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Temps Volume 1 ed. Neil Gaiman & Alex Stewart (Roc UK, August 5, 1991, 0-14-014560-5, £4.50, 354pp, pb, oa)
Anthology of downbeat stories about mediocre British superheroes.

5 · Nothing Special · Colin Greenland · nv

31 · Leaks · David Langford · nv

57 · Third Person Singular · Liz Holliday · nv

91 · Frog Day Afternoon · Marcus L. Rowlands · nv

119 · Pitbull Brittan · Jack Yeovil · na

189 · The String Man · Graham Higgins · ss

205 · Someone to Watch Over Me · Alex Stewart · ss

223 · The Oedipus Effect · Brian M. Stableford · nv

259 · The College Spirit · Storm Constantine · nv

299 · The Rose Garden · David V. Barrett · ss

319 · A Lonely Impulse · Roz Kaveney · nv

Unnatural Creatures ed. Neil Gaiman & Maria Dahvana Headley (Harper, April 2013, 978-0-06-223629-6, $17.99, 462pp, hc, an, cover by Iacopo Bruno)
Young-adult anthology of 16 stories, three original, about unlikely, mythical, and/or impossible creatures. Only Gaiman is credited on the cover; the title page reads “Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman with Maria Dahvana Headley”. Authors with original stories are Nnedi Okorafor, Megan Kurashige, and Nalo Hopkinson; other authors include Diana Wynne Jones, Larry Niven, and Peter S. Beagle. Illustrated by Briony Morrow-Cribbs. Sales benefit literary non-profit 826DC. A trade paperback edition (-223630-2, $9.99) is also available.

· Introduction · Neil Gaiman · in

1 · [inksplot] · Gahan Wilson · ss Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972

19 · The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees · E. Lily Yu · nv Clarkesworld #55, April 2011

35 · The Griffin and the Minor Canon · Frank R. Stockton · nv St. Nicholas October 1885

59 · Ozioma the Wicked · Nnedi Okorafor · ss

75 · Sunbird · Neil Gaiman · nv Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs ed. Ted Thompson & Eli Horowitz, McSweeney's Books, 2005

107 · The Sage of Theare [Chrestomanci] · Diana Wynne Jones · nv Hecate’s Cauldron ed. Susan M. Shwartz, DAW, 1982

147 · Gabriel-Ernest · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 29 1909

159 · The Cockatoucan; or, Great-Aunt Willoughby · E. Nesbit · nv The Strand Magazine March 1900

185 · Moveable Beast · Maria Dahvana Headley · ss

199 · The Flight of the Horse [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1969, as “Get a Horse!”

223 · Prismatica · Samuel R. Delany · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1977

273 · The Manticore, the Mermaid, and Me · Megan Kurashige · ss

293 · The Compleat Werewolf [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · na Unknown Worlds April 1942

373 · The Smile on the Face · Nalo Hopkinson · nv Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Mutants, Slayers And Freaks ed. Emily Pohl-Weary, Sumach Press, 2004

411 · Or All the Seas with Oysters · Avram Davidson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1958

429 · Come Lady Death · Peter S. Beagle · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1963

Dead Cats Bouncing ed. GAK & Gerard Houarner--- see under Gerard Houarner.

World’s Spring ed. Vladimir Gakov (Macmillan, 1981, 0-02-542180-8, $12.95, xiv+297pp, hc, oa)

ix · Introduction · Vladimir Gakov; translated by Roger DeGaris · in
translated from the Russian.

3 · The Surf of Mars · Dmitri Bilenkin; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Marsianskiy priboy”, 1966).

12 · The Port of Rock Storms · Genrikh Altov; translated by Roger DeGaris · nv
translated from the Russian (“Port Kamennykh bur’”, 1965).

38 · World’s Spring · Victor Kolupaev; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Vesna sveta”, 1972).

48 · Nine Minutes · Genrikh Altov; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Devyat’ minut”, 1964).

61 · The World in Which I Vanished · Anatoly Dneprov; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Mir, v kotorom ya ischez”, Znanie-Sila February 1961).

76 · The Sun Sets in Donomag · Ilya Varshavsky; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Solntse zahodit v Donomage”, 1966).

82 · Testing Grounds · Sever Gansovsky; translated by Roger DeGaris · nv
translated from the Russian (“Poligon”, 1966).

104 · The Ultimate Threshold · German Maksimov; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Posledniy porog”, 1965).

117 · City and Wolf · Dmitri Bilenkin; translated by Roger DeGaris · nv
translated from the Russian (“Gorod i volk”, 1970).

144 · An Ugly Bioform · Kirill Bulychev; translated by Roger DeGaris · nv
translated from the Russian (“O nekrasivom bioforme”, 1974).

167 · The Very Biggest House · Victor Kolupaev; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Samyy bol’shoy dom”, 1974).

181 · Appendix · Andrei Balabukha; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Appendiks”, 1968).

195 · The Great Actor Jones · Gennady Gor; translated by Roger DeGaris · nv
translated from the Russian (“Velikiy akter Dzhons”, 1966).

217 · The Stanislavsky Method · Alexander Gorbovsky; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Po sisteme Stanislavskogo”, 1974).

226 · Life Space · Marietta Chudakova; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Prostranstvo zhizni”, 1969).

239 · A Day of Wrath · Sever Gansovsky; translated by Roger DeGaris · nv
translated from the Russian (“Den’ gneva”, 1965).

265 · Once at Night · Dmitri Bilenkin; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Odnazhdy noch’yu”, 1973).

272 · The Choice · Kirill Bulychev; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Vybor”, 1971).

286 · An Old Robot’s Two Times Two · Vladimir Grigorev; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Nichto chelovecheskoye nam ne chyzhdo”, 1962).

