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Words International—The Book ed. Jean Shelley & Phillip Vine (The Words Publishing Company Limited, October 1987, £6.95, 96pp, hc, oa) 6 · Editorial · Jean Shelley & Phillip Vine · ed 7 · A Kind of Education · Peter Abbs · pm 9 · Thursday · Brian Aldiss · ss; illustrated by Billie Alabone 18 · Upriver · Anne Born · pm 19 · After Storm · Anne Born · pm 20 · Canto Three: The Inferno · Dante Alighieri; translated by Peter Dale · ex 23 · Canto Five: The Inferno: Paolo and Francesca · Dante Alighieri; translated by Peter Dale · ex 26 · Sir Martin Beaw Mayns · Simon Emdin · pm 38 · The Lost Boys · Gavin Ewart · ss 39 · Contra Wittgenstein · Prabhu Guptara · pm 40 · On Seeing My First Snowfall · Prabhu Guptara · pm 42 · Worse Than the Bombing · David Holbrook · ss; illustrated by Rosemary Benson 53 · O Little Star · Sylvia Kantaris · pm 54 · Les Neiges d’Antan · Sylvia Kantaris · pm 55 · Aldeburgh in October · Pamela Lewis · pm 59 · High Tide · Peter Linnett · ss 63 · Bad Friday · George MacBeth · pm 65 · Copernicus to the Earth · George MacBeth · pm 66 · Brief Candles · John Mole · pm 66 · The Flame · John Mole · pm 67 · The Illuminati · John Mole · pm 68 · Almost Alchemy · David R. Morgan · pm 69 · To Make a Point · David R. Morgan · pm 70 · What the Dickens… · Carla Ostrer · ct 71 · The Hallsands Tragedy · William Oxley · pm 77 · Suspicion · Alejandra Pizarnik; translated by Susan Bassnett · pm 77 · Poem for My Father · Alejandra Pizarnik; translated by Susan Bassnett · pm 78 · Foundation Stone · Alejandra Pizarnik; translated by Susan Bassnett · pm 80 · Continuum · Alejandra Pizarnik; translated by Susan Bassnett · pm 80 · Shadow of Days to Come · Alejandra Pizarnik; translated by Susan Bassnett · pm 81 · Snow and Trees · Peter Redgrove · pm 81 · Round Pylons · Peter Redgrove · pm 83 · The Heron · Myra Schneider · pm 85 · Thief · Penelope Shuttle · pm 88 · Her Fox · Penelope Shuttle · pm 89 · Goodbye to Ulster · James Simmons · pm 90 · Complacency Country · James Simmons · pm 91 · To the North · Drago Stambuk · pm 91 · Narcissus in Clay · Drago Stambuk · pm 92 · Grained Sea, Grey Longines · Drago Stambuk · pm 92 · Antinous · Drago Stambuk · pm 93 · Walkwoman (Digitally Remastered for Doll) · Anthony Suter · pm 94 · Remains · R. S. Thomas · pm 95 · Japanese Girl · Isobel Thrilling · pm 96 · Bull-Fight · Isobel Thrilling · pm

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Sphere, April 1976, 0-7221-7772-0, 60p, 189pp, pb, no) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Reprint (Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones 1818 as Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus) horror novel. Volume 39 in the series. 5 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in

Like You’d Understand, Anyway: Stories by Jim Shepard (Alfred A. Knopf, September 25, 2007, 978-0-307-26521-0, x+211pp, hc, oc)     Details taken from online listing. · The Zero Meter Diving Team · Jim Shepard · ss · Proto-Scorpions of the Silurian · Jim Shepard · ss · Hadrian’s Wall · Jim Shepard · ss · Trample the Dead, Hurdle the Weak · Jim Shepard · ss Harper’s Magazine September 2005 · Ancestral Legacies · Jim Shepard · ss Seed Magazine #10, Summer 2004 · Pleasure Boating in Lituya Bay · Jim Shepard · nv · The First South Central Australian Expedition · Jim Shepard · ss · My Aeschylus · Jim Shepard · ss · Eros 7 · Jim Shepard · ss · Courtesy for Beginners · Jim Shepard · ss · Sans Farine · Jim Shepard · ss Harper’s Magazine November 2006

You’ve Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories That Held Them in Awe ed. Jim Shepard & Ron Hansen--- see under Ron Hansen.

The Book of Dracula ed. Leslie Shepard (Wings, October 1991, 0-517-03758-0, $9.99, 269+288pp, hc, om, cover by Franco Accornero)     Omnibus of two horror anthologies edited by Shepard, The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories (Citadel 1977) and The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories (Citadel 1981). This is an instant remainder edition. 7 · The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories · ed. Leslie Shepard · an Citadel Press, 1977 9 · Introduction · Leslie Shepard · in The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories ed. Leslie Shepard, Citadel, 1977 17 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3) 89 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 115 · The Sad Story of a Vampire · Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock · ss Studies of Death: Romantic Tales by Stanislaus Eric & Count Stenbock, London, 1894, as “The True Story of a Vampire” 125 · Good Lady Ducayne · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv The Strand Magazine February 1896 153 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 169 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905 187 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 201 · The Transfer · Algernon Blackwood · ss Country Life December 9 1911 215 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 229 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; translated by Sarka B. Hrbkova · ss Czechoslovak Stories ed. Sarka B. Hrbkova, Duffield & Co., 1920 translated from the Czech (“Vampyr”, Různé lidé, 1871). 235 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 251 · Four Wooden Stakes · Victor Rowan · ss Weird Tales February 1925 265 · An Authenticated Vampire Story · Dr. Franz Hartmann · ar The Occult Review September 1909 7 · The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories · ed. Leslie Shepard · an Citadel Press, 1981 9 · Introduction · Leslie Shepard · in The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Leslie Shepard, Citadel, 1981 21 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round September 8 1860 27 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 45 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited. 85 · The Inn · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“L’auberge”, Les Lettres et les arts, September 1, 1886). 101 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 111 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895 125 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 139 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 151 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 173 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 189 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 205 · The Festival [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales January 1925 217 · The Travelling Grave · L. P. Hartley · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 241 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1910

The Dracula Book of Classic Horror Stories ed. Leslie A. Shepard (Robert Hale, July 1992, 0-7090-4843-2, £14.95, 288pp, hc, an, cover by Helen Hale)     Reprint (Citadel 1981 as The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories) horror anthology.

The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Leslie Shepard (Citadel, 1981, 0-8065-0859-0, $6.95, 288pp, tp, an)     Also in The Book of Dracula (Wings 1991). 9 · Introduction · Leslie Shepard · in 21 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round September 8 1860 27 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 45 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited. 85 · The Inn · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“L’auberge”, Les Lettres et les arts, September 1, 1886). 101 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 111 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895 125 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 139 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 151 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 173 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 189 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 205 · The Festival [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales January 1925 217 · The Travelling Grave · L. P. Hartley · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 241 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1910

The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories ed. Leslie Shepard (Citadel, 1977, 0-8065-0565-6, $10.00, 269pp, hc, an)     Also in The Book of Dracula (Wings 1991). 9 · Introduction · Leslie Shepard · in 17 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3) 89 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 115 · The Sad Story of a Vampire · Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock · ss Studies of Death: Romantic Tales by Stanislaus Eric & Count Stenbock, London, 1894, as “The True Story of a Vampire” 125 · Good Lady Ducayne · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv The Strand Magazine February 1896 153 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 169 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905 187 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 201 · The Transfer · Algernon Blackwood · ss Country Life December 9 1911 215 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 229 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; translated by Sarka B. Hrbkova · ss Czechoslovak Stories ed. Sarka B. Hrbkova, Duffield & Co., 1920 translated from the Czech (“Vampyr”, Různé lidé, 1871). 235 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 251 · Four Wooden Stakes · Victor Rowan · ss Weird Tales February 1925 265 · An Authenticated Vampire Story · Dr. Franz Hartmann · ar The Occult Review September 1909

Aztechs by Lucius Shepard (Subterranean Press, April 2003, 1-931081-50-6, $35.00, 112pp, hc, na, cover by J. K. Potter)     Near-future SF novella set in the same world as Life During Wartime. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition of 26 is also available.

Beautiful Blood by Lucius Shepard (Subterranean Press, July 2014, 978-1-59606-652-6, $40.00, 291pp, hc, n., cover by J. K. Potter)     Fantasy novel in the world of the Dragon Grialle. This is a limited edition of 1,000.

The Best of Lucius Shepard by Lucius Shepard (Subterranean Press, August 2008, 978-1-59606-133-0, $40.00, 623pp, hc, co, cover by J. K. Potter)     Collection of 17 stories and a poem. A signed, limited edition of 200 numbered copies ($125.00) is also available, and includes a bonus trade paperback volume Skull City and Other Lost Tales with an added ten stories. 7 · The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule [Griaule] · Lucius Shepard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1984 33 · Salvador · Lucius Shepard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1984 51 · A Spanish Lesson · Lucius Shepard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1985 81 · The Jaguar Hunter · Lucius Shepard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1985 105 · R&R · Lucius Shepard · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1986 177 · The Arcevoalo · Lucius Shepard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1986 195 · Shades · Lucius Shepard · nv In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, 1987 227 · Delta Sly Honey · Lucius Shepard · ss In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, 1987 243 · Life of Buddha · Lucius Shepard · ss Omni May 1988 261 · White Trains · Lucius Shepard · pm Night Cry Spring 1987 267 · Jack’s Decline · Lucius Shepard · ss Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988 281 · Beast of the Heartland · Lucius Shepard · nv Playboy September 1992 305 · Radiant Green Star · Lucius Shepard · na Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2000 357 · Only Partly Here · Lucius Shepard · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2003 381 · Jailwise · Lucius Shepard · na Sci Fiction June 4 2003 439 · Hands Up! Who Wants to Die? · Lucius Shepard · na Night Visions 11 ed. Bill Sheehan, Subterranean Press, 2004 495 · Dead Money · Lucius Shepard · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2007 559 · Stars Seen Through Stone · Lucius Shepard · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2007

The Best of Lucius Shepard: Volume Two by Lucius Shepard (Subterranean Press, December 1, 2021, 978-1-64524-035-8, $50.00, 848pp, hc, co, cover by Armando Veve) [edited by Bill Sheehan]     Also available in an edition of 250 numbered hardcovers with exclusive bonus hardcover collection Youthful Folly and Other Lost Stories ($225.00). Details taken from publisher website. 7 · A Traveler’s Tale · Lucius Shepard · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1984 63 · Surrender · Lucius Shepard · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1989 87 · Barnacle Bill the Spacer · Lucius Shepard · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1992 171 · The Last Time · Lucius Shepard · na Little Deaths ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, 1994 229 · Human History · Lucius Shepard · na 21st Annual World Fantasy Convention Program Book, Baltimore, 1995 319 · Crocodile Rock · Lucius Shepard · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1999 369 · AZTECHS · Lucius Shepard · na Sci Fiction September 5 2001 447 · The Drive-In Puerto Rico · Lucius Shepard · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2002 507 · A Walk in the Garden · Lucius Shepard · nv Sci Fiction August 20 2003 551 · Ariel · Lucius Shepard · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2003 625 · Liar’s House [Griaule] · Lucius Shepard · na Sci Fiction December 3 2003 673 · Jailbait · Lucius Shepard · na Two Trains Running by Lucius Shepard, Golden Gryphon Press, 2004 701 · Dagger Key · Lucius Shepard · na Dagger Key and Other Stories by Lucius Shepard, PS Publishing, 2007 759 · Dog-Eared Paperback of My Life · Lucius Shepard · na Other Earths ed. Nick Gevers & Jay Lake, DAW, 2009

Colonel Rutherford’s Colt by Lucius Shepard (Subterranean Press, February 2003, 1-931081-74-3, $40.00, 171pp, hc, n., cover by J. K. Potter)     Dark fantasy novel. A gun dealer acquires a gun with a perverse history.