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Less Lonely Planet (Tales of Here, There & Happenstance) by Rhys Hughes (Humdrumming, May 2008, 978-1-905532-52-0, £12.99, ix+183pp, hc, oc, cover by Lee Thompson)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Foreword · Rhys Hughes · fw 1 · Thinner Air · Rhys Hughes · ss Flickers ’n’ Frames #21, 1994 4 · Troubleroot · Rhys Hughes · ss Sierra Heaven #2, Summer 1996 23 · Goblin Sunrise [Little People Inc.] · Rhys Hughes · ss Silver Wolf #2, 1994 25 · The Two Kingdoms · Rhys Hughes · ss The Enigma #29, 1996 27 · The Taming of the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shrew · Rhys Hughes · nv Hadrosaur Tales Volume Four ed. David L. Summers, Hadrosaur Productions, 1998 40 · Thief Among Thieves · Rhys Hughes · ss Xenos #31, June 1995 50 · Below the Carnival · Rhys Hughes · ss Psychotrope #6, 1998 53 · The Muse Ouroboros · Rhys Hughes · ss Hadrosaur Tales Volume Fourteen ed. David Lee Summers, Hadrosaur Productions, 2002 65 · Accordion Beach · Rhys Hughes · ss 71 · The Mice Will Play · Rhys Hughes · ss 78 · The Desiccated Sage · Rhys Hughes · ss The Dream Zone #11, January 2002 87 · Two Fat Men in a Very Thin Country · Rhys Hughes · ss 92 · Niddala · Rhys Hughes · vi The Skeleton of Contention by Rhys Hughes, D-Press, 2004 94 · Sending Freedom Far Away · Rhys Hughes · ss Whispers of Wickedness #9, Summer 2005 99 · The Impregnable Fortress · Rhys Hughes · ss 104 · The Bathing Bells · Rhys Hughes · ss first published in Portuguese (“Os sinos imersos”, A Sereia de Curitiba by Rhys Hughes, Livros de Areia, 2007). 108 · Doom Laden Haven · Rhys Hughes · ss 110 · The Six Sentinels · Rhys Hughes · ss 115 · In Moonville · Rhys Hughes · ss 118 · But It Pours · Rhys Hughes · ss Whispers of Wickedness #13, Summer 2006 123 · The City That Was Itself · Rhys Hughes · ss 125 · The Man Who Gargled with Gargoyle Juice [Little People Inc.] · Rhys Hughes · ss 127 · The Tallest Midget in Christendom · Rhys Hughes · ss 130 · The Kissable Climes · Rhys Hughes · ss 133 · The Non-Existent Viscount in the Trees · Rhys Hughes · ss 136 · When the Microscopic Giants Took Over Happenstance · Rhys Hughes · ss 141 · Venus and Stupid · Rhys Hughes · ss 146 · Von Ryan’s Daughter’s Express · Rhys Hughes · ss 152 · In Sunsetville · Rhys Hughes · ss 155 · Fable with Turkish Coffee · Rhys Hughes · ss 161 · Sir Cheapskate [Little People Inc.] · Rhys Hughes · ss 163 · Playing Impossible Instruments · Rhys Hughes · ss 177 · Interview with the King of Shush (Who Knows Everything) · Rhys Hughes · aw

Madonna Park by Rhys Hughes (The Penny Dreadful Company, October 2009, £1.99, tp, co)     Limited to 250 copies. There are suggestions this book was never published although it was listed as “In Stock” on the Penny Dreadful website in February 2010. Details taken from online listing. · Big Game · Rhys Hughes · ss Dementia 13 #9, August 1992 · Three Friends · Rhys Hughes · ss Nowhere Near Milkwood by Rhys Hughes, Prime Books, 2002 · The Big Lick · Rhys Hughes · ss · Madonna Park · Rhys Hughes · vi The Zone #4, Summer 1996 · Suttee and Sweep · Rhys Hughes · ss · The Gunfight · Rhys Hughes · ss

