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Tales of the Talisman [v 3 #3, 2007] ed. David Lee Summers (Hadrosaur Productions; Mesilla Park, NM, $8.00, 90pp+, quarto, cover by Timothy A. Ramstad) 4 · She Who Loves Silence · David Pinault · ss; illus. Jim Collins 14 · Dreams of Flying · Jeremy Brink · ss; illus. Tom Kelly 22 · Conjure Man · Jaime Lee Moyer · pm 23 · Virgin Dragon Birth · Gary Every · pm 23 · Of a promise kept and a promise broken · Terrie Leigh Relf · pm 24 · Silent Night · Kelly Madden · ss; illus. April Martinez 26 · Mind Reader Tanka · Lisa M. Bradley · pm 28 · Buster the Land Crab · Beatlick Joe Speer · ss; illus. Jag Lall 31 · Chin Worshipers: Why Bruce Campbell’s Fans Can’t Get Enough of Him · Dan Graffeo · ar 37 · Every Time I Close My Eyes · C. J. Henderson · pm Book of Dark Wisdom #6, 2005; illus. Allen Koszowski 38 · The Corrupted Necrofile · Kfir Luzzatto · ss; illus. Lonnie Allen 43 · Mrs. Seaton’s Study · Kristine Ong Muslim · pm 43 · The Garden · John Benson · pm 44 · The Rag Doll Kid · David Boop · ss; illus. Noah Van Sciver 49 · The Corner of My Eye · Donna Taylor Burgess · pm 49 · Again · Neal Wilgus · pm 50 · You Are What You Eat · Fraser Sherman · ss; illus. Russell Morgan 57 · Lapse · Zahhar · pm 58 · Encounter at Emerald Lake · Cathy Buburuz · ss; illus. Paul Niemiec 62 · Mind Games [Part 4 of ?] · Kenneth James Crist · sl; illus. Neil T. Foster 71 · X=(Exploration+Knowledge)Desire · Kurt MacPhearson · pm 71 · Mr. Roboto · Michael Ceraolo · pm 72 · Aerie Mechanic · Jim Chandler · ss; illus. Timothy A. Ramstad 80 · Booked · Mark Rich · ss; illus. Paul Campbell 84 · Book Reviews · Christine Norris, Shawn Oetzel & Anthony G. Bernstein · br 88 · About the Contributors · Misc. · bg
Tales of the Unanticipated [#28, Summer 2007] ed. Eric M. Heideman (Minnesota Science Fiction Society; Minneapolis, MN, $10.00, 130pp+, quarto, cover by Rodger Gerberding)

· Short Stories
8 · Johnny Quantum and the Supergalactical Hellfire Jamboree · Terry Black · ss
20 · Escape · Barbara Rosen · ss
30 · The Pinocchio Cantatas · Tony Pi · ss
40 · The Price of Peace · Uncle River · ss
48 · Deputy Death · S. N. Arly · ss
56 · Lack of Vision · Paul E. Martens · ss
64 · The Honest Truth About Beta Males · Martha A. Hood · ss
72 · Bubby’s Favorite Demon · Fred Schepartz · ss
82 · One Tongue Tiger · Ka Vang · ss
88 · King Under the Bed · Jeff Kouba · ss
96 · In Comes I · Patricia Russo · ss
100 · Coup de Grace · Stephen Dedman · ss Borderlands #4, 2004
106 · Tessa’s Tale · Joyce Finn · ss
109 · Rosemary and Time · Judy Klass · ss
114 · Which Leads to What Comes Next · William Mingin · ss
117 · A Piece of Strangeness · Mary Soon Lee · ss
122 · The Show · A. Christopher Drown · ss
· Poetry
7 · Orpheus Gives Directions to the Orphics · Ruth Berman · pm
29 · Revenants of the Time Machine · Ann K. Schwader · pm
