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My Sweet Valentine (Zebra Books, January 2002, 0-8217-7184-1, $4.99, 222pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology

7 · Silver Links · Shannon Donnelly · na

77 · The Valentine Husband · Alice Holden · na

151 · At First Sight · Joy Reed · na

Myths & Magic: The Complete Fantasy Reference (Titan, April 16, 1999, 1-84023-059-2, £12.99, 277pp, tp, nf, cover by Bob Eggleton)
Reprint (Writer’s Digest 1998 as The Writer’s Complete Fantasy Reference) reference work, with an introduction by Terry Brooks. A guide to the history, myths, costumes, crafts, and magics of many cultures. Internally dated February 1999.

Nanoware Time/The Persistence of Vision (Tor, January 1991, 0-812-55940-1, $3.95, 188pp, pb, an, cover by Ron Walotsky)
Anthology of two novellas. Ian Watson’s “Nanoware Time” is revised and expanded from the first publication (IASFM 6/89). The Varley was a Hugo and Nebula Awards winner. Tor SF Double #29.

3 · Nanoware Time · Ian Watson · na Tor, 1991
a shorter version appeared in IASFM, June 1989.

115 · The Persistence of Vision · John Varley · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1978

Nantucket Slayrides (Eel Grass Press, August 1989, 0-938075-10-1, $10.95, 219pp, tp, an)
Anthology of three fantasy/horror stories set in Nantucket, two reprints by Shepard, one original by Frazier. Also announced in a signed, limited hardcover edition of 250 copies (-11-X, $70.00).

9 · How the Wind Spoke at Madaket · Lucius Shepard · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1985

85 · The Summer People · Robert Frazier · ex

165 · Nomans Land · Lucius Shepard · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1988

A Narnia Chronology (HarperCollins, April 2008, 978-0-06-124005-8, $22.99, unpaginated, hc, pi, cover by Pauline Baynes)
Children’s non-fiction, a pop-up picturebook guide to C.S. Lewis’s Narnia series, drawing heavily on the illustrations of Pauline Baynes.

Nature of the Beast (Kensington, September 1, 2008, 978-0-7582-2846-8, $12.00, 304pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of three paranormal romance novellas by Hannah Howell, Adrienne Basso, and Eve Silver.
Details taken from online listing.

· Dark Hero · Hannah Howell · na

· Bride of the Beast · Adrienne Basso · na

· Kiss of the Vampire · Eve Silver · na

Nature of the Beast (Kensington/Zebra, September 2009, 978-1-4201-0435-6, $6.99, 316pp, pb, an)
Reprint (Kensington 2008) original anthology of three paranormal romance novellas by Hannah Howell, Adrienne Basso, and Eve Silver.

Necromunda Omnibus 1 (Black Library US, March 2011, 978-1-84416-567-4, $29.95, 640pp, tp, an) [Necromunda]
Details taken from online listing.

· Survival Instinct [Necromunda] · Andy Chambers · n. Black Library, May 2005

· Salvation [Necromunda] · C. S. Goto · n. Black Library, May 2005

· Junktion [Necromunda] · Matthew Farrer · n. Black Library, September 15 2005

· A World Above [Necromunda] · Alex Hammond · ss Inferno! #6, May 1998

· The Day of Thirst [Necromunda] · Tully R. Summers · ss Inferno! #6, May 1998

· Badlands Skelter’s Downhive Monster Show [Necromunda] · Matthew Farrer · ss Inferno! #11, March 1999

· Mark of a Warrior [Necromunda] · Richard Williams · ss Inferno! #19, July/August 2000

· The Daemon Bottle [Necromunda] · Alex Hammond · ss Inferno! #1, July 1997

· Rites of Passage [Necromunda] · Gordon Rennie · ss Inferno! #4, January 1998

· The Lake [Necromunda] · Tully R. Summers · ss Inferno! #9, November 1998

· Sisters [Necromunda] · Neil Rutledge · ss Inferno! #10, January 1999

· Rat in the Walls [Necromunda] · Alex Hammond · nv Inferno! #14, September 1999

Necromunda Omnibus 2 (Black Library, March 2012, 978-1-84970-268-3, £20.00, 640pp, tp, an, cover by Clint Langley) [Necromunda]
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Fleshworks [Necromunda] · Lucien Soulban · n. Black Library, March 2006

163 · Back from the Dead [Necromunda] · Nick Kyme · n. Black Library, July 31 2006

321 · Outlander [Necromunda] · Matt Keefe · n. Black Library, December 4 2006

471 · Bad Spirits [Necromunda] · Jonathan Green · nv Inferno! #3, November 1997

487 · Mama’s Boys [Necromunda] · Jonathan Green · ss Inferno! #21, November/December 2000

503 · Boyz in the Hive [Necromunda] · Jonathan Green · ss Inferno! #23, March/April 2001

521 · Firestarter [Necromunda] · Jonathan Green · nv Inferno! #26, September/October 2001

541 · Bad Medicine [Necromunda] · Jonathan Green · ss Inferno! #29, March/April 2002

555 · Descent [Necromunda] · Simon Jowett · na Status: Deadzone ed. Marc Gascoigne & Andy Jones, Black Library, 2000

Necromunda Omnibus 2 (Black Library US, March 2012, 978-1-84970-268-3, $29.95, 640pp, tp, an) [Necromunda]
Details taken from online listing.

