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Mischief Malicious…and Murder Most Strange by R. A. Lafferty (United Mythologies Press, April 1991, 0-921322-18-6, C$14.95, 69pp, tp, co, cover by R. Ward Shipman)     Collection of 11 stories, two originals, with interior art by R. Ward Shipman. Also available in a signed edition of 70 copies (-19-4, C$23.00). 1 · Tom O’Shanty’s Aura · R. A. Lafferty · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #10, 1974, as “The Man with the Aura” 7 · 99th Cubicle · R. A. Lafferty · ss Weird Tales Fall 1984 11 · Fog in My Throat · R. A. Lafferty · ss Superhorror ed. Ramsey Campbell, W.H. Allen, 1976 18 · Oh, Those Trepidatious Eyes! · R. A. Lafferty · ss Algol Spring 1977 23 · Buckets Full of Brains · R. A. Lafferty · ss 27 · Pine Castle · R. A. Lafferty · vi Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic September 1983 30 · Junkyard Thoughts · R. A. Lafferty · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1986 40 · Enfant Terrible [Bengal Tigers] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1971 49 · The Polite People of Pudibundia [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss If January 1961 55 · Rang Dang Kaloof · R. A. Lafferty · ss Playboy February 1972 60 · Puddle on the Floor · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Constellations ed. Thomas M. Disch & Charles Naylor, Harper & Row, 1976

My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 1 & 2 (1920-1928) by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, November 1986, 0-936055-27-8, $2.75, 54pp, ph, ex)     The first two chapters of part one of In a Green Tree, a fantasy novel set in Lafferty’s Tulsa neighborhood. Also available in a signed edition, limited to 126 copies, (-27-8, $6.00) distributed with a copy of the poem “Unregimented Hours” as a separate insert.

My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 3 & 4 by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, April 1987, 0-936055-30-8, $2.75, 44pp, ph, ex)     Two more chapters of a serialized work which is itself the first part of “In a Green Tree”. Also available in a signed edition, limited to 126 copies, (-31-6, $6.00) distributed with a copy of the poem “A Thing of Else Five Heads or Three” as a separate insert.

My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 5 & 6 by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, December 1987, 0-936055-33-2, $2.95, 54pp, ph, ex)     Two more chapters of a serialized work which is itself the first part of “In a Green Tree”. Also available in a signed edition, limited to 126 copies, (-34-0, $6.00) distributed with a copy of the poem “At the Sign of the Golden Apple” as a separate insert.

My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 7 & 8 by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, July 1988, 0-936055-37-5, $2.95, 50pp, ph, ex)     Two more chapters of a serialized work which is itself the first part of “In a Green Tree”. Also available in a signed edition, limited to 126 copies, (-34-0, $6.00) distributed with a copy of the poem “Oh Bloody Planks of Tyburn Prison” as a separate insert.

My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 9 & 10 by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, October 1990, 0-936055-41-3, $3.50, 63pp, ph, ex)     Two more chapters of a serialized work which is itself the first part of “In a Green Tree”. Also available in a signed edition, limited to 126 copies, (-34-0, $6.00) distributed with a copy of the poem “One Frozen Moment” as a separate insert.

Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty (Ace, 1970, 58050, 95¢, 318pp, pb, co, cover by Leo & Diane Dillon) 7 · Nine Hundred Grandmothers [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss If February 1966 20 · Land of the Great Horses [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 29 · Ginny Wrapped in the Sun · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1967 43 · The Six Fingers of Time · R. A. Lafferty · nv If September 1960 74 · Frog on the Mountain [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · nv 106 · All the People · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine April 1961 119 · Primary Education of the Camiroi [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1966 134 · Slow Tuesday Night · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine April 1965 143 · Snuffles [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Galaxy Magazine December 1960 171 · Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction February 1967 185 · Name of the Snake [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Worlds of Tomorrow April 1964 196 · Narrow Valley · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1966 212 · Polity and Custom of the Camiroi [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1967 228 · In Our Block · R. A. Lafferty · ss If July 1965 236 · Hog-Belly Honey · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1965 246 · Seven-Day Terror · R. A. Lafferty · ss If March 1962 254 · The Hole on the Corner · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 269 · What’s the Name of That Town? [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1964 282 · Through Other Eyes [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Future Science Fiction #47, February 1960 297 · One at a Time · R. A. Lafferty · ss Debonair #1, November 1964 310 · Guesting Time [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss If May 1965

Not to Mention Camels by R. A. Lafferty (The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., May 1976, 0-672-52178-4, $6.95, 215pp, hc, n., cover by Bob Pardo)

Oh Bloody Planks of Tyburn Prison by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, July 1988, 2pp, ph, pm)     Poem distributed with the signed edition of My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 7 & 8.

Okla Hannali by R. A. Lafferty (Doubleday, July 1972, $5.95, 221pp, hc, n.)     Historical novel.

