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The Ultimate Zombie ed. Byron Preiss & John Betancourt (Dell, October 1993, 0-440-50534-8, $11.95, 391pp, tp, oa)     Mostly original anthology of 22 stories and a novel excerpt from Anne Rice’s The Witching Hour. 1 · Living with Death · Dennis Etchison · in 7 · Though I Walk Through the Valley · S. P. Somtow · nv 32 · The Doctor · Anne Rice · ex from The Witching Hour, Knopf, 1990 51 · Dead Right · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss 62 · Passengers · Robert Silverberg · ss Orbit 4 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 76 · Bringing the Family [Tucker’s Grove] · Kevin J. Anderson · ss 92 · Restoration Comedy · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · nv 113 · Corporate Takeover · Matthew J. Costello · ss 127 · Emma’s Daughter · Alan Rodgers · nv Weird Tales Fall 1988 157 · Larger than Life · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss 171 · The Potable Zombie · Larry Tritten · ss 175 · Not All the Gay Pageants · John Brunner · nv 199 · Z Is for Zombie · Harlan Ellison · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 200 · Corruption in Office · Don D’Ammassa · ss 214 · The Toddler Pit · A. R. Morlan · nv 241 · Red Angels · Karen Haber · nv 268 · Surprise · Rick Hautala · ss 274 · This One’ll Kill You · Brian Hodge & William Relling, Jr. · ss 289 · House of Lazarus · Frances A. McMahan · ss 302 · Woken with a Kiss · D. F. Lewis · vi 303 · The Front Room · D. F. Lewis · vi 306 · The Silent Majority [Sidney Taine] · Robert Weinberg · ss 322 · The Dead Speaketh Not, They Just Grunt Now and Then · Lionel Fenn · ss 342 · The Other Dead Man · Gene Wolfe · ss Weird Tales Spring 1988 362 · The Third Dead Body · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss 382 · Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Weird Heroes ed. Byron Preiss (Pyramid, October 1975, 0-515-03746-X, $1.50, 256pp, pb, oa, cover by Jim Steranko) 9 · Introduction · Byron Preiss · in 13 · Introduction to Volume 1 · Byron Preiss · in 14 · What Is an Old American Pulp? · Byron Preiss · ar 18 · Introduction to “Quest of the Gypsy” · Byron Preiss · is 20 · Quest of the Gypsy · Ron Goulart · ss; illustrated by Alex Nino 38 · Afterword to “Quest of the Gypsy” · Ron Goulart · as; illustrated by Alex Nino 40 · Introduction to “Stalker: The Darkstar File” · Byron Preiss · is 42 · Stalker: The Darkstar File · Archie Goodwin · na; illustrated by David Sheridan 91 · Afterword to “Stalker: The Darkstar File” · Archie Goodwin · as 95 · Introduction to “Guts” · Byron Preiss · is 96 · Guts · Byron Preiss · nv; illustrated by Jim Steranko 138 · Afterword to “Guts” · Byron Preiss · as 140 · Introduction to “Rose in the Sunshine State” · Byron Preiss · is 142 · Rose in the Sunshine State · Joann Kobin · nv; illustrated by Jeff Jones 174 · Afterword to “Rose in the Sunshine State” · Joann Kobin · as 175 · Minstrel of Lankhmar: A Discussion with Fritz Leiber · Byron Preiss · iv [Ref. Fritz Leiber] 192 · Introduction to “Greatheart Silver in Showdown at Shootout” · Byron Preiss · is 194 · Author’s Foreword to “Greatheart Silver in Showdown at Shootout” · Philip José Farmer · is 196 · Greatheart Silver in Showdown at Shootout [Greatheart Silver] · Philip José Farmer · nv; illustrated by Tom Sutton 244 · Afterword to “Greatheart Silver in Showdown at Shootout” · Philip José Farmer · as 250 · Afterword · Byron Preiss · aw

Weird Heroes Volume 2 ed. Byron Preiss (Pyramid, December 1975, 0-515-04044-4, $1.50, 272pp, pb, oa) 8 · Introduction · Byron Preiss · in 9 · Introduction to Volume 2 · Byron Preiss · in 10 · Doc Phoenix · Ted White · ss 35 · “The New York Review of Bird” · Harlan Ellison · nv 73 · The Camden Kid · Charlie Swift · ss 92 · Viva · Stephen Englehart · nv 123 · SPV 166: The Underground Express! · Elliot S. Maggin · pl 200 · The Return of Greatheart Silver, or The Secret Life of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm [Greatheart Silver] · Philip José Farmer · nv 251 · Na and the Dredspore of Gruaga · Alex Nino · cs 272 · Key to Gruaga · Alex Nino · aw 272 · Afterword · Byron Preiss · aw

Weird Heroes Volume Six ed. Byron Preiss (Pyramid, April 1977, 0-515-04037-1, $1.75, 320pp, pb, oa, cover by Steve Hickman) 7 · Six! · Byron Preiss · in 11 · Shinbet Investigates · Ron Goulart · nv 57 · Orion [Orion] · Ben Bova · nv 109 · Introduction to Fifty Years of Heroes, The Edmond Hamilton Papers, A Memoir · Byron Preiss · is (r) 111 · Fifty Years of Heroes · Edmond Hamilton · ar 137 · Afterword · Julius Schwartz · aw 142 · Edmond Hamilton: The Word-Saver · Forrest J Ackerman · aw 144 · Memoir on Edmond Hamilton · Robert Bloch · aw 147 · Greatheart Silver in the First Command, or Inglories Galore [Greatheart Silver] · Philip José Farmer · na 245 · Galactic Gumshoe · Arthur Byron Cover · na 318 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Weird Heroes Volume Eight ed. Byron Preiss (Jove, November 1977, 0-515-04257-9, $1.75, 281pp, pb, oa) 5 · Introduction · Byron Preiss · in 12 · The Deep Fix · Michael Moorcock · na Science Fantasy #64, April 1964, as by James Colvin 76 · The Big Spell [Kamus of Kadizhar] · J. Michael Reaves · na 140 · Floodtide [Orion] · Ben Bova · na 178 · The Maltese Vulcan [Kamus of Kadizhar] · J. Michael Reaves · nv 229 · The Grant-Robeson Papers · Philip José Farmer · is 231 · Savage Shadow [Doc Savage] · Maxwell Grant (by Philip José Farmer) · nv

Four Legs in the Morning by Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance Publications, October 27, 2011, 978-1-58767-258-3, $35.00, 107pp, hc, oc, cover by Steven C. Gilberts)     Limited to 550 signed and numbered copies. Also available in a traycased edition of 26 signed and lettered, leatherbound, copies ($175). Details taken from online listing. · Four Legs in the Morning [Dr. Sibley] · Norman Prentiss · nv · Flannel Board · Norman Prentiss · ss · The Mask of Tragedies · Norman Prentiss · ss

Beyond Rue Morgue: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1st Detective ed. Charles Prepolec & Paul Kane--- see under Paul Kane.

Curious Incidents: Being a Collection of the Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ed. Charles Prepolec & J. R. Campbell--- see under J. R. Campbell.

Curious Incidents 2: Being a Collection of the Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ed. Charles Prepolec & J. R. Campbell--- see under J. R. Campbell.

Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes ed. Charles Prepolec & J. R. Campbell--- see under J. R. Campbell.

Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes ed. Charles Prepolec & J. R. Campbell--- see under J. R. Campbell.

Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes ed. Charles Prepolec & J. R. Campbell--- see under J. R. Campbell.

Arrow Book of Spooky Stories ed. Edna Mitchell Preston (Scholastic, 1962, TX331, 90pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 11 folk tales and ghost stories aimed at younger readers. 1 · Horace the Happy Ghost · Elizabeth Ireland · ss Story Parade 1951, as “How Horace Learned to Moan” 10 · Never Mind Them Watermelons · Maria Leach · vi Rainbow Book of American Folk Tales ed. Maria Leach, World Publishing, 1958 12 · The Tinker and the Ghost · Ralph S. Boggs & Mary Gould Davis · ss Three Golden Oranges and Other Spanish Folk Tales ed. Ralph Steele Boggs & Mary Gould Davis, Longmans, Green & Co., 1936 22 · The Lucky Man · Maria Leach · vi The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales by Maria Leach, World, 1959 24 · The Stubbornest Man in Maine · Moritz Jagendorf · ss New England Bean Pot by M. Jagendorf, Vanguard Press, 1948 31 · Here We Go! · Maria Leach · ss The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales by Maria Leach, World, 1959 35 · The Friendly Ghost · Elizabeth Yates · ss Spooks and Spirits and Shadowy Shapes, Aladdin Books, 1949 49 · The Dancing Jug · Lupe de Osma · ss The Witches’ Ride and Other Tales from Costa Rica by Lupe de Osma, William Morrow, 1957 59 · The Strange Visitor · Joseph Jacobs · ss English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, David Nutt, 1890 64 · A Shiver of Ghosts · translated by Cyril Birch · ss Chinese Myths and Fantasies by Cyril Birch, Oxford University Press, 1961 79 · The Ghostly Fisherman · Natalie Savage Carlson · ss The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada by Natalie Savage Carlson, Harper & Row, 1942

Wicked Haunted: An Anthology of the New England Horror Writers ed. David Price, Scott T. Goudsward & Daniel G. Keohane--- see under Scott T. Goudsward.

Far Lands, Other Days by E. Hoffmann Price (Carcosa House, December 1975, $15.00, xxi+587pp, hc, co, cover by George Evans) xi · Foreword · E. Hoffmann Price · fw 3 · The Word of Santiago [Pierre d’Artois] · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales February 1926 12 · The Peacock’s Shadow [Pierre d’Artois] · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Weird Tales November 1926 35 · Gray Sphinx [Pierre d’Artois; Davis P. Barrett] · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Strange Detective Stories January 1934, as “The Devil’s Crypt” 56 · Makeda’s Cousin · E. Hoffmann Price · ss 68 · Satan’s Garden [Pierre d’Artois] · E. Hoffmann Price · na Weird Tales April 1934 (+1) 120 · Queen of the Lilin [Pierre d’Artois] · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Weird Tales November 1934 147 · The Dreamer of Atlânaat [Dreamer of Atlânaat] · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales July 1926 161 · A Jest and a Vengeance [Dreamer of Atlânaat] · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales September 1929 174 · Wolves of Kerak · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Golden Fleece December 1938 194 · The Hand of Wrath [Ismeddin] · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales November 1935 212 · One Step from Hell · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Argosy August 5 1939 235 · Web of Wizardry · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Spicy Mystery Stories December 1942 255 · Saladin’s Throne-Rug · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Weird Tales October 1927 274 · Allah Sends a Reaper · E. Hoffmann Price · na Argosy December 30 1939 314 · Khosru’s Garden · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales May 1940 329 · Hasheesh Wisdom · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Spicy Mystery Stories September 1936, as by Hamlin Daly 340 · Snake Goddess · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Strange Stories August 1939 363 · The House of Monoceros · Clark Ashton Smith & E. Hoffmann Price · ss Spicy Mystery Stories February 1941, as “The Old Gods Eat” by E. Hoffmann Price completely rewritten by Price from an original story by Smith. 378 · You Can’t Eat Glory · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Short Stories November 25 1941 390 · Woman in the Case · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Spicy Mystery Stories January 1938 406 · Heart of a Thief · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Argosy January 13 1940 421 · Kiss of Sekhmet · E. Hoffmann Price · ss 434 · Vengeance in Samarra · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Short Stories June 10 1940 455 · Selene Walks by Night · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Spicy Mystery Stories August 1940, as “Selene Slays by Night” 468 · Prayer to Satan · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Spicy Mystery Stories May 1942 481 · A King Is Next to God · E. Hoffmann Price · ss 495 · Shadow Captain · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Speed Mystery July 1943 516 · Peach Blossom Paradise · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Argosy March 1944, as “Sanctuary” 530 · The Hands of Janos · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Speed Mystery March 1944 541 · The Shadow of Saturn · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales March 1950 559 · The Infidel’s Daughter [Ismeddin] · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Weird Tales December 1927

Satans on Saturn by E. Hoffmann Price & Otis Adelbert Kline--- see under Otis Adelbert Kline.

Fantastic Stories: Tales of the Weird and Wondrous ed. Patrick L. Price & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Ashes and Others ed. Robert M. Price--- see under Crypt of Cthulhu #10, Yuletide 1982.

Black Forbidden Things: Cryptical Secrets from the “Crypt of Cthulhu” ed. Robert Price (Starmont House, February 1992, 1-55742-248-6, $11.95, 199pp, tp, an, cover by Bruce Timm)     Collection of letters, essays, and ephemera from the Lovecraftian fanzine. Also available as a hardcover edition (-249-4, $21.95). 1 · Introduction · Robert M. Price · in 3 · Who Wrote “The Mound”? · S. T. Joshi · ar Nyctalops #14, March 1978 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft & Zealia Brown Bishop]; revised. 7 · H.P. Lovecraft and The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath · S. T. Joshi · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #37, Candlemas 1986 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft] 18 · The Sources for “From Beyond” · S. T. Joshi · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #38, Eastertide 1986 24 · Lovecraft and the Regnum Congo · S. T. Joshi · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #28, Yuletide 1984 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft] 30 · Tentacles in Dreamland: Cthulhu Mythos Elements in the Dunsanian Stories · Will Murray · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #15, Lammas 1983 [Ref. Lord Dunsany] 34 · Self-Parody in Lovecraft’s Revisions · Will Murray · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #17, Hallowmas 1983 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft] 37 · The First Cthulhu Mythos Poem · Will Murray · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #20, Eastertide 1984 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft] 41 · Prehuman Language in Lovecraft · Will Murray · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #23, St. John’s Eve 1984 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft] 46 · H.P. Lovecraft’s Fungi from Yuggoth · David E. Schultz · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #20, Eastertide 1984 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft] 52 · Lovecraft’s New York Exile · David E. Schultz · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #30, Eastertide 1985 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft] 60 · E.R.B. and H.P.L. · William Fulwiler · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #66, Lammas 1989 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft & Edgar Rice Burroughs] 66 · Randolph Carter, Warlord of Mars · Robert M. Price · ar Tekeli-li! #1, Spring 1991 69 · The Pseudo-Intellectual in Weird Fiction · Robert M. Price · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #5, Roodmas 1982 72 · August Derleth: Myth-Maker · Robert M. Price · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #6, St. John’s Eve 1982 [Ref. August Derleth] 74 · “Lovecraftianity” and the Pagan Revival · Robert M. Price · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #18, Yuletide 1983 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft] 78 · Cosmic Fear and the Fear of the Lord: Lovecraft’s Religious Vision · Robert M. Price · ar (r) 86 · Chariots of the Old Ones? · Charles Garofalo & Robert M. Price · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #5, Roodmas 1982 88 · The Necronomicon—The Origin of a Spoof · Colin Wilson · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #23, St. John’s Eve 1984 91 · The Diary of Alonzo Typer · William Lumley · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #10, Yuletide 1982 the original draft, subsequently revised by H.P. Lovecraft and published in Weird Tales Feb ’38. 97 · A Sacrifice to Science · Gustav Adolf Danziger · ss In the Confessional and the Following by Gustav Adolph Danziger, 1893 114 · The Automatic Executioner · Gustav Adolf Danziger · ss The Wave November 14 1891 120 · The Tower from Yuggoth [Cthulhu] · Ramsey Campbell · ss Goudy #2, 1961 138 · The Ringer of the Doorbell · Jim Cort · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #61, Yuletide 1988 143 · The Slitherer from the Slime · Lin Carter & Dave Foley · ss Inside #53, September 1958; given as by Lin Carter alone. 147 · Limericks from Yuggoth · Lin Carter · pm Crypt of Cthulhu #12, Eastertide 1983 156 · Mildew from Shaggai · Robert M. Price · pm Dagon #16, January/February 1987 161 · Shards from Shaggai · Robert M. Price · pm Crypt of Cthulhu #75, Michaelmas 1990 165 · Famous Last Words · Robert M. Price · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #8, Michaelmas 1982 167 · Screwtape’s Letter to Cthulhu · Robert M. Price · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #13, Roodmas 1983 168 · Mail-Call of Cthulhu · The Readers · lc Crypt of Cthulhu

Bran Mak Morn: A Play, and Others by Robert E. Howard ed. Robert M. Price--- see under Robert E. Howard.