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Rare Unsigned Copy: Tales of Rocketry, Ineptitude, and Giant Mutant Vegetables by Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books, March 2010, 978-0-9806998-1-4, A$26.95, 280pp, pb, oc)
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Über-Professor Arrrrarrrgghl Schlurmpftxpftpfl · in

· The Day of the Carrot · Simon Petrie · ss TiCon February 2010

· Fomalhaut 451 · Simon Petrie · ss AntipodeanSF January 2008

· Bodysurfing · Simon Petrie · ss AntipodeanSF April 2009

· Three-Horned Dilemma · Simon Petrie · ss Yog’s Notebook #2, Summer 2007

· Downdraft [Rousseau] · Simon Petrie · ss Sybil’s Garage #6, May 2009

· Podcast · Simon Petrie · ss Hope #1, 2009

· Three-Hundred-and-Twenty-Seventh Contact, and Rising · Simon Petrie · ss

· Talking with Taniwha [Rousseau] · Simon Petrie · ss Borderlands #11, March 2009

· Undergrad · Simon Petrie · vi Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #33, 2008

· Bookseller · Simon Petrie · ss AntipodeanSF June 2007

· Q-Ray · Simon Petrie · ss

· Surrogacy · Simon Petrie · ss

· Dragonsick · Simon Petrie · ss Big Pulp Spring 2008

· Scuttle · Simon Petrie · ss Blood, Blade & Thruster (online) #4, June/July 2009

· Tsiligup · Simon Petrie · ss AntipodeanSF June 2008

· Murder on the Zenith Express [Gordon Mamon] · Simon Petrie · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #29, 2007

· Guy Walks Into a Bar… (Theme and Variations) · Simon Petrie · ss AntipodeanSF December 2008

· Single Handed [Gordon Mamon] · Simon Petrie · ss Kaleidotrope #6, April 2009

· Niche · Simon Petrie · ss FlashSpec: Volume Two ed. Neil Cladingboel, Equilibrium Books (Australia), 2007, as “Chrysalis”

· The Fall Guy [Gordon Mamon] · Simon Petrie · ss Masques ed. Gillian Polack & Scott Hopkins, CSFG Publishing, 2009

· Reverse-Phase Astrology as a Predictive Tool for Observational Astronomy · Simon Petrie · ss Annals of Improbable Research v3 #6, 1997

· Sixes, Sevens · Simon Petrie · ss

· Horse of Wood · Simon Petrie · ss

· Jack Makes a Sale · Simon Petrie · ss

· To Arms · Simon Petrie · ss

· The Ballad of P’toresk · Simon Petrie · ss

· Running Lizard · Simon Petrie · nv

· Highway Patroller · Simon Petrie · vi Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #33, 2008

· Lacerta pynbawii · Simon Petrie · ss AntipodeanSF March 2008

· Hare Redux · Simon Petrie · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #30, 2007

· Scratched · Simon Petrie · ss

· Critical · Simon Petrie · ss Worlds of Wonder July 2007

· Haystacks, Needles, Large Extinct Marine Reptiles · Simon Petrie · ss

· M.R.E. · Simon Petrie · ss Jupiter #22, October 2008

· Redactio ad absurdam · Simon Petrie · ss

· The Elder · Simon Petrie · ss AntipodeanSF June 2007

· Trajectory · Simon Petrie · ss

· DragonBlog · Simon Petrie · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #33, 2008

· Working Girl · Simon Petrie · vi Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #33, 2008

· Mole of Stars · Simon Petrie · ss

Wide Brown Land: Stories of Titan by Simon Petrie (Simon Petrie, April 2018, 978-0-6483228-2-5, 184pp, tp, co, cover by Shauna O’Meara)

1 · Preface · Simon Petrie · pr

7 · Storm in a T-Suit · Simon Petrie · ss Aurealis #44, September 2010

23 · Hatchway · Simon Petrie · nv Anywhere but Earth ed. Keith Stevenson, Coeur de Lion Publishing, 2011

41 · Broadwing · Simon Petrie · ss Tales for Canterbury ed. Cassie Hart & Anna Caro, Random Static, 2011

59 · Emptying Roesler · Simon Petrie · ss Regeneration ed. Anna Caro & Juliet Buchanan, Random Static Press, 2013

77 · CREVjack · Simon Petrie · ss Difficult Second Album by Simon Petrie, Peggy Bright Books, 2014

89 · Lakeside · Simon Petrie · ss Perihelion October 12 2014, as “Lakeside on the Via Australis”

104 · Erebor · Simon Petrie · ss

117 · Goldilock · Simon Petrie · nv

141 · Fixing a Hole · Simon Petrie · ss Difficult Second Album by Simon Petrie, Peggy Bright Books, 2014

151 · Plashback · Simon Petrie · nv

171 · Placenta · Simon Petrie · ss

Light Touch Paper, Stand Clear ed. Simon Petrie & Edwina Harvey--- see under Edwina Harvey.

Next ed. Simon Petrie & Robert Porteous--- see under Robert Porteous.

Use Only As Directed ed. Simon Petrie & Edwina Harvey (Peggy Bright Books, June 2014, 978-0-9806998-7-6, A$24.95, 216pp, tp, oa, cover by Lewis P. Morley)
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Simon Petrie & Edwina Harvey · in

· Dellinger · Charlotte Nash · ss

· The Blue Djinn’s Wish · Leife Shallcross · ss

· The Kind Neighbours of Hell · Alex Isle · ss

· Mister Lucky · Ian Nichols · ss

· Home Sick · M. Darusha Wehm · ss

· Always Falling Up · Grant Stone · ss

· Yard · Claire McKenna · ss

· Never More · Dave Freer · ss

· Fetch Me Down My Gun · Lyn McConchie · ss

· Uncle Darwin’s Bazooka · Douglas A. Van Belle · ss

· The Climbing Tree · Michelle Goldsmith · ss

· Large Friendly Letters · Stephen Dedman · ss

· Future Perfect · Janeen Webb · ss

· The Eighth Day · Dirk Flinthart · ss

The Exploits of Beau Quicksilver by Florence M. Pettee (Altus Press, 2018, 978-1-61827-377-2, $14.95, 112pp, tp, co)
Collection. Volume 40 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · A Tooth for a Tooth [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly February 24 1923

17 · An Eye for an Eye [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly March 3 1923

32 · The Claws of the Weasel [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly March 10 1923

48 · The Hand of the Hyena [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly March 17 1923

62 · The Green Rajah [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly March 24 1923

76 · Blistering Tongues [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly March 31 1923

93 · Murder Incognito [Beau Quicksilver] · Florence M. Pettee · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly April 7 1923

Deadly Odds Crime and Mystery Stories of the Turf ed. Richard Peyton (Souvenir Press, October 16, 1986, 0-285-62771-6, 366pp, hc, an)
Also available in pb (Pan 1987).

9 · Introduction · Richard Peyton · in

11 · The Day of the Losers · Dick Francis · ss Horse and Hound February 1977

25 · The Field Against the Favourite · Angus Reach · nv 1849

65 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1892, as “The Adventure of Silver Blaze”

93 · The Great Derby Swindle · Guy Boothby · nv (r)

119 · A Mysterious Stable [Valentine Martyn] · Nat Gould · nv The Novel Magazine July 1919

133 · The Iron Prune · Barclay Northcote · nv All-Story Weekly March 17 1917

155 · The Downfall of Mulligan’s · Banjo Paterson · ss (r)

161 · The Broken Link Handicap · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette April 6 1887

167 · A Horse of the Same Colour [Educated Evans] · Edgar Wallace · ss (r)

181 · The Snatching of Bookie Bob · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s September 26 1931

195 · The Race-Gang Racket [Marcus Thane] · Frank Johnston · ss The Turf Crook by Frank Johnston, Long, 1937

207 · The Ascot Tragedy [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv People’s May 1 1923

231 · Horse of Death · Ralph Straus · ss The Bystander November 29 1912

241 · Horseshoes for Luck [Inspector Field] · Anthony Gilbert · ss Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939

251 · The Long Shot [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss The Blue Book Magazine September 1939

271 · Jorkens Consults a Prophet [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey by Lord Dunsany, Putnam UK, 1940

277 · The Owners’ Handicap [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News September 11 1932, as “Won by a Neck”

289 · The Racing Robot · Robert Bloch · nv (r)

313 · The Grand National Case [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · nv 1956

337 · A Derby Horse [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard May 28 1952

343 · A Day with the Toffs · Geoff O’Hara · ss The Sporting Life

351 · Outside Chance · John Welcome · ss Argosy (UK) November 1952

363 · Breakneck · Jon L. Breen · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1973

The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One: Phantoms of the Railways in Fact and Fiction ed. Richard Peyton (Souvenir Press, October 1990, 0-285-62991-3, £14.95, 322pp, hc, an, cover by Kim Palmer)
Anthology of pieces about phantoms of the railway in fact and fiction. retitled: Journey Into Fear, and Other Great Stories of Horror on the Railways. New York: Wings Books, 1991.

13 · Introduction · Richard Peyton · in

17 · The Tay Bridge Ghost Train · Richard Peyton · ms

19 · Journey Into Fear · Arnold Ridley · ss (r)

24 · The President’s Funeral Ride · Richard Peyton · ms

26 · The Ghost Train · Rod Serling; adapted by Walter B. Gibson · sa Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone Revisited by Rod Serling, Grosset & Dunlap, 1964

51 · ’The White Train’ · Richard Peyton · ms

52 · .007 · Rudyard Kipling · ss Scribner’s Magazine August 1897

67 · The Black Train of Lochalsh · Richard Peyton · ms

68 · The Haunted Curve · Elliott O’Donnell · ss (r)

72 · The Phantom Locomotive of Stevens Point · Richard Peyton · ms

73 · Pacific 421 · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1944

85 · The Ghost on Platform Two · Richard Peyton · ms

87 · Midnight Express · Alfred Noyes · ss This Week November 3 1935

92 · The Lyonshall Mystery · Richard Peyton · ms

93 · The Waiting Room · Robert Aickman · ss The Sketch November 9 1956

104 · The Footsteps of Doom · Richard Peyton · ms

105 · The Kill · Peter Fleming · ss Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931

116 · The Spectre of Shake City · Richard Peyton · ms

117 · The Town Where No One Got Off · Ray Bradbury · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1958

125 · The Woman in the Red Scarf · Richard Peyton · ms

126 · The Wrong Station · A. M. Burrage · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #364, April 22 1916

135 · The Night Flyer of Talylln · Richard Peyton · ms

137 · Lost in the Fog · John D. Beresford · ss Nineteen Impressions by J. D. Beresford, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918

143 · The Bedraggled Soldier · Richard Peyton · ms

144 · Branch Line to Benceston · Sir Andrew Caldecott · ss Not Exactly Ghosts by Andrew Caldecott, Edward Arnold, 1946

159 · Joe Baldwin’s Eerie Lamp · Richard Peyton · ms

160 · The Night Train to Lost Valley · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales January 1948

174 · The Ghost of the Subway · Richard Peyton · ms

175 · Take the Z-Train · Allison V. Harding · ss Weird Tales March 1950

183 · Underground Phantoms · Richard Peyton · ms

184 · Confidence Trick · John Wyndham · ss Fantastic July/August 1953

203 · The Barkston Spectre · Richard Peyton · ms

205 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”

217 · The Navvy in the Tunnel · Richard Peyton · ms

218 · The Garside Fell Disaster · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Sleep No More by L. T. C. Rolt, Constable, 1948

226 · The Phantom Driver of Dunster · Richard Peyton · ms

227 · Locomotive · Richard Hughes · ss Colour December 1921

231 · The Ghost of ’Hayling Billy’ · Richard Peyton · ms

232 · Mourning Train · John Newton Chance · ss The (London) Evening News May 27 1963

237 · ’Railroad Bill’ · Richard Peyton · ms

238 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958

255 · Voices in the Fog · Richard Peyton · ms

257 · A Journey by Train · Henry L. Lawrence · ss Tales of Fear, Philip Allan, 1935

264 · The Woman in Black · Richard Peyton · ms

265 · The Astral Lady · Eden Phillpotts · ss The London Magazine April 1912

272 · Beware: Ghosts Crossing · Richard Peyton · ms

274 · Miss Slumbubble—and Claustrophobia · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907

288 · The Phantom on the ’Flying Yankee’ · Richard Peyton · ms

289 · A Short Trip Home · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 17 1927

309 · The Dead Man of Glendive · Richard Peyton · ms

310 · Lonely Train a’ Comin’ · William F. Nolan · ss Gallery October 1981, as “The Train”

322 · The Shortest Railway Ghost Story in the World · Richard Peyton · vi

Sinister Gambits ed. Richard Peyton (Souvenir Press, 1991, 0-285-63052-0, £14.99, 318pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 18 chess stories of murder and mystery.

7 · Introduction · Richard Peyton · in (r)

· I: Grandplayer’s Nightmares

17 · The Dreams of Albert Moreland · Fritz Leiber · nv Acolyte Spring 1945

33 · The Three Sailors’ Gambit · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set August 1916

41 · The Devil That Troubled the Chessboard · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly January 11 1936

50 · Pawn to King’s Four · Stephen Leacock · ss Happy Stories Just to Laugh At by Stephen Leacock, Dodd, Mead, 1943

58 · The Royal Game · Stefan Zweig · nv Woman’s Home Companion March 1944

102 · End-Game · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #131, June 1963

· II: Bizarre Chessmen

124 · The Queen of the Red Chessmen · Lucretia P. Hale · nv The Atlantic Monthly February 1858, uncredited.

151 · A Game of Chess · Robert Barr · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1900

163 · A Set of Chessmen · Richard Marsh · ss The Cornhill Magazine April 1890, uncredited.

180 · The Haunted Chessmen · E. R. Punshon · ss The Novel Magazine March 1916

193 · Bishop’s Gambit · August Derleth · ss Avon Fantasy Reader 3 ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon Book Co., 1947, as by Stephen Grendon

205 · The Immortal Game · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1954

· III: Blood Chess

222 · A Chess Problem [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch February 13 1924

234 · Checkmate · Alfred Noyes · ss The Hidden Player by Alfred Noyes, Hodder & Stoughton, 1924

248 · Professor Pownall’s Oversight · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Royal Magazine March 1928, as “The Unseen Player”

260 · The Cat from Siam · Fredric Brown · nv Popular Detective September 1949

291 · Fool’s Mate · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #96, November 1951

306 · A Better Chess-Player · Kenneth Gavrell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1989

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