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The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook (Third Edition) by Anthony Berkeley (Crippen & Landru, March 7, 2024, 978-1-936363-80-3, $19.00, 206pp, tp, co, cover by Gail Cross) [Roger Sheringham] [edited by Tony Medawar & Arthur Robinson]
Expanded from the 2015 edition by the addition of “Hot Steel”. In the “Lost Classics” series.

7 · The Master of the Final Twist · Tony Medawar & Arthur Robinson · in The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook by Anthony Berkeley, Crippen & Landru, 2004

23 · Concerning Roger Sheringham [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ar Dead Mrs. Stratton by Anthony Berkeley, Doubleday, 1933

27 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929

53 · Perfect Alibi [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Evening Standard March 11 1953
revised from “The Story of the Perfect Alibi” (Radio Times, August 1, 1930).

59 · The Mystery of Horne’s Copse [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · nv Home and Country January 1931 (+11)

95 · Unsound Mind [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Time and Tide October 14 1933 (+1)

109 · White Butterfly [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Evening Standard August 28 1936

123 · The Wrong Jar [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · nv 1929

143 · Double Bluff [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Roger Sheringham Stories by Anthony Berkeley, Carnacki, 1994

159 · Mr. Bearstowe Says… [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Saturday Book #3, 1943

· What Roger Sheringham Did During the War

181 · The Bargee’s Holiday [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss North Devon Journal and Herald February 18 1943

185 · Hot Steel [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Citizen (Gloucester) April 27 1943

· Appendices

189 · Why Do I Write Detective Stories? · Anthony Berkeley · ar (r)

192 · The Body’s Upstairs · A. B. Cox · ss London Opinion

195 · A Checklist of the Sheringham and Moresby Mysteries in Anthony Berkeley Cox · Tony Medawar & Arthur Robinson · bi The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook by Anthony Berkeley, Crippen & Landru, 2004

Jumping Jenny by Anthony Berkeley (Hodder & Stoughton, 1933, hc, n.) [Roger Sheringham]

Jumping Jenny by Anthony Berkeley (The British Library, January 10, 2022, 978-0-7123-5470-7, £8.99, 256pp, tp, n.) [Roger Sheringham; British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Hodder 1933) mystery novel.

Murder in the Basement by Anthony Berkeley (Hodder & Stoughton, 1932, hc, n.) [Roger Sheringham]

Murder in the Basement by Anthony Berkeley (The British Library, November 10, 2021, 978-0-7123-5394-6, £8.99, 256pp, tp, n.) [Roger Sheringham; British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Hodder 1932) mystery novel.

Not to Be Taken: A Puzzle in Poison by Anthony Berkeley (Hodder & Stoughton Limited, June 1938, 7/6d, 356pp, hc, n.)

Not to Be Taken: A Puzzle in Poison by Anthony Berkeley (The British Library, March 25, 2025, 978-0-7123-5542-1, £9.99, 288pp, tp, n.) [British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Hodder 1938) novel.

· Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley (Collins, 1929, hc, n.) [Roger Sheringham; Ambrose Chitterwick]

The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley (The British Library, October 2016, 978-0-7123-5653-4, £8.99, 267pp, tp, n.) [Roger Sheringham; Ambrose Chitterwick; British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Collins 1929) mystery novel.

David Copperfield’s Beyond Imagination ed. Janet Berliner, David Copperfield & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under David Copperfield.

David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible ed. Janet Berliner, David Copperfield & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under David Copperfield.

Desire Burn: Women’s Stories from the Dark Side of Passion ed. Janet Berliner, Uwe Luserke & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, October 1995, 0-7867-0259-1, $9.95, 260pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 22 erotic horror stories, seven original. The all-female authors include Lisa Mason, Marina Fitch, Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy Holder, and Martha Soukup. There is an introduction by Janet Berliner, who is also the only editor credited on the cover.

ix · Introduction · Janet Berliner Gluckman · in

3 · Castoff · Janet Berliner Gluckman · vi Shayol #7, 1985

6 · The Arbitrary Placement of Walls · Martha Soukup · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1992

22 · Having Keith · Martha Soukup · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1988

33 · The Other Woman · Lois Tilton · ss Masques IV ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1991

40 · Woodworker · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss Eclipse of the Senses, 1995

47 · Near-Flesh · Katherine Dunn · ss The Ultimate Frankenstein ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991

61 · Letter, Lover · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Where Is Here? by Joyce Carol Oates, Ecco Press, 1992

66 · Do I Dare to Ask Your Name? · Esther M. Friesner · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #5, Fall 1989

74 · Remnants · Deidra Cox · ss Dead of Night #10, Fall 1994

81 · Patent Pending · Jan Barrette · ss

92 · The Lonely Heart · Dawn Dunn · ss Bizarre Sex and Other Crimes of Passion #2, 1993

100 · The Sixth Sentinel · Poppy Z. Brite · nv Borderlands 3 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1993

117 · The Banks of the River · Marina Fitch · ss

133 · Wife of Fifty Years · Melanie Tem · ss

142 · Windowsitting · Lucy Taylor · nv The Flesh Artist by Lucy Taylor, Silver Salamander Press, 1994

162 · Felicitas · Lisa Mason · ss

181 · Johnny Canada · T. Diane Slatton · ss

193 · Mime Games · P. D. Cacek · ss Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine #19, 1995

203 · The Midwife · Cynthia Ward · ss

216 · Heat · Nancy Holder · ss

225 · Salon Satin · Carolyn Banks · ss I Shudder at Your Touch ed. Michele Slung, Roc, 1991

233 · A Touch of the Old Lilith · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv Women of Darkness II ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Tor, 1990

254 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn ed. Janet Berliner, Peter S. Beagle & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Peter S. Beagle.

Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn Vol. 1 ed. Janet Berliner, Peter S. Beagle & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Peter S. Beagle.

The Pocket Book of Dog Stories ed. Harold Berman (Pocket Books, December 1942, 187, 25¢, 234pp, pb, an, cover by Hoffman)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

ix · Introduction · MacKinlay Kantor · in

1 · Moses · Walter D. Edmonds · nv The Atlantic Monthly August 1938

22 · Garm—A Hostage · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 23 1899

42 · Verdun Belle · Alexander Woollcott · ts Collier’s October 22 1927

50 · The Shape of Fear · Ben Ames Williams · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 22 1931

72 · Portrait of a Gentleman · Gladys B. Taber · ss Pictorial Review March 1935

79 · Setter and Terrier · Preston Quadland · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1939

88 · The Whistle · Hugh Walpole · ss All Soul’s Night by Hugh Walpole, Macmillan UK, 1933

105 · “The Better I Like Dogs” · Albert Payson Terhune · es Bumps, Harper, 1927

118 · Being a Public Character · Don Marquis · ss The American Magazine September 1917

131 · A Dog’s Nervous System · E. B. White · es (r)

135 · The Training of a Dog · E. B. White · es (r)

140 · Obituary · E. B. White · ms The New Yorker

142 · Snapshot of a Dog · James Thurber · hu The New Yorker March 9 1935

147 · Brought to Earth · Leslie Field · ss The Bookman February 1924

158 · The Biscuit Eater · James Street · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1939

179 · Autumn Music · Corey Ford & Alastair MacBain · nv Collier’s October 23 1937

200 · A Pair of Lovers · Elsie Singmaster · ss Scribner’s Magazine November 1915

212 · Brag Dog · Vereen Bell · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 18 1939

Demon Lovers ed. Lucy Berman (Tandem Books, 1970, 4260-3842-8, 5/-, 192pp, pb, an)

7 · Introduction · Lucy Berman · in

9 · Akin to Love · Christianna Brand · ss Rogue April 1963

19 · Toussel’s Pale Bride · W. B. Seabrook · ex from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929; a slightly shorter version of “…Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields”.

26 · Formula for Calling up the Dead · W. B. Seabrook · ex from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929

27 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838

51 · The Examination of Elizabeth Weed of Great Catworth, Widow · John Davenport · ex The Witches of Huntingdon, 1646

53 · The Moon-Slave · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901

61 · Ballad of a Were-wolf · Graham R. Tomson · pm (r)

63 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905

87 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved”

153 · Madam Lucifer · Richard Garnett · ss The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett, Fisher Unwin, 1888

161 · The Phantom-Wooer · Thomas Lovell Beddoes · pm from Death’s Jest-Book, William Pickering, 1850

162 · Schalken the Painter · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851
revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839).

Sissajig and Other Surprises by Ruth Plumly Thompson ed. Ruth Berman & Douglas G. Greene--- see under Ruth Plumly Thompson.

Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny ed. Steve Berman (Prime Books, June 25, 2013, 978-1-60701-393-8, $15.95, 368pp, tp, an, cover by Myriam Moreno & Samantha Thiele)
Anthology of 27 horror stories, five original, about wicked children. Authors include Lisa Tuttle, Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Cassandra Clare & Holly Black.
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Steve Berman · in

· If Damon Comes [Oxrun Station] · Charles Grant · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1978

· Treats · Norman Partridge · ss The Blood Review October 1990

· The Family · Halli Villegas · ss The Hair Wreath and Other Stories by Halli Villegas, ChiZine Publications, 2010

· The Horse Lord · Lisa Tuttle · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1977

· My Name Is Leejun · John Schoffstall · ss

· Princess of the Night · Michael Kelly · vi Undertow and Other Laments by Michael Kelly, Dark Regions Press, 2009

· Duck Hunt · Joe R. Lansdale · ss After Midnight ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1986

· The Choir · Joel Lane · ss

· Children of the Corn · Stephen King · nv Penthouse (US) March 1977

· Yellowjacket Summer · Robert McCammon · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine October 1986

· The Stuff That Goes On in Their Heads · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Swallowed by the Cracks ed. Bill Breedlove & John Everson, Dark Arts Books, 2011, as “What Goes On in Their Heads”

· Second Grade · Charles Antin · ss Unstuck #1, 2011

· Respects · Ramsey Campbell · ss British Invasion ed. Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon & James A. Moore, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2009

· Melanie Klein Said · Robert McVey · ss

· Gaslight · Jeffrey Ford · ss

· Endless Encore · Will Ludwigsen · ss In Search of and Others by Will Ludwigsen, Lethe Press, 2013
originally appeared in the audio download The Drabblecast #244, May 25, 2012.

· Cockroach · Dale Bailey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1998

· By the Mark · Gemma Files · ss The Worm in Every Heart by Gemma Files, Prime Books, 2004

· The Disappearance of James H___ · Hal Duncan · ss Strange Horizons June 13 2005

· I Was a Teenage Slasher Victim · Stephen Graham Jones · ss

· Blue Rose [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · na Underwood-Miller, 1985

· Making Friends · Gary Raisor · vi The Horror Show Summer 1985

· You Deserve · Alex Jeffers · ss

· The Queen of Knives · Georgina Bruce · ss

· The Naughty List · Christine Morgan · ss

· The Perfect Dinner Party · Cassandra Clare & Holly Black · ss Teeth ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Harper, 2011

· Make Believe · Michael Reaves · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2010

Daughters of Frankenstein: Lesbian Mad Scientists ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, August 5, 2015, 978-1-59021-360-5, $30.00, 286pp, hc, oa, cover by Ben Baldwin)
Original anthology of 19 stories inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Introduction by Connie Wilkins. Authors include Jess Nevins, Melissa Scott, and Gemma Files.
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Introduction · Connie Wilkins · in

3 · From Alexander Pope to Splice · Jess Nevins · ar io9 April 21 2011

13 · Infusion of Waking Dreams · Aynjel Kaye · ss

31 · Doubt the Sun · Faith Mudge · ss

49 · Meddling Kids · Tracy Canfield · ss

59 · Eldritch Brown Houses · Claire Humphrey · ss

67 · The Moorehead Maze Experiment · Tim Lieder · ss

85 · The Eggshell Curtain · Romie Stott · ss Lit Fall 2013

101 · Poor Girl · Traci Castleberry · ss

121 · Bank Job Blues · Melissa Scott · ss

139 · The Long Trip Home [River City] · A. J. Fitzwater · ss

159 · Imaginary Beauties: A Lurid Melodrama · Gemma Files · ss Kelp Queen Press, 2008

179 · Riveter · Sean Eads · ss

193 · A Shallow Grave of Orange Peel and Eggshells · Thoraiya Dyer · ss

203 · Alraune · Orrin Grey · ss

211 · Preserving the Integrity of the Feminine Mystique · Christine Morgan · ss

231 · Hypatia and Her Sisters · Amy Griswold · ss

245 · The Lady of the House of Mirrors · Rafaela F. Ferraz · ss

261 · The Ice Weasels of Trebizond · Mr. & Mrs. Brenchley · ss

281 · Love in the Time of Markov Processes · Megan Arkenberg · ss

Handsome Devil: Stories of Sin and Seduction ed. Steve Berman (Prime Books, February 4, 2014, 978-1-60701-425-6, $15.95, 329pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 25 stories, ten reprints (one revised), of infernal seduction by incubi, the devil, etc. Authors include Nick Mamatas, Pat Cadigan, and Tanith Lee.
Details taken from online listing.

· Lilac Season · Claire Humphrey · ss

· A Spoonful of Salt · Nicole M. Taylor · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #79, October 6 2011

· Man in Blue Overcoat · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss

· This Is Not a Love Story · Nicole Kornher-Stace · pm Goblin Fruit Summer 2009

· The White Prince · Orrin Grey · ss

· Pira · Brad Strickland · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1985

· The Cure · Caren Gussoff · ss

· Unveiled · J. Daniel Stone · ss

· The Wedding Guest · Steve Chapman · ss

· A Shot of Fireball · Carrie Laben · ss

· Catherine and the Satyr · Theodora Goss · ss Strange Horizons October 1 2007

· The Queen and the Cambion · Richard Bowes · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2012

· Sleep of Reason · Halli Villegas · ss

· The Love of the Emperor Is Divine · Tom Cardamone · ss

· Please Do Me: An Oral History · Nick Mamatas · ss

· The Queen of Them All · Ed Kurtz · ss

· Her Sweet Solace · J. T. Glover · ss Beneath the Surface ed. Tim Deal, Shroud Publishing, 2008

· Tears for Lilu · Martin Rose · ss

· Cain · Tanith Lee · nv Dying for It ed. Gardner Dozois, HarperPrism, 1997

· Given to the Sea · E. L. Kemper · ss

· The Oily Man · Alex Jeffers · nv

· Dirty · Stephen Pope · ss

· Winter · Michelle Sagara · ss Deals with the Devil ed. Mike Resnick, Martin H. Greenberg & Loren D. Estleman, DAW, 1994

· Prince of Flowers · Elizabeth Hand · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine February 1988

· It Was the Heat · Pat Cadigan · ss Tropical Chills ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon, 1988

Heiresses of Russ 2011: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman & JoSelle Vanderhooft--- see under JoSelle Vanderhooft.

Heiresses of Russ 2012: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman & Connie Wilkins--- see under Connie Wilkins.

Heiresses of Russ 2013: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman & Tenea D. Johnson--- see under Tenea D. Johnson.

Heiresses of Russ 2014: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman & Melissa Scott--- see under Melissa Scott.

Heiresses of Russ 2015: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman & Jean Roberta--- see under Jean Roberta.

Heiresses of Russ 2016: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman & A. M. Dellamonica--- see under A. M. Dellamonica.

Magic in the Mirrorstone ed. Steve Berman (Mirrorstone, February 2008, 978-0-7869-4732-4, $14.95, 293pp, hc, oa)
Young-adult original anthology of 15 stories. Authors include Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Gregory Frost.

· Princess Bufo Marinus, Also Known as Amy · Eugie Foster · ss

· Lights, Camera, Action · Cecil Castellucci · ss

· Ten Thousand Waves · Ann Zeddies · ss

· Maeve’s Quilt · Craig Laurance Gidney · ss

· Have You Ever Seen a Shoggoth? · Cassandra Clare · ss

· The Amulet of Winter · Lawrence M. Schoen · ss

· Veronica Brown · Sean Manseau · ss

· The Jewel of Abandon · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss

· School Spirit · Jim C. Hines · ss

· Blackwater Baby · Tiffany Trent · ss

· Old Crimes · J. D. EveryHope · ss

· The Fortunate Dream · Gregory Frost · ss

· Out of Her Element · E. Sedia · ss

· Virgin · Holly Black · ss

· Pig, Crane, Fox: Three Hearts Unfolding · Beth Bernobich · ss

Shades of Blue and Gray: Ghosts of the Civil War ed. Steve Berman (Prime Books, September 11, 2013, 978-1-60701-403-4, $15.95, 357pp, tp, oa, cover by Sherin Nicole)
Original anthology of 22 stories, eight reprints, about ghosts from the American Civil War. Authors with new stories include Nick Mamatas, Melissa Scott, and Laird Barron. E-book also available.
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Steve Berman · in

· Raw Recruits · Will Ludwigsen · ss Outer Darkness #29, Spring 2004

· The Swell of the Cicadas · Tenea D. Johnson · ss

· Bad Penny · Carrie Laben · ss

· Spectral Drums · Devin Poore · ss

· An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890

· Ten Thousand Miles · Connie Wilkins · ss

· No More Amongst the Cities of the Earth · Christopher M. Cevasco · ss

· The Country House · Jameson Currier · ss The Haunted Heart by Jameson Currier, Lethe Press, 2009

· An Unclean Thing · Cindy Potts · ss

· The Blank Flag of Arthur Kerry · Kristopher Reisz · ss

· Three Silent Things · John F. D. Taff · ss Cemetery Dance #20, Spring 1994

· Across Hickman’s Bridge to Home · Russell Davis · ss Civil War Fantastic ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2000

· Mistress · Jennifer R. Povey · ss

· Tommy Cleburne · Jeff Mann · ss

· The Overseer · Albert E. Cowdrey · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2008

· Red Animal · Ed Kurtz · ss

· Proving Up · Caren Gussoff · ss

· Vermont Muster · Nick Mamatas · ss

· Like Quicksilver for Gold · Chaz Brenchley · ss

· The Beatification of Custer Poe · Laird Barron · ss

· The Arabella · Melissa Scott · ss

· The Third Nation · Lee Hoffman · nv Confederacy of the Dead ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Roc, 1993

So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Haworth Positronic Press, September 2007, 978-1560235903, $18.00, 370pp, tp, oa)

· A Faun’s Tale · Tom Cardamone · ss

· A Scent of Roses · Catherine Lundoff · ss

· The Wand’s Boy · Richard Bowes · ss

· A Bird of Ice · Craig Laurance Gidney · nv

· Charming, A Tale of True Love · Ruby deBrazier & Cassandra Clare · ss

· Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland · Sarah Monette · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #11, November 2002

· The Kings of Oak and Holly · Kenneth D. Woods · ss

· Detox · Elspeth Potter · ss

· From Asphalt to Emeralds and Moonlight · Aynjel Kaye · ss

· The Coat of Stars · Holly Black · nv

· How the Ocean Loved Margie · Laurie J. Marks · ss

· Isis in Darkness · Christopher Barzak · ss

· Touch · M. Kate Havas · ss

· Dark Collection · Luisa Prieto · ss

· Attracting Opposites · Carl Vaughn Frick · ss

· The Faerie Cony-Catcher · Delia Sherman · ss Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism, 1998

· Exiles · Sean Meriwether · ss

· How Laura Left a Rotten Apple and Came Not to Regret the Cold of the Yukon · Lynne Jamneck · ss

· Mr. Seeley · Melissa Scott · ss

· Year of the Fox · Eugie Foster · nv

· Ever So Much More Than Twenty · Joshua Lewis · ss

· Mr. Grimm’s Faery Tale · Eric Andrews-Katz · ss

Suffered from the Night: Queering Stoker’s Dracula ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, October 15, 2013, 978-1-59021-399-5, $20.00, 254pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

ix · Introduction · Steve Berman · in

1 · The Tattered Boy · Lee Thomas · ss Icarus #2, Fall 2009

21 · Yours Is the Right to Begin · Livia Llewellyn · ss

31 · Self-Portrait as Jonathan Harker · Ed Madden · pm

33 · Seven Lovers and the Sea · Damon Shaw · nv

57 · The Calm of Despair · Jason Andrew · ss

71 · Bloofer Ladies · Elka Cloke · nv

105 · The Powers of Evil · William P. Coleman · ss

123 · My Arms Are Hungry · Traci Castleberry · ss

137 · Protect the King · Jeff Mann · nv

161 · Hungers · Rajan Khanna · ss

179 · The Letter That Doomed Nosferatu · Steve Berman · ss

191 · Ardor · Laird Barron · nv

213 · A Closer Walk with Thee · Sven Davisson · ss

223 · Unhallowed Ground · Seth Cadin · ss

The Touch of the Sea ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, May 15, 2012, 978-1-59021-208-0, $15.00, xii+183pp, tp, oa, cover by Jared Pallesen)
Original anthology of 11 gay fantasy sea stories. Authors include Chaz Brenchley, Joel Lane, and Jeff Mann. This is a print-on-demand edition.
Details taken from online listing.

ix · Introduction · Steve Berman · in

1 · Time and Tide · Nathan Burgoine · ss

15 · The Calm Tonight · Matthew A. Merendo · ss

27 · The Bloated Woman · Jonathan Harper · ss

43 · The Stone of Sacrifice · Jeff Mann · nv

63 · Air Tears · Damon Shaw · vi

67 · The Grief of Seagulls · Joel Lane · ss

73 · Ban’s Dream of the Sea · Alex Jeffers · ss

91 · Night of the Sea Beast · Brandon Cracraft · nv

115 · Wave Boys · Vincent Kovar · nv

135 · Out to Sea · John Howard · ss

147 · Keep the Aspidochelone Floating · Chaz Brenchley · nv

Where Thy Dark Eye Glances: Queering Edgar Allan Poe ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, July 2013, 978-1-59021-334-6, $20.00, xi+310pp, tp, oa, cover by Niki Smith)
Original anthology of 21 stories and five poems offering queer takes on the life and works of Poe. Authors include Christopher Barzak, Nick Mamatas, and Tansy Rayner Roberts. This is a print-on-demand edition.
Details taken from online listing.

ix · Introduction · Steve Berman · in

3 · The City and the Stranger · Seth Cadin · ss

19 · Matthew Brady, The Gallery of Illustrious Americans · Daniel Nathan Terry · ss

21 · Poetaster · Steve Berman · ss

31 · The House · Ed Madden · ss

35 · The House of the Resonate Heart · L. A. Fields · ss

41 · The Raven and Her Victory · Tansy Rayner Roberts · ss

49 · Corvidae · Peter Dubé · ss

61 · The Man Who Was · Ray Cluley · nv

83 · Gwendolyn · Máiréad Casey · ss

89 · Telltale · Claire London · nv

115 · The Lord’s Great Jest · Satyrus Phil Bucato · ss

129 · His Hideous Heart · Kyle S. Johnson · ss

137 · Variations of Figures Upon the Wall · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss

145 · For the Applause of Shadows · Christopher Barzak · ss

161 · By That Sweet Word Alone · Heather Lojo · ss

163 · Two Men in a Bedchamber, as Observed by the Ghost of the Girl in the Oval Portrait · Terra LeMay · ss

169 · Midnight at the Feet of the Caryatides · Cory Skerry · ss

189 · Surrounded by Death · Ronna Magy · ss

191 · The Bells · Chip Livingston · ss

193 · The Demon and the Dove · Collin Kelley · ss

195 · The Death of Beautiful Men · Jeff Mann · ss

199 · Eureka! · Nick Mamatas · ss

211 · Seven Days of Poe · Richard Bowes · nv

233 · The Chicken Farmer and His Boy: A Metaphysical History · John Mantooth · nv

265 · A Portrait in India Ink by Harry Clarke · Alex Jeffers · ss

285 · Lacuna · Matt Cheney · nv

Wilde Stories 2008: The Best of the Year’s Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, December 2008, 978-1-59021-078-9, $15.00, 237pp, tp, an, cover by Jake Baggaley)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 11 stories from 2007. Authors include Rebecca Ore, Hal Duncan, and Lee Thomas. This is a print-on-demand edition,

11 · Introduction · Steve Berman · in

15 · The Woman in the Window · Jameson Currier · nv All Hallows #42, October 2006

39 · Awkward · Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco · ss Velvet Mafia #22, 2007

57 · Acid and Stoned Reindeer · Rebecca Ore · ss Clarkesworld #14, November 2007

69 · City of Night · Joel Lane & John Pelan · ss Subterranean #7, 2007

87 · Lycaon · Peter Dubé · ss At the Bottom of the Sky by Peter Dubé, Livres DC Books, 2007

97 · Lycanthropy · Jonathan Harper · ss Velvet Mafia #21, 2007

111 · The Emerald Mountain · Victor J. Banis · nv Blith House Winter 2007

137 · An Apiary of White Bees · Lee Thomas · nv Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2007

163 · The Burial · Polly Buckingham · ss Raven Chronicles v13 #1, 2007

179 · The Island of the Pirate Gods · Hal Duncan · nv Postscripts #13, Winter 2007

215 · Ever So Much More Than Twenty · Joshua Lewis · ss So Fey ed. Steve Berman, Haworth Positronic Press, 2007

235 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Wilde Stories 2009: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, September 18, 2009, 978-1-59021-080-2, $15.00, 240pp, tp, an)
Details taken from online listing.

11 · Introduction · Steve Berman · in

15 · Bluff · L. A. Fields · ss Unspeakable Horror ed. Vince A. Liaguno & Chad Helder, Dark Scribe Press, 2008

21 · Firooz and His Brother · Alex Jeffers · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2008

37 · Dim Star Descried · Sven Davisson · ss Madder Love ed. Peter Dube, Rebel Satori Press, 2008

51 · The Bloomsbury Nudes · Jameson Currier · nv Unspeakable Horror ed. Vince A. Liaguno & Chad Helder, Dark Scribe Press, 2008

81 · Echo · Peter Dubé · ss Madder Love ed. Peter Dube, Rebel Satori Press, 2008

91 · I’m Your Violence · Lee Thomas · nv Unspeakable Horror ed. Vince A. Liaguno & Chad Helder, Dark Scribe Press, 2008

119 · A Troll on a Mountain with a Girl · Steve Berman · ss Second Thoughts: More Queer and Weird Stories by Steve Berman, Lethe Press, 2008

135 · Behind the Curtain · Joel Lane · ss Dark Horizons #52, Spring 2008

143 · Aka St. Mark’s Place [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · nv The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow, Del Rey, 2008

169 · In the Night Street Baths · Chaz Brenchley · nv Lace and Blade ed. Deborah J. Ross, Leda, 2008

197 · The Behold of the Eye · Hal Duncan · nv Lone Star Stories #28, August 2008

Wilde Stories 2010: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, August 2010, 978-1-59021-301-8, $15.00, 227pp, tp, an, cover by Aina Buforn Garcia)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 12 stories from 2009. Authors include Laird Barron, Richard Bowes, and Elizabeth Hand. This is a print-on-demand edition.

7 · Introduction · Steve Berman · in

13 · Strappado · Laird Barron · nv Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, 2009

31 · Tío Gilberto and the Twenty-Seven Ghosts · Ben Francisco · ss Realms of Fantasy October 2009

49 · Lots · Marc Andreottola · ss Ganymede #5, 2009

63 · I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2009

95 · Ne Que V’on Desir · Tanith Lee · ss Icarus #3, Winter 2009

109 · Barbaric Splendor · Simon Sheppard · ss Time Well Bent: Queer Alternative Histories ed. Connie Wilkins, Lethe Press, 2009

127 · Like They Always Been Free · Georgina Li · ss Federations ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2009

133 · Some of Them Fell · Joel Lane · ss Black Static #13, October/November 2009

149 · Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine · Rhys Hughes · ss Mister Gum by Rhys Hughes, Dog Horn Pub., 2009

165 · Death in Amsterdam · Jameson Currier · nv The Haunted Heart by Jameson Currier, Lethe Press, 2009

189 · The Sphinx Next Door · Tom Cardamone · ss Pumpkin Teeth by Tom Cardamone, Lethe Press, 2009

197 · The Far Shore · Elizabeth Hand · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2009

225 · The Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Wilde Stories 2011: The Best of the Year’s Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, August 10, 2011, 978-1-59021-303-2, $18.00, vii+289pp, tp, an, cover by Cesarr S. Terrio)
Details taken from online listing.

3 · Love Will Tear Us Apart · Alaya Dawn Johnson · nv Zombies vs. Unicorns ed. Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010

25 · Map of Seventeen · Chris Barzak · nv The Beastly Bride ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2010

51 · How to Make Friends in Seventh Grade · Nick Poniatowski · ss Strange Horizons June 21 2010

67 · Mortis Persona · Barbara A. Barnett · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #44, November 2010

85 · Mysterium Tremendum [The Children of Old Leech] · Laird Barron · na Occultation and Other Stories by Laird Barron, Night Shade Books, 2010

147 · Oneirica · Hal Duncan · ss Icarus #5, Summer 2010

161 · Lifeblood · Jeffrey Ricker · ss Blood Sacraments ed. Todd Gregory, Bold Strokes Books, 2010

173 · Waiting for the Phone to Ring [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2010

201 · Blazon · Peter Dubé · ss Saints+Sinners 2010 by ed.Amie M. Evans & Paul J. Willis, Queer Mojo Press, 2010

217 · All the Shadows · Joel Lane · ss Brighton Shock! ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2010

227 · The Noise · Richard Larson · ss Sybil’s Garage #7, 2010

239 · How to Make a Clown · Jeremy C. Shipp · ss Fungus of the Heart by Jeremy C. Shipp, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2010

247 · Beach Blanket Spaceship · Sandra McDonald · ss Clarkesworld #46, July 2010

261 · Hothouse Flowers: or, The Discreet Boys of Dr Barnabus · Chaz Brenchley · ss The Bitten Word ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2010

Wilde Stories 2012: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, July 2012, 978-1-59021-397-1, $25.00, x+225pp, hc, an, cover by Ben Baldwin)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 15 stories from 2011. Authors include Richard Bowes, Chris Barzak, and Ellen Kushner.
Details taken from online listing.

ix · Introduction · Steve Berman · in

3 · The Arab’s Prayer · Alex Jeffers · ss M-Brane SF #24, January 2011

17 · Fairy Tale · Justin Torres · ss From Macho to Mariposa ed. Charles Rice-Gonzalez, Lethe Press, 2011

23 · Thou Earth, Thou · K. M. Ferebee · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #27, August 2011

43 · Hoffmann, Godzilla and Me [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · ss Icarus #10, Fall 2011

55 · Color Zap! · Sam Sommer · ss Queer Fish ed. Margarita Bezdomnya & Rose Mambert, Pick Narcissus Press, 2011

65 · All Smiles · Steve Berman · ss Teeth ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Harper, 2011

79 · The Peacock · Ted Infinity & Nabil Hijazi · ss Strange Horizons July 11 2011

91 · Ashes in the Water · Mat Joiner & Joel Lane · ss The New and Perfect Man ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2011

103 · A Razor in an Apple · Kristopher Reisz · ss Icarus #9, Summer 2011

115 · The Cloud Dragon Ate Red Balloons · Tom Cardamone · vi Daily Science Fiction March 14 2011

121 · Filling up the Void · Richard E. Gropp · nv Daily Science Fiction July 8 2011

137 · The House by the Park · Lee Thomas · nv Tales from the Den ed. R. Jackson, Bear Bones Books, 2011

165 · Pinion · Stellan Thorne · ss Strange Horizons January 17 2011

175 · We Do Not Come in Peace [Borderlands] · Christopher Barzak · nv Welcome to Bordertown ed. Holly Black & Ellen Kushner, Random House, 2011

199 · The Duke of Riverside [Riverside] · Ellen Kushner · nv Naked City ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's Griffin, 2011

Wilde Stories 2013: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, June 15, 2013, 978-1-59021-131-1, $18.00, x+263pp, tp, an, cover by Rob Lorino)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 12 stories from 2012. Authors include Laird Barron, Hal Duncan, and Chaz Brenchley. A hardcover edition (-071-0, $25.00) was announced but not seen.
Details taken from online listing.

ix · Introduction · Steve Berman · in

3 · Breakwater in the Summer Dark · L. Lark · nv Boys of Summer ed. Steve Berman, Bold Strokes Books, 2012

29 · The Keats Variation · K. M. Ferebee · nv Strange Horizons June 4 2012 (+1)

51 · Tattooed Love Boys · Alex Jeffers · nv GigaNotoSaurus March 1 2012

83 · Grierson at the Pain Clinic [Kevin Grierson] · Richard Bowes · ss Icarus #15, Winter 2012/2013

97 · Wave Boys · Vincent Kovar · nv The Touch of the Sea ed. Steve Berman, Lethe Press, 2012

119 · Renfrew’s Course · John Langan · ss Lightspeed #25, June 2012

139 · Wetside Story · Steve Vernon · ss

157 · Next Door · Rahul Kanakia · nv Diverse Energies ed. Tobias S. Buckell & Joe Monti, Tu Books, 2012

175 · A Strange Form of Life · Laird Barron · ss Dark Faith: Invocations ed. Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon, Apex Publications, 2012

189 · Night Fishing · Ray Cluley · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #3, Spring 2012

207 · Sic Him, Hellhound! Kill! Kill! · Hal Duncan · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2012

227 · Keep the Aspidochelone Floating · Chaz Brenchley · nv The Touch of the Sea ed. Steve Berman, Lethe Press, 2012

259 · The Contributors · [uncredited] · ms

Wilde Stories 2014: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, August 2014, 978-1-59021-500-5, $15.00, 246pp, tp, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

ix · Introduction · Steve Berman · in

3 · Grindr · Clayton Littlewood · ss Friend. Follow. Text. ed. Shawn Syms, Great Plains Publications, 2013

13 · The Ghosts of Emerhad · Nghi Vo · ss Icarus #16, Spring 2013

21 · How to Dress an American Table · J. E. Robinson · ss The Day Rider and Other Stories by J. E. Robinson, Gival Press, 2013

33 · Caress · Eli Easton · nv Steamed Up ed. Anne Regan, Dreamspinner Press, 2013

67 · 57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides · Sam J. Miller · ss Nightmare #15, December 2013

79 · Happy Birthday, Numbskull · Robert Smith · ss Jonathan #2, 2013

89 · Right There in Kansas City · Casey Hannan · ss
previously available as an audio track on The Ethics of American Kickboxing by 90s Meg Ryan, September 2013.

95 · The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere · John Chu · ss Tor.com February 20 2013

113 · Seven Lovers and the Sea · Damon Shaw · nv Suffered from the Night ed. Steve Berman, Lethe Press, 2013

139 · In the Brokenness of Summertime · R. W. Clinger · ss The Other Man ed. Paul Alan Fahey, JMS Books, 2013

151 · Lacuna · Matthew Cheney · nv Where Thy Dark Eye Glances ed. Steve Berman, Lethe Press, 2013

173 · Super Bass [The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps] · Kai Ashante Wilson · ss Tor.com May 22 2013

191 · Midnight at the Feet of the Caryatides · Cory Skerry · ss Where Thy Dark Eye Glances ed. Steve Berman, Lethe Press, 2013

211 · The Revenge of Oscar Wilde · Sean Eads · ss Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages ed. Steve Berman, Prime Books, 2013

Wilde Stories 2015: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, July 18, 2015, 978-1-59021-284-4, $15.00, 201pp, tp, an, cover by Elizabeth Leggett)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 13 gay stories from 2014. Authors include Sonya Taaffe, Chaz Brenchley, and Paul Tremblay. A hardcover edition (-501-2, $20.00) was announced but not seen;
Details taken from online listing.

ix · Introduction · Steve Berman · in

3 · The Love of the Emperor Is Divine · Tom Cardamone · ss Handsome Devil ed. Steve Berman, Prime Books, 2014

13 · The Vampire of Xanthos · Andrew Warburton · ss Chelsea Station June 5 2014

31 · The True Alchemist · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #51, April 2014

37 · The Mortuaries · Katharine E. K. Duckett · nv Interzone #252, May/June 2014

63 · What Glistens Back · Sunny Moraine · ss Lightspeed #54, November 2014

75 · Passion, Like a Voice—That Buds · Steve Berman · ss Glitterwolf Halloween Special Edition 2014

89 · True North · Chaz Brenchley · ss Bitter Waters by Chaz Brenchley, Lethe Press, 2014
read at the Fifth Proceedings of Phantoms at the Phil on January 6, 2009.

107 · The Oily Man · Alex Jeffers · nv Handsome Devil ed. Steve Berman, Prime Books, 2014

133 · Werewolves of Northland · Patrick Pink · ss Chelsea Station October 23 2014

145 · Notes for “The Barn in the Wild” · Paul Tremblay · ss The Children of Old Leech ed. Ross E. Lockhart & Justin Steele, Word Horde, 2014

163 · Conjuring Shadows · Craig Laurance Gidney · ss Expanded Horizons #32, November 2011

171 · The God Within · Damien Kelly · ss BFS Journal #12, 2014

187 · A Gift in Time · Maggie Clark · ss Clarkesworld #92, May 2014

Wilde Stories 2016: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, July 23, 2016, 978-1-59021-610-1, $25.00, 224pp, hc, an, cover by Marwane Pallas)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 15 gay stories from 2015. Authors include Jonathan Harper, Richard Bowes, and Chaz Brenchley.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· Introduction · Steve Berman · in

1 · Imaginary Boys · Paul Magrs · nv Speak My Language ed. Torsten Højer, Robinson, 2015

33 · Wallflowers · Jonathan Harper · ss Big Lucks January 15 2015

47 · Camp · David Nickle · ss Aickman’s Heirs ed. Simon Strantzas, Undertow Publications, 2015

61 · The Ticket Taker of Cenote Zaci · Benjamin Parzybok · ss Strange Horizons February 2 2015

79 · The Duchess and the Ghost · Richard Bowes · ss Fantasy Magazine #59, December 2015

93 · Lockbox · E. Catherine Tobler · ss She Walks in Shadows ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, 2015

103 · What Lasts · Jared W. Cooper · vi Daily Science Fiction July 28 2015

109 · He Came from a Place of Openness and Truth · Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam · ss Lightspeed #56, January 2015

123 · The Language of Knives · Haralambi Markov · ss Tor.com February 4 2015

131 · To Die Dancing · Sam J. Miller · ss Apex Magazine #78, November 2015

147 · Edited · Rich Larson · ss Interzone #259, July/August 2015

155 · Envious Moons · Richard Scott Larson · ss Joyland February 2 2015

167 · Utrechtenaar · Paul Evanby · nv Strange Horizons June 1 2015 (+1)

189 · To the Knife-Cold Stars · A. Merc Rustad · ss
previously available as an audio download from Escape Pod, February 7, 2015.

203 · The Astrakhan, the Homburg, and the Red Red Coal · Chaz Brenchley · nv Lightspeed #61, June 2015

221 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Wilde Stories 2017: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, July 9, 2017, 978-1-59021-628-6, $30.00, 302pp, hc, an)
Details taken from online listing.

· The Tale of the Costume Maker · Steve Carr · ss Sick Lit Magazine July 6 2016

· Das Steingeschöpf · G. V. Anderson · ss Strange Horizons December 12 2016

· Where’s the Rest of Me? · Matthew Cheney · nv Blood by Matthew Cheney, Black Lawrence Press, 2016

· The Gentleman of Chaos · A. Merc Rustad · ss Apex Magazine #87, August 2016

· Frost · ’Nathan Burgoine · ss apostrophen.wordpress.com December 14 2016

· Bull of Heaven · Gabriel Murray · ss Strange Horizons July 25 2016

· The Sound a Raven Makes · Mathew Scaletta · nv GigaNotoSaurus July 1 2016

· Angel, Monster, Man · Sam J. Miller · nv Nightmare #40, January 2016

· Most Holy Ghost · Martin Pousson · ss

· Ratcatcher · Amy Griswold · ss Mothership Zeta #4, July 2016

· The Drowning Line · Haralambi Markov · ss Uncanny Magazine #10, May/June 2016

· My Own Heart’s Desire · Robert Levy · ss 2016

· Turing Test · Eric Schaller · ss Meet Me in the Middle of the Air by Eric Schaller, Undertow Publications, 2016

· Of All Possible Worlds · Eneasz Brodski · ss Swords v. Cthulhu ed. Molly Tanzer & Jesse Bullington, Stone Skin Press, 2016

· Carnivores · Rich Larson · ss Strangers Among Us ed. Susan Forest & Lucas K. Law, Laksa Media, 2016

· It’s the End of the World As We Know It · A. C. Wise · ss The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories by A. C. Wise, Lethe Press, 2016

· The Death of Paul Bunyan · Charles Payseur · ss Lightspeed #79, December 2016

Wilde Stories 2018: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Lethe Press, October 2018, 978-1-59021-319-3, $20.00, 292pp, tp, an)
Details taken from ebook Table of Contents.

· Ghost Sex · Joseph Keckler · ss Dragon at the Edge of a Flat World by Joseph Keckler, Turtle Point Press, 2017

· Serving Fish · Christopher Caldwell · ss People of Color Take Over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination ed. Nisi Shawl, Wilder Publications, 2017

· Some Kind of Wonderland · Richard Bowes · ss Mad Hatters and March Hares ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2017

· Pan and Hook · Adam McOmber · ss Vestiges #3, 2017

· The Summer Mask · Karin Lowachee · ss Nightmare #62, November 2017

· The Library of Lost Things · Matthew Bright · ss Tor.com August 23 2017

· Making the Magic Lightning Strike Me · John Chu · ss Uncanny Magazine #16, May/June 2017

· Salamander Six-Guns · Martin Cahill · ss Shimmer #38, July 2017

· Cracks · Xen · nv Fiyah #3, Summer 2017

· The Future of Hunger in the Age of Programmable Matter · Sam J. Miller · ss Tor.com October 18 2017

· Uncanny Valley · Greg Egan · nv Tor.com August 9 2017

· Love Pressed in Vinyl · Devon Wong · ss Strange Horizons April 3 2017

· There Used to Be Olive Trees · Rich Larson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2017

· The Secret of Flight · A. C. Wise · ss Black Feathers ed. Ellen Datlow, Pegasus Books, 2017

· A Bouquet of Wonder and Marvel · Sean Eads · ss Georgetown Haunts and Mysteries ed. Jeanne C. Stein & Joshua Viola, Hex Publishers, 2017

Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages ed. Steve Berman (Prime Books, August 14, 2013, 978-1-60701-395-2, $15.95, 379pp, tp, oa, cover by Timothy Lantz)
Anthology of 33 stories, eight reprints, about zombies from “Before Lazarus” to the early 20th Century. Authors include Jonathan Maberry, Richard E. Gropp, and Steven Popkes.
Details taken from online listing.

11 · Untitled Prologue · [uncredited] · lk

13 · Before Lazarus

15 · Blood Marker · Victoria Janssen · ss

17 · Selected Sources for the Babylonian Plague of the Dead (572-571 BCE) · Alex Dally MacFarlane · ss

21 · Immortals · Nathan Southard · ss

23 · The Cost of Moving the Dead · E. L. Kemper · ss

27 · Hauntings and Hungers on the Banks of the Vipasa · Rajan Khanna · ss

39 · After Lazarus

41 · Antiquity

43 · A Frenzy of Ravens · Christopher M. Cevasco · ss

59 · The Wedding of Osiris · Adam Morrow · ss

65 · The Middle Ages

67 · The Hyena’s Blessing · Alex Jeffers · ss

79 · The Good Shepherdess · S. J. Chambers · ss

84 · The Fledglings of Time · Carrie Laben · ss

91 · 16th and 17th Centuries

93 · Hung from a Hairy Tree · Samantha Henderson · ss

96 · Good Deaths · Paul Berger · ss

114 · Dead Reckoning · Elaine Pascale · ss

124 · Grit in a Diseased Eye · Lee Thomas · ss

126 · Theater Is Dead · Raoul Wainscoting · ss History Is Dead ed. Kim Paffenroth, Permuted Press, 2007

139 · 18th Century

141 · Deathless · Ed Kurtz · ss

161 · Tantivy · Molly Tanzer · ss

169 · Cinereous · Livia Llewellyn · ss

177 · 19th Century

179 · The Wailing Hills · L. Lark · ss

196 · As the Crow Flies · Rita Oakes · ss

210 · Seneca Falls: First Recorded Outbreak of Strain Z · Dayna Ingram · nv

234 · Pegleg and Paddy Save the World · Jonathan Maberry · ss History Is Dead ed. Kim Paffenroth, Permuted Press, 2007

248 · Dead in the Water · Richard Larson · ss

250 · Starvation Army · Joe McKinney · ss History Is Dead ed. Kim Paffenroth, Permuted Press, 2007

262 · Lonegan’s Luck · Stephen Graham Jones · nv New Genre Summer 2009

285 · The Rickshaw Pusher · Mercurio D. Rivera · ss

291 · The Revenge of Oscar Wilde · Sean Eads · ss

307 · Early 20th Century

309 · The Gringo · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss

312 · The End of the Caroll A. Deering · Bob Hole · ss

314 · Promised Land (Wineville, 1928) · Richard E. Gropp · ss

316 · Tell Me Like You Done Before · Scott Edelman · ss The Dead That Walk ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2009

332 · The Fated Sky · Aimee Payne · ss

348 · The Crocodiles · Steven Popkes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2010

369 · Gedenkschrift Authors · [uncredited] · ms

The Armada Ghost Book ed. Christine Bernard (Armada, 1967, C197, 2/6d, 159pp, pb, an)

6 · Introduction · Christine Bernard · in

9 · Sandy MacNeil and His Dog · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964

20 · School for the Unspeakable · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales September 1937

34 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine September 1906

47 · The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902

66 · The Giant Bones · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964

72 · Prince Godfrey Frees Mountain Dwellers and Little Shepherds from a Savage Werewolf and from Witches · Halina Gorska · ss Prince Godfrey by Halina Gorska, Roy, 1946

88 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891

102 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896

115 · Spooks of the Valley · Louis C. Jones · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1948; adapted from chapter 7.

132 · The Lads Who Met the Highwayman · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965

142 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q

The Second Armada Ghost Book ed. Christine Bernard (Armada, 1968, C253, 2/6d, 127pp, pb, an)
Given as 2nd Armada Ghost Book on the cover.

7 · Introduction · Christine Bernard · in

9 · The Ghost That Didn’t Want to Be a Ghost · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965

21 · The Keepers of the Wall · William Croft Dickinson · ss The Scotsman Christmas

33 · Fiddler, Play Fast, Play Faster · Ruth Sawyer · ss Long Christmas by Ruth Sawyer, Viking, 1941

42 · The Magic Shop · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine June 1903

59 · Mr. Fox · [uncredited] · ss (r)

64 · His Own Number · William Croft Dickinson · ss Dark Encounters by William Croft Dickinson, Harvill Press, 1963

79 · The Man Who Walked Widdershins Round the Kirk · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965

86 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894

99 · The Ugly-Wuglies · Edith Nesbit · ex from The Enchanted Castle, Unwin, 1907; chapters 6 and 7.

The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Christine Bernard (Fontana, February 1966, 1232, 3/6d, 221pp, pb, an)

9 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893

24 · No Stronger Than a Flower · Robert Aickman · ss

40 · Tarnhelm · Hugh Walpole · ss Liberty December 28 1929

58 · The Gypsy · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933

69 · A Case of Eavesdropping [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900

86 · The Pond · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949

94 · William and Mary · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960

125 · The Two Vaynes · L. P. Hartley · ss World Review #22, December 1950

137 · The Next in Line · Ray Bradbury · nv Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947

176 · In the Steam Room · Frank Baker · ss

188 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander January 17 1912

195 · The Cat Jumps · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929

207 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891

213 · Marmalade Wine · Joan Aiken · ss Suspense (UK) September 1958

The Second Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Christine Bernard (Fontana, 1967, 3/6d, 221pp, pb, an)

9 · The Spider · Elizabeth Walter · nv The Sin-Eater and Other Scientific Impossibilities by Elizabeth Walter, Harvill Press, 1967

35 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury September 1930

50 · Something Strange · Kingsley Amis · nv The Spectator November 25 1960

69 · Satan’s Circus · Lady Eleanor Smith · nv Britannia and Eve June 1930

85 · The Photograph · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949

91 · The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928
revised from The New Decameron, Volume the First, B.H. Blackwell, 1919.

118 · As Gay as Cheese · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) December 1956

124 · The Hound of Death · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933

142 · Judith · Hjalmar Bergman · ss The Evening Standard February 16 1934

149 · The Victim · May Sinclair · nv The Criterion October 1922

171 · The House on Big Faraway · Norman Matson · ss The Evening Standard June 12 1934

182 · The Killing-Bottle · L. P. Hartley · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927

The Third Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Christine Bernard (Fontana, March 1968, 1702, 3/6d, 188pp, pb, an)

7 · Green Fingers · R. C. Cook · ss

22 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948

42 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912

54 · The Academy · David Ely · ss Playboy June 1965

64 · Cut-Throat Farm · J. D. Beresford · ss The Westminster Gazette August 14 1909

69 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited.

89 · Poison · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s June 3 1950

101 · Lucky’s Grove · Herbert Russell Wakefield · nv The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. Russell Wakefield, Herbert Jenkins, 1940

123 · Housebound · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss

134 · The Shuttered Room · H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth · nv The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces by H. P. Lovecraft, Arkham House, 1959
written by Derleth from a fragment by Lovecraft.

169 · At the End of the Passage · Rudyard Kipling · ss Boston Herald July 20 1890

The Fourth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Christine Bernard (Fontana, August 1969, 3/6d, 190pp, pb, an)

7 · The Doll · Francis King · ss The Brighton Belle and Other Stories by Francis King, Longmans, 1968

22 · The Idiots · Joseph Conrad · ss The Savoy #6, October 1896

45 · Looking for Something to Suck · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss

58 · The Head · Edith Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine May 1907, as by Mrs. Hubert Bland

74 · Chains · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949

78 · The Empty House [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906

94 · The Flesh Is Weak · Sydney J. Bounds · ss

98 · Seven Floors · Dino Buzzati; translated by Judith Landry · ss Catastrophe by Dino Buzzati, Calder & Boyars, 1965
translated from the Italian.

112 · New Moon · Malachi Whitaker · ss Frost in April by M. Whitaker, Cape, 1930

121 · Mess · Francis King · nv The Brighton Belle and Other Stories by Francis King, Longmans, 1968

150 · Young Blood · Sydney J. Bounds · ss

153 · The Telegram · Violet Hunt · nv Tales of the Uneasy by Violet Hunt, Heinemann, 1911

177 · Mateo Falcone · Prosper Mérimée · ss International Short Stories ed. & tr. Wm Patten, P.F. Collier's Sons, 1910
translated from the French.

Legal Briefs ed. William Bernhardt (Doubleday, June 1998, 0-385-49138-7, $22.95, 292pp, hc, oa)

vii · If Everyone Hates Lawyers So Much, Why Are They Buying Our Books? · William Bernhardt · in

1 · The Divorce · Grif Stockley · na

47 · Poetic Justice · Steve Martini · nv

73 · Stairwell Justice · Jay Brandon · nv

95 · The Client · Richard North Patterson · ss The Atlantic Monthly 1979

115 · What We’re Here For · William Bernhardt · nv

147 · Cook County Redemption · Michael A. Kahn · nv

179 · The Jailhouse Lawyer · Phillip M. Margolin · ss The Saint Magazine August 1984

195 · Voir Dire [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · nv

231 · The Birthday · John Grisham · ss Oxford American 1994

237 · Roads · Philip Friedman · ss

257 · Carrying Concealed · Lisa Scottoline · nv

285 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg

My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales ed. Kate Bernheimer & Carmen Giménez Smith (Penguin (US), September 28, 2010, 978-0-14-311784-1, $17.00, 608pp, tp, oa, cover by Julie Morstad)
Original anthology of 41 fairy tales (16 reprints) inspired by traditional tales from around the world. Authors with new stories include Francesca Lia Block, Karen Joy Fowler, and Brian Evenson. Foreword by Gregory Maguire.
Details taken from online listing.

xvii · Introduction · Kate Bernheimer · in

xxv · Drawing the Curtain · Gregory Maguire · ar

1 · Baba Iaga and the Pelican Child · Joy Williams · ss

8 · Ardour · Jonathon Keats · ss

14 · I’m Here · Ludmilla Petrushevskaya; translated by Keith Gessen & Anna Summers · ss

30 · The Brother and the Bird · Alissa Nutting · ss

42 · Hansel and Gretel · Francine Prose · ss The Peaceable Kingdom by Francine Prose, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1993

59 · A Day in the Life of Half of Rumpelstiltskin · Kevin Brockmeier · ss Things That Fall from the Sky by Kevin Brockmeier, Pantheon Books, 2002

74 · With Hair of Hand-Spun Gold · Neil LaBute · ss

84 · The Swan Brothers · Shelley Jackson · nv

105 · The Warm Mouth · Joyelle McSweeney · ss

113 · Snow White, Rose Red · Lydia Millet · ss Tin House Summer 2010

126 · The Erlking · Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum · ss The New Yorker July 5 2010

139 · Dapplegrim · Brian Evenson · ss

149 · The Wild Swans · Michael Cunningham · ss

152 · Halfway People · Karen Joy Fowler · ss

165 · Green Air · Rikki Ducornet · ss

171 · The Mermaid in the Tree · Timothy Schaffert · nv

200 · What the Conch Shell Sings When the Body Is Gone · Katherine Vaz · nv

221 · The Snow Queen · Karen Brennan · ss

237 · Eyes of Dogs · Lucy Corin · ss www.conjunctions.com May 20 2008

250 · Little Pot · Ilya Kaminsky · ss Brothers & Beasts ed. Kate Bernheimer, Wayne State University Press, 2007

254 · A Bucket of Warm Spit · Michael Martone · ss

270 · Catskin · Kelly Link · nv McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books, 2003

299 · Teague O’Kane and the Corpse · Chris Adrian · ss

316 · Pleasure Boating in Lituya Bay · Jim Shepard · nv Like You’d Understand, Anyway by Jim Shepard, Alfred A. Knopf, 2007

337 · Body-Without-Soul · Kathryn Davis · ss

353 · The Girl, The Wolf, The Crone · Kellie Wells · ss Fairy Tale Review v6 #1, 2010, as “The Girl, The Wolf, and The Elderly Woman”

361 · My Brother Gary Made a Movie and This Is What Happened · Sabrina Orah Mark · ss

366 · The Color Master · Aimee Bender · ss

386 · The White Cat · Marjorie Sandor · ss Fairy Tale Review #1, 2005

390 · Blue-Bearded Lover · Joyce Carol Oates · vi The Assignation by Joyce Carol Oates, The Ecco Press, 1988

394 · Bluebeard in Ireland · John Updike · ss Playboy January 1993

411 · A Kiss to Wake the Sleeper · Rabih Alameddine · ss

423 · A Case Study of Emergency Room Procedure and Risk Management by Hospital Staff Members in the Urban Facility · Stacey Richter · ss Fairy Tale Review #1, 2005

434 · Orange · Neil Gaiman · ss The Starry Rift ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2008

443 · Psyche’s Dark Night · Francesca Lia Block · ss

460 · The Story of the Mosquito · Lily Hoang · ss

467 · First Day of Snow · Naoko Awa · ss

472 · I Am Anjuhimeko · Hiromi Ito · nv

495 · Coyote Takes Us Home · Michael Mejia · ss Notre Dame Review Summer/Fall 2008

512 · Ever After · Kim Addonizio · ss Fairy Tale Review #1, 2005

527 · Whitework · Kate Bernheimer · ss Tin House Fall 2007

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