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Dark Imaginings: A Collection of Gothic Fantasy ed. Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski (Dell, 1978, 0-440-53118-7, $4.95, 348pp, tp, an) 13 · Introduction · Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski · in 23 · Cross Purposes · George MacDonald · nv Beeton’s Christmas Annual 1862 43 · The Woman of the Wood · A. Merritt · nv Weird Tales August 1926 73 · The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune [Kull] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales September 1929 85 · Werewoman [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Leaves #2, 1938 111 · The Enchantress of Sylaire [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales July 1941 129 · The Unholy Grail [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination October 1962 157 · Three Hearts and Three Lions · Poul Anderson · ex Doubleday, 1961 169 · Darkness Box · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination November 1963 181 · The Brown Hand · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine May 1899, as “The Story of the Brown Hand” 199 · The Habitants of Middle Islet · William Hope Hodgson · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962 215 · Smith and the Pharaohs · H. Rider Haggard · na The Strand Magazine December 1912 (+2) 259 · The Dance of Death · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 273 · The Haunter of the Dark [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales December 1936 299 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935 313 · The Crowd · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1943 327 · Lila the Werewolf [Sam Farrell] · Peter S. Beagle · nv guabi #1, 1969, as “Farrell and Lila the Werewolf”

The Fantastic Imagination ed. Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski (Avon, February 1977, 0-380-00956-0, $2.25, ix+325pp, pb, an)     Anthology of high fantasy, with introduction considering the nature of the genre, and informative introductions to each story. 1 · Introduction · Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski · in 9 · The Elves · Johann Ludwig Tieck; translated by Thomas Carlyle · nv German Romance, Volume 2 ed. Thomas Carlyle, W. Tait, 1827 translated from the German (Die Elfen, 1811). 33 · The Sword of Welleran · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany, George Allen & Sons, 1908 51 · The Light Princess · George MacDonald · na Adela Cathcart by George MacDonald, Hurst & Blackett, 1864 101 · The Grove of Ashtaroth · John Buchan · nv Blackwood’s Magazine June 1910 131 · The Music from Behind the Moon · James Branch Cabell · nv John Day, 1926 165 · The Accommodating Circumstance · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Clocks of Rondaine and Other Stories by Frank R. Stockton, Scribner's, 1892 185 · The Peach-Tree · H. E. Bates · ss Seven Tales and Alexander by H. E. Bates, Scholastic Press, 1929 199 · The Loquacious Goblin · Alexander Grin · ss (r); translation taken from Modern Soviet Short Stories, New York, 1961. 208 · Riddles in the Dark · J. R. R. Tolkien · ex from The Hobbit, Allen & Unwin, 1937 231 · The Magician’s Book · C. S. Lewis · ex from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Geoffrey Bles, 1952 241 · The Dufflepuds Made Happy · C. S. Lewis · ex from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Geoffrey Bles, 1952 253 · The Tall One · Mark Van Doren · ss The Witch of Ramoth, and Other Tales by Mark Van Doren, Maple Press Co., 1950 265 · The Foundling [Chronicles of Prydain] · Lloyd Alexander · ss The Foundling and Other Tales by Lloyd Alexander, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1973 277 · Come Lady Death · Peter S. Beagle · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1963 299 · The Rule of Names [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination April 1964 313 · Beliard · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The New Yorker April 29 1974

The Fantastic Imagination II ed. Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski (Avon, December 1978, 0-380-41533-X, $2.50, xi+307pp, pb, an)     Anthology of high fantasy, with introduction considering further the nature of the genre. Has informative introductions to each story. 1 · Introduction · Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski · in 11 · The Golden Key · George MacDonald · nv Dealings with the Fairies by George MacDonald, Arthur Strahan, 1867 42 · The Glass of Supreme Moments · Barry Pain · ss Stories and Interludes by Barry Pain, Henry & Co., 1892 55 · Old Pipes and the Dryad · Frank R. Stockton · ss St. Nicholas June 1885 76 · The Kith of the Elf-Folk · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany, George Allen & Sons, 1908 94 · Red-Peach-Blossom Inlet · Kenneth Morris · ss The Theosophical Path October 1916, as by Hankin Maggs 108 · The Legend of the Christmas Rose · Selma Lagerlöf; translated by Charles Wharton Stork · ss Girl from the Marsh Croft by Selma Lagerlöf, Little, 1910 126 · Above Ker-Is · Evangeline Walton · ss 142 · The Abominable Imprecation · Eric Linklater · ss God Likes Them Plain by Eric Linklater, Cape, 1935 162 · Jirel Meets Magic [Jirel of Joiry] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales July 1935 202 · The Thirty and One [Cecil of Cornwall] · David H. Keller · ss Marvel Science Stories November 1938 217 · April in Paris · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination September 1962 234 · A Harp of Fishbones · Joan Aiken · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967 252 · The Smith, the Weaver, and the Harper [Chronicles of Prydain] · Lloyd Alexander · ss The Foundling and Other Tales by Lloyd Alexander, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1973 261 · The Throme of the Erril of Sherill · Patricia A. McKillip · ex Atheneum, 1973 275 · Elphenor and Weasel · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The New Yorker December 16 1974 294 · Crusader Damosel · Vera Chapman · ss

The Notorious Abbess by Vera Chapman ed. Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski--- see under Vera Chapman.

The Phoenix Tree: An Anthology of Myth Fantasy ed. Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski (Avon, September 1980, 0-380-76380-X, $2.50, 279pp, pb, an) xiii · Introduction · Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski · in 1 · The Banished King · Frank R. Stockton · ss St. Nicholas December 1882 12 · Ixion in Heaven · Benjamin Disraeli · nv The New Monthly Magazine December 1832 (+1) 42 · The Moon-Slave · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901 51 · The Rose and the Cup · Kenneth Morris · ss The Theosophical Path April 1916, as by Wentworth Tompkins 69 · The Mistress of Kaer-Mor · Evangeline Walton · ss; given as by Evangeline Walton Ensley in the introduction to the story, but as Evangeline Walton in the Table of Contents and on the story itself. 85 · The Twilight of the Gods · Richard Garnett · nv The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett, Unwin, 1888 108 · The Shield-Maiden · Verner von Heidenstam; translated by Charles Wharton Stork · ss The Swedes and Their Chieftains by Karl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam, Sweden, 1909 121 · The Valley of the Beasts · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Wolves of God by Algernon Blackwood & Wilfred Wilson, Cassell & Co., 1921 145 · Witches’ Hollow · H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962 written by Derleth from a fragment by Lovecraft. 164 · The Goose Girl · Eric Linklater · nv The Sealskin Trousers and Other Stories by Eric Linklater, Hart-Davis, 1947 197 · Niña Sol · Félix Martí-Ibáñez · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1963 217 · The Bride of the Man-Horse · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sketch February 1 1911 225 · The Circular Ruins · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by James E. Irby · ss Labyrinths by Jorge Luís Borges, New Directions, 1962 translated from the Spanish (“Las ruinas circulares”, Sur, December 1940). 234 · The Story of El-ahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inlé · Richard Adams · ex from Watership Down, Rex Collings, 1972 251 · The Thread · Vera Chapman · ss 266 · Night Rider on a Pale Horse · Galad Elflandsson · ss

Visions & Imaginings: Classic Fantasy Fiction ed. Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski (Academy Chicago, August 1992, 0-89733-361-6, $10.95, 329pp, tp, an, cover by Barbara Corey)     Anthology of 17 stories with a new introduction by the editors. This is a “best of” anthology from the five volumes of classic fantasy they edited in the 1970s. xi · Introduction · Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski · in 1 · The Light Princess · George MacDonald · na Adela Cathcart by George MacDonald, Hurst & Blackett, 1864 51 · The Accommodating Circumstance · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Clocks of Rondaine and Other Stories by Frank R. Stockton, Scribner's, 1892 71 · The Grove of Ashtaroth · John Buchan · nv Blackwood’s Magazine June 1910 101 · Red-Peach-Blossom Inlet · Kenneth Morris · ss The Theosophical Path October 1916, as by Hankin Maggs 115 · The Legend of the Christmas Rose · Selma Lagerlöf; translated by Charles Wharton Stork · ss Girl from the Marsh Croft by Selma Lagerlöf, Little, 1910 133 · The Abominable Imprecation · Eric Linklater · ss God Likes Them Plain by Eric Linklater, Cape, 1935 153 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935 169 · The Bride of the Man-Horse · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sketch February 1 1911 177 · Niña Sol · Félix Martí-Ibáñez · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1963 197 · April in Paris · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination September 1962 213 · Jachid and Jachidah · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss Short Friday and Other Stories by Isaac B. Singer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964 translated from the Yiddish (“Yahid un Yehidah”, Di goldene keyt #49, 1964). 225 · The Foundling [Chronicles of Prydain] · Lloyd Alexander · ss The Foundling and Other Tales by Lloyd Alexander, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1973 237 · A Harp of Fishbones · Joan Aiken · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967 255 · Lila the Werewolf [Sam Farrell] · Peter S. Beagle · nv guabi #1, 1969, as “Farrell and Lila the Werewolf” 281 · Elphenor and Weasel · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The New Yorker December 16 1974 299 · The Mistress of Kaer-Mor · Wilna Evangeline Ensley · ss The Phoenix Tree ed. Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski, Avon, 1980, as by Evangeline Walton; given as by Evangeline Walton Ensley. 315 · The Thread · Vera Chapman · ss The Phoenix Tree ed. Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski, Avon, 1980

Visions of Wonder: An Anthology of Christian Fantasy ed. Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski (Avon, October 1981, 0-380-78824-1, $2.50, 240pp, pb, an) 13 · Introduction · Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski · in 21 · The Castle: A Parable · George MacDonald · ss Adela Cathcart by George MacDonald, Hurst & Blackett, 1864 36 · The Bell of Saint Euschemon · Richard Garnett · ss The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett, Unwin, 1888 49 · The Fisherman and His Soul · Oscar Wilde · nv The House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde, 1891 86 · In the Temple · Selma Lagerlöf; translated by Velma Swanston Howard · ss Christ Legends by Selma Lagerlöf, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1908 102 · St. Erik and the Abducted Maiden · Verner von Heidenstam; translated by Charles Wharton Stork · ss The Swedes and Their Chieftains by Verner Von Heidenstam, American Scandinavian Foundation, 1925 109 · The Giant · Walter de la Mare · ss The Pall Mall Magazine June 1901, as by Walter Ramal 118 · Dr. Faust’s Last Day · Maurice Baring · ss (r) 126 · The Rime of True Thomas · John Buchan · ss The Moon Endureth by John Buchan, Blackwood, 1912 137 · Simple Simon · A. E. Coppard · ss The Double Dealer March/April 1923 148 · The Night of Al Kadr · Kenneth Morris · ss The Theosophical Path July 1915, as by C. ApArthur 164 · Et in Sempiternum Pereant · Charles Williams · ss The London Mercury December 1935 178 · The Lift That Went Down Into Hell · Pär Lagerkvist · ss The Eternal Smile and Other Stories by Pär Lagerkvist, Random House, 1954 186 · Amigo Heliotropo · Félix Martí-Ibáñez · nv Esquire December 1954; dated 1954. 203 · Jachid and Jachidah · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss Short Friday and Other Stories by Isaac B. Singer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964 translated from the Yiddish (“Yahid un Yehidah”, Di goldene keyt #49, 1964). 215 · The Greatest Feat · John R. Aurelio · ss Story Sunday by John R. Aurelio, Paulist Press, 1978 228 · With a Long Spoon · Vera Chapman · ss

Grantville Gazette VIII ed. Walt Boyes & Eric Flint (Baen, June 5, 2018, 978-1-4814-8329-2, $25.00, 496pp, hc, an, cover by Tom Kidd)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Preface · Eric Flint · pr 3 · Descartes Before the Whores [1632] · Eric Flint · nv 25 · Historically Well Preserved [1632] · Virginia DeMarce · nv Grantville Gazette v30, 2010 57 · Bank on It [1632] · Griffin Barber · nv Grantville Gazette v42, 2012 85 · Jacob’s Ladder [1632] · John Zeek · ss Grantville Gazette v36, 2011 95 · Bibelgesellschaft [1632] · Bjorn Hasseler · nv Grantville Gazette v32, 2010 125 · The Heirloom [1632] · Robert Waters · nv Grantville Gazette v40, 2012 153 · Sole Heir [1632] · Terry Howard · ss Grantville Gazette v45, 2013 171 · Aerial Donkeys [1632] · Herbert Sakalaucks · nv Grantville Gazette v38, 2011 197 · Buddy [1632] · David W. Dove · ss Grantville Gazette v37, 2011 211 · Transit [1632] · James Copley · nv Grantville Gazette v33, 2011 235 · M. Klein Fashion Dolls [1632] · Caroline Palmer · ss Grantville Gazette v45, 2013 253 · Orlando Delivers [1632] · Sarah Hays & Terry Howard · nv Grantville Gazette v34, 2011 277 · Stockholm Syndrome [1632] · A. P. Davidson · nv Grantville Gazette v42, 2012 303 · Boom Toys [1632] · Kim Mackey · ss Grantville Gazette v35, 2011 313 · Mitzi the Kid [1632] · Karen C. & Kevin H. Evans · ss Grantville Gazette v38, 2011 329 · The Arrow [1632] · Paula Goodlett & Gorg Huff · nv Grantville Gazette v38, 2011 355 · The Society of Saint Philip of the Screwdriver [1632] · Rick Boatright · ss Grantville Gazette v37, 2011 375 · The Cartesian Way [1632] · Mark H. Huston · nv Grantville Gazette v39, 2012 411 · It’s Just a Dog [1632] · Walt Boyes · ss Grantville Gazette v41, 2012 427 · St. George Does It Again [1632] · Kerryn Offord · nv Grantville Gazette v35, 2011 459 · The Maltese Crux [1632] · Alistair Kimble · nv Grantville Gazette v44, 2012

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