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xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths ed. Kate Bernheimer (Penguin (US), September 24, 2013, 978-0-14-312242-5, $18.00, xxiii+547pp, tp, oa, cover by Julie Morstad)
Original anthology of 50 stories inspired by myths. Authors include Brian Aldiss, Aimee Bender, Emma Straub & Peter Straub, and Kit Reed.
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Kate Bernheimer · in

· Anthropogenesis, or, How to Make a Family · Laura van den Berg · ss

· Argos · Joy Williams · ss

· The Sisters · Sabina Murray · ss

· Sawdust · Edward Carey · ss

· Friend Robin · Maile Chapman · ss

· The Veiled Prophet · David B. · ss

· Henry and Booboo · Elanor Dymott · ss

· Modern Coyotes · Shane Jones · ss

· Devourings · Aimee Bender · ss

· Labyrinth · Ron Currie, Jr. · ss

· The Last Flight of Daedalus · Anthony Marra · ss

· Daphne · Dawn Raffel · ss

· Demeter · Maile Meloy · ss The New Yorker November 19 2012

· Kid Collins · Willy Vlautin · ss

· Sleeping Beauty · Gina Ochsner · ss

· Galatea · Madeline Miller · ss

· The Hand · Manuel Muñoz · ss

· The Dummy · Benjamin Percy · ss Cemetery Dance #70, 2013

· The Girl with the Talking Shadow · Kate Bernheimer · ss

· Wait and See · Edith Pearlman · ss The American Scholar Winter 2013

· An Occasional Icarus · Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud · ss

· Killcrop · Victor LaValle · ss

· The Squid Who Fell in Love with the Sun · Ben Loory · ss

· Birdsong from the Radio · Elizabeth McCracken · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Fall 2013

· The Lotus Eaters · Aurelie Sheehan · ss

· Slaves · Elizabeth Evans · ss

· Drona’s Death · Max Gladstone · ss

· So Many-Headed Gates · Sheila Heti · ss

· The Status of Myth · Kelly Braffet & Owen King · ss

· Narcissus · Zachary Mason · ss

· Back to Blandon · Michael Jeffrey Lee · ss Fairy Tale Review v6 #1, 2010

· The Story I Am Speaking to You Now · Davis Schneiderman · ss

· The Brigadier-General Takes His Final Stand by James Butt · Imad Rahman · ss

· Dark Resort · Heidi Julavits · ss

· Mystery Spot: 95065 · Karen Tei Yamashita · ss

· Lost Lake · Peter & Emma Straub · ss

· What Wants My Son · Kevin Wilson · ss

· Thousand · Laird Hunt · ss

· Belle-Medusa · Manuela Draeger · ss

· The Swan’s Wife · Aamer Hussein · ss

· Sanna · Kathryn Davis · ss

· Madame Liang · Lutz Bassmann · ss

· Sissy · Kit Reed · ss

· In a Structure Simulating an Owl · Ander Monson · ss

· Cat’s Eye · Donají Olmedo · ss

· Betrayal · Sigrid Nunez · ss

· A Horse, a Vine · Johanna Skibsrud · ss

· The Hungers of an Old Language · Brian Aldiss · ss

· The White Horse · Sarah Blackman · ss

Boucher’s Choicest ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf (Dutton, 1969, LC:72-78383, $5.95, 320pp, hc, an)
A Collection of Anthony Boucher’s Favorites from Best Detective Stories of the Year. Derivative anthologies: The Menace Masters and The Cream of Crime.

9 · Introduction · Allen J. Hubin · in

11 · Editor’s Note · Jeanne F. Bernkopf · pr

15 · H as in Homicide [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964

27 · Justice, Inc. · Rog Phillips · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1963

42 · The Adventure of the Double-Bogey Man [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1962

53 · File #1: The Mayfield Case [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967

69 · A Humanist · Romain Gary · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1963

75 · A Case for the UN · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1964

85 · A Soliloquy in Tongues · William Wiser · ss Cosmopolitan May 1964

98 · I Will Please Come to Order · William North Jayme · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1963

107 · His Brother’s Keeper · James McKimmey, Jr. · ss Cosmopolitan September 1962

116 · The Opposite Number · Jacob Hay · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1966

128 · The Right Man for the Right Job · J. C. Thompson · ss Playboy July 1962

138 · The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln’s Clue [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss MD June 1965, as “Abraham Lincoln’s Clue”

155 · The Chosen One · Rhys Davies · nv The New Yorker June 4 1966

185 · The Adventure of the Red Leech [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1966

201 · The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Donald A. Yates · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1962
translated from the Spanish (“Una Leyenda Arabiga (Historia de los dos Reyes y los dos Laberintos, como Nota de Burton)”, El Aleph, Editorial Losada, 1949).

203 · Papa Tral’s Harvest · Barry Perowne · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964

222 · Good Man, Bad Man · Jerome Weidman · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 1 1967

238 · The Stollmeyer Sonnets [Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966

258 · The Dr. Sherrock Commission [Augustus Mandrell] · Frank McAuliffe · ss Of All the Bloody Cheek by Frank McAuliffe, Ballantine, 1965

270 · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Magazine July 1967

280 · The Peppermint-Striped Goodbye · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1965

287 · The Gracious, Pleasant Life of Mrs. Afton · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1963

299 · By Child Undone · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1967

310 · The Possibility of Evil · Shirley Jackson · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 18 1965

The Cream of Crime ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf (Dell, March 1972, 1571, 75¢, 203pp, pb, an)
More Tales from Boucher’s Choicest.

xi · Introduction · Allen J. Hubin · in Boucher’s Choicest ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf, Dutton, 1969

xiii · Editor’s Note · Jeanne F. Bernkopf · pr Boucher’s Choicest ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf, Dutton, 1969

1 · The Adventure of the Double-Bogey Man [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1962

16 · A Humanist · Romain Gary · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1963

24 · A Case for the UN · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1964

37 · A Soliloquy in Tongues · William Wiser · ss Cosmopolitan May 1964

55 · I Will Please Come to Order · William North Jayme · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1963

68 · The Opposite Number · Jacob Hay · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1966

84 · The Chosen One · Rhys Davies · nv The New Yorker June 4 1966

126 · Papa Tral’s Harvest · Barry Perowne · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964

152 · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Magazine July 1967

165 · The Peppermint-Striped Goodbye · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1965

174 · By Child Undone · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1967

189 · The Possibility of Evil · Shirley Jackson · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 18 1965

Menace Masters ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf (Dell, December 1971, 5537, 75¢, 210pp, pb, an)
Tales from Boucher’s Choicest.

ix · Introduction · Allen J. Hubin · in Boucher’s Choicest ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf, Dutton, 1969

xiii · Editor’s Note · Jeanne F. Bernkopf · pr Boucher’s Choicest ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf, Dutton, 1969

1 · H as in Homicide [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964

18 · Justice, Inc. · Rog Phillips · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1963

38 · File #1: The Mayfield Case [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967

60 · His Brother’s Keeper · James McKimmey, Jr. · ss Cosmopolitan September 1962

73 · The Right Man for the Right Job · J. C. Thompson · ss Playboy July 1962

86 · The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln’s Clue [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss MD June 1965, as “Abraham Lincoln’s Clue”

109 · The Adventure of the Red Leech [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1966

130 · The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Donald A. Yates · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1962
translated from the Spanish (“Una Leyenda Arabiga (Historia de los dos Reyes y los dos Laberintos, como Nota de Burton)”, El Aleph, Editorial Losada, 1949).

