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Reading Backwards by John Crowley (Subterranean Press, November 30, 2019, 978-1-59606-946-6, $40.00, 455pp, hc, nf)     Limited to 750 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition ($250.00), limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies. Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · John Crowley · in · Prologue · My Life in the Theater 1910-1960 · John Crowley · bg The Yale Review January 2011 · Section One: A Voice from the Easy Chair · Everything That Rises · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine January 2016 · Dressed to Kill · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine July 2015 · Rule, Britannica · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine February 2016 · A Ring-Formed World · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine November 2015 · Universal Use · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine January 2015 · Spare the Darlings · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine November 2014 · On Not Being Well Read · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine March 2015 · Selective Service · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine September 2015 · An Artist of the Sleeping World · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine May 2015 [Ref. Thomas M. Disch] about dreams, discusses Thomas Disch’s theories of “big-budget dreams”: and ones that are more like independent films. · Section Two: Fictional Voices · A Postcard from Ursula · John Crowley · ar Boston Review (online) March 7 2018 [Ref. Ursula K. Le Guin] · Paul Park’s Hidden Worlds · John Crowley · ar Boston Review May/June 2016 [Ref. Paul Park] · Life Work: The Fiction of Nicholson Baker · John Crowley · ar Boston Review November/December 2009 [Ref. Nicholson Baker] · Leslie Epstein’s Uproars · John Crowley · ar Boston Review November/December 2008, as “Uproars: Leslie Epstein’s Magic” [Ref. Leslie Epstein] · Ben Katchor’s Cardboard Suitcase · John Crowley · br Boston Review November/December 2011, as “Unpacking” [Ref. Ben Katchor] · Remembering Thomas Disch · John Crowley · ar Boston Review January/February 2009, as “Worldmaker: Remembering Thomas Disch” [Ref. Thomas M. Disch] · Joan Aiken and the Wolves of Willoughby Chase · John Crowley · ar Boston Review January/February 2013, as “Forget Hogwarts: Adults Should Read Aiken’s “Wolves”” [Ref. Joan Aiken] · David Stacton and the Judges of the Secret Court · John Crowley · in New York Review Books, 2011 [Ref. David Stacton]; as introduction to 2011 reprint of The Judges of the Secret Court. · The Hero of a Thousand Dreams · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Winter 2019 [Ref. Winsor McKay] · Little Criminals: The Fiction of Richard Hughes · John Crowley · ar Boston Review November/December 2005 [Ref. Richard Hughes] · Richard Hughes: In Hazard · John Crowley · in New York Review Books, 2008 [Ref. Richard Hughes]; as introduction to 2008 reprint of In Hazard. · Born to Be Posthumous · John Crowley · br Boston Review (online) January 11 2019, as “The Private Edward Gorey” [Ref. Edward Gorey] · The Whole Household of Man · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine February 2018 [Ref. Ursula K. Le Guin] · Blossom and Fade: Hermann Hesse and The Glass Bead Game · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2010 [Ref. Hermann Hesse] · Nine Classic Science Fiction Novels of the 1950s · John Crowley · br The Yale Review July 2013 · Section Three: Looking Outward, Looking In · The Man Who Invented the 20th Century · John Crowley · ar Boston Review (online) April 19 2017, as “Inside Every Utopia Is a Dystopia” [Ref. Norman Bel Geddes] · Stranger Things: UFOs and Life on the Moon · John Crowley · br Boston Review (online) November 2 2016, as “Stranger Things: The Rise and Fall of UFO’s and Life on the Moon” [Ref. Jack Womack & Tom Gauld] · Metamorphosis: Rosamond Purcell’s Natural History · John Crowley · ar Boston Review May/June 2007 · Unrealism · John Crowley · ar (r) · Madame and the Masters · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine February 2013 [Ref. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky] · The Ones Who Walk Away from Metropolis · John Crowley · ar (r) · A Few Moments in Eternity · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2009, as “In the Midst of Death” · Works of Mercy · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine April 2019 · The Next Future/Totalitopia · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2011 · A Well Without a Bottom · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2012 · New Ghosts and How to Know Them · John Crowley · ar Tin House Spring 2011 · Time After Time · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2014 · Squeak and Gibber · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2013 · Practicing the Arts of Peace · John Crowley · ar Conjunctions #46, Spring 2006

Totalitopia by John Crowley (PM Press, June 2017, 978-1-62963-392-3, $14.00, viii+114pp, tp, co, cover by Misha Nazarenko)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · This Is Our Town · John Crowley · nv 23 · Totalitopia · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2011 37 · Everything That Rises · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine January 2016 47 · Gone · John Crowley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 1996 65 · In the Tom Mix Museum · John Crowley · ss This Land July 15 2012 67 · And Go Like This · John Crowley · ss Naked City ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's Griffin, 2011 77 · Paul Park’s Hidden Worlds · John Crowley · ar Boston Review May/June 2016 [Ref. Paul Park] 91 · “I Did Crash a Few Parties” · Terry Bisson · iv [Ref. John Crowley]

Cold Comforts: Tales of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem by Peter Crowther (PS Publishing, May 2014, £24.99, hc, co)     Collection of 18 stories. A Traycased hardcover edition (£120.00) was announced but not seen. Traycased is limited to 25 signed Lettered copies. · Boxing Day · Peter Crowther · ss Cat Crimes for the Holidays ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine, 1997 · Tomorrow Eyes · Peter Crowther · nv The Fortune Teller ed. Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1997 · The Musician of Bremen · Peter Crowther · ss (r) · The Allotment · Peter Crowther · ss Northern Blood III ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise, 1998 · The Adventure of the Touch of God [Sherlock Holmes] · Peter Crowther · nv The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 1997

Forever Twilight 2: Windows to the Soul by Peter Crowther (Subterranean Press, September 2009, 978-1-59606-258-0, $40.00, 186pp, hc, n., cover by Vincent Chong)     Limited to 750 numbered copies, signed by Crowther. Details taken from online listing.

Fugue on a G-String by Peter Crowther (Subterranean Press, February 1998, no ISBN, $10.00, 38pp, ph, nv, cover by Alan M. Clark)     Associational detective short story in chapbook form. Introduction by Ed Gorman. Illustrated by Alan M. Clark. This is a signed, limited edition of 250.

Gandalph Cohen and the Land at the End of the Working Day by Peter Crowther (Subterranean Press, August 1999, 978-1-892284-47-1, $12.00, 32pp, ph, nv, cover by Raymond Woodward)     Signed edition limited to 250 copies. Details taken from online listing.

Jewels in the Dust by Peter Crowther (Subterranean Press, September 2013, 978-1-59606-492-8, $45.00, 256pp, hc, co, cover by Edward Miller)     Collection of 13 stories, with notes on each by the author. Limited to 750 signed, numbered, copies. 11 · The Bachelor · Peter Crowther · ss Phantoms of the Night ed. Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996 21 · The Fairy Trap · Peter Crowther · ss Fantasy Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson Children's Books, 1996 29 · Old Delicious Burdens · Peter Crowther · ss A Dangerous Magic ed. Denise Little & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1999 41 · Dei Gratia · Peter Crowther & Simon Conway · ss The Conspiracy Files ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Scott H. Urban, DAW, 1998 59 · Boxing Day · Peter Crowther · ss Cat Crimes for the Holidays ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine, 1997 71 · The Musician of Breman, GA · Peter Crowther · ss Once Upon a Crime ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley Prime Crime, 1998 85 · Circling the Drain · Peter Crowther & Tracy Albert Knight · ss Taps and Sighs ed. Peter Crowther, Subterranean Press, 2000 99 · Things I Didn’t Know My Father Knew · Peter Crowther · nv Past Imperfect ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, DAW, 2001 119 · Breathing in Faces · Peter Crowther · nv J.K. Potter’s Embrace the Mutation ed. William Schafer & Bill Sheehan, Subterranean Press, 2002 161 · Jewels in the Dust · Peter Crowther · ss Terror Tales of the Lake District ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2011 revised from the story of the same name in Haunted Holidays, Greenberg/Davis, DAW, 2004. 175 · Tomorrow Eyes · Peter Crowther · nv The Fortune Teller ed. Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1997 191 · The Doorway in Stephensons Store · Peter Crowther · na Gateways ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2005 217 · Thoughtful Breaths · Peter Crowther · na Subterranean #1, 2005 245 · Story Notes · Peter Crowther · ms

