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Welsh Short Stories ed. George Ewart Evans (Faber and Faber, 1959, 288pp, hc, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· The Dilemma of Catherine Fuchsias · Rhys Davies · ss The New Yorker February 19 1949

· A Summer Day · Kate Roberts · ss A Summer Day and Other Stories by Kate Roberts, Penmark Press, 1946
translated from the Welsh.

· It’s Not by His Beak You Can Judge a Woodcock · Glyn Jones · ss Stand #7, Spring 1954

· Janet Ifans’ Donkey · Geraint Goodwin · ss The Argosy (UK) January 1939

· Death at Christmas · Glyn Daniel · ss

· Goronwy’s House of Gold · Gwyn Jones · ss Life and Letters v56, #127, 1948

· The Way of the Earth · Caradoc Evans · ss My People by Caradoc Evans, Andrew Melrose, 1915

· Immortality · Henry Mansel · ss (r)

· The Orchards · Dylan Thomas · ss The Criterion July 1936

· The Girl in the Heather · Islwyn Ffowc Elis · ss
translated from the Welsh (“Y Tyddyn”).

· Where My Dark Lover Lies · Gwyn Thomas · ss The California Quarterly Autumn 1951

· The Investment · Aled Vaughan · ss

· The Orange Grove · Alun Lewis · ss In the Green Tree by Alun Lewis, George Allen & Unwin, 1948

· The Medal · George Ewart Evans · ss

· Hangman’s Assistant · Dai Alexander · ss

· Flaming Tortoises · Nigel Heseltine · ss Wales Winter 1946

· The First Snow · Cledwyn Hughes · ss Woman February 26 1955

· Up-Ladle at Three · William Glynne-Jones · ex from Farewell Innocence, Werner Laurie, 1950

· The Conquered · Dorothy Edwards · ss The Calendar of Modern Letters v3 #1, April 1926

· The Court Cupboard · D. J. Williams · ss Wales v5 #8/9, December 1945

· Gone Fishing · John Wright · ss

· Mrs. Armitage · Emyr Humphreys · ss

· A Night for the Curing · Roland Mathias · ss

· A View Across the Valley · Dilys Rowe · ss

· The Stranger · Richard Hughes · ss The Weekly Westminster Gazette May 26 1923

Beyond the Gaslight: Science in Popular Fiction, 1895-1905 ed. Hilary & Dik Evans (Frederick Muller Ltd., 1976, 0-584-31017-X, 160pp, hc, an)

7 · Peter Pan Came from Outer Space · Hilary & Dik Evans · ar

23 · Science with the Dessert Course · Hilary & Dik Evans · ar

35 · When the World Froze · Hilary & Dik Evans · si

37 · The Thames Valley Catastrophe · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Magazine December 1897

46 · The Aerial Brickfield · John Mills · ss The Windsor Magazine June 1897

51 · A Corner in Lightning · George Griffith · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1898

58 · The River of Death · Fred M. White · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1904

64 · London’s Danger · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1896

70 · Around the World in Any Number of Ways · Hilary & Dik Evans · si

72 · From Pole to Pole · George Griffith · nv The Windsor Magazine October 1904

81 · The Fate of the Firefly · Rev. J. M. Bacon, F.R.A.S. · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1901

86 · The Abduction of Alexandra Seine · Fred C. Smale · ss The Harmsworth Magazine November 1900

92 · “I was as God!” · Hilary & Dik Evans · si

96 · A Charlatan · Frank Harris · ss The Pall Mall Magazine July 1902

102 · The Shadow and the Flash · Jack London · ss The Bookman June 1903

110 · The Man Who Meddled with Eternity · E. Tickner-Edwardes · ss The Harmsworth Magazine February 1901

118 · The Last Stand of the Decapods · Hilary & Dik Evans · si

121 · The Last Stand of the Decapods · Frank T. Bullen · ar The Strand Magazine December 1901

126 · The Purple Terror · Fred M. White · ss The Strand Magazine September 1899

133 · The Lizard · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss The Strand Magazine June 1898

139 · The Last Days of Earth · Hilary & Dik Evans · si

142 · Our Second Voyage to Mars [Aleriel] · W. S. Lach-Szyrma, uncredited · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine February 1889, as by Aleriel

146 · The Last Days of Earth · George C. Wallis · ss The Harmsworth Magazine July 1901

152 · What’s to Come Is Still Unsure · Hilary & Dik Evans · ar

Science Fiction Through the Ages 1 ed. I. O. Evans (Panther, 1966, 2152, 3/6d, 155pp, pb, an)

9 · Introduction · I. O. Evans · in

13 · Secret Weapon · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Count Robert of Paris (r)

19 · The Vanished Civilization · Plato · ex from Timaeus (r)

22 · Interplanetary Warfare · Lucian of Samosata · ex from A True History (r)

30 · The Moon-Voyage · Johannes Kepler · ex from Somnium, 1634

37 · Utopian Science Fiction · Francis Bacon · ex from New Atlantis, Sylva Sylvarum by Francis Bacon, John Haviland for William Lee, 1626

49 · Satirical Science Fiction [Gulliver] · Jonathan Swift · ex from Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World, Benjamin Motte, 1726

71 · The Human Mutant · Robert Paltock · ex from The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, 1751

91 · Visitors from Outer Space · Voltaire · ex from Micromegas, D. Wilson & T. Durham, 1753

104 · The Recalcitrant Robot [Frankenstein] · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ex from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, anonymously, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited.

117 · The Menace of the Machine · Samuel Butler · ex from Erewhon, 1872

136 · The Conquest of the Air · Edgar Allan Poe · ex from The Balloon Hoax, The Sun Magazine April 13 1844

149 · Into the Unknown [Captain Nemo] · Jules Verne · ex from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (r)

156 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Science Fiction Through the Ages 2 ed. I. O. Evans (Panther, 1966, 2159, 3/6d, 173pp, pb, an)

9 · An Expostulation · C. S. Lewis · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1959

11 · Introduction · I. O. Evans · in

15 · The Atomic Bomb · H. G. Wells · ex from The World Set Free (r)

25 · Action from a Distance · Hugo Gernsback · ex from “Ralph 124C 41+”, Modern Electrics April 1911 (+11)

37 · Refugee · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1955, as “This Earth of Majesty”

49 · The Feeling of Power · Isaac Asimov · ss If February 1958

59 · A Little Oil · Eric Frank Russell · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1952

80 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1954

106 · The Flinties · I. O. Evans · ss (r)

118 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952

131 · He Walked Around the Horses [Paratime Police] · H. Beam Piper · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1948

154 · The Light · Poul Anderson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1957

166 · Those About to Die · Nevil Shute · ex from On the Beach, 1957

172 · Suggestions for Further Reading · [uncredited] · ms

Sunless Solstice: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights ed. Lucy Evans & Tanya Kirk (The British Library, October 21, 2021, 978-0-7123-5410-3, £8.99, 288pp, tp, an) [British Library Tales of the Weird]
Ghost/horror anthology.
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Tanya Kirk · in

· The Ghost at the Cross-Roads · Frederick Manley · ss South London Press December 1893

· The Blue Room · Lettice Galbraith · ss Macmillan’s Magazine October 1897

· On the Northern Ice · Elia Wilkinson Peattie · ss The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales by Elia Wilkinson Peattie, Macmillan, 1898

· The Black Cat · W. J. Wintle · ss Ghost Gleams by W. J. Wintle, Heath Cranton, 1921

· Ganthony’s Wife · E. Temple Thurston · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1925

· Mr. Huffam · Hugh Walpole · nv The Strand Magazine December 1933

· The Man Who Came Back · Margery Lawrence · ss The Sphere November 20 1935

· The Third Shadow · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Weird Tales November 1950

· The Apple Tree · Dame Daphne du Maurier · nv The Apple Tree by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1952

· The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956

· The Visiting Star · Robert Aickman · nv Powers of Darkness by Robert Aickman, Collins, 1966

· A Fall of Snow · James Turner · ss Staircase to the Sea by James Turner, William Kimber, 1974

Good Housekeeping’s Best Book of Mystery Stories ed. Pauline Rush Evans (Prentice Hall, 1958, LC:58-10444, $2.95, 383pp, hc, an)
Also as Best Book of Mystery Stories (Doubleday 1965).

7 · Introduction · Pauline Rush Evans · in

13 · The Adventure at the Toll Bridge · Howard Pease · ss Night Boat and Other Tod Moran Mysteries by H. Pease, Doubleday, Doran, 1942

40 · The Spectral Ship · Wilhelm Hauff · ss (r)

59 · Forgotten Island · Elizabeth Coatsworth · nv Story Parade 1942

101 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911

109 · Miss Hinch · Henry Sydnor Harrison · nv McClure’s Magazine September 1911

142 · Don Roderick and the Magic Tower · Washington Irving · ss (r)

157 · The Case of the Perfect Maid [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine April 1942, as “The Perfect Maid”

180 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844

212 · The Mystery in Four-and-a-Half Street · Donald & Louise Peattie · ss Youth’s Companion Combined with The American Boy November 1931

231 · The Rescue at Sea · [uncredited] · ss (r)

241 · The Fenchurch Street Mystery [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine May 1901

270 · The Owl Hoots Twice · Sax Rohmer · ss Collier’s February 14 1948

294 · Peter Rugg · William Austin · nv New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New England in a Letter to Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell

316 · Nearly Perfect · A. A. Milne · ss Cosmopolitan August 1950

330 · The Dead Run · W. J. Wallace · ss Collier’s January 8 1954

357 · The Blast of the Book [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Liberty August 26 1933, as “The Five Fugitives”

Black Atlantic by Peter J. Evans & Simon Jowett--- see under Simon Jowett.

Black Dawn by Peter J. Evans (Black Flame US, July 2006, 1-84416-382-2, $7.99, 255pp, pb, n., cover by Mark Harrison) [Durham Red]
Novelization based on the futuristic vampire character from 2000 AD comics. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S. Simultaneous with the Black Library UK edition, this has the same ISBN, but only has US and Canadian prices.

The Encoded Heart by Peter J. Evans (Black Flame US, December 2005, 1-84416-272-9, $6.99, 254pp, pb, n., cover by Mark Harrison) [Durham Red]
Novelization based on the futuristic vampire character from 2000AD comics. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S.

Manticore Reborn by Peter J. Evans (Black Flame US, February 2006, 1-84416-323-7, $7.99, 254pp, pb, n., cover by Mark Harrison) [Durham Red]
Novelization based on the futuristic vampire character from 2000 AD comics. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S. Simultaneous with the Black Library UK edition, this has the same ISBN, but only has US and Canadian prices.

The Omega Solution by Peter J. Evans (Black Flame US, June 2005, 1-84416-175-7, $6.99, 250pp, pb, n., cover by Mark Harrison) [Durham Red]
Reprint (Black Flame 2005) novelization based on the 2000 AD comic. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the UK, but only gives US and Canadian prices.

The Unquiet Grave by Peter J. Evans (Black Flame US, October 2004, 1-84416-159-5, $6.99, 253pp, pb, n., cover by Mark Harrison) [Durham Red]
Reprint (Black Flame 2004) novelization, the first based on the 2000AD comic-book character. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S. First US edition.

Peter Davison’s Book of Alien Monsters ed. Richard Evans--- see under Peter Davison.

Peter Davison’s Book of Alien Planets ed. Richard Evans--- see under Peter Davison.

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