The FictionMags Index

Book Contents Lists: Page 1677

Avon Mystery Storyteller (Avon, 1946, 86, 25¢, 257pp, pb, an) 7 · The Old Man in the Window [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine October 1936 33 · Death by Accident · Francis Cockrell · ss The Blue Book Magazine January 1935 52 · The Silver Curtain [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · ss The Strand Magazine August 1939 72 · The Man Who Was Missing [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator August 1934 105 · The Man in the Black Hat · Michael Fessier · ss Esquire February 1934 115 · His Heart Could Break [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1943 142 · Three O’Clock · William Irish · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 1 1938, as by Cornell Woolrich 178 · The Treasure Hunt [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s November 22 1924 199 · The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine October 1 1911 215 · The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch March 14 1923, as “The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls” 234 · The Proverbial Murder [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1943

The Avon Story Teller (Avon, 1945, 72, 25¢, 281pp, pb, an) 11 · Che ti Dice la Patria? · Ernest Hemingway · ss The New Republic May 18 1927, as “Italy, 1927” 24 · Pick-Up on Noon Street · Raymond Chandler · nv Detective Fiction Weekly May 30 1936, as “Noon Street Nemesis” 77 · Tiger! Tiger! · Pearl S. Buck · na Cosmopolitan April 1938 144 · The Officer Puppet · Franz Werfel · ss (r) 166 · Call for Mr. Kenworthy · Robert Benchley · ss (r) 174 · Dead Man · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1936 190 · Counterparts · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914 205 · The Drone · A. Merritt · ss Fantasy Magazine September 1934 219 · Dressing Up · W. R. Burnett · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1929 234 · Histoire de France, or Entrance Fee · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker March 1 1930 238 · The Man Who Was in Love with Death · Louis Bromfield · nv The World We Live In by Louis Bromfield, Harper & Row, 1944

Awakening the Beast (Silhouette Nocturne, October 2009, 978-0-373-25094-3, $4.99, 345pp, pb, an)     Original anthology of six paranormal romance stories originally published on www.NocturneBites.com as separate Sexy Bites ebooks in 2008 and 2009. Authors include Lisa Renee Jones, Olivia Gates, and Linda O. Johnston. Each story preceded by an introduction by the author. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Dear Reader: Return of the Beast · Lisa Renee Jones · is 11 · Return of the Beast [Knights of White] · Lisa Renee Jones · na Nocturne Bites, June 2008 70 · Dear Reader: Mortal Enemy, Immortal Lover · Olivia Gates · is 71 · Mortal Enemy, Immortal Lover · Olivia Gates · na Nocturne Bites, December 2008 136 · Dear Reader: Claws of the Lynx · Linda O. Johnston · is 137 · Claws of the Lynx [Alpha Force] · Linda O. Johnston · na Nocturne Bites, January 2009 183 · Dear Reader: Wilderness · Barbara J. Hancock · is 183 · Wilderness · Barbara J. Hancock · na Nocturne Bites, October 2008 234 · Dear Reader: Honor Calls · Caridad Piñeiro · is 235 · Honor Calls [The Calling] · Caridad Piñeiro · na Nocturne Bites, February 2009 288 · Dear Reader: Shadow Lover · Lydia Parks · is 289 · Shadow Lover · Lydia Parks · na Nocturne Bites, April 2009

Awkward Robots Anthology: The Orange Volume (Awkward Robots, 2015, ebook, oa, cover: Promenade by E. G. Cosh)     An anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories in support of the Clarion Foundation. · Lost Memories of Air · Deborah Bailey · ss · L4G · Eliza Blair · ss · Ninja Fishing · Lisa Bolekaja · ss · Sugar and Spice · Sadie Bruce · ss · The Sudoku Enthusiast Explains Herself · Danica Cummins · ss · The Dirty American · Lara Elena Donnelly · ss · Fable of the Box · Eric Esser · ss · Lost Ring · Jonathan Fortin · ss · End of the World · Chris Kammerud · ss · The Sugar Bees · Ruby Katigbak · ss · The Rules Our Mother Made About the Sea · Pierre Liebenberg · ss · Plenty of Time · Sarah Mack · ss · Sweets and Sorrows · Dan McMinn · ss · Renunciation Orange · Sam J. Miller · ss · Effectively Absolute · Luke R. Pebler · ss