294 · Coincidence · Alexander Gorbovsky; translated by Roger DeGaris · ss
translated from the Russian (“Sovpadeniye”, 1972).

A Death in Texas ed. Cherri Galbiati & Lisa René Smith (L & L Dreamspell, September 2008, 1-60318-051-6, $18.95, 324pp, tp, oa)
Second annual mystery anthology by The Final Twist, a Houston, Texas based writers group.

· Pushing up Bluebonnets · Linda Houle · ss

· The Best Man · Cash Anthony · ss

· Growing Up Dead · Sylvia Dickey Smith · ss

· Connor Creek Fog · Cherri Galbiati · ss

· Searching for Rachel · Laura Elvebak · ss

· Die Mahnung (The Warning) · Diana L. Driver · ss

· Death on the Bayou · Mark & Charlotte Phillips · ss

· Men in Jeans · Pauline Baird Jones · ss

· Guilty · Lisa René Smith · ss

· Rumors on Rat Shack Row · Alexis Glynn Latner · ss

· Feels Like Home · Shirley H. Wetzel · ss

· Dead End Job · Cornelia Amiri · ss

· Dark Pleasures · Loretta Wheeler · ss

· Secrets of Canyon Lake · Autumn Storm · ss

· Anna Rose · Betty Gordon · ss

Blue Room & Other Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith (Sarob Press, July 1999, 1-902309-05-7, £18.00, xii+112pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe)
Collection of seven ghost stories with an introduction by the editor, Richard Dalby Volume one in the “Richard Dalby’s Mistresses of the Macabre” series. Limited to 250 numbered copies.

ix · Introduction · Richard Dalby · in

1 · The Case of Lady Lukestan · Lettice Galbraith · nv Short Stories April 1893

20 · The Trainer’s Ghost · Lettice Galbraith · ss New Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith, Ward Lock, 1893

35 · The Ghost in the Chair · Lettice Galbraith · ss New Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith, Ward Lock, 1893

46 · In the Seance Room · Lettice Galbraith · nv New Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith, Ward Lock, 1893

61 · The Missing Model · Lettice Galbraith · ss New Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith, Ward Lock, 1893

76 · A Ghost’s Revenge · Lettice Galbraith · ss New Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith, Ward Lock, 1893

95 · The Blue Room · Lettice Galbraith · ss Macmillan’s Magazine October 1897

Don’t Give Up the Ghost: The Delacorte Press Book of Original Ghost Stories ed. David Gale (Delacorte, October 1993, 0-385-31109-5, $14.95, 163pp, hc, oa, cover by Franz Spohn)
Original anthology of 12 young-adult ghost stories.

v11 · Introduction · David Gale · in

3 · The Last House on Crescent Road · Mary Downing Hahn · ss

18 · Sweet Hour of Prayer · Joyce Hansen · ss

37 · Things That Go Gleep in the Night · Walter Dean Myers · ss

48 · The Haunting of Fex O’Toole · Constance Greene · ss

60 · Variation on a Theme: The Grateful Dead · Judith Gorog · ss

68 · The Face in the Rafters · Janet Taylor Lisle · ss

83 · The Sounds of the House · Gary Soto · ss

95 · Andrew, Honestly · Theresa Nelson · nv

122 · Grandmother’s Ghost, the Gilded Bathroom, and Other Home Improvements · Barbara Ann Porte · ss

133 · The Fifth-Grade Ghost · Johanna Hurwitz · ss

146 · Emma Jean’s Ghost · Joan Lowery Nixon · ss

153 · When Life Gives You Lemons · Marion Dane Bauer · ss

Tales from the Darkside, Volume I ed. Mitchell Galin & Tom Allen (Berkley, October 1988, 0-425-11095-8, $3.50, 248pp, pb, an)
Horror anthology of 16 stories that appeared on the tv show. Five are original stories written by Michael McDowell based on teleplays.

1 · The Devil’s Advocate · Michael McDowell · sa
based on a screenplay by George A. Romero.

17 · The Word Processor of the Gods · Stephen King · ss Playboy January 1983, as “The Word Processor”

37 · A Case of the Stubborns · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976

55 · Inside the Closet · Michael McDowell · sa
based on a screenplay by Michael McDowell.

71 · Printer’s Devil · Ron Goulart · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1984, as “Me and the Devil”

85 · Levitation · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Nine Horrors and a Dream by Joseph Payne Brennan, Arkham House, 1958

91 · Halloween Candy · Michael McDowell · sa
based on a screenplay by Michael McDowell.

111 · The Satanic Piano · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales May 1934

135 · Slippage · Michael P. Kube-McDowell · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1982

155 · The Shrine · Pamela Sargent · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine December 1982

167 · In the Cards · Michael McDowell · sa
based on a screenplay by Carole Lucia Satrina.

185 · The Bitterest Pill · Frederik Pohl · ss Galaxy Magazine April 1959

197 · Hush! · Zenna Henderson · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction November 1953

207 · The Circus · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1980

215 · Distant Signals · Andrew Weiner · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May/June 1984

233 · The Odds · Michael McDowell · sa
based on a screenplay by Carole Lucia Satrina.

The Authentic William James by Stephen Gallagher (Subterranean Press, September 2016, 978-1-59606-779-0, $40.00, 316pp, hc, n., cover by Gail Cross) [Sebastian Becker]
Associational historical mystery novel/thriller set in 1913, the third in the Sebastian Becker series. Sebastian must determine the sanity of a Wild West showman in England who confesses to arson. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,000.

Blackwood by Stephen Gallagher (The Brooligan Press, November 20, 2023, 979-8868308147, £3.99, 60pp, tp, na)
Slightly revised from “The Blackwood Oak” Plots and Misadventures; subtitled “A Fairy Tale” on the cover.

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