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The Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Volume One ed. Michael Kelly & Laird Barron--- see under Laird Barron.

Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Volume Two ed. Michael Kelly & Kathe Koja (Undertow Publications, October 13, 2015, 978-0-9938951-1-1, $18.99, xiii+309pp, tp, an, cover by Tomasz Alen Kopera)     Best of the year anthology of 20 weird stories from 2014. Authors include Karen Joy Fowler, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Nick Mamatas. Foreword by series editor Michael Kelly. Details taken from online listing. vii · Foreword · Michael Kelly · fw xi · At Home with the Weird · Kathe Koja · in 5 · The Atlas of Hell · Nathan Ballingrud · nv Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 27 · Wendigo Nights · Siobhan Carroll · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 43 · Headache · Julio Cortázar; translated by Michael Cisco · ss Tor.com September 3 2014 translated from the Spanish (“Cefalea”, Bestiario, 1951). 57 · Loving Armageddon · Amanda C. Davis · vi Crossed Genres Magazine #19, July 2014 65 · The Earth and Everything Under · K. M. Ferebee · ss Shimmer #19, May 2014 83 · Nanny Anne and the Christmas Story · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Subterranean (online) Winter 2014 95 · The Girls Who Go Below · Cat Hellisen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2014 113 · Nine · Kima Jones · ss Long Hidden ed. Daniel Jos^e' Older & Rose Fox, Crossed Genres Publications, 2014 131 · Bus Fare [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2014 145 · The Air We Breathe Is Stormy, Stormy · Rich Larson · ss Strange Horizons August 11 2014 155 · The Husband Stitch · Carmen Maria Machado · nv Granta (online) Autumn 2014 179 · Observations About Eggs from the Man Sitting Next to Me on a Flight from Chicago, Illinois to Cedar Rapids, Iowa · Carmen Maria Machado · ss Lightspeed #47, April 2014 187 · Resurrection Points · Usman T. Malik · nv Strange Horizons August 4 2014 207 · Exit Through the Gift Shop · Nick Mamatas · ss Searchers After Horror ed. S. T. Joshi, Fedogan & Bremer, 2014 219 · So Sharp That Blood Must Flow · Sunny Moraine · ss Lightspeed #45, February 2014 231 · The Ghoul · Jean Muno; translated by Edward Gauvin · ss Weird Fiction Review (online) June 4 2014 translated from the French (“La goule”, Histoires singulières, Écrits du Nord, 1979). 241 · A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide · Sarah Pinsker · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2014 255 · Migration · Karin Tidbeck · ss Fearsome Magics ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2014 273 · Hidden in the Alphabet · Charles Wilkinson · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #6, Spring 2014 287 · A Cup of Salt Tears · Isabel Yap · ss Tor.com August 27 2014

Year’s Best Weird Fiction: Volume Three ed. Michael Kelly & Simon Strantzas (Undertow Publications, October 11, 2016, 978-0-9950949-1-8, $19.99, xiv+365pp, tp, an, cover by Beatriz Martin Vidal)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 19 weird stories from 2015. Authors include Brian Evenson, Robert Aickman, Ramsey Campbell, and Genevieve Valentine. Details taken from online listing. vii · Forward · Michael Kelly · fw xi · Introduction · Simon Strantzas · in 3 · Rabbit, Cat, Girl · Rebecca Kuder · ss Thirteen: Stories of Transformation ed. Mark Teppo, Underland Press, 2015 13 · Violet Is the Color of Your Energy · Nadia Bulkin · ss She Walks in Shadows ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, 2015 27 · Blood · Robert Shearman · nv Seize the Night ed. Christopher Golden, Gallery Books, 2015 55 · Loveliness Like a Shadow · Christopher Slatsky · nv Alectryomancer and Other Weird Tales by Christopher Slatsky, Dynatox Ministries, 2015 73 · Orange Dogs · Marian Womack · ss Weird Fiction Review (online) October 19 2015 89 · Seaside Town · Brian Evenson · ss Aickman’s Heirs ed. Simon Strantzas, Undertow Publications, 2015 107 · Honey Moon · D. P. Watt · nv Soliloquy for Pan ed. Mark Beech, Egaeus Press, 2015 131 · The Marking · Kristi DeMeester · ss Three-Lobed Burning Eye #27, September 2015 139 · The Strangers · Robert Aickman · na The Strangers and Other Writings by Robert Aickman, Tartarus Press, 2015 189 · Guest · Brian Conn · ss The Bestiary ed. Ann VanderMeer, Centipede Press, 2015 197 · Julie · L. S. Johnson · nv Strange Tales V ed. Rosalie Parker, Tartarus Press, 2015 223 · The Devil Under the Maison Blue · Michael Wehunt · ss The Dark #10, November 2015 235 · Fetched · Ramsey Campbell · ss Horrorology ed. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher Books, 2015, as “Nightmare” 235 · The Seventh Wave · Lynda E. Rucker · ss Terror Tales of the Ocean ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2015 255 · Rangel · Matthew M. Bartlett · nv Dim Shores, July 31 2015 277 · Visit Lovely Cornwall on the Western Railway Line · Genevieve Valentine · ss The Doll Collection ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2015 293 · The Rooms Are High · Reggie Oliver · ss The Sea of Blood by Reggie Oliver, Dark Renaissance Books, 2015 313 · Strange Currents · Tim Lebbon · nv Innsmouth Nightmares ed. Lois H. Gresh, PS Publishing, 2015 345 · Little Girls in Bone Museums · Sadie Bruce · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2015

