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Final Stage ed. Barry N. Malzberg & Edward L. Ferman--- see under Edward L. Ferman.

The Giant Book of Horror Stories ed. Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Bill Pronzini.

Graven Images ed. Barry N. Malzberg & Edward L. Ferman--- see under Edward L. Ferman.

Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural ed. Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Bill Pronzini.

Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense ed. Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Bill Pronzini.

Mystery in the Mainstream An Anthology of Literary Crimes ed. Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Bill Pronzini.

Neglected Visions ed. Barry N. Malzberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander (Doubleday, October 1979, 0-385-14613-2, $8.95, ix+212pp, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · Barry N. Malzberg · in

1 · Clerical Error · Mark Clifton · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1956

35 · Mind Partner · Christopher Anvil · nv Galaxy Magazine August 1960

65 · Ballenger’s People · Kris Neville · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1967

77 · The Hunting Lodge · Randall Garrett · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1954

109 · Lost Memory · Peter Phillips · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1952

122 · Junior · Robert Abernathy · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1956

130 · Laugh Along with Franz · Norman Kagan · nv Galaxy Magazine December 1965

153 · My Darling Hecate · Wyman Guin · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction November 1953

171 · Delay in Transit · Floyd L. Wallace · na Galaxy Science Fiction September 1952

The New Olympia Reader, 1993 Edition ed. Barry N. Malzberg--- see under Maurice Girodias.

The Science Fiction of Kris Neville by Kris Neville ed. Barry N. Malzberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Kris Neville.

The Science Fiction of Mark Clifton by Mark Clifton ed. Barry N. Malzberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Mark Clifton.

Shared Tomorrows: Science Fiction in Collaboration ed. Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini--- see under Bill Pronzini.

Uncollected Stars ed. Barry N. Malzberg, Piers Anthony, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Piers Anthony.

The Planetbreaker’s Son Plus… by Nick Mamatas (PM Press, January 2021, 978-1-62963-834-8, $14.00, x+111pp, tp, co, cover by Nick Mamatas)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · The Planetbreaker’s Son · Nick Mamatas · na

73 · The Term Paper Artist · Nick Mamatas · ar The Smart Set October 10 2008

81 · “Put Your Twist in the Middle” · Terry Bisson · iv [Ref. Nick Mamatas]

93 · Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring [Punktown] · Nick Mamatas · ss Transmissions from Punktown ed. Brian M. Sammons, Dark Regions Press, 2018

3000 MPH in Every Direction at Once: Stories and Essays by Nick Mamatas (Prime Books/Library Empyreal, July 2003, 1-930997-31-0, $12.99, 143pp, tp, co)
Collection of nine stories and eight essays. Introduction by Zoe Trope. Order from Prime Books, PO Box 36503, Canton OH 44735;

9 · Introduction · Zoe Trope · in

13 · The Daniel Boone of Jersey City · Nick Mamatas · ar Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood 2001

22 · Your Life, Fifteen Minutes from Now · Nick Mamatas · ss Talebones #19, Spring 2000

27 · Brother Theodore Is Dead · Nick Mamatas · ar Disinfo.com 2001

32 · Time of Day · Nick Mamatas · ss Strange Horizons January 21 2002

47 · Do the Wall Street Hustle · Nick Mamatas · ar Gadfly Online 2001

50 · The Armory Show · Nick Mamatas · ss Razor 2002

57 · It’s an Honor to Be Nominated · Nick Mamatas · ar Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood 2002

63 · Impression Sunrise · Nick Mamatas · ss Speculon 2002

71 · Why I Flame · Nick Mamatas · ar The Village Voice 2000

75 · Joey Ramone Saves the World · Nick Mamatas · ss Razor April 2003

89 · The Dead Don’t Stay Dead · Nick Mamatas · ar 2003

92 · Beer on Sunday · Nick Mamatas · ss Horrorfind.com 2002

98 · How to Rid the World of Good · Nick Mamatas · ar Everything You Know Is Wrong by Nick Mamatas, Disinformation Books, 2002

108 · The Birth of Western Civilization · Nick Mamatas · ss (r)

119 · Old Boilers and Old Men · Nick Mamatas · ar Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood 2001

127 · Scarlet Women Watch TV Till Dawn · Nick Mamatas · ss Suicide Girls 2003

138 · Travel Between Heavenly Bodies · Nick Mamatas · ss

You Might Sleep… by Nick Mamatas (Prime Books, August 2009, 978-0-8095-7312-7, $14.95, 270pp, tp, co)
Collection of 22 stories, three original.

7 · In the Long Run, We’re All Dead or, Why Write Short Stories? · Nick Mamatas · in

13 · Found Wedged in the Side Drawer in Paris, France, 23 December, 1989 · Nick Mamatas · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #12, June 2003

14 · Land Speed Record · Nick Mamatas · ss ChiZine #21, July/September 2004

19 · All That’s Left After the Big One Drops · Nick Mamatas · ss Corpse Blossoms, Vol. 1 ed. Julia & R. J. Sevin, Creeping Hemlock Press, 2005

37 · April 29th · Nick Mamatas · ss Razor September 2003

44 · The Pitch · Nick Mamatas · ss Shivers V ed. Richard Chizmar, Cemetery Dance, 2009

54 · One Thumb Up · Nick Mamatas · vi Postcards from Hell August 2007

56 · There Is a Light That Never Goes Out · Nick Mamatas & Edgar Allan Poe · ss Poe’s Lighthouse ed. Christopher Conlon, Cemetery Dance, 2006

71 · Build a Trebuchet · Nick Mamatas · ss

83 · Quiet Types, Loners Mostly… · Nick Mamatas · ss Dark Fluidity April 2004

91 · A Sudden Absence of Bees · Nick Mamatas · vi Nature #7166, November 1 2007

95 · Withdraw, Withdraw! · Nick Mamatas · ss Fishnet July 2004

103 · The Uncanny Valley · Nick Mamatas · ss Polyphony 6 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2006

126 · joanierules.bloggermax.com · Nick Mamatas · ss Rabid Transit: A Mischief of Rats ed. Barth Anderson, Christopher Barzak, Alan DeNiro & Kristin Livdahl, Velocity Press, 2003

135 · Summon Bind Banish · Nick Mamatas · ss Bandersnatch ed. Paul Tremblay & Sean Wallace, Prime Books, 2007

144 · Humanitarian Intervention · Nick Mamatas · ss

155 · Joey Ramone Saves the World · Nick Mamatas · ss Razor April 2003

170 · At the End of the Hall · Nick Mamatas · ss Fantasy Magazine #1, 2005

179 · Real People Slash · Nick Mamatas · nv Son and Foe November 2005

201 · The Bloodied Woman · Nick Mamatas · ss Mississippi Review (online) October 2006

207 · To-Do List · Nick Mamatas · ss Polyphony, Volume 5 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2005

214 · Solidarity Forever · Nick Mamatas · ss Flytrap #7, May 2007

223 · Seventh Son of a Seventh Son · Nick Mamatas · na

The Future Is Japanese ed. Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington (VizMedia/Haikasoru, May 2012, 978-1-4215-4223-2, $14.99, 365pp, tp, oa, cover by Yuko Shimizu)
Original anthology of 13 stories about Japan, two originally published in Japanese. Authors include Catherynne M. Valente, Hideyuki Kikuchi, and Bruce Sterling.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Foreword · Masumi Washington · fw

9 · Revolving Around a Rising Sun · Nick Mamatas · in

11 · Mono No Aware · Ken Liu · nv

33 · The Sound of Breaking Up · Felicity Savage · ss

51 · Chitai Heiki Koronbin · David Moles · ss

69 · The Indifference Engine · Project Itoh · na

119 · The Sea of Trees · Rachel Swirsky · nv

148 · Endoastronomy · Toh EnJoe · nv

170 · In Plain Sight · Pat Cadigan · nv

200 · Golden Bread · Issui Ogawa · nv

232 · One Breath, One Stroke · Catherynne M. Valente · ss

244 · Whale Meat · Ekaterina Sedia · ss

254 · Mountain People, Ocean People · Hideyuki Kikuchi · nv

276 · Goddess of Mercy · Bruce Sterling · nv

319 · Autogenic Dreaming: Interview with the Columns of Clouds · Hirotaka Tobi · ss

Haunted Legends ed. Nick Mamatas & Ellen Datlow--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker (and Reader) ed. Nick Mamatas & Molly Tanzer (Skyhorse Publishing, October 3, 2017, 978-1-5107-1803-6, $14.99, 184pp, hc, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Nothing Gold · Molly Tanzer · in

· Have You Heard the One About… · Nick Mamatas · in

· Eat the Wyrm · Elizabeth Hand · ss

· Wes Anderson Uses a Urinal · Jarett Kobek · ss

· The End of the End of History · Nick Mamatas · ss

· I’ve Been Tired · Cara Hoffman · ss

· Take Flight · Carrie Laben · ss

· Marmot Season · Jeff VanderMeer · ss

· In the Sky She Floats · Gina Marie Guadagnino · ss

· A Hot Night at Hinky Dinks · Will Viharo · ss

· One More Night to Be Pirates · Libby Cudmore · ss

· Two Americans Walk Into a Pub… · Maurice Broaddus · ss

· Bloody at Mazie’s Joint · Benjamin Percy · ss

· Gin Is Stronger Than Witchcraft · Dominica Phetteplace · ss

· Mint Julep Through the Ages · Jim Nisbet · ss

· Dinner with the Fire Breathers · Robert Swartwood · ss

· But You Can’t Stay Here · Tim Pratt · ss

· Arrangement in Juniper and Champagne · Selena Chambers · ss

· There and Back Again · Carmen Maria Machado · ss

· Setting Up Your Bar · Molly Tanzer · ms

Phantasm Japan: Fantasies Light and Dark, From and About Japan ed. Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington (Haikasoru, September 16, 2014, 978-1-4215-7174-4, $14.99, 347pp, tp, oa, cover by Yuko Shimizu)
Original anthology of 21 fantasy stories from and about Japan, four published previously in Japan. Authors include James A. Moore, Project Itoh, Tim Pratt, and Benjanun Sriduangkaew. Introduction by Mamatas; foreword by Washington. This is an international edition with US, Canadian, and UK prices.
Details taken from online listing.

· The Eight Millionth and First Spirit · Nick Mamatas · in

· Foreword · Masumi Washington · fw

· A Tale of Japan: In His Wake · Zachary Mason · ss

· Shikata Ga Nai: The Bag Lady’s Tale · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss

· Scissors or Claws, and Holes · Yusaku Kitano · ss

· Her Last Appearance · Lauren Naturale · ss

· He Dreads the Cold · James A. Moore · ss

· A Tale of Japan: A Successful Ruse · Zachary Mason · ss

· Girl, I Love You · Nadia Bulkin · ss

· The Last Packet of Tea · Quentin S. Crisp · ss

· The Parrot Stone · Seia Tanabe · ss

· Kamigakari · Jacqueline Koyanagi · ss

· A Tale of Japan: The True Bodhisattva · Zachary Mason · ss

· From the Nothing, with Love · Project Itoh · ss

· Those Who Hunt Monster Hunters · Tim Pratt · ss

· Inari Updates the Map of Rice Fields · Alex Dally MacFarlane · ss

· The Street of Fruiting Bodies · Sayuri Ueda · ss

· A Tale of Japan: Mesalliance · Zachary Mason · ss

· Chiyoko · Miyuki Miyabe · ss

· Ningyo · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss

· Thirty-Eight Observations on the Nature of the Self · Joseph Tomaras · ss

· Sisyphean · Dempow Torishima · ss

· A Tale of Japan: Tengu of the Wood · Zachary Mason · ss

Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine ed. Nick Mamatas & Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, July 2008, 978-0-8095-7248-9, $13.95, 263pp, tp, an, cover by Rolando Cyril)
Anthology of 24 stories originally published in Clarkesworld. Authors include Catherynne M. Valente, Jay Lake, Jeff VanderMeer, and Caitlín R. Kiernan. Introduction by Nick Mamatas. A hardcover edition (-7258-8, $29.95) was announced but not seen. This is a signed, limited edition of 500.

· Turn Page, Press Return · Nick Mamatas · in

· A Light in Troy · Sarah Monette · ss Clarkesworld #1, October 2006

· 304 Adolph Hitler Strasse · Lavie Tidhar · ss Clarkesworld #1, October 2006

· The Moby Clitoris of His Beloved · Ian Watson & Roberto Quaglia · ss Clarkesworld #2, November 2006

· Lydia’s Body · Vylar Kaftan · ss Clarkesworld #2, November 2006

· Urchins, While Swimming · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Clarkesworld #3, December 2006

· The Other Amazon · Jenny Davidson · ss Clarkesworld #3, December 2006

· Orm the Beautiful · Elizabeth Bear · ss Clarkesworld #4, January 2007

· Automatic · Erica L. Satifka · ss Clarkesworld #4, January 2007

· Chewing Up the Innocent · Jay Lake · ss Clarkesworld #5, February 2007

· Attar of Roses · Sharon Mock · ss Clarkesworld #5, February 2007

· Clockmaker’s Requiem · Barth Anderson · ss Clarkesworld #6, March 2007

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

· The Third Bear · Jeff VanderMeer · ss Clarkesworld #7, April 2007

· The First Female President · Michael De Kler · ss Clarkesworld #7, April 2007

· There’s No Light Between Floors · Paul Tremblay · ss Clarkesworld #8, May 2007

· Qubit Conflicts · Jetse de Vries · ss Clarkesworld #8, May 2007

· The Oracle Spoke · Holly Phillips · ss Clarkesworld #9, June 2007

· Moon Over Yodok · David Charlton · ss Clarkesworld #9, June 2007

· I’ll Gnaw Your Bones, the Manticore Said [Tabat] · Cat Rambo · ss Clarkesworld #10, July 2007

· Transtexting Pose · Darren Speegle · ss Clarkesworld #10, July 2007

· The Taste of Wheat · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Clarkesworld #11, August 2007

· The Beacon · Darja Malcolm-Clarke · ss Clarkesworld #11, August 2007

· The Ape’s Wife [King Kong] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Clarkesworld #12, September 2007

· Lost Soul · M. P. Ericson · ss Clarkesworld #12, September 2007

Realms 2: The Second Year of Clarkesworld Magazine ed. Nick Mamatas & Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, March 29, 2010, 978-1-890464-09-7, $29.95, 239pp, hc, an, cover by Aaron Jasinski)
Anthology of 25 stories originally published in Clarkesworld Magazine. Authors include Ken Scholes, Catherynne M. Valente, Jeffrey Ford, and Jay Lake.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Tomorrow Can Wait · Sean Wallace · in

