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Wildest Dreams by Norman Partridge (Subterranean Press, November 1998, 1-892284-00-6, $40.00, 201pp, hc, n., cover by Gail Cross)     Horror novel. A hired killer who can see ghosts is set up in San Francisco. This is a signed, limited edition of 500.

The Best of the Rest 1990: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy from the Small Press ed. Steve Pasechnick & Brian Youmans (Edgewood Press, May 1991, 0-9629066-1-1, $8.00, 128pp, tp, an)     Anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories from small press sources. vii · Foreword · Steve Pasechnick & Brian Youmans · fw 3 · Mirage Diver · Terry Dowling · nv Rynosseros by Terry Dowling, Aphelion Publications, 1990 25 · Peri · Carol Emshwiller · ss Strange Plasma #3, 1990 32 · Muffin Explains Teleology to the World at Large · James Alan Gardner · ss On Spec Spring 1990 44 · Truman Capote’s Trilby: The Facts · Garry Kilworth · ss Back Brain Recluse #15, Spring 1990 52 · Sonata: For Two Friends in Different Times of the Same Trouble · Ellen Kushner · pm Monochrome ed. Bryan Cholfin, Broken Mirrors Press, 1990 54 · Maleficent Morning · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Early Lafferty II by R. A. Lafferty, United Mythologies Press, 1990; written April 1960. 61 · Gooba Gabba · Matt Lowe · ss The Great Swamp Gazette v13 #5, 1990 67 · 5 Cigarettes and 2 Snakes · Geoffrey Maloney · ss Aurealis #1, 1990 78 · The Allah Stairs · Jamil Nasir · ss Tales of the Unanticipated #7, 1990 85 · “…And They Shall Wander All Their Days” · David Tansey · ss Aurealis #1, 1990 99 · Generation Gap · George Turner · ss A Pursuit of Miracles by George Turner, Aphelion, 1990 104 · Appendix—Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · ms 106 · Appendix—Sources · [uncredited] · bi

Looking Back on Tomorrow ed. David Paskow & John Osborne--- see under John Osborne.

Cornish Horrors: Tales from the Land’s End ed. Joan Passey (The British Library, 2021, 978-0-7123-5399-1, £8.99, 365pp, tp, an, cover by Sandra Gómez) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Ghost/horror anthology. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Joan Passey · in 17 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 39 · My Father’s Secret · [uncredited] · ss All the Year Round #98, March 9 1861 55 · Cruel Coppinger · Robert Stephen Hawker · ss All the Year Round December 15 1866 69 · Colonel Benyon’s Entanglement · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv Belgravia July 1872 (+1), as by The Author of “Lady Audley’s Secret”, etc. 101 · The Phantom Hare · M. H. · ss The Argosy (UK) May 1879 129 · Christmas Eve at a Cornish Manor House · Clara Venn · ss St. James’s Magazine December 1878 145 · In the Mist · Mary E. Penn · ss The Argosy (UK) October 1881 173 · The Baronet’s Craze · Mrs. H. L. Cox · nv Tinsley’s Magazine December 1889 207 · The Coming of Abel Behenna · Bram Stoker · ss Lloyd’s Weekly London Newspaper March 26 1893 (+1) 231 · The Roll-Call of the Reef · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Idler June 1895, as by Q 253 · The Haunted Spinney · Elliott O’Donnell · ss The Idler November 1904 267 · A Ghostly Visitation: A True Incident · E. M. Bray · ss 1907 273 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 311 · The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1910 345 · The Mask · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss The English Review January 1912

Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles ed. Joan Passey, Emily Alder & Jimmy Packham--- see under Emily Alder.

The Best American Short Stories 2006 ed. Ann Patchett & Katrina Kenison (Houghton Mifflin, 2006, 978-0-618-54351-9, $28.00, xxii+388pp, hc, an) ix · Foreword · Katrina Kenison · fw xv · Introduction · Ann Patchett · in 1 · Once the Shore · Paul Yoon · ss One Story #58, June 20 2005 20 · Awaiting Orders · Tobias Wolff · ss The New Yorker July 25 2005 30 · The Ambush · Donna Tartt · ss The Guardian Weekend June 25 2005 43 · Secret · Maxine Swann · ss Ploughshares Winter 2005/2006 60 · Dominion · Mark Slouka · ss TriQuarterly #121, 2005 70 · So Much for Artemis · Patrick Ryan · nv One Story #53, March 10 2005 91 · Refresh, Refresh · Benjamin Percy · ss The Paris Review #175, Fall/Winter 2005 105 · Self-Reliance · Edith Pearlman · ss Lake Effect Spring 2005 112 · The View from Castle Rock · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker August 29 2005 143 · Tattooizm · Kevin Moffett · ss Tin House Winter 2005 163 · Cowboy · Thomas McGuane · ss The New Yorker September 19 2005 173 · The Dog · Jack Livings · ss The Paris Review #173, Spring 2005 191 · After a Life · Yiyun Li · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Summer 2005 204 · The Conductor · Aleksandar Hemon · ss The New Yorker February 28 2005 221 · Today I’m Yours · Mary Gaitskill · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Winter 2005 237 · How We Avenged the Blums · Nathan Englander · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 2005 252 · Grandmother’s Nose · Robert Coover · ss Daedalus Summer 2005 259 · A New Gravestone for an Old Grave · David Bezmozgis · nv Zoetrope: All-Story Summer 2005 291 · The Casual Car Pool · Katherine Bell · ss Ploughshares Fall 2005 310 · Mr. Nobody at All · Ann Beattie & Harry Mathews · nv McSweeney’s #16, 2005 359 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 370 · 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2005 · [uncredited] · bi 374 · Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · ms

