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- Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins Emma Donoghue (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-027575-8, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $14.95, 228pp, hc); Young-adult collection of 13 twisted retellings of fairy tales. First US edition (Hamish Hamilton 1997).
- 1 · The Tale of the Shoe · ss *
- 11 · The Tale of the Bird · ss *
- 27 · The Tale of the Rose · ss *
- 43 · The Tale of the Apple · ss *
- 61 · The Tale of the Handkerchief · ss *
- 83 · The Tale of the Hair · ss *
- 103 · The Tale of the Brother · ss *
- 117 · The Tale of the Spinster · ss *
- 133 · The Tale of the Cottage · ss *
- 145 · The Tale of the Skin · ss *
- 167 · The Tale of the Needle · ss *
- 185 · The Tale of the Voice · ss *
- 207 · The Tale of the Kiss · ss *
- Dying for It ed. Gardner Dozois (HarperPrism 0-06-105361-9, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $13.00, 334pp, tp); Original anthology of 17 erotic stories, four reprints, subtitled More Erotic Tales of Unearthly Love. Authors include Tanith Lee, Pat Cadigan, Michael Bishop, and Ian R. MacLeod.
- The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s 0-312-15703-7, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $17.95, 594pp, tp, cover by Michael Carroll); Best-of-the-Year anthology of 28 stories, with a summation of the year by Dozois. A hardcover edition (-15702-9, $29.95) is also available.
- ix · Summation: 1996 · Gardner Dozois · ar
- 1 · Immersion · Gregory Benford · na Science Fiction Age Mar ’96
- 47 · The Dead · Michael Swanwick · ss Starlight 1, ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1996
- 56 · The Flowers of Aulit Prison · Nancy Kress · nv Asimov’s Oct/Nov ’96
- 82 · A Dry, Quiet War · Tony Daniel · nv Asimov’s Jun ’96
- 99 · Thirteen Phantasms · James P. Blaylock · ss Omni Online Oct ’96
- 109 · Primrose and Thorn [Primrose] · Bud Sparhawk · na Analog May ’96
- 142 · The Miracle of Ivar Avenue [Hollywood] · John Kessel · nv Intersections, ed. John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, Tor, 1996
- 167 · The Last Homosexual · Paul Park · ss Asimov’s Jun ’96
- 178 · Recording Angel · Ian McDonald · ss Interzone Feb ’96
- 188 · Death Do Us Part · Robert Silverberg · nv Omni Online Dec ’96
- 203 · The Spade of Reason · Jim Cowan · ss Century #4 ’96
- 218 · The Cost to Be Wise · Maureen F. McHugh · na Starlight 1, ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1996
- 254 · Bicycle Repairman [Chattanooga] · Bruce Sterling · nv Intersections, ed. John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, Tor, 1996
- 279 · The Weighing of Ayre · Gregory Feeley · nv Starlight 1, ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1996
- 311 · The Longer Voyage · Michael Cassutt · nv F&SF Jul ’96
- 330 · The Land of Nod [Koriba (Kirinyaga)] · Mike Resnick · nv Asimov’s Jun ’96
- 350 · Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland · Gwyneth Jones · ss Off-Limits, ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin’s, 1996
- 362 · The Lady Vanishes · Charles Sheffield · ss Science Fiction Age Nov ’96
- 373 · Chrysalis [Sister Alice] · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Sep ’96
- 407 · The Wind Over the World [Silurian Tales] · Steven Utley · nv Asimov’s Oct/Nov ’96
- 430 · Changes · William Barton · ss Aboriginal SF Sum ’96
- 445 · Counting Cats in Zanzibar · Gene Wolfe · ss Asimov’s Aug ’96
- 457 · How We Got in Town and out Again · Jonathan Lethem · nv Asimov’s Sep ’96
- 475 · Dr. Tilmann’s Consultant: A Scientific Romance · Cherry Wilder · nv Omni Online Nov ’96
- 492 · Schrödinger’s Dog · Damien Broderick · nv Eidolon Spr ’96
- 518 · Foreign Devils · Walter Jon Williams · nv Asimov’s Jan ’96
- 535 · In the MSOB · Stephen Baxter · ss Interzone Mar ’96
- 539 · The Robot’s Twilight Companion · Tony Daniel · na Asimov’s Aug ’96
- 590 · Honorable Mentions: 1996 · Misc. Material · bi
- Isaac Asimov’s Christmas ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace 0-441-00491-1, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $5.99, 230pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards); Anthology of 10 stories that originally appeared in Asimov’s magazine. Authors include Jack McDevitt, Connie Willis, and Michael Swanwick.
- Isaac Asimov’s Moons ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace 0-441-00453-9, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $5.99, 239pp, pb, cover by Den Beauvais); Anthology of seven stories from Asimov’s magazine.
- The Tank Lords David Drake (Baen 0-671-87794-1, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $6.99, 391pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Hammer’s Slammers]; Collection of five stories in the “Hammer’s Slammers” military-SF series, one original to this volume, with an afterword by Drake.
- 1 · Under the Hammer · ss Galaxy Oct ’74
- 25 · Rolling Hot · n. New York: Baen, 1989
- 257 · Night March · nv *
- 279 · Code-Name Feirefitz · nv Men of War, ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Tor, 1984
- 317 · The Tank Lords · na Far Frontiers Vol. VI, ed. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen, Baen, 1986
- 369 · Appendix · ms
- 387 · Afterword: We Happy Few · aw *
- A Century of Horror 1970-1979 ed. David Drake & Martin H. Greenberg (MJF Books 1-56731-157-1, 1996 [Feb ’97], $8.98, 342pp, hc, cover by Murray Tinkelman); Anthology of 21 horror stories, with an introduction by Stefan Dziemianowicz. Authors include Richard Matheson, David Morrell, Tanith Lee, and Michael Bishop. Series editor is Martin H. Greenberg; copyrighted by David Drake and Tekno Books.
- 1 · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in
- 7 · Duel · Richard Matheson · nv Playboy Apr ’71
- 30 · The Dripping · David Morrell · ss EQMM Aug ’72
- 39 · The Events at Poroth Farm · T. E. D. Klein · na From Beyond the Dark Gateway #2 ’72
- 81 · Come Dance with Me on My Pony’s Grave · Charles L. Grant · ss F&SF Jul ’73
- 94 · Something Had to Be Done · David Drake · ss F&SF Feb ’75
- 100 · Sticks · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers Mar ’74
- 120 · Belsen Express · Fritz Leiber · ss The Second Book of Fritz Leiber, DAW, 1975
- 133 · Ladies in Waiting · Hugh B. Cave · ss Whispers Jun ’75
- 143 · Armaja Das · Joe Haldeman · ss Frights, ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martins, 1976
- 161 · A Case of the Stubborns · Robert Bloch · ss F&SF Oct ’76
- 177 · It Only Comes Out at Night · Dennis Etchison · ss Frights, ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martins, 1976
- 190 · The Viaduct · Brian Lumley · ss Superhorror, ed. Ramsey Campbell, W.H. Allen, 1976
- 207 · Night-Side · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Night-Side, 1977
- 232 · Best Interests · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss Chrysalis 3, ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1978
- 245 · Gotcha! · Ray Bradbury · ss Redbook Aug ’78
- 253 · The Man Who Was Heavily into Revenge · Harlan Ellison · ss Analog Aug ’78
- 267 · Divers Hands [Julian] · Darrell Schweitzer · nv The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VII, ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1979
- 292 · Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory · Orson Scott Card · nv Chrysalis 4, ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1979
- 308 · Red as Blood · Tanith Lee · ss F&SF Jul ’79
- 319 · Mackintosh Willy · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows #2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979
- 334 · Seasons of Belief · Michael Bishop · ss Shadows #2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979
- 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0144-X, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], $7.98, 596pp, hc, cover by Lucy Corvino); Horror anthology of 100 horror stories. Introduction by Dziemianowicz. This is an instant remainder edition.
- ix · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in
- 1 · 3.47 AM · David Langford · ss The Gruesome Book, ed. Ramsey Campbell, Piccolo, 1983
- 8 · Angry Man · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Fear! Apr ’90
- 15 · Another House, Another Home · Bruce Boston · ss, 1987
- 20 · The Back of the Mirror · Hugh B. Cave · ss Borderland Oct ’87
- 27 · Blood Ghost · John Helfers · ss Phantoms of the Night, ed. Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996
- 34 · The Burned House · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Century Oct ’16
- 40 · The Cage · Ray Russell · ss, 1959
- 46 · The Case of Lady Sannox · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler Nov, 1893
- 54 · The Cat-Woman · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales Oct ’33
- 58 · The Champion · Richard Laymon · ss Cavalier Oct ’78
- 63 · The Closed Window · A. C. Benson · ss The Hill of Trouble, London: Isbister, 1903
- 71 · The Clown · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Potboiler Spr/Sum ’85
- 74 · The Cocomacaque · Carl Jacobi · ss The Arkham Collector Win ’71
- 81 · Cold Heart · Peter D. Pautz · ss Shadows #6, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983
- 87 · The Dancer in the Flames · David Drake · ss Whispers Aug ’82
- 95 · The Dark Beasts · Frank Belknap Long · ss Marvel Tales Jul/Aug ’34
- 102 · Dark Winner · William F. Nolan · ss Whispers Dec ’76
- 106 · Daylight Shadows · Arthur J. Burks · ss Weird Tales Apr ’25
- 113 · The Devil and Simon Flagg · Arthur Porges · ss F&SF Aug ’54
- 119 · The Devilet · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Unbidden, London: Tandem, 1971
- 125 · The Devil’s Debt · James Platt · ss Tales of the Supernatural, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1894
- 134 · The Diary of Mr. Poynter · M. R. James · ss A Thin Ghost, Longmans, Green, 1919
- 142 · Dollburger · Lisa Tuttle · ss F&SF Feb ’73
- 147 · Down Home · Edward Bryant · ss Obsessions, ed. Gary Raisor, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991
- 153 · Dwindling · David B. Silva · ss Spectrum Stories #1, Wonder Press ’85
- 160 · Echoes · Lawrence C. Connolly · vi Twilight Zone Jan/Feb ’83
- 162 · The Eerie Mr. Murphy · Howard Wandrei · ss Esquire Nov ’37
- 171 · An Elegy for Mr. Danielson · August Derleth · vi Weird Tales Aug ’33
- 176 · Empty Walls · Elizabeth Engstrom · ss Cemetery Dance Sum ’96
- 181 · An Eye for an Eye, A Tooth for a Tooth · Lawrence Schimel · ss Young Blood, ed. Mike Baker, Zebra, 1994
- 183 · The Festival · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Jan ’25
- 191 · The Foghorn · Gertrude Atherton · ss Good Housekeeping Nov ’33
- 198 · The Garrison [as by David Grinnell] · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Magazine of Horror Apr ’65
- 203 · Gavon’s Eve · E. F. Benson · ss The Illustrated London News Jan 13 ’06
- 212 · The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign · Manly Wade Wellman · ss F&SF Mar ’75
- 220 · The Gorgon · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales Apr ’32
- 229 · Grandma’s Hobby · Elizabeth Engstrom · ss Nightmare Flower, Tor, 1992
- 233 · Imperfect Strangers · Joel Lane · ss Transactions of the Doppelgänger Society, ed. David Cowperthwaite, The Doppelganger Society, 1990
- 239 · In Case of Disaster Only · Henry S. Whitehead · ss
- 247 · In the Hour Before Dawn · Brad Strickland · ss F&SF Aug ’86
- 251 · Is This a Horror Story? · Scott Edelman · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 5, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1989
- 253 · The Journal of Edward Hargood · D. N. J. · ss
- 258 · Kisses from Auntie · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss Horrors, ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1981
- 265 · The Last Drop · Nicholas Royle · ss Dark Voices 4, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, London: Pan, 1992
- 268 · Left Hand Drive · Christopher Fowler · ss City Jitters, London: Sphere, 1986
- 275 · A Legend of Sonora · Hildegarde Hawthorne · vi Harper’s Monthly Oct, 1891
- 277 · Lemon Drops · Donald Burleson · vi Grue #8 ’88
- 279 · A Man of Discretion (A Tale of Gai Paris) · Richard L. Tierney · ss Etchings & Odysseys #1 ’73
- 287 · The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity · Fritz Leiber · ss F&SF Mar ’62
- 295 · The Man with the Roller · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales, W. Heffer: Cambridge, 1912
- 302 · A Maniac · Maurice Level · vi Hearst’s International Mar ’20; in Les Portes de l’Enfer, 1910.
