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Wedding Belles (Signet, May 2004, 0-451-21189-8, $6.99, 311pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · For Richer or Poorer · Allison Lane · na 71 · A Marriage of True Minds · Edith Layton · na 121 · The Marriage Scheme · Lynn Kerstan · na 185 · A Match Made in Heaven-or Hell · Barbara Metzger · na 247 · A Hasty Marriage · Carla Kelly · na

A Wedding Bouquet (Signet, May 1996, 0-451-18785-7, $5.99, 348pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Something Old · Patricia Oliver · na 98 · Something New · Carla Kelly · na 166 · Something Borrowed · Patricia Rice · na 229 · Something Blue · Edith Layton · na 279 · …And a Sixpence for Her Shoe · Anne Barbour · na

Wedding Day Kittens (Zebra Books, May 2005, 0-8217-7843-9, $4.99, 256pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology 7 · Something Old, Something Mew · Jo Ann Ferguson · na 77 · The Perfect Bride · Alice Holden · na 159 · Up to Scratch · Melynda Beth Skinner · na

Weddings from Hell (Harper, June 2008, 978-0-06-147268-8, $7.99, 373pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of four supernatural romance stories by Maggie Shayne, Jeaniene Frost, Terri Garey, and Kathryn Smith. 1 · Till Death · Maggie Shayne · na 95 · Happily Never After · Jeaniene Frost · na 201 · Ghouls Night Out · Terri Gary · na 285 · The Wedding Knight · Kathryn Smith · na

Weird Chicago (Chicago in 2012 Worldcon Bid, November 14, 2008, 7pp, ph, oa, cover by Delphyne Woods)     Details taken from online listing. · The Paternal Flame · Mike Resnick · ss

The Weird Ones ed. Ivan Howard, uncredited (Belmont, July 1962, L92-541, 50¢, 173pp, pb, an) vii · My Word · Horace L. Gold · in 9 · Small Lords · Frederik Pohl · nv Science Fiction Quarterly February 1957 28 · Sentiment, Inc. · Poul Anderson · nv Science Fiction Stories #1, 1953 53 · Name Your Tiger · Milton Lesser · nv Science Fiction Quarterly May 1957 73 · Iron Man · Eando Binder · ss Future Science Fiction #28, 1955 87 · The Hunted Ones · Mack Reynolds · nv Science Fiction Stories November 1959 108 · Hail to the Chief · Sam Sackett · na Future Science Fiction June 1954 155 · Impractical Joke · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Future Science Fiction #29, 1956

Weird Shorts #1--- see under Weird Shorts #1, Gerald G. Swan, 1944.

Weird Show ed. Ray Russell, uncredited (Playboy, 1971, 16138, 95¢, 192pp, pb, an) 4 · Preface · Ray Russell, uncredited · pr 6 · Weird Show · Herbert Gold · ss Playboy April 1958 19 · A Recluse and His Guest · Tennessee Williams · ss Playboy January 1970 30 · I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Feldman · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy June 1969 37 · Accidents of a Country Road · Roger Dionne · ss Playboy November 1970 48 · By Appointment Only · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy April 1970 52 · A Life in the Day Of · Frank M. Robinson · ss Playboy June 1969 63 · Softly Walks the Beetle · John Collier · ss Playboy January 1960 78 · The Convert · Ken W. Purdy · ss Playboy March 1970 81 · Double Exposure · John Reese · ss Playboy February 1965 95 · The Machine in Ward Eleven · Charles Willeford · nv Playboy March 1961 125 · The Academy · David Ely · ss Playboy June 1965 137 · The Party · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy April 1967 149 · Nasty · Fredric Brown · vi Playboy April 1959 152 · I’m Yours · Charles Schafhauser · ss Playboy December 1954 162 · The Taste of Fear · Hugh G. Foster · ss Playboy September 1959 185 · Xong of Xuxan · Ray Russell · ss Playboy October 1970

Weird Stories (Illustrated Newspapers, 1927, 192pp, hc, nf)     A collection of apparently true stories submitted by readers to the Tatler. Most take the form of brief matter-of-fact recollections of ghostly incidents either experienced first hand or related by a friend. The stories are mostly credited by initials only. Fully credited stories are “The Phantom Actress” L. G. Eady, “The Cedar of Lebanon” Colin H. Cattley, “The Phantom Paper” Frazer Nash, “The Call from Beyond” Robert Darrell, “A Ghostly ‘Thos. Cook’!” Arthur Dunsmore, “A Meeting With the Devil” Maude M. C. ffoulkes, “An Unsolved Mystery” Mabel Mellor, “Resurgam” Valerie Ponsford, “The Evil Stone” Mrs. Gilbert Coleridge, “Footsteps” A.C.G. Hastings, “The Crucifix” Katherine Hortin.

Weird Tales: American (W. Paterson, 1888, 1/-, 256pp, hc, an)     Volume 8 in Paterson’s Nuggets for Travellers series. Reprinted in a new hc edition as Weird Tales by American Writers (London: J.M. Dent, 1895). US edition retitled Weird Tit-Bits: American (White & Allen, 1895). 5 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 27 · The Headless Horseman · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #6, March 15 1820, as “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Geoffrey Crayon 70 · A Fearful Revenge · [uncredited] · nv Wild Scenes in the Forest and Prairie by C. F. Hoffman, Richard Bentley, 1839, as “The Ghost-Riders” by C.F. Hoffman 96 · The Wedding Knell · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Token and Atlantic Souvenir 1836, 1835, uncredited. 108 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 135 · The Mysterious Guide · [uncredited] · ss Wild Scenes in the Forest and Prairie by C. F. Hoffman, Richard Bentley, 1839, as “A Night on the Enchanted Mountains” by C.F. Hoffman 151 · The Deserted Diggings · An Old Chum · ss The Australian Journal December 7 1865 173 · “Murder Will Out” · William Gilmore Simms · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 222 · A Tale of Mystery · [uncredited] · nv Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country December 1850

Weird Tales: English (W. Paterson, 1888, 1/-, 256pp, hc, an)     Volume 5 in Paterson’s Nuggets for Travellers series. Reprinted in a new hc edition as Weird Tales by English Writers (London: J.M. Dent, 1895). US edition retitled Weird Tit-Bits: English (White & Allen, 1895). 5 · The Pythagorean · A. Stewart Harrison · nv (r) 31 · The Old Man’s Tale About the Queer Client · Charles Dickens · ex The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837 50 · In Defence of His Right · Daniel Defoe · ex from Essay on the Reality of Apparitions, as by Andrew Moreton, 1727, as by Andrew Moreton 67 · Sixteen Days of Death · [uncredited] · ss (r) 78 · Adventure in a Forest · Tobias Smollett · ss (r) 88 · Cader Idris: The Chair of Idris · John Harwood · ss (r) 106 · A Skeleton in the House · Edmund Yates · nv (r) 137 · A Night with a Madman · [uncredited] · ss Chambers’s Journal 18?? 152 · The Poisoned Mind · [uncredited] · nv (r) 183 · A Dire Prediction · [uncredited] · nv Tales of the Wild and the Wonderful, Hurst, Robinson, 1825, as “The Prediction” 219 · The Postponed Wedding · [uncredited] · nv (r) 247 · The Haunted House of Paddington · Charles Ollier · ss Bentley’s Miscellany November 1841

Weird Tales: German (W. Paterson, 1888, 1/-, 256pp, hc, an)     Volume 9 in Paterson’s Nuggets for Travellers series. Reprinted in a new hc edition as Weird Tales from the German (London: J.M. Dent, 1895). US edition retitled Weird Tit-Bits: German (White & Allen, 1895). 5 · The Severed Hand · Wilhelm Hauff · ss (r) translated from the German (“Die Geschichte von der Abgehauenen Hand”, Märchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1826, 1825). 23 · The Elementary Spirit · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv (r) translated from the German (“Der Elementargeist”, Letzte Erzählungen, 1825). 81 · The Ghost-Seer · Friedrich von Schiller · ex Verner and Hood, 1795 translated from the German (Der Geisterseher, Thalia, 1786). 141 · The Fortunes of Martin Waldeck · translated by Sir Walter Scott · ss (r), as “Waldeck: a Tale from the German” 157 · The Klausenburg · Ludwig Tieck · nv (r) translated from the German (“Die Klausenburg”, 1837). 214 · The Bracelet · [uncredited] · nv (r) 251 · The Evil Conscience · J. W. von Göethe · ss (r), as “Antonelli” translated from the German (“Die Sängerin Antonelli”, part of the story sequence “Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten” in Die Horen, 1795).

Weird Tales: Irish (W. Paterson, 1888, 1/-, 256pp, hc, an)     Volume 7 in Paterson’s Nuggets for Travellers series. Reprinted in a new hc edition as Weird Tales by Irish Writers (London: J.M. Dent, 1895). US edition retitled Weird Tit-Bits: Irish (White & Allen, 1895). 5 · The Lots Upon the Raft · [uncredited] · ss (r) 22 · A Night in a Haunted House · [uncredited] · nv Dublin University Magazine May 1848 70 · The Burial of O’Grady · Samuel Lover · ex from Handy Andy, Bentley’s Miscellany January 1837 (+6) 94 · The Lianhan Shee · William Carleton · nv Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, v1 by William Carleton, 1830 136 · The Mountain Pass · Charles Lever · ss (r) 153 · The Banshee · [uncredited] · ss (r) 172 · Legends of the Banshee · T. Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1825, as “The McGrath Banshee”, uncredited. 193 · The Faction Fights · Mr. S. C. & Mrs. S. C. Hall · ex from Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, etc, 1841 208 · The Drunkard’s Dream [The Purcell Papers] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, uncredited · ss Dublin University Magazine August 1838 226 · A Terrible Night · [uncredited] · ss Cassell’s Magazine July 2 1870 238 · A Realized Dream · J. B. O’Meara · ss (r)

