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Somewhere in the Night by Jeffrey N. McMahan (Alyson, October 1989, 1-55583-157-5, $7.95, 182pp, tp, oc)     Collection of eight original horror stories with gay protagonists. These are good contemporary horror with two particularly excellent black comedies about a vampire boutique-worker who cuts his victims’ heads off to avoid the competition. 7 · Two-Faced Johnny · Jeffrey N. McMahan · ss 19 · Somewhere in the Night [Andrew] · Jeffrey N. McMahan · ss 30 · The Apartment Possessed · Jeffrey N. McMahan · ss 49 · Character Development · Jeffrey N. McMahan · ss 58 · The Dark Red Day · Jeffrey N. McMahan · nv 81 · Who Could Ask for Anything More? · Jeffrey N. McMahan · ss 92 · Hell Is for Children [Andrew] · Jeffrey N. McMahan · na 165 · Fantasyland · Jeffrey N. McMahan · ss

Breaking Hearts by Gary McMahon (D-Press, June 2004, no ISBN, £2.00, 27pp, ph, oc, cover by Carole Humphreys)     Fantasy/horror collection. 2 · Breaking Hearts · Gary McMahon · ss 20 · What’s Eating You? · Gary McMahon · ss

Brutal Spirits by Gary McMahon (Swan River Press, February 2008, €5.00, 20pp, ph, ss, cover by Meggan Kehrli) [Haunted Histories]     Given as Charles Urban’s Brutal Spirits edited by Gary McMahon. Limited to 150 hand-numbered copies. Volume four in the series. Details taken from publisher website.

How to Make Monsters by Gary McMahon (Morrigan Books, 2008, 978-91-977605-1-5, £6.95, 172pp, tp, co) 11 · Chill · Gary McMahon · ss 18 · Through the Cracks · Gary McMahon · ss 32 · The Unseen · Gary McMahon · ss 41 · Pumpkin Night · Gary McMahon · ss Estronomicon October 2007 47 · Owed · Gary McMahon · ss 60 · Why Ghosts Wail · Gary McMahon · ss Bare Bone #8, 2005 66 · Accidental Damage · Gary McMahon · ss 75 · Nowhere People · Gary McMahon · ss Supernatural Tales #10, 2006 90 · Family Fishing · Gary McMahon · ss The Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2007 104 · Something in the Way · Gary McMahon · ss Bare Bone #10, 2007 121 · A Stillness in the Air · Gary McMahon · ss 129 · Once a Month, Every Month · Gary McMahon · ss 134 · Save Us All · Gary McMahon · ss 143 · A Bit of the Dark · Gary McMahon · ss

Pieces of Midnight by Gary McMahon (Ash-Tree Press, January 2010, 978-1-55310-116-1, C$49.00, ix+195pp, hc, co, cover by Keith Minnion)     This is a limited edition of 500. A world-wide edition available in the US for $49.00 and in the UK for £29.00. Details supplied by Denny Lien. vi · Introduction · Steve Duffy · in 3 · Black Glass · Gary McMahon · nv The Second Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2008 16 · The Knocking · Gary McMahon · ss Thrilling Tales #1, 2006 24 · All the Lonely Places · Gary McMahon · ss 35 · Brutal Spirits [Haunted Histories] · Gary McMahon · ss Swan River Press, February 2008; first published as a Haunted Histories chapbook. 47 · My Grandfather’s Ghosts · Gary McMahon · ss At Ease with the Dead ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2007 51 · The Sand King · Gary McMahon · ss All Hallows #42, October 2006 67 · Slap · Gary McMahon · ss Black Static #5, June/July 2008 76 · Before She Leaves · Gary McMahon · ss 82 · My Autumn Hands · Gary McMahon · ss 89 · A Shade of Yellow · Gary McMahon · ss Dead Souls ed. Mark S. Deniz, Morrigan Books, 2009 97 · Loving Angels · Gary McMahon · ss The Gray Friar Christmas Special ed. Gary Fry, Gray Friar Press, 2007 104 · Brokenback Isle · Gary McMahon · ss Shades of Darkness ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2008 120 · Meg o’ Green Weeds · Gary McMahon · ss Beyond the Borderland #2, December 2006 131 · Road Flowers · Gary McMahon · ss 139 · Paint It Black · Gary McMahon · ss 159 · A Rustle of Paper · Gary McMahon · ss 167 · Safety Dance · Gary McMahon · nv 189 · Sources · [uncredited] · ms 190 · Story Notes · Gary McMahon · ms

