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The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, August 13, 1998, 1-85487-533-7, £6.99, x+566pp, tp, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1998) anthology of 27 stories, five original. Authors include Yolen, Belloc & Rosemary Sutcliff.

The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, May 24, 2001, 1-84119-080-2, £6.99, xii+528pp, tp, oa, cover by Julek Heller & Pete Rozycki)     Original/reprint anthology of 32 humorous stories. Authors include David Langford, Esther Friesner, Tom Holt, Craig Shaw Gardner, Michael G. Coney, Fredric Brown, and John Cleese with a sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus. xi · Another Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Happy Valley · John Cleese & Connie Booth · ss The Brand New Monty Python Book, 1973 based on a sketch on Monty Python. 13 · Attack of the Charlie Chaplins · Garry Kilworth · ss New Worlds ed. David Garnett, White Wolf, 1997 24 · Mother Duck Strikes Again [Ebenezum & Wuntvor] · Craig Shaw Gardner · ex from An Excess of Enchantments, Ace, 1988 35 · The Blackbird · Jack Sharkey · ss Fantastic Science Fiction Stories September 1959 52 · Pale Assassin · James Bibby · nv 76 · The Strawhouse Pavilion [Max Kearny] · Ron Goulart · ss Coven 13 #3, January 1970 90 · A Bevy of Beasts 90 · Dragonet · Esther M. Friesner · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories January 1986 96 · The Diplodocus · Porter Emerson Browne · ss The New Broadway Magazine August 1908 110 · Nothing in the Rules [Squaredeal Sam McGhee] · Nelson S. Bond · ss The Blue Book Magazine August 1943 124 · Bad Day on Mount Olympus · Marilyn Todd · ss 137 · A Bunch of Fiends 137 · How Much Would You Pay? · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss 147 · The Devil Times Three · Fredric Brown · gp (r) _147 · Nasty · Fredric Brown · vi Playboy April 1959 _149 · Rope Trick · Fredric Brown · vi Adam May 1959 _150 · The Ring of Hans Carvel · Fredric Brown · vi Nightmares and Geezenstacks by Fredric Brown, Bantam, 1961 retold and somewhat modernized from the works of Rabelais. 152 · Fair-Weather Fiend [Kedrigern] · John Morressy · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1991 175 · A Pair of Oddities 175 · The Byrds · Michael G. Coney · ss Changes ed. Michael Bishop & Ian Watson, Ace, 1983 190 · Polly Put the Mockers On · Stan Nicholls · nv 211 · A Trove of Oldies 211 · Ferdie · F. Anstey · ss The Strand Magazine December 1907 234 · The Queen’s Triplets · Israel Zangwill · ss The Idler December 1892 247 · Crispin the Turnspit · Anthony Armstrong · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1930 258 · A Halo of Angels 258 · Touched by a Salesman · Tom Holt · ss 277 · Math Takes a Holiday · Paul Di Filippo · nv 304 · Broadway Barbarian · Cherith Baldry · ss [Ref. Damon Runyon] 315 · The Winds of Fate · Tony Rath · nv 337 · Not Ours to See · David Langford · ss The Fortune Teller ed. Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1997 344 · The Caliber of the Sword · Larry Lawrence · ss published in the e-zine, Fantasy, Folklore and Fairytales, Sept 1999. 353 · A Recursion of Fairy Tales 353 · Gunsel and Gretel · Esther Friesner · nv 391 · Frog · Tina Rath · ss 398 · The Swords and the Stones · E. K. Grant · ss 413 · A Touch of the Impossibles 413 · A Case of Four Fingers · John Grant · nv 435 · The Absolute and Utter Impossibility of the Facts in the Case of the Vanishing of Henning Vok (a.k.a. The Amazing Blitzen) (r.n. Jack Ralph Cole) · Jack Adrian · ss New Crimes 3 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1991 443 · Milord Sir Smiht, the English Wizard [Dr. Eszterhazy] · Avram Davidson · nv The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy by Avram Davidson, Warner, 1975 473 · “Put Back That Universe!” [Smedley Faversham] · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2000 490 · You’ll Never Walk Alone · Scott Edelman · nv

The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, June 9, 2001, 0-7867-0867-0, $11.95, 528pp, tp, oa, cover by Julek Heller)     Reprint (Robinson 2001) anthology of 32 humorous fantasy stories, 13 original. Authors include James Bibby, Esther Friesner, and Tom Holt. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of Black Magic ed. Mike Ashley (Running Press, July 2013, 978-0-7624-4815-9, $13.95, xii+500pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Robinson 2004 as The Mammoth Book of Sorcerer’s Tales) anthology of 23 stories. This edition was published in the UK as The Mammoth Book of Dark Magic.

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, April 30, 1998, 1-85487-530-2, £6.99, xvi+524pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 35 humorous fantasy stories, including originals by James Bibby, Peter Cannon, Louise Cooper, Neil Gaiman, Anne Gay, Tom Holt, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, and Amy Myers. xiii · Still Crazy After All These Years · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Peregrine: Alflandia [Peregrine] · Avram Davidson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1973 24 · Pizza to Go · Tom Holt · ss 39 · A Malady of Magicks [Ebenezum & Wuntvor] · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss Fantastic Stories October 1978 56 · Golden Apples of the Sun · Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann & Michael Swanwick · nv The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 11 ed. Arthur W. Saha, DAW, 1985 expanded from “Virgin Territory” (Penthouse, March 1984). 75 · Death Swatch · Esther Friesner · nv Castle Fantastic ed. John DeChancie & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996 99 · Press Ann · Terry Bisson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1991 108 · Troll Bridge [Discworld] · Terry Pratchett · ss After the King ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, 1992 119 · The Toll Bridge · Harvey Jacobs · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1988 131 · Alaska [Kedrigern] · John Morressy · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1989 161 · The Cat with Two Tails · Terry Jones · ss Fantastic Stories by Terry Jones, Pavilion Books, 1992 166 · A Bunch of Fairy Tales 166 · The Warlock’s Daughter · Anthony Armstrong · ss The Strand Magazine January 1938 177 · The Glass Slip-Up · Louise Cooper · ss 197 · The Distressing Damsel · David Langford · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic July 1984 [Ref. The Brothers Grimm] 214 · A Pair of Lovecraftians 214 · Tender Is the Night-Gaunt · Peter Cannon · ss 227 · Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar [Cthulhu] · Neil Gaiman · ss 239 · A Cocoon of Oldies 239 · Looking-Glass Land [Alice] · Lewis Carroll · ex from Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Macmillan, 1871 247 · The Story of the Four Little Children · Edward Lear · ss Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets by Edward Lear, 1870 256 · The Disadvantages of Mind · James F. Sullivan · ss The Strand Magazine November 1895 265 · A Quiver of Spooks 265 · The Return of Max Kearny [Max Kearny] · Ron Goulart · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1981 288 · The Unpleasantness at the Baloney Club · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss 296 · A Fortnight of Miracles · Randall Garrett · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination February 1965 346 · Aphrodite’s New Temple [Aphrodite] · Amy Myers · ss; a sequel to “Aphrodite’s Trojan Horse” (1996). 361 · The Fifty-First Dragon · Heywood Broun · ss New-York Tribune April 13 1919 370 · The Boscombe Walters Story · Robert Rankin · ex from A Dog Called Demolition, Doubleday UK, 1996 377 · Fall’n Into the Sear [Ronan] · James A. Bibby · nv 400 · The Cunning Plan · Anne Gay · ss 414 · War of the Doom Zombies · Richard A. Lupoff · ss Fantastic Stories June 1971, as by Ova Hamlet 426 · The Tale of the Seventeenth Eunuch · Jane Yolen · ss Aladdin ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1992 435 · An Eye for an Eye, A Tooth for a Tooth · Lawrence Schimel · ss Young Blood ed. Mike Baker, Zebra, 1994 439 · Queen of the Green Sun · Jack Sharkey · ss Fantastic May 1959 453 · Wu-Ling’s Folly [Mad Amos Malone] · Alan Dean Foster · nv Fantasy Book August 1982 475 · Mebodes’ Fly [Clever Rolf] · Harry Turtledove · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1992 487 · The Return of Mad Santa · Al Sarrantonio · ss Fantasy Book February 1982 503 · Ruella in Love [Queen Ruella] · Molly Brown · ss Interzone #76, October 1993 517 · Been a Long, Long Time · R. A. Lafferty · ss Fantastic December 1970; further copyrighted 1998.

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, June 1998, 0-7867-0533-7, $10.95, 524pp, tp, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Reprint (Robinson 1998) anthology of 35 humorous fantasy stories, eight original. Authors include James Bibby, Peter Cannon, Louise Cooper, and Neil Gaiman. First American edition (Robinson/Raven 4/98).

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (SFBC, June 1998, #17365, $11.98, 524pp, hc, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Reprint (Robinson 1998) anthology of 35 humorous fantasy stories, eight original. This is similar to the Carroll & Graf trade paperback edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, December 1999, 0-7867-0694-5, $10.95, xiv+494pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Robinson 1999 as The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy) anthology of 34 humorous fantasy stories, seven original, several revised for this edition. Authors include Gene Wolfe, Esther Friesner, and Tom Holt. First American edition.

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II ed. Mike Ashley (SFBC, January 2000, #06812, $11.98, xiv+494pp, hc, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Reprint (Robinson 1999 as The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy) anthology. This SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0714-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy: Fourth All-New Collection ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, July 28, 2005, 1-84529-157-3, £7.99, 844pp, tp, oa, cover by Julek Heller)     Original anthology of 32 humorous fantasy stories, the fourth such anthology and the second with this title. Simultaneous with the US Carroll & Graf edition titled The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy. 1 · The Wonders to Behold · Mike Ashley · in 3 · Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire · Neil Gaiman · nv Gothic! ed. Deborah Noyes, Candlewick Press, 2004 17 · The Blue Magnolia · Tony Ballantyne · ss The Third Alternative #22, 2000 27 · Colquitt’s High-Energy Trousers · Steven Pirie · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #7, June/July 2003 36 · A Drama of Dragons [Ebenezum & Wuntvor] · Craig Shaw Gardner · nv Dragons of Light ed. Orson Scott Card, Ace, 1980 54 · Pest Control · Adam Roberts · ss 65 · Wrong Planet · Tom Holt · ss 88 · Return of the Warrior · Laird Long · ss 98 · Christmas Games · David Langford · ss Christmas Forever ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 1993 110 · Stephen Skarridge’s Christmas · Frank R. Stockton · ss Scribner’s Monthly January 1872 126 · Sing a Song of Sixpence [Jack B. Goode] · Robert Loy · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1999 140 · The Kaluza-Klein Caper · Damien Broderick · nv originally published in a different form as part of the novel Striped Holes (Avon, 1988). 171 · Shoes · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2002 178 · The Day We Played Mars [Engelbrecht the Dwarf] · Maurice Richardson · ss Lilliput March 1949 185 · Fowl Play · Steve Redwood · ss 197 · The Deaths of Robin Hood · Rhys Hughes · ss Redsine #8, April 2002, as “Robin Hood’s New Mother”; slightly revised. 213 · Bad Timing · Molly Brown · ss Interzone #54, December 1991 232 · Sweet, Savage Sorcerer · Esther Friesner · ss Amazing Stories January 1990 239 · The Power and the Gory · James Bibby · nv 263 · The Strange Affair of Mr Corpusty · Anthony Armstrong · ss The Prince Who Hiccuped and Other Tales by Anthony Armstrong, Ernest Benn, 1932 275 · The Great Wish Syndicate · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Jack and the Check Book by John Kendrick Bangs, Harper, 1911 289 · Fractal Paisleys · Paul Di Filippo · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1992 326 · Almost Heaven · Tom Gerencer · ss Realms of Fantasy October 2004, as “Almost (But Not Quite) Heaven” 331 · A Rude Awakening · Gail-Nina Anderson · ss 337 · Spoiled Rotten [Victor] · Grey Rollins · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 1993 364 · The Birth of A.I. · Cynthia Ward · ss XOddity #3, May 1998, as “The Birth of Artificial Intelligence” 366 · Stakes and Adders · Marilyn Todd · ss 387 · The Sea Serpent Syndicate [Billy Martin; Jimmy Raines] · Everard Jack Appleton · ss The Popular Magazine December 1904 399 · Yo Ho Hoka! [Hokas] · Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 430 · The Mirrors of Moggropple · John Morressy · gp (r) _430 · The Crystal of Caracodissa [Kedrigern] · John Morressy · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1982 _440 · Mirror, Mirror, Off the Wall [Kedrigern] · John Morressy · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1988 467 · I Married a Robot [Maggie & Ben] · Ron Goulart · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 1999 491 · Mrs. Wilson and the Black Arts of Mrs. Beelzebub from Number Six · Steven Pirie · ss 501 · Sooner or Later or Never Never [Crispin Mobey] · Gary Jennings · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1972 535 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Mammoth Book of Dark Magic ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, April 2013, 978-1-78033-991-7, £7.99, 500pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Reprint (Robinson 2004 as The Mammoth Book of Sorcerers’ Tales) anthology of 23 stories about wizards.

The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, November 2007, 978-1-84529-630-8, £7.99, xi+496pp, tp, oa, cover by Gustave Doré)     Original anthology of 22 stories set in the world of various Dickens novels. ix · Dickensian Crimes · Mike Ashley · in 1 · The Marshalsea Handicap · Gillian Linscott · ss 18 · The Three-legged Cat of Great Clatterden · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · nv 42 · Murder in Murray’s Court · David Stuart Davies · ss 59 · The Leaping Lover · Kage Baker · nv 83 · The End of Little Nell · Robert Barnard · ss 94 · Encounter in the Dark · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · nv 126 · The Lord No Zoo · Deirdre Counihan · nv 155 · The Bartered Child · Charles Todd · nv 180 · The Little Christian · Rebecca Tope · nv 205 · The Fiery Devil · Peter Tremayne · nv 226 · The Divine Nature · Kate Ellis · nv 250 · I Encounter an Old Friend and a New Mystery · Derek Wilson · nv 274 · Awaiting the Dawn · Marilyn Todd · nv 301 · The Letter · Joan Lock · ss 320 · Not Cricket · Judith Cutler · ss 338 · Tom Wasp and the Swell Mob [Tom Wasp] · Amy Myers · nv 364 · Miss Havisham’s Revenge · Alanna Knight · nv adapted and extensively revised from a chapter in Estella (Macmillan, 1986). 389 · The Prints of the Beast · Michael Pearce · ss 408 · The Mystery of Canute Villa · Martin Edwards · nv 432 · Watchful Unto Death · Hilary Bonner · nv 455 · The Tidal · Michael Ryan · nv 479 · The Thorn of Anxiety · Edward Marston · ss

The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, September 12, 2002, 1-84119-505-7, £6.99, xv+496pp, tp, oa, cover by James Goodall)     Associational anthology of 19 stories (1 is a reprint). ix · The Sands of Crime · Mike Ashley · fw xiii · Introduction · Elizabeth Peters · in 1 · Set in Stone · Deirdre Counihan · nv 23 · Serpent at the Feast · Claire Griffen · ss 40 · The Sorrow of Senusert the Mighty · Keith Taylor · nv 79 · The Execration · Noreen Doyle · nv 105 · No-name · R. H. Stewart · nv 135 · “Or You Can Drink the Wine…?” [Amerotke] · Paul C. Doherty · nv 165 · Murder in the Land of Wawat [Lt. Bak] · Lauren Haney · ss 182 · The Locked Tomb Mystery · Elizabeth Peters · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989 199 · Heretic’s Dagger [Lord Meren] · Lynda S. Robinson · nv 228 · Scorpion’s Kiss [Huy the Scribe] · Anton Gill · nv 253 · Claws of the Wind · Suzanne Frank · ss 272 · The Weighing of the Heart · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · na 337 · Chosen of the Nile [Herodotus] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · nv 358 · The Justice of Isis · Gillian Bradshaw · nv 386 · The Wings of Isis · Marilyn Todd · nv 410 · Bringing the Foot · Kate Ellis · nv 432 · Unrolling the Dead · Ian Morson · nv 466 · Heart Scarab · Gillian Linscott · nv 487 · Made in Egypt [Mamur Zapt] · Michael Pearce · ss

The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, October 2002, 0-7867-1065-9, $11.95, 496pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Robinson 2002) anthology of 19 mysteries set in historial Egypt. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy: To the Ultimate Limit ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, June 26, 2008, 978-1-84529-806-7, £7.99, 562pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 24 stories based on speculative ideas taken to their extremes. Authors include Andy Duncan, Orson Scott Card, R.A. Lafferty, and A.A. Attanasio. 1 · Beyond the Impossible · Mike Ashley · in 5 · Senator Bilbo · Andy Duncan · ss Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001 23 · Sandmagic [Mithermages] · Orson Scott Card · nv Swords Against Darkness IV ed. Andrew J. Offutt, Zebra, 1979 43 · Dream a Little Dream for Me… · Peter Crowther · nv Perchance to Dream ed. Denise Little, DAW, 2000 71 · Lost Wax · Leah Bobet · ss Realms of Fantasy December 2006 81 · Save a Place in the Lifeboat for Me · Howard Waldrop · nv Nickelodeon #2, 1976 107 · I Am Bonaro · John Niendorff · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination December 1964 113 · The Old House Under the Snow · Rhys Hughes · nv Postscripts #2, Summer 2004 149 · The Banquet of the Lords of Night · Liz Williams · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2002 161 · Charlie the Purple Giraffe Was Acting Strangely · David D. Levine · ss Realms of Fantasy June 2004 171 · Master Lao and the Flying Horror · Lawrence Person · nv Postscripts #4, Summer 2005 205 · Using It and Losing It · Jonathan Lethem · ss Journal Wired #3, Summer/Fall 1990 215 · The All-at-Once Man [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1970 237 · Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani · William Hope Hodgson · ss Nash’s Illustrated Weekly September 20 1919, as “The Baumoff Explosive” 257 · Boatman’s Holiday · Jeffrey Ford · ss Book of Voices ed. Michael Butscher, Flame Books, 2005 275 · The Detweiler Boy · Tom Reamy · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1977 317 · The Fence at the End of the World · Melissa Mia Hall · ss Realms of Fantasy August 2002 325 · Elric at the End of Time [Elric] · Michael Moorcock · nv Elsewhere ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981 373 · Cup and Table · Tim Pratt · ss Twenty Epics ed. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, All-Star Stories, 2006 391 · I, Haruspex · Christopher Priest · nv The Third Alternative #16, 1998 435 · Radio Waves · Michael Swanwick · nv Omni Winter 1995 461 · Tower of Babylon · Ted Chiang · nv Omni November 1990 491 · Jack Neck and the Worrybird · Paul Di Filippo · nv Science Fiction Age July 1998 513 · The Dark One · A. A. Attanasio · nv Crank! #4, Fall 1994 541 · A Ring of Green Fire · Sean McMullen · ss Interzone #89, November 1994

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy: To the Ultimate Limit ed. Mike Ashley (Running Press, August 2008, 978-0-7624-3383-4, $13.95, 562pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Reprint (Robinson 2008) fantasy anthology of 24 stories. Authors include Andy Duncan, Liz Williams, and Ted Chiang. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, May 9, 2006, 0-7867-1727-0, $13.95, 562pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 19 SF stories, three original; new stories by Stephen Baxter, Jerry Oltion, and Robert Reed. Simultaneous with the UK (Robinson) edition. ix · Extreme Science Fiction · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Anomalies · Gregory Benford · ss Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 13 · …And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon · Paul Di Filippo · na Sci Fiction November 19 2003 32 · Crucifixion Variations · Lawrence Person · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1998 52 · The Pacific Mystery · Stephen Baxter · nv 74 · Flowers from Alice · Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross · nv New Voices in Science Fiction ed. Mike Resnick, DAW, 2003 89 · Merlin’s Gun [Merlin] · Alastair Reynolds · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 2000 123 · Death in the Promised Land · Pat Cadigan · na Omni Online March 1995 184 · The Long Chase · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2002 197 · Waterworld · Stephen L. Gillett & Jerry Oltion · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 1994, as by Lee Goodloe & Jerry Oltion 239 · Hoop-of-Benzene [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · nv 268 · The New Humans · B. Vallance · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1909 295 · The Creator · Clifford D. Simak · nv Marvel Tales March/April 1935 322 · The Girl Had Guts · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Venture Science Fiction January 1957 346 · The Region Between [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Harlan Ellison · na Galaxy Science Fiction March 1970; revised. 393 · The Days of Solomon Gursky · Ian McDonald · na Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1998 451 · Wang’s Carpets · Greg Egan · nv New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin Greenberg, Legend, 1995 485 · Undone · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2001 515 · Judgment Engine · Greg Bear · nv Far Futures ed. Gregory Benford, Tor, 1995 551 · Stuffing · Jerry Oltion · ss

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, June 22, 2006, 1-84529-307-X, £7.99, x+562pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     SF anthology of 19 stories based on speculative ideas taken to their extremes. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Graf) edition.

The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, August 14, 1997, 1-85487-508-6, £6.99, xii+628pp, tp, an, cover by Frederick Goodall)     Anthology of 56 fairy stories (three original) published over the last 300 years. xi · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in; subtitled “Tales of Wonder and Adventure” on contents page. 1 · A Bag of Poetry · Lawrence Schimel · ss 4 · Beauty and the Beast · Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont · ss The Young Misses Magazine by Madame Leprince de Beaumont, London, 1761 translated from the French (Magasin des Enfants, 1757). 18 · The Bells of Carrillon-Land · Edith Nesbit · ss The Magic World by E. Nesbit, 1912; given as “The Bells of Carillion-Land” in the Table of Contents. 34 · The Birthday Battle · Louise Cooper · ss 49 · Blue Roses · Netta Syrett · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1903 60 · The Boy Who Plaited Manes · Nancy Springer · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1986 74 · The Castle · George MacDonald · ss Adela Cathcart by George MacDonald, Hurst & Blackett, 1864 88 · Cinderella or, The Little Glass Slipper · Charles Perrault · ss (r) translated from the French (“Cendrillon, ou la petite pantoufle de verre”, Histoires ou Contes du temps passé, Paris, 1697). 96 · The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany, George Allen & Sons, 1908 113 · The Cloak of Friendship · Laurence Housman · ss The Cloak of Friendship by Laurence Housman, John Murray, 1905 123 · The Cotton-Wool Princess · Luigi Capuana · ss Once Upon a Time by Luigi Capuana, 1892 translated from the Italian. 133 · The Drawing School · J. Muñez Escomez · ss Fairy Tales from Spain by J. Muñez Escomez, 1913 138 · The Dutch Cheese · Walter de la Mare · ss The Lady’s Realm May 1908 145 · The Elves · Ludwig Tieck · nv Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, Vol. 3, Simpkin, Marshall, 1823, as “Elfin-Land”, uncredited. translated from the German (“The Elves”, 1811). 165 · The Enchanted Watch · Charles Deulin · ss The Green Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1892 translated from the French. 170 · The Enchanted Whistle · Alexandre Dumas · ss The Strand Magazine May 1891; dated 1840s. translated from the French (“Le Sifflet Enchanté”, Contes pour les Grands et les Petits Enfants, Méline, Cans et Cie., 1859). 177 · The Fairy Gift · Charlotte Brontë · ss The Strand Magazine December 1918, as “The Four Wishes” 188 · The Forest Fairy · Lord Brabourne · ss Stories for My Children by Lord Brabourne, 1869 201 · The Forest of Dreams · Lawrence Schimel · vi Galaxy March/April 1994, as “Atmospheric Conditions” 204 · The Girl Who Loved the Wind · Jane Yolen · ss Thomas Y. Crowell, 1972; seemingly originally published as a juvenile book. 209 · The Glass Dog · L. Frank Baum · ss American Fairy Tales by Frank L. Baum, George M. Hill, 1901 218 · The Green Bird · Laurence Housman · ss What O’Clock Tales by Laurence Housman, Basil Blackwell, 1932 226 · The Happy Prince · Oscar Wilde · ss The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde, David Nutt, 1888 236 · How Wry-Face Played a Trick on One-Eye · Agnes Grozier Herbertson · ss Cap o’Yellow and Other Stories for Children by Agnes Grozier Herbertson, Hodder & Stoughton, 1908 243 · Jack and the Beanstalk · [uncredited] · ss 1807 253 · The Knave and the Fool · Juliana H. Ewing · ss Aunt Judy’s Magazine June 1872, as “Knave and Fool” 260 · Little Red Riding Hood · Laura Valentine · ss The Old, Old Fairy Tales ed. Mrs. Valentine, Frederick Warne, 1890 271 · Little Snowdrop; or, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs · The Brothers Grimm · ss (r) translated from the German (“Schneeweißchen”, Kinder und Hausmärchen, 1812). 281 · The Mad-Hatter’s Tea Party [Alice] · Lewis Carroll · ex from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Macmillan, 1865 289 · The Mistreated Fellow · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Fantasy Macabre #9, 1987 293 · Mother-of-All · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss 307 · The Necklace of Tears · Mrs. Egerton Eastwick · ss The Strand Magazine December 1896 318 · The Night the Stars Were Gone · Joan Aiken · ss Faithless Lollybird and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1977 327 · Old Pipes and the Dryad · Frank R. Stockton · ss St. Nicholas June 1885 345 · The Pied Piper of Hamelin · Charles Marelles · ss (r) 352 · The Pot of Gold · Horace E. Scudder · ss 1887 360 · Princess Crystal; or, the Hidden Treasure · Isabel Bellerby · ss The Strand Magazine February 1896 367 · Princess Sansu · Tanith Lee · ss Princess Hynchatti & Some Other Surprises by Tanith Lee, Macmillan UK, 1972 378 · The Rat That Could Speak · Charles Dickens · ss from The Uncommercial Traveller, Chapman & Hall, 1860 384 · Rumpelstiltskin · The Brothers Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823 translated from the German (“Rumpelstilzchen”, Kinder und Hausmärchen, 1812). 388 · The Seekers · H. E. Bates · ss John & Edward Bumpus, 1926; originally published as a small booklet. 402 · The Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple · Edward Lear · ss Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets by Edward Lear, 1870 412 · The Seven Ravens · Ludwig Bechstein · ss (r) translated from the German (Deutsches Märchenbuch, Leipzig, 1845). 417 · Sleeping Beauty · Charles Perrault · ss (r), as “The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood” translated from the French (“La Belle au Bois Dormant”, Mercure Galant, 1696). 427 · The Snow Queen · Hans Christian Andersen · nv (r) translated from the Danish (“Snedronningen”, Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samling, C.A. Reitzel, 1844). 456 · The Story of Nick · Christina Rossetti · ss 1857 463 · The Three Bears · Sarah Baker · ss Aunt Friendly’s Nursery Keepsake by Aunt Friendly (Sarah Baker), Frederick Warne, 1870 471 · The Three Goats Named Bruse; or, The Three Billy-Goats Gruff · Peter Asbjörnsen & Jørgen Moe · vi (r) 473 · The Three Tasks · Geraldine Elliot · ss The Hunter’s Cave by Geraldine Elliot, 1951 486 · The Touchstone · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Longman’s Magazine September 1895 493 · Touk’s House · Robin McKinley · nv Faery! ed. Terri Windling, Ace, 1985 517 · The Tree’s Wife · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1978 523 · The Ugly Duckling · Hans Christian Andersen · ss (r) translated from the Danish (“Den grimme ælling”, Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Første Samling, C.A. Reitzel, 1843). 532 · The Ugly Unicorn · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Faeries ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Roc, 1991 544 · The Unhappy Princess · Richard Cowper · ss Cheap Street, November 1982 562 · The White Cat · Marie-Cathérine d’Aulnoy; translated by Laura Valentine · nv The Old, Old Fairy Tales ed. Mrs. Valentine, Frederick Warne, 1890; slightly revised ed by Laura Valentine from 1698 original. translated from the French (Contes Nouvelles ou les Fées à la Mode, 1698). 599 · For those who want to know more · Mike Ashley · ms titled “Appendix: (etc)”, on the contents page.

The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, October 1997, 0-7867-0475-6, $10.95, 628pp, tp, an, cover by Frederick Goodall)     Reprint (Robinson 1997) anthology of 56 stories, three original. Authors include Walter de la Mare, Lewis Carroll, Louise Cooper, and Nancy Springer. First American edition.

The Mammoth Book of Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, September 27, 2001, 1-84119-374-7, £6.99, xii+500pp, tp, an, cover by John Howe)     Anthology of 23 stories, one an original by Louise Cooper. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock, A. Merritt, and James P. Blaylock. xi · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 2001 1 · The Wall Around the World · Theodore R. Cogswell · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953 30 · Darkrose and Diamond [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1999 61 · The Valley of the Worm [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales February 1934 85 · The Golden Key · George MacDonald · nv Dealings with the Fairies by George MacDonald, Arthur Strahan, 1867 114 · The Hoard of the Gibbelins · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sketch January 25 1911 119 · The Last Hieroglyph [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales April 1935 137 · The Sorcerer Pharesm [Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966 163 · King Yvorian’s Wager · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Weird Tales Winter 1989/1990 182 · The Howling Tower [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown June 1941 198 · Kings in Darkness [Elric] · Michael Moorcock & James Cawthorn · nv Science Fantasy #54, 1962, as by Michael Moorcock 230 · The Bells of Shoredan [Dilvish] · Roger Zelazny · ss Fantastic March 1966 249 · A Hero at the Gates [Cyrion] · Tanith Lee · ss Shayol #3, Summer 1979 265 · Lady of the Skulls · Patricia A. McKillip · ss Strange Dreams ed. Stephen R. Donaldson, Bantam Spectra, 1993 277 · The Sunlight on the Water · Louise Cooper · ss 291 · Paladin of the Lost Hour · Harlan Ellison · nv Universe 15 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1985 316 · Yesterday Was Monday · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Unknown June 1941 336 · Pixel Pixies · Charles de Lint · nv Triskell Press, 1999; first published as a chapbook by Triskell Press. 363 · The Moon Pool [Walter Goodwin] · A. Merritt · na All-Story Weekly June 22 1918 408 · The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule [Griaule] · Lucius Shepard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1984 439 · Nets of Silver and Gold · James P. Blaylock · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1984 457 · The Phantasma of Q------- · Lisa Goldstein · ss Ms. March/April 1998, as “The Fantasma of Q____” 471 · Audience · Jack Womack · ss The Horns of Elfland ed. Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman & Donald G. Keller, Roc, 1997 484 · The Edge of the World · Michael Swanwick · ss Full Spectrum 2 ed. Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout & Patrick LoBrutto, Doubleday Foundation, 1989

The Mammoth Book of Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, November 2001, 0-7867-0917-0, $11.95, 500pp, tp, an, cover by John Howe)     Reprint (Robinson 2001) anthology of 23 fantasy stories, one original. Authors include Louise Cooper, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tanith Lee, and Robert E. Howard. First American edition.

The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak: Classic and New Stories from the Age of Fighting Sail ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, July 26, 2001, 1-84119-279-1, £6.99, xx+492pp, tp, oa, cover by John Groves)     Anthology of 22 historical war stories (14 original). Authors include Bulmer, Hodgson, Guy N. Smith, Peter Tremayne. and F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre. xi · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr xiii · Introduction · David Donachie · in 1 · Deadly Transit · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · nv 25 · Nelson: First Blood · David Donachie · ex from On a Making Tide, Orion, 2001 43 · Special Duties · Derek Wilson · nv 69 · Fountains of Resolve · Keith Taylor · na 117 · Davy Jones’s Locker · Harriet Hudson · ss 137 · The Friendship of Monsieur Jeynois · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine August 2 1915 160 · The Burning Deck · Peter T. Garratt · nv 187 · Casabianca · Felicia Dorothea Hemans · pm The Monthly Magazine August 1826 190 · The Trap [George Abercrombie Fox] · Kenneth Bulmer · ex from Fox: Treasure, as by Adam Hardy, New English Library, 1973, as by Adam Hardy 217 · The Revenge · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Privateersman, 1846 240 · The Night Attack [Nathaniel Drinkwater] · Richard Woodman · nv 268 · King George’s Free Traders · M. B. Warriss · ss 283 · The Deserter · Guy N. Smith · ss 295 · Nelson Expects · Nigel Brown · ss 315 · The Knight Errant · Richard Butler · ss 333 · The Revenge of the Gunner’s Daughter · Peter Tremayne · nv 356 · The Gauntlet [Nick Penrose] · Jane Jackson · nv 378 · Hornblower and His Majesty [Horatio Hornblower] · C. S. Forester · ss Collier’s March 23 1940 394 · Gunfire off Makapuu · Jacland Marmur · nv The Blue Book Magazine April 1942 436 · The Guns of the Ghost [Jack Gallant] · Charles Partington · nv 466 · The Last Engagement · John Frizell · ss 478 · Goodbye to His Master [Brigadier Gerard] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine May 1903, as “How Etienne Gerard Said Good-bye to His Master”

The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, August 18, 2011, 978-1-84901-435-9, £7.99, x+467pp, tp, oa, cover by Joe Roberts)     Original crime anthology. ix · Return to the Crime Scene · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Archimedes and the Scientific Method · Tom Holt · nv 24 · Something to Do with Diana [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv 60 · Eyes of the Icon · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · nv 99 · Night of the Snow Wolf [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 137 · Jettisoned · Deirdre Counihan · nv 183 · A Fiery Death [Niccolo Zuliani] · Ian Morson · nv 217 · Hide and Seek · Tony Pollard · nv 252 · The Fourth Quadrant · Dorothy Lumley · nv 291 · Brodie and the Regrettable Incident · Anne Perry · nv Murder, They Wrote II ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books, 1998, as “Brodie and the Regrettable Incident of the French Ambassador” 326 · Forty Morgan Silver Dollars [Tonneman Family] · Maan Meyers · na 386 · Trafalgar [Inspector Ian Rutledge] · Charles Todd (ghost written by Caroline Todd) · nv 423 · Dead of Winter · Richard A. Lupoff · nv

The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (Running Press, September 2011, 978-0-7624-4267-6, $13.95, 467pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Robinson 2011) twelve stories (eleven original, one reprint) set from Bronze-Age Britain to Medieval Venice to 1930s New York. 1st US Edition.