One Frozen Moment by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, October 1990, 2pp, ph, pm)     Poem distributed with the signed edition of My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 9 & 10.

Past Master by R. A. Lafferty (Ace, 1968, H-54, 60¢, 191pp, pb, n., cover by Leo & Diane Dillon)

Promontory Goats by R. A. Lafferty (United Mythologies Press, 1988, 0-921322-02-X, $3.00, 25pp, ph, nv) [Argos Mythos]     Limited to 500 copies, the first 150 of which are signed (-03-8, $5.00). Includes a number of poems previously published in Speculative Poetry Review. 4 · Red Sky in the Morning · R. A. Lafferty · pm Speculative Poetry Review #2, 1977 5 · Oh Let the Devil Go · R. A. Lafferty · pm Speculative Poetry Review #2, 1977 7 · To Francis Thompson · R. A. Lafferty · pm Speculative Poetry Review #2, 1977 10 · Ballad of the Casey Machine · R. A. Lafferty · pm Speculative Poetry Review #2, 1977, as “First Ballad of the Casey Machine”

The Reefs of Earth by R. A. Lafferty (Berkley Medallion, March 1968, X1528, 60¢, 144pp, pb, n., cover by Richard Powers)

Ringing Changes by R. A. Lafferty (Ace, January 1984, 0-441-72607-0, $2.95, 275pp, pb, co, cover by Charles Mikolaycak)     This is the first English-language edition of a collection of 20 stories which first appeared in Holland as Dagen van Gras, Dagen van Stro (Meulenhoff, 1979). ix · Introduction · R. A. Lafferty · in 1 · Parthen · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May/June 1973 9 · Old Foot Forgot · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 7 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 20 · Dorg · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 10 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1972 31 · Days of Grass, Days of Straw · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday, 1973 52 · Brain Fever Season [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Universe 7 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1977 70 · And Read the Flesh Between the Lines [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Universe 4 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1974 90 · Old Halloweens on the Guna Slopes [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Fantastic Stories August 1975 103 · The Ungodly Mice of Doctor Drakos [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss The New Mind ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973 113 · The Wooly World of Barnaby Sheen [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss The New Mind ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973 122 · Rivers of Damascus [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1974 149 · Among the Hairy Earthmen · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1966 161 · In Outraged Stone [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Tomorrow’s Alternatives ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973 179 · And Name My Name · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 13 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1974 193 · Sky · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971 205 · For All Poor Folks at Picketwire · R. A. Lafferty · nv Epoch ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Putnam, 1975 223 · Oh Whatta You Do When the Well Runs Dry? · R. A. Lafferty · ss 236 · And Some in Velvet Gowns · R. A. Lafferty · ss 247 · The Doggone Highly Scientific Door · R. A. Lafferty · ss 257 · Interurban Queen · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 8 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 268 · Been a Long, Long Time · R. A. Lafferty · ss Fantastic December 1970

Serpent’s Egg by R. A. Lafferty (Morrigan, August 1987, 1-870338-10-3, £10.95, 177pp, hc, no, cover by Neil McCall)     Limited to 750 copies. Also available in a signed edition (-15-4, £27.50.00, 177pp), limited to 250 numbered and 10 lettered copies, containing an additional story by Lafferty. 167 · Gray Ghost: A Reminiscence [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss; in signed edition only.

Sindbad: The Thirteenth Voyage by R. A. Lafferty (Broken Mirrors Press, October 1989, 0-9623824-1-8, $9.95, 158pp, tp, n., cover by Lissanne Lake)     Limited to 1050 copies.

Slippery and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, February 1985, #19, $5.00, 40pp, pb, oc)     Limited to 176 signed, numbered, copies, of which 150 are for sale. An unsigned, unnumbered, edition ($2.00) omits the poem on the back page. 3 · Slippery [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss 11 · All Hollow Though You Be [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss 20 · Ewe Lamb · R. A. Lafferty · ss 33 · John Salt · R. A. Lafferty · ss 40 · Sonnet for Limited Version of Slippery and Other Stories · R. A. Lafferty · pm; in signed edition only.

Snake in His Bosom and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, 1983, #13, $2.00, 44pp, ph, oc) 3 · Jack Bang’s Eyes · R. A. Lafferty · ss 14 · Pleasures and Palaces [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss 23 · Posterior Analytics · R. A. Lafferty · ss 30 · Snake in His Bosom · R. A. Lafferty · ss 38 · Unique Adventure Gone · R. A. Lafferty · ss

Space Chantey by R. A. Lafferty (Ace Double, April 1968, H-56, 60¢, 123pp, pb, n., cover by Vaughn Bodé)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Pity About Earth by Ernest Hill.

