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The Ammonite Violin & Others by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, August 2010, 978-1-59606-305-1, $25.00, hc, co, cover by Richard A. Kirk)     Collection of 20 stories, most erotic dark fantasy, first published by Kiernan in the subscription-only Sirenia Digest. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition with bonus chapbook, Sanderlings, is also available ($45.00). 11 · Making Her Own Light · Jeff VanderMeer · in 15 · Madonna Littoralis · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2005 23 · Orpheus at Mount Pangeum · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest January 2006 31 · Bridle · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest February 2006 39 · For One Who Has Lost Herself · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2006 55 · Ode to Edvard Munch · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest May 2006 63 · The Cryomancer’s Daughter (Murder Ballad No. 3) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2006 81 · A Child’s Guide to the Hollow Hills · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest September 2006, as “Untitled 23” 87 · The Ammonite Violin (Murder Ballad No. 4) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2006 103 · The Lovesong of Lady Ratteanrufer · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest November 2006 119 · Metamorphosis A · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest November 2006 129 · The Sphinx’s Kiss · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest January 2007 141 · The Voyeur in the House of Glass · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2006 155 · Metamorphosis B · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2006 163 · Skin Game · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest February 2007 171 · The Hole with a Girl in Its Heart · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest March 2007, as “Untitled 26” 179 · Outside the Gates of Eden · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest May 2007 187 · In the Dreamtime of Lady Resurrection · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2007 197 · Anamnesis, or the Sleepless Nights of Léon Spilliaert · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2007 207 · Scene in the Museum (1896) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest August 2007 221 · The Madam of the Narrow Houses · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2007

The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, November 2013, 978-1-59606-586-4, $40.00, 273pp, hc, co, cover by Vincent Chong)     Collection of 13 stories, with notes on each. A leatherbound signed, limited edition ($60.00) of 600 numbered copies, with a bonus hardcover chapbook (“Black Helicopters”) are also available. Details taken from online listing. 11 · Introduction · Caitlín R. Kiernan · in 15 · The Steam Dancer (1896) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2008 27 · The Maltese Unicorn · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Supernatural Noir ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, 2011 59 · One Tree Hill (The World as Cataclysm) [Cthulhu] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2012 77 · The Colliers’ Venus (1893) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Naked City ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's Griffin, 2011 103 · Galápagos · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2009 125 · Tall Bodies · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2012 131 · As Red as Red · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Haunted Legends ed. Ellen Datlow & Nick Mamatas, Tor, 2010 147 · Hydraguros · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest January 2010 169 · Slouching Towards the House of Glass Coffins · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest August 2011 181 · Tidal Forces · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2011 197 · The Sea Troll’s Daughter · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Swords & Dark Magic ed. Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, Subterranean Press, 2010 221 · Random Notes Before a Fatal Crash · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv 249 · The Ape’s Wife [King Kong] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Clarkesworld #12, September 2007 269 · Notes · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ms

The Aubergine Alphabet by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, April 2017, hc, nv)     Chapbook only available with the leatherbound edition of Dear Sweet Filthy World. Details taken from publisher’s website.

Beneath an Oil-Dark Sea by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, November 30, 2015, 978-1-59606-706-6, $45.00, 605pp, hc, co, cover by Lee Moyer)     Collection of 27 stories, short novel Black Helicopters, and one poem, selected by Kiernan from her works from 2004 to 2013. This is the second of two volumes in The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan series, and comes with a complete bibliography of her works. Also available in a leatherbound edition of 600 numbered, signed, copies ($60.00), including the bonus hardcover, False/Starts II. Volume two in “The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan”. Details taken from online listing. 11 · Introduction · S. T. Joshi · in 19 · Bradbury Weather · Caitlín R. Kiernan · na Subterranean #2, 2005 55 · Pony · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest January 2006 65 · Untitled 17 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest February 2006 71 · A Child’s Guide to the Hollow Hills · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest September 2006, as “Untitled 23” 79 · The Cryomancer’s Daughter (Murder Ballad No. 3) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2006 95 · The Ammonite Violin (Murder Ballad No. 4) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2006 111 · A Season of Broken Dolls · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2007 127 · In View of Nothing · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest March 2007 147 · The Ape’s Wife [King Kong] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Clarkesworld #12, September 2007 169 · The Steam Dancer (1896) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2008 181 · In the Dreamtime of Lady Resurrection · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2007 191 · Pickman’s Other Model (1929) [Cthulhu] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest March 2008 217 · Galápagos · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2009 241 · The Melusine (1898) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest June 2008 255 · As Red as Red · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Haunted Legends ed. Ellen Datlow & Nick Mamatas, Tor, 2010 273 · Fish Bride (1970) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest May 2009 285 · The Mermaid of the Concrete Ocean · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books, 2015 299 · The Sea Troll’s Daughter · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Swords & Dark Magic ed. Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, Subterranean Press, 2010 323 · Hydraguros · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest January 2010 345 · Houndwife [Cthulhu] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Black Wings II ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2012 361 · The Maltese Unicorn · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Supernatural Noir ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, 2011 393 · Tidal Forces · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2011 409 · And the Cloud That Took the Form · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2010 417 · The Prayer of Ninety Cats · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Subterranean (online) Spring 2013 451 · Daughter Dear Desmodus · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest September 2011 457 · Goggles (c.1910) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Steampunk Revolution ed. Ann VanderMeer, Tachyon, 2012 471 · One Tree Hill (The World as Cataclysm) [Cthulhu] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2012 489 · Black Helicopters · Caitlín R. Kiernan · na Subterranean Press, November 30 2013; illustrated by Vince Locke 575 · Atlantis · Caitlín R. Kiernan · pm Strange Horizons March 5 2012

B Is for Beginnings by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, February 2009, ph, co, cover by Richard A. Kirk)     Chapbook collection of three stories distributed with the signed, limited, edition of A Is for Alien. · Between the Flatirons and the Deep Green Sea · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss High Fantastic ed. Steve Rasnic Tem, Ocean View Books, 1995 · Persephone · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Aberrations #27, March 1995 · Hoar Isis · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss The Urbanite #6, 1995

The Black Alphabet by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, January 2007, ph, ss)     Reprint short story distributed with the leatherbound, limited, edition of Tales from the Woeful Platypus.

Black Helicopters by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, November 30, 2013, 89pp, hc, na, cover by Vince Locke)     This chapbook was included with the signed limited edition of The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories. Details taken from online listing.

Bradbury Weather by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, January 2024, 978-1-64524-150-8, $50.00, 800pp, hc, co, cover by Richard Powers)     Also available in a limited edition of 600 numbered, signed, copies distributed with the bonus volume, Living a Boy’s Adventure Tale ($125). Details taken from publisher website. · Author’s Introduction · Caitlín R. Kiernan · in · Riding the White Bull · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Argosy Magazine January/February 2004 · Faces in Revolving Souls · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Outsiders ed. Nancy Holder & Nancy Kilpatrick, Roc, 2005 · Onion · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Wrong Things by Poppy Z. Brite & Caitlín R. Kiernan, Subterranean Press, 2001 · Galápagos · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2009 · Zero Summer · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Subterranean #6, 2007 · The Pearl Diver · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss FutureShocks ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2006 · In View of Nothing · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest March 2007 · Ode to Katan Amano · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Frog Toes and Tentacles by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Subterranean Press, 2005 · Hydraguros · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest January 2010 · A Season of Broken Dolls · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2007 · Tidal Forces · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2011 · The Steam Dancer (1896) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2008 · The Dry Salvages · Caitlín R. Kiernan · na Subterranean Press, November 2004 · The Worm in My Mind’s Eye · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Subterranean Press, 2005 · Tall Bodies · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2012 · Paleozoic Annunciation · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest August 2009 · Our Lady of Arsia Mons · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest August 2012 · I Am the Abyss and I Am the Light · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2008 · The Road of Needles · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Once Upon a Time ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books, 2013 · Another Tale of Two Cities · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest November 2011 · Goggles (c.1910) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Steampunk Revolution ed. Ann VanderMeer, Tachyon, 2012 · A Barrenness of Daffodils, A Lerna of Ills · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2021 (+1) · Ballad of a Catamite Revolver · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest March 2017 · Whilst the Night Rejoices Profound and Still · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2012 · Cherry Street Tango, Sweatbox Waltz · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest August 2018 · A Chance of Frogs on Wednesday · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest June 2018 · M Is for Mars · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Houses Under the Sea by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Centipede Press, 2018 · Bradbury Weather · Caitlín R. Kiernan · na Subterranean #2, 2005

Cambrian Tales by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, December 2021, 170pp, hc, oc, cover by Ray Troll)     Distributed with the numbered edition of Vile Affections · Author’s Preface · Caitlín R. Kiernan · pr · Untitled Space Opera Fragment (1979) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · Dinosaur Novel Fragment (1979 or 1980) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · “Down in the Basement” (1981) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · Untitled Fantasy 1 (October 26, 1981) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · Untitled Fantasy 2 (1981 or 1982) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · “Sutter’s Mountain” Fragment 1 (1981 or 1982) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · “Sutter’s Mountain” Fragment 2 (1981 or 1982) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · Bedtime Story (1982 or 1983) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · The Burning (1984) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · Another Christmas Carol (1984) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · The Valley of the Shadow (Revisited) (1986) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · The Fall (1986-1987) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · Chevy Swamp (1986-1987) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · Forward for “The Leviathans” (1988) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · is · Hadrosaur (1988) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · Untitled Vampire Story (1990 or 1991) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · uw · Poems (1981) · Hitchhiker in South Alabama (Two Quotes) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · pm · The Traveler · Caitlín R. Kiernan · pm · August Rising · Caitlín R. Kiernan · pm · Trade Day · Caitlín R. Kiernan · pm · Untitled Poem 1 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · pm · Untitled Poem 2 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · pm

Candles for Elizabeth by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Meisha Merlin, May 1998, 0-9658345-8-1, $5.00, 60pp, ph, co, cover by Ken Meyer, Jr.)     Chapbook collection of three horror stories, one original, with an introduction by Poppy Z. Brite. 9 · Introduction · Poppy Z. Brite · in 11 · The Last Child of Lir · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss The Urbanite #8, Spring 1997 29 · A Story for Edward Gorey · Caitlín Kiernan · ss Wetbones #2, Fall 1997 41 · Postcards from the King of Tides · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss 61 · Caitlín R. Kiernan Biography · [uncredited] · bg

The Chartreuse Alphabet (A Fifth Primer) by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, November 30, 2018, 72pp, hc, na)     Distributed with the lettered edition of The Dinosaur Tourist.

Comes a Pale Rider by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, January 2021, 978-1-59606-985-5, $40.00, 186pp, hc, co, cover by Ted Naifeh) [Dancy Flammarion]     Also available in a leatherbound edition, limited to 600 numbered, signed, copies, accompanied by the exclusive bonus hardcover, Refugees ($65.00). Details taken from publisher website. · Bus Fare [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2014 · Dancy vs. the Pterosaur [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest #111, 2015 · Tupelo [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv · Dreams of a Poor Wayfaring Stranger [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv · Requiem [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss · Afterword · Caitlín R. Kiernan · aw

Confessions of a Five-Chambered Heart by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press, July 2012, 978-1-59606-473-7, $40.00, 324pp, hc, co, cover by Lee Moyer)     Collection of 25 erotic/“weird romance” stories, all originally published by Kiernan in the Sirenia Digest. Also available in a limited edition of 600 signed numbered leatherbound copies, including the bonus hardcover collection, The Yellow Book for $60.00. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Sexing the Weird · Caitlín R. Kiernan · in 13 · The Wolf Who Cried Girl · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest November 2007 27 · The Bed of Appetite · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2007 41 · Subterraneus · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2007, as “Untitled 31” 47 · The Collector of Bones · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest January 2008 57 · Beatification · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest February 2008 63 · Untitled Grotesque · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest September 2007 75 · Flotsam · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2008 81 · Regarding Attrition and Severance · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2008 93 · Rappaccini’s Dragon (Murder Ballad No. 5) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest May 2008 107 · Unter den Augen des Mondes · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest June 2008 113 · The Melusine (1898) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest June 2008 127 · Fecunditatum (Murder Ballad No. 6) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2008, as “Murder Ballad No. 6” 143 · I Am the Abyss and I Am the Light · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2008; given as “I Am the Abyss, and I Am Light” on the story itself. 159 · Dancing with the Eight of Swords · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest November 2008 171 · Murder Ballad No. 7 · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2008 181 · Lullaby of Partition and Reunion · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest December 2008 191 · Derma Sutra (1891) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2008 205 · The Thousand-and-Third Tale of Scheherazade · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest January 2009 219 · The Belated Burial · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest January 2009 227 · The Bone’s Prayer · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest February 2009 245 · A Canvas for Incoherent Arts · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest March 2009 253 · The Peril of Liberated Objects, or the Voyeur’s Seduction · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2009 259 · Pickman’s Other Model (1929) [Cthulhu] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest March 2008 285 · At the Gate of Deeper Slumber · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2009 303 · Fish Bride · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest May 2009 315 · “But She Also Lies Broken and Transformed” · Sonya Taaffe · aw