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A Colombo Night and Others by Austin Philips (Mills & Boon, 1926, 286pp, hc, co)
Collection, some stories criminous.

· The Acid Test · Austin Philips · ss The Strand Magazine March 1924

· A Colombo Night · Austin Philips · ss The Strand Magazine June 1920

· Courage · Austin Philips · ss (r)

· The Dark Shadow · Austin Philips · ss

· The Duel · Austin Philips · ss (r)

· The Girl in the Hop Garden · Austin Philips · ss (r)

· The Harder Way · Austin Philips · ss (r)

· The Last Shot · Austin Philips · ss The Strand Magazine January 1925

· The Lighthouse · Austin Philips · ss The Strand Magazine July 1917

· Mate · Austin Philips · ss (r)

· The Net · Austin Philips · ss (r)

· The Ordeal of Mr. Justice Aylesbeare · Austin Philips · ss The Strand Magazine November 1924

· Reparation · Austin Philips · ss The Windsor Magazine April 1919

· The Rescue · Austin Philips · ss The Sketch May 19 1920

· The Short Cut · Austin Philips · ss The Strand Magazine November 1925

· A Storm in a Soul · Austin Philips · ss (r)

· The Woman Who Found What She Had Lost! · Austin Philips · ss The Strand Magazine May 1926

Monsieur Zenith the Albino by George Norman Philips--- see under Anthony Skene.

The Battles of Jericho by Judson Philips--- see under Hugh Pentecost.

Cream of the Crime ed. Judson Philips--- see under Hugh Pentecost.

Treasure of Tau Ceti by John T. Phillifent--- see under John Rackham.

The Cocaine Chronicles ed. Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon (Akashic Books, April 2005, 978-1-888451-75-7, $14.95, 250pp, tp, oa)

10 · Introduction · Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon · in

15 · Part I: Touched by Death

16 · Ten Keys · Lee Child · ss

26 · The Crack Cocaine Diet (Or: How to Lose a Lot of Weight and Change Your Life in Just One Weekend) · Laura Lippman · ss

40 · White Irish · Ken Bruen · ss

48 · Beneficent Diversions from the Crackdkins Diet · Donnell Alexander · ss

57 · Part II: Fiending

58 · Poinciana · Susan Straight · ss

74 · The Screenwriter · James Brown · ss

92 · Twilight of the Stooges · Jerry Stahl · ss

100 · Chemistry · Robert Ward · ss

125 · Part III: The Corruption

126 · Shame · Kerry E. West · ss

138 · Viki, Flash, and the Pied-Piper of Shoebies · Deborah Vankin · ss

152 · Golden Pacific · Nina Revoyr · ss

168 · Sentimental Value · Manuel Ramos · ss

178 · Just Surviving Another Day · Detrice Jones · ss

187 · Part IV: Gangsters & Monsters

188 · A.K.A., Moises Rockafella · Emory Holmes, II · ss

208 · Camaro Blue · Bill Moody · ss

224 · Serving Monster · Jervey Tervalon · nv

252 · Disco Zombies · Gary Phillips · ss

Orange County Noir ed. Gary Phillips (Akashic Books, April 2010, 978-1-936070-03-9, $15.95, 306pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]

11 · Foreword · T. Jefferson Parker · fw

13 · Behind the Orange Curtain · Gary Phillips · in

15 · Part I: Only the Lonely

17 · Bee Canyon · Susan Straight · nv; set in Santa Ana Narrows.

40 · Down in Capistrano · Robert S. Levinson · ss; set in San Juan Capistrano.

58 · Diverters · Rob Roberge · nv; set in Tustin.

84 · A Good Day’s Work · Nathan Walpow · ss; set in Seal Beach.

103 · Part II: Every Move You Make

105 · Crazy for You · Barbara DeMarco-Barrett · nv; set in Costa Mesa.

126 · The Toll · Dan Duling · ss; set in Laguna Beach.

142 · 2:45 Out of Santa Ana · Mary Castillo · nv; set in Santa Ana.

164 · Old, Cold Hand · Lawrence Maddox · ss; set in the City of Orange.

180 · The Movie Game · Dick Lochte · ss; set in Laguna Niguel.

201 · Part III: Lush Life

203 · Black Star Canyon · Robert Ward · nv; set in Dana Point.

227 · The Performer · Gary Phillips · ss; set in Los Alamitos.

246 · The Happiest Place · Gordon McAlpine · ss; set in Anaheim.

266 · Dark Matter · Martin J. Smith · ss; set on Balboa Island.

281 · On the Night in Question · Patricia McFall · nv; set in Garden Grove.

308 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Politics Noir: Dark Tales from the Corridors of Power ed. Gary Phillips (Verso, April 2008, 978-1-84467-161-8, $16.95, 256pp, tp, oa)

1 · Introduction · Gary Phillips · in

3 · Negative Nixons · Mike Davis · nv

34 · The Legend of Bayboy and the Mexican Surfer · John Shannon · nv

59 · Pork · Pete Hautman · ss

78 · Strange Bedfellows · Twist Phelan · ss

93 · The Art of Avarice · Darrell James · ss

113 · Ambition · Michele Martinez · ss

130 · Madame Secretary’s Lover Man · Jake Lamar · ss

151 · Collateral Damage · Robert Greer · ss

173 · Slingin’ · Black Artemis · ss

193 · Dissed · K. J. A. Wishnia · ss

210 · Dead Right · Ken Bruen · ss

219 · The Mayor’s Movie · Sujata Massey · ss

239 · Swift Boats for Jesus · Gary Phillips · ss

261 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Scoundrels: Tales of Greed, Murder and Financial Crimes ed. Gary Phillips (Down & Out Books, March 18, 2012, 978-1-937495-22-0, 222pp, pb, oa)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Foreword · Scott Phillips · fw

3 · What the Creature Hath Built · David Corbett · ss

23 · We Shall Overthug · Tyler Dilts · ss

35 · The Movement · Travis Richardson · ss

59 · The Prophet · Reed Farrel Coleman · ss

73 · Arbitraging the Blood Brain Barrier · Eric Stone · ss

85 · Occupy This! · S. J. Rozan · ss

95 · Digital Dingus Four-Point-O · Bob Truluck · ss

117 · Easy Money · Pamela Samuels Young · ss

133 · The Biggest Fish in Texas · Darrell James · ss

147 · Sentence of a Lifetime · Brendan DuBois · ss

151 · Leverage · Lono Waiwaiole · ss

165 · Eight Ballers · Gary Phillips · ss

181 · The $3,300 Loser · Seth Harwood · ss

193 · Survivor · Kelli Stanley · ss

213 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

South Central Noir ed. Gary Phillips (Akashic Books, September 6, 2022, 978-1-63614-054-4, $16.95, 280pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Details taken from ebook.

