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Tesseracts Sixteen: Parnassus Unbound ed. Mark Leslie (Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, September 2012, 978-1-894063-92-0, C$15.95, 257pp, tp, oa, cover by Jeff Johnson)     Original anthology of 22 stories (five reprints) and six poems by Canadian writers, including Robert J. Sawyer, Scott Overton, and Sean Costello. Details taken from online listing. 1 · The Fountain · Mark Leslie · in 5 · Ghost in the Meme · Ryan Oakley · ss 16 · Back in Black · Chadwick Ginther · ss 26 · Mathom Measures · Sandra Kasturi · pm 28 · Artistic License · Robert H. Beer · ss; given as “Artistic Licence” in the Table of Contents and on the running heads. 37 · Saturn in G Minor · Stephen Kotowych · nv L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXIII ed. Algis Budrys, Galaxy, 2007 52 · Zombie Poet · Carolyn Clink · pm 54 · The Language of Dance · Rebecca M. Senese · ss 60 · Gregor Samsa Was Never in the Beatles · J. J. Steinfeld · ss Word Burials by J. J. Steinfeld, Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink, 2009 66 · Immortality · Robert J. Sawyer · ss Stars ed. Janis Ian, Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2003 75 · Sixteen Colors · David Clink · pm 77 · Bemused · L. T. Getty · ss 89 · Once Upon a Midnight · Scott Overton · ss In Poe’s Shadow ed. A. W. & Jennifer L. Gifford, Dark Opus Press, 2011 99 · Drumbeats · Kevin J. Anderson & Neil Peart · ss Shock Rock II ed. Jeff Gelb, Pocket, 1994 116 · Zombie Descartes Writes a Personal Ad · Carolyn Clink · pm 117 · Writer’s Block · Sean Costello · ss The Horror Show Spring 1985 128 · Theater of the Vulnerable · Virginia O’Dine · ss 132 · The Day the Music Died · Randy McCharles · ss 139 · Microfiche, or, The Indexing of History · Sandra Kasturi · pm 140 · Blink · Michael Kelly · ss 144 · Burning Beauty · Melissa Yuan-Innes · ss 155 · The Faun and the Sylphide · Derwin Mak · ss 169 · I’m with the Band · Kimberly Foottit · ss 180 · My Teenage Ångström Poem · David Clink · pm 181 · Cult Stories · Hugh A. D. Spencer · nv 214 · Three Thousand Miles of Cold Iron Tears · Steve Vernon · ss 229 · Slava the Immortal · Matthew Jordan Schmidt · ss 237 · Old Soul · Adria Laycraft · ss 246 · The Song of Conn and the Sea People · Jeff Hughes · pm

Masquerades, Studies of the Morbid by Shane Leslie (John Long, 1924, 7/6d, 318pp, hc, co) · The Pope’s Temptation · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · Connemara · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · Inspiration · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · Balthasar the Cruel · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · A Saving Phantasm · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · Jealousy · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · The Drummer of Gordonmuir · Shane Leslie · ss Ainslee’s January 1916 · The Supreme Complement · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · A Study in Smoke · Shane Leslie · ss Scribner’s Magazine September 1921 · The Missionary · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · Midir and Etain · Shane Leslie · ss · Kathleen · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · John Saltus · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · Loaded Dice · Shane Leslie · ss Scribner’s Magazine December 1922 · At the High Tables · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · A Saint · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · Cannes · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · The Necrophiles · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · The Beau Geste · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · The Evil Eye · Shane Leslie · ss (r) · The Weird Gilly · Shane Leslie · ss The Catholic World March 1917

Sad Monsters by Frank Lesser (Penguin/Plume, October 2011, 978-0-452-29739-5, $13.00, xiv+171pp, tp, oc, cover by Willie Real)     Original collection of 39 humorous vignettes/very short stories, two previously published in slightly different form, about the trials and tribulations of various monsters. Illustrated by Willie Real. xiii · Growling on the Outside, Crying on the Inside · Frank Lesser · in 1 · Questioning Godzilla’s Existence · Frank Lesser · vi 5 · Missed Possessions · Frank Lesser · vi 9 · The Yeti Wears Prada · Frank Lesser · vi Slate 13 · His Fangs Just Aren’t That Into You · Frank Lesser · vi 19 · The Mummy’s Curse: Cankles · Frank Lesser · vi 23 · How to Find the Genie of Your Dreams (and Keep Him Coming Back for More) · Frank Lesser · vi Slate 27 · The Best Tears of Your Life · Frank Lesser · vi 31 · Learning from Your Teleporter Mistakes · Frank Lesser · vi 35 · The Joy of Unicorns · Frank Lesser · vi 39 · You Suck One Goat… · Frank Lesser · vi 43 · Giant Ape Class-Action Lawsuit · Frank Lesser · vi 49 · Groom of Frankenstein · Frank Lesser · vi 53 · The Passive-Aggressive Monster in the Closet · Frank Lesser · vi 57 · Diet Hansel · Frank Lesser · vi 61 · Night of the Living · Frank Lesser · vi 69 · The Werewolf Whisperer · Frank Lesser · vi 75 · On-Again, Off-Again, Alive-Again · Frank Lesser · vi 79 · To Sleep, Perchance to Drain: A Suicide Note from a Claw-Foot Bathtub · Frank Lesser · vi 83 · When Bad Things Happen to Good Mer-People · Frank Lesser · vi 87 · Unsuccessful Monsters · Frank Lesser · vi 91 · The Riddle Artist: How to Seduce Any Sphinx · Frank Lesser · vi 95 · Crypto-Racism · Frank Lesser · vi 99 · St. Patrick’s Morning After · Frank Lesser · vi 103 · The Ordinary Spider-Man · Frank Lesser · vi 107 · There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute · Frank Lesser · vi 111 · Igor’s Résumé · Frank Lesser · vi 115 · The Partisan Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Frank Lesser · vi 121 · The Invisible Hell of the Market · Frank Lesser · vi 125 · Gremlin Owner’s Manual · Frank Lesser · vi 129 · The Roommate of Dorian Gray · Frank Lesser · vi 133 · Some Gorgans Have All the Luck · Frank Lesser · vi 137 · The New York Art Show Massacre · Frank Lesser · vi 141 · Whoa Oh, Here She Comes · Frank Lesser · vi 145 · Dr. Van Helsing’s Patient Notes · Frank Lesser · vi 149 · Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Who Aren’t Over Fifty Feet Tall · Frank Lesser · vi 155 · Seeing Other Dead People · Frank Lesser · vi 159 · Dearly Departed Departed · Frank Lesser · vi 163 · Kids Slay the Darnedest Things · Frank Lesser · vi 167 · A Living Dead Will · Frank Lesser · vi

Masters of Science Fiction, Volume 8: Milton Lesser: “A” as in Android and Other Stories by Milton Lesser (Armchair Fiction, January 30, 2013, 978-1-61287-128-8, $16.95, 320pp, tp, co, cover by Leo Morey from Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories May 1951)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · “A” as in Android · Milton Lesser · ss Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories May 1951 19 · Voices in the Void · Milton Lesser · nv Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories November 1951 49 · The Double Occupation · Milton Lesser · nv Fantastic Universe January 1955 89 · No-Risk Planet · Milton Lesser · nv Imagination March 1955 111 · The Music of the Spheres · Milton Lesser · ss Imaginative Tales September 1956 124 · Code of the Bluster World · Milton Lesser · ss Imaginative Tales January 1956 142 · All Flesh Is Brass · Milton Lesser · ss Fantastic Adventures August 1952 155 · It’s Raining Frogs! · Milton Lesser · nv Imagination December 1950 188 · Anything Your Heart Desires · Milton Lesser · ss Fantastic Adventures November 1951, as by Stephen Marlowe 204 · Black Eyes and the Daily Grind · Milton Lesser · ss If March 1952 222 · The Impossible Weapon · Milton Lesser · ss Amazing Stories January 1952 240 · From Hidden Worlds · Milton Lesser · nv Amazing Stories August 1951 277 · Pen Pal · Milton Lesser · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1951 295 · My Sweetheart’s the Man in the Moon · Milton Lesser · ss Infinity Science Fiction December 1956

Looking Forward ed. Milton Lesser (The Beechhurst Press, November 1953, LC:53-11680, $4.95, 400pp, hc, an, cover by Kurt Werth) 11 · Science Fiction Comes of Age · Milton Lesser · in 17 · Today—and Yesterday · Milton Lesser · si 19 · The Man from Outside [Quarantine] · Jack Williamson · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1951 36 · We Kill People · Lewis Padgett · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1946 56 · Win the World · Chad Oliver · ss Startling Stories February 1952, as “The Subversives” 67 · The Little Creeps · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · nv Amazing Stories December 1951 110 · Highway · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ss Science Fiction Quarterly #8, Fall 1942, as by Wilfred Owen Morley 123 · Exile · Edmond Hamilton · ss Super Science Stories May 1943 128 · The Power · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1945 149 · The Day After Tomorrow · Milton Lesser · si 151 · The Man in the Moon · Mack Reynolds · ss Amazing Stories July 1950 173 · Production Test · Raymond F. Jones · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1949 195 · Lion’s Mouth · Stephen Marlowe · ss Fantastic Adventures June 1952 211 · In This Sign [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, 1951, as “The Fire Balloons” 230 · Victory Unintentional [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories August 1942 251 · The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years · Don Wilcox · nv Amazing Stories October 1940 287 · Imagination Unlimited · Milton Lesser · si 289 · The Last Monster · Poul Anderson · ss Super Science Stories August 1951, as “Terminal Quest” 309 · The King of Thieves [Magnus Ridolph] · Jack Vance · ss Startling Stories November 1949 329 · Man of Destiny · John Christopher · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1951 338 · Lulungomeena · Gordon R. Dickson · nv 357 · Ultima Thule · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1951 374 · Into Thy Hands · Lester del Rey · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1945 395 · Transience · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories July 1949

Stories by Doris Lessing (Everyman’s Library US, August 2008, 978-0-307-26988-1, $26.00, 655pp, hc, co)     Collection of 35 stories. Introduction by Margaret Drabble. This includes a select bibliography and detailed chronology. vii · Introduction · Margaret Drabble · in xix · Select Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi xx · Chronology · [uncredited] · ms 3 · The Habit of Loving · Doris Lessing · nv The Habit of Loving by Doris Lessing, MacGibbon & Kee, 1957 28 · The Woman · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 41 · Through the Tunnel · Doris Lessing · ss The New Yorker August 6 1955 51 · Pleasure · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 66 · The Witness · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 78 · The Day Stalin Died · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 90 · Wine · Doris Lessing · ss The Habit of Loving by Doris Lessing, MacGibbon & Kee, 1957 96 · He · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 103 · The Eye of God in Paradise · Doris Lessing · na (r) 163 · The Other Woman · Doris Lessing · nv (r) 221 · One Off the Short List · Doris Lessing · nv (r) 248 · A Woman on a Roof · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 258 · How I Finally Lost My Heart · Doris Lessing · ss A Man and Two Women by Doris Lessing, MacGibbon & Kee, 1963 270 · A Man and Two Women · Doris Lessing · ss A Man and Two Women by Doris Lessing, MacGibbon & Kee, 1963 289 · A Room · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 294 · England versus England · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 314 · Two Potters · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 328 · Between Men · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 341 · Our Friend Judith · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 360 · Each Other · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 369 · Homage for Isaac Babel · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 373 · Outside the Ministry · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 383 · Dialogue · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 395 · Notes for a Case History · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 413 · To Room Nineteen · Doris Lessing · nv A Man and Two Women by Doris Lessing, MacGibbon & Kee, 1963 448 · An Old Woman and Her Cat · Doris Lessing · ss Short Story Monthly #2, November 1981 464 · Side Benefits of an Honourable Profession · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 477 · A Year in Regent’s Park · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 496 · Report on the Threatened City · Doris Lessing · nv Playboy November 1971 529 · Mrs. Fortescue · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 545 · An Unposted Love Letter · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 555 · Lions, Leaves, Roses · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 561 · Not a Very Nice Story · Doris Lessing · nv (r) 584 · The Other Garden · Doris Lessing · ss (r) 589 · The Temptation of Jack Orkney · Doris Lessing · na (r)

The Rout of the Ollafubs by Katharine G. Lethbridge (Faber and Faber, 1964, 21/-, 189pp, hc, co) · The Rout of the Ollafubs · Katharine G. Lethbridge · ss (r) · On Picking Up a Baby · Katharine G. Lethbridge · ss (r) · The House That Had Learned to Keep Still · Katharine G. Lethbridge · ss (r) · The Music Lesson · Katharine G. Lethbridge · ss (r) · Ice Bear and Spun Bear · Katharine G. Lethbridge · ss (r) · The Wishes · Katharine G. Lethbridge · ss (r)

How We Got Insipid by Jonathan Lethem (Subterranean Press, June 2006, 1-59606-054-9, $35.00, 107pp, hc, co, cover by Blake Lethem)     Collection of two stories, with a new afterword by the author. Illustrated by Blake Lethem. This is a signed limited edition of 1,500; a lettered edition of 26 is also available ($225.00). 4 · How We Got in Town and Out Again · Jonathan Lethem · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1996 47 · The Insipid Profession of Jonathan Hornebom · Jonathan Lethem · nv Full Spectrum 5 ed. Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree & Janna Silverstein, Bantam Spectra, 1995 103 · How I Got Insipid: An Afterword · Jonathan Lethem · aw (r)