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The Best of Cold Blood ed. Ian Wilkes & Peter Sellers--- see under Peter Sellers.

Cold Blood V ed. Ian Wilkes & Peter Sellers--- see under Peter Sellers.

The Mammoth Book of Classic Fantasy ed. Cary Wilkins (Robinson, May 1987, 0-948164-40-9, £4.95, 472pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Crown 1984 as A Treasury of Fantasy) fantasy anthology.

A Treasury of Fantasy: Heroic Adventures in Imaginary Lands ed. Cary Wilkins (Crown/Avenel, 1981, 0-517-33629-4, viii+504pp, hc, an) vii · Foreword · Cary Wilkins · fw 1 · The Story of Sigurd · translated by Eiríkr Magnússon & William Morris · nv (r) condensed by Andrew Lang from The Völsunga Saga (1870). 49 · The Quest of the Holy Graal · Mrs. Andrew Lang · nv from The Book of Romance, Longmans, Green, 1902; chapter 9. 69 · The Enchantment of Lionarda · Francisco de Moraes; translated by Robert Southey · ss Palmerin of England by Francisco de Moraes, tr. Robert Southey, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807 81 · The Elves · Johann Ludwig Tieck; translated by Thomas Carlyle · nv German Romance, Volume 2 ed. Thomas Carlyle, W. Tait, 1827 translated from the German (Die Elfen, 1811). 97 · The King of the Golden River · John Ruskin · nv Smith, Elder, 1841 121 · Phantastes · George MacDonald · n. Smith, Elder, 1858 259 · The Wood Beyond the World · William Morris · n. Kelmscott Press, 1894 345 · The King of Elfland’s Daughter · Lord Dunsany · n. Putnam, 1924 467 · The Doom That Came to Sarnath [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Scot June 1920; revised. 475 · Swords of the Purple Kingdom [Kull] · Robert E. Howard · nv King Kull by Robert E. Howard & Lin Carter, Lancer, 1967 495 · The Rule of Names [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination April 1964

A Treasury of Fantasy (var. 1) ed. Cary Wilkins (Crown/Chatham River Press, 1984, 0-517-45371-1, viii+472pp, hc, an)     Revised edition of a fantasy anthology (Avenel, 1981) from an “instant remainder” publisher, replacing Dunsany’s The King of Elfland’s Daughter with Baum’s The Master Key. Issued in UK as The Mammoth Book of Classic Fantasy (Robinson 1987). · Foreword · Cary Wilkins · fw A Treasury of Fantasy ed. Cary Wilkins, Avenel, 1981 1 · The Story of Sigurd · translated by Eiríkr Magnússon & William Morris · nv (r) condensed by Andrew Lang from The Völsunga Saga (1870). 49 · The Quest of the Holy Graal · Mrs. Andrew Lang · nv from The Book of Romance, Longmans, Green, 1902; chapter 9. 69 · The Enchantment of Lionarda · Francisco de Moraes; translated by Robert Southey · ss Palmerin of England by Francisco de Moraes, tr. Robert Southey, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807 81 · The Elves · Johann Ludwig Tieck · nv Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, Vol. 3, Simpkin, Marshall, 1823, as “Elfin-Land”, uncredited. translated from the German (“The Elves”, 1811). 97 · The King of the Golden River · John Ruskin · nv Smith, Elder, 1841 121 · Phantastes · George MacDonald · n. Smith, Elder, 1858 259 · The Wood Beyond the World · William Morris · n. Kelmscott Press, 1894 345 · The Master Key · L. Frank Baum · n. Bowen-Merrill, 1901 435 · The Doom That Came to Sarnath [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Scot June 1920; revised. 443 · Swords of the Purple Kingdom [Kull] · Robert E. Howard · nv King Kull by Robert E. Howard & Lin Carter, Lancer, 1967 463 · The Rule of Names [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination April 1964

Heiresses of Russ 2012: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction ed. Connie Wilkins & Steve Berman (Lethe Press, October 2012, 978-1-59021-159-5, $18.00, 287pp, tp, an, cover by YorkBerlin)     Year’s best anthology of 14 stories featuring lesbian characters from 2011. This is the second volume in a series named in honor of Joanna Russ. Introduction by Wilkins. Authors include Laird Barron, Nalo Hopkinson, and David D. Levine. Details taken from Table of Contents. ix · Introduction · Connie Wilkins · in 1 · In Orbit · Katherine Fabian · ss Expanded Horizons #28, April 2011 11 · La Caída · Anna Meadows · ss Girls Who Bite ed. Delilah Devlin, Cleis Press, 2011 25 · The Thick Night · Sunny Moraine · ss Strange Horizons May 2 2011 41 · And Out of the Strong Came Forth Sweetness · Lisa Nohealani Morton · ss Hellebore & Rue ed. Catherine Lundoff & JoSelle Vanderhooft, Lethe Press, 2011 55 · Daniel · Emily Moreton · ss Like a Treasure Found ed. Joy Crelin, Circlet Press, 2011 71 · Amphitrite · S. L. Knapp · nv Steam-Powered II ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft, Torquere Press, 2011 89 · The Tides of the Heart · David D. Levine · nv Realms of Fantasy June 2011 111 · Feedback · Lindy Cameron · nv Women of the Mean Streets ed. J. M. Redmann & Greg Herren, Bold Strokes Books, 2011 159 · To Follow the Waves · Amal El-Mohtar · ss Steam-Powered ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft, Torquere Press, 2011 177 · The Carrion Gods in Their Heaven · Laird Barron · nv Supernatural Noir ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, 2011 199 · Thirteen Incantations · Desirina Boskovich · nv Realms of Fantasy February 2011 221 · D Is for Delicious · Steve Berman · ss Hellebore & Rue ed. Catherine Lundoff & JoSelle Vanderhooft, Lethe Press, 2011 233 · Ours Is the Prettiest [Borderlands] · Nalo Hopkinson · nv Welcome to Bordertown ed. Holly Black & Ellen Kushner, Random House, 2011 267 · God in the Sky · An Owomoyela · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2011

Time Well Bent: Queer Alternative Histories ed. Connie Wilkins (Lethe Press, 2009, 1590211340, $15.00, 181pp, tp, oa) 9 · Introduction · Connie Wilkins · in 13 · A Wind Sharp as Obsidian · Rita Oakes · ss 21 · The Final Voyage of the Hesperus · Steven Adamson · ss 33 · Roanoke · Sandra Barret · ss 45 · A Marriage of Choice · Dale Chase · ss 59 · The High Cost for Tamarind · Steve Berman · ss Second Thoughts: More Queer and Weird Stories by Steve Berman, Lethe Press, 2008 65 · A Spear Against the Sky · M. P. Ericson · ss 75 · Sod ’Em · Barry Lowe · ss 83 · Morisca · Erin MacKay · ss 97 · Great Reckonings, Little Rooms · Catherine Lundoff · ss 113 · Barbaric Splendor · Simon Sheppard · ss 125 · Opening Night · Lisabet Sarai · ss 141 · A Happier Year · Emily Salter · ss 151 · The Heart of the Storm · Connie Wilkins · ss 167 · At Reading Station, Changing Trains · C. A. Gardner · ss 179 · The Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Silver Well by Kim Wilkins & Kate Forsyth--- see under Kate Forsyth.

