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The Stark House Anthology ed. Rick Ollerman & Greg Shepard (Stark House, June 3, 2024, 979-8-88601-043-5, $21.95, 448pp, tp, an)     Details supplied by Todd Mason. 7 · Stark House Press: The First 25 Years · Gregory Shepard · in 10 · Introduction · Rick Ollerman · in 13 · Hangover · Charles Runyon · ss Manhunt December 1960 24 · A Matter of Balance · Peter Rabe · ss 35 · Invitation to an Accident · Wade Miller · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1955 48 · The Tormented · James McKimmey · nv The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine August 1967 64 · Murderer #2 · Jean Potts · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1961 75 · To Kill a Wife · Lionel White · nv Murder September 1956 89 · So Curse the Day · Jada M. Davis · na 198 · Art for Money’s Sake · Dan J. Marlowe · ss The Elks Magazine February 1970 204 · Chester Drum Takes Over [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Ellery Queen’s Anthology #25, Spring/Summer 1973 216 · Sleep Without Dreams [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss Manhunt February 1956 228 · The Memory Guy [Peter Chambers] · Henry Kane · nv Come Seven/Come Death ed. Henry Morrison, Pocket, 1965 241 · Nothing in My Way · Orrie Hitt · ss Smashing Detective Stories July 1955 250 · Preventive Medicine · Harry Whittington · ss Trapped Detective Story Magazine August 1956, as “Preventative Medicine” 256 · Die, Darling, Die · Gil Brewer · nv Justice January 1956 275 · The Geek-Girl · Day Keene · nv Adam October 1953 297 · Woman Missing · Helen Nielsen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1960 318 · Backbite · Lorenz Heller, writing as Frederick Lorenz · ss Justice January 1956, as by Frederick Lorenz 323 · Angie · Ed Gorman · ss 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999 336 · Night Games · Bill Pronzini · ss Bullets and Other Hurting Things ed. Rick Ollerman, Down & Out Books, 2021 343 · The Silent One · Fletcher Flora · ss Hunted Detective Story Magazine #7, December 1955 349 · Beware of the Dog · Fredric Brown · ss Ten Detective Aces February 1943, as “Hound of Hell” 354 · Hit Me · Rick Ollerman · ss Down & Out: The Magazine v1 #1, 2017 370 · Axe · Gregory Shepard · ss 378 · Last Night at Skipper’s Lounge · Timothy J. Lockhart · ss Down & Out: The Magazine v1 #2, 2017 390 · Barbarians · Robert W. Chambers · ex D. Appleton & Co., 1917; chapters 1-3. 402 · Politics Pays Best [Major Radford] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Country Gentleman February 1930 415 · Secretaries Make Such Nice Wives · A. S. Fleischman · ss Star Weekly 1946 418 · The Dead Man’s Eyes · Robert Silverberg · ss Playboy August 1988 432 · Disorderly · Barry N. Malzberg · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine January 1968 436 · Instruction for Murder · Bruno Fischer · ss A Mate for Murder and Other Stories from the Pulps ed. Gary Lovisi, Gryphon Books, 1992

Homicide Hosts Presents ed. Helen Esper Olmsted (Write Way Publishing, September 1996, 1-885173-14-8, $25.00, 273pp, hc, oa) 11 · The Girl Who Talked to Horses [Henry Po] · Robert J. Randisi · nv 35 · A Conflict of Law & Justice · Sandra Brewer · ss 48 · Holy Dying · Margaret Lawrence · nv 80 · The Dirt Eaters · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss 98 · My Gal Monday · Carol Caverly · ss 108 · Nick Castle—Private Eye · Hugh Holton · ss 126 · One Shot—He’s Dead · Ann Blaine · nv 149 · Tea for Two · Mark Richard Zubro · nv 170 · You Belong to Me · John Lutz · nv 197 · The Narrow House · Edward D. Hoch · ss 216 · Pickups & Shotguns [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss 228 · The Muse · Thomas Sullivan · ss 238 · The Corpse Was Clean-Shaven · Helen Esper Olmsted · ss 255 · Exit Laughing · William X. Kienzle · ss

Tales of Time and Space ed. Ross R. Olney (Western Publishing Co., 1969, 1628, 212pp, hc, an) 10 · Yesterday’s Fantasy, Today’s Fact · Ross R. Olney · in 15 · All the Time in the World · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories July 1952 34 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962 50 · Birds of a Feather · Robert Silverberg · nv Galaxy Magazine November 1958 82 · Clutch of Morpheus · Larry Sternig · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Winter 1946 105 · The Last Command [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1967 136 · Fog · William Campbell Gault · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1951 161 · The Martian Crown Jewels · Poul Anderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1958 189 · Of Missing Persons · Jack Finney · ss Good Housekeeping March 1955

