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Tale of a One-Way Street by Joan Aiken (Puffin, August 1986, 0-14-031700-7, £1.95, 127pp, pb, co)     Reprint (Cape 1978) collection of fantasy stories, illustrated with color and b&w silhouettes by Jan Pienkowski. 11 · Tale of a One-Way Street · Joan Aiken · ss 27 · The Lions · Joan Aiken · ss 41 · Bridget’s Hat · Joan Aiken · ss Puffin Post 57 · The Goodbye Song · Joan Aiken · ss 71 · The Queen of the Moon · Joan Aiken · ss 85 · Clean Sheets · Joan Aiken · ss Puffin Post 95 · The Alarm Cock · Joan Aiken · ss 111 · The Tractor, the Duck and the Drum · Joan Aiken · ss

A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken (Gollancz, August 1979, 0-575-02667-7, £3.75, 191pp, hc, co) 7 · Lodgers · Joan Aiken · nv 30 · Mrs. Considine · Joan Aiken · ss The Windscreen Weepers by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1969 37 · The Sewanee Glide · Joan Aiken · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1979 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1979 52 · Listening · Joan Aiken · ss 66 · The Companion · Joan Aiken · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1978 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1978 75 · The Rented Swan · Joan Aiken · ss The Far Forests by Joan Aiken, Viking, 1977 92 · Jugged Hare · Joan Aiken · ss The Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1959 100 · A Game of Black and White · Joan Aiken · ss 113 · Time to Laugh · Joan Aiken · ss 125 · “He” · Joan Aiken · ss 135 · The Story about Caruso · Joan Aiken · ss Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973 141 · The Helper · Joan Aiken · ss 156 · Power-Cut · Joan Aiken · ss A Book of Contemporary Nightmares ed. Giles Gordon, Michael Joseph, 1977 168 · Who Goes Down This Dark Road? · Joan Aiken · ss 175 · A Train Full of War-Lords · Joan Aiken · ss The Windscreen Weepers by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1969

A Touch of Chill: Tales for Sleepless Nights (var. 1) by Joan Aiken (Delacorte Press, May 1980, 978-0-440-00007-5, $7.95, 183pp, hc, co)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · The Cat Flap and the Apple Pie · Joan Aiken · ss The Cat Flap and the Apple Pie and Other Funny Stories ed. Lance Salway, W.H. Allen, 1979 10 · “He” · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1979 20 · Time to Laugh · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1979 33 · Lodgers · Joan Aiken · nv A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1979 57 · Listening · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1979 71 · Sailors’ Legends · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) October 1961, as by Nicholas Dee 81 · A Game of Black and White · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1979 94 · Elephant’s Ear · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) February 1960 105 · The Sewanee Glide · Joan Aiken · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1979 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1979 120 · She Was Afraid of Upstairs · Joan Aiken · ss 130 · The Birthday Party · Joan Aiken · ss 141 · Mousework · Joan Aiken · ss The Windscreen Weepers by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1969 153 · A Long Way to Swim · Joan Aiken · ss 165 · Who Goes Down This Dark Road? · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1979 172 · Power Cut · Joan Aiken · ss A Book of Contemporary Nightmares ed. Giles Gordon, Michael Joseph, 1977

Up the Chimney Down and Other Stories by Joan Aiken (Harper & Row, November 1985, 0-06-020036-7, $11.95, 248pp, hc, oc)     Reprint (Cape 1984) collection of fantasy stories. Also available in a library edition, 0-06-020037-5, $11.89. 1 · The Last Chimney Cuckoo · Joan Aiken · nv 27 · Miss Hooting’s Legacy [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories ed. Jean Russell, Methuen, 1982 50 · The Gift Giving · Joan Aiken · ss Sixteen ed. Donald Gallo, Dell, 1984 66 · The Dog on the Roof · Joan Aiken · nv 96 · The Missing Heir · Joan Aiken · nv 118 · Up the Chimney Down · Joan Aiken · nv 149 · Christmas at Troy · Joan Aiken · nv 171 · The Midnight Rose · Joan Aiken · ss 191 · The Happiest Sheep in London · Joan Aiken · nv 212 · The Fire Dogs · Joan Aiken · ss 228 · Potter’s Gray · Joan Aiken · ss

A Whisper in the Night: Stories of Horror, Suspense, and Fantasy by Joan Aiken (Gollancz, May 1982, 0-575-03105-0, £5.95, 189pp, hc, co) 9 · Old Fillikin · Joan Aiken · ss Ghostly Encounters, 1981 20 · Miss Spitfire · Joan Aiken · ss 30 · She Was Afraid of Upstairs · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill (var. 1) by Joan Aiken, Delacorte, 1980 40 · The Birthday Party · Joan Aiken · ss A Touch of Chill (var. 1) by Joan Aiken, Delacorte, 1980 51 · The Black Cliffs · Joan Aiken · ss 71 · Finders Keepers · Joan Aiken · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1981 87 · The Hunchback of Brook Green · Joan Aiken · ss 105 · Mrs. Chatterbox · Joan Aiken · ss 121 · Sultan: A Friend · Joan Aiken · nv 143 · Hanging Matter · Joan Aiken · ss 151 · Picnic Area · Joan Aiken · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July 1982 164 · Merminster · Joan Aiken · ss 176 · The Swan Child · Joan Aiken · ss