The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins (Doubleday, Page & Company, March 18, 1903, LC:03-7170, 237pp, hc, co) 3 · The Wind in the Rose-Bush · Mary E. Wilkins · nv Everybody’s Magazine February 1902 41 · The Shadows on the Wall · Mary E. Wilkins · ss Everybody’s Magazine March 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 75 · Luella Miller · Mary E. Wilkins · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1902 107 · The Southwest Chamber · Mary E. Wilkins · na 167 · The Vacant Lot · Mary E. Wilkins · ss Everybody’s Magazine September 1902 201 · The Lost Ghost · Mary E. Wilkins · nv

The Division Bell Mystery by Ellen Wilkinson (Harrap, 1932, hc, n.)

The Division Bell Mystery by Ellen Wilkinson (The British Library, August 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5241-3, £8.99, 256pp, tp, n., cover: [extract from Southern Railway poster (Paris-St Lazare a Londres, 1924)]) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Harrap 1932) mystery novel.

Pendulum/Nick the Click/Believed Violent by G. K. Wilkinson, John Christopher & James Hadley Chase--- see under John Christopher.

Sailing to Cythera and Other Anatole Stories by Nancy Willard (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974, 0-15-269961-9, 74pp, hc, co) 2 · Gospel Train · Nancy Willard · ss 20 · The Wise Soldier of Sellebak · Nancy Willard · nv 47 · Sailing to Cythera · Nancy Willard · nv

The Black Mass of Brother Springer by Charles Willeford (Wit’s End Publishing, December 2003, 1-930997-35-3, $17.95, 204pp, tp, co, cover by Oiva Design Group) 7 · The World as Willeford and Idea · James Sallis · in [Ref. Charles Willeford] 13 · The Black Mass of Brother Springer · Charles Willeford · n. 181 · The Ordainment of Brother Springer · Charles Willeford · pl

The Machine in Ward Eleven by Charles Willeford (Belmont, June 1963, 90-286, 40¢, 141pp, pb, co) 7 · The Machine in Ward Eleven · Charles Willeford · nv Playboy March 1961 36 · Selected Incidents · Charles Willeford · ss Gent April 1962, as “The Sin of Integrity” 55 · A Letter to A.A. (Almost Anybody) · Charles Willeford · ss (r) 67 · Jake’s Journal · Charles Willeford · nv (r) 110 · “Just Like on Television—” · Charles Willeford · ss (r) 122 · The Alectryomancer · Charles Willeford · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1959, as “A Genuine Alectryomancer”

