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The Monkey’s Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre by W. W. Jacobs ed. Gary Hoppenstand--- see under W. W. Jacobs.

The Night Nemesis: The Complete Adventures of the Moon Man—Vol. One by Frederick C. Davis ed. Gary Hoppenstand & Garyn G. Roberts--- see under Frederick C. Davis.

Popular Fiction: An Anthology ed. Gary Hoppenstand (Addison-Wesley, January 1998, 0-321-01164-3, $51.00, 800pp, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Foreword · Gary Hoppenstand · fw

· Introduction · Charles I. Schuster · in

· 1 Horror Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· The King and His Three Daughters · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales by Horace Walpole, self published, 1785

· The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

· The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.

· Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.

· The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893

· Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914
written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.

· Introduction to “Supernatural Horror in Literature” · H. P. Lovecraft · ex The Fantasy Fan October 1933 (+16)
revised from its original appearance in The Recluse, 1927.

· The Call of Cthulhu [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales February 1928

· The Horror Market Writer and the Ten Bears · Stephen King · ar Writer’s Digest November 1973

· Graveyard Shift · Stephen King · ss Cavalier October 1970

· Nunc Dimittis · Tanith Lee · nv The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd, Mead, 1983

· Down, Satan! · Clive Barker · ss Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. IV by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1985

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· 2 Romance Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· The Sisters’ Trial · Louisa May Alcott · ss (r)

· Jane · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 25 1912

· Introduction to Love Stories · Rosamunde Pilcher · ar (r)

· Lalla · Rosamunde Pilcher · ss (r)

· Trying to Tame the Romance: Critics and Correctness · Jayne Ann Krentz · ar (r)

· Connecting Rooms · Jayne Ann Krentz · na Everlasting Love, Pocket, 1995

· The Kiss · Kathleen E. Woodiwiss · nv Three Weddings and a Kiss, Avon, 1995

· The Healing Touch · Janet Dailey · n. (r)

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· 3 Science Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· The Mortal Immortal · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833

· An Express of the Future · Jules Verne (ghost written by Michel Verne) · ss The Strand Magazine December 1895
translated from the French (“Un express de l’avenir”, Le Figaro, September 1, 1888).

· The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897

· Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales November 1933

· Robbie [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories September 1940, as “Strange Playfellow”

· Space Jockey · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 26 1947

· Coda · Ray Bradbury · ar 1979
originally “Author’s Afterword” in Fahrenheit 451, Ballantine 1979.

· Usher II [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1950, as “Carnival of Madness”

· “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965

· Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones · Samuel R. Delany · nv New Worlds #185, December 1968

· Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Parabola v1 #4, 1976

· Vaster Than Empires and More Slow [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971

· Johnny Mnemonic [Molly Millions] · William Gibson · nv Omni May 1981

· Speech Sounds · Octavia E. Butler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1983

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· 4 Detective Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841

· The Musgrave Ritual [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine May 1893, as “The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual”

· The Tuesday Night Club [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Royal Magazine December 1927

· Too Many Have Lived [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The American Magazine October 1932

· The Simple Art of Murder · Raymond Chandler · ar The Atlantic Monthly December 1944

· Blackmailers Don’t Shoot [Mallory] · Raymond Chandler · nv Black Mask December 1933

· Absolutely Elsewhere [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Strand Magazine February 1934

· Chee’s Witch [Jim Chee] · Tony Hillerman · ss The New Black Mask No.7 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986

· Creating a Female Sleuth · Marcia Muller · ar The Writer #10, October 1978

· The Place That Time Forgot [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss Sisters in Crime 2 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990

· The Watts Lions [Easy Rawlins] · Walter Mosley · ss The New Mystery ed. Jerome Charyn, Dutton, 1993

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· 5 Adventure Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· About Fiction · H. Rider Haggard · ar The Contemporary Review February 1887

· Long Odds [Allan Quatermain] · H. Rider Haggard · ss Macmillan’s Magazine February 1886

· Literature · Rudyard Kipling · ar (r)

· The Man Who Would Be King · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales by Rudyard Kipling, Wheeler, 1888

· The Taste of the Meat [Christopher “Smoke” Bellew] · Jack London · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine June 1911

· The Battle for Teeka [Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1917

· The Good Patriots · Baroness Orczy · ss (r)

· The Ghost · Max Brand · ss All-Story Weekly May 3 1919

· From Missouri · Zane Grey · nv McCall’s Magazine August 1926

· The Treasure Ship [Captain Peter Blood] · Rafael Sabatini · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1930

· The Gift of Cochise · Louis L’Amour · ss Collier’s July 5 1952

· From a View to a Kill [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv The Daily Mail September 21 1959 (+4), as “James Bond and the Murder Before Breakfast”

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· Appendix · [uncredited] · ms (r)

· Critical Perspectives on Popular Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· Popular Culture—New Notes Toward a Definition · Ray B. Browne · ss (r)

· The Concept of Formula in the Study of Popular Literature · John G. Cawelti · ss (r)

· Frankenstein: The New Prometheus · Arthur Asa Berger · ss (r)

· Beneath the Surface: The Hidden Codes of Romance · Linda Barlow & Jayne Ann Krentz · ss (r)

· Science Fiction: The Rebirth of Mythology · Gail Landsman · ss (r)

· A Marxist Interpretation of the Crime Story · Ernest Mandel · ss (r)

· Women and the Language of Men · Jane Tompkins · ss (r)

· Critical Readings Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· Filmography · [uncredited] · ms

The Traitor by Sydney Horler (Collins, 1936, 251pp, hc, n.)
Thriller novel.

The Traitor by Sydney Horler (The British Library, September 2015, 978-0-712-35614-5, £8.99, 256pp, tp, n.) [British Library Classic Thrillers; British Library Spy Classics]
Reprint (Collins 1936) classic spy thriller.

December Tales ed. J. D. Horn (Curious Blue Press, September 28, 2021, 978-1-73662-071-7, $19.95, 468pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

i · Foreword · Colin Dickey · fw

1 · Grey Glass · Reggie Oliver · ss

20 · Whessoe · Nugent Barker · ss Life and Letters December 1928

34 · Cold Reflections · Sybil Ward · ss

53 · The White and the Black · Erckmann-Chatrian · nv Stories of the Rhine by Mm. Erckmann-Chatrian, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1875, as “Black and White”
translated from the French (“Le blanc et le noir”, Le Monde illustré, January 15, 1862).

74 · Jetty Sara · Glen Hirshberg · ss

87 · Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad · M. R. James · nv Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904

111 · Ours · P. J. Manney · ss

130 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Pushkin · nv (r)
translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834).

160 · A Plague on the House · Lisa Morton · ss

175 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1896

192 · The Shadow of the Dream · J. Lincoln Fenn · nv

221 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.

249 · Two Alices · Kate Maruyama · ss

268 · Aunt Joanna · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904

283 · A Blacksmith’s Gift · Eddie Generous · ss

299 · The Spectral Rout · Frances Power Cobbe · nv Shilling Magazine December 1865

326 · Fairytale of New York · Tonya Hurley · ss

347 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896

360 · Epiphany · Nicole D. Sconiers · ss

370 · Véra · Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam · ss (r)
translated from the French (“Vera”, 1874).

385 · Incident at the Red Hawk Road Stop · Eric J. Guignard · ss

410 · Above the World · Ramsey Campbell · ss Whispers II ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1979

424 · Last Night at the Dairy Bar · Tod Goldberg · ss

Men with No Master: The Complete Adventures of Robin the Bombardier by Roy de S. Horn (Steeger Books, December 2, 2019, 978-1-61827-451-9, $19.95, 282pp, tp, co) [Robin Santerre (aka Robin the Bombardier)]
Volume 67 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Men with No Master [Robin Santerre (aka Robin the Bombardier)] · Roy de S. Horn · nv Argosy September 2 1939 (+1)

83 · [letter] · Roy de S. Horn · lt Argosy September 2 1939

89 · Archers to the Front [Robin Santerre (aka Robin the Bombardier)] · Roy de S. Horn · na Argosy January 6 1940

151 · Bowman’s Banner [Robin Santerre (aka Robin the Bombardier)] · Roy de S. Horn · nv Argosy April 27 1940 (+1)

211 · Flight of the Guns [Robin Santerre (aka Robin the Bombardier)] · Roy de S. Horn · na Argosy August 17 1940

267 · About the Author · Roy de S. Horn · cl Argosy April 12 1930, as “The Men Who Make the Argosy”

The Methods of Sergeant Cluff by Geoffrey Horne--- see under Gil North.

Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm by Geoffrey Horne--- see under Gil North.

Murder by the Dozen ed. Durbin Lee Horner (Dingwall-Rock, 1935, LC:35-15310, 515pp, hc, an)
The Cream of the “Mystery” Crop.

v · Preface · Durbin Lee Horner · pr

3 · The Merry Go-Round of Murder · Joseph F. Dinneen · na Mystery 1935

101 · The House That Jack Built · Colver Harris · na Mystery August 1935

313 · The Man in the Mirror · Louis Golding · ss Mystery April 1934

329 · The Woman in Scarlet Stockings · Norman Matson · ss The Evening Standard June 12 1934, as “The House on Big Faraway”

339 · The Black Cats Vanished [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery October 1934

369 · The Woman He Had to Kill · Francis Beeding · nv Mystery June 1934

401 · The Lisping Man [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · nv Mystery November 1934

427 · “I Must Live Till Wednesday” · John Ewing · ss Mystery May 1933

439 · Thirty Hours with a Corpse · Maurice Level · ss Mystery September 1934

463 · What Can a Dead Man Want? · Guy Endore · ss Mystery December 1934

491 · Poisoned Letters · Georges Surdez · ar Mystery 1934

503 · Exceptional Murderer · Georges Surdez · ts Mystery March 1934

Cloaked in Shadow: Dark Tales of Elves ed. W. H. Horner (Fantasist Enterprises, October 2004, 0-9713608-2-0, $16.00, 239pp, tp, oa)
Original Anthology of 22 dark fantasy stories about elves. Authors include K.D. Wentworth, Elaine Cunningham, and Gerard Daniel Houarner. Introduction by Drew Hayes.

xi · Introduction · Drew Hayes · ss

1 · Diminishing · Erin MacKay · ss

15 · The Suitcase · J. R. Cain · ss

33 · Under Distant Hills · John Sullivan · ss

39 · Curve of Her Claw · Margaret McGaffey Fisk · ss

51 · The Elf Knight and Lady Isabelle · Kyri Freeman · ss

55 · Unreachable · Star E. Sutezzo · ss

67 · Rotten Blood · Murray Leeder · ss

73 · The Day of the Hens · Angeline Hawkes-Craig · ss

91 · The Legacy of the Quedana · David J. Corwell · ss

113 · Laume’s Lesson · Stephen D. Rogers · ss

117 · Bad Company · K. D. Wentworth · ss

127 · The Grisly Race · Tim Curran · ss

139 · The Kin of the Blood · Christe M. Callabro · ss

151 · Night Bruises · Lisa Mantchev · ss

159 · Evil Lives. Vice Eats Simplicity · H. Turnip Smith · ss

167 · A Thrice-Told Tale · A. Dorrance · ss

179 · Penumbra · Jeremy Yoder · ss

187 · The Singleton Path · Adam Hardy · ss

201 · Juniper · Elaine Cunningham · ss

215 · The Artist · Jon Sprunk · ss

219 · Songs · Barbara Geiger · ss

225 · Celebrant · Gerard Daniel Houarner · ss

234 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

240 · Writer’s Guidelines for Upcoming Anthologies · [uncredited] · ms

Fantastical Visions ed. W. H. Horner (Fantasist Enterprises, December 2001, 0-9713608-0-4, $9.99, 186pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Why Fantasy? · W. H. Horner · in

· Wraithsong · Jean Graham · ss

· Jathen Longblade · Christine E. Ricketts · ss

· Death and the Maiden · Trent M. Walters · ss

· Vigil · Magee Gilks · ss

· Life · Colin Roberts · ss

· Prescient Witness · Tracy Whelan · ss

· The Dream Shop · David A. Hart · ss

· Of Savage Blood · Travis J. Koll · ss

· The Mad Queen of the Sky · D. K. Latta · ss

· The Farmer’s Daughter · Tanya Michna · ss

· It’s Better in Brooklyn · Michael Penncavage · ss

· 7:58 · Matthew Wolfe · ss

Fantastical Visions II ed. W. H. Horner & C. Nathan Dudek--- see under C. Nathan Dudek.

Fantastical Visions III ed. W. H. Horner, C. Nathan Dudek & Christina Stitt--- see under C. Nathan Dudek.

