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- Lethal Kisses ed. Ellen Datlow (Millennium 1-85798-481-1, Dec ’96, £9.99, x+370pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp); Anthology of 19 original stories about “Sex, Horror and Revenge”. A hardcover edition (-480-3, £15.99) is also available.
- The Great Shadow (and other stories) Mário de Sá-Carneiro (Dedalus 1-873982-72-0, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], £8.99, 249pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber); Literary fantasy collection of 8 stories. Translated, with a Foreword, by Margaret Jull Costa from Céu em fogo (Portugal, 1915).
- The Lost World and other stories Arthur Conan Doyle (Wordsworth 1-85326-245-5, Apr ’95, £1.00, 461pp, tp, cover by E. F. Schutte) [Prof. Challenger]; SF/fantasy omnibus of two novels and three stories. A thrift paperback edition. Copyrighted 1995.
- · Introduction · Misc. Material · in
- 1 · The Lost World · n. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912
- 171 · The Poison Belt · n. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913
- 239 · The Land of Mist · n. New York: Doran, 1926
- 423 · The Disintegration Machine · ss The Strand Jan ’29
- 437 · When the World Screamed · nv The Strand Apr ’28 (+1)
- The Shepherd Frederick Forsyth (Arrow 0-09-964251-4, Apr ’96, £4.99, 125pp, pb, cover by Slatter-Anderson); Reprint (Hutchinson 1975) ghost novella, illustrated by Lou Feck.
- The Stone Book Quartet Alan Garner (Collins 0-00-184282-X, Feb ’96, £9.99, 227pp, hc); Reprint (Collins 1983) young-adult fantasy omnibus.
- 7 · The Stone Book · na Colliers, 1976
- 53 · Granny Reardun · nv Colliers, 1977
- 97 · The Aimer Gate · na Colliers, 1978
- 167 · Tom Fobble’s Day · na Colliers, 1977
- The Complete Chronicles of the Jerusalem Man David A. Gemmell (Legend 0-09-967661-3, Dec ’95 [Jan ’96], £9.99, xvi+912pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) [Sipstrassi; Jon Shannow]; Fantasy omnibus of the three Jon Shannow novels - Wolf in Shadow (Century, 1987), The Last Guardian (Legend, 1989), and Bloodstone (Legend, 1994) - each with a new Foreword by Gemmell. A hardcover edition (-966341-4, £15.99) is also available.
- vii · Wolf in Shadow [Sipstrassi: Stones of Power] · n. London: Century, 1987
- xi · Foreword (to Wolf in Shadow) · fw, 1995
- 327 · The Last Guardian [Sipstrassi: Stones of Power] · n. London: Legend, 1989
- 329 · Foreword (to The Last Guardian) · fw, 1995
- 611 · Bloodstone · n. London: Legend, 1994
- 613 · Foreword (to Bloodstone) · fw, 1995
- A Lane to the Land of the Dead and other stories of the supernatural Adèle Geras (Puffin 0-14-036942-2, Feb ’96, £4.99, 148pp, pb, cover by Carey Young); Reprint (Hamilton 1994) young-adult fantasy and horror collection of five original stories, and five reprints.
- 1 · A Lane to the Land of the Dead · ss *
- 18 · The Dracula Mask · ss *
- 34 · The Phantom of the Library · ss *
- 46 · We’ll Meet Again... · ss Beware! Beware!, ed. Jean Richardson, Hamish Hamilton, 1987
- 61 · The Centre · ss Knockout Short Stories, ed. Jane Joyner, Longman, 1988
- 77 · Captain Ashe’s Daughter · ss *
- 91 · Burning Memories · nv Mysterious Christmas Tales, ed. Anon., London: Scholastic UK, 1993
- 116 · Miranda’s Child · ss *; revised from version in Woman’s Own, 1986.
