1-876462-57-4, xx+412pp, tp, oa, cover by Grant Gittus)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Introduction · Isobelle Carmody · in 1 · Wild Africa · Justin D’Ath · ss 15 · Blowhole · Sally Odgers · ss 29 · Abandoned · Robert Hood · ss 45 · Trust Me! · Deborah Abela · ss 61 · The Fortress · Lucy Sussex · ss 77 · The Cost of Air · Bill Condon · ss 86 · DG Loves AR. True! · Dianne Bates · ss 95 · Two Left Sneakers · Hazel Edwards · ss 103 · The Fog · Allan Baillie · ss 115 · The Firedrake · Keith Taylor · ss 129 · Andromeda · Jenny Blackford · ss 142 · Backup · Michael Pryor · ss 152 · Striking Fear · Sean McMullen · ss 166 · Game Plan [Gamers’ Quest] · George Ivanoff · ss 176 · Under/Over · Carol Jones · ss 191 · The Leather Jacket · David Rish · ss 201 · The Knock-Down Girl · Jim Schembri · ss 215 · The Thrill-Seekers Club · Meredith Costain · ss 229 · Relic · Simon Higgins · ss 243 · Heat · Kerry Greenwood · ss 254 · The Thing in the Suitcase · Richard Harland · ss 265 · Ghost · Sophie Masson · ss 275 · The Babysitter · Lili Wilkinson · ss 286 · The Red Shoes · Sally Rippin · ss 295 · Answers · Scot Gardner · ss 308 · Out of Time · Jenny Mounfield · ss 313 · The Key · Kate Forsyth · ss 327 · Countdown to Apollo 11 · Sue Bursztynski · ss 336 · The Returning Tree · Gary Crew · ss 345 · Articles · Marc McBride · ss; illustrated by Marc McBride 348 · The True History of Sir Donald Badman · Andy Griffiths · ss; illustrated by Mitch Vane 351 · Humble Pie · Phillip Gwynne · ss 366 · Inert Earth · David Metzenthen · pm; illustrated by David Miller 367 · The Country School · Steven Herrick · pm; illustrated by Mitch Vane 369 · Smarty · Doug MacLeod · pm; illustrated by Louise Prout 377 · Tom in the Storm · James Roy · pm 379 · Two Tribes · Sherryl Clark · pm 380 · Leaving Home · Sherryl Clark · pm 381 · My American Underpants · Janet Findlay · pm; illustrated by Louise Prout 385 · Nothing Is Going · Michael Wagner · pm 386 · The Problem with Self-Help · Michael Wagner · pm 387 · Annabelle in the Airwaves · Sofie Laguna · pm; illustrated by Mitch Vane 390 · How to Go Fishing · Catherine Bateson · pm 391 · The Whippet Blues · Catherine Bateson · pm; illustrated by Mitch Vane 395 · Farewell Song · Meme McDonald · pm 399 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · ms

The Dark Shadows Book of Vampires and Werewolves ed. Quentin & Barnabas Collins (with Bernhardt J. Hurwood)--- see under Barnabas Collins.

Picasso’s Cat & Other Stories by Ron Collins (Merry Blacksmith Press, June 2010, 978-1-45364-993-0, $13.95, 235pp, tp, co)     Collection of 15 stories, with notes by the author on each. Introduction by Mike Resnick. 1 · Introduction · Mike Resnick · in 3 · The Disappearance of Josie Andrew · Ron Collins · ss L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XIV ed. Dave Wolverton, Bridge, 1998 13 · Just Business · Ron Collins · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 2003 29 · The Test of Time · Ron Collins · ss Return of the Dinosaurs ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1997 45 · Stealing the Sun [Stealing the Sun] · Ron Collins · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 1999 61 · The Taranth Stone [Stealing the Sun] · Ron Collins · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2000 81 · Parchment in Glass [Stealing the Sun] · Ron Collins · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 2002 109 · Barnstorming · Ron Collins · ss The Leading Edge #42, October 2001 117 · G-Bomb · Ron Collins · ss Men Writing Science Fiction as Women ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2003 131 · Echoes in a Shattering Silence · Ron Collins · ss Artemis #5, Summer 2001 143 · A Matter of Pride · Ron Collins · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 2000 159 · Learning the Language · Ron Collins · ss Land/Space ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Judy McCrosky, Tesseract, 2002 171 · The Vacation · Ron Collins · ss Future Wars ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, DAW, 2003 183 · Out of the Blue · Ron Collins · nv L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XV ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge, 1999 201 · 1 Is True · Ron Collins · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2006 231 · Picasso’s Cat · Ron Collins · vi Nature #7112, October 12 2006 237 · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms

The Winter Wish by H. P. Lovecraft ed. Tom Collins--- see under H. P. Lovecraft.

Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Daniel Defoe to Algernon Blackwood ed. V. H. Collins (Oxford University Press, October 1924, 2/-, xvi+506pp, hc, an) v · Introduction · M. R. James · in 1 · Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, as “A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705”, uncredited. 14 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824 41 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839 71 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version. 126 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 146 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 169 · A Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter [The Purcell Papers] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine May 1839, uncredited. 204 · The Lifted Veil · George Eliot · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine July 1859, uncredited. 267 · The Open Door · Mrs. Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #795, January 1882, uncredited. 329 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 357 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 373 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897 398 · Ancient Sorceries [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1908 467 · The Moon-Slave · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901 475 · Casting the Runes · Montague R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Arnold, 1911

More Ghosts and Marvels A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Sir Walter Scott to Michael Arlen ed. V. H. Collins (Oxford University Press, 1927, 2/-, viii+498pp, hc, an) 1 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 21 · The Botathen Ghost · R. S. Hawker · ss All the Year Round May 18 1867 36 · The Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845, as “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” 50 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Mrs. Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 81 · No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 100 · Squire Toby’s Will · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Temple Bar January 1868 144 · The Lady in the Mirror · George MacDonald · ex from Phantastes, Smith, Elder, 1858 171 · The Case of Mr. Lucraft · Sir Walter Besant & James Rice · nv The Case of Mr. Lucraft and Other Tales by Walter Besant & James Rice, Sampson Low, 1876 216 · The Great Good Place · Henry James · nv Scribner’s Magazine January 1900 252 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 282 · The Novel of the White Powder [Mr. Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895 306 · The Door in the Wall · H. G. Wells · ss The Daily Chronicle July 14 1906 330 · Negotium Perambulans · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1922, as “Visible and Invisible” 351 · Running Wolf · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Century Magazine August 1920 378 · Venus · Maurice Baring · ss Orpheus in Mayfair by Maurice Baring, Mills & Boon, 1909 392 · The Bureau d’Echange de Maux · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set January 1915 399 · Louquier’s Third Act · Katharine F. Gerould · nv Harper’s Magazine October 1916 432 · Nightmare Jack · John Metcalfe · nv The Smoking Leg and Other Stories by John Metcalfe, Jarrolds, 1925 458 · Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922 487 · The Ancient Sin [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · ss Pan: The Fiction Magazine May 1923

After Dark by Wilkie Collins (Smith, Elder and Co., February 1856, viii+315+322pp, hc, co) · Vol. I v · Preface · Wilkie Collins · pr 1 · Leaves from Leah’s Diary · Wilkie Collins · nv 30 · Prologue to the First Story · Wilkie Collins · lk 46 · The Traveller’s Story of A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. 79 · Prologue to the Second Story · Wilkie Collins · lk 87 · The Lawyer’s Story of A Stolen Letter · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words Christmas 1854, as “The Fourth Poor Traveller”, uncredited. 120 · Prologue to the Third Story · Wilkie Collins · lk 134 · The French Governess’s Story of Sister Rose · Wilkie Collins · n. Household Words April 7 1855 (+3), uncredited. 314 · Epilogue to the Third Story · Wilkie Collins · lk · Vol. II 1 · Prologue to the Fourth Story · Wilkie Collins · lk 13 · The Angler’s Story of The Lady of Glenwith Grange · Wilkie Collins · nv 50 · Prologue to the Fifth Story · Wilkie Collins · lk 59 · The Nun’s Story of Gabriel’s Marriage · Wilkie Collins · nv Household Words April 16 1853 (+1), uncredited. 133 · Prologue to the Sixth Story · Wilkie Collins · lk 146 · The Professor’s Story of The Yellow Mask · Wilkie Collins · na Household Words July 7 1855 (+3), uncredited. 318 · Last Leaves from Leah’s Diary · Wilkie Collins · ss

After Dark, and Other Stories by Wilkie Collins (Harper & Brothers, 1875, 536pp, hc, co) 5 · After Dark · Wilkie Collins · co Smith, Elder, February 1856 7 · Preface · Wilkie Collins · pr After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856 9 · Leaves from Leah’s Diary · Wilkie Collins · nv After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856 22 · Prologue to the First Story · Wilkie Collins · lk After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856 29 · The Traveller’s Story of A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. 44 · Prologue to the Second Story · Wilkie Collins · lk After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856 48 · The Lawyer’s Story of A Stolen Letter · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words Christmas 1854, as “The Fourth Poor Traveller”, uncredited. 63 · Prologue to the Third Story · Wilkie Collins · lk After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856 69 · The French Governess’s Story of Sister Rose · Wilkie Collins · n. Household Words April 7 1855 (+3), uncredited. 148 · Epilogue to the Third Story · Wilkie Collins · lk After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856 149 · Prologue to the Fourth Story · Wilkie Collins · lk After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856 155 · The Angler’s Story of The Lady of Glenwith Grange · Wilkie Collins · nv After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856 173 · Prologue to the Fifth Story · Wilkie Collins · lk After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856 177 · The Nun’s Story of Gabriel’s Marriage · Wilkie Collins · nv Household Words April 16 1853 (+1), uncredited. 211 · Prologue to the Sixth Story · Wilkie Collins · lk After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856 217 · The Professor’s Story of The Yellow Mask · Wilkie Collins · na Household Words July 7 1855 (+3), uncredited. 297 · Last Leaves from Leah’s Diary · Wilkie Collins · ss After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856 301 · Miss or Mrs? · Wilkie Collins · na The Graphic Christmas 1871 371 · The Dead Alive · Wilkie Collins · nv The Home Journal December 27 1873 (+5) 419 · The Fatal Cradle: Otherwise, The Heart-Rending Story of Mr. Heavysides · Wilkie Collins · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1861, as “Picking Up Waifs at Sea”, uncredited. 437 · “Blow Up with the Brig!” · Wilkie Collins · ss Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline by Wilkie Collins, Richard Bentley and Son, 1873; subtitled “A Sailor’s Story”. revised from “The Ghost in the Cupboard Room” (All the Year Round, Christmas 1859). 449 · The Frozen Deep · Wilkie Collins · na Temple Bar August 1874 (+2) adapted from the 1857 stage play of the same name. 521 · A Fatal Fortune · Wilkie Collins · ss All the Year Round October 17 1874 (+1)