13 · Summer in Paris, Light from the Sky · Ken Scholes · ss Clarkesworld #14, November 2007

33 · Tetris Dooms Itself · Meghan McCarron · ss Clarkesworld #23, August 2008

43 · Blue Ink · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #23, August 2008

51 · Curse · Samantha Henderson · ss Clarkesworld #15, December 2007

57 · Clockwork Chickadee · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Clarkesworld #21, June 2008

66 · Flight · Jeremiah Sturgill · ss Clarkesworld #19, April 2008

73 · Captain’s Lament · Stephen Graham Jones · ss Clarkesworld #17, February 2008

82 · Birdwatcher · Garth Upshaw · ss Clarkesworld #20, May 2008

87 · The Buried Years · Loreen Heneghan · ss Clarkesworld #15, December 2007

92 · The Glory of the World · Sergey Gerasimov · ss Clarkesworld #22, July 2008

101 · Teeth · Stephen Dedman · ss Clarkesworld #18, March 2008

108 · A Buyer’s Guide to Maps of Antarctica · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Clarkesworld #20, May 2008

119 · After Moreau · Jeffrey Ford · ss Clarkesworld #19, April 2008

124 · Debris Ensuing from a Vortex · Brian Ames · ss Clarkesworld #16, January 2008, as “Debris Ensuing from a Supervortex”

128 · When the Gentlemen Go By · Margaret Ronald · ss Clarkesworld #22, July 2008

139 · The Human Moments · Alexander Lumans · ss Clarkesworld #17, February 2008

149 · The Secret in the House of Smiles · Paul Jessup · ss Clarkesworld #21, June 2008

159 · A Dance Across Embers · Lisa Mantchev · ss Clarkesworld #13, October 2007

174 · Threads of Red and White · Lisa Mantchev · ss Clarkesworld #15, December 2007

189 · Excerpt from a Letter by a Social-Realist Aswang · Kristin Mandigma · ss Clarkesworld #13, October 2007

193 · The River Boy · Tim Pratt · ss Clarkesworld #16, January 2008

197 · Acid and Stoned Reindeer · Rebecca Ore · ss Clarkesworld #14, November 2007

207 · Worm Within · Cat Rambo · ss Clarkesworld #24, September 2008

212 · Can You See Me Now? · Eric M. Witchey · ss Clarkesworld #24, September 2008

220 · The Sky That Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black · Jay Lake · ss Clarkesworld #18, March 2008

Spicy Slipstream Stories ed. Nick Mamatas & Jay Lake (Lethe Press, October 2008, 978-1-59021-025-3, $18.00, 281pp, tp, oa, cover by Kevin Yancey)
Original anthology of 13 “risque” slipstream stories. Authors include Carrie Vaughn, David J. Schwartz, and Ekaterina Sedia.

9 · Introduction · Nick Mamatas & Jay Lake · in

15 · The Call Girl Detective · Lori Selke · ss

21 · Heroes Welcome · John Bowker · ss

39 · Sequined with a Vengeance · Lisa Mantchev · nv

61 · The Blue Shift · Joe Murphy · ss

77 · The Fantastical Acquisition of the Sword of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna · Angeline Hawkes · nv

107 · Outside the Box · Lynne Jamneck · ss

123 · Little Black Dress · Carrie Vaughn · ss

137 · Proof of Zero · David Schwartz · ss

153 · Revolt of the Ultraists! · Richard Becker · nv

187 · My Polymorphic Lover · Mike Philbin · ss

199 · Wild Tchoupitoulas · Chris Nakashima-Brown · ss

219 · Hydraulic · Ekaterina Sedia · ss

233 · Here I Come · A. H. Jennings · na

The Urban Bizarre ed. Nick Mamatas (Prime Books, February 2004, 1-930997-40-X, $15.00, 178pp, tp, oa, cover by Jenni Tapanila)
Original anthology of 14 stories. Authors include Michael Hemmingson, Charlie Anders, and Heather Shaw & Tim Pratt. A hardcover edition (-39-6, $27.95) is also available.

7 · They Tell Me Urban Fiction Sells, or The War Against Reality · Nick Mamatas · in

11 · Tuck · Michael Hemmingson · ss

19 · Anxiety Branson, Social Security Hustler · Charlie Anders · ss

30 · Amy · Ann Sterzinger · ss

39 · Electric Complex · K. Z. Perry · ss

44 · Ruby Tuesday · Tsaurah Litzky · ss

57 · Dick for Eternity · Jeff Somers · ss

67 · Blue Chuck Does Thrilltown · Heather Shaw & Tim Pratt · ss

77 · The Last Clean Spot · Ian Grey · ss

84 · Cue the Circus Music Fantastic · Frank Markopolos · ss

102 · A Dangerous Day · Douglas W. Texter · ss

115 · The Defragmentation of Thomas Crane · Jeff Somers · ss

124 · Highway to Hell · Michael P. Belfiore · ss

133 · Perhaps the Snail · James Maxey · ss

149 · Long Island Iced Tea · Michael Hemmingson · nv

Elf Love ed. Rose Mambert, Josie Brown & Bill Racicot--- see under Josie Brown.

Rapunzel’s Daughters and Other Tales ed. Rose Mambert, Josie Brown & Bill Racicot--- see under Josie Brown.

The Box Hunters and Others by Albert J. Manachino (Potboiler, September 1985, 0-9692026-0-1, xiii+246pp, pb, co, cover by Tim Hammell)

ix · Boxes, Bricks and Other Tricks: The Surreal World of Al Manachino · Charles R. Saunders · ar

2 · The Box Hunters · Albert J. Manachino · na

89 · Order of Business · Albert J. Manachino · ss Potboiler July 1980

100 · The Witch and the Doll [Eugenia] · Albert J. Manachino · nv Potboiler September 1982

126 · Things on the Doorstep · Albert J. Manachino · nv

152 · Morning Encounter · Albert J. Manachino · ss

168 · The Man Who Could Not Sleep · Albert J. Manachino · ss

178 · Eugenia and the Cauldron [Eugenia] · Albert J. Manachino · nv

199 · Shade in the Cellar · Albert J. Manachino · ss

211 · Surfeit of Wizards · Albert J. Manachino · ss

Noctet: Tales of Madonna-Moloch by Albert J. Manachino (Argo Press, January 1997, 0-9634181-3-0, $14.95, 189pp, tp, co, cover by Larry Dickison)
Collection of eight science-fantasy stories, two previously unpublished, set on the planet Madonna-Moloch. Illustrated by Larry Dickison, with a foreword by Charles R. Saunders.

ix · Al Manachino: A True Original · Charles R. Saunders · in

3 · Night on Madonna/Moloch [Madonna-Moloch] · Albert J. Manachino · vi Argonaut #11, Fall 1984

7 · The White Orchard [Madonna-Moloch] · Albert J. Manachino · ss Dark Regions #2, 1987

16 · The Green Friends [Madonna-Moloch] · Albert J. Manachino · nv Argonaut #14, 1989

52 · The Hungry House [Madonna-Moloch] · Albert J. Manachino · ss Argonaut #15, Summer 1991

71 · Evening Primrose [Virgil Hood] · Albert J. Manachino · nv

111 · Sleeping Booty [Madonna-Moloch] · Albert J. Manachino · ss Argonaut #18, Fall 1993

126 · The Broken Children [Virgil Hood] · Albert J. Manachino · nv

159 · Garden of Eden [Madonna-Moloch] · Albert J. Manachino · nv Argonaut #20, Summer 1995

188 · Postlude · Michael Ambrose · aw

The Odd Lot: The Selected Works of Albert J. Manachino by Albert J. Manachino (Dark Regions Press, 1993, 93pp, tp, co, cover by Larry Dickison)
Details taken from online listing.

