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Uncanny Tales 1 ed. Dennis Wheatley (by ed. Stan Nicholls) (Sphere, July 1974, 0-7221-9036-0, 40p, 223pp, pb, an, cover by Jim Burns) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Volume nine in the series. 7 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in 9 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3) 83 · The Dream Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 107 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 121 · The Open Door · Mrs. Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1882 163 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon 176 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 192 · Clarimonda · Théophile Gautier; translated by George Saintsbury · nv (r) translated from the French (“La Morte Amoureuse”, Chronique de Paris, June 23 & 26, 1836).

Uncanny Tales 2 ed. Dennis Wheatley (by ed. Stan Nicholls) (Sphere, October 1974, 0-7221-9037-9, 40p, 172pp, pb, an, cover by Jim Burns) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Volume 16 in the series. 9 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in 11 · The Great God Pan · Arthur Machen · na The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1894 a portion appeared earlier in The Whirlwind, Dec 13, 1890. 63 · The Witch’s Vengeance · W. B. Seabrook · ss Cosmopolitan August 1930 73 · Gavon’s Eve · E. F. Benson · ss The Illustrated London News January 13 1906 84 · Feet Foremost · L. P. Hartley · nv The Travelling Grave and Other Stories by L. P. Hartley, Arkham House, 1948 115 · All Hallows · Walter de la Mare · nv The Connoisseur and Other Stories by Walter de la Mare, W. Collins Sons, 1926 146 · Smee · A. M. Burrage · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine December 1929 158 · The Angelus · William Younger · ss A Century of Horror ed. Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, 1935 163 · A Life for a Life · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1935

Uncanny Tales 3 ed. Dennis Wheatley (by ed. Stan Nicholls) (Sphere, December 1975, 0-7221-9039-5, 60p, 235pp, pb, an) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Volume 37 in the series. 7 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in 11 · Playing with Fire · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900 25 · The Canary [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv The London Magazine August 1929 61 · The Hand · Theodore Dreiser · nv Munsey’s Magazine May 1919 82 · The Call of the Hand · Louis Golding · nv The English Review November 1919 97 · The Snow · Hugh Walpole · ss The (London) Evening News December 21 1928 107 · Lucky’s Grove · H. R. Wakefield · nv The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. Russell Wakefield, Herbert Jenkins, 1940 130 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 163 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 175 · The Snake · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine January 1933 190 · The Miracle of the Stigmata · Frank Harris · ss The English Review April 1910 205 · The Trod · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Doll, and One Other by Algernon Blackwood, Arkham House, 1946

The Horned God: Weird Tales of the Great God Pan ed. Michael Wheatley (The British Library, August 18, 2022, 978-0-7123-5496-7, £9.99, 288pp, tp, an) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Volume 32 in the series. fp. · Forest God · Vincent Napoli · il Weird Tales November 1949 6 · [title page of The Great God Pan] · Aubrey Beardsley · il The Bodley Head, 1894 7 · Introduction · Michael Wheatley · in 15 · Pan: A Double Villanelle · Oscar Wilde · pm Pan, a Double Villanelle by Oscar Wilde, J.W. Luce, 1909 19 · The Great God Pan · Arthur Machen · na The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1894 a portion appeared earlier in The Whirlwind, Dec 13, 1890. 89 · Pan · George Egerton · nv Symphonies by George Egerton, John Lane, 1897 115 · A Musical Instrument · Elizabeth Barrett Browning · pm The Cornhill Magazine July 1860; illustrated by Frederic Leighton 121 · The Moon-Slave · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901 131 · The Piper at the Gates of Dawn · Kenneth Grahame · ex from The Wind in the Willows, Methuen, 1908; illustrated by Paul Bransom & W. Graham Robertson 145 · The Music on the Hill · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, 1911 154 · Great Pan Is Here · Boris Dolgov · il Weird Tales November 1943 155 · The Haunted Forest · Edith Hurley · pm Weird Tales July 1929 159 · The Story of a Panic · E. M. Forster · nv Independent Review March 1904 188 · Roman Remains · Boris Dolgov · il Weird Tales March 1948 189 · The Touch of Pan · Algernon Blackwood · nv Day and Night Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Cassell & Co., 1917 216 · A Place in the Woods · Virgil Finlay · il Weird Tales May 1954 217 · Moors of Wran · A. Lloyd Bayne · pm Weird Tales September 1931 221 · How Pan Came to Little Ingleton · Margery Lawrence · nv Nights of the Round Table by Margery Lawrence, Hutchinson, 1926 249 · The Devil’s Martyr · Signe Toksvig · nv Weird Tales June 1928 277 · Bewitched · Willard N. Marsh · pm Weird Tales March 1945 281 · The Golden Bough · David H. Keller · ss Marvel Tales Winter 1934; illustrated by A. R. Tilburne 303 · Forest God · Dorothy Quick · pm Dark of the Moon ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1947 306 · The Cracks of Time · Dorothy Quick · ss Weird Tales September 1948; illustrated by Boris Dolgov

The Lure of Atlantis: Strange Tales from the Sunken Continent ed. Michael Wheatley (The British Library, September 7, 2023, 978-0-7123-5498-1, £9.99, 288pp, tp, an, cover by Sandra Gómez) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Introduction · Michael Wheatley · in · Atlantis Rediscovered 19 · Submerged Continent [Captain Nemo] · Jules Verne · ex from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Sampson Low, 1873 translated from the French (Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers, Hetzel, 1871). 33 · The Lure of Atlantis · Joel Martin Nichols, Jr. · nv Weird Tales April 1925 61 · The Temple · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales September 1925 · Atlantis Revisited 83 · Under the N-Ray · Will Smith & R. J. Robbins · nv Weird Tales May 1925 135 · The Lives of Alfred Kramer · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales December 1932 · Atlantis Resurrected 163 · Child of Atlantis · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales December 1937 197 · Once in a Thousand Years · Frances Bragg Middleton · nv Weird Tales August 1935 · Atlantis Reimagined 237 · The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune [Kull] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales September 1929 251 · A Voyage to Sfanomoë [Poseidonis] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales August 1931 263 · Spawn of Dagon [Elak of Atlantis] · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales July 1938

The Happiest Days of Our Lives by Wil Wheaton (Subterranean Press, May 30, 2009, 978-1-59606-244-3, $35.00, 200pp, hc, nf)     Details taken from online listing.

The Best of Deep Magic: Anthology One ed. Jeff Wheeler (Deep Magic, November 12, 2018, 978-1-71999-395-1, $15.99, 567pp, tp, an, cover by Steve R. Yeager)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · The Apothecant · Brendon Taylor · nv Deep Magic #50, June 2016 45 · Imperial Ghosts · Arinn Dembo · nv Deep Magic #53, December 2016 79 · The Beesinger’s Daughter · Jeff Wheeler · na Deep Magic #50, June 2016 133 · Salt and Water · Charlie N. Holmberg · nv Deep Magic #52, October 2016 165 · The Waxing Disquiet · Stephen Kotowych & Tony Pi · ss Deep Magic #56, June 2017 183 · Pirate Readers · James Van Pelt · ss Deep Magic #54, February 2017 197 · The Most Reasonable House in Faerie · Dafydd McKimm · ss Deep Magic #57, August 2017 217 · The Wizard’s Granddaughter · Christopher Baxter · nv Deep Magic #52, October 2016 247 · Lady of War · Caitlyn McFarland · nv Deep Magic #54, February 2017 281 · Between Earth and Exile · Laurie Tom · nv Deep Magic #55, April 2017 305 · What He Offered the River · Aimee Ogden · ss Deep Magic #57, August 2017 315 · Lullaby for the Trees · Sarina Dorie · nv Deep Magic #59, December 2017 341 · Levi’s Problem · Brendon Taylor · nv Deep Magic #57, August 2017 365 · Her Glimmering Facade · Eleanor R. Wood · ss Deep Magic #51, August 2016 381 · The Tariff · Allen Shoff · ss Deep Magic #54, February 2017 399 · The Price of Healing · D. K. Holmberg · nv Deep Magic #55, April 2017 423 · Autumn at the Dragon’s Cave · Kathryn Yelinek · ss Deep Magic #55, April 2017 441 · Mongrel · Maria V. Snyder · ss Running with the Pack ed. Ekaterina Sedia, Prime Books, 2010 455 · The Dragon Between Worlds · T. E. Bradford · nv Deep Magic #52, October 2016 479 · Metamorphistry · Brendon Taylor · ss 501 · A Theft of Words · D. K. Holmberg · nv Deep Magic #58, October 2017 537 · Moonbody · Scott Hughes · ss Deep Magic #58, October 2017 557 · Pawprints in the Aeolian Dust · Eleanor R. Wood · ss Sci Phi Journal September 2015

