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Fancy Free ed. W. G. Bebbington (Allen & Unwin, April 1949, 6/-, ix+131pp, hc, an)     Anthology aimed at teenage readers, with special school edition. vii · Foreword · W. G. Bebbington · fw 1 · Uncle Arthur · John Pudney · ss It Breathed Down My Neck by John Pudney, John Lane, 1946 14 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 14 1889 22 · The Truth About Pyecraft · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1903 36 · The Dancers · Eric Linklater · ss The London Mercury May 1929 58 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912 71 · How Jembu Played for Cambridge [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss The Graphic Christmas 1928 87 · Wottie · A. J. Alan · ss The Radio Times August 2 1929 98 · Over the Side · W. W. Jacobs · ss To-Day May 29 1897 107 · The Celestial Omnibus · E. M. Forster · nv Albany Review January 1908 127 · Notes · [uncredited] · ms

South of Fifty-Three by Jack Bechdolt (Altus Press, April 25, 2016, 978-1-61827-234-8, $19.95, 225pp, tp, n.)     Volume 20 in “The Argosy Library”. Details taken from publisher website.

The Torch by Jack Bechdolt (Prime Press, 1948, $2.50, 229pp, hc, n., cover by L. Robert Tschirky)

The Torch by Jack Bechdolt (Steeger Books, December 8, 2019, 978-1-61827-452-6, $16.95, 225pp, tp, n.)     Reprint (Prime 1948) novel. Volume 68 in “The Argosy Library”. Details taken from online listing. fc. · [front cover] · Lawrence · cv Fantastic Novels Magazine April 1951

Boundary Problems by Greg Bechtel (Freehand Books, March 18, 2014, 978-1-55481-186-1, $19.95, 226pp, tp, oc, cover by Natalie Olsen) 7 · Blackbird Shuffle · Greg Bechtel · ss Tesseracts Ten ed. Robert Charles Wilson & Edo van Belkom, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2006 31 · The Concept of a Photon · Greg Bechtel · ss Prairie Fire v28 #2, 2007 49 · The Smut Story [Part 1 of 3] · Greg Bechtel · nv; this part is titled “The Smut Story (III)”. 57 · Mindreader · Greg Bechtel · ss Qwerty #15, 2004 71 · Junk Mail · Greg Bechtel · ss Prairie Fire v26 #2, 2005 93 · The Smut Story [Part 2 of 3] · Greg Bechtel · nv; this part is titled “The Smut Story (II)”. 109 · Boundary Problems · Greg Bechtel · nv 137 · The Mysterious East · Greg Bechtel · nv The Fiddlehead #246, 2011 165 · The Smut Story [Part 3 of 3] · Greg Bechtel · nv; this part is titled “The Smut Story (II)”. 175 · The Everett-Wheeler Hypothesis · Greg Bechtel · nv an excerpt from an earlier draft appeared in Herman #2, 2010, under the title “The Garden of Forking Paths”. 225 · Notes · Greg Bechtel · ms

The Frankenstein Reader ed. Calvin Beck (Ballantine, 1962, F680, 50¢, 159pp, pb, an) 7 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 16 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 40 · Passeur · Robert W. Chambers · ss The English Illustrated Magazine October 1897 45 · The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The National Observer February 4 1893 66 · The Ghost of Fear · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896, as “The Red Room” 76 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. 88 · The Dead Valley · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 98 · The Thing in the Hall · E. F. Benson · nv The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 110 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q 123 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912 134 · On the Staircase · Katharine Fullerton Gerould · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1913

The Tell-Tale Tattoo and Other Stories by K. K. Beck (Five Star US, September 2002, 0-7862-4570-0, $25.95, 283pp, hc, co) · Rule of Law · K. K. Beck · ss Malice Domestic 4 ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Pocket, 1995 · A Romance in the Rockies [Iris Cooper] · K. K. Beck · nv Malice Domestic 2 ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, 1993 · Hollywood Homicide [Iris Cooper] · K. K. Beck · nv More Murder, They Wrote ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books, 1999 · The Tell-Tale Tattoo [Iris Cooper] · K. K. Beck · ss Malice Domestic 10 ed. Nevada Barr, Avon, 2001 · Peril Under the Palms [Iris Cooper] · K. K. Beck · n. Walker, 1989

Dreams and Delights by L. Adams Beck (Dodd, Mead, 1926, $2.50, 317pp, hc, co) · V. Lydiat · L. Adams Beck · nv The Atlantic Monthly February 1925 · The Bride of a God · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1924 · The Sea of Lilies · L. Adams Beck · ss Asia June 1925 · The Beloved of the Gods · L. Adams Beck · ss Asia September 1923 · The Hidden One · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1924 · The Marriage of the Princess · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Wisdom of the Orient · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · Stately Julia · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Island of Pearls · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Wonderful Pilgrimage to Amarnath · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Man Without a Sword · L. Adams Beck · ss (r)

The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories by L. Adams Beck (Dodd, Mead, 1922, $2.50, 333pp, hc, co) · The Ninth Vibration · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Interpreter · L. Adams Beck · nv The Atlantic Monthly July 1921 (+1) · The Incomparable Lady · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1920 · The Hatred of the Queen · L. Adams Beck · ss Asia May 1921 · Fire of Beauty · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1920 · The Building of the Taj Mahal · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1921 · How Great Is the Glory of Kwannon! · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1920 · Round-Faced Beauty · L. Adams Beck · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1921

The Openers of the Gate by L. Adams Beck (Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1930, 368pp, hc, co) [Dr. James Livingstone]     Collection of ten short stories “either narrated by or concerning Dr. James Livingstone, a specialist in nervous disorders, who is very close to being an occult detective”. · Preface · L. Adams Beck · pr 1 · The Openers of the Gate [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 35 · Lord Killary [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 64 · How Felicity Came Home [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 99 · Waste Manor [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 138 · The Mystery of Iniquity [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 190 · Many Waters Cannot Quench Love [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 239 · The Horoscope [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv Pearson’s Magazine May 1929, as by E. Barrington 274 · The Thug [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 311 · Hell [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv 340 · The Man Who Saw [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv

The Perfume of the Rainbow and Other Stories by L. Adams Beck (Dodd, Mead, 1923, $2.00, 324pp, hc, co) · The Man and the Lesser Gods · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · Juana · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Courtesan of Vaisali · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Flute of Krishna · L. Adams Beck · ss Asia January 1922 · The Emperor and the Silk Goddess · L. Adams Beck · ss Asia February 1921 · The Loveliest Lady in China · L. Adams Beck · ss Asia October 1921 · The Ghost Plays of Japan · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Marvels of Xanadu · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · From the Ape to Buddha · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Sorrow of the Queen · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Perfect One · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Way of Attainment · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Day Book of a Court Lady of Old Japan · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Courtesan Princess · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Happy Solitudes · L. Adams Beck · ss (r) · The Desolate City · L. Adams Beck · ss (r)

Literature of the Supernatural ed. Robert E. Beck (McDougal, Littell, 1974, 188pp, tp, an) 9 · The Man Upstairs · Ray Bradbury · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1947 21 · The Real Dracula · James F. Donohue · ar San Francisco Chronicle January 9 1972 25 · …Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields · W. B. Seabrook · ar from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929 35 · In the Vault · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout November 1925 44 · The Considerate Hosts · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales December 1939 55 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865 revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story. 78 · Sweet William’s Ghost · [uncredited] · pm (r) 81 · Footsteps Invisible · Robert Arthur · ss Argosy January 20 1940 95 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 104 · Readings, Forecasts, Personal Guidance · Kenneth Fearing · pm (r) 108 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904 115 · The Tradition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette November 29 1913 120 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941 126 · In Ghostly Japan · Lafcadio Hearn · uw In Ghostly Japan by Lafcadio Hearn, Little, Brown, 1899 129 · The Other World · translated by Robert Hillyer · pm from The Book of the Dead (r) 131 · Charts from The Divine Comedy · Dante Alighieri · ex (r) 135 · The Witch Mania · Charles McKay · ar (r) 145 · Witches’ Spell from Macbeth · William Shakespeare · pm Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 147 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895 163 · A Way of Thinking · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Amazing Stories October/November 1953

The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton and Other Stories by Louis Becke (Unwin, 1902, 6/-, 319pp, hc, co) 9 · The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton · Louis Becke · n. The English Illustrated Magazine April 1902 (+5) 157 · “Pig-Headed” Sailor Men · Louis Becke · ss (r) 179 · The Flemmings · Louis Becke · nv (r) 209 · “Flash Harry” of Savaii · Louis Becke · ss (r) 221 · Concerning “Bully” Hayes · Louis Becke · nv (r) 273 · Amona; the Child; and the Beast · Louis Becke · ss (r) 287 · The Snake and the Bell · Louis Becke · ss (r) 295 · South Sea Notes · Louis Becke · ss (r) 311 · Apinoka of Apamama · Louis Becke · ss The English Illustrated Magazine December 1901

Golden Tales of Our America: Stories of Our Background & Tradition ed. May Lamberton Becker (Dodd, Mead, 1960, hc, an) · Peter Rugg, the Missing Man · William Austin · nv New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New England in a Letter to Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell · Uncle Lisha’s Spring Gun · Rowland Robinson · ss (r) · The Bedquilt · Dorothy Canfield · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine November 1906 · The Ambitious Guest · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine June 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” · Young Lucretia · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss (r) · The Coon Dog · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss The Century Magazine August 1898 · The Steeple Trap · Jacob Abbott · ss (r) · The Revenge of Saint Nicholas · James K. Paulding · ss (r) · The Turn Out · Augustus Baldwin Longstreet · ss (r) · Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox · Joel Chandler Harris · ss (r) · Christmas on Bee Tree · Lucy Furman · ss (r) · The Battle-Ground · Elsie Singmaster · ss Gettysburg by Elsie Singmaster, Houghton Mifflin, 1913 · A Drama of Three · Grace King · ss The Century Magazine December 1892 · The Emigrants · James Hall · ss (r) · The Politician · Caroline M. Kirkland · ss (r) · Doggett’s Last Migration · Hayden Carruth · ss The Century Magazine October 1892 · Mrs. Ripley’s Trip · Hamlin Garland · ss Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland, Arena Publishing Company, 1891 · Spelling Down the Master · Edward Eggleston · ss (r) · Paul Bunyan’s Cornstalk · Esther Shephard · ss (r) · The Last Antelope · Mary Hunter Austin · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1903 · High-Water Mark · Francis Bret Harte · ss The Golden Era January 6 1861

Science Fiction Stories ed. Ulrike Becker & Claus Varrelmann (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, August 1993, 3-423-09308-0, 224pp, pb, an)     Anthology with English and German versions of nine SF stories. 6 · Star Light · Isaac Asimov · ss Scientific American October 1962 16 · Apartment Hunting · Harvey L. & Audrey L. Bilker · ss Future City ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1973 38 · The Sightseers · Ben Bova · vi Future City ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1973 44 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952 78 · Missing · Peggy Kagan · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1982 84 · Mariana · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic Science Fiction Stories February 1960 98 · Bad Medicine · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1956, as by Finn O’Donnevan 146 · To See the Invisible Man · Robert Silverberg · ss Worlds of Tomorrow April 1963 178 · $CALL LINK4(CATHY) · Cherie Wilkerson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1983

Humans Are the Problem: A Monster’s Anthology ed. Willow Becker & Michael Cluff (Weird Little Worlds, November 2021, 978-1-73789-181-9, $24.99, xii+241pp, hc, oa, cover by SusIO)     Details taken from online listing. xi · When Humans Attack: A Concerning Prologue · Willow Becker & Michael Cluff · in 1 · Root Rot · Sarah Read · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 14 · Taffy Sweet · Michaelbrent Collings · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 29 · The Dawn Woman · Calvin Cleary · ss 40 · Who We Are · L. H. Moore · ss 44 · Aquarium Diver · Philip Fracassi · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 64 · Nothing Personal · Georgia Cook · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 76 · Woof · Patrick Barb · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 87 · If Wishes Were · John Langan · ss 105 · On This Side of the Veil · Gabino Iglesias · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 114 · Epic Troll · Auston Habershaw · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 128 · The Man of Seaweed and Reeds · Corey Farrenkopf · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 137 · The Sound · Leah Claire Kaminski · ss 140 · Poor Butcher-Bird · Gemma Files · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 158 · Crack of the Bat · T. J. Tranchell · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 167 · The Clean Kill · Justin Guleserian · ss 177 · The Fingernail Man · Jonathon Mast · ss 186 · Mea Tulpa · Gordon Linzner · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 192 · In the House of the Elementals · Lisa Morton · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 202 · Passed On · Die Booth · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 207 · The Blanch · Dominick Cancilla · ss 211 · My Friend Nessie · J. H. Moncrieff · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade 224 · Laurel’s First Chase · Christi Nogle · ss; illustrated by Mahesh Hirugade