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The Best of Deep Magic: Anthology Two ed. Jeff Wheeler (Deep Magic, May 21, 2021, 979-8-749-33611-5, $14.95, 481pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Forged in Iron and Blood · Jeanna Mason Stay · ss Deep Magic #67, Winter 2019 22 · The Poisoner’s Revenge [Kingfountain] · Jeff Wheeler · nv Deep Magic #63, Winter 2018 63 · The Red Walls of Ishri · Patrick Hurley · nv Deep Magic #71, Winter 2020 89 · The Devil Went Down to the Daniel Webster Charter School PTA’s Annual Halloween Chili Cook-off Fundraiser · Eric James Stone · ss Deep Magic #70, Fall 2020 102 · His Lady’s Favor · K. D. Julicher · nv Deep Magic #65, Summer 2019 142 · The Ten Suns · Ken Liu · ss Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse ed. Alex Shvartsman & William Snee, Deorc Enterprise, 2014 162 · Grave Secrets · Charlie N. Holmberg · ss Deep Magic #66, Fall 2019 169 · The Hall of the Diamond Queen · Anthony Ryan · nv Unbound ed. Shawn Speakman, Grim Oak Press, 2015 196 · The Lady of Pain · Steve DuBois · ss Deep Magic #63, Winter 2018 218 · Love in the Time of Holodecks · Charity West · nv Deep Magic #62, Fall 2018 271 · Hanging Trees · Christoph Weber · ss Deep Magic #60, Spring 2018 286 · Muzik Man · Wulf Moon · nv Deep Magic #70, Fall 2020 324 · One Way · Gerri Leen · nv Deep Magic #69, Summer 2020 350 · Darned Socks · Brendon Taylor · nv Deep Magic #71, Winter 2020 380 · Perfectly Painted Lies · Brittany Rainsdon · ss Deep Magic #72, Spring 2021 400 · The Job Prospects of History Majors · Alyssa Eckles · ss Deep Magic #67, Winter 2019 418 · Pile of Bones · Michael J. Sullivan · nv Deep Magic #66, Fall 2019 444 · The Space Between · Larry Hinkle · ss Deep Magic #68, Spring 2020 453 · Don’t Wake the Dreamer · K. M. Dailey · ss Deep Magic #64, Spring 2019

Christmas in My Heart: A Fourth Treasury: Stories to Share the Spirit of the Season ed. Joe L. Wheeler (Doubleday, October 1999, 0-385-49318-5, $16.95, 288pp, hc, an)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Introduction: A Pennsylvania Deutsch Christmas · Joe L. Wheeler · in (r) · A String of Blue Beads · Fulton Oursler · ss (r) · Bethany’s Christmas Carol · Mabel McKee · ss (r) · Joey’s Miracle · Hartley F. Dailey · ss (r) · And It Was Christmas Morning · Temple Bailey · ss (r) · Delayed Delivery · Cathy Miller · ss (r) · The Tallest Angel · [uncredited] · ss (r) · Pink Angel · [uncredited] · ss (r) · Truce in the Forest · Fritz Vincken · ss The Reader’s Digest January 1973 · Christmas Day in the Morning · Pearl S. Buck · ss Collier’s December 23 1955 · Tell Me a Story of Christmas · Bill Vaughan · ss (r) · Luther · Joe L. Wheeler · ss (r)

Best New England Crime Stories: Dead Calm ed. Leslie Wheeler, Mark Ammons, Katherine Fast & Barbara Ross--- see under Mark Ammons.

Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022 ed. Leslie Wheeler, Christine Bagley & Susan Oleksiw--- see under Christine Bagley.

Thin Ice: Crime Stories by New England Writers ed. Leslie Wheeler, Mark Ammons, Kat Fast & Barbara Ross--- see under Mark Ammons.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2013 Edition ed. Noa Wheeler, Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Melissa Frain, Liz Gorinsky, George R. R. Martin, Patrick Nielsen Hayden & Ann VanderMeer--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Tales of the American West: The Best of Spur Award-Winning Authors ed. Richard S. Wheeler (New American Library, September 2000, 0-451-20030-6, $14.00, 238pp, hc, an)     Collection of short stories written by Spur award winning authors. Some of the stories are by newer authors, and many of the fifteen stories have never been printed in book form before. ix · Introduction · Richard S. Wheeler · in (r) 1 · The Cat King of Cochise County · Loren D. Estleman · nv Louis L’Amour Western Magazine January 1995 22 · Too Proud to Lose · Richard Matheson · nv Fifteen Western Tales February 1955 37 · The Attack on the Mountain · Glendon Swarthout · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 4 1959 50 · Comes the Hunter · Jory Sherman · ss 60 · The Face · Ed Gorman · ss The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman by Ed Gorman, Swallow Press, 1992 75 · The Anniversary · Win Blevins · nv 96 · Sue Ellen Learns to Dance · Judy Alter · ss Texas Short Stories ed. Billy Bob Hill & Laurie Champion, Browder Springs Publishing, 1997 107 · I Never Saw a Buffalo · Frank Roderus · ss 117 · The Indian Summer of Nancy Redwing · Harry W. Paige · ss The New Frontier ed. Joe R. Lansdale, Doubleday, 1989 123 · The Big Two-Shoot Rifle · R. C. House · ss American Rendezvous Magazine 1982 137 · Just As I Am · Joyce Gibson Roach · ss Women of the West ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Doubleday, 1990 155 · Charity · Sandra Whiting · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine January 1995 171 · Continuity · Elmer Kelton · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine September 1995 185 · All or Nothing · Gary Svee · ss 202 · The School at the Bucket of Blood · Jeanne Williams · na

Over the Edge ed. Warren H. Wheelock & William D. Sheldon--- see under William D. Sheldon.

The Curse of the Harcourts by Chandler H. Whipple (Altus Press, January 1, 2010, 978-1-4515-5451-9, $19.95, xiv+167pp, hc, co)     Details taken from online listing. fc. · [front cover] · Tom Lovell · cv Dime Mystery Magazine September 1936 ix · Introduction · John Pelan · in 1 · The Son of Darkness · Chandler H. Whipple · nv Dime Mystery Magazine February 1935 31 · The Curse of the Harcourts · Chandler H. Whipple · nv Dime Mystery Magazine March 1935 62 · Shadow of the Plague · Chandler H. Whipple · nv Dime Mystery Magazine April 1935 90 · White Lady of Hell · Chandler H. Whipple · nv Dime Mystery Magazine June 1935 111 · A Child for Satan · Chandler H. Whipple · nv Dime Mystery Magazine September 1935 148 · The Last Harcourt · Chandler H. Whipple · ss Dime Mystery Magazine October 1935

Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker (Macmillan UK, 1973, 224pp, hc, oa) 7 · Editor’s Note · Virginia Whitaker · pr 9 · The Story about Caruso · Joan Aiken · ss 16 · The Bitter Bite · John Aiken · ss 34 · Suicide, or Murder? · Jane Aiken Hodge · ss 49 · Sunk · David Craig · nv 78 · Coming South · Celia Dale · ss 85 · The Mistaken Smile · Audrey Erskine Lindop · ss 104 · The Gift · Dick Francis · nv 131 · The Thaw · Reginald Hill · nv 155 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv 177 · The Bathroom · Peter Lovesey · ss 188 · A Green Boy [Gaius Celerius] · Anthony Price · nv 210 · Plagiarism · Jacqueline Wilson · ss

