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Pope Jacynth and More Supernatural Tales by Vernon Lee (Peter Owen, 1956, 208pp, hc, co) 7 · Pope Jacynth · Vernon Lee · ss Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales by Vernon Lee, Grant Richards, 1904 16 · The Lady and Death · Vernon Lee · ss Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales by Vernon Lee, Grant Richards, 1904 34 · St. Eudæmon and His Orange Tree · Vernon Lee · ss Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales by Vernon Lee, Grant Richards, 1904 47 · Winthrop’s Adventure · Vernon Lee · nv Fraser’s Magazine January 1881, as “A Culture-Ghost; or, Winthrop’s Adventure” 93 · Dionea · Vernon Lee · nv Hauntings, Fantastic Stories by Vernon Lee, Heinemann, 1890 125 · Ravenna and Her Ghosts · Vernon Lee · ar Macmillan’s Magazine September 1894 147 · Oke of Okehurst · Vernon Lee · na Blackwood, August 1886, as “A Phantom Lover”

Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales by Vernon Lee (Grant Richards, October 1904, 3/6d, 200pp, hc, co) 3 · Pope Jacynth · Vernon Lee · ss 21 · Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady · Vernon Lee · nv The Yellow Book July 1896 115 · A Wedding Chest · Vernon Lee · ss 139 · The Lady and Death · Vernon Lee · ss; subtitled “A Companion Piece to Dürer’s Print”. 171 · St. Eudæmon and His Orange Tree · Vernon Lee · ss 195 · The Featureless Wisdom · Vernon Lee · ss

Ravenna and Her Ghosts by Vernon Lee (Corgi, 1962, SN1229, 2/6d, 126pp, pb, co)     An abridged edition of Pope Jacynth and More Supernatural Tales (Peter Owen, 1956). · Ravenna and Her Ghosts · Vernon Lee · ar Macmillan’s Magazine September 1894 · Pope Jacynth · Vernon Lee · ss Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales by Vernon Lee, Grant Richards, 1904 · The Lady and Death · Vernon Lee · ss Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales by Vernon Lee, Grant Richards, 1904 · St. Eudæmon and His Orange Tree · Vernon Lee · ss Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales by Vernon Lee, Grant Richards, 1904 · Dionea · Vernon Lee · nv Hauntings, Fantastic Stories by Vernon Lee, Heinemann, 1890 · Oke of Okehurst · Vernon Lee · na Blackwood, August 1886, as “A Phantom Lover”

The Snake Lady and Other Stories by Vernon Lee (Grove Press, 1954, $3.50, 288pp, hc, co) [edited by Horace Gregory] 6 · The Romantic Inventions of Vernon Lee · Horace Gregory · in 27 · Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady · Vernon Lee · nv The Yellow Book July 1896 75 · A Wedding Chest · Vernon Lee · ss Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales by Vernon Lee, Grant Richards, 1904 89 · Amour Dure · Vernon Lee · nv Murray’s Magazine January 1887 127 · Dionea · Vernon Lee · nv Hauntings, Fantastic Stories by Vernon Lee, Heinemann, 1890 157 · A Wicked Voice · Vernon Lee · nv Hauntings, Fantastic Stories by Vernon Lee, Heinemann, 1890 revised from “A Culture-Ghost; or, Winthrop’s Adventure” Fraser’s Magazine Jan 1881. 187 · The Legend of Madame Krasinska · Vernon Lee · nv The Fortnightly Review March 1890 215 · A Seeker of Pagan Perfection · Vernon Lee · nv The Contemporary Review 1891 261 · The Virgin of the Seven Daggers · Vernon Lee · nv The English Review January 1909 (+1) first published in French (“La Madone aux sept glaives”, Feuilleton du journal des débats du Samedi, 1896).

Supernatural Tales: Excursions Into Fantasy by Vernon Lee (Peter Owen, 1955, 15/-, 222pp, hc, co)     Abridged from The Snake Lady and Other Stories (Grove 1954). 7 · Introduction · Irene Cooper Willis · in 19 · Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady · Vernon Lee · nv The Yellow Book July 1896 73 · A Wedding Chest · Vernon Lee · ss Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales by Vernon Lee, Grant Richards, 1904 86 · Amour Dure · Vernon Lee · nv Murray’s Magazine January 1887 127 · A Wicked Voice · Vernon Lee · nv Hauntings, Fantastic Stories by Vernon Lee, Heinemann, 1890 revised from “A Culture-Ghost; or, Winthrop’s Adventure” Fraser’s Magazine Jan 1881. 159 · The Legend of Madame Krasinska · Vernon Lee · nv The Fortnightly Review March 1890 190 · The Virgin of the Seven Daggers · Vernon Lee · nv The English Review January 1909 (+1) first published in French (“La Madone aux sept glaives”, Feuilleton du journal des débats du Samedi, 1896).