More Than a Feline: Cat Tales & Poems by Rhys Hughes (Gloomy Seahorse Press, December 11, 2013, 978-1-291-61927-0, £4.99, 103pp, tp, co, cover by Rhys Hughes)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Foreword · Rhys Hughes · fw 9 · A Tale with the Title at the End · Rhys Hughes · ss The Platinum Donkey August 27 2013, as “A Story with the Title at the End” 15 · The Cat [Dr. Frazer & Dr. Vaughan] · Rhys Hughes · ss At the Molehills of Madness by Rhys Hughes, Pendragon Press, 2006 16 · Cat in a Balloon · Rhys Hughes · pm 17 · Making a Feline · Rhys Hughes · ss Tellmenow Isitsöornot by Rhys Hughes, Gloomy Seahorse Press, 2011 21 · Cat in a Bathysphere · Rhys Hughes · pm 22 · Cat o’ Nine Tales · Rhys Hughes · ss Worming the Harpy and Other Bitter Pills by Rhys Hughes, Tartarus Press, 1995 29 · Autumn Cat · Rhys Hughes · pm 30 · Rimsky’s the Limit · Rhys Hughes · pm 32 · Fat Cat Fable · Rhys Hughes · ss 36 · Silky Salathiel · Rhys Hughes · pm 37 · Lady, Tiger and Protozoon · Rhys Hughes · ss Tellmenow Isitsöornot by Rhys Hughes, Gloomy Seahorse Press, 2011 41 · The Cellar Door · Rhys Hughes · ss Tellmenow Isitsöornot by Rhys Hughes, Gloomy Seahorse Press, 2011 45 · Cat on a Unicycle · Rhys Hughes · pm 46 · The Magic Kitten · Rhys Hughes · ss 49 · Lunar Love Cats · Rhys Hughes · pm 50 · The Pig Iron Mouse Dooms the Moon · Rhys Hughes · ss Ten Tributes to Calvino by Rhys Hughes, Gloomy Seahorse Press, 2012 54 · The Cat That Got the Cream · Rhys Hughes · pm 56 · The Big Lick · Rhys Hughes · ss Madonna Park by Rhys Hughes, The Penny Dreadful Company, 2009 60 · The Mice Will Play · Rhys Hughes · ss Less Lonely Planet by Rhys Hughes, Humdrumming, 2008 69 · Cats’ Eyes · Rhys Hughes · ss Better the Devil by Rhys Hughes, Ghostwriter Publications, 2010 70 · Alphabeticat · Rhys Hughes · pm; illustrated by Paulo Brito 71 · A Word in Your Shell-Like · Rhys Hughes · ss 76 · Bangers the Mash · Rhys Hughes · ss 81 · The Rescue · Rhys Hughes · pm 82 · When Pushkin Came to Shovekin · Rhys Hughes · ss 95 · Fifty Cups of Lady Grey · Rhys Hughes · ss

A New Universal History of Infamy by Rhys Hughes (The Ministry of Whimsy Press, February 2004, 1-892389-83-5, $25.00, 183pp, hc, oc, cover by John Coulthart)     Collection of 19 “nonfictional fictions” in the style of Jorge Luis Borges. Also available in a signed limited edition of 100 ($45.00, -84-3) with an extra story (“Life and the Plumbline”). Details taken from online listing. 11 · Introduction · John Clute · in 17 · Preface to the Unpublished Edition · Rhys Hughes · pr 19 · Preface to an Imaginary Edition · Rhys Hughes · pr 21 · A New Universal History of Infamy 23 · The Brutal Buddha: Baron von Ungern-Sternberg [Infamy] · Rhys Hughes · ss 33 · The Honest Liar: Denis Zachaire [Infamy] · Rhys Hughes · ss 43 · Chewer of Hearts: François l’Olonnais [Infamy] · Rhys Hughes · ss 53 · Trader of Doom: Basil Zaharoff [Infamy] · Rhys Hughes · ss 63 · The Worm Supreme: Francisco Solano Lopez [Infamy] · Rhys Hughes · ss 73 · The Worst Hero: Dick Turpin [Infamy] · Rhys Hughes · ss 83 · The Maddest King: Henry Christophe [Infamy] · Rhys Hughes · ss 95 · Streetcorner Mouse; dedicated to Gabriel Mesa. 97 · Streetcorner Mouse · Rhys Hughes · ss The Dream Zone #12, June 2002 111 · Et Al; dedicated to Jeff VanderMeer. 113 · City of Blinks · Rhys Hughes · ss 119 · The Landscape Player · Rhys Hughes · ss 123 · The Spanish Cyclops · Rhys Hughes · vi Cold Print #3, 2000 125 · The Unsubtle Cages · Rhys Hughes · ss 129 · Celia the Impaler · Rhys Hughes · ss 131 · Alone with a Longwinded Soul · Rhys Hughes · ss 135 · Monkeybreath (Halitosis Simians) [Thackery T. Lambshead] · Rhys Hughes · ss 139 · Of Exactitude in Theology · Rhys Hughes · ss 141 · Surplus Parodies; dedicated to Steve Redwood. 143 · Finding the Book of Sand · Rhys Hughes · ss 151 · The Hyperacusis of Chumbly Mucker · Rhys Hughes · ss 163 · Ictus Purr · Rhys Hughes · ss 177 · Ignoble Notes · Rhys Hughes · ms 183 · Unwise Appendix · Rhys Hughes · ss · Life and the Plumbline · Rhys Hughes · ss; in limited edition only.

