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The Casebook of Jonas P. Jonas and Other Mysteries by E. X. Ferrars (Crippen & Landru, 2012, 978-1-936363-02-5, $19.00, 193pp, tp, co)     Lost Classics #34. Seventeen previously uncollected Golden Age stories, including the six cases of Jonas P. Jonas, who recounts his sleuthing exploits in the hope that his niece will write his memoirs. 7 · Introduction · John Cooper · in 11 · The Case of the Two Questions [Jonas P. Jonas] · E. X. Ferrars · ss The Evening Standard December 8 1958, as “When a Young Girl’s Eyes Are Crazy with Worry…” 15 · The Case of the Blue Bowl [Jonas P. Jonas] · E. X. Ferrars · ss The Evening Standard December 9 1958, as “No More Milk for Mrs. Toomes” 19 · The Case of the Auction Catalogue [Jonas P. Jonas] · E. X. Ferrars · nv The Evening Standard December 10 1958, as “The Collector Who Ran Away from Murder” 23 · The Case of the Left Hand [Jonas P. Jonas] · E. X. Ferrars · vi The Evening Standard December 11 1958, as “A Lunch Plate Stopped Bardell’s Escape” 27 · Invitation to Murder—On the Party Line · E. X. Ferrars · ss The Evening Standard December 12 1958 31 · A Lipstick Smear Points to the Killer · E. X. Ferrars · ss The Evening Standard December 13 1958 35 · Custody · E. X. Ferrars · ss A Suit of Diamonds, Collins, 1990 49 · The Trap · E. X. Ferrars · nv My Home May 1961 72 · Stop Thief! · E. X. Ferrars · ss Winter’s Crimes 24 ed. Maria Rejt, Macmillan UK, 1992 87 · The Long Way Round · E. X. Ferrars · nv Winter’s Crimes 4 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1972 105 · Fly, Said the Spy · E. X. Ferrars · ss Winter’s Crimes 15 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1983 118 · Instrument of Justice · E. X. Ferrars · ss Winter’s Crimes 13 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1981 131 · Suicide? · E. X. Ferrars · ss The Evening Standard March 19 1963, as “Suicide? In a Car with the Lights On?” 134 · Look for Trouble · E. X. Ferrars · ss The Evening Standard June 8 1964, as “When a Girl Has a Grudge Look for Trouble” 138 · Justice in My Own Hands · E. X. Ferrars · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1988 154 · The Handbag · E. X. Ferrars · nv Star Weekly July 2 1960 (+1) 174 · Sequence of Events · E. X. Ferrars · ss Winter’s Crimes 9 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1977 185 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi 187 · Appendix 1: Novels, Story Collections, and Novella with Other Writers · [uncredited] · ms 190 · Appendix 2: Critics’ Comments · Various · ms

Planned Departures ed. Elizabeth Ferrars (Hodder & Stoughton, 1958, hc, an) 5 · Introduction · Elizabeth Ferrars · in 9 · The Sea Decides · Josephine Bell · ss (r) 26 · Like Count Palmieri [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946 43 · The Chief Witness [Roger West] · John Creasey · nv John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1957 64 · Kill and Cure · Guy Cullingford · ss 74 · Drawn Into Error · Elizabeth Ferrars · ss 89 · The Oyster Catcher [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) August 1957 105 · The Magnifying Glass · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard March 10 1956 110 · The Singing Diamonds [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #71, October 1949 135 · The Gettysburg Bugle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951, as “As Simple as ABC” 156 · The Birdwatcher [Detective-Inspector Ellis McKay] · L. A. G. Strong · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1957 183 · Eight Minutes to Kill · Julian Symons · nv The Evening Standard May 30 1957 (+5) 206 · Murder in the Cowshead [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946, as “The Case of the Honest Murderer”

A Chill to the Sunlight ed. Rick Ferreira (William Kimber, 1978, 0-7183-0485-3, £3.95, 191pp, hc, an)     13 Tropical Stories of the Macabre. 9 · Introduction · Rick Ferreira · in 11 · A Chill to the Sunlight · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss 27 · The Day They Burned the Books · Jean Rhys · ss The London Magazine 1958 33 · The Seed from the Sepulcher · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales October 1933 46 · A Man of Mystery · Shiva Naipaul · ss 1970 60 · Butterfly Chase · Ken Kessler · ss 69 · Haunts of the Very Rich · T. K. Brown, III · nv Playboy May 1971 92 · The Clump · Richard Davis · ss 107 · One Last Embrace · Peter C. Smith · ss 117 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Cosmopolitan September 1933 133 · The Sun Never Forgets · Peter Burton · ss 144 · The Recall · Elinor Mordaunt · ss The Tales of Elinor Mordaunt by Elinor Mordaunt, Martin Secker, 1934 156 · Jumbee · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales September 1926 167 · No Ships Pass · Lady Eleanor Smith · nv The Story-teller May 1932

Konrad by David Ferring (GW Books, February 1990, 1-872372-02-3, £4.99, 228pp, tp, no, cover by Ian Miller) [Warhammer: Konrad]     Fantasy novelization. Volume one in the “Konrad” trilogy.