38 · Gerhard and Lili · David Simms · pm
63 · Street Dancer · Cornelius A. Fortune · pm
71 · Emily Dickinson, as far as we know · Laurel Winter · pm
80 · The Waitress at the Utah Café · David Simms · pm
87 · Breaking the Secrets Open · Ann K. Schwader · pm
95 · The Passing of the Copper King · Mikal Trimm · pm
112 · Where Time Loops on the Event Horizon of the End of Everything · Laurel Winter · pm
112 · Hypotheosis · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm
113 · Kabbalah · John Garrison · pm
116 · Outlawing Big Cars · Ruth Berman · pm
120 · Heresies of Thread, Flint and Stone · Bryan Thao Worra · pm
· Departments
2 · Editorial · Eric M. Heideman · ed
2 · Editorial · Rebecca Marjesdatter · ed
3 · Contributors · Misc. · bg
6 · Contributors’ Guidelines · Misc. · ms
55 · Mail orders · Misc. · ms
130 · Anticipations · Misc. · ms
Weird Tales [v62 #1, Whole No. 343, February-March 2007] ed. George H. Scithers, Darrell Schweitzer & John Gregory Betancourt (DNA Publications; Radford, VA, $5.95, 90pp, 8" x 10½", cover by Edward Miller)

3 · A Note from the Publisher · John Gregory Betancourt · ms
4 · The Eyrie · George H. Scithers, Darrell Schweitzer & John Gregory Betancourt · ed
6 · An Editorial Movie Review: “The Call of Cthulhu” · Misc. · mr
9 · The Letters, Etc. · The Readers · lc
12 · The Den · Scott Connors · br
· Special Author Feature: Joe R. Lansdale
_14 · Deadman’s Road [Rev. Jebidiah Rains] · Joe R. Lansdale · nv
_30 · Joe R. Lansdale: Dark Master of ‘Texas Gothic’ · Chet Williamson · iv [Joe R. Lansdale]
_66 · On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks · Joe R. Lansdale · na Book of the Dead, ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1989
36 · The Red and the Green · K. D. Wentworth · ss
45 · The Dead Boy [Emily and Bailor] · Holly Phillips · ss On Spec Sum, 2004
54 · The Pool · Michael Shea · ss
88 · After the Election · Michael Northrop · vi
Weird Tales [v62 #2, Whole No. 344, April/May 2007] ed. George H. Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer (DNA Publications; Radford, VA, $5.95, 100pp, 8" x 10½", cover by Anita Zofia Siuda) 4 · The Eyrie · George H. Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer · ed 6 · Letters, Etc. · The Readers · lc 8 · Weirdism: Notes from a Damned Life · Caitlín R. Kiernan · cl 12 · Book Reviews · Scott Connors · br 15 · Filmic phantasms · Misc. · mr 18 · George R.R. Martin: On Magic, Science, and Darkness · Misc. · iv [George R. R. Martin] 24 · Mary Smith · Paul E. Martens · ss 30 · Faraji · Will Ludwigsen · ss 40 · The Man Who Carved Skulls · Richard Parks · ss 46 · Six Scents · Lisa Mantchev · ss 50 · Working Out Our Salvation · Trent Hergenrader · ss 54 · Directions to Mourning’s Deep · Scott William Carter · ss 56 · Wake 2041 · Douglas Kolacki · ss 62 · The Release · Kurt Newton · ss 66 · Spider Comes Home · Gerard Houarner · nv 77 · The Cryptic: Laughing with Kafka · Darrell Schweitzer · ar
Weird Tales [v62 #3, Whole No. 345, June/July 2007] ed. George H. Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer (DNA Publications; Radford, VA, $5.95, 88pp+, 8" x 10½", cover by Oliver Wetter) 4 · The Eyrie · Anonymous · ed 5 · Letters, etc. · The Readers · lc 6 · Weirdism: Not a Ghost of a Chance? · Darrell Schweitzer · iv [Lisa Tuttle]; Lisa Tuttle on belief in the supernatural. 8 · The Library: Howard Be Thy Name · Scott Connors · br 14 · Jacqueline Carey: Nine Questions for Kushiel’s Creator · Elizabeth Genco · iv [Jacqueline Carey] 16 · Fugue · Rae Dawn Carson · ss 24 · Bagged Lunch · Patrice E. Sarath · ss 33 · My Old Man’s Seance · Will Ludwigsen · pm 34 · Tom Edison and His Telegraphic Harpoon · Jay Lake · ss 41 · Kitty’s Zombie New Year [Kitty the werewolf] · Carrie Vaughn · ss 48 · In the Company of Women · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff & Mikal Trimm · ss 50 · Strawberry Thief · Ian Creasey · na 85 · The Cryptic: Hooray Bradbury · Darrell Schweitzer · cl
Weird Tales [v62 #4, Whole No. 346, September/October 2007] ed. George H. Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer (Wildside Press, $5.95, 96pp+, 8" x 10½", cover by Laura Wachter) 4 · The Eyrie · Anonymous · ed 5 · Letters, etc. · The Readers · lc 6 · Weirdism: Attack of the Ninja Spiders · Paul M. Berger · ms 10 · The Library · Scott Connors · br 14 · Interview: Mike Carey · Elizabeth Genco · ss 16 · Lost Pages · anon. · ms; A mysterious sheet of paper hidden within an old Lovecraft book. 17 · The Living and the Dead · Kendall Evans · pm 18 · Bob Bodey’s Body Parts · William Markly O’Neal · nv 34 · The Past Never Dies · Holly Phillips · nv 50 · Ravenous · Phil Brucato · ss 60 · Sold · Tanith Lee · ss 66 · The Drunken Mermaids · Mary Catelli · ss 74 · That Old-Time Religion · Ken Scholes · ss 84 · The Furious Host · Barth Anderson · ss 94 · Interview: Sephera Giron · Darrell Schweitzer · ss
Weird Tales [v62 #5, Whole No. 347, November/December 2007] ed. George H. Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer (Wildside Press, $5.95, 104pp+, 8½" x 10½", cover by Tanya S.-Victor)

4 · The Eyrie · Anon. · ed
5 · Letters from Weird Readers · The Readers · lc
6 · Weirdism: It Is Unwise to Wesemble a Wizard in the Dark · Michael J. DeLuca · cl
8 · The Library · Misc. · br
10 · Donald Tyson’s Necromicon Tarot · Elizabeth Genco · iv [Donald Tyson]
14 · The Messenger · Darrell Schweitzer · ss
23 · Bufo Rex · Erik Amundsen · ss
28 · Figure 5 · M. Thomas & Paul G. Tremblay · ss
35 · Catch · Amanda Downum · ss
46 · The Blank Card · Jonathan Wood · ss
56 · The Yankee at the Sitting-Up · Clayton Kroh · ss
58 · Excision · Scott Andrews · ss
68 · The Faeries’ Hoax · Nicholas Ozment · pm
70 · A Father’s Work · Michael Boatman · ss
84 · Excerpt from The Aviary · Jamie Tanner · ex
99 · Lost in Lovecraft · Kenneth Hite · cl
102 · The Cryptic · Darrell Schweitzer · cl
104 · Old Weird, New Weird · Misc. · cl
Weird Worlds [# 2, March 2007] ed. Steve Lines & John B. Ford (Rainfall Books, £7.00, 40pp+, A5, cover by Steve Lines) 1 · The Sword & the Skull · Simon Whitechapel · ss 11 · The Eyes of the Scorpion · Steve Lines · nv 37 · Ghost Kings · Michael Fantina · pm 38 · Haunter · Michael Fantina · pm
Whispers of Wickedness [#15, Summer 2007] ed. D & Peter Tennant (D-Press, £3.00, 62pp, A5, cover by Marcia Borell) Small press fantasy/horror magazine. 2 · Portrait of the Artist as a Good Host · R. J. Barker · ss; illus. Marcia Borell 13 · Her Eyes · Greg Schwartz · pm 14 · Teeth · Sean Parker · ss; illus. Bob Veon 21 · The Blue Pootle Column · Aliya Whiteley · cl 24 · The Lodger · J. R. Salling · pm 25 · The Grapes of Wrath · Bob Lock · pm 26 · Ding-Dong-Ditch · Charles A. Muir · ss; illus. Marcia Borell 34 · A Desire for Despair · Stephen Bacon · ss; illus. Marcia Borell 45 · The Doubtful Guests: A Report from the World Horror Convention, Toronto, 2007 · Gary McMahon · ar 52 · A Fascination with Knives · Colin Ingram · pm 57 · The View from Mrs Mote · Dan McNeil · ss
Zahir [#12, Spring 2007] ($5.00, 80pp+, digest, cover by Ben Tempchin) 6 · Second Law · Alexandra Penn · ss 15 · The Rocket Seamstress · Gray Rinehart · ss 29 · Notes Toward the Classification of the Lesser Moly · Sonya Taaffe · ss 33 · Waiting at One End of Time · Deb R. Lewis · vi 34 · Victor Moriarty’s Magnificent Underwater Endeavor · Joseph M. Kielec · ss 45 · My Piece of Sky · Debra Goldberg · ss 57 · The Smoke of Cigarettes · William Mingin · ss 60 · Julia Perceiving in Binary: A Futuristic Romance · Nicole Grieco · ss 69 · Traveling Companion · Jerry Underwood · ss 76 · Contributors · Misc. · bg
Zahir [#13, Summer 2007] (Zahir Publishing; Encinitas, CA, $5.00, 80pp+, digest, cover by Michele Guieu) 6 · The Kingdom of Grey · Davin Ireland · ss 17 · Mother’s Milk · Mary Overton · ss 33 · Indian Pipes · Christine Boyka Kluge · ss 35 · The Ragman · Craig DeLancey · ss 47 · Shem-el-Nessim · Chris Bell · ss 60 · Buttons · William Alexander · ss 62 · Fish Hawk · Richard Hobson · ss 71 · The Night Editor · David Misialowski · ss 78 · Contributors · Misc. · bg
_SF in Non-Genre Publications [2007] 80 · Sn Dolor · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss New Yorker Oct 15, 2007 86 · The King of Sentences · Jonathan Lethem · ss New Yorker Dec 17, 2007 160 · Dispatches from the Hyperlocal Future · Bruce Sterling · ss Wired Jul, 2007
Readercon 18 Souvenir Book ed. The Ad-Hoc Editorial Collective (Readercon, Jul 2007, 72pp, quarto, cover by Tamara Gurevitz)

2 · Karen & Lucius: A Portrait of Two Teachers · Charles Oberndorf · in *
4 · The Superior Liar · John Kessel · bg * [Lucius Shepard]; revised from “Why Listen to Lucius?” in Axolotl Special 1, Pulphouse, 1998.
