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Too Strange for the Name by Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, November 4, 2021, 978-1-56146-596-5, $6.99, 140pp, tp, co)     Subtitled “Six Really, Really, Really Whacked Out Stories with Sex”. Details taken from Table of Contents. vi · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · Don’t Rust on Me Now · Dean Wesley Smith · ss WMG Publishing, March 4 2011, as by Dee W. Schofield 21 · Iron Eyebrows · Dean Wesley Smith · ss WMG Publishing, January 7 2011, as by Dee W. Schofield; subtitled “A Romance with Too Much Hair”. 37 · Mated from the Morgue · Dean Wesley Smith · ss WMG Publishing, April 7 2011, as by Dee W. Schofield 53 · The Romance Novel Challenge · Dean Wesley Smith · nv WMG Publishing, June 10 2011, as by Dee W. Schofield; given as “The Romance Novel Challenge” in the Table of Contents. 75 · Squatter’s Rights on the Street of Broken Men · Dean Wesley Smith · nv WMG Publishing, July 13 2011, as by Dee W. Schofield 101 · If Sex Is All a Dream, Then Who Cleans Up the Mess? · Dean Wesley Smith · nv Smith’s Monthly #5, February 2014

Weird Crime by Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, October 26, 2021, 978-1-56146-592-7, $6.99, 138pp, tp, co, cover by Paulfleet & Depositphotos)     Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · After the Dance · Dean Wesley Smith · ss Smith’s Monthly #18, March 2015 17 · Death in the Morning [Mary Jo Assassin] · Dean Wesley Smith · nv Smith’s Monthly #37, October 2016 45 · Center Drives [Sky Tate] · Dean Wesley Smith · ss Smith’s Monthly #49, May 2021 59 · Cheerleader Revelation · Dean Wesley Smith · nv WMG Publishing, May 13 2013 81 · Eyes on My Cards [Doc Hill] · Dean Wesley Smith · nv Fiction River Special #1, Crime 2014 103 · I Killed Adam Chaser · Dean Wesley Smith · ss Smith’s Monthly #3, December 2013

An Afterlife of Really Creepy Stories: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, July 17, 2024, 978-1-56146-004-5, $16.99, 272pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. xiii · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · Harry the Ghost Pirate · Robert J. McCarter · ss X Marks the Spot ed. Lisa Mangum, WordFire Press, 2020 23 · New Beginnings · R. W. Wallace · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #17, 2022 49 · The Eyeball at the End of the Rainbow [Dan Shamble] · Kevin J. Anderson · nv Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #27, 2024 81 · Waiting for the Hunger [Greystone Bay] · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Doom City ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1987 95 · Scrooge and Marley · David H. Hendrickson · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #24, 2023 111 · When the Cows Come Home · Keith West · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #28, 2024 127 · The Spirit House · Lisa S. Silverthorne · nv Quantum Speculative Fiction ed. Kurt Roth, Obscura Press, 1999 153 · All Things Must End · Scott Edelman · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #29, 2024 169 · After · Annie Reed · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #29, 2024 181 · Grief Spam · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Fiction River #36, Dark & Deadly Passions 2021

Alibi Murder: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, August 28, 2023, 978-1-56146-876-8, $9.99, 176pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. v · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · Market Street · O’Neil De Noux · ss Crimewave #1, 1999 17 · January 3rd · Ron Collins · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #13, 2021 37 · Last Job · Rebecca M. Senese · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #15, 2021 51 · A Fool and His Money · Jerry Oltion · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #16, 2022 69 · Death of a Woman of Ill Repute · Annie Reed · ss Crimes of Yesteryear by Annie Reed, Thunder Valley Ink, 2020 87 · Cleanup Crew · Ray Vukcevich · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #17, 2022 93 · A Father’s Daughter · Lisa Silverthorne · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #19, 2022 103 · Self Service · J. Steven York · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #19, 2022 109 · Wishful Thinking [Dan Shamble] · Kevin J. Anderson · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #4, Fall 2018 135 · At Witt’s End [Spade & Paladin] · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #1, January 2018

The Alien Who Ate My Homework and Burped: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, July 17, 2024, 978-1-56146-994-9, $16.99, 224pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. xi · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · Francesca and the Sentient Peaches from Outer Space · Bonnie Elizabeth · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #23, 2023 13 · The Sleeping Agent · Charlotte Munich · nv Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #25, 2024 41 · Objects of Desire · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv Alien Pets ed. Denise Little, DAW, 1998 65 · Power Chords · Brigid Collins · ss Snot-Nosed Aliens ed. Dean Wesley Smith, WMG Publishing, 2019 81 · A Nice Short Conversation · Robert J. McCarter · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #26, 2024 95 · The Bobs · Annie Reed · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #26, 2024 113 · Walking the Dog · J. Steven York · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #13, 2021 125 · The 1970s Must Die! · Robert Jeschonek · ss Space: 1975, Pie Press, 2021 155 · From the Good Old Days · Jim Gotaas · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #9, 2020 187 · Two-Minute Drill · David H. Hendrickson · ss Snot-Nosed Aliens ed. Dean Wesley Smith, WMG Publishing, 2019

Aliens Among Us: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, February 4, 2021, 978-1-56146-368-8, $9.99, 206pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. v · The Best Alien Stories from the Pages of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · Planet Suds and the Sockpocalypse · Lisa Silverthorne · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #9, 2020 17 · Human Subjects · Ray Vukcevich · ss Amazing Stories September 2004 29 · No Common Scents · Jim Gotaas · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #8, Fall 2019 51 · Suicide by UFO · Jerry Oltion · nv Science Fiction Review #2, Summer 1990 81 · Another Door · Annie Reed · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #7, Summer 2019 101 · The Injustice Collector · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv I, Alien ed. Mike Resnick, DAW, 2005 137 · My Socks Rolled Down · Dean Wesley Smith · ss WMG Publishing, January 13 2011 151 · Alien Automotive · Kent Patterson · vi Analog Science Fiction and Fact January 1993 159 · The Time Cop · Patrick Alan Mammay · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #2, April 2018 173 · Blackbeard’s Aliens · Robert Jeschonek · ss Pie Press, 2012

Cattitude: The Best Cat Stories from the First Three Years of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, June 10, 2021, 978-1-56146-496-8, $9.99, 158pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. v · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 5 · Queen of the Mouse Riders · Annie Reed · nv Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #1, January 2018 33 · The Fur Tsunami · Kent Patterson · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #6, Spring 2019 57 · Bushtits Gone Wild · Stephanie Writt · ss Snot-Nosed Aliens ed. Dean Wesley Smith, WMG Publishing, 2019 77 · The Goddess Particle · Daemon Crowe · ss Snot-Nosed Aliens ed. Dean Wesley Smith, WMG Publishing, 2019 89 · An Incursion of Mice · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Fiction River #9, Fantastic Detectives, September 2014 105 · Erwin or Ralph · Ray Vukcevich · ss A Cat of Disdainful Looks ed. Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch, WMG Publishing, 2020 115 · The Mouth That Walked · Dean Wesley Smith · ss Amazing Stories July 1989 135 · Life, with Cats · Annie Reed · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #8, Fall 2019

Destination Tomorrow or Yesterday: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, August 28, 2023, 978-1-56146-877-5, $9.99, 192pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. v · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · Yesterday, When I Was Twenty · Angela Penrose · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #11, 2021 23 · One Sun, No Waiting · Annie Reed · ss Thunder Valley Press, November 16 2013 37 · Ice in D Minor · Anthea Sharp · ss Timberland Writes Together, Timberland Regional Library, 2015 49 · Predict THIS · Michael D. Britton · ss Intelligent Life Books, 2012 65 · Time in Death · C. A. Rowland · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #14, 2021 85 · Time, Expressed as an Entrée · Robert Jeschonek · nv Fiction River #3, Time Streams, August 2013 107 · The Chicken Time Machine · Valerie Brook · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #4, Fall 2018 121 · With Light Years Between Us · Robert J. McCarter · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #8, Fall 2019 139 · Time Map · Robin Brande · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #20, 2022 161 · Red Letter Day · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2010

Don’t Touch My Magic: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, October 14, 2021, 978-1-56146-584-2, $9.99, 174pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · In the Empire of Underpants · Robert T. Jeschonek · nv Fiction River #22, No Humans Allowed, April 2017 25 · Coyote and the Amazing Herbal Formula · Sabrina Chase · ss Worlds Away Press, January 28 2012 35 · Hand Fast · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Streets of Shadows ed. Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon, Alliteration Ink, 2014 61 · The Reign to Come · Kevin J. Anderson · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #1, January 2018 77 · A Magical Negro · Ezekiel James Boston · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #12, 2021 89 · This Magic Moment · Lisa Silverthorne · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #3, July 2018 103 · Unnatural Law · J. Steven York · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #6, Spring 2019 115 · PMS and a Hand Grenade · Brenda Carre · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #6, Spring 2019 127 · Custard: A Romeo & Juliet Story (Sort of) · Dayle A. Dermatis · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #10, 2021 139 · Queen of the Mouse Riders · Annie Reed · nv Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #1, January 2018

Eating Our Way Through Christmas ed. Dean Wesley Smith & Nina Kiriki Hoffman--- see under Nina Kiriki Hoffman.

Ghosts Among Us: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, October 14, 2021, 978-1-56146-585-9, $9.99, 162pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · Death by Vodka · Robert J. McCarter · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #12, 2021 11 · Dead Girlfriend · Ray Vukcevich · ss Rosebud #23, 2002 21 · The Writing on the Wall [Dan Shamble] · Kevin J. Anderson · ss Dark Discoveries #28, Summer 2014 45 · The Dead on Somerset Hill · Chuck Heintzelman · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #4, Fall 2018 59 · Dreams of Memories Never Lived · Rob Vagle · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #7, Summer 2019 75 · Flowers for Mother · J. Steven York · vi Buried Treasures ed. Jerry Oltion, Eugene Professional Writers Workshops, 1996 81 · Ghosts of Christmas Present · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Borderlands 3 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1993 103 · The Developmental Adventures of Phil · Jason A. Adams · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #10, 2021 111 · Salt · T. Thorn Coyle · ss Fantasy in the City ed. Jamie Ferguson, Kydala Publishing, 2016 127 · Just Desserts · R. W. Wallace · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #9, 2020

History Repeats for No Reason: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, August 28, 2023, 978-1-56146-878-2, $9.99, 246pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. v · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · Death of a Woman of Ill Repute · Annie Reed · ss Crimes of Yesteryear by Annie Reed, Thunder Valley Ink, 2020 23 · No. 40 Basin Street [Jacques Dugas] · O’Neil De Noux · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 2008 61 · Visage · Lisa Silverthorne · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #10, 2021 81 · Vital Force · P. D. Singer · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #11, 2021 105 · Jesting Pilate · Lee Allred · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #12, 2021 129 · Christmas at Glosser’s · Robert Jeschonek · nv Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #21, 2022 179 · The Session · Stephanie Writt · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #2, April 2018 189 · Rose in Dreamland · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Buried Treasures ed. Jerry Oltion, Eugene Professional Writers Workshops, 1996 201 · Moulin Rouge · Jason A. Adams · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #7, Summer 2019 221 · The Preacher’s Kid and the 2004 Red Sox · David H. Hendrickson · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #9, 2020

Implode the Membrane: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, August 29, 2023, 978-1-56146-879-9, $16.99, 184pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. v · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · The Short Life and Horny Times of a Teenage Mantis · David H. Hendrickson · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #18, 2022 19 · Pot o’ Gold · Dan C. Duval · ss Buried Treasures ed. Jerry Oltion, Eugene Professional Writers Workshops, 1996 35 · Cleanup Crew · Ray Vukcevich · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #17, 2022 43 · Big Green Man · Don Webb · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #18, 2022 61 · Brick Houses · Annie Reed · ss Thunder Valley Press, July 15 2018 91 · Art of the Homeless · Joe Cron · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #13, 2021 107 · Knowledge Blooms · Rob Vagle · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #13, 2021 117 · The Cactus, the Coyote, and the Lost Planet Joyride · J. Steven York · ss Sirius*Visions March 21 1995 129 · The Last Lonely Day in the Orchard of Lost Travelers · Scott Edelman · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #19, 2022 143 · The Men Without Heads Join a Health Club · Robert Jeschonek · nv Boundary Shock Quarterly #4, 2018

Jingle My Bells: The Best Holiday Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, June 28, 2022, 978-1-56146-738-9, $9.99, 168pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. v · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · Dreaming of a Carboniferous Christmas · Robert Jeschonek · ss Tales from the Canyons of the Damned #29, 2018 27 · Spells for the Holidays · Ray Vukcevich · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #15, 2021 33 · A Menagerie of Messed Up Shorts · Mark Leslie · ss That’s Really Messed Up ed. Dean Wesley Smith, WMG Publishing, Inc., 2021 47 · An Ideal Husband · Jerry & Kathy Oltion · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #15, 2021 65 · Fatal Plot Device · Kelly Washington · ss That’s Really Messed Up ed. Dean Wesley Smith, WMG Publishing, Inc., 2021 79 · Severed Ties · R. W. Wallace · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #15, 2021 103 · A Blood-Soaked Christmas Wish · David Stier · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #15, 2021 115 · Virtching Merry · Kent Patterson · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #15, 2021 121 · Naughty Children · Mary McKenna · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #15, 2021 131 · Nutball Season · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Sci Fiction December 24 2003

No Way: Totally Twisted Tales: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, June 5, 2019, 978-1-56146-083-0, $9.99, 158pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. v · The Most Twisted Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · The Wereyam · Kent Patterson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1994 5 · The Old Guy · Annie Reed · ss Fiction River #6, Moonscapes, February 2014 21 · Playing with Trains · J. Steven York · ss Buried Treasures ed. Jerry Oltion, Eugene Professional Writers Workshops, 1996 27 · Hand Fast · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Streets of Shadows ed. Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon, Alliteration Ink, 2014 55 · The Time Cop · Patrick Alan Mammay · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #2, April 2018 67 · Catastrophe Baker and the Cold Equations [Catastrophe Baker] · Mike Resnick · ss Golden Age SF ed. Eric T. Reynolds, Hadley Rille Books, 2006 83 · Time, Expressed as an Entrée · Robert Jeschonek · nv Fiction River #3, Time Streams, August 2013 107 · Savage Breasts · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #2, Winter 1988 119 · Fiction · Jerry Oltion · ss Twenty Questions by Jerry Oltion, Wheatland Press, 2004 125 · Group · Ray Vukcevich · vi Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine #19, 1995 131 · Looking for the Bastard · David H. Hendrickson · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #1, January 2018

Run!! Creatures, Critters, and Pulphousers…: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, October 15, 2021, 978-1-56146-586-6, $9.99, 200pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · Blackbeard’s Aliens · Robert Jeschonek · ss Pie Press, 2012 23 · Vamp Until Doomsday · Stefon Mears · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #10, 2021 41 · The Injustice Collector · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv I, Alien ed. Mike Resnick, DAW, 2005 73 · Dog Steps · Rob Vagle · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #2, April 2018 85 · For the Love of Killer · Mary Jo Rabe · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #4, Fall 2018 99 · Dog People · Robert J. McCarter · ss Snot-Nosed Aliens ed. Dean Wesley Smith, WMG Publishing, 2019 119 · The Poodles of Panama · Kent Patterson · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #13, 2021 133 · The True Story of Stanley and Stella · Johanna Rothman · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #5, Winter 2019 147 · Starlings · Jerry Oltion · ss Darker Matter #5, August 2007 163 · Brick Houses · Annie Reed · ss Thunder Valley Press, July 15 2018

Snot-Nosed Aliens: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, August 14, 2019, 978-1-56146-092-2, $9.99, vi+190pp, tp, oa)     Despite the subtitle, this is actually an anthology of original stories. Details taken from Table of Contents. v · Way Too Many Aliens · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · The Problematic Navigation of the Vessel Clayton Booker · J. Steven York · ss 21 · Blue-Eyed Bombshell · Annie Reed · ss 45 · Pepper Pretorious Saves the Day · Dayle A. Dermatis · ss 57 · Hero of Fire Life · Michael Warren Lucas · ss 69 · Bushtits Gone Wild · Stephanie Writt · ss 87 · Dog People · Robert J. McCarter · ss 107 · Magnitude and Insignificance · Rob Vagle · ss 115 · Let the Families Be Joined · Joe Cron · ss 125 · Knock Knock Power · Johanna Rothman · ss 137 · Ilene’s Box · Alexandra Brandt · ss 153 · The Goddess Particle · Daemon Crowe · ss 161 · Two-Minute Drill · David H. Hendrickson · ss 177 · Power Chords · Brigid Collins · ss