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Recipes for Crime by Jenny Pausacker & Kerry Greenwood--- see under Kerry Greenwood.

The Architecture of Fear ed. Peter D. Pautz & Kathryn Cramer--- see under Kathryn Cramer.

Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword and Sorceress XXI ed. Diana L. Paxson (DAW, November 2004, 0-7564-0195-X, $6.99, 308pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of 23 fantasy stories. Paxson’s introduction discusses taking over Bradley’s series. Authors include Rosemary Edghill, Esther M. Friesner, and Naomi Kritzer. Copyrighted by the Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust.

· Love Potion No. 8 1/2 · Marilyn A. Racette · ss

· Necessity and the Mother · Lee Martindale · ss

· Child’s Play · Esther M. Friesner · ss

· Dawn and Dusk · Dana Kramer-Rolls · ss

· Spell of the Sparrow · Jim C. Hines · ss

· The Woman’s Place · Susan Urbanek Linville · ss

· Kin · Naomi Kritzer · ss

· Ursa · Jenn Reese · ss

· Red Caramae · Kit Wesler · ss

· Parri’s Blade · Cynthia McQuillin · ss

· Sun Thief · K. A. Laity · ss

· Lostland · Rosemary Edghill · ss

· Plowshares · Rebecca Maines · ss

· Step by Step · Catherine Soto · ss

· Favor of the Goddess · Lynn Morgan Rosser · ss

· Rose in Winter · Marie M. Longhin · ss

· Kazhe’s Blade · Terry McGarry · ss

· The Skin Trade · Heather Rose Jones · ss

· Multiple Choice · Leslie Fish · ss GateWay S-F Magazine Spring 2002

· Oulu · Aimee Kratts · ss

· A Kind of Redemption · John P. Buentello · ss

· Journey’s End [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] · Dorothy J. Heydt · ss

· Sword and Sorceress · Jennifer G. Tifft · pm

2012 ed. Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press, March 2008, 978-0-9804841-0-6, A$20.00, viii+118pp, tp, oa, cover by Cat Sparks)
Details taken from online listing.

vii · Introduction · Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein · in

1 · Watertight Lies · Deborah Biancotti · ss

13 · Fleshy · Tansy Rayner Roberts · ss

24 · Oh, Russia · Simon Brown · ss

31 · Soft Viscosity · David Conyers · nv

53 · Apocalypse Rules, OK? · Lucy Sussex · ss

57 · The Last Word · Dirk Flinthart · ss

71 · Ghost Jail · Kaaron Warren · ss

87 · I Love You Like Water · Angela Slatter · ss

98 · Skinsongs · Martin Livings · ss

105 · David Bowie · Ben Peek · ss

111 · Oblivion · Sean McMullen · ss

A Book of Endings by Deborah Biancotti ed. Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein--- see under Deborah Biancotti.

The Pick of the Roundup ed. Stephen Payne (Avon, 1963, pb, oa)
(old WWA #11 / new WWA #12) In 1965, Legends and Tales of the Old West, the 1962 anthology of retold tall tales, was added to the WWA list at position #10 and changed the previous numbering.

· The Way of the Old West · S. Omar Barker · pm

· The Fort Greer Mules · Bill Burchardt · ss

· Mountain Man on a Mule · William R. Cox · ss

· The Far Cry · Max Evans · ss

· The Promise of the Fruit · Ann Ahlswede · nv

· Melody on the Range · John L. Shelley · ss

· The Deep Valley · Lucia Moore · ss

· Comanche Woman · Fred Grove · ss

· They Walked Tall · T. V. Olsen · ss

· Uncle Jeff and the Gunfighter · Elmer Kelton · ss

· Beat the Drums Slowly · Richard Wormser · ss

Various Temptations ed. Thomas Payne (Avon Books, 1955, T-109, 35¢, 192pp, pb, an)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · Various Temptations · William Sansom · ss Cosmopolitan March 1948, as “The Intruder”

23 · The Girls of Tongatabu · John Langdon · ss Story #110, November/December 1944

30 · The Indian Feather · Thomas Mabry · nv The Sewanee Review Autumn 1952

51 · Stuffed Shirt · Robert Standish · ss Private Enterprise, and Other Stories by Robert Standish, Peter Davies, 1954; c. by D. G. Gerahty.

66 · The Flamingos · Frederic Prokosch · pm Harper’s Magazine August 1933

75 · Tangier · Truman Capote · ar Local Color, Random House, 1950

83 · Search Through the Streets of the City · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 2 1941

91 · The Pale Virgins Shrouded in Snow · John Heffron Porter · ss Partisan Review January/February 1952; given as by John Heffrom Porter in the Table of Contents.

101 · The Great Linda · Herman Wouk · ss Today’s Woman June 1952

114 · Boy for Tea · Ward Greene · ss The American Mercury June 1930

123 · The Dare · Budd Schulberg · ss Esquire May 1949

138 · Monday Morning · Evelyn Shefner · ss The Hudson Review Winter 1955

151 · The Language of Men · Norman Mailer · ss Esquire April 1953

162 · Flesh and the Devil · Peter De Vries · ss The New Yorker December 16 1950

168 · The Crapshooter · John Steinbeck · ar New York Herald Tribune August 12 1943, as “Steinbeck Tells Dice Game Epic with a Mulligan Denouement”

172 · An Episode at the Honeypot [unnamed inspector] · Mark Van Doren · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952

178 · The Patented Gate and the Mean Hamburger · Robert Penn Warren · ss Mademoiselle January 1947

191 · Notes on the Authors · Clark Kinnaird · ms

Mondo Elvis ed. Richard Peabody & Lucinda Ebersole--- see under Lucinda Ebersole.

Mondo Marilyn ed. Richard Peabody & Lucinda Ebersole--- see under Lucinda Ebersole.

Boy in Darkness and Other Stories by Mervyn Peake (Peter Owen, January 2008, 978-0-7206-1306-3, £9.95, 143pp, tp, co, cover by Mervyn Peake) [edited by Sebastian Peake]
Collection of 6 stories, including the title novella about “Titus Groan”, and a range of illustrations.

7 · Foreword · Joanne Harris · fw

11 · Preface · Sebastian Peake · pr

14 · [illustrations] · Various · pi (r)

17 · Foreword to Boy in Darkness · Maeve Gilmore · fw 1976

23 · Boy in Darkness [Gormenghast] · Mervyn Peake · na Sometime, Never, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956

95 · The Weird Journey · Mervyn Peake · ss 1948
original in Harvest, Volume 1: Travel (ed. Vincent Stuart, Castle Press).

103 · I Bought a Palm-tree · Mervyn Peake · ss 1978
first published “in a corrected version” in Peake’s Progress (Allen Lane).

111 · The Connoisseurs · Mervyn Peake · ss Lilliput January 1950

117 · Danse Macabre · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #61, 1963

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

Boy in Darkness and Other Stories by Mervyn Peake ed. Sebastian Peake--- see under Mervyn Peake.

Familiar and Haunting by Philippa Pearce (HarperCollins/Greenwillow, May 2002, 0-06-623964-8, $16.95, 388pp, hc, co)
Young-adult collection/omnibus of 37 stories, about 20 supernatural. Most of the stories were previously collected in the US as What the Neighbors Did and Other Stories (1973), The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural (1977), and Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories (1987). Eight additional stories were published in the UK as collection The Rope and Other Stories (Puffin UK 2000).