Tiny Torments by Gary McMahon (ZedHed Press, November 2003, 26pp, ph, oc)     Collecton of eight (very) short stories, five original. 2 · Introduction · Gary McMahon · in 4 · Words to the Wise · Gary McMahon · vi 6 · Long Buried · Gary McMahon · ss Roadworks #5, Summer 1999 11 · Call Me · Gary McMahon · vi Whispers of Wickedness (online) 14 · Waiting for the Sun · Gary McMahon · vi 16 · Getting Together · Gary McMahon · ss 20 · Going to Ground · Gary McMahon · vi 22 · Neighbours · Gary McMahon · vi Nasty Piece of Work #8, June 1998 24 · Goodbyes · Gary McMahon · vi

Visions Fading Fast ed. Gary McMahon (Pendragon Press UK, February 29, 2012, 978-1-906864-33-0, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · Blues Before Sunrise · Joel Lane · na · The Dancer in the Dark · Reggie Oliver · nv Mrs. Midnight and Other Stories by Reggie Oliver, Tartarus Press, 2011 · The History Thief · Kaaron Warren · na · Night Closures · Paul Meloy · na · Wild Acre · Nathan Ballingrud · nv

We Fade to Grey ed. Gary McMahon (Pendragon Press UK, September 2008, 978-0-9554452-8-6, £7.99, 220pp, tp, oa, cover by Mark West)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Mark Morris · in · The Pumping Station · Paul Finch · nv · Bliss · Stuart Young · nv · Heads · Gary McMahon · nv · The Mill · Mark West · nv · The Narrows · Simon Bestwick · na

The Bewitched Fiddle and Other Irish Tales by Seumas MacManus (Doubleday & McClure, 1900, ix+240pp, hc, co) · The Bewitched Fiddle · Seumas MacManus · ss · The Wisdom of Dark Pathrick · Seumas MacManus · ss The Century Magazine November 1899 · When Myles Maguire Melted · Seumas MacManus · ss · Pathrick’s Proxy · Seumas MacManus · ss The Cosmopolitan January 1900 · Corney Clery’s Balance · Seumas MacManus · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly May 1899 · The Staff of the “Universe” · Seumas MacManus · ss · The Cadger-Boy’s Last Journey · Seumas MacManus · ss · The 3 Master Tradesmen · Seumas MacManus · ss The Outlook February 3 1900 · Condy Sheeran’s Courtin’ · Seumas MacManus · ss · Billy Lappin’s Search for a Fortune · Seumas MacManus · ss The Century Magazine February 1900

Call to the Edge by Sean McMullen (Aphelion, March 1992, 1-875346-06-6, $10.00, 245pp, tp, co, cover by Nick Stathopoulos)     Collection of nine stories, four original, with an introduction by Michael J. Tolley. 1 · Introduction · Michael J. Tolley · in 7 · The Colours of the Masters · Sean McMullen · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1988 29 · The Eyes of the Green Lancer · Sean McMullen · nv 63 · Destroyer of Illusions · Sean McMullen · nv 91 · Alone in His Chariot · Sean McMullen · ss Eidolon Summer 1991 111 · The Deciad · Sean McMullen · ss Omega Science Digest November/December 1986 135 · Pax Romana · Sean McMullen · nv 171 · While the Gate Is Open · Sean McMullen · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1990 197 · The Devils of Langenhagen · Sean McMullen · nv 225 · The Dominant Style · Sean McMullen · ss Aurealis #4, 1991

Colours of the Soul by Sean McMullen (ReAnimus Press, October 8, 2013, 978-1-4929-2900-0, $14.99, 294pp, tp, co)     The book’s title is spelled “Colours of the Soul”, but the title story is spelled “Colors of the Soul” on the title page and in the table of contents. Details taken from online listing. 5 · Colors of the Soul · Sean McMullen · ss Interzone #152, February 2000 25 · Queen of Soulmates · Sean McMullen · nv Dreaming Down-Under ed. Jack Dann & Janeen Webb, Voyager Australia, 1998 49 · The Measure of Eternity · Sean McMullen · ss Interzone #205, August 2006 67 · Hard Cases · Sean McMullen · ss Light Touch Paper, Stand Clear ed. Edwina Harvey & Simon Petrie, Peggy Bright Books, 2012 75 · The Precedent · Sean McMullen · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2010 105 · The Twilight Year · Sean McMullen · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2008 129 · The Cascade · Sean McMullen · ss Agog! Smashing Stories ed. Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2004 145 · The Engines of Arcadia · Sean McMullen · ss FutureShocks ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2006 159 · Spacebook · Sean McMullen · nv Anywhere but Earth ed. Keith Stevenson, Coeur de Lion Publishing, 2011 179 · The Empire of the Willing · Sean McMullen · ss Future Washington ed. Ernest Lilley, WSFA, 2005 195 · Unthinkable · Sean McMullen · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2000 201 · The Mask of Terminus · Sean McMullen · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2000 223 · Mother of Champions · Sean McMullen · ss Interzone #222, June 2009 243 · Nine Hundred Days · Sean McMullen · ss 261 · Enigma · Sean McMullen · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2011 285 · Credits · [uncredited] · ms 287 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg

Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West: 1950 to the Present ed. Larry McMurtry (Simon & Schuster, July 2000, 0-684-86882-2, $26.00, 352pp, hc, an) 11 · Introduction · Larry McMurtry · in 17 · Buglesong · Wallace Stegner · ss The Collected Stories of Wallace Stegner by Wallace Stegner, Random House, 1990 26 · The Closed Season · Dave Hickey · ss Prior Convictions by Dave Hickey, Southern Medthodist University Press, 1989 44 · Chickens · Dao Strom · ss The Southern Anthology ed. R. Sebastian Bennett, Tim Siemers & Laura Denton, 1996 65 · Romero’s Shirt · Dagoberto Gilb · ss (r) 73 · Good Rockin’ Tonight · William Hauptman · nv Playboy May 1981 99 · The Mexican Girl · Jack Kerouac · ss The Paris Review #11, Winter 1955 124 · True Romance · Ron Hansen · ss Esquire May 1984 135 · White Line Fever · Diana Ossana · ss (r) 157 · Glissando · Robert Boswell · ss (r) 178 · Dogs · Tom McGuane · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1986 184 · The Red Convertible · Louise Erdrich · ss Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984 196 · Gas Stations · Max Apple · ss (r) 203 · Cul-de-sacs · Mark Jude Poirier · ss (r) 219 · Mahatma Joe · Rick Bass · nv (r) 254 · Indians · Jon Billman · ss (r) 267 · Rock Springs · Richard Ford · nv Esquire February 1982 292 · The Third Thing That Killed My Father Off · Raymond Carver · ss What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver, Knopf, 1981 revised from “Dummy” (Discourse, Summer 1967). 305 · Brokeback Mountain · Annie Proulx · nv The New Yorker October 13 1997 334 · Lullaby · Leslie Marmon Silko · ss Chicago Review Summer 1974 345 · The Pedersen Kid · William H. Gass · na MSS Spring 1961

The Wilful Eye ed. Nan McNab & Isobelle Carmody--- see under Isobelle Carmody.

