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The Man Underneath by R. A. Lafferty (Centipede Press, January 28, 2016, 978-1-61347-164-7, $100.00, 351pp, hc, co, cover by Jacob McMurray) [edited by John Pelan]     Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by John Pelan & Jacob McMurray. Dated December 2015 on the copyright page, but publication was delayed and copies weren’t shipped until the first week of February 2016. Volume Three of “The Collected Short Fiction”. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Secret Crocodiles and Strange Doings (or, Sometimes the Magic Really Works) · Bud Webster · ar Grantville Gazette v41, 2012 [Ref. R. A. Lafferty] 25 · The Man Underneath · R. A. Lafferty · ss If January/February 1971 41 · Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies · R. A. Lafferty · nv Universe 8 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1978 77 · Dream · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine June 1962, as “Dreamworld” 85 · Boomer Flats · R. A. Lafferty · ss If July/August 1971 105 · The Hellaceous Rocket of Harry O’Donovan [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss The New Mind ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973 121 · You Can’t Go Back · R. A. Lafferty · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 28 1981 141 · Thou Whited Wall · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1977 157 · The Effigy Histories · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Man Who Made Models and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1984 171 · The Wooly World of Barnaby Sheen [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss The New Mind ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973 181 · McGonigal’s Worm · R. A. Lafferty · ss If November 1960 191 · Inventions Bright and New · R. A. Lafferty · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1986 203 · Snuffles [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Galaxy Magazine December 1960 231 · What Big Tears the Dinosaur’s [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Through Elegant Eyes by R. A. Lafferty, Corroboree, 1983 243 · The Last Astronomer · R. A. Lafferty · ss Four Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1983 253 · Ifrit · R. A. Lafferty · ss Perpetual Light ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982 267 · The Funny Face Murders [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · nv New Terrors 2 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Pan, 1980 303 · Calamities of the Last Pauper · R. A. Lafferty · ss Fantasy Book November 1982 319 · Nine Hundred Grandmothers [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss If February 1966 333 · Through Other Eyes [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Future Science Fiction #47, February 1960 348 · The One That Almost Got Away… · John Pelan · aw

The Man Who Made Models by R. A. Lafferty (Centipede Press, October 2013, 978-1-61347-046-6, $100.00, 345pp, hc, co, cover by Jacob McMurray) [edited by John Pelan]     Collection of 17 stories, edited and with an afterword by John Pelan. Introduction by Michael Swanwick. Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by Swanwick, Pelan & McMurray. Volume One of “The Collected Short Fiction”. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Eight Words from the Most Wonderful Writer in the World · Michael Swanwick · in 17 · The Man Who Made Models · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Man Who Made Models and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1984 37 · The Six Fingers of Time · R. A. Lafferty · nv If September 1960 69 · The Hole on the Corner · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 85 · Square and Above Board · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1982 103 · Jack Bang’s Eyes · R. A. Lafferty · ss Snake in His Bosom and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1983 123 · All but the Words [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July/August 1971 137 · The Ungodly Mice of Doctor Drakos [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss The New Mind ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973 149 · Frog on the Mountain [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty, Ace, 1970 183 · Narrow Valley · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1966 201 · Condillac’s Statue, or Wrens in His Head · R. A. Lafferty · ss Alchemy and Academe ed. Anne McCaffrey, Doubleday, 1970 215 · About a Secret Crocodile · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August/September 1970 231 · Days of Grass, Days of Straw · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, 1973 255 · The Ninety-Ninth Cubicle · R. A. Lafferty · ss Weird Tales Fall 1984 263 · Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction February 1967 277 · Parthen · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May/June 1973 287 · The Skinny People of Leptophlebo Street · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 16 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1975 305 · Rivers of Damascus [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1974 339 · The Man Who Made Myths: The Voyages of R. A. Lafferty · John Pelan · aw

The Man Who Made Models and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm, September 1984, #18, $2.50, 51pp, ph, oc)     Original collection of five stories. Drumm Booklet #18. Also available in a limited edition of 126 numbered, signed, copies ($3.50) of which 100 were for sale. 3 · The Man Who Made Models · R. A. Lafferty · ss 14 · I’ll See It Done and Then I’ll Die · R. A. Lafferty · ss; original title “Crack-a-Stack”. 22 · The Effigy Histories · R. A. Lafferty · ss; original title “Not in Particular”. 31 · Of Laughter and the Love of Friends · R. A. Lafferty · ss; original title “Let the Horse Out”. 41 · Two for Four Ninety-Nine [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss

The Man Who Never Was by R. A. Lafferty (Centipede Press, March 14, 2021, 978-1-61347-266-8, $65.00, 383pp, hc, co, cover by Jacob McMurray)     Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by Neil Gaiman, John Pelan & Jacob McMurray, and an unknown number of unsigned copies. Volume Six of “The Collected Short Fiction”. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Not to Mention R. A. Lafferty · Neil Gaiman · in 27 · The Man Who Never Was · R. A. Lafferty · ss Magazine of Horror Summer 1967 39 · Something Rich and Strange · R. A. Lafferty · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1986 57 · Maleficent Morning · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Early Lafferty II by R. A. Lafferty, United Mythologies Press, 1990 67 · What’s the Name of That Town? [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1964 81 · Tongues of the Matagorda · R. A. Lafferty · ss Golden Gate and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Corroboree, 1982 97 · The End of Outward · R. A. Lafferty · ss Heart of Stone, Dear and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Drumm, 1983 113 · Oh Tell Me Will It Freeze Tonight · R. A. Lafferty · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 133 · Quiz Ship Loose [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Chrysalis, Volume 2 ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1978 159 · Horns on Their Heads · R. A. Lafferty · ss Pendragon Press, September 1976 179 · And Mad Undancing Bears · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Berserkers ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1974 197 · Groaning Hinges of the World · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Ruins of Earth ed. Thomas M. Disch, Putnam, 1971 209 · Long Teeth · R. A. Lafferty · ss Keyhole Mystery Magazine August 1960 219 · Slow Tuesday Night · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine April 1965 229 · Rainbird · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1961 243 · Brain Fever Season [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Universe 7 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1977 263 · Day of the Glacier · R. A. Lafferty · ss Science Fiction Stories January 1960 275 · Three Shadows of the Wolf · R. A. Lafferty · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1975 311 · Lord Torpedo, Lord Gyroscope · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Berkley Showcase Vol. 2 ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1980 331 · Or Little Ducks Each Day · R. A. Lafferty · nv Dystopian Visions ed. Roger Elwood, Prentice Hall, 1975 361 · Marsilia V · R. A. Lafferty · ss Golden Gate and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Corroboree, 1982 379 · Afterword, and a Belated Thank You… · John Pelan · aw The Man with the Aura by R. A. Lafferty, Centipede Press, 2015

The Man Who Walked Through Cracks by R. A. Lafferty (Centipede Press, March 19, 2019, 978-1-61347-202-6, $45.00, 367pp, hc, co, cover by Jacob McMurray)     Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by Michael Kurland, John Pelan & Jacob McMurray, and an unknown number of unsigned copies. Volume Five of “The Collected Short Fiction”. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Michael Kurland · in 13 · The Man Who Walked Through Cracks · R. A. Lafferty · nv Chrysalis 3 ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1978 37 · In Our Block · R. A. Lafferty · ss If July 1965 45 · Camels and Dromedaries, Clem · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1967 59 · Hands of the Man [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Infinity One ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1970 71 · Among the Hairy Earthmen · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1966 85 · Barnaby’s Clock [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Showcase ed. Roger Elwood, Harper & Row, 1973 105 · Ewe Lamb · R. A. Lafferty · ss Slippery and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1985 123 · How Many Miles to Babylon? [Argos Mythos] · R. A. Lafferty · nv United Mythologies Press, April 1989 189 · Incased in Ancient Rind · R. A. Lafferty · nv Quark/3 ed. Samuel R. Delany & Marilyn Hacker, Paperback Library, 1971, as “Encased in Ancient Rind” 207 · Rang Dang Kaloof · R. A. Lafferty · ss Playboy February 1972 217 · Flaming Ducks and Giant Bread [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Orbit 15 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1974 243 · Le Hot Sport · R. A. Lafferty · ss Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, 1988 259 · Mud Violet [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Demon Kind ed. Roger Elwood, Avon, 1973 287 · And Name My Name · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 13 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1974 303 · Adam Had Three Brothers · R. A. Lafferty · ss The New Mexico Quarterly Fall 1960 315 · Bequest of Wings · R. A. Lafferty · ss Rooms of Paradise ed. Lee Harding, Quartet Books, 1978 325 · Company in the Wings · R. A. Lafferty · ss Heart of Stone, Dear and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Drumm, 1983 343 · R.A. Lafferty: An Interview · Robert J. Whitaker · iv At the Sleepy Sailor ed. Guy H. Lillian, III, The Sons of the Sand, 1979 [Ref. R. A. Lafferty] expanded from an interview originally published in The Hunting of the Snark #10, September 1976. 363 · And the Band Plays On… · John Pelan · aw

