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Havana Noir ed. Achy Obejas (Akashic Books, October 2007, 1-933354-38-0, $15.95, 355pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir] 15 · A Feral Heart · Achy Obejas · in 19 · Part I: Sleepless in Havana 21 · Nowhere Man · Miguel Mejides; translated by Achy Obejas · nv; set in Old Havana. translated from the Spanish. 52 · The Last Passenger · Ena Lucía Portela; translated by Achy Obejas · nv; set in Vedado. translated from the Spanish. 86 · The Scene · Mylene Fernández Pintado; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Malecón. translated from the Spanish. 96 · Staring at the Sun · Leonardo Padura; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Marianao. translated from the Spanish. 111 · Part II: Escape to Nowhere 113 · The Dinner · Carolina García-Aguilera · nv; set in Flores. 144 · Johnny Ventur’s Seventh Try · Pablo Medina · ss; set in Jaimanitas. 155 · Shanghai · Alex Abella · nv; set in Siboney. 179 · Murder at 503 La Rosa · Moisés Asís · ss; set in Ayestarán. 190 · Murder, According to My Mother-in-Law · Arturo Arango; translated by Achy Obejas · nv; set in El Cerro. translated from the Spanish. 213 · Part III: Sudden Rage 215 · The Orchid · Mariela Varona Roque; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Santos Suárez. translated from the Spanish. 220 · What for, This Burden · Michel Encinosa Fú; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Vibora. translated from the Spanish. 239 · The Red Bridge · Yoss; translated by Achy Obejas · nv; set in Lawton. translated from the Spanish. 264 · La Coca-Cola del Olvido · Lea Aschkenas · ss; set in Centro Habana. 281 · Part IV: Drowning in Silence 283 · Zenzizenzic · Achy Obejas · nv; set in Chinatown. 321 · Virgins of Regla · Mabel Cuesta; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Regla. translated from the Spanish. 328 · Olúo · Arnaldo Correa; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Casablanca. translated from the Spanish. 339 · Settling of Scores · Oscar F. Ortíz; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Cojímar. translated from the Spanish. 353 · Abikú · Yohamna Depestre; translated by Achy Obejas · ss; set in Alamar. translated from the Spanish. 356 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Mexico City Noir ed. Achy Obejas--- see under Paco Ignacio Taibo, II.

Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep: The Best New Science Fiction from Sweden ed. Peter Öberg (Affront Publishing, April 9, 2015, 978-91-87585-31-9, $17.50, 324pp, tp, oa, cover by Andreas Raninger)     Anthology of 26 stories from “the new wave of Swedish speculative Fiction writers”. · Melody of the Yellow Bard · Hans Olsson · ss · The Rats · Boel Bermann · ss · Getting to the End · Erik Odeldahl · ss · Vegatropolis—City of the Beautiful · Ingrid Remvall · ss · Jump to the Left, Jump to the Right · Love Kölle · ss · To Preserve Humankind · Christina Nordlander · ss · The Thirteenth Tower · Pia Lindestrand · ss · Punch Card Horses · Jonas Larsson; translated by P-O Rehnberg · ss · The Philosopher’s Stone · Tora Greve · ss · A Sense of Foul Play · Andrew Coulthard · ss · Waste of Time · Alexandra Nero · ss · The Damien Factor · Johannes Pinter · ss · Wishmaster · Andrea Grave-Müller · ss · Quadrillennium · A. R. Yngve · ss M-Brane SF #6, July 2009 · Mission Accomplished · My Bergström · ss · The Road · Anders Blixt · ss · Lost and Found · Maria Haskins · ss · The Publisher’s Reader · Patrik Centerwall · ss · Stories from the Box · Björn Engström · ss · The Membranes in the Centering Horn · K. G. Johansson · ss · One Last Kiss Goodbye · Oskar Källner · ss · The Mirror Talks · Sara Kopljar · ss · Keep Fighting Until the Machines Fall Asleep · Eva Holmquist · ss · Outpost Eleven · Markus Sköld · ss · Messiah 311 · Anna Jakobsson Lund · ss

Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Fred Obrecht (Barron’s Educational Series, 1977, 0-8120-0651-8, 256pp, tp, an) · Preface · Fred Obrecht · pr · Introduction · Fred Obrecht · in 1 · The Early Challenge of Space and Time · Fred Obrecht · si 3 · From the Earth to the Moon · Jules Verne · ex (r) translated from the French (De la Terre à la Lune, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, 1865). 13 · Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea [Captain Nemo] · Jules Verne · ex Sampson Low, 1873 translated from the French (Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers, Hetzel, 1871). 23 · The Time Machine [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · ex Heinemann, 1895 31 · Christmas 200,000 B.C. · Stanley Waterloo · ss 1887 39 · In the Year Ten Thousand · William Harben · ss The Arena November 1892 49 · Tampering with Human Nature · Fred Obrecht · si 51 · Frankenstein [Frankenstein] · Mary W. Shelley · ex Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited. 57 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · ex Longmans, Green, January 5 1886 65 · Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 83 · The Man Inside · Bruce McAllister · vi Galaxy Science Fiction May 1969 89 · Going a Step Further-ROBOTS · Fred Obrecht · si 91 · R.U.R. · Karel Capek · ex (r) translated from the Czech (R.U.R., Aventinum, 1920). 103 · Helen O’Loy · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Science-Fiction December 1938 113 · A Bad Day for Sales · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1953 119 · Men Are Different · Alan Bloch · vi Science-Fiction Thinking Machines ed. Groff Conklin, Vanguard, 1954 121 · Some Fun with Space Jargon · Fred Obrecht · ar (r) 127 · Traffic with the Planets · Fred Obrecht · si 129 · The War of the Worlds [War of the Worlds] · H. G. Wells · ex Heinemann, 1898 139 · Of Course · Chad Oliver · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1954 155 · Changing the World for Better or Worse · Fred Obrecht · si 157 · Utopia · Sir Thomas More · ex 1516 161 · Looking Backward · Edward Bellamy · ex Ticknor, 1888 171 · Brave New World · Aldous Huxley · ex Chatto & Windus, 1932 179 · Nighteen Eighty-Four [1984] · George Orwell · ex Harcourt Brace & World, 1949 189 · August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950 197 · The Fun They Had · Isaac Asimov · ss The Boys and Girls Page December 1 1951 203 · Extension? Prediction? Fantasy? · Fred Obrecht · si 213 · The Great Nebraska Sea · Allan Danzig · fa Galaxy Magazine August 1963 219 · Erem · Gleb Anfilov; translated by Mirra Ginsburg · ss The Ultimate Threshold ed. Mirra Ginsburg, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970 translated from the Russian (“EREM”, 1962). 225 · Report from the Planet Proteus · Lawrence Sail · pm Cornudo 1972 227 · In the Matter of the Assassin Merefirs · Ken W. Purdy · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact November 1972 239 · Eat, Drink, and Be Merry · Dian Crayne · ss 2020 Vision ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Avon, 1974, as by Dian Girard 249 · Alternate Arrangements of Contents · [uncredited] · ms (r) 251 · Appendix I: Short Story Structure and Point of View · Fred Obrecht · ar (r) 253 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi (r) 255 · Some Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi (r)

Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. 19: David Wright O’Brien: The Forgotten Prodigy by David Wright O’Brien (Armchair Fiction, May 29, 2024, 979-8326987488, $16.95, 312pp, tp, co) [edited by Gregory Luce]     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Martian Cross · David Wright O’Brien (in error) · nv Amazing Stories December 1952, as by Clee Garson 37 · The Incredible Mr. Kismet · David Wright O’Brien · ss Fantastic Adventures June 1942 59 · Return of the Space Hawk · David Wright O’Brien · nv Amazing Stories May 1941, as by Duncan Farnsworth 93 · The Case of Jonathan Lane · David Wright O’Brien · ss Amazing Stories August 1942, as by John York Cabot 109 · The Outsiders · David Wright O’Brien · nv Fantastic Adventures February 1942, as by Duncan Farnsworth 149 · The Goddess of Love · David Wright O’Brien · ss Fantastic Adventures October 1941, as by Duncan Farnsworth 165 · The Man Who Got Everything · David Wright O’Brien · ss Amazing Stories August 1941, as by John York Cabot 178 · Private Prune Speaking · David Wright O’Brien · nv Amazing Stories September 1944 213 · Let’s Give Away Mars · David Wright O’Brien (in error) · ss Amazing Stories April 1951, as by Clee Garson 236 · The Spoilers of Lern · David Wright O’Brien (in error) · nv Fantastic Adventures August 1951, as by Clee Garson 268 · Yesterday’s Clock · David Wright O’Brien · nv Fantastic Adventures February 1943

The Best British Short Stories 1933 and the Yearbook of the British, Irish and Colonial Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1933, 256pp, hc, an) 3 · The Pipe-Smoker · Martin Armstrong · ss The Fortnightly Review October 1932 11 · Time · H. E. Bates · ss The New Statesman and Nation August 20 1932 16 · A Glass of Stout · T. O. Beachcroft · ss The London Mercury March 1933 28 · The Facts about Benjamin Creed · Neil Bell · ss The London Mercury July 1932 48 · Love’s Labour’s Lost · Anthony Bertram · ss John o’ London’s Weekly October 22 1932 58 · The Red Hen · Peter Blundell · ss The Windsor Magazine May 1932 69 · The Tommy Crans · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Broadsheet Press, February 1930 76 · Prince of Obolo · Roger Dataller · ss The London Mercury August 1932 90 · The Inn · Louis Golding · ss Time and Tide February 4 1933 94 · A Gamble in Clocks · Richard Plunket Greene · ss Life and Letters September 1932 101 · Three, or Four, for Dinner? · L. P. Hartley · ss Life and Letters December 1932 117 · Confessional · Myrtle Johnston · ss The Cornhill Magazine January 1933 129 · Twenty Years After · Janko Lavrin · ss The New English Weekly August 18 1932 135 · The Way Home · Orgill Mackenzie · ss Adelphi June 1932 146 · God Came Running · H. A. Manhood · ss The New Statesman and Nation January 21 1933 151 · Whispering · Allan N. Monkhouse · ss The Manchester Guardian August 15 1932 155 · Bones of Contention · Frank O’Connor · ss The Yale Review June 1932 169 · Out Father · James Stern · ss The London Mercury July 1932 175 · Flowers for a Lady · Eisdell Tucker · ss Adelphi February 1933 184 · Their Fellow-Prisoner · Urith Voyle · ss Blackwood’s Magazine December 1932 197 · Home to Wagonhouses · Malachi Whitaker · ss John o’ London’s Weekly March 25 1933 204 · The Stream · E. H. Young · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) May 1932

The Best British Short Stories 1934 and the Yearbook of the British, Irish and Colonial Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1934, 252pp, hc, an) 3 · The Gleaner · H. E. Bates · ss Everyman July 29 1933 8 · Funeral Service Over a Dead Monkey · W. J. Beamand · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 16 · Rosie · Arthur Calder-Marshall · ss Life and Letters June/August 1933 26 · Dark Places · John Cockburn · ss Adelphi April 1934 36 · A Fellow Quite Impossible · John Connell · ss The London Mercury October 1933 45 · Aftermath · Rearden Conner · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine January 1934 49 · The Accessory · Guy Dent · ss The Criterion January 1934 60 · The Doll · Leslie Halward · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 65 · The Sight of Blood · John Hampson · ss Story #19, February 1934 69 · The Examination · James Hanley · ss New Britain September 13 1933 76 · Barrier · J. P. Hogan · ss The Twentieth Century December 1933/January 1934 83 · Zimin · Janko Lavrin · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 99 · The Tree · Orgill MacKenzie · ss New Stories (UK) February/March 1934 103 · Carbon Copy · L. A. Pavey · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 112 · Javni · Raja Rao · ss Asia November 1933 127 · Three in a Row · Henry Handel Richardson · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine February 1934 136 · Brothers · Ashley Smith · ss New Stories (UK) February/March 1934 140 · The Burning Cactus · Stephen Spender · ss The Hound and Horn January 1934 (+2) 156 · Mère Deux Œufs · L. Steni · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 167 · On the Sabbath · James Stern · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine February 1934 182 · Snow Caps · L. A. G. Strong · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine April 1934 192 · In the Summer We Lived by the Sea · Ronald Tansley · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 199 · The Old Woman · Sidney Vogler · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 204 · Who Killed Cock Robin? · Romer Wilson · nv New Stories (UK) February/March 1934

The Best British Short Stories 1935 and the Yearbook of the British, Irish and Colonial Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1935, 252pp, hc, an) 3 · Stanley Hutchinson · Nugent Barker · ss Life and Letters March 1935 13 · Beauty’s Daughters · H. E. Bates · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine March 1935 28 · The Song of the Scythe · Douglas Boyd · ss Life and Letters July 1934 35 · Terminus · Arthur Calder-Marshall · ss Life and Letters May 1934 38 · Fanciful · Peter Chamberlain · ss New Stories (UK) February/March 1935 43 · The Picture · Christopher Christian · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine June 1934 51 · Escape · Elisaveta Fen · nv New Stories (UK) August/September 1934 71 · The Wayside Spring · Oliver Gossman · ss The London Mercury April 1935 83 · “The Practised Hand” · Walter Greenwood · ss The London Mercury November 1934 98 · Belcher’s Hod · Leslie Halward · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1935 104 · The Curious Little Boy · John Hampson · ss New Stories (UK) October/November 1934 108 · One Night in a City · Norah Hoult · ss Life and Letters February 1935 114 · On the Floor · Joan Jukes · ss New Stories (UK) December 1934/January 1935 128 · The Beginning · Mervyn Lagden · ss Life and Letters August 1934 133 · A Change of Mood · O. M. Manning · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1935 139 · Michael’s Wife · Frank O’Connor · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine February 1935 155 · Smoking Concert · L. A. Pavey · ss Life and Letters May 1934 161 · “Tune on an Harmonica” · Michael Sayers · ss The New English Weekly January 3 1935 166 · Our Mother · James Stern · ss New Stories (UK) December 1934/January 1935 177 · The Falls · L. A. G. Strong · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine January 1935 193 · The Visitor · Dylan Thomas · ss The Criterion January 1935 201 · Footsteps · Eileen Verrinder · ss New Stories (UK) June/July 1934 207 · The White Line · Malachi Whitaker · ss New Stories (UK) October/November 1934 216 · Marie and the Journeyman · Eric Walter White · ss New Stories (UK) June/July 1934