Shadowbreed by David Ferring (GW Books, February 1991, 1-872372-10-4, £4.99, 239pp, tp, no, cover by Angus Fieldhouse) [Warhammer: Konrad]     Fantasy novelization. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $8.99. Volume two in the “Konrad” series.

Warblade by David Ferring (Boxtree, February 25, 1993, 1-85283-860-4, £3.99, 255pp, pb, no, cover by Dave Gallagher) [Warhammer: Konrad]     Fantasy novel set in the “Warhammer” universe. Volume three in the “Konrad” series.

The Ex-Files: New Stories About Old Flames ed. Blake Ferris (Context Books, February 2000, 1-893-95602-4, $15.00, 400pp, tp, an)     Contents from Amazon.com. · What Was Interesting · Lydia Davis · ss (r) · The Window Predicament · David Means · ss (r) · Ben and Glenn · Maggie Estep · ss (r) · Going Down · Katherine Hester · ss (r) · Bury Your Head · Ben Marcus · ss (r) · The Paper Eye · Lisa Carver · ss (r) · Like Incest · Ken Foster · ss (r) · The Sun, the Moon, the Stars · Junot Diaz · ss The New Yorker February 2 1998 · The Body in Extremis · Steve Almond · ss (r) · from Two or Three Tings… · Dorothy Allison · ex (r) · Edgewater · Alix Ohlin · ss (r) · Venice · Terese Svoboda · ss (r) · Sportsman · Amy Hempel · ss GQ August 1994 · Forty-Minute Lunch · Jennifer Egan · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1999 · The Deciding Factor · Evany Thomas · ss (r) · BI #20 New Haven CT · David Foster Wallace · ss (r) · I’ve Done this Before · Amy Sohn · ss (r) · Honeybees · Derrick Jensen · ss (r) · Neversink · David Benioff · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Fall 1998 · Real Men · Elissa Wald · ss (r) · Roman Holiday · James Hannaham · ss (r) · Shubuta · Tom Franklin · ss (r) · Love Over the Wires · Paulina Borsook · ss (r) · You Can Go Home Now · Paul Allman · ss (r) · Ode to a Pole-Nazi’s Lapdog · Tristan Egolf · ss (r) · The Black Rhinoceros · Scott Driscoll · ss (r) · Reconstruction · Susan Perabo · ss (r) · The Widow · Beth Lordan · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1987 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

A Night with Mephistopheles: Selected Works by Henry Ferris (The Tartarus Press, October 1, 1997, 1-872621-26-0, £20.00, 254pp, hc, co)     Collection of ghost stories and essays, including one originally ascribed to J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Edited and with an Introduction by S. T. Joshi. A Limited Edition of 250 copies, including 20 marbled copies for presentation. vii · Introduction · S. T. Joshi · in · Stories 1 · A Leaf from the Berlin Chronicles · E. T. A. Hoffman; translated by Henry Ferris · ss Dublin University Magazine November 1843, uncredited. 11 · A Night with Mephistopheles · Henry Ferris · ss Dublin University Magazine November 1845, as by M. R. G. 30 · A Night in a Haunted House · Henry Ferris · nv Dublin University Magazine May 1848, uncredited. 63 · A Night in the Bell Inn · Henry Ferris · ss Dublin University Magazine June 1850, uncredited. 74 · The Mysterious Compact · translated by Henry Ferris · nv Dublin University Magazine July 1850 (+1) translated from the German (“Der Mysteriose Pakt”). 119 · Tobias Guarnerius · Charles Rabou; translated by Henry Ferris · ss Dublin University Magazine February 1851, uncredited. · Essays 136 · German Ghosts and Ghost-Seers · Henry Ferris · na Dublin University Magazine January 1841 (+1), as by Irys Herfner 197 · Of the Nightmare · Henry Ferris · ar Dublin University Magazine January 1845, uncredited. 222 · Fireside Horrors for Christmas · Henry Ferris · ar Dublin University Magazine December 1847, uncredited. 253 · Bibliography · S. T. Joshi · bi 1997

Pre-Revolutionary Russian Science Fiction: An Anthology (Seven Utopias and a Dream) ed. Leland Fetzer (Ardis, May 1982, 0-88233-594-4, 253pp, hc, an) · Introduction · Leland Fetzer · in 5 · Plausible Fantasies or a Journey in the 29th Century · Faddei Bulgarin; translated by Leland Fetzer · nv translated from the Russian (“Pravdopodobnyye nebylitsy, ili Stranstvovaniya po svetu v dvadtsat’ devyatom veke”, 1824). 38 · The Year 4338. Letters from Petersburg · V. F. Odoevski; translated by Leland Fetzer · ss translated from the Russian (“Peterburgskiye pis’ma”). 58 · Vera Pavlovna’s Fourth Dream · N. Chernyshevski; translated by Leland Fetzer · ex translated from the Russian (“Chetvertyy son Very Pavlovny”) from What Can Be Done?. 74 · Red Star. A Utopia · Alexander Bogdanov; translated by Leland Fetzer · n. translated from the Russian (“Krasnaya zvezda”, 1908). 182 · A Toast · Alexander Kuprin; translated by Leland Fetzer · vi translated from the Russian (“Tost”, 1906). 185 · Liquid Sunshine · Alexander Kuprin; translated by Leland Fetzer · nv translated from the Russian (“Zhidkoye solntse”, 1913). 229 · The Republic of the Southern Cross · Valeri Briusov; translated by Leland Fetzer · ss translated from the Russian (“Respublika Yuzhnogo Kresta”, 1907). 244 · The Last Martyrs · Valeri Briusov; translated by Leland Fetzer · ss translated from the Russian (“Posledniye mucheniki”).

Marianne in India and Seven Other Tales by Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton (Viking Press, February 1935, 134pp, hc, oc)     Translated from the German (Marianne in Indien und sieben andere Erzählungen, 1934). · Note · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · pr translated from the German. 3 · Marianne in India · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · nv translated from the German (“Marianne in Indien”). 35 · Altitude Record · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss translated from the German (“Höhenflugrekord”). 43 · Bullfight · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss translated from the German (“Stierkampf”). 53 · Polar Expedition · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss translated from the German (“Polfahrt”). 67 · The Little Season · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · nv translated from the German (“Nachsaison”). 101 · Herr Hannsicke’s Second Birth · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss translated from the German (“Herrn Hannsickes Wiedergeburt”). 109 · The Armored Cruiser “Orlov” · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss translated from the German (“Panzerkreuzer Orlow”). 121 · History of the Brain Specialist Dr. Bl. · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss translated from the German (“Geschichte des Gehirnphysiologen Dr. Bl.”).

Anne of the Isles and Other Legends of Brittany by Paul Féval; translated by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, August 2007, 978-1-932983-92-0, $20.95, 246pp, tp, co, cover by Anne-Claire Payet)     Collection of four Gothic fantasy stories supposedly inspired by Breton folklore. Translated from the French by Brian Stableford, who also provides an introduction and notes. 7 · Introduction · Brian Stableford · in 23 · Anne of the Isles · Paul Féval; translated by Brian Stableford · nv 51 · The White Lady of the Marshes · Paul Féval; translated by Brian Stableford · na 123 · The Lovely Château · Paul Féval; translated by Brian Stableford · na 181 · The Belles-de-Nuit · Paul Féval; translated by Brian Stableford · na 235 · Notes · Brian Stableford · ms

The Old Masters ed. Michael ffolkes--- see under Brian Davis.

The Death of Grass by David Fickling--- see under John Christopher.

In Dreams Awake ed. Leslie A. Fiedler (Dell, July 1975, 4159, $1.75, 400pp, pb, an) 11 · Introduction · Leslie A. Fiedler · in 25 · The Beginnings · Leslie A. Fiedler · si 27 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897 44 · Unprofessional · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Story-teller October 1930 63 · The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine December 1839 69 · The Tartarus of Maids · Herman Melville · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine April 1855, uncredited. 83 · Three Thousand Years Among the Microbes · Mark Twain · ex Mark Twain’s Which Was the Dream? ed. John S. Tuckey, Univ. California Press, 1967 90 · The Colour Out of Space [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Amazing Stories September 1927 119 · The Golden Age · Leslie A. Fiedler · si 121 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1954 147 · Helen O’Loy · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Science-Fiction December 1938 159 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 178 · Resurrection · A. E. van Vogt · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1948, as “The Monster” 196 · The Green Hills of Earth · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 8 1947 208 · Liar! [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1941 226 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 233 · August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950 240 · Mother · Philip José Farmer · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1953 268 · The Muse · Anthony Burgess · ss The Hudson Review Spring 1968 287 · New Directions · Leslie A. Fiedler · si 289 · Nine Lives · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Playboy November 1969 316 · “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965 328 · Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones · Samuel R. Delany · nv New Worlds #185, December 1968 366 · The Second Inquisition [Alyx] · Joanna Russ · nv Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 398 · Plan for the Assassination of Jacqueline Kennedy · J. G. Ballard · ss Ambit #31, 1966

The Holy Cross, and Other Tales by Eugene Field (Stone & Kimball, 1893, 191pp, hc, co) 13 · The Holy Cross · Eugene Field · ss 36 · The Rose and the Thrush · Eugene Field · ss (r) 50 · The Pagan Seal-Wife · Eugene Field · nv (r); given as “The Seal-Wife” in the Table of Contents. 84 · Flail, Trask, and Bisland · Eugene Field · ss (r) 96 · The Touch of the Heart · Eugene Field · ss (r) 114 · Daniel and the Devil · Eugene Field · ss (r) 131 · Methuselah · Eugene Field · ss (r) 148 · Félice and Petit-Poulain · Eugene Field · ss (r) 161 · The River · Eugene Field · ss (r) 166 · Franz Abt · Eugene Field · ss (r) 173 · Mistress Merciless · Eugene Field · ss (r)