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Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, March 2010, 978-1-892391-95-7, $15.95, 470pp, tp, an, cover by Ann Monn)     Anthology of 25 horror stories from 1984-2005. Introduction by Datlow; foreword by Stefan Dziemianowicz. Authors include Clive Barker, Ed Bryant, Stephen King, and Poppy Z. Brite. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 13 · Foreword · Stefan Dziemianowicz · fw 23 · Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. II by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984 59 · Dancing Chickens · Edward Bryant · ss Light Years and Dark ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984 69 · The Greater Festival of Masks · Thomas Ligotti · ss Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti, Silver Scarab Press, 1985 77 · The Pear-Shaped Man · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni October 1987 107 · The Juniper Tree [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · nv Prime Evil ed. Douglas E. Winter, NAL Signet, 1988 137 · Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds · Dan Simmons · ss Omni April 1988 145 · The Power and the Passion · Pat Cadigan · ss Patterns by Pat Cadigan, Ursus, 1989 159 · The Phone Woman · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest, 1991 173 · Teratisms · Kathe Koja · ss A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991 183 · Chattery Teeth · Stephen King · nv Cemetery Dance #14, Fall 1992 215 · A Little Night Music · Lucius Shepard · ss Omni March 1992 231 · Calcutta, Lord of Nerves · Poppy Z. Brite · ss Still Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1992 245 · The Erl-King · Elizabeth Hand · nv Full Spectrum 4 ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Bantam Spectra, 1993 283 · The Dog Park · Dennis Etchison · ss Dark Voices 5 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1993 297 · Rain Falls · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Werewolves ed. Stephen Jones, Carroll & Graf, 1994 309 · Refrigerator Heaven · David J. Schow · ss Dark Love ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1995 321 · █████ · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Fear Itself ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner, 1995 335 · Eaten (Scenes from a Moving Picture) · Neil Gaiman · pl Off Limits ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's, 1996 343 · The Specialist’s Hat · Kelly Link · nv Event Horizon November 15 1998 357 · The Tree Is My Hat · Gene Wolfe · nv 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999 383 · Heat · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss White of the Moon ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1999 393 · No Strings · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows and Silence ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2000 403 · Stitch · Terry Dowling · ss Eidolon: SF Online December 2002 417 · Dancing Men · Glen Hirshberg · nv The Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2003 451 · My Father’s Mask · Joe Hill · nv 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, PS Publishing, 2005

The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow (Ballantine Del Rey, May 2008, 978-0-345-49632-4, $16.99, vi + 400pp, tp, oa, cover by Christian Northeast)     Original anthology of 16 stories. Authors include Elizabeth Bear, Jeffrey Ford, Pat Cadigan, and Paul McAuley & Kim Newman. v · Preface · Ellen Datlow · pr 3 · The Elephant Ironclads · Jason Stoddard · na 53 · Ardent Clouds · Lucy Sussex · nv 77 · Gather · Christopher Rowe · ss 91 · Sonny Liston Takes the Fall · Elizabeth Bear · ss 105 · North American Lake Monsters · Nathan Ballingrud · ss 123 · All Washed Up While Looking for a Better World · Carol Emshwiller · ss 141 · Special Economics · Maureen F. McHugh · nv 175 · Aka St. Mark’s Place [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · nv 199 · The Goosle · Margo Lanagan · ss 215 · Shira · Lavie Tidhar · nv translated from the Hebrew. 237 · The Passion of Azazel · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 251 · The Lagerstätte · Laird Barron · nv 287 · Gladiolus Exposed · Anna Tambour · ss 299 · Daltharee · Jeffrey Ford · ss 311 · Jimmy · Pat Cadigan · nv 339 · Prisoners of the Action · Paul McAuley & Kim Newman · na

Demons and Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Legend, April 13, 1989, 0-7126-3420-7, £6.95, 482pp, tp, an)     Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988 as The Year’s Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection) anthology of 36 fantasy and horror stories plus write-ups on the year etc. This edition omits “The Moon’s Revenge” by Joan Aiken. Also available in hardcover (-3021-X, £12.95). xiii · Summation 1987: Fantasy · Terri Windling · ar xx · Summation 1987: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar xxix · 1987: Horror and Fantasy on the Screen · Edward Bryant · ar xxxiv · Obituaries: 1987 · [uncredited] · ob 1 · Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences by Ursula K. Le Guin, Capra Press, 1987 26 · A World Without Toys · T. M. Wright · ss Upstate October 26 1986, as “The House Under the Street” 35 · DX · Joe W. Haldeman · pm In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, 1987 43 · Friend’s Best Man · Jonathan Carroll · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1987 59 · The Snow Apples · Gwyneth Jones · ss Tales from the Forbidden Planet ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, 1987 71 · Ever After · Susan Palwick · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1987 91 · My Name Is Dolly · William F. Nolan · ss Whispers VI ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1987 95 · Author’s Notes · Edward Bryant · ss Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987 102 · Lake George in High August · John Robert Bensink · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 107 · Csucskari · Steven Brust · ex from The Sun, The Moon, and the Stars, Ace, 1987 125 · The Other Side · Ramsey Campbell · ss 1986 World Fantasy Convention Program Book, 1986; story based on a J.K. Potter illustration. 136 · Pamela’s Get · David J. Schow · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1987 158 · Voices in the Wind · Elizabeth S. Helfman · ss Spaceships and Spells ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, 1987 166 · “Once Upon a Time…” She Said · Jane Yolen · pm National Storyteller Journal Spring 1987 168 · The Circular Library of Stones · Carol Emshwiller · ss Omni February 1987 177 · Soft Monkey · Harlan Ellison · ss Mystery Scene Reader ed. Edward Gorman, Fedora, 1987 190 · Fat Face [Cthulhu] · Michael Shea · nv Axolotl Press, 1987 212 · Uncle Dobbin’s Parrot Fair [Newford] · Charles de Lint · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1987 234 · The Pear-Shaped Man · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni October 1987 259 · Delta Sly Honey · Lucius Shepard · ss In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, 1987 275 · Small Heirlooms · M. John Harrison · ss Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1987 286 · The Improper Princess · Patricia C. Wrede · ss Spaceships and Spells ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, 1987 297 · The Fable of the Farmer and Fox · John Brunner · vi Omni June 1987 300 · Haunted · Joyce Carol Oates · nv The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987 317 · Dead Possums [Greystone Bay] · Kathryn Ptacek · ss Doom City ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1987 328 · Pictures Made of Stones · Lucius Shepard · pm Omni September 1987 338 · Splatter: A Cautionary Tale · Douglas E. Winter · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 347 · Gentlemen · John M. Skipp & Craig Spector · nv The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987 370 · Demon Luck [Ithkar] · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss Magic in Ithkar 4 ed. Andre Norton & Robert Adams, Tor, 1987 379 · Words of Power · Jane Yolen · ss Visions, Delacorte, 1987 391 · Jamie’s Grave · Lisa Tuttle · ss Shadows 10 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1987 405 · The Maid on the Shore · Delia Sherman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1987 418 · Halley’s Passing · Michael McDowell · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1987 433 · White Trains · Lucius Shepard · pm Night Cry Spring 1987 439 · Simple Sentences · Natalie Babbitt · ss The Devil’s Other Scrapbook by Natalie Babbitt, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987 443 · A Hypothetical Lizard [Liavek] · Alan Moore · nv Liavek: Wizard’s Row ed. Will Shetterly & Emma Bull, Ace, 1987 478 · Honorable Mentions: 1987 · [uncredited] · bi

