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Chained/Love Captive by Dallas Mayo & Mel Johnson--- see under Mel Johnson.

Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic ed. Eduardo Jiménez Mayo & Chris N. Brown (Small Beer Press, December 13, 2011, 978-1-931520-31-7, $16.00, xxiv+261pp, tp, oa, cover by Jamie Stolarski)     Details taken from online listing. xiii · Better Than a Mirror · Bruce Sterling · in xvii · When Fixed Ideas Take Flight · Eduardo Jiménez Mayo · in xxi · Introduction · Chris N. Brown · in 1 · Today, You Walk Along a Narrow Path · María Isabel Aguirre; translated by Rebecca Huerta · ss 5 · The Guest · Amparo Dávila; translated by Anna Guercio · ss translated from the Spanish (“El Huesped”, Tiempo Destrozado by Amparo Dávila, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1959). 13 · Murillo Park · Agustín Cadena; translated by C. M. Mayo · ss 25 · The Hour of the Fireflies · Karen Chacek; translated by Michael J. DeLuca · ss 31 · Waiting · Iliana Estañol; translated by Joanna Tilley · ss 43 · Hunting Iguanas · Hernán Lara Zavala; translated by Eduardo Jiménez Mayo · ss 51 · 1965 · Edmée Pardo; translated by Lesly Betancourt-González · ss 59 · Variation on a Theme of Coleridge · Alberto Chimal; translated by Chris N. Brown · ss translated from the Spanish (“Variación sobre un tema de Coleridge Brown”). 61 · Photophobia · Mauricio Montiel Figueiras; translated by Jen Hofer · ss 79 · The Last Witness to Creation · Jesús Ramírez Bermúdez; translated by Eduardo Jiménez Mayo · ss 89 · Rebellion · Queta Navagómez; translated by Rebecca Huerta · ss 91 · Future Perfect · Gerardo Sifuentes; translated by Chris N. Brown · ss 101 · Luck Has Its Limits · Beatriz Escalante; translated by Stephen Jackson · ss 111 · The Stone · Donají Olmedo; translated by Emily Eaton · ss 115 · Trompe-l’œil · Mónica Lavín; translated by Andrea Rosenberg · ss 121 · Lions · Bernardo Fernández; translated by Chris N. Brown · ss 129 · A Pile of Bland Desserts · Yussel Dardón; translated by Osvaldo de la Torre · ss 135 · Amalgam · Amélie Olaiz; translated by Armando García · ss 139 · The Nahual Offering · Carmen Rioja; translated by Emily Eaton · ss 147 · Pachuca Second Street · Lucía Abdó; translated by Emily Eaton · ss 151 · Wittgenstein’s Umbrella · Óscar de la Borbolla; translated by Sara Gilmore · ss 157 · Mannequin · Esther M. Garcia; translated by Chris N. Brown · ss 159 · Mr. Strogoff · Guillermo Samperio; translated by Steve Vásquez Dolph · ss 163 · The Mediator · Ana Gloria Álvarez Pedrajo; translated by Anisia Rodríguez · ss 165 · The Pin · Leo Mendoza; translated by Armando García · ss 171 · Future Nereid · Gabriela Damián Miravete; translated by Michael J. DeLuca · ss 183 · Pink Lemonade · Liliana V. Blum; translated by Toshiya Kamei · ss 191 · The Return of Night · René Roquet; translated by Armando García · ss 201 · Three Messages and a Warning in the Same Email · Ana Clavel; translated by Elsy Jackson · ss 207 · The President Without Organs · Pepe Rojo; translated by Chris N. Brown · ss 217 · The Transformist · Horacio Sentíes Madrid; translated by Eduardo Jiménez Mayo & José Alejandro Flores · ss 225 · The Drop · Claudia Guillén; translated by Leah Leone · ss 231 · Wolves · José Luis Zárate; translated by Bernardo Fernández & Chris N. Brown · ss 235 · The Infamous Juan Manuel · Bruno Estañol; translated by Anisia Rodríguez · ss

Morgan Library Ghost Stories ed. Hope Mayo & Inge Dupont--- see under Inge Dupont.

