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The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories ed. Mahvesh Murad & Jared Shurin--- see under Jared Shurin.

Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders ed. Doug Murano (Crystal Lake Publishing, July 28, 2017, 978-1-64007-473-6, $16.99, v+356pp, tp, oa, cover by John Coulthart)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. i · Foreword · Josh Malerman · fw · Oddities 1 · LaRue’s Dime Museum · Lisa Morton · ss 21 · Wildflower, Cactus, Rose · Brian Kirk · ss 38 · The Baker of Millepoix · Hal Bodner · nv 60 · Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. II by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984 108 · An Exhibition of Mother and Monster · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pp 111 · Curiosities 113 · Madame Painte: For Sale · John Langan · ss 125 · Chivalry · Neil Gaiman · ss Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurrences ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Unnameable Press, 1992 142 · Fully Boarded · Ramsey Campbell · nv 164 · In Amelia’s Wake · Erinn L. Kemper · nv 195 · A Ware That Will Not Keep · John F. D. Taff · nv 219 · Earl Pruitt’s Smoker · Patrick Freivald · ss 238 · As a Guest at the Telekinetic Tea Party · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm 241 · Hazelnuts and Yummy Mummies · Lucy A. Snyder · ss 259 · Undefinable Wonders 261 · The Shiny Fruit of Our Tomorrows · Brian Hodge · nv 287 · The Wakeful · Kristi DeMeester · ss 301 · Knitter · Christopher Coake · nv 322 · Through Gravel · Sarah Read · ss 341 · Hiraeth · Richard Thomas · ss · The End? · [uncredited] · ms · About the Editor · The Editor · bg · About the Authors · Various · bg

The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors ed. Doug Murano (Bad Hand Books, June 28, 2022, 978-0-578-28755-3, $16.99, 326pp, tp, oa, cover by Julie Dillon)     Details taken from online listing. 11 · Foreword · Josh Ruben · fw 19 · The Pelt · Annie Neugebauer · ss 35 · Wish Wash · Sarah Read · ss 55 · When I Catch You · Hailey Piper · nv 93 · What’s Missing · Zoje Stage · ss 105 · Still Life with Bones · Andy Davidson · ss 115 · The Things We Did, We Did, Were All for Real · John F. D. Taff · ss 139 · Mooncake · Lee Murray · ss 157 · Dungeon Punchinello · Josh Malerman · nv 187 · Below the Wildflower Hill · Sara Tantlinger · pm 193 · Don’t Open the Cellar Door · Jo Kaplan · ss 211 · Roses in the Attic · Cynthia Pelayo · ss 223 · Peripheral Vision · Richard Thomas · ss 243 · Haunted Inside · Gabino Iglesias · ss 257 · Counting Tunnels to Berry · Alan Baxter · ss 279 · Annie’s Heart Is a Haunted House · Todd Keisling · ss 301 · They Are Still Out There, You Just Can’t See Them Anymore · Jonathan Lees · ss 317 · About the Authors · Doug Murano · bg 325 · About the Editor · Doug Murano · bg

Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors ed. Doug Murano & Michael Bailey--- see under Michael Bailey.

Shadows Over Main Street: An Anthology of Small-Town Lovecraftian Terror ed. Doug Murano & D. Alexander Ward (Hazardous Press, January 31, 2015, 978-0-692-32973-3, 280pp, tp, oa, cover by Luke Spooner)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Lovecraft’s Longest Shadow · Ramsey Campbell · fw 13 · The 21st Century Shadow · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm 15 · Chtapodi Salata · Nick Mamatas · ss; title given in Greek. 25 · The Black Pyramid · Kevin Lucia · ss 42 · Mountaintown · Chesya Burke · ss 57 · This Stagnant Breath of Change · Brian Hodge · ss 76 · The Floodgatesof Willowhill · Mary SanGiovanni · ss 91 · Odd Quahogs · James Chambers · ss 101 · The Thing with a Thousand Legs · Tim Curran · ss 113 · Undergrounders · Aaron Polson · ss 126 · The Flesh of the Father · T. Fox Dunham · ss 138 · White Picket Fences · Richard Thomas · ss 145 · The Friendless Bodies of Unburied Men [Cedar Hill] · Gary A. Braunbeck · nv Cemetery Dance #23, Spring 1996 175 · Estranged · Adrian Ludens · ss 180 · Red Hill · Rena Mason · ss 192 · The Abomination of Fensmere · Lucy A. Snyder · ss 212 · The Crisis · Cameron Suey · ss 221 · A Fiddlehead Party on Carpenter’s Farm · Josh Malerman · ss 229 · The Ogre · Lisa Morton · ss 245 · Boss Cthulhu · Jay Wilburn · ss 259 · Homecoming · John Sunseri · ss 266 · Editor’s Notes · D. Alexander Ward · ms 271 · Editor’s Notes · Doug Murano · ms