Fantastical Visions IV ed. W. H. Horner (Fantasist Enterprises, July 2009, 978-0-9713608-7-7, $17.00, 312pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Evelyn · Michail Velichansky · ss

· Imaginix · Maggie Slater · ss

· The Mermaid’s Silver Pool · Jeff R. Campbell · ss

· Abandoned Responsibility · G. Scott Huggins · ss

· Gratitude · Margaret Yang · ss

· The Benefits of Public Transportation · Todd Austin Hunt · ss

· The Song That Made Hell Hell · Greg Beatty · ss

· How Savio Arcaini Came by His Sword · M. T. Reiten · ss

· The Corn Bear · Michael Penncavage · ss

· The Desert Island Fifty · Jason S. Ridler · ss

· The Pit Fighter · Alex Jackson · ss

· A Plant’s Scream · Christine Welcome · ss

· Healing Hands · Aliette de Bodard · ss

· Dragonfly Savior · David Walton · ss

· Deathless in Manhattan · Hank Quense · ss

· A Night on Pope Lake · James R. Cain · ss

· Renewal · Robyn A. Hay · ss

· Chaos Theory · Brandon Alspaugh · ss

Modern Magic ed. W. H. Horner (Fantasist Enterprises, April 2006, 978-0-9713608-4-6, $17.00, x+254pp, tp, oa, cover by David Seidman)
Details taken from online listing.

ix · Here Be Dragons · Kelley Armstrong · in

1 · Stock Management · Sarah A. Hoyt · ss

11 · Kindled Morphogenesis · Alexa Grave · ss

17 · Salvation in a Plastic Bag · P. Kirby · ss

23 · Joy, Unbottled · Ron Horsley · ss

37 · Souls of Living Wood · Eugie Foster · ss

43 · Peter I Am Lost · Kelly Hale · ss

51 · Zaubererkrieg · Stephen D. Rogers · ss

53 · The Apprentice · Joy Marchand · ss

57 · Office Magic · Jon Sprunk · ss

65 · Raven · Elaine Cunningham · ss

79 · Beauty, Sleeping · Melissa Frederick · ss

89 · Unsung Hero · Michael A. Pignatella · ss

101 · Swan Dive · Christe M. Callabro · ss

107 · Feast of Clowns · Robert Guffey · ss

125 · Subversion Clause · Richard Parks · ss

143 · Love’s Consequence · Rhonda Mason · ss

161 · The Healer’s Line · Jill Knowles · ss

169 · The Lamia · James S. Dorr · ss

181 · Midnight Snack · Kenneth Brady · ss

187 · Pavlov’s Breast · Steve Verge · ss

191 · Golden Rule · Donna Munro · ss

201 · Wishbone · Erin MacKay · ss

207 · No Worries, Partner · Jim C. Hines · ss

219 · Pentacle on His Forehead, Lizard on His Breath · James Maxey · ss

227 · Undead Air · John Passarella · ss

247 · The Woman Who Walked with Dogs · Mary Rosenblum · ss

Sails & Sorcery ed. W. H. Horner (Fantasist Enterprises, August 2007, 0971360898, $23.00, xi+395pp, tp, oa)
Illustrated by Julie Dillon.

· We Sail with the Tide · Lawrence C. Connolly · in

· Return, My Heart, to the Sea · J. C. Hay · ss

· Sea of Madness · Jon Sprunk · ss

· Stillworld: Sailing to Noon · Chun Lee · ss

· Female Rambling Silor · Murray J. D. Leeder · ss

· The Bokor · Jens Rushing · ss

· Albatross Dark · Jaleigh Johnson · ss

· The Sea in Silence · Gerard Houarner · ss

· Azieran: Distilling the Essence [Azieran] · Christopher Heath · ss

· Thief of Hearts · William Ledbetter · ss

· Beneath the Sea of Tears [Murphy’s Lore] · Patrick Thomas · nv

· The Second Voyage of the Stormreaver’s Blade · Jordan Lapp · ss

· The Drum of the Sea · Gerri Leen · ss

· Cassia’s Song · T. Borregaard · ss

· The Duel · James M. Ward · ss

· Dryad in the Mast · Leslie Brown · ss

· Balaam’s Bones: A Tale of the Barbarian Kabar of El Hazzar · Angeline Hawkes · ss

· The Pirate and the Peach · Robert E. Vardeman · ss

· Hostage · Renee Stern · ss

· Rum Runners · Jeff Houser · ss

· Rowing Near Hell · Jeffrey Lyman · ss

· Currents and Clockwork · Lindsey Duncan · ss

· The Medusa · Chris Stout · ss

· The Islands of Hope · Heidi Ruby Miller · ss

· The Sound from the Deep · Jack MacKenzie · ss

· Dead Men Tell No Tales · Elaine Cunningham · ss

· Consigned to the Sea · Danielle Ackley-McPhail · ss

· Tisarian’s Treasure · J. M. Martin · ss

· The Spinner · Paul S. Kemp · ss

· Afterword · Mark Summers & John Baur · aw

The Stories in Between: A Between Books Anthology ed. W. H. Horner, Jeanne B. Benzel & Greg Schauer--- see under Jeanne B. Benzel.

Nine Sons by Wendy Hornsby (Crippen & Landru, March 2002, 1-885941-66-8, $16.00, 171pp, tp, co, cover by Deborah Miller)
Collection of ten stories, two new, and an essay. Also available in a signed, numbered, hardback edition (-65-X, $42.00) limited to 225 copies with a bonus chapbook, Why Vanessa Jumped.

9 · Introduction · Wendy Hornsby · in

16 · Nine Sons · Wendy Hornsby · ss Sisters in Crime 4 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991

30 · High Heels in the Headliner · Wendy Hornsby · ss Malice Domestic 3 ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket, 1994

42 · Wendy Goes to the Morgue · Wendy Hornsby · ar Mystery Scene 1992

46 · New Moon and Rattlesnakes · Wendy Hornsby · ss The Mysterious West ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, 1994

65 · Ghost Caper · Wendy Hornsby · ss Ten Tales, James Cahill, 1994

78 · Be Your Own Best Friend · Wendy & Alyson Hornsby · ss Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan & Robert Weinberg, Random House, 1996

89 · Out of Time · Wendy & Alyson Hornsby · ss Mothers and Daughters ed. Jill Morgan, Martin H. Greenberg & Robert Weinberg, Signet, 1998

106 · The Naked Giant · Wendy Hornsby · ss The Best of the Best ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet, 1998

123 · The Last Is Adoration · Wendy Hornsby · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 2000

134 · The Sky Shall Be Blue · Wendy Hornsby · ss

148 · Essential Things · Wendy Hornsby · nv

170 · A Wendy Hornsby Checklist · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Wendy Hornsby]

Why Vanessa Jumped by Wendy Hornsby (Crippen & Landru, March 2002, ph, ss)
Chapbook included with the hardback edition of Nine Sons.

Caravan Tales and Some Others by J. G. Hornstein--- see under Wilhelm Hauff.

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2024 ed. Anthony Horowitz (The Mysterious Bookshop, September 24, 2024, 978-1-61316-449-5, $17.95, 512pp, tp, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

xi · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw

xvii · Introduction · Anthony Horowitz · in

1 · Stunts · Ace Atkins · ss Austin Noir ed. Hopeton Hay, Scott Montgomery & Molly Odintz, Akashic Books, 2023

15 · Beat the Clock · Michael Bracken · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2023

39 · How to Teach Yourself to Swim · Fleur Bradley · nv Dark Yonder #3, Summer 2023

55 · The Knife Sharpener · Shelley Costa · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2023

73 · Down the Fire Road · Doug Crandell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2023

103 · The Lady in My Life · Jeffery Deaver · ss Thrillers ed. Don Bruns, Blackstone Publishing, 2023

127 · Last Day at the Jackrabbit · John M. Floyd · ss The Strand Magazine #69, 2023

141 · Lovely and Useless Things · Nils Gilbertson · ss Prohibition Peepers ed. Michael Bracken, Down & Out Books, 2023

163 · El Paso Heat · Peter W. J. Hayes · ss Black Cat Mystery Magazine #14, 2023

183 · The Back Woods · Shells Legoullon · nv Thrill Ride—The Magazine #2, Summer 2023

211 · Kill Night · Victor Methos · nv Amazon Original Stories, February 7 2023

247 · A Family Matter · Leonardo Padura; translated by Frances Riddle · ss Southwest Review Autumn 2023

261 · Snow Over Harvard · Dan Pope · ss Bellevue Literary Review #44, 2024

279 · Dead Names · Annie Reed · ss WMG Publishing, December 2023

299 · Billowing Down the Bayou · Cameron Sanders · ss Greensboro Review Spring 2024

307 · It’s Not Even Past [Lorraine Yarborough (The Librarian on the Run)] · Anna Scotti · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2023

327 · Good Harvest · Archer Sullivan · ss Rock and a Hard Place #9, Winter 2023

337 · Wonder Falls · Andrew Welsh-Huggins · ss Mystery Tribune #20, July/August 2023

351 · One Night in 1965 · Stacy Woodson · ss More Groovy Gumshoes ed. Michael Bracken, Down & Out Books, 2023

369 · The Suicide of Kiaros · L. Frank Baum · ss The White Elephant #16, September 1897

386 · The Best Mystery Stories 2024 Honor Roll · [uncredited] · bi

The Puffin Book of Horror Stories ed. Anthony Horowitz (Viking UK, November 14, 1994, 0-670-85382-8, £9.99, 160pp, hc, an, cover by Julian Lee)
Juvenile collection of ten pieces, including Stephen King, Roald Dahl, an extract from Dracula and one original.

7 · Preface · Anthony Horowitz · pr

13 · Secret Terror · Pete Johnson · ss One Step Beyond, Methuen, 1990

25 · Battleground · Stephen King · ss Cavalier September 1972

43 · The Vacancy · Robert Westall · ss The Haunting of Chas McGill and Other Stories by Robert Westall, Macmillan, 1983

57 · The Twitch · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Anthony Horowitz · ss (r)

65 · Freebies · Laurence Staig · ss Poor William’s Omnibus December 1986, as “Call-Back”

79 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item”

97 · The Werewolf Mask · Kenneth Ireland · ss 1983

111 · Eels · John Gordon · ss The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992

125 · Jonathan Harker’s Journal from Dracula · Bram Stoker · ex Constable, 1897

131 · Bath Night · Anthony Horowitz · nv

Midnight Graffiti ed. Jessica Horsting & James Van Hise (Warner, October 1992, 0-446-36307-3, $5.99, xvi+365pp, pb, an, cover by Martin Cannon)
Anthology of 19 horror stories, eight originals, with an introduction about fear by Horsting.

v · Introduction · Jessica Horsting · in

5 · Rainy Season · Stephen King · ss Midnight Graffiti #3, Spring 1989

30 · Say Hello, Mister Quigley · J. Michael Straczynski · nv Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine September/October 1992

52 · Sinus Fiction · Gil Lamont · nv

87 · Emerald City Blues · Steven R. Boyett · ss Midnight Graffiti #2, Fall 1988

106 · Cattletruck · Cliff Burns · ss Midnight Graffiti #3, Spring 1989

112 · Bad Guy Hats · David J. Schow · nv 1989

143 · “I Want to Get Married!” Says World’s Smallest Man · John Shirley · ss

162 · Spike Jones and Reverend Sister Claudine · Rex Miller · nv

188 · Bob the Dinosaur Goes to Disneyland · Joe R. Lansdale · vi Midnight Graffiti #4, Fall 1989

192 · Salvation · Lawrence Person · ss

199 · Rant · Nancy A. Collins · ss Midnight Graffiti #5, Spring 1990

213 · Blue on One End, Yellow on the Other · K. W. Jeter · ss Midnight Graffiti #5, Spring 1990

223 · The Domino Man · Phil Tiso · ss

228 · The New Order: 3 Moral Fictions · R. V. Branham · gp

_228 · One: The Professional · R. V. Branham · ss

_241 · Two: Missing Letters · R. V. Branham · ss

_245 · Three: The Father-in-Law Speaks · R. V. Branham · ss

257 · Murder Mysteries · Neil Gaiman · nv

291 · Heaven, Heaven Is a Place · R. V. Branham · ss

303 · Where I Shall Dwell in the Next World · Harlan Ellison · ss Eidolon Autumn 1992

318 · The River Styx Runs Upstream · Dan Simmons · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine April 1982

334 · Dark Embrace · James Van Hise · nv

Callis and Toll: The Old Ways by Nick Horth (Black Library, 2017, ebook, nv) [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]
Details taken from online listing.

City of Secrets by Nick Horth (Black Library, January 28, 2017, £9.99, 122pp, ebook, na) [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]
Details taken from online listing.

Fantasy: The Best of the Year: 2006 Edition ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, June 2006, 0-8095-5650-2, $13.95, 336pp, tp, an, cover by John William Waterhouse)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 19 stories, with an introduction on the year in fantasy by the editor. Authors include Gene Wolfe, Neil Gaiman, and Peter S. Beagle.

7 · The Year in Fantasy · Rich Horton · in

11 · Pip and the Fairies · Theodora Goss · ss Strange Horizons October 3 2005; illustrated by Susan Moore

18 · Comber · Gene Wolfe · ss Postscripts #3, Spring 2005

27 · Three Urban Folk Tales · Eric Schaller · gp Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #16, July 2005

_ · I. The Postman · Eric Schaller · vi Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #16, July 2005

_ · II. True Love · Eric Schaller · vi Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #16, July 2005

_ · III. As Above, So Below · Eric Schaller · vi Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #16, July 2005

32 · Wax [Abby Garrett] · Elizabeth Bear · nv Interzone #201, December 2005; illustrated by Ian Simmons

59 · The Emperor of Gondwanaland · Paul Di Filippo · ss Interzone #196, January/February 2005; illustrated by Edward Noon

75 · CommComm · George Saunders · ss The New Yorker August 1 2005

95 · Five Ways Jane Austen Never Died · Samantha Henderson · ss Fortean Bureau March 2005

106 · Fancy Bread · Gregory Feeley · ss TEL: Stories ed. Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2005

118 · Sunbird · Neil Gaiman · nv Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs ed. Ted Thompson & Eli Horowitz, McSweeney's Books, 2005

136 · The Secret of Broken Tickers · Joe Murphy · ss Realms of Fantasy August 2005

151 · On the Blindside · Sonya Taaffe · ss Flytrap #4, May 2005

161 · Jane · Marc Laidlaw · ss Sci Fiction February 16 2005

171 · Is There Life After Rehab? · Pat Cadigan · ss Sci Fiction August 17 2005

187 · Two Hearts [Last Unicorn] · Peter S. Beagle · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005

220 · Super-Villains · Michael Canfield · nv Son and Foe #1, 2005

241 · Empty Places · Richard Parks · ss Realms of Fantasy December 2005

263 · Invisible · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Sci Fiction March 2 2005

279 · By the Light of Tomorrow’s Sun · Holly Phillips · ss In the Palace of Repose by Holly Phillips, Prime Books, 2005

292 · The Gist Hunter [Archonate: Henghis Hapthorn] · Matthew Hughes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2005

Fantasy: The Best of the Year: 2007 Edition ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, May 2007, 978-0-8095-5650-2, $13.95, 358pp, tp, an, cover by John Everett Millais)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 16 stories, with an introduction on the year in fantasy by the editor. Authors include Geoff Ryman, Peter S. Beagle, and Ysabeau Wilce.

7 · The Year in Fantasy, 2006 · Rich Horton · in

13 · Journey Into the Kingdom · M. Rickert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2006

42 · The Water-Poet and the Four Seasons · David J. Schwartz · ss Strange Horizons May 1 2006; illustrated by Ann-Cathrine Loo

48 · Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006

85 · The Osteomancer’s Son · Greg van Eekhout · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2006

101 · Salt Wine · Peter S. Beagle · nv Fantasy Magazine #3, 2006

132 · The Original Word for Rain · Peter Higgins · ss Zahir #9, Spring 2006

145 · The Lineaments of Gratified Desire [Califa] · Ysabeau S. Wilce · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2006

199 · Journey to Gantica · Matthew Corradi · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2006

212 · Irregular Verbs · Matthew Johnson · ss Fantasy Magazine #4, Fall 2006

220 · A Fish Story · Sarah Totton · ss Realms of Fantasy October 2006

232 · The Night Whiskey · Jeffrey Ford · nv Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006

257 · A Fine Magic · Margo Lanagan · ss Eidolon I ed. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne, Eidolon Publications, 2006

265 · Naturally · Daniel Handler · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Spring 2006

277 · Moon Viewing at Shijo Bridge [Yamada Monogatari] · Richard Parks · nv Realms of Fantasy April 2006

316 · A Citrine: A Fable · Elise Moser · ss Room of One’s Own July 2006

324 · A Siege of Cranes · Benjamin Rosenbaum · nv Twenty Epics ed. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, All-Star Stories, 2006

353 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

357 · Publication History · [uncredited] · bi

Fantasy: The Best of the Year: 2008 Edition ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, June 2008, 978-0-8095-7251-9, $13.95, 384pp, tp, an, cover by Frederick Leighton)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 19 stories, with an introduction on the year in fantasy by the editor. Authors include Kelly Link, Andy Duncan, and Garth Nix.

7 · The Year in Fantasy, 2007 · Rich Horton · in

13 · Unpossible · Daryl Gregory · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2007

26 · Light · Kelly Link · nv Tin House Fall 2007

64 · The Teashop · Zoran Živković; translated by Alice Copple-Tošic · nv 12 Collections & The Teashop by Zoran Živković, PS Publishing, 2007
translated from the Serbian.

91 · The Rope [The Antique Lands] · Noreen Doyle · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2007

112 · Buttons · William Alexander · ss Zahir #13, Summer 2007

114 · Brother of the Moon · Holly Phillips · ss Fantasy ed. Sean Wallace & Paul G. Tremblay, Prime Books, 2007

133 · A Diorama of the Infernal Regions, or The Devil’s Ninth Question · Andy Duncan · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007

175 · Heartstrung · Rachel Swirsky · ss Interzone #210, June 2007; illustrated by Douglas A. Sirois

185 · The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics · Daniel Abraham · nv Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007

215 · Something in the Mermaid Way · Carrie Laben · ss Clarkesworld #6, March 2007

219 · Public Safety · Matthew Johnson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2007

246 · Stray · Benjamin Rosenbaum & David Ackert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2007

262 · The Comb · Marly Youmans · nv Fantasy Magazine (online) #9, December 2007

286 · Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again [Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz] · Garth Nix · nv Jim Baen’s Universe April 2007

324 · The Last Worders · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #20, June 2007

343 · Singing of Mount Abora · Theodora Goss · ss Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007

365 · Save Me Plz · David Barr Kirtley · ss Realms of Fantasy October 2007

385 · Bufo Rex · Erik Amundsen · ss Weird Tales November/December 2007

393 · The Master Miller’s Tale [The Aether Universe] · Ian R. MacLeod · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2007

454 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

460 · Publication History · [uncredited] · bi

Science Fiction: The Best of the Year: 2006 Edition ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, September 2006, 0-8095-5649-9, $13.95, 334pp, tp, an, cover by Les Edwards)
Best-of-the-year anthology with 15 stories and a look at the year 2005 by the editor. Authors include Michael Swanwick, Joe Haldeman, and Alastair Reynolds.

7 · The Year in Science Fiction · Rich Horton · in

11 · Triceratops Summer · Michael Swanwick · ss Amazon.com website August 19 2005

23 · Bank Run · Tom Purdom · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2005

74 · A Coffee Cup/Alien Invasion Story · Douglas Lain · ss Strange Horizons February 7 2005; illustrated by Jeff Foster

87 · The Edge of Nowhere · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2005

109 · Heartwired · Joe Haldeman · vi Nature #7032, March 24 2005

112 · The Fate of Mice · Susan Palwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2005

127 · The King of Where I Go · Howard Waldrop · nv Sci Fiction December 7 2005

151 · The Policeman’s Daughter · Wil McCarthy · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2005

188 · Bliss · Leah Bobet · ss On Spec Winter 2004/2005

204 · Finished · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2005

221 · The Inn at Mount Either · James Van Pelt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2005

239 · Search Engine · Mary Rosenblum · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2005

258 · You · Stephen Leigh · ss I, Alien ed. Mike Resnick, DAW, 2005, uncredited.

