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The Red Brain ed. Dashiell Hammett (Belmont, 1961, 239, 35¢, 141pp, pb, an)
10 stories from John Day 1931 edition of Creeps by Night.

7 · Introduction · Dashiell Hammett · in Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931

8 · A Woman Alone with Her Soul · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · vi 1912

9 · Green Thoughts · John Collier · ss The London Mercury May 1931

25 · The Ghost of Alexander Perks, A.B. · Robert Dean Frisbie · nv The Atlantic Monthly May 1931

36 · The Kill · Peter Fleming · ss Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931

48 · Ten O’Clock · Philip MacDonald · nv Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931

63 · Breakdown · L. A. G. Strong · nv The Forum September 1929

76 · The Rat · S. Fowler Wright · ss The Radio Times #253, August 3 1928

98 · Faith, Hope and Charity · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan April 1930

117 · The Music of Erich Zann · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The National Amateur March 1922

126 · The Red Brain · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales October 1927

135 · The Phantom Bus · W. Elwyn Backus · ss Weird Tales September 1930

Casserole Diplomacy and Other Stories: An On Spec 25th Anniversary Retrospective ed. Barry Hammond, Robin S. Carson, Barb Galler-Smith, Susan MacGregor, Ann Marston, Jena Snyder & Diane L. Walton--- see under Robin S. Carson.

Galactic Creatures ed. Elektra Hammond (Dark Quest Books, July 27, 2012, 978-1-937051-42-6, $14.95, 174pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Lawn Care · C. J. Henderson · ss

· Dragon Child · Leona Wisoker · ss

· Slow and Steady · John L. French · ss

· The Dragon Ships of Tycho · Alex Shvartsman · ss

· The Scrapper and the Saint Bernard · Scott W. Baker · ss

· The Geas Ingenerate · Don Sakers · ss

· The Sky Above the Sky · Brian Koscienski & Chris Pisano · ss

· Heart of a Lion · James Daniel Ross · ss

· Kudzu: A Prologue · Bernie Mojzes · ss

· Broken in the Place of Dragons · Rosemary Edghill · ss

· Crossing Roads [Murphy’s Lore] · Patrick Thomas · ss

In an Iron Cage: The Magic of Steampunk ed. Elektra Hammond, Danielle Ackley-McPhail & Neal Levin--- see under Danielle Ackley-McPhail.

The Man with a Nose and the Other Uncollected Short Stories of H. G. Wells by H. G. Wells ed. J. R. Hammond--- see under H. G. Wells.

The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells by H. G. Wells ed. John Hammond--- see under H. G. Wells.

The Red Room and Other Stories by H. G. Wells ed. John Hammond--- see under H. G. Wells.

Ghost Stories ed. John Hampden (Everyman, 1939, 952, 2/-, x+366pp, hc, an)

ix · Introduction · John Hampden · in

1 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824

21 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838

39 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”

54 · The Watcher · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine November 1847, uncredited.

96 · The Dream Woman · W. Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1)
revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855).

123 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890

133 · A Wicked Voice · Vernon Lee · nv Hauntings, Fantastic Stories by Vernon Lee, Heinemann, 1890
revised from “A Culture-Ghost; or, Winthrop’s Adventure” Fraser’s Magazine Jan 1881.

163 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904

178 · Running Wolf · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Century Magazine August 1920

200 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900

215 · All Hallows · Walter de la Mare · nv The Connoisseur and Other Stories by Walter de la Mare, Collins, May 1926

252 · The Extra Hand · H. M. Tomlinson · ss 1909

257 · The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928
revised from The New Decameron, Volume the First, B.H. Blackwell, 1919.

288 · A Daughter of Rameses [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Harper’s Bazaar September 1931

302 · Mrs. Lunt · Sir Hugh Walpole · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

319 · The Buick Saloon · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine June 1930, as by Mary O’Malley

338 · The White Road · E. F. Bozman · ss

350 · The Earlier Service · Margaret Irwin · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine December 1933, as “In Church”

Ghosts of My Study by Lou Hampton (Authors & Publishers Corp., 1927, $2.00, 284pp, hc, co)

· Pursued · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· After · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· Surprise Island · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· The Prairie Cabin · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· The Mysterious Gift of the Hermit of Kanawha · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· The Hidden Continent · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· What the Closet Revealed · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· The Change · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· An Interstellar Voyage · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· Her Lover—the Ghost · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· The Darkened Days · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· Heir to the Plantation · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· In the Days of the Monster Plants · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· The Ghost of the Old House · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· The Turn of Fate · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

· A Day Dream at Eventide · Lou Hampton · ss (r)

Illusion One ed. Geoff Hancock (Aya Press, February 1983, 0-920544-27-4, 166pp, tp, oa)
Volume 1 of a two-volume set featuring the best of modern Canadian “fables, fantasies and metafictions.”

7 · Illusion · Geoff Hancock · in

13 · Mau to Lew · Mavis Gallant · ss

25 · Haunt · Sean Virgo · ss

37 · Niagara Fall · David Sharpe · ss

53 · Fane · George Payerle · ss

57 · The Invulnerable Ovoid Aura · Michael Bullock · ss

67 · Hanging Out with the Magi · Leon Rooke · ss

83 · Colors · Gerald Taaffe · ss

99 · Ursus · Howard O’Hagan · ss

111 · Perfect · Rikki · ss

119 · Brassières · Fraser Sutherland · ss

127 · Five Wheelchairs · Jane Urquhart · ss

147 · Queen Constance · Virgil Burnett · ss

165 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Illusion Two ed. Geoff Hancock (Aya Press, February 1983, 0-920544-28-2, 147pp, tp, oa)
Volume 2 of a two-volume set featuring the best of modern Canadian “fables, fantasies and metafictions.”

7 · Preface · Geoff Hancock · pr

11 · Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa · W. P. Kinsella · ss Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa by W. P. Kinsella, Oberon Press, 1980

25 · Arbre de Décision · George Bowering · ss

41 · Mythical Beasts · James Ross · ss

51 · Quarantine · George McWhirter · ss

61 · Entropy · Eugene McNamara · ss

73 · The Steps · Garry McKevitt · ss

87 · The Hot House · Claudette Charbonneau-Tissot; translated by Michael Bullock · ss

111 · The Veteran · Derk Wynand · ss

117 · Four Prose Poems · Robert Priest · gp

_117 · The Kiss I Just Missed · Robert Priest · vi

_117 · His Little Mother · Robert Priest · vi

_117 · The Pear · Robert Priest · vi

_117 · The Vanishing Brassière · Robert Priest · vi

123 · “Unless the Eye Catch Fire…” · P. K. Page · nv

146 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Magic Realism ed. Geoffrey Hancock (Aya Press, 1980, 0-920544-18-5, 207pp, tp, an)
Canadian fantastic fiction. Also available in hc (-4419-3).

