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The Thorn Boy and Other Dreams of Dark Desire by Storm Constantine (Stark House, December 2002, 0-9667848-4-7, $19.95, 231pp, tp, oc, cover by Campbell Shepard) [Magravandias Chronicles]     Original collection of nine stories, four reprints, set in the world of the “Chronicles of Magravandias”. 6 · Introduction · Storm Constantine · in 8 · The Thorn Boy [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · na Eidolon Publications, 1999 73 · Spinning for Gold [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · nv 103 · The Nothing Child [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · ss 117 · Living with the Angel [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · nv 140 · The True Destiny of the Heir to Emiraldra [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · ss 158 · My Lady of the Hearth [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · ss Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism, 1998 173 · Night’s Damozel [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine & Eloise Coquio · nv Interzone #138, December 1998 194 · The Face of Sekt [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · nv Graven Images ed. Nancy Kilpatrick & Thomas S. Roche, Ace, 2000 214 · The Island of Desire [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · ss

Three Heralds of the Storm by Storm Constantine (Meisha Merlin Publishing, June 1997, 0-9658345-1-4, $5.00, 60pp, ph, co)     Chapbook collection of three stories, one original. 7 · Such a Nice Girl · Storm Constantine · nv 31 · Last Came Assimilation · Storm Constantine · nv Digital Dreams ed. David V. Barrett, NEL, 1990 49 · How Enlightenment Came to the Tower · Storm Constantine · ss Scheherazade #2, 1991 59 · Biography · [uncredited] · bg

When the Angels Came by Storm Constantine (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 1992, no ISBN, ph, nf) [Novacon Booklets]     Original short article issued in a limited edition of 350 numbered copies, to coincide with Constantine’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 22.

Dark in the Day ed. Storm Constantine & Paul Houghton (Immanion Press, September 9, 2016, 978-1-907737-74-9, £11.99, 314pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Storm Constantine · in 11 · The Wide Church of the Weird · Paul Houghton · ar 14 · For(uh)m · Lisa Mansell · pm 15 · The House of My Grandfather · Krishan Coupland · ss 2014 first published on the website of the Liars’ League 2014 event (where it had been read live) on June 20, 2014. 19 · The Strange Case of Quentin Wilde · Paul Houghton · ss 35 · Cup and Table · Tim Pratt · ss Twenty Epics ed. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, All-Star Stories, 2006 49 · Lift · Kate Moore · ss 53 · Listen · Louise Coquio · ss 65 · A Life in Plastic · Andrew Hook · ss Strange Tales V ed. Rosalie Parker, Tartarus Press, 2015 74 · A Woman Talks to Her Flesh As It Meets the Ground · Lisa Mansell · pm 75 · Metawife · Kerry Fender · ss 81 · The Hide · Liz Williams · ss Strange Horizons May 7 2007 93 · A New Womann · Jack Fabian · ss 101 · An End to Empire · Rosie Garland · ss 105 · The Secret Gallery · Storm Constantine · ss 115 · In Touch · Paula Wakefield · ss 124 · Carnivory · Lisa Mansell · pm 125 · Brian · Glynis Charlton · ss 129 · Post Partum · Siân Davies · ss 136 · Catafalque · Lisa Mansell · pm 137 · The Dummy · Nicholas Royle · ss The New Uncanny ed. Sarah Eyre & Ra Page, Comma, 2008 151 · The Piano Song · Ian Whates · ss Scenes from the Second Storey: International Edition ed. Mark S. Deniz & Sharon Ring, Morrigan Books, 2011 161 · Wallace · Danielle Collard · ss 175 · The Vigil · J. E. Bryant · ss 191 · The Beast and Beauty · Tanith Lee · ss 203 · Wicken Fen · Paul Finch · nv Terror Tales of East Anglia ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2012 225 · Crocodile and Erlking · Elizabeth Counihan · ss 237 · Perhaps Their Parents Were at Fault · Martina Bellovičová · ss 247 · Pyramid and Thisbe · Rhys Hughes · ss Beyond the Boundaries #9, Autumn 1996 255 · The Long Leather Boot · Elizabeth Davidson · ss 265 · The City in the Dusk · Matt Colborn · ss Interzone #165, March 2001 [Ref. John Christopher] 274 · Angels of Anarchy · Lisa Mansell · pm 275 · The Dark Land · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Darklands ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1991 297 · Around the Apple Tree · Jessica Gilling · ss

Paragenesis ed. Storm Constantine & Wendy Darling (Immanion Press, September 2010, 978-1-904853-73-2, £12.99, 366pp, tp, oa, cover by Ruby) [Wraeththu]     Original anthology of 13 stories, one a reprint, two previously published online, about the early years of the Constantine’s Wraeththu. The editors both provide stories, and afterwords about working on the Wraethu series. Introduction by Brad Carpenter. Afterwords by the editors discuss working on the series, and the inspirations for the Wraeththu. 7 · Introduction · Brad Carpenter · in 13 · Paragenesis [Crow] · Storm Constantine · ss The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams ed. J. O'Barr & Ed Kramer, Del Rey, 1998 31 · The First [Wraeththu] · Wendy Darling · ss 37 · A Sickle Blade [Wraeththu] · Christopher Coyle · ss 49 · The Dawn of Hope [Wraeththu] · Suzanne Gabriel · nv 77 · The Burned Boy [Wraeththu] · Gwyn Harper · na 141 · Building Immanion [Wraeththu] · Martina Luise Pachali · ss 155 · Specimen 16 [Wraeththu] · Andy Bigwood · nv 191 · You Can Never Go Back [Wraeththu] · Christopher Coyle · ss 199 · Conservation of Momentum [Wraeththu] · Fiona Lane · nv 233 · Song of the Sulh [Wraeththu] · Maria Leel · nv 265 · The Rune-Throwing [Wraeththu] · Kristi Lee · ss 283 · Something’s Coming [Wraeththu] · Wendy Darling · nv 313 · Pro Lucror [Wraeththu] · Storm Constantine · nv 347 · The Future of Our Dark, Delirious Imaginings [Wraeththu] · Wendy Darling · ar 351 · Early Wraeththu Inspirations [Wraeththu] · Storm Constantine · ar 360 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Complete Cases of the Dean, Volume 1 by Merle Constiner (Altus Press, November 10, 2016, 978-1-61827-275-1, $24.95, 301pp, tp, co) [Dean Wardlow Rock (The Dean)]     Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Strangler’s Kill [Dean Wardlow Rock (The Dean)] · Merle Constiner · nv Dime Detective Magazine August 1940 65 · You’re in My Way [Dean Wardlow Rock (The Dean)] · Merle Constiner · na Dime Detective Magazine December 1940 139 · One Corpse Too Many [Dean Wardlow Rock (The Dean)] · Merle Constiner · na Dime Detective Magazine March 1941 217 · The Puzzle of the Terrified Dummy [Dean Wardlow Rock (The Dean)] · Merle Constiner · na Dime Detective Magazine August 1941

The Hound with the Golden Eye by Merle Constiner (Black Mask, August 1, 2023, 978-1-61827-734-3, $29.95, 348pp, tp, co, cover by Rafael De Soto) [Luther McGavock]     Volume two in “The Complete Black Mask Cases of Luther McGavock”. Details taken from publisher website. · Kill One, Skip One [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask November 1943 · The Hound with the Golden Eye [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask May 1944 · Killer Stay ’Way from My Door [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask November 1944 · Until the Undertaker Comes [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask March 1945

Let the Dead Alone: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Luther McGavock by Merle Constiner (Black Mask, July 3, 2020, 978-1-61827-473-1, $24.95, 363pp, tp, co, cover by Rafael De Soto) [Luther McGavock]     Details taken from Table of Contents. i · Introduction · Evan Lewis · in 3 · Let the Dead Alone [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask July 1942 83 · Let’s Count Corpses [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask September 1942 169 · Why Meddle with Murder? [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask January 1943 257 · The Turkey Buzzard Blues [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask July 1943

The Supernatural Index: A Listing of Fantasy, Supernatural, Occult, Weird, and Horror Anthologies by William G. Contento & Mike Ashley--- see under Mike Ashley.