6 · Introduction · Michael Ambrose · in

9 · Dreams in the Beech House [Stuart Falcon James] · Albert J. Manachino · ss 1982; illustrated by Larry Dickison

23 · The White Orchard [Madonna-Moloch] · Albert J. Manachino · ss Dark Regions #2, 1987; illustrated by Larry Dickison

34 · The Beast in the Mirror · Albert J. Manachino · ss; illustrated by Larry Dickison

41 · Dark Bible · Albert J. Manachino · ss Inter-Argo #2, 1985; illustrated by Larry Dickison

45 · Darby’s Bane [Stuart Falcon James] · Albert J. Manachino · ss Dark Regions v1 #4, 1991; illustrated by Larry Dickison

58 · Escape Clause · Albert J. Manachino · ss; illustrated by Larry Dickison

62 · Head of the House · Albert J. Manachino · ss SPWAO Showcase #5, 1985; illustrated by Larry Dickison

69 · Mr. Diabolicus · Albert J. Manachino · ss; illustrated by Larry Dickison

76 · The Hungry House [Madonna-Moloch] · Albert J. Manachino · ss Argonaut #15, Summer 1991; illustrated by Larry Dickison

Girls’ Night Out/Boys’ Night In ed. Chris Manby, Jessica Adams & Fiona Walker--- see under Jessica Adams.

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Subterranean Press, December 31, 2017, 978-1-59606-855-1, $50.00, 368pp, hc, n.)
Reprint (Knopf 2014) SF novel. Limited to 750 numbered copies, signed by Mandel. Also available in a lettered edition limited to 26 leatherbound, signed copies, housed in a custom traycase ($250.00).
Details taken from publisher’s website.

Prague Noir ed. Pavel Mandys (Akashic Books, February 6, 2018, 978-1-61775-529-3, $24.95, 272pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]

11 · Noir? In Prague? · Pavel Mandys; translated by Miriam Margala · in
translated from the Czech.

19 · Part I: Sharp Lads

21 · Three Musketeers · Martin Goffa; translated by Miriam Margala · ss; set in Vyšehrad.
translated from the Czech.

34 · Amateurs · Štěpán Kopřiva; translated by Miriam Margala · ss; set in Hostivař.
translated from the Czech.

45 · Disappearances on the Bridge · Miloš Urban; translated by Miriam Margala · ss; set on Charles Bridge.
translated from the Czech.

67 · The Dead Girl from a Haunted House · Jiří W. Procházka; translated by Miriam Margala · nv; set in the Exhibition Grounds.
translated from the Czech.

93 · Part II: Magical Prague

95 · The Magical Amulet · Chaim Cigan; translated by Miriam Margala · ss; set in Pankrác.
translated from the Czech.

113 · Marl Circle · Ondřej Neff; translated by Miriam Margala · ss; set in Malá Strana.
translated from the Czech.

131 · The Cabinet of Seven Pierced Books · Petr Stančík; translated by Miriam Margala · ss; set in Josefov.
translated from the Czech.

145 · Part III: Shadows of the Past

147 · The Life and Work of Baroness Mautnic · Kateřina Tučková; translated by Miriam Margala · ss; set in New Town.
translated from the Czech.

168 · All the Old Disguises · Markéta Pilátová; translated by Miriam Margala · ss; set in Grébovka.
translated from the Czech.

180 · Percy Thrillington · Michal Sýkora; translated by Miriam Margala · nv; set in Pohořelec.
translated from the Czech.

207 · Part IV: In Jeopardy

209 · Better Life · Michaela Klevisová; translated by Miriam Margala · ss; set in Žižkov.
translated from the Czech.

221 · Another Worst Day · Petra Soukupová; translated by Miriam Margala · ss; set in Letná.
translated from the Czech.

246 · Olda No. 3 · Irena Hejdová; translated by Miriam Margala · ss; set in Olšany Cemetery.
translated from the Czech.

259 · Epiphany, or Whatever You Wish · Petr Šabach; translated by Miriam Margala · ss; set in Bubeneč.
translated from the Czech.

270 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Best of the West: New Short Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri ed. Jonathan Maney, James Thomas, Tom Hazuka & Denise Thomas--- see under James Thomas.

Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature ed. Alberto Manguel (Picador, 1983, 0-330-28141-0, £4.95, 967pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 72 stories and excerpts, from “literary” fantasists.

xvi · Foreword · Alberto Manguel · fw

1 · House Taken Over · Julio Cortázar · ss End of the Game, and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar, Pantheon Books, 1967

7 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert S. Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved”

49 · Climax for a Ghost Story · I. A. Ireland · vi 1919

50 · The Mysteries of the Joy Rio · Tennessee Williams · ss Hard Candy: A Book of Stories by Tennessee Williams, New Directions, 1954

62 · Pomegranate Seed · Edith Wharton · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 25 1931

92 · Venetian Masks · Adolfo Bioy Casares; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss

110 · The Wish House · Rudyard Kipling · ss MacLean’s October 15 1924

127 · The Playground · Ray Bradbury · ss The Illustrated Man (var. 1) by Ray Bradbury, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952

141 · Importance · Manuel Mujica Lainez; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss 1978

144 · Enoch Soames · Max Beerbohm · nv The Century Magazine May 1916

171 · A Visitor from Down Under · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

188 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro

193 · An Injustice Revealed · [uncredited] · ss (r)

198 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947

204 · A School Story · M. R. James · ex More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1911

206 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”

219 · The Tall Woman · Pedro Antonio de Alarcón; translated by Rollo Ogden · nv Modern Ghosts, Harper's, 1890
translated from the Spanish (“La mujer alta”, Narraciones inverosímiles, 1881).

235 · A Scent of Mimosa · Francis King · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Cape, 1975

249 · Death and the Gardener · Jean Cocteau · ex from Le Grand Ecart, 1923

250 · Lord Mountdrago · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan February 1939, as “Doctor and Patient”

273 · The Sick Gentleman’s Last Visit · Giovanni Papini · ss The Blind Pilot by Giovanni Papini, 1907

279 · Insomnia · Virgilio Pinera · vi

280 · The Storm · Jules Verne; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss
translated from the French (“Frritt-Flacc”, Le Figaro Illustré, 1884/5).

287 · A Dream · [uncredited] · vi from The Arabian Nights (r)

289 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845

299 · Split Second · Daphne du Maurier · nv Today’s Woman January 1953

345 · August 25, 1983 · Jorge Luís Borges · ss

351 · How Wang-Fo Was Saved · Marguerite Yourcenar · ss
translated from the French (Nouvelles Orientales, 1963).

361 · Peter and Rosa · Isak Dinesen · ex Winter’s Tales by Isak Dinesen, Putnam UK, 1942

363 · Tattoo · Junichiro Tanizaki · ss 1910

371 · John Duffy’s Brother · Flann O’Brien · ss Story #91, July/August 1941

377 · Lady Into Fox · David Garnett · na Chatto & Windus, 1922

430 · Father’s Last Escape · Bruno Schulz · ss Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno Schulz, 1937

435 · A Man by the Name of Ziegler · Hermann Hesse · ss 1954

440 · The Argentine Ant · Italo Calvino; translated by Archibald Colquhoun · nv Adam, One Afternoon by Italo Calvino, Colliro, 1957
translated from the Italian (“La Formica Argentina”, 1952).

