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The Supernatural Reader ed. Lucy & Groff Conklin--- see under Groff Conklin.

The Supernatural Reader (var. 1) ed. Lucy & Groff Conklin--- see under Groff Conklin.

Thundershowers at Dusk: Gothic Stories by Christopher Conlon (Rock Village Publishing, March 2006, 0-9766356-5-8, $16.00, 113pp, tp, co)     Collection of five stories, two original, of both supernatural and psychological horror. 3 · Awaiting the Swimmer: An Introduction from the Safety of the Shore · Gary A. Braunbeck · in 9 · Thundershowers at Dusk · Christopher Conlon · nv (r) 47 · Ghost in Autumn · Christopher Conlon · ss Masques V ed. J. N. Williamson & Gary A. Braunbeck, Gauntlet Press, 2006 61 · Darkness, and She Was Alone · Christopher Conlon & Edgar Allan Poe · ss Poe’s Lighthouse ed. Christopher Conlon, Cemetery Dance, 2006 71 · Bathing the Bones · Christopher Conlon · ss (r) 79 · The Unfinished Music · Christopher Conlon · ss 2003

Filet of Sohl by Jerry Sohl ed. Christopher Conlon--- see under Jerry Sohl.

He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson ed. Christopher Conlon (Gauntlet Press, February 2009, 978-1-887368-10-0, $60.00, 525pp, hc, oa) 11 · Matheson the Master · Ramsey Campbell · fw 15 · Throttle · Joe Hill & Stephen King · nv; a tale inspired by “Duel”. 55 · Recalled · F. Paul Wilson · nv; a sequel to “The Distributor”. 83 · I Am Legend, Too · Mick Garris · ss; a prequel to I Am Legend. 97 · Two Shots from Fly’s Photo Gallery · John Shirley · nv; a sequel to Somewhere in Time. 127 · The Diary of Louise Carey · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss; a variation on The Shrinking Man. 143 · She Screech Like Me · Michael A. Arnzen · ss; a sequel to “Born of Man and Woman”. 151 · Everything of Beauty Taken from You in This Life Remains Forever · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss; a sequel to “Button, Button”. 159 · The Case of Peggy Ann Lister · John Maclay · ss; a sequel to Someone is Bleeding. 169 · Zachry Revisited · William F. Nolan · ss; a sequel to “The Childres of Noah”. 183 · Comeback · Ed Gorman · ss; a tale inspired by “The Finishing Touches”. 199 · An Island Unto Himself · Barry Hoffman · ss; a variation on “Disappearing Act”. 219 · Venturi · Richard Christian Matheson · ss; a tale inspired by “Legion of Plotters”. 227 · Quarry · Joe R. Lansdale · ss; a sequel to “Prey”. 249 · Return to Hell House · Nancy Collins · na; a prequel to Hell House. 315 · Cloud Rider · Whitley Strieber · nv; a tale inspired by Collected Stories. 369 · Conjure Wife · Richard Matheson & Charles Beaumont · pl; screenplay.

Poe’s Lighthouse: All New Collaborations with Edgar Allan Poe ed. Christopher Conlon (Cemetery Dance Publications, February 2006, 1-58767-128-X, $40.00, 326pp, hc, oa, cover by Alan M. Clark)     This special edition is limited to 1,000 copies. Various authors were given the task to take a little-known, unfinished story fragment written by Edgar Allan Poe near the end of his life and finish it, using Poe’s language, images, and ideas. The version of the fragment used for these stories was compiled by Thomas O. Mabbott and originally published in Notes and Queries (April 25, 1942). Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Christopher Conlon · in 15 · Blind Eye · John Shirley & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 31 · The Riches There That Lie: A Midnight Louie Past Life Adventure [Midnight Louie] · Carole Nelson Douglas & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 49 · The Watcher at the Window · Mort Castle & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 65 · A Literary Forgery · George Clayton Johnson & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 71 · So This Guy Walks Into a Lighthouse— · Kage Baker & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 87 · Deep Into the Darkness Peering · Elizabeth Engstrom & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 97 · A Passion for Solitude · Earl Hamner & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 103 · A Muse with Burning Eyes · B. D. Faw, Mike Resnick & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 113 · The Seventh Day · Hilary Tham & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 125 · There Is a Light That Never Goes Out · Nick Mamatas & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 141 · Last Writes · Scott Nicholson & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 155 · The Flames Beneath the Light · Tim Lebbon & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 171 · Fourth Avenue Interlude · Richard A. Lupoff & Edgar Allan Poe · ss written by Lupoff based on an unfinished fragment (“The Lighthouse”) by Poe. 189 · The Dead Lantern · Michael A. Arnzen & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 201 · Fisherman’s Delight · Gary A. Braunbeck & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 219 · Darkness, and She Was Alone · Christopher Conlon & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 229 · Salamander Scrimshander · Edward Lodi & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 239 · I’ve Been Waiting for You · Barry Hoffman & Edgar Allan Poe · nv 261 · Inside the Iron Maiden · Steve Schlich & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 277 · MS Found in a Minidrive · Rudy Rucker & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 287 · The Tragic Narrative of Arthur Bedford Addison · William F. Nolan & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 299 · The Days of Other Light · Paul Di Filippo & Edgar Allan Poe · ss 315 · A New Interpretation of the Liggerzun Text · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro & Edgar Allan Poe · ss

A Sea of Alone: Poems for Alfred Hitchcock ed. Christopher Conlon (Dark Scribe Press, July 1, 2011, 978-0-981-86323-8, $14.00, 107pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Christopher Conlon · in · Sestina for Alfred Hitchcock · Sydney Duncan · pm · Devolution · Michael Louis Calvillo · pm · Hitchcock’s Circles · Lyn Lifshin · pm · Bird’s Eye View · S. D. Hintz · pm · Leytonstone Lad · Steve Vernon · pm · Far from the Pleasure Garden · Elissa Malcohn · pm · The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog · Deborah-Anne Tunney · pm · 39 · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm · 39 Regrets · Maria Alexander · pm · The Thirty-Nine Steps · Kurt Newton · pm · Shadow of a Doubt: Charles Oakley’s Speech · Miles David Moore · pm · Spellbound at Smith College · Anne Harding Woodworth · pm · Alfred · G. O. Clark · pm · Alma · Lyn Lifshin · pm · Rope Tricks · Craig D. B. Patton · pm · Vertigo · Deborah-Anne Tunney · pm · Double Feature at the Pecos Drive-In · Kathi Stafford · pm · The Wrong Man · Martel Sardina · pm · Recreation · Lucy A. Snyder · pm · crop-duster · Andrew J. Wilson · pm · The Lies of Janet Leigh · Norman Prentiss · pm · Mother you can watch · John Palisano · pm · 24 Hour Psycho · Bev Vincent · pm · At the Cosmic Saloon · Richard A. Lupoff · pm · Fly on the Wall · Kurt Newton · pm · Marnie Checks In · Michael A. Arnzen · pm · Think of a Woman Terrified by Birds, Caged · Lyn Lifshin · pm · The Birds’ Lullaby · Marge Simon · pm · Bodega Bay, 2004 · Lisa Morton · pm · Cross double Cross · Frances Boyle · pm · Triskaidekaphobia · Gary A. Braunbeck · pm · Near Window · James Wilson · pm · Bel Air, 1980 · Deborah-Anne Tunney · pm · Alma and Alfred · Deborah-Anne Tunney · pm · Mary Rose · Brian James Freeman · pm · Hitch Writes to Tippi from the Grave · Lyn Lifshin · pm · Acceptance Speech · Rich Ristow · pm · A Sea of Alone · Raychelle Swann · pm

The Viridian Book of Occult Fiction ed. Brendan Connell (Snuggly Books, April 2024, 978-1-64525-141-5, $24.00, 361pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 22 stories from 1824-1917 showcasing the American occult revival. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · Introduction · Brendan Connell · in 19 · The Adventure of the German Student · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 26 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 45 · The Dream of the Damned · George Lippard · ss The Citizen Soldier 1843 54 · The Eventful Nights of August 20th and 21st · F. C. Ewer · nv The Pioneer September 1854 (+1) 90 · The Lost Room · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1858, uncredited. 111 · Lara, an Experience · Paschal Beverly Randolph · ss The Hesperian November 1861 119 · The Life-Magnet · Alvey A. Adee · ss Putnam’s Magazine August 1870 142 · An Inhabitant of Carcosa · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Newsletter December 25 1886 147 · Among the Dead · James H. Connelly · ss The Path December 1888 152 · The Serpent’s Blood · W. Q. Judge · ss The Path January 1889, as by Bryan Kinnavan 157 · The Sentient Dagger · Julia Campbell Ver Planck · ss The Path September 1890 165 · Xartella · Florence Carpenter Dieudonné · nv 1891 180 · Death—Life · Will L. Garver · ex from Brother of the Third Degree, Borden Publishing Company, 1894 198 · A Monster’s Birth in Spirit · Freeman B. Dowd · ex from The Double Man, Arena Publishing Company, 1895 211 · My Ancient Cat Theosophuz · W. P. Phelon · ss The Hermetist July 1897 (+1) 227 · Within the Temple of Isis · Belle M. Wagner · na 1899 283 · As a Man Thinketh · Marie Saltus · ss The Arena July 1902 294 · The Alchemist’s Wine · Samuel S. Neu · ss The Word October 1906 299 · Sherau, the Paraschites · Justin Sterns · ss The Word November 1908 309 · A Dream of Roses · Blanche Cromartie · vi Rays from the Rose Cross November 1915 311 · Shadows · Alma Newton · ss Shadows by Alma Newton, John Lane, 1921 315 · The Last Hours of a Spy · Max Heindel · ss Rays from the Rose Cross November 1917 329 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Zaffre Book of Occult Fiction ed. Brendan Connell (Snuggly Books, March 2023, 978-1-64525-115-6, $24.00, 361pp, tp, an, cover: Staande vrouw met lamp by Mathieu Lauweriks from 1895)     Anthology of 21 stories from 1908-1937 showcasing the occult revival of the British Isles. Third in a series. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · Editorial Note · Brendan Connell · in 11 · Rosa Alchemica · W. B. Yeats · ss The Savoy #2, April 1896 33 · The Perfume of Egypt · C. W. Leadbeater · nv The Perfume of Egypt and Other Weird Stories by C. W. Leadbeater, The Theosophist Office, 1911 62 · The Confession of Charles Linkworth · E. F. Benson · ss The Cavalier and the Scrap Book January 13 1912 81 · A Legend of Life · William T. Horton · ss The Occult Review December 1912 85 · The Ghost-Friend · Jack Edwards · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #190, December 21 1912 104 · The Wings of Horus · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Century Magazine November 1914 129 · The Swaying Vision · Jessie Douglas Kerruish · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #298, January 16 1915 148 · The Paper Man (A Dream) · Neville Meakin · ss The Occult Review September 1915 159 · When I Was Dead · Prince Immanuel of Jerusalem · nv When I Was Dead by Prince Immanuel of Jerusalem, 1918 186 · The Man Who Killed God · Ralph Shirley · ss The Occult Review February 1920 192 · The Moon-Gazer · D. N. J. · ss The Cambridge Review June 9 1920 209 · The Unfinished Prayer-Mat (A Phantasy) · Ethel Archer · ss The Occult Review September 1921 213 · Mr. Oliver Carmichael · Amyas Northcote · ss In Ghostly Company by Amyas Northcote, The Bodley Head, 1921 233 · Blood Lust [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine May 1922 253 · The Token · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1922 267 · Bach’s Fugue in D-Minor · Kenneth Morris · vi The Theosophical Path February 1929 270 · Hell [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv The Openers of the Gate by L. Adams Beck, Cosmopolitan, 1930 297 · Cat Souls. A Recognition · Tom Leon · ss The Seer May 1931 300 · Et in Sempiternum Pereant · Charles Williams · ss The London Mercury December 1935 313 · The Grimoire · Montague Summers · nv The Grimoire and Other Supernatural Stories ed. Montague Summers, Fortune Press, 1936 338 · Mappa Mundi · Mary Butts · ss Last Stories by Mary Butts, Brendin Publishing Company, 1938 355 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Zinzolin Book of Occult Fiction ed. Brendan Connell (Snuggly Books, June 2022, 978-1-64525-098-2, $22.00, 328pp, tp, an, cover: Twee figuren met eencirkel met ringen by Mathieu Lauweriks from 1895)     Anthology of 22 stories from 1888-1911 showcasing the occult revival of the British Isles. First in a series. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · Introduction · Brendan Connell · in 13 · The Enchanted Woman · Anna Kingsford · ss Dreams and Dream Stories by Anna Kingsford, 1888 18 · Karmic Visions · H. P. Blavatsky · nv Lucifer June 15 1888 37 · Was He Mad? · Charles E. Benham · nv Lucifer November 15 1888 (+1) 55 · Zarina! (A Vision) · Helen Fagg · ss Lucifer March 15 1888 62 · In the Séance Room · Lettice Galbraith · nv New Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith, Ward Lock, 1893 81 · The Last Quest · William Sharp · ss Vistas by William Sharp, Moray Press, 1894 86 · The Story of a Star · A. E. · ss The Irish Theosophist August 15 1894 91 · Aut Diabolus Aut Nihil · X. L. · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine October 1888; subtitled “The True Story of a Hallucination”. 133 · The Novel of the White Powder [Mr. Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895 153 · Xélucha · M. P. Shiel · ss Shapes in the Fire by M. P. Shiel, John Lane, 1896 165 · The Face of the Monk · Robert Hichens · nv Bye-Ways by Robert S. Hichens, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897 183 · The Stolen Body · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine November 1898 202 · Transmigration · Dora Sigerson Shorter · ss The Father Confessor by Dora Sigerson Shorter, Ward Lock, 1900 218 · Playing with Fire · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900 234 · Only a Dream · H. Rider Haggard · ss Harry Furniss’s Christmas Annual 1905, as “A Wedding Gift” 242 · A Dialogue of Vision · Florence Farr · ss The Theosophical Review September 1906 251 · A Weird Experience · Zuresta · ss The Occult Review August 1908 256 · How Something Came from Somewhere · Evelyn Underhill · ex from The Column of Dust, Methuen, 1909 266 · The Soul-Hunter · Aleister Crowley · ss The Equinox March 1910 274 · The Three Worms · Edward Storer · nv The Equinox September 1910 308 · The Middle Age · G. M. Irvine · ss In the Valley of Vision by G. M. Irvine, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1911 321 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg