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Jehan Thun's Quest [12]

The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures ed. Mike Ashley & Eric Brown, Robinson, January 2005
The Innsmouth Heritage and Other Sequels, Borgo Press, January 2009

Judas Story

The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series III ed. Richard Davis, DAW, 1975; Orbit, 1976 (as The First Orbit Book of Horror Stories; Hamlyn, 1977 (as The Best Horror Stories)
Fantastic February 1977
The Best Horror Stories ed. Lynn Picknett (anonymously), Hamlyn, 1977; Mallard Press, 1993 (23 of 55);
Translated into Italian as: 'Storia di un Giuda' in Incubo ed. Montanari, Modadori, 1980
Translated into French as: 'Le Dit de Judas' in Rock Stars ed. Patrick Eris, Nestiveqnen, April 2003

Review by Ian Braidwood

Jack Queen King isn't just a neat poker hand; it's also the stage name of a rock singer/guitarist in this quasi-supernatural fantasy, which is told by Jack's drummer Clay.

It soon turns out that Jack has a fine line in callous indifference and seems to decide how he will treat people, by picking a card, which he keeps in his shirt pocket; but is the card's control more than just a figment, or is there something more sinister going on?

Justice

Far Point #1, November/December 1991
100 Tiny Tales of Terror ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
An Oasis of Horror: Decadent Tales and Contes Cruels, Borgo Press, January 2008

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