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The Minotaur in Pamplona: Book II ed. Neil Ayres (D-Press, May 2005, no ISBN, £3.00, 32pp, ph, oa, cover by Carole Humphreys)     Original SF/fantasy anthology. 2 · The Fire Sermon · Lavie Tidhar · ss 7 · Ascent Is Not Allowed · Catherynne M. Valente · ss 15 · Circe’s Choice · Steve Redwood · ss 23 · The Mermaid’s Song · Kara Kellar Bell · ss

The Alphabet Garden ed. Pete Ayrton (Serpent’s Tail, October 6, 1994, 1-85242-318-8, £8.99, 214pp, tp, oa, cover by Jörg Immendorf)     Original anthology of literary fiction simultaneously published in the 12 countries which contributed to it. Many of the stories are surreal, but only two seem to be true fantasy. ix · Introduction · Pete Ayrton · in 3 · A Bit of a Tease · Michèle Roberts · ss 15 · The Alphabet Garden · Ib Michael; translated by Joan Tate · nv 39 · The Tree Saint · Atte Jongstra; translated by Eric Dickens · ss 59 · Something Red · Paola Capriolo; translated by Liz Heron · ss 73 · The Journey · Nuno Júdice; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 85 · The New Country · Ana Valdés; translated by Joan Tate · ss 103 · Florida Coast · Brian Leyden · ss 115 · Everything Bad Comes Back · Javier Marías; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · nv 139 · Before · Annie Saumont; translated by Christine Donougher · ss 149 · The Babbling of the Gods · Henning Boëtius; translated by Martin Chalmers · ss 167 · The Invisibles Ones · Kjell Askildsen; translated by Anne Born · ss 183 · Paleface · Menis Koumandareas; translated by Ed Emery · nv 211 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Lighthouse Horrors ed. Jenny-Lynn Azarian, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Charles G. Waugh.

The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi (Subterranean Press, February 2011, 978-1-59606-353-2, $20.00, 95pp, hc, na, cover by J. K. Drummond) [The Tangled Lands Universe]     Fantasy novella, linked to The Executioner by Tobias S. Buckell, who provides the introduction. Previously published in audio form as part of The Alchemist and the Executioness (Audible.com).

The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi (Subterranean Press, November 2012, 978-1-59606-506-2, $125.00, 356pp, hc, n., cover by Jon Foster)     Reprint (Little Brown 2012) young-adult SF novel, a companion to Ship Breaker. This is a signed, limited edition of 300; a lettered edition of 26 ($250.00) is also available.

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Subterranean Press, September 2011, 978-1-59606-443-0, $125.00, 272pp, hc, n.)     Reprint (Little, Brown 2010) young-adult SF novel; a Locus Award winner. This is a signed, lettered, limited edition of 300; a traycased, leatherbound, lettered edition of 26 ($250.00) is also available.

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Subterranean Press, 2012, no ISBN, $75.00, 587pp, hc, co, cover by Vincent Chong)     Collection of title SF novel The Windup Girl (Night Shade 2009), winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards, plus two related stories, “Yellow Card Man” and “The Calorie Man”, and a new introduction by the author. This is a signed, limited edition of 300; a leatherbound, slipcased, deluxe limited edition of 200 with additional art; and a leatherbound, traycased, lettered edition of 26 are also available. 9 · Introduction · Paolo Bacigalupi · in 13 · The Windup Girl · Paolo Bacigalupi · n. Night Shade Books, 2009 507 · Yellow Card Man [The Windup Universe] · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2006 545 · The Calorie Man · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005

Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi (Subterranean Press, May 2014, 978-1-59606-666-3, $60.00, 230pp, hc, n., cover by Jon Foster)     Reprint (Little, Brown 2013) middle-grade humorous horror novel. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition of 26 ($250.00) is also available.

Fission #2 ed. Eugen Bacon & Gene Rowe (HWS Press, June 7, 2022, 978-1-910987-16-2, £5.99, 215pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. 5 · Foreword · Eugen Bacon & Gene Rowe · fw 7 · Sage and the Resurrection of Doctor Chronos · Ron Hardwick · ss 22 · Words of Advice at the End of the World · Aleksandra Hill · ss 31 · Face the Inevitable · David Tallerman · ss 48 · The Epsilon Requirement · Caroline Misner · ss 62 · Buffalo Soldiers · Andrew Darlington · ss 74 · Bad Architecture · Peter Medeiros · ss 88 · Otherworldly Jellyfish · Tim O’Neal · ss 101 · Truth Conquers All · Mary Soon Lee · ss 107 · In Person · Clare Turner · ss 111 · Osimiri · Chinaza Eziaghighala · ss 124 · Missy Hood Tweets · Phil Nicholls · ss 130 · Zombie Harold Holt Returns to Parliament · Maddison Stoff · ss 144 · Cynscout · K. C. Grifant · ss 150 · All the Time in the World · Michael Noonan · ss 162 · The Portal · Ellen Denton · ss 173 · The FenZone · Ian Whates · ss 187 · Free from Want · Jeff Somers · ss 194 · The Fifth Awakening · Patricia García-Rojo · ss

The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022 ed. Eugen Bacon, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Milton Davis--- see under Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki.

Ghor, Kin-Slayer ed. Jonathan Bacon (Necronomicon Press, August 1997, 0-940884-91-7, $8.95, 176pp, tp, an, cover by Robert H. Knox)     Anthology/novel based on an unfinished story by Robert E. Howard, with a different author writing each of the 17 chapters. The first 12 chapters were published in the magazine Fantasy Crossroads; the remainder appear here for the first time. Authors include Karl Edward Wagner, Michael Moorcock, and Marion Zimmer Bradley. Available from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893. 7 · Genseric’s Son [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · uw Fantasy Crossroads #10/11, March 1977 11 · The Coming of Ghor · Karl Edward Wagner · rr Fantasy Crossroads #10/11, March 1977 19 · Ghor’s Revenge · Joseph Payne Brennan · rr Fantasy Crossroads #10/11, March 1977 29 · The Ice Woman’s Prophecy · Richard L. Tierney · rr Fantasy Crossroads #12, November 1977 37 · The Nemedians · Michael Moorcock · rr Fantasy Crossroads #12, November 1977 43 · Betrayal in Belverus · Charles R. Saunders · rr Fantasy Crossroads #12, November 1977 55 · Lord General of Nemedia · Andrew J. Offutt · rr Fantasy Crossroads #13, June 1978 65 · The Oath of Agha Junghaz · Manly Wade Wellman · rr Fantasy Crossroads #13, June 1978 77 · The Mouth of the Earth · Darrell Schweitzer · rr Fantasy Crossroads #14, September 1978 88 · The Gods Defied · A. E. van Vogt · rr Fantasy Crossroads #14, September 1978 94 · Swordsmith and Sorcerer · Brian Lumley · rr Fantasy Crossroads #15, January 1979 105 · The Gift of Lycanthropy · Frank Belknap Long · rr Fantasy Crossroads #15, January 1979 122 · The War Among the Gods · Adrian Cole · rr 133 · The Ways of Chaos · Ramsey Campbell · rr Far Away & Never by Ramsey Campbell, Necronomicon Press, 1996 141 · The Caves of Stygia · H. Warner Munn · rr 152 · Doom of the Thrice-Cursed · Marion Zimmer Bradley · rr 163 · The River of Fog · Richard A. Lupoff · rr 176 · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · aw

The Grim Land and Others by Robert E. Howard ed. Jonathan Bacon--- see under Robert E. Howard.

Omniumgathum An Anthology of Verse by Top Authors in the Field of Fantasy ed. Jonathan Bacon & Steve Troyanovich (Stygian Isle Press, 1976, no ISBN, 64pp, ph, oa, cover by Clyde Caldwell)     Anthology of poetry by fantasy authors. Limited to 1000 copies. 5 · Introduction I. · Steve Troyanovich · in 5 · Introduction II. · Jonathan Bacon · in 7 · Man’s Question · P. Schuyler Miller · pm Amazing Stories June 1931 7 · Immortality · Edith Ogutsch · pm 7 · Thru Calvary · Manly Wade Wellman · pm 1920 from a church bulletin (Riverside Church?) c. 1920. 7 · Star Gods · Alan Moss · pm 7 · Life · Harry Warner, Jnr. · pm 8 · [illustration] · Stephen E. Fabian · il 9 · The Ballad of Venus Nell · Nelson S. Bond · pm Planet Stories Spring 1942 12 · The Watcher · Kenneth Patchen · pm Collected Poems by Kenneth Patchen, New Directions Publishing, 1942 13 · In the Cathedral · A. Merritt · pm Weird Tales Summer 1974 13 · Bells · H. P. Lovecraft · pm The Tryout December 1919, as by Ward Phillips 14 · Limbo · H. Warner Munn · pm 14 · Escape · Hannes Bok · pm 14 · A Poem About Bone Cancer in Children · James Wade · pp Korean Times May 25 1974 14 · The Last Gate · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm 14 · Dear Friend · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm 15 · Dante Returns from the City · H. Warner Munn · pm; illustrated by Stephen Riley 16 · A Recluse Answers · Edith Ogutsch · pm 16 · Listen! The Grass Is Dying · Edith Ogutsch · pm 16 · A Lovely Riddle · Lewis Carroll · pm from Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Macmillan, 1871 17 · [illustration] · Gene Day · il 18 · Pictures & Paints · Mervyn Peake · pm; illustrated by Stephen Riley 19 · The Rhino and the Lark · Mervyn Peake · pm 19 · To All Soundless Things · Lucile Coleman · pm Pegasus #4, 1954 19 · Fish or Fowl · Mervyn Peake · pm 20 · [illustration] · Charles Vess · il 21 · Moon Dancers · Hannes Bok · pm 21 · Vision · Hannes Bok · pm 22 · [illustration] · Clyde Caldwell · il 23 · The Princess of Urbs · Stanley G. Weinbaum · pm from The Black Flame, Fantasy Press, 1948 23 · Thomas Connor, The Ancient · Stanley G. Weinbaum · pm from The Black Flame, Fantasy Press, 1948 23 · The Ka of Kor-Sethon · Hannes Bok · pm Unknown Worlds February 1943 23 · If One Should Tell Me · Winona Morris Nation · pm 23 · Tis the Voice of the Sluggard [Alice] · Lewis Carroll · ex from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Macmillan, 1865 24 · Shipster’s Tale · Hannes Bok · pm 24 · The Night I Was Born · Winona Morris Nation · pm 24 · Hunted Pharos · Lucile Coleman · pm Talaria 1949 24 · Moon Music · Lucile Coleman · pm Starlanes 1953 24 · Fairy Gold · H. Warner Munn · pm 24 · Cats · Andre Norton · pm 25 · The Midges’ Dance · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm 25 · The Last Pagan Speaks · H. P. Lovecraft · pm The Tryout April 1919, as by Ames Dorrance Rowley 25 · Song of the Barbarian Swordsman · Andre Norton · pm 25 · The Last Cohort · Andre Norton · pm 25 · Mordor · Richard L. Tierney · pm 26 · Black Harps in the Hills · Robert E. Howard · pm Night Images by Robert E. Howard, The Morning Star Press, 1976 26 · Remember the Night · Michael Moorcock · pm New Worlds 9 ed. Hilary Bailey, Corgi, 1975; from “Ancient Shadows”. 26 · Tonight · John Bredon · pm 27 · To Harry the Oliad Men · Robert E. Howard · pm 27 · There Will Be Other Times · Poul Anderson · pm Smorgasbord 1959 27 · Adventure (“Adventure, I Have Followed Your Beck”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Night Images by Robert E. Howard, The Morning Star Press, 1976 27 · Two Peoples · Manly Wade Wellman · pm (r) from either the Wichita Beacon or Eagle c. 1920-30. 28 · [illustration] · Bernie Englum · il 29 · Hellas · H. P. Lovecraft · pm The United Amateur September 1918 29 · The Sphinx of the Infinite · Clark Ashton Smith · pm Grotesques and Fantastiques by Clark Ashton Smith, Gerry de la Ree, 1973 29 · Memnon · Manly Wade Wellman · pm (r) from either the Wichita Beacon or Eagle c. 1920-30. 29 · To Sappho in Hell · Winona Morris Nation · pm 29 · Human Sacrifice · Manly Wade Wellman · pm (r) from either the Wichita Beacon or Eagle c. 1920-30. 30 · The Mortuary · Clark Ashton Smith · pp Roy Squires Press, 1971 30 · Graveyard · Hannes Bok · pm 30 · Questions (To Robert E. Howard) · Tevis Clyde Smith · pm [Ref. Robert E. Howard] 31 · [illustration] · Gene Day · il 32 · [illustration] · Gene Day · il 33 · Background to “Questions” · Tevis Clyde Smith · ar [Ref. Robert E. Howard] 33 · Speak Well of the Dead · William Hope Hodgson · pm 34 · The Drowned Car · Ramsey Campbell · pm Macabre #21, 1970 34 · Nightmare Number Ten · Edith Ogutsch · pm 34 · Abandoned Factory Yard · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm 34 · Scorpion Wind · Andrew Darlington · pm 35 · Skeleton · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm 35 · Laeta: A Lament · H. P. Lovecraft · pm The Tryout February 1918, as by Ames Dorrance Rowley 35 · Mimosa · William Hope Hodgson · pm 36 · The Bride of the Sea · H. P. Lovecraft · pm The Providence Amateur February 1916, as by Lewis Theobald, Jr.; illustrated by Stephen Riley 40 · [illustration] · Richard Huber, Jr. · il 41 · Man Is the Sea’s Child · Frank Belknap Long · pm 41 · The River · Stanley G. Weinbaum · pm 41 · Candle’s End · Emil Petaja · pm And Flights of Angels: The Life and Legend of Hannes Bok ed. Emil Petaja, The Bokanalia Memorial Foundation, 1968 41 · Lullaby · Donald S. Fryer · pm Songs and Sonnets Atlantean by Donald S. Fryer, Arkham House, 1971 41 · Ripples · Manly Wade Wellman · pm Verse: The Quarterly Review of Verse Spring 1925 42 · [illustration] · Gene Day · il 43 · The Shores of Night · August Derleth · pm The Edge of Night by August Derleth, James A. Decker, 1945 43 · The Wind Trail · A. Merritt · pm The Smart Set March 1910 43 · A Fragment · Donald S. Fryer · pm The Arkham Collector #5, Summer 1969, as “A Fragment from the Atlantean” 44 · The Tide · Robert E. Howard · pm 44 · Mist · James Wade · pm 44 · The Silver Birches · A. Merritt · pm Nepenthe 1940 45 · The Unusual Thing · Gordon Larkin · pp 45 · Braxa · Roger Zelazny · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1963 46 · [illustration] · Bernie Englum · il 47 · The Burial of the Hydra · Eddy C. Bertin · pm Out of Dark and Lonely Places by Eddy C. Bertin, 1970 47 · Journeys Into the Mythical Present · Andrew Darlington · pm 47 · Wings · Andrew Darlington · pm 48 · Odyssey—4 · Hannes Bok · pm 48 · Something Left Behind · August Derleth · pm Collected Poems by August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 48 · Jacksnipe Over · August Derleth · pm Collected Poems by August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 48 · Inspiration · H. P. Lovecraft · pm The Conservative October 1916, as by Lewis Theobald, Jr. 48 · The Naked Land · Kenneth Patchen · pm Collected Poems by Kenneth Patchen, New Directions Publishing, 1942 49 · My House, Full of Shadows · Eddy C. Bertin · pm Out of Dark and Lonely Places by Eddy C. Bertin, 1970 49 · I Forgot · Muriel E. Eddy · pm 49 · Kudzu Vine · Muriel E. Eddy · pm 49 · Dreamdust · Ruth M. Eddy · pm 50 · [illustration] · Richard Huber, Jr. · il 51 · Dead Love · Clark Ashton Smith · pm Grotesques and Fantastiques by Clark Ashton Smith, Gerry de la Ree, 1973 51 · L’Amour Supreme · Clark Ashton Smith · pm Grotesques and Fantastiques by Clark Ashton Smith, Gerry de la Ree, 1973 translated from the French (“L’Amour Supreme”, unpublished). 51 · My Love · James Wade · pm 51 · Rescue by a Certain Lady · Tevis Clyde Smith · pm 51 · Upon the Occasion of Being Asked to Argue That Love and Marriage Are Incompatible · Poul Anderson · pm Ye Dragon Runners’ Chronicle #1, 1973 51 · Upon the Occasion of Being Asked at a Court of Love to Debate the Topic of What It Is About His Lady That Pleaseth Him the Most · Poul Anderson · pm Second Aeon 1972 52 · Shadows Over Squamous · L. Sprague de Camp · pm; illustrated by Stephen Riley 53 · Sinister Sonnet · James Wade · pm 53 · Theseus · Manly Wade Wellman · pm (r) from either the Wichita Beacon or Eagle c. 1920-30. 53 · First Contact · A. E. Van Vogt · pm 53 · Visions from Aeons…Dead? · Brian Lumley · pm 53 · Weirditties · Hannes Bok & Nichol · pm Weird Tales July 1944 54 · Weirditties of Science · Hannes Bok · pm Weird Tales March 1951 54 · Litrachoor · Henry S. Whitehead · pm The Writer 54 · Illusion · Richard L. Tierney · pm 55 · The Simple Speller’s Tale · H. P. Lovecraft · pm The Conservative April 1915 55 · The Dead Bookworm · H. P. Lovecraft · pm The United Amateur September 1919, as by John J. Jones 55 · Let ’er Rip! · Cliff Eddy · pm 56 · [illustration] · Randy Mohr · il 57 · Nevermore · William Hope Hodgson · pm 57 · New Year’s Eve · Ruth M. Eddy · pm 57 · The Jackal · Robert E. Howard · pm 57 · The Campus at Midnight · Robert E. Howard · pm Night Images by Robert E. Howard, The Morning Star Press, 1976 58 · The Pow’r of Wine · H. P. Lovecraft · pm The (Providence) Evening News January 13 1915 58 · Tiger Girl · Robert E. Howard · pm 60 · Bio-Sketches · [uncredited] · bg 64 · [illustration] · Hannes Bok · il bc. · [illustration] · Jeff Easley · il