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Return of the Nyctalope by Jean de La Hire, J.-M. Lofficier & Randy Lofficier (Black Coat Press, August 31, 2013, 978-1-61227-211-5, $22.95, 298pp, tp, oc, cover by Arnaud Hascoet)
Original anthology of two works featuring de la Hire’s early French superhero: novel The King of the Night by de la Hire), translated/adapted from the French (Editions du Livre Moderne 1943) by Brian Stableford; and the title story by the Lofficiers, who provide an introduction on the novel’s uncertain original publication date. A print-on-demand edition.
Details taken from online listing.

· The King of the Night [Léo Saint-Clair (The Nyctalope)] · Jean de La Hire; translated by Brian Stableford · n.
translated from the French (“Le roi de la nuit”, 1923).

· Return of the Nyctalope [Léo Saint-Clair (The Nyctalope)] · Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier · ss

Stories in Fantasia by Damon Lahman (Exposition, 1967, $4.00, 99pp, hc, co)

· Captain Devilin’s Last Voyage · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· Johnny Sellers · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· The Love Story of Mark Ring · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· Bluebeard of Linden · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· The Prank · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· Werewolves · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· The Doctor’s Lesson · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· Idyll of Homer · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· My Great-Grandmother · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· The Stories of the U.F.O. · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· How Jim Forbes Won His Bride · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· The Wild Dog of the Dakotas · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· Commander Strob’s Story · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· The Mystery in Space · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· Christmas, 1965 · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· The Fate of Ann Smothers · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· My Brother’s Strange Adventure · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

· Deadlock · Damon Lahman · ss (r)

Demons, Freaks, and Other Abnormalities by Michael Laimo (Delirium Books, October 1999, 1-929653-01-8, $25.00, 142pp, hc, co, cover by Keith Minnion)
Collection of 12 stories, three new. Published in a signed, limited edition of 150 copies.

9 · Introduction · Tom Piccirilli · in

11 · Five Minutes of Video · Michael Laimo · ss

22 · Gila Way · Michael Laimo · ss

40 · Slugfest · Michael Laimo · ss Crimson #3, 1999

54 · Banalica · Michael Laimo · ss

73 · Bite of the Meso · Michael Laimo · ss A Midsummer Night’s Terror ed. Sandy DeLuca, December Girl Press, 1999

83 · Night Fuel · Michael Laimo · ss Dread #7, Spring 1999

97 · Room 412 · Michael Laimo · ss The Edge, Tales of Suspense #3, 1999

107 · The Layover · Michael Laimo · ss Rictus #4, 1994

115 · 11:11 · Michael Laimo · ss Heliocentric Net #11, 1994

121 · Alley Man · Michael Laimo · ss The Edge, Tales of Suspense #2, 1998

127 · Murder in the Eyes of God · Michael Laimo · ss The Darklands Project #4, March 1998

137 · Author’s Notes · Michael Laimo · aw

137 · Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Great Ghost Stories of the World ed. Alexander Laing (Blue Ribbon, 1941, $1.00, viii+485pp, hc, an)
Abridged from The Haunted Omnibus, omitting final fourteen stories.

3 · August Heat · W. F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910

11 · The Half-Pint Flask · DuBose Heyward · ss The Bookman May 1927

29 · The Brahman, the Thief and the Ghost · [uncredited] · ex (r)
translated from the Sanskrit (The Panchatantra, ca. 200 B.C.).

33 · The Treasure of Abbot Thomas · M. R. James · nv Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904

55 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

75 · The King of the World · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1921

83 · Perez · W. L. George · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1919, as “The Phantom Truth”

99 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1910

149 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904

157 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)

189 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902

203 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886).

229 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro

237 · The White People · Arthur Machen · nv Horlick’s Magazine and Home Journal for Australia, India and the Colonies January 1904

277 · Concerning Phantoms · Pliny the Younger · ss Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907, as “Letter to Sura”
translated from the Latin (as a letter to Sura, 2nd century AD).

281 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

301 · The Story of Ming-Y · Lafcadio Hearn · nv Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn, Roberts Bros., 1887

315 · The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv The New Decameron, Volume the First, Blackwell, 1919; original version.

343 · Adam and Eve and Pinch Me · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1921

355 · Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922

379 · The Second Kalandar’s Tale · [uncredited] · nv from The Arabian Nights (r)

407 · Full Fathom Five · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker June 22 1929

413 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890

425 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912

437 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839

459 · The Feather Cloak of Hawaii · Johannes C. Andersen · ss Myths and Legends of the Polynesians by Johannes C. Andersen, 1928

465 · The Gentleman from America · Michael Arlen · ss The Tatler Christmas 1924

The Haunted Omnibus ed. Alexander Laing (Farrar & Rinehart, 1937, $3.00, 848pp, hc, an)
One of the classic supernatural anthologies. See abridged edition, Great Ghost Stories of the World, 1941.

vii · Foreword · Alexander Laing · fw (r)

3 · August Heat · W. F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910

11 · The Half-Pint Flask · DuBose Heyward · ss The Bookman May 1927

29 · The Brahman, the Thief and the Ghost · [uncredited] · ex (r)
translated from the Sanskrit (The Panchatantra, ca. 200 B.C.).

33 · The Treasure of Abbot Thomas · M. R. James · nv Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904

55 · The Yellow Wall Paper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

75 · The King of the World · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1921

83 · Perez · W. L. George · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1919, as “The Phantom Truth”

99 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1910

149 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904

157 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)

189 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902

203 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886).

229 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro

237 · The White People · Arthur Machen · nv Horlick’s Magazine and Home Journal for Australia, India and the Colonies January 1904

277 · Concerning Phantoms · Pliny the Younger · ss Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907, as “Letter to Sura”
translated from the Latin (as a letter to Sura, 2nd century AD).

281 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

301 · The Story of Ming-Y · Lafcadio Hearn · nv Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn, Roberts Bros., 1887

315 · The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv The New Decameron, Volume the First, Blackwell, 1919; original version.

343 · Adam and Eve and Pinch Me · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1921

355 · Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922

379 · The Second Kalandar’s Tale · [uncredited] · nv from The Arabian Nights (r)

407 · Full Fathom Five · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker June 22 1929

413 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890

425 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912

437 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839

459 · The Feather Cloak of Hawaii · Johannes C. Andersen · ss Myths and Legends of the Polynesians by Johannes C. Andersen, 1928

465 · The Gentleman from America · Michael Arlen · ss The Tatler Christmas 1924

487 · The Story of Glam · translated by George Ainslie Hight · ex from The Saga of Grettir the Strong, J.M. Dent, 1914; from the Scandinavian (The Grettis Saga, c. 1250).

499 · The Ghosts of Wulakai · Owen Lattimore · ss Asia March 1934

509 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Arnold, 1911

533 · A Man with Two Lives · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine October 1905

537 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911

543 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907

555 · The Haunted Hotel · Wilkie Collins · n. The Illustrated London News Christmas 1877

717 · Clorinda Walks in Heaven · A. E. Coppard · ss Clorinda Walks in Heaven by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1922

725 · The Grendel Episode · [uncredited] · ex from Beowulf, ca. 750

749 · Green Thoughts · John Collier · ss The London Mercury May 1931

769 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

777 · A Visitor from Down Under · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

797 · The Foghorn · Gertrude Atherton · ss Good Housekeeping November 1933

809 · The Cherry Tree · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me (var. 1) by A. E. Coppard, Knopf, 1922

815 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910

American Sorrows by Jay Lake (Wheatland Press, September 2004, 0-9755903-0-8, $16.95, viii+169pp, tp, co, cover by Aynjel Kaye)
Collection of four stories, two original. Includes Hugo nominee “Into the Gardens of Sweet Night”. Introduction by James Van Pelt.

· Introduction · James Van Pelt · in

· Our Lady of American Sorrows · Jay Lake · ss

· Daddy’s Caliban · Jay Lake · ss The Third Alternative #39, Autumn 2004

· River Knows Its Own · Jay Lake · ss

· Into the Gardens of Sweet Night · Jay Lake · na L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XIX ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge/Galaxy, 2003

· Author’s Afterword · Jay Lake · aw

Dogs in the Moonlight by Jay Lake (Wildside Press/Prime Books, November 2004, 1-930997-57-4, $17.95, 156pp, tp, co)
Collection of 16 stories, seven original, one previously published in online audio format. Introduction by Ray Vukcevich. A hardcover edition (-56-6, $29.95) was announced but not seen.

9 · Introduction · Ray Vukcevich · in

· Ghosts

15 · Dogs in the Moonlight · Jay Lake · ss Fortean Bureau Fall 2003

26 · Arrange the Bones · Jay Lake · ss Say… #1, 2002

34 · The Oxygen Man · Jay Lake · ss On Spec Winter 2003

· Angels

43 · Like Cherries in the Dark · Jay Lake · ss Flytrap #1, November 2003

47 · Shattering Angels · Jay Lake · ss

53 · Mr. Heaven · Jay Lake · ss

57 · The Goat Cutter · Jay Lake · ss Greetings from Lake Wu by Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2003

· Gods

75 · Christmas Season · Jay Lake · ss Strange Horizons June 17 2002

78 · Twilight of the Odd · Jay Lake · ss Journal of Pulse-Pounding Narratives #2, 2004

91 · Nameless and Homeless on Golgotha · Jay Lake · ss Aoife’s Kiss #3, December 2002

99 · Ancient Wine · Jay Lake · ss

106 · Sparrows, Two for a Penny · Jay Lake · ss

· Aliens

113 · Mama She Truck · Jay Lake · ss

122 · Pax Agricola · Jay Lake · ss Lone Star Stories #1, February 2004

134 · Gratitude · Jay Lake · ss

143 · Hitching to Aurora · Jay Lake · ss
previously appeared in audio format at SciFiAudio.com.

Green Grow the Rushes-Oh by Jay Lake (Fairwood Press, April 2004, 0-9746573-0-1, $6.99, 57pp, ph, co, cover by Keith Boulger)
Chapbook collection of 12 stories based on an old counting song, originally published online in Strange Horizons.

8 · Foreword · Jay Lake · fw

10 · One Is All Alone · Jay Lake · ss Strange Horizons January 20 2003

14 · Dresséd All in Green, Oh · Jay Lake · ss Strange Horizons February 17 2003

18 · Three the Rivals · Jay Lake · ss Strange Horizons March 17 2003

22 · Gospel Truth · Jay Lake · ss Strange Horizons April 21 2003

26 · The Symbols at Their Doors · Jay Lake · ss Strange Horizons May 19 2003

30 · Proud Walkers · Jay Lake · ss Strange Horizons June 16 2003

34 · Stars in the Sky · Jay Lake · ss Strange Horizons July 21 2003

38 · Aprill, with His Shoures Soote · Jay Lake · ss Strange Horizons August 18 2003

42 · Brightly Shining · Jay Lake · ss Strange Horizons September 15 2003

46 · Deka Logos · Jay Lake · ss Strange Horizons October 20 2003

50 · Eleven Went to Heaven · Jay Lake · ss Strange Horizons November 17 2003

54 · For the Twelve · Jay Lake · ss Strange Horizons December 15 2003

Greetings from Lake Wu by Jay Lake (Wheatland Press, November 2003, 0-9720547-2-3, $19.95, xi+246pp, tp, co, cover by Frank Wu)
Collection of 13 stories, five original, illustrated by Frank Wu. Introduction by Andy Duncan; Lori Ann White provides a preface on Frank Wu.

ix · A Liebowitz Awaits · Andy Duncan · in

xi · One Thousand Words About Frank Wu · Lori Ann White · in

1 · The Courtesy of Guests · Jay Lake · ss Bones of the World ed. Bruce Holland Rogers, SFF Net, 2001

17 · The Trick of Disaster · Jay Lake · ss Ideomancer April 2002

25 · Eglantine’s Time · Jay Lake · ss Dark Terrors 6 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002

33 · The Scent of Rotting Roses · Jay Lake · nv Strange Horizons November 18 2002

57 · G.O.D. · Jay Lake · ss

63 · The Angle of My Dreams · Jay Lake · ss 3SF #1, October 2002

75 · Tall Spirits, Blocking the Night · Jay Lake · ss Talebones #25, Fall 2002

81 · Who Sing but Do Not Speak · Jay Lake · ss

89 · Glass: A Love Story · Jay Lake · nv

111 · The Murasaki Docterine · Jay Lake · na

199 · The Goat Cutter · Jay Lake · ss

215 · Jack’s House · Jay Lake · nv Strange Horizons December 23 2002

237 · The Passing of Guests · Jay Lake · ss Beyond the Last Star ed. Sherwood Smith, SFF Net, 2002

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