470 · The Lady on the Grey · John Collier · ss The New Yorker June 16 1951

478 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin; translated by Rosemary Edmonds · nv The Classics of Mystery Volume IX: An Omnibus of Continental Mysteries, Part II ed. Arno Eckberg, Juniper, 1961
translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834).

503 · Of a Promise Kept · Lafcadio Hearn · ss A Japanese Miscellany by Lafcadio Hearn, Little, Brown, 1901

507 · The Wizard Postponed · Juan Manuel; adapted by Jorge Luis Borges; translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni · ss The New Yorker January 1 1972
translated from the Spanish (“El Brujo Postergado”, anonymously, Crítica, September 2, 1933), itself adapted from Libro de los enxiemplos del Conde Lucanor et de Patronio (1335).

511 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902

522 · The Bottle Imp · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv New York Herald February 8 1891 (+3)

550 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926

565 · Certain Distant Suns · Joanne Greenburg · ss High Crimes and Misdemeanors by Joanne Greenberg, Henry Holt & Co., 1979

582 · The Third Bank of the River · João Guimarães Rosa · ss 1967

588 · Home · Hilaire Belloc · ss (r)

596 · The Door in the Wall · H. G. Wells · ss The Daily Chronicle July 14 1906

612 · The Friends · Silvina Ocampo · ss 1982

619 · Et in Sempiternum Pereant · Charles Williams · ss The London Mercury December 1935

629 · The Captives of Longjumeau · Léon Bloy; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss 1967

634 · The Visit to the Museum · Vladimir Nabokov; translated by Dmitri Nabokov · ss Nabokov’s Dozen by Vladimir Nabokov, Heinemann, 1959
translated from the Russian (“Poseshchenie muzeya”, Sovremennyye zapiski, March 1939, as by Sirin).

644 · “Autumn Mountain” · Ryunosuke Akutagawa · ss (r)

652 · The Sight · Brian Moore · nv Irish Ghost Stories ed. Joseph Hone, Hamish Hamilton, 1977

670 · Clorinda · André Pieyre de Mandiargues; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss (r)
in Soleil des Loups, Paris: Robert Laffont, 1951.

675 · The Pagan Rabbi · Cynthia Ozick · nv The Hudson Review 1966

704 · The Fisherman and His Soul · Oscar Wilde · nv The House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde, 1891

735 · The Bureau d’Echange de Maux · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set January 1915

740 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, 1973

748 · In the Penal Colony · Franz Kafka · nv (r)
translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919).

774 · A Dog in Durer’s Etching “The Knight, Death and the Devil” · Marco Denevi · ss 1968

782 · The Large Ant · Howard Fast · ss Fantastic Universe February 1960

792 · The Lemmings · Alex Comfort · ss (r)

800 · The Grey Ones · J. B. Priestley · nv Lilliput April/May 1953

816 · The Feather Pillow · Horacio Quiroga; translated by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories by Horacio Quiroga, University of Texas Press, 1976
translated from the Spanish (“El almohadón de plumas”, Caras y Caretas, 1907).

820 · Seaton’s Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury April 1922

849 · The Friends of the Friends · Henry James · nv Chapman’s Magazine May 1896, as “The Way It Came”

874 · The Travelling Companion · Hans Christian Andersen · ss 1835

891 · The Curfew Tolls · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 5 1935

907 · The State of Grace · Marcel Aymé · ss Across Paris and Other Stories by Marcel Aymé, Harper & Brothers, 1950

919 · The Story of a Panic · E. M. Forster · nv Independent Review March 1904

940 · An Invitation to the Hunt · George Hitchcock · ss San Francisco Review March 1960

950 · Passages from the American Notebooks · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ex Smith, Elder, 1868

952 · The Dream · O. Henry · uw Cosmopolitan Magazine September 1910; completed by Cosmopolitan editor.

956 · The Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic ed. Alberto Manguel (Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990, 0-88619-124-6, xx+941pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 65 stories and novel excerpts, primarily by literary and mainstream authors. First American edition (Canada: Lester & Orpen Dennys 1990). UK edition Picador 1991 tp as White Fire.

xviii · Foreword · Alberto Manguel · fw

1 · The Child Who Believed · Grace Amundson · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 16 1950

17 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

36 · The Door · E. B. White · ss The New Yorker March 25 1939

42 · Mysterious Kôr · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Penguin New Writing #20, January 1944

57 · Nights at Serampore · Mircea Eliade · nv Two Tales of the Occult by Mircea Eliade, Herder & Herder, 1970

99 · The Dead Fiddler · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Mirra Ginsburg · nv The New Yorker May 25 1968

127 · The Phoenix · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The Cat’s Cradle Book by Sylvia Townsend Warner, Viking, 1940

132 · The Spider · Hanns Heinz Ewers; translated by Walter F. Kohn · nv (r)
translated from the German (“Die Spinne”, Die Besessenen, 1908).

155 · Changeling · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss Modern Reading 8 ed. Reginald Moore, Big Ben Books, 1943

164 · The July Ghost · A. S. Byatt · nv Firebird 1 ed. T. J. Binding, Allen Lane, 1982
first broadcast in Radio 3 in 1981.

180 · Poor Girl · Elizabeth Taylor · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955

200 · Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922

222 · The Complete Gentleman · Amos Tutuola · ex The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola & ed. George Braziller, Faber and Faber, 1952

231 · The Professor and the Mermaid · Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa; translated by Archibald Colquhoun · nv Two Stories and a Memory by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Pantheon, 1962

255 · The Sausage · Friedrich Dürrenmatt; translated by Alberto Manguel · vi 1989

258 · A Woman Seldom Found · William Sansom · ss A Contest of Ladies and Other Stories by William Sansom, Hogarth Press, 1956

262 · Mummy to the Rescue · Angus Wilson · ss Such Darling Dodos and Other Stories by Angus Wilson, Secker & Warburg, 1950

269 · Aghwee the Sky Monster · Kenzaburō Ōe; translated by John Nathan · nv Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness by Kenzaburo Oe, Grove Press, 1977

298 · Berkeley or Mariana of the Universe · Liliana Heker; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real ed. Celia Correas de Zapata, Arte Público Press, 1990
translated from the Spanish.

305 · The Saint · Antonia White · ss Life and Letters November 1931

313 · The Ghost of Firozsha Baag · Rohinton Mistry · ss Quarry Spring 1986

328 · Miracle of Ash Wednesday · Yevgeny Zamyatin; translated by Mirra Ginsburg · ss The Dragon by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Random House, 1968; dated 1926.

