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The Best of Amazing ed. Joseph Ross (Doubleday, June 1967, $4.50, xi+222pp, hc, an, cover by Sylvie Selig)

ix · Foreword · Joseph Ross · fw

1 · The Lost Machine · John Beynon Harris · nv Amazing Stories April 1932

24 · The Worm · David H. Keller, M.D. · ss Amazing Stories March 1929

40 · The Runaway Skyscraper · Murray Leinster · nv Argosy and Railroad Man’s Magazine February 22 1919

89 · Marooned Off Vesta [Brandon, Shea & Moore] · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories March 1939

107 · Anniversary [Brandon, Shea & Moore] · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories March 1959

126 · The Metal Man · Jack Williamson · ss Amazing Stories December 1928

139 · Pilgrimage [Meg] · Nelson S. Bond · nv The Thirty-First of February by Nelson Bond, Gnome Press, 1949
revised from “The Priestess Who Rebelled”, Amazing Oct ’39.

162 · Sunfire · Edmond Hamilton · ss Amazing Stories September 1962

179 · Try to Remember · Frank Herbert · nv Amazing Stories October 1961

Dead but Dreaming 2 ed. Kevin Ross (Miskatonic River Press, June 15, 2011, 978-0-9821818-6-7, $19.99, 298pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Kevin Ross · fw

· Taggers · Walt Jarvis · ss

· The Unfinished Basement · William Meikle · ss

· Plush Cthulhu · Don Webb · ss

· Class Reunion · Darrell Schweitzer · ss

· First Nation · Scott David Aniolowski · ss

· Your Ivory Hollow · W. H. Pugmire · ss

· The Spell of the Eastern Sea · Michael Tice · ss

· Dark Heart · Kevin Ross · ss

· Transmission · T. E. Grau · ss

· N Is for Neville · John Goodrich · ss

· The Timucuan Portal · Daniel W. Powell · ss

· No Healing Prayers · Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. · ss

· The Dissipation Club · Adrian Tchaikovsky · nv

· Lure · David Annandale · ss

· The Call · Rick Hautala · ss Occasional Demons by Rick Hautala, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010

· Christmas Carrion · Donald R. Burleson · ss Beyond the Lamplight by Donald R. Burleson, Jack O'Lantern Press, 1996

· The Depopulation Syndrome · Erik T. Johnson · ss

· Uncle Sid’s Collection · Cody Goodfellow · ss

· Father’s Day · Brian Sammons · ss

· Innsmouth Idyll · Darrell Schweitzer · ss

· The Hour of Our Triumph · Will Murray · ss

· Here Be Monsters · Pete Rawlik · ss

Edge of Sundown: Tales of Horror in the Wild West ed. Kevin Ross & Brian M. Sammons (Chaosium, July 1, 2015, 978-1-56882-079-8, $16.95, 296pp, tp, oa, cover by Daniele Serra)
Original anthology of 19 horror stories of the Wild West. Authors John Shirley, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Don Webb.
Details taken from online listing.

· Six-Guns and Shadows · Kevin Ross · in

· The Claw Spurs · John Shirley · ss Horror Garage #3, 2001

· Cemetery Man · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss This Strange Way of Dying by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Exile Editions, 2013

· Jiang Shi in Chinatown · Kelda Crich · ss

· Innocents Abroad · Don Webb · ss Blood from ’Stones Fall 1999

· Forked Tongue · Cody Goodfellow · ss

· The Buzzard Women · Christine Morgan · ss

· The Flute Players · Bruce L. Priddy · ss

· In Thunder’s Shadow · Edward M. Erdelac · ss

· Silver Wolf · Andrew Kelly · ss

· Whisper · Mark Onspaugh · ss

· The Dark Cell · Jeffrey Thomas · ss

· The Two of Guns · John F. D. Taff · ss Eldritch Tales #26, Winter 1991

· Red Shadows in Terror Canyon · Lawrence Berry · ss

· Feast of Famine · Brian M. Sammons · ss

· Son of the Wild Moon · Michael G. Szymanski · ss

· Drake Takes a Hand · Pete Rawlik · ss

· The Puppet Master · Sam Stone · ss

· Uncle Gunnysack · C. L. Werner · ss

· The Buzzard · Eric Red · ss Weird Tales Fall 2009

Bamburgh by L. J. Ross (Dark Skies Publishing, April 2022, 978-1-912310-19-7, £8.99, 358pp, tp, n., cover by Andrew Davidson) [DCI Ryan]
Reprint (L.J. Ross 2015) crime novel. Volume 19 in the series.

Holy Island by L. J. Ross (Dark Skies Publishing, April 2020, 978-1-912310-01-2, £7.99, 457pp, tp, n., cover by Andrew Davidson) [DCI Ryan]
Reprint (L.J. Ross 2015) crime novel. Volume one in the series.

Sycamore Gap by L. J. Ross (Dark Skies Publishing, April 2020, 978-1-912310-02-9, £7.99, 410pp, tp, n., cover by Andrew Davidson) [DCI Ryan]
Reprint (L.J. Ross 2015) crime novel. Volume two in the series.

The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N by Leonard Q. Ross (Harcourt, Brace and Company, August 19, 1937, 174pp, hc, co) [Hyman Kaplan]

3 · The Rather Difficult Case of Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker August 22 1936

13 · Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N, the Comparative, and the Superlative [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker September 12 1936

23 · Mr. K.’s Hobo [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker October 3 1936, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N’s Hobo”

33 · Mr. K. and Vocabulary [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker October 17 1936, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N and Vocabulary”

43 · Mr. K. the Magnificent [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker November 14 1936, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N the Magnificent”

55 · Mr. K. Almost Comes Through [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker August 29 1936, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N Almost Comes Through”

66 · Mr. K. and the Magi [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker December 19 1936, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N and the Magi”

80 · Mr. K.’s White Banner [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker January 16 1937, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N’s White Banner”

92 · O K*A*P*L*A*N! My K*A*P*L*A*N! [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker February 27 1937

104 · Mr. K.’s So-and-So [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker May 15 1937, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N’s So-and-So”

117 · K*A*P*L*A*N and Pythias [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker June 5 1937

129 · Mr. K. and Shakespeare [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker March 27 1937, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N and Shakespeare”

141 · The Terrible Vengeance of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker June 19 1937

152 · Mr. K.’s Dark Logic [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker April 17 1937, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N’s Dark Logic”

163 · Mr. K. Cuts a Gordian Knot [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker February 6 1937, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N Cuts a Gordian Knot”

Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English: An Anthology ed. Robert L. Ross (Garland, September 1999, 0815314310, $75.00, 480pp, hc, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Introduction · Robert L. Ross · in (r)

· 1. Colonial Encounters

· The Magistrate, from Waiting for the Barbarians · J. M. Coetzee · ex (r)

· The Coming of the Christ-Child · Bessie Head · ss (r)

· The Sacrificial Egg · Chinua Achebe · ss Girls at War and Other Stories by Chinua Achebe, Pearson Education, 1972

· The Matriarch · Witi Ihimaera · ex (r)

· The Woman at the Store · Katherine Mansfield · ss Rhythm Spring 1911

· The Drover’s Wife · Henry Lawson · ss (r)

· A Boer Wedding, from The Story of an African Farm · Olive Schreiner · ex (r)

· A Matter of Taste · Alex La Guma · ss A Walk in the Night by Alex La Guma, Mbari, 1962

· The Gold Watch · Mulk Raj Anand · ss (r)

· A Letter from Home · Doris Lessing · ss A Man and Two Women by Doris Lessing, MacGibbon & Kee, 1963

· The Charlottetown Banquet · Robertson Davies · ss 1982

· A Drink in the Passage · Alan Paton · ss (r)

· 2. Postcolonial Encounters

· “Do You Love Me?” · Peter Carey · ss (r)

· The Testimony of Kihaahu wa Gatheeca, from Devil on the Cross · Ngugi Wa Thiong’o · ex (r)

· The Perfume Sea · Margaret Laurence · ss (r)

· Chloe of the Dancing Bears, from Beachmasters · Thea Astley · ex (r)

· An Experience of India · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala · ss (r)

· A Horse and Two Goats · R. K. Narayan · ss The New Yorker January 23 1965

· The Hills · Patricia Grace · ss (r)

· The Famished Road · Ben Okri · ex Jonathan Cape, March 1991

· Ranna’s Story, from Cracking India · Bapsi Sidhwa · ex (r)

· Prelude: An Inheritance, from A Way in the World · V. S. Naipaul · ex (r)

· 3. Immigrant Encounters

· Swimming Lessons · Rohinton Mistry · ss (r)

· Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs · Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · ss (r)

· Buried Lives · Bharati Mukherjee · ss (r)

· The Ministry’s Visiting Day, from In the Ditch · Buchi Emecheta · ex (r)

· Joebell and America · Earl Lovelace · ss A Brief Conversation and Other Stories by Earl Lovelace, Heinemann, 1988

· My Son the Fanatic · Hanif Kureishi · ss The New Yorker March 28 1994

· The Angel Azraeel, from The Satanic Verses · Salman Rushdie · ex (r)

· 4. Personal Encounters

· Down at the Dump · Patrick White · ss (r)

· The Sun in Winter · David Malouf · ss (r)

· Scarlet Ibis · Margaret Atwood · nv Bluebeard’s Egg by Margaret Atwood, McClelland and Stewart, 1983

· Pigeons at Daybreak · Anita Desai · ss (r)

· The Triumph of Poetry · Janet Frame · ss (r)

· Some Are Born to Sweet Delight · Nadine Gordimer · ss Granta #35, Spring 1991

Somewhere Else by Leon Rosselson (Hodder Children’s Books, December 16, 1998, 0-340-72264-9, £3.99, 121pp, pb, oc, cover by Kim Harley)
Collection of two original young-adult ghost/time displacement stories.

1 · The Other Boy · Leon Rosselson · na

73 · The Girl on the Swing · Leon Rosselson · na

Teeka and Other Stories by Ferrell Rosser (iUniverse.com/Writers Club Press, 2002, 0-595-25256-7, $14.95, xi+251pp, tp, oc)
Original collection of 25 fantasy and dark fantasy stories.

ix · Foreword · Ferrell Rosser · fw

· The Gray Order

3 · Wish Me Pretty · Ferrell Rosser · ss

13 · The Gray Order · Ferrell Rosser · ss

31 · Teeka · Ferrell Rosser · nv

55 · R’ssa · Ferrell Rosser · na

· The Nameless City

113 · The Door · Ferrell Rosser · vi

115 · One Early Morning · Ferrell Rosser · ss

119 · The Visit · Ferrell Rosser · ss

127 · One Night at the Mall · Ferrell Rosser · vi

129 · The First Rule of Necromancy · Ferrell Rosser · nv

· Theo and Ahmurita

155 · The Ship in the Window · Ferrell Rosser · vi

157 · The Request · Ferrell Rosser · ss

173 · The Village · Ferrell Rosser · ss

179 · The Nightmare · Ferrell Rosser · ss

· The Old God

187 · For a Wish · Ferrell Rosser · ss

191 · Look at Me · Ferrell Rosser · ss

· Forsaken Wells

197 · The Sheriff of Forsaken Wells · Ferrell Rosser · ss

201 · Demon with a Gun · Ferrell Rosser · ss

207 · The Girl · Ferrell Rosser · ss

· Others

227 · Carol · Ferrell Rosser · vi

229 · The Princess’s Birthday Gift · Ferrell Rosser · ss

233 · The Lost Sailor · Ferrell Rosser · ss

239 · Durf’s Tale · Ferrell Rosser · ss

243 · Durf the Wandering Wizard and the Village of Ra’ttx · Ferrell Rosser · vi

245 · The Rehearsal · Ferrell Rosser · ss

249 · The Tale of Thraycia and Paraclese · Ferrell Rosser · vi

Theft of the Sun and Other New Norse Myths by Douglas “Dag” Rossman (Skandisk, October 2001, 1-57534-015-1, $9.95, 141pp, tp, co)
Collection of 10 fantasy stories set in the worlds of Norse mythology, most originally published in the Sons of Norway magazine “Mythic Circle”. Foreword by Jodie Forrest.

8 · Foreword · Jodie Forrest · fw

11 · Introduction · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · in

14 · The Ormseeker Cycle · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · si

16 · Theft of the Sun · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · nv Mythic Circle v11, 1991

41 · The Mark of Nobility · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · ss Viking July 1999

47 · Ice Runes · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · ss Viking May 1994

55 · The Troll-Boy · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · ss Mythic Circle v1, 1987

64 · Dvalin’s Doom · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · ss Mythic Circle v15, 1993

76 · The Blood-Red Rune · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · ss Mythic Circle v4, 1987

86 · The Kraken Cup · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · ss Mythic Circle v19, 1996

94 · The Gift · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · ss Mythic Circle v17, 1994

115 · The Ragnarök Quartet · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · si

116 · The Courtship of Gerd · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · ss (r)

127 · Freyja’s Tears · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · ss Mythic Circle v8, 1989

132 · Loki Bound · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · ss Mythic Circle v8, 1989

137 · Shadow of the Wolf · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · ss (r)

141 · Epilogue · Douglas “Dag” Rossman · aw

The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N by Leo Rosten--- see under Leonard Q. Ross.

The Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N by Leo Rosten (Harper & Brothers, September 16, 1959, hc, co) [Hyman Kaplan]

9 · Preface: The Confessions of Mr. Parkhill · Leo Rosten · ss

21 · The Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N [Hyman Kaplan] · Leo Rosten · ss The New Yorker September 24 1938, as by Leonard Q. Ross

38 · Christopher K*A*P*L*A*N [Hyman Kaplan] · Leo Rosten · ss The New Yorker October 8 1938, as by Leonard Q. Ross

51 · The Distressing Dream of Mr. Parkhill · Leo Rosten · ss

61 · Mr. K. and the Unforgivable “Feh!” · Leo Rosten · ss

79 · H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, Samaritan [Hyman Kaplan] · Leo Rosten · ss The New Yorker October 29 1938, as by Leonard Q. Ross

90 · Mr. K. and the Glorious Pest [Hyman Kaplan] · Leo Rosten · ss Harper’s Magazine July 1959, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N and the Glorious Pest”

107 · The Case for Mr. Parkhill [Hyman Kaplan] · Leo Rosten · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1959

126 · Mr. K. Bares His Teeth [Hyman Kaplan] · Leo Rosten · ss The New Yorker December 10 1938, as “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N Bares His Teeth” by Leonard Q. Ross

138 · Mr. K. Answers an Ad · Leo Rosten · ss

156 · Mr. Parkhill’s Daymare · Leo Rosten · ss

173 · H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, Ever Eumoirous [Hyman Kaplan] · Leo Rosten · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1959

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