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Dead Letters: An Anthology of the Undelivered, the Missing, the Returned… ed. Conrad Williams (Titan Books, April 5, 2016, 978-1-78329-450-3, $14.95, 408pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 17 stories about undelivered items from the post office. Written by authors of dark and/or speculative fiction including Michael Marshall Smith, Pat Cadigan, Lisa Tuttle, Ramsey Campbell, and Maria Dahvana Headley & China Miéville. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $14.95. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Conrad Williams · in 7 · The Green Letter · Steven Hall · ss 19 · Over to You · Michael Marshall Smith · nv 41 · In Memoriam · Joanne Harris · ss 59 · Ausland · Alison Moore · ss 69 · Wonders to Come · Christopher Fowler · nv 97 · Cancer Dancer · Pat Cadigan · nv 123 · The Wrong Game · Ramsey Campbell · nv 151 · Is-and · Claire Dean · ss 167 · Buyer’s Remorse · Andrew Lane · nv 201 · Gone Away · Muriel Gray · nv 223 · Astray · Nina Allan · nv 265 · The Days of Our Lives · Adam L. G. Nevill · nv 289 · The Hungry Hotel · Lisa Tuttle · ss 309 · L0ND0N · Nicholas Royle · nv 343 · Change Management · Angela Slatter · ss 363 · Ledge Bants · Maria Dahvana Headley & China Miéville · nv 393 · And We, Spectators Always, Everywhere · Kirsten Kaschock · ss

Herzone: Fantasy Short Stories by Women ed. Di Williams, Norma Brown & Jane Broughton--- see under Norma Brown.

Avon Ghost Reader ed. Herbert Williams--- see under Anon..

Ten Nights of Love ed. Herbert Williams (Avon Books, 1947, 128, 25¢, 157pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. Reprinted as For a Night of Love, Avon 259, 1950, as if new. 7 · For a Night of Love · Émile Zola · nv (r) 32 · Lessons in Love · Giovanni Fiorentino · ss (r) 45 · The Listen to the Nightingale · Giovanni Boccaccio · ss from The Decameron, 1886 translated from the Italian (Decamerone, 1353). 49 · A New Sensation · Pierre Louys · ss (r) 64 · Sunstroke · Ivan Bunin; translated by John Cournos · ss Story #20, March 1934 74 · That Pig of a Morin · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Ce cochon de Morin”, Gil Blas, November 21, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse). 86 · One of Cleopatra’s Nights · Theophile Gautier · nv (r) translated from the French (“Une Nuit de Cléopâtre”, La Presse, November 29 to December 6, 1838). 126 · Olivier’s Brag · Anatole France; translated by Alfred Allinson · ss The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche, Dodd, Mead, 1909 134 · The Fate of the Baron · Arthur Schnitzler; translated by Eric Sutton · ss Little Novels, Simon and Schuster, 1929 translated from the German (Die Frau des Weisen: Noveletten, 1898). 150 · A Mediaeval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express January 1 1870, as “An Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance”

Terror at Night ed. Herbert Williams (Avon, 1947, 110, 25¢, 194pp, pb, an) 6 · Introduction · Herbert Williams · in 7 · The Haunter of the Dark [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales December 1936 32 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 52 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925 66 · The Black Courtyard · Thomas Burke · ss Night Pieces by Thomas Burke, Constable, 1935 83 · The Seventeenth Hole at Duncaster · H. R. Wakefield · ss They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928 97 · The Second Generation · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette July 6 1912 105 · The Phantom Bus · W. Elwyn Backus · ss Weird Tales September 1930 113 · Change · Arthur Machen · ss The Children of the Pool by Arthur Machen, Hutchinson, 1936 126 · The Left Eye · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales June 1927 146 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889 159 · The Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 174 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 185 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912

Unearthly Beasts and Other Strange People by Jay Williams (Macmillan UK, 1979, 978-0-333-25602-2, £2.95, 110pp, hc, co, cover by Terry Oakes)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · The Outside Job · Jay Williams · ss 20 · Trial by Combat · Jay Williams · ss 34 · The Fear Shouter · Jay Williams · ss 43 · Somebody to Play With · Jay Williams · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1961 57 · False Image · Jay Williams · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1958 71 · Happy Pill · Jay Williams · ss 84 · Beast of Prey · Jay Williams · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1957 98 · The Monster of the Glen · Jay Williams · ss

