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SIN: A Deadly Anthology (Avendia Publishing, Inc., September 2008, 978-0-9747934-6-7, $17.99, 282pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology by “The Chicago Contingent”. · Hot Corpse · Patricia Rosemoor · ss · Headlines · Darwyn Jones · ss · Poly · Frank Crist · ss · Atonement · A. C. Frieden · ss · Category Five · Marc Paoletti · ss · A Matter of Perspective · Ric Hess · ss · Funny in a Dark Sort of Way · Marcus Sakey · ss · Running Back · Dana Kaye · ss · Third Eye Dark · Jamie Freveletti · ss · Sons of the Devil · Alverne De’Jesus Ball · ss · Honey Makes Up Her Mind · Sarah Calfee · ss · Tabula Rasa · Joseph G. Marceau · ss · Burying the Past · Megan Campbell · ss · The Mathematics of Regret · Sharon Doering · ss · Curandera · Julia Borcherts · ss

A Sinister Quartet (Mythic Delirium Books, June 9, 2020, 978-1-73264-403-8, $19.99, 380pp, tp, oa, cover by Jason Wren)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Mike Allen, C. S. E. Cooney, Amanda J. McGee & Jessica P. Wick · in 11 · The Twice-Drowned Saint · C. S. E. Cooney · n. 145 · An Unkindness · Jessica P. Wick · na 189 · Viridian · Amanda J. McGee · na 277 · The Comforter · Mike Allen · na 366 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · ms

Sir! Droll Stories (Volitant Books, 1967, V7501S, 75¢, 192pp, pb, an)     Anthology of stories from Sir! magazine. Numerous (less than one per story) full-page pictures by Irwin Greenberg, which I am unwilling to call illustrations since they have nothing in particular to do with the stories and could as well have been in any order. Another is on the cover. Mixed types, sf, supernatural, crime, mostly contemporary. Not actually droll for the most part. Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · The Rumor · Sherry Lane · ss Sir! 14 · A Bottle of Coke · Thomas J. Marks, Jr. · vi Sir! January 1964 17 · A Surprising Afternoon · William Borden · ss Sir! 23 · The Grim Lover · William Danch · ss Sir! 28 · The Hunting Ground · Herbert Leslie Greene · ss Sir! 34 · Paradise Is Downtown · Sonny Newman · ss Sir! 40 · The Apology · George Antonich · ss Sir! 45 · The Dark Night · Pat Bannister · ss Sir! 51 · Belated Virgin · Jack Phelps · ss Mr. February 1966 60 · Recessive Trait · Marcus Cowell · ss Sir! 67 · The Eroticas · Norman Anthony · ss Sir! 74 · Refuge · Herbert Leslie Greene · ss Sir! 82 · The Assignation · David Halliday · ss Sir! November 1964 86 · Night Stroll · Scott Kendall · ss Sir! October 1966 94 · Sugar Puss · Garen Drussaï · ss Sir! 101 · The Nude Beachcomber · Derral Pilgrim · ss Sir! November 1963 111 · Beneath the Streets · Neal Curtis · ss Sir! 116 · Moment of Truth · Connie Sellers · ss Sir! 124 · He Who Laughs Last · James Hudson · ss Sir! 135 · The Credit House · Wanda X. · ss Sir! May 1963 141 · Family Man · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Mr. August 1965 152 · Tide Song · Walter Brazil · ss Sir! 163 · The Pillow Fight · Keith Kelly · ss Sir! 165 · A Taste of Dreams · Vladimer Penkovesky · ss Sir!; given as by Vladimir Penkovsky on story. 172 · The Bigger He Was · Carl Damon · ss Sir! 173 · Rescue Party · Tulsa O’Hara · ss Mr. August 1965 180 · Two Feet in Ivie’s Bar · Carl Damon · ss Sir! October 1964 182 · The Square of the Hypotenuse · Melvin Shestack · ss Sir! 191 · Sudden Ending · J. H. · ss Sir!

The 6 Fingers of Time and 5 Other Science Fiction Novelets ed. Samuel H. Post, uncredited (MacFadden-Bartell, 1965, 60-428, 60¢, 128pp, pb, an)     Cover says “…novellas from Galaxy magazine”, although all stories are from (Worlds of) If! 7 · The Six Fingers of Time · R. A. Lafferty · nv If September 1960 28 · A Pride of Islands · C. C. MacApp · nv If May 1960 44 · Sitting Duck · Daniel F. Galouye · ss If July 1959 58 · I.O.U. · Edward Wellen · nv If March 1961 97 · To Each His Own · Jack Sharkey · ss If January 1960 109 · The Junkmakers · Albert Teichner · nv If July 1961

