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Women of Wonder: The Classic Years ed. Pamela Sargent (Harcourt Brace, August 1995, 0-15-600031-8, $15.00, 440pp, tp, an, cover by Michael Koelsch)     Anthology of 21 SF stories by women, with most of the authors from the original 1970s series, some represented by new selections, and several new authors, with a new introduction by Sargent. 1 · Introduction · Pamela Sargent · in 21 · No Woman Born · C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1944 65 · That Only a Mother · Judith Merril · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1948 74 · Contagion · Katherine MacLean · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1950 102 · The Woman from Altair · Leigh Brackett · nv Startling Stories July 1951 130 · Short in the Chest · Margaret St. Clair · ss Fantastic Universe July 1954, as by Idris Seabright 139 · The Anything Box · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1956 152 · Death Between the Stars · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss Fantastic Universe March 1956 167 · The Ship Who Sang [Brainship] · Anne McCaffrey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1961 185 · When I Was Miss Dow · Sonya Dorman Hess · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1966 196 · The Food Farm · Kit Reed · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 205 · The Heat Death of the Universe · Pamela Zoline · ss New Worlds #173, July 1967 218 · The Power of Time · Josephine Saxton · nv New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971 234 · False Dawn · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss Strange Bedfellows ed. Thomas N. Scortia, Random House, 1972 249 · Nobody’s Home · Joanna Russ · ss New Dimensions II ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1972 263 · The Funeral · Kate Wilhelm · nv Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972 288 · Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand [Snake] · Vonda N. McIntyre · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact October 1973 308 · The Women Men Don’t See · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1973 335 · The Warlord of Saturn’s Moons · Eleanor Arnason · ss New Worlds 7 ed. Hilary Bailey & Charles Platt, Sphere, 1974 344 · The Day Before the Revolution [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1974 358 · The Family Monkey · Lisa Tuttle · na New Voices in Science Fiction ed. George R. R. Martin, Macmillan, 1977 397 · View from a Height · Joan D. Vinge · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1978 411 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 425 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg 426 · Recommended Reading: Science Fiction by Women, 1818-1978 · Pamela Sargent · bi

Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years ed. Pamela Sargent (Harcourt Brace, August 1995, 0-15-600033-4, $15.00, 422pp, tp, an, cover by Cliff Nielsen)     Anthology of 21 SF stories by women writing since the ’70s, with an introduction by Pamela Sargent. 1 · Introduction · Pamela Sargent · in 21 · Cassandra · C. J. Cherryh · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1978 29 · The Thaw · Tanith Lee · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1979 47 · Scorched Supper on New Niger · Suzy McKee Charnas · nv New Voices III ed. George R. R. Martin, Berkley, 1980 81 · Abominable · Carol Emshwiller · ss Orbit 21 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1980 89 · Bluewater Dreams · Sydney J. Van Scyoc · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 16 1981 103 · The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe · Angela Carter · ss Interzone #1, Spring 1982 114 · The Harvest of Wolves · Mary Gentle · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1983 123 · Bloodchild · Octavia E. Butler · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1984 141 · Fears · Pamela Sargent · ss Light Years and Dark ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984 152 · Webrider · Jayge Carr · ss The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction ed. Ellen Datlow, Zebra, 1985 165 · Alexia and Graham Bell · Rosaleen Love · ss Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine #5, Summer 1986/1987 172 · Reichs-Peace · Sheila Finch · nv Hitler Victorious ed. Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg, Garland, 1986 191 · Angel · Pat Cadigan · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1987 206 · Rachel in Love · Pat Murphy · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1987 233 · Game Night at the Fox & Goose · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Interzone #29, May/June 1989 244 · Tiny Tango [Hefn] · Judith Moffett · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1989 287 · At the Rialto · Connie Willis · nv Omni October 1989 308 · Midnight News · Lisa Goldstein · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1990 319 · And Wild for to Hold · Nancy Kress · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1991 360 · Immaculate · Storm Constantine · ss New Worlds 1 ed. David S. Garnett, Gollancz, 1991 374 · Farming in Virginia · Rebecca Ore · ss Alien Bootlegger and Other Stories by Rebecca Ore, Tor, 1993 391 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 403 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg 405 · Recommended Reading: Science Fiction by Women, 1979-1993 · Pamela Sargent · bi

This Is It! ed. Noah Sarlat (Lion Library, April 1957, LL167, 35¢, 190pp, pb, an, cover by Tony Kokinos)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Yank, We Coming Soon! · Al Mattern · ss Men 21 · Whose Gun, Lieutenant? · Edward A. Herron · ss Male December 1953 27 · Shear Off · Land Kaderli · ss Stag 35 · Nobody Dies in This Ward · Samuel Elkin · ss Men 46 · Johnny Got It Last Night · William P. Buttler · ss Male 52 · Return Engagement · Al Mattern · ss Men 66 · For Two Lousy Cents · Richard Gallagher · ss Male 76 · The Missing Five Minutes · Glenn Infield · ss Stag 86 · That Night in Paris · Robert M. Brown · ss Man’s World 93 · Hill 219 · Kenneth Lowe · ss War Stories Magazine September 1952 102 · No Guts Marvin · Joe Brennan · ss For Men Only 111 · The Captain Wanted Out · Johanas L. Bouma · ss Men 122 · I’m Never Going Home · Edward A. Herron · ss Male 127 · Backlash · James J. Simonds · ss Male 140 · Amputation · Robert O’Neil Bristow · ss Male 146 · Scramble, Red Section! · Dick Halvorsen · ss Stag 156 · Hail the Conquering Hero · Robert G. Fuller · ss Male 164 · The Treatment · Kendell Foster Crossen · ss Stag; given as by Kendall Foster Crossen throughout. 176 · Routine Patrol · Al Mattern · ss Stag

Love, Here Is My Hat by William Saroyan (Modern Age Books, 1938, hc, co)     Details taken from online listing. · Love, Here Is My Hat · William Saroyan · ss · Ever Fall in Love with a Midget? · William Saroyan · ss The Evening Standard October 19 1937 · The Trains · William Saroyan · ss Story #60, July 1937 · One of the Least Famous of the Great Love Affairs of History · William Saroyan · ss · The La Salle Hotel in Chicago · William Saroyan · ss (r) · Gus the Gambler · William Saroyan · ss · Saturday Night · William Saroyan · ss (r) · Coffee and Sandwiches at Louie’s on Pacific Street · William Saroyan · ss (r) · Ah Life, Ah Death, Ah Music, Ah France, Ah Everything · William Saroyan · ss (r) · Three, Four, Shut the Door · William Saroyan · ss (r) · For My Part I’ll Smoke a Good Ten Cent Cigar · William Saroyan · ss (r) · The Genius · William Saroyan · ss · A Lady Named Caroline · William Saroyan · ss (r) · Fire · William Saroyan · ar · You’re Breaking My Heart · William Saroyan · ss (r) · The Filipino and the Drunkard · William Saroyan · ss (r) · Jim Pemberton and His Boy Trigger · William Saroyan · ss (r) · War and Peace · William Saroyan · ss (r) · The Poor Heart · William Saroyan · ss (r) · A Family of Three: The Child…The Man…The Woman · William Saroyan · ss (r) · Am I Your World? · William Saroyan · ss (r)

Toybox by Al Sarrantonio (Cemetery Dance Publications, 1999, 1-881475-81-6, $40.00, 257pp, hc, co, cover by Alan M. Clark)     Limited to 750 signed, numbered, copies. · Introduction · Joe R. Lansdale · in · Pumpkin Head · Al Sarrantonio · ss Terrors ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1982 · The Man with Legs · Al Sarrantonio · ss Shadows 6 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983 · The Spook Man · Al Sarrantonio · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November 1982 · Wish · Al Sarrantonio · ss Shadows 8 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1985 · Under My Bed · Al Sarrantonio · ss Shadows 4 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1981 · The Big House · Al Sarrantonio · ss · Bogy · Al Sarrantonio · ss Whispers VI ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1987 · The Corn Dolly · Al Sarrantonio · ss Whispers December 1984 · The Electric Fat Boy · Al Sarrantonio · ss revised from “The Meek” (Cemetery Dance, Spring 1990). · Snow · Al Sarrantonio · ss Realms of Fantasy April 1996 · Garden of Eden · Al Sarrantonio · ss Cemetery Dance #22, Winter 1995 · The Dust · Al Sarrantonio · ss Death ed. Stuart David Schiff, Playboy, 1982 · Father Dear · Al Sarrantonio · ss Fears ed. Charles L. Grant, Berkley, 1983 · Children of Cain · Al Sarrantonio · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 · Red Eve · Al Sarrantonio · ss Under the Fang ed. Robert R. McCammon, Pocket, 1991 · Pigs · Al Sarrantonio · ss Shadows 10 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1987 · Richard’s Head · Al Sarrantonio · ss Obsessions ed. Gary Raisor, Dark Harvest, 1991 · Boxes · Al Sarrantonio · ss Shadows 5 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1982

