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Best of British Science Fiction 2023 ed. Donna Scott (NewCon Press, July 16, 2024, 978-1-914953-81-1, £14.99, 304pp, tp, an)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Donna Scott · in · Detonation Boulevard · Alastair Reynolds · ss Tor.com July 12 2023 · Vermin Control · Tim Lees · ss IZ Digital March 16 2023 · Personal Satisfaction · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss ParSec #6, Winter 2023 · The Scent of Green · Ana Sun · ss Fighting for the Future ed. Phoebe Wagner, Android Press, 2023 · Gauguin’s Questions · Stephen Baxter · ss Collision ed. Rob Appleby & Connie Potter, Comma Press, 2023 · So Close to Home · Andrew Hook · ss Languages of Water ed. Eugen Bacon, Mvmedia, LLC, 2023 · Boojum · Angus McIntyre · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2023 · The Station Master · Lavie Tidhar · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2023 · Art App · Chris Beckett · ss Reports from the Deep End ed. Maxim Jakubowski & Rick McGrath, Titan, 2023 · The Blou Trein Suborbirail · L. P. Melling · ss Patreon.com/posts/znb-presents-by-74952782 August 1 2023 · Blue Shift, Passing By · David Cleden · ss Andromeda Spaceways Magazine #91, Q2 2023 · And if Venice Is Sinking · Fiona Moore · ss On Spec #125, 2023 · Muse Automatique · Jaine Fenn · ss ParSec #6, Winter 2023 · Little Sprout · E. B. Siu · ss Shoreline of Infinity #34, Spring 2023 · A Change of Direction · Rhiannon Grist · ss Shoreline of Infinity #36, Autumn 2023 · Thus with a Kiss I Die · Robert Bagnall · ss Aurealis #158, March 2023 · Tough Love · Teika Marija Smits · ss Umbilical by Teika Marija Smits, NewCon Press, 2023 · The Brazen Head of Westinghouse · Tim Major · ss IZ Digital May 23 2023 · Skipping · Ian Watson · ss Collision ed. Rob Appleby & Connie Potter, Comma Press, 2023 · Pearl · Felix Rose Kawitzky · ss Clarkesworld #196, January 2023 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott (Ernest Benn, 1929, 7/6d, 255pp, hc, co)     Collection of supernatural stories.

Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott (Ash-Tree Press, February 16, 1996, 1-899562-08-7, £19.00, xvi+139pp, hc, co, cover by Douglas Walters)     Reprint (Benn 1929) collection of supernatural stories, with a new Introduction by Richard Dalby. Illustrated with photographs of the author (whose real name was Helen Leys). Limited to 500 numbered copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $32.00. x · Introduction · Richard Dalby · in · Foreword · Eleanor Scott · fw 5 · Randalls Round · Eleanor Scott · ss 18 · The Twelve Apostles · Eleanor Scott · nv 41 · Celui-La · Eleanor Scott · ss 58 · The Room · Eleanor Scott · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1923, as by H. M. Leys 76 · The Cure · Eleanor Scott · ss 92 · The Tree · Eleanor Scott · ss 99 · At Simmel Acres Farm · Eleanor Scott · ss 112 · “Will Ye No’ Come Back Again?” · Eleanor Scott · ss 119 · The Old Lady · Eleanor Scott · ss

Randalls Round (var. 1) by Eleanor Scott (The British Library, September 15, 2021, 978-0-712-35405-9, £8.99, 240pp, tp, co) [British Library Tales of the Weird] [edited by Aaron Worth]     Collection of supernatural stories including the full contents of Randalls Round (Ernest Benn, 1929) plus two stories by “N. Dennett”, believed to be another pseudonym of the author. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Aaron Worth · in · Randalls Round · Eleanor Scott · co Ernest Benn, 1929 · Foreword · Eleanor Scott · fw Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 · Randalls Round · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 · The Twelve Apostles · Eleanor Scott · nv Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 · Celui-La · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 · The Room · Eleanor Scott · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1923, as by H. M. Leys · The Cure · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 · The Tree · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 · At Simmel Acres Farm · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 · “Will Ye No’ Come Back Again?” · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 · The Old Lady · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 · Two Stories by N. Dennett · Unburied Bane · N. Dennett · nv Horrors, Philip Allan, 1933 · The Menhir · N. Dennett · nv Panics, Philip Allan, 1934