7 · Introduction · Geoffrey Hancock · in

17 · The Plague Children · Jack Hodgins · ss Weekend Magazine August 4 1979

29 · The Death of Arthur Rimbaud · Lawrence Mathews · ss Canadian Fiction Magazine Spring 1975

37 · Wilderness Wild · Fraser Sutherland · ss (r)

45 · When Your Mother Comes to Visit · Peter Crowell · ss (r)

59 · Never Bet on a Dead Horse · William A. Bauer · ss (r)

65 · Loving Cousins · Marilyn Miller Trinkaus · ss (r)

73 · The Tamed Coffin · Madeleine Ferron; translated by Basil Kingstone · ss (r)

79 · Idiots · Ken Ledbetter · ss (r)

89 · A Premonition · Jean-Guy Carrier · ss (r)

101 · Spanish Oranges · Rikki · ss (r)

105 · The Murder That Saved a Marriage · Sue Ericsson · ss (r)

111 · Dinner with the Swardians · Leon Rooke · ss (r)

125 · Phoenix, Phoenix, Light and Fire · James Ross · ss (r)

135 · One Tide Over · Andreas Schroeder · ss (r)

149 · The Starfish · Esther Rochon; translated by Alexandre Amprimoz · ss (r)

155 · Mysteries of the Man Who Walks and the Man Who Watches the Walker · J. Michael Yates · ss (r)

173 · What Are Neighbours For? · Erika Ritter · ss (r)

203 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Spider: Extreme Prejudice ed. Tommy Hancock & Joe Gentile--- see under Joe Gentile.

Fire. Plus… by Elizabeth Hand (PM Press, January 2017, 978-1-62963-234-6, $13.00, viii+111pp, tp, co, cover by Liza Trombi)
Collection of three stories, one original, and three essays, one revised. This includes an interview with Hand conducted by Terry Bisson, and a bibliography of Hand’s work. Part of the PM Press Outspoken Authors series.
Details taken from online listing.

1 · The Saffron Gatherers [Lost Domain] · Elizabeth Hand · nv Saffron and Brimstone by Elizabeth Hand, M Press, October 2006

25 · Fire. · Elizabeth Hand · ss

37 · The Profession of Science Fiction: 59. Beyond Belief: On Becoming a Writer · Elizabeth Hand · ar Foundation Spring 2004

57 · Coda · Elizabeth Hand · as

59 · Kronia · Elizabeth Hand · ss Conjunctions #44, Spring 2005

65 · “Flying Squirrels in the Rafters” · Terry Bisson · iv [Ref. Elizabeth Hand]

85 · Books: The Woman Men Didn’t See · Elizabeth Hand · rc The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006

99 · Tom Disch · Elizabeth Hand · ar Salon July 11 2008

Last Summer at Mars Hill by Elizabeth Hand (HarperPrism, September 1998, 0-06-105348-1, $13.00, 325pp, tp, co, cover by Carl Galian)
Collection of 11 stories, including the Nebula and World Fantasy award-winning title story, and one poem. Hand provides afterwords to each story describing how they were inspired and developed.

1 · Last Summer at Mars Hill · Elizabeth Hand · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1994

51 · The Erl-King · Elizabeth Hand · nv Full Spectrum 4 ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Bantam Spectra, April 1993

91 · Justice · Elizabeth Hand · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1993

121 · Dionysus Dendrites · Elizabeth Hand · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1993

123 · The Have-Nots · Elizabeth Hand · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1992

141 · In the Month of Athyr [Winterlong] · Elizabeth Hand · nv Omni Best Science Fiction Two ed. Ellen Datlow, Omni, November 1992

169 · Engels Unaware · Elizabeth Hand · ss Interzone #66, December 1992

189 · The Bacchae · Elizabeth Hand · ss Interzone #49, July 1991

207 · Snow on Sugar Mountain · Elizabeth Hand · nv Full Spectrum III ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Doubleday Foundation, June 1991

253 · On the Town Route · Elizabeth Hand · nv Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #5, Fall 1989

275 · The Boy in the Tree · Elizabeth Hand · nv Full Spectrum 2 ed. Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout & Patrick LoBrutto, Doubleday Foundation, April 1989

309 · Prince of Flowers · Elizabeth Hand · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine February 1988

Saffron and Brimstone: Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand (Dark Horse Comics/M Press, October 2006, 1-59582-096-5, $14.95, 240pp, tp, co)
Collection of eight stories, one original, with an afterword by Hand. This has three of the four novellas collected in Bibliomancy.

· Introduction · Elizabeth Hand · in

· Cleopatra Brimstone · Elizabeth Hand · na Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, December 2001

· Pavane for a Prince of the Air · Elizabeth Hand · nv J.K. Potter’s Embrace the Mutation ed. William Schafer & Bill Sheehan, Subterranean Press, May 2002

· The Least Trumps · Elizabeth Hand · na Conjunctions #39, Fall 2002

· Wonderwall · Elizabeth Hand · nv Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, June 2004

· The Lost Domain: Four Story Variations

· Kronia · Elizabeth Hand · ss Conjunctions #44, Spring 2005

· Calypso in Berlin · Elizabeth Hand · ss Sci Fiction July 13 2005

· Echo · Elizabeth Hand · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005

· The Saffron Gatherers [Lost Domain] · Elizabeth Hand · nv

· Afterword · Elizabeth Hand · aw

Other Aliens ed. Elizabeth Hand & Bradford Morrow--- see under Conjunctions #67, Fall 2016.

Freddy vs. Jason by Stephen Hand (Black Flame US, September 2003, 1-84416-059-9, $6.99, 270pp, pb, n.)
Movie novelization. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema.

Friday the 13th: Carnival of Maniacs by Stephen Hand (Black Flame US, June 2006, 1-84416-380-6, $6.99, 414pp, pb, n.) [Friday the 13th]
Novelization based on the character from the movies. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema. This is simultaneous with and has the same ISBN as the Black Flame UK edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices.

Sport ed. Graham Handley (John Murray, 1980, 0719536650, 122pp, pb, an)
The short story series.

· The Story of Spedegue’s Dropper · Sir A. Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine October 1928

· Spit Nolan · Bill Naughton · ss Lilliput October/November 1951

· The Purity of the Turf [Jeeves and Wooster; Bingo Little] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss The Strand Magazine July 1922

· The Rugby International · John Buchan · ss (r)

· A Piece of Steak · Jack London · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 20 1909

· The Half-Mile · T. O. Beachcroft · ss The Evening Standard December 29 1934

· The Bear-Hunt · Leo Tolstoy · ss (r)
translated from the Russian (“Okhota pushche nevoli”, 1872).

· Play Up, Play Up and Get Tore In · G. MacDonald Fraser · ss (r)

· Manhood · John Wain · ss (r)

· Big Two-Hearted River · Ernest Hemingway · nv This Quarter Spring 1925

Planet of the Apes: Tales from the Forbidden Zone ed. Rich Handley & Jim Beard (Titan, January 24, 2017, 978-1-7856-5268-4, £7.99, 421pp, tp, oa)
16 original stories

· We Finally Really Did It—An Introduction · Rich Handley · in

· Unfired [Planet of the Apes] · Dan Abnett · ss

· More Than Human, Less Than Ape [Planet of the Apes] · Nancy A. Collins · ss

· Blood Brothers [Planet of the Apes] · Will Murray · ss

· The Pacing Place [Planet of the Apes] · Bob Mayer · ss

· Murderers’ Row [Planet of the Apes] · John Jackson Miller · ss

· Endangered Species [Planet of the Apes] · Greg Cox · ss

· Dangerous Imaginings [Planet of the Apes] · Paul Kupperberg · ss

· Of Monsters and Men [Planet of the Apes] · Kevin J. Anderson & Sam Knight · ss

· The Unknown Ape [Planet of the Apes] · Andrew E. C. Gaska · ss

· Silenced [Planet of the Apes] · Jim Beard · ss

· Who Is This Man? What Sort of Devil Is He? [Planet of the Apes] · Robert Greenberger · ss

· Stone Monkey [Planet of the Apes] · Greg Keyes · ss

· Milo’s Tale [Planet of the Apes] · Ty Templeton · ss

· Message in a Bottle [Planet of the Apes] · Dayton Ward · ss

· The King Is Dead—Long Live the King [Planet of the Apes] · Rich Handley · ss

· Banana Republic [Planet of the Apes] · Jonathan Maberry · ss

· Question of Simian Survival—An Afterword · Jim Beard · aw

Death’s Loving Arms & Other Terror Tales ed. Jon Hanlon (Corinth, 1966, CR147, 60¢, 159pp, pb, an)
Stories selected from Terror Tales.

6 · Introduction · Jon Hanlon · in

9 · Death’s Loving Arms · Hugh B. Cave · nv Terror Tales October 1934

44 · Vampire Meat · Frederick C. Painton · ss Doctor Death April 1935

59 · Blood-Magic · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss Terror Tales September 1934

77 · From Out of the Shadows · Frances B. Middleton · ss Terror Tales October 1934

94 · Village of the Dead · Wyatt Blassingame · na Terror Tales October 1934

The House of Living Death & Other Terror Tales ed. Jon Hanlon (Corinth, 1966, CR143, 60¢, 160pp, pb, an)
Stories selected from Terror Tales, mostly the first issue.

7 · Introduction · Jon Hanlon · in

10 · The House of Living Death · Arthur Leo Zagat · na Terror Tales September 1934

85 · Blood Hunter · Charles R. Wayne · ss Operator #5 June 1934

100 · Dead Man’s Bride · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Terror Tales September 1934

133 · Hands Beyond the Grave · Henry Treat Sperry · nv Terror Tales September 1934

Stories from Doctor Death & Other Terror Tales ed. Jon Hanlon (Corinth, 1966, CR129, 60¢, 159pp, pb, an)
Stories selected from the pulps Doctor Death and Secret Service Operator 5.

7 · Introduction · Jon Hanlon · in

9 · The Beast That Talked · Damascus Blount · ss Doctor Death February 1935

26 · The Black Orchids · Arthur J. Burks · ss Doctor Death February 1935

46 · The Electric Ostrich · Harvey A. Tampa · ss

51 · The Skeleton Screams · O’Casey Holt · ss Doctor Death February 1935

71 · I Am Dead · Harold Ward · ss Doctor Death March 1935

87 · Lake of Fear · Robert C. Blackmon · ss Operator #5 June 1934

107 · The Man Who Didn’t Exist · Arthur J. Burks · ss Doctor Death March 1935

121 · Web of Terror · Michael Crowley · ss Doctor Death April 1935

135 · Caged Horror [Ford Duane (Red Finger)] · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss Operator #5 April 1935

145 · When the Buzzards Fed · Robert C. Blackmon · ss Operator #5 May 1934

South from Midnight ed. Thomas R. Hanlon, Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Richard Gilliam.

Golden Age Science Fiction ed. Ron Hanna (WildCat Books, 2004, $19.99, 467pp, tp, an)
Details taken from online listing.

· The Creature from Beyond Infinity · Henry Kuttner · n. Popular Library, 1968

· Through the Dragon Glass · A. Merritt · ss All-Story Weekly November 24 1917

· The Martians Are Coming · Robert W. Lowndes (with C. M. Kornbluth & Donald A. Wollheim) · ss Cosmic Stories March 1941

· The Man from the Moon · Otis Adelbert Kline · nv Amazing Stories October 1930

· Arena · Fredric Brown · nv Astounding Science Fiction June 1944

· A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories July 1934

· Ultimate World · Hugo Gernsback · n. Walker, 1971

· Rat in the Skull · Rog Phillips · nv If December 1958

· This Island Earth [Cal Meacham] · Raymond F. Jones · n. Shasta, 1952

Pulp Thrillers ed. Ron Hanna (WildCat Books, 2005, $12.00, 230pp, tp, an)
Details taken from online listing.

· Latin Blood [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Speed Detective August 1946

· Beyond Justice [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Detective Stories November 1935

· Death’s Bright Halo [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Detective Stories October 1935

· Bells of Pell Street [Dorus Noel] · Arthur J. Burks · ss All Detective Magazine June 1933

· Death of the Flute [Dorus Noel] · Arthur J. Burks · ss All Detective Magazine April 1933

· The White Wasp [Dorus Noel] · Arthur J. Burks · ss All Detective Magazine May 1933

· The Scarlet Ace [Amusement, Inc.; The Scarlet Ace] · Theodore A. Tinsley · nv All Detective Magazine February 1933

· Hell House [Amusement, Inc.; The Scarlet Ace] · Theodore A. Tinsley · nv All Detective Magazine July 1933

· The House of Crime [Amusement, Inc.; The Scarlet Ace] · Theodore A. Tinsley · nv All Detective Magazine October 1933

· Candidate for Death [Amusement, Inc.; The Scarlet Ace] · Theodore A. Tinsley · nv All Detective Magazine March 1933

Secret Agent “X” ed. Ron Hanna (WildCat Books, 2004, $19.99, 432pp, tp, an)
Details taken from online listing.

