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The World’s Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 9 ed. Eugene Thwing (Funk & Wagnall’s, 1929, LC:29-243793, 200pp, hc, an) 5 · Missing: Page Thirteen [Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · nv The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam, 1915 45 · The Thief · Anna Katharine Green · ss The Story-teller January 1911 64 · The Secret of the Barbican · Joseph S. Fletcher · nv The Red Magazine October 15 1917 87 · Pigs’ Feet · Frederic Arnold Kummer · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 2 1924 112 · Diamond Cut Diamond · Frederic Arnold Kummer · nv Liberty December 13 1924 131 · The Missing Passenger’s Trunk [Colwin Grey] · Arthur J. Rees · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine May 1926 154 · The Finger of Death [Colwin Grey] · Arthur J. Rees · nv 1926 178 · The Mystery of the Gold Seal · George Barton · ts Famous Detective Mysteries by George Barton, The John C. Winston Company, 1926 186 · The Green Pocketbook · George Barton · ts Famous Detective Mysteries by George Barton, The John C. Winston Company, 1926 194 · The Toy Lantern · George Barton · ts Famous Detective Mysteries by George Barton, The John C. Winston Company, 1926, as “Adventure of the Toy Lantern”

The World’s Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 10 ed. Eugene Thwing (Funk & Wagnall’s, 1929, LC:29-243793, hc, an) 5 · The Stolen Admiralty Memorandum [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · nv Hutchinson’s Story Magazine June 1920 35 · The Holding Up of Lady Glanedale [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine May 1920 54 · The Missing Heavyweight [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · nv The Sovereign Magazine May 1920 86 · The Blackmailers [Barney Cook] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · nv The Adventures of Detective Barney by Harvey J. O'Higgins, Century (US), 1915 107 · Barney Has a Hunch [Barney Cook] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · nv Collier’s September 5 1914 130 · The Mystery of the Pearl Necklace [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv The London Magazine September 1923 151 · The Music of Robert the Devil · Karl W. Detzer · ts True Tales of the D.C.I. by Karl Detzer, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1925 159 · Through Bolted Doors · Karl W. Detzer · ts True Tales of the D.C.I. by Karl Detzer, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1925 167 · Neglect of Duty · Karl W. Detzer · ts True Tales of the D.C.I. by Karl Detzer, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1925 178 · Number 52 Rue Nationale · Karl W. Detzer · ts True Tales of the D.C.I. by Karl Detzer, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1925 190 · Guilty Party · Karl W. Detzer · ts True Tales of the D.C.I. by Karl Detzer, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1925 201 · Index of Authors and Titles · [uncredited] · ix

Julia Roseingrave by Marjorie Bowen, writing as Robert Paye ed. John C. Tibbetts--- see under Marjorie Bowen, writing as Robert Paye.

Irish Fairy Tales ed. H. M. Tichenor (Haldeman-Julius, 1923, Little Blue Book #397, 10¢, 61pp, pb, an) 5 · Foreword · H. M. Tichenor · fw 9 · The Legend of Knockgrafton · T. Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1825, uncredited. 16 · Teig O’Kane and the Corpse · translated by Douglas Hyde · ss Legends of Saints and Sinners ed. Douglas Hyde, Talbot Press, 1915 37 · The Priest’s Supper · T. Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1825, uncredited. 43 · Paddy Corcoran’s Wife · William Carleton · ss Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, v1 by William Carleton, 1830 46 · The White Trout · Samuel Lover · vi Legends and Stories of Ireland by Samuel Lover, W.F. Wakeman, 1832 51 · Jamie Freel and the Young Lady · Letitia McClintock · vi (r)

Jagannath: Stories by Karin Tidbeck (Cheeky Frawg Books, November 2012, 978-0-9857904-0-0, $11.99, 142pp, tp, oc, cover by Jeremy Zerfoss)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Elizabeth Hand · in · Beatrice · Karin Tidbeck · ss translated from the Swedish (“Beatrice”, 2010). · Some Letters for Ove Lindström · Karin Tidbeck · ss Shimmer #14, 2011 translated from the Swedish (“Några brev till Ove Lindström”, 2010). · Miss Nyberg and I · Karin Tidbeck · ss translated from the Swedish (“Fröken Nyberg och jag”, 2010). · Rebecka · Karin Tidbeck · ss translated from the Swedish (“Samtal med Rebecka”, 2002). · Herr Cederberg · Karin Tidbeck · ss translated from the Swedish (“Att vara en humla”, 2007). · Who Is Arvid Pekon? · Karin Tidbeck · ss translated from the Swedish (“Vem är Arvid Pekon?”, 2002). · Brita’s Holiday Village · Karin Tidbeck · ss translated from the Swedish (“Tant Britas stugby”, Vem är Arvid Pekon?, Man av Skugga Förlag, September 2010). · Reindeer Mountain · Karin Tidbeck · ss · Cloudberry Jam · Karin Tidbeck · ss Unstuck #1, 2011 · Pyret · Karin Tidbeck · nv · Augusta Prima · Karin Tidbeck · ss Weird Tales Spring 2011 translated from the Swedish (“Augusta Prima”, 2009). · Aunts · Karin Tidbeck · ss ODD? ed. Jeff & Ann VanderMeer, Cheeky Frawg Books, 2011 translated from the Swedish (“Tanterna”, 2007). · Jagannath · Karin Tidbeck · ss Weird Tales Summer 2011 · Transposing Worlds · Karin Tidbeck · aw

