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Short Stories Magazine [v1 #5, April 1981] ed. John Ransley (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., 90p, 100pp, large digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 1 · Introduction · John Ransley · ed 4 · News · [Misc.] · ms 6 · Who Will Publish Your Short Story? · Lynn Corbyn · ar 14 · William Hope Hodgson: A Fearful Imagination · Peter Berresford Ellis · ar [William Hope Hodgson] 19 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine Nov 1907 27 · The Bragado · A. F. Tschiffely · ss (r) 29 · The Dinner Party · Pauline Davies · ss 33 · The Visit · Denis McBride · ss 39 · The Lombardy Poplar · Mary Wilkins Freeman · ss Harper’s Bazar Sep 1902 47 · A Tragic Honeymoon · G. R. Sims · ss My Two Wives, London 1894 54 · I’m George - Buy Me · Ivor Smullen · ss 57 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart 1839 68 · The Selfish Giant · Oscar Wilde · ss The Happy Prince and Other Tales, David Nutt 1888 71 · The Death of Doctor Watson [Sherlock Holmes] · Fred Partridge · ss 75 · Crewe · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury Jul 1929 89 · Directory · [Misc.] · ms

Short Stories Magazine [v1 #6, May 1981] ed. John Ransley (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., 90p, 96pp, large digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 1 · Introduction · John Ransley · ed 4 · News · [Misc.] · ms 6 · New Books · Palisade · br 11 · Authors · [Misc.] · ms 12 · Talbot Mundy · Peter Berresford Ellis · ar [Talbot Mundy] 17 · The Soul of a Regiment · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure Feb 1912 27 · The Cadaver of Bishop Louis · Frederick Cowles · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller 1938 34 · Ruins · Nigel Colborn · ss 39 · Bronze · W. M. Tidmarsh · ss 46 · The Puzzle That Has Lasted 100 Years · Colin Fry & M. Jones · ar 49 · The Lady or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine Nov 1882 53 · Brickett Bottom · Amyas Northcote · ss In Ghostly Company, The Bodley Head 1921 59 · Desiree’s Baby · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue Jan 1893 63 · Lonnie Is My Friend · Ann Tyler · ss 69 · The Billiard Ball · Isaac Asimov · nv If Mar 1967 83 · Directory · [Misc.] · ms

Short Stories Magazine [v1 #7, June 1981] ed. John Ransley (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., 90p, 96pp, large digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 1 · Introduction · John Ransley · ed 4 · News · [Misc.] · ms 10 · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · Peter Berresford Ellis · ar [J. Sheridan Le Fanu]; given as “A Talent for Horror” in the Table of Contents. 15 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine Dec 1853 31 · Billy Thursday · Jon Strickland · ss 35 · June Blues · A. N. Carter · ss 45 · The Temple of Lior · Richard Howard · ss 55 · Doing Lennon · Gregory Benford · ss Analog Apr 1975 62 · David H. Keller: Pioneer of Modern SF · Mike Ashley · ar [David H. Keller] 64 · The Dead Woman · David H. Keller · ss Fantasy Magazine Apr 1934 69 · Riesenberg · Ford Madox Ford · nv The English Review Apr 1911 85 · Directory · [Misc.] · ms

Short Stories Magazine [v1 #8, July 1981] ed. John Ransley (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., 90p, 96pp, large digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 1 · Introduction · John Ransley · ed 4 · Authors · [Misc.] · bg 9 · John Creasey Remembered · Tom Bird · ar [John Creasey] 13 · Equation · Angela Wye · ss 17 · Aftermath · G. Phillips · ss 24 · Dr. Trifulgas · Jules Verne; translated by Willis T. Bradley · ss Saturn, The Magazine of Science Fiction Jul 1957, as “The Ordeal of Doctor Trifulgas”; translated from the French (“Frritt-Flacc”, Le Figaro Illustré, 1884/5). 25 · The Ordeal of Dr. Trifulgas · Mike Ashley · ar [Jules Verne] 34 · When the Kissing Had to Start · Frank Gillman · ss 38 · A Little of Her Time · Julian Symons · ss; as ‘A Little Bit of Her Time’ on contents page 45 · Patchquote · Dick Chappell · qz 49 · No Way Home · Brian Lumley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Sep 1975 61 · Beggars · Susan George · ss 68 · Looking for Someone · Graham Kennedy · ss 76 · Flight of Fancy · Patricia Chown · ss 81 · Birthday · Catherine Gill · vi 85 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 93 · Dad’s Last Project · Paul Sherman · ss

Short Stories Magazine [v1 #9, August 1981] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., 90p, 96pp, large digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 4 · Authors · [Misc.] · ms 5 · Something About the Editor · Michael Nelson · ed 7 · The System · John Notley · ss 12 · Exhibit ’A’ · H. G. Battye · ss 17 · The Second Turning · Joan Herdman · ss 22 · A Little Light Reading · Peter Adams · vi 23 · Withdrawal · William Morrison-Bell · ss 30 · The Final Payment · Arthur A. Wilson · ss 33 · Butt’s Global Benefaction · Robin Brooks · ss 38 · The Watermeling Kid · Martin Horan · ss 41 · The Play’s the Thing · John Stoker · ss 49 · Sir Henry Blount (Born 1602. Traveller.) [from Brief Lives] · John Aubrey · ex (r) 54 · Good Morning, Miss Willis · Lauren Lucas · ss 57 · The Last Bus · J. M. Johnson-Smith · ss 61 · A Positive Success · Fiona MacGregor · ss 63 · Baby · Chris Walmsley · ss 65 · David’s Worm · Brian Lumley · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories, No. 2, ed. Richard Davis, Sphere 1972 71 · The Decision Makers · Brian Stevenson · ss 75 · Old Times · Norman Moloney · ss 79 · Our Poet · Henry Stratton · ss 83 · The Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine Feb 1892, as “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”

Short Stories Magazine [v1 #10, September 1981] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 80pp, 7" x 10") Details taken from Table of Contents. 3 · Authors · [Misc.] · bg 5 · Letters · [The Readers] · lt 7 · The End of the Season · Pat Bince · ss 12 · At Death’s Door · Chris Middleton · ss 17 · A Regular Performance · Chris Butler · ss 20 · Mark of Suspicion · Joe Herkles · ss 23 · No Substance · Kathleen McBride · ss 27 · Asking for Trouble · George Rees · ss 30 · Harry’s Last Deal · Sidney Jennings · ss 35 · Poor Ossie Sharp · Hazel M. Wheeler · ss 39 · The Tempting of Mrs Foliage · Yetta Peterson · ss 43 · An Ordinary Mortal · Ron Sharpe · vi 45 · Blanc La Manche and Other Recipes for Travel Sickness · Peter Adams · ss 48 · Bums Along the Mohawk · D. C. McLoughlin · ss 55 · A Sunset in Soho · William Mars · ss 60 · When the Cat’s Away · Eleanor Rogers · vi 62 · Guess Who Came to Breakfast? · D. M. Priestley · ss 67 · Sustenance · Rosemary Stevens · ss 70 · Food for Thought · [Misc.] · cl 73 · La Grande Bretèche · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r)

Short Stories Magazine [v1 #11, October 1981] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 80pp, 7" x 10") Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 3 · Authors · [Misc.] · ms 5 · Letters · [The Readers] · lt 7 · The Losing Game · C. C. Underwood · ss 10 · Three Entertainments · Jeffrey Bernard · gp _ · Pussies Galore · Jeffrey Bernard · vi _ · Bliss · Jeffrey Bernard · vi _ · Over and Out · Jeffrey Bernard · vi 14 · Hospitality · Adel Jervaize · vi 15 · The Girl on the Seventh Floor · John F. Bennett · ss 19 · What Dark God? [Cthulhu] · Brian Lumley · ss Nameless Places, ed. Gerald W. Page, Arkham House 1975 23 · The Horse as I Knew Him · G. de Fintry · ss 25 · His First Day · T. C. Kirby · ss 27 · Pantheon · James Preston · ss 35 · The Goodbye Thing · Pat Bince · ss 37 · The Lone Sin of Miss Sarah Please · Bill Jupe · ss 40 · The Widow of Ephesus [from The Satyricon] · Petronius · ex (r); translated from the Latin (Satyricon Liber, Rome, 60 A.D.). 41 · Shoes and Pearls · Henry Stratton · ss 44 · Language Problems · Janet Shirley · ss 45 · As I Lay Dreaming · P. J. Slater · ss 52 · The Animal · M. J. Malcolm · ss 57 · Two Fishers · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Strand Magazine Apr 1891; translated from the French. 61 · Finis · Frank Lillie Pollock · ss The Argosy Jun 1906 67 · United · David Bell · ss 69 · Terror in Black and White · V. M. Perry · ss 73 · Jerry Stokes · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Magazine Mar 1891 78 · There’s a Man Who Came to Our House · Norman Harvey · ss

Short Stories Magazine [v1 #12, November 1981] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 80pp, 7" x 10", cover by Robert Alexander Hillingford) Details taken from Table of Contents. 3 · Authors · [Misc.] · bg 5 · Letters · [The Readers] · lt 7 · The Spoils of War · Carey Blyton · ss 11 · What Is Normal? · Steven Kirk Wilson · ss 21 · Food for Thought · [Misc.] · cl 22 · The Supreme Sacrifice · Graham Edwards · ss 25 · Uncle Baz · Agnes Higgitt · ss 29 · The Dream · Eleanor Rogers · ss 34 · The Healer · T. Marshall · ss 40 · Deidre Darling · Peter Adams · vi 41 · Moon’s Gibbet · Agnes & Egerton Castle · ss Nash’s Magazine Nov 1909; given as by Egerton Castle alone. 47 · A Bloody Mess · Simon Hawk · vi 48 · As Good as a Rest · H. J. Warburton · ss 51 · I Hope You Won’t Read This · Harry Hearson · vi 52 · Cor, Strike a Light! · A. E. Dixon · vi 53 · Flight of Fancy · Anon. · vi 57 · East Woods · James Preston · ss 63 · Is There Paranoia After Death? · Les Munday · ss 66 · Perhaps · David Atkins · ss 69 · Returned Empty · Les Munday · ss 76 · Billy’s Girl · Gordon Woolliams · vi 77 · The Great Find of Monsieur Bretoncel · Champfleury · ss (r) 80 · Brief Lives: Mr. Caisho Burroughs · John Aubrey · bg (r)

Short Stories Magazine [v2 #1, December 1981] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 80pp, 7" x 10") Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Authors · [Misc.] · bg 3 · New Books · [Misc.] · br 5 · Letters · [The Readers] · lt 7 · The Birthday Party · Paddy Bateson · ss 10 · A Midsummer Night’s Dream? · Mina Malcolm · ss 13 · Christmas Holiday · E. L. Torres · ss 15 · Temptation · Brian Gallagher · ss 19 · The Steck-Trokenbeer Affair · D. H. Taylor · vi 21 · The Mystery of the Thaxby Plough · D. H. Taylor · ss 25 · Mons. Cassecruche’s Inspiration · George Walter Thornbury · ss (r) 28 · Problem Child · Brian Lumley · ss Vampires, Werewolves and Other Monsters, ed. Roger Elwood, Curtis 1974 30 · A Day in the Life of the Browns · Vera Haywood · vi 31 · All at Sea · Michael Beckett · ss 35 · The Job · John F. Baker · ss 38 · Hazel · John Escott · ss 42 · Dennis Haggarty’s Wife · William Makepeace Thackeray · ss The Fitz-Boodle Papers: and Men’s Wives, Bradbury & Evans 1857 50 · The Man Who Loved Pheasants · John Johnson · ss 54 · A Good Woman · W. L. Weaver · ss 57 · Fly by Night · Frank Speight · ss 62 · The Head-Man · Stan Vyner · ss 66 · A Meeting with the Devil · Neil Fletcher · vi 67 · The Man Who Knew Tomatoes · David Atkins · vi 69 · The Voice · Hazel M. Wheeler · ss 75 · Nightmare · Glenis Wilson · ss 78 · A Will to Win · Stuart Drinkwater · ss

Short Stories Magazine [v2 #2, January 1982] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 80pp, 7" x 10") 2 · Authors · [Misc.] · bg 3 · New Books · [Misc.] · br 5 · Letters · [The Readers] · lt 8 · Suyani and My Friend · E. M. Slatter · ss 12 · The Pig · Colin Blackwood · ss 19 · Where Sanity Prevails · A. E. Dixon · ss 22 · You May Not Be an Angel · David Bell · ss 25 · Greetings from Melinda · John Thornham · ss 30 · Old Violet · Brian Bone · ss 33 · I’ve Seen It All Before · John Dench · ss 36 · The Monkey and the Queen’s Jewels · The Buddha · ss (r) 38 · Trial by Water · Jenny Cadas · ss 41 · Food for Thought · [Misc.] · cl 42 · Murphy · Derek Dunne · ss 45 · A Minor Miracle · David Bruce · ss 51 · The Beast of Albany Grove · Kenneth Allen · ss 54 · Armistice · Doreen Case · ss 57 · Nasty · Roy Bolitho · ss 59 · Garden of False Flowers · Ellen Miller · ss 63 · Is Anybody There? · Pauline Wood · vi 65 · The Collection · Margaret Maidment · vi 67 · Worth His Weight in Silver · Rupert Watts · vi 69 · Frank and Amy · David Atkins · ss 73 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle Aug 19 1843 77 · The Beautiful People · Mary Kalugerovich · ss

Short Stories Magazine [v2 #3, February 1982] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 80pp, 7" x 10") 2 · Authors · [Misc.] · bg 3 · Made to Measure · Peter A. Hough · ss 7 · The Casserole · Leslie Godfrey · vi 9 · Previous Encounter · Neal Anthony · ss 14 · Food for Thought · [Misc.] · ms 15 · On the Soup Run · John Hibberd · vi 17 · The Efficiency of Mrs Helmore · Harry Hearson · ss 21 · Professional Exit · David Bell · vi 23 · Once in a Blue Moon · Ian D. Carlin · vi 24 · Blacknest Lane · James Preston · ss 29 · A Horse of a Different Colour · David Walker · ss i · The Rise and Fall of the British Lancer · Roy Butler · ar 33 · Epifanio’s Feast · John Bonett · vi 35 · Bill to Pay · John Bonett · vi 37 · Bliss · Katherine Mansfield · ss The English Review Aug 1918 42 · A Tale from a Wrecker’s Yard · Colin Blackwood · ss 45 · Cyclamen Party · Henry Stratton · vi 47 · The Best Day of the Week · S. L. Lowndes · vi 49 · Mackintosh Willy · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows 2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday 1979 55 · Chuckles of Last Summer · S. F. Hardy · ss 58 · Conquistador · Ian R. H. Abbot · ss 63 · Bubble ’n Squeak · Terry Court · vi

Short Stories Magazine [v2 #4, March/April 1982] ed. Michael Nelson (Short Stories Magazine Ltd., £1.00, 60pp, 7" x 10") Details supplied by Mike Ashley. Announced as the final issue 2 · Authors · [Misc.] · ms 3 · Who Cares? · D. Walker · ss 11 · Eating Out · Michael Durrant · ss 14 · Silver Rider · Michael Durrant · ss 16 · Two Too · Michael Durrant · ss 18 · Spooked · Joe McNally · ss 20 · Duncan’s Bluff · Kevin Fromings · ss 25 · Chip off the Old Block · Brian Gallagher · ss 29 · Venetia Digby [from Brief Lives] · John Aubrey · ex (r) 30 · Pride Is No Substitute · L. D. Acaster · ss 33 · Nothing Doing · Eddie Moore · ss 37 · Bernie’s Ghost · Dora Doyle · ss 40 · The Final Take · Alan Buttery · ss 44 · The Sweetwater Incident · Stephen J. Williams · ss 49 · Cupid in the Cupboard · Yetta Peterson · ss 53 · Suspicion · Maurice Hill · ss 56 · Fairy Stories · Anjie Langcaster · ss 59 · Dreaming of a White Christmas · Llewellyn Thomas · ss

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Short Stories Quarterly Magazine [v8 #4, June 1906] (The Short Stories Company, Ltd., pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. Rebinding of the January, February and March 1906 issues of Short Stories. 1 · Man vs. Motor · T. W. McKail · ss Short Stories Jan 1906 13 · The Temple of Fortuna · Ernst Lundquist; translated by Mrs. J. O. Emanuel Trotz · ss Short Stories Jan 1906; translated from the Swedish. 24 · The Maestro’s Violin · Margaret A. Healey · ss Short Stories Jan 1906 36 · The Grand Prize · Auguste Petyt; translated by William Hale · ss Short Stories Jan 1906; translated from the French. 42 · A Were-Wolf Story · Horace Hutchinson · ss The Cornhill Magazine Jul 1905 53 · A Work of Art · Anton Tchechoff; translated by Archibald J. Wolfe · ss Short Stories Jan 1906; translated from the Russian. 57 · An Old Timepiece · Pierre Barbier; translated by Sophie Earl · ss Short Stories Jan 1906; translated from the French. 61 · The Evolution of a Conscience · Elizabeth L. Banks · ss The Red Book Sep 1903 69 · An Idyll on a Steam-Packet · Maurice Leblanc; translated by G. Clarke · ss Short Stories Jan 1906; translated from the French. 81 · Two Men and a Girl · James C. Plummer · ss Short Stories Jan 1906 88 · The Trumpeter’s Horse · Ludovic Halévy · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly May 1878; translated from the French. 96 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words Apr 24 1852, uncredited 97 · The Belated Lover · Isabel E. Mackey · ss Short Stories Feb 1906 107 · Ah Toy—Dead · Elizabeth Sanderson · ss Short Stories Feb 1906 116 · The Return · René Bazin; translated by Edward Tuckerman Mason · ss Short Stories Feb 1906; translated from the French. 128 · The Début of Bimbashi Joyce · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Punch Jan 3 1900 136 · An Act of Charity · Charles Fielding Marsh · ss Short Stories Feb 1906 146 · A Question · Hans von Hoffensthal; translated by Grace Eldredge · ss Short Stories Feb 1906; given as by Hans von Hoffenstahl.; translated from the German. 150 · Above the Booms · G. Stanley Ellis · ss Longman’s Magazine Jul 1905 158 · Perele, the Cantor’s Daughter · Sholom Rabinowitz; translated by Bernard G. Richards · ss Short Stories Feb 1906; translated from the Yiddish. 169 · Mirline · Mathilde Alanic; translated by Florence M’Intyre Tyson · ss Short Stories Feb 1906; translated from the French. 175 · The Musgravius Family · Paul Clesio; translated by Mrs. J. M. Lancaster · ss Short Stories Feb 1906; translated from the French. 178 · How Frenchy Jumped the Tandil · George Noble · ss Short Stories Feb 1906 187 · The Weddin’ at Hog Belue’s · Alice C. Goforth · ss Short Stories Feb 1906 192 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart 1844 193 · Heather-Beer · Edith Rickert · ss Short Stories Mar 1906 207 · He Who Is Not · Marjorie L. Pickthall · ss Short Stories Mar 1906 213 · A Pompadour Fan · Berthe Vadier; translated by Sophie Earl · ss Short Stories Mar 1906; translated from the French. 226 · Billy’s Tenderfoot · Stewart Edward White · ss McClure’s Apr 1902 236 · As Others See Us · Edward Tuckerman Mason · ss Short Stories Mar 1906 240 · Mr. Sampson’s Courtship · Charles Lee · ss Longman’s Magazine Oct 1905 256 · On the Sea of Azov · Ward Muir · ss Short Stories Mar 1906 260 · The Gift of Abner Grice · Robert Barr · ss McClure’s Sep 1898 270 · The Eldest · Enid Leigh Thornton · ss Temple Bar Nov 1905 280 · The Adventures of Yen Sing · Grace Kingsley · ss Short Stories Mar 1906 288 · L’Arrabbiata · Paul Heyse · ss (r); translated from the German.