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A Field Guide to the Mesozoic Megafauna & Five British Dinosaurs by Michael Swanwick (Tachyon Publications, February 2004, 1-892391-13-9, $8.95, 32pp, tp, co)
Collection of 18 short-short stories.

· A Field Guide to the Mesozoic Megafauna

7 · The Thief of Time · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

8 · A Matter of Size · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

9 · Three Conversations · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

11 · How the West Was Won II · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

12 · The Scientific Method · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

14 · Dueling Mosasaurs · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

15 · Pocket Brontosaurs · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

16 · Herbivores · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

17 · Parallels · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

18 · Wusses · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

19 · Dinosaur Music · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

20 · The Bird-Fishers · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

21 · Proving Dr. Tom’s Hypothesis · Michael Swanwick · vi 2003

25 · Five British Dinosaurs · Michael Swanwick · ss Interzone #177, March 2002

A Geography of Unknown Lands by Michael Swanwick (Tigereyes Press, July 1997, 0-931763-06-1, $12.00, 154pp, tp, co, cover by Lee Moyer)
Collection of five stories, one previously unpublished. A hardcover edition (-07X, $25.00) is also available.

1 · The Wireless Folly · Michael Swanwick · ss Thunder’s Shadow Collector’s Magazine February 1992

7 · Mother Grasshopper · Michael Swanwick · nv

35 · North of Diddy-Wah-Diddy · Michael Swanwick · nv Killing Me Softly ed. Gardner Dozois, HarperPrism, 1995

67 · The Edge of the World · Michael Swanwick · ss Full Spectrum 2 ed. Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout & Patrick LoBrutto, Doubleday Foundation, 1989

93 · Radio Waves · Michael Swanwick · nv Omni Winter 1995

129 · The Changeling’s Tale · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1994

Moon Dogs by Michael Swanwick (NESFA Press, February 2000, 1-886778-22-1, $25.00, 409pp, hc, co, cover by Rick Berry)
Collection of seven stories, six essays, two speeches, and a play, published in conjunction with Swanwick’s Guest of Honor appearance at Boskone 37. Two stories are original, one finished by Swanwick from notes by Avram Davidson. Other collaborators are Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, who provides the introduction. This is a limited edition of 815; a signed, slipcased limited edition of 175 (-23-X, $36.00) is also available.

11 · Michael Swanwick: The Chameleon Eludes the Net · Gardner Dozois · in

19 · Author Profile · Michael Swanwick · bg Tangents Summer 1997

23 · Moon Dogs · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2000

35 · The Death of the Magus: Two Myths · Michael Swanwick · ar Locus October 1994
originally published in the first Avram Davidson electronic fanzine, 1994.

39 · Mickelrede · Michael Swanwick & Avram Davidson · ss

57 · Vergil Magus: King Without Country [Vergil] · Michael Swanwick & Avram Davidson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 1998

87 · Jane Swanwick and the Search for Identity · Michael Swanwick · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #113, January 1998

93 · The Hagiography of Saint Dozois · Michael Swanwick · ar Philcon 1997 Program Book, PSFS, 1997

97 · Ancestral Voices · Michael Swanwick & Gardner Dozois · na Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1998

155 · The City of God · Michael Swanwick & Gardner Dozois · na Omni Online December 1995

233 · The Dead · Michael Swanwick · ss Starlight 1 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1996

247 · They Fell Like Wheat · Michael Swanwick · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #97, September 1996
originally a speech given at Confluence, 1996.

257 · A User’s Guide to the Postmoderns · Michael Swanwick · ar Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1986

275 · Ships · Michael Swanwick & Jack Dann · nv Lethal Kisses ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, 1996

293 · “In the Tradition…” · Michael Swanwick · ar Asimov’s Science Fiction November 1994

323 · Growing Up in the Future · Michael Swanwick · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #102, February 1997
delivered as a Guest of Honor speech at DisClave, Washington DC, in May 1996.

333 · Griffin’s Egg · Michael Swanwick · na Legend, 1991

The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus by Michael Swanwick (Subterranean Press, April 2020, 978-1-59606-936-7, $40.00, 193pp, hc, co, cover by Lee Moyer) [Surplus & Darger]
Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Mother Goose’s Errant Sons · Michael Swanwick · in

· The Dog Said Bow-Wow [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2001

· The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2002

· Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2005

· Tawny Petticoats [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · nv Rogues ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2014

· There Was an Old Woman [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · ss

· A Little Smoke and a Mirror or Three · Michael Swanwick · is

· Smoke and Mirrors: Four Scenes from the Postutopian Future [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · vi Live Without a Net ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2003

Scanned Clean: (Re)Reading Michael Marshall Smith in the Digital Age by David Sweeney (Subterranean Press, July 2022, 978-1-64524-075-4, $40.00, 280pp, hc, nf, cover by Michael Marshall Smith) [Ref. Michael Marshall Smith]
Book-length examination of the fiction of Michael Marshall Smith. Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

Pulp Adventures on the Moon ed. Jonathan W. Sweet (Brick Pickle Media, August 5, 2019, 978-1-08-661979-9, $10.00, 177pp, tp, an, cover by Lars Nissen)
Details taken from online listing.

5 · Introduction · Jonathan W. Sweet · in

6 · First Target in Space · R. L. Farnsworth · ar Startling Stories September 1948

13 · Hollywood on the Moon [Tony Quade] · Henry Kuttner · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1938

48 · Afraid · V. E. Thiessen · ss Startling Stories Fall 1946

63 · Wobblies in the Moon [John Carstairs] · Frank Belknap Long · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1943

88 · Turnover Time · Noel Loomis · ss Startling Stories March 1949

107 · Moon Dust · Oliver Saari · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Winter 1954

121 · Moon Patrol · Victor Rousseau · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1941

136 · Life on the Moon · Alexander Samalman · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1946

144 · One Came Back · George Whitley · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Fall 1945

156 · Welcome to Luna · Charles E. Fritch · ss Startling Stories April 1952

162 · The Homesteader · James Blish · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949

174 · Escape from Earth · [uncredited] · ms Startling Stories March 1952

The Pocket Book of Famous French Short Stories ed. Eric Swenson (Pocket Books, 1947, 431, 25¢, 281pp, pb, an)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

vi · Foreword · Eric Swenson · fw

1 · Blue Beard · Charles Perrault; translated by Maxim Lieber · ss Great Stories of All Nations, Brentano's, 1927
translated from the French (“La Barbe Bleue”, Histoires ou Contes du temps passé, Paris, 1697).

8 · Jeannot and Colin · Voltaire · ss Romances, Tales and Smaller Pieces of M. De Voltaire by Voltaire, P. Dodsley, 1794
translated from the French.

21 · The Executioner · Honoré de Balzac · ss The Cosmopolitan September 1888
translated from the French (“El Verdugo”, La Mode, January 30, 1830).

35 · Omphale · Théophile Gautier & Lafcadio Hearn · ss (r)

48 · Mimi Pinson · Alfred de Musset · nv (r)

82 · The Venus of Ille · Prosper Mérimée; translated by George Burnham Ives · nv Little French Masterpieces by Honoré de Balzac, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903
translated from the French (“La Vénus d’Ille”, La Revue des Deux Mondes, May 1837).

119 · The Crimson Curtain · Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly; translated by Ernest Boyd · na The Diaboliques by Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, Knopf, 1925

171 · Zodomirsky’s Duel · Alexandre Dumas · ss The Strand Magazine June 1892
translated from the French (“Marianna”, Herminie and Marianna, Méline, Cans et Cie., 1859).

189 · The Siege of Berlin · Alphonse Daudet; translated by George Burnham Ives · ss Little French Masterpieces by Honoré de Balzac, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903
translated from the French.

198 · The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller · Gustave Flaubert · nv (r)
translated from the French (“La légende de saint Julien l’Hospitalier”, Trois Contes, G. Charpentier, 1877).

232 · The Maid of the Dauber · Émile Zola; translated by Maxim Lieber · ss Great Stories of All Nations, Brentano's, 1927

239 · The Wife’s Confession · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Confession d’une femme”, Gil Blas, June 28, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse).

246 · Olivier’s Brag · Anatole France; translated by Alfred Allinson · ss The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche, Dodd, Mead, 1909

256 · The Extraordinary Adventures of Madame Esquollier · Pierre Louÿs; translated by K. Rebillon Lambley · ss (r)

267 · The Stricken Doe · Pierre Mille; translated by Vyvyan Holland · ss (r)

275 · Monsieur U · Paul Morand · ss Best French Short Stories of 1925-26 ed. Richard Eaton, Dodd, Mead, 1926
translated from the French (“Monsieur U”, Nouvelle Revue Française, June 1, 1926).

The Pocket Treasury ed. Eric Swenson, Louis Untermeyer, Philip Van Doren Stern & Caryl Brooks--- see under Louis Untermeyer.

The Best of Talebones ed. Patrick Swenson (Fairwood Press, November 2010, 978-1-933846-24-8, $18.99, 352pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 42 stories originally published in Talebones during its run from 1995-2009. Authors include Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Jack Cady, Jay Lake, and Ken Scholes. Swenson provides a bit of the magazine’s history in his foreword and story notes. A print-on-demand edition.

11 · Foreword · Patrick Swenson · fw

13 · The Yard God · James Van Pelt · ss Talebones #22, Fall 2001

23 · The Winds of Brennen Marcher · Barb Hendee · ss Talebones #0, Summer 1995

35 · Ten Sigmas · Paul Melko · ss Talebones #28, Summer 2004

42 · Cats, Dogs, and Other Creatures · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Talebones #21, Spring 2001

46 · Still Life with Boobs · Anne Harris · ss Talebones #30, Summer 2005

62 · The Girl with the Pre-Raphaelite Hair · Carrie Vaughn · ss Talebones #17, Fall 1999

74 · Swoop · Patricia Russo · ss Talebones #38, Summer 2009

79 · Two · Jack Skillingstead · ss Talebones #35, Summer 2007

84 · Snow on Snow · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · vi Talebones #1, Fall 1995

87 · Night Shift · Louise Marley · ss Talebones #29, Winter 2004

92 · The Next Best Thing · Ray Vukcevich · ss Talebones #13, October 1998

98 · 23 Skidoo · Patrick O’Leary · ss Talebones #8, Summer 1997

110 · Hail, Conductor · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss Talebones #32, Spring 2006

119 · The Parable of Satan’s Adversary · Jack Cady · ss Talebones #27, Winter 2003

124 · The Acid Test · Kay Kenyon · ss Talebones #29, Winter 2004

130 · The Dandelion Clock · Stephen Couch · ss Talebones #33, Summer 2006

142 · Comachrome · Alan DeNiro · ss Talebones #25, Fall 2002

154 · Robbie · James C. Glass · vi Talebones #11, Spring 1998

158 · Song of Mother Jungle · Ken Rand · ss Talebones #7, Spring 1997

169 · Jack in the Box · Mike Brotherton · ss Talebones #1, Fall 1995

177 · Spiders · Bruce Taylor · ss Talebones #4, Summer 1996

181 · Love of the True God · Uncle River · ss Talebones #10, Winter 1998

191 · Tall Spirits, Blocking the Night · Jay Lake · ss Talebones #25, Fall 2002

195 · From Sunset to the White Sea · William Mingin · ss Talebones #26, Summer 2003

210 · Landlocked · Barth Anderson · vi Talebones #18, Winter 2000

212 · Seepage · Catherine MacLeod · ss Talebones #14, Winter 1999

216 · Zothique Mi Amore · Mark Rich · ss Talebones #15, Spring 1999

220 · Sugar ’n’ Spice · Devon Monk · ss Talebones #23, Winter 2001

233 · Wolf Song · William F. Nolan · ss Talebones #35, Summer 2007

242 · Safe, Child, Safe · Aliette de Bodard · ss Talebones #39, Winter 2009

251 · Your Life, Fifteen Minutes from Now · Nick Mamatas · ss Talebones #19, Spring 2000

255 · The Forever Sleep · Jennifer Rachel Baumer · ss Talebones #26, Summer 2003

261 · Roofs and Forgiveness in the Early Dawn · James Sallis · ss Talebones #24, Spring 2002

264 · Nothing but Fear · Eric Del Carlo · ss Talebones #8, Summer 1997

271 · Caucasus · Tom Piccirilli · ss Talebones #3, Spring 1996

278 · Bluebeard by the Sea · Sandra McDonald · ss Talebones #28, Summer 2004

285 · The Dog Prince · Sarah Prineas · ss Talebones #29, Winter 2004

294 · Three Chords and the Truth · John A. Pitts · ss Talebones #39, Winter 2009

308 · Death Comes but Twice · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Talebones #35, Summer 2007

313 · The Twa Corbies · Marie Brennan · ss Talebones #31, Winter 2005

324 · God of Exile · Terry McGarry · ss Talebones #12, Summer 1998

333 · Edward Bear and the Very Long Walk · Ken Scholes · ss Talebones #22, Fall 2001

Imagination Fully Dilated: Science Fiction ed. Patrick Swenson & Robert Kruger--- see under Robert Kruger.

