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Midnight and Moonshine by Angela Slatter & Lisa L. Hannett--- see under Lisa L. Hannett.

Sourdough and Other Stories by Angela Slatter (Tartarus Press, August 12, 2010, 978-1-905784-25-7, £30.00, viii+238pp, hc, co, cover by Stephen J. Clark)     Limited to 300 copies. Details taken from online listing. v · Introduction · Robert Shearman · in 1 · The Shadow Tree · Angela Slatter · ss 9 · Gallowberries · Angela Slatter · nv 33 · Little Radish · Angela Slatter · ss Crimson Highway February 2008 45 · Dibblespin · Angela Slatter · ss 55 · The Navigator · Angela Slatter · ss 62 · The Angel Wood · Angela Slatter · ss Shimmer v2 #1, 2006 74 · Ash · Angela Slatter · ss 81 · The Story of Ink · Angela Slatter · ss 91 · Lost Things · Angela Slatter · ss 105 · A Good Husband · Angela Slatter · ss 117 · A Porcelain Soul · Angela Slatter · nv 140 · The Bones Remember Everything · Angela Slatter · ss 151 · Sourdough · Angela Slatter · ss Strange Tales Volume II, Tartarus Press, 2007 161 · Sister, Sister · Angela Slatter · nv Strange Tales Volume III, Tartarus Press, 2009 188 · Lavender and Lychgates · Angela Slatter · nv 216 · Under the Mountain · Angela Slatter · ss 233 · Sourdough and Gallowberries for Us All · Jeff VanderMeer · aw

Winter Children and Other Chilling Tales by Angela Slatter (PS Publishing, November 2016, 978-1-78636-033-5, £30.00, 178pp, hc, co, cover by Pedro Marques)     Signed limited edition, 200 copies. Details taken from online listing. · Only the Dead and the Moonstruck · Angela Slatter · ss Letters to Lovecraft ed. Jesse Bullington, Stone Skin Press, 2014 · Cuckoo · Angela Slatter · ss A Killer Among Demons ed. Craig Bezant, Dark Prints Press, 2013 · The Burning Circus · Angela Slatter · ss The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 · Home and Hearth · Angela Slatter · nv Spectral Press, 2014 · Winter Children · Angela Slatter · ss Far Voyager ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2014 · Pale Tree House · Angela Slatter · ss 100 Lightnings ed. Stephen Studach, Paroxysm Press, 2015 · The Red Forest · Angela Slatter · ss · The Song of Sighs · Angela Slatter · ss Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 2013 · The Dead Ones Don’t Hurt You · Angela Slatter · ss The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales by Angela Slatter, Ticonderoga Publications, 2010 · Sun Falls · Angela Slatter · ss Dead Red Heart ed. Russell B. Farr, Ticonderoga Publications, 2011 · The Way of All Flesh · Angela Slatter · ss Suspended in Dusk ed. Simon Dewar, Books of the Dead Press, 2014 · The October Widow · Angela Slatter · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014

Like a Charm: A Novel in Voices ed. Karin Slaughter (William Morrow, May 2004, 978-0-06-058330-9, $21.95, x+340pp, hc, oa)     Reprint (Century 2004) original anthology. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Rootbound · Karin Slaughter · ss 17 · Vanitas · Emma Donoghue · nv 37 · Cornelius Jubb · Peter Robinson · nv 61 · Down and Dirty · Fidelis Morgan · ss 77 · The Goblin · Lynda La Plante · nv 113 · The Snake Eater by the Numbers · Lee Child · nv 135 · Stroke of Luck · Mark Billingham · nv 159 · Two Deaths and a Mouthful of Worms · Denise Mina · ss 177 · Favor [Jack Kiley] · John Harvey · nv 197 · Plan B · Kelley Armstrong · ss 217 · The Inkpot Monkey · John Connolly · ss 229 · Acts of Corporal Charity · Jane Haddam · ss 247 · Not Quite U. · Laura Lippman · nv 267 · The Things We Did to Lamar · Peter Moore Smith · nv 289 · The Eastlake School · Jerrilyn Farmer · ss 303 · The Blessing of Brokenness · Karin Slaughter · nv

Broomsticks and Beasticles ed. Barbara Sleigh (Hodder & Stoughton, 1981, 0-340-25948-5, £5.95, 152pp, hc, an)     Stories and verse about witches and strange creatures, aimed at young readers. 7 · Foreword · Barbara Sleigh · fw 9 · Horse and Hattock · Barbara Sleigh · ss (r) 17 · The Ride-by-Nights · Walter de la Mare · pm Peacock Pie by Walter de la Mare, Constable, 1913 18 · Carlos and Lopez · Barbara Sleigh · ss (r) 29 · Witches’ Charm · Ben Jonson · pm from The Masque of Queens, 1609 30 · The Troll Cat · Margaret Mayo · ss The Book of Magical Cats by Margaret Mayo, Kaye & Ward, 1978 35 · The Summoning Words · Barbara Sleigh · pm from The Kingdom of Carbonel (r) 36 · The Lament of the Witch’s Broom · Barbara Sleigh · pm (r) 37 · Princess in the Volcano · Olive Cook · ex from The Kingdom Above the Clouds (r) 42 · The Snitterjipe · James Reeves · pm from Prefabulous Animals (r) 44 · Pwca · Barbara Sleigh · ss (r) 52 · Welsh Incident · Robert Graves · pm (r) 55 · The Laidley Worm · Dinah Starkey · ss Monsters, Dragons and Sea Serpents by Dinah Starkey, Kaye & Ward, 1979 64 · Isabel · Ogden Nash · pm 1936 65 · The Monster of Raasay · Eileen Colwell · ss Humblepuppy and Other Stories for Telling by Eileen Colwell, The Bodley Head, 1978 70 · The Derby Ram · [uncredited] · pm (r) 72 · The Monster Who Grew Small · Joan Grant · ss The Scarlet Fish and Other Stories by Joan Grant, Methuen, 1942 83 · The Old Witch · Joseph Jacobs · ss More English Fairy Tales ed. Joseph Jacobs, London, 1894 89 · The Song of the Witch’s Bee · Barbara Sleigh · pm from The Kingdom of Carbonel (r) 89 · A Whiff of Lewis Carroll · ? · ex (r) 90 · Working Song of Madam Mim · T. H. White · ex from The Sword in the Stone, Collins, 1938 92 · Kertong · Yao Wen Li & Carol Kendall · ss Sweet and Sour Tales from China by Carol Kendall, The Bodley Head, 1978 100 · The Witch’s Spell from Macbeth · William Shakespeare · ex 1606 101 · The Baba Yaga · Barbara Sleigh · ss (r) 109 · Tatterhood · Ruth Manning-Sanders · ss A Choice of Magic by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Methuen, 1971 122 · Suppose You Met a Witch · Ian Serraillier · pm Belinda and the Swans by Ian Serraillier, Jonathan Cape, 1952 131 · “Boil Little Saucepan, Boil” · Marie Burg · ss Tales from Czechoslovakia by Marie Burg, University of London Press, 1965 135 · The Book of Beasts [Seven Dragons] · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine March 1899 147 · The Common Cormorant · [uncredited] · pm (r) 148 · The Salamander · Benvenuto Cellini; translated by J. A. Symonds · ex (r) 149 · Fabulous Beasts · Geoffrey Dearmer · pm (r) 151 · The Dragon Maid · Sir John Mandeville · ex The Voyages and Travels of Sir John de Mandeville ed. Arthur Layard, Constable, 1895 152 · Some Old Beliefs About Witches · [uncredited] · ms

