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Echoes Revisited: June 1982 to June 2002 ed. Ginger & Tom Johnson--- see under Tom Johnson.

Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 ed. Kij Johnson (Prometheus/Pyr, May 20, 2014, 978-1-61614-901-7, $18.00, 297pp, tp, an, cover by Raoul Vitale)     Anthology of Nebula Award-winning fiction with six stories, two novel excerpts, three Rhysling and Dwarf Stars award-winning poems, and two essays on Grand Master Gene Wolfe. The 48th volume in the annual series. Details taken from online listing. 11 · Introduction · Kij Johnson · in 21 · Immersion [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Clarkesworld #69, June 2012 37 · Close Encounters · Andy Duncan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2012 69 · After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall · Nancy Kress · n. Tachyon, 2012 179 · 2312 · Kim Stanley Robinson · ex Orbit, 2012 199 · The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species · Ken Liu · ss Lightspeed #27, August 2012 207 · Fair Coin · E. C. Myers · ex Pyr, 2012 221 · Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain · Cat Rambo · ss Near + Far by Cat Rambo, Hydra House, 2012 235 · Gene Wolfe · Michael Dirda · ar 241 · How to Read Gene Wolfe · Neil Gaiman · ar World Horror Convention 2002 Program Book, 2002 [Ref. Gene Wolfe] 245 · Christmas Inn · Gene Wolfe · nv PS Publishing, April 2006 275 · The Library, After · Shira Lipkin · pm Mythic Delirium #24, 2011 277 · The Curator Speaks in the Department of Dead Languages · Megan Arkenberg · pm Strange Horizons June 27 2011 281 · Blue Rose Buddha · Marge Simon · pm The Mad Hattery by Marge Simon, Elektrik Milk Bath Press, 2011

Going Interstellar ed. Les Johnson & Jack McDevitt (Baen, June 2012, 978-1-4516-3778-6, $7.99, 416pp, pb, oa, cover by Sam Kennedy)     Original anthology of eight stories and four essays looking at possibilities for interstellar travel based on real-world science. Authors include Ben Bova, Sarah A. Hoyt, and Michael Bishop. Foreword by Les Johnson. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Foreword · Les Johnson · fw 3 · Introduction · Les Johnson & Jack McDevitt · in 7 · Choices · Les Johnson · ss 27 · A Country for Old Men · Ben Bova · nv 79 · Antimatter Starships · Dr. Gregory Matloff · ar 103 · Lucy · Jack McDevitt · nv 141 · Lesser Beings · Charles E. Gannon · nv 197 · Fusion Starship · Dr. Gregory Matloff · ar 219 · Project Icarus: A Theoretical Design Study for an Interstellar Spacecraft · Dr. Richard Obousy · ar 233 · Design Flaw · Louise Marley · nv 263 · Twenty Lights to “The Land of Snow” · Michael Bishop · na 351 · Solar and Beamed Energy Sails · Les Johnson · ar 367 · The Big Ship and the Wise Old Owl · Sarah A. Hoyt · nv 407 · Siren Song · Mike Resnick · ss

Irregular Verbs and Other Stories by Matthew Johnson (ChiZine Publications, July 2014, 978-1-77148-177-9, $16.99, 340pp, tp, co, cover by Erik Mohr)     Collection of 22 stories, four original. Details taken from online listing. 11 · Introduction · Helen Marshall · in 17 · Irregular Verbs · Matthew Johnson · ss Fantasy Magazine #4, Fall 2006 25 · Another Country · Matthew Johnson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2008 42 · Public Safety · Matthew Johnson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2007 65 · Beyond the Fields You Know · Matthew Johnson · ss 76 · What You Couldn’t Leave Behind · Matthew Johnson · ss 92 · When We Have Time · Matthew Johnson · ss Space and Time #102, Winter 2008 96 · The Wise Foolish Son · Matthew Johnson · nv 121 · Long Pig · Matthew Johnson · vi Daily Science Fiction September 27 2010 124 · Talking Blues · Matthew Johnson · ss Triangulation: End of the Rainbow ed. Bill Moran, PARSEC Ink, 2010 136 · The Face of the Waters · Matthew Johnson · ss Triangulation: Taking Flight ed. Pete Butler, PARSEC Ink, 2008 142 · Outside Chance · Matthew Johnson · ss On Spec Summer 2006 160 · Closing Time · Matthew Johnson · ss On Spec Summer 2001 175 · Lagos · Matthew Johnson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2008 195 · The Dragon’s Lesson · Matthew Johnson · ss Time for Bedlam ed. Ian Donnell Arbuckle, Saltboy Bookmakers, 2005 207 · Au Coeur des Ombres · Matthew Johnson · nv 229 · Jump, Frog! · Matthew Johnson · ss Ten Plagues ed. Ian Donnell Arbuckle & Justin Conwell, Saltboy Bookmakers, 2006 237 · The Afflicted · Matthew Johnson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2012 260 · Holdfast · Matthew Johnson · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #45, December 2010 276 · The Coldest War · Matthew Johnson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2009 290 · Written by the Winners · Matthew Johnson · nv Timelines ed. J. W. Schnarr, Northern Frights Publishing, 2010 312 · Heroic Measures · Matthew Johnson · ss Strange Horizons December 18 2006 324 · The Last Islander · Matthew Johnson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2012

