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2012 ed. Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press, March 2008, 978-0-9804841-0-6, A$20.00, viii+118pp, tp, oa, cover by Cat Sparks)     Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein · in 1 · Watertight Lies · Deborah Biancotti · ss 13 · Fleshy · Tansy Rayner Roberts · ss 24 · Oh, Russia · Simon Brown · ss 31 · Soft Viscosity · David Conyers · nv 53 · Apocalypse Rules, OK? · Lucy Sussex · ss 57 · The Last Word · Dirk Flinthart · ss 71 · Ghost Jail · Kaaron Warren · ss 87 · I Love You Like Water · Angela Slatter · ss 98 · Skinsongs · Martin Livings · ss 105 · David Bowie · Ben Peek · ss 111 · Oblivion · Sean McMullen · ss

A Book of Endings by Deborah Biancotti ed. Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein--- see under Deborah Biancotti.

The Pick of the Roundup ed. Stephen Payne (Avon, 1963, pb, oa)     (old WWA #11 / new WWA #12) In 1965, Legends and Tales of the Old West, the 1962 anthology of retold tall tales, was added to the WWA list at position #10 and changed the previous numbering. · The Way of the Old West · S. Omar Barker · pm · The Fort Greer Mules · Bill Burchardt · ss · Mountain Man on a Mule · William R. Cox · ss · The Far Cry · Max Evans · ss · The Promise of the Fruit · Ann Ahlswede · nv · Melody on the Range · John L. Shelley · ss · The Deep Valley · Lucia Moore · ss · Comanche Woman · Fred Grove · ss · They Walked Tall · T. V. Olsen · ss · Uncle Jeff and the Gunfighter · Elmer Kelton · ss · Beat the Drums Slowly · Richard Wormser · ss

Various Temptations ed. Thomas Payne (Avon Books, 1955, T-109, 35¢, 192pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Various Temptations · William Sansom · ss Cosmopolitan March 1948, as “The Intruder” 23 · The Girls of Tongatabu · John Langdon · ss Story #110, November/December 1944 30 · The Indian Feather · Thomas Mabry · nv The Sewanee Review Autumn 1952 51 · Stuffed Shirt · Robert Standish · ss Private Enterprise, and Other Stories by Robert Standish, Peter Davies, 1954; c. by D. G. Gerahty. 66 · The Flamingos · Frederic Prokosch · pm Harper’s Magazine August 1933 75 · Tangier · Truman Capote · ar Local Color, Random House, 1950 83 · Search Through the Streets of the City · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 2 1941 91 · The Pale Virgins Shrouded in Snow · John Heffron Porter · ss Partisan Review January/February 1952; given as by John Heffrom Porter in the Table of Contents. 101 · The Great Linda · Herman Wouk · ss Today’s Woman June 1952 114 · Boy for Tea · Ward Greene · ss The American Mercury June 1930 123 · The Dare · Budd Schulberg · ss Esquire May 1949 138 · Monday Morning · Evelyn Shefner · ss The Hudson Review Winter 1955 151 · The Language of Men · Norman Mailer · ss Esquire April 1953 162 · Flesh and the Devil · Peter De Vries · ss The New Yorker December 16 1950 168 · The Crapshooter · John Steinbeck · ar New York Herald Tribune August 12 1943, as “Steinbeck Tells Dice Game Epic with a Mulligan Denouement” 172 · An Episode at the Honeypot [unnamed inspector] · Mark Van Doren · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952 178 · The Patented Gate and the Mean Hamburger · Robert Penn Warren · ss Mademoiselle January 1947 191 · Notes on the Authors · Clark Kinnaird · ms

Mondo Elvis ed. Richard Peabody & Lucinda Ebersole--- see under Lucinda Ebersole.

Mondo Marilyn ed. Richard Peabody & Lucinda Ebersole--- see under Lucinda Ebersole.

Focus One ed. Andrew Pearse & B. Rajan--- see under B. Rajan.

Science Fiction ed. Elizabeth J. Pearson & Sylvia Z. Brodkin--- see under Sylvia Z. Brodkin.

Seven Plays of Mystery & Suspense ed. Elizabeth J. Pearson & Sylvia Z. Brodkin--- see under Sylvia Z. Brodkin.

Out of This World 10 ed. Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis--- see under Amabel Williams-Ellis.

Strange Orbits ed. Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis--- see under Amabel Williams-Ellis.

Strange Planets ed. Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis--- see under Amabel Williams-Ellis.

Strange Universe ed. Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis--- see under Amabel Williams-Ellis.

Tales from the Galaxies ed. Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis--- see under Amabel Williams-Ellis.

A Treasury of Great Ghost Stories ed. Ira Peck (Popular Library, 1965, SP397, 50¢, 256pp, pb, an) 7 · The Turn of the Screw [Turn of the Screw] · Henry James · na Collier’s Weekly January 27 1898 (+11) 99 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon 112 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 127 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 139 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 148 · The Dream Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 170 · The Death of Halpin Frayser · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave December 19 1891 184 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 209 · The Portrait · Nikolai Gogol · nv (r) 245 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Qui sait?”, L’Echo de Paris, April 6, 1890).

Axolotl Double A-1 ed. John C. Pelan--- see under Anon..

Axolotl Special 1 ed. John C. Pelan (Pulphouse/Axolotl Press, February 1989, no ISBN, $10.00, 167pp, tp, an)     Anthology of stories by Lucius Shepard, Michael Shea, and Jessica Amanda Salmonson, plus introductions by Kessel, Ligotti, and Sterling. Autographed by all contributors. 1 · Why Listen to Lucius? · John Kessel · bg 7 · Aymara · Lucius Shepard · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1986 53 · Introduction · Bruce Sterling · is 57 · Fill It with Regular · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1986 86 · Jessica Amanda Salmonson: Heromaker · Thomas Ligotti · is 92 · The Revelations and Pursuits of Timith, Son of Timith · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · na

The Basilisk and Other Tales of Dread by R. Murray Gilchrist ed. John Pelan & Christopher Roden--- see under R. Murray Gilchrist.

The Century’s Best Horror Fiction, Volume One: 1901-1950 ed. John Pelan (CD Publications, January 31, 2012, 978-1-58767-080-0, $75.00, 706pp, hc, an, cover by Alan M. Clark)     Anthology of 50 horror stories, the first of two volumes with one story per year, and only one selection per author; this volume includes works by H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Manly Wade Wellman, and Shirley Jackson. Details taken from online listing. 9 · One Hundred Years of Horror · John Pelan · in 11 · The Undying Thing · Barry Pain · nv Black & White Christmas 1893 29 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 39 · The Valley of Spiders · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1903 49 · The White People · Arthur Machen · nv Horlick’s Magazine and Home Journal for Australia, India and the Colonies January 1904 79 · The Lover’s Ordeal · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The London Magazine June 1905 87 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine September 1906 95 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 135 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908 149 · The Coach · Violet Hunt · ss The English Review March 1909 165 · The Whistling Room [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler March 1910 179 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911 197 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 205 · The Testament of Magdalen Blair · Aleister Crowley · nv The Equinox 1912 227 · The Place of Pain · M. P. Shiel · ss The Red Magazine May 1 1914 237 · The Spider · Hanns Heinz Ewers · nv The International December 1915 translated from the German (“Die Spinne”, 1908). 257 · Thirteen at Table · Lord Dunsany · ss Tamworth Herald January 4 1913 265 · The Black Pool · Frederick Stuart Greene · nv The Grim 13 ed. Frederick Stuart Greene, Dodd, Mead, 1917 285 · The Middle Bedroom · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Novel Magazine December 1918 291 · The Sumach · Ulric Daubeny · ss The Elemental by Ulric Daubeny, Routledge, 1919 301 · In the Light of the Red Lamp · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss 1909, as “The Grip of Fear” translated from the French (“Sous la lumière rouge”, Le Journal, 1906). 305 · Master of Fallen Years · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Smart Set August 1921 317 · Seaton’s Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury April 1922 343 · The Thing from—“Outside” · George Allan England · ss Science and Invention April 1923 361 · The Loved Dead · C. M. Eddy, Jr. (with H. P. Lovecraft) · ss Weird Tales May/June/July 1924 371 · The Smoking Leg · John Metcalfe · ss The London Mercury May 1925 383 · The Outsider [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales April 1926 389 · The Red Brain · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales October 1927 397 · The Red Lodge · H. Russell Wakefield · ss They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928 409 · Celui-La · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 423 · The Spirit of Stonehenge · Rosalie Muspratt · ss Sinister Stories by Jasper John, Henry Walker, 1930, as by Jasper John 429 · Cassius [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror November 1931 459 · The Thing in the Cellar · David H. Keller · ss Weird Tales March 1932 465 · Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales November 1933 489 · The Tower of Moab · L. A. Lewis · ss Tales of the Grotesque by L. A. Lewis, Allan, 1934 501 · The Dark Eidolon [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales January 1935 523 · The Crawling Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales November 1936 539 · The Eerie Mr. Murphy · Howard Wandrei · ss Esquire November 1937 549 · Pigeons from Hell · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales May 1938 573 · Far Below · Robert Barbour Johnson · ss Weird Tales June/July 1939 585 · Evening Primrose · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 595 · The Words of Guru · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Stirring Science Stories June 1941, as by Kenneth Falconer 603 · The Idol of the Flies · Jane Rice · nv Unknown Worlds June 1942 623 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943 633 · The Jar · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales November 1944 647 · Carousel · August Derleth · ss Fantastic Adventures April 1945 657 · Shonokin Town [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales July 1946 679 · Bianca’s Hands · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Argosy (UK) May 1947 687 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948 695 · The Pond · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 701 · Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Summer 1950

