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Deep Space ed. D. Kershaw & Ben Thomas (Black Hare Press, September 24, 2019, 978-1-925809-22-0, $22.99, 747pp, tp, oa, cover by Dawn Burdett)     Details taken from online listing. 11 · Afterglow · Jacob Baugher · nv 59 · Dreadlock · Stephen Herczeg · na 107 · Field of Quay · Shelly Jarvis · nv 155 · Echoes of Lives Gone · Carole de Monclin · na 233 · The Lucky One · Gregg Cunningham · na 283 · Truth to Power · Joel R. Hunt · nv 311 · Ride the Lightning · Joachim Heijndermans · nv 349 · Steel Thumper · Cameron Marcoux · nv 373 · The Mystery of the Missing Modules · Joshua D. Taylor · na 423 · Abduction · A. L. King · nv 449 · The Space Between Space · Raven Corinn Carluk · nv 475 · Augmetic Reality · Sam M. Phillips · nv 497 · Below the Surface · Vonnie Winslow Crist · nv 533 · Point Zero · E. L. Giles · nv 577 · Kruz · David Bowmore · nv 605 · The Bite of the Flamingo Boa · Shawn M. Klimek · nv 647 · Not My Vessel · Marcus Cook · nv 689 · Bound · Adam Bennett · nv 713 · Ascension · Umair Mirxa · nv 739 · Welcome to the Void · Zoey Xolton · pm

The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel by John Kessel (Subterranean Press, May 2022, 978-1-64524-058-7, $45.00, 582pp, hc, co)     Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website. 7 · Introduction · Kim Stanley Robinson · in 11 · Not Responsible! Park and Lock It! · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1981 35 · Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance · John Kessel · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 67 · Pride and Prometheus · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2008 105 · The Motorman’s Coat · John Kessel · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June/July 2009 117 · The Closet · John Kessel · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2010 121 · Some Like It Cold [Moment Universes] · John Kessel · ss Omni Fall 1995 135 · The Miracle of Ivar Avenue [Moment Universes] · John Kessel · nv Intersections ed. John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, Tor, 1996 171 · Spirit Level · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2020 199 · Stories for Men [Society of Cousins] · John Kessel · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2002 281 · The Pure Product · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1986 303 · Gulliver at Home · John Kessel · ss The Pure Product by John Kessel, Tor, 1997 317 · Buddha Nostril Bird · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1990 339 · Invaders · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1990 363 · The Lecturer · John Kessel · ss Light Years and Dark ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984 373 · Buffalo · John Kessel · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1991 393 · Clean · John Kessel · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2011 415 · Another Orphan · John Kessel · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1982 463 · Consolation · John Kessel · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Bruce Sterling, Technology Review, Inc., 2015 483 · The Baum Plan for Financial Independence · John Kessel · ss Sci Fiction March 24 2004 499 · The Dark Ride · John Kessel · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2021 563 · Story Notes · John Kessel · ms

Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 ed. John Kessel & James Patrick Kelly--- see under James Patrick Kelly.