Lonesome Roads by Peter Crowther (RazorBlade Press, August 1999, 0-9531468-1-2, £5.99, viii+145pp, tp, co, cover by Chris Nurse)     Collection of three horror novellas, one original. v · Introduction · Graham Joyce · in 2 · Forest Plains · Peter Crowther · na Hypatia Press, 1996 36 · Standby · Peter Crowther · na 92 · The Space Between the Lines · Peter Crowther · nv Imagination Fully Dilated ed. Alan M. Clark & Elizabeth Engstrom, Cemetery Dance, 1998

The Longest Single Note and Other Strange Compositions by Peter Crowther (CD Publications, July 1999, 1-881475-56-5, $40.00, 379pp, hc, co, cover by Alan M. Clarke)     Collection of 22 stories, four original, plus three poems, and an extract from a novel in progress, with notes on the stories by the author. Introduction by Michael Marshall Smith. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition of 26 was announced but not seen. 11 · Introduction · Michael Marshall Smith · in 15 · Where the Heart Is · Peter Crowther · pm 17 · All We Know of Heaven · Peter Crowther · ss Excalibur ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Warner Aspect, 1995 31 · Cleaning Up · Peter Crowther · ss Darklands 2 ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1992 39 · Gallagher’s Arm · Peter Crowther · nv 65 · Stains on the Ether · Peter Crowther · ss Splendour Falls ed. Erin E. Kelly, White Wolf, 1995 81 · In Country · Peter Crowther · ss Deathport ed. Ramsey Campbell, Pocket, 1993 95 · The Visitor · Peter Crowther · ss Dark Voices 4 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1992 109 · Head Acres · Peter Crowther · ss Interzone #72, June 1993 123 · Home Comforts · Peter Crowther · ss Vampire Detectives ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995 133 · Rustle · Peter Crowther · ss Cemetery Dance #17/18, Fall 1993 151 · Cankerman · Peter Crowther · ss Phobias ed. Wendy Webb, Richard Gilliam, Edward Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Pocket, 1994 161 · Dumb Animals · Peter Crowther · ss Danger in D.C. ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1993 173 · Other Trains · Peter Crowther · pm The Third Alternative #1, 1994 175 · The Longest Single Note · Peter Crowther · ss Grails: Visitations of the Night ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Roc, 1994 185 · Fallen Angel · Peter Crowther · ss Frankenstein: The Monster Wakes ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1993 199 · Incident on Bleeker Street · Peter Crowther · ss The Third Alternative #2, Spring 1994 205 · Morning Terrors · Peter Crowther · ss Borderlands 4 ed. Elizabeth & Thomas Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1994 217 · Shatsi · Peter Crowther · ss 229 · Too Short a Death · Peter Crowther · nv Celebrity Vampires ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995 253 · Bindlestiff · Peter Crowther · ss Werewolves ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995 271 · A Breeze from a Distant Shore · Peter Crowther · ss Adventures in the Twilight Zone ed. Carol Serling & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995 285 · For Those Who Wait · Peter Crowther · ss Dark Iowa, Bright Iowa ed. James P. Roberts, White Hawk Press, 1994 299 · Eater · Peter Crowther · nv Cemetery Dance #22, Winter 1995 321 · Mister Mellor Comes to Wayside · Peter Crowther · ss 329 · Forest Plains · Peter Crowther · na Hypatia Press, 1996 357 · Beyond the Window · Peter Crowther · pm The Third Alternative #5, Winter 1994/1995 361 · Story Notes · Peter Crowther · ms

Songs of Leaving by Peter Crowther (Subterranean Press, September 2004, 1-931081-85-9, $40.00, 239pp, hc, co, cover by Edward Miller)     Collection of 12 stories, with story notes by Crowther. Introduction by Adam Roberts. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition of 26 ($150.00) is also available. 7 · Peter Crowther: Tales of Wonder · Adam Roberts · in 13 · Some Burial Place, Vast and Dry · Peter Crowther · ss The UFO Files ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1998 25 · The Killing of Davis-Davis · Peter Crowther · nv Free Space ed. Edward E. Kramer & Brad Linaweaver, Tor, 1997 45 · The Invasion · Peter Crowther · nv The Ultimate Alien ed. Byron Preiss, John Betancourt & Keith R. A. DeCandido, DTP, 1995 67 · Palindromic · Peter Crowther · nv First Contact ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, DAW, 1997 87 · Surface Tension · Peter Crowther · ss Monster Brigade 3000 ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Charles Waugh, Ace, 1996 99 · Heroes and Villains · Peter Crowther · nv Villains Victorious ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2001 123 · A Worse Place than Hell · Peter Crowther · nv White House Horrors ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996 139 · Halfway House · Peter Crowther · ss Pawn of Chaos ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996 153 · Elmer · Peter Crowther · nv Alien Pets ed. Denise Little, DAW, 1998 175 · Setting Free the Daughters of Earth · Peter Crowther · nv Future Crimes ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 1999 197 · Late Night Pick-Up · Peter Crowther · nv Alien Abductions ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 1999 213 · Songs of Leaving · Peter Crowther · ss Mardi Gras Madness ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis, Cumberland House, 2000 229 · Story Notes · Peter Crowther · ms

