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The Ugly Face of Love and Other Stories by Gerald Kersh (Heinemann, 1960, hc, co) · Apprentice Assassin · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 19 1958 · Collector’s Piece [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 13 1954, as “The Thief Who Played Dead” · The Eye · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 2 1957, as “Murderer’s Eye” · The Incorruptible Tailor [Vara the Tailor] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 1 1958, as “The Immovable Man” · Où Est the Corpse De Ma Tante? · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 12 1955, as “The Woman Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead” · The Oxoxoco Bottle · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 7 1957, as “The Secret of the Bottle” · Prophet Without Honor · Gerald Kersh · ss On an Odd Note by Gerald Kersh, Ballantine, 1958 · River of Riches · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 8 1958 · The Shady Life of Annibal · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 18 1959, as “The Imaginary Heir” · Terraces · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput March 1955, as “Mr. Bottomley’s Inferno” · The Ugly Face of Love · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput December 1955

The World, the Flesh, & the Devil by Gerald Kersh (Ash-Tree Press, November 2006, 978-1-55310-092-8, C$52.00, xvii+258pp, hc, co, cover by Jason Van Hollander) [edited by Paul Duncan]     This is a limited edition of 500. A world-wide edition available in the US for $47.50 and in the UK for £28.00. Details supplied by Denny Lien. vi · About the Editor · Paul Duncan · bg ix · Introduction · Paul Duncan · in 3 · Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo? · Gerald Kersh · nv The Montreal Standard November 1950 28 · A Legend of Truth · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull June 27 1942, as by Waldo Kellar 32 · Comrade Death · Gerald Kersh · nv Courier Summer 1938 59 · Note on Danger B · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 5 1947 68 · The Epistle of Simple Simon · Gerald Kersh · ss Tomorrow June 1947 77 · The Gentleman All in Black · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull January 24 1942, as by Waldo Kellar 81 · The Old Burying Place · Gerald Kersh · vi The Evening Standard May 25 1938 84 · The Brighton Monster [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 21 1948, as “The Monster” 97 · Wolf! Wolf! [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Evening Standard November 2 1937 102 · The Wolf Dies in Silence [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly June 3 1938 107 · Kannibalsky [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss I Got References by Gerald Kersh, Joseph, 1939 110 · Neither Man nor Dog [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly January 26 1945 114 · The Queen of Pig Island · Gerald Kersh · ss The Strand Magazine March 1949 125 · The Dungeon · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput November 1941 128 · A Vision of a Lost Child · Gerald Kersh · ss Selected Stories by Gerald Kersh, Staples & Staples, 1943 132 · Miracle of the Winged Rescue · Gerald Kersh · ss The People January 5 1947 139 · Men Without Bones · Gerald Kersh · ss Esquire August 1954 147 · The White Flash · Gerald Kersh · vi The People #3243, December 26 1943 155 · One Case in a Million · Gerald Kersh · ss Men Without Bones by Gerald Kersh, Heinemann, 1955 159 · The Oxoxoco Bottle · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 7 1957, as “The Secret of the Bottle” 183 · The Man and the Spirit · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull April 10 1943, as by Waldo Kellar 187 · The White-Washed Room · Gerald Kersh · ss Men Without Bones by Gerald Kersh, Heinemann, 1955 191 · The Unsafe Deposit Box · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 14 1962 202 · Crooked Bone · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 10 1968 224 · Dr. Ox Will Die at Midnight · Gerald Kersh · ss The Bystander September 22 1937 230 · Afterword: “Gerald Kersh: Man of Many Skins” · Paul Duncan · bg [Ref. Gerald Kersh]; an earlier version of this article was published as the afterword to the ibooks edition of Night and the City. 247 · Bibliography · Paul Duncan · bi [Ref. Gerald Kersh]

Deep Space ed. D. Kershaw & Ben Thomas (Black Hare Press, September 24, 2019, 978-1-925809-22-0, $22.99, 747pp, tp, oa, cover by Dawn Burdett)     Details taken from online listing. 11 · Afterglow · Jacob Baugher · nv 59 · Dreadlock · Stephen Herczeg · na 107 · Field of Quay · Shelly Jarvis · nv 155 · Echoes of Lives Gone · Carole de Monclin · na 233 · The Lucky One · Gregg Cunningham · na 283 · Truth to Power · Joel R. Hunt · nv 311 · Ride the Lightning · Joachim Heijndermans · nv 349 · Steel Thumper · Cameron Marcoux · nv 373 · The Mystery of the Missing Modules · Joshua D. Taylor · na 423 · Abduction · A. L. King · nv 449 · The Space Between Space · Raven Corinn Carluk · nv 475 · Augmetic Reality · Sam M. Phillips · nv 497 · Below the Surface · Vonnie Winslow Crist · nv 533 · Point Zero · E. L. Giles · nv 577 · Kruz · David Bowmore · nv 605 · The Bite of the Flamingo Boa · Shawn M. Klimek · nv 647 · Not My Vessel · Marcus Cook · nv 689 · Bound · Adam Bennett · nv 713 · Ascension · Umair Mirxa · nv 739 · Welcome to the Void · Zoey Xolton · pm

The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories by John Kessel (Small Beer Press, April 2008, 978-1-931520-51-5, $24.00, 315pp, hc, co, cover by Nathan Huang)     Collection of 14 stories, one original, all published in the last ten years. A trade paperback edition (-50-8, $16.00) is also available. 1 · The Baum Plan for Financial Independence · John Kessel · ss Sci Fiction March 24 2004 15 · Every Angel Is Terrifying · John Kessel · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1998 33 · The Red Phone · John Kessel · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #16, July 2005 36 · The Invisible Empire · John Kessel · ss Conjunctions #39, Fall 2002 · A Lunar Quartet _49 · The Juniper Tree [Society of Cousins] · John Kessel · nv Science Fiction Age January 2000 _85 · Stories for Men [Society of Cousins] · John Kessel · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2002 _164 · Under the Lunchbox Tree [Society of Cousins] · John Kessel · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2003 _177 · Sunlight or Rock [Society of Cousins] · John Kessel · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2006 197 · The Snake Girl · John Kessel · nv North Carolina Literary Review Fall 2006 219 · It’s All True · John Kessel · ss Sci Fiction November 5 2003 241 · The Last American · John Kessel · ss Foundation #100, Summer 2007 258 · Downtown · John Kessel · vi Flurb #4, Fall/Winter 2007 260 · Powerless · John Kessel · ss 279 · Pride and Prometheus · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2008

The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel by John Kessel (Subterranean Press, May 2022, 978-1-64524-058-7, $45.00, 582pp, hc, co)     Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website. 7 · Introduction · Kim Stanley Robinson · in 11 · Not Responsible! Park and Lock It! · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1981 35 · Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance · John Kessel · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 67 · Pride and Prometheus · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2008 105 · The Motorman’s Coat · John Kessel · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June/July 2009 117 · The Closet · John Kessel · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2010 121 · Some Like It Cold [Moment Universes] · John Kessel · ss Omni Fall 1995 135 · The Miracle of Ivar Avenue [Moment Universes] · John Kessel · nv Intersections ed. John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, Tor, 1996 171 · Spirit Level · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2020 199 · Stories for Men [Society of Cousins] · John Kessel · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2002 281 · The Pure Product · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1986 303 · Gulliver at Home · John Kessel · ss The Pure Product by John Kessel, Tor, 1997 317 · Buddha Nostril Bird · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1990 339 · Invaders · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1990 363 · The Lecturer · John Kessel · ss Light Years and Dark ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984 373 · Buffalo · John Kessel · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1991 393 · Clean · John Kessel · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2011 415 · Another Orphan · John Kessel · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1982 463 · Consolation · John Kessel · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Bruce Sterling, Technology Review, Inc., 2015 483 · The Baum Plan for Financial Independence · John Kessel · ss Sci Fiction March 24 2004 499 · The Dark Ride · John Kessel · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2021 563 · Story Notes · John Kessel · ms

Meeting in Infinity by John Kessel (Arkham House, August 1992, 0-87054-164-1, $20.95, 309pp, hc, co, cover by Edvard Munch)     Collection of 14 stories with an autobiographical introduction and illustrations by J.K. Potter. xi · Meeting in Infinity · John Kessel · in 3 · The Pure Product · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1986 25 · Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner · John Kessel · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1988 38 · The Big Dream · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1984 71 · The Lecturer · John Kessel · ss Light Years and Dark ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984 82 · Hearts Do Not in Eyes Shine · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1983 103 · Faustfeathers · John Kessel · nv 130 · A Clean Escape · John Kessel · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1985 143 · Not Responsible! Park and Lock It! · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1981 167 · Man · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1992 184 · Invaders · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1990 208 · Buddha Nostril Bird · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1990 225 · Judgment Call · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1987 248 · Another Orphan · John Kessel · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1982 292 · Buffalo · John Kessel · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1991

The Pure Product by John Kessel (Tor, December 1997, 0-312-86117-6, $24.95, 383pp, hc, co, cover by Ed Gazsi)     Collection of 16 stories, one original, plus two poems and a previously unpublished play. Nine stories were previously collected in Meeting in Infinity. 11 · Some Like It Cold [Moment Universes] · John Kessel · ss Omni Fall 1995 25 · Herman Melville: Space Opera Virtuoso · John Kessel · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1980 31 · Buddha Nostril Bird · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1990 55 · A Clean Escape · John Kessel · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1985 70 · Invaders · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1990 95 · Reading Lesson · John Kessel · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1990 97 · The Lecturer · John Kessel · ss Light Years and Dark ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984 108 · The Einstein Express · John Kessel · ss Omni December 1993 119 · Faustfeathers: A Comedy · John Kessel · nv Meeting in Infinity by John Kessel, Arkham House, 1992 158 · Animals · John Kessel · ss New Dimensions: Science Fiction: Number 10 ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1980 172 · The Franchise · John Kessel · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1993 215 · The Pure Product · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1986 238 · Man · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1992 258 · Mr. Hyde Visits the Home of Dr. Jekyll · John Kessel · pm Aboriginal Science Fiction March/April 1989 260 · Hearts Do Not in Eyes Shine · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1983 282 · Buffalo · John Kessel · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1991 303 · Not Responsible! Park and Lock It! · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1981 329 · Gulliver at Home · John Kessel · ss 344 · The Miracle of Ivar Avenue [Moment Universes] · John Kessel · nv Intersections ed. John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, Tor, 1996 383 · Author’s Note · John Kessel · ms (r)

Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 ed. John Kessel & James Patrick Kelly--- see under James Patrick Kelly.

