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Strange Universe ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Michael Pearson (Blackie & Son, 1974, 0-216-89714-9, £2.10, 192pp, hc, an, cover by Anthony Pilley) 7 · Preface · Amabel Williams-Ellis & Michael Pearson · pr 9 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962 19 · The Conspirators · James White · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #24, June 1954 47 · Ouch! · Piers Anthony · nv adapted from the first two chapters of Prostho Plus (Gollancz, 1971). 78 · Evidence [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1946 104 · The Subways of Tazoo [Unorthodox Engineers] · Colin Kapp · nv New Writings in S-F 3 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1965 148 · The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909 182 · The Aquatic Uncle · Italo Calvino; translated by William Weaver · ss Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino, tr. William Weaver, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968 translated from the Italian (“Lo zio acquatico”, Le Cosmicomiche, Einaudi, 1965).

Tales from the Galaxies ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Michael Pearson (Pan Piccolo, 1973, 0-330-23507-9, 25p, 126pp, pb, an, cover by Alan Lee) 7 · Preface · Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis · pr 9 · The Red Stuff · John Wyndham · nv Marvel Science Stories February 1951, as by John Beynon; abridged. 29 · Miss Inman and the Kloots · Amabel Williams-Ellis · nv 55 · The Heritage · Malcolm Stokes · cs 61 · The Odour of Thought · Robert Sheckley · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953; abridged. 76 · Exploration Team [Colonial Survey] · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1956; abridged.

Worlds Apart ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie & Son, 1966, 15/-, 416pp, hc, an, cover by Laurence Cutting) 7 · Preface · Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis · pr 1966 9 · Doctor · Murray Leinster · nv Galaxy Magazine February 1961 39 · Consider Her Ways · John Wyndham · na Sometime, Never, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956 116 · An Eye for a What? · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Science Fiction March 1957 146 · Captivity [People] · Zenna Henderson · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1958 205 · O’Mara’s Orphan [Sector General] · James White · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #90, January 1960 246 · Number Ten Q Street · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1963 259 · Infra Draconis · G. Gurevich; translated by Violet L. Dutt · nv A Visitor from Outer Space, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961 translated from the Russian (“Infra Drakona”, Doroga v sto parsekov, ed. Anatoly Varshavsky, Molodaya Gvardiya, 1959). 281 · The Enormous Room · Robert W. Krepps & Horace L. Gold · na Amazing Stories October/November 1953 353 · Last and First Men · Olaf Stapledon · ex Methuen, 1930 373 · The Anarchist; or, the Doom of the Great City · Douglas Fawcett · ex from Hartmann the Anarchist; or, The Doom of the Great City, Edward Arnold, 1893

Figures in Rain by Chet Williamson (Ash-Tree Press, July 29, 2002, 1-55310-039-5, C$60.00, xii+313pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe)     Collection of 27 supernatural stories, two specially written for this volume, with an Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $46.50 and in the UK for £29.00. vii · Preface · Chet Williamson · pr ix · Introduction · Joe R. Lansdale · in 3 · Offices · Chet Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine October 1981 11 · A Lover’s Alibi · Chet Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May 1982 21 · Lares & Penates · Chet Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November/December 1983 31 · I’ll Drown My Book · Chet Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1986 39 · Prometheus’s Ghost · Chet Williamson · nv Afterlives ed. Pamela Sargent & Ian Watson, Vintage, 1986 55 · Miss Tuck and the Gingerbread Boy · Chet Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1988 62 · The Music of the Dark Time · Chet Williamson · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1988 77 · Return of the Neon Fireball · Chet Williamson · ss Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988 88 · The House of Fear · Chet Williamson · ss Footsteps Press, 1989 100 · Blue Notes · Chet Williamson · ss Night Visions VII ed. Stanley J. Wiater, Dark Harvest, 1989 110 · O Come Little Children… · Chet Williamson · ss Spirits of Christmas ed. Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell, Wynwood, 1989 118 · Other Errors, Other Times · Chet Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1990 130 · Ex-Library [Greystone Bay] · Chet Williamson · ss The SeaHarp Hotel ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1990 139 · Jabbie Welsh · Chet Williamson · nv Weird Tales Fall 1990 157 · The Cairnwell Horror · Chet Williamson · nv Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990 170 · His Two Wives · Chet Williamson · ss Iniquities Autumn 1990 182 · From the Papers of Helmut Hecker · Chet Williamson · ss Lovecraft’s Legacy ed. Robert E. Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, 1990 193 · The Bookman · Chet Williamson · ss Obsessions ed. Gary Raisor, Dark Harvest, 1991 204 · A Father’s Dream · Chet Williamson · ss Final Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 213 · Coventry Carol · Chet Williamson · nv Peter Straub’s Ghosts ed. Peter Straub, Pocket Star, 1995 231 · A Place Where a Head Would Rest · Chet Williamson · bg Dancing with the Dark ed. Stephen Jones, Vista, 1997 234 · The Blood-Red Sea [Crow] · Chet Williamson · ss The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams ed. J. O'Barr & Ed Kramer, Del Rey, 1998 247 · Excerpts from the Records of the New Zodiac and the Diaries of Henry Watson Fairfax · Chet Williamson · ss 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999 258 · A Collector of Magic · Chet Williamson · ss Imagination Fully Dilated, Volume 2 ed. Elizabeth Engstrom, IFD Publishing, 2000 267 · Subtle Knowing · Chet Williamson · nv Strange Attraction ed. Edward E. Kramer, ShadowLands Press, 2000 281 · Figures in Rain · Chet Williamson · ss 289 · Sundowners · Chet Williamson · ss 303 · Story Notes and Sources · [uncredited] · bi

