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The Short Story Case Book ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1935, hc)

· Introduction · Edward J. O’Brien · in
· An Episode Under the Terror · Honoré de Balzac · ss
· Mateo Falcone · Prosper Merimee · ss La Revue de Paris, 1829
· The Little Soldiers · Guy de Maupassant · ss
· The Black Monk · Anton Chekhov · nv
· The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, 1842, 1842
· The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss New England Magazine Jan, 1835
· A Municipal Report · O. Henry · ss, 1909
· The Undefeated · Ernest Hemingway · nv This Quarter Fll ’25
· That Evening Sun Go Down · William Faulkner · ss The American Mercury Mar ’31
· The Little Wife · William March · ss The Midland Jan/Feb ’30
· Hamlet’s Dagger · Manuel Komroff · ss
· Good Morning, Major · J. P. Marquand · nv The Saturday Evening Post Dec 11 ’26
· Sherrel · Whit Burnett · ss Story Jun-Jul ’31
· Ike and Us Moons · Naomi Shumway · ss Story Oct ’32
· One with Shakespeare · Martha Foley · ss
· A Cup of Tea · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Story-Teller May ’22
· The Higgler · A. E. Coppard · nv Transatlantic Review May ’24
· Panahard and Mr. Snaith · A. G. Morris · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine Jan ’34
The Wizard of Washington Square Jane Yolen (Tor/Starscape 0-765-35016-5, Mar 2005, $5.99, 78pp, tp, cover by Charles Vess); Reprint (World 1969) young-adult fantasy novel. This is copyrighted 2005.
Pay the Piper Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple (Tor/Starscape 0-765-31158-5, Jul 2005, $16.95, 176pp, hc, cover by August Hall); Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel. Callie believes her favorite rock ’n’ roll band spirited away the town’s children.
The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens ed. Jane Yolen & Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor Teen 0-765-31384-7, May 2005, $12.95, 288pp, tp, cover by Donato Giancola); Young-adult year’s best anthology of 11 stories by authors including Kelly Link, Garth Nix, and Bradley Denton. A hardcover edition (-31383-9, $17.95) is also available.

· The Faery Handbag · Kelly Link · nv The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2004
· Blood Wolf · S. M. Stirling · nv First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age, ed. Harry Turtledove & Noreen Doyle, Tor, 2004
· Sleeping Dragons · Lynette Aspey · ss Asimov’s Sep, 2004
· Endings · Garth Nix · ss Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales, ed. Deborah Noyes, Candlewick Press, 2004
· Dancer in the Dark · David Gerrold · nv F&SF Apr, 2004
· Piece of Flesh · Adam Stemple · nv Faerie Tales, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis, DAW, 2004
· Catnyp · Delia Sherman · nv The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2004
· They · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Aug ’04
· The Wings of Meister Wilhelm · Theodora Goss · ss Polyphony, Volume 4, ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2004
· Displaced Persons · Leah Bobet · ss Strange Horizons (online) Aug 2, 2004
· Sergeant Chip · Bradley Denton · na F&SF Sep, 2004
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Anok, Heretic of Stygia, Volume I: Scion of the Serpent J. Steven York (Ace 0-441-01336-8, Oct 2005, $6.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) [Hyboria]; Fantasy novel, fourth in the series set in Robert E. Howard’s world of Hyboria and first in a new trilogy. Copyrighted by Conan Properties International.
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Anok, Heretic of Stygia, Volume II: Heretic of Set J. Steven York (Ace 0-441-01345-7, Nov 2005, $7.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) [Hyboria]; Fantasy novel in a trilogy within a larger series set in the world of Robert E. Howard’s Conan.
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Anok, Heretic of Stygia, Volume III: Venom of Luxur J. Steven York (Ace 0-441-01354-6, Dec 2005, $6.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) [Hyboria]; Fantasy novel, the third in a trilogy within a larger series, based on the world of Robert E. Howard’s Conan. Copyrighted by Conan Properties.
Ingledove Marly Youmans (Farrar Straus Giroux 0-374-33599-0, May 2005, $16.00, 197pp, hc, cover by Renato Alarcao) [Adantis]; Young-adult fantasy based on Cherokee mythology, set in the same world of “Adantis” as The Curse of the Raven Mocker.
Cobwebs Karen Romano Young (HarperTempest/Greenwillow 0-06-441028-5, Aug 2005, $7.99, 388pp, tp, cover by Simon Chow); Reprint (Greenwillow 2004) young-adult fantasy about a teen coming into her hereditary spider-like talents.
The Lamentable Journey of Omaha Bigelow into the Impenetrable Loisaida Jungle Edgardo Vega Yunque (HarperCollins/Rayo 0-06-084680-1, Jan 2006, $13.95, 345pp, tp); Reprint (Overlook Press 2004) mainstream novel with fantasy elements. Laid-off loser Omaha Bigelow finds a girl with “an array of powers to cure his problems.”
Blackcollar Timothy Zahn (Baen 1-4165-0925-9, Jan 2006, $25.00, hc, cover by David Mattingly) [Blackcollar]; Omnibus of two SF novels in the “Blackcollar” series: The Blackcollar (1983) and Blackcollar: The Backlash Mission (1986).

