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Monster Festival ed. Eric Protter (Vanguard, 1965, $4.95, 286pp, hc, an) 13 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited. 31 · Impulse · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science-Fiction September 1938 47 · Podolo · L. P. Hartley · ss The Travelling Grave and Other Stories by L. P. Hartley, Arkham House, 1948 61 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931 67 · Revelations in Black · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales April 1933 95 · The Thing in the Cellar · David H. Keller, M.D. · ss Weird Tales March 1932 105 · The Novel of the White Powder · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895 127 · Thirteen at Table · Lord Dunsany · ss Tamworth Herald January 4 1913 139 · The Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845, as “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” 153 · The Refugee · Jane Rice · ss Unknown Worlds October 1943 173 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 191 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 203 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 211 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 235 · A Diagnosis of Death · Ambrose Bierce · ss New York Journal December 8 1901 241 · Brenda · Margaret St. Clair · ss Weird Tales March 1954 257 · The Deferred Appointment · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette January 21 1911 265 · The Lost Room · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1858, uncredited.

The Best American Short Stories 1997 ed. E. Annie Proulx (Houghton Mifflin, November 1997, 0-395-79865-5, $13.00, 381pp, tp, an)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Foreword · E. Annie Proulx · fw (r) · Introduction · E. Annie Proulx · in (r) · Manners and Right Behavior · Saboteur · Ha Jin · ss The Antioch Review 1996 · Under the Pitons · Robert Stone · ss Esquire July 1996 · Bob Darling · Carolyn Cooke · ss The Paris Review #139, Summer 1996 · Chez Lambert · Jonathan Franzen · ss The Paris Review #139, Summer 1996 · Identifying the Stranger · Transactions · Michelle Cliff · ss TriQuarterly 1996 · Nobody in Hollywood · Richard Bausch · ss The New Yorker May 13 1996 · Save My Child! · Cynthia Ozick · ss The New Yorker June 24/July 1 1996 · Eternal Love · Karen E. Bender · ss Granta 1996 · A Girl with a Monkey · Leonard Michaels · ss Partisan Review 1996 · St. Martin · Lydia Davis · ss Grand Street 1996 · Perceived Social Values · Fiesta, 1980 · Junot Diaz · ss Story Winter 1996 · From Willow Temple · Donald Hall · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1996 · Killing Babies · T. Coraghessan Boyle · nv The New Yorker December 2 1996 · Send Me to the Electric Chair · Clyde Edgerton · ss Oxford American 1996 · Missing Women · June Spence · ss The Southern Review 1996 · Air Mail · Jeffrey Eugenides · ss The Yale Review October 1996 · Soon · Pam Durban · ss The Southern Review 1996 · Rites of Passage · Shipmates Down Under · Michael Byers · ss American Short Fiction 1996 · Powder · Tobias Wolff · ss Fish Stories 1996 · Search Bay · Alyson Hagy · ss Ploughshares 1996 · Little Frogs in a Ditch · Tim Gautreaux · ss GQ March 1996 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg (r) · 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 1996 · [uncredited] · ms (r) · Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Women of Darkness ed. Kathryn Ptacek (Tor, December 1988, 0-312-93096-8, $17.95, x+306pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 20 horror stories by women. ix · Introduction · Kathryn Ptacek · in 1 · Baby · Kit Reed · ss 14 · Ransom Cowl Walks the Road · Nancy Varian Berberick · nv 36 · True Love · Patricia Russo · ss 43 · In the Shadows of My Fear · Joan Vander Putten · ss 53 · The Spirit Cabinet · Lisa Tuttle · ss 68 · Hooked on Buzzer · Elizabeth Massie · ss 77 · Little Maid Lost · Rivka Jacobs · nv 116 · Mother Calls but I Do Not Answer · Rachel Cosgrove Payes · ss 124 · Nobody Lives There Now. Nothing Happens. · Carol Orlock · ss 137 · The Baku · Lucy Taylor · ss 148 · The Devil’s Rose · Tanith Lee · nv 179 · Midnight Madness · Wendy Webb · ss 190 · Monster McGill · Cary G. Osborne · ss 197 · Aspen Graffiti · Melanie Tem · ss 213 · Sister · Wennicke Eide Cox · ss 228 · Samba Sentado · Karen Haber · nv 251 · When Thunder Walks · Conda V. Douglas · ss 263 · Slide Number Seven · Sharon Epperson · ss 271 · The Unloved · Melissa Mia Hall · ss 290 · Cannibal Cats Come Out Tonight · Nancy Holder · ss

Women of Darkness II ed. Kathryn Ptacek (Tor, November 1990, 0-312-85027-1, $18.95, 280pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 18 horror stories by women, with an introduction by the editor. 1 · Introduction · Kathryn Ptacek · in 3 · The Co-op · Melanie Tem · ss 15 · Fruits of Love · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss 32 · Sara and the Slime Creature · Resa Nelson · ss 50 · Just Idle Chatter · Jean Paiva · ss 58 · Act of Love · Kristl Volk Franklin · ss 77 · Arc Light · Lisa W. Cantrell · ss 88 · The Pit · Patricia Ramsey-Jones · nv 111 · A Rainy Evening in Western Illinois · Rebecca Lyons · ss 123 · Coming Back · Ginger LaJeunesse · ss 137 · I Know What to Do · Yvonne Navarro · ss 149 · The Drought · Lois Tilton · ss 161 · The Nightmare’s Tale [Secret Books of Paradys] · Tanith Lee · nv 201 · He Whistles Far and Wee · Kiel Stuart · ss 207 · Dirty Pain · Lisa Swallow · ss 224 · Last Echoes · Janet Lorimer · ss 235 · Daddy’s Coming Home · Lynn S. Hightower · ss 253 · A Touch of the Old Lilith · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv 274 · Footprints in the Water · Poppy Z. Brite · ss

Women of the West: An Anthology of Short Stories by Contemporary Western Women Writers ed. Kathryn Ptacek (Doubleday, 1990, hc, oa)     a Double D Western. · Taking Miss Charlotte Back · J. L. Comeau · ss · Moonseed · Kristl Franklin · ss · All Bets Are Off · Nancy R. Herndon · ss · Buried Alive, or: Lunar Mischief · Nancy Holder · ss · Dust · Anke Kriske · ss · History of the Branded Heart · Jo-Ann Mapson · ss · The White Woman · Ashley McConnell · ss · Sunday Morning, Wednesday Night · Johnye Montgomery · ss · Size of a Silver Dollar · A. R. Morlan · ss · Just As I Am · Joyce Gibson Roach · ss · A Passion for Tree · He Sapa · ss · Planting Time · Lucy Taylor · ss · Rain Shadow · Melanie Tem · ss

Bohemians of Sesqua Valley by W. H. Pugmire (Arcane Wisdom Press, June 2013, $49.95, hc, oc)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · in · In Memoriam: Robert Nelson · W. H. Pugmire · pp The Lovecraft eZine June 2012 · One Card Unturned · W. H. Pugmire · nv · An Ecstasy of Fear · W. H. Pugmire · nv · Unhallowed Places · W. H. Pugmire · nv · This Splendor of the Goat · W. H. Pugmire · nv · A Quest of Dream · W. H. Pugmire · nv · The Strange Dark One · W. H. Pugmire · nv

A Science Fiction Reader ed. Carol Pugner & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Aklonomicon ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. & Ivan McCann--- see under Ivan McCann.

Cassilda’s Song: Tales Inspired by Robert W. Chambers’ King in Yellow Mythos ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. (Chaosium, February 28, 2015, 978-1-56882-082-8, $16.95, 260pp, tp, an, cover by Steve Santiago) [Ref. Robert W. Chambers]     Details supplied by Denny Lien. 7 · Unmasked Fire · Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. · in 11 · Black Stars on Canvas, a Reproduction in Acrylic · Damien Angelica Walters · ss 25 · She Will Be Raised a Queen · E. Catherine Tobler · ss 37 · Yella · Nicole Cushing · ss 45 · Yellow Bird · Lynda E. Rucker · ss 55 · Exposure · Helen Marshall · ss 69 · Just Beyond Her Dreaming · Mercedes M. Yardley · ss 85 · In the Quad of Project 327 · Chesya Burke · ss 97 · Stones, Maybe · Ursula Pflug · ss 109 · Les Fleurs du Mal · Allyson Bird · ss 119 · While the Black Stars Burn · Lucy A. Snyder · ss 129 · Old Tsah-Hov · Anya Martin · ss 143 · The Neurastheniac · Selena Chambers · ss 161 · Dancing the Mask · Ann K. Schwader · ss 169 · Family · Maura McHugh · ss 181 · Pro Patria! · Nadia Bulkin · ss 195 · Her Beginning Is Her End Is Her Beginning · E. Catherine Tobler & Damien Angelica Walters · nv 221 · Grave-Worms · Molly Tanzer · ss 237 · Strange Is the Night · S. P. Miskowski · ss

Darker Companions ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. & Scott David Aniolowski--- see under Scott David Aniolowski.

The Grimscribe’s Puppets ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. (Miskatonic River Press, July 15, 2013, 978-1-937408-08-4, $25.00, 304pp, hc, oa, cover by Daniele Serra)     Contents incomplete. Details taken from online listing. · The Human Moth · Kaaron Warren · ss · Furnace · Livia Llewellyn · ss · The Secrets of the Universe · Michael Cisco · ss · The Lord Came at Twilight · Daniel Mills · ss · Basement Angels · Joel Lane · ss · No Signal · Darrell Schweitzer · ss · The Xenambulist: A Fable in Four Acts · Robin Spriggs · ss · The Company Town · Nicole Cushing · ss · The Man Who Escaped This Story · Cody Goodfellow · ss · Pieces of Blackness · Michael Kelly · ss · The Blue Star · Eddie M. Angerhuber · ss Nocturnal Products by Eddie M. Angerhuber, Rainfall Books, 2002 · 20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism · Jon Padgett · ss · The Holiness of Desolation · Robert M. Price · ss · Diamond Dust · Michael Griffin · ss · After the Final · Richard Gavin · ss · Eyes Exchange Bank · Scott Nicolay · nv · By Invisible Hands · Simon Strantzas · ss · Where We Will All Be · Paul Tremblay · ss · Gailestis · Allyson Bird · ss · The Prosthesis · Jeffrey Thomas · ss · Into the Darkness, Fearlessly · John Langan · ss · Oubliette · Gemma Files · nv

The Madness of Dr. Caligari ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. (Fedogan & Bremer, October 31, 2016, 978-1-878252-70-8, $39.95, 365pp, hc, oa, cover by Harry O. Morris)     Original anthology of 22 horror stories by weird fiction authors, inspired by the classic 1920 film about a mad hypnotist. Many stories deal with murder, sex, dreams, madness, and the mutability of reality; some have (debatable) fantasy elements. Authors include Ramsey Campbell, John Langan, and Gemma Files. A limited edition hardcover (-71-5, $125.00) was announced but not seen; a trade paperback edition (72-2, $22.99) scheduled to appear a month after the trade hardcover, also not seen. Details taken from online listing. 1 · A Twisted World of Madness · Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. · in 7 · The Words Between · Ramsey Campbell · ss 24 · Take a Walk in the Night, My Love · Damien Angelica Walters · ss 37 · Confessions of a Medicated Lurker · Rhys Hughes · ss 43 · Conversion · Robert Levy · ss 61 · A Rebellious House · Maura McHugh · ss 78 · The Long Dream · David Nickle · ss 92 · Eyes Looking · Janice Lee · ss 99 · Breathing Black Angels · Richard Gavin · ss 110 · Somnambule · S. P. Miskowski · nv 132 · The Projection Booth · Nathan Carson · ss 146 · The Mayor of Ephemera · Jeffrey Thomas · ss 162 · Et Spiritus Sancti · Nadia Bulkin · ss 176 · Blackstone: A Hollywood Gothic · Orrin Grey · ss 190 · The Ballet of Dr. Caligari · Reggie Oliver · nv 215 · Bellmer’s Bride or, The Game of the Doll · Cody Goodfellow · ss 233 · The Insomniac Who Slept Forever · Michael Griffin · ss 250 · Further Questions for the Somnambulist · Paul Tremblay · ss 260 · The Righteousness of Conical Men · Michael Cisco · nv 284 · That Nature Which Peers Out in Sleep · Molly Tanzer · ss 304 · A Sleeping Life · Daniel Mills · ss 319 · To See, to Be Seen · John Langan · nv 343 · Caligarism · Gemma Files · ss