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Tesseracts Nine ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Geoff Ryman (Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, June 2005, 1-894063-26-0, $16.95, 391pp, tp, oa, cover by Colleen McDonald)
Original anthology of 20 stories, three linked excerpts/vignettes, and two poems by Canadian writers. Authors include Yves Meynard, Candas Jane Dorsey, Elisabeth Vonarburg, and Nancy Kilpatrick. Foreword by Ryman; afterword by Hopkinson.

· Canadian Identity? No, Thanks. · Geoff Ryman · in

· Excerpt from “Fugue Phantasmagorical”: Embarking · Anthony MacDonald & Jason Mehmel · ex

· Lemmings in the Third Year · Jerome Stueart · ss

· Principles of Animal Eugenetics · Yves Meynard · nv Tomorrow April 1996

· Mom and Mother Theresa · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss

· Fin-de-siècle · E. L. Chen · ss

· Excerpt from “Fugue Phantasmagorical”: Setting Sail · Anthony MacDonald & Jason Mehmel · ex

· Carnaval Perpetuel · Sandra Kasturi · pm Strange Horizons March 18 2002

· Writing on the Wall · Steve Stanton · ss

· La Course de Kathryn · Elisabeth Vonarburg · ss; winner of the 2004 Aurora award for best story in French.

· Newbie Wrangler · Timothy J. Anderson · ss

· Souvenirs de Lumière · Daniel Sernine · ss Solaris #138, August 2001

· The Singing · Dan Rubin · ss

· Our Lady of the Snows · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss

· Thought and Memory · Alette J. Willis · ss

· Mermaid · Rhea Rose · ss

· The Coin · Casey June Wolf · ss

· Jimmy Away to Me · Sarah Totton · ss

· Before the Altar on the Feast for All Souls · Marg Gilks · ss

· Being Here · Claude Lalumière · ss

· Mayfly · Peter Watts & Derryl Murphy · ss

· Avoir des Ailes · Sylvie Bérard · ss

· Mirrors · René Beaulieu · ss

· Omphalos · Pat Forde · ss

· Heaven and Earth · Allan Weiss · ss

· Excerpt from “Fugue Phantasmagorical”: Epilogue: Disembarkings · Anthony MacDonald & Jason Mehmel · ex

· Final thoughts · Nalo Hopkinson · aw

Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction ed. Nalo Hopkinson (Invisible Cities Press, October 2000, 0-9679683-2-1, $14.95, 318pp, hc, an, cover by Michel Ange Altidort)
Anthology of 20 fantastical stories, nine original, by authors of Caribbean background. A hardcover edition (-1-3, $24.95) was announced but not seen.

xi · Introduction · Nalo Hopkinson · in

· ’Membah

3 · What the Periwinkle Remember · Marcia Douglas · ex from Madam Fate, Soho Press, 1999

23 · Yurokon · Wilson Harris · ss The Sleepers of Roraima (a Carib Trilogy) by Wilson Harris, Faber and Faber, 1970

39 · Spurn Babylon · Tobias S. Buckell · ss

· Science

53 · Just a Lark (or the Crypt of Matthew Ashdown) · Roger McTair · nv

83 · Tears for Érsulie Frèda: Men Without Shadow · Claude-Michel Prévost · ss

· Blood Thicker More Than Water

97 · The Village Cock · H. Nigel Thomas · ss How Loud Can the Village Cock Crow? by H. Nigel Thomas, Afo Enterprises, 1996, as “How Loud Can the Village Cock Crow?”

113 · Shadows Move in the Britannia Bar · Ismith Khan · ss The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories, Oxford University Press, 1999

125 · My Mother · Jamaica Kincaid · ss At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid, Plume, 1992

· The Broad Dutty Water

135 · Mad Fish · Olive Sebior · ss Turn of the Story: Canadian Short Fiction on the Eve of the Millennium ed. Heidi Harms & Joan Thomas, House of Anansi Press, 1999

147 · Widows’ Walk · Opal Palmer Adisa · nv Bake-Face and Other Guava Stories by Opal Palmer Adisa, Kelsey St. Press, 1986

171 · Once on the Shores of the Stream Senegambia · Pamela Mordecai · nv

· Crick Crack

197 · In the Beginning · Lillian Allen · ss

201 · Uncle Obadiah and the Alien · Geoffrey Philp · ss Mississippi Review Spring 1996

211 · My Grandmother’s Tale of the Buried Treasure and How She Defeated the King of Chacachacari and the Entire American Army with Her Venus-Flytraps · Robert Antoni · nv My Grandmother’s Erotic Folktales by Robert Antoni, Faber and Faber, 2000

241 · Pot O’ Rice Horowitz’s House of Solace · Ian McDonald · ss The Caribbean Writer v5, 1991

· Down Inside the Chute

257 · The Glass Bottle Trick · Nalo Hopkinson · ss

273 · Buried Statues · Antonio Benítez-Rojo; translated by Lee H. Williams, Jr. · ss The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories ed. Roberto González Echevarría, Oxford University Press, 1997
translated from the Spanish (Ture de Reyes, Casa de las Américas, 1967).

289 · Soma · Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar · ss

· Dream

299 · My Funny Valentine · Kamau Brathwaite · ss

303 · Devil Beads · Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell · ss

309 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

The Killing Spirit: An Anthology of Murder for Hire ed. Jay Hopler (Overlook Press, November 1996, 0-87951-661-5, $23.95, 310pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 17 stories, poems and a play about hit men.

xi · In Search of the Assassin · Jay Hopler · in

1 · This Gun for Hire · Graham Greene · ex 1936

25 · The Hit Man · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss 1980

31 · “Gentlemen, the King!” · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s April 25 1931

47 · Loose Ends · Bharati Mukherjee · ss The Middleman and Other Stories by Bharati Mukherjee, 1980

59 · The Butcher’s Boy · Thomas Perry · ex Scribner’s, 1982

105 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927

117 · Screen Image: (Royal Emerald Hotel, Nassau) · Mark Rudman · pm The Millennium Hotel by Mark Rudman, 1996

121 · The Same, Only Different! · Jiri Kajanë; translated by Kevin Phelan & Bill U’Ren · nv Minnesota Review 1995
from Wake Up. It’s Time to Go to Sleep, 1993.

147 · Hit Man · Charles Bukowski · ss South of No North by Charles Bukowski, Black Sparrow Press, 1973

153 · The Death of Mrs. Sheer · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Upon the Sweeping Flood by Joyce Carol Oates, 1966

179 · Memories of West Street and Lepke · Robert Lowell · pm Life Studies by Robert Lowell, 1956

183 · Cain · Andrew Vachss · vi The New Mystery ed. Jerome Charyn, Dutton, 1993

189 · When This Man Dies · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1964

201 · Ripley’s Game · Patricia Highsmith · ex 1993

255 · In the Beginning · Ian McEwan · ss The New Yorker June 26/July 3 1995; from a novel in progress.

267 · The Assassin · David Ray · pp Chicago Review 1996

269 · Shelter · David Kost · pl 1993

301 · Appendix: Hit Man Movies · [uncredited] · bi

The Defective Detective in the Pulps ed. Gary Hoppenstand & Ray B. Browne (Bowling Green State Univ. Popular Press, 1983, 0-87972-235-5, $15.95, 119pp, hc, an)
The acknowledgements list “Rhapsody in Blood” by Day Keene, Dime Mystery Magazine Jan ’43, which is not included in the book. “Dead Man—Killer” by Edith and Ejler Jacobson is not listed. Also available in tp (-236-3, $7.95).

1 · “I’d Kiss You Sweetheart, But My Lips Are Missing”: The Defective Detective in the Pulps · Gary Hoppenstand & Ray B. Browne · in

8 · Madam Murder—and the Corpse Brigade [Seekay] · Paul Ernst · nv Strange Detective Mysteries October 1937

25 · The Brain Murders [Peter Quest] · John Kobler · nv Dime Mystery Magazine December 1938

46 · The Devil Beats Death’s Drums · Warren Lucas · nv Dime Mystery Magazine December 1938

67 · The Brothers from Hell · Grendon Alzee · ss Dime Mystery Magazine October 1938

76 · The Flowering Corpses [Nicholas Street] · Nat Schachner · nv Dime Mystery Magazine October 1938

98 · The River Styx · [uncredited] · ed (r)

99 · Dead Man—Killer [Nathaniel Perry (The Bleeder)] · Edith & Ejler Jacobson · nv Dime Mystery Magazine February 1939

The Dime Novel Detective ed. Gary Hoppenstand (Bowling Green Univ. Popular Press, 1982, 0-87972-213-4, $18.95, 254pp, hc, an)

1 · Preface · Edward T. LeBlanc · pr

3 · The Missing Detective · Gary Hoppenstand · in

5 · Chapter 1: New York Detective Library 1882-1899, Old King Brady · Gary Hoppenstand · si

7 · The Haunted Churchyard: or, Old King Brady the Detective and the Mystery of the Iron Vault [James (“Old King”) Brady; Harry (“Young King”) Brady] · A New York Detective · na The New York Detective Library January 4 1890

35 · New York Detective Library · [uncredited] · bi

70 · Chapter 2: Old Cap Collier Library 1883-1899, Old Cap Collier · Gary Hoppenstand · si

71 · The Thugs of the Tenderloin; or, Old Cap. Collier Tracking a Daring Band of Thieves · The Author of “Old Cap. Collier” · na Old Cap Collier Library #686, 1897

99 · Old Cap Collier Library · [uncredited] · bi

136 · Chapter 3: Old Sleuth Library 1885-1905, Old Sleuth · Gary Hoppenstand · si

138 · Old Sleuth, Badger & Co. · Old Sleuth · na Old Sleuth Library December 17 1891

161 · Old Sleuth Library · [uncredited] · bi

166 · Old Sleuth Weekly · [uncredited] · bi

175 · Young Sleuth Library · [uncredited] · bi

182 · Chapter 4: Bob Brooks Library 1893, Bob Brooks (with an addendum on Nick Carter) · Gary Hoppenstand · si

183 · Train Wreckers Betrayed; or, Bob Brooks in Kansas · The Author of “Bob Brooks” · na Bob Brooks Library #27, 1893

197 · Bob Brooks Library · [uncredited] · bi

200 · Chapter 5: Secret Service 1899-1912, Old and Young King Brady · Gary Hoppenstand · si

201 · The Bradys After the Tong Kings [James (“Old King”) Brady; Harry (“Young King”) Brady] · [uncredited] · na Secret Service November 19 1909

227 · Secret Service · [uncredited] · bi

The Monkey’s Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre by W. W. Jacobs ed. Gary Hoppenstand--- see under W. W. Jacobs.

The Night Nemesis: The Complete Adventures of the Moon Man—Vol. One by Frederick C. Davis ed. Gary Hoppenstand & Garyn G. Roberts--- see under Frederick C. Davis.

Popular Fiction: An Anthology ed. Gary Hoppenstand (Addison-Wesley, January 1998, 0-321-01164-3, $51.00, 800pp, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Foreword · Gary Hoppenstand · fw

· Introduction · Charles I. Schuster · in

· 1 Horror Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· The King and His Three Daughters · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales by Horace Walpole, self published, 1785

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

· The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.

· Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.

· The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893

· Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914
written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.

· Introduction to “Supernatural Horror in Literature” · H. P. Lovecraft · ex The Fantasy Fan October 1933 (+16)
revised from its original appearance in The Recluse, 1927.

· The Call of Cthulhu [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales February 1928

· The Horror Market Writer and the Ten Bears · Stephen King · ar Writer’s Digest November 1973

· Graveyard Shift · Stephen King · ss Cavalier October 1970

· Nunc Dimittis · Tanith Lee · nv The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd, Mead, 1983

· Down, Satan! · Clive Barker · ss Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. IV by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1985

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· 2 Romance Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· The Sisters’ Trial · Louisa May Alcott · ss (r)

· Jane · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 25 1912

· Introduction to Love Stories · Rosamunde Pilcher · ar (r)

· Lalla · Rosamunde Pilcher · ss (r)

· Trying to Tame the Romance: Critics and Correctness · Jayne Ann Krentz · ar (r)

· Connecting Rooms · Jayne Ann Krentz · na Everlasting Love, Pocket, 1995

· The Kiss · Kathleen E. Woodiwiss · nv Three Weddings and a Kiss, Avon, 1995

· The Healing Touch · Janet Dailey · n. (r)

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· 3 Science Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· The Mortal Immortal · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833

· An Express of the Future · Jules Verne (error, actually by Michel Verne) · ss The Strand Magazine December 1895
translated from the French (“Un express de l’avenir”, Les Annales Politiques et Littéraires, 27 August 1895).

· The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897

· Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales November 1933

· Robbie [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories September 1940, as “Strange Playfellow”

· Space Jockey · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 26 1947

· Coda · Ray Bradbury · ar 1979
originally “Author’s Afterword” in Fahrenheit 451, Ballantine 1979.

· Usher II [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1950, as “Carnival of Madness”

· “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965

· Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones · Samuel R. Delany · nv New Worlds #185, December 1968

· Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Parabola v1 #4, 1976

· Vaster Than Empires and More Slow [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971

· Johnny Mnemonic [Molly Millions] · William Gibson · nv Omni May 1981

· Speech Sounds · Octavia E. Butler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1983

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· 4 Detective Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841

· The Musgrave Ritual [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine May 1893, as “The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual”

· The Tuesday Night Club [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Royal Magazine December 1927

· Too Many Have Lived [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The American Magazine October 1932

· The Simple Art of Murder · Raymond Chandler · ar The Atlantic Monthly December 1944

· Blackmailers Don’t Shoot [Mallory] · Raymond Chandler · nv Black Mask December 1933

· Absolutely Elsewhere [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Strand Magazine February 1934

· Chee’s Witch [Jim Chee] · Tony Hillerman · ss The New Black Mask No.7 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1986

· Creating a Female Sleuth · Marcia Muller · ar (r)

· The Place That Time Forgot [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss Sisters in Crime 2 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990

· The Watts Lions [Easy Rawlins] · Walter Mosley · ss The New Mystery ed. Jerome Charyn, Dutton, 1993

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· 5 Adventure Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· About Fiction · H. Rider Haggard · ar The Contemporary Review February 1887

· Long Odds [Allan Quatermain] · H. Rider Haggard · ss Macmillan’s Magazine February 1886

· Literature · Rudyard Kipling · ar (r)

· The Man Who Would Be King · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales by Rudyard Kipling, Wheeler, 1888

· The Taste of the Meat [Christopher “Smoke” Bellew] · Jack London · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine June 1911

· The Battle for Teeka [Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1917

· The Good Patriots · Baroness Orczy · ss (r)

· The Ghost · Max Brand · ss All-Story Weekly May 3 1919

· From Missouri · Zane Grey · nv McCall’s Magazine August 1926

· The Treasure Ship [Captain Peter Blood] · Rafael Sabatini · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1930

· The Gift of Cochise · Louis L’Amour · ss Collier’s July 5 1952

· From a View to a Kill [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv The Daily Mail September 21 1959 (+4), as “James Bond and the Murder Before Breakfast”

· Critical Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· Appendix · [uncredited] · ms (r)

· Critical Perspectives on Popular Fiction

· Introduction · [uncredited] · si

· Popular Culture—New Notes Toward a Definition · Ray B. Browne · ss (r)

· The Concept of Formula in the Study of Popular Literature · John G. Cawelti · ss (r)

· Frankenstein: The New Prometheus · Arthur Asa Berger · ss (r)

· Beneath the Surface: The Hidden Codes of Romance · Linda Barlow & Jayne Ann Krentz · ss (r)

· Science Fiction: The Rebirth of Mythology · Gail Landsman · ss (r)

· A Marxist Interpretation of the Crime Story · Ernest Mandel · ss (r)

· Women and the Language of Men · Jane Tompkins · ss (r)

· Critical Readings Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

· Filmography · [uncredited] · ms

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