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The Tracer of Egos by Victor Rousseau (The Spectre Library, August 2007, 978-0-9791734-0-0, $40.00, 171pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Ikin) [Dr. Phileas Immanuel]
Collection of 12 weird stories about occult detective Dr. Phileas Immanuel, none previously collected. The introduction by Morgan Wallace discusses the series’ history. This is a limited edition of 200.

7 · Soul Survival · Morgan A. Wallace · in

15 · The Amulet of Marduk [Dr. Phileas Immanuel] · Victor Rousseau · ss Holland’s June 1913

29 · Mary Rothway’s Memory [Dr. Phileas Immanuel] · Victor Rousseau · ss Holland’s July 1913, as “Mary Rothway’s Secret”

43 · The Two Charioteers [Dr. Phileas Immanuel] · Victor Rousseau · ss Holland’s September 1913

57 · The Carfax Curse [Dr. Phileas Immanuel] · Victor Rousseau · ss Holland’s November 1913

71 · The Professor’s Peach Trees [Dr. Phileas Immanuel] · Victor Rousseau · ss Holland’s October 1913

83 · Alf Barton’s Princess [Dr. Phileas Immanuel] · Victor Rousseau · ss Holland’s August 1913

95 · Mr. Axel’s Shady Past [Dr. Phileas Immanuel] · Victor Rousseau · ss Holland’s December 1913

109 · The Woman of Atlantis [Dr. Phileas Immanuel] · Victor Rousseau · ss Holland’s January 1914

121 · A Fisher for Souls [Dr. Phileas Immanuel] · Victor Rousseau · ss Illustrated Buffalo Express May 10 1914

133 · The Return of Claudia [Dr. Phileas Immanuel] · Victor Rousseau · ss Illustrated Buffalo Express May 17 1914

148 · The Wife of Ira Hopkins [Dr. Phileas Immanuel] · Victor Rousseau · ss Illustrated Buffalo Express May 24 1914

162 · Noureddin Bey’s Sacrifice [Dr. Phileas Immanuel] · Victor Rousseau · ss Holland’s February 1914

Eight Ghosts: The English Heritage Book of New Ghost Stories ed. Rowan Routh (September Publishing, 2017, 978-1-910463-73-4, £12.99, 214pp, hc, oa)
Original anthology of ghost stories set in English Heritage properties.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · They Flee from Me That Sometime Did Me Seek · Sarah Perry · ss; set at Audley End.

17 · Mr. Lanyard’s Last Case · Andrew Michael Hurley · nv; set at Carlisle Castle.

39 · The Bunker · Mark Haddon · nv; set at York Civil War Bunker.

63 · Foreboding · Kamila Shamsie · ss; set at Kenilworth Castle.

79 · Never Departed More · Stuart Evers · nv; set at Dover Castle.

101 · The Wall · Kate Clanchy · ss; set at Homesteads Roman Fort.

115 · As Strong as Death · Jeanette Winterson · ss; set at Pendennis Castle.

135 · Mrs. Charbury at Eltham · Max Porter · nv; set at Eltham Place.

161 · Within These Walls · Andrew Martin · aw; “How the Castles, Abbeys and Houses of England Inspired the Ghost Stories”.

171 · A Gazetteer of English Heritage Hauntings · [uncredited] · aw

211 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Unbridled Spirits: Short Fiction About Women in the Old West ed. A. T. Row & Judy Alter--- see under Judy Alter.

American Hero by Christopher Rowe, Carrie Vaughn, George R. R. Martin, S. L. Farrell, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Daniel Abraham, Walton Simons, Ian Tregillis, Victor Milán, Caroline Spector, Sage Walker, John Jos. Miller, Laura J. Mixon, William F. Wu, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Steve Perrin, Walter Jon Williams, Michael Cassutt, Gail Gerstner Miller & Royce Wideman--- see under Carrie Vaughn.

Bittersweet Creek and Other Stories by Christopher Rowe (Small Beer Press, November 2003, no ISBN, $5.00, 62pp, ph, co, cover by Shelley Jackson)
Chapbook collection of five stories, one original.

1 · Baptism on Bittersweet Creek · Christopher Rowe · ss Realms of Fantasy April 1999

19 · Salley Harpe · Christopher Rowe · ss Realms of Fantasy October 1999

31 · The Dreaming Mountains · Christopher Rowe · ss Ideomancer Unbound ed. Chris Clarke & Mikal Trimm, Fictionwise, 2002

35 · Kin to Crows · Christopher Rowe · ss Realms of Fantasy June 1998

45 · Men of Renown · Christopher Rowe · ss

Fission #2 ed. Gene Rowe & Eugen Bacon--- see under Eugen Bacon.

Love Lies Bleeding ed. Jennifer Rowe (Allen & Unwin, 1994, 1-86373-749-9, 173pp, tp, oa)
Crime for a Summer Christmas No. 5.

vii · Introduction · Jennifer Rowe · in

1 · Cameron and the Mother · Elizabeth Stead · ss

11 · Take My Aching Heart · Jean Bedford · ss

25 · The Light · Robert English · ss

37 · Sunday Drive · Caroline Macdonald · ss

47 · Scrapings · Garry Disher · nv

73 · Whatever Happened to Love? · Barbara Yates Rothwell · ss

85 · Who Killed Cock Robin? · Lucy Sussex · ss

97 · Cat’s Paw · Valerie Parv · ss

111 · The Valley Murders · Jamie Grant · pm

129 · See Nikko and Die · G. M. Hanson · ss

139 · Marple Syrup [Mavis Levack] · Marele Day · ss

147 · The Substance of Things Hoped for, the Evidence of Things No Seen · Robert Wallace · ss

163 · The Man from Croweatia · Alex Buzo · ss

Shade: An Anthology of Fiction by Gay Men of African Descent ed. Charles H. Rowell & Bruce Morrow--- see under Bruce Morrow.

Calamity in Kent by John Rowland (Herbert Jenkins, 1950, hc, n.) [Inspector Shelley]

Calamity in Kent by John Rowland (The British Library, April 2016, 978-0-7123-5783-8, £8.99, 256pp, tp, n.) [Inspector Shelley; British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Herbert Jenkins 1950) mystery novel.

Murder in the Museum by John Rowland (Herbert Jenkins, 1938, hc, n.) [Inspector Shelley]

Murder in the Museum by John Rowland (The British Library, April 2016, 978-0-7123-5784-5, £8.99, 272pp, tp, n., cover by Chris Andrews) [Inspector Shelley; British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Herbert Jenkins 1938) mystery novel.

The Executor and Other Ghost Stories by David G. Rowlands (Ash-Tree Press, May 17, 1996, 1-899562-11-7, £22.50, xiv+285pp, hc, co, cover by Douglas Walters)
Collection of 40 stories, 3 original, including the complete contents of The Living and the Dead (1991). There is a new Introduction by Rowlands. Limited to 400 numbered copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.00.

xi · Introduction · David G. Rowlands · in

5 · Father O’Connor Stories

5 · A Graven Image [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss A Graven Image ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Haunted Library, 1985

14 · The Apples of Sodom [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss The Saints Preserve Us, 1961, as “The Lady Alys”

22 · The Previous Train [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Holly Bough (Ireland) 1977

26 · Tintinabula [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · vi Holly Bough (Ireland) 1978, as “The Message of the Bells”

31 · Sins of the Fathers [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss 1962, as “The Dog in the Night”

39 · Irene [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Eye Hath Not Seen… by D. G. Rowlands, Pardoe, 1980

44 · Wyntours [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Eye Hath Not Seen… by D. G. Rowlands, Pardoe, 1980

52 · The Whistling Stones [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Holly Bough (Ireland) 1979

57 · A Fisher of Men [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Holly Bough (Ireland) Christmas 1984

62 · A Fairy Horse [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Holly Bough (Ireland) 1986

66 · Unconsidered Trifles [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Holly Bough (Ireland) 1981, as “From Stage Coach to Convict Ship”

72 · The Fifteenth Evening [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Ghosts & Scholars #2, 1980

77 · The Uncommon Salt [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Ghosts & Scholars #3, 1981

93 · The Executor [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Ghosts & Scholars #4, 1982

107 · Conkers [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Ghosts & Scholars #5, 1983

114 · Traveller’s Fare [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Dark Dreams #4, 1986

121 · The Elbow [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Dark Dreams #7, February 1989

126 · The Tears of Saint Agathé [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Saints and Relics ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Haunted Library, 1983

135 · Gebal and Ammon and Amalek [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Ghosts for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara, 1988

149 · Mr Batchel Stories

149 · From the Diggings [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983

153 · One Man Went to Mow [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983

158 · One Good Turn… [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983

163 · The Marsh Lights [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983

169 · Providing a Footnote [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983

175 · Off the Record [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss Dark Dreams #3, December 1985, uncredited.

182 · Hic Dracones [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss The Living & the Dead by David G. Rowlands, Crimson Altar Press, 1991

188 · The Train of Events [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss The Living & the Dead by David G. Rowlands, Crimson Altar Press, 1991

193 · Vox Humana [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983, uncredited.

198 · The Long Hundred [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss The Living & the Dead by David G. Rowlands, Crimson Altar Press, 1991

204 · On Information Received [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss The Living & the Dead by David G. Rowlands, Crimson Altar Press, 1991

210 · With This Ring [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss The Living & the Dead by David G. Rowlands, Crimson Altar Press, 1991

214 · The Codex [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss Mystery for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara, 1990

223 · The Saints Which Slept [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · vi More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983

227 · Ghost-Tales of Eton College Choir School

227 · Every Picture Tells a Story · David G. Rowlands · ss

238 · The Passage · David G. Rowlands · ss

245 · What’s in a Name? · David G. Rowlands · ss Haunted Pavilions ed. Mark Valentine, Mark Valentine, 1992

251 · The Greeter · David G. Rowlands · ss

257 · Other Stories

257 · Truth Will Out · David G. Rowlands · ss A Graven Image ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Haunted Library, 1985

266 · On Wings of Song · David G. Rowlands · ss Chillers for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara, 1989

274 · King John’s Ditch · David G. Rowlands · ss Ghosts & Scholars #12, 1990

283 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi

The Living & the Dead by David G. Rowlands (Crimson Altar Press, 1991, no ISBN, £2.00, 31pp, ph, oc, cover by Alan Hunter)
Collection of seven ghost stories, five original, about the protagonist of E.G. Swain’s Stoneground Ghost Tales, the Rev Roland Batchel.

3 · Preface · David G. Rowlands · pr

4 · Hic Dracones [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss

8 · The Train of Events [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss

12 · Vox Humana [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983, uncredited.

16 · The Long Hundred [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss

22 · On Information Received [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss

27 · With This Ring [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · ss

30 · The Saints Which Slept [Mr. Batchel] · David G. Rowlands · vi More Stoneground Ghost Tales by David G. Rowlands, 1983; subtitled “A Fragment”.

31 · Afterword · Mary Ann Allen · aw

Hauntings by Vernon Lee ed. David G. Rowlands--- see under Vernon Lee.

Cornish Stories by A. L. Rowse (Macmillan UK, 1967, 25/-, viii+152pp, hc, co)

· Preface · A. L. Rowse · pr

· How Dick Stephens Fought the Bear · A. L. Rowse · ss (r)

· The Wicked Vicar of Lansillian · A. L. Rowse · ss West Country Stories by A. L. Rowse, Macmillan, 1945

· All Souls’ Night · A. L. Rowse · ss West Country Stories by A. L. Rowse, Macmillan, 1945

· Death of a Principal · A. L. Rowse · ss

· Trespettigue’s Note · A. L. Rowse · ss (r)

· The Curse Upon the Clavertons · A. L. Rowse · ss West Country Stories by A. L. Rowse, Macmillan, 1945

· The Advowson of Lambethow · A. L. Rowse · ss (r)

· The Squire of Reluggas · A. L. Rowse · ss (r)

· The Recluse of Rescorla · A. L. Rowse · ss (r)

· The Choirmaster of Carluddon · A. L. Rowse · ss (r)

· The School-Mistress of Tregwedna · A. L. Rowse · ss (r)

· Tredynham’s Folly · A. L. Rowse · ss

The Dummy & Other Uncanny Stories by Nicholas Royle (Swan River Press, May 2018, 978-1-78380-022-3, €30.00, 181pp, hc, co, cover by Bill Bulloch)
Collection of stories about doppelgängers, ghosts, dummies, disconnected body parts, impaired vision, the dead and the prospect of death. Limited to 300 copies.

· The Other Man [Cthulhu] · Nicholas Royle · ss Black Wings II ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2012

· The Blind Man · Nicholas Royle · ss Still: Short Stories Inspired by Photographs of Vacated Spaces ed. Roelof Bakker, Negative Press London, 2012

· Sitting Tenant · Nicholas Royle · ss Poe’s Progeny ed. Gary Fry, Gray Friar Press, 2005

· The Trees · Nicholas Royle · ss Dark Voices 6 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1994

· Hide and Seek · Nicholas Royle · ss Dark Terrors 6 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002

· The Blink · Nicholas Royle · ss

· The Empty Flat · Nicholas Royle · ss

· The Dummy · Nicholas Royle · ss The New Uncanny ed. Sarah Eyre & Ra Page, Comma Press, 2008

· Maths Tower · Nicholas Royle · ss

· Dead End · Nicholas Royle · ss X7: A Seven Deadly Sins Anthology ed. Alex Davis, KnightWatch Press, 2013

· The Reunion · Nicholas Royle · ss Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, 2009

· Moving Out · Nicholas Royle · ss Skeleton Crew January 1991

· Jayne Anne Phillips · Nicholas Royle · ss

· The Family Room · Nicholas Royle · ss Taverns of the Dead ed. Kealan Patrick Burke, Cemetery Dance, 2005

· Cuckoo · Nicholas Royle · ss

· This Video Does Not Exist · Nicholas Royle · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014

· Lancashire · Nicholas Royle · ss Phobic: Modern Horror Stories ed. Andy Murray, Carcanet Press, 2007

The Best British Short Stories 2011 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, April 15, 2011, 978-1-907773-12-9, £9.99, 240pp, tp, an)
Details taken from ebook.

· Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

· Flora · David Rose · ss The London Magazine April/May 2010

· Winter Break · Hilary Mantel · ss The Guardian November 4 2010

· Emergency Exit · Lee Rourke · ss Ambit #202, 2010

· Love Silk Food · Leone Ross · ss Wasafiri Winter 2010

· Feather Girls · Claire Massey · ss The Adirondack Review Fall 2010

· Foreigner · Christopher Burns · ss The Warwick Review September 2010

· Dinner of the Dead Alumni · Adam Marek · ss Riptide #5, 2010

· The Swimmer · S. J. Butler · ss The Warwick Review December 2010

· So Much Time in a Life · Heather Leach · ss (r)
published online at www.didsburyartsfestival.com/competition.

· Staff Development · Alan Beard · ss The Warwick Review June 2010

· The Rental Heart · Kirsty Logan · ss PANK #4, January 2010

· Notes on a Love Story · Philip Langeskov · ss Five Dials #9, 2010

· No Angel · Bernie McGill · ss Scandal and Other Stories by Bernie McGill, Linen Hall Library, 2010

· Slut’s Hair · John Burnside · ss The Sunday Times Magazine October 10 2010

· Comma · Hilary Mantel · ss The Guardian Weekend August 14 2010

· Moving Day · Robert Edric · ss The Company He Keeps ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2010

· Tristram and Isolde · Michèle Roberts · ss Mud: Stories of Sex and Love by Michèle Roberts, Virago, 2010

· Looted · Dai Vaughan · ss New Welsh Review #87, Spring 2010

· When the Door Closed, It Was Dark · Alison Moore · ss Nightjar Press, March 2010

· Epiphany · Salley Vickers · ss Aphrodite’s Hat by Salley Vickers, 4th Estate, 2010

· Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Best British Short Stories 2012 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, 2012, 978-1-907773-18-1, £9.99, 231pp, tp, an)
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

1 · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

4 · I Arrive First · Emma Jane Unsworth · ss Paraxis v2, 2011

12 · The Dark Space in the House in the Garden at the Centre of the World · Robert Shearman · ss House of Fear ed. Jon Oliver, Solaris, 2011

32 · What’s in Swindon? · Stuart Evers · ss Ten Stories About Smoking by Stuart Evers, Picador, 2011

40 · Alice in Time & Space and Various Major Cities · H. P. Tinker · ss Ambit #206, Autumn 2011

51 · The Visit · Jaki McCarrick · ss Wasafiri #65, Spring 2011

61 · Half-Mown Lawn · Dan Powell · ss Ether Books, 2010

67 · “I’m the Guy Who Wrote the Wild Bunch” · Julian Gough · ss Grey #4, Spring/Summer 2011

74 · Those Who Remember · Joel Lane · ss Gutshot ed. Conrad Williams, PS Publishing, 2011

85 · To Brixton Beach · Stella Duffy · ss
first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, June 7, 2011.

92 · Wide and Deep · Socrates Adams · ss Metazen March 2011

95 · Tarnished Sorry Open · Jo Lloyd · ss Southwest Review v96 #4, 2011

109 · Aperitifs with Mr Hemingway · Jonathan Trigell · ss
first broadcast on “The Verb”, BBC Radio 3, 2011.

115 · Sun on Prospect Street · Neil Campbell · ss Pictures from Hopper by Neil Campbell, Salt Publishing, 2011

122 · The Room Beyond · Ramsey Campbell · ss The New and Perfect Man ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2011

141 · iAnna · Will Self · ss The Guardian September 9 2011

149 · The Heart of Denis Noble · Alison MacLeod · nv Litmus ed. Ra Page, Comma Press, 2011

176 · We Wave and Call · Jon McGregor · ss The Guardian Weekend July 22 2011

188 · All I Know About Gertrude Stein · Jeanette Winterson · ss Granta #115, Spring 2011

199 · Sad, Dark Thing · Michael Marshall Smith · ss A Book of Horrors ed. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher Books, 2011

217 · The Last Library · A. K. Benedict · ss Paraxis v2, 2011

225 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Best British Short Stories 2013 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, April 15, 2013, 978-1-907773-47-1, £9.99, xv+195pp, tp, an)

xi · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

1 · The Smell of the Slaughterhouse · Alison Moore · ss The New Writer #111, Summer 2012

3 · The Writer · Ellis Sharp · ss Labyrinths #43, 2012

10 · The Stormchasers · Adam Marek · ss The Stone Thrower by Adam Marek, ECW Press, 2013

15 · Mrs Vadnie Marlene Sevlon · Jackie Kay · ss Reality, Reality by Jackie Kay, Picador, 2012

24 · When You Grow Into Yourself · Ross Raisin · ss Granta #119, Spring 2012

41 · J Krissman in the Park · Laura Del-Rivo · ss 3:AM Magazine (online) September 6 2012

45 · The Swimmer in the Desert · Alex Preston · ss Fleeting May 18 2012

50 · Voyage · Adam Lively · ss Stand #197, 2012

55 · Curtains · Charles Lambert · ss Willesden Herald: New Short Stories 6 ed. Stephen Moran, Pretend Genius Press, 2012

67 · Doctors · Anneliese Mackintosh · ss Edinburgh Review #134, 2012

75 · Bedtime Stories for Yasmin · Robert Shearman · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #4, Autumn 2012

89 · Canute · Nikesh Shukla · ss First City October 2012

94 · Dancing to Nat King Cole · James Wall · ss The View from Here 2012

103 · My Wife the Hyena · Nina Killham · ss Still: Short Stories Inspired by Photographs of Vacated Spaces ed. Roelof Bakker, Negative Press London, 2012

107 · Budapest · Charles Boyle · ss The Warwick Review March 2012

116 · Just Watch Me · Lesley Glaister · ss Edinburgh Review #135, 2012

131 · Hostage · Guy Ware · ss You Have 24 Hours to Love Us by Guy Ware, Comma Press, 2012

142 · Even Pretty Eyes Commit Crimes · M. J. Hyland · ss Granta (online) September 17 2012

162 · The Tasting · Regi Claire · ss Ambit #210, 2012

174 · Eleanor—The End Notes · David Rose · ss Unthology 3 ed. Robin Jones & Ashley Stokes, Unthank Books, 2012

191 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Best British Short Stories 2014 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, July 18, 2014, 978-1-907773-67-9, £9.99, 224pp, tp, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

xi · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

1 · The Faber Book of Adultery · Jonathan Gibbs · ss Lighthouse #1, 2013

18 · The Spiral Stairwell · Jay Griffiths · ss Beacons ed. Gregory Norminton, Oneworld Publications, 2013

22 · The Incalculable Weight of Water · Richard Knight · ss Manchester Writing Competition 2013

29 · Ladies’ Day · Vicki Jarrett · ss Gutter Magazine #9, 2013

36 · Getting Out of There · M. John Harrison · ss Nightjar Press, October 2013

52 · Hospital Field · Siân Melangell Dafydd · ss Beacons ed. Gregory Norminton, Oneworld Publications, 2013

57 · Roof Space · David Grubb · ss Ambit #212, 2013

61 · Number Three · Anna Metcalfe · ss Lighthouse #2, 2013

75 · Ashton and Elaine · David Constantine · ss Red Room ed. A. J. Ashworth, Unthank Books, 2013

100 · The Jewel of the Orient · Louise Palfreyman · ss The View from Here 2013

105 · What’s Going on Outside · Stuart Evers · ss The Reader #51, 2013

116 · Tides or How Stories Do or Don’t Get Told · Elizabeth Baines · ss The View from Here 2013

121 · The Sea in Birmingham · Mick Scully · ss The Sea in Birmingham ed. Gaynor Arnold & Julia Bell, Tindal Street Press, 2013

138 · Hope Fades for the Hostages · Ailsa Cox · ss 3AM: Wonder, Paranoia and the Restless Night ed. Bryan Biggs, Liverpool University Press, 2013

144 · Unfinished Business · Christopher Priest · ss Crimewave #12, 2013

161 · Femme Maison · Joanna Walsh · ss Fractals by Joanna Walsh, AM Press, 2013

166 · It · Adam Wilmington · ss Manchester Writing Competition 2013

173 · Glass, Bricks, Dust · Claire Dean · ss New Fairy Tales by John Patrick Pazdziora & Defne Çizakça, Unlocking Press, 2013, as by Claire Massey

178 · Guests · Joanne Rush · ss New Ghost Stories ed. Rob Redman, The Fiction Desk, 2013

194 · Barcelona · Philip Langeskov · nv Daunt Books, November 2013

233 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Best British Short Stories 2015 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, June 15, 2015, 978-1-78463-027-0, £9.99, xv+243pp, tp, an)

ix · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

1 · The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: August 6th 1983 · Hilary Mantel · ss The Guardian September 20 2014

22 · Lucky · Julianne Pachico · ss Lighthouse #5, 2014

38 · The Iron Men · Bee Lewis · ss Anglo Files #174, 2014

45 · Festschrift · Jonathan Gibbs · ss Gorse #2, 2014

63 · Five Thousand Lads a Year · Jenn Ashworth · ss
first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, January 10, 2014.

69 · LS Lowry/Man Lying on a Wall · Neil Campbell · ss Ekphrasis (The Knives Forks and Spoons Press by Neil Campbell, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, 2014

73 · Lightbox · Emma Cleary · ss Lighthouse #5, 2014

79 · Green Boots’ Cave · Jim Hinks · ss Short Fiction in Theory and Practice v4 #1, 2014

81 · The Clinic · Uschi Gatward · ss Structo #12, August 2014

95 · May the Bell Be Rung for Harriet · Tracey S. Rosenberg · ss Brontë Studies v40 #1, 2014

102 · Strong Man · Helen Simpson · ss The New Statesman August 1 2014

113 · Voice Over · Matthew Sperling · ss The Literateur April 12 2014

128 · The Lake Shore Limited · K. J. Orr · ss Dublin Review #56, 2014

145 · The First Day · Tamar Hodes · ss Wiltshire View September 2014

149 · Go Wild in the Country · Alan McCormick · ss 3:AM Magazine (online) 2014

159 · Secondhand Magic · Helen Marshall · nv Gifts for the One Who Comes After by Helen Marshall, ChiZine Publications, 2014

183 · Fresh Water · Charles Wilkinson · ss Unthology 5 ed. Ashley Stokes & Robin Jones, Unthank Books, 2014

198 · The Common People · Rebecca Swirsky · ss Litro (US) November 25 2014

205 · Eastmouth · Alison Moore · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014

214 · The Tourists · Julianne Pachico · ss Daunt Books, November 2014

229 · Worlds from the Word’s End · Joanna Walsh · ss Best European Fiction 2015 ed. West Camel, Dalkey Archive Press, 2014

239 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Best British Short Stories 2016 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, June 15, 2016, 978-1-78463-063-8, £9.99, xviii+260pp, tp, an)

ix · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

1 · The Woman Who Lived in a Restaurant · Leone Ross · ss Nightjar Press, October 2015

14 · Arrivals · Robert Sheppard · ss Words Out of Time by Robert Sheppard, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, 2015

18 · Vain Shadows Flee · Mark Valentine · ss Supernatural Tales #30, Autumn 2015

18 · The Politics of Minor Resistance · Jessie Greengrass · ss An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It by Jessie Greengrass, JM Originals, 2015

34 · Walsingham · Trevor Fevin · ss The St. Sebastian Review v5 #1, 2015

41 · A Belgian Story · Ian Parkinson · ss Gorse #4, 2015

54 · Some Versions of Pastoral · D. J. Taylor · ss Wrote for Luck by D. J. Taylor, Galley Beggar Press, 2015

65 · Mrs Ŝwiętokrzyskie’s Castle · Colette Sensier · ss Flamingo Land and Other Stories ed. Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, Flight Press, 2015

83 · A Leg to Stand On · Neil Campbell · ss The Ofi Press Magazine #42, 2015

90 · Wyndham Le Strange Buys the School · Alex Preston · ss Ambit #219, 2015

106 · Song of the River · John Saul · ss The Stockholm Review #11, 2015

114 · 1961 · Greg Thorpe · ss Transactions of Desire by Omar Kholeif & Sarah Perks, Home Publications, 2015

124 · 1977 · Crista Ermiya · ss The Weather in Kansas by Crista Ermiya, Red Squirrel Press, 2014

139 · The Staring Man · David Gaffney · ss Cōnfingō Magazine #4, 2015

145 · The Bluebell Wood · Tony Peake · ss Anglo Files #177, 2015

150 · My Husband Wants to Talk to Me Again · Kate Hendry · ss Brittle Star #36, 2015

156 · In Theory, Theories Exist · Graham Mort · ss Terroir by Graham Mort, Seren, 2015

179 · Control Knobs · Claire-Louise Bennett · ss Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett, Stinging Fly Press, 2015

197 · The Only Thing Is Certain Is · Thomas McMullan · ss Lighthouse #10, 2015

210 · Live from the Palladium · Stuart Evers · ss Your Father Sends His Love by Stuart Evers, Picador, 2015

227 · Distance · Janice Galloway · nv Jellyfish by Janice Galloway, Freight Books, 2015

255 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Best British Short Stories 2017 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, June 15, 2017, 978-1-78463-112-3, £9.99, 256pp, tp, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

ix · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

1 · Reversible · Courttia Newland · ss Sex & Death ed. Sarah Hall & Peter Hobbs, Faber & Faber, 2016

7 · General Impression of Size and Shape · Rosalind Brown · ss Lighthouse #11, 2016

16 · As You Follow · Giselle Leeb · ss Flakes of a Fire, Writing East Midlands Competition, 2016

22 · Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty · Jay Barnett · ss The Mechanics’ Institute Review #13, 2016

36 · While the Nightjar Sleeps · Andrew Michael Hurley · ss Granta (online) October 27 2016

44 · The Sea in Me · Krishan Coupland · ss Bare Fiction Magazine #7, 2016

54 · Safe · Vesna Main · ss The Literateur November 7 2016

63 · The First Hard Rain · Sophie Wellstood · ss Manchester Writing Competition 2016

72 · Never Thought He’d Go · Françoise Harvey · ss Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 9, Tangent Books, 2016

84 · Reunion · Peter Bradshaw · ss
first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, October 21, 2016.

91 · The Dark Instruments · Laura Pocock · ss Manchester Writing Competition 2016

100 · Filamo · Irenosen Okojie · ss An Unreliable Guide to London ed. Kit Caless & Gary Budden, Influx Press, 2016

114 · Treats · Lara Williams · ss Treats by Lara Williams, Freight Books, 2016

121 · The Wind Calling · Deirdre Shanahan · ss Prole #21, 2016

128 · Ariel · David Rose · ss The End ed. Ashley Stokes, Unthank Books, 2016

132 · Is-and · Claire Dean · ss Dead Letters ed. Conrad Williams, Titan, 2016

146 · This Skin Doesn’t Fit Me Any More · Eliot North · ss Structo #16, 2016

154 · Words and Things to Sip · James Kelman · ss Gutter Magazine #15, 2016

171 · Waves · Niven Govinden · ss
first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, October 9, 2016.

178 · Language · Daisy Johnson · ss Fen by Daisy Johnson, Vintage Digital, 2016

195 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Best British Short Stories 2018 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, July 15, 2018, 978-1-78463-136-9, £9.99, xv+247pp, tp, an)

ix · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

1 · Paymon’s Trio · Colette de Curzon · ss Nightjar Press, June 2017

16 · A Thunderstorm in Santa Monica · Adam O’Riordan · ss The Burning Ground by Adam O'Riordan, Bloomsbury, 2017

33 · Trio for Four Voices · Jane McLaughlin · ss Ruins & Other Stories ed. Adam Craig, Cinnamon Press, 2017

41 · How to Be an Alcoholic · William Thirsk-Gaskill · ss Anglo Files #183, 2017

49 · We Are Methodists · Alison MacLeod · ss All the Beloved Ghosts by Alison MacLeod, Bloomsbury, 2017

69 · Life Grabs · Adrian Slatcher · ss Empty State 2017

80 · Dog People · M. John Harrison · ss You Should Come with Me Now by M. John Harrison, Comma Press, 2017

94 · Skin · Jo Mazelis · ss The Lonely Crowd #8, 2017

104 · Cwtch · Conrad Williams · ss I Will Surround You by Conrad Williams, Undertow Publications, 2017

116 · And Three Things Bumped · Kelly Creighton · ss The Lonely Crowd #6, 2017

132 · In Dark Places · Wyl Menmuir · ss National Trust Books, November 2017

146 · The War · Owen Booth · ss Hotel #3, 2017

152 · And What if All Your Blood Ran Cold · Tania Hershman · ss Some of Us Glow More Than Others by Tania Hershman, Unthank Books, 2017

163 · The Homing Instinct · Mike Fox · ss Cōnfingō Magazine #8, Autumn 2017

171 · Mask · Brian Howell · ss Milk ed. Sophie Essex, Salo Press, 2017

189 · Sister · C. D. Rose · ss The Lonely Crowd #8, 2017

197 · Waiting for the Runners · Chloe Turner · ss TSS Publishing, 2017

207 · Swatch · Eley Williams · ss Attrib. and Other Stories by Eley Williams, Influx Press, 2017

214 · The Last Dare · Lisa Tuttle · ss Halloween Carnival Volume Five ed. Brian James Freeman, Hydra, 2017

233 · Dazzle · Iain Robinson · ss The Lonely Crowd #6, 2017

241 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Best British Short Stories 2019 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, July 15, 2019, 978-1-78463-185-7, £9.99, xx+234pp, tp, an)

xi · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

1 · The Husband and the Wife Go to the Seaside · Melissa Wan · ss Seaside Special ed. Jenn Ashworth, Bluemoose Books, 2018

21 · Cuts · Stephen Sharp · ss Ambit #231, 2018

28 · The Arrangement · Sally Jubb · ss Brittle Star #42, 2018

37 · The Heights of Sleep · Sam Thompson · ss The Mechanics’ Institute Review November 26 2018

52 · Nude and Seascape · Ann Quin · ss Unmapped Country by Ana Quin, And Other Stories, 2018

58 · Beyond Dead · Nigel Humphreys · ss Infra-Noir #1, 2018

66 · Toxic · Adam Welch · ss Ambit #232, 2018

76 · A Hair Clasp · Vesna Main · ss Temptation: A User’s Guide by Vesna Main, Salt Publishing, 2018

78 · Reality · John Lanchester · ss The London Review of Books August 2 2018; revised.

101 · On the Way to the Church · Vicky Grut · ss Harvard Review #52, 2018

110 · Cluster · Naomi Booth · ss Galley Beggar Press (online) 2018

124 · Smack · Julia Armfield · ss Lighthouse #16, 2018

141 · Curtilage · Robert Mason · ss Galley Beggar Press (online) 2018

151 · Kiss · Elizabeth Baines · ss The Mechanics’ Institute Review December 14 2018

157 · Badgerface · Lucie McKnight Hardy · ss The Lonely Crowd #10, 2018

170 · On Day 21 · Ruby Cowling · ss Wasafiri May 21 2018

180 · Optics · Ren Watson · ss Brittle Star #42, 2018, as “Sky-sions”

188 · A Gift of Tongues · Paul McQuade · ss Cōnfingō Magazine #10, 2018

209 · Sitcom · Kieran Devaney · ss Fanzine May 16 2018

219 · New Dawn Fades · Sophie Mackintosh · ss We Were Strangers ed. Richard Hirst, Confingo Publishing, 2018

229 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Best British Short Stories 2020 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, October 31, 2020, 978-1-78463-235-9, £9.99, 224pp, tp, an)
Details taken from ebook.

· Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

· Beyond Criticism · Luke Brown · ss Mal #4, October 2019

· Nudibranch · Irenosen Okojie · ss Nudibranch by Irenosen Okojie, Dialogue Books, 2019

· The Phone Call · David Constantine · ss The Dressing-Up Box by David Constantine, Comma Press, 2019

· Vashti · Zakia Uddin · ss The White Review #24, 2019

· Energy Thieves: 5 Dialogues · Richard Lawrence Bennett · ss Ambit #235, 2019

· Halloween · Nicola Freeman · ss Nightjar Press, September 2019

· In the Mountains · Amanthi Harris · ss
first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 23 August 2019.

· The Girl with the Horizontal Walk · Andrew Hook · ss Salò Press, June 2019

· She Said He Said · Hanif Kureishi · ss The New Yorker July 22 2019

· Safely Gathered In · Sarah Schofield · ss Wall: Nine Stories from Edge Hill Writers ed. Ailsa Cox & Billy Cowan, Edge Hill University, 2019

· Belly · Sonia Hope · vi Ellipsis Zine July 1 2019

· The Further Dark · Jeff Noon & Bridget Penney · ss The London Reader Autumn 2019, as “Existential Dread in the Digital Void”

· Same Same but Different · Stephen Thompson · ss The Good Journal #3, 2019

· Backbone · K. J. Orr · ss Mslexia #81, 2019

· Whale Watching · Diana Powell · ss (r)
first published online on the Chipping Norton Literary Festival website.

· Greetings from the Fat Man in Postcards · David Rose · ss Litro (US) December 29 2019

· The White Cat · N. J. Stallard · ss Aleph Press, 2019

· Maxine · Tim Etchells · ss Endland by Tim Etchells, And Other Stories, 2019

· Dreams Are Contagious · Adrian Slatcher · ss Litro (US) November 10 2019

· Weaning · Helen Mort · ss The Book of Sheffield ed. Catherine Taylor, Comma Press, 2019

· Purity · Robert Stone · ss The Write Launch #30, September 2019

· Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Best British Short Stories 2021 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, October 15, 2021, 978-1-78463-231-1, £9.99, 272pp, tp, an)
Details taken from ebook.

· Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

· Wendigo · Julia Armfield · ss Outsiders ed. Alice Slater, 3 of Cups Press, 2020

· Leather · A. J. Ashworth · ss Literati Magazine 2020

· 99 Customer Journey Horror · Iphgenia Baal · ss Denizen of the Dead ed. Stewart Home, Cripplegate Books, 2020

· Am / Thought / Always · Emma Bolland · ss Zahir: Desire and Eclipse ed. Christian Patracchini, ZenoPress, 2020

· Rings · Tom Bromley · ss Wiltshire Life January 2020

· What Never Was · Gary Budden · ss Cōnfingō Magazine #13, Spring 2020

· Edit History · Jen Calleja · ss Brixton Review of Books #11, Autumn 2020

· Hide · Roberta Dewa · ss Nightjar Press, April 2020

· The Nebula · John Foxx · ss The Quiet Man by John Foxx, Rocket 88 Books, 2020

· Going Downhill · Josephine Galvin · ss The Manchester Review #23, 2020

· Backgammon · Uschi Gatward · ss Dublin Review #81, 2020

· The Reservoir · Meave Haughey · ss The New Abject ed. Sarah Eyre & Ra Page, Comma Press, 2020

· The Red Suitcase · Hilaire · ss Nightjar Press, October 2020

· From Far Around They Saw Us Burn · Alice Jolly · ss Ploughshares Spring 2020

· Hair · Isha Karki · ss Extra Teeth #2, 2020

· Definitely Not · Yasmine Lever · ss Invisible Collection ed. Nicholas Royle, Nightjar Press, 2020

· Bindings · Simon Okotie · ss 3:AM Magazine (online) May 12 2020

· Maman · Mel Pryor · ss Ambit #239, 2020

· Our Father the Sea · Douglas Thompson · ss Suicide Machine by Douglas Thompson, Zagava, 2020

· Loom · Matthew Turner · na Gordian Projects, June 2020

· Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Best British Short Stories 2022 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, November 15, 2022, 978-1-78463-248-9, £10.99, 240pp, tp, an)
Details taken from ebook.

· Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

· Let Us Look Elsewhere · Mona Dash · ss Let Us Look Elsewhere by Mona Dash, Dahlia Books, 2021

· How You Find Yourself · Sara Sherwood · ss Test Signal ed. Nathan Connolly, Dead Ink, 2021

· Single Sit · Edward Hogan · ss Galley Beggar Press (online) 2021

· Offcomers · Rosanna Hildyard · ss Slaughter by Rosanna Hildyard, Broken Sleep Books, 2021

· Lammas · Uschi Gatward · ss English Magic by Uschi Gatward, Galley Beggar, 2021

· Plain Speaking · Tony White · ss 3:AM Magazine (online) October 5 2021
first performed online at Carthorse Orchestra hosted by David Collard on 2 October 2021.

· Pebbles · Max Porter · ss Granta (online) July 7 2021

· square / recess / moon · Ben Pester · ss Exacting Clam #3, Winter 2021

· Sarcophagus · Alice M. · ss Hobart August 23 2021

· The Comet · Sonya Moor · ss Cōnfingō Magazine #15, Spring 2021

· Sink Rate · David Frankel · ss Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 14 ed. Joe Melia, Tangent Books, 2021

· Lick the Dust · Leon Craig · ss The White Review September 2021

· Culverts · Neil Campbell · ss Cōnfingō Magazine #16, Autumn 2021

· The Chicken · R. Z. Baschir · ss The White Review August 2021

· A Visit to the Bonesetter · Christopher Burns · ss Nightjar Press, November 2021

· An Easement · Paul McQuade · ss Between Tongues by Paul McQuade, Cōnfingō Publishing, 2021

· New to It All · Seán Padraic Birnie · ss I Would Haunt You if I Could by Seán Padraic Birnie, Undertow Publications, 2021

· The Meat Stream · Will Wiles · ss Pit #10, 2021

· Chicago Forecasts · Chris Vaughan · ss Galaxy Brain #14, 2021

· Wild City · Sophie Mackintosh · ss Concrete and Ink ed. Marta Michalowska & John Bingham-Hall, nai010, 2021

· Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Best British Short Stories 2023 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, October 15, 2023, 978-1-78463-299-1, £10.99, 240pp, tp, an)
Details taken from ebook.

· Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

· Islands · Miles Greenwood · ss Extra Teeth #6, November 2022

· The Lowing · Lydia Gill · ss Seventy2One, 2022

· The Statistics Rebellion · David Wheldon · ss Guiltless Bystander by David Wheldon, Cōnfingō Publishing, 2022

· The Incorruptible · Sharon Kivland · ss Piece of Paper Press, 2022

· Somewhere Out There West of Thetford · D. J. Taylor · ss Stewkey Blues by D. J. Taylor, Salt Publishing, 2022

· The Nights · Briony Thompson · ss Extra Teeth #6, November 2022

· Elephant · Philip Jennings · ss Personal Bests Journal #4, Summer 2022

· Chimera · Kerry Hadley-Pryce · ss Fictive Dream February 27 2022

· The Clearance · John Saul · ss Lunate v1, 2022

· The Thinker · Jim Gibson · ss The Bygones by Jim Gibson, Tangerine Press, 2022

· Middle Ground · Georgina Parfitt · ss Granta (online) November 3 2022

· Still Life · Matthew Turner · ss The London Magazine December 2022/January 2023

· When We Went Gallivanting · Leone Ross · ss Manchester Writing Competition 2022

· Qx · Mark Valentine · ss Soanyway #11, January 2022

· The Beard · Alinah Azadeh · ss Glimpse ed. Leone Ross, Peepal Tree Press, 2022

· The Slime Factory · Gareth E. Rees · ss Terminal Zones by Gareth E. Rees, Influx Press, 2022

· Bonsoir (After Ithell Colquhoun) · A. K. Blakemore · ss Tate Etc. #54, 2022

· Common Ground · Alison Moore · ss Eastmouth and Other Stories by Alison Moore, Salt Publishing, 2022

· The Bull · David Bevan · ss Nightjar Press, July 2022

· Tinhead · Gabriel Flynn · ss Five Dials Spring 2022

· Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Best British Short Stories 2024 ed. Nicholas Royle (Salt Publishing, November 15, 2024, 978-1-78463-309-7, £10.99, 224pp, tp, an)
Details taken from ebook Table of Contents.

· Point of View · Nicholas Royle · in

· Stories I Can’t Tell Anyone I Know · Bhanu Kapil · vi Prototype 5 ed. Jess Chandler, Prototype Publishing Ltd., 2023

· Summer of Light · Jonathan Coe · ss The New Statesman July 28/August 17 2023

· Manoeuvres · Paul Brownsey · ss Gutter Magazine #23, 2023

· River · Cate West · ss Fictive Dream September 22 2023

· Where Are They Now? · Alison Moore · ss Uncertainties VI ed. Brian J. Showers, Swan River Press, 2023

· Inside · Alan Beard · ss Thursday Nights, Tindal Street Press, 2023

· Low Stakes · E. C. M. Cheung · ss

· Stock · Cynan Jones · ss Nightjar Press, March 2023

· Headshot · Charlotte Turnbull · ss Galley Beggar Press (online) 2023

· Friday Art Club · Kevin Boniface · ss Sports and Social by Kevin Boniface, Bluemoose Books, 2023

· Churail · Kamila Shamsie · ss Furies, Virago, 2023

· Strangers Meet We When · Nicholas Royle · ss David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the Sun Machine by Nicholas Royle, Manchester University Press, 2023

· Lapin à la Moutarde · Sonya Moor · ss The Comet and Other Stories by Sonya Moor, Confingo Publishing, 2023

· Minor Disturbances · Cherise Saywell · ss
previously broadcast on BBC Radio 4, February 8, 2024.

· To Have a Horse · Timothy J. Jarvis · ss Treatises on Dust by Timothy J. Jarvis, Swan River Press, 2023

· The Sun Is Only a Shipwreck Insofar as a Woman’s Body Resembles It · Claire Carroll · ss Prototype 5 ed. Jess Chandler, Prototype Publishing Ltd., 2023

· An Invocation · Ben Tufnell · ss New Ghost Stories IV ed. Rob Redman, The Fiction Desk, 2023

· What Business Has a Horse to Look Down on Me? · Rosie Garland · ss Fictive Dream June 30 2023

· Cul-de-Sac · Kerry Hadley-Pryce · ss Fictive Dream January 8 2023

· A Private Tutor · Gregory Norminton · ss Lunate v3, 2023

· Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

A Book of Two Halves ed. Nicholas Royle (Gollancz, September 12, 1996, 0-575-06323-8, £9.99, 288pp, tp, oa)
Anthology of 23 original stories and a selection of poems about football, most by genre authors. Several are SF or fantasy.

9 · I Did It · M. John Harrison · ss

15 · Them Belgiums · Christopher Kenworthy · ss

25 · The Best Brand of Football · Irvine Welsh · ss

40 · Villa · Tim Lawler · ss

48 · Clods · Stephen Baxter · ss

59 · More Than Just a Game · Maureen Freely · ss

70 · Ebony International · Tim Pears · ss

83 · aet · Conrad Williams · ss

100 · The Beautiful Game · Nicholas Lezard · ss

115 · Injured Men Are Talking · Glyn Maxwell · ss

132 · Casuals · Steve Grant · ss

145 · Hardball [Norton, Prisoner of London] · Iain Sinclair · ss

159 · Referee’s Report · Nicholas Royle · in

163 · A Tip from Bobby Moore · Graham Joyce · ss

176 · The Visiting Side · Geoff Nicholson · ss

191 · Passage Thiéré · Geoff Dyer · ss

199 · Wonder Boy [Nick Sharman] · Mark Timlin · nv

220 · Sorted · Michael Marshall Smith · ss

225 · Sent Off · Liz Jensen · ss

232 · Scoring · James Miller · ss

246 · The Shirt · Mark Morris · ss

258 · The Germans Won [Alternate Major] · Kim Newman · ss

267 · Hat-trick · John Hegley · gp

_267 · A Comparison of the On-Form Tony Yeboah and Yer Boa Constrictor · John Hegley · pm

_268 · Centre Forward-Looking · John Hegley · pm

_270 · Bristol City Versus Luton · John Hegley · pm

272 · Sobras the Sacrifice · Simon Ings · ss

281 · Permanent Fixture · Christopher Fowler · ss

Darklands ed. Nicholas Royle (Egerton Press, November 1991, 0-9518520-0-0, £2.95, 116pp, pb, oa, cover by Carl Flint)
Anthology of eleven original horror stories, including pieces by Stephen Gallagher and Mark Morris, with a foreword by Ramsey Campbell.

5 · Foreword · Ramsey Campbell · fw

7 · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

9 · The Visitors’ Book · Stephen Gallagher · ss

19 · Small Pieces of Alice · Julie Akhurst · ss

28 · The Fertilizer Man · Mark Morris · ss

37 · The Little Boy’s Room · Kevin Mullins · ss

44 · The Rolling Road to Kensal Green · Alan David Price · ss

53 · Under the Fairy Lights · Judy Hines · ss

56 · Pavlov’s Wristwatch · Philip Nutman · ss

71 · The Vanishing Point · Brian Howell · ss

83 · Common Land · Joel Lane · ss

93 · Sweet Nothing · Derek Marlowe · ss

99 · The Dark Land · Michael Marshall Smith · nv

Darklands 2 ed. Nicholas Royle (Egerton Press, October 1992, 0-9518520-1-9, £4.99, 206pp, tp, oa, cover by Giuliana Becciu)
Anthology of 23 original horror stories, including pieces by Garry Kilworth and Kim Newman.

5 · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

7 · Love · Kevin Mullins · ss

13 · Waiting for a Train · Joel Lane · ss

19 · Coffee · Jean-Daniel Brèque; translated by Nicholas Royle · ss

23 · Recovery · Julie Akhurst · ss

35 · One Day You’ll Learn · John Burke · ss

47 · The Light on the Cliff · Ian Cunningham · ss

53 · Under the Pylon · Graham Joyce · ss

63 · Two Strands of Wire · Roger Stone · ss

69 · The Hands · Steven Rayner · ss

73 · Eyes Like a Ghost’s · Simon Clark · ss

83 · The Elevator · Garry Kilworth · ss

89 · Foreign Land · Mike O’Driscoll · ss

103 · Clad Bone · D. F. Lewis · ss

107 · Organ Donors [Diogenes Club] · Kim Newman · nv

135 · The Fan · Brian Howell · ss

145 · Always · Michael Marshall Smith · ss

153 · Lethality · Elizabeth Young · ss

163 · Barrowpath · Chris Barnham · ss

171 · Cleaning Up · Peter Crowther · ss

177 · Nearly Tomorrow · Judy Hines · ss

181 · Digits · Derek Marlowe · ss

187 · MacCreadle’s Bike · Conrad Williams · ss

193 · The Other One · Mark Morris · ss

Murmurations: An Anthology of Uncanny Stories About Birds ed. Nicholas Royle (Two Ravens Press, October 2011, 978-1-906120-59-7, £9.99, xvi+264pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

xi · Foreword · Angelica Michelis · fw

1 · Swallows Sleep in Winter · Adam Marek · ss

10 · For the True Anatomy · Claire Massey · ss

15 · Sliding Off the World · Bruce Gilbert · ss
first appeared as an audio track on the CD Touch 25 (April 1, 2006).

16 · The Gannets · Anna Kavan · vi I Am Lazarus by Anna Kavan, Jonathan Cape, 1945

19 · Fight or Flight · Emma Jane Unsworth · ss

28 · Birds of Prey · Joel Lane · ss

38 · The Egg · Alison Moore · ss

45 · The Raven · Russell Hoban · ss The Moment Under the Moment by Russell Hoban, Jonathan Cape, 1992

53 · The Rhododendron Canopy · Elizabeth Stott · ss Familiar Possessions by Elizabeth Stott, Community, Economy and Environment, 2002

64 · Huginn and Muninn · Tom Fletcher · ss

78 · When the Red, Red Robin… · Regi Claire · ss

81 · A Nestling · Jack Trevor Story · ss Argosy (UK) June 1952

88 · Barren Clough · Neil Campbell · ss

93 · Shrike · David Rose · ss

99 · The Candling · Deborah Kermode · ss

111 · A Revelation of Cormorants · Mark Valentine · ss Nightjar Press, 2010

123 · The Brids · Bill Broady · ss

132 · Rarely Visits Gardens · Juliet West · ss

140 · All Our Dead Heavens · Conrad Williams · ss Sugar Sleep ed. Chris Kenworthy, Barrington, 1993

145 · Tsipporah · Adèle Geras · ss The Kingfisher Book of Scary Stories ed. Chris Powling, Kingfisher Books, 1994

149 · Dead Bird · Socrates Adams-Florou · ss

152 · The Beautiful Room · R. B. Russell · ss Nightjar Press, September 17 2010

160 · Gulls · Nicholas Royle · ss

165 · Snow · Marc Werner · ss

172 · Flight of Fancy · G. A. Pickin · ss The Flamingo Book of New Scottish Writing 1997, Flamingo, 1997

178 · The Wounded Bird · Michael Kelly · ss

181 · Corbeaux Bay · Geeta Roopnarine · ss

186 · Husks · Stephen Bacon · ss

196 · Painful Hard Ectoplasm · Laura Ellen Joyce · ss

211 · The Birds · Daphne du Maurier · nv Good Housekeeping October 1952

Neonlit: Time Out Book of New Writing Vol. 1 ed. Nicholas Royle (Quartet, 1998, 0704380900, £7.00, 330pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology, design by Namara, illustrations by David Bray.

1 · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

9 · Thirteen Places of Interest in Kentish Town · Christopher Fowler · ss

18 · Spaces · Cath Skinner · ss

24 · Head of a Girl · Brian Howell · ss

30 · Quaint Honor · Christopher Burns · ss

48 · Travelling at Night · G. A. Pickin · ss

52 · What the Water Yields · Mike O’Driscoll · nv

73 · Clean · David Rose · ss

80 · The Precipice · James Miller · ss

98 · The Big Picture · Bonnie Greer · ss

102 · Me and the Rest of the World · John O’Connell · ss

116 · The Dressing Floors · Tim Nickels · ss

126 · Huddersfield Versus Crewe · Alan Beard · ss

137 · The Ball · Stephen O’Reilly · ss

145 · Umph · Hannah Griffiths · ss

156 · Not That Funny · Gabriel Brown · ss

159 · The Beautiful Space · Jason Gould · ss

177 · Fishy Tales · Fred Normandale · ss

189 · The Gift · Louise Doughty · ss

193 · Looking for Jake · China Miéville · ss

208 · Daddy’s Girl · Emma Donoghue · ss

215 · A Higher Agency · Toby Litt · ss

228 · Breathing Under Water · Christopher Kenworthy · ss

237 · Alice · Ron Butlin · ss

241 · Threshold · Colm O’Gaora · ss

248 · Lessons in Pleasure · Hilaire · ss

258 · eta · Conrad Williams · ss

277 · A Designated Space · Trezza Azzopardi · ss

284 · Graceland · John Burnside · ss

297 · Black and White · Derek Marlowe · ss

312 · Framework of Loss · Art Corriveau · ss

325 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg (r)

The Time Out Book of London Short Stories: Volume 2 ed. Nicholas Royle (Penguin, October 26, 2000, 0-14-029623-9, £7.99, xii+339pp, tp, oa, cover: [photo] by Max Jourdan)
Anthology of 29 original mainstream and literary fantasy stories, including work by Moorcock, McAuley, Newman, Fowler, Kenworthy, and Iain Sinclair.

1 · Mud man · Leone Ross · ss

7 · The Tango Shift · Russell Celyn Jones · ss

16 · Swim · Kate Pemberton · ss

25 · Rainy Day Boys · Christopher Fowler · nv

45 · The Man on the Clapham Omnibus · Kim Newman · nv

86 · The Bodyguards · Esther Freud · ss

93 · Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) · Stewart Home · ss

96 · Gone to Earth · John O’Connell · ss

105 · The Caravaggio Room · Reuben Lane · ss

112 · Reverse Evolution · Angelica Jacob · ss

121 · Portions · Steve Grant · nv

144 · Unhaunted · Toby Litt · ss

154 · My Thing · Robert Elms · ss

159 · The Keeper of the Rothenstein Tomb · Iain Sinclair · ss

172 · Rapprochement · Maureen Freely · ss

191 · Touching Base · Jacqueline Lucas · ss

195 · Bone Orchards [Mr. Carlyle] · Paul J. McAuley · ss

206 · The Cookery Lesson · Michèle Roberts · ss

216 · Known · Conrad Williams · ss

229 · City of Dreams · Rhonda Carrier · ss

237 · The Hard Shoulder · Chris Petit · ss

242 · Wittgenstein’s Mattress · Geoff Nicholson · ss

250 · London Blood · Michael Moorcock · ss

263 · Watcher · Tamara Smith · ss

268 · Suicide Note · Courttia Newland · nv

291 · Jonesing: The End · Elizabeth Young · ss

307 · Trompe l’Oeil · Marc Werner · ss

318 · Waste Ground · Christopher Kenworthy · ss

330 · Ultima Thule · Gareth Evans · ss

The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories ed. Nicholas Royle (Penguin, November 1997, 0-14-027007-8, £6.99, 236pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 23 mainstream and genre stories set in New York, by authors including Jonathan Carroll, Michael Moorcock, Kim Newman, Christopher Fowler, and Joyce Carol Oates.

vii · Contributors · [uncredited] · ms

xi · Introduction · Nicholas Royle · in

1 · This Could Be the First Day of the Rest of Your Life · Mark Amerika · ss

5 · The Coalminer’s Scarf · Russell Celyn Jones · ss

14 · Swallows · Lisa Natalie Pearson · ss

29 · Suck on This · Charles Higson · ss

38 · Toby and Cole · Samantha Gillison · ss

44 · Coastal City · Kim Newman · ss

51 · Recovering at the Chelsea · Maureen Freely · ss

62 · 9th and 13th · Jonathan Coe · ss

69 · A Manhattan Romance · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

80 · Sexual Perversity in New York · Steve Grant · ss

87 · Suzie and Choo-Choo’s Day in New York · Liz Jensen · ss

99 · Occupational Hazards · Thomas Beller · ss

113 · Personal History · Brooke Auchinclos · vi

115 · Doves in the Circle · Michael Moorcock · nv

133 · Daniel’s Skyline · Christopher Burns · ss

141 · The New Zoo · Rikki Ducornet · ss

146 · Elevator Man · Edward Fox · ss

154 · The Fortune-Teller · Elisa Segrave · ss

164 · Little Tales of New York · Lynne Tillman · ss

168 · Asleep in Wolf’s Clothing · Jonathan Carroll · nv

181 · Looking for Bolivar · Christopher Fowler · nv

203 · Heart Problems · Cris Mazza · ss

212 · Shrinking · Elizabeth Young · nv

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