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Phil May’s Annual [#3, Winter 1893] ed. Francis Gribble (Walter Haddon’s Central Publishing & Advertising Co., 1/-, 112pp, cover by Phil May) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 1 · A Memory of the Pacific · Clark Russell · ss; crime story. 9 · A Note on the Young Girl · Walter Besant · ar 15 · Elaine in London · Richard Le Gallienne · ss 27 · Parliamentary Pastimes · Harold Cox · ar 37 · Bound in Boards · Charles J. Wills · ss 45 · Happy Trelawney · Gilbert Parker · ss 55 · The Odic Touch · Hume Nisbet · ss; occult. 65 · Newlyn Notes · Anon. · ar; probably by the editor; noted as the article Phil May intended to write to accompany his drawings of artists at Newlyn. 75 · The Hon. Adolphus Byngo’s Revenge · W. H. Devenish · ss 83 · A Mother’s Education · Frederic Fenn · ss 89 · The Valley of Horrors · Francis Gribble · ss; psychological ghost story. 97 · Cruel Coppinger · David Clarke · ss 103 · Molly · Phyllis Hawtrey · ss 109 · “I Loved My Love with a ‘B’” · A. Adams Martin · ss; called ‘A Romance of the British Museum’, obviously a fantasy!

Phil May’s Annual [#4, Winter 1894] ed. Francis Gribble (Walter Haddon’s Central Publishing & Advertising Co., 1/-, 112pp, cover by Phil May) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Should Irascible Old Gentlemen Be Taught to Knit? · Sarah Grand · ss 19 · A Creed of Manners · E. F. Benson · ss 27 · A Parliamentary Ghost · W. H. Devenish · ss; satirical ghost story. 33 · Bohemian Life in Paris · Robert H. Sherard · ar 45 · Like a Man · Morley Roberts · ss; humorous ghost story. 49 · Nemesis Wins · Grant Allen · ss 57 · Juan: The Tragedy of a Dog · Charles Harrie Abbott · ss 65 · The Death-Band. How Fetlar Sahib Won His Case · Louis Tracy · ss 71 · The Blue Room · Kenneth Grahame · ss 77 · Only a Pose · Francis Gribble · ss 83 · After Eclipse · George Thirdly · ss 91 · A Girl Who Never Married · Frederic Fenn · ss 99 · Two Ones · Mary L. Pendered · ss 107 · A Romance of the Pavement · A. Adams Martin · ss

Phil May’s Annual [#5, Winter 1895] ed. Grant Richards (The Office, Bouverie House, 1/-, 112pp, cover by Phil May) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · A Ballad of an Artist’s Wife · John Davidson · pm 11 · “The Light That Never Was” · Violet Hunt · ss 21 · Gods I Have Known · Grant Allen · ar 33 · Bertram · Richard Pryce · ss 45 · The Argonauts of the Air · H. G. Wells · ss 65 · A Woman on the Ridge · Walter Raymond · ss 79 · Has the English Drama Renasced? · A. B. Walkley · ar 92 · If Only—! · Elfrida Ionides · ss; crime story. 99 · The Mislaid Child: An Extravagance · Grant Richards · ss

Phil May’s Annual [#6, Winter 1896] ed. Neville Beeman (Neville Beeman, Ltd., 1/-, 122pp, cover by Phil May) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 4 · “I Was a Stranger”: A Tale of Pontiac · Gilbert Parker · ss 16 · A Frog Chorus · Ernest G. Henham · ss; crime story. 25 · Mr. Jedison’s Invention · G. B. Burgin · ss; satire on Edison; books are banned but written works are transferred to the phonograph. 38 · Master Pillinport’s Lark · J. C. Higginbotham · ss 48 · The Custom · Lewis Torre · ss 59 · A Piratical Fiasco · M. Cricklewood · ss 69 · Special Correspondents and Notable Events · Anon. · ar 80 · The Official Clock · Roger Pocock · ss; sf - a clock that controls events and creates a new Ice Age. 87 · The Röntgen Ray-der · Mr. M--- · ss; Holmes spoof with Shylock Bones. 90 · A Recipe · Gertrude Ford · pm 94 · The Thief · Mrs. Stephen Bateson · ss 105 · Angela: A Comedy of the Wheel · Clinton Ross · ss 113 · The Lay Figure · Z. Z. · ss

Phil May’s Annual [#7, Winter 1897] ed. Neville Beeman (Neville Beeman, Ltd., 1/-, 112pp, cover by Phil May) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 4 · The Man That Died at Alma · Gilbert Parker · ss 14 · The Power of Philip Wade · Tom Gallon · ss 21 · The King’s Awakening · Horace W. C. Newte · ss; fairy tale. 34 · All the Difference · L. E. Tiddeman · ss 38 · A Trifle · Mr. M--- · ss 46 · The Kindness of Goddard Goodenough · John J. à Becket · ss 60 · Crucifixion · Ernest G. Henham · ss 69 · The Fate Line · George Morley · ss 82 · The Repentant Son · Adolph Carr · ss 90 · The Green Light · Barry Pain · ss; ghost story. 96 · Almost a Lady · A. T. Camden Pratt · ss 104 · Egoïsme à Deux · Esther Poland · ss 111 · Macintosh and the Motors · A. C. · pm

Phil May’s Annual [#8, Summer (June) 1898] ed. Harry Thompson, [?] (W. Thacker, 1/-, 112pp, standard, cover by Phil May) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 4 · The Treasure Fishing · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss; crime story. 16 · Proved to the Hilt · Lincoln Springfield · ss; crime story. 20 · The First Lesson · F. Frankfort Moore · ss 28 · The Song That Reached My Heart · Julian Croskey · ss; a recursive story and a sham attack on the author “Mr. M---”. 38 · The Hatter of Howlong · Morley Roberts · ss 48 · A Matrimonial Misadventure · Ernest G. Henham · ss 58 · “As the Twig Is Bent” · Tom Gallon · ss 64 · The Boer Thug · Basil Marnan · ss 74 · The Sin of Jacquelaine · Clive Holland · ss 83 · The Heart of Life · David Walsh, M.D. · ss 89 · Sundari: A Tale of the Indian Plague · H. N. Morison · ss; crime story. 98 · Captain Warrington’s V.C. · Ernest W. Low · ss 107 · Jack Hunt’s Birthday Present · Harry Thompson · ss

Phil May’s Annual [#9, Winter (December) 1898] ed. Harry Thompson, [?] (W. Thacker, 1/-, 112pp, standard, cover by Phil May) includes a supplemental page of photos of all of the contributors. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 1 · The Emperor Who Was Told the Truth · Francis Gribble · ss; ghost story. 8 · The Ghost of St. Bride’s · Theo. Grant · ss; mock ghost story. 18 · Delia’s Contempt for Money · Julian Ralph · ss 23 · The Great Skimp-Skamp Bureau · S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald · ss 30 · Bilger · Louis Becke · ss 37 · Neither?—or Which? · Alex Montgomery · ss; sf, siting of the missing link. 50 · Apostrophe to an Ink Bottle in an Hotel Coffee-Room · Mackenzie Bell · pm 51 · An Unusual Episode · Charles Kennett Burrow · ss 59 · ’Melia Ann and the Genius · William James · ss 70 · The Phantom Debtors · Walter Parke · pm 72 · Repentance · Walter E. Grogan · ss 79 · By Favour of Saint Anthony of Padua · Robert H. Sherard · ss 90 · The Saving of the Seven-Pounder · F. Norreys Connell · ss 97 · The Raising of Crissingham · Edgar Jepson · ss; occult. 107 · Made in Heaven · Clarence Rook · ss

Phil May’s Annual [#10, Winter (December) 1899] ed. Harry Thompson (W. Thacker, 1/-, 96pp, cover by Phil May) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 3 · The Kin of the Swords · Philip Verrill Mighels · ss; macabre. 15 · The Sweethearts’ Rivalry · Lincoln Springfield · ss 23 · The Blood-Debt · Ernest Favenc · ss; macabre crime. 36 · A Hypnotic Comedy · Charlie Wingrove · ss 45 · The Naked Men of the Night · L. H. de Visme Shaw · ss; macabre. 56 · The Humour of Mrs. Mainwaring-Gull · Edgar Jepson · ss 65 · The Capture of the Maxim · Lionel James · ss 71 · The Mole’s Madness · Gerald Brenan · ss 82 · Betting a Life · Athol Forbes · ss 89 · With the Vampires · Sidney Bertram · ss

Phil May’s Annual [#11, Winter 1900/01] ed. Harry Thompson (W. Thacker, 1/-, 96pp, cover by Phil May) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 3 · “Old Man” of Four Corners · G. B. Burgin · ss 13 · On the Island of Shadows · Ernest Favenc · ss; weird tale. 21 · Wan Hop Lee, the “Hatchet-Man” · Philip Verrill Mighels · ss; macabre. 29 · The Frosted Vial · B. Paul Neuman · ss; macabre. 38 · The Turquoise of Perilous Dreams · Oliver Creagh · ss; weird. 49 · The Story of a War Story · William James · ss; ghost story. 59 · A Rift of Gold · Ulyss Rogers · ss 68 · As Death Drew Near · Spenser Sarle · ss; weird tale. 74 · The Basilisk of the Grange · Emeric Hulme-Beaman · ss; weird - pastiche of Wilde’s “Dorian Grey”. 87 · A Saint, a Genius, and a Woman · Margaret Armour · ss

Phil May’s Annual [#12, Winter 1901/02] ed. Harry Thompson (W. Thacker, 1/-, 96pp, cover by Phil May) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 3 · The Girl Body-Stealer · Ernest Favenc · ss; occult. 10 · The Son of the Fire · Philip Verrill Mighels · ss; mystical, American Indians. 23 · Where Rest the World’s Great · Gerald Brenan · ss; allegorical fantasy. 33 · The Terror of the “Norway Sun” · Herbert Shaw · ss; macabre. 40 · A Draw for a Wife · W. T. A. Beare · ss 52 · When the Living Meet the Dead · George Bull · ss; macabre twist of fate. 63 · Saved by Buller’s Reverse · Athol Forbes · ss 69 · The Sob of the Lay Figure · Emeric Hulme-Beaman · ss; weird - this is another pastiche of a macabre story but I can’t think which one. 81 · The Story of the Stain · Sophie Osmond · ss; weird tale. 88 · On the King’s Highway · N. R. Sellars · ss; highwayman.

Phil May’s Annual [#13, Summer 1902] ed. Harry Thompson (W. Thacker, 1/-, 96pp, cover by Phil May) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 3 · A “Knock-Out” in Three Rounds · J. E. MacManus · ss 12 · M’Whirter’s Wraith · Ernest Favenc · ss; strange story. 18 · Lord Bellamy and His Valet · Roy Horniman · ss; macabre. 28 · Gautier’s Last Dance · Ridgwell Cullum · ss; macabre. 37 · The Boers’ Tattooed AntiChrist · Frank C. Boland · ss; macabre. 44 · Over Algiers’ Roof-tops · G. Whiteley Ward · ss 53 · The Hon. Alg. Smith, Imperialist · Athol Forbes · ss 60 · The Lily and the Lovers · Swansea Gower · ss; macabre murder mystery. 70 · The Brain That Lived · Sophie Osmond · ss; supernatural. 79 · Grace Hawthorne of Peking · Alfred Edmonds · ss 88 · Smuggling a Wife · N. R. Sellars · ss

Phil May’s Annual [#14, Winter 1902/03] ed. Harry Thompson (W. Thacker, 1/-, 96pp, cover by Phil May) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 3 · The Land of the Unseen · Ernest Favenc · ss; supernatural. 12 · Mr. Cartwright’s Kidnapper · G. Burton Bashford · ss 26 · Alethea’s Tame Duke · J. E. MacManus · ss 35 · The Lessingham Diamonds · Austin Fryers · ss; crime story. 48 · The Cat-Eyed Wife · Ernest G. Henham · ss; strange story. 55 · The Winning of Elfgiva · Philip Verrill Mighels · ss; historical, Viking, Saxon. 63 · A Gallant Mutiny · John Le Breton · ss; sea story. 69 · Two Madmen and a Monkey · J. L. Lang · ss; macabre. 77 · The Lady of Death · Herbert Shaw · ss; crime. 84 · Mystery of the Café London · Hal Ashworth · ss; macabre.

Phil May’s Annual [#15, Winter 1903/04] ed. Harry Thompson (W. Thacker, 1/-, 96pp, cover by Phil May) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. xiii · Obit. Phil May · Harry Thompson · ob 3 · The Man Who Risked It · A. G. Hales · ss; slightly mystical. 14 · What the Rats Brought · Ernest Favenc · ss; sf horror, plague of vampires threatens mankind in 1919. 22 · Two Blue Eyes and Ananias · Harold White · ss 33 · Meshed at Bannister’s · Robert Brothers · ss; macabre. 39 · The Spook of Thursday Island · Spenser Sarle · ss; ghost story. 47 · “Taken from Life” · W. P. Groser · ss 57 · Dick Fratton of Tangier · George Whiteley Ward · ss; adventure. 68 · A Spartan of the Sea · J. S. Colebrook Elkington · ss; macabre. 73 · The Ameer’s Revenge · Rose German-Reed · ss; vampire. 81 · Stronger Than Death · Mrs. H. H. Penrose · ss; weird. 87 · Varin, the Devil-Worshipper · Henry Hering · ss; macabre.

Phil May’s Annual [#16, Winter 1904/05] ed. Harry Thompson (W. Thacker, 1/-, 96pp, cover by Phil May) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 3 · Running the Jap Blockade · Lancelot F. Lawton · ss; naval war. 17 · At Sunset on Klondyke · Violet I. Wallis · ss 25 · Heroes, Unlimited · Francis Marlowe · ss 32 · The Face on the Gems · Sophie Osmond · ss; occult. 43 · The Spinsters’ League · Gilbert Stanhope · ss 57 · How Jules Frénon Came Home · Percy E. Reinganum · ss; macabre. 66 · The Affair of the “Nicaraguans” · Charles C. Turner · ss; crime. 78 · In a Moat Garden · Margaret Armour · ss; mystical. 91 · Wednesday the Third · Herbert Shaw · ss

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Philadelphia City Paper [January 15-22, 2004] ed. Howard Altman (Paul Curci, free, 96pp, tabloid) Details supplied by Todd Mason. 17 · Loving a Wet Dog · Douglas Robinson · ss; illustrated by Jeffrey Bouchard 23 · Pawnshop · Sean Webb · pm

Philadelphia City Paper [March 17-24, 2005] (Paul Curci, free, 96pp, tabloid) Details supplied by Todd Mason. 16 · Dane’s Geld: A Fairy Tale · David J. Snyder · ss; illustrated. 17 · Judge’s Comments · Michael Swanwick · ms; Snyder’s was the winner of the CP Annual Fiction contest. The other winning short stories were published only in the online edition, www.citypaper.net: The Reluctancy of Bria · Shari Lee Goode · ss Judge’s Comments · Sarah Dunn · ms Devil’s in the Details · Craig McDonald · ss Judge’s Comments · Ken Bruen · ms

Philadelphia City Paper [January 5-12, 2006] ed. Duane Swierczynski (Paul Curci, free, 80pp, tabloid) 20th annual writing contest first, second and third-prize winners (only short fiction considered, this year). Details supplied by Todd Mason. fc. · MySpace or Yours? · Ryan Casey · cv 18 · MySpace or Yours? · Nicole Sonsini · vi; illustrated by Ryan Casey 19 · Mistress Hebblethwaite Rediscovers Her Calling · John Shea · vi; illustrated by Ryan Casey Novelty · Ian Heller · vi; online only.

Philadelphia City Paper [#1215, September 4-11, 2008] ed. Brian Howard (Book Quarterly: Philadelphia Experiments, free, 72pp, tabloid) Paul Curci, publisher. Details supplied by Todd Mason. 18 · A Hive Full of Green Bees · Matthew Quick · ex; novel excerpt: The Silver Linings Playbook, FSG, 2008. 20 · The Possible City · Nathaniel Popkin · nf; excerpt from The Possible City: Exercises in Dreaming Philadelphia, Camino Books, 2008. 23 · Book Quarterly · Various · br

Philadelphia City Paper [January 1, 2009] ed. Brian Howard (Book Quarterly: Philadelphia Experiments, free, tabloid) Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 14 · Ironical · Ryan Starr · ss

Philadelphia City Paper [#1401, April 5-11, 2012] ed. Teresa Everline (free, 56pp, tabloid) Nancy Stuski, publisher. Details supplied by Todd Mason. 14 · Blackout · Chad Willenborg · ss; 2012 Writing Contest Winner—selected by Duane Swierczynski.; illustrated by Evan M. Lopez & Neal Santos 16 · Age of the Forklift · Ryan Eckes · pm

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The Philadelphia Independent [v1 #3, Late Summer, 2002] ed. Mattathias Schwartz (50¢, 14pp, broadside) Details supplied by Todd Mason. 1 · We Will Never Drink Enough · Anthony Tiziana · ss 9 · The Pilot and the Panda · Erik Bader · ex

The Philadelphia Independent [v1 #4, Autumn 2002] ed. Mattathias Schwartz (50¢, 14pp, broadside) Details supplied by Todd Mason. 1 · Two Poems · Clay Ward · pm 10 · knuckleballs · Bernard Vaughan · pm 11 · [untitled vignette] · Annie Cobb · vi 15 · Shooting Baskets and Looking for Deer · Bernard Vaughan · ss 15 · Lines · David Miller · pm