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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Sphere, April 1976, 0-7221-7772-0, 60p, 189pp, pb, n.) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Reprint (Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones 1818 as Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus) horror novel. Volume 39 in the series. 5 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in

The Mary Shelley Reader by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Oxford University Press US, July 1990, 0-19-506259-0, $14.95, 420pp, tp, co)     Collection of Shelley’s work, including Frankenstein and Mathilda in their entirety, seven stories, essays, reviews, and letters. The Frankenstein text is the rare 1818 first edition, not the heavily revised 1831 one which is the source for most reprints. The 1831 introduction is also included. A hardcover edition (-506250-2) was announced but not seen. 3 · Introduction · Betty T. Bennett & Charles E. Robinson · in 11 · Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus [Frankenstein] · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · n. Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited. 167 · Introduction to Frankenstein · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · in 1831 173 · Mathilda · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · na University of North Carolina Press, 1959; dated 1819. 255 · Recollections of Italy · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The London Magazine January 1824 263 · The Bride of Modern Italy · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The London Magazine April 1824 274 · Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss Yesterday and To-day by Cyrus Redding, T. Cautley Newby, 1863, as “Story of Mr. Dodsworth” 283 · The False Rhyme · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1831, 1830 286 · Transformation · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1831, 1830 301 · The Dream · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1832, 1831 314 · The Mortal Immortal: A Tale · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833 329 · Giovanni Villani · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ex The Liberal #4, 1823 334 · On Ghosts · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ar The London Magazine March 1824 341 · The English in Italy · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ar Westminster Review October 1826 358 · Modern Italy · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ar Westminster Review July 1829 365 · Loves of the Poets · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ar Westminster Review October 1829 372 · A Review of William Godwin’s Cloudesley · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ex Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine May 1830 377 · Preface to The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · pr 1839 382 · Preface to Rambles in Germany and Italy, in 1840, 1842, and 1843 · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · pr 1844 389 · To Percy B. Shelley · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · lt (r); dated October 25, 1814. 390 · To Percy B. Shelley · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · lt (r); dated November 3, 1814. 391 · To Sir Walter Scott · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · lt (r); dated June 14, 1818. 392 · To Isabella Hoppner · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · lt (r); dated August 10, 1821. 395 · To Maria Gisborne · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · lt (r); dated August 15, 1822. 403 · To Lord Byron · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · lt (r); dated December 14, 1822. 403 · To Leigh Hunt · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · lt (r); dated September 9, 1823. 408 · To John Murray III · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · lt (r); dated September 8, 1830. 410 · To General Lafayette · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · lt (r); dated November 11, 1830. 411 · To Everina Wollstonecraft · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · lt (r); dated July 20, 1840. 414 · To Edward Moxon · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · lt (r); dated July 14, 1841. 417 · Selected Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

The Mortal Immortal: The Complete Supernatural Short Stories of Mary Shelley by Mary Shelley (Tachyon Publications, November 1996, no ISBN, $10.00, 58pp, tp, co)     Collection of five stories, with a “narrative introduction” by Michael Bishop. These versions of the stories were previously collected as part of Mary Shelley: Collected Tales and Stories (Johns Hopkins University Press 1976, edited by Charles E. Robinson). A limited edition of 900; also available in a signed (by Bishop), limited hardcover edition (not seen) of 100. ix · The Unexpected Visit of a Reanimated Englishwoman · Michael Bishop · in 1 · The Mortal Immortal: A Tale · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833 12 · Transformation · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1831, 1830 26 · Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman · Mary Shelley · ss Yesterday and To-day by Cyrus Redding, T. Cautley Newby, 1863, as “Story of Mr. Dodsworth” 34 · The Dream · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1832, 1831 46 · Valerius: The Reanimated Roman · Mary Shelley · ss (r)

Tales and Stories by M. W. Shelley (William Paterson & Co., 1891, xiii+386pp, hc, co) v · Introduction · Richard Garnett, LL.D. · in 1 · The Sisters of Albano · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss (r) 20 · Ferdinando Eboli · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · nv The Keepsake 1829 42 · The Evil Eye · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · nv The Keepsake 1830 66 · The Dream · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1832, 1831 83 · The Mourner · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · nv The Keepsake 1830 108 · The False Rhyme · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1831, 1830 112 · A Tale of the Passions; or, The Death of Despina · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · nv The Liberal #1, 1822 148 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833 165 · Transformation · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1831, 1830 186 · The Swiss Peasant · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · nv The Keepsake 1831, 1830 210 · The Invisible Girl · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1833, 1832 227 · The Brother and Sister · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · nv The Keepsake 1833, 1832 262 · The Parvenue · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1837, 1836 274 · The Pole · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · nv The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblee August 1832 311 · Euphrasia · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1839 328 · The Elder Son · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · nv Heath’s Book of Beauty ed. The Countess of Blessington, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1835 359 · The Pilgrims · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · nv The Keepsake 1838

Tales and Stories by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Gregg Press, 1975, 0-8398-2311-8, $18.00, xvii+xiii+386pp, hc, co)     Reprint (William Paterson 1891) collection. This edition adds a new introduction by Joanna Russ. v · Introduction · Joanna Russ · in

The Left-Handed Monkey Wrench by Richard McKenna ed. Robert Shenk--- see under Richard McKenna.

The Stark House Anthology ed. Greg Shepard & Rick Ollerman--- see under Rick Ollerman.