The Nemesis from Terra/Battle for the Stars (Tor, May 1989, 0-812-55960-6, $2.95, 107+141pp, pb, an)
Anthology of two novels, The Nemesis from Terra (Ace 1961) and Battle for the Stars (Torquil 1961) printed back to back à la the old Ace doubles.

1 · The Nemesis from Terra · Leigh Brackett · n. Ace, 1961

1 · Battle for the Stars · Edmond Hamilton · n. Torquil Publishers, 1961
expanded from the novella of the same name (Imagination, June 1956).

The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies 1986 (NESFA Press, 1988, 0-915368-32-3, $6.00, 82pp, tp, nf)
Non-fiction, reference. Covers original anthologies and professional magazines published in the subject year.

Never After (Jove, November 2009, 978-0-515-14728-5, $9.99, 393pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four fantasy stories by Laurell K. Hamilton, Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu, and Sharon Shinn. This is a premium/tall rack-size edition.

1 · Can He Bake a Cherry Pie? · Laurell K. Hamilton · na

39 · The Shadow of Mist · Yasmine Galenorn · na

149 · The Tangleroot Palace · Marjorie M. Liu · na

241 · The Wrong Bridegroom · Sharon Shinn · na

Never After (Berkley, October 2010, 978-0-425-23832-5, $15.00, 344pp, tp, oa, cover by Don Sipley)
Reprint (Jove 2009) anthology of four fantasy stories by Laurell K. Hamilton, Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu, and Sharon Shinn.

~~Never~~ Fear the Apocalypse (13Thirty Books, April 8, 2017, 978-0-9977912-3-5, $14.99, 356pp, tp, oa, cover by Elle J. Rossi)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Vacation [Jack Murphy] · Matthew Costello · ss Cemetery Dance #21, Summer 1994

18 · Apocalypse Then · Lisa Mannetti · ss

28 · Til Death · Tim Waggoner · ss

41 · Bellum Sacrum · Mathew Kaufman · ss

55 · Good Friday · F. Paul Wilson · nv 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999

80 · Shut Down · Jeff DePew · nv

105 · Logan’s Mission [Logan] · William F. Nolan · ss

112 · Off to See the Wizard · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Science Fiction Age November 1993

134 · How Can I ~~Help~~ Hurt You? · Crystal Perkins · ss

144 · Original Synth · Brendan Deneen · ss

152 · Into the Stygian Darkness · Heather Graham · nv

180 · The Shadow of Heaven [Milton’s Children] · Jason V. Brock · nv Searchers After Horror ed. S. T. Joshi, Fedogan & Bremer, 2014

201 · Resistant · Tori Eldridge · nv

228 · What Lies Within · Ed DeAngelis · nv

254 · Shorted · Patrick Freivald · ss

271 · There Is No… God · Lance Taubold · nv

293 · The Wrong Kind of Renaissance · Lee Lawless · nv

336 · Nobody Starves · Ron Goulart · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1964

Never Safe (Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc., December 2006, 0977124622, $14.99, 204pp, tp, oa)

· Killer Fog · Tim Wohlforth · ss

· Trial and Terror · K. M. Kavanagh · ss

· The Trip · Kathleen Delaney · ss Whispering Willow Mysteries Bon Voyage Edition 1997

· Ditched · Sunny Frazier · ss

· Josie’s Cabin · Victoria Heckman · ss

· Crestfallen’s Kink · Simon Wood · ss

· Game Over · Margaret Searles · ss

· Body and Blood · Gay Toltl Kinman · ss Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine March/April 2006

· Running to Darkness [River City] · Frank Zafiro · ss

· Capital Justice · Kris Neri · ss

· Between a Rock and a Hard Place · Gary R. Hoffman · ss

· Snow Angel · Tony Burton · ss

· 11-46 at the Pier · Bill Monson · ss

· House of Tears · Gary Phillips · ss

· The Scoop · Jane Denison · ss

· The Resurrection · Marilyn Meredith · ss

· Mean Street · James M. Murphy · ss

· Secret Passions · Chelle Martin · ss

· Life Is a Cabernet · Charla Maine · ss

· Dark Benediction · Sue McGinty · ss

The New Avon Bedside Companion (Avon Books, 1949, 182, 25¢, 156pp, pb, an)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. Reissued as Avon Bedside Companion, Avon # 482, 1952, as if new.

