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Dwarf Stars 2009 ed. Deborah P. Kolodji & Stephen M. Wilson (Science Fiction Poetry Association, February 2010, no ISBN, $7.00, 15pp, ph, an, cover by Naia)     Chapbook anthology of 50 speculative poems of ten lines or less, chosen as the best from 2008; this serves as a ballot for the Dwarf Stars Award. 1 · Introduction · Deborah P. Kolodji · in (r) 3 · Dark Flow · Francis W. Alexander · pm Abyss & Apex #28, 4th Quarter 2008 3 · untitled (“the will-o-the-wisp…”) · Francis W. Alexander · pm Scifaikuest (online) August 2008 3 · Return of the Zombie Teen Angst · Mike Allen · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2008 3 · The Ghoul · Megan Arkenberg · pm Scifaikuest November 2008 3 · untitled (“time machine rust…”) · Megan Arkenberg · pm Scifaikuest August 2008 4 · the leaf whisperer · Elizabeth Barrette · pm Doorways #5, 2008 4 · untitled (“stars against the night…”) · Bruce Boston · pm SARM 2008 4 · Three Things · Lisa M. Bradley · pm Talebones #36, Spring 2008 4 · Godmother · Anna Marie Catoir · pm Goblin Fruit Spring 2008 4 · untitled (“I felt your presence…”) · Margaret Chula · pm Ribbons Winter 2008 5 · Special Ears · Toi Dericotte · pm Prairie Schooner Fall 2008 5 · Evolution · Peg Duthie · pm SciFi Fan 2 April 2008 5 · untitled (“time lapse…”) · Margarita Engle · pm Scifaikuest (online) August 2008 5 · Songs Were Washing Up · Francesca Forrest · pm Scheherazade’s Bequest September 2008 6 · Mistress (I) · Todd Fredson · pm Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts Fall 2008 6 · The Tongue-Cut Sparrow’s Song for the Woodman’s Wife · Jeannine Hall Gailey · pm Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry Summer 2008 6 · untitled (“shot of whiskey…”) · Joshua Gage · pm spacewesterns.com #83, 2008 6 · untitled (“stars invisible…”) · Joshua Gage · pm MindFlights (online) November 3 2008 6 · The Lure of an Older Woman · Toni J. Gardner · pm Amaze: The Cinquain Journal v6 #2, 2008 7 · untitled (“quantum mechanics…”) · James Gianforti · pm Star*Line July/August 2008 7 · untitled (“trying to imitate…”) · Sanford Goldstein · pm Simply Haiku Winter 2008 7 · Study/Violet · Leonard Gonatarek · pm Prick of the Spindle September 2008 7 · untitled (“full moon…”) · John Grey · pm Scifaikuest November 2008 7 · untitled (“sailor’s ear…”) · M. Kei · pm Bolts of Silk February 2008 7 · untitled (“the dead rise…”) · M. Kei · pm Slow Motion: The Log of the Chesapeake Bay Skipjack, Modern English Tanka Press, 2008 8 · untitled (“moonless world…”) · Patricia Kelly · pm SciFi Fan 2 April 2008 8 · untitled (“just as I…”) · Mariko Kitakubo · pm Cicada Forest by Mariko Kitakubo, Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan Ltd., 2008 8 · untitled (“lest we stray…”) · Mariko Kitakubo · pm Cicada Forest by Mariko Kitakubo, Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan Ltd., 2008 8 · untitled (“in spite of your absence…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm SARM 2008 8 · Fireflies · Geoffrey A. Landis · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2008 9 · untitled (“thin alpine air…”) · paul m · pm Acorn Fall 2008 9 · untitled (“winter plum branches…”) · paul m · pm Mariposa Autumn/Winter 2008 9 · Werepenguin · Joanne Merriam · pm Strange Horizons March 10 2008 9 · untitled (“on the footpath…”) · Linda Papanicolaou · pm Ribbons Autumn 2008 9 · untitled (“falling stars…”) · Claudia Coutu Radmore · pm Eucalypt #5, 2008 10 · There, where the universe begins · Terrie Leigh Relf · pm Astropoetica Spring 2008 10 · untitled (“one foot on Mars…”) · Karen A. Romanko · pm Scifaikuest February 2008 10 · untitled (“in the mouth…”) · Ann K. Schwader · pm Scifaikuest November 2008 10 · Sunset, Monument Valley, Utah · J. E. Stanley · pm Scifaikuest (online) May 2008 10 · untitled (“dark moon…”) · Maria Steyn · pm Simply Haiku Spring 2008 10 · untitled (“from outer space…”) · George Swede · pm Ribbons Winter 2008 11 · untitled (“strange voices…”) · Dietmar Tauchner · pm Frogpond Winter 2008 11 · Refugee · Paul Kareem Tayyar · pm Pearl Fall/Winter 2008 11 · untitled (“closer to the moongate…”) · Linda Jeannette Ward · pm Hummingbird September 2008 11 · untitled (“wet sand…”) · Michael Dylan Welch · pm Scifaikuest (online) August 2008 11 · In the Beginning or the End · N. C. Whitehead · pm Scifaikuest May 2008 12 · 2012/2062 · Stephen M. Wilson · pm Star*Line March/April 2008 12 · The Ghost of Walter Benjamin Walks at Midnight · Charles Wright · pm The Fiddlehead Summer 2008 12 · Goodbye Billy Goat Gruff · Jane Yolen · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2008 12 · untitled (“we all met…”) · Lee Clark Zumpe · pm Scifaikuest May 2008

Hermit’s Swing by Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson (Macmillan, November 1980, 0-02-566350-X, $9.95, xi+199pp, hc, co, cover by Richard Powers) ix · Introduction · Theodore Sturgeon · in 1 · For Love of Earth · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · nv translated from the Russian (“Lyubov’ k Zemle”, 1975). 31 · Mindpower · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · nv translated from the Russian (“Volevoe usiliye”, 1970). 57 · The Biggest House · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss translated from the Russian (“Samyj boljšoj dom”, 1974). 69 · The Newsstand · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss translated from the Russian (“Gazetnyy kiosk”, 1971). 89 · What Funny Trees! · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss translated from the Russian (“Kakiye smeshnyye derev’ya”, 1975). 100 · Smile · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · nv translated from the Russian (“Ulybka”, 1975). 123 · Hermit’s Swing · Victor Kolupayev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · na translated from the Russian (“Kacheli Otshel’nika”, 1972).

Requiem by Robert A. Heinlein ed. Yoji Kondo--- see under Robert A. Heinlein.

These Guns for Hire: 31 Short Stories about Hitmen ed. J. A. Konrath (Bleak House Books, October 2006, 1932557202, $27.95, 492pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology (three reprints). 3 · Introduction · J. A. Konrath · in 9 · They Always Get You · Victor Gischler · ss 29 · Another Rock ’n Roll Hit · Raymond Benson · ss 45 · The Confessional · Jeremiah Healy · ss 59 · Strictly Business · Julie Hyzy · ss 81 · There’s Somebody Here Wants to Talk to You · Jay Bonansinga · ss 101 · The Professional · Sean Doolittle · ss 111 · Guest Services [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss Murder Is My Business ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Dutton, 1994 135 · Gutter Snipes · P. J. Parrish · ss 157 · Beauty · Ed Gorman · ss Hardluck Stories Winter 2006 167 · The Black Rose · Michael A. Black · ss 183 · Detour · Libby Fischer Hellmann · ss 197 · The Attitude Adjuster [Cavanaugh] · David Morrell · nv 233 · When You’re Right · Brian M. Wiprud · ss 245 · Dead Last · Rob Kantner · ss 265 · Bereaved · J. A. Konrath · ss 273 · Not Shy · M. J. Rose · ss 285 · Seize Your Future · Jeff Abbott · ss 301 · Bat-Head Speed · Reed Farrel Coleman · ss 309 · Everybody Wins · Lisa Mannetti · ss 321 · Keller’s Designated Hitter [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv Murderers’ Row ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press, 2001 351 · Pet Project · Robert W. Walker · ss 359 · Man Hit · John Galligan · ss 371 · Absolution · William Kent Krueger · ss 381 · Nice Kids Carry Guns · Paul A. Toth · ss 393 · Poor Career Choice · Jeff Strand · ss 405 · Punk · Ken Bruen · ss Hardluck Stories Winter 2006 419 · Bloodshed Fred · Monica J. O’Rourke · ss 429 · The Louvre Cafe · Mitchell Graham · ss 437 · Letters from Home · Benjamin M. LeRoy · ss 447 · As Breathing · Marcus Sakey · ss 461 · The Shining Knight · David Ellis · ss 478 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Book of Counted Sorrows by Dean Koontz (Barnes & Noble Digital, 2001, 1-4014-0022-1, ebook, oc)     collection of poetry, some of which had featured in earlier Koontz novels. The full title is given as The Book of Counted Sorrows: Being the Mind-Bending, Heart-Stopping, Bowel-Freezing, Spleen-Tickling History of the Most Dangerous Book of Poetry Ever Written, Including the Text of That Cursed Book Itself, With the Prayer that God Will Protect You from a Spontaneous Head Explosion (and Even Worse Potential Fates) If You Dare Read It. · The Dark, Peculiar, Mysterious, and Ultimately Incomprehensible History of the Volume in Question · Dean Koontz · ss; a discursive introduction to the “original” book and to the goings-on at Koontz Manor. · One Door Away from Heaven · Dean Koontz · pm from One Door Away from Heaven, Headline Books, 2001 · Neither Do They Fade Away · Dean Koontz · pm · In the Fields of Life · Dean Koontz · pm from Hideaway, Putnam, 1992 · The Weight · Dean Koontz · pm from Fear Nothing, Headline Books, 1997 · The Train Leaves the Station · Dean Koontz · pm from Dark Rivers of the Heart, Charnel House, 1994 · A Delicious Walk · Dean Koontz · pm · Habit Makes Destiny · Dean Koontz · pm from Dark Rivers of the Heart, Charnel House, 1994 · Pedal to the Metal · Dean Koontz · pm from Intensity, Headline Books, 1995 · Remembering When We Didn’t Expect to Live Forever · Dean Koontz · pm · A Roundness · Dean Koontz · pm from Hideaway, Putnam, 1992 · Remembered Dreams · Dean Koontz · pm · Academic and Novelist as Abbott and Costello · Dean Koontz · pm · The Chair · Dean Koontz · pm from Dark Rivers of the Heart, Charnel House, 1994 · Short Story · Dean Koontz · pm from Shadowfires, as by Leigh Nichols, Avon, 1987, as by Leigh Nichols · The Modern Age · Dean Koontz · pm from Dragon Tears, Putnam, 1993 · Wee Wisdom · Dean Koontz · pm from Dragon Tears, Putnam, 1993 · This Old Honkytonk of Fools · Dean Koontz · pm from Dragon Tears, Putnam, 1993 · Cold Fire · Dean Koontz · pm from Cold Fire, Putnam, 1991 · Whom You Might Trust · Dean Koontz · pm from Cold Fire, Putnam, 1991 · 1992 · Dean Koontz · pm from Mr. Murder, Headline Books, 1993 · Men on White Horses · Dean Koontz · pm from Dragon Tears, Putnam, 1993 · Crossing Nevada · Dean Koontz · pm · Melodrama · Dean Koontz · pm from Darkness Comes, W.H. Allen, 1984 · Busy Humanity · Dean Koontz · pm from Twilight, as by Leigh Nichols, Pocket, 1984, as by Leigh Nichols · Kiss · Dean Koontz · pm from Shadowfires, as by Leigh Nichols, Avon, 1987, as by Leigh Nichols · The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · Dean Koontz · pm from Midnight, Putnam, 1989 · Winter Moon · Dean Koontz · pm from Winter Moon, Headline Books, 1994 · The Mask · Dean Koontz · pm from The Mask, as by Owen West, Jove/HBJ Books, 1981, as by Owen West · Reality · Dean Koontz · pm from Cold Fire, Putnam, 1991 · The Answer Comes After the Funeral · Dean Koontz · pm from Sole Survivor, Headline Books, 1997 · Drummer · Dean Koontz · pm from Darkness Comes, W.H. Allen, 1984 · Potboiler · Dean Koontz · pm from Twilight, as by Leigh Nichols, Pocket, 1984, as by Leigh Nichols · Saving Graces · Dean Koontz · pm from Strangers, W.H. Allen, 1986 · Politics · Dean Koontz · pm from Mr. Murder, Headline Books, 1993 · Ten Years Old, Reading in Bed · Dean Koontz · pm · Fallen Yet Not Lacking in Virtue · Dean Koontz · pm from The Bad Place, Putnam, 1990 · February, 1969 · Dean Koontz · pm · We Are All So Modern Here · Dean Koontz · pm from Winter Moon, Headline Books, 1994 · All Those Snappy Epigrams on the Theme of Night · Dean Koontz · gp (r) _ · untitled (“The whisper of the dusk”) · Dean Koontz · pm from Twilight Eyes, W.H. Allen, 1987 _ · untitled (“Numberless paths of night”) · Dean Koontz · pm from Twilight Eyes, W.H. Allen, 1987 _ · untitled (“To know the darkness is to love the light”) · Dean Koontz · pm from Shadowfires, as by Leigh Nichols, Avon, 1987, as by Leigh Nichols _ · untitled (“Night has patterns that can be read”) · Dean Koontz · pm from Shadowfires, as by Leigh Nichols, Avon, 1987, as by Leigh Nichols _ · untitled (“Something moves within the night”) · Dean Koontz · pm from Twilight Eyes, W.H. Allen, 1987 _ · untitled (“When I’m in the night”) · Dean Koontz · pm _ · untitled (“The night speaks with a human voice”) · Dean Koontz · pm _ · untitled (“Brother night, sister moon”) · Dean Koontz · pm · Anthem · Dean Koontz · pm from Ticktock, Headline Books, 1996 · A Thought While Reading Rex Stout · Dean Koontz · pm from Darkness Comes, W.H. Allen, 1984 · Cry Doom · Dean Koontz · pm from Twilight, as by Leigh Nichols, Pocket, 1984, as by Leigh Nichols · Dragon Tears · Dean Koontz · pm from Dragon Tears, Putnam, 1993 · Cold Questions · Dean Koontz · pm from Strangers, W.H. Allen, 1986 · Mary Shelley, No One Listens · Dean Koontz · pm from Demon Seed, Bantam, 1973 · A Job May Not Be Enough · Dean Koontz · pm from Cold Fire, Putnam, 1991 · The Root of All Mystery · Dean Koontz · pm from Hideaway, Putnam, 1992 · Haiku · Dean Koontz · gp (r) _ · untitled haiku (“Whiskers of the cat”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Sinuous shadow”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Tear-damp flush of face”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Moonlight on water”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Rare albino bats”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“High looping white wings”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“The soft shush of surf”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Dew on the gray steps”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Hanging in the fog”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Green eyes growing gray”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Black hair, black attire”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Wrapped up all in black”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Girl’s face shiny damp”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“From black sky, black wind”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Busy blue-eyed girl”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Cold stars, moon of ice”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Moonglow on the sand”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Star, moon, and gunshots”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 _ · untitled haiku (“Marshals and gunmen”) · Dean Koontz · pm from False Memory, Headline Books, 1999 · Where God Goes on Vacation · Dean Koontz · pm; “This is the first of two poems deleted with the hope of preventing you from going insane from too much knowledge and to guard against the possibility of your head exploding.” · Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening with Exploding Heads: A Tribute in Verse to Robert Frost · Dean Koontz · pm; “This is the second of two poems deleted with the hope of preventing you from grinding up as sags of disgusting emulsified tissue on the ceiling of your library.” · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Dean Koontz]

Dark of the Woods by Dean R. Koontz (Ace Double, November 1970, 13793, 75¢, 108pp, pb, n., cover by Jeff Jones)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Soft Come the Dragons.