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- Queen’s Own Mercedes Lackey (SFBC #05750, Jan ’93, $14.98, 726pp, hc, cover by Dawn Wilson) [Valdemar: Heralds]; Fantasy omnibus of the “Heralds of Valdemar” trilogy, Arrows of the Queen (DAW 1987), Arrow’s Flight (DAW 1987), and Arrow’s Fall (DAW 1988). This edition lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- · Arrows of the Queen · n. New York: DAW, 1987
- · Arrow’s Flight · n. New York: DAW, 1987
- · Arrow’s Fall · n. New York: DAW, 1988
- Batman: Terror on the High Skies Joe R. Lansdale (Little Brown 0-316-17765-2, Dec ’92 [Mar ’93], $3.95, 66pp, tp, cover by Janice Walker) [Batman]; Young-adult fantasy short story featuring Batman with illustrations by Edward Hannigan and Dick Giordano.
- Bestsellers Guaranteed Joe R. Lansdale (Ace 0-441-05502-8, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.50, 207pp, pb, cover by Mark Ferrari); Collection of 16 stories. This collection adds the novella “The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance” to Author’s Choice Monthly Issue 18: Stories by Mama Lansdale’s Youngest Boy (Pulphouse 1991). There is also a revised introduction. More than 25% of the book is new.
- ix · Introduction · in
- 1 · The White Rabbit · ss The Arbor House Necropolis, ed. Bill Pronzini, 1981
- 15 · The Dump · ss Twilight Zone Jul ’81
- 23 · The God of the Razor · ss Grue #5 ’87
- 37 · Chompers · ss Twilight Zone Jul ’82
- 43 · The Fat Man · ss The Horror Show Jan ’87
- 55 · Bob the Dinosaur Goes to Disneyland · vi Midnight Graffiti Fll ’89
- 59 · On a Dark October · ss The Horror Show Spr ’84
- 65 · My Dead Dog, Bobby · vi The Horror Show Sum ’87
- 67 · Bestsellers Guaranteed · ss Espionage Magazine May ’85
- 89 · Dog, Cat, and Baby · vi Masques #2, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1987
- 93 · The Shaggy House · ss The Horror Show Fll ’86
- 105 · By the Hair of the Head · ss Shadows #6, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983
- 121 · Not from Detroit · ss Midnight Graffiti Fll ’88
- 135 · Pentecostal Punk Rock · ss Deathrealm Sum ’89
- 149 · The Job · ss Razored Saddles, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Pat LoBrutto, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1989
- 155 · The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance · nv Dark at Heart, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1992
- A Good, Secret Place Richard Laymon (Deadline Press 0-9631367-4-7, Mar ’93 [Apr ’93], $35.00, 231pp, hc, cover by Larry Mori); Collection of 20 horror stories, five original, with an introduction by Edward Gorman and illustrations by Larry Mori. This is a signed numbered 574-copy limited edition, with a 26-copy lettered leatherbound edition announced but not seen.
- xi · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in
- 3 · Desert Pickup · ss EQMM Nov ’70
- 11 · Roadside Pickup · ss EQMM Dec ’74
- 17 · Oscar’s Audition [as by Dick Kelly] · ss The Executioner Mystery Magazine Jun ’75
- 25 · Paying Joe Back · ss EQMM Sep ’75
- 33 · Out of the Woods · vi EQMM Dec ’75
- 37 · A Good Cigar Is a Smoke · ss EQMM Feb ’76
- 43 · The Direct Approach · ss AHMM Jan ’77
- 49 · The Champion · ss Cavalier Oct ’78
- 57 · Stiff Intruders · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar ’80
- 65 · Barney’s Bigfoot Museum · ss Creature!, ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor, 1981
- 73 · Blarney · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep ’81
- 83 · Spooked · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct ’81
- 87 · The Grab · ss Gallery Jan ’82
- 95 · Eats · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul ’85
- 105 · The Bleeder · ss New Blood Win ’89
- 119 · The Good Deed · nv *
- 145 · Joyce · ss *
- 165 · Stickman · ss *
- 183 · The Mask · nv *
- 205 · A Good, Secret Place · nv *
- In a Glass Darkly Sheridan Le Fanu (Oxford University Press 0-19-282805-3, Jul ’93, $8.95, 347pp, tp, cover by Atkinson Grimshaw) [Martin Hesselius]; Reprint (Bentley 1872) classic collection of five supernatural tales featuring “metaphysical doctor” Dr. Hesselius. Edited and with an introduction by Robert Tracy. This is a worldwide edition sold in both the US and the UK.