We Must Not Buy Their Fruits by Jen Williams (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 2023, 40pp, ph, co, cover by Alex Storer) [Novacon Booklets]     Collection of 3 stories, one original, issued in a limited edition of 250 numbered copies, to coincide with Williams’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 52. Details supplied by Dave Langford. 5 · We Must Not Buy Their Fruits · Jen Williams · ss 19 · The Tides of Avalon · Jen Williams · ss Twisted Histories ed. Scott Harrison, Snowbooks, 2013 29 · Constance Withers and the Wall · Jen Williams · ss BFS Horizons #3, 2016

Bento: Story Art Box ed. Kent Williams (Allen Spiegel Fine Arts, 2001, 0-9642069-4-3, $14.00, 48pp, tp, oa, cover by Kent Williams)     Original anthology/magazine with nine stories and two poems, with striking illustrations by various artists. Authors include Jonathan Carroll, Neal Gaiman, and Rachel Pollack. Dave McKean contributes a heavily illustrated story. Details taken from online listing. · Second Snow · Jonathan Carroll · ss · Visitation Rites · David Drake · ss · How Do You Think It Feels? · Neil Gaiman · ss In the Shadow of the Gargoyle ed. Nancy Kilpatrick & Thomas S. Roche, Ace, 1998 · The Fishwife · Alisa Kwitney · ss · Poems · Michael McClure · ss · His Story · Dave McKean · ss · The Younger Brother · Rachel Pollack · ss · Resurrection and Immortality · Iain Sinclair · ss · What Fools the Body Like Warmth · Karl Woelz · ss · The Last Time · Ashley-Jayne Nicolaus · ss

The Evening News Collection ed. Mark Williams (Chapmans, 1991, 1-85592-003-4, £5.99, 269pp, tp, an)     Details supplied by Ian Covell. 5 · The Evening News · [uncredited] · ar (r) 9 · Introduction · Leslie Thomas · in (r) 19 · A Good Boy · Griffith Leslie Thomas · ss (r) 22 · How a Pub Was Shipwrecked by a Sailor’s Return… · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine July 1903, as “Dixon’s Return”; condensed. 29 · A Midnight Train to Nowhere · Ken Follett · ss The (London) Evening News August 19 1975 33 · A Fine Sight · Denys Val Baker · ss The (London) Evening News August 10 1974 37 · Day to Remember · James Clavell · ss The (London) Evening News November 11 1971 41 · Bigger Money, Dear · Anthony Grey · ss The (London) Evening News March 18 1972 45 · Company Requested · Cardew Robinson · ss The (London) Evening News May 20 1974 49 · Poor M. Revoise · R. B. Layland · ss The (London) Evening News August 2 1973 53 · Once in Love with Carla · Stan Moye · ss The (London) Evening News August 3 1978 56 · The Specialist · Robert Quigley · ss The (London) Evening News September 10 1973 60 · The Lippi Madonna · Joan Forman · ss The (London) Evening News May 19 1973 64 · Key to the Question · Stephen Phillips · ss (r) 68 · Hot South Wind · Edward Richard Rosset · ss The (London) Evening News January 9 1973 72 · Just a Peasant · Plichta Hall · ss The (London) Evening News April 27 1973 76 · Give a Man Enough Rope… · Frank Broadbridge · ss The (London) Evening News July 13 1978 80 · Games People Play · David Hunter · ss The (London) Evening News April 4 1979 84 · It Is Called Love · Barbara Cartland · ss The (London) Evening News October 27 1975 88 · Every Woman Needs to Have a Secret · Linden Howard · ss The (London) Evening News December 29 1975 92 · Postscript to a Marriage · Kay Harris · ss The (London) Evening News July 21 1978 96 · Bartram’s Book · Peter Wallace · ss The (London) Evening News April 9 1973 100 · Dented Dignity · Peter Wallace · ss The (London) Evening News October 6 1971 104 · Pay Time · John Renwick · ss The (London) Evening News January 4 1973 108 · Horses? I’ve Found the Magic