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Stories from the Original Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, June 30, 2021, 978-1-56146-499-9, $9.99, 118pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · Spud Wrangler · Kent Patterson · ss Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine #17, 1994 17 · Cooties · J. Steven York · ss Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine June 1992 31 · There Is Danger · Ray Vukcevich · ss Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine #16, 1993 41 · Nanoturds · Ray Vukcevich · ss Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine June 1992 53 · Women Are Like Streetcars · O’Neil De Noux · ss Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine July 1992 65 · Shadows on the Moon · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Newer York ed. Lawrence Watt-Evans, Roc, 1991 83 · One Last Gift · Jerry Oltion · vi Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine December 31 1991 91 · The Ghost in the Machine · Jerry Oltion · vi Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine December 31 1991 101 · Group · Ray Vukcevich · vi Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine #19, 1995

That’s Really Messed Up: Whacked Out Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, July 7, 2021, 978-1-56146-497-5, $9.99, 154pp, tp, oa)     Despite the subtitle, all but one of the stories is original in this anthology. Details taken from Table of Contents. v · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · Resolutions ’R Us · Annie Reed · ss 17 · The Birth of Booger Nation · David H. Hendrickson · ss 25 · A Menagerie of Messed Up Shorts · Mark Leslie · ss 37 · Sniff the Source · Stephannie Tallent · ss 51 · In Which Dean Wesley Smith Is Forced to Buy a Story About a Queen for Pulphouse Magazine · Brigid Collins · ss 65 · Fatal Plot Device · Kelly Washington · ss 81 · Goddamn Martians · Ezekiel James Boston · ss 95 · Killing Confucius · Tina Back · ss 111 · Bodacious Billy and the Bazooms of Droom · Jason A. Adams · ss 125 · Why the Cop with a Rose for a Head Wears a Rose Head Mask · Robert Jeschonek · nv Helix #8, Spring 2008

There’ll Be Blue Popcorn Without You: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, October 15, 2021, 978-1-56146-587-3, $9.99, 222pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · A Better Man Than You · Jerry Oltion & Kent Patterson · ss Buried Treasures ed. Jerry Oltion, Eugene Professional Writers Workshops, 1996 27 · Rose in Dreamland · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Buried Treasures ed. Jerry Oltion, Eugene Professional Writers Workshops, 1996 37 · Under the Blood-Red Maple · Joslyn Chase · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #5, Winter 2019 55 · A Cherub by Any Other Name · Annie Reed · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #6, Spring 2019 79 · Small Discrete Intervals from a Sample Size of One · J. Steven York · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #7, Summer 2019 101 · A Night Under the Stars · Lisa Silverthorne · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #8, Fall 2019 113 · Bravo and Jazz · Ron Collins · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #11, 2021 127 · The Man Who Married His Wife’s Thigh · Bonnie Elizabeth · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #13, 2021 143 · Virtual Oracle · Leigh Saunders · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #12, 2021 165 · The Pearce Shootout · Robert J. McCarter · nv Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #13, 2021

Three Sheets to the Wind: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, August 29, 2023, 978-1-56146-880-5, $9.99, 210pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. v · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · The Four Thirty-Five · Annie Reed · ss Fiction River #23, Editor’s Choice, June 2017 17 · Far from Home · R. W. Wallace · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #18, 2022 45 · Machine in the Ghost · Rob Vagle · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #12, 2021 59 · Say Hello to My Little Friend · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Imaginary Friends ed. John Marco & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2008 75 · To the Grave · Brigid Collins · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #16, 2022 89 · Death by Cookie · Robert J. McCarter · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #11, 2021 107 · The Bridge · Robin Brande · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #14, 2021 129 · A Missing Sister Dream [Marble Grant] · Dean Wesley Smith · ss Smith’s Monthly #51, July 2021 147 · Roadkill · Brenda Carre · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #14, 2021 159 · Heartbreaker [Dan Shamble] · Kevin J. Anderson · nv Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #2, April 2018

