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Shatterday by Harlan Ellison (Houghton Mifflin, December 1980, 0-395-28587-9, $12.95, 332pp, hc, co, cover by Leo & Diane Dillon) 1 · Mortal Dreads · Harlan Ellison · ar Foundation #20, October 1980 7 · Jeffty Is Five · Harlan Ellison · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1977 35 · How’s the Night Life on Cissalda? · Harlan Ellison · ss Chrysalis ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1977 53 · Flop Sweat · Harlan Ellison · ss Heavy Metal March 1979 initially presented as a radio reading by Ellison on 21 Dec 1977 over KABC-AM Talk Radio, “The Carole Hemingway Show”. 71 · Would You Do It for a Penny? · Harlan Ellison & Haskell Barkin · ss Playboy October 1967 93 · The Man Who Was Heavily Into Revenge · Harlan Ellison · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1978 111 · Shoppe Keeper · Harlan Ellison · ss The Arts and Beyond ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Doubleday, 1977 135 · All the Lies That Are My Life · Harlan Ellison · na Underwood-Miller, October 1980 193 · Django · Harlan Ellison · ss Galileo #6, 1978 205 · Count the Clock That Tells the Time · Harlan Ellison · nv Omni December 1978 227 · In the Fourth Year of the War · Harlan Ellison · ss Midnight Sun #5, 1979 241 · Alive and Well and on a Friendless Voyage · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1977 259 · All the Birds Come Home to Roost · Harlan Ellison · ss Playboy March 1979 277 · Opium · Harlan Ellison · ss Shayol #2, February 1978 originally as television reading by Ellison on 20 Nov 1977 as a segment of “At One With…” programme originating from KNBC-TV Channel 4, Los Angeles. 285 · The Other Eye of Polyphemus · Harlan Ellison · ss Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine November 1977 299 · The Executioner of the Malformed Children · Harlan Ellison · ss Iguanacon Program Book 1978 315 · Shatterday · Harlan Ellison · ss Gallery September 1975

Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed by Harlan Ellison (Borgo Press, August 1984, 0-89370-270-6, $7.95, 192pp, tp, co) [edited by Marty Clark]     Collection of 20 essays, edited and with notes by Marty Clark. 11 · Introduction · Marty Clark · in 19 · You Don’t Know Me, I Don’t Know You · Harlan Ellison · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1977 33 · Stealing Tomorrow · Harlan Ellison · is Trumpet #11, 1974 · Harlan and Television 36 · Down the Rabbit-Hole to TV-Land · Harlan Ellison · ar Cad September 1967 45 · Revealed at Last! What Killed the Dinosaurs! And You Don’t Look So Terrific Yourself · Harlan Ellison · in Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison, Harper & Row, 1978 56 · Epiphany · Harlan Ellison · ed Video Review March 1982 60 · Rolling Dat Ole Debbil Electronic Stone · Harlan Ellison · ar Video Review September 1982 67 · A Love Song for Jerry Falwell · Harlan Ellison · ar Westercon Program Book #37, 1984 · The World of SF 73 · Science Fiction: Turning Reality Inside-Out · Harlan Ellison · ar New Times October 1974 81 · Defeating the Green Slime · Harlan Ellison · ar SFWA Bulletin #56, January 1976 87 · How You Stupidly Blew $15 Million a Week, Avoided Having an Adenoid-Shaped Swimming Pool in Your Back Yard, Missed the Opportunity to Have a Mutually Destructive Love Affair with Clint Eastwood and/or Raquel Welch, and Otherwise Pissed Me Off · Harlan Ellison · ar Algol Spring 1978 expanded from Ellison’s resignation speech from the Science Fiction Writers of America in April 1977, with remarks by Norman Spinrad, Joe L. Hensley, Clifford D. Simak, Joe Haldeman and Thomas F. Monteleone. 99 · Fear Not Your Enemies · Harlan Ellison · ar Heavy Metal March 1981 104 · Face-Down in Gloria Swanson’s Swimming Pool · Harlan Ellison · ar Los Angeles Magazine August 1978 109 · From Alabamy, with Hate · Harlan Ellison · ar Knight September 1965, as “March to Montgomery” · Profiles 121 · Leiber: A Few Too Few Words · Harlan Ellison · ar Seacon ’79 Programme Book ed. Graham Charnock, Seacon, 1979 [Ref. Fritz Leiber] 124 · Serita Rosenthal Ellison: A Eulogy · Harlan Ellison · ob Saint Louis Literary Supplement November 1976 133 · Centerpunching · Harlan Ellison · bg Eve February 1969 146 · Voe Doe Dee Oh Doe · Harlan Ellison · ar 1977 World Science Fiction Convention Programme Book, 1977 155 · Robert Silverberg, an Appreciation · Harlan Ellison · ms The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 5 ed. Don Myrus, Omni, 1983 [Ref. Robert Silverberg] 158 · Cheap Thrills on the Road to Hell · Harlan Ellison · ed Los Angeles Times January 1982 162 · True Love: Groping for the Holy Grail · Harlan Ellison · ar Los Angeles Magazine February 1978, as “How I Survived the Great Videotape Matchmaker”

Slippage: Precariously Poised, Previously Uncollected Stories by Harlan Ellison (Mark V. Ziesing, April 1997, 0-929480-75-9, $75.00, xiii+361pp, hc, co, cover by Jill Bauman)     Collection of 25 items, most stories, all previously uncollected. One story is by Donald E. Westlake, accompanied by an essay and teleplay by Ellison. Limited 1200 numbered, signed, copies. i · The Fault in My Lines · Harlan Ellison · in 1 · The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore · Harlan Ellison · ss World Fantasy Convention Program Book, 1991 19 · Anywhere but Here, with Anybody but You · Harlan Ellison · ss Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor #2, April 1995 27 · Crazy as a Soup Sandwich · Harlan Ellison · pl Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #3, Spring 1989 first broadcast as an episode of The Twilight Zone on April 1, 1989. 75 · Darkness Upon the Face of the Deep · Harlan Ellison · ss Aboriginal Science Fiction May/June 1991 91 · The Pale Silver Dollar of the Moon Pays Its Way and Makes Change · Harlan Ellison · ss; original, previously unpublished, version. 97 · The Pale Silver Dollar of the Moon Pays Its Way and Makes Change · Harlan Ellison · ss The King Is Dead ed. Paul M. Sammon, Delta, 1994; revised, previously published, version. 105 · The Lingering Scent of Woodsmoke · Harlan Ellison · ss Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor Quarterly #1, August 1996 109 · The Museum on Cyclops Avenue · Harlan Ellison · ss Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor #5, August 1995 121 · Go Toward the Light · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1996 revised, first broadcast on National Public Radio, December 1994. 131 · Mefisto in Onyx · Harlan Ellison · na Omni October 1993 177 · Where I Shall Dwell in the Next World · Harlan Ellison · ss Eidolon Autumn 1992 189 · Chatting with Anubis · Harlan Ellison · ss Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor #4, June 1995 197 · The Few, the Proud [Kyben] · Harlan Ellison · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1989 207 · The Deadly “Nackles” Affair · Harlan Ellison · ar Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine February 1987 219 · Nackles · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1964, as by Curt Clark 227 · Nackles · Harlan Ellison · pl Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine February 1987 based on the story by Donald E. Westlake. 259 · Sensible City · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1994 269 · The Dragon on the Bookshelf · Harlan Ellison & Robert Silverberg · ss The Ultimate Dragon ed. Byron Preiss, John Betancourt & Keith R. A. DeCandido, DTP, 1995 281 · Keyboard · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1995 289 · Jane Doe #112 · Harlan Ellison · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1990 301 · The Dreams a Nightmare Dreams · Harlan Ellison · ss originally appeared as an audio cassette narrated by the author, included with the “H.R. Giger Screensaver” by Cyberdreams. 305 · Pulling Hard Time · Harlan Ellison · ss Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor #3, May 1995 311 · Scartaris, June 28th · Harlan Ellison · nv Borderlands ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990 333 · She’s a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother · Harlan Ellison · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988 349 · Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral · Harlan Ellison · ss Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor Special January 1995 (+1)

Slippage: Precariously Poised, Previously Uncollected Stories (var. 1) by Harlan Ellison (Houghton Mifflin, September 1997, 0-395-35341-6, $22.00, 303pp, hc, co)     Collection of 21 items, most stories, all previously uncollected. This is abridged from the firsr edition (Ziesing, 1997), omitting the story by Donald E. Westlake, the related essay and teleplay by Ellison, and the variant version of “The Pale Silver Dollar of the Moon Pays Its Way and Makes Change”. xvii · The Fault in My Lines · Harlan Ellison · in Slippage by Harlan Ellison, Ziesing, 1997 1 · The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore · Harlan Ellison · ss World Fantasy Convention Program Book, 1991 19 · Anywhere but Here, with Anybody but You · Harlan Ellison · ss Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor #2, April 1995 27 · Crazy as a Soup Sandwich · Harlan Ellison · pl Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #3, Spring 1989 first broadcast as an episode of The Twilight Zone on April 1, 1989. 75 · Darkness Upon the Face of the Deep · Harlan Ellison · ss Aboriginal Science Fiction May/June 1991 91 · The Pale Silver Dollar of the Moon Pays Its Way and Makes Change · Harlan Ellison · ss The King Is Dead ed. Paul M. Sammon, Delta, 1994 99 · The Lingering Scent of Woodsmoke · Harlan Ellison · ss Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor Quarterly #1, August 1996 103 · The Museum on Cyclops Avenue · Harlan Ellison · ss Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor #5, August 1995 115 · Go Toward the Light · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1996 revised, first broadcast on National Public Radio, December 1994. 125 · Mefisto in Onyx · Harlan Ellison · na Omni October 1993 171 · Where I Shall Dwell in the Next World · Harlan Ellison · ss Eidolon Autumn 1992 183 · Chatting with Anubis · Harlan Ellison · ss Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor #4, June 1995 191 · The Few, the Proud [Kyben] · Harlan Ellison · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1989 201 · Sensible City · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1994 211 · The Dragon on the Bookshelf · Harlan Ellison & Robert Silverberg · ss The Ultimate Dragon ed. Byron Preiss, John Betancourt & Keith R. A. DeCandido, DTP, 1995 223 · Keyboard · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1995 231 · Jane Doe #112 · Harlan Ellison · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1990 243 · The Dreams a Nightmare Dreams · Harlan Ellison · ss Slippage by Harlan Ellison, Ziesing, 1997 originally appeared as an audio cassette narrated by the author, included with the “H.R. Giger Screensaver” by Cyberdreams. 247 · Pulling Hard Time · Harlan Ellison · ss Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor #3, May 1995 253 · Scartaris, June 28th · Harlan Ellison · nv Borderlands ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990 275 · She’s a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother · Harlan Ellison · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988 291 · Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral · Harlan Ellison · ss Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor Special January 1995 (+1)

The Sound of a Scythe and 3 Brilliant Novellas by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, December 22, 2013, 978-0-9836223-4-5, $39.95, 336pp, tp, co, cover by Jill Bauman) [edited by Jason Davis]     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Thank You, Mr. Ellison · Ronald D. Moore · in 15 · The Sound of a Scythe · Harlan Ellison · n. expanded by 25% from The Man with Nine Lives (Ace, 1960). 165 · Mefisto in Onyx · Harlan Ellison · na Mark V. Ziesing, December 1993 expanded from Omni October 1993. 209 · All the Lies That Are My Life · Harlan Ellison · na Underwood-Miller, October 1980 257 · The Resurgence of Miss Ankle-Strap Wedgie · Harlan Ellison · na Love Ain’t Nothing but Sex Misspelled by Harlan Ellison, Trident, 1968

Spider Kiss by Harlan Ellison (Pyramid Books, July 1975, 0-515-03883-0, $1.25, 191pp, pb, n., cover by Leo & Diane Dillon)     Reprint (Fawcett 1961 as Rockabilly) mainstream novel. Copyright page states that “New material has been added to this edition.” Volume six in the “Pyramid Ellison” series. 5 · Author’s Note · Harlan Ellison · ms

Stalking the Nightmare by Harlan Ellison (Phantasia Press, 1982, 0-932096-16-6, $16.00, 332pp, hc, co, cover by Jane Mackenzie)     Limited to 3200 copies; the first 700 of which were signed and numbered by the author in a specially bound and boxed edition. 1 · Foreword · Stephen King · fw 15 · Quiet Lies the Locust Tells · Harlan Ellison · in 25 · Grail · Harlan Ellison · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine April 1981 55 · The Outpost Undiscovered by Tourists · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1982 63 · Blank… · Harlan Ellison · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1957 75 · The 3 Most Important Things in Life · Harlan Ellison · ar Oui November 1978 95 · Visionary · Harlan Ellison & Joe L. Hensley · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories May 1959 111 · Djinn, No Chaser · Harlan Ellison · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine April 1982 135 · Invasion Footnote · Harlan Ellison · ss Super-Science Fiction August 1957, as by Cortwainer Bird 145 · Saturn, November 11th · Harlan Ellison · ar Future Life March 1981 159 · Night of Black Glass · Harlan Ellison · ss Beyond #1, Fall 1981 originally published as a broadside for the Clarion Writers Workshop, 29 April 1981. 171 · Final Trophy · Harlan Ellison · nv Super-Science Fiction June 1957 187 · !!!The!!Teddy!Crazy!!Show!!! · Harlan Ellison · ss Adam October 1968 199 · The Cheese Stands Alone · Harlan Ellison · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic March 1982 217 · Somehow, I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas, Toto · Harlan Ellison · ar Genesis June 1974; revised. 237 · Transcending Destiny · Harlan Ellison · nv revised from “School for Assassins” (Amazing Stories, January 1958, as by Ellis Hart). 265 · The Hour That Stretches · Harlan Ellison · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1982 289 · The Day I Died · Harlan Ellison · ar Los Angeles Free Press January 4 1973 301 · Tracking Level · Harlan Ellison · ss Amazing Stories December 1956 313 · Tiny Ally · Harlan Ellison · ss Saturn, Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy October 1957 319 · The Goddess in the Ice · Harlan Ellison · ss Trapped Detective Story Magazine June 1957, as “A Woman So Evil” 327 · Gopher in the Gilly · Harlan Ellison · ss

Strange Wine: Fifteen New Stories from the Nightside of the World by Harlan Ellison (Harper & Row, June 1978, 0-06-011113-5, $9.95, 262pp, hc, co, cover by Leo & Diane Dillon)     Each story has a 1-7 page introduction prior to the story. 1 · Revealed at Last! What Killed the Dinosaurs! And You Don’t Look So Terrific Yourself · Harlan Ellison · in 17 · Introduction to “Croatoan” · Harlan Ellison · is 19 · Croatoan · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1975 35 · Introduction to “Working with the Little People” · Harlan Ellison · is 37 · Working with the Little People · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1977 51 · Introduction to “Killing Bernstein” · Harlan Ellison · is 52 · Killing Bernstein · Harlan Ellison · ss Mystery Monthly June 1976 65 · Introduction to “Mom” · Harlan Ellison · is 67 · Mom · Harlan Ellison · nv Silver Foxes August 1976 83 · Introduction to “In Fear of K” · Harlan Ellison · is 85 · In Fear of K · Harlan Ellison · ss Vertex June 1975 97 · Introduction to “Hitler Painted Roses” · Harlan Ellison · is 101 · Hitler Painted Roses · Harlan Ellison · ss Penthouse April 1977 113 · Introduction to “The Wine Has Been Left Open Too Long and the Memory Has Gone Flat” · Harlan Ellison · is 115 · The Wine Has Been Left Open Too Long and the Memory Has Gone Flat · Harlan Ellison · ss Universe 6 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1976 127 · Introduction to “From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet” · Harlan Ellison · as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976, as “A Note on How This Story Came to Be Written”; slightly revised. 131 · From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet · Harlan Ellison · gp The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _131 · A Is for Atlantean · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _132 · B Is for Breathdeath · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _132 · C Is for Cushio · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _133 · D Is for Dikh · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _133 · E Is for Elevator People · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _134 · F Is for Flenser · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _134 · G Is for Golem · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _134 · H Is for Hamadryad · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _135 · I Is for Ice-Crawler · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _135 · J Is for Jabberwock · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _136 · K Is for Kenghis Khan · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _136 · L Is for Loup-Garou · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _137 · M Is for Muu-Muu · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _137 · N Is for Nemotropin · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _139 · O Is for Ouroboros · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _139 · P Is for Poltergeist · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _139 · Q Is for Quetzalcoatl · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _139 · R Is for Roq · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _140 · S Is for Solifidian the Sorcerer · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _143 · T Is for Troglodyte · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _143 · U Is for Uphir · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _144 · V Is for Vorwalaka · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _144 · W Is for Wand of Jacob · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _145 · X Is for Xaphan · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _145 · Y Is for Yggdrasil · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 _146 · Z Is for Zombie · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 147 · Introduction to “Lonely Women Are the Vessels of Time” · Harlan Ellison · is 149 · Lonely Women Are the Vessels of Time · Harlan Ellison · ss MidAmeriCon Program Book 1976 155 · Introduction to “Emissary from Hamelin” · Harlan Ellison · is 156 · Emissary from Hamelin · Harlan Ellison · ss 2076: The American Tricentennial ed. Edward Bryant, Pyramid, 1977 165 · Introduction to “The New York Review of Bird” · Harlan Ellison · is 172 · The New York Review of Bird · Harlan Ellison · nv previously appeared “in a considerably censored, altered and bowdlerized version” in Weird Heroes Volume 2 ed. Byron Preiss (Pyramid, 1975). 201 · Introduction to “Seeing” · Harlan Ellison · is 205 · Seeing · Harlan Ellison · nv Andromeda 1 ed. Peter Weston, Futura, 1976 231 · Introduction to “The Boulevard of Broken Dreams” · Harlan Ellison · is 233 · The Boulevard of Broken Dreams · Harlan Ellison · vi Los Angeles Review #1, 1975 237 · Introduction to “Strange Wine” · Harlan Ellison · is 239 · Strange Wine · Harlan Ellison · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories June 1976 249 · Introduction to “The Diagnosis of Dr. D’arqueAngel” · Harlan Ellison · is 249 · The Diagnosis of Dr. D’arqueAngel · Harlan Ellison · ss Viva January 1977, as “Doctor D’arqueAngel”