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- Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow: Science Fiction War Stories ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Crown/Bonanza 0-517-64105-4, Dec ’87, $8.98, 650pp, hc); Anthology of 25 sf stories with an introduction by Robert Silverberg. An “instant remainder” book.
- Strange Maine ed. Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr. (Tapley 0-912769-10-6, Oct ’86 [Jan ’87], $9.95, 295pp, tp); Anthology of sf, fantasy, and horror stories set in Maine, with works by King, Leiber, Pangborn, etc.
- 7 · The Children of Noah · Richard Matheson · ss AHMM Mar ’57
- 23 · The Phantom Farmhouse · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales Oct ’23
- 45 · Longtooth · Edgar Pangborn · nv F&SF Jan ’70
- 77 · One for the Road · Stephen King · ss Maine Mar ’77
- 93 · Four Dreams of Gram Perkins · Ruth Sawyer · ss The American Mercury Oct ’26
- 105 · Circumstance · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss Atlantic Monthly May, 1860
- 115 · The Last Cruise of the Judas Iscariot · Edward Page Mitchell · ss The Sun Apr 16, 1882
- 123 · The Prevaricator · Carlos Baker · ss The Talismans and Other Stories, Charles Scribner’s, 1976
- 137 · One Old Man, with Seals · Jane Yolen · ss Neptune Rising, Philomel, 1982
- 145 · Safe Harbor · Donald Wismer · nv Tin Stars, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, NAL/Signet, 1986
- 165 · Mood Wendigo [Howie Wyman] · Thomas A. Easton · ss Analog May ’80
- 177 · Death Is a White Rabbit · Fredric Brown · ss Strange Detective Mysteries Jan ’42
- 195 · Yesterday House · Fritz Leiber · nv Galaxy Aug ’52
- 219 · Three Day Magic · Charlotte Armstrong · na F&SF Sep ’52; a shorter version was first printed in 1948.
- 293 · Notes on the Authors · Misc. Material · bg
- DragonLance Tales Vol. 1: The Magic of Krynn ed. Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (TSR 0-88038-454-9, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 352pp, pb) [DragonLance: Tales]; Original shared-world fantasy anthology set in the “DragonLance” universe.
- DragonLance Tales Vol. 2: Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes ed. Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (TSR 0-88038-382-8, Aug ’87, $3.95, 307pp, pb) [DragonLance: Tales]; Original anthology, second volume of stories set in a shared fantasy world.
- DragonLance Tales Vol. 3: Love and War ed. Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (TSR 0-88038-519-7, Nov ’87, $3.95, 386pp, pb) [DragonLance: Tales]; Original shared world anthology of 10 fantasy stories set in the “DragonLance” universe.
- The Valley So Low: Southern Mountain Stories Manly Wade Wellman (Doubleday 0-385-23675-1, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $12.95, 212pp, hc); Collection of 23 stories, edited and with an introduction by Karl Edward Wagner.
- ix · Introduction · Karl Edward Wagner · in
- 1 · Trill Coster’s Burden [John] · ss Whispers II, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979
- 10 · The Spring [John] · ss Shadows #2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979
- 20 · Owls Hoot in the Daytime [John] · ss Dark Forces, ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980
- 30 · Can These Bones Live? [John] · ss Sorcerer’s Apprentice #11 ’81
- 37 · Where Did She Wander? [John] · ss Whispers Oct ’87
- 45 · Nobody Ever Goes There [John] · ss Weird Tales #3, ed. Lin Carter, DAW, 1981
- 54 · A Witch for All Seasons [as by Gans T. Field; Lee Cobbett] · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #9 ’73
- 57 · The Beasts that Perish [Lee Cobbett] · ss Whispers Jun ’75
- 65 · Willow He Walk [Lee Cobbett] · ss World Fantasy Convention Program Book, ed. Robert Weinberg, 1983
- 73 · Chastel [Lee Cobbett; Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · nv The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VII, ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1979
- 91 · Rouse Him Not [John Thunstone] · ss Kadath Jul ’82
- 99 · Hundred Years Gone [Hal Stryker] · ss F&SF Mar ’78
- 109 · Keep Me Away [Hal Stryker] · ss Whispers Oct ’78
- 121 · Yare [Hal Stryker] · ss New Terrors #1, ed. Ramsey Campbell, London: Pan, 1980
- 129 · Chorazin · ss Whispers Oct ’78
- 142 · The Petey Car · ss Superhorror, ed. Ramsey Campbell, W.H. Allen, 1976
- 151 · Along About Sundown · ss Whispers Oct ’83
- 159 · What of the Night · ss F&SF Mar ’80
- 170 · Rock, Rock [“Dead Man’s Chair”] · ss F&SF Oct ’73
- 177 · Lamia · ss Kadath Jul ’81
- 186 · Caretaker · ss F&SF Oct ’77
- 195 · The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign · ss F&SF Mar ’75
- 202 · Goodman’s Place · ss F&SF Sep ’74
- Haunted Waters Mary Williams (Kimber 0-7183-0650-3, Oct ’87, £9.50, 190pp, hc); Original ghost collection.
