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How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Press, September 30, 2013, 978-1-59606-550-5, $45.00, 340pp, hc, co, cover by Shaun Tan)     Collection of 19 stories. This is a signed, limited edition of 750 numbered copies. Details taken from online listing. · The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window · Rachel Swirsky · na Subterranean (online) Summer 2010 · A Memory of Wind · Rachel Swirsky · nv Tor.com November 3 2009 · Monstrous Embrace · Rachel Swirsky · ss Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2008 · The Adventures of Captain Black Heart Wentworth: A Nautical Tail · Rachel Swirsky · ss Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008 · Heartstrung · Rachel Swirsky · ss Interzone #210, June 2007 · Marry the Sun · Rachel Swirsky · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #15, June 2008, as “Marrying the Sun” · A Monkey Will Never Be Rid of Its Black Hands · Rachel Swirsky · nv Subterranean (online) Winter 2008 · The Sea of Trees · Rachel Swirsky · nv The Future Is Japanese ed. Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington, Haikasoru, 2012 · Fields of Gold · Rachel Swirsky · nv Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2011 · Eros, Philia, Agape · Rachel Swirsky · nv Tor.com March 3 2009 · The Monster’s Million Faces · Rachel Swirsky · ss Tor.com September 8 2010 · Again and Again and Again · Rachel Swirsky · vi Interzone #226, January/February 2010 · Diving After the Moon · Rachel Swirsky · ss Clarkesworld #53, February 2011 · Scene from a Dystopia · Rachel Swirsky · ss Subterranean #4, 2006 · The Taste of Promises · Rachel Swirsky · nv Life on Mars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2011 · With Singleness of Heart · Rachel Swirsky · ss · Dispersed by the Sun, Melting in the Wind · Rachel Swirsky · ss Subterranean (online) Summer 2007 · How the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth · Rachel Swirsky · ss Electric Velocipede #13, Fall 2007 · Speech Strata · Rachel Swirsky · ss

The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias ed. M. J. Sydney (Lycan Valley Press, May 12, 2019, 978-1-64562-950-4, $25.00, 636pp, tp, oa, cover by Kealan Patrick Burke)     Details taken from online listing. 13 · A Touch of Madness · Tim Waggoner · nv 37 · It Came from the Grave · James Pyne · nv 59 · Entwined · Colleen Anderson · ss 77 · Destiny’s Road Trip · Jay Seate · ss 95 · Morbid Dread of the Dawn · Philip Athans · nv 119 · Mutual Possession · W. T. Patterson · nv 147 · Right of Crossing · James Chambers · nv 177 · Passing Judgement · Chad Lutzke · ss 195 · The Clinic · Asher Ellis · ss 215 · Not Just Desserts · Jonah Buck · nv 241 · The Man Who Feared the Sky · John Skipp · ss 249 · Children of Blood · Greg Chapman · nv 271 · The Yearning Jade · Hank Schwaeble · nv 305 · The Cemetery Man · J. G. Faherty · nv 333 · White to Black · Michael Bailey · ss 353 · The Hunch · Richard Chizmar · nv 379 · Five in the Six · Sèphera Girón · nv 407 · The Toxic Magician · Sheri Sebastian-Gabriel · nv 431 · Feeding the Orishas · Gabino Iglesias · ss 451 · Munchausen · Max Booth, III · nv 477 · True Confessions of the Happiest Pistachio · Mehitobel Wilson · nv 499 · Beautiful Women · Ray Garton · nv 525 · A Bolt of Lightning · Edward M. Erdelac · nv 549 · Halfpenny · Steven M. Vance · nv 575 · Too Hot in Boilertown · Jill Hand · ss 595 · The Catalyst to Grow Some Guts · Kerry Lipp · ss

Mean Time: New Crime for a New Millennium ed. Jerry Sykes (Bloodlines, 1998, 978-1-899344-40-6, £6.50, 269pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 5 · NIPD Blue · Colin Bateman · ss 14 · Sitting Pretty · Simon Conway & Peter Crowther · nv 38 · My Little Suede Shoes [Charlie Resnick] · John Harvey · ss 53 · Roots · Jerry Sykes · ss 68 · Over the Edge · Jason Starr · ss 82 · Black Sheep · Ed Gorman · ss 97 · I Was Barbarella · Lauren Henderson · ss 117 · The Names of the Missing · Dennis Lehane · ss 129 · Unknown Pleasures · Ian Rankin · ss 146 · Half American · Nicholas Blincoe · ss 162 · Y2K · Molly Brown · ss 168 · Reaper · John Foster · ss 188 · Night Call · Richard T. Chizmar · ss 199 · Phantom Lover · Maxim Jakubowski · nv 222 · The Silent Server · Paul Charles · ss 240 · Beauty with Cruelty · David Bowker · nv 267 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Dead Leman & Other Tales from the French ed. Paul Sylvester & Andrew Lang--- see under Andrew Lang.

Moonchild %%2 by Aleister Crowley ed. John Symonds & Kenneth Grant--- see under Aleister Crowley.

The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons (Collins, 1965, hc, n.)

The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons (The British Library, September 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5232-1, £8.99, 240pp, tp, no) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Collins 1965) mystery novel.

The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons (Collins, 1957, hc, n.)

The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons (The British Library, September 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5227-7, £8.99, 256pp, tp, no) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Collins 1957) mystery novel.

Julian Symons Sherlockian Duet by Julian Symons (Calabash Press, 2000, C$7.50, ph, co) [Sherlock Holmes] · Preface · Christopher Roden · pr · Introduction · Jack Adrian · in · Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule—? [Sherlock Holmes; Hercule Poirot] · Julian Symons · ss The Illustrated London News April 1987 · The Affair of the Vanishing Diamonds [Sherlock Holmes] · Julian Symons · ss

The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons (Collins, 1960, hc, n.)

The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons (The British Library, September 10, 2020, 978-0-7123-5372-4, £8.99, 288pp, tp, co) [British Library Crime Classics]     Collection of the eponymous novel and a short story by the same author. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · Progress of a Crime · Julian Symons · n. Collins, 1960 259 · The Tigers of Subtopia · Julian Symons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1965, as “The Tiger’s Stripe”

The Penguin Classic Crime Omnibus ed. Julian Symons (Penguin US, 1984, 0-1400-6739-6, $5.95, 378pp, tp, an) 9 · Introduction · Julian Symons · in 13 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889 25 · The Coin of Dionysius [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · ss News of the World August 17 1913, as “The Master Coiner Unmasked” 41 · The Proverbial Murder [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1943 61 · The Wrong Shape [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 10 1910 79 · The Submarine Plans [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 7 1923 93 · Who Killed Baker? [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin & Geoffrey Bush · ss The Evening Standard October 30 1950 101 · Change of Climate · Ursula Curtiss · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967 113 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 125 · The Copper Beeches [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine June 1892, as “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches” 149 · The Question · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1962, as “The Question My Son Asked” 159 · Smoke [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1932 185 · The Phantom Motor [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 11 1906, as “Problem of the Phantom Auto” 201 · Counterplot [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1976, as “A Case of Shoplifting” 209 · The Case for the Defense · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947 215 · The Mobile Bed-Object · Patricia Highsmith · ss Little Tales of Misogyny by Patricia Highsmith, Heinemann, 1977 223 · The Most Dangerous Man [Sherlock Holmes] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1973, as by R. L. Stevens 231 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973 249 · All the Way to the Moon · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #94, September 1951 267 · “Thou Art the Man” · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1844 283 · The Adventure of the Bearded Lady [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery August 1934, as “The Sinister Beard” 305 · The Clinging Woman · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1975 319 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932 333 · Inspector Maigret Pursues [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) January 1962, as “The Man on the Run” translated from the French “L’Homme dans la rue”, Maigret et les petits cochons sans queue, Presses de la Cité, 1950). 347 · The Man Who Murdered in Public [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1934, as “The Clue-Proof Murders” 365 · Being a Murderer Myself · Arthur Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #57, August 1948

Verdict of 13: A Detection Club Anthology ed. Julian Symons (Faber and Faber, 1978, 0-571-10518-1, hc, oa)     Also available in pb (Ballantine Jun ’80). · Introduction · Julian Symons · in · Great-Aunt Allie’s Flypapers [Adam Dalgliesh] · P. D. James · nv · The Rogue’s Twist · Gwendoline Butler · ss · Twenty-One Good Men and True · Dick Francis · ss · Verdict of Three · Michael Gilbert · ss · Cloud Nine · Christianna Brand · ss · Pelly and Cullis [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss · Something the Cat Dragged In · Patricia Highsmith · nv · The Postgraduate Thesis · Celia Fremlin · ss · Gup · H. R. F. Keating · ss · Murder at St. Oswald’s · Michael Underwood · ss · Morepork · Ngaio Marsh · nv · Who Killed the Cat? · Peter Dickinson · ss · Waiting for Mr. McGregor · Julian Symons · ss

Living in the Future by Robert Silverberg ed. Tim Szczesuil & David G. Grubbs--- see under Robert Silverberg.

