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The Ghost Sequences by A. C. Wise (Undertow Publications, October 19, 2021, 978-1-988964-33-1, $19.99, tp, co, cover by Olga Beliaeva)
Details taken from online listing.

11 · How the Trick Is Done · A. C. Wise · nv Uncanny Magazine #29, July/August 2019

35 · The Stories We Tell About Ghosts · A. C. Wise · ss Looming Low: Volume I ed. Justin Steele & Sam Cowan, Dim Shores, 2017

59 · The Last Sailing of the Henry Charles Morgan in Six Pieces of Scrimshaw (1841) · A. C. Wise · ss The Dark #14, July 2016

67 · Harvest Song, Gathering Song · A. C. Wise · ss For Mortal Things Unsung ed. Alex Hofelich, Escape Artists, Inc., 2017

91 · The Secret of Flight · A. C. Wise · ss Black Feathers ed. Ellen Datlow, Pegasus Books, 2017

113 · Crossing · A. C. Wise · ss LampLight March 2017

135 · How to Host a Haunted House Murder Mystery Party · A. C. Wise · ss Bourbon Penn #12, November 2016

149 · In the End, It Always Turns Out the Same · A. C. Wise · ss The Dark #37, June 2018

161 · Exhalation #10 · A. C. Wise · nv Final Cuts ed. Ellen Datlow, Anchor Books, 2020

189 · Excerpts from a Film (1942-1987) · A. C. Wise · nv Tor.com March 21 2017

219 · Lesser Creek: A Love Story, A Ghost Story · A. C. Wise · ss Clockwork Phoenix 4 ed. Mike Allen, Mythic Delirium Books, 2013

235 · I Dress My Lover in Yellow [Cthulhu] · A. C. Wise · ss The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu ed. Paula Guran, Robinson, 2016

251 · The Nag Bride · A. C. Wise · nv

297 · Tekeli-li, They Cry [Cthulhu] · A. C. Wise · ss Tomorrow’s Cthulhu ed. C. Dombrowski & Scott Gable, Broken Eye Books, 2016

311 · The Men from Narrow Houses · A. C. Wise · ss Liminal Stories #1, Spring/Summer 2016

325 · The Ghost Sequences · A. C. Wise · ss Echoes ed. Ellen Datlow, Saga Press, 2019

The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again by A. C. Wise (Lethe Press, October 20, 2015, 978-1-59021-434-3, $18.00, 272pp, tp, oc, cover by Staven Andersen)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Operation: Annihilate Mars! or, Doctor Blood and the Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron · A. C. Wise · ss Ideomancer June 2013, as “Doctor Blood and the Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron”

15 · How Bunny Came to Be · A. C. Wise · nv Shimmer #17, 2013

36 · From Sapphire’s Little Black Book of Cocktails: The White Velvet Rabbit · A. C. Wise · ms

39 · Roller Girls Have More Fun · A. C. Wise · nv

71 · From Sapphire’s Little Black Book of Cocktails: The Blushing Rosebud · A. C. Wise · ms

73 · Jewels Beyond Compare · A. C. Wise · nv

114 · From Sapphire’s Little Black Book of Cocktails: Passion Between the Sheets · A. C. Wise · ms

117 · Penny in the Air · A. C. Wise · nv

146 · From Sapphire’s Little Black Book of Cocktails: The Copper Top · A. C. Wise · ms

149 · The Devil Comes to the Midnight Café · A. C. Wise · nv

179 · From Sapphire’s Little Black Book of Cocktails: Why Bother? · A. C. Wise · ms

181 · The Story of M · A. C. Wise · ss

184 · From Sapphire’s Little Black Book of Cocktails: No · A. C. Wise · ms

187 · City of the Dead · A. C. Wise · nv

216 · From Sapphire’s Little Black Book of Cocktails: Persephone’s Kiss · A. C. Wise · ms

219 · The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again; or, The Great G-String Men Team Up Extravaganza · A. C. Wise · na

· From Sapphire’s Little Black Book of Cocktails: Sapphire’s Summer Sangria · A. C. Wise · ms

Clowns: The Unlikely Coulrophobia Remix ed. A. C. Wise & Bernie Mojzes (Unlikely Story, LLC, January 12, 2016, 978-1-944597-00-9, $10.95, 146pp, tp, oa, cover by Linda Saboe)
Details taken from online listing.

