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Halflings, Hobbits, Warrows and Weefolk ed. Baird Searles & Brian Thomsen (Warner Questar, December 1991, 0-446-39281-2, $10.99, 275pp, tp, oa, cover by Tim & Greg Hildebrandt)     Original anthology of nine stories, one a reprint, featuring “little folks” of various kinds, with an introduction by Baird Searles. 1 · Small Wonders · Baird Searles · in 5 · The Eranis Pipe · Mickey Zucker Reichert · nv 31 · Moon Shadows · Jody Lynn Nye · nv 57 · The Twice-Born Bard · Michael Williams · ss 71 · A Sparkle for Homer · R. A. Salvatore · nv 107 · A Fumbling of Fairies · Craig Shaw Gardner · nv 135 · The Graceless Child · Charles de Lint · nv 167 · Hobbits · Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact February 1991 185 · The Stoor’s Map · John Dalmas · na 235 · The Origin of the Hob [Hefn] · Judith Moffett · ex from “The Hob”, Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1988

Gone Coastal ed. Margaret Searles (Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc., October 2006, 0977124606, $14.99, 208pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology by the Central Coast Mystery Writers. · Oatmeal Cookies · Margaret Searles · ss Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine #27, Fall 2002 · Fresh Evidence · K. M. Kavanagh · ss · Mele’s Curse · Victoria & Zachary Heckman · ss · Family Ties · James M. Murphy · ss · Les Soeurs en Crime · Suzanne Caplette Champeau · ss · Murder at the Marietta Inn · Bonnie J. Cardone · ss · Death of a Deceiver · Marilyn Meredith · ss · Malibu Dreamin’ · Kris Neri · ss · The Wine Snob · Sunny Frazier · ss · Room Six · Earl Staggs · ss · Spyder’s Plant · Gay Toltl Kinman & Jill Cogen · ss · The Precious Wentletrap · Bette Bardeen · ss · Nipped in the Nuptials · JoAnne Lucas · ss · Mountain of Gold · Candii Vedrin · ss · God Helps Those · Sherri Patton · ss · It Don’t Pay · Molly Rae Doust · ss · You Bet Your Life · Chelle Martin · ss · A Father’s Sins · Hap E. Traylz · ss · Penumbra · Charla Maine · ss · The Sting · Kit Sloane · ss

The Complete Cases of Mike Blair by Hank Searls (Steeger Books, November 27, 2020, 978-1-61827-558-5, $24.95, 290pp, tp, co, cover by Norman Saunders) [Mike Blair]     Details taken from Table of Contents. xi · The Pulps: Yesterday’s Classroom · Hank Searls · ar 1987 1 · Shiv for Your Supper [Mike Blair] · Hank Searls · ss F.B.I. Detective Stories June 1949 25 · Kickback for a Killer [Mike Blair] · Hank Searls · ss All-Story Detective August 1949 49 · A Dish of Homicide [Mike Blair] · Hank Searls · nv Dime Detective Magazine November 1949 87 · Lethal Legacy for the Lady [Mike Blair] · Hank Searls · ss Dime Detective Magazine March 1950 127 · Let’s All Die Together [Mike Blair] · Hank Searls · nv Dime Detective Magazine June 1950 181 · Keep Your Money Side Up [Mike Blair] · Hank Searls · nv Dime Detective Magazine August 1950 227 · For Auld Lang Crime [Mike Blair] · Hank Searls · nv Dime Detective Magazine December 1950

Sea Trails by Sea-Wrack (Hutchinson, 1935, hc, co) · The “Dark Horse” · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · Home-Made Dynamite · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · In the Wake of the Conquistador · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · Joining the Immortals · Sea-Wrack · ar The Cornhill Magazine July 1934, as by Lt. Com. E. H. Crebbin · A Matter of “Tempo” · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · Michael O’Halloran · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · “The Millionth Chance” · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · The New Bo’sun (or the Captain’s Story) · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · Pirates! (or the Fourth Officer’s Story) · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · “Roberts” · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · The Sea-Wall · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · Seascape: Morning Off Lerwick · Sea-Wrack · ss · A Strenuous Fortnight · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · “The Tenth Wave” · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · Through a Life Belt · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · Through and Above Balboa’s Country · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · Through Smyth Channel · Sea-Wrack · ss (r) · William Glass’s Strange Island · Sea-Wrack · ss (r)

Rivers: A Book to Begin On by Lee Sebastian (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, April 1966, LC:66-11903, $2.95, 42pp, hc, nf)

The South Pole: A Book to Begin On by Lee Sebastian (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, July 1968, LC:68-11842, $2.95, 48pp, hc, nf)

The Best American Short Stories 2009 ed. Alice Sebold & Heidi Pitlor (Houghton Mifflin, 2009, 978-0-618-79224-5, xviii+347pp, hc, an) ix · Foreword · Heidi Pitlor · fw xii · A Necessary Crapshoot: Prizes and Awards in the Literary World · Alice Sebold · in 1 · The Idiot President · Daniel Alarcón · ss The New Yorker October 6 2008 15 · Yurt · Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum · ss The New Yorker July 21 2008 32 · Rubiaux Rising · Steve De Jarnatt · ss Santa Monica Review Spring 2008 41 · Beyond the Pale · Joseph Epstein · ss Commentary March 2008 60 · A Shadow Table · Alice Fulton · ss Tin House Spring 2008 75 · NowTrends · Karl Taro Greenfeld · ss American Short Fiction #41, 2008 93 · The Farms · Eleanor Henderson · ss Agni #68, 2008 106 · Sagittarius · Greg Hrbek · ss Black Warrior Review Spring/Summer 2008 118 · Hurricanes Anonymous · Adam Johnson · nv Tin House Spring 2008 157 · The Anniversary Trip · Victoria Lancelotta · ss The Gettysburg Review Spring 2008 168 · A Man Like Him · Yiyun Li · ss The New Yorker May 12 2008 184 · The Briefcase · Rebecca Makkai · ss New England Review v29 #2, 2008 193 · Magic Words · Jill McCorkle · ss Narrative Magazine Fall 2008 210 · One Dog Year · Kevin Moffett · ss Tin House Winter 2008 223 · Modulation · Richard Powers · ss Conjunctions #50, Spring 2008 241 · Them Old Cowboy Songs · Annie Proulx · nv The New Yorker May 5 2008 264 · Into the Gorge · Ron Rash · ss The Southern Review Autumn 2008 275 · Ostracon · Alex Rose · ss Ploughshares Fall 2008 285 · The Peripatetic Coffin · Ethan Rutherford · ss American Short Fiction #41, 2008 301 · Muzungu · Namwali Serpell · ss Callaloo v30 #4, 2008 317 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 331 · 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2008 · [uncredited] · bi 335 · Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · ms

Tales of Talislanta ed. Stephan Michael Sechi (Wizards of the Coast, July 1992, 1-880992-02-7, $5.00, 204pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of nine stories set in the gaming world of “Talislanta,” with a preface and introduction by the editor. vii · Preface · Stephan Michael Sechi · pr 1 · Talislanta: An Introduction · Stephan Michael Sechi · in 7 · Tamerlin’s Odyssey · Stephan Michael Sechi · ss 25 · Tulki’s Revenge · Lawrence Watt-Evans · nv 49 · Survival · Deborah Millitello · ss 61 · To Rest in the Sea · M. C. Sumner · ss 79 · Rogues · Stephan Michael Sechi · nv 111 · Of Women and Honor · Ru Emerson · nv 145 · The Ring · Simon Shapiro · ss 155 · Finding the Way · Deborah Millitello · nv 179 · Shadowmoon · Stephan Michael Sechi · nv

Heigh-Ho for Halloween! ed. Elizabeth Hough Sechrist (Macrae Smith Company, 1948, 240pp, hc, an) 1 · Introduction · Elizabeth Hough Sechrist · in 9 · Stories 9 · The Conjure Wives · Frances Gillespy Wickes · ss Happy Holidays by Frances G. Wickes, Rand McNally, 1921 12 · The Pumpkin Giant · Mary Wilkins Freeman · ss Wide Awake November 1882, as by Mary E. Wilkins 24 · The Giant Ghost · Elizabeth Hough Sechrist · ss A Little Book of Halloween by Elizabeth Hough Sechrist, Lippincott, 1934 29 · The Adventure of My Grandfather · Elizabeth Hough Sechrist · ss A Little Book of Halloween by Elizabeth Hough Sechrist, Lippincott, 1934 retold from Washington Irving’s “Bold Dragoon”. 34 · The Witch of Lok Island · Elsie Masson · ss Folk Tales of Brittany by Elsie Masson, Macrae-Smith, 1929 47 · Teeny-Tiny · Joseph Jacobs · vi English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, David Nutt, 1890 48 · The Strange Visitor · Joseph Jacobs · ss English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, David Nutt, 1890 55 · Poems 83 · Plays 199 · Games 227 · Parties

