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Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#51, 1950] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 126pp, digest) Subtitled “The Romantic Young Lady and Other Intriguing People from Creatures of Circumstance”. Reprints 7 of the 15 stories from Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham (Heinemann, 1947). Details supplied by Denny Lien. The Romantic Young Lady · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The New Yorker Jun 21 1947 Winter Cruise · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Nash’s Annual 1940 The Happy Couple · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cassell’s Magazine May 1908 The Kite · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The Strand Magazine Nov 1946 Sanatorium · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Dec 1938 The Colonel’s Lady · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Good Housekeeping Mar 1946 Episode · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Good Housekeeping Mar 1947, as “The Point of Honor”

Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader    (about) Publishers: Avon Novels Inc.; New York: Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader, Jan 1953. Stratford Novels Inc.; New York: Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader, Apr 1953. Editors: Sol Cohen - Editor: Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader. Features: The Space Ark · Noah Gordon · br

Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader [v1 #1, January 1953] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Leo Manso) 2 · For Humans Only · Alfred Coppel · ss; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler 11 · Like Gods They Came · Irving Cox, Jr. · ss; illustrated. 17 · The Forgotten Enemy · Arthur C. Clarke · ss King’s College Review Dec 1948; illustrated by John Giunta 24 · The Agents · Bryce Walton · ss; illustrated by John Giunta 41 · Mr. Kowtshook · John Christopher · ss; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler 52 · The Shed · E. Everett Evans · ss; illustrated by Gerald McCann 66 · Come Blow Your Horn! · Milton Lesser · ss; illustrated by Mort Lawrence 80 · The Call of the Black Lagoon · Charles L. Harness · ss; illustrated by Gerald McCann 96 · Agratha · Glen Malin · ss; illustrated by Vincent Napoli 104 · Checkmate Morning · John Jakes · ss; illustrated by John Giunta 112 · One-Man God · Frank Owen · ss Avon Fantasy Reader 17, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon Novels Inc. 1951; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler 122 · The Short Count · Theodore R. Cogswell · ss; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler

Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader [v1 #2, April 1953] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Leo Manso) 2 · DP! · Jack Vance · ss; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler 22 · The Rather Improbable History of Hillary Kiffer · William Vine · ss; illustrated by Mort Lawrence 28 · Survivor · Irving E. Cox, Jr. · ss; illustrated by John Giunta 40 · Breaking Point [Max Larkin] · John Christopher · ss New Worlds Science Fiction May 1952; illustrated by John Giunta 56 · As Holy and Enchanted · Henderson Starke · ss; illustrated by Norman Nodel 69 · Hunt the Red Roe · Alan Payne · ss; illustrated by Gerald McCann 80 · Crack of Doom · Milton Lesser · ss; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler 94 · The Agent · Stephen Marlowe · ss; illustrated by Mort Lawrence 104 · Forever Is So Long · John Jakes · ss; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler 115 · A Night on Mars Hill · Dr. R. S. Richardson · ar 118 · The Parasite · Arthur C. Clarke · ss; illustrated by John Giunta

Avon Science Fiction Reader    (about) A series of digest-sized anthologies. Don Day indexed them as magazines and SF fans have traditionally considered them as such. Publishers: Avon Novels Inc.; New York: Avon Science Fiction Reader Editors: Donald A. Wollheim - Editor: Avon Science Fiction Reader.

Avon Science Fiction Reader [#1, 1951] (35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by R. Crowl) 3 · The War of the Sexes · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales Nov 1933 25 · Green Glory · Frank Belknap Long · ss Astounding Jan 1935 34 · The Immeasurable Horror · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales Sep 1931 45 · The Morrison Monument · Murray Leinster · nv Argosy Aug 10 1935 65 · The Incubator Man · Wallace West · ss Weird Tales Oct 1928 71 · The Dark Side of Antri [John Hanson] · Sewell Peaslee Wright · nv Astounding Jan 1931 88 · Blind Flight · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Stirring Science Stories Mar 1942, as by Millard Verne Gordon 95 · Rhythm of the Spheres · A. Merritt · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1936; revised from “Cosmos - Chapter 11: The Last Poet and the Robots”, Fantasy Magazine Apr ’34. 105 · Madness of the Dust · R. F. Starzl · ss Amazing Stories May 1930 116 · The Cosmic Express · Jack Williamson · ss Amazing Stories Nov 1930

Avon Science Fiction Reader [#2, 1951] (35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s) 3 · Priestess of the Flame [John Hanson] · Sewell Peaslee Wright · nv Astounding Jun 1932 26 · The Whisperers · Donald Wandrei · ss Astounding May 1935 39 · When Half-Worlds Meet · John Michel · ss Cosmic Stories Jul 1941, as by Hugh Raymond 53 · The Superperfect Bride · Bob Olsen · nv Amazing Stories Jul 1929 70 · Vulthoom [Mars] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales Sep 1935 89 · The Man Who Discovered Nothing [Tubby] · Ray Cummings · ss All-Story Weekly Jan 10 1920 95 · Highway · Robert W. Lowndes · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Fll 1942, as by Wilfred Owen Morley 105 · When the Flame-Flowers Blossomed · Leslie F. Stone · ss Weird Tales Nov 1935 115 · The Book of Worlds · Miles J. Breuer · ss Amazing Stories Jul 1929 124 · The Rebuff [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · vi The (London) Evening News Mar 10 1945

Avon Science Fiction Reader [#3, 1952] (35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by Earle Bergey) 3 · The Robot Empire · Frank Belknap Long · ss Astounding Oct 1934, as “The Vapor Death” 13 · P.N. 40 · S. Fowler Wright · nv The Red Book Magazine Jun 1929, as “Love in the Year 93 E.E.” 34 · The Master Ants · Francis Flagg · nv Amazing Stories May 1928 59 · In the Walls of Eryx · Kenneth Sterling & H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales Oct 1939 81 · The Black Stone Statue · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales Dec 1937 91 · The Planet of Dread · R. F. Starzl · ss Astounding Aug 1930 104 · The Alien Vibration · Hannes Bok · ss Future Combined with Science Fiction Feb 1942 117 · The Ultimate Paradox · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales May 1945

Avon Western Reader    (about)

Avon Western Reader [#1, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Ride On, Troopers—and Die! · William R. Cox · ss Dime Western Magazine Jul 1942 22 · Better Dead · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories Aug 25 1945 41 · Emptied Guns · Walt Coburn · nv Short Stories Feb 25 1945 72 · The Two Cartridges · Stewart Edward White · ss Blazed Trail Stories, McClure 1904 86 · A Day in Town · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s Jan 1 1938 100 · Wild Bill’s Gun Proxy · Dee Linford · ss Dime Western Magazine Nov 1943

Avon Western Reader [#2, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) Anthology of six Western tales from various magazines. 7 · Nailed Down · Harry Sinclair Drago · nv The Wild Bunch and Other Stories, Doubleday 1925 36 · Weight of Command · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s Mar 16 1940 48 · The Idyl of Red Gulch · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly Dec 1869 57 · Buried Treasure [Arizona Nights] · Stewart Edward White · nv McClure’s Jun 1906 85 · Dick Fellows · Joseph Henry Jackson · ss Tintypes in Gold, Macmillan 1939 103 · The Man with the Glass Eye [Black John Smith; Halfaday Creek] · James B. Hendryx · nv Short Stories Feb 10 1945

Avon Western Reader [#3, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) Anthology of seven Western tales from various magazines. 7 · McQuestion Rides · Ernest Haycox · nv Collier’s Jun 20 1931 17 · He Died with His Boots Off · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r) 18 · Wild Bill Hiccup · Cornell Woolrich · ss Argosy Feb 5 1938 24 · He Jumped to Fame · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r) 25 · Shod Hoofs · Stephen Payne · ss Cowboy Stories Oct #1 1928 38 · Frontier Life Saver · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r) 39 · King Copper · Frank Gruber · na Short Stories Sep 25 1939 85 · The Postmistress of Laurel Run · Bret Harte · ss The Strand Magazine Sep 1891 100 · Magic of a Killer’s Name · Joe Archibald · ss Western Aces Sep 1944 112 · Mountain Man’s Joke · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r) 113 · The End of the Trail · William MacLeod Raine · ss Complete Western Book Magazine

Avon Western Reader [#4, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Rick Hall. 7 · Smoky Road · Frank Gruber · na Short Stories Nov 25 1945 43 · The Candle of the Wicked · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories Feb 10 1938; given as by William MacDonald Raine. 55 · Flowers for a Hoss · Stephen Payne · ss West Jun 5 1926 66 · With Bated Breath · Ross Santee · ss Collier’s Apr 13 1935 71 · The Lobo of Saguero Bend [Hashknife Hartley] · W. C. Tuttle · na Short Stories Apr 10 1945

Awesome Tales    (about)

Awesome Tales [#1, Fall 2014] ed. R. Allen Leider (Bold Venture Press, $6.00, iv+52pp, tp, cover by Ed Coutts) Given as “R. Allen Leider’s Awesome Tales” in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · [The Editor] · ed 3 · Anatomy of a Cover · Rich Harvey · ms 4 · Pretenders to the Throne [The Domino Lady; Wicca Girl] · Rich Harvey & R. Allen Leider · nv; illustrated by Ed Coutts 36 · Seven Pictures · Jean Marie Ward · ss; illustrated by Ed Coutts 44 · The Warlock Murders [Wicca Girl] · R. Allen Leider · ss; illustrated by Ed Coutts

Awesome Tales [#2, Fall 2015] ed. R. Allen Leider (Bold Venture Press, $6.00, 50pp, tp, cover by Rich Harvey) Given as “R. Allen Leider’s Awesome Tales” in the Table of Contents. Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Editorial · R. Allen Leider · ed 4 · Der Feurher Mabuse [Dr. Mabuse] · R. Allen Leider · ss 17 · The Last Redhead · John L. French · ss 26 · Cruelty · C. J. Henderson · ss 37 · Something Fishy This Way Comes · K. T. Pinto · ss

Awesome Tales [#3, Winter 2016] ed. R. Allen Leider (Bold Venture Press, $6.00, 54pp, tp, cover by Rich Harvey) Given as “R. Allen Leider’s Awesome Tales” in the Table of Contents. Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Who Is Fantomas? · R. Allen Leider · ed 3 · Reign of Terror [Fantomas] · R. Allen Leider · nv 32 · Taxi to Hell · Lee Richards · ss 42 · The Emerald Eye [Raphael Jones] · K. T. Pinto · ss

Awesome Tales [#4, Fall 2016] ed. R. Allen Leider (Bold Venture Press, $6.00, 54pp, cover by Rich Harvey) Given as “R. Allen Leider’s Awesome Tales” in the Table of Contents. Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · The Devil Doctor Strikes · [The Editor] · ed 3 · The Manchurian Menace [The Devil Doctor] · R. Allen Leider · ss 19 · Spirit of the Maya · Robert E. Waters · nv 45 · Every Death You Take [Kaye Chandler (The Pink Reaper)] · Patrick Thomas · ss 56 · The Golden Curl [Raphael Jones] · K. T. Pinto · ss

Awesome Tales [#5, Spring 2017] ed. R. Allen Leider (Bold Venture Press, $6.00, 62pp, cover by Ed Coutts) Given as “R. Allen Leider’s Awesome Tales” in the Table of Contents. Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Awesome Words: Blasting Off! · R. Allen Leider · ed 3 · Tom Corbett and the Mutant Masters [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet] · R. Allen Leider · nv 29 · Casablanca Blues · K. T. Pinto · ss 41 · Red Sands · D. J. Tyrer · ss 50 · The Finishers · Audrey Parente · ss

Awesome Tales [#6, Fall 2017] ed. R. Allen Leider (Bold Venture Press, $6.00, 64pp, cover by Ed Coutts) Given as “R. Allen Leider’s Awesome Tales” in the Table of Contents. Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Editorial · R. Allen Leider · ed 3 · Give Them a Corpse [Part 1 of 3; The Domino Lady] · Rich Harvey · sl 20 · The Platinum Membership [Raphael Jones] · K. T. Pinto · ss 38 · Caring [Jack Hagee] · C. J. Henderson · ss 50 · Dance of Death [Jack Gardner] · Patrick Thomas & John L. French · ss 54 · Doubt [Milo Fisk] · D. J. Tyrer · ss 61 · Clear as Glass · Jean Marie Ward · ss

Awesome Tales [#7, Winter 2018] ed. R. Allen Leider (Bold Venture Press, $6.00, 72pp, tp, cover by Ed Coutts) Subtitled “The Strange Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”. Given as “R. Allen Leider’s Awesome Tales” in the Table of Contents. Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Editorial · R. Allen Leider · ed 3 · The Incident of the Wild West Witch [Sherlock Holmes] · R. Allen Leider · nv 25 · The Long September Night [Sherlock Holmes] · Robert E. Waters · ss 31 · A Pardonable Offense [Sherlock Holmes] · John L. French · ss 45 · A Study in Evil [Sherlock Holmes] · Gary Lovisi · ss Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine Spr 2009 55 · The Yellow Thread [Sherlock Holmes] · D. J. Tyrer · ss 64 · The Man in Sherlock’s Castle · Audrey Parente · ar [William Gillette]

Awesome Tales [#8, Summer 2018] ed. R. Allen Leider (Bold Venture Press, $6.00, 72pp, tp) Given as “R. Allen Leider’s Awesome Tales” in the Table of Contents. Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Awesome Words · R. Allen Leider · ed 3 · A Difference of Opinion [Frankenstein; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde] · R. Allen Leider · ss 21 · The Monster of Sheltonville [Challenge of the Unknown] · C. J. Henderson & John L. French · ss 37 · On the Way Home · Sandra Lee Rauenzahn · ss 43 · Beauty in the Beholder · Kevin Fontan · ss 47 · Xan-Ti-Maca: The Pit of Hell · C. J. Henderson & R. Allen Leider · ss Allen K’s Inhuman Magazine Sum 2009; given as by R. Allen Leider in the Table of Contents and as by R. Allen Leider; edited by C.J. Henderson on the story itself. 63 · Nightwork · Alan Jaffee · ss 71 · Occurrence at Capri · Audrey Parente · ss