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A Christmas Carol and Other Victorian Fairy Tales ed. U. C. Knoepflmacher (Bantam, November 1983, 0-553-21126-9, $2.95, xvii+349pp, pb, an)     Anthology of five Victorian children’s fantasy stories designed for adults. vii · Introduction · U. C. Knoepflmacher · in 1 · A Christmas Carol [Christmas Carol] · Charles Dickens · na Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843 79 · The King of the Golden River · John Ruskin · nv Smith, Elder, 1841 105 · The Rose and the Ring · William Makepeace Thackeray · na Smith, Elder, 1855, as by Michael Angelo Titmarsh 189 · The Light Princess · George MacDonald · na Adela Cathcart by George MacDonald, Hurst & Blackett, 1864 233 · Mopsa the Fairy · Jean Ingelow · n. Longmans, Green, 1869 347 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers ed. U. C. Knoepflmacher & Nina Auerbach--- see under Nina Auerbach.

Appalachian Winter Hauntings: Weird Holiday Tales from the Mountains ed. Michael Knost & Mark Justice (Woodland Press, October 23, 2009, 978-0-9824939-5-3, $14.95, 134pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · The Peddler’s Journey · Ronald Kelly · ss · A Soul’s Wage · Brian J. Hatcher · ss · Lorelei Wakes at Midnight · Patricia Hughes · ss · A Sky Full of Stars and a Big Green Forever · Steve Vernon · ss · The Christmas Bane · S. Clayton Rhodes · ss · Smoke in a Bottle · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss · The Nativity Tray · Sara J. Larson · ss · Apple Head Dolly · Scott Nicholson · ss · Yule Cat · J. G. Faherty · ss · The Christmas Letter · EmmaLee Pallai · ss · Beggars at Dawn · Elizabeth Massie · ss

Barbers & Beauties ed. Michael Knost & Nancy Eden Siegel (Hummingbird House Press, 2013, 978-0-9894117-0-7, xi+136+163pp, tp, oa, cover by Cortney Skinner)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Michael Knost · in · A Little Off the Top · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss · The Gleeful Ones · Tim Lebbon · ss · The Palaver [Milestone] · Kealan Patrick Burke · nv · In the Time of Thunder and Blood · Lee Thomas · ss · Introduction · Nancy Eden Siegel · in · Raven’s Charm · Rhodi Hawk · ss · Into the Looking Glass · Roberta Lannes · ss · The Grid Walker · Fran Friel · ss · The Willowstown Women’s Cut and Dye Cut · Lisa Morton · ss

Legends of the Mountain State: Ghostly Tales from the State of West Virginia ed. Michael Knost (Woodland Press, November 2007, 978-0-9793236-0-7, $18.95, 150pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 13 ghost stories based on Appalachian folklore. Authors include Thomas F. Monteleone, Scott Nicholson, and Kealan Patrick Burke. Foreword by Rick Hautala. 7 · Foreword · Rick Hautala · fw 13 · Images in Anthracite · Thomas F. Monteleone · nv 34 · The Chapmanville Dead · Trent Walters · ss 43 · How the Night Receives Them · Kealan Patrick Burke · ss 51 · The Blackwater Lights · Michael M. Hughes · ss 61 · Silver Run · Scott Nicholson · ss 72 · Money Well-Earned · Joseph Nassise · ss 82 · Afterdamp · G. Cameron Fuller · ss 96 · Country Roads · Tim Waggoner · ss 104 · The Way Home · Mark Justice · ss 112 · Screaming Jenny · Bev Vincent · ss 119 · Smoke and Steel · Marta Murvosh · ss 128 · The Hungry Earth · Brian J. Hatcher · ss 140 · Wild Mountain Freesia · Jude-Marie Green · ss

Here and Otherwhere by Vernon Knowles (Robert Holden, December 1926, 7/6d, 257pp, hc, co) 1 · The Shop in the Off Street · Vernon Knowles · nv 29 · The Birds · Vernon Knowles · ss 53 · The Painter of Trees · Vernon Knowles · ss 63 · The Land of Ideas · Vernon Knowles · nv 97 · The Road to Tolbrisa · Vernon Knowles · ss 115 · The Land of No More Tears · Vernon Knowles · ss 133 · The Triumph of the Tree · Vernon Knowles · ss 149 · A Conversation · Vernon Knowles · ss 155 · A Set of Chinese Boxes · Vernon Knowles · na

Silver Nutmegs by Vernon Knowles (Robert Holden, 1927, 7/6d, 202pp, hc, co) · The Ladder · Vernon Knowles · ss · The River and the Road · Vernon Knowles · ss · The Chimpanzee · Vernon Knowles · ss · The Gong of Transportation · Vernon Knowles · ss · The Great Onion · Vernon Knowles · ss · The City of All Cities · Vernon Knowles · ss · The Door with Three Padlocks · Vernon Knowles · ss

The Street of Queer Houses and Other Stories by Vernon Knowles (Boullion-Biggs, 1924, $2.00, 156pp, hc, co) · The Street of Queer Houses · Vernon Knowles · na · The Star-Maiden · Vernon Knowles · ss · The Watch · Vernon Knowles · ss · The Author Who Entered His Ms. · Vernon Knowles · ss · The Pine That Walked · Vernon Knowles · ss · The Country of the Gods · Vernon Knowles · ss · The Elizabethan Gown · Vernon Knowles · ss · The Absent-Mindedness of Charles Coventry · Vernon Knowles · ss · The Rose That Was Old · Vernon Knowles · ss · Roads · Vernon Knowles · ss · The Book of the Thousand Answers · Vernon Knowles · ss

The Street of Queer Houses and Other Tales by Vernon Knowles (Wells Gardner Darton, 1925, 6/-, 225pp, hc, co) 1 · The Street of Queer Houses · Vernon Knowles · na The Street of Queer Houses and Other Stories by Vernon Knowles, Boullion-Biggs, 1924 63 · The Weeping God · Vernon Knowles · ss 73 · A Matter of Characterization · Vernon Knowles · ss 83 · The House of Yesterdays · Vernon Knowles · ss 95 · The Three Gods · Vernon Knowles · ss 109 · The Pendant · Vernon Knowles · ss 123 · The Author Who Entered His Ms. · Vernon Knowles · ss The Street of Queer Houses and Other Stories by Vernon Knowles, Boullion-Biggs, 1924 131 · The Mask · Vernon Knowles · ss 143 · The Man Who Was Troubled by His Shadow · Vernon Knowles · ss 153 · The Book of the Thousand Answers · Vernon Knowles · ss The Street of Queer Houses and Other Stories by Vernon Knowles, Boullion-Biggs, 1924 169 · The Idealist · Vernon Knowles · ss 179 · The Broken Statue · Vernon Knowles · ss 195 · The House That Took Revenge · Vernon Knowles · ss 203 · The Elizabethan Gown · Vernon Knowles · ss The Street of Queer Houses and Other Stories by Vernon Knowles, Boullion-Biggs, 1924 211 · Honeymoon Cottage · Vernon Knowles · ss

Two and Two Make Five by Vernon Knowles (George Newnes, November 1935, 7/6d, 256pp, hc, co) 11 · The Curious Activities of Basil Thorpenden · Vernon Knowles · nv 49 · The First Coming · Vernon Knowles · ss 59 · The Brief History of a Boy Who Was Different · Vernon Knowles · ss 71 · The Two Selves · Vernon Knowles · ss 83 · The Road to Tolbrisa · Vernon Knowles · ss Here and Otherwhere by Vernon Knowles, Robert Holden, 1926 95 · The Great Onion · Vernon Knowles · ss Silver Nutmegs by Vernon Knowles, Robert Holden, 1927 109 · The Birds · Vernon Knowles · ss Here and Otherwhere by Vernon Knowles, Robert Holden, 1926 127 · The Shop in the Off Street · Vernon Knowles · nv Here and Otherwhere by Vernon Knowles, Robert Holden, 1926 147 · The Chimpanzee · Vernon Knowles · ss Silver Nutmegs by Vernon Knowles, Robert Holden, 1927 165 · The Gong of Transportation · Vernon Knowles · ss Silver Nutmegs by Vernon Knowles, Robert Holden, 1927 181 · The Painter of Trees · Vernon Knowles · ss Here and Otherwhere by Vernon Knowles, Robert Holden, 1926 189 · A Set of Chinese Boxes · Vernon Knowles · na Here and Otherwhere by Vernon Knowles, Robert Holden, 1926

Lest We Forget Thee, Earth by Calvin M. Knox (Ace Double, June 1958, D-291, 35¢, 126pp, pb, n., cover by Ed Valigursky) [Hallam Navarrre]     Fix-up novel based on three stories from Science Fiction Adventures. Bound in the tête-bêche style with People Minus X by Raymond Z. Gallun. · Chalice of Death [Hallam Navarrre] · Calvin M. Knox · nv Science Fiction Adventures June 1957 · Earth Shall Live Again! [Hallam Navarrre] · Calvin M. Knox · nv Science Fiction Adventures December 1957 · Vengeance of the Space Armadas [Hallam Navarrre] · Calvin M. Knox · nv Science Fiction Adventures March 1958

One of Our Asteroids Is Missing by Calvin M. Knox (Ace Double, January 1964, F-253, 40¢, 124pp, pb, n., cover by Ed Emshwiller)     Previously published in the Toronto Star Weekly for July 27, 1963 as “The Asteroid Stealers”. Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Twisted Men by A.E. van Vogt.

The Plot Against Earth by Calvin M. Knox (Ace Double, April 1959, D-358, 35¢, 138pp, pb, n., cover by Ed Valigursky)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Recruit for Andromeda by Milton Lesser.

Obsessions by Robert H. Knox & Anthony S. Magistrale--- see under Anthony S. Magistrale.

The Adventure of the First Class Carriage by Ronald A. Knox (Crippen & Landru, September 2023, ph, ss) [Sherlock Holmes]     Chapbook included with the hardback edition of School of Hard Knox ed. Donna Andrews, Greg Herren & Art Taylor.

Best English Detective Stories: First Series ed. Ronald A. Knox & H. Harrington (Horace Liveright, 1929, hc, an)     Also as The Best Detective Stories of the Year 1928 (Faber 1929). 9 · Introduction · Ronald A. Knox & H. Harrington · in 27 · Trial by Ordeal · F. Britten Austin · nv The Strand Magazine December 1923 55 · A Race for Life [Hercules Popeau] · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv The Windsor Magazine December 1927 79 · The Artificial Mole · John D. Beresford · ss Nash’s Magazine November 1927 96 · The Secret of the Mountain · C. Bobbett · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1927 115 · The Master Touch · Christopher B. L. Booth · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine October 1927 128 · Through the Window · K. R. G. Browne · ss The Novel Magazine February 1928 140 · The Poison Bottle · Bernard Capes · ss Bag and Baggage by Bernard Capes, Constable, 1913 153 · The Tuesday Night Club [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Royal Magazine December 1927 168 · The Diary of Death [Loreto Santos] · Marten Cumberland · nv The Strand Magazine January 1928 194 · Under a Thousand Eyes · Charlotte Dockstader · ss Detective Story Magazine July 23 1927 211 · Mr. Leggatt Leaves His Card · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss Green Ink by J. S. Fletcher, Herbert Jenkins, 1926 229 · Who Killed Castelvetri? · Gilbert Frankau · nv The Strand Magazine March 1928 251 · The Late Edition · Kelman Frost · ss Clues 2nd March 1928 267 · The Night of the Garter · Arthur Hougham · nv Pearson’s Magazine February 1928 291 · The Sign of Seven · John Hunter · nv The Corner Magazine June 1927 313 · Drops That Trickle Away [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · nv Pall Mall Magazine December 1927 334 · An Artist in Crime [Long Hobson; Sgt. Dawkins] · Denis Mackail · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1928 352 · Blackman’s Wood · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv The Grand Magazine December 1927 376 · Overwhelming Evidence [Patrick Mulligan] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv Skin o’ My Tooth by Baroness Orczy, Hodder, 1928 407 · The Langdon Case · Gladys St. John-Loe · ss Pall Mall Magazine September 1927

The Castle and the Key by Cassandra Knye (by John Sladek) (Paperback Library, June 1967, 52-454, 50¢, 158pp, pb, n., cover by Jerome Podwil)

The House That Fear Built by Cassandra Knye (by Thomas M. Disch & John Sladek) (Paperback Library, March 1966, 52-923, 50¢, 160pp, pb, n.)

Antares Volume 1 ed. MJ Kobernus & David R. Grigg--- see under David R. Grigg.

Tumithak of the Corridors by Charles R. Tanner ed. John Koblas & A. M. Decker--- see under Charles R. Tanner.

The Blackburn & Scarletti Mysteries, Volume 1 by Karen Koehler (Black Death Books, June 2006, 0-9767914-7-1, $14.99, 238pp, tp, co) [Blackburn & Scarletti]     Collection of three dark fantasy stories, one original, two previously published online. 7 · Sins of the Father [Blackburn & Scarletti] · Karen Koehler · na 2003 103 · The Hyde Effect [Blackburn & Scarletti] · Karen Koehler · na 2004 203 · The Sign of Six [Blackburn & Scarletti] · Karen Koehler · nv

Slayer: Black Miracles by Karen Koehler (Black Death Books, December 2002, 0-9679220-1-1, $18.00, 352pp, tp, co) [Alek Knight]     Collection of two horror novellas featuring the tormented vampire hunter Alek Knight of Slayer. · Slayer: Dragon’s Blood [Alek Knight] · Karen Koehler · na · Slayer: Immortal [Alek Knight] · Karen Koehler · na

Extremities by Kathe Koja (Four Walls Eight Windows, November 1998, 1-56858-122-X, $20.00, 200pp, hc, co, cover by Carol Ford)     Collection of 16 stories, one original. 1 · Arrangement for Invisible Voices · Kathe Koja · ss Dark Voices 5 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1993 11 · The Neglected Garden · Kathe Koja · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1991 21 · Bird Superior · Kathe Koja · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1991 35 · Illusions in Relief · Kathe Koja · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #7, Spring 1990 47 · Reckoning · Kathe Koja · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1990 73 · The Company of Storms · Kathe Koja · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1992 83 · Teratisms · Kathe Koja · ss A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991 95 · Angels in Love · Kathe Koja · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1991 105 · Waking the Prince · Kathe Koja · ss Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1995 117 · Ballad of the Spanish Civil Guard · Kathe Koja · ss Alternate Warriors ed. Mike Resnick, Tor, 1993 125 · Lady Lazarus · Kathe Koja · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1996 133 · The Disquieting Muse · Kathe Koja · ss Little Deaths ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, 1994 149 · Queen of Angels · Kathe Koja · ss Omni July 1994 165 · Jubilee · Kathe Koja · ss Peter Straub’s Ghosts ed. Peter Straub, Pocket Star, 1995 173 · Pas de Deux · Kathe Koja · ss Dark Love ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1995 193 · Bondage · Kathe Koja · ss

Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Volume Two ed. Kathe Koja & Michael Kelly--- see under Michael Kelly.

Destination: Amaltheia ed. Leonid Kolesnikov--- see under Richard Dixon.

Utopian and Science Fiction by Women: Worlds of Difference ed. Carol A. Kolmerten & Jane L. Donawerth--- see under Jane L. Donawerth.

Dwarf Stars 2006 ed. Deborah P. Kolodji (Gromagon Press, December 2006, no ISBN, $5.00, ph, an, cover by Marge Simon) · Constellations · Duane Ackerson · pm Alba #11, 2005 · Nightshift · Linda D. Addison · pm World Horror Convention 2005 Program Book ed. Kris Dikeman, 2005 · Prayer Causes Stars · Greg Beatty · pm Abyss & Apex #15, 3rd Quarter 2005 · untitled (“afraid of the dark…”) · Guy Belleranti · pm Scifaikuest August 2005 · Knowledge Of · Ruth Berman · pm Kerem Autumn 2005 · The Shadow Maker · Ruth Berman · pm Bellowing Ark May/June 2005 · Cold Moon · Jennifer Crow · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Autumn 2005 · Jazz Girl · James S. Dorr · pm SpiderWords.com October 31 2005 · untitled (“SFP 6,000,000…”) · John J. Dunphy · pm Scifaikuest November 2005 · The Stepsister · Peg Duthie · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Spring 2005 · Loki · Amal El-Mohtar · pm Star*Line July/August 2005 · Inside the Bubble Chamber · Robert Frazier · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2005 · Phoenix · Jo Gerrard · pm Astropoetica Summer 2005 · untitled (“Perseus and Capricornus…”) · Andrei Dorian Gheorghe · pm Astropoetica Fall 2005 · Slow Spider Sunset · Todd Hanks · pm Dreams and Nightmares #70, 2005 · Two Tanka for a Post-Apocalyptic Librarian · Samantha Henderson · pm (r) · untitled (“my friend’s ashes…”) · Tim Jamieson · pm Ultraverse May 2005 · untitled (“weather taxes…”) · Tim Jamieson · pm Scifaikuest November 2005 · untitled (“in space…”) · Joanne Morcom · pm Scifaikuest November 2005 · untitled (“wedding ceremony…”) · Karen L. Newman · pm Eeku: A Collection of Dark Scifaiku by Karen L. Newman, Sam's Dot Publishing, 2005 · Another Goddess in the Sky · Terrie Leigh Relf · pm Astropoetica Summer 2005 · untitled (“night time stillness…”) · Oino Sakai · pm Scifaikuest May 2005 · untitled (“slowly making the bed…”) · Oino Sakai · pm Scifaikuest May 2005 · Muertos Moon · Ann K. Schwader · pm World Haiku Review Summer 2005 · Astrophysical Graffiti · Daniel C. Smith · pm Aphelion #94, July 2005 · untitled (“what I learned playing…”) · W. Gregory Stewart · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction 2005 · untitled (“back to work…”) · John Stevenson · pm Red Lights January 2005 · The Necromancer Considers the Site for Her Next Boneyard · Marcie Tentchoff · pm Star*Line September/October 2005 · Water Sprite’s Lament · Marcie Tentchoff · pm Ideomancer June 2005 · Listen to the Wind · Stephen M. Wilson · pm Halloween Horrors October 2005

Dwarf Stars 2007 ed. Deborah P. Kolodji & Stephen M. Wilson (Gromagon Press, December 2007, no ISBN, $5.00, ph, an, cover by Marge Simon) · Shell · Cathy Ackerson · pm Alba July 2006 · untitled (“green storm…”) · Fay Aoyagi · pm Geppo May/June 2006 · untitled (“her gown…”) · Kriti Bajaj · pm Simply Haiku Spring 2006 · untitled (“The problem robot…”) · G. O. Clark · pm Scifaikuest May 2006 · Morning, Europa · Malcolm Deeley · pm www.sfpoetry.com 2006 · untitled (“unfaithful husband…”) · Kevin Doran · pm Scifaikuest November 2006 · Cold Haven · James S. Dorr · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Spring 2006 · untitled (“Holocaust Museum…”) · John J. Dunphy · pm The Shantytown Anomaly March 2006 · untitled (“computer malfunction…”) · John J. Dunphy · pm Scifaikuest (online) November 2006 · untitled (“a crumpled ribbon…”) · Peg Duthie · pm Scifaikuest #13, August 2006 · untitled (“allergy season…”) · Margarita Engle · pm Triptych Haiku June 2006 · In the Wake of the Quiet One · Kendall Evans · pm Lone Star Stories #18, December 2006 · Siren Women of Tremulan III · Bryn Fortey · pm The Bards #16, 2006 · Moonlit Fields · C. A. Gardner · pm The Sword Review May 2006 · Hunter and Harvest · Berrien C. Henderson · pm The Shantytown Anomaly March 2006 · untitled (“back home from the future…”) · Tim Jamieson · pm Scifaikuest #13, August 2006 · Astro Nautical · Dr. Steven B. Katz · pm Star*Line March/April 2006 · Thoughts on a Rosenquist Painting · W. B. Keckler · pm Mad Hatter’s Review June 2006 · untitled (“nuclear spring…”) · Patricia Kelly · pm What is Scifaiku? ed. Deborah P. Kolodji, 2006 · Pandora’s Dilemma · Patricia Kelly · pm The Sword Review July 2006 · untitled (“beyond Pluto…”) · Mariko Kitakubo; translated by Amelia Fielden · pm (r) translated from the Japanese (On This Same Star, Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, Ltd, 2006). · untitled (“being human…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm Abyss & Apex #17, 1st Quarter 2006 · breathe · David C. Kopaska-Merkel · pm Star*Line July/August 2006 · chickzilla · assu · pm The Laughing Dog #13, 2006 · Where the Heart Isn’t · John Edward Lawson · pm The Troublesome Amputee by John Edward Lawson, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2006 · Three Spider Sisters · John Edward Lawson · pm The Troublesome Amputee by John Edward Lawson, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2006 · Dwarves · Sandra Lindow · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Spring 2006 · untitled (“music of the spheres…”) · Darrell Lindsey · pm Scifaikuest (online) August 2006 · untitled (“Time stumbles sideways…”) · Robin Mayhall · pm Scifaikuest May 2006 · Milky Way · Dan Mitrut · pm Astropoetica Spring 2006 · Alien Invasion · Peter Payack · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2006 · Europan Spring · Terrie Leigh Relf · pm Scifaikuest Spring 2006 · untitled (“just before dawn…”) · Terrie Leigh Relf · pm Triptych Haiku June 2006 · On the Road with Apollo · Karen A. Romanko · pm Amaze: The Cinquain Journal Spring 2006 · The Mice · Meg Smith · pm Astropoetica Winter 2006 · The Mafioso They Call Lucky · Steve Sneyd · pm Garbaj #26, 2006 · Time for Goodbye, I Find Myself Bent Over Lens · Lynn Strongin · pm Mad Hatter’s Review October 2006 · Testimony Given on the Firing of the Weapon · Marcie Tentchoff · pm On Our Way to the Battle: Poetry from the Trenches ed. Samantha Henderson, Carnifex Press, 2006 · The Space Between · Marcie Tentchoff · pm Star*Line January/February 2006 · Last Unicorn · Jane Yolen · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2006 · Troll Under Bridge · Jane Yolen · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2006

Dwarf Stars 2008 ed. Deborah P. Kolodji & Stephen M. Wilson (Science Fiction Poetry Association, December 2008, no ISBN, $5.00, 20pp, ph, an, cover by Marge Simon)     Chapbook anthology of 49 speculative poems of ten lines or less, chosen as the best from 2007; this serves as a ballot for the Dwarf Stars Award. 5 · Introduction · Deborah P. Kolodji · in 6 · Introduction · Stephen M. Wilson · in 7 · Duel · Duane & Cathy Ackerson · pm Star*Line January/February 2007 7 · Whale Riding · Linda D. Addison · pm Being Full of Light, Insubstantial by Linda D. Addison, Space & Time, 2007 7 · Sackful of Satellites · Mike Allen · pm Lone Star Stories #22, August 2007 8 · Nikki’s Comet · Donald R. Anderson · pm Sun Shadow Mountain by Donald R. Anderson, Rainflowers.org, 2007 8 · untitled (“my friend…”) · Dave Bacharach · pm Simply Haiku Spring 2007 8 · Place Mat by Moebius · Greg Beatty · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2007 8 · Curse of the Strangler’s Wife [Accursed Wives] · Bruce Boston · pm Doorways December 2007 9 · untitled (“the red maple buds…”) · Lisa M. Bradley · pm Scifaikuest May 2007 9 · Auld Lang Syne · James S. Dorr · pm Doorways December 2007 9 · untitled (“museum of alien religions…”) · John J. Dunphy · pm The Shantytown Anomaly December 2007 9 · Redshift, or the Theory of General Relativity · M. Frost · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Autumn 2007 10 · Kerouac · Joshua Gage · pm Amaze: The Cinquain Journal Summer 2007 10 · untitled (“New Galaxy…”) · Tom Galusha · pm Scifaikuest August 2007 10 · In the Light Room · John Garrison · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2007 10 · Test-Tube Universe · Sarah Glass · pm Astropoetica Spring/Summer 2007 11 · untitled (“abduction scene…”) · ushi · pm HaHaKu by Andrea [ushi] Gradidge, Sam's Dot Publishing, 2007 11 · untitled (“grief becomes…”) · Marilyn Hazelton · pm HSA Newsletter December 2007 11 · Clone · Berrien C. Henderson · pm The Shantytown Anomaly December 2007 11 · untitled (“Once upon a time…”) · Charlee Jacob · pm Vectors: A Week in the Death of a Planet by Charlee Jacob, Dark Regions Press, 2007 11 · untitled (“an October day…”) · M. Kei · pm Simply Haiku Spring 2007 11 · untitled (“the wind sings…”) · M. Kei · pm Heron Sea by M. Kei, Keibooks, 2007 12 · A Mind Full of Stars · Bridget Kelley-Lossada · pm Goblin Fruit Spring 2007 12 · Rhea’s Lament · S. A. Kelly · pm Star*Line July/August 2007 12 · untitled (“as if…”) · Mariko Kitakubo · pm Simply Haiku Summer 2007 13 · untitled (“witch branding…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm Scifaikuest February 2007 13 · Necessary Evil · David W. Landrum · pm Loch Raven Review Fall 2007 13 · Springheel Jack · Roddy Lumsden · pm Poetry June 2007 13 · untitled (“crescent moon…”) · Jeannie Martin · pm bottle rockets #16, 2007 14 · untitled (“since eyes are the soul’s windows…”) · Drew Morse · pm Scifaikuest August 2007 14 · Once · Kristine Ong Muslim · pm Astropoetica Spring/Summer 2007 14 · version 9: breakfast · Kristine Ong Muslim · pm Prick of the Spindle v1 #2, 2007 14 · Bleach · Karen L. Newman · pm ChemlCKals by Karen L. Newman, Naked Snake Press, 2007 15 · Sulphur · Stuart Nunn · pm Loch Raven Review Spring 2007 15 · untitled (“waiting for the comet…”) · Iulian Olaru · pm Comet McNaught Haiku by Iulian Olaru, SARM, 2007 15 · Extraterrestrial Body · Kiwanda Paul · pm Amaze: The Cinquain Journal Spring 2007 15 · untitled (“tired of incessant chatter…”) · Terrie Leigh Relf · pm Scifaikuest November 2007 16 · Atlantis · Karen A. Romanko · pm Dragons, Knights & Angels Magazine October 2007 16 · untitled (“starlit sky…”) · Teri Santitoro · pm Scifaistew August 2007 16 · untitled (“zero-g face lifts…”) · Teri Santitoro · pm Scifaistew August 2007 16 · Dancing to Van Gogh · Ann K. Schwader · pm Mythic Delirium #17, Summer/Fall 2007 17 · Still Falling · Ann K. Schwader · pm Dreams and Nightmares #78, 2007 17 · The Reaper · Greg Schwartz · pm 2007 17 · untitled (“modest impact craters…”) · J. E. Stanley · pm Star*Line July/August 2007 17 · Muse · Sonya Taaffe · pm Strange Horizons March 12 2007 18 · untitled (“identity theft…”) · Arlene Teck · pm HSA Newsletter December 2007 18 · untitled (“where it’s not…”) · Cor van den Heuvel · pm HSA Newsletter December 2007 18 · As If She Had Wings · JoSelle Vanderhooft · pm Ossuary September 2007 18 · untitled (“snipped, clipped and cut…”) · Stephen M. Wilson · pm The Shantytown Anomaly December 2007 18 · untitled (“through the medium…”) · Jeffrey Woodward · pm haigaonline gallery: flight patterns September 2007

Dwarf Stars 2009 ed. Deborah P. Kolodji & Stephen M. Wilson (Science Fiction Poetry Association, February 2010, no ISBN, $7.00, 15pp, ph, an, cover by Naia)     Chapbook anthology of 50 speculative poems of ten lines or less, chosen as the best from 2008; this serves as a ballot for the Dwarf Stars Award. 1 · Introduction · Deborah P. Kolodji · in 3 · Dark Flow · Francis W. Alexander · pm Abyss & Apex #28, 4th Quarter 2008 3 · untitled (“the will-o-the-wisp…”) · Francis W. Alexander · pm Scifaikuest (online) August 2008 3 · Return of the Zombie Teen Angst · Mike Allen · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2008 3 · The Ghoul · Megan Arkenberg · pm Scifaikuest November 2008 3 · untitled (“time machine rust…”) · Megan Arkenberg · pm Scifaikuest August 2008 4 · the leaf whisperer · Elizabeth Barrette · pm Doorways #5, 2008 4 · untitled (“stars against the night…”) · Bruce Boston · pm SARM 2008 4 · Three Things · Lisa M. Bradley · pm Talebones #36, Spring 2008 4 · Godmother · Anna Marie Catoir · pm Goblin Fruit Spring 2008 4 · untitled (“I felt your presence…”) · Margaret Chula · pm Ribbons Winter 2008 5 · Special Ears · Toi Dericotte · pm Prairie Schooner Fall 2008 5 · Evolution · Peg Duthie · pm SciFi Fan 2 April 2008 5 · untitled (“time lapse…”) · Margarita Engle · pm Scifaikuest (online) August 2008 5 · Songs Were Washing Up · Francesca Forrest · pm Scheherazade’s Bequest September 2008 6 · Mistress (I) · Todd Fredson · pm Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts Fall 2008 6 · The Tongue-Cut Sparrow’s Song for the Woodman’s Wife · Jeannine Hall Gailey · pm Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry Summer 2008 6 · untitled (“shot of whiskey…”) · Joshua Gage · pm spacewesterns.com #83, 2008 6 · untitled (“stars invisible…”) · Joshua Gage · pm MindFlights (online) November 3 2008 6 · The Lure of an Older Woman · Toni J. Gardner · pm Amaze: The Cinquain Journal v6 #2, 2008 7 · untitled (“quantum mechanics…”) · James Gianforti · pm Star*Line July/August 2008 7 · untitled (“trying to imitate…”) · Sanford Goldstein · pm Simply Haiku Winter 2008 7 · Study/Violet · Leonard Gonatarek · pm Prick of the Spindle September 2008 7 · untitled (“full moon…”) · John Grey · pm Scifaikuest November 2008 7 · untitled (“sailor’s ear…”) · M. Kei · pm Bolts of Silk February 2008 7 · untitled (“the dead rise…”) · M. Kei · pm Slow Motion: The Log of the Chesapeake Bay Skipjack, Modern English Tanka Press, 2008 8 · untitled (“moonless world…”) · Patricia Kelly · pm SciFi Fan 2 April 2008 8 · untitled (“just as I…”) · Mariko Kitakubo · pm Cicada Forest by Mariko Kitakubo, Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan Ltd., 2008 8 · untitled (“lest we stray…”) · Mariko Kitakubo · pm Cicada Forest by Mariko Kitakubo, Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan Ltd., 2008 8 · untitled (“in spite of your absence…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm SARM 2008 8 · Fireflies · Geoffrey A. Landis · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2008 9 · untitled (“thin alpine air…”) · paul m · pm Acorn Fall 2008 9 · untitled (“winter plum branches…”) · paul m · pm Mariposa Autumn/Winter 2008 9 · Werepenguin · Joanne Merriam · pm Strange Horizons March 10 2008 9 · untitled (“on the footpath…”) · Linda Papanicolaou · pm Ribbons Autumn 2008 9 · untitled (“falling stars…”) · Claudia Coutu Radmore · pm Eucalypt #5, 2008 10 · There, where the universe begins · Terrie Leigh Relf · pm Astropoetica Spring 2008 10 · untitled (“one foot on Mars…”) · Karen A. Romanko · pm Scifaikuest February 2008 10 · untitled (“in the mouth…”) · Ann K. Schwader · pm Scifaikuest November 2008 10 · Sunset, Monument Valley, Utah · J. E. Stanley · pm Scifaikuest (online) May 2008 10 · untitled (“dark moon…”) · Maria Steyn · pm Simply Haiku Spring 2008 10 · untitled (“from outer space…”) · George Swede · pm Ribbons Winter 2008 11 · untitled (“strange voices…”) · Dietmar Tauchner · pm Frogpond Winter 2008 11 · Refugee · Paul Kareem Tayyar · pm Pearl Fall/Winter 2008 11 · untitled (“closer to the moongate…”) · Linda Jeannette Ward · pm Hummingbird September 2008 11 · untitled (“wet sand…”) · Michael Dylan Welch · pm Scifaikuest (online) August 2008 11 · In the Beginning or the End · N. C. Whitehead · pm Scifaikuest May 2008 12 · 2012/2062 · Stephen M. Wilson · pm Star*Line March/April 2008 12 · The Ghost of Walter Benjamin Walks at Midnight · Charles Wright · pm The Fiddlehead Summer 2008 12 · Goodbye Billy Goat Gruff · Jane Yolen · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2008 12 · untitled (“we all met…”) · Lee Clark Zumpe · pm Scifaikuest May 2008

Hermit’s Swing by Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson (Macmillan, November 1980, 0-02-566350-X, $9.95, xi+199pp, hc, co, cover by Richard Powers) ix · Introduction · Theodore Sturgeon · in 1 · For Love of Earth · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · nv translated from the Russian (“Lyubov’ k Zemle”, 1975). 31 · Mindpower · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · nv translated from the Russian (“Volevoe usiliye”, 1970). 57 · The Biggest House · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss translated from the Russian (“Samyj boljšoj dom”, 1974). 69 · The Newsstand · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss translated from the Russian (“Gazetnyy kiosk”, 1971). 89 · What Funny Trees! · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss translated from the Russian (“Kakiye smeshnyye derev’ya”, 1975). 100 · Smile · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · nv translated from the Russian (“Ulybka”, 1975). 123 · Hermit’s Swing · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · na translated from the Russian (“Kacheli Otshel’nika”, 1972).

Requiem by Robert A. Heinlein ed. Yoji Kondo--- see under Robert A. Heinlein.

These Guns for Hire: 31 Short Stories about Hitmen ed. J. A. Konrath (Bleak House Books, October 2006, 1932557202, $27.95, 492pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology (three reprints). 3 · Introduction · J. A. Konrath · in 9 · They Always Get You · Victor Gischler · ss 29 · Another Rock ’n Roll Hit · Raymond Benson · ss 45 · The Confessional · Jeremiah Healy · ss 59 · Strictly Business · Julie Hyzy · ss 81 · There’s Somebody Here Wants to Talk to You · Jay Bonansinga · ss 101 · The Professional · Sean Doolittle · ss 111 · Guest Services [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss Murder Is My Business ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Dutton, 1994 135 · Gutter Snipes · P. J. Parrish · ss 157 · Beauty · Ed Gorman · ss Hardluck Stories Winter 2006 167 · The Black Rose · Michael A. Black · ss 183 · Detour · Libby Fischer Hellmann · ss 197 · The Attitude Adjuster [Cavanaugh] · David Morrell · nv 233 · When You’re Right · Brian M. Wiprud · ss 245 · Dead Last · Rob Kantner · ss 265 · Bereaved · J. A. Konrath · ss 273 · Not Shy · M. J. Rose · ss 285 · Seize Your Future · Jeff Abbott · ss 301 · Bat-Head Speed · Reed Farrel Coleman · ss 309 · Everybody Wins · Lisa Mannetti · ss 321 · Keller’s Designated Hitter [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv Murderers’ Row ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press, 2001 351 · Pet Project · Robert W. Walker · ss 359 · Man Hit · John Galligan · ss 371 · Absolution · William Kent Krueger · ss 381 · Nice Kids Carry Guns · Paul A. Toth · ss 393 · Poor Career Choice · Jeff Strand · ss 405 · Punk · Ken Bruen · ss Hardluck Stories Winter 2006 419 · Bloodshed Fred · Monica J. O’Rourke · ss 429 · The Louvre Cafe · Mitchell Graham · ss 437 · Letters from Home · Benjamin M. LeRoy · ss 447 · As Breathing · Marcus Sakey · ss 461 · The Shining Knight · David Ellis · ss 478 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Book of Counted Sorrows by Dean Koontz (Barnes & Noble Digital, 2001, 1-4014-0022-1, ebook, oc)     collection of poetry, some of which had featured in earlier Koontz novels. The full title is given as The Book of Counted Sorrows: Being the Mind-Bending, Heart-Stopping, Bowel-Freezing, Spleen-Tickling History of the Most Dangerous Book of Poetry Ever Written, Including the Text of That Cursed Book Itself, With the Prayer that God Will Protect You from a Spontaneous Head Explosion (and Even Worse Potential Fates) If You Dare Read It. · The Dark, Peculiar, Mysterious, and Ultimately Incomprehensible History of the Volume in Question · Dean Koontz · ss; a discursive introduction to the “original” book and to the goings-on at Koontz Manor. · One Door Away from Heaven · Dean Koontz · pm from One Door Away from Heaven, Headline Books, 2001 · Neither Do They Fade Away · Dean Koontz · pm · In the Fields of Life · Dean Koontz · pm from Hideaway, Putnam, 1992 · The Weight · Dean Koontz · pm from Fear Nothing, Headline Books, 1997 · The Train Leaves the Station · Dean Koontz · pm from Dark Rivers of the Heart, Charnel House, 1994 · A Delicious Walk · Dean Koontz · pm · Habit Makes Destiny · Dean Koontz · pm from Dark Rivers of the Heart, Charnel House, 1994 · Pedal to the Metal · Dean Koontz · pm from Intensity, Headline Books, 1995 · Remembering When We Didn’t Expect to Live Forever · Dean Koontz · pm · A Roundness · Dean Koontz · pm from Hideaway, Putnam, 1992 · Remembered Dreams · Dean Koontz · pm · Academic and Novelist as Abbott and Costello · Dean Koontz · pm · The Chair · Dean Koontz · pm from Dark Rivers of the Heart, Charnel House, 1994 · Short Story · Dean Koontz · pm from Shadowfires, as by Leigh Nichols, Avon, 1987, as by Leigh Nichols · The Modern Age · Dean Koontz · pm from Dragon Tears, Putnam, 1993 · Wee Wisdom · Dean Koontz · pm from Dragon Tears, Putnam, 1993 · This Old Honkytonk of Fools · Dean Koontz · pm from Dragon Tears, Putnam, 1993 · Cold Fire · Dean Koontz · pm from Cold Fire, Putnam, 1991 · Whom You Might Trust · Dean Koontz · pm from Cold Fire, Putnam, 1991 · 1992 · Dean Koontz · pm from Mr. Murder, Headline Books, 1993 · Men on White Horses · Dean Koontz · pm from Dragon Tears, Putnam, 1993 · Crossing Nevada · Dean Koontz · pm · Melodrama · Dean Koontz · pm from Darkness Comes, W.H. Allen, 1984 · Busy Humanity · Dean Koontz · pm from Twilight, as by Leigh Nichols, Pocket, 1984, as by Leigh Nichols · Kiss · Dean Koontz · pm from Shadowfires, as by Leigh Nichols, Avon, 1987, as by Leigh Nichols · The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · Dean Koontz · pm from Midnight, Putnam, 1989 · Winter Moon · Dean Koontz · pm from Winter Moon, Headline Books, 1994 · The Mask · Dean Koontz · pm from The Mask, as by Owen West, Jove/HBJ Books, 1981, as by Owen West · Reality · Dean Koontz · pm from Cold Fire, Putnam, 1991 · The Answer Comes After the Funeral · Dean Koontz · pm from Sole Survivor, Headline Books, 1997 · Drummer · Dean Koontz · pm from Darkness Comes, W.H. Allen, 1984 · Potboiler · Dean Koontz · pm from Twilight, as by Leigh Nichols, Pocket, 1984, as by Leigh Nichols · Saving Graces · Dean Koontz · pm from Strangers, W.H. Allen, 1986 · Politics · Dean Koontz · pm from Mr. Murder, Headline Books, 1993 · Ten Years Old, Reading in Bed · Dean Koontz · pm · Fallen Yet Not Lacking in Virtue · Dean Koontz · pm from The Bad Place, Putnam, 1990 · February, 1969 · Dean Koontz · pm · We Are All So Modern Here · Dean Koontz · pm from Winter Moon, Headline Books, 1994 · All Those Snappy Epigrams on the Theme of Night · Dean Koontz · gp (r) _ · untitled (“The whisper of the dusk”) · Dean Koontz · pm from Twilight Eyes, W.H. Allen, 1987 _ · untitled (“Numberless paths of night”) · Dean Koontz · pm from Twilight Eyes, W.H. Allen, 1987 _ · untitled (“To know the darkness is to love the light”) · Dean Koontz · pm from Shadowfires, as by Leigh Nichols, Avon, 1987, as by Leigh Nichols _ · untitled (“Night has patterns that can be read”) · Dean Koontz · pm from Shadowfires, as by Leigh Nichols, Avon, 1987, as by Leigh Nichols _ · untitled (“Something moves within the night”) · Dean Koontz · pm from Twilight Eyes, W.H. Allen, 1987 _ · untitled (“When I’m in the night”) · Dean Koontz · pm _ · untitled (“The night speaks with a human voice”) · Dean Koontz · pm _ · untitled (“Brother night, sister moon”) · Dean Koontz · pm · Anthem · Dean Koontz · pm from Ticktock, Headline Books, 1996 · A Thought While Reading Rex Stout · Dean Koontz · pm from Darkness Comes, W.H. Allen, 1984 · Cry Doom · Dean Koontz · pm from Twilight, as by Leigh Nichols, Pocket, 1984, as by Leigh Nichols · Dragon Tears · Dean Koontz · pm from Dragon Tears, Putnam, 1993 · Cold Questions · Dean Koontz · pm from Strangers, W.H. Allen, 1986 · Mary Shelley, No One Listens · Dean Koontz · pm from Demon Seed, Bantam, 1973 · A Job May Not Be Enough · Dean Koontz · pm from Cold Fire, Putnam, 1991 · The Root of All Mystery · Dean Koontz · pm from Hideaway, Putnam, 1992 · Haiku · Dean Koontz · gp (r) _ · untitled haiku (“Whiskers of the cat”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Sinuous shadow”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Tear-damp flush of face”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Moonlight on water”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Rare albino bats”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“High looping white wings”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“The soft shush of surf”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Dew on the gray steps”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Hanging in the fog”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Green eyes growing gray”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Black hair, black attire”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Wrapped up all in black”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Girl’s face shiny damp”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“From black sky, black wind”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Busy blue-eyed girl”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Cold stars, moon of ice”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Moonglow on the sand”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Star, moon, and gunshots”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Marshals and gunmen”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 · Where God Goes on Vacation · Dean Koontz · pm; “This is the first of two poems deleted with the hope of preventing you from going insane from too much knowledge and to guard against the possibility of your head exploding.” · Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening with Exploding Heads: A Tribute in Verse to Robert Frost · Dean Koontz · pm; “This is the second of two poems deleted with the hope of preventing you from grinding up as sags of disgusting emulsified tissue on the ceiling of your library.” · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Dean Koontz]

Dark of the Woods by Dean R. Koontz (Ace Double, November 1970, 13793, 75¢, 108pp, pb, n., cover by Jeff Jones)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Soft Come the Dragons.

Every Day’s a Holiday: Amusing Rhymes for Happy Times by Dean Koontz (HarperCollins, October 2003, 0-06-008584-3, $17.99, 132pp, hc, co, cover by Phil Parks)     Associational young-adult collection of 64 poems celebrating holidays both real and imaginary. Illustrated by Phil Parks. 1 · Holiday Gifts · Dean Koontz · pm 2 · Stop the World! It’s Your Birthday! · Dean Koontz · pm 4 · Holiday Data Glitch · Dean Koontz · pm 6 · New Year’s Eve · Dean Koontz · pm 7 · New Year’s Day · Dean Koontz · pm 8 · Appropriate Holiday Entertainment · Dean Koontz · pm 10 · Carnival! · Dean Koontz · pm 12 · Gravity Day · Dean Koontz · pm 13 · Martin Luther King, Jr. Day · Dean Koontz · pm 14 · Snow Day · Dean Koontz · pm 16 · Valentine’s Day · Dean Koontz · pm 18 · Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday · Dean Koontz · pm 18 · George Washington’s Birthday · Dean Koontz · pm 20 · Saint Patrick’s Day · Dean Koontz · pm 22 · The First Day of Spring · Dean Koontz · pm 24 · Every Day’s a Holiday · Dean Koontz · pm 26 · Easter: The Danger of Improving Holiday Traditions · Dean Koontz · pm 28 · April Fool’s Day · Dean Koontz · pm 30 · Sakura Matsuki (Cherry Blossom Festival) · Dean Koontz · pm 32 · Dino Day · Dean Koontz · pm 34 · Cinco de Mayo · Dean Koontz · pm 35 · Teacher’s Day · Dean Koontz · pm 36 · Annual Animals’ Day in Court · Dean Koontz · pm 42 · Mother’s Day Is Every Day, Thanks to Us · Dean Koontz · pm 44 · Cat Day · Dean Koontz · pm 46 · Memorial Day · Dean Koontz · pm 48 · Things That Can Spoil a Good Holiday · Dean Koontz · pm 50 · Father’s Day · Dean Koontz · pm 52 · The Eighteen Acceptable Excuses Not to Celebrate a Holiday · Dean Koontz · pm 54 · Toad Day · Dean Koontz · pm 57 · The Last Day of School, the Saddest Day of the Year · Dean Koontz · pm 58 · Graduation Day · Dean Koontz · pm 60 · The First Day of Summer · Dean Koontz · pm 61 · Me Day · Dean Koontz · pm 62 · Independence Day: Free to Be Ignorant Old Me · Dean Koontz · pm 64 · Dog Day · Dean Koontz · pm 66 · Friendship Day · Dean Koontz · pm 68 · Holidays on Other Planets · Dean Koontz · pm 73 · Labor Day · Dean Koontz · pm 74 · Grandfather’s Day · Dean Koontz · pm 76 · Grandma’s Day or Why One Day There Will Be Good Cookies on the Moon · Dean Koontz · pm 78 · The First Day of Autumn · Dean Koontz · pm 80 · Lost-Tooth Day · Dean Koontz · pm 82 · Rosh Hashanah · Dean Koontz · pm 84 · Troll Day, Whether You Like It or Not · Dean Koontz · pm 86 · Yom Kippur · Dean Koontz · pm 88 · Holiday Dinner · Dean Koontz · pm 89 · Columbus Day · Dean Koontz · pm 90 · How to Get to Sleep Before a Holiday · Dean Koontz · pm 91 · Mr. Halloween · Dean Koontz · pm 94 · What Should Go Into a Holiday Pie · Dean Koontz · pm 96 · Día de los Muertos · Dean Koontz · pm 98 · Praise-the-Chicken Day—or Else · Dean Koontz · pm 102 · Diwali by Golly · Dean Koontz · pm 104 · National Book Week: Why Paper Tigers Are the Preferred Breed · Dean Koontz · pm 106 · Holiday, Holinight · Dean Koontz · pm 108 · Thanksgiving Turkey Dressed in Hand-Me-Downs · Dean Koontz · pm 110 · The First Day of Winter · Dean Koontz · pm 113 · The Shortest Day of the Year · Dean Koontz · pm 114 · Christmas Eve · Dean Koontz · pm 117 · Christmas Day · Dean Koontz · pm 118 · Up-Is-Down Day · Dean Koontz · pm 124 · Kwanzaa · Dean Koontz · pm 127 · Not the Stuff of Holidays · Dean Koontz · pm

The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz (HarperCollins, October 2001, 0-06-029488-4, $17.95, 159pp, hc, co, cover by Phil Parks)     Young-adult poetry collection, illustrated by Phil Parks. 9 · If I Were a Potato · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 10 · A Skeleton’s Hotel · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 11 · The Wart · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 12 · When Good Manners Matter · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 13 · The Monstrous Broccoli Excuse · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 14 · Peg-Leg Zeg · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 16 · A Short Trip · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 17 · Silly · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 18 · The Paper Doorway · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 20 · All Families Are Not the Same · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 21 · My Words · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 22 · Auntie · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 24 · The Man with Four Eyes · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 25 · Dogs and Hogs · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 26 · What I Like · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 27 · Them and Us · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 29 · The Young Musician—Or Maybe Thug · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 30 · Handyman · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 31 · Mary Thinks She Wants a Puppy · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 34 · Safe Household Accidents · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 36 · Frankenbunny · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 39 · Those Weird Guys in Nursery Rhymes · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 41 · A Strange Day on the Farm · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 42 · Plurals · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 44 · Wishes · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 46 · Better Than Money · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 47 · Dinner with Jilly · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 48 · The Threat · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 50 · You Get the Pickle You Ask For · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 52 · The Prettiest Butterfly I Will Ever See · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 53 · I Don’t Share · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 54 · Dangerous Music · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 55 · A Bad Cat · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 56 · What Do We Do, What Do We Do? · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 58 · Baseball Is Safer · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 59 · A Beverage with Antlers · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 60 · The Cabbage Feels No Pain · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 63 · The Reliable Bunny · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 65 · Peace Through Hopping · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 66 · Do Trees Sneeze? · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 67 · The Seasons of a Toad · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 68 · Stars, Mars, and Chocolate Bars · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 70 · Rain · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 74 · Snowland · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 86 · Rumor · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 88 · Crime and Punishment · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 89 · Wally the Werewolf · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 92 · A Cure for Ugly · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 94 · Princess with a Tail · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 96 · Why I Find It So Hard to Learn · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 98 · The Shark in the Park · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 101 · At War with Wood · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 103 · Food Psychos · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 104 · Boogeyman · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 110 · Sick · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 111 · Head Number Two · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 112 · Rocks · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 114 · Red Hair · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 116 · Thinking About Me · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 118 · The Fearful Bee · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 120 · The Bear with One Green Ear · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 122 · Toast and Jam · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 123 · Balance · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 124 · Why Most People Prefer Cats and Dogs · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 126 · Fashion-Plate Fido · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 127 · Cats in Spats · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 129 · The Ages of a Toad · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 132 · Listen to the Wind · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 134 · The Pig with Pride · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 137 · Up · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 138 · An Angry Poem by a Dragon’s Mother · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 140 · An Accident at the Pole · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 142 · An Interesting Fact About Dogs · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 144 · Lucky Skunk · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 145 · So There · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 146 · Horse Thief · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 147 · A Long Day of Rhyming · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 148 · Insults · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 149 · Advice · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 150 · Being Me · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 152 · The Woggle Wrangler · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 154 · Why? · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 156 · Poem by My Dog · Dean Koontz · pm The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse by Dean Koontz, HarperCollins, 2001 158 · Index · [uncredited] · ix (r)

Soft Come the Dragons by Dean R. Koontz (Ace Double, November 1970, 13793, 75¢, 143pp, pb, co, cover by Jack Gaughan)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Dark of the Woods. 5 · Introduction · Dean R. Koontz · in 8 · Soft Come the Dragons · Dean R. Koontz · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1967 21 · A Third Hand · Dean R. Koontz · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1970 51 · A Darkness in My Soul · Dean R. Koontz · nv Fantastic January 1968 73 · The Twelfth Bed · Dean R. Koontz · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1968 85 · A Season for Freedom · Dean R. Koontz · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1969, as “Killerbot!” 98 · The Psychedelic Children · Dean R. Koontz · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1968 113 · Dragon in the Land · Dean R. Koontz · ss Venture Science Fiction August 1969 130 · To Behold the Sun · Dean R. Koontz · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1967

Strange Highways by Dean Koontz (Headline, April 27, 1995, 0-7472-1333-X, £16.99, 439pp, hc, co, cover by Lee Gibbons)     Collection of 12 reprinted fantasy, supernatural and SF stories (four of them revised), plus the never-before-published novel, Strange Highways. 1 · Strange Highways · Dean Koontz · n. 153 · The Black Pumpkin · Dean Koontz · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine December 1986 173 · Miss Attila the Hun · Dean Koontz · nv Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987 199 · Down in the Darkness · Dean Koontz · nv The Horror Show Summer 1986 225 · Ollie’s Hands · Dean Koontz · ss Infinity Four ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1972; revised. 243 · Snatcher · Dean Koontz · ss Night Cry Fall 1986 259 · Trapped · Dean Koontz · na Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 309 · Bruno [Jake Ash] · Dean Koontz · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1971; revised. 335 · We Three · Dean Koontz · ss Final Stage ed. Edward L. Ferman & Barry N. Malzberg, Charterhouse, 1974; revised. 343 · Hardshell · Dean Koontz · nv Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987 371 · Kittens · Dean Koontz · ss Readers and Writers 1966; revised. 377 · The Night of the Storm [The Night of the Storm] · Dean Koontz · nv Continuum 1 ed. Roger Elwood, Putnam, 1974; revised. 401 · Twilight of the Dawn · Dean Koontz · nv Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987 431 · Notes to the Reader · Dean Koontz · aw

Strange Highways (var. 1) by Dean Koontz (Warner, May 1995, 0-446-51974-X, $23.95, 561pp, hc, co)     Expanded from the UK edition (Headline 1995) with the addition of a revised version of Chase. 1 · Strange Highways · Dean Koontz · n. Strange Highways by Dean Koontz, Headline, 1995 156 · The Black Pumpkin · Dean Koontz · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine December 1986 175 · Miss Attila the Hun · Dean Koontz · nv Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987 204 · Down in the Darkness · Dean Koontz · nv The Horror Show Summer 1986 229 · Ollie’s Hands · Dean Koontz · ss Infinity Four ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1972; revised. 245 · Snatcher · Dean Koontz · ss Night Cry Fall 1986 261 · Trapped · Dean Koontz · na Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 311 · Bruno [Jake Ash] · Dean Koontz · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1971; revised. 338 · We Three · Dean Koontz · ss Final Stage ed. Edward L. Ferman & Barry N. Malzberg, Charterhouse, 1974; revised. 346 · Hardshell · Dean Koontz · nv Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987 373 · Kittens · Dean Koontz · ss Readers and Writers 1966; revised. 379 · The Night of the Storm [The Night of the Storm] · Dean Koontz · nv Continuum 1 ed. Roger Elwood, Putnam, 1974; revised. 402 · Twilight of the Dawn · Dean Koontz · nv Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987 432 · Chase · Dean Koontz · n. Random House, 1972, as by K. R. Dwyer; revised. 553 · Notes to the Reader · Dean Koontz · aw Strange Highways by Dean Koontz, Headline, 1995