Ten Tales Calculated to Give You Shudders ed. Ross R. Olney (Whitman, 1972, 0-307-01617-X, 212pp, hc, an, cover by Gordon Johnson) 13 · A Forewarning · Ross R. Olney · fw 19 · Sweets to the Sweet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1947 34 · The Waxwork · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X 56 · Used Car · H. R. Wakefield · ss Ghost Stories by H. Russell Wakefield, Cape, 1932 80 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” 102 · The Whistling Room [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler March 1910 132 · The Last Drive · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales June 1933 141 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 160 · Second Night Out · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales October 1933, as “The Black, Dead Thing” 176 · The Hills Beyond Furcy · Robert G. Anderson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1966 194 · Floral Tribute · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1949

Detroit Noir ed. E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking (Akashic Books, November 2007, 1-933354-39-9, $14.95, 280pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir] 15 · Reflections from the Dark Side · E. J. Olsen & John C. Hocking · in 19 · Part I: Animal Farm 21 · Kill the Cat [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · nv; set in Rivertown. 43 · Pride · P. J. Parrish · ss; set in Brush Park. 62 · Panic · Joyce Carol Oates · ss; set on Chrysler Freeway. 75 · Little Horses · Nisi Shawl · nv; set in Belle Isle. 99 · Part II: Factory of One 101 · Red Quarters · Craig Holden · ss; set in Hamtramck. 110 · Migration · Craig Bernier · ss; set in Rouge Foundry. 122 · Night Coming · Desiree Cooper · ss; set in Palmer Woods. 137 · Part III: Silence of the City 139 · The Coffee Break · Melissa Preddy · ss; set in Grandmont-Rosedale. 159 · Snow Angel · E. J. Olsen · ss; set in Grand Circus Park. 179 · The Night Watchman Is Asleep · Joe Boland · ss; set in Downtown. 200 · Our Eyes Couldn’t Stop Opening · Megan Abbott · ss; set on Alter Road. 217 · Honesty above All Else · Dorene O’Brien · ss; set in Corktown. 233 · Part IV: Edge of the Past 235 · Over the Belle Isle Boundary · Lolita Hernandez · ss; set in East Grand Boulevard. 250 · The Dead Man’s Boat · Peter Markus · ss; set in Delray. 261 · Hey Love · Roger K. Johnson · ss; set in New Center. 273 · The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit · Michael Zadoorian · ss; set on Woodward Avenue. 282 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Dying Comes Hard by James P. Olsen, writing as James A. Lawson (Black Dog Books, March 23, 2015, 978-1-884449-58-1, $19.95, 262pp, tp, co, cover by H. J. Ward)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Introduction · James Reasoner · in 11 · Hard Guy [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy Western Stories March 1937, as by James A. Lawson 22 · Hard and Blind [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy Western Stories April 1937, as by James A. Lawson 34 · Dying Comes Hard [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy Detective Stories July 1937, as by James A. Lawson 44 · I Can Be Hard [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy Western Stories August 1937, as by James A. Lawson 56 · Hard to Take [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Private Detective Stories September 1937, as by James A. Lawson 67 · The Hard Way [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy-Adventure Stories January 1938, as by James A. Lawson 78 · A Hard Guy to Frame [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy-Adventure Stories June 1938, as by James A. Lawson 92 · Hard to Resist [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy Detective Stories June 1938, as by James A. Lawson 104 · Hard Wind [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy-Adventure Stories July 1938, as by James A. Lawson 116 · Ghosts Are Hard to Catch [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy Detective Stories September 1938, as by James A. Lawson 129 · Hard Money [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy-Adventure Stories March 1941, as by James A. Lawson 142 · Hard Hoofing [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy Detective Stories October 1941, as by James A. Lawson 156 · Homicide Is Hard to Hide [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy Detective Stories December 1941, as by James A. Lawson 171 · Hard Rocks [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy Detective Stories May 1942, as by James A. Lawson 183 · Hard to Hook [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Spicy-Adventure Stories September 1942, as by James A. Lawson 196 · Hard to Poison [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Private Detective Stories January 1943, as by James A. Lawson 211 · Hard Guy—C.O.D. [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Super-Detective November 1944 221 · Hard-Boiled Hawkshaw [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Super-Detective April 1945 234 · Hard and Dead [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Fighting Western December 1945, as “The Dead Are Millionaires” by James A. Lawson 247 · Hard to Get [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss Private Detective Stories September 1946, as “Lilies in Bloom” 259 · An Oil Field · James P. Olsen · ar Wide World Adventures April 1930

Hard Guy: The Collected Adventures of “Hard Guy” Dallas Duane by James P. Olsen--- see under James A. Lawson.

Scherzi, I Believe by Lance Olsen (Wordcraft of Oregon, June 1994, 1-877655-11-2, $9.95, 130pp, tp, co, cover by Andi Olsen)     Collection of 21 stories and vignettes, many fantasy, with collage art by Andi Olsen. This is a 250-copy signed numbered limited edition. 9 · Family · Lance Olsen · ss The Iowa Review January 1989 15 · Madman Agonistes · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 24 · Augustine’s Last Days · Lance Olsen · ss Yellow Silk Summer 1985 29 · Watch and Ward · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 35 · Egyptian Hyperspace, Although · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 41 · Moving · Lance Olsen · ss Scherzi, I Believe by Lance Olsen, Wordcraft of Oregon, 1994 49 · Exterminating the Monkeys · Lance Olsen · vi (r) 52 · Friedrich Nietzsche’s Birthday Party · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 57 · Loss · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 62 · Live Sex: Microwaves: LOndon · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 68 · Small but Significant Invasions · Lance Olsen · ss The Louisville Review Fall 1982 72 · Plazma Blizzard · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 82 · My Dates with Franz · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 91 · The Death of Hieronymous Bosch · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 98 · Two Children Are Menaced by a Nightmare · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 102 · Down in Frenchburg · Lance Olsen · vi Alaska Quarterly Review Spring/Summer 1990 105 · Marigolds · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 109 · Welcome to Seattle and Other Unnatural Practices · Lance Olsen · vi (r) 111 · Thirty Messages · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 118 · Michael Jackson Dances with the Elephant Man’s Bones · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 124 · Final · Lance Olsen · ss (r)

Sewing Shut My Eyes by Lance Olsen (FC2/Black Ice, March 2000, 1-57366-083-3, $11.95, 143pp, tp, co, cover by Andi Olsen)     Collection of nine surreal, darkly satiric stories. Illustrated by Andi Olsen. 11 · Telegenesicide · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 19 · How Itty “The Human” Snibb Was More or Less Born Again · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 37 · Pentapod Freak Nest · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 43 · Digital Matrix: Barbie: Lust · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 62 · X-Ray Dreams, 1963 · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 73 · Cybermorphic Beat-Up Get-Down Subterranean Homesick Reality-Sandwich Blues · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 79 · Sewing Shut My Eyes · Lance & Andi Olsen · ss Fiction International #30, 1997 85 · Kamikaze Motives of the Immaculate Deconstruction in the Data-Sucking Rust-Age of Insectile Hackers · Lance Olsen · ss (r) 93 · Strategies in the Overexposure of Well-Lit Space · Lance Olsen · nv (r)

Exotic Gothic: Forbidden Tales from Our Gothic World ed. Danel Olson (Ash-Tree Press, October 2007, 978-1-55310-099-7, $49.00, x+306pp, hc, oa)     Anthology of 23 stories eight original, limited to 350 copies. Also available in tp (-100-0, $30.00). · Preface: The Gothic Takes a Holiday · Danel Olson · pr · Mbo · Nicholas Royle · ss The Mammoth Book of Dracula ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1997 · In the Desert of Deserts · Thomas Tessier · ss After the Darkness ed. Stanley Wiater, Maclay & Associates, 1993 · Going Native · John Bushore · ss Be Mine ed. L. Marie Wood, Cyber-Pulp Press, 2004 · The Butsudan · Lucy Taylor · ss · Twilight in the Green Zone · David Wellington · ss · Jarkman at the Othergates · Terry Dowling · nv · Rustle · Peter Crowther · ss Cemetery Dance #17/18, Fall 1993 · Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire · Neil Gaiman · nv Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales ed. Deborah Noyes, Candlewick Press, 2004 · The Skin of My Soul · Sean Meriwether · ss The Big Book of Erotic Ghost Stories ed. Greg Wharton, Blue Moon Books, 2005 · The Man Who Stalked Hyde · William F. Nolan · ss · The House by the Bulvarnoye Koltso · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss · Bones · Ilsa J. Bick · ss Be Mine ed. L. Marie Wood, Cyber-Pulp Press, 2004 · Extinctions in Paradise · Brian Hodge · ss Werewolves ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995 · From Against Gravity · Farnoosh Moshiri · ex (r) · Tide Pool · Douglas Unger · ss (r) · The Black and White Sisters · T. C. Boyle · ss Playboy September 2000 · The Pumpkin Child · Nancy A. Collins · nv Knuckles & Tales by Nancy A. Collins, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2002 · Ever After · James Cortese · ss · Lovecraft’s Pillow · Mark Steensland & Rick Hautala · ss · Purity · Thomas Ligotti · ss Weird Tales Spring 2003 · Waiting for the 400 · Kyle Marffin · nv The Darkest Thirst, Design Image Group, 1998 · From Beasts · Joyce Carol Oates · ex (r) · The Wide, Wide Sea · Barbara Roden · ss