Binscombe Tales: Sinister Saxon Stories by John Whitbourn (Ash-Tree Press, January 30, 1998, 1-899562-40-0, C$53.00, xvii+239pp, hc, oc, cover by Alan Hunter)     Collection of fifteen ghost stories, seven of which are published here for the first time. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00. xi · Introscript · John Whitbourn · pr xv · Introduction · Professor E. Griffiths · in 3 · Another Place [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 21 · Waiting for a Bus [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 14 ed. Arthur W. Saha, DAW, 1988 a shorter version appeared in The Third Book of After Midnight Stories, Myers, Kimber, 1987. 34 · Till Death Do Us Part [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 50 · Only One Careful Owner [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss Haunted Library Publications, 1994, as “A Binscombe Tale for Christmas” 70 · All Roads Lead to Rome [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · nv 98 · The Will to Live [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 108 · Hello Dolly [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss The Fifth Book of After Midnight Stories ed. Amy Myers, Robert Hale, 1991 122 · Reggie Suntan [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 142 · Here Is My Resignation [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss Lichgate #1, 1995 146 · A Video Nasty, or, The Sins of the Fathers [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · nv 177 · Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Most Men [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss Mystery for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara, 1990 184 · Binscombe Jihad [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 202 · His Holiness Commands [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss Binscombe Tales by John Whitbourn, Haunted Library, 1989 217 · Roots [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · nv The Fourth Book of After Midnight Stories ed. Amy Myers, Kimber, 1988 236 · The More It Changes… [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · vi Rollover Night by John Whitbourn, Haunted Library, 1990 239 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi

More Binscombe Tales: Sinister Sutangli Stories by John Whitbourn (Ash-Tree Press, April 23, 1999, 1-899562-72-9, C$53.00, xvi+225pp, hc, co, cover by Alan Hunter)     Collection of 12 supernatural stories, five original, set in the “Downs Country” of southern England. The afterword and introduction by Whitbourn discuss the story series. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00. xi · Foreword · [uncredited] · fw xiii · An Overview and Cheerio, or A Sutangli Speaks! · John Whitbourn · fw 3 · It Has Been Said… [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss Binscombe Tales by John Whitbourn, Haunted Library, 1989 16 · No Truce with Kings [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss Binscombe Tales by John Whitbourn, Haunted Library, 1989 32 · Let the Train Take the Strain [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss Binscombe Tales by John Whitbourn, Haunted Library, 1989 42 · Rollover Night [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss Rollover Night by John Whitbourn, Haunted Library, 1990 60 · Yankee Go Home [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 73 · Canterbury’s Dilemma [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 91 · Every Little Breeze… [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss All Hallows #2, 1990 101 · Oh, I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (Within Reason) [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · nv Haunted Library Publications, 1996, as “A Binscombe Tale for Summer” 123 · But After This, the Judgement [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 140 · It’ll All Be Over by Christmas [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 152 · I Could a Tale Unfold… [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · nv Rollover Night by John Whitbourn, Haunted Library, 1990 177 · Up from the Cellar, or, England Expects! [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · nv 199 · Stories I’ll Never Get Round to Writing · John Whitbourn · aw 225 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi

Unwillingly to Earth by Pauline Whitby--- see under Pauline Ashwell.

An Illuminated History of the Future ed. Curtis White (Illinois State University, 1989, 0-932511-26-0, $8.95, 255pp, tp, an) 9 · In Thailand: a Prefatory Parable · Curtis White · pr (r) 15 · The Anatomy of Marcantonio Della Torre · R. M. Berry · nv (r) 37 · My Horse · Stacey Levine · ss (r) 47 · Spade Work · Jeff Duncan · nv (r) 69 · Face Value · Edward Kleinschmidt · ss (r) 73 · In the Garden of the Sunbelt Arts Preserve · Constance Pierce · nv (r) 97 · Gardener · Beverly Brown · ss (r) 111 · Social Science · David Wong Louie · ss (r) 131 · Still Life with Disaster (U.S.) · Jacques Servin · ss (r) 135 · Bad Breath · Gerald Vizenor · nv (r) 165 · Mrs. Peacock in the Billiard Room with the Lead Pipe · Martha Baer · na (r) 211 · The Koi · Misha · pm Near to Now #2, 1987 219 · Head of a Traveler · Conger Beasley, Jr. · vi (r) 221 · Japan Invades America: A Scenario · Conger Beasley, Jr. · ss (r) 225 · A Tale of the Downturn—In Homage to Jane Gallion · Don Webb · ss (r) 231 · from In Heaven Everything Is Fine · Jeffrey DeShell · ss (r) 241 · The Freudian Paragraph · Rusty Hoover · vi (r) 243 · From Strange Beginnings · Paul Garrison · ss (r) 253 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Fear Stalks the Village by Ethel Lina White (Ward, Lock and Co., 1932, 7/6d, 319pp, hc, n.)

Fear Stalks the Village by Ethel Lina White (The British Library, January 10, 2024, 978-0-7123-5530-8, £9.99, 304pp, tp, n.) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Ward Lock 1932) novel.

The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White (Collins Crime Club, May 28, 1936, 7/6d, 286pp, hc, n.)

The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White (The British Library, July 10, 2023, 978-0-7123-5488-2, £9.99, 256pp, tp, n.) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Collins 1936) mystery novel that was adapted for the screen as The Lady Vanishes by Alfred Hitchcock in 1938.

Famous Utopias of the Renaissance ed. Frederic R. White (Packard & Co., 1946, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Frederic R. White · in 3 · Thomas More · Frederic R. White · is [Ref. Thomas More] 5 · Utopia · Thomas More · n. 1516 121 · Francois Rabelais · Frederic R. White · is [Ref. François Rabelais] 123 · Abbey of Theleme · Francois Rabelais · ss 1534 139 · Michel De Montaigne and William Shakespeare · Frederic R. White · is [Ref. Michel de Montaigne & William Shakespeare] 141 · Of the Cannibals · Michel de Montaigne · ss (r) 151 · Gonzalo’s Speech, from The Tempest · William Shakespeare · ex ca. 1613 155 · Tommaso Campanella · Frederic R. White · is [Ref. Tommaso Campanella] 158 · The City of the Sun · Tommaso Campanella · na 1623 207 · Francis Bacon · Frederic R. White · is [Ref. Francis Bacon] 209 · The New Atlantis · Francis Bacon · uw Sylva Sylvarum by Francis Bacon, John Haviland for William Lee, 1626

The Interpreters/A Novacon Garland by James White & David Langford (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 1985, no ISBN, £1.50, 14+15pp, ph, oc) [Novacon Booklets]     Original back-to-back collection of an original short story by James White, and two parodies (one original) by David Langford. Issued in a limited edition of 600 numbered copies, to coincide with their Guest of Honour appearances at Novacon 15. 5 · The Interpreters · James White · ss 5 · Introduction · David Langford · in 6 · Outbreak · David Langford · ss [Ref. James White] 12 · Duel of Words · David Langford · ss Sfinx #2, 1983 [Ref. Frank Herbert]

Second Ending by James White (Ace Double, December 1962, F-173, 40¢, 100pp, pb, n.)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delany.

The Complete Cases of the Arson Dick by Leslie T. White (Steeger Books, August 16, 2019, 978-1-61827-407-6, $19.95, 230pp, tp, co) [Todd Naughton (Arson Dick)]     Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Matches in Hell [Todd Naughton (Arson Dick)] · Leslie T. White · nv Dime Detective Magazine March 1936 59 · Eyewitness [Todd Naughton (Arson Dick)] · Leslie T. White · nv Dime Detective Magazine May 1936 113 · Ashes of the Living [Todd Naughton (Arson Dick)] · Leslie T. White · nv Dime Detective Magazine September 1936 171 · 4-Alarm Murder [Todd Naughton (Arson Dick)] · Leslie T. White · nv Dime Detective Magazine January 1937 217 · About the Author · Leslie T. White · bg Argosy October 1943, as “Argosy Authors”

American Fiction, No. 9 ed. Michael White & Alan Davis--- see under Alan Davis.

The Best from Amazing Stories ed. Ted White (Manor, 1973, 95-225, 95¢, 192pp, pb, an) 7 · No Charge for Alterations · Horace L. Gold · nv Amazing Stories April/May 1953 32 · The Augmented Agent · Jack Vance · nv Amazing Stories October 1961, as “I-C-a-BeM” 77 · The Misfit · Roger Zelazny · nv Amazing Stories October 1963 83 · The Dowry of the Angyar [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Amazing Stories September 1964 102 · Placement Test · Keith Laumer · nv Amazing Stories July 1964 133 · The Horn of Time the Hunter · Poul Anderson · ss Amazing Stories September 1963, as “Homo Aquaticus” 152 · Phoenix · Ted White & Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss Amazing Stories February 1963 163 · Rogue Psi · James H. Schmitz · nv Amazing Stories August 1962