· The Rope · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· Early Transparent · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· The Fir Cone · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· Nutmeg · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· Bluebag · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· The Nest Egg · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· Inside Her Head · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· What Neighbors Did · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· Black Eyes · Philippa Pearce · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1981

· In the Middle of the Night · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· The Tree in the Meadow · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· Fresh · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· Who’s Afraid? · Philippa Pearce · ss Hundreds and Hundreds ed. Peter Dickinson, Puffin, 1984

· Still Jim and Silent Jim · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· The Great Blueberry Pick · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· Lucky Boy · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· Return to Air · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· The Shadow-Cage · Philippa Pearce · nv The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977

· Miss Mountain · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977

· Guess · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977

· At the River-Gates · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977

· Her Father’s Attic · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· The Running-Companion · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977

· Beckoned · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977

· The Dear Little Man with His Hands in His Pockets · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· The Dog Got Them · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977

· Mrs. Chamberlain’s Reunion · Philippa Pearce · ss (r)

· The Strange Illness of Mr. Arthur Cook · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977

· A Christmas Pudding Improves with Keeping · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986

· Samantha and the Ghost · Philippa Pearce · ss 1981

· A Prince in Another Place · Philippa Pearce · ss They Wait, and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1983

· The Road It Went By · Philippa Pearce · ss Outsiders ed. Bryant Newman, Collins, 1985

· Auntie · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986

· His Loving Sister · Philippa Pearce · ss Ghost After Ghost ed. Aidan Chambers, Kestrel, 1982

· Mr. Hurrel’s Tallboy · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986

· The Hirn · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986

· The Yellow Ball · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986

Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce (Viking Kestrel, October 1986, 0-670-80907-1, £6.50, 120pp, hc, co)
Young adult ghost/horror collection.

1 · A Christmas Pudding Improves with Keeping · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986

11 · Samantha and the Ghost · Philippa Pearce · ss 1981

22 · A Prince in Another Place · Philippa Pearce · ss They Wait, and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1983

34 · Black Eyes · Philippa Pearce · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1981

46 · The Road It Went By · Philippa Pearce · ss Outsiders ed. Bryant Newman, Collins, 1985

59 · Auntie · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986

70 · His Loving Sister · Philippa Pearce · ss Ghost After Ghost ed. Aidan Chambers, Kestrel, 1982

79 · Who’s Afraid? · Philippa Pearce · ss Hundreds and Hundreds ed. Peter Dickinson, Puffin, 1984

85 · Mr. Hurrel’s Tallboy · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986

96 · The Hirn · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986

108 · The Yellow Ball · Philippa Pearce · ss Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories by Philippa Pearce, Kestrel/Penguin, 1986

Dread and Delight: A Century of Children’s Ghost Stories ed. Philippa Pearce (Oxford University Press, October 19, 1995, 0-19-212605-9, £17.99, xx+348pp, hc, an, cover by Frederick Smallfield)
Young-adult anthology of 40 ghost stories, several original, plus a critical introduction and lengthy background notes on the stories and their authors.

ix · Introduction · Philippa Pearce · in

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

7 · Out of the Sea · A. C. Benson · nv The Isles of Sunset by Arthur Christopher Benson, Isbister, 1905

18 · Manfred’s Three Wishes · H. F. W. Tatham · ss The Footprints in the Snow by H. F. W. Tatham, Macmillan, 1910

23 · The Light in the Dormitory · William J. Wintle · ss Ghost Gleams by W. J. Wintle, Heath Cranton, 1921

32 · Miss Jemima · Walter de la Mare · nv Joy Street Number 1, Blackwell, 1923

52 · Johnny Double · Arthur Machen · ss The Treasure Cave ed. Cynthia Asquith, Jarrolds, 1928

58 · Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep · Eleanor Farjeon · ss The Treasure Cave ed. Cynthia Asquith, Jarrolds, 1928

70 · The Tiger-Skin Rug · Lucy Boston · ss; written in 1933.

84 · Elisabeth the Cow Ghost · William Pène du Bois · ss 1936

87 · Georgie · Robert Bright · vi 1944

89 · All in the Night’s Work · David Severn · ss Junior #4, 1947

96 · Richard · Christopher Woodforde · ss A Pad in the Straw by Christopher Woodforde, Dent, 1952

102 · The Wee Ghostie · Alison Uttley · ss The Little Knife Who Did All The Work, Faber and Faber, 1962

106 · The Haunted Trailer · Robert Arthur · nv Weird Tales January 1942, as “Death Thumbs a Ride”

122 · The House That Lacked a Bogle · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964

128 · The January Queen · Pamela Ropner · ss Winter’s Tales for Children 2 ed. Caroline Hiller, Macmillan, 1966

138 · Brownie · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Third Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1970

151 · The Ghost of Top Wood · Michael Kenyon · ss Allsorts 7 ed. Ann Thwaite, Methuen Children's Books, 1975

155 · The Old White Ghost and the Old Grey Granddad · Dorothy Edwards · ss The Magician Who Kept a Pub by Dorothy Edwards, Kestrel, 1975

159 · Looking for a Ghost · Margaret Mahy · ss The Second Margaret Mahy Story Book by Margaret Mahy, Dent, 1975

164 · At the River-Gates · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977

170 · Somebody Lives in the Nobody House · Ruth Park · ss Spooks and Spirits ed. Margaret Hamilton, Hodder & Stoughton, 1978

180 · The Ghostly Goat of Glaramara [Cthulhu] · J. S. Leatherbarrow · ss Berrow’s Worcester Journal December 27 1979, as “The Silvery Tinkle of a Bell”

188 · She Was Afraid of Upstairs · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill (var. 1) by Joan Aiken, Delacorte, 1980

195 · The Extinguished Lights · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Irene Lieblich · ss The Power of Light by Isaac Bashevis Singer, tr. Irene Lieblich, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980

200 · Who’s a Pretty Boy, Then? · Jan Mark · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1981

208 · Uninvited Ghosts · Penelope Lively · ss Frank and Polly Muir’s Big Dipper, Heinemann, 1981

213 · The Bride · Farrukh Dhundy · ss Trip Trap by Farrukh Dhundy, Gollancz, 1982

223 · Ivor · George Mackay Brown · ss Shades of Dark ed. Aidan Chambers, Patrick Hardy, 1984

233 · Siren Song · Vivien Alcock · ss Ghostly Companions by Vivien Alcock, Methuen, 1984

237 · The Tower · Aidan Chambers · ss A Quiver of Ghosts ed. Aidan Chambers, The Bodley Head, 1987

251 · The Guitarist · Grace Hallworth · vi 1984

253 · A Grave Misunderstanding · Leon Garfield · vi Guardian Angels ed. Stephanie Nettell, Viking Kestrel, 1987

255 · Ghost Trouble · Ruskin Bond · ss Julia MacRae Books, 1989

265 · Spirits of the Railway · Paul Yee · ss Tales from Gold Mountain by Paul Yee, Groundwood Books, 1987

269 · Many Happy Returns! · Barbara Griffiths · ss Frankenstein’s Hamster by Barbara Griffiths, ABC, 1990

275 · The Beach · Robert Westall · ss; written circa 1990-1.

285 · Across the Fields · Susan Price · nv Haunting Christmas Tales, Scholastic UK, 1991

301 · The Clearing · Tim Wynne-Jones · ss Some of the Kinder Planets by Tim Wynne-Jones, Groundwood Books, 1993

312 · The Burning Baby · John Gordon · nv The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992

325 · Biographical Notes · ms

346 · Publisher’s Acknowledgements · ms

The Best-Known Man in the World & Other Misfits by Daniel Pearlman (Aardwolf Press, July 2001, 0-9706225-0-3, $14.95, 256pp, tp, co, cover by Frank Wu)
Collection of 12 stories, two original.

7 · The Best-Known Man in the World · Daniel Pearlman · ss 1995

25 · The Drang of Speaking Forth · Daniel Pearlman · ss RE:AL Spring 1992

41 · The Vatican’s Secret Cabinet · Daniel Pearlman · nv

67 · Cogitor, Ergo Sum · Daniel Pearlman · ss Puck #10, 1994

79 · The Circus Hand’s Desertion · Daniel Pearlman · ss The Silver Web #9, Winter/Spring 1993

101 · Over the H.I.L.L. · Daniel Pearlman · nv Challenging Destiny #6, April 1999

133 · Einstein-Jung Connection · Daniel Pearlman · ss Quarterly West #42, Spring/Summer 1996

153 · The Colonel’s Jeep · Daniel Pearlman · nv Extremes 2 ed. Brian A. Hopkins, Lone Wolf Publications, 2001

183 · Spellchecked · Daniel Pearlman · ss Going Postal ed. Gerard Daniel Houarner, Space & Time, 1998

191 · Death in the Des(s)ert · Daniel Pearlman · nv New England Review April 1988, as “Rising Action”

225 · Fall of the House · Daniel Pearlman · ss Ténèbres #6, 1999
originally in French.

237 · Zeno Evil · Daniel Pearlman · ss

The Final Dream & Other Fictions by Daniel Pearlman (Permeable Press, July 1995, 1-882633-05-9, $14.95, 268pp, tp, co, cover by Ellen Alva Hales)
Collection of 12 SF stories, with an introduction by George Zebrowski and illustrations by Jill Tyler.

7 · Introduction to a Book Full of Pearlmans · George Zebrowski · in

11 · What Rough Beast · Daniel Pearlman · nv

33 · The Heart of the Overchild · Daniel Pearlman · ss RE:AL Winter 1993/1994

45 · Taking from the Top · Daniel Pearlman · na Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 2 ed. George Zebrowski, Harvest, 1988

81 · The Ground Under Man · Daniel Pearlman · ss Writer’s Block Magazine April 1995

97 · The Defenders of the Golden Tower · Daniel Pearlman · ss Amazing Stories September 1988

110 · Flies · Daniel Pearlman · ss

128 · And Baby Makes Five · Daniel Pearlman · nv

163 · A Möbius Trip · Daniel Pearlman · ss Collages & Bricolages Spring 1995

177 · Megabride · Daniel Pearlman · ss Florida Review January 1990

195 · Another Brush with the Fuzz · Daniel Pearlman · ss Semiotext(e) #14, 1989

201 · From Here to Eternitape · Daniel Pearlman · nv Simulations ed. Karie Jacobson, Citadel Twilight, 1993

221 · The Final Dream · Daniel Pearlman · na Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 4 ed. George Zebrowski, Harvest, 1989

A Giant in the House & Other Excesses by Daniel Pearlman (Merry Blacksmith Press, October 2011, 978-0615489360, $13.95, 189pp, tp, co)
Collection of 12 stories, one original.

1 · Introduction · Daniel Pearlman · in

3 · A Giant in the House · Daniel Pearlman · ss Nemonymous #10, 2010, uncredited.

13 · The Death Club · Daniel Pearlman · ss The MacGuffin Winter 2011

27 · Hannibal’s Victory · Daniel Pearlman · nv XX Eccentric: Stories About the Eccentricities of Women ed. S. Craig Renfroe, Jr., Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2009

51 · Facedowns · Daniel Pearlman · ss Prole August 2010

65 · The Fetal Position · Daniel Pearlman · nv After Dark: A Collection of Haunting Tales, Diversion Press, 2011

89 · Lyonel Unbound · Daniel Pearlman · ss Spectrum May 2010

97 · Two-Time Losers · Daniel Pearlman · ss The MacGuffin June 2009

111 · Double Occupancy · Daniel Pearlman · nv TQR July 23 2006

137 · With Arms Outstretched · Daniel Pearlman · ss Nemonymous #1, November 2001, uncredited.

145 · Refrigerator Blindness · Daniel Pearlman · ss

151 · Mariah My Soul-Mate · Daniel Pearlman · ss Studies in the Fantastic #2, Winter 2008/Spring 2009

161 · Great White Hope · Daniel Pearlman · nv Imaginings ed. Keith R. A. DeCandido, Pocket, 2003

Focus One ed. Andrew Pearse & B. Rajan--- see under B. Rajan.

Science Fiction ed. Elizabeth J. Pearson & Sylvia Z. Brodkin--- see under Sylvia Z. Brodkin.

Seven Plays of Mystery & Suspense ed. Elizabeth J. Pearson & Sylvia Z. Brodkin--- see under Sylvia Z. Brodkin.

Out of This World 10 ed. Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis--- see under Amabel Williams-Ellis.

Strange Orbits ed. Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis--- see under Amabel Williams-Ellis.

Strange Planets ed. Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis--- see under Amabel Williams-Ellis.

Strange Universe ed. Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis--- see under Amabel Williams-Ellis.

Tales from the Galaxies ed. Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis--- see under Amabel Williams-Ellis.

Border Ghost Stories by Howard Pease (Erskine MacDonald, 1919, 7/6d, 303pp, hc, co)

· Preface · Howard Pease · pr

· In the Blackfriars Wynd · Howard Pease · ss

· By Peden’s Cleuch · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· “Ill-Steekit” Ephraim · Howard Pease · ss

· The Cock-Crow · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· By the Shrine of Saint Cuthbert · Howard Pease · ss

· “Meenister” Machiavelli · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· Repentance Tower · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· The Lord Warden’s Tomb · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· Castle Ichabod · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· The Muniment Room · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· In the Cliff Land of the Dane · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· The Doppelganger · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· In My Ladie’s Bedchamber · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· The Warlock of Glororum · Howard Pease · ss

· Muckle-Mouthed Meg · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· The Prior of Tynemouth · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· The Haunted Ale-House · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· The Cry of the Peacock · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· Kitty’s Bower · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· The Tale of the Three Antiquaries · Howard Pease · ss (r)

· Apid Corstopitum · Howard Pease · ss (r)

The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales by Elia W. Peattie (Macmillan US, September 1898, 175pp, hc, co)

1 · The Shape of Fear · Elia W. Peattie · ss

15 · On the Northern Ice · Elia W. Peattie · ss

27 · Their Dear Little Ghost · Elia W. Peattie · ss The Outlook October 29 1898

43 · A Spectral Collie · Elia W. Peattie · ss

53 · The House That Was Not · Elia W. Peattie · ss (r)

65 · Story of an Obstinate Corpse · Elia W. Peattie · ss

77 · A Child of the Rain · Elia W. Peattie · ss (r)

89 · The Room of the Evil Thought · Elia W. Peattie · ss (r)

101 · Story of the Vanishing Patient · Elia W. Peattie · ss (r)

113 · The Piano Next Door · Elia W. Peattie · ss

127 · An Astral Onion · Elia W. Peattie · ss (r)

143 · From the Loom of the Dead · Elia W. Peattie · ss

159 · A Grammatical Ghost · Elia W. Peattie · ss

A Treasury of Great Ghost Stories ed. Ira Peck (Popular Library, 1965, SP397, 50¢, 256pp, pb, an)

7 · The Turn of the Screw [Turn of the Screw] · Henry James · na Collier’s Weekly January 27 1898 (+11)

99 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon

112 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

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

139 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843

148 · The Dream Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1)
revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855).

