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Crypt Orchids by David J. Schow (Subterranean Press, April 1998, 0-9649890-6-9, $35.00, 235pp, hc, co, cover by David J. Schow)     Collection of 12 stories, three original, plus a short play, and an afterword by Schow. Most are “splatterpunk” horror, many with supernatural elements. The introduction by Robert Bloch was written in 1992 when the book was originally scheduled to appear from another publisher. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition ($100) is also available. 9 · Look Out He’s Got a Knife! · Robert Bloch · in 13 · Action · David J. Schow · ss Dark at Heart ed. Joe R. & Karen Lansdale, Dark Harvest, 1992 25 · Pick Me Up · David J. Schow · ss Psycho-Paths ed. Robert Bloch, Tor, 1991 41 · Dusting the Flowers · David J. Schow · nv Love in Vein II ed. Poppy Z. Brite & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1997 77 · Gills · David J. Schow · ss 87 · Seeing Things · David J. Schow · ss Rage February 1997 99 · (Melodrama) · David J. Schow · ss Dark Terrors 2 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1996 119 · Scoop Bites the Dust · David J. Schow · ss Pulphouse: A Weekly Magazine July 6 1991 137 · Final Performance · David J. Schow · pl stage adaptation of “The Final Performance” by Robert Bloch. 161 · Jeff and Linda · David J. Schow · ss 167 · A Punch in the Doughtnut · David J. Schow · ss Lethal Kisses ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, 1996 179 · Refrigerator Heaven · David J. Schow · ss Dark Love ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1995 193 · Penetration · David J. Schow · ss Ghosttide ed. Claudia O'Keefe, Revenant Books, 1993 201 · The Incredible True Facts in the Case · David J. Schow · nv 225 · Look Out He’s Got a Knife… Again! · David J. Schow · aw

DJStories by David J. Schow (Subterranean Press, March 31, 2018, 978-1-59606-861-2, $40.00, 520pp, hc, co)     Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from online listing. · One for the Horrors · David J. Schow · ss Whispers October 1983 · Coming Soon to a Theater Near You · David J. Schow · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine March/April 1984, as by Oliver Lowenbruck · Red Light · David J. Schow · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine December 1986 · Pamela’s Get · David J. Schow · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1987 · The Shaft · David J. Schow · ss Weird Tales Spring 1990 · Not from Around Here · David J. Schow · nv Seeing Red by David J. Schow, Tor, 1990 · [scribbled graffiti] · David J. Schow · nv Midnight Graffiti #1, June 1988 · Jerry’s Kids Meet Wormboy · David J. Schow · nv Book of the Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1989; long version. · A Week in the Unlife · David J. Schow · ss A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991 · Sedalia · David J. Schow · nv Razored Saddles ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Patrick LoBrutto, Dark Harvest, 1989 · Pick Me Up · David J. Schow · ss Psycho-Paths ed. Robert Bloch, Tor, 1991 · Bad Guy Hats · David J. Schow · nv 1989 · Jeff and Linda (aka “The Perfect Couple”) · David J. Schow · ss Crypt Orchids by David J. Schow, Subterranean Press, 1998 · Last Call for the Sons of Shock · David J. Schow · ss The Ultimate Frankenstein ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991 · Action · David J. Schow · ss Dark at Heart ed. Joe R. & Karen Lansdale, Dark Harvest, 1992 · Life Partner · David J. Schow · ss Dark Voices 5 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1993 · Refrigerator Heaven · David J. Schow · ss Dark Love ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1995 · The Incredible True Facts in the Case · David J. Schow · nv Crypt Orchids by David J. Schow, Subterranean Press, 1998 · (Melodrama) · David J. Schow · ss Dark Terrors 2 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1996 · Gills · David J. Schow · ss Crypt Orchids by David J. Schow, Subterranean Press, 1998 · Calendar Girl · David J. Schow · nv Lost Angels by David J. Schow, Babbage, 2000 · Watcher of the Skies · David J. Schow · nv Eye by David J. Schow, Subterranean Press, 2001 · Murder · David J. Schow · ss · Quebradora · David J. Schow · ss Eye by David J. Schow, Subterranean Press, 2001 · Plot Twist · David J. Schow · nv Dark Terrors 6 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002 · The Five Sisters: A Fable · David J. Schow · ss Weird Tales July/August 2003 · Obsequy · David J. Schow · nv Subterranean #3, 2006 · Warbirds · David J. Schow · ss A Dark and Deadly Valley ed. Mike Heffernan, Silverthought Press, 2007 · A Gunfight · David J. Schow · ss Son of Retro Pulp Tales ed. Joe R. & Keith Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2009 · The Last Song You Hear · David J. Schow · ss Subterranean (online) Winter 2012 · Afterweird: Quadrigennial · David J. Schow · aw

DJSturbia by David J. Schow (Subterranean Press, March 31, 2016, 978-1-59606-772-1, $40.00, 320pp, hc, co)     Collection of of 13 short stories and 12 personal reminiscences, limited to 1000 signed numbered copies. Details taken from online listing. · Now Hold Still · David J. Schow · ss Psychos ed. John Skipp, Hachette UK, 2012 · After 9/11 · David J. Schow · iv (r) · The Last Song You Hear · David J. Schow · ss Subterranean (online) Winter 2012 · Bloodstock · David J. Schow · ar Monsters from the Vault #27, 2010 · Graveside · David J. Schow · ss · Death to Decaf · David J. Schow · ar Fangoria June 2009 · Denker’s Book · David J. Schow · ss Black Wings ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2010 · Thirty-Eight Days Later · David J. Schow · ar Video Watchdog July/August 2010 · Blue Amber · David J. Schow · ss Impossible Monsters ed. Kasey Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2013 · We Have Always Fought Giant Monsters · David J. Schow · ar 2012 from Godzilla #2. · A Home in the Dark · David J. Schow · ss Nightmare #15, December 2013 · The Traps of Nostalgia · David J. Schow · ar (r) · A Gunfight · David J. Schow · ss Son of Retro Pulp Tales ed. Joe R. & Keith Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2009 · The Mulholland Muse · David J. Schow · ar 2010 first published on the Mulholland Books website. · The Finger · David J. Schow · ss Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2013 · Why You’ll Never See Crow Chronicle · David J. Schow · ar (r) · Two Scoops · David J. Schow · ss · Two More Scoops…of Celluloid · David J. Schow · ar (r) · Three Missing Footnotes from the Bad Time · David J. Schow · ss · The Dream of a Masked Man · David J. Schow · ar (r) · The Ghosting · David J. Schow · ss · Catacombs · David J. Schow · in Centipede Press, 2008 [Ref. John Farris] · The Chili Hunters · David J. Schow · ss · Faux God of the Maus Haus · David J. Schow · ar (r) · Warbirds · David J. Schow · ss A Dark and Deadly Valley ed. Mike Heffernan, Silverthought Press, 2007 · Afterwordia · David J. Schow · aw

Eye by David J. Schow (Subterranean Press, March 2001, 1-892284-82-0, $40.00, 244pp, hc, co)     Collection of 13 stories, two original. This is a signed limited edition of 1000; a lettered edition of 26 ($100) adds another original story, “Murder”. Schow’s lengthy afterword discusses the genesis of the stories. 7 · Unhasped · David J. Schow · ss White of the Moon ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1999 25 · 2¢ Worth · David J. Schow · ss 39 · Blessed Event · David J. Schow · ss Vanishing Acts ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2000 57 · Quebradora · David J. Schow · ss 75 · Bagged · David J. Schow · vi 79 · Entr’acte · David J. Schow · ss 91 · Holiday · David J. Schow · ss Horror Garage #2, 2000 103 · Watcher of the Skies · David J. Schow · nv 129 · Petition · David J. Schow · ss 137 · Calendar Girl · David J. Schow · nv Lost Angels by David J. Schow, Babbage, 2000 159 · Scoop Goes Rectosonic · David J. Schow · nv 191 · Why Rudy Can’t Read · David J. Schow · ss Dark Terrors 5 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2000 201 · Saturnalia · David J. Schow · nv Subterranean Gallery ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press, 1999 223 · Afterword · David J. Schow · aw

Havoc Swims Jaded by David J. Schow (Subterranean Press, October 2006, 1-59606-067-0, $25.00, 298pp, hc, co, cover by Frank Dietz)     Collection of 14 stories (one in the form of a fake editorial), with an afterword by the author. 9 · Front Matter by Bertrand Nightenhelser · David J. Schow · ss Horror Garage #5, 2002 13 · The Absolute Last of the Ultra-Spooky, Super-Scary Halloween Horror Nights · David J. Schow · ss The Spook #6, January 2002 33 · Expanding Your Capabilities Using Frame/Shift™ Mode · David J. Schow · ss Don’t Turn Out the Light ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2005 51 · The Five Sisters: A Fable · David J. Schow · ss Weird Tales July/August 2003 57 · Plot Twist · David J. Schow · nv Dark Terrors 6 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002 79 · Size Nothing · David J. Schow · ss 89 · The Thing Too Hideous to Describe · David J. Schow · ss Borderlands 5 ed. Elizabeth E. & Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 2003 101 · Wake-Up Call · David J. Schow · ss The Mammoth Book of New Terror ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2004 109 · Dismantling Fortress Architecture · David J. Schow & Craig Spector · nv Revelations ed. Douglas E. Winter, C.D. Publications, 1997 165 · Scoop vs. Leadman · David J. Schow · nv 203 · What Happened with Margaret · David J. Schow · ss 213 · The Pyre and Others · David J. Schow · ss Dark Delicacies ed. Del Howison & Jeff Gelb, Carroll & Graf, 2005 227 · Obsequy · David J. Schow · nv Subterranean #3, 2006 265 · What Scares You · David J. Schow · ss 281 · Afterword: Open Mouth, Insert Gun · David J. Schow · aw

Rock Breaks Scissors Cut by David J. Schow (Subterranean Press, March 2004, 1-931081-81-6, $40.00, 143pp, hc, n., cover by Caniglia)     Horror novel of dream research. This is a signed, limited edition of 750; a lettered edition of 26 ($100.00) is also available.

Zombie Jam by David J. Schow (Subterranean Press, March 2005, 1-931081-77-8, $40.00, 136pp, hc, co, cover by Bernie Wrightson)     Collection of four zombie stories with new interstitial material and introduction and afterword on zombie horror by Schow. Illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. This is a signed, limited edition of 750. Also available in a slipcased, leatherbound, edition ($100.00), limited to 26 lettered copies. 7 · The Meat of the Matter · David J. Schow · in 17 · Blossom · David J. Schow · ss Book of the Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1989, as by Chan McConnell 24 · Incursion · David J. Schow · lk 29 · DONt/WALK · David J. Schow · ss Still Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1992, as by Chan McConnell 45 · Infection · David J. Schow · lk 49 · Jerry’s Kids Meet Wormboy · David J. Schow · nv Book of the Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1989 87 · Epidemic · David J. Schow · lk 91 · Dying Words · David J. Schow · nv Midnight Graffiti #8, Winter 1997 121 · Assimilation · David J. Schow · lk 123 · Afterword · David J. Schow · aw

The Devil with You! by Robert Bloch ed. David J. Schow--- see under Robert Bloch.

Hell on Earth by Robert Bloch ed. David J. Schow--- see under Robert Bloch.

Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow (Dark Harvest, July 1988, 0-913165-27-1, $19.95, 369pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 21 horror stories dealing with theatre and TV. 7 · Introduction · Tobe Hooper · in 15 · Preflash · John M. Ford · ss 33 · Cuts · F. Paul Wilson · nv 49 · The Movie People · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1969 59 · Sinema · Ray Garton · nv 95 · Son of Celluloid · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. III by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984 127 · The Answer Tree · Steven R. Boyett · nv 149 · Night They Missed the Horror Show · Joe R. Lansdale · nv 163 · More Sinned Against · Karl Edward Wagner · nv In a Lonely Place by Karl Edward Wagner, Scream/Press, 1984 175 · Return of the Neon Fireball · Chet Williamson · ss 187 · Night Calls the Green Falcon · Robert R. McCammon · nv 225 · Bargain Cinema · Jay Sheckley · ss Night Cry Winter 1985 231 · Lifecast · Craig Spector · ss 245 · Sirens · Richard Christian Matheson · vi 247 · Hell · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Scars by Richard Christian Matheson, Scream/Press, 1987 251 · A Life in the Cinema · Mick Garris · ss 267 · Splatter: A Cautionary Tale · Douglas E. Winter · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987 279 · Film at Eleven · John M. Skipp · ss 295 · The Show Goes On · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Companions by Ramsey Campbell, Macmillan, 1982 307 · The Cutter · Edward Bryant · ss 319 · Pilgrims to the Cathedral · Mark Arnold · nv 353 · Endsticks · David J. Schow · aw

Great Short Stories ed. Wilbur Schramm (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950, 536pp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · What Is a Short Story? · Wilbur Schramm · in 51 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 60 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” 93 · The Outcasts of Poker Flat [John Oakhurst] · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly January 1869 107 · The Open Boat · Stephen Crane · nv Scribner’s Magazine June 1897 135 · All Gold Cañon · Jack London · nv The Century Magazine November 1905 157 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904 166 · The Lost Phoebe · Theodore Dreiser · ss The Century Magazine April 1916 184 · Neighbor Rosicky · Willa Cather · nv Woman’s Home Companion April 1930 (+1) 217 · Sophistication · Sherwood Anderson · ss Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, Jonathan Cape, 1919 227 · Now I Lay Me · Ernest Hemingway · ss Men Without Women by Ernest Hemingway, Scribner's, 1927 238 · By the Waters of Babylon · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 31 1937, as “The Place of the Gods” 253 · The Leader of the Pack · John Steinbeck · ss (r) 271 · The Bear · William Faulkner · na The Saturday Evening Post May 9 1942 289 · The Jilting of Granny Weatherall · Katherine Anne Porter · ss Transition February 1929 301 · The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse [Aram Garoghlanian] · William Saroyan · ss Esquire June 1938, as “The Beautiful White Horse” 311 · The Secret Sharer · Joseph Conrad · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1910 (+1) 355 · The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney · Rudyard Kipling · nv Macmillan’s Magazine December 1889 382 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · A. Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891 408 · The Story-Teller · Saki · ss The Morning Post, as by H. H. Munro 416 · Timber · John Galsworthy · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1920 427 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898 446 · The Dill Pickle · Katherine Mansfield · ss The New Age October 4 1917, as “An Album Leaf” 455 · The Lotus Eater · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine October 1935 473 · The Death of the Dauphin · Alphonse Daudet (translated) · vi Fashion and Fancy translated from the French. 478 · 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). 492 · The Beggar · Anton Chekhov · ss (r) translated from the Russian. 500 · The Invisible Collection · Stephan Zweig · ss The Living Age July 25 1925 516 · The Laugh in the Desert · Pedro Prado · ss The Living Age July 3 1926 527 · Other Stories That May Interest You · Wilbur Schramm · ms