- 305 · Midnight House · William Fryer Harvey · ss
- 311 · Midnight Promises · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Midnight Promises, Gauntlet Publications, 1996
- 317 · Misadventures in the Skin Trade · Don D’Ammassa · ss Borderlands 4, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1994
- 323 · Missed Connection · Ramsey Campbell · ss Night Visions 3, ed. George R. R. Martin, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1986
- 329 · Missing · Poppy Z. Brite · ss The Horror Show Fll ’86
- 335 · Mistress Marion’s Light · Gertrude Morton · ss
- 340 · Mrs Vail · Kim Newman · ss The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales, ed. Brian M. Stableford, Dedalus, 1992
- 343 · The Mystics of Muelenburg · Thomas Ligotti · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #51 ’87
- 349 · The Night Gil Rhys First Met His Love · Alan Rodgers · ss Scare Care, ed. Graham Masterton, Tor, 1989
- 356 · A Night in Possum Holler · Ardath Mayhar · ss After Midnight, ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1986
- 361 · The Night Is Freezing Fast · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Masques #2, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1987
- 369 · No Need for Words · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss, 1975
- 376 · Oasis · Brian Hodge · ss The Horror Show Win ’84
- 383 · Old Mrs. Cartwright · Basil Copper · ss, 1967
- 389 · The Overcoat · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Night Visions 1, ed. Alan Ryan, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1984
- 395 · Playing for Keeps · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Weird Tales Spr ’91
- 403 · Proxy · John Metcalfe · ss
- 410 · The Rose of Knock · Alan Ryan · ss Perpetual Light, ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982
- 418 · Sandprint · Norman Partridge · ss Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales, Arvada, CO: Roadkill Press, 1992
- 422 · Seasons of Belief · Michael Bishop · ss Shadows #2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979
- 429 · The Shaggy House · Joe R. Lansdale · ss The Horror Show Fll ’86
- 436 · Silted In · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Why Not You and I?, Tor, 1987
- 443 · Sitting in the Corner, Whimpering Quietly · Dennis Etchison · vi Whispers Dec ’76
- 446 · Sneakers · Marc Laidlaw · ss Shadows #6, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983
- 449 · Someone to Dump On · Terry Lamsley · ss All Hallows #8 ’95
- 457 · Something More · Gordon Van Gelder · ss Young Blood, ed. Mike Baker, Zebra, 1994
- 460 · The Spider · Basil Copper · ss The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan, 1964
- 465 · Still Frame · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss Shadows #7, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1984
- 472 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Feb ’09
- 476 · A Street Was Chosen · Ramsey Campbell · ss Weird Tales Sum ’91
- 482 · Surrogate · Janet Fox · ss Fears, ed. Charles L. Grant, Berkley, 1983
- 487 · They’re Coming for You · Les Daniels · ss Cutting Edge, ed. Dennis Etchison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986
- 492 · Thirst · Bill Pronzini · ss F&SF Nov ’73
- 497 · To Receive Is Better · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1994
- 502 · Tomorrow Is Forever · Hugh B. Cave · vi Adventure Sep ’43
- 505 · Traps · F. Paul Wilson · ss Night Cry Sum ’87
- 513 · The Traveller · R. H. Benson · ss The Light Invisible, London: Isbister, 1903
- 520 · The Tuckahoe · Nancy Etchemendy · ss Shadows #8, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1985
- 528 · Uneasy Lie the Drowned · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales Dec ’37
- 533 · The Village Bully · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine Jan, 1851
- 537 · The Visit · William F. Nolan · ss MetaHorror, ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992