The Second Half of the Double Feature by Charles Willeford (Wit’s End Publishing, September 2003, 1-930997-30-2, $35.95, 330pp, hc, co, cover by Oiva Design Group)     Collection of 25 stories and Willeford’s complete poetry, edited by Juha Lindroos & Kathleen Martin. Also published as a trade paperback, contents the same but without the poetry (-29-9, $17.95, 240pp). 9 · The Old Man at the Bridge · Charles Willeford · ss Sports Illustrated May 7 1973, as “Burning One’s Bridges to the Past” 14 · The Condemned · Charles Willeford · ex Something About a Soldier by Charles Willeford, Random House, 1986 19 · The Pop-Off Caper · Charles Willeford · ss (r) 26 · The Deserted Village · Charles Willeford · ss Everybody’s Metamorphosis by Charles Ray Willeford, III, Dennis McMillan, 1988 35 · Give the Man a Cigar · Charles Willeford · vi Florida Magazine August 16 1987 38 · Citizen’s Arrest · Charles Willeford · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1966 45 · Sentences · Charles Willeford · ss (r) 48 · Saturday Night Special · Charles Willeford · nv Everybody’s Metamorphosis by Charles Ray Willeford, III, Dennis McMillan, 1988, as “Strange” 85 · To a Nephew in College · Charles Willeford · ss Books Abroad: An International Literary Quarterly Autumn 1957 89 · Checking Out · Charles Willeford · ss Florida Magazine June 7 1987 92 · One Hero to a War · Charles Willeford · bg (r) 110 · Behind Him Goes His Dream · Charles Willeford · ss (r) 116 · An Actor Prepares · Charles Willeford · ss Savannah November 1977 122 · The Emancipation of Henry Allen · Charles Willeford · ss (r) 129 · Some Lucky License · Charles Willeford · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1965 141 · A Matter of Taste · Charles Willeford · ss Savannah November 1978 - December 1978 144 · The First Five in Line · Charles Willeford · uw Orange Pulp ed. Maurice J. O'Sullivan & Steve Glassman, University Press of Florida, 2000 167 · The Tupperware Party · Charles Willeford · ss Tropic July 11 1982, as “The Party” 171 · The Gardener and the Princess · Charles Willeford · ss Tropic April 19 1981 175 · The Laughing Machine · Charles Willeford · ss (r) 188 · The Man Who Loved Ann Landers · Charles Willeford · ss Zantia Spring 1979 199 · How Warren & Lee Came to Florida Instead Some Kooky Town in Southern Florida · Charles Willeford · ss Tropic November 19 1967 204 · The Listener · Charles Willeford · ss (r) 218 · Everybody’s Metamorphosis · Charles Willeford · ss Everybody’s Metamorphosis by Charles Ray Willeford, III, Dennis McMillan, 1988 228 · Sand Dollar · Charles Willeford · ss (r) 238 · Entrance to an Era · Charles Willeford · pm Outcast Poets by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1947 239 · In Time of This · Charles Willeford · pm Outcast Poets by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1947 240 · The Apocalypse · Charles Willeford · pm Outcast Poets by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1947 241 · I Passed Over the River · Charles Willeford · pm Outcast Poets by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1947 241 · Basement Pastoral · Charles Willeford · pm Outcast Poets by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1947 244 · Preface to Proletarian Laughter · Charles Willeford · in Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 246 · Schematic Number 1 · Charles Willeford · vi Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 247 · Proletarian Laughter · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 250 · In the Truck, In the Back · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 251 · Reflection · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 252 · Schematic Number 2 · Charles Willeford · vi Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 253 · In a Simple Search for Justice · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 253 · Anniversary · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 254 · The Tree, the Sky, the Sleeper · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 255 · Schematic Number 3 · Charles Willeford · vi Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 257 · Theatre · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 258 · We, Willeford, the People · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 260 · Schematic Number 4 · Charles Willeford · vi Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 261 · Passion and permanence · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 263 · Death Is My Brother · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 263 · Eight Panes of Glass · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 264 · Schematic Number 5 · Charles Willeford · vi Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 266 · In Case of Night · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 267 · For Which I Sought and Saw it · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 268 · Continuity · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 269 · Schematic Number 6 · Charles Willeford · vi Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 270 · The Responsibility of Command · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 271 · Nothing · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 272 · Schematic Number 7 · Charles Willeford · vi Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 273 · Soil Erotica · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 274 · Rockabye · Charles Willeford · pm Proletarian Laughter by Charles Willeford, The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948 276 · Poontang · Charles Willeford · pm Poontang and Other Poems by Charles Willeford, New Athenaeum Press, 1967 277 · Grendel’s Dam · Charles Willeford · pm Poontang and Other Poems by Charles Willeford, New Athenaeum Press, 1967 277 · Sportsman · Charles Willeford · pm Poontang and Other Poems by Charles Willeford, New Athenaeum Press, 1967 278 · A Pastoral for LeRoi Jones · Charles Willeford · pm Poontang and Other Poems by Charles Willeford, New Athenaeum Press, 1967 278 · Drive-In Sestina · Charles Willeford · pm Poontang and Other Poems by Charles Willeford, New Athenaeum Press, 1967 279 · Inroads · Charles Willeford · pm Poontang and Other Poems by Charles Willeford, New Athenaeum Press, 1967 279 · U.S. Tourist in Jerusalem · Charles Willeford · pm Poontang and Other Poems by Charles Willeford, New Athenaeum Press, 1967 280 · Perspective · Charles Willeford · pm Poontang and Other Poems by Charles Willeford, New Athenaeum Press, 1967 281 · The 2nd 1/2 of the Double Feature · Charles Willeford · pm Poontang and Other Poems by Charles Willeford, New Athenaeum Press, 1967 282 · Limned · Charles Willeford · pm Poontang and Other Poems by Charles Willeford, New Athenaeum Press, 1967 282 · Basement Pastoral No. 2 · Charles Willeford · pm Poontang and Other Poems by Charles Willeford, New Athenaeum Press, 1967 284 · Proof Reading · Charles Willeford · pm Southwind Winter 1973 284 · Flight Song · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 285 · The Whores of “D” Street · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 286 · The Condemned Igorote · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 286 · Locker Room · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 287 · Query · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 288 · White Sound · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 288 · Wounded Weasel · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 289 · Epitaph for Brian “Uptight” · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 289 · The Risk · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 290 · Magruder Realty · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 291 · New Hope for the Dead · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 292 · In Support of Idolatry · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 292 · Mesostic for Ron De Maris · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 293 · Perforce · Charles Willeford · pm I Was Looking for a Street by Charles Willeford, The Countryman Press, 1988 294 · Pacemaking · Charles Willeford · pm The Panhandler: A Regional Journal #6, 1979 295 · Ode to a Tethered Clown · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 296 · Marching in Miami’s Omni · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 296 · Robin · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 297 · Aspects of the Novel · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 298 · Lament for a Mezuzah · Charles Willeford · pm The Jewish Floridian September 1 1978 299 · The Earring Rack · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 300 · The Privity Smile of Priapus · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 301 · They Didn’t Kill the Goat · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 302 · [untitled poem] · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 303 · The 7 A.M. Class · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 304 · The Murky Clouded Eyes · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 306 · 48 Minutes · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 307 · The Sudden Spring of Relegation · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 308 · Sonnet #9 · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 308 · Parade · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 309 · Al Seitz Sits by the Pool · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 310 · Capricorn · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 313 · M.O.T.H.E.R., Inc. · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 313 · Jean Dubuffet Was Here · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 314 · Love Story · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 315 · Five Positions · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 316 · Standing · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 317 · The House · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 318 · The Heart-Shaped Smile, a Concrete Poem · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 321 · Enders · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 322 · Blowing Rock · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 323 · Dansant · Charles Willeford · pm Something About a Soldier by Charles Willeford, Random House, 1986 324 · In Lightest Africa · Charles Willeford · pm (r) 325 · The Mandible Tree · Charles Willeford · pm Zantia Winter 1979 326 · Sonnet · Charles Willeford · pm (r)

