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Fantasy ed. Alyn Shipton (John Murray, 1982, 0-7195-3874-2, 119pp, tp, an, cover by Joan Miró)     A book in “The Short Story Series”; of which there are 18 in all, including Science Fiction, Horror, Supernatural, etc. Unpriced, suggesting perhaps it was sold to schools. 1 · The Cat Hood of Maurice · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine December 1907 14 · Charles · Shirley Jackson · ss Mademoiselle July 1948 19 · A Tale of the Ragged Mountains · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book April 1844 29 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952 41 · The Edwin Tree · Chris Hawes · ss (r) 50 · Grandpa [The Hub] · James H. Schmitz · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1955 70 · The Cold Flame · Joan Aiken · ss The Fifth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969 81 · The Tree · Dylan Thomas · ss The Adelphi December 1934 88 · Necessity’s Child · Angus Wilson · ss Such Darling Dodos and Other Stories by Angus Wilson, Secker & Warburg, 1950 99 · The Star Child · Oscar Wilde · ss The House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde, 1891 113 · Albert and the Liner · Keith Waterhouse · ss Dandelion Clocks: Stories of Childhood ed. Alfred Bradley & Kay Jamieson, Michael Joseph, 1978

Children of the Atom by Wilmar H. Shiras (Gnome Press, May 1953, $2.75, 216pp, hc, co) [Timothy Paul] 1 · In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 40 · Opening Doors [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1949 80 · New Foundations [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1950 123 · Problems [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv 178 · Children of the Atom [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv

Darkness Divided by John Shirley (Stealth Press, March 2001, 1-58881-016-X, 337pp, hc, co)     Collection of 22 stories, four original, including SF, horror, and crime fiction. Two stories are co-authored, one with William Gibson, one with Bruce Sterling. Introduction by Poppy Z. Brite. ix · Introduction · John Shirley · in · Part One: Til Now 3 · My Victim · John Shirley · ss Cemetery Dance #34, 2001 17 · Nineteen Seconds · John Shirley · ss Horror Garage #1, 2000 26 · Jody and Annie on TV · John Shirley · nv Cold Blood ed. Richard T. Chizmar, Ziesing, 1991 45 · Occurrence at Owl Street Ridge · John Shirley · nv Strange Attraction ed. Edward E. Kramer, ShadowLands Press, 2000 70 · Wings Burnt Black: A Tale of the Crow [Crow] · John Shirley · ss The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams ed. J. O'Barr & Ed Kramer, Del Rey, 1998 83 · Tighter · John Shirley · ss 92 · Your Servants in Hell · John Shirley · ss 116 · Whisperers · John Shirley · ss 128 · Learn at Home! Your Career in Evil! · John Shirley · ss Embraces ed. Paula Guran, Venus or Vixen Press, 2000 143 · Sweetbite Point · John Shirley · nv Imagination Fully Dilated, Volume 2 ed. Elizabeth Engstrom, IFD Publishing, 2000 166 · In the Road · John Shirley · ss · Part Two: And Soon 181 · The To Make Children Good · John Shirley · ss Space.com (online) 1999 192 · Two Strangers · John Shirley · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Summer 1977 207 · The Prince · John Shirley · nv When the Music’s Over ed. Lewis Shiner, Bantam Spectra, 1991 229 · A Walk Through Beirut · John Shirley · nv Newer York ed. Lawrence Watt-Evans, Roc, 1991 252 · What It’s Like to Kill a Man · John Shirley · ss Stardate January/February 1986 268 · Abducting Aliens · John Shirley · ss Excluded Middle #6, 1997 275 · Six Kinds of Darkness · John Shirley · ss High Times March 1988 284 · Where It’s Safe · John Shirley · ss R.E.M #2, November 1992 301 · Tricentennial · John Shirley · ss Portland Scribe 1976 309 · The Belonging Kind · John Shirley & William Gibson · ss Shadows 4 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1981 322 · The Unfolding · John Shirley & Bruce Sterling · ss Interzone #11, Spring 1985

The Exploded Heart by John Shirley (Eyeball Books, August 1996, 0-9642505-0-0, $10.00, 309pp, tp, co, cover by Rick Berry)     Collection of 14 stories (one previously unpublished, the rest revised from previous publication) and the lyrics to six songs. There is a foreword by Bruce Sterling. 1 · Foreword · Bruce Sterling · fw 11 · What He Wanted · John Shirley · nv Amazing Science Fiction Stories November 1975 53 · Tricentennial · John Shirley · ss Portland Scribe 1976 65 · Shadow of a Snowstorm · John Shirley · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories October 1977 91 · Cold Feet · John Shirley · ss One Dollar Magazine February 1974 97 · Fragments of an Exploded Heart · John Shirley · nv 119 · Seams · John Shirley · sg 1982 129 · Parakeet · John Shirley · nv New Pathways Into Science Fiction and Fantasy April/May 1987 155 · The Incorporated · John Shirley · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1985 177 · When Enter Came · John Shirley · nv Yellow Silk #33, 1990 197 · The Prince · John Shirley · nv When the Music’s Over ed. Lewis Shiner, Bantam Spectra, 1991 225 · V, H, and You · John Shirley · ss Zyzzyva 1991 239 · Where It’s Safe · John Shirley · ss R.E.M #2, November 1992 261 · A Walk Through Beirut · John Shirley · nv Newer York ed. Lawrence Watt-Evans, Roc, 1991 291 · Epilogue · John Shirley · ss 300 · You’re the Reason · John Shirley · sg 301 · Found You in the Dark · John Shirley · sg 302 · [lyric fragment] · John Shirley · sg 303 · I’d Like to See You in Black · John Shirley · sg 304 · Nightmare Epiphany · John Shirley · sg 308 · The Horsemen Arrive · John Shirley · sg

Heatseeker by John Shirley (Scream/Press, April 1989, 0-910489-26-2, $25.00, x+246pp, hc, co, cover by Harry O. Morris)     Collection of 19 stories including three originals and revised texts of others. Also announced in a limited edition of 250 numbered copies signed by John Shirley and artist Harry O. Morris ($65.00). i · Foreword · Stephen P. Brown · fw iii · Introduction · William Gibson · in 1 · What Cindy Saw · John Shirley · ss Interzone #5, Autumn 1983 12 · Under the Generator · John Shirley · nv Universe 6 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1976 34 · Sleepwalkers · John Shirley · ss New Pathways Into Science Fiction and Fantasy #12, October 1988 51 · Tahiti in Terms of Squares · John Shirley · ss Fantastic Stories October 1978 58 · Silent Crickets · John Shirley · vi Fantastic Stories April 1975 62 · I Live in Elizabeth · John Shirley · ss 76 · The Almost Empty Rooms · John Shirley · nv New Dimensions: Science Fiction: Number 7 ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1977 93 · The Gunshot · John Shirley · ss Oui November 1980 104 · Equilibrium · John Shirley · ss 115 · Uneasy Chrysalids, Our Memories · John Shirley · ss Epoch ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Putnam, 1975 131 · Quill Tripstickler Eludes a Bride [Quill Tripstickler] · John Shirley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1980 148 · Recurrent Dreams of Nuclear War Lead B.T. Quizenbaum Into Moral Dissolution · John Shirley · nv 155 · What It’s Like to Kill a Man · John Shirley · ss Stardate January/February 1986 168 · Triggering · John Shirley · ss Omni January 1982 180 · Six Kinds of Darkness · John Shirley · ss High Times March 1988 189 · The Unfolding · John Shirley & Bruce Sterling · ss Interzone #11, Spring 1985 203 · The Peculiar Happiness of Professor Cort · John Shirley · ss New Pathways Into Science Fiction and Fantasy #10, March 1988 216 · Ticket to Heaven · John Shirley · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1987 234 · Wolves of the Plateau · John Shirley · ss Mississippi Review #47/48, 1988

