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The World Fantasy Awards Volume Two ed. Fritz Leiber & Stuart David Schiff--- see under Stuart David Schiff.

Hellfire Lounge 3: Jinn Rummy ed. R. Allen Leider (Marietta Publishing, 2012, 978-1-892669-77-3, $15.99, 179pp, tp, oa, cover by Ben Fogletto)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Prologue: Jinn Rummy · R. Allen Leider · lk 13 · 83 Acres and a Kitty · K. T. Pinto · ss 25 · Trial by Fire · Brian M. Sammons · nv 47 · All That a Man Could Wish · John L. French · ss 63 · Chumps · C. J. Henderson · ss 71 · In the House of Wisdom · Robert E. Waters · nv 95 · Be Careful [Murphy’s Lore] · Patrick Thomas · ss 111 · Genie XO · Don Alfieri · ss 117 · Vodka Martin, Straight Up, Hold the Jinn · Paul Kupperberg · nv 137 · The First Wish · John L. French · nv 157 · Burning Down the House · Jean Marie Ward · ss 173 · Epilogue: Last Call · R. Allen Leider · ss

Reflections of Evil ed. R. Allen Leider (Bold Venture Press, April 6, 2014, 978-1-4973-5818-8, $15.99, 202pp, tp, oa, cover by Ben Fogletto)     Original anthology of 11 stories involving magic mirrors, with two framing sections by Leider, and bridging material involving Leider’s Hellfire Lounge. Authors include John L. French, Paul Kupperberg, and Patrick Thomas. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Mirror, Mirror, Hey, I’m Talkin’ to You · R. Allen Leider · ss 11 · Through the Lurking Glass · R. Allen Leider · ss 15 · Reflected Magic · John L. French · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 2000 29 · Mirror of Ikol · J. Brad Staal · ss 43 · Up a Winding Stair · K. T. Pinto · ss 56 · Skippy · Danielle Ackley-McPhail · ss 67 · But the Levee Was Dry · K. T. Pinto · ss 80 · The Obsidian View · C. J. Henderson & R. Allen Leider · ss 92 · Shunning the Frumious Bandersnatch · Paul Kupperberg · nv 124 · Red Moon Reflected · Robert E. Waters · ss 136 · Glass Transit · Jean Marie Ward · nv 172 · Darkly Reflected [Murphy’s Lore] · Patrick Thomas · ss 191 · Mirror, Mirror on the Wall—Take Two · R. Allen Leider · ss

Masters of Darkness by Murray Leinster (Popular Publications, November 29, 2021, 978-1-61827-613-1, $29.95, 306pp, tp, co, cover by Howard V. Brown) [Preston & Hines]     Volume 103 in “The Argosy Library”. Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · Sam Moskowitz · in · The Darkness on Fifth Avenue [Preston & Hines] · Murray Leinster · na Argosy November 30 1929 · The City of the Blind [Preston & Hines] · Murray Leinster · nv Argosy December 28 1929 · The Storm That Had to Be Stopped [Preston & Hines] · Murray Leinster · na Argosy March 1 1930 · The Man Who Put Out the Sun [Preston & Hines] · Murray Leinster · nv Argosy June 14 1930

Quadratic by Murray Leinster & Olaf Stapledon--- see under Olaf Stapledon.

Great Stories of Science Fiction ed. Murray Leinster (Random House, May 1951, LC:51-4033, $2.95, xxvii+321pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Clifton Fadiman · in xv · Let’s Call It a Hobby · Murray Leinster · in 3 · The Fascinating Stranger · Michael Fessier · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 22 1948 40 · Liquid Life · Ralph Milne Farley · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1936 63 · Symbiosis · Will F. Jenkins · ss Collier’s June 14 1947 78 · Number Nine · Cleve Cartmill · ss Astounding Science Fiction February 1950 88 · Blind Alley · Malcolm Jameson · nv Unknown Worlds June 1943 121 · In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 155 · No Woman Born · C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1944 201 · The Strange Case of John Kingman · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1948 217 · The Impossible Highway · Oscar J. Friend · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1940 232 · Open Secret · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore) · nv Astounding Science-Fiction April 1943 250 · The Chronokinesis of Jonathan Hull [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1946 266 · The Chromium Helmet · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science Fiction June 1946 315 · Recommended Other Stories · Murray Leinster · bi

Longsword by Thomas Leland (Swan River Press, July 2012, 978-0-9566587-5-3, xv+187pp, hc, n., cover by Ellen McDermott) [edited by Albert Power]     Reprint (??? 1762) fast-paced historical romance of medieval menace and high excitement. · Introduction · Albert Power · in

Ghosts in Baker Street ed. Jon Lellenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Daniel Stashower--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Holmes for the Holidays ed. Jon L. Lellenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

More Holmes for the Holidays ed. Jon L. Lellenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Murder in Baker Street ed. Jon L. Lellenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Daniel Stashower--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Original Stories by Eminent Mystery Writers (var. 1) ed. Jon L. Lellenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Sherlock Holmes in America ed. Jon L. Lellenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Daniel Stashower--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

An Alphabet of Embers: An Anthology of Unclassifiables ed. Rose Lemberg (Stone Bird Press, May 2016, 978-0-9973814-0-5, $14.99, 172pp, tp, oa, cover by Galen Dara)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Rose Lemberg · in 13 · Outfitting the Restless Heart, or How the Sky Was Made · Emily Stoddard · ss 17 · Transfers to Connecting Flights · J. Y. Yang · ss 23 · The City Beneath the Sea · Sara Norja · ss 27 · Moult · Nin Harris · ss 33 · Hieros Gamos · Greer Gilman · ss 39 · Some Silver Wheel · Kari Sperring · ss 43 · Mistletoe and Copper, Water and Herbs · Mari Ness · ss 47 · An Awfully Big Adventure · Nisi Shawl · ss 51 · Everything Under One Roof · Zen Cho · ss 59 · Calendrical Rot [The Machineries of Empire] · Yoon Ha Lee · ss 61 · Absinthe Fish · M. David Blake · ss Bull Spec #5, Spring 2011 67 · Single Entry · Celeste Rita Baker · ss Moko: Caribbean Arts and Letters November 2013 71 · And Now You Are Alone Among the Stars · Alvaro Zinos-Amaro · ss 79 · The Swing, or How to Ricochet According to Sylvia Plath · Nolan Liebert · ss 85 · Dreaming Keys · Mina Li · ss 93 · The River’s Children · Shweta Narayan · ss Expanded Horizons #33, December 2011 97 · Telomerase · Ian Muneshwar · ss 103 · Treesong · Sheree Renée Thomas · ss 107 · Five Lessons in the Fattening Room · Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali · ss 113 · Sebeteledi Holds the Dead · Tlotlo Tsamaase · ss 119 · Exorcisms · Sonya Taaffe · ss Mythic ed. Mike Allen, Mythic Delirium Books, 2006 123 · The Binding of Ming-tian · Emily Jiang · ss Apex Magazine #48, May 2013 131 · one testimony (m. Lao) · Ching-In Chen · pm 141 · Ekphrasis · Arkady Martine · ss 145 · Rhizomatic Diplomacy · Vajra Chandrasekera · ss 151 · Wing · Amal El-Mohtar · ss Strange Horizons December 17 2012 155 · Only Revolutions · M. Sereno · ss

Damnations: A Treasury of Private Nightmares ed. R. M. Leming (The Strange Company, 1984, vi+94pp, tp, oa)     Small press anthology of mostly original stories, produced in magazine format, not unlike Etchings & Odysseys. iii · Introduction · J. N. Williamson · in 1 · Off the Deep End · Phillip C. Heath · ss The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1982 5 · It’s in Their Eyes · Gene O’Neill · ss 9 · A Special Banquet · Esther M. Leiper · ss 15 · Next! · Stephen Burns · ss 21 · The Drabbletails · Stephen Gresham · ss Eldritch Tales #7, 1980 25 · Good Bobby, Bad Bobby · Ed Gould · ss 29 · Monster · Jeffrey B. Gelb · ss 32 · Scarecrow · Kevin J. Anderson · ss 37 · Like Father, Like Son · David B. Silva · ss 43 · I Don’t Like Spiders · David L. Travis · ss 48 · A Virtuous Vengeance · Steve Eng · vi Eldritch Tales #7, 1980 51 · The Babysitter · Janet Fox · pm 52 · Skinny Andy · Dan O’Keefe · ss 56 · Angst for the Memories · Vincent McHardy · ss 60 · Incident at Smuggler’s Gap · J. J. Miller & James L. Moore · ss 70 · Father Figure · Janet Fox · ss 76 · Helping Hand · Robert Mattingly · ss 81 · The Ringle-Rangle Man · Francis J. Matozzo · ss 88 · The End of the Song · Jim Pianfetti · ss Eldritch Tales #7, 1980 92 · The Green Thumb · John Gregory Betancourt · ss

Leyton Hall and Other Tales Vol. I by Mark Lemon (Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1927, 288pp, pb, co)     Reissue (Tauchnitz 1867) reprint of the first half of Leyton Hall and Other Tales (Hurst and Blackett, 1867). Vol. 889 in the “Collection of British Authors”. Details supplied by Endre Zsoldos. 5 · Leyton Hall · Mark Lemon · n. T.B. Peterson, 186? 213 · Hearts Are Trumps · Mark Lemon · na W.H. Smith, 1863 adaptation of the stage play of the same name.

Leyton Hall and Other Tales Vol. II by Mark Lemon (Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1927, 323pp, pb, co)     Reissue (Tauchnitz 1867) reprint of the second half of Leyton Hall and Other Tales (Hurst and Blackett, 1867). Vol. 890 in the “Collection of British Authors”. Details supplied by Endre Zsoldos. 5 · Mind Your Own Business · Mark Lemon · na Leyton Hall, and Other Tales by Mark Lemon, Hurst & Blackett, 1867 adaptation of the stage play of the same name. 83 · The Talking Shell · Mark Lemon · nv Leyton Hall, and Other Tales by Mark Lemon, Hurst & Blackett, 1867 121 · Flowers and Thorns · Mark Lemon · nv The Illustrated London News December 24 1864 153 · What Came of Killing a Rich Uncle One Christmas Time · Mark Lemon · nv London Society Christmas 1865 183 · The Ghost Detective · Mark Lemon · ss The London Journal Christmas 1866 203 · A Christmas Day in a Jew’s House · Mark Lemon · nv London Society Christmas 1863 231 · A Christmas Holiday Lesson · Mark Lemon · nv The Illustrated London News December 23 1865 264 · Aunt Sally’s Christmas-Boxes · Mark Lemon · nv The Illustrated London News December 20 1862 300 · Christmas-Eve in a Night Train · Mark Lemon · ss London Society Christmas 1864

Beach: Stories by the Sand and Sea ed. Lena Lencek & Gideon Bosker (Marlowe & Company, June 2000, 1-569-24636-X, $15.95, 256pp, tp, an)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Introduction · Lena Lencek & Gideon Bosker · in (r) · The Marginal World · Rachel Carson · ex from The Edge of the Sea (r) · The Largest Theme Park in the World · J. G. Ballard · ss The Guardian July 7 1989 · Mexico · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss The New Yorker October 19 1998 · Lifeguard · John Updike · ss The New Yorker June 17 1961 · from American Beach · Russ Rymer · ex (r) · A Change of Scene · David Malouf · ss (r) · The Midnight Love Feast · Michel Tournier · ss (r) · from Autobiography of My Mother · Jamaica Kincaid · ex (r) · Through the Tunnel · Doris Lessing · ss The New Yorker August 6 1955 · Black Boy · Kay Boyle · ss The New Yorker May 14 1932 · The Beach Umbrella · Cyrus Colter · ss (r) · I Read My Nephew Stories · Ethan Mordden · ss The New Yorker August 29 1988 · Goodbye, My Brother · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker August 25 1951 · A Floor of Flounders · Whitney Balliett · ss (r) · Learning to Swim · Graham Swift · ss Learning to Swim and Other Stories by Graham Swift, London Magazine Editions, 1982 · from The Stranger · Albert Camus · ex (r) · The Duel · Kaiko Takeshi · ss (r) · Great Barrier Reef · Diane Johnson · ss The New Yorker September 7 1992 · Perfection · Vladimir Nabokov · ss (r) · from Turtle Turtle · Monica Wesolowska · ex (r) · from Cannery Row · John Steinbeck · ex (r) · The Lady with a Pet Dog · Anton Chekhov · ss (r)

Western Writers of America Silver Anniversary Anthology ed. August Lenniger (Ace, 1977, pb, an)     Selections mostly from previous WWA volumes. · Hell Command · Clifton Adams · nv Adventure October 1950 · The Builder of Murderer’s Bar · Todhunter Ballard · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 23 1945 · Tall Men Riding · S. Omar Barker · pm Argosy April 1947 · A Cowboy’s Christmas Prayer · S. Omar Barker · pm Ranch Romances 2nd December 1952, as by Phil Squires · One More River to Cross · William R. Cox · ss Rivers to Cross ed. William R. Cox, Dodd, Mead, 1966 · Peaceful John · Kenneth A. Fowler · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine September 1953 · A Place for Danny Thorpe · Ray Hogan · ss They Opened the West ed. Tom Blackburn, Doubleday, 1967 · The Debt of Hardy Buckelew · Elmer Kelton · ss Frontiers West ed. S. Omar Barker, Doubleday, 1959 · Westward Rails · Giles A. Lutz · ss · Caprock · Nelson Nye · ss Western Short Stories 1953 · The Man We Called Jones · T. V. Olsen · ss Ranch Romances November 1959 · Steel to the West · Wayne D. Overholser · ss · Dobbs Ferry · Lewis B. Patten · ss Frontier Stories Fall 1950, as “Payoff in Steel!” · Danger Hole · Luke Short · na The Saturday Evening Post August 7 1948 (+1)

The Burgled Heart by Gaston Leroux; translated by Hannaford Bennett (John Long, November 3, 1925, 254pp, hc, oc) 7 · The Burgled Heart · Gaston Leroux; translated by Hannaford Bennett · n. translated from the French (“Le cœur cambriolé”, Le cœur cambriolé, Pierre Lafitte & Cie, 1922). 189 · A Terrible Tale · Gaston Leroux; translated by Hannaford Bennett · nv translated from the French (“Une histoire épouvantable”, Le cœur cambriolé, Pierre Lafitte & Cie, 1922). 229 · The Gold Axe · Gaston Leroux; translated by Hannaford Bennett · ss translated from the French (“La hache d’or”, Le cœur cambriolé, Pierre Lafitte & Cie, 1922).