132 · Good Man, Bad Man · Jerome Weidman · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 1 1967

153 · The Stollmeyer Sonnets [Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966

180 · The Dr. Sherrock Commission [Augustus Mandrell] · Frank McAuliffe · ss Of All the Bloody Cheek by Frank McAuliffe, Ballantine, 1965

196 · The Gracious, Pleasant Life of Mrs. Afton · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1963

The Never Never Land ed. Phillip Berrie, Mitchell Akhurst & Ian McHugh--- see under Mitchell Akhurst.

The Roots of Fantasy: Myth, Folklore & Archetype ed. Shelley Dutton Berry (World Fantasy Convention 1989, October 1989, no ISBN, 124pp, tp, an)
Anthology of eight stories plus various non-fiction pieces, particularly profiles of the GoH’s. This is the program book for the 1989 World Fantasy Convention held in Seattle and is a limited edition of 1,000 copies.

ix · Preface · Shelley Dutton Berry · pr

1 · Opening Remarks · Ginjer Buchanan · in

3 · Yoshitaka Amano · Kiyoshi Imaoka & Alex Fleischer · bg [Ref. Yoshitaka Amano]

7 · Ginjer Buchanan: The Short Version · Suzanne Tompkins & Jerry Kaufman · bg [Ref. Ginjer Buchanan]

9 · Avram Davidson: The Fish Unturned · Gene Wolfe · ar Weird Tales Winter 1988/1989 [Ref. Avram Davidson]

13 · Without Apparent Effort, an introduction to Ursula K. Le Guin · Vonda N. McIntyre · bg [Ref. Ursula K. Le Guin]

19 · Robert R. McCammon (his ownself) · Joe R. Lansdale · bg [Ref. Robert R. McCammon]

21 · A.k.a. S.P. Somtow · Deborah L. Notkin · bg [Ref. Somtow Sucharitkul]

23 · Joseph Who? · Kris Demien · bg [Ref. Joseph Campbell]

27 · Or the Grasses Grow · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1958

35 · Legends for a New Land · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar
originally given as a speech at Mythcon in 1988.

47 · Chico · Robert R. McCammon · ss Blue World and Other Stories by Robert R. McCammon, Grafton, 1989

55 · Lottery Night · S. P. Somtow · nv

73 · Roots · Terry Pratchett · ar

77 · Little Tales of Ho and Naipon · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss

85 · The Lovesick Simurgh · M. J. Engh · ss Arabesques ed. Susan M. Shwartz, Avon, 1988

93 · Visitation · Greg Bear · vi Omni June 1987

97 · Fantastic Heroes Now and Then · Sharon Baker · ar
speech delivered at the 1988 Conference of the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts.

103 · The Story of Urashima Taro · Tomoko Oshiro; translated by Gene Van Troyer · ss

109 · The Faithful Companion at Forty · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1987

117 · The Master Goes Whacko! · Bruce Taylor · ss

Yesterday Knocks by Noel Bertram (G. Arthur Coleby, 1953, 71pp, hc, co)

· The Half Legs · Noel Bertram · ss

· The Bellarmine Jars · Noel Bertram · ss

· Lot 629 · Noel Bertram · ss

· The North Cloister Walk · Noel Bertram · ss

· P Aia Johns Blak · Noel Bertram · nv

The Case of Mr. Lucraft and Other Tales by Walter Besant & James Rice (Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1876, viii+290+290pp, hc, co)
In two volumes. Given as by the Authors of “Ready Money Mortiboy”, “This Son of Vulcan”, “The Golden Butterfly”, etc. etc. on the title page but the preface is signed by W.B. & J.R.

· Vol. I

v · Preface · Walter Besant & James Rice · pr

· Part I. From the Supernatural

1 · The Case of Mr. Lucraft · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv

137 · The Mystery of Joe Morgan · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv

171 · An Old, Old Story · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv (r)

209 · Lady Kitty · Walter Besant & James Rice · ss Once a Week Christmas 1872

249 · The Old Four-Poster · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv (r)

275 · My Own Experience · Walter Besant & James Rice · ss (r)

· Vol. I

· Part II. From Fairyland

3 · Titania’s Farewell · Walter Besant & James Rice · na (r)

· Part III. From Fact

155 · On the Goodwin · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv (r)

205 · Edelweis · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv (r)

235 · Love Finds the Way · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv (r)

271 · The Death of Samuel Pickwick · Walter Besant & James Rice · ss (r)

Paying the Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Eluki bes Shahar--- see under Rosemary Edghill.

Bedlam’s Edge ed. Eluki bes Shahar & Mercedes R. Lackey--- see under Mercedes Lackey.

Murder by Magic ed. Eluki bes Shahar--- see under Rosemary Edghill.

An Alfred Bester Omnibus by Alfred Bester (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1967, 30/-, 710pp, hc, om)

· The Demolished Man · Alfred Bester · n. Shasta, 1953

· Tiger! Tiger! · Alfred Bester · n. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1956

· The Dark Side of the Earth · Alfred Bester · co Signet, 1964

The Dark Side of the Earth by Alfred Bester (Signet, May 1964, T4402, 75¢, 160pp, pb, co)
Also in An Alfred Bester Omnibus.

7 · Time Is the Traitor · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953

31 · The Men Who Murdered Mohammed · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958

45 · Out of This World · Alfred Bester · ss

56 · The Pi Man · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1959

74 · The Flowered Thundermug · Alfred Bester · nv

117 · Will You Wait? · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959

125 · They Don’t Make Life Like They Used To · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1963

The Light Fantastic by Alfred Bester (Berkley/Putnam, April 1976, 0-399-11614-1, $7.95, 254pp, hc, co, cover by Richard Powers)
Subtitled “The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Best Volume I”. Also in Starlight.

9 · 5,271,009 · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954

54 · Ms. Found in a Champagne Bottle · Alfred Bester · ss Status 1968

58 · Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954

85 · Comment on “Fondly Fahrenheit” · Alfred Bester · as SF: Authors’ Choice 2 ed. Harry Harrison, Berkley Medallion, 1970

89 · The Four-Hour Fugue · Alfred Bester · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1974

113 · The Men Who Murdered Mohammed · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958

130 · Disappearing Act · Alfred Bester · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

154 · Hell Is Forever · Alfred Bester · na Unknown Worlds August 1942

Star Light, Star Bright by Alfred Bester (Berkley/Putnam, July 1976, 0-399-11816-0, $7.95, 248pp, hc, co)
Subtitled “The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume II”. Also in Starlight.

1 · Adam and No Eve · Alfred Bester · ss Astounding Science-Fiction September 1941

19 · Time Is the Traitor · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953

47 · Oddy and Id · Alfred Bester · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1950, as “The Devil’s Invention”

68 · Hobson’s Choice · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952

88 · Star Light, Star Bright · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953

109 · They Don’t Make Life Like They Used To · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1963

150 · Of Time and Third Avenue · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951

162 · Isaac Asimov · Alfred Bester · iv Publishers Weekly April 17 1972 [Ref. Isaac Asimov]

167 · The Pi Man · Alfred Bester · ss
revised from F&SF Oct ’59.

191 · Something Up There Likes Me · Alfred Bester · nv Astounding ed. Harry Harrison, Random House, 1973

220 · My Affair with Science Fiction · Alfred Bester · ar Nova 4 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1974

Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester by Alfred Bester (SFBC, December 1976, #3140, $3.98, 409pp, hc, om)

3 · Star Light, Star Bright · Alfred Bester · co Berkley/Putnam, 1976

203 · The Light Fantastic · Alfred Bester · co Berkley/Putnam, 1976

A Hazy Shade of Winter by Simon Bestwick (Ash-Tree Press, July 4, 2004, 1-55310-069-7, C$59.00, xi+212pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe) [edited by Joel Lane]
Fantasy/horror collection. Edited, with an Introduction, by Joel Lane. Limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $46.00 and in the UK for £28.00.

ix · Introduction · Joel Lane · in

3 · A Hazy Shade of Winter · Simon Bestwick · ss

17 · Love Knot · Simon Bestwick · ss All Hallows #34, October 2003

35 · …And Dream of Avalon · Simon Bestwick · ss

48 · Come with Me, Down This Long Road · Simon Bestwick · ss

56 · Graven · Simon Bestwick · ss Darkness Rising, Volume One: Night’s Soft Pains ed. L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims, Cosmos Books, 2001

66 · Severance · Simon Bestwick · ss All Hallows #29, February 2002

78 · Home from the Sea · Simon Bestwick · ss

84 · The Crows · Simon Bestwick · ss

101 · Malachi · Simon Bestwick · ss

111 · Close the Door, Put Out the Light · Simon Bestwick · ss All Hallows #31, October 2002

121 · The Wedding · Simon Bestwick · ss

131 · The Foot of the Garden · Simon Bestwick · ss Enigmatic Tales #1, June 1998

144 · Running Ragged · Simon Bestwick · ss

155 · Until My Darkness Goes · Simon Bestwick · na

210 · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms

211 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi

Best of Weird Tales ed. John Betancourt (Barnes & Noble, September 1995, 1-56619-730-9, $7.98, 498pp, hc, an, cover by Bob Eggleton)
Anthology of 27 horror and dark fantasy stories originally published in the 1988-1994 incarnation of Weird Tales. There is an introduction by Betancourt. This is an instant remainder edition available in Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton stores.

vii · Introduction · John Gregory Betancourt · in

1 · Midnight Mass · F. Paul Wilson · na Axolotl Press, 1990

52 · Fruiting Bodies · Brian Lumley · nv Weird Tales Summer 1988

76 · Nonstop · Tad Williams · ss Weird Tales Spring 1990

88 · Snickerdoodles · Nancy Springer · ss Weird Tales Summer 1990

103 · Death Dances · Tanith Lee · ss Weird Tales Spring 1988

115 · Little Once · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · vi Weird Tales Fall 1988

119 · Emma’s Daughter · Alan Rodgers · nv Weird Tales Fall 1988

146 · Stalin’s Teardrops · Ian Watson · nv Weird Tales Winter 1990/1991

174 · Avatar · Lois Tilton · ss Weird Tales Fall 1988

185 · The Grab Bag · Robert Bloch & Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales Spring 1991

193 · 1/72nd Scale · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Weird Tales Fall 1990

222 · Mothrasaurus · A. R. Morlan · pm Weird Tales Spring 1991

225 · Swan’s Lake · Susan M. Shwartz · ss Weird Tales Summer 1990

240 · Night Bloomer · David J. Schow · nv Seeing Red by David J. Schow, Tor, 1990

260 · At Diamond Lake · William F. Nolan · ss The Anthology of Fantasy & the Supernatural ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Tiger Books, 1994

268 · The Pronounced Effect · John Brunner · nv Weird Tales Summer 1990

292 · The Same in Any Language · Ramsey Campbell · ss Weird Tales Summer 1991

305 · Soft · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Weird Tales Spring 1990

310 · Princess · Morgan Llywelyn · vi Weird Tales Summer 1988

314 · Well-Connected · T. E. D. Klein · ss Dagon #18/19, July/October 1987

328 · Knox’s ’Nga · Avram Davidson · ss Weird Tales Winter 1988/1989

340 · Courting Disasters · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Weird Tales Spring/Fall 1989

360 · After the Last Elf Is Dead · Harry Turtledove · ss Weird Tales Summer 1988

374 · The Lost Art of Twilight · Thomas Ligotti · ss Dark Horizons #30, Summer 1986

391 · Magician in the Dark · Robert Sampson · nv Weird Tales Winter 1988/1989

416 · The Other Dead Man · Gene Wolfe · ss Weird Tales Spring 1988

435 · At First Just Ghostly [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · na Weird Tales Spring/Fall 1989

489 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Best of Weird Tales: 1923 ed. John Gregory Betancourt & Marvin Kaye--- see under Marvin Kaye.

Fafhrd & Me by Fritz Leiber ed. John Gregory Betancourt--- see under Fritz Leiber.

Horror: The Best of the Year: 2006 Edition ed. John Gregory Betancourt & Sean Wallace (Prime Books, May 2006, 0-8095-5648-0, $13.95, 319pp, tp, an, cover by Pieter Claesz)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 17 stories, with an introduction on the year in fantasy by the editors. Authors include Joe R. Lansdale, Clive Barker, and Jeff Vandermeer.

· Introduction · John Gregory Betancourt & Sean Wallace · in

· The Shadows, Kith and Kin · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Outsiders ed. Nancy Holder & Nancy Kilpatrick, Roc, 2005

· The Souls of Drowning Mountain · Jack Cady · ss Taverns of the Dead ed. Kealan Patrick Burke, Cemetery Dance, 2005

· The Other Grace · Holly Phillips · nv In the Palace of Repose by Holly Phillips, Prime Books, 2005

· Sitting Tenant · Nicholas Royle · ss Poe’s Progeny ed. Gary Fry, Gray Friar Press, 2005

· The Cape · Joe Hill · nv 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, PS Publishing, 2005

· La Peau Verte (Green Skin) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv To Charles Fort, With Love by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Subterranean Press, 2005

· A Very Little Madness Goes a Long Way · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2005

· There’s a Hole in the City [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · ss Sci Fiction June 15 2005

· Northwest Passage · Barbara Roden · nv Acquainted with the Night ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2004

· Proboscis · Laird Barron · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2005

· Haeckel’s Tale · Clive Barker · ss Dark Delicacies ed. Del Howison & Jeff Gelb, Carroll & Graf, 2005

· Lost · Jeff VanderMeer · ss TEL: Stories ed. Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2005

· Unblinking · Ramsey Campbell · na Lost on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2005

· Real People Slash · Nick Mamatas · nv Son and Foe November 2005

· Fair Exchange [Cthulhu] · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 2005

· This Hand, Waving · Simon Owens · ss ChiZine #25, July/September 2005

· The Call of Farther Shores · David Niall Wilson · nv Lost on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2005

Horror: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition (unpublished) ed. John Gregory Betancourt & Sean Wallace (Prime Books, n.d., 978-0-8095-6299-2, 320pp, tp, an)
Announced but never published.
Details taken from online listing.

