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Aklo, A Volume of the Fantastic ed. Roger Dobson, Mark Valentine & R. B. Russell--- see under Mark Valentine.

A Place So Foreign and Eight More by Cory Doctorow (Four Walls Eight Windows, October 2003, 1-56858-286-2, $13.95, 243pp, tp, co)
Collection of nine stories, one original. Introduction by Bruce Sterling.

1 · The Kingdom of Magic Junk · Bruce Sterling · in

5 · Craphound · Cory Doctorow · ss Science Fiction Age March 1998

27 · A Place So Foreign · Cory Doctorow · na Science Fiction Age January 2000

79 · All Day Sucker · Cory Doctorow · ss

85 · To Market, to Market: The Rebranding of Billy Bailey · Cory Doctorow · ss Interzone #158, August 2000, as “The Rebranding of Billy Bailey”

99 · Return to Pleasure Island · Cory Doctorow · nv Realms of Fantasy August 2000

125 · Shadow of the Mothaship · Cory Doctorow · nv Amazing Stories Winter 2000

151 · Home Again, Home Again · Cory Doctorow · nv Tesseracts⁸ ed. John Clute & Candas Jane Dorsey, Tesseract, 1999

181 · The Super Man and the Bugout · Cory Doctorow · nv On Spec Fall 2001

207 · 0wnz0red · Cory Doctorow · nv Salon August 28 2002

With a Little Help by Cory Doctorow (CorDoc-Co, Ltd, December 1, 2009, 978-0-557-94305-0, $14.00, 362pp, tp, co)
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Jonathan Coulton · in

· I’m Only in It for the Money · Russell Galen · ar

· Chicken Little · Cory Doctorow · na

· Constitutional Crisis · Cory Doctorow · ss

· Epoch · Cory Doctorow · nv

· Human Readable · Cory Doctorow · nv Future Washington ed. Ernest Lilley, WSFA, 2005

· Liberation Spectrum · Cory Doctorow · ss Salon 2003

· Other People’s Money · Cory Doctorow · ss Forbes.com October 15 2007

· Pester Power · Cory Doctorow · ss Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery December 2008

· Power Punctuation! · Cory Doctorow · nv Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001

· Scroogled · Cory Doctorow · ss Radar September 2007

· The Right Book · Cory Doctorow · ss Bookseller June 2008

· The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away · Cory Doctorow · nv Tor.com August 6 2008

· Visit the Sins · Cory Doctorow · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1999

The Best American Short Stories 2000 ed. E. L. Doctorow (Houghton Mifflin, October 2000, 0-395-92687-4, $27.50, 320pp, hc, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

ix · Foreword · Katrina Kenison · fw

xiii · Introduction · E. L. Doctorow · in

1 · Black Elvis · Geoffrey Becker · ss 1999

12 · The Story · Amy Bloom · ss Story Autumn 1999

23 · The Beautiful Days · Michael Byers · nv Ploughshares Fall 1999

49 · The Ordinary Son · Ron Carlson · ss 1999

67 · Call if You Need Me · Raymond Carver · ss 1999

78 · Bones of the Inner Ear · Kiana Davenport · ss Story Autumn 1999

89 · Nilda · Junot Diaz · ss The New Yorker October 4 1999

98 · The Gilgul of Park Avenue · Nathan Englander · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1999

121 · The Fix · Percival Everett · ss 1999

135 · Good for the Soul · Tim Gautreaux · ss Story Summer 1999

151 · He’s at the Office · Allan Gurganus · ss The New Yorker February 15 1999

166 · Blind Jozef Pronek · Aleksandar Hemon · ss The New Yorker April 19 1999

182 · The Anointed · Kathleen Hill · nv DoubleTake Fall 1999

208 · The Bridegroom · Ha Jin · ss Harper’s Magazine July 1999

228 · The Thing Around Them · Marilyn Krysl · ss 1999

248 · The Third and Final Continent · Jhumpa Lahiri · ss The New Yorker June 21/June 28 1999

266 · Pet Fly · Walter Mosley · nv The New Yorker December 13 1999

280 · Brownies · Z Z Packer · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1999

301 · Allog · Edith Pearlman · ss 1999

316 · People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water · Annie Proulx · ss GQ April 1999

332 · Basil the Dog · Frances Sherwood · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1999

349 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

361 · 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 1999 · [uncredited] · ms (r)

365 · Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Tales from the Crossroad ed. David Dodd & David Niall Wilson (Crossroad Press, May 11, 2011, $0.99, ebook, an, cover by David Dodd)
Details taken from online listing.

· Simple · Al Sarrantonio · ss Horror World (online) October 2008

· All Souls Day · Al Sarrantonio · ss

· The Boy with the Penny Eyes · Al Sarrantonio · ex Tor, April 1987; chapter 13.

· This, and That’s the End of It · Tom Piccirilli · ss Mean Sheep by Tom Piccirilli, Delirium Books, 2003

· The Woman in the Dark · Tom Piccirilli · ss City Slab #12, 2008

· Nightjack · Tom Piccirilli · ex Crossroad Press, October 18 2010; chapter 1.

· The Three Strangers · Gerard Houarner · ss The Last Pentacle of the Sun: Writings in Support of the West Memphis Three ed. M. W. Anderson & Brett Alexander Savory, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004

· NOK · Gerard Houarner · ss

· The Beast Called Max · Gerard Houarner · ex; part II chapter 1.

· The Unmasking · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Phantoms ed. Martin H. & Rosalind M. Greenberg, DAW, 1989

· How to Survive a Fire at the Green Mark · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss The Spook #9, April/May 2002, as by Astrid Halsey

· The Book of Days · Steve Rasnic Tem · ex Subterranean Press, October 2003; the first entry.

· Jeaves & the Deteriorating Relations [Jeeves and Wooster] · Chet Williamson · ss Joe R. Lansdale’s Lords of the Razor ed. Bill Sheehan & William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2006

· “And So Will I Remember You” · Chet Williamson · ss At Ease with the Dead ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2007

· Reign · Chet Williamson · ex Dark Harvest Summer/Fall Preview: 1990, Dark Harvest, 1990; chapter 1.

Gameplayers by John Dodds (D-Press, March 2005, no ISBN, £2.00, 23pp, ph, oc, cover by Laura Cameron Johnson)
Fantasy/horror collection.

2 · Freeloader · John Dodds · ss

11 · Levitation · John Dodds · ss

18 · Crossing the Border · John Dodds · ss

The Best American Short Stories 201910 ed. Anthony Doerr & Heidi Pitlor (Mariner Books, 2019, 978-1-328-46582-5, hc, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

ix · Foreword · Heidi Pitlor · fw

xiii · Light Source · Anthony Doerr · in

1 · The Era · Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah · nv Guernica April 2 2018

19 · Natural Light · Kathleen Alcott · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Spring 2018

36 · The Great Interruption: A Story of a Famous Story of Old Port William and How It Ceased to Be Told (1935-1978) · Wendell Berry · ss The Threepenny Review #155, Fall 2018

47 · No More Than a Bubble · Jamel Brinkley · ss LitMag #2, 2018

67 · The Third Tower · Deborah Eisenberg · ss Ploughshares Spring 2018

83 · Hellion · Julia Elliott · ss Georgia Review v72 #2, 2018

101 · Bronze · Jeffrey Eugenides · ss The New Yorker #47, February 5 2018

124 · Protozoa · Ella Martinsen Gorham · ss New England Review v39 #4, 2018

140 · Seeing Ershadi · Nicole Krauss · ss The New Yorker March 5 2018

154 · Pity and Shame · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Tin House Summer 2018

182 · Anyone Can Do It · Manuel Muñoz · ss Zyzzyva #113, 2018

197 · The Plan · Sigrid Nunez · ss LitMag #2, 2018

215 · Letter of Apology · Maria Reva · ss Granta #145, Autumn 2018

230 · Black Corfu · Karen Russell · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Summer 2018

255 · Audition · Saïd Sayrafiezadeh · ss The New Yorker September 10 2018

271 · Natural Disasters · Alexis Schaitkin · ss Ecotone #24, 2018

290 · Our Day of Grace · Jim Shepard · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Spring 2018

310 · Wrong Object · Mona Simpson · ss Harper’s Magazine November 2018

323 · They Told Us Not to Say This · Jenn Alandy Trahan · ss Harper’s Magazine September 2018

330 · Omakase · Weike Wang · ss The New Yorker June 18 2018

349 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

366 · Other Distinguished Stories of 2018 · [uncredited] · bi

370 · American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · bi

Running on Ice by Berlie Doherty (Mammoth, November 20, 1997, 0-7497-2873-6, £4.50, 117pp, tp, co, cover by Emma Cabrera)
Young-adult collection of 8 genre and mainstream stories.

1 · Owls Are Night Birds · Berlie Doherty · ss Streets Ahead ed. Valerie Bierman, Methuen, 1989
originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Morning Story.

17 · Ghost Galleon · Berlie Doherty · ss Cold Feet ed. Jean Richardson, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985
originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Schools.

30 · Shrove Tuesday · Berlie Doherty · ss Mother’s Day ed. Miriam Hodgson, Methuen Children's Books, 1992

46 · Casting Off · Berlie Doherty · ss Women and Home 1996, as “Mam’s Day Out”

55 · Summer of Ladybirds · Berlie Doherty · nv Summer of Ladybirds ed. Unknown, Methuen Children's Books, 1987

76 · Sweet Caroline · Berlie Doherty · ss Heart to Heart ed. Miriam Hodgson, Mammoth, 1996

91 · Hurry Please · Berlie Doherty · ss Ghostly Haunts ed. Michael Morpurgo, Pavilion, 1994

103 · Nightmare · Berlie Doherty · ss Beware! Beware! ed. Jean Richardson, Hamish Hamilton, 1987

Aspects of Science Fiction ed. G. D. Doherty (John Murray, November 1959, 8/-, 218pp, hc, an)

1 · Introduction · G. D. Doherty · in

11 · Pictures Don’t Lie · Katherine MacLean · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951

32 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1954

62 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952

77 · He Walked Around the Horses [Paratime Police] · H. Beam Piper · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1948

103 · Zero Hour · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1947

115 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897

135 · Dormant · A. E. van Vogt · ss Startling Stories November 1948

154 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896

166 · Dumb Show · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Nebula Science Fiction #19, 1956

175 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

183 · Panel Game · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #42, December 1955

196 · The Man in Asbestos: An Allegory of the Future · Stephen Leacock · ss Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock, Lane, 1911

Second Orbit ed. G. D. Doherty (John Murray, 1965, 8/6d, 218pp, hc, an, cover by Peter Sedgley)
Subtitled “A New Science Fiction Anthology for Schools”.

· Introduction · G. D. Doherty · in

· The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897

· And Now the News… · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956

· The Prize of Peril · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1958

· Trainee for Mars · Harry Harrison · ss Fantastic Universe June 1958

· With These Hands · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Galaxy Science Fiction December 1951

· Allamagoosa · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1955

· Outside · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #31, January 1955

· The Veldt · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 23 1950, as “The World the Children Made”

· Common Time · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1953

· The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955

Stories from Science Fiction ed. G. D. Doherty (Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1966, 7/-, x+213pp, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · G. D. Doherty · in

1 · Who Can Replace a Man? · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1958, as “But Who Can Replace a Man?”

13 · The Golden Apples of the Sun · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories November 1953

22 · Etaoin Shrdlu · Fredric Brown · nv Unknown Worlds February 1942

49 · Hunting Problem · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction September 1955

64 · Sunjammer · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Boys’ Life March 1964

88 · Rescue Operation · Harry Harrison · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction December 1964

106 · The Lord of the Dynamos · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget September 6 1894

117 · The Asteroids, 2194 [Troons] · John Wyndham · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #100, November 1960, as “The Emptiness of Space”

135 · Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1959

170 · The Man Who Tasted Ashes · Algis Budrys · ss If February 1959

188 · The Subliminal Man · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #126, January 1963

Mystery Ink ed. Jake Doherty & Therese Greenwood (The Ginger Press, June 2007, 978-0-921773-11-5, $24.95, 180pp, hc, oa)
An anthology of mystery stories by Ontario writers.

· Foreword · Edward L. Greenspan · fw

· The Duke · Eric Wright · ss 2nd Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1993

· Carsick · Leslie Watts · ss

· Milk of Magnesia Mist · Sue Pike · ss

· The Algonquin Rose [Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock] · James Powell · ss

· Rough Waters · Jake Doherty · ss

· Stroke of Luck · Mary Jane Maffini · ss

· Last Bus from Barrie · Jake Doherty · ss

· Hard Bop · Peter Sellers · ss

· Hot Button · Scott Mackay · ss

· Last Twitch · H. Mel Malton · ss

· Under the Bridge · Sarah Withrow · ss

· Three Painters · Peter Sellers · ss

· And Call Me in the Morning · Dennis Richard Murphy · ss

· Go for Broke · Rick Mofina · ss

· Kingston Confidential · Therese Greenwood · ss

· Life’s Little Pleasures · Rick Gadziola · ss

· A Way with Horses · Therese Greenwood · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2004

· They Always Came by Night · Rick Mofina · ss

Time Bomb and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense ed. Peggy Doherty (Scholastic Book Services, April 1971, TK1821, 50¢, 95pp, pb, an)
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

5 · Time Bomb · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1968

13 · The Options of Timothy Merkle · A. H. Z. Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1969

42 · A Hundred Times · Syd Hoff · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1966

47 · The Bargain Hunter · April Aarons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1968

54 · Wide O- · Elsin Ann Gardner · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1968

56 · The Affair at 7, Rue de M— · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1955

67 · Mr. Strang Pulls a Switch [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1969

85 · The Man Who Loved Baseball · Jerome L. Johnson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1969

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