At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott (Jarrolds, 1947, 15/-, 224pp, hc, oa)     “An Anthology of New Curious Stories.” Issued as a companion and sequel to the highly successful The Mandrake Root. 7 · Introduction · Daniel George · in 11 · A Walk in the Wilderness · James Hanley · nv 37 · Table for Two · G. W. Stonier · vi 39 · Sloane Square · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss 44 · Time Can Frisk · Louis Marlow · ss 57 · Catch ’Em Round the Bend · Affleck Graves · ss 63 · The Souls That Got Mixed Up · John Atkins · ss 75 · Is There Life Beyond the Gravy? · Stevie Smith · ss 86 · The Château of the Singing Stream · James Laver · ss 93 · The One Who Was Waiting · Reginald Moore · ss 100 · Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch… · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss 110 · Nine Days’ Wonder · David Green · ss 115 · The Autograph · Elizabeth Berridge · ss 124 · The Swan · John Heath-Stubbs · ss 132 · Sailors, Beware of Witches · Fred Urquhart · ss 147 · Mr. Edward · Norah Lofts · ss 157 · Autumnal Equinox · L. J. Daventry · ss 167 · Free Wheel · Inez Holden · ss 176 · Berlin Fantasia · William Montgomerie · ss 183 · The Eyrie · Phyllis Shand Allfrey · ss 192 · Art Thou Languid? · Frank Baker · ss 211 · The Florist · Julian Orde · ss 214 · Crabfroth · William Sansom · ss

The Mandrake Root ed. Jeremy Scott (Jarrolds, 1946, 12/6d, 224pp, hc, an)     First of a series of anthologies selecting stories from the whole range of the fantastic spectrum. 8 · Introduction · Jeremy Scott · in 11 · Everlasting Fire · James Joyce · ex from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1914 13 · The Man Who Was Milligan · Algernon Blackwood · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1923 19 · The Stranger · Richard Hughes · ss The Weekly Westminster Gazette May 26 1923 23 · Changeling · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss Modern Reading 8 ed. Reginald Moore, Big Ben Books, 1943 29 · The Last Laugh · D. H. Lawrence · ss The New Decameron IV, Blackwell, 1925 39 · The Leech of Folkestone · Thomas Ingoldsby · nv Bentley’s Miscellany July 1837, as by Richard Harris Barham 54 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version. 75 · The Wrinkled Woman of St. Nepomuk · Fred Marnau · ss 79 · Pickle My Bones · Arthur Calder-Marshall · ss New Stories (UK) December 1935/January 1936 83 · The Lemmings · Alex Comfort · ss (r) 87 · Confessions of an English Opium-Eater · Thomas De Quincey · ex Taylor & Hessey, 1822 89 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 97 · The Lady in the Looking-Glass: A Reflection · Virginia Woolf · ss Harper’s Magazine December 1929 100 · The Peach-House-Potting-Shed · William Sansom · ss Fireman Flower by William Sansom, Hogarth Press, 1944 106 · The White House · Wrey Gardiner · ss 108 · Who Knocks at the Door · Olive Schreiner · vi Stories, Dreams and Allegories by Olive Schreiner, T. Fisher Unwin, 1923 110 · An Air-Raid Seen from Above · Stella Benson · ss Living Alone by Stella Benson, Macmillan, 1919 116 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 118 · The Bell of Saint Euschemon · Richard Garnett · ss The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett, Unwin, 1888 124 · The Story of a Panic · E. M. Forster · nv Independent Review March 1904 137 · “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” · M. R. James · nv Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 148 · No Room · T. F. Powys · ss The New Leader April 24 1925 150 · Altarwise by Owl-Light · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss The English Review June 1937 157 · Winter · Walter de la Mare · ss Ding Dong Bell by Walter de la Mare, Selwyn & Blount Ltd., 1924 163 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv In a Glass Darkly by J. S. Le Fanu, R. Bentley & Son, 1872 revised from “The Watcher”, Dublin University Magazine, November 1847. 185 · Mr. Hopkins and Galatea · James Laver · nv The Editor Regrets… ed. George Joseph, Michael Joseph, 1937 195 · The Diary of William Carpenter · John Atkins · ex Resurgam Books, 1943 204 · The Greeting · Sir Osbert Sitwell · nv Triple Fugue by Osbert Sitwell, 1925 221 · A Selective Bibliography for the Enthusiast · [uncredited] · bi