Shadows Over Main Street: Volume 2 ed. Doug Murano & D. Alexander Ward (Cutting Block Books, October 2017, 978-0-9961159-9-5, $13.95, xiii+208pp, tp, oa, cover by Luke Spooner)     Details taken from online listing. x · Evil Returns to a Small Town Near You · Laird Barron · in 1 · Sunset on Mott Island · Lucy A. Snyder · ss 11 · A Song Left Behind in the Aztakea Hills · James Chambers · ss 25 · The Longdock Air · William Meikle · ss 39 · A Glimpse Outside · Erinn L. Kemper · ss 55 · 1750 khz · Damien Angelica Walters · ss 69 · Drawing God · Michael Wehunt · ss 85 · Duck Hunt · Joe R. Lansdale · ss After Midnight ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1986 91 · The Water Shed · Suzanne Madron · ss 103 · Disintegration Is Quite Painless · Max Booth, III · ss 117 · The Boy with the Golden Arm · C. W. LaSart · ss 125 · Shine, Blackberry Wine · Eden Royce · ss 131 · Homeowner’s Association of Unfathomable Horrors Beyond the Stars · Jay Wilburn · ss 139 · Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss 147 · The Omen · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Pequod 1993 153 · Something in the Water · Douglas Wynne · nv 171 · Shug · John F. D. Taff · nv 197 · It Really Is a Beautiful Town · Ronald Malfi · ss

Science Fiction. English and American Short Stories ed. V. S. Muravyev (Progress Publishers, 1979, 348pp, pb, an) 3 · An Invitation to “Strange Worlds” · V. S. Muravyev · in in Russian. 23 · Take a Match · Isaac Asimov · nv New Dimensions II ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1972 40 · Jupiter Five · Arthur C. Clarke · nv If May 1953 68 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952 80 · Wings of Victory [Technic Civilization; Ythrians] · Poul Anderson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1972 97 · Keyhole · Murray Leinster · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1951 113 · “—And He Built a Crooked House” · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Astounding Science-Fiction February 1941 133 · The Middle of Nowhere · Frederik Pohl · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1955 150 · Outside · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #31, January 1955 159 · The Artifact Business · Robert Silverberg · ss Fantastic Universe April 1957 171 · Museum Piece · John Christopher · ss Orbit v1 #2, 1953 180 · Beachhead · Clifford D. Simak · ss Fantastic Adventures July 1951, as ““You’ll Never Go Home Again!”” 199 · Happy Ending · Henry Kuttner · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1948 216 · The Prize of Peril · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1958 233 · Dumb Martian · John Wyndham · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1952 257 · Neutron Star [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If October 1966 274 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961 289 · Betelgeuse Bridge · William Tenn · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1951 306 · Commentars · E. M. Mednikova · ss

Landscape with Landscape by Gerald Murnane (Norstrilia, 1985, 0-909106-15-0, A$17.00, 267pp, hc, oc)     Collection of six loosely connected stories, some with elements of surreal fantasy. 1 · Landscape with Freckled Woman · Gerald Murnane · nv 27 · Sipping the Essence · Gerald Murnane · nv 71 · The Battle of Acosta Nu · Gerald Murnane · na Helix 123 · A Quieter Place than Clun · Gerald Murnane · nv 171 · Charlie Alcock’s Cock · Gerald Murnane · nv 217 · Landscape with Artist · Gerald Murnane · na

Baba Yaga’s Daughter and Other Tales of the Old Races by C. E. Murphy (Subterranean Press, October 2012, 978-1-59606-382-2, $40.00, 257pp, hc, oc, cover by Tom Canty) [The Negotiator]     Original collection of ten stories, two reprints, set in the world of the Old Races/Negotiator series. Limited to 1000 signed numbered hardcover copies, bound in cloth. Details taken from online listing. · From Russia, with Love [The Negotiator] · C. E. Murphy · na A Fantasy Medley ed. Yanni Kuznia, Subterranean Press, 2009 · Five Card Draw [The Negotiator] · C. E. Murphy · ss · Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight [The Negotiator] · C. E. Murphy · na self-published, 2009 · Baba Yaga’s Daughter [The Negotiator] · C. E. Murphy · ss · When in Rome [The Negotiator] · C. E. Murphy · ss · Chicago Bang Bang [The Negotiator] · C. E. Murphy · ss Subterranean (online) Winter 2012 · The Age of Aquarius [The Negotiator] · C. E. Murphy · ss · The Knight’s Tale [The Negotiator] · C. E. Murphy · ss · Last Hand [The Negotiator] · C. E. Murphy · ss · Chimera [The Negotiator] · C. E. Murphy · ss

Broken Heroes by David Murphy (Albedo One Publications, August 1995, no ISBN, £2.95, 76pp, ph, co, cover by Paul Sheridan)     Collection of eight stories, with an introduction by Morgan Llywelyn, and illustrations by Paul Sheridan. 6 · Introduction · Morgan Llywelyn · in 9 · Lost Notes · David Murphy · ss 17 · Shelter · David Murphy · ss FTL #6, Autumn 1990 29 · The Mirror Cracked · David Murphy · ss Albedo One #4, Spring 1994 35 · Broken Heroes · David Murphy · ss 47 · Uplands · Dave Murphy · ss FTL #4, Spring 1990 53 · Flying Kites · David Murphy · ss 65 · Undertow · David Murphy · ss FTL #3, Winter 1989 71 · The Tip and Tell Man · David Murphy · ss

The Best Short Fiction for 1987 Chosen by America’s Top Magazine Editors ed. George E. Murphy (Bantam Windstone, 1988, $6.95, xi+273pp, tp, an) ix · Introduction · George E. Murphy · in (r) 1 · Inside Dope · Gail Galloway Adams · ss North American Review 1987 13 · The Whirlpool Rapids · Margaret Atwood · ss Toronto Globe and Mail Summer Fiction Issue June 1986 21 · My Mother’s Memoirs, My Father’s Lie, and Other True Stories · Russell Banks · ss Vanity Fair (US) 1987 29 · Surprised by Joy · Charles Baxter · nv Tendril 1987 50 · The Scientific Method · Robert Cohen · ss Ploughshares 1987 59 · The Dancing Party · Mary Gordon · ss Ms. 1987 65 · In the Air, Over Our Heads · Amy Herrick · nv TriQuarterly 1987 91 · The Dominican Season · Janette Turner Hospital · ss Cosmopolitan November 1986 104 · Trouble People · Sara Lewis · ss Seventeen May 1986 121 · Country Things · Todd Lieber · ss The Missouri Review 1987 137 · My Mother’s Clothes: The School of Beauty and Shame · Richard McCann · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1986 155 · A Man in Louisiana · Thomas McGuane · ss Shenandoah 1987 165 · Inventing the Abbotts · Sue Miller · nv Mademoiselle 1987 194 · The Middle Man · Bharati Mukherjee · ss Playboy April 1986 212 · The Things They Carried · Tim O’Brien · ss Esquire August 1986 231 · Underground · Rachel Pastan · ss Georgia Review 1987 240 · Migrants · Elizabeth Tallent · ss The Paris Review 1987 250 · Massé · Leigh Allison Wilson · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1986

Night Terrors by Jim Murphy (Scholastic, October 1993, 0-590-45341-6, $13.95, 177pp, hc, oc, cover by Tim Jacobus)     Young-adult collection of 12 horror stories related by an elderly gravedigger. 1 · Digger’s Promise · Jim Murphy · ss 7 · Just Say Yes · Jim Murphy · ss 33 · Digger in Paradise · Jim Murphy · ss 39 · Good Night Jon; Sleep Tight Jon · Jim Murphy · ss 61 · Paradise Lost · Jim Murphy · ss 67 · Like Father, Like Son · Jim Murphy · ss 89 · The Worst Day of My Life · Jim Murphy · ss 97 · The Cat’s-Eye · Jim Murphy · ss 125 · Deep Into It · Jim Murphy · ss 133 · Something Always Happens · Jim Murphy · ss 155 · Footprints in the Snow · Jim Murphy · ss 171 · Digger’s Good-bye · Jim Murphy · ss

Letters from Home by Pat Murphy, Pat Cadigan & Karen Joy Fowler--- see under Pat Cadigan.

Points of Departure by Pat Murphy (Bantam Spectra, July 1990, 0-553-28615-3, $3.95, xiv+316pp, pb, co, cover by Mark Harrison)     Collection of 19 stories, with an introduction by Kate Wilhelm and an afterword by the author. ix · Introduction · Kate Wilhelm · in 1 · Dead Men on TV · Pat Murphy · ss Full Spectrum ed. Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy, Bantam Spectra, 1988 12 · Women in the Trees · Pat Murphy · ss 28 · Don’t Look Back · Pat Murphy · ss Other Worlds 2 ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1980 40 · Orange Blossom Time · Pat Murphy · ss Chrysalis 9 ed. Roy Torgeson, Doubleday, 1981 53 · In the Islands · Pat Murphy · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic March 1983 68 · Touch of the Bear · Pat Murphy · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1980 83 · On a Hot Summer Night in a Place Far Away · Pat Murphy · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1985 96 · Sweetly the Waves Call to Me · Pat Murphy · ss Elsewhere ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981 110 · His Vegetable Wife · Pat Murphy · ss Interzone #16, Summer 1986 116 · Good-bye, Cynthia · Pat Murphy · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1988 126 · Prescience · Pat Murphy · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1989 132 · Clay Devils · Pat Murphy · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine April 1987 141 · A Falling Star Is a Rock from Outer Space · Pat Murphy · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1986 156 · With Four Lean Hounds · Pat Murphy · nv Sword and Sorceress ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1984 179 · On the Dark Side of the Station Where the Train Never Stops · Pat Murphy · ss Elsewhere, Vol. III ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1984 192 · In the Abode of the Snows · Pat Murphy · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1986 215 · Rachel in Love · Pat Murphy · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1987 247 · Recycling Strategies for the Inner City · Pat Murphy · ss revised from “Scavengers”, Omni Apr 89. 257 · Bones · Pat Murphy · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1990 313 · Why I Write · Pat Murphy · aw