· The Murder Monster [Secret Agent X] · Brant House (by Emile C. Tepperman) · na Secret Agent X December 1934

· The Golden Ghoul [Secret Agent X] · Brant House (by G. T. Fleming-Roberts) · na Secret Agent X July 1935

· Legion of the Living Dead [Secret Agent X; Felice Vincart (The Leopard Lady)] · Brant House (by G. T. Fleming-Roberts) · na Secret Agent X September 1935

· The Murder Brain [Secret Agent X] · Brant House (by G. T. Fleming-Roberts) · na Secret Agent X April 1937

· The Assassins’ League [Secret Agent X] · Brant House (by G. T. Fleming-Roberts) · na Secret Agent X October 1937

Secret Agent “X”: Volume One ed. Ron Hanna (WildCat Books, 2006, 978-1-4303-0112-7, $18.00, 248pp, tp, oa, cover by Rob Davis)
Details taken from online listing.

· Skeleton-Men of Calcutta [Secret Agent X] · Kevin Noel Olson · ss; illustrated by Rob Davis

· The Cult of the Walking Dead [Secret Agent X] · Mark Justice · ss; illustrated by Rob Davis

· The Cold Touch of Death [Secret Agent X] · Brian Meredith · ss; illustrated by Rob Davis

· The Red Mercy [Secret Agent X] · Steven Atkins · ss; illustrated by Rob Davis

· The Agent X-Files · Norman Hamilton · ar

· Afterword · Ron Fortier · aw

Strange Worlds ed. Ron Hanna (WildCat Books, 2004, $9.99, 130pp, tp, an)
Details taken from online listing.

· Red Nails [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales July 1936 (+2)

· Tobermory [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, August 1911
revised from the original (Westminster Gazette, November 27, 1909) to feature Clovis rather than Bertie van Tahn.

· A Thousand Deaths · Jack London · ss The Black Cat May 1899

· The White Ship [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The United Amateur November 1919

· Hammer of the Gods · John York Cabot · ss Amazing Stories January 1941

· Demons of Snake Swamp · Anthony Pelcher · ss All Star Detective Stories December 1930

Strange Worlds of Horror ed. Ron Hanna (WildCat Books, 2003, $9.99, 161pp, tp, an)
Details taken from online listing.

· The House on the Borderland · William Hope Hodgson · n. Chapman & Hall, 1908

· Beyond the Wall of Sleep · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Pine Cones October 1919

· The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, June 1910

Strange Worlds of Horror: Volume 2 ed. Ron Hanna (WildCat Books, 2004, $9.99, 143pp, tp, an)
Details taken from online listing.

· Herbert West—Reanimator · H. P. Lovecraft · gp (r), as “Grewsome Tales”

_ · From the Dark · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew February 1922

_ · The Plague Demon · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew March 1922

_ · Six Shots by Moonlight · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew April 1922

_ · The Scream of the Dead · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew May 1922

_ · The Horror from the Shadows · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew June 1922

_ · The Tomb-Legions · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew July 1922

· Aboriginal Anonyma · Benjamin Szumskyj · ss Strange Worlds #13, 2004

· Illumin Achta · Everette Bell · na Strange Worlds #13, 2004

· Some Words with a Mummy · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Review April 1845

Strange Worlds of Science Fiction ed. Ron Hanna (WildCat Books, 2004, $10.99, 169pp, tp, an)
Details taken from online listing.

· The Wailing Asteroid · Murray Leinster · n. Avon, 1960

· The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909

· Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s”

Weird Wonder Tales ed. Ron Hanna (WildCat Books, 2005, $13.00, 155pp, tp, an, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from online listing.

· Black Pool for Hell Maidens · Hal K. Wells · nv Mystery Tales June 1938

· Borderland · Arthur J. Burks · ss Thrilling Adventures December 1934

· The Devil’s Crypt [Pierre d’Artois; Davis P. Barrett] · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Strange Detective Stories January 1934

· The Thing That Dined on Death · John H. Knox · nv Thrilling Mystery April 1936

· Blood-Bait for Hungry Mermaids · John Wallace · ss Mystery Tales December 1939

· Satan’s Faceless Henchmen · Steve Fisher · ss Ace Mystery May 1936

· The Shrieking Pool · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss Mystery Novels Magazine February 1936

· Blood for the Vampire Dead · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Mystery Tales March 1940

Shenanigans by Noel K. Hannan (Pendragon Press UK, 2000, 0-9538598-0-0, £6.99, 248pp, tp, co, cover by Frazer Alex Irving)
Collection of 13 contemporary sf stories, 3 previously unpublished, with an introduction by Ian Watson.

12 · Introduction · Ian Watson · in

16 · Seeds · Noel K. Hannan · ss Awe 1993

36 · Saturday Nightshift · Noel K. Hannan · ss No Limits, 1994

46 · Medical Ethics · Noel K. Hannan · nv Bad to the Bone, 1996

70 · Stone Cold Killer · Noel K. Hannan · ss

90 · The Brightside and Monger War · Noel K. Hannan · ss Bad to the Bone, 1997

114 · A Night on the Town · Noel K. Hannan · ss New Worlds ed. David Garnett, White Wolf, 1997

134 · Thoughts on Life and Death from the Tarkaha · Noel K. Hannan · ss infinity plus February 1998

142 · Parlour Games · Noel K. Hannan · ss E-scape #12, February 1999

162 · HyperGolgotha · Noel K. Hannan · ss Bad to the Bone, 1998
previously published as a special booklet for the Sandbach Arts Festival (1997).

172 · Divide by Zero · Noel K. Hannan · nv infinity plus November 1998

194 · The War Diary of Conolly Troon · Noel K. Hannan · ss

214 · The Fugazi Virus · Noel K. Hannan · ss ankh 1999

226 · Bad Jihad · Noel K. Hannan · ss

246 · Who Is Noel K. Hannan? · [uncredited] · bg

Bluegrass Symphony by Lisa L. Hannett (Ticonderoga Publications, August 2011, 978-1-921857-01-0, $14.99, 276pp, tp, oc)
Original collection of 12 stories, one a revised reprint. Introduction by Ann VanderMeer. This is a print-on-demand edition; a hardcover limited edition (-00-3, A$75.00) is also available.
Details taken from online listing.

11 · Introduction · Ann VanderMeer · in

19 · Carousel · Lisa L. Hannett · ss

33 · Down the Hollow · Lisa L. Hannett · ss

51 · Them Little Shinin Things · Lisa L. Hannett · ss

69 · Fur and Feathers · Lisa L. Hannett · nv

91 · From the Teeth of Strange Children · Lisa L. Hannett · nv

131 · The Wager and the Hourglass · Lisa L. Hannett · ss

149 · The Short Go: A Future in Eight Seconds · Lisa L. Hannett · ss

163 · To Snuff a Flame · Lisa L. Hannett · nv

197 · Depot to Depot · Lisa L. Hannett · ss

211 · Commonplace Sacrifices · Lisa L. Hannett · ss On Spec Winter 2009; revised.

229 · Wires Uncrossed · Lisa L. Hannett · nv

255 · Forever, Miss Tapekwa County · Lisa L. Hannett · ss

267 · Afterword · Lisa L. Hannett · ar

The Female Factory by Lisa Hannett & Angela Slatter (Twelfth Planet Press, December 2014, 978-1-922101-15-0, A$18.00, viii+149pp, pb, oc)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

vii · Introduction · Amal El-Mohtar · in

1 · Vox · Lisa Hannett & Angela Slatter · ss

21 · Baggage · Lisa Hannett & Angela Slatter · nv

65 · All the Other Revivals · Lisa Hannett & Angela Slatter · nv

89 · The Female Factory · Lisa Hannett & Angela Slatter · na

147 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Midnight and Moonshine by Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter (Ticonderoga Publications, November 15, 2012, 978-1-921857-30-0, A$25.00, 319pp, tp, oc, cover by Kathleen Jennings)
Original collection of 13 stories, one a reprint. Introduction by Kim Wilkins. This is a print-on-demand edition; a limited hardcover edition signed by all contributors (-29-4, A$75.00) is also available.
Details taken from online listing.

13 · Introduction · Kim Wilkins · in

17 · Seeds · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · ss

29 · Burning Seaweed for Salt · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · ss

45 · The Morning Is Wiser Than the Evening · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · nv

77 · The Third Who Went with Us · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · ss

93 · To That Man, My Bitter Counsel · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · nv

121 · Kveldúlfr · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · ss

141 · The Red Wedding · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · ss

161 · Midnight · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · nv

189 · Of the Demon and the Drum · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · nv

215 · Warp and Weft · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · nv

239 · Bella Beaufort Goes to War · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · ss

255 · Prohibition Blues · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · nv Damnation and Dames ed. Liz Grzyb & Amanda Pillar, Ticonderoga Publications, April 2012

283 · Seven Sleepers · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · nv

313 · Afterword · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · aw

317 · Glossary · Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter · ms

Western Roundup! ed. Arnold Hano (Bantam, 1948, pb, an)

· Massacre · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 22 1947

· Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week June 7 1936

· Six-Gun Sermon · W. Edmunds Claussen · ss Frontier Stories Summer 1948

· Lead Shy · Peter Dawson · ss Fifteen Western Tales February 1947

· Slow Draw—Sudden Grave · H. A. DeRosso · ss New Western Magazine September 1944

· Waterhole · Hal G. Evarts · ss Collier’s November 22 1947

· The Poisoner · Bennett Foster · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 7 1948

· Mountain Medicine · A. B. Guthrie · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 16 1947

· A Gentleman of La Porte · Bret Harte · ss 1914

· A Day in Town [Two Dance] · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s January 1 1938

· The Ransom of Mack · O. Henry · ss McClure’s Magazine December 1904

· Strange Return · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Collier’s April 18 1936

· Trail Driver’s Luck · Alan LeMay · ss Collier’s July 5 1930

· For Sale, the Golden Queen · H. W. Phillips · ss Red Saunders’ Pets and Other Critters by Henry Wallace Phillips, McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906

· The Long Shift · Eugene Manlove Rhodes · ss McClure’s Magazine August 1907

· The Story of a Cowpuncher · Charles M. Russell · ss (r)
from Trails Plowed Under, Doubleday, 1927.

· The Doctor Keeps a Promise · Luke Short · ss Collier’s March 2 1940

· Aurelia’s Unfortunate Young Man · Mark Twain · ss (r)
from Sketches, Old and New.

· The Honk-Honk Breed · Stewart Edward White · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1907

Western Triggers ed. Arnold Hano (Bantam, 1948, pb, an)

· Blue Norther · Allan R. Bosworth · ss Collier’s June 28 1947

· The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv Chapman’s Magazine #34, February 1898

· Back-Trail Harvest · Peter Dawson · nv 10 Story Western Magazine August 1946

· Last Manhunt · H. A. DeRosso · nv Dime Western Magazine September 1947

· An Ingenue of the Sierras · Bret Harte · ss The Idler May 1893

· Officer’s Choice · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s July 4 1931

· The Handbook of Hymen · O. Henry · ss Munsey’s Magazine July 1906

· And Him Long Gone · Alan LeMay · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 27 1932

· Where the Horse Is Fate [Red Saunders] · Henry Wallace Phillips · ss Red Saunders’ Pets and Other Critters by Henry Wallace Phillips, McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906

· Some Liars of the Old West · Charles M. Russell · ar Short Stories July 10 1922

· Shorty Buys a Hat · Ross Santee · ss Leslie’s Weekly April 22 1922

· Top Hand · Luke Short · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 30 1943

· The Two-Gun Man · Stewart Edward White · ss Collier’s April 15 1905

Sidekicks! ed. Sarah Hans (Alliteration Ink, March 2, 2013, 978-1-939840-01-1, $14.99, 358pp, tp, oa, cover by Len Peralta)
Details taken from online listing.

vii · Editor’s Dedication · Sarah Hans · ms

ix · Introduction · Alasdair Stuart · in

15 · Coffee and Collaborators · Patrick S. Tomlinson · ss

35 · Hunter and Bagger · Alex Bledsoe · ss

45 · Alex and the OCD Oracle · D. Robert Hamm · ss

63 · Quintuple-A · Nayad A. Monroe · ss

81 · Hero · Kathy Watness · nv

107 · Fangirl · Stephen Lickman · ss

125 · After the Party · Graham Storrs · nv

147 · Learning the Game · Michael Haynes · ss

163 · Doomed · K. W. Taylor · ss

171 · In the Shadow of His Glory · Bill Bodden · ss

187 · Second Banana Republic · Donald J. Bingle · ss

207 · The Balance Between Us · Alexis A. Hunter · nv

233 · The Decent Thing to Do · Daniel R. Robichaud · ss

247 · The Minion’s Son · Daniel O’Riordan · ss

261 · The Old West · Matt Betts · ss

273 · Worthy · M. E. Garber · ss

291 · Relic of the Red Planet · Neal F. Litherland · ss

311 · The Gold Mask’s Menagerie · Chanté McCoy · ss

327 · A Recipe for Success · Alana Lorens · ss

345 · At Your Service · Kelly Swails · ss

Steampunk Universe ed. Sarah Hans (Alliteration Ink, January 2, 2018, 978-1-939840-43-1, $5.99, xii+320pp, ebook, oa, cover by James Ng)
Details taken from online listing.

ix · Introduction · Diana Pho & Elsa Sjunneson-Henry · in

15 · All God’s Chillun Got Wings [United States of Albion] · Maurice Broaddus · ss