Heiresses of Russ 2014: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction ed. Melissa Scott & Steve Berman (Lethe Press, July 2014, 978-1-59021-293-6, $20.00, xi+284pp, tp, an, cover by Niki Smith)     Year’s best anthology of 18 lesbian speculative fiction stories from 2013. This is the fourth volume in the series. Introduction by Melissa Scott. Authors include Tansy Rayner Roberts, Cat Rambo, and Benjanun Sriduangkaew. Details taken from Table of Contents. ix · Introduction · Melissa Scott · in 1 · The Gold Mask’s Menagerie · Chanté McCoy · ss Sidekicks! ed. Sarah Hans, Alliteration Ink, 2013 13 · Counting Down the Seconds · Lexy Wealleans · ss Counting Down the Seconds…, Freya Publications, 2013 25 · The Other Bridge · Alex Jeffers · ss Sentence & Paragraph August 28 2013 41 · Love Over Glass, Skin Under Glass · Penny Stirling · ss Aurealis #64, September 2013 53 · Hungry · Robert E. Stutts · vi Daily Science Fiction February 4 2013 57 · Liquid Loyalty · Redfern Jon Barrett · ss The Future Fire #26, 2013 71 · Her Infinite Variety · Sacchi Green · ss The Mystical Cat ed. Dusty Rainbolt, Sky Warrior Book Publishing, 2013, as by Connie Wilkins 87 · The Coffinmaker’s Love · Alberto Yáñez · nv Beneath Ceaseless Skies #131, October 3 2013 113 · Terminal City · Zoë Blade · nv The Future Fire #28, 2013 143 · The Bride in Furs · Layla Lawlor · ss Plunge Magazine #2, 2013 151 · Your Figure Will Assume Beautiful Outlines · Claire Humphrey · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #135, November 28 2013 167 · Blood, Stone, Water · A. J. Fitzwater · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #118, April 4 2013 187 · Vector · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss We See a Different Frontier: A Postcolonial Speculative Fiction Anthology ed. F^a'bio Fernandes & Djibril al-Ayad, Futurefire, 2013 199 · Of Selkies, Disco Balls, and Anna Plane · Cat Rambo · ss Glitter & Mayhem ed. John Klima, Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Apex Publications, 2013 215 · Selected Program Notes from the Retrospective Exhibition of Theresa Rosenberg Latimer · Kenneth Schneyer · ss Clockwork Phoenix 4 ed. Mike Allen, Mythic Delirium Books, 2013 227 · Difference of Opinion · Meda Kahn · ss Strange Horizons September 9 2013 243 · Boat in Shadows, Crossing · Tori Truslow · nv Beneath Ceaseless Skies #113, January 24 2013 273 · The Raven and Her Victory · Tansy Rayner Roberts · ss Where Thy Dark Eye Glances ed. Steve Berman, Lethe Press, 2013

The Spider Strikes! by R. T. M. Scott (Berkley Medallion, 1969, 0-425-01735-4, 60¢, 159pp, pb, n., cover by Peter Caras) [Richard Wentworth (The Spider)]

The Spider Strikes by R. T. M. Scott (Altus Press, December 1, 2018, 978-1-61827-359-8, $13.95, 217pp, tp, n.) [Richard Wentworth (The Spider)]     Reprint (Berkley Medallion 1969 as The Spider Strikes!) novel. Details taken from online listing. fc. · [front cover] · Walter M. Baumhofer · cv Berkley Medallion, October 1933

The Wheel of Death by R. T. M. Scott (Berkley Medallion, November 1969, 144pp, pb, n., cover by Peter Caras) [Richard Wentworth (The Spider)]

The Wheel of Death by R. T. M. Scott (Altus Press, January 1, 2019, 978-1-61827-378-9, $13.95, 209pp, tp, n., cover by John Howitt from The Spider November 1933) [Richard Wentworth (The Spider)]     Reprint (Berkley Medallion 1969) novel. Details taken from online listing.

The Supernatural Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott by Sir Walter Scott (Riverrun/Calder, October 1986, 0-7145-4086-2, $8.95, 217pp, tp, co) [edited by Michael Hayes]     Reprint (Calder 1977) collection of ghost stories edited by Michael Hayes. 9 · Introduction · Michael Hayes · in 13 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 33 · My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror · Sir Walter Scott · nv The Keepsake 1829, 1828, as by The Author of “Waverley” 75 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824 99 · The Two Drovers · Sir Walter Scott · nv Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, Cadell & Co., 1827 133 · The Highland Widow · Sir Walter Scott · na Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, Cadell & Co., 1827 213 · Glossary to Wandering Willie’s Tale · [uncredited] · ms (r)

The Best American Mystery Stories 2013 ed. Lisa Scottoline (Mariner, October 8, 2013, 978-0-544-03460-0, xvii+424pp, tp, an) ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw xiii · Introduction · Lisa Scottoline · in 1 · Smothered and Covered · Tom Barlow · ss Needle Winter 2012 14 · A Fine Mist of Blood [Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch] · Michael Connelly · ss Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance ed. Lee Child, Mulholland Books, 2012 29 · Misprision of Felony [Joseph Savary] · O’Neil De Noux · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2012 46 · The Sailor in the Picture · Eileen Dreyer · ss Crime Square ed. Robert J. Randisi, Vantage Press, 2012 61 · The Devil to Pay · David Edgerley Gates · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 2012 91 · The Street Ends at the Cemetery · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2012 126 · Crossing · Andre Kocsis · nv The New Orphic Review Spring 2012 158 · Remora, IL · Kevin Leahy · ss The Briar Cliff Review v24, 2012 172 · The Shiny Car in the Night · Nick Mamatas · ss Long Island Noir ed. Kaylie Jones, Akashic Books, 2012 180 · Drifter · Emily St. John Mandel · ss Venice Noir ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Akashic Books, 2012 194 · The Ring of Kerry · Dennis McFadden · ss New England Review v33 #2, 2012 211 · Quarry · Micah Nathan · ss Glimmer Train #82, Spring 2012 225 · So Near, Any Time Always · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2012 263 · Light Bulb · Nancy Pickard · ss Kansas City Noir ed. Steve Paul, Akashic Books, 2012 277 · Gunpowder Alley [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2012 300 · The Indian · Randall Silvis · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2012 350 · When They Are Done with Us · Patricia Smith · ss Staten Island Noir ed. Patricia Smith, Akashic Books, 2012 366 · The Don’s Cinnamon · Ben Stroud · ss The Antioch Review Summer 2012 381 · Bullet Number Two · Hannah Tinti · ss Tin House Autumn 2012 392 · Bound · Maurine Watkins · ss The Strand Magazine #36, February/May 2012 409 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 423 · Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2012 · [uncredited] · bi

Shiela Crerar, Psychic Investigator by Ella Scrymsour (Ash-Tree Press, June 2, 2006, 978-1-55310-089-8, C$48.00, xxxvi+98pp, hc, co, cover by Jason Van Hollander)     This is a limited edition of 500. A world-wide edition available in the US for $44.00 and in the UK for £26.00. Details supplied by Denny Lien. ix · Introduction · Jack Adrian · in 3 · The Eyes of Doom [Shiela Crerar] · Ella Scrymsour · ss The Blue Magazine #11, May 1920 19 · The Death Vapour [Shiela Crerar] · Ella Scrymsour · ss The Blue Magazine #12, June 1920 35 · The Room of Fear [Shiela Crerar] · Ella Scrymsour · ss The Blue Magazine #13, July 1920 49 · The Phantom Isle [Shiela Crerar] · Ella Scrymsour · ss The Blue Magazine #14, August 1920 63 · The Werewolf of Rannoch [Shiela Crerar] · Ella Scrymsour · ss The Blue Magazine #15, September 1920 77 · The Wraith of Fergus McGinty [Shiela Crerar] · Ella Scrymsour · ss The Blue Magazine #16, October 1920