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Rapunzel’s Revenge ed. Anne Claffey & Linda Kavanagh, uncredited (Attic Press, 1985, 0-946211-18-3, £3.50, 64pp, tp, oa)     First in the series “Fairytales for Feminists” which spoofs traditional fairy stories from a feminist and usually humorous stance. 5 · The Princesses’ Forum · Linda Kavanagh · ss 12 · Goldilocks Finds a Home · Sue Russell · ss 17 · Jack’s Mother and the Beanstalk · Elizabeth O’Driscoll · ss 21 · The Plastic Princess · Anne Claffey · ss 27 · All the Better to See You · Carol Lanigan · vi 30 · Little Ms Muffet · Wendy Shea · il 31 · Hi Ho, It’s Off to Strike We Go! · Mary Maher · ss 36 · Rapunzel’s Revenge · Anne Claffey, Roisin Conroy, Linda Kavanagh, Mary Paul Keane, Catherine MacConville & Sue Russell · ss 42 · The Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up to the Facts of Life · Carolyn Swift · ss 47 · Not So Little Red Riding Hood · Anne Sharpe · vi 50 · No White and the Seven Big Brothers · Joni Crone · ss 57 · Cinderella Re-Examined · Maeve Binchy · ss

Rastignac the Devil/Despoilers of the Golden Empire (Wildside Press, May 2010, 978-1-4344-1005-4, $14.95, 128pp, tp, an, cover by Catmando & Eugene Ivanov)     Anthology of two stories in double format: “Rastignac the Devil” by Philip José Farmer and “Despoilers of the Golden Empire” by Randall Garrett (originally published as by David Gordon). This is a print-on-demand edition. 3 · Rastignac the Devil [The Sturch] · Philip José Farmer · na Fantastic Universe May 1954 3 · Despoilers of the Golden Empire · Randall Garrett · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1959, as by David Gordon

The Raven and the Monkey’s Paw (Modern Library, September 1998, 0-375-75216-1, $12.00, 210pp, tp, an, cover by Caspar David Friedrich)     Horror anthology of 15 stories and eight poems. All the poems and eight stories are by Edgar Allen Poe; other authors include Edith Wharton, Saki, Charles Dickens, and W.W. Jacobs. v · A Note to the Reader · [uncredited] · pr · Edgar Allan Poe / Stories 3 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 33 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 42 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 59 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 72 · The Premature Burial · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Dollar Newspaper July 31 1844 85 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 90 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 98 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 · Edgar Allan Poe / Poems 115 · The Raven · Edgar Allan Poe · pm New York Evening Mirror January 29 1845 119 · Lenore · Edgar Allan Poe · pm The Pioneer February 1843 122 · Ulalume · Edgar Allan Poe · pm American Whig Review December 1847 125 · Annabel Lee · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tribune October 9 1849 127 · The Haunted Palace · Edgar Allan Poe · pm American Museum April 1839 129 · The Conqueror Worm · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine January 1843 131 · Spirits of the Dead · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tamerlane and Other Poems by A. Bostonian, Calvin F.S. Thomas, 1827, as “Visit of the Dead” · Stories 135 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 162 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 167 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 179 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904 185 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. 196 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891 201 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902

The Razing of Prospero (Black Library, June 2, 2016, 978-1-78496-185-5, £15.00, 1024pp, tp, an) [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy]     Details taken from online listing. · A Thousand Sons [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Graham McNeill · n. Black Library, March 4 2010 · Prospero Burns [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Dan Abnett · n. Black Library, January 2011 · Howl of the Hearthworld [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Aaron Dembski-Bowden · ss Death and Defiance, Black Library, 2014 · Rebirth [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Chris Wraight · nv Age of Darkness ed. Christian Dunn, Black Library, 2011 · Hunter’s Moon [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Guy Haley · ss Legacies of Betrayal, Black Library, 2014 first released as an audio drama (Black Library, 2014). · Thief of Revelations [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Graham McNeill · nv Black Library, November 2013

The Razing of Prospero (Black Library US, July 2016, 978-1-78496-186-2, $19.00, 846pp, tp, an) [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy]     Reprint (Black Library 2016) anthology/omnibus of four stories and two gaming tie-in novels in the series: Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: A Thousand Sons by Graham McNeill (2010) and Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Prospero Burns (2011). First US edition.

Readers’ Choice (Davis, 1990, ph, an)     Booklet given free to subscribers of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, four winners or runners-up for the EQMM Readers’ Choice Award. 4 · Introduction · Eleanor Sullivan · in 6 · Animals · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1985 23 · A Dirge for Clowntown [Fantasy and Fable] · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1989 40 · A Pleasure to Deal With · Ann Bayer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1987 45 · The Woman in the Wardrobe · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1987

A Reader’s Companion to the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings (BOMC/QPBC, January 2001, #339382, $2.98, 119pp, tp, nf, cover by David Levine) [Ref. J. R. R. Tolkien]     Reissue (BOMC 1995) non-fiction gathering of 12 articles on Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, by authors including Ursula K. Le Guin, Isaac Asimov, and C.S. Lewis. We apparently missed the first printing; no printing indicator is given for this edition, which was received through the SFBC.

The Realmgate Wars: War Storm: Age of Sigmar--- see under War Storm, Black Library, 2015.

Realms of Darkness ed. Mary Danby, uncredited (Chartwell Books, 1988, 1-55521-251-4, 663pp, hc, an)     An instant remainder volume abridged from the British edition edited by Mary Danby. This edition omits the last eleven stories. 11 · Introduction · Christopher Lee · in 15 · Denton’s Death · Martin Amis · ss Encounter 1976 20 · In the Slaughteryard · [uncredited] · ss The Adventures of the Adventurer’s Club, Gardner & Co., 1890 32 · The Dead Man of Varley Grange · Elizabeth Anna Hart, uncredited · ss 1878 44 · Footsteps Invisible · Robert Arthur · ss Argosy January 20 1940 56 · The Potter’s Art · Denys Val Baker · ss The Secret Place by Denys Val Baker, William Kimber, 1977 63 · The Thing in the Hall · E. F. Benson · nv The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 73 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891 77 · The Mannikin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1937 91 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943 101 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941 107 · The Crown Derby Plate · Marjorie Bowen · ss Grace Latouche and the Warringtons by Marjorie Bowen, Selwyn & Blount, 1931 117 · The Kite · Christianna Brand · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1968, as “King of the Air” 123 · Blind Man’s Hood · John Dickson Carr · ss The Sketch Christmas 1937, as by Carter Dickson 139 · The Door · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss Cold Terror by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Tandem, 1973 152 · The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933 169 · Blackberries · Roger Clarke · ss The Sixteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1983 180 · The Moon Web · Adrian Cole · ss The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1978 192 · The Horror of Abbot’s Grange · Frederick Cowles · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1936 206 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 230 · Pig · Roald Dahl · ss Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 247 · Robbie · Mary Danby · ss The Fifteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1982 261 · The Extra Passenger · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales January 1947, as by Stephen Grendon 268 · The Witch’s Bone · William Croft Dickinson · ss Dark Encounters by William Croft Dickinson, Harvill Press, 1963 277 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 299 · The Haunted Haven · A. E. Ellis · ss The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. Robert Aickman, Fontana, 1972 307 · The Sexton’s Adventure · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, uncredited. 313 · The Black Ferry · John Galt · ss The Club Book ed. Andrew Picken, Cochrane & Pickersgill, 1831, as “The Book of Life” 323 · Friends · Catherine Gleason · ss Frighteners 2 ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1976 335 · The Circus · Winston Graham · nv Winter’s Crimes 6 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1974 352 · Where the Woodbine Twineth · Davis Grubb · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1964, as “You Never Believe Me” 359 · Waking or Sleeping · Willis Hall · ss The Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1978 368 · Someone in the Lift · L. P. Hartley · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 373 · The Peculiar Case of Mrs. Grimmond · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1973 381 · The Trapdoor · C. D. Heriot · ss The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams, 1936 390 · The Day of Reckoning · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1974 403 · An Invitation to the Hunt · George Hitchcock · ss San Francisco Review March 1960 411 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar by Geoffrey Household, Chatto, 1938 428 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss The Knickerbocker October 1839 438 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury September 1930 450 · The Three Sisters · W. W. Jacobs · ss Night Watches by W. W. Jacobs, Hodder & Stoughton, 1914 457 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review February 1923; written to fill a miniature book in the library of Queen Mary’s doll house. 467 · The Yellow Cat · Michael Joseph · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1924 476 · The Reaper’s Image · Stephen King · ss Startling Mystery Stories Spring 1969 483 · Soldier Key [Brigadier Ffellowes] · Sterling E. Lanier · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1968 507 · The Sanguivites · Kay Leith · ss The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1975 518 · Hybrid · L. A. Lewis · nv Tales of the Grotesque by L. A. Lewis, Philip Allan, 1934 530 · The Black Druid · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales July 1930 537 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 548 · The Skeleton Hand · Agnes MacLeod · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine October 1894 554 · The Man from Glasgow · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham, Heinemann, 1947 revised from “Told in the Inn at Algeciras” (The Woman at Home, February 1905). 563 · The Hostelry · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French. 574 · The Phantom of the Lake · Edmund Mitchell · ss The Argosy (UK) June 1886 584 · The Thing in the Upper Room · Arthur Morrison · ss The Story-teller May 1910 592 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 597 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1931 608 · Peekaboo · Bill Pronzini · ss Nightmares ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1979 613 · The Black Lake · Tony Richards · ss Realms of Darkness ed. Mary Danby, Octopus, 1985 621 · The Red Turret · Flavia Richardson · ss Switch on the Light ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, Selwyn & Blount, 1931 629 · Intercom · Agnes Short · ss The After Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Hutchinson, 1980 639 · Examination Day · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy February 1958 643 · The Devil’s Ape · Barnard Stacey · ss The Evening Standard January 16 1933 649 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891

Realms of Tolkien: Images of Middle-Earth (HarperPrism, November 1996, 0-261-10344-X, $27.50, unpaginated, hc, pi, cover by Ted Nasmith)     Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) art book of 58 illustrations for the works of J.R.R. Tolkien by 20 artists from several nations. Each illustration is accompanied by appropriate excerpts from the text. Artist biographies and comments are also included. Artists include Alan Lee, John Howe, Ted Naismith, Michael Kaluta, and Cor Blok. This appears to be identical to the UK edition. First US edition.

Realms of Tolkien: Images of Middle-Earth (HarperCollins UK, October 6, 1997, 0-261-10345-8, £14.99, 138pp, lp, pi, cover by Ted Nasmith)     Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) art book of 58 illustrations for the works of J.R.R. Tolkien by 20 artists from several nations.

The Real Werewives of Vampire County (Kensington, November 2011, 978-0-7582-6158-8, $15.00, 359pp, tp, oa, cover by Ali Smith)     Original anthology of four paranormal romance stories. Authors are Alexandra Ivy, Angie Fox, Tami Dane, and Jess Haines. 1 · Where Darkness Lives · Alexandra Ivy · na 107 · Murder on Mysteria Lane · Angie Fox · na 193 · Werewolves in Chic Clothing · Tami Dane · na 283 · What’s Yours Is Mine · Jess Haines · na

The Real Werewives of Vampire County (Kensington/Zebra, September 2014, 978-1-4201-1976-3, $7.99, 392pp, pb, oa)     Reprint (Kensington 2011) anthology of four paranormal romance stories.

The Red Guerilla: Stories of Young Heroes of Boys & Girls (Fore Publications, September 1943, 6d, 20pp, 7¼″ x 9½″, oa) 2 · All’s Well! Love, George · [uncredited] · ts 2 · Julia Works for the Wounded · K. P. · ts 3 · The Nightingale · [uncredited] · ss; illustrated by R. W. 4 · How to Make a Simple Aquarium · A. J. Moore · ar 5 · These Children Have Their Own Theatres! · Joseph MacLeod · ar 5 · How Bob Won the B.E.M. · [uncredited] · ar 6 · Young Britons on the Food Front · [uncredited] · ar 6 · Limericks from Aberdeen · Various · pm _6 · There Was a Young Nazi from Berlin · Charles Knights · pm _6 · Said Hitler to Goering One Day · William Allan · pm _6 · R Is for Russia, an Ally of Ours · Alexena Anderson · pm 7 · War and Peace · Leo Tolstoy; adapted by M. S. · ex; illustrated by Taylor 9 · Poster Competition · [uncredited] · ms 10 · Children in the News · [uncredited] · ms 11 · Trophy · [uncredited] · ss 12 · Sergeant Cohen of Lampedusa · [uncredited] · ts 13 · History in Postage Stamps · J. Barry · ar 13 · Camping for Soviet Children · [uncredited] · ar 14 · Books to Read…Films to See · [uncredited] · rv 14 · Do You Know That… · [uncredited] · ar 15 · After School Hours · Beatrice King · ar 15 · Wingate V.C. · [uncredited] · ar 16 · Snowie & Snooty · Pooh · cs