Songs of Leaving by Peter Crowther (Drugstore Indian Press, September 2014, 978-1-84863-800-6, £11.99, xiv+287pp, tp, co, cover by Chris Moore)     Reprint (Subterranean Press 2004) horror collection. Details taken from online listing.

The Spaces Between the Lines by Peter Crowther (Subterranean Press, March 2007, 978-1-59606-079-1, $40.00, 323pp, hc, co, cover by J. K. Potter)     Collection of 12 stories, with an afterword by the author discussing the inspiration for each. Introduction by Jack Dann. This is a signed, limited edition of 750 numbered copies. 11 · Peter Crowther: Writing Between the Lines · Jack Dann · in 17 · Standby · Peter Crowther · na Lonesome Roads by Peter Crowther, RazorBlade Press, 1999 65 · We’re All Bozos on This Bus · Peter Crowther · ss The Darker Side: Generations of Horror ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2002 81 · Days of the Wheel · Peter Crowther · nv Strange Attraction ed. Edward E. Kramer, ShadowLands Press, 2000 89 · Even Beggars Would Ride · Peter Crowther & James Lovegrove · nv The Third Alternative #13, 1997 115 · The Last Vampire · Peter Crowther · nv The Mammoth Book of Dracula ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1997 143 · Bedfordshire · Peter Crowther · nv Gathering the Bones ed. Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell & Jack Dann, Tor, 2003 169 · Conundrums to Guess · Peter Crowther · nv Fantastic Alice ed. Margaret Weis & Martin H. Greenberg, Ace, 1995 197 · Three Plays a Quarter · Peter Crowther · ss Terminal Frights ed. Kenneth E. Abner, Jr., Terminal Fright, 1997 213 · Sitting Pretty · Peter Crowther & Simon Conway · nv Mean Time ed. Jerry Sykes, Bloodlines, 1998 237 · The Main Event · Peter Crowther · ss Murder Most Delicious ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1995 245 · Dark Times · Peter Crowther · ss Subterranean Gallery ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press, 1999 263 · The Space Between the Lines · Peter Crowther · nv Imagination Fully Dilated ed. Alan M. Clark & Elizabeth Engstrom, Cemetery Dance, 1998 309 · Playing Deity · Peter Crowther · aw

Blue Motel ed. Peter Crowther (Little, Brown UK, December 8, 1994, 0-316-91180-1, £16.99, 369pp, hc, oa, cover by J. K. Potter)     Original anthology of horror, fantasy, SF and crime stories, all on the theme of superstition. Subtitled “Narrow Houses: Volume Three”. ix · Foreword · Peter Crowther · fw xi · Introduction · Dennis Etchison · in 1 · House of Omens · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm 3 · Blue Motel · Ian McDonald · nv 36 · The Pond · Bentley Little · ss 51 · The Dream of Antigone · Brian W. Aldiss · ss 70 · Susannah and the Snowbears · Kathleen Ann Goonan · nv 100 · The Burn · Conrad Williams · ss 109 · Quarry’s Luck [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · nv 133 · The Curse [Dick Tracy] · Ed Gorman · ss Dick Tracy: The Secret Files ed. Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, 1990 156 · Candle Magic · Storm Constantine · ss 169 · Rosemary for Remembrance · James Lovegrove · nv 195 · Betrayals [Ekumen; Werel & Yeowe] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv 230 · The Reiver’s Lament · Jonathan Aycliffe · ss 245 · Isaac My Son · Carl West & Katherine MacLean · ss 250 · The White Pirate · Michael Moorcock · nv 287 · The Legend of Pope Joan · David V. Barrett · ss 303 · Grandma Babka’s Christmas Ginger and the Good Luck/Bad Luck Leshy · Ken Wisman · ss Midnight Zoo v1 #6, 1991 314 · All in the Telling · Jeremy Dyson · ss 323 · Green · Mark Morris · na