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The Man Who Stopped the Dust and Other Stories by John Russell Fearn (Cosmos Books, May 2001, 1-58715-325-4, $15.00, 158pp, tp, co, cover by Ron Turner)
Collection of eight stories from the 1930s, edited and with an introduction by Philip Harbottle, who discusses Fearn’s career and the stories’ original publication in the pulps. Volume one in “The Best of John Russell Fearn”.

6 · Introduction · Philip Harbottle · in

15 · The Man Who Stopped the Dust · John Russell Fearn · nv Astounding Stories March 1934

38 · Mathematica [Vernon Walsh] · John Russell Fearn · nv Astounding Stories February 1936

63 · Mathematica Plus [Vernon Walsh] · John Russell Fearn · nv Astounding Stories May 1936

89 · Deserted Universe · John Russell Fearn · ss Astounding Stories September 1936

103 · Experiment in Murder · John Russell Fearn · ss Weird Tales December 1936, as “Portrait of a Murderer”

112 · Wings Across the Cosmos · John Russell Fearn · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1938, as by Polton Cross

122 · The Circle of Life · John Russell Fearn · nv Amazing Stories November 1938, as “The Secret of the Ring” by Thornton Ayre

153 · Thoughts That Kill · John Russell Fearn · ss Science Fiction October 1939

Manton’s World by John Russell Fearn (Cosmos Books, 1999, 0-9668968-3-1, $12.00, 127pp, tp, co)
Collection of two pulp SF stories, with an introduction by Philip Harbottle discussing their history.

5 · Introduction · Philip Harbottle · in (r)

9 · Manton’s World · John Russell Fearn · n. Star Weekly June 7 1958

97 · The Creation’s End · John Russell Fearn · nv Science Fiction June 1941, as “The World in Wilderness” by Thornton Ayre

The Outcasts of Eternity and Other Stories by John Russell Fearn (Cosmos Books, May 2001, 1-58715-326-2, $15.00, 151pp, tp, co, cover by Ron Turner)
Collection of nine stories written in the 1940s. Edited and with an introduction by Philip Harbottle, who discusses Fearn’s career and the stories’ original publication in the pulps. Volume two in “The Best of John Russell Fearn”.

6 · Introduction · Philip Harbottle · in (r)

12 · Outcasts of Eternity · John Russell Fearn · nv Fantastic Adventures September 1942, as by Polton Cross

38 · The Devouring Tide · John Russell Fearn · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Summer 1944, as by Polton Cross

51 · Wanderer of Time · John Russell Fearn · ss Startling Stories Summer 1944, as by Polton Cross

63 · The Ultimate Analysis · John Russell Fearn · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Fall 1944

77 · The Unbroken Chain · John Russell Fearn · ss Startling Stories Spring 1946

90 · Black Saturday · John Russell Fearn · ss Science Fantasy #2, Winter 1950/1951, as “Black-Out”

102 · Brief Gods · John Russell Fearn · nv Vargo Statten British Science Fiction Magazine v1 #5, 1954, as “Rim of Eternity” by Vargo Statten

122 · Alice, Where Art Thou? · John Russell Fearn · nv Vargo Statten British Science Fiction Magazine v1 #4, 1954, as by Volsted Gridban

140 · Judgment Bell · John Russell Fearn · ss Weird and Occult Library #2, 1960

The Slitherers by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, June 1999, 1-58250-018-5, $15.00, 128pp, tp, co, cover by Ron Turner)
Collection of two SF horror stories: the short novel The Slitherers (its first book publication) and an early treatment of the same theme in the story “Leeches from Space”. The introduction by Philip Harbottle describes the history of the novel.

4 · Introduction to The Slitherers · Philip Harbottle · in

11 · The Slitherers · John Russell Fearn · na Vision of Tomorrow September 1970

117 · Leeches from Space · John Russell Fearn · ss Science Fiction March 1939, as by Ephriam Winiki

World in Duplicate by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, January 2005, 1-58250-062-2, $15.00, 120pp, tp, co, cover by Ron Turner) [Violet Ray (The Golden Amazon)]
SF novella, #21 in the “Golden Amazon” series, only published previously in newspaper form (1959), plus a story. Introduction by Philip Harbottle.

