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- Welcome to the Monkey House/Palm Sunday/An Autobiographical Collage Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Vintage UK 0-09-938781-6, Jul 94, £8.99, 642pp, tp, cover by Huntley & Muir); Omnibus. Note that the cover reverses the order of titles. Includes an early Vonnegut short story collection plus essays.
- · Welcome to the Monkey House · co New York: Delacorte, 1968
- xiii · Preface · pr *
- 1 · Where I Live [Youve Never Been to Barnstable?] · ar Venture- Travelers World Oct 64
- 7 · Harrison Bergeron · ss F&SF Oct 61
- 14 · Who Am I This Time? [My Name Is Everyone] · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 16 61
- 27 · Welcome to the Monkey House · ss Playboy Jan 68
- 46 · Long Walk to Forever · ss Ladies Home Journal Aug 60
- 53 · The Foster Portfolio · ss Colliers Sep 8 51
- 67 · Miss Temptation · ss The Saturday Evening Post Apr 21 56
- 80 · All the Kings Horses · ss Colliers Feb 10 51
- 99 · Tom Edisons Shaggy Dog · ss Colliers Mar 14 53
- 106 · New Dictionary [The Random House Dictionary] · ar The New York Times Oct 66
- 112 · Next Door · ss Cosmopolitan Apr 55
- 121 · More Stately Mansions · ss Colliers Dec 22 51
- 133 · The Hyannis Port Story · ss *
- 146 · D.P. · ss Ladies Home Journal Aug 53
- 156 · Report on the Barnhouse Effect · ss Colliers Feb 11 50
- 171 · The Euphio Question · ss Colliers May 12 51
- 187 · Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son · ss Ladies Home Journal Jul 62
- 201 · Deer in the Works · ss Esquire Apr 55
- 215 · The Lie · ss The Saturday Evening Post Feb 24 62
- 229 · Unready to Wear · ss Galaxy Apr 53
- 244 · The Kid Nobody Could Handle · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 24 55
- 256 · The Manned Missiles · ss Cosmopolitan Jul 58
- 268 · Epicac · ss Colliers Nov 25 50
- 276 · Adam · ss Cosmopolitan Apr 54
- 284 · Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow [The Big Trip Up Yonder] · ss Galaxy Jan 54
- 299 · Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage · n., 1981
- The Coming of Vertumnus and Other Stories Ian Watson (Gollancz 0-575-05766-1, May 94, £15.99, 288pp, hc); SF collection.
- 7 · The Coming of Vertumnus · nv Interzone Feb 92
- 58 · Swimming with the Salmon · ss Interzone Sep 92
- 75 · The Bible in Blood · nv *
- 101 · Happy Hour · nv Walls of Fear, ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990
- 123 · The Talk of the Town · ss Fires of the Past, ed. Anne Devereaux Jordan, St. Martins, 1991
- 133 · Looking Down on You · ss F&SF Oct/Nov 92
- 148 · The Tale of Peg and the Brain [Weston Willow] · ss Narrow Houses, ed. Peter Crowther, Little Brown UK, 1992
- 163 · Life in the Groove · ss In Dreams, ed. Paul J. McAuley & Kim Newman, London: Gollancz, 1992
- 177 · Virtually Lucid Lucy · ss New Worlds 2, ed. David S. Garnett, London: Gollancz, 1992
- 197 · The Odour of Cocktail Cigarettes · ss IASFM Apr 91
- 213 · Nanoware Time · na New York: Tor, 1991; appeared as half of Tor Double No. 29. A shorter version appeared in IASFM Jun 89.
- The Greater Arcana Ron Weighell (Haunted Library 0-906153-27-1, Jun 94, £2.50, 32pp, ph); Chapbook of three occult stories, one revised, two original.
- 2 · Introduction · in
- 4 · The Tunnel of Saksaksalim · ss *
- 15 · The Greater Arcana · ss Horror for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, Michael OMara, 1992; revised for this printing.