The Wild Palms Reader ed. Stuart Swezey & Roger Trilling--- see under Roger Trilling.

Memoirs of a Space Traveler by Maria Swiecicka-Ziemianek & Joel Stern--- see under Stanislaw Lem.

Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir ed. Duane Swierczynski (Busted Flush Press, July 2006, 0976715759, $18.00, 385pp, tp, oa)

· Part One: Twilights and Goodnights

· My Father’s Gun · Dave White · ss

· Twilight on Second Avenue · Sarah Weinman · ss

· The Ballad of Davey Robson · Ray Banks · ss

· Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy · Duane Swierczynski · ss

· Policy · Megan Abbott · ss

· 3-A · Jenny Siler · ss

· The Necklace · Sean Doolittle · ss

· Part Two: Duffers and Bachelors

· Fathers and Sons · Charles Ardai · ss

· Duffers of the Apocalypse · Victor Gischler · ss

· Daphne McAndrews and the Smack-Head Junkies · Stuart MacBride · ss

· The Last Bachelor of North Miami · Jason Starr · ss

· Last Right · Zoe Sharp · ss

· Funeral for a Friend · Simon Kernick · ss

· Part Three: Killers and Cons

· The Killer Beside Me · Allan Guthrie · ss

· Tender Mercies · Jeff Abbott · ss

· Pros and Cons · Donna Moore · ss

· Steppin Up · Mark Billingham · ss

· Femme Fatale · Laura Lippman · ss

· Part Four: Guns and Geezers

· Payoff · Steve Brewer · ss

· Geezer Tricks · Charlie Stella · ss

· Requiem for Moe · Reed Farrel Coleman · ss

· Has Anyone Seen Mrs. Lightswitch? · Colin Cotterill · ss

· The Old Gun · Ken Bruen · ss

· Part Five: Felons and Friends

· Encore · Milton T. Burton · ss

· Cranked · Bill Crider · ss

· The Deadsters · Robert Ward · ss

· Just Friends · John Harvey · ss

How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Press, September 30, 2013, 978-1-59606-550-5, $45.00, 340pp, hc, co, cover by Shaun Tan)
Collection of 19 stories. This is a signed, limited edition of 750 numbered copies.
Details taken from online listing.

· The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window · Rachel Swirsky · na Subterranean (online) Summer 2010

· A Memory of Wind · Rachel Swirsky · nv Tor.com November 3 2009

· Monstrous Embrace · Rachel Swirsky · ss Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2008

· The Adventures of Captain Black Heart Wentworth: A Nautical Tail · Rachel Swirsky · ss Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008

· Heartstrung · Rachel Swirsky · ss Interzone #210, June 2007

· Marry the Sun · Rachel Swirsky · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #15, June 2008, as “Marrying the Sun”

· A Monkey Will Never Be Rid of Its Black Hands · Rachel Swirsky · nv Subterranean (online) Winter 2008

· The Sea of Trees · Rachel Swirsky · nv The Future Is Japanese ed. Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington, Haikasoru, 2012

· Fields of Gold · Rachel Swirsky · nv Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2011

· Eros, Philia, Agape · Rachel Swirsky · nv Tor.com March 3 2009

· The Monster’s Million Faces · Rachel Swirsky · ss Tor.com September 8 2010

· Again and Again and Again · Rachel Swirsky · vi Interzone #226, January/February 2010

· Diving After the Moon · Rachel Swirsky · ss Clarkesworld #53, February 2011

· Scene from a Dystopia · Rachel Swirsky · ss Subterranean #4, 2006

· The Taste of Promises · Rachel Swirsky · nv Life on Mars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2011

· With Singleness of Heart · Rachel Swirsky · ss

· Dispersed by the Sun, Melting in the Wind · Rachel Swirsky · ss Subterranean (online) Summer 2007

· How the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth · Rachel Swirsky · ss Electric Velocipede #13, Fall 2007

· Speech Strata · Rachel Swirsky · ss

Through the Drowsy Dark by Rachel Swirsky (Aqueduct Press, May 2010, 978-1-933500-38-6, $12.00, 145pp, tp, co, cover by Barry Deutsch)
Collection of 10 stories (three original) and nine poems (one original). This is volume 27 in the Conversation Pieces series.

3 · Those Who Wait Through the Drowsy Dark · Rachel Swirsky · ss (r)

17 · A Season with the Geese · Rachel Swirsky · pm Abyss & Apex #23, 3rd Quarter 2007

18 · Heartstrung · Rachel Swirsky · ss Interzone #210, June 2007; illustrated by Douglas A. Sirois

29 · Pomegranate · Rachel Swirsky · pm (r)

31 · Mirror Images · Rachel Swirsky · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #14, May 2008

36 · Remembering the World · Rachel Swirsky · pm Electric Velocipede #15/16, Winter 2008

39 · Of Passage · Rachel Swirsky · vi (r)

42 · Inside Her Heart · Rachel Swirsky · pm Ideomancer September 2007

44 · Heat Engine · Rachel Swirsky · ss (r)

48 · The Dream Vacation · Rachel Swirsky · pm (r)

50 · The Black Angel’s Kiss · Rachel Swirsky · ss (r)

66 · The Oracle on River Street · Rachel Swirsky · pm (r)

68 · Detours on the Way to Nothing · Rachel Swirsky · ss Weird Tales March/April 2008

75 · Dear Melody · Rachel Swirsky · pm Sybil’s Garage #4, March 2007

78 · Defiled Imagination · Rachel Swirsky · ss (r)

86 · Invitation to Emerald · Rachel Swirsky · pm Lone Star Stories #24, December 2007

88 · The Debt of the Innocent · Rachel Swirsky · ss Glorifying Terrorism ed. Farah Mendlesohn, Rackstraw Press, 2007

119 · The Fate of Hitler’s Brain · Rachel Swirsky · pm (r)

120 · No Longer You · Rachel Swirsky & Katherine Sparrow · ss Interzone #224, September/October 2009; illustrated by Mark Pexton

People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy ed. Rachel Swirsky & Sean Wallace (Prime Books, December 2010, 978-1-60701-238-2, $14.95, 318pp, tp, an, cover by Liwei Wang)
Anthology of 20 stories, one original, all with Jewish themes and published from 2000-2010. Authors include Peter S. Beagle, Neil Gaiman, Lavie Tidhar, and Michael Chabon. Introduction by Ann VanderMeer.

· Introduction · Ann VanderMeer · in

· Burning Beard · Rachel Pollack · ss Interfictions ed. Delia Sherman & Theodora Goss, Interstitial Arts Foundation, 2007

· How the Little Rabbi Grew · Eliot Fintushel · ss Strange Horizons September 17 2007

· Geddarien · Rose Lemberg · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #21, December 2008

· The Wings of Meister Wilhelm · Theodora Goss · ss Polyphony, Volume 4 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2004

· The Dybbuk in Love · Sonya Taaffe · nv Prime Books, 2005

· Fidelity: A Primer · Michael Blumlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2000

· Niels Bohr and the Sleeping Dane · Jonathon Sullivan · na Strange Horizons July 18 2005 (+1)

· The Tsar’s Dragons · Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple · nv The Dragon Book ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace, 2009

· Going East · Elana Gomel · ss (r)

· Dark Coffee, Bright Light, and the Paradox of Omnipotence · Ben Burgis · ss (r)

· Biographical Notes to “A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes” by Benjamin Rosenbaum · Benjamin Rosenbaum · nv All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories ed. David Moles & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press & All-Star Stories, 2004

· Alienation and Love in the Hebrew Alphabet · Lavie Tidhar · ss ChiZine #24, April/June 2005

· The Problem of Susan [Narnia] · Neil Gaiman · ss Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2004

· Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke · Peter S. Beagle · nv Strange Roads by Peter S. Beagle, Dreamhaven Books, 2008

· Eliyahu ha-Navi · Max Sparber · ss Strange Horizons September 18 2000

· Reuben · Tamar Yellin · ss (r)

· The Muldoon · Glen Hirshberg · nv American Morons by Glen Hirshberg, Earthling Publications, 2006

· Semaphore · Alex Irvine · ss Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007

· Golems I Have Known · Michael Chabon · ss (r)

· The History Within Us · Matthew Kressel · nv Clarkesworld #42, March 2010

The Praesidium of Archive by Jefferson P. Swycaffer (Avon, January 1986, 0-380-89663-X, $2.95, 197pp, pb, oc)
Collection of 6 connected sf stories. They all seem to be originals. This is the fourth book set in the “Concordat” universe.

1 · Upon the Eve of the Last of Days · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · pr

5 · Case and Cause · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv

41 · The Damnable Price · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv

86 · Escalation · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv

133 · A Precise Young Death · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv

154 · To Live; To Learn · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv

175 · Archive Midwinter · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · nv

The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias ed. M. J. Sydney (Lycan Valley Press, May 12, 2019, 978-1-64562-950-4, $25.00, 636pp, tp, oa, cover by Kealan Patrick Burke)
Details taken from online listing.

13 · A Touch of Madness · Tim Waggoner · nv

37 · It Came from the Grave · James Pyne · nv

59 · Entwined · Colleen Anderson · ss

77 · Destiny’s Road Trip · Jay Seate · ss

95 · Morbid Dread of the Dawn · Philip Athans · nv

119 · Mutual Possession · W. T. Patterson · nv

147 · Right of Crossing · James Chambers · nv

177 · Passing Judgement · Chad Lutzke · ss

195 · The Clinic · Asher Ellis · ss

215 · Not Just Desserts · Jonah Buck · nv

241 · The Man Who Feared the Sky · John Skipp · ss

249 · Children of Blood · Greg Chapman · nv

271 · The Yearning Jade · Hank Schwaeble · nv

305 · The Cemetery Man · J. G. Faherty · nv

333 · White to Black · Michael Bailey · ss

353 · The Hunch · Richard Chizmar · nv

379 · Five in the Six · Sèphera Girón · nv

407 · The Toxic Magician · Sheri Sebastian-Gabriel · nv

431 · Feeding the Orishas · Gabino Iglesias · ss

451 · Munchausen · Max Booth, III · nv

477 · True Confessions of the Happiest Pistachio · Mehitobel Wilson · nv

499 · Beautiful Women · Ray Garton · nv

525 · A Bolt of Lightning · Edward M. Erdelac · nv

549 · Halfpenny · Steven M. Vance · nv

575 · Too Hot in Boilertown · Jill Hand · ss

595 · The Catalyst to Grow Some Guts · Kerry Lipp · ss

Mean Time: New Crime for a New Millennium ed. Jerry Sykes (Bloodlines, 1998, 978-1-899344-40-6, £6.50, 269pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

5 · NIPD Blue · Colin Bateman · ss

14 · Sitting Pretty · Simon Conway & Peter Crowther · nv

38 · My Little Suede Shoes [Charlie Resnick] · John Harvey · ss

53 · Roots · Jerry Sykes · ss

68 · Over the Edge · Jason Starr · ss

82 · Black Sheep · Ed Gorman · ss

97 · I Was Barbarella · Lauren Henderson · ss

117 · The Names of the Missing · Dennis Lehane · ss

129 · Unknown Pleasures · Ian Rankin · ss

146 · Half American · Nicholas Blincoe · ss

162 · Y2K · Molly Brown · ss

168 · Reaper · John Foster · ss

188 · Night Call · Richard T. Chizmar · ss

199 · Phantom Lover · Maxim Jakubowski · nv

222 · The Silent Server · Paul Charles · ss

240 · Beauty with Cruelty · David Bowker · nv

267 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Dead Leman & Other Tales from the French ed. Paul Sylvester & Andrew Lang--- see under Andrew Lang.

Moonchild %%2 by Aleister Crowley ed. John Symonds & Kenneth Grant--- see under Aleister Crowley.

The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons (Collins, 1965, hc, n.)

The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons (The British Library, September 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5232-1, £8.99, 240pp, tp, n.) [British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Collins 1965) mystery novel.

· Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons (Collins, 1957, hc, n.)

The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons (The British Library, September 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5227-7, £8.99, 256pp, tp, n.) [British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Collins 1957) mystery novel.

· Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

How to Trap a Crook and 12 Other Mysteries by Julian Symons (Davis, February 1977, $1.35, 192pp, digest, co)
Seventh in the “Ellery Queen Presents” series.

7 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in

11 · How to Trap a Crook [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss 1972

18 · Experiment in Personality · Julian Symons · nv 1969

38 · Strolling in the Square One Day [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss 1960

48 · The Tiger’s Stripe · Julian Symons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1965

66 · Love Affair · Julian Symons · ss 1968

76 · A Theme for Hyacinth · Julian Symons · ss Argosy (UK) August 1967

96 · Credit to Shakespeare [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard December 12 1950, as “Credit to William Shakespeare”

102 · The Main Chance · Julian Symons · ss 1966

115 · Eight Minutes to Kill · Julian Symons · nv The Evening Standard May 30 1957 (+5)

134 · The Santa Claus Club [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss Suspense (UK) December 1960

145 · The Sensitive Ears of Mr. Small · Julian Symons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1972

154 · ’Twixt the Cup and the Lip · Julian Symons · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963, as “Father Christmas Comes to Orbins”

180 · Pickup on the Dover Road · Julian Symons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1972

Julian Symons Sherlockian Duet by Julian Symons (Calabash Press, 2000, C$7.50, ph, co) [Sherlock Holmes]

· Preface · Christopher Roden · pr

· Introduction · Jack Adrian · in

· Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule—? [Sherlock Holmes; Hercule Poirot] · Julian Symons · ss The Illustrated London News April 1987

· The Affair of the Vanishing Diamonds [Sherlock Holmes] · Julian Symons · ss

The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons (Collins, July 1960, B60-12375, 12/6d, 256pp, hc, n.)

The Progress of a Crime: A Fireworks Night Mystery by Julian Symons (The British Library, September 10, 2020, 978-0-7123-5372-4, £8.99, 288pp, tp, co) [British Library Crime Classics]
Collection of the eponymous novel and a short story by the same author.

7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

11 · The Progress of a Crime · Julian Symons · n. Collins, July 1960

259 · The Tigers of Subtopia · Julian Symons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1965, as “The Tiger’s Stripe”

Butcher’s Dozen ed. Julian Symons, Josephine Bell & Michael Gilbert--- see under Anon..

Verdict of 13: A Detection Club Anthology ed. Julian Symons (Faber and Faber, 1978, 0-571-10518-1, hc, oa)
Also available in pb (Ballantine Jun ’80).

· Introduction · Julian Symons · in

· Great-Aunt Allie’s Flypapers [Adam Dalgliesh] · P. D. James · nv

· The Rogue’s Twist · Gwendoline Butler · ss

· Twenty-One Good Men and True · Dick Francis · ss

· Verdict of Three · Michael Gilbert · ss

· Cloud Nine · Christianna Brand · ss

· Pelly and Cullis [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss

· Something the Cat Dragged In · Patricia Highsmith · nv

· The Postgraduate Thesis · Celia Fremlin · ss

· Gup · H. R. F. Keating · ss

· Murder at St. Oswald’s · Michael Underwood · ss

· Morepork · Ngaio Marsh · nv

· Who Killed the Cat? · Peter Dickinson · ss

· Waiting for Mr. McGregor · Julian Symons · ss

Possessed by Edward & Rosalie Synton--- see under Rosalie Synton.

Possessed: A Lost Novel of the Occult by Edward & Rosalie Synton--- see under Rosalie Synton.

Possessed by Rosalie & Edward Synton (Hutchinson & Co., June 1927, 7/6d, 256pp, hc, n.)

Possessed: A Lost Novel of the Occult by Rosalie & Edward Synton (The British Library, December 4, 2025, 978-0-7123-5539-1, £10.99, 221pp, tp, n.) [British Library Tales of the Weird]
Reprint (Hutchinson 1927) occult novel.
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

7 · Introduction · Johnny Mains · in

Living in the Future by Robert Silverberg ed. Tim Szczesuil & David G. Grubbs--- see under Robert Silverberg.

Frankensteins and Foreign Devils by Walter Jon Williams ed. Timothy P. Szczesuil--- see under Walter Jon Williams.

His Share of Glory by C. M. Kornbluth ed. Timothy P. Szczesuil--- see under C. M. Kornbluth.

Erotic Fairy Tales: A Romp Through the Classics by Mitzi Szereto (Cleis Press, 2001, 1-57344-124-4, $14.95, xii+316pp, tp, oc, cover: [photo] by Alice Egoyan)
Explicitly adult retellings of 15 classic stories such as “Cinderella”, “The Sleeping Beauty”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, and “Rapunzel”; each with a brief historical introduction.

vii · Introduction · Mitzi Szereto · in

1 · Introduction to “Cinderella” · Mitzi Szereto · is

4 · Cinderella · Mitzi Szereto · nv

29 · Introduction to “The Magic Muntr” · Mitzi Szereto · is

32 · The Magic Muntr · Mitzi Szereto · ss

48 · Introduction to “The Goblin of Adachigahara” · Mitzi Szereto · is

51 · The Goblin of Adachigahara · Mitzi Szereto · ss

62 · Introduction to “Rapunzel” · Mitzi Szereto · is

65 · Rapunzel · Mitzi Szereto · ss

79 · Introduction to “The Swineherd” · Mitzi Szereto · is

82 · The Swineherd · Mitzi Szereto · ss

98 · Introduction to “The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces” · Mitzi Szereto · is

101 · The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces · Mitzi Szereto · ss

117 · Introduction to “The Ebony Horse” · Mitzi Szereto · is

120 · The Ebony Horse · Mitzi Szereto · nv

147 · Introduction to “Michel Michelkleiner’s Good Luck” · Mitzi Szereto · is

149 · Michel Michelkleiner’s Good Luck · Mitzi Szereto · ss

160 · Introduction to “Punished Pride” · Mitzi Szereto · is

163 · Punished Pride · Mitzi Szereto · nv

188 · Introduction to “A Tale of the Parrot” · Mitzi Szereto · is

190 · A Tale of the Parrot · Mitzi Szereto · ss

202 · Introduction to “Little Red Riding Hood” · Mitzi Szereto · is

205 · Little Red Riding Hood · Mitzi Szereto · ss

226 · Introduction to “The Travelin Companion” · Mitzi Szereto · is

229 · The Travelin Companion · Mitzi Szereto · nv

256 · Introduction to “The Turnip” · Mitzi Szereto · is

258 · The Turnip · Mitzi Szereto · ss

268 · Introduction to “The Sleeping Beauty” · Mitzi Szereto · is

271 · The Sleeping Beauty · Mitzi Szereto · ss

290 · Introduction to “The Twelve Months” · Mitzi Szereto · is

293 · The Twelve Months · Mitzi Szereto · nv

Getting Even: Revenge Stories ed. Mitzi Szereto (Serpent’s Tail, June 2008, 978-1-85242-961-4, 256pp, tp, oa)

1 · Glazed · Danuta Reah · ss

17 · Parvati · Umi Sinha · ss

35 · Payment in Kind · Stella Duffy · ss

45 · How to Kill an Aries · Tony Fennelly · ss

65 · Never Die · Niall Griffiths · ss

71 · A Cake Story · Josie Kimber · ss

91 · More Than Skin Deep · Becky Bradford · ss

105 · Hell Is Where the Heart Is · Mitzi Szereto · nv

127 · The One · Georgiana Nelsen · ss

133 · Echo · Rosie Jackson · ss

141 · Remember Me · Dee Silman · ss

151 · Love and Death in Renaissance Italy · Clare Colvin · ss

167 · Be Very Afraid · Vicki Hendricks · ss

175 · Hurting Hugh · Madeline de Chambrey · nv

197 · Dolls, Revenge, Dolls Again · Chris Dunning · ss

205 · Wig · Tara Ison · ss

225 · Esprit de Corpse · Jean Lamb · ss

The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard (Simon & Schuster, 1961, $3.00, 122pp, hc, co)

11 · Nightmare for Future Reference · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (Senior) Scholastic September 17 1938

19 · The Voice of the Dolphins · Leo Szilard · na (r)

75 · My Trial as a War Criminal · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Law Review Fall 1949

89 · The Mark Gable Foundation · Leo Szilard · ss

105 · Calling All Stars · Leo Szilard · ss

115 · Report on “Grand Central Terminal” · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Magazine June 1952

The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories (var. 1) by Leo Szilard (Sphere, 1967, 83216, 5/-, 126pp, pb, co)
This edition adds two stories not in the original (Simon & Schuster, 1961) edition.

7 · Nightmare for Future Reference · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (Senior) Scholastic September 17 1938

13 · The Voice of the Dolphins · Leo Szilard · na (r)

69 · My Trial as a War Criminal · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Law Review Fall 1949

81 · The Mark Gable Foundation · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961

95 · Calling All Stars · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961

101 · Report on “Grand Central Terminal” · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Magazine June 1952

109 · Kathy and the Bear · Leo Szilard · vi (r)

113 · The Mined Cities · Leo Szilard · ss Bulletin of the American Scientist December 1961

The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories (var. 2) by Leo Szilard (Stanford University Press, May 1992, 0-8047-1753-2, $45.00, 200pp, hc, co)
This edition adds an introduction by historian Barton Bernstein, an afterword by Helen Weiss and one story from the 1967 Sphere reprint.

3 · Introduction · Barton Bernstein · in

47 · The Voice of the Dolphins · Leo Szilard · na (r)

103 · My Trial as a War Criminal · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Law Review Fall 1949

117 · The Mark Gable Foundation · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961

133 · Calling All Stars · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961

143 · Report on “Grand Central Terminal” · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Magazine June 1952

153 · The Mined Cities · Leo Szilard · ss Bulletin of the American Scientist December 1961

171 · Afterword · Helen Weiss · aw

175 · Notes to Introduction · [uncredited] · ms

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