Weird Tales: Scottish (W. Paterson, 1888, 1/-, 256pp, hc, an)     Volume 6 in Paterson’s Nuggets for Travellers series. Reprinted in a new hc edition as Weird Tales by Scottish Writers (London: J.M. Dent, 1895). US edition retitled Weird Tit-Bits: Scottish (White & Allen, 1895). 5 · The Vision of Campbell of Inverawe · Sir Thomas Dick Lauder · nv Legendary Tales of the Highlands by Thomas Dick Lauder, 1841 81 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 103 · Highland Snowstorm · John Wilson · ss (r) 119 · Legend of the Dropping Well · Hugh Miller · ss Tales of the Borders 1835 135 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824 161 · The Haunted Ships · Allan Cunningham · ss The London Magazine November 1821 184 · The Unknown · John Mackay Wilson · nv Tales of the Borders 1834 224 · The Rescue · [uncredited] · ss (r) 233 · The Witch of Laggan · W. Grant Stewart · ss (r) 244 · Allan Mactavish’s Fishing · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Weird and Imaginative (Gulliver Books, September 1945, 1/-, 48pp, pb, an)     No. 21 in Gulliver Pocket Library’s Famous Stories of All Times. 5 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 28 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy” 38 · The Ambitious Guest · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine June 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”

Weird and Occult Miscellany--- see under Weird and Occult Miscellany, Gerald G. Swan, 1960.

Weird and Uncanny Tales (Gulliver Books, 1945, 1/6d, 94pp, pb, an)     No. 3 in the series, Gulliver Books Library of Short Story Masterpieces. 5 · The Dream Woman · W. Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 29 · King James I on Witches · [uncredited] · ar (r) 31 · The Torture by Hope · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; translated by Mary J. Safford · ss Short Stories July 1894 translated from the French (“La Torture par l’Espérance”, Nouveaux Contes Cruels, La Librairie Illustrée, 1888). 36 · The Brutal Streak · [uncredited] · ar (r); short filler about torture. 37 · The Dead Smile · F. Marion Crawford · nv Ainslee’s Magazine August 1899 58 · The Castle of Udolpho · Ann Radcliffe · ex from The Mysteries of Udolpho, Robinson, 1794 59 · The Man Without a Country · Edward Everett Hale · nv The Atlantic Monthly December 1863, uncredited. 83 · Epitaph of a Jacobite · Thomas Babington Macauley · pm (r) 380 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843

West Country Tales ed. Kevin Crooks, uncredited (Webb & Bower, 1981, 0-906671-65-5, viii+120pp, hc, oa)     Anthology based on the highly effective BBC TV series of weird stories set in the west country. iv · Introduction · Kevin Crooks · in 1 · Miss Constantine · Josephine Poole · ss 15 · The Sabbatical · Josephine Poole · ss 31 · The Visitor · Elizabeth Elliot · ss 47 · The Breakdown · Josephine Poole · ss 65 · The Poacher · Tom Salmon · ss 75 · The Beast · Kevin Crooks · ss 89 · Waiting for Simon · Josephine Poole · ss 105 · The White Bird of Laughter · Josephine Poole · ss

West by One and by One ed. Poul Anderson, uncredited (The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco and the Trained Cormorants of Los Angeles County, 1965, $5.00, 157pp, tp, oa)     Associational anthology of Sherlockiana. Limited to 500 copies. · Introduction · Poul Anderson · in · On “Scowrer” · Anthony Boucher · ar · A Song for the Scowrers · Worthen Bradley · sg · On the Later Tales · Edgar W. Smith · ar · The Case of the Illustrious Predecessor [Sherlock Holmes] · Armine D. Mackenzie · ss · The Adventure of the Yellow House [Sherlock Holmes] · Gratia Jones · ss · The Hound of the Baskervilles [Sherlock Holmes] · Frank C. Baxter · ss · The Giant Rat of Sumatra [Sherlock Holmes] · John M. Nill · ss · The Sky-Pilot [Sherlock Holmes] · C. E. Lauterbach · ss · Who Was Isadora Persano? [Sherlock Holmes] · Joel Hedgpeth · ss · The Case of the Sunburned Peer [Sherlock Holmes] · Don Douglass · ss · Skipping Stones at Reichenbach [Sherlock Holmes] · Ruth Berman · ss · A Case of Lost Identity [Sherlock Holmes] · Lenore Glen Offord · ss · The Professor and the Valley of Fear [Sherlock Holmes] · B. M. Castner · ss · Two Partial Pastiches [Sherlock Holmes] · Paula Salo · ss · The Camberwell Poisoning Case [Sherlock Holmes] · Stillman Drake · ss · Another Bird in a Gilded Cage [Sherlock Holmes] · Don Hardenbrook · ss · Ponderings by the Politician [Sherlock Holmes] · Robert R. Pattrick · ss · A Sherlockian Zoo [Sherlock Holmes] · Adelaide P. Ewing & Robert R. Pattrick · ss · In the Island of Uffa [Sherlock Holmes] · Poul Anderson · ss · The Moriarty Gambit [Sherlock Holmes] · Fritz Leiber · ss Chess Review February 1962 · “Two Good Men” [Sherlock Holmes] · Dean W. Dickensheet · ss · An Introduction to Filk Singing · Karen K. Anderson · ar