Shapers of Worlds ed. Edward Willett (Shadowpaw Press, October 2020, 978-1-989398-06-7, $16.95, 364pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of stories, mainly original, by authors who were guests on the podcast The Worldshapers during its first year. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Introduction · Edward Willett · in 5 · Vision Quest · Edward Willett · ss 16 · Call to Arms · Tanya Huff · nv 43 · The Tale of the Wicked · John Scalzi · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 71 · The Farships Fall to Nowhere · John C. Wright · ss 80 · Evanescence · L. E. Modesitt, Jr. · ss 97 · Peel · Julie Czerneda · ss In the Shadow of Evil ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2005 108 · The Knack of Flying · Shelley Adina · ss 127 · Ghost Colours · Derek Künsken · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2015 141 · One Million Lira · Thoraiya Dyer · ss War Stories ed. Jaym Gates & Andrew Liptak, Apex Publications, 2014 159 · Pod Dreams of Tuckertown · Gareth L. Powell · ss Byzarium October 2007 172 · In Silent Streams, Where Once the Summer Shone · Seanan McGuire · ss 183 · Welcome to the Legion of Six · Fonda Lee · ss previously available as an audio download from The Overcast, April 6, 2019. 196 · Good Intentions · Christopher Ruocchio · ss 214 · “Shhhh…” · David Brin · ss Amazing Stories May 1989; updated to include modern references. 228 · The Greatest of These Is Hope · D. J. Butler · ss 252 · A Thing of Beauty · Dr. Charles E. Gannon · nv By Other Means ed. Mike McPhail, Dark Quest Books, 2011 286 · Home Is Where the Heart Is · David Weber · nv 317 · Tricentennial · Joe Haldeman · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact July 1976 343 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Shapers of Worlds: Volume II ed. Edward Willett (Shadowpaw Press, October 28, 2021, 978-1-989398-28-9, $22.95, 546pp, tp, oa, cover by Tithi Luadthong)     Anthology of stories, mainly original, by authors who were guests on the podcast The Worldshapers during its second year. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Introduction · Edward Willett · in 4 · Shadow Sight · Kelley Armstrong · ss 17 · Ghost and Fox · Marie Brennan · ss 22 · Letters from an Imprisoned Wizard to a Young Queen, and Associated Explicatory Correspondence · Garth Nix · ss 43 · Going to Ground · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss 64 · Beneath a Bicameral Moon · Jeremy Szal · nv 94 · Shapeshifter Finals · Jeffrey A. Carver · nv Warriors of Blood and Dream ed. Roger Zelazny & Martin H. Greenberg, AvoNova, 1995 122 · Thibauld’s Tale · Edward Willett · nv 149 · The Cancellation [John Simon] · Bryan Thomas Schmidt · nv 182 · River of Ice · David D. Levine · ss 191 · I Hid in the Bathroom When the Aliens Arrived · Lisa Foiles · ss 213 · The Only Road · Susan Forest · nv 242 · The Cat and the Merrythought · Matthew Hughes · ss 266 · Anamnesis in Ruins · Heli Kennedy · ss 285 · Angel & Monica · Helen Dale · ss 301 · Root Mother · Adria Laycraft · ss 317 · The Cool Sequestered Vale of Life · Edward Savio · ss 335 · The Lost Cipher of Dr. Dee · Lisa Kessler · ss 354 · Message Found in a Variable Temporality Appliance · Ira Nayman · ss 372 · Salvage · Carrie Vaughn · vi Lightspeed #49, June 2014 380 · Casey’s Empire · Nancy Kress · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1981 405 · I Remember Paris · James Alan Gardner · ss 422 · The Chthonic Op · Tim Pratt · ss 442 · The Little Tailor and the Elves · Barbara Hambly · ss Xanadu 2 ed. Jane Yolen, Tor, 1994 460 · A Murder in Eddsford [Emberverse] · S. M. Stirling · na Sideways in Crime ed. Lou Anders, Solaris, 2008 519 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Shapers of Worlds: Volume III ed. Edward Willett (Shadowpaw Press, October 5, 2022, 978-1-989398-41-8, $24.99, 486pp, tp, oa, cover by Tithi Luadthong)     Anthology of stories, mainly original, by authors who were guests on the podcast The Worldshapers during its third year. Details taken from Table of Contents. xiii · Introduction · Edward Willett · in 1 · The Writer Speaks to the New World · Jane Yolen · pm 2 · And the Walls Came Tumbling Down · James Morrow · nv 28 · Thresholds · Kristi Charish · ss 52 · Court Day in Shelocta County · Robert Penner · ss 61 · Limbo · David Ebenbach · ss 73 · Offshore · F. Paul Wilson · nv Diagnosis: Terminal ed. F. Paul Wilson, Tor/Forge, 1996 101 · How a World Dies · Jane Yolen · pm 102 · Car Wars · Cory Doctorow · ss This. November 16 2016 123 · Tribes of the Sun · K. M. Rice · nv 155 · The Metamorphosis of Thomas Darrow · Gerald Brandt · ss 167 · Fairy Invention · Jane Yolen · pm 168 · The Key · Griffin Barber · ss 186 · Choices · Miles Cameron · ss 204 · Mister Farnsworth Versus the Alien Demons of Ancient Egypt · Sebastien de Castell · nv 234 · How to Create Language for a New-Made World · Jane Yolen · pm 235 · Together As One · Jess E. Owen · ss 251 · Ghostwind · Violette Malan · ss 270 · The Thing in the Play · Edward Willett · ss 282 · Joseph Campbell Misses the Mark · Jane Yolen · pm 283 · A Single Breath, Heard Only in My Dreams · Cat Rambo · ss 299 · The Desert of the Real · Mark Everglade & Joseph Hurtgen · nv 333 · We Love You · Anna Mocikat · ss 351 · “It’s Coming” · Frank J. Fleming · nv 387 · The New Planet · Jane Yolen · pm 388 · Hostile Universe · K. Eason · ss Kaleidotrope Autumn 2012 406 · Send Them Flowers · Walter Jon Williams · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007 457 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Shapers of Worlds: Volume IV ed. Edward Willett (Shadowpaw Press, January 19, 2024, 978-1-989398-88-3, $24.99, 434pp, tp, oa, cover by Tithi Luadthong)     Anthology of stories, mainly original, by authors who were guests on the podcast The Worldshapers. Details taken from Table of Contents. ix · Introduction · Edward Willett · in 1 · Matter of Life and Death · Sherrilyn Kenyon · ss Dark Cities ed. Christopher Golden, Titan, 2017; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 16 · Advent · James Kennedy · nv Improbable Botany ed. Gary Dalkin, Wayward Press, 2017; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 50 · Yiwu · Lavie Tidhar · ss Tor.com May 23 2018; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 72 · Presumed Alien · David Boop · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 97 · Soldier of Fortune · Edward M. Lerner · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 108 · Done with Mirrors · Sarah A. Hoyt · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 127 · The End of the Sagittarius Arc · Jean-Louis Trudel · nv; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 158 · The Doting Duke and His Gravely Disturbed Daughters: The Books of the Bard, Scroll One · Roy M. Griffis · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 181 · There’s Some Thing Under the Bed · Garon Whited · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 196 · I Really Need to Clear My Inbox · Noah Lemelson · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 219 · BWDOC · James Van Pelt · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 234 · Monster in the Second Reel · Richard Paolinelli · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 252 · Souvenirs · Gail Z. Martin · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 265 · Nineteenth-Century Vase · David Liss · nv; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 292 · Garbage · Joshua Palmatier · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 310 · The Sound of the Chain · R. S. Mellette · ss Horrors: Real, Imagined, and Deadly ed. Matt Sinclair, Elephant's Bookshelf Press, 2015; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 317 · The Canceller · Edward Willett · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 338 · A Murder of Scarecrows · Mark Leslie · nv Nobody’s Hero by Mark Leslie, Stark Publishing, 2020; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 366 · The Things Fenton Found · Michaelbrent Collings · nv; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 403 · About the Authors and Illustrator · [uncredited] · bg

