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Strangers in the Night by Maggie Shayne, Anne Stuart & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro--- see under Anne Stuart.

Dangerous Dames ed. Mike Shayne (Dell, 1955, 77, 192pp, pb, an)
Also- Dell Mar ’65. Pagination is from 1965 edition.

5 · Foreword · Brett Halliday · fw

9 · A Better Mantrap · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales October 1947

25 · Collector’s Item · Jerome Barry · ss

37 · Hang That Husband High · Bruno Fischer · nv Detective Tales July 1948

57 · Simone · Joan Vatsek · ss Today’s Woman 1949

73 · The Statement of Jerry Malloy · Anthony Boucher · ss

81 · She-Wolf · Rutherford Montgomery · ss from Gray Wolf, 1938

97 · Women Are Poison · Brett Halliday · ss Detective Fiction Weekly October 31 1936, as by Davis Dresser

111 · Speak to Me of Death · John West · ss

123 · If I Can Ever Forget · Frank Gruber · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 30 1938

139 · Witness for the Prosecution · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946

155 · Rhapsody in Blood [Scott Jordan] · Harold Q. Masur · nv Manhunt August 1953

183 · Angelica Is Still Alive · Walter Snow · ss Suspect Detective Stories November 1955

Strange Barriers ed. J. Vernon Shea (Lion Library, October 1955, LL:47, 35¢, 188pp, pb, an, cover by Clark Hulings)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. Anthology about race relations. Reprinted twice by Pyramid Books, the second time as The Black and the White.

7 · Dry September · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1931

19 · Battle Royal · Ralph Ellison · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art October 1947

34 · Health Card · Frank Yerby · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1944

44 · A Good Job Gone · Langston Hughes · ss Esquire April 1934

51 · The Test · Angelica Gibbs · ss The New Yorker June 15 1940

55 · The Child by Tiger · Thomas Wolfe · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 11 1937

81 · Arrangement in Black and White · Dorothy Parker · ss The New Yorker October 8 1927

86 · Little Victor · Robert Lewis · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1946

110 · Of Educational Value · Mark Schorer · ss The New Yorker February 19 1949

116 · Almos’ a Man · Richard Wright · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2732, January 1940

129 · After You, My Dear Alphonse · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker January 16 1943

133 · Education South · Paul Green · ss Dog on the Sun, University of North Carolina Press, 1949

145 · The Body of an American · John Dos Passos · ex from 1919, Harcourt Brace, 1932

150 · Child of God · Roark Bradford · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1927

164 · The Necessary Knocking at the Door · Ann Petry · ss ’47—The Magazine of the Year August 1947

171 · The Whipping · Lillian Smith · ex from Strange Fruit, Reynal, 1944

178 · He Don’t Plant Cotton · J. F. Powers · ss Accent Winter 1943

Strange Desires ed. J. Vernon Shea (Lion Books, February 1954, 191, 25¢, 192pp, pb, an, cover by Greco)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

1 · To the Reader · J. Vernon Shea · in

9 · The Watchman · Mark Van Doren · ss The Yale Review Spring 1949

23 · Williamson [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · ss West India Lights by Henry S. Whitehead, Arkham House, 1946

42 · Lila Bohmer · Gil Orlovitz · ss Quarterly Review of Literature v4 #1,

52 · The Vise · William D. Magnes · ss Story #1 ed. Whit & Hallie Burnett, David McKay, 1951

67 · The Anonymous · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · nv The Virginia Quarterly Review Summer 1941

88 · Stalies · Terry Morris · ss Cross Section 1947 ed. Edward Seaver, Simon & Schuster, 1947

99 · The Frog Prince · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941

106 · Golden Land · William Faulkner · nv The American Mercury May 1935

129 · The Abyss · Leonid Andreyev; translated by John Cournos · ss Treasury of Russian Life and Humor ed. John Cournos, Coward-McCann, 1943
translated from the Russian (“Bezdna”, 1902).

145 · Take Her Up Tenderly · Hoke Norris · ss Prairie Schooner Winter 1949

155 · Seedling · Helen McCune · ss Story #126, September/October 1947

164 · The Blood of the Walsungs · Thomas Mann; translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter · nv Stories of Three Decades by Thomas Mann, Knopf, 1936

Copping Squid and Other Mythos Tales by Michael Shea (Perilous Press, October 31, 2009, 978-0-9704000-2-4, $32.95, 224pp, hc, co, cover by Steven Gilberts)
Collection of eight Lovecraftian stories, four original. Foreword by editor S.T. Joshi. Illustrated by Steven Gilberts. A signed, limited edition of 250 ($47.00) was announced but not seen.
Details taken from online listing.

bp · Foreword · S. T. Joshi · fw

1 · Tsathoggua · Michael Shea · nv

35 · Dagoniad · Michael Shea · nv

63 · Copping Squid [Cthulhu] · Michael Shea · nv

83 · Nemo Me Impune Lacessit · Michael Shea · nv Whispers March 1982

105 · The Pool · Michael Shea · nv Weird Tales February/March 2007

131 · The Battery · Michael Shea · nv

153 · The Presentation · Michael Shea · nv Allen K’s Inhuman Magazine December 2005

181 · Fat Face [Cthulhu] · Michael Shea · nv Axolotl Press, 1987

Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical by Robert Shearman (Big Finish, December 31, 2009, 978-1-84435-436-8, £12.95, 240pp, hc, oc)
Details taken from online listing.

· Love Among the Lobelias · Robert Shearman · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #42, 2009

· Roadkill · Robert Shearman · nv Twelfth Planet Press, 2009

· Sweet Nothings · Robert Shearman · ss

· Pang · Robert Shearman · ss

· This Creeping Thing · Robert Shearman · na

· 14.2 · Robert Shearman · ss

· Your Long, Loving Arms · Robert Shearman · ss

· At the Crease · Robert Shearman · ss

· Luxembourg · Robert Shearman · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #39, 2009

· Sharp · Robert Shearman · ss

· Be of Good Cheer · Robert Shearman · ss Midnight Echo #1, October 2008

· Jolly Roger · Robert Shearman · ss

· Crumble · Robert Shearman · ss

· George Clooney’s Moustache · Robert Shearman · ss The British Fantasy Society Yearbook 2009, British Fantasy Society, 2009

· Love in a Time of Sharing · Robert Shearman · ss

· Not About Love · Robert Shearman · ss

· One Last Love Song · Robert Shearman · ss

Remember Why You Fear Me: The Best Dark Fiction of Robert Shearman by Robert Shearman (ChiZine Publications, October 30, 2012, 978-1-927469-21-7, $16.95, 338pp, tp, co, cover by Erik Mohr) [edited by Helen Marshall]
Collection of 20 horror stories, six original. Introduction by Stephen Jones. A deluxe limited hardcover edition was available by preorder only.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Not Really a Horror Writer · Stephen Jones · in

17 · Mortal Coil · Robert Shearman · ss Phobic: Modern Horror Stories ed. Andy Murray, Carcanet Press, 2007

31 · George Clooney’s Moustache · Robert Shearman · ss The British Fantasy Society Yearbook 2009, British Fantasy Society, 2009

43 · Damned if You Don’t · Robert Shearman · ss Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman, Comma Press, 2007

61 · So Proud · Robert Shearman · ss Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman, Comma Press, 2007

69 · Roadkill · Robert Shearman · nv Twelfth Planet Press, 2009

97 · Clown Envy · Robert Shearman · ss

103 · Elementary Problems of Photography (Number Three) · Robert Shearman · ss

113 · Good Grief · Robert Shearman · nv Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2011

137 · Custard Cream · Robert Shearman · ss

154 · Cold Snap · Robert Shearman · nv

183 · Pang · Robert Shearman · ss Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical by Robert Shearman, Big Finish Productions, 2009

200 · Blue Crayon, Yellow Crayon · Robert Shearman · ss

215 · Favourite · Robert Shearman · ss Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman, Comma Press, 2007

228 · One More Bloody Miracle After Another · Robert Shearman · ss

234 · Featherweight · Robert Shearman · nv Visitants ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2010

252 · Jason Zerrillo Is an Annoying Prick · Robert Shearman · ss

258 · Granny’s Grinning · Robert Shearman · ss The Dead That Walk ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2009

269 · Alice Through the Plastic Sheet · Robert Shearman · nv A Book of Horrors ed. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher Books, 2011

298 · The Bathtub · Robert Shearman · ss

311 · The Dark Space in the House in the Garden at the Centre of the World · Robert Shearman · ss House of Fear ed. Jon Oliver, Solaris, 2011

326 · Merely a Horror Writer · Robert Shearman · ss

Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman (Comma Press, November 3, 2007, 978-1-905583-14-0, £7.95, v+218pp, pb, oc)
Details taken from online listing.

· Mortal Coil · Robert Shearman · ss Phobic: Modern Horror Stories ed. Andy Murray, Carcanet Press, 2007

· Perfect · Robert Shearman · ss

· Grappa · Robert Shearman · ss

· Ashes to Ash · Robert Shearman · ss

· Extra Ordinary · Robert Shearman · ss

· Stuff We Leave Behind · Robert Shearman · ss

· Damned if You Don’t · Robert Shearman · ss

· Favourite · Robert Shearman · ss

· Static · Robert Shearman · ss

· No Looking Back · Robert Shearman · ss

· So Proud · Robert Shearman · ss

· The Storyteller · Robert Shearman · ss

· Tiny Deaths · Robert Shearman · ss

· Meanwhile, in a Small Room, a Small Boy · Robert Shearman · ss

Year’s Best Weird Fiction: Volume 5 ed. Robert Shearman & Michael Kelly--- see under Michael Kelly.

After the Fall ed. Robert Sheckley (Ace, September 1980, 0-441-00941-7, $2.25, x+212pp, pb, oa, cover by Paul Alexander)

vii · Introduction · Robert Sheckley · in

1 · The Last Days of (Parallel?) Earth · Robert Sheckley · ss

8 · The Day After the End of the World · Harry Harrison · ss

25 · A Very Good Year · Roger Zelazny · vi Harvey December 1979

31 · Fire And/Or Ice · Roger Zelazny · ss

35 · Exeunt Omnes · Roger Zelazny · ss

40 · Sungrab [Sam Space] · William F. Nolan · nv

66 · Where Are You Now, Erik Scorbic? · K. Copeland Shea · ss

79 · Bud · Ian Watson · ss

88 · The Making of Revelation, Part I · Philip José Farmer · nv

111 · Rebecca Rubinstein’s Seventeenth Birthday · Simon Gandolfi · ss

128 · The Revelation · Thomas M. Disch · ss

135 · Nirvanna Is a Nowhere Place · Joel Schulman · ss

144 · Heir · Judith Ann Lawrence · ss

159 · Afterword to “Heir” · Judith Ann Lawrence · as

161 · The Kingdom of O’Ryan · Bob Shaw · nv

201 · Just Another End of the World · Maxim Jakubowski · ss

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