35 · The Ussuri Bear · Ken Liu · nv Beast Within 4: Gears & Growls ed. Jennifer Brozek, Graveside Tales, 2014

61 · Heart of Ash, Heart of Steam · Malon Edwards · ss

77 · Internal Devices · Suna Dasi · nv

99 · The Wartime Diary of Fieke Brand, Age 15 · Emily B. Cataneo · nv

125 · The Concubine’s Heart · Matthew Bright · ss

139 · A Teardrop in the Ocean · Lyndsay E. Gilbert · ss

157 · Hunter’s Moon · Candida Spillard · ss

163 · Ngaire and Whakamua · Pip Ballantine · nv

185 · My Father Is Made of Light · Victor Fernando R. Ocampo · ss

201 · On the Clockwork Trail · Kate Coe · ss

219 · Clockworks · Jody Lynn Nye · ss Hot and Steamy ed. Jean Rabe & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, June 2011

239 · Spectrum · Liam Hogan · ss Swords and Steam Short Stories ed. Laura Bulbeck, Flame Tree Publishing, September 2016

257 · The Clockwork Canavar · Zach Chapman · ss

271 · To Measure the Heavens · Andrew Knighton · ss

287 · A Noble Endeavor · Lucy A. Snyder · ss

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1933 ed. Harry Hansen (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., September 1933, xxii+290pp, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]
Covers the period May 1932 to May 1933.

vii · Introduction · Harry Hansen · in

1 · Gal Young Un · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1932 (+1); first prize.

45 · The Frill · Pearl S. Buck · ss Woman’s Home Companion March 1933; second prize.

61 · To the Invader · Nancy Hale · ss Modern Youth March 1933; best short short.

73 · The Lubber · Bill Adams · ss Adventure April 1 1933

93 · The Impulse · Conrad Aiken · ss Story #12, April 1933

111 · Portrait of a Woman · Len Arnold · ss Modern Youth February 1933

117 · Country Full of Swedes · Erskine Caldwell · ss The Yale Review Winter 1933

137 · Family in the Wind · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 4 1932

163 · The Heart Being Perished · Frances M. Frost · ss The Household Magazine April 1933

173 · Absolutely Perfect · Sara Haardt · ss Woman’s Home Companion June 1932

189 · Old Maid · Rose Wilder Lane · nv The Saturday Evening Post July 23 1932

215 · The Departure · Selma Robinson · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1932

225 · Love Story · Robert Smith · ss The Harkness Hoot April 1933

247 · The Consecrated Coal Scuttle · Dorothy Thomas · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1933

257 · Little Brat · Hagar Wilde · ss Modern Screen July 1932

267 · Appendix · [uncredited] · ms

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1934 ed. Harry Hansen (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., November 1934, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]
Covers the period June 1933 to June 1934.

· No More Trouble for Jedwick · Louis Paul · ss Esquire March 1934; first prize.

· Old Red · Caroline Gordon · ss Scribner’s Magazine December 1933; second prize.

· The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze · William Saroyan · ss Story #19, February 1934; third prize.

· Pigeon Flight · Benjamin Appel · ss Frontier and Midland 1934

· Shanghai Scene · Pearl S. Buck · ss Asia February 1934

· Maud Island · Erskine Caldwell · ss The Sunday Review of the Brooklyn “Daily Eagle” 1934

· Bus to Biarritz · Madelene Cole · ss Story #28, November 1934

· Pride · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Prairie Schooner Spring 1934

· Honor of the County · Walter D. Edmonds · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 21 1933

· Wash · William Faulkner · ss Harper’s Magazine February 1934

· The Scarecrow · Vardis Fisher · ss Frontier and Midland 1934

· Dark · Josephine W. Johnson · ss Forum and Century 1934

· First Flight · Richard Sherman · ss Vanity Fair (US) February 1934

· The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934

· Guileford · T. S. Stribling · ss Pictorial Review August 1933

· A Boxer: Old · Harry Sylvester · ss Story #18, January 1934

· Southern Highway 51 · John Wexley · ss Partisan Review June/July 1934

· Boom Town · Thomas Wolfe · nv The American Mercury May 1934

· King Lear in Evansville · Leane Zugsmith · ss The Windsor Quarterly

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1935 ed. Harry Hansen (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., November 1935, 284+xviipp, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]
Covers the period July 1934 to June 1935. Prize jury: Tess Slesinger, Clifton Fadiman, Joseph Henry Jackson.
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

vii · Introduction · Harry Hansen · in

3 · The White Horses of Vienna · Kay Boyle · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1935

23 · The Home Place [Young family] · Dorothy Thomas · nv Harper’s Magazine January 1935

57 · John the Six · Josephine W. Johnson · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1935

63 · The Brothers’ House · Nelson Algren · ss Story #27, October 1934

71 · The Professor’s Punch · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Delineator April 1935

87 · Leora’s Father · Katherine Hamill · ss The Atlantic Monthly 1935

103 · Silent Grow the Guns · MacKinlay Kantor · nv Redbook Magazine May 1935

125 · Little Elise · Dorothy McCleary · ss Story #25, August 1934

141 · A Writer Interviews a Banker · Louis Mamet · ss The Anvil 1935, as “Not Without Propaganda”

153 · Country Doctor · Don Marquis · ss The American Magazine March 1935

171 · Jesus Knew · E. P. O’Donnell · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1935

189 · Lay Me Low! · Louis Paul · ss Forum and Century February 1935

205 · Water · Ross Santee · ss Collier’s April 27 1935

211 · Five Ripe Pears · William Saroyan · ss The Yale Review Autumn 1935

219 · “When Spring Brings Back…” · Edward Shenton · ss Scribner’s Magazine 1935

229 · First Day · Richard Sherman · ss The American Magazine June 1935

237 · Long Distance · Upton Terrell · nv Frontier and Midland 1935

259 · My Father Sits in the Dark · Jerome Weidman · ss Story #28, November 1934

267 · Only the Dead Know Brooklyn · Thomas Wolfe · ss The New Yorker June 15 1935

277 · Appendix · [uncredited] · ms

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1936 ed. Harry Hansen (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., November 1936, xvi+294pp, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]
Covers the period July 1935 to June 1936.

vii · Introduction · Harry Hansen · in

1 · Total Stranger · James Gould Cozzens · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1936; first prize.

23 · Suite 2049 · Sally Benson · ss The New Yorker March 14 1936; second prize.

33 · A Sum in Addition · William March · vi The New Republic March 11 1936; best short short.

39 · A Personal Issue · Alvah C. Bessie · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1936

53 · Havoc Is a Circle · Virginia Bird · ss Scribner’s Magazine February 1936

65 · Silent Whistle · Ernest Brace · ss Story #47, June 1936

89 · Dead Man · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1936

105 · The Visit · Elizabeth Coatsworth · vi Story #39, October 1935

111 · Glass Houses · Nathalie Colby · ss Harper’s Bazaar 1936

127 · For My Sister · Lucile Driftmier · ss Holland’s

141 · Escape from the Mine · Walter D. Edmonds · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 11 1936

169 · Lion · William Faulkner · ss Harper’s Magazine December 1935

193 · Crisis · Zona Gale · ss Harper’s Bazaar 1936

201 · Chains · Elma Godchaux · ss The Southern Review Spring 1936

225 · Big Days Beginning · Edward Harris Heth · ss Harper’s Magazine February 1936

243 · The Trunk · Paul Horgan · ss Mademoiselle November 1935

251 · Teachers · Elsie Katterjohn · ss American Prefaces

265 · The Marne · Eric Knight · ss Story #46, May 1936

271 · Afternoon of a Young Girl · Janet Curren Owen · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1936

285 · Appendix · [uncredited] · ms

292 · List of Prize-Winning Authors and Stories in O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories 1919-1936 · [uncredited] · bi

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1937 ed. Harry Hansen (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., November 1937, xiii+303pp, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]
Covers the period July 1936 to June 1937.

vii · Introduction · Harry Hansen · in

3 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936; first prize.

21 · To Those Who Wait · Elick Moll · ss Scribner’s Magazine April 1937; second prize.

35 · The Fury · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker August 15 1936; third prize.

45 · Awroopdedoop! · Benjamin Appel · ss Yankee 1937

55 · For Nancy’s Sake · Virginia Bird · ss Scribner’s Magazine February 1937

65 · The Chicory Neighbors · David Cornel De Jong · ss Yankee 1937

77 · To the North · Nancy Hale · nv Redbook Magazine 1937

101 · Gods of Darkness · Charles Hilton · ss Frontier and Midland 1937

111 · The Saluting Doll · Hamlen Hunt · ss Story #58, May 1937

123 · The Last Meeting · William March · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1937

139 · Hobogenesis · Charles Martin · ss North American Review Spring 1937

151 · The Gladiator · J. M. McKeon · ss Story #59, June 1937

165 · My Girls · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker May 29 1937

171 · Man Among Men · Katharine Patten · ss Story #54, January 1937

187 · The Spaniard · Prudencio de Pereda · ss Story #58, May 1937

199 · Pro Arte · Allan Seager · ss Scribner’s Magazine February 1937

213 · Job’s Tears · James Still · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1937

225 · Whip-Poor-Willie · Jesse Stuart · ss Scribner’s Magazine April 1937

243 · A Woman Like Dilsie [Easter] · David Thibault · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1937

269 · Christmas Gift · Robert Penn Warren · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review Winter 1937

283 · Thomas Hardy’s Meat · Jerome Weidman · ss Scribner’s Magazine July 1937

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1938 ed. Harry Hansen (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., November 1938, xii+304pp, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]
Covers the period July 1937 to June 1938.

vii · Introduction · Harry Hansen · in

3 · The Happiest Man on Earth · Albert Maltz · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1938; first prize.

19 · Fire and Cloud · Richard Wright · nv Story #68, March 1938; second prize.

85 · The Promise [Billy Buck] · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1937; third prize.

109 · Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer · Stephen Vincent Benét · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 18 1937

137 · The Life of the Party · Mary Hastings Bradley · ss Pictorial Review combined with Delineator September 1937

153 · Man and Woman · Erskine Caldwell · ss The New Yorker July 10 1937

163 · Sixteen · Maureen Daly · ss Senior Scholastic 1938

171 · The Amazing Mystery at Storick, Dorschi, Pflaumer, Inc. · Daniel Fuchs · ss Scribner’s Magazine February 1938

193 · The Enemy · Caroline Gordon · ss Redbook Magazine

203 · Always Afternoon · Nancy Hale · ss Redbook Magazine February 1938

215 · Only by Chance Are Pioneers Made · Hamlen Hunt · ss Story #71, June 1938

233 · Memoir of Spring · Elick Moll · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review Spring 1938

255 · The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse [Aram Garoghlanian] · William Saroyan · ss Esquire June 1938, as “The Beautiful White Horse”

267 · So Large a Thing as Seven · James Still · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review Winter 1938

279 · The Fragile Bud · Robert Whitehead · ss American Prefaces

295 · Appendix · [uncredited] · ms

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1939 ed. Harry Hansen (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., November 1939, xv+288pp, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]
Covers the period July 1938 to June 1939.

vii · Introduction · Harry Hansen · in

3 · Barn Burning · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1939; first prize.

33 · Bat Flight · James Still · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 3 1938; second prize.

51 · Calves · David Cornel De Jong · ss Esquire August 1939, as “Minding the Calves”; third prize.

65 · Keeley Street Blues · Dorothy Baker · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2719, February 1939

79 · Anschluss · Kay Boyle · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1939

105 · The Pump · Millen Brand · ss Harper’s Bazaar

121 · The Fawn · Struthers Burt · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1939

133 · The People v. Abe Lathan, Colored · Erskine Caldwell · ss Esquire August 1939

147 · Nothing Can Change It · Charles Cooke · ss Story #78, July/August 1939

163 · Gideon · Joseph O’Kane Foster · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1939

181 · Frankie and Thomas and Bud Asbury · Caroline Gordon · nv The Southern Review Spring 1939

207 · A Knocking at the Gate · Ellis St. Joseph · ss Redbook Magazine February 1939

227 · God on Friday Night · Irwin Shaw · ss Story #75, January/February 1939

237 · Silver Virgin · Benedict Thielen · ss Harper’s Magazine February 1939

257 · Petrified Man · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Spring 1939

279 · Appendix · [uncredited] · ms

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1940 ed. Harry Hansen (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., November 1940, xvii+317pp, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]
Covers the period July 1939 to June 1940.

vii · Introduction · Harry Hansen · in

3 · Freedom’s a Hard-Bought Thing · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 18 1940; first prize.

25 · Don’t Get Me Wrong · Roderick Lull · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1940; second prize.

45 · The Kill · Edward Havill · ss Harper’s Bazaar; third prize.

59 · Poor Monsieur Panalitus · Kay Boyle · ss The New Yorker January 20 1940

73 · Without Hal · Roy Patchen Brooks · ss Story #83, May/June 1940

87 · Let’s Not Talk About It Now · Robert M. Coates · ss The Southern Review Spring 1940

97 · Hand Upon the Waters [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 4 1939

119 · That Woman · Nancy Hale · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1940

147 · Chicken on the Wind · Mary King · ss The Southern Review Spring 1940

169 · The Treasure · Grace Lumpkin · ss The Southern Review Spring 1940

181 · Mother’s Helper · Dorothy McCleary · nv Harper’s Bazaar

209 · The Downward Path to Wisdom · Katherine Anne Porter · nv Harper’s Bazaar #2731, December 1939

239 · The Pelican’s Shadow · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · ss The New Yorker January 6 1940

251 · Called For · Mabel L. Robinson · vi Story #83, May/June 1940

257 · The Three Swimmers and the Educated Grocer · William Saroyan · ss Story #83, May/June 1940

271 · Homecoming · Tom Tracy · ss New Anvil 1940

289 · Almos’ a Man · Richard Wright · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2732, January 1940

309 · Appendix · [uncredited] · ms

Bohannon’s Women by Joseph Hansen (Five Star US, June 2002, 0-7862-4177-2, $25.95, 228pp, hc, co) [Hack Bohannon]
Collection of six stories featuring Hack Bohannon.

7 · Storm Damage [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1992

49 · Widower’s Walk [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 2000
originally appeared in the 1998 audio anthology The Night Awakens ed. Mary Higgins Clark.

85 · Confessional [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Fall 1998

121 · Survival [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1998

157 · Home Is the Place [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2000

191 · Widdershins [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · ss Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Summer 2000

You’ve Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories That Held Them in Awe ed. Ron Hansen & Jim Shepard (HarperPerennial, October 1994, 0-060-98202-0, $18.00, 640pp, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Introduction · Ron Hansen & Jim Shepard · in

· Introduction to “A Mother’s Tale” · Annie Dillard · is

· A Mother’s Tale · James Agee · nv Harper’s Bazaar July 1952

· Introduction to “Guy de Maupassant” · Francine Prose · is

· Guy de Maupassant · Isaac Babel · ss (r)

· Introduction to “Sonny’s Blues” · Kenneth A. McClane · is

· Sonny’s Blues · James Baldwin · nv Partisan Review Summer 1957

· Introduction to “The School” · T. Coraghessan Boyle · is

· The School · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker June 17 1974

· Introduction to “The Aleph” · Oscar Hijuelos · is

· The Aleph · Jorge Luis Borges · ss (r)
translated from the Spanish (“El Aleph”, Sur, September 1945).

· Introduction to “A Day in the Open” · Joy Williams · is

· A Day in the Open · Jane Bowles · ss Cross Section 1945 ed. Edward Seaver, L.B. Fischer, 1945

· Introduction to “A Distant Episode” · John L’Heureux · is

· A Distant Episode · Paul Bowles · ss Partisan Review January/February 1947

· Introduction to “The Star Cafe” · John Hawkes · is

· The Star Cafe · Mary Caponegro · ss (r)

· Introduction to “Reflections” · Robert Coover · is

· Reflections · Angela Carter · nv Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974

· Introduction to “Cathedral” · Tobias Wolff · is

· Cathedral · Raymond Carver · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1981

· Introduction to “Goodbye, My Brother” · Allan Gurganus · is

· Goodbye, My Brother · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker August 25 1951

· Introduction to “Gooseberries” · Eudora Welty · is

· Gooseberries · Anton Chekhov · ss (r)

· Introduction to “A Christmas Carol” · John Irving · is

· A Christmas Carol [Christmas Carol] · Charles Dickens · na Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843

· Introduction to “Pie Dance” · Amy Tan · is

· Pie Dance · Molly Giles · ss The Henfield Prize Stories ed. John Birmingham, Laura Gilpin & Joseph F. McCrindle, Warner, 1992

· Introduction to “Greatness Strikes Where It Pleases” · Charles Baxter · is

· Greatness Strikes Where It Pleases · Lars Gustafsson · ss (r)

· Introduction to “The Interview” · Jane Smiley · is

· The Interview · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala · ss The New Yorker July 27 1957

· Introduction to “The Dead” · Mary Gordon · is

· The Dead · James Joyce · na The Dubliners by James Joyce, Grant Richards, June 1914

· Introduction to “In the Penal Colony” · Joyce Carol Oates · is

· In the Penal Colony · Franz Kafka · nv (r)
translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919).

· Introduction to “Girl” · Stephanie Vaughn · is

· Girl · Jamaica Kincaid · vi The New Yorker June 26 1978

· Introduction to “The Smallest Woman in the World” · Julia Alvarez · is

· The Smallest Woman in the World · Clarice Lispector; translated by Elizabeth Bishop · ss The Kenyon Review Summer 1964

· Introduction to “The Daughters of the Late Colonel” · Deborah Eisenberg · is

· The Daughters of the Late Colonel · Katherine Mansfield · nv The London Mercury May 1921

· Introduction to “Labor Day Dinner” · David Leavitt · is

· Labor Day Dinner · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker September 28 1981

· Introduction to “Spring in Fialta” · Jim Shepard · is

· Spring in Fialta · Vladimir Nabokov · ss Nine Stories by Vladimir Nabokov, New Directions, 1947

· Introduction to “The Things They Carried” · Bobbie Ann Mason · is

· The Things They Carried · Tim O’Brien · ss Esquire August 1986

· Introduction to “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” · Sue Miller · is

· A Good Man Is Hard to Find · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon, 1953

· Introduction to “I Stand Here Ironing” · Amy Hempel · is

· I Stand Here Ironing · Tillie Olsen · ss The Pacific Spectator Winter 1956, as “Help Her to Believe”

· Introduction to “Wants” · Janet Kauffman · is

· Wants · Grace Paley · ss Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1974

· Introduction to “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities” · Tim O’Brien · is

· In Dreams Begin Responsibilities · Delmore Schwartz · ss Partisan Review December 1937

· Introduction to “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” · Louis Owens · is

· The Man to Send Rain Clouds · Leslie Marmon Silko · ss The New Mexico Quarterly Winter/Spring 1969, as by Leslie Chapman

· Introduction to “Helping” · Louise Erdrich · is

· Helping · Robert Stone · nv The New Yorker June 8 1987

· Introduction to “Master and Man” · Ron Hansen · is

· Master and Man · Leo Tolstoy · nv (r)

· Introduction to “Packed Dirt, Churchgoing, a Dying Cat, a Traded Car” · Lorrie Moore · is

· Packed Dirt, Churchgoing, a Dying Cat, a Traded Car · John Updike · ss (r)

· Introduction to “The Flowers” · Edward P. Jones · is

· The Flowers · Alice Walker · ss (r)

· Introduction to “No Place for You, My Love” · Russell Banks · is

· No Place for You, My Love · Eudora Welty · ss The New Yorker September 20 1952

· Introduction to “Paper Garden” · Al Young · is

· Paper Garden · Jerome Wilson · ss (r)

· About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

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