Clean Crimes and Neat Murders by Henry Slesar (Avon, 1960, T-485, 35¢, 160pp, pb, co)     Given as “Alfred Hitchcock hand-picks and introduces A Bouquet of Clean Crimes and Neat Murders” on the cover. vii · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in 9 · Not the Running Type · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1959 15 · A Fist Full of Money · Henry Slesar & Jay Folb · ss Playboy February 1959 22 · Pen Pal · Henry Slesar · ss (r) 30 · “Trust Me, Mr. Paschetti” · Henry Slesar · ss (r) 42 · One Grave Too Many · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1958 51 · 40 Detectives Later · Henry Slesar · ss Manhunt May 1957 59 · The Morning After · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1957, as by O. H. Leslie 65 · The Deadly Telephone · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1960 72 · Something Short of Murder · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1957, as by O. H. Leslie 85 · The Right Kind of a House · Henry Slesar · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1957 92 · M Is for the Many · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1957 103 · The Last Escape · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1960, as by Jay Street 114 · The Man with Two Faces · Henry Slesar · ss Manhunt August 1956 126 · Case of the Kind Waitress · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1958 137 · Make Me an Offer · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1958, as by Jay Street 144 · Sleep Is for the Innocent · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1960 153 · The Day of the Execution · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1957

Murders Most Macabre by Henry Slesar (Avon, September 1986, 0-380-89975-2, $3.50, 324pp, pb, co) 1 · A Victim Must Be Found · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1956 9 · The Trouble with Ruth · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1957 23 · The Right Kind of a House · Henry Slesar · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1957 33 · The Pleasures of Reading · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine 44 · The First Crime of Ruby Martinson [Ruby Martinson] · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1957 60 · One Grave Too Many · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1958 73 · Great Men Can Die · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1958, as by John Murray 79 · Whodunit · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1958, as by O. H. Leslie 95 · Dear Mrs. Fenwick · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1959 108 · Peephole · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1959 121 · The Case of M.J.H. · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1959 132 · And Seven Makes Death · Henry Slesar & Jay Folb · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1959, as by Jeff Heller 140 · The Last Escape · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1960, as by Jay Street 156 · My Baby, the Embezzler · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1960 162 · A Woman’s Help · Henry Slesar · ss A Crime for Mothers and Others by Henry Slesar, Avon, 1962 175 · The Ordeal of Ruby Martinson [Ruby Martinson] · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1958 191 · Thicker Than Water · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1961 209 · The Last Remains · Henry Slesar · ss A Crime for Mothers and Others by Henry Slesar, Avon, 1962 219 · The Colonel’s House · Henry Slesar · ss Swank January 1963 226 · A Choice of Witnesses · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1966 236 · The Game As It Is Played · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 23 1980 243 · The Last Word · Henry Slesar · ss Reveille 1966 246 · The House on Damn Street · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1968 258 · Sea Change · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1969 271 · The Haunted Man · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1974 291 · The Contessa Collection · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 24 1982 306 · The Tin Man · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1984

Ranger: The National Boys’ Magazine by David Slinn & Steve Holland--- see under Steve Holland.

The Meanderings of the Emily Chesley Reading Circle: Volume One ed. John Sloan, Mark A. Rayner, David B. Lurie & Malcolm Ruddock--- see under Mark A. Rayner.

Elvis Rising: Stories on the King ed. Kay Sloan & Constance Pierce (Avon, August 1993, 0-380-77216-7, $10.00, 262pp, tp, an, cover by Richard Maile) 1 · Introduction · Kay Sloan & Constance Pierce · in 10 · I Want You, I Need You, I Love You · Julie Hecht · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1978 27 · All Shook Up · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss (r) 44 · It’s Just One Elvis · Bo Ball · nv (r) 70 · What’s Eating Gilbert Grape · Peter Hedges · ex (r) 82 · Elvis Bound · W. P. Kinsella · ss (r) 96 · The Have-Nots · Elizabeth Hand · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1992 113 · Presleystroika · Kay Sloan · ss (r) 126 · Ike at the Mike · Howard Waldrop · ss Omni June 1982 140 · Said You Was High Class · Rebecca Hood-Adams · ss (r) 156 · Memphis · Constance Pierce · ss (r) 175 · From Elvis Presley Calls His Mother After the Ed Sullivan Show · Samuel Charters · ex (r) 185 · Elvis Is Dead · Spiro Zavos · ss (r) 191 · The Fat Stamp · Les Roberts · ss Elvis Rising ed. Kay Sloan & Constance Pierce, Avon, 1993 201 · Starlight Coupe · Laura Kalpakian · ss (r) 219 · Good Rockin’ Tonight · William Hauptman · nv Playboy May 1981 241 · Touring · Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann & Michael Swanwick · nv Penthouse (US) April 1981 259 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

The Rim of Morning by William Sloane (Dodd, Mead, 1964, $5.00, 295+307pp, hc, om) · The Edge of Running Water · William Sloane · n. Farrar & Rinehart, 1939 · To Walk the Night · William Sloane · n. Farrar, Straus and Young, 1937

Space, Space, Space ed. William Sloane (Franklin Watts, 1953, $2.50, 288pp, hc, an)     there is also a later Grosset & Dunlap edition. 9 · Introduction · William Sloane · in 15 · No Moon for Me · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1952 42 · Trip One · Edward Grendon · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1949 56 · Tools of the Trade [Joe Williams] · Raymond F. Jones · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1950 93 · Hide and Seek · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1949 111 · Master Race · Richard Ashby · ss Imagination September 1951 128 · Dear Devil · Eric Frank Russell · nv Other Worlds Science Stories May 1950 184 · Courtesy [Commander Ira Warren; Bat Ears Brady] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1951 217 · Nightmare Brother · Alan E. Nourse · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1953 255 · Second Chance · Walter Kubilius & Fletcher Pratt · ss Fantastic Story Magazine Fall 1952 277 · Like Gods They Came · Irving Cox, Jr. · ss Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader January 1953

Stories for Tomorrow: An Anthology of Modern Science Fiction ed. William Sloane (Funk & Wagnalls, June 1954, LC:53-10794, $3.95, xii+628pp, hc, an) vii · About This Book · William Sloane · in 3 · The Wilderness [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1952 revised from Today Apr 6 ’52. 13 · Star Bride · Anthony Boucher · vi Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1951 16 · Second Childhood · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1951 33 · Homeland · Mari Wolf · ss If January 1953, as “The Statue” 50 · Let Nothing You Dismay · William Sloane · ss 70 · A Scent of Sarsaparilla · Ray Bradbury · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 81 · The Exile · Alfred Coppel · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1952 94 · The Farthest Horizon · Raymond F. Jones · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1952 111 · Noise Level [Martin Nagle] · Raymond F. Jones · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1952 149 · First Contact · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1945 183 · Franchise · Kris Neville · ss Astounding Science Fiction February 1951 194 · In Value Deceived · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1950 206 · Okie [Cities in Flight] · James Blish · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1950 248 · Black Eyes and the Daily Grind · Milton Lesser · ss If March 1952 265 · Socrates · John Christopher · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1951 279 · In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 312 · Bettyann [Bettyann] · Kris Neville · nv New Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1951 353 · The Ant and the Eye · Chad Oliver · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1953 389 · Beep · James Blish · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1954 425 · …And Then There Were None · Eric Frank Russell · na Astounding Science Fiction June 1951 491 · The Girls from Earth · Frank M. Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1952 513 · Minister Without Portfolio · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 521 · The Head Hunters · Ralph Williams · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1951 535 · Dune Roller · Julian May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951 576 · Disguise · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Other Worlds February 1953 581 · The Shed · E. Everett Evans · ss Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader January 1953 599 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 607 · The Forgotten Enemy · Arthur C. Clarke · ss King’s College Review December 1948 614 · The Answers · Clifford D. Simak · ss Future Science Fiction March 1953, as “…And the Truth Shall Make You Free”

Stories for Tomorrow (var. 1) ed. William Sloane (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955, 18/-, 476pp, hc, an)     Omits seven stories from the original edition (Funk & Wagnalls, 1954). vii · About This Book · William Sloane · in Stories for Tomorrow ed. William Sloane, Funk & Wagnalls, 1954 · I. The Human Heart 3 · The Wilderness [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1952 revised from Today Apr 6 ’52. 13 · Star Bride · Anthony Boucher · vi Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1951 16 · Homeland · Mari Wolf · ss If January 1953, as “The Statue” 33 · Let Nothing You Dismay · William Sloane · ss Stories for Tomorrow ed. William Sloane, Funk & Wagnalls, 1954 53 · A Scent of Sarsaparilla · Ray Bradbury · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 · II. There Are No Easy Answers 63 · Noise Level [Martin Nagle] · Raymond F. Jones · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1952 101 · First Contact · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1945 · III. Sweat of the Brow 135 · Franchise · Kris Neville · ss Astounding Science Fiction February 1951 146 · In Value Deceived · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1950 158 · Black Eyes and the Daily Grind · Milton Lesser · ss If March 1952 · IV. Difference with Distinction 175 · Socrates · John Christopher · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1951 189 · In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 222 · Bettyann [Bettyann] · Kris Neville · nv New Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1951 · V. The Trouble with People Is People 263 · The Ant and the Eye · Chad Oliver · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1953 299 · Beep · James Blish · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1954 335 · …And Then There Were None · Eric Frank Russell · na Astounding Science Fiction June 1951 401 · The Girls from Earth · Frank M. Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1952 · VI. Visitors 423 · Minister Without Portfolio · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 431 · The Head Hunters · Ralph Williams · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1951 · VII. Three Epilogs 447 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 455 · The Forgotten Enemy · Arthur C. Clarke · ss King’s College Review December 1948 462 · The Answers · Clifford D. Simak · ss Future Science Fiction March 1953, as “…And the Truth Shall Make You Free”

Broken on the Inside by Phil Sloman (Black Shuck Books, May 14, 2018, 978-1-71904-900-9, $6.50, 166pp, pb, co)     Details taken from online listing. Volume six in the “Black Shuck Shadows” series. 7 · Broken on the Inside · Phil Sloman · nv 55 · Discomfort Food · Phil Sloman · nv Chip Shop Horrors ed. Steward Hotston, KnightWatch Press, 2015 85 · The Man Who Fed the Foxes · Phil Sloman · nv BonesIII ed. James Ward Kirk, James Ward Kirk Fiction, 2014 109 · There Was an Old Man · Phil Sloman · nv Phobophobias ed. Dean M. Drinkel, Western Legends Publishing, 2014, as “P Is for Pathophobia” 135 · Virtually Famous · Phil Sloman · nv Imposter Syndrome ed. James Everington & Dan Howarth, Dark Minds Press, 2017

Crime on Her Mind ed. Michele B. Slung (Pantheon, 1975, 0-394-73217-0, $3.95, 380pp, tp, an)     Also available in the U.K. (Michael Joseph 1976, Penguin 1977 pb.). XV · Introduction · Michele B. Slung · in 3 · The Murder at Troyte’s Hill [Loveday Brooke] · Catherine L. Pirkis · nv The Ludgate Monthly March 1893 34 · The Man with the Wild Eyes [Dorcas Dene] · George R. Sims · nv Dorcas Dene, Detective by Geo. R. Sims, F.V. White & Co., 1897 62 · The Stir Outside the Café Royal · Clarence Rook · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine #3, September 1898 90 · The Fordwych Castle Mystery [Lady Molly de Mazareen] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss Cassell’s Magazine September 1909 112 · The Man with Nine Lives [Madelyn Mack] · Hugh C. Weir · nv Miss Madelyn Mack, Detective by Hugh C. Weir, Page, 1914 152 · The Golden Slipper [Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · ss The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam, 1915 172 · The Dope Fiends [Constance Dunlap] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Pearson’s Magazine (US) July 1914 192 · The Murder at Fernhurst [Madame Rosika Storey] · Hulbert Footner · nv Argosy Allstory Weekly November 24 1928 218 · Too Many Dukes · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Strand Magazine February 1934 243 · The Calico Dog [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator September 1934 276 · Angel Face [Nick Burns] · William Irish · nv Black Mask October 1937, as “Face Work” by Cornell Woolrich 308 · The Mother of the Detective [Mrs. Elizabeth Warrender] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1933 316 · Daisy Bell [Mrs. Bradley] · Gladys Mitchell · nv Detective Stories of To-Day ed. Raymond Postgate, Faber and Faber, 1940 334 · Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 357 · The Women Detectives: A Chronological Survey · [uncredited] · bi 379 · Selected Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi 381 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

I Shudder at Your Touch ed. Michele Slung (Roc, June 1991, 0-451-45079-5, $19.95, 379pp, hc, an, cover by Mel Odom)     Anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, four original, with a preface by the editor. · Preface · Michele Slung · pr 1 · The Revelations of ’Becka Paulson · Stephen King · ss Rolling Stone July 19/August 2 1984 22 · Sea Lovers · Valerie Martin · ss The Consolation of Nature & Other Stories by Valerie Martin, Houghton Mifflen, 1988 30 · Psychopomp · Haydn Middleton · ss 43 · A Glowing Future · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1977 52 · The Tiger Returns to the Mountain · T. L. Parkinson · ss 72 · Consanguinity · Ronald Duncan · ss The Fourth Ghost Book ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965 86 · Keeping House · Michael Blumlein · ss The Brains of Rats by Michael Blumlein, Scream/Press, 1989 97 · The Villa Désirée · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1921 109 · Cleave the Vampire, or A Gothic Pastorale · Patrick McGrath · ss entitled “Not Cricket” in UK edition. 123 · The Swords · Robert Aickman · nv The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. Robert Aickman, Fontana, 1969 151 · Salon Satin · Carolyn Banks · ss 158 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert S. Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved” 202 · Wings · Harriet Zinnes · ss New Directions #52, 1988 207 · The Basilisk · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The National Observer July 23 1892 214 · A Quarter Past You · Jonathan Carroll · ex from A Child Across the Sky, Century, 1989 220 · The Master Builder · Christopher Fowler · nv The Bureau of Lost Souls by Christopher Fowler, Century, 1989 254 · Festival · Eric McCormack · ss Inspecting the Vaults by Eric McCormack, Penguin Canada, 1987 268 · Ladies in Waiting · Hugh B. Cave · ss Whispers June 1975 278 · Death and the Single Girl · Thomas M. Disch · ss Getting Into Death and Other Stories by Thomas M. Disch, Knopf, 1976 287 · Master · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974 295 · The Conqueror Worm · Stephen R. Donaldson · ss The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd, Mead, 1983 308 · Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. II by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984 345 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Murder for Halloween ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman (Mysterious Press, October 1994, 0-89296-581-9, $19.95, 362pp, hc, an) xiii · Preface · Michele Slung & Roland Hartman · pr 1 · Monsters · Ed McBain · ss 9 · The Lemures [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1992 43 · The Adventure of the Dead Cat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946 65 · The Odstock Curse · Peter Lovesey · ss 81 · The Theft of the Halloween Pumpkin [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1983 99 · Hallowe’en for Mr. Faulkner · August Derleth · ss Fantastic Universe November 1959 111 · Deceptions [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · nv A Matter of Crime, Vol. 1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harvest, 1987 135 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 147 · OMJAGOD · James Grady · nv 173 · The Cloak · Robert Bloch · ss Unknown May 1939 191 · What a Woman Wants · Michael Z. Lewin · ss 211 · Yesterday’s Witch · Gahan Wilson · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #9, 1973 221 · Walpurgis Night [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914, as “Dracula’s Guest” written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 237 · Trick or Treat · Judith Garner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1975 243 · One Night at a Time · Dorothy Cannell · nv 267 · Night of the Goblin · Talmage Powell · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1981 279 · Trick-or-Treat · Anthony Boucher · ts Master Detective June 1945, as “The Ghost with the Gun” 297 · Pork Pie Hat · Peter Straub · na 363 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg

Murder & Other Acts of Literature ed. Michele Slung (St. Martin’s, September 1997, 0-312-16937-X, $24.95, 345pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Book-of-the-Month Club 1997) anthology. xiii · Editor’s Foreword · Michele Slung · fw 1997 1 · Montraldo · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker June 6 1964 11 · The Hitch-Hikers · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Autumn 1939 29 · Success or Failure · T. H. White · ss 1937 37 · By a Person Unknown · Naguib Mahfouz · ss The Time and the Place and Other Stories by Naguib Mahfouz, tr. Denys Johnson-Davies, American University in Cairo Press, 1991 53 · How Did I Get Away with Killing One of the Biggest Lawyers in the State? It Was Easy. · Alice Walker · ss You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down by Alice Walker, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1980 59 · The Hotel of the Idle Moon · William Trevor · ss Transatlantic Review #23, Winter 1966/1967 77 · Aaron Trow · Anthony Trollope · nv (r) 109 · The Fat Man · Isak Dinesen · ss Carnival: Entertainments and Posthumous Tales by Isak Dinesen, University of Chicago, 1977 translated from the Danish (1975). 121 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing” 131 · The Johore Murders · Paul Theroux · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1977 141 · A Journey · Edith Wharton · ss Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton, Scribner, 1899 155 · Miss Forbes’s Summer of Happiness · Gabriel García Márquez; translated by Edith Grossman · ss Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel García Márquez, Knopf, 1993 169 · The Macbeth Murder Mystery · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker October 2 1937 175 · A Double Tragedy · Louisa May Alcott · ss Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner June 1865, uncredited.; subtitled “An Actor’s Story”. 199 · Un Crime Maternel · Fay Weldon · ss 1991 205 · Mary Postgate · Rudyard Kipling · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine September 1915 223 · The Walker · Patrick O’Brian · ss The Rendezvous and Other Stories by Patrick O’Brian, Norton, 1956 235 · Country Lovers · Nadine Gordimer · ss A Soldier’s Embrace by Nadine Gordimer, Viking Penguin, 1975, as “Town and Country Lovers, Two” 245 · Monk [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine May 1937 265 · The Widow and the Parrot · Virginia Woolf · ss The Charleston Bulletin 1923; subtitled “A True Story”. 275 · My Maiden Brief · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Cornhill Magazine December 1863, uncredited. 287 · An Act of Vengeance · Isabel Allende; translated by E. D. Carter, Jr. · ss Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real ed. Celia Correas de Zapata, Arte Público Press, 1990 translated from the Spanish. 297 · In Vino Veritas · A. A. Milne · ss Birthday Party and Other Stories by A. A. Milne, Dutton, 1948 315 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Botteghe Oscure #18, Autumn 1956

Shudder Again: 22 Tales of Sex and Horror ed. Michele Slung (Penguin/Roc, December 1993, 0-451-45185-6, $20.00, 357pp, hc, an, cover by Mel Odom)     Anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, four apparently original, and a revised version of Lisa Tuttle’s “A Birthday”. 1 · Preface · Michele Slung · pr 5 · Aphra · Nancy Collins · ss 21 · Eye of the Lynx · Thomas Ligotti · ss Nyctalops #18, April 1983 29 · Heavy-Set · Ray Bradbury · ss Playboy October 1964 41 · Mr. Wrong · Elizabeth Jane Howard · nv Mr. Wrong by Elizabeth Jane Howard, Jonathan Cape, 1975 77 · The Runaway Lovers · Ray Russell · ss Escapade September 1967 89 · The First Time · David Kuehls · ss 103 · The Ceremony · Arthur Machen · vi Ornaments in Jade by Arthur Machen, A.A. Knopf, 1924 109 · The Nature of the Evidence · May Sinclair · ss Fortune May 1923 121 · The Face of Helene Bournouw · Harlan Ellison · ss Collage October 1960 133 · A Host of Furious Fancies · J. G. Ballard · ss Time Out December 19 1980 147 · When the Red Storm Comes: Or, The History of a Young Lady’s Awakening to Her Nature · Sarah Smith · ss 163 · Ravissante · Robert Aickman · nv Sub Rosa by Robert Aickman, Gollancz, 1968 193 · A Birthday · Lisa Tuttle · ss Tales from the Forbidden Planet ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, 1987; revised. 207 · The Crooked Man · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy August 1955 217 · On the Lake of Last Wishes · Claudia O’Keefe · ss 235 · Again · Ramsey Campbell · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November 1981 247 · Kin to Love · T. H. White · ss The Maharajah and Other Stories by T. H. White, Macdonald, 1981 259 · Same Time, Same Place · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #60, 1963 269 · The Model · Robert Bloch · ss Gallery November 1975 279 · Silver Circus · A. E. Coppard · ss Harper’s Magazine February 1927 291 · Honeymoon · Clement Wood · ss 1931 299 · The Parasite · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s Weekly November 10 1884 (+3) 345 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters ed. Michele Slung (HarperPerennial, February 2002, 0-06-105245-0, $13.95, 371pp, tp, an, cover by Alexei Titarenko)     Anthology of 22 horror stories, five original. Authors with original stories include Muriel Gray, Tabitha King, and Jay Russell; other authors include Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, Thomas M. Disch, and Lisa Tuttle. xvii · Preface · Michele Slung · pr 1 · The Women’s Room · Tabitha King · nv 21 · In the Desert of Deserts · Thomas Tessier · ss After the Darkness ed. Stanley Wiater, Maclay & Associates, 1993 33 · The Baby-Sitters · Alex Hamilton · ss Beam of Malice by Alex Hamilton, Hutchinson, 1966 49 · After You’ve Gone · John Peyton Cooke · ss 66 · He · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales September 1926 78 · The Nature of the Thing · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1970 95 · The General Store · G. K. Wuori · ss Nude in Tub: Stories of Quillifarkeag, Maine by G. K. Wuori, Algonquin Books, 1999, as “Revenge” 114 · Honey, I’m Home · Lisa Tuttle · nv revised from original appearance in In Dreams, ed. Paul J. McAuley & Kim Newman, Gollancz 1992. 133 · Letters from the Samantha · Mark Helprin · ss The New Yorker January 5 1976 146 · The Box · Jack Ketchum · ss Cemetery Dance #20, Spring 1994 158 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 191 · The Town Where No One Got Off · Ray Bradbury · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1958 201 · Hated · Christopher Fowler · nv Flesh Wounds by Christopher Fowler, Warner UK, 1995 218 · Being Kind · Victoria Rothschild · ss 233 · Meteor · John Wyndham · nv Amazing Stories March 1941, as “Phoney Meteor” by John Beynon 252 · Shite-Hawks · Muriel Gray · ss The Third Alternative #27, 2001 266 · Jack the Ripper · Shirley Jackson · ss Just an Ordinary Day by Shirley Jackson, Bantam, 1997 272 · Button, Button · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy June 1970 281 · The Asian Shore · Thomas M. Disch · nv Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 319 · The Hobby · Eric McCormack · ss Inspecting the Vaults by Eric McCormack, Penguin Canada, 1987 324 · The Two-Headed Man · Nancy A. Collins · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #9, Fall 1990 338 · Hides · Jay Russell · nv 365 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Women’s Wiles ed. Michele B. Slung (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979, 0-15-198421-2, $9.95, 288pp, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. 3 · Introduction · Michele B. Slung · in 5 · The Two Sisters · Joyce Harrington · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1976 25 · Second Chance · Edward D. Hoch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1977 43 · The Greek Refrain · Frank Sisk · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1967, as “The Strange Adventure of Charles Homer” 57 · Mom Knows Best [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #103, June 1952 71 · The Candle Flame · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1975 85 · The Kitchen Floor · Dorothy A. Collins · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1978 91 · The Girl Friend · Morris Hershman · ss Manhunt September 1957, as by Mark Mallory 99 · Double Jeopardy · Susan Dunlap · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1978, as “Death Threat” 107 · You Can’t Be a Little Girl All Your Life · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 133 · Mrs. Norris Observes · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1959, as “Mrs. Norris Visits the Library” 143 · Invitation to a Murder · Josh Pachter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1972 157 · The Ransom of Retta Chiefman · Stanley Cohen · ss 169 · Medicine Woman · Richard Deming · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1964 183 · The People Across the Canyon · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1962 201 · The Cost of Respectability · Kathleen Hershey · ss 205 · A Matter of Pride · Richard A. Moore · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine November 1978 211 · The Raconteur · L. Fred Ayvazian · ss Ararat Summer 1960 225 · The Prisoner of Zemu Island · Joan Richter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1971 245 · The Book That Squealed · Cornell Woolrich · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1939

Beyond the Call of Duty by Sidney Herschel Small (Altus Press, March 4, 2015, 978-1-61827-192-1, $19.95, 278pp, tp, co) [Koropok]     Volume one in “The Complete Tales of Koropok”. Details taken from publisher website. 1 · Beyond the Call of Duty [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure February 1944 41 · The War-Fan [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure May 1944 81 · Flight Without Wings [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure August 1944 118 · Belt of Steel [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure December 1944 163 · Lost Face [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure March 1945 213 · The Last Banzai [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure July 1945 267 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg

The Brothers of the Snake by Sidney Herschel Small (Popular Publications, November 30, 2025, 978-1-61827-885-2, $29.95, 318pp, tp, co, cover by Lejaren Hiller) [Jimmy Wentworth]     A hardcover edition ($44.95) was announced but not seen. Volume three in “The Complete Chinatown Cases of Jimmy Wentworth”. Volume 182 in “The Argosy Library”. Details taken from publisher website. · The Brothers of the Snake [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 21 1932 · The Black Cobra [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Detective Fiction Weekly July 23 1932 · The Headless Idol [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Detective Fiction Weekly August 13 1932 · White and Yellow [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 1 1932 · The Crimson Coffin [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Detective Fiction Weekly December 17 1932 · The Hood of Kong Gai [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Detective Fiction Weekly January 7 1933

The Complete Tales of Koropok by Sidney Herschel Small (Steeger Books, August 8, 2016, $75.00, 306pp, hc, co) [Koropok]     Details taken from publisher website. · Beyond the Call of Duty [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure February 1944 · The War-Fan [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure May 1944 · Flight Without Wings [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure August 1944 · Belt of Steel [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure December 1944 · Lost Face [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure March 1945 · The Last Banzai [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure July 1945 · The Bleeding Sun [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure October 1945 · The Sword of Shinto [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure February 1946 · The Silken Scabbard [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure May 1946 · The Scorpion Scar [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure October 1946 · The Year of the Dog [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure February 1947

The Festival of the Dead by Sidney Herschel Small (Popular Publications, November 25, 2022, 978-1-61827-682-7, $29.95, 308pp, tp, co, cover by Lejaren Hiller) [Jimmy Wentworth]     Volume 119 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume one in “The Complete Chinatown Cases of Jimmy Wentworth”. Details taken from publisher website. · The Festival of the Dead [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · ss Detective Fiction Weekly March 21 1931 · Crimson Circles [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 23 1931 · King Cobra [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Detective Fiction Weekly June 13 1931 · Death Rock [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Detective Fiction Weekly June 20 1931 · The Bloody Emerald [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 10 1931 · The Horns of the Dragon [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 31 1931

The Jade Serpent by Sidney Herschel Small (Popular Publications, November 29, 2024, 978-1-61827-810-4, $29.95, 296pp, tp, co, cover by Lejaren Hiller) [Jimmy Wentworth]     Volume 155 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume two in “The Complete Chinatown Cases of Jimmy Wentworth”. Details taken from publisher website. · Fanged Terror [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · ss Detective Fiction Weekly November 21 1931 · Yellow Venom [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · ss Detective Fiction Weekly November 28 1931 · Fireflies of Death [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Detective Fiction Weekly January 9 1932 · The Cobra Strikes [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Detective Fiction Weekly January 30 1932 · The Jade Serpent [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Detective Fiction Weekly February 13 1932 · Yellow Yeggs [Jimmy Wentworth] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Detective Fiction Weekly April 23 1932

The Scorpion Scar by Sidney Herschel Small (Altus Press, May 7, 2015, 978-1-61827-193-8, $19.95, 328pp, tp, co) [Koropok]     Volume two in “The Complete Tales of Koropok”. Details taken from publisher website. 1 · The Bleeding Sun [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure October 1945 58 · The Sword of Shinto [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure February 1946 109 · The Silken Scabbard [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure May 1946 172 · The Scorpion Scar [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure October 1946 246 · The Year of the Dog [Koropok] · Sidney Herschel Small · nv Adventure February 1947 317 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg

The Best of the Midwest’s Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: Volume 1 ed. Brian Smart (ESA Books, 1991, 0-9628684-0-X, $4.95, 286pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 21 stories that originally appeared in small press magazines, with illustrations by various artists and an introduction by the editor. i · Introduction · Brian Smart · in 1 · Weigh Station · Jay Speyerer · ss The Horror Show Spring 1990 11 · Accidental Awakening · Monica Nehm Cook · ss 1990 19 · Spring Planting · Pam Chillemi-Yeager · ss 1990 35 · Long Past Midnight · S. M. Muse · ss 1989 41 · When Darkness Falls · Brad J. Boucher · ss 1989 55 · Tangled Web · David J. Adams · ss 71 · The Infernal Beast · P. J. Roberts · nv 1990 97 · Motherhood Redeems Women · D. Douglas Graham · ss Cemetery Dance #5, Summer 1990 113 · The Sand in God’s Eye · Michael E. Nowicki · ss 1991 121 · Legba After Christmas · Gerard Houarner · nv 1991 167 · Cradle War · Anne S. Byars · ss 1991 173 · Jeremy’s Theme · Donna M. Recktenwalt · ss Dark Starr March 1988 187 · Oil for the Lamps of Pinshau · James S. Dorr · ss Tesseract Junction Summer 1987 201 · Feel Better Now? · Douglas Graham · ss Ululations September 1990 211 · The Wishing Game · Cathy Buburuz · vi 215 · The Opal Skull · Cynthia Ward · ss Sword and Sorceress VIII ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1991 233 · The Veil · S. M. Muse · ss 1989 237 · Cassandra · Howard Hopkins · ss 1987 251 · Book’Em Fatso · S. C. Lofton · ss 1991 265 · The Sleepless Dream · Mary Sass · ss 1991 271 · The Minstrel · Trevor Floyd · ss 1991

The Best of the Midwest’s Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: Volume II ed. Brian Smart (ESA Books, 1993, 0-9628684-1-8, tp, oa)     Anthology of 28 stories, mostly original, from authors predominant in the small press field. Initial printing was withdrawn because of problems over the cover varnish. · Introduction · Brian Smart · in 1 · Web SW6-1RU · Gary L. Daum · ss 15 · With the Pieces · Sean Doolittle · ss 19 · Far from the Sound of the Sea · John D. Strickland · ss 29 · Payment · Mark Rich · ss 39 · Wave of Destruction · David J. Adams · ss 53 · The Hunger from the Depths · Greg Beatty · ss 67 · The Way of Gods · William Marden · ss 85 · Portals · Stephen M. Rainey · ss 103 · Birches · Gordon A. & Russell D. Graves · ss 109 · ’Til Death Do Us Part · Lisa Y. Drexel · ss 127 · Hearts and Minds · William John Watkins · ss 137 · A Game of Cards · Michael C. Johnson · ss 151 · World Enough, and Time · John B. Rosenman · ss 167 · Full Moon at Green Fair Saloon · P. Andrew Miller · ss 173 · Power Play · Mary Sass · ss 183 · Scarecrow’s Dream · Brian A. Hopkins · ss 195 · Time’s a Peddler Deals in Dust · Jay Speyerer · ss 209 · The Graveyard Beetles · Bobby G. Warner · ss 217 · The Wayfarer’s Talisman · Rima Saret · nv 243 · The Resurrection Man · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss 253 · Pulser · Octavio Ramos, Jr. · ss 265 · Pandora’s Closet · Rand Soellner · nv 285 · Goldberg Lil · Beverly Heinze · ss 301 · Beyond the Wall · Deidra Cox · ss 313 · Nightmare at Brookgreen Gardens · S. Darnbrook Colson · ss 327 · Child of Great Wolf · Kathleen Notestine · ss 339 · Kelso and Price · Marie Williams · ss 353 · Bumps in the Night · Diswell Crinkle · ss

Earthly Pleasures by Dave Smeds--- see under Reed Manning.

Embracing the Starlight by Dave Smeds (Dark Regions Press/Tachyon Publications, October 2002, 1-888993-32-4, $15.95, 338pp, tp, co)     Collection of 12 stories, one original, with introductions to each by Smeds. 1 · You and Me · Dave Smeds · fw 5 · Suicidal Tendencies · Dave Smeds · nv Full Spectrum 4 ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Bantam Spectra, 1993 33 · Fearless · Dave Smeds · nv Warriors of Blood and Dream ed. Roger Zelazny & Martin H. Greenberg, AvoNova, 1995 61 · A Wife of Acorn, Leaf, and Rain · Dave Smeds · ss Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism, 1998 85 · The Eighth of December · Dave Smeds · nv David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible ed. David Copperfield, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995 115 · Termites · Dave Smeds · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1987 139 · A Raven on My Shoulder · Dave Smeds · nv The Age of Reason ed. Kurt Roth, SFF Net, 1999 · My Life and “Family Values” · David Smeds · is 173 · Family Values · Dave Smeds · nv 207 · The Cookie Jar · Dave Smeds · ss The Age of Wonders ed. Jeffry Dwight, SFF Net, 2000 227 · Sorceress of the Gulls · Dave Smeds · ss Sword and Sorceress V ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1988 257 · Foam · Dave Smeds · ss Realms of Fantasy December 1995 283 · Short Timer · Dave Smeds · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1994 307 · Survivor · Dave Smeds · nv Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn ed. Peter S. Beagle, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995

Embracing the Starlight (var. 1) by Dave Smeds (Dark Regions Press/Tachyon Publications, February 2003, 1-888993-33-2, $100.00, 342pp, hc, co)     Collection of 13 stories, two expanded from previously published versions. Smeds provides introductions to each story. This is a companion to the trade paperback edition; it drops three stories and adds four others. A signed, lettered hardcover edition of 26, hand-bound by Smeds. 1 · Termites · Dave Smeds · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1987 27 · Suicidal Tendencies · Dave Smeds · nv Full Spectrum 4 ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Bantam Spectra, 1993 59 · A Wife of Acorn, Leaf, and Rain · Dave Smeds · ss Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism, 1998 87 · Fearless · Dave Smeds · nv Warriors of Blood and Dream ed. Roger Zelazny & Martin H. Greenberg, AvoNova, 1995 119 · Foam · Dave Smeds · ss Realms of Fantasy December 1995 147 · Reef Apes · Dave Smeds · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1992 173 · Foreigners · Dave Smeds · vi Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine August 1992 179 · Sorceress of the Gulls · Dave Smeds · ss Sword and Sorceress V ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1988 211 · Short Timer · Dave Smeds · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1994 237 · A Marathon Runner in the Human Race · Dave Smeds · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1994 261 · Strange Tricks · Dave Smeds · ss Aberations #5, 1992 first published in shorter form in Club, December 1986. 277 · The Eighth of December · Dave Smeds · nv David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible ed. David Copperfield, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995 307 · Survivor · Dave Smeds · nv Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn ed. Peter S. Beagle, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995

Spells Unbound ed. Dave Smeds & Robert Fleming--- see under Robert Fleming.

The Best American Short Stories 1995 ed. Jane Smiley & Katrina Kenison (Houghton Mifflin, 1995, 0395711800, $24.95, 366pp, hc, an) · Orientation · Daniel Orozco · ss (r) · Way Down Deep in the Jungle · Thom Jones · ss The New Yorker March 14 1994 · The Stucco House · Ellen Gilchrist · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1994 · A Night’s Work · Jaimy Gordon · ss (r) · Pity · Avner Mandelman · ss (r) · Leg · Steven Polansky · ss The New Yorker January 24 1994 · The Ugliest House in the World · Peter Ho Davies · ss (r) · Birthmates · Gish Jen · ss Ploughshares Winter 1994/1995 · The Drowning · Edward Delaney · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1994 · Honored Guest · Joy Williams · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1994 · The Behavior of the Hawkweeds · Andrea Barrell · ss (r) · Hand Jive · Andrew Cozine · ss (r) · So I Guess You Know What I Told Him · Stephen Dobyns · ss (r) · Undertow · Jennifer C. Cornell · ss (r) · Pagan Night · Kate Braverman · ss Zyzzyva 1994 · First, Body · Melanie Rae Thon · ss Antæus #73/74, Spring 1994 · The Angel Esmeralda · Don DeLillo · ss Esquire May 1994 · The Artist · Edward Falco · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1994 · Chiromancy · Max Garland · ss (r) · Xuela · Jamaica Kincaid · ss The New Yorker May 9 1994

Something Strange ed. Marjorie B. Smiley, Mary Delores Jarmon & Domenica Paterno (Macmillan, 1969, 246pp, tp, an)     High School English Text. ix · To the Reader · Domenica Paterno · pr 1 · The Jam · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy November 1958 6 · The Hitch-Hiker · Lucille Fletcher · pl (Senior) Scholastic October 20 1947 22 · Zero Hour · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1947 35 · The Wish · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 41 · The Mermaid’s Comb · Hartley Neita · ss (r) 46 · The Witch of Coös · Robert Frost · pm Poetry January 1922 52 · The Snake-Woman · Nakchung Paik · ss Story Spring 1960 57 · Her Strong Enchantments Failing · A. E. Housman · pm A Last Poems by A. E. Housman, Grant Richards, 1922, as “Poem iii” 59 · A Night in Odessa · Louis Simpson · pm Harper’s Magazine December 1967 61 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848 written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820. 64 · The Lonely · Rod Serling · pl broadcast on November 13, 1959. 92 · I, Robot [Adam Link] · Eando Binder · ss Amazing Stories January 1939 111 · Who Can Replace a Man? · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1958, as “But Who Can Replace a Man?” 124 · Men Are Different · Alan Bloch · vi Science-Fiction Thinking Machines ed. Groff Conklin, Vanguard Press, 1954 126 · Southbound on the Freeway · May Swenson · pm The New Yorker February 16 1963 130 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1954 157 · The Term · William Carlos Williams · pm The New Republic December 1 1937 158 · Going Into Space · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Harper & Row, 1954; chapter 8. 172 · There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950 181 · Epistle to Be Left in the Earth · Archibald MacLeish · pm Collected Poems of Archibald MacLeish by Archibald MacLeish, Houghton Mifflin, 1962 183 · The Place of the Gods · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 31 1937 199 · The End of the World · Archibald MacLeish · pm Collected Poems of Archibald MacLeish by Archibald MacLeish, Houghton Mifflin, 1962 201 · The Birds · Daphne du Maurier · nv The Apple Tree by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1952

Astorath the Grim: Redeemer of the Lost by Andy Smillie (Black Library, December 9, 2013, ebook, ss) [Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing.

Divine Will by Andy Smillie (Black Library, December 1, 2015, ebook, ss) [Warhammer 40,000]     Details taken from online listing.

Flesh of Cretacia by Andy Smillie (Black Library, November 2012, 978-1-84970-452-6, 128pp, hc, na) [Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing.

Flesh Tearers by Andy Smillie (Black Library, January 14, 2016, 978-1-78496-153-4, £9.99, 510pp, tp, om) [Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines]     Omnibus of three tie-in novellas: Flesh of Cretacia (2012), Sons of Wrath (2015), and Trial by Blood (2014). This includes an eight-page color insert. Details taken from online listing. · Flesh of Cretacia [Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines] · Andy Smillie · na Black Library, November 2012 · Sons of Wrath [Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines] · Andy Smillie · na Black Library, January 2015 · Trial by Blood [Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines] · Andy Smillie · n. Black Library, November 14 2014

Gabriel Seth: The Flesh Tearer by Andy Smillie (Black Library, December 16, 2013, ebook, ss) [Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing.

The Quickening by Andy Smillie (Black Library, December 5, 2012, ebook, ss) [Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing.

A Son’s Burden by Andy Smillie (Black Library, December 9, 2014, ebook, ss) [Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing.

Sons of Wrath by Andy Smillie (Black Library, January 2015, 978-1-84970-948-4, £15.00, 155pp, hc, na, cover by Kai Lim) [Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing.

Trial by Blood by Andy Smillie (Black Library, November 14, 2014, 978-1-84970-928-6, 192pp, hc, n.) [Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing.

Moscow Noir ed. Natalia Smirnova & Julia Goumen (Akashic Books, July 2010, 978-1-936070-06-0, $15.95, 294pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir] 11 · City of Broken Dreams · Natalia Smirnova & Julia Goumen; translated by Marian Schwartz · in translated from the Russian. 17 · Part I: Crime and Punishment 19 · The Mercy Bus · Anna Starobinets; translated by Mary C. Gannon · nv; set in Kursk Station. translated from the Russian. 51 · Gold and Heroin · Vyacheslav Kuritsyn; translated by Mary C. Gannon · ss; set on Leningradsky Avenue. translated from the Russian. 61 · In the New Development · Ludmilla Petrushevskaya; translated by Keith Gessen & Anna Summers · ss; set in Prazhskaya. translated from the Russian. 67 · Wait · Andrei Khusnutdinov; translated by Marian Schwartz · nv; set in Babushkinskaya. translated from the Russian. 101 · Part II: Dead Souls 103 · Field of a Thousand Corpses · Alexander Anuchkin; translated by Marian Schwartz · ss; set on Elk Island. translated from the Russian. 117 · Pure Ponds, Dirty Sex, or Two Army Buddies Meet · Vladimir Tuchkov; translated by Amy Pieterse · ss; set in Pure Ponds. translated from the Russian. 132 · Decameron · Igor Zotov; translated by Marian Schwartz · nv; set in Silver Pine Forest. translated from the Russian. 158 · The Doppelgänger · Gleb Shulpyakov; translated by Sylvia Maizell · ss; set in Zamoskvorechye. translated from the Russian. 167 · Part III: Fathers and Sons 169 · Daddy Loves Me · Maxim Maximov; translated by Matvei Yankelevich · ss; set in Perovo. translated from the Russian. 185 · Christmas · Irina Denezhkina; translated by Marian Schwartz · ss; set in New Arbat. translated from the Russian. 197 · The Point of No Return · Sergei Samsonov; translated by Amy Pieterse · nv; set in Ostankino. translated from the Russian. 221 · Part IV: War and Peace 223 · The Coat That Smelled Like Earth · Dmitry Kosyrev, (Master Chen); translated by Mary C. Gannon · nv; set in Birch Grove Park. translated from the Russian. 248 · Europe After the Rain · Alexei Evdokimov; translated by Mary C. Gannon · ss; set in Kiev Station. translated from the Russian. 268 · Moscow Reincarnations · Sergei Kuznetsov; translated by Marian Schwartz · nv; set in Lubyanka. translated from the Russian. 296 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

St. Petersburg Noir ed. Natalia Smirnova & Julia Goumen--- see under Julia Goumen.

Systems of Romance by John Paul Smit & Paul Evenblij--- see under Paul Evenblij.

The Art of Adrian Smith by Adrian Smith (Black Library, August 2003, 1-84416-062-9, £15.00, 96pp, lp, pi, cover by Adrian Smith)     Art book, edited and compiled by Matt Ralphs, and with an introduction by William King. Lavish portfolio, book covers and graphic novels, illustrating the worlds of Warhammer and other Games Workshop projects. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $29.95.

Tortured Willows ed. Angela Yuriko Smith, Geneve Flynn, Lee Murray & Christina Sng--- see under Geneve Flynn.

Worlds of Light & Darkness ed. Angela Yuriko Smith & Scot Noel--- see under Scot Noel.

Redbook’s Famous Fiction ed. Anne Bollegen Smith (The Redbook Publishing Company, June 1977, $1.95, 128pp, quarto, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 3 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg 5 · Introduction · Anne Bollegen Smith · in 6 · The Beautiful View · Louise Blecher Rose · ss Redbook August 1973 10 · Bones of Contention · Susan Trott · vi Redbook May 1971 12 · Puzzle · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Redbook November 1970 17 · Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy? · Tim O’Brien · ss Redbook May 1975 20 · Instant of the Hour After · Carson McCullers · ss Redbook October 1971 23 · How Did I Get Here? · Sybil Carlin · ss Redbook May 1973 24 · A Day in Bed with Anthony Adverse · Marjorie Franco · ss Redbook December 1975 28 · Tonight at Nine Thirty-Six · Alfred Gillespie · ss Redbook March 1969 36 · Stop Here, My Friend · Merrill Joan Gerber · vi Redbook December 1964 38 · Snow · Margaret A. Robinson · ss Redbook December 1974 41 · The Magic Mama · Lucille Clifton · vi Redbook November 1969 42 · How to Win · Rosellen Brown · ss Redbook September 1974 46 · Sex and the Subdebs · Alice Adams · ss Redbook April 1973 53 · The Lesson · Toni Cade Bambara · ss Redbook January 1973 56 · A Year in Mid-Air · John Casey · n. Redbook August 1972 67 · Troubadour · Rick Sterry · ss Redbook June 1969 70 · Annabelle, Darling, the Night You Were Born · Karen Satran · ss Redbook May 1974 72 · The Somebody · Danny Santiago · ss Redbook February 1970 75 · A Victim of Rape · Madalynne Reuter · ss Redbook February 1972, as by Madalynne Kurtz 78 · I’m Really Dead · Lynda Schor · ss Redbook August 1973 82 · Follow the Eagle · William Kotzwinkle · ss Redbook April 1971 84 · With All Flags Flying · Anne Tyler · ss Redbook June 1971 88 · Hard Row · Glenn Meeter · ss Redbook July 1972 92 · Lovers Anonymous · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Redbook October 1963 96 · A Faint Glow Under the Ashes · Byrd Baylor · ss Redbook July 1973 99 · When Sylvia Falls in Love · Margaret Edwards · ss Redbook March 1974 100 · A Friend for a Season · Deloris Harrison · ss Redbook August 1969 105 · An Opening of Doors · Nita Regnier · ss Redbook November 1969