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Valentine Wishes (Zebra/Kensington, February 1998, 0-8217-5853-5, $4.99, 236pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 7 · Lady Diana’s Courtship · Mona Gedney · na 75 · Valentine from Venus · Cindy Holbrook · na 167 · Cupid’s Ace · Jeanne Savery · na

Veils of Time (Berkley, July 1999, 0-425-16970-7, $6.50, 389pp, pb, oa, cover by Wendi Schneider)     Details supplied by BG. 1 · And the Groom Wore Tulle · Lynn Kurland · na 99 · The Con and the Crusader · Maggie Shayne · na 201 · A Bride Most Common · Angie Ray · na 293 · Conyn’s Bride · Ingrid Weaver · na 381 · Firebird · Janice Graham · ex

Very Merry Mysteries (Mystery Guild, 2003, 544478, $12.49, hc, om)     Omnibus of three Christmas mysteries. · Rest You Merry · Charlotte MacLeod · ss Grab Bag by Charlotte MacLeod, Avon, 1987 · Corpus Christmas [Lt. Sigrid Harald] · Margaret Maron · n. Doubleday, 1989 · A Highland Christmas [Hamish Macbeth] · M. C. Beaton · n. The Mysterious Press, 1999

Very Superstitious: Myths, Legends, and Tales of Superstition (Month9Books, October 2013, 978-0-9883409-4-7, $14.95, 243pp, tp, oa)     Young-adult original anthology, the second in a series of annual charity anthologies, with eight stories of magic and folklore. Authors include Shannon Delany, Jackie Morse Kessler, and Mari Mancusi. · The Rescue · Shannon Delaney · ss · Thirst · Jackie Morse Kessler · ss · Chupacabra · Jennifer Knight · ss · The Road Home · Stephanie Kuehnert · ss · The Gift of the Were-Magi · Mari Mancusi · ss · Midhalla · Michelle E. Reed · ss · Bloody Mary · Dianne K. Salerni · ss · The Silverfoot Heretic · Pab Sungenis · ss

A Victorian Christmas (Signet, November 1992, 0-451-17442-9, $4.99, 349pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · The Bird of Paradise · Edith Layton · na 59 · Christmas Angel · Patricia Rice · na 119 · Second Chance · Patricia Gaffney · na 184 · Kidnapped for Christmas · Betina Krahn · na 284 · The Black Beast of Belleterre · Mary Jo Putney · na

Victorian Erotic Tales (Michael O’Mara, October 20, 1995, 1-85479-751-4, £13.99, 246pp, hc, an, cover by Daniel Hernandez)     Anthology of 12 novel excerpts, including one from Dracula. 1 · Eveline · [uncredited] · ex 1843 7 · My Secret Life · Walter · ex 1888 36 · Rosa Fielding · [uncredited] · ex 1867, as “Victim of Lust!” 53 · Thérèse Raquin · Émile Zola · ex 1886 60 · My Life and Loves · Frank Harris · ex Obelisk Press, 1931 94 · Venus in India · Charles Devereaux · ex 1889 116 · The Cremorne · [uncredited] · ex 18?? 138 · The Voluptuous Night · [uncredited] · ex 17?? 150 · Flossie · [uncredited] · ex 18?? 198 · The Perfumed Garden · Sir Richard Burton · ex 1886 229 · Dracula [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ex Constable, 1897; same passage as in Classic Erotic Tales, 1994. 232 · The Lustful Memoirs of a Young and Passionate Girl · [uncredited] · ex 1904; same passage as in Classic Erotic Tales, 1994.

A Victorian Family Christmas (Harlequin, October 2021, 978-1-335-40737-5, $6.50, 285pp, pb, oa)     Historical Romances. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · A Father for Christmas · Carla Kelly · n. 107 · A Kiss Under the Mistletoe · Carol Arens · n. 207 · The Earl’s Unexpected Gifts · Eva Shepherd · na

The Visionary: The Life Story of Flicker of the Serpentine/Wonders Hidden: Audubon’s Early Years (Capra Press, October 1984, 0-88496-219-9, $7.50, 122pp, tp, an)     Two novellas in Capra’s Back-to-Back series. The Le Guin is an excerpt from her upcoming sf novel Always Coming Home; the Sanders is non-sf/fantasy. · The Visionary: The Life Story of Flicker of the Serpentine of Telina-na · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Omni October 1984 · Wonders Hidden: Audubon’s Early Years · Scott Russell Sanders · na

The Visionary: The Life Story of Flicker of the Serpentine/Wonders Hidden: Audubon’s Early Years (Capra Press, October 1984, 0-88496-219-9, $25.00, 122pp, hc, an)     200 copy, signed, limited edition of the above.

A Visitor from Outer Space (Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961, 202pp, pb, oa)     Collection of six stories, translated from the Russian by Violet L. Dutt. Spine has “Science Fiction Stories by Soviet Writers”. US edition as Soviet Science Fiction (Collier books 1962). 5 · Hoity-Toity · Alexander Belayev; translated by Violet L. Dutt · nv 83 · Spontaneous Reflex · Arkady & Boris Strugatsky; translated by Violet L. Dutt · nv 110 · A Visitor from Outer Space · Alexander Kazantsev; translated by Violet L. Dutt · nv 149 · The Martian · Alexander Kazantsev; translated by Violet L. Dutt · ss 163 · Infra Draconis · Georgy Gurevich; translated by Violet L. Dutt · nv translated from the Russian (“Infra Drakona”, Doroga v sto parsekov, ed. Anatoly Varshavsky, Molodaya Gvardiya, 1959). 185 · Professor Bern’s Awakening · Vladimir Savchenko; translated by Violet L. Dutt · ss

Voyager 5: Collector’s Edition (Voyager, September 2000, 0-00-761265-6, free, 118pp, pb, oa)     Anthology of five original stories by Kim Stanley Robinson, Robin Hobb, Juliet Marillier, Jan Siegel, and Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter. Issued free to celebrate the Voyager imprint’s fifth anniversary. 5 · Introduction · Jane Johnson · in 9 · Discovering Life · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss 25 · The Inheritance · Robin Hobb · nv 55 · Otherling · Juliet Marillier · nv 85 · Black Magic · Jan Siegel · ss 99 · Hibernaculum 46 · Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter · ss 109 · Reading Guide · [uncredited] · ms; suggestions for further reading [all Voyager titles]. 115 · The Next Five Years… · [uncredited] · ss

Voyager: A Sampler of Some of the Finest Science Fiction and Fantasy Talents Working Today (Voyager, October 1995, 0-583-50620-8, free, 108pp, pb, an)     Anthology of extracts from 9 titles forthcoming from HarperCollins UK. The cover title is Voyager: The Very Best in SF and Fantasy. 1 · Assassin’s Apprentice · Robin Hobb · ex Bantam Spectra, 1995 15 · Warhost of Vastmark · Janny Wurts · ex HarperCollins UK, 1995 31 · Metropolitan · Walter Jon Williams · ex HarperPrism, 1995 41 · The Wild · David Zindell · ex 49 · Fortress in the Eye of Time · C. J. Cherryh · ex HarperPrism, 1995 61 · The Time Ships · Stephen Baxter · ex HarperCollins UK, 1995 77 · The Lions of Al-Rassan · Guy Gavriel Kay · ex Penguin Canada, 1995 89 · Rise of a Merchant Prince · Raymond E. Feist · ex 99 · Sacred Ground · Mercedes Lackey · ex Tor, 1994

Voyages Into Darkness ed. Gary S. Potter, uncredited (Bump in the Night Books, 1993, no ISBN, v+55pp, tp, an)     5 stories by Stephen Laws and Mark Morris issued by a specialist book dealer. Printing limited to 350 copies signed by the authors and artist Frank X. Smith. iv · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 1 · Introduction · Gary S. Potter · in 3 · Pot Luck · Stephen Laws · vi 6 · The Secret · Stephen Laws · ss British Fantasy Convention Souvenir Programme, 1989 18 · Guilty Party · Stephen Laws · ss Fear #2, September/October 1988 31 · Warts and All · Mark Morris · ss Fear #23, November 1990 46 · The Fertilizer Man · Mark Morris · ss Darklands ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1991

Walk in Dread ed. Dorothy M. Tomlinson, uncredited (Hutchinson, 1970, 319pp, hc, an)     Abridged from A Century of Ghost Stories; see also Let’s Talk of Graves. Published in USA by Taplinger, 1972, as by Dorothy Tomlinson. 9 · The Saint and the Vicar · Cecil Binney · ss 50 Years of Ghost Stories, Hutchinson, 1935 20 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 36 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 60 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited. 102 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 136 · Eveline’s Visitant · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1867 148 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv The Strand Magazine June 1903 189 · Expiation · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1923 208 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 219 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908 237 · The Library Window · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1896 284 · The Dream Woman · W. Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 311 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891

Waltz with a Rogue (Zebra, March 2005, 0-8217-7761-0, $4.99, 254pp, pb, oa)     Regency Romances. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · The Highwayman Came Waltzing · Kathleen Baldwin · na 99 · The Rebel and the Rogue · Mona Gedney · na 183 · Dance with Me · Lisa Noeli · na

The WarCraft Archive (Pocket, November 2006, 1-4165-2582-3, $14.95, ix+613pp, tp, om, cover by Glenn Rane) [Warcraft]     Omnibus of four novelizations based on the computer game: Day of the Dragon by Richard A. Knaak (2001), Lord of the Clans by Christie Golden (2001), The Last Guardian by Jeff Grubb (2002), and novella Of Blood and Honor by Chris Metzen (published 2000 as an ebook). Introduction by Metzen. Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment. vii · Introduction · Chris Metzen · in 1 · Day of the Dragon [Warcraft] · Richard A. Knaak · n. Pocket, 2001 233 · Lord of the Clans [Warcraft] · Christie Golden · n. Pocket, 2001 381 · The Last Guardian [Warcraft] · Jeff Grubb · n. Pocket, 2002 545 · Of Blood and Honor [Warcraft] · Chris Metzen · na 2000

The WarCraft Archive (SFBC, November 2006, #1226602, $14.99, 613+ixpp, hc, om, cover by Glenn Rane) [Warcraft]     Reprint (Pocket 2006) omnibus of four novelizations based on the computer game: WarCraft: Day of the Dragon by Richard A. Knaak (2001), Lord of the Clans by Christie Golden (2001), The Last Guardian by Jeff Grubb (2002), and novella Of Blood and Honor by Chris Metzen (published 2000 as an ebook). Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-8024-3, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

Warhammer 40,000: Defenders of Mankind--- see under Defenders of Mankind, Black Library US, 2015.

Warhammer 40,000: Hammer of the Emperor--- see under Hammer of the Emperor, Black Library, 2011.

Warhammer 40,000: Imperial Guard Omnibus, Volume 1--- see under Imperial Guard Omnibus: Volume One, Black Library, 2008.

Warhammer 40,000: Imperial Guard Omnibus: Volume One--- see under Imperial Guard Omnibus: Volume One, Black Library, 2008.

Warhammer 40,000: Legends of the Dark Millennium: Astra Militarum--- see under Astra Militarum, Black Library, 2015.

Warhammer 40,000: Legends of the Dark Millennium: Space Wolves--- see under Space Wolves, Black Library, 2016.

Warhammer 40,000: Legends of the Dark Millennium: The Tau Empire--- see under The Tau Empire, Black Library, 2016.

Warhammer 40,000: Legends of the Dark Millennium: Ultramarines--- see under Ultramarines, Black Library, 2015.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Battles: Damocles--- see under Damocles, Black Library, 2015.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Battles: Sanctus Reach--- see under Sanctus Reach, Black Library, 2015.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Battles: Shield of Baal--- see under Shield of Baal, Black Library, 2017.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Battles: The Plagues of Orath--- see under The Plagues of Orath, Black Library, 2016.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf: The Second Omnibus--- see under Space Wolf: The Second Omnibus by William King & Lee Lightner, Black Library, 2009.

Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Legacies of Betrayal--- see under Legacies of Betrayal, Black Library, 2014.

Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy Omnibus 1: Crusade’s End--- see under Crusade’s End, Black Library US, 2016.

Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy Omnibus 2: The Last Phoenix--- see under The Last Phoenix, Black Library, 2016.

Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: The Razing of Prospero--- see under The Razing of Prospero, Black Library, 2016.

Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: War Without End--- see under War Without End ed. Laurie Goulding, Black Library, 2016.

Warhammer: Age of Sigmar: Fyreslayers--- see under Fyreslayers, Black Library, 2016.