The Man with the Aura by R. A. Lafferty (Centipede Press, January 2015, 978-1-61347-109-8, $45.00, 316pp, hc, co, cover by Jacob McMurray) [edited by John Pelan]     Collection of 17 stories, the second volume in a series. Edited and with an afterword by John Pelan. Introduction by Harlan Ellison. Dated November 2014 internally but copies weren’t shipped until mid-January 2015. Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by Ellison, Pelan & McMurray. Volume Two of “The Collected Short Fiction”. Details taken from online listing. 7 · On the Face of Mount Rushmore: R. A. Lafferty and 4 Other Guys · Harlan Ellison · in 17 · The Man with the Aura · R. A. Lafferty · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #10, 1974 31 · One at a Time · R. A. Lafferty · ss Debonair #1, November 1964 45 · Royal Licorice · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 14 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1974 69 · Land of the Great Horses [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 81 · Anamnesis [Argos Mythos] · R. A. Lafferty · ss United Mythologies Press, September 1992 99 · Ginny Wrapped in the Sun · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1967 113 · Pleasures and Palaces [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Snake in His Bosom and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1983 129 · Continued on Next Rock · R. A. Lafferty · nv Orbit 7 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 157 · Gray Ghost: A Reminiscence [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Serpent’s Egg (limited edition) by R. A. Lafferty, Morrigan, 1987 171 · Ride a Tin Can · R. A. Lafferty · ss If April 1970 187 · Hog-Belly Honey · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1965 197 · All Hollow Though You Be [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Slippery and Other Stories by R. A. Lafferty, Chris Drumm, 1985 211 · I Don’t Care Who Keeps the Cows · R. A. Lafferty · ss Crank! #4, Fall 1994 231 · Old Halloweens on the Guna Slopes [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Fantastic Stories August 1975 247 · The Ultimate Creature [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Magazine of Horror November 1967 257 · Great Day in the Morning [Argos Mythos] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Orbit 17 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1975 285 · Scorner’s Seat · R. A. Lafferty · nv Saving Worlds ed. Roger Elwood & Virginia Kidd, Doubleday, 1973 313 · Afterword, and a Belated Thank You… · John Pelan · aw

The Man with the Speckled Eyes by R. A. Lafferty (Centipede Press, February 2017, 978-1-61347-167-8, $100.00, 357pp, hc, co, cover by Jacob McMurray) [edited by John Pelan]     Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by Richard Lupoff, John Pelan & Jacob McMurray. Volume Four of “The Collected Short Fiction”. Details taken from online listing. 7 · The Key to Lafferty · Richard Lupoff · in 25 · The Man with the Speckled Eyes · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1964 35 · Primary Education of the Camiroi [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1966 51 · Polity and Custom of the Camiroi [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1967 67 · Funnyfingers · R. A. Lafferty · nv Funnyfingers & Cabrito by R. A. Lafferty, Pendragon Press, 1976 83 · For All Poor Folks at Picketwire · R. A. Lafferty · nv Epoch ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Putnam, 1975 105 · Mr. Hamadryad · R. A. Lafferty · nv Stellar #1 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1974 131 · Thieving Bear Planet [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Universe 12 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1982 151 · The Transcendent Tigers [Bengal Tigers] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Worlds of Tomorrow February 1964 163 · Bank and Shoal of Time · R. A. Lafferty · nv A Spadeful of Spacetime ed. Fred Saberhagen, Ace, 1981 193 · The Emperor’s Shoestrings · R. A. Lafferty · nv Destination Unknown ed. Peter Crowther, White Wolf, 1997 217 · McGruder’s Marvels · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1968 231 · Been a Long, Long Time · R. A. Lafferty · ss Fantastic December 1970 241 · Entire and Perfect Chrysolite · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 257 · The Cliff Climbers · R. A. Lafferty · ss Quark/1 ed. Samuel R. Delany & Marilyn Hacker, Paperback Library, 1970 265 · And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire… · R. A. Lafferty · nv And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire ed. Roger Elwood, Chilton, 1972 305 · Ishmael Into the Barrens · R. A. Lafferty · nv Four Futures ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorn, 1971 355 · Are You Being Served? · John Pelan · aw

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.