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Words of the Witches ed. Yvonne Jocks (Berkley, August 6, 2002, 978-0-425-18497-4, $13.00, x+306pp, tp, oa)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Edward Burne-Jones · cv (r); contains portions of “The Golden Stairs” (1880) and “Summer” (1869). ix · Introduction · Yvonne Jocks · in 1 · Anytown, U.S.A. · Maggie Shayne · nv 30 · A Spell to Promote Healing and Tolerance in Your Community · Maggie Shayne · ms 33 · Angel Web · Carol Lynn Stewart · nv 60 · Clearing and Grounding · Carol Lynn Stewart · ms 62 · A Reverence for Tress · Lorna Tedder · nv 87 · Lorna’s Calm and Sleep Inducer · Lorna Tedder · ms 88 · Psyche’s Tears · Charlotte Brisbon · nv 114 · Meg Bradley’s Purification Incense · Charlotte Brisbon · ms 116 · At Midnight in the Garden of the Gods · Pamela Luzier · ss 133 · I Am · Charlotte Brisbon · pm 135 · The Spelling Error · Jen Sokoloski · nv 166 · Pagan Family Values · Jen Sokoloski · ms 168 · Tambourine Moon · Zelena Winters · nv 194 · A Spell for Seeing Your Path of Destiny · Zelena Winters · ms 196 · The Letter · Celia Moon · nv 219 · A Magickal Housecleaning · Maggie Shayne · ms 222 · The Reluctant Psychic · Valerie Taylor · ss 239 · Mom’s Charm and Ritual · Valerie Taylor · ms 244 · A Solitary Path · Evelyn Vaughan · nv 279 · Star Trek Time-Travel Survival Spells · Evelyn Vaughan · ms 284 · The Iron Bride [Bast] · Rosemary Edghill · ss

The Storyteller and Other Tales by K. V. Johansen (Sybertooth, September 2008, 978-0-9739505-8-8, $8.99, 106pp, tp, oc, cover by Artemisia)     Original collection of four stories, one a reprint. 7 · Foreword · K. V. Johansen · fw 9 · The Storyteller · K. V. Johansen · nv 39 · He-Redeems · K. V. Johansen · nv 75 · The Inexorable Tide · K. V. Johansen · ss Descant Fall 2003 95 · A.D. CMXCI · K. V. Johansen · ss 107 · About the Author · K. V. Johansen · bg

The Best of Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine ed. Karl Johanson (Bundoran Press, November 2006, 978-0-9782052-0-1, C$18.99, 163pp, tp, an, cover: Bowls Full of Plants, Moons and Stars by Karl Johanson)     Details taken from publisher website. 7 · Foreword · Karl Johanson · fw 8 · All the Tea in China · Yvonne Pronovost · ss Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine #6, 2005 20 · Virtually Yours · Nina Munteanu · ss Hadrosaur Tales Volume Fifteen ed. David Lee Summers, Hadrosaur Productions, 2002 31 · Staphmeyer’s Mantra · Hank Quense · ss 48 · The Wind and the Sky · Suzanne Church · ss Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine #5, 2005 61 · Survival Strategies · Vaughan Stanger · ss Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine #6, 2005 76 · A Song for Morning · Hayden Trenholm · ss Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine #5, 2005 · The Smell of Dangerous Jasmine · Terry Bramlett · ss Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine #2, 2004 · Heaven Flower · C. L. Russo · ss · Stars Cry Too · Jim Gurley · ss · The Silver Connection · Frank C. Gunderloy, Jr. · nv Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine #6, 2005

Sinister Stories by Jasper John (Henry Walker, 1930, 2/6d, 171pp, hc, co, cover by F. Marsh) 1 · The Sense of Smell · Jasper John · ss 7 · The Human Blood Hound · Jasper John · ss 19 · The Dual Personality · Jasper John · ss 27 · A Dreadful Decision · Jasper John · ss 35 · The Spirit of Stonehenge · Jasper John · ss 43 · The Shivering Tree of Wandor Hall · Jasper John · ss 49 · A Fratricide · Jasper John · ss 57 · The Seeker of Souls · Jasper John · ss 71 · The Secret of the Red Loom · Jasper John · ss 81 · The Suicide of Clive Grantham · Jasper John · ss 89 · Hair from the Harem · Jasper John · ss 97 · The Will of the Witch Doctor · Jasper John · ss 105 · Ellen the Fair · Jasper John · ss 115 · The Château of Horror · Jasper John · ss 127 · A Castle in the Air · Jasper John · ss 139 · The Man with the Cut Throat · Jasper John · ss 145 · Lovers of Long Ago · Jasper John · ss 155 · The Swan Song · Jasper John · ss 163 · The Hound from Hell · Jasper John · ss 167 · The Black Ben · Jasper John · ss

Jason X: Death Moon by Alex S. Johnson (Black Flame US, December 2005, 1-84416-273-7, $7.99, 414pp, pb, n.) [Friday the 13th]     Horror novelization based on the character from the movies. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Black Flame UK edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices.