6 · Boxing Lessons in a Bar · John Langan · bg * [Lucius Shepard]
9 · A Few Quiet Words in Praise of “Beast of the Heartland · Michael Swanwick · ar * [Lucius Shepard]
10 · Five Reasons Why Nobody Else Writes Like Lucius Shepard · James Patrick Kelly · ms *
11 · Chinandega · Lucius Shepard · na *
22 · A Lucius Shepard Bibliography · Misc. · bi *
27 · Figuring Karen Out · James Patrick Kelly · bg * [Karen Joy Fowler]
28 · Karen and Me · John Kessel · bg * [Karen Joy Fowler]
28 · In Appreciation of Karen Joy Fowler · Pat Murphy · bg * [Karen Joy Fowler]
29 · In Appreciation of Karen Joy Fowler · Maureen McHugh · bg * [Karen Joy Fowler]
29 · In Appreciation of Karen Joy Fowler · Eileen Gunn · bg * [Karen Joy Fowler]
30 · In Appreciation of Karen Joy Fowler · Jonathan Lethem · bg * [Karen Joy Fowler]
30 · In Appreciation of Karen Joy Fowler · Ellen Klages · bg * [Karen Joy Fowler]
30 · In Appreciation of Karen Joy Fowler · Molly Glass · bg * [Karen Joy Fowler]
30 · In Appreciation of Karen Joy Fowler · Gregory Frost · bg * [Karen Joy Fowler]
31 · In Appreciation of Karen Joy Fowler · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · bg * [Karen Joy Fowler]
31 · In Appreciation of Karen Joy Fowler · Jeff VanderMeer · bg * [Karen Joy Fowler]
31 · In Appreciation of Karen Joy Fowler · Kathryn Morrow · bg * [Karen Joy Fowler]
31 · In Appreciation of Karen Joy Fowler · James Morrow · bg * [Karen Joy Fowler]
32 · Mr. Jinx and Miss Lucy · Karen Joy Fowler · ex *
33 · A Karen Joy Fowler Bibliography · Misc. · bi *
37 · The Infernal Desire Machines of Angela Carter · Jeff VanderMeer · cr Carnage Hall #5 ’94 (+1) [Angela Carter]
51 · An Angela Carter Bibliography · Misc. · bi *
57 · Introducing William Hope Hodgson · Andy Robertson · bg * [William Hope Hodgson]
58 · Silence of the Night [Night Land] · John C. Wright · nv *
71 · The Readercon Committee · Misc. · bg *
Phantoms of the Phil: The Third Proceedings ed. Anon. (Side Real Press 0-9542953-3-1, 2007, £15.00, hc) Original anthology of ghost stories read by their authors in Newcastle’s private library, the Literary and Philosophical Society. Limited to 300 numbered copies.

· The Cricket Match at Green Lock · Sean O’Brien · ss *
· The Parasol · Gail-Nina Anderson · ss *
· Summer’s Lease · Chaz Brenchley · ss Postscripts May, 2007
· In the Silence Room · Sean O’Brien · ss *
· A Garland with Gloves · Gail-Nina Anderson · ss *
· The House of Mechanical Pain · Chaz Brenchley · ss *
Witchy Business ed. Anon. (Harlequin 037383716X, Sep 2007, $5.99, 304pp, pb) Original anthology of three supernatural romance novellas.

· Under His Spell · Julie Leto · na
· Disenchanted? · Rhonda Nelson · na
· Spirit Dance · Mia Zachary · na
So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction ed. Steve Berman (Haworth Positronic Press 978-1560235903, Sep 2007, $18.00, 370pp, tp)

· A Faun’s Tale · Tom Cardamone · ss *
· A Scent of Roses · Catherine Lundoff · ss *
· The Wand’s Boy · Richard Bowes · ss *
· A Bird of Ice · Craig Laurance Gidney · ss *
· Charming, A Tale of True Love · Ruby deBrazier & Cassandra Clare · ss *
· Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland · Sarah Monette · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #11, 2002
· The Kings of Oak and Holly · Kenneth D. Woods · ss *
· Detox · Elspeth Potter · ss *
· From Asphalt to Emeralds and Moonlight · Aynjel Kaye · ss *
· The Coat of Stars · Holly Black · ss *
· How the Ocean Loved Margie · Laurie J. Marks · ss *
· Isis in Darkness · Christopher Barzak · ss *
· Touch · M. Kate Havas · ss *
· Dark Collection · Luisa Prieto · ss *
· Attracting Opposites · Carl Vaughn Frick · ss *
· The Faerie Cony-Catcher · Delia Sherman · ss Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism, 1998
· Exiles · Sean Meriwether · ss *
· How Laura Left a Rotten Apple and Came Not to Regret the Cold of the Yukon · Lynne Jamneck · ss *
· Mr. Seeley · Melissa Scott · ss *
· Year of the Fox · Eugie Foster · nv *
· Ever So Much More Than Twenty · Joshua Lewis · ss *
· Mr. Grimm’s Faery Tale · Eric Andrews-Katz · ss *

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