Six Great Modern Short Novels (Dell Books First Edition, 1954, F35, 50¢, 448pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · The Dead · James Joyce · na The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914 57 · Billy Budd, Foretopman · Herman Melville · na Billy Budd & Other Prose Pieces by Herman Melville, Constable and Company, 1924 155 · Noon Wine · Katherine Anne Porter · na Signatures Spring 1936 213 · The Overcoat · Nikolai Gogol; translated by Constance Garnett · na Atlantis Press, 1947 translated from the Russian (“Shinel”, Sochineniia, 1842). 251 · The Pilgrim Hawk · Glenway Wescott · na Harper’s Magazine November 1940 (+1) 323 · The Bear · William Faulkner · na The Saturday Evening Post May 9 1942

Six Redbook Novels (The McCall Company, 193?, hc, an)     Anthology of six novels reproduced from the original pages in Redbook. · The Thin Man · Dashiell Hammett · n. Redbook Magazine December 1933 · The Figure in the Fog · Mignon G. Eberhart · na Redbook Magazine September 1933 · The Cross of Peace · Sir Philip Gibbs · na Redbook Magazine January 1934 · White Piracy · James Warner Bellah · na Redbook Magazine October 1933 · The Boomerang Clue · Agatha Christie · na Redbook Magazine November 1933 · Parade Ground · Charles L. Clifford · na Redbook Magazine February 1934

666: The Number of the Beast (Scholastic/Point, September 2007, 978-0-545-02117-3, $14.99, 330pp, hc, oa)     Young-adult original anthology of 18 horror stories. Authors include Christopher Pike, Joyce Carol Oates, Bentley Little, and P.D. Cacek. · Evil 13 · Channel 99 · Peter Abrahams · ss 25 · The Legend of Anna Barton · Laurie Faria Stolarz · nv 46 · Saving Face · Christopher Pike · nv 76 · The Little Sacrifice · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 80 · If You Knew Suzie · Heather Graham · ss 99 · Slam Dance · Bentley Little · ss · Darkness 117 · A Trick of the Light · Chet Williamson · ss 135 · Erased · Jane Mason · ss 146 · Empire of Dirt · Amelia Atwater-Rhodes · ss 165 · Incident Report · Joshua Gee · ss 182 · Scapegoat · Robin Wasserman · ss 200 · Imagining Things · T. E. D. Klein · nv · Beasts 221 · Grandma Kelly · David Moody · ss 238 · Shelter Island [Blue Bloods] · Melissa de la Cruz · ss 252 · La Fleur de Nuit · P. D. Cacek · ss 270 · Ever After · Isobel Bird · nv 291 · Haunted · Ellen Schreiber · ss 310 · Wolfsbane · Sarah Hines Stephens · ss 323 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

666: The Number of the Beast (Scholastic/Point, September 2008, 978-0-545-00009-3, $7.99, 392pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Point 2007) young-adult anthology of 18 horror stories.

Skycon ’78 Programme Book (Skycon ’78, March 1978, no ISBN, 64pp, ph, nf)     Programme book for Skycon ’78, featuring Robert Sheckley as Guest of Honour. Only partial contents listed. 12 · Robert Sheckley: Guest of Honour _12 · Robert Sheckley · D. West · il _13 · Robert Sheckley · Christopher Priest · ar [Ref. Robert Sheckley] _14 · Robert Sheckley · Harry Harrison · ms [Ref. Robert Sheckley] _15 · Robert Sheckley · Kingsley Amis · ms [Ref. Robert Sheckley] _15 · Robert Sheckley · Brian Aldiss · ms [Ref. Robert Sheckley] _16 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Robert Sheckley]

Slan & Slan Hunter (SFBC, July 2007, #1236398, $13.99, 373pp, hc, om, cover by Vincent Di Fate)     Omnibus of the classic SF novel Slan by A.E. Van Vogt (1946; this appears to be the 1951 text) and Slan Hunter by Kevin J. Anderson (2007). This is dated 2007, but not seen until now; it has ISBN 978-0-7394-8491-3, lacks a price, and has the book club number on the back jacket. 1 · Slan [Slan] · A. E. van Vogt · n. Arkham House, 1946 3 · Introduction · Kevin J. Anderson · in 167 · Slan Hunter [Slan] · A. E. van Vogt & Kevin J. Anderson · n. Tor, 2007

Smallville: Omnibus One (Orbit, July 6, 2006, 1-84149-499-2, £7.99, 649pp, tp, om, cover: [photo] by Corbis) [Smallville]     Omnibus of the first three adult novelisations from the series: Strange Visitor by Roger Stern (2002), Dragon by Alan Grant (2002), and Hauntings by Nancy Holder (2003). 1 · Strange Visitor [Smallville] · Roger Stern · n. Warner Aspect, 2002 229 · Dragon [Smallville] · Alan Grant · n. Warner Aspect, 2002 425 · Hauntings [Smallville] · Nancy Holder · n. Warner Aspect, 2003

Smallville: Omnibus Two (Orbit, July 6, 2006, 1-84149-500-X, £7.99, 649pp, tp, om, cover: [photo] by Corbis) [Smallville]     Omnibus of three novelisations: Whodunnit by Dean Wesley Smith (2003), Silence by Nancy Holder (2003), and Shadows by Diana G. Gallagher (2003). 1 · Whodunnit [Smallville] · Dean Wesley Smith · n. Warner Aspect, 2003 191 · Silence [Smallville] · Nancy Holder · n. Warner Aspect, 2003 447 · Shadows [Smallville] · Diana G. Gallagher · n. Warner Aspect, 2003

Smog/Baggage of Eternal Night (JournalStone, November 2013, 978-1-940161-01-3, $15.95, 95+118pp, tp, oa, cover by Alan M. Clark)     Original anthology/omnibus of two novellas bound Ace-Double style; the second book in JournalStone’s DoubleDown series. A print-on-demand edition; a limited harcover edition (-17-4, $49.95) with added novella “Summer’s End” was announced but not seen. 9 · Smog · Lisa Morton · na 11 · Baggage of Eternal Night · Eric J. Guignard · na

Smugglers Road (Junior Press Ltd., September 1945, 9d, 20pp, 7¼″ x 9½″, oa) 2 · Bill Buggin’s Peace Party · [uncredited] · cs 3 · Smuggler’s Road · H. L. Peacock · ss 8 · Scoring a Point · Fap · cs 9 · Holiday with Nature · S. James · ia 10 · The Comic Market · Edward Simon · rv 10 · Crossword · [uncredited] · pz 11 · Flying Over the Two North Poles · A. M. Conybeare · ar 12 · The Lost Land of Mu · Mota · cs 14 · Believe It or Don’t · [uncredited] · ia 15 · “Smokey” Smith · Andrew Elliott · ss 18 · Snap Out of It · [uncredited] · cs 19 · The Mix-Up Match · Stanley Derricourt · ss 20 · The Music Man · W. Glynne Jones · ss; illustrated by Geo. E. Mottram 23 · You’re Telling Me · [uncredited] · hu 24 · Barney the Bull · [uncredited] · cs

Snowbound Surrender (Harlequin, November 2019, 978-1-335-63545-7, $6.50, 282pp, pb, oa)     Historical romances. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Their Mistletoe Reunion · Christine Merrill · na 93 · Snowed in with the Rake · Louise Allen · na 187 · Christmas with the Major · Laura Martin · na

Snowbound Wedding Wishes (Harlequin Historical, November 2012, 978-0-373-29711-5, $6.25, 281pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · An Earl Beneath the Mistletoe · Louise Allen · na 105 · Twelfth Night Proposal · Lucy Ashford · na 193 · Christmas at Oakhurst Manor · Joanna Fulford · na

Snow-Kissed Proposals (Harlequin, December 2021, 978-1-335-40751-1, $6.50, 282pp, pb, oa)     Two Victorian romances. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · The Christmas Runaway · Jenni Fletcher · n. 147 · Their Snowbound Reunion · Elisabeth Hobbes · n.

Soho Crime Sampler: Fall 2012 (Soho Press, 2012, free, 128pp, tp, an)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · The Fear Artist · Timothy Hallinan · ex Soho Press, July 17 2012 13 · The Joy Brigade [George Sueño; Ernie Bascom] · Martin Limón · ex Soho Press, July 10 2012 25 · Port Vila Blues [Wyatt Wareen] · Garry Disher · ex Allen & Unwin, October 1 1996 33 · Death’s Door [Billy Boyle] · James R. Benn · ex Soho Press, September 4 2012 43 · Not My Blood [Joe Sandilands] · Barbara Cleverly · ex Soho Press, August 21 2012 55 · Invisible Murder [Nina Borg] · Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnete Friis · ex Soho Press, October 2 2012 65 · Another Sun · Timothy Williams · ex forthcoming from Soho Crime (April 2nd, 2013). 77 · Hand for a Hand [Andy Gilchrist] · Frank Muir · ex Luath Press, September 1 2009 89 · Whispering Death [Hal Challis] · Garry Disher · ex Text Publishing, June 1 2011 101 · Perfect Hatred [Mario Silva] · Leighton Gage · ex forthcoming from Soho Crime (February 19th, 2013). 111 · Ratlines · Stuart Neville · ex forthcoming from Soho Crime (January 1st, 2013).