Mystic Voices: Being Experiences of the Revd Philip Rivers Pater, Squire and Priest, 1834-1913 by Roger Pater (Ash-Tree Press, February 27, 2001, 1-55310-019-0, C$53.00, xv+187pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe)     Reprint (Burns, Oates & Washbourne 1923) collection of stories about Father Pater, an Anglican monk who hears voices that solve ghostly and contemporary mysteries. This edition adds an introduction by David G. Rowlands and an extract from Pater’s My Cousin Philip. 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 · Introduction · David G. Rowlands · in 3 · Preface to Mystic Voices · Roger Pater · pr Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1923 7 · The Warnings · Roger Pater · ss The Catholic World April 1914 13 · The Persecution Chalice · Roger Pater · ss The Catholic World May 1914 21 · In Articulo Mortis · Roger Pater · ss The Catholic World June 1914 31 · The Priest’s Hiding Place · Roger Pater · ss The Catholic World July 1914 42 · De Profundis · Roger Pater · nv Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1923 56 · “Of Such Is the Kingdom of Heaven” · Roger Pater · nv Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1923 69 · The Astrologer’s Legacy · Roger Pater · ss The Catholic World August 1914 81 · A Porta Inferi · Roger Pater · nv Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1923 93 · The Treasure of the Blue Nuns · Roger Pater · ss Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1923 104 · The Watchman · Roger Pater · nv Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1923 117 · The Footsteps of the Aventine · Roger Pater · ss Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1923 129 · The Scapegoat · Roger Pater · ss Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1923 140 · Our Lady of the Rock · Roger Pater · ss Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1923 151 · The Communion of Saints · Roger Pater · ss Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1923 161 · Synopsis of My Cousin Philip · David G. Rowlands · uw (r) [Ref. Roger Pater] 169 · A Sixth Sense · Roger Pater · ex from My Cousin Philip, Oates & Washbourne, 1924 180 · Obituary of Dom Roger Hudleston · [uncredited] · ob The Downside Review 1936

Mystic Voices: Being Experiences of the Rev. Philip Rivers Pater, Squire and Priest, 1834-1913 by Roger Pater (Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1923, 5/-, ix+251pp, hc, co)     Collection of stories about Father Pater, an Anglican monk who hears voices that solve ghostly and contemporary mysteries. v · Preface to Mystic Voices · Roger Pater · pr 1 · The Warnings · Roger Pater · ss The Catholic World April 1914 10 · The Persecution Chalice · Roger Pater · ss The Catholic World May 1914 23 · Articulo Mortis · Roger Pater · ss 39 · The Priest’s Hiding Place · Roger Pater · ss The Catholic World July 1914 57 · De Profundis · Roger Pater · nv 79 · “Of Such Is the Kingdom of Heaven” · Roger Pater · nv 102 · The Astrologer’s Legacy · Roger Pater · ss The Catholic World August 1914 121 · A Porta Inferi · Roger Pater · nv 142 · The Treasure of the Blue Nuns · Roger Pater · ss 159 · The Watchman · Roger Pater · nv 181 · The Footsteps of the Aventine · Roger Pater · ss 200 · The Scapegoat · Roger Pater · ss 217 · Our Lady of the Rock · Roger Pater · ss 235 · The Communion of Saints · Roger Pater · ss

Something Strange ed. Domenica Paterno, Marjorie B. Smiley & Mary Delores Jarmon--- see under Marjorie B. Smiley.

Gutter Tragedies by Sidney Paternoster (Anthony Treherne & Co., 1903, 368pp, hc, co)     Collection with some crime. · The Convict’s Wife · Sidney Paternoster · ss (r) · A Copper’s Nark · Sidney Paternoster · ss Crampton’s Magazine November 1902 · Deus Misereatur · Sidney Paternoster · ss Crampton’s Magazine December 1902 · The Folly of Mace Blackstone · Sidney Paternoster · ss Crampton’s Magazine June 1902 · The Haunted House of Catnip Alley · Sidney Paternoster · ss Crampton’s Magazine February 1902 · Hooligans Five · Sidney Paternoster · ss (r) · Knights of the Nile · Sidney Paternoster · ss Crampton’s Magazine May 1902 · The Old Lag · Sidney Paternoster · ss Crampton’s Magazine August 1902 · Outin’ Doos · Sidney Paternoster · ss Crampton’s Magazine March 1902 · The Repentance of Gild-Me-Green · Sidney Paternoster · ss (r) · The Revenge of Jane Ferris · Sidney Paternoster · ss (r) · The Revenge of Loping Sal · Sidney Paternoster · ss Crampton’s Magazine September 1902 · Songsters of the Nile · Sidney Paternoster · ss Crampton’s Magazine July 1902 · Submerged · Sidney Paternoster · ss (r)

Dark Starry Morning: Stories of This World and Beyond by David Patneaude (Albert Whitman, October 1995, 0-8075-1474-8, $13.95, 123pp, hc, oc, cover by Doron Ben-Ami)     Young-adult collection of six stories, several with fantasy or SF elements. 5 · Dark Starry Morning · David Patneaude · ss 29 · A Melody for Mizorca · David Patneaude · ss 45 · The Wind in My Face · David Patneaude · ss 65 · The Spirit of Franklin Landry · David Patneaude · ss 83 · The Slurpers · David Patneaude · ss 93 · Shadow Canyon · David Patneaude · ss

The Cases of Lieutenant Timothy Trant by Q. Patrick (Crippen & Landru, June 2019, 978-1-936363-30-8, 332pp, tp, co, cover by Gail Cross) [edited by Curtis Evans & Douglas G. Greene]     A hardcover edition (-32-2) was announced but not seen. In the “Lost Classics” series. 7 · Trant Intervenes · Curtis Evans · in 15 · Detective Who’s Who · [uncredited] · ms Four-&-Twenty Bloodhounds ed. Anthony Boucher, Simon & Schuster, 1950 17 · She Wrote Finis [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · na Maclean’s December 1 1940 (+3) 88 · White Carnations [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Collier’s February 10 1945 106 · The Plaster Cat [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · na Mystery Book Magazine July 1946, as by Patrick Quentin 130 · The Corpse in the Closet [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week February 16 1947 143 · Farewell Performance [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week May 11 1947, as “Footlights and Murder” 156 · The Wrong Envelope [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv Mystery Book Magazine Winter 1948 213 · Murder in One Scene [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week May 2 1948 225 · Town Blonde, Country Blonde [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · vi This Week October 16 1949 230 · Who Killed the Mermaid? [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week May 29 1949 236 · Woman of Ice [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week October 30 1949 247 · Death and Canasta [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · vi This Week October 15 1950 252 · Death on Saturday Night [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week November 26 1950 258 · Death on the Riviera [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week July 30 1950 264 · Girl Overboard [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Four-&-Twenty Bloodhounds ed. Anthony Boucher, Simon & Schuster, 1950 275 · This Looks Like Murder [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week April 30 1950 279 · Death Before Breakfast [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week March 11 1951 284 · Death at the Fair · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss The Evening Standard November 9 1951 290 · The Glamorous Opening [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week June 3 1951 296 · Murder in the Alps [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week February 20 1949 307 · On the Day of the Rose Show [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week December 7 1952, as “Revolvers and Roses” 314 · Going…Going…Gone! [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week May 10 1953 320 · Lioness vs. Panther [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week April 3 1955, as “The Two Deadly Females” 329 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi

Hunt in the Dark by Q. Patrick (Crippen & Landru, April 2021, 978-1-936363-53-7, 268pp, tp, co) [edited by Curtis Evans]     In the “Lost Classics” series. · Introduction · Curtis Evans · in · The Frightened Landlady [Dr. Hugh Westlake] · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1935 · Killed by Time · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 1935 · The Hated Woman · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 1936 · Hunt in the Dark [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Q. Patrick · na Short Stories October 10 1942 · The Woman Who Waited · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss The Shadow January 1945 · This Way Out · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv Mystery Book Magazine March 1947 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi

Anthropomorphic Aliens ed. Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions, July 2014, 978-1-61450-192-3, $19.95, 300pp, tp, an, cover by Roz Gibson) 11 · Introduction · Fred Patten · in 15 · Mask of the Ferret · Ken Pick & C. Alan Loewen · nv GigaNotoSaurus November 2007 53 · The Inspector’s Teeth [Viagens Interplanetary] · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1950 68 · Specialist · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1953 83 · Point of Focus · Robert Silverberg · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1958 99 · In Hoka Signo Vinces [Hokas] · Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson · ss Other Worlds June 1953 119 · Novice [Telzey Amberdon] · James H. Schmitz · nv Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction June 1962 151 · What Really Matters · Elizabeth McCoy · nv 1998 189 · Kings and Vagabonds · Cairyn · nv 2001 223 · The King’s Dogs · Phyllis Gotlieb · na The Edge of Space ed. Robert Silverberg, Elsevier, 1979 273 · A Touch of Blue [Web Shifters] · Julie Czerneda · nv Heroes in Training ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Jim C. Hines, DAW, 2007 289 · Fly the Friendly Skies · Bryan Feir · ss 2013 293 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 299 · About the Artist · [uncredited] · bg 301 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Best in Show: Fifteen Years of Outstanding Furry Fiction ed. Fred Patten (Sofawolf Press, July 2003, 0-9712670-1-4, $19.95, 455pp, tp, an, cover by Ursula Vernon)     Anthology of 26 anthropomorphic stories. Authors include Lawrence Watt-Evans, Jefferson P. Swycaffer, and Mel. White. Afterword and bibliography by Fred Patten. Forewords by Tim Susman, Gene Breshears, and Phil Geusz. 4 · Introduction · Fred Patten · in 11 · A Note from the Publisher · J. L. Eddy · pr · Section One: Living Among Us: Furries and Humans 12 · Foreword · Tim Susman · si 15 · To the Magic Born · Brian W. Antoine · ss PawPrints Fanzine Summer 1995; illustrated by Conrad Wong 30 · Foxy Lady · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Zoomorphica Summer 1992 41 · The Color of Rain · Gene Breshears · ss North American Fur September 2000 57 · Crucible · Kim Liu · ss Anthrolations July 2000; illustrated by Dave Bryant 70 · How George Miles Almost Saved the World · Watts Martin · ss Yarf! July 1991 81 · Canis Major · Michael H. Payne · ss Anthrolations July 2001; illustrated by Kylen Christine Miles 95 · A Snapshot from Fayetteville · Mick Collins · ss FURthest North Crew January 1993 109 · Wings · Todd G. Sutherland · ss FURthest North Crew March 1997 129 · Respect the Sea · Jeff Eddy · ss HistoriMorphs July 2001; illustrated by Jennie Hoffer 138 · The Boar Goes North · Matt Posner · ss Mythagoras Autumn 1990 · Section Two: Living Apart: Furry Alternate Worlds 152 · Foreword · Gene Breshears · si 155 · Port in a Storm · Robert K. Carspecken · ss Rowrbrazzle July 1989; illustrated by Margaret Carspecken 176 · Rosettes and Ribbons · M. C. A. Hogarth · nv Yarf! January 2000 207 · Painted Memories · Conrad Wong · ss PawPrints Fanzine Winter 1994; illustrated by Conrad Wong 222 · Recruiting · Elizabeth McCoy · ss Fantastic Furry Stories October 2001 235 · Rat’s Reputation · Michael H. Payne · ss FurVersion May 1989 246 · Whimper’s Law [Xanadu] · Craig Hilton · ss The Ever-Changing Palace July 1991 260 · Beneath the Crystal Sea · Brock Hoagland · nv Tales of Perissa by Brock Hoagland, United Publications, 2001; illustrated by Vicky M. Wyman 284 · Secret Weapon · Allen Kitchen · ss Morphic Tales January 2000 292 · Mercy to the Cubs: A Tale of the Furkindred [Furkindred] · Chas. P. A. Melville · nv Yarf! July 1995 317 · Messenger · Mel. White · ss PawPrints Fanzine Spring 1998; illustrated by Jonathan Kaufman 324 · Castlefail · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · ss FurryPhile June 1996 339 · Repas du Vivant [Tai-Pan Universe] · Axel Shaikman · ss Rowrbrazzle October 1993; illustrated by Conrad Wong · Section Three: Living Within: Transformation 350 · Foreword · Phil Geusz · si 352 · Graduation Day · Phil Geusz · nv Raven’s Lair website August 16 1999 387 · Top of the Mountain · Ben Goodridge · nv Fang, Claw, & Steel Winter 1999 409 · Find the Beautiful · Tim Susman · ss Mythagoras Summer 1997; illustrated by John Nunnemacher 423 · Little Monster · Tom Turrittin · ss Fang, Claw, & Steel Summer 1999 437 · Afterword and Bibliography · Fred Patten · aw 447 · Contributor Bios · [uncredited] · bg