The Best of Deep Magic: Anthology Two ed. Jeff Wheeler (Deep Magic, May 21, 2021, 979-8-749-33611-5, $14.95, 481pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Forged in Iron and Blood · Jeanna Mason Stay · ss Deep Magic #67, Winter 2019 22 · The Poisoner’s Revenge [Kingfountain] · Jeff Wheeler · nv Deep Magic #63, Winter 2018 63 · The Red Walls of Ishri · Patrick Hurley · nv Deep Magic #71, Winter 2020 89 · The Devil Went Down to the Daniel Webster Charter School PTA’s Annual Halloween Chili Cook-off Fundraiser · Eric James Stone · ss Deep Magic #70, Fall 2020 102 · His Lady’s Favor · K. D. Julicher · nv Deep Magic #65, Summer 2019 142 · The Ten Suns · Ken Liu · ss Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse ed. Alex Shvartsman & William Snee, Deorc Enterprise, 2014 162 · Grave Secrets · Charlie N. Holmberg · ss Deep Magic #66, Fall 2019 169 · The Hall of the Diamond Queen · Anthony Ryan · nv Unbound ed. Shawn Speakman, Grim Oak Press, 2015 196 · The Lady of Pain · Steve DuBois · ss Deep Magic #63, Winter 2018 218 · Love in the Time of Holodecks · Charity West · nv Deep Magic #62, Fall 2018 271 · Hanging Trees · Christoph Weber · ss Deep Magic #60, Spring 2018 286 · Muzik Man · Wulf Moon · nv Deep Magic #70, Fall 2020 324 · One Way · Gerri Leen · nv Deep Magic #69, Summer 2020 350 · Darned Socks · Brendon Taylor · nv Deep Magic #71, Winter 2020 380 · Perfectly Painted Lies · Brittany Rainsdon · ss Deep Magic #72, Spring 2021 400 · The Job Prospects of History Majors · Alyssa Eckles · ss Deep Magic #67, Winter 2019 418 · Pile of Bones · Michael J. Sullivan · nv Deep Magic #66, Fall 2019 444 · The Space Between · Larry Hinkle · ss Deep Magic #68, Spring 2020 453 · Don’t Wake the Dreamer · K. M. Dailey · ss Deep Magic #64, Spring 2019

Christmas in My Heart: A Fourth Treasury: Stories to Share the Spirit of the Season ed. Joe L. Wheeler (Doubleday, October 1999, 0-385-49318-5, $16.95, 288pp, hc, an)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Introduction: A Pennsylvania Deutsch Christmas · Joe L. Wheeler · in (r) · A String of Blue Beads · Fulton Oursler · ss (r) · Bethany’s Christmas Carol · Mabel McKee · ss (r) · Joey’s Miracle · Hartley F. Dailey · ss (r) · And It Was Christmas Morning · Temple Bailey · ss (r) · Delayed Delivery · Cathy Miller · ss (r) · The Tallest Angel · [uncredited] · ss (r) · Pink Angel · [uncredited] · ss (r) · Truce in the Forest · Fritz Vincken · ss The Reader’s Digest January 1973 · Christmas Day in the Morning · Pearl S. Buck · ss Collier’s December 23 1955 · Tell Me a Story of Christmas · Bill Vaughan · ss (r) · Luther · Joe L. Wheeler · ss (r)

Best New England Crime Stories: Dead Calm ed. Leslie Wheeler, Mark Ammons, Katherine Fast & Barbara Ross--- see under Mark Ammons.

Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022 ed. Leslie Wheeler, Christine Bagley & Susan Oleksiw--- see under Christine Bagley.