Shapers of Worlds: Volume V ed. Edward Willett (Shadowpaw Press, March 24, 2025, 978-1-998273-33-1, $24.95, 462pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of stories, mainly original, by authors who were guests on the podcast The Worldshapers. Details taken from Table of Contents. ix · Introduction · Edward Willett · in 1 · The Rusalka Wakes Up · Olesya Salnikova Gilmore · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 17 · The Bones of Heroes · Chadwick Ginther · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 37 · Mad Dog · Evan Graham · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 57 · Bleach · M. C. A. Hogarth · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 64 · The Good Gornak · James S. Peet · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 75 · Magic That Cannot Be Undone · J. G. Gardner · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 93 · The Grove · M. J. Kuhn · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 117 · Coming of Age · Edo van Belkom · ss Star Colonies ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2000; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 128 · Never Again the Same · L. Jagi Lamplighter · ss Don’t Open This Book! ed. Marvin Kaye, SFBC, 1998; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 140 · Rumspringa in Sanzheika · Alex Shvartsman · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 157 · The Palmist · Robin Stevens Payes · nv; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 184 · Forest Dark · P. L. Stuart · nv; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 211 · ’Twas · Richard Sparks · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 222 · Quid Est Veritas? · Edward Willett · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 236 · Grey Scale · Hayden Trenholm · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 255 · Someone to Dream With · Eli K. P. William · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 280 · Pole Dancer · Brad R. Torgersen · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 296 · Cupid 2.0 · Brad C. Anderson · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 307 · The Panda’s Dream · Lawrence M. Schoen · nv; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 335 · Red-Eye and Thunderbird · Alan Smale · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 354 · Nowhere Falls · Kevin Moore · ss Christmas Stories: Volume II by Kevin Moore, Books Fluent, 2024; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 369 · The Crumbling Walls [Nahwalla] · Omari Richards · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 392 · A Juggler’s Farce · Natalie Wright · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 411 · The Beasts at the End of the World · Brian Trent · ss; illustrated by Wendi Nordell 433 · About the Authors and Illustrator · [uncredited] · bg

The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women: 1800-World War II ed. A. Susan Williams (Xanadu, December 1992, 1-85480-190-2, £14.99, 566pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 34 stories tracing the development of female fantasy writers from 1806 to 1936. vii · Introduction · A. Susan Williams · in 1 · The Spectre; or, The Ruins of Belfont Priory · Sarah Wilkinson · ss A. Kemmish, 1806 20 · The Mortal Immortal: A Tale · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833 33 · Napoleon and the Spectre · Charlotte Brontë · ss C. Shorter, 1919; written 1833. 37 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 57 · The Lifted Veil · George Eliot · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine July 1859, uncredited. 97 · Circumstance · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1860, uncredited. 110 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 123 · The Abbot’s Ghost: or, Maurice Treherne’s Temptation · A. M. Barnard · na The Flag of Our Union 1867 185 · Kentucky’s Ghost · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1868, uncredited. 201 · The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1870 211 · Behold It Was a Dream · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar November 1872 227 · The Secret Chamber · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine December 1876 255 · The Ghost of Charlotte Cray · Florence Marryat · nv Judy’s Annual 1879 272 · Lady Farquhar’s Old Lady, A True Ghost Story · Mrs. Molesworth · ss Tinsley’s Magazine December 1873 286 · In a Far-Off World · Olive Schreiner · vi Dreams by Olive Schreiner, Donohoe, 1890 288 · Death and the Woman · Gertrude Atherton · ss Vanity Fair (UK) 1892 293 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887; dated 1886. 306 · The Banshee’s Warning · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss London Society Christmas 1867, as “Hertford O’Donnell’s Warning” 325 · Caulfield’s Crime · Alice Perrin · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1892 333 · The Wind in the Rosebush · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · nv Everybody’s Magazine February 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins 350 · Sultana’s Dream · Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain · ss The Indian Ladies’ Magazine 1905 361 · The Woman with the Hood · L. T. Meade · ss The Weekly Scotsman December 1897 376 · If I Were a Man · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss Physical Culture July 1914 383 · Consequences · Willa Cather · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1915 402 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916 424 · A Suburban Fairy Tale · Katherine Mansfield · ss 1917 428 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921 430 · The Nature of the Evidence · May Sinclair · ss Fortune May 1923 441 · The Unbolted Door · Marie Belloc Lowndes · ss The Fortnightly Review November 1929 448 · The Buick Saloon · Mary O’Malley · ss The Cornhill Magazine June 1930 464 · Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales November 1933 492 · The Supper at Elsinore · Isak Dinesen · na Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen, Smith & Haas, 1934 537 · The English Gentleman’s Tale—The Gold Bride · Christina Stead · ss Salzburg Tales by Christina Stead, Peter Davies, 1934 545 · The Mask of Sacrifice · Margery Lawrence · ss The Tatler November 30 1923, as “The Mask” 559 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women ed. A. Susan Williams & Richard Glyn Jones (Viking UK, May 25, 1995, 0-670-85907-9, £17.00, 560pp, hc, an, cover by Leonora Carrington)     Fantasy/SF anthology of epic proportions - 38 stories (3 original) by women, published between 1941 and 1994. This is a companion to The Penguin Book of Classic Fantasy by Women (1992) being paperbacked simultaneously by Penguin. The pair form an impressive record not just of female authors but the development of fantastic fiction in our century. There is an Introduction by Joanna Russ. xii · Introduction · Joanna Russ · in xv · Editors’ Note · The Editors · ms 1 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941 8 · The Tooth · Shirley Jackson · ss The Hudson Review Winter 1949 26 · The Lake of the Gone Forever · Leigh Brackett · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949 62 · The Old Man · Daphne du Maurier · ss The Apple Tree by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1952 73 · My Flannel Knickers · Leonora Carrington · ss The Seventh Horse by Leonora Carrington, E.P. Dutton, 1988; written c. 1955, first published in French in 1976. 76 · The Anything Box · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1956 90 · Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse · Muriel Spark · ss The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories by Muriel Spark, 1958 97 · A Bright Green Field · Anna Kavan · ss A Bright Green Field by Anna Kavan, Peter Owen, 1958 104 · The Ship Who Sang [Brainship] · Anne McCaffrey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1961 124 · Marmalade Wine · Joan Aiken · ss Suspense (UK) September 1958 132 · The Fall of Frenchy Steiner · Hilary Bailey · nv New Worlds SF #143, July/August 1964 165 · Cynosure · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1964 175 · The Wall · Josephine Saxton · ss Science Fantasy #78, November 1965 182 · The Foot · Christine Brooke-Rose · ss Unlikely Ghosts ed. James Turner, Cassell, 1967 198 · Baby, You Were Great · Kate Wilhelm · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 213 · The Second Inquisition [Alyx] · Joanna Russ · nv Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 245 · Murder, 1986 · P. D. James · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1970 267 · The Milk of Paradise · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972 279 · When It Happens · Margaret Atwood · ss Chatelaine 1975 290 · Angel, All Innocence · Fay Weldon · nv The Thirteenth Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977 306 · Night-Side · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard Press, 1977 332 · Fireflood · Vonda N. McIntyre · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1979 355 · Wives · Lisa Tuttle · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1979 365 · Red as Blood · Tanith Lee · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1979 376 · Sur · Ursula Le Guin · ss The New Yorker February 1 1982 393 · Peter and the Wolf · Angela Carter · ss Black Venus by Angela Carter, Chatto & Windus, 1985 an earlier version appeared in Firebird 1, 1982. 403 · The Pits Beneath the World · Mary Gentle · ss Peter Davison’s Book of Alien Planets ed. Peter Davison, Sparrow, 1983 413 · Two Sheep · Janet Frame · ss You Are Now Entering the Human Heart by Janet Frane, 1983 417 · Relics · Zoë Fairbairns · ss Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind ed. Jen Green & Sarah LeFanu, The Women's Press, 1985 432 · The Evening and the Morning and the Night · Octavia E. Butler · nv Omni May 1987 458 · (Learning About) Machine Sex · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss Machine Sex and Other Stories by Candas Jane Dorsey, Porcepic Tesseract, 1988 477 · Prodigal Pudding · Suniti Namjoshi · vi The Blue Donkey Fables by Suniti Namjoshi, The Woman's Press, 1988 479 · Boobs · Suzy McKee Charnas · ss Skin of the Soul ed. Lisa Tuttle, The Women's Press, 1990 an earlier version appeared in Isaac Asimov’s SF Magazine, July 1989. 499 · If the Word Was to the Wise · Carol Emshwiller · ss The Start of the End of It All by Carol Emshwiller, The Women's Press, 1990 509 · Trial by Teaspoon · Lynda Rajan · ss 514 · In the Green Shade of a Bee-Land Glade · L. A. Hall · ss 525 · Death in the Egg · Ann Oakley · ss 533 · Kay and Phil · Lucy Sussex · nv Alien Shores ed. Peter McNamara & Margaret Winch, Aphelion Publications, 1994 554 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · ms

The Mystery and the Detective ed. Blanche Colton Williams (Appleton-Century, 1938, $1.00, 364pp, hc, an)     Textbook with brief author biography and questions after each story. vii · Introduction · Blanche Colton Williams · in 1 · The Thirty-Thousand-Dollar Slap · Richard Washburn Child · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 3 1912 22 · Once to Every Woman · Carolyn Darling · ss Ladies’ Home Journal October 1937 44 · A Considerable Murder · Barry Pain · ss The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 58 · By Water · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette April 18 1914 69 · Laughter · Charles Caldwell Dobie · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1917 91 · Galway Intrudes · Frederick Stuart Greene · nv The Century Magazine June 1915 120 · Five Thousand Dollars Reward [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1919 139 · The Burglar · John Russell · ss New Story Magazine October 1913, as by Edward Rutledge 161 · Christian, the Concierge [Samuel T. Billingham] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Collier’s June 27 1925 175 · Sixteen Years Without a Birthday · Brander Matthews · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine February 1895 182 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1896 199 · The Discourager of Hesitancy · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine July 1885; a continuation of “The Lady, or the Tiger?”. 208 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 234 · Miss Hinch · Henry Sydnor Harrison · nv McClure’s Magazine September 1911 261 · In the Library · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine June 1901 274 · Calloway’s Code · O. Henry · ss Munsey’s Magazine September 1906 286 · The Type-Machine Case · Theodore White · nv 315 · Buttons · E. M. Winch · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1933 331 · The Mystery of Room 513 · Corinne Harris Markey · ss The American Magazine December 1924 354 · The Red-Hot Dollar · H. D. Umbstaetter · ss The Black Cat October 1895

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O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1929 ed. Blanche Colton Williams (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., November 1929, xviii+394pp, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]     Covers the period September 1928 to July 1929. ix · Introduction · Blanche Colton Williams · in 1 · Big Blonde · Dorothy Parker · nv The Bookman February 1929; first prize. 27 · The Homesick Ladies · Sidney Howard · nv Scribner’s Magazine April 1929; second prize. 53 · Him and Her · Katharine Brush · vi Collier’s March 16 1929; best short short. 63 · Alice · Sherwood Anderson · ss Harper’s Bazar January 1929, as “Beauty” 73 · The King of the Cats · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Harper’s Bazar February 1929 91 · The Skeleton at the Feast · Louis Bromfield · nv Cosmopolitan October 1928 121 · Speakeasy · Katharine Brush · ss College Humor February 1929 143 · Treat You Clever · Maristan Chapman · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 30 1929 163 · Elephants Through the Country · Mary Johnston · nv The Virginia Quarterly Review January 1929 187 · Manicure · Margaret Leech · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1928 203 · Two Red-Haired Women · Don Marquis · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 8 1928 231 · Sinners · Kathleen Norris · ss Cosmopolitan July 1929 251 · Buttin’ Blood · Pernet Patterson · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1928 271 · A Coffin for Anna · Elise M. Rushfeldt · ss The Frontier March 1929 285 · Professional Pride · Ruth Burr Sanborn · ss Ladies’ Home Journal February 1929 307 · Mrs. Sabin · Caroline Slade · ss Plain Talk June 1929 321 · The Silver Sword · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss Pictorial Review March 1929 341 · Appendix: The Lists · [uncredited] · bi

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1930 ed. Blanche Colton Williams (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., November 1930, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]     Covers the period August 1929 to June 1930. ix · Introduction · Blanche Colton Williams · in 3 · Dressing-Up · W. R. Burnett · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1929; first prize. 17 · “Neither Jew nor Greek” · William M. John · ss The Century Magazine August 1929; first prize. 35 · The Sacrifice of the Maidens · Elizabeth Madox Roberts · ss Letters May 1930; second prize. 47 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930; best short short. 55 · Careless Love · Roark Bradford · ss Collier’s January 4 1930 71 · Herself · Katharine Newlin Burt · ss Scribner’s Magazine April 1930 91 · Faith, Hope and Charity · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan April 1930 113 · The Elephant Forgets · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 1 1930 131 · The Silver Knight · Miriam Allen deFord · ss The American Short Story February 1930 145 · Misfortune’s Isle · Richard Matthews Hallet · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 9 1929 173 · A Man of the World · John Held, Jr. · ss Scribner’s Magazine December 1929 185 · Mlle. Irene the Great · Nunnally Johnson · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 5 1929 205 · The Little Wife · William March · ss The Midland January/February 1930 219 · Encarnación · Alicia O’Reardon Overbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1930 235 · The Continental Angle · William Dudley Pelley · ss The Chicago Tribune August 4 1929 253 · The Diamond Ring · Julia Peterkin · ss Good Housekeeping June 1930 271 · Lobster John’s Annie · Florence Ryerson & Colin Clements · ss The Stratford Magazine February 1930 283 · Conjuh · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss Pictorial Review October 1929 307 · A Matter of Standards · Julian Street · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1930 325 · Born on an Iceberg · Captain John W. Thomason, Jr. · ss Liberty March 29 1930 339 · Appendix: The Lists · [uncredited] · bi

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1931 ed. Blanche Colton Williams (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., October 1931, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]     Covers the period July 1930 to May 1931. · “Can’t Cross Jordan by Myself” · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss Pictorial Review August 1930; first prize. · One Head Well Done · John D. Swain · nv Top-Notch Magazine 1st November 1930; second prize. · The Five-Minute Girl · Mary Hastings Bradley · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 10 1931; third prize. · Haunted Ground · Oliver La Farge · vi Ladies’ Home Journal August 1930; best short short. · Leaf Unfolding · Griffith Beems · ss Harper’s Magazine February 1931 · Good Wednesday · Katharine Brush · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1930 · Salesmanship · Mary Ellen Chase · ss Pictorial Review July 1930 · The False Talisman · Charles Caldwell Dobie · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1930 · Thrift · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 6 1930 · Forrester · Cyril Hume · ss The Yale Review June 1930 · Professional Aid · Alfred F. Loomis · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1930 · Mrs. Schwellenbach’s Receptions · Marie Luhrs · ss The Jewish Tribune · Fifteen from Company K · William March · ss The Midland November/December 1930 · Wings for Janie · Laverne Rice · ss New Copy ed. Donald Lemen Clark, Columbia University Press, 1931 · Useless · Florence Ryerson & Colin Clements · ss Woman’s World October 1930 · “Cock-a-Doodle-Done!” · Edgar Valentine Smith · ss The Elks Magazine July 1930 · Cider of Normandy · Booth Tarkington · ss Cosmopolitan November 1930 · Chimney City · Crichton Alston Thorne · ss The Household Magazine

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1932 ed. Blanche Colton Williams (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., October 1932, xxvii+315pp, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]     Covers the period June 1931 to April 1932. xi · Introduction · Blanche Colton Williams · in 3 · An End to Dreams · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Pictorial Review February 1932; first prize. 19 · Farewell to Cuba · James Gould Cozzens · ss Scribner’s Magazine November 1931; second prize. 39 · A Trip to Czardis · Edwin Granberry · vi Forum and Century April 1932; best short short. 49 · Big Singing · Jack H. Boone & Merle Constiner · ss The Household Magazine January 1932 71 · The First Lover · Kay Boyle · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1931 79 · Football Girl · Katharine Brush · ss College Humor #94, October 1931 87 · Ancestral Home · Dorothy Canfield · ss The Delineator September 1931 109 · A Colonel of Kentucky [Judge William Pitman Priest (Old Judge Priest)] · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan June 1931 137 · Kittens Have Fathers · Evan Coombes · ss The Midland November/December 1931 149 · The Cruise of the Cashalot · Walter D. Edmonds · ss Forum and Century January 1932 165 · Turn About · William Faulkner · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 5 1932 195 · The End of the Party · Christopher Gerould · vi Harper’s Magazine February 1932 203 · Nine Prisoners · William March · ss Forum and Century December 1931 217 · Deep Water · J. P. Marquand · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 20 1932 245 · She Was Right Once · Booth Tarkington · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 13 1931 271 · Appendix: The Lists · [uncredited] · bi

The Greater Trumps by Charles Williams (Sphere, December 1975, 0-7221-9144-8, 65p, 203pp, pb, n.) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Reprint (Gollancz 1932) occult novel. Volume 35 in the series. 5 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in

The Masques of Amen House by Charles Williams (The Mythopoeic Press, 2000, 1-887726-06-3, $14.00, 204pp, tp, co, cover by Nancy-Lou Patterson)     Collection of three verse plays about publishing, plus related poems and selections from music for the Masques by Hubert J. Foss. An extensive introduction by Bernadette Lynn Bosky discusses Williams and the masques; editor David Bratman provides annotations and a bibliography. 1 · Introduction · Bernadette Lynn Bosky · in 31 · Textual Notes · David Bratman · ms · The Masques of Amen House 35 · The Masque of the Manuscript · Charles Williams · pl 1927 53 · The Masque of Perusal · Charles Williams · pl 1929 77 · The Masque of the Termination of Copyright · Charles Williams · pl 1942 · Amen House Poems 115 · An Urbanity · Charles Williams · pm 1927 123 · A Century of Poems for Celia · Charles Williams · gp (r) 131 · Sonnets on the Masque of the Manuscript · Charles Williams · gp (r) 137 · Amen House Poems · Charles Williams · gp (r) · Music for the Masques 159 · Hubert J. Foss and the Music of the Masques · David Bratman · ar (r) [Ref. Hubert J. Foss] 165 · The Carol of Amen House · Hubert J. Foss · ms (r) 171 · Dialogue of Alexis and Dorinda · Hubert J. Foss · ms (r) 178 · Hymn to Mnemosyne · Hubert J. Foss · ms (r) 183 · Thyrsis Purchases the Book · Hubert J. Foss · ms (r) 187 · The Procession of the Graal · Hubert J. Foss · ms (r) 191 · Notes · [uncredited] · ms 203 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · ms

War in Heaven by Charles Williams (Sphere, December 1976, 0-7221-9156-1, 75p, 205pp, pb, n.) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Reprint (Gollancz 1930) occult novel. Volume 44 in the series. 5 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in

