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Masques ed. J. N. Williamson (Maclay & Associates, October 1984, 0-940776-18-9, $14.95, 306pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 21 previously unpublished stories by Bradbury, Bloch, Grant, Gene Wolfe, and others, plus an interview with Richard Matheson and an unpublished Beaumont story. 7 · Introduction and Acknowledgments · J. N. Williamson · in 11 · Nightcrawlers · Robert R. McCammon · nv 37 · Somebody Like You · Dennis Etchison · ss 47 · Samhain: Full Moon · Ardath Mayhar · pm 53 · I Have Made My Bones Secure · Ardath Mayhar · pm 57 · Third Wind · Richard Christian Matheson · ss 69 · Redbeard · Gene Wolfe · ss 77 · The Turn of Time · David B. Silva · ss 91 · Soft · F. Paul Wilson · ss 107 · House Mothers · J. N. Williamson · ss 119 · Party Time · Mort Castle · vi 125 · Everybody Needs a Little Love · Robert Bloch · nv 145 · Angel’s Exchange · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi 149 · Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 155 · The First Day of Spring · David Knoles · ss 171 · Czadek · Ray Russell · ss 183 · The Old Men Know · Charles L. Grant · ss 203 · The Substitute · Gahan Wilson · ss 217 · The Alteration · Dennis Hamilton · ss 231 · Trust Not a Man · William F. Nolan · ss 245 · Long After Ecclesiastes · Ray Bradbury · pm Satellite Orbit September 1983 256 · A Short, Incadescent Life · Ray Russell · bg 260 · My Grandmother’s Japonicas · Charles Beaumont · nv 271 · Charles Beaumont: The Magic Man · William F. Nolan · bg The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1967 [Ref. Charles Beaumont] 275 · Richard Matheson · J. N. Williamson · iv [Ref. Richard Matheson]

Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson (Maclay & Assoc., June 1987, 0-940776-24-3, $19.95, 221pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 27 horror stories, including work by Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, and Richard Matheson. Issued in silver boards without dust wrapper. 7 · Introduction · J. N. Williamson · in 13 · Popsy · Stephen King · ss 25 · Second Sight · Ramsey Campbell · ss 31 · The Yard · William F. Nolan · ss 39 · The New Season · Robert Bloch · ss 46 · The Near Departed · Richard Matheson · vi 49 · Ice Sculptures · David B. Silva · ss 59 · Wiping the Slate Clean · G. Wayne Miller · ss 66 · The Litter · James Kisner · ss 77 · Splatter: A Cautionary Tale · Douglas E. Winter · ss 86 · Deathbed · Richard Christian Matheson · vi 88 · American Gothic · Ray Russell · ss 103 · Moist Dreams · Stanley Wiater · ss 107 · Dog, Cat, and Baby · Joe R. Lansdale · vi 109 · Nothing from Nothing Comes · Katherine Ramsland · ss 118 · If You Take My Hand, My Son · Mort Castle · ss 127 · Maurice and Mog · James Herbert · ss this is a portion of the novel Domain that was deleted before publication. 135 · Fish Story · Dennis Hamilton · ss 146 · Outsteppin’ Fetchit · Charles R. Saunders · ss 152 · In the Tank · Ardath Mayhar · ss 158 · Hidey Hole · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 163 · The Night Is Freezing Fast · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss 172 · Buried Talents · Richard Matheson · ss 179 · Lake George in High August · John Robert Bensink · ss 183 · Wordsong · J. N. Williamson · ss 190 · The Man Who Drowned Puppies · Thomas Sullivan · ss 196 · The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead · Alan Rodgers · nv

Masques III ed. J. N. Williamson (St. Martin’s, October 1989, 0-312-02948-9, $17.95, 317pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 28 horror stories and five poems, with an introduction by the editor. xi · Introduction · J. N. Williamson · in 1 · Stories for All Seasons · J. N. Williamson · si 3 · Drifter · Ed Gorman · ss 17 · Reflections · Ray Russell · ss 21 · The Happy Family · Melissa Mia Hall & Douglas E. Winter · ss 33 · Dew Drop Inn · D. W. Taylor · ss 45 · Refractions · Thomas Millstead · ss 57 · The Spelling Bee · Adobe James · ss 67 · Better Than One · Paul Dale Anderson · ss 75 · Ever, Ever, After · Graham Masterton · nv 99 · Prometheus’ Declaration of Love for the Vulture · Alan Rodgers · pm 103 · The “New” Horror · J. N. Williamson · si 105 · Long Lips · R. Patrick Gates · ss 115 · Sinners · Ralph Rainwater, Jr. · ss 123 · Sunday Breakfast · Jeannette M. Hopper · ss 131 · Third Rail · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss 137 · Coochie-Coo · Mark McNease · ss 145 · The Wulgaru · Bill Ryan · ss 155 · The Luckiest Man in the World · Rex Miller · ss 166 · The Boneless Doll · Joey Froehlich · pm 167 · Concerns of the Mind and Spirit · J. N. Williamson · si 169 · The Skull · Diane Taylor · ss 181 · On 42nd St. · William F. Nolan · ss 193 · Safe · John Maclay · ss 199 · All but the Ties Eternal · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss 211 · Pop Is Real Smart · Mort Castle · vi 215 · When the Wall Cries · Stanley J. Wiater · ss 227 · Return to the Mutant Rain Forest [Mutant Rain Forest] · Bruce Boston & Robert Frazier · pm 233 · Creatures of Terror · J. N. Williamson · si 235 · The Willies · James Kisner · ss 245 · The Drinking Party · K. Marie Ramsland · ss 255 · Chosen One · G. Wayne Miller · ss 265 · Them Bald-Headed Snays · Joseph A. Citro · ss 275 · Motherson · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 285 · Kill for Me · John Keefauver · ss 293 · Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites · Dan Simmons · ss 312 · The Orchid Nursery · Amanda Russell · pm 315 · Of Absence, Darkness, Death: Things Which Are Not · Ray Bradbury · pm

Masques IV ed. J. N. Williamson (Maclay, October 1991, 0-940776-26-X, $19.95, 247pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 26 stories, one a reprint. A signed limited edition of 750 copies ($49.00) was announced. 7 · Introduction · J. N. Williamson · in 15 · The Pack · Chet Williamson · ss 29 · Children · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 41 · Sea Gulls · Gahan Wilson · ss 52 · The Coming of Night, The Passing of Day · Ed Gorman · ss 59 · Please Don’t Hurt Me · F. Paul Wilson · ss 66 · Splatter Me an Angel · James Kisner · ss 78 · Untitled Still Life with Infinity Perspective · Rex Miller · ss 97 · Pratfall · John Maclay · vi 101 · The Heart of Helen Day · Graham Masterton · ss 116 · Nothing but the Best · Brian McNaughton · vi 120 · Somewhere · Denise Dumars · pm 122 · Milestone’s Face · Gary Brandner · ss 132 · Julia’s Touch · David T. Connolly · vi 136 · Savages · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 150 · The Collapse of Civilization · Ray Russell · vi 154 · Animal Husbandry · Bruce Boston · ss 163 · Sounds · Kathryn Ptacek · ss 172 · Whispers of the Unrepentant · t. Winter-Damon · pm 175 · Obscene Phone Calls · John Coyne · ss 184 · The Children Never Lie · Cameron Nolan · ss 197 · The Other Woman · Lois Tilton · ss 203 · Love, Hate, and the Beautiful Junkyard Sea · Mort Castle · ss 214 · Sources of the Nile · Rick Hautala · ss 219 · Collaborationists · J. N. Williamson · ss 228 · My Private Memoirs of the Hoffer Stigmata Pandemic · Dan Simmons · ss 241 · The Secret · Steve Allen · vi Collier’s September 28 1956 247 · Afterword · John Maclay · aw

Masques V ed. J. N. Williamson & Gary A. Braunbeck (Gauntlet Press, June 2006, 1-887368-85-X, $55.00, 469pp, hc, oa, cover by Clive Barker)     Original anthology of 28 horror stories, the fifth and final in the series. Authors include Poppy Z. Brite, Richard Matheson, and Ray Bradbury. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by Williamson and all contributors except Matheson, Bradbury, and the late Ray Russell; a lettered edition with draft versions of the stories by Bradbury and Richard Christian Matheson, a color frontispiece by Clive Barker, and signed by all except Ray Russell ($250.00) was announced. 13 · Concerns of the Mind and Soul (Redux) · J. N. Williamson · in 17 · Wandering the Borderlands · Poppy Z. Brite · ss 23 · Haircut · Richard Matheson · ss 31 · Recall · Ray Garton · ss 49 · Ghost in Autumn · Christopher Conlon · ss 65 · The Black Wench · Ray Russell · ss Playboy November 1985 91 · FYI · Mort Castle · ss 103 · Phantom of the Rainbow · Thomas Sullivan · ss 119 · Just a Little, Just Enough · Sharon Cullars · ss 127 · The Net · Jack Ketchum & P. D. Cacek · nv 159 · Disappearing Act · Barry Hoffman · ss 167 · Stirrings · Kealan Patrick Burke · ss 175 · The Sheets Were Clean and Dry · Lucy A. Snyder · ss 185 · Saintkiller · Joe Nassise · ss 201 · In a Hand or Face · Gary A. Braunbeck · nv 227 · Moths in Damp Grass · Tracy Knight · ss 245 · A Thousand Words · Judi Rohrig · ss 265 · Making Cabinets · Richard Christian Matheson · ss 277 · For Whom We Mourn · Geoff Cooper · ss 299 · Atomic Possums · George Ibarra · ss 309 · Mr. Handlebars · Mark Powers · ss 319 · In the Empty Country · Ron Horsley · nv 345 · Action Figures · John Maclay · ss 355 · How Sweet It Was · Tom Monteleone · ss 375 · Waters Dark and Deep · Tim Waggoner · ss 395 · Making Faces · Tom Piccirilli · ss 401 · King Charlie · William F. Nolan · ss 411 · Intent to Deceive · Ed Gorman · nv 447 · Outcry · J. N. Williamson · ss 463 · The Beautiful Shave · Ray Bradbury · ss Gallery March 1979 · Lettered Edition Only _ · The Beautiful Shave (First draft) · Ray Bradbury · ss _ · Making Cabinets (3 early drafts) · Richard Christian Matheson · ss

Masques V: Further Stories ed. J. N. Williamson & Gary A. Braunbeck (Gauntlet Press, June 2006, $10.00, ph, oa)     Chapbook given as a premium to those who purchased Masques V directly through Gauntlet Press. Limited to 552 numbered copies signed by three of the contributors; remaining copies subsequently offered for sale. 1 · In the House of the Hangman One Does Not Talk of Rope · Gary A. Braunbeck · uw Things Left Behind by Gary A. Braunbeck, Cemetery Dance, 1997 · A Piece of Him for Me · Barry Hoffman · ss 13 · Knock, Knock · Tim Waggoner · ss 19 · I’ll Call You · Mort Castle · ss

At the Human Limit by Jack Williamson (Haffner Press, April 1, 2011, 978-1-893887-51-0, $40.00, xxi+587pp, hc, co, cover by Ralph McQuarrie)     Collection of 34 pieces from 1959-2008, presented in chronological order of original publication. There is a foreword by Connie Willis and an afterword by Williamson. Also available in a slipcased edition (-52-7, $150.00), limited to 75 numbered, signed, copies. Volume eight in “The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson”. xv · Jack Williamson: The Man Who Invented the Future · Connie Willis · fw 1 · Second Man to the Moon · Jack Williamson · nv Fantastic April 1959 21 · The Masked World · Jack Williamson · vi Worlds of Tomorrow October 1963 25 · Jamboree · Jack Williamson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1969 37 · The Highest Dive · Jack Williamson · ss Science Fiction Monthly v3 #1, 1976 49 · Farside Station [Medea] · Jack Williamson · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November/December 1978 87 · …All Ye Who Enter Here · Jack Williamson · ss Stellar #6 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1981 105 · A Break for the Dinosaurs · Jack Williamson · ss Speculations ed. Isaac Asimov & Alice Laurance, Houghton Mifflin, 1982 113 · Space Family Smiths · Jack Williamson · vi JD Journal 1983 117 · At the Human Limit · Jack Williamson · ss The Planets ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam, 1985 133 · The Mental Man · Jack Williamson · ss Amazing Stories November 1988 143 · The Birds’ Turn · Jack Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1992 157 · Venus Is Hell · Jack Williamson · ss Omni October 1992 173 · The Litlins · Jack Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1993 187 · The Fractal Man · Jack Williamson · ss VB Tech Journal July 1996 205 · The Firefly Tree · Jack Williamson · ss Science Fiction Age May 1997 211 · The Hole in the World · Jack Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1997 217 · The Purchase of Earth · Jack Williamson · ss Science Fiction Age July 1998 229 · The Story Roger Never Told · Jack Williamson · ss Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Avon Eos, 1998 239 · The Pet Rocks Mystery · Jack Williamson · vi Alien Pets ed. Denise Little, DAW, 1998; given as “Pet Rocks Mystery” on the story itself. 249 · Miss Million · Jack Williamson · ss Amazing Stories Winter 1999 259 · Eden Star · Jack Williamson · ss Star Colonies ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2000 273 · Nitrogen Plus · Jack Williamson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2001 287 · Afterlife · Jack Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2002 303 · The Planet of Youth · Jack Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2002 317 · Shakespeare & Co. · Jack Williamson · ss Shelf Life ed. Greg Ketter, DreamHaven Books, 2002 329 · The Man from Somewhere · Jack Williamson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2003 355 · Black Hole Station · Jack Williamson · ss Space Stations ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2004 369 · Devil’s Star · Jack Williamson · nv Visions of Liberty ed. Mark Tier & Martin H. Greenberg, Baen, 2004 389 · Dream of Earth · Jack Williamson · vi Amazing Stories November 2004 393 · The Half Men · Jack Williamson · ss Absolute Magnitude #21, Spring 2005 405 · The Cat That Loved Shakespeare · Jack Williamson · ss Chronicle July 2005 419 · Ghost Town · Jack Williamson · ss Weird Tales July 2005 431 · The Mists of Time · Jack Williamson · nv Millennium 3001 ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis, DAW, 2006 449 · A Christmas Carol · Jack Williamson · ss The Worlds of Jack Williamson by Jack Williamson, Haffner Press, 2008 453 · Afterword · Jack Williamson · aw 466 · Modes of Science Fiction · Jack Williamson · ar Science-Fiction Times June 1968 468 · By the Way · Jack Williamson · ar Portales News-Tribune July 9 1969 470 · Science Fiction: Emerging from Its Exile in Limbo · Jack Williamson · ar Publishers Weekly July 5 1971 479 · H.G. Wells: The Man Who Discovered Tomorrow · Jack Williamson · ar The Saturday Review of Literature January 1 1972 [Ref. H. G. Wells] 488 · Plotting “Jamboree” · Jack Williamson · ar Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Mentor, 1973 494 · Science Fiction: An Art of the Possible · Jack Williamson · ar Liberal Arts Review Fall 1974 512 · By Covered Wagon to Dry Farm Land · Jack Williamson · ar Roosevelt County History and Heritage ed. Jean M. Burroughs, Bishop Printing Company, 1975 517 · Edmond Hamilton: An Appreciation · Jack Williamson · ob Locus January 30 1977 [Ref. Edmond Hamilton] 519 · Anatomies of Egotism: A Reading of the Last Novels of H.G. Wells · Jack Williamson · br Journal of English and Germanic Philology October 1977 [Ref. H. G. Wells] 522 · Frederik Pohl · Jack Williamson · bg NorthAmeriCon Program Book 1979 1979 [Ref. Frederik Pohl] 524 · Beaming Thoughts Into Space · Jack Williamson · ar Science Digest Winter 1979 526 · SF in Yugoslavia · Jack Williamson · ar Locus January 1980 529 · The God Instinct · Jack Williamson · ar Science News Summer 1980 531 · The Scientist, the Humanist, and Us · Jack Williamson · ar Portales News-Tribune May 10 1981 536 · SF Abroad · Jack Williamson · ar The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America #78, May 1982 542 · SF and the Actual Future · Jack Williamson · ar Portales News-Tribune January 2 1983 548 · Gordon Greaves; A Journalist’s Journalist · Jack Williamson · ar New Mexico Magazine January 1986 [Ref. Gordon Greaves] 552 · Uranus Flyby · Jack Williamson · ar Locus March 1986 554 · How Not to Write a Novel · Jack Williamson · ar Starlog July 1988 559 · On the Flyby · Jack Williamson · ms Locus January 1990 560 · Author Dislikes Intolerance · Jack Williamson · lt Portales News-Tribune September 19 1993 561 · On Science Fiction in College · Jack Williamson · ar Science-Fiction Studies November 1996 564 · Welcome to the 21st Century · Jack Williamson · lt Portales News-Tribune January 2 2000 568 · The Evolution of the Martians [War of the Worlds] · Jack Williamson · ar War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives on the H.G. Wells Classic ed. Glenn Yeffeth, BenBella Books, 2005 578 · King Kong: A Parable of Progress · Jack Williamson · ar Kong Unbound: The Cultural Impact, Pop Mythos, and Scientific Plausibility of a Cinematic Legend ed. Karen Haber, Simon & Schuster, 2005