The FictionMags Index

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The Ruthless Breed by D. B. Newton--- see under Clement Hardin.

Sheriff of Sentinel by D. B. Newton--- see under Clement Hardin.

Stage Line to Rincon by D. B. Newton--- see under Clement Hardin.

Dark Demons: Tales of Obsession, Possession and Unnatural Desire by Kurt Newton (Delirium Books, March 2002, 1-929653-27-1, $15.95, 273pp, tp, oc, cover by Duncan Long)     Original collection of 16 horror stories, seven reprints. Introduction by Michael Arnzen. Illustrated by Duncan Long. A signed, limited hardcover edition of 150 (-26-3, $45.00) was announced but not seen. 7 · Choking to Death: Musings on Kurt Newton’s Dark Demons · Michael A. Arnzen · in 14 · Something Profound · Kurt Newton · ss 26 · Waves · Kurt Newton · ss 45 · Angels of Mercy, Angels of Grief · Kurt Newton · ss 58 · Work of Art · Kurt Newton · ss Night Terrors #1, June 1996 69 · In the Name of Love · Kurt Newton · nv 90 · The Afghan · Kurt Newton · nv a condensed version was published in Enigmatic Tales #10, Autumn 2000. 129 · The Face · Kurt Newton · ss 133 · Do They Bury Their Dead? · Kurt Newton · ss 148 · The Pit · Kurt Newton · ss Poddities ed. Suzanne Donahue, Day Off Publications, 2000 160 · Butter Red and Diamond Eyes · Kurt Newton · ss Delirium #4, 2001 174 · The Mothering Hole · Kurt Newton · ss 184 · The Banana Man · Kurt Newton · ss The Blue Lady 1996 198 · Puppies for Sale · Kurt Newton · ss Rictus 1995 209 · The Mole Trap · Kurt Newton · ss Crime Spree ed. Sandy DeLuca & Trey R. Barker, December Girl Press, 2001 226 · Secrets… Like Bones in Slippery Dirt · Kurt Newton · ss Mindmares #8, Fall 1999 237 · The Bleeding of Mary Cross · Kurt Newton · nv 275 · Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The House Spider and Other Strange Visitors by Kurt Newton (Delirium Books, August 1999, 1-929653-00-X, $25.00, 93pp, hc, co, cover by Roddy Williams)     Limited to 50 numbered copies, signed by Newton & Jacob. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Charlee Jacob · in · The House Spider · Kurt Newton · vi Pirate Writings #6, Spring 1995 · Voices in the Dead of Morning · Kurt Newton · ss · Chasing the White Limousine · Kurt Newton · ss Freezer Burn Magazine #3, Winter 1996 · In Praise of Nicholas · Kurt Newton · ss · The Hornet Priest · Kurt Newton · ss Random Realities #4, Fall 1993 · The Birthday Ritual · Kurt Newton · ss Not One of Us #13, February 1995 · The Burning Man · Kurt Newton · ss Not One of Us #14, September 1995 · Outside the Leprosarium · Kurt Newton · ss · Psalm · Kurt Newton · ss · God’s Room · Kurt Newton · ss · Author’s Notes · Kurt Newton · ms

The Best American Short Stories 2025 ed. Celeste Ng & Nicole A. Lamy (Mariner Books, October 21, 2025, 978-0-06-339980-8, $18.99, xxi+355pp, tp, an)     A hardcover edition (-339984-6, $30.00) was announced but not seen. Details taken from Table of Contents. ix · Foreword · Nicole A. Lamy · fw xiii · Introduction · Celeste Ng · in 1 · Dominion · Lauren Acampora · ss New England Review v45 #2, 2024 18 · Take Me to Kirkland · Sarah Anderson · ss Joyland August 28 2024 31 · What Would I Do for You, What Would You Do for Me? · Emma Binder · ss Michigan Quarterly Review v63 #1, Winter 2024 47 · Abject Naturalism · Sarah Braunstein · ss The New Yorker July 29 2024 72 · Unfathomably Deep · Sophie Madeline Dess · ss The Drift #12, March 12 2024 83 · Maritza and Carmen · Lyn Di Iorio · ss Georgia Review Fall 2024 106 · Gray, Cotton, White Lace Edges · Isabelle Fang · ss McSweeney’s #75, 2024 125 · Time of the Preacher · Bret Anthony Johnston · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review v100 #2, Summer 2024 140 · Underwater · Hannah Kingsley-Ma · ss The Drift #13, July 19 2024 157 · Drapetomania · William Lohier · ss One Story #315, July 18 2024 172 · The Clean-Out · Yasmin Adele Majeed · ss Narrative Magazine November 25 2024 188 · Seven Stories About Tammy · Elizabeth McCracken · nv Zoetrope: All-Story v28 #1, Spring 2024 220 · Till It and Keep It · Carrie R. Moore · nv The Sewanee Review v132 #2, Spring 2024 250 · Angelo · Andrew Porter · ss Ploughshares Spring 2024 269 · Yellow Tulips · Nathan Curtis Roberts · ss Harvard Review #61, September 2024 279 · Third Room · Julian Robles · ss The Drift #12, March 12 2024 293 · The Masterclass · William Pei Shih · ss Los Angeles Review September 13 2024 305 · What About This · Justin Taylor · ss Harvard Review #62, December 2024 313 · Aishwarya Rai · Sanjana Thakur · ss Granta (online) May 28 2024 324 · An Early Departure · Jessica Treadway · ss Five Points v23 #2, Fall 2024 335 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 349 · Other Distinguished Stories of 2024 · [uncredited] · bi 353 · American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · bi

Hong Kong Noir ed. Jason Y. Ng & Susan Blumberg-Kason (Akashic Books, December 4, 2018, 978-1-61775-672-6, $15.95, 246pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir] 13 · Behind the Neon Lights · Jason Y. Ng & Susan Blumberg-Kason · in 19 · Part I: Hungry Ghosts & Troubled Spirits 21 · Ghost of Yulan Past · Jason Y. Ng · ss; set in Tin Hau. 35 · TST · Xu Xi · ss; set in Tsim Sha Tsui. 44 · This Quintessence of Dust · Marshall More · ss; set in Cheung Chau. 68 · The Kamikaze Caves · Brittani Sonnenberg · ss; set in Lamma Island. 77 · Part II: Obedience & Respect 79 · You Deserve More · Tiffany Hawk · ss; set in Lan Kwai Fong. 100 · Phoenix Moon · James Tam · ss; set in Mong Kok. 117 · One Marriage, Two People · Rhiannon Jenkins Tsang · ss; set in Ma On Shan. 133 · Part III: Family Matters 135 · Ticket Home · Charles Philipp Martin · ss; set in Yau Ma Tei. 151 · A View to Die For · Christina Liang · ss; set in Repulse Bay. 169 · Expensive Tissue Paper · Feng Chi-shun · ss; set in Diamond Hill. 185 · Part IV: Death & Thereafter 187 · Blood on the Steps · Shannon Young · ss; set in The Pottinger Steps. 200 · Kam Tin Red · Shen Jian · ss; set in Kam Tin. 213 · Fourteen · Carmen Suen · ss; set in Wah Fu. 230 · Big Hotel · Ysabelle Cheung · ss; set in North Point. 244 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Out of the Past: The Indiana Ghost Stories of Anna Nicholas by Anna Nicholas (Ghost Story Society, December 1991, no ISBN, 30pp, ph, co)     Collection of three ghost stories, edited and introduced by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. 2 · Local Color Ghosts · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · in 5 · Out of the Past · Anna Nicholas · ss The Making of Thomas Barton by Anna Nicholas, 1915 12 · An Occult Experience · Anna Nicholas · ss The Idyll of the Wabash by Anna Nicholas, 1898 25 · Was It All a Dream? · Anna Nicholas · ss The Making of Thomas Barton by Anna Nicholas, 1915

A Meeting Over Tuscarora and Other Adventure Tales by M. & N. Nicholas--- see under I. Efremov.

A Meeting Over Tuscarora and Other Adventure Tales by N. & M. Nicholas--- see under I. Efremov.

Events/Heatwave by Anne & Stan Nicholls--- see under Stan Nicholls.

Genre Fiction: The Roaring Years: A Collection of Commentaries and Reviews by Peter Nicholls (Ansible Editions, August 2022, 978-1-4716-1610-5, £18.00, 415pp, tp, co) [edited by David Langford]     60 witty and insightful pieces by Peter Nicholls, including a long, previously unpublished speech and the new introduction he wrote in 2012. Details taken from publisher website. 8 · The Starlight Roaring · John Clute · fw 11 · Introduction · Peter Nicholls · in 14 · Solaris · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #1, March 1972 [Ref. Stanislaw Lem] 20 · Tau Zero · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #2, June 1972 [Ref. Poul Anderson] 28 · Science Fiction and the Mainstream: Part 1: The Demolition of Pigeon-Holes · Peter Nicholls · ar Foundation #3, March 1973 39 · Silent Running · Peter Nicholls · mr Foundation #3, March 1973 44 · Stonehenge · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #3, March 1973 [Ref. Harry Harrison & Leon Stover] 47 · Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? and Other Stories · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #3, March 1973 [Ref. Robert Sheckley] 50 · Report on Eurocon 1 · Peter Nicholls · ar Foundation #3, March 1973 54 · SF: The Other Side of Realism · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #4, July 1973 [Ref. Thomas D. Clareson] 67 · An ABC of British Science Fiction—Apocalypse, Bleakness, Catastrophe · Peter Nicholls · si Beyond This Horizon ed. Christopher Carrell, Ceolfrith Press, 1973 80 · Tolkien: Anatomy of a Romance · Peter Nicholls · ar Vector #67/68, Summer 1974 [Ref. J. R. R. Tolkien] 85 · Science Fiction and the Mainstream: Part 2: The Great Tradition of Proto Science Fiction · Peter Nicholls · ar Foundation #5, January 1974 112 · The Farthest Shore · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #5, January 1974 [Ref. Ursula Le Guin] 119 · The Astounding-Analog Reader · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #6, May 1974 [Ref. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss] 125 · Inverted World · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #7/8, March 1975 [Ref. Christopher Priest] 128 · Time Enough for Love · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #7/8, March 1975 [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein] 134 · The Great Seacon Freakout · Peter Nicholls · ar Wrinkled Shrew #4, August 1975 148 · The Death of James Blish · Peter Nicholls · ob Foundation #9, November 1975 [Ref. James Blish] 150 · Jerry Cornelius at the Atrocity Exhibition: Anarchy and Entropy in “New Worlds” Science Fiction 1964-1974 · Peter Nicholls · ar Foundation #9, November 1975 [Ref. Michael Moorcock] lecture at the Easter 1975 Science Fiction Convention in Coventry. 168 · Science Fiction: The Monsters and the Critics · Peter Nicholls · ar Science Fiction at Large ed. Peter Nicholls, Gollancz, 1976 184 · Hop Aboard Kids, We’re Going to 1984: Seven Children’s Books · Peter Nicholls · gp (r) _ · Wild Jack · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. John Christopher] _ · The Grey King · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. Susan Cooper] _ · The Far Side of Evil · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. Sylvia Engdahl] _ · Rebecca’s World · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. Terry Nation] _ · F. 67 · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. Fay Sampson] _ · Noah’s Castle · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. John Rowe Townsend] _ · No Man’s Land · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. Simon Watson] 189 · Illustration, Art, or Cosmic Kitsch? Six SF Art Books · Peter Nicholls · gp (r) _ · Science Fiction Art · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. Brian Aldiss] _ · Fantastic Science-Fiction Art · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. Lester del Rey] _ · The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. Frank Frazetta] _ · One Hundred Years of Science Fiction Illustration · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. Anthony Frewin] _ · The Science Fiction Book · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. Franz Rottensteiner] _ · 2,000 A.D. · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #10, June 1976 [Ref. Jacques Sadoul] 196 · 1975: The Year in Science Fiction, or Let’s Hear It for the Decline and Fall of the Science Fiction Empire! · Peter Nicholls · ar Nebula Award Stories 11 ed. Ursula K. Le Guin, Gollancz, 1976 202 · Publishers’ Pantheons · Peter Nicholls · ar Foundation #11/12, March 1977 208 · Consumers’ Guide to Recent Writing on SF · Peter Nicholls · gp (r) _ · SF Booklog · Peter Nicholls · lr Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. Keith Justice & Carl Bennett] _ · The Science Fiction Review Monthly · Peter Nicholls · lr Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. Martin Last & Baird Searles] _ · Delap’s F&SF Review · Peter Nicholls · lr Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. Richard Delap] _ · HAL in the Classroom · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. Ralph J. Amelio] _ · Science Fiction Movies · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. Philip Strick] _ · The Ray Bradbury Companion · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. William F. Nolan & Ray Bradbury] _ · Science Fiction Book Review Index, 1923—1973 · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. H. W. Hall] _ · The Science-Fiction Collector #1 · Peter Nicholls · lr Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. J. Grant Thiessen] _ · Anatomy of Wonder · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. Neil Barron] _ · Exploring Cordwainer Smith · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. John Bangsund & Cordwainer Smith] _ · Philip K. Dick & The Umbrella of Light · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. Angus Taylor & Philip K. Dick] _ · J.G. Ballard: The First Twenty Years · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. James Goddard, David Pringle & J. G. Ballard] _ · A Multitude of Visions · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. Cy Chauvin] _ · Science Fiction as Futurology · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. Richard L. McKinney] _ · The Happening Worlds of John Brunner · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. Joe de Bolt & John Brunner] _ · A Pictorial History of Science Fiction · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. David Kyle] _ · Alternate Worlds · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #11/12, March 1977 [Ref. James Gunn] 225 · The Dosadi Experiment · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #15, January 1979 [Ref. Frank Herbert] 228 · Camp Concentration · Peter Nicholls · br Survey of Science Fiction Literature, Vol. 1 ed. Frank N. Magill, Salem Press, 1979 [Ref. Thomas M. Disch] 232 · The Fifth Head of Cerberus · Peter Nicholls · br Survey of Science Fiction Literature, Vol. 2 ed. Frank N. Magill, Salem Press, 1979 [Ref. Gene Wolfe] 237 · The Regency Buck Stops Here: A Seacon Report · Peter Nicholls · ar Drilkjis #5, March 1980 245 · Golem100 · Peter Nicholls · br The Washington Post Book World May 25 1980 [Ref. Alfred Bester] 248 · To Your Scattered Bodies Go · Peter Nicholls · in Gregg Press, July 1980 [Ref. Philip José Farmer] 256 · Philip K. Dick: A Cowardly Memoir · Peter Nicholls · ar Foundation #26, October 1982 [Ref. Philip K. Dick] delivered as a speech at “The Strange Pilgrimage: A Commemoration for Philip K. Dick”, June 9th, 1982. 263 · Interzone: The First Eight Issues · Peter Nicholls · ar The Times Literary Supplement July 6 1984 265 · David Cronenberg · Peter Nicholls · ar Fantastic Cinema by Peter Nicholls, Ebury Press, 1984 [Ref. David Cronenberg] 270 · Sarban · Peter Nicholls · ar Supernatural Fiction Writers ed. E. F. Bleiler, Scribner's, 1985 [Ref. Sarban] 278 · E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet · Peter Nicholls · br The Washington Post Book World March 10 1985 [Ref. William Kotzwinkle] 280 · Skeleton Crew · Peter Nicholls · br The Washington Post Book World June 16 1985 [Ref. Stephen King] 282 · Three Books on Fantastic Films · Peter Nicholls · gp (r) _ · Omni’s Screen Flights/Screen Fantasies: The Future According to Science Fiction Cinema · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #34, Autumn 1985 [Ref. Danny Peary] _ · The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Volume 2: Science Fiction · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #34, Autumn 1985 [Ref. Phil Hardy] _ · Nightmare Movies: Wide Screen Horror Since 1968 · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #34, Autumn 1985 [Ref. Kim Newman] 291 · Contact · Peter Nicholls · br The Washington Post Book World October 13 1985 [Ref. Carl Sagan] 293 · Too Old at 20 · Peter Nicholls · ar The Guardian September 4 1986 296 · Philippa Pearce · Peter Nicholls · ar The Washington Post Book World January 11 1987 [Ref. Philippa Pearce] 298 · Doors and Breakthroughs · Peter Nicholls · ar Frontier Crossings ed. Robert Jackson, Conspiracy '87, 1987 302 · Innocents Abroad · Peter Nicholls · ar Conspiracy Theories ed. Chris Evans, Chris Evans, 1987 311 · Bluebeard · Peter Nicholls · br Australian Science Fiction Review March 1989 [Ref. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.] 313 · The Urth of the New Sun · Peter Nicholls · br Foundation #41, Winter 1987 [Ref. Gene Wolfe] 319 · Ghost Story · Peter Nicholls · ar Horror: 100 Best Books ed. Stephen Jones & Kim Newman, Xanadu, 1988 [Ref. Peter Straub] 321 · The Man in the High Castle: Two Biographies of Philip K. Dick · Peter Nicholls · rv The Washington Post Book World December 31 1989 324 · Salvage Rites and The Fire Worm · Peter Nicholls · br Australian Science Fiction Review June 1989 [Ref. Ian Watson] 328 · The 1990 World Science Fiction Convention · Peter Nicholls · ar Sunday Herald September 16 1990 331 · Foundation Garments, or The Administrator’s New Clothes: An Unreliable Memoir · Peter Nicholls · ar Foundation #50, Autumn 1990 346 · Interview with Diana Wynne Jones · Peter Nicholls · iv The Age September 1992 [Ref. Diana Wynne Jones] 348 · Will the Real Dan Simmons Please Stand Up? · Peter Nicholls · ar Necrofile Fall 1992 [Ref. Dan Simmons] 353 · Conceptual Breakthrough · Peter Nicholls · ar Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ed. John Clute & Peter Nicholls, Orbit, 1993 359 · The Academy and Science Fiction: Symbiosis or Parasitism · Peter Nicholls · ar presented as a speech in 1995. 366 · The Books We Really Read · Peter Nicholls · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #91, March 1996 373 · Trapped in the Pattern: Science Fiction vs Fantasy, Open Universes vs Closed Universes, Free Will vs Predestination · Peter Nicholls · ar The Fantastic Self ed. Janeen Webb & Andrew Enstice, Eidolon Publications, 1999 379 · Greg Benford · Peter Nicholls · ar Aussiecon III Souvenir Book ed. Marc Ortlieb, Australian Science Fiction Foundation, 1999 [Ref. Greg Benford] 384 · In Dante’s Dark Wood, A Piggy-wig Stood · Peter Nicholls · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #144, August 2000 394 · Earth Is but a Star · Peter Nicholls · br The Sydney Morning Herald August 18 2001 [Ref. Damien Broderick] 396 · Big Dumb Objects and Cosmic Enigmas: The Love Affair between Space Fiction and the Transcendental · Peter Nicholls · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #256, December 2009 407 · Original Appearances · David Langford · bi 410 · Editor’s Note · David Langford · bi 412 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

The Science in Science Fiction by Peter Nicholls, Brian M. Stableford & David Langford (Michael Joseph, November 1982, 0-7181-2187-2, £10.95, 208pp, hc, nf, cover by Chris Foss)

Events/Heatwave by Stan & Anne Nicholls (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 2015, £8.00, 50pp, ph, oc, cover by David A. Hardy) [Novacon Booklets]     Original collection to coincide with the Nicholls’s Guest of Honour appearances at Novacon 45. Details taken from online listing. · Events · Stan Nicholls · ss · Heatwave · Anne Nicholls · nv

Orcs: Tales of Maras-Dantia by Stan Nicholls (NewCon Press, December 1, 2015, 978-1-910935-04-0, £12.99, 208pp, tp, co, cover by Fangorn) [Orcs]     Also available in a hardback edition (-03-3, £22.95), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies. Details supplied by Stan Nicholls. · Introduction · Stan Nicholls · in 7 · Introduction · Stan Nicholls · in 13 · The Taking [Orcs] · Stan Nicholls · ss Swords Against the Millennium ed. Mike Chinn, Alchemy Press/Saladoth Productions, 2000 37 · Fit for Purpose [Orcs] · Stan Nicholls · na 113 · Paid in Blood [Orcs] · Stan Nicholls · nv 153 · A Night on the Tiles [Orcs] · Stan Nicholls · nv 183 · Bonus #1: Weapons of Magical Destruction (Alternate Opening) [Orcs] · Stan Nicholls · ss 195 · Bonus #2: David Gemmell Interviews Stan Nicholls · David Gemmell · iv [Ref. Stan Nicholls] 203 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg

Shake Me to Wake Me: The Best of Stan Nicholls by Stan Nicholls (NewCon Press, November 30, 2013, 978-1-907069-52-9, £11.99, 224pp, tp, co, cover by Ben Baldwin)     Also available in a hardback edition (-53-6, £22.99), limited to 125 numbered, signed, copies. Details supplied by Stan Nicholls. 11 · Sleeping with the Writer · Stan Nicholls · in 15 · Softies · Stan Nicholls · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 39 · Picking up the Tab · Stan Nicholls · nv 13 Again ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1995 67 · SPOIL · Stan Nicholls · nv Touch Wood ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1993 89 · Throwing a Wobbly · Stan Nicholls · nv infinity plus August 1998 113 · We Are for the Dark · Stan Nicholls · ss Shakespearean Detectives ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 1998 133 · Three Whimsies · Stan Nicholls · gp (r) _133 · Alternate Reality 1: Falling in Love · Stan Nicholls · ss Fantasycon XXIV Programme Booklet, Fantasycon XXIV, 2000 _137 · Alternate Reality 2: If You Can’t Do It with the Lights on You Shouldn’t Be Doing It at All · Stan Nicholls · ss Fantasycon XXIV Programme Booklet, Fantasycon XXIV, 2000 _142 · Alternate Reality 3: Good Brown, Charlie Grief · Stan Nicholls · ss Fantasycon XXIV Programme Booklet, Fantasycon XXIV, 2000 149 · Polly Put the Mockers On · Stan Nicholls · nv The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001 171 · Juice · Stan Nicholls · nv Vivisepulture ed. Andy Remic & Wayne Simmons, Anarchy Books, 2011 197 · The Gripes of Wrath · Stan Nicholls · ss 219 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg

Wordsmiths of Wonder: Fifty Interviews with Writers of the Fantastic by Stan Nicholls (Orbit, October 28, 1993, 1-85723-148-1, £8.99, 461pp, tp, co, cover by Trevor Scobie)     Collection of fifty interviews with leading sf, fantasy and horror authors from magazines such as Fear and Interzone, most revised for this edition. ix · Foreword · Stan Nicholls · fw 3 · Just Wants Everyone to Play Nicely Together · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #68, February 1993, as “Playing Nicely Together” [Ref. Frederik Pohl] 12 · Buries His Heart on Far Andromeda · Stan Nicholls · iv Fear #25, January 1991, as “Aldiss Unbound” [Ref. Brian Aldiss] 25 · Is a Dreaming Boy · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #63, September 1992, as “Dreaming Boy” [Ref. Robert Sheckley] 33 · Won’t Cop the Rap · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #41, November 1990, as “David Brin” [Ref. David Brin] 43 · Clears Out the Dead Wood · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #31, September/October 1989, as “C.J. Cherryh” [Ref. C. J. Cherryh] 55 · Catches the Rapture · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Harry Harrison] 61 · Turns off the TV · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #53, November 1991, as “The Leading American SF Editor” [Ref. Gardner Dozois] 71 · Brings Back Plenty · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #63, September 1992, as “Plenty of Space” [Ref. Colin Greenland] 80 · Frees Something Up · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #44, February 1991, as “Joe Haldeman” [Ref. Joe Haldeman] 92 · Has Strange Notions · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #62, August 1992, as “Strange Notions” [Ref. Michael Swanwick] 99 · Plays with His Cerebral Cortex · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #45, March 1991, as “Robert Holdstock” [Ref. Robert Holdstock] 111 · Could Dignify It All · Stan Nicholls · iv Fear #23, November 1990, as “Fantastic Anarchy” [Ref. Michael Moorcock] 125 · Celebrates the Eye · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #43, January 1991, as “Ray Bradbury” [Ref. Ray Bradbury] 137 · Makes up Good Tunes · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Iain M. Banks] 143 · Chews on the Raccoon · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #59, May 1992, as “Chewing the Raccoon” [Ref. Dan Simmons] 155 · Thinks It Would Be Nice to Have a Proper Job · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #29, May/June 1989, as “Lisa Tuttle” [Ref. Lisa Tuttle] 164 · Cottons On · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Brian Stableford] 169 · Will Never Say Never Again, Probably · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #66, December 1992, as “Zen and the Art of Never Saying Never Again” [Ref. Douglas Adams] 182 · Rides the Rodeo · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Howard Waldrop] 192 · Lay out a Mental Playground · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #39, September 1990, as “Larry Niven & Steven Barnes” [Ref. Larry Niven & Steven Barnes] 202 · Keeps Coming Back · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #52, October 1991, as ““I Keep Coming Back!”” [Ref. Robert Silverberg] 211 · Exposes the Dark Underside · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Greg Bear] 218 · Says Mars Is Making Eyes at Him · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #70, April 1993, as “Green Light for Red Planet Blues” [Ref. Kim Stanley Robinson] 227 · Is Still Waiting for the Earth to Move · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #58, April 1992, as “Ripping Yarns” [Ref. Storm Constantine] 237 · Has an Outrageous Idea · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #48, June 1991, as “David Wingrove” [Ref. David Wingrove] 248 · Says SF Is Dead · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. J. G. Ballard] 259 · Writes for Love, Sells for Money · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #60, June 1992, as “The Donaldson Chronicles” [Ref. Stephen Donaldson] 268 · Has Something Nasty in the Closet · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #71, May 1993, as “The Same Place You Get Your Dreams” [Ref. Katharine Kerr] 276 · Waits Two Beats then Hits the Punchline · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #60, June 1992, as “Hitting the Punchline” [Ref. Robert Asprin] 285 · Opens Pandora’s Box · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #71, May 1993, as “Opening Pandora’s Box” [Ref. Louise Cooper] 295 · Invents Her Own Religion · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #76, October 1993, as “Writing and Ritual” [Ref. Diana Paxson] 303 · Majors in Myth · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #60, June 1992, as “The Nature of the Beast” [Ref. Terry Brooks] 311 · Proves Two Into One Will Go · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #74, August 1993, as “Adding the Flesh and Blood” [Ref. Jonathan Wylie] 321 · Realises the “P” Word · Stan Nicholls · iv Interzone #49, July 1991, as “Tad Williams” [Ref. Tad Williams] 332 · Is on the Greatest High in the World · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Dwina Murphy-Gibb] 340 · Leaves the Furniture Alone · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Terry Pratchett] 348 · Has an Art Deco Radio Box in Her Head · Stan Nicholls · iv Fear #10, October 1989, as “Letting Go of the Here and Now” [Ref. Tanith Lee] 356 · Likes to Say She’s Just the Typist · Stan Nicholls · iv Million: The Magazine About Popular Fiction #14, March/June 1993, as “Druids and Starships” [Ref. Patricia Kennealy] 364 · Won’t Get Out of This Life Alive · Stan Nicholls · iv Fear #3, November/December 1988, as “Nobody Gets Out of This Life Alive” [Ref. David Gemmell] 379 · Pulls Away the Veils · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Clive Barker] 390 · Deals with the Incongruity · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Graham Masterton] 397 · Finds Dreaming on the Page Bloody Hard Work · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Ramsey Campbell] 404 · Writes by Moonlight · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Guy N. Smith] 410 · Is a Velcro Man · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Kim Newman] 417 · Peeps Into the Abyss · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Stephen Gallagher] 425 · Won’t Breathe Anything He Can’t See · Stan Nicholls · iv Fear #2, September/October 1988, as “I Don’t Breathe Anything I Can’t See” [Ref. Christopher Fowler] 432 · Pricks a Few Balloons · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. James Herbert] 438 · Makes a Pact with the Popcorn Eaters · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Peter Atkins] 447 · Prefers the Shadows · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Jonathan Aycliffe] 454 · Doesn’t Give a Toss · Stan Nicholls · iv [Ref. Shaun Hutson]

Uncanny Tales 1 ed. Stan Nicholls--- see under Dennis Wheatley.

Uncanny Tales 2 ed. Stan Nicholls--- see under Dennis Wheatley.

Uncanny Tales 3 ed. Stan Nicholls--- see under Dennis Wheatley.

Passages West: Nineteen Stories of Youth and Identity ed. Hugh Nichols & Mary Clearman Blew (Confluence Press, 1990, pb, an)     Contents not known.

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Best of Science Fiction Volume 2 ed. Ian Nichols (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, 2010, $10.00, 172pp, ebook, an) 1 · Editorial · Ian Nichols · ed 4 · In the Kaladashi Fashion · Geoffrey Maloney · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #35, 2008 14 · The Jackal’s Waltz · Douglas A. Van Belle · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #35, 2008 33 · Celadon Green · Loïc Henry · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #33, 2008 46 · Aspies and Auties and Long-leggedy Beasties · Alison Venugoban · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #26, 2006 51 · Son et Lumiere · Ian Nichols · vi Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #32, 2008 54 · Murder on the Zenith Express [Gordon Mamon] · Simon Petrie · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #29, 2007 65 · The Eradicator · Ben Cook · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #28, 2007 72 · The Case of the Overdressed Man · Mike Lewis · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #27, 2007 85 · Speedbumps on the Road to Recovery · Timothy Mulcahy · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #27, 2007 93 · Dying for Air · Sean Williams & Simon Brown · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #23, 2006 103 · The Last Cyberpunk · Will McIntosh · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #22, January/February 2006 115 · The Loneliest Place to Die · Colin Hains · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #19, June/July 2005 122 · A Melody of Brass · John Borneman · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #19, June/July 2005 135 · Many-Splendored · Jay Lake · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #19, June/July 2005 142 · Bourbon and Blood · Bryn Sparks · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #19, June/July 2005 147 · The Children’s Crusade · Susan Wardle · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #32, 2008 153 · The Answer · Michael Simon · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #26, 2006 164 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Emerging “New Woman”: American Women’s Short Stories, 1865-1917 ed. Kathleen L. Nichols & Charles G. Waugh (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2013, 978-1-935573-70-8, $18.95, xii+377pp, tp, an, cover: Vacation by J. C. Leyendecker from Collier’s August 17 1907) i · Introduction · Kathleen L. Nichols · in 1 · Slavery and Freedom: Race and Gender 3 · Down the River · Harriet Prescott Spofford · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1865, uncredited. 38 · Poor Chloe · Lydia Maria Child · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1866, uncredited. 57 · Rodman the Keeper · Constance Fenimore Woolson · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1877 83 · A Carnival Jangle · Alice Dunbar-Nelson · ss Violets and Other Tales by Alice Dunbar Nelson, The Monthly Review, 1895 86 · A Dash for Liberty · Pauline E. Hopkins · ss Colored American Magazine August 1901 94 · After Many Days · Fannie Barrier Williams · ss Colored American Magazine December 1902 109 · Self-Reliant Women: Work vs. Family 111 · A Woman’s Pulpit · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1870 130 · How I Went Out to Service · Louisa May Alcott · ss The Independent June 4 1874 143 · A Day with Dr. Sarah · Rebecca Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1878, uncredited. 155 · A Woman of To-Morrow · Ellen Glasgow · ss Short Stories August 1895 167 · Malinke’s Atonement · Mary Antin · nv The Atlantic Monthly September 1911 195 · Chains · Alice Cowdery · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1915 211 · The Marriage Question—and Divorce 213 · Tom’s Husband · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1882 225 · How Celia Changed Her Mind · Rose Terry Cooke · ss Huckleberries Gathered from New England Hills by Rose Terry Cooke, Houghton, Mifflin, 1891 243 · The Wagner Matinee · Willa Cather · ss Everybody’s Magazine March 1904 251 · Other Times, Other Manners (Autres Temps) · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine July 1911 (+1) 279 · Turned · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss The Forerunner September 1911 289 · The Story of One White Woman Who Married a Chinese · Sui Sin Far · ss Mrs. Spring Fragrance by Sui Sin Far, A. C. McClurg, 1912 301 · Communities of Women: Female Friendships 303 · A Poetess · Mary Wilkins Freeman · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine July 1890, as by Mary E. Wilkins 317 · Joint Owners in Spain · Alice Brown · ss The Atlantic Monthly January 1895 330 · Lilacs · Kate Chopin · ss New Orleans Times-Democrat December 20 1896 342 · The Trial Path · Zitkala-Ša · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine October 1901 347 · The Birth of the God of War · María Cristina Mena · ss The Century Magazine May 1914 354 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week March 5 1917 based on material from the play “Trifles”. 375 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Patchwork of Death by Peter Nichols (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, October 1965, 65-22464, $3.95, 191pp, hc, n., cover by Ben Feder)

Patchwork of Death by Peter Nichols (Robert Hale, June 1967, B67-12591, 15/-, 192pp, hc, n.)     Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1965) mystery novel.

Fantastica: Being the Smile of the Sphinx and Other Tales of Imagination by Robert Nichols (Chatto & Windus, 1923, 7/6d, 515pp, hc, co) 1 · Preface, Highly Explanatory for the Use Rather of Professionals Than Tyros · Robert Nichols · ar 41 · The Smile of the Sphinx · Robert Nichols · nv The London Mercury November 1919 89 · Sir Perseus and the Fair Andromeda · Robert Nichols · nv The English Review 175 · Golgotha & Co. · Robert Nichols · n. 494 · Epilogue · Robert Nichols · aw

Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology ed. Hope Nicholson (Bedside Press, September 15, 2016, 978-0-9939970-7-5, C$10.00, 120pp, tp, oa, cover by Jeffrey Veregge)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Letter from the Editor · Hope Nicholson · in 9 · Beyond the Grim Dust of What Was to a Radiant Possibility of What Could Be: Two-Spirit Survivance Stories · Grace L. Dillon · ar 12 · Returning to Ourselves: Two Spirit Futures and the Now · Niigaan Sinclair · ar 20 · Aliens · Richard Van Camp · ss 31 · Legends Are Made, Not Born · Cherie Dimaline · ss 38 · Perfectly You · David A. Robertson · ss 54 · The Boys Who Became the Hummingbirds · Daniel Heath Justice · ss 60 · Né Łe! · Darcie Little Badger · ss 77 · Transitions · Gwen Benaway · ss 87 · Imposter Syndrome · Mari Kurisato · ss 103 · Valediction at the Star View Motel · Nathan Adler · ss 116 · Parallax · Cleo Keahna · pm

Captain Empirical by Sam Nicholson (Ace, January 1979, 0-441-09137-7, $1.95, 342pp, pb, n.) [Capt. Schuster]     Fix-up novel of eight stories, one new, plus linking material. 19 · The Fourth-Stage Polygraph [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1977 52 · Get the Lead Out [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact November 1976 76 · A Rat of Any Psize [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1977 97 · The Copra Population [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · nv 138 · Actions Speak Louder [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1978 191 · Griggs and the Einstein Fallacy [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact September 1977 216 · Now You See Her [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact December 1977 270 · More Deadly Than the Male? [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · na Analog Yearbook ed. Ben Bova, Baronet, 1978

Flowers by Scott Nicholson (Haunted Computer Books, October 25, 2010, $2.99, 120pp, ebook, co)     Details taken from online listing. · The Vampire Shortstop · Scott Nicholson · nv L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XV ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge, 1999 · Thirst · Scott Nicholson · ss Thank You for the Flowers by Scott Nicholson, Parkway, 2000 first published in German on the website Storisende and in the anthology Die Drachen Von Morgan. · When You Wear These Shoes · Scott Nicholson · ss 2001 first published in the literary anthology Happy #15, January 2001. · Invisible Friend · Scott Nicholson · ss Flowers by Scott Nicholson, Haunted Computer Books, 2010 · The Night the Wind Died · Scott Nicholson · ss Flesh & Blood #10, 2002 · Scarecrow Boy · Scott Nicholson · ss ChiZine #9, July/September 2001 · Luminosity · Scott Nicholson · ss Flowers by Scott Nicholson, Haunted Computer Books, 2010 · Wampus Cat · Scott Nicholson · ss Legends of the Mountain State 3 ed. Michael Knost, Woodland Press, 2009 · The Boy Who Saw Fire · Scott Nicholson · ss The Leading Edge #36, September 1998 · In the Heart of November · Scott Nicholson · ss Be Afraid! ed. Edo van Belkom, Tundra Books, 2000

Thank You for the Flowers by Scott Nicholson (Parkway Publishers, September 2000, 1-887905-24-3, $14.95, 190pp, tp, co, cover by John Shamburger)     Collection of 13 stories of horror and suspense, including the 1998 L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Gold Award winner. The author’s afterword tells how the stories came to be written. vii · Introduction · Scott Nicholson · in 3 · Haunted · Scott Nicholson · ss More Monsters from Memphis ed. Beecher Smith, Zapizdat Publications, 1998 17 · The Vampire Shortstop · Scott Nicholson · nv L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XV ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge, 1999 41 · Skin · Scott Nicholson · ss Northern Horror, Canada, 2000 55 · Dead Air · Scott Nicholson · ss Blue Murder #3, 1997 73 · In the Heart of November · Scott Nicholson · ss Be Afraid! ed. Edo van Belkom, Tundra Books, 2000 85 · The Three-Dollar Corpse · Scott Nicholson · ss Dead Promises ed. Jane Hubbard, Chameleon Publishing, 1999 99 · Thirst · Scott Nicholson · ss first published in German on the website Storisende and in the anthology Die Drachen Von Morgan. 111 · Do You Know Me Yet? · Scott Nicholson · ss The Asylum, Vol. 1: The Psycho Ward ed. Victor Heck, DarkTales Publications, 1999 121 · Homecoming · Scott Nicholson · ss Maelstrom Speculative Fiction 1998 133 · Kill Your Darlings · Scott Nicholson · ss Blue Murder #5, 1997 145 · Metabolism · Scott Nicholson · ss L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XIV ed. Dave Wolverton, Bridge, 1998 157 · The Boy Who Saw Fire · Scott Nicholson · ss The Leading Edge #36, September 1998 173 · Constitution · Scott Nicholson · vi Carpe Noctem #16, 1999 185 · Afterwords · Scott Nicholson · aw

Walking Water/After All This by Thom Nickels (Banned Books, September 1989, 0-934411-22-0, $8.95, 168pp, tp, oc)     Collection of two novellas, one sf and one fantasy, both with gay protagonists. 1 · Walking Water · Thom Nickels · na 91 · After All This · Thom Nickels · na

The English Soil Society by Tim Nickels (Elastic Press, October 2005, 0-9548812-4-9, £5.99, 260pp, tp, co, cover by Dean Harkness)     Details taken from online listing. · maybe · Tim Nickels · vi Substance Spring 1995 · Airbabies · Tim Nickels · ss The Third Alternative #7, Summer 1995 · Colder Still · Tim Nickels · ss Back Brain Recluse #16, Summer 1990 · Hearing Colour · Tim Nickels · vi The Third Alternative #3, Summer 1994 · A Million Toledo Blades · Tim Nickels · ss · S · Tim Nickels · ss · The Dressing Floors · Tim Nickels · ss Neonlit: Time Out Book of New Writing Vol. 1 ed. Nicholas Royle, Quartet, 1998 · Redapple · Tim Nickels · ss Substance Autumn 1996 · In the South · Tim Nickels · vi · Backalong in Bollockland · Tim Nickels · ss Scheherazade #7, April 1993 · The Hungry Shine · Tim Nickels · ss · Mizzlesoft · Tim Nickels · ss · Boo · Tim Nickels · ss · The English Soil Society · Tim Nickels · ss Roadworks #12, Summer 2001 · Tooley’s Root · Tim Nickels · ss Back Brain Recluse #22, 1994 · Lusheart · Tim Nickels · ss Midnight Street #5, Summer 2005 · Another Summer · Tim Nickels · ss · The Last of the Dandini Sisters · Tim Nickels · ss The Third Alternative #12, 1997 · The Science of Sadness · Tim Nickels · ss The Science of Sadness ed. Chris Kenworthy, Barrington, 1994 · Born in the Forest · Tim Nickels · ss BBR #21, 1992 · Nest · Tim Nickels · ss

License Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond ed. David Nickle & Madeline Ashby--- see under Madeline Ashby.

Lying Cheating & Stealing ed. Sara Nicklès (Chronicle Books, 1997, 0-8118-1820-9, $12.95, 200pp, tp, an) x · Introduction · Sara Nicklès · in 13 · Confessions of a Burglar · Woody Allen · ss The New Yorker October 18 1976 18 · Rien Ne Va Plus · Alexander Woollcott · vi The New Yorker March 5 1932 22 · My Wicked, Wicked Ways · Errol Flynn · ex Putnam, 1959 29 · Faking Orgasms · Shere Hite · ex from The Hite Report, Simon & Schuster, 1976 32 · The Secret Life of Harold Winney · James Thurber · ex from The Years with Ross, Little, Brown, 1959 42 · It’s on the House! · Stanley Bing · hu Esquire March 1993 48 · My Mother’s Memoirs, My Father’s Lie, and Other True Stories · Russell Banks · ss Vanity Fair (US) June 1986 57 · And the 3d Biggest Lie Is… · Ann Landers · ms 1989 60 · Liar’s Poker · Michael Lewis · ex Norton, 1989 67 · The Duke of Deception · Geoffrey Wolff · ex Random House, 1979 76 · Who Stole My Golden Metaphor? · S. J. Perelman · ex The Road to Miltown by S. J. Perelman, Simon and Schuster, 1957 82 · Theft · Katherine Anne Porter · ss The Gyroscope November 1929 90 · May I Feel Said He? · e. e. cummings · pm No Thanks by e. e. cummings, self-published, 1935 92 · The Liar · Tobias Wolff · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1980 113 · Cheat Street · Cynthia Heimel · ar Playboy August 1988 117 · The Maltese Falcon [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ex Knopf, 1930 126 · Frankie and Johnny · [uncredited] · pm ca. 1870 129 · The Liars’ Club · Mary Karr · ex Viking, 1995 138 · Some Clowning That Wasn’t in the Act · Groucho Marx · ar from Groucho and Me, Bernard Geis Associates, 1959 142 · Eight Men Out · John Sayles · ex 1988 154 · The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Mark Twain · ss The Californian December 16 1865 revised from “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” (The New York Saturday Press, November 18, 1865). 160 · Her Letters · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue April 11 1895 (+1) 163 · Uncle Harold · Russell Baker · hu from Growing Up, Plume, June 1982 172 · Confessions of a Tax Cheat · Jon Carroll · hu 1993 174 · Taking the Lie Detector · John Dean · ex from Blind Ambition, Simon & Schuster, 1976 179 · I’ll Always Have Paris · Art Buchwald · ex Putnam, August 1996 180 · A Retrieved Reformation · O. Henry · ss The Cosmopolitan April 1903, as “A Retrieved Reform” 189 · The Waltz · Dorothy Parker · ar The New Yorker September 2 1933 197 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Gaelic Ghosts: Tales of the Supernatural from Scotland by Sorche Nic Leodhas (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, May 18, 1964, $3.50, 110pp, hc, oc, cover by Nonny Hogrogian) 7 · Introduction · Sorche Nic Leodhas · in 17 · Sandy MacNeil and His Dog · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 30 · The Giant Bones · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 39 · The Gambling Ghosts · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 46 · The Grateful Old Cailleach · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 58 · The Walking Boundary Stone · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 68 · The Lady’s Loaf-field · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 76 · The Holy Relic of Bannockburn · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 81 · Man o’ the Clan · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 91 · The Old Laird and His Dogs · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 100 · The House That Lacked a Bogle · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss

Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965, LC:65-10349, 128pp, hc, oc, cover by Nonny Hogrogian) 7 · Introduction · Sorche Nic Leodhas · in 13 · The Wicked House of Duncan MacBain · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 24 · The Man Who Didn’t Believe in Ghosts · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 35 · The Man Who Walked Widdershins Round the Kirk · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 43 · The Tale the Crofter Told · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 54 · The Wild Ride in the Tilt Cart · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 65 · The Man Who Helped Carry the Coffin · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 79 · The Ghost That Didn’t Want to Be a Ghost · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 91 · The Lads Who Met the Highwayman · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 103 · How Tammas MacIvar MacMurdo MacLennan Met His Match · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 113 · The Young Irish Lad from the Hiring Fair · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss

Cruise of Shadows by Scott Nicolay--- see under Jean Ray.

Whiskey Tales by Scott Nicolay--- see under Jean Ray.

Sing Me a Murder by Helen Nielsen (William Morrow, August 1960, LC:60-11076, $2.95, 224pp, hc, n.)

Sing Me a Murder by Helen Nielsen (Ace Double, November 1961, F-121, 40¢, 166pp, pb, n., cover by Lou Marchetti)     Reprint (Morrow 1960) mystery novel. Bound in the tête-bêche style with Woman Missing and Other Stories.

Woman Missing and Other Stories by Helen Nielsen (Ace Double, November 1961, F-121, 40¢, 90pp, pb, co, cover by William F. Rose)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Sing Me a Murder. · Woman Missing · Helen Nielsen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1960 · Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree · Helen Nielsen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1959 · Decision · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt June 1957 · The Affair Upstairs · Helen Nielsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1961 · Compensation · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt November 1957

Alternate Skiffy ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden & Mike Resnick--- see under Mike Resnick.

New Magics ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor Teen, January 2004, 0-765-30015-X, $19.95, 256pp, hc, an, cover by Daniel Dos Santos)     Young-adult anthology of 12 fantasy stories. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Charles de Lint, and Ursual K. Le Guin. 11 · Introduction · Patrick Nielsen Hayden · in 19 · Chivalry · Neil Gaiman · ss Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurrences ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Unnameable Press, 1992 35 · Charis [Borderlands] · Ellen Kushner · nv Borderland ed. Terri Windling & Mark Arnold, Signet, 1986 65 · Jo’s Hair · Susan Palwick · ss Xanadu 3 ed. Jane Yolen, Tor, 1995 77 · Not All Wolves · Harry Turtledove · ss Werewolves ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg, Harper & Row, 1988 89 · Stealing God · Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald · nv Tales of the Knights Templar ed. Katherine Kurtz, Warner Aspect, 1995 113 · Mama Gone · Jane Yolen · ss Vampires ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperCollins, 1991 121 · The Bone Woman [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss Triskell Press, 1992 135 · Liza and the Crazy Water Man · Andy Duncan · nv Starlight 1 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1996 171 · Mom and Dad at the Home Front · Sherwood Smith · ss Realms of Fantasy August 2000 185 · A Bird That Whistles · Emma Bull · ss Hidden Turnings ed. Diana Wynne Jones, Methuen, 1989 203 · The Bones of the Earth [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harcourt, 2001 223 · Hatrack River [Alvin Maker] · Orson Scott Card · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1986

New Skies ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor Teen, September 2003, 0-765-30016-8, $19.95, 288pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 17 stories. Authors include Terry Bisson, Geoffrey A. Landis, Connie Willis, and Orson Scott Card. 11 · Introduction · Patrick Nielsen Hayden · in 15 · They’re Made Out of Meat · Terry Bisson · vi Omni April 1991 19 · A Walk in the Sun · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1991 43 · Peaches for Mad Molly · Steven Gould · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact February 1988 75 · Serpents’ Teeth · Spider Robinson · ss Omni March 1981 93 · Uncle Joshua and the Grooglemen · Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Monsters ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic, 1993 107 · A Letter from the Clearys · Connie Willis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1982 125 · Brian and the Aliens · Will Shetterly · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994 141 · Different Kinds of Darkness [Blit] · David Langford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2000 157 · Will You Be an Astronaut? · Greg van Eekhout · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2002 169 · Cards of Grief · Jane Yolen · ss Tales of Wonder by Jane Yolen, Schocken, 1983 185 · Tangents · Greg Bear · ss Omni January 1986 209 · The Alien Mind · Philip K. Dick · vi The Yuba City High Times February 20 1981 213 · Out of All Them Bright Stars · Nancy Kress · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1985 223 · The Lincoln Train · Maureen F. McHugh · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1995 243 · Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars [Mars] · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson, Voyager, 1999 257 · Salvage [Deaver Teague] · Orson Scott Card · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1986 285 · The Great Goodbye · Robert Charles Wilson · vi Nature #6802, September 21 2000

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden & Liz Gorinsky--- see under Liz Gorinsky.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Liz Gorinsky & David G. Hartwell--- see under Liz Gorinsky.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2013 Edition ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Melissa Frain, Liz Gorinsky, George R. R. Martin, Ann VanderMeer & Noa Wheeler--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2014 Edition ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ellen Datlow, Carl Engle-Laird, Liz Gorinsky, David G. Hartwell, Peter Joseph, Marco Palmieri, Paul Stevens & Ann VanderMeer--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2015 Edition ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Carl Engle-Laird, David G. Hartwell, Beth Meacham, Marco Palmieri & Ann VanderMeer--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ellen Datlow, Carl Engle-Laird, Liz Gorinsky, Justin Landon, Diana Pho, Ann VanderMeer & Miriam Weinberg--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Starlight 1 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, September 1996, 0-312-86215-6, $13.95, 316pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 12 stories by authors including Michael Swanwick, Jane Yolen, Robert Reed, and Maureen F. McHugh. A hardcover edition (-86214-8, $24.95) was announced but not seen. 9 · Introduction · Patrick Nielsen Hayden · in 13 · The Dead · Michael Swanwick · ss 26 · Liza and the Crazy Water Man · Andy Duncan · nv 57 · Sister Emily’s Lightship · Jane Yolen · ss 71 · The Weighing of Ayre · Gregory Feeley · nv 118 · Killing the Morrow · Robert Reed · ss 133 · The Ladies of Grace Adieu [John Uskglass (The Raven King)] · Susanna Clarke · nv 158 · GI Jesus · Susan Palwick · nv 187 · Waking Beauty · Martha Soukup · ss 198 · Mengele’s Jew · Carter Scholz · ss 207 · Erase/Record/Play: A Drama for Print · John M. Ford · na 253 · I Remember Angels · Mark Kreighbaum · ss 260 · The Cost to Be Wise · Maureen F. McHugh · na 313 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Starlight 2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, November 1998, 0-312-86184-2, $24.95, 318pp, hc, oa, cover by Jeff Adams)     Original anthology of 13 stories by authors including Martha Soukup, Esther M. Friesner, Jonathan Lethem, and Geoffrey A. Landis. One is a 1983 story by Angélica Gorodischer in a new translation by Ursula K. Le Guin. 9 · Introduction · Patrick Nielsen Hayden · in 13 · Divided by Infinity · Robert Charles Wilson · nv 44 · Mrs. Mabb [John Uskglass (The Raven King)] · Susanna Clarke · nv 76 · Lock Down · M. Shayne Bell · ss 91 · Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation · Raphael Carter · ss 107 · The House of Expectations · Martha Soukup · nv 130 · A Game of Consequences · David Langford · ss 142 · The Amount to Carry · Carter Scholz · nv 163 · The Death of the Duke [Swordspoint] · Ellen Kushner · ss 177 · Brown Dust · Esther M. Friesner · nv 198 · Access Fantasy · Jonathan Lethem · ss 216 · The End of a Dynasty · Angélica Gorodischer; translated by Ursula K. Le Guin · nv from Kalpa Imperial, 1983. 251 · Snow · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss 257 · Story of Your Life · Ted Chiang · na 315 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, July 2001, 0-312-86780-8, $24.95, 350pp, hc, oa, cover by Edward Miller)     Original anthology of 16 stories by authors including Stephen Baxter, Terry Bisson, and Maureen F. McHugh. 11 · Introduction · Patrick Nielsen Hayden · in 15 · Hell Is the Absence of God · Ted Chiang · nv 48 · Sun-Cloud · Stephen Baxter · ss 63 · Interview: On Any Given Day · Maureen F. McHugh · ss 83 · Wings · Colin Greenland · ss 99 · Gestella · Susan Palwick · nv 126 · The Barbarian and the Queen: Thirteen Views · Jane Yolen · ss 142 · Wolves Till the World Goes Down · Greg van Eekhout · ss 156 · The Secret Egg of the Clouds · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss 162 · Home Is the Sailor · Brenda W. Clough · ss 171 · Tom Brightwind, or, How the Fairy Bridge Was Built at Thoresby [John Uskglass (The Raven King)] · Susanna Clarke · nv 212 · La Vie en Ronde · Madeleine E. Robbins · ss 232 · In Which Avu Giddy Tries to Stop Dancing · D. G. Compton · ss 248 · Power Punctuation! · Cory Doctorow · nv 269 · The Sea Wind Offers Little Relief · Alex Irvine · nv 302 · Senator Bilbo · Andy Duncan · ss 321 · The Old Rugged Cross · Terry Bisson · nv 345 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Twenty-First Century Science Fiction ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden & David G. Hartwell--- see under David G. Hartwell.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden & Jane Yolen--- see under Jane Yolen.

Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories ed. Audrey Niffenegger (Vintage Classics, September 24, 2014, 978-1-784-87006-5, £14.99, xii+450pp, hc, an)     Edited, Illustrated and Introduced by Niffenegger. ix · Introduction · Audrey Niffenegger · in 1 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 19 · Secret Life, With Cats · Audrey Niffenegger · nv The Chicago Tribune October 23 2006 (+6) 41 · Pomegranate Seed · Edith Wharton · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 25 1931 87 · The Beckoning Fair One · Oliver Onions · na Widdershins by Oliver Onions, Martin Secker, 1911 183 · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 203 · Honeysuckle Cottage · P. G. Wodehouse · nv The Saturday Evening Post January 24 1925 239 · Click-Clack the Rattlebag · Neil Gaiman · ss Impossible Monsters ed. Kasey Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2013 first released as an audio download in October 2012. 249 · They · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904 283 · Playmates · A. M. Burrage · nv Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927 321 · The July Ghost · A. S. Byatt · nv Firebird 1 ed. T. J. Binding, Allen Lane, 1982 first broadcast in Radio 3 in 1981. 349 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro 359 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 365 · The Specialist’s Hat · Kelly Link · nv Event Horizon November 15 1998 387 · Tiny Ghosts · Amy Giacalone · ss 403 · The Pink House · Rebecca Curtis · nv The New Yorker June 30 2014 439 · August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950

Visions of the Vampire: Two Centuries of Immortal Tales ed. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn & Xavier Aldana Reyes (British Library Publishing, October 22, 2020, 978-0-7123-5392-2, £16.99, 304pp, hc, an) [British Library Gilded Nightmares]     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Sorcha Ní Fhlainn & Xavier Aldana Reyes · in 1 · The Vampyre · John William Polidori · nv The New Monthly Magazine April 1 1819, as by Lord Byron 23 · Wake Not the Dead! · Ernst Raupach · nv Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, Vol. 1, Simpkin, Marshall, 1823, uncredited. translated from the German (“Lasst die Todten Ruhen: Ein Mährchen”, Minerva: Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1823, Leipzig, 1822). 51 · The White Maniac · Waif Wander · ss The Australian Journal July 13 1867 73 · The Family of the Vourdalak · Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy · nv 1884 103 · Good Lady Ducayne · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv The Strand Magazine February 1896 133 · Luella Miller · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins 149 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 163 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 177 · The Cloak · Robert Bloch · ss Unknown May 1939 195 · Over the River · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Unknown April 1941 209 · The Lady of the House of Love · Angela Carter · nv The Iowa Review Summer/Fall 1979 229 · The Master of Rampling Gate · Anne Rice · nv The Ultimate Dracula ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller & Megan Miller, Dell, 1991 expanded from Redbook Feb ’84. 247 · Advocates [Comte de Saint Germain] · Suzy McKee Charnas & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · nv Under the Fang ed. Robert R. McCammon, Pocket, 1991 279 · Let the Old Dreams Die · John Ajvide Lindqvist; translated by Marlaine Delargy · ss Let the Old Dreams Die and Other Stories by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Quercus, 2012 translated from the Swedish (“Låt de gamla drömmarna dö”, 2011).

Triangulation: Dark Skies ed. Chloe Nightingale & Diane Turnshek (PARSEC Ink, July 23, 2019, 978-1-08-209443-9, $17.00, 199pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. iv · Introduction · Diane Turnshek · in 1 · Meirythro Brevis · Blake Jessop · ss 10 · The Second Star Is Missing · Kate Ruegger · ss 17 · How to Glimpse the Icarus Star · Mary Soon Lee · ss 22 · Why We Endured the Darkness · Maddy Dietz · ss 30 · A Weave of Europa · Manny Frishberg & Edd Vick · ss 34 · Eleven Tips for Hikers · Jamie Lackey · ss 39 · The Girl Who Stole the Sun · J. A. Prentice · ss 49 · Reaching Out · Estelle Rodgers · ss 59 · Maggie Matrix · James Edward O’Brien · ss 68 · Rattlesnake Song · Josh Rountree · ss 81 · Catch a Falling Star · Stephanie Gildart · ss 99 · Venus and the Milky Way · Rhea Rose · ss 110 · What Price the Sky? · Mike Brotherton · ss 122 · Seven Sisters · Jennifer Lee Rossman · ss 128 · Moon Cakes · Salinda Tyson · ss 137 · Blow the Stars Away · Andrew Leon Hudson · ss 151 · Equal in Darkness · Alexandra Balasa · ss 164 · Betting on Starlight · Isaac Payne · ss 176 · Stars · Liam Hogan · ss Happy Ending Not Guaranteed by Liam Hogan, Arachne Press, 2017 180 · The Valley of the Stars · Laura Jane Swanson · ss 187 · Earth Epitaph · R. Jean Mathieu · ss

Captain Empirical by Shirley Nikolaisen--- see under Sam Nicholson.

Words Without Pictures ed. Steve Niles (Eclipse Books, October 1990, 1-56060-031-4, $8.95, 180pp, tp, oa, cover by Mark Cox)     Original anthology of six stories and four poems by writers who work primarily in comics. iii · A Special Introduction · Matt Feazell · cs 1 · The Hypothetical Lizard [Liavek] · Alan Moore · nv Liavek: Wizard’s Row ed. Will Shetterly & Emma Bull, Ace, 1987 73 · Foreign Parts · Neil Gaiman · nv 105 · The Storm · Jon J Muth · pm 107 · Faces · Jon J Muth · pm 109 · Winter · Jon J Muth · pm 111 · In the Ghost’s House · Jon J Muth · pm 117 · A Shot of Damns and a Pack of Hells · Ann Nocenti · ss 129 · A Creature Most Dreadful · Mark Evanier · ss 151 · A Short Tale of a Young Man Who Would Have Been a Priest · Charles Vess · ss 161 · Jiz and Blood: Everything Merges with the Night · Stephen R. Bissette · ss