Like You’d Understand, Anyway: Stories by Jim Shepard (Alfred A. Knopf, September 25, 2007, 978-0-307-26521-0, x+211pp, hc, oc)     Details taken from online listing. · The Zero Meter Diving Team · Jim Shepard · ss · Proto-Scorpions of the Silurian · Jim Shepard · ss · Hadrian’s Wall · Jim Shepard · ss · Trample the Dead, Hurdle the Weak · Jim Shepard · ss Harper’s Magazine September 2005 · Ancestral Legacies · Jim Shepard · ss Seed Magazine #10, Summer 2004 · Pleasure Boating in Lituya Bay · Jim Shepard · nv · The First South Central Australian Expedition · Jim Shepard · ss · My Aeschylus · Jim Shepard · ss · Eros 7 · Jim Shepard · ss · Courtesy for Beginners · Jim Shepard · ss · Sans Farine · Jim Shepard · ss Harper’s Magazine November 2006

You’ve Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories That Held Them in Awe ed. Jim Shepard & Ron Hansen--- see under Ron Hansen.

The Book of Dracula ed. Leslie Shepard (Wings, October 1991, 0-517-03758-0, $9.99, 269+288pp, hc, om, cover by Franco Accornero)     Omnibus of two horror anthologies edited by Shepard, The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories (Citadel 1977) and The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories (Citadel 1981). This is an instant remainder edition. 7 · The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories · ed. Leslie Shepard · an Citadel Press, 1977 9 · Introduction · Leslie Shepard · in The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories ed. Leslie Shepard, Citadel, 1977 17 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3) 89 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887). 115 · The Sad Story of a Vampire · Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock · ss Studies of Death: Romantic Tales by Stanislaus Eric & Count Stenbock, London, 1894, as “The True Story of a Vampire” 125 · Good Lady Ducayne · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv The Strand Magazine February 1896 153 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 169 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905 187 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 201 · The Transfer · Algernon Blackwood · ss Country Life December 9 1911 215 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 229 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; translated by Sarka B. Hrbkova · ss Czechoslovak Stories ed. Sarka B. Hrbkova, Duffield & Co., 1920 translated from the Czech (“Vampyr”, Různé lidé, 1871). 235 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 251 · Four Wooden Stakes · Victor Rowan · ss Weird Tales February 1925 265 · An Authenticated Vampire Story · Dr. Franz Hartmann · ar The Occult Review September 1909 7 · The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories · ed. Leslie Shepard · an Citadel Press, 1981 9 · Introduction · Leslie Shepard · in The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Leslie Shepard, Citadel, 1981 21 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round September 8 1860 27 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 45 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited. 85 · The Inn · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“L’auberge”, Les Lettres et les arts, September 1, 1886). 101 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 111 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895 125 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 139 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 151 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 173 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 189 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 205 · The Festival [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales January 1925 217 · The Travelling Grave · L. P. Hartley · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 241 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1910

The Dracula Book of Classic Horror Stories ed. Leslie A. Shepard (Robert Hale, July 1992, 0-7090-4843-2, £14.95, 288pp, hc, an, cover by Helen Hale)     Reprint (Citadel 1981 as The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories) horror anthology.

The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Leslie Shepard (Citadel, 1981, 0-8065-0859-0, $6.95, 288pp, tp, an)     Also in The Book of Dracula (Wings 1991). 9 · Introduction · Leslie Shepard · in 21 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round September 8 1860 27 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 45 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited. 85 · The Inn · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“L’auberge”, Les Lettres et les arts, September 1, 1886). 101 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 111 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895 125 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 139 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 151 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 173 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 189 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 205 · The Festival [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales January 1925 217 · The Travelling Grave · L. P. Hartley · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 241 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1910

The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories ed. Leslie Shepard (Citadel, 1977, 0-8065-0565-6, $10.00, 269pp, hc, an)     Also in The Book of Dracula (Wings 1991). 9 · Introduction · Leslie Shepard · in 17 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3) 89 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887). 115 · The Sad Story of a Vampire · Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock · ss Studies of Death: Romantic Tales by Stanislaus Eric & Count Stenbock, London, 1894, as “The True Story of a Vampire” 125 · Good Lady Ducayne · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv The Strand Magazine February 1896 153 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 169 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905 187 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 201 · The Transfer · Algernon Blackwood · ss Country Life December 9 1911 215 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 229 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; translated by Sarka B. Hrbkova · ss Czechoslovak Stories ed. Sarka B. Hrbkova, Duffield & Co., 1920 translated from the Czech (“Vampyr”, Různé lidé, 1871). 235 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 251 · Four Wooden Stakes · Victor Rowan · ss Weird Tales February 1925 265 · An Authenticated Vampire Story · Dr. Franz Hartmann · ar The Occult Review September 1909

AZTECHS by Lucius Shepard (Subterranean Press, April 2003, 1-931081-50-6, $35.00, 112pp, hc, na, cover by J. K. Potter)     Near-future SF novella set in the same world as Life During Wartime. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition of 26 is also available.

Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories by Lucius Shepard (Millennium, March 17, 1997, 1-85798-500-1, £9.99, 292pp, tp, co)     SF/fantasy collection of 7 long stories, including the Nebula Award-winning title novella. A hardcover edition (-501-X, £16.99) was announced but not seen. 1 · Barnacle Bill the Spacer · Lucius Shepard · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1992 79 · A Little Night Music · Lucius Shepard · ss Omni March 1992 95 · Human History · Lucius Shepard · na 21st Annual World Fantasy Convention Program Book, Baltimore, 1995 179 · Sports in America · Lucius Shepard · nv Playboy July 1991 205 · The Sun Spider · Lucius Shepard · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1987 239 · All the Perfumes of Araby · Lucius Shepard · nv Omni Best Science Fiction Two ed. Ellen Datlow, Omni, 1992 265 · Beast of the Heartland · Lucius Shepard · nv Playboy September 1992