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Grantville Gazette IX ed. Walt Boyes, Eric Flint & Joy Ward (Baen, July 6, 2021, 978-1-982125-45-5, $25.00, viii+445pp, hc, an, cover by Tom Kidd)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Preface · Eric Flint · pr

3 · Nasty, Brutish and Short · Eric Flint · ss

25 · The Bad Seed [1632] · Tim Sayeau · ss Grantville Gazette v63, 2016

43 · Grantville Is Crazy [1632] · Robert Noxon · ss Grantville Gazette v56, 2014

47 · Hunter, My Huntress [1632] · Griffin Barber · ss Grantville Gazette v46, 2013

63 · Reed and Kathy Sue [1632] · Bjorn Hasseler · nv Grantville Gazette v64, 2016

97 · Nun Danket [1632] · Clair Kiernan · ss Grantville Gazette v52, 2014

105 · The Ghosts of the Blauschloss [1632] · Margo Ryor · nv Grantville Gazette v66, 2016

131 · The Queen’s Gearhead [1632] · Mark Huston · ss Grantville Gazette v54, 2014

155 · Letters from Inchon [1632] · Robert Waters · nv Grantville Gazette v56, 2014

181 · A Sucker Born Every Minute [1632] · Phillip Riviezzo · ss Grantville Gazette v56, 2014

193 · No, John, No! [1632] · Jack Carroll & Terry Howard · nv Grantville Gazette v58, 2015

225 · Good German Axes [1632] · Tim Roesch · ss Grantville Gazette v69, 2017

237 · For Want of a Nail [1632] · Sarah Hays · ss Grantville Gazette v59, 2015

247 · The Marshal Comes to Suhl [1632] · Mike Watson · nv Grantville Gazette v70, 2017

285 · The Tower of Babel [1632] · Iver P. Cooper · ss Grantville Gazette v66, 2016

293 · Dr. Phil Rules the Waves [1632] · Rick Boatright & Kerryn Offord · nv Grantville Gazette v69, 2017

323 · What Price for a Miracle? [1632] · Terry Howard · ss Grantville Gazette v60, 2015

341 · The Three Stooges [1632] · Brad Banner · ss Grantville Gazette v61, 2015

361 · Stolen Reputations [1632] · Anne Keener · ss Grantville Gazette v66, 2016

367 · The Invisible Dogs of Grantville [1632] · Jackie Britton Lopatin · ss Grantville Gazette v63, 2016

383 · A Season of Change [1632] · Kerryn Offord · ss Grantville Gazette v50, 2013

401 · The Seven Dwarves and the Generals Jackson [1632] · Bjorn Hasseler · ss Grantville Gazette v53, 2014

405 · Quelles Misérables [1632] · David Carrico · ss Grantville Gazette v74, 2017

411 · You’ve Got to Be Kidding! [1632] · Tim Sayeau · nv Grantville Gazette v63, 2016

Mortality Bridge by Steven R. Boyett (Subterranean Press, August 2011, 978-1-59606-375-4, $40.00, 417pp, hc, n., cover by J. K. Potter)
Dark fantasy novel drawing on stories of Orpheus, Faust, and Dante’s Inferno. Junkie guitarist Niko makes a deal with the devil, then decides to go to hell to argue when his lover dies. This is a signed limited edition of 750.

After the Plague by T. C. Boyle (Viking, September 2001, 0-670-03005-8, 303pp, hc, co)
Collection of 16 mainstream and genre stories, including the title novelette from Playboy.

1 · Termination Dust · T. C. Boyle · ss Playboy May 1996

21 · She Wasn’t Soft · T. C. Boyle · nv The New Yorker September 18 1995

43 · Killing Babies · T. C. Boyle · nv The New Yorker December 2 1996

66 · Captured by the Indians · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker September 27 1999

82 · Achates McNeil · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker June 26/July 3 1995

102 · Mexico · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker October 19 1998

121 · The Love of My Life · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker March 6 2000

140 · Rust · T. C. Boyle · ss Granta

155 · Peep Hall · T. C. Boyle · ss Esquire September 2000

178 · Going Down · T. C. Boyle · ss The Paris Review #152, Fall 1999

193 · Friendly Skies · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker August 7 2000

209 · The Black and White Sisters · T. C. Boyle · ss Playboy September 2000

225 · Death of the Cool · T. C. Boyle · ss GQ June 2000

245 · My Widow · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker February 12 2001

262 · The Underground Gardens · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker May 25 1998

281 · After the Plague · T. C. Boyle · nv Playboy September 1999

Wild Child by T. C. Boyle (Viking, January 2010, 978-0-670-02142-0, $25.95, 304pp, hc, co)
Collection of 14 mainstream and fantasy stories.

· Balto · T. C. Boyle · ss The Paris Review 2006

· La Conchita · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker December 12 2005

· Question 62 · T. C. Boyle · ss Harper’s Magazine March 2006

· Sin Dolor · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker October 15 2007

· Bulletproof · T. C. Boyle · ss Best Life

· Hands On · T. C. Boyle · ss The Kenyon Review

· The Lie · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker April 14 2008

· The Unlucky Mother of Aquiles Maldonado · T. C. Boyle · ss Playboy September 2006

· Admiral · T. C. Boyle · nv Harper’s Magazine October 2007

· Ash Monday · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker January 21 2008

· Thirteen Hundred Rats · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker July 7/July 14 2008

· Anacapa · T. C. Boyle · ss A Public Space

· Three Quarters of the Way to Hell · T. C. Boyle · ss Playboy

· Wild Child · T. C. Boyle · na McSweeney’s

The Best American Short Stories 2015 ed. T. C. Boyle & Heidi Pitlor (Houghton Mifflin, 2015, 978-0-547-93940-7, xx+388pp, hc, an)

ix · Foreword · Heidi Pitlor · fw

xiii · Introduction · T. C. Boyle · in

1 · The Siege at Whale Cay · Megan Mayhew Bergman · nv The Kenyon Review Fall 2014

22 · Fingerprints · Justin Bigos · ss McSweeney’s #47, 2014

32 · Happy Endings · Kevin Canty · ss New Ohio Review #15, Spring 2014

44 · Moving On · Diane Cook · ss Tin House Spring 2014

56 · Bride · Julia Elliott · ss Conjunctions #63, Fall 2014

72 · The Big Cat · Louise Erdrich · ss The New Yorker March 31 2014

82 · You’ll Apologize if You Have To · Ben Fowlkes · ss Crazyhorse #85, 2014

100 · The Fugue · Arna Bontemps Hemenway · nv Alaska Quarterly Review Spring/Summer 2014

121 · The Largesse of the Sea Maiden · Denis Johnson · nv The New Yorker March 3 2014

144 · M & L · Sarah Kokernot · ss West Branch #76, 2014

156 · Jack, July · Victor Lodato · ss The New Yorker September 22 2014

176 · Sh’khol · Colum McCann · nv Zoetrope: All-Story Fall 2014

200 · Thunderstruck · Elizabeth McCracken · nv Story Quarterly #46/47, 2014

232 · Motherlode · Thomas McGuane · ss The New Yorker September 8 2014

250 · Madame Lazarus · Maile Meloy · ss The New Yorker June 23 2014

261 · Kavitha and Mustafa · Shobha Rao · ss Nimrod v58, 2014

274 · About My Aunt · Joan Silber · ss Tin House Summer 2014

292 · North · Aria Beth Sloss · ss One Story #197, October 9 2014

311 · Unsafe at Any Speed · Laura Lee Smith · nv New England Review v35 #1, 2014

336 · Mr. Voice · Jess Walter · ss Tin House Fall 2014

355 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

368 · 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2014 · [uncredited] · bi

372 · Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · ms

Devil Tales by Virginia Frazer Boyle (Harper, 1900, 210pp, hc, co)

· Old Cinder Cat · Virginia Frazer Boyle · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1900

· “A Kingdom for Micajah” · Virginia Frazer Boyle · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1900

· The Devil’s Little Fly · Virginia Frazer Boyle · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1900

· Asmodeus in the Quarters · Virginia Frazer Boyle · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine January 1900

· The Taming of Jezrul · Virginia Frazer Boyle · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine February 1900

· Dark er de Moon · Virginia Frazer Boyle · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1899

· The Other Maumer · Virginia Frazer Boyle · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1900

· Stolen Fire · Virginia Frazer Boyle · vi

· The Black Cat · Virginia Frazer Boyle · ss (r)

· Liza · Virginia Frazer Boyle · ss (r)

Bad Girls: One Dozen Dangerous Dames Who Lie, Cheat, Steal, and Kill by Michael Bracken (Wildside Press, 2000, 1-58715-253-3, $14.95, 135pp, tp, co)
Collection of 12 stories, two new, five others modified for this publication.

9 · With Extreme Prejudice [Christian Gunn] · Michael Bracken · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine August 1984

21 · The Only Good Red [Christian Gunn] · Michael Bracken · ss Espionage Magazine February 1985

34 · Bed of Roses · Michael Bracken · ss Gent May 1996

43 · Con Job · Michael Bracken · ss

47 · First Blonde on the Left · Michael Bracken · ss Bust Out! 1995

53 · A Price to Pay · Michael Bracken · ss Score September 1995

63 · Husks · Michael Bracken · ss

72 · A Matter of Policy · Michael Bracken · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1985

84 · Rock and a Hard Place · Michael Bracken · ss Juggs April 1996

96 · Three’s a Shroud · Michael Bracken · ss Gent February 1991

102 · Vengeance to Show in the Third · Michael Bracken · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1983

114 · Glass Houses · Michael Bracken · nv Even Roses Bleed by Michael Bracken, Books in Motion, 1995

Tequila Sunrise: Hardboiled P.I. Nathaniel Rose: Bullets, Booze, and Broads by Michael Bracken (Wildside Press, 2000, 1-58715-252-5, $13.95, 103pp, tp, co) [Nathaniel Rose]
Collection of seven stories, two new, featuring P.I. Nathaniel Rose.

9 · Partners [Nathaniel Rose] · Michael Bracken · ss Hardboiled #9, Winter/Spring 1988

19 · Fair Warning [Nathaniel Rose] · Michael Bracken · ss Even Roses Bleed by Michael Bracken, Books in Motion, 1995

35 · Heartbreak Hotel [Nathaniel Rose] · Michael Bracken · ss Even Roses Bleed by Michael Bracken, Books in Motion, 1995

53 · Lucky Seven [Nathaniel Rose] · Michael Bracken · ss Even Roses Bleed by Michael Bracken, Books in Motion, 1995

63 · Even Roses Bleed [Nathaniel Rose] · Michael Bracken · ss Even Roses Bleed by Michael Bracken, Books in Motion, 1995

81 · Tequila Sunrise and the Horse [Nathaniel Rose] · Michael Bracken · ss

93 · Only Business [Nathaniel Rose] · Michael Bracken · ss

Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys ed. Michael Bracken (Wildside Press, July 2001, 1587155540, $37.95, 256pp, hc, oa)
Anthology of 14 hardboiled stories.

· The Horrible, Senseless Murders of Two Elderly Women · Michael Collins · ss

· Last Call · Ernest B. Brown · ss

· Sins of the Father · Tom Sweeney · ss

· Teed Off · Mark Troy · ss

· Cuts Like a Knife · Michael Bracken · ss

· The Man with the Golden Voice · Robert D. Hughes · ss

· The Kitty Cat Murders · Percy Spurlark Parker · ss

· Body by Fisher · Shelley Singer · ss

· The Thrill of the Kill · Fredrick Obermeyer · ss

· Reunion · Dan A. Sproul · ss

· Rent-Whore · Ruthe Furie · ss

· Hazard Pay · Nick Andreychuk · ss

· The Ranters · Tim Wholforth · ss

· Gun Shot Wound · Michael Hemmingson · ss

The Best of Leigh Brackett by Leigh Brackett (Nelson Doubleday, July 1977, 2128, $2.98, xii+363pp, hc, co, cover by Jack Woolhiser) [edited by Edmond Hamilton]

vii · Story-Teller of Many Worlds · Edmond Hamilton · in

1 · The Jewel of Bas [Mouse] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Spring 1944

46 · The Vanishing Venusians · Leigh Brackett · nv Planet Stories Spring 1945

73 · The Veil of Astellar · Leigh Brackett · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Spring 1944

99 · The Moon That Vanished · Leigh Brackett · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948

141 · Enchantress of Venus [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Fall 1949

201 · The Woman from Altair · Leigh Brackett · nv Startling Stories July 1951

231 · The Last Days of Shandakor · Leigh Brackett · nv Startling Stories April 1952

259 · Shannach—the Last · Leigh Brackett · nv Planet Stories November 1952

308 · The Tweener · Leigh Brackett · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1955

324 · The Queer Ones · Leigh Brackett · nv Venture Science Fiction March 1957

359 · Afterword · Leigh Brackett · aw

418 · Addendum: About the Maps of Mars · Leigh Brackett · ms

420 · Mars · Margaret M. Howes · fa; introduction to the maps given as by “The Survey Commission Office, Kahora, Mars”.

422 · Mars · Margaret M. Howes · mp

The Coming of the Terrans by Leigh Brackett (Ace, 1967, G-669, 50¢, 157pp, pb, n., cover by Gray Morrow)

5 · Foreword · Leigh Brackett · fw

7 · The Beast-Jewel of Mars · Leigh Brackett · nv Planet Stories Winter 1948

49 · Mars Minus Bisha · Leigh Brackett · ss Planet Stories January 1954

71 · The Last Days of Shandakor · Leigh Brackett · nv Startling Stories April 1952

103 · Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon · Leigh Brackett · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1964

123 · The Road to Sinharat · Leigh Brackett · nv Amazing Stories May 1963

No Good from a Corpse by Leigh Brackett (Dennis McMillan, January 1999, 0-939767-32-5, $35.00, xi+564pp, hc, co, cover by Joe Servello)
Thriller collection.

ix · B & B: Brackett & Bradbury: 1944 · Ray Bradbury · in

1 · No Good from a Corpse · Leigh Brackett · n. Coward-McCann, 1944

229 · Murder Is Bigamy · Leigh Brackett · nv Thrilling Detective July 1945

275 · Red-Headed Poison · Leigh Brackett · ss Flynn’s Detective Fiction April 1943, as “The Case of the Wandering Red Head”

293 · Murder in the Family · Leigh Brackett · nv Mammoth Detective March 1943

337 · Design for Dying · Leigh Brackett · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction June 1944

377 · I Feel Bad Killing You · Leigh Brackett · nv New Detective Magazine November 1944

413 · No Star Is Lost · Leigh Brackett · ss Thrilling Detective July 1944

433 · So Pale, So Cold, So Fair · Leigh Brackett · nv Argosy July 1957

473 · The Misfortune Teller · Leigh Brackett · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction March 1943, as “The Death Dealer”

559 · Epiphany · Michael Connelly · aw

563 · A Leigh Brackett Bibliography · Robin Smiley · bi Firsts 1997

Sea Kings of Mars by Leigh Brackett (Gollancz, July 14, 2005, 0-575-07689-5, £9.99, xii+653pp, tp, co, cover by Les Edwards) [edited by Stephen Jones]
Collection of 12 stories, including the title novel (which was also published as The Sword of Rhiannon) and the original “Eric John Stark” stories. Given as Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories on the cover and spine. Volume 46 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.

viii · Map · Margaret Howes & Dave Senior · ms (r)

xi · Letting My Imagination Go · Leigh Brackett · lt Return to Wonder 1969, as “[letter]”

1 · The Sorcerer of Rhiannon · Leigh Brackett · nv Astounding Science-Fiction February 1942

31 · The Jewel of Bas [Mouse] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Spring 1944

82 · Terror Out of Space · Leigh Brackett · nv Planet Stories Summer 1944

113 · Lorelei of the Red Mist · Leigh Brackett & Ray Bradbury · na Planet Stories Summer 1946

176 · The Moon That Vanished · Leigh Brackett · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948

224 · Sea-Kings of Mars · Leigh Brackett · na Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949

359 · Queen of the Martian Catacombs [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Summer 1949

421 · Enchantress of Venus [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Fall 1949

490 · Black Amazon of Mars [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories March 1951

558 · The Last Days of Shandakor · Leigh Brackett · nv Startling Stories April 1952

590 · The Tweener · Leigh Brackett · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1955

608 · The Road to Sinharat · Leigh Brackett · nv Amazing Stories May 1963

644 · The Enchantress of Worlds · Stephen Jones · aw

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