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Cthulhu’s Dark Cults ed. David Conyers (Chaosium, February 2011, 978-1-56882-235-8, $14.95, ix+239pp, tp, oa) [Cthulhu]     Original anthology of ten Lovecraftian stories (one a reprint) of dark and secretive orders. Conyers discusses how Lovecraft’s Mythos spawned the popularity of cults in the Call of Cthulhu game. vii · Introduction · David Conyers · in 1 · The Eternal Chinaman [Cthulhu] · John Sunseri · nv 31 · Captains of Industry [Cthulhu] · John Goodrich · nv 57 · Perfect Skin [Cthulhu] · David Witteveen · ss 71 · Covenant of Darkness [Cthulhu] · William Jones · ss Horror Carousel #3, Spring 2005 84 · The Whisper of Ancient Secrets [Cthulhu] · Penelope Love · ss 103 · Old Ghost [Cthulhu] · Peter A. Worthy · ss 122 · The Nature of Faith [Cthulhu] · Oscar Rios · nv 153 · The Devil’s Diamonds [Cthulhu] · Cody Goodfellow · nv 174 · Requiem for the Burning God [Cthulhu] · Shane Jiraiya Cummings · nv 215 · Sisters of the Sand [Cthulhu] · David Conyers · nv 237 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Extreme Planets ed. David Conyers, David Kernot & Jeff Harris (Chaosium, January 2014, 978-1-56882-393-5, $18.95, 356pp, tp, oa, cover by Paul Drummond)     Details taken from online listing. 6 · Introduction · David Brin · in 9 · Banner of the Angels · David Brin & Gregory Benford · ex from Heart of the Comet, Bantam Spectra, March 1986 19 · Brood · Stephen Gaskell · nv 46 · Haumea · David Nordley · nv 74 · A Perfect Day off the Farm · Patty Jansen · ss 88 · Daybreak · Jeff Hecht · ss 99 · Giants [Sunflower Cycle] · Peter Watts · nv 121 · Maelstrom · Kevin Ikenberry · ss 134 · Murder on Centauri · Robert J. Mendenhall · nv 180 · The Flight of the Salamander · David Smith & Violet Addison · ss; given as “Murder on Centauri” on some of the page headers. 199 · Petrochemical Skies · David Conyers & David Kernot · nv 230 · The Hyphal Layer · Meryl Ferguson · nv 253 · Colloidal Suspension · Geoff Nelder · nv 271 · Super-Earth Mother · Guy Immega · nv 299 · Lightime · Jay Caselberg · ss 311 · The Seventh Generation · Brian Stableford · nv

The Collection of Harden Bayle by Berton E. Cook (Altus Press, March 2, 2017, $75.00, 258pp, hc, co) [Harden Bayle]     Details taken from publisher website. · The Empress’s Earrings [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories October 25 1938 · The Scroll of the Ten Little Flowers [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories October 25 1939 · Panel of Treason [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories July 10 1940 · Squire’s Island [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories February 25 1941 · Portrait of the Senorita [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories June 25 1941 · The Jonquil Case [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories October 10 1941 · A Coat of Faded Blue [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories April 25 1943 · The Left Eye of the Horse [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories November 25 1943 · The Return of the King [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories May 25 1944 · The Scalp of Anton Leak [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories November 25 1944 · The Woman with the Gimlet Eyes [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories December 10 1944 · A Bell for Bayle [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories March 10 1945 · The God with the Open Mouth [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories July 10 1945 · The Silver Parrot [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories November 10 1945 · The Captain’s Whipping Boy [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories May 10 1946 · The Universal Postage Stamps [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories August 10 1946 · The Farmer’s Wife [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories February 10 1947 · Mission to Shanghai [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories May 10 1947 · Adoniram Kilburn’s Trophy [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories January 10 1948 · The Senor’s Cane [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories February 10 1948 · The Will of Captain Good [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories May 10 1948 · Letters Under Seal [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories November 25 1948 · The Unfinished Fan [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories February 10 1949 · Brother Against Brother [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories September 1949 · The Ginseng Man [Harden Bayle] · Berton E. Cook · ss Short Stories May 1950

Piercing the Darkness: A Charity Anthology for the Children’s Literacy Initiative ed. Craig Cook (Necro Publications, February 2014, 978-1-939065-56-8, $15.95, 420pp, tp, oa, cover by Daniela Owergoor)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Craig Cook · in 11 · King of Shadows [God of the Razor] · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Joe R. Lansdale’s Lords of the Razor ed. Bill Sheehan & William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2006 43 · Quiet Bullets · Christopher Golden · ss Son of Retro Pulp Tales ed. Joe R. & Keith Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2009 63 · Haven · Kealan Patrick Burke · ss Ravenous Ghosts by Kealan Patrick Burke, 3f Publications, 2003 77 · Brave Girl · Jack Ketchum · ss Right to Life by Jack Ketchum, Gauntlet Press, 2002 87 · Dealing with Mama Lila · Sandy DeLuca · ss 99 · Husband of Kellie · T. T. Zuma · ss 103 · Obedient Flies · Greg F. Gifune · ss Down to Sleep by Greg F. Gifune, Goddess of the Bay Publications, 1999 119 · Exit Strategy · Tim Waggoner · ss 123 · Abattoir Blues · James A. Moore · ss 143 · Cannonball Lycanthrope · Janet Joyce Holden · ss 153 · Throwing Monsters · Jonathan Janz · nv 175 · The Fierce Stabbing and Subsequent Post-Death Vengeance of Scooter Brown · Jeff Strand · ss 183 · The House in Cyrus Holler [Will Castleton] · David Bain · nv 217 · Cooked · Jonathan Maberry · ss originally appeared in the 2012 audio collection Tales from the Fire Zone. 231 · Miz Ruthie Pays Her Respects · Lucy Snyder · ss Dark Faith ed. Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon, Apex Publications, 2010 239 · Letting Go · Mary SanGiovanni · ss 255 · The Viking Plays Patty Cake · Brian Keene · ss The Rising: Selected Scenes from the End of the World by Brian Keene, Delirium Books, 2008 261 · Shadow Chaser · Simon Wood · ss Book of Dark Wisdom #7, Fall 2005 273 · The Folly · Robert Dunbar · ss Martyrs & Monsters by Robert Dunbar, DarkHart Press, 2009 293 · Spider Goes to Market · Gerard Houarner · ss Tales of the Unanticipated #18, 1997 303 · Pest Control · C. Dennis Moore · nv 325 · I’m So Sorry for Your Loss · Ronald Malfi · ss 331 · Timothy Meek · Gord Rollo · ss 349 · Traps · F. Paul Wilson · ss Night Cry Summer 1987 359 · Searching · Monica O’Rourke · ss 363 · Fire · Elizabeth Massie · ss Darkness on the Edge ed. Harrison Howe, PS Publishing, 2010 377 · Dance of the Blue Lady · Gene O’Neill · ss Cemetery Dance #53, 2005 389 · Dinosaur Day [Cedar Hill] · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss The Fear Within ed. A. Nicole Thomas & Elizabeth Peake, 3F Publications, 2003

Perfunctory Affection by Dawn Cook--- see under Kim Harrison.

Hotter Than Hell ed. Dawn Cook & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Kim Harrison.

An Empire Unacquanted with Defeat by Glen Cook (Night Shade Books, June 2009, 978-1-59780-140-9, $24.95, viii+248pp, hc, co, cover by Raymond Swanland) [Dread Empire]     Collection of ten stories (two original, one slightly revised) in the Dread Empire series. Cook discusses the series’ publication history in the introduction, and provides comments on each of the stories. vii · Introduction · Glen Cook · in 1 · Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · na The Berkley Showcase Vol. 2 ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1980 55 · The Nights of Dreadful Silence [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss Fantastic Stories September 1973 63 · Finding Svale’s Daughter [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss 69 · Ghost Stalk [Vengeful Dragon; Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1978 97 · Filed Teeth [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv Dragons of Darkness ed. Orson Scott Card, Ace, 1981 135 · Castle of Tears [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss Whispers October 1979 145 · Call for the Dead [Vengeful Dragon; Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1980 187 · Severed Heads [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv Sword and Sorceress ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1984 213 · Silverheels [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #6, May 1971; slightly revised. 223 · Hell’s Forge [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv

Winter’s Dreams by Glen Cook (Subterranean Press, April 2012, 978-1-59606-360-0, $45.00, 287pp, hc, co, cover by Raymond Swanland)     Collection of 14 stories. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 250 ($75.00) is also available. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Song from a Forgotten Hill · Glen Cook · ss Worlds of Tomorrow 1971 19 · And Dragons in the Sky · Glen Cook · nv Clarion II ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Signet, 1972 51 · Appointment in Samarkand · Glen Cook · vi Witchcraft & Sorcery #7, 1972 53 · Sunrise · Glen Cook · nv Eternity #2, 1973 75 · The Devil’s Tooth · Glen Cook · nv The Literary Magazine of Fantasy and Terror v1 #5, 1974 111 · In the Wind · Glen Cook · nv Tomorrow Today ed. George Zebrowski, Unity Press, 1975 151 · The Recruiter · Glen Cook · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories March 1977 159 · The Seventh Fool · Glen Cook · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1978 165 · Ponce · Glen Cook · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories November 1978 179 · Quiet Sea [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1978 209 · Darkwar · Glen Cook · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1982 237 · Enemy Territory · Glen Cook · ss Night Voyages #9, Winter/Spring 1983 257 · The Waiting Sea · Glen Cook · ss Archon 7 Program Book, Archon, 1983 269 · Winter’s Dreams · Glen Cook · ss Balticon 31 Program Book, 1997

Wisconsin Fiction: Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Issue ed. Marshall Cook (University of Wisconsin Press, January 1998, 1882280016, $12.95, 144pp, tp, an)     Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Vol 85. Contents from Amazon.com. · From the Editor · Marshall Cook · pr · Foreword · Marshall Cook · fw · Dining on Memories at the Starlite Cafe · Marnie Krause · ss (r) · Bachelor Party · C. J. Hribal · ss (r) · How to Save a Cat and Fall in Love · Karen Loeb · ss (r) · Surface Tension · Martha Bergland · ss (r) · December’s Dreams · Thomas Bontly · ss (r) · Marrying Jerry · Margaret Benbow · ss (r) · Energy · Julie King · ss (r) · Putting Up Storms · Carol Sklenicka · ss (r) · Summer Snow · David R. Young · ss (r) · Sand Dollar · Peg Sherry · ss (r) · Two Points · Tom Joseph · ss (r) · Quick Bright Things · Ron Wallace · ss (r) · Saint Philomena, Pray for Us · Gordon Weaver · ss (r) · Fatimata’s Ancestors · David Tabachnick · ss (r) · The Korporat’s Polonaise · Anthony Bukoski · ss (r) · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Fatal Distractions ed. Paul Cook, Steve Holland & Melissa Hyland--- see under Steve Holland.

Man Unwept: Visions from the Inner Eye ed. Stanley J. Cook & Stephen V. Whaley--- see under Stephen V. Whaley.

Monte Cook’s Arcana Evolved: The Dragons’ Return ed. Sue Weinlein Cook (White Wolf/Malhavoc Press, March 2005, 1-58846-883-6, $6.99, vii+277pp, pb, oa, cover by J. P. Targete)     Original anthology of 12 stories based on the fantasy roleplaying game. vi · Introduction · Sue Weinlein Cook · in 1 · Essence of the Dragon · Will McDermott · nv 26 · Not All That Tempts · Bruce R. Cordell · ss 45 · The Mad Mojh of Onteth · Ed Greenwood · ss 62 · Envoy · Jeff Grubb · nv 86 · Oathsworn · Mary Herbert · nv 112 · Pride · Wolfgang Baur · nv 136 · Vows · Richard Lee Byers · nv 159 · The Sand Veils · Lucien Soulban · nv 181 · This Land Is in Our Blood · Stan · nv 207 · Manipulators · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv 234 · Loresight Legation · Kate Novak · nv 255 · Memories and Ghosts · Monte Cook · nv

Monte Cook’s Arcana Unearthed: Children of the Rune ed. Sue Weinlein Cook (Malhavoc Press, August 2004, 1-58846-864-X, $6.99, vii+277pp, pb, oa, cover by Mark Zug)     Original anthology of 13 stories based on the fantasy roleplaying game. vi · Introduction · Sue Weinlein Cook · in 1 · Stone Ghosts · Lucien Soulban · nv 23 · How It Works · Monte Cook · ss 36 · The Silent Man · Richard Lee Byers · nv 60 · Hollows of the Heart · Bruce R. Cordell & Keith Francis Strohm · ss 80 · The Fallen Star · Ed Greenwood · ss 99 · Child of the Street · Will McDermott · nv 120 · Clash of Duty · Miranda Horner · nv 144 · The Pebble Before the Avalanche · Mike Mearls · nv 165 · Name Day · Wolfgang Baur · ss 184 · Singer for the Dead · Jeff Grubb · nv 205 · Precious Things · Thomas M. Reid · ss 224 · Skin Deep · Stan · nv 248 · Not Without Cost · Monte Cook · ss

Best American Detective Stories of the Year: 10th Annual Collection ed. David C. Cooke (Boardman, 1960, hc, an)     Reprint (Dutton 1959 as Best Detective Stories of the Year: 14th Annual Collection) anthology.

Best American Detective Stories of the Year—1954 ed. David C. Cooke (Boardman, 1955, 258pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Dutton 1954 as Best Detective Stories of the Year—1954) anthology.

Best Detective Stories of the Year ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1946, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 316pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · David C. Cooke · in 17 · Married to Murder · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Argosy July 1945 54 · Slick Trick · Royce Howes · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 3 1945 68 · Don’t Come Back Alive! · Robert C. Dennis · ss Detective Tales November 1945 78 · White Carnations [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Collier’s February 10 1945 96 · Prelude to Murder · Walter C. Brown · nv The Blue Book Magazine October 1945 118 · The Man Who Lost His Head · Bruno Fischer · nv Doc Savage July 1945 138 · Body in the Barn · Margaret Manners · ss Argosy February 1945 155 · Press Agent for Murder · A. Boyd Correll · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1945 174 · The Case of the Sobbing Girl · Day Keene · nv Detective Tales 1945 203 · Just a Minute, Dr. Marlowe · Marie Beynon Ray · ss Cosmopolitan April 1945 220 · Carnie Kill [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv Black Mask May 1945 250 · Wish You Were Dead · C. William Harrison · nv New Detective Magazine July 1945 282 · The Booby Trap · Henry Norton · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 1945, as “You’re Cute—Electrocute” 299 · Slightly Perfect · Norman A. Daniels · ss The Shadow April 1945, as by Peter Reed