- 25 · Laid Down and Guarded · ss *
- The Christmas Ghost Robert Westall (Mammoth 0-7497-1769-6, Oct 94, £2.99, 64pp, ph, cover by John Lawrence); Reprint (Methuen 1992) ghost story set on Tyneside in the 1930s; illustrated by John Lawrence.
- Uncharted Territory Connie Willis (NEL 0-450-61748-3, Sep 94 [Aug 94], £4.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten); Sf collection containing the title novella (Bantam Spectra 1994) plus the novella Fire Watch and the prize-winning novelette, Even the Queen.
- 1 · Uncharted Territory · na Bantam Spectra, 1994
- 143 · Fire Watch · nv IASFM Feb 15 82
- 195 · Even the Queen · ss IASFM Apr 92
- That Way Lies Camelot Janny Wurts (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224501-9, May 94, £8.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Janny Wurts); Collection of 15 stories, including four originals. A hardcover edition (-224602-3, £15.99) is also available.
- 11 · Wayfinder · nv *
- 36 · The Antagonist [Fleet] · nv The Fleet: Counterattack, ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1988
- 63 · Tale of the Snowbeast [Elfquest] · nv The Blood of Ten Chiefs, ed. Richard Pini, Robert Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Tor, 1986
- 85 · The Crash · ss *
- 88 · The Firefall · ss *
- 108 · Silverdowns Gold · nv Horse Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Rosalind M. Greenberg, DAW, 1991
- 140 · Double Blind [Fleet] · nv The Break Through, ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1989
- 163 · The Snare · ss *
- 172 · Dreamsingers Tale [Elfquest] · nv Wolfsong, ed. Richard Pini, Robert Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Tor, 1988
- 189 · Triple-Cross [Fleet] · nv Total War, ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1990
- 219 · Dreambridge · ss MZBFM Spr 93
- 238 · Songs End [Elfquest] · ss Winds of Change, ed. Richard Pini, Tor, 1989
- 255 · The Renders · ss Elsewhere v1, ed. Terri Winding & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981
- 266 · No Quarter [Fleet] · ss The Fleet: Crisis, ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1991
- 282 · That Way Lies Camelot · nv Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurences, ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Atlanta, GA: Unnameable Press, 1992
- The 1994 Rhysling Anthology ed. Anon. (Science Fiction Poetry Association, Mar 94, no price, 48pp, ph, cover by Charles Fallis); Anthology of 41 poems. This serves as the ballot for the SFPAs Rhysling Awards. Published in cooperation with Emerald City Publishing and Figment Press.
- i · The Rhysling Awards: A Brief Introduction [adapted from Where Can We Go from Here, Toto? by Robert Frazier] · Anon. · in Star*Line v12 #5/6 89
- ii · From the Rhysling Chair: A Special Thanks · Anon. · in
- 1 · The Tired Astronaut · John Grey · pm, 1993
- 2 · Ship Stowaway · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm Star*Line v16 #6/7 93
- 2 · The Grandmother Paradox · Laurel Winter · pm Tales of the Unanticipated #12 93
- 3 · Triplets for Thomas Wiloch · Keith Allen Daniels & Marge Ballif Simon · pm Star*Line v16 #4 93
- 3 · Essence of Poet · Keith Allen Daniels · pm Xenophilia #6 93
- 4 · The Imagery of Grieving · Errol Miller · pm The Kore #1 93
- 5 · Like a Rock · J. W. Donnelly · pm Scavengers Newsletter #118 93
- 6 · Praise and Invocation · Harry Davidov · pm Weirdbook #6 73; Diet Soap #3 93
- 7 · Quatrains from The Martian Chronicles · Ray Bradbury & Jonathan V. Post · pm Space & Time #81 93
- 10 · These Angels in Our Midst · William John Watkins · pm Asimovs Dec 93
- 11 · A Shaman · Uncle River · pm Star*Line v16 #6/7 93
- 13 · Spacers Compass · Bruce Boston · pm Specula, Beech Grove, IN: Talisman, 1993
- 14 · The Once and Future Robot · Charlee Jacob · pm Star*Line v16 #3 93
- 15 · Flight Is for Those Who Have Not Yet Crossed Over · Jeff VanderMeer · pm The Silver Web Win/Spr 93
- 16 · Astaroth · Jacie Ragan · pm Star*Line v16 #3 93
- 18 · Blind Date · Marianne J. Dyson · pm Star*Line v16 #1 93
- 19 · Spatio-Temporal Spectacles · Michael R. Collings · pm Space & Time #81 93
- 20 · Seven Gnomonic Measurements · Andrew Joron · pm Talisman #11 93
- 22 · Circle Dance · Eileen Kernaghan · pm On Spec Spr 93
- 23 · Numbers of the Beast · Keith Allen Daniels · pm Asimovs Nov 93
- 24 · To a Fig Tree · t. Winter-Damon · pm Xizquil May 93
- 26 · Poem from the Stars · Wendy Rathbone · pm Aboriginal SF Fll 93
- 27 · Man-End (from the Choir of Beasts) · J. C. Hendee · pm The Leading Edge #27 93
- 28 · Beautiful Pagan / On Quantum Physics at the Edge of Chaos · Andrew Darlington · pm Star*Line v16 #5 93
- 29 · Holocaustic Museum Fragments for Binary Extrapolation · Bruce Boston & t. winter-damon · pm Specula, Beech Grove, IN: Talisman, 1993
- 31 · (Untitled) · G. Sutton Breiding · pm Star*Line v16 #6/7 93
- 32 · Why Vampires Do Not Use Their Vote · Steve Sneyd · pm Prisoners of the Night #7 93
- 33 · The Last Existentialist · Bruce Boston · pm Polk City, IA: Chris Drumm Books, 1993
- 35 · Labor Unrest in High Orbit · A. J. Wells · pm Xizquil Oct 93
- 36 · Once More at Thermopylae · William John Watkins · pm Figment #15 93
- 37 · Videroid Left · Richard Mathews · pm Star*Line v16 #4 93
- 38 · Xenophobes Eulogy for Prometheus · William John Watkins · pm Aboriginal SF Win 93
- 38 · Thump: Thump · Wayne Edwards · pm Night Songs Sum 93
- 39 · Mr. Right · Amy Gerstler · pm Urbanus/RaiZirr #4 93
- 40 · Gravediggers Dont Farewell Lowering Children · Barbara Genovese · pm Fuel #5 93
- 40 · Mutant Autumn · Ann K. Schwader · pm Star*Line v16 #5 93
- 41 · Basement Flats · W. Gregory Stewart & Robert Frazier · pm Air Fish, ed. Joy Oestreicher & Richard Singer, Catseye Books, 1993
- 45 · Science Fiction and the Search for Transcendence · Jonathan V. Post · pm Space & Time #82 93; erroneously given as by Ray Bradbury and Jonathan V. Post.
- 46 · Our Crimes of Passion · Charlee Jacob · pm Prisoners of the Night #7 93
- 47 · The Waxing During Earthquake · Charlee Jacob · pm Dreams & Nightmares #40 93
- 49 · The Watch on Larry · John Grey · pm Not One of Us Nov 93
- The Little Book of Big Chills ed. Anon. (Los Angeles: Lowell House Juvenile 1-56565-557-5, 1994, 48pp, ph); Anthology, two supernatural horror stories; intended for teenage audience.
- 7 · Natures Way · Q. L. Pearce · ss Bone-Chilling Tales of Fright, ed. Anon., Lowell House Juvenile, 1994
- 29 · Post-Mortem · Don Wulfson · ss Bone-Chilling Tales of Fright, ed. Anon., Lowell House Juvenile, 1994
- Great Ghost Stories ed. Anon. (Watermill Classic 0-816-70468-6, 1994, $2.95, 91pp, pb, cover by Mia Tavonatti)
- Ten Tales [by James Cahill] ed. Anon. (James Cahill Publishing, 1994, $100, vii+185pp, hc); Anthology of ten stories, mainly original, including pieces by Harlan Ellison and Roger Zelazny. This edition is limited to 250 signed copies; a deluxe, leatherbound edition ($250) limited to 26 copies was also announced.
- A Sound of Thunder Ray Bradbury (Genova, Italy: Cideb 88-7754-149-0, Jan 94, 48pp, pb); Reprint short story with introduction, notes and activities by Peter Foreman.
- Ladies of Winter ed. J. Canning (Fans and Associated of Nocturnal Ghouls Society; San Jose, CA, Aug 94, $10.00, tp)
- The Government in Exile and other stories Paul Collins (Melbourne: Sumeria Press 0 646 19774 6, 1994, 242pp, pb); Collection of 16 stories, five original.
- 1 · Weesechosek, a Good Place to Live [A Walk on the Wild Side] · ss Ad Astra #13 80
- 13 · The Getaway Star · ss Frontier Worlds, ed. Paul Collins, Cory & Collins, 1983
- 25 · The Government in Exile · ss Urban Fantasies, ed. David King & Russell Blackford, Ebony, 1985
- 39 · Kool Running · ss Omega Science Digest Mar/Apr 85
- 51 · Nightmare Man · ss Omega Science Digest May/Jun 85
- 59 · At the Focus [Time! Sang Fate] · Paul Collins & Sean McMullen · ss Aphelion Fll 86
- 69 · The Real Man · ss Bodybuilding Monthly May 87; Gym Magazine, Germany, 1986 (in German?).
- 79 · Myth · ss *
- 91 · The Double Take [Cyberloid] · ss PC User Jul 92
- 109 · For Hell the Tapestry Tolls · ss, 1994
- 121 · One Day Soon · ss Aurealis #2 90
- 135 · Cybercide · ss *
- 149 · Supremacist · Paul Collins & Damien Jones · ss REVelation
- 165 · Sleight of Mind · Paul Collins & Jack Wodhams · ss *
- 183 · The Gifted · ss *
- 209 · Tangerine Dreams · nv *
- 231 · The Waking Earth · ss *
- A Mexicon Decade ed. Colin Harris (Mexicon 6, Jun 94, no price, 44pp, ph, cover by Dave Carson); Anthology of original pieces by past Mexicon guests to celebrate the tenth anniversary. Limited to 400 numbered copies.
- Creepy Classics ed. Mary Hill (Random House 0-679-86692-2, 1994, $4.99, 122pp, tp, cover by Dominick R. Domingo); Childrens horror anthology of 11 classic stories, poems, and novel extracts.
- v · Dear Reader · Mary Hill · pr
- 1 · The Monkeys Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harpers Monthly Sep 02
- 17 · Gabriel-Ernest · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 29 09
- 27 · The Cremation of Sam McGee · Robert W. Service · pm Songs of a Sourdough, Toronto: Briggs, 1907
- 33 · The Dead Girl · Guy de Maupassant · ss; La Morte.
- 41 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Dec, 1895
- 55 · Recipe for Witches Brew [from Macbeth] · William Shakespeare · pm, 1606
- 59 · Draculas Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Draculas Guest, London: Routledge, 1914
- 69 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review Dec, 1845
- 83 · Alone · Edgar Allan Poe · pm, 1829
- 87 · The Brazilian Cat [The Story of the Brazilian Cat] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Dec, 1898
- 113 · Frankenstein Creates a Monster [from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus; Frankenstein] · Mary Shelley · ex London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818
- 119 · Glossary · Misc. Material · ms
- Horrograph Graham Joyce (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, Nov 94, no price, 12pp, ph, cover by Tim Groome); Original short story issued in a limited edition of 350 numbered copies, to coincide with Joyces Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 24.
- Celtic Tales of Terror ed. Mairtin OGriofa (New York: Sterling Pub. Co., Inc. 0-8069-0868-8, 1994, 144pp, hc)
- Campfire Thrillers: The Short and Scary Ones ed. Rebecca K. Rizzo (The Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press, Inc. 1-56440-371-8, 1994, pb)
- More Short & Shivery Robert D. San Souci (Delacorte Press 0-385-32102-3, Sep 94, $13.95, 163pp, hc, cover by Katherine Coville); Young-adult anthology of 30 short horror stories from folklore around the world, retold by San Souci.