Awkward Robots Anthology: The Red Volume (Awkward Robots, September 2012, 268pp, ebook, oa, cover by E. G. Cosh)     Details taken from online listing. 4 · Foreword · Jeffrey Ford · fw 7 · A Touch of Red · Deborah Bailey · ss 16 · First-Person Singularity: A Love Letter · Eliza Blair · ss 24 · Don’t Dig Too Deep · Lisa Bolekaja · ss 33 · The First Wife · Sadie Bruce · ss 46 · Exposure · E. G. Cosh · ss 50 · Titian · Danica Cummins · ss 60 · Homegrown Tomatoes · Lara Elena Donnelly · ss 69 · My Father’s Eye · Eric Esser · ss 87 · The Stars in the Mausoleum · Jonathan Fortin · nv 137 · The Monster That Sings · Chris Kammerud · nv 158 · Bought in Blood · Ruby Katigbak · nv 180 · Once, Among the Fireflies · Pierre Liebenberg · ss 197 · We Never Were Men · Carmen Maria Machado · ss 200 · Imperfect, Before and Always · Sarah Mack · nv 222 · The Bone Ax · Dan McMinn · ss 235 · Haunting Your House · Sam J. Miller · ss Fiction International Fall 2008 243 · Awesome Story Great Job · Luke R. Pebler · ss

Awkward Robots Anthology: The Yellow Volume (Awkward Robots, October 31, 2016, ebook, oa)     An anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories in support of the Clarion Foundation. · We Trade in Darkness · Pierre Liebenberg · ss · Wizard Party · Jonathan Fortin · ss · Half the World Is Night · Deborah Bailey · ss · Always Already Lost · Chris Kammerud · ss · I Bury Myself · Carmen Machado · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #33, July 2015 · The Few Things I Still Don’t Know · Luke R. Pebler · ss · Immaculate · Lisa Bolekaja · ss · The Urchin · Lara Elena Donnelly · ss · Jack · R. K. Kalaw · ss · Yellow for Ephemeral · Sam J. Miller · ss · Piles of Dust and Berries · Sadie Bruce · ss · Pillars · Eric Esser · ss · Venom and Love · S. M. Mack · ss · Link Nougat · Dan McMinn · ss · Dog Show Down · E. G. Cosh · ss

Axolotl Double A-1 ed. John Pelan, uncredited (Axolotl Press, 1986, $6.00, vii+31+vi+8pp, ph, an)     Two fantasy short stories, bound back to back and upside down, even to terminating in two separate limitation/signature pages. · The Powers That Be · Ed Bryant · in · The Way Down the Hill · Tim Powers · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1982 · An Enormous Parrot on Stilts, or, What to Do When the Red Crab Comes · Charles de Lint · in · The Pink of Fading Neon · James P. Blaylock · ss TriQuarterly #47, Winter 1980

BSFA Awards 2008 (BSFA, 2009, free, 64pp, ph, an)     pamphlet containing the the four stories on the BSFA short fiction shortlist. 3 · The BSFA Awards Best Short Fiction Shortlist: An Introduction · Donna Scott · in 5 · Exhalation · Ted Chiang · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 19 · Crystal Nights · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #215, April 2008 33 · BSFA Awards ballot paper · [uncredited] · ms (r) 41 · Little Lost Robot · Paul McAuley · ss Interzone #217, August 2008 53 · Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment: One Daughter’s Personal Account · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2008

BSFA Awards 2013 (BSFA, 2014, 64pp, A4, an, cover: The End of the World by Vincent Chong) 2 · Cover of Tony Ballantyne’s Dream London · Joey Hi-Fi · il Solaris, 2013 4 · This Year’s Novel Nominees · [uncredited] · ms 6 · Spin · Nina Allan · na TTA Press, 2013 28 · Selkie Stories Are for Losers · Sofia Samatar · ss Strange Horizons January 7 2013 32 · Saga’s Children · E. J. Swift · ss Pandemonium: The Lowest Heaven ed. Anne C. Perry & Jared Shurin, Jurassic London, 2013 38 · Boat in Shadows, Crossing · Tori Truslow · nv Beneath Ceaseless Skies #113, January 24 2013 50 · Sleeps with Monsters: Epic Fantasy Is Crushingly Conservative? · Liz Bourke · cl Tor.com February 26 2013 51 · Sleeps with Monsters: Tomb Raider Is Bloody Awesome · Liz Bourke · cl Tor.com June 25 2013 53 · Going Forth by Night · John J. Johnston · ex Unearthed ed. John J. Johnston & Jared Shurin, Jurassic London, 2013 57 · Wonderbook · Jeff VanderMeer · ex Abrams Image, 2013 63 · Poster for Metropolis · Kevin Tong · il 2013; from www.tragicsunshine.com. 64 · The Angel at the Heart of the Rain · Richard Wagner · il Interzone #246, May/June 2013

BSFA Awards 2014 (BSFA, 2015, 80pp, A4, an, cover: Interacting Galaxies by Richard Bizley) 2 · Cover of Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley · Richard Anderson · il Angry Robot, 2014 2 · Cover of Bête by Adam Roberts · blacksheep · il Gollancz, 2014 4 · Best Novel Nominees · [uncredited] · ms 6 · The Honey Trap · Ruth E. J. Booth · ss La Femme ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2014 13 · The Mussel Eater · Octavia Cade · ss The Book Smugglers November 18 2014 17 · Scale-Bright [Scale-Bright] · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · na Immersion Press, 2014 52 · Deep Forests and Manicured Gardens: A Look at Two New Short Fiction Magazines · Jonathan McCalmont · ar Ruthless Culture December 19 2014 54 · Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers in the Great War · Edward James · ar 2014 first published on fantastic-writers-and-the-great-war.com . 57 · Call and Response · Paul Kincaid · ex Beccon Publications, 2014 61 · Identity and Consciousness · Karen Burnham · ex from Greg Egan, University of Illinois Press, 2014 65 · The State of British SF and Fantasy: A Symposium · Various · ar Strange Horizons July 28 2014; abridged. 79 · Cover of Wolves by Simon Ings · Jeffrey Alan Love · il Gollancz, 2014 79 · Cover of Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall · Andy Potts · il Egmont, 2014 80 · 3D sculpture, The Wasp Factory · Tessa Farmer · il (r) [Ref. Iain Banks]

Baby Dreams (Zebra, June 1996, 0-8217-5333-9, $5.50, 463pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · The Baby Dream · Jo Goodman · na 83 · Edina and the Baby · Hannah Howell · na 147 · Lullaby of Love · Carol Finch · na 229 · A Daughter for John · Phoebe Conn · na 285 · Where Dreams Come True · Barbara Benedict · na 387 · Wanted: A Husband and Father · Jane Kidder · na

Babylon 5: Omnibus 1 (Boxtree, September 24, 1999, 0-7522-1778-X, £6.99, ii+760pp, pb, om) [Babylon 5]     SF omnibus of the first three novelizations (all Del Rey 1995): Voices by John Vornholt, Accusations by Lois Tilton, and Blood Oath by John Vornholt. The books are separately paginated. i · Book 1: Voices [Babylon 5] · John Vornholt · n. Dell, 1995; subtitled in the UK as The Voice. 247 · Book 2: Accusations [Babylon 5] · Lois Tilton · n. Dell, 1995 527 · Book 3: Blood Oath [Babylon 5] · John Vornholt · n. Dell, 1995

The Backcountry Brides Collection (Barbour, 2018, 978-1-68322-622-2, $14.99, 447pp, tp, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Shenandoah Gearts · Carrie Fancett Pagels · na 67 · Heart of Nantahala · Jennifer Hudson Taylor · nv 115 · Her Redcoat · Pegg Thomas · na 171 · A Heart so Tender · Debra E. Marvin · na 229 · A Worthy Groom · Angela K. Couch · na 285 · Across Three Autumns · Denise Weimer · na 337 · The Counterfeit Tory · Shannon McNear · na 397 · Love’s Undoing · Gabrielle Meyer · na

Bad Boys on Board (Brava Kensington, April 2003, 0-7582-0428-0, $14.00, tp, oa)     Hot romantic omnibus. · My House, My Rules · Lori Foster · n. (r) · Going Down? · Donna Kauffman · n. (r) · A Fast Ride · Nancy Warren · n. (r)

Bad Dreams, New Screams (Cemetery Dance Publications, July 17, 2012, 978-1-58767-277-4, $10.00, 30+27pp, ph, oa, cover by Ken Cain)     A “double” chapbook anthology with two covers, one for each of the two anthologies, limited to 600 unsigned copies. Details taken from online listing. · Bad Dreams · The Ghosts of Monsters · Brian Keene · vi Unhappy Endings by Brian Keene, Delirium Books, 2009 · A Date with Maggie · Ray Garton · ss Camelot Books, 2004 · The American · Douglas Clegg · ss Wild Things: Four Tales by Douglas Clegg, Cemetery Dance, 2006 · New Screams · Dr. Johnson’s Patient · C. W. LaSart · ss · The Wings of a Fly · M. Louis Dixon · ss · Meat Socks · Nikki McKenzie · ss

Baen Books: Free Stories 2012 (Baen, 2012, ebook, oa)     Data from publisher’s website. · Checksum Checkmate · Tony Daniel · ss · Grayson Navy Letters Home · Joelle Presby · ss · Like Ghost Cat and a Dragon’s Dog · Dave Freer · ss · A Murder of Crows · Alex Hernandez · ss · The Age of the Warrior · Hank Reinhardt · ss Heroic Fantasy ed. Gerald W. Page & Hank Reinhardt, DAW, 1979 · Taking the High Road · R. P. L. Johnson · ss · Conella and the Cyclops Sea Serpent of Doom · John Ringo · ss · Landed Alien [Liaden] · Sharon Lee & Steve Miller · ss · Kinderspiel [1632] · Charles E. Gannon · nv · Peace Offering [Steel City] · Wen Spencer · nv · Angel in Flight [DarkShip Thieves] · Sarah A. Hoyt · nv · Away in a Manger · Wen Spencer · ss