Terribly Strange Tales ed. Elizabeth Sechrist & Janette Woolsey (Macrae Smith, November 1967, 253pp, hc, an)     22 stories, most well known, but one or two rarities. Illustrated by H. Tom Hall. 13 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro 19 · La Grande Bretèche · Honoré de Balzac; translated by Clara Bell · ss Grande Bretèche and Other Stories by Honoré de Balzac, tr. Clara Bell, J.M. Dent, 1896 translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831). 41 · The Night the Ghost Got In · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker August 12 1933 47 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904 55 · The King of the Cats · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Harper’s Bazar February 1929 73 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890 79 · The Adventure of Second Lieutenant Bubnov · Ivan Turgenev; translated by J. A. Bimstone · ss The Evening Standard March 2 1936 translated from the Russian (1842). 89 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 105 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930 113 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 121 · Clay-Shuttered Doors · Helen R. Hull · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1926 143 · The Legend of Micah Rood · Alton H. Blackington · ss Yankee Yarns by Alton H. Blackington, Dodd, Mead, 1954 151 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 157 · The Dream · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan May 1924 163 · The Specter · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895 translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883). 171 · The Very Foreign Ambassadors · Walter M. Bastian, Jr. · ss 1960 177 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. 197 · The Black Dog · Stephen Crane · ss New-York Tribune July 24 1892 203 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 235 · The Sassage Machine · Charles Dickens · ex from Pickwick Papers, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837 239 · Fear · Stephen French Whitman · ss Collier’s July 31 1926 243 · A Curious Dream · Mark Twain · ss The Century Magazine November 1881, as “A Curious Experiment”

Thirteen Ghostly Yarns ed. Elizabeth Sechrist (Roland Swain, 1932, $2.00, xiv+299pp, hc, an)     Selection of fairly common classic ghost stories. 1 · Peter Rugg, the Missing Man · William Austin · nv New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New England in a Letter to Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell 29 · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888 47 · My Grandfather, Hendry Watty · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Speaker December 2 1892, as by Q 63 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 95 · Haunted Subalterns · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette May 27 1887 109 · Marley’s Ghost · Charles Dickens · ex from “A Christmas Carol”, Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843 141 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891 163 · Thrawn Janet · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1881, as by R. L. S. 189 · Hamlet’s Ghost · William Shakespeare · ex from Hamlet, 1602 219 · The Devil in the Belfry · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Saturday Chronicle May 18 1839 239 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy” 261 · The Bold Dragoon · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 281 · My Own True Ghost Story · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Week’s News February 25 1888

Thirteen Ghostly Yarns (var. 1) ed. Elizabeth Sechrist (Macrae Smith, 1942, $2.00, 240pp, hc, an)     Omits two stories from the 1932 edition and adds two more. · Peter Rugg, the Missing Man · William Austin · nv New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New England in a Letter to Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888 · My Grandfather, Hendry Watty · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Speaker December 2 1892, as by Q · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon · Haunted Subalterns · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette May 27 1887 · Marley’s Ghost · Charles Dickens · ex from “A Christmas Carol”, Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891 · Hamlet’s Ghost · William Shakespeare · ex from Hamlet, 1602 · The Devil in the Belfry · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Saturday Chronicle May 18 1839 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy” · The Bold Dragoon · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon · My Own True Ghost Story · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Week’s News February 25 1888 · The Soul of the Great Bell · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn, Roberts Brothers, 1887

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules ed. David Sedaris (Simon & Schuster, 2005, 0-7432-7394-X, $14.95, 344pp, tp, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · Introduction · David Sedaris · in 9 · Oh, Joseph, I’m So Tired · Richard Yates · nv The Atlantic Monthly February 1978 37 · Gryphon · Charles Baxter · ss Epoch 1985 57 · Interpreter of Maladies · Jhumpa Lahiri · nv Agni #47, 1998 83 · The Garden Party · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Saturday Westminster Gazette February 4 1922 (+2) 101 · Half a Grapefruit · Alice Munro · ss Redbook May 1978 121 · Applause, Applause · Jean Thompson · nv Ploughshares Spring 1977 141 · I Know What I’m Doing About All the Attention I’ve Been Getting · Frank Gannon · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1987 145 · Where the Door Is Always Open and the Welcome Mat Is Out · Patricia Highsmith · ss Nothing That Meets the Eye by Patricia Highsmith, Norton, 2002 165 · The Best of Betty · Jincy Willett · nv (r) 189 · Songs of the Shirt, 1941 · Dorothy Parker · ss (r) 199 · The Girl with the Blackened Eye · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Witness v14 #2, 2000 213 · People Like That Are the Only People Here: Canonical Babbling in Peed Onk · Lorrie Moore · nv The New Yorker January 27 1997 251 · Revelation · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Sewanee Review Spring 1964 277 · In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried · Amy Hempel · ss TriQuarterly #56, Winter 1983 289 · Cosmopolitan · Akhil Sharma · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1997 317 · Irish Girl · Tim Johnston · ss DoubleTake Winter 2002 331 · Bullet in the Brain · Tobias Wolff · ss The New Yorker September 25 1995 339 · Epilogue: About 826NYC · Sarah Vowell · ms