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Speculations ed. Evanechko, Theodore Clymer, Leo Ruth & Julia Higgs--- see under Theodore Clymer.

Mind at Bay ed. Dr. Christopher Evans (Panther, 1969, 5/-, 186pp, pb, an)     Eleven horror stories exploring the recesses of inner-space. 7 · Introduction · Dr. Christopher Evans · in 11 · The Frontier Guards · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Illustrated London News November 25 1929 18 · The Ash-Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 32 · Back to the Beginning · John Connell · ss The Second Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1952 39 · The Idol of the Flies · Jane Rice · nv Unknown Worlds June 1942 62 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 71 · Silent Snow, Secret Snow · Conrad Aiken · nv The Virginia Quarterly Review October 1932 90 · The Master Plan · John Sladek · ss New Worlds #187, February 1969 106 · The Watch-Towers · J. G. Ballard · nv Science Fantasy #53, 1962 137 · Breakaway · Alex Hamilton · ss Beam of Malice by Alex Hamilton, Hutchinson, 1966 146 · We Fused Ones · Perry A. Chapdelaine · nv If July 1968 179 · Crab Apple Crisis · George MacBeth · ss New Worlds SF #167, 1966

Mind in Chains ed. Dr. Christopher Evans (Panther, December 1970, 586-03423-4, 6/-, 223pp, pb, an) 7 · Editor’s Introduction · Dr. Christopher Evans · in 9 · The Cobweb · Saki · ss The Morning Post November 21 1911, as by H. H. Munro 15 · Faceless Card · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Science Fantasy #40, 1960 33 · The Playfellow · Cynthia Asquith · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 56 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 66 · Thunder and Roses · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1947 89 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890 100 · The Dreams of the Computer · Dr. Christopher Evans & Jackie Wilson · ms New Worlds #190, May 1969 113 · Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922 134 · Breathe! Breathe! Oh God, How I Would Breathe! · Perry A. Chapdelaine · ss 141 · The Dead Astronaut · J. G. Ballard · ss Playboy May 1968 153 · No Ships Pass · Lady Eleanor Smith · nv The Story-teller May 1932 177 · The Line-up on the Shore · Giles Gordon · vi New Worlds #178, December 1967/January 1968 181 · Below the Shadow · Alex Hamilton · nv 209 · Anxietal Register B · John Sladek · ms New Worlds #186, January 1969

The Best of Elmer T. Hack by Chris Evans & Jim Barker--- see under Jim Barker.

Chimeras by Christopher Evans (Grafton, April 9, 1992, 0-586-21304-X, £5.99, 173pp, tp, co, cover by John Howe) [Vendavo]     Collection of five linked novelettes about the artist Vendavo, presented as a novel. 5 · Transmutations [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · nv Interzone #53, November 1991 42 · Birth-Rites [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · nv 81 · The Bridge [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · nv Zenith ed. David S. Garnett, Sphere, 1989 121 · The Wailing Woman [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · nv Other Edens III ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1989 145 · Artefacts [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · nv Interzone #23, Spring 1988 169 · Coda [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · ss

Prelude to a Work in Progress/Who’s Who in the Universe by Chris Evans & E. C. Tubb--- see under E. C. Tubb.

Conspiracy Theories ed. Chris Evans (Chris Evans, November 1987, 50pp, ph, oa) · Introduction · Chris Evans · in · Strange Vibrations · Dave Langford · ar · Sympathy for the Devil · Stephen Jones · ar · After the Party · Chris Donaldson · ar · Rumour, Fear and the Madness of Crowds · Lisa Tuttle · ar · A Lot of Fog · Ian Watson · ar · Letter to Greg Pickersgill · Algis Budrys · ar · Innocents Abroad · Peter Nicholls · ar · And Now a Word from Our Sponsor · Geoff Ryman · ar · Concepts of the Beholder · Mike Christie · ar · The Unspeakable in Pursuit of the Unreadable · Chris Priest · ar · Scientology, Author Services and the Testimony of Bent Corydon · Charles Platt · ar · Lunch with AJ and the Wombats · John Clute · ar [Ref. Algis Budrys]

Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock (Unwin, July 1987, 0-04-823378-1, £2.95, 237pp, pb, oa, cover by Jim Burns)     Original SF/fantasy anthology. vii · Introduction · Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock · in 1 · Crying in the Rain · Tanith Lee · ss 19 · The Facts of Life · Christopher Evans · ss 33 · Small Heirlooms · M. John Harrison · ss 47 · The Emir’s Clock · Ian Watson · ss 65 · The Price of Cabbages · Brian W. Aldiss · nv 95 · Fullwood’s Web · Graham Charnock · ss 107 · Scarrowfell · Robert Holdstock · nv 129 · The Frozen Cardinal · Michael Moorcock · ss The Time Centre Times v1 #2, 1985 141 · Triptych · Garry Kilworth · gp _141 · The Black Wedding · Garry Kilworth · ss _141 · Murderers Walk · Garry Kilworth · ss _141 · Hogfoot Right and Bird-Hands · Garry Kilworth · ss 159 · Sanctity · R. M. Lamming · ss 173 · Moonlighter · David S. Garnett · ss 189 · In a Land of Sand and Ruin and Gold · David Langford · ss 199 · Piper’s Wait · Keith Roberts · ss 217 · The Wound · Lisa Tuttle · nv 235 · List of Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock (Unwin, November 18, 1988, 0-04-440154-X, £3.95, 269pp, pb, oa, cover by Jim Burns)     Original SF/fantasy anthology. vii · Introduction · Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock · in 1 · On the Watchtower at Plataea · Garry Kilworth · nv 23 · She Shall Have Music · Graham Charnock · ss 41 · Dazzle [Dazzle] · Scott Bradfield · ss 57 · Waltz in Flexitime · Michael Cobley · ss 65 · The Resurrection Man · Ian Watson · ss 81 · Laiken Langstrand · Gwyneth Jones · ss 97 · Roman Games · Anne Gay · ss 107 · Eden Sounding · John Clute · ss 125 · Confluence Revisited · Brian W. Aldiss · ss 135 · Getting Together · Josephine Saxton · ss 151 · The Gift · M. John Harrison · nv 173 · The Wish · Colin Greenland · ss 185 · Remaking History · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss 201 · Approaching Perpendicular · Ian McDonald · nv 225 · Mars · Michael Moorcock · ss The Megaflow Manifesto October 1988 243 · A Madonna of the Machine · Tanith Lee · nv 267 · List of Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Other Edens III ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock (Unwin, October 5, 1989, 0-04-440400-X, £4.50, 237pp, tp, oa, cover by Jim Burns)     Original SF/fantasy anthology. vii · Introduction · Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock · in 1 · The Grey Wethers · Keith Roberts · nv 23 · The New Mapper · J. D. Gresham · ss 33 · The Disciples of Apollo · Eric Brown · ss 43 · The Way to His Heart · Sherry Coldsmith · ss 61 · Rainmaker Cometh · Ian McDonald · ss 75 · Blessed Fields · Simon D. Ings · ss Cassandra Anthology #8, 1985 85 · Country Matters · Gill Alderman · ss 97 · The Droplet · Stephen M. Baxter · ss 109 · Cry · Louise Cooper · ss 123 · The Wailing Woman [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · nv 145 · When the Music Stopped · Christian Lehmann & Garry Kilworth · ss 155 · Wintertime Beauty · Christina Lake · ss 169 · Passion Play · Keith N. Brooke · ss 177 · Losing Control · Chris Morgan · ss 191 · Heart’s Desire · Lisa Tuttle · ss 205 · A Tupolev Too Far · Brian W. Aldiss · nv 235 · List of Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Adventures of the Great Crimebusters ed. Clyde Evans (New Power Publications, 1943, 256pp, pb, an)     Also with fewer stories and anonymous editor (Eerie). · The Invisible Eye · Emile Erckmann & Pierre Chatrian; translated by Charles S. Cheltnam · nv Temple Bar December 1870, as by Erckmann-Chatrian translated from the French (“L’œil invisible ou L’auberge des trois pendus”, 1857). · “Mother of Thieves” · François Eugène Vidocq · ar (r) · The “Black Thursday” of Jesse James · [uncredited] · ar (r) · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 · Billy the Kid Shoots It Out · Pat Garrett · ar (r) · The Extraordinary Self-Robbery · Allan Pinkerton · ar Criminal Reminiscences and Detective Sketches by Allan Pinkerton, G. W. Carleton, 1879 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. · A Terribly Strange Bed · William Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. · On the Trail of Counterfeiters · John Spindler · ar (r) · The Englishman: Tale of a Man Hunter · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) · Jonathan Wild · Daniel Defoe · ss (r) · Dolhard, Japan’s Master Spy · H. R. Leland · ar (r) · Mata Hari, the World’s Most Beautiful Spy · Frank Delroy · ar (r)

Mysteries Unlocked: Essays in Honor of Douglas G. Greene ed. Curtis Evans (McFarland, 2014, 978-0-7864-7813-2, $45.00, 352pp, hc, nf) [Ref. Douglas G. Greene] 1 · Prologue: Meeting Doug Greene · Steven Steinbock · pr [Ref. Douglas G. Greene] 5 · Introduction: Douglas G. Greene: The Man Who Explained Detective Fiction · Curtis Evans · in [Ref. Douglas G. Greene] · Section One: Detection by Gaslight 21 · The Incandescent Claptrap of Hamilton Cleek · William Ruehlmann · ar [Ref. Thomas W. Hanshew] 33 · The Strange Case of Max Rittenberg · Mike Ashley · ar [Ref. Max Rittenberg] 43 · J.S. Fletcher: Man of Many Mysteries · Roger Ellis · ar [Ref. J. S. Fletcher] 60 · From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: The Fleming Stone Detective Novels of Carolyn Wells · Curtis Evans · ar [Ref. Carolyn Wells] · Section Two: Classic English Crime 81 · The Reader Is Warned: Discovering John Dickson Carr and the Works of Douglas G. Greene · Michael Dirda · ar [Ref. John Dickson Carr] 89 · Agatha Christie and the Impossible Crime · John Curran · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie] 101 · Anthony Berkeley’s Golden Age Gothic Follies · Martin Edwards · ar [Ref. Anthony Berkeley] 109 · The Left Hand of Margery Allingham · B. A. Pike · ar [Ref. Margery Allingham] 122 · “Intuition’s Reckless Compass”: Margery Allingham’s The China Governess and a Problem of Literary Biography · Julia Jones · ar [Ref. Margery Allingham] 133 · And Carr Begat Crispin: A Meeting of Criminal Minds · David Whittle · ar [Ref. A. C. Crispin] · Section Three: Classic American Crime and Intellectuals 145 · Patrick Quentin/Q. Patrick/Jonathan Stagge: A Phantasmagoria of Crime Writers · Mauro Boncompagni · ar [Ref. Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler] 158 · Now You See It: Hake Talbot, Magic and Miracles · Steven Steinbock · ar [Ref. Hake Talbot] 171 · Murder in The Criterion: T.S. Eliot on Detective Fiction · Curtis Evans · ar [Ref. T. S. Eliot] 183 · An Intellectual and the Detective Story: The Problems of Fernando Pessoa · Henrique Valle · ar [Ref. Fernando Pessoa] · Section Four: Tough Stuff 201 · “The Amateur Detective Just Won’t Do”: Raymond Chandler and British Detective Fiction · Curtis Evans · ar [Ref. Raymond Chandler] 215 · Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard: Craig Rice, Mistress of Madcap Mystery · Jeffrey Marks · ar [Ref. Craig Rice] 224 · A Deluge of Drunken Detectives: A (Strictly Sober) Look at Four Fredric Brown Novels · Jack Seabrook · ar [Ref. Fredric Brown] 231 · “Stella Maris”: Poetry in Ross Macdonald’s The Galton Case · Tom Nolan · ar [Ref. Ross Macdonald] · Section Five: Murder in Miniature, Death on the Air, Murder in Pastiche 241 · Douglas G. Greene: Savior of the Short Form Mystery · Marvin Lachman · ar [Ref. Douglas G. Greene] 248 · Experimenters, Pioneers, Prodigies and Passers-By: Ten Detective Story Writers in Search of an Anthology · Jon L. Breen · ar 259 · Knife Chords: The Radio Mysteries of John Dickson Carr · Sergio Angelini · ar [Ref. John Dickson Carr] 268 · Adventures in Radioland: Ellery Queen On (and Off) the Air · Joseph Goodrich · ar [Ref. Ellery Queen] 276 · Parody, Pastiche and Presentism in Mystery Fiction: Sherlock Holmes, Lord Peter Wimsey and the Immortal Jane · Helen Szamuely · ar 286 · “Parlez-Vous Francais?” The Riddles of René Reouven · Patrick Ohl · ar [Ref. René Reouven] · A Final Toast: Clubland 297 · The Secret Life of Eric the Skull: Dorothy L. Sayers and the Detection Club · Peter Lovesey · ar [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 312 · Afterword: Prayers to Kuan Yin · Boonchai Panjarattanakorn · ar 315 · Appendix One: Works on Mystery Fiction by Douglas G. Greene · [uncredited] · ar [Ref. Douglas G. Greene] 320 · Appendix Two: Short Crime Fiction Collections Published by Crippen & Landru · [uncredited] · ar 324 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg 328 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Beyond the Gaslight: Science in Popular Fiction, 1895-1905 ed. Dik & Hilary Evans--- see under Hilary Evans.

Food for Demons by E. Everett Evans (Shroud Publishers, 1971, $3.95, 159pp, tp, co, cover by Henry M. Eichner) [edited by Kenneth J. Kreuger]     Limited edition of 600 copies, 587 for sale and 13 hardbound for contributors. Details taken from online listing. 11 · The Undead Die · E. Everett Evans (with Ray Bradbury) · ss Weird Tales July 1948 31 · Appreciation · Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. · ms 32 · Food for Demons · E. Everett Evans · ss Weird Tales January 1949 52 · Appreciation · Mel Hunter · ms 53 · The Martian and the Vampire · E. Everett Evans · ss Los Cuentos Fantastica November 1950 59 · 3E + 4E = MANY MEMORIEEES · Forry Ackerman · ms 61 · The Brooch · E. Everett Evans · ss Los Cuentos Fantastica August 1949 73 · The Indestructible Ev · A. E. van Vogt · ms 75 · The Unusual Model · E. Everett Evans · ss Los Cuentos Fantastica December 1951 90 · About E.E.E. · Ray Bradbury · ms 92 · Blurb · E. Everett Evans · ss Fantasy Book #3, 1948 109 · Appreciation · Walter J. Daugherty · ms 111 · Visitor from Kos · E. Everett Evans · vi Vortex Science Fiction v1 #1, 1953, as by Harry J. Gardener 117 · About Ev · Henry M. Eichner · ms 118 · Operation Almost · E. Everett Evans · ss 139 · Appreciation · Walt Liebscher · ms 140 · The Sun Shines Bright · E. Everett Evans · ss 153 · Appreciation · Ken Krueger · ms