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Son of Retro Pulp Tales ed. Keith & Joe R. Lansdale--- see under Joe R. Lansdale.

Zombies vs. Unicorns ed. Justine Larbalestier & Holly Black--- see under Holly Black.

The Haunters and the Haunted ed. M. Larigot & Ernest Rhys--- see under Ernest Rhys.

Worlds of Fiction ed. Charles R. Larson & Roberta Rubenstein--- see under Roberta Rubenstein.

Stockholm Noir ed. Nathan Larson & Carl-Michael Edenborg (Akashic Books, March 1, 2016, 978-1-61775-297-1, $15.95, 256pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Details taken from ebook.

· While the City Sleeps · Nathan Larson & Carl-Michael Edenborg · in

· Part I: Crime & Punishment

· Stairway from Heaven · Åke Edwardson; translated by Laura A. Wideburg · ss; set in Birkastan.
translated from the Swedish.

· Still in Kallhäll · Johan Theorin; translated by Kerri Pierce · ss; set in Kallhäll.
translated from the Swedish.

· The Smugglers · Martin Holmén; translated by Laura A. Wideburg · ss; set in Rörstrandsgatan.
translated from the Swedish.

· The Splendors and Miseries of a Swedish Crime Writer · Malte Persson; translated by Laura A. Wideburg · ss; set in Gröndal.
translated from the Swedish.

· Horse · Anna-Karin Selberg; translated by Rika Lesser · ss; set in Rågsved.
translated from the Swedish.

· Part II: Fear & Darkness

· From the Remains · Inger Edelfeldt; translated by Laura A. Wideburg · ss; set in Tantolunden.
translated from the Swedish.

· Northbound · Lina Wolff; translated by Caroline Åberg · ss; set in Saltsjöbaden.
translated from the Swedish.

· Kim · Torbjörn Elensky; translated by Rika Lesser · ss; set in Gamla Stan.
translated from the Swedish.

· Black Ice · Inger Frimansson; translated by Laura A. Wideburg · ss; set in Södertälje.
translated from the Swedish.

· Part III: The Brutality of Beasts

· The Wahlberg Disease · Carl Johan De Geer; translated by Laura A. Wideburg · ss; set in Drottninggatan.
translated from the Swedish.

· Nineteen Pieces · Carl-Michael Edenborg; translated by Caroline Åberg · ss; set in Slakthusområdet.
translated from the Swedish.

· Death Star · Unni Drougge; translated by Rika Lesser · ss; set in Hammarbyhamnen.
translated from the Swedish.

· 10/09/03 · Nathan Larson · ss; set in Kungsträdgården.

Seven Great Detective Stories ed. William H. Larson (Western Publishing Co., 1968, LC:68-25323, 210pp, hc, an)

9 · Introduction · William H. Larson · in

13 · Suspect Unknown [Inspector Jessup] · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss Collier’s September 23 1939

34 · The Blast of the Book [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Liberty August 26 1933, as “The Five Fugitives”

55 · The Missing Undergraduate [Insp. (Chief Insp.) Poole] · Henry Wade · nv The London Magazine May 1930

79 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13”

131 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1892, as “The Adventure of Silver Blaze”

168 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947

182 · The Man in the Velvet Hat [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #16, May 1944

Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero ed. Jeff LaSala (Blindsided Books, February 21, 2012, 978-1-4675-1060-8, $99.00, xv+390pp, tp, oa, cover by Michael Komarck)
This edition is limited to 100 numbered copies and 32 presentation copies, bundled with a soundtrack album of music by members of The Very Us Artists.
Details taken from online listing.

xiii · Foreword · C. S. Friedman · fw

1 · The Ghosts of Zero · The Digital Alchemist · ss

9 · Geist Anthropic 1:4 · Jeremy L. C. Jones, Jeff LaSala & John LaSala · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

25 · Too Much Is Never Enough · Don Bassingthwaite · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

45 · Cenotaph, or We’ve Been Reduced to Lo-Fi · Mike Ferguson · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

63 · Graveduggery · Jeff LaSala & Brian W. Matthews · nv; illustrated by Talon Dunning

87 · Love Simulacra · Joe Rixman · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

105 · Cold As the Gun · Robert J. Randisi · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

125 · … And Weave the Spider’s Web · Keith Baker · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

143 · Geist Threnodic 2:4 · Jeff & John LaSala · nv; illustrated by Talon Dunning