262 · The Jenna Set · Daniel Kaysen · ss Strange Horizons March 14 2005

277 · Understanding Space and Time · Alastair Reynolds · na Birmingham SF Group, November 2005

Science Fiction: The Best of the Year: 2007 Edition ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, June 2007, 978-0-8095-6297-8, $13.95, 377pp, tp, an, cover by Bob Eggleton)
Best-of-the-year anthology of 12 stories from 2006, with an overview of the year 2006 by Horton. Authors include Walter Jon Williams, Adam Roberts, and Robert Reed.

7 · The Year in Science Fiction, 2006 · Rich Horton · in

28 · Okanoggan Falls · Carolyn Ives Gilman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2006

67 · Saving for a Sunny Day, or, The Benefits of Reincarnation · Ian Watson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2006

81 · The Cartesian Theater · Robert Charles Wilson · nv FutureShocks ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2006

113 · Hesperia and Glory · Ann Leckie · ss Subterranean #4, 2006

126 · Incarnation Day · Walter Jon Williams · na Escape from Earth ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2006

170 · Exit Before Saving · Ruth Nestvold · ss Futurismic (online) August 2006

183 · Inclination [Netherview Station] · William Shunn · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2006

235 · Life on the Preservation · Jack Skillingstead · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2006

254 · Me-topia · Adam Roberts · na Forbidden Planets ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2006

294 · The House Beyond Your Sky · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss Strange Horizons September 4 2006; illustrated by Vladimir Vitkovsky

306 · A Billion Eves · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2006

373 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

377 · Publication History · [uncredited] · bi

Science Fiction: The Best of the Year: 2008 Edition ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, August 2008, 978-0-8095-7250-2, $13.95, 366pp, tp, an, cover: Mooncalf Pastures by Bob Eggleton from 1995)
Best-of-the-year anthology with 18 stories from 2007, by authors including Greg Egan, Bruce Sterling, and Karen Joy Fowler.

7 · The Year in Science Fiction, 2007 · Rich Horton · in

13 · Dark Integers [Luminous] · Greg Egan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2007

59 · A Plain Tale from Our Hills · Bruce Sterling · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2007

66 · An Eye for an Eye · Charles Coleman Finlay · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2007

90 · Always · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2007

103 · An Ocean Is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away · John Barnes · nv Jim Baen’s Universe August 2007

136 · Virus Changes Skin · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2007

146 · Wikiworld · Paul Di Filippo · nv Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007

177 · Artifice and Intelligence · Tim Pratt · ss Strange Horizons August 6 2007

186 · Jesus Christ, Reanimator · Ken MacLeod · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007

199 · Night Calls · Robert Reed · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2007

224 · Everyone Bleeds Through · Jack Skillingstead · ss Realms of Fantasy October 2007

234 · Art of War · Nancy Kress · ss The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007

255 · Three Days of Rain · Holly Phillips · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2007

268 · Brain Raid · Alexander Jablokov · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2007

298 · For Solo Cello, op.12 · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Cosmos #13, February/March 2007

305 · Perfect Violet · Will McIntosh · ss On Spec Summer 2007

322 · Vectoring · Geoffrey A. Landis · vi Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2007

325 · The Skysailor’s Tale · Michael Swanwick · nv The Dog Said Bow-Wow by Michael Swanwick, Tachyon, 2007

Space Opera ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, May 2014, 978-1-60701-407-2, $19.95, 574pp, tp, an, cover by Scott Grimando)
Details taken from online listing.

11 · Space Opera Then and Now · Rich Horton · in

15 · The Knight of Chains, the Deuce of Stars · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Lightspeed #39, August 2013

27 · The Wreck of the Godspeed · James Patrick Kelly · na Between Worlds ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, 2004

78 · Saving Tiamaat [Aleutian Universe] · Gwyneth Jones · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007

95 · Six Lights Off Green Scar · Gareth L. Powell · ss Aphelion #91, April 2005

112 · Glory [Incandescence] · Greg Egan · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007

135 · The Mote Dancer and the Firelife · Chris Willrich · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #90, March 8 2012

150 · On Rickety Thistlewaite · Michael F. Flynn · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2010

167 · War Without End · Una McCormack · ss Conflicts ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2010

187 · Finisterra · David Moles · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2007

216 · Seven Years from Home · Naomi Novik · nv Warriors ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Tor, 2010

244 · Plotters and Shooters [Mars] · Kage Baker · nv Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007

259 · The Muse of Empires Lost · Paul Berger · nv Twenty Epics ed. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, All-Star Stories, 2006

283 · Boojum [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008

300 · Lehr, Rex · Jay Lake · nv Forbidden Planets ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2006

318 · Cracklegrackle · Justina Robson · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009

347 · Hideaway [Merlin] · Alastair Reynolds · nv Interzone #157, July 2000

387 · Isabel of the Fall · Ian MacLeod · nv Interzone #169, July 2001

407 · Precious Mental [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2013

467 · The Two Sisters in Exile [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Solaris Rising 1.5 ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2012

477 · Lode Stars [Exodus] · Lavie Tidhar · ss The Immersion Book of SF ed. Carmelo Rafala, Immersion Press, 2010

499 · Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss Clarkesworld #87, December 2013

512 · The Tear [The Clade] · Ian McDonald · na Galactic Empires ed. Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2008

567 · Biographies · Rich Horton · bg

Space Opera: The Best of the Year: 2007 Edition (unpublished) ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, n.d., tp, an)
While occasionally listed as a published title, this book was cancelled prior to publication.

Superheroes ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, February 27, 2013, 978-1-60701-380-8, $15.95, 375pp, tp, an, cover by Michael King)
Anthology of 16 stories involving superheroes. Authors include Kelly Link, Daryl Gregory, and Peter S. Beagle.

7 · Superhero Fiction · Rich Horton · in

11 · Sunlight Society · Margaret Ronald · ss Clarkesworld #66, March 2012

23 · Secret Identity · Kelly Link · nv Geektastic ed. Holly Black & Cecil Castellucci, Little, Brown, 2009

59 · The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm · Daryl Gregory · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008

81 · Tonight We Fly · Ian McDonald · ss Masked ed. Lou Anders, Gallery Books, 2010

95 · Wild Card · Leah Bobet · nv

131 · Heroic Measures · Matthew Johnson · ss Strange Horizons December 18 2006

143 · The Biggest · James Patrick Kelly · nv Empire State March 2012

165 · Dr. Death vs. the Vampire · Aaron Schutz · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2010

199 · Superhero Girl · Jei D. Marcade · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #27, June 2009, as by Jessica Lee

205 · Super. Family. · Ian Donald Keeling · nv Realms of Fantasy August 2010

235 · The Strange Desserts of Professor Natalie Doom · Kat Beyer · ss Strange Horizons August 22 2005

241 · Downfall · Joseph Mallozzi · nv Masked ed. Lou Anders, Gallery Books, 2010

289 · Dirae · Peter S. Beagle · nv Warriors ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Tor, 2010

309 · Grandma · Carol Emshwiller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2002

315 · The Los Angeles Women’s Auxiliary Superhero League · Elana Fortin · ss

327 · Wonjjang and the Madman of Pyongyang · Gord Sellar · na Tesseracts Twelve ed. Claude Lalumière, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2008

Unplugged: The Web’s Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 2008 Download ed. Rich Horton (Wyrm Publishing, December 2009, 978-1-8904-6411-0, $14.95, 303pp, tp, an, cover by Leo Blanchette)
Year’s-best anthology of 14 stories originally published online. Horton’s introduction discusses “the world of online speculative fiction”. Authors include Nancy Kress, Peter S. Beagle, and Cory Doctorow.

