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    Tales of the South by William Gilmore Simms (University of South Carolina Press, July 1996, 1-57003-086-3, $49.95, 332pp, hc, co) [edited by Mary Ann Wimsatt]
        Collection of 12 “fanciful” 19th-century stories about the American South, some supernatural and most with elements of folk tales. There is a chronology of Simms’s life (1806-1870) and works, and an introduction by editor Mary Ann Wimsatt. A trade paperback edition (-087-1, $17.95) was announced but not seen.
    • ix · Chronology of William Gilmore Simms’s Life and Works · Various · ms
    • 1 · Introduction · Mary Ann Wimsatt · in
    • 17 · A Note on the Text · [uncredited] · ms
    • 19 · Selected Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. William Gilmore Simms]
    • 23 · The Fisherman—A Fact · William Gilmore Simms · ss Southern Literary Gazette 1829
    • 32 · Juan Ponce de Leon · William Gilmore Simms · ss Martin Faber, The Story of a Criminal; and Other Tales by William Gilmore Simms, 1837
    • 43 · The Plank: A Story of the Sea · William Gilmore Simms · ss Martin Faber, The Story of a Criminal; and Other Tales by William Gilmore Simms, 1837
    • 58 · Logoochie; or, The Branch of Sweet Water: A Legend of Georgia · William Gilmore Simms · nv Carl Werner, An Imaginative Story; With Other Tales of Imagination by William Gilmore Simms, G. Adlard, 1838
    • 80 · Grayling: or, “Murder Will Out” · William Gilmore Simms · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842
    • 110 · The Two Camps: A Legend of the Old North State · William Gilmore Simms · nv The Wigwam and the Cabin by William Gilmore Simms, John Wiley, 1845
    • 137 · The Last Wager; or, The Gamester of the Mississippi · William Gilmore Simms · nv The Wigwam and the Cabin by William Gilmore Simms, John Wiley, 1845
    • 175 · The Arm-Chair of Tustenuggee: A Tradition of the Catawba · William Gilmore Simms · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book February 1840
    • 197 · Oakatibbe; or, The Choctaw Sampson · William Gilmore Simms · nv The Wigwam and the Cabin by William Gilmore Simms, John Wiley, 1845
    • 225 · Ephraim Bartlett, The Edisto Raftman · William Gilmore Simms · ss Literary World 1852
    • 237 · How Sharp Snaffles Got His Capital and Wife · William Gilmore Simms · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1870
    • 280 · “Bald-Head Bill Bauldy,” And How He Went Through the Flurriday Campaign!—A Legend of the Hunter’s Camp · William Gilmore Simms · na Stories and Tales by William Gilmore Simms, University of South Carolina Press, 1974

    Dead Names: The Dark History of the Necronomicon by Simon (Subterranean Press, January 10, 2007, 978-1-59606-101-9, $60.00, hc, nf)
        Reprint (Avon 2006) book.
    Details taken from online listing.

    Fourteen for Now: A Collection of Contemporary Stories ed. John Simon (Harper & Row, 1969, LCC:54245, $4.79, xvi+316pp, hc, an)
        Details supplied by Todd Mason.
    • ix · Introduction for the Young Reader: Books in an Age of Television · John Simon · in
    • 1 · When the Priest Is Not at Home · B. Traven · ss Stories by the Man Nobody Knows by B. Traven, Regency Books, 1961
      previously published in German in the 1930 expanded edition of Traven’s story collection Der Busch as “Der aufgefangene Blitz” (literally, “Captured Lightning”).
    • 19 · A Good Man Is Hard to Find · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon, 1953
    • 44 · Into the Green Night · Irvin Faust · ss Roar, Lion, Roar & Other Stories by Irvin Faust, Random House, 1964
    • 60 · The Stone Boy · Gina Berriault · ss Mademoiselle June 1957
    • 79 · The Games of Night · Stig Dagerman; translated by Naomi Walford · ss The Games of Night by Stig Dagerman, The Bodley Head, 1959
      translated from the Swedish (Nattens Lekar, Norstedts förlag, 1947).
    • 93 · Nazis · Ferenc Sánta; translated by John Simon · ss New Hungarian Review
      translated from the Hungarian (“Kortárs”, May 1960).
    • 103 · Among the Dangs · George P. Elliott · nv Esquire June 1958
    • 119 · The Death of Me · Bernard Malamud · nv World Review April 1951
    • 151 · Murke’s Collected Silences · Heinrich Böll; translated by Leila Vennewitz · nv Esquire November 1959, as “Dr. Murke’s Collection of Silences”
    • 182 · The Hero · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss Cavalier 1966
    • 196 · Ceremonies · Joyce Carol Oates · nv At the North Gate by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard, 1963
    • 227 · As I Was Going Up the Stair · Alfred Chester · nv The Sewanee Review 1957
    • 262 · A Stick of Green Candy · Jane Bowles · ss Vogue February 15 1957
    • 277 · The Day Beaumont Became Acquainted with His Pain · J. M. G. Le Clézio; translated by Daphne Woodward · nv Fever by J. M. G. Le Clézio, Hamish Hamilton, 1966
      translated from the French (Mercure de France, 1964.
    • 313 · Biographical Notes · John Simon · bg

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