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A Cool Head by Ian Rankin (Orion, February 19, 2009, 978-0-7528-8449-3, £3.99, 107pp, tp, na)     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Dark Entries by Ian Rankin (Vertigo Crime, 2009, 978-1-4012-1386-2, $19.99, 214pp, hc, gn) [John Constantine]     Illustrated by Werther Dell’Edera; Lettered by Clem Robbins Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Dark Remains by Ian Rankin & William McIlvanney--- see under William McIlvanney.

Dark Road by Ian Rankin & Mark Thomson (Orion, 2014, 978-1-4091-5263-7, £12.99, 214pp, hc, pl)     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Dead Souls by Ian Rankin (Orion, October 1999, 0-75280-723-4, £9.99, 406pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 10 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Doors Open by Ian Rankin (Orion, September 2008, 978-0-7528-9070-8, £18.99, 260pp, hc, n.)     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin (Orion, November 5, 2015, 978-1-4091-5936-0, £19.99, 345pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 20 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Exit Music by Ian Rankin (Orion, September 6, 2007, 978-0-7528-6860-8, £18.99, 380pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 17 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Falls by Ian Rankin (Orion, November 12, 2001, 0-75282-130-X, £16.99, 399pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 12 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Fleshmarket Close by Ian Rankin (Orion, 2004, 0-75285-112-8, £17.99, 399pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 15 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Flood by Ian Rankin (Polygon, 1986, 0-948275-09-X, £9.95, 188pp, hc, n.)     Reissued in hardcover in 2005. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

A Game Called Malice by Ian Rankin & Simon Reade (Orion, November 9, 2023, 978-1-398-72113-5, £18.99, 121pp, hc, pl) [Insp. John Rebus]     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin (Century, 1992, 0-7126-5148-9, £14.99, 218pp, hc, co) [Insp. John Rebus]     A collection of 12 stories documenting 12 months in the life of John Rebus. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 1 · Playback [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Winter’s Crimes 22 ed. Hilary Hale, Macmillan UK, 1990 21 · The Dean Curse [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 45 · Being Frank [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 57 · Concrete Evidence [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 77 · Seeing Things [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 97 · A Good Hanging [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv 121 · Tit for Tat [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 139 · Not Provan [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 153 · Sunday [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 165 · Auld Lang Syne [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 179 · The Gentleman’s Club [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 195 · Monstrous Trumpet [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv

The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin (Orion, September 1998, 0-75280-721-8, £16.99, 335pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume nine in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin (Orion, October 22, 2022, 978-1-398-71145-7, £22.00, 331pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     The Waterstones special edition includes the short story “Smudges”. Volume 24 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. · The Smudges [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Heart Full of Headstones (special Waterstones edition) by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2022

Herbert in Motion and Other Stories by Ian Rankin (Revolver, 1997, 0-9530449-0-4, 64pp, pb, co)     Limited to 200 copies. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 5 · Herbert in Motion · Ian Rankin · ss Perfectly Criminal ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1996 19 · The Serpent’s Back [Cullender] · Ian Rankin · nv Midwinter Mysteries 5 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1995 36 · My Shopping Day [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 51 · No. 79 · Ian Rankin · ss

Hide & Seek by Ian Rankin (Barrie & Jenkins, March 14, 1991, 0-7126-3896-2, £12.99, 210pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume two in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin (Orion, October 13, 2011, 978-0-7528-8953-5, £18.99, hc, n.) [Malcolm Fox]     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin (Orion, October 2018, 978-1-4091-7688-6, £20.00, 372pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     The Waterstones’ hardcover special edition has a sticker on the cover noting that the book includes the short story “A Life in Records”. However, the title of the story within the book is “On an Island”. The Waterstones’ special edition of the paperback edition uses “A Life in Records” as the title of the story. Volume 22 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. · On an Island [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss In a House of Lies (special Waterstones edition) by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2018

In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin (Orion, May 13, 2019, 978-1-4091-7690-9, £7.99, 428+10pp, tp, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Reprint (Orion 2018) crime novel. This copy is labelled “Exclusive to Waterstones” and contains a retitled version of the short story from the Waterstones edition of the hardback. · A Life in Records [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss In a House of Lies (special Waterstones edition) by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2018, as “On an Island”

John Rebus by Ian Rankin (The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007, $65.00, 33pp, hc, nf)     Issued in a signed limited edition of 100 numbered cloth copies. Also available in a leatherbound edition, limited to 26 lettered copies signed by Rankin. #8 in a series of Mysterious Profiles written for New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop.

Knots & Crosses by Ian Rankin (The Bodley Head, 1987, 0-370-31057-8, £10.95, 169pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Reissued by Orion in hardcover in 2007 and in a limited (1500 copies) collectors’ signed slipcased edition, with an introduction and deleted material. Volume one in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Let It Bleed by Ian Rankin (Orion, 1995, 1-85797-634-7, £15.99, 278pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume seven in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Mortal Causes by Ian Rankin (Orion, August 11, 1994, 1-85797-938-9, £15.99, 278pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume six in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin (Orion, 2006, 0-7528-6858-6, £17.99, 420pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 16 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin (Orion, 2003, 0-75285-110-1, £17.99, 360pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 14 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Rather Be the Devil by Ian Rankin (Orion, November 3, 2016, 978-1-4091-5940-7, £19.99, 310pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     The Waterstones’ exclusive edition includes the short story “Cafferty’s Day”. Volume 21 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. · Cafferty’s Day [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Rather Be the Devil (special Waterstones edition) by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2016; does not feature Rebus, but is in the Rebus fictional universe as Cafferty is Rebus’s nemesis in several of the novels.