A Whisper in the Night: Tales of Terror and Suspense (var. 1) by Joan Aiken (Delacorte, October 1984, 0-385-29344-5, $14.95, 203pp, hc, co)     Collection of 13 tales of horror and the supernatural. A collection with the same title appeared in England (Gollancz 1982; Fontana 1983), but half the stories are different. 1 · Lob’s Girl · Joan Aiken · ss 16 · Miss Spitfire · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1982 28 · Finders Keepers · Joan Aiken · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1981 46 · The Windowbox Waltz · Joan Aiken · nv Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 67 · The Swan Child · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1982 83 · Merminster · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1982 96 · Mrs. Chatterbox · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1982 113 · Two Races · Joan Aiken · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1982 132 · Old Fillikin · Joan Aiken · ss Ghostly Encounters, 1981 144 · Snow Horse · Joan Aiken · ss 156 · The Hunchback of Brook Green · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1982 175 · Homer’s Whistle · Joan Aiken · ss They Wait, and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1983 191 · The Last Specimen · Joan Aiken · ss

The Windscreen Weepers and Other Stories of Horror and Suspense by Joan Aiken (Gollancz, 1969, 0-575-00189-5, 30/-, 256pp, hc, co)     Also revised as The Green Flash and Other Tales of Horror, Suspense and Fantasy (Holt 1971). 9 · Marmalade Wine · Joan Aiken · ss Suspense (UK) September 1958 17 · Belle of the Ball · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) May 1958 26 · Mrs. Considine · Joan Aiken · ss 33 · Follow My Fancy · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) January 1956 44 · Dead Language Master · Joan Aiken · ss The First Panther Book of Horror ed. Anthony Rampton, Panther, 1965 53 · A Train Full of War-Lords · Joan Aiken · ss 69 · As Gay as Cheese · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) December 1956 75 · Cricket · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) September 1956 79 · Elephant’s Ear · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) February 1960 90 · The Green Flash · Joan Aiken · ss 105 · Island Wedding · Joan Aiken · ss 117 · Minette · Joan Aiken · ss 126 · Mousework · Joan Aiken · ss 138 · The Dreamers · Joan Aiken · ss Suspense (UK) April 1960 144 · Jugged Hare · Joan Aiken · ss The Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1959 152 · Summer by the Sea · Joan Aiken · ss 160 · Sailors’ Legends · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) October 1961, as by Nicholas Dee 170 · Socksy Boy · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) February 1961 183 · Pride of the Circle Y · Joan Aiken · ss 197 · Searching for Summer · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) September 1958 207 · Smell · Joan Aiken · ss 218 · A View of the Heath · Joan Aiken · ss 229 · The Davenport Ballroom · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) October 1960, as by Nicholas Dee 243 · The Windscreen Weepers · Joan Aiken · ss

The Winter Sleepwalker and Other Stories by Joan Aiken (Red Fox, November 2, 1995, 0-09-949641-0, £2.99, 96pp, pb, oc, cover by Quentin Blake)     Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1994) young-adult fantasy collection of eight original stories. 1 · Over the Cloudy Mountains · Joan Aiken · ss 19 · Blazing Shadows · Joan Aiken · ss 31 · Melusina · Joan Aiken · ss 43 · A Basket of Water · Joan Aiken · ss 52 · The Liquorice Tree · Joan Aiken · ss 65 · Furious Hill · Joan Aiken · ss 73 · The Winter Sleepwalker · Joan Aiken · ss 87 · Catch a Falling World · Joan Aiken · ss

Authors’ Choice 2 ed. Joan Aiken--- see under Anon..

The Blackness Within ed. Gill Ainsworth (Apex Publications, September 2010, 978-0-9845535-2-5, $16.95, 194pp, tp, oa, cover by Stanley Morrison)     Original anthology of 14 horror stories about the “new” God for the 21st century: Moccus, a savagely brutal Celtic fertility god. Authors include S. Clayton Rhodes, Lucas Pederson, and Steven L. Shrewsbury. A print-on-demand edition. vii · The New God, The New Order · Gill Ainsworth · in · Part 1: The Apostiles 1 · Secrets of Fatima · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 16 · Without Mercy · Lucas Pederson · ss 30 · The Messiah of Mincemeat · S. Clayton Rhodes · ss 40 · Dreaming · Brenton Tomlinson · ss · Part 2: The Life 55 · Daughter of God · Maxwell Peterson · ss 64 · The Free Poor · Mark Grundy · nv 89 · Bad Meat · Michael Keyton · ss 99 · Chain of Hearts · Eric Gregory · ss 113 · Big Game · Conrad Zero · ss 126 · Dance of the Psychopomps · Joshua McCune · ss 145 · Song-Ji and the Wolf · Paul Williams · ss 154 · For They Are As Beasts · Camille Alexa · ss 164 · Abattoir Blues · Geoffrey W. Cole · ss · Part 4: The Food 182 · The Holy Meal · Moccus Meats hlc · ms; recipes. 187 · Acknowledgments · Gill Ainsworth · ms 188 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Descended from Darkness: Apex Magazine Vol. I ed. Gill Ainsworth & Jason Sizemore (Apex Publications, November 2009, 978-0-9788676-9-0, $18.95, 286pp, tp, an, cover: Machinery of the Stars by Vitaly S. Alexius)     Contains 24 stories published in Apex Magazine from January 1, 2008 through June 30th, 2009. Also known as The Book of Apex: Volume 1 of Apex Magazine. Details taken from online listing. · Biographies · [uncredited] · ms 1 · Post Apocalypse · James Walton Langolf · ss Apex Online January 1 2008 9 · These Days · Katherine Sparrow · ss Apex Online July 13 2008 23 · In the Seams · Andrew C. Porter · ss Apex Online July 28 2008 40 · The Nature of Blood · George Mann · ss Apex Online August 11 2008 59 · Scenting the Dark · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Apex Online August 25 2008 70 · The Limb Knitter · Steven Francis Murphy · ss Apex Online September 8 2008 88 · Empty Spaces · Nathan Rosen · ss Apex Online October 2 2008, as “I Know an Old Lady” 90 · Blakenjel · Lavie Tidhar · ss Apex Online October 2 2008 107 · Behold: Skowt! · Jason Heller · ss Apex Online November 2 2008 113 · Shaded Streams Run Clearest · Geoffrey W. Cole · ss Apex Online November 4 2008 117 · Plebiscite AV3X · Jason Fischer · ss Apex Online November 4 2008 120 · A Splash of Color · William T. Vandemark · ss Apex Online November 2 2008 130 · Organ Nell · Jennifer Pelland · ss Apex Online December 2 2008 138 · A Night at the Empire · Joy Marchand · ss Apex Online December 2 2008 151 · Starter House · Jason Palmer · ss Apex Online January 3 2009 166 · On the Shadow Side of the Beast · Ruth Nestvold · ss Apex Online January 3 2009 178 · Cai and Her Ten Thousand Husbands · Gord Sellar · ss Apex Online February 3 2009 191 · Dark Planet · Lavie Tidhar · ss Apex Online February 3 2009 206 · The Puma · Theodora Goss · ss Apex Online March 3 2009 223 · The Mind of a Pig · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Apex Online March 3 2009 233 · Hindsight, in Neon · Jamie Todd Rubin · ss Apex Online April 7 2009, as “The Last Science Fiction Writer” 238 · Waiting for Jakie · Barbara Krasnoff · ss Apex Online April 7 2009 245 · Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens · Peter M. Ball · ss Apex Online May 5 2009 264 · Hideki and the Gnomes [Hideki] · Mark Lee Pearson · ss Apex Online May 5 2009

Hit Parade of Mystery Stories ed. Norma Ruedi Ainsworth (Scholastic Book Services, 1963, T502, 188pp, pb, an) 1 · “?” · Sister Paschala, O.P. · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1962 13 · The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch March 14 1923, as “The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls” 37 · Death Had a Voice [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s June 26 1948 57 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891 96 · The Day the Children Vanished · Hugh Pentecost · nv This Week April 20 1958 (+2), as “The Children Vanished” 141 · The Case of the White Elephant [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine August 1936, as “The White Elephant” 171 · The Unique Guinea · Stephen Barr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1959 179 · The Dilemma of Grampa Dubois · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss The American Magazine 1952

The Last Bullet and Other Western Stories ed. Norma Ruedi Ainsworth (Scholastic, 1965, pb, an)     Lon Tinkle, consultant. · Maverick in the Bunkhouse · Verne Athanas · ss Argosy September 1952 · Water Hog · Raymond Boyle · ss 1946 · The Long Trail Drive · Edward Carr · ss 1959 · The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv McClure’s Magazine February 1898 · The Maverick Branded Murder · J. Frank Dobie · ss 1941 · The Missing Chord · O. Henry · ss The Century Magazine June 1904 · The Elk Tooth Dress · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss 1957 · The Last Bullet · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s December 10 1938 · Palomino · Bud Murphy · ss 1945 · Way of the Law in Calico · John B. Prescott · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 5 1956, as “The Landlady’s Daughter”