Year’s Best Weird Fiction: Volume Four ed. Michael Kelly & Helen Marshall--- see under Helen Marshall.

Year’s Best Weird Fiction: Volume 5 ed. Michael Kelly & Robert Shearman (Undertow Publications, October 16, 2018, 978-1-988964-07-2, $28.99, 422pp, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. · Foreword · Michael Kelly · fw · Introduction · Robert Shearman · in · The Convexity of Our Youth · Kurt Fawver · ss Looming Low: Volume I ed. Justin Steele & Sam Cowan, Dim Shores, 2017 · The Rock Eater · Ben Loory · ss Taste Spring 2017 · Corzo · Brenna Gomez · ss Prairie Schooner Spring 2017 · You Will Always Have Family: A Triptych · Kathleen Kayembe · nv Nightmare #54, March 2017 · Flotsam · Daniel Carpenter · ss Tales from the Shadow Booth v1, 2017 · The Possession · Michael Mirolla · ss Transatlantic Review #46/47, Summer 1973 · Skins Smooth as Plantain, Hearts Soft as Mango · Ian Muneshwar · ss The Dark #27, August 2017 · The Unwish · Claire Massey · ss Nightjar Press, November 2017, as by Claire Dean · Worship Only What She Bleeds · Kristi DeMeester · ss Everything That’s Underneath by Kristi DeMeester, Apex Publications, 2017 · House of Abjection · David Peak · ss Nightscript III ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2017 · The Way She Is with Strangers · Helen Marshall · ss Dark Cities ed. Christopher Golden, Titan, 2017 · The Anteater · Joshua King · ss Matador Review Fall 2017 · When Words Change the Molecular Composition of Water · Jenni Fagan · ss · The Entertainment Arrives · Alison Littlewood · ss Darker Companions ed. Scott David Aniolowski & Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., PS Publishing, 2017 · Take the Way Home That Leads Back to Sullivan Street · Chavisa Woods · nv Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country and Other Stories by Chavisa Woods, Seven Stories Press, 2017 · Eight Bites · Carmen Maria Machado · ss Gulf Coast Summer/Fall 2017 · Red Hood · Eric Schaller · ss Nightmare #55, April 2017 · Curb Day · Rebecca Kuder · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 · The Narrow Escape of Zipper-Girl · Adam-Troy Castro · ss Nightmare #57, June 2017 · Disappearer · K. L. Pereira · ss A Dream Between Two Rivers by K. L. Pereira, Cutlass Press, 2017 · The Mouse Queen · Camilla Grudova · ss The Doll’s Alphabet by Camilla Grudova, Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2017 · The Second Door · Brian Evenson · ss Looming Low: Volume I ed. Justin Steele & Sam Cowan, Dim Shores, 2017 · Live Through This · Nadia Bulkin · ss Looming Low: Volume I ed. Justin Steele & Sam Cowan, Dim Shores, 2017 · Something About Birds · Paul Tremblay · nv Black Feathers ed. Ellen Datlow, Pegasus Books, 2017

Erie Tales 666 ed. Nicole Castle Kelly, David C. Hayes & MontiLee Stormer--- see under David C. Hayes.

Blades of Damocles by Phil Kelly (Black Library, April 16, 2016, 978-1-78496-137-4, £18.00, 350pp, hc, n.) [Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing.

Crisis of Faith by Phil Kelly (Black Library, July 1, 2017, 978-1-78572-651-4, ebook, n.) [Warhammer 40,000]     Details taken from online listing.

Dreadfleet by Phil Kelly (Black Library, September 2011, 978-1-84970-123-5, 200pp, pb, n.) [Warhammer]     Details taken from online listing.

Farsight by Phil Kelly (Black Library, October 2015, 978-1-78496-026-1, £12.00, 124pp, hc, na) [Warhammer 40,000]     Details taken from online listing.

Sigmar’s Blood by Phil Kelly (Black Library, December 2013, 978-1-84970-570-7, 128pp, hc, na) [Warhammer: Time of Legends]     Details taken from online listing.

An Apple for the Creature ed. Toni L. P. Kelner & Charlaine Harris--- see under Charlaine Harris.

Games Creatures Play ed. Toni L. P. Kelner & Charlaine Harris (Ace Books, April 1, 2014, 978-0-425-25687-9, $26.95, 356pp, hc, oa, cover by Lisa Desimini)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Introduction · Toni L. P. Kelner & Charlaine Harris · in 1 · In the Blue Hereafter · Charlaine Harris · nv 26 · Hide and Seek · William Kent Krueger · ss 40 · Stepping Into the Dead Zone · Jan Burke · nv 68 · Dead on the Bones · Joe R. Lansdale · nv 89 · The Devil Went Down to Boston · Caitlin Kittredge · nv 116 · On the Playing Fields of Blood · Brendan DuBois · nv 146 · The God’s Games · Dana Cameron · nv 173 · The Case of the Haunted Safeway [Hunter Hunterson & Sons] · Scott Sigler · nv 206 · Prise de Fer · Ellen Kushner · nv 234 · Dreamer · Brandon Sanderson · ss 247 · False Knight on the Road · Mercedes Lackey · ss 262 · Jammed [InCryptid] · Seanan McGuire · nv 289 · Hide and Shriek · Adam-Troy Castro · nv 317 · Ice · Laura Lippman · ss 332 · Bell, Book, and Candlepin · Toni L. P. Kelner · ss

Caledonia Dreamin’: Strange Fiction of Scottish Descent ed. Chris Kelso & Hal Duncan--- see under Hal Duncan.

Death’s Loving Arms & Other Terror Tales ed. Earl Kemp--- see under Jon Hanlon.

The House of Living Death & Other Terror Tales ed. Earl Kemp--- see under Jon Hanlon.

The Science Fiction Novel ed. Earl Kemp--- see under Anon..

Stories from Doctor Death & Other Terror Tales ed. Earl Kemp--- see under Jon Hanlon.

Consensual: A Collection of Meaty Erotic Stories ed. Elaine Kemp, Stephen Dedman & Cathy Cupitt--- see under Stephen Dedman.

Consensual: The Second Coming ed. Elaine Kemp, Stephen Dedman & Cathy Cupitt--- see under Stephen Dedman.

The Puffin Book of Ghosts and Ghouls ed. Gene Kemp (Viking UK, July 1992, 0-670-83849-7, £9.99, 254pp, hc, an, cover by Nick Harris) 9 · Introduction · Gene Kemp · in 13 · The Giant’s Necklace · Michael Morpurgo · nv The White Horse of Zennor by Michael Morpurgo, Kaye & Ward, 1982 37 · The Horn · Susan Price · ss Here Lies Price by Susan Price, Faber and Faber, 1987 47 · Hi! It’s Me · Marjorie Darke · nv Outsiders ed. Bryant Newman, Collins, 1985 71 · A Ghost of One’s Own · Ursula Moray Williams · nv The Cat Flap and the Apple Pie and Other Funny Stories ed. Lance Salway, W.H. Allen, 1979 93 · The Veldt · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 23 1950, as “The World the Children Made” 115 · Goosey Goosey Gander · Ann Pilling · ss Streets Ahead ed. Valerie Bierman, Methuen, 1989 135 · The Shadow-Cage · Philippa Pearce · nv The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 159 · Spring-Heeled Jack · Gwen Grant · ss The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories ed. Jean Russell, Methuen, 1982 171 · The Spring · Peter Dickinson · ss Beware! Beware! ed. Jean Richardson, Hamish Hamilton, 1987 187 · Almost a Ghost Story · Robert Westall · ss The Haunting of Chas McGill and Other Stories by Robert Westall, Macmillan, 1983 203 · The Passing of Puddy · Gene Kemp · ss The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories ed. Jean Russell, Methuen, 1982 219 · Humblepuppy · Joan Aiken · ss Puffin Post 231 · Bang, Bang—Who’s Dead? · Jane Gardam · ss Beware! Beware! ed. Jean Richardson, Hamish Hamilton, 1987 247 · Uninvited Ghosts · Penelope Lively · ss Frank and Polly Muir’s Big Dipper, Heinemann, 1981

Scenes from the Second Storey: Australian Edition ed. Pete Kempshall & Amanda Pillar--- see under Amanda Pillar.

Aliens & Lovers ed. Millea Kenin (Unique Graphics, June 1983, no ISBN, $5.00, 102pp, tp, oa)     An Anthology of Erotic Poetry with Fantasy and Science Fiction Themes. 1 · Introduction · Millea Kenin · in 3 · Dreams of Alien Love · Sandra Stuart Burkhardt · pm Star*Line September/October 1981 3 · Was It You · John Gregory Betancourt · pm Bloodrake #2, 1982 4 · Crosscurrents · David Piercy · pm 4 · Animation · C. W. Spinks · pm 5 · Midnight Rendezvous · David Piercy · pm 6 · When Again the Glass Flutes Bloom · David Piercy · pm 7 · The Mating of the Storm Birds · Bruce Boston · pm 8 · The Night Caller · Sarah Brown Weitzman · pm Amorotica ed. Elliot Fried, Deep River Press, 1981 9 · Luminaries · Bruce Boston · pm The Anthology of Speculative Poetry #3 ed. Bob Frazier, Bob Frazier, 1978 9 · Venus · Roger L. Dutcher · pm 10 · Smoky Love · Ralph E. Vaughan · pm 10 · Horse De Fate · C. K. DeRugeris · pm 11 · Sirensong I · Ellin Carter · pm 11 · Spirit · Diana Watson · pm 12 · Sisters Across Time · Alanne Oliver · pm 14 · Compass Me Round with Silence · Robert Frazier · pm Janus #16, 1979 14 · Rainbow Girl · Robert Randolph Medcalf, Jr. · pm Strange Things Happen by Robert Randolph Medcalf, Jr., Quixsilver Press, 1981 15 · First Contact · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm 16 · And Time Glowed By · Frances Langelier · pm 20 · Titan to Saturn · Terry A. Garey · pm Star*Line November/December 1981 20 · Comet · Roger L. Dutcher · pm 21 · At Zero Gee · James A. Lee · pm 21 · Icegirl · Robert Randolph Medcalf, Jr. · pm Strange Things Happen by Robert Randolph Medcalf, Jr., Quixsilver Press, 1981 22 · True Mars Confession · Christine Lee Quilissi · pm 25 · Distant Affairs (Or, Lightyears Away) · D. A. Maker · pm 26 · She · Albert Lannon · pm 26 · Skirmishes Through the Hours · Scott E. Green · pm 28 · Links and Lust · R. L. Robins · pm 30 · The Lovers · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm 31 · “C” · D. E. Smirl · pm 31 · Astrology: For Susan · Roger L. Dutcher · pm 32 · Celectial Bodies · Darwin Hageman · pm 36 · Seedmaker’s Song · David Piercy · pm 37 · First Love · Scott E. Green · pm 39 · Poor Little Robot · S. R. Compton · pm 39 · Androidal Charms · D. M. Vosk · pm 40 · On Meeting a Robot · William J. Vernon · pm 40 · Haiku · Robert Randolph Medcalf, Jr. · pm 42 · A Taste of Salvation · Steve Sneyd · pm 44 · When We Came to Earth · Suzanne Bernhardt · pm 45 · Salvager · Lee Ballentine · pm 46 · The First Coming · Gene Phillips · pm 46 · Alien Lover · Ralph E. Vaughan · pm 47 · The Girl of My Dreams Left Her Heart with Monsanto · David Prill · pm 47 · A Little Nukie Never Hurt Anyone · C. Taylor · pm 48 · Ginny · Betty Nolley · pm 49 · Zhatha · Susan Heyboer O’Keefe · pm 50 · Alien Country Wine · Teri Fontaine · pm 51 · Conservation of Matter · Sarah Brown Weitzman · pm The Smith #22, 1980 52 · What’s Mine Is Yours · Millea Kenin · pm 52 · Braille · Jonathan Lowe · pm 53 · so if a romantic oceanographer · Sundance · pm 53 · Mermaid · Wendy McElroy · pm 55 · Beach Witch · Terry A. Garey · pm 56 · Blue Movie Records a Sea Change · S. R. Compton · pm 56 · Conjugation · Rebecca Lyons · pm 58 · The Witch Threatened · Pat Monaghan · pm 58 · Witch Woman · Robert Randolph Medcalf, Jr. · pm Strange Things Happen by Robert Randolph Medcalf, Jr., Quixsilver Press, 1981 59 · History/Herstory · Ellin Carter · pm Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic March 1982 59 · untitled (“you bathe your clothes in sun…”) · John Clarke · pm 60 · Purifying the Apple · Teri Fontaine · pm 61 · A Rose Bouquet · Juanita Garciagodoy · pm 63 · Green Love · Robert Randolph Medcalf, Jr. · pm Strange Things Happen by Robert Randolph Medcalf, Jr., Quixsilver Press, 1981 63 · Orchisophilia · Michael R. Collings · pm 64 · The Forest During Witching Hour · Wendy McElroy · pm 64 · In the First Month of Becoming · Janet Fox · pm 66 · Songflower · D. J. Baker · pm 66 · Like Sinsemilla, The Bidden Fruit · Robert F. Whisler · pm 67 · Earth Comes · Kathleen Todd · pm 69 · Leavetaking · Sundance · pm 70 · Land Passion · Marie Redbird Parcell · pm Owlflight #1, 1981 71 · Crossplants · Kathryn Rantala · pm The Anthology of Speculative Poetry #4 ed. Robert A. Frazier, Robert Frazier, 1980 73 · Night Flight · Pat Merritt · pm 73 · Night Flight · Bruce Boston · pm Star*Line November 1978 74 · Possessed · Christina Kiplinger · pm 74 · The Phantom · Deb Warhol · pm 75 · The Incubus · Marilyn Crane · pm Owlflight #2, 1981 77 · Reply by Time Warp · Ellin Carter · pm Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic January 1983 77 · Nimue · Juanita Garciagodoy · pm 78 · The Ring · Bruce Byfield · pm 79 · Aube · Michael R. Collings · pm 79 · Night Caress · Steve Eng · pm 80 · The Possessor · Alanne Oliver · pm 82 · Blood Ties · Marilyn Crane · pm 84 · Dead Heat · J. R. McHone · pm 85 · Bait · Neal Wilgus · pm 87 · Vaingloria · Steve Eng · pm 88 · The Unsuspecting · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm 88 · Escape · Leilah Wendell · pm 89 · To My Bride · Leilah Wendell · pm 90 · Basilisk · Cathy Young Czapla · pm 91 · Mrs. Nussbaum · Millea Kenin · pm 91 · The Catwoman · Robert Randolph Medcalf, Jr. · pm Strange Things Happen by Robert Randolph Medcalf, Jr., Quixsilver Press, 1981 92 · Ariane · Wendelessen · pm 93 · Winter Persephone · Ruth Berman · pm 94 · Painting · Penny Kemp · pm 96 · Unicornucopia · John Gregory Betancourt · pm 96 · Limerick · J. R. McHone · pm 97 · To Be Continued · Wendy McElroy · pm 97 · Still Life/Fifteenth Round · Rich Murphy · pm 98 · Dorothy, All Grown Up, Returns to Oz · Hillel Schwartz · pm