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Top Science Fiction ed. Josh Pachter (Dent, 1984, 0-460-04647-0, £8.95, 340pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 25 “author’s choice” stories with brief forewords by the authors. vii · Introduction · Josh Pachter · in 1 · All the World’s Tears · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Nebula Science Fiction #21, 1957 12 · The Last Question [Multivac] · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Quarterly November 1956 25 · The Men Who Murdered Mohammed · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958 38 · A Small Kindness · Ben Bova · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact April 1983 52 · There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950 59 · The Totally Rich · John Brunner · nv Worlds of Tomorrow June 1963 83 · Internal Combustion · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Infinity Science Fiction February 1956 99 · Hop-Friend · Terry Carr · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1962 111 · Transit of Earth · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy January 1971 124 · Going Under · Jack M. Dann · nv Omni September 1981 143 · Why Johnny Can’t Speed · Alan Dean Foster · ss Galaxy Science Fiction September/October 1971 155 · Rescue Operation · Harry Harrison · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction December 1964 169 · Mazes · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Epoch ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Putnam, 1975 174 · Endfray of the Ofay · Fritz Leiber · ss If March 1969 189 · A Galaxy Called Rome · Barry N. Malzberg · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1975 208 · The Ship Who Sang [Brainship] · Anne McCaffrey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1961 226 · The Green Marauder [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v2 #1, 1980 231 · A Typical Day · Doris Piserchia · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1974 242 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue February/March 1966 248 · Capricorn Games · Robert Silverberg · nv The Far Side of Time ed. Roger Elwood, Dodd, Mead, 1974 266 · The Engineer and the Executioner · Brian M. Stableford · nv Amazing Science Fiction Stories May 1975 281 · Film Library · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1946 301 · The Cosmic Express · Jack Williamson · ss Amazing Stories November 1930 309 · Daisy, in the Sun · Connie Willis · nv Galileo November 1979 327 · In Looking-Glass Castle · Gene Wolfe · ss TriQuarterly #49, Fall 1980

Tabloid Purposes 3 ed. Nickolaus Albert Pacione (Lake Fossil Press, November 25, 2008, $16.90, 486pp, tp, oa, cover by Nickolaus Pacione)     Details taken from online listing. i · The Return to a Series · Nickolaus A. Pacione · in 1 · Awake Ghost Song · Donna Taylor Burgess · nv 39 · Back Here, in These Dark Woods · J. M. Heluk · ss 45 · Sicknicity · Stephen C. Hallin · ss 52 · One Eyed Teddy · Jeremy Schneider · ss 63 · Flying Cigars · Nickolaus A. Pacione · ss 72 · Gull Tender · Ken Goldman · ss Night Terrors #1, June 1996 85 · The Horror Beyond Gable Way · Charles O’Connor, III · ss 97 · Lot’s Children · Joseph Baneth Allen · nv 127 · O’Shea’s Pub · Melyssa G. Sprott · ss 132 · The Shadow in the Dark · Woodruff Laputka · ss 137 · In the Shadow of Regimold · Mary E. Rose · ss 145 · Ankou · D. C. Sowders · nv 192 · The Dark Room · William Malmborg · ss 199 · House of Eden · Liam Rands · ss 211 · The Office in the Corner · David Halk · nv 237 · Electric Vampires · David Wright · ss 253 · The Roach · Paul J. Hamm · ss 264 · Season of the Cats · William L. Massey · nv 286 · Ubel · Carol Allen · ss 296 · In the Great Dismal · John Bushore · ss 307 · Ghosts · Thomas Sproule · ss 315 · Dan Keith’s Shadow · Brian Ames · ss 322 · Grave of the Devil · S. G. Cardin · ss 330 · The Abdicationists · Kevin MacAughbrey · ss 342 · A Quiet Place, an Earthen Mound · Richard Harland · nv 367 · Tricks, Mischief and Mayhem · David I. Russell · ss 375 · The Art of the Deal · Jason Andrew · ss 391 · Leap of Faith · J. R. Cain · ss 407 · You Know What Happens After Dark · B. Pagel · ss 423 · I Want My Alien Back · Lawrence R. Dagstine · ss Beyond Centauri July 2008 431 · The Stickman of Lake Buckatabon · Tyler Hyton · ss 440 · Cat’s Eye · Jeani Rector · ss Black Petals (online) #45, Fall 2008 445 · Digital Reality · Zahid Zaman · ss 453 · The Merger · Casey Gordon · ss 460 · Grace · Paige Smith · ss 466 · White Blur · Alex Rivera · ss

Magic Tails ed. Janet Pack & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles ed. Jimmy Packham, Emily Alder & Joan Passey--- see under Emily Alder.

Line to Tomorrow by Lewis Padgett (Bantam, August 1954, 1251, 25¢, 184pp, pb, co, cover by Mitchell Hooks)     Given as Line to Tomorrow and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction on the cover. 1 · Line to Tomorrow · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore) · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1945 15 · A Gnome There Was · Lewis Padgett · nv Unknown Worlds October 1941, as by Henry Kuttner 44 · What You Need · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1945 61 · Private Eye · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore) · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1949 94 · The Twonky · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore) · nv Astounding Science-Fiction September 1942 118 · Compliments of the Author · Lewis Padgett · nv Unknown Worlds October 1942, as by Henry Kuttner 157 · When the Bough Breaks · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore) · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1944

Robots Have No Tails by Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) (Gnome Press, 1952, $2.75, 224pp, hc, co, cover by Ric Binkley) 7 · The Proud Robot [Galloway Gallegher] · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · nv Astounding Science-Fiction October 1943 53 · Gallegher Plus [Galloway Gallegher] · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1943 107 · The World Is Mine [Galloway Gallegher] · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · nv Astounding Science-Fiction June 1943 150 · Ex Machina [Galloway Gallegher] · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1948 194 · Time Locker [Galloway Gallegher] · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · nv Astounding Science-Fiction January 1943

The World Is Dead ed. Kim Paffenroth (Permuted Press, September 15, 2009, 978-1-934861-25-7, $14.95, 288pp, tp, oa, cover by Christian Dovel)     Details taken from online listing. · Dead Man’s Land · David Wellington · ss · The Visitor · Jack Ketchum · ss The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard by Jack Ketchum, Obsidian Books, 1998 · Glorietta · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss · The Loneliest Man in the World · Bobbie Metevier · ss · Genuflect · William D. Carl · ss · Dead Men Can’t Complain · Peter Clines · ss · December Warming · William Bolen · ss Something Wicked #8, November 2008 · Bridge Over the Cunene · Gustavo Bondoni · ss · A Bite to Remember · Jennifer Brozek · ss · What Comes After · Kris Dikeman · ss The Book of Final Flesh ed. James Lowder, Eden Studios, 2003 · The Office Party · Walter Jarvis · ss · The New Dumb · Kyle Johnson · ss · The Blue Word · Carole Lanham · ss · Gather Round, Gather Round · Dave Macpherson · ss · Fleeing, on a Bicycle with Your Father, from the Living Dead · Ralph Robert Moore · ss Midnight Street #7, Spring/Summer 2006 · Cured Meat · Christine Morgan · ss · The Song of Absent Birds · Mark Onspaugh · ss · Working Man’s Burden · David Pinnt · ss

Heroic Fantasy ed. Gerald W. Page & Hank Reinhardt (DAW, April 1979, 0-87997-455-9, $1.95, 320pp, pb, oa) 7 · Editor’s Introduction · Gerald W. Page & Hank Reinhardt · in 11 · Sand Sister [Witch World] · Andre Norton · na 58 · The Valley of the Sorrows · Galad Elflandsson · ss 69 · Ghoul’s-Head · Donald J. Walsh, Jr. · ss 81 · Commentary on Swords and Swordplay · Hank Reinhardt · ar 86 · Astral Stray [Voidal] · Adrian Cole · nv 105 · Blood in the Mist · E. C. Tubb · nv 134 · Commentary on Armor · Hank Reinhardt · ar 138 · The Murderous Dove [Cyrion] · Tanith Lee · ss 153 · Death in Jukun · Charles R. Saunders · ss 169 · The De Pertriche Ring · H. Warner Munn · nv 206 · Commentary on Courage and Heroism · Hank Reinhardt · ar 211 · The Hero Who Returned · Gerald W. Page · nv 235 · The Riddle of the Horn [Julian] · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 251 · The Age of the Warrior · Hank Reinhardt · ss 266 · The Mistaken Oracle · A. E. Silas · ss 280 · Demonsong · F. Paul Wilson · ss 299 · The Seeker in the Fortress [Kardios, The Last Atlantean] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv

Nameless Places ed. Gerald W. Page (Arkham House, December 1975, 0-87054-073-4, $7.50, viii+280pp, hc, oa)     27 original stories in continuation of the August Derleth anthology series. vii · Foreword · Gerald W. Page · fw 3 · Glimpses [Cthulhu] · A. A. Attanasio · nv 34 · The Night of the Unicorn · Thomas Burnett Swann · ss 40 · The Warlord of Kul Satu · Brian N. Ball · ss 45 · More Things · G. N. Gabbard · ss 51 · The Real Road to the Church · Robert Aickman · ss 70 · The Gods of Earth · Gary Myers · ss 74 · Walls of Yellow Clay · Robert E. Gilbert · ss 85 · Businessman’s Lament · Scott Edelstein · ss 88 · Dark Vintage · Joseph F. Pumilia · ss 99 · Simaitha · David A. English · ss 107 · In the Land of Angra Mainyu · Stephen Goldin · ss 122 · Worldsong · Gerald W. Page · ss 129 · What Dark God? [Cthulhu] · Brian Lumley · ss 137 · The Stuff of Heroes · Bob Maurus · ss 144 · Forringer’s Fortune · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss 159 · Before the Event · Denys Val Baker · ss 166 · In ’Ygiroth · Walter C. DeBill, Jr. · ss 173 · The Last Hand · Ramsey Campbell · ss 182 · Out of the Ages · Lin Carter · nv 206 · Awakening · David Drake · ss 209 · In the Vale of Pnath · Lin Carter · ss 214 · Chameleon Town · Carl Jacobi · ss 228 · Botch · Scott Edelstein · ss 230 · Black Iron · David Drake · ss 238 · Selene · E. Hoffmann Price · ss 255 · The Christmas Present · Ramsey Campbell · ss broadcast on BBC Radio Merseyside on December 24th, 1969. 262 · Lifeguard · Arthur Byron Cover · ss 274 · Biographical · [uncredited] · bg

The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series IV ed. Gerald W. Page (DAW, November 1976, 0-87997-263-7, $1.25, 208pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Gerald W. Page · in 10 · Forever Stand the Stones · Joseph F. Pumilia · ss Jack the Knife ed. Michel Parry, Mayflower, 1975 29 · And Don’t Forget the One Red Rose · Avram Davidson · ss Playboy September 1975 35 · The Christmas Present · Ramsey Campbell · ss Nameless Places ed. Gerald W. Page, Arkham House, 1975 broadcast on BBC Radio Merseyside on December 24th, 1969. 42 · A Question of Guilt · Hal Clement · nv 79 · The House on Stillcroft Street · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1975 87 · The Recrudescence of Geoffrey Marvell [E. Strickland] · G. N. Gabbard · ss 99 · Something Had to Be Done · David Drake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1975 105 · Cottage Tenant · Frank Belknap Long · nv Fantastic Stories April 1975 130 · The Man with the Aura · R. A. Lafferty · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #10, 1974 141 · White Wolf Calling · Charles L. Grant · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1975 154 · Lifeguard · Arthur Byron Cover · ss Nameless Places ed. Gerald W. Page, Arkham House, 1975 166 · The Black Captain · H. Warner Munn · ss Moonbroth #21, 1975 172 · The Glove · Fritz Leiber · ss Whispers June 1975 185 · No Way Home · Brian Lumley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1975 202 · The Lovecraft Controversy—Why? · E. Hoffmann Price · ar [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]

The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series V ed. Gerald W. Page (DAW, July 1977, 0-87997-311-0, $1.50, 237pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Gerald W. Page · in 9 · The Service · Jerry Sohl · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1976 17 · Long Hollow Swamp · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1976 27 · Sing a Last Song of Valdese [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Chacal v1 #1, 1976 44 · Harold’s Blues [Cthulhu] · Glen Singer · ss Cthulhu: Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos #1, 1976 56 · The Well · H. Warner Munn · nv 94 · A Most Unusual Murder · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1976 107 · Huzdra · Tanith Lee · ss 126 · Shatterday · Harlan Ellison · ss Gallery September 1975 140 · Children of the Forest · David Drake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1976 159 · The Day It Rained Lizards · Arthur Byron Cover · ss 179 · Followers of the Dark Star · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Mystery Monthly August 1976 194 · When All the Children Call My Name · Charles L. Grant · ss 214 · Belsen Express · Fritz Leiber · ss The Second Book of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber, DAW, 1975 227 · Where the Woodbine Twineth · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976

The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI ed. Gerald W. Page (DAW, July 1978, 0-87997-387-0, $1.75, 239pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Gerald W. Page · in 11 · At the Bottom of the Garden · David Campton · ss Armada Sci-Fi 1 ed. Richard Davis, Armada, 1975 22 · Screaming to Get Out · Janet Fox · ss Weirdbook #12, 1977 29 · Undertow [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers August 1977 60 · I Can Hear the Dark · Dennis Etchison · ss 68 · Ever the Faith Endures · Manly Wade Wellman · ss 79 · The Horse Lord · Lisa Tuttle · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1977 94 · Winter White · Tanith Lee · ss 113 · A Cobweb of Pulsing Veins · William Scott Home · ss Hollow Faces, Merciless Moons ed. W. Paul Ganley, Ganley, 1977 125 · Best of Luck · David Drake · ss 131 · Children of the Corn · Stephen King · nv Penthouse March 1977 160 · If Damon Comes [Oxrun Station] · Charles L. Grant · ss 172 · Drawing In · Ramsey Campbell · ss 180 · Within the Walls of Tyre · Michael Bishop · nv Weirdbook #13, 1978 207 · There’s a Long, Long Trail A-Winding · Russell Kirk · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976