- 541 · A Week in the Unlife · David J. Schow · ss A Whisper of Blood, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991
- 545 · When the Door Is Shut · D. N. J. · ss
- 550 · Where Does Watson Road Go? · William Relling, Jr. · ss Eldritch Tales #14 ’87
- 558 · Where Flies Are Born · Douglas Clegg · ss Tekeli-li! #2 ’91
- 565 · Who Walks at Night · John Maclay · ss The Horror Show Sum ’86
- 570 · The Winter Ghosts · Tanith Lee · ss Weird Tales Win ’91
- 577 · Wish Hound · Pat Murphy · ss Shadows #3, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1980
- 584 · The Wrong Way · Chet Williamson · ss, 1981
- Girls’ Night Out: Twenty-Nine Female Vampire Stories ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert E. Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0424-4, Sep ’97, $9.98, 545pp, hc); Horror anthology of 29 stories. Authors include F. Marion Crawford, Pat Cadigan, Brian Stableford, and Joanna Russ. Introduction by Dziemianowicz. This is an instant remainder edition.
- ix · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in
- 1 · The Insufficient Answer · Robert Aickman · nv We Are for the Dark, London: Cape, 1951
- 46 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Jun ’22
- 60 · The Scent of Vinegar · Robert Bloch · nv Dark Destiny, ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1994
- 88 · Good Lady Ducayne · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv The Strand Feb, 1896
- 114 · Sometimes Salvation · Pat Cadigan · ss Sisters of the Night, ed. Barbara Hambly & Martin H. Greenberg, Warner Aspect, 1995
- 131 · The Brotherhood of Blood · Hugh B. Cave · nv Weird Tales May ’32
- 152 · A Mystery of the Campagna · Anne Crawford · nv The Witching Time: Unwin’s Christmas Annual, ed. Sir Henry Norman, London: Fisher Unwin, 1887
- 183 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Colliers Dec 16 ’05
- 198 · I Vant to Be Alone · Barb D’Amato · ss Celebrity Vampires, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995
- 205 · Nellie Foster · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales Jun ’33
- 211 · Madeleine · Barbara Hambly · ss Sisters of the Night, ed. Barbara Hambly & Martin H. Greenberg, Warner Aspect, 1995
- 228 · Ken’s Mystery · Julian Hawthorne · nv Harper’s Nov, 1883
- 249 · Revelations in Black · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales Apr ’33
- 271 · The First Time · K. W. Jeter · ss Alien Sex, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dutton, 1990
- 285 · Girl’s Night Out · Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995
- 300 · Night Laughter · Ellen Kushner · ss After Midnight, ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1986
- 304 · La Dame · Tanith Lee · ss Sisters of the Night, ed. Barbara Hambly & Martin H. Greenberg, Warner Aspect, 1995
- 316 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl With the Hungry Eyes, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon, 1949
- 331 · Dress of White Silk · Richard Matheson · ss F&SF Oct ’51
- 336 · Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales Nov ’33
- 365 · My Dear Emily · Joanna Russ · nv F&SF Jul ’62
- 387 · American Gothic · Ray Russell · ss Masques #2, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1987
- 402 · The Pearls of the Vampire Queen [Nifft the Lean] · Michael Shea · nv Nifft the Lean, 1982
- 436 · The End of the Story · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales May ’30
- 453 · The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady · Brian Stableford · nv F&SF Aug ’88
- 475 · The Last Grave of Lill Warran [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales May ’51
- 496 · Luella Miller · Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine Dec ’02
- 509 · ...To Feel Another’s Woe · Chet Williamson · ss Blood Is Not Enough, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1989
- 523 · The Canal · Everil Worrell · ss Weird Tales Dec ’27
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