336 · Heartburn · Hortense Calisher · ss The American Mercury January 1951

347 · The Accident · Ann Bridge · nv The Song in the House by Ann Bridge, 1936

370 · The Old Woman · Joyce Marshall · ss Canadian Short Stories ed. Robert Weaver, Oxford, 1960

383 · A Short Trip Home · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 17 1927

405 · The Brute · Joseph Conrad · ss The Daily Chronicle December 5 1906

426 · Mr. Sleepwalker · Ethel Wilson · ss Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories by Ethel Wilson, Macmillan, 1961

444 · A Self-Possessed Woman · Julian Barnes · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Cape, 1975

460 · The Woman Who Talked to Horses · Leon Rooke · ss Sing Me No Love Songs, I’ll Say You No Prayers by Leon Rooke, Ecco Press, 1984

469 · The White Rooster · William Goyen · ss Mademoiselle April 1947

484 · The Labrenas · Tommaso Landolfi; translated by Kathrine Jason · nv Words in Commotion, and Other Stories by Tommaso Landolfi, Viking, 1986

508 · The Dead Fish · Boris Vian; translated by Damon Knight · ss 13 French Science-Fiction Stories ed. Damon Knight, Bantam, 1965
translated from the French (“Les poissons morts”, L’Arbalète #12, Spring 1947).

521 · Major Aranda’s Hand · Alfonso Reyes; translated by Mildred Johnson · ss The Eye of the Heart ed. Barbara Howes, Bobbs-Merrill, 1973; dated 1955.

528 · Giving Birth · Margaret Atwood · ss Dancing Girls and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood, McClelland and Stewart, 1977

543 · The Jewbird · Bernard Malamud · ss The Reporter April 11 1963

553 · The Misanthrope · John D. Beresford · ss Nineteen Impressions by J. D. Beresford, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918

563 · Bartleby · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly November 1853 (+1), as “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street”, uncredited.

600 · Private—Keep Out! · Philip MacDonald · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949

616 · Dreams · Timothy Findley · nv Stones by Timothy Findley, Penguin Books Canada, 1988

638 · Mr. Dombey, the Zombie · Geoffrey Drayton · vi
first broadcast by the BBC in 1951.

642 · Why I Changed Into a Nightingale · Wolfgang Hildesheimer; translated by Joachim Neugroschel · ss The Art of the Tale ed. Daniel Halpern, Viking, 1986

648 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935

660 · Two Words · Isabel Allende; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss; dated 1989.

668 · Ch’ien-niang · Chen Xuanyou; translated by Wayne Schlepp · vi
translated from the Chinese (T’aip’ing Kwangchi, ca. 900 AD).

671 · The Visiting Star · Robert Aickman · nv Powers of Darkness by Robert Aickman, Collins, 1966

696 · Ratanbabu and the Man · Satyajit Ray · ss The Unicorn Expedition by Satyajit Ray, Dutton, 1987

711 · How It Happened · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1913

716 · Same Time, Same Place · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #60, 1963

726 · The Enigma of Arrival · V. S. Naipaul · ss The New Yorker August 11 1986

728 · Faithful Peter · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Renatha Oppenheimer · ss Stories from Far and Near by Lion Feuchtwanger, Viking, 1945

736 · The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship · Gabriel García Márquez; translated by Gregory Rabassa · ss The Leaf Storm and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez, Cape, 1972
translated from the Spanish.

742 · The House-Hunters · Peter Green · ss The New Strand January 1962

762 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

780 · Eckhardt at a Window · Eric McCormack · ss Inspecting the Vaults by Eric McCormack, Penguin Canada, 1987

792 · The Lefthanders · Günter Grass; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss 1989

799 · Mr. Arcularis · Conrad Aiken · nv Harper’s Magazine March 1931

819 · The Times My Father Died · Yehuda Amichai; translated by Yosef Schachter · ss The World Is a Room and Other Stories by Yehuda Amichai, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1984

830 · The Haunted House · Luigi Pirandello; translated by Michele Pettinati · ss A Character in Distress, and Other Stories by Luigi Pirandello, Duckworth, 1938
translated from the Italian (“La casa del Granella”).

847 · The Finder · Elizabeth Spencer · ss The New Yorker January 23 1971

866 · Desire · James Stephens · ss Reedy’s Mirror March 1 1918

874 · The Miraculous Revenge · George Bernard Shaw · ss Time March 1885

896 · Room of Blood · Brett Balon · ss 1984

904 · The Shadow · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty January 30 1926

920 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

928 · The Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Dark Arrows: Great Stories of Revenge ed. Alberto Manguel (Clarkson N. Potter, 1987, 0-517-56259-6, $10.95, 311pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Penguin Canada 1985) anthology. First American edition.

xiii · Introduction · Alberto Manguel · in

1 · The Pirate of the Round Pond · Lord Dunsany · nv The Little Tales of Smethers by Lord Dunsany, Jarrolds, 1952

22 · A Bear Hunt · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 10 1934

39 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910

46 · The Foundling · Heinrich von Kleist; translated by David Luke & Nigel Reeves · ss The Marquise of O & Other Stories by Heinrich von Kleist, Penguin, 1978

64 · There Are No Snakes in Ireland · Frederick Forsyth · nv No Comebacks by Frederick Forsyth, Hutchinson, 1982

91 · The Great Electrical Revolution · Ken Mitchell · ss

103 · Willi · E. L. Doctorow · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1984

113 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893

128 · Uncle Facundo · Isidoro Blaisten; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss

139 · Dayspring Mishandled · Rudyard Kipling · nv McCall’s Magazine March 1928

163 · Permission for Death Is Granted · Edmundo Valadés; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss

170 · Torridge · William Trevor · nv The New Yorker September 12 1977

194 · Letter from His Father · Nadine Gordimer · ss The London Review of Books October 20 1983

214 · Emma Zunz · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Donald A. Yates · ss Labyrinths by Jorge Luís Borges, New Directions, 1962
translated from the Spanish (“Emma Zunz”, Sur, September 1948).

221 · Hop-Frog · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Flag of Our Union March 17 1849

233 · A Woman’s Vengeance · Jules-Amédée Barbey d’Aurevilly; translated by Edward Marielle · nv The Penguin Book of French Short Stories ed. Edward Marielle, Penguin, 1968

274 · Miss Esperson · August Derleth · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962, as by Stephen Grendon

290 · The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The National Observer February 4 1893

The Gates of Paradise: The Anthology of Erotic Short Fiction ed. Alberto Manguel (Clarkson N. Potter, October 1993, 0-517-88050-4, 689pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Flamingo 1993) anthology.

1 · Wicked Girl · Isabel Allende; translated by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende, tr. Margaret Sayers Peden, Antheneum, 1991
translated from the Spanish (“Niña perversa”, Cuentos de Eva Luna, Sudamericana, 1989).

17 · Just Above My Head · James Baldwin · ss Just Above My Head by James Baldwin, Doubleday, 1979

33 · A Passion in the Desert · Honoré de Balzac · ss The Strand Magazine February 1891
translated from the French (“Une Passion dans le Désert”, Revue de Paris, Dec. 26, 1830).

51 · The Dead Man · Georges Bataille; translated by Austryn Wainhouse · nv My Mother; Madame Edwarda; and, The Dead Man by Georges Bataille, tr. Austryn Wainhouse, Marion Boyars, 1989
translated from the French (“Le mort”).

71 · How Ishmael and Isaac Came to Be Born · Anne Billat; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss
translated from the Arabic.

83 · Innocence · Harold Brodkey · nv Stories in an Almost Classical Mode by Harold Brodkey, Knopf, 1968

131 · You Must Remember This · Robert Coover · nv Playboy January 1985

173 · Milk Is Very Good for You · Stephen Dixon · ss 14 Stories by Stephen Dixon, John Hopkins University Press, 1980

191 · What Do You Do While I’m Gone? · Doris Dörrie; translated by John E. Woods · ss What Do You Want from Me? by Doris Dörrie, Knopf, 1991
translated from the German.

