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Swords Against Darkness ed. Andrew J. Offutt (Zebra, February 1977, 0-89083-239-0, $1.95, 288pp, pb, oa) 7 · Foreword · Andrew J. Offutt · fw 12 · Nekht Semerkeht · Robert E. Howard & Andrew J. Offutt · nv completed by Offutt from a 3500 word fragment and synopsis of remaining story (The Black Stranger and Other American Tales, Bison Books, 2005). 49 · The Tale of Hauk · Poul Anderson · nv 80 · The Smile of Oisia · George W. Proctor · nv 118 · Pride of the Fleet · Bruce Jones · ss 135 · Straggler from Atlantis [Kardios, The Last Atlantean] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv 170 · The Ring of Set [Simon of Gitta] · Richard L. Tierney · nv 206 · Largarut’s Bane · Raul Garcia Capella · ss 220 · Dragons’ Teeth [Dama (& Vettius)] · David Drake · nv Midnight Sun #2, Summer/Fall 1975 250 · The Sustenance of Hoak [Ryre] · Ramsey Campbell · nv

Swords Against Darkness II ed. Andrew J. Offutt (Zebra, September 1977, 0-89083-293-5, $1.95, 284pp, pb, oa) 7 · Call It What You Will · Andrew J. Offutt · in 13 · Sword of Unbelief [Witch World] · Andre Norton · nv 59 · The Changer of Names [Ryre] · Ramsey Campbell · nv 85 · The Dweller in the Temple [Kardios, The Last Atlantean] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv 117 · The Coming of Age in Zamora · David M. Harris · nv 157 · The Scroll of Thoth [Simon of Gitta] · Richard L. Tierney · nv 179 · Odds Against the Gods · Tanith Lee · nv 227 · On Skellig Michael · Dennis More · ss 247 · Last Quest · Andrew J. Offutt · nv

Swords Against Darkness III ed. Andrew J. Offutt (Zebra, March 1978, 0-89083-339-7, $1.95, 288pp, pb, oa) 9 · Foreword · Andrew J. Offutt · fw 14 · The Pit of Wings [Ryre] · Ramsey Campbell · nv 34 · The Sword of Spartacus [Simon of Gitta] · Richard L. Tierney · nv 58 · Servitude · Wayne Hooks · ss Space and Time #34, January 1976 72 · Descales’ Skull · David C. Smith · ss Space and Time #19, July 1973 90 · In the Balance · Tanith Lee · ss 97 · Tower of Darkness [Marcus & Diana] · David Madison · nv Space and Time #28, January 1975 125 · The Mantichore · David Drake · ss 143 · Revenant · Kathleen Resch · pm 146 · Rite of Kings · Jon DeCles · ss 162 · The Mating Web · Robert E. Vardeman · ss 182 · The Guest of Dzinganji [Kardios, The Last Atlantean] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss 201 · The Hag [Julian] · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 218 · A Kingdom Won · George W. Proctor · nv 256 · Swordslinger · M. A. Washil · ss 270 · On Thud and Blunder · Poul Anderson · ar

Swords Against Darkness IV ed. Andrew J. Offutt (Zebra, September 1979, 0-89083-539-X, $2.25, 272pp, pb, oa) 7 · Foreword—In Two Parts · Andrew J. Offutt · fw 12 · Mai-Kulala [Imaro] · Charles R. Saunders · ss Space and Time #45, November 1977 31 · At the Sign of the Brass Breast · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv 60 · The Reaping · Ardath Mayhar · ss 73 · Ballad of Borrell · Gordon Linzner · ss Wyrd #6, Winter 1976/1977 94 · Deux Amours d’une Sorciere · Tanith Lee · ss 115 · Of PIGS and MEN · Poul Anderson · ex from “Beer Mutterings”, Outworlds #12, 1972 124 · Cryptically Yours [Teh Atht] · Brian Lumley · ss Escape! #1, Fall 1977 144 · Dedication: A Special Word · Andrew J. Offutt · ms 148 · The Dark Mother · Diana L. Paxson · ss 167 · Wooden Crate of Violent Death · Joey Froehlich · ss 175 · The Fane of the Grey Rose · Charles de Lint · nv 223 · Sandmagic [Mithermages] · Orson Scott Card · nv 246 · The Edge of the World [Kardios, The Last Atlantean] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv

Swords Against Darkness V ed. Andrew J. Offutt (Zebra, November 1979, 0-89083-550-0, $2.25, 288pp, pb, oa) 7 · Foreword to the Fifth Volume of Swords Against Darkness · Andrew J. Offutt · fw 12 · The Mouths of Light · Ramsey Campbell · ss 31 · Perfidious Amber [Cyrion] · Tanith Lee · ss 48 · Awake, Awake, Ye Northern Winds · Simon R. Green · nv 76 · Rats · Robert Fester · ss 88 · The Forging · Robin Kincaid · nv 116 · Hungry Grass [Nasach of the Spear] · Keith Taylor · ss 134 · Tale of the Cat, the Mouse, the Sorcerer, and the Children,The · Edward DeGeorge · nv 162 · Golden Vanity · James Anderson · ss 175 · The Castle of Kites and Crows [Julian] · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 191 · The Scream of the Rose · Paul McGuire · nv 222 · Joni · Gordon Linzner · nv 248 · Druin’s Heritage · Richard K. Lyon · nv

The Sci-Fi Factor ed. Terry Ofner & Julie A. Schumacher--- see under Julie A. Schumacher.

What on Earth? An Ecology Reader ed. Terry Ofner & Rebecca Christian (Perfection Learning, January 2001, 0-7891-5274-6, tp, an) 4 · Prologue: Only a Little Planet · [uncredited] · pr 9 · Creating Context: Butterfly or Asteroid? · [uncredited] · in 15 · Cluster One: What Is Our Relationship with Nature? · [uncredited] · si 16 · The Growin’ of Paul Bunyan · William J. Brooke · ss (r) 24 · Wisdomkeepers · Harvey Arden & Steve Wall · iv (r) 28 · For Richard Chase · Jim Wayne Miller · pm (r) 29 · Is Humanity a Special Threat? · Gregg Easterbrook · ar (r) 34 · Nacho Loco · Gary Soto · ss (r) 42 · Baptisms · Joseph Bruchac · pm 1999 44 · Responding to Cluster One · [uncredited] · ms 45 · Cluster Two: What Happens When Humanity and Nature Collide? · [uncredited] · si 46 · Fable for Tomorrow · Rachel Carson · vi Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, Houghton Mifflin, 1962 50 · Battle for the Rain Forest · Joe Kane · ar Scholastic Update February 8 1999 56 · All Revved Up About an Even Bigger Vehicle · Dave Barry · hu The Miami Herald 59 · When Nature Comes Too Close · Anthony Brandt · ar (r) 64 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952 77 · And They Lived Happily Ever After for a While · John Ciardi · pm 1975 78 · Responding to Cluster Two · [uncredited] · ms 79 · Cluster Three: How Can We Live in Harmony with Nature? · [uncredited] · si 80 · Heroes for the Planet: Then and Now · Various · pi Time 84 · The Sun · Mary Oliver · pm (r) 86 · A Palace of Bird Beaks · Howard Schwartz & Barbara Rush · ss (r) 90 · The Face of a Spider · David Quammen · ar 1987 96 · David Meets Goliath at City Hall · Andrew Holleman · ar Mother Earth News March/April 1990 101 · Animals, Vegetables and Minerals · Jessica Szymczyk · ar Newsweek August 14 1995 104 · Working Against Time · David Wagoner · pm (r) 106 · The King of the Beasts · Philip José Farmer · vi Galaxy Magazine June 1964 108 · Responding to Cluster Three · [uncredited] · ms 109 · Cluster Four: Thinking on Your Own · [uncredited] · si 110 · A Young Environmentalist Speaks Out · Severn Cullis-Suzuki · ar (r) 113 · The Mushroom · H. M. Hoover · ar (r) 118 · Duck Hunting · Gary Paulsen · bg 1994 124 · The Last Dog · Katherine Paterson · ss Tomorrowland ed. Michael Cart, Scholastic Press, 1999 138 · Is the Weather Getting Worse? · Colin Marquis & Stu Ostro · ar (r) 142 · The Last Street · Abraham Reisen · pm (r) 143 · Responding to Cluster Four · [uncredited] · ms

Speculative Japan 2: The Man Who Watched the Sea and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Issui Ogawa (Kurodahan Press, January 31, 2011, 978-4-902075-18-2, $16.00, 269pp, tp, oa, cover by Katoh Naoyuki)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Darrell Schweitzer · in · A Gift from the Sea · Awa Naoko · ss · Freud · Tō Enjō · ss · The Whale That Sang on the Milky Way Network · Ohara Mariko · ss · Old Vohl’s Planet · Issui Ogawa · ss · The Big Drawer · Riku Onda · ss · Emanon: A Reminiscence · Kajio Shinji · ss · Midst the Mist · Kōji Kitakuni · ss · The Man Who Watched the Sea · Yasumi Kobayashi · ss · Melk’s Golden Acres · Takagi Nobuko · ss · Q-Cruiser Basilisk · Tani Kōshū · ss · Mountaintop Symphony · Nakai Norio · ss · Open Up · Akira Hori · ss · Perspective · Yamao Yūko · ss

Case Reopened ed. Julie Ogden & Stuart Coupe--- see under Stuart Coupe.

Crosstown Traffic ed. Julie Ogden, Stuart Coupe & Robert Hood--- see under Stuart Coupe.

Hardboiled ed. Julie Ogden & Stuart Coupe--- see under Stuart Coupe.

Celtic Tales of Terror ed. Mairtin O’Griofa (Sterling Pub. Co., Inc., 1994, 0-8069-0868-8, 144pp, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · Mairtin O’Griofa · in 9 · Wicked Captain Walshawe of Wauling · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine April 1864, uncredited. 23 · The Witch Hare · [uncredited] · ss Dublin University Magazine 1839 35 · Donald and His Neighbors · [uncredited] · ss (r) 40 · A Play-House in the Waste · George Moore · ss Untilled Field by George Moore, Lippincott, 1903 53 · The Legend of Knockgrafton · Thomas Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1825, uncredited. 60 · The Crucifixion of the Outcast · W. B. Yeats · ss The National Observer March 24 1894 69 · Daniel O’Rourke · Thomas Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1825, uncredited. 78 · The Eyes of the Dead · Daniel Corkery · ss Columbia May 1927 91 · The Three Wishes · William Carleton · nv Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, v1 by William Carleton, 1830 119 · Hertford O’Donnell’s Warning · Charlotte Riddell · ss London Society Christmas 1867 144 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Famous Irish Ghost Stories ed. Mairtin O’Griofa (Sterling/Main Street, 1994, 0-8069-0708-8, $5.95, 144pp, tp, an) 7 · Introduction · Mairtin O’Griofa · in 9 · Daniel Crowley and the Ghosts · [unknown author] · ss (r) 17 · John Reardon and the Sister Ghosts · [unknown author] · ss (r) 23 · The Ghosts and the Game of Football · Patrick Kennedy · ss Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts by Patrick Kennedy, 1866 27 · The Brown Man · Gerald Griffin · ss Holland-Tide by Gerald Griffin, 1827 33 · The Specter Lovers · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, uncredited. 49 · The Blood-Drawing Ghost · Jeremiah Curtin · ss (r) 59 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 83 · The Dead Smile · F. Marion Crawford · nv Ainslee’s Magazine August 1899 109 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 144 · Index · [uncredited] · ix (r)

Three Kings by Peadar Ó Guilín, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Peter Newman, Melinda M. Snodgrass & Caroline Spector--- see under Mary Anne Mohanraj.

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings ed. Ellen Oh & Elsie Chapman--- see under Elsie Chapman.

Vital Signals ed. Dan O’Hara, Stephen Oram & Tom Ward (NewCon Press, February 15, 2022, 978-1-914953-09-5, £12.99, 218pp, tp, oa)     Also available in a hardback edition (-08-8, £25.99), limited to 50 numbered, signed, copies. Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Introduction · Dan O’Hara, Stephen Oram & Tom Ward · in · Virtual Persons 13 · Memory Inc. · Anne McKinnon · ss 17 · The Test · C. R. Dudley · ss 21 · Conjugal Frape · Jamie Watt · ss 27 · iDentity · Britta Schulte · vi 29 · Concrete Genocide · Sophie Sparham · ss 33 · The Smile · Simon Ings · ss · Post-Brain 43 · Biohacked & Begging · Stephen Oram · ss Biohacked & Begging by Stephen Oram, SilverWood Books, 2019 47 · Forever Live · Mark Huntley-James · ss 51 · A Letter from My Celia · Jane Norris · ss 55 · Drug of Choice · Adrian Reynolds · ss 61 · Anomaly in the Rhythm · Viraj Joshi · ss 67 · Brain Dump · Frances Gow · ss 71 · Brain Gun · Paul Green · vi The Gestaltbunker ed. Paul Green, Shearsman Books, 2012 73 · Secrets of the Sea · Jennifer Marie Brissett · ss The Future Fire #24, 2012 · Disease 81 · Do Not Exceed Stated Dose · Allen Ashley · ss 85 · Not Best Pleased · Geoff Ryman · ss 91 · An Honest Mistake · Tom Ward · ss 97 · The Needs of the Few · Jennifer Rohn · ss 107 · The War That Ended Yesterday · David Turnbull · ss 111 · L-One-Ly Virus · Jessica Laine · ss 117 · Transmissions from the Vitality Pod · Dan Coxon · ss 121 · Inside the Locked Cupboard · Pippa Goldschmidt · ss 129 · Cholesterol5.9, BigFLY · Antoine Saint Honoré · ss · Conflict 133 · Trial by Combat · John Houlihan · ss The Constellation of Alarion and Other Stories by John Houlihan, Jolly Big Publishing, 2021 139 · The End of War · Jule Owen · ss 143 · Why We Fight · Paul Currion · ss 149 · The Changing Man · David Gullen · ss 155 · Second Skin · Bea Xu · ss 161 · An Excerpt from the Post-Truth and Irreconcilable Differences Commission · Brendan C. Byrne · ss Imperica April 2018 169 · Commission · Brendan C. Byrne · ss · Safe from Harm [Infinite Detail] · Tim Maughan · ss 197 · Epilogue: [Citation Needed] · Ken MacLeod · ss

Detective Duff Unravels It by Harvey J. O’Higgins (Horace Liveright, June 1929, $2.00, 303pp, hc, co) [John Duff] 7 · The Marshall Murder [John Duff] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · ss The Red Book Magazine March 1925, as “The Burton Murder”; slightly revised. 41 · The Gold Frames [John Duff] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · ss Woman’s Home Companion October 1928 83 · The Parson Case [John Duff] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · ss The Red Book Magazine November 1925, as “The Famous Parson Case” 121 · James Illinois Bell [John Duff] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · ss The Red Book Magazine June 1925 155 · The Love Charm [John Duff] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · ss Woman’s Home Companion March 1929 197 · Abe Enger and the Princess [John Duff] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · ss The Red Book Magazine June 1929, as “She Asked of Life Two Things” 241 · The Fogull Murder [John Duff] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · nv Woman’s Home Companion August 1928 279 · The Hefflin Fund [John Duff] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · ss The Red Book Magazine September 1925, as “Stop Thief!”

Ghosttide ed. Claudia O’Keefe (Revenant Books, January 1993, 0-944494-22-6, $12.50, 221pp, tp, oa, cover by Alan M. Clark)     Anthology of 15 horror stories, all but two new, presented in an oversize trade paperback format, with an introduction by the editor. 5 · Introduction · Claudia O’Keefe · in 9 · The Mountains of Time · Hugh B. Cave · ss 21 · Force of Habit · Susan Palwick · ss 28 · Irrational Fears · William Browning Spencer · nv 56 · The Ghosts of Mice and Bugs · Tavish MacMinn · nv 78 · The Player · Barb Hendee · ss 86 · Penetration · David J. Schow · ss 93 · Annoyed to Death · Keelin Cole · ss 102 · Soul Searching · Dave Smeds · nv 135 · The Creatures That Walked in Darkness · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss 149 · De Profundis Clamavi · S. A. Stolnack · ss 157 · Neighbors · Kathryn Ptacek · ss 164 · The Power of the Mandarin · Gahan Wilson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1967 176 · Her Mother’s Cries · Janna Silverstein · ss 186 · Model Lover · Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 195 · Iron Mask · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1944

The Book of Famous Irish Ghost Stories ed. Daniel O’Keeffe (The Mercier Press, 1986, 88pp, pb, an)     Anthology of both fictional and factual hauntings. 1 · The White Lady of Charles Fort · [uncredited] · ar (r) 6 · Death of Lord Rossmore · Sir Jonah Barrington · ss (r) 10 · Wicked Captain Walshawe of Wauling · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine April 1864, uncredited. 24 · The Bunworth Banshee · T. Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1825, uncredited. 29 · The McGrath Banshee · Elliott O’Donnell · ar (r) 33 · The Ghost of a Hand · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ex from The House by the Church-Yard, Tinsley, 1863; originally published as Chapter 12, titled “Some Odd Facts About the Tiled House—Being an Authentic Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand”. 42 · Teigue of the Lee · T. Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland: Part II by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1828, uncredited. 49 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 58 · The Beresford Ghost · Andrew Lang · ar (r) 66 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine December 1853, uncredited.

Speak Gigantular by Irenosen Okojie (Jacaranda Books, September 15, 2016, 978-1-909762-29-9, £8.99, 216pp, tp, oc)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Gunk · Irenosen Okojie · ss 5 · Animal Parts · Irenosen Okojie · nv 26 · Outtakes · Irenosen Okojie · ss 42 · Fractures · Irenosen Okojie · ss 60 · Walk with Sleep · Irenosen Okojie · ss 76 · Why Is Pepe Canary Yellow? · Irenosen Okojie · ss 95 · Footer · Irenosen Okojie · ss 105 · Nadine · Irenosen Okojie · ss 118 · Poko, Poko · Irenosen Okojie · ss 127 · Please Feed Motion · Irenosen Okojie · ss revised from an earlier version in Jungle Jim #4, 2011. 139 · Anonymous Jones · Irenosen Okojie · ss 146 · The Thumbnail Interruptions · Irenosen Okojie · ss 158 · The Arrangement of Skin · Irenosen Okojie · ss 163 · Snapper · Irenosen Okojie · ss 169 · Mammoth · Irenosen Okojie · ss 173 · Jody · Irenosen Okojie · ss 182 · Following · Irenosen Okojie · ss 198 · Vegas · Irenosen Okojie · ss

