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A Shot in the Dark by Saki (Hesperus Press, December 2006, 978-1-84391-128-9, £6.99, 89pp, tp, co) [edited by Adam Newell]     Details taken from online listing. · Foreword · Jeremy Dyson · fw · Introduction · Adam Newell · in · Dogged · Saki · ss St. Paul’s Magazine February 1899, as by H. H. M. · Travelling with Aunt Tom · Saki · lt The Square Egg by H. H. Munro, John Lane, 1924, as “Letter to Ethel Munro, August 17, 1901 (“Travelling with Aunt Tom_”)” by H. H. Munro · A Jungle Story · Saki · ss The Morning Post December 7 1903 · The Garden of Eden · Saki · vi The Square Egg by H. H. Munro, John Lane, 1924, as “untitled (“In endeavouring to get Eve to eat the Forbidden Fruit”)” by H. H. Munro · The Pond · Saki · ss The Bystander February 21 1912 · The Holy War · Saki · ss The Morning Post May 6 1913, as by H. H. Munro · The Almanack · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 17 1913, as by H. H. Munro · A Sacrifice to Necessity · Saki · ss The Bystander October 15 1913 · A Housing Problem · Saki · ss The Bystander July 9 1913 · A Shot in the Dark · Saki · ss The Bystander December 3 1913 · The East Wing · Saki · ss Lucas’ Annual ed. E. V. Lucas, Macmillan, 1914 · The Miracle Merchant · Saki · pl One Act Plays for Stage and Study, Eighth Series ed. ANon., Samuel French, 1934 · On Being Company Orderly Corporal · Saki · ar 22nd Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers’ Fortnightly Gazette June 7 1915, as by H. H. Munro · Tobermory · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 27 1909

Sredni Vashtar & Other Stories by Saki (Travelman, July 1, 1998, 1-86092-013-6, £1.50, ph, co)     Collection of three classic stories reprinted in a “folded map” format for reading while travelling. In the “Travelman Comedy” series. · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 · The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, 1911 · The Lumber Room · Saki · ss The Morning Post, as by H. H. Munro

Ancient, Ancient by Kiini Ibura Salaam (Aqueduct Press, May 2012, 978-1-933500-96-6, $18.00, vi+253pp, tp, oc, cover: Woman in the Sea by Niko Guido)     Collection of 13 stories, three original. Introduction by Nisi Shawl. Details taken from online listing. iii · Annunciation · Nisi Shawl · in 1 · Desire · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss Dark Matter: Reading the Bones ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect, 2004 19 · Of Wings, Nectar, & Ancestors · Kiini Ibura Salaam · nv 41 · MalKai’s Last Seduction · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss 54 · At Life’s Limits · Kiini Ibura Salaam · nv Dark Matter ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect, 2000 81 · Debris · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss Ideomancer March 2007 85 · Rosamojo · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss Mojo: Conjure Stories ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Warner Aspect, 2003 101 · Battle Royale · Kiini Ibura Salaam · nv 124 · Ferret · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss Infinite Matrix January 1 2003 130 · K-USH: The Legend of the Last Wero · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss 148 · Bio-Anger · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss 165 · Marie · Kiini Ibura Salaam · nv 189 · Ancient, Ancient · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss 194 · Pod Rendezvous · Kiini Ibura Salaam · ss

Drums Around the Fire ed. Beverly Marshall Saling & Ed McKeogh--- see under Anon..

The Shores Beneath ed. James Sallis (Avon, August 1971, V2396, 75¢, 192pp, pb, an, cover by Ron Walotsky) 9 · Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones · Samuel R. Delany · nv New Worlds #185, December 1968 47 · The Graveyard Heart · Roger Zelazny · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination March 1964 105 · Masterson and the Clerks · John Sladek · na New Worlds #175, September 1967 157 · The Asian Shore · Thomas M. Disch · nv Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970

The War Book ed. James Sallis (Rupert Hart-Davis, September 1969, 0-246-98600-X, 30/-, 188pp, hc, an)     Also in pb (Panther 1971). 11 · Introduction · James Sallis · in 15 · The Price · Algis Budrys · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1960 19 · In Passage of the Sun · George Collyn · nv New Worlds SF #164, July 1966 45 · 1-A · Thomas M. Disch · ss New Worlds #181, April 1968 57 · Game · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker July 31 1965 63 · The Foxholes of Mars · Fritz Leiber · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1952 73 · Down the Rabbit Hole · Norman Spinrad · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1966, as “Technicality” 79 · Pacifist · Mack Reynolds · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1964 99 · Your Soldier Unto Death · Michael Walker · ss If October 1966 111 · And then the dark— · James Sallis · ss 121 · The Weapon · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1951 125 · Or Else · Henry Kuttner (with C. L. Moore) · ss Amazing Stories August/September 1953 135 · The Liberation of Earth · William Tenn · ss Future Science Fiction May 1953 155 · Crab Apple Crisis · George MacBeth · ss New Worlds SF #167, 1966 163 · The House by the Crab Apple Tree · S. S. Johnson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1964

Deep Museum: Ghost Stories of a Melancholic by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Ash-Tree Press, December 15, 2003, 1-55310-059-X, C$60.00, xvii+267pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe)     World Fantasy Award-winning writer and editor Jessica Amanda Salmonson has collected together the majority of her ghostly tales and poems for this long-awaited volume. Limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $47.50 and in the UK for £29.00. ix · The Tragic Adventures of a Superstitous Child · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pr 1 · Part I: The Deep Museum 3 · The House That Knew No Hate · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · nv The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987 29 · The Toad Witch · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Tales of Witchcraft ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara, 1991 37 · In the Red House · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Fantasy Macabre #5, 1985 40 · Jeremiah [Penelope Pettiweather] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · nv Harmless Ghosts by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Haunted Library, 1990 55 · Harmless Ghosts [Penelope Pettiweather] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Harmless Ghosts by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Haunted Library, 1990 62 · The Hounds of the Hearth [Penelope Pettiweather] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Harmless Ghosts by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Haunted Library, 1990 78 · The Hotel · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss 86 · A Mere Tragedy · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Hag’s Tapestry by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, The Haunted Library, 1986 90 · The Itinerant · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss 97 · The Phantom Ship · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Phantom Waters by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Press, 1995 102 · Autumn Guest · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss 108 · Blind Man on the Bus · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Shadows 8 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1985, as “The Blind Man” 111 · A Mirror for Eyes of Winter · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Gothic Ghosts ed. Wendy Webb & Charles Grant, Tor, 1997 123 · The Hungering Lass; A Little Legend of the Rhine · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Weirdbook #21, Autumn 1985 126 · The Noviciate · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Weirdbook #29, Autumn 1995 129 · Mamishka and the Sorcerer · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss The Darker Side: Generations of Horror ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2002 136 · The Apartment · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss The Haunted Wherry ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, The Strange Company, 1985; revised and corrected for the World Horror Convention 2001 Program Book. 145 · Part II: Bone Wings 147 · Bone Wings · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Not One of Us #6, April 1990 148 · In the Palace of Dreams · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Deathrealm #30, Winter 1996/1997 150 · In the Looking Glass, Life Is Death · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Deathrealm #17, Fall/Winter 1992 151 · House of Omens · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Blue Motel ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1994 153 · Agnostic’s Final Breath · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm 154 · Lute · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Deathrealm #16, Spring 1992 155 · Walk in Sable · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Haunts #22, Fall/Winter 1991 157 · Dream-taught · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm 158 · Black the Water · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Fantasy Tales, #5 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1990 159 · Granny Obia · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm University of Washington Daily literary supplement November 1989 160 · Night Edged in Silver · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Dagger of the Mind #1, 1990 161 · Puppet · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Dark Dreams #5, 1987 162 · Sheeted Traveler · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Eldritch Tales #23, Summer 1990 163 · Tomorrow I Will Slink Away · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Eldritch Tales #18, 1989 164 · Little Sad Spirit · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm The Ghost Garden by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Dark Dreams Press, 1988 165 · No One in the House · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm 167 · Black Rainbow · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Deathrealm #26, Winter 1995/1996 168 · The Crone · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm Eldritch Tales #15, 1988 169 · Part III: The Forsaken Reliquary: A Catalog of Imaginary Tints 171 · Proem (In a Broken Suitcase) · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · gp (r) _172 · I: The Mournful Pangolin · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _173 · II: Mnemosyne’s Dew-laden Harp · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _174 · III: The Satyr with the Hairbrush Tail · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _175 · IV: A Midnight Ride in the Garden of Abomination · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _176 · V: This Is Our In-and-Out Planet · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _177 · VI: Thinking of Mrs Partridge · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _178 · VII: Swan Gate Recital · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _179 · VIII: Mice Bear Dreams out of Twilight · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _180 · IX: The Girl with Bluejays in Her Chest · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _181 · X: The Tragedy of Seraphim · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _182 · XI: In the Party Room · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _183 · XII: The Flattering Decline of Toti · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _184 · XIII: Spider in the Eye of the Moon · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _185 · XIV: My Life with Athena · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _186 · XV: The Grocery Run; or, Three Percussions · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _187 · XVI: Theme for Burned Orphanage · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) _188 · Envoi (Scourging the Ancient of Days) · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · pm (r) 189 · Part IV: Legends of Old America 191 · Ghoul John and the Corpse · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Phantom Waters by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Press, 1995 196 · The Mysterious Hermit of Little Falls · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Phantom Waters by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Press, 1995 201 · The Woman Who Turned to Soap [Penelope Pettiweather] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Phantom Waters by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Press, 1995 206 · Explanation of a Ghost · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Eldritch Tales #29, Fall 1993 212 · Excerpt from an Old Journal · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Hag’s Tapestry by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, The Haunted Library, 1986 218 · John and the Magic Skillet · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Fantasy Tales, v.11 #3 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1989 223 · The Night It Came · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Weirdbook #28, Autumn 1993 235 · Mrs Carr’s Tale of Peshnekai’s Ghost · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss 240 · The Fairhaven Phantom Train · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Shadows and Silence ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2000; subtitled “A Christmas Ghost Story”. 245 · The Last Passenger · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss The Mysterious Doom by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Books, 1992 250 · The Headless Colonel · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss The Mysterious Doom by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Sasquatch Books, 1992 259 · The Queen Mum [Penelope Pettiweather] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Fantasy Macabre #15, 1992 265 · Sources and Acknowledgements · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ms

Amazons! ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson (DAW, December 1979, 0-87997-503-2, $2.25, 206pp, pb, oa)     Fantasy anthology of women warriors. · Amazons · Melanie Kaye · pm Conditions #2, 1978 7 · Our Amazon Heritage · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · in 16 · The Dreamstone · C. J. Cherryh · ss 31 · Wolves of Nakesht · Janrae Frank · ss 51 · Woman of the White Waste · T. J. Morgan · ss 61 · The Death of Augusta · Emily Brontë; edited by Joanna Russ · pm 67 · Morrien’s Bitch [Morrien & Riska] · Janet Fox · ss 84 · Agbewe’s Sword [Dossouye] · Charles R. Saunders · nv 107 · Jane Saint’s Travails [Jane Saint] · Josephine Saxton · ss 117 · The Sorrows of Witches · Margaret St. Clair · ss 126 · Falcon Blood [Witch World] · Andre Norton · ss 143 · The Rape Patrol · Michele Belling · ss 153 · Bones for Dulath · Megan Lindholm · ss 171 · Northern Chess [Jaisel] · Tanith Lee · ss 188 · The Woman Who Loved the Moon · Elizabeth A. Lynn · nv 204 · Additional Reading · Jessica Amanda Salmonson & Susan Wood · bi

Amazons II ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson (DAW, June 1982, 0-87997-736-1, $2.95, 239pp, pb, oa) 7 · Art, History and Amazons · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · in 20 · For a Daughter · F. M. Busby · nv 54 · The Battle Crow’s Daughter · Gillian Fitzgerald · ss 71 · Southern Lights · Tanith Lee · nv 95 · Zroya’s Trizub · Gordon Derevanchuk · ss 110 · The Robber Girl · Phyllis Ann Karr · ss 131 · Lady of the Forest End · Gael Baudino · ss 148 · The Ivory Comb · Eleanor Arnason · ss 158 · The Borders of Sabazel · Lillian Stewart Carl · ss 177 · Who Courts a Reluctant Maiden · Ardath Mayhar · ss 187 · The Soul Slayer · Lee Killough · ss 203 · Nightwork · Jo Clayton · ss 222 · In the Lost Lands · George R. R. Martin · ss

City of the Sea and Other Ghost Stories by Jerome K. Jerome ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson--- see under Jerome K. Jerome.

The Empire of Death and Other Strange Stories by Alice Brown ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson--- see under Alice Brown.

The Golden Gong and Other Night-Pieces by Thomas Burke ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson--- see under Thomas Burke.

The Haunted Wherry & Other Rare Ghost Stories ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson (The Strange Company, 1985, vii+97pp, tp, an)     A beautifully produced small press publication of rare ghost stories. iii · These Timeless Tales · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · in v · The Wood of Dreams · Georgia Wood Pangborn · pm Scribner’s Magazine June 1906 1 · The Presence · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · ss Harper’s Bazar January 1910 6 · A Phantom of the Mines · Robert Howard Syms · ss The Cosmopolitan April 1894 13 · The Ghost Baby · Francis Romano Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1890 23 · The Haunted Wherry · Esther Serle Kenneth · ss Ballou’s Monthly Magazine February 1871 27 · Mother’s Boy · Linda Thornton · ss 36 · The Ghosts’ Ordinary · Walter Blackburn Harte · ss New England Magazine October 1893 43 · The Waiting-Room · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review July 1926 47 · Bixby’s Bridge · Georgia Wood Pangborn · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1917 53 · The Eve of St. John in a Deserted Châlet · Frank Cowper · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine July 1891 62 · The Queen Anne Farthing · Helen C. Smith · ss Evansville Review November 29 1979 66 · The Gray Collie · Georgia Wood Pangborn · ss Scribner’s Magazine July 1903 69 · Fisher’s Ghost · John Lang, uncredited · nv Household Words #154, March 5 1853 derived from a report by W. Kerr in Tegg’s Monthly Magazine, Aug 1836. 73 · We Who Do Not See Ghosts · Fleta Campbell Springer · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1926 78 · The Apparition of Youth · Richard Le Gallienne · vi (r) 80 · The Burned House · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Century Magazine October 1916 85 · The Brooch · Phyllis Leonard · ss 93 · The Apartment · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss