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Baen Books: Free Stories 2015 (Baen, 2015, ebook, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · Disaster [Boundary] · Ryk E. Spoor · ss · When the Lion Feeds · John Lambshead · ss · Lion Country · Whit Williams · ss · The Adventurer and the Toad [Balanced Sword] · Ryk E. Spoor · ss · Chimera · Sharon Lee & Steve Miller · ss · We Fly · K. B. Rylander · ss · The 100 MPG Carburetor and Other Self-Evident Truths · Robert Buettner · ss · New Moon Wolf [Justis Fearsson] · David B. Coe · ss · The Teacher · Robert Conroy & J. R. Dunn · ss · Not for Ourselves Alone · Charles E. Gannon · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2011 · Kiss from a Queen · Jeff Provine · ss · Ember of the Past · Mike Kupari · ss · Imperium Resource · Jody Lynn Nye · ss · The Siege of Denver · Brendan DuBois · ss

Baffling Detective Stories by Masters of Mystery (Walter J. Black, 1928, 249pp, hc, an)     Abridged version of World’s Great Detective Stories. 1 · Mr. Vincent Cawdor, Commission Agent [Peter Ruff] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1909, as “An Episode in the Career of Mr. Vincent Cawdor, Commission Agent” 12 · Missing: Page Thirteen [Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · nv The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam's, 1915 37 · Madame Noel · François Eugène Vidocq · ar 1828 45 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 58 · In Various Roles · Guy de Maupassant (error, actually by Léopold von Sacher-Masoch) · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the German (“Ein exotischer Prinz”, Soziale Schattenbilder, Gesenius, 1873). 62 · The Four Just Men [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ex Tallis, 1905 68 · The Silent Bullet [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1911 80 · Tracks in the Snow · Alfred Henry Lewis · ss (r) 97 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Webster, 1882 111 · The Law Beaters · Richard Edward Connell · ss Collier’s June 23 1928 119 · Love and Police · Emile Gaboriau · ss (r) 129 · A Case of Identity [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1891 142 · The Murder in the Mayor’s Parlor · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine September 15 1916 158 · Extradition [John Dockbridge] · Arthur C. Train · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1905 171 · The Tragedies in the Greek Room [Moris Klaw] · Sax Rohmer · nv The New Magazine (UK) April 1913, as “Case of the Tragedies in the Greek Room” 185 · The Majesty of Justice · Anatole France · ss (r) 201 · Tough · Walter Davenport · ss Liberty March 21 1925 209 · The Lady with the Hatchet [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · ss Metropolitan May 1922 223 · Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine December 1834, uncredited. 231 · Miss Youghal’s Sais [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette April 25 1887 235 · The Gray Seal [Jimmie Dale (The Gray Seal)] · Frank L. Packard · ss People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine May 1914

Baleful Beasts and Eerie Creatures (Rand McNally, 1976, 0-528-82171-7, 124pp, hc, an, cover by Rod Ruth)     SF anthology. 9 · Introduction · Andre Norton · in 13 · The Patchwork Monkey · Beverly Butler · ss 25 · The Yamadan · Lynne Gessner · ss 41 · Monster Blood · Charles Land · ss 54 · Tigger · A. M. Lightner · ss 64 · The Spell of Spirit Stones · Alice Wellman · ss 77 · The Night Creature · Richard R. Smith · ss 90 · To Face a Monster · Carl Henry Rathjen · ss 102 · You Are What You Eat · Wilma Bednarz · ss 114 · Nightmare in a Box · Rita Ritchie · ss

Balticon 42 Program Book (Balticon 42, 2008, 80pp, tp, oa, cover by John Jude Palencar)     Selected contents: All four covers inside and out, plus 4 other full pages, reprints of art by John Jude Palencar. 7 · Connie Willis Awards and Bibliography · [uncredited] · ms [Ref. Connie Willis] 13 · A Miracle of Rare Device · Connie Willis · ar reprint of her 2006 worldcon guest of honor speech. 35 · The Passing · Kiyanna Remington · ss 37 · A Cardboard Box · Hiroko Nishimura · ss 39 · Seer · Rebecca S. Mazariegas · nv 72 · Wind Up · Patricia Budd · pm 72 · Sekhmet Upon the Horizon · Christa A. Bergerson · pm 73 · I Love You for Your Brains, Not Your Looks (Zombie Love Song) · Diana Chien · pm

Bark M for Murder (Avon, March 2006, 006081537X, $6.99, 320pp, pb, oa) · Red Shirt and Black Jacket · Virginia Lanier · nv Canine Christmas ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine, 1999 · Doggedly on the Case · J. A. Jance · na · Nightmare in Nowhere · Chassie West · na · ’Twas the Bite Before Christmas · Lee Charles Kelley · na

Bart Science Fiction Triplet #1 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, uncredited (Bart, April 1988, 1-55785-016-X, $3.50, 285pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 3 sf novellas, by Asimov, Benford, and Anderson. 7 · Sucker Bait [Troas] · Isaac Asimov · na Astounding Science Fiction February 1954 (+1) 101 · To the Storming Gulf · Gregory Benford · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1985 173 · Un-Man [Psychotechnic League] · Poul Anderson · na Astounding Science Fiction January 1953

Batman vs. The Joker (Signet, May 1966, D2969, 50¢, 160pp, pb, an) 5 · The Challenge of the Joker · [uncredited] · ss (r) 28 · “The Joker’s Winning Team!” · [uncredited] · nv (r) 59 · “The Joker’s Millions!” · [uncredited] · nv (r) 94 · “The Joker’s Journal!” · [uncredited] · nv (r) 129 · “Batman-Clown of Crime!” · [uncredited] · nv (r)

Batman vs. The Penguin (Signet, May 1966, D2970, 50¢, 159pp, pb, an) 5 · The Parasols of Plunder · [uncredited] · nv (r) 40 · The Golden Eggs! · [uncredited] · nv (r) 63 · “Penguin’s Fabulous Fowls!” · [uncredited] · nv (r) 92 · The Return of the Penguin · [uncredited] · nv (r) 129 · “The Sleeping Beauties of Gotham City!” · [uncredited] · nv (r)

Battle Royale Slam Book: Essays on the Cult Classic by Koushun Takami (VizMedia/Haikasoru, April 2014, 978-1-4215-6599-6, $14.99, 185pp, tp, nf, cover by Tomer Hanuka)     Non-fiction, a selection of 16 essays on the classic Japanese dystopian SF thriller Battle Royale in which teens fight to the death. Authors include John Skipp, Adam Roberts, and Toh EnJoe. Introduction by Nick Mamatas. ebook also available.

The Battle for the Pacific and Other Adventures at Sea (Harper & Brothers, April 1908, xi+238pp, hc, oa) ix · Introduction · [uncredited] · in 1 · I. The Dream of Guns 3 · The Sorakichi—Prometheus · Rowan Stevens · nv 26 · The Bombardment of the Golden Gate · Yates Stirling, Jr. · ss 38 · A Fight in the Fog · Yates Stirling, Jr. · ss 49 · The Battle Off the Hook · Yates Stirling, Jr. · ss 65 · Harry Borden’s Naval Monster · William J. Henderson · ss 79 · The Cruise of a Commerce Destroyer · Yates Stirling, Jr. · ss 91 · II. Strange Stories of the Sea 93 · Private or Privateer? · George Ethelbert Walsh · ss 112 · The Mutiny on the “Swallow” · William J. Henderson · ss 130 · The Scape-Goat of “La Justicia” · Harold Martin · ss 141 · Captain Sampson’s Queer Cargo · George Ethelbert Walsh · ss 157 · A Warm Corner in Sooloo · Owen Hall · ss 177 · “Cap’n I’s” Closest Call · Kirk Munro · ss 191 · My Borrowed Torpedo-Boat · Julian Ralph · ss 211 · The Lost Voice · F. H. Spearman · ss 227 · Joe Griffin’s Great Jump · William J. Henderson · ss

The Battle of Dorking Controversy (Cornmarket Reprints, 1972, 7191-6514-8, hc, an) i · Introduction · Asa Briggs · in 1 · The Battle of Dorking · G. T. Chesney · na Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine May 1871 63 · What Happened After the Battle of Dorking · [uncredited] · na (r) 111 · After the Battle of Dorking · [uncredited] · ss (r) 121 · The Battle of the Ironclads · [uncredited] · ss (r) 141 · The Suggested Invasion of England by the Germans · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Battlestar Galactica: Trilogy (Tor, January 2009, 978-0-7653-2328-6, $27.95, 635pp, hc, om) [Battlestar Galactica]     Omnibus of three novelizations based on the new version of the SF TV show: The Cylons’ Secret by Craig Shaw Gardner (2006), Sagittarius Is Bleeding by Peter David (2006), and Unity by Steven Harper (2007). A trade paperback edition (-2329-3, $14.95) was announced but not seen. 7 · The Cylons’ Secret [Battlestar Galactica] · Craig Shaw Gardner · n. Tor, 2006 173 · Sagittarius Is Bleeding [Battlestar Galactica] · Peter David · n. Tor, 2006 415 · Unity [Battlestar Galactica] · Steven Harper · n. Tor, 2007

The Beast Within (Kensington, September 1, 2010, 978-0-7582-4735-3, $14.00, 305pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of three paranormal romance stories. Authors are Erin McCarthy, Bianca D’Arc, Jennifer Lyon. Details taken from online listing. 1 · The Howling · Erin McCarthy · na 77 · Smoke on the Water [Guardians of the Dark] · Bianca D’Arc · na 199 · Redeeming the Wizard · Jennifer Lyon · na

The Beast Within (Kensington/Brava, September 2011, 978-0-7582-4736-0, $6.99, 345pp, pb, oa)     Reprint (Kensington 2010) paranormal romance anthology of three stories.