Statement Against Corpses by B. S. Johnson & Zulfikar Ghose (Constable, 1964, 21/-, 204pp, hc, co) · Clean Living Is the Real Safeguard · B. S. Johnson · ss (r) · Perhaps It’s These Hormones · B. S. Johnson · ss Transatlantic Review #11, Winter 1962 · Statement · B. S. Johnson · ss (r) · Kindly State Your Motive · B. S. Johnson · ss (r) · Broad Thoughts from a Home · B. S. Johnson · ss (r) · On Supply · B. S. Johnson · ss Ambit #21, 1964 · Never Heard It Called That Before · B. S. Johnson · ss (r) · Sheela-Na-Gig · B. S. Johnson · ss · Only the Stones · B. S. Johnson · ss Transatlantic Review #13, Summer 1963 · Godbert · Zulfikar Ghose · ss (r) · Amy · Zulfikar Ghose · ss (r) · The Corpses · Zulfikar Ghose · ss (r) · The Departure · Zulfikar Ghose · ss (r) · The Zoo People · Zulfikar Ghose · ss (r)

Dakota Dreamin’ by Bill Johnson (Cascade Mountain Publishing, August 1999, no ISBN, $12.95, 183pp, tp, co)     Collection of 11 stories, one original. Includes the Hugo Award winning “We Will Drink a Fish Together”, and a new introduction by the author. 7 · Introduction · Bill Johnson · in 9 · Meet Me at Apogee · Bill Johnson · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact May 1982 31 · Stormfall · Bill Johnson · ss Clarion SF ed. Kate Wilhelm, Berkley Medallion, 1977 39 · Respect · Bill Johnson · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact June 1985 54 · Every Choice Has a Price · Bill Johnson · ss 74 · Evelyn’s Children · Bill Johnson · ss Analog Science Fiction & Fact December 1991 87 · Send Random Romantic · Bill Johnson · ss Amazing Stories December 1992 96 · A Matter of Thirst · Bill Johnson · ss Aboriginal Science Fiction September/October 1989 113 · Motivational Engineers · Bill Johnson · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January 1996 124 · Streetwise · Bill Johnson · ss Analog Science Fiction & Fact July 1992 137 · One Quiet Night · Bill Johnson · ss Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine September/October 1992 145 · We Will Drink a Fish Together… [Ship] · Bill Johnson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1997

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Charles Johnson (Atheneum, January 1986, 0-689-11653-5, $9.95, 169pp, hc, co)     Collection of 8 stories, most with sf, fantasy & mythic elements. Most are written from a black perspective and in a black idiom. 1 · The Education of Mingo · Charles Johnson · nv Mother Jones August 1977 25 · Exchange Value · Charles Johnson · ss Choice 1981 41 · Menagerie, a Child’s Fable · Charles Johnson · ss Indiana Review Spring 1984 61 · China · Charles Johnson · nv MSS 1983 97 · Alethia · Charles Johnson · ss Antæus #34, Summer 1979 113 · Moving Pictures · Charles Johnson · ss New American Review September 1985 125 · Popper’s Disease · Charles Johnson · nv Callaloo February 1982 147 · The Sorcerer’s Apprentice · Charles Johnson · nv Callaloo February 1983

Best Little Magazine Fiction 1971 ed. Curt Johnson & Alvin Greeberg (New York University Press, 1971, hc, an)     Details supplied by Todd Mason. · Tales of Diego · John Houghton Allen · ss Southwest Review · The Quest Sonata · Luther Askeland · ss Minnesota Review · Still Life with Fruit · Doris Betts · ss Red Clay Reader #7, 1970 · Barbed Wire · Robert Canzoneri · ss The Southern Review Winter 1970 · A Night Out · Raymond Carver · ss December · The Invention of the Airplane · R. V. Cassill · ss Seneca Review · Dear Papa · Fielding Dawson · ss Lillabulero · Weeping · Sandra M. Gilbert · ss Epoch · Sole Surviving Son · Stephen Goodwin · ss Shenandoah · In Sherwood Forest · Erlene Hubly · ss Western Humanities Review · One of the Seas Is Called Tranquility · Bernard Kaplan · ss The Antioch Review · End of the World Chapter · Elia Katz · ss Chicago Review · Black Jesus · Peter Leach · ss Panache · No Trace · David Madden · nv The Southern Review Winter 1970 · Through the Looking Glass · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Malahat Review · As It Is Written · Filippa Rolf · ss Partisan Review · Closing with Nature · Norman Rush · nv Massachusetts Review 1970 · American Autumn · Peter Schneeman · ss New American Review · The Complicate Chimera: Jeremy & Greta · Kent Thompson · ss University of Windsor Review · A Woman’s Story · Marilyn Thompson · ss Seneca Review

Fen by Daisy Johnson (Vintage Digital, June 2, 2016, 978-1-4735-2364-7, £8.99, 208pp, ebook, oc)     Details taken from online listing. · Starver · Daisy Johnson · ss · Blood Rites · Daisy Johnson · ss · A Bruise the Size and Shape of a Door Handle · Daisy Johnson · ss · How to Lose It · Daisy Johnson · ss · How to Fuck a Man You Don’t Know · Daisy Johnson · ss · Language · Daisy Johnson · ss · The Superstition of Albatross · Daisy Johnson · ss · A Heavy Devotion · Daisy Johnson · ss · The Scattering: A Story in Three Parts · Daisy Johnson · nv · Birthing Stones · Daisy Johnson · ss · The Cull · Daisy Johnson · ss · The Lighthouse Keeper · Daisy Johnson · ss

Stories of Strange Happenings ed. Eleanor M. Johnson, Poldi Wittels & Barbara Nolen (American Education Publications, 1959, 128pp, hc, an)     Also contains 15 poems and a “Riddles” page. Heavily illustrated. 6 · The Haunted Skyscraper · Jane Flory · ss My Weekly Reader 12 · The Left-Over Hat · Charles Williams · ss My Weekly Reader 14 · The Secret Staircase · Melicent Humason Lee · ss My Weekly Reader 22 · The Fairy Boat · Eleanor Christensen · ss My Weekly Reader 26 · Katie Catches a Ghost · Katharine Koch · ss My Weekly Reader 33 · The Haunted Wreck · Le Grand · ss My Weekly Reader 40 · Fraidy Cat · Quail Hawkins · ss My Weekly Reader 44 · Helpful Henry · Florence Brumbaugh · ss My Weekly Reader 47 · Forest Killer · Paul Norton · ss My Weekly Reader 52 · Ice-Cold Lemonade · Earl Marvin Rush · ss My Weekly Reader 58 · Castaways in Space · Richard Elam · ss My Weekly Reader 65 · Last-Light Channel · Willis Lindquist · ss My Weekly Reader 73 · Little Chuck · Walter Bridgeman · ss My Weekly Reader 80 · Dog to Be Proud Of · Maud Beery · ss My Weekly Reader 83 · Leander the Lion · Mabel Leigh Hunt · ss My Weekly Reader 90 · King of the Range · Margaret Jamison · ss My Weekly Reader 96 · Zoo Blues · Helen J. Ramsay · ss My Weekly Reader 98 · A Pound of Pluck · Mark Hager · ss My Weekly Reader 102 · Scout for General Washington · Ivy Bolton · ss My Weekly Reader 107 · Valentine Verse · Ivy O. Eastwick · ss My Weekly Reader 108 · Lincoln’s Totem Pole · J. A. Rickard · ss My Weekly Reader 110 · Paul Revere Rides Again · Jack Bechdolt · ss My Weekly Reader 117 · The Witches’ Birthday Party · Frances Veirs · ss Story Parade 1952 121 · Christmas Went Smash · John Ullman · ss My Weekly Reader

Fantastic Tales of Terror ed. Eugene Johnson (Crystal Lake Publishing, October 26, 2018, 978-1-64467-968-5, $18.99, xiii+533pp, tp, oa, cover by Luke Spooner)     Subtitled “History’s Darkest Secrets” on the cover only. Details taken from online listing. xi · Introduction · Tony Todd · in 1 · The Deep Delight of Blood · Tim Waggoner · ss 19 · Unpretty Monster · Mercedes M. Yardley · ss 31 · The Tell-Tale Mind · Kevin J. Anderson · nv 53 · Topsy-Turvy · Elizabeth Massie · ss 69 · Ray and the Martian · Bev Vincent · ss 83 · The Girl with the Death Mask · Stephanie M. Wytovich · ss 93 · On a Train Bound for Home · Christopher Golden · nv Madness on the Orient Express ed. James Lowder, Chaosium, 2014, as “Bound for Home” 118 · The Custer Files · Richard Chizmar · nv 142 · Red Moon · Michael Paul Gonzalez · nv 173 · The Prince of Darkness and the Showgirl · John Palisano · ss 187 · The Secret Engravings · Lisa Morton · ss Danse Macabre: Close Encounters with the Reaper ed. Nancy Kilpatrick, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2012 207 · Mutter · Jess Landry · nv 228 · La Llorona · Cullen Bunn · ss 242 · The London Encounter · Vince Liaguno · ss 259 · Bubba Ho-Tep · Joe R. Lansdale · nv The King Is Dead ed. Paul M. Sammon, Delta, 1994 313 · Gorilla My Dreams · Jonathan Maberry · ss 332 · Articles of Teleforce · Michael Bailey · nv 361 · Sic Olim Tyrannis · David Wellington · ss 375 · The Washingtonians · Bentley Little · nv Cemetery Dance #14, Fall 1992 396 · Scent of Flesh · Jessica Marie Baumgartner · nv 433 · Rotoscoping Toodies · Mort Castle · ss 451 · Lone Wolves · Paul Moore · nv 507 · The Great Stone Face vs. the Gargoyles · Jeff Strand · ss 519 · The Return of the Thin White Duke · Neil Gaiman · ss Trigger Warning—Short Fictions & Disturbances by Neil Gaiman, Headline, 2015 a small portion of this story first appeared in “V” Magazine, #29, Summer 2004.