The Century’s Best Horror Fiction, Volume Two: 1951-2000 ed. John Pelan (CD Publications, January 31, 2012, 978-1-58767-172-2, $75.00, 866pp, hc, an, cover by Alan M. Clark)     Anthology of 50 horror stories, the second of two volumes with one story per year, and only one selection per author; this volume includes Eric Frank Russell, Robert Bloch, Michael Bishop, and Stephen King. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Uncle Isaiah · Russell Kirk · nv The London Mystery Magazine #11, August/September 1951 25 · I Am Nothing · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1952 45 · The Altar · Robert Sheckley · ss Fantastic July/August 1953 53 · Call Not Their Names · Everil Worrell · nv Weird Tales March 1954 89 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 115 · Lonely Road · Richard Wilson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1956 125 · Founding Father · Clifford D. Simak · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1957 135 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 149 · The Howling Man · Charles Beaumont · ss Rogue November 1959, as by C. B. Lovehill 163 · The House · Fredric Brown · vi Fantastic Science Fiction Stories August 1960 167 · Sardonicus · Ray Russell · nv Playboy January 1961 197 · The Aquarium [Cthulhu] · Carl Jacobi · ss Fantasy Crossroads #7, February 1976 restored from the text edited by Derleth for Dark Mind, Dark Hearts. 207 · The Mirror of Cagliostro · Robert Arthur · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination June 1963 adapted from Arthur’s TV script “The Prisoner in the Mirror” broadcast on Thriller 5/23/61. 235 · A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts · Charles Birkin · ss Shafts of Fear ed. Dennis Wheatley, Arrow, 1964 247 · The Shadowy Street · Jean Ray · nv Ghouls in My Grave by Jean Ray, Berkley, 1965 translated from the French (“La Ruelle Ténébreuse”, 1932). 279 · The Mirror · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1966 287 · Carcinoma Angels · Norman Spinrad · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 295 · Come · Anna Hunger · ss Magazine of Horror July 1968 307 · The Last Work of Pietro of Apono · Steffan B. Aletti · ss Magazine of Horror May 1969 315 · The Lurkers in the Abyss · David A. Riley · ss The Eleventh Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1970 325 · The Derelict Track · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss The Seventh Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1971 333 · The Price of a Demon · Gary Brandner · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #7, 1972 343 · Like Two White Spiders · Eddy C. Bertin · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories No. 3 ed. Richard Davis, Sphere, 1973 translated from the Dutch (“Als twee grote witte spinnen”, De achtjaarlijkse god, Bruna, 1971). 353 · Sticks [Cthulhu] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers March 1974 371 · The Barrow Troll · David Drake · ss Whispers December 1975 381 · It Only Comes Out at Night · Dennis Etchison · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 393 · The Man Who Loved the Midnight Lady · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Midnight Specials ed. Bill Pronzini, Bobbs-Merrill, 1977 401 · Within the Walls of Tyre · Michael Bishop · nv Weirdbook #13, 1978 425 · Mackintosh Willy · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979 439 · The Autopsy · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1980 471 · The Reach · Stephen King · ss Yankee November 1981, as “Do the Dead Sing?” 489 · Horrible Imaginings · Fritz Leiber · na Death ed. Stuart David Schiff, Playboy, 1982 535 · One for the Horrors · David J. Schow · ss Whispers October 1983 545 · The Pilgrimage of Clifford M. [Goster County] · Bob Leman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1984 567 · The Night People · Michael Reaves · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine October 1985 579 · Night Moves · Tim Powers · nv Axolotl Press, 1986 599 · Evil Water · Ian Watson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1987 635 · The Night They Missed the Horror Show · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988 649 · The Earth Wire · Joel Lane · ss Winter Chills #3, Winter 1988/1989 659 · Stephen · Elizabeth Massie · nv Borderlands ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990 681 · The Glamour · Thomas Ligotti · ss Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti, Carroll & Graf, 1991 689 · Calcutta, Lord of Nerves · Poppy Z. Brite · ss Still Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1992 701 · The Family Underwater · Lucy Taylor · ss Close to the Bone by Lucy Taylor, Silver Salamander Press, 1993 707 · The Box · Jack Ketchum · ss Cemetery Dance #20, Spring 1994 717 · The Toddler · Terry Lamsley · nv Ghosts & Scholars #20, 1995 735 · Tears Seven Times Salt · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Darkside ed. John C. Pelan, Darkside Press, 1996 747 · The Crawl · Stephen Laws · nv Dark of the Night ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1997 773 · As Above, So Below · Brian Hodge · na Falling Idols by Brian Hodge, Silver Salamander Press, 1998 825 · Mr. Dark’s Carnival · Glen Hirshberg · nv Shadows and Silence ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2000 857 · Reconstructing Amy · Tim Lebbon · ss As the Sun Goes Down by Tim Lebbon, Night Shade Books, 2000