Nowhere Near Milkwood by Rhys Hughes (Prime Books, November 1, 2002, 1-894815-11-4, $17.95, 264pp, tp, oc, cover by Theo Badiu)     Collection is subdivided into three sections: Details taken from online listing. 9 · Martyr to Music 11 · In the Moonless Gutter · Rhys Hughes · ss 19 · Adventures in the Grin Trade · Rhys Hughes · ss 36 · Nowhere Near Milkwood · Rhys Hughes · nv 57 · Taller Stories 59 · Prologue · Rhys Hughes · si 61 · Rainbow’s End [The Tall Story] · Rhys Hughes · ss 64 · Ghost Holiday [The Tall Story] · Rhys Hughes · ss 69 · Those Wonderful Words [The Tall Story] · Rhys Hughes · ss 73 · Learning to Fly · Rhys Hughes · ss 76 · Learning to Fall · Rhys Hughes · ss 81 · The Banshee [The Tall Story] · Rhys Hughes · ss 86 · The Queen of Jazz [The Tall Story] · Rhys Hughes · ss 91 · Anna and the Dragon [The Tall Story] · Rhys Hughes · ss 95 · Three Friends · Rhys Hughes · ss 98 · The Rake and the Fool [The Tall Story] · Rhys Hughes · ss 107 · Goblin Sunrise [Little People Inc.] · Rhys Hughes · ss Silver Wolf #2, 1994 109 · The Juggler · Rhys Hughes · ss 112 · The Peat Fire · Rhys Hughes · ss 115 · Knight on a Bear Mountain [Thornton Excelsior] · Rhys Hughes · ss 122 · Something About a Demon [The Tall Story] · Rhys Hughes · ss 127 · The Furious Walnuts · Rhys Hughes · ss 132 · The Illustrated Student · Rhys Hughes · ss 137 · The Story with a Clever Title [The Tall Story] · Rhys Hughes · ss 148 · The Silver Necks · Rhys Hughes · ss 153 · Never Hug an Aardvark · Rhys Hughes · ss 156 · Epilogue · Rhys Hughes · ms 159 · The Long Chin of the Law (A Punitive Fantasia) 161 · The Catastrophe Trials · Rhys Hughes · ss Romance with Capsicum by Rhys H. Hughes, Wyrd Press, 1995 165 · The Crime Continuum · Rhys Hughes · ss 171 · Judgment Day · Rhys Hughes · ss 177 · The Thirty-Nine Million Steps · Rhys Hughes · ss 183 · The Impossible Mirror · Rhys Hughes · ss 191 · Crawling King Prawn · Rhys Hughes · ss 203 · Pyramids of the Purple Atom · Rhys Hughes · ss 217 · The Suppertime Sting · Rhys Hughes · ss 227 · The Mischief Towers · Rhys Hughes · ss

Plutonian Parodies by Rhys Hughes (The Penny Dreadful Company, November 2009, £1.99, tp, oc)     Never officially published. Only proof copies exist. Details taken from online listing. · Poe Pie · Rhys Hughes · ss · The Lollipop God Is Dead · Rhys Hughes · ss Here & Now #4, Autumn 2004 · The Sun Trap · Rhys Hughes · ss

The Postmodern Mariner by Rhys Hughes (Screaming Dreams, June 21, 2008, 978-0-9555185-2-2, £7.99, 160pp, tp, oc, cover by Steve Upham)     Details taken from online listing. · Castor on Troubled Waters [Castor Jenkins] · Rhys Hughes · ss Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008 · Canis Raver [Castor Jenkins] · Rhys Hughes · ss · The Plucked Plant [Castor Jenkins] · Rhys Hughes · ss · When Wales Played Asgård [Castor Jenkins] · Rhys Hughes · ss · Interstellar Domestic [Castor Jenkins] · Rhys Hughes · ss · The Cream-Jest of Unset Custard [Castor Jenkins] · Rhys Hughes · ss · The Day the Town of Porthcawl Was Accidentally Twinned with the Capital of the Cheese and Biscuits Empire [Castor Jenkins] · Rhys Hughes · ss · The Lip Service · Rhys Hughes · ss · Rommel Cobra’s Swimming Carnival · Rhys Hughes · na

Romance with Capsicum (and Other Piquant Assignations) by Rhys H. Hughes (Wyrd Press, July 1995, 1-898833-20-6, 80pp, ph, oc, cover by Camille-Gabrielle)     Details taken from online listing. · The End of the Road · Rhys Hughes · vi The Third Alternative #4, Autumn 1994 · Raindancing · Rhys Hughes · ss · Thinner Air · Rhys Hughes · ss Flickers ’n’ Frames #21, 1994 · Passengers · Rhys Hughes · ss · The Catastrophe Trials · Rhys Hughes · ss · The Urban Freckle · Rhys Hughes · ss · The Journal · Rhys Hughes · ss · Oaths · Rhys Hughes · ss · The Dungeon · Rhys Hughes · ss · Romance with Capsicum · Rhys Hughes · ss · The Faust Business [Dr. Frazer & Dr. Vaughan] · Rhys Hughes · ss · Zumbooruk · Rhys Hughes · ss · The Third Blow · Rhys Hughes · ss · Trombonhomie · Rhys Hughes · ss

Stories from a Lost Anthology by Rhys Hughes (Tartarus Press, August 2002, 1-8726-2168-6, £27.50, viii+296pp, hc, co)     Collection of (seemingly most original) stories. Limited 450 copies, 150 numbered and signed by author. Intro by Moorcock. Details taken from online listing. v · The Welsh Raree · Michael Moorcock · in 1 · Portrait of an Artist As a Rusty Bus · Rhys Hughes · ss 21 · The Lute and the Lamp · Rhys Hughes · ss 31 · Toastmaster, Buttermistress · Rhys Hughes · ss 43 · Journey Through a Wall · Rhys Hughes · ss Midnight Never Comes ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 1997 55 · The Marsh Callow · Rhys Hughes · ss 71 · Story from a Lost Anthology · Rhys Hughes · ss 90 · Less Is More · Rhys Hughes · ss 93 · Jellydämmerung! · Rhys Hughes · ss The Dream Zone #10, September 2001 109 · The Macroscopic Teapot · Rhys Hughes · ss 119 · Fallow · Rhys Hughes · ss All Hallows #10, October 1995 131 · The Crab · Rhys Hughes · ss Mooreeffoc Magazine #6, Winter 2001/2002 145 · Pyramid and Thisbe · Rhys Hughes · ss Beyond the Boundaries #9, Autumn 1996 153 · The Lover and the Grave · Rhys Hughes · ss All Hallows #17, February 1998 163 · The Evil Side of Reginald Burke · Rhys Hughes · ss 173 · Asparagus on the Tooth · Rhys Hughes · ss 184 · A Languid Elagabalus of the Tombs · Rhys Hughes · nv 209 · Owlbeast · Rhys Hughes · ss 224 · Tin in the Soul · Rhys Hughes · nv 245 · Cockatrice at the Door · Rhys Hughes · nv 269 · Robin Hood’s New Mother · Rhys Hughes · ss Redsine #8, April 2002 285 · The New Giraldus · Rhys Hughes · ss