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Not All a Dream by Manly Wade Wellman (Haffner Press, April 2024, 978-1-893887-67-1, 18pp, ph, ss, cover by Tim Kirk)
A previously unpublished short story, offered as a premium for those who preordered The Complete John the Balladeer from the publisher, and to be distributed with the slipcased edition of The Complete John the Balladeer.
Details taken from online listing.

Romance in Black by Manly Wade Wellman (Haffner Press, January 2013, tp, co) [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant]
Chapbook of five stories distributed with the limited edition of The Complete John Thunstone.

· The Hairy Ones Shall Dance [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · na Weird Tales January 1938 (+2), as by Gans T. Field

· The Black Drama [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · na Weird Tales June 1938 (+2), as by Gans T. Field

· The Dreadful Rabbits [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales July 1940, as by Gans T. Field

· The Half-Haunted [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales September 1941, as by Gans T. Field

· Chastel [Lee Cobbett; Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VII ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1979

The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1955 by Arthur C. Clarke ed. Angus Wells--- see under Arthur C. Clarke.

The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971 by Arthur C. Clarke ed. Angus Wells--- see under Arthur C. Clarke.

The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1956-1972 by Arthur C. Clarke ed. Angus Wells--- see under Arthur C. Clarke.

The Best of Clifford D. Simak by Clifford D. Simak ed. Angus Wells--- see under Clifford D. Simak.

The Best of Isaac Asimov by Isaac Asimov ed. Angus Wells--- see under Isaac Asimov.

American Detective Stories ed. Carolyn Wells (Oxford University Press US, 1927, LC:27-25421, 250pp, hc, an)

iii · Foreword · Carolyn Wells · fw

1 · The Gold-Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1)

52 · The Twinkling of an Eye · Brander Matthews · nv Chapman’s Magazine September 1895

95 · The Corpus Delicti [Randolph Mason] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason by Melville Davisson Post, Putnam's, 1896

134 · The Long Arm · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (with Joseph E. Chamberlin) · na Chapman’s Magazine August 1895, as by Mary E. Wilkins

179 · The Ruby and the Caldron · Anna Katharine Green · nv The People’s Home Journal December 1903

217 · The Denton Boudoir Mystery · Gelett Burgess · nv 1912

238 · The Stolen Cigar-Case · Bret Harte · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 24 1900

American Mystery Stories ed. Carolyn Wells (Oxford University Press US, 1927, LC:27-254197, $1.50, 232pp, hc, an)
Mostly 19th Century weird fiction.

iv · Foreword · Carolyn Wells · fw

1 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846

9 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843

21 · The Minister’s Black Veil · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Token and Atlantic Souvenir 1836, 1835, as by The Author of “Sights from a Steeple”

37 · Horror · John Berwick Harwood, uncredited · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1861

62 · The Mysterious Card [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat February 1896

73 · The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat August 1896

93 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.

109 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

134 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890

146 · The Little Room · Madeline Yale Wynne · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1895

161 · The Sequel to “The Little Room” · Madeline Yale Wynne · ss The Little Room and Other Stories by Madeline Yale Wynne, Way & Williams, 1895

177 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

198 · Circumstance · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1860, uncredited.

214 · The Lost Phoebe · Theodore Dreiser · ss The Century Magazine April 1916

Best American Mystery Stories I ed. Carolyn Wells (Boni, July 1932, 533pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Day 1931 as Best American Mystery Stories of the Year, Volume 1) anthology.

Best American Mystery Stories of the Year, Volume 1 ed. Carolyn Wells (Day, 1931, 533pp, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · Carolyn Wells · in

3 · Man Afraid · Ben Ames Williams · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 26 1930

29 · Honor Among Thieves · Arthur Somers Roche · nv 1930

55 · The Farewell Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na Black Mask February 1930

113 · The Witness in the Metal Box [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The American Magazine November 1929

135 · Up the Spout · Gelett Burgess · nv Collier’s December 14 1929

161 · Ramikin Rubies · Clarence Budington Kelland · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 14 1930

195 · The Ax · Ben Hecht · ss Cosmopolitan November 1930

205 · Mr. Picarelli Takes a Bath · James Warner Bellah · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 17 1930

237 · Atchison Always Wins! · Mrs. Wilson Woodrow & C. C. Waddell · nv Collier’s August 16 1930

263 · The Little Dry Sticks · Faraday Keene · nv Ladies’ Home Journal February 1930

289 · Madame the Cat [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 29 1930

317 · Alibi · William J. Neidig · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 12 1930