Living Shadows: Stories: New and Preowned by John Shirley (Prime Books, May 2007, 978-0-8095-5786-8, $14.95, 351pp, tp, co, cover by Timothy Lantz)     Collection of 20 stories, one original. ix · The Author Gnaws His Knuckles: A Brief Foreword · John Shirley · fw · 1: A Few Blocks Down, Around the Corner 15 · In the Road · John Shirley · ss Darkness Divided by John Shirley, Stealth Press, 2001 27 · The Gunshot · John Shirley · ss Oui November 1980 41 · The Sewing Room · John Shirley · ss 59 · Nineteen Seconds · John Shirley · ss Horror Garage #1, 2000 69 · What Would You Do for Love? · John Shirley · nv Black Butterflies: A Flock on the Dark Side by John Shirley, Ziesing, 1998 95 · Seven Knives · John Shirley · nv Midnight Premiere ed. Tom Piccirilli, Cemetery Dance, 2007 117 · War and Peace · John Shirley · ss Fear Itself ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner, 1995 131 · One Stick, Both Ends Sharpened · John Shirley · ss Horror Garage #4, 2001 143 · Jody and Annie on TV · John Shirley · nv Cold Blood ed. Richard T. Chizmar, Ziesing, 1991 161 · Brittany? Oh: She’s in Translucent Blue · John Shirley · vi Really, Really, Really, Really, Weird Stories by John Shirley, Night Shade Books, 1999 177 · The Word “Random”, Deliberately Repeated · John Shirley · ss Clarion III ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Signet, 1973 185 · The Sea Was Wet As Wet Could Be · John Shirley · ss Really, Really, Really, Really, Weird Stories by John Shirley, Night Shade Books, 1999 · 2: Through a Laser-Scanner Darkly 189 · Blind Eye · John Shirley & Edgar Allan Poe · ss Poe’s Lighthouse ed. Christopher Conlon, Cemetery Dance, 2006 203 · Sleepwalkers · John Shirley · ss New Pathways Into Science Fiction and Fantasy #12, October 1988 225 · Buried in the Sky · John Shirley · nv Weird Tales October/November 2006 265 · Skeeter Junkie · John Shirley · ss New Noir by John Shirley, Black Ice, 1993 277 · Isolation Point, California · John Shirley · ss Horrors Beyond 2: Stories of Strange Creations ed. William Jones, Elder Signs Press, 2007 295 · Miss Singularity · John Shirley · nv Outsiders ed. Nancy Holder & Nancy Kilpatrick, Roc, 2005 325 · My Victim · John Shirley · ss Cemetery Dance #34, 2001 341 · Sweet Armageddon · John Shirley · ss Air Fish ed. Joy Oestreicher & Richard Singer, Catseye Books, 1993

Lovecraft Alive! by John Shirley (Hippocampus Press, August 20, 2016, 978-1-61498-178-7, $20.00, 251pp, tp, co, cover by Harry O. Morris)     Collection of ten Lovecraftian stories, one original. Details taken from online listing. · When Death Wakes Me to Myself [Cthulhu] · John Shirley · nv Black Wings II ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2012 · Those Who Came to Dagon [Cthulhu] · John Shirley · ss High Seas Cthulhu ed. William Jones, Elder Signs Press, 2007 · The Rime of the Cosmic Mariner · John Shirley · ss · The Witness in Darkness [Cthulhu] · John Shirley · ss The Madness of Cthulhu: Volume 1 ed. S. T. Joshi, Titan, 2014 · How Deep the Taste of Love · John Shirley · ss Hottest Blood ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket, 1993 · Buried in the Sky · John Shirley · nv Weird Tales October/November 2006 · Windows Underwater · John Shirley · ss Innsmouth Nightmares ed. Lois H. Gresh, PS Publishing, 2015 · At Home with Azathoth · John Shirley · ss Searchers After Horror ed. S. T. Joshi, Fedogan & Bremer, 2014 · The Holy Grace of Cthulhu · John Shirley · ss · Broken on the Wheel of Time · John Shirley · nv

New Noir by John Shirley (Black Ice Books, March 1993, 0-932511-55-4, $7.00, 115pp, tp, co, cover by Tim Ferret)     Associational collection of six stories in the noir tradition, with illustrations by Ferret. 9 · Jody and Annie on TV · John Shirley · nv Cold Blood ed. Richard T. Chizmar, Ziesing, 1991 35 · “I Want to Get Married!” Says World’s Smallest Man · John Shirley · ss Midnight Graffiti ed. Jessica Horsting & James Van Hise, Warner, 1992 57 · Equilibrium · John Shirley · ss Heatseeker by John Shirley, Scream/Press, 1989 73 · Skeeter Junkie · John Shirley · ss 89 · Recurrent Dreams of Nuclear War Lead B.T. Quizenbaum Into Moral Dissolution · John Shirley · nv Heatseeker by John Shirley, Scream/Press, 1989 99 · Just Like Suzie · John Shirley · ss Cemetery Dance #9, Summer 1991

Really, Really, Really, Really, Weird Stories by John Shirley (Night Shade Books, March 1999, 1-892389-02-9, $16.95, 392pp, tp, co, cover by Alan M. Clark)     Collection of 37 stories, 10 original, several revised or hard-to-find. Stories are arranged in order of increasing weirdness. A limited hardcover edition (-01-0, $70.00) was announced but not seen. · The Author Wants to Tell You… · John Shirley · in · Really Weird Stories 5 · “I Want to Get Married!” Says World’s Smallest Man · John Shirley · ss Midnight Graffiti ed. Jessica Horsting & James Van Hise, Warner, 1992 19 · Will the Chill · John Shirley · nv Universe 9 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1979 38 · Tapes 12, 14, 15, 22 and 23 · John Shirley · ss originally posted on Gothic.Net (www.gothic.net), July 1998. 49 · Don’t Be Afraid · John Shirley · ss 55 · Lot Five, Building Seven, Door Twenty-Three [Dracula] · John Shirley · ss Dracula: Prince of Darkness ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1992 68 · Kindred Spirits · John Shirley · vi 69 · The Word “Random”, Deliberately Repeated · John Shirley · ss Clarion III ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Signet, 1973 76 · Voices · John Shirley · vi 78 · The Last Ride · John Shirley · ss revised from a story that appeared in some Penthouse publication in 1990. · Really, Really, Weird Stories 92 · …And the Angel with Television Eyes · John Shirley · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1983 108 · The Sweet Caress of Mother Nature · John Shirley · ss 112 · In the Cornelius Arms · John Shirley · ss Pawn of Chaos ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996 125 · Quill Tripstickler Out the Window [Quill Tripstickler] · John Shirley · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1981 145 · I Live in Elizabeth · John Shirley · ss Heatseeker by John Shirley, Scream/Press, 1989 158 · Morons at the Speed of Light · John Shirley · ss 166 · Silent Crickets · John Shirley · vi Fantastic Stories April 1975 169 · Screens · John Shirley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1989 189 · Brittany? Oh: She’s in Translucent Blue · John Shirley · vi 202 · Ticket to Heaven · John Shirley · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1987 · Really, Really, Really, Weird Stories 222 · Ash · John Shirley · ss Dead End: City Limits ed. Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva, St. Martin's, 1991 235 · Triggering · John Shirley · ss Omni January 1982 247 · When Enter Came · John Shirley · nv Yellow Silk #33, 1990 260 · Skeeter Junkie · John Shirley · ss New Noir by John Shirley, Black Ice, 1993 270 · What Joy! What Fulfillment! · John Shirley · ss 277 · 199619971998 · John Shirley · ss Three-Fisted Tales of “Bob” ed. Reverend Ivan Stang, Fireside, 1990 289 · Preach · John Shirley · vi The Edge #4, 1997 294 · Preach: Part Two: The Apocalypse of the Reverend John Shirley · John Shirley · vi 297 · Modern Transmutations of the Alchemist · John Shirley · ss · Really, Really, Really, Really, Weird Stories 304 · Just Like Suzie · John Shirley · ss Cemetery Dance #9, Summer 1991 316 · Cold Feet · John Shirley · ss One Dollar Magazine February 1974 319 · The Peculiar Happiness of Professor Cort · John Shirley · ss New Pathways Into Science Fiction and Fantasy #10, March 1988 333 · Tahiti in Terms of Squares · John Shirley · ss Fantastic Stories October 1978 340 · Equilibrium · John Shirley · ss Heatseeker by John Shirley, Scream/Press, 1989 350 · What Cindy Saw · John Shirley · ss Interzone #5, Autumn 1983 361 · The Almost Empty Rooms · John Shirley · nv New Dimensions: Science Fiction: Number 7 ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1977 378 · Ten Things to Be Grateful For · John Shirley · vi originally posted on Gothic.Net (www.gothic.net), November 1998. 387 · The Sea Was Wet As Wet Could Be · John Shirley · ss