Formula · Ray Kinross · ss The (London) Evening News October 22 1976 112 · A Very Simple Job · Peter Walsh · ss The (London) Evening News March 16 1972 116 · Wolf at the Door · Peter Wallace · ss The (London) Evening News December 12 1972 120 · The Thing That Went Scratch in the Night · Daniel Farson · ss The (London) Evening News September 3 1976 124 · Fat Cat · Brett Roberts · ss The (London) Evening News May 3 1973 128 · The Promise of Four Vital Blue Notes · Herbert Harris · ss The (London) Evening News July 5 1978 131 · When Sisterly Love Was at a Premium · G. M. Karhunen · ss The (London) Evening News July 19 1978 135 · Feeding Their Every Need · Susan Muir · ss The (London) Evening News November 14 1979 139 · A Modern Christmas · Carol Monica Dickens · ss (r) 145 · Last of the Lady’s Wine · Terry Tapp · ss The (London) Evening News April 17 1978 149 · London Interlude · Michael Dawes · ss The (London) Evening News September 24 1973 153 · City Encounter · Philip Sagar · ss The (London) Evening News September 17 1973 157 · A Gentleman of the Road Smells Death · Paul Stuart · ss The (London) Evening News July 11 1978 161 · That First Week · John Aston · ss The (London) Evening News September 21 1973 165 · Looking for Clancy · L. F. Lampitt · ss The (London) Evening News October 30 1972 169 · The Frigate · Kenneth Hadler · ss The (London) Evening News March 31 1973 173 · Port of Rye · David R. Murduck · ss The (London) Evening News May 2 1972 176 · The Day Macey’s Time Was Up · John W. R. Unsworth · ss The (London) Evening News November 20 1974 180 · Checkmate · John W. R. Unsworth · ss The (London) Evening News September 28 1971 184 · Death Through a Glass…Darkly · Rik Ashard · ss The (London) Evening News July 28 1978 188 · Big Dippers · John Duncan · ss The (London) Evening News May 2 1975 192 · You and I Are About to Die · Bill Bryson · ss The (London) Evening News July 12 1978 196 · The Unadulterated · Louis Allegri · ss The (London) Evening News April 1 1972 200 · Father’s Day of Reckoning · Margaret Webb · ss The (London) Evening News October 31 1974 204 · The Pick-Up · Edgar Wallace · ss John Bull Annual Summer 1927 209 · Two of a Kind · Douglas Baker · ss The (London) Evening News November 17 1973 213 · The Hairpiece · N. A. Hilton · ss The (London) Evening News July 6 1972 217 · The Traveller · J. S. Brennan · ss The (London) Evening News August 23 1972 221 · Revenge of the Golden Lady · Nigel Pocknell · ss The (London) Evening News October 26 1976 225 · The Gong · Anthony Steel · ss The (London) Evening News February 18 1972 229 · Sold for a Farthing · Edward Turberville · ss The (London) Evening News September 20 1972 233 · The Tramp · Dillibe Onyeama · ss The (London) Evening News November 10 1971 237 · Issey Walk-About · Peter Kniveton · ss The (London) Evening News August 10 1968 241 · Hassan the Sweet Puts the Bite on Us Suckers · Bob Monkhouse · ss The (London) Evening News September 10 1976 245 · The Birthday Book · Leslie Thomas · ss The (London) Evening News May 10 1956 249 · Scoring Off Jeeves [Jeeves and Wooster; Bingo Little] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss The Strand Magazine February 1922 255 · The Gift of the Magi · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 10 1905, as “Gifts of the Magi” 261 · A Child’s Christmas · Dylan Thomas · ex Harper’s Bazaar December 1950, as “A Child’s Memories of Christmas in Wales” amalgamation of “Memories of Christmas” (The Listener, December 20, 1945), first broadcast on BBC Wales Children’s Hour on December 16, 1945, and “Conversation About Christmas” (Picture Post, December 27, 1947).