- 7 · Haunted Waters · n. *
- 123 · Coppard’s End · ss *
- 131 · The Eyes to See · ss Where No Birds Sing, London: William Kimber, 1977
- 147 · Dorothea · nv *
- Tales from Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine ed. Sheila Williams & Cynthia Manson (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-284209-8, Oct ’86 [Mar ’87], $15.95, 298pp, hc); Young-adult anthology of 17 stories from Asimov’s; introduction by Isaac Asimov. This has a 1986 copyright, but we did not see it until 1987.
- How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction ed. J. N. Williamson (Writer’s Digest Books 0-89879-270-3, Apr ’87, $15.95, 242pp, hc); Non-fiction, writer’s guide, an anthology of new articles by Bloch, Bradbury, Bradley, etc.
- 1 · “Certain of What We Do Not See” · J. N. Williamson · fw *
- 7 · How to Write Horribly for Fun and Profit · Robert Bloch · in *
- 11 · Run Fast, Stand Still, or, The Thing at the Top of the Stairs, or, New Ghosts from Old Minds · Ray Bradbury · ar *
- 20 · Plotting as Your Power Source · J. N. Williamson · ar *
- 28 · Reality and the Waking Nightmare: Setting and Character in Horror Fiction · Mort Castle · ar *
- 35 · One View: Creating Character in Fantasy and Horror Fiction · Steve Rasnic Tem · ar *
- 42 · “Oh, Just Call Me Cuthbert”: The Naming Game · Thomas Millstead · ar *
- 46 · Involving Your Reader from the Start · William F. Nolan · ar *
- 51 · Freedom of Originality in Fantastic Fiction - and How to Use It · James Kisner · ar *
- 56 · Creating Fantasy Folk · Ardath Mayhar · ar *
- 59 · Keeping the Reader on the Edge of His Seat · Dean R. Koontz · ar *
- 64 · Stepping into the Shadows · Charles L. Grant · ar *
- 67 · Innocence and Terror - The Heart of Horror · Robert R. McCammon · ar *
- 71 · World Building in Horror, Occult, and Fantasy Writing · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ar *
- 77 · Sword and Sorcery, Dragon and Princess · Darrell Schweitzer · ar *
- 82 · Science Fiction: Hard Science and Hard Conflict · Michael A. Banks · ar *
- 88 · Researching Science Fantasy · Sharon Baker · ar *
- 96 · Avoiding What’s Been Done to Death · Ramsey Campbell · ar *
- 101 · Why Novels of Fear Must Do More than Frighten · Dean R. Koontz · ar *
- 106 · The Supernatural? Naturally! · J. N. Williamson · ar *
- 112 · Sexist Stereotypes and Archetypes: What to Do with Them/What the Writing Woman Can Hope For · Jeannette M. Hopper · ar *
- 120 · “They Laughed When I Howled at the Moon” · Richard Christian Matheson · ar *
- 124 · The Psychology of Horror and Fantasy Fiction · Katherine Ramsland, Ph.D. · ar *
- 131 · Fantasy and Faculty X · Colin Wilson · ar *
- 140 · A “Do” List for Getting Your Literary Agent · Mary T. Williamson · ar *
- 147 · Putting it on the Editor’s Desk · Alan Rodgers · ar *
- 151 · The Mechanics and Mystique of Submitting Your Novel · Patrick LoBrutto · ar *
- 156 · Darkness Absolute: The Standards of Excellence in Horror Fiction · Douglas E. Winter · ar *
- 165 · Overview of Horror, SF and Fantasy: A Long-range Market Study · Janet Fox · ar *
- 177 · Contributors to This Book · Misc. Material · bg *
- 186 · The Top Ten “Favorites” List - in Horror, Fantasy & SF - (Novels and Short Stories) · Misc. Material · ms *
- 206 · Recommended Reading Library of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction · Misc. Material · bi *
- Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson (Maclay & Associates 0-940776-24-3, Jun ’87 [Jul ’87], $19.95, 221pp, hc); Original anthology of 27 horror stories, including work by Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, and Richard Matheson. Issued in silver boards without dust wrapper.