I Will Surround You by Conrad Williams (Undertow Publications, October 3, 2017, 978-1-988964-00-3, $29.99, 318pp, hc, co)     Details taken from online listing. · Rain · Conrad Williams · na Gray Friar Press, July 2007 · f/8 · Conrad Williams · ss Weird Tales Winter 2012 · Raptors · Conrad Williams · nv Subterranean (online) Winter 2013 · The Hag Stone · Conrad Williams · nv Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 2013 · Manners · Conrad Williams · ss Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2013 · The Fox · Conrad Williams · ss This Is Horror 2013 · Shaddertown · Conrad Williams · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #6, Spring 2014 · The Devil’s Interval · Conrad Williams · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2014 · The Offing · Conrad Williams · ss Terror Tales of the Ocean ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2015 · The Closure · Conrad Williams · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 · Trash Polka · Conrad Williams · ss · The Jungle · Conrad Williams · ss Nightjar Press, 2013 · Blizzard Crypt · Conrad Williams · nv Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2011, as “Wait” · Cwtch · Conrad Williams · ss I Will Surround You by Conrad Williams, Undertow Publications, 2017

Use Once, Then Destroy by Conrad Williams (Night Shade Books, May 2004, 1-892389-67-3, $27.00, 240pp, hc, co, cover by Mike Bohatch)     Collection of 17 horror stories, three original. A limited edition of 100 (-68-1, $45.00) is also available. 1 · The Machine · Conrad Williams · ss The Third Alternative #31, Summer 2002 11 · Supple Bodies · Conrad Williams · ss The Third Alternative #1, 1994 23 · The Light That Passes Through You · Conrad Williams · ss Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism, 1998 35 · Nest of Salt · Conrad Williams · ss 53 · City in Aspic · Conrad Williams · nv Phantoms of Venice ed. David Sutton, Shadow Publishing, 2001 71 · Other Skins · Conrad Williams · ss Panurge #20, 77 · The Windmill · Conrad Williams · ss Dark Terrors 3 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1997 89 · Wire · Conrad Williams · nv The Museum of Horrors ed. Dennis Etchison, Leisure, 2001, as “Imbroglio” 103 · The Burn · Conrad Williams · ss Blue Motel ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1994 111 · The Owl · Conrad Williams · ss 125 · The Night Before · Conrad Williams · ss 131 · Edge · Conrad Williams · ss AbeSea 1995 141 · MacCreadle’s Bike · Conrad Williams · ss Darklands 2 ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1992 147 · Known · Conrad Williams · ss The Time Out Book of London Short Stories: Volume 2 ed. Nicholas Royle, Penguin, 2000 159 · The Suicide Pit · Conrad Williams · ss Dark Terrors 4 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1998 173 · Excuse the Unusual Approach · Conrad Williams · ss The Third Alternative #25, 2000 189 · Nearly People · Conrad Williams · na PS Publishing, 2001

Dead Letters: An Anthology of the Undelivered, the Missing, the Returned… ed. Conrad Williams (Titan Books, April 5, 2016, 978-1-78329-450-3, $14.95, 408pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 17 stories about undelivered items from the post office. Written by authors of dark and/or speculative fiction including Michael Marshall Smith, Pat Cadigan, Lisa Tuttle, Ramsey Campbell, and Maria Dahvana Headley & China Miéville. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $14.95. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Conrad Williams · in 7 · The Green Letter · Steven Hall · ss 19 · Over to You · Michael Marshall Smith · nv 41 · In Memoriam · Joanne Harris · ss 59 · Ausland · Alison Moore · ss 69 · Wonders to Come · Christopher Fowler · nv 97 · Cancer Dancer · Pat Cadigan · nv 123 · The Wrong Game · Ramsey Campbell · nv 151 · Is-and · Claire Dean · ss 167 · Buyer’s Remorse · Andrew Lane · nv 201 · Gone Away · Muriel Gray · nv 223 · Astray · Nina Allan · nv 265 · The Days of Our Lives · Adam L. G. Nevill · nv 289 · The Hungry Hotel · Lisa Tuttle · ss 309 · L0ND0N · Nicholas Royle · nv 343 · Change Management · Angela Slatter · ss 363 · Ledge Bants · Maria Dahvana Headley & China Miéville · nv 393 · And We, Spectators Always, Everywhere · Kirsten Kaschock · ss

Herzone: Fantasy Short Stories by Women ed. Di Williams, Norma Brown & Jane Broughton--- see under Norma Brown.

Avon Ghost Reader ed. Herbert Williams--- see under Anon..

Ten Nights of Love ed. Herbert Williams (Avon Books, 1947, 128, 25¢, 157pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. Reprinted as For a Night of Love, Avon 259, 1950, as if new. 7 · For a Night of Love · Émile Zola · nv (r) 32 · Lessons in Love · Giovanni Fiorentino · ss (r) 45 · The Listen to the Nightingale · Giovanni Boccaccio · ss from The Decameron, 1886 translated from the Italian (Decamerone, 1353). 49 · A New Sensation · Pierre Louys · ss (r) 64 · Sunstroke · Ivan Bunin; translated by John Cournos · ss Story #20, March 1934 74 · That Pig of a Morin · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Ce cochon de Morin”, Gil Blas, November 21, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse). 86 · One of Cleopatra’s Nights · Theophile Gautier · nv (r) translated from the French (“Une Nuit de Cléopâtre”, La Presse, November 29 to December 6, 1838). 126 · Olivier’s Brag · Anatole France; translated by Alfred Allinson · ss The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche, Dodd, Mead, 1909 134 · The Fate of the Baron · Arthur Schnitzler; translated by Eric Sutton · ss Little Novels, Simon and Schuster, 1929 translated from the German (Die Frau des Weisen: Noveletten, 1898). 150 · A Mediaeval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express January 1 1870, as “An Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance”

Terror at Night ed. Herbert Williams (Avon, 1947, 110, 25¢, 194pp, pb, an) 6 · Introduction · Herbert Williams · in 7 · The Haunter of the Dark [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales December 1936 32 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 52 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925 66 · The Black Courtyard · Thomas Burke · ss Night Pieces by Thomas Burke, Constable, 1935 83 · The Seventeenth Hole at Duncaster · H. R. Wakefield · ss They Return at Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Philip Allan, 1928 97 · The Second Generation · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette July 6 1912 105 · The Phantom Bus · W. Elwyn Backus · ss Weird Tales September 1930 113 · Change · Arthur Machen · ss The Children of the Pool and Other Stories by Arthur Machen, Hutchinson, 1936 126 · The Left Eye · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales June 1927 146 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889 159 · The Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 174 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 185 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912