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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 #63, Autumn 1998 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 Book of Skaith: The Adventures of Eric John Stark by Leigh Brackett (SFBC, October 1976, #3047, $3.50, 468pp, hc, om, cover by Don Maitz) [Eric John Stark] 3 · The Ginger Star [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · n. Ballantine, 1974 147 · The Hounds of Skaith [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · n. Ballantine, October 1974 303 · The Reavers of Skaith [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · n. Ballantine, August 1976

The Book of Stark (unpublished) by Leigh Brackett (Haffner Press, 20??, 978-1-893887-86-2, $45.00, 720pp, hc, co, cover by Raymond Swanland) [edited by Stephen Haffner]     All the tales of Eric John Stark in a single volume, including Brackett’s working notes for the abandoned fourth “Stark” novel from 1977. This was advertised as forthcoming in 2015, but subsequently cancelled in 2019 due to contractual difficulties. Also due to be available in a slipcased edition, limited to 100 numbered copies, bound with an untitled bonus book. Details taken from publisher website. · Queen of the Martian Catacombs [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Summer 1949 · Enchantress of Venus [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Fall 1949 · Black Amazon of Mars [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories March 1951 · Stark and the Star Kings [Eric John Stark; John Gordon] · Edmond Hamilton & Leigh Brackett · nv Stark and the Star Kings by Edmond Hamilton & Leigh Brackett, Haffner Press, 2005 · The Ginger Star [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · n. Ballantine, 1974 · The Hounds of Skaith [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · n. Ballantine, October 1974 · The Reavers of Skaith [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · n. Ballantine, August 1976 · Notes for Stark #4 · Leigh Brackett · uw · Bonus book with slipcased edition only · Secret of Sinharat [Mars; Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · n. Ace, 1964 · People of the Talisman [Mars; Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · n. Ace, 1964 · The Ginger Star [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · n. Ballantine, 1974; magazine version.