Beccon ’87 Programme Book (Beccon, April 1987, 40pp, ph, nf, cover by Keith Roberts)     Programme book for 1987 BECCON Convention at which Keith Roberts was Guest of Honour. 2 · Welcome to BECCON ’87 · Roger Perkins · in 3 · An Appreciation of the Recent Fiction of Keith Roberts · Mike Moir · ar [Ref. Keith Roberts] 9 · Keith Roberts: Bibliography since January 1984 · Mike Moir · bi [Ref. Keith Roberts] 11 · Chris Atkinson · Phil Palmer · bg [Ref. Chris Atkinson] 14 · Jane Gaskell · Anne Wilson · bg [Ref. Jane Gaskell] 19 · The History of BECCONs · Mike Westhead · ms 20 · The First Christmas · Brian Ameringen · ms 22 · Corfe Revisited · Keith Roberts · ar

Becoming Human (Pocket UK, January 1999, 0-671-03447-2, £12.99, 432pp, lp, an) [Star Trek]     Reference anthology. Includes 16pp of colour photographs. The simultaneous US edition with its UK price. 1 · Scorpion, Part One [Star Trek] · Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky · pl (r) 75 · Scorpion, Part One [Star Trek] · Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky · pl (r) 147 · The Raven (fka “Resurrection”) [Star Trek] · Bryan Fuller · pl (r) 215 · The Omega Directive (fka “The Omega Effect”) [Star Trek] · Jimmy Diggs & Steve J. Kay · pl (r) 287 · One [Star Trek] · Jeri Taylor · pl (r) 361 · Hope and Fear [Star Trek] · Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky · pl (r)

Bedside Tales of Mystery and Suspense (Panther, February 1963, 1475, 2/6d, 126pp, pb, an)     Anthology of seven stories. 7 · The House in Goblin Wood [Sir Henry Merrivale] · John Dickson Carr · nv The Strand Magazine November 1947 28 · The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Hangman’s Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1933 53 · The Romantic Young Lady · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The New Yorker June 21 1947 63 · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited. 87 · The Griffin and the Minor Canon · Frank R. Stockton · nv St. Nicholas October 1885 101 · Exit Permit · Peter Cheyney · ss Information Received and Other Stories by Peter Cheyney, Bantam, 1948 116 · The Good River · Pearl S. Buck · ss (r)

Behind the Red Doors (Harlequin, January 2003, 0-373-83569-8, $6.50, pb, oa)     Hot romantic omnibus. · Heaven Scent · Vicki Lewis Thompson · n. (r) · Diamond Mine · Stephanie Bond · n. (r) · Sheer Delights · Leslie Kelly · n. (r)

Bernice Summerfield: Nobody’s Children (Big Finish, August 2007, 978-1-84435-281-4, £14.99, 307pp, hc, oa) [Bernice Summerfield]     Original anthology of four stories featuring Bernice Summerfield, a character originally introduced in a Doctor Who tie-in novel. 3 · All Mimsy Were the Borogroves [Bernice Summerfield] · Kate Orman · na 75 · The Loyal Left Hand [Bernice Summerfield] · Jonathan Blum · n. 193 · Nursery Politics [Bernice Summerfield] · Purser-Hallard · na 289 · Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam [Bernice Summerfield] · Ben Aaronovitch · ss

Bertrem’s Guide to the War of Souls, Volume One (Wizards of the Coast, September 2001, 0-7869-1882-9, $6.99, 306pp, pb, oa, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance]     Original anthology/sourcebook with four quasi-fictional articles supposedly written by the role-playing game world’s inhabitants. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. 1 · Introduction · Bertrem · in 9 · Report compiled by Brother Jeff Crook · Jeff Crook · ar (r) 71 · Report compiled by Brother John Grubber · John Grubber · ar (r) 147 · Report compiled by Sister Mary Herbert · Mary H. Herbert · ar (r) 247 · Report compiled by Sister Nancy Varian Berberick · Nancy Varian Berberick · ar (r) 305 · Afterword · Bertrem · aw

Bertrem’s Guide to the War of Souls, Volume Two (Wizards of the Coast, November 2002, 0-7869-2816-6, $6.99, 305pp, pb, oa, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance]     Original anthology/sourcebook with 14 quasi-fictional articles supposedly written by the role-playing game world’s inhabitants. Authors are Stan Brown, Mary H. Herbert, and Don Perrin. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. 1 · Last Testament of Bertrem the Aesthetic, Keeper of the Great Library of Palanthas · [uncredited] · pr 5 · Heroes of the Lance—Everywhere! · Brother Don Perrin · ar 11 · A Journey to Schallsea · Brother Stan · ar 77 · The Insurrection That Never Was · Brother Stan · ar 121 · River Supply of Silvanost · Brother Don Perrin · ar 137 · A Legionnaire’s Journal · Sister Mary H. Herbert · ar 179 · Excerpts from the Personal Journal of Aldreth Mayger, Knight of the Lily · Sister Mary H. Herbert · ar 187 · The Building of Teyr · Brother Don Perrin · ar 203 · Investigation on the Affliction of Kender · Brother Don Perrin · ar 223 · Search for the Shadowpeople · Brother Don Perrin · ar 235 · The Urkhan · Brother Don Perrin · ar 251 · Mirage · Sister Mary H. Herbert · ar 255 · Lessons of Sun and Sand · Brother Don Perrin · ar 269 · Letters from a Son to His Father · Sister Mary H. Herbert · ar