1 · Blackcollar · n. New York: DAW, 1983
279 · Blackcollar: The Backlash Mission · n. New York: DAW, 1986
Dragon and Slave Timothy Zahn (Tor/Starscape 0-765-30126-1, Jun 2005, $17.95, 300pp, hc, cover by Jon Foster) [Dragonback]; SF novel, the third novel in the Dragonback Adventures series about a teen and his dragonlike alien symbiote.
Dragonback Bargain Timothy Zahn (SFBC #1193326, Aug 2005, $14.99, 597pp, hc, cover by A. C. Farley) [Dragonback]; Omnibus of three SF novels in the “Dragonback” series about a teen on the run and his dragonlike alien symbiote: Dragon and Thief (2003), Dragon and Soldier (2004), and Dragon and Slave (2005). This has ISBN 0-7394-5609-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

1 · Dragon and Thief · n. New York: Tor, 2003
181 · Dragon and Soldier · n. Tor/Starscape, 2004
371 · Dragon and Slave · n. Tor/Starscape, 2005
The Green and the Gray Timothy Zahn (Tor 0-765-34645-1, Oct 2005, $7.99, 541pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns); Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel. Fighting breaks out among alien refugees living disguised as humans in NYC.
Night Train to Rigel Timothy Zahn (Tor 0-765-30716-2, Oct 2005, $24.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns); SF thriller. A former government agent is recruited by enigmatic aliens hoping to prevent interstellar war.
Night Train to Rigel Timothy Zahn (SFBC #1197740, Nov 2005, $12.50, 349pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns); Reprint (Tor 2005) SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
The Radioactive Redhead John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem (DAW 0-7564-0282-4, Dec 2005, $6.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Michael Koelsh) [Zachary Nixon Johnson]; Humorous SF mystery, third in the series featuring PI Zach Johnson. Networks start a new reality show: “Let’s Kill Zach.”
Invisible Pleasures Mary Frances Zambreno (American Fantasy 0-9610352-4-2, Dec 2005, $25.00, 241 + xii, hc, cover by Douglas Klauba); Collection of 18 stories, four original, with introductions to each describing their genesis. Introduction by Jane Yolen. Order from American Fantasy Press, 919 Tappan Street, Woodstock IL 60098; [www.american-fantasy.com].