197 · Jocasta · Liliana Heker; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss Evening Games ed. Alberto Manguel, Penguin, 1986
translated from the Spanish.

205 · Dreams Involving Water · Gary Indiana · ss Conjunctions #14, Fall 1989

227 · The Student and the Woman · László Kamondy; translated by Paul Varnai · ss Hungarian Short Stories ed. Paul Varnai, Exile, 1983
translated from the Hungarian.

251 · Kassandra and the Wolf · Margarita Karapanou; translated by N. C. Germanacos · ex Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976
translated from the Greek.

255 · One Arm · Yasunari Kawabata; translated by Edward Seidensticker · nv House of Sleeping Beauties by Yasunari Kawabata, Kodansha International, 1969
translated from the Japanese.

279 · The Hitchhiking Game · Milan Kundera · ss Esquire April 1974

305 · Once—! · D. H. Lawrence · ss Love Among the Haystacks, Viking, 1933

319 · Drought · Wendy Law-Yone · ss Slow Hand: Women Writing Erotica ed. Michele Slung, HarperCollins, 1992

337 · Each Other · Doris Lessing · ss A Man and Two Women by Doris Lessing, MacGibbon & Kee, 1963

351 · Curvaceous Dolls · Li Ang; translated by Howard Goldblatt · ss Yellow Silk Journal 1990
translated from the Chinese.

375 · The Last Trace of Spinoza · Yuri Mamleyev; translated by Yuri Tjalsma · ss The Sky Above Hell and Other Stories by Yuri Mamleyev, Taplinger, 1980
translated from the Russian.

389 · The Tide · André Pieyre de Mandiargues · ss Evergreen Review #46, April 1967

403 · Sea Lovers · Valerie Martin · ss The Consolation of Nature & Other Stories by Valerie Martin, Houghton Mifflen, 1988

415 · Arousal · Richard Matheson (error, actually by Richard Christian Matheson) · ss Alien Sex ed. Ellen Datlow, Dutton, 1990

423 · Birthday Present · Eric McCormack · ss

431 · Homemade · Ian McEwan · ss First Love, Last Rites by Ian McEwan, Jonathan Cape, 1975

455 · Lust · Susan Minot · ss The Paris Review #91, Spring 1984

469 · Raisin Bread · Yukio Mishima; translated by John Bester · ss Acts of Worship by Yukio Mishima, tr. John Bester, Kodansha International, 1989
translated from the Japanese.

491 · Love in the Chinese Restaurant · Alberto Moravia; translated by Tim Parks · ex from The Voyeur, Secker & Warburg, 1986
translated from the Italian.

515 · Grandfather’s Little Pleasure · Adolf Muschg; translated by Marlis Zeller Cambon & Michael Hamburger · ss The Blue Man and Other Stories by Adolf Muschg, George Braziller, 1983
translated from the German.

535 · Mandra · Anaïs Nin · ss Little Birds by Anaïs Nin, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979

545 · Eros and Cupid · Stan Persky · nv Buddy’s by Stan Persky, New Star Books, 1989

579 · Park Cinema · Elena Poniatowska; translated by Teresa Méndez-Faith & Elizabeth Heinicke · ss Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real ed. Celia Correas de Zapata, Arte Público Press, 1990
translated from the Spanish.

589 · The Day I Sat with Jesus on the Sun Deck and a Wind Came Up and Blew My Kimono Open and He Saw My Breasts · Gloria Sawai · ss CutBank #6, 1976

609 · Eugenia · Sarah Sheard · ss

617 · Four Bare Legs in a Bed · Helen Simpson · ss Four Bare Legs in a Bed by Helen Simpson, Heinemann, 1990

635 · The Fall · Armonía Somers · ss Other Fires: Stories from the Women of Latin America ed. Alberto Manguel, 1986
translated from the Spanish.

653 · Candaules, King of Lydia · Mario Vargas Llosa; translated by Helen Lane · ex from In Praise of the Stepmother, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990
translated from the Spanish.

663 · Darlinghurst Portrait · Vicki Viidikas · ss Babe Is Wise ed. Lyn Harwood, Bruce Pascoe & Paula White, Pascoe Publishing, 1987

669 · The X-Rated Blanket · Eimi Yamada · ss New Japanese Voices ed. Helen Mitsios, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991
translated from the Japanese.

677 · Notes on the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Oxford Book of Canadian Ghost Stories ed. Alberto Manguel (Oxford University Press Canada, April 1990, 0-19-540761-X, $15.95, 276pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 26 ghost stories by Canadian writers, from Mazo De La Roche to Margaret Atwood.

vii · Introduction · Alberto Manguel · in

1 · La Corriveau · Philippe Aubert de Gaspé; translated by Charles G. D. Roberts · ss The Canadians of Old by Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, tr. Charles G. D. Roberts, D. Appleton, 1890; dated 1863.

11 · The Gerrard Street Mystery · John Charles Dent · nv The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales by John Charles Dent, Rose, 1886

34 · The Miser’s Ghost · Honoré Beaugrand; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss (r)
translated from the French (La Chasse-galérie, Canada 1900).

39 · A Tale of the Grand Jardin · W. H. Blake · ss Brown Waters and Other Sketches by William H. Blake, Toronto, 1915

46 · The Flood [Pretty Pierre] · Gilbert Parker · ss The National Observer May 7 1892

53 · Vengeance Is Mine · Duncan Campbell Scott · ss In the Village of Viger by Duncan Campbell Scott, 1896

63 · Buggam Grange: A Good Old Ghost Story · Stephen Leacock · ss Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock, John Lane, 1920

70 · Portrait of a Wife · Mazo de la Roche · ss The Graphic December 30 1927

80 · Mr. Sleepwalker · Ethel Wilson · ss Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories by Ethel Wilson, Macmillan, 1961

96 · No Traveller Returns… · A. M. Klein · ss Short Stories by A. M. Klein, 1983

101 · Dickens Digested · Robertson Davies · ss High Spirits by Robertson Davies, Penguin, 1982

109 · The Sight · Brian Moore · nv Irish Ghost Stories ed. Joseph Hone, Hamish Hamilton, 1977

126 · The Snow Walker · Farley Mowat · ss The Snow Walker by Farley Mowat, McClelland, 1975

134 · From the Fifteenth District · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker October 30 1978

140 · Fallowfields · Virgil Burnett · ss Farewell Tour by Virgil Burnett, 1986

158 · The Ghost of Lovers’ Lane · Antonine Maillet; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss 1989
translated from the French (“Le Revenant du chemin des amoureux”, Les Contes de par derrière chez mon père, Leméac Editeurm, 1987).

