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Tales of Talislanta ed. Stephan Michael Sechi (Wizards of the Coast, July 1992, 1-880992-02-7, $5.00, 204pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of nine stories set in the gaming world of “Talislanta,” with a preface and introduction by the editor. vii · Preface · Stephan Michael Sechi · pr 1 · Talislanta: An Introduction · Stephan Michael Sechi · in 7 · Tamerlin’s Odyssey · Stephan Michael Sechi · ss 25 · Tulki’s Revenge · Lawrence Watt-Evans · nv 49 · Survival · Deborah Millitello · ss 61 · To Rest in the Sea · M. C. Sumner · ss 79 · Rogues · Stephan Michael Sechi · nv 111 · Of Women and Honor · Ru Emerson · nv 145 · The Ring · Simon Shapiro · ss 155 · Finding the Way · Deborah Millitello · nv 179 · Shadowmoon · Stephan Michael Sechi · nv

Heigh-Ho for Halloween! ed. Elizabeth Hough Sechrist (Macrae Smith Company, 1948, 240pp, hc, an) 1 · Introduction · Elizabeth Hough Sechrist · in 9 · Stories 9 · The Conjure Wives · Frances Gillespy Wickes · ss Happy Holidays by Frances G. Wickes, Rand McNally, 1921 12 · The Pumpkin Giant · Mary Wilkins Freeman · ss Wide Awake November 1882, as by Mary E. Wilkins 24 · The Giant Ghost · Elizabeth Hough Sechrist · ss A Little Book of Halloween by Elizabeth Hough Sechrist, Lippincott, 1934 29 · The Adventure of My Grandfather · Elizabeth Hough Sechrist · ss A Little Book of Halloween by Elizabeth Hough Sechrist, Lippincott, 1934 retold from Washington Irving’s “Bold Dragoon”. 34 · The Witch of Lok Island · Elsie Masson · ss Folk Tales of Brittany by Elsie Masson, Macrae-Smith, 1929 47 · Teeny-Tiny · Joseph Jacobs · vi English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, David Nutt, 1890 48 · The Strange Visitor · Joseph Jacobs · ss English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, David Nutt, 1890 55 · Poems 83 · Plays 199 · Games 227 · Parties

Terribly Strange Tales ed. Elizabeth Sechrist & Janette Woolsey (Macrae Smith, November 1967, 253pp, hc, an)     22 stories, most well known, but one or two rarities. Illustrated by H. Tom Hall. 13 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro 19 · La Grande Bretèche · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890, as “An Accursed House” translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831). 41 · The Night the Ghost Got In · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker August 12 1933 47 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904 55 · The King of the Cats · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Harper’s Bazar February 1929 73 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890 79 · The Adventure of Second Lieutenant Bubnov · Ivan Turgenev; translated by J. A. Bimstone · ss The Evening Standard March 2 1936 translated from the Russian (1842). 89 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 105 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930 113 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 121 · Clay-Shuttered Doors · Helen R. Hull · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1926 143 · The Legend of Micah Rood · Alton H. Blackington · ss Yankee Yarns by Alton H. Blackington, Dodd, Mead, 1954 151 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 157 · The Dream · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan May 1924 163 · The Specter · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895 translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883). 171 · The Very Foreign Ambassadors · Walter M. Bastian, Jr. · ss 1960 177 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. 197 · The Black Dog · Stephen Crane · ss New-York Tribune July 24 1892 203 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 235 · The Sassage Machine · Charles Dickens · ex from Pickwick Papers, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837 239 · Fear · Stephen French Whitman · ss Collier’s July 31 1926 243 · A Curious Dream · Mark Twain · ss The Century Magazine November 1881, as “A Curious Experiment”

Thirteen Ghostly Yarns ed. Elizabeth Sechrist (Roland Swain, 1932, $2.00, xiv+299pp, hc, an)     Selection of fairly common classic ghost stories. 1 · Peter Rugg, the Missing Man · William Austin · nv New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New England in a Letter to Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell 29 · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888 47 · My Grandfather, Hendry Watty · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Speaker December 2 1892 63 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 95 · Haunted Subalterns · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette May 27 1887 109 · Marley’s Ghost · Charles Dickens · ex from “A Christmas Carol”, Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843 141 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891 163 · Thrawn Janet · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1881, as by R. L. S. 189 · Hamlet’s Ghost · William Shakespeare · ex from Hamlet, 1602 219 · The Devil in the Belfry · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Saturday Chronicle May 18 1839 239 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy” 261 · The Bold Dragoon · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 281 · My Own True Ghost Story · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Week’s News February 25 1888

Thirteen Ghostly Yarns (var. 1) ed. Elizabeth Sechrist (Macrae Smith, 1942, $2.00, 240pp, hc, an)     Omits two stories from the 1932 edition and adds two more. · Peter Rugg, the Missing Man · William Austin · nv New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New England in a Letter to Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888 · My Grandfather, Hendry Watty · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Speaker December 2 1892 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon · Haunted Subalterns · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette May 27 1887 · Marley’s Ghost · Charles Dickens · ex from “A Christmas Carol”, Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891 · Hamlet’s Ghost · William Shakespeare · ex from Hamlet, 1602 · The Devil in the Belfry · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Saturday Chronicle May 18 1839 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy” · The Bold Dragoon · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon · My Own True Ghost Story · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Week’s News February 25 1888 · The Soul of the Great Bell · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn, Roberts Bros., 1887

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules ed. David Sedaris (Simon & Schuster, 2005, 0-7432-7394-X, $14.95, 344pp, tp, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · Introduction · David Sedaris · in 9 · Oh, Joseph, I’m So Tired · Richard Yates · nv The Atlantic Monthly February 1978 37 · Gryphon · Charles Baxter · ss Epoch 1985 57 · Interpreter of Maladies · Jhumpa Lahiri · nv Agni #47, 1998 83 · The Garden Party · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Saturday Westminster Gazette February 4 1922 (+2) 101 · Half a Grapefruit · Alice Munro · ss Redbook May 1978 121 · Applause, Applause · Jean Thompson · nv Ploughshares Spring 1977 141 · I Know What I’m Doing About All the Attention I’ve Been Getting · Frank Gannon · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1987 145 · Where the Door Is Always Open and the Welcome Mat Is Out · Patricia Highsmith · ss Nothing That Meets the Eye by Patricia Highsmith, W.W. Norton, 2002 165 · The Best of Betty · Jincy Willett · nv (r) 189 · Songs of the Shirt, 1941 · Dorothy Parker · ss (r) 199 · The Girl with the Blackened Eye · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Witness v14 #2, 2000 213 · People Like That Are the Only People Here: Canonical Babbling in Peed Onk · Lorrie Moore · nv The New Yorker January 27 1997 251 · Revelation · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Sewanee Review Spring 1964 277 · In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried · Amy Hempel · ss TriQuarterly #56, Winter 1983 289 · Cosmopolitan · Akhil Sharma · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1997 317 · Irish Girl · Tim Johnston · ss DoubleTake Winter 2002 331 · Bullet in the Brain · Tobias Wolff · ss The New Yorker September 25 1995 339 · Epilogue: About 826NYC · Sarah Vowell · ms

Moscow But Dreaming by Ekaterina Sedia (Prime Books, December 5, 2012, 978-1-60701-362-4, $15.95, 280pp, tp, co, cover by Andrey Obryvalin)     Collection of 21 stories, two original. Introduction by Jeffrey Ford. The author’s first collection. Details taken from online listing. 11 · Introduction · Jeffrey Ford · in 15 · A Short Encyclopedia of Lunar Seas · Ekaterina Sedia · ss The Endicott Studio Journal of Mythic Arts (online) August 2008 26 · Citizen Komarova Finds Love · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Exotic Gothic 3 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2009 40 · Tin Cans · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Haunted Legends ed. Ellen Datlow & Nick Mamatas, Tor, 2010 53 · One, Two, Three · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Hatter Bones ed. Jeremy Needle, Evil Nerd Empire, 2009 64 · You Dream · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Dark Faith ed. Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon, Apex Publications, 2010 77 · Zombie Lenin · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Fantasy ed. Sean Wallace & Paul G. Tremblay, Prime Books, 2007 87 · Ebb and Flow · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Japanese Dreams, Prime Books, 2007 99 · There Is a Monster Under Helen’s Bed · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Clockwork Phoenix ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2008 113 · Yakov and the Crows · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Dark Wisdom #10, Spring 2006 120 · Hector Meets the King · Ekaterina Sedia · ss New Writings in the Fantastic ed. John Grant, Pendragon Press, 2007 125 · Chapaev and the Coconut Girl · Ekaterina Sedia · nv 154 · The Bank of Burkina Faso · Ekaterina Sedia · ss 167 · Kikimora · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Jabberwocky ed. Sean Wallace, Prime Books, 2005 179 · Munashe and the Spirits · Ekaterina Sedia · ss GrendelSong #1, 2006 191 · By the Liter · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2008 201 · A Play for a Boy and Sock Puppets · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Text: UR, The New Book of Masks ed. Forrest Aguirre, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2007 210 · The Taste of Wheat · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Clarkesworld #11, August 2007 222 · Cherrystone and Shards of Ice · Ekaterina Sedia · ss H.P. Lovecraft’s Magazine of Horror #5, Spring 2009 240 · Seas of the World · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Sybil’s Garage #4, March 2007 247 · End of White · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Shotguns v. Cthulhu ed. Robin D. Laws, Stone Skin Press, 2012 262 · A Handsome Fellow · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2012

Bewere the Night ed. Ekaterina Sedia (Prime Books, April 2011, 978-1-60701-252-8, $14.95, 349pp, tp, oa, cover by Stephen B. Goodwin)     Anthology of 29 stories, 17 original, about shapeshifters. Authors with original stories include Richard Bowes, Nick Mamatas, and Cherie Priest. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Ekaterina Sedia · in 11 · The Thief of Precious Things · A. C. Wise · ss 27 · The Poison Eaters · Holly Black · nv The Restless Dead ed. Deborah Noyes, Candlewick Press, 2007 38 · Go Home Stranger · Justin Howe · ss 41 · The Heavy · Cherie Priest · ss Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest #12, 2008 52 · Tusk and Skin · Marissa Lingen · ss 58 · A Song to the Moon · Richard Bowes · ss 71 · In the Seeonee Hills · Erica Hildebrand · ss 89 · The Sinews of His Heart · Melissa Yuan-Innes · ss 102 · (Nothing But) Flowers · Nick Mamatas · ss 111 · The Coldest Game · Maria V. Snyder · ss 131 · Red on Red · Jen White · ss 137 · Extra Credit · Seth Cadin · ss 144 · Thirst · Vandana Singh · ss The Third Alternative #40, Winter 2004/2005 159 · Grotesque Angels · Gwendolyn Clare · ss 174 · Blue Joe · Stephanie Burgis · ss Shimmer #10, 2009 181 · The Were-wizard of Oz · Lavie Tidhar · ss 195 · Seven Year Itch · Leah R. Cutter · ss 200 · An Unnatural History of Scarecrows · Mario Milosevic · ss 203 · The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall · Kaaron Warren · ss Exotic Gothic 3 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2009 220 · Snow on Sugar Mountain · Elizabeth Hand · nv Full Spectrum III ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 257 · The Aphotic Ghost · Carlos Hernandez · ss 266 · The Fowler’s Daughter · Michelle Muenzler · ss Shroud #3, Summer 2008 270 · Moonlight and Bleach · Sandra McDonald · nv Daily Science Fiction October 29 2010 281 · She Drives the Men to Crimes of Passion! · Genevieve Valentine · ss 289 · Coyotaje · Marie Brennan · ss 302 · Swear Not by the Moon · Renee Carter Hall · ss Different Worlds, Different Skins: Volume 2 ed. Will A. Sanborn, Anthropomorphic Dreams Publishing, 2010 306 · Infested · Nadia Bulkin · ss 317 · Watchmen · Aaron Sterns · ss Gathering the Bones ed. Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell & Jack Dann, Tor, 2003 330 · And Neither Have I Wings to Fly · Carrie Laben · ss