Something Breathing by Stanley McNail (Arkham House, 1965, $3.00, 44pp, hc, co, cover by Frank Utpatel) 13 · What the Voice Said · Stanley McNail · pm 14 · Metamorphoses · Stanley McNail · pm 15 · Lines to an Unbeliever · Stanley McNail · pm 16 · Dark Counsel · Stanley McNail · pm 17 · The Sounds She Knew · Stanley McNail · pm 18 · The Feast · Stanley McNail · pm 19 · Night Things · Stanley McNail · pm 20 · Who Goes There? · Stanley McNail · pm 21 · After the Rite · Stanley McNail · pm 22 · Three Sisters · Stanley McNail · pm 23 · Lights Along the Road · Stanley McNail · pm 24 · The Broken Wall · Stanley McNail · pm 25 · Merlin’s Robe · Stanley McNail · pm 26 · Lottie Mae · Stanley McNail · pm The Black Hawk Country by Stanley McNail, Hickory Stick Press, 1960 27 · The Gray People · Stanley McNail · pm 28 · The Covered Bridge · Stanley McNail · pm 29 · Miss Pinnie’s Clothes · Stanley McNail · pm 30 · The Tall, Spare Summer · Stanley McNail · pm 31 · Nobody Knows Where Mary Went · Stanley McNail · pm 32 · The Red Beard of Fascinus · Stanley McNail · pm 33 · Dialogue · Stanley McNail · pm 34 · Elsie’s House · Stanley McNail · pm Footsteps in the Attic by Stanley McNail, Galley Sail Publications, 1958 35 · The Witchmark · Stanley McNail · pm 36 · Follow the Wind · Stanley McNail · pm 37 · The Secrets of Cisterns · Stanley McNail · pm The Black Hawk Country by Stanley McNail, Hickory Stick Press, 1960 38 · These Anglers · Stanley McNail · pm 39 · Old Black Billy Goat · Stanley McNail · pm 40 · The Witch · Stanley McNail · pm San Francisco Star 41 · Watson’s Landing · Stanley McNail · pm 42 · A Note from Mother · Stanley McNail · pm 43 · The House on Maple Hill · Stanley McNail · pm The Black Hawk Country by Stanley McNail, Hickory Stick Press, 1960 44 · Uncle Charlie · Stanley McNail · pm

High Infidelity: 24 Great Short Stories About Adultery by Some of Our Best Contemporary Authors ed. John McNally (Morrow, July 1997, 0688151744, 320pp, hc, an)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Introduction · John McNally · in (r) · Adultery · Russell Banks · ss Mother Jones April/May 1986 · The Wild · Sara Powers · ss Story Winter 1995 · When Dogs Bark · Charles W. Harvey · ss Story Spring 1995 · Secret · Ivy Goodman · ss Epoch v43 #3, 1994 · Goodness · David Huddle · ss Five Points Winter 1997 · My Wild Life · Abby Bardi · ss (r) · Flipflops · Robert Boswell · ss (r) · A Hole in the Language · Marly Swick · ss (r) · Ike and Nina · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss The Paris Review #85, Fall 1982 · Bitter Love · Lynne McFall · ss Story Winter 1991 · No Pain Whatsoever · Richard Yates · ss (r) · Buoyancy · Richard Russo · ss (r) · Cleaning House · Alyce Miller · ss (r) · The Middle Man · Bharati Mukherjee · ss Playboy April 1986 · Hairball · Margaret Atwood · ss (r) · Pie Dance · Molly Giles · ss The Henfield Prize Stories ed. John Birmingham, Laura Gilpin & Joseph F. McCrindle, Warner, 1992 · The First Snow · Daniel Lyons · ss Story Winter 1993 · Silent Partners · Robley Wilson · ss (r) · Dick York · Max Garland · ss (r) · Spats · Valerie Martin · ss The Consolation of Nature & Other Stories by Valerie Martin, Houghton Mifflen, 1988 · When Love in Autumn Blooms · Gregg Palmer · ss (r) · The Year of Getting to Know Us · Ethan Canin · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1987 · Ray Sips a Low Quitter · Amy Knox Brown · ss (r) · The Lovely Troubled Daughters of Our Old Crowd · John Updike · ss The New Yorker April 6 1981