Bound Together, Vol. I by Hugh Conway (Remington & Co., 1884, 268pp, hc, co) 1 · The Secret of the Stradivarius · Hugh Conway · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine December 1881 44 · Fleurette · Hugh Conway · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine April 1883 83 · A Cabinet Secret · Hugh Conway · nv All the Year Round December 9 1882 113 · The Bandsman’s Story · Hugh Conway · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine April 1882 157 · The Blatchford Bequest · Hugh Conway · na Chambers’s Journal November 3 1883 (+3) 231 · My First Client · Hugh Conway · ss Bristol Times and Mirror December 1883; subtitled “A Solicitor’s Tale”.

Bound Together, Vol. II by Hugh Conway (Remington & Co., 1884, 271pp, hc, co) 1 · Our Last Walk · Hugh Conway · nv; subtitled “A Mystery”. 45 · Miss Rivers’s Revenge · Hugh Conway · na Chambers’s Journal December 1 1883 (+2) 99 · The Daughter of the Stars · Hugh Conway · na Arrowsmith’s Annual Christmas 1881; subtitled “A Psychological Romance”. 149 · In One Short Year · Hugh Conway · nv 198 · The Truth of It · Hugh Conway · nv; subtitled “A Solicitor’s Tale”. 246 · A Speculative Spirit · Hugh Conway · ss All the Year Round June 3 1882

Ten Plagues: A Collection of Deadly Stories ed. Justin Conwell & Ian Donnell Arbuckle--- see under Ian Donnell Arbuckle.

Cthulhu Australis #1 by David Conyers (Rainfall Books, January 2007, #029, £7.00, 50pp, ph, co, cover: Foreboding by Steven C. Gilberts) · From the Sick Trees · David Conyers · ss · Five Sisters · David Conyers · ss · Solvent Hunger · David Conyers · ss Book of Dark Wisdom #5, Winter 2005

Cthulhu Australis Vol 2 by David Conyers (Rainfall Books, October 2007, #046, £7.00, ph, co, cover by Bret Jordan) · A Shared Romance · David Conyers · ss Dreaming in R’lyeh #2, 2004 · Vanishing Curves · David Conyers · ss Book of Dark Wisdom #3, Spring 2004 · The Swelling · David Conyers · ss

The Spiraling Worm by David Conyers & John Sunseri (Chaosium, July 2007, 1-56882-212-X, $14.95, 313pp, tp, oc, cover by David Lee Ingersoll)     Collection of seven Lovecraftian horror stories, two reprints and one revised; four are by Conyers, two by Sunseri, and one a collaboration. 5 · Introduction · C. J. Henderson · in 8 · Made of Meat · David Conyers · ss Temple of Dagon 2005 revised. 27 · To What Green Altar · John Sunseri · nv 67 · Impossible Object [Harrison Peel] · David Conyers · ss Dreaming in R’lyeh #3, 2005 87 · False Containment · David Conyers · nv Horrors Beyond: Tales of Terrifying Realities ed. William Jones, Elder Signs Press, 2005 120 · Resurgence · John Sunseri · nv 163 · Weapon Grade · David Conyers · na 206 · The Spiraling Worm · David Conyers & John Sunseri · na 309 · After Word · The Authors · aw 315 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Cthulhu’s Dark Cults ed. David Conyers (Chaosium, February 2011, 978-1-56882-235-8, $14.95, ix+239pp, tp, oa) [Cthulhu]     Original anthology of ten Lovecraftian stories (one a reprint) of dark and secretive orders. Conyers discusses how Lovecraft’s Mythos spawned the popularity of cults in the Call of Cthulhu game. vii · Introduction · David Conyers · in 1 · The Eternal Chinaman [Cthulhu] · John Sunseri · nv 31 · Captains of Industry [Cthulhu] · John Goodrich · nv 57 · Perfect Skin [Cthulhu] · David Witteveen · ss 71 · Covenant of Darkness [Cthulhu] · William Jones · ss Horror Carousel #3, Spring 2005 84 · The Whisper of Ancient Secrets [Cthulhu] · Penelope Love · ss 103 · Old Ghost [Cthulhu] · Peter A. Worthy · ss 122 · The Nature of Faith [Cthulhu] · Oscar Rios · nv 153 · The Devil’s Diamonds [Cthulhu] · Cody Goodfellow · nv 174 · Requiem for the Burning God [Cthulhu] · Shane Jiraiya Cummings · nv 215 · Sisters of the Sand [Cthulhu] · David Conyers · nv 237 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Extreme Planets ed. David Conyers, David Kernot & Jeff Harris (Chaosium, January 2014, 978-1-56882-393-5, $18.95, 356pp, tp, oa, cover by Paul Drummond)     Details taken from online listing. 6 · Introduction · David Brin · in 9 · Banner of the Angels · David Brin & Gregory Benford · ex from Heart of the Comet, Bantam Spectra, March 1986 19 · Brood · Stephen Gaskell · nv 46 · Haumea · David Nordley · nv 74 · A Perfect Day off the Farm · Patty Jansen · ss 88 · Daybreak · Jeff Hecht · ss 99 · Giants [Sunflower Cycle] · Peter Watts · nv 121 · Maelstrom · Kevin Ikenberry · ss 134 · Murder on Centauri · Robert J. Mendenhall · nv 180 · The Flight of the Salamander · David Smith & Violet Addison · ss; given as “Murder on Centauri” on some of the page headers. 199 · Petrochemical Skies · David Conyers & David Kernot · nv 230 · The Hyphal Layer · Meryl Ferguson · nv 253 · Colloidal Suspension · Geoff Nelder · nv 271 · Super-Earth Mother · Guy Immega · nv 299 · Lightime · Jay Caselberg · ss 311 · The Seventh Generation · Brian Stableford · nv

Piercing the Darkness: A Charity Anthology for the Children’s Literacy Initiative ed. Craig Cook (Necro Publications, February 2014, 978-1-939065-56-8, $15.95, 420pp, tp, oa, cover by Daniela Owergoor)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Craig Cook · in 11 · King of Shadows [God of the Razor] · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Joe R. Lansdale’s Lords of the Razor ed. Bill Sheehan & William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2006 43 · Quiet Bullets · Christopher Golden · ss Son of Retro Pulp Tales ed. Joe R. & Keith Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2009 63 · Haven · Kealan Patrick Burke · ss Ravenous Ghosts by Kealan Patrick Burke, 3f Publications, 2003 77 · Brave Girl · Jack Ketchum · ss Right to Life by Jack Ketchum, Gauntlet Press, 2002 87 · Dealing with Mama Lila · Sandy DeLuca · ss 99 · Husband of Kellie · T. T. Zuma · ss 103 · Obedient Flies · Greg F. Gifune · ss Down to Sleep by Greg F. Gifune, Goddess of the Bay Publications, 1999 119 · Exit Strategy · Tim Waggoner · ss 123 · Abattoir Blues · James A. Moore · ss 143 · Cannonball Lycanthrope · Janet Joyce Holden · ss 153 · Throwing Monsters · Jonathan Janz · nv 175 · The Fierce Stabbing and Subsequent Post-Death Vengeance of Scooter Brown · Jeff Strand · ss 183 · The House in Cyrus Holler [Will Castleton] · David Bain · nv 217 · Cooked · Jonathan Maberry · ss originally appeared in the 2012 audio collection Tales from the Fire Zone. 231 · Miz Ruthie Pays Her Respects · Lucy Snyder · ss Dark Faith ed. Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon, Apex Publications, 2010 239 · Letting Go · Mary SanGiovanni · ss 255 · The Viking Plays Patty Cake · Brian Keene · ss The Rising: Selected Scenes from the End of the World by Brian Keene, Delirium Books, 2008 261 · Shadow Chaser · Simon Wood · ss Book of Dark Wisdom #7, Fall 2005 273 · The Folly · Robert Dunbar · ss Martyrs & Monsters by Robert Dunbar, DarkHart Press, 2009 293 · Spider Goes to Market · Gerard Houarner · ss Tales of the Unanticipated #18, 1997 303 · Pest Control · C. Dennis Moore · nv 325 · I’m So Sorry for Your Loss · Ronald Malfi · ss 331 · Timothy Meek · Gord Rollo · ss 349 · Traps · F. Paul Wilson · ss Night Cry Summer 1987 359 · Searching · Monica O’Rourke · ss 363 · Fire · Elizabeth Massie · ss Darkness on the Edge ed. Harrison Howe, PS Publishing, 2010 377 · Dance of the Blue Lady · Gene O’Neill · ss Cemetery Dance #53, 2005 389 · Dinosaur Day [Cedar Hill] · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss The Fear Within ed. A. Nicole Thomas & Elizabeth Peake, 3F Publications, 2003