The Best of Dreams of Decadence ed. Angela Kessler (Roc, March 2003, 0-451-45918-0, $6.99, 337 + xivpp, pb, an)     Anthology of 21 vampire stories and 22 poems originally published in Dreams of Decadence. Authors include Tanith Lee, Brian Stableford, and Charlee Jacob. xi · Introduction · Angela Kessler · in 3 · Passionato · Sharon Lee · ss Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 16 · All Things Being Not Quite Equal · Diana Pharaoh Francis · ss Dreams of Decadence #3, Spring 1997 32 · Mona Lisa · Warren Lapine · ss Dreams of Decadence #5, Fall/Winter 1997 40 · Presumed Icarus · Tippi N. Blevins · ss Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 55 · After the Fire · Robin Simonds · ss Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 64 · His Essential Nature · Laura Anne Gilman · ss Dreams of Decadence #5, Fall/Winter 1997 87 · Drink the Darkness · Siobhan Burke · ss Dreams of Decadence #8, Spring 1999 103 · Colour Vision · Steven Patten · nv Dreams of Decadence #6, Spring 1998 133 · The Blood Like Wine · Sarah A. Hoyt · ss Dreams of Decadence #15, Autumn 2001 150 · Borrowed Light · Emily Gaskin · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 152 · Love Letters · Barbara Johnson-Haddad · pm Dreams of Decadence #13, Winter 2000/Spring 2001 153 · Understudy · S. L. Robinson · pm Dreams of Decadence #6, Spring 1998 154 · Ravens · Carrie Palvin · pm Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 155 · Summertime · Antonia Mitchell · pm Dreams of Decadence #15, Autumn 2001 157 · Note Found on My Door, Friday · Jeff Copenhagen · pm Dreams of Decadence #13, Winter 2000/Spring 2001 158 · Lying in the Shade · Elizabeth Fuller · pm Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 159 · Murava · Anne Sheldon · pm Dreams of Decadence #13, Winter 2000/Spring 2001 162 · Azeman · Anne Sheldon · pm Dreams of Decadence #13, Winter 2000/Spring 2001 164 · Gifts · Jude Lupinetti · pm Dreams of Decadence #3, Spring 1997 165 · Searchers in the Long Dark · Wendy Rathbone · pm Dreams of Decadence #15, Autumn 2001 167 · Lifestyles of the Undead · Angela Kessler · pm Dreams of Decadence #2, Spring/Summer 1996 168 · Immortality · Lida Broadhurst · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 169 · She Dreams in Color · Ann K. Schwader · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 170 · Pomegranate Winter · Ann K. Schwader · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 171 · Supplication · Dawn R. Cotter · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 173 · How to Write a Poem · Lawrence Schimel · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 174 · Good News · Karen R. Porter · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 175 · The Romantic Age · Mike Allen · pm Dreams of Decadence #2, Spring/Summer 1996 176 · Vampire Standards · Uncle River · pm Dreams of Decadence #12, Autumn 2000 178 · In Black · Laurel Robertson · pm Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 179 · To See You Again · Laurel Robertson · pm Dreams of Decadence #3, Spring 1997 181 · Soliloquy · Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg · ss Dreams of Decadence #10, Spring 2000 187 · Deathlovers · Angelique de Terre · ss Dreams of Decadence #5, Fall/Winter 1997 196 · Vermilia · Tanith Lee · ss Dreams of Decadence #9, Fall 1999 211 · In the Market for Souls · Mike Watt · ss Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 224 · Irish Blood · Lyda Morehouse · vi Dreams of Decadence #4, Summer 1997 227 · The Note Beside the Body · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 232 · Feeding the Mouth That Bites Us · L. Jagi Lamplighter · ss Dreams of Decadence #7, Summer 1998 249 · Emptiness · Brian Stableford · nv Dreams of Decadence #13, Winter 2000/Spring 2001 originally published in French (“Le Vide”, De Sang d’Encre ed. Lea Silhol, 1999). 267 · Home Visitor · Ann K. Schwader · ss Dreams of Decadence #6, Spring 1998 276 · A Dance with Darkness · Josepha Sherman · ss Dreams of Decadence #11, Summer 2000 295 · The Sun Knows My Name · Vickie T. Shouse · ss Dreams of Decadence #9, Fall 1999 308 · Under the Tangible Myrrh of the Resonant Stars · Charlee Jacob · ss Dreams of Decadence #1, Fall/Winter 1995 326 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg