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The Rivals of King Kong: A Rampage of Beasts ed. Michel Parry (Corgi, 1978, 0-552-10604-6, 80p, 205pp, pb, an) 9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 16 · After King Kong Fell [Wold Newton] · Philip José Farmer · nv Omega ed. Roger Elwood, Walker US, 1973 32 · The Monster God · H. Rider Haggard · ss from The Holy Flower, Ward, Lock & Co., 1915 42 · The Cult of the White Ape · Hugh B. Cave · nv Weird Tales February 1933 65 · Dr. Hudson’s Secret Gorilla · Howard Waldrop · ss Shayol #1, November 1977 78 · The Myth of the Ape God · Joseph F. Pumilia · ss 92 · Killer · Karl Edward Wagner & David Drake · nv Midnight Sun #1, 1974; given as by Wagner alone. 113 · The Attack of the Giant Baby · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1976 121 · Beauty and the Beast · Henry Kuttner · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1940 137 · Spawn · P. Schuyler Miller · nv Weird Tales August 1939 168 · The Day the Monsters Broke Loose · Robert Silverberg · ss Super-Science Fiction June 1959 184 · Deviation from a Theme · Steven Utley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1976 192 · A Checklist of Great Ape Movies · Michel Parry · bi

Roots of Evil ed. Michel Parry--- see under Carlos Cassaba.

The Roots of Evil ed. Michel Parry (Taplinger, 1976, 0-8008-6837-4, $7.95, 190pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Corgi 1976 as Roots of Evil by Carlos Cassaba) horror anthology.

Santa 2000 ed. Michel Parry (Granada, November 1984, 0-246-12457-1, £4.95, 128pp, hc, an)     Young adult anthology of 6 sf stories about Santa Claus. 1 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 3 · Santa Rides a Saucer · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Two Dozen Dragon Eggs by Donald A. Wollheim, Powell, 1969 8 · Christmas Treason · James White · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1962 33 · Sanity Clause · Edward Wellen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1975 38 · The Santa Claus Planet · Frank M. Robinson · nv The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty, Fredrick Fell, 1951 64 · Christmas on Ganymede · Isaac Asimov · ss Startling Stories January 1942 82 · The Santa Claus Compromise · Thomas M. Disch · ss Crawdaddy December 1974

Savage Heroes ed. Michel Parry--- see under Eric Pendragon.

Sex in the 21st Century ed. Michel Parry & Milton Subotsky (Panther, September 1979, 0-586-04705-0, 95p, 172pp, pb, an) 9 · The Shape of Things to Come? · Michel Parry & Milton Subotsky · in 13 · Push No More · Robert Silverberg · nv Strange Bedfellows ed. Thomas N. Scortia, Random House, 1972 36 · The Near Perfection of the USSS · Irving Feldman · ss Retort 1954 41 · A Trick or Two · John Novotny · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1957 51 · Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy August 1969 63 · In the Group · Robert Silverberg · ss Eros in Orbit ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1973 81 · The Crooked Man · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy August 1955 92 · What Is This Thing Called Love? · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories March 1961, as “Playboy and the Slime God” 106 · Game for Motel Room · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1963 116 · The Vana · Alain Doremieux; translated by Damon Knight · ss Rogue January 1962, as “Sylvie Was a Vana” translated from the French (“La Vana”, La première anthologie de la science-fiction française, ed. Alain Dorémieux, OPTA, 1959). 129 · The Perfect Gentleman · R. J. McGregor · ss Startling Stories September 1952 144 · Love, Incorporated · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1956 157 · A Way Out · Miriam Allen deFord · ss The Alien Condition ed. Stephen Goldin, Ballantine, 1973 169 · Personal Column · Steven Utley · hu

Spaced Out ed. Michel Parry (Panther, November 1977, 0-586-04167-2, 75p, 192pp, pb, an)     Second of the volumes on drugs. See also Dream Trips and Strange Ecstasies. 9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 13 · The Deep Fix · Michael Moorcock · na Science Fantasy #64, April 1964, as by James Colvin 77 · All the Weed in the World · Fritz Leiber · ss Playboy January 1961 85 · The Roger Bacon Formula · Irvin Lester & Fletcher Pratt · ss Amazing Stories January 1929; given as by Pratt alone. 105 · Smoke of the Snake · Carl Jacobi · ss Top-Notch January 1934 125 · Melodramine · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy August 1965 141 · My Head’s in a Different Place, Now · Grania Davis · nv Universe 2 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1972 161 · Sky · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971 175 · All of Them Were Empty · David Gerrold · ss With a Finger in My I by David Gerrold, Ballantine, 1972

Strange Ecstasies ed. Michel Parry (Panther, 1973, 03894, 30p, 151pp, pb, an)     Third of the volumes on drugs. See also Dream Trips and Spaced Out. US edition: Pinnacle 1974. 1 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 9 · The Plutonian Drug · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Amazing Stories September 1934 23 · The Dream Pills · F. H. Davis · ss Colour November 1914 33 · The White Powder · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895, as “The Novel of the White Powder” 54 · The New Accelerator · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1901 71 · The Big Fix · Richard Wilson · nv Infinity Science Fiction August 1956 99 · The Secret Songs · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1962 112 · The Hounds of Tindalos [Cthulhu] · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales March 1929 130 · Subjectivity · Norman Spinrad · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction January 1964 146 · What to Do Till the Analyst Comes · Frederik Pohl · ss Imagination February 1956, as “Everybody’s Happy but Me!” 162 · Pipe Dream · Chris Miller · ss National Lampoon June 1972

Superheroes ed. Michel Parry (Sphere, 1978, 0-7221-6711-3, £0.85, 207pp, pb, an, cover by Melvyn) 9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 17 · Stuporman [Lefty Feep] · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures June 1943 41 · The Evil Super-Man · George E. Clark · nv Marvel Tales May 1940, as “The Test-Tube Monster” 71 · The Golden Amazon Returns [Violet Ray (The Golden Amazon)] · John Russell Fearn · nv Fantastic Adventures January 1941, as by Thornton Ayre 103 · Origin of a Superhero [Frankenstein] · Donald F. Glut · ss 114 · Captain Amazing · Stephen Hitchcock · ss 119 · The Awesome Menace of the Polarizer · Geo. Alec Effinger · ss Fantastic Stories December 1971 135 · Satyr-Man · John A. Keel · ss The Fickle Finger of Fate by John A. Keel, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1966 151 · Transmuto, the Metamorphic Myrmidon · Adrian Cole · ss 168 · Easy Way Out · Marion Pitman · ss 171 · It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane! · Norman Spinrad · hu Gent December 1967 182 · Up, Up and Away · Allan C. Kimball · ss 187 · Alternative Ending · Frank Adey · ss 199 · Man of Steel—Woman of Kleenex · Larry Niven · hu Knight December 1969

The Supernatural Solution ed. Michel Parry (Granada, January 1976, 0-586-04217-2, 60p, 222pp, pb, an)     Anthology of psychic detective stories. US hc edition: Taplinger 1976. 9 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 17 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited. 55 · The Story of Yand Manor House [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1898 70 · The Gateway of the Monster [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler January 1910 93 · The Warder of the Door [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine July 1897 112 · Blood-Lust [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine May 1922 131 · The Shining Pyramid [Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Unknown World May 15 1895 (+1) 157 · The Jest of Warburg Tantavul [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales September 1934 188 · The Two Graves of Lill Warran [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales May 1951, as “The Last Grave of Lill Warran” 211 · The Case of the Red-Headed Women [Neils Orsen] · Dennis Wheatley · ss Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts by Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, 1943

Waves of Terror ed. Michel Parry (Gollancz, 1976, 0-575-02184-5, £3.95, 208pp, hc, an)     15 weird stories about the Sea. 11 · Introduction · Michel Parry · in 17 · From the Tideless Sea [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Monthly Story Magazine April 1906 38 · Log the Man Dead · Eugene Burdick · ss Argosy May 1953 52 · The Phantom Death · William Clark Russell · ss The Idler October 1893 68 · At Sea · Guy de Maupassant; translated by H. N. P. Sloman · ss (r), as “Selfishness” 74 · The Brute · Joseph Conrad · ss The Daily Chronicle December 5 1906 96 · A Psychological Shipwreck · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Argonaut May 24 1879, as “My Shipwreck” 101 · From the Dark Waters · David A. Drake · ss 116 · Sea Curse [Faring Town] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales May 1928 124 · Fishhead · Irvin S. Cobb · ss The Cavalier January 11 1913 134 · Dagon · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Vagrant #11, November 1919 140 · Fire in the Galley Stove · Captain William Outerson · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1937 155 · The Slaver · John Russell · ss Collier’s February 16 1918 176 · The Sinking Ship · Robert Louis Stevenson · vi Longman’s Magazine August 1895 179 · More News from the “Homebird” [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine August 1907 202 · The Devil and the Old Man · John Masefield · ss The Green Sheaf #6, 1903, as “A Deep Sea Yarn”; dated 1905.

Friends and Spectres ed. Robert Lloyd Parry (Swan River Press, June 2024, 978-1-78380-048-3, €40.00, x+255pp, hc, an, cover by John Coulthart)     Limited to 500 unnumbered copies. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. vii · Preface · Robert Lloyd Parry · pr 3 · M.R. James (1862-1936) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg Ghosts of the Chit-Chat ed. Robert Lloyd Parry, Swan River Press, 2021 [Ref. M. R. James] 14 · A Night in King’s College Chapel · M. R. James · vi Ghosts & Scholars #7, 1985 20 · A Night in King’s College Chapel (Early Fragment) · M. R. James · uw Ghosts & Scholars #7, 1985, as “untitled fragment (“After this there was an interval of silence”)” 23 · F. Anstey (1856-1934) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. F. Anstey] 35 · The Wraith of Barnjum · F. Anstey · ss Temple Bar March 1879 52 · The Breaking-Point · F. Anstey · ss The Strand Magazine December 1919 73 · Arthur Reed Ropes (1859-1933) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Arthur Reed Ropes] 81 · A Midnight Fantasy · Arthur Reed Ropes · ss The Reflector January 5 1888 (+1), as by Henry Doone 84 · Seraphita: The Story of a Spook · Arthur Reed Ropes · ss The Cambridge Review May 3 1888 (+1), as by Henry Doone 109 · ’B’ (1862-1925) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. ’B’] 118 · When the Door Is Shut · ’B’ · ss Magdalene College Magazine June 1912 125 · Quia Nominor · ’B’ · ss Magdalene College Magazine June 1913 134 · The Sparsholt Stone · ’B’ · ss Magdalene College Magazine December 1919 147 · E.G. Swain (1861-1938) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. E. G. Swain] 160 · The Man with the Roller · E. G. Swain · ss The Peterborough Standard December 23 1911 172 · The Greenford Ghost · E. G. Swain · nv Middlesex County Times December 11 1920 (+1) 205 · R.H. Malden (1879-1951) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. R. H. Malden] 213 · The Collector’s Company · R. H. Malden · ss Nine Ghosts by R. H. Malden, E. Arnold, 1943 228 · The Sundial · R. H. Malden · ss Leeds Parish Church Magazine December 1930 243 · Appendix: A Theory of Black Cats · aílourofóvos · fa The Cambridge Review May 9 1883

Ghosts of the Chit-Chat ed. Robert Lloyd Parry (Swan River Press, April 30, 2021, 978-1-78380-036-0, €40.00, xxv+230pp, hc, an, cover by John Coulthart)     Limited to 500 copies. A paperback edition (-744-4, €20.00) is also available. Details supplied by Denny Lien. vii · Preface · Robert Lloyd Parry · pr xi · An Invitation to the Chit-Chat · Robert Lloyd Parry · in 3 · M.R. James (1862-1936) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. M. R. James] 11 · The Scrap-Book of Canon Alberic · M. R. James · ss National Review March 1895 25 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 37 · E.F. Benson (1867-1940) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. E. F. Benson] 42 · The Other Bed · E. F. Benson · ss The Popular Magazine April 1908 55 · R.C. Bosanquet (1871-1935) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. R. C. Bosanquet] 61 · The Dean’s Story · R. C. Bosanquet · pm The Granta April 1891 65 · Red Gold · R. C. Bosanquet · pm The Cambridge ABC June 1894 69 · R.H. Benson (1871-1914) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. R. H. Benson] 75 · Father Bianchi’s Tale · R. H. Benson · ss The Ecclesiastical Review July 1 1906 83 · J.K. Stephen (1859-1892) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. J. K. Stephen] 89 · Man Stories · J. K. Stephen · ss The Reflector January 22 1888 99 · A.C. Benson (1862-1925) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. A. C. Benson] 107 · Basil Netherby · A. C. Benson · nv The Sovereign Magazine August 1926 139 · H.W. Tatham (1861-1909) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. H. W. Tatham] 143 · The Phonograph Bewitched · H. W. Tatham · ss The Footprints in the Snow by H. F. W. Tatham, Macmillan, 1910 151 · Maurice Baring (1874-1945) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Maurice Baring] 155 · The Shadow of a Midnight · Maurice Baring · ss The Morning Post October 6 1908 160 · The Ikon · Maurice Baring · ss The Morning Post March 9 1909 167 · Will Stone (1872-1901) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Will Stone] 173 · A Fable · Will Stone · ss The Letters and Memorials of William Johnston Stone, Eton College, 1904 177 · Desmond MacCarthy (1877-1952) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Desmond MacCarthy] 181 · Pargiton and Harby · Desmond MacCarthy · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 199 · Gerald Warre Cornish (1875-1916) · Robert Lloyd Parry · bg [Ref. Gerald Warre Cornish] 203 · Beneath the Surface · Gerald Warre Cornish · ex Beneath the Surface and Other Stories by Gerald Warre Cornish, Grant Richards, 1918 211 · Appendix: The Green Bay Tree 215 · The Green Bay Tree · W. H. Wilkins & Herbert Vivian · ex Hutchinson, 1894 227 · Sources · [uncredited] · ms

The Best of Luna Station Quarterly: The First Five Years ed. Jennifer Lyn Parsons (Luna Station Press, July 12, 2015, 978-1-938697-59-3, $22.95, 550pp, tp, an, cover by Julie Dillon)     Details taken from online listing. 2 · Introduction · Jennifer Lyn Parsons · in 8 · Roots in the Mist (or It’s So Quiet on the 14th Floor) · Tara Quinn Lindsey · ss Luna Station Quarterly #1, March 2010 12 · The Journey or the Destination · Emma Sibley · ss Luna Station Quarterly #1, March 2010 22 · The Guild of Runners · Noeleen Kavanagh · ss Luna Station Quarterly #2, June 2010 28 · How Kpodo and Lishan Met, and the Adventure They Had After · Rebecca Buchanan · ss Luna Station Quarterly #3, September 2010 42 · The New Book on the Shelf · Maria Kelly · ss Luna Station Quarterly #4, December 2010 44 · Cat and the Cradle · Gabrielle Lissauer · ss Luna Station Quarterly #5, March 2011 56 · Below the Big Dipper, to the Left of Ursa Minor Stood the Mural Quadrant Constellation · Shannon Quinn · ss Luna Station Quarterly #5, March 2011 60 · The Sought After Smile · Icy Sedgwick · ss Luna Station Quarterly #5, March 2011 64 · Aunt Nancy · Krista Duggin · ss Luna Station Quarterly #6, June 2011 70 · The Selkie’s Choice · Jennifer Wiseman · ss Luna Station Quarterly #7, September 2011 78 · Grandmother Yucca · Cheryl Wood Ruggiero · ss Luna Station Quarterly #7, September 2011 88 · Pink Gift · Lindsey Walker · ss Luna Station Quarterly #7, September 2011 98 · The Woman with Flowers in Her Hair · A. J. Fitzwater · ss Luna Station Quarterly #7, September 2011 104 · Hijacked · Margaret Karmazin · ss Luna Station Quarterly #7, September 2011 122 · Air · Tara Calaby · ss Luna Station Quarterly #8, December 2011 124 · The Minotaur’s Tale · Stacey Larner · ss Luna Station Quarterly #9, March 2012 134 · The Wood Children · Cathrin Hagey · ss Luna Station Quarterly #9, March 2012 142 · Loose · Evan Mariah Pettit · ss Luna Station Quarterly #9, March 2012 152 · Deep Deck 9 · Charlotte Nash · ss Luna Station Quarterly #10, June 2012 174 · Folk Songs · Vivian Caethe · ss Luna Station Quarterly #10, June 2012 178 · Train of Thought · Danielle Elizabeth Shipley · ss Luna Station Quarterly #10, June 2012 184 · Harvesting Wishes · Mary E. Lowd · ss Mystic Signals #9, February 2011 192 · Storm’s Spawn · Ann Gimpel · ss Luna Station Quarterly #10, June 2012 206 · Magic on the Cliffs · Amy Holt · ss Luna Station Quarterly #11, September 2012, as “Magic on the Cliffs of Moher” 220 · Mother Bear · K. Bannerman · ss Luna Station Quarterly #11, September 2012 236 · Harmony · Kasia James · ss Luna Station Quarterly #11, September 2012 252 · Icarus in the 21st Century · Nikki Vogel · ss Luna Station Quarterly #12, December 2012 254 · Built in a Day · A. C. Buchanan · ss Luna Station Quarterly #13, March 2013, as by Anna Caro 262 · Highgate · Andrea Mullaney · ss Luna Station Quarterly #13, March 2013 266 · The Rescue · Margrét Helgadóttir · ss Luna Station Quarterly #13, March 2013 284 · Fight and Flight · Che Gilson · ss Luna Station Quarterly #14, June 2013 304 · The Prototype · Judith Field · ss Stupefying Stories August 2012 314 · Pigeon-Talker · Rebecca Harwell · ss Luna Station Quarterly #14, June 2013 332 · Wallpaper People · Samantha Chaffin · ss Luna Station Quarterly #15, September 2013 342 · Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea · Kate Taylor · ss 350 · Tanith’s Sky · Penny Stirling · ss Luna Station Quarterly #16, December 2013 370 · The Light Fantastic · Catherine Lundoff · ss Luna Station Quarterly #16, December 2013 374 · The Absence of Feathers · O. J. Cade · ss Luna Station Quarterly #17, March 2014 388 · Scylla in Blue Light · Sandi Leibowitz · ss Luna Station Quarterly #17, March 2014 408 · Mission Critical · Deborah Bailey · ss Luna Station Quarterly #17, March 2014 418 · When the Sea Is Blue and the Shallows Clear · Suzanne J. Willis · ss Luna Station Quarterly #17, March 2014 434 · The Sacrifice · Robin L. Martinez · ss Luna Station Quarterly #18, June 2014 456 · Tunbi · Chikodili Emelumadu · ss Luna Station Quarterly #18, June 2014 466 · Tourist Attraction · Nina Shepardson · ss Luna Station Quarterly #18, June 2014 478 · Handiwork · J. A. Gross · ss Luna Station Quarterly #19, September 2014 482 · A Sea Without Oysters · Megan Lee Beals · ss Luna Station Quarterly #19, September 2014 488 · The Stone Children · Shannon Norland · ss Luna Station Quarterly #19, September 2014 500 · Leaf · M. J. Gardner · ss Luna Station Quarterly #20, December 2014 514 · What Happened at the Pond · Christine Boulos · ss Luna Station Quarterly #20, December 2014