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Murder Is My Business ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins (Dutton, December 1994, 0-525-93901-6, $19.95, 292pp, hc, oa) vii · Murder Was His Business · Max Allan Collins · in 1 · The Bishop and the Hit Man [Blackie Ryan] · Andrew Greeley · ss 14 · The Man Who Shot Trinity Valance · Paul Bishop · ss 28 · With Anchovies · John Lutz · ss 44 · Guest Services [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss 63 · The Matchstick and the Rubber Band · Lynn F. Myers, Jr. · ss 72 · Hitback [Joe Hannibal] · Wayne D. Dundee · ss 92 · Undercover · Carolyn Wheat · ss 105 · Angel Face · Daniel Helpingstine · ss 115 · Improvident Excess · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 124 · The King of Horror · Stephen Mertz · ss 138 · A Nice Save · Edward Wellen · vi 141 · Without a Trace · Warren Murphy · nv 162 · Runner and the Deathbringer · Teri White · ss 172 · The Operation · Henry Slesar · ss 182 · Surrogate · Ed Gorman · ss 190 · Keller on Horseback [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv 215 · Everybody’s Watching Me · Mickey Spillane · na Manhunt January 1953 (+3)

Vengeance Is Hers ed. Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet, May 1997, 0-451-19198-6, $5.99, 316pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 17 hard-boiled stories, all but one by women writers. 7 · Vengeance Is Hers: An Introduction · Max Allan Collins · in 11 · Sex Is My Vengeance · Mickey Spillane · ss 25 · Pounds of Flesh · Valerie Frankel · ss 41 · One Good Turn · J. A. Jance · nv 64 · Belated Revenge · Christine Matthews · ss 84 · Couldja Die · Annette Meyers · ss 104 · Pictures in the Stars · L. J. Washburn · nv 131 · No, I’m Not Jane Marple, But Since You Ask… · Margaret Maron · ss 143 · The Other Woman · Wendi Lee · ss 156 · Where Is She? Where Did She Go To? · Dorothy B. Hughes · nv 180 · Family Tradition · Susan Rogers Cooper · ss 187 · A Front-Row Seat [Jenny Gordon & C.J. Gunn] · Jan Grape · nv 211 · Reunion Queen · Barbara Collins · ss 225 · Subway · S. J. Rozan · nv 253 · Hot Prowl · Mary Wings · nv 1994 277 · The Maggody Files: Time Will Tell · Joan Hess · ss 290 · Dust Devil · Nancy Pickard · ss The Armchair Detective Winter 1991 306 · Among My Souvenirs · Sharyn McCrumb · ss

Modern Science Fiction ed. Norman Spinrad (Anchor, 1974, 0-385-02263-8, $3.50, 540pp, tp, an, cover by James Cook) xiii · Foreword · Norman Spinrad · fw 1 · Introduction—Modern Science Fiction · Norman Spinrad · in 7 · The Golden Age · Norman Spinrad · si 16 · Twilight [Dying Earth] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · nv Astounding Stories November 1934, as by Don A. Stuart 42 · Enchanted Village · A. E. van Vogt · ss Other Worlds Science Stories July 1950 58 · Helen O’Loy · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Science-Fiction December 1938 70 · Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science-Fiction September 1941 113 · The Postwar Awakening · Norman Spinrad · si 117 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 124 · Affair with a Green Monkey · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Venture Science Fiction May 1957 136 · Stranger Station · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 163 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1954 194 · The Marching Morons · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1951 228 · 5,271,009 · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954 269 · The Full Flowering · Norman Spinrad · si 275 · The Voices of Time · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #99, October 1960 312 · The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius [von Bek family] · Michael Moorcock · ss New Worlds SF #154, September 1965, as by James Colvin 329 · No Direction Home · Norman Spinrad · ss New Worlds Quarterly 2 ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1971 348 · Descending · Thomas M. Disch · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1964 361 · For a Breath I Tarry · Roger Zelazny · nv New Worlds SF #160, March 1966 404 · Don’t Wash the Carats · Philip José Farmer · ss Orbit 3 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 409 · Faith of Our Fathers · Philip K. Dick · nv Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 444 · Aye, and Gomorrah… · Samuel R. Delany · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 455 · At the Mouse Circus · Harlan Ellison · ss New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971 464 · In Entropy’s Jaws · Robert Silverberg · nv Infinity Two ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1971 506 · Nine Lives · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Playboy November 1969 539 · Additional Significant Works of Speculative Fiction · [uncredited] · bi

