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Once More Upon a Time by Diane Raetz & Patrick Thomas (Dark Quest Books, October 15, 2011, 978-0-9826197-5-9, $12.95, 170pp, tp, oc, cover by Patrick Thomas) [Murphy’s Lore]
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Introduction · Patrick Thomas · in

16 · So Much for Breadcrumbs [Murphy’s Lore] · Diane Raetz & Patrick Thomas · nv; first appeared abridged in Cosmic SF #2.

52 · Hair Apparent [Murphy’s Lore] · Diane Raetz & Patrick Thomas · nv

92 · No Business Like Snow Business [Murphy’s Lore] · Diane Raetz & Patrick Thomas · na

Mother of Invention ed. Rivqa Rafael & Tansy Rayner Roberts (Twelfth Planet Press, September 2018, 978-1-922101-47-1, A$27.00, 396pp, tp, oa, cover by Likhain)
Details taken from online listing.

· Mother, Mother, Will You Play with Me? · Seanan McGuire · ss

· Junkyard Kraken · D. K. Mok · ss

· An Errant Holy Spark · Bogi Takács · ss

· The Goose Hair of One Thousand Miles · Stephanie Lai · ss

· The Art of Broken Things · Joanne Anderton · ss

· Sexy Robot Heroes [Sexy Robots] · Sandra McDonald · ss

· A Robot Like Me · Lee Cope · ss

· New Berth · Elizabeth Fitzgerald · ss

· Fata Morgana · Cat Sparks · ss

· Bright Shores · Rosaleen Love · ss

· Quantifying Trust · John Chu · ss

· Reflecting on Indigenous Worlds, Indigenous Futurisms and Artificial Intelligence · Ambelin Kwaymullina · ar
first appeared on the publisher’s website on 16 September, 2017.

· Sugar Ricochets to Other Forms · Octavia Cade · ss

· Kill Screen · E. C. Myers · ss

· Living Proof [Making Amends] · Nisi Shawl · ss

· S’elfie · Justina Robson · ss

· Knitting Day · Jen White · ss

· The Revivalist · Kaaron Warren · ss

· Arguing with People on the Internet · E. H. Mann · ss

· Rini’s God · Soumya Sundar Mukherjee · ss

· Tidefall · Meryl Stenhouse · ss

· The Ghost Helmet · Lev Mirov · ss

The Immersion Book of SF ed. Carmelo Rafala (Immersion Press, September 2010, 978-0-9563924-1-1, £7.99, x+121pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

v · Introduction · Carmelo Rafala · in

1 · Golden · Al Robertson · ss The Third Alternative #38, Summer 2004

11 · Tan · Tanith Lee · vi

13 · Have Guitar, Will Travel · Chris Butler · ss

30 · The Time Traveler’s Son · Jason Erik Lundberg · ss Papaveria Press, 2008

36 · Dolls · Colin P. Davies · ss 3SF #2, December 2002

50 · Grave Robbers · Anne Stringer · ss

59 · Father’s Last Ride · Aliette de Bodard · ss

73 · The Broken Pathway · Gord Sellar · ss

91 · Bird-Dropping and Sunday · Eric James Stone · ss

96 · Mango Dictionary and the Dragon Queen of Contract Evolution · Gareth Owens · ss

102 · Lode Stars [Exodus] · Lavie Tidhar · ss

The Immersion Book of Steampunk ed. Carmelo Rafala & Gareth D. Jones--- see under Gareth D. Jones.

Signet Classic Book of American Short Stories ed. Burton Raffel (Signet Classic, January 1990, 0-451-52279-6, $5.95, 560pp, tp, an)
Contents from publisher’s catalog.

· Introduction · Burton Raffel · in (r)

· The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon

· Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”

· The Gold-Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1)

· Bartleby the Scrivener · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly November 1853 (+1), uncredited.

· Miss Asphyxia · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss (r)

· The Iliad of Sandy Bar · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly November 1870

· Who Was She? · Bayard Taylor · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1874

· Grit · Rose Terry Cooke · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine January 1877, uncredited.

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

· The Return of a Private · Hamlin Garland · nv The Arena July 1890

· A New England Nun · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss A New England Nun and Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Harper & Brothers, 1891

· The Real Thing · Henry James · ss Black & White April 16 1892

· The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

· The Flight of Betsey Lane · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss Scribner’s Magazine August 1893

· La Grande Demoiselle · Grace Elizabeth King · ss The Century Magazine January 1893

· The War Widow · Harold Frederic · ss (r)

· Madame Célestin’s Divorce · Kate Chopin · ss Bayou Folk by Kate Chopin, Houghton, 1894

· The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898

· A Journey · Edith Wharton · ss Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton, Scribner, 1899

· The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg · Mark Twain · na Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1899

· All Gold Canyon · Jack London · nv The Century Magazine November 1905

· The Rajah of Bungpore · F. Hopkinson Smith · ss (r)

· Nobody Sick, Nobody Poor · Zona Gale · ss The Delineator November 1907

· One Thousand Dollars · O. Henry · ss The Voice of the City by O. Henry, McClure, 1908

· “Queer” · Sherwood Anderson · ss Seven Arts December 1916

· Up in Michigan · Ernest Hemingway · ss Three Stories and Ten Poems by Ernest Hemingway, McAlman's Contract Publishing Co., 1923

· Great Lady on a White Horse · John Dos Passos · ss (r)

· The King of the Cats · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Harper’s Bazar February 1929

· Neighbor Rosicky · Willa Cather · nv Woman’s Home Companion April 1930 (+1)

· Turnabout · William Faulkner · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 5 1932

· The Evening’s at Seven · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker October 22 1932

· The Long Way Out · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss Esquire September 1937

· Ever Fall in Love with a Midget? · William Saroyan · ss The Evening Standard October 19 1937

The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. Philip Rahv & William Phillips--- see under William Phillips.

The Avon Book of Modern Writing No. 2 ed. Philip Rahv & William Phillips--- see under William Phillips.

The Berkley Book of Modern Writing No. 3 ed. Philip Rahv & William Phillips--- see under William Phillips.

Aladdin Relighted by J. R. Rain & Piers Anthony--- see under Piers Anthony.

Aladdin Sins Bad by J. R. Rain & Piers Anthony--- see under Piers Anthony.

Aladdin and the Flying Dutchman by J. R. Rain & Piers Anthony--- see under Piers Anthony.

Dolfin Tayle by J. R. Rain & Piers Anthony--- see under Piers Anthony.

Dragon Assassin by J. R. Rain & Piers Anthony--- see under Piers Anthony.

Jack and the Giants by J. R. Rain & Piers Anthony--- see under Piers Anthony.

The Journey by J. R. Rain & Piers Anthony--- see under Piers Anthony.

Lavabull by J. R. Rain & Piers Anthony--- see under Piers Anthony.

Samantha Moon Rising by J. R. Rain (BenBella Books, May 21, 2013, 978-1-937856-82-3, $14.95, 404pp, tp, om, cover by Cliff Nielsen)
Omnibus of volumes 5-7 in the Vampire for Hire series, previously published as e-books, all 2012: Vampire Dawn, Vampire Games, and Moon Island, plus a short story.
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Vampire Dawn [Vampire for Hire] · J. R. Rain · n. J.R. Rain Press, 2012

125 · Vampire Games [Vampire for Hire] · J. R. Rain · n. J.R. Rain Press, 2012

249 · Moon Island [Vampire for Hire] · J. R. Rain · n. J.R. Rain Press, 2012

387 · Teeth [Vampire for Hire] · J. R. Rain · nv Teeth and Other Stories by J. R. Rain, Crop Circle Books, 2009

Teeth and Other Stories by J. R. Rain (Crop Circle Books, 2009, tp, oc)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Teeth [Vampire for Hire] · J. R. Rain · nv

27 · My Father Eyes · J. R. Rain · ss

36 · The Fridge · J. R. Rain · ss

55 · Die Spy · J. R. Rain · ss

63 · Step on a Crack · J. R. Rain · ss

74 · Two Ghosts · J. R. Rain · ss

The Worm Returns by J. R. Rain & Piers Anthony--- see under Piers Anthony.

The Mystical Cat ed. Dusty Rainbolt (Sky Warrior Book Publishing, January 2013, 978-1-5336-5116-7, 198pp, tp, oa, cover by Peter Bradley)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Keeping the Tradition · Dana Bell · ss

10 · A Spoiled Rotten Cat Lives Here · Dusty Rainbolt · ss

22 · The Dagger, the Boy and the Cat · Livia Finucci · ss

37 · The Fixer · S. A. Bolich · ss

47 · A Cat Out of Time · Bev Freed · ss

65 · Shreddy and the Zomb-Dogs [Shreddy] · Mary E. Lowd · ss self-published, August 6 2012
previously available as an audio download from Anthropomorphic Dreams Publishing, November 4, 2011.

78 · Safe House · Alma Alexander · ss Cat Tales by Alma Alexander, Kos Books, 2011

90 · The Last Shaman · Esther & Frog Jones · ss

102 · The Curious Court of Miss Sassy · Robert D. Brewer · ss

109 · B & B · Karen Commings · ss Outer Darkness #31, 2005, as by C. S. Watts

124 · Protocol · Sam S. Kepfield · ss

136 · Feeding the Cat · Cynthia Ward · vi Keen Science Fiction! September 1996

138 · Elra · Patricia Sachs · ss

154 · The Promise · Janiss Garza · ss Summer’s Fabulous Cat Life October 31 2011, as “The Ghost Cat”

158 · Gone, Gone, Gone · Karen Pullen · ss Brea’s Tale and Other Stories by Karen Pullen, Luna Moth Press, 2012

165 · The Sewing Room Witch and Uncle Kitty · C. J. Ruby · ss

173 · Her Infinite Variety · Connie Wilkins · ss

185 · Opener of Doors · Lyn McConchie · ss Hazard Cat August 2010

Western Stories ed. William MacLeod Raine (Dell, 1949, pb, an)
Cover with woman whipping guy’s face. A Dell mapback.

· “The Feel of the West” · William MacLeod Raine · in (r)

· “They’ve Shot Jug Murphy” · S. Omar Barker · ss Adventure May 1936

· “By Gollies, Yes!” · B. M. Bower · ss The Popular Magazine October 20 1919

· Grove Girl · Eugene Cunningham · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine December 1947

· The Wrong Side of the Fence · Harry Sinclair Drago · ss Short Stories August 10 1941

· The Makings · Norman A. Fox · ss Collier’s June 19 1948

· A Young Man’s Fancy · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s July 18 1942

· Road Runner · Henry Herbert Knibbs · ss Adventure August 15 1935

· Not a Redeeming Trait · Caroline Lockhart · ss The Popular Magazine 2nd January 1930

· A Lamb and Some Slaughtering · William Byron Mowery · ss Adventure February 10 1926

· Off the Trail · George Pattullo · ss McClure’s Magazine March 1912

· Water · Ross Santee · ss Collier’s April 27 1935

· Ranger Camp Cook · Raymond S. Spears · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine March 1948

Deathrealm: Spirits ed. Stephen Mark Rainey (Shortwave Media, October 17, 2023, 978-1-959565-17-8, 336pp, tp, oa, cover by J. Edward Neill)
Details taken from ebook Table of Contents.

· Introduction · Stephen Mark Rainey · in

· Ghosts in the Cells · Joe R. Lansdale · ss

· As Below, So Above · Linda D. Addison · ss

· To Fear and to Rage · Timothy G. Huguenin · ss

· Fort Lonely · Meghan Arcuri · ss

· Even if Our Wounds Never Close · Eric LaRocca · ss

· The Camosite · Elizabeth Massie · ss

· The Murder Wagon · Larry Blamire · ss

· A Shadow, Slowly Shifting · Heather D. Daughrity · ss

· I Was Going to Tell You Tonight · David Niall Wilson · ss

· The Ivory Bed · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss

· Bloody Roots · Brian Keene · ss

· The Running People · Maurice Broaddus · ss

· The Disappeared · Kasey Lansdale · ss

· Driving James Cole · Errick Nunnally · ss

· Dying River · Bridgett Nelson · ss

· Roadblock · Tony Tremblay · ss

· Nothing Bad Can Ever Happen to You Here · Patricia Lee Macomber · ss

· Ripples in a Pond · Richard Thomas · ss

· The Devil’s Bounty Hunter · Jeff Oliver · ss

· Prayers from the Mouth of Hell · Ronald Kelly · ss

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