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    Teaching the Dog to Read by Jonathan Carroll (Subterranean Press, July 31, 2015, 978-1-59606-725-7, $40.00, 90pp, hc, na, cover by Ryder Carroll)
        Fantasy novella. Deluxe hardcover edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies; previously appeared as an e-book.
    Details taken from online listing.








    How Beautiful the Ordinary ed. Michael Cart (HarperTeen, October 2009, 978-0-06-115498-0, $16.99, 358pp, hc, oa)
        Associational young-adult original anthology of 12 stories, two in graphic form, a few with possible fantastic elements, about what it means to be gay, lesbian, or transgender. Authors include Francesca Lia Block, Margo Lanagan, William Sleator, and Gregory Maguire; Eric Shanower provides a graphic fantasy story.






    Burning Your Boats by Angela Carter (Chatto & Windus, July 20, 1995, 0-7011-6321-6, £20.00, xiv+462pp, hc, co, cover by Angela Carter)
        Omnibus of every short story. Her four collections - Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces Quartet, 1974; The Bloody Chamber Gollancz, 1979; Black Venus (U.S: Saints and Strangers) Chatto & Windus, 1985; American Ghosts & Old World Wonders, Chatto & Windus, 1993 - plus others, including one original. There is an Introduction by Salman Rushdie.
    • ix · Introduction · Salman Rushdie · in
    • · Early Work 1962-66
    • 3 · The Man Who Loved a Double Bass · Angela Carter · ss Storyteller Contest July 1962
    • 11 · A Very, Very Great Lady and Her Son at Home · Angela Carter · ss Nonesuch Fall 1965
    • 16 · A Victorian Fable (with Glossary) · Angela Carter · ss Nonesuch Summer/Fall 1966
    • · Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces · Angela Carter · co Quartet, 1974
    • 27 · A Souvenir of Japan · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974
    • 35 · The Executioner’s Beautiful Daughter · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974
    • 41 · The Loves of Lady Purple · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974
    • 52 · The Smile of Winter · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974
    • 58 · Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974
    • 68 · Flesh and the Mirror · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974
    • 75 · Master · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974
    • 81 · Reflections · Angela Carter · nv Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974
    • 96 · Elegy for a Free-Lance · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974
    • · The Bloody Chamber · Angela Carter · co Gollancz, 1979
    • 111 · The Bloody Chamber · Angela Carter · nv The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, Gollancz, 1979
    • 144 · The Courtship of Mr. Lyon · Angela Carter · ss Vogue (UK) 1979; revised.
    • 154 · The Tiger’s Bride · Angela Carter · nv The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, Gollancz, 1979
    • 170 · Puss-in-Boots · Angela Carter · ss The Straw and the Gold ed. Emma Tennant, Pierrot Books, 1979
    • 186 · The Erl-King · Angela Carter · ss The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, Gollancz, 1979
      revised from original appearance (Bananas, Winter 1977).
    • 193 · The Snow Child · Angela Carter · vi The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, Gollancz, 1979
      originally broadcast on Radio 4 programme “Not Now, I’m Listening”.
    • 195 · The Lady of the House of Love · Angela Carter · nv The Iowa Review Summer/Fall 1979; revised.
    • 210 · The Werewolf · Angela Carter · vi The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, Gollancz, 1979
      revised from South-West Arts Review, #2, Oct ’77.
    • 212 · The Company of Wolves · Angela Carter · ss The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, Gollancz, 1979
      revised from original appearance in Bananas, Apr 1977.
    • 221 · Wolf-Alice · Angela Carter · ss The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, Gollancz, 1979
      revised from orig in Stand v2 n2, Winter 78.
    • · Black Venus · Angela Carter · co Chatto & Windus, 1985
    • 231 · Black Venus · Angela Carter · ss Next Editions, 1980
    • 245 · The Kiss · Angela Carter · ss Harper’s Magazine 1977
    • 248 · Our Lady of the Massacre · Angela Carter · ss Saturday Night Reader ed. Emma Tennant, W.H. Allen, 1979, as “Captured by the Red Man”
    • 262 · The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe · Angela Carter · ss Interzone #1, Spring 1982
    • 273 · Overture and Incidental Music for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” · Angela Carter · ss Interzone #3, Autumn 1982
    • 284 · Peter and the Wolf · Angela Carter · ss Black Venus by Angela Carter, Chatto & Windus, 1985
      an earlier version appeared in Firebird 1, 1982.
    • 292 · The Kitchen Child · Angela Carter · ss Vogue 1979; revised.
    • 300 · The Fall River Axe Murders · Angela Carter · ss The London Review of Books 1981, as “Mis-en-Scene for Parricide”
    • · American Ghosts & Old World Wonders · Angela Carter · co Chatto & Windus, 1993
    • 321 · Lizzie’s Tiger · Angela Carter · ss Cosmopolitan (UK) September 1991; revised.
    • 332 · John Ford’s ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore · Angela Carter · nv Granta #25, Autumn 1988
    • 349 · Gun for the Devil · Angela Carter · nv American Ghosts & Old World Wonders by Angela Carter, Chatto & Windus, 1993
    • 363 · The Merchant of Shadows · Angela Carter · nv The London Review of Books October 26 1989; revised.
    • 376 · The Ghost Ships · Angela Carter · ss American Ghosts & Old World Wonders by Angela Carter, Chatto & Windus, 1993
    • 382 · In Pantoland · Angela Carter · ar The Guardian December 24 1991
    • 390 · Ashputtle or The Mother’s Ghost · Angela Carter · ss The Virago Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1987; very slightly revised.
    • 397 · Alice in Prague, or The Curious Room · Angela Carter · ss SPELL (Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature) Volume 5, 1990
    • 409 · Impressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene · Angela Carter · ar FMR February 1992; slightly revised.
    • · Uncollected Stories 1970-81
    • 417 · The Snow Pavilion · Angela Carter · ss
    • 429 · The Scarlet House · Angela Carter · ss A Book of Contemporary Nightmares ed. Giles Gordon, Michael Joseph, 1977
    • 444 · The Quilt Maker · Angela Carter · ss Sense and Sensibility: Stories by Contemporary Women Writers from Nine Countries, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981
    • 459 · Appendix: Afterword to Fireworks · Angela Carter · aw Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974, as “Afterword”
    • 461 · First Publications · ms




















