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Orion’s Belt Year-End Anthology: 2021 ed. Joshua Fagan (Orion’s Belt, October 21, 2021, 50pp, ebook, an, cover: The End by Sherry Shahan)     Reprints the contents of all the issues of Orion’s Belt published in 2021. 3 · Welcome to Orion’s Belt · Joshua Fagan · ar Orion’s Belt March 2021 5 · Witch’s Brew · Joshua Fagan · ss Orion’s Belt April 2021 9 · The Truth About Woopy · Liviu Surugiu; translated by Raluca Balasa · ss Orion’s Belt March 2021 translated from the Romanian (“Adevărul despre Woopi”, 2013). 16 · Joanna West’s Final Five Reviews on the Day of Apocalypse · Kelly Sandoval · ss Orion’s Belt April 2021 20 · The Songs of the Siren · Evergreen Lee · ss Orion’s Belt May 2021 24 · Neutral Zone · Joshua Fagan · ss Orion’s Belt May 2021 28 · You Do Not Need to Open the Door · Alex Penland · ss Orion’s Belt June 2021 31 · The Crown of Fire · Reuben Dendinger · ss Orion’s Belt June 2021 33 · Duet · Joshua Fagan · ss Orion’s Belt July 2021 36 · A Generation of Darkness · Lynne Sargent · ss Orion’s Belt July 2021 40 · Root to Sapling, Sapling to Stem · Wendy Nikel · ss Orion’s Belt August 2021 44 · Garden of the Gods · Anna Madden · ss Orion’s Belt August 2021 48 · Reflections on Orion’s Belt · Joshua Fagan · ar Orion’s Belt August 2021

Orion’s Belt Year-End Anthology: 2022 ed. Joshua Fagan (Orion’s Belt, November 29, 2022, 979-8366410182, £10.99, 87pp, tp, an, cover: Dreams of an Astrophile by Aahana Tripathi)     Reprints the contents of all the issues of Orion’s Belt published in 2022, plus 2 new poems and a new story by the editor. Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Architect of Night-Bridges · Crystal Sidell · pm Orion’s Belt March 2022 7 · Rumpelstiltskin, If · Lora Gray · pm Orion’s Belt April 2022 9 · The Geomancer · Gary Every · pm Orion’s Belt May 2022 11 · The Departure · Joshua Fagan · pm 12 · Demystifying the Science Behind Boys in My Country Evaporating Into Mist at Every Shutter Click · Abdulkareem Abdulkareem · pm Orion’s Belt June 2022 14 · La Tulipe · Rose Jean Bostwick · pm Orion’s Belt July 2022 15 · The Whispering Bones · Lyndsey Croal · pm Orion’s Belt August 2022 17 · Decaying Signals · Joshua Fagan · pm 21 · An Open Letter to Bakers · Teresa Milbrodt · ss Orion’s Belt March 2022 24 · The Star-Dappled Puddle: Reflecting on Poetic Practice · Joshua Fagan · ar Orion’s Belt March 2022 28 · A Catalog for the End of Humanity · Tim Hickson · ss Orion’s Belt April 2022 32 · In Praise of Difficult Literature · Joshua Fagan · ar Orion’s Belt April 2022 36 · The Ramparts, As Cold and Implacable As Love · Jess Hyslop · ss Orion’s Belt May 2022 39 · The Importance of Re-Reading · Joshua Fagan · ar Orion’s Belt May 2022 43 · Caring for a Picky Eater During the Apocalypse · Richie Narvaez · ss Orion’s Belt June 2022 47 · The Necessity of Strangeness · Joshua Fagan · ar Orion’s Belt June 2022 52 · This Body Is a Grave · H. Pueyo · ss Orion’s Belt July 2022 56 · Why We Need Myth · Joshua Fagan · ar Orion’s Belt July 2022 61 · Suddenly, I Remember Camelot · Dafydd McKimm · ss Orion’s Belt August 2022 64 · The Conduit · Joshua Fagan · ss 76 · A Cosmonaut’s Prospectus · Joshua Fagan · ss Orion’s Belt August 2022 80 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Orion’s Belt Year-End Anthology: 2023 ed. Joshua Fagan (Orion’s Belt, December 18, 2023, 979-8872266563, £10.99, 112pp, tp, an, cover: Moon Dimension 9 by Amanda Bergloff)     Reprints the contents of all the issues of Orion’s Belt published in 2023, plus 2 new poems by the editor. Details taken from magazine website. 7 · The Fire Will Come in Waves · R. L. Summerling · pm Orion’s Belt April 2023 9 · Walking in the Starry World · John P. Johnson · pm Orion’s Belt May 2023 11 · Hands Like Wings, Dancing Upon the Air · Goran Lowie · pm Orion’s Belt June 2023 14 · nightlove · J. Lee Akin · pm Orion’s Belt July 2023 15 · The Fox’s Lover · Ada Hoffmann · pm Orion’s Belt August 2023 20 · syndrome () · Dawn Canada · vi Orion’s Belt September 2023 24 · Tiny Capsule, Black Sky · Joshua Fagan · pm 26 · Moon Junk · Joshua Fagan · pm 29 · Driftwood · E. M. Linden · ss Orion’s Belt April 2023 34 · Escaping the AI Wasteland · Joshua Fagan · ar Orion’s Belt April 2023 41 · Prometheus, at the End · Lia Swope Mitchell · ss Orion’s Belt May 2023 45 · Metaphor and Speculative Fiction · Joshua Fagan · ar Orion’s Belt May 2023 51 · The Lighthouse · Marianne Xenos · ss Orion’s Belt June 2023; given as “The Ramparts, As Cold and Implacable As Love” by Jess Hyslop in error. 56 · Cyberpunk, Hopepunk, and Beyond · Joshua Fagan · ar Orion’s Belt June 2023 64 · Dream, Wish, Kaleidoscope · Victor Forna · vi Orion’s Belt July 2023 67 · Reviving Magic in Speculative Fiction · Joshua Fagan · ar Orion’s Belt July 2023 75 · But First It Is Sung · Aimee Ogden · vi Orion’s Belt August 2023 79 · Toward True Moral Complexity · Joshua Fagan · ar Orion’s Belt August 2023; given as “Why We Need Myth” in error. 88 · Blood, Bone, and Water · Ash Huang · vi Orion’s Belt September 2023 92 · Democracy and Science Fiction · Joshua Fagan · ar Orion’s Belt September 2023 100 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Confessions of Owen Keane by Terence Faherty (Crippen & Landru, May 2005, 1-932009-33-7, $17.00, 225pp, tp, co, cover by Carol Heyer) [Owen Keane]     Collection of seven stories, two new. Also available in a signed, limited hc edition (-32-9). 9 · Introduction · Terence Faherty · in 13 · The Third Manny [Owen Keane] · Terence Faherty · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2000 40 · Main Line Lazarus [Owen Keane] · Terence Faherty · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2002 65 · The Triple Score [Owen Keane] · Terence Faherty · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1999 89 · St. Jimmy [Owen Keane] · Terence Faherty · nv 114 · On Pilgrimage [Owen Keane] · Terence Faherty · nv 139 · A Sunday in Ordinary Time [Owen Keane] · Terence Faherty · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2004 164 · The Headless Magi [Owen Keane] · Terence Faherty · na Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe, Worldwide Mystery, 2001 224 · A Terence Faherty Checklist · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Terence Faherty] · Good Night, Dr. Kobel [Owen Keane] · Terence Faherty · nv; in limited edition only.

The Black Room Manuscripts: Volume Four ed. Tracy Fahey & J. R. Park (Sinister Horror Company, October 20, 2018, 978-1-912578-03-0, $13.00, 484pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · Foreword · Michael David Wilson · fw · Prologue · [uncredited] · lk · That Thing I Did · Tracy Fahey · ss · Eating the Dream · K. A. Laity · ss · A Clear Day in a Season of Storms · Simon Avery · ss · The Hanging Boy · Gary McMahon · ss · Mam’s Girl · J. L. George · ss · Tears of Honey · John McNee · ss · Decipher · Daniel Marc Chant · ss · Tap, Tap… · Marie O’Regan · ss · Black Silk · Benedict J. Jones · ss · Dragged Down · Ramsey Campbell · ss Noctem Aeternus January 2008 · Palace of the Damned · C. L. Raven · ss · Brooks Pond · Mark West · ss · Planning Permission · Hannah Kate · ss · Shrivelled Tongues of Dead Horses · Erik Hofstatter · ss · Death Wish · Margrét Helgadóttir · ss · Size Isn’t Everything · James Everington · ss · Pain Has a Voice · Stephen Bacon · ss · Swimming Out to Sea · Penny Jones · ss · Reanimation Channel · Mark Cassell · ss · Craft Ail · Duncan P. Bradshaw · ss · Dr. Zwigli’s Last Paper · Elizabeth Davis · ss · Laurel · Terry Grimwood · ss · Tide Will Tell · V. H. Leslie · ss · The Last Horror Story · J. R. Park · ss · Epilogue · [uncredited] · lk · Afterword · Jim McLeod · aw

Matinee at the Flame by Christopher Fahy (Overlook Connection Press, October 2006, 1-892950-73-1, $17.95, 253pp, tp, co, cover by Glenn Chadbourne)     Collection of 22 fantastic stories, 12 original. A signed, limited hardcover edition of 500 ($44.95) with an added story and a slipcased sterling edition ($85.00) are also available. 9 · Matinee at the Flame · Christopher Fahy · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine September 1981 21 · The Last Temptation of Tony the C. · Christopher Fahy · ss Cat Crimes ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1991 31 · The Blumberg Variations · Christopher Fahy · ss 45 · Hunger · Christopher Fahy · ss Cat Crimes II ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1992 57 · Dream Box · Christopher Fahy · ss 69 · Convention · Christopher Fahy · ss 81 · Lucky Sunday · Christopher Fahy · ss 87 · Night Watch · Christopher Fahy · ss 97 · A Fire in the Brain · Christopher Fahy · ss 101 · Trolls · Christopher Fahy · nv Night Screams ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1996 123 · The Pharaoh’s Crown · Christopher Fahy · ss Predators ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1993 131 · Randall Rodgers Reinvented · Christopher Fahy · ss 145 · The Man in Black · Christopher Fahy · ss Frankenstein: The Monster Wakes ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1993 157 · Transformations · Christopher Fahy · ss Curses ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Signet, 1989 167 · A Special Breed · Christopher Fahy · ss 175 · Recovery · Christopher Fahy · ss 181 · It’s in the Cards · Christopher Fahy · ss 191 · Seed · Christopher Fahy · ss 203 · The Guardian · Christopher Fahy · ss 213 · Want · Christopher Fahy · ss The King Is Dead ed. Paul M. Sammon, Delta, 1994 225 · The Real Thing · Christopher Fahy · ss Santa Clues ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Signet, 1993 237 · Carnival · Christopher Fahy · ss Gallery July 1980

Houses at the Borderland ed. Andy Fairclough (MOT Press, 1999, ebook, an, cover by T. M. Arensberg)     Limited edition of 100 copies on disc Details taken from online listing. · The Burn Barrel · Brian Keene · ss · To Dwell on Tainted Ground · John B. Ford · ss Within the Sea of the Dead by John B. Ford, BJM Press, 1996 · The Pass · Simon Clark · ss · The First Law · Tim Lebbon · na Faith in the Flesh: The First Law/From Bad Flesh by Tim Lebbon, RazorBlade Press, 1998 · There Is No Later · Laura Elvin · ss Black Rose #2, July 1998 · Of Darkness I Acknowledge Mine · Tom Piccirilli · ss · The Hotel on the Borderland · Paul Finch · ss Houses at Borderlands April 1999

Three Gothic Novels ed. Peter Fairclough (Penguin, 1968, EL36, 8/-, 505pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Mario Praz · in 37 · The Castle of Otranto · Horace Walpole · n. Tho. Lownds, 1764 149 · Vathek · William Beckford; translated by Samuel Henley · n. J. Johnson, 1786, as “An Arabian Tale”, uncredited. 257 · Frankenstein [Frankenstein] · Mary W. Shelley · n. Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited. 499 · Notes · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Frontier of Going ed. John Fairfax (Panther, 1973, 586-02688-6, 35p, 124pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Panther 1969) anthology. 11 · Introduction · John Fairfax · in 19 · In Memory of Yuri Gagarin · George Barker · pm 23 · Overture 58 (In memoriam Grissom, White, Chaffee 27th January 1967) · John Moat · pm (r) 24 · Lt-Col. Alexei Leonov 19th March 1965 · Peter Godwin · pm (r) 25 · Man (Part IV, Canto 3) · Ronald Duncan · pm (r) 30 · ‘A Star Harvest I Gather’ · Peter Godwin · pm (r) 31 · Space Miner (for Robert Morgan) · Leslie Norris · pm (r) 32 · Space Walk · John Fairfax · pm (r) 34 · From: Nine Beatitudes to Denver (iii) · George Baker · pm (r) 35 · Mare Tranquillitatis (for John Moat) · John Fairfax · pm (r) 38 · Moondust (for Victor Neep in Rhosgadfan) · John Wain · pm (r) 45 · untitled (“Rouse him from sleep”) · John Moat · pm (r) 46 · The Satellite · Nathaniel Tarn · pm (r) 47 · All Adam Again · John Fairfax · pm 49 · For the ‘International Poetry Incarnation’ Royal Albert Hall, 11th June 1965 · Edwin Morgan · pm (r) 51 · Columbus of the Sky · John Fairfax · pm (r) 52 · Limbo · D. M. Thomas · pm Penguin Modern Poets 11, Penguin, 1968 53 · Spacepoem 3: Off Course · Edwin Morgan · pm 1967 54 · The Astronaut · James Kirkup · pm 55 · Unknown Shores (after Theophile Gautier) · D. M. Thomas · pm 1969 57 · The Mission · Leslie Norris · pm 58 · Overture I · John Moat · pm (r) 59 · The Ages · Edwin Morgan · pm (r) 62 · Towards the Stars · Paul Lazard · pm (r) 63 · Cosmic Poem · John Heath-Stubbs · pm (r) 67 · Home, Home on the Range · Thomas Blackburn · pm (r) 68 · The Retreating God · Paul Lazard · pm (r) 69 · Inner Space · Paul Roche · pm (r) 70 · Overture 52 · John Moat · pm (r) 71 · The Expanding Universe · Norman Nicholson · pm The Pot Geranium by Norman Nicholson, Faber and Faber, 1954 72 · Orbiting Ark · John Fairfax · pm (r) 74 · Overture 53 · John Moat · pm 75 · Afterwards · Edward Lucie-Smith · pm 1964 76 · Ranger Spacecraft · Nathaniel Tarn · pm (r) 78 · Oration for a Space Shot · John Fairfax · pm (r) 83 · Moon Ashes · Ted Walker · pm (r) 84 · Head with Helmet · Nathaniel Tarn · pm (r) 85 · The Haunted Armchair · Peter Redgrove · pm (r) 87 · Poem written after sighting an Unidentified Flying Object · James Kirkup · pm (r) 90 · Turtle Turn · Ben Dunk · pm (r) 91 · The Youthful Scientist Remembers · Peter Redgrove · pm (r) 93 · Windscale · Norman Nicholson · pm (r) 94 · The Landing in Deucalion · Robert Conquest · pm (r) 96 · Solar Travel · Maurice Carpenter · pm (r) 99 · Far Out (Exoskeltonics) · Robert Conquest · pm Holding Your Eight Hands ed. Edward Lucie-Smith, Doubleday, 1969 104 · Tea in a Space-Ship · James Kirkup · pm (r) 106 · Mars Bars Mars Bars · David Wright · pm (r) 108 · Love in a Spaceship (news item) · [uncredited] · pm (r) 109 · Love in a Space Suit · James Kirkup · pm (r) 111 · The Choice · Robert Morgan · pm (r) 113 · From an Ecclesiastical Chronicle · John Heath-Stubbs · pm Holding Your Eight Hands ed. Edward Lucie-Smith, Doubleday, 1969 115 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg (r)