163 · Dreams · Timothy Findley · nv Stones by Timothy Findley, Penguin Books Canada, 1988

183 · If There Is No Gate · Jane Rule · ss (r)

188 · Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa · W. P. Kinsella · ss Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa by W. P. Kinsella, Oberon Press, 1980

201 · Joseph and His Brother · Audrey Thomas · ss Two in the Bush and Other Stories by Audrey Thomas, McClelland & Stewart, 1981

210 · As Birds Bring Forth the Sun · Alistair MacLeod · ss As Birds Bring Forth the Sun by Alistair Macleod, McClelland & Stewart, 1986

218 · No Country for Old Men · Eric McCormack · ss Inspecting the Vaults by Eric McCormack, Penguin Canada, 1987

221 · Death by Landscape · Margaret Atwood · ss Saturday Night July 1989

238 · Haunt · Sean Virgo · ss Illusion One ed. Geoff Hancock, Aya Press, 1983

250 · The Woman with the Lounge-Act Hair · Tim Wynne-Jones · ss Descant #51, 1985

259 · The Ghost of Firozsha Baag · Rohinton Mistry · ss Quarry Spring 1986

273 · Notes on Authors · [uncredited] · bg

White Fire: Further Fantastic Literature ed. Alberto Manguel (Picador, April 12, 1991, 0-330-31380-0, £9.99, 941pp, tp, an, cover by George Tooker)
Reprint (Lester & Orpen Dennys 1990 as Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic) anthology of 65 stories and novel excerpts, primarily by literary and mainstream authors.

One Horn to Rule Them All: A Purple Unicorn Anthology ed. Lisa Mangum (WordFire Press, August 11, 2014, 978-1-61475-192-2, $15.99, 302pp, tp, oa, cover by James A. Owen)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Introduction · Kevin J. Anderson · in

5 · Rhubarb and Beets · Todd J. McCaffrey · ss Shadows of the New Sun ed. J. E. Mooney & Bill Fawcett, Tor, 2013

13 · Purple Is the New Black · Jody Lynn Nye · ss

33 · A Single Spark · Mary Pletsch · ss

49 · Best of All Possible Worlds · John D. Payne · ss

61 · Korgak’s Daily Schedule · Jeanette Gonzalez · ss

67 · Dead Friends and New Horses · Sharon Dodge · ss

83 · The Godfairy · Quincy J. Allen · ss

103 · The Faerie Journal · Megan Grey · ss

119 · The Greggs Family Zoo of Odd and Marvelous Creatures · Kristin Luna · ss

137 · Menagerie Violette · Colette Black · ss

149 · The Unicorn Prince [The Nylean Chronicles] · Gama Ray Martinez · ss

161 · The Girl with the Artist’s Eyes · Nathan Barra · ss

181 · Conner Bright and the Case of the Purple Unicorn · Robert J. McCarter · ss

201 · My Hero · Mark Ryan · ss

219 · Of Unicorns and Pie · Nathan & Sharon Dodge · ss

229 · Gateway Blood · Ezekiel James Boston · ss

233 · The Monoceros · Lou J. Berger · ss

247 · The Last Dregs of Winter · Scott Eder · ss

263 · Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros · Peter S. Beagle · nv Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn ed. Peter S. Beagle, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995

285 · Red Roses · Todd J. McCaffrey · ss

X Marks the Spot ed. Lisa Mangum (WordFire Press, January 17, 2020, 978-1-68057-112-7, $17.99, 362pp, tp, oa, cover by Tiffany Brazell)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · The Wish Shore · Kristen Bickerstaff · ss

19 · The Wreckers · Ken Hoover · ss

37 · Scourge · L. V. Bell · ss

53 · The Pirate’s Cat · Tracy Leonard Nakatani · ss

71 · Annie Spark and the Pirates of Port 1337 · David Cole · ss

89 · Tidying Magic · Linda Maye Adams · ss

101 · By Stars and Gears · Trisha J. Wooldridge · ss

117 · Porch Pirates of Pasadena · Amy Hughes · ss

135 · Sabbath · Jessica Guernsey · ss

149 · A Good Pirate’s Final Storm · Tanya Hales · ss

163 · Percival Bunnyrabbit and the Robot Wizard · John D. Payne · ss

181 · Plundering Lives · Lauren Lang · ss

199 · Time Comes for All Men · Melissa Koons · ss

215 · Life Pirate · Elmdea Adams · ss

225 · Pirated RPG · Jace Killan · ss

243 · Breath of the Cherubim · Clint Hall · ss

261 · Princess Yum Yum’s Challenge · Nancy DiMauro · nv

283 · Where We Will All Go · C. H. Hung · ss

301 · Silver Future · Mary Pletsch · ss

321 · Sea Wolves · Julie Frost · ss

335 · Harry the Ghost Pirate · Robert J. McCarter · ss

Nightseed and Other Tales by H. A. Manhood (Viking, 1928, $2.50, 366pp, hc, co)

· Nightseed · H. A. Manhood · ss (r)

· Brotherhood · H. A. Manhood · ss John o’ London’s Weekly June 11 1927

· The Peach Tree · H. A. Manhood · ss (r)

· Misery Cottage · H. A. Manhood · ss (r)

· A Simple Tale · H. A. Manhood · ss John o’ London’s Weekly October 15 1927

· The Unbeliever · H. A. Manhood · ss (r)

· Honeymoon · H. A. Manhood · ss (r)

· The Cough · H. A. Manhood · ss (r)

· The Dainty Pike · H. A. Manhood · ss (r)

· Values · H. A. Manhood · ss (r)

· Match-Motive · H. A. Manhood · ss (r)

· The Hero · H. A. Manhood · ss (r)

· The Black Apron · H. A. Manhood · ss (r)

· Andrew God-Himself · H. A. Manhood · ss (r)

· Oranges · H. A. Manhood · ss John o’ London’s Weekly August 27 1927

· Fear · H. A. Manhood · ss (r)

Baleful Beasts ed. Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1974, 0-688-41573-3, 222pp, hc, an)
Great Supernatural Stories of the Animal Kingdom, illustrated by Emanuel Schongut.

13 · Introduction · Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis · in

15 · Phut Phat Concentrates · Lilian Jackson Braun · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1963

29 · The Boy Who Drew Cats · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Hasegawa, 1898

36 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916

68 · The Horse of the Invisible [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Idler April 1910

104 · The Terror of Blue John Gap · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1910

129 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890

141 · The Tiger · Hugh Walpole · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1927

166 · Sealskin Trousers · Eric Linklater · ss The Sealskin Trousers and Other Stories by Eric Linklater, Hart-Davis, 1947

189 · The Story-Teller · Saki · ss The Morning Post, as by H. H. Munro

198 · Change of Heart · George Whitley · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #110, September 1961

219 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Bewitched Beings ed. Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1974, 0-688-41657-8, $5.95, 224pp, hc, an)
Stories of phantoms, familiars and the possessed, illustrated by Emanuel Schongut.

11 · Introduction · Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis · in

13 · The Swap · H. F. Heard · nv The Great Fog and Other Weird Tales by H. F. Heard, Vanguard Press, 1944

37 · The Rabbit Prince · Davis Grubb · ss Woman’s Home Companion June 1949

54 · Swamp Girl · Prentiss Combs · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 11 1960

76 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv In a Glass Darkly by J. S. Le Fanu, Richard Bentley, 1872
revised from “The Watcher”, Dublin University Magazine, November 1847.

125 · The Black Lamb · Lady Jane Wilde · ar Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Jane Wilde, Ticknor & Co., 1887

129 · The Man Who Went Too Far · E. F. Benson · nv The Pall Mall Magazine June 1904

158 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; translated by Sarka B. Hrbkova · ss Czechoslovak Stories ed. Sarka B. Hrbkova, Duffield & Co., 1920
translated from the Czech (“Vampyr”, Různé lidé, 1871).

165 · The Compensation House · Charles Allston Collins · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 3 Branch Line. The Compensation House”

188 · The Witch Hare · Mr. S. C. & Mrs. S. C. Hall · ss (r)

192 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895

207 · The Ghost of Fear · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896, as “The Red Room”

221 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

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