· Sob in the Silence · Gene Wolfe · ss Strange Birds by Gene Wolfe, Dreamhaven Books, 2006

· The Moment of Joy Before · Claudia O’Keefe · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2006

· Journey Into the Kingdom · M. Rickert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2006

· Hallucigenia · Laird Barron · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2006

· Immortal Forms · Albert E. Cowdrey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2006

· A Pig’s Whisper · Margo Lanagan · ss Agog! Ripping Reads ed. Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2006

· The Saffron Gatherers [Lost Domain] · Elizabeth Hand · nv Saffron and Brimstone by Elizabeth Hand, M Press, 2006

· My Travels with Al-Qaeda · Lavie Tidhar · ss Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006

· Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006

· La Profonde · Terry Dowling · ss Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear by Terry Dowling, Cemetery Dance, 2006

· Raphael · Stephen Graham Jones · nv Cemetery Dance #55, 2006

· The Muldoon · Glen Hirshberg · nv American Morons by Glen Hirshberg, Earthling Publications, 2006

· Everything Is Better with Zombies · Hannah Wolf Bowen · ss Phantom Magazine #0, Fall 2006

· Lydia’s Body · Vylar Kaftan · ss Clarkesworld #2, November 2006

· Pony · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest January 2006

· The Novel of the Holocaust · Stewart O’Nan · ss Fantasy Magazine #2, 2006

· It’s Against the Law to Feed the Ducks · Paul Tremblay · ss Fantasy Magazine #2, 2006

· The Changeling · Sarah Langan · ss Phantom Magazine #0, Fall 2006

· Girl with the Lute · Samantha Henderson · ss ChiZine #28, April/June 2006

· The Virgin Butcher · Brenna Yovanoff Graham · ss ChiZine #30, October/December 2006

More Annotated H.P. Lovecraft by H. P. Lovecraft ed. John Gregory Betancourt & Leigh Grossman--- see under H. P. Lovecraft.

New Masterpieces of Horror ed. John Betancourt (Barnes & Noble, September 1996, 1-56619-790-2, $7.98, 514pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 24 horror and dark fantasy stories. Authors include Peter Straub, S.P. Somtow, Joyce Carol Oates, and Connie Willis.

ix · Introduction · John Gregory Betancourt · in

1 · The Chaney Legacy · Robert Bloch · ss Night Cry Fall 1986

19 · Soft Monkey · Harlan Ellison · ss Mystery Scene Reader ed. Edward Gorman, Fedora, 1987

35 · Death on the Nile · Connie Willis · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1993

61 · Ménage à Trois [Ronald Burke] · F. Paul Wilson · nv Weird Tales Spring 1988

91 · Peacemaker · Charles Grant · ss Borderlands 2 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1991

99 · Night They Missed the Horror Show · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988

117 · The Yard · William F. Nolan · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987

125 · In the Trees · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Fantasy Tales, v.11 #4 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1990

131 · Dead Air · Gregory Nicoll · nv Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988

153 · The Third Dead Body · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss The Ultimate Zombie ed. Byron Preiss & John Betancourt, Dell, 1993

173 · The Troll · Ray Bradbury · ss The Bradbury Chronicles ed. William F. Nolan & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1991

181 · Brazo de Dios · Elizabeth Massie · ss Borderlands 3 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1993

197 · Her Wild Wild Eyes · Brad Strickland · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1991

219 · The Snatchers · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1993

227 · All Flesh Is Clay · John Ordover · ss Weird Tales Summer 1993

233 · The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead · Alan Rodgers · nv Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987

263 · The Dark Country [Jack Martin] · Dennis Etchison · ss Fantasy Tales #8, Summer 1981

285 · Nobody’s Perfect · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988

301 · Blind · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Haunted by Joyce Carol Oates, Penguin/Dutton, 1994

315 · Gingerbread · S. P. Somtow · nv The Ultimate Witch ed. Byron Preiss & John Betancourt, Dell, 1993

345 · Graves · Joe Haldeman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1992

355 · The Old School · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1989

367 · The Ghost Village [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · nv MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992

401 · The Great Lover · Dan Simmons · na Lovedeath by Dan Simmons, Warner, 1993

Swashbuckling Editor Stories ed. John Gregory Betancourt (Wildside Press, November 1993, 1-880448-22-X, $7.95, 128pp, tp, oa, cover by Pat Morrissey)
Original anthology of 17 stories about sf, fantasy, and horror editors, two reprints. A numbered hardcover edition (-20-3) and a “lettered and double lettered” hardcover edition (-21-1) were also available.

7 · Introduction · John Gregory Betancourt · in

11 · It Came from the Slushpile · Bruce Bethke · ss Aboriginal Science Fiction July/August 1987

23 · Why They Call It That · James D. Macdonald & Debra Doyle · vi

26 · Slush-O-Matic · Chuck Rothman · ss

31 · Spellcaster · Janna Silverstein · ss

47 · The Emperor’s New Prose · Kij Johnson · ss

59 · Grace Under Pressure · Paul Levinson · ss

72 · Dear Contributor · David M. Harris · vi

74 · [untitled] · Greg Cox · ss Wildside Fall 1993

79 · The Masque of the Red Pencil · John C. Bunnell · ss

83 · Editor Meacham and the Fate Worse Than Death · Mike Resnick · vi

86 · Not Virginal Enough · George H. Scithers · ss

91 · Falcon Lace · John J. Ordover · vi

94 · False Assumptions · Gordon Van Gelder · vi

97 · Out Tray · Anthony R. Lewis · ss

102 · Just Perfect · Lawrence Watt-Evans · vi

105 · Re: Vision · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine September/October 1992

109 · The Big Nap · David Bischoff · ss

The Ultimate Alien ed. John Betancourt, Byron Preiss & Keith R. A. DeCandido--- see under Byron Preiss.

The Ultimate Dragon ed. John Betancourt, Byron Preiss & Keith R. A. DeCandido--- see under Byron Preiss.

The Ultimate Frankenstein ed. John Gregory Betancourt, Byron Preiss, David Keller & Megan Miller--- see under Byron Preiss.

The Ultimate Werewolf ed. John Gregory Betancourt, Byron Preiss, David Keller & Megan Miller--- see under Byron Preiss.

The Ultimate Witch ed. John Betancourt & Byron Preiss--- see under Byron Preiss.

The Ultimate Zombie ed. John Betancourt & Byron Preiss--- see under Byron Preiss.

Weird Tales: Seven Decades of Terror ed. John Betancourt & Robert Weinberg (Barnes & Noble, April 1997, 0-7607-0403-1, $7.98, 438pp, hc, an, cover by Bob Eggleton)
Horror anthology of 28 stories that appeared in Weird Tales from the ’20s to the ’90s, arranged in chronological order. Authors include H.P. Lovecraft, C.L. Moore, Gene Wolfe, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman. An instant remainder book.

xv · Introduction · John Betancourt & Robert Weinberg · in

· The 1920s: The Early Years

3 · The Fireplace · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales January 1925

19 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924

41 · Bells of Oceana · Arthur J. Burks · ss Weird Tales December 1927

55 · The Eighth Green Man · G. G. Pendarves · ss Weird Tales March 1928

· The 1930s: The Golden Age

77 · The Seed from the Sepulcher · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales October 1933

91 · The Accursed Isle · Mary E. Counselman · ss Weird Tales November 1933

105 · The Graveyard Rats · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales March 1936

113 · Lost Paradise [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales July 1936

· The 1940s: New Voices

143 · The Hound · Fritz Leiber · ss Weird Tales November 1942

161 · The Crowd · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1943

177 · Pacific 421 · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1944

189 · The Dead Man’s Hand [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales November 1944

· The 1950s: A Quiet Exit

213 · The Three Pools and the Painted Moon · Frank Owen · ss Weird Tales September 1950

221 · The Ring of Bastet [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales September 1951

241 · Lucy Comes to Stay · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1952

249 · The Rhythm of the Rats · Eric Frank Russell · ss Weird Tales July 1950

· The 1970s: The First Revival

269 · Sea Curse [Faring Town] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales May 1928

277 · The Dead Smile · F. Marion Crawford · nv Ainslee’s Magazine August 1899

301 · Lethal Labels · Ray Russell · vi Weird Tales Summer 1974

307 · The Finding of the Graiken [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine February 15 1913

· The 1980s: Death and Life Again

333 · The Dead Man · Gene Wolfe · ss Sir! October 1965; revised.

339 · The Pit-Yakker · Brian Lumley · ss Weird Tales Spring/Fall 1989

361 · Save the Children! · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Weird Tales #4 ed. Lin Carter, Zebra, 1983

367 · Love Song from the Stars · Robert Sheckley · ss Weird Tales Winter 1989/1990

· The 1990s: A New Golden Age

377 · Welcomeland · Ramsey Campbell · ss Words International February 1988

391 · The Lily Garden · Tanith Lee · ss Weird Tales Spring 1992

405 · The Pulse of the Machine · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv Weird Tales Spring 1993

431 · Turn, Turn, Turn · Nancy Springer · ss Weird Tales Spring 1991

The Complete Adventures of Koyala, Volume 1 by John Charles Beukema--- see under John Charles Beecham.

The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe ed. Harold Bever--- see under Edgar Allan Poe.

Minions of Mars by William Gray Beyer (Steeger Books, December 8, 2019, 978-1-61827-449-6, $16.95, 197pp, tp, n.) [Minions]
Volume 65 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details taken from online listing.

fc. · [front cover] · Virgil Finlay · cv Famous Fantastic Mysteries September 1943

Minions of Mercury by William Gray Beyer (Steeger Books, December 2, 2020, 978-1-61827-544-8, $19.95, 203pp, tp, n.) [Minions]
Volume 88 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details taken from online listing.

fc. · [front cover] · Virgil Finlay · cv Famous Fantastic Mysteries September 1942

Minions of the Moon by William Gray Beyer (Gnome Press, 1950, $2.50, 190pp, hc, n., cover by Edd Cartier)

Minions of the Moon by William Gray Beyer (Altus Press, April 9, 2017, 978-1-61827-305-5, $19.95, 184pp, tp, n.) [Minions]
Volume 29 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details taken from online listing.

fc. · [front cover] · Rudolph Belarski · cv Argosy April 22 1939

i · Introduction · Sam Moskowitz · in

1 · Minions of the Moon [Minions] · William Gray Beyer · n. Gnome Press, 1950

123 · Let ’Em Eat Space · William Gray Beyer · nv Argosy November 4 1939

Minions of the Shadow by William Gray Beyer (Steeger Books, November 26, 2021, 978-1-61827-635-3, $19.95, 138pp, tp, n., cover by Lawrence Sterne Stevens) [Minions]
Volume 99 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details taken from publisher website.

An Eclectic Slice of Life ed. Craig Bezant (Dark Prints Press, December 12, 2012, 9780646536415, 280pp, tp, an)
Anthology featuring the best work from the first two years of the Eclecticism e-zine, plus new and exclusive work from most contributors.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

9 · Introduction · Craig Bezant · in

11 · Dark Little Oddities

13 · Iron Efficient · Simon James · ss Eclecticism E-zine #6, October 2008

27 · Wet Secrets · Brian G. Ross · ss Eclecticism E-zine #2, October 2007

33 · Pet Fets & Pot Plants · Myra King · ss Eclecticism E-zine #6, October 2008

51 · A Matter of the Heart · Jacqui Dent · vi Eclecticism E-zine #8, April 2009

55 · Spine-cutting · Keith Nunes · pm

57 · Pieces · Simon James · ss

67 · Drone · Joseph D’Lacey · nv

87 · Fantastical Twists

89 · A Dog Called Wolfgang · Jacqui Dent · ss

99 · Houndkin · Jason Fischer · ss Eclecticism E-zine #9, July 2009

111 · There Is No Pain · David Such · ss

119 · Prodigal Son · Mark McAuliffe · ss Eclecticism E-zine #5, July 2008

135 · It’s in the Plastic · Alice Godwin · ss Eclecticism E-zine #8, April 2009

149 · The Ward of Hours · Jason Fischer · ss

165 · Yucatan, 65.427311 · Simon Petrie · ss

173 · Mare Desiderii · Alice Godwin · ss

183 · Disconnected · Brian G. Ross · ss

193 · Obligatory Dramas

195 · First and Last Words · Deborah Sheldon · vi Eclecticism E-zine #7, January 2009

199 · Memories · David Such · ss Eclecticism E-zine #7, January 2009

209 · Audrey Brown’s Fall · Julia Brannigan · ss

219 · The Workingman’s Pandora’s Box · Myra King · ss

229 · The Shopkeeper · Eril Riley · ss

239 · Tunnel People · Keith Nunes · pm Eclecticism E-zine #1, July 2007

241 · Stainsie’s Sister · Mark McAuliffe · ss

253 · Lost in the City · Julia Brannigan · ss Eclecticism E-zine #4, April 2008

261 · Warholed Iraq · Eril Riley · pm Eclecticism E-zine #3, January 2008

263 · Writeoff · Simon Petrie · ss Eclecticism E-zine #7, January 2009

A Killer Among Demons ed. Craig Bezant (Dark Prints Press, June 4, 2013, 978-0-987-38704-2, 224pp, ebook, oa, cover by Vincent Chong)
Details taken from online listing.

· 24/7 · Stephen M. Irwin · ss

· Cuckoo · Angela Slatter · ss

· Truth Decay · William Meikle · ss

· The Beat of a Pale Wing · Alan Baxter · ss

· The Intruder · Marilyn Fountain · ss

· A Matter of Perception · Greg Chapman · ss

· New York, New York · Chris Large · ss

· The Tape · S. J. Dawson · ss

· Angel’s Town · Madhvi Ramani · ss

· Grievance Visitation · Stephen D. Rogers · ss

Surviving the End ed. Craig Bezant (Dark Prints Press, May 2012, 272pp, tp, oa)
Also available in an ebook edition which omits the Jonathan Maberry story.
Details taken from online listing.

· Hiatus · Michael Bailey · ss

· The Long Ago · Amanda J. Spedding · ss

· The Last Boat to Eden · Jason Nahrung · ss

· Harvest · Ashlee Scheuerman · ss

· Unwanted · Martin Livings · ss

· The Stuff of Stories · Kathryn Hore · ss

· The Failing Flesh · Joseph D’Lacey · ss

· The Wind Through the Fence · Jonathan Maberry · ss

Flora: A Book of Drawings by Pamela Bianco & Walter de la Mare (William Heinemann, December 1919, hc, co)
A Book of Drawings by Pamela Bianco with Verses by Walter de la Mare
Details taken from online listing.

· Misericordia · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Morning Toilet · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· The Moth · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· As I Did Rove · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· I Go Home · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· The Path · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Forgiveness · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· The Coquette · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Bitter Waters · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Suppose · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Five of Us · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Dear Delight · Walter de la Mare · pm

· Gaze, Now · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· The Comb · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· The Bird Set Free · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Mourn’st Thou Now? · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· The Snowflake · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Alas · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Crazed · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Thule · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Master Rabbit · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Innocency · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Mirage · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

· Sephina · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)

Bad Power by Deborah Biancotti (Twelfth Planet Press, October 2011, 978-0-9808274-8-4, A$18.00, viii+130pp, tp, oc, cover by Amanda Rainey)
Original collection of five linked police procedural stories involving superheroes. Introduction by Ann VanderMeer. Part of the Twelve Planets series.
Details taken from online listing.

vii · Introduction · Ann VanderMeer · in

1 · Shades of Grey [Bad Power] · Deborah Biancotti · nv

27 · Palming the Lady [Bad Power] · Deborah Biancotti · nv

55 · Web of Lies [Bad Power] · Deborah Biancotti · ss

75 · Bad Power [Bad Power] · Deborah Biancotti · nv

99 · Cross That Bridge [Bad Power] · Deborah Biancotti · nv

A Book of Endings by Deborah Biancotti (Twelfth Planet Press, August 2009, 978-0-9804841-5-1, A$27.95, 288pp, tp, co, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) [edited by Alisa Krasnostein & Ben Payne]
Collection of 21 stories, six original. Introduction by Justine Larbalestier; afterword by Biancotti.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Introduction · Justine Larbalestier · in

11 · I. End of Days

13 · Diamond Shell · Deborah Biancotti · ss

29 · Number 3 Raw Place · Deborah Biancotti · ss Agog! Smashing Stories ed. Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2004

47 · Hush · Deborah Biancotti · ss

61 · Seven Ages of the Protagonist · Deborah Biancotti · ss Scary Food ed. Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2008

65 · Silicon Cast · Deborah Biancotti · ss Redsine #7, January 2002

73 · Stone by Stone · Deborah Biancotti · ss Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural ed. Bill Congreve, Sandglass, 2003

79 · Pale Dark Soldier · Deborah Biancotti · ss Midnight Echo #1, October 2008

91 · II. End of the World

93 · Coming Up for Air · Deborah Biancotti · ss

107 · Watertight Lies · Deborah Biancotti · ss 2012 ed. Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein, Twelfth Planet Press, 2008

121 · Distance Keeper · Deborah Biancotti · ss Borderlands #1, April 2003

131 · Six Suicides · Deborah Biancotti · ss

147 · Life’s Work · Deborah Biancotti · ss Passing Strange ed. Bill Congreve, MirrorDanse Books, 2002

161 · The Tailor of Time · Deborah Biancotti · ss Clockwork Phoenix ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2008

173 · King of All and the Metal Sentinel · Deborah Biancotti · ss Agog! Fantastic Fiction ed. Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2002

185 · III. End of an Era

187 · Problems of Light and Dark · Deborah Biancotti · ss

207 · The First and Final Game · Deborah Biancotti · ss Altair #6/7, 2000

215 · Stealing Free · Deborah Biancotti · ss Agog! Ripping Reads ed. Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2006

231 · Summa Seltzer Missive · Deborah Biancotti · ss Ticonderoga Online December 2005

243 · The Razor Salesman · Deborah Biancotti · ss Ideomancer Unbound ed. Chris Clarke & Mikal Trimm, Fictionwise, 2002

253 · The Dying Light · Deborah Biancotti · nv Eidolon I ed. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne, Eidolon Publications, 2006

273 · This Time, Longing · Deborah Biancotti · ss

283 · Afterword · Deborah Biancotti · ar

The First Puffin’s Pleasure ed. Treld Bicknell & Kaye Webb--- see under Kaye Webb.

Puffin Annual Number 1 ed. Treld Bicknell, Frank Waters & Kaye Webb (Puffin Books, 1974, 0-14-030700-1, £1.20, 128pp, hc, oa, cover by Jill McDonald)
Original anthology.

6 · The Faithless Lollybird · Joan Aiken · ss; illustrated by Krystyna Turska

18 · Ten Characters in Search of a Story · Edward Ardizzone · ar; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone

20 · Impossible Pets · Peter Dickinson · gp

_20 · The Cuddlyjob · Peter Dickinson · pm; illustrated by Raymond Briggs

_21 · The Barracoy · Peter Dickinson · pm; illustrated by Raymond Briggs

_55 · The Knowit · Peter Dickinson · pm; illustrated by Raymond Briggs

_55 · The Fandango · Peter Dickinson · pm; illustrated by Raymond Briggs

_78 · The Scapedog · Peter Dickinson · pm; illustrated by Raymond Briggs

_99 · The Gibber · Peter Dickinson · pm; illustrated by Raymond Briggs

22 · Collecting Castles · Sheila Sancha · ar

27 · Four Timeless Tales · Russell Hoban · gp

_27 · La Corona and the Tin Frog [Nursery] · Russell Hoban · vi; illustrated by Fritz Wegner

_44 · The Tin Horseman [Nursery] · Russell Hoban · vi; illustrated by Fritz Wegner

_97 · The Night Watchman and the Crocodile [Nursery] · Russell Hoban · ss; illustrated by Fritz Wegner

_108 · The Clock [Nursery] · Russell Hoban · vi; illustrated by Fritz Wegner

28 · You Won’t Believe It · Norman Hunter & Peter Edwards · ms

29 · Where Was the Photographer? · [uncredited] · pt

30 · My Favourite Picture

_30 · Three Heads of Charles I · HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales · ms; illustrated by Anthony Van Dyke

_32 · The Railway Station · Joyce Grenfell · ms; illustrated by W. P. Frith [Ref. W. P. Frith]

_34 · St. Jerome in a Rocky Landscape · Yehudi Menuhin · ms; illustrated by Joachim Patinir [Ref. Joachim Patinir]

36 · Two’s Company · Norman Hunter & Peter Edwards · pz

37 · How Birds Fly · Charles Gibbs-Smith · ar; illustrated by Jill McDonald

45 · untitled (“A nervous young lady of Bicester”) · [uncredited] · pm

45 · untitled (“A violinist who played on the telly”) · [uncredited] · pm

46 · England Is a Palimpsest · Jill Paton Walsh · ar; illustrated by Anthony Colbert

48 · Walter and His Magic · Mel Calman · cs

49 · The Boy, the Dog and the Spaceship · Nicholas Fisk · ss

56 · Professor Branestawm Goes Cuckoo [Professor Branestawm] · Norman Hunter · ss; illustrated by George Adamson

59 · Will Nobody Pat My Hiccup? · [uncredited] · ms

62 · Louis Loppa · Gunvor Edwards · cs

64 · Captain Pugwash Rides the Waves · John Ryan · ar

68 · Here Be Dragons… · Bruce Carter · ar

72 · Amazing Achievements of Days Gone By · Quentin Blake · ct

74 · How to Make a Puffin Kite · Conrad Bailey · ar

79 · Authors and Places; photos of authors in their favourite places, with brief descriptions.

_79 · [The graveyard of St. Nicholas’s church in Brighton] · Leon Garfield · ms

_80 · [Great Pagwell] · Norman Hunter · ms

_80 · [A local playground] · Nina Bawden · ms

_81 · [Hungerford Bridge] · Jill Paton Walsh · ms

_81 · [His library] · Roger Lancelyn Green · ms

_95 · [Wimbledon Common] · Elisabeth Beresford · ms

_95 · [Ewelme] · Cynthia Harnett · ms

_96 · [A tree] · Joan Aiken · ms

_96 · [Hammersmith Bridge] · Peter Dickinson · ms

83 · What Do You Want? · Remy Charlip · ex from Arm in Arm, Arm in Arm by Remy Charlip, Parents' Magazine Press, 1969

84 · The Cat · Tove Jansson; translated by Kingsley Hart · ex; illustrated by Tove Jansson
translated from the Swedish (Sommarboken, 1972).

87 · The Strange Affair of the Wattle-U-Eat · Brenda Johnson · pm; illustrated by Peter Edwards

91 · That Awful Boy · Geoffrey Trease · bg; illustrated by Mel Calman

94 · The Disappearing King · [uncredited] · ms

99 · Animal Cracks · Various · hu

100 · The Upsidedown Mice · Roald Dahl · vi; illustrated by Antony Maitland

103 · Puffin Party · Various · ms (r); illustrated by Jill McDonald; odd items reprinted from Puffin Post.

104 · C.S. Lewis · Roger Lancelyn Green · ar Puffin Post v4 #1, 1970; illustrated by Pauline Baynes

_105 · The Old Grey Mare · C. S. Lewis · pm Puffin Post v4 #1, 1970

_106 · What C.S. Lewis Has Said About His Work · C. S. Lewis · ms (r)

107 · Michael Bond Introduces Olga da Polga · Michael Bond · ar Puffin Post v5 #3, 1971

109 · Jokes by Puffineers · Various · hu

110 · The Ship in the Bottle · Barbara Sleigh · ss; illustrated by Scoular Anderson

114 · How to Make a Ship in a Bottle · [uncredited] · ms; illustrated by Conrad Bailey

116 · My Mother’s Frilly Parasol · Cynthia Harnett · ar

117 · Manners of Girls · The Editor of “Don’t” · ms 1885

118 · Puzzlers · Michael Holt · pz; illustrated by Graham Round

120 · Make Smilers and Scowlers · Michael Grater · ms

124 · Sports Quiz · [uncredited] · qz

The Puffin Annual Number 2 ed. Treld Bicknell & Kaye Webb (Puffin Books, 1975, 0-14-030800-8, £1.50, 128pp, hc, oa, cover by Jill McDonald)
Original anthology.

6 · The Straw and the Gold · Paul Biegel; translated by Gillian Hume · ss; illustrated by Jutta Ash

9 · Professional Football: An Occupation for Gentlemen · Brian Glanville · ar

13 · Grindrod’s Milk Hunt · [uncredited] · pz

14 · The Rocking-Horse Mender · Phyllis Arkle · ar

18 · Making Faces · Clive Manning · ar

22 · The Moodstone · Susan Cooper · ss; illustrated by Pat Marriott

26 · A Puffin Progress · Peter Edwards · gm

28 · Smith Chapter 3¾ · Leon Garfield · ss; another incident in the life of the protagonist of Smith.

30 · An Astounding & Lifelike Peep-Show Depicting Smith at the Adam & Eve Gardens · Antony Maitland · ms

39 · Dragon Paths · [uncredited] · ms

41 · Here Be Giants · [uncredited] · ms; illustrated by Jill McDonald

42 · Authors and Places; photos of authors in their favourite places, with brief descriptions.

_42 · [The Finnish seaside archipelago] · Tove Jansson · ms

_43 · [Home] · Nicholas Fisk · ms

_88 · [Bridgewater Canal] · John Rowe Townsend · ms

_89 · [Home] · Ursula Moray Williams · ms

44 · The Mind of Azala · Nicholas Fisk · ss; illustrated by Nicholas Fisk

47 · A Puzzle? · Eric Emmet · pz

49 · Fairies, Hobgoblins and Other Strange Creatures · K. M. Briggs · ar; illustrated by Jane Moore

55 · The Prize Pumpkin · Colin West · pm

56 · J. Slingsby-Grebe—Boy Genius! · Quentin Blake & John Yeoman · cs; illustrated by Quentin Blake

58 · The Past · Kath Walker · pm; illustrated by Axel Poignant

60 · The Dancing Boy: A Story of the First Australians · Roslyn Poignant · ar; illustrated by Axel Poignant

65 · The Giraffe Who Looked for a Dream · Carolyn Sloan · ss; illustrated by Jill Bennett

68 · What’s Your Pedigree? · Malcolm McEachran · ar; illustrated by John Andrew

73 · The Backbone Tree · Pauline Baynes · il

76 · The Day I Got Lost · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Elizabeth Shub · ss; illustrated by Margot Aemach; subtitled “A Chapter from the Autobiography of Professor Shlemiel”.

79 · High Speed Trains · John Denton · ar; illustrated by Peter Gregory

80 · Queen Victoria’s Dolls · Wendy Monk · ar

83 · Treasure Hunt · H. R. F. Keating · ss Puffin Post 1973; illustrated by Peter Edwards

87 · 13 Biggest and Fastest Record Breakers · [uncredited] · ms

90 · Hang Gliding · [uncredited] · ms

91 · Parachuting · [uncredited] · ms

92 · Fanny Flint: Heroine of Sugarbush · Jill McDonald · cs

96 · Spring in Canada · Bruce Hutchison · ex from Canada, a Year of the Land, 1967

98 · The White Pirate · Douglas Botting · ar; illustrated by Peter Archer

100 · Name, Please · [uncredited] · hu

101 · Palace Cook’s Tale · Joan Aiken · vi; illustrated by Errol le Cain

102 · Sir Puff · Sheila Sancha · cs

102 · Joke Box · Various · hu

103 · Dreams and Dreaming · Catherine Storr · ar

108 · Pastry People, & Other Things · Hazel Evans · ms; illustrated by Robin Lawrie

111 · The Giraffe Who Came Out of the Dream Cupboard · Carolyn Sloan · ss; illustrated by Jill Bennett

113 · House of Forfeits · Fritz Wegner · gm

116 · Fill Your Hearts with Love… · Janet Hitchman · ar

121 · Wilf and WInd-Up-Wendy · Wilf Lunn · cs

123 · Double Bluff · Helen Cresswell · ss; illustrated by Caroline Sharpe

Botteghe Oscure Reader ed. Katherine Garrison Biddle & George Garrett--- see under George Garrett.

The Hydronaut Adventures by Carl L. Biemiller (Doubleday, 1981, 0-385-15536-0, $4.95, 375pp, tp, om)

7 · The Hydronauts · Carl L. Biemiller · n. Doubleday, 1970

115 · Follow the Whales · Carl L. Biemiller · n. Doubleday, 1973

233 · Escape from the Crater · Carl L. Biemiller · n. Doubleday, 1974

The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce by Ambrose Bierce (Citadel Press, 1946, $4.00, 810pp, hc, co)

· Ambrose Bierce, Portrait of a Misanthrope · Clifton Fadiman · in

· In the Midst of Life—Tales of Soldiers and Civilians · Ambrose Bierce · co E.L.G. Steele, 1892

· Soldiers:

· A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 14 1889

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

· Chickamauga · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner January 20 1889

· A Son of the Gods · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 29 1888

· One of the Missing · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner March 11 1888

· Killed at Resaca · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 5 1887

· The Affair at Coulter’s Notch · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner October 20 1889

· Coup de Grâce · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 30 1889

· Parker Adderson, Philosopher · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner February 22 1891

· An Affair of Outposts · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1897

· The Story of a Conscience · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 1 1890

· One Kind of Officer · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner January 1 1893

· One Officer, One Man · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner February 17 1889

· George Thurston: Three Incidents in the Life of a Man · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wasp September 29 1883

· The Mocking-Bird · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner May 3 1891

· Civilians:

· The Man Out of the Nose · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 10 1887

· An Adventure at Brownville · Ambrose Bierce & Ina Lillian Peterson · ss San Francisco Examiner April 3 1892, as “An Occurrence at Brownville”; given as by Ambrose Bierce alone.

· The Famous Gilson Bequest · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Argonaut October 26 1878

· The Applicant · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave December 17 1892

· A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889

· The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890

· A Holy Terror · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wasp December 23 1882

· The Suitable Surroundings · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 14 1889

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

· A Lady from Redhorse · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner March 15 1891, as “An Heiress from Red Horse”

· The Eyes of the Panther · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner October 17 1897

· The Devil’s Dictionary · Ambrose Bierce · nb Neale Publishing Co., 1911

· Can Such Things Be? · Ambrose Bierce · co Neale Publishing Co., 1911

· The Death of Halpin Frayser · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave December 19 1891

· The Secret of Macarger’s Gulch · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave April 25 1891

· One Summer Night · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906

· The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1907

· A Diagnosis of Death · Ambrose Bierce · ss New York Journal December 8 1901

· Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s”

· A Tough Tussle · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 30 1888

· One of Twins · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner October 23 1888

· The Haunted Valley · Ambrose Bierce · ss Overland Monthly July 1871

· A Jug of Sirup · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 17 1893

· Staley Fleming’s Hallucination · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906

· A Resumed Identity · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine September 1908, as “The Man”

· A Baby Tramp · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave August 29 1891

· Night Doings at “Deadman’s” · Ambrose Bierce · ss London Sketch-Book March 1874, as “The Strange Night-Doings at Deadman’s”

· Beyond the Wall · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine December 1907

· A Psychological Shipwreck · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Argonaut May 24 1879, as “My Shipwreck”

· The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890

· John Mortonson’s Funeral · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906

· The Realm of the Unreal · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 20 1890, as “In the Realm of the Unreal”

· John Bartine’s Watch · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner January 22 1893

· The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893

· Haïta the Shepherd · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave January 24 1891

· An Inhabitant of Carcosa · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Newsletter December 25 1886

· The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine February 1909

· Fantastic Fables

· Fantastic Fables · Ambrose Bierce · co Neale Publishing Co., 1911

· Fables from Fun · Ambrose Bierce · gp The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume VI by Ambrose Bierce, Neale, 1911

· Aesopus Emendatus · Ambrose Bierce · gp Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce, Putnam's, 1899

· Old Saws with New Teeth · Ambrose Bierce · gp Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce, Putnam's, 1899

· Fables in Rhyme · Ambrose Bierce · gp The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume VI by Ambrose Bierce, Neale, 1911

· The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter · Ambrose Bierce & Gustav Adolf Danziger · n. F. A. Schulte, 1892

· Negligible Tales

· A Bottomless Grave · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner February 26 1888

· Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wasp December 26 1885

· The Widower Turmore · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave January 10 1891

· The City of the Gone Away · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 12 1888

· The Major’s Tale · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner January 5 1890

· Curried Cow · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tom Hood’s Comic Annual 1874, as by Dod Grile

· A Revolt of the Gods · Ambrose Bierce · vi The Wasp April 24 1886, as “The Ancient City of Grimaulquin: A Record of Industrial Discontent”

· The Baptism of Dobsho · Ambrose Bierce · ss Fun May 2 1874, as “A Sinful Freak”

· The Race at Left Bower · Ambrose Bierce · vi Fun June 6 1874

· The Failure of Hope and Wandel · Ambrose Bierce · ss Fun September 5 1874, as “Cool Correspondence”

· Perry Chumly’s Eclipse · Ambrose Bierce · ss Fun May 2 1874

· A Providential Intimation · Ambrose Bierce · ss Fun March 7 1874

· Mr. Swiddler’s Flip-Flap · Ambrose Bierce · ss Fun August 15 1874

· The Little Story · Ambrose Bierce · pl Fun August 29 1874

· The Parenticide Club

· My Favorite Murder · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 16 1888

· Oil of Dog · Ambrose Bierce · ss Oakland Daily Evening Tribune October 11 1890, as “The Oil of a Dog”

· An Imperfect Conflagration · Ambrose Bierce · vi The Wasp March 27 1886

· The Hypnotist · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 10 1893, as “John Bolger, Hypnotist”

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