Rebus: Long Shadows by Ian Rankin & Rona Munro (Orion, September 20, 2018, 978-1-4091-8574-1, £16.99, 160pp, hc, pl) [Insp. John Rebus]     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Rebus’s Scotland by Ian Rankin (Orion, 2005, 0-75285-245-0, £20.00, 191pp, hc, nf)     Photographs by Tricia Malley and Ross Gillespie. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin (Orion, 2001, 0-75282-131-8, £17.99, 440pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 13 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Rise by Ian Rankin (Orion, November 1, 2023, £1.99, ebook, nv)     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin (Orion, November 7, 2013, 978-1-4091-4474-8, £18.99, 328pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     The Waterstones’ exclusive edition includes the short story “Dead and Buried”. Volume 19 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. · Dead and Buried [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Saints of the Shadow Bible (special Waterstones edition) by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2013

Set in Darkness by Ian Rankin (Orion, 2000, 0-75282-129-6, £16.99, 415pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 11 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

A Song for the Dark Times by Ian Rankin (Orion, October 1, 2020, 978-1-4091-7697-8, £20.00, 327pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     The Waterstones’ special edition includes an introduction by Rankin and the short story “The Lockdown Blues”. Volume 23 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. · The Lockdown Blues [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Song for the Dark Times (special Waterstones edition) by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2020

Standing in Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin (Orion, October 2012, 978-1-4091-4471-7, £18.99, 356pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume 18 in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Strip Jack by Ian Rankin (Orion, 1992, 1-85797-016-0, £14.99, 269pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Volume four in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Travelling Companion by Ian Rankin (The Mysterious Bookshop, October 2015, 978-1-61316-084-8, $50.00, 78pp, hc, na)     Limited to 100 copies signed by Rankin. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Watchman by Ian Rankin (The Bodley Head, 1988, 0-370-31208-2, £10.95, 214pp, hc, n.)     Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Westwind by Ian Rankin (Barrie & Jenkins, March 8, 1990, 0-7126-3626-9, £11.95, 224pp, hc, n.)     Near-future thriller set at a time when American troops have withdrawn from Europe. Revised and reissued in 2019 in hardcover by Orion. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

Witch Hunt by Ian Rankin--- see under Jack Harvey.

Wolfman by Ian Rankin (Century, 1992, 0-7126-5149-7, £14.99, 195pp, hc, n.) [Insp. John Rebus]     Subsequent reprints retitle this novel Tooth & Nail. Volume three in the series. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

The Hoofmarks of the Faun by Arthur Ransome (Martin Secker, 1911, 168pp, hc, co)     Details taken from online listing. 5 · Note · Arthur Ransome · ms 11 · The Hoofmarks of the Faun · Arthur Ransome · ss Country Life January 2 1909 31 · The Footways of Dream · Arthur Ransome · ss 45 · Peter Swainson: a Criticism · Arthur Ransome · nv 73 · Rolf Sigurdson · Arthur Ransome · nv 105 · The Little Silver Snakes · Arthur Ransome · nv 147 · The Ageing Faun · Arthur Ransome · ss

False Bounty by Stephen Ransome (Doubleday, March 1948, LC:48-6123, $2.00, 187pp, hc, n.)

I, the Executioner by Stephen Ransome (Ace Double, January 1953, D-7, 35¢, 189pp, pb, n.)     Reprint (Doubleday 1948 as False Bounty) mystery novel. Bound in the tête-bêche style with So Dead My Love! by Harry Whittington.

Seven American Short Stories ed. Irma Rantavaara & Helvi Hakulinen--- see under Helvi Hakulinen.

Criminal Kabbalah ed. Lawrence W. Raphael (Jewish Lights Publishing, May 2001, 1-58023-109-8, $16.95, 250pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 12 Jewish mystery and detective fiction stories. 7 · Crime and Kabbalah · Laurie R. King · fw 11 · Introduction · Lawrence W. Raphael · in 17 · The Banality of Evil · Terence Ball · nv 39 · Silver Is Better than Gold [Dr. Cory Cohen] · Sandra Levy Ceren · ss 57 · Death Has Beckoned · Martin S. Cohen · nv 81 · The Golem of Bronx Park East [Shelly Lowenkopf] · Richard Fliegel · nv 103 · Truth in a Plain Brown Wrapper [Rachel Gold] · Michael A. Kahn · nv 127 · The Tenth Man [Abe Lieberman] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss 141 · Bitter Waters · Rochelle Krich · ss 159 · Thy Brother’s Bloods [Nate Rosen] · Ronald Levitsky · nv 183 · Your Papers, Please · Lev Raphael · ss 193 · Reconciling Howard [Jake Samson] · Shelley Singer · ss 213 · Hospitality in a Dry Country · Janice Steinberg · ss 229 · Without a Trace · Batya Swift Yasgur · nv

Mystery Midrash: An Anthology of Jewish Mystery & Detective Fiction ed. Lawrence W. Raphael (Jewish Lights Publishing, August 1999, 1-58023-055-5, $16.95, 304pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Preface · Joel Siegel · pr 7 · Introduction · Lawrence W. Raphael · in 15 · O! Little Town of Bedlam · Toni Brill · nv 48 · The Reading · Howard Engel · ss 65 · A Final Midrash · Richard Fliegel · ss 87 · The Bread of Affliction [Rachel Gold] · Michael A. Kahn · nv 110 · Confession [Abe Lieberman] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss 124 · Holy Water · Faye Kellerman · nv Deadly Allies II ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday, 1994 148 · Jacob’s Voice · Ronald Levitsky · ss 173 · Poison · Ellen Rawlings · ss 198 · Lost Polars · Shelley Singer · ss 217 · The Good Rabbi · Bob Sloan · ss 236 · Wailing Reed · Janice Steinberg · ss 254 · Mom Remembers [Mom] · James Yaffe · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1968 290 · Kaddish · Batya Swift Yasgur · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 1996

The Thirst Quenchers by Rick Raphael (Gollancz, 1965, 15/-, 175pp, hc, co) 7 · The Thirst Quenchers · Rick Raphael · na Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction September 1963 62 · Guttersnipe · Rick Raphael · nv Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction November 1964 89 · The Mailman Cometh · Rick Raphael · nv Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction February 1965 135 · Odd Man In · Rick Raphael · nv

The Smart Set Anthology ed. Burton Rascoe & Groff Conklin (Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934, no ISBN, xlviii+844pp, hc, an) xiii · “Smart Set” History · Burton Rascoe · in 1 · Orphan Annie · Thyra Samter Winslow · nv The Smart Set June 1923 32 · The Sensible Convict · William Rose Benét · pm The Smart Set December 1917 33 · How the Lost Causes Were Removed from Valhalla · Lord Dunsany · vi The Smart Set October 1919 34 · Notes on the American Gentlewoman · Thomas Beer · ar The Smart Set November 1921 36 · How I Discovered Bernard Shaw · Frank Harris · ar The Smart Set July 1915 42 · Ophelia · Elinor Wylie · pm The Smart Set October 1921 43 · The End of Ilsa Menteith · Lilith Benda · nv The Smart Set August 1916 67 · Narcissus · Robert Bridges · pm The Cornhill Magazine April 1914 68 · Benediction · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Smart Set February 1920 83 · The Three Hermits · W. B. Yeats · pm The Smart Set September 1913 84 · Ballade of Youth to Swinburne · Orrick Johns · pm The Smart Set May 1913 85 · From the Memoirs of a Private Detective · Dashiell Hammett · ar The Smart Set March 1923 89 · Summer Rain · Amy Lowell · pm The Smart Set April 1916 90 · Los Angeles the Chemically Pure · Willard Huntington Wright · ar The Smart Set March 1913 102 · Afterwards · Charles Hanson Towne · pm The Smart Set October 1906 103 · A Shepherdess of Fauns · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss The Smart Set October 1913 122 · Over the Telephone · Aldous Huxley · ss The Smart Set April 1923 129 · The Great Woods · Arthur Davison Ficke · pm The Smart Set September 1923 130 · On Cornell · Hendrik Willem Van Loon · ar The Smart Set May 1922, as “Cornell” 141 · Carnival · Robert Hillyer · pm The Smart Set March 1924 142 · I’m a Stranger Here Myself · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Smart Set August 1916 155 · Spoof River Anthology · Gordon Seagrove · pm The Smart Set March 1916 157 · The Mowers · D. H. Lawrence · pm The Smart Set November 1913 158 · Such a Pretty Little Picture · Dorothy Parker · ss The Smart Set December 1922 167 · The Morals of the Mormons · Louis Sherwin · ar The Smart Set June 1917 181 · The Shadow · Witter Bynner · pm The Smart Set December 1913 182 · Some Ladies and Jurgen · James Branch Cabell · ss The Smart Set July 1918 196 · Crêpe de Chine · James Stephens · ss The Smart Set July 1918 200 · Bagatelle · Edwin Markham · pm The Smart Set July 1911 201 · The Eternal Masculine · Leonora Speyer · ss The Smart Set May 1919 214 · Whitemail · Joyce Kilmer · ss The Smart Set March 1914 221 · The Rabbit-Hutch · George Sterling · pl The Smart Set September 1919 225 · Threnody upon a Decadent Art · Joseph Wood Krutch · ar The Smart Set January 1921 230 · The Commonsense of Monsieur Lebel · Achmed Abdullah · ss The Smart Set April 1917 238 · Caste · Burton Rascoe · ss The Smart Set May 1921 247 · Summer Thunder · Stephen V. Benét · ss The Smart Set September 1920 259 · Model Ballad of the Cook and the Clairvoyant · Guy Wetmore Carryl · pm The Smart Set November 1903 261 · To a Broadway Hotel · Christopher Morley · pm The Smart Set March 1918 262 · Blissful Interlude · Myron Brinig · ss The Smart Set August 1921 276 · Maxims of Methuselah · Gelett Burgess · hu The Smart Set June 1911 280 · Donkeys · Leonid Andreyev; translated by Herman Bernstein · ss The Smart Set December 1922 290 · The Man Who Understood Women · Elsie McCormick · ms The Smart Set September 1917 291 · A Flood · George Moore · ss The Smart Set November 1913 300 · Freedom · Margaret Widdemer · pm The Smart Set March 1919 301 · An Epilogue to Love · Arthur Symons · pm The Smart Set February 1918 302 · “All for One and One for All” · Dorothy Canfield · ss The Smart Set July 1904 309 · Rose Garland · Richard Le Gallienne · pm The Smart Set November 1910 310 · Resurrection · Theresa Helburn · pm The Smart Set December 1915 311 · One Day More · Joseph Conrad · pl The Smart Set February 1914 341 · Kisses in the Train · D. H. Lawrence · pm The Smart Set October 1913 342 · Fifty Years Spent · Struthers Burt · pm The Smart Set December 1913 343 · Autumn in the Subway · J. Thorne Smith, Jr. · pm The Smart Set September 1917 344 · The Story Ashland Told at Dinner · Ludwig Lewisohn · ss The Smart Set February 1919 351 · A Song (“Love along my garden went”) · Lizette Woodworth Reese · pm The Smart Set March 1913 352 · Earth and Sea · Oliver Gogarty · pm The Smart Set February 1923 352 · Drought · Lizette Woodworth Reese · pm The Smart Set June 1913 353 · The Fruit of Misadventure · Waldo Frank · nv The Smart Set July 1915 377 · The Fire Is Out in Acheron · Maxwell Anderson · pm The Smart Set January 1921 378 · Humoresque in Ham · Ben Hecht · ss The Smart Set April 1918 392 · Répétition Générale · George Jean Nathan & H. L. Mencken · cl The Smart Set June 1919 · Répétition Générale · George Jean Nathan & H. L. Mencken · cl The Smart Set July 1919 · Répétition Générale · George Jean Nathan & H. L. Mencken · cl The Smart Set August 1919 409 · Réveil · Donn Byrne · pm The Smart Set October 1915 410 · The Secret of Success · Donald Ogden Stewart · ss The Smart Set November 1921 420 · The Renunciatory Gesture · Mabel McElliott · ss The Smart Set September 1921 423 · The Peripatetic Prince · John Reed · ss The Smart Set June 1913 435 · The Treasure · C. Y. Harrison · ms The Smart Set October 1915 436 · The Girl Who Couldn’t Go Wrong · Albert Payson Terhune · ss The Smart Set July 1913 443 · Lilith · Louis Untermeyer · pm The Smart Set June 1913 444 · The Saturday Night Blues · Catharine Brody · ss The Smart Set October 1920 452 · The Lotus and the Bottle · O. Henry · ss The Smart Set January 1902 460 · A Declaration · Jim Tully · ms The Smart Set December 1923 462 · Sonnet (“On fire for beauty, with sure hands and eyes”) · Ben Ray Redman · pm The Smart Set April 1923 463 · The Green Elephant · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Smart Set October 1923 472 · An Incident of the Cosmos · P. Y. Anderson · ms The Smart Set June 1923 473 · Rum, Reading, and Rebellion · John Macy · ar The Smart Set November 1921 482 · Miss Thompson · W. Somerset Maugham · nv The Smart Set April 1921 520 · Rope · Charles MacArthur · ss The Smart Set November 1923 534 · And Minstrels Flown with Pride · John McClure · pm The Smart Set October 1920 535 · Little Girl · Lee Pape · ss The Smart Set April 1915 543 · The Long Voyage Home · Eugene G. O’Neill · pl The Smart Set October 1917 564 · The Whole Art of the Wooden Leg · Laurence Stallings · ar The Smart Set March 1923 571 · The Blue Sphere · Theodore Dreiser · pl The Smart Set December 1914 584 · The Death of Sir Launcelot · Edgar Lee Masters · pm The Smart Set September 1915 589 · Just Him and Her · Ruth Suckow · ss The Smart Set January 1922 597 · Slapdasher the Artist · Felix Riesenberg · ss The Smart Set April 1911 601 · The Kingdom of Thule · Donn Byrne · pm The Smart Set December 1915 602 · The Heart of a Tenor · Frank Wedekind · pl The Smart Set June 1913 626 · The Boarding House · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914 632 · Transvaluation · Orrick Johns · pm The Smart Set October 1917 633 · The Sentimentalist · Sara Teasdale · ss The Smart Set April 1916 638 · Tearsqueezer · Barry Benefield · ss The Smart Set October 1913 651 · The Rural Soul · Thomas Beer · ar (r) 656 · The History of a Prodigy · Lewis Mumford · ss The Smart Set August 1921 660 · The Regenerate · Mazo de la Roche · ss The Smart Set April 1907 675 · Ghosts · Edgar Saltus · ar The Smart Set June 1914 680 · At Tio Juan · Mary Austin · ss The Smart Set June 1906 691 · Jessica Screams · Floyd Dell · ss The Smart Set April 1913 702 · The Dead Are Silent · Arthur Schnitzler · ss 1907 714 · A Dead One · Witter Bynner · pm The Smart Set November 1913 715 · Report of a Sunday Evening Talk at a Sanatorium for Female Alcoholics · Christopher Morley · ms The Smart Set April 1918 718 · Not Guilty · Llewelyn Powys · ss The Smart Set July 1921 721 · Wow · W. B. Seabrook · ss The Smart Set January 1921 726 · The Merry-Go-Round · Julia M. Peterkin · ss The Smart Set December 1921 732 · Ashes to Ashes · Nunnally Johnson · ss The Smart Set May 1923 745 · Paris After 8:15 · George Jean Nathan · ar The Smart Set January 1914, as “The Night Romance of Europe: Paris” 757 · The Parasite [Pages from the Book of Broadway] · George Bronson-Howard · na The Smart Set January 1914 821 · Sun Magic · Thomas Moult · pm The Smart Set February 1921 822 · Rubies in Crystal · Grace H. Flandrau · ss The Smart Set June 1921 827 · Silence · Babette Deutsch · pm The Smart Set October 1917 828 · Reflections · W. L. Werner · ms The Smart Set August 1921 830 · His Stenographer · Harriet Monroe · pm The Smart Set January 1914 831 · Aesthetic Jurisprudence · George Jean Nathan · rv The Smart Set July 1921 843 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

The Magic Within ed. Alicia Rasley, Emily Alward & Diane Holmes--- see under Emily Alward.

The Very Best of Kate Elliott by Alis A. Rasmussen--- see under Kate Elliott.

Conventional Vampires ed. Tina Rath (The Dracula Society, October 2003, 72pp, ph, oa, cover by Ken Barr)     Original anthology of nine stories and three poems published to celebrate the Dracula Society Convention, October 2003. v · Conventional Vampires · Tina Rath · in 1 · The Castle of Enchantment · Hilda Birchall · vi 4 · The Trophy · Jacqueline Simpson · ss 9 · Mara · Mike Chislett · ss 20 · The Legacy · Rosemary Laurey · ss 29 · The Lord of the Manor · Gala Sarrington · ss 33 · The Reluctant Vampire · Berni Stevens · ss 40 · Shadow Seek Shadow · Barry McCann · ss 48 · Queasy Like Monday Morning · Sue Gedge · ss 57 · Hanging with Vampires · Katherine Haynes · ss 70 · Fluffy, a Rather Unusual Cat · Tina Rath · pm 71 · Night Life · Tina Rath · pm 72 · Night Visitor · Tina Rath · pm

Basil Rathbone Selects Strange Tales ed. Basil Rathbone (ghost written by ed. Lyle Kenyon Engel ,[?]) (Belmont, August 1965, B50-633, 50¢, 157pp, pb, an) 7 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 18 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” 52 · The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version. 95 · Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.; given as by Charles Allston Collins & Charles Dickens. 108 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited. 145 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited.

Scrying the River Styx by Wendy Rathbone (Anamnesis Press, May 1999, 1-892842-13-0, $5.95, 34pp, ph, co, cover by Ric Frane)     Poetry collection of 13 poems, six original. 13 · December Rain · Wendy Rathbone · pm Flesh & Blood v1 #4, 1999 14 · Harvest Queen · Wendy Rathbone · pm 15 · Secret Rooms · Wendy Rathbone · pm Dreams and Nightmares #51, October 1998 17 · Winter’s Crow · Wendy Rathbone · pm 18 · The Winter That Never Ends · Wendy Rathbone · pm 19 · A Story · Wendy Rathbone · pm Asylums and Labyrinths 1997 21 · Look · Wendy Rathbone · pm 22 · The Vampire Cathedral · Wendy Rathbone · pm Prisoners of the Night #9, 1995 29 · A Music Review · Wendy Rathbone · pm Frisson: Disconcerting Verse #8, Winter 1997 31 · Bad Dreams · Wendy Rathbone · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1997 32 · One Dark Summer Night · Wendy Rathbone · pm Tomorrow: Speculative Fiction (online) 1997 33 · Scrying the River Styx · Wendy Rathbone · pm 34 · Scrying the River Styx, Part II · Wendy Rathbone · pm 35 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg

Ghost Stories Far from Subtle by Joe Rattigan (Rainfall Books, 2003, 0-9546178-1-9, £8.00, 66pp, tp, oc, cover by Joe Rattigan)     Original horror collection. Listed as “Ghost/Ghosts Far from Subtle” on cover/spine. 1 · Ghosts Far from Subtle · Peter James · in 3 · When She Calls · Joe Rattigan · ss (r) 14 · The Cursed Tree · Joe Rattigan · ss (r) 25 · The Dark Side of the Woods · Joe Rattigan · ss (r) 36 · In the Deep Dark Woods · Joe Rattigan · ss (r) 45 · Wrong Side of the Tracks · Joe Rattigan · ss (r) 57 · Seen but Not Heard · Joe Rattigan · ss Terror Tales #1, 2003

World Tales ed. G. Randal Rau (1985 World Fantasy Convention, November 1985, no ISBN, $15.00, 88pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of stories and articles published as the souvenir book for the Tucson World Fantasy Convention, in the format of the old Weird Tales. It’s a beautiful job down to the pre-yellowed paper. There is original fiction by Donaldson, Walton, and Yarbro plus bibliography, biography, poetry, art, etc. 3 · Stephen R. Donaldson: Six Appreciations · Stephanie Donaldson · in 4 · Stephen R. Donaldson: An Appreciation · Suzy McKee Charnas · bg [Ref. Stephen R. Donaldson] 5 · Stephen R. Donaldson: An Appreciation · Robert E. Vardeman · bg [Ref. Stephen R. Donaldson] 5 · Stephen R. Donaldson: An Appreciation · Nancy Kress · bg [Ref. Stephen R. Donaldson] 6 · Stephen R. Donaldson: An Appreciation · David Cherry · bg [Ref. Stephen R. Donaldson] 6 · Stephen R. Donaldson: An Appreciation · Muff & Real Musgrave · bg [Ref. Stephen R. Donaldson] 6 · Stephen R. Donaldson: An Appreciation · Fred Saberhagen · bg [Ref. Stephen R. Donaldson] 11 · The Resume of Stephen R. Donaldson · Stephen R. Donaldson · bg 12 · The Djinn Who Watches Over the Accursed · Stephen R. Donaldson · nv 31 · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro: Truth and Fiction · Whitley Strieber · bg [Ref. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro] 35 · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Bibliography · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · bi 39 · Such Nice Neighbors · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss 57 · Terror at London Bridge · William F. Nolan · ar 62 · The City of the Titans · Clark Ashton Smith · pm Challenge Fall 1950 65 · Victoria Poyser: An Appreciation · Michael Whelan · bg [Ref. Victoria Poyser] 67 · The Works of Victoria Poyser · Victoria Poyser · bi 71 · Evangeline Walton Ensley: An Appreciation · Kenneth Zahorski · bg [Ref. Evangeline Walton] 72 · The Books of Evangeline Walton · Evangeline Walton · bi 75 · The Forest That Would Not Be Cut Down · Evangeline Walton · ss 81 · The Crow’s Nest · Donald D. Markstein · ms 88 · Production Notes · Donald D. Markstein · ms

Illuminations: The Friday Flash Fiction Anthology ed. Paul Graham Raven (Odd Two Out, 2008, 978-0-9558662-0-3, 148pp, ebook, oa, cover by Diego Cervo)     Details taken from online listing. 11 · Introduction · Gareth L. Powell · in 13 · Editor’s Introduction · Paul Graham Raven · in 15 · Alex in Hinterland · Paul Graham Raven · vi 17 · Patterns in Traffic · Justin Pickard · vi 19 · Paths · Neil Beynon · vi 21 · All Change · Gareth D. Jones · vi 23 · Adrift · Dan Pawley · vi 25 · Dear Sarah · Neil Beynon · vi 27 · Frozen · Gareth D. Jones · vi 28 · Snowball · Gareth L. Powell · vi 29 · I Am Colony · Shaun C. Green · vi 31 · J · Paul Graham Raven · vi 33 · Doppelgangers · Dan Pawley · vi 35 · Faded Letters · Neil Beynon · vi 37 · Stone Must Roll · Martin McGrath · vi 42 · Built by Moonlight · Gareth D. Jones · vi 43 · The Edge of the World · Neil Beynon · vi 45 · The Point Furthest from the Sun · Gareth L. Powell · vi 46 · Terminator · Shaun C. Green · vi 48 · Dust to Dust · Martin McGrath · vi 49 · Celerity · Justin Pickard · vi 50 · My School Trip · Dan Pawley · vi 51 · This Urban Aesthetic · Shaun C. Green · vi 54 · The Last Bird · Paul Graham Raven · vi 56 · Delayed Reaction · Gareth D. Jones · vi 57 · Fresh Meat · Gareth L. Powell · vi 58 · Hungry Girl · Martin McGrath · vi 61 · Slip It In · Shaun C. Green · vi 63 · Paper Boats in the Blue Hour · Justin Pickard · vi 65 · Centre Point · Neil Beynon · vi 67 · Coffee House · Gareth L. Powell · vi 68 · Vote Now! · Shaun C. Green · vi 69 · Get Knitted · Gareth D. Jones · vi 71 · The New Arrival · Paul Graham Raven · vi 73 · Precious Cargo · Gareth D. Jones · vi 74 · The Unexpectedly Existential Life of Margaret Tome · Martin McGrath · vi 77 · Daddy in the Stone · Paul Graham Raven · vi 79 · When I Was Bad · Neil Beynon · vi 81 · Eskragh · Martin McGrath · vi 84 · Secrets of the Faith · Paul Graham Raven · vi 86 · O Radiance, O Blessed Light · Shaun C. Green · vi 88 · The Ghost in the Glass · Neil Beynon · vi 91 · Proper Little Soldier · Martin McGrath · vi 94 · Natalie · Gareth L. Powell · vi 96 · Softly Softly Catchee Monkey · Shaun C. Green · vi 98 · Abduction · Dan Pawley · vi 99 · Alien Abduction · Paul Graham Raven · vi 100 · Lost Toys · Gareth L. Powell · vi 102 · The Emperor’s New Force Field · Gareth D. Jones · vi 103 · Great Old One Ex Machina · Dan Pawley · vi 105 · Fortune Cookie · Justin Pickard · vi 107 · Cliché · Neil Beynon · vi 108 · Thai Curry · Gareth L. Powell · vi 109 · The Decision That Changed the Life of Fabrice Colliseo · Martin McGrath · vi 112 · The Alliterati · Gareth D. Jones · vi 113 · Test Drive · Justin Pickard · vi 116 · Life Is a Wheel · Neil Beynon · vi 117 · Sturgeon’s Law · Paul Graham Raven · vi 119 · Grey Matter · Shaun C. Green · vi 121 · The Red King’s Nursery · Gareth L. Powell · vi 123 · Leaving the World · Martin McGrath · vi 126 · The Natives Are Restless Tonight · Dan Pawley · vi 127 · Fatima’s Funeral · Justin Pickard · vi 130 · Oh! For the Life of a Sailor! · Paul Graham Raven · vi 132 · The Long Walk Aft · Gareth L. Powell · vi 134 · The Gondolier · Gareth D. Jones · vi 135 · A Kind of Homecoming · Dan Pawley · vi 136 · Satisfaction · Shaun C. Green · vi

The Best American Short Stories 1978 ed. Shannon Ravenel & Ted Solotaroff--- see under Ted Solotaroff.

The Best American Short Stories 1979 ed. Shannon Ravenel & Joyce Carol Oates--- see under Joyce Carol Oates.

The Best American Short Stories 1980 ed. Shannon Ravenel & Stanley Elkin--- see under Stanley Elkin.

The Best American Short Stories 1981 ed. Shannon Ravenel & Hortense Calisher--- see under Hortense Calisher.

The Best American Short Stories 1982 ed. Shannon Ravenel & John Gardner--- see under John Gardner.

The Best American Short Stories 1983 ed. Shannon Ravenel & Anne Tyler--- see under Anne Tyler.

The Best American Short Stories 1984 ed. Shannon Ravenel & John Updike--- see under John Updike.

The Best American Short Stories 1985 ed. Shannon Ravenel & Gail Godwin--- see under Gail Godwin.

The Best American Short Stories 1986 ed. Shannon Ravenel & Raymond Carver--- see under Raymond Carver.

The Best American Short Stories 1987 ed. Shannon Ravenel & Ann Beattie--- see under Ann Beattie.

The Best American Short Stories 1988 ed. Shannon Ravenel & Mark Helprin--- see under Mark Helprin.

The Best American Short Stories 1989 ed. Shannon Ravenel & Margaret Atwood--- see under Margaret Atwood.

The Best American Short Stories 1990 ed. Shannon Ravenel & Richard Ford--- see under Richard Ford.

New Stories from the South: 1987—The Year’s Best ed. Shannon Ravenel (Algonquin Books, 1987, 0-912697-66-0, $16.95, 247pp, hc, an) vii · Preface · Shannon Ravenel · pr 1 · Across from the Motoheads · Luke Whisnant · ss Grand Street Autumn 1985 7 · Lady of Spain · Robert Taylor, Jr. · ss The Hudson Review Spring 1986 26 · Heart · Marly Swick · ss Playgirl 1986, as “Prettier than Miss Baker” 41 · Life on the Moon · Lee Smith · ss Redbook February 1986, as “Good-bye, Sweetheart” 57 · Where Pelham Fell · Bob Shacochis · nv Esquire January 1986 76 · The Pure in Heart · Peggy Payne · ss The Crescent Review 1986 91 · Sugar, the Eunuchs, and Big G.B. · Lewis Nordan · ss The Southern Review Autumn 1986 109 · Vincristine · Trudy Lewis · ss Greensboro Review 1986 129 · After Moore · Mary Hood · nv Georgia Review 1986 159 · Dressed like Summer Leaves · Andre Dubus · ss The Sewanee Review 1986 172 · Magnolia · Vicki Covington · ss The New Yorker March 24 1986 179 · Heroic Measures/Vital Signs · John William Corrington · nv The Southern Review Autumn 1986 206 · Peter the Rock · Roseanne Coggeshall · ss The Southern Review Winter 1986 219 · Edward and Jill · Robert Boswell · ss Georgia Review 1986 231 · Dependents · James Gordon Bennett · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review 1986 245 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

New Stories from the South: 1999—The Year’s Best ed. Shannon Ravenel (Algonquin Books, September 1999, 1-565-12247-X, $14.95, 312pp, tp, an)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Letter from Sister—What We Learned at the P.O. · Tony Earley · pr · Birdland · Michael Knight · ss The New Yorker November 9 1998 · Fla. Boys · Heather Sellers · ss Five Points 1998 · Lunch at the Piccadilly · Clyde Edgerton · ss Carolina Quarterly 1998 · Those Deep Elm Brown’s Ferry Blues · William Gay · ss The Missouri Review Fall 1998 · Missy · Richard Bausch · ss Five Points 1998 · Caulk · George Singleton · ss Shenandoah 1998 · Borrowed Hearts · Rick DeMarinis · ss The Antioch Review 1998 · The Human Side of Instrumental Transcommunication · Wendy Brenner · ss Story Summer 1998 · Pagan Babies · Ingrid Hill · ss The Southern Review 1998 · Leaving Venice, Florida · Richard Schmitt · ss Mississippi Review 1998 · Storytelling · Mary Gordon · ss The Threepenny Review 1998 · Krista Had a Treble Clef Rose · Mary Clyde · ss Boulevard 1998 · Booker T’s Coming Home · Laura Payne Butler · ss The Distillery 1998 · Beyond the Point · Michael Erard · ss North American Review 1998 · Miracle Boy · Pinckney Benedict · ss Esquire December 1998 · Neighborhood · Kurt Rheinheimer · ss Greensboro Review 1998 · Little Bitty Pretty One · Andrew Alexander · ss Mississippi Review 1998 · Name of Love · Janice Daugharty · ss Story Autumn 1998 · Quill · Tony Early · ss Esquire 1998 · Poachers · Tom Franklin · na The Texas Review Spring 1998 · Appendix · [uncredited] · ms (r)

New Stories from the South: 2000—The Year’s Best ed. Shannon Ravenel (Algonquin Books, September 2000, 1-565-12295-X, $14.95, 320pp, tp, an)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Preface: Like a Vase or a Dance or a Painting · Ellen Douglas · pr · A Note to Biographers Regarding Famous Author Flannery O’Connor · Mary Helen Stefaniak · ss (r) · Sheep · Thomas H. McNeely · nv The Atlantic Monthly June 1999 · In the Doorway of Rhee’s Jazz Joint · D. Winston Brown · ss (r) · Dancing with the One-Armed Gal · Tim Gautreaux · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Summer 1999 · Box · A. Manette Ansay · ss (r) · The Best Friend · Chris Offutt · ss (r) · Heavy Metal · Robert Olen Butler · ss (r) · My Hand Is Just Fine Where It Is · William Gay · ss (r) · Mr. Puniverse · Wendy Brenner · ss (r) · The Thing with Willie · Karen Sagstetter · ss Glimmer Train #30, Spring 1999 · Good-Hearted Woman · Melanie Sumner · ss (r) · The Widow · Romulus Linney · ss (r) · He’s at the Office · Allan Gurganus · ss The New Yorker February 15 1999 · Wave · John Holman · ss (r) · Debra’s Flap and Snap · Clyde Edgerton · ss (r) · The Circus House · Cathy Day · ss Story Winter 1999 · Just Married · Tony Earley · ss (r) · Rhonda and Her Children · Christopher Miner · ss (r) · Forgetting the End of the World · R. H. W. Dillard · ss (r) · How to Tell a Story · Margo Rabb · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Winter 1999 · Appendix · [uncredited] · ms (r) · Previous Volumes · [uncredited] · ms (r)

New Stories from the South: 2001—The Year’s Best ed. Shannon Ravenel (Algonquin Books, September 2001, 1-565-12311-5, $14.95, 346pp, tp, an)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Driving Miss Daisy Crazy; or, Losing the Mind of the South · Lee Smith · pr 1 · Where What Gets Into People Comes From · Moira Crone · ss (r) 18 · The Saturday Morning Car Wash Club · James Ellis Thomas · ss The New Yorker July 10 2000 29 · The Hero of Loneliness · Christie Hodgen · ss (r) 48 · Make a Wish · Elizabeth Tippens · nv Harper’s Magazine November 2000 69 · Jolie-Gray · Ingrid Hill · nv (r) 102 · Inappropriate Babies · Linda Wendling · ss (r) 118 · I Am Not Like Nunez · Jane R. Shippen · nv (r) 139 · Public Relations · George Singleton · ss (r) 154 · The Paperhanger · William Gay · ss Harper’s Magazine February 2000 173 · Pink Miracle in East Tennessee · Robert Love Taylor · nv (r) 194 · Jesus Is Sending You This Message · Jim Grimsley · ss (r) 206 · In Between Things · Marshall Boswell · ss (r) 226 · The Whimsied World · Nicola Mason · ss (r) 234 · Two Lives · Madison Smartt Bell · ss (r) 246 · Father Judge Run · Carrie Brown · nv Oxford American #32, March/April 2000 269 · Skin Deep · Edith Pearlman · ss (r) 279 · Shoes · Kurt Rheinheimer · ss Nebraska Review Summer 2000 296 · Hunting Country · Stephen Coyne · ss (r) 306 · The Rest of Your Life · John Barth · ss (r)

Best Murder Stories ed. Cyril Ray (Faber and Faber, 1965, 224pp, hc, an) 11 · Introduction · Cyril Ray · in 13 · The Touch of Nutmeg Makes It · John Collier · ss The New Yorker May 3 1941 23 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 37 · Various Temptations · William Sansom · ss Cosmopolitan March 1948, as “The Intruder” 55 · Telling · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 63 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 83 · Little Tobrah · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette July 17 1888 87 · Before the Party · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1922 115 · A Nice Touch · Mann Rubin · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1958 125 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895 138 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932 153 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 185 · Return of Verge Likens · Davis Grubb · ss Collier’s July 15 1950 193 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 201 · The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl · Ray Bradbury · ss Detective Book Magazine Winter 1948, as “Touch and Go!” 213 · The Question My Son Asked · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1962

Cyril Ray’s Compleat Imbiber No. 14 ed. Cyril Ray (Beaumont Books, 1989, 1-871073-02-2, £14.95, 191pp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Ned Brooks. 9 · Introduction · Kingsley Amis · in 13 · Editorial Note · Cyril Ray · ed 15 · Approaches to the Bottle 16 · The Wine Snob’s… [Insp. Gabriel Hanaud; Mr. Ricardo] · A. E. W. Mason · ex from The Prisoner in the Opal, Hodder & Stoughton, 1928 18 · …The Wine Lover’s · Sybille Bedford · ex from A Compass Error, 1968 20 · …The Wine Merchant’s · Egon Ronay · ar The Sunday Times March 30 1986 23 · …The Enthusiastic Amateur’s · Cyril Ray · ar Punch June 20 1984 27 · …The Non-Starter · Miles Kington · ar The Times November 28 1987 34 · The Gourmet’s Love-Song · P. G. Wodehouse · pm Punch December 24 1902 36 · The Power of Garlic · Humphrey Lyttelton · ar Highlife Magazine June 1986 41 · Discoveries 42 · 1. “A pity that one cannot buy it in England…” · Sacheverell Sitwell · ar The Sunday Times 1951 43 · 2. Yorghti! · Compton Mackenzie · ar from Gallipoli Memories, 1929 45 · Variation on a Horatian Theme by Thackeray · James Michie · pm (r) 47 · Some People 48 · Hemingway and Wine · Stefano Regolini · ar (r) from Civilta del Bere 1986. 51 · Duff’s Drinking Life · John Julius Norwich · ar Number Three St. James Street Autumn 1986 56 · My Father’s Cellar · Auberon Waugh · ar Number Three St. James Street Spring 1986 61 · The Palmer of Chateau Palmer · Howell Rees Gronow · ar (r) from “Captain Gronow”, Recollections, 3rd Series, 1865. 66 · Nostalgia · Anthony Burgess · ar (r) from Little Wilson and Big God, 1987. 67 · Poet’s Picnic · John Fuller · ar (r) from Harpers and Queen Magazine, May 1986. 70 · Down Under, from Up Here · Paul Levy · ar The Observer Colour Magazine October 13 1987 72 · Down Under Ditty · B. A. Young · pm (r) · Traveller’s Tales 76 · Beaded Bubbles at the Cannon’s Mouth · Peter Carington · ar (r) 78 · A Ploughman’s at the Pub · Derek Cooper · ar (r) essay from The Listener, 26.vi.86. 79 · Claret Country · Henry James · ar (r) from A Little Tour in France, 1884. 80 · Bordelay · [uncredited] · pm (r) from Lickerish Limericks. 81 · It Isn’t All Baloney in Bologna · Cyril & Elizabeth Ray · ar (r) from Punch Food and Drink Extra, July 1987. 84 · Viva Italia · [uncredited] · pm (r) from Lickerish Limericks. 85 · Nobody Knows the Truffles I’ve Seen · Burton Anderson · ar (r) from Sunday Times Wine Club Magazine. 91 · Medeterranean Feast · Alan Jenkins · pm (r) · Cups That Cheer but Not Inebriate 94 · The Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine · Harriet A. Glazebrook · pm (r) from Parlour Poetry, 1967. 96 · A Nice Cup of Tea · George Orwell · ar The Evening Standard January 12 1946 99 · “Tea Works Its Mischief Slowly” · Cecil Torr · ar (r) from Small Talk at Wreyland, First Series, 1918. 100 · A Cupid’s Nightcap · Stanley J. Sharpless · pm (r) · Tales to Tell 103 · Monsieur Dodin-Bouffant Makes and End of It: A Story · Marcel Rouff · ss (r) from The Passionate Epicure trans. Claude 1961. 111 · The Bresse Chicken: A Story · Anthelme Brillat-Savarin · ss (r) from La Physologie du Gout, 1826. 113 · Applejohn · Frank Parrish · ss (r) 124 · The Blude-Red Wine [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1989 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1989 136 · Song for Vintners · Lord Alfred Douglas · pm (r) from Tails with a Twist, 1979. · Memorable Meals 140 · On Dining Alone · M. K. Fisher · ss (r) from Serve It Forth (1937?). 143 · ‘Never Anything So Good Again…’ · W. M. Thackeray · ar Fraser’s Magazine 1841 145 · Tit-Bit · Augustus Hare · ar (r) anecdote (the one about Dr. Buckland eating the heart of a French king). 146 · Les Trois Cochons · John Davies, M.W. · ar (r) from Sunday Times Wine Club Magazine. 149 · Frying Tonight · Vernon Scannell · pm (r) 150 · From Parson Woodforde’s Diary—excerpts, 1770-1795 · Parson Woodforde · ex (r) 153 · …and from Parson Beerbohm’s—excerpts, 1937 · Parson Beerbohm · ex (r) · Table d’Hote 156 · Soup of the Evening, Beautiful Soup · Harry Luke · ar (r) from The Tenth Muse, 1950. 157 · Dinner with Turbot · Ford Madox Ford · ar (r) from American Vogue Magazine (pre 1914). 162 · Give Me the Mundane Pleaures of the Flesh · Gerry Hamill · pm (r) 163 · The Roast Beef of Old England · Harrison Ainsworth · ex from The Lancashire Witches, Henry Colburn, 1849 164 · The Roast Beef of Old France · Arthur Young · ar (r) from Travels in France, 1791. 165 · …And of France Today · Ruth Silvestre · ar The Guardian 168 · Boeuf Wellington · Stanhope · ar (r) from Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington 1831-1851. 170 · If Only He Had Drunk Two Bottles · Cecil Torr · ar (r) ancdote from Small Talk at Wreyland, Second Series, 1921. · Two Reds Don’t Make a White 172 · 1. Burgundy · Paul Levy · ar The Observer 174 · 2. Claret · Pamela Vandyke Price · ar (r) 177 · What to Buy and What to Drink in 1990 · Clive Coates, M.W. · ar (r) 183 · Strugnell’s Sonnet on the Price of Sin · Wendy Cope · pm (r) from Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, 1986. 185 · Notes on Contemporary Contributors · [uncredited] · bg 189 · Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms 191 · The Illustrators · [uncredited] · bg

Fred Olen Ray’s Weird Menace ed. Fred Olen Ray (American Independent Press, 1994, no ISBN, $12.00, 173pp, tp, oa, cover by Jim Danforth)     Original anthology of 13 stories, pastiches of 1930s pulp fiction, with an introduction by the editor, a cult favorite low-budget horror film director. 4 · Dr. Cadaver’s Corner · Fred Olen Ray · in 6 · Don’t Open the Door! · Hugh B. Cave · ss 24 · Theatre of Blood Lust · Victor Koman · ss 33 · The Kutting Edge · Justin Case · ss 46 · Virgin Sacrifices for the Crocodile Altar · Brad Strickland · ss 61 · The Knife-God Wants Your Smile · Stephen J. Dornburg · ss 67 · Hotel Stygia · Richard Gilliam · ss 79 · Blood Orgy of the Swamp Butcher · Brad Linaweaver · ss 89 · Nazi Jungle Fury · Gregory Nicoll · ss 104 · Love Bride of the Freak-Maker · Sherman Scott · ss 125 · Shrieking Moursels for the Dino-Lord · Martin Nicholas · ss 139 · Slave Curs for the Bitch Empress · William Alan Ritch · ss 152 · The Vampire Killer · Jerry & Sharon Ahern · ss 171 · Pumpkin Guy · Fred Olen Ray · vi

Cruise of Shadows: Haunted Stories of Land and Sea by Jean Ray; translated by Scott Nicolay (Wakefield Press, 2019, 978-1-939663-44-3, $15.95, 208pp, tp, oc)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · The Horrifying Presence · Jean Ray; translated by Scott Nicolay · ss translated from the French (“La Presence horrifiante”, La Flandre liberal May 1, 1931). 11 · The End of the Street · Jean Ray; translated by Scott Nicolay · ss translated from the French (“Le bout de la rue”, La Croisiere des Ombres, Editions de Belgique, December 1931). 27 · The Last Guest · Jean Ray; translated by Scott Nicolay · ss translated from the French (“Le Dernier voyageur”, La Revue Belge, May 7, 1929). 43 · Durer, the Idiot · Jean Ray; translated by Scott Nicolay · ss translated from the French (“Durer l’idiot”, La Revue Belge, November 1, 1929). 59 · Mondschein-Dampfer · Jean Ray; translated by Scott Nicolay · nv translated from the French (“Mondschein-Dampfer”, La Croisiere des Ombres, Editions de Belgique, December 1931). 81 · The Gloomy Alley · Jean Ray; translated by Scott Nicolay · nv translated from the French (“La ruelle ténébreuse”, La Croisiere des Ombres, Editions de Belgique, December 1931). 129 · The Mainz Psalter · Jean Ray; translated by Scott Nicolay · nv translated from the French (“Le psautier de Mayence”, Le bien public, May 6, 1930). 169 · Translator’s Notes · Scott Nicolay · ms 185 · Translator’s Afterword · Scott Nicolay · aw 204 · Bibliography · Scott Nicolay · bi 205 · Translator’s Acknowledgements · Scott Nicolay · ms