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Hear Them Roar ed. Patrick Thomas & C. J. Henderson--- see under C. J. Henderson.

Exigencies: A Neo-Noir Anthology ed. Richard Thomas (Dark House Press, June 9, 2015, 978-1-940430-49-2, $15.95, xiii+319pp, tp, oa, cover by Daniele Serra)
Original anthology of 22 genre-mixing, neo-noir stories. Authors include Joshua Blair, Usman T. Malik, and Letitia Trent. Foreword by Chuck Wendig; introduction by Richard Thomas.
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Chuck Wendig · fw

· Wilderness · Letitia Trent · ss

· Monster Season · Joshua Blair · ss

· Cat Calls · Rebecca Jones-Howe · ss

· Ceremony of the White Dog · Kevin Catalano · ss

· The Armadillo · Heather Foster · ss

· The Manuscript · Usman T. Malik · ss

· Single Lens Reflection · Jason Metz · ss

· The Mother · Nathan Beauchamp · ss

· Everything in Its Place · Adam Peterson · ss

· When We Taste of Death · Damien Angelica Walters · ss

· Figure Eight · Brendan Detzner · ss

· My Mother’s Condition · Faith Gardner · ss

· Fragile Magic · Alex Kane · ss

· The Eye Liars · Sarah Read · ss

· Searching for Gloria · W. P. Johnson · ss

· And All Night Long We Have Not Stirred · Barbara Duffey · ss

· A Dull Boy · David James Keaton · ss

· Brujeria for Beginners · Marytza Rubio · ss

· Heirloom · Kenneth Cain · ss

· The Owl and the Cigarette · Amanda Gowin · ss

· Desert Ghosts · Mark Jaskowski · ss

· Blood Price · Axel Taiari · ss

Neptune Noir: Unauthorized Investigations Into Veronica Mars ed. Rob Thomas (BenBella Books, May 2007, 1-933771-13-5, $17.95, 216pp, tp, nf)
Anthology of essays on the first two seasons of the television show Veronica Mars.

7 · Introduction: Digressions on How Veronica Mars Saved My Career and, Less Importantly, My Soul · Rob Thomas · in

14 · Welcome to Camp Noir · Lani Diane Rich · ar

26 · Story Structure and Veronica Mars · Geoff Klock · ar

40 · Veronica Mars: Girl. Detective. · Evelyn Vaughn · ar

52 · Daddy’s Girl · Joyce Millman · ar

64 · Daddy Dualities · Amy Berner · ar

78 · On the Down Low: How a Buffy Fan Fell in Love with Veronica Mars · Lynne Edwards · ar

87 · The Noir of Neptune · Amanda Anne Klein · ar

99 · Reality on Mars and Neptune · Jesse Hassenger · ar

109 · “I Cannot Tell a Lie. And if You Believe That…” · John Ramos · ar

118 · Lawless Neptune · Alafair Burke · ar

128 · The New Normal: Breaking the Boundaries of Vigilantism in Veronica Mars · Kristen Kidder · ar

138 · The Duck and the Detective · Chris McCubbin · ar

152 · The United States of Veronica: Teen Noir as America’s New Zeitgeist · Deanna Carlyle · ar

163 · I’m in Love with My Car: Automotive Symbolism on Veronica Mars · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ar

172 · Boom Goes the Dynamite: Why I Love Veronica and Logan · Misty Hook · ar

187 · Innocence Lost: The Third Wave of Teen Girl Drama · Samantha Bornemann · ar

197 · From Golden Girl to Rich Dude Kryptonite: Why Veronica Mars Is in with the Out-Crowd · Judy Fitzwater · ar

207 · The Importance of Not Being Earnest · Heather Havrilesky · ar

216 · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms

Monstrous: 20 Tales of Giant Creature Terror ed. Ryan C. Thomas (Permuted Press, January 15, 2009, 978-1-934861-12-7, $14.95, 280pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Present Tense, Future Imperfect · D. L. Snell · ss

· Crabs · Guy N. Smith · ss Peeping Tom #5, January 1992

· A Plague from the Mud · Aaron A. Polson · ss

· Lost in Time · Steve Alten · nv Out of the Gutter #2, 2007

· Scales · J. C. Towler · ss

· The Enemy of My Enemy · Patrick Rutigliano · ss

· Savage · E. Anderson · ss

· Attack of the 500-Foot Porn Star · Steven Shrewsbury · ss

· Keeping Watch · Nate Kenyon · ss

· Nirvana · James Thomas Jeans · ss

· The Long Dark Submission · Paul Stuart · ss

· Whatever Became of Randy · James A. Moore · ss

· Cooties · Randy Chandler · ss

· Extinction · Evan Dicken · ss

· The Cove · Gregory L. Norris · ss

· The Locusts Have a King · R. Thomas Riley · ss

· The Big Bite · Jeff Strand · ss

· Gone Fishin’ · John R. Platt · ss

· Six-Legged Shadows · David Conyers & Brian M. Sammons · ss

· The Island of Dr. Otaku · Cody Goodfellow · ss

The Sea of Flesh and Ash by Scott & Jeffrey Thomas--- see under Jeffrey Thomas.

Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Renée Thomas (Third Man Books, May 26, 2020, 978-0-9974578-9-6, $16.95, 204pp, tp, oc)
Details taken from online listing.

· Ancestries · Sheree Renée Thomas · ss

· Head Static · Sheree Renée Thomas · nv

· Madame and the Map: A Journey in Five Movements · Sheree Renée Thomas · nv

· The Parts That Make Us Monsters · Sheree Renée Thomas · ss

Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction ed. Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight (Tor.com, November 15, 2022, 978-1-250-83300-6, $27.99, xiv+514pp, hc, oa, cover by Manzi Jackson)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Introduction · Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight · in

5 · The Blue House · Dilman Dila · ss

17 · March Magic · W. C. Dunlap · ss

25 · IRL · Steven Barnes · ss

45 · The Deification of Igodo · Joshua Uchenna Omenga · ss

61 · Mami Wataworks · Russell Nichols · ss

77 · Rear Mirror · Nuzo Onoh · ss

89 · Door Crashers · Franka Zeph · ss

107 · The Soul Would Have No Rainbow · Yvette Lisa Ndlovu · ss

117 · A Dream of Electric Mothers · Wole Talabi · nv

141 · Simbi · Sandra Jackson-Opoku · ss

145 · Housewarming for a Lion Goddess · Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga · ss

159 · A Knight in Tunisia · Alex Jennings · nv

185 · The Devil Is Us · Mirette Bahgat · ss

195 · Cloud Mine · Timi Odueso · ss

205 · Ruler of the Rear Guard · Maurice Broaddus · ss

221 · Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition) · Tlotlo Tsamaase · nv

247 · The Sugar Mill · Tobias S. Buckell · ss

263 · The Carving of War · Somto Ihezue Onyedikachi · ss

275 · Ghost Ship · Tananarive Due · ss

295 · Liquid Twilight · Ytasha Womack · ss

309 · Once Upon a Time in 1967 · Oyedotun Damilola Muees · ss

325 · A Girl Crawls in a Dark Corner · Alexis Brooks de Vita · ss

337 · The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library · Tobi Ogundiran · ss

355 · When the Mami Wata Met a Demon · Moustapha Mbacké Diop · ss

367 · The Papermakers · Akua Lezli Hope · ss

381 · A Soul of Small Places · Woppa Diallo & Mame Bougouma Diene · ss

403 · Air to Shape Lungs · Shingai Njeri Kagunda · ss

407 · Hanfo Driver · Ada Nnadi · ss

425 · Exiles of Witchery · Ivana Akotowaa Ofori · ss

441 · The Taloned Beast · Chinelo Onwualu · nv

467 · Star Watchers · Danian Darrell Jerry · ss

477 · Biscuit & Milk · Dare Segun Falowo · ss

499 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

513 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg

Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season ed. Simon Thomas (The British Library, October 27, 2022, 978-0-7123-5452-3, £9.99, 224pp, pb, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

v · Introduction · Simon Thomas · in

1 · Turkey Season · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker December 29 1980

23 · This Year It Will Be Different · Maeve Binchy · ss This Year It Will Be Different and Other Stories by Maeve Binchy, Delacorte, 1996

33 · “General Impressions of a Christmas Shopping Centre” · E. M. Delafield · ss General Impressions by E. M. Delafield, Macmillan, 1933

39 · The Christmas Pageant · Barbara Robinson · ss Woman’s Home Journal December 1968

53 · Ticket for a Carol Concert · Audrey Burton · ss 1950

61 · Snow · Olive Wadsley · ss The New Magazine (UK) December 1928

79 · ’Twas the Night Before Christmas · Kate Nivison · ss Woman’s Weekly December 1989

85 · Christmas Fugue · Muriel Spark · ss Country Life December 7 2000

95 · The Little Christmas Tree · Stella Gibbons · ss Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm and Other Stories by Stella Gibbons, Longmans, Green and Co., 1940

113 · The Christmas Present · Richmal Crompton · ss Truth December 21 1921

121 · Christmas Bread · Kathleen Norris · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1924

151 · Christmas in a Bavarian Village · Elizabeth von Arnim · ar (r)

157 · Freedom · Nancy Morrison · ss The New Magazine (UK) December 1928

171 · On Skating · Cornelia Otis Skinner · ss Excuse It, Please! by Cornelia Otis Skinner, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1936

181 · Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie · Beryl Bainbridge · ss Mum and Mr. Armitage by Beryl Bainbridge, Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1985

191 · Pantomime · Stella Margetson · ss Flood Tide and Other Stories by Stella Margetson, John Crowther, 1943

203 · On Leavin’ Notes · Alice Childress · ex from Like One of the Family, Independence Publishers, 1956

Stories for Winter and Nights by the Fire ed. Simon Thomas (The British Library, October 26, 2023, 978-0-7123-5469-1, 204pp, pb, an, cover by Sinem Erkas)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

v · Introduction · Simon Thomas · in

1 · The Reckoning · Edith Wharton · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1902

29 · My Fellow Travellers · Angela Dickens · ss The Gentlewoman December 19 1896

45 · The Woman Who Was So Tired · Elizabeth Banks · ss The New York Times December 16 1906, as by Mary Mortimer Maxwell

53 · A Cup of Tea · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Story-teller May 1922

65 · A Motor · Elizabeth Bibesco · ss Balloons by Elizabeth Bibesco, George H. Doran Company, 1922

71 · Ann Lee’s · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Spectator July 5 1924

85 · The Snowstorm · Violet M. MacDonald · nv Lovat Dickson’s Magazine June 1935

111 · November Fair/Ffair Gaeaf · Kate Roberts · ss Ffair Gaeaf a Storïau Eraill by Kate Roberts, Gwasg Gee, 1937

127 · My Life with R.H. Macy · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Republic December 22 1941

131 · The Cold · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The New Yorker March 10 1945

141 · The Prisoner · Elizabeth Berridge · ss Tomorrow January 1949

165 · The Cut Finger · Frances Bellerby · ss The Acorn and the Cup by Frances Bellerby, Peter Davies, 1948

175 · The Thames Spread Out · Elizabeth Taylor · ss The New Yorker December 19 1959

193 · The Smile of Winter · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974

Science Fictions ed. Arnold Thompson (University Tutorial Press, 1971, 0-7231-0529-4, 168pp, hc, an)
Textbook.

1 · The Ruum [Ruum] · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1953

13 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955

19 · A Dead Planet · D. M. Thomas · pm Penguin Modern Poets 11, Penguin, 1968

20 · Limbo · D. M. Thomas · pm Penguin Modern Poets 11, Penguin, 1968

21 · The Shoddy Lands · C. S. Lewis · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956

28 · Desertion [City (Websters)] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1944

39 · Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1959

65 · Spacepoem 3: Off Course · Edwin Morgan · pm 1967

66 · The Enemies · Elizabeth Jennings · pm A Way of Looking by Elizabeth Jennings, André Deutsch, 1955

67 · The Certificate · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959

71 · The Long Rain · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Summer 1950, as “Death-by-Rain”

84 · Computers Don’t Argue · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact September 1965

99 · Saucer of Loneliness · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Galaxy Science Fiction February 1953

111 · The Mission · Leslie Norris · pm Frontier of Going ed. John Fairfax, Granada, 1969

112 · Overture 53 · John Moat · pm Frontier of Going ed. John Fairfax, Granada, 1969

113 · The Expanding Universe · Norman Nicholson · pm The Pot Geranium by Norman Nicholson, Faber and Faber, 1954

114 · Thirty Days Had September · Robert F. Young · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1957

129 · Old Hundredth · Brian Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #100, November 1960

140 · The Tunnel Under the World · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1955

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