Beat to a Pulp, Round Two ed. Matthew P. Mayo & David Cranmer--- see under David Cranmer.

Where Legends Ride: New Tales of the Old West ed. Matthew Mayo (Express Westerns, 2007, pb, oa) · Introduction · David Whitehead · in (r) · Stretch-Hemp Station · Ben Bridges · ss · Crazy She Called Him · Roy Carlton · ss · Desert Surrender · Kit Churchill · ss · A Time to Live · Jack Giles · ss · The Ballad of Jesse Barnett · Lance Howard · ss · Hecate · P. McCormac · ss · Bubbles · Ross Morton · ss · Once Upon a Time in Mirage · I. J. Parnham · ss · Hard Times for the Pecos Kid · Lee Pierce · ss · The Man Who Tracked a River · Derek Rutherford · ss · Pretty Polly · Duane Spurlock · ss · Easier Than Working · Gillian F. Taylor · ss · The Prodigal · Chuck Tyrell · ss

The Room Opposite and Other Tales of Mystery and Imagination by F. M. Mayor (Longmans, Green, 1935, 7/6d, 322pp, hc, co) · The Room Opposite · F. M. Mayor · ss (r) · The Kind Action of Mr. Robinson · F. M. Mayor · ss (r) · Letters from Manningfield · F. M. Mayor · ss (r) · Tales of Widow Weeks · F. M. Mayor · ss (r) · Fifteen Charlotte Street · F. M. Mayor · ss (r) · The Unquiet Grave · F. M. Mayor · ss · Christmas Night at Almira · F. M. Mayor · ss (r) · In the Bus · F. M. Mayor · ss (r) · Mother and Daughter · F. M. Mayor · ss (r) · Innocent’s Day · F. M. Mayor · ss (r) · A Season at the Sceptre · F. M. Mayor · ss (r) · The Lounge at the Royal · F. M. Mayor · ss (r) · The Dead Lady · F. M. Mayor · ss (r) · Miss de Mannering of Asham · F. M. Mayor · nv · “There Shall Be Lights at Thy Death” · F. M. Mayor · ss (r) · Le Spectre de la Rose · F. M. Mayor · ss (r)

Closing Time and Other Stories by Dallas William Mayr--- see under Jack Ketchum.

The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard by Dallas William Mayr--- see under Jack Ketchum.

Old Flames by Dallas William Mayr--- see under Jack Ketchum.

Peaceable Kingdom by Dallas William Mayr--- see under Jack Ketchum.

Right to Life by Dallas William Mayr--- see under Jack Ketchum.

A Sliver of Glass by Anne Mazer (Hyperion, October 1996, 0-7868-0197-2, $13.95, 70pp, hc, oc, cover by Broeck Steadman)     Young-adult collection of 11 fantasy and horror stories. 1 · Glass Heart · Anne Mazer · vi 4 · Hello, Darling · Anne Mazer · ss 10 · Sleeping Beau · Anne Mazer · ss 14 · Secrets · Anne Mazer · ss 19 · The Golden Touch · Anne Mazer · ss 26 · Call Me Sometime · Anne Mazer · ss 44 · Stuck · Anne Mazer · ss 48 · Thin · Anne Mazer · ss 53 · The Perfect Bed · Anne Mazer · ss 60 · Through the Mirror · Anne Mazer · vi Bruce Coville’s Book of Nightmares ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1995 63 · Swan Sister · Anne Mazer · ss

Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural ed. Henry Mazzeo (Doubleday, 1968, 0-385-09373-X, $5.98, 317pp, hc, an)     A volume of classic ghost stories illustrated by Edward Gorey. 9 · The Castle of Terror · Henry Mazzeo · in 15 · The Lonesome Place · August Derleth · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries February 1948 25 · In the Vault · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout November 1925 35 · The Man Who Collected Poe · Robert Bloch · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries October 1951 51 · “Where Angels Fear…” · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown March 1939 61 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892 95 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review February 1923 109 · The Open Door · Mrs. Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #795, January 1882, uncredited. 151 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940 159 · Levitation · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Nine Horrors and a Dream by Joseph Payne Brennan, Arkham House, 1958 165 · The Ghostly Rental · Henry James · nv Scribner’s Monthly September 1876 199 · The Face · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine February 1924 215 · The Whistling Room [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler March 1910 233 · The Grey Ones · J. B. Priestley · nv Lilliput April/May 1953 251 · The Stolen Body · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine November 1898 269 · The Red Lodge · H. R. Wakefield · ss They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928 285 · The Visiting Star · Robert Aickman · nv Powers of Darkness by Robert Aickman, Collins, 1966 311 · Midnight Express · Alfred Noyes · ss This Week November 3 1935

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2015 Edition ed. Beth Meacham, Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Carl Engle-Laird, David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Marco Palmieri & Ann VanderMeer--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham (Tor, July 1988, 0-312-93058-5, $16.95, 234pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 13 sf stories, a memorial for Terry Carr. v · Introduction · Beth Meacham · in 7 · House of Bones · Robert Silverberg · ss 27 · Kore 87 · Ursula K. Le Guin · vi 31 · Slack Lankhmar Afternoon Featuring Hisvet · Fritz Leiber · nv 57 · Isosceles · Kate Wilhelm · ss 77 · Transients · Carter Scholz · ss 95 · The Dragon Line · Michael Swanwick · nv 117 · Le Hot Sport · R. A. Lafferty · ss 135 · The Lunatics · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv 169 · Deadboy Donner and the Filstone Cup · Roger Zelazny · ss 187 · Lukora · Gene Wolfe · ss 197 · At the Double Solstice · Gregory Benford · ss Cheap Street, December 1986 213 · The Dance of the Changer and the Three · Terry Carr · ss The Farthest Reaches ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968 232 · Last Words about Terry Carr · Harlan Ellison · aw

The Indian Rope Trick and Other Violent Entertainments by Tom Mead (Crippen & Landru, November 2024, 978-1-936363-90-2, $22.00, 182pp, tp, co, cover by Gail Cross) [Joseph Spector]     Also available in a signed, numbered, hardback edition (-89-6, $47.00) limited to 200 copies with a bonus chapbook, The Wager. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · The Indian Rope Trick [Joseph Spector] · Tom Mead · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2020 25 · The Octagonal Room [Joseph Spector] · Tom Mead · ss Millhaven’s Tales of Terror, Millhaven Press, 2018 43 · Incident at Widow’s Perch [Joseph Spector] · Tom Mead · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2019 55 · The Sleeper of Coldwreath [Joseph Spector] · Tom Mead · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2023 77 · The Footless Phantom [Joseph Spector] · Tom Mead · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2022 93 · What Happened to Mathwig [Joseph Spector] · Tom Mead · ss Wrong Turn ed. Tanya Eby, Blunder Woman Productions, 2018 105 · Invisible Death · Tom Mead · ss Mystery Weekly December 2018 117 · The Three-Minute Miracle [Joseph Spector] · Tom Mead · ss 135 · The Problem of the Velvet Mask [Joseph Spector] · Tom Mead · nv 161 · Lethal Symmetry [Joseph Spector] · Tom Mead · ss 169 · Jack Magg’s Jaw [Joseph Spector] · Tom Mead · ss The Strand Magazine (online) September 30 2015

The Secret of the Pointed Tower by Tom Mead--- see under Pierre Véry.

The Wager by Tom Mead (Crippen & Landru, November 2024, ph, ss)     Chapbook included with the hardback edition of The Indian Rope Trick and Other Violent Entertainments.