The Best of Masques ed. J. N. Williamson (Berkley, June 1988, 0-425-10693-4, $3.50, 228pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 20 horror stories, culled from Masques and Masques II. ix · Best of Masques · J. N. Williamson · in 1 · Nightcrawlers · Robert R. McCammon · nv Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 23 · Buried Talents · Richard Matheson · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 30 · Soft · F. Paul Wilson · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 43 · Second Sight · Ramsey Campbell · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 49 · Everybody Needs a Little Love · Robert Bloch · nv Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 65 · The Yard · William F. Nolan · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 73 · The Substitute · Gahan Wilson · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 84 · Maurice and Mog · James Herbert · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 this is a portion of the novel Domain that was deleted before publication. 92 · Angel’s Exchange · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 94 · Hidey Hole · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 99 · Long After Ecclesiastes · Ray Bradbury · pm Satellite Orbit September 1983 102 · The Night Is Freezing Fast · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 111 · The Old Men Know · Charles L. Grant · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 127 · Splatter: A Cautionary Tale · Douglas E. Winter · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 137 · Czadek · Ray Russell · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 147 · Wordsong · J. N. Williamson · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 154 · Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 159 · Outsteppin’ Fetchit · Charles R. Saunders · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 165 · Somebody Like You · Dennis Etchison · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 173 · Third Wind · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 182 · The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead · Alan Rodgers · nv Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 209 · Popsy · Stephen King · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 221 · Behind the Masques · J. N. Williamson · bg

Masques ed. J. N. Williamson (Maclay & Associates, October 1984, 0-940776-18-9, $14.95, 306pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 21 previously unpublished stories by Bradbury, Bloch, Grant, Gene Wolfe, and others, plus an interview with Richard Matheson and an unpublished Beaumont story. 7 · Introduction and Acknowledgments · J. N. Williamson · in 11 · Nightcrawlers · Robert R. McCammon · nv 37 · Somebody Like You · Dennis Etchison · ss 47 · Samhain: Full Moon · Ardath Mayhar · pm 53 · I Have Made My Bones Secure · Ardath Mayhar · pm 57 · Third Wind · Richard Christian Matheson · ss 69 · Redbeard · Gene Wolfe · ss 77 · The Turn of Time · David B. Silva · ss 91 · Soft · F. Paul Wilson · ss 107 · House Mothers · J. N. Williamson · ss 119 · Party Time · Mort Castle · vi 125 · Everybody Needs a Little Love · Robert Bloch · nv 145 · Angel’s Exchange · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi 149 · Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 155 · The First Day of Spring · David Knoles · ss 171 · Czadek · Ray Russell · ss 183 · The Old Men Know · Charles L. Grant · ss 203 · The Substitute · Gahan Wilson · ss 217 · The Alteration · Dennis Hamilton · ss 231 · Trust Not a Man · William F. Nolan · ss 245 · Long After Ecclesiastes · Ray Bradbury · pm Satellite Orbit September 1983 256 · A Short, Incadescent Life · Ray Russell · bg 260 · My Grandmother’s Japonicas · Charles Beaumont · nv 271 · Charles Beaumont: The Magic Man · William F. Nolan · bg The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1967 [Ref. Charles Beaumont] 275 · Richard Matheson · J. N. Williamson · iv [Ref. Richard Matheson]

Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson (Maclay & Assoc., June 1987, 0-940776-24-3, $19.95, 221pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 27 horror stories, including work by Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, and Richard Matheson. Issued in silver boards without dust wrapper. 7 · Introduction · J. N. Williamson · in 13 · Popsy · Stephen King · ss 25 · Second Sight · Ramsey Campbell · ss 31 · The Yard · William F. Nolan · ss 39 · The New Season · Robert Bloch · ss 46 · The Near Departed · Richard Matheson · vi 49 · Ice Sculptures · David B. Silva · ss 59 · Wiping the Slate Clean · G. Wayne Miller · ss 66 · The Litter · James Kisner · ss 77 · Splatter: A Cautionary Tale · Douglas E. Winter · ss 86 · Deathbed · Richard Christian Matheson · vi 88 · American Gothic · Ray Russell · ss 103 · Moist Dreams · Stanley Wiater · ss 107 · Dog, Cat, and Baby · Joe R. Lansdale · vi 109 · Nothing from Nothing Comes · Katherine Ramsland · ss 118 · If You Take My Hand, My Son · Mort Castle · ss 127 · Maurice and Mog · James Herbert · ss this is a portion of the novel Domain that was deleted before publication. 135 · Fish Story · Dennis Hamilton · ss 146 · Outsteppin’ Fetchit · Charles R. Saunders · ss 152 · In the Tank · Ardath Mayhar · ss 158 · Hidey Hole · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 163 · The Night Is Freezing Fast · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss 172 · Buried Talents · Richard Matheson · ss 179 · Lake George in High August · John Robert Bensink · ss 183 · Wordsong · J. N. Williamson · ss 190 · The Man Who Drowned Puppies · Thomas Sullivan · ss 196 · The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead · Alan Rodgers · nv

Masques III ed. J. N. Williamson (St. Martin’s, October 1989, 0-312-02948-9, $17.95, 317pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 28 horror stories and five poems, with an introduction by the editor. xi · Introduction · J. N. Williamson · in 1 · Stories for All Seasons · J. N. Williamson · si 3 · Drifter · Ed Gorman · ss 17 · Reflections · Ray Russell · ss 21 · The Happy Family · Melissa Mia Hall & Douglas E. Winter · ss 33 · Dew Drop Inn · D. W. Taylor · ss 45 · Refractions · Thomas Millstead · ss 57 · The Spelling Bee · Adobe James · ss 67 · Better Than One · Paul Dale Anderson · ss 75 · Ever, Ever, After · Graham Masterton · nv 99 · Prometheus’ Declaration of Love for the Vulture · Alan Rodgers · pm 103 · The “New” Horror · J. N. Williamson · si 105 · Long Lips · R. Patrick Gates · ss 115 · Sinners · Ralph Rainwater, Jr. · ss 123 · Sunday Breakfast · Jeannette M. Hopper · ss 131 · Third Rail · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss 137 · Coochie-Coo · Mark McNease · ss 145 · The Wulgaru · Bill Ryan · ss 155 · The Luckiest Man in the World · Rex Miller · ss 166 · The Boneless Doll · Joey Froehlich · pm 167 · Concerns of the Mind and Spirit · J. N. Williamson · si 169 · The Skull · Diane Taylor · ss 181 · On 42nd St. · William F. Nolan · ss 193 · Safe · John Maclay · ss 199 · All but the Ties Eternal · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss 211 · Pop Is Real Smart · Mort Castle · vi 215 · When the Wall Cries · Stanley J. Wiater · ss 227 · Return to the Mutant Rain Forest [Mutant Rain Forest] · Bruce Boston & Robert Frazier · pm 233 · Creatures of Terror · J. N. Williamson · si 235 · The Willies · James Kisner · ss 245 · The Drinking Party · K. Marie Ramsland · ss 255 · Chosen One · G. Wayne Miller · ss 265 · Them Bald-Headed Snays · Joseph A. Citro · ss 275 · Motherson · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 285 · Kill for Me · John Keefauver · ss 293 · Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites · Dan Simmons · ss 312 · The Orchid Nursery · Amanda Russell · pm 315 · Of Absence, Darkness, Death: Things Which Are Not · Ray Bradbury · pm