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Candles for Elizabeth by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Meisha Merlin, May 1998, 0-9658345-8-1, $5.00, 60pp, ph, co, cover by Ken Meyer, Jr.)     Chapbook collection of three horror stories, one original, with an introduction by Poppy Z. Brite. 9 · Introduction · Poppy Z. Brite · in 11 · The Last Child of Lir · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss The Urbanite #8, Spring 1997 29 · A Story for Edward Gorey · Caitlín Kiernan · ss Wetbones #2, Fall 1997 41 · Postcards from the King of Tides · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss 61 · Caitlín R. Kiernan Biography · [uncredited] · bg

The Chartreuse Alphabet (A Fifth Primer) by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, November 30, 2018, 72pp, hc, na)     Distributed with the lettered edition of The Dinosaur Tourist.

Comes a Pale Rider by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, January 2021, 978-1-59606-985-5, $40.00, 186pp, hc, co, cover by Ted Naifeh) [Dancy Flammarion]     Also available in a leatherbound edition, limited to 600 numbered, signed, copies, accompanied by the exclusive bonus hardcover, Refugees ($65.00). Details taken from publisher website. · Bus Fare [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2014 · Dancy vs. the Pterosaur [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest #111, 2015 · Tupelo [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv · Dreams of a Poor Wayfaring Stranger [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv · Requiem [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Afterword · Caitlín R. Kiernan · aw

Confessions of a Five-Chambered Heart by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, July 2012, 978-1-59606-473-7, $40.00, 324pp, hc, co, cover by Lee Moyer)     Collection of 25 erotic/“weird romance” stories, all originally published by Kiernan in the Sirenia Digest. Also available in a limited edition of 600 signed numbered leatherbound copies, including the bonus hardcover collection, The Yellow Book for $60.00. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Sexing the Weird · Caitlín R. Kiernan · in 13 · The Wolf Who Cried Girl · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest November 2007 27 · The Bed of Appetite · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2007 41 · Subterraneus · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2007, as “Untitled 31” 47 · The Collector of Bones · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest January 2008 57 · Beatification · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest February 2008 63 · Untitled Grotesque · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest September 2007 75 · Flotsam · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2008 81 · Regarding Attrition and Severance · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2008 93 · Rappaccini’s Dragon (Murder Ballad No. 5) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest May 2008 107 · Unter den Augen des Mondes · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest June 2008 113 · The Melusine (1898) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest June 2008 127 · Fecunditatum (Murder Ballad No. 6) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2008, as “Murder Ballad No. 6” 143 · I Am the Abyss and I Am the Light · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2008; given as “I Am the Abyss, and I Am Light” on the story itself. 159 · Dancing with the Eight of Swords · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest November 2008 171 · Murder Ballad No. 7 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2008 181 · Lullaby of Partition and Reunion · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2008 191 · Derma Sutra (1891) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2008 205 · The Thousand-and-Third Tale of Scheherazade · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest January 2009 219 · The Belated Burial · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest January 2009 227 · The Bone’s Prayer · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest February 2009 245 · A Canvas for Incoherent Arts · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest March 2009 253 · The Peril of Liberated Objects, or the Voyeur’s Seduction · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2009 259 · Pickman’s Other Model (1929) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest March 2008 285 · At the Gate of Deeper Slumber · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2009 303 · Fish Bride · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest May 2009 315 · “But She Also Lies Broken and Transformed” · Sonya Taaffe · aw

The Crimson Alphabet (Another Primer) by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, October 2011, ph, nv)     Original novelette distributed with the signed, limited, edition of Two Worlds and In Between.

Dear Sweet Filthy World by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, April 2017, 978-1-59606-819-3, $40.00, 296pp, hc, co, cover by Tran Nguyen)     Collection of twenty-eight uncollected stories first published in the subscription-only Sirenia Digest. Also available in a leatherbound edition ($60.00) limited to 600 signed numbered copies, accompanied by the bonus volume The Aubergine Alphabet. Details taken from publisher’s website. 13 · Werewolf Smile · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest August 2009 29 · Vicaria Draconis · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2009 35 · Paleozoic Annunciation · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest August 2009 41 · Charcloth, Firesteel, and Flint · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest September 2009 53 · Shipwrecks Above · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest September 2009 61 · The Dissevered Heart · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2009 69 · Exuvium · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest November 2009 77 · Drawing from Life · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2009 85 · The Eighth Veil · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest February 2010 93 · Apsinthion (αψίνθιον) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest February 2010 101 · Three Months, Three Scenes, With Snow · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2010 109 · Workprint · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2010 119 · Tempest Witch · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest May 2010 127 · Fairy Tale of the Maritime · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest August 2010 139 · -30- · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2010 155 · The Carnival Is Dead and Gone · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2011 169 · Scylla for Dummies · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest May 2011 173 · Figurehead · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest May 2011 183 · Down to Gehenna · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest June 2011 189 · The Granting Cabinet · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2011 199 · Evensong · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest August 2011 205 · Latitude 41°21′45.89“N, Longitude 71°29′0.62”W · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2011 213 · Another Tale of Two Cities · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest November 2011 223 · Blast the Human Flower · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2011 231 · Cammufare · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest January 2012 237 · Here Is No Why · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest February 2012 249 · Hauplatte/Gegenplatte · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2012 259 · Sanderlings · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Subterranean Press, August 2010 271 · Interstate Love Song (Murder Ballad No. 8) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest May 2014

The Dinosaur Tourist by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, November 30, 2018, 978-1-59606-882-7, $40.00, 305pp, hc, co, cover by Ray Troll)     Also available in a leatherbound edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies, accompanied by an exclusive bonus hardcover, The Chartreuse Alphabet ($60.00). Details taken from online listing. 9 · The Beginning of the Year Without a Summer · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2014 25 · Far from Any Shore · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest June 2014 41 · The Cats of River Street (1925) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest July 2014 63 · Elegy for a Suicide · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2013 71 · The Road of Needles · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Once Upon a Time ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books, 2013 89 · Whilst the Night Rejoices Profound and Still · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2012 105 · Ballad of an Echo Whisperer · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 119 · The Cripple and the Starfish · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest January 2015 133 · Fake Plastic Trees · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv After ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Hyperion Books, 2012 151 · Whisper Road (Murder Ballad No. 9) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2016 163 · Animals Pull the Night Around Their Shoulders · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest September 2016 175 · Untitled Psychiatrist No. 2 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest February 2017 187 · Excerpts from an Eschatology Quadrille · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Children of Lovecraft ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, 2016 207 · Ballad of a Catamite Revolver · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest March 2017 221 · Untitled Psychiatrist No. 3 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest May 2017 235 · Albatross (1994) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2017 249 · Fairy Tale of Wood Street · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest June 2017 267 · The Dinosaur Tourist (Murder Ballad No. 11) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest August 2017 283 · Objects in the Mirror · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv The Weight of Words ed. Dave McKean & William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2017

The Dry Salvages by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, November 2004, 1-59606-006-9, $25.00, 123pp, hc, na, cover by Ryan Obermeyer)     Science fiction novella. A signed, limited edition of 250 with additional chapbook ($40.00) was announced but not seen.

False/Starts by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, December 9, 2005, $50.00, 20pp, hc, co)     Collection of erotic fragments that never quite took flight, published to accompany the limited edition of Frog Toes and Tentacles. In addition to the softcover chapbook, there is a hardcover edition of 26 signed, lettered, copies. Details taken from publisher’s website. 7 · Untitled 1 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw 9 · Untitled 2 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw 11 · Untitled 5 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw 13 · Untitled 8 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw 15 · Untitled 9 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw 17 · Ancient of Days · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw

False/Starts II: Being Another Compendium of Beginnings by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, November 30, 2015, 106pp, hc, co)     Collection of unpublished material, only available with the leatherbound edition of Beneath an Oil-Dark Sea. Details taken from publisher’s website. · Prolegomenon · Caitlín R. Kiernan · in · The Path of Silence · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Iris · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Romeo and Juliet Go to Mars · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · The Benefactions of Demons MM. Newcoment, Watt & Boulton (1900) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · The Diamond Friendly · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · There Are Kisses for Us All · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · There Will Be Kisses for Us All · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · A Piece of the Sky · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · May 5, 2013 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · May 6, 2013 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · May 8, 2013 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Penance to the Pool of Perversity (1917) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Noah’s Raven · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Mechs Have Better Things to Do with Fallen Angels · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Words Written Backwards · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Deep Ocean Vast Sea · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Glove · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · (Dead) Love Among the Ruins · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Untitled 19 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Night in an Eye of God · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · The Seeker in the City of Stone Flowers · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss

The Five of Cups by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, July 1, 2003, 978-1-931081-80-1, $40.00, 362pp, hc, n., cover by Rick Lieder)     Signed, numbered edition limited to 1,052 copies. Details taken from online listing. 9 · The Vampires in My Closet · Caitlín R. Kiernan · pr 31 · Introduction · Poppy Z. Brite · in

Frog Toes and Tentacles by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, 2005, 978-1-59606-051-7, 118pp, hc, co, cover by Vince Locke)     This is the unsigned edition. A leatherbound edition limited to 224 signed numbered copies which contains an additional vignette (“Los Angeles, 2162 (December)”), and is distributed with an additional chapbook (False/Starts), is also available. Details taken from online listing. · Untitled 12 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Pages Found Among the Effects of Miss Edith Teller · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Untitled 4 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Untitled 7 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Flicker · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Pump Excursion · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Untitled 11 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Ode to Katan Amano · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Afterword · Caitlín R. Kiernan · aw · Los Angeles, 2162 (December) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss; only in the limited edition.

From Weird and Distant Shores by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, January 2002, 978-1-931081-27-6, $40.00, 237pp, hc, co, cover by Bob Eggleton)     Signed edition limited to 600 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies ($150). Details taken from online listing. 11 · Playing God in Other People’s Sandboxes · Caitlín R. Kiernan · pr 19 · Escape Artist · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss The Sandman: Book of Dreams ed. Neil Gaiman & Edward E. Kramer, HarperPrism, 1996 37 · The Comedy of St. Jehanne d’Arc · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Dark Destiny: Proprietors of Fate ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1995 61 · Stoker’s Mistress · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Dark Destiny III: Children of Dracula ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996 85 · Emptiness Spoke Eloquent [Dracula] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Secret City ed. Jo Fletcher & Stephen Jones, Titan, 1997 107 · Giants in the Earth · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Pawn of Chaos ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996 121 · Found Angels · Christa Faust & Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss In the Shadow of the Gargoyle ed. Nancy Kilpatrick & Thomas S. Roche, Ace, 1998 133 · Two Worlds, and In Between · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Dark of the Night ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1997 147 · The King of Birds [Crow] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams ed. J. O'Barr & Ed Kramer, Del Rey, 1998 165 · By Turns · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Strange Attraction ed. Edward E. Kramer, ShadowLands Press, 2000 175 · Persephone · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Aberrations #27, March 1995 195 · Between the Flatirons and the Deep Green Sea · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss High Fantastic ed. Steve Rasnic Tem, Ocean View Books, 1995 209 · Hoar Isis · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss The Urbanite #6, 1995 221 · Night Story 1973 [Steve Finn & Ghost] · Poppy Z. Brite & Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss

From Weird and Distant Shores (var. 1) by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, August 2022, $125.00, 237pp, hc, co, cover by Bob Eggleton)     Second Edition, expanded from the original edition (Subterranean Press, 2002) to include additional story that did not appear in the original, as well as a fragment that was only in the lettered copies of the first edition. Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($750.00). Details taken from online listing. · Playing God in Other People’s Sandboxes · Caitlín R. Kiernan · pr From Weird and Distant Shores by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Subterranean Press, 2002 · Escape Artist · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss The Sandman: Book of Dreams ed. Neil Gaiman & Edward E. Kramer, HarperPrism, 1996 · The Comedy of St. Jehanne d’Arc · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Dark Destiny: Proprietors of Fate ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1995 · Stoker’s Mistress · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Dark Destiny III: Children of Dracula ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996 · Emptiness Spoke Eloquent [Dracula] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Secret City ed. Jo Fletcher & Stephen Jones, Titan, 1997 · Giants in the Earth · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Pawn of Chaos ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996 · Two Worlds, and In Between · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Dark of the Night ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1997 · The King of Birds [Crow] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams ed. J. O'Barr & Ed Kramer, Del Rey, 1998 · By Turns · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Strange Attraction ed. Edward E. Kramer, ShadowLands Press, 2000 · Persephone · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Aberrations #27, March 1995 · Between the Flatirons and the Deep Green Sea · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss High Fantastic ed. Steve Rasnic Tem, Ocean View Books, 1995 · Hoar Isis · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss The Urbanite #6, 1995 · Night Story 1973 [Steve Finn & Ghost] · Poppy Z. Brite & Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss From Weird and Distant Shores by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Subterranean Press, 2002 · Appendix · The Drowned Geologist [Sherlock Holmes] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Shadows Over Baker Street ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Del Rey, 2003 · Rat’s Star · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · Found Angels · Christa Faust & Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss In the Shadow of the Gargoyle ed. Nancy Kilpatrick & Thomas S. Roche, Ace, 1998