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Science Fiction Showcase (var. 1) ed. Mary Kornbluth (Curtis, December 1969, 123-06068, 60¢, 128pp, pb, an)     Abridged reprint of the hardback edition (Doubleday 1959), omitting the story “Med Service”. 6 · For C.M. Kornbluth · Frederik Pohl · ar Science Fiction Showcase ed. Mary Kornbluth, Doubleday, 1959 7 · Ticket to Anywhere [The Analogues] · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1952 28 · That Low · Theodore Sturgeon · vi Famous Fantastic Mysteries October 1948 31 · Or the Grasses Grow · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1958 39 · The Man Who Ate the World · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1956 65 · The Long Remembering · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1957 75 · The End of the Beginning · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s October 27 1956, as “Next Stop: The Stars” 79 · A Work of Art · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Stories July 1956, as “Art-Work” 95 · The Cold Green Eye · Jack Williamson · ss Fantastic March/April 1953 103 · Expendable · Philip K. Dick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953 108 · Mantage · Richard Matheson · nv Science Fiction Showcase ed. Mary Kornbluth, Doubleday, 1959 125 · Nightmare Number Four · Robert Bloch · pm Diablerie January 1945

When a Stranger Comes to Town ed. Michael Koryta (Hanover Square Press, April 20, 2021, 978-1-335-14147-7, 400pp, hc, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Michael Koryta · in · Solomon Wept · S. A. Cosby · ss · Relative Stranger · Amanda Witt · ss · Seat 2C · Alafair Burke · ss · Kohinoor · Smita Harish Jain · ss · Avalon · Michael Connelly · ss · Here’s to New Friends · Jacqueline Freimor · ss · Room for One More · Joe R. Lansdale · ss · Exit Now · Emilya Naymark · ss · A Six Letter Word for Neighbor · Lisa Unger · ss · Howard’s Heart · Bryon Quertermous · ss · Perfect Strangers · Tilia Klebenov Jacobs · ss · Do You Remember · Lori Roy · ss · Assignment: Sheepshead Bay · Paul A. Barra · ss · P.F.A. · Michael Koryta · ss · Genius · Elaine Togneri · ss · Russkies · Jonathan Stone · ss · A Different Kind of Healing · Steve Hamilton · ss · Tokyo Stranger · Tina deBellegarde · ss · Last Fare · Joe Hill · ss

