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Dreamers of Dreams ed. Doug Menville & R. Reginald (Arno Press, 1978, 0-405-11017-0, $30.00, 478pp, hc, an)
Anthology of rare and recent fantasy and lost world stories reproduced in facsimile from the original printings, with no sequential page numbers.

· The Affliction of Baron Humpfelhimmel · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Over the Plum Pudding by John Kendrick Bangs, Harper, 1901

· The Blind God · Laurence Housman · ss Gods and Their Makers and Other Stories by Laurence Housman, Allen & Unwin, 1920

· The Gray Wolf · George MacDonald · ss Works of Fancy and Imagination by George MacDonald, Alexander Strahan, 1871

· The Invisible Giant · Bram Stoker · nv Under the Sunset by Bram Stoker, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1881

· A Professor of Egyptology · Guy Boothby · ss The Graphic December 10 1904

· The End of Phaeacia · Andrew Lang · na Time January 1886 (+2)

· The Last Adventure of Don Quixote · Kenneth Morris · ss The Theosophical Path September 1917, as by Fortescue Lanyard

· Same Time, Same Place · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #60, 1963

· That First Affair · J. A. Mitchell · ss That First Affair by J. A. Mitchell, Scribner's, 1896

· The Queen of California · Edward Everett Hale · ar The Atlantic Monthly March 1864
includes the translation of an extract from Las Sergas de Esplandián, Spain 1510.

· Rutherford the Twice-Born · Edwin Lester Arnold · nv The Idler May 1892

· The Journey of the King · Lord Dunsany · nv Time and the Gods by Lord Dunsany, Heinemann, 1906

· The Seekers · H. E. Bates · ss John & Edward Bumpus, 1926

King Solomon’s Children ed. Doug Menville & R. Reginald--- see under R. Reginald.

Phantasmagoria ed. Doug Menville & R. Reginald (Arno Press, 1976, 0-405-08152-9, $23.00, 357pp, hc, an)
Anthology of mostly rare ghost and horror stories reproduced in facsimile from the original printings, with no sequential page numbers.

· The Sanctuary · E. F. Benson · nv More Spook Stories by E. F. Benson, Hutchinson, 1934

· The Terror on Tobit · Charles Birkin · ss Terrors, Philip Allan, 1933, as by Charles Lloyd

· Couching at the Door · D. K. Broster · nv The Cornhill Magazine December 1933

· An Amateur Ghost · James Branch Cabell · ss The Argosy February 1902

· The Closed Cabinet · [uncredited] · na Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1895

· Playing with Fire · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900

· The Demon Pope · Richard Garnett · ss The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett, Unwin, 1888

· Arria Marcella · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · na One of Cleopatra’s Nights by Théophile Gautier, tr. Lafcadio Hearn, B. Worthington, 1882
translated from the French (“Arria Marcella”, Revue de Paris, March 1, 1852).

· The Witch Doctor · Manly P. Hall · ss Shadow Forms by Manly P. Hall, Hall, 1925

· The Seeker of Souls · Jasper John · ss Sinister Stories by Jasper John, Henry Walker, 1930

· The Shadow on the Moor · Duke of Northumberland · nv Blackwood’s Magazine October 1930

· The Moon-Slave · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901

· A Porta Inferi · Roger Pater · nv Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Oates & Washbourne, 1923

R.I.P.: Five Stories of the Supernatural ed. Doug Menville & R. Reginald--- see under R. Reginald.

The Spectre Bridegroom ed. Doug Menville & R. Reginald--- see under R. Reginald.

They ed. Doug Menville & R. Reginald--- see under R. Reginald.

Worlds of Never: Three Fantastic Novels ed. Doug Menville & R. Reginald (Arno Press, 1978, 0-405-11016-2, $28.00, 430pp, hc, an)
Anthology of three rare fantasy and lost world novels reproduced in facsimile from the original printings, with no sequential page numbers.

· Alice in Blunderland · John Kendrick Bangs · n. Doubleday, Page & Co., 1907

· The Adventures of the Six Princesses of Babylon in Their Travels to the Temple of Virtue · Lucy Peacock · n. T. Bensley, 1785

· The Log of the Water Wagon, or the Cruise of the Good Ship Lithia · Bert Leston Taylor & W. C. Gibson · n. H.M. Caldwell, 1905

November Night Tales by Henry Chapman Mercer (Walter Neale, 1928, $2.00, 244pp, hc, co)
Collection of six stories reflecting Mercer’s life-long interest in world mythology, fairy tales, local legend, symbols, and artifacts.

7 · Castle Valley · Henry Chapman Mercer · nv

37 · The North Ferry Bridge · Henry Chapman Mercer · nv

67 · The Blackbirds · Henry Chapman Mercer · nv

104 · The Wolf Book · Henry Chapman Mercer · nv

151 · The Dolls’ Castle · Henry Chapman Mercer · nv

186 · The Sunken City · Henry Chapman Mercer · nv

November Night Tales (var. 1) by Henry C. Mercer (Swan River Press, November 2015, 978-1-78380-010-0, xvii+236pp, hc, co)
Collection of seven stories reflecting Mercer’s life-long interest in world mythology, fairy tales, local legend, symbols, and artifacts. Expanded from the original (Walter Neale, 1928) edition by the addition of a seventh, posthumously published story (“The Well of Monte Corbo”). Limited to 300 copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Introduction · Peter Bell · in

· Castle Valley · Henry Chapman Mercer · nv November Night Tales by Henry Chapman Mercer, Walter Neale, 1928

· The North Ferry Bridge · Henry Chapman Mercer · nv November Night Tales by Henry Chapman Mercer, Walter Neale, 1928

· The Blackbirds · Henry Chapman Mercer · nv November Night Tales by Henry Chapman Mercer, Walter Neale, 1928

· The Wolf Book · Henry Chapman Mercer · nv November Night Tales by Henry Chapman Mercer, Walter Neale, 1928

· The Dolls’ Castle · Henry Chapman Mercer · nv November Night Tales by Henry Chapman Mercer, Walter Neale, 1928

· The Sunken City · Henry Chapman Mercer · nv November Night Tales by Henry Chapman Mercer, Walter Neale, 1928

· The Well of Monte Corbo · Henry Chapman Mercer · nv Bucks County Historical Society, 1930

Sex Gang by Paul Merchant (Nightstand, 1959, NB1503, 50¢, 191pp, pb, co, cover by Harold W. McCauley)

5 · Sex Gang · Paul Merchant · na

68 · The Girl with the Horizontal Mind · Paul Merchant · ss Mermaid v1 #6, 1958, as “The Gal with the Horizontal Mind” by Price Curtis

77 · Wanted: Two Trollops · Paul Merchant · ss

87 · The Ugly Virgin · Paul Merchant · ss The Dude March 1957, as “God Bless the Ugly Virgin” by Harlan Ellison

103 · Sin Time · Paul Merchant · ss Caper May 1957, as “The Silence of Infidelity” by Harlan Ellison

112 · The Pied Piper of Sex · Paul Merchant · ss Knave March 1959, as “The Pied Piper of Love” by Harlan Ellison

122 · Bayou Sex Cat · Paul Merchant · ss Mermaid v1 #6, 1958, as “A Blue Note for Bayou Betty” by Derry Tiger

132 · The Lady Had Zilch · Paul Merchant · ss

147 · Girl with the Bedroom Eyes · Paul Merchant · ss Rogue December 1956, as “Jeanie with the Bedroom Eyes” by Harlan Ellison

163 · The Lustful One · Paul Merchant · ss The Gent February 1957, as “The Hungry One” by Harlan Ellison

176 · Bohemia for Christie · Paul Merchant · ss The Dude January 1957, as “The Bohemia of Arthur Archer” by Harlan Ellison

Twice Upon a Time: Fairytale, Folklore, & Myth. Reimagined & Remastered. ed. Joshua Allen Mercier (The Bearded Scribe Press, January 14, 2015, 978-1-942670-01-8, $23.99, xvii+728pp, tp, oa, cover by Luke Spooner)
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Joshua Allen Mercier · fw

· Bog Trade · Bo Balder · ss

· The Screw-Up · A. J. Bauers · ss

· Forbidden Fruit · Carina Bissett · ss

· Before the First Day of Winter · Rose Blackthorn · ss

· Wonderland’s Nightmare · S. M. Blooding · ss

· Tailored for the King · Rick Chiantaretto · ss

· After the Bombs · Richard Chizmar · ss

· The True Bride · Liz DeJesus · ss

· The Bone Harp · Cort Ellyn · ss Realms v1 #2, 2010

· Spear Among Spindles · S. Q. Eries · ss

· Patient Griselda · Steve Anthony George · ss

· My Name Is Melise · Dale W. Glaser · ss

· A Taste of Winter · Jax Goss · ss

· The Night of Awen · K. R. Green · ss

· Blood Medicine · Kelly Hale · ss

· Thirteen Petals · Tonia Marie Harris · ss

· Eyes of Wood · Brian T. Hodges · ss

· All That Glitters · Tarran Jones · ss

· Tall · Jason Kimble · ss

· Princess in Peril · Shari L. Klase · ss

· Blood & Water [Woodcutter Universe] · Alethea Kontis · ss Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #9, July 2008

· Steadfast · Hannah Lesniak · ss

· Foretoken · Wayne Ligon · ss

· Ashes of East End · R. S. McCoy · ss

· Fire & Ash · Joshua Allen Mercier · ss

· Redcap Charlie · Robert D. Moores · ss

· A Prophecy Untamed · Diana Murdock · ss

· Swan Song · Elizabeth J. Norton · ss

· Iron Strong Adalie · Bobbie Palmer · ss

· Wish Witch · William Petersen · ss

· Brenna and the Spaceman · Rebekah Phillips · ss

· Polyphonic Dream Machine · Asa Powers · ss

· The Leatherworker’s Deal · Joe Powers · ss

· The Scales of Rumpelstiltskin · Brian Rathbone · ss

· The Underbelly of the Pig · Julianne Snow · ss

· Sinobrody 0.9.8 · Tracy Arthur Soldan · ss

· The Black Stair · C. L. Stegall · ss

· The Dragon’s Tinder · Brian W. Taylor · ss

· The Awoken · Kenechi Udogu · ss

· The World After · Onser von Fullon · ss

· Traveler · Deborah Walker · ss Horror Through the Ages ed. Christopher Jacobsmeyer, Lame Goat Press, 2009

· Deliverance · Angela Wallace · ss

· Red as Heart’s Blood · Cynthia Ward · ss

Classic Irish Short Stories ed. Vivian Mercier (Souvenir Press, September 16, 1999, 0-285-63513-1, £9.99, 384pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Dell 1964 as Great Irish Short Stories) associational collection of 38 genre stories, folk tales, and mainstream works.

8 · Introduction · Vivian Mercier · in

18 · A Selective Bibliography · Vivian Mercier · bi

· Part I: Tales from the Ancient Lierature and from Folklore

19 · How St. Patrick Obtained Armagh · Muirchú Maccu Mactheni · ss (r)

23 · St. Brendan and the Harper · [uncredited] · ss ca. 900

26 · Baile the Sweetspoken, Son of Buan · [uncredited] · ss; from the Eleventh Century?.

29 · St. Molina and the Devil · [uncredited] · ss (r); from the Eleventh Century?.

32 · The Romance of Mis and Dubh Ruis · translated by David Greene · ss; from the Eighteenth Century?.

37 · Cauth Morrisy Looking for Service · Patrick Kennedy · ss (r)

43 · The Brown Man · Gerald Griffin · ss Holland-Tide by Gerald Griffin, 1827

50 · The Only Son of Aoife · Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory · ss 1902

58 · Leeam O’Rooney’s Burial · Douglas Hyde · ss 1890

65 · The Lady O’Conor · J. M. Synge · ss (r)

70 · He That’s Dead Can Do No Hurt · J. M. Synge · ss (r)

· Part II: Short Stories

74 · The Donagh; or, The Horse-Stealers · William Carleton · nv Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, v2 by William Carleton, 1834

106 · Julia Cahill’s Curse · George Moore · ss Untilled Field by George Moore, Lippincott, 1903

111 · So On He Fares · George Moore · ss (r)

123 · Oweneen the Sprat [Sinclair Yeates (The Irish R. M.)] · E. Œ. Somerville & Martin Ross · ss Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by E. ^OE. Somerville & Martin Ross, Longmans, Green & Co., 1908

140 · The Tables of the Law · W. B. Yeats · ss The Savoy #7, November 1896

153 · A Persian Tale · Lynn Doyle · ss 1922

163 · The Stones · Daniel Corkery · ss The Stormy Hills by Daniel Corkery, Jonathan Cape, 1929

174 · Children · Daniel Corkery · ss 1939

180 · The Shoemaker · Seumas O’Kelly · ss 1917

191 · The Woman on Whom God Laid His Hand [1913] · Padraic Ó Conaire; translated by Séamus O’Néill · ss 1955

202 · Three Women Who Wept · James Stephens · ss Here Are Ladies by James Stephens, Macmillan, 1913

215 · Clay · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914

222 · Davin’s Story · James Joyce · ex from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1916

225 · Education · Lennox Robinson · ss Eight Short Stories by Lennox Robinson, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919

237 · Lovers · Liam O’Flaherty · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1931

245 · The Blow · Liam O’Flaherty · ss Esquire July 1954

261 · The Fur Coat · Seán O’Faoláin · ss 1948

267 · Two of a Kind · Seán O’Faoláin · ss 1959

279 · Peasants · Frank O’Connor · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine October 1934

288 · The Man of the World · Frank O’Connor · ss The New Yorker July 28 1956

297 · Dante and the Lobster · Samuel Beckett · ss 1934

309 · Pigeons · Michael McLaverty · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1936

318 · The Sound of the Bell · Bryan MacMahon · ss Mademoiselle 1949

329 · Brigid · Mary Lavin · ss 1959

338 · The Nun’s Mother · Mary Lavin · ss 1947

357 · The Half-Crown · James Plunkett · ss 1955

371 · Foundry House · Brian Friel · ss The New Yorker November 18 1961

Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith (Gollancz, 1933, hc, n.)

Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith (The British Library, October 12, 2017, 978-0-7123-5686-2, £8.99, 288pp, tp, no) [British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Gollancz 1933) mystery novel.

BAR 1: Roundup of Best Western Stories ed. Scott Meredith (, 1952, hc, an)

· Posse · C. Hall Thompson · ss Esquire June 1951

· Well of Anger · Morgan Lewis · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 8 1950

· Two-Faced Promise · Bill Gulick · ss Dime Western Magazine January 1951

· The Fraudulent Skunk · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss Collier’s April 28 1951

· Lonesome Ride · Ernest Haycox · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 11 1948, as “Dead-Man Trail”

· Pride in His Holsters · Robert W. Lowndes · ss Dime Western Magazine June 1948, as “The Last Four Kings” by Mal Kent

· A Man Called Horse · D. M. Johnson · ss Collier’s January 7 1950

· The Ghost Lode · William Brandon · ss The American Magazine April 1950

· The Man at Gantt’s Place · Steve Frazee · nv Argosy May 1951

· Campaigning Cowpoke · Clark Gray · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine March 1951

· The Sound of Gunfire · John O’Reilly · ss Famous Western October 1949, as by John Van Praag

· Sergeant Houck · Jack Schaefer · nv Collier’s July 14 1951

BAR 2: Roundup of Best Western Stories ed. Scott Meredith (, 1952, hc, an)

· The Last Shot · Frank O’Rourke · ss Esquire May 1949

· The Outlaws Are in Town · Bennett Foster · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 28 1949

· The Fire Killer · Steve Frazee · nv Argosy August 1951, as “Nights of Terror”

· Hanging Fire · Richard Deming · ss Max Brand’s Western Magazine November 1951

· The Unbeliever · D. M. Johnson · ss Collier’s August 16 1952

· Man-Taming Woman · Michael Fessier · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 29 1952

· Duel in Captive Valley · Will C. Brown · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine August 1952

· Shadow of the Butte · Thomas Thompson · nv (r)

· Dust Storm · Max Brand · ss Collier’s April 3 1937

· Squaw Fever · Bill Gulick · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 26 1947

· The Avenging · Jonathan Lord · ss Western Short Stories August 1952

· Scout Detail · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s June 11 1938

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