    Dragons, Elves, and Heroes ed. Lin Carter (Ballantine, October 1969, 345-01731, 95¢, 277pp, pb, an)
        Anthology of heroic fantasy mostly from ancient writers.
    • 1 · Over the Hills and Far Away · Lin Carter · in
    • 10 · The Ogre · translated by Norma Lorre Goodrich · ex Beowulf ed. trans. by Norma Lorre Goodrich, NAL, 1961; ca. 750.
    • 30 · The High History of the Sword Gram · translated by William Morris · ex The Story of the Volsungs and Nibelungs ed. & tr. William Morris & Eirikr Magnusson, F.S. Ellis, 1870
    • 54 · Manawyddan Son of the Boundless · Kenneth Morris · ex from Book of the Three Dragons, Longmans, Green, 1930
    • 64 · Puck’s Song · Rudyard Kipling · pm Puck of Pook’s Hill by Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan, 1906
    • 67 · Barrow-Wight · Sturla Thórdarson; translated by S. Baring-Gould · ex Grettir the Outlaw by S. Baring-Gould, Blackie & Son., 1890
    • 75 · Fingal at the Siege of Carric-thura · James Macpherson · ex Fingal by James Macpherson, London, 1762
    • 83 · The Sword of Avalon · Sir Thomas Malory · ex from The Hoole Book of Kyng Arthur and of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table, William Caxton, 1485
    • 98 · Tom o’Bedlam’s Song · [uncredited] · pm (r)
    • 102 · The Last Giant of the Elder Age · translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood · ex from The Kiev Cycle, Epic Songs of Russia by trans. Isabel Florence Hapgood, Scribner's, 1886
    • 112 · The Lost Words of Power · Elias Lönnrot; translated by John Martin Crawford · ex from The Kalevala (r)
    • 125 · Wonderful Things Beyond Cathay · Sir John de Mandeville; edited by Arthur Layard · ex The Voyages and Travels of Sir John de Mandeville ed. Arthur Layard, Constable, 1895
    • 135 · Prospero Evokes the Air Spirits · William Shakespeare · ex from “The Tempest”, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623
    • 138 · The Lords of Faerie · Edmund Spenser · ex from The Faerie Queene, William Ponsonby, 1590
    • 144 · Tales of the Wisdom of the Ancients · translated by Charles Swan & Wynnard Hooper · ex Gesta Romanorum ed. Charles Swan, C. & J. Rivington, 1824
    • 160 · The Magical Palace of Darkness · Francisco de Moraes · ex from Palmerin of England, 1567
    • 178 · Rustum Against the City of Demons · Firdausi; translated by Lin Carter · ss
      a free translation by Carter of an episode from The Sháh-Námá of Firdausi, published in A.D. 1008.
    • 197 · Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came · Robert Browning · pm Men and Women by Robert Browning, 1855
    • 203 · Princess of Babylon · Voltaire · na Bladon, 1768
      translated from the French (“La Princesse de Babylon”).
    • 275 · The Horns of Elfland · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm (r)








    Golden Cities, Far ed. Lin Carter (Ballantine, October 1970, 02045-6, 95¢, xviii+299pp, pb, an)
        Collection of ancient and medieval tales, each with a separate introduction by Carter.
    • ix · Here There Be Dragons · Lin Carter · in
    • · Part 1: From the Ancient East
    • 3 · How Nefer-ka-ptah Found the Book of Thoth · Brian Brown · ex The Wisdom of the Egyptians by Brian Brown, Brentano's, 1928
      retold from the ancient Egyptian.
    • 15 · Descent of Ishtar to the Netherworld · translated by Lin Carter · pm; a new translation from the Sumerian Angalta Kigalshe.
    • · Part 2: The World of the Arabian Nights
    • 29 · Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou · Antoine Galland · nv (r), uncredited.
      translated from the French (“Histoire de prince Ahmed et de la fée Pari-Banou”, Les Mille et une Nuits, Claude Barbin, 1704-1717).
    • 63 · The Talisman of Oromanes · James Ridley · nv Tales of the Genii by James Ridley, London, 1765
    • · Part 3: Medieval Lore and Legend
    • 111 · Wars of the Giants of Albion · Geoffrey of Monmouth; translated by Wayland Smith · ex; an adaptation of a 1718 translation by Aaron Thompson.
      translated from the Latin (Historia Regum Britanniae, ca. 1136).
    • 129 · Forty Singing Seamen · Alfred Noyes · pm Forty Singing Seamen and Other Poems by Alfred Noyes, Frederick A. Stokes, 1906
    • · Part 3: The Carolingian Cycle
    • 139 · Shadowy Lord of Mommur · translated by Robert Steele · ex Huon of Bordeaux by trans. Robert Steele, George Allen, 1895; ca. 1191.
      retold by Steele from the 1540 trans. by Sir John Bourchier.
    • 169 · Olivier’s Brag · Anatole France; translated by Alfred Allinson · ss The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche, Dodd, Mead, 1909
    • · Part 4: Fabulists and Fairy Tales
    • 181 · The White Bull · Voltaire · nv Romances, Tales and Smaller Pieces of M. De Voltaire by Voltaire, P. Dodsley, 1794
      translated from the French.
    • 217 · The Yellow Dwarf · Madame d’Aulnoy · nv A Collection of Novels and Tales of the Fairies by Countess d'Anois, W. Taylor and W. Chetwood, 1721
      translated from the French (“Le nain jaune”, Contes Nouvelles ou les Fées à la Mode, 1698).
    • · Part 5: The Great Romances
    • 243 · Arcalaus the Enchanter · Vasco de Lobeira; translated by Robert Southey · ex Amadis of Gaul by trans. Robert Southey, London, 1803; ca. 1380.
    • 262 · Isle of Wonders · Vasco de Lobeira; translated by Robert Southey · ex Amadis of Gaul by trans. Robert Southey, London, 1803; ca. 1380.
    • 273 · Palace of Illusions · Ludovico Ariosto; translated by Richard Hodgens · ex
      a new prose translation from the original Italian.
    • 299 · A Concluding Word · Lin Carter · aw




    Kingdoms of Sorcery ed. Lin Carter (Doubleday, January 1976, 0-385-09975-4, $6.95, xx+218pp, hc, an, cover by John Cayea)
        Collection tracing the evolution of modern fantasy; each tale with a separate introduction by Carter.








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