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Narrow Houses: Volume I ed. Peter Crowther (Little, Brown UK, December 10, 1992, 0-316-90395-7, £15.99, 460pp, hc, oa, cover by J. K. Potter)     Anthology of 29 original horror stories on the subject of superstition, including pieces by Stephen Gallagher, Robert Holdstock and Ramsey Campbell. xi · Foreword · Peter Crowther · fw xiii · Introduction · Douglas E. Winter · in 1 · Beware Those Beasts Who Now and Then Disguise Themselves as Mortal Men · Ray Bradbury · pm 5 · The Sluice · Stephen Gallagher · ss 25 · The Needle-Men · Nancy A. Collins · ss 41 · The Outside Man · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 53 · The Silvering · Robert Holdstock · nv 79 · The Swing of the Knife · Chet Williamson · ss 89 · The Scent of Elder Flowers · Pauline E. Dungate · ss 103 · A Prick of Thorn · Rex Miller · ss 121 · Glory · Nicholas Royle · ss 135 · Long Time Till Morning Comes · Ed Gorman · ss 147 · The Tale of Peg and the Brain · Ian Watson · ss 165 · Naming Names · Pat Cadigan · nv 201 · Bird in the House · Rick Hautala · ss 211 · Bleeding Dry · Stephen Laws · nv 243 · Three on a Match · Kim Newman · ss 253 · Cemetery Dance · Richard T. Chizmar · ss 259 · The Dead Must Die · Ramsey Campbell · nv 281 · From a Narrow House · William F. Nolan · ss 291 · Upon the Gallows-Tree · Brian M. Stableford · ss 307 · Breaking the Rules · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 319 · Down to the Sea · Nancy Holder · ss 333 · Breaking the Chain · Peter James · ss 341 · Stone Magic [Cross] · Andrew Vachss · ss 349 · Evil Eye · Christopher Fowler · ss 365 · Learning to Leave · Jonathan Carroll · ss 373 · The Landlady’s Dog · James Lovegrove · ss 393 · The Luncheonette of Lost Dreams [Desolation Road] · Ian McDonald · nv 417 · From the Night Wind Comes · David B. Silva · nv 439 · The Girl of My Dreams · J. N. Williamson · nv

The New and Perfect Man ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers--- see under The New and Perfect Man ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2011.

Tales in Space ed. Peter Crowther (White Wolf, April 1998, 1-56504-867-9, $12.99, 318pp, tp, an, cover by Kathleen Ryan)     SF anthology of 15 stories set in space. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Brian W. Aldiss, Paul J. McAuley, and John Varley. 9 · Introduction · Peter Crowther · in 19 · Walking on the Moon [Near Space] · Allen Steele · ss Rude Astronauts by Allen Steele, Legend, 1993 33 · The Message from Mars · J. G. Ballard · ss Interzone #58, April 1992 47 · Nine Lives · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Playboy November 1969 77 · Visits to Remarkable Cities · Ian McDonald · ss Empire Dreams by Ian McDonald, Bantam Spectra, 1988 97 · The Dark Soul of the Night · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Ides of Tomorrow ed. Terry Carr, Little Brown, 1976 107 · The Man Who Hated Gravity · Ben Bova · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact July 1989 123 · Recording Angel · Paul J. McAuley · nv New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin Greenberg, Legend, 1995 157 · Pictures Don’t Lie · Katherine MacLean · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951 179 · The Odor of Cocktail Cigarettes · Ian Watson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1991 197 · The Bone Flute · Lisa Tuttle · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1981 217 · Dream Done Green · Alan Dean Foster · ss Fellowship of the Stars ed. Terry Carr, Simon & Schuster, 1974 237 · The Graveyard Cross · Robert Holdstock · ss Supernova 1, Faber and Faber, 1976 257 · Kaleidoscope · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949 269 · Picnic on Nearside [Eight Worlds] · John Varley · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1974 297 · Schwartz Between the Galaxies · Robert Silverberg · nv Stellar #1 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1974

Tales in Time ed. Peter Crowther (White Wolf, April 1997, 1-56504-989-6, $12.99, 284pp, tp, an)     SF anthology of 13 stories of time travel. Authors include Ian Watson, Jack Finney, H.G. Wells, and Harlan Ellison. Introduction by John Clute. 7 · Foreword · Peter Crowther · fw 11 · Time and the Human Condition · John Clute · in 17 · The Very Slow Time Machine · Ian Watson · nv Anticipations ed. Christopher Priest, Faber & Faber, 1978 41 · The Love Letter · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 1 1959 57 · On the Watchtower at Plataea · Garry Kilworth · nv Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1988 79 · The Twonky · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore) · nv Astounding Science-Fiction September 1942 105 · The New Accelerator · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1901 121 · Man in His Time · Brian W. Aldiss · nv Science Fantasy #71, April 1965 151 · “—and Subsequent Construction” · Spider Robinson · ss 1995 167 · Timeskip [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss Post Mortem ed. Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva, St. Martin's, 1989 185 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952 201 · What We Learned from This Morning’s Newspaper · Robert Silverberg · ss Infinity Four ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1972 221 · Jeffty Is Five · Harlan Ellison · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1977 245 · The Isolinguals · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Stories September 1937 267 · The Man Who Walked Home · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories May 1972

Taps and Sighs ed. Peter Crowther (Subterranean Press, August 2000, 1-892284-74-X, $50.00, 253pp, hc, oa, cover by J. K. Potter)     Limited edition of 500 copies, signed by all contributors except Winter and Matheson. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Of Taps and Sighs · Douglas E. Winter · in 13 · City of Dreams · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Dystopia: Collected Stories by Richard Christian Matheson, Gauntlet, 2000 23 · Charms · Michael Marshall Smith · ss AbeSea 1997 33 · The Glove · Ken Wisman · ss 43 · The Prisoner’s Tale · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss 59 · All You Inherit · Brian Stableford · ss 77 · Ghosts · Ed Gorman · ss 85 · Return Journey · Ramsey Campbell · ss 95 · The Words That Remain [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss 105 · Candia · Graham Joyce · ss 117 · Nailed · Poppy Z. Brite · ss 127 · Circling the Drain · Peter Crowther & Tracy Knight · ss 145 · Spirits of the Age · Graham Masterton · ss 161 · White Noise · Ian McDonald · ss 175 · Coming Home · Mark Morris · ss 183 · His Very Own Spatchen · Terry Lamsley · ss 199 · The Homeless Couple · Ray Garton · nv 223 · The Walking Sticks · Gene Wolfe · ss 235 · The Insolence of Candles Against the Light’s Dying · Chaz Brenchley · ss 253 · Afterword · Richard Matheson · aw

This is the Summer of Love ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers--- see under Postscripts #18, Spring 2009.

Tombs ed. Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer--- see under Edward E. Kramer.

Touch Wood ed. Peter Crowther (Little, Brown UK, December 9, 1993, 0-316-90732-4, £15.99, 372pp, hc, oa, cover by Jeff Potter)     Original horror anthology, subtitled “Narrow Houses: Volume Two”. vii · Foreword · Peter Crowther · fw ix · Introduction · Ramsey Campbell · in 1 · Touch Wood · t. Winter-Damon · pm 4 · Holding Hands · Charles L. Grant · ss 13 · Lodgings · Colin Greenland · ss 28 · Breath · Adam Corbin Fusco · ss 43 · Heart Flesh · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 62 · The Ten O’Clock Horses · Paul Lewis · ss 77 · Funny Weather · Steve Lockley · ss 90 · For Love of Mother · Yvonne Navarro · ss 98 · Eight Limbs · John Brunner · nv 122 · Little Lessons in Gardening · Karl Edward Wagner · ss 136 · His Own Petard · Spider Robinson · ss 144 · SPOIL · Stan Nicholls · nv 166 · Dead Man’s Shoes [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss 186 · The Coffin Trimmer · Bill Pronzini · ss 195 · Steps · Stella Hargreaves · ss 210 · The Owner · Michael Marshall Smith · nv 241 · The Woods Be Dark · Bentley Little · ss 252 · Traffic · Simon Ings · ss 262 · The Mouse · Neil Gaiman · ss 272 · The Ghost and the Soldier · William Relling, Jr. · ss 290 · Oracle Bones · Garry Kilworth · ss 299 · Borderlands · Christopher Evans · nv 326 · The Wager · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss 344 · Mysteries of the Word: A Dark Fable · Stanley Wiater · nv 371 · Splints · D. F. Lewis · ss

Unfit for Eden ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers--- see under Unfit for Eden ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2012.

We Think, Therefore We Are ed. Peter Crowther (DAW, January 2009, 978-0-7564-0533-5, $7.99, 311pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 15 stories about artificial intelligences. Authors include Stephen Baxter, Brian Stableford, James Lovegrove, and Chris Roberson. Introduction by Paul McAuley. This is copyrighted by Crowther and Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books. 1 · Introduction · Paul McAuley · in 7 · Tempest 43 · Stephen Baxter · nv 30 · The Highway Code · Brian Stableford · nv 53 · Salvage Rights [Salvageman Ed] · Eric Brown · ss 72 · The Kamikaze Code · James Lovegrove · ss 88 · Adam Robots · Adam Roberts · ss 102 · Seeds · Tony Ballantyne · nv 125 · Lost Places of the Earth [Silurian Tales] · Steven Utley · ss 135 · The Chinese Room · Marly Youmans · ss 151 · Three Princesses · Robert Reed · ss 169 · The New Cyberiad · Paul Di Filippo · nv 196 · That Laugh · Patrick O’Leary · ss 210 · Alles in Ordnung · Garry Kilworth · ss 217 · Sweats · Keith Brooke · nv 250 · Some Fast Thinking Needed · Ian Watson · ss 266 · Dragon King of the Eastern Sea · Chris Roberson · nv 306 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

foursight ed. Peter Crowther (Gollancz, March 23, 2000, 0-575-06870-1, £16.99, viii+216pp, hc, an, cover by Crush)     Dark fantasy/SF collection of four novellas by Graham Joyce, James Lovegrove, Michael Marshall Smith, and Kim Newman. Each of the stories was previously only available as a limited edition of 52 hardbacks and 500 paperbacks in 1999. The Kim Newman story was broadcast online in the same year. v · The Long and the Short of It · Peter Crowther · in 1 · Leningrad Nights · Graham Joyce · na PS Publishing, 1999 47 · Andy Warhol’s Dracula [Anno Dracula] · Kim Newman · na Event Horizon June 15 1999 97 · How the Other Half Lives · James Lovegrove · na PS Publishing, 1999 165 · The Vaccinator · Michael Marshall Smith · na PS Publishing, 1999

The Haunted House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales ed. Vic Crume & Gladys Schwarcz (Scholastic, October 1970, TX1786, 50¢, 80pp, tp, an) 7 · Old Cornish Litany · [uncredited] · pm (r) 8 · The Haunted House · Vic Crume · pm (r) 10 · A Skeleton Once in Khartoum · [uncredited] · pm (r) 10 · In Memory of Anna Hopewell · [uncredited] · pm (r) 11 · The Devil’s Pocket · George Mendoza · ss The Crack in the Wall & Other Terribly Weird Tales by George Mendoza, Dial, 1968 17 · The Old Wife and the Ghost · James Reeves · pm Blackbird in the Lilac by James Reeves, Oxford University Press, 1952 19 · Mother Goose · Irene Sekula · pm Fantastic Story Magazine Spring 1954 19 · The Superstitious Ghost · Arthur Guitterman · pm (r) 21 · The Flattered Flying Fish (The Shark and the Flying Fish) · E. V. Rieu · pm (r) 23 · Ruth and Johnnie · [uncredited] · pm (r) 23 · It Isn’t the Cough · [uncredited] · pm (r) 24 · The Adventures of Isabel · Ogden Nash · pm Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine April 1936 26 · The Velvet Ribbon · Ann McGovern · vi (r) 28 · Little Willie · [uncredited] · pm (r) 28 · Jerry Jones · [uncredited] · pm (r) 29 · The Cradle That Rocked by Itself · Maria Leach · vi (r) 32 · The Wreck of the Hesperus · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · pm Ballads and Other Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Owen, 1842 38 · The Yarn of the “Nancy Bell” · William Schwenck Gilbert · pm Current Literature October 1901 42 · A Sea Dirge · William Shakespeare · pm from The Tempest, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 43 · The Ghost Catcher · adapted by E. B. Chance · ss (r) a tale from India. 48 · The Great Auk’s Ghost · Ralph Hodgson · pm The Last Blackbird by Ralph Hodgson, George Allen, 1907 48 · Any Day Now · David McCord · pm (r) 49 · The Witch of Willowby Wood · Rowena Bennett · ex Story Parade 1950 49 · A Young Lady from Glitch · Tamara Kitt · pm (r) 50 · The Purist · Ogden Nash · pm The Saturday Evening Post May 25 1935 50 · The Kilkenny Cats · [uncredited] · pm (r) 51 · Dust · Sydney King Russell · pm (r) 53 · Windy Nights · Robert Louis Stevenson · pm A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, Longmans, Green, & Co., 1885 54 · Voices · Felice Holman · pm (r) 55 · Winter Moon · Langston Hughes · pm (r) 55 · November Night · Adelaide Crapsey · pm (r) 56 · The Erl-King · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; translated by Louis Untermeyer · pm (r) 58 · Shadows Before Dawn · Alfred Noyes · pm from A Song of Sherwood (r) 59 · Sir Roderic’s Song · William Schwenck Gilbert · ex (r) 60 · The Bat · Theodore Roethke · pm (r) 61 · The Listeners · Walter de la Mare · pm The Living Age April 29 1911 63 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896; edited and abridged. 77 · The Two Old Women of Mumbling Hill · James Reeves · pm (r) 79 · Spooks · Nathalia Crane · pm (r)