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They Are Possessed: Masterpieces of Exorcism ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, November 1976, 0-491-01857-6, £4.95, 246pp, hc, an)     Anthology of occult and black magic items dealing primarily with possession. About 50:50 fiction and non-fiction. 1 · Exorcism in a Convent · Reverend Carl Vogl · ar (r) 36 · Six Feet of Willow-Green · Carroll K. Michener · ss Weird Tales April 1923 47 · The Curse of Hamid · Ann Taylor · ss (r) 67 · Demons by the Dozen · Reverend Johannes Greber · ex from Communication with the Spirit World of God (r) 81 · The Devil and Sharon Tate · Michael Ballantine · ar (r) 93 · At the End of the Corridor · Evangeline Walton · ss Weird Tales May 1950 107 · The Exorcist—New York Style · Kurt & Jane Singer · ar (r) 117 · The Hand of Glory [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales July 1933 152 · The Original Black Mass · Stephan A. Hoeller · ar (r) 163 · Satan and Dr. Janet · Pierre Janet · ar (r) 174 · Glad Ghosts · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Dial July 1926 (+1) 216 · Portrait in Moonlight · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales November 1947 230 · The Amherst Mystery · R. S. Lambert · ar (r)

The Third Target Book of Horror ed. Kurt Singer (Target, 1985, 0-426-20154-X, £1.60, 142pp, pb, an)     Stories from Tales from the Unknown (W.H. Allen 1970), Ghouls and Ghosts (W.H. Allen 1972), Satanic Omnibus (W.H. Allen 1973), Gothic Horror Book (W.H. Allen 1974), and They Are Posessed (W.H. Allen 1976). 7 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. 20 · Psychic Alert Saved Film Star · Frank Stevens · ar (r) 27 · The Dark Star · G. G. Pendarves · nv Weird Tales March 1937 62 · Portrait in Moonlight · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales November 1947 77 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912 88 · I Am a Psychic Detective · Horace Leaf · gp (r) _ · I Am a Psychic Detective · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty March 18 1939 _ · The Old Lady of Battersea · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty March 25 1939 _ · A Full House · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty April 1 1939 _ · The Incubus · Horace Leaf · ar Liberty April 8 1939 117 · The Cloth of Madness · Seabury Quinn · nv Young’s Magazine January 1920

Weird Tales of the Supernatural ed. Kurt Singer (W.H. Allen, 1966, 30/-, 352pp, hc, an) 7 · Seven Seconds of Eternity · Robert H. Leitfred · nv Weird Tales September 1940 48 · The Mystery of Uncle Alfred · Mindret Lord · ss Weird Tales November 1941 60 · The Rhythm of the Rats · Eric Frank Russell · ss Weird Tales July 1950 74 · The Bradley Vampire · Roger M. Thomas · ss Weird Tales May 1951 86 · Legal Rites · Isaac Asimov & James MacCreigh · nv Weird Tales September 1950 113 · The Grinning Ghoul · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales June 1936 123 · And Give Us Yesterday · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales January 1948 138 · The Keeper of the Key [Laban Shrewsbury] · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales May 1951 171 · Potts’ Triumph · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1950 180 · Twilight of the Gods · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales July 1948 214 · Two Face · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales March 1950 231 · Green Brothers Take Over · Maria Moravsky · ss Weird Tales January 1948 248 · The Mirror · Mildred Johnson · ss Weird Tales September 1950 259 · The Vengeance of Nitocris · Tennessee Williams · ss Weird Tales August 1928, as by Thomas Lanier Williams 271 · The Life-After-Death of Mr. Thaddeus Warde · Robert Barbour Johnson · ss Magazine of Horror November 1964 287 · The Valley of the Gods · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales May 1946 313 · The Antimacassar · Greye La Spina · ss Weird Tales May 1949 326 · The Valley of the Undead · Helen Weinbaum · ss Weird Tales September 1940 342 · Mannikins of Horror · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1939