Bloody Fabulous ed. Ekaterina Sedia (Prime Books, October 23, 2012, 978-1-60701-360-0, $15.95, 282pp, tp, oa, cover by Julia Petroval)     Anthology of 14 stories, seven original, of fantasy and fashion. Authors with original stories include Richard Bowes, Maria V. Snyder, and Nick Mamatas. Details taken from online listing. · The Coat of Stars · Holly Black · nv So Fey ed. Steve Berman, Haworth Positronic Press, 2007; given as “Coat of Stars” in the Table of Contents. · Savage Design · Richard Bowes · ss · Bespoke · Genevieve Valentine · ss Strange Horizons July 27 2009 · Dress Code · Sandra McDonald · ss · The Anadem · Sharon Mock · ss · The First Witch of Damansara · Zen Cho · ss · The Faery Handbag · Kelly Link · nv The Faery Reel ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2004 · The Truth or Something Beautiful · Shirin Dubbin · ss · Waifs · Die Booth · ss · Where Shadows Meet Light · Rachel Swirsky · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #41, August 2010 · Capturing Images · Maria V. Snyder · ss · How Galligaskins Sloughed the Scourge · Anna Tambour · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #46, 2010 · Avant-noob · Nick Mamatas · ss · Incomplete Proofs · John Chu · ss

Running with the Pack ed. Ekaterina Sedia (Prime Books, April 19, 2010, 978-1-60701-219-1, $14.95, 339pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 22 werewolf stories, nine reprints. Authors include Carrie Vaughn, Jeffrey Ford, Laura Anne Gilman, and C.E. Murphy. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Ekaterina Sedia · in 11 · Wild Ride [Kitty the werewolf] · Carrie Vaughn · nv 32 · Side-Effects May Include · Steve Duffy · nv Exotic Gothic 2 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2008 58 · Comparison of Efficacy Rates for Seven Antipathetics as Employed Against Lycanthropes · Marie Brennan · ss 68 · The Beautiful Gelreesh · Jeffrey Ford · ss Album Zutique #1 ed. Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2003 76 · Skin in the Game · Samantha Henderson · ss 83 · Blended · C. E. Murphy · ss 103 · Locked Doors · Stephanie Burgis · ss Strange Horizons January 1 2007 111 · Werelove · Laura Anne Gilman · ss 117 · In Sheep’s Clothing · Molly Tanzer · ss 126 · Royal Bloodlines · Mike Resnick · ss 137 · The Dire Wolf · Genevieve Valentine · ss 152 · Take Back the Night · Lawrence Schimel · ss The Drag Queen of Elfland by Lawrence Schimel, Ultra Violet Library, 1997 160 · Mongrel · Maria V. Snyder · ss 173 · Deadfall · Karen Everson · ss 186 · Red Riding Hood’s Child · N. K. Jemisin · ss Fishnet April 2005 197 · Are You a Vampire or a Goblin? · Geoffrey H. Goodwin · ss 215 · The Pack and the Pickup Artist · Mike Brotherton · ss 233 · The Garden, the Moon, the Wall · Amanda Downum · ss Ideomancer September 2006 249 · Blamed for Trying to Live · Jesse Bullington · ss 265 · The Barony at Rødal · Peter Bell · ss Exotic Gothic 2 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2008 284 · Inside Out · Erzebet YellowBoy · nv 316 · Gestella · Susan Palwick · nv Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001