The Evening News Collection (2) ed. Mark Williams (Chapmans, 1991, 1-85592-004-2, £5.99, xiii+241pp, tp, an)     Details supplied by Ian Covell. v · Introduction · Monica Dickens · in (r) 1 · The Tired Old Man · Monica Dickens · ss The (London) Evening News December 10 1946 6 · The Cat with One Life · Nigel Morland · ss The (London) Evening News September 29 1978 10 · Trouble with Time · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1960, as “Crime on Mars” 16 · An Old Lady Sings the Blues · Rosemary Timperley · ss The (London) Evening News December 22 1976 20 · He Couldn’t Win This Waiting Game · Jane Wallace · ss The (London) Evening News April 4 1975 23 · The Real McCoy · Lachlan McIntyre · ss The (London) Evening News November 14 1972 27 · Hands · Dorothy Bennett · ss The (London) Evening News February 22 1972 31 · The Führer’s Last Farewell · Plichta Hall · ss The (London) Evening News January 21 1975 35 · Dangerous Bend · Herbert Harris · ss The (London) Evening News March 11 1972 38 · With a Song in Her Heart · Martin K. Howard · ss The (London) Evening News August 6 1976 41 · Perchance to Dream · Cardew Robinson · ss The (London) Evening News December 8 1973 45 · A Friend in Greed · Philip Allott · ss The (London) Evening News August 1 1978 49 · An Egg in the Hand · P. W. R. Foot · ss The (London) Evening News May 25 1979 53 · The Farewell Gift That Just Wasn’t Enough · Joy Mary Higham · ss The (London) Evening News December 29 1976 57 · Getting McGinty’s Goat · Dillon McCarthy · ss The (London) Evening News November 18 1972 60 · The Judge’s Dilemma · Louis Allegri · ss The (London) Evening News July 13 1979 64 · Bomb in the Bed · Harry Secombe · ss The (London) Evening News April 23 1963 69 · It Could Only Happen Once · Spike Milligan · ss The (London) Evening News July 4 1961 73 · The Wastrel · Peter Sellers · ss The (London) Evening News April 26 1963 78 · The Cat Burglar · Victoria Eden · ss The (London) Evening News November 8 1979 81 · Postscript to a Betrayal · Margaret Webb · ss The (London) Evening News February 13 1978 85 · Jimmy Pawson Doesn’t Care · Hilton Ambler · ss The (London) Evening News April 14 1972 89 · Love Letter Straight from the Heart · Terry Tapp · ss The (London) Evening News August 16 1978 93 · It’s a Dog’s Life for a Greedy Tramp · Roy Granville · ss The (London) Evening News September 24 1976 96 · The Sea Serpent · W. W. Jacobs · ss (r) 103 · A Sting in the Tail of Harry’s Summer · Douglas Railton · ss The (London) Evening News August 18 1976 107 · Mango Millionaire · Anthony Steel · ss The (London) Evening News October 18 1971 111 · Semaphore · Willis Carstairs · ss The (London) Evening News February 20 1973 115 · Love Was Quite a Blow to Adam · William Glynne-Jones · ss The (London) Evening News July 29 1976 119 · Short Measure · Leslie Thomas · ss The (London) Evening News September 1 1956 122 · The Russian Princess · Willy Trebich · ss The (London) Evening News January 13 1972 126 · My Husband Says It All with Flowers · Martha Duncan · ss The (London) Evening News August 10 1976 130 · Ratcatcher · Herbert Harris · ss The (London) Evening News March 17 1973 134 · Elementary, My Dearest Watson · Eric Bean · ss The (London) Evening News August 16 1976 138 · Donald the Diplomat · John Hynam · ss The (London) Evening News March 29 1972 142 · Against the Bidding · Denys Val Baker · ss The (London) Evening News May 4 1973 146 · Bartimeus · Simple Sailor · ss The (London) Evening News 1949 149 · Family Funeral · Giovanni Ceccarelli · ss The (London) Evening News November 7 1973 153 · The Brand of Eve · C. S. Forester · ss The (London) Evening News March 29 1938 160 · The Housekeeper · J. I. Hobbs · ss The (London) Evening News April 13 1972 164 · Phantom at the Head of the Table… · Louis Allegri · ss The (London) Evening News December 16 1976 168 · Star Gazers · Roy Bolitho · ss The (London) Evening News February 16 1972 172 · The Winning Secret · Peter Wey · ss The (London) Evening News July 18 1978 176 · A Reflection of Life on the Last Train to Tooting · Robert Quigley · ss The (London) Evening News September 11 1979 179 · Death Trap · Jonathan Clark · ss The (London) Evening News March 21 1972 183 · The Treasure of the Ancient Mariner · Peter Peterson · ss The (London) Evening News January 12 1977 187 · More Than One Way to Kill a Cad… · Tony Steed · ss The (London) Evening News July 21 1975 190 · The Source of the World · H. E. Bates · ss The (London) Evening News October 7 1955 197 · What You Might Call the Stare of the Dog · Marjorie Fisher · ss The (London) Evening News April 28 1978 200 · Love That Had to Wait · W. J. Elsham · ss The (London) Evening News April 20 1979 204 · Unaccustomed Sheila · Kate Grenville · ss The (London) Evening News August 19 1980 207 · Room with a View · Kate Grenville · ss The (London) Evening News August 20 1980 209 · Sandy Plays a Waiting Game · Kate Grenville · ss The (London) Evening News August 21 1980 213 · Step Inside, Young Stranger · N. Tregenna · ss The (London) Evening News December 9 1976 216 · Fugitive on the Tobacco Trail · Martin Conlan · ss The (London) Evening News November 1 1974 220 · Gun-Man Meets the Sleeping Beauty · Larry Talbot · ss The (London) Evening News July 30 1975 223 · Jeeves Cracks the Great Pearl Robbery [Jeeves and Wooster] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss The Strand Magazine April 1922, as “Aunt Agatha Takes the Count”; condensed. 230 · How Ubaldo Cleaned Up at Sloppy Joe’s · Douglas Railton · ss The (London) Evening News May 28 1975 234 · Lucky Thirteen · William Glynne-Jones · ss The (London) Evening News August 24 1972 238 · The Thick Brown Door · Peter Kniveton · ss (r)