· Inner-City Confidential · Gary Phillips · in

· Part I: Always and Forever

· All Luck · Steph Cha · ss; set in South Park.

· How Hope Found Chauncey · Jervey Tervalon · ss; set in Snooty Fox Motor Inn.

· The Golden Coffin · Emory Holmes, II · ss; set in Dunbar Hotel.

· The Last Time I Died · Jeri Westerson · ss; set in Crenshaw Boulevard.

· All That Glitters · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss; set in Watts Towers.

· Part II: Cold Sweat

· Collections · Eric Stone · ss; set in Central Avenue.

· Haint in the Window · Tananarive Due · ss; set in Leimert Park Village.

· I Am Yojimbo · Naomi Hirahara · ss; set in Kokusai Theatre.

· Mae’s Family Dining · Penny Mickelbury · ss; set in Slauson Avenue.

· Death of a Sideman · Gary Phillips · ss; set in Exposition Park.

· Part III: The World Is a Ghetto

· Sabor a Mi · Roberto Lovato · ss; set in Slauson Park.

· If Found Please Return to Abigail Serna, 158 3/4 E MLK Blvd · Désirée Zamorano · ss; set in Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd..

· Where the Smoke Meets the Sky · Nikolas Charles · ss; set in South Figueroa Street.

· Jayson and the Liquor Store · Larry Fondation · ss; set in Imperial Highway.

· About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Witnesses for the Dead ed. Gary Phillips & Gar Anthony Haywood (Soho Crime, November 8, 2022, 978-1-64129-398-3, $27.95, 303pp, hc, oa)
Details taken from ebook Table of Contents.

· Introduction · Gary Phillips & Gar Anthony Haywood · in

· Death at the Sundial Motel · Aaron Philip Clark · ss

· The Gardener of Roses · Richie Narvaez · ss

· Envy · Christopher Chambers · ss

· Star Witness · Darrell James · ss

· Code Name Pénélope · Cara Black · ss

· The Killing at Joshua Lake · Scott Adlerberg · ss

· Post-Game · Alex Segura · ss

· Spiders and Fly · Gary Phillips · ss

· A Family Matter · Sarah M. Chen · ss

· Havana Caliente · Teresa Dovalpage · ss

· Fatal Assumptions · Pamela Samuels Young · ss

· On Gossamer Wings · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss

· This Night in Question · Tod Goldberg · ss

· Pearl Joy · S. J. Rozan · ss

In the Palace of Repose by Holly Phillips (Wildside Press/Prime Books, May 2005, 1-894815-58-0, $29.95, 203pp, hc, oc, cover by Thomas Cole)
Original collection of nine stories, two reprints, of horror and the fantastic. Introduction by Sean Stewart.

7 · Introduction · Sean Stewart · in

11 · In the Palace of Repose · Holly Phillips · nv H.P. Lovecraft’s Magazine of Horror Spring 2004

37 · The Other Grace · Holly Phillips · nv

63 · The New Ecology · Holly Phillips · ss On Spec Summer 2002

84 · A Woman’s Bones · Holly Phillips · ss infinity plus February 2005

104 · Pen & Ink · Holly Phillips · ss

122 · One of the Hungry Ones · Holly Phillips · nv

145 · By the Light of Tomorrow’s Sun · Holly Phillips · ss

160 · Summer Ice · Holly Phillips · nv Fantasy Magazine #1, 2005

179 · Variations on a Theme · Holly Phillips · nv

Tesseracts Eleven ed. Holly Phillips & Cory Doctorow--- see under Cory Doctorow.

Angela Carter: New Critical Readings ed. Lawrence Phillips & Sonya Andermahr--- see under Sonya Andermahr.

Manna, The Collected Writings of Peter Phillips by Peter Phillips (Wall Road Publishing, 2016, 270pp, tp, co)
Privately printed by family in an edition of 25 copies.
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

7 · Peter Phillips · Mike Ashley · ob ; adapted from obituary in Locus May 2012.

11 · Counter Charm · Peter Phillips · vi Slant #5, Spring 1951

12 · Manna · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1949

32 · Criteria · Peter Phillips · vi Planet Stories May 1952

35 · The Warning · Peter Phillips · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953

40 · Field Study · Peter Phillips · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1951

55 · Lost Memory · Peter Phillips · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1952

64 · Dreams Are Sacred · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1948

83 · Death’s Bouquet · Peter Phillips · ss Weird Tales September 1948

92 · First Man in the Moon · Peter Phillips · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1954

94 · Lila · Peter Phillips · ss Startling Stories April 1953

107 · Next Stop the Moon · Peter Phillips · ss The Daily Herald October 14 1957 (+4); abridged, omitting the fifth part of the story.

120 · Variety Agent · Peter Phillips · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1956

125 · Plagiarist · Peter Phillips · nv New Worlds #7, Summer 1950

151 · P-Plus · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1949

171 · University · Peter Phillips · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1953

188 · Unknown Quantity · Peter Phillips · ss New Worlds #5, 1949

201 · She Who Laughs · Peter Phillips · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1952

212 · c/o Mr. Makepeace · Peter Phillips · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1954

221 · Sylvia · Peter Phillips · ss Fantasy Fiction June 1953

229 · No Silence for Maloeween · Peter Phillips · ss Weird Tales May 1948

239 · “Well I’ll Be Hexed!” · Peter Phillips · nv Fantastic Adventures August 1950

268 · Portfolio of Photographs · [uncredited] · pi (r)

Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Stories ed. Robert Phillips (Carroll & Graf, June 1999, 0-7867-0614-7, $25.00, 470+xviipp, hc, an)
Anthology of 27 ghost stories by noted “literary” authors including Shirley Jackson, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Joan Aiken, and F. Marion Crawford.
Details supplied by Alan Perfect.

ix · Introduction · Robert Phillips · in

1 · Ghosts on the Lake · Ilse Aichinger; translated by Eric Mosbacher · ss The Bound Man and Other Stories by Ilse Aichinger, tr. Eric Mosbacher, Secker & Warburg, 1955
translated from the German (“Seegeister”, Der Gefesselte Erzahlungen, S. Fischer, 1953).

7 · Sonata for Harp and Bicycle · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) August 1958

17 · Enoch Soames · Max Beerbohm · nv The Century Magazine May 1916

47 · The Happy Autumn Fields · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Cornhill Magazine November 1944

65 · Oh Father, Father, Why Have You Come Back? · John Cheever · ex from The Wapshot Scandal, Harper & Row, 1964; chapter 3.

74 · Dead Women’s Things · Kathy Chwedyk · vi Horrors! 365 Scary Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1998

77 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

100 · The Supper at Elsinore · Isak Dinesen · na Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen, Smith & Haas, 1934

150 · Lost Lives · Max Eberts · ss

166 · The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1916

191 · A Shape of Light · William Goyen · nv Southwest Review v37 #1, Winter 1952

217 · W.S. · L. P. Hartley · ss World Review January 1952

229 · The Astral Body of a U.S. Mail Truck · James Leo Herlihy · ss Mademoiselle February 1963

240 · The Bus · Shirley Jackson · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 27 1965

254 · The Friends of the Friends · Henry James · nv Chapman’s Magazine May 1896, as “The Way It Came”

282 · Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor · Franz Kafka; translated by Tania Stern & James Stern · nv Franz Kafka: The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka, Schocken, 1946
translated from the German (“Blumfeld, ein älterer Junggeselle”, Beschreibung eines Kampfes, 1936).

305 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904

328 · The Highboy · Alison Lurie · ss Redbook October 1990, as “A Curious Haunting”

344 · The Ghosts of August · Gabriel Garcia Marquez; translated by Edith Grossman · ss Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel García Márquez, Knopf, 1993

347 · The Doll · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Epoch 1980

370 · Wolfie · Robert Phillips · ss 1997

380 · A Spiritualist · Jean Rhys · vi The Left Bank and Other Stories by Jean Rhys, Jonathan Cape, 1927

384 · Owl · Elizabeth Spencer · ss

388 · A Gracious Rain · Christopher Tilghman · ss In a Father’s Place by Christopher Tilghman, 1990

405 · Mrs. Acland’s Ghosts · William Trevor · ss Angels at the Ritz by William Trevor, The Bodley Head, 1975

422 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956

428 · Pomegranate Seed · Edith Wharton · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 25 1931

461 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories ed. Robert Phillips (Robinson, November 1, 1990, 1-85487-077-7, £13.95, 373pp, hc, an, cover by Sir Stanley Spencer)
Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1989 as Triumph of the Night) ghost story anthology.

Triumph of the Night: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural ed. Robert Phillips (Carroll & Graf, September 1989, 0-88184-517-5, $18.95, 373pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 27 ghost and horror stories by writers best known for more “literary” works.

1 · Introduction · Robert Phillips · in

4 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941

11 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947

17 · The Others · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1987

22 · The Followers · Dylan Thomas · ss World Review October 1952

31 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

47 · The Prison Window · Louis Auchincloss · ss Second Chance: Tales of Two Generations by Louis Auchincloss, Houghton Mifflin, 1970

62 · Seaton’s Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury April 1922

92 · Andrina · George Mackay Brown · ss The Scottish Review August 1979

100 · Away · Barry N. Malzberg · ss A Treasury of American Horror Stories ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Bonanza, 1985

104 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan UK, 1956

126 · The Indian · John Updike · ss The New Yorker August 17 1963

132 · Full Circle · Denton Welch · ss (r)

139 · Sound Is Second Sight · Lynne Sharon Schwartz · ss Acquainted with the Night by Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Harper & Row, 1984

145 · I Used to Live Here Once · Jean Rhys · vi Sleep It Off, Lady by Jean Rhys, Andre Deutsch, 1976

147 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review December 1908

181 · First Dark · Elizabeth Spencer · na The New Yorker June 20 1959

200 · Missing Person · Peter Taylor · pl Presences by Peter Taylor, Houghton Mifflin, 1973

226 · The Bell in the Fog · Gertrude Atherton · nv The Smart Set August 1903

249 · The Wedding Cake Couple · Howard Lewis Russell · ss

264 · The Daemon Lover · Shirley Jackson · nv Woman’s Home Companion February 1949, as “The Phantom Lover”

279 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921

281 · Up North · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker November 21 1959

287 · The Mysteries of the Joy Rio · Tennessee Williams · ss Hard Candy: A Book of Stories by Tennessee Williams, New Directions, 1954

299 · Ghost and Flesh, Water and Dirt · William Goyen · ss Ghost and Flesh by William Goyen, Random House, 1952

309 · The Celestial Omnibus · E. M. Forster · nv Albany Review January 1908

325 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910

355 · Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle June 1945

367 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Masters of Science Fiction, Volume 16: Rog Phillips: Ace of the Science Fiction Digests by Rog Phillips (Armchair Fiction, September 21, 2023, 979-8-8612-7559-0, $16.95, 312pp, digest, co, cover by Malcolm Smith from Other Worlds Science Stories March 1950) [edited by Gregory Luce]
Details taken from Table of Contents.

5 · Live in an Orbit and Love It! · Rog Phillips · ss Other Worlds Science Stories March 1950, as by Craig Browning

23 · A Handful of Sand · Rog Phillips · ss Amazing Stories April 1957

41 · Golden Kitten · Rog Phillips · ss Mystic Magazine #7, December 1954, as by Charles Lee

56 · Truckstop · Rog Phillips · ss Imaginative Tales November 1957

69 · Space Is for Suckers · Rog Phillips · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories June 1958, as by P. F. Costello

84 · Lunar Holiday · Rog Phillips · ss Fantastic Adventures November 1949, as by Peter Worth

102 · Jason’s Secret · Rog Phillips · ss Fantastic September 1958

117 · The Gallery · Rog Phillips · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories January 1959

136 · It’s Better Not to Know · Rog Phillips · ss Fantastic April 1958

152 · Captain Peabody · Rog Phillips · ss If December 1957

169 · Game Preserve · Rog Phillips · ss If October 1957

186 · Rat in the Skull · Rog Phillips · nv If December 1958

211 · Prophecy, Inc. · Rog Phillips · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories June 1958

226 · Unto the Nth Generation · Rog Phillips · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories December 1958

244 · The Fatal Technicality · Rog Phillips · ss Other Worlds Science Stories March 1950

259 · Keepers in Space · Rog Phillips · ss Fantastic April 1959

275 · Venusian, Get Out! · Rog Phillips · ss Amazing Science Fiction April 1958

291 · Tillie · Rog Phillips · ss Amazing Stories December 1948, as by Craig Browning

Friday the 13th: Church of the Divine Psychopath by Scott Phillips (Black Flame US, August 2005, 1-84416-181-1, $7.99, 403pp, pb, n.) [Friday the 13th]
Movie tie-in. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Black Flame UK edition, but lists only US and Canadian prices.

St. Louis Noir ed. Scott Phillips (Akashic Books, August 2, 2016, 978-1-61775-298-8, $15.95, 270pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]

13 · High and Low Collide · Scott Phillips · in

17 · Part I: The City

19 · Abandoned Places · S. L. Coney · ss; set in Dogtown.

37 · Deserted Cities of the Heart · Paul D. Marks · ss; set in Gateway Arch.

59 · Blues for the River City · Colleen J. McElroy · ss; set in The Ville.

76 · Fool’s Luck · LaVelle Wilkins-Chinn · ss; set in Central West End.

90 · Attrition · Calvin Wilson · ss; set in Downtown Newsroom.

95 · Tracks · Jason Makansi · ss; set in The Hill.

107 · Part II: A Poetic Interlude

109 · Four St. Louis Poems · Michael Castro · gp; set in Gaslight Square.

_109 · In St. Louis Heat · Michael Castro · pm

_110 · Gaslight Square · Michael Castro · pm

_111 · St. Louis Blues Revisited · Michael Castro · pm

_113 · Halloween · Michael Castro · pm

115 · Part III: The County

117 · A Paler Shade of Death · Laura Benedict · nv; set in Glendale.

144 · Have You Seen Me? · Jedidiah Ayres · ss; set in Frontenac.

159 · A St. Louis Christmas · Umar Lee · nv; set in North County.

186 · The Pillbox · Chris Barsanti · ss; set in Maplewood.

205 · The Brick Wall · John Lutz · ss; set in Interstate 64.

223 · Part IV: Across the River

225 · Tell Them Your Name Is Barbara · L. J. Smith · ss; set in East St. Louis, IL.

250 · One Little Goddamn Thing · Scott Phillips · ss; set in Sauget, IL.

268 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv (Avon, 1953, AT66, 35¢, 281pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

9 · Oysters · Clay Putman · ss

19 · The Roman · Augusta Walker · ss

39 · Sido · Colette & Enid McLeod · ex Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953

60 · Stendhal: The Politics of Survival · Irving Howe · cr

82 · Cat’s Cradle · Eleanor Clark · ss

99 · Xavier · Patrick O’Brian · ex from The Catalans, 1953

125 · The Little Fishes · Lysander Kemp · pm

128 · This Lady · Helen Forman · pm

129 · The Well · Edgar Bogardus · pm

131 · The Balcony · Barbara Howes · pm

132 · Arrangements with Earth for Three Dead Friends · James Wright · pm

134 · In the Woods at Night · Spencer Brown · pm

135 · Snobbery and Sainthood · Howard Griffin · iv [Ref. W. H. Auden]

144 · Tonka · Robert Musil; translated by Eithne Wilkins & Ernst Kaiser · nv

186 · A Good Man Is Hard to Find · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon, 1953

200 · The Problems of Peace · Theodore Hoffman · es

208 · Simone de Beauvoir’s America · Diana Trilling · cr

218 · Coney Island Revisited · Isaac Rosenfeld · ts

226 · Roads to Nowhere · Leo Lipski; translated by Norbert Guterman · ex from Restless (r)

246 · The Mind Is It’s Own Place · Robie Macauley · nv

269 · Requiem for a Living Art · Charles M. Fair · ar

The Avon Book of Modern Writing No. 2 ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv (Avon, 1954, G-1016, 50¢, 318pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

9 · Yes and No · Elizabeth Hardwick · ss

15 · The Babies · Elliott Stein · ss

32 · The Group · Mary McCarthy · ex

55 · My Life: a Conjectural Biography · Hermann Hesse; translated by Denver Lindley · bg

73 · The Houses of the City · Gina Berriault · ss

81 · The Stranger · Dan Jacobson · ss

101 · The Comic World of Dickens · V. S. Pritchett · cr

117 · Your Childhood in Menton · Federico García Lorca; translated by Ben Belitt · pm

119 · Successful Love · Delmore Schwartz · nv

152 · The Abuse of the Terrible · Hilton Kramer · ar

163 · Mosquitoes · Pawel Mayewski · ss

173 · Gnothi Seauton · Milton Klonsky · vi

176 · The Sale · Benjamin DeMott · ex from The Brokers’ Pool (r)

201 · Back to the Sea · Alberto Moravia; translated by Bernard Wall · ss

217 · Guns of the Roaring West · Horace Gregory · cr

235 · The Granite Owl · Patricia Coombs · pm

237 · Sleepless Night · Louis O. Coxe · pm

238 · Abel, Baker, Charlie, et. al. · Elder Olson · pm

240 · New World · Claire McAllister · pm

241 · By Lamplight · Stanley Kunitz · pm

242 · Lest I Nothing Make · Barbara Guest · pm

243 · Man in Glass Skyscraper (Night View) · Morgan Blum · pm

245 · Sunday Dinner in Brooklyn · Anatole Broyard · ss

260 · Funes, the Memorious · Jorge Luis Borges; translated by Anthony Kerrigan · ss

269 · The American Drama (1944-1954) · Eric Bentley · cr

287 · The Tyros · George Johnston · ts

300 · Love in the One-Way Mirror · Herbert Gold · ss

The Berkley Book of Modern Writing No. 3 ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv (Berkley, 1956, BG-18, 50¢, 218pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

5 · Do Not Drink the Water as It Is Not Pure · Elliott Stein · nv

26 · A Duchess of Dark Corners · Sonya Rudikoff · nv

56 · The Pornography of Death · Geoffrey Gorer · ar

63 · Ruminations at Dawn · Elise Asher · pm

65 · The Great Mother · Lyle Glazier · pm

67 · Tragedy · Howard Moss · pm

69 · The Mood of a Day · George Seferis; translated by Edmund Keeley · pm

71 · The Golden Coin · Frederick Young · pm

74 · Metamorphoses of Leatherstocking · Henry Bamford Parkes · cr

92 · Signora Flavia · Corrado Alvaro; translated by Frances Frenaye · ss

99 · The Gyspy · Corrado Alvaro; translated by Frances Frenaye · ss

106 · The Notebook · Norman Mailer · ss The Cornhill Magazine Summer 1953

110 · The Glorious Boys · Eileen Johnston Bassing · ss

124 · Nobody Ever Died from It · Leslie A. Fiedler · ss

143 · Take Pity · Bernard Malamud · ss

152 · Alberto Moravia-the Romance of Existence · R. W. B. Lewis · ss

166 · Urn Burial · Valentine Ackland · ss

182 · Movies, the Desparate Art · Pauline Kael · nv

206 · Hard as Hell · Paul Mayewski · ss

Sixty Years of Great Fiction from Partisan Review ed. William Phillips (Partisan Review Press, 1996, 0-9644377-5-9, $24.95, xx+425pp, hc, an, cover: Russian River by Helen Frankenthaler)
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

vii · Foreword · Saul Bellow · fw

xix · Introduction · William Phillips · in

3 · Two Syllables · Ignazio Silone; translated by Samuel Putnam · ss Partisan Review October 1936

7 · In Dreams Begin Responsibilities · P. Delmore Schwartz · ss Partisan Review December 1937

13 · Hurry, Hurry · Eleanor Clark · ss Partisan Review January 1938

19 · Red, White, and Blue Thanksgiving · John Dos Passos · ss Partisan Review Winter 1939

23 · The Autobiography of Rose · Gertrude Stein · pm Partisan Review Winter 1939

26 · The Only Son · James T. Farrell · ss Partisan Review Spring 1939

34 · A Goat for Azazel (A.D. 1688) · Katherine Anne Porter · ss Partisan Review May/June 1940

42 · The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt · Mary McCarthy · nv Partisan Review July/August 1941

65 · Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk · Franz Kafka; translated by Clement Greenberg · ss Partisan Review May/June 1942

76 · Of This Time, of That Place · Lionel Trilling · nv Partisan Review January/February 1943

101 · The Hand That Fed Me · Isaac Rosenfeld · ss Partisan Review Winter 1944

111 · Cass Mastern’s Wedding Ring · Robert Penn Warren · nv Partisan Review Fall 1944

135 · The Prison · André Malraux; translated by Eleanor Clark · nv Partisan Review March 1948

141 · The Interior Castle · Jean Stafford · ss Partisan Review November/December 1946

151 · Two Prostitutes · Alberto Moravia; translated by Frances Frenaye · nv Partisan Review May/June 1950

166 · The Jail (Nor Even Yet Quite Relinquish—) · William Faulkner · ex from Requiem for a Nun, Random House, 1951

186 · Gimpel the Fool · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Saul Bellow · ss Partisan Review May/June 1953

195 · The Magic Barrel · Bernard Malamud · ss Partisan Review November/December 1954

206 · Seize the Day · Saul Bellow · na Partisan Review Summer 1956

268 · The Renegade · Albert Camus; translated by Justin O’Brien · ss Partisan Review Winter 1958

277 · Any Day Now · James Baldwin · ss Partisan Review Spring 1960

285 · From the Black Notebook · Doris Lessing · ex Partisan Review Spring 1962
extract from The Golden Notebook forthcoming from Michael Joseph (April 1962).

298 · It Always Breaks Out · Ralph Ellison · ex Partisan Review Spring 1963
extract from Three Days Before the Shooting… forthcoming from Random House (2010).

308 · The Will and the Way · Susan Sontag · ss Partisan Review Summer 1965

324 · Runaway · William Styron · ex Partisan Review Fall 1966
extract from The Confessions of Nat Turner forthcoming from Random House (1967).

330 · Whacking Off · Philip Roth · ex Partisan Review Summer 1967
extract from Portnoy’s Complaint forthcoming from Random House (1969).

339 · Mercier and Camier · Samuel Beckett · ex Partisan Review Summer 1974
forthcoming from Calder and Boyars (September 1974). previously published in French (Mercier et Camier, Les Éditions de Minuit, 1970).

353 · Levitation · Cynthia Ozick · ss Partisan Review v46 #3, 1979

362 · The Idea of Switzerland · Walter Abish · nv Partisan Review v47 #1, 1980

381 · If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler · Italo Calvino; translated by William Weaver · ex Partisan Review v48 #2, 1981
forthcoming from Harcourt (1981). translated from the Italian (1979).

389 · One Summer’s Morning in the Village · Amos Oz; translated by Nicholas de Lange · vi Partisan Review Fall 1984
translated from the Hebrew.

390 · Passport Photograph · Amos Oz; translated by Nicholas de Lange · vi Partisan Review Fall 1984
translated from the Hebrew.

392 · The Red Dwarf · Michel Tournier; translated by Barbara Wright · ss Partisan Review v51 #2, 1984
translated from the French.

401 · The Feet of a King · Daphne Merkin · ss Partisan Review v53 #3, 1986

411 · Proust’s Tea · Norman Manea; translated by Mara Soceanu-Vamos · ss Partisan Review v59 #1, 1992

414 · Weddings · Norman Manea; translated by Cornelia Golna · ss Partisan Review v59 #1, 1992

422 · Serafim · Tatyana Tolstaya; translated by Jamie Gambrell · ss Partisan Review v59 #1, 1992
translated from the Russian.

Loup-Garou! by Eden Phillpotts (Sands & Co., 1899, 264pp, hc, co)

1 · Loup-Garou! · Eden Phillpotts · nv

35 · Jane and John · Eden Phillpotts · ss Phil May’s Annual #2, Winter 1892

56 · The Skipper’s Bible · Eden Phillpotts · nv

80 · The Ruby Humming Bird · Eden Phillpotts · nv The English Illustrated Magazine December 1893 (+1)

109 · The Obi Man · Eden Phillpotts · ss

133 · Pete and Pete · Eden Phillpotts · ss Chapman’s Magazine November 1895

151 · Tarantula · Eden Phillpotts · ss

167 · Fer-de-Lance · Eden Phillpotts · ss

186 · Bully Bottom · Eden Phillpotts · ss

197 · The Enigma of the Doubloons · Eden Phillpotts · nv

Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction by H. G. Wells ed. Robert M. Philmus & David Y. Hughes--- see under H. G. Wells.

The Best Maine Stories The Marvelous Mystery ed. Sanford Phippen, Charles Waugh & Martin Greenberg (Lance Tapley, 1986, 0-912769-07-6, $10.95, 314pp, tp, an)

1 · Summer

3 · The Viking’s Daughter [Ephraim Tutt] · Arthur Train · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 5 1927

45 · Maine · Margaret Osborn · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1944

61 · The Lesson · Sam Brown, Jr. · ss Yankee February 1970

73 · Prayer for the Dying · Willis Johnson · ss TriQuarterly #55, Fall 1982

91 · Berrying · Rebecca Cummings · ss Kaisa Kilponen by Rebecca Cummings, Coyote Love Press, 1985

105 · Fall

107 · Greg’s Peg · Louis Auchincloss · ss The Injustice Collectors by Louis Auchincloss, Houghton Mifflin, 1950

131 · A Bundle of Letters · Henry James · ss The Parisian December 18 1879

167 · The Search · Virginia Chase · ss Puckerbrush Review 1983

175 · Step-Over Toe-Hold · Sanford Phippen · ss The Police Know Everything by Sanford Phippen, Puckerbrush Press, 1982

185 · Winter

187 · The Ledge · Lawrence Sargent Hall · ss The Hudson Review Winter 1958/1959

205 · When Dustin “Called On” · Holman Day · ss Pine Tree Magazine 1906

219 · “Ollie, Oh…” · Carolyn Chute · ss Ploughshares Summer/Fall 1982

235 · They Grind Exceeding Small · Ben Ames Williams · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 13 1919

249 · Spring

251 · Small Point Bridge · Stephen Minot · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review Winter 1969

261 · Head of the Line · Gladys Hasty Carroll · ss Redbook Magazine November 1939

287 · The Soldier Shows His Medal · Ruth Moore · ss 1973
expanded from “It Don’t Change Much” (The New Yorker, October 19, 1945).

295 · A White Heron · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, Houghton Mifflin, 1886

309 · The People of Winter · Sanford Phippen · aw

Art After Apogee by Rosemary Phipps & Brian Aldiss--- see under Brian Aldiss.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition ed. Diana Pho, Ellen Datlow, Carl Engle-Laird, Liz Gorinsky, Justin Landon, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ann VanderMeer & Miriam Weinberg--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Medusa by Edward Harold Physick--- see under E. H. Visiak.

Game On! ed. Tony Pi & Stephen Kotowych--- see under Stephen Kotowych.

The New York Years by Felice Picano (Alyson, May 2000, 1-55583-522-8, $12.95, 223pp, tp, co)
Collection of earlier works by a noted gay writer; includes a retelling of the myth of Ganymede.

1 · Preface · Felice Picano · pr

5 · Spinning · Felice Picano · ss Stallion

17 · The Interrupted Recital · Felice Picano · ss Gaysweek Arts and Letters

33 · Shy · Felice Picano · ss Gaysweek Arts and Letters

43 · Teddy—The Hook · Felice Picano · ss Blueboy

61 · Mr. World Buns—A Story Without a Moral · Felice Picano · ss Blueboy

75 · And Baby Makes Three · Felice Picano · nv (r)

107 · Xmas in the Apple · Felice Picano · ss Blueboy

123 · Slashed to Ribbons in Defense of Love · Felice Picano · ss Christopher Street

133 · Expertise · Felice Picano · ss Blueboy

145 · Hunter · Felice Picano · nv Drummer #39, 1980

167 · A Stroke · Felice Picano · ss (r)

183 · An Asian Minor—The True Story of Ganymede · Felice Picano · nv 1981

Tales: from a Distant Planet by Felice Picano (French Connection Press, 2006, 2-914853-05-X, $18.75, 245pp, tp, oc)
Original collection of seven stories, one a reprint.

9 · So You Want a Preface, Huh? · Felice Picano · pr

11 · The Perfect Setting · Felice Picano · nv

36 · One Way Out · Felice Picano · nv New Terrors 2 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Pan, 1980

60 · Food for Thought · Felice Picano · nv

76 · The Guest in the Little Brick House · Felice Picano · nv

114 · The Lesson Begins · Felice Picano · ss

121 · Secrets of the Abandoned Monument · Felice Picano · nv

147 · Ingoldsby · Felice Picano · na

The Dog Syndrome & Other Sick Puppies by Tom Piccirilli (Marietta Publishing, November 1997, no ISBN, $8.00, 75pp, ph, oc, cover by Eric Turnmire)
Chapbook collection of six dark fantasy and suspense stories, one previously published online. Illustrated by seven artists. A limited edition of 500, signed by author and artists.

9 · The Dog Syndrome · Tom Piccirilli · ss

21 · Fellowship · Tom Piccirilli · ss Speculative Fiction & Beyond 1997

29 · Where the Swamp Folk Go When the Need Comes · Tom Piccirilli · ss

41 · Hostages · Tom Piccirilli · ss

55 · Water Wears the Stones · Tom Piccirilli · ss

71 · Lilith at the Playground · Tom Piccirilli · vi

A Little Black Book of Noir Stories by Tom Piccirilli (Borderlands Press, October 24, 2003, $17.00, 118pp, hc, co)

· Fellowship · Tom Piccirilli · ss Speculative Fiction & Beyond 1997

· Seems Like Old Times · Tom Piccirilli · ss Pirate Writings #5, Fall 1994

· Horsepower · Tom Piccirilli · ss Best Fetish Erotica ed. Cara Bruce, Cleis, 2002

· Hostages · Tom Piccirilli · ss The Dog Syndrome & Other Sick Puppies by Tom Piccirilli, Marietta Publishing, 1997

· Inside the Works · Tom Piccirilli · ss Inside the Works, Necro Publications, 1997

· Diamond Mozzarella · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· Black · Tom Piccirilli · ss

Mean Sheep by Tom Piccirilli (Delirium Books, January 2003, 1-929653-47-6, $50.00, 225pp, hc, co, cover by Alan M. Clark)
Collection of 16 stories, four original, and 15 original poems. This is a signed, limited edition of 400.

· I. Stories

· The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Despair · Tom Piccirilli · ss The Darker Side: Generations of Horror ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2002

· The Whole Head Is Sick, the Whole Heart Faint · Tom Piccirilli · ss Bad News ed. Richard Laymon, Cemetery Dance, 2000

· This, and That’s the End of It · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· New York Comes to the Desert · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· Sentry · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· At One Stride Comes the Dark · Tom Piccirilli · ss Crimewave #3, 2000

· Her Child Arises · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· Come Back to Tell You All · Tom Piccirilli · ss Fantastic Stories of the Imagination #22, Winter 2001

· Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crowd · Tom Piccirilli · ss 2002

· Whisper, When You Drown · Tom Piccirilli · ss 2002

· Souls, Written on the Flea · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· Twilight in the Room of Fathers · Tom Piccirilli · vi Pirate Writings #9, 1996

· Horsepower · Tom Piccirilli · ss Best Fetish Erotica ed. Cara Bruce, Cleis, 2002

· A Square Wedge of Vanilla · Tom Piccirilli · ss 2001

· Tracking the Death Angel · Tom Piccirilli · nv The Best of the American West II ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley, 1999

· Those Vanished I Recognize · Tom Piccirilli · ss The Museum of Horrors ed. Dennis Etchison, Leisure, 2001

· II. Poems

· Mean Sheep · Tom Piccirilli · pm Frisson: Disconcerting Verse #20, Winter 2000

· What You Leave Behind on the Side of Your Plate · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· In the Outrunning · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· A Lightning Sting on the Far Side of the Skull · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· How to Perform Heart Surgery with Someone Else’s Gaze · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· When the First Lemming Drops · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· The Curve After Which the Engine Squeals · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· My Conscience Shattered by a Jittery Scrawl · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· Rye · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· Staring Into a Bitter Face I’ve Seen Before · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· The Living Room · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· Sylvia · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· Tragedy As You Like It · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· 45 Seconds on Third Avenue and 8th Street · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· Another Man’s October · Tom Piccirilli · pm

Pentacle by Tom Piccirilli (Pirate Writings, June 1995, 0-9640168-2-6, $5.99, 124pp, tp, oc, cover by Keith Minnion)
Quasi-novel made up of five related horror stories about a necromancer and his demon familiar wandering contemporary America. There is an introduction by Jack Cady.

1 · Introduction · Jack Cady · in

5 · Neverdead · Tom Piccirilli · ss Terminal Fright #6, October/December 1994

19 · Bury St. Edmonds · Tom Piccirilli · ss Terminal Fright #7, Spring 1995

39 · Maleficia · Tom Piccirilli · nv

61 · Paindance · Tom Piccirilli · nv

87 · Eye-Biting and Other Displays of Affection · Tom Piccirilli · nv

123 · Afterword · Tom Piccirilli · aw

A Student of Hell by Tom Piccirilli (Skull Job Productions, April 2000, 0-9675774-0-3, $10.00, 55pp, ph, co)
Chapbook poetry collection with 35 poems, illustrated by five artists, with introduction by Charlee Jacob and afterword by editor Scott Urban. This edition is signed by all contributors.

1 · Introduction · Charlee Jacob · in

3 · Poised on the Division Bridge · Tom Piccirilli · pm Roadworks #6, Autumn 1999

4 · Illustration · GAK · il (r)

5 · University of Pity · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

7 · Marrow · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

8 · Sunday, While the Sauce Simmers · Tom Piccirilli · pm Roadworks #7, Winter 2000

10 · Maleficarum Sunrise · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

11 · Not Yet of the Flesh · Tom Piccirilli · pm Frisson: Disconcerting Verse #8, Winter 1997

12 · Illustration · G. Warlock Vance · il (r)

13 · Children Seen Only in High Beams · Tom Piccirilli · pm Talebones #12, Summer 1998, as “Children Seen Only in Headlights”

14 · Divinity as Witnessed to the Depth of Our Darkening Love · Tom Piccirilli · pm Frisson: Disconcerting Verse #13, Spring 1999

15 · Measured Unto You · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

16 · Walking My Dog Through Perdition · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

17 · Rue · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

18 · Illustration · Mark McLaughlin · il (r)

19 · A Countenance More in Anger Than in Sorrow · Tom Piccirilli · pm Frisson: Disconcerting Verse #16, Winter 1999

20 · Waiting to Cross · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

21 · Judgment · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

22 · Patience · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

23 · Soft and Sweet Cool Whisper of Revenge · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

25 · Sponging My Syrup Up Off the Formica · Tom Piccirilli · pm Mindmares #9, Winter 2000

26 · When the Delicate Fragrence Grows Too Great · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

27 · Lazarus, Beckoning · Tom Piccirilli · pm Roadworks #6, Autumn 1999

28 · A Dull Blade Slicing Off a Portion of Prayer · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

30 · When the Sea Sleeps Against Your Neck · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

32 · Taking the Bull’s Ear Between My Teeth · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

33 · Within the Twining of Tiny Cries · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

35 · Ankle-Deep in the Surf of a Thumbnail Moon · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

36 · Illustration · Wayne Miller · il (r)

37 · Living Pillars on a Dead Monday Night · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

39 · On the Couch, Sharing a Few Beers with My Fears · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

41 · In an Effort to Remove the Seventh Sin from My Fifth Rib · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

43 · Upon Receiving an Invitation Etched in Gold and Offered by a Fleshless Hand · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

44 · Jealousy · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

46 · My Dead Dad Can Beat Up Your Dead Dad · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

47 · Driving Through the Heart of Kansas, Kansas Driven Through My Heart · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

48 · In Lieu of the Garrison of Rome · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

49 · Upon Releasing What Needs to Stay Caged · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

50 · House of Worship · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

51 · Mist Settling on the Faces of My Family · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

52 · Illustration · Paul Swenson · il (r)

54 · Afterword · Scott H. Urban · aw

This Cape Is Red Because I’ve Been Bleeding by Tom Piccirilli (Catalyst Press, October 2002, 1-930997-21-3, $14.00, 100pp, tp, oc, cover by Caniglia)
Original poetry collection of 60 poems.

· Part I

11 · Jones Beach, Thirty Years After the Last Sand Castle · Tom Piccirilli · pm

13 · When Those Who Know the Answer Let Slip a Few Hints · Tom Piccirilli · pm

14 · For All of You Who Think I Don’t Know What You’re Going Through · Tom Piccirilli · pm

16 · My Sister · Tom Piccirilli · pm

17 · Twined Backwards Upon the History of My Heart · Tom Piccirilli · pm ChiZine #13, July/September 2002

18 · At the Center of a Circle of Vultures · Tom Piccirilli · pm

20 · The Guy Who Just Lives There · Tom Piccirilli · pm ChiZine #12, April/June 2002

22 · The Abdication of Our Daily Fears · Tom Piccirilli · pm

23 · Adjusting the Atonement · Tom Piccirilli · pm

24 · In Less Time Than It Takes to Learn an Unknowable Language · Tom Piccirilli · pm

25 · The Toll of Your Personal Evil Troll · Tom Piccirilli · pm

27 · This Cape Is Red Because I’ve Been Bleeding · Tom Piccirilli · pm

28 · Fat Boy Invades Hostile Territory Just This Side of Purgatory · Tom Piccirilli · pm

29 · Nunzio, Sixty Years Dead, Lying at My Side, Staring · Tom Piccirilli · pm

31 · Saving Your Life and Mine Without Breaking a Sweat · Tom Piccirilli · pm

32 · Dinner at Dawn · Tom Piccirilli · pm

33 · The Long Journey Leading Us Deeper Behind Everyday Eyes · Tom Piccirilli · pm

35 · A Symbolic Interpretation of the Worst Day of My Life · Tom Piccirilli · pm

36 · Kurosawa Comes Through in a Clutch · Tom Piccirilli · pm

37 · Patience · Tom Piccirilli · pm (r)

· Part II

41 · Murder · Tom Piccirilli · pm

42 · When You and I Finally Have the Talk We Need to Have · Tom Piccirilli · pm

43 · Waiting for the Bus of Desolation · Tom Piccirilli · pm

44 · Concern · Tom Piccirilli · pm

45 · Friendship, As the Wildfires Rage · Tom Piccirilli · pm

46 · The Terror of Pint-sezed Lives · Tom Piccirilli · pm

47 · Debt · Tom Piccirilli · pm

49 · Choke and Throttle · Tom Piccirilli · pm

51 · Coveting · Tom Piccirilli · pm

52 · The Leech, Overindulging · Tom Piccirilli · pm

53 · The Final Undenied Dream · Tom Piccirilli · pm

54 · Your New Tendency · Tom Piccirilli · pm

55 · With an Ease and Grace Lost to Me · Tom Piccirilli · pm

56 · Accusations Upon Reading a Lettoe Once Clutched in a Cold Hand · Tom Piccirilli · pm

57 · How to Make It Through a Friday Night Without Biting Your Tongue in Two · Tom Piccirilli · pm

59 · The Grand Guignol of Common Grief · Tom Piccirilli · pm

61 · My First Groupie and How Much I Love Her Despite the Failed Assassination Attempt · Tom Piccirilli · pm

64 · Cremation Reformation · Tom Piccirilli · pm

65 · Resentment · Tom Piccirilli · pm

67 · The Christening That Should Have Been · Tom Piccirilli · pm

· Part III

71 · Why I Can’t Stand Behind Some People, and Why You Ought to Be Scared About It · Tom Piccirilli · pm

73 · One for the Worm · Tom Piccirilli · pm

74 · I Don’t Want Him on My Mantle Either · Tom Piccirilli · pm

75 · It Knows So Much More Than Me · Tom Piccirilli · pm

77 · Forgetfulness · Tom Piccirilli · pm

78 · Deadfall Haven · Tom Piccirilli · pm

79 · Kith · Tom Piccirilli · pm

80 · When You Look Down to Find Yourself Going but Not Yet Gone · Tom Piccirilli · pm

82 · On Being Asked the Meaning of the Last Line · Tom Piccirilli · pm

83 · Darkness Gnawing at the Cracks · Tom Piccirilli · pm

84 · “I Thought of Ships, Sailing Beyond the Reef of God” · Tom Piccirilli · pm

86 · Assistance · Tom Piccirilli · pm

87 · The Redemption She Offers in Her Lips · Tom Piccirilli · pm

88 · Misdirection · Tom Piccirilli · pm

90 · In the Way of My Brooding · Tom Piccirilli · pm

91 · The Ordeal of Belief · Tom Piccirilli · pm

93 · When Lunatics Deny the Moon · Tom Piccirilli · pm

95 · As Art Unfolds and Foretells · Tom Piccirilli · pm

97 · Showdown · Tom Piccirilli · pm

99 · The Last One · Tom Piccirilli · pm

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