- 126 · The Interview · ss Writing and Response, ed. Blatchford & Head, Unwin Hyman, 1990
- 136 · Whispers from the Hotel California · ss *
- The Yellow Wall-paper and other stories Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Oxford University Press 0-19-282449-X, Oct ’95, £4.99, xlii+332pp, tp, cover by John Singer Sargent); Associational collection of stories by the nineteeth century feminist and utopian writer. Edited and with an introduction by Robert Schulman. Note; Only stories 1,5,7,29,33,38 are directly SF or fantasy.
- vii · Introduction · Robert Shulman · in
- 33 · Note on the Text · Robert Shulman · bi
- 35 · Select Bibliography · Robert Shulman · bi
- 38 · A Chronology of Charlotte Perkins Gilman · Robert Shulman · ms
- 3 · The Yellow Wall-Paper · ss New England Magazine Jan, 1892
- 20 · That Rare Jewel · ss Woman’s Journal May 17, 1890
- 25 · The Unexpected · ss Kate Field’s Washington May 21, 1890
- 32 · Circumstances Alter Cases · ss Kate Field’s Washington Jul 23, 1890
- 39 · The Giant Wistaria · ss New England Magazine Jun, 1891
- 48 · An Extinct Angel · ss Kate Field’s Washington Sep 23, 1891
- 51 · The Rocking Chair · ss Worthington’s Illustrated May, 1893
- 62 · Deserted · ss San Francisco Call Jul 10, 1893
- 66 · An Elopement · ss San Francisco Call Jul 17, 1893
- 69 · Through This · ss Kate Field’s Washington Sep 13, 1893
- 73 · The Misleading of Pendleton Oaks · ss Impress Oct 6, 1894
- 78 · A Day’s Berryin’ · ss Impress Oct 13, 1894
- 83 · Five Girls · ss Impress Dec 1, 1894
- 87 · One Way Out · ss Impress Dec 29, 1894
- 92 · An Unpatented Process · ss Impress Jan 12, 1895
- 98 · An Unnatural Mother · ss Impress Feb 16, 1895
- 107 · Three Thanksgivings · ss The Forerunner Nov ’09
- 122 · According to Solomon · ss The Forerunner Dec ’09
- 130 · The Cottagette · ss The Forerunner Aug ’10
- 138 · The Widow’s Might · ss The Forerunner Jan ’11
- 148 · The Jumping-Off Place · ss The Forerunner Apr ’11
- 159 · In Two Houses · ss The Forerunner Jul ’11
- 172 · Turned · ss The Forerunner Sep ’11
- 182 · Making a Change · ss The Forerunner Dec ’11
- 191 · Mrs. Elder’s Idea · ss The Forerunner Feb ’12
- 200 · Their House · ss The Forerunner Dec ’12
- 210 · Her Beauty · ss The Forerunner Feb ’13
- 218 · Mrs. Hines’s Money · ss The Forerunner Apr ’13
- 226 · Bee Wise · ss The Forerunner Jul ’13
- 235 · A Council of War · ss The Forerunner Aug ’13
- 244 · Fulfilment · ss The Forerunner Mar ’14
- 253 · A Partnership · ss The Forerunner Jun ’14
- 262 · If I Were a Man · ss Physical Culture Jul ’14
- 269 · Mr. Peebles’s Heart · ss The Forerunner Sep ’14
- 277 · Mrs. Merrill’s Duties · ss The Forerunner Mar ’15
- 286 · Girls and Land · ss The Forerunner May ’15
- 295 · Dr. Clair’s Place · ss The Forerunner Jun ’15
- 304 · A Surplus Woman · ss The Forerunner May ’16
- 314 · Joan’s Defender · ss The Forerunner Jun ’16
- 323 · Appendix A: Impress Story Studies
- 323 · Story Studies: Rudyard Kipling · ar Impress Oct 13, 1894
- 324 · Story Studies: Mary E. Wilkins · ar Impress Oct 20, 1894
- 325 · Story Studies: Nathaniel Hawthorne · ar Impress Nov 3, 1894
- 326 · Story Studies: George Eliot · ar Impress Dec 1, 1894
- 327 · Story Studies: Louisa May Alcott · ar Impress Dec 8, 1894
- 327 · Story Studies: Edgar Allan Poe · ar Impress Dec 15, 1894
- 328 · Story Studies: Henry James · ar Impress Jan 5, 1895
- 329 · Story Studies: Mark Twain · ar Impress Jan 26, 1895
- 329 · Story Studies: Edward Bellamy · ar Impress Jan 12, 1895
- 331 · Appendix B: ‘Why I Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper"?’ · ar The Forerunner Oct ’13
- Cybersex ed. Richard Glyn Jones (Raven 1-85487-447-0, Jul ’96, £6.99, xvi+416pp, tp, cover by Phil Marritt); SF Anthology of 25 stories, three original, about the possible futures of sex. Includes an introduction by Will Self. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Craf) edition.
- x · Foreword · Will Self · fw *
- xiv · Introduction · Richard Glyn Jones · in *
- 1 · Profit and Lust · Will Self · ss The Observer Oct 15 ’95
- 7 · Bots: A Love Story and a Dream · Michael Hemmingson · ss Puck, 1995
- 24 · (Learning About) Machine Sex · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss Machine Sex and Other Stories, Porcepic Tesseract: Victoria, Canada, 1988
- 43 · The Time Disease · Martin Amis · ss Granta, 1987
- 55 · Artificially Induced Dub Syndrome · Jeff Noon · ss TechnoPagan, ed. Elaine Palmer, Pulp Faction, 1995
- 68 · The Big Space Fuck · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Again, Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972
- 75 · Points of View · Kathe Koja · ss IASFM Oct ’89
- 92 · It’s Very Clean · Gene Wolfe · ss Generation, ed. David Gerrold, Dell, 1972
- 98 · Love Story in Three Acts · David Gerrold · ss Nova 1, ed. Harry Harrison, Delacorte, 1970
- 109 · Kiss Booties Night-Night · Storm Constantine · ss *
- 126 · Catman · Harlan Ellison · nv Final Stage, ed. Edward L. Ferman & Barry N. Malzberg, Charterhouse, 1974
- 160 · Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates · Pat Murphy · ss Alien Sex, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dutton, 1990
- 171 · A Coney Island of the Mind · Maureen F. McHugh · ss Asimov’s Feb ’93
- 178 · The Girl Who Was Plugged In · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv New Dimensions 3, ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday, 1973
- 214 · Memories of the Body · Lisa Tuttle · ss Interzone #22 ’87
- 233 · Randy Karl Tucker, or, The Education of a Moldie-Lover · Rudy Rucker · ss *; extract from forthcoming novel, Freeware.
- 259 · All My Darling Daughters · Connie Willis · nv Fire Watch, Bluejay, 1985
- 280 · Pairpuppets · Manuel van Loggem · ss The Best from the Rest of the World, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, DAW, 1976; translated from the Dutch Paarpoppen, 1974.
- 289 · More Than the Sum of His Parts · Joe Haldeman · nv Playboy May ’85
- 307 · Custom-Built Girl [from The Woman Machine] · Ian Watson · ss *; revised from the unpublished novel. An earlier version of; which was published in France as Orgasmachine.
- 333 · Bettina’s Bet · L. Timmel Duchamp · nv Asimov’s Jan ’96
- 358 · Closer · Greg Egan · ss Eidolon Win ’92
- 374 · Starcrossed · George Zebrowski · ss Eros in Orbit, ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1973
- 381 · Borovsky’s Hollow Woman · Nancy Kress & Jeff Duntemann · nv Omni Oct ’83
- 411 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue Feb/Mar ’66
- Selected Ghost Stories ed. Giles Gordon (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-2914-0, Nov ’96, £10.95, 232pp, hc, cover by Jeff Fisher); Anthology of 13 classic ghost stories.
- 1 · A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal The Next day after Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury The 8th of September 1705 · Daniel Defoe · ss, 1706
- 13 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake, 1829, 1828
- 33 · The Lady with the Velvet Collar [“The Adventure of the German Student”] · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller, John Murray, 1824
- 40 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss New England Magazine Jan, 1835
- 50 · No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman [“The Signalman”] · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1866
- 67 · The Dream Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar Nov-Dec, 1874; revised from “The Ostler”, Household Words Christmas 1855.