The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, July 11, 1995, 1-85487-406-3, £5.99, xii+532pp, tp, an)     Anthology of from all over the world and all historical periods including Brother Cadfael, Brother Athelstan, Decius Metellus and Sister Frevisse as well as some newcomers including detective Hans Christian Anderson’s first case. xi · The Second Book of Chronicles · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Part I: The Ancient World 3 · Death in the Dawntime · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss 24 · Judgement of Daniel · [uncredited] · ss (r) 28 · Death Wears a Mask [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1992 52 · The King of Sacrifices [SPQR] · John Maddox Roberts · ss 70 · The Three Travellers · R. L. Stevens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1976 79 · The Case of the Murdered Senator [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · nv The London Mystery Magazine #6, 1950 103 · A Mithraic Mystery [John the Eunuch] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · ss 120 · Abbey Sinister [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 147 · The Two Beggars [Judge Dee] · Robert van Gulik · ss Judge Dee at Work by Robert van Gulik, Heinemann, 1967 165 · Part II: The Middle Ages 167 · The Investigation of Things · Charles Ardai · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1991 192 · The Midwife’s Tale [Dame Frevisse] · Margaret Frazer (by Gail Frazer & Mary Monica Pulver) · nv 217 · The Duchess and the Doll · Edith Pargeter · ar The Uncertain Element ed. Kay Dick, Jarrolds, 1950 237 · Ordeal by Fire [Father Hugh] · Mary Monica Pulver · ss 246 · The Chapman and the Tree of Doom [Roger the Chapman] · Kate Sedley · nv 269 · Part III: The Age of Discovery 271 · The Murder of Innocence · P. C. Doherty · nv 295 · Cassandra’s Castle; or, The Devious Disappearances [William Shakespeare, Detective] · J. F. Peirce · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1975 309 · Man’s Inherited Death [George Man] · Keith Heller · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1987 324 · The Curse of the Connecticut Clock [Captain Jeremy Cork] · S. S. Rafferty · nv Fatal Flourishes by S. S. Rafferty, Avon, 1979 348 · The Scent of Murder [The Great “Detectives”] · Theodore Mathieson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1958, as “Captain Cook: Detective” 358 · The Inn of the Black Crow · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Red Magazine October 1 1915 372 · The Spirit of the ’76 [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1977 387 · Part IV: Regency and Gaslight 389 · Deadly Will and Testament [Harrison Hull] · Ron Burns · ss 402 · The God of the Hills [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Country Gentleman September 1927 418 · The Admiral’s Lady · Joan Aiken · ss 428 · The Eye of Shiva · Peter MacAlan · ss 447 · The Trail of the Bells [Ben Snow] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1985 461 · Murdering Mr Boodle [Auguste Didier] · Amy Myers · nv 485 · Part V: Holmes and Beyond 487 · The Phantom Pistol · Jack Adrian · ss Felonious Assaults ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy, 1989 498 · The Adventure of the Frightened Governess [Solar Pons] · Basil Copper · nv The Further Adventures of Solar Pons (var. 1) by Basil Copper, Academy Chicago, 1987 restored from the unauthorised version in The Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons (Pinnacle, 1980).

The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, October 11, 1993, 1-85487-229-X, £5.99, 522pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 23 historical mysteries, with a foreword by Ellis Peters and an afterword by Arthur Griffiths. xiii · The Chronicles of Crime · Mike Ashley · in xviii · Foreword · Ellis Peters · fw 1 · Part I: The Ancient World 3 · The Locked Tomb Mystery · Elizabeth Peters · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989 16 · The Thief Versus King Rhampsinitus · Herodotus; translated by George Rawlinson · ex from The History of Herodotus, John Murray, 1858 translated from the Greek. 20 · Socrates Solves a Murder [Socrates] · Brèni James · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1954 28 · Mightier Than the Sword [SPQR] · John Maddox Roberts · ss 44 · The Treasury Thefts · Wallace Nichols · gp (r) _44 · The Case of the Empress’s Jewels [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · nv The London Mystery Magazine #3, 1950 _71 · The Treasury Thefts [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · nv The London Mystery Magazine #4, 1950 99 · A Byzantine Mystery [John the Eunuch] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · ss 106 · He Came with the Rain [Judge Dee] · Robert van Gulik · nv Judge Dee at Work by Robert van Gulik, Heinemann, 1967 130 · The High King’s Sword [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 157 · Part II: The Middle Ages 159 · The Price of Light [Brother Cadfael] · Ellis Peters · nv Winter’s Crimes 11 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1979 178 · The Confession of Brother Athelstan · Paul Harding · nv 204 · The Witch’s Tale · Margaret Frazer (by Gail Frazer & Mary Monica Pulver) · ss 221 · Father Hugh and the Deadly Scythe [Father Hugh] · Mary Monica Pulver · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1990 230 · Leonardo Da Vinci, Detective [The Great “Detectives”] · Theodore Mathieson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1959 243 · A Sad and Bloody Hour · Joe Gores · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1965 259 · Part III: Regency and Gaslight 261 · The Christmas Masque [Captain Jeremy Cork] · S. S. Rafferty · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1976 286 · Murder Lock’d In [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1 1980 300 · Captain Nash and the Wroth Inheritance · Raymond Butler · n. Harwood-Smart Publishing, 1975 404 · The Doomdorf Mystery [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 18 1914 415 · Murder in the Rue Royale [C. Auguste Dupin] · Michael Harrison · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1968 431 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950 455 · The Golden Nugget Poker Game [Ben Snow] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1987, as “Poker Game at the Golden Nugget” 469 · Part IV: Holmes and Beyond 471 · The Case of the Deptford Horror [Sherlock Holmes] · Adrian Conan Doyle · nv Collier’s September 18 1953, as “The Adventure of the Deptford Horror” 489 · Five Rings in Reno · R. L. Stevens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1976 504 · Afterword: Old-Time Detection · Arthur Griffiths · ar Cassell’s Magazine April 1902 514 · The Chroniclers of Crime · Mike Ashley · bi

The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, November 1993, 0-7867-0024-6, $9.95, 522pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Robinson 1993) anthology of 23 historical mysteries, with a foreword by Ellis Peters and an afterword by Arthur Griffiths. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, August 30, 2001, 1-84119-373-9, £6.99, 500pp, tp, oa, cover by Joe Roberts)     Associational anthology of 14 original stories and one reprint (by Steve Saylor). Authors include Michael Kurland, Keith Taylor, Cherith Baldry, and Peter Tremayne. 1 · Past Crimes · Mike Ashley · in 3 · Poppy and the Poisoned Cake [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1998 27 · Blind Justice [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus] · Michael Kurland · nv 50 · A Payment to the Gods [Libertus] · Rosemary Rowe · ss 68 · The Last Legion · Richard Butler · nv 97 · And All That He Calls Family [John the Eunuch] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · ss 115 · Death of an Icon [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 139 · King Hereafter · Philip Gooden · nv 162 · The Death Toll · Susanna Gregory · ss 179 · The Isle of Saints · Kate Ellis · nv 204 · A Perfect Crime · Derek Wilson · nv 228 · On Wings of Love · Carol Anne Davis · ss 237 · A Lion Rampant [Friar Gregory] · Jean Davidson · nv 258 · The Amorous Armourer [Sir Baldwin Furnshill] · Michael Jecks · nv 281 · Benefit of Clergy [Sir John Mandeville] · Keith Taylor · ss 297 · The Pilgrim’s Tale [Geoffrey Chaucer] · Cherith Baldry · ss 313 · And What Can They Show, or What Reasons Give? · Mat Coward · ss 331 · Heretical Murder [Bishop Pecock] · Margaret Frazer (by Gail Frazer) · nv 359 · A Moon for Columbus · Edward D. Hoch · ss 370 · House of the Moon [Don Alessandro Orsini] · Claire Griffen · nv 393 · Flibbertigibbet · Paul Finch · na 453 · The Vasty Deep · Peter T. Garratt · nv 478 · A Taste for Burning · Marilyn Todd · nv

The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, June 2005, 1-84529-004-6, £7.99, xi+564pp, tp, oa, cover by Joe Roberts)     Associational anthology of 15 original stories and 11 reprints. vii · Three Thousand Years of Crime · Mike Ashley · in 1 · His Master’s Servant · Philip Boast · nv 28 · Death in the Desert · Jean Davidson · ss 47 · The Judgment of the Gods · Robert Reginald · nv 72 · The Oracle of Amun [Herodotus] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · ss 91 · Cupid’s Arrow [Claudia Seferius] · Marilyn Todd · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2003 114 · The Spiteful Shadow [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 136 · Catherine and the Sibyl [Catherine LeVendeur] · Sharan Newman · ss 153 · The Jester and the Mathematician [Fools’ Guild] · Alan Gordon · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2000 178 · The Duke’s Tale [Geoffrey Chaucer] · Cherith Baldry · ss 197 · Sea of Darkness · Sarah A. Hoyt · ss 215 · The Stone-Worker’s Tale [Dame Frevisse] · Margaret Frazer (by Gail Frazer) · nv 235 · The Witching Hour · Martin Edwards · nv 256 · The Dutchman and the Wrongful Heir [Tonneman Family] · Maan Meyers · nv 298 · If Serpents Envious [Joseph Fisher] · Clayton Emery · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1998 325 · The Uninvited Guest [Alexander Swift] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1996 345 · Benjamin’s Trap [Benjamin Franklin] · Richard W. Moquist · ss The Franklin Mysteries by Richard W. Moquist, Northwest, 1994 365 · The Serpent’s Back [Cullender] · Ian Rankin · nv Midwinter Mysteries 5 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1995 386 · Botanist at Bay · Edward Marston · ss 406 · The Living and the Dead · Judith Cutler · ss 423 · Footprints [Jasper Shrig] · Jeffery Farnol · ss Britannia and Eve May 1929 439 · The Tenth Commandment [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 2 1912 452 · Murder in Old Manhattan · Frank Bonham · ss The Blue Book Magazine January 1946 471 · The Abolitionist · Lynda S. Robinson · nv 503 · Poisoned with Politeness [Thomas Ludlow; Harry Leather] · Gillian Linscott · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 1997 523 · Threads of Scarlet · Claire Griffen · nv 545 · The Gentleman on the Titanic · John Lutz · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1999

The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, July 14, 2006, 0786717300, $13.95, x+498pp, tp, oa)     Subtitled “24 Murder Mysteries from the Age of Gunpowder, Treason and Plot” with tales set against the backdrops of such events as Guy Fawkes’s Gunpowder Plot, the English civil war, and the early British colonization of America. Simultaneous with the UK (Robinson) edition. ix · Gunpowder, Treason and Plot · Mike Ashley · in 1 · The King’s First Achievement [Ursula Blanchard] · Fiona Buckley · nv 27 · The Duke of York [Sir Robert Carey] · P. F. Chisholm · ss 51 · The Tower’s Man · Michael Jecks · ss 68 · A Disobedient Daughter · Jean Davidson · ss 84 · Murder Unauthorized · Amy Myers · ss 101 · Ice Sailor · Laird Long · ss 116 · Satan in the Star Chamber [Hardy Drew] · Peter Tremayne · ss 140 · Green Tarts · Deryn Lake · ss 164 · “O, Poisonous Weed!” · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · nv 192 · A Dead Man’s Wish · John T. Aquino · ss 209 · Perfect Alibi · Philip Boast · ss 231 · The Restless Dead · Martin Edwards · ss 247 · A Taste for Ducking · Marilyn Todd · ss 268 · Death Knows No Compromise · Derek Wilson · nv 294 · A House Divided · Judith Cutler · ss 308 · Two Sides · Mike Stotter · ss 325 · The Palatable Truth · Carol Anne Davis · ss 330 · The Comedy That Became a Tragedy [Nell Gwyn] · F. Frankfort Moore · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1899 346 · The Dumb Bell · Kate Ellis · ss 359 · The Curious Contents of a Coffin · Susanna Gregory · ss 384 · The Dutchman and the Madagascar Pirates [Tonneman Family] · Maan Meyers · nv 414 · Tom of Ten Thousand [Christopher Redmayne] · Edward Marston · ss 432 · The Philadelphia Slaughterman · Ian Morson · nv 459 · To Walk on Thorny Paths · Paul Finch · ss

The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, July 26, 2006, 978-1-84529-303-1, £7.99, x+498pp, tp, oa, cover by Laslett John Pott)     Anthology of tales set against the backdrops of such events as Guy Fawkes’s Gunpowder Plot, the English civil war, and the early British colonization of America. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Graf) edition.

The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, September 2000, 1-84119-129-9, £6.99, 529pp, tp, oa, cover: [photo] by Ken Leeder)     Anthology of 27 mystery stories, 15 of them original. vii · Foreword · David Renwick · fw xi · Hey, Presto! · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Waiting for Godstow · Martin Edwards · ss 19 · The Odour of Sanctity · Kate Ellis · ss 36 · A Traveller’s Tale · Margaret Frazer (by Gail Frazer) · nv 58 · The Silver Curtain [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine August 1939, as by Carter Dickson 75 · The Stolen Saint Simon · Michael Kurland · nv 98 · The Problem of the Crowded Cemetery [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1995 117 · Death Rides the Elevator · Lois H. Gresh & Robert Weinberg · ss 134 · The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lynne Wood & Lawrence Block · nv Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Summer/Fall 1997 156 · No Way Out [“Slot Machine” Kelly] · Michael Collins · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1964, as by Dennis Lynds 170 · Off the Face of the Earth [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 196 · Murder Strips Off · Amy Myers · ss 215 · Out of His Head · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · ex Carleton, 1862 228 · The Doomdorf Mystery [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 18 1914 241 · The Adventure of the Jacobean House [Christopher Race] · C. N. & A. M. Williamson · ss The Strand Magazine September 1907 268 · The Motor Boat [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 9 1906, as “Problem of the Motor Boat” 285 · Murder in the Air · Peter Tremayne · nv 306 · The Pulp Connection [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1979, as “The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps” 324 · Stag Night [Claudia Seferius] · Marilyn Todd · nv 349 · Mr. Strang Accepts a Challenge [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1976 367 · The Legs That Walked [Insp. Ganesh Ghote] · H. R. F. Keating · ss 380 · The Next Big Thing · Peter T. Garratt · nv 402 · The Second Drug [Chase & Delacroix] · Richard A. Lupoff · nv 429 · Ice Elation · Susanna Gregory · nv 453 · The Mystery of the Taxi-Cab · Howel Evans · ss The Novel Magazine 1922 472 · Heartstopper · Frank M. Robinson · ss 483 · Blind Eyes · Edward Marston · nv 504 · The Amorous Corpse · Peter Lovesey · ss 520 · Afterword: Impossible Crimes: A Brief History · Mike Ashley · aw

The Mammoth Book of Men O’War ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, September 30, 1999, 1-84119-060-8, £6.99, xvi+496pp, tp, an, cover by Geoff Hunt)     Anthology of 18 “Stories from the Glory Days of Sail” (the late 18th and early 19th centuries), including 7 originals (one by Walter Jon Williams) and an excerpt from a “Fox” novel by Ken Bulmer. x · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in xii · Foreword · Alexander Kent · fw 1 · The Steeple Rock [Nathaniel Drinkwater] · Richard Woodman · nv 41 · Siege of Toulon [Sidney Smith] · Showell Styles · ex from Path to Glory, Faber and Faber, 1952 65 · Billy Budd · Herman Melville · na Billy Budd & Other Prose Pieces by Herman Melville, Constable and Company, 1924 147 · The Rescue [George Abercrombie Fox] · Kenneth Bulmer · ex from Siege, as by Adam Hardy, New English Library, 1973, as by Adam Hardy 156 · A Midshipman at Copenhagen · John Finlayson · nv from 19th century unpublished memoirs. 177 · The Battle of Elephant Bay · Richard Butler · ss 197 · The China Fleet · Patrick O’Brian · ex from H. M S. Surprise, Collier’s 1973 244 · The Enemy Within · Jane Jackson · ss 263 · The Victory · John Frizell · ss 278 · A Murderous Conflict · Frederick Marryat · ex from Mr. Midshipman Easy, Saunders & Otley, 1836 288 · Hornblower’s Charitable Offering [Horatio Hornblower] · C. S. Forester · ss Argosy January 18 1941, as “The Bad Samaritan” 301 · The Escape Agents · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · gp (r) _302 · The First Fifty-Four [Escape Agents] · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1906 _320 · The Yellow Galley-Full [Escape Agents] · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1906 _340 · The Pirate [Escape Agents] · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1906 358 · The Commander’s Wife · Harriet Hudson · ss 375 · Davy Jones and the Yankee Privateer · Michael Scott · sl from “Tom Cringle’s Log”, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 1829 390 · The Nantucket Sleigh-Ride · Peter Garratt · nv; given as by Peter T. Garratt in the Table of Contents. 420 · Dawn’s Early Light · Kenneth B. Atkinson · ss Argosy October 14 1939 437 · The Last Battle · Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommanney, K.C.B.; edited by Walter Wood · ar The Royal Magazine April 1905, as “Navarino: The Last Battle Between Sailing Ships”; given as by Walter Wood. 450 · The Stolen Command · Walter Jon Williams · nv 491 · Checklist of Sea Stories of the Period 1790-1820 · Mike Ashley · bi; given as “Appendix: A Guide to Sea Stories of the Period 1790-1820” in the Table of Contents.

The Mammoth Book of Merlin ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, September 24, 2009, 978-1-84901-111-2, £7.99, 512pp, tp, an)     Fantasy anthology of 24 stories, revised from The Merlin Chronicles (Raven, 1995). This drops one story (“The Purpose of Merlin” by Colin Fry) and adds three stories (by Diana L. Paxson, Mike Ashley & Michael Swanwick). Details taken from online listing. ix · Dramatis Personae: A Guide to Arthurian Characters · Mike Ashley · ms The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 xvii · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 1 · Dream Reader [Merlin’s Booke] · Jane Yolen · nv Merlin’s Booke by Jane Yolen, Ace, 1986 22 · The Temptations of Merlin · Peter Tremayne · na The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 98 · Infantasm · Robert Holdstock · ss The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 119 · The Pledged Word [Avalon] · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ex from The Mists of Avalon, Knopf, 1983; revised. 126 · The Horse Who Would Be King · Jennifer Roberson · ss Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine Spring/Summer 1992, as “Never Look at a Gift Sword in the Horse’s Mouth or: The Horse Who Would Be King” 144 · A Sword for Arthur · Vera Chapman · ex The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 excerpt from the unpublished novel, The Enchantress. 154 · The Rite of Challenge · Peter Valentine Timlett · ex The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 adapted excerpt from unpublished novel, Merlin and the Sword of Avalon. 189 · Merlin’s Dark Mirror · Phyllis Ann Karr · ss The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 199 · Merlin and Tom Thumb · Dinah Maria Mulock · ss The Fairy Book by Dinah Maria Mulock, Macmillan and Co., 1863 207 · The Seven Champions · E. M. Wilmot-Buxton · ss Britain Long Ago by E. M. [Etheldreda Wilmot-Buxton], George Harrap, 1906 224 · Morte d’Espier [King Arthur] · Maxey Brooke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1955 231 · King’s Mage · Tanith Lee · ss The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 242 · A Quest Must End [Sir Dennys ap Rhys] · Theodore Goodridge Roberts · na The Blue Book Magazine April 1948 301 · Cauldron of Light [Merlin] · Diana L. Paxson · ss Merlin ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1999 315 · Namer of Beasts, Maker of Souls: The Romance of Sylvester and Nimuë · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · nv The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 354 · The Corruption of Perfection · Mike Ashley · nv The Doom of Camelot ed. James Lowder, Green Knight Publishing, 2000 376 · The Sleeper and the Seer · H. Warner Munn · ex from King of the World’s Edge, Ace, 1967 393 · Midwinter · David Sutton · ss The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 402 · The Death of Nimuë · Esther Friesner · ss Fantasy Book June 1985 407 · The Knight of Pale Countenance · Darrell Schweitzer · ss The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 424 · The Castle of Kerglas · Emile Souvestre; translated by Mrs. Andrew Lang · ss The Lilac Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910 translated from the French (“Peronnik l’idiot”, Le Foyer Breton, 1844). 436 · Ogier the Dane · William Morris; adapted by Madalen Edgar · ss Stories from the Earthly Paradise by William Morris & adapted by Madalen Edgar, 1919 prose adaptation of a narrative poem from The Earthly Paradise (1870). 450 · Merlin Dreams in the Mondream Wood [Ottawa and the Valley] · Charles de Lint · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #7, Spring 1990 463 · The Dragon Line · Michael Swanwick · nv Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, 1988

The Mammoth Book of Merlin ed. Mike Ashley (Running Press, December 2009, 978-0-7624-3830-3, $13.95, 480pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Reprint (Robinson 2009) fantasy anthology of 24 stories, revised from The Merlin Chronicles (Raven, 1995). Details taken from online listing.

The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, July 30, 2009, 978-1-84529-891-3, £7.99, x+531pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 21 SF stories, five original. Authors include Arthur C. Clarke, James Blish, and John Varley; original stories are by Stephen Baxter, Robert Reed, Paul Di Filippo, Adam Roberts, and Eric Brown. ix · That Sense of Wonder · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Out of the Sun · Arthur C. Clarke · ss If February 1958, as “Out from the Sun” 9 · The Pevatron Rats · Stephen Baxter · nv 30 · The Edge of the Map [Susanna Munro] · Ian Creasey · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2006 47 · Cascade Point [Pall Durriken] · Timothy Zahn · na Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact December 1983 105 · A Dance to Strange Musics · Gregory Benford · nv Science Fiction Age November 1998 131 · Palindromic · Peter Crowther · nv First Contact ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, DAW, 1997 156 · Castle in the Sky · Robert Reed · nv 191 · The Hole in the Hole [Wilson Wu] · Terry Bisson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1994 224 · Hotrider · Keith Brooke · ss Aboriginal Science Fiction December 1991 237 · Mother Grasshopper · Michael Swanwick · nv A Geography of Unknown Lands by Michael Swanwick, Tigereyes Press, 1997 255 · Waves and Smart Magma · Paul Di Filippo · nv 282 · The Black Hole Passes [Eight Worlds] · John Varley · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1975 309 · The Peacock King · Ted White & Larry McCombs · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1965 325 · Bridge [Cities in Flight] · James Blish · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1952 355 · Anhedonia · Adam Roberts · nv 380 · Tiger Burning · Alastair Reynolds · nv Forbidden Planets ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2006 407 · The Width of the World · Ian Watson · ss Universe 13 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1983 421 · Our Lady of the Sauropods · Robert Silverberg · ss Omni September 1980 438 · Into the Miranda Rift · G. David Nordley · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact July 1993 504 · The Rest Is Speculation · Eric Brown · ss 524 · Vacuum States · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1988