- ix · Introduction · in
- 1 · Hold Him, Tabb! · ss *; African-American ghost story from Virginia originally published in the Southern Workman and Hampton School Record v.26 #6, June 1897.
- 5 · The Witches Eyes · ss *; folktale from the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- 11 · The Duppy · ss *; Carribbean folklore.
- 16 · Two Snakes · ss *; retord from Two Snakes in 100 Chinese Myths and Fantasies by Ding Wangdao, Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, n.d.
- 22 · The Draug · ss *; retold from various accounts in Phantoms and Fairies from Norwegian Folklore by Tor Age Bringsvaerd, Oslo: Johan Grundt Tanum Forlag, n.d.
- 27 · The Vampire Cat · ss *; retold from an account in Tales of Old Japan by A.B. Mitford, London 1871.
- 33 · Windigo Island · ss *; retold from the poem The Wendigo by William Henry Drummond.
- 40 · The Haunted Inn · ss *; classical Chinese tale.
- 45 · The Rolling Head · ss *; American Indian legend.
- 51 · The Croglin Grange Vampire · ss *; from an account in In My Solitary Life by Augustus Hare, London: Allen 1896-1901.
- 57 · The Yara · ss *; adapted from The Yara by Brazilian journalist and historian Affonso Arinhos de Melo Franco.
- 61 · Me, Myself · ss *; adapted from Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Orally Collected: New Edition by J.F. Campbell, London: Alexander Gardner Publisher 1890.
- 68 · Island of Fear · ss *; retold from The Island of the Cannibal in Seneca Myths & Folk Tales by Arthur C. Parker, Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Historical Society 1923.
- 75 · Three Who Sought Death · ss *; adapted from The Pardoners Tale in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
- 78 · Sister Death and the Healer · ss *; Hispanic tale from the Mexican-American border.
- 83 · The Mouse Tower · ss *; adapted from accounts in Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by Sabine Baring-Gould, London: Rivingtons 1866.
- 88 · The Devil and Tom Walker · ss *; retold from the story in Tales of a Traveller by Washington Irving, New York 1825.
- 93 · The Greedy Daughter · ss *; adapted from the story in The Folk-Lore of Rome by R.H. Busk.
- 97 · The Pirate · ss *; adapted from the poem The Buccaneer by Richard H. Dana.
- 103 · The Golden Arm · ss *; adapted and expanded from English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, London 1890.
- 109 · The Serpent Woman · ss *; condensed and rewritten from the story in Spanish Legendary Tales by Mrs. Middlemore.
- 115 · Loft the Enchanter · ss *; adapted from accounts in Ghosts, Witchcraft and the Other World: Icelandic Folktales I translated by Alan Boucher, Reykjavik, Iceland: Iceland Review Library 1977.
- 121 · The Accursed House · ss *; adapted and expanded from an account in Myths & Legends of Our Own Land: Volume II by Charles M. Skinner, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1896.
- 127 · Escape Up the Tree · ss *; Nigerian version of an African folktale.
- 130 · The Headrest · ss *; retold from Papuan Fairy Tales by Annie Ker, c. 1912.
- 134 · The Thing in the Woods · ss *; adapted from an account in Gumbo Ya-Ya: A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales by Lyle Saxon, Robert Tallant, and Edward Dryer, Louisiana Writers Project Publications 1945.
- 139 · King of the Cats · ss *; adapted from More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, London 1894.
- 143 · The Dead Mother · ss *; retold from Russian Folk Tales by William R. Shedden-Ralston, London 1973.
- 148 · Knock... Knock... Knock · ss *; retold from The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meaning by Jan Harold Brunvand, New York: W.W. Norton & Co. 1981.
- 153 · Twice Surprised · ss *; retold from the version in Ancient Tales in Modern Japan: An Antholohy of Japanese Folk Tales by Fanny Hagin Mayer, Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1984.
- 156 · Notes on Sources · Misc. Material · bi
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