Murder’s A Swine by Pamela Hansford Johnson & Neil Stewart--- see under Nap Lombard.

Murder’s a Swine by Pamela Hansford Johnson & Neil Stewart--- see under Nap Lombard.

Intellect ed. Rossiter Johnson (James R. Osgood, 1875, $1.00, 207pp, hc, an)     Volume two in the 12-volume series Little Classics. 7 · The House and the Brain · E. Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version. 60 · D’Outre Mort · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Galaxy November 15 1866 91 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 118 · Chops the Dwarf · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words Christmas 1858, as “Going Into Society”, uncredited. 134 · Wakefield · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine May 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 147 · Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts · Thomas De Quincey · ar Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1827, as “On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts” 187 · The Captain’s Story · Rebecca Harding Davis · ss New York Galaxy December 1866

Mystery ed. Rossiter Johnson (James R. Osgood, 1875, 231pp, hc, an)     Volume eight in the 12-volume series Little Classics. 7 · The Ghost · William D. O’Connor · na Putnam’s Monthly January 1856 71 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 109 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 128 · The Haunted Ships · Allan Cunningham · ss The London Magazine November 1821 150 · A Raft That No Man Made · Robert T. S. Lowell · ss The Atlantic Monthly 169 · The Invisible Princess · Francis O’Connor · nv (r) 190 · The Advocate’s Wedding-Day · Catherine Crowe · ss Household Words #13, June 22 1850, as “The Young Advocate”, uncredited. 207 · The Birthmark · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Pioneer March 1843

Tragedy ed. Rossiter Johnson (James R. Osgood, 1875, $1.00, 205pp, hc, an)     Volume three in the 12-volume series Little Classics. 7 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 56 · The Lauson Tragedy · J. W. De Forest · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1870 (+1), uncredited. 108 · The Iron Shroud · William Mudford · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1830, as by The Author of “First and Last” 128 · The Bell-Tower · Herman Melville · ss Putnam’s Monthly August 1855, uncredited. 149 · The Kathayan Slave · Emily C. Judson · ss (r) 165 · The Story of La Roche · Henry Mackenzie · ss The Mirror 182 · The Vision of Sudden Death · Thomas De Quincey · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine December 1849

Dark Desires ed. S. G. Johnson (Obelesk Books, May 1994, $6.00, 45pp, tp, oa, cover by Tristan Alexander)     Chapbook anthology of five erotic horror stories, four original. 5 · Providence of the Ghosts · Edward Lee · ss 21 · Floater · Peter F. Jeffery & D. F. Lewis · ss 25 · Universal Law · Alex Martelli · ss 37 · Spitting Image · Michael Thomas Dillon · vi Cemetery Dance #9, Summer 1991 39 · Before She Left · Gordon R. Menzies · ss

Rites of Passage ed. S. G. Johnson (Obelesk Books, July 1994, $6.00, 54pp, ph, oa, cover by Lissanne Lake)     Chapbook original anthology of six stories, “romantic and fantastic tales about women, sex, and death.” 5 · Ink and the Moon Goddess · Wendy Rathbone · ss 19 · Boys on the Brink · D. F. Lewis · ss 23 · Tight Jeans · Darrell Bain · ss 33 · Parts of Speech · Shezmu · ss 37 · Men with Ear Vents: Can They Be Trusted? · Martha A. Hood · ss 49 · The Girl Who Got Thin on Seven Planets · Gwen M’Clatchey · ss

Techno Myths ed. S. G. Johnson (Obelesk Books, July 1994, $4.00, 37pp, ph, oa, cover by Tristan Alexander)     Chapbook original anthology of three stories about technology and magic. 5 · The Silver Prince · Gary Bowen · ss Queer Destinies by Gary Bowen, Circlet Press, 1994 15 · Queen’s Knight Gambit · Martin Maass · ss 19 · A Single Shadow Make · Gemma Files · ss

The Hamish Hamilton Book of Princesses ed. Sally Patrick Johnson (Hamish Hamilton, 1963, 243pp, hc, an, cover by Fritz Wegner) xi · Introduction · Sally Patrick Johnson · in 1 · The Princess on the Pea · Hans Christian Andersen · vi (r) translated from the Danish (“Prinsessen paa Ærten”, Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn. Første Samling. Første Hefte, C.A. Reitzel, 1835). 5 · A Toy Princess · Mary de Morgan · ss On a Pincushion by Mary De Morgan, Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 1877 21 · Princess September · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1922, as “The Princess and the Nightingale” 35 · The Dancing Princesses · Walter de la Mare · ss Told Again by Walter de la Mare, Basil Blackwell, 1927 49 · The Princess of China · Eleanor Farjeon · ss 1931 55 · The Magic Fishbone · Charles Dickens · ex from “Holiday Romance”, Our Young Folks January 1868 (+3) 69 · The Birthday of the Infanta · Oscar Wilde · ss Paris Illustré March 30 1889, as “The Birthday of the Little Princess” 87 · The Potted Princess · Rudyard Kipling · ss St. Nicholas January 1893 99 · The Magic Hill · A. A. Milne · ss 1925 105 · Melisande · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine July 1900 125 · The Princess and the Vagabond · Ruth Sawyer · ss Short Story ed. Ethan A. Cross, McClurg, 1914 141 · The Princess · Archibald Marshall · ss Punch 147 · The Light Princess · George MacDonald · na Adela Cathcart by George MacDonald, Hurst & Blackett, 1864 179 · Many Moons · James Thurber · ss Harcourt, 1943 191 · The Princess and Rabbi Joshuah · translated by Hyman Hurwitz · ex from The Talmud, 1826 195 · The Long-Nosed Princess · Priscilla Hallowell · nv 1959 235 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Suicide Stitch by Sarah L. Johnson (EMP Publishing, March 22, 2016, 978-0-692-66132-1, 187pp, tp, oc)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Thank You for Playing · Sarah L. Johnson · ss 22 · I Am Lost · Sarah L. Johnson · ss 35 · The First Wife · Sarah L. Johnson · ss Orthogonal: The War at Home ed. John Bowker, John Bowker, 2016 39 · Five-Day Forecast · Sarah L. Johnson · ss Room 2014 52 · Heart Beating Still · Sarah L. Johnson · nv 2011 78 · Why (Y) · Sarah L. Johnson · ss Cucurbital 3 ed. Lawrence M. Schoen, Paper Golem, 2012 81 · Three Minutes · Sarah L. Johnson · ss Dark Visions: A Collection of Modern Horror—Volume One ed. Sharon Lawson & Anthony Rivera, Grey Matter Press, 2013 93 · Little Sister, Little Brother · Sarah L. Johnson · nv 140 · A Ballad for Wheezy Barnes · Sarah L. Johnson · ss 157 · Bridge · Sarah L. Johnson · ss 172 · Suicide Stitch · Sarah L. Johnson · ss

Rough Around the Edges ed. Susan Johnson (St. Martin’s, June 1998, 0-312-96599-0, $5.99, 312pp, pb, oa) · Playing with Fire · Susan Johnson · na · Once Burned · Dee Holmes · na · Melting Ice · Stephanie Laurens · na · Simple Sins · Eileen Wilks · na

Heiresses of Russ 2013: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction ed. Tenea D. Johnson & Steve Berman (Lethe Press, August 2013, 978-1-59021-170-0, $20.00, 305pp, tp, an)     Year’s best anthology of 17 lesbian speculative fiction stories from 2012. This is the third volume in a series named in honor of Joanna Russ. Introduction by Tenea D. Johnson. Authors include Jewelle Gomez, Richard Bowes, and Nisi Shawl. Details taken from online listing. ix · Introduction · Tenea D. Johnson · in 1 · One True Love · Malinda Lo · nv Foretold ed. Carrie Ryan, Delacorte Press, 2012 27 · Saint Louis 1990 [Gilda] · Jewelle Gomez · nv Night Shadows: Queer Horror ed. Greg Herren & J. M. Redmann, Bold Strokes Books, 2012 55 · Elm · Jamie Killen · nv The Future Fire #23, 2012 79 · Winter Scheming · Brit Mandelo · ss Apex Magazine #37, June 2012 99 · Reality Girl · Richard Bowes · nv After ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Hyperion Books, 2012 121 · Oracle Gretel · Julia Rios · ss self-published, June 2012 133 · Otherwise · Nisi Shawl · nv Brave New Love ed. Paula Guran, RP Teens, 2012 159 · Harrowing Emily · Megan Arkenberg · ss Shimmer #15, 2012 167 · The Witch Sea · Sarah Diemer · nv S.E. Diemer, March 2012 197 · Barnstormers · Wendy N. Wagner · ss Ideomancer June 2012 211 · Nightfall in the Scent Garden · Claire Humphrey · ss Strange Horizons March 5 2012 221 · Beneath Impossible Circumstances · Andrea Kneeland · ss Strange Horizons April 16 2012 227 · Feed Me the Bones of Our Saints · Alex Dally MacFarlane · ss Strange Horizons July 9 2012 (+1) 247 · Narrative Only · Kate Harrad · ss Glitterwolf #2, 2012 251 · Nine Days and Seven Tears · J. L. Merrow · ss She Shifters ed. Delilah Devlin, Cleis Press, 2012 259 · Chang’e Dashes from the Moon [Scale-Bright] · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss Expanded Horizons #36, August 2012 277 · Astrophilia [The Bannerless Saga] · Carrie Vaughn · nv Clarkesworld #70, July 2012

Echoes Revisited: June 1982 to June 2002 ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, Inc., 2002, 112pp, tp, nf, cover by David Burton)     Reprint anthology of articles from the long-running pulp fanzine Echoes, with some new material. 2 · Editorial · Tom & Ginger Johnson · ed (r) 3 · A Portrait of Dan Fowler & G-Man · Nick Carr · ar Echoes #16, December 1984 16 · The 10 Best G-8 Novels [G-8] · Nick Carr · ar Echoes #13, June 1984 18 · The Crimson Mask · Nick Carr · ar Echoes #10, December 1983 26 · City of Madness [Secret Agent X] · Tom Johnson · ar Echoes #11, February 1984; on Secret Agent X. 32 · [untitled, Domino Lady portfolio] · Ron Wilber · il (r) 38 · Trouble in Chapter 1 · Will Murray · ar (r); on Dent’s revisions of Doc Savage story openings. 43 · The Mask of the Scar [Miles Murdock (Purple Scar)] · Will Murray · ar Echoes #13, June 1984; on March 1942 Exciting Detective. 44 · Lords of the Phantom · Will Murray · ar (r); on identification of Phantom Detective authors. 48 · The Late Rex Ward · Will Murray · ob Echoes #12, April 1984 [Ref. Rex E. Ward] 50 · G-8’s Rightful Time [G-8] · Rex E. Ward · ar Echoes #12, April 1984 51 · The Shadow’s Greatest Locale [Kent Allard (The Shadow)] · Rex E. Ward · ar Echoes #12, April 1984; on San Francisco’s Chinatown. 54 · Random Thoughts from Yesteryear · Rex E. Ward · ar Echoes #12, April 1984 56 · Baghdad in the Morning: Some Recollections of a Better Age · Rex E. Ward · ar Echoes #12, April 1984 58 · Ramblings from the Past · Rex E. Ward · ar Echoes #12, April 1984 60 · The Crimson Caliph: From the Edge of Memory · Rex E. Ward · ar Echoes #12, April 1984 61 · The Discovery · Allan J. Isobel · ss Echoes #11, February 1984 63 · Ye Old Science Fiction Magazine Departments · Allan J. Isobel · hu (r) 68 · A Requiem for Sports Fiction · John A. Dinan · ar Echoes #14, August 1984 71 · [untitled, masked hero portfolio] · Bruce Heller · ar (r) 74 · The End of the Trail: The Demise of the Pulp Western · John A. Dinan · ar (r) 77 · [untitled, masked hero portfolio] · Kevin Duncan · il (r) 83 · The Ranger & the Badman · James M. Reasoner · ar Echoes #13, June 1984; on A. Leslie Scott’s “Walt Slade” pb series. 86 · [untitled hero portfolio] · David Burton · il (r) 90 · The Doctor Is In! · Michael A. Black · ar (r); on Doc Savage. 95 · She: The Eternal Romance of Ayesha · Gary Lovisi · ar Echoes [Ref. H. Rider Haggard] 98 · Is the Avenger a Killer? · Jeffrey T. Zverloff · ar (r) 101 · The Corinth Regency Paperbacks · Tom Johnson · bi Megavore #10, August 1980 104 · Chance Without a Ghost · Monte Herridge · ar (r); on Ghost novel revision into pb The Lisping Man. 106 · Profiles of Contributors · Ginger Johnson · ms (r)