Thin Ice: Crime Stories by New England Writers ed. Leslie Wheeler, Mark Ammons, Kat Fast & Barbara Ross--- see under Mark Ammons.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2013 Edition ed. Noa Wheeler, Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Melissa Frain, Liz Gorinsky, George R. R. Martin, Patrick Nielsen Hayden & Ann VanderMeer--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Tales of the American West: The Best of Spur Award-Winning Authors ed. Richard S. Wheeler (New American Library, September 2000, 0-451-20030-6, $14.00, 238pp, hc, an)     Collection of short stories written by Spur award winning authors. Some of the stories are by newer authors, and many of the fifteen stories have never been printed in book form before. ix · Introduction · Richard S. Wheeler · in (r) 1 · The Cat King of Cochise County · Loren D. Estleman · nv Louis L’Amour Western Magazine January 1995 22 · Too Proud to Lose · Richard Matheson · nv Fifteen Western Tales February 1955 37 · The Attack on the Mountain · Glendon Swarthout · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 4 1959 50 · Comes the Hunter · Jory Sherman · ss 60 · The Face · Ed Gorman · ss The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman by Ed Gorman, Swallow Press, 1992 75 · The Anniversary · Win Blevins · nv 96 · Sue Ellen Learns to Dance · Judy Alter · ss Texas Short Stories ed. Billy Bob Hill & Laurie Champion, Browder Springs Publishing, 1997 107 · I Never Saw a Buffalo · Frank Roderus · ss 117 · The Indian Summer of Nancy Redwing · Harry W. Paige · ss The New Frontier ed. Joe R. Lansdale, Doubleday, 1989 123 · The Big Two-Shoot Rifle · R. C. House · ss American Rendezvous Magazine 1982 137 · Just As I Am · Joyce Gibson Roach · ss Women of the West ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Doubleday, 1990 155 · Charity · Sandra Whiting · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine January 1995 171 · Continuity · Elmer Kelton · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine September 1995 185 · All or Nothing · Gary Svee · ss 202 · The School at the Bucket of Blood · Jeanne Williams · na

Over the Edge ed. Warren H. Wheelock & William D. Sheldon--- see under William D. Sheldon.

Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker (Macmillan UK, 1973, 224pp, hc, oa) 7 · Editor’s Note · Virginia Whitaker · pr 9 · The Story about Caruso · Joan Aiken · ss 16 · The Bitter Bite · John Aiken · ss 34 · Suicide, or Murder? · Jane Aiken Hodge · ss 49 · Sunk · David Craig · nv 78 · Coming South · Celia Dale · ss 85 · The Mistaken Smile · Audrey Erskine Lindop · ss 104 · The Gift · Dick Francis · nv 131 · The Thaw · Reginald Hill · nv 155 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv 177 · The Bathroom · Peter Lovesey · ss 188 · A Green Boy [Gaius Celerius] · Anthony Price · nv 210 · Plagiarism · Jacqueline Wilson · ss

Binscombe Tales: Sinister Saxon Stories by John Whitbourn (Ash-Tree Press, January 30, 1998, 1-899562-40-0, C$53.00, xvii+239pp, hc, oc, cover by Alan Hunter)     Collection of fifteen ghost stories, seven of which are published here for the first time. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00. xi · Introscript · John Whitbourn · pr xv · Introduction · Professor E. Griffiths · in 3 · Another Place [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 21 · Waiting for a Bus [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 14 ed. Arthur W. Saha, DAW, 1988 a shorter version appeared in The Third Book of After Midnight Stories, Myers, Kimber, 1987. 34 · Till Death Do Us Part [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 50 · Only One Careful Owner [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss Haunted Library Publications, 1994, as “A Binscombe Tale for Christmas” 70 · All Roads Lead to Rome [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · nv 98 · The Will to Live [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 108 · Hello Dolly [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss The Fifth Book of After Midnight Stories ed. Amy Myers, Robert Hale, 1991 122 · Reggie Suntan [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 142 · Here Is My Resignation [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss Lichgate #1, 1995 146 · A Video Nasty, or, The Sins of the Fathers [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · nv 177 · Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Most Men [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss Mystery for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara, 1990 184 · Binscombe Jihad [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss 202 · His Holiness Commands [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss Binscombe Tales by John Whitbourn, Haunted Library, 1989 217 · Roots [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · nv The Fourth Book of After Midnight Stories ed. Amy Myers, Kimber, 1988 236 · The More It Changes… [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · vi Rollover Night by John Whitbourn, Haunted Library, 1990 239 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi