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Subterranean [# 2, 2005] ed. William Schafer (Subterranean Press, $6.00, quarto)

3 · Editorial · William Schafer · ed
5 · Bradbury Weather · Caitlín R. Kiernan · na
21 · Pain, Wonder, and Prehistoric Monsters: An Interview with Caitlín R. Kiernan · Misc. · iv [Caitlín R. Kiernan]
27 · Andromeda Among the Stones [Dandridge Cycle] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2002
39 · The Slug Breeder’s Daughter [Kuikin; Vertir] · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss
47 · Little, Big, Witless, Wise: The Disquieting Allure of Gulliver’s Travels · Michael Bishop · ar A Reverie for Mister Ray, Michael Bishop, PS Publishing, 2005 [Jonathan Swift]
55 · Choke Chain · Robert Silverberg · nv Fantastic Dec ’56
65 · Last Breath · Joe Hill · ss
71 · The World in a Box · Charles de Lint · ss Triskell Press, 2004; Christmas chapbook story.
79 · Henry James, This One’s for You · Jack McDevitt · ss
83 · On Books · Dorman T. Shindler · br
Supernatural Tales [No. 9, 2005] ed. David Longhorn (Longhorn, David, £6.00, 194pp, A5) Small press ghost story magazine. Available from 291 Eastbourne Avenue, Gateshead, NE8 4NN. 2 · Peeping Tomboy · Dallas Goffin · ss 12 · The Vrykolakas · Jane Jakeman · ss; listed as ‘Vrykolakas’ in Table of Contents 38 · A Chimaera in My Wardrobe 3: A Strong Look · Tina Rath · ss 45 · The Moving Image · John Llewellyn Probert · ss 64 · The Appointed Time · Barbara Roden · ss 73 · Rowlands Hall · Jacqueline Simpson · ss 85 · Three Stories · Sam Dawson · gp; Pond Life, vi; The Second Time Around, vi; Playback, ss 95 · The Demon · Adam Golaski · ss 107 · The Other Exhibition · John Travis · ss 115 · Preserves · Jim Rockhill · ss 118 · Myself: A Fiction · Gary Fry · ss 129 · A Faust Overture · Nina Allan · ss 140 · The Lusty Monk · Kay Fletcher · ss 149 · The Tree of Death · Cory Harding · ss 152 · The Black Wood of Sylburn · Paul Finch · ss 172 · In the Devil’s Scrying Glass · Michael Chislett · ss 191 · About the Authors · Misc. · bg 194 · Editor’s Afterword & Voting Details · David Longhorn · ed
Talebones [#30, Summer 2005] ed. Patrick J. & Honna Swenson (Fairwood Press; Seattle, WA, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo, cover by Ray Troll) 2 · Bare Bones · Patrick J. & Honna Swenson · ed 3 · Tell Tales · The Readers · lt 4 · Still Life with Boobs · Anne Harris · ss 21 · I Dream About Stephen King · Katherine Elwevar · pm 22 · Treats · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss 27 · Waiting for First Contact · Roger Dutcher · pm 28 · One Day, in the Middle of the Night · James Van Pelt · ss 39 · 38 Light Years Out · William John Watkins · pm 40 · Take the Stairs · Ray Vukcevich · ss 44 · A Whole Man · David J. Schwartz · ss 50 · Mama’s Lightning Bugs · Brian Scott Hiebert · ss 62 · Ask Not for Whom · Jason D. Wittman · ss 66 · The Wooden Mother · Michael Poore · ss 74 · The Talebones Interview: Ben Bova · Ken Rand · iv [Ben Bova] 80 · Mathoms, Etc. · Ed Bryant · br 89 · The Boneyard · Misc. · br 95 · Tattle Tales · Misc. · bg
Talebones [#31, Winter 2005] ed. Patrick J. & Honna Swenson (Fairwood Press; Seattle, WA, $6.00, 92pp+, octavo, cover by Bob Hobbs) 2 · Bare Bones · Patrick J. & Honna Swenson · ed 3 · Tell Tales · The Readers · lt 4 · The Man with Great Despair Behind His Eyes · Ken Scholes · ss 16 · The Whimsical Lives of Bean Counters · Carrie Vaughn · ss 24 · The TWA Corbies · Marie Brennan · ss 35 · Five Statements About Reality · G. O. Clark · pm 36 · Systemic · Christopher East · ss 50 · Lodging · Katherine Woodbury · ss 61 · Secret Infernos · Mike Allen · pm 62 · The Early Retirement of T.J. Ferris · Ryan Neal Myers · ss 66 · Stray Dog Swordsman on Redemption Road · Steve Parker · ss 78 · Confection · Janna Silverstein · pm 79 · Learning to Sing · Melissa Marr · pm 80 · The Talebones Interview: Sharon Lee & Steve Miller · Ken Rand · iv [Sharon Lee; Steve Miller] 86 · The Boneyard · Misc. · br 91 · Tattle Tales · Misc. · bg
Tales of the Talisman [v 1 #1, June 2005] ed. David Lee Summers (LBF Books; Pittsburgh, CA, $8.00, 88pp+, quarto, cover by William “Nick” Johns) formerly Hadrosaur Tales.