170 · The Death of Halpin Frayser · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave December 19 1891

184 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1)

209 · The Portrait · Nikolai Gogol; translated by Constance Garnett · nv The Overcoat and Other Stories by Nikolai Gogol, tr. Constance Garnett, Chatto & Windus, 1923

245 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Qui sait?”, L’Echo de Paris, April 6, 1890).

Nema and Other Stories by Hedley Peek (Chapman & Hall, 1895, 6/-, 205pp, hc, co)

· Nema · Hedley Peek · ss The English Illustrated Magazine November 1894

· Six Literary Babes · Hedley Peek · ss (r)

· Bands of Silver and Iron · Hedley Peek · ss The Woman at Home December 1894

· I Am Not Mad · Hedley Peek · ss (r)

· Why I Became a Spiritualist · Hedley Peek · ss (r)

· Farmer Snelling’s Ghost Story · Hedley Peek · ss (r)

Chap Foey Rider: Capitalist to the Stars by Hayford Peirce (Wildside Press, January 2001, 1-58715-196-0, $13.95, 119pp, tp, co) [Chap Foey Rider]
Collection of six humorous SF stories, one original, about the enterprising merchant Chap Foey Rider.

9 · Mail Supremacy [Chap Foey Rider] · Hayford Peirce · vi Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1975

14 · Doing Well While Doing Good [Chap Foey Rider] · Hayford Peirce · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1975

35 · Rebounder [Chap Foey Rider] · Hayford Peirce · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1976

56 · The Missionaries’ Position [Chap Foey Rider] · Hayford Peirce · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1977

76 · Children of Invention [Chap Foey Rider] · Hayford Peirce · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1977

104 · The Servant Problem [Chap Foey Rider] · Hayford Peirce · ss

Jonathan White: Stockbroker in Orbit by Hayford Peirce (Wildside Press, August 2001, 1-58715-358-0, $14.95, 196pp, tp, co) [Jonathan Welbrook White Ethical Broker & Bourseman]
Collection of five humorous SF stories, one original, about the misadventures of broker Jonathan Welbrook White in the asteroid belt in 2278.

9 · Six Million Solid Gold Belter Buckles [Jonathan Welbrook White Ethical Broker & Bourseman] · Hayford Peirce · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact August 1994

39 · Deep-Fried Black Diamonds [Jonathan Welbrook White Ethical Broker & Bourseman] · Hayford Peirce · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January 1995

69 · Never Short a Vestal Virgin [Jonathan Welbrook White Ethical Broker & Bourseman] · Hayford Peirce · nv

99 · The Ore-Ball Express [Jonathan Welbrook White Ethical Broker & Bourseman] · Hayford Peirce · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact August 1996

140 · The Boxie Rebellion [Jonathan Welbrook White Ethical Broker & Bourseman] · Hayford Peirce · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact February 1997

Sam Ferron: Time Scanner by Hayford Peirce (Wildside Press, October 2001, 1-58715-378-5, $14.95, 181pp, tp, co)
Collection of six SF stories about Sam Ferron and the time scanner that lets the government look into the past.

9 · Under the Wings of Owls [Sam Ferron] · Hayford Peirce · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact January 1994

40 · To Change a Memory [Sam Ferron] · Hayford Peirce · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 1994

69 · Pandora’s Scanner [Sam Ferron] · Hayford Peirce · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 1994

100 · Midwife [Sam Ferron] · Hayford Peirce · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 1994

123 · Innocent Until Scanned Guilty [Sam Ferron] · Hayford Peirce · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 1995

157 · The Crucifixion Project [Sam Ferron] · Hayford Peirce · nv (r)

With a Bang and Other Forbidden Delights by Hayford Peirce (Wildside Press, November 2004, 0-8095-8943-5, $32.95, 281pp, hc, co)
Collection of 17 stories; at least four appear to be original.

9 · With a Bang · Hayford Peirce · nv

33 · Iceback Invasion · Hayford Peirce · ss Omni April 1979

59 · The Great Nashville Jailbreak of 1811 [MacNair of MacNair] · Hayford Peirce · ss

79 · Unlimited Warfare · Hayford Peirce · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact November 1974

91 · Unlimited Roquefort · Hayford Peirce · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 1994

101 · …With the Bathwater · Hayford Peirce · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1985, as “Untitled”

121 · The Better Mousetrap · Hayford Peirce · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact February 1976

131 · None So Blind · Hayford Peirce · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact July 1975

131 · The Resurrection of the Republican Party · Hayford Peirce · nv (r)

155 · Progress · Hayford Peirce · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact mid December 1984

161 · Calling Card · Hayford Peirce · ss

167 · Side Effect · Hayford Peirce · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1976

175 · Probability Zero: [untitled] · Hayford Peirce · vi Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1976

179 · Taking the Fifth · Hayford Peirce · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact January 1983

225 · The Golden Age · Hayford Peirce · nv

249 · Who Steals My Name · Hayford Peirce · ss

265 · The Reluctant Torturer · Hayford Peirce · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact September 1983

Splatterspunk: The Micah Hayes Stories by John Pelan & Edward Lee--- see under Edward Lee.

Alone on the Darkside: Echoes from the Shadows of Horror ed. John Pelan (Penguin/Roc, September 2006, 0-451-46105-3, $7.99, 355pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of 16 horror stories, fifth in the Darkside series. Authors Brian Hodge, Gerard Houarner, Lucy Taylor.

1 · And Our Turn Too Will One Day Come · Brian Hodge · nv

26 · Belinda’s Coming Home! · Eddy C. Bertin · ss

45 · The Cheerleaders, the Geek and the Lonesome Piney Woods · D. G. K. Goldberg · ss

63 · Sentinels · Mark Samuels · nv

84 · Reel People · Patricia Lee Macomber · nv

106 · Devil’s Smile · Glen Hirshberg · nv

144 · Inside the Labyrinth · David Riley · ss

164 · Skins · Gerard Houarner · nv

193 · Desert Places · Matt Cardin · nv

230 · Mugwumps · Hank Schwaeble · nv

251 · Linkage · Lucy Taylor · ss

268 · Shadows in the Sunrise · Mark Dillon · ss

277 · The Old North Road · Paul Finch · nv

313 · Warm, Wet Circles · Michael Kelly · ss

323 · Just Beyond the Middle of the Journey · Joseph A. Ezzo · ss

342 · Sometime I Think if I Stand by the Phone It May Ring · Robert N. Lee · ss

Axolotl Double A-1 ed. John C. Pelan--- see under Anon..

Axolotl Special 1 ed. John C. Pelan (Pulphouse/Axolotl Press, February 1989, no ISBN, $10.00, 167pp, tp, an)
Anthology of stories by Lucius Shepard, Michael Shea, and Jessica Amanda Salmonson, plus introductions by Kessel, Ligotti, and Sterling. Autographed by all contributors.

1 · Why Listen to Lucius? · John Kessel · bg [Ref. Lucius Shepard]

7 · Aymara · Lucius Shepard · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1986

53 · Introduction · Bruce Sterling · is

57 · Fill It with Regular · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1986

86 · Jessica Amanda Salmonson: Heromaker · Thomas Ligotti · is

92 · The Revelations and Pursuits of Timith, Son of Timith · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · na

The Basilisk and Other Tales of Dread by R. Murray Gilchrist ed. John Pelan & Christopher Roden--- see under R. Murray Gilchrist.

The Black Gondolier & Other Stories by Fritz Leiber ed. John Pelan & Steve Savile--- see under Fritz Leiber.

The Century’s Best Horror Fiction, Volume One: 1901-1950 ed. John Pelan (CD Publications, January 31, 2012, 978-1-58767-080-0, $75.00, 706pp, hc, an, cover by Alan M. Clark)
Anthology of 50 horror stories, the first of two volumes with one story per year, and only one selection per author; this volume includes works by H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Manly Wade Wellman, and Shirley Jackson.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · One Hundred Years of Horror · John Pelan · in

11 · The Undying Thing · Barry Pain · nv Black & White Christmas 1893

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

39 · The Valley of Spiders · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1903

49 · The White People · Arthur Machen · nv Horlick’s Magazine and Home Journal for Australia, India and the Colonies January 1904

79 · The Lover’s Ordeal · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The London Magazine June 1905

87 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine September 1906

95 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907

135 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908

149 · The Coach · Violet Hunt · ss The English Review March 1909

165 · The Whistling Room [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler March 1910

179 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1911

197 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912

205 · The Testament of Magdalen Blair · Aleister Crowley · nv The Equinox 1912

227 · The Place of Pain · M. P. Shiel · ss The Red Magazine May 1 1914

237 · The Spider · Hanns Heinz Ewers · nv The International December 1915
translated from the German (“Die Spinne”, Die Besessenen, 1908).

257 · Thirteen at Table · Lord Dunsany · ss Tamworth Herald January 4 1913

265 · The Black Pool · Frederick Stuart Greene · nv The Grim 13 ed. Frederick Stuart Greene, Dodd, Mead, 1917

285 · The Middle Bedroom · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Novel Magazine December 1918

291 · The Sumach · Ulric Daubeny · ss The Elemental by Ulric Daubeny, Routledge, 1919

301 · In the Light of the Red Lamp · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss The Black Mask May 1920
translated from the French (“Sous la lumière rouge”, Le Journal, July 31, 1906).

305 · Master of Fallen Years · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Smart Set August 1921

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

343 · The Thing from—“Outside” · George Allan England · ss Science and Invention April 1923

361 · The Loved Dead · C. M. Eddy, Jr. (with H. P. Lovecraft) · ss Weird Tales May/June/July 1924

371 · The Smoking Leg · John Metcalfe · ss The London Mercury May 1925

383 · The Outsider [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales April 1926

389 · The Red Brain · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales October 1927

397 · The Red Lodge · H. Russell Wakefield · ss They Return at Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Philip Allan, 1928

409 · Celui-La · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929

423 · The Spirit of Stonehenge · Rosalie Muspratt · ss Sinister Stories by Jasper John, Henry Walker, 1930, as by Jasper John

429 · Cassius [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror November 1931

459 · The Thing in the Cellar · David H. Keller · ss Weird Tales March 1932

465 · Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales November 1933

489 · The Tower of Moab · L. A. Lewis · nv Tales of the Grotesque by L. A. Lewis, Philip Allan, 1934

501 · The Dark Eidolon [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales January 1935

523 · The Crawling Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales November 1936

539 · The Eerie Mr. Murphy · Howard Wandrei · ss Esquire November 1937

549 · Pigeons from Hell · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales May 1938

573 · Far Below · Robert Barbour Johnson · ss Weird Tales June/July 1939

585 · Evening Primrose · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941

595 · The Words of Guru · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Stirring Science Stories June 1941, as by Kenneth Falconer

603 · The Idol of the Flies · Jane Rice · nv Unknown Worlds June 1942

623 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943

633 · The Jar · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales November 1944

647 · Carousel · August Derleth · ss Fantastic Adventures April 1945

657 · Shonokin Town [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales July 1946

679 · Bianca’s Hands · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Argosy (UK) May 1947

687 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948

695 · The Pond · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949

701 · Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Summer 1950

The Century’s Best Horror Fiction, Volume Two: 1951-2000 ed. John Pelan (CD Publications, January 31, 2012, 978-1-58767-172-2, $75.00, 866pp, hc, an, cover by Alan M. Clark)
Anthology of 50 horror stories, the second of two volumes with one story per year, and only one selection per author; this volume includes Eric Frank Russell, Robert Bloch, Michael Bishop, and Stephen King.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Uncle Isaiah · Russell Kirk · nv The London Mystery Magazine #11, August/September 1951

25 · I Am Nothing · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1952

45 · The Altar · Robert Sheckley · ss Fantastic July/August 1953

53 · Call Not Their Names · Everil Worrell · nv Weird Tales March 1954

89 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955

115 · Lonely Road · Richard Wilson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1956

125 · Founding Father · Clifford D. Simak · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1957

135 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958

149 · The Howling Man · Charles Beaumont · ss Rogue November 1959, as by C. B. Lovehill

163 · The House · Fredric Brown · vi Fantastic Science Fiction Stories August 1960

167 · Sardonicus · Ray Russell · nv Playboy January 1961

197 · The Aquarium [Cthulhu] · Carl Jacobi · ss Fantasy Crossroads #7, February 1976
restored from the text edited by Derleth for Dark Mind, Dark Hearts.

207 · The Mirror of Cagliostro · Robert Arthur · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination June 1963
adapted from Arthur’s TV script “The Prisoner in the Mirror” broadcast on Thriller 5/23/61.

235 · A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts · Charles Birkin · ss Shafts of Fear ed. Dennis Wheatley, Arrow, 1964

247 · The Shadowy Street · Jean Ray; translated by Lowell Blair · nv Ghouls in My Grave by Jean Ray, Berkley Medallion, 1965
translated from the French (“La Ruelle Ténébreuse”, 1932).

279 · The Mirror · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1966

287 · Carcinoma Angels · Norman Spinrad · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967

295 · Come · Anna Hunger · ss Magazine of Horror July 1968

307 · The Last Work of Pietro of Apono [Cthulhu] · Steffan B. Aletti · ss Magazine of Horror May 1969

315 · The Lurkers in the Abyss · David A. Riley · ss The Eleventh Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1970

325 · The Derelict Track · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss The Seventh Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Jenkins, 1971

333 · The Price of a Demon · Gary Brandner · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #7, 1972

343 · Like Two White Spiders · Eddy C. Bertin · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories No. 3 ed. Richard Davis, Sphere, 1973
translated from the Dutch (“Als twee grote witte spinnen”, De achtjaarlijkse god, Bruna, 1971).

353 · Sticks [Cthulhu] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers March 1974

371 · The Barrow Troll · David Drake · ss Whispers December 1975

381 · It Only Comes Out at Night · Dennis Etchison · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976

393 · The Man Who Loved the Midnight Lady · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Midnight Specials ed. Bill Pronzini, Bobbs-Merrill, 1977

401 · Within the Walls of Tyre · Michael Bishop · nv Weirdbook #13, 1978

425 · Mackintosh Willy · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979

439 · The Autopsy · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1980

471 · The Reach · Stephen King · ss Yankee November 1981, as “Do the Dead Sing?”

489 · Horrible Imaginings · Fritz Leiber · na Death ed. Stuart David Schiff, Playboy, 1982

535 · One for the Horrors · David J. Schow · ss Whispers October 1983

545 · The Pilgrimage of Clifford M. [Goster County] · Bob Leman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1984

567 · The Night People · Michael Reaves · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine October 1985

579 · Night Moves · Tim Powers · nv Axolotl Press, 1986

599 · Evil Water · Ian Watson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1987

635 · The Night They Missed the Horror Show · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988

649 · The Earth Wire · Joel Lane · ss Winter Chills #3, Winter 1988/1989

659 · Stephen · Elizabeth Massie · nv Borderlands ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990

681 · The Glamour · Thomas Ligotti · ss Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti, Carroll & Graf, 1991

689 · Calcutta, Lord of Nerves · Poppy Z. Brite · ss Still Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Ziesing, 1992

701 · The Family Underwater · Lucy Taylor · ss Close to the Bone by Lucy Taylor, Silver Salamander Press, 1993

707 · The Box · Jack Ketchum · ss Cemetery Dance #20, Spring 1994

717 · The Toddler · Terry Lamsley · nv Ghosts & Scholars #20, 1995

735 · Tears Seven Times Salt · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Darkside ed. John C. Pelan, Darkside Press, 1996

747 · The Crawl · Stephen Laws · nv Dark of the Night ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1997

773 · As Above, So Below · Brian Hodge · na Falling Idols by Brian Hodge, Silver Salamander Press, 1998

825 · Mr. Dark’s Carnival · Glen Hirshberg · nv Shadows and Silence ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2000

857 · Reconstructing Amy · Tim Lebbon · ss As the Sun Goes Down by Tim Lebbon, Night Shade Books, 2000

The Children of Cthulhu: Chilling New Tales Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft ed. John Pelan & Benjamin Adams (Ballantine Del Rey, January 2002, 0-345-44926-6, $23.95, 469pp, hc, oa, cover by Dave McKean)
Original Lovecraftian anthology of 21 stories, one a reprint. Authors include China Miéville, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Richard Laymon.

vii · The Call of Lovecraft · John Pelan & Benjamin Adams · in

1 · Details · China Miéville · ss

21 · Visitation · James Robert Smith · ss

33 · The Invisible Empire · James Van Pelt · nv

57 · A Victorian Pot Dresser · L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims · nv

85 · The Cabin in the Woods · Richard Laymon · nv

109 · The Stuff of the Stars, Leaking · Tim Lebbon · ss

125 · Sour Places · Mark Chadbourn · ss

141 · Meet Me on the Other Side · Yvonne Navarro · ss

161 · That’s the Story of My Life · John Pelan & Benjamin Adams · ss

181 · Long Meg and Her Daughters · Paul Finch · na

243 · A Fatal Exception Has Occurred At… · Alan Dean Foster · ss

261 · Dark of the Moon · James S. Dorr · ss

275 · Red Clay · J. Michael Reaves · ss

291 · Principles and Parameters · Meredith L. Patterson · nv

325 · Are You Loathsome Tonight? · Poppy Z. Brite · ss Are You Loathsome Tonight? by Poppy Z. Brite, Gauntlet Press, 1998

331 · The Serenade of Starlight · W. H. Pugmire, Esq. · ss

345 · Outside · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

355 · Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea [Dandridge Cycle; Cthulhu] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss

371 · The Spectacle of a Man · Weston Ochse · ss

389 · The Firebrand Symphony · Brian Hodge · nv

437 · Teeth · Matt Cardin · nv

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

Conversations with the Weird Tales Circle ed. John Pelan & Jerad Walters (Centipede Press, August 2009, 978-1-933618-64-7, $225.00, 754pp, hc, oa, cover by Stephen Hickman)
Details taken from online listing.

6 · H. P. Lovecraft · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]

12 · HPL: A Reminiscence · H. Warner Munn · ar Whispers December 1976 (+1) [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]

27 · One Day in the Life of H.P. Lovecraft · Frank Belknap Long · ar Whispers June 1975 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]

35 · The Importance of Being Lovecraft · Will Murray · ar

43 · Howard Phillips Lovecraft · Samuel Loveman · ar The Arkham Sampler Summer 1948 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]

48 · Recollections of H.P. Lovecraft · Vrest Orton · ar Whispers March 1982 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]

56 · Clark Ashton Smith · Alex McVey · ar [Ref. Clark Ashton Smith]

57 · Clark Ashton Smith · John Pelan · ar [Ref. Clark Ashton Smith]

60 · The Validity of Weird Stories · Clark Ashton Smith · lt Weird Tales February 1933, as “[letter]”

61 · On H.P. Lovecraft · Clark Ashton Smith · lt Weird Tales July 1937, as “[letter from Auburn, CA]”

61 · On H.P. Lovecraft · Clark Ashton Smith · lt The Science Fiction Critic May 1937, as “[letter]”

62 · On H.P. Lovecraft · Clark Ashton Smith · lt

63 · In Appreciation of William Hope Hodgson · Clark Ashton Smith · ar The Phantagraph March/April 1937 [Ref. William Hope Hodgson]

67 · As I Remember Klarkash-ton · George F. Haas · ar Mirage v1 #5, 1962 [Ref. Clark Ashton Smith]

95 · Memories of Klarkash-Ton · George F. Haas · ar Nyctalops #7, August 1972 [Ref. Clark Ashton Smith]

110 · Robert E. Howard · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Robert E. Howard]

114 · Two-Gun Musketeer: Robert E. Howard’s Weird Tales · Mark Finn · in Shadow Kingdoms by Robert E. Howard, Wildside Press, 2004

128 · Frank Belknap Long · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Frank Belknap Long]

132 · Frank Belknap Long Interviewed by Tom Collins, 1981 · Tom Collins · iv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January 1982, as “Frank Belknap Long on Literature, Lovecraft, and the Golden Age of Weird Tales” [Ref. Frank Belknap Long]

145 · Letter to Harry O. Morris, June 20, 1972 · Frank Belknap Long · lt

146 · Letter to Harry O. Morris, August 14, 1976 · Frank Belknap Long · lt

147 · Frank Belknap Long Interviewed by Jeffrey Elliot, 1980 · Jeffrey Elliot · iv Fantasy Newsletter #27, August 1980, as “Frank Belknap Long, The Dark Fantastic” [Ref. Frank Belknap Long]

163 · Frank Belknap Long on the Pulps · Frank Belknap Long · ar Deeper Than You Think… July 1968, as “The Long View…”

168 · Frank Belknap Long Interviewed by Darrell Schweitzer, 1975 · Darrell Schweitzer · iv Nyctalops #11, 1976, as “An Interview with Frank Belknap Long” [Ref. Frank Belknap Long]

178 · E. Hoffmann Price · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. E. Hoffmann Price]

182 · Far Lands, Other Days · E. Hoffmann Price · fw Far Lands, Other Days by E. Hoffmann Price, Carcosa House, 1975, as “Foreword”

195 · Letter to Harry O. Morris, Jr., March 13, 1980 · E. Hoffmann Price · lt

196 · Letter to Harry Morris, Jr., March 7, 1976 · E. Hoffmann Price · lt

197 · Letter to Harry Morris, Jr., September 7, 1974 · E. Hoffmann Price · lt

198 · Letter to Harry O. Morris, Jr., May 24, 1981 · E. Hoffmann Price · lt

200 · Letter to Harry Morris, Jr., July 1, 1976 · E. Hoffmann Price · lt

201 · Letter to Harry Morris, July 27, 1978 · E. Hoffmann Price · lt

202 · Ray Bradbury · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Ray Bradbury]

206 · Bradbury Revisited · William F. Nolan · fw Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction by Jonathan R. Eller & William F. Touponce, Kent State University Press, 2004, as “Ray, Ray, Ray” [Ref. Ray Bradbury]

210 · Ray Bradbury Interviewed by Robert W. Smith, 1982 · Robert W. Smith · iv Whispers October 1983, as “Ray Bradbury: Literature as Lark” [Ref. Ray Bradbury]

222 · Robert Bloch · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Robert Bloch]

226 · Letter to Nyctalops, August 17, 1974 · Robert Bloch · cl

227 · Robert Bloch Interviewed by Darrell Schweitzer, 1982 · Darrell Schweitzer · iv [Ref. Robert Bloch]

240 · Letter to Harry Morris, Jr., July 28, 1973 · Robert Bloch · lt

241 · Robert Bloch Interviewed by Tom Collins, 1981 · Tom Collins · iv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1981, as “Society as Insane Asylum” [Ref. Robert Bloch]

252 · Time Travelling with H.P. Lovecraft: The First World Fantasy Convention · Robert Bloch · ar Science-Fantasy Correspondent #1, 1975 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]

264 · Robert Bloch on Weird Tales · Robert Bloch · ar WT50 ed. Robert Weinberg, Robert Weinberg, 1974, as “A Word About Weird”

268 · Robert Bloch Interviewed by Will Murray, 1975 · Will Murray · iv Crypt of Cthulhu #40, St. John’s Eve 1986, as “Interview 1” [Ref. Robert Bloch]

272 · Fritz Leiber · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Fritz Leiber]

277 · The Haunting of Providence: The First World Fantasy Convention · Fritz Leiber · ar Science-Fantasy Correspondent #1, 1975

284 · Fritz Leiber Interviewed by Darrell Schweitzer, 1976 · Darrell Schweitzer · iv Amazing Science Fiction Stories September 1976, as “Fritz Leiber” [Ref. Fritz Leiber]

294 · Letter from Fritz Leiber · Fritz Leiber · lt Weird Tales September 1946, as “[letter]”

296 · Hannes Bok · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Hannes Bok [Ref. Hannes Bok]

300 · Hannes Bok Looks at Fantasy, Art & Illustration · Hannes Bok · ar The Fanscient Spring/Summer 1951, as “Fantasy, Art and Illustration”; illustrated by Hannes Bok

311 · Memories of Hannes Bok · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar Bok, Gerry de la Ree, 1974, as “Memories of Hannes”; illustrated by Hannes Bok

315 · A Truly Remarkable Man · Jack Cordes · ar Bok, Gerry de la Ree, 1974; illustrated by Hannes Bok

321 · Yiggitzers: A Memory · Ben Indick · ar Bok, Gerry de la Ree, 1974

326 · Joseph Payne Brennan · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Joseph Payne Brennan]

330 · Letter to Harry O. Morris, Jr., August 10, 1971 · Joseph Payne Brennan · lt

331 · Joseph Payne Brennan Interviewed by Will Murray, 1975 · Will Murray · iv [Ref. Joseph Payne Brennan]

334 · Letter to Harry O. Morris, Jr., April 10, 1972 · Joseph Payne Brennan · lt

335 · My Skirmish with Weird Tales · Joseph Payne Brennan · ar WT50 ed. Robert Weinberg, Robert Weinberg, 1974

339 · Letter to Harry Morris, Jr., July 7, 1974 · Joseph Payne Brennan · lt

340 · Carl Jacobi · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Carl Jacobi]

343 · Rambling Memoirs · Carl Jacobi · ar The Diversifier July 1977

348 · Salute to an “Evil Lord” · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ar Carl Jacobi: An Appreciation ed. Neal R. Blaikie & William H. Pugmire, Stellar Z Productions, 1977

350 · A More Northern Derleth · Fritz Leiber · ar Carl Jacobi: An Appreciation ed. Neal R. Blaikie & William H. Pugmire, Stellar Z Productions, 1977

352 · Manly Wade Wellman · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Manly Wade Wellman]

357 · Fifty Years of Weird Tales · Manly Wade Wellman · ar WT50 ed. Robert Weinberg, Robert Weinberg, 1974

359 · Manly Wade Wellman Interviewed by Darrell Schweitzer, 1981 · Darrell Schweitzer · iv Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic March 1981, as “Manly Wade Wellman” [Ref. Manly Wade Wellman]

368 · Manly Wade Wellman Interviewed by Stephen Jones, 1980 · Stephen Jones · iv [Ref. Manly Wade Wellman]

374 · Manly Wade Wellman Interviewed by Dr Jeffrey Elliot, 1979 · Dr. Jeffrey Elliot · iv Fantasy Newsletter #22, March 1980, as “Interview: Manly Wade Wellman” [Ref. Manly Wade Wellman]

394 · Lee Brown Coye · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Lee Brown Coye]

396 · Weirdisms: Vampires · E. Crosby Michel · ia Weird Tales July 1947; illustrated by Lee Brown Coye

399 · Lee Brown Coye on Weird Tales · Lee Brown Coye · ar WT50 ed. Robert Weinberg, Robert Weinberg, 1974, as “Memories of Weird Tales”

401 · Lee Brown Coye: An Appreciation · Robert Weinberg · ar WT50 ed. Robert Weinberg, Robert Weinberg, 1974 [Ref. Lee Brown Coye]

405 · C.L. Moore & Henry Kuttner · John Pelan · ar [Ref. C. L. Moore & Henry Kuttner]

409 · C.L. Moore Interviewed by Jeffrey Elliot, 1978 · Jeffrey Elliot · iv The Diversifier February/March 1979, as “C.L. Moore: Poet of Far-Distant Futures” [Ref. C. L. Moore]

419 · Henry Kuttner on Henry Kuttner · Henry Kuttner · bg Startling Stories March 1940, as “Meet the Author”

423 · Kuttner Recalled · Ray Bradbury · ar Etchings & Odysseys #4, 1984 [Ref. Henry Kuttner]

426 · C.L. Moore Interviewed by Dee Doyle, 1977 · Dee Doyle · iv Etchings & Odysseys #4, 1984, as “The Flavor of the Dance—C.L. Moore Talks about Hank” [Ref. C. L. Moore & Henry Kuttner]

430 · Henry Kuttner: A Memoir · J. Vernon Shea · ar Etchings & Odysseys #4, 1984 [Ref. Henry Kuttner]

432 · My Friend, Henry Kuttner · Leigh Brackett · ar Etchings & Odysseys #4, 1984 [Ref. Henry Kuttner]

434 · My Friend, Hank Kuttner · Edmond Hamilton · ar Etchings & Odysseys #4, 1984 [Ref. Henry Kuttner]

436 · August Derleth · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. August Derleth]

440 · August Derleth · Raymond Palmer · bg Fantasy Magazine March 1936, as “A Biographical Sketch of August W. Derleth” [Ref. August W. Derleth]

442 · I Remember Derleth · Sam Moskowitz · ar Starship #41, Spring 1981 [Ref. August Derleth]

