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The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories ed. Tom Shippey (Oxford University Press, October 15, 1992, 0-19-214204-6, £16.95, 587pp, hc, an, cover by Victor Stabin)
Anthology of 30 stories tracing the development of sf from H.G. Wells in 1903 to David Brin in 1990.

ix · Introduction · Tom Shippey · in

1 · The Land Ironclads · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine December 1903

22 · Finis · Frank L. Pollock · ss The Argosy June 1906

33 · As Easy as A.B.C. · Rudyard Kipling · nv The London Magazine March 1912 (+1)

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

70 · A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories July 1934

95 · Night [Dying Earth] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · nv Astounding Stories October 1935, as by Don A. Stuart

115 · Desertion [City (Websters)] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1944

127 · The Piper’s Son [Baldy] · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1945

154 · The Monster · A. E. van Vogt · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1948

171 · Second Night of Summer [Vegan Agents] · James H. Schmitz · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1950

198 · Second Dawn · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1951

228 · Crucifixus Etiam · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1953

247 · The Tunnel Under the World · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1955

278 · Who Can Replace a Man? · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1958, as “But Who Can Replace a Man?”

287 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961

302 · The Ballad of Lost C’Mell [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · nv Galaxy Magazine October 1962

322 · Semley’s Necklace [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Amazing Stories September 1964, as “The Dowry of Angyar”

340 · How Beautiful with Banners · James Blish · ss Orbit 1 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1966

350 · A Criminal Act · Harry Harrison · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1967

363 · Problems of Creativeness [334] · Thomas M. Disch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1967

385 · How the Whip Came Back · Gene Wolfe · ss Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970

400 · Cloak of Anarchy [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1972

420 · A Thing of Beauty · Norman Spinrad · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1973

435 · The Screwfly Solution · Raccoona Sheldon · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1977

454 · The Way of Cross and Dragon [Thousand Worlds] · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni June 1979

472 · Swarm [Mechanist-Shapers] · Bruce Sterling · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1982

496 · Burning Chrome · William Gibson · nv Omni July 1982

516 · Silicon Muse · Hilbert Schenck · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact September 1984

535 · Karl and the Ogre · Paul J. McAuley · ss Interzone #23, Spring 1988

550 · Piecework · David Brin · nv Interzone #33, January/February 1990

577 · Select Bibliogrphy · [uncredited] · bi

Fantasy ed. Alyn Shipton (John Murray, 1982, 0-7195-3874-2, 119pp, tp, an, cover by Joan Miró)
A book in “The Short Story Series”; of which there are 18 in all, including Science Fiction, Horror, Supernatural, etc. Unpriced, suggesting perhaps it was sold to schools.

1 · The Cat Hood of Maurice · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine December 1907

14 · Charles · Shirley Jackson · ss Mademoiselle July 1948

19 · A Tale of the Ragged Mountains · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book April 1844

29 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952

41 · The Edwin Tree · Chris Hawes · ss (r)

50 · Grandpa [The Hub] · James H. Schmitz · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1955

70 · The Cold Flame · Joan Aiken · ss The Fifth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969

81 · The Tree · Dylan Thomas · ss Adelphi December 1934

88 · Necessity’s Child · Angus Wilson · ss Such Darling Dodos and Other Stories by Angus Wilson, Secker & Warburg, 1950

99 · The Star Child · Oscar Wilde · ss The House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde, 1891

113 · Albert and the Liner · Keith Waterhouse · ss Dandelion Clocks: Stories of Childhood ed. Alfred Bradley & Kay Jamieson, Michael Joseph, 1978

Lovecraft Alive! by John Shirley (Hippocampus Press, August 20, 2016, 978-1-61498-178-7, $20.00, 251pp, tp, co, cover by Harry O. Morris)
Collection of ten Lovecraftian stories, one original.
Details taken from online listing.

· When Death Wakes Me to Myself [Cthulhu] · John Shirley · nv Black Wings II ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2012

· Those Who Came to Dagon [Cthulhu] · John Shirley · ss High Seas Cthulhu ed. William Jones, Elder Signs Press, 2007

· The Rime of the Cosmic Mariner · John Shirley · ss

· The Witness in Darkness [Cthulhu] · John Shirley · ss The Madness of Cthulhu: Volume 1 ed. S. T. Joshi, Titan, 2014

· How Deep the Taste of Love · John Shirley · ss Hottest Blood ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket, 1993

· Buried in the Sky · John Shirley · nv Weird Tales October/November 2006

· Windows Underwater · John Shirley · ss Innsmouth Nightmares ed. Lois H. Gresh, PS Publishing, 2015

· At Home with Azathoth · John Shirley · ss Searchers After Horror ed. S. T. Joshi, Fedogan & Bremer, 2014

· The Holy Grace of Cthulhu · John Shirley · ss

· Broken on the Wheel of Time · John Shirley · nv

The View from Hell by John Shirley (Subterranean Press, January 2001, 1-931081-09-3, $35.00, 193pp, hc, n., cover by Jill Bauman)
Horror novel of human horrors and interdimensional beings. This is a signed, limited edition of 1000; a lettered edition of 26 (-10-7, $150.00) was announced but not seen.

Pennsylvania’s Best Supernatural Folktales by Henry W. Shoemaker (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2022, 978-1-943022-29-8, $18.95, viii+209pp, tp, co) [edited by T. M. Gray & Charles G. Waugh]

i · Henry W. Shoemaker · T. M. Gray & Charles G. Waugh · in

1 · Why the Senecas Would Not Eat Trout · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Black Forest Souvenirs by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright-Faust Printing, 1914

8 · The Three Rivers · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Black Forest Souvenirs by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright-Faust Printing, 1914

17 · The Devil’s Turnip Patch · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss In the Seven Mountains by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913

26 · Pipsisseway’s Pine · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss In the Seven Mountains by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913

33 · The Double Portrait · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss More Allegheny Episodes by Henry W. Shoemaker, Mountain City Press, 1924

42 · The Scalp Bounty · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss South Mountain Sketches by Henry W. Shoemaker, Times Tribune, 1920

50 · The Turning of the Belt · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Allegheny Episodes by Henry W. Shoemaker, Altoona Tribune Company, 1922

58 · The Wolf’s Glen · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss South Mountain Sketches by Henry W. Shoemaker, Times Tribune, 1920

64 · Riding His Pony · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Allegheny Episodes by Henry W. Shoemaker, Altoona Tribune Company, 1922

67 · The Hart’s Horn · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Juniata Memories by Henry W. Shoemaker, John Joseph McVey, 1916

75 · Conrad’s Broom · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Tales of the Bald Eagle Mountains in Central Pennsylvania by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912

82 · On Black Moshannon · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss The Indian Steps by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912

90 · The Screaming Skull · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Black Forest Souvenirs by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright-Faust Printing, 1914

99 · The Dancing Chairs · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss The Indian Steps by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912

111 · In the Foothills · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Susquehanna Legends by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913

117 · The Headless Man · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Susquehanna Legends by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913

123 · Old Dan · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Juniata Memories by Henry W. Shoemaker, John Joseph McVey, 1916

131 · The Shadow Man · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Juniata Memories by Henry W. Shoemaker, John Joseph McVey, 1916

140 · The Fairy Parks · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss The Indian Steps by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912

149 · The Weathervanes · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Susquehanna Legends by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913

154 · The Passing of a Ghost · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss More Pennsylvania Mountain Stories by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912

161 · The Man Who Loved a Fairy · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Susquehanna Legends by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913

169 · The Pitcher Plant · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss More Pennsylvania Mountain Stories by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912

177 · The Panther Hide · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss More Pennsylvania Mountain Stories by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912

184 · Meeting Hermionie · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss More Pennsylvania Mountain Stories by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912

191 · The Gorilla · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Allegheny Episodes by Henry W. Shoemaker, Altoona Tribune Company, 1922

198 · The Play Girl · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Susquehanna Legends by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913

207 · Afterward (Sources) · [uncredited] · bi

209 · Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Guinevere and Lancelot & Others ed. Michael T. Shoemaker & Cuyler W. Brooks, Jr.--- see under Guinevere and Lancelot & Others by Arthur Machen, Purple Mouth, 1986.

Bad Men and Good: A Roundup of Western Stories by the Western Writers of America ed. Luke Short (Dodd, Mead, 1953, hc, an)
Popular Library, 1954 (pb). WWA #1.

· One Ride Too Many · Frank Bonham · ss Argosy May 1950

· Strangers in the Evening · Giff Cheshire · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine October 1949

· The Tin Star · John M. Cunningham · nv Collier’s December 6 1947

· Long Winter · Harry Sinclair Drago · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1950

· Trail Hand · Leslie Ernenwein · ss Argosy October 1944

· Bet the Wild Queen! · Norman A. Fox · ss Argosy March 1948

· Rendezvous Romance · Bill Gulick · ss 1952

· Mustang Trail to Glory · Noel M. Loomis · nv 10 Story Western Magazine August 1949

· Mule Tracks · D. B. Newton · ss .44 Western Magazine November 1953, as “Peaker Kid”

· Rock Bottom · Nelson Nye · ss Gunsmoke June 1953

· Too Good with a Gun · Lewis B. Patten · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1950

· A Friend of Buck Hollister · William MacLeod Raine · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine November 1947

· The Guardian · Frank C. Robertson · ss Ranch Romances 2nd May 1953

· The Silver Saddle · Thomas Thompson · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1952

Cattle, Guns & Men ed. Luke Short (Bantam, 1955, pb, an)

· Maverick in the Bunkhouse · Verne Athanas · ss Argosy September 1952

· He’s Death on Nesters · Will C. Brown · ss Dime Western Magazine March 1952

· The Rawhiders · L. L. Foreman · nv Argosy January 1954

· The Zinnia Kid’s Shotgun Round-Up · Bennett Foster · nv Dime Western Magazine June 1948

· Hell Waits at Dodge · Norman A. Fox · ss Dime Western Magazine January 1944, as “That Dusty, Bloody Trail!”

· You Never See Apaches… · Elmore Leonard · ss Dime Western Magazine September 1952

· Gunman’s Errand · Dee Linford · na Dime Western Magazine December 1950

· Hanging’s for the Lucky · Jack Schaefer · nv Argosy November 1952

· Ride the Wild One · S. V. Seavey · ss Argosy November 1953

· Son of a King · Thomas Thompson · ss Dime Western Magazine November 1950

Colt’s Law ed. Luke Short (Bantam, 1957, pb, an)

· Loaded · Frank Bonham · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine July 1949

· Drive to Glory · Will C. Brown · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine January 1953

· Blood Money · Van Cort · ss Argosy April 1952

· McCreery and the Colonel’s Shirt · John Cunningham · ss Dime Western Magazine July 1952

· Killers’ Country! · Dan Cushman · na Dime Western Magazine November 1950

· The Outlaws Are in Town · Bennett Foster · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 28 1949

· Moment of Vengeance · Elmore Leonard · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 21 1956

· White Apache · David Markson · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 29 1956

· That Bloody Day in Matamorro · Thomas Thompson · na Dime Western Magazine December 1948

Frontier: 150 Years of the West ed. Luke Short (Bantam, 1955, pb, an)

· The Pioneers · Verne Athanas · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1953

· Stampede! · Allan R. Bosworth · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 2 1950

· Red Sand · Will C. Brown · nv Spur Western Novels #1, February/April 1955

· Trail Man’s Bluff · Will C. Brown · ss Argosy April 1951

· The Farms · Merrill G. Burlingame · ar (r)

· The Montana Trail · Merrill G. Burlingame · ar (r)

· The Treachery of Mike Fink · Hiram Martin Chittenden · ar (r)

· Hugh Glass and the Grizzly · Phillip St. George Cooke · ar (r)

· Outlaw’s Partner · John Cunningham · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 5 1955

· Outlaws in Town · Marvin De Vries · nv Argosy June 1953

· Driving Cattle from Texas to Iowa · George C. Duffield · ar 1866
from 1866 diary.

· Woman Business · Bennett Foster · ss Collier’s January 14 1950

· You’ll Have to Kill Me First · Bennett Foster · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 20 1951

· My Brother Bill · C. Lyn Fox · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 1 1947

· Indian Trap · Bill Gulick · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 13 1952

· Saint with a Six-Gun · Elmore Leonard · ss Argosy October 1954

· Bunch Quitter! · Dee Linford · nv Dime Western Magazine September 1952

· Johnson County Range War · A. S. Mercer · ar (r)

· Ride the Red Killer! · N. E. Snoke · ss Dime Western Magazine September 1952

· Oregon—or Starve! · N. B. Stone, Jr. · ss Argosy February 1954

· Oliver Loving, The First Trail Driver · Grace Miller White · ar (r)

Rawhide and Bobwire ed. Luke Short (Bantam, 1958, pb, an)

· Nobody’s All Bad [Billy the Kid] · W. R. Burnett · ss Collier’s June 7 1930

· Where There’s Gold · Frank Condon · ss Collier’s March 1 1930

· Flying Switch · H. L. Davis · ss Collier’s August 2 1930

· The Homestead · Peter Dawson · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine August 1950

· The Road to Nowhere · Frank Gruber · ss Short Stories May 25 1938

· Night on Don Jaime Street · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s May 25 1940, as “On Don Jaime Street”

· Under Fire · Alan LeMay · ss Collier’s March 8 1930

· The Deserters · Bob Obets · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine June 1953

· As It Was in the Beginning · Conrad Richter · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 14 1935

· With Bated Breath · Ross Santee · ss Collier’s April 13 1935

Short Stories ed. Jerome Shostak & Henry Christ--- see under Henry Christ.

Yard Lengths by Donald Shoubridge (Pendulum Publications, 1946, 2/-, 120pp, pb, co)
Details supplied by Morgan Wallace.

3 · Murder of the Month [Chief-Inspector Standiford] · Donald Shoubridge · nv

25 · The Case of the Municipal Poet · Donald Shoubridge · nv

54 · Hot Water · Donald Shoubridge · ss

62 · The Man Who Died Too Early · Donald Shoubridge · nv

86 · The Case of the Property Gun [Chief-Inspector Standiford] · Donald Shoubridge · nv

Daughters of Decadence ed. Elaine Showalter (Virago Press, June 1993, 1-85381-590-X, £6.99, xx+326pp, tp, an)
18 stories by women writers of the fin-de-siècle. None overtly supernatural though a few are surreal.

vii · Introduction · Elaine Showalter · in

· An Egyptian Cigarette · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue April 19 1900

· Emancipation: A Life Fable · Kate Chopin · ss The Complete Works of Kate Chopin by Kate Chopin, Louisiana State University, 1969

· Theodora. A Fragment · Victoria Cross · nv The Yellow Book January 1895

· Suggestion · Ada Leverson · ss The Yellow Book April 1895

· A Cross Line · George Egerton · ss Keynotes by George Egerton, John Lane, 1893

· She-Notes · Borgia Smudgiton · ss Punch March 10 1884 (+1)

· By Accident · George Fleming · ss 1898

· The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

· The Undefinable: A Fantasia · Sarah Grand · ss The New Review September 1894 (+1)

· Lady Tal · Vernon Lee · ss Vanities by Vernon Lee, Heinemann, 1896

· A White Night · Charlotte Mew · ss Temple Bar May 1903

· The Buddhist Priest’s Wife · Olive Schreiner · ss Stories, Dreams and Allegories by Olive Schreiner, T. Fisher Unwin, 1923

· Three Dreams in a Desert · Olive Schreiner · ss Dreams by Olive Schreiner, Donohoe, 1890

· Life’s Gift · Olive Schreiner · ss Dreams by Olive Schreiner, Donohoe, 1890

· The Valley of Childish Things · Edith Wharton · ss The Century Magazine July 1896

· The Muse’s Tragedy · Edith Wharton · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1899

· Miss Grief · Constance Fenimore Woolson · nv Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science May 1880

· The Fifth Edition · Mabel E. Wotton · ss Day-Books by Mabel E. Wotton, John Lane, 1896

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