The New Tomorrows ed. Norman Spinrad (Belmont, October 1971, B95-2172, 95¢, 235pp, pb, an) 9 · The New Tomorrows · Norman Spinrad · in (r) 21 · The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius [von Bek family] · Michael Moorcock · ss New Worlds SF #154, September 1965, as by James Colvin 39 · Driftglass · Samuel R. Delany · ss If June 1967 63 · Sending the Very Best · Ed Bryant · ss New Worlds #197, January 1970 68 · Going Down Smooth · Robert Silverberg · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1968 80 · The Garden of Delights · Langdon Jones · nv New Worlds #192, July 1969 116 · Surface if You Can · Terry Champagne · ss New Worlds #192, July 1969 134 · Masks · Damon Knight · ss Playboy July 1968 149 · Pennies, Off a Dead Man’s Eyes · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1969 161 · 198—, A Tale of “Tomorrow” · John T. Sladek · ss New Worlds #197, January 1970 169 · Flight Useless, Inexorable the Pursuit · Thomas M. Disch · ss Under Compulsion by Thomas M. Disch, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968 175 · The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde [Jerry Cornelius] · Norman Spinrad · ss New Worlds #192, July 1969 199 · Down the Up Escalation · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The London Magazine February 1967 210 · Circularization of Condensed Conventional Straight-Line Word-Image Structures · Michael Butterworth · ms New Worlds #192, July 1969 223 · The Definition · Bob Marsden · vi New Worlds #182, July 1968 229 · The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod · Philip José Farmer · ss Broadside October/November/December 1968

Pearls from Peoria by Philip José Farmer ed. Paul Spiteri--- see under Philip Jos^e' Farmer.

The Moonstone Mass and Others by Harriet Prescott Spofford (Ash-Tree Press, September 15, 2000, 1-55310-008-5, C$53.00, xxxvi+181pp, hc, co, cover by Deborah McMillion-Nering) [edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson]     Collection of all the known fantastic tales of this mid-Nineteenth Century American female author edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00. ix · The Uncanny Beauty of Her Gaze: The Life and Ghostly Fiction of Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · in 1 · The Moonstone Mass and Others 3 · The Moonstone Mass · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1868, uncredited. 16 · D’Outre Mort · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Galaxy November 15 1866; given as being from the November 1866 issue. 35 · Circumstance · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1860, uncredited. 47 · Six by Seven · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Knickerbocker January 1860 67 · The Strange Passengers · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss Lippincott’s Magazine of Literature, Science and Education June 1868 82 · The Black Bess · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Galaxy May 1868 99 · The Godmothers · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Cosmopolitan March 1896 109 · The Magnetic Patient · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss Harper’s Bazar February 20 1869 122 · The Ray of Displacement · Harriet Prescott Spofford · nv Metropolitan Magazine October 1903 135 · The Mad Lady · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss Scribner’s Magazine February 1916 144 · The Conquering Will · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Smart Set June 1901 155 · The Empty Room and Others 157 · The Empty Room · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm Scribner’s Magazine February 1915 158 · The Paths of Death · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm Scribner’s Magazine January 1902 159 · Fantasia · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm Poems by Harriet Prescott Spofford, Houghton Mifflin, 1881 160 · Over Again · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm Harper’s Bazar January 22 1876 162 · Second-Sight · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm Harper’s Bazar May 15 1875, as “Mother-Sight” 163 · Marion · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm Poems by Harriet Prescott Spofford, Houghton Mifflin, 1881 165 · Gramarye · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm The Atlantic Monthly August 1900 167 · The Tryst · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm Harper’s New Monthly Magazine February 1890 169 · Dust to Dust · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm The Atlantic Monthly May 1904 171 · Brontë · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm The Century Magazine November 1891 174 · The Shadow of Candlemas Night · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm Harper’s New Monthly Magazine February 1871, uncredited. 176 · The Tourney · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm The Cosmopolitan November 1895 178 · The King’s Dust · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm St. Nicholas June 1889 179 · The Little Ghost · Harriet Prescott Spofford · pm Harper’s Monthly Magazine October 1902 181 · Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms

A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls ed. Jessica Spotswood (Candlewick Press, March 2016, 978-0-7636-7848-7, $17.99, xii+354pp, hc, oa, cover by James Weinberg)     Associational young-adult original anthology of 15 stories, some with fantasy elements, featuring “badass” girls from belles to pirates, through American history. Authors include Marie Lu, Marissa Meyer, and Elizabeth Wein. Each story is followed by an author’s note discussing why they wrote it. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Mother Carey’s Table · J. Anderson Coats · ss 20 · The Journey · Marie Lu · ss · Madeleine’s Choice · Jessica Spotswood · ss 65 · El Destinos · Leslye Walton · ss 84 · High Stakes · Andrea Cremer · ss · The Red Raven Ball · Caroline Tung Richmond · ss · Pearls · Beth Revis · ss 158 · Gold in the Roots of the Grass · Marissa Meyer · nv · The Legendary Garrett Girls · Y. S. Lee · ss · The Color of the Sky · Elizabeth Wein · ss · Bonnie and Clyde · Saundra Mitchell · ss · Hard Times · Katherine Longshore · ss · City of Angels · Lindsay Smith · ss · Pulse of the Panthers · Kekla Magoon · ss · The Whole World Is Watching · Robin Talley · ss

Death of an Airman by C. St. John Sprigg (Hutchinson, 1934, hc, n.) [Bernard Bray]

Death of an Airman by Christopher St. John Sprigg (The British Library, August 2015, 978-0-7123-5615-2, £8.99, 288pp, tp, no, cover by Chris Andrews) [Bernard Bray; British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Hutchinson 1934) mystery novel.

Uncanny Stories ed. Christopher St. John Sprigg (Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1936, 1/6d, xii+397pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Christopher St. John Sprigg · in 3 · The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1928 revised from The New Decameron, Volume the First, B.H. Blackwell, 1919. 43 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited. 93 · The Double Admiral · John Metcalfe · ss The Smoking Leg and Other Stories by John Metcalfe, Jarrolds, 1925 111 · An Episode of Cathedral History · M. R. James · ss The Cambridge Review June 10 1914 137 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 145 · No. 1 Branch Line, the Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 165 · The Frontier Guards · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Illustrated London News November 25 1929 174 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 203 · The Toll-House · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine April 1907 218 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 238 · A Recluse · Walter de la Mare · nv The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 287 · Space · John Buchan · nv Blackwood’s Magazine May 1911 313 · The Tryst · Algernon Blackwood · ss Day and Night Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Cassell & Co., 1917 331 · The Inmost Light [Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1894 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · nv The London Mercury September 1930

Colin Wilson: Philosopher of Optimism by Brad Spurgeon (Michael Butterworth, May 26, 2006, 978-0-9552672-0-8, 158pp, tp, nf) [Ref. Colin Wilson]

Fire Warrior by Si Spurrier (Black Library, September 2003, 1-84416-010-6, £6.99, 408pp, pb, no, cover by Karl & Stefan Kopinski) [Warhammer 40,000]     Future war novel set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $7.99.

Lord of the Night by Simon Spurrier (Black Library, January 13, 2005, 1-84416-157-9, £6.99, 412pp, pb, n., cover by Scott Johnson) [Warhammer 40,000]     Novelization based on the roleplaying game. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $7.99.

Strontium Dog: Prophet Margin by Simon Spurrier (Black Flame US, January 2005, 1-84416-134-X, $6.99, 252pp, pb, n., cover by Dylan Teague) [Strontium Dog]     Novelization based on the world of the comics. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S.

Methods Devour Themselves: A Conversation by Benjanun Sriduangkaew & J. Moufawad-Paul--- see under J. Moufawad-Paul.

Zagreb Noir ed. Ivan Sršen (Akashic Books, November 3, 2015, 978-1-61775-308-4, $15.95, 270pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir] 11 · Surviving to Tell the Story · Ivan Sršen; translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac · in translated from the Croatian. 19 · Part I: A Perfect Outing 21 · A Girl in the Garage · Darko Macan; translated by Tatjana Kambrišak · ss; set in Travno. translated from the Croatian. 41 · Crossbar · Josip Novakovich · ss; set in Maksimir. 51 · The Old Man from the Mountain · Ivan Vidić; translated by Stephen M. Dickey · ss; set in Jarun. translated from the Croatian. 70 · The Gates of Hell · Ružica Gašperov; translated by Will Firth · ss; set in Downtown Central. translated from the Croatian. 85 · Part II: Knocking on the Neighbor’s Door 87 · Horse Killer · Mima Simić; translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac · ss; set in Dubrava. translated from the Croatian. 102 · It All Happened So Fast · Robert Perisic; translated by Stephen M. Dickey · ss; set in Črnomerec. translated from the Croatian. 119 · Night Vision · Pero Kvesić; translated by Stephen M. Dickey · nv; set in Tuškanac. translated from the Croatian. 146 · Numbers 1-3 · Nada Gašić; translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac · ss; set in Zvonimirova. translated from the Croatian. 161 · Part III: Downtown Freaks 163 · Wraiths · Zoran Pilić; translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac · ss; set in Downtown East. translated from the Croatian. 183 · Slices of Night · Andrea Žigić-Dolenec; translated by Coral Petkovich · ss; set in Borongaj. translated from the Croatian. 196 · Headlessness · Darko Milošić; translated by Coral Petkovich · ss; set in Mirogoj. translated from the Croatian. 211 · Part IV: On the Loose 213 · She-Warrior · Nora Verde; translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac · ss; set in Lanište. translated from the Croatian. 233 · Wiener Schnitzel · Ivan Sršen; translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac · ss; set in Rudeš. translated from the Croatian. 254 · Happiness on a Leash · Neven Ušumović; translated by Will Firth · ss; set in Trešnjevka. translated from the Croatian. 268 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg