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The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont by Robert Barr (D. Appleton and Company, February 27, 1906, hc, co) [Eugène Valmont]
Collection of eight stories, not identified as such and spread across 24 chapters, interspersed with original material. Effectively simultaneous with the UK edition (Hurst & Blackett, March 1906).

1 · The Mystery of the Five Hundred Diamonds [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 4 1904 (+1); appears, slightly revised, as chapters 1 to 3 (“The Finding of the Fated Five Hundred”, “The Scene in the Sale Room”, “The Midnight Race Down the Seine”).

40 · The Oddities of the English [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · ss; chapter 4.

57 · The Fate of the Picric Bomb [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post July 1 1905; appears, slightly revised, as chapters 5 to 8 (“The Siamese Twin of a Bomb Thrower”, “A Rebuff and a Response”, “In the Grip of the Green Demon”, “The Fate of the Picric Bomb”).

102 · The Clew of the Silver Spoons [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 27 1904; appears, slightly revised, as chapters 9 and 10 (“The Dinner for Seven in the Temple”, “The Clew of the Silver Spoons”).

130 · Lord Chizelrigg’s Missing Fortune [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 29 1905; appears, slightly revised, as chapters 11 and 12 (“‘O My Prophetic Soul, My Uncle!’”, “Lord Chizelrigg’s Missing Fortune”).

165 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905; appears, slightly revised, as chapters 13 to 17 (“The Futility of a Search Warrant”, “Mr. Spenser Hale of Scotland Yard”, “The Strange House in Park Lane”, “The Queer Shop in Tottenham Court Road”, “The Absent-Minded Coterie”).

224 · The Ghost with the Clubfoot [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 27 1905; appears, slightly revised, as chapters 18 to 20 (“The Sad Case of Sophia Brooks”, “A Commission from Lord Rantremly”, “The Ghost with the Clubfoot”).

267 · The Liberation of Wyoming Ed [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 10 1905; appears, slightly revised, as chapters 21 and 22 (“The Secret of a Noble House”, “Liberating the Wrong Man”).

298 · Lady Alicia’s Emeralds [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post July 8 1905; appears, slightly revised, as chapters 23 and 24 (“The Fascinating Lady Alicia”, “Where the Emeralds Were Found”).

Atomic-Age Cthulhu: Tales of Mythos Horror in the 1950s ed. Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons (Chaosium, March 27, 2015, 978-1-56882-398-0, $15.95, 285pp, tp, oa, cover by Victor Leza)
Original anthology of 19 stories of Lovecraftian horror set in the 1950s. Authors include Jeffrey Thomas, Cody Goodfellow, and Robert M. Price.
Details taken from online listing.

· Bad Reception · Jeffrey Thomas · ss

· Unamerican · Cody Goodfellow · ss

· Fallout [Cthulhu] · Sam Stone · ss

· Eldritch Lunch · Adam Bolivar · ss

· Little Curly · Neil Baker · ss

· The Day the Music Died · Charles Christian · ss

· The Terror That Came to Dounreay · William Meikle · ss

· The Romeo Transference · Josh Reynolds · ss

· It Came to Modesto · Ed Erdelac · ss

· Within the Image of the Divine · Bear Weiter · ss

· Yellow Is the Color of the Future · Jason Andrew · ss

· Fears Realized · Tom Lynch · ss

· Professor Patriot and the Doom That Came to Niceville · Christine Morgan · ss

· Rose-Colored Glasses · Michael Szymanski · ss

· The Preserved Ones · Christopher M. Geeson · ss

· Putnam’s Monster · Scott T. Goudsward · ss

· Operation Switch [Cthulhu] · Pete Rawlik · ss

· Names on the Black List · Robert M. Price · ss

· The End of the Golden Age · Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons · ss

Eldritch Chrome: Unquiet Tales of a Mythos-Haunted Future ed. Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons--- see under Brian M. Sammons.

In the Court of the Yellow King ed. Glynn Owen Barrass (Celaeno Press, September 30, 2014, 978-4-902075-69-4, $18.00, x+354pp, tp, oa, cover by Daniele Serra)
Original anthology of 18 weird stories inspired by The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers. Authors include Edward Morris, Lucy A. Snyder, and Robert M. Price.
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Glynn Owen Barrass · in

· These Harpies of Carcosa · W. H. Pugmire · ss

· The Viking in Yellow · Christine Morgan · ss

· Who Killed the King of Rock and Roll? · Edward Morris · ss

· Masque of the Queen · Stephen Mark Rainey · ss

· Grand Theft Hovercar · Jeffrey Thomas · ss

· The Girl with the Star-Stained Soul · Lucy A. Snyder · ss

· The Penumbra of Exquisite Foulness · Tim Curran · ss

· Yield · C. J. Henderson · ss

· Homeopathy · Greg Stolze · ss

· Bedlam in Yellow [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss

· A Jaundiced Light at the End · Brian M. Sammons · ss

· The Yellow Film · Gary McMahon · ss

· Lights Fade · Laurel Halbany · ss

· Future Imperfect · Glynn Owen Barrass · ss

· The Mask of the Yellow Death · Robert M. Price · ss

· The Sepia Prints · Pete Rawlik · ss

· Nigredo · Cody Goodfellow · ss

· MonoChrome · T. E. Grau · nv

Steampunk Cthulhu ed. Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons (Chaosium, June 17, 2014, 978-1-56882-394-2, $18.95, 309pp, tp, oa, cover by Daniele Serra)
Subtitled “Mythos Terror in the Age of Steam” on the cover.
Details taken from online listing.

6 · Introduction · Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons · in

10 · Those Above · Jeffrey Thomas · nv

30 · The Blackwold Horror · Adam Bolivar · ss

40 · No Hand to Turn the Key · Carrie Cuinn · ss

56 · The Reverend Mr. Goodworks & the Yeggs of Yig · Edward M. Erdelac · nv

78 · The Island of Doctor Munroe [Thomas Carnacki] · William Meikle · ss

92 · Pain Wears No Mask · John Goodrich · ss

106 · Before the Least of These Stars · Lee Clark Zumpe · nv

130 · The Promised Messiah · D. J. Tyrer · ss

142 · Unfathomable · Christine Morgan · nv

169 · The Flower · Christopher M. Geeson · ss

181 · Tentacular Spectacular · Thana Niveau · ss

198 · Fall of an Empire · Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons · nv

220 · The Baying of the Hounds · Leigh Kimmel · ss

232 · Mr. Brass & the City of Devils [Mister Brass] · Josh Reynolds · ss

247 · The Source · D. L. Snell · nv

271 · Happy Birthday, Dear Cthulhu · Robert Neilson · ss

291 · The Strange Company · Pete Rawlik · ss

Through a Mythos Darkly ed. Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons (PS Publishing, June 2017, 978-1-78636-100-4, £30.00, ix+253pp, hc, oa, cover by Tomislav Tikulin)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

vii · Introduction · Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons · in

3 · The Roadrunners · Cody Goodfellow · nv

25 · Scrimshaw · Jeffrey Thomas · ss

43 · Sweet Angie Tailor in: Subterranean Showdown · John Langan · ss

57 · An Old and Secret Cult · Robert M. Price · ss

67 · Stewert Behr—Deanimator · Pete Rawlik · ss

79 · To Kill a King · Don Webb · ss

95 · The Last Quest · William Meikle · ss

109 · Fate of the World · Christine Morgan · ss

129 · Red in the Water, Salt on the Earth · Konstantine Paradias · ss

139 · The Night They Drove Cro Magnon Down · D. A. Madigan · ss

145 · Sacrifice · Sam Stone · ss

163 · Get Off Your Knees, I’m Not Your God · Edward Morris · ss

169 · Excerpts from the Diaries of Henry P. Linklatter · Stephen Mark Rainey · ss

185 · Plague Doctor · Tim Waggoner · ss

197 · Amidst the Blighted Swathes of Grey Desolation · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss

215 · Cognac, Communism, and Cocaine · Nick Mamatas & Molly Tanzer · ss

233 · Kai Monstrai Ateik (When the Monsters Come) · Damien Angelica Walters · ss

247 · Contributor Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

World War Cthulhu: A Collection of Lovecraftian War Stories ed. Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons (Dark Regions Press, August 14, 2014, 978-1-62641-074-9, $17.95, 357pp, tp, oa, cover by Vincent Chong)
Details taken from online listing.

5 · Introduction · Brian M. Sammons & Glynn Owen Barrass · in

11 · Loyalty · John Shirley · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

23 · The Game Changers · Stephen Mark Rainey · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

41 · White Feather · T. E. Grau · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

59 · To Hold Ye White Husk · W. H. Pugmire · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

65 · The Sea Nymph’s Son · Robert M. Price · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

77 · The Boonieman · Edward M. Erdelac · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

97 · The Turtle · Neil Baker · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

109 · The Bullet and the Flesh · David Conyers & David Kernot · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

129 · Broadsword · William Meikle · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

141 · Long Island Weird—The Lost Interviews · Charles Christian · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

157 · The Yoth Protocols · Josh Reynolds · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

165 · Dark Cell · Brian M. Sammons & Glynn Owen Barrass · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

173 · A Feast of Death · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

193 · The Ithiliad · Christine Morgan · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

211 · The Sinking City · Konstantine Paradias · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

221 · The Shape of a Snake · Cody Goodfellow · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

239 · Mysterious Ways · C. J. Henderson · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

249 · Magna Mater · Edward Morris · nv; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

285 · Cold War, Yellow Fever · Pete Rawlik · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

303 · Stragglers from Carrhae · Darrell Schweitzer · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

315 · The Procyon Project · Tim Curran · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

331 · Wunderwaffe · Jeffrey Thomas · ss; illustrated by M. Wayne Miller

Digital Dreams ed. David V. Barrett (NEL, October 4, 1990, 0-450-53150-3, £4.50, 347pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of sf stories about computers, including brilliant pieces by Garry Kilworth and Terry Pratchett. Strongly recommended.

7 · Introduction · David V. Barrett · in

11 · Bronze Casket for a Mummified Shrew-Mouse · Garry Kilworth · ss

25 · Digital Cats Come Out Tonight · Ben Jeapes · ss

37 · What Happened at Cambridge IV [Blit] · David Langford · ss

53 · The World of the Silver Writer · Anne Gay · ss

67 · Forgotten Milestones in Computing No. 7: The Quenderghast Bullian Algebraic Calculator · Alex Stewart · ss

77 · # ifdefDEBUG + “world/enough” + “time” · Terry Pratchett · ss

95 · The Great Brain Legend · Josephine Saxton · ss

111 · The Reconstruction of Mingus · Phil Manchester · ss

129 · Twister of Words · Michael Fearn · ss

143 · The Mechanical Art · Andy Sawyer · ss

159 · Last Came Assimilation · Storm Constantine · nv

183 · Virus · Neil Gaiman · pm

189 · Measured Perspective · Keith Roberts · ss

209 · Where He Went · Paul Kincaid · ss

229 · The Coleridge Bombers · Paul Beardsley · ss

245 · Dependant · David V. Barrett · ss

259 · Nad and Dan adn Quaffy · Diana Wynne Jones · nv

281 · The Machine It Was That Cried · John Grant · nv

317 · The Lord of the Files · Ray Girvan & Steve Jones · ss

333 · Speaking in Tongues · Ian McDonald · ss

Tales from the Vatican Vaults ed. David V. Barrett (Robinson, August 6, 2015, 978-1-4721-1165-4, £9.99, xi+561pp, tp, oa)
Anthology of 28 original science fiction and fantasy stories based on an alternate history on which Pope John Paul I lives on and allows access to secret documents in the Vatican. Each story has an 1-2pp faux introduction placing the story in a particular year of the alternate world. Authors include Barrett, K. J. Parker (Tom Holt), John Grant, Cherith Baldry, Jaine Fenn, Paul Kincaid, Mary Gentle, Garry Kilworth, Lionel & Patricia Fanthorpe, Storm Constantine.

vii · Introduction. Dedicated to the memory of Pope John Paul, 1978-2010 · Francis Atterbury, Prof. · ss

2 · The Tale of Pope Joan · David V. Barrett · ss

16 · No Peace for the Wicked · K. J. Parker · nv

42 · Chasing Charlemagne · John Grant · nv

70 · Encounter on the Rhine · Marion Pitman · ss

80 · Songs of Love · J.-M. Brugée · ss

98 · The Dragon Chain · Cherith Baldry · nv

121 · Bells of the Harelle · Rosanne Rabinowitz · nv

150 · The Sky Weeps, the Earth Shakes · Jaine Fenn · nv

174 · The Gifts · Kleo Kay · ss

186 · Windows Into Men’s Hearts · E. Saxey · ss

206 · Documents in the Case of Brother G. · Paul Kincaid · ss

224 · The Hammer of Witches · Mary Gentle · nv

250 · The Silver Monkey · Dave Hutchinson · ss

265 · The Watchers · Garry Kilworth · ss

274 · The Missing Journal of Captain James Cook · Geraldine Warner · ss

294 · Cooking up a Storm · Jean Marie Ward · nv

342 · Pio Nono and the Papal Allocution · Damian P. O’Connor · ss

360 · The Confess2015*TlsVatVion · Alex Bell · ss

380 · Sauniére’s Secret · Lionel & Patricia Fanthorpe · ss

390 · The Will · KristaLyn Amber · ss

408 · Gardening · Stephanie Potter · ss

420 · The She · Terry Grimwood · ss

440 · Gargoyles · Douglas Thompson · ss

448 · The Saint’s Well · Storm Constantine · ss

468 · The Mountain Wind · Patrice Chaplin · ss

476 · Miserere · Sarah Ash · nv

500 · The Island of Lost Priests · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv

530 · Apocryphon · Stephen Marley · nv

553 · The Writers · [uncredited] · bg

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