- 93 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Apr 14, 1889
- 101 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review Dec ’08
- 146 · The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral · Montague Rhodes James · ss Contemporary Review v97 #35 ’10
- 166 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas, 1885
- 195 · The Quincunx · Walter de la Mare · ss A Beginning and Other Stories, London: Faber, 1955
- 209 · The Apple Tree · Elizabeth Bowen · ss When Churchyards Yawn, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1931
- 225 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss London Mystery #31 ’56
- Mavis Belfrage: A Romantic Story with Five Shorter Tales Alasdair Gray (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-2506-4, May ’96, £13.99, 160pp, hc, cover by Alasdair Gray); Associational collection of six stories, three original.
- 11 · Mavis Belfrage · na *
- 77 · A Night Off · nv *
- 114 · Mr. Goodchild · nv *
- 136 · Money · ss Scotland, 1994
- 146 · Edison’s Tractatus · vi Printer’s Devil, ed. Sean O’Brien, Stephen Plaice & Eva Salzman, Serpent’s Tail, 1994
- 151 · The Shortest Tale · ss Madame X, 1996
- Ghost Movies II: Famous Supernatural Television Programmes ed. Peter Haining (Severn House 0-7278-4966-2, May ’96, £16.99, 242pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan); Anthology of stories which were the basis or inspiration of many well-known fantasy and horror TV series and films. The cover is Ghost Movies II: More Classics of the Supernatural.
- 1 · Prologue: ‘A Night of Terror-Vision’ · Peter Haining · in
- 5 · The Woman in Black [“Farthing Hall”] · Susan Hill · ss Good Housekeeping Dec ’92
- 25 · Great Ghost Stories [“Room for One More”] · Bennett Cerf · ss; originally broadcast as a TV play on 10 July 1961.
- 40 · Mystery and Imagination [“The Listener”] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Listener and Other Stories, London: Eveleigh Nash, 1907
- 78 · Ghost Story for Christmas [“The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral”] · M. R. James · ss Contemporary Review v97 #35 ’10
- 100 · Haunted [“Poor Girl”] · Elizabeth Taylor · ss The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 126 · The Ghost Downstairs [“The Constable’s Tale”] · Leon Garfield · ss Daily Mail Dec ’93
- 138 · Tales from the Darkside [“Clay”] · George A. Romero · nv Modern Masters of Horror, ed. Frank Coffey, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1981
- 164 · Terror at London Bridge · William F. Nolan · ar World Tales, ed. G. Randal Rau, World Fantasy Convention, 1985
- 192 · Ghosts [“Three Miles Up”] · Elizabeth Jane Howard · ss We Are for the Dark, London: Cape, 1951
- 218 · Phantoms [“The Black Pumpkin”] · Dean Koontz · ss Twilight Zone Dec ’86
- Space Movies II: Famous Science Fiction Television Series ed. Peter Haining (Severn House 0-7278-4897-6, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], £15.99, 245pp, hc, cover by Derek Collinson); Anthology of ten stories which were used in famous TV SF series, or were written by the authors who inspired the series.
- 1 · Prologue: ‘Worlds of Space in the Living Room’ · Peter Haining · pr *
- 4 · Superman · George Lowther · nv *; Adapted from the first TV script, by Whitney Ellsworth & Robert Maxwell.
- 32 · Tales of Tomorrow [“What Price Venus?” by Evan Hunter] · S. A. Lombino · nv Fantastic Universe Aug/Sep ’53; Screened as ‘Appointment on Mars’.
- 68 · The Quatermass Experiment [“The R.A.F. and the Sleeping Beauty”] · Nigel Kneale · ss Argosy (UK) Feb ’45
- 78 · The Twilight Zone [“The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”] · Rod Serling · sa Stories from the Twilight Zone, Bantam, 1960
- 101 · Out Of This World [“Dumb Martian”] · John Wyndham · nv Galaxy Jul ’52
- 134 · Doctor Who [“The Lost Ones”, by Anon.] · Bill Strutton · nv The Dr. Who Annual, ed. Anon., World Distributors (Manchester) Ltd., 1965; incorrectly given as “The Lair of the Zarbi” from The Web Planet, London: Frederick Muller, 1965.
