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The Emperor’s Might: Warriors of the Imperium by John Blanche (Black Library, October 25, 2012, 978-1-84970-247-8, £25.00, 144pp, hc, pi)     Art book, an oversized collection of illustrations based on the world of the far-future roleplaying game. Details taken from online listing.

The Emperor’s Will by John Blanche (Black Library, November 10, 2011, 978-1-84970-113-6, £25.00, 144pp, hc, pi)     Art book, an oversized collection of illustrations based on the world of the far-future roleplaying game. Individual pieces of art are uncredited; a list of artists involved includes Wayne England, Clint Langley, and Adrian Smith. Details taken from online listing.

Ratspike by John Blanche & Ian Miller (GW Books, May 1990, 1-872372-00-7, £12.99, 140pp, hc, pi, cover by John Blanche & Ian Miller)     Marvellous collection of artwork by John Blanche and Ian Miller, with an introduction by Patrick Woodroffe and forewords by each artist. Available in the US from Games Workshop Inc. for $29.95.

Warhammer 40,000: The Emperor’s Will ed. John Blanche--- see under The Emperor’s Will by John Blanche, Black Library, 2011.

Shades of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors ed. Eleanor Taylor Bland (Berkley Prime Crime, February 2004, 0-425-19402-7, $23.95, 368pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 22 stories. ix · Preface · Lerone Bennett, Jr. · pr xi · Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms 1 · What a Difference a Decade Makes · Eleanor Taylor Bland · in 3 · Since You Went Away · Frankie Y. Bailey · nv 24 · The Cookout · Jacqueline Turner Banks · ss 31 · Double Dealing · Chris Benson · nv 54 · Murder on the Southwest Chief · Eleanor Taylor & Anthony Bland · ss 65 · The Secret of the 369th Infantry Nurse · Patricia E. Canterbury · ss 82 · Doggy Style · Christopher Chambers · ss 98 · For Services Rendered · Tracy P. Clark · ss 118 · The Pride of a Woman · Evelyn Coleman · ss 132 · The Blind Alley · Grace F. Edwards · ss 144 · A Matter of Policy · Robert Greer · nv 167 · Small Colored World · Terris McMahan Grimes · nv 189 · Better Dead Than Wed · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss 198 · The Werewolf File · Hugh Holton · ss 212 · Déjà Vu · Geri Spencer Hunter · ss 229 · Survival · Dicey Scroggins Jackson · nv 255 · When Blood Runs to Water · Glenville Lovell · ss 267 · A Small Matter · Lee E. Meadows · ss 278 · More Than One Way · Penny Mickelbury · ss 297 · Bombardier · Walter Mosley · ss 303 · A Favorable Murder · Percy Spurlark Parker · ss 316 · Beginner’s Luck · Gary Phillips · ss 332 · God of the Pond · Charles Shipps · ss 347 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Iraq+100: Stories from a Century After the Invasion ed. Hassan Blasim (Comma Press, October 27, 2016, 978-1-905583-66-9, £9.99, x+182pp, tp, oa, cover by David Eckersall)     Details taken from online listing. v · Foreword · Hassan Blasim · fw 1 · Kahramana · Anoud · ss 11 · The Gardens of Babylon · Hassan Blasim; translated by Jonathan Wright · nv translated from the Arabic. 35 · The Corporal · Ali Bader · nv 61 · The Worker · Diaa Jubaili · ss 81 · The Day by Day Mosque · Mortada Gzar · ss 87 · Baghdad Syndrome · Zhraa Alhaboby · ss 107 · Operation Daniel · Khalid Kaki · ss 115 · Kuszib · Hassan Abdulrazzak · nv Shattered Prism #1, December 2015 139 · The Here and Now Prison · Jalal Hasan · ss 155 · Najufa · Ibrahim Al-Marashi · ss 175 · Afterword · Ra Page · aw

The Complete Cases of John Smith, Volume 1 by Wyatt Blassingame (Steeger Books, November 27, 2020, 978-1-61827-561-5, $19.95, 239pp, tp, co) [John Smith]     Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · He Kills in Darkness [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · ss Detective Tales June 1937 27 · No Parole for the Dead [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Detective Tales July 1937 65 · No Parole from Hell [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Detective Tales August 1937 105 · Death Breaks Parole [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Detective Tales December 1937 141 · Death Trap for the Parole Killer [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · na Detective Tales May 1938 197 · Murder Gives No Parole [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Detective Tales June 1938

Death Underground: Terror Trios Featuring Wyatt Blassingame by Wyatt Blassingame (Altus Press, July 19, 2012, 978-1-61827-054-2, $14.95, 180pp, tp, co)     Details taken from online listing. fc. · [front cover] · John Howitt · cv Terror Tales July/August 1936 i · Floridian Fiends · John Pelan · in 1 · Ghouls of the Green Death · Wyatt Blassingame · na Dime Mystery Magazine November 1934 58 · We Danced with Death! · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Terror Tales July/August 1936 102 · Death Underground · Wyatt Blassingame · na Dime Mystery Magazine January 1934

Fantasias by Robert Blatchford (Clarion, 1895, 170pp, hc, co) · Dreams · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Bob’s Fairy · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Force and Cunning · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Buffalo · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Caught · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Cuffy · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Romeo · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · The Studio · Robert Blatchford · ss · Pride and a Fall · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Ali’s Luck · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Posterity · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Whitewash · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Il Penseroso · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Moonshine · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · A Genial Savage · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Robin Hood’s Bay · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Chetham College · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Culture · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Poetry · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · February Filldyke · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · Three Baby Buntings · Robert Blatchford · ss (r) · My Sister · Robert Blatchford · ss (r)

Deals with the Devil ed. Albert Paul Blaustein--- see under Basil Davenport.

Famous Monster Tales ed. Albert Paul Blaustein--- see under Basil Davenport.

Fiction Goes to Court: Favorite Stories of Lawyers and the Law Selected by Famous Lawyers ed. Albert P. Blaustein (Henry Holt, October 1954, LC:54-11862, $4.00, 303pp, hc, an)     Lawyers making selections include Richard M. Nixon, Adlai E. Stevenson, and Erle Stanley Gardner. vii · Preface · Albert P. Blaustein · pr 1 · The Corpus Delicti [Randolph Mason] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason by Melville Davisson Post, Putnam, 1896 31 · The Dog Andrew [Ephraim Tutt] · Arthur C. Train · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 15 1919 59 · Board of Inland Revenue v. Haddock: The Negotiable Cow · A. P. Herbert · ss Punch 67 · The Juryman · John Galsworthy · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine September 1917 89 · The Blushing Beginner and the Bearded Juryman · Theo Mathew · ss (r), as by “O” 93 · The Law and the Profits [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 28 1923 113 · Boys Will Be Boys [Judge William Pitman Priest (Old Judge Priest)] · Irvin S. Cobb · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 20 1917 153 · Coroner de Luxe · Ruel McDaniel · ss 1936 161 · The Barrister · A. A. Milne · ss 1941 167 · Tomorrow [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 23 1940 187 · Triumph of Justice · Irwin Shaw · ss Esquire December 1940 201 · A Wasted Day · Richard Harding Davis · ss Collier’s July 31 1909 217 · Doowinkle, Attorney [John Doowinkle] · Harry Klingsberg · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 18 1943 239 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930 247 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936 265 · All the Little Jokers · James Reid Parker · ss 1940 275 · Parcel of Land · Cornelia Otis Skinner · ss The New Yorker July 7 1945 285 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953

Human and Other Beings ed. Albert Paul Blaustein--- see under Allen DeGraeff.

Invisible Men ed. Albert Paul Blaustein--- see under Basil Davenport.

Twelve Stories from Deals with the Devil ed. Albert Paul Blaustein--- see under Basil Davenport.

Nightmare Tales by Helena P. Blavatsky (Theosophical Publishing House, 1892, 133pp, hc, co) · A Bewitched Life · Helena P. Blavatsky · ss (r) 84 · The Cave of Echoes · Helena P. Blavatsky · ss · The Luminous Shield · Helena P. Blavatsky · ss (r) · From the Polar Lands · Helena P. Blavatsky · ss (r) 119 · The Ensouled Violin · Helena P. Blavatsky · nv

Studies in Occultism by H. P. Blavatsky (Sphere, May 1974, 0-7221-1701-9, 40p, 191pp, pb, co) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Collection of articles originally published in Lucifer. Volume four in the series. 7 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in 11 · Practical Occultism · H. P. Blavatsky · ar Lucifer April 1888, uncredited. 21 · Occultism Versus the Occult Arts · H. P. Blavatsky · ar Lucifer May 1888, uncredited. 33 · The Blessings of Publicity · H. P. Blavatsky · ar Lucifer August 1891 37 · Hypnotism · H. P. Blavatsky · ar Lucifer December 1890 47 · Black Magic in Science · H. P. Blavatsky · ar Lucifer June 1890, uncredited. 62 · The Signs of the Times · H. P. Blavatsky · ar Lucifer October 1887, uncredited. 71 · Psychic and Noetic Action · H. P. Blavatsky · ar Lucifer October 1890 (+1), uncredited. 96 · Kosmic Mind · H. P. Blavatsky · ar Lucifer April 1890, uncredited. 114 · The Dual Aspect of Wisdom · H. P. Blavatsky · ar Lucifer September 1890, uncredited. 125 · The Esoteric Character of the Gospels · H. P. Blavatsky · ar Lucifer November 1887 (+2) 168 · Astral Bodies, or Doppelgängers · H. P. Blavatsky · ar Lucifer December 1888 177 · Constitution of the Inner Man · H. P. Blavatsky · ar Lucifer January 1889

The Adventure of the Ring of Stones by James P. Blaylock (Subterranean Press, June 2014, 978-1-59606-584-0, $35.00, 172pp, hc, na, cover by J. K. Potter) [Langdon St. Ives]     Steampunk fantasy adventure novella featuring Langdon St. Ives. Illustrated by J.K. Potter. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,000.

The Adventures of Langdon St. Ives by James P. Blaylock (Subterranean Press, November 2008, 978-1-59606-170-5, $38.00, 470pp, hc, om, cover by J. K. Potter) [Langdon St. Ives]     Steampunk omnibus of Homunculus (1986), Lord Kelvin’s Machine (1992), and five related Langdon St. Ives stories. Illustrated by J.K. Potter. A signed, limited, leatherbound edition of 200 ($60.00) is also available. 7 · Introduction · Tim Powers · in 11 · The Ape-Box Affair [Langdon St. Ives] · James P. Blaylock · nv Unearth Spring 1978 27 · Hole in Space [Langdon St. Ives] · James P. Blaylock · ss The Man in the Moon by James P. Blaylock, Subterranean Press, 2002 45 · The Idol’s Eye [Langdon St. Ives] · James P. Blaylock · ss Elsewhere, Vol. III ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1984 59 · Homunculus [Langdon St. Ives] · James P. Blaylock · n. Ace, 1986 265 · Two Views of a Cave Painting [Langdon St. Ives] · James P. Blaylock · ss Two Views of a Cave Painting & The Idol’s Eye/Escape from Kathmandu, Axolotl Press, 1987 275 · Lord Kelvin’s Machine [Langdon St. Ives] · James P. Blaylock · n. Arkham House, 1992 expanded from the novelette of the same name (Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1985). 467 · Parenthetically Speaking [Langdon St. Ives] · James P. Blaylock · ar

The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs by James P. Blaylock (Subterranean Press, May 2011, 978-1-59606-365-5, $35.00, 173pp, hc, na, cover by J. K. Potter) [Langdon St. Ives]     Steampunk novella featuring Langdon St. Ives. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,500.

The Devils in the Details by James P. Blaylock & Tim Powers (Subterranean Press, October 2003, 1-931081-89-1, $35.00, 115pp, hc, oc, cover by Phil Parks)     Original collection of three stories, one by each author, and one collaboration. Introduction by Powers; afterword by Blaylock. This is a signed, limited edition of 1250; a lettered edition of 52 ($175.00) is also available. 7 · Introduction · Tim Powers · in 15 · Through and Through · Tim Powers · nv 37 · The Devil in the Details · James P. Blaylock · na 83 · Fifty Cents · James P. Blaylock & Tim Powers · nv 117 · Mexican Food: An Afterword · James P. Blaylock · aw

Doughnuts by James P. Blaylock (A.S.A.P., March 1994, no ISBN, $50.00, 57pp, hc, ss, cover by Phil Parks)     Original fantasy short story, with an introduction by Lewis Shiner, an appreciation by Lucius Shepard, and an afterword by Tim Powers. There are interior photographic illustrations by Viki Blaylock, actual photographic prints glued onto the pages. This is a signed (by all authors, artist, and photographer) numbered 224-copy limited edition. A 26-copy lettered slipcased collectors edition ($200), to include a signed author photo and a handwritten original short-short by Blaylock, was announced but not seen.

Doughnuts by James P. Blaylock (Subterranean Press, September 1997, no ISBN, $8.00, 32pp, ph, ss, cover by Tim Powers)     Reprint (A.S.A.P. 1994) associational story in chapbook form, with a new introduction by Blaylock. This is a limited edition of 250, signed by both Blaylock and Powers.