449 · Letter to Sam Moskowitz, November 19, 1946 · August Derleth · lt

449 · Letter to Sam Moskowitz, December 30, 1970 · August Derleth · lt

450 · Letter to August Derleth, Jr., October 15, 1925 · Farnsworth Wright · lt Etchings & Odysseys #6, 1985

453 · Letter to August Derleth, December 9, 1925 · Farnsworth Wright · lt

466 · The Contributions of August Derleth to the Supernatural Horror Story · Frank Belknap Long · ar Return to Derleth: Selected Essays, Volume Two ed. James P. Roberts, White Hawk Press, 1995

474 · David H. Keller · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. David H. Keller]

479 · David H. Keller on David H. Keller · David H. Keller, M.D. · bg The Fanscient Fall 1948, as “Author, Author”

482 · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Mary Elizabeth Counselman]

486 · Mary Elizabeth Counselman Interviewed by Stephen Gresham · Stephen Gresham · iv The Weird Tales Collector #6, 1980, as “An Interview with Mary Elizabeth Counselman” [Ref. Mary Elizabeth Counselman]

490 · Arthur J. Burks · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Arthur J. Burks]

494 · The Speed Merchant of the Pulps · Robert Kenneth Jones · ar

502 · Edmond Hamilton · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Edmond Hamilton]

506 · Edmond Hamilton · Edmond Hamilton · bg Fantasy Magazine January 1934

510 · He That Hath Words · Edmond Hamilton · ar Deeper Than You Think… July 1968

512 · Edmond Hamilton: A Memoir · E. Hoffmann Price · ob The Diversifier May 1977, as “Edmond Hamilton: In Memoriam” [Ref. Edmond Hamilton]

517 · Edmond Hamilton · Robert Weinberg · ar The Weird Tales Collector #1, 1977 [Ref. Edmond Hamilton]

520 · Farnsworth Wright · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Farnsworth Wright]

527 · Titans of Science Fiction: Farnsworth Wright · Julius Schwartz · bg Science Fiction Digest March 1933 [Ref. Farnsworth Wright]

530 · Donald Wandrei · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Donald Wandrei]

534 · Letter to Harry O. Morris, Jr., September 15, 1982 · Donald Wandrei · lt

535 · Donald Wandrei · Julius Schwartz · ar [Ref. Donald Wandrei]

538 · Letter to Harry O. Morris, Jr., April 10, 1979 · Donald Wandrei · lt

540 · Letter to Harry O. Morris, Jr., October 22, 1985 · Donald Wandrei · lt

541 · Donald Wandrei: A Haunted House · T. E. D. Klein · ar Studies in Weird Fiction #3, Spring 1988, as “A Haunted House” [Ref. Donald Wandrei]

544 · Jack Williamson · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Jack Williamson]

548 · Jack Williamson Interviewed by Jeffrey Elliot, 1980 · Jeffrey Elliot · iv Future Life November 1980, as “Jack Williamson ” [Ref. Jack Williamson]

556 · World of Weird · Jack Williamson · ar World Fantasy Convention 1983 ed. Robert Weinberg, Weird Tales Ltd., 1983

564 · Hugh B. Cave · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Hugh B. Cave]

568 · Hugh B. Cave Interviewed by Jeffrey Elliot, 1979 · Jeffrey Elliot · iv Fantasy Newsletter #21, February 1980, as “Interview: Hugh B. Cave” [Ref. Hugh B. Cave]

588 · H. Warner Munn · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. H. Warner Munn]

591 · H. Warner Munn Interviewed by Stephen Jones · Stephen Jones · iv [Ref. H. Warner Munn]

594 · Writing for Weird Tales · H. Warner Munn · ar WT50 ed. Robert Weinberg, Robert Weinberg, 1974

600 · Seabury Quinn · John Pelan · ar; illustrated by Alex McVey [Ref. Seabury Quinn]

610 · Seabury Grandin Quinn · E. Hoffmann Price · bg Book of the Dead by E. Hoffmann Price, Arkham House, 2001, as “Seabury Grandin Quinn: January 1, 1889—December 24, 1969” [Ref. Seabury Quinn]

623 · Weird Tales Cover Artists · Robert Weinberg · ar The Weird Tales Story ed. Robert Weinberg, FAX Collector's Editions, 1977, as “Cover Art”

663 · Other Voices · John Pelan · ar

685 · Letter to Harry O. Morris, Jr., January 22, 1976 · J. Vernon Shea · lt

686 · The Lovecraft Circle · J. Vernon Shea · ar Nyctalops #11, 1976, as “The Circle Manqué”

690 · The Man Who Was W. Paul Cook · Randy Everts · bg Nyctalops #16, March 1981 [Ref. W. Paul Cook]

698 · “The Last Man Mess” · Wallace West · ar WT50 ed. Robert Weinberg, Robert Weinberg, 1974

701 · Greye La Spina on Weird Tales · Greye La Spina · ar The Weird Tales Story ed. Robert Weinberg, FAX Collector's Editions, 1977, as “Recollections of Weird Tales”

703 · Robert Barbour Johnson on Weird Tales · Robert Barbour Johnson · ar The Weird Tales Story ed. Robert Weinberg, FAX Collector's Editions, 1977, as “Recollections of Weird Tales”

710 · Henry St. Clair Whitehead · H. P. Lovecraft · ob Weird Tales March 1933, as “In Memoriam: Henry St. Clair Whitehead”, uncredited. [Ref. Henry S. Whitehead]

712 · The Forgotten Creator of Weird Tales · Sam Moskowitz · in Worlds of Weird ed. Leo Margulies, Pyramid, 1965

716 · Everil Worrell · Jeanne Eileen Murphy · bg The Weird Tales Collector #1, 1977 [Ref. Everil Worrell]

719 · Amelia Reynolds Long · Chet Williamson · bg The Weird Tales Collector #2, 1977 [Ref. Amelia Reynolds Long]

723 · The First World Fantasy Convention · T. E. D. Klein · ar Science-Fantasy Correspondent #1, 1975, as “The Festival”

Dark Arts ed. John Pelan (CD Publications, September 2006, 1-58767-124-7, $35.00, 293pp, hc, oa, cover by Jill Bauman)

· The Disease Artist · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

· The Shape of the Empty Heart · Gerard Houarner · ss

· For Art’s Sake · John Pelan · ss

· With Acknowledgements to Sun Tzu · Brian Hodge · nv The Third Alternative #33, Winter 2003

· Hurdy Gurdy · Peadar Ó Guilín · ss

· The Art of Madness · Edo van Belkom · ss

· The Power of Preserving Pictures · Leah Cutter · ss

· The Death Technique · John B. Rosenman · ss

· Body · Tim Lebbon · ss

· The Final Staging of Ascent · Tom Piccirilli · ss Flesh & Blood #13, 2003

· I Hear You Quietly Singing · Lucy Taylor · ss

· Learning to Leave the Flesh [Ambergris] · Jeff VanderMeer · ss Dreams from the Strangers’ Café #5, January 1996

· The Hoplite · Paul Finch · ss

· Chained Melody · Patricia Macomber · ss

· Works of Art · J. F. Gonzalez · ss

· The Disinterment of Ophelia · Michelle Scalise · ss

· If You Were Glass… · David Niall Wilson · ss

· A Splash of Color · Michael Oliveri · ss

· The Mist Machine · Charlee Jacob · ss

· Scratching the Surface · Michael Kelly · ss

· Kodachrome · Lorelei Shannon · ss

· Nightmares, Imported and Domestic · Mark McLaughlin & Matt Cardin · ss

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