7 · Introduction · Rich Horton · in

11 · Air and Angels · Beth Bernobich · nv Subterranean (online) Spring 2008

38 · Snatch Me Another · Mercurio D. Rivera · ss Abyss & Apex #25, 1st Quarter 2008

49 · First Rites · Nancy Kress · nv Jim Baen’s Universe October 2008

96 · The Bitrunners · Tina Connolly · ss Helix #9, Summer 2008

107 · When We Were Stardust · Rebecca Epstein · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #11, February 2008

113 · Willpower · Jason Stoddard · ss Futurismic (online) December 1 2008

129 · The Tale of Junko and Sayuri · Peter S. Beagle · nv Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #9, July 2008

163 · Little Moon, Too, Goes Round · David Dumitru · ss Aeon #13, March 2008

173 · The Behold of the Eye · Hal Duncan · nv Lone Star Stories #28, August 2008

200 · Linkworlds · Will McIntosh · nv Strange Horizons March 17 2008 (+1)

218 · The Girl-Prince · Merrie Haskell · ss Coyote Wild August 2008

235 · Not Enough Stars in the Night · Brendan DuBois · ss Cosmos (online) May 2008

246 · A Buyer’s Guide to Maps of Antarctica · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Clarkesworld #20, May 2008

256 · The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away · Cory Doctorow · nv Tor.com August 6 2008

War & Space: Recent Combat ed. Rich Horton & Sean Wallace (Prime Books, May 2012, 978-1-60701-337-2, $15.95, 382pp, tp, an, cover by Brian Christensen)
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Introduction · Rich Horton · in

9 · Who’s Afraid of Wolf 359? · Ken MacLeod · ss The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007

23 · Surf · Suzanne Palmer · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2011

48 · Another Life · Charles Oberndorf · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2009

79 · Between Two Dragons · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #43, April 2010

90 · Scales · Alastair Reynolds · ss The Guardian June 23 2009

96 · Golubash, or Wine-Blood-War-Elegy · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Federations ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2009

109 · Leave · Robert Reed · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2008

133 · Mehra and Jiun · Sandra McDonald · ss

145 · Her Husband’s Hands · Adam-Troy Castro · ss Lightspeed #17, October 2011

160 · Remembrance · Beth Bernobich · nv Sex in the System ed. Cecilia Tan, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006

187 · Palace Resolution · Tom Purdom · nv Microcosms ed. Gregory Benford, DAW, 2004

210 · The Observer · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Front Lines ed. Denise Little, DAW, 2008

216 · The Long Chase · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2002

229 · Art of War · Nancy Kress · ss The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007

249 · Have You Any Wool · Alan DeNiro · ss Twenty Epics ed. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, All-Star Stories, 2006

259 · Carthago Delenda Est · Genevieve Valentine · ss Federations ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2009

271 · Rats of the System · Paul McAuley · ss Constellations ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2005

289 · The Political Officer · Charles Coleman Finlay · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2002

346 · Amid the Words of War · Cat Rambo · ss Lightspeed #4, September 2010

354 · A Soldier of the City · David Moles · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011

375 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, November 2009, 978-1-60701-214-6, $19.95, 541pp, tp, an)
Best-of-the-year anthology with 37 stories. Authors include Naomi Novik, Peter S. Beagle, Garth Nix, and Jay Lake.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · The Year in Fantasy and Science Fiction, 2008 · Rich Horton · in

15 · 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss · Kij Johnson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2008

25 · Shoggoths in Bloom [Cthulhu] · Elizabeth Bear · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2008

42 · Glass · Daryl Gregory · ss Technology Review November/December 2008

46 · The Hiss of Escaping Air · Christopher Golden · nv PS Publishing, 2008

59 · Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake · Naomi Novik · ss Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008

75 · We Love Deena · Alice Sola Kim · ss Strange Horizons February 11 2008

87 · The Art of Alchemy · Ted Kosmatka · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2008

104 · Falling Angel · Eugene Mirabelli · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2008

110 · The Fifth Star in the Southern Cross · Margo Lanagan · ss Dreaming Again ed. Jack Dann, HarperCollins Australia, 2008

119 · King Pelles the Sure · Peter S. Beagle · ss Strange Roads by Peter S. Beagle, Dreamhaven Books, 2008

128 · Character Flu · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2008

131 · Gift from a Spring · Delia Sherman · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2008

150 · The Region of Unlikeness · Rivka Galchen · ss The New Yorker March 24 2008

164 · Daltharee · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow, Del Rey, 2008

171 · The Ray-Gun: A Love Story · James Alan Gardner · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2008

190 · The God of Au [The God of Au Universe] · Ann Leckie · nv Helix #8, Spring 2008

215 · The Fantasy Jumper · Will McIntosh · ss Black Static #3, February 2008

222 · The Magician’s House · Meghan McCarron · nv Strange Horizons July 14 2008 (+1)

239 · Balancing Accounts · James L. Cambias · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2008

255 · Suicide Drive · Charlie Anders · ss Helix #7, Winter 2008

263 · The Small Door · Holly Phillips · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #14, May 2008

276 · The Eyes of God · Peter Watts · ss The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Two ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2008

284 · Firooz and His Brother · Alex Jeffers · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2008

293 · Infestation · Garth Nix · nv The Starry Rift ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2008

307 · A Water Matter [Green Universe] · Jay Lake · nv Tor.com October 29 2008

322 · The Golden Octopus [Éireann] · Beth Bernobich · nv Postscripts #15, Summer 2008

352 · Blue Vervain Murder Ballad #2: Jack of Diamonds · Erik Amundsen · ss Not One of Us #40, October 2008

359 · The Road to Levinshir [Kingkiller Chronicle] · Patrick Rothfuss · nv L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XVIII ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge/Galaxy, 2002

386 · Fixing Hanover · Jeff VanderMeer · nv Extraordinary Engines ed. Nick Gevers, Solaris, 2008

398 · Boojum [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008

413 · The Difficulties of Evolution · Karen Heuler · ss Weird Tales July/August 2008

418 · Catherine Drewe [Jonathan Hamilton] · Paul Cornell · ss Fast Forward 2 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2008

433 · Silent As Dust · James Maxey · ss Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #7, January 2008

445 · Evil Robot Monkey · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Two ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2008

448 · If Angels Fight · Richard Bowes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2008

470 · Spiderhorse · Liz Williams · ss Realms of Fantasy August 2008

476 · The Tear [The Clade] · Ian McDonald · na Galactic Empires ed. Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2008

527 · Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

535 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi

The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, June 1, 2010, 978-1-60701-218-4, $19.95, 540pp, tp, an)
Best-of-the-year anthology, with 30 stories from 2009, plus a summary of the year in short fiction by the editor. Authors include Lucius Shepard, Peter Watts, and Margo Lanagan.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · The Year in Fantasy and Science Fiction, 2009 · Rich Horton · in

13 · A Story, with Beans [7th Sigma] · Steven Gould · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2009

20 · Child-Empress of Mars · Theodora Goss · ss Interfictions 2: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing ed. Delia Sherman & Christopher Barzak, Interstitial Arts Foundation, 2009

28 · The Island [Sunflower Cycle] · Peter Watts · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009

57 · The Logic of the World · Robert Kelly · ss Conjunctions #52, Spring 2009

69 · The Long, Cold Goodbye · Holly Phillips · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2009

88 · The Endangered Camp · Ann Leckie · ss Clockwork Phoenix 2 ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2009

96 · Dragon’s Teeth [Wizard’s Six] · Alex Irvine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2009

116 · As Women Fight · Sara Genge · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2009

129 · Sylgarmo’s Proclamation [Dying Earth] · Lucius Shepard · nv Subterranean (online) Spring 2009

153 · Three Twilight Tales · Jo Walton · ss Firebirds Soaring ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2009

164 · Necroflux Day · John Meaney · nv The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Three ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2009

187 · The Persistence of Memory, or, This Space for Sale · Paul Park · ss Edison’s Frankenstein ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2009

194 · This Peaceable Land; or, The Unbearable Vision of Harriet Beecher Stowe · Robert Charles Wilson · nv Other Earths ed. Nick Gevers & Jay Lake, DAW, 2009

216 · On the Human Plan · Jay Lake · ss Lone Star Stories #31, February 2009

225 · Technicolor · John Langan · nv Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, 2009

249 · Catalog · Eugene Mirabelli · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2009

264 · Crimes and Glory [Jackaroo] · Paul McAuley · na Subterranean (online) Spring 2009

311 · Eros, Philia, Agape · Rachel Swirsky · nv Tor.com March 3 2009

336 · A Painter, a Sheep, and a Boa Constrictor · Nir Yaniv · ss Shimmer #10, 2009

339 · Glister · Dominic Green · ss Interzone #223, July/August 2009

356 · The Qualia Engine · Damien Broderick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2009

381 · The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Clarkesworld #35, August 2009

390 · Wife-Stealing Time · R. Garcia y Robertson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009

412 · Images of Anna · Nancy Kress · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #30, September 2009

421 · Mongoose [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv Lovecraft Unbound ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse, 2009

438 · Living Curiosities · Margo Lanagan · nv Sideshow ed. Deborah Noyes, Candlewick Press, 2009

447 · The Death of Sugar Daddy · Toiya Kristen Finley · ss Electric Velocipede #17/18, Spring 2009

465 · Secret Identity · Kelly Link · nv Geektastic ed. Holly Black & Cecil Castellucci, Little, Brown, 2009

494 · Bespoke · Genevieve Valentine · ss Strange Horizons July 27 2009

501 · Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance · John Kessel · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009

527 · Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

535 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi

The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, June 2011, 978-1-60701-256-6, $19.95, 572pp, tp, an)
Best-of-the-year anthology with 28 stories from 2010. Authors include K.J. Parker, Rachel Swirsky, Neil Gaiman, and Damien Broderick.
Details taken from online listing.

11 · The Year in Fantasy and Science Fiction, 2010 · Rich Horton · in

15 · Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Lightspeed #4, September 2010

22 · Amor Vincit Omnia · K. J. Parker · nv Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #45, 2010

43 · The Green Book · Amal El-Mohtar · ss Apex Magazine #18, November 2010

60 · The Other Graces · Alice Sola Kim · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2010

65 · The Sultan of the Clouds · Geoffrey A. Landis · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2010

107 · The Magician and the Maid and Other Stories · Christie Yant · ss The Way of the Wizard ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2010

119 · Letter from the Emperor · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2010

131 · Holdfast · Matthew Johnson · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #45, December 2010

143 · Standard Loneliness Package · Charles Yu · ss Lightspeed #6, November 2010

159 · The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window · Rachel Swirsky · na Subterranean (online) Summer 2010

201 · Arvies · Adam-Troy Castro · ss Lightspeed #3, August 2010

213 · Merrythoughts · Bill Kte’pi · ss Strange Horizons March 22 2010

223 · The Red Bride · Samantha Henderson · ss Strange Horizons July 5 2010

227 · Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance · Paul Park · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2010

282 · Bloodsport · Gene Wolfe · ss Swords & Dark Magic ed. Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, Subterranean Press, 2010

294 · No Time Like the Present · Carol Emshwiller · ss Lightspeed #2, July 2010

305 · Braiding the Ghosts · C. S. E. Cooney · nv Clockwork Phoenix 3 ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2010

328 · The Thing About Cassandra · Neil Gaiman · ss Songs of Love and Death ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Gallery, 2010

341 · The Interior of Mister Bumblethorn’s Coat · Willow Fagan · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #43, October 2010

352 · The Things · Peter Watts · nv Clarkesworld #40, January 2010

367 · Stereogram of the Gray Fort, in the Days of Her Glory · Paul M. Berger · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #39, June 2010

378 · Amor Fugit · Alexandra Duncan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2010

396 · Dead Man’s Run · Robert Reed · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2010

456 · The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model · Charlie Jane Anders · ss Tor.com August 11 2010

466 · The Word of Azrael · Matthew David Surridge · nv Black Gate Winter 2010

490 · Under the Moons of Venus · Damien Broderick · nv Subterranean (online) Spring 2010

507 · Abandonware · An Owomoyela · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #39, June 2010

518 · The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon · Elizabeth Hand · nv Stories ed. Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio, Morrow, 2010

561 · Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

567 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi

571 · Publication History · [uncredited] · bi

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