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Scottish Brides (Avon Books, June 1999, 0-380-80451-4, $6.99, 371pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · Under the Kilt · Christina Dodd · na 67 · Rose in Bloom · Stephanie Laurens · na 169 · Gretna Greene · Julia Quinn · na 261 · The Glenlyon Bride · Karen Ranney · na

Scottish Magic (Kensington, September 1997, 1-57566-278-7, $5.99, 320pp, pb, oa)     Four Spellbinding Tales of Magic and Timeless Love. Details supplied by BG. 7 · Lily · Stobie Piel · na 97 · Isbel · Hannah Howell · na 173 · Faerie Princess · Elizabeth Ann Michaels · na 247 · Beneath the Midnight Sky · Mandalyn Kaye · na

Scottish Short Stories 1986 (Collins, 1986, 0-00-223075-5, £10.95, 176pp, hc, oa)     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 7 · Introduction · Deidre Chapman · in 11 · Family Holiday · William Andrew · ss 27 · Pearl · George MacKay Brown · ss 32 · Swan Song · Moira Burgess · ss 38 · Maturity · Kirkpatrick Dobie · ss 46 · Krakatoa, East of Java · Maureen Duff · ss 56 · Mossy · Audrey Evans · ss 67 · The Board of Governors of the House of Charity · Patrick Farnon · ss Stand Autumn 1983 83 · Incident in Le Lavandou · Ronald Frame · ss 106 · Henry and Joyce and the 33-Year-Old Woman · Alex Hamilton · ss 109 · The Beautiful People of Juan Les Pins · Iain MacDonald · ss 116 · Dool · Lorn Macintyre · ss 125 · Summer Fish · Catriona Malan · ss 130 · Scarab · Ian Rankin · ss 137 · Our Lady of the Pickpockets · Dilys Rose · ss 144 · The Travelling Poet · Iain Crichton Smith · ss 152 · Confession at Altitude · Alexander McCall Smith · ss 159 · The Snark Was a Boojum · Ian Spring · ss 167 · Henry’s Bottom Drawer · Valerie Thornton · ss 174 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Scottish Short Stories 1987 (Collins, 1987, 0-00-223196-4, £9.95, 176pp, hc, oa)     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 7 · Introduction · Iain Crichton Smith · in 9 · Love Story · Kirkpatrick Dobie · ss 18 · The Boiled Egg · Rosa MacPherson · ss 22 · Betty Corrigall · George MacKay Brown · ss 29 · Miss Deft · Erik Coutts · ss 41 · Vlamertinge · Lorn Macintyre · ss 59 · The Spider · Jane Webster · ss 64 · Territory · Ian Rankin · ss 75 · American Dream · Maureen Monaghan · ss 79 · Norika · Peter Regent · ss 95 · Redundant · Andrew Cowan · ss 105 · Georges Minh · Jackson Webb · ss 114 · Schwimmbad Mitternachts · Ronald Frame · ss 131 · Optics · Christine Adam · ss 135 · Washing the Blankets · Maeve McDowall · ss 139 · Life Support · Guy Kennaway · ss 153 · Round the Square · Philip Hobsbaum · ss 163 · Sunday · Astrid Wilson · ss 166 · Take-Over · Naomi Mitchison · ss 174 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Screwtop/The Girl Who Was Plugged In (Tor, April 1989, 0-812-54554-0, $2.95, 79+57pp, pb, an)     Anthology of two novellas. The Tiptree won a Hugo Award. The book also includes the first three chapters of Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner as a promotional bonus. Tor Double #7. 1 · Screwtop · Vonda N. McIntyre · na The Crystal Ship ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson, 1976 1 · The Girl Who Was Plugged In · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday, 1973