- vii · Introduction · Robert Tracy · in
- xxix · Note on the Text · Robert Tracy · bi
- xxx · Select Bibliography · Robert Tracy · bi
- xxxii · A Chronology of Sheridan Le Fanu · Robert Tracy & W. J. McCormack · bg
- 5 · Green Tea · nv All the Year Round Oct 23-Nov 13, 1869
- 41 · The Familiar · nv In a Glass, Darkly, Bentley, 1872; revised from “The Watcher”, Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery, James McGlashan, 1851.
- 83 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [“The Haunted House in Westminster”] · nv Belgravia Jan, 1872
- 119 · The Room in the Dragon Volant · n. London Society Feb, 1872 (+4)
- 243 · Carmilla · na The Dark Blue Dec, 1871 (+3)
- 320 · Explanatory Notes · Misc. Material · ms
- The Norton Book of Science Fiction ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Brian Attebery (Norton 0-393-03546-8, Oct ’93, $27.50, 869pp, hc, cover by Dale O’Dell); Anthology of 67 sf stories arranged chronologically, with an introduction by Le Guin. A teacher’s guide by Brian Attebery (-96543-0) is also available.
- 15 · Introduction · Ursula K. Le Guin · in
- 45 · The Handler · Damon Knight · ss Rogue Aug ’60
- 49 · Alpha Ralpha Boulevard · Cordwainer Smith · nv F&SF Jun ’61
- 74 · Tandy’s Story · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Apr ’61
- 93 · 2064, or Thereabouts [as by Darryl R. Groupe] · David R. Bunch · ss Fantastic Sep ’64
- 98 · Balanced Ecology · James H. Schmitz · ss Analog Mar ’65
- 115 · The House the Blakeneys Built · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Jan ’65
- 125 · Over the River and Through the Woods · Clifford D. Simak · ss Amazing May ’65
- 133 · How Beautiful with Banners · James Blish · ss Orbit 1, ed. Damon Knight, Berkley Medallion, 1966
- 142 · Nine Hundred Grandmothers · R. A. Lafferty · ss If Feb ’66
- 151 · When I Was Miss Dow [as by Sonya Dorman] · Sonya Dorman Hess · ss Galaxy Jun ’66
- 161 · Comes Now the Power · Roger Zelazny · ss Magazine of Horror Win ’66
- 166 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue Feb/Mar ’66
- 171 · The Winter Flies [“The Inner Circles”] · Fritz Leiber · ss F&SF Oct ’67
- 183 · High Weir · Samuel R. Delany · nv If Oct ’68
- 201 · Kyrie · Poul Anderson · ss The Farthest Reaches, ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968
- 211 · For the Sake of Grace · Suzette Haden Elgin · nv F&SF May ’69
- 231 · As Simple as That · Zenna Henderson · ss Holding Wonder, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971
- 242 · Good News from the Vatican · Robert Silverberg · ss Universe 1, ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1971
- 250 · Gather Blue Roses · Pamela Sargent · ss F&SF Feb ’72
- 255 · The Women Men Don’t See · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv F&SF Dec ’73
- 280 · Feather Tigers · Gene Wolfe · ss Edge Fll ’73
- 287 · The Mountains of Sunset, the Mountains of Dawn · Vonda N. McIntyre · ss F&SF Feb ’74
- 300 · The Private War of Private Jacob · Joe Haldeman · ss Galaxy Jun ’74
- 305 · The Warlord of Saturn’s Moons · Eleanor Arnason · ss New Worlds 7, ed. Hilary Bailey & Charles Platt, London: Sphere, 1974
- 313 · Making It All the Way Into the Future on Gaxton Falls of the Red Planet · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Nova 4, ed. Harry Harrison, Walker, 1974
- 317 · The New Atlantis · Ursula K. Le Guin · na The New Atlantis, ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorne, 1975
- 337 · A Few Things I Know About Whileaway [from The Female Man] · Joanna Russ · ex New York: Bantam, 1975
- 350 · Strange Wine · Harlan Ellison · ss Amazing Jun ’76
- 357 · Lollipop and the Tar Baby · John Varley · nv Orbit 19, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1977
- 376 · Night-Rise · Katherine MacLean · ss Cassandra Rising, ed. Alice Laurance, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978
- 386 · Frozen Journey · Philip K. Dick · ss Playboy Dec ’80
- 402 · Precession · Edward Bryant · ss Interfaces, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Virginia Kidd, Ace, 1980
- 412 · Elbow Room · Marion Zimmer Bradley · nv Stellar #5, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1980
- 427 · Tauf Aleph · Phyllis Gotlieb · nv More Wandering Stars, ed. Jack M. Dann, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981
- 445 · Exposures · Gregory Benford · ss IASFM Jul 6 ’81
- 457 · The Gernsback Continuum · William Gibson · ss Universe 11, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1981
- 466 · The Start of the End of the World · Carol Emshwiller · ss Universe 11, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1981
- 477 · Schrödinger’s Plague · Greg Bear · ss Analog Mar 29 ’82
- 485 · “...the World, as We Know ’t” · Howard Waldrop · ss Shayol #6 ’82
- 501 · The Byrds · Michael G. Coney · ss Changes, ed. Michael Bishop & Ian Watson, Ace, 1983
- 513 · Speech Sounds · Octavia E. Butler · ss IASFM mid-Dec ’83
- 525 · Distant Signals · Andrew Weiner · ss Twilight Zone May/Jun ’84
- 538 · The Lucky Strike · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Universe 14, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1984
- 569 · The Life of Anybody · Robert Sheckley · vi Is That What People Do?, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984
- 571 · Interlocking Pieces · Molly Gloss · ss Universe 14, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1984
- 577 · The War at Home · Lewis Shiner · ss IASFM May ’85
- 580 · The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things · Karen Joy Fowler · ss IASFM Oct ’85
- 591 · Snow · John Crowley · nv Omni Nov ’85
- 605 · After the Days of Dead-Eye ’Dee · Pat Cadigan · ss IASFM May ’85
- 616 · The Bob Dylan Tambourine Software & Satori Support Services Consortium, Ltd. · Michael Bishop · ss Interzone #12 ’85
- 628 · His Vegetable Wife · Pat Murphy · ss Interzone #16 ’86
- 633 · The Brains of Rats · Michael Blumlein · ss Interzone #16 ’86
- 647 · Out of All Them Bright Stars · Nancy Kress · ss F&SF Mar ’85
- 654 · Rat · James Patrick Kelly · ss F&SF Jun ’86
- 665 · America [Carpenter] · Orson Scott Card · nv IASFM Jan ’87
- 689 · Schwarzschild Radius · Connie Willis · ss Universe, ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam Spectra, 1987
- 705 · Stable Strategies for Middle Management · Eileen Gunn · ss IASFM Jun ’88
- 716 · Kirinyaga [Koriba (Kirinyaga)] · Mike Resnick · nv F&SF Nov ’88
- 733 · A Midwinter’s Tale · Michael Swanwick · ss IASFM Dec ’88
- 746 · (Learning About) Machine Sex · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss Machine Sex and Other Stories, Porcepic Tesseract: Victoria, Canada, 1988
- 762 · We See Things Differently · Bruce Sterling · ss Semiotext(e) #14 ’89
- 780 · Half-Life · Paul Preuss · ss The Microverse, Byron Preiss, Bantam, 1989
- 794 · Homelanding · Margaret Atwood · ss Elle, 1989
- 797 · And the Angels Sing · Kate Wilhelm · ss Omni May ’90
- 814 · Aunt Parnetta’s Electric Blisters · Diane Glancy · ss Trigger Dance, University of Colorado Press, 1990
- 819 · Midnight News · Lisa Goldstein · ss IASFM Mar ’90
- 830 · Invaders · John Kessel · nv F&SF Oct ’90
- 851 · Notes on the Authors · Misc. Material · bg
- The Secret Books of Paradys III & IV Tanith Lee (SFBC #00995, Jul ’93, $10.98, 373pp, hc, cover by Dawn Wilson) [Secret Books of Paradys]; Dark fantasy omnibus of the last two books in “The Secret Books of Paradys” series, the collection The Book of the Dead (Overlook 1991) and The Book of the Mad (Overlook 1993). This edition lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- · The Book of the Dead · co Overlook, 1991
- · The Weasel Bride · ss The Book of the Dead, Overlook Press, 1991
- · The Nightmare’s Tale · nv Women of Darkness II, ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Tor, 1990
- · Beautiful Lady · nv The Book of the Dead, Overlook Press, 1991
- · Morcara’s Room · nv The Book of the Dead, Overlook Press, 1991
- · The Marble Web · nv The Book of the Dead, Overlook Press, 1991
- · Lost in the World · nv The Book of the Dead, Overlook Press, 1991
- · The Glass Dagger · nv The Book of the Dead, Overlook Press, 1991
- · The Moon Is a Mask · ss The Book of the Dead, Overlook Press, 1991
- · The Book of the Mad · n. Overlook, 1993
- Gummitch & Friends Fritz Leiber (Donald M. Grant 1-880418-18-5, Feb ’93, $30.00, 222pp, hc, cover by Alicia Austin); Collection of 16 stories and sketches by Leiber and six poems by Margo Skinner (plus one by Poul Anderson) about cats, with an introduction by Leiber, an afterword by Margo Skinner, and a number of appreciations of Leiber. A slipcased 1,000 copy limited edition (-17-7, $60.00) is also available, signed by Margo Skinner Leiber and Roger Gerberding, and containing 34 additional pages of various tributes written just after Leiber’s death. Order from Donald M. Grant, PO Box 187, Hampton Falls NH 03844.
- 1 · Preface · Ann R. Howland · pr
- 3 · Fritz Leiber, Felines and Son · Justin Leiber · ms
- 6 · Fritz Leiber · Poul Anderson · ms
- 9 · Ballade of a Loss, Fritz Leiber: 1910-1992 · Karen Anderson · pm
- 11 · Fritz Leiber · Robert Bloch · ms
- 13 · Fritz Leiber · Ray Bradbury · ms
- 15 · Fritz Leiber · Ramsey Campbell · ms
- 17 · Remembering Fritz Leiber · Catherine Crook de Camp · ms
- 19 · The Leiber - de Camp Duel · L. Sprague de Camp · ms
- 21 · ...And Last Words · Harlan Ellison · ms
- 22 · A Few Too Few Words · Harlan Ellison · ms
- 25 · Fritz Leiber · Dennis Etchison · ms
- 27 · Fritz Leiber · Stephen King · ms
- 30 · Emancipation Proclamation · Judith Merril · ms
- 32 · Fritz Leiber · Andre Norton · ms
- 33 · Fritz Leiber · Frank M. Robinson · ms
- 11 · Introduction · in
- · Cat Stories
- 19 · Space-Time for Springers [Gummitch] · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #4, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1958
- 39 · Kreativity for Kats [Gummitch] · ss Galaxy Apr ’61
- 53 · Cat’s Cradle · ss The Book of Fritz Leiber, DAW, 1974
- 75 · The Cat Hotel [Gummitch] · ss F&SF Oct ’83
- 97 · Thrice the Brinded Cat · ss *
- 107 · The Lotus Eaters · ss F&SF Oct ’72
- 115 · Cat Three · ss F&SF Oct ’73
- 127 · The Bump · ss Infinity #4, ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1972
- 133 · The Great San Francisco Glacier · ss A Fantasy Reader, ed. Jeff Frane & Jack Rems, 1981
- 143 · Ship of Shadows · na F&SF Jul ’69
- · Cat Poems
- 207 · Earthbound · Margo Skinner · pm As Green As Emeraude, Dawn Heron Press, 1990
- 209 · God and the Cat · Margo Skinner · pm As Green As Emeraude, Dawn Heron Press, 1990
- 211 · A Sinister of Siamese · Margo Skinner · pm As Green As Emeraude, Dawn Heron Press, 1990
- 213 · Lullaby for a Cat Names Fatima · Margo Skinner · pm As Green As Emeraude, Dawn Heron Press, 1990
- 215 · Origin of the Species · Karen Anderson · pm F&SF Jun ’58
- 217 · Sestina of the Cat in the Doorway · Poul Anderson · pm Smorgasbord, 1959
- 219 · Afterword · Margo Skinner · aw
- The Science Fiction Stories of Jack London Jack London (Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1407-8, Apr ’93, $9.95, 211pp, tp, cover by Kevin Kelly); Collection of 15 stories, edited and with an introduction by James Bankes.
- 1 · Introduction · James Bankes · in
- 5 · Jack London: A Chronology · Misc. Material · bg
- 9 · Who Believes in Ghosts! · ss The (Oakland) High School Aegis Oct 21, 1895
- 16 · A Thousand Deaths · ss The Black Cat May, 1899
- 25 · The Rejuvenation of Major Rathbone · ss Conkey’s Home Journal Nov, 1899
- 35 · Even Unto Death · ss The (San Francisco) Evening Post Jul 28 ’00
- 40 · A Relic of the Pliocene · ss Colliers Jan 12 ’01
- 49 · The Shadow and the Flash · ss The Bookman Jun ’03
- 62 · The Enemy of All the World · ss The Red Book Magazine Oct ’08
- 75 · A Curious Fragment · ss Town Topics Dec 10 ’08
- 83 · Goliah · nv The Bookman Feb ’10
- 104 · The Unparalleled Invasion · ss McClure’s Jul ’10
- 116 · When the World Was Young · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 10 ’10
- 131 · The Strength of the Strong · ss Hampton’s Mar ’11
- 144 · War · ss The Nation Jul 29 ’11
- 149 · The Scarlet Plague · nv The London Magazine Jun ’12
- 191 · The Red One · nv Cosmopolitan Oct ’18
- Forgotten Realms: Realms of Valor ed. James Lowder (TSR 1-56076-557-7, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.95, 339pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Forgotten Realms]; Original anthology of 11 short stories based on the “Forgotten Realms” game, with an afterword by Jeff Grubb.
- The Digital Wristwatch of Philip K. Dick/Hyperprism Richard A. Lupoff (Gryphon Books 0-936071-25-7, Nov ’93, $9.95, 28/26pp, tp, cover by Allen Koszowski); Collection of two reprint sf short stories, printed à la the Ace Doubles. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228. Gryphon Double #7.
- 3 · The Digital Wristwatch of Philip K. Dick · nv Canyon Press: San Carlos CA, 1985
- 3 · Hyperprism · nv Science Fiction Eye v1 #3 ’88
- Mindwarps John Maclay (Maclay & Associates, Sep ’92 [Feb ’93], $9.95, 139pp, hc); Collection of 22 horror stories. This is a signed 500-copy limited edition. Order from Maclay & Associates, PO Box 16253, Baltimore MD 21210.
- 7 · A Matter of Firing · ss Stalkers, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1989
- 14 · If It’s All the Same to You · ss Grue #7 ’88
- 24 · Meat Men · ss *
- 31 · A Mountain Story · ss Twisted
- 37 · Packing Howard · vi Short Story Digest Win ’91
- 41 · A Childhood Memory · vi Deathrealm Sum ’89
- 44 · True · vi 14 Vicious Valentines, ed. Rosalind M. Greenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Avon, 1988
- 49 · Razor Cut · vi Cemetery Dance Spr ’91
- 53 · Death Flight · vi Night Cry Sum ’87
- 56 · Cab Fare · vi Twisted #5 ’89
- 59 · The Plumber · ss Eldritch Tales #23 ’90
- 66 · Safe · ss Masques #3, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1989
- 72 · The Flats · ss *
- 81 · Black Stockings · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 5, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1989
- 89 · A Younger Woman · ss Borderlands, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990
- 99 · The Reason Why · ss Dead of Night Jul ’89
- 103 · Speak from Experience · ss After Hours Sum ’90
- 107 · Exhibit D · ss Haunts #18 ’90
- 112 · Over the Fence · ss Twilight Zone Aug ’88
- 120 · Driving On · vi Midnight Zoo v1 #1 ’91
- 124 · Models · ss Scare Care, ed. Graham Masterton, Tor, 1989
- 127 · Hint of Spring · ss The Marquet Series May ’90
- 131 · The Ponds · ss *
- Aliens and UFO’s: Extraterrestrial Tales from Asimov’s Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Smithmark 0-8317-0436-5, 1993 [Oct ’93], $9.98, 464pp, hc, cover by Angus McKie); Anthology of 19 stories about alien visitors that appeared in Asimov’s or Analog. This is an instant remainder book.
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