Black Gods Kiss by Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing, September 2014, 978-1-84863-801-3, £20.00, 174pp, hc, oc, cover by Pedro Marques)     Details taken from online listing. · Black Gods Kiss · Lavie Tidhar · ss Unfit for Eden ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2012; illustrated by Pedro Marques · Buried Eyes · Lavie Tidhar · nv Memoryville Blues ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2013 · Kur-a-Len · Lavie Tidhar · na · The Dead Leaves · Lavie Tidhar · ss · White Queen · Lavie Tidhar · ss

The Apex Book of World SF ed. Lavie Tidhar (Apex Publications, September 2009, 978-0-9821596-3-7, $18.95, 287pp, tp, an, cover by Randall MacDonald)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Lavie Tidhar · in 2 · The Bird Catcher · S. P. Somtow · na The Museum of Horrors ed. Dennis Etchison, Leisure, 2001 34 · Transcendence Express · Jetse de Vries · ss Hub Magazine #2, Winter 2007 50 · The Levantine Experiments · Guy Hasson · ss translated from the Hebrew (“Hevel Ha’cherut”). 66 · The Wheel of Samsara · Han Song · ss translated from the Chinese (“Gázànsì de zhuąnjīngtŏng”, Kehuan Shijie, July 2002). 74 · Ghost Jail · Kaaron Warren · ss 2012 ed. Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein, Twelfth Planet Press, 2008 94 · Wizard World · Yang Ping · nv translated from the Chinese (“MUD--Hēikè Shìjiàn”, Kehuan Shijie, May 1998). 116 · L’Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars) · Dean Francis Alfar · ss Strange Horizons January 6 2003 128 · Cinderers · Nir Yaniv; translated by Lavie Tidhar · ss translated from the Hebrew (“Ramtzanim”, Chalomot Be’aspamia Magazine, 2004). 142 · The Allah Stairs · Jamil Nasir · ss Tales of the Unanticipated #7, 1990 152 · Biggest Baddest Bomoh · Tunku Halim · ss Rape of Martha Teoh and Other Chilling Stories by Tunku Halim, Pelanduk Publications, 1997 162 · The Lost Xuyan Bride [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · nv Interzone #213, December 2007 194 · Excerpt from a Letter by a Social-Realist Aswang · Kristin Mandigma · ss Clarkesworld #13, October 2007 198 · An Evening in the City Coffeehouse, with Lydia on My Mind · Aleksandar Ziljak · ss Apex Magazine #5, November 2009 translated from the Croatian (“Vecer u Gradskoj, s Lidijom u mislima”, Krhotine svjetova, 1999). 216 · Into the Night · Anil Menon · ss Interzone #216, June 2008 232 · Elegy · Mélanie Fazi; translated by Christopher Priest · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2007; given as by Mélanie Fazie on the story itself. translated from the French (“Élégie”, Territoires de l’angoisse ed. Daniel Conrad, CyLibris, October 2001). 242 · Compartments · Zoran Živković; translated by Alice Copple-Tošić · nv Postscripts #2, Summer 2004 translated from the Serbian (“Vagon”).

The Apex Book of World SF 2 ed. Lavie Tidhar (Apex Publications, April 2012, 978-1-937009-04-5, $21.95, 375pp, tp, oa, cover by Raúl Cruz)     Details taken from online listing. i · Introduction · Lavie Tidhar · in iii · Alternate Girl’s Expatriate Life · Rochita Loenen-Ruiz · ss Interzone #229, July/August 2010 16 · Mr Goop · Ivor W. Hartmann · ss African Writing #7, 2009 30 · Trees of Bone · Daliso Chaponda · nv Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest Fall 2005 58 · The First Peruvian in Space · Daniel Salvo; translated by José B. Adolph · ss translated from the Spanish (“El Primer Peruano en el Espacio”). 62 · Eyes in the Vastness of Forever · Gustavo Bondoni · ss Innsmouth Free Press June 2010 72 · The Tomb · Chen Qiufan · ss 82 · The Sound of Breaking Glass · Joyce Chng · ss Semaphore Magazine #11, June 2010; given as “The Sound of Broken Glass” on story heads. 90 · A Single Year · Csilla Kleinheincz · nv translated from the Hungarian (“Egyetlen esztendö”, 2009). 114 · The Secret Origin of Spin-Man · Andrew Drilon · ss Philippine Speculative Fiction, Volume 4 ed. Dean Francis & Nikki Alfar, Kestrel, 2009 130 · Borrowed Time · Anabel Enriquez Piñeiro · ss translated from the Spanish (“Deuda Temporal”). 136 · Branded · Lauren Beukes · ss SL Magazine 2004 144 · December 8th · Raúl Flores Iriarte; translated by Daniel W. Koon · ss translated from the Spanish (“8 de Diciembre”). 148 · Hungry Man [Happy Endings] · Will Elliott · ss 158 · Nira and I · Shweta Narayan · ss Strange Horizons March 16 2009 168 · Nothing Happened in 1999 · Fábio Fernandes · ss Everyday Weirdness June 7 2010 172 · Shadow · Tade Thompson · ss Expanded Horizons #18, May 2010 178 · Shibuya No Love · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Futurismic (online) June 2004 186 · Maquech · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss Futurismic (online) July 2008 198 · The Glory of the World · Sergey Gerasimov · ss Clarkesworld #22, July 2008 208 · The New Neighbours · Tim Jones · ss Transported by Tim Jones, Vintage New Zealand, 2008 218 · From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7 · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Clarkesworld #32, May 2009 238 · The Slows · Gail Hareven; translated by Yaacov Jeffrey Green · ss The New Yorker May 4 2009 translated from the Hebrew (“Ha’iti’im”, 1999). 250 · Zombie Lenin · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Fantasy ed. Sean Wallace & Paul G. Tremblay, Prime Books, 2007 260 · Electric Sonalika · Samit Basu · ss 276 · The Malady · Andrzej Sapkowski; translated by Wiesiek Powaga · nv Polish Writing October 2006 translated from the Polish (“Maladie”, Nowa Fantastyka, December 1992). 320 · A Life Made Possible Behind the Barricades · Jacques Barcia · nv Steampunk Reloaded website November 2010 342 · Undercity · Nir Yaniv · nv Apex Magazine #39, August 2012 370 · World SF: Our Possible Future · Charles Tan · ar Apex Magazine #35, April 2012

The Apex Book of World SF 3 ed. Lavie Tidhar (Apex Publications, June 29, 2014, 978-1-937009-24-3, $16.95, 266pp, tp, an, cover by Sophia Tuska)     Anthology of 16 stories, one original, by authors from around the world, some translated. Authors include Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Amal El-Mohtar, and Karin Tidbeck. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Lavie Tidhar · in · Courtship in the Country of Machine-Gods · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · nv The Future Fire #24, 2012 · A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight · Xia Jia; translated by Ken Liu · ss Clarkesworld #65, February 2012 translated from the Chinese (“Băi guĭ yèxíng jiē”, 2010). · Act of Faith · Fadzlishah Johanabas · ss Cosmos #36, December 2010/January 2011 · The Foreigner · Uko Bendi Udo · ss AfroSF ed. Ivor W. Hartmann, StoryTime Press, 2012 · The City of Silence · Ma Boyong; translated by Ken Liu · nv World SF Blog November 2011 translated from the Chinese (“Jìjìng zhī chéng”, 2005). · Planetfall [Wisps of Spider Silk] · Athena Andreadis · ss Crossed Genres Magazine #13, December 2009 · Jungle Fever · Ika Koeck · ss · To Follow the Waves · Amal El-Mohtar · ss Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft, Torquere Press, 2011 · Ahuizotl · Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas · ss Historical Lovecraft ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, 2011 · The Rare Earth · Biram Mboob · ss AfroSF ed. Ivor W. Hartmann, StoryTime Press, 2012 · Spider’s Nest · Myra Çakan; translated by Jim Young · ss Infinite Matrix March 5 2002 translated from the German (“Im Netz der Silberspinne”, Der Atem Gottes und andere Visionen 2004 ed. Helmuth W. Mommers, Shayol, 2004). · Waiting with Mortals · Crystal Koo · ss · Three Little Children · Ange; translated by Tom Clegg · nv Crossing the Boundaries, Bragelonne, 2009 translated from the French (“Il était trois petits enfants”, Fantasy ed. Alain Nevant & Henri Lœvenbruck, Fleuve Noir 1998). · Brita’s Holiday Village · Karin Tidbeck · ss Jagannath: Stories by Karin Tidbeck, Cheeky Frawg Books, 2012 translated from the Swedish (“Tant Britas stugby”, Vem är Arvid Pekon?, Man av Skugga Förlag, September 2010). · Regressions · Swapna Kishore · ss Breaking the Bow ed. Anil Menon & Vandana Singh, Zubaan Books, 2012 · Dancing on the Red Planet · Berit Ellingsen · ss Rocket Science ed. Ian Sales, Mutation Press, 2012

The Best of World SF: Volume 1 ed. Lavie Tidhar (Ad Astra/Head of Zeus, April 1, 2021, 978-1-83893-764-5, £25.00, xviii+588pp, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · Lavie Tidhar · in 1 · Immersion [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Clarkesworld #69, June 2012 21 · Debtless · Chen Qiufan; translated by Blake Stone-Banks · na Clarkesworld #163, April 2020 translated from the Chinese (“Wú zhài zhī rén”, 2019). 81 · Fandom for Robots · Vina Jie-Min Prasad · ss Uncanny Magazine #18, September/October 2017 97 · Virtual Snapshots · Tlotlo Tsamaase · ss Terraform February 18 2016 107 · What the Dead Man Said · Chinelo Onwualu · ss Slate August 24 2019 125 · Delhi · Vandana Singh · ss So Long Been Dreaming ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Uppinder Mehan, Arsenal Pulp, 2004 149 · The Wheel of Samsara · Han Song · ss The Apex Book of World SF ed. Lavie Tidhar, Apex Publications, 2009 translated from the Chinese (“Gázànsì de zhuąnjīngtŏng”, Kehuan Shijie, July 2002). 159 · Xingzhou · Ng Yi-Sheng · ss Clarkesworld #154, July 2019 179 · Prayer · Taiyo Fujii; translated by Kamil Spychalski · ss Intelligence, Artificial and Human ed. Hirotaka Osawa, AI X SF Project, 2019 translated from the Japanese (“Inori”, Artificial Intelligence, v30 #1, 2015). 187 · The Green Ship · Francesco Verso; translated by Michael Colbert · ss Futurespotting by Francesco Verso, Future Fiction, 2021 translated from the Italian (“La nave verde”, Figli del futuro, Future Fiction, October 2018). 201 · Eyes of the Crocodile · Malena Salazar Maciá; translated by Toshiya Kamei · ss Clarkesworld #161, February 2020 translated from the Spanish. 211 · Bootblack · Tade Thompson · ss Expanded Horizons #53, April 2017 223 · The Emptiness in the Heart of All Things · Fábio Fernandes · nv American Monsters: Part. 1 ed. Margrét Helgadóttir, Fox Spirit Books, 2018 251 · The Sun from Both Sides · R. S. A. Garcia · nv Clarkesworld #152, May 2019 309 · DUMP · Cristina Jurado; translated by Steve Redwood · ss translated from the Spanish (El futuro en bosque, Apache Libros, 2018). 331 · Rue Chair · Gerardo Horacio Porcayo · ss Sub #5, 2002 339 · His Master’s Voice · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Interzone #218, October 2008 357 · Benjamin Schneider’s Little Greys · Nir Yaniv; translated by Lavie Tidhar · ss Apex Magazine #5, November 2009 translated from the Hebrew. 365 · The Cryptid · Emil Hjörvar Petersen · nv 389 · The Bank of Burkina Faso · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Moscow but Dreaming by Ekaterina Sedia, Prime Books, 2012 403 · An Incomplete Guide to Understanding the Rose Petal Infestation Associated with EverTyphoid Patients in the Tropicool IcyLand Urban Indian Slum · Kuzhali Manickavel · ss The Jewish Mexican Literary Review Summer 2016 413 · The Old Man with the Third Hand · Kofi Nyameye · ss The Manchester Review #18, July 2017 427 · The Green · Lauren Beukes · ss Armored ed. John Joseph Adams, Baen, 2012 445 · The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir · Karin Tidbeck · ss Tor.com January 14 2019 467 · Prime Meridian · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · na Innsmouth Free Press, December 2017 553 · If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again · Zen Cho · nv Barnes & Noble, 2018