3 · Introduction · Philip Harbottle · in

8 · World in Duplicate [Violet Ray (The Golden Amazon)] · John Russell Fearn · nv Star Weekly May 16 1959

95 · Mystery of the Martian Pendulum · John Russell Fearn & A. R. Steber (by Raymond A. Palmer) · nv Amazing Stories October 1941, as by Thornton Ayre & A. R. Steber; given as by Fearn alone.

Fire Caste by Peter Fehervari (Black Library, March 2013, 978-1-84970-308-6, £8.99, 409pp, tp, no, cover by Hardy Fowler) [Warhammer 40,000]
SF novelization.

Genestealer Cults by Peter Fehervari (Black Library, October 1, 2016, 978-1-78496-215-9, hc, n.) [Warhammer 40,000]
Details taken from online listing.

Out Caste by Peter Fehervari (Black Library, December 22, 2012, ebook, ss) [Warhammer 40,000]
Details taken from online listing.

Tales from the German ed. C. A. Feiling & John Oxenford--- see under John Oxenford.

Laugh and Learn: Humorous American Short Stories ed. Mira B. Felder (Addison-Wesley, June 1997, 0-201-83414-6, $22.33, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Preface · Mira B. Felder · pr (r)

· Introduction · Anna Bryks Bromberg · in (r)

· Thank You, Uncle Ben, for the Nicest Whatever-It-Is That Ever Ruined a House · Maggie Grant · ss (r)

· Diary of a Quitter · Ralph Reppert · ss (r)

· A Visitor in the Piano Warehouse-Part I · William Saroyan · ss (r)

· A Visitor in the Piano Warehouse-Part II · William Saroyan · ss (r)

· Borrowing a Match · Stephen Leacock · ss (r)

· The Private Life of Mr. Bidwell · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker January 28 1933

· The Prize Fish · Jack Scott · ss (r)

· Learn with BOOK · R. J. Heathorn · ss (r)

· The Miracle Drugs Abroad · Art Buchwald · ss (r)

· My Father Goes to Court · Carlos Bulosan · ss The New Yorker November 13 1943

· Answer Key · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Light and Lively: Humorous American Short Stories ed. Mira B. Felder (Addison-Wesley, February 1997, 0-201-83413-8, $18.33, 215pp, tp, an)
Second edition. Contents from Amazon.com.

· Preface · Mira B. Felder · pr (r)

· Introduction · Anna Bryks Bromberg · in (r)

· Complaint Department · Katharine Best · ss (r)

· Are You Majoring in Detention? · Bill Cosby · ss (r)

· The Late Mr. Adams · Steve Allen · vi (r)

· My Financial Career · Stephen Leacock · ar Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock, Gazette, 1910

· Old Country Advice to the American Traveler · William Saroyan · ss (r)

· This Year It’s Going to Be Different · Will Stanton · ss (r)

· A Bird in Hand—What’s It Worth? · Elaine Hart Messmer · ss (r)

· You Were Perfectly Fine · Dorothy Parker · ss The New Yorker February 23 1929

· Harpist on Horseback · Hilda Cole Espy · ss (r)

· The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones · Stephen Leacock · ss Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock, Gazette, 1910

· The Soft Sell · Art Buchwald · ss (r)

· Glove Purchase in Gibraltar · Samuel Clemens · ss (r)

· What Do You Do with Your Old Coffee Grounds? · Howard Lindsay · ss (r)

· The Romance of a Busy Broker · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World March 13 1904

· University Days · James Thurber · ss (r)

· Answer Key · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Left Coast Crimes ed. Valerie Feldman (Left Coast Crime, 2004, 93pp, tp, oa)

· Introduction · Michael Kurland · in

· Emily’s New World · Sharan Newman · nv

· Abel Chase and the Dark Star [Chase & Delacroix] · Richard A. Lupoff · nv

· The Man Who Didn’t Read Good Books · Gillian Roberts · nv

· Pet Fly · Walter Mosley · nv The New Yorker December 13 1999

The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Felix (Saunders, Otley, and Company, 1865, hc, n.)
Detective novel, originally serialised in Once A Week in 8 parts beginning on 29 November 1862.

The Ships of Aleph by Jaine Fenn (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 2012, £8.00, 45pp, ph, nv, cover by David A. Hardy) [Hidden Empire; Novacon Booklets]
Original novelette issued in a limited edition of 300 numbered copies, to coincide with Fenn’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 42.
Details taken from online listing.

Twixt the Lights: or, Odd Tales for Odd Times, Vol. 1 by W. W. Fenn (Henry J. Drane, 1893, 415pp, hc, co)

· Was It a Dream? or What? · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Rainbow Weather · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· A Club Story · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Shakespeare and the Art of Painting · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· The Last of the Highwaymen · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Idle Dials · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· A Change in the Cast · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· A Bygone Story · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Sketchers’ Skies · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· The Hooded Figure · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· The “Murmuring Surge” · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· The Bed That Could Not Be Moved · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Reclaimed by Right · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· The Old House on the Cliff · W. W. Fenn · ss London Society December 1889

· The First Flight · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· A Righteous Reparation · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Thrice Warned · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Alone with the Stars · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· A New “Flying Dutchman” · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· On the Wing · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· A Midsummer Night’s Dream—And Reality · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

Twixt the Lights: or, Odd Tales for Odd Times, Vol. 2 by W. W. Fenn (Henry J. Drane, 1893, 431pp, hc, co)

· Can a Blind Man See a Ghost? · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· The Lady in the Lavender · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Hopeful Doctors · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· An Adventure—Quite in the Dark · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Sight and Memory in Relation to Art · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· The Phantom Fares · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Our Weather-Eye · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· A Dressmaker’s Drama · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· The Hidden Voice · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Night Whimsies · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· A Very Peculiar Case · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· The “Bump of Locality” · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· The Key of the Tree · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· The Inverell Mystery · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Canvas Under Canvas · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· The Ghost in the Gallery · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· By the Avon in April · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· In a Pit-Box · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· The Holly and the Hearth · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· Midnight Courage · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· The Doubt About Owen Clove · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Woodland Harvest · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· The Living Picture · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· A Balcony at Lucerne · W. W. Fenn · ss The Argosy (UK) November 1892

Woven in Darkness by W. W. Fenn (Kelly & Co., 1885, 451pp, hc, co)

· A Blind Man’s Notions About Ghosts · W. W. Fenn · ss London Society November 1882

· In the Room with the Arras · W. W. Fenn · ss

· The Love of Landscape · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· The Haunted Rock · W. W. Fenn · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1881

· A Dangerous Secret · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· The Little Pill · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· The Hand on the Latch · W. W. Fenn · ss Time September 1881

· Red-Hot Friendships · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· Held at Bay · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· The Living Likeness · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· The First Fire · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· The Legend of the Light · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· The Face at the Window · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Following the Brush · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· The Marble Hands · W. W. Fenn · ss (r)

· Why Go Away? · W. W. Fenn · ar (r)

· The Ghost on the Chain Pier · W. W. Fenn · ss

Bugf#ck: The Useless Wit & Wisdom of Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison ed. Arnie Fenner--- see under Harlan Ellison.

Cowboys, Cowboys, Cowboys: Stories of Roundups & Rodeos, Branding & Bronco-Busting ed. Phyllis R. Fenner (Franklin Watts, 1950, 287pp, hc, an)
Juvenile anthology of factual and some fiction by such writers as Will James, Glenn Vernam, etc.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· The Cliff Dance · Stephen Holt · ss (r)

· Whitey’s First Round-up · Glen Rounds · ss (r)

· Cowpony’s Prize · L. R. Davis · ss (r)

· The Mail Starts · Charles L. Skelton · ss (r)

· The Challenge · Covelle Newcomb · ss (r)

· Midnight · Will James · ss Youth’s Companion Combined with The American Boy July 1930

· Spurs for Antonia · K. W. Eyre · ss (r)

· The Branding · Billy Warren · ss (r)

· Workaday Cowboy · Kerry Wood · ss (r)

· The Horse Drive · Charles M. Martin · ss (r)

· The Round Up · Kate Seredy · ss (r)

· The Grand Prize · Covelle Newcomb · ss (r)

· If You Weel Permit Me · Glenn Vernam · ss (r)

· Lone Cowboy · Will James · ex Scribner's, 1930

· Trouble on the Range · Adolph Regli · ss (r)

· Pecos Bill · Anne Malcolmson · ss (r)

· His Spurs · Will James · ss (r)

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