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Best American Mystery Stories of the Year, Volume 2 ed. Carolyn Wells (Day, 1932, 542pp, hc, an) v · Introduction · Carolyn Wells · in 3 · Death and Company [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Black Mask November 1930 21 · The Man in Seat Twelve · James Warner Bellah · nv 1931 47 · A Bird in the Hand · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan December 1931 79 · The Crutile · Ben Ames Williams · na The Saturday Evening Post August 29 1931 (+1) 153 · A Flea Can Grow Bigger Than a Man · Alan LeMay · nv 1931 181 · An Ounce of Curiosity [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · nv The American Magazine August 1931 205 · The Seven Curses · Samuel Hopkins Adams · nv The Illustrated Detective Magazine November 1931 227 · A Gentleman for a Night [Jim Hanvey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The American Magazine October 1931 255 · Manner · Thomas Beer · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 26 1931 281 · The Petal of the Red Geranium · Edmund Pearson · tc Liberty September 26 1931 301 · Tragic Eyes · Rita Weiman · nv Liberty May 2 1931 331 · McQuestion Rides [Matt McQuestion] · Ernest Haycox · nv Collier’s June 20 1931 353 · The Body of the Crime · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Ladies’ Home Journal March 1931 387 · A Murder at the Monde · Gelett Burgess · nv This Quarter December 1931 423 · Diffycult Hill · Faraday Keene · nv 1931 455 · Fishermen’s Luck · William MacHarg · ss 1931 465 · An Expert—in Gems · Everett Rhodes Castle · nv Ladies’ Home Journal May 1931 487 · The Stubborn Heiress · R. T. M. Scott · ss The Illustrated Detective Magazine October 1931 507 · Dirty Work at the Crossroads · Elinore Cowan Stone · ss The American Magazine August 1931 525 · One Chance in a Million · Will Payne · ss The American Magazine December 1931

The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells by H. G. Wells (J.M. Dent, August 1998, 0-460-87964-2, £30.00, xii+883pp, hc, co) [edited by John Hammond]     Collection of 84 short stories and extracts, selected, edited and introduced by John Hammond. ix · Introduction · John Hammond · in 1 · The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents · H. G. Wells · co Methuen, 1895 3 · The Stolen Bacillus · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget June 21 1894 9 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894 16 · In the Avu Observatory · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 9 1894 22 · The Triumphs of a Taxidermist · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette March 3 1894 26 · A Deal in Ostriches · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget December 20 1894 30 · Through a Window · H. G. Wells · ss Black & White August 25 1894, as “At a Window” 37 · The Temptation of Harringay · H. G. Wells · ss The St. James’s Gazette February 9 1895 42 · The Flying Man · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette December 1893, as “The Advent of the Flying Man” 48 · The Diamond Maker · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 16 1894 54 · Aepyornis Island · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget December 27 1894 63 · The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget March 28 1895 71 · The Lord of the Dynamos · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget September 6 1894 78 · The Hammerpond Park Burglary · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget July 5 1894 84 · The Moth · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette March 28 1895, as “A Moth—Genus Novo” 92 · The Treasure in the Forest · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 23 1894 99 · The Plattner Story and others · H. G. Wells · co Methuen, 1897 101 · The Plattner Story · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #83, April 1896 116 · The Argonauts of the Air · H. G. Wells · ss Phil May’s Annual #5, Winter 1895 126 · The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler May 1896 139 · In the Abyss · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1896 152 · The Apple · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler October 1896 159 · Under the Knife · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #80, January 1896 170 · The Sea Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896 178 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895 190 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 198 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895 207 · The Purple Pileus · H. G. Wells · ss Black & White December 1896 216 · The Jilting of Jane · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget July 12 1894 222 · In the Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story · H. G. Wells · ss Truth March 8 1894, as “A Bardlet’s Romance” 230 · A Catastrophe · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget August 1895 237 · The Lost Inheritance · H. G. Wells · ss The Minster March 1896 243 · The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget August 15 1895 250 · A Slip Under the Microscope · H. G. Wells · nv The Yellow Book January 1896 265 · Tales of Space and Time · H. G. Wells · co Harper & Row, 1899 267 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897 281 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897 290 · A Story of the Stone Age · H. G. Wells · gp (r) _290 · 1. Ugh-Lomi and Uya · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler May 1897 _301 · 2. The Cave Bear · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler June 1897, as “Ugh-Lomi and the Cave Bear” _310 · 3. The First Horseman · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler July 1897 _317 · 4. Uya the Lion · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler August 1897, as “The Reign of Uya the Lion” _325 · 5. The Fight in the Lion’s Thicket · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler November 1897 333 · A Story of the Days to Come · H. G. Wells · gp (r) _333 · 1.The Cure for Love · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine June 1899 _346 · 2.The Vacant Country · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine July 1899 _360 · 3.The Ways of the City · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine August 1899 _374 · 4.Underneath · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine September 1899 _387 · 5.Bindon Intervenes · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine October 1899, as “The Magnanimity of the Man of Pleasure” 399 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898 413 · Twelve Stories and a Dream · H. G. Wells · co Macmillan, 1903 415 · Filmer · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic December 1901 429 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903 438 · The Valley of Spiders · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1903 447 · The Truth About Pyecraft · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1903 456 · Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland · H. G. Wells · ss The London Magazine February 1903 467 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 477 · Jimmy Goggles the God · H. G. Wells · ss The Cosmopolitan November 1898 487 · The New Accelerator · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1901 498 · Mr. Ledbetter’s Vacation · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine October 1898 512 · The Stolen Body · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine November 1898 525 · Mr. Brisher’s Treasure · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1899 533 · Miss Winchelsea’s Heart · H. G. Wells · ss The Queen September 24 1898 547 · A Dream of Armageddon · H. G. Wells · nv Black & White May/June 1901 569 · The Door in the Wall and Other Stories · H. G. Wells · co (r) 571 · The Door in the Wall · H. G. Wells · ss The Daily Chronicle July 14 1906 585 · The Empire of the Ants · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1905 598 · A Vision of Judgement · H. G. Wells · ss The Butterfly September 1899, as by D. O. 603 · The Land Ironclads · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine December 1903 621 · The Beautiful Suit · H. G. Wells · ss Collier’s April 10 1909, as “A Moonlight Fable” 625 · The Pearl of Love · H. G. Wells · ss The Atlantic Edition of the Works of H.G. Wells by H. G. Wells, Unwin, 1924 629 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine April 1904 649 · The Reconciliation · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 1 1895, as “The Bulla” 655 · My First Aeroplane · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine January 1910 664 · Little Mother up the Mörderberg · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1910 673 · The Story of the Last Trump · H. G. Wells · ss Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump by Reginald Bliss, T. Fisher Unwin, 1915 684 · The Grisly Folk · H. G. Wells · ar The Saturday Evening Post March 12 1921, as “The Grisly Folk and Their War with Men” 695 · Uncollected Stories 697 · A Tale of the Twentieth Century · H. G. Wells · ss Science Schools Journal May 1887, as by S. B. 701 · Walcote · H. G. Wells · ss Science Schools Journal 1898 707 · The Devotee of Art · H. G. Wells · ss The St. James’s Gazette November/December 1888 717 · The Man with a Nose · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette February 6 1894 720 · A Perfect Gentleman on Wheels · H. G. Wells · ss The Woman at Home May 1897 729 · Wayde’s Essence · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget April 18 1895 737 · A Misunderstood Artist · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette October 29 1894 741 · Le Mari Terrible · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895 745 · The Rajah’s Treasure · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine July 1896 755 · The Presence by the Fire · H. G. Wells · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper August 14 1897 760 · Mr. Marshall’s Doppelganger · H. G. Wells · ss The Gentlewoman September 18 1897 769 · The Thing in No. 7 · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget October 25 1894 775 · The Thumbmark · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget June 28 1894 781 · A Family Elopement · H. G. Wells · ss The St. James’s Gazette March 3 1884 786 · Our Little Neighbour · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget April 4 1895 793 · How Gabriel Became Thompson · H. G. Wells · ss Truth July 26 1894 802 · How Pingwell Was Routed · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget June 27 1895 806 · The Loyalty of Esau Common · H. G. Wells · ss The Contemporary Review February 1902 820 · The Wild Asses of the Devil · H. G. Wells · ex from Boon, Boon 1915 829 · Answer to Prayer · H. G. Wells · vi The New Statesman April 10 1937 831 · The Queer Story of Brownlow’s Newspaper · H. G. Wells · ss Ladies’ Home Journal February 1932 846 · The Country of the Blind (Revised Version) · H. G. Wells · nv Golden Cockerel Press, 1939 revised and expanded by 3,000 words from the original version (The Strand Magazine, April 1904). 871 · Appendix 873 · Introduction to The Country of the Blind and Other Stories · H. G. Wells · in Thomas Nelson, 1911 877 · Introduction to Revised Version of The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · in Golden Cockerel Press, 1939 881 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Masters of Science Fiction, Volume 14: H.G. Wells: The Amazing Stories Collection, Ultimate Illustrated Edition by H. G. Wells (Armchair Fiction, January 16, 2019, 978-1-79427-335-1, $16.95, 320pp, tp, co, cover by Frank R. Paul from Amazing Stories May 1926)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The New Accelerator · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1901 19 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897 37 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897 49 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898 67 · The Empire of the Ants · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1905 84 · In the Abyss · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1896 100 · Under the Knife · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #80, January 1896 114 · The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget March 28 1895 125 · The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler May 1896 142 · The Plattner Story · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #83, April 1896 161 · Æpyornis Island · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget December 27 1894 173 · A Story of the Stone Age · H. G. Wells · gp (r) _173 · Ugh-Lomi and Uya · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler May 1897 _189 · The Cave Bear · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler June 1897, as “Ugh-Lomi and the Cave Bear” _202 · The First Horseman · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler July 1897 _212 · Uya the Lion · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler August 1897, as “The Reign of Uya the Lion” _223 · The Fight in the Lion’s Thicket · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler November 1897 234 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine April 1904 259 · The Stolen Body · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine November 1898 276 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895 292 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894 301 · The Moth · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette March 28 1895, as “A Moth—Genus Novo” 312 · In the Avu Observatory · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 9 1894

The Red Room and Other Horrors: H.G. Wells’ Best Weird Science Fiction & Ghost Stories by H. G. Wells (Oldstyle Tales Press, August 8, 2015, 978-1-5168-1495-4, $21.20, 212pp, tp, co) [edited by M. Grant Kellermeyer]     Collection of 15 stories, edited, annotated and illustrated by M. Grant Kellermeyer. Details taken from Table of Contents. 10 · Concerning What You Are About to Read… · M. Grant Kellermeyer · in · Ghost Stories: Tales of the Supernatural 12 · The Moth · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette March 28 1895, as “A Moth—Genus Novo” 21 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 32 · The Stolen Body · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine November 1898 45 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895 58 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 75 · The Door in the Wall · H. G. Wells · ss The Daily Chronicle July 14 1906 · Weird Science Fiction: Tales of the Otherworldly 89 · In the Abyss · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1896 102 · The Sea Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896 111 · The Valley of the Spiders · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1903 121 · The Late Mr. Elvesham · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler May 1896, as “The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham” 135 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894 · Strange Tales of Horror: Tales of the Surreal 143 · A Dream of Armageddon · H. G. Wells · nv Black & White May/June 1901 164 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895 174 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903 184 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine April 1904 210 · Further Reading: Critical, Literary, and Biographical Works · M. Grant Kellermeyer · ms

Lip Service: Alluring New Lesbian Erotica ed. Jess Wells (Alyson Publications, October 1999, 1-555-83503-1, $12.95, 272pp, tp, oa)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Introduction · Jess Wells · in (r) · How I Ended Up on My Back · Amie M. Evans · ss · Pearls · Jeannie Sullivan · ss · The Sacred Sex Tour · Wendy Caster · ss · A Real-Life Superhero · Kate Dominic · ss · Broken Moratoriums · Nancy Ferreyra · ss · Chosen · Renette Toliver · ss · Thank You, Jackie James · Caitlyn Marie Poland · ss · Black Vinyl · M. R. Daniel · ss · Dream Mammal · Sarah Van Arsdale · ss · The Healing · M. N. Schoeman · ss · Love Play · Myra LaVenue · ss · First Time · Isadora Stern · ss · The Wedding Present · M. Damian · ss · The Cookie Sheet · Ouida Crozier · ss · Rural Free Delivery · Anne Seale · ss · The Party · Catherine Lundoff · ss · This Is the Famous Bath Scene from Dirty Alice · Merril Mushroom · ss · The Tarantula Mind · Nyondo Nadi · ss · Sand · Lana Pacheco · ss · Of Human Bondage · Danya Ruttenberg · ss · Deo Gratias · Connie Fox · ss · Marisol · Carla Diaz · ss · My Familiar Aphrodite · Sonia Abel · ss · Blood Hunger · Ginger Simon · ss · The Closet · Robin St. John & Sandra Hayes · ss · Plastic Pleasures · Nilaja Montgomery-Akalu · ss · God Blessed Eva · Randi Oklevik Solberg · ss · The Perfect Gift · Rhonda Jackson · ss · Love Child · Karen X. Tulchinsky · ss · With Some Jazz · Juliet Crichton · ss · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg (r)