3 · Crown-Fire · Erskine Caldwell · ss We Are the Living by Erskine Caldwell, Viking Press, 1933

9 · Men Are All Alike · Sally Benson · ss The New Yorker November 9 1940

20 · The Impersonation of Esther · Pierre Louys · ss (r)

33 · We Want You for a Neighbor · Jerome D. Ross · ss Story #125, May/June 1947

46 · A Bad Error · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“La fenêtre”, Gil Blas, July 10, 1883 as by Maufrigneuse).

53 · Night! Youth! Paris! and the Moon! · John Collier · ss The New Yorker January 1 1938

59 · Stranded on a Davenport · H. Allen Smith · ts Low Man on a Totem Pole by H. Allen Smith, Doubleday, 1941

70 · The High Constable’s Wife · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r)

88 · The Obscenity of Glamis Flang [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Vanity Fair (US) May 1930, as “The Obscenity of Glamis Flood”

95 · Shell-Fish · Émile Zola · nv (r)

118 · Red Mike, Mabel and Me · Benjamin Appel · ss 1941

126 · Crusoe’s Footprint · Wolcott Gibbs · ss The New Yorker September 14 1946

137 · The Bear Tamer’s Daughter · Konrad Bercovici · ss Adventure 1st July 1921

New Connections: New Plays for Young People (Faber and Faber, 1997, 0-571-19148-7, £12.99, 693pp, tp, oa)
Anthology of plays commissioned by the Royal National Theatre for the BT National Connections scheme for young people in 1997.

v · Introduction · Nick Drake · in

1 · Asleep under the Dark Earth · Siân Evans · pl

52 · The Reality of Magic and Social Injustice · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Siân Evans]

56 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms

59 · The Chrysalids · John Wyndham; adapted by David Harrower · pl

106 · Children Denied Childishness · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. David Harrower]

110 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms

115 · Cuba · Liz Lochhead · pl

156 · The Time When Next Week Might Be Cancelled · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Liz Lochhead]

160 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms

163 · Dog House · Gina Moxley · pl

211 · Stomping the Bastard Into the Ground · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Gina Moxley]

215 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms

219 · Eclipse · Simon Armitage · pl

268 · The Biggest Geometric Event You Could Ever Witness · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Simon Armitage]

272 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms

277 · The Golden Door · David Ashton · pl

325 · Illuminating the Shadow-Side of Life · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. David Ashton]

329 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms

333 · In the Sweat · Naomi Wallace & Bruce McLeod · pl

370 · Uncrushed by the Monster of History · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Naomi Wallace & Bruce McLeod]

374 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms

377 · More Light · Bryony Lavery · pl

451 · A Million Birds, a Million Forgotten Artists · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Bryony Lavery]

455 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms

459 · Shelter · Simon Bent · pl

520 · From Wigan Kiss to Sugar, Sugar · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Simon Bent]

524 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms

527 · Sparkleshark · Philip Ridley · pl

577 · Dreaming the Sparkling Monster · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Philip Ridley]

582 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms

587 · Travel Club and Boy Soldier · Wole Soyinka · pl

626 · A Sad Parable of Serpents Lurking in the Garden of Eden · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Wole Soyinka]

631 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms

635 · The Ultimate Fudge · Jane Coles · pl

688 · Why Sail on a Whaler When You Can Write Plays? · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Jane Coles]

692 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms

The New Decameron, Volume the First (Robert M. McBride & Co., August 1919, 228pp, hc, oa)
Reprint (B.H. Blackwell 1919) original anthology.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Prologue · [uncredited] · nv

25 · The Priest’s Tale: The Journeyman · Dorothy L. Sayers · pm

29 · The Psychic Researcher’s Tale: The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv

72 · The Schoolmarm’s Tale: A Near Thing · Helen Hamilton · pm

78 · The Woman Doctor’s Tale: Mother-Love · M. Storm-Jameson · nv

105 · The Professor’s Tale: The Palmary Example · Bill Nobbs · ss

112 · The Detective’s Friend’s Tale: The Stone House Affair · M. Nightingale · nv

169 · The Master Printer’s Tale: The History of Joseph Binns · Basil Blackwell · ss

178 · The Bureaucrat’s Tale: The Upper Room · Sherard Vines · ss

189 · The Lady of Fashion’s Tale: The Tumbril Touch · Michael Sadler · nv

217 · The Courier’s Tale: A Memory of Paris Days · Francis Carco · ss

225 · The Song: The Explorer · D. E. A. Wallace · pm

227 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

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