Whispers from Beyond ed. Kurt Singer (Peacock Press, 1972, $1.00, 80pp, quarto, an)     A large-format booklet issued anonymously, though a total reprint (with new filler material) of Bloch and Bradbury (Tower, 1969). Details taken from online listing. 5 · The Shadow from the Steeple [Cthulhu] · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales September 1950 13 · The Angry Ghost of Shakespeare · [uncredited] · ms 15 · The Watchers · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1945 21 · Fever Dream · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales September 1948 24 · Houdini’s Story of a Call from the Dead · [uncredited] · ms 25 · The Druidic Doom · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1936 33 · The Handler · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales January 1947 37 · The Man Who Cried “Wolf!” · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1945 47 · The Dead Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1945 51 · Mannikins of Horror · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1939 55 · Mark Twain’s Dream of Death · [uncredited] · ms 57 · The Grinning Ghoul · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales June 1936 61 · Men Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead · [uncredited] · ms 64 · A Question of Etiquette · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1942 68 · Gangway for Ghosts · [uncredited] · ms 69 · Noel Coward’s Personal Blithe Spirit · Jane Sherrod Singer · ar 73 · The Ghost of Cambridge University · [uncredited] · ms 77 · Ghosts of Cape Town Castle · [uncredited] · ms

The Berkley Showcase Vol. 5 ed. Melissa Singer & Victoria Schochet--- see under Victoria Schochet.

Born to Give/Swap Club/Wild in Bed by Ron Singer, Dirk Malloy & Barry N. Malzberg--- see under Mel Johnson.

Sex on the Sand/Kiss and Run/Odd Girl by Sally M. Singer, Lawrence Block & Barry N. Malzberg--- see under Sheldon Lord.

Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories by Vandana Singh (Small Beer Press, February 2018, 978-1-61873-143-2, $16.00, 320pp, tp, co, cover by Paul & Prosper Henry)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · With Fate Conspire · Vandana Singh · nv Solaris Rising 2 ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2013 25 · A Handful of Rice · Vandana Singh · nv Steampunk Revolution ed. Ann VanderMeer, Tachyon, 2012 53 · Peripeteia · Vandana Singh · ss End of the Road: An Anthology of Original Short Stories ed. Jonathan Oliver, Solaris, 2013 67 · Lifepod · Vandana Singh · ss Foundation #100, Summer 2007 81 · Oblivion: A Journey · Vandana Singh · nv Clockwork Phoenix ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2008 107 · Somadeva: A Sky River Sutra [Somadeva] · Vandana Singh · ss Strange Horizons March 29 2010 123 · Are You Sannata3159? · Vandana Singh · nv The Company He Keeps ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2010 145 · Indra’s Web · Vandana Singh · ss TRSF: The Best New Science Fiction ed. Stephen Cass, Technology Review, 2011 155 · Ruminations in an Alien Tongue · Vandana Singh · ss Lightspeed #23, April 2012 173 · Sailing the Antarsa · Vandana Singh · nv The Other Half of the Sky ed. Athena Andreadis & Kay T. Holt, Candlemark & Gleam, 2013 213 · Cry of the Kharchal · Vandana Singh · nv Clarkesworld #83, August 2013 235 · Wake-Rider · Vandana Singh · ss Lightspeed #55, December 2014 249 · Ambiguity Machines: An Examination · Vandana Singh · nv Tor.com April 29 2015 271 · Requiem · Vandana Singh · na

The Conspiracy Unmasked by David C. Kopaska-Merkel ed. Bobbi Sinha--- see under David C. Kopaska-Merkel.

The 1995 SPGA Showcase ed. Bobbi Sinha-Morey & David G. Barnett--- see under David G. Barnett.

Giants at the End of the World: A Showcase of Finnish Weird ed. Johanna Sinisalo & Toni Jerrman--- see under Toni Jerrman.

Asleep in Armageddon ed. Michael Sissons (Panther, June 1962, 1379, 2/6d, 189pp, pb, an) 7 · Asleep in Armageddon · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Winter 1948 18 · The Weapon · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1951 21 · Not Final! · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction October 1941 35 · Home There’s No Returning · Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore · nv No Boundaries by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore, Ballantine, 1955; given as by Moore alone. 57 · This Star Shall Be Free · Murray Leinster · nv Super Science Stories November 1949 71 · The Scarlet Plague · Jack London · na The London Magazine June 1912 108 · Enchanted Village · A. E. van Vogt · ss Other Worlds Science Stories July 1950 120 · Crucifixus Etiam · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1953 136 · Being · Richard Matheson · nv If August 1954 162 · Camouflage · Henry Kuttner · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1945, as by Lewis Padgett

In the Dead of Night ed. Michael Sissons (Gibbs & Phillips, 1961, 13/6d, 191pp, hc, an)     Also in pb (Panther 1962). 9 · The Hunger · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy April 1955 24 · The Grey Ones · J. B. Priestley · nv Lilliput April/May 1953 41 · The Master · Nigel Balchin · ss 1951 47 · Lady Without Appetite · John Gloag · ss Take One a Week by John Gloag, Chantry Publications, 1950 58 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing” 66 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · nv Dime Mystery Magazine November 1946 84 · Little Memento · John Collier · ss The New Yorker September 17 1938 89 · Blue Murder · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine October 1925 111 · The Portrait · Margery Sharp · ss 1960 123 · Cast the First Shadow · Marc Brandel · ss Cosmopolitan May 1953 129 · Dearth’s Farm · Gerald Bullett · ss The Street of the Eye by Gerald Bullett, John Lane, 1923 140 · The Curt Little Mouth in the Brain · James P. Webb · ss 1960 148 · The Proof · John Moore · ss Tiger, Tiger by John Moore, Collins, 1953 155 · Crickets · Richard Matheson · ss Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales May 1960 162 · A Story of Don Juan · V. S. Pritchett · ss Argosy (UK) September 1941 167 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury September 1930 183 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936

The Masque of the Red Death ed. Michael Sissons (Gibbs & Phillips, October 1964, 192pp, hc, an)     Published simultaneously in pb (Panther 1964). 9 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy” 15 · The Other Place · J. B. Priestley · nv The Other Place and Other Stories of the Same Sort by J. B. Priestley, Heinemann, 1953 39 · Child’s Play · William Link & Richard Levinson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1959 50 · The Whole Town’s Sleeping [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss McCall’s September 1950 65 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited. 78 · Silver Circus · A. E. Coppard · ss Harper’s Magazine February 1927 89 · Kiss Me Again, Stranger · Daphne du Maurier · nv The Apple Tree by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1952 113 · The Smoking Leg · John Metcalfe · ss The London Mercury May 1925 126 · Silent Snow, Secret Snow · Conrad Aiken · nv The Virginia Quarterly Review October 1932 143 · The Children of Noah · Richard Matheson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1957 160 · The Earlier Service · Margaret Irwin · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine December 1933, as “In Church” 175 · The Man Who Didn’t Ask Why · C. S. Forester · vi 1957 178 · Sealskin Trousers · Eric Linklater · ss The Sealskin Trousers and Other Stories by Eric Linklater, Hart-Davis, 1947

The Best American Short Stories 2020 ed. Curtis Sittenfeld & Heidi Pitlor (Mariner Books, November 3, 2020, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Foreword · Heidi Pitlor · fw xiii · Introduction · Elizabeth Strout · in 1 · Godmother Tea · Selena Anderson · ss Oxford American #106, Fall 2019 19 · The Apartment · T. C. Boyle · ss McSweeney’s #56, 2019 37 · A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed · Jason Brown · ss The Sewanee Review Spring 2019 54 · Sibling Rivalry · Michael Byers · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40, December 2019 78 · The Nanny · Emma Cline · ss The Paris Review #231, Winter 2019 94 · Halloween · Marian Crotty · ss Crazyhorse #96, 2019 109 · Something Street · Carolyn Ferrell · ss Story #5, Summer 2019 133 · This Is Pleasure · Mary Gaitskill · na New Yorker Novella July 8 2019 168 · In the Event · Meng Jin · ss The Threepenny Review #159, Fall 2019 188 · The Children · Andrea Lee · ss The New Yorker June 10/June 17 2019 202 · Rubberdust · Sarah Thankam Mathews · ss The Kenyon Review January/February 2019 209 · It’s Not You · Elizabeth McCracken · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Fall 2019 222 · Liberté · Scott Nadelson · ss Chicago Story Quarterly #29, 2019 232 · Howl Palace · Leigh Newman · ss The Paris Review #230, Fall 2019 249 · The Nine-Tailed Fox Explains · Jane Pek · ss Witness Spring 2019 260 · The Hands of Dirty Children · Alejandro Puyana · ss American Short Fiction #68, 2019 273 · Octopus VII · Anna Reeser · ss Fourteen Hills #25, 2019 289 · Enlightenment · William Pei Shih · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review Summer 2019 308 · Kennedy · Kevin Wilson · ss Subtropics Spring/Summer 2019 329 · The Special World · Tiphanie Yanique · ss Georgia Review Winter 2019 349 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 365 · Other Distinguished Stories of 2019 · [uncredited] · bi 369 · Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · ms

Apex Magazine 2015 Sampler ed. Jason Sizemore (Apex Publications, February 11, 2016, 978-1-937009-39-7, $12.95, 148pp, tp, an, cover by Matt Davis)     Details taken from online listing. · Pocosin · Ursula Vernon · ss Apex Magazine #68, January 2015 · Remembery Day · Sarah Pinsker · ss Apex Magazine #72, May 2015 · Multo · Samuel Marzioli · ss Apex Magazine #68, January 2015 · Inhabiting Your Skin · Mari Ness · ss Apex Magazine #73, June 2015 · She Gave Her Heart, He Took Her Marrow · Sam Fleming · ss Apex Magazine #79, December 2015 · It Is Healing, It Is Never Whole · Sunny Moraine · ss Apex Magazine #75, August 2015

Apex Magazine 2021 ed. Jason Sizemore & Lesley Conner--- see under Lesley Conner.

Best of Apex Magazine: Volume 1 ed. Jason Sizemore & Lesley Conner--- see under Lesley Conner.

Dark Futures ed. Jason Sizemore (Dark Quest Books, September 1, 2010, 978-0-9826197-2-8, $14.95, 268pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · Black Hole Sun · Alethea Kontis & Kelli Owen · ss · For Restful Death I Cry · Geoffrey Girard · ss · Tasting Green Grass · Elaine Blose · ss · Endangered · Robby Sparks · ss · Nostalgia · Gene O’Neill · ss · Beautiful Girl · Angeline Hawkes · ss · Father’s Flesh, Mother’s Blood · Aliette de Bodard · ss · Terra Tango 3 · James Reilly · ss · Love Kills · Gill Ainsworth · ss · Memories of Hope City · Maggie Jamison · ss · Do You Want That in Blonde, Brunette, or Auburn? · Glenn Lewis Gillette · ss · A Marketing Proposal · Sara M. Harvey · ss · The Monstery of the Seven Hands · Natania Barron · ss · A Futile Gesture Toward Truth · Paul Jessup · ss · Hydraulic · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Spicy Slipstream Stories ed. Nick Mamatas & Jay Lake, Lethe Press, 2008 · Alien Spaces · Deb Taber · ss · A Stone Cast Into Stillness · Maurice Broaddus · ss · Personal Jesus · Jennifer Pelland · ss · Meat World · Michele Lee · ss