Demons and Dreams 2 ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Legend, February 15, 1990, 0-09-972360-3, £7.99, 579pp, tp, an, cover by Tom Canty)     Reprint (St. Martin’s 1989 as The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection) fantasy/horror annual best-of-year anthology. A hardcover edition (0-7126-3639-0, £13.95) was announced but not seen. xiii · Summation 1988: Fantasy · Terri Windling · ar xxvi · Summation 1988: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar xlvii · 1988: Horror and Fantasy on the Screen · Edward Bryant · ar liv · Obituaries: 1988 · Jim Frenkel · ob 1 · Death Is Different · Lisa Goldstein · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1988 16 · The Tale of the Rose and the Nightingale (And What Came of It) · Gene Wolfe · nv Arabesques ed. Susan M. Shwartz, Avon, 1988 38 · It Was the Heat · Pat Cadigan · ss Tropical Chills ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon, 1988 53 · The Cutter · Edward Bryant · ss Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988 66 · The Freezer Jesus · John DuFresne · vi The Quarterly Fall 1988 70 · Voices of the Kill · Thomas M. Disch · ss Full Spectrum ed. Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy, Bantam Spectra, 1988 86 · Secretly · Ruth Roston · pm Pandora #19, Spring 1988 89 · The Devil’s Rose · Tanith Lee · nv Women of Darkness ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Tor, 1988 110 · Wempires · Daniel M. Pinkwater · vi Omni October 1988 114 · Scatter My Ashes · Greg Egan · ss Interzone #23, Spring 1988 125 · Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh · Ian McDonald · nv Empire Dreams by Ian McDonald, Bantam Spectra, 1988 149 · Shoo Fly · Richard Matheson · ss Omni November 1988 164 · The Thing Itself · Michael Blumlein · ss Full Spectrum ed. Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy, Bantam Spectra, 1988 178 · The Soft Whisper of Midnight Snow · Charles de Lint · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988 192 · Roman Games · Anne Gay · ss Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1988 200 · The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn · Patricia C. Wrede · ss The Unicorn Treasury ed. Bruce Coville, Doubleday, 1988 211 · The Book and Its Contents · Robert Kelly · ss Doctor of Silence by Robert Kelly, McPherson, 1988 224 · The Great God Pan · M. John Harrison · nv Prime Evil ed. Douglas E. Winter, NAL Signet, 1988 245 · Lost Bodies · Ian Watson · ss Interzone #25, September/October 1988 257 · Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds · Dan Simmons · ss Omni April 1988 264 · Preflash · John M. Ford · ss Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988 283 · Life of Buddha · Lucius Shepard · ss Omni May 1988 301 · Appointment with Eddie · Charles Beaumont · ss Selected Stories by Charles Beaumont, Dark Harvest, 1988 315 · Fragments of Papyrus from the Temple of the Older Gods · William Kotzwinkle · ss Omni April 1988 323 · Spillage · Nancy Kress · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1988 334 · Snowman · Charles L. Grant · ss Gaslight & Ghosts ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher, Robinson, 1988 343 · The Scar · Dennis Etchison · ss The Horror Show Winter 1987 351 · Laiken Langstrand · Gwyneth Jones · ss Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1988 364 · The Last Poem About the Snow Queen · Sandra M. Gilbert · pm Blood Pressure by Sandra M. Gilbert, W.W. Norton, 1988 367 · Pinocchio · Sandra M. Gilbert · pm Blood Pressure by Sandra M. Gilbert, W.W. Norton, 1988 369 · Game in the Pope’s Head · Gene Wolfe · ss Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988 376 · Playing the Game · Ramsey Campbell · ss Lord John Ten ed. Dennis Etchison, Lord John Press, 1988 388 · Faces · F. Paul Wilson · nv Night Visions 6, Dark Harvest, 1988 412 · Snowfall · Jessie Thompson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 1988 417 · Seal-Self · Sara Maitland · ss The Book of Spells by Sara Maitland, Michael Joseph, 1987 427 · No Hearts, No Flowers · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 14 Vicious Valentines ed. Rosalind M. Greenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Avon, 1988 437 · The Boy Who Drew Unicorns · Jane Yolen · ss The Unicorn Treasury ed. Bruce Coville, Doubleday, 1988 445 · The Darling · Scott Bradfield · nv The Secret Life of Houses by Scott Bradfield, Unwin Hyman, 1988 462 · Night They Missed the Horror Show · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988 477 · Your Story · Rick DeMarinis · ss The Coming Triumph of the Free World by Rick DeMarnis, Viking, 1988 488 · Winter Solstice, Camelot Station · John M. Ford · pm Invitation to Camelot ed. Parke Godwin, Ace, 1988 494 · The Boy Who Hooked the Sun [Book of the New Sun] · Gene Wolfe · ss Cheap Street, December 1985 498 · Clem’s Dream · Joan Aiken · ss The Last Slice of Rainbow by Joan Aiken, Cape, 1985 505 · Love in Vain · Lewis Shiner · nv Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988 524 · In the Darkened Hours · Bruce Boston · pm The Nightmare Collector by Bruce Boston, 2AM, 1988 528 · A Golden Net for Silver Fishes · Ru Emerson · ss Argos #1, Winter 1988 537 · Dancing Among Ghosts · Jim Aikin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1988 575 · Honorable Mentions: 1988 · [uncredited] · bi

The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, March 20, 2018, 978-1-59780-907-8, $25.99, 336pp, hc, oa, cover by Kevin Peterson)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in · Deadwater · Simon Bestwick · ss · Fodder’s Jig · Lee Thomas · ss · The Curious Allure of the Sea · Christopher Golden · ss · The Tryal Attract · Terry Dowling · ss · The Whalers Song · Ray Cluley · ss · A Ship of the South Wind · Bradley Denton · ss · What My Mother Left Me · Alyssa Wong · ss · Broken Record · Stephen Graham Jones · ss · Saudade · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss · A Moment Before Breaking · A. C. Wise · nv · Sister, Dearest Sister, Let Me Show to You the Sea · Seanan McGuire · ss · The Deep Sea Swell · John Langan · ss · He Sings of Salt and Wormwood · Brian Hodge · nv · Shit Happens · Michael Marshall Smith · nv · Haunt · Siobhan Carroll · nv

Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow (Prime Books, January 2010, 978-1-60701-208-5, $14.95, 310pp, tp, an, cover by Marc Hericher)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 13 · Thirteen Phantasms · James P. Blaylock · ss Omni Online October 1996 29 · Mr. Goober’s Show · Howard Waldrop · ss Omni Online March 1998 45 · Get a Grip · Paul Park · nv Omni Online March 1997 61 · The Girl Detective · Kelly Link · nv Event Horizon March 16 1999 85 · Pansolapia · Jeffrey Ford · ss Event Horizon July 26 1999 89 · Harbingers · Severna Park · nv Event Horizon January 14 1999 119 · Frankenstein’s Daughter · Maureen F. McHugh · ss Sci Fiction April 2 2003 137 · The Pottawatomie Giant · Andy Duncan · nv Sci Fiction November 1 2000 163 · What I Didn’t See · Karen Joy Fowler · nv Sci Fiction July 10 2002 185 · Daughter of the Monkey God · M. K. Hobson · ss Sci Fiction July 23 2003 203 · Tomorrow Town [Richard Jeperson; Diogenes Club] · Kim Newman · nv Sci Fiction November 15 2000 239 · There’s a Hole in the City [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · ss Sci Fiction June 15 2005 259 · All of Us Can Almost… · Carol Emshwiller · ss Sci Fiction November 17 2004 271 · You Go Where It Takes You · Nathan Ballingrud · ss Sci Fiction July 16 2003 287 · Russian Vine · Simon Ings · ss Sci Fiction June 6 2001

The Doll Collection ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor, March 2015, 978-0-765-37680-0, $27.99, 352pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 17 dark stories about dolls, illustrated with photos taken by Datlow and others. Authors include Joyce Carol Oates, Seanan McGuire, and Richard Kadrey. 13 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 17 · Skin and Bone · Tim Lebbon · ss 25 · Heroes and Villains · Stephen Gallagher · nv 49 · The Doll-Master · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 75 · Gaze · Gemma Files · nv 97 · In Case of Zebras · Pat Cadigan · nv 121 · There Is No Place for Sorrow in the Kingdom of the Cold · Seanan McGuire · nv 149 · Goodness and Kindness · Carrie Vaughn · ss 167 · Daniel’s Theory About Dolls · Stephen Graham Jones · nv 191 · After and Back Before · Miranda Siemienowicz · nv 215 · Doctor Faustus · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss 225 · Doll Court · Richard Bowes · ss 243 · Visit Lovely Cornwall on the Western Railway Line · Genevieve Valentine · ss 259 · Ambitious Boys Like You · Richard Kadrey · nv 283 · Miss Sibyl-Cassandra · Lucy Sussex · ss 295 · The Permanent Collection · Veronica Schanoes · ss 309 · Homemade Monsters · John Langan · ss 329 · Word Doll · Jeffrey Ford · ss