xi · Introduction · Jane Yolen · in
2 · Choices · ss Temporary Walls, ed. Greg Ketter & Robert T. Garcia, Dreamhaven/1993 World Fantasy Convention, 1993
17 · Fairy Godmothers · ss *
25 · The Lady of the Mercians · ss Warrior Enchantresses, ed. Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996
45 · At Fountain Abbey [Robin Hood] · ss Sherwood, ed. Jane Yolen, Philomel, 2000
62 · Miss Emily’s Roses · ss Vampires, ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperCollins, 1991
77 · Bloodstone · ss Sword and Sorceress #5, ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1988
87 · Heavy Breathing · ss Chilled To the Bone, ed. Robert T. Garcia, Mayfair Games, 1991
99 · The Last One Left · ss Daughter of Dangerous Dames, ed. Tina L. Jens, Twilight Tales, 2000
108 · Watching Goldfish Die · vi Pulphouse Jul 27 ’91
116 · Aunt Concetta’s Cat · ss *
132 · The Little Girl in the Picture · ss *
147 · A Craving for Oysters · ss Ancient Enchantresses, ed. Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch, Martin H. Greenberg & Richard Gilliam, DAW, 1995
161 · The Fire Rider · ss MZBFM Win ’90
170 · Flesh and Blood · ss The Dragon Dec ’88
183 · Luck of the City · ss Adventures of Sword & Sorcery #6 ’99
203 · The Ghost in the Summer Kitchen · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Ghosts, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
217 · The Bearwalker · ss *
231 · A Way Out · ss L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future v1, ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge, 1985
Blood and Roses Ann Tonsor Zeddies (Phobos Impact 0-9720026-7-7, Nov 2005, $14.95, 285pp, tp); SF adventure novel set in the 1920s. Jayne Taylor goes from driving for bootleggers to battling aliens in Japan.
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth Roger Zelazny (ibooks 1-59687-142-3, Nov 2005, $14.95, 510pp, tp, cover by Lebbeus Woods); Reissue (ibooks 2001) omnibus of two SF collections, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth (1971) and Four for Tomorrow (Ace 1967). Copyrighted by Amber Limited; packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
The Second Chronicles of Amber Roger Zelazny (SFBC #1185164, Apr 2005, $17.99, 900pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Amber]; Reprint (Avon Eos 1999 as part of The Great Book of Amber) omnibus of Amber novels 6-10: Trumps of Doom (1985), Blood of Amber (1986), Sign of Chaos (1987), Knight of Shadows (1989), and Prince of Chaos (1991). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-5184-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
The Firebird’s Vengeance Sarah Zettel (Tor 0-765-34723-7, Jul 2005, $7.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis); Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel.
For Camelot’s Honor Sarah Zettel (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80218-8, Apr 2005, $13.95, 506pp, tp); Historical Arthurian fantasy novel, second in a series.
In Camelot’s Shadow Sarah Zettel (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-81112-8, Jul 2005, $6.99, 505pp, pb); Reprint (Luna 2004) historical Arthurian fantasy novel, first in a series.
Elsewhere Gabrielle Zevin (Farrar Straus Giroux 0-374-32091-8, Sep 2005, $16.00, 279pp, hc); Young-adult fantasy. A dead teen finds herself in a place where she ages backwards until she can be reborn on Earth.
Magic Time: Ghostlands Marc Scott Zicree & Robert Charles Wilson (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-105960-9, Sep 2005, $7.99, 476pp, pb, cover by Iain McCaig) [Magic Time]; Reprint (Eos 2004) fantasy novel, third in a multi-author series. Magic invades the modern world. Copyrighted by Paper Route, Inc.
Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism ed. Rose A. Zimbardo & Neil D. Isaacs (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-42253-6, May 2005, $13.00, 294pp, tp, cover by Charles Rennie Mackintosh); Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 2004) non-fiction gathering of 14 essays on Tolkien’s work. [J. R. R. Tolkien]
Loch Paul Zindel (Hyperion 0-7868-5150-3, Aug 2005, $5.99, 209pp, tp, cover by Wayne McLoughlin); Reissue (HarperCollins 1994) young-adult horror novel about prehistoric beasts in a remote Vermont lake. This is a supposedly revised edition originally scheduled for 2004, but retains the original copyright.
Hidden Camera Zoran Zivkovic (Dalkey Archive Press 1-56478-412-6, Nov 2005, $13.95, 217pp, tp); Fantasy novel, translated from the Serbian Skrivena Kamera (Polaris 2003) by Alice Copple-Tosic. An undertaker becomes convinced he’s an unwilling reality-show participant.
The Devil in Brisbane ed. Zoran Zivkovic (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-5086-5, Oct 2005, $15.00, 230pp, hc, cover by K. J. Bishop); Original anthology of 30 stories by participants at Zivkovic’s masterclass writing workshop at the Brisbane Writers Festival 2004. Order from Prime Books, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928; [www.primebooks.net].

9 · Introduction · Zoran Zivkovic · in *
15 · A Devil of a Job · Thomas J. Banks · ss *
19 · Gunslinger · Lee Battersby · ss *
29 · An Innocent Tête-à-Tête with the Devil · Celeste Birt · ss *
32 · Between the Covers · K. J. Bishop · ss *
46 · The Blank Page · Michele Cashmore · ss *
55 · Child Support · Kylie Chan · ss *
60 · Last Night · Mark Curtis · ss *
73 · Viva La Revolution! · E. Robert Dobson · ss *
82 · An Hour with the Devil · Lee Dublin · ss *
85 · The Devil Behind the Louvres · Grace Dugan · ss *
91 · The Agreement · Paul Garrety · ss *
101 · Fact: The Devil Is in the Detail · Hugh C. Gray · ss *
106 · Devil’s Debrief · Lea Greenaway · ss *
109 · Doonice · Kris Hembury · ss *
115 · And the Deep Blue Sea · Robert Hoge · ss *
123 · The Conférencier · Vanda Ivanovic · ss *
127 · The Third Stair from the Top · Vanda Ivanovic · ss *
131 · Neighbours · Trent Jamieson · ss *
137 · The Deal · Gary Kemble · ss *
148 · The Pluripotentiary · Chris Lynch · ss *
168 · The Writer Who Could Have Been Dostoyevsky · Geoffrey Maloney · ss *
179 · A Bargain with the Writer · Michael S. Martin · ss *
185 · Ice Cube · Chris McMahon · ss *
189 · Time to Write · Jason Nahrung · ss *
196 · Sharp · Richard Pitchforth · ss *
206 · Devil Versus Writer · Bronwyn Price · ss *
212 · Skimming Stones · Michelle Riedlinger · ss *
216 · Heart and Soul · Nigel Stones · ss *
221 · Haberdashery · Kim Westwood · ss *
227 · The Diabolic Block · Mirjana Zivkovic; trans. by Alice Copple-Tosic · ss *
The Other Shulman Alan Zweibel (Random House/Villard 1-4000-6266-7, Jun 2005, $23.95, 289pp, hc); Satiric novel with fantasy elements. An unsuccessful man loses weight enough to make another person, and it does, an annoyingly successful doppelganger.
Max Remy: Spy Force: Spy Force Revealed D. Abela (Oxford University Press 0-19-275419-X, Jul 2005, £5.99, 306pp, tp, cover by Dylan Gibson) [Max Remy: Spy Force]; Reprint (Random House Australia 2002 as Max Remy: Superspy: Spy Force Revealed by Deborah Abela) humorous young-adult SF novel. Second in a new series. [First U.K. edition]
Max Remy: Spy Force: The Nightmare Vortex D. Abela (Oxford University Press 0-19-275420-3, Nov 2005, £5.99, 281pp, tp, cover by Dylan Gibson) [Max Remy: Spy Force]; Reprint (Random House Australia 2003) humorous young-adult SF novel. Third in a new series. [First U.K. edition]
Max Remy: Spy Force: The Time and Space Machine D. Abela (Oxford University Press 0-19-275418-1, Jul 2005, £5.99, 247pp, tp, cover by Dylan Gibson) [Max Remy: Spy Force]; Reprint (Random House Australia 2002 as Max Remy: Superspy: In Search of the Time and Space Machine by Deborah Abela) humorous young-adult SF novel. First in a new series. [First U.K. edition]
Warhammer 40,000: Double Eagle Dan Abnett (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6090-4, Jul 2005, £6.99, 415pp, pb) [Warhammer 40,000]; Reprint (Black Library 2004) novelization based on the SF roleplaying game.
Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor Dan Abnett (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-073-4, Feb 2005, £6.99, 412pp, pb) [Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor]; Reprint (Black Library 2004) future-war novel set in the SF roleplaying game universe. First in the “Gideon Ravenor” series.
Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor Returned Dan Abnett (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-184-6, Feb 2005, £16.99, 306pp, hc) [Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor]; Future-war novel set in the roleplaying game universe. Second in the “Gideon Ravenor” series.
Warhammer 40,000: Traitor General Dan Abnett (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-113-7, Oct 2005, £6.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts: Lost]; Reprint (Black Library 2004) SF novelization based on the roleplaying game. Eighth in the Gaunt’s Ghosts series and first in The Lost story arc.
Warhammer: The Daemon’s Curse Dan Abnett & Mike Lee (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6191-9, May 2005, £6.99, 383pp, pb) [Warhammer: Malus Darkblade]; Novelization based on the roleplaying game, in the Malus Darkblade sub-series.
Amazona Chris Achilléos (Titan Books 1-84023-893-3, Oct 2004, £14.99, 127pp, tp, cover by Chris Achilléos); Art book. Foreword by Michael Friedlander. A limited hardcover edition (-967-0) was announced but not seen. This is dated 2004 but not seen until now.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (Macmillan/Pan 0-330-43798-4, Apr 2005, £6.99, 323pp, pb); Reprint (Pan 1979) humorous SF novel, first in the Hitchhiker series. This is a film tie-in edition with 16pp of colour stills, interviews with actors and co-screenwriter, and an afterword by Robbie Stamp.

1 · The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy · Douglas Adams · n. London: Pan, 1979; illus. Hitchhiker
221 · Afterword to the film tie-in edition · Robbie Stamp · aw (*), 2005
245 · The Cast · Misc. Material · bg (*), 2005
248 · Interview with Martin Freeman (Arthur Dent) · Anonymous · iv (*), 2005 [Martin Freeman]
259 · Interview with Sam Rockwell (Zaphod Beeblebrox) · Anonymous · iv (*), 2005 [Sam Rockwell]
270 · Interview with Mos Def (Ford Prefect) · Anonymous · iv (*), 2005 [Most Def]
282 · Interview with Zooey Deschenal (Tricia McMillan) · Anonymous · iv (*), 2005 [Zooey Deschenal]
292 · Interview with Bill Nighy (Slartibartfast) · Anonymous · iv (*), 2005 [Bill Nighy]
300 · Self-Interview with Karey Kirkpatrick · Karey Kirkpatrick · iv (*), 2005 [Karey Kirkpatrick]
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (Young Picador 0-330-43895-6, Apr 2005, £6.99, 218pp, tp) [Hitchhiker]; Reprint (Pan 1979) humorous SF novel. First in the “Hitchhiker” series.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07682-8, Apr 2005, £6.99, 178pp, hc) [Hitchhiker]; Reprint (Pan 1979) humorous SF novel. First in the “Hitchhiker” series.
Is & Cold Shoulder Road Joan Aiken (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-099-47738-6, Jan 2005, £5.99, 521pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [Wolves Chronicles]; Young-adult fantasy omnibus, the eighth and ninth books in the “Alternate England” or “Wolves of Willoughby Chase” series. The books are separately paginated.

3 · Is · n. Jonathan Cape, 1992
285 · Cold Shoulder Road · n. Jonathan Cape, 1995
Midwinter Nightingale Joan Aiken (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-099-44772-X, Jan 2005, £4.99, 249pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [Wolves Chronicles]; Reprint (Delacorte Press 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, tenth in the “Wolves of Willoughby Chase” series.
The Stolen Lake Joan Aiken (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-099-47739-4, Jan 2005, £5.99, 318pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [Wolves Chronicles]; Reprint (Cape 1981) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 4 in the “Wolves of Willoughby Chase” sequence.
The Witch of Clatteringshaws Joan Aiken (Cape, Jonathan 0-224-07029-0, Jan 2005, £10.99, 147pp, hc) [Wolves Chronicles]; Young-adult fantasy novel, the 11th in the “Wolves of Willoughby Chase” series. Includes a note on some of the fantastic creatures by the author’s daughter, Lizza Aiken. Simultaneous with the US (Delacorte) edition.
Sanity and the Lady Brian Aldiss (PS Publishing 1-904619-24-X, Aug 2005, £25.00, 218pp, hc, cover by John William Godward); SF novel. A meteorite brings strange microscopic “visitors” to Earth. Introduction by Ian R. MacLeod. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by Aldiss; a slipcased edition of 200 (-25-8, $60.00) signed by Aldiss and MacLeod is also available. A limited hardback edition (-00-2, £60.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

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