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Unusual Stories [v1 #1 Advance Issue, March 1934] (16pp, 6″ x 9″)

3 · When the Waker Sleeps · Cyril G. Wates · ss

Unusual Stories [v1 #1, May/June 1935] (10¢, 48pp, 5″ x 8″)

1 · Waning Moon · Robert A. Wait · nv

23 · A Résumé of Rays · Forrest J. Ackerman · pm

24 · The Jewels of Charlotte · Duane W. Rimel · ss

34 · “Allalieor” · Donald A. Wollheim · pm

35 · The Experiment · R. H. Barlow · ss

40 · Dawn-Shapes · Kenrad Leister · pm

41 · The White Gulls Cry · P. Schuyler Miller · ss

Unusual Stories [v1 #2, Winter 1935] (10¢, 50pp, 5″ x 8″)

49 · A Diamond Asteroid · Lowell Howard Morrow · iw; given as Part 1 but the magazine folded before any further parts were published.

75 · The Black Lotus · Robert Bloch · ss

86 · The River Dwellers · Lionel Dilbeck · ss

92 · The Two Doors · Theodore Pine · ss

98 · Derelict · Robert W. Lowndes · pm

The Urbanite (about)

Publishers:

Urban Legend Press; Davenport, IA: The Urbanite.

Editors:

Mark McLaughlin - Editor: The Urbanite.

The Urbanite [#1, 1991] ed. Mark McLaughlin (Urban Legend Press, $4.00, 32pp+, octavo, cover by Mark McLaughlin)

2 · Welcome to the City: An Introduction · Mark McLaughlin · in

3 · Sunshine Drugs Redieux · Barbara Toner · vi

7 · Shadow · Joy Golisch · pm

9 · Iyuwifatua? · Pamela Briggs · ss

13 · Esoteric Shopping · Joy Golisch · pm

14 · Funny Skies Over Troubled Cities—A Baseball Story · Skip Willits · vi

16 · Philadelphia Manscape · Joy Golisch · pm

17 · Drool Tool: The Meltdown Mix · Mark McLaughlin · ss

21 · Turning Point: Halloween Crisis · Joy Golisch · pm

24 · Self Portrait: Chapter 10 · Terri Willits · ex

The Urbanite [#2, 1992] ed. Mark McLaughlin (Urban Legend Press, $5.00, 36pp+, quarto, cover by Mark McLaughlin)

2 · Pass the Hors D’eouvres: An Introduction · Mark McLaughlin · in

3 · Playing With · M. R. Scofidio · ss

7 · Party of One · Pamela Briggs · ss

12 · Nude Descending Reality · Terri Willits · ss

16 · Big Shirt · Shawn Mlekush · pm

17 · The High Price of Vegetable Gardening · Barbara Toner · vi

19 · Venus Satisfaction · Mark McLaughlin · pm
a different version first appeared in The Raven #3 as “Miss Delicious”.

20 · The Laughing Man · James Ryan · ss

24 · Solar Powered Kittens · Joy Golisch · pm

25 · What Do You Say? · John Turner · vi

26 · Dorian’s Party · Gregory Norris · ss

The Urbanite [#3, 1993] ed. Mark McLaughlin (Urban Legend Press, $5.00, quarto, cover by Mark McLaughlin)

2 · Introduction · Mark McLaughlin · in

3 · I Have Never Seen the Stars So Bright · M. R. Scofidio · ss

5 · While She’s Away · Laura Apol Obbink · vi

6 · Olive Street · Diane Frank · pm

7 · The Seduction of Bathsheeba · Diane Frank · pm

8 · The Promise · Diane Frank · pm

9 · Wild Orchids · Diane Frank · pm

10 · If You Could See Her Now · Rachel Russell · ss

13 · Attempting Projection · Christina Eichman · vi

14 · The Skeptic · Hugh B. Cave · ss

18 · Vole Paws · Joy Golisch · vi

19 · As Above, So Below · Shawn Mlekush · vi

20 · Hat Dance · Terri Willits · ss

24 · The Art of Raising Guppies · Barbara Toner · ss

26 · The Little Black Book · Christina Eichman · ss

29 · Soft Bones, Hard Feelings & The Insekt Moste Effluvious · Mark McLaughlin · ss
substantially revised from “Hard Feelings”, UnReality #1.

33 · Xeroderma (And Its Tragic Effect on Modern Communities) · Charles M. Saplak · ss

39 · Protective Custody · John R. Turner · ss

43 · Myrna Loy and William Powell at the Pink Elephant · Wendi Lee · ss

45 · He’s Becoming My Father · Michelle Demers · pm

46 · New York Nightwalk · Kent Saleska · vi

47 · Touch Black · Pamela Briggs · ss

The Urbanite [#4, 1994] ed. Mark McLaughlin (Urban Legend Press, $5.00, 60pp+, quarto s/b, cover by Mark McLaughlin)

2 · Our No-/Two-/Four-/Six-Legged Friends · Mark McLaughlin · in

3 · Peepshow · Rhonda Eikamp · vi

5 · The Umbrella · Janet Fox · ss Tales as Like as Not Winter 1986

8 · God of the Lower Level · Charles M. Saplak · ss

12 · FiFi · Don Webb · pm

12 · Bobo · Don Webb · pm

12 · Curiosity · Don Webb · pm

13 · Lies · Scott Thomas · vi

15 · Pink Prophet · Joy Golisch · vi

18 · On the Charge My Dog Was the Marquis de Sade · Don Webb · vi

20 · Animal Crackers · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · vi

22 · The Shinbone Staff · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi

24 · Clockwatcher · Denise Dumars · pm

25 · The Boy in the Doorway · Jeffrey Thomas · vi

27 · What I Am Saying Now · Terri Willits · vi

30 · Recession · P. D. Cacek · ss

33 · Chitin · Scott H. Urban · ss

36 · Puss-Puss · Hugh B. Cave · ss

41 · Agatha Says · Mark McLaughlin · ss Tekeli-li! #4, Winter/Spring 1992

45 · Sonnet IV: The Cat in the Dutch Cap Comes Back · Marni Griffin · pm

46 · Cupboard Love · M. R. Scofidio · ss

50 · Searching for Sweet · Pamela Briggs · ss

59 · Contributor Notes · [uncredited] · bg

The Urbanite [#5, 1995] ed. Mark McLaughlin (Urban Legend Press, $5.00, 64pp+, quarto s/b, cover by Mark McLaughlin)
The Strange Relationships Issue. Includes insert “Tooth & Nail”, two stories by Pamela Briggs.

2 · Strange Relationships: Putting the ’Funk’ Back in ’Dysfunctional’ · Mark McLaughlin · ed

3 · The Bungalow House · Thomas Ligotti · nv

19 · Dispassionate Muse · Dominick Cancilla · ss

22 · Backstage · Charles M. Saplak · vi

24 · Cheese · Michael A. Arnzen · ss

29 · Dark Water · Lillian Csernica · ss

36 · Infestation · Pamela Briggs · ss

41 · The Empty Tomb · Melanie Tem · ss

48 · Into Every Life · Mary E. Spock · ss

52 · Family Affair · Jeanne Cavelos · vi

54 · Relations · Dale Hoover · ss

65 · He’s Becoming My Father · Michelle Demers · pm The Urbanite #3, 1993

66 · Woman Carrying Clouds & Sky · Christopher Woods · ss

69 · The Road to Hell · M. R. Scofidio · ss

74 · The Guts to Stay · Lawrence Schimel · ss

78 · On Reflection · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss

90 · Contributor Notes · [uncredited] · bg

ins. · Tooth & Nail: Two Stories · Pamela Briggs · co

2 · Lee’s Own · Pamela Briggs · ss 1993

8 · Touch Black · Pamela Briggs · ss The Urbanite #3, 1993

The Urbanite [#6, 1995] ed. Mark McLaughlin (Urban Legend Press, $5.00, 92pp+, quarto, cover by Mark McLaughlin)
Strange Fascinations.

2 · Introduction: Break Out the Bonbons · Mark McLaughlin · ed

3 · His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood [Cthulhu] · Poppy Z. Brite · ss Borderlands ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, November 1990

9 · Seat of Inspirations · P. D. Cacek · ss

14 · S.O.S. · Terri Willits · ss

17 · “In the Bleak Mid-Winter, Long Ago” · M. R. Scofidio · ss

20 · A Woman’s Scream · Jeffrey Thomas · ss

24 · Bedtime Story · Diana Kolpak · ss

27 · Goya 4: Saturn Eats His Children (The Serial Killer) · Rhonda Eikamp · pm

27 · taken up · Rhonda Eikamp · pm

28 · Nightly, in the bar · Rhonda Eikamp · pm

28 · Goya 3: They Preen Themselves · Rhonda Eikamp · pm

29 · The Numismatist · Charles M. Saplak · ss

33 · Forever Is a Long Long Time · Hugh B. Cave · ss

37 · Lightning Bugs · Scott Thomas · ss

42 · To Get to the Other Side · Robert Wm. Klein · vi

43 · The Third Alternative · Andy Cox · ss

46 · The Jestermorrow · Marge B. Simon · pm Midnight Zoo v3 #12, 1993

47 · To Marry Peters · Greg Bartholomew · ss

49 · The Outside World · Joel Lane · ss

52 · A Dream of Love Unwilling · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi The Year in Darkness #2 ed. Bucky Montgomery, Montgomery Publishing, 1991

52 · My Father’s Business · Thomas Wiloch · vi

53 · Vessel · Pamela Briggs · ss

58 · Hoar Isis · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss

The Urbanite [#7, 1996] ed. Mark McLaughlin (Urban Legend Press, $5.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Mark McLaughlin)
Strange Transformations.

2 · From the Cocoon · Mark McLaughlin · ed

4 · Piano Without Strings · Joel Lane · ss

8 · Visitors · Hertzan Chimera · vi

9 · Carving a Life · Lawrence Schimel · pm Once Upon a Midnight ed. Thomas E. Fuller, Michael N. Langford & Jame A. Riley, Unnameable Press, March 1995

10 · The Nature of Beauty · Nevenah Smith · pm

10 · Tree · Pamela Briggs · pm

11 · Showdown in Kitsch-Town · Dale L. Sproule · ss

13 · Last Train to Arnos Grove · M. R. Scofidio · ss

18 · See Monkey, Do Monkey · Lawrence Schimel · pm

18 · The Magnificent Transmogrification · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Magic Realism Summer 1993

19 · Rudy and Marta · Don Webb · ss

23 · Playclothes · Scott H. Urban · ss

29 · The Repossessor · Brandon W. Totman · pm

30 · A Word for Warmth · Rachel Russell · ss

36 · Names · Lawrence Schimel · pm

39 · Fish Story · Anne Miles · ss

42 · The Kiss of Alchemy · Wilum H. Pugmire · vi

43 · Face Lifter · Alexa deMonterice · ss

46 · The Soul Taker · Kim Padgett-Clarke · vi

47 · Anthony’s Breakfast · Pamela Briggs · pm

48 · Burn · Andy Cox · ss Psychotrope #1, March 1994

53 · Lunch with Janoscz, the Deconstruction Worker · Pamela Briggs · nv

69 · The Door Into You · Rhonda Eikamp · ss

74 · Contract Bridge · Joel Lane · ss

79 · Chrysalides · [uncredited] · bg

The Urbanite [#8, Spring 1997] ed. Mark McLaughlin (Urban Legend Press, $5.00, 64pp+, quarto, cover by Skip Willits)
Fabulous Creatures.

2 · Here Comes the Beast · Mark McLaughlin · ed

3 · The Last Child of Lir · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss

12 · Killing Time · Hugh B. Cave · ss

15 · The Swimmer · Kathleen Hellen · vi

16 · A Fish in Chocolate Cake · Pamela Briggs · ss

24 · There’s a New God in Town · Lisa Jean Bothell · ss

26 · The Cyber-Slut Is Tireless (O Fortuna) · Chi Chi Valenti · pm

27 · Walker · Hertzan Chimera · vi

29 · The Greatest Painter in the World · Terri Willits · ss

33 · Advice Unheeded · Myeki · pm

33 · The Big Surprise · Myeki · pm

33 · At the Monastery · Myeki · pm

34 · Underground Splendor · Myeki · pm

35 · Marginalia · Dawn Albright · vi

37 · Making Babies · Joel Lane · ss

40 · The Last Real Rat · Lois H. Gresh · vi

41 · Chunks · Wayne Edwards · pm

42 · Finally Fruit · Ray Vukcevich · ss

46 · Under Elysium · M. R. Scofidio · ss

49 · Folktale · Karyn Wergland · ss

52 · Persephone · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Aberrations #27, March 1995

64 · Nymphs & Satyrs · [uncredited] · bg

The Urbanite [#9, Fall 1997] ed. Mark McLaughlin (Urban Legend Press, $5.00, 52pp+, quarto, cover by Dan Wild)
Strange Places.

2 · From Barn to Boardroom · Mark McLaughlin · ed

3 · Used to Could · Pamela Briggs · ss

5 · The Chaos Engine · Hertzan Chimera · vi

6 · Antecessor at the Gate · Dan Clore · ss

9 · Creeper in the Shroud · Charles M. Saplak · ss

11 · Lucky Albumin · Lois H. Gresh · vi

12 · Generation Why · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss

15 · Total Reality · Hugh B. Cave · ss

18 · Old Eyes · Jeffrey Thomas · ss

20 · The Dream Reality · Thomas Wiloch · vi

21 · Imbroglio · Marni Scofidio Griffin · vi

22 · We All Seem to Worship · Thomas Wiloch · vi

23 · Cemetery Trash · Donna Taylor Burgess · pm Stygian Articles #10, Summer 1997

23 · The Water Truck · Donna Taylor Burgess · pm

23 · The Ice Nymphs · Donna Taylor Burgess · pm

24 · Zombie Danse · Wilum H. Pugmire · vi Black Lotus v1 #1, 1992

25 · Mrs. Van Donk · Basil Copper · ss Here Be Daemons by Basil Copper, Robert Hale, 1978

33 · The Flabby Men · Basil Copper · nv And Afterward, the Dark by Basil Copper, Arkham House, 1977

52 · The Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

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