181 · Best Served Flash-Frozen · Ed Greenwood · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

195 · Geist Eidetic 3:4 · Jeff & John LaSala · nv; illustrated by Talon Dunning

225 · All the Good Things You Are · Robert Velarde · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

243 · Twenty-One-Oh · Ari Marmell · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

259 · Made in Brazil | Living in Japan · Jaleigh Johnson · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

273 · Crossed Swords · Ken Hart · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

291 · Geist Intrinsic 4:4 · Jeff & John LaSala · nv; illustrated by Talon Dunning

329 · Anodyne Fading: The Wolf Without · Christopher Dinkins · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

337 · Lament · Brian W. Matthews · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

353 · Deep in the Deep: Reaction-Diffusion Dies Tonight · Rosemary Jones · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

367 · Unto the Interface · Ruth Lampi & Jessica Van Oort · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

The Gargoyle by Greye La Spina (Robert Weinberg, 1975, $5.00, 96pp, tp, co, cover by Vincent Napoli)
Details supplied by Bill Thom.

3 · Introduction · Robert Weinberg · in

4 · The Gargoyle · Greye La Spina · na Weird Tales September 1925 (+2)

62 · The Devil’s Pool · Greye La Spina · na Weird Tales June 1932

21 Great Stories ed. Abraham H. Lass & Norma L. Tasman (Mentor, February 1969, MY1223, $1.25, 352pp, pb, an)

ix · Foreword · Abraham H. Lass & Norma L. Tasman · fw (r)

11 · War · Luigi Pirandello · ss (r)

17 · Eve in Darkness · Kaatje Hurlbut · ss (r)

25 · There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950

32 · Tobermory [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, 1911
revised from the original (Westminster Gazette, November 27, 1909) to feature Clovis rather than Bertie van Tahn.

41 · The Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1)

56 · Footfalls · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Pictorial Review October 1920

79 · Hook · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · nv The Atlantic Monthly August 1940

101 · Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week June 7 1936

111 · The Lady or the Tiger? · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882

119 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890

131 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846

140 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

146 · So Much Unfairness of Things · C. D. B. Bryan · nv The New Yorker June 2 1962

183 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884).

193 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892

221 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902

240 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938
translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937).

265 · Eveline · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914

271 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939

278 · What Stumped the Bluejays · Mark Twain · ex from A Tramp Abroad, American Publishing Company, 1880

285 · The Pearl · John Steinbeck · na Viking, 1947

Like Father, Like Son by Mark Latham (Black Library, December 21, 2012, ebook, ss) [Warhammer]
Details taken from online listing.

Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer (Macdonald, 1944, hc, n.)

Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer (The British Library, October 10, 2021, 978-0-7123-5389-2, £8.99, 320pp, tp, no) [British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Macdonald 1944) mystery novel.

The Breaking Earth ed. Keith Laumer (Tor, June 1981, 0-523-48503-4, $2.50, 287pp, pb, an, cover by Rick Sternbach)

7 · Catastrophe Planet · Keith Laumer · n. Berkley, August 1966

249 · This Dynamic Planet · G. Harry Stine · ar (r)

277 · Shaking Up Space · Frederik Pohl · ar Destinies v2 #3, 1980

Dangerous Vegetables ed. Keith Laumer, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Baen, December 1998, 0-671-57781-6, $5.99, 378pp, pb, oa, cover by Bob Eggleton)
Anthology of 22 stories, two original, featuring vegetables. A take-off on the “Dangerous Visions” anthologies. Authors include Ray Bradbury, Michael Bishop, and John D. MacDonald. The cover notes “Created by Keith Laumer”; Greenberg and Waugh are noted only in the copyright. The introduction by Ben Bova is about Laumer, and says the book was Laumer’s idea, but he died without doing it.

1 · Mostly About Keith Laumer · Ben Bova · in

5 · Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! · Ray Bradbury · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1962, as “Come Into My Cellar”
based on his tv script “Special Delivery,” broadcast on Alfred Hitchcock Presents 11/29/59.

25 · Pressure [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · ss If June 1967, as “Berserker’s Prey”

39 · Rogue Tomato · Michael Bishop · ss New Dimensions: Science Fiction: Number 5 ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1975

55 · The Ultimate Catalyst · John Taine · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1939

83 · Manna · John Christopher · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #33, March 1955

103 · The Potato · Bentley Little · ss Borderlands 2 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1991

115 · Cannibal Plants from Heck · David Drake · ss Alien Pregnant by Elvis ed. Esther M. Friesner & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1994

137 · Black Harvest of Moraine · Arthur J. Burks · nv Weird Tales January 1950

175 · No Harm Done · Jack Sharkey · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1961

181 · The Cactus · Mildred Johnson · ss Weird Tales January 1950

195 · Look, You Think You’ve Got Troubles · Carol Carr · ss Orbit 5 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1969

209 · The Pure Essence · Irwin Sonenfield · ss

219 · Pumpkin Head · Al Sarrantonio · ss Terrors ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1982

233 · You Say Potato, I Say… Trouble · Lawrence Schimel · ss

241 · The Crime of Micah Rood · Elia W. Peattie · ss The Cosmopolitan January 1888

257 · Root of Evil · Edward Wellen · ss Science Stories #2, December 1953

263 · Step Into My Garden · Frank Belknap Long · ss Unknown Worlds August 1942

285 · Cordle to Onion to Carrot · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy December 1969

303 · Night Bloomer · David J. Schow · nv Seeing Red by David J. Schow, Tor, 1990

327 · Strange Harvest · Donald Wandrei · nv Weird Tales May 1953

355 · Pumpkin · Bill Pronzini · ss Halloween Horrors ed. Alan Ryan, Doubleday, 1986

365 · The White Fruit of Banaldar · John D. MacDonald · ss Startling Stories September 1951

Five Fates ed. Keith Laumer--- see under Anon..

Cassandra Rising ed. Alice Laurance (Doubleday, 1978, 0-385-12857-6, $7.95, 207pp, hc, oa)

ix · Preface · Alice Laurance · pr

xi · The Girl and the B.E.M. · Andre Norton · fw

1 · SQ · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss

11 · Flirtation Walk · Kay Rogers · ss

19 · Troll Road · Joan Bernott · ss

29 · There Was a Garden · Zenna Henderson · ss

36 · Night-Rise · Katherine MacLean · ss

47 · Motherbeast · Kathleen Sky · ss

57 · Escape to the Suburbs · Rachel Cosgrove Payes · ss

66 · Alien Sensation · Josephine Saxton · ss

71 · Last One in Is a Rotten Egg · Grania Davis · ss

78 · The Way Back · Raylyn Moore · ss

84 · Schlossie · Alice Laurance · ss

89 · Lady in Waiting · Anne McCaffrey · ss

101 · Impact · Steve Barnes · ss

109 · The Slow and Gentle Progress of Trainee Bell-Ringers · Barbara Paul · ss

123 · Nightfire · Sydney J. Van Scyoc · ss

139 · Selena · Beverly Goldberg · ss

144 · Uraguyen and I · Miriam Allen deFord & Juanita Coulson · ss

155 · The Vanillamint Tapestry · Jacqueline Lichtenberg · nv

197 · Space/Time Arabesque · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss

Speculations ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov (Houghton Mifflin, 1980, 0-395-29166-6, $9.95, 229pp, hc, oa)
Anthology of original stories with the authors’ names given in code.

vii · On Style · Isaac Asimov · fw

1 · Coronation Year · Michael Gilbert · ss

13 · Appointment with the Governor · John Ball · ss

23 · The Locked-Room Cipher · Edward D. Hoch · ss

39 · The Cow and the Jackrabbit · Janwillem van de Wetering · ss

48 · Connoisseur · Bill Pronzini · ss

59 · The Lily Pond · Rachel Cosgrove Payes · ss

64 · Past Tense · Elizabeth Gresham · ss

84 · A Dark Blue Perfume · Ruth Rendell · ss

95 · The Arabella Plot · Lawrence Treat · ss

110 · The Last Party · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss

125 · Who Killed Father Christmas? · Patricia Moyes · ss

136 · Widow · Joe L. Hensley · ss

145 · Almost Perfect · R. A. Lafferty · ss

159 · The Legend of Dirty Dick · Robert Bloch · ss

171 · Revelation · Rosemary Gatenby · nv

199 · The Accomplice · John D. MacDonald · ss

206 · Mama and the Bastard · Florence V. Mayberry · ss

223 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

229 · To Break the Code · [uncredited] · ms

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