353 · The Unrepentant Thief · John B. Kennedy · ss Collier’s March 8 1930

363 · The Moll-Trap · Howard McLellan · nv Collier’s November 30 1929

395 · The Twenty-Fourth Hour · Jerome Beatty · nv Collier’s January 4 1930

417 · Fair and Stormy · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s August 2 1930

425 · Red Wine · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Adventure June 1 1930

459 · The Light at Three O’Clock · MacKinlay Kantor · nv Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories July 1930

481 · Drawing Room B · Allan Vaughan Elston · nv Adventure April 15 1930

509 · The Master of the Conjurers’ Guild · Joseph Szebenyei · nv Adventure March 15 1930

Best American Mystery Stories of the Year, Volume 2 ed. Carolyn Wells (Day, 1932, 542pp, hc, an)

v · Introduction · Carolyn Wells · in

3 · Death and Company [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Black Mask November 1930

21 · The Man in Seat Twelve · James Warner Bellah · nv 1931

47 · A Bird in the Hand · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan December 1931

79 · The Crutile · Ben Ames Williams · na The Saturday Evening Post August 29 1931 (+1)

153 · A Flea Can Grow Bigger Than a Man · Alan LeMay · nv 1931

181 · An Ounce of Curiosity [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · nv The American Magazine August 1931

205 · The Seven Curses · Samuel Hopkins Adams · nv The Illustrated Detective Magazine November 1931

227 · A Gentleman for a Night [Jim Hanvey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The American Magazine October 1931

255 · Manner · Thomas Beer · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 26 1931

281 · The Petal of the Red Geranium · Edmund Pearson · tc Liberty September 26 1931

301 · Tragic Eyes · Rita Weiman · nv Liberty May 2 1931

331 · McQuestion Rides [Matt McQuestion] · Ernest Haycox · nv Collier’s June 20 1931

353 · The Body of the Crime · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Ladies’ Home Journal March 1931

387 · A Murder at the Monde · Gelett Burgess · nv This Quarter December 1931

423 · Diffycult Hill · Faraday Keene · nv 1931

455 · Fishermen’s Luck · William MacHarg · ss 1931

465 · An Expert—in Gems · Everett Rhodes Castle · nv Ladies’ Home Journal May 1931

487 · The Stubborn Heiress · R. T. M. Scott · ss The Illustrated Detective Magazine October 1931

507 · Dirty Work at the Crossroads · Elinore Cowan Stone · ss The American Magazine August 1931

525 · One Chance in a Million · Will Payne · ss The American Magazine December 1931

Masters of Science Fiction, Volume 14: H.G. Wells: The Amazing Stories Collection, Ultimate Illustrated Edition by H. G. Wells (Armchair Fiction, January 16, 2019, 978-1-79427-335-1, $16.95, 320pp, tp, co, cover by Frank R. Paul from Amazing Stories May 1926)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

5 · The New Accelerator · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1901

19 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897

37 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897

49 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898

67 · The Empire of the Ants · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1905

84 · In the Abyss · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1896

100 · Under the Knife · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #80, January 1896

114 · The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget March 28 1895

125 · The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler May 1896

142 · The Plattner Story · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #83, April 1896

161 · Æpyornis Island · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget December 27 1894

173 · A Story of the Stone Age · H. G. Wells · gp (r)

_173 · Ugh-Lomi and Uya · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler May 1897

_189 · The Cave Bear · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler June 1897, as “Ugh-Lomi and the Cave Bear”

_202 · The First Horseman · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler July 1897

_212 · Uya the Lion · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler August 1897, as “The Reign of Uya the Lion”

_223 · The Fight in the Lion’s Thicket · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler November 1897

234 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine April 1904

259 · The Stolen Body · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine November 1898

276 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895

292 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894

301 · The Moth · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette March 28 1895, as “A Moth—Genus Novo”

312 · In the Avu Observatory · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 9 1894

The Red Room and Other Horrors: H.G. Wells’ Best Weird Science Fiction & Ghost Stories by H. G. Wells (Oldstyle Tales Press, August 8, 2015, 978-1-5168-1495-4, $21.20, 212pp, tp, co) [edited by M. Grant Kellermeyer]
Collection of 15 stories, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

10 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in

· Ghost Stories: Tales of the Supernatural

12 · The Moth · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette March 28 1895, as “A Moth—Genus Novo”

21 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896

32 · The Stolen Body · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine November 1898

45 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895

58 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost”

75 · The Door in the Wall · H. G. Wells · ss The Daily Chronicle July 14 1906

· Weird Science Fiction: Tales of the Otherworldly

89 · In the Abyss · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1896

102 · The Sea Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896

111 · The Valley of the Spiders · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1903

121 · The Late Mr. Elvesham · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler May 1896, as “The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham”

135 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894

· Strange Tales of Horror: Tales of the Surreal

143 · A Dream of Armageddon · H. G. Wells · nv Black & White May/June 1901

164 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895

174 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903

184 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine April 1904

210 · Further Reading: Critical, Literary, and Biographical Works · M. Grant Kellermeyer · ms

Lip Service: Alluring New Lesbian Erotica ed. Jess Wells (Alyson Publications, October 1999, 1-555-83503-1, $12.95, 272pp, tp, oa)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Introduction · Jess Wells · in (r)

· How I Ended Up on My Back · Amie M. Evans · ss

· Pearls · Jeannie Sullivan · ss

· The Sacred Sex Tour · Wendy Caster · ss

· A Real-Life Superhero · Kate Dominic · ss

· Broken Moratoriums · Nancy Ferreyra · ss

· Chosen · Renette Toliver · ss

· Thank You, Jackie James · Caitlyn Marie Poland · ss

· Black Vinyl · M. R. Daniel · ss

· Dream Mammal · Sarah Van Arsdale · ss

· The Healing · M. N. Schoeman · ss

· Love Play · Myra LaVenue · ss

· First Time · Isadora Stern · ss

· The Wedding Present · M. Damian · ss

· The Cookie Sheet · Ouida Crozier · ss

· Rural Free Delivery · Anne Seale · ss

· The Party · Catherine Lundoff · ss

· This Is the Famous Bath Scene from Dirty Alice · Merril Mushroom · ss

· The Tarantula Mind · Nyondo Nadi · ss

· Sand · Lana Pacheco · ss

· Of Human Bondage · Danya Ruttenberg · ss

· Deo Gratias · Connie Fox · ss

· Marisol · Carla Diaz · ss

· My Familiar Aphrodite · Sonia Abel · ss

· Blood Hunger · Ginger Simon · ss

· The Closet · Robin St. John & Sandra Hayes · ss

· Plastic Pleasures · Nilaja Montgomery-Akalu · ss

· God Blessed Eva · Randi Oklevik Solberg · ss

· The Perfect Gift · Rhonda Jackson · ss

· Love Child · Karen X. Tulchinsky · ss

· With Some Jazz · Juliet Crichton · ss

· About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Love Shook My Heart 2: Lesbian Love Stories ed. Jess Wells (Alyson, December 2001, 1555836178, $14.95, 280pp, tp, oa)

· Introduction · Jess Wells · in (r)

· At Fourteen · Deborah J. Archer · ss (r)

· The Grand Union · Ruthann Robson · ss (r)

· Girls · Lu Vickers · ss (r)

· Antelope · Elana Dykewomon · ss (r)

· The One I Left Behind · M. Christian · ss

· The Diary of a Performative Self · Aja Couchois Duncan · ss (r)

· To Sleep · Laura M. Farmer · ss (r)

· Jacqueline · Jess Wells · ss (r)

· Kiss of Death, Inc. · Kathy Anderson · ss (r)

· Winnie’s Wake · Julie Auer · ss (r)

· Reply · Jenie Pak · ss (r)

· Penny a Point · Karen X. Tulchinsky · ss (r)

· Her Clear Voice Undid Me · Carol Guess · ss (r)

· The Girls Club · Sally Bellerose · ss (r)

· Illuminated Crypts · Dorothy Lane, (Sunlight) · ss (r)

· Bessie & Sweet Colleen · Ta’Shia Asanti · ss (r)

· Lovingkindness · Kelly Barth · ss (r)

· Invisible · Mary Sharratt · ss (r)

· My Dead Aunt’s Vodka · Lori Horvitz · ss (r)

· Groundwater · Amy Boyer · ss (r)

· My Son Jake · Marnie Webb · ss (r)

· Ghetto Anthem · Roxane Gay · ss (r)

· Waiting for Claudette · Jamie Joy Gatto · ss (r)

· A Preference for the Moment · Ronna Magy · ss (r)

· Recycled · Kristin Steele · ss (r)

· The Fall · Helen Vozenilek · ss (r)

· Goombay Smash · Jane Eaton Hamilton · ss (r)

· Millie’s Girl · Tzivia Gover · ss (r)

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