The View from Hell by John Shirley (Subterranean Press, January 2001, 1-931081-09-3, $35.00, 193pp, hc, n., cover by Jill Bauman)     Horror novel of human horrors and interdimensional beings. This is a signed, limited edition of 1000; a lettered edition of 26 (-10-7, $150.00) was announced but not seen.

Pennsylvania’s Best Supernatural Folktales by Henry W. Shoemaker (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2022, 978-1-943022-29-8, $18.95, viii+209pp, tp, co) [edited by T. M. Gray & Charles G. Waugh] i · Henry W. Shoemaker · T. M. Gray & Charles G. Waugh · in 1 · Why the Senecas Would Not Eat Trout · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Black Forest Souvenirs by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright-Faust Printing, 1914 8 · The Three Rivers · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Black Forest Souvenirs by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright-Faust Printing, 1914 17 · The Devil’s Turnip Patch · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss In the Seven Mountains by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913 26 · Pipsisseway’s Pine · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss In the Seven Mountains by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913 33 · The Double Portrait · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss More Allegheny Episodes by Henry W. Shoemaker, Mountain City Press, 1924 42 · The Scalp Bounty · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss South Mountain Sketches by Henry W. Shoemaker, Times Tribune, 1920 50 · The Turning of the Belt · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Allegheny Episodes by Henry W. Shoemaker, Altoona Tribune Company, 1922 58 · The Wolf’s Glen · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss South Mountain Sketches by Henry W. Shoemaker, Times Tribune, 1920 64 · Riding His Pony · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Allegheny Episodes by Henry W. Shoemaker, Altoona Tribune Company, 1922 67 · The Hart’s Horn · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Juniata Memories by Henry W. Shoemaker, John Joseph McVey, 1916 75 · Conrad’s Broom · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Tales of the Bald Eagle Mountains in Central Pennsylvania by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912 82 · On Black Moshannon · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss The Indian Steps by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912 90 · The Screaming Skull · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Black Forest Souvenirs by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright-Faust Printing, 1914 99 · The Dancing Chairs · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss The Indian Steps by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912 111 · In the Foothills · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Susquehanna Legends by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913 117 · The Headless Man · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Susquehanna Legends by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913 123 · Old Dan · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Juniata Memories by Henry W. Shoemaker, John Joseph McVey, 1916 131 · The Shadow Man · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Juniata Memories by Henry W. Shoemaker, John Joseph McVey, 1916 140 · The Fairy Parks · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss The Indian Steps by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912 149 · The Weathervanes · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Susquehanna Legends by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913 154 · The Passing of a Ghost · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss More Pennsylvania Mountain Stories by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912 161 · The Man Who Loved a Fairy · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Susquehanna Legends by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913 169 · The Pitcher Plant · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss More Pennsylvania Mountain Stories by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912 177 · The Panther Hide · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss More Pennsylvania Mountain Stories by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912 184 · Meeting Hermionie · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss More Pennsylvania Mountain Stories by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1912 191 · The Gorilla · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Allegheny Episodes by Henry W. Shoemaker, Altoona Tribune Company, 1922 198 · The Play Girl · Henry W. Shoemaker · ss Susquehanna Legends by Henry W. Shoemaker, Bright Printing Company, 1913 207 · Afterward (Sources) · [uncredited] · bi 209 · Editor Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Guinevere and Lancelot & Others ed. Michael T. Shoemaker & Cuyler W. Brooks, Jr.--- see under Guinevere and Lancelot & Others by Arthur Machen, Purple Mouth, 1986.

Bad Men and Good: A Roundup of Western Stories by the Western Writers of America ed. Luke Short (Dodd, Mead, 1953, hc, an)     Popular Library, 1954 (pb). WWA #1. · One Ride Too Many · Frank Bonham · ss Argosy May 1950 · Strangers in the Evening · Giff Cheshire · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine October 1949 · The Tin Star · John M. Cunningham · nv Collier’s December 6 1947 · Long Winter · Harry Sinclair Drago · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1950 · Trail Hand · Leslie Ernenwein · ss Argosy October 1944 · Bet the Wild Queen! · Norman A. Fox · ss Argosy March 1948 · Rendezvous Romance · Bill Gulick · ss 1952 · Mustang Trail to Glory · Noel M. Loomis · nv 10 Story Western Magazine August 1949 · Mule Tracks · D. B. Newton · ss .44 Western Magazine November 1953, as “Peaker Kid” · Rock Bottom · Nelson Nye · ss Gunsmoke June 1953 · Too Good with a Gun · Lewis B. Patten · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1950 · A Friend of Buck Hollister · William MacLeod Raine · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine November 1947 · The Guardian · Frank C. Robertson · ss Ranch Romances 2nd May 1953 · The Silver Saddle · Thomas Thompson · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1952

Cattle, Guns & Men ed. Luke Short (Bantam, 1955, pb, an) · Maverick in the Bunkhouse · Verne Athanas · ss Argosy September 1952 · He’s Death on Nesters · Will C. Brown · ss Dime Western Magazine March 1952 · The Rawhiders · L. L. Foreman · nv Argosy January 1954 · The Zinnia Kid’s Shotgun Round-Up · Bennett Foster · nv Dime Western Magazine June 1948 · Hell Waits at Dodge · Norman A. Fox · ss Dime Western Magazine January 1944, as “That Dusty, Bloody Trail!” · You Never See Apaches… · Elmore Leonard · ss Dime Western Magazine September 1952 · Gunman’s Errand · Dee Linford · na Dime Western Magazine December 1950 · Hanging’s for the Lucky · Jack Schaefer · nv Argosy November 1952 · Ride the Wild One · S. V. Seavey · ss Argosy November 1953 · Son of a King · Thomas Thompson · ss Dime Western Magazine November 1950

Colt’s Law ed. Luke Short (Bantam, 1957, pb, an) · Loaded · Frank Bonham · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine July 1949 · Drive to Glory · Will C. Brown · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine January 1953 · Blood Money · Van Cort · ss Argosy April 1952 · McCreery and the Colonel’s Shirt · John Cunningham · ss Dime Western Magazine July 1952 · Killers’ Country! · Dan Cushman · na Dime Western Magazine November 1950 · The Outlaws Are in Town · Bennett Foster · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 28 1949 · Moment of Vengeance · Elmore Leonard · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 21 1956 · White Apache · David Markson · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 29 1956 · That Bloody Day in Matamorro · Thomas Thompson · na Dime Western Magazine December 1948

Frontier: 150 Years of the West ed. Luke Short (Bantam, 1955, pb, an) · The Pioneers · Verne Athanas · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1953 · Stampede! · Allan R. Bosworth · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 2 1950 · Red Sand · Will C. Brown · nv Spur Western Novels #1, February/April 1955 · Trail Man’s Bluff · Will C. Brown · ss Argosy April 1951 · The Farms · Merrill G. Burlingame · ar (r) · The Montana Trail · Merrill G. Burlingame · ar (r) · The Treachery of Mike Fink · Hiram Martin Chittenden · ar (r) · Hugh Glass and the Grizzly · Phillip St. George Cooke · ar (r) · Outlaw’s Partner · John Cunningham · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 5 1955 · Outlaws in Town · Marvin De Vries · nv Argosy June 1953 · Driving Cattle from Texas to Iowa · George C. Duffield · ar 1866 from 1866 diary. · Woman Business · Bennett Foster · ss Collier’s January 14 1950 · You’ll Have to Kill Me First · Bennett Foster · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 20 1951 · My Brother Bill · C. Lyn Fox · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 1 1947 · Indian Trap · Bill Gulick · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 13 1952 · Saint with a Six-Gun · Elmore Leonard · ss Argosy October 1954 · Bunch Quitter! · Dee Linford · nv Dime Western Magazine September 1952 · Johnson County Range War · A. S. Mercer · ar (r) · Ride the Red Killer! · N. E. Snoke · ss Dime Western Magazine September 1952 · Oregon—or Starve! · N. B. Stone, Jr. · ss Argosy February 1954 · Oliver Loving, The First Trail Driver · Grace Miller White · ar Frontier Times April 1942

Rawhide and Bobwire ed. Luke Short (Bantam, 1958, pb, an) · Nobody’s All Bad [Billy the Kid] · W. R. Burnett · ss Collier’s June 7 1930 · Where There’s Gold · Frank Condon · ss Collier’s March 1 1930 · Flying Switch · H. L. Davis · ss Collier’s August 2 1930 · The Homestead · Peter Dawson · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine August 1950 · The Road to Nowhere · Frank Gruber · ss Short Stories May 25 1938 · Night on Don Jaime Street · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s May 25 1940, as “On Don Jaime Street” · Under Fire · Alan LeMay · ss Collier’s March 8 1930 · The Deserters · Bob Obets · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine June 1953 · As It Was in the Beginning · Conrad Richter · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 14 1935 · With Bated Breath · Ross Santee · ss Collier’s April 13 1935

Short Stories ed. Jerome Shostak & Henry Christ--- see under Henry Christ.

Yard Lengths by Donald Shoubridge (Pendulum Publications, 1946, 2/-, 120pp, pb, co)     Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 3 · Murder of the Month [Chief-Inspector Standiford] · Donald Shoubridge · nv 25 · The Case of the Municipal Poet · Donald Shoubridge · nv 54 · Hot Water · Donald Shoubridge · ss 62 · The Man Who Died Too Early · Donald Shoubridge · nv 86 · The Case of the Property Gun [Chief-Inspector Standiford] · Donald Shoubridge · nv

Daughters of Decadence ed. Elaine Showalter (Virago Press, June 1993, 1-85381-590-X, £6.99, xx+326pp, tp, an)     18 stories by women writers of the fin-de-siècle. None overtly supernatural though a few are surreal. vii · Introduction · Elaine Showalter · in · An Egyptian Cigarette · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue April 19 1900 · Emancipation: A Life Fable · Kate Chopin · ss The Complete Works of Kate Chopin by Kate Chopin, Louisiana State University, 1969 · Theodora. A Fragment · Victoria Cross · nv The Yellow Book January 1895 · Suggestion · Ada Leverson · ss The Yellow Book April 1895 · A Cross Line · George Egerton · ss Keynotes by George Egerton, John Lane, 1893 · She-Notes · Borgia Smudgiton · ss Punch March 10 1884 (+1) · By Accident · George Fleming · ss 1898 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 · The Undefinable: A Fantasia · Sarah Grand · ss The New Review September 1894 (+1) · Lady Tal · Vernon Lee · ss Vanities by Vernon Lee, Heinemann, 1896 · A White Night · Charlotte Mew · ss Temple Bar May 1903 · The Buddhist Priest’s Wife · Olive Schreiner · ss Stories, Dreams and Allegories by Olive Schreiner, T. Fisher Unwin, 1923 · Three Dreams in a Desert · Olive Schreiner · ss Dreams by Olive Schreiner, Donohoe, 1890 · Life’s Gift · Olive Schreiner · ss Dreams by Olive Schreiner, Donohoe, 1890 · The Valley of Childish Things · Edith Wharton · ss The Century Magazine July 1896 · The Muse’s Tragedy · Edith Wharton · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1899 · Miss Grief · Constance Fenimore Woolson · nv Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science May 1880 · The Fifth Edition · Mabel E. Wotton · ss Day-Books by Mabel E. Wotton, John Lane, 1896

Dark Beginnings by Gena Showalter (Mira UK, April 16, 2010, 978-0-7783-0371-8, £6.99, 458pp, pb, co)     Simultaneous with the US (Mira) edition. In the “Lords of the Underworld” series. Includes 3 novellas, book excerpts, a bonus guide, an interview with the author (by friend Kresley Cole), fictitious interviews with the characters, and several chapters of a never-to-be-completed novel. 9 · The Darkest Fire [Lords of the Underworld] · Gena Showalter · na (r) 89 · The Darkest Prison [Lords of the Underworld] · Gena Showalter · na (r) 153 · The Darkest Angel [Lords of the Underworld] · Gena Showalter · na Heart of Darkness, HQN Books, 2010

The Bleeding Horse and Other Ghost Stories by Brian J. Showers (The Mercier Press, March 2008, 978-1-85635-578-0, 155pp, hc, oc, cover by Scott Hampton)     One hundred and twenty-five copies of the hardback trade edition were hand numbered and issued with a bookplate signed by Brian J. Showers, Duane Spurlock, Jim Rockhill, and Scott Hampton; these copies also included a postcard; a CD-R recording of “Oil on Canvas”, read by the author with music composed and performed by Jeremy Holmstadt; and a hand numbered, limited edition booklet entitled Ghostly Rathmines: A Visitor’s Guide by Brian J. Showers. 9 · Introduction · Jim Rockhill · in 15 · A Note to the Reader · Jim Rockhill · fw 21 · I. The Road to Rathmines 23 · The Bleeding Horse · Brian J. Showers · ss 35 · Oil on Canvas · Brian J. Showers · ss 41 · Favourite No. 7 Omnibus · Brian J. Showers · ss 59 · II. Rathmines Road Lower 61 · Meones’ Beast · Brian J. Showers · ss 65 · Quis Separabit · Brian J. Showers · nv Swan River Press, December 2007 99 · Lavender and White Clover · Brian J. Showers · ss 105 · Father Corrigan’s Diary · Brian J. Showers · nv 149 · Epilogue · Brian J. Showers · aw 153 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Ghostly Rathmines: A Visitor’s Guide by Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, March 2008, 32pp, ph, nf, cover by Duane Spurlock)     Booklet containing artefacts, images, and photographs from locations in the stories featuring in The Bleeding Horse and Other Ghost Stories. Limited to 125 numbered copies, given away with the first 125 copies of The Bleeding Horse and Other Ghost Stories sold via the Swan River Press website. Details taken from publisher website.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: A Concise Bibliography by Brian J. Showers & Gary William Crawford--- see under Gary William Crawford.

No. 70 Merrion Square: Part 1 by Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, October 2006, €5.00, 48pp, ph, nv, cover by Duane Spurlock)     Limited to 300 copies. Details taken from publisher website.

No. 70 Merrion Square: Part 2 by Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, December 2006, €5.00, 48pp, ph, nv, cover by Duane Spurlock)     Limited to 300 copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Old Albert: An Epilogue by Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, September 2012, 978-0-9566587-4-6, €30.00, 96pp, hc, n., cover by Jason Zerrillo)     Horror novel set in the same haunted neighbourhood as the stories in the collection The Bleeding Horse. Limited to 300 copies. Details taken from publisher website. · A Note to the Reader · Jim Rockhill · in · An Afterword · Adam Golaski · aw

The Old Tailor & the Gaunt Man by Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, March 2005, no ISBN, €5.00, 37pp, ph, ss, cover by Meggan Kehrli)     Reissue (Swan River Press 2003) chapbook ghost short story, illustrated by Meggan Kehrli; second printing.

Quis Separabit by Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, December 2007, €5.00, 48pp, ph, nv, cover by Jeffrey C. Roche)     Limited to 300 copies. Details taken from publisher website.

The Snow Came Softly Down; or, The Kindness of Ghosts by Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, September 2005, no ISBN, €5.00, 37pp, ph, ss, cover by Duane Spurlock)     Reissue (Swan River Press 2004) chapbook ghost short story, illustrated by Duane Spurlock; second printing.

Tigh an Bhreithimh by Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, October 2005, no ISBN, €5.00, 37pp, ph, ss, cover by Duane Spurlock)     Chapbook ghost short story, illustrated by Duane Spurlock. This is a limited edition of 300.

An Arabian Night-mare and Others (1848-1854) by Fitz-James O’Brien ed. Brian J. Showers & Jim Rockhill--- see under Fitz-James O’Brien.

Atmospheric Disturbances by Helen Grant ed. Brian J. Showers & Timothy J. Jarvis--- see under Helen Grant.

Bending to Earth: Strange Stories by Irish Women ed. Brian J. Showers & Maria Giakaniki--- see under Maria Giakaniki.

The Diamond Lens and Others (1855-1858) by Fitz-James O’Brien ed. Brian J. Showers & Jim Rockhill--- see under Fitz-James O’Brien.

Dreams of Shadow and Smoke: Stories for J.S. Le Fanu ed. Brian J. Showers & Jim Rockhill--- see under Jim Rockhill.

A Mystery of Remnant and Other Absences by B. Catling ed. Brian J. Showers & Timothy J. Jarvis--- see under B. Catling.

Now It’s Dark by Lynda E. Rucker ed. Brian J. Showers & Timothy J. Jarvis--- see under Lynda E. Rucker.

Uncertainties: Volume I ed. Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, August 2016, 978-1-78380-014-8, €30.00, xii + 191pp, hc, oa, cover by Chris Priestley)     Limited edition of 400 copies. Details taken from online listing. ix · Foreword · John Connolly · fw 1 · The Faerie Ring · John Reppion · ss 19 · From the Archives of the Westmeath Examiner · Derek John · nv 40 · Wellaway · Martin Hayes · ss 56 · Last Love · John Kenny · ss 73 · On a Clear Day · Robert Neilson · ss 90 · A Letter from McHenry · Reggie Chamberlain-King · ss 103 · The Light at the Centre · Maura McHugh · ss 114 · Fran’s Nan’s Story · Sarah LeFanu · ss · Flyblown · Timothy J. Jarvis · nv · To the Eternal One · Mark Valentine · ss · The Seance · Lynda E. Rucker · ss

Uncertainties: Volume II ed. Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, August 2016, 978-1-78380-015-5, €30.00, xii+189pp, hc, oa, cover by Chris Priestley)     Limited edition of 400 copies. Details taken from online listing. ix · Foreword · Brian J. Showers · fw 1 · The Swing · Peter Bell · ss 10 · The Mighty Mr Godbolt · R. B. Russell · ss 22 · Then and Now · John Howard · ss 39 · The Ice Beneath Us · Steve Duffy · ss 56 · Closing Time · Emma Darwin · ss 71 · Homecraft · Rosalie Parker · ss 83 · Half-Light · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 90 · Imago · Mat Joiner · ss · The Edge of the World · Helen Grant · ss · The Court of Midnight · Mark Samuels · ss · What’s Out There? · Gary McMahon · ss · Ruby · Adam Golaski · ss · The Murky · V. H. Leslie · ss · Love at Second Sight · Reggie Oliver · nv

Uncertainties: Volume V ed. Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, April 2021, 978-1-78380-038-4, €40.00, xiii+209pp, hc, oa, cover by Ksenia Korniewska)     Limited edition of 400 copies. Details taken from publisher website. · Foreword · Brian J. Showers · fw · Three Sisters Bog · Eoin Murphy · ss · First a Bird · Ramsey Campbell · ss · To See the Sea · Sean Hogan · ss · Everything We Say and All the Things We Do · Jason E. Rolfe · ss · Not Even Legend · Alan Moore · ss · Skeleton Day · Aislinn Clarke · ss · Malady of Laughter · Inna Effress · ss · Little Lives · Deirdre Sullivan · ss · So Much Potential · Simon Strantzas · ss · Away · Nina Antonia · ss · Washed in the Blood of the Sun · John Langan · ss · Trap · Carly Holmes · ss · Contributor Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Uncertainties VI ed. Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, July 11, 2023, 978-1-78380-045-2, €40.00, 217pp, hc, oa, cover: Dreams as Red Barn by David Tibet)     Limited to 450 copies of which 100 were embossed and hand numbered. Details taken from publisher website. · Unfinished Business · Ruth Barber · ss · The Switch · James Everington · ss · Where Are They Now? · Alison Moore · ss · The Bracken Box · Naben Ruthnum · ss · Houses of Flesh · Anne-Sylvie Salzman · ss · I See Minza · Eric Stener Carlson · ss · Consumed as in Obsessed · Méabh de Brún · ss · Aisles · B. Catling · ss · Interference · Stephen J. Clark · ss · The Contagion · L. C. von Hessen · ss · The Sands · A. K. Benedict · ss · Contributor Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Uncertainties 7 ed. Brian J. Showers, Carly Holmes & Timothy J. Jarvis--- see under Carly Holmes.

What Was It? and Others (1858-1864) by Fitz-James O’Brien ed. Brian J. Showers & Jim Rockhill--- see under Fitz-James O’Brien.

The Monsters of Madame Atomos by Michael Shreve--- see under André Caroff.

Bulletproof Soul by Steven L. Shrewsbury (Black Death Books, December 2003, 0-9747680-0-6, $20.00, 256pp, hc, oc) [Dack Shannon]     Original collection of 20 horror/noir stories, most previously published online, many with genre elements, about albino covert agent Dack Shannon in the Majestic Universe. 9 · Who Is Dack Shannon? · Steven L. Shrewsbury · in 11 · Dust [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 27 · What Lurke Beneath [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 33 · Cocaine Cowboys [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 45 · Damnation Angels [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · na 93 · Devil’s Little Soldier [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 99 · Agent Aqua [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 106 · Hellraisers [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · nv 133 · Neck-Tie Party [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 137 · Never Born to Lose [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 144 · Thunder Underground [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 149 · Issue from the Rotten Womb [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 156 · Pariah [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 167 · Batch of Lies [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 175 · Black Helecopter [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · vi 177 · Murder Hole [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 191 · Eternally Jaded [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 196 · In the Company of Reapers [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 205 · Under the Neon Dragon [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss 222 · No Allegiance [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · nv 252 · Resurrection [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

The Mind Beyond ed. Irene Shubik (ghost written by ed. Brian Hayles) (Penguin, 1976, 0-1400-4352-7, 65p, 239pp, pb, oa)     Stories upon which the BBC television series The Mind Beyond was based. Includes two others transmitted in 1975 prior to the series. The anthology was compiled by the main scriptwriter, Brian Hayles, though published under the name of the series producer. 9 · Introduction · Irene Shubik · in 13 · The Breakthrough · Daphne du Maurier · nv Ladies’ Home Journal March 1966 61 · Mrs. Acland’s Ghosts · William Trevor · ss Angels at the Ritz by William Trevor, The Bodley Head, 1975 79 · Stones · Irene Shubik & Malcolm Christopher · ss 101 · The Daedalus Equations · Bruce Stewart · ss 124 · Double Echo · Brian Hayles · nv 151 · The Man with the Power · Evan Jones · nv 182 · The Love of a Good Woman · William Trevor · ss The Eighth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Jenkins, 1972 197 · Meriel, the Ghost Girl · David Halliwell · nv 237 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Yellow Wall-paper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ed. Robert Shulman--- see under Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Arcane ed. Nathan Shumate (Cold Fusion Media, December 20, 2011, 978-1-4680-6752-1, $14.99, 338pp, tp, oa, cover by Dan Verkys)     Details taken from online listing. · You Gotta Have a Gimmick · Nathan Shumate · in · We Belong to Her · Joe Mirabello · ss · A Capella · Jonathan S. Pembroke · ss · The Truth About Mother · Van Aaron Hughes · ss · The Web of Legends · Damien Walters Grintalis · ss · Reyes Rides the Deville · Dan Cavallari · ss · The Heart of the Matter · Paul L. Bates · ss · El Diablo de Paseo Grande [Coyote Cal] · Milo James Fowler · ss · The Delivery · A. A. Garrison · ss · Corporautolysis · Christopher Slatsky · ss · Mallecho · Stephen Willcott · ss · God of the Kiln · Eric Francis · ss · Tied · D. T. Kastn · ss · Lady of the Crossroads · Christine Lucas · ss · Beneath the Arch of Knives · James Lecky · ss · All Coated in Bonemeal · Bartholomew Klick · ss · Possessed of Talent · Thomas Allein · ss · Sweet Heaven in My View · Frank Stascik · ss · It’s Not the Boys in This Family That Have to Worry · Brady Golden · ss · Kiss of Death · Jeremy Zimmerman · ss · Legacy · S. M. Williams · ss · An Unquiet Slumber · Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein · ss · A Friend, the Spider · Caitlin Hoffman · ss · Destination Unknown · Anthony J. Rapino · ss · In One There Is Many · Max Vile · ss · Incident at the Geometric Church · David McGillveray · ss · Black Bush · Gemma Files · ss · The Best and Bitt’rest Kiss · S. K. Gilman · ss · Visiting Hours · Josh Strnad · ss · Sweet Dreams · Fran Walker · ss · The Business of Herman Laczko · Mark Beech · ss · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

An Alternate History of the 21st Century by William Shunn (Spilt Milk Press, September 2007, no ISBN, $5.00, 68pp, ph, co, cover by Mattias Adolfsson)     Chapbook collection of six stories, two original, and two previously published online. Introduction by Cory Doctorow. 5 · Introduction · Cory Doctorow · in 8 · From Our Point of View We Had Moved to the Left · William Shunn · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1993 13 · Kevin17 · William Shunn · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1995 15 · Observations from the City of Angels · William Shunn · ss Salon July 16 2003, as “Love in the Age of Spyware” 22 · Strong Medicine · William Shunn · ss Salon November 11 2003 23 · Objective Impermeability in a Closed System · William Shunn · ss 28 · Not of This Fold · William Shunn · nv 61 · A Look Back at the 21st Century · William Shunn · aw 63 · Publishing History · [uncredited] · bi

Best of British Fantasy 2018 ed. Jared Shurin (NewCon Press, May 21, 2019, 978-1-912950-18-8, £12.99, 254pp, tp, an, cover by Matty Long)     Details taken from online listing. A limited signed hardcover edition (£24.99) was announced but not seen. · Introduction · Jared Shurin · in · There’s a Witch in the Word Machine · Jenni Fagan · pm There’s a Witch in the Word Machine by Jenni Fagan, Polygon, 2018 · We Are Now Beginning Our Descent · Malcolm Devlin · ss Losslit #7, 2018 · The Dance of a Thousand Cuts · Liam Hogan · ss Terra! Tara! Terror! ed. Juliana Rew, Third Flatiron Publishing, 2018 · A Son of the Sea · Priya Sharma · nv All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma, Undertow Publications, 2018 · To Look Upon His Works · R. J. Barker · ss 2018 · 12 Answers Only You Can Question · James Warner · ss Epoch v67 #2, 2018 · The Woman Who Turned Into Soap · Harkiran Dhindsa · ss The Good Journal July 2018 · Mushroom Speed Boosts · Ben Reynolds · ss Losslit #8, 2018 · The Guile · Ian McDonald · ss Tor.com May 22 2018 · We Can Make Something Grow Between the Mushrooms and the Snow · Kirsty Logan · ss The Puritan Winter 2018 · The Moss Child · Lisa Fransson · ss The Forgotten and the Fantastical 4 ed. Teika Bellamy, Mother's Milk Books, 2018 · Boys · Lizzie Hudson · ss Litro November 29 2018 · The Farm at the World’s End · Helen McClory · ss Occulum #7, 2018 · The Prevaricator · Matthew Hughes · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2018 · The Small Island · Heather Parry · ss F(r)iction Summer 2018 · A Gift of Tongues · Paul McQuade · ss Cōnfingō Magazine #10, 2018 · Velocity · Steph Swainston · ss Turning Point by Steph Swainston, Air and Nothingness Press, 2018 · Counting the Pennies · Rhys Hughes · ss The Early Bird Catches the Worm but the Wise Worm Stays in Bed by Rhys Hughes, Gloomy Seahorse Press, 2018 · The Councillor’s Visit · Beth Goddard · ss Finesse, Comma Press, 2018 · Yard Dog · Tade Thompson · ss Fiyah #7, Summer 2018 · Dark Shells · Aliya Whiteley · ss This Dreaming Isle ed. Dan Coxon, Unsung Stories, 2018 · Coruvorn · Reggie Oliver · ss The Silent Garden v1, 2018 · The Godziliad · Adam Roberts · ss Morphosis November 4 2018 · Underground · Archie Black · ss Pornokitsch March 28 2018; in the limited edition hardback only.

Best of British Fantasy 2019 ed. Jared Shurin (NewCon Press, June 30, 2020, 978-1-912950-65-2, £12.99, 280pp, tp, an, cover by Jonathan Edwards)     A limited signed hardcover edition (£25.99) was announced but not seen. Details taken from online listing. · “Someone Will Be Along to Dig You Out” · Jared Shurin · in · A Manual for Avoiding Further Harm from [REDACTED] · Helen McClory · ss Paper Darts November 5 2019 · Tyrannosaurs Bask in the Warmth of the Asteroid · Gareth E. Rees · ss An Invite to Eternity ed. Gary Budden & Marian Womack, Calque Press, 2019 · Burrowing Machines · Sara Saab · ss The Dark #44, January 2019 · Birds Fell from the Sky and Each One Spoke in Your Voice · Kirsty Logan · ss Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan, Harvill Secker, 2019 · A Few Things I Miss About Skeletons · Tom Offland · ss Visions #2, 2019 · Tilt · Karen Onojaife · ss The Outcast Hours ed. Mahvesh Murad & Jared Shurin, Solaris, 2019 · Mr. Fox · Heather Parry · ss We Were Always Here ed. Ryan Vance & Michael Lee Richardson, 404 Ink, 2019 · Joss Papers for Porcelain Ghosts · Eliza Chan · nv Pareidolia ed. James Everington & Dan Howarth, Black Shuck Books, 2019 · The Fisher · Melanie Harding-Shaw · ss ReadingRoom October 5 2019 · Canst Thou Draw Out the Leviathan · Christopher Caldwell · ss Uncanny Magazine #28, May/June 2019 · What the Sea Reaps, We Must Provide · Eleanor R. Wood · ss Diabolical Plots: Year Five ed. David Steffen, Diabolical Plots, 2019 · No Children · E. Saxey · ss Corvid Queen November 1 2019 · The Colossus Stops · Dafydd McKimm · vi Daily Science Fiction May 20 2019 · Wake the Dead · Maura McHugh · ss The Boughs Withered by Maura McHugh, NewCon Press, 2019 · Why Aren’t Millennials Continuing Traditional Worship of the Elder Dark? · Matt Dovey · ss Diabolical Plots #50, April 2019 · Demolition · Nick Adams · ss Tales from the Shadow Booth v3, 2019 · The Redemption of Billy Zane · Liz Jones · ss 2019 · What It Sounds Like When You Fall · Natalia Theodoridou · ss Nightmare #76, January 2019 · Competing Before the King · Leila Aboulela · ss Extra Teeth November 2019 · Dem Bones · Lavie Tidhar · ss Strange Horizons February 18 2019 · Sin Eater · Chikodili Emelumadu · ss Omenana #13, May 2019 · Thank God in the Acknowledgements · Jess Brough · ss Extra Teeth November 2019 · The Timekeeper’s Tarot · Den Patrick · ss Legends 3: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2019; in the limited edition hardback only.

The Big Book of Cyberpunk ed. Jared Shurin (Vintage Books, September 26, 2023, 978-0-593-46723-7, $32.50, xx+1116pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. xi · Editor’s Note · Jared Shurin · ms xiii · The Day of Two Thousand Pigs · [uncredited] · in 3 · The Gernsback Continuum · William Gibson · ss Universe 11 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1981 11 · Self · [uncredited] · si 15 · The Girl Who Was Plugged In · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, 1973 37 · Pretty Boy Crossover · Pat Cadigan · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1986 44 · Wolves of the Plateau · John Shirley · ss Mississippi Review #47/48, 1988 54 · An Old-Fashioned Story · Phillip Mann · ss Interzone #29, May/June 1989 61 · The World as We Know It [Marîd Audran; Budayeen] · George Alec Effinger · nv Futurecrime ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Donald I. Fine, 1992 77 · Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland · Gwyneth Jones · ss Off Limits ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's, 1996 87 · Lobsters [Macx Family] · Charles Stross · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2001 105 · Surfing the Khumbu · Richard Kadrey · vi Infinite Matrix July 3 2002 109 · Memories of Moments, Bright as Falling Stars · Cat Rambo · ss Talebones #34, Winter 2006 119 · The Girl Hero’s Mirror Says He’s Not the One · Justina Robson · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007 127 · The Completely Rechargeable Man · Karen Heuler · ss Clarkesworld #27, December 2008 133 · File: The Death of Designer D. · Christian Kirtchev; translated by Iliyan Batanov Malchev · ss translated from the Bulgarian. 137 · Better Than [Shadowrun] · Jean Rabe · ss Spells and Chrome ed. John Helfers, Catalyst Game Labs, 2010 146 · Ghost Codes of Sparkletown (New Mix) · Jeff Noon · ss 2011 152 · Choosing Faces · Lavie Tidhar · ss Arc August 2012 163 · I Tell Thee All, I Can No More · Sunny Moraine · ss Clarkesworld #82, July 2013 168 · Four Tons Too Late · K. C. Alexander · ss Fireside Magazine #11, March 2014, as by Karina Cooper 176 · Patterns of a Murmuration, in Billions of Data Points · Neon Yang · ss Clarkesworld #96, September 2014 185 · RealLife 3.0 · Jean-Marc Ligny; translated by N. R. M. Roshak · ss translated from the French (Bifrost #75, July 2014). 191 · wysiomg · Alvaro Zinos-Amaro · ss Cyber World ed. Joshua Viola & Jason Heller, Hex Publishers, 2016 195 · The Infinite Eye · J. P. Smythe · ss 2084 ed. George Sandison, Unsung Stories, 2017 203 · The Real You™ · Molly Tanzer · ss Lightspeed #101, October 2018 209 · A Life of Its Own · Aleš Kot · ss self-published, July 2019 216 · Helicopter Story · Isabel Fall · ss Clarkesworld #160, January 2020, as “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter” 229 · Lena · qntm · ss Things of Interest January 4 2021 233 · Society · [uncredited] · si 238 · Time Considered as a Helix of Semiprecious Stones · Samuel R. Delany · nv New Worlds #185, December 1968 260 · Cyberpunk [Michael Harris] · Bruce Bethke · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic November 1983 268 · Hostile Takeover · Craig Padawer · ss After Yesterday’s Crash ed. Larry McCaffery, Penguin Books US, 1995 273 · Rat · James Patrick Kelly · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1986 281 · Arachne · Lisa Mason · ss Omni December 1987 297 · Axiomatic · Greg Egan · ss Interzone #41, November 1990 306 · Consumimur Igni · Harry Polkinhorn · ss Avant-Pop ed. Larry McCaffery, Black Ice Books, 1993 313 · Gene Wars · Paul J. McAuley · ss Interzone #48, June 1991 previously published in an abridged form as “Evan’s Progress” in New Internationalist, March 1991. 318 · Britworld™ · James Lovegrove · ss Interzone #66, December 1992 322 · Ripped Images, Rusted Dreams · Gerardo Horacio Porcayo · ss translated from the Spanish (“Imágenes rotas, sueños de herrumbre”, 1993). 327 · The Great Simoleon Caper · Neal Stephenson · ss Time Spring 1995 336 · Immolation [Punktown] · Jeffrey Thomas · ss Punktown by Jeffrey Thomas, Ministry of Whimsy, 2000 346 · 0wnz0red · Cory Doctorow · nv Salon August 28 2002 366 · Time of Day · Nick Mamatas · ss Strange Horizons January 21 2002 375 · Branded · Lauren Beukes · ss SL Magazine 2004 379 · P · Yun Ko-Eun; translated by Sean Lin-Halbert · ss translated from the Korean (“2011”). 393 · I Can Transform You · Maurice Broaddus · nv Apex Magazine #52, September 2013 436 · Be Seeing You · Madeline Ashby · ss Pwning Tomorrow ed. Dave Maass, Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2015 446 · Keeping Up with Mr. Johnson [Shadowrun] · Steven S. Long · ss World of Shadows ed. John Helfers, Catalyst Game Labs, 2016 459 · Flyover Country · Tim Maughan · ss Terraform November 25 2016 463 · Darkout · E. Lily Yu · ss Cyber World ed. Joshua Viola & Jason Heller, Hex Publishers, 2016 473 · 2045 Dystopia · Ryuko Azuma; translated by Marissa Skeels · ss translated from the Japanese (2018). 478 · Thoughts and Prayers · Ken Liu · ss Slate January 26 2019 488 · Somatosensory Cortex Dog Mess You Up Big Time, You Sick Sack of S**t · Minister Faust · ss Cyberfunk! ed. Milton J. Davis, MVmedia, LLC, 2021 497 · The Life Cycle of a Cyber-Bar · Arthur Liu; translated by Nathan Faries · ss Future Science Fiction Digest #12, September 2021 translated from the Chinese (“Jiuba de shengming zhouqi”, 2020). 505 · Culture · [uncredited] · si 510 · Coming Attraction · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 519 · With the Original Cast · Nancy Kress · nv Omni May 1982 536 · Dogfight · William Gibson & Michael Swanwick · nv Omni July 1985 549 · Glass Reptile Breakout · Russell Blackford · ss Strange Attractors ed. Damien Broderick, Hale & Iremonger, 1985 559 · (Learning About) Machine Sex · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss Machine Sex and Other Stories by Candas Jane Dorsey, Porcepic Tesseract, 1988 570 · A Short Course in Art Appreciation · Paul Di Filippo · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1988 575 · D.GO · Nicholas Royle · ss Interzone #41, November 1990 583 · SQPR · Kim Newman · nv Interzone #59, May 1992 592 · Gray Noise · Pepe Rojo; translated by Andrea Bell · nv Cosmos Latinos ed. Andrea L. Bell & Yolanda Molina-Gavilán, Wesleyan University Press, 2003 translated from the Spanish (“Ruido gris”, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, November 1996). 611 · Retoxicity · Steve Beard · ss Disco 2000 ed. Sarah Champion, Sceptre, 1998 619 · Younis in the Belly of the Whale · Yasser Abdellatif · ss Sunspot Jungle, Volume Two ed. Bill Campbell, Rosarium Publishing, 2018 623 · Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop · Suzanne Church · ss Clarkesworld #68, May 2012 631 · The White Mask · Zedeck Siew · ss Cyberpunk: Malaysia ed. Zen Cho, Buku Fixi, 2015 639 · Degrees of Beauty · Cassandra Khaw · ss Terraform October 2016 642 · Alligator Heap · E. J. Swift · ss 2016 654 · Glitterati · Oliver Langmead · ss 2084 ed. George Sandison, Unsung Stories, 2017 662 · Rain, Streaming · Omar Robert Hamilton · ss The Outcast Hours ed. Mahvesh Murad & Jared Shurin, Solaris, 2019 669 · Found Earworms · M. Lopes da Silva · ss A Punk Rock Future ed. Steve Zisson, Zsenon Publishing, 2019 671 · Electric Tea · Marie Vibbert · ss A Punk Rock Future ed. Steve Zisson, Zsenon Publishing, 2019 678 · Exopunk’s Not Dead · Corey J. White · ss A Punk Rock Future ed. Steve Zisson, Zsenon Publishing, 2019 682 · Études [Analog/Virtual] · Lavanya Lakshminarayan · ss Analog/Virtual and Other Simulations of Your Future by Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Hachette India, 2020 701 · Apocalypse Playlist · Beth Cato · ss Nature October 7 2020 704 · Act of Providence · Erica Satifka · ss How to Get to Apocalypse and Other Disasters by Erica L. Satifka, Fairwood Press, 2021 713 · Feral Arcade Children of the American Northeast · Sam J. Miller · ss Southwest Review Autumn 2021 723 · Challenge · [uncredited] · si 729 · We Can Remember It for You Wholesale · Philip K. Dick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966 742 · Speed · Misha · pm Prayers of Steel by Misha, Wordcraft, 1988 746 · Computer Friendly · Eileen Gunn · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1989 757 · I Was a Teenage Genetic Engineer · Nisi Shawl · vi Semiotext(e) #14, 1989 759 · The Gene Drain · Lewis Shiner · ss Semiotext(e) #14, 1989 767 · Deep Eddy [Chattanooga] · Bruce Sterling · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1993 791 · The Yuletide Cyberpunk Yarn, or Christmas_Eve-117.DIR · Victor Pelevin; translated by Alex Shvartsman · ss translated from the Russian (“Svyatochnyy kiberpank, ili Rozhdestvenskaya Noch’-117.DIR”, 1996). 799 · Wonderama · Bef · ss translated from the Spanish (“Wonderama”, 1998). 805 · comp.basilisk.faq [Blit] · David Langford · vi Nature #6761, December 2 1999 808 · Spider’s Nest · Myra Çakan; translated by Jim Young · ss Infinite Matrix March 5 2002 translated from the German (“Im Netz der Silberspinne”, Der Atem Gottes und andere Visionen 2004 ed. Helmuth W. Mommers, Shayol, 2004). 815 · The Last American · John Kessel · ss Foundation #100, Summer 2007 825 · Earth Hour · Ken MacLeod · ss Tor.com June 22 2011 834 · Violation of the TrueNet Security Act · Taiyo Fujii; translated by Jim Hubbert · nv Lightspeed #62, July 2015 translated from the Japanese (“Koraborēshon”, 2013). 849 · Twelve Minutes to Vinh Quang · T. R. Napper · ss L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 31 ed. David Farland, Galaxy, 2015 858 · Operation Daniel · Khalid Kaki · ss Iraq+100 ed. Hassan Blasim, Comma Press, 2016 862 · fallenangel.dll · Brandon O’Brien · ss New Worlds, Old Ways ed. Karen Lord, Peekash Press, 2016 873 · CRISPR Than You · Ganzeer · nv revised from an earlier version on Times New Human in 2018. 898 · Wi-Fi Dreams · Fábio Fernandes · ss translated from the Portuguese (2019). 907 · Juicy Ghost · Rudy Rucker · ss Big Echo #13, October 2019 915 · Aboukela52 · Wole Talabi · ss Omenana #14, October 2019, as “Abeokuta52” 920 · Keep Portland Wired · Michael Moss · ss The Trench Coat Minotaur by Michael W. Moss, 2020 932 · Do Androids Dream of Capitalism and Slavery? · Mandisi Nkomo · ss Omenana #15, August 2020 936 · The State Machine · Yudhanjaya Wijeratne · ss Slate September 26 2020 947 · The Tin Pilot · K. A. Teryna; translated by Alex Shvartsman · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2022 translated from the Ukrainian. 958 · The Memory Librarian · Alaya Dawn Johnson & Janelle Monáe · na The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe, Harper Voyager UK, 2022 997 · Post-Cyberpunk · [uncredited] · si 1000 · Petra · Greg Bear · nv Omni February 1982 1011 · The Scab’s Progress · Paul Di Filippo & Bruce Sterling · na Sci Fiction January 3 2001 1035 · Salvaging Gods · Jacques Barcia · ss Clarkesworld #49, October 2010 1042 · Los Piratas del Mar de Plastico · Paul Graham Raven · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Bruce Sterling, Technology Review, Inc., 2014 1057 · Cat Pictures Please [CatNet] · Naomi Kritzer · ss Clarkesworld #100, January 2015 1063 · The Day a Computer Wrote a Novel · Yurei Raita · ss Big Echo #13, October 2019 1067 · The Endless · Saad Hossain · ss Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris US, 2020 1077 · Ghosts · Vauhini Vara · ss The Believer August 9 2021 1087 · About the Authors and Translators · [uncredited] · bg 1107 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg