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A Whisper in the Dark by Louisa May Alcott (Barnes & Noble, June 1996, 0-7607-0185-7, $9.98, 496pp, hc, co, cover by Jean Beraud) [edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz]
Collection of gothic stories, subtitled “Twelve Thrilling Tales.” Edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, with an introduction by novelist/editor Susie Mee. This is an instant remainder edition.

vii · Foreword · Stefan Dziemianowicz · fw

ix · Introduction · Susie Mee · in

1 · A Modern Mephistopheles · Louisa May Alcott · n. 1877

132 · Marion Earle; or, Only an Actress! · Louisa May Alcott · ss 1858

151 · La Jeune; or, Actress and Woman · Louisa May Alcott · ss Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner April 18 1868

168 · A Pair of Eyes; or, Modern Magic · Louisa May Alcott · nv Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper October 24 1863 (+1)

198 · The Abbot’s Ghost: or, Maurice Treherne’s Temptation · Louisa May Alcott · na The Flag of Our Union January 5 1867 (+3), as by A. M. Barnard

258 · Perilous Play · Louisa May Alcott · ss Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner February 3 1869

270 · Love and Self-Love · Louisa May Alcott · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1860, uncredited.

290 · Ariel: A Legend of the Lighthouse · Louisa May Alcott · nv Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner July 8 1865 (+1)

328 · A Whisper in the Dark · Louisa May Alcott · nv Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper June 6 1863 (+1)

365 · V. V.; or, Plots and Counterplots · Louisa May Alcott · na The Flag of Our Union February 4 1865 (+3)

451 · Enigmas · Louisa May Alcott · nv Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly April 1876

486 · A Laugh and a Look · Louisa May Alcott · ss Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner July 4 1868

The Heart of Childhood ed. Henry Mills Alden & William Dean Howells--- see under William Dean Howells.

Shapes That Haunt the Dusk ed. Henry Mills Alden & William Dean Howells--- see under William Dean Howells.

Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles ed. Emily Alder, Jimmy Packham & Joan Passey (The British Library, June 23, 2022, 978-0-7123-5421-9, £9.99, 288pp, tp, an) [British Library Tales of the Weird]
Volume 31 in the series.

7 · Introduction · Emily Alder, Jimmy Packham & Joan Passey · in

15 · The Haunted Beach · Mary Robinson · pm The Morning Post February 28 1800

21 · Two Sonnets · Charlotte Smith · gp (r)

_ · On Being Cautioned Against Walking on an Headland Overlooking the Sea, Because It Was Frequented by a Lunatic · Charlotte Smith · pm Elegiac Sonnets by Charlotte Smith, 1784, as “Sonnet: LXX”

_ · Sonnet: XLIV · Charlotte Smith · pm Elegiac Sonnets by Charlotte Smith, 1784

25 · Narrative of a Fatal Event · Walter Scott · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine March 1818, as by Tweedside

39 · The Strange Student · [uncredited] · ss Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany February 1844

57 · What Was It? · [uncredited] · ss (r)

75 · One Day at Arle · Frances Hodgson Burnett · ss Scribner’s Monthly September 1872, as by Fannie E. Hodgson

93 · Two Folk Tales · James Bowker · ss (r)

111 · The Last of Squire Ennismore · Charlotte Riddell · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper Christmas 1886

123 · Legends · H. D. Lowry · ss Wreckers and Methodists, and Other Stories by H. D. Lowry, Heinemann, 1893

131 · A Ghost of the Sea · Francis Prevost · nv Temple Bar July 1893

161 · Crooken Sands · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 1 1894

189 · The Sea Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896

205 · The Sea Fit · Algernon Blackwood · ss Country Life June 25 1910

223 · Where the Tides Ebb and Flow · Lord Dunsany · ss Saturday Review (UK) May 2 1908, as “The Terrible Dream”

231 · Four Folk Tales · Sophia Morrison · ss (r)

245 · Out of the Earth · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s Weekly November 27 1915

257 · The Tale of an Empty House · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1925

275 · On the Isle of Blue Men · Robert W. Sneddon · nv Ghost Stories April 1927

307 · Seashore Macabre: A Moment’s Experience · Hugh Walpole · ss All Soul’s Night by Hugh Walpole, Macmillan UK, 1933

315 · A Coast-Nightmare · Christina Rossetti · pm New Poems by Christina Rossetti by Christina Rossetti, Macmillan and Co., 1896, as “A Nightmare (Fragment)”

Affairs at Hampden Ferrers: An English Romance by Brian Aldiss (Little, Brown UK, February 5, 2004, 0-316-72581-1, £16.99, 264pp, hc, n., cover by Jeff Fisher)
Humorous fantasy novel of love conquering all reality.

An Age by Brian W. Aldiss (Faber and Faber, 1967, 21/-, 224pp, hc, n.)
SF novel.

The Airs of Earth: Science Fiction Stories by Brian W. Aldiss (Faber and Faber, 1963, 18/-, 256pp, hc, co, cover: Andere wereld II by M. C. Escher)
Collection. Many of the stories have been revised and altered since first appearance.

9 · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in

15 · A Kind of Artistry · Brian W. Aldiss · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1962

45 · How to Be a Soldier · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #95, June 1960, as “Soldiers Running”

58 · Basis for Negotiation · Brian W. Aldiss · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #114, January 1962

108 · Shards · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1962

119 · O Moon of My Delight! · Brian W. Aldiss · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #104, March 1961, as “Moon of Delight”

154 · The International Smile · Brian W. Aldiss · nv

184 · The Game of God [Planetary Ecological Survey Team] · Brian W. Aldiss · na New Worlds Science Fiction #73, July 1958, as “Segregation”

242 · Old Hundredth · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #100, November 1960

…And the Lurid Glare of the Comet by Brian W. Aldiss (Serconia Press, March 1986, 0-934933-01-4, $13.50, 123pp, hc, qf)
Collection of “articles & autobiography” dealing with sf, travel, art, and Aldiss’ life. All articles revised for this edition.

1 · Introductory Note · Brian W. Aldiss · fw

3 · Bold Towers, Shadowed Streets · Brian W. Aldiss · ar

9 · …And the Lurid Glare of the Comet · Brian W. Aldiss · in Chatto & Windus, 1985 [Ref. H. G. Wells]
from The Days of the Comet by H.G. Wells.

23 · When the Future Had to Stop · Brian W. Aldiss · ar Vogue 1986 [Ref. Kingsley Amis]

29 · What Happens Next? · Brian W. Aldiss · ar
speech delivered in 1980.

41 · Grounded in Stellar Art · Brian W. Aldiss · ar

49 · It Takes Time to Tango · Brian W. Aldiss · ar The Guardian

55 · Robert Sheckley’s World: Australia · Brian W. Aldiss · fw Transmutations ed. Rob Gerrand, Norstrilia, 1979, as “Sheckley’s Planet” [Ref. Robert Sheckley]

63 · Sturgeon: Mercury Plus X · Brian W. Aldiss · ar Birmingham SF Group Newsletter #166, 1985 [Ref. Theodore Sturgeon]

67 · The Glass Forest · Brian W. Aldiss · bg
previously abridged in Contemporary Authors - Autobiography Series, Vol. 2 ed. Adele Sarkissian, Detroit, 1985.

Art After Apogee by Brian Aldiss & Rosemary Phipps (Avernus, August 2000, 1-871503-07-8, 31+8pp, ph, co)
Chapbook combining Aldiss’s story “Apogee Again”, originally published in the anthology moorcock@60.com, with comments by Aldiss and artist Rosemary Phipps. Includes eight full-page, unpaginated illustrations, both b&w drawings by Aldiss and full-color paintings by Phipps. Limited to 100 copies: 5 signed hardcovers #1-5; 50 signed softcovers #1-50; 45 signed but unnumbered softcovers.

· Apogee Again · Brian Aldiss · ss Moorcock@60.com ed. John Davey, Jayde Design, 1999; illustrated by Brian Aldiss & Rosemary Phipps

· Art After Apogee · Brian Aldiss & Rosemary Phipps · ar

At the Caligula Hotel and Other Poems by Brian Aldiss (Sinclair-Stevenson, May 15, 1995, 1-85619-568-6, £6.99, 99pp, tp, co, cover: [photo] by Button Design Co.)
Associational collection of 74 poems; 21 have been previously published.

1 · I. Imagery?

3 · At the Caligula Hotel · Brian Aldiss · pm Zimri #5, August 1973, as “At the Julius Caesar Hotel”

4 · Chinese Exercises · Brian Aldiss · gp

_4 · Lu Tai · Brian Aldiss · pm

_4 · Nocturne · Brian Aldiss · pm

_4 · Interval · Brian Aldiss · pm

_5 · Indecision · Brian Aldiss · pm

_5 · Journeying · Brian Aldiss · pm

_5 · Poems from a Later Dynasty III: Who Hears My Voice? · Brian Aldiss · pm

_5 · Footnoted: “B.W.A. and Li Shang-Yin April 976-1976”. · Brian Aldiss · ms

7 · Exit Aquascutum · Brian Aldiss · pm Zimri #5, August 1973

8 · While Feeding Parrots, November 9th · Brian Aldiss · pm

9 · Winter Bites Deep · Brian Aldiss · pm; assembled from Newspaper Headlines 18 & 19/12/93.

10 · Breughel’s Hunters in the Snow · Brian Aldiss · pm

11 · Anau: The Well · Brian Aldiss · pm

12 · The Cynar, Istanbul · Brian Aldiss · pm

13 · Dawn in Kuala Lumpur · Brian Aldiss · pm

15 · Gauguin’s Tahiti · Brian Aldiss · pm

17 · II. Everyday?

19 · No, I Was Never Deaf or Blind to Her Music · Brian Aldiss · pm Brothers of the Head by Brian W. Aldiss, Pierrot Publishing, 1977, as “I Was Never Blind to Her Music”

20 · Toledo: Three Ladies · Brian Aldiss · pm

21 · Government · Brian Aldiss · pm

22 · Moonglow: for Margaret · Brian Aldiss · pm

23 · Alfie Cogitates on Life · Brian Aldiss · pm

24 · Memories of Palić · Brian Aldiss · pm

26 · Boars Hill: the Sycamores and the Oaks · Brian Aldiss · pm Boars Hill Newsletter 1988

27 · All Things Transfigure · Brian Aldiss · pm

29 · Trapped in the Present · Brian Aldiss · pm

30 · The Path · Brian Aldiss · pm

31 · Suburban Sunday · Brian Aldiss · pm

32 · Nature Notes: Early September · Brian Aldiss · pm

36 · Willow Cottage · Brian Aldiss · pm

38 · Cold Snap · Brian Aldiss · pm

39 · Stoney Ground · Brian Aldiss · pm

40 · The Triumph of the Superficial · Brian Aldiss · pm

41 · The Twentieth Camp · Brian Aldiss · pm P.E.N. New Poetry II ed. Elaine Feinstein, 1988

42 · Good Fortune · Brian Aldiss · pm

44 · Communication · Brian Aldiss · pm

45 · A Summery Meditation on Money · Brian Aldiss · pm

48 · A Moment of Suspense · Brian Aldiss · pm Zimri #5, August 1973

49 · Fragment of a Longer Poem · Brian Aldiss · pm Barefoot in the Head by Brian W. Aldiss, Faber and Faber, 1969

51 · III. Literary?

53 · Short Stories · Brian Aldiss · pm A Tupolev Too Far by Brian Aldiss, HarperCollins UK, 1993

54 · What Did the Policeman Say? · Brian Aldiss · pm The Philip K. Dick Society Newsletter #29, 1992

55 · Hamlet Folk · Brian Aldiss · pm

56 · The Poor · Brian Aldiss · pm

57 · On Reading Poetry in Berkhamsted · Brian Aldiss · pm

59 · Poem Inspired by Scott Meredith · Brian Aldiss · pm

60 · Two Painters · Brian Aldiss · gp

_60 · I: Francis Bacon · Brian Aldiss · pm

_61 · II: Fernand Khnopff · Brian Aldiss · pm

62 · Light of Ancient Days · Brian Aldiss · pm

63 · Mary Shelley, 1916 · Brian Aldiss · pm

64 · Victor Frankenstein on the Mer de Glace [Frankenstein] · Brian Aldiss · pm

66 · The Shelleys—To a Lady Who Spoke of Their “Mystery” · Brian Aldiss · pm

67 · The Created One Speaks · Brian Aldiss · pm

68 · Mary in Italy · Brian Aldiss · pm Keats-Shelley Review Autumn 1990

69 · Looking It Up · Brian Aldiss · pm

70 · Rice Pudding · Brian Aldiss · pm Now We Are Sick ed. Neil Gaiman & Stephen Jones, DreamHaven, 1991

72 · Writer’s Life · Brian Aldiss · pm

75 · IV. Scientific?

77 · Greenhouse Sex · Brian Aldiss · pm

78 · Lunar Anatomy · Brian Aldiss · pm Colours of a New Day ed. Sarah Lefanu & Stephen Hayward, Lawrence & Wishart, 1990, as “Lunar Astronomy”

79 · Monemvasia · Brian Aldiss · pm

81 · Found · Brian Aldiss · pm Farewell to a Child by Brian W. Aldiss, Priapus Poets, 1982

82 · Destruction of the Fifth Planet · Brian Aldiss · pm Star*Line March/April 1982

83 · Femalien · Brian Aldiss · pm Science Fiction Blues by Brian W. Aldiss, Avernus, 1988

84 · Thomas Hardy Considers the Newly-Published Special Theory of Relativity · Brian Aldiss · pm The Times Literary Supplement September 25 1981

85 · “Rhine Locks are Closed in Battle Against Poison” · Brian Aldiss · pm Science Fiction Blues Programme Book by Brian Aldiss, Avernus, 1987

86 · The Cat Improvement Company · Brian Aldiss · pm Science Fiction Blues by Brian W. Aldiss, Avernus, 1988

88 · The Expanding Universe · Brian Aldiss · pm Science Fiction Blues by Brian W. Aldiss, Avernus, 1988

89 · To a Triceratops Skull in the British Museum · Brian Aldiss · pm Science Fiction Blues by Brian W. Aldiss, Avernus, 1988

90 · The Light · Brian Aldiss · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Summer 1987

91 · Flight 063 · Brian Aldiss · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1994

92 · Precarious Passions · Brian Aldiss · gp

_92 · I: A Brain Pursues Its Vanished Dream · Brian Aldiss · pm

_93 · II: A Woman Marries the Southern Ocean · Brian Aldiss · pm

_94 · III: Ascension Island Courts a Whale · Brian Aldiss · pm

_95 · IV: A Refrigerator Proposes to a Musk Ox · Brian Aldiss · pm

_96 · V: A Book Falls in Love with Its Reader · Brian Aldiss · pm

_97 · VI: A Lamp Standard Courts the Stars · Brian Aldiss · pm

98 · Alphabet of Ameliorating Hope · Brian Aldiss · pm New Pathways Into Science Fiction and Fantasy 1993

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