- 159 · The Outer Limits [“The Invisible Enemy”] · Jerry Sohl · nv Imaginative Tales Sep ’55
- 190 · Out Of The Unknown [“Liar!”; Susan Calvin (Robot)] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding May ’41
- 213 · The Martian Chronicles [“I’ll Not Look for Wine”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s Jan 1 ’50
- 230 · Discworld [“Final Reward”] · Terry Pratchett · ss GM Magazine Oct ’88
- The Vampire Hunters’ Casebook ed. Peter Haining (Warner UK 0-7515-1284-2, May ’96 [Jun ’96], £6.99, xx+363pp, tp); Dark fantasy anthology of 15 stories (two original) and excerpts from novels, about those who hunt the vampire. Illustrated with stills from vampire films.
- The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press 0-285-63308-2, Mar ’96, £15.99, 300pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby); Anthology of 24 humorous SF and fantasy stories by authors ranging from Wells and Dunsany, through Collier and Kuttner, to Vonnegut, Adams, and Terry Pratchett.
- 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- 13 · 1. Wizards and Wotsits: Stories of Cosmic Absurdity
- 15 · Theatre of Cruelty · Terry Pratchett · ss *; an abridged version was published in the July/August 1993 issue of Bookcase (the W.H. Smith magazine).
- 20 · How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art upon the Gnoles · Lord Dunsany · ss The Book of Wonder, London: Heineman, 1912
- 26 · Hell Hath No Fury · John Collier · ss The Devil and All, Nonesuch Press, 1934
- 32 · The Twonky [as by Lewis Padgett] · Henry Kuttner · nv Astounding Sep ’42
- 54 · A Great Deal of Power · Eric Frank Russell · ss Fantastic Universe Aug/Sep ’53
- 66 · Doodad · Ray Bradbury · ss Astounding Sep ’43
- 80 · Not By Its Cover · Philip K. Dick · ss Famous Science Fiction Sum ’68
- 90 · The Rule of Names [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Apr ’64
- 101 · 2. Swords and Sorcery: Tales of Heroic Fantasy
- 103 · Mythological Beast · Stephen Donaldson · ss F&SF Jan ’79
- 122 · The Adventure of the Snowing Globe · F. Anstey · ss The Strand Dec ’05
- 138 · Affairs in Poictesme [from Figures of Earth] · James Branch Cabell · ex New York: McBride, 1921
- 146 · The Ring of Hans Carvel · Fredric Brown · vi Nightmares and Geezenstacks, Bantam, 1961
- 149 · The Bait [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · vi Whispers Dec ’73
- 153 · A Good Knight’s Work · Robert Bloch · nv Unknown Oct ’41
- 176 · Poor Little Warrior · Brian W. Aldiss · ss F&SF Apr ’58
- 183 · The Odd Old Bird [Dr. Eszterhazy] · Avram Davidson · ss Weird Tales Win ’88 - ’89
- 195 · 3. Astronauts and Aliens: Space Opera Yarns
- 197 · Young Zaphod Plays It Safe [Hitchhiker] · Douglas Adams · ss The Hitchiker’s Quartet, Douglas Adams, Harmony, 1986; revised for this edition.
- 209 · The Wild Asses of the Devil [from Boon] · H. G. Wells · ex Boon, 1915
- 220 · Ministering Angels · C. S. Lewis · ss Saturday Review of Literature May 28 ’55
- 231 · The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out [Papa Schimmelhorn] · Reginald Bretnor · ss F&SF Win/Spr ’50
- 246 · Captain Wyxtpthll’s Flying Saucer [“The Men in the Flying Saucer”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Lilliput Feb ’51
- 259 · Playboy and the Slime God · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Mar ’61
- 273 · There’s a Wolf in My Time Machine [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss F&SF Jun ’71
- 291 · 2 B R 0 2 B · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss If Jan ’62
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