The Best of the Best ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman (Signet, January 1998, 0-451-19390-3, $22.95, 335pp, hc, oa)     Associational original anthology of 18 stories by big name authors, many having dabbled in the fantastic, including Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Sharyn McCrumb, Linda Lay Shuler, and E.L. Doctorow. A commemorative anthology for Signet’s 50th anniversary. vii · Introduction · Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman · in 1 · Stormy Weather · Lisa Alther · nv 25 · Headaches and Bad Dreams · Lawrence Block · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1997 47 · Baby-sitting Ingrid · Larry Collins · ss 61 · Wrong Time, Wrong Place · Jeffery Deaver · nv 93 · Untitled · E. L. Doctorow · ss 101 · Mother’s Day · Joy Fielding · ss 111 · Paranoia · Stephen Frey · ss 131 · The Price of Tea in China · Eileen Goudge · ss 147 · Six Shades of Black · Joan Hess · ss 155 · The Naked Giant · Wendy Hornsby · ss 169 · Songs in the Key of I · Erica Jong · nv 191 · L.T.’s Theory of Pets · Stephen King · nv Six Stories by Stephen King by Stephen King, Philtrum Press, 1997 213 · Djinn & Tonic · Tabitha King · ss 227 · Where or When · Ed McBain · ss 243 · An Autumn Migration · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories by Sharyn McCrumb, Ballantine, 1997 257 · Color Blind · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 277 · A Place for Nathan · Nancy Taylor Rosenberg · ss 297 · The Unsung Song of Mary Gallinger · Linda Lay Shuler · nv 331 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume One ed. Stephen Kotowych (Ansible Press, December 14, 2023, 978-0-9939375-9-0, $24.95, 362pp, tp, an, cover by Tithi Luadthong)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Introduction · Stephen Kotowych · in 8 · Give Me English · Ai Jiang · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2022 19 · The Voice of a Thousand Years · Fawaz Al-Matrouk · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2022 31 · Bottom’s Dream · Glenn Clifton · ss On Spec #121, 2022 41 · And in the Arcade, Ego · Kate Heartfield · ss Pulp Literature #33, Winter 2022 50 · The Secret Lives of Shellwomen · Geneviève Blouin; translated by Margaret Sankey · ss translated from the French (“La Vie secrète des carapacées”, Solaris #223, October 15, 2022). 63 · In Stock Images of the Future, Everything Is White · Terese Mason Pierre · pm Uncanny Magazine #46, May/June 2022 65 · Michif Man · Chelsea Vowel · ss Buffalo Is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022 82 · Sunday in the Park with Hank · Leah Bobet · ss The Deadlands #15, July 2022 87 · A New Brave World · Eric Choi · ss Brave New Worlds ed. S. C. Butler & Joshua Palmatier, Zombies Need Brains, 2022 105 · Poltergeist · Rhonda Parrish · pm Star*Line Spring 2022 106 · One Day in the Afterlife of Detective Roshni Chaddha · Rati Mehrotra · ss Lightspeed #151, December 2022 124 · Big Trouble in Droidtown · Hayden Trenholm · ss Astronaut Always Rings Twice ed. Shannon Allen & J. R. Campbell, Tyche Books, 2022 138 · First Contact · Lisa Timpf · pm Eye to the Telescope April 2022 140 · Distant Skies · Charlotte Ashley · ss Mythaxis Magazine #32, Winter 2022 153 · Shattered · Marie Bilodeau · ss Rogue Artists ed. E. D. E. Bell, Atthis Arts, 2022 159 · Necklace · Carolyn Clink · pm Frost Zone Spring 2022 161 · All That Burns Unseen · Premee Mohamed · ss Slate July 30 2022 176 · Rapunzel in the Desert · Melissa Yuan-Innes · pm On Spec #122, 2022 178 · Redfin Spine · Jonathan Olfert · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #346, January 1 2022 186 · Maximum Efficiency · Holly Schofield · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November/December 2022 194 · Choose Your Own · C. J. Lavigne · ss Daily Science Fiction April 22 2022 199 · After the Apocalypse · Colleen Anderson · pm New Myths #61, Winter 2022 201 · Rare Earths Pineapple · Michèle Laframboise · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2022 212 · Choke · Suyi Davies Okungbowa · ss Tor.com September 14 2022 222 · Three Herons · Geoffrey W. Cole · gp (r) _222 · Three Herons: Black-Crested Night · Geoffrey W. Cole · pm Polar Starlight March 2022 _223 · Three Herons: Great Blue · Geoffrey W. Cole · pm Polar Starlight March 2022 _223 · Three Herons: Yellow-Crested Night · Geoffrey W. Cole · pm Polar Starlight March 2022 225 · Folk Hero Motifs in Tales Told by the Dead · K. T. Bryski · ss Strange Horizons October 31 2022 236 · Vi’Hun Heal · Michelle Tang · ss previously available as an audio download from Escape Pod, 7 April 2022. 246 · The Bleak Communion of Abandoned Things · Ariel Marken Jack · ss previously available as an audio download from PseudoPod, 22 April 2022. 256 · A sinkhole invites a street to consider its future · Dominik Parisien · pm Uncanny Magazine #44, January/February 2022 257 · Broken Vow: The Adventures of Flick Gibson, Intergalactic Videographer · Peter G. Reynolds · ss On Spec #120, 2022 265 · Green Witch · Elizabeth Whitton · ss Prairie Witch ed. Stacey Kondla, Prairie Soul, 2022 277 · The Mall at Night · Millie Ho · pm Augur Magazine v5 #1, 2022 280 · Homeplus · Liz Westbrook-Trenholm · ss Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine #34, 2022 292 · Into the Frozen Wilds · P. A. Cornell · ss Galaxy’s Edge #59, November 2022 304 · The Wolf of Your Passions · Lynne Sargent · pm Augur Magazine v5 #2, 2022 305 · Critical Mass · Peter Watts · ss Lightspeed #146, July 2022 322 · Douen · Suzan Palumbo · ss The Dark #82, March 2022 334 · Year’s Best Novellas and Novelettes 2022 · [uncredited] · bi 335 · Aurora Awards 2022 · [uncredited] · bi 337 · Prix Boréal-Aurora 2022 · [uncredited] · bi 338 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 346 · About the Artists · [uncredited] · bg 347 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg

World’s Spring ed. Mikhail Kovalchuk--- see under Vladimir Gakov.

Scenting the Dark and Other Stories by Mary Robinette Kowal (Subterranean Press, December 2009, 978-1-59606-267-2, $25.00, 80pp, hc, co, cover by Sandro Castelli)     Collection of eight stories, with notes on each by Kowal. The author’s first collection. Introduction by John Scalzi. 7 · Introduction · John Scalzi · in (r) 9 · Portrait of Ari · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Strange Horizons January 30 2006 17 · Death Comes but Twice · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Talebones #35, Summer 2007 23 · Some Other Day · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss All Possible Worlds Fall 2007 35 · Just Right · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss The First Line 2004 43 · Scenting the Dark · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Apex Online August 25 2008 53 · Locked In · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest #9, 2007 57 · This Little Pig · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Cicada 2007 69 · Jaiden’s Weaver · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Diamonds in the Sky ed. Mike Brotherton, National Science Foundation, 2009

The Hugo Award Showcase, 2010 Volume ed. Mary Robinette Kowal (Prime Books, June 2010, 978-1-60701-225-2, $14.95, 351pp, tp, an)     Anthology of nine stories nominated for the 2009 Hugo Awards, including the winning novella and novelette. Authors include Nancy Kress, Elizabeth Bear, and Ian McDonald. Details taken from online listing. fc. · [front cover] · Donato Giancola · cv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2010 7 · Introduction · Mary Robinette Kowal · in 11 · Pride and Prometheus · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2008 48 · 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss · Kij Johnson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2008 61 · The Erdmann Nexus · Nancy Kress · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2008 137 · From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2008 161 · Shoggoths in Bloom · Elizabeth Bear · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2008 183 · Truth [Veritas] · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2008 258 · The Ray-Gun: A Love Story · James Alan Gardner · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2008 282 · Evil Robot Monkey · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Two ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2008 286 · The Tear [The Clade] · Ian McDonald · na Galactic Empires ed. Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2008 348 · 2009 Hugo Nominees and Winners · [uncredited] · ms

Men and Women ed. William Kozlenko (Lion Books, November 1953, 177, 25¢, 192pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 11 · Two Sisters · John Steinbeck · ss The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932 22 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 35 · The Indian Well · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss Accent Spring 1943 54 · Angel in the Other Room · William Kozlenko · ss Kosmos 1939 60 · The Willow Walk · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 10 1918 97 · Roll On, John · Paul Green · ss Salvation on a String and Other Tales of the South by Paul Green, Harper & Brothers, 1946 110 · The Sinner · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Mountain Tavern and Other Stories, Cape, 1924 123 · The Die-Hard · Stephen Vincent Benet · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 17 1938 141 · The Actress · Anton Chekhov; translated by V. Coslyn · ss (r) 148 · Love Charm · Oliver La Farge · ss Harper’s Bazaar May 1932 161 · The Man’s Story · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial September 1923 181 · One for the Collection · Elizabeth Enright · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1953

The Compleat OAK Leaves: Volume One of the Official Journal of Otis Adelbert Kline and His Works by David Anthony Kraft (Fictioneer Books, 1980, 978-0-934882-04-0, $10.00, 192pp, tp, co)     Photographic reprint of the first (and only) 12 issues of OAK Leaves.

Confederacy of the Dead ed. Edward E. Kramer, Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Richard Gilliam.

Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurrences ed. Edward E. Kramer, Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Richard Gilliam.

Grails: Quests of the Dawn ed. Edward E. Kramer, Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Richard Gilliam.

Grails: Visitations of the Night ed. Edward E. Kramer, Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Richard Gilliam.

More Phobias ed. Edward E. Kramer, Wendy Webb, Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Wendy Webb.

Phobias ed. Edward Kramer, Wendy Webb, Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Wendy Webb.

Tombs ed. Edward E. Kramer & Peter Crowther (White Wolf, June 1995, 1-56504-905-5, $19.99, 346pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 22 horror stories, with a very strange introduction by Forrest J Ackerman. Authors include Ben Bova, William F. Buckley Jr., Nancy A. Collins, and Michael Moorcock. 1 · Tomb Swift: An Introduction (of Sorts) · Forrest J Ackerman · in 8 · In Trust · Ben Bova · nv 25 · The Amber Room · Ian Watson · nv 47 · The Butterfly Effect · Kathleen Ann Goonan · nv 68 · Epistrophy · Michael Bishop · ss 74 · No Ordinary Christian · Michael Moorcock · ss 92 · White Lady’s Grave · Lisa Tuttle · ss 104 · Burial at Sea · Larry Bond & Chris Carlson · nv 130 · The Unchained · Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg · ss 137 · The Time Garden · Ian McDonald · nv 166 · He on Honeydew · Stewart von Allmen · ss 173 · City Deep · Jeremy Dyson · ss 181 · But None I Think Do There Embrace · S. P. Somtow · ss 195 · Ginansia’s Ravishment · Christopher Fowler · nv 210 · Heartfires [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss Triskell Press, 1994 221 · Drowning with Others · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss 234 · Station of the Cross · Colin Greenland · ss 242 · Queen of Knives · Neil Gaiman · pm 251 · God’s Bright Little Engine · Stephen Gallagher · ss 264 · The Darkest Doctrine · Brad Linaweaver · nv 281 · The Land of the Reflected Ones · Nancy A. Collins · ss 292 · The Temptation of Wilfred Malachey · William F. Buckley, Jr. · nv 313 · Blue Flame of a Candle · Storm Constantine · nv