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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

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