Through the Wringer: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, July 17, 2024, 978-1-56146-998-7, $16.99, 264pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. xiii · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · The Sea Girl’s Survival · Valerie Brook · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #1, January 2018 21 · Seeing Him for the First Time · David H. Hendrickson · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #8, Fall 2019 41 · Drumbeats · Kevin J. Anderson & Neil Peart · ss Shock Rock II ed. Jeff Gelb, Pocket, 1994 69 · What Remains of America · Scott Edelman · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #25, 2024 85 · The Henchman Is Hurled Off the Catwalk · Adam-Troy Castro · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #22, 2023 103 · Shocking Tales · Don Webb · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #22, 2023 119 · Missing Carolyn · Annie Reed · ss Fiction River #36, Dark & Deadly Passions 2021 145 · The Purple Side of Blue [Dino Francis LaStanza] · O’Neil De Noux · ss LaStanza by O'Neil De Noux, Pontalba, 1999 171 · The Remarkable Way She Died · Karen Fonville · nv Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #25, 2024 197 · The Steam-Man’s Plantation · J. Steven York · nv Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #16, 2022

Twisted Robots, Oh, My! Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, October 15, 2021, 978-1-56146-588-0, $9.99, 186pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · The Clockwork Man’s Canteen [Liberty Brass (The Clockwork Cowboy)] · J. Steven York · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #3, July 2018 23 · Nanoturds · Ray Vukcevich · ss Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine June 1992 33 · A Little Song, A Little Dance, A Little Apocalypse Down Your Pants · Robert T. Jeschonek · ss Galaxy’s Edge #12, January 2015 55 · Battery-Operated Boyfriend · Barbara G. Tarn · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #5, Winter 2019 69 · One-Night Stands for Love and Glory · David H. Hendrickson · ss Fiction River #8, Universe Between, August 2014 83 · Daisy’s Heart · Robert J. McCarter · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #7, Summer 2019 103 · Taking Care of Business · Mary Jo Rabe · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #8, Fall 2019 119 · Unfamiliar, Foreign, Outré · Jerry Oltion · ss Tomorrow August 1995 137 · Exchange Policy · Scott William Carter · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #12, 2021 149 · Tinker Henry and the Clockwork Whore · Jim Gotaas · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #11, 2021

A Twist of a Knife: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, December 10, 2020, 978-1-56146-367-1, $9.99, 234pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. v · Mystery Stories from the Pages of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · The Geezer Squad · Annie Reed · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #5, Winter 2019 25 · Don’t Make Me Take Off My Sunglasses [John Raven Beau] · O’Neil De Noux · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 2004 43 · Looking for the Bastard · David H. Hendrickson · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #1, January 2018 55 · Heartbreaker [Dan Shamble] · Kevin J. Anderson · nv Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #2, April 2018 91 · The Time Cop · Patrick Alan Mammay · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #2, April 2018 103 · Red Carnation · Lee Allred · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #3, July 2018 119 · Just Desserts · R. W. Wallace · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #9, 2020 145 · Under the Blood-Red Maple · Joslyn Chase · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #5, Winter 2019 165 · The Distant Baying of Hounds · J. Steven York · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #2, April 2018 187 · The Case of the Vanishing Boy [Spade & Paladin] · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2010

You Really Liked That?: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine ed. Dean Wesley Smith (WMG Publishing, February 21, 2019, 978-1-56146-078-6, $9.99, 244pp, tp, an)     Anthology of the readers’ and reviewer’s favourite stories from the first year of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. Details taken from Table of Contents. v · Introduction · Dean Wesley Smith · in 1 · Spud Wrangler · Kent Patterson · ss Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine #17, 1994 15 · A Few Minutes in the Plantation Bar and Grill Outside Woodville, Mississippi · Steve Perry · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #1, January 2018 25 · Graymatters · David Stier · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #4, Fall 2018 47 · The Clockwork Man’s Canteen [Liberty Brass (The Clockwork Cowboy)] · J. Steven York · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #3, July 2018 69 · A Good Negro · Ezekiel James Boston · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #3, July 2018 85 · Collector’s Curse [Dan Shamble] · Kevin J. Anderson · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #3, July 2018 109 · Nanoturds · Ray Vukcevich · ss Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine June 1992 121 · Queen of the Mouse Riders · Annie Reed · nv Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #1, January 2018 147 · Who’s the Abomination? · Johanna Rothman · ss Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #3, July 2018 161 · In the Empire of Underpants · Robert T. Jeschonek · nv Fiction River #22, No Humans Allowed, April 2017 185 · At Witt’s End [Spade & Paladin] · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #1, January 2018

Satan’s Circus by Lady Eleanor Smith (Ash-Tree Press, November 5, 2004, 1-55310-074-3, C$59.00, xxviii+xxviii+223pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe)     Collection supernatural fiction. This edition includes all of the stories from the first American edition (Bobbs-Merrill 1934), which added one story (’Whittington’s Cat’) to the original British publication (Gollancz 1932), as well as two further, uncollected stories - ’The Little Mermaid’ and ’No Ships Pass’. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $47.50 and in the UK for £28.00. ix · Introduction · Christopher Roden · in 3 · Satan’s Circus · Lady Eleanor Smith · nv Britannia and Eve June 1930 28 · Mrs. Raeburn’s Waxwork · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss The London Mercury March 1931 31 · Candlelight · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss The Story-teller March 1931 47 · Portrait of a Strong Man · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1930 63 · The Brothers · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss The Strand Magazine October 1930 81 · The Hurdy-Gurdy · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine June 1930 101 · Sweet Spanish Ladies · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss The Delineator December 1931 119 · One O’Clock · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss Satan’s Circus and Other Stories by Eleanor Smith, Gollancz, 1932 133 · Lyceum · Lady Eleanor Smith · nv Satan’s Circus and Other Stories by Eleanor Smith, Gollancz, 1932 155 · Whittington’s Cat · Lady Eleanor Smith · nv The Radio Times December 22 1933 173 · Tamar · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss Satan’s Circus and Other Stories by Eleanor Smith, Gollancz, 1932 185 · The Little Mermaid · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss The Fairies Return, Peter Davies, 1934 199 · No Ships Pass · Lady Eleanor Smith · nv The Story-teller May 1932 222 · Sources and Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · bi

Eyes of Terror and Other Dark Adventures by Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith--- see under L. T. Meade.

Best Max Carrados Detective Stories by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

The Celestial Omnibus by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

The Eyes of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

The Kai Lung Omnibus by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

Kai Lung Raises His Voice by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

Kai Lung’s Golden Hours by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

Kai Lung: Six by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

Max Carrados Mysteries by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

Short Stories of To-day and Yesterday by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

The Specimen Case by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

The Story of Wan and the Remarkable Shrub, and the Story of Ching-Kwei and the Destinies by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah Smith--- see under Ernest Bramah.

Meditations and Mesmerism: Tales Inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann ed. Farah Rose Smith (Ulthar Press, 2019, 978-0-359-48240-5, $24.95, 264pp, tp, oa, cover by Sabinaka)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. 5 · Introduction · Farah Rose Smith · in 7 · Professor Homonculus · Michael Cisco · nv 31 · Dr. Ligetti’s Dream · Ian Delacroix · ss 41 · Alpha and Iota · Jayaprakash Satyamurthy · ss 54 · Heirloom · L. C. von Hessen · ss 73 · The Face and the Flame · M. Lopes da Silva · ss 85 · Where the Sky Is Silver and the Earth Is Brass · Sonya Taaffe · ss 92 · Deadhead · Jennifer Quail · ss 105 · Unheimlich · K. H. Vaughan · nv 126 · A Woman from the Dark · Aydan Hasanli · ss 145 · No Half Measures · Rhys Hughes · ss 162 · Awake in the Hands of Solitude · Kurt Newton & John Boden · nv 184 · The Polished Scope of Dragon Hide · Michelle F. Goddard · ss 201 · Ladali · Sandy Parsons · ss 213 · Spinollio · D. J. Moore · ss 229 · Fruit of the Earth · Nidhi Singh · ss 246 · Notes Toward a Philosophy of Sleep · Michael Uhall · ss 256 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Ultra-Vue and Selected Peripheral Visions by Gary Smith--- see under Rudin Moore.