Eyes of Terror and Other Dark Adventures by L. T. Meade (Swan River Press, September 2021, 978-1-78380-039-1, €40.00, xix+235pp, hc, co, cover by Brian Coldrick)     Horror collection. Limited to 350 copies. A paperback edition (-750-5, €20.00) is also available. Details supplied by Denny Lien. vii · Introduction · Janis Dawson · in 3 · Very Far West [Doctor Halifax] · L. T. Meade & Clifford Halifax · ss The Strand Magazine September 1893, as by The Author(s) of “The Medicine Lady” 28 · The Panelled Bedroom [Paul Gilchrist] · L. T. Meade & Clifford Halifax · nv The Strand Magazine December 1896 58 · The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv Cassell’s Family Magazine August 1897 81 · The Dead Hand [Diana Marburg] · L. T. Meade · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1902 99 · The Doom [Norman Head] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine October 1898 127 · The Woman with the Hood · L. T. Meade · ss The Weekly Scotsman December 1897 146 · Followed · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine December 1900 172 · The Man Who Disappeared · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine December 1901 200 · Eyes of Terror · L. T. Meade · nv The Strand Magazine December 1903 227 · How I Write My Books · L. T. Meade · ar The Young Woman January 1893 233 · Sources · [uncredited] · ms

Drabble II: Double Century ed. Rob Meades & David Wake (Beccon Publications, April 10, 1990, 1-870824-15-6, £5.00, 121pp, hc, oa, cover by Sylvia Starshine)     Second collection of one hundred drabbles (stories of exactly one hundred words) by authors such as Jonathan Carroll and Arthur C. Clarke, being sold in aid of charity. This edition contains an index to both volumes, and is limited to 1000 copies. 4 · Introduction · Rob Meades · in 5 · Drabble Rules: The One Hundred Word Variant · David B. Wake · in The Drabble Project ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon, 1988 9 · Nascent · Stephen R. Ealey · vi 10 · Evolution · Gaynor Coules · vi 11 · From the Foam, Aphrodite · Jonathan Waite · vi 12 · An Entry in the Galactic Wildlife Encyclopedia, Copyright 2046 · Michael G. Coney · vi 13 · A Much Briefer History of Time · C. J. Cherryh · vi 14 · Endangered Species · Bruce Sterling · vi 15 · The Deadliest Game · Roger Zelazny · vi 16 · Colours · Liz Honeywill · vi 17 · Tapestry · Marion Edwards · vi 18 · With Apologies to Fredric Brown · David Symes · vi 19 · Consolidated Holdings in Church Takeover? · Peter Negus · vi 20 · General All Purpose Fairy Tale · Rachel Pollack · vi 21 · Ecology of the Dwarf Elf · Steve Jones · vi 22 · Rumours · F. Paul Wilson · vi 23 · Shapeshifters’ Duel · Ru Emerson · vi 24 · A Warning to All Those Who Think They Know Market Research Blindfolded · Suna Akiah · vi 25 · [untitled vignette] · Joe W. Haldeman · vi 26 · [untitled vignette] · Steve Davies · vi 27 · Out of the Fire Into the Frying Pan · Sue Beasley · vi 28 · Ambitions · Mary Gentle · vi 29 · The Wyvern’s Hoard · Kate Soley · vi 30 · The Dragon Woke and Stretched · Jane Yolen · vi 31 · Watershed · Anne Harcourt · vi 32 · The Adoptions · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi 33 · Nicholas Was… · Neil Gaiman · vi 34 · On Ordering a Gas Fire · Brenda McCallum · vi 35 · Sex Lives of Housewives · Jane Stableford · vi 36 · Desolation for a Day · Margaret Anstis · vi 37 · The Reunion · Violet C. Gowans · vi 38 · [untitled vignette] · Jonathan Carroll · vi 39 · Just the Way You Are · Tony Chester · vi 40 · Cordon Blues · Chris Bunt · vi 41 · Devil’s Food · Joan Aiken · vi 42 · Best Before · John Stewart · vi 43 · The Lovable Escort · D. M. Broomfield · vi 44 · The Tryst · Elizabeth Rothwell · vi 45 · The Mother’s Dream · Sarah LeFanu · vi 46 · A Genie’s Fondest Wish · Carol Shetler · vi 47 · If Wishes Were Horses · Helen McNabb · vi 48 · Poor Soul · Elsie W. K. Donald · vi 49 · The Family · Thelma Bradford · vi 50 · Radio Cats · John Sladek · vi 51 · Ten · Jennifer Gee · vi 52 · At the Third Stroke · Betty Dibb · vi 53 · The Night Has a Thousand Eyes · Steven J. Blyth · vi 54 · Aesthetics: An Objective View · Ken Mann · vi 55 · Turnabout Is Fare Paid · Christopher Fowler · vi 56 · How the Rebellion Came to a Shuddering Halt · Christopher Stasheff · vi 57 · Paradiso · Katherine M. Stableford · vi 58 · Inferno · Leo M. Stableford · vi 59 · Purgatorio · Brian M. Stableford · vi 60 · The Pet · Kathy Westhead · vi 61 · Only Family? · Winifred Wake · vi 62 · The Beta Syndrome · Cherry Wilder · vi 63 · Galimatias · Barrington J. Bayley · vi 64 · The Wish of the Conqueror · Steve Bull · vi 65 · Millennium Ends: Natural Generosity Entails Lawbreaker’s Escape · Peter T. Garratt · vi 66 · Goosechaser · John Lydecker · vi 67 · Action and Reaction · Fay Symes · vi 68 · Foresight · Michael Abbott · vi 69 · The Sadim Touch · Ian Watson · vi 70 · Word-Processor · Eve Devereux · vi 71 · Life Story · James Cawthorn · vi 72 · A Surprisingly Common Omission · David Langford · vi 73 · The Spaceshop · David S. Garnett · vi 74 · Ignis Fatuus · K. V. Bailey · vi 75 · Drink to the Good Old Days · Sydney J. Bounds · vi 76 · The Meaning of Life · Eric Brown · vi 77 · Colony · Ben Gribbin · vi 78 · Slow · Kenn Moyer · vi 79 · Incident on a Colonising Starship Where All Living Things Are in Suspended Animation… · James White · vi 80 · Whatever Happened to Mr. Spock · The Peace and Love Corporation · vi 81 · The First Impossible Mission · S. V. O’Jay · vi 82 · Death by Strangulation · Cecil Nurse · vi 83 · Be Prepared · Jim Steel · vi 84 · Tales from the “White Hart”, 1990: The Jet-Propelled Time Machine · Arthur C. Clarke · vi 85 · Casting Stones · Julie Grosvenor · vi 86 · Doctor Livingston, I Assume! · Colin P. Davies · vi 87 · Deja Vu · Dave Hardy · vi 88 · Found Inscribed on the Back of a Rather Dirty Postcard · Pauline E. Dungate · vi 89 · The Cage · Serena M. Evans · vi 90 · The Wild Girl · Charles de Lint · vi 91 · The Knight Orpheus · John Clute · vi 92 · Alex Calder’s Mobile Worlds. Interwaterfall Three: Spiral Arm Four · Abe Pirani · vi 93 · I Think, In Due Course, I Am · Frances Bonner · vi 94 · Around the Heart World in One Hundred Words · Maxim Jakubowski · vi 95 · The Trouble with Being a Woman · Jan Palmer · vi 96 · Complex Persecution · Angus McAllister · vi 97 · Fear · Nicholas Emmett · vi 98 · Hide and Seek · Bridget Wilkinson · vi 99 · Hide’n’Seek · Jennifer McGowan · vi 100 · TANSTAAFL · Brian Ameringen · vi 101 · TANSTAAFD (There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Drabble) · Dave Wood · vi 102 · The Science Fiction Writer Flicks Through the Advertisements in Search of Inspiration · Andy Sawyer · pm 103 · A Woman of Too Few Words · Catherine Lilley · vi 104 · BECCON Publications Cross-Over · Alison Scott · pm 105 · Hundredfold · Peter Heavyside · pm 106 · No, He Can’t Sue Me—He’s Dead, and So Are His Executors, and Their Executors · Dai Walters · pm 107 · If God Used One Hundred Words, Would We Have a Drabible? · Cardinal Cox · vi 108 · Countdown · Philip Vine · pm 111 · The History · [uncredited] · ms 118 · Composite Author Index · [uncredited] · ix