The Scribner Treasury (BOMC/Scribner’s, 1953, 689pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · J. G. E. Hopkins · in 3 · Madame Delphine · George W. Cable · na Scribner’s Monthly May 1881 (+2) 61 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 71 · The Story of a New York House · Henry Cuyler Bunner · na Scribner’s Magazine January 1887 (+4) 141 · Free Joe and the Rest of the World · Joel Chandler Harris · ss The Century Magazine November 1884 157 · The Burial of the Guns · Thomas Nelson Page · nv Scribner’s Magazine April 1894 183 · The First Christmas Tree · Henry van Dyke · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1891, as “The Oak of Geismar” 205 · Fishin’ Jimmy · Annie Trumbull Slosson · ss New Princeton Review 1888 223 · The Trail of the Sandhill Stag · Ernest Thompson Seton · ss Scribner’s Magazine August 1899 243 · The Bar Sinister · Richard Harding Davis · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1902 275 · My Little Boy · Carl Ewald; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · nv The Strand Magazine (US) June 1906 translated from Danish. 317 · The Perfect Tribute · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · ss Scribner’s Magazine July 1906 335 · A Knight of the Cumberland · John Fox, Jr. · nv Scribner’s Magazine September 1906 (+2) 391 · Madame de Treymes · Edith Wharton · na Scribner’s Magazine August 1906 445 · The Master of the Inn · Robert Herrick · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1907 473 · The Consul · Richard Harding Davis · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1910 495 · The Counsel Assigned · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · ss Scribner's, March 1912 511 · The Trawler · James Brendan Connolly · nv The American Magazine March 1909 535 · The Deserter · Richard Harding Davis · ss Metropolitan September 1916 551 · The Apple Tree · John Galsworthy · na Good Housekeeping January 1917 (+3) 609 · The Golden Honeymoon · Ring Lardner · ss Cosmopolitan July 1922 629 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925 643 · Farewell Miss Julie Logan · Sir James Barrie · na The Times December 24 1931

Searchlight: Adventure Stories for Boys (Spring Books, 1961, hc, oa) 7 · Johnny Lonesome Comes to Town · Michael Moorcock · ss The Searchlight Book for Boys, 1956 19 · A Flying Ferrano After All · Joe Waldron · ss 27 · Four Laps to Fame · Kenneth Wheeler · ss 34 · The Bird Men of Venus · Alistair Graham · ss 40 · The Logging Train Mishap · Julian Ward · ss 47 · Chancing It with Charne [Felgate] · Frank Richards · ss 56 · Treasure of Temooka [Ken King (King of the Islands)] · Charles Hamilton · nv 77 · A Test for the Tigers · Reginald Brown · ss 86 · The Cryptogram · [uncredited] · pz 87 · The Adventure of Canoeing · William Luscombe · ar 92 · Rattles Runs Again · Bob Moyes · ss 96 · Where’s Drake? · Kenneth Wheeler · ss 105 · The Stealthy Presence · J. T. Roberts · ss 118 · The Underwater Specialists · Chesman Scot · ss 129 · The World’s Most Famous Medal · Arthur Nettleton · ar 132 · Monkey Business at St. Michael’s · Haydn Warman · ss 145 · Badge of Office · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 152 · Picture Letter · [uncredited] · pz 153 · The Buttered Gradient · Bob Carruthers · ss 164 · Treasure of the Gorge · [uncredited] · ss 177 · A David for Goliath · Kenneth Wheeler · ss 184 · Lazy Lionel · Jonathan Burke · ss 190 · Week-end Special · S. T. James · ss 197 · Speed Devil · James Stagg · ss 207 · Johnny Mathers—Soccer Reporter · Robert Bateman · ss 214 · The Story of Our Lifeboats · Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell, V.C., D.S.O. · ar Tom Merry’s Own 1950; illustrated by O. Attley ,[?] 219 · The Red Death · Sydney J. Bounds · ss 227 · The Mechanical Mole [St. Rocket’s] · William Temple · ss Rocket September 1 1956 234 · The Flame Bringers · Michael Moorcock · ss 250 · In Search of Hidden Treasure · Arthur Nettleton · ar 255 · Greaseball · Robert Bateman · ss 264 · Fun with Numbers · [uncredited] · pz 265 · The Mysterious Orchard · John Elsworth · n. Brockhampton Press, 1951

The Season of the Heart (Harlequin, 2005, 0-373-29371-2, $5.50, 299pp, pb, oa)     Western-themed Christmas anthology. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 9 · Rocky Mountain Christmas · Jillian Hart · na 115 · The Christmas Gifts · Kate Bridges · na 219 · The Christmas Charm · Mary Burton · na

The Second Chance Brides Collection (Barbour, 2017, 978-1-68322-246-0, $14.99, 448pp, tp, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Love in the Crossfire · Lauralee Bliss · nv 51 · Daughter of Orion · Ramona K. Cecil · na 101 · The Substitute Husband and the Unexpected Bride · Pamela Griffin · na 151 · The Prickly Pear Bride · Pam Hillman · na 205 · The Widow of St. Charles Avenue · Grace Hitchcock · nv 249 · Married by Mistake · Laura V. Hilton · na 299 · Fanned Embers · Angela Breidenbach · na 349 · From a Distance · Amber Stockton · nv 391 · What the Heart Sees · Liz Tolsma · na

The Second Mystery Book (Farrar & Rinehart, 1940, $2.50, 471pp, hc, an) 3 · About the Perfect Crime of Mr. Digberry [Thatcher Colt] · Anthony Abbot · nv Cosmopolitan October 1940 41 · Puzzle in the Snow · Philip Wylie · na The American Magazine June 1937 103 · The Clock Strikes [Colonel John Primrose] · Leslie Ford · na The American Magazine May 1935 169 · The Dog in the Orchard · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Cosmopolitan September 1940 189 · Mr. Pinkerton Lends a Hand [Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · na The Story-teller August 1936 269 · Bad for Business: A Tecumseh Fox Mystery · Rex Stout · n.

Second Sight: Stories for a New Millennium (Penguin/Philomel, October 1999, 0-399-23458-6, $14.99, 122pp, hc, oa, cover by Jeremy Engleman)     Young-adult original anthology of eight very-near-future stories of the millennium, some with minor fantastic elements, by authors including Madeleine L’Engle, Richard Peck, Avi, Nancy Springer, Michael Cadnum. 1 · Oswin’s Millennium · Avi · ss 19 · The Beginning of Time · Janet Taylor Lisle · nv 45 · Clay · Rita Williams-Garcia · ss 57 · Rob Austin and the Millennium Bug · Madeleine L’Engle · ss 65 · I Believe? · Nancy Springer · ss 79 · Horizon · Michael Cadnum · ss 93 · Tomorrow · Natalie Babbitt · ss 109 · The Three-Century Woman · Richard Peck · ss

The Secret Zombie History of the World (Rebellion/Abaddon US, December 10, 2013, 978-1-78108-160-0, $12.99, 810pp, tp, om, cover by Pye Parr)     Omnibus of three shared-world historical zombie horror novels in the Tomes of the Dead series. Simultaneous with the Abaddon UK edition. Details taken from online listing. · The Viking Dead [Tomes of the Dead] · Toby Venables · n. Abaddon Books, June 2011 · Stronghold [Tomes of the Dead] · Paul Finch · n. Abaddon Books, August 2010 · Death Hulk [Tomes of the Dead] · Matthew Sprange · n. Abaddon Books, August 2006

Secrets of a Perfect Night (Avon, December 2000, 0-380-81805-1, $6.99, pb, oa)     Anthology of original historical romances. · Scandalous Lord Dere · Stephanie Laurens · n. (r) · The Last Love Letter · Victoria Alexander · n. (r) · Now and Forever · Rachel Gibson · n. (r)

Secrets of the Heart (Topaz, December 1994, 0-451-40552-8, $4.99, 381pp, pb, oa)     Historical Romances. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Gambler’s Delight · Georgina Gentry · na 73 · Masquerade · Madeline Baker · na 155 · Falling in Love · Shirl Henke · na 235 · Keeping the Fire Hot · Patricia Rice · na 303 · Besieged Heart · Jennifer Blake · na

Sedition’s Gate (Black Library, December 2014, 978-1-84970-677-3, £30.00, 142pp, hc, oa, cover by Neil Roberts) [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy]     A short story anthology that was released exclusively at Horus Heresy Weekender in 2014. Limited to 2,000 numbered copies. Details taken from online listing. 11 · Artefacts [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Nick Kyme · ss 27 · The Harrowing [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Rob Sanders · nv 53 · Allegiance [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Chris Wraight · nv 87 · The Laurel of Defiance [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Guy Haley · nv 117 · Sermon of Exodus [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · David Annandale · nv

Selections from Famous Mystery and Detective Stories (Whitman Publishing Co., 1929, W-677, 93pp, hc, an) 9 · The White Wolf · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le loup”, Le Gaulois, November 14, 1882). 15 · The Courageous Hunchback Woman · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) 22 · The Detective · Eugène Sue · ss (r) 41 · Tracked by Trappers · Ouida · ss (r) 63 · Legend of Count Julian · Washington Irving · ss Legends of the Conquest of Spain by Washington Irving, Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835, as by The Author of “The Sketch Book” 74 · Dr. Manette’s Manuscript · Charles Dickens · ex from A Tale of Two Cities, Chapman & Hall, 1859 88 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846