· A Distant Honk · Holly Schofield · ss

· Between Writers and Clowns · Robin Blyn · in

· Five Things Every Successful Clown Must Do · Derek Manuel · ss Unlikely Story #11.5, April 1 2015

· Gags, Bits, and Business · T. Jane Berry · ss

· Mr. Boingo Saves the World · J. H. Pell · ss

· An Argument for Clowning on the Sabbath · Jeff Wolf · ss

· Thou Antic Death · Kristen Roupenian · ss

· Everyone’s a Clown · Caroline M. Yoachim · ss Unlikely Story #11.5, April 1 2015

· The Game · Mari Ness · ss

· Melpomene’s Heirs · Evan Dicken · ss

· Break the Face in the Jar by the Door · Carlie St. George · ss Unlikely Story #11.5, April 1 2015

· Stilts · Line Henriksen · ss

· A Million Tiny Ropes · Virginia M. Mohlere · vi Unlikely Story #11.5, April 1 2015

· Queen and Fool · Dayle A. Dermatis · ss

· God’s Children · Jason Arias · ss

· Clown’s Syndrome · Joe Nazare · ss

· Clown Car, Driven Once, Never Emptied · Karlo Yeager Rodriguez · ss

· Perfect Mime · Sara K. McNeilly · ss Unlikely Story #11.5, April 1 2015

· Whaling with Clowns · Chris Kuriata · ss

· Clown Shoes · Cassandra Khaw · ss

· A Silent Comedy · Cate Gardner · ss

· Pushpin and Pullpin · Charles Payseur · ss

· Clowns of the Creosote Plains · Chillbear Latrigue · ss

· Afterword: First and Last and Always · [uncredited] · ms

Great Tales of Terror & the Supernatural ed. Herbert A. Wise & Phyllis Fraser (Random House, 1944, $2.95, xix+1080pp, hc, an)
One of the basic library volumes, and an inspiration to a new generation of readers/writers. British edition from Hammond & Hammond, 1947. Note paperback abridged edition, Omnibook, 1944.

xi · Introduction · Herbert A. Wise & Phyllis Fraser · in

xix · Introduction to the Notes · [uncredited] · ms

3 · La Grande Bretèche · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831).

24 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843

34 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845

44 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited.

57 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891

62 · The Three Strangers · Thomas Hardy · nv Longman’s Magazine March 1883

85 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925

99 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895

116 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896

127 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910

133 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931

136 · Silent Snow, Secret Snow · Conrad Aiken · nv The Virginia Quarterly Review October 1932

155 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933

172 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Connell · nv Collier’s January 19 1924

188 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938
translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937).

212 · The Gentleman from America · Michael Arlen · ss The Tatler Christmas 1924

231 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930

242 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927

253 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939

259 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar by Geoffrey Household, Chatto, 1938

283 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version.

324 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine”

356 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.; given as by Charles Collins & Charles Dickens.

368 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.

403 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.

417 · Sir Edmund Orme · Henry James · nv Black & White November 25 1891

447 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886).

473 · Was It a Dream? · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“La morte”, Gil Blas, May 31, 1887).

478 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)

509 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904

516 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Arnold, 1911

539 · “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” · M. R. James · nv Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904

560 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910

592 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902

604 · The Great God Pan · Arthur Machen · na The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1894
a portion appeared earlier in The Whirlwind, Dec 13, 1890.

660 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved”

708 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling, Heinemann and Balestier, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray”

721 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904

745 · Lukundoo · Edward Lucas White · ss Weird Tales November 1925

760 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912

769 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922

785 · Ancient Sorceries [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1908

835 · Confession · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Century Magazine March 1921

854 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911

858 · The Beckoning Fair One · Oliver Onions · na Widdershins by Oliver Onions, Martin Secker, 1911

928 · Out of the Deep · Walter de la Mare · nv The Riddle and Other Stories by Walter de la Mare, Selwyn & Blount, 1923

958 · Adam and Eve and Pinch Me · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1921

970 · The Celestial Omnibus · E. M. Forster · nv Albany Review January 1908

987 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912

998 · The Sailor-Boy’s Tale · Karen Blixen · ss Winter’s Tales by Isak Dinesen, Putnam, 1942, as by Isak Dinesen

1010 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924

1031 · The Dunwich Horror [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales April 1929

Buckskin, Bullets, and Beans: Good Eats and Good Reads from the Western Writers of America ed. Bob Wiseman (Northland Pub., 1997, hc, nf)
A very unusual cookbook. Each recipe is prefaced by an introduction to the author and their work, then an excerpt from one of their works leads in some way to the recipe and the recipes themselves are something you won’t see in your mother’s cookbook - “Roast Buffalo Hump,” “Pan-Fried Squirrel,” etc.

· About Western Writers of America · R. C. House · in

· Jerky—Pingora Style · Sierra Adare · ms

· Mom McBair’s Light Bread · Judy Alter · ms

· The Bowl of the Wife of Kit Carson · Sam Arnold · ms

· Old-Fashioned Peach Cobbler · Fred Bean · ms

· Two-Skillet Campfire Cornbread · D. L. Birchfield · ms

· Chicken Pot Pie · Mike Blakely · ms

· Egg Gravy · Cindy Bonner · ms

· Son-of-a-Bitch Stew · Matt Braun · ms

· Pioneer Corn Pudding · Irene Bennett Brown · ms

· Griddled Elk Steaks · Larry Brown · ms

· Snake Killer’s Pozole · Sinclair Browning · ms

· Sunday Baked Beans · Susan Butruille · ms

· Spicy Barbecue Drumsticks · Tony Cano & Ann Sochat · ms

· Popcorn Balls · Laurie Carlson · ms

· Hangtown Fry · Murray Carroll · ms

· Carne de Puerco (Shredded Pork) · Paul Clayton · ms

· Emma’s Chokecherry Jelly · Rita Cleary · ms

· Frybread · Colin Cobb · ms

· Running Eagle’s Beef Jerky · Don Coldsmith · ms

· Peanut Soup · James A. Crutchfield · ms

· Deep-Fried Rattler · Chet Cunningham · ms

· Lotis Duck & Wild Rice · Sharon Cunningham · ms

· Faux Venison · Andrew Dequasie · ms

· Camarones Borrachos (Drunken Shrimp) · John Duncklee · ms

· Tortilla Soup · Loren D. Estleman · ms

· Oklahoma-Style Fried Okra · Jim Marion Etter · ms

· Celsa’s Chile Beans · Elizabeth Fackler · ms

· Stuffed Prickly Pear Leaves · Phyllis de la Garza · ms

· Wild Rice Pie · Kathleen O’Neal Gear · ms

· Roast Buffalo Hump · W. Michael Gear · ms

· Cave Man Beans · Robin Gibson · ms

· Milk Pie · Charles Hackenberry · ms

· Vinegar Cobbler · Stella Hughes · ms

· Kate’s Donegal Pie · Sharon Ihle · ms

· Stuffed Roasted Cornish Game Hen · John Jakes · ms

· Texas Brisket · W. C. Jameson · ms

· Venison Roast · Fred N. Kimmel · ms

· Homemade Butterscotch Ice Cream · Arthur Winfield Knight · ms

· Shimazan’s Lamb Stew · Ruth Willett Lanza · ms

· Apple Compote · John Legg · ms

· Barbecued Guaymas Red Snapper · Elmore Leonard · ms

· Gamma Lewis’s Pecan Pie · Preston Lewis · ms

· Old-Fashioned Pound Cake · Ernestine Sewell Linck · ms

· Green Beans with Pecan Sauce and Bacon · Elaine Long · ms

· Lynda’s Baking Powder Biscuits · Stan Lynde · ms

· Guisado Monterey (Monterey-Style Stew) · Kat Martin · ms

· Pozole and Pork Chops · Larry J. Martin · ms

· Savory Leg of Lamb · Joe Megeath · ms

· Candy’s Spudnuts · Candy Moulton · ms

· Apple Butter · Joan Lowery Nixon · ms

· Nine-Raisin Rice · Jim Palmer · ms

· Pepper’s Dutch-Oven Cornbread Casserole · Choral Pepper · ms

· Sourdough Starter & Sourdough Pancakes · Gwen Petersen · ms

· One-Pot Chop Suey · George Post · ms

· My Pecan Pie · Ellen Recknor · ms

· Ranch-Style Peach Cobbler · Joyce Gibson Roach · ms

· Bocadillos Mejicanos (Mexican Appetizers) · Mark Roberts · ms

· Prohibition Bean Dip · Joann Roe · ms

· Black Walnut and Ginger Shrimp Stir Fry · Patti Sherlock · ms

· Pan-Fried Squirrel · W. M. Shockley · ms

· Bunkhouse Beans · Richard Slatta · ms

· A Hill of Fried Potatoes · Kathryn Swarthout · ms

· Southwest Shoofly Pie · Lon Walters · ms

· Fresh Strawberry Pie · Sandy Whiting · ms

· Shaft’s Burnt Sugar Cake · Jeanne Williams · ms

· Black Bean Frijoles · Bob Wiseman · ms

· Goldfield Hotcakes for Two · Sally Zanjani · ms

· Sandwich from the Lake of the Little Shadows · Norm Zollinger · ms

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