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Madness on the Orient Express ed. James Lowder (Chaosium, December 2014, 978-1-56882-399-7, $15.95, 283pp, tp, oa, cover by Victor Leza)     Original anthology of 16 Lovecraftian Mythos stories involving the legendary train. Authors include Elaine Cunningham, Ari Marmell, Christopher Golden, and Darrell Schweitzer. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · James Lowder · in 13 · There Is a Book · Dennis Detwiller · ss 20 · The Lost Station Horror · Geoff Gillan · ss 35 · Bitter Shadows · Lisa Morton · ss 49 · La Musique de l’Ennui · Kenneth Hite · ss 65 · A Great and Terrible Hunger · Elaine Cunningham · ss 82 · Inscrutable · Robin D. Laws · ss 96 · Engineered · Ari Marmell · ss 111 · Black Cat of the Orient · Lucien Soulban · ss 130 · The Face of the Deep · C. A. Suleiman · ss 139 · Demons Dreaming · Cody Goodfellow · nv 160 · A Finger’s Worth of Coal · Richard Dansky · ss 179 · Bound for Home · Christopher Golden · nv 198 · On the Eastbound Train · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 211 · The God Beneath the Mountain · James L. Sutter · nv 233 · Daddy, Daddy · Penelope Love · ss 252 · Stained Windows · Joshua Alan Doetsch · ss

Realms of Valor ed. James Lowder (TSR, February 1993, 1-56076-557-7, $4.95, 339pp, tp, oa, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Forgotten Realms]     Original anthology of 11 short stories based on the “Forgotten Realms” game, with an afterword by Jeff Grubb. 3 · The Lord of Lowhill [Forgotten Realms] · Douglas Niles · nv 35 · Elminster at the Magefair [Forgotten Realms: Elminster] · Ed Greenwood · nv 63 · One Last Drink [Forgotten Realms] · Christie Golden · nv 91 · The Bargain [Forgotten Realms] · Elaine Cunningham · nv 121 · Patronage [Forgotten Realms] · David Cook · nv 149 · A Virtue by Reflection [Forgotten Realms] · Scott Ciencin · nv 183 · King’s Tear [Forgotten Realms] · Mark Anthony · nv 217 · The Family Business [Forgotten Realms] · James Lowder · nv 245 · Grandfather’s Toys [Forgotten Realms] · Jean Rabe · nv 273 · The Curse of Tegea [Forgotten Realms] · Troy Denning · nv 303 · Dark Mirror [Forgotten Realms] · R. A. Salvatore · nv 335 · Afterword · Jeff Grubb · aw 340 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

The Chianti Flask by Marie Belloc Lowndes (Heinemann, 1935, hc, n.)

The Chianti Flask by Marie Belloc Lowndes (The British Library, May 10, 2021, 978-0-7123-5329-8, £8.99, 256pp, tp, no) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Heinemann 1935) mystery novel.

The Gernsback Days: A Study of the Evolution of Modern Science Fiction from 1911 to 1936 by Robert A. W. Lowndes & Mike Ashley--- see under Mike Ashley.

The Best of James Blish by James Blish ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes--- see under James Blish.

The Best of Abyss & Apex. Volume Four ed. S. Qiouyi Lu (Abyss & Apex Publishing, LLC, September 24, 2021, 979-8-482-55690-0, $11.00, 295pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Introduction · S. Qiouyi Lu · in 3 · Dancing Day · Lindsey Duncan · nv Abyss & Apex #44, 4th Quarter 2012 29 · The Thrum of the Locust · Axel Hassen Taiari · ss Abyss & Apex #64, 4th Quarter 2017 50 · Supermassive · Robin Gow · pm Abyss & Apex #71, 3rd Quarter 2019 53 · Snatch Me Another · Mercurio D. Rivera · ss Abyss & Apex #25, 1st Quarter 2008 69 · Metamorphoses in Amber [The Elect] · Tony Pi · nv Abyss & Apex #24, 4th Quarter 2007 119 · Disarm · Vylar Kaftan · ss Abyss & Apex #26, 2nd Quarter 2008 133 · If Sappho Studied Egyptology · Alicia Cole · pm Abyss & Apex #48, 4th Quarter 2013 135 · Lace Downstairs · Arkady Martine · nv Abyss & Apex #44, 4th Quarter 2012 165 · Like Vines · Alicia Power · ss Abyss & Apex #74, 2nd Quarter 2020 190 · Nykken · Nikoline Kaiser · pm Abyss & Apex #77, 1st Quarter 2021 192 · The Coin Whisperer · Sarah Hendrix · ss Abyss & Apex #51, 3rd Quarter 2014 201 · Malum in Se · Deborah L. Davitt · nv Abyss & Apex #78, 2nd Quarter 2021 237 · Socorro · S. L. Knapp · nv Abyss & Apex #46, 2nd Quarter 2013 264 · The Merman’s Teeth · Marc Ruvolo · pm 267 · Everything After We Kissed · Lucy A. Snyder · ss Borderlands 7 ed. Olivia F. & Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 2020 287 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Extremities: Stories of Death, Murder, and Revenge by David Lubar (Tor Teen, July 23, 2013, 978-0-765-33460-2, $15.99, 205pp, hc, co, cover by Patrick Knowles)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Author’s Note · David Lubar · ms 11 · Running Out of Air · David Lubar · ss Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #3, October 2006 25 · Split Decision · David Lubar · ss Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #7, January 2008 33 · Apparent Motives · David Lubar · ss Rush Hour: Bad Boys ed. Michael Cart, Delacorte Press, 2004 47 · Feelings · David Lubar · nv 79 · Every Drop · David Lubar · ss 91 · Patterns of Fear · David Lubar · ss 109 · Free Seas · David Lubar · ss Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #11, March 2009 117 · Blood Magic · David Lubar · ss 137 · A Cart Full of Junk · David Lubar · ss Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #9, July 2008 147 · Morph · David Lubar · nv 179 · Whoodoo · David Lubar · ss 185 · The Ex-Box · David Lubar · ss Read October 22 2004 199 · Evil Twin · David Lubar · ss

Unconventional Fantasy: A Celebration of Forty Years of the World Fantasy Convention ed. Sam Lubell, Peggy Rae Sapienza, Jean Marie Ward & Bill Campbell--- see under Peggy Rae Sapienza.

Horror Gems, Volume One: Carl Jacobi and Others ed. Gregory J. Luce (Armchair Fiction, April 7, 2011, 978-1-61287-361-9, $12.95, 224pp, tp, an, cover by W. H. Silvey from Weird Tales May 1954)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Return of the Shoggoth · Gregory Luce · ss Cthulhu Codex #8, August 1996 22 · A Black Solitude · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Weird Tales March 1951 41 · The Murderous Steam Shovel · Allison V. Harding · ss Weird Tales November 1945 60 · Fling the Dust Aside · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales November 1951 80 · Song in the Thicket · Manly Banister · nv Weird Tales May 1954 122 · The Insistent Ghost · Emil Petaja · ss Weird Tales September 1950 138 · Whisper Water · Leah Bodine Drake · ss Weird Tales May 1953 156 · Black as the Night · Alice Farnham · ss Weird Tales November 1952 176 · Dearest · H. Beam Piper · ss Weird Tales March 1951 195 · The Ebony Stick · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1953 206 · The Spanish Camera · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales September 1950

Horror Gems, Volume 2: Joseph Payne Brennan and Others ed. Gregory Luce (Armchair Fiction, October 2, 2011, 978-1-61287-061-8, $12.95, 200pp, tp, an, cover by Edmond Swiatek from Amazing Stories March 1949)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Calamander Chest · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Weird Tales January 1954 14 · The Music of Erich Zann · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The National Amateur March 1922 24 · Widow House · Gregory Luce · ss 47 · The Dwarf · Ray Bradbury · ss Fantastic January/February 1954 62 · The Chemical Vampire · Lee Francis (by Leroy Yerxa) · ss Amazing Stories March 1949 88 · Dr. Adams’ Garden of Evil · Fritz Leiber · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination February 1963 112 · Mop-Head · Leah Bodine Drake · nv Weird Tales January 1954 130 · The Ghost That Never Died · Elizabeth Sheldon · nv Weird Tales November 1931 146 · Birth of a Monster · Richard Stark · ss Super-Science Fiction August 1959 154 · Way Station · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · nv Weird Tales November 1953 181 · Victim of the Year · Robert F. Young · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination August 1962

Horror Gems, Volume 3: August Derleth and Others ed. Gregory Luce & Leanne Wray (Armchair Fiction, April 16, 2012, 978-1-61287-091-5, $12.95, 200pp, tp, an, cover by Lloyd Birmingham from Fantastic Stories of Imagination November 1961)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Closing Door · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales July 1950 13 · The Titan in the Crypt · J. G. Warner · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination February 1963 30 · Behind the Door · Jack Sharkey · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination August 1962 38 · The Round Tower · Stanton A. Coblentz · ss Weird Tales May 1950 50 · Hatchery of Dreams · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination November 1961 66 · Drive-Thru · Gregory Luce · ss 75 · Horn o’ Plenty · Richard Casey · ss Fantastic Adventures June 1944 81 · At the End of the Corridor · Evangeline Walton · ss Weird Tales May 1950 96 · Rebel’s Rest · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales July 1950 104 · Death Has Green Eyes · John Jakes · ss Fantastic Adventures March 1951 109 · Hand of St. Ury · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Weird Tales January 1951 151 · Casket Demon · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination April 1963 164 · The Third Shadow · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Weird Tales November 1950 180 · The Last Three Ships · Margaret St. Clair · ss Weird Tales May 1950 185 · The House · Rog Phillips · ss Amazing Stories February 1947

Horror Gems, Volume 4: Seabury Quinn and Others ed. Gregory Luce & Leanne Wray (Armchair Fiction, September 22, 2012, 978-1-61287-120-2, $12.95, 196pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Dark of the Moon · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales July 1949 18 · A Handful of Dust · Ivar Jorgensen · ss Fantastic Adventures October 1951 29 · Terror on the Telephone · Lee Francis · nv Amazing Stories September 1947 54 · Vampire of the Deep · Rog Phillips · ss Amazing Stories May 1951 78 · The Golgotha Dancers · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales October 1937 89 · Something Old · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales November 1950 109 · Room with a View · Esther Carlson · ss Fantastic May/June 1953 115 · I’m Looking for Jeff · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic Fall 1952 130 · The Sisters · Gordon Schendel · nv Fantastic January/February 1954 145 · The Mirror of Cagliostro · Robert Arthur · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination June 1963 adapted from Arthur’s TV script “The Prisoner in the Mirror” broadcast on Thriller 5/23/61. 180 · Each Man Kills · Victoria Glad · ss Weird Tales March 1951

Horror Gems, Volume 5: E. Hoffmann Price and Others ed. Gregory Luce (Armchair Fiction, May 29, 2013, 978-1-61287-154-7, $12.95, 200pp, tp, an, cover by Joseph Eberle from Weird Tales March 1952)     Editor only listed in copyright information. Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Know Thy Neighbor · Elisabeth R. Lewis · ss Galaxy Science Fiction February 1953; given as by Elizabeth R. Lewis. 15 · The Big Bang · Gregory Luce · ss Terminal Fright #13, Fall 1996 25 · The Ubiquitous Professor Karr · Stanton A. Coblentz · ss Weird Tales July 1949 41 · The Artist and the Door · Dorothy Quick · ss Weird Tales November 1952 53 · A Drink of Darkness · Robert F. Young · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1962 67 · Rapport · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales September 1951 81 · One Long Ribbon · Florence Engel Randall · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1962 94 · In the X-Ray · Fritz Leiber, Jr. · ss Weird Tales July 1949 108 · On the Mountain · Dave Mayo · vi Fantastic Stories of Imagination June 1963 112 · Mirrors of Madness · Don Wilcox · nv Amazing Stories July 1940 154 · The Tenant on the 13th Floor · David Wright O’Brien · ss Fantastic Adventures February 1942, as by John York Cabot 163 · The Shadow of Saturn · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales March 1950 185 · That Dreadful Night · David Wright O’Brien · ss Fantastic Adventures September 1942, as by John York Cabot

Horror Gems, Volume 6: H.P. Lovecraft and Others ed. Gregory Luce (Armchair Fiction, September 21, 2013, 978-1-61287-159-2, $12.95, 200pp, tp, an, cover by Richard Powers from Beyond Fantasy Fiction July 1953)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Violin String · Henry Hasse · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination April 1961 20 · Yes, Burt, There Is a Santa Claus · Gregory Luce · ss 38 · All of You · James McConnell · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction July 1953 48 · Sa’antha · E. Everett Evans · ss Weird Tales September 1952 61 · Twice to Die · Rog Phillips · nv Fantastic Adventures February 1948 105 · The Mirror · William Lawrence Hamling · ss Fantastic Adventures September 1946 115 · Share Alike · Jerome Bixby & Joe E. Dean · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction July 1953 129 · The Statement of Randolph Carter [Randolph Carter] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Vagrant #13, May 1920 136 · Purdy’s Circus · Franklin Gregory · ss Fantastic Science Fiction Stories March 1960 152 · Fix Me Something to Eat · William P. McGivern · ss Fantastic Adventures May 1951 173 · According to Plan · Jack Sharkey · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination January 1961 189 · Open with Care · Boyd Correll · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination September 1962

Horror Gems, Volume 7: Robert Bloch and Others ed. Gregory Luce (Armchair Fiction, May 20, 2014, 978-1-61287-206-3, $12.95, 200pp, tp, an, cover by Bill Stone from Fantasy Fiction May 1950)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Fiddler’s Fee · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1940 28 · The Devil Bat · Gregory Luce · nv 62 · Schizoid Creator · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Fantasy Fiction November 1953 70 · See Me in Black · Robert Beine · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1954 83 · House…Wife · Boyd Ellanby · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction November 1953 114 · Resurrection from Hell · David Wright O’Brien · ss Fantastic Adventures September 1942 135 · Place of Meeting · Charles Beaumont · ss Orbit v1 #2, 1953 140 · The Corpse on the Grating · Hugh Cave · ss Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 155 · Vacation in Shasta · Rog Phillips · nv Fantastic Adventures February 1946 184 · A Crystal and a Spell · Chester S. Geier · ss Fantastic Adventures May 1946

Horror Gems, Volume 8: Algernon Blackwood and Others ed. Gregory Luce (Armchair Fiction, September 28, 2014, 978-1-61287-228-5, $12.95, 208pp, tp, an, cover by Virgil Finlay from Fantastic Novels Magazine November 1949)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Softly Silken Wallet · David Wright O’Brien · ss Fantastic Adventures July 1946 22 · A Guest of Ganymede · C. C. MacApp · nv Worlds of Tomorrow June 1963 47 · The House in the Valley · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales July 1953 75 · Father’s Vampire · Alvin Taylor & Len J. Moffatt · ss Weird Tales May 1952; given as by Moffatt alone. 84 · The Other Wing · Algernon Blackwood · ss McBride’s Magazine November 1915 103 · The Living Eyes · Justin Dowling · ss Weird Tales May 1953 109 · Something in the Wind · Gregory Luce · ss 1998 125 · Hand of Death · Marjorie Murch Stanley · ss Weird Tales January 1953 141 · Pattern in the Dust · Ivar Jorgensen · ss Fantastic Adventures February 1952 150 · Astra · Arthur J. Burks · ss Weird Tales November 1952 158 · Emissary · Charles E. Fritch · ss Fantasy Fiction June 1953 168 · Midgets and Mighty Men · Lee Francis · nv Fantastic Adventures May 1949