Check Up and Other Stories by Wendi Lee (Five Star US, December 2001, 0-7862-3552-7, $23.95, 240pp, hc, co)     Collection of 14 stories. 7 · Salad Days [Angela Matelli] · Wendi Lee · ss Noir: The Illustrated Crime Fiction Quarterly Winter 1994 23 · Miles Deep · Wendi Lee · ss Murderous Intent Spring 1996 39 · Red Feather’s Daughter · Wendi Lee · ss How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1996, as by W. W. Lee 57 · The Disappearance of Edna Guberman · Wendi Lee · ss Murder for Mother ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1994 75 · Life of Riley · Wendi Lee · ss Cat Crimes III ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1992 91 · Dust and Ashes · Wendi Lee · nv How the West Was Read, Vol. 2 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1997 115 · The Other Woman · Wendi Lee · ss Vengeance Is Hers ed. Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1997 131 · The Right Thing to Do · Wendi Lee · ss Shades of Noir #2 ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc., 1996 149 · Winston’s Wife · Wendi Lee · ss The Fatal Frontier ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf, 1997 165 · Feis · Wendi Lee · nv 187 · Indiscreet · Wendi Lee · ss Danger in D.C. ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1993 207 · Soft Day · Wendi Lee · ss Murder Most Irish ed. Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1996 223 · Miami · Wendi Lee · ss Murderous Intent Spring 1995 229 · Check Up · Wendi Lee · ss Lethal Ladies ed. Barbara Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley, 1996

Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee (Prime Books, April 16, 2013, 978-1-60701-387-7, $14.95, 329pp, tp, co, cover by Sherin Nicole)     Collection of 16 stories, one original. The author’s first collection. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Aliette de Bodard · in · Ghostweight · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #52, January 2011 · The Shadow Postulates · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Helix #5, Summer 2007 · The Bones of Giants · Yoon Ha Lee · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August/September 2009 · Between Two Dragons · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #43, April 2010 · Swanwatch · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Federations ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2009 · Effigy Nights · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #76, January 2013 · Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Lightspeed #4, September 2010 · Iseul’s Lexicon · Yoon Ha Lee · na · Counting the Shapes · Yoon Ha Lee · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2001 · Blue Ink · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #23, August 2008 · The Battle of Candle Arc [The Machineries of Empire] · Yoon Ha Lee · nv Clarkesworld #73, October 2012 · A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Tor.com August 10 2011 · The Unstrung Zither · Yoon Ha Lee · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2009 · The Black Abacus · Yoon Ha Lee · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2002 · The Book of Locked Doors · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #91, March 22 2012 · Conservation of Shadows · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #59, August 2011

Life Without Crows by Gerri Leen (Hadley Rille Books, September 2010, 978-0-9825140-3-0, $15.95, 304pp, tp, co, cover by Richard Kirsten Daiensai)     Collection of 24 stories, seven original. Foreword by Dean Wesley Smith. Illustrated by Maggie Middleton. 11 · A Rising Star · Dean Wesley Smith · fw 13 · Life Without Crows · Gerri Leen · ss Fusion Fragment 2008 26 · Footprint · Maggie Middleton · il 27 · The Hunt · Gerri Leen · ss Footprints ed. Jay Lake & Eric T. Reynolds, Hadley Rille Books, 2009 39 · Inspected By · Gerri Leen · ss Fusion Fragment 2007 53 · Memory Lane · Gerri Leen · ss The First Line 2007 58 · Wall Flower · Maggie Middleton · il 59 · Seeker of the Dead · Gerri Leen · ss Ruins Metropolis ed. Eric T. & Rose Reynolds, Hadley Rille Books, 2008 67 · Opposites and All That · Gerri Leen · ss 71 · Dreams of Love and Darkness · Gerri Leen · ss 84 · The Last Song · Maggie Middleton · il 85 · The Last Song · Gerri Leen · ss Reflection’s Edge 2008 95 · The Hand of God · Gerri Leen · nv GlassFire Anthology ed. Kristi Brooks & Matt Randall, Peg Leg Publishing, 2008 117 · Bluegrass Dreams Aren’t for Free · Gerri Leen · ss Renard’s Menagerie 2008 125 · Whither Thou Goest · Gerri Leen · ss She Nailed a Stake Through His Head: Tales of Biblical Terror ed. Tim Lieder, Dybbuk Press, 2010 136 · Venice · Maggie Middleton · il 137 · Found Things · Gerri Leen · ss 149 · Lucky Shot · Gerri Leen · nv Desolate Places ed. Eric T. Reynolds & Adam Nakama, Hadley Rille Books, 2008 185 · Race Day · Gerri Leen · ss 198 · Sleepy Dragon · Maggie Middleton · il 199 · Here by Choice · Gerri Leen · ss 205 · Waiting · Gerri Leen · ss 209 · Flesh and the Price of Summer · Gerri Leen · ss Renard’s Menagerie 2008 216 · Creepy Doll · Maggie Middleton · il 217 · The Vessel · Gerri Leen · nv Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword and Sorceress XXIII ed. Elisabeth Waters, Norilana Books, 2008 239 · Coping Mechanisms · Gerri Leen · ss Return to Luna ed. Eric T. Reynolds, Hadley Rille Books, 2008 255 · The Drum of the Sea · Gerri Leen · ss Sails & Sorcery ed. W. H. Horner, Fantasist Enterprises, 2007 267 · Patterns of Fall · Gerri Leen · nv Origins: Tales of Human Evolution ed. Eric T. Reynolds, Hadley Rille Books, 2009 286 · Pomegranate · Maggie Middleton · il 287 · All for the Taste of a Pomegranate · Gerri Leen · ss Mytholog 2007 291 · Where the Sheep Have Fangs When You Count Them · Gerri Leen · ss 298 · Watchful Crow · Maggie Middleton · il 299 · Nothing to Crow About · Gerri Leen · vi Triangulation: Taking Flight ed. Pete Butler, PARSEC Ink, 2008

The Life to Come by Tim Lees (Elastic Press, May 1, 2005, 978-0-9548812-2-1, £5.00, 200pp, tp, co, cover by Richard Marchand)     First edition.Cover layout by Dean Harkness. Details taken from online listing. 1 · The God House · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #12, 1997 17 · Starlight · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #20, 1999 31 · Head Crimes · Tim Lees · ss Crimewave #6, 2002 43 · The Life to Come · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #29, 2002 55 · Homeground · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #28, Autumn 2001 75 · Up There · Tim Lees · ss 79 · The Leopard Girl · Tim Lees · ss 91 · Home in the Light · Tim Lees · ss Midnight Street #3, Winter 2004 101 · The Anti-Fan · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #34, Spring 2003 115 · Rif · Tim Lees · ss 129 · Oi · Tim Lees · ss 139 · Everybody’s Crazy in the West · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #25, 2000 153 · Jinner and the Shambly House · Tim Lees · ss 165 · Boomtime · Tim Lees · ss 175 · Relics · Tim Lees · ss The Third Alternative #37, Spring 2004 195 · A Specialist in Souls · Tim Lees · ss Midnight Street #2, Summer 2004 [Ref. Ernest Hemingway]

Travel ed. Edward Leeson (John Murray, 1980, 0719536669, 120pp, pb, an)     The short story series. · Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922 · The Story-Teller · Saki · ss The Morning Post, as by H. H. Munro · An Elaborate Elopement · W. W. Jacobs · ss (r) · Under the Deck-Awnings · Jack London · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 19 1910 · The Better Part of Valour · Celia Dale · ss (r) · The Long-Distance Train · W. B. Maxwell · ss The Home Magazine (UK) November 1924 · Enemies · Nadine Gordimer · ss (r) · The Rough Crossing · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 8 1929 · A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & M. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1933

Winter’s Tales 27 ed. Edward Leeson (St. Martin’s, 1982, 0-312-88417-6, $11.95, 189pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Macmillan 1981) mystery anthology. 7 · Editor’s Note · Edward Leeson · fw (r) 9 · Letting the Birds Go Free · Philip Oakes · ss 27 · Things · V. S. Pritchett · nv 48 · Old Tom · Celia Dale · ss 56 · Flora’s Lame Duck · Harold Acton · ss 71 · Safe Wintering · Terence Wheeler · ss 91 · The Indian Girl · Giles Gordon · ss 101 · A Mouthful of Gold · John Brunner · ss 120 · Home Ownership · Murray Bail · ss 128 · Chemistry · Graham Swift · ss 140 · Egnaro · M. John Harrison · nv 165 · Birthday! · Fay Weldon · ss 179 · Christmas with a Stranger · Leslie Thomas · ss The New Standard December 24 1980

The Ballads and Poems of J. Sheridan Le Fanu by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Swan River Press, August 2011, €12.00, xi+45pp, ph, co)     This booklet reproduces much of the contents of The Poems of Le Fanu, which was first published in 1896. The original introduction by Alfred Perceval Graves is herein reproduced as are the appendices. New to this edition are extracts from Seventy Years of Irish Life in which the author’s brother, William Le Fanu included extracts of juvenile poetry (“O’Donoghue” and “Valentine to Miss K”); and a selection of contemporary reviews. Limited to 150 copies. Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · Alfred Perceval Graves · in Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896 · Duan Na Claev—The Legend of the Glaive · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Dublin University Magazine February 1863, as by Hyacinth Con Carolan · Shamus O’Brien · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Dublin University Magazine July 1850, uncredited. · Phaudhrig Crohoore · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Dublin University Magazine June 1839, uncredited. · Molly, My Dear · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896 · Abhain au Bhuideil: Address of a Drunkard to a Bottle of Whiskey · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896 · Song (“The autumn leaf was falling”) · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm from Checkmate, Hurst & Blackett, 1871 · Memory · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896 · The Stream · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Dublin University Magazine June 1839, as “untitled (“When moonlight falls on wave and wimple”)”, uncredited. · A Doggrel in a Dormant-Window · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896 · Note to “Shamus O’Brien” · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · is Dublin University Magazine July 1850, uncredited. · Note to “Phaudhrig Crohoore” [The Purcell Papers] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss from “Scraps of Hibernian Ballads”, anonymously, Dublin University Magazine June 1839, uncredited.; contains the whole text of “Scraps of Hibernian Ballads” apart for the poem “Phaudhrig Crohoore” itself, plus a couple of paragraphs of framing narrative. · Seventy Years of Irish Life · William Le Fanu · ex Edward Arnold, 1893 · Contemporary Reviews · Various · rv (r)

Best Ghost Stories of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu (Dover, 1964, 0-486-20415-4, $5.00, 467pp, tp, co) [edited by E. F. Bleiler] v · Introduction to Dover Edition · E. F. Bleiler · in 1 · Squire Toby’s Will · J. S. Le Fanu · nv Temple Bar January 1868 29 · Schalken the Painter · J. S. Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851 revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839). 47 · Madam Crowl’s Ghost · J. S. Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round December 31 1870, uncredited. 61 · The Haunted Baronet · J. S. Le Fanu · na Belgravia July 1870 (+5) 178 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · J. S. Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited. 208 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · J. S. Le Fanu · nv In a Glass Darkly by J. S. Le Fanu, R. Bentley & Son, 1872 revised from “The Watcher”, Dublin University Magazine, November 1847. 244 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · J. S. Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster” 274 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · J. S. Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3) 340 · The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh [The Purcell Papers] · J. S. Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine March 1838, uncredited. 361 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · J. S. Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine December 1853, uncredited. 380 · The Dead Sexton · J. S. Le Fanu · ss Once a Week Christmas 1871 397 · Ghost Stories of the Tiled House · J. S. Le Fanu · ex from “The House by the Church-Yard”, as by Charles de Cresseron, Dublin University Magazine October 1861 (+16), as by Charles de Cresseron; chapters 8 and 9 as originally serialised. 408 · The White Cat of Drumgunniol · J. S. Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, uncredited. 419 · An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House · J. S. Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine October 1862, uncredited. 431 · Sir Dominick’s Bargain · J. S. Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round July 6 1872, uncredited. revised from “The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh”, Dublin University Magazine Mar 1838. 444 · Ultor de Lacy · J. S. Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine December 1861, uncredited.