The Best of Dreams of Decadence ed. Angela Kessler (Roc, March 2003, 0-451-45918-0, $6.99, 337 + xivpp, pb, an)     Anthology of 21 vampire stories and 22 poems originally published in Dreams of Decadence. Authors include Tanith Lee, Brian Stableford, and Charlee Jacob. xi · Introduction · Angela Kessler · in 3 · Passionato · Sharon Lee · ss Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 16 · All Things Being Not Quite Equal · Diana Pharaoh Francis · ss Dreams of Decadence #3, Spring 1997 32 · Mona Lisa · Warren Lapine · ss Dreams of Decadence #5, Fall/Winter 1997 40 · Presumed Icarus · Tippi N. Blevins · ss Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 55 · After the Fire · Robin Simonds · ss Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 64 · His Essential Nature · Laura Anne Gilman · ss Dreams of Decadence #5, Fall/Winter 1997 87 · Drink the Darkness · Siobhan Burke · ss Dreams of Decadence #8, Spring 1999 103 · Colour Vision · Steven Patten · nv Dreams of Decadence #6, Spring 1998 133 · The Blood Like Wine · Sarah A. Hoyt · ss Dreams of Decadence #15, Autumn 2001 150 · Borrowed Light · Emily Gaskin · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 152 · Love Letters · Barbara Johnson-Haddad · pm Dreams of Decadence #13, Winter 2000/Spring 2001 153 · Understudy · S. L. Robinson · pm Dreams of Decadence #6, Spring 1998 154 · Ravens · Carrie Palvin · pm Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 155 · Summertime · Antonia Mitchell · pm Dreams of Decadence #15, Autumn 2001 157 · Note Found on My Door, Friday · Jeff Copenhagen · pm Dreams of Decadence #13, Winter 2000/Spring 2001 158 · Lying in the Shade · Elizabeth Fuller · pm Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 159 · Murava · Anne Sheldon · pm Dreams of Decadence #13, Winter 2000/Spring 2001 162 · Azeman · Anne Sheldon · pm Dreams of Decadence #13, Winter 2000/Spring 2001 164 · Gifts · Jude Lupinetti · pm Dreams of Decadence #3, Spring 1997 165 · Searchers in the Long Dark · Wendy Rathbone · pm Dreams of Decadence #15, Autumn 2001 167 · Lifestyles of the Undead · Angela Kessler · pm Dreams of Decadence #2, Spring/Summer 1996 168 · Immortality · Lida Broadhurst · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 169 · She Dreams in Color · Ann K. Schwader · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 170 · Pomegranate Winter · Ann K. Schwader · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 171 · Supplication · Dawn R. Cotter · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 173 · How to Write a Poem · Lawrence Schimel · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 174 · Good News · Karen R. Porter · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 175 · The Romantic Age · Mike Allen · pm Dreams of Decadence #2, Spring/Summer 1996 176 · Vampire Standards · Uncle River · pm Dreams of Decadence #12, Autumn 2000 178 · In Black · Laurel Robertson · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 179 · To See You Again · Laurel Robertson · pm Dreams of Decadence #3, Spring 1997 181 · Soliloquy · Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg · ss Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 187 · Deathlovers · Angelique de Terre · ss Dreams of Decadence #5, Fall/Winter 1997 196 · Vermilia · Tanith Lee · ss Dreams of Decadence #9, Fall 1999 211 · In the Market for Souls · Mike Watt · ss Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 224 · Irish Blood · Lyda Morehouse · vi Dreams of Decadence #4, Summer 1997 227 · The Note Beside the Body · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 232 · Feeding the Mouth That Bites Us · L. Jagi Lamplighter · ss Dreams of Decadence #7, Summer 1998 249 · Emptiness · Brian Stableford · nv Dreams of Decadence #13, Winter 2000/Spring 2001 originally published in French (“Le Vide”, De Sang d’Encre ed. Lea Silhol, 1999). 267 · Home Visitor · Ann K. Schwader · ss Dreams of Decadence #6, Spring 1998 276 · A Dance with Darkness · Josepha Sherman · ss Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 295 · The Sun Knows My Name · Vickie T. Shouse · ss Dreams of Decadence #9, Fall 1999 308 · Under the Tangible Myrrh of the Resonant Stars · Charlee Jacob · ss Dreams of Decadence #1, Fall/Winter 1995 326 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales ed. Risa Kessler & Lester del Rey--- see under Lester del Rey.

Sherlock’s Sisters: The British Female Detective, 1864-1913 by Joseph A. Kestner (Ashgate, December 2003, 0-7546-0481-0, 268pp, hc, co) 1 · The Female Detective in Britain · Joseph A. Kestner · ar _7 · W.S. Hayward (fl. 1861-80): Revelations of a Lady Detective (1861/1864) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. W. S. Hayward] _10 · Andrew Forrester, Jr. (fl. 1863-4): The Female Detective (1864) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Andrew Forrester, Jr.] _ 14 · Wilkie Collins (1824-89): The Diary of Anne Rodway (1856) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Wilkie Collins] 25 · The Victorian Female Detective, 1888-1894 · Joseph A. Kestner · ar _32 · Leonard (Miller) Merrick (1864-1939): Mr. Bazalgette’s Agent (1888) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Leonard Merrick] _44 · Fergus W. Hume (1859-1932): Madame Midas (1888) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Fergus W. Hume] _55 · Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915): Thou Art the Man (1894) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Mary Elizabeth Braddon] _71 · Catherine Louisa Pirkis (1839-1910): The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective (1894) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Catherine Louisa Pirkis] _84 · Elizabeth B. Corbett (1846-c.1922): When the Sea Gives Up Its Dead ( 1894) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Elizabeth B. Corbett] 94 · The Victorian Female Detective, 1887-1900 · Joseph A. Kestner · ar _96 · George R. Sims (1847-1922): Dorcas Dene, Detective (1897) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. George R. Sims] _107 · Fergus W. Hume: Hagar of the Pawn-shop (1898) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Fergus W. Hume] _119 · Grant Allen (1848-1899): Miss Cayley’s Adventures (1899) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Grant Allen] _135 · Beatrice Heron-Maxwell (d. 1927): The Adventures of a Lady Pearl-Broker (1899) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Beatrice Heron-Maxwell] _146 · L. T. Meade (1844-1914) and Robert Eustace (Barton) (1868-1943): The Detections of Miss Cusack (1899-1900) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace] _157 · Grant Allen: Hilda Wade (1900) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Grant Allen] _170 · M. McDonnell Bodkin (1850-1933): Dora Myrl, The Lady Detective (1900) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. M. McDonnell Bodkin] 181 · The Edwardian Female Detective to 1913 · Joseph A. Kestner · ar _184 · Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947): Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (1910) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Emmuska Orczy] _198 · Richard Marsh (1857-1915): Judith Lee, Some Pages from Her Life (1912) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Richard Marsh] _212 · Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868-1947): The Lodger (1913) · Joseph A. Kestner · rv [Ref. Marie Belloc Lowndes] 226 · Conclusion · Joseph A. Kestner · ar 233 · Select Bibliography · Joseph A. Kestner · bi 250 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

25 And Under Fiction ed. Susan Ketchin & Neil Giordano (W.W. Norton & Company, May 1997, 0-393-31610-6, $12.00, 227pp, tp, an)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Introduction · Robert Coles · in (r) · The Dog Lover · Jason Brown · ss (r) · Park Bench · Judy Budnitz · ss (r) · This Is Not a Joke Like Vietnam · Aaron Cohen · ss (r) · Naming the Baby · Lucy Hochman · ss (r) · Untitled · Adam Plantinga · ss (r) · Indian Summer Sunday · Creston Lea · ss (r) · Borges Rides the Cyclone · Dan O’Brien · ss (r) · Geese · Z Z Packer · ss (r) · Flamingo · Benjamin Peskoe · ss (r) · Manna Walking · Dawn Karima Pettigrew · ss (r) · Like a Crossing Guard · Howie Axelrod · ss (r) · Waiting Game · Marie Argeris · ss (r) · White Flight · Tim Vanech · ss (r) · Asylum · Patrick Yachimski · ss DoubleTake Fall 1995 · Animal Stories · Jason Brown · ss (r) · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Closing Time and Other Stories by Jack Ketchum (Gauntlet Press, January 2007, 978-1-887368-90-2, $40.00, 255pp, hc, co, cover by Harry O. Morris)     Details taken from online listing. · Returns · Jack Ketchum · ss Right to Life by Jack Ketchum, Gauntlet Press, 2002 · Closing Time · Jack Ketchum · na Peaceable Kingdom by Jack Ketchum, Subterranean Press, 2003 · Damned if You Do · Jack Ketchum · ss Damned: An Anthology of the Lost ed. David G. Barnett, Necro Publications, 2004 · Lighten Up · Jack Ketchum · ss Outsiders ed. Nancy Holder & Nancy Kilpatrick, Roc, 2005 · Do You Love Your Wife? · Jack Ketchum · ss The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum, Leisure, 2005 · Elusive · Jack Ketchum · ss Midnight Premiere ed. Tom Piccirilli, Cemetery Dance, 2007 · Monster · Jack Ketchum · ss Horror World (online) November 2005 · Hotline · Jack Ketchum · ss · Brave Girl · Jack Ketchum · ss Right to Life by Jack Ketchum, Gauntlet Press, 2002 · Station Two · Jack Ketchum · ss Camelot Books, 2002 · Those Rockports Won’t Get You to Heaven · Jack Ketchum · ss · Papa · Jack Ketchum · ss Absinthe, Bloodletting Press, 2006 · Honor System · Jack Ketchum · ss Cemetery Dance Publications, 2003 · Seascape · Jack Ketchum · ss Insidious Reflections #5, Winter 2006 · Olivia · Jack Ketchum · ss World Horror Convention 2005 Program Book ed. Kris Dikeman, 2005 · Consensual · Jack Ketchum · ss · The Fountain · Jack Ketchum · ss The Fountain/The Piece of Paper, Gauntlet Press, 2004 · At Home with the VCR · Jack Ketchum · ss Camelot Books, 1999 · Snarl, Hiss, Spit, Stalk · Jack Ketchum · ss Dead Cats Bouncing ed. Gerard Houarner & GAK, Bedlam Press, 2002

Peaceable Kingdom by Jack Ketchum (Subterranean Press, April 2003, 978-1-931081-68-9, $40.00, 400pp, hc, co, cover by Neal McPheeters)     Limited to 600 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies signed by Jack Ketchum. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Jack Ketchum · in 11 · The Rifle · Jack Ketchum · ss Cemetery Dance #22, Winter 1995 23 · The Box · Jack Ketchum · ss Cemetery Dance #20, Spring 1994 35 · Mail Order · Jack Ketchum · ss Voices from the Night ed. John Maclay, Maclay & Associates, 1994 47 · Luck · Jack Ketchum · ss Skull Full of Spurs ed. Jason Bovberg & Kirk Whitham, Dark Highway Press, 2000 57 · The Haunt · Jack Ketchum · ss Cemetery Dance #34, 2001 69 · Megan’s Law · Jack Ketchum · ss Subterranean Gallery ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press, 1999 79 · If Memory Serves · Jack Ketchum · ss Darkside ed. John C. Pelan, Darkside Press, 1996 91 · Father and Son · Jack Ketchum · ss Camelot Books, 2000 97 · The Business · Jack Ketchum · ss Murder for Mother ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1994 107 · Mother and Daughter · Jack Ketchum · ss The Spook #2, August 2001 117 · When the Penny Drops · Jack Ketchum · ss The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard by Jack Ketchum, Obsidian Books, 1998 129 · Rabid Squirrels in Love · Jack Ketchum · ss Cemetery Dance #26, Spring 1997 137 · Sundays · Jack Ketchum · ss Necon20 Convention Book, 2000 147 · Twins · Jack Ketchum · ss 161 · Amid the Walking Wounded · Jack Ketchum · ss The UFO Files ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1998 175 · The Great San Diego Sleazy Bimbo Massacre · Jack Ketchum · ss The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard by Jack Ketchum, Obsidian Books, 1998 193 · The Holding Cell · Jack Ketchum · ss Bizarre Bazaar #2, March 1993 205 · The Work · Jack Ketchum · ss Funeral Party II ed. Shade Rupe, Rude Shape Books, 1997 215 · The Best · Jack Ketchum · ss Bad News ed. Richard Laymon, Cemetery Dance, 2000 219 · Redemption · Jack Ketchum · ss Night Screams ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1996 231 · The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard · Jack Ketchum · ss The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard by Jack Ketchum, Obsidian Books, 1998 243 · Chain Letter · Jack Ketchum · ss The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard by Jack Ketchum, Obsidian Books, 1998 251 · Forever · Jack Ketchum · ss Imagination Fully Dilated, Volume 2 ed. Elizabeth Engstrom, IFD Publishing, 2000 265 · Gone · Jack Ketchum · ss October Dreams ed. Richard Chizmar & Robert Morrish, Cemetery Dance, 2000 271 · Closing Time · Jack Ketchum · na 315 · The Rose · Jack Ketchum · ss Deadly After Dark ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket, 1994 327 · The Turning · Jack Ketchum · ss Vampire Detectives ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995 333 · To Suit the Crime · Jack Ketchum · ss Bizarre Sex and Other Crimes of Passion #1, 1992 341 · Lines: or Like Franco, Elvis Is Still Dead · Jack Ketchum · ss 349 · The Visitor · Jack Ketchum · ss The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard by Jack Ketchum, Obsidian Books, 1998 355 · Snakes · Jack Ketchum · ss Fear Itself ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner, 1995 373 · Firedance · Jack Ketchum · nv Imagination Fully Dilated ed. Alan M. Clark & Elizabeth Engstrom, Cemetery Dance, 1998 · Afterword · Jack Ketchum · aw