- The Essential Colin Wilson Colin Wilson (Grafton 0-586-06865-1, Feb ’87, £4.95, 336pp, tp); Reprint (Harrap 1985) collection of non-fiction and fiction including some occult and sf.
- 7 · Introduction · in
- 16 · The Outsider, Twenty Years On · ar, 1976; from the Pan paperback edition of The Outsider.
- 27 · The Country of the Blind [from The Outsider] · ar London: Gollancz, 1956
- 43 · An Autobiographical Introduction [from Religion and the Rebel] · ar London: Gollancz, 1957
- 80 · Personal Notes on Maslow [from New Pathways in Psychology] · ar New York: Taplinger, 1972
- 111 · The Strange Story of Modern Philosophy [from Beyond the Outsider] · ar London: A. Barker, 1965
- 136 · Everyday Consciousness is a Liar [from The New Existentialism] · ar London: Hutchinson, 1966
- 144 · Magic - The Science of the Future [from The Occult] · ar New York: Random House, 1971
- 174 · The Ladder of Selves [from Mysteries] · ar London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1978
- 201 · The “Other Mode” [from Frankenstein’s Castle] · ar, 1980
- 207 · The Laurel and Hardy Theory of Consciousness · ar
- 221 · Active Imagination [from The Lord of the Underworld] · ar
- 223 · Human Evolution [from A Criminal History of Mankind] · ar
- 235 · A Report on the Violent Man [from A Criminal History of Mankind] · ar
- 270 · Discovery of the Vampires [from The Mind Parasites] · ex London: A. Barker, 1967
- 281 · Vision on the Eiger [from The Black Room] · ex London: Weidenfeld Nicolson, 1971
- 287 · Uncle Sam [from The World of Violence] · ex London: Gollancz, 1963
- 297 · Peak Experience · ar The Schumacher Lecture, 1982
- 326 · Postscript: The Human Condition · ar
- The Kid from Ozone Park & Other Stories Richard Wilson (Chris Drumm 0-936055-32-4, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.50, 62pp, pb); Small pamphlet collection of 8 original stories, put together by the author before his death in March 1987. Drumm Booklet #27.
- 3 · Harry Protagonist, Inseminator General · ss *
- 14 · Fair Morsel · vi *
- 15 · A Letter from a Lady · ss *
- 25 · The Greater Powers · ss *
- 32 · Green Is the Color · ss *
- 45 · Waiting for the Buyer · ss *
- 50 · The Blue Lady · ss *
- 55 · The Kid from Ozone Park · ss *
- The 1987 Annual World’s Best SF ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha (DAW 0-88677-203-6, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.95, 303pp, pb); Anthology of “bests” from 1986 with 10 stories, including several Hugo and Nebula nominees. Has the Nebula-winning novella, “R&R” by Lucius Shepard. Recommended. (CNB)
- Spaceships and Spells ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Harper & Row 0-06-026796-8, Nov ’87, $12.95, 182pp, hc); Original anthology of 13 juvenile sf and fantasy stories.
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