Kabu-Kabu by Nnedi Okorafor (Prime Books, October 2, 2013, 978-1-60701-405-8, $15.95, 264pp, tp, co, cover by Johnathan Sung)     Collection of 21 stories, six original, with notes on each by the author. Foreword by Whoopi Goldberg. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Foreword · Whoopi Goldberg · fw 11 · The Magical Negro · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Dark Matter: Reading the Bones ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect, 2004, as by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu 14 · Kabu Kabu · Nnedi Okorafor & Alan Dean Foster · nv 38 · The House of Deformities · Nnedi Okorafor · ss 52 · The Black Stain · Nnedi Okorafor · ss 61 · How Inyang Got Her Wings · Nnedi Okorafor · ss 81 · On the Road · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2009 101 · Spider the Artist · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Seeds of Change ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2008, as by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu 116 · The Ghastly Bird · Nnedi Okorafor · ss 122 · The Winds of Harmattan · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Mojo: Conjure Stories ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Warner Aspect, 2003, as “Asuquo, or The Winds of Harmattan” 137 · Long Juju Man · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Alchemy #1, Winter 2003, as by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu 142 · The Carpet · Nnedi Okorafor · ss The Dark #1, October 2013 154 · Icon · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Looking Glass Magazine Summer 2010 165 · The Popular Mechanic · Nnedi Okorafor · ss InterNova 2007 176 · Windseekers · Nnedi Okorafor · ss L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XVIII ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge/Galaxy, 2002 188 · Bakasi Man · Nnedi Okorafor · ss 198 · The Baboon War · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Jungle Jim #7, 2012 210 · Asunder · Nnedi Okorafor · ss African Writing October/November 2007 218 · Tumaki · Nnedi Okorafor · ex Without a Map by Nnedi Okorafor & Mary Anne Mohanraj, Aqueduct Press, 2010, as “Stormbringer” 241 · Biafra · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Margin: Stories of Magical Realism Autumn 2005 248 · Moom! · Nnedi Okorafor · ss AfroSF ed. Ivor W. Hartmann, StoryTime Press, 2012 252 · The Palm Tree Bandit · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Strange Horizons December 11 2000 257 · Author’s Notes · Nnedi Okorafor · ms

Without a Map by Nnedi Okorafor & Mary Anne Mohanraj (Aqueduct Press, June 2010, 978-1-933500-41-6, $12.00, 152pp, tp, oc, cover by Lynne Jensen Lampe)     Original anthology of a novel excerpt from Stormbringer by Nnedi Okorafor, plus items by Mary Anne Mohanraj: two reprint stories, three poems, and six non-fiction pieces (some published online). Limited to 175 copies. Details taken from online listing. 3 · Stormbringer · Nnedi Okorafor · ex · In Times of Turmoil, She Turns to Yarn · Mary Anne Mohanraj · pm (r) · Identity Papers · Mary Anne Mohanraj · ar (r) · Revised Itineraries · Mary Anne Mohanraj · ar South Asian Review December 2006 · Saying Hello · Mary Anne Mohanraj · ar (r) · White Sheets · Mary Anne Mohanraj · pm (r) · Learning the Hour · Mary Anne Mohanraj · pm 2008 · Sequins · Mary Anne Mohanraj · ss Tumbarumba, turbulence.org, 2008 92 · Jump Space · Mary Anne Mohanraj · ss Thoughtcrime Experiments ed. Sumana Harihareswara & Leonard Richardson, CreateSpace, 2009 · Remember · Mary Anne Mohanraj · ar (r) 121 · The Whatever Columns, Parts I and II · Mary Anne Mohanraj · ar · The Arrival · Mary Anne Mohanraj · ar Catamaran v9, 2008 an excerpt from Arbitrary Passions, a memoir-in-progress.

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025 ed. Nnedi Okorafor (Mariner Books, October 21, 2025, 978-0-06-344147-7, $19.99, xxii+392pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. ix · Foreword · John Joseph Adams · fw xix · Introduction · Nnedi Okorafor · in 1 · We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read · Caroline M. Yoachim · ss Lightspeed #168, May 2024 18 · Also, the Cat · Rachel Swirsky · nv Tor.com January 10 2024 59 · The Audit · Olivie Blake · ss Januaries by Olivie Blake, Tor.com, 2024 78 · Country Birds · Kij Johnson · ss The Sunday Morning Transport February 11 2024 85 · Fuck Them Kids · Tatiana Obey · ss Fiyah #32, Fall 2024 102 · The River Judge [The Water Outlaws] · S. L. Huang · nv Reactor March 6 2024 132 · The Weight of Your Own Ashes · Carlie St. George · ss Clarkesworld #212, May 2024 148 · An Ode to the Minor Arcana in a Triplet Flow · Xavier Garcia · ss Death in the Mouth Volume 2 ed. Cassie Hart & Sloane Leong, Sloane Leong and Cassie Hart, 2025 162 · The Forgetting Room · Kathryn H. Ross · ss Fiyah #30, Spring 2024 177 · Look at the Moon · Dominique Dickey · ss Lightspeed #171, August 2024 202 · Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole · Isabel J. Kim · ss Clarkesworld #209, February 2024 [Ref. Ursula K. Le Guin] 211 · The Witch Trap · Jennifer Hudak · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #48, September 2024 220 · Yarns · Susan Palwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2024 245 · The Wonders of the World · ’Pemi Aguda · ss Ghostroots by ’Pemi Aguda, W.W. Norton & Company, 2024 265 · Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! · T. J. Klune · nv In the Live of Puppets by T. J. Klune, Tor, 2024 296 · A Stranger Knocks · Tananarive Due · ss Uncanny Magazine #60, September/October 2024 317 · The Sort · Thomas Ha · ss Clarkesworld #215, August 2024 336 · What Happened to the Crooners · Russell Nichols · ss Nightmare #144, September 2024 349 · The Three Thousand, Four Hundred Twenty-Third Law of Robotics · Adam-Troy Castro · ss Lightspeed #166, March 2024 356 · Ushers · Joe Hill · ss Amazon Original Stories, November 1 2024 378 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 390 · Other Notable Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2024 · [uncredited] · bi

American Government Through Science Fiction ed. Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick (Rand McNally College Publishing Company, 1974, 0-528-65902-2, x+360pp, tp, an)     Each story has an introduction by the editors. vii · Preface · Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick · pr ix · Foreword · Frederik Pohl · fw 1 · Introduction · Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick · in 9 · 1. Politics and Political Culture · Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick · si 12 · Radical Center · Mack Reynolds · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1967 46 · The Oogenesis of Bird City · Philip José Farmer · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories September 1970 58 · Frank Merriwell in the White House · Ward Moore · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July/August 1973 89 · 2. Politics and Policy-Making · Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick · si 93 · Hail to the Chief · Randall Garrett · nv Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction February 1962, as by Sam and Janet Argo 126 · Hail to the Chief · Sam Sackett · na Future Science Fiction June 1954 175 · Polity and Custom of the Camiroi [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1967 190 · Request for Proposal · Anthony R. Lewis · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact November 1972 205 · 3. American Political Processes · Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick · si 209 · May the Best Man Win · Stanley Schmidt · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1971 218 · The 1980 President · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1964 225 · Restricted Clientele · Kendell F. Crossen · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1951 244 · Welcome, Comrade · Simon Bagley · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1964 264 · The Delegate from Guapanga · Wyman Guin · nv Galaxy Magazine August 1964 294 · The Chameleon · Larry Eisenberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1970 304 · The Freak · Pg Wyal · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1969 319 · 4. Political Change in the United States · Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick · si 322 · The Right to Revolt [Andrew Galt] · Keith Laumer · ss If May/June 1971 340 · The Right to Resist [Andrew Galt] · Keith Laumer · ss If May/June 1971 355 · The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race · J. G. Ballard · vi Ambit #29, 1966 359 · Selected Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Car Sinister ed. Joseph D. Olander, Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Robert Silverberg.

The City: 2000 A.D.: Urban Life Through Science Fiction ed. Joseph D. Olander, Ralph S. Clem & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Ralph S. Clem.

Criminal Justice Through Science Fiction ed. Joseph D. Olander & Martin H. Greenberg (Franklin Watts, 1977, 0-531-05392-X, $12.50, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Joseph D. Olander & Martin H. Greenberg · in 3 · The Undercity · Dean R. Koontz · ss Future City ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1973 16 · Guilty as Charged · Arthur Porges · ss The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 ed. T. E. Dikty, Fell, 1955 25 · Shock Treatment · J. Francis McComas · nv 9 Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1954 55 · A Jury Not of Peers · Pg Wyal · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories January 1976 66 · 10:01 A.M. · Alexander B. Malec · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1966 81 · Bounty · T. L. Sherred · vi Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972 85 · Hawksbill Station · Robert Silverberg · na Galaxy Science Fiction August 1967 131 · The Cage · Bertram Chandler · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1957 142 · December 28th · Theodore L. Thomas · ss Playboy December 1959 146 · Two-Handed Engine · Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1955; given as by Kuttner alone. 168 · And Keep Us from Our Castles · Cynthia Bunn · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1974 195 · The Public Hating · Steve Allen · ss Bluebook January 1955 202 · The Modern Penitentiary [Esks] · Hayden Howard · nv Galaxy Science Fiction December 1966 235 · Reading Suggestions · [uncredited] · bi

Dawn of Time: Prehistory Through Science Fiction ed. Joseph D. Olander, Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Robert Silverberg.

50 More Mysteries ed. Joseph D. Olander, Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

50 Mysteries ed. Joseph D. Olander, Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

First Voyages ed. Joseph D. Olander, Damon Knight & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Damon Knight.

The Future I ed. Joseph D. Olander, Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

The Future in Question ed. Joseph D. Olander, Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Galaxy:Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction ed. Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Frederik Pohl.

Galaxy Volume 1 ed. Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Frederik Pohl.

Galaxy Volume 2 ed. Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Frederik Pohl.

The Great Science Fiction Series ed. Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl & Martin Harry Greenberg--- see under Frederik Pohl.

International Relations Through Science Fiction ed. Joseph D. Olander & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Treasury ed. Joseph D. Olander, Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Marriage and the Family Through Science Fiction ed. Joseph D. Olander, Val Clear, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick--- see under Val Clear.

Microcosmic Tales ed. Joseph D. Olander, Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Miniature Mysteries: 100 Malicious Little Mystery Stories ed. Joseph D. Olander, Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Mysterious Visions ed. Joseph D. Olander, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Charles G. Waugh.

Neglected Visions ed. Joseph D. Olander, Barry N. Malzberg & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Barry N. Malzberg.

No Room for Man ed. Joseph D. Olander, Ralph S. Clem & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Ralph S. Clem.

100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories ed. Joseph D. Olander, Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Philip K. Dick ed. Joseph D. Olander & Martin Harry Greenberg--- see under Martin Harry Greenberg.

Run to Starlight, Sports Through Science Fiction ed. Joseph D. Olander, Martin Harry Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick--- see under Martin Harry Greenberg.

School and Society Through Science Fiction ed. Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick (Rand McNally College Publishing Company, 1974, 0-528-61240-9, 396pp, tp, an)     Each story has an introduction by the editors. 1 · Introduction · Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick · in 13 · 1. The Purposes of Education · Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick · si 17 · Profession · Isaac Asimov · na Astounding Science Fiction July 1957 70 · The Great Intellect Boom [Hommel] · Christopher Anvil · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact July 1969 91 · Examination Day · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy February 1958 97 · Primary Education of the Camiroi [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1966 111 · 2. Teaching and Learning in Society · Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick · si 113 · Bohassian Learns · William Rotsler · vi Amazing Science Fiction Stories July 1971 118 · Investigating the Curiosity Drive · Tom Herzog · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1968 131 · Backwardness · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1958 143 · Stimulus-Reward Situation · Gene Fisher · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1973 158 · The First Men · Howard Fast · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1960 187 · 3. School and Society · Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick · si 191 · A Different Drummer · Raylyn Moore · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1971 209 · Four Brands of Impossible · Norman Kagan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1964 238 · The Docs · Richard O. Lewis · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1964 244 · Pottage [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1955 277 · Teaching Prime · Leo P. Kelley · ss Infinity Three ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1972 287 · 4. Technology and Education · Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick · si 289 · Progeny · Philip K. Dick · ss If November 1954 307 · The Ever-Branching Tree · Harry Harrison · ss Science Against Man ed. Anthony Cheetham, Avon, 1970 319 · Bookmobile · Charles L. Harness · ss If November 1968 331 · 5. Critical Issues in Contemporary Education · Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick · si 333 · Nada · Thomas M. Disch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1964 353 · Up Against the Wall · Robert Thurston · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories August 1973 369 · Publish and Perish · John B. Thomas · ss If June 1968 384 · Gorman · Jerry Farber · ss The Student as Nigger by Jerry Farber, Contact Books, 1969 393 · Selected Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology ed. Joseph D. Olander, Patricia S. Warrick & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Patricia S. Warrick.

Science Fiction of the Fifties ed. Joseph D. Olander & Martin Harry Greenberg--- see under Martin Harry Greenberg.

Science Fiction of the Forties ed. Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Frederik Pohl.

Social Problems Through Science Fiction ed. Joseph D. Olander, Martin Harry Greenberg, John W. Milstead & Patricia S. Warrick--- see under Martin Harry Greenberg.

Sociology Through Science Fiction ed. Joseph D. Olander, John W. Milstead, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick--- see under John W. Milstead.

Space Mail ed. Joseph D. Olander, Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Time of Passage ed. Joseph D. Olander & Martin Harry Greenberg (Taplinger, September 1978, 0-8008-7733-0, $9.95, 292pp, hc, an)     Science Fiction Stories about Death and Dying 9 · Introduction · Joseph D. Olander & Martin Harry Greenberg · in 13 · The Vitanuls · John Brunner · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1967 35 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1954 61 · Now Let Us Sleep · Avram Davidson · ss Venture Science Fiction September 1957 77 · The Windows in Dante’s Hell [Urban Nucleus] · Michael Bishop · ss Orbit 12 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1973 95 · Transit of Earth · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy January 1971 111 · Knowing Her · Gregory Benford · ss New Dimensions: Science Fiction: Number 7 ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1977 123 · Time of Passage · J. G. Ballard · ss Science Fantasy #63, February 1964 137 · In Re Glover · Leonard Tushnet · ss Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972 147 · A Time to Live · Joe W. Haldeman · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact May 1977 157 · The Problem of Pain · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1973 179 · The Engine at Heartspring’s Center · Roger Zelazny · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact July 1974 189 · Eternity Lost · Clifford D. Simak · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1949 217 · The Last Lonely Man · John Brunner · ss New Worlds SF #142, May/June 1964 235 · Dio · Damon Knight · nv Infinity Science Fiction September 1957 273 · The Custodian · William Tenn · nv If November 1953

Tomorrow, Inc.: SF Stories About Big Business ed. Joseph D. Olander & Martin Harry Greenberg--- see under Martin Harry Greenberg.

Ursula K. Le Guin ed. Joseph D. Olander & Martin Harry Greenberg (Taplinger Publishing Company, 1979, 0-8008-7942-2, $5.95, 258pp, tp, nf) [Ref. Ursula K. Le Guin]     A hardcover edition (-7943-0) was announced but not seen. 11 · Introduction · Joseph D. Olander & Martin Harry Greenberg · in 15 · The Master Pattern: The Psychological Journey in the Earthsea Trilogy · Margaret P. Esmonde · ar 36 · The Archetype of the Journey in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fiction · Peter Brigg · ar 64 · Ursula K. Le Guin: Damsel with a Dulcimer · Peter S. Alterman · ar 77 · Unbuilding Walls: Human Nature and the Nature of Evolutionary and Political Theory in The Dispossessed · Philip E. Smith, II · ar 97 · Androgyny, Ambivalence, and Assimilation in The Left Hand of Darkness · N. B. Hayles · ar 116 · Anarchism and Utopian Tradition in The Dispossessed · John P. Brennan & Michael C. Downs · ar 153 · The Other Side of Suffering: Touch as Theme and Metaphor in Le Guin’s Science Fiction Novels · Thomas J. Remington · ar 178 · Mythic Reversals: The Building of the Shadow Motif · Sneja Gunew · ar 200 · Words of Binding: Patterns of Integration in the Earthsea Trilogy · John H. Crow & Richard D. Erlich · ar 241 · Ursula K. Le Guin: A Bibliography · Marshall B. Tymn · bi 247 · Ursula K. Le Guin: A Biographical Note · Joseph D. Olander & Martin Harry Greenberg · bi 249 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology ed. Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Frederik Pohl.

The Incredible Adventures of Rowland Hern by Nicholas Olde (Ramble House, 2006, 978-1-60543-394-3, v+184pp, tp, co) [Rowland Hern]     Reprint (Heinemann 1928) mystery collection. Details supplied by Denny Lien. i · Serendipitously Yours · J. F. Norris · in 9 · The Windmill [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss 19 · The Collector of Curiosities [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss 30 · The Lost City of Lak [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss 43 · Potter [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss 53 · Black and White [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss 66 · The Red Weed [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss 77 · Old Mr. Polperro [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss 86 · The Two Telescopes [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · nv 107 · The Man with Three Legs [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · nv 116 · The Monstrous Laugh [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss 129 · The Mysterious Wig-Box [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss 141 · The Invisible Weapon [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss 150 · The Attempted Disembowelment of John Kensington [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss 162 · Double or Quits [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss 173 · The Sin of the Saint [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss

Salsa Nocturna by Daniel José Older (Crossed Genres Publications, July 13, 2012, 978-0-615-62445-7, $11.95, 144pp, tp, co, cover by Saddi Khali)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Sheree Renée Thomas · in · Tenderfoot · Daniel José Older · ss Innsmouth Free Press February 2011 · Salsa Nocturna · Daniel José Older · ss Strange Horizons December 20 2010 · Skin Like Porcelain Death · Daniel José Older · nv · The Collector · Daniel José Older · ss · Graveyard Waltz · Daniel José Older · ss · Protected Entity · Daniel José Older · ss Crossed Genres Magazine #24, November 2010 · Magdalena · Daniel José Older · ss · Red Feather & Bone · Daniel José Older · ss · The Passing · Daniel José Older · ss · Tall Walkin’ Death · Daniel José Older · ss · Love Is a Fucking River · Daniel José Older · ss · Forgive Me My Tangents · Daniel José Older · ss · Phantom Overload · Daniel José Older · ss Subversion ed. Bart R. Leib, Crossed Genres Publications, 2011

Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History ed. Daniel José Older & Rose Fox (Crossed Genres Publications, May 2014, 978-0-9913921-0-0, $19.95, 362pp, tp, oa, cover by Julie Dillon)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Ogres of East Africa · Sofia Samatar · ss 9 · The Oud · Thoraiya Dyer · ss 19 · Free Jim’s Mine · Tananarive Due · ss 33 · Ffydd (Faith) · S. Lynn · ss 41 · Across the Seam · Sunny Moraine · ss 51 · Numbers · Rion Amilcar Scott · ss 63 · Each Part Without Mercy · Meg Jayanth · ss 81 · The Witch of Tarup · Claire Humphrey · ss 91 · Marigolds · L. S. Johnson · ss 107 · Diyu · Robert William Iveniuk · ss 123 · Collected Likenesses · Jamey Hatley · ss 135 · Angela and the Scar · Michael Janairo · ss 151 · The Colts · Benjamin Parzybok · ss 161 · Nine · Kima Jones · ss 175 · The Heart and the Feather · Christina Lynch · ss 189 · A Score of Roses · Troy L. Wiggins · ss 199 · Neither Witch nor Fairy · Nghi Vo · ss 209 · A Deeper Echo · David Jón Fuller · ss 223 · Knotting Grass, Holding Ring · Ken Liu · nv 245 · Jooni · Kemba Banton · ss 259 · There Will Be One Vacant Chair · Sarah Pinsker · ss 269 · It’s War · Nnedi Okorafor · ss 277 · Find Me Unafraid · Shanaé Brown · ss 291 · A Wedding in Hungry Days · Nicolette Barischoff · ss 305 · Medu · Lisa Bolekaja · ss 321 · Lone Women · Victor LaValle · nv 343 · The Dance of the White Demons · Sabrina Vourvoulias · ss

The Mill Pond Ghost and Other Stories by Pamela Oldfield (Lions, October 1991, 0-00-694090-0, £2.99, 149pp, pb, oc)     Collection of 13 original young adult ghost stories. 7 · The Mill Pond Ghost · Pamela Oldfield · ss 13 · The Boy in the Wood · Pamela Oldfield · ss 23 · Simon Attley’s Desk · Pamela Oldfield · ss 33 · The White Killer · Pamela Oldfield · ss 39 · The Picture · Pamela Oldfield · ss 49 · The Carol Singers · Pamela Oldfield · ss 59 · All Hallows Eve · Pamela Oldfield · ss 69 · Piano Practice · Pamela Oldfield · ss 79 · The Haunted Track · Pamela Oldfield · ss 89 · The Deep One · Pamela Oldfield · ss 99 · Barnett’s Revenge · Pamela Oldfield · ss 107 · The Village School · Pamela Oldfield · ss 117 · The Sigh · Pamela Oldfield · ss

The Passion Play and Other Ghost Stories by Antony Oldknow (Ash-Tree Press, April 28, 2006, 978-1-55310-088-1, C$50.00, vi+206pp, hc, co, cover by Keith Minnion)     Limited to 400 copies. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Preface · Antony Oldknow · pr 6 · The Passion Play · Antony Oldknow · nv 27 · From the North Window · Antony Oldknow · nv 48 · After the Party · Antony Oldknow · ss 67 · The Gollies · Antony Oldknow · ss All Hallows #36, June 2004 85 · The Dambusters’ March · Antony Oldknow · ss All Hallows #27, June 2001 102 · Ceremonies · Antony Oldknow · nv 123 · St. Sinenomen · Antony Oldknow · ss Supernatural Tales #5, 2003 143 · Quintinshill · Antony Oldknow · ss Ghosts & Scholars #28, 1999 159 · Harrow · Antony Oldknow · ss 178 · The Wanderer · Antony Oldknow · ss

Other Voices, Other Doors by Patrick O’Leary (Fairwood Press, November 2000, 0-9668184-3-1, $17.99, 197pp, tp, co, cover by Rick Leider)     Collection of eight stories, nine essays, and 28 poems. Foreword by Gene Wolfe. 4 · Foreword · Gene Wolfe · fw 8 · A Cowboy Hospital Romance · Patrick O’Leary · in 12 · 23 Skidoo · Patrick O’Leary · ss Talebones #8, Summer 1997 24 · Brand Equity · Patrick O’Leary · ss Talebones #11, Spring 1998 32 · Bat Boy · Patrick O’Leary · ss infinity plus October 1998 38 · The Problem Phone · Patrick O’Leary · ss (r) 52 · We Are All Together · Patrick O’Leary · ss (r) 58 · The Maker of Miniatures · Patrick O’Leary · ss (r) 68 · Before & After · Patrick O’Leary · ss (r) 88 · Ding, Ding, Ding—A Christmas Story · Patrick O’Leary · ss (r) 96 · How I Wrote a Science Fiction · Patrick O’Leary · ar Science Fiction Eye #15, Fall 1997; subtitled “The Genesis of Door Number Three”. 104 · Death & The Critic · Patrick O’Leary · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #120, August 1998; subtitled “A Response to a Pan of The Gift”. 108 · The Importance of Being Spider—Spider Robinson, Callahan’s Keeper · Patrick O’Leary · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction [Ref. Spider Robinson] 112 · More Than Meat—Van Morrison · Patrick O’Leary · ar Crawdaddy [Ref. Van Morrison] 118 · A Matter of Vision—Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman · Patrick O’Leary · ar Crawdaddy 122 · It Only Has to Stink—Impeachable Offenses · Patrick O’Leary · ar (r) 126 · Why Not?—The Real Question of Science Fiction · Patrick O’Leary · as ; an afterword to the story “23 Skidoo”. 132 · 1000-2000 · Patrick O’Leary · ar (r) 136 · If Ever a Wiz There Was—The Ineffable Art of Gene Wolfe · Patrick O’Leary · ar (r) [Ref. Gene Wolfe] 144 · The Yugoslavian Poetry Maker · Patrick O’Leary · pm Uncommonplaces ed. Judith Kerman & Don Riggs, Mayapple Press, 2000 145 · The Body Remembers · Patrick O’Leary · pm (r) 147 · Brother · Patrick O’Leary · pm The Quadra Project Calendar & Postcard Series 149 · You’re Smiling · Patrick O’Leary · pm Taproot 150 · The Square Dance · Patrick O’Leary · pm The Iowa Review 151 · True Story · Patrick O’Leary · pm The Iowa Review 153 · Something Needed · Patrick O’Leary · pm The Little Magazine 157 · I Knew · Patrick O’Leary · pm Poetry East 158 · Feel · Patrick O’Leary · pm (r) 159 · Too Fast · Patrick O’Leary · pm The Little Magazine 160 · Stuck · Patrick O’Leary · pm Poetry East 161 · Only Parents Believe in Monsters · Patrick O’Leary · pm (r) 164 · Flight · Patrick O’Leary · pm The Quadra Project Calendar & Postcard Series 165 · What We Carry · Patrick O’Leary · pm The Iowa Review 166 · You You Were Naked · Patrick O’Leary · pm Bouquet 168 · Vasectomy: A Poem in Two Parts · Patrick O’Leary · pm Men of Our Time: An Anthology of Male Poetry in Contemporary America ed. Fred Moramarco & Al Zolynas, University of Georgia Press, 1992 174 · The Black Garden · Patrick O’Leary · pm The Iowa Review 176 · Mrs. Rotumka’s Daughter · Patrick O’Leary · pm (r) 178 · Easter · Patrick O’Leary · pm (r) 179 · My Father Is a Beautiful Woman · Patrick O’Leary · pm (r) 182 · Drinking Air, Breathing Water · Patrick O’Leary · pm University of Windsor Review 184 · Pinball · Patrick O’Leary · pm The MacGuffin 186 · Kudzu · Patrick O’Leary · pm The Iowa Review 188 · The Astronaut · Patrick O’Leary · pm The Iowa Review 190 · Somewhere Like Leonardo · Patrick O’Leary · pm The Little Magazine 191 · Younging · Patrick O’Leary · pm (r) 192 · Dusk (On Turning 40) · Patrick O’Leary · pm Phoenix 193 · This Is a Poem · Patrick O’Leary · pm (r)

Lore: A Quaint and Curious Volume of Selected Stories ed. Sean O’Leary & Rod Heather--- see under Rod Heather.

Deadfall: Crime Stories by New England Writers ed. Susan Oleksiw, Kate Flora & Ruth McCarty--- see under Kate Flora.

Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022 ed. Susan Oleksiw, Christine Bagley & Leslie Wheeler--- see under Christine Bagley.

Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers ed. Susan Oleksiw, Kate Flora & Ruth McCarty--- see under Kate Flora.

Riptide: Crime Stories by New England Writers ed. Susan Oleksiw, Skye Alexander & Kate Flora--- see under Skye Alexander.

Seasmoke: Crime Stories by New England Writers ed. Susan Oleksiw, Kate Flora & Ruth McCarty--- see under Kate Flora.

Still Waters: Crime Stories by New England Writers ed. Susan Oleksiw, Kate Flora & Ruth McCarty--- see under Kate Flora.

Undertow: Crime Stories by New England Writers ed. Susan Oleksiw, Skye Alexander & Kate Flora--- see under Skye Alexander.

Windchill: Crime Stories by New England Writers ed. Susan Oleksiw, Skye Alexander & Kate Flora--- see under Skye Alexander.

Great Swedish Fairy Tales ed. Elsa Olenius (Delacorte Press, April 1978, 0-440-03041-2, $6.95, 239pp, tp, an)     Translated by Holger Lundbergh. ix · John Bauer 1882-1918 · Elsa Olenius · in 1 · When Mother Troll Took in the King’s Washing · Elsa Beskow · ss (r) 19 · The Magician’s Cape · Anna Wahlenberg · ss (r) 29 · The Barrel Bung · Anna Wahlenberg · ss (r) 39 · The Seven Wishes · Alfred Smedberg · ss (r) 50 · The King’s Choice · Anna Wahlenberg · ss (r) 59 · The Four Big Trolls and Little Peter Pastureman · Cyrus Granér · ss Great Swedish Fairy Tales ed. Elsa Olenius, Delacorte Press, 1974 translated from the Swedish (“Sagan om de fyra stortrollen och lille Vill-Vallareman”, 1909). 78 · The Troll Ride · Anna Wahlenberg · ss (r) 87 · The Trolls and the Youngest Tomte · Alfred Smedberg · ss (r) 99 · The Ring · Helena Nyblom · ss (r) 114 · The Old Troll of Big Mountain · Anna Wahlenberg · ss (r) 123 · Leap the Elk and Little Princess Cottongrass · Helge Kjellin · ss (r) 136 · The Magpie with the Salt on Her Tail · Anna Wahlenberg · ss (r) 143 · The Boy Who Was Never Afraid · Alfred Smedberg · ss (r) 153 · The Changelings · Helena Nyblom · ss (r) 170 · Stalo and Kauras · P. A. Lindholm · ss (r) 175 · The Flower of Happiness on Sunnymount Crest · Alfred Smedberg · ss (r) 185 · Dag and Daga, and the Flying Troll of Sky Mountain · Harald Östenson · ss (r) 195 · Linda-Gold and the Old King · Anna Wahlenberg · ss (r) 203 · The Boy and the Trolls, or the Adventure · Walter Stenström · ss (r) 221 · The Maiden in the Castle of Rosy Clouds · Harald Östenson · ss (r) 230 · The Queen · Anna Wahlenberg · ss (r)

Absolutely Brilliant in Chrome ed. Keith Olexa (Phobos Books, March 2004, 0-9720026-3-4, $14.95, xii+351pp, tp, oa, cover by JayJay Jackson)     Original anthology of 10 stories by winners of the 1st or 2nd annual Phobos Fiction Contest. This is the first volume in the “Phobos Galaxy” anthology series. · Letters to a Sister · Rebecca Carmi · ss · Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? · Daniel Conover · ss · The Ants of Imhotep · Carl Frederick · ss · Absolutely Brilliant in Chrome · James Maxey · ss · Ascension · Matthew S. Rotundo · ss · A Meeting of Minds · Gordon Gross · ss · Promise · James Maxey · ss · A Debt Unpaid · Justin Stanchfield · ss · Perfect for Each Other · Daniel Conover · ss · Deep Flows the River of Time · Carl Frederick · ss

All the Rage This Year: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology 3 ed. Keith Olexa (Phobos Books, September 2004, 0-9720026-5-0, $14.95, xiii+214pp, tp, oa, cover by Kim McCarty & JayJay Jackson)     Original anthology of 12 stories by winners of the 3rd annual Phobos Fiction Contest. Introduction by John Ordover. vii · Rousing Yourself from the Anodyne Dream · Keith Olexa · pr xi · Out Digging in the Idea Mine · John Ordover · in 1 · Veil of Ignorance · David Barr Kirtley · ss 15 · The Man Who Murdered Himself · Nancy Fulda · ss 25 · All the Rage This Year · David Walton · ss 41 · And Cry the Name of David · Virginia Baker · nv 63 · GoldenTown · Daniel Conover · ss 81 · The Second Chance of Clevon Walker · Eric B. Griffin · ss 93 · The Man Who Moved the Moon · Eric James Stone · nv 117 · The Big Shot · Susan Fry · ss 133 · Two Rooms and All the Electricity You Can Eat · M. T. Reiten · ss 149 · Dissident · Julie Hyzy · ss 169 · The Walls Within · Lane Robbins · nv 191 · Earl Billings and the Angels of the Lord · James Maxey · ss 199 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 207 · About the Judges · [uncredited] · bg 213 · Not the Last Word · Sandra Schulberg · aw

Empire of Dreams and Miracles ed. Keith Olexa & Orson Scott Card--- see under Orson Scott Card.

A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories ed. Keith J. Olexa & Kevin J. Anderson--- see under Kevin J. Anderson.

Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology 2 ed. Keith Olexa, Orson Scott Card & Christian O’Toole--- see under Orson Scott Card.

The Land of Darkness by Margaret Oliphant (Macmillan, 1888, 238pp, hc, co) · The Land of Darkness · Margaret Oliphant · na Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1887 · The Little Pilgrim in the Seen and Unseen · Margaret Oliphant · nv The Scottish Church July 1885