Getting Even: Revenge Stories ed. Mitzi Szereto (Serpent’s Tail, June 2008, 978-1-85242-961-4, 256pp, tp, oa) 1 · Glazed · Danuta Reah · ss 17 · Parvati · Umi Sinha · ss 35 · Payment in Kind · Stella Duffy · ss 45 · How to Kill an Aries · Tony Fennelly · ss 65 · Never Die · Niall Griffiths · ss 71 · A Cake Story · Josie Kimber · ss 91 · More Than Skin Deep · Becky Bradford · ss 105 · Hell Is Where the Heart Is · Mitzi Szereto · nv 127 · The One · Georgiana Nelsen · ss 133 · Echo · Rosie Jackson · ss 141 · Remember Me · Dee Silman · ss 151 · Love and Death in Renaissance Italy · Clare Colvin · ss 167 · Be Very Afraid · Vicki Hendricks · ss 175 · Hurting Hugh · Madeline de Chambrey · nv 197 · Dolls, Revenge, Dolls Again · Chris Dunning · ss 205 · Wig · Tara Ison · ss 225 · Esprit de Corpse · Jean Lamb · ss

Transcendent: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction ed. K. M. Szpara (Lethe Press, September 2016, 978-1-59021-617-0, $20.00, viii+191pp, tp, an, cover by Noel Arthur Heimpel)     Year’s Best anthology of 15 stories. Authors include Nino Cirpri, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, and E. Catherine Tobler. Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · K. M. Szpara · in 1 · The Shape of My Name · Nino Cipri · ss Tor.com March 4 2015 17 · Into the Waters I Rode Down · Jack Hollis Marr · ss Accessing the Future ed. Djibril al-Ayad & Kathryn Allan, Futurefire.net Publishing, 2015 25 · Everything Beneath You · Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #164, January 8 2015 37 · Contents of Care Package to Etsath-tachri, Formerly Ryan Andrew Curran (Human English Translated to Sedrayin) · Holly Heisey · ss Evil Girlfriend Media November 10 2015 41 · The Petals Abide · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss Clarkesworld #103, April 2015 59 · Treasure Acre · Everett Maroon · ss Expanded Horizons #46, September 2015 63 · Splitskin [Jackson’s Circus] · E. Catherine Tobler · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #172, April 30 2015 77 · The Need for Overwhelming Sensation · Bogi Takács · ss Capricious #1, September 2015 91 · The Scaper’s Muse · B. R. Sanders · ss Glitterwolf #9, 2015 99 · The Librarian’s Dilemma · E. Saxey · nv Unlikely Story #12, October 2015 119 · Chosen · Margarita Tenser · ss Vitality #3, December 2015 123 · Where Monsters Dance · A. Merc Rustad · ss Inscription Magazine March 18 2015 143 · Be Not Unequally Yoked · Alexis A. Hunter · ss Shimmer #23, January 2015 161 · The Thing on the Cheerleading Squad · Molly Tanzer · ss She Walks in Shadows ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, 2015 177 · Kin, Painted · Penny Stirling · ss Lackington’s #7, Summer 2015

Robert E. Howard: The Power of the Writing Mind ed. Ben Szumskyj (Mythos Books, 2003, 0-9728545-0-9, $15.00, 76pp, tp, an, cover by Rick Cortes) [Ref. Robert E. Howard]     Collection of rare Howardiana and articles about Howard. 6 · Introduction · Ben Szumskyj · in 8 · An Introduction to the Life and Works of Robert E. Howard · Joe Marek · ar [Ref. Robert E. Howard] 10 · An Untitled Story · Robert E. Howard · uw Fantasy Crosswinds #2, January 1977, as “The Door to the Garden” 16 · A Short History of the Conan Typescripts · Patrice Louinet · ar 21 · The Devil’s Woodchopper · Robert E. Howard · uw originally published in a somewhat different version in The Grim Land and Others, Stygian Isle Press, 1976. 24 · Pages from As the Poet Says— · Rusty Burke · ms 27 · Letter to Argosy All-Story Weekly Magazine, ca. Spring 1929 (“I was born in Texas about twenty-three…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Argosy Allstory Weekly July 20 1929 27 · Letter to Farnsworth Wright, ca. June-July 1931 (“In your last letter you asked me to give you…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Ghost #3, May 1945 [Ref. Farnsworth Wright] 30 · Letter to Wilfred Blanch Talman, ca. September 1931 (“Thank you very much for the letter you wrote…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Whispers June 1975 [Ref. Wilfred Blanch Talman] 34 · And in this Corner…Hailing from Nazareth…or: What the Eddas Don’t Tell You · Scott Sheaffer · ar 45 · Double-Cross [Ace Jessel] · Robert E. Howard · ss Bran Mak Morn: A Play, and Others by Robert E. Howard, Cromlech, 1983 56 · Am-Ra: Howard’s Lost Hero · Ben Szumskyj · ar 59 · Introduction to ‘The Right Hook’ · Tom Munnerlyn · si 59 · The Right Hook [Volume 1 Number 1, ca. 1925] · Robert E. Howard · mg The Right Hook v1 #1, 1925 67 · An Interview with Glenn Lord · Joe Marek · iv [Ref. Glenn Lord] 71 · Some People Who Have Had Influence Over Me · Robert E. Howard · ar The Ghost #3, May 1945 73 · Afterword · Ben Szumskyj · aw

Strange Wonders by Fritz Leiber ed. Benjamin Szumskyj--- see under Fritz Leiber.