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Best Short Stories 1995 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., 1995, 0-434-00088-4, vii+325pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in 1 · Interference · Julian Barnes · ss The New Yorker September 19 1994 16 · The Destiny of Nathalie X · William Boyd · nv Granta #48, Autumn 1994 45 · Sure to Rise · Fiona Farrell · ss Metro (New Zealand) December 1994 57 · Light · Jane Gardam · ss Marie Claire August 1994 66 · The Take-Over · Michael Hamburger · ss Stand Spring 1994 75 · The Sarum Twins · Christine Hauch · ss Panurge #20, 1994 89 · Books and Records · Nick Hornby · ss The Big Issue #84, 1994 95 · Unperformed Experiments Have No Results · Janette Turner Hospital · ss Queen’s Quarterly Winter 1994 110 · The Lobster Season · Barry Hunter · ss Panurge #21, 1994 120 · Three Miles to One Inch · Elizabeth Jolley · ss The New Yorker December 19 1994 137 · The Web · Francis King · ss The London Magazine December 1994/January 1995 149 · The Occupation; A Guide for Tourists · Mike McCormack · ss Ambit #135, 1994 156 · Creatures of the Earth · John McGahern · ss Granta #49, Winter 1994 172 · A Nation Once Again · Jim McGowan · ss Stand Summer 1994 183 · A Silver Summer · Shena Mackay · ss Marie Claire August 1994 189 · Bevis · David Mackenzie · ss Edinburgh Review #91, 1994 205 · Hired Girl · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker April 11 1994 224 · Sin · Edna O’Brien · ss The New Yorker July 11 1994 230 · Under the Rose · Julia O’Faolain · ss The New Yorker February 28 1994 245 · Burning End · Ruth Rendell · ss The Spectator December 17/December 24 1994 255 · World of Serial · Will Self · ss The Big Issue #81, 1994 267 · Going Up and Coming Down · Muriel Spark · ss The Daily Telegraph July 4 1994 271 · That and a Dollar · Alan Spence · ss Edinburgh Review #92, 1994 294 · Widows · William Trevor · ss The New Yorker June 27/July 4 1994 310 · Michigan Water · Tim Willocks · ss The Big Issue #83, 1994 319 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Best of Best Short Stories 1986-1995 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Minerva, 1995, 0-7493-9562-1, £7.99, vii+504pp, tp, an) vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in 1 · Career Move · Martin Amis · nv The New Yorker June 29 1992 21 · The Age of Lead · Margaret Atwood · ss New Statesman and Society July 20 1990 35 · Answers to a Questionnaire · J. G. Ballard · ss Ambit #100, Spring 1985 40 · Dragons · Julian Barnes · ss Granta #32, Summer 1990 53 · The Dream Lover · William Boyd · ss The London Magazine February/March 1993 66 · The Last Island Boy · George Mackay Brown · ss The Scotsman December 24 1985 72 · Medusa’s Ankles · A. S. Byatt · ss Woman’s Journal September 1990 85 · ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore · Angela Carter · nv Granta #25, Autumn 1988 103 · The Mermaid · David Constantine · ss Critical Quarterly Autumn 1991 128 · A Death in the Family · Michael Dibdin · ss GQ December 1990 130 · Forain · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker June 24 1991 147 · The Book of Ands · Robert Grossmith · ss Critical Quarterly Autumn 1988 155 · People for Lunch · Georgina Hammick · ss Stand Winter 1985/1986 177 · Five Paintings of the New Japan · Steven Heighton · ss Stand v32 #3, 1991 198 · Maundy · Christopher Hope · ss The New Yorker June 1 1992 212 · Unperformed Experiments Have No Results · Janette Turner Hospital · ss Queen’s Quarterly Winter 1994 226 · Sisters · Colum McCann · ss Analecta 1992 241 · The Wrong Vocation · Moy McCrory · ss Critical Quarterly v31 #1, 1989 253 · Creatures of the Earth · John McGahern · ss Granta #49, Winter 1994 268 · A Pair of Spoons · Shena Mackay · ss Critical Quarterly Spring 1990 287 · Alas for the Egg · Hilary Mantel · ss The London Magazine December 1986/January 1987 304 · Remission · Adam Mars-Jones · nv Granta #22, Autumn 1987 326 · A Real Life · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker February 10 1992 349 · Wilderness · Edna O’Brien · nv The New Yorker March 16 1992 380 · Oranges from Spain · David Park · ss Critical Quarterly v31 #2, 1989 394 · A Fairly Regular Four · Frederic Raphael · ss Best Short Stories 1991 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes, William Heinemann Ltd., 1991 first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Morning Story, 26 November 1990. 400 · Burning End · Ruth Rendell · ss The Spectator December 17/December 24 1994 410 · Notes of a Copernican Biographer · Patrick Rogers · ss Panurge #8, April 1988 423 · Good Advice Is Rarer Than Rubies · Salman Rushdie · ss The New Yorker June 22 1987 429 · Good Friday, 1633 · Helen Simpson · ss The Listener September 3 1987 438 · Stalin, Stalin, and Stalin · Jonathan Treitel · ss The New Yorker September 21 1992 445 · Two of Them · Rose Tremain · ss Marie Claire August 1992 456 · Cocktails at Doney’s · William Trevor · ss The New Yorker April 8 1985 471 · Ind Aff*--or Out of Love in Sarajevo · Fay Weldon · ss The Observer August 7 1988 479 · Bank Holiday · Jonathan Wilson · ss The New Yorker January 11 1993 489 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 501 · Index to Best Short Stories 1986-1995 · [uncredited] · ix

A Book of Contemporary Nightmares ed. Giles Gordon (Michael Joseph, 1977, 0-7181-1571-6, £4.25, 192pp, hc, oa)     Also in pb (Sphere 0-7221-3968-3, 1978) where the story sequence is rearranged. 9 · The Bang-Bang · Brian W. Aldiss · nv 44 · Voices · Francis King · ss 57 · The Other Husband · Penelope Shuttle · ss 64 · In Cold Daylight · William Sansom · ss 76 · Scenes from the Country of the Blind · John Sladek · ss 91 · Power-Cut · Joan Aiken · ss 101 · The Scarlet House · Angela Carter · ss 115 · Birth · George MacBeth · ss 128 · The Minstrel Girl [Jerry Cornelius] · Michael Moorcock · nv 137 · Death of a Primitive Humanist · Barry Unsworth · ss 150 · Please Don’t Shoot the Trees · Patricia Highsmith · ss 166 · Broken Homes · William Trevor · ss 181 · Our Lady of the Ice · Peter Redgrove · ss 190 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Minerva Book of Short Stories 1 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Minerva, 1990, 0-7493-9051-4, ix+258pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Heinemann 1988 as Best Short Stories 1988) anthology.

Minerva Book of Short Stories 2 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Minerva, 1990, 0-7493-9085-9, ix+287pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Heinemann 1989 as Best Short Stories 1989) anthology.

Minerva Book of Short Stories 4 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Minerva, 1992, 0-7493-9991-0, £5.99, ix+305pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Heinemann 1991 as Best Short Stories 1991) anthology.

Minerva Book of Short Stories 5 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Minerva, 1993, 0-7493-9968-6, £5.99, ix+321pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Heinemann 1992 as Best Short Stories 1992) anthology. vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in 1 · FOAM · Brian Aldiss · nv New Worlds 1 ed. David S. Garnett, Gollancz, 1991 24 · Lizzie’s Tiger · Angela Carter · ss Cosmopolitan (UK) September 1991 39 · The Mermaid · David Constantine · ss Critical Quarterly Autumn 1991 55 · Craigavon Bridge · Seamus Deane · ss Granta #37, Autumn 1991 60 · Love of Fat Men · Helen Dunmore · ss Stand Winter 1991 67 · The Visitors’ Book · Stephen Gallagher · ss Darklands ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1991 81 · Forain · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker June 24 1991 100 · Five Paintings of the New Japan · Steven Heighton · ss Stand v32 #3, 1991 124 · The End-of-the-Line End-of-the-World Disco · Janette Turner Hospital · ss The London Magazine June/July 1991 133 · The Sandcastle · Matthew Kramer · ss Panurge #14, April 1991 146 · Meng’s Pool · Isobel Lusted · ss Stand Summer 1991 157 · Say Something · Brian McCabe · ss 166 · Cybernetics · David Mackenzie · ss The New Edinburgh Review 1991 176 · Sing, Milo, Sing! · Bryan MacMahon · ss Ireland’s Own March 22 1991 181 · Bears in Mourning · Adam Mars-Jones · ss Granta #38, Winter 1991 192 · Possibilities · Mary Morrissy · ss The London Magazine October/November 1991 199 · Carried Away · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker October 21 1991 242 · Three Minute Egg · Wendy Perriam · ss Esquire (UK) June 1991 251 · Queen Mahatonga Retires for the Night · Don Rodgers · ss Critical Quarterly Summer 1991 264 · Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella of Spain Consummate Their Relationship, Santa Fe, January, 1492 · Salman Rushdie · ss The New Yorker June 17 1991 272 · Dear George · Helen Simpson · ss Woman December 1991 280 · My Father’s War · Ken Smith · ss 287 · Waltz Time · Jonathan Treitel · ss The New Yorker February 11 1991 293 · Old Flame · William Trevor · ss The New Yorker February 25 1991 307 · Love Among the Artists · Fay Weldon · ss The Times December 24 1991 316 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Minerva Book of Short Stories 6 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Minerva, 1994, 0-7493-9998-8, £6.99, ix+370pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Heinemann 1993 as Best Short Stories 1993) anthology.

Prevailing Spirits ed. Giles Gordon (Hamish Hamilton, 1976, 0-241-89403-4, £3.50, 216pp, hc, oa)     “A Book of Scottish Ghost Stories”. 1 · Holiday · Forbes Bramble · ss 19 · Beliah · George Mackay Brown · nv 48 · The Foothold · Elspeth Davie · ss 63 · A Kind of Possession · James Allan Ford · ss 80 · Who’s Been Sitting in My Car? · Antonia Fraser · ss 95 · The Haunted Chimley · Clifford Hanley · ss 107 · The Curator · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss 123 · The Curse of Mathair Nan Uisgeachan · Angus Wolfe Murray · nv 149 · Randal · Robert Nye · ss 160 · The Brothers · Iain Crichton Smith · ss 174 · Proud Lady in a Cage · Fred Urquhart · ss 194 · The Horseshoe Inn · Gordon Williams · ss 213 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Selected Ghost Stories ed. Giles Gordon (Bloomsbury, November 14, 1996, 0-7475-2914-0, £10.95, 232pp, hc, an, cover by Jeff Fisher)     Anthology of 13 classic ghost stories. A mini-hardback. 1 · A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705 · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, uncredited. 13 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 33 · The Lady with the Velvet Collar · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as “The Adventure of the German Student” by Geoffrey Crayon 40 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy” 50 · No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 67 · The Dream Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 93 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 14 1889 101 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review December 1908 146 · The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral · Montague Rhodes James · nv The Contemporary Review April 1910 166 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885 195 · The Quincunx · Walter de la Mare · ss The Lady’s Realm January 1907 209 · The Apple Tree · Elizabeth Bowen · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 225 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956

A Pride of Felons ed. Gordon Gordon, Thomas B. Dewey, Mildred Gordon & Jean Leslie--- see under The Gordons.

The Innkeeper Chronicles: Volume One by Ilona & Andrew Gordon--- see under Ilona Andrews.

The Kinsmen Universe by Ilona & Andrew Gordon--- see under Ilona Andrews.

Small Magics by Ilona & Andrew Gordon--- see under Ilona Andrews.

The Armchair Science Reader ed. Isabel S. Gordon & Sophie Sorkin (Simon & Schuster, 1959, $7.95, 832pp, hc, an)     Only Science Fiction listed. · Invasion from Mars · Howard Koch · pl Invasion from Mars by Hazel Gaudet, Princeton University Press, 1940 first broadcast on the CBS radio network on October 30, 1938. · Flight to Malacandra · C. S. Lewis · ex from Out of the Silent Planet, John Lane, 1938 · Our Distant Cousins [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 23 1929 · The Nautilus Reaches the Pole [Captain Nemo] · Jules Verne · ex from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, G.M. Smith, 1873 · A Descent Into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841 · John Thomas’s Cube · John Leimert · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1945 · In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 · Creative Evolution · George Bernard Shaw · ex from Back to Methuselah (r); from the preface. · Split Cherry Tree · Jesse Stuart · ss Esquire January 1939 · Cabinet Decision · Nigel Balchin · ex from Who Is My Neighbour (r) · Dr. Southport Vulpes’s Nightmare · Bertrand Russell · ss Nightmares of Eminent Persons by Bertrand Russell, Allen & Unwin, 1954 · The Portable Phonograph · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss The Yale Review Spring 1941 · By the Waters of Babylon · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 31 1937, as “The Place of the Gods” · Laputan Projects [Gulliver] · Jonathan Swift · ex from Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World, Benjamin Motte, 1726 · Machines Do Our Work · Edward Bellamy · ex from Looking Backward: 2000-1887, Ticknor, 1888 · In Bondage to a Central Authority · Aldous Huxley · ex from Brave New World, Chatto & Windus, 1932 · The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909 · The Morning of the Day They Did It · E. B. White · ss The New Yorker February 25 1950

Dark Faith ed. Jerry Gordon & Maurice Broaddus--- see under Maurice Broaddus.

Dark Faith: Invocations ed. Jerry Gordon & Maurice Broaddus--- see under Maurice Broaddus.

Dark Faith: Last Rites ed. Jerry Gordon & Maurice Broaddus--- see under Maurice Broaddus.

Streets of Shadows ed. Jerry Gordon & Maurice Broaddus--- see under Maurice Broaddus.

The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon (Walker, May 1992, 0-7445-2133-5, £4.99, 111pp, tp, oc, cover by Robert Mason)     Collection of five original young-adult ghost/horror stories. 9 · The Burning Baby · John Gordon · nv 31 · Under the Ice · John Gordon · nv 53 · The Key · John Gordon · ss 73 · Eels · John Gordon · ss 89 · Death Wish · John Gordon · nv