2 · The Old Made New Again · David Lee Summers · ed
4 · Stones of Straw · Neal Asher · ss Threads #13 ’97
9 · Blissful Penguin Songs · Gary Every · pm
10 · All Wars Are Old Wars · Mark Fewell · ss
16 · Helen of Troy at Home in the Florida Everglades · Jean Hull Herman · pm
18 · Nightwraith · Donna Marie Robb · ss
23 · The Dragon’s Return · Louise Webster · pm
24 · The Silver Monster · Vera Searles · ss Mooreeffoc Magazine #4, 2001
27 · Watchers · Renee Roberson · vi
28 · Thirty Minutes or Less · W. Aaron Wilson · ss
33 · Medusa in LA · Christina Sng · pm
34 · Where the Bluebells Grow · Cathy Buburuz · ss EOTU Ezine Apr, 2001
37 · The Draco Prophecy · Alessio Zanelli · pm
38 · A Feast of Coins · Douglas Empringham · ss Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Feb, 2002
45 · Colonization · Sharon Fotta Anderson · pm
46 · Here Be Dragons · Leila Eadie · ss
49 · All in the Mind · John Benson · pm
50 · Gingerbread · Holly Dyess · ss
56 · Time Travel · Pam Clements · pm
· On the Ramjet · David Lee Summers · ss
58 · While the Robot Slept · Dan L. Gray · ss
63 · The Dream · David A. Crouch · pm
64 · Made for Each Other · Ken Goldman · ss
69 · Genetic Inevitabilities · Jim Dunlap · pm
70 · Descent from Heaven · Paul Whyte · ss
74 · Sedy, the Pioneer, and the Girl · J. D. Stottlemire · ss
79 · First Mission to Mars · Andy Miller · pm
79 · Mining the Moon · K. S. Hardy · pm
79 · Passing Through · Christina Sng · pm
80 · The Old Man and the Moon · G. O. Clark · ss
82 · A Carpet of Butterflies · K. S. Hardy · ss
84 · In the Shadows · Raven Drake · pm
85 · About the Contributors · Misc. · bg
bc. · Night Guardian · Robert Nagy · cv
Tales of the Talisman [v 1 #2, September 2005] ed. David Lee Summers (LBF Books; Pittsburgh, CA, $8.00, 88pp+, quarto, cover by Craig Rybarczyk, photo) 2 · Mystery and Suspense with a Talisman Twist · David Lee Summers · ed 4 · The Enigma Motive · J. Ryan Fenzel · ss 12 · active galactic nuclei · Lee Clark Zumpe · pm 12 · Let’s Make Love in a Spaceship · Amitava Dasgupta · pm 13 · Der Wahrsager · Mark Anthony Brennan · ss 14 · Death Station · Frank Andreotti · ss 23 · Rescued · Sheila B. Roark · pm 24 · The Ganymede Murders [Part 1 of 5] · Kenneth James Crist · sl 31 · The Crack · Marcia Borell · ss 32 · Night Thunder · David B. Riley · ss 36 · Joyride · Rik Hunik · ss 43 · Killer Car Wash · John Grey · pm 44 · Touching Death · A. B. Wallace · ss 52 · Vampire Killings · Gary Every · pm 52 · Feeding Time · Teresa Tunaley · pm 53 · Hammered · Marcia Borell · ss 54 · The Fountain of Irilnar · Wesley Lambert · ss 60 · The Clock Shop · James M. Steimle · ss 65 · The Orchard in Rain · K. S. Hardy · pm 66 · The Precise Reason I Will Never Drink a Magic Love Potion Again · Erin Jensen · ss 69 · Outside Camelot · Myranda Summers · pm 69 · The Mute Book · K. S. Hardy · pm 70 · At the Northern Crossroads · Scott Beam · ss 77 · Book Reviews · Kane S. Latranz · br 80 · About the Contributors · Misc. · bg bc. · back cover · Laura Givens · cv
Tales of the Talisman [v 1 #3, 2005] ed. David Lee Summers (LBF Books; Pittsburgh, CA, $8.00, 88pp+, quarto, cover by Laura Givens) 2 · Going a Little Crazy · David Lee Summers · ed 4 · River Gnome Dance · G. Allen Wilbanks · ss 10 · Rhythm · Jill Knowles · ss 13 · Protagonist · Amanda Turek · pm 14 · The Last Big Herd · Keith P. Graham · ss 18 · The Last · Teresa Tunaley · pm 19 · Monogamous Kings · Gary Every · pm 20 · Credit Due · Justin Lawfer · ss 27 · A Wizard’s Gray Matter · L. B. Sedlacek · pm 27 · Ragnarok · Lee Clark Zumpe · pm 28 · You, Robot · Grant Miller · ss 34 · The Ganymede Murders [Part 2 of 5] · Kenneth James Crist · sl 38 · The Mystery of the Speckled Hen · Beverly Sheresh · vi 39 · Plasma Mine · Andy Miller · pm 40 · Spook Wagon · Robert Collins · ss 45 · Exploring Manifest Destiny · Jim Dunlap · pm 46 · Drot Detail · Mark Anthony Brennan · ss 52 · The Stars Give Witness · Daniel C. Smith · pm 53 · Selfless Wonders · Raven Drake · pm 54 · While Trespassing on Foreign Lands · Jim Iholts · vi 55 · Gates of Eden · Uncle River · pm 56 · The Clickety-Clacketies · Karl El-Koura · ss 60 · Alienated · John M. Floyd · pm 61 · Sassy’s Saloon After Midnight · Cathy Buburuz · pm 62 · Han and Greta · Kassidy Rae · ss 69 · Truce Negotations with the Timesters · Steve Sneyd · pm 70 · Carnival of the Clowns · Eric Bonholtzer · ss 73 · Slipped Away · Susan M. Sailors · pm 74 · Denying the Cuckoo · R. W. Day · ss 79 · Twilight Time · C. David Hay · pm Penny Dreadful #10 ’99 80 · Book Reviews · Kane S. Latranz · br · About the Contributors · Misc. · bg
Tales of the Unanticipated [#26, October 2005-July 2006] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society; Minneapolis, MN, $8.50, 132pp+, quarto, cover by Stephanie Rodriguez) 2 · Growing Pains · Eric M. Heideman · ed 2 · The Poetess in Hell · Rebecca Marjesdatter · ed 3 · The Bees · Kelly McCullough · pm 8 · The Long Walk · Naomi Kritzer & Lyda Morehouse · nv 20 · Mortal Nature · Stephen Dedman · nv Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #8, 2003 29 · Super Sex and Money · David Christenson · ct 30 · Captivity · Gerard Houarner · ss 34 · A Rose for Emily, Revisited · Laurel Winter · pm 36 · Amanda’s Father Is Fine · Sue Burke · ss 43 · A Handful of Time · Ruth Berman · pm 44 · I’m Dead! (He’s Dead, He’s Dead, He’s Dead!) · William Mingin · ss 46 · Requiem for an Information Age Worker · Uncle River · ss 50 · Phoenix Barley · Uncle River · pm 52 · Redemption · Patricia Russo · nv 62 · Escher in Love · Bruce Boston & Margaret Ballif Simon · pm 63 · Juno’s Jazzercise · Sandra J. Lindow · pm 64 · Boywave · Judy Klass · ss 72 · Elegy for a Demon Lover [Kyle Murchison Booth] · Sarah Monette · ss 77 · Raven Linguistics · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm 78 · Luna Beat · Mary Soon Lee · ss 83 · Egg Foo Yung in Free Fall · Terry A. Garey · pm 84 · Immortal Sin · Jennifer Pelland · ss 91 · Alien Juke Box · G. O. Clark · pm 94 · See How She Dances · Martha A. Hood · ss 98 · How to Behave in Bars Throughout the Galaxy · John Grey · pm 99 · The Captive Pleads with the Memory Carver · Mike Allen · pm 100 · A Book Is a Journey · David Levine · ss 106 · A Million Minds · Cornelius Fortune · pm 108 · Mary Bennet Goes Postal · Sue Isle · ss 110 · Piper · Paul E. Martens · ss 113 · The Order of the Days · Ruth Berman · pm Tales of the Unanticipated #25, 2004 114 · Snack Food · Jeff Carlson · ss 118 · Transgenesis Meeses · S. N. Arly · ss 121 · Far Sedna · Ann K. Schwader · pm 122 · The Secret Lives of Puppets · Sarah Totton · ss 124 · Chief of the Sexy and Cool Committee · Robert P. Switzer · ss 130 · Hair Group for Everyone · Laurel Winter · ss
The Third Alternative [#41, Spring 2005] ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press, £4.00, 68pp+, A4, cover by David Gentry) 4 · Guest Editorial: Call of the Wild · Joel Lane · ed 6 · SS · Nathan Ballingrud · ss 16 · Electric Darkness · Stephen Volk · mr 18 · A Drop of Ruby · Cody Goodfellow · ss 25 · Japan’s Dark Lanterns · John Paul Catton · cl 26 · In the Family · Scott Nicholson · ss 31 · The Dodo Has Landed · Allen Ashley · cl 32 · Case Notes · Peter Tennant · br 38 · Going the Jerusalem Mile · Chaz Brenchley · ss 46 · Phil Rickman Interviewed · Andy Hedgecock · iv [Phil Rickman] 50 · The Return · Conrad Williams · ss 56 · The Sixteenth Man I Killed · Martin Simpson · ss 60 · The Western Front · Patrick Samphire · ss
The Third Alternative [#42, Summer 2005] ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press, £4.00, 68pp+, A4, cover by Camille Kuo) 4 · The Next Alternative · Andy Cox · ed 6 · Dying in the Arms of Jean Harlow (The Coming of The Autoscopes) · Paul Meloy · ss 22 · Electric Darkness · Stephen Volk · mr 24 · The Word ’Mermaid’ Written on an Index Card · Douglas Lain · ss 34 · Case Notes · Peter Tennant · br 44 · The Vegetable Lamb · Matthew Francis · ss 50 · The House of the Rising Sun · Elizabeth Bear · ss 53 · Japan’s Dark Lanterns · John Paul Catton · cl 54 · Lago di Iniquità · Darren Speegle · ss 60 · Reality, Interrupted · Jason Erik Lundberg · ss · The Dodo Has Landed · Allen Ashley · cl
Weird Tales [v61 #1, Whole No. 337, July 2005] ed. George H. Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer (DNA Publications; Radford, VA, $5.95, 68pp+, quarto, cover by George Barr)

7 · The Eyrie · The Readers · lt
20 · Shadowings · Douglas E. Winter · br
24 · Ripper [Part 1 of 2] · William F. Nolan · sl
40 · Reanimated · Darrell Schweitzer · pm
41 · Ghost Town · Jack Williamson · ss
46 · Where the Witches Dwell · Frederic S. Durbin · pm
47 · The Most Beautiful Dead Woman in the World · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Interzone May/Jun, 2003
52 · The Face by the River · Clark Ashton Smith · ss
55 · Illustrated Limerick · George Barr · pm
56 · Returns · Jack Ketchum · ss Right to Life, Gauntlet Press, 2002
58 · Toadstools and the Unhappy Wife · Marina Lee Sable · pm
59 · The Invading Spirit · Fred Chappell · ss
Whispers of Wickedness [# 8, Spring 2005] ed. Peter Tennant (D-Press, free, iv+32pp, A5, cover by Sheridan Morgan) Small press fantasy/horror magazine. 2 · The Hard Sell · Peter Tennant · ss; illus. Sheridan Morgan 9 · Tim · Charles Richard Laing · ss; illus. Carole Humphreys 11 · Mikki · Terry Gates-Grimwood · ss; illus. Rabidwire 23 · Lament for Gaia · Liza Granville · pm; illus. Sheridan Morgan 24 · Swimming Parasite · Aliya Whiteley · ss; illus. Zakas 30 · The Meteor and the Strawberry · Stephen Melling · ss; illus. Sheridan Morgan ins. · The Centrefold · Peter Tennant · ed; 4-page unnumbered insert. ins. · Giving Silence a Voice · Neil Ayres · ar
Whispers of Wickedness [# 9, Summer 2005] ed. Peter Tennant (D-Press, free, iv+36pp, A5, cover by Chris Cartwright) 3 · The Two Funeral Urns of Mrs Tate from Number Three · Steven Pirie · ss; illus. Chris Cartwright 8 · Sending Freedom Far Away · Rhys Hughes · ss; illus. Chris Cartwright 13 · The Demon Eater · Alexis Child · pm; illus. Sheridan Morgan 15 · Black Man Stands · John Saxton · ss; illus. Rabidwire 19 · Maternal Whispers · James Harris · ss; illus. Carole Humphreys 25 · Number-Crunching · Steve Redwood · ss; illus. Chris Cartwright 32 · The Legacy · Liza Granville · ss; illus. Carole Humphreys · The Centrefold · Peter Tennant · ed; 4-page unnumbered insert
Whispers of Wickedness [#10, Autumn 2005] ed. Peter Tennant (D-Press, free, iv+28pp, A5, cover by Carole Humphreys) 3 · Now We Are Ten · Peter Tennant · ed 5 · Dream of Death · Gavin Salisbury · pm; illus. Carole Humphreys 6 · She Came in the Night · Stephen Lee Cummings · ss; illus. Carole Humphreys 12 · Success… and How to Achieve It · Peter Tennant · vi; illus. Chris Cartwright 15 · Making Room · Gary McMahon · ss; illus. Chris Cartwright 20 · Scarecrow · Colin O’Sullivan · pm; illus. Carole Humphreys 23 · What’s in the Box, Fox? · Neil Ayres · ss; illus. Rabidwire · The Centrefold · Peter Tennant · ed; 4-page unnumbered insert · Scary Monsters · Terry Gates-Grimwood · ar
Whispers of Wickedness [#11, Winter 2005] ed. D & Peter Tennant (D-Press, £3.00, 60pp, A5, cover by Zakas) First print edition, formerly online only. 2 · Atoner · Terry Gates-Grimwood · ss; illus. Zakas The Blue Pootle Column: ___ 11 · On a Losing Streak · Aliya Whiteley · cl 13 · You Threw Me a Dinner Party When I Needed a Life Jacket · Liam Davies · pm; illus. Carole Humphreys 14 · A Mother’s Pride · Peter Tennant · ss; illus. Marcia Borell 22 · Ghostwritten · Neil Ayres · ar 25 · Dead Animals · Leo Siren · ss; illus. Marcia Borell 33 · Blade of Desecration · Alexis Child · pm; illus. Chris Cartwright 34 · Pretend That We’re Dead · Alison J. Littlewood · ss; illus. Marcia Borell 40 · Obsidian Heart · Florence Stanton · pm; illus. Gavin Salisbury 41 · The Reality Mechanic · Sarah Dobbs · ss; illus. Carole Humphreys 51 · The Candid Slyness of Scurrility Forepaws · Rhys Hughes · ss; illus. Rabidwire

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