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Ergosphere ed. Rick Novy--- see under M-Brane SF #12, January 2010.

If This Goes On ed. Charles Nuetzel (Book Company of America, 1965, 015, 75¢, 256pp, pb, an)
Story “Almost the End of the World” by Ray Bradbury is listed in the contents and on the cover but is not in the book.

9 · Introduction · Forrest J Ackerman · in

15 · Preface · Charles Nuetzel · pr

19 · The Test · Richard Matheson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1954

40 · The Earth Killers · A. E. van Vogt · nv Super Science Stories April 1949

75 · The Racer · Ib Melchior · ss Escapade October 1956

88 · “All the Troubles of the World” · Isaac Asimov · ss Super-Science Fiction April 1958

107 · Friends and Enemies · Fritz Leiber · ss Infinity Science Fiction April 1957

127 · No Land of Nod · Sherwood Springer · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1952

149 · A Very Cultured Taste · George Frederic · ss 1960

158 · The Mute Question · Forrest J Ackerman · vi Other Worlds Science Stories September 1950

160 · The Homo Sap · Charles Nuetzel · ss

165 · Aquella · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Super Science Stories November 1942, as “The Planet Called Aquella” by Martin Pearson

172 · The Climbing Wave · Marion Zimmer Bradley · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1955

242 · Your Life in “1977” · Willy Ley · ar Man’s Magazine February 1953; given as by Willie Ley.

255 · Preposterous · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships by Fredric Brown, E.P. Dutton, 1954

Conan the Avenger by Bjorn Nyberg, Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp--- see under Robert E. Howard.

Conan the Swordsman by Bjorn Nyberg, L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter--- see under L. Sprague de Camp.

Myth-Told Tales by Jody Lynn Nye & Robert Asprin--- see under Robert Asprin.

Myth-Told Tales (var. 1) by Jody Lynn Nye & Robert Asprin--- see under Robert Asprin.

The Killer Breed ed. Nelson C. Nye (Tower, 1967, pb, an)
“Five of the most exciting novelettes ever written by members of the Western Writers of America.”

· Rusty Guns · Clifton Adams · nv Adventure February 1948

· White Man’s Gold · Clay Fisher · ss (r)
based on material from the novel Red Blizzard, Simon & Schuster, 1951.

· Rancho of Fear · Wayne D. Overholser · nv .44 Western Magazine November 1952

· Rough Shod · Luke Short · ss The Blue Book Magazine April 1939

· Doctors of Death · Thomas Thompson · nv Star Western December 1948

They Won Their Spurs ed. Nelson Nye (Avon, 1962, pb, an)
old WWA #10 / new WWA #11, Spurs #1. (In 1965, Legends and Tales of the Old West, the 1962 anthology of retold tall tales, was added to the WWA list at position #10 and changed the previous numbering.)

· The Storm Rope · Leslie Ernenwein · ss 2-Gun Western February 1955

· Boss of the Bottoms · Frank C. Robertson · ss (r)

· A Deal with a Lady · S. Omar Barker · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 29 1958

· Miracle at Circle Seven · Will C. Brown · ss Western Short Stories September 1954

· The Wasted Years · L. P. Holmes · nv Thrilling Western September 1952

· A Wise Old Cowman Told Me · Stephen Payne · ss (r)

· When the Children Cry for Meat · Noel Loomis · ss (r)

· Night Run · Bill Gulick · ss (r)

· Man on the Wagon Tongue · Elmer Kelton · ss

· Outlaw’s Boots · Thomas Thompson · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 27 1954

Western Roundup ed. Nelson Nye (Macmillan, 1961, hc, an)
Anthology by members of the Western Writers of America. (WWA #9)

vii · Introduction · Paul I. Wellman · in

1 · Only Good Ones · Elmore Leonard · ss

15 · That 7X Bull · Elmer Kelton · ss Texas Rangers July 1954

27 · Shiftless Slow · Leslie Ernenwein · ss Ranch Romances 2nd May 1952

38 · The Streets of Laredo · Will Henry · ss

53 · Portrait of a Gunfighter · Hal G. Evarts · ss (r)

68 · The Tomato Can Kid · William O. Turner · ss (r)

82 · Smart · Wayne D. Overholser · ss Argosy November 1959, as “The Law-Abiding Outlaw”

92 · A Pinch of Dust · S. E. Whitman · ss (r)

108 · The Marshal of Indian Rock · Fred Grove · ss Max Brand’s Western Magazine September 1953, as “Town of No Return”

124 · Way of the Law in Calico · John Prescott · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 5 1956, as “The Landlady’s Daughter”

138 · Some Learn Hard · James Woodruff Smith · ss (r)

151 · High-Carded · Lewis B. Patten · ss Western Short Stories November 1950, as “Fast-Draw Feud”

160 · Double Barreled Jackpot · Gordon C. Baldwin · ss (r)

173 · Timber Tough · Noel M. Loomis · ss Argosy October 1949

188 · Due Process · Steve Frazee · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1960, as “All Legal and Proper”

207 · Jackass Judgment · Kenneth Fowler · ss Esquire July 1952

212 · Hired Gun · William R. Cox · ss Argosy January 1951

The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the Grotesque by Joyce Carol Oates (Dutton, November 1998, 0-525-94445-1, $23.95, xii+321pp, hc, co, cover by Jim Dine)

3 · The Sky-Blue Ball · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1997

8 · Death Mother · Joyce Carol Oates · nv The Kenyon Review 1995

35 · The Hand-Puppet · Joyce Carol Oates · ss David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible ed. David Copperfield, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995

49 · Schroeder’s Stepfather · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1992

70 · The Sepulchre · Joyce Carol Oates · ss DoubleTake 1994

86 · The Hands · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Epoch 1995

91 · ############## · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Fear Itself ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner, 1995

107 · Labor Day · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Western Humanities Review 1995

113 · The Collector of Hearts · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Seventeen May 1998

122 · Demon · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Demon and Other Tales by Joyce Carol Oates, Necronomicon Press, 1996

126 · Elvis Is Dead: Why Are You Alive? · Joyce Carol Oates · ss The King Is Dead ed. Paul M. Sammon, Delta, 1994

139 · Posthumous · Joyce Carol Oates · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1994

145 · The Omen · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Pequod 1993

150 · The Sons of Angus MacElster · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Conjunctions #30, Spring 1998

155 · The Affliction · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Bomb 1995

166 · Scars · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Artes 1997

182 · An Urban Paradox · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Witness v8 #2, 1994

189 · Unprintable · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Mother 1996

204 · Intensive · Joyce Carol Oates · ss The Gettysburg Review 1996

211 · Valentine · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Michigan Quarterly Review Winter 1997

228 · Death Astride Bicycle · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Western Humanities Review 1995

232 · The Dream-Catcher · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Off Limits ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's, 1996

249 · Fever Blisters · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Little Deaths ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, 1994

260 · The Crossing · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1995

280 · Shadows of the Evening · Joyce Carol Oates · nv; supposedly first published in Century Magazine for Summer 1998, but doesn’t seem to be there.

313 · The Temple · Joyce Carol Oates · vi Demon and Other Tales by Joyce Carol Oates, Necronomicon Press, 1996

319 · The Journey · Joyce Carol Oates · vi Soho Journal Autumn 1994

The Ruins of Contracoeur and Other Presences by Joyce Carol Oates (Swan River Press, 2021, 978-1-78380-040-7, €40.00, xiv+209pp, hc, co, cover by Meggan Kehrli)
Horror collection. Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by the author, Lisa Tuttle & Meggan Kehrli.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Introduction · Lisa Tuttle · in

· Mr. Stickum · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Playboy Summer 2019

· The Cold · Joyce Carol Oates · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review Summer 2019

· Monstersister · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Conjunctions #74, Spring 2020

· Commencement · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001

· The Redwoods · Joyce Carol Oates · ss American Short Fiction Winter 2020

· The Ruins of Contracoeur · Joyce Carol Oates · na 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999

· Sources · [uncredited] · ms

The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 ed. Joyce Carol Oates (Houghton Mifflin, October 2005, 0-618-51744-8, $27.50, 324pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 20 stories.

ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw

xiii · Introduction · Joyce Carol Oates · in

1 · The Identity Club · Richard Burgin · ss TriQuarterly #118, Winter 2004

19 · Disaster Stamps of Pluto · Louise Erdrich · ss The New Yorker December 13 2004

33 · Delmonico · Daniel Handler · ss McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage, 2004

49 · Jack Duggan’s Law · George V. Higgins · nv The Easiest Thing in the World by George V. Higgins, 2004

80 · Old Boys, Old Girls · Edward P. Jones · nv The New Yorker May 3 2004

103 · The Shooting of John Roy Worth · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2004

113 · Until Gwen · Dennis Lehane · nv Men from Boys ed. John Harvey, Heinemann, 2003

129 · The Shoeshine Man’s Regrets [Tess Monaghan] · Laura Lippman · ss Murder… and All That Jazz ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2004

141 · When All This Was Bay Ridge · Tim McLoughlin · ss Brooklyn Noir ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books, 2004

152 · Case Closed · Lou Manfredo · nv Brooklyn Noir ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books, 2004

173 · Sault Ste. Marie · David Means · ss Harper’s Magazine August 2004

184 · Public Trouble · Kent Nelson · ss The Antioch Review Fall 2004

194 · Officers Weep · Daniel Orozco · ss Harper’s Magazine June 2004

203 · The Last Man I Killer · David Rachel · ss Eureka Literary Magazine Spring 2004

217 · One Mississippi · Joseph Raiche · ss The Baltimore Review Winter/Spring 2004

225 · Cruisers · John Sayles · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Fall 2004

241 · Reconstruction · Sam Shaw · ss Story Quarterly #40, 2004

259 · The Love of a Strong Man · Oz Spies · ss The Ontario Review Fall/Winter 2004

274 · Loyalty · Scott Turow · nv Playboy January 2004

297 · Barracuda · Scott Wolven · ss Plots with Guns November/December 2004

313 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

323 · Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2004 · [uncredited] · bi

The Best American Short Stories 1979 ed. Joyce Carol Oates & Shannon Ravenel (Houghton Mifflin, 1979, tp, an)

xi · Introduction · Joyce Carol Oates · in (r)

1 · A Silver Dish · Saul Bellow · nv The New Yorker September 25 1978

28 · An Exile in the East · Flannery O’Connor · ss The South Carolina Review Fall 1978

39 · Home and Native Land · Seán Virgo · ss Malahat Review 1978

44 · A Short Walk Into Afternoon · Kaatje Hurlbut · ss Southwest Review 1978

56 · Shadrach · William Styron · nv Esquire November 21 1978

79 · The Wedding Week · Rosellen Brown · ss Boston University Journal 1978

84 · A Party in Miami Beach · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Joseph Singer · ss Playboy June 1978

97 · The Quail · Rolf Yngve · ss Quarterly West 1978

102 · Some Manhattan in New England · Peter LaSalle · ss Georgia Review 1978

115 · Plaisir d’Amour · Lynne Sharon Schwartz · ss The Ontario Review 1978

131 · Falling Off the Scaffold · Lyn Coffin · ss Michigan Quarterly Review Winter 1978

150 · Spelling · Alice Munro · ss Weekend Magazine 1978

157 · Seasons · Ruth McLaughlin · ss The California Quarterly 1978

167 · Living Alone · Robley Wilson, Jr. · ss Fiction International 1978

172 · The Middle Place · Mary Hedin · ss Southwest Review 1978

184 · The Quarterback Speaks to His God · Herbert Wilner · nv Esquire October 24 1978

206 · Trip in a Summer Dress · Annette Sanford · ss Prairie Schooner 1978

214 · The Eye · Paul Bowles · ss The Missouri Review 1978

222 · Paper Covers Rock · Jean Thompson · ss Mademoiselle 1978

234 · The Missing Person · Maxine Kumin · ss TriQuarterly 1978

243 · Finisterre · Louis D. Rubin, Jr. · nv The Southern Review 1978

270 · A Lingering Death · Silvia Tennenbaum · ss Massachusetts Review 1978

284 · Home Is the Hero · Bernard Malamud · nv The Atlantic Monthly 1978

312 · The New Music · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker June 19 1978

324 · Something That Happened · Jayne Anne Phillips · ss Gallimaufry 1978

New Jersey Noir ed. Joyce Carol Oates (Akashic Books, November 2011, 978-1-61775-026-7, $15.95, 280pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Associational original anthology of 14 stories and five poems of noir crime. Authors include Bradford Morrow, Jeffrey Ford, S.J. Rozan, Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini. A hardcover edition (-034-2, $24.95) was announced.

13 · How Blackly Lovely: Noir in New Jersey · Joyce Carol Oates · in

25 · Part I, Inner-City New Jersey

27 · Live for Today · S. A. Solomon · ss; set in University Heights (Newark).

40 · Soul Anatomy · Lou Manfredo · ss; set in Whitman Park (Camden).

61 · New Day Newark · S. J. Rozan · ss; set in Central Ward (Newark).

76 · Newark Black: 1940-1954 · C. K. Williams · pm; set in Vailsburg (Newark).

79 · Part II, Romance & Nostalgia

81 · Lola · Jonathan Santlofer · ss; set in Hoboken.

92 · The Enigma of Grover’s Mill · Bradford Morrow · nv; set in Grover’s Mill.

125 · Broken Glass · Gerald Stern · pm; set on Mickle Street (Camden).

126 · Wunderlich · Sheila Kohler · ss; set in Montclair.

139 · Atlantis · Richard Burgin · nv; set in Atlantic City.

161 · August: Feeding Frenzy · Alicia Ostriker · pm; set in Jersey Shore.

163 · Part III, Commerce & Retribution

165 · A Bag for Nicholas · Hirsh Sawhney · ss; set in Jersey City.

180 · Glass Eels · Jeffrey Ford · ss; set in Dividing Creek.

191 · Meadowlands Spike · Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini · ss; set in Rutherford.

197 · Kettle Run · Robert Arellano · ss; set in Cherry Hill.

217 · Noir, NJ · Paul Muldoon · pm; set in Paramus.

219 · Part IV, Garden State Underground

221 · Too Near Real · Jonathan Safran Foer · ss; set in Princeton.

235 · Excavation · Edmund White & Michael Carroll · ss; set in Asbury Park.

255 · Long Branch Underground · Robert Pinsky · pm; set in Long Branch.

257 · Run Kiss Daddy · Joyce Carol Oates · ss; set in the Kittatinny Mountains.

276 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

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