The Cadaver by Guy N. Smith (Black Hill Books, November 21, 1991, £10.50, 24pp, ph, oc, cover by Tara Smith)     Collection of two stories published to commemorate the 100th issue of Black Hill Collector. Details supplied by Steve Holland. 4 · The Cadaver · Guy N. Smith · ss; illustrated by Tara Smith; later expanded into the novel of the same name (Severn House, 2008). 12 · The Crabs’ Armada · Guy N. Smith · ss; illustrated by Tara Smith

Desert Island Decameron ed. H. Allen Smith (Doubleday, Doran, June 21, 1945, ix+406pp, hc, oa)     Collection of short stories and sketches which the author deems suitable literature for a desert island retreat. 1 · I. Anthology, n. The Study of Ants · H. Allen Smith · in · II. Women 19 · A Pair of Sexes · F. P. A. (by Franklin P. Adams) · ss 22 · The Bedchamber Mystery · C. S. Forester · ss Cosmopolitan October 1943 26 · Entrance Fee · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker March 1 1930, as “Histoire de France, or Entrance Fee” 30 · Daughters of Joy · Barry Benefield · ss The Smart Set May 1913 · III. Wielding the Bludgeon 51 · Willy Wally to Wed · William Cowper Brann · ar Brann the Iconoclast by William Cowper Brann, Herz Brothers, 1898 54 · The Curse of Kissing · William Cowper Brann · ar Brann the Iconoclast by William Cowper Brann, Herz Brothers, 1898 59 · The Devil’s Dictionary · Ambrose Bierce · ex Neale Publishing Co., 1911 64 · Myriad-Minded Us · Westbrook Pegler · ar 67 · Clarion Call to Poets · H. L. Mencken · ar Prejudices: Sixth Series by H. L. Mencken, Knopf, 1927 73 · Chiropractic · H. L. Mencken · ar The Baltimore Evening Sun December 1924 80 · The Innocents Abroad · Mark Twain · ex American Publishing Company, 1869 83 · A Tramp Abroad · Mark Twain · ex American Publishing Company, 1880 · IV. The Sporting Life 91 · Mr. Frisbie · Ring W. Lardner · ss Cosmopolitan June 1928 103 · Colloquy at Second · Westbrook Pegler · ar 105 · Six-Day Race · Westbrook Pegler · ar 108 · Love Makes the Filly Go · Frank Sullivan · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 24 1937 123 · The Sawing Off of Manhattan Island · Herbert Asbury · ar from All Around the Town, Knopf, 1934 130 · The Golden Key · James Street · ss Good Housekeeping November 1944 · V. Life’s Little Problems 152 · The Mystery of Bridge Building · Robert Benchley · ar Benchley Beside Himself by Robert Benchley, Harper, 1943 158 · The Crack · Erskine Caldwell · ss 164 · A Model Dialogue · Stephen Leacock · vi Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock, Gazette, 1910 166 · The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth · Robert Benchley · ss Inside Benchley by Robert Benchley, Harper and Brothers, 1942 · VI. Domestic Science 176 · There Ought to Be a Law · Nunnally Johnson · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 26 1930 200 · A Harlem Tragedy · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World May 1 1904 207 · Dogs · Ring Lardner · ar First and Last by Ring Lardner, Charles Scribner's, 1934 215 · Birthday Present · Thorne Smith · ss Redbook Magazine October 1934 · VII. The Cocktail Hour 239 · A Man May Be Down · Wolcott Gibbs · ss The New Yorker September 23 1933 243 · You Were Perfectly Fine · Dorothy Parker · ss The New Yorker February 23 1929 247 · God Rest You Merry · Cornelia Otis Skinner · ss The New Yorker December 16 1939 254 · I Drink American · Donald Hough · ar Esquire June 1938 · VIII. Nopalera 266 · Gavin O’Leary · John Collier · ss 274 · The Missing Idol · Ben Hecht · nv A Book of Miracles by Ben Hecht, Viking, 1939 · IX. Dialogues in Dialect 326 · Mr. Kaplan’s Dark Logic [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker April 17 1937 332 · Steamboat Days · Roark Bradford · ss Ol’ Man Adam an’ His Chillun by Roark Bradford, Harper, 1928 336 · Sin · Roark Bradford · ss Ol’ Man Adam an’ His Chillun by Roark Bradford, Harper, 1928 341 · Mountain Justice · Fred Allen · ss · X. Five Characters 353 · Blood Pressure · Damon Runyon · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 5 1930 368 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939 374 · Our Mrs. Parker · Alexander Woollcott · ar Cosmopolitan August 1933 384 · The Retroactive Existence of Mr. Juggins · Stephen Leacock · vi The Popular Magazine August 15 1913 388 · Professor Sea Gull · Joseph Mitchell · ar The New Yorker December 12 1942