100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories ed. Al Sarrantonio & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, September 1993, 1-56619-056-8, $7.98, 496pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 100 short horror stories by authors ranging from Mark Twain to Joe R. Lansdale. This is an instant remainder book. xv · Introduction · Martin H. Greenberg & Al Sarrantonio · in 1 · The Adventure of My Grandfather · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as “The Bold Dragoon; or, The Adventure of My Grandfather” by Geoffrey Crayon 8 · The Adventure of My Aunt · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 13 · The Adventure of the German Student · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 17 · Ants · Chet Williamson · vi Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1987 20 · The Assembly of the Dead · Chet Williamson · ss Nøctulpa #4, Spring 1990 24 · At the Bureau · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi Shadows 3 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1980 27 · Babylon: 70 M. · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Magazine of Horror and Strange Stories August 1963 33 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 40 · Beyond the Wall · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine December 1907 47 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891 51 · Boxes · Al Sarrantonio · ss Shadows 5 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1982 57 · The Candidate · Henry Slesar · ss Rogue August 1961 63 · Cemetery Dance · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Narrow Houses: Volume I ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1992 66 · The Certificate · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959 70 · Cheapskate · Gary Raisor · vi Night Cry Summer 1987 72 · The China Bowl · E. F. Benson · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1916 79 · The Cobweb · Saki · ss The Morning Post November 21 1911, as by H. H. Munro 84 · Come to the Party · Frances Garfield · ss Whispers IV ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1983 91 · A Curious Dream · Mark Twain · ss The Century Magazine November 1881, as “A Curious Experiment” 98 · Dark Wings · Phyllis Eisenstein · ss Shadows 5 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1982 104 · Dead Call · William F. Nolan · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 108 · Different Kinds of Dead · Ed Gorman · ss Ghosts of the Heartland ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press, 1990 113 · Displaced Person · Eric Frank Russell · vi Weird Tales September 1948 116 · The Disintegration of Alan [Greystone Bay] · Melissa Mia Hall · ss Greystone Bay ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1985 120 · Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 124 · Dragon Sunday · Ruth Berman · vi Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979 126 · Duck Hunt · Joe R. Lansdale · ss After Midnight ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1986 129 · The Dust · Al Sarrantonio · ss Death ed. Stuart David Schiff, Playboy, 1982 135 · The Evil Clergyman · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales April 1939, as “The Wicked Clergyman” 139 · Examination Day · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy February 1958 142 · The Faceless Thing · Edward D. Hoch · ss Magazine of Horror and Strange Stories November 1963 147 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 155 · Feeding Time · James Gunn · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1955 161 · Feeding Time · Robert Sheckley · ss Fantasy Magazine March 1953, as by Finn O’Donnevan 164 · The Final Quest · William F. Nolan · pm Whispers III ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1981 167 · Fish Night · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Specter! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1982 174 · The Four-Fingered Hand · Barry Pain · ss Here and Hereafter by Barry Pain, Methuen, 1911 179 · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888 184 · Give Her Hell · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Manhood v1 #4, 1963, as by David Grinnell 188 · The Giveaway · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Shadows 4 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1981 192 · The Glove · Fritz Leiber · ss Whispers June 1975 204 · The Grab · Richard Laymon · ss Gallery January 1982 210 · The Haunted Mill: or, The Ruined Home · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Wave February 21 1891 217 · He Kilt It with a Stick · William F. Nolan · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1968 222 · Heading Home · Ramsey Campbell · ss Whispers October 1978 226 · The Hollow of the Three Hills · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Salem Gazette November 12 1830, uncredited. 230 · The Hollow Man · Norman Partridge · ss Grue #13, Fall 1991 235 · Holly, Don’t Tell · Juleen Brantingham · ss Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979 241 · The Hound [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales February 1924 248 · The Hour and the Man · Robert Barr · ss The English Illustrated Magazine August 1894 255 · The House at Evening · Frances Garfield · ss Whispers March 1982 261 · The Idea · Barry N. Malzberg · ss In the Pocket and Other S-F Stories by K. M. O'Donnell, Ace, 1971, as by K. M. O’Donnell 265 · Identity Crisis · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Terrors ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1982 270 · In the Corn · Robert Fox · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1982, as by Al Sarrantonio 274 · An Incident on Route 12 · James H. Schmitz · ss If January 1962 279 · Interview · Frank A. Javor · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction November 1963 283 · The Jam · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy November 1958 286 · The Kirk Spook · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 292 · Making Friends · Gary Raisor · vi The Horror Show Summer 1985 294 · The Marble Hands · Bernard Capes · ss The Fabulists by Bernard Capes, Mills & Boon, 1915 296 · Mariana · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic Science Fiction Stories February 1960 301 · Masque · Ed Gorman · ss Mummy Stories ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ballantine, 1990 305 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 312 · Moving Night · Nancy Holder · ss Shadows 9 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1986 316 · Naples · Avram Davidson · ss Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1978 322 · Night Visions · Jack Dann · ss Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979 326 · Night Deposits · Chet Williamson · ss University Man 1987 332 · Nightshapes · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Werewolf! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1979 338 · No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 349 · The Old Black Hat · Gary Raisor · vi Night Cry Winter 1986 351 · Out of the Storm · William Hope Hodgson · ss Putnam’s Magazine February 1909 355 · Out of Africa · David Drake · ss From the Heart of Darkness by David Drake, Tor, 1983 361 · The Oval Portrait · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1842, as “Life in Death” 364 · Party Time · Mort Castle · vi Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 366 · The Passenger · E. F. Benson · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1917 372 · Peekaboo · Bill Pronzini · ss Nightmares ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1979 377 · The Pitch · Dennis Etchison · ss Whispers October 1978 385 · The Poor · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Terrors ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1982 388 · The Rag Thing · Donald A. Wollheim · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951, as by David Grinnell 393 · Rendezvous · Daniel Ransom · ss Hardboiled #1, Summer 1985, as by Edward Gorman 397 · The Same Old Grind · Bill Pronzini · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1978 401 · The Skeleton · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Novel Notes by Jerome K. Jerome, Leadenhall Press, 1893 406 · Something There Is · Charles L. Grant · ss Tales from the Nightside by Charles L. Grant, Arkham House, 1981 414 · Spring-Fingered Jack · Susan Casper · ss Fears ed. Charles L. Grant, Berkley, 1983 417 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 421 · The Statement of Randolph Carter [Randolph Carter] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Vagrant #13, May 1920 426 · The Story of Muhammad Din · Rudyard Kipling · vi The Civil and Military Gazette September 8 1886 429 · The Thing in the Forest · Bernard Capes · vi The Fabulists by Bernard Capes, Mills & Boon, 1915 432 · Threshold · Sharon Webb · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic November 1982 438 · Today’s Special · Dennis Etchison · ss Cavalier 1972 443 · Topsy · F. Paul Wilson · ss Dark Harvest Summer/Fall Preview: 1990, Dark Harvest, 1990 450 · Toy · Bill Pronzini · ss Shadows 8 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1985 454 · Transfer · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Fantastic Stories August 1975 460 · Treats · Norman Partridge · ss The Blood Review October 1990 465 · Under My Bed · Al Sarrantonio · ss Shadows 4 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1981 468 · Up Under the Roof · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales October 1938 473 · The Upturned Face · Stephen Crane · ss Ainslee’s Magazine March 1900 477 · We Have Always Lived in the Forest · Nancy Holder · ss Shadows 10 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1987 485 · Where Did She Wander? [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Whispers October 1987 494 · Witness · Avram Davidson · vi Night Cry Winter 1986