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- The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury (Flamingo 0-00-647923-5, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], £5.99, 235pp, tp, cover by George Snow); Reprint (Doubleday 1951) SF collection of 26 stories and vignettes set on Bradbury’s personal dream Mars. This follows the text of the first UK edition (Hart-Davis, 1951 as The Silver Locusts) which eliminated “Usher II” and added “The Fire Balloons”.
- 11 · Rocket Summer · vi The Martian Chronicles, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 12 · Ylla [“I’ll Not Look for Wine”] · ss Maclean’s Jan 1 ’50
- 27 · The Summer Night [“The Spring Night”] · vi Arkham Sampler Win ’49
- 30 · The Earth Men · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug ’48
- 47 · The Taxpayer · vi The Martian Chronicles, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 49 · The Third Expedition [“Mars Is Heaven!”] · ss Planet Stories Fll ’48
- 69 · - And the Moon Be Still as Bright · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun ’48
- 98 · The Settlers · vi The Martian Chronicles, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 99 · The Green Morning · ss The Martian Chronicles, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 105 · The Locusts · vi The Martian Chronicles, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 106 · Night Meeting · ss The Martian Chronicles, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 116 · The Shore · vi The Martian Chronicles, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 117 · The Fire Balloons [“‘In This Sign...’”] · ss Imagination Apr ’51
- 138 · Interim · vi The Martian Chronicles, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 139 · The Musicians · vi The Martian Chronicles, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 141 · Way up in the Middle of the Air [“Way in the Middle of the Air”] · ss Other Worlds Jul ’50
- 156 · The Naming of Names · vi The Martian Chronicles, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 157 · The Old Ones · vi The Martian Chronicles, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 158 · The Martian [“Impossible”] · ss Super Science Stories Nov ’49
- 173 · The Luggage Store · vi The Martian Chronicles, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 175 · The Off Season · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec ’48
- 189 · The Watchers · vi The Martian Chronicles, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 191 · The Silent Towns · ss Charm Mar ’49
- 204 · The Long Years · ss Maclean’s Sep 15 ’48
- 217 · There Will Come Soft Rains · ss Colliers May 6 ’50
- 225 · The Million-Year Picnic · ss Planet Stories Sum ’46
- His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood and other stories Poppy Z. Brite (Penguin 0-14-600050-1, Jul ’95, 60p, 88pp, pb); Collection of four stories; all were in Swamp Foetus, 1993. One of the ‘Penguin 60s’ collection: mini-books celebrating their 60th anniversary.
- 1 · His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood · ss Borderlands, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990
- 19 · The Sixth Sentinel · ss Borderlands 3, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1993
- 44 · Calcutta, Lord of Nerves · ss Still Dead, ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1992
- 65 · How to Get Ahead in New York · ss Gauntlet #4 ’92
- Blues Shifting Eric Brown (Pan 0-330-33590-1, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], £4.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll); SF collection of 8 long stories; two are original, including the title novella.
- 1 · The Death of Cassandra Quebec · nv Zenith 2, ed. David S. Garnett, Orbit, 1990
- 29 · Piloting · nv Interzone Feb ’91
- 52 · The Art of Acceptance · nv Strange Plasma #1 ’89
- 76 · The Disciples of Apollo · ss Other Edens III, ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, London: Unwin, 1989
- 89 · Elegy Perpetuum · nv Interzone Oct ’91
- 118 · Song of Summer · nv *
- 155 · Epsilon Dreams · nv Interzone May ’92
- 193 · Blue Shifting · na *
- Intruders: New Weird Tales A. M. Burrage (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-04-4, Aug ’95, C$46.50, xiv+233pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters); Collection of 26 previously uncollected ghost stories, most unreprinted since their first appearance. Edited and with an Introduction by Jack Adrian. This edition is limied to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $35.00 and in the UK for £21.00.
- ix · Introduction · Jack Adrian · in (*), 1995
- 3 · Wine of Summer · ss The London Magazine Jun ’28
- 12 · The Bargain · ss Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Third Series, ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, London: Gollancz, 1934
- 19 · Portrait of an Unknown Lady · ss The Daily Express Jun 24 ’35
- 25 · Top Floor Back · ss The Premier Magazine Jan ’28
- 32 · ‘Orders from Brigade’ [as by Ex-Private X] · ss The London Magazine May ’30
- 42 · The Intruder · ss The London Magazine Apr ’23
- 52 · By the Looe River · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller Sep 18 ’15
- 60 · The Man on the Corner [as by The Man at the Cross-Roads] · ss Star Aug 23 ’37
- 66 · The Pace Maker · ss The Premier Magazine Jun ’23
- 80 · Footprints · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller Nov 9 ’12
- 87 · The Spanish Captain · ss The Windsor Magazine Aug 30 ’30
- 94 · Passengers on the Eleven-Ten · ss The Sketch Apr 30 ’41
- 99 · In the Waters under the Earth · ss 20 Story Magazine May ’33
- 109 · The Lady of Graeme · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller May 30 ’14
- 128 · The Box in the Attic · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 23 ’29
- 134 · The Caricature · ss Sunday Chronicle Annual, 1927
- 144 · The Sisters of Changton Margery [as by Ex-Private X] · ss The Tatler Nov 27 ’31
- 151 · The Breaking of the Spell · ss The Novel Magazine Feb ’15
- 160 · The Lovers · ss Eve Magazine Apr 26 ’22
- 163 · House o’Dreams · ss The London Magazine Apr ’30
- 176 · The Chalk Pit · ss The London Magazine Dec ’13
- 185 · The Lady of the Chateau · ss The New Magazine Apr ’19
- 192 · Miss Jessica · ss The London Magazine Nov ’24
- 204 · The Last of the Kerstons · ss The Novel Magazine Jul ’12
- 214 · Corner Cottage · ss Weird and Occult Library #3 ’60
- 221 · Fellow Mortals · ss The New London Magazine Apr ’32
- 231 · Sources · Misc. Material · bi (*), 1995
- The Panic Hand Jonathan Carroll (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224540-X, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], £14.99, 240pp, hc, cover by Ray Richardson); Collection of 19 stories, including one original, one published in English for the first time, and two that were used in his novel A Child Across the Sky (Century, 1989). This is an expanded, English, version of his German collection Die Panische Hand (1989), and seven of the stories were first published, in German, in that volume.
- 9 · Mr. Fiddlehead · ss Omni Feb ’89
- 23 · Uh-Oh City · na F&SF Jun ’92
- 79 · The Fall Collection · ss *; first published, in German, in Die Panische Hand (1989).
- 86 · Friend’s Best Man · ss F&SF Jan ’87
- 107 · The Sadness of Detail · ss Omni Feb ’90; first published, in German, in Die Panische Hand (1989).
- 119 · Waiting to Wave · ss The Time Out Book of London Short Stories, ed. Maria Lexton, Penguin, 1994
- 124 · The Jane Fonda Room · ss Twilight Zone Sep ’82
- 129 · A Quarter Past You [from A Child Across the Sky] · ex, 1989
- 136 · My Zoondel · ss Weird Tales Win ’90; first published, in German, in Der Eingang ins Paradies (1988).
- 144 · Learning to Leave · ss Narrow Houses, ed. Peter Crowther, Little Brown UK, 1992
- 151 · The Panic Hand · ss Interzone #33 ’90; first published, in German, in Die Panische Hand (1989).
- 161 · The Bear in the Mouth · ss *; first published, in German, in Die Panische Hand (1989).
- 170 · Postgraduate · ss Penthouse Feb ’84
- 178 · Tired Angel · ss Fear! Dec ’89
- 184 · The Dead Love You · ss Omni Dec ’90; first published, in German, in Die Panische Hand (1989).
- 199 · Florian · ss Weird Tales Fll ’89; first published, in German, in Der Eingang ins Paradies (1988).
- 204 · The Life of My Crime · ss Omni Feb ’92
- 216 · A Wheel in the Desert, the Moon on Some Swings · ss Omni Mar ’94
- 229 · A Flash in the Pants · ss *
- The Bloody Chamber and other stories Angela Carter (Vintage UK 0-09-958811-0, Jul ’95, £5.99, 126pp, tp, cover by Dominic Davies); Reprint (Gollancz 1979) collection of 10 literary short stories.
- 7 · The Bloody Chamber · nv *
- 41 · The Courtship of Mr. Lyon · ss Vogue (UK), 1979; revised
- 51 · The Tiger’s Bride · ss *
- 68 · Puss-in-Boots · ss The Straw and the Gold, ed. Emma Tennant, Pierrot Books, 1979
- 84 · The Erl-King · ss *; revised from Bananas, #9, Winter ’77.
- 91 · The Snow Child · vi *; originally broadcast on Radio 4 program, ‘Not Now, I’m Listening’, du.
- 93 · The Lady of the House of Love · ss The Iowa Review Sum/Fll ’75; revised
- 108 · The Werewolf · vi *; revised from South-West Arts Review, #2, Oct ’77.
- 110 · The Company of Wolves · ss *; revised from Bananas, #7, Spring ’77.
- 119 · Wolf-Alice · ss *; revised from Stand v2 n2, Win ’78.
- Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories Angela Carter (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6321-6, Jul ’95, £20.00, xiv+462pp, hc, cover by Angela Carter); Omnibus of every short story. Her four collections — Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces (1974); The Bloody Chamber (1979); Black Venus (U.S: Saints and Strangers) (1985); American Ghosts & Old World Wonders (1993) — plus others, including one original. There is an Introduction by Salman Rushdie. The book seems to miss ‘The Bridegroom’ from Bananas, 1979, reprinted in Lands of Never (1983).
- ix · Introduction · Salman Rushdie · in
- · Early Work 1962-66
- 3 · The Man Who Loved a Double Bass · ss Storyteller Contest Jul ’62
- 11 · A Very, Very Great Lady and Her Son at Home · ss Nonesuch Fll ’65
- 16 · A Victorian Fable (with Glossary) · ss Nonesuch Sum/Fll ’66
- · Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces · co London: Quartet, 1974
- 27 · A Souvenir of Japan · ss Fireworks, 1974
- 35 · The Executioner’s Beautiful Daughter · ss Fireworks, 1974
- 41 · The Loves of Lady Purple · ss Fireworks, 1974
- 52 · The Smile of Winter · ss Fireworks, 1974
- 58 · Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest · ss Fireworks, 1974
- 68 · Flesh and the Mirror · ss Fireworks, 1974
- 75 · Master · ss Fireworks, 1974
- 81 · Reflections · nv Fireworks, 1974
- 96 · Elegy for a Free-Lance · ss Fireworks, 1974
- · The Bloody Chamber · co London: Gollancz, 1979
- 111 · The Bloody Chamber · nv The Bloody Chamber and Other Tales, London: Gollancz, 1979
- 144 · The Courtship of Mr. Lyon · ss Vogue (UK), 1979; revised
- 154 · The Tiger’s Bride · ss The Bloody Chamber and Other Tales, London: Gollancz, 1979
- 170 · Puss-in-Boots · ss The Straw and the Gold, ed. Emma Tennant, Pierrot Books, 1979
- 186 · The Erl-King · ss The Bloody Chamber and Other Tales, London: Gollancz, 1979; revised from Bananas, #9, Winter ’77.
- 193 · The Snow Child · vi The Bloody Chamber and Other Tales, London: Gollancz, 1979; originally broadcast on Radio 4 program, ‘Not Now, I’m Listening’, du.
- 195 · The Lady of the House of Love · ss The Iowa Review Sum/Fll ’75; revised
- 210 · The Werewolf · vi The Bloody Chamber and Other Tales, London: Gollancz, 1979; revised from South-West Arts Review, #2, Oct ’77.
- 212 · The Company of Wolves · ss The Bloody Chamber and Other Tales, London: Gollancz, 1979; revised from Bananas, #7, Spring ’77.
- 221 · Wolf-Alice · ss The Bloody Chamber and Other Tales, London: Gollancz, 1979; revised from Stand v2 n2, Win ’78.
- · Black Venus · co London: Chatto & Windus, 1985
- 231 · Black Venus · ss Next Editions, 1980
- 245 · The Kiss · ss Harper’s, 1977
- 248 · Our Lady of the Massacre [“Captured by the Red Man”] · ss Saturday Night Reader, ed. Emma Tennant, W.H. Allen, 1979
- 262 · The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe · ss Interzone #1 ’82
- 273 · Overture and Incidental Music for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” · ss Interzone #3 ’82
- 284 · Peter and the Wolf · ss Firebird #1 ’82
- 292 · The Kitchen Child · ss Vogue, 1979; revised
- 300 · The Fall River Axe Murders [“Mis-en-Scene for Parricide”] · ss The London Review of Books, 1981
- · American Ghosts & Old World Wonders · co London: Chatto & Windus, 1993
- 321 · Lizzie’s Tiger · ss Cosmopolitan Sep ’91; revised
- 332 · John Ford’s ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore · nv Granta Fll ’88
- 349 · Gun for the Devil · nv American Ghosts & Old World Wonders, Chatto & Windus, 1993
- 363 · The Merchant of Shadows · nv The London Review of Books Oct 26 ’89; revised
- 376 · The Ghost Ships · ss American Ghosts & Old World Wonders, Chatto & Windus, 1993
- 382 · In Pantoland · ar The Guardian Dec 24 ’91
- 390 · Ashputtle or The Mother’s Ghost · ss The Virago Book of Ghost Stories, ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1987; slightly revised
- 397 · Alice in Prague or The Curious Room · ss SPELL (Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature) Volume 5, 1990
- 409 · Impressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene · ar FMR Feb ’92; slightly revised
- · Uncollected Stories 1970-81
- 417 · The Snow Pavilion · ss *
- 429 · The Scarlet House · ss A Book of Contemporary Nightmares, ed. Giles Gordon, Michael Joseph, 1977
- 444 · The Quilt Maker · ss Sense and Sensibility: Stories by Contemporary Women Writers from Nine Countries, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981
- 459 · Appendix: Afterword to Fireworks [“Afterword”] · aw Fireworks, 1974
- 461 · First Publications · Misc. Material · bi
- Shudders and Shivers R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Robert Hale 0-7090-5607-9, Apr ’95, £16.99, 192pp, hc, cover by Barbara Walton); Collection of original horror stories, each one connected to the others by a common theme or character.
- 7 · Prologue · lk *
- 9 · The Intruders · nv *
- 44 · The Man in Black · ss *
- 61 · Interlude Number 1 · lk *
- 72 · The Bed-Sitting Room · nv *
- 95 · Interlude Number 2 · lk *
- 104 · The Cumberloo · ss *
- 126 · Interlude Number 3 · lk *
- 133 · Twilight Song · ss *
- 143 · Night of the Road · ss *
- 160 · Interlude Number 4 · lk *
- 167 · Old Acquaintance · ss *
- 181 · Epilogue · lk *
- Stalking Tender Prey Storm Constantine (Signet Creed 0-45-118401-7, Nov ’95, £5.99, 648pp, pb) [Grigori Trilogy]; Epic fantasy novel. Book One of “The Grigori Trilogy”.
- The Caroline B. Cooney Collection Caroline B. Cooney (Scholastic UK 0-590-55941-9, Mar ’95, £5.99, 518pp, pb) [Vampire’s Promise]; Omnibus of three vampire novels: The Cheerleader (1991), The Return of the Vampire (1992) and The Vampire’s Promise (1993). Book 6 of the ‘Point Horror Collection’ series.
- 1 · The Cheerleader · n. Scholastic, 1991
- 183 · The Return of the Vampire · n. Scholastic, 1992
- 351 · The Vampire’s Promise · n. Scholastic, 1993
- My Teacher Is an Alien: 3 Books in One Bruce Coville (HarperCollins UK 0-00-675157-1, Oct ’95 [Nov ’95], £4.99, ii+405pp, pb) [My Teacher Is an Alien]; Young-adult SF omnibus, including My Teacher is an Alien (Pocket 1989), My Teacher Fried My Brains, (Pocket 1990) and My Teacher Glows in the Dark (Pocket 1991). The title page and spine simply list the books.
- i · My Teacher Is an Alien · n. New York: Pocket Books, 1989
- 127 · My Teacher Fried My Brains · n. New York: Pocket Books, 1990
- 267 · My Teacher Glows in the Dark · n. New York: Pocket Books, 1991
- Congo/The Terminal Man Michael Crichton (Cresset 0-7126-7620-1, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £4.99, 316+218pp, pb); Omnibus of two SF novels, originally published by Knopf, in 1980 and 1972 respectively. The books are separately paginated.
- · Congo · n. New York: Knopf, 1980
- · The Terminal Man · n. New York: Knopf, 1972
- Blue Motel ed. Peter Crowther (Little Brown UK 0-316-91180-1, Dec ’94, £16.99, 369pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) [Narrow Houses]; Original anthology of horror, fantasy, SF and crime stories, all on the theme of superstition. Subtitled “Narrow Houses: Volume Three”. Narrow in title, but not in scope. Recommended (PSP).
- The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Robinson 1-85487-338-5, Oct ’95, £5.99, xiv+573pp, tp, cover by The Senate); Anthology of 42 stories and 1 poem, each with an introduction by Dalby.
- xi · Introduction · Richard Dalby · in
- 1 · Ghosts · Anon. · pm, 1887
- 5 · Schalken the Painter · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery, James McGlashan, 1851; revised from an earlier story in Dublin University Magazine May ’39.
- 28 · M. Anastius · Dinah Maria Mulock · nv Nothing New, Hurst & Blackett, 1857
- 55 · The Lost Room · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s Sep, 1858
- 71 · No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman [“The Signalman”] · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1866
- 84 · Haunted · Anon. · ss A Stable for Nightmares, ed. Anon., London: Tinsley Brothers, 1867
- 95 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss Atlantic Monthly Feb, 1868; The ‘definitive’ version from Stories Revived, 1885.
- 113 · John Granger · Mary E. Braddon · ss Belgravia Annual, 1870
- 133 · The Ghost in the Mill · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss Atlantic Monthly Jun, 1870
- 143 · The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss Atlantic Monthly Dec, 1870
- 153 · Poor Pretty Bobby · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar Dec, 1872
- 173 · The New Pass · Amelia B. Edwards · ss Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870; Original in collection, Monsieur Maurice (1873?).
- 187 · The White and the Black · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss, 1867; Contes Fantastiques, 1847.
- 204 · The Underground Ghost · John Berwick Harwood · ss Major Peter, 1866
- 218 · Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk · Frank Cowper · ss Blackwood’s Jan, 1889
- 236 · Dog or Demon? · Theo Gift · ss Not for the Night-Time, Roper & Drowley, 1889
- 247 · A Ghost from the Sea · J. E. P. Muddock · ss Stories Weird and Wonderful, Chatto & Windus, 1889
- 257 · A Set of Chessmen · Richard Marsh · ss The Cornhill Magazine Apr, 1890
- 275 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 5, 1891
- 291 · Pallinghurst Barrow · Grant Allen · ss The Illustrated London News Nov 28, 1892
- 308 · The Mystery of the Semi-Detached · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales, London: Innes, 1893
- 312 · Sister Maddelena · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White, Stone & Kimball: Chicago, 1895
- 326 · The Trainer’s Ghost · Lettice Galbraith · ss New Ghost Stories, Ward Lock, 1893
- 340 · An Original Revenge · W. C. Morrow · ss The Ape, the Idiot, and Other People, Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1897
- 346 · Caulfield’s Crime · Alice Perrin · ss Belgravia Annual Dec, 1892
- 354 · The Bridal Pair · Robert W. Chambers · ss Harper’s Monthly Dec ’02
- 368 · The Watcher · Robert Benson · ss The Light Invisible, London: Isbister, 1903
- 373 · The Spectre in the Cart · Thomas Nelson Page · ss Bred in the Bone, Scribner’s, 1904
- 391 · H. P. · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts, London: Methuen, 1904
- 404 · Yuki-Onna · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Kwaidan, Houghton Mifflin, 1904
- 408 · The Ash-Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 420 · The Story of the Green House, Wallington · Allen Upward · ss The Royal Magazine Christmas ’05
- 429 · The Slype House · A. C. Benson · ss The Isles of Sunset, London: Isbister, 1904
- 442 · A Ghost-Child · Bernard Capes · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Jan ’06
- 449 · The Bead Necklace · Alice Perrin · ss Red Records, Chatto & Windus, 1906
- 459 · A Dead Man’s Bargain · Clive Pemberton · ss The Weird o’ It, Henry Drane, 1906
- 467 · The House that Was Lost · Tom Gallon · ss The Story-Teller May ’08
- 477 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review Dec ’08
- 508 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss Wandering Ghosts, Macmillan, 1911
- 520 · The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Jan ’07
- 529 · The Forbidden Floor · Alexander Harvey · ss The Cavalier Nov 23 ’12
- 545 · The Shadow [“The Portent of the Shadow”] · E. Nesbit · ss Black and White Dec 23 ’05
- 555 · The Gateway of the Monster [Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler Jan ’10
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