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Short Stories 2 by Saki (Everyman, October 1983, 0-460-01354-8, xvii+221pp, pb, co, cover by Sally Lecky-Thompson) [edited by Peter Haining]
Collection of short stories, edited and introduced by Peter Haining.

vii · Preface · Peter Haining · pr

1 · Dogged · Saki · ss St. Paul’s Magazine February 1899, as by H. H. M.

7 · Alice in Pall Mall [The Westminster Alice] · Saki · vi The Westminster Gazette November 5 1900

9 · Alice at St. Stephen’s [The Westminster Alice] · Saki · vi The Westminster Gazette July 11 1901

11 · The Blood-Feud of Toad-Water · Saki · vi The Westminster Gazette January 26 1901

14 · Reginald on Christmas Presents · Saki · vi The Westminster Gazette December 18 1901

16 · Reginald’s Choir Treat · Saki · vi The Westminster Gazette June 24 1902

18 · Reginald in Russia · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette June 16 1906

22 · The Purple of the Balkan Kings · Saki · vi The Westminster Gazette November 4 1912

25 · The Soul of Laploshka · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 8 1909

29 · Judkin of the Parcels · Saki · vi The Westminster Gazette October 29 1902

31 · The Bag · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette July 24 1909

36 · The Lost Sanjak · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette April 24 1909

42 · The Saint and the Goblin · Saki · vi The Westminster Gazette January 4 1902, as by H. H. M.

45 · The Mouse · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette October 23 1909

49 · The Recessional [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette July 8 1911

53 · The Stampeding of Lady Bastable [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · vi The Daily Mail November 5 1910, as “A Modern Boy”

56 · The Jesting of Arlington Stringham [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette August 20 1910

60 · The Talking-Out of Tarrington [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · vi The Westminster Gazette August 26 1911

63 · A Matter of Sentiment [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette June 3 1911

67 · Esmé [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette December 17 1910

72 · Shock Tactics [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss Metropolitan Magazine September 1912, as by H. H. Munro

77 · Clovis on the Alleged Romance of Business · Saki · vi The Square Egg by H. H. Munro, John Lane, 1924, as by H. H. Munro

78 · The Almanack · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 17 1913, as by H. H. Munro

83 · Tobermory · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 27 1909; later revised to feature Clovis rather than Bertie van Tahn.

90 · The Music on the Hill · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, 1911

96 · Filboid Studge, the Story of a Mouse That Helped [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · vi The Bystander December 7 1910

99 · The Peace of Mowsle Barton · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette February 18 1911

106 · Hermann the Irascible—A Story of the Great Weep · Saki · vi The Westminster Gazette December 24 1909

109 · The Parting · Saki · ex from The Unbearable Bassington, John Lane, 1912

114 · The She-Wolf [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss Metropolitan Magazine August 1912, as by H. H. Munro

121 · The Boar-Pig · Saki · ss The Morning Post August 20 1912, as by H. H. Munro

127 · The Cobweb · Saki · ss The Morning Post November 21 1911, as by H. H. Munro

131 · The Elk · Saki · ss The Bystander November 17 1913

136 · The Stake · Saki · ss The Morning Post April 29 1913, as by H. H. Munro

140 · The Name-Day · Saki · ss The Morning Post, as by H. H. Munro

146 · “Down Pens” · Saki · ss The Morning Post January 6 1914, as by H. H. Munro

150 · On Approval · Saki · ss The Morning Post February 10 1914, as by H. H. Munro

155 · The Wolves of Cernogratz · Saki · ss The Morning Post January 7 1913, as by H. H. Munro

160 · The Guests · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 30 1914, as by H. H. Munro

164 · The Penance · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette September 24 1910

169 · Mark · Saki · ss The Morning Post December 16 1913, as by H. H. Munro

174 · Canossa · Saki · ss The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers by H. H. Munro, John Lane, 1919, as by H. H. Munro

178 · The Infernal Parliament · Saki · ss The Bystander August 23 1911

182 · The Comments of Moung Ka · Saki · vi The Morning Post April 23 1912, as by H. H. Munro

185 · The Gala Programme · Saki · vi The Morning Post June 13 1914; subtitled “An Unrecorded Episode in Roman History”.

188 · Eve and the Forbidden Fruit · Saki · vi The Square Egg by H. H. Munro, John Lane, 1924, as “untitled (“In endeavouring to get Eve to eat the Forbidden Fruit”)” by H. H. Munro; subtitled “A Fragment of Incomplete History”.

190 · How William Came · Saki · ex from When William Came, John Lane, November 1913

200 · The Toys of Peace · Saki · ss The Morning Post March 25 1914, as by H. H. Munro

206 · An Old Love · Saki · ar The Morning Post April 23 1915

208 · The C.O.C. · Saki · ar 22nd Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers’ Fortnightly Gazette June 7 1915, as “On Being Company Orderly Corporal” by H. H. Munro

210 · The Square Egg · Saki · ss The Morning Post April 24 1916, as “A Badger’s-Eye View of the War” by H. H. Munro; subtitled “A Badger’s-Eye View of the War”.

216 · For the Duration of the War · Saki · ss The Morning Post August 17 1916, as by H. H. Munro

A Shot in the Dark by Saki (Hesperus Press, December 2006, 978-1-84391-128-9, £6.99, 89pp, tp, co) [edited by Adam Newell]
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Jeremy Dyson · fw

· Introduction · Adam Newell · in

· Dogged · Saki · ss St. Paul’s Magazine February 1899, as by H. H. M.

· Travelling with Aunt Tom · Saki · lt The Square Egg by H. H. Munro, John Lane, 1924, as “Letter to Ethel Munro, August 17, 1901 (“Travelling with Aunt Tom_”)” by H. H. Munro

· A Jungle Story · Saki · ss The Morning Post December 7 1903

· The Garden of Eden · Saki · vi The Square Egg by H. H. Munro, John Lane, 1924, as “untitled (“In endeavouring to get Eve to eat the Forbidden Fruit”)” by H. H. Munro

· The Pond · Saki · ss The Bystander February 21 1912

· The Holy War · Saki · ss The Morning Post May 6 1913, as by H. H. Munro

· The Almanack · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 17 1913, as by H. H. Munro

· A Sacrifice to Necessity · Saki · ss The Bystander October 15 1913

· A Housing Problem · Saki · ss The Bystander July 9 1913

· A Shot in the Dark · Saki · ss The Bystander December 3 1913

· The East Wing · Saki · ss Lucas’ Annual ed. E. V. Lucas, Macmillan, 1914

· The Miracle Merchant · Saki · pl One Act Plays for Stage and Study, Eighth Series ed. ANon., Samuel French, 1934

· On Being Company Orderly Corporal · Saki · ar 22nd Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers’ Fortnightly Gazette June 7 1915, as by H. H. Munro

· Tobermory · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 27 1909

Sredni Vashtar & Other Stories by Saki (Travelman, July 1, 1998, 1-86092-013-6, £1.50, ph, co)
Collection of three classic stories reprinted in a “folded map” format for reading while travelling. In the “Travelman Comedy” series.

· Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910

· The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, 1911

· The Lumber Room · Saki · ss The Morning Post, as by H. H. Munro

Ancient, Ancient by Kiini Ibura Salaam (Aqueduct Press, May 2012, 978-1-933500-96-6, $18.00, vi+253pp, tp, oc, cover: Woman in the Sea by Niko Guido)
Collection of 13 stories, three original. Introduction by Nisi Shawl.
Details taken from online listing.

iii · Annunciation · Nisi Shawl · in

1 · Desire · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss Dark Matter: Reading the Bones ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect, 2004

19 · Of Wings, Nectar, & Ancestors · Kiini Ibura Salaam · nv

41 · MalKai’s Last Seduction · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss

54 · At Life’s Limits · Kiini Ibura Salaam · nv Dark Matter ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect, 2000

81 · Debris · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss Ideomancer March 2007

85 · Rosamojo · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss Mojo: Conjure Stories ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Warner Aspect, 2003

101 · Battle Royale · Kiini Ibura Salaam · nv

124 · Ferret · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss Infinite Matrix January 1 2003

130 · K-USH: The Legend of the Last Wero · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss

148 · Bio-Anger · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss

165 · Marie · Kiini Ibura Salaam · nv

189 · Ancient, Ancient · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss

194 · Pod Rendezvous · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss

The Cobra: The King of Detectives by Richard B. Sale (Altus Press, June 10, 2009, 978-1-4421-3937-4, $19.95, 188pp, tp, co, cover by Norman Saunders) [Dean Bradley (The Cobra)]
Details taken from Table of Contents.

i · Introduction · Will Murray · in

1 · Terror Towers [Dean Bradley (The Cobra)] · Richard B. Sale · ss Ten Detective Aces January 1934

17 · The House of Kaa [Dean Bradley (The Cobra)] · Richard B. Sale · ss Ten Detective Aces February 1934

33 · The Grinning Ghoul [Dean Bradley (The Cobra)] · Richard B. Sale · ss Ten Detective Aces March 1934

49 · Sting of the Scorpion · Richard B. Sale · nv Secret Agent X May 1934

81 · The Whispering Corpse · Richard B. Sale · nv Secret Agent X August 1934

107 · The Reptile Murders · Richard B. Sale · na Thrilling Detective March 1935

158 · Snakes Alive! · Richard B. Sale · ar Writer’s Review March 1934

163 · Mellow Drama · Richard B. Sale · ss Writer’s Digest May 1935

Cocked Dice by Richard Sale (Popular Publications, November 29, 2021, 978-1-61827-606-3, $29.95, 280pp, tp, co, cover by Walter de Maris) [Daffy Dill]
Volume 110 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume one in “The Complete Cases of Daffy Dill”.
Details taken from publisher website.

· The Fifty Grand Brain [Daffy Dill] · Richard Sale · ss Detective Fiction Weekly November 3 1934

· A Nose for News [Daffy Dill] · Richard Sale · ss Detective Fiction Weekly December 1 1934

· The Ghost Wore Boots [Daffy Dill] · Richard Sale · ss Detective Fiction Weekly February 2 1935

· The Egg [Daffy Dill] · Richard Sale · ss Clues Detective Stories March 1935

· The Mute One [Daffy Dill] · Richard Sale · nv Detective Fiction Weekly March 9 1935

· A Slug for Cleopatra [Daffy Dill] · Richard Sale · nv Detective Fiction Weekly March 30 1935

· Cocked Dice [Daffy Dill] · Richard Sale · nv Detective Fiction Weekly May 11 1935

Drums Around the Fire ed. Beverly Marshall Saling & Ed McKeogh--- see under Anon..

The Shores Beneath ed. James Sallis (Avon, August 1971, V2396, 75¢, 192pp, pb, an, cover by Ron Walotsky)

9 · Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones · Samuel R. Delany · nv New Worlds #185, December 1968

47 · The Graveyard Heart · Roger Zelazny · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination March 1964

105 · Masterson and the Clerks · John Sladek · na New Worlds #175, September 1967

157 · The Asian Shore · Thomas M. Disch · nv Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970

The War Book ed. James Sallis (Rupert Hart-Davis, September 1969, 0-246-98600-X, 30/-, 188pp, hc, an)
Also in pb (Panther 1971).

11 · Introduction · James Sallis · in

15 · The Price · Algis Budrys · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1960

19 · In Passage of the Sun · George Collyn · nv New Worlds SF #164, July 1966

45 · 1-A · Thomas M. Disch · ss New Worlds #181, April 1968

57 · Game · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker July 31 1965

63 · The Foxholes of Mars · Fritz Leiber · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1952

73 · Down the Rabbit Hole · Norman Spinrad · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1966, as “Technicality”

79 · Pacifist · Mack Reynolds · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1964

99 · Your Soldier Unto Death · Michael Walker · ss If October 1966

111 · And then the dark— · James Sallis · ss

121 · The Weapon · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1951

125 · Or Else · Henry Kuttner (with C. L. Moore) · ss Amazing Stories August/September 1953

135 · The Liberation of Earth · William Tenn · ss Future Science Fiction May 1953

155 · Crab Apple Crisis · George MacBeth · ss New Worlds SF #167, 1966

163 · The House by the Crab Apple Tree · S. S. Johnson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1964

Deep Museum: Ghost Stories of a Melancholic by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Ash-Tree Press, December 15, 2003, 1-55310-059-X, C$60.00, xvii+267pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe)
World Fantasy Award-winning writer and editor Jessica Amanda Salmonson has collected together the majority of her ghostly tales and poems for this long-awaited volume. Limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $47.50 and in the UK for £29.00.

ix · The Tragic Adventures of a Superstitous Child · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pr

1 · Part I: The Deep Museum

3 · The House That Knew No Hate · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · nv The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987

29 · The Toad Witch · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Tales of Witchcraft ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara, 1991

37 · In the Red House · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Fantasy Macabre #5, 1985

40 · Jeremiah [Penelope Pettiweather] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · nv Harmless Ghosts by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Haunted Library, 1990

55 · Harmless Ghosts [Penelope Pettiweather] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Harmless Ghosts by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Haunted Library, 1990

62 · The Hounds of the Hearth [Penelope Pettiweather] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Harmless Ghosts by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Haunted Library, 1990

78 · The Hotel · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss

86 · A Mere Tragedy · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Hag’s Tapestry by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, The Haunted Library, 1986

90 · The Itinerant · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss

97 · The Phantom Ship · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Phantom Waters by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Press, 1995

102 · Autumn Guest · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss

108 · Blind Man on the Bus · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Shadows 8 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1985, as “The Blind Man”

111 · A Mirror for Eyes of Winter · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Gothic Ghosts ed. Wendy Webb & Charles Grant, Tor, 1997

123 · The Hungering Lass; A Little Legend of the Rhine · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Weirdbook #21, Autumn 1985

126 · The Noviciate · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Weirdbook #29, Autumn 1995

129 · Mamishka and the Sorcerer · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss The Darker Side: Generations of Horror ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2002

136 · The Apartment · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss The Haunted Wherry ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, The Strange Company, 1985; revised and corrected for the World Horror Convention 2001 Program Book.

145 · Part II: Bone Wings

147 · Bone Wings · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Not One of Us #6, April 1990

148 · In the Palace of Dreams · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Deathrealm #30, Winter 1996/1997

150 · In the Looking Glass, Life Is Death · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Deathrealm #17, Fall/Winter 1992

151 · House of Omens · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Blue Motel ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1994

153 · Agnostic’s Final Breath · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm

154 · Lute · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Deathrealm #16, Spring 1992

155 · Walk in Sable · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Haunts #22, Fall/Winter 1991

157 · Dream-taught · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm

158 · Black the Water · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Fantasy Tales, #5 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1990

159 · Granny Obia · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm University of Washington Daily literary supplement November 1989

160 · Night Edged in Silver · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Dagger of the Mind #1, 1990

161 · Puppet · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Dark Dreams #5, 1987

162 · Sheeted Traveler · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Eldritch Tales #23, Summer 1990

163 · Tomorrow I Will Slink Away · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Eldritch Tales #18, 1989

164 · Little Sad Spirit · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm The Ghost Garden by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Dark Dreams Press, 1988

165 · No One in the House · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm

167 · Black Rainbow · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Deathrealm #26, Winter 1995/1996

168 · The Crone · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Eldritch Tales #15, 1988

169 · Part III: The Forsaken Reliquary: A Catalog of Imaginary Tints

171 · Proem (In a Broken Suitcase) · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · gp (r)

_172 · I: The Mournful Pangolin · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_173 · II: Mnemosyne’s Dew-laden Harp · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_174 · III: The Satyr with the Hairbrush Tail · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_175 · IV: A Midnight Ride in the Garden of Abomination · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_176 · V: This Is Our In-and-Out Planet · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_177 · VI: Thinking of Mrs Partridge · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_178 · VII: Swan Gate Recital · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_179 · VIII: Mice Bear Dreams out of Twilight · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_180 · IX: The Girl with Bluejays in Her Chest · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_181 · X: The Tragedy of Seraphim · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_182 · XI: In the Party Room · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_183 · XII: The Flattering Decline of Toti · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_184 · XIII: Spider in the Eye of the Moon · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_185 · XIV: My Life with Athena · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_186 · XV: The Grocery Run; or, Three Percussions · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_187 · XVI: Theme for Burned Orphanage · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

_188 · Envoi (Scourging the Ancient of Days) · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r)

189 · Part IV: Legends of Old America

191 · Ghoul John and the Corpse · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Phantom Waters by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Press, 1995

196 · The Mysterious Hermit of Little Falls · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Phantom Waters by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Press, 1995

201 · The Woman Who Turned to Soap [Penelope Pettiweather] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Phantom Waters by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Press, 1995

206 · Explanation of a Ghost · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Eldritch Tales #29, Fall 1993

212 · Excerpt from an Old Journal · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Hag’s Tapestry by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, The Haunted Library, 1986

218 · John and the Magic Skillet · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Fantasy Tales, v.11 #3 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1989

223 · The Night It Came · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Weirdbook #28, Autumn 1993

235 · Mrs Carr’s Tale of Peshnekai’s Ghost · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss

240 · The Fairhaven Phantom Train · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Shadows and Silence ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2000; subtitled “A Christmas Ghost Story”.

245 · The Last Passenger · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss The Mysterious Doom by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Books, 1992

250 · The Headless Colonel · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss The Mysterious Doom by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Books, 1992

259 · The Queen Mum [Penelope Pettiweather] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Fantasy Macabre #15, 1992

265 · Sources and Acknowledgements · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ms

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