Strange Doings by R. A. Lafferty (Charles Scribner’s Sons, March 1972, 684-12530-7, $5.95, 276pp, hc, co) 1 · Rainbird · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1961 16 · Camels and Dromedaries, Clem · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1967 32 · Continued on Next Rock · R. A. Lafferty · nv Orbit 7 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 63 · Once on Aranea [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss 77 · Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1962 87 · The Man with the Speckled Eyes · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1964 99 · All but the Words [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July/August 1971 112 · The Transcendent Tigers [Bengal Tigers] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Worlds of Tomorrow February 1964 126 · World Abounding [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1971 168 · Dream · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine June 1962, as “Dreamworld” 177 · Ride a Tin Can · R. A. Lafferty · ss If April 1970 194 · Aloys · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine August 1961 205 · Entire and Perfect Chrysolite · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 222 · Incased in Ancient Rind · R. A. Lafferty · nv Quark/3 ed. Samuel R. Delany & Marilyn Hacker, Paperback Library, 1971, as “Encased in Ancient Rind” 242 · The Ugly Sea · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Literary Review Autumn 1961 260 · Cliffs That Laughed · R. A. Lafferty · ss Magazine of Horror March 1969

Strange Skies by R. A. Lafferty (United Mythologies Press, 1988, 0-921322-09-7, $5.00, 12pp, ph, oc)     Limited to 300 signed, numbered copies. 3 · The Elliptical Grave · R. A. Lafferty · pm 3 · Fair Hills of Ocean, Oh! · R. A. Lafferty · pm 4 · The Stranger from Beyond the Sky · R. A. Lafferty · pm The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1984 4 · More Than Melchisedech · R. A. Lafferty · pm; subtitled “The Gadarene Swine Song”. 5 · Iron Tongue of Midnight · R. A. Lafferty · pm 6 · Archipelago · R. A. Lafferty · pm Archipelago by R. A. Lafferty, Manuscript Press, 1979 7 · Dark Shine · R. A. Lafferty · pm 7 · More Than Melchisedech · R. A. Lafferty · pm 7 · Works and Days · R. A. Lafferty · pm 8 · Thou Melchisedech · R. A. Lafferty · pm 8 · When All the World Was Young · R. A. Lafferty · pm 9 · No Stone Unthrown and Son of No Stone Unthrown · R. A. Lafferty · pm Riverside Quarterly December 1977 11 · Envoi · R. A. Lafferty · pm 11 · R.A.L. · R. A. Lafferty · pm

Tales of Chicago by R. A. Lafferty (United Mythologies, 1992, 0-921322-26-7, $19.95, 109pp, hc, n.) [Argos Mythos]     First of three volumes in a novel entitled More Than Melchisedech, which will include the previously published novella “Episodes of the Argo”. A 50-copy signed limited (-26-7) edition sold out in advance.

Tales of Midnight by R. A. Lafferty (United Mythologies Press, September 1992, 0-921322-30-5, $19.95, 103pp, hc, n.) [Argos Mythos]     Sf novel, second volume of the novel More Than Melchisedech. A 50 copy signed limited edition (-31-3) was issued with a separate story called “Anamnesis”.

A Thing of Else Five Heads or Three by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, April 1987, 2pp, ph, pm)     Poem distributed with the signed edition of My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 3 & 4.

Three Great Novels: Space Chantey, Fourth Mansions, Past Master by R. A. Lafferty (Gollancz, September 20, 2018, 978-1-473-21341-8, £14.99, 624pp, tp, om, cover by Shutterstock)     Omnibus of Space Chantey, Past Master, and Fourth Mansions. 1 · Space Chantey · R. A. Lafferty · n. Ace, April 1968 123 · Past Master · R. A. Lafferty · n. Ace, 1968 373 · Fourth Mansions · R. A. Lafferty · n. Ace, 1969

Through Elegant Eyes: Stories of Austro and the Men Who Knew Everything by R. A. Lafferty (Corroboree, October 1983, 0-911169-01-6, $20.00, 237pp, hc, co) [Men Who Knew Everything]     Limited to 1000 signed copies, of which 970 were for sale. 11 · The All-at-Once Man [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1970 27 · Mud Violet [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Demon Kind ed. Roger Elwood, Avon, 1973 49 · Barnaby’s Clock [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Showcase ed. Roger Elwood, Harper & Row, 1973 63 · And Read the Flesh Between the Lines [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Universe 4 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1974 81 · Animal Fair [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · nv New Dimensions IV ed. Robert Silverberg, Signet, 1974 105 · The Ungodly Mice of Doctor Drakos [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss The New Mind ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973 115 · The Two-Headed Lion of Cris Benedetti [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss The New Mind ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973 125 · The Hellaceous Rocket of Harry O’Donovan [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss The New Mind ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973 137 · The Wooly World of Barnaby Sheen [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss The New Mind ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973 147 · Rivers of Damascus [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1974 171 · Old Halloweens on the Guna Slopes [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Fantastic Stories August 1975 185 · Brain Fever Season [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Universe 7 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1977 201 · What Big Tears the Dinosaur’s [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss 209 · And All the Skies Are Full of Fish [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Universe 10 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1980 221 · St. Poleander’s Eve [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Chrysalis 4 ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1979