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Canavan’s spot for 2020.
==========Legend==========
Genre
= adventure, espionage, western, thriller
= art, art history
= horror, fantasy
= history, biography, autobiography, current events
= humor
= literary criticism, essay
= literature, general fiction
= mystery, detective, crime
= science fiction
= science, philosophy
Other
💝 = entries rated 4 stars or above
🆕 = entries recently added to the list
🕓 = review/rating for a completed book is pending
==========Links==========
Links to HA story tracking threads from previous years
2013 2014 2015
2016 2017 2018
2019
Links to Canavan’s 2020 entries
Part 1 (collections published between 1846 and 1986)
Part 2 (1989-2001) Part 3 (2002-2008)
Part 4 (2008-2012) Part 5 (2012-2017)
Part 6 (2017-2018) Part 7 (2019-2020)
Part 8 (2020)
With the great anthologies I discovered this year, I no longer hesitate to read some good short stories, so I'm in.
1. Lagerkoller ****
2. Collection: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (M.R. James)
1. Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book **
2. Lost Hearts ****
3. The Mezzotint ****
4. The Ash-Tree
5. Number 13
6. Count Magnus
7. Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, my Lad
8. The Treasure of Abbott Thomas
3. Zombie Dash ***
4. Ich verwese ***
5. Anthology: Midnight in the Pentagram
0. Foreword (Ronald Malfi) *****
1. The Corn Maidens (Brian Moreland) *****
2. Father MacLeod *Tony Tremblay) **
3. Opening the Door (Kenneth McKinley) ***
4. The Other (Laurel Hightower) ***
5. Legion Cast Forth (Robert Ford) *****
6. Angel Dust (Shannon Felton) **
7. What I Wouldn't Give (Chad Lutzke) *****
8. Hellseed (Tim Curran) **
9. Devil's Ink (Mark Towse) ****
10. Baby Teeth (Azzurra Nox) ***
11. My Body (Wesley Southard) **
12. The Red Butcher of Wroclaw (Graham Masterton) ****
13. Dog Eat God (Kenneth W. Cain) *****
14. The Oubliette of Élie Loyd (Catherine Cavendish) ***
15. Discovering Mr. Jones (Cameron Ulam) *****
16. The Gods of Our Fathers (Todd Keisling) *****
17. I Know He Loves Me (James Newman) ****
18. Second Sight (Allan Leverone) ***
19. Familiy Reunion (Stephanie Ellis) ***
20. A Night Above (John Quick) *****
21. Brujeria (Michael Patrick Hicks) ****
22. White Walpurgis (Tim Meyer) ***
23. Family Business (Charlotte Platt) ****
24. Flaking Red Paint (Armand Rosamilia) ***
25. Diminishing Returns (P.D. Cacek) *****
26. The Story of a Lifetime (JG Faherty) **
27. The Furious Pour (Amanda Hard) ***
28. A Virgin Birth (William Meikle) ***
29. Complex (Jason Parent) ***
30. Black Jar Man (Mark Steensland) ****
31. Babylon Falling (Brian Keene) ***
32. Express (Edward M. Erdelac) ****
33. Witches' Night (Owl Goingback) *****
6. Harry Christmas: Ein Hirsch zu Weihnachten **
7. Flüsterwald - Eine Weihnachtsüberraschung ****
8. One Too Many ***
9. Hungry Business: A Short Story ***
1. Lagerkoller ****
2. Collection: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (M.R. James)
1. Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book **
2. Lost Hearts ****
3. The Mezzotint ****
4. The Ash-Tree
5. Number 13
6. Count Magnus
7. Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, my Lad
8. The Treasure of Abbott Thomas
3. Zombie Dash ***
4. Ich verwese ***
5. Anthology: Midnight in the Pentagram
0. Foreword (Ronald Malfi) *****
1. The Corn Maidens (Brian Moreland) *****
2. Father MacLeod *Tony Tremblay) **
3. Opening the Door (Kenneth McKinley) ***
4. The Other (Laurel Hightower) ***
5. Legion Cast Forth (Robert Ford) *****
6. Angel Dust (Shannon Felton) **
7. What I Wouldn't Give (Chad Lutzke) *****
8. Hellseed (Tim Curran) **
9. Devil's Ink (Mark Towse) ****
10. Baby Teeth (Azzurra Nox) ***
11. My Body (Wesley Southard) **
12. The Red Butcher of Wroclaw (Graham Masterton) ****
13. Dog Eat God (Kenneth W. Cain) *****
14. The Oubliette of Élie Loyd (Catherine Cavendish) ***
15. Discovering Mr. Jones (Cameron Ulam) *****
16. The Gods of Our Fathers (Todd Keisling) *****
17. I Know He Loves Me (James Newman) ****
18. Second Sight (Allan Leverone) ***
19. Familiy Reunion (Stephanie Ellis) ***
20. A Night Above (John Quick) *****
21. Brujeria (Michael Patrick Hicks) ****
22. White Walpurgis (Tim Meyer) ***
23. Family Business (Charlotte Platt) ****
24. Flaking Red Paint (Armand Rosamilia) ***
25. Diminishing Returns (P.D. Cacek) *****
26. The Story of a Lifetime (JG Faherty) **
27. The Furious Pour (Amanda Hard) ***
28. A Virgin Birth (William Meikle) ***
29. Complex (Jason Parent) ***
30. Black Jar Man (Mark Steensland) ****
31. Babylon Falling (Brian Keene) ***
32. Express (Edward M. Erdelac) ****
33. Witches' Night (Owl Goingback) *****
6. Harry Christmas: Ein Hirsch zu Weihnachten **
7. Flüsterwald - Eine Weihnachtsüberraschung ****
8. One Too Many ***
9. Hungry Business: A Short Story ***
My spot! Thanks for setting this up Char! :)
January
1. 'Swishbone' by Stephen Kerr, in The Were-Traveler, 3 May 2014. Horror
2. 'It's Spring in the Forever Zoo' by Bo Balder, in The Overcast #120 (7 January 2020), at http://theovercast.libsyn.com/overcas.... SF
3. 'Taking Note' by Soren James, in Dream of Shadows, December 2019, at https://www.dreamofshadows.co.uk/mont.... SF
4. 'Cookie’s Leverage' by C. B. Droege, in Manawaker's Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast, #0444, 12 December 2019, at http://www.manawaker.com/podcast/ffp-.... SF
5. 'Murder Unraveled' by Meredith A. Lang, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 11 January 2020, at https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... Mystery
6. 'The Unmoved Mover' by J. B. Toner, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 17 January 2020, at https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... Fantasy
7. 'The Kindly Dark' by J. B. Toner, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 8 June 2018, at https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... Fantasy
8. 'The Count' by Charles Robertson, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 25 October 2019, https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... Horror/Humour
9. 'Xanadu' by Alex Granados & Pete Wood, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 6 September 2019, https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... SF Humour
10. 'Eternia' by Kody Ford, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 27 September 2019, https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... General fiction
11. 'Don't Go in the Attic' by Alex Granados & Pete Wood, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 27 October 2017, https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... Paranormal humour
12. 'The Value of Folklore' by Greg Fewer, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 17 January 2020, at https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/... Fantasy/Horror
13. 'Annabelle' by Sally Mitch, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 4 October 2019, https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... General fiction
14. 'Crown Shy' by Maura Yzmore, in The Arcanist, 24 January 2020, at https://thearcanist.io/crown-shy-2af5.... Fantasy
15. 'Valhalla' by Geoffrey Hart, in Flash in a Flash, episode 42, 31 January 2020 (via email). Fantasy/Humour/Romance
16. 'Brian's Song' by Jeremy Bender, in The Arcanist, 31 January 2020, at https://thearcanist.io/brians-song-ba.... Fantasy/Humour
February
January
1. 'Swishbone' by Stephen Kerr, in The Were-Traveler, 3 May 2014. Horror
2. 'It's Spring in the Forever Zoo' by Bo Balder, in The Overcast #120 (7 January 2020), at http://theovercast.libsyn.com/overcas.... SF
3. 'Taking Note' by Soren James, in Dream of Shadows, December 2019, at https://www.dreamofshadows.co.uk/mont.... SF
4. 'Cookie’s Leverage' by C. B. Droege, in Manawaker's Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast, #0444, 12 December 2019, at http://www.manawaker.com/podcast/ffp-.... SF
5. 'Murder Unraveled' by Meredith A. Lang, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 11 January 2020, at https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... Mystery
6. 'The Unmoved Mover' by J. B. Toner, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 17 January 2020, at https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... Fantasy
7. 'The Kindly Dark' by J. B. Toner, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 8 June 2018, at https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... Fantasy
8. 'The Count' by Charles Robertson, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 25 October 2019, https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... Horror/Humour
9. 'Xanadu' by Alex Granados & Pete Wood, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 6 September 2019, https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... SF Humour
10. 'Eternia' by Kody Ford, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 27 September 2019, https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... General fiction
11. 'Don't Go in the Attic' by Alex Granados & Pete Wood, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 27 October 2017, https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... Paranormal humour
12. 'The Value of Folklore' by Greg Fewer, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 17 January 2020, at https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/... Fantasy/Horror
13. 'Annabelle' by Sally Mitch, in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, The Reading Lamp, 4 October 2019, https://www.pagespineficshowcase.com/.... General fiction
14. 'Crown Shy' by Maura Yzmore, in The Arcanist, 24 January 2020, at https://thearcanist.io/crown-shy-2af5.... Fantasy
15. 'Valhalla' by Geoffrey Hart, in Flash in a Flash, episode 42, 31 January 2020 (via email). Fantasy/Humour/Romance
16. 'Brian's Song' by Jeremy Bender, in The Arcanist, 31 January 2020, at https://thearcanist.io/brians-song-ba.... Fantasy/Humour
February
Canavan’s entries
Part 1
in: Danish Fairy Legends and Tales , Hans Christian Andersen (1846/1907 ed.)
1. “Tommelise” (alternate title: “Thumbelina”) (1835/trans. 1846) ✭✭
in: Tales and Fantasies , Robert Louis Stevenson (1905)
2. “The Body-Snatcher” (variant title: “The Body Snatcher”) (1884) ✭✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: The Lost Valley and Other Stories , Algernon Blackwood (1910)
3. “The Wendigo” (1910) ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
in: Mountain Interval , Robert Frost (1916)
4. “The Road Not Taken” ✭✭✭✭✭ 💝
5. “Christmas Trees” ✭✭✭✭ 💝
6. “An Old Man’s Winter Night” ✭✭✭½
7. “A Patch of Old Snow” ✭✭✭½
8. “In the Home Stretch” ✭✭✭✭ 💝
9. “The Telephone” ✭✭✭
10. “Meeting and Passing” ✭✭✭✭ 💝
11. “Hyla Brook” ✭✭✭✭ 💝
12. “The Oven Bird” ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
in: Imagine a Man in a Box , H. R. Wakefield (1931/1997 ed.) ✭✭
13. “The ‘Swimease’”, (1931) ✭½ 🆕
14. “Damp Sheets” (1929) ✭✭✭½
15. “The Lazaroid” (1931) ✭½
16. “Epilogue by Roger Bantock” (alternate title: “Poison”) (1930) ✭
in: Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space , Raymond J. Healy & J. Francis McComas (Eds.) (1946)
17. “Black Destroyer”, A. E. van Vogt (1939) ✭✭✭
in: Ghosts, Ghosts, Ghosts: Stories of Spooks and Spirits, Haunts and Hobgoblins, Werewolves and Will-o’-the-Wisps , Phyllis R. Fenner (Ed.) (1952) ✭✭½
18. “Fiddler, Play Fast, Play Faster”, Ruth Sawyer (1941) ✭✭✭
19. “The Golden Pitcher”, Bertha L. Gunterman (1928) ✭✭
20. “Prince Godfrey Frees Mountain Dwellers and Little Shepherds from a Savage Werewolf and from Witches”, Halina Górska (1946) ✭✭
21. “Cobbler, Cobbler, Mend My Shoe”, Jan Struther (1925) ✭✭✭
22. “The Cobra’s Hood”, Rupert Sargent Holland (1931) ✭✭½
in: The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Sixth Series , Anthony Boucher (Ed.) (1957) (All entries published 1956 unless otherwise noted.)
23. “The Cosmic Expense Account” (alternate title: “The Cosmic Charge Account”), C. M. Kornbluth ✭½
in: Octopussy and the Living Daylights , Ian Fleming (1966/2012 ed.) ✭✭½
24. “Octopussy” (1965) ✭✭½ 🆕
25. “The Living Daylights” (1962) ✭✭✭½ 🆕
26. “The Property of a Lady” (1963) ✭½ 🆕
27. “007 in New York” (1963) ✭✭ 🆕
in: The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series II , Richard Davis (Ed.) (1974) ✭✭✭
28. “The Long-Term Residents”, Kit Pedler (1971) ✭✭✭
29. “Als Twee Grote Witte Spinnen” (“Like Two White Spiders”), Eddy C. Bertin, (1971/1973 trans.) ✭✭✭
30. “David’s Worm”, Brian Lumley (1971) ✭✭½
31. “The Price of a Demon”, Gary Brandner (1972) ✭✭✭½
32. “The Knocker at the Portico”, Basil Copper (1971) ✭✭✭
33. “The Animal Fair”, Robert Bloch (1971) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
34. “The Old Horns”, Ramsey Campbell (as by J. Ramsey Campbell) (1973) ✭½
35. “Haggopian”, Brian Lumley (1973) ✭✭✭
36. “The Events at Poroth Farm”, T. E. D. Klein (1972) ✭✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: Whispers , Stuart David Schiff (Ed.) (1979)
37. “The House of Cthulhu”, Brian Lumley (1973) ✭✭
38. “Antiquities”, John Crowley (1977) ✭✭✭
39. “A Weather Report from the Top of the Stairs”, James Sallis & David Lunde (1973) ✭✭✭½
40. “A Weather Report from the Top of the Stairs”, James Sallis & David Lunde (1973/1977 rev.) ✭✭½
41. “The Scallion Stone”, Basil A. Smith (1977) ✭✭✭½
42. “The Inglorious Rise of the Catsmeat Man”, Robin Smyth (1971) ✭✭✭½
43. “The Pawnshop”, Charles E. Fritch (1977) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: Microcosmic Tales: 100 Wondrous Science Fiction Short-Short Stories , Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg (as by Martin Harry Greenberg), & Joseph D. Olander (Eds.) (1980)
44. “The Last Answer”, Isaac Asimov (1980) ✭✭½
45. “Package Deal”, Donald Franson (1980) ✭✭
46. “Lycanthrope”, Norm Hartman (as by Norman E. Hartman) (1976) ✭✭
47. “Gemini 74”, Jack Ritchie (1966) ✭✭
48. “Geever’s Flight”, Charles E. Fritch (1965) ✭✭✭½
49. “Lost and Found”, Phyllis Eisenstein (1978) ✭✭✭
50. “Pattern”, Fredric Brown (1954) ✭✭✭½
51. “Discovering a New Earth”, Robert Mattingly (1980) ✭✭✭
52. “Your Soul Comes C.O.D.”, Mack Reynolds (1952) ✭✭✭½
53. “Varieties of Technological Experience”, Barry N. Malzberg (1978) ✭½
54. “Listen, Love”, Jack Dann & George Zebrowski (1971) ✭½
55. “That Strain Again”, Charles Sheffield (1980) ✭✭
56. “Take Me to Your Leader”, George H. Smith (as by George Henry Smith) (1980) ✭✭✭
in: 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories , Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, & Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.) (1984) 🕓
57. “Sleep”, Steve Rasnic Tem (1982) ✭✭✭½
58. “Some Days Are Like That”, Bruce Balfour (1982) ✭✭✭½
59. “Temporarily at Liberty”, Lawrence Goldman (1951) ✭✭✭½
60. “The Thing That Stared”, Richard Wilson (1959) ✭✭✭½
61. “Thinking the Unthinkable”, Wil Creveling (1983) ✭✭✭½
62. “The Third Wish” (variant title: “Omnia Triste”), Rick Norwood (1972) ✭✭✭
63. “Those Three Wishes”, Judith Gorog (1982) ✭✭✭
64. “Thus I Refute”, Terry Carr (1972) ✭½
65. “The Toe”, Phyllis Ann Karr (1982) ✭½
66. “Tommy’s Christmas”, John R. Little (1983) ✭½
67. “The Tower Bird”, Jane Yolen (1978) ✭✭
68. “Vernon’s Dragon”, John Gregory Betancourt (1982) ✭½
69. “Weather Prediction”, Evelyn E. Smith (1955) ✭✭✭
70. “Wisher Takes All”, William F. Temple (1950) ✭✭½
71. “The World Where Wishes Worked”, Stephen Goldin (1971) ✭✭
in: Skeleton Crew , Stephen King (1985) ✭✭✭
72. “The Mist” (1980) ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
73. “Here There Be Tygers” (1968) ✭
74. “The Monkey” (1980) ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
75. “Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut” (1981) ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
76. “The Jaunt” (1981) ✭✭
77. “Paranoid: A Chant” (1985) ✭½
78. “The Raft” (1982) ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
79. “Beachworld” (1984) ✭
80. “Nona” (1978) ✭✭✭
81. “Survivor Type” (1982) ✭✭✭✭✭ 💝
82. “Gramma” (1984) ✭✭✭½
83. “The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet” (1984) ✭✭✭
in: Fire Watch , Connie Willis (1985)
84. “Fire Watch” (1983) ✭✭✭½
in: Blue Champagne , John Varley (1986)
85. “The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged)” (1984) ✭✭✭✭✭ 💝
I'm about to start, "Before I Wake" by David Morell. I've had some great experiences with Mr. Morell's earlier work.
Claiming my spot.
1. My romantic cabin getaway with my fiancee isn't exactly going as planned by: Felix Blackwell
2. Feed the Pig by: Elias Witherow
3. I received a box of horrifying tapes that revealed what happened to my missing wife by: Elias Witherow
4. Mayhem Mountain by: C.K. Walker
5. Has Anyone Heard of the Left/Right Game by: NeonTempo
6. Grandpa Mapped out his entire basement by: Harrison Prince
7. I Dared My Best Friend to Ruin My Life - He's Succeeding. by Harrison Prince
8. Infected Town by: Vainercupid
9. There's Something Inhuman South of Seattle If You Want To Go Looking For It by: atbest
1. My romantic cabin getaway with my fiancee isn't exactly going as planned by: Felix Blackwell
2. Feed the Pig by: Elias Witherow
3. I received a box of horrifying tapes that revealed what happened to my missing wife by: Elias Witherow
4. Mayhem Mountain by: C.K. Walker
5. Has Anyone Heard of the Left/Right Game by: NeonTempo
6. Grandpa Mapped out his entire basement by: Harrison Prince
7. I Dared My Best Friend to Ruin My Life - He's Succeeding. by Harrison Prince
8. Infected Town by: Vainercupid
9. There's Something Inhuman South of Seattle If You Want To Go Looking For It by: atbest
My spot
In: Read by Dawn: Volume 1 Ramsey Campbell
1. The Colour in the Jar by David McGillveray ☆☆☆
2. Last day on the job by Jeff Jacobson ☆☆☆
3. Bloodwalker by Michele Lee ☆☆☆
4. The face in the glass by Brian G Ross ☆☆☆☆
5. The seventh green at lost lakes by Scott Brendel ☆☆☆☆
6. Zombie fishing trip by Brian Rosenberger (Poem) ☆☆
7. The bridge chamber by Rayne Hall ☆☆
8. Lessons by Katherine A Patterson ☆☆☆
9. Popee by Justin Madison ☆☆☆
10. Before you say anything by Amanda Lawrence Auverigne ☆☆☆☆
11. The bride that wore black by Brian Rosenberg ☆☆
12. The Sutherland King by David Hutchison ☆☆☆☆
13. Payday by Bryce Stevens ☆☆☆
14. The little girl who lives in the woods by Ralph Robert Moore ☆☆☆☆☆
15. The Kylesku trow by Stefan Pearson ☆☆☆
16. The bloom of decay by Patricia MacCormack ☆☆☆
17. Final girl by Joe L Murr ☆☆☆☆☆
18. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1943) by Lavie Tidbar ☆☆
19. Evangeline by Andrew J Wilson ☆☆☆☆
20. For a steal by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime ☆☆☆☆
21. Frankie by Matt Wedge ☆☆☆☆☆
22. Stuck by Samuel Minier ☆☆☆
23. House broken by James Reilly ☆☆☆☆
24. The woman who coughs up flies by David Turnbull ☆☆☆
25. Special offer by John Llewellyn Probert ☆☆☆☆☆
26. Body hunt by Chet Gottfried ☆☆☆
27. A place of revelation by Ramsey Campbell ☆☆☆
28. What Betty saw by Joel Jacobs ☆☆☆☆☆
In: Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti
Dreams for Sleepwalkers
29. The Frolic ☆☆☆☆☆
30. Les Fleurs ☆☆☆☆
31. Alice's last Adventure ☆☆☆☆
32. Dream of a Manikin ☆☆☆☆
33. The Nyctalops Trilogy:
I. The Chymist ☆☆☆☆☆
II. Drink to Me Only with Labyrinthine Eyes ☆☆☆☆
III. Eye of the Lynx ☆☆☆
34. Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story ☆☆☆☆
Dreams for Insomniacs
35. The Christmas Eves of Aunt Elise ☆☆☆☆
Dreadful Tales by Richard Laymon
36. Invitation to Murder
37. The Grab
38. Saving Grace
39. Barney's Bigfoot Museum
40. Herman
41. The Champion
42. The Maiden
43. A Good Cigar is a Smoke
44. I'm not a Criminal
45. Oscar's Audition
46. Into the Pit
In: Read by Dawn: Volume 1 Ramsey Campbell
1. The Colour in the Jar by David McGillveray ☆☆☆
2. Last day on the job by Jeff Jacobson ☆☆☆
3. Bloodwalker by Michele Lee ☆☆☆
4. The face in the glass by Brian G Ross ☆☆☆☆
5. The seventh green at lost lakes by Scott Brendel ☆☆☆☆
6. Zombie fishing trip by Brian Rosenberger (Poem) ☆☆
7. The bridge chamber by Rayne Hall ☆☆
8. Lessons by Katherine A Patterson ☆☆☆
9. Popee by Justin Madison ☆☆☆
10. Before you say anything by Amanda Lawrence Auverigne ☆☆☆☆
11. The bride that wore black by Brian Rosenberg ☆☆
12. The Sutherland King by David Hutchison ☆☆☆☆
13. Payday by Bryce Stevens ☆☆☆
14. The little girl who lives in the woods by Ralph Robert Moore ☆☆☆☆☆
15. The Kylesku trow by Stefan Pearson ☆☆☆
16. The bloom of decay by Patricia MacCormack ☆☆☆
17. Final girl by Joe L Murr ☆☆☆☆☆
18. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1943) by Lavie Tidbar ☆☆
19. Evangeline by Andrew J Wilson ☆☆☆☆
20. For a steal by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime ☆☆☆☆
21. Frankie by Matt Wedge ☆☆☆☆☆
22. Stuck by Samuel Minier ☆☆☆
23. House broken by James Reilly ☆☆☆☆
24. The woman who coughs up flies by David Turnbull ☆☆☆
25. Special offer by John Llewellyn Probert ☆☆☆☆☆
26. Body hunt by Chet Gottfried ☆☆☆
27. A place of revelation by Ramsey Campbell ☆☆☆
28. What Betty saw by Joel Jacobs ☆☆☆☆☆
In: Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti
Dreams for Sleepwalkers
29. The Frolic ☆☆☆☆☆
30. Les Fleurs ☆☆☆☆
31. Alice's last Adventure ☆☆☆☆
32. Dream of a Manikin ☆☆☆☆
33. The Nyctalops Trilogy:
I. The Chymist ☆☆☆☆☆
II. Drink to Me Only with Labyrinthine Eyes ☆☆☆☆
III. Eye of the Lynx ☆☆☆
34. Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story ☆☆☆☆
Dreams for Insomniacs
35. The Christmas Eves of Aunt Elise ☆☆☆☆
Dreadful Tales by Richard Laymon
36. Invitation to Murder
37. The Grab
38. Saving Grace
39. Barney's Bigfoot Museum
40. Herman
41. The Champion
42. The Maiden
43. A Good Cigar is a Smoke
44. I'm not a Criminal
45. Oscar's Audition
46. Into the Pit
Canavan’s entries
Part 2
in: InfinityPlus.co.uk
86. “Raft”, Stephen Baxter (1989), retrieved 1/31/2020, from http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories... ✭½
in: The 1989 Annual World’s Best SF , Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha (Eds.) (1989) (All entries published 1988.)
87. “The Giving Plague”, David Brin ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
88. “Peaches for Mad Molly”, Steven Gould ✭✭✭
in: 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories , Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert A. Weinberg, & Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.) (1993)
89. “John Charrington’s Wedding”, Edith Nesbit (1891) ✭✭✭
90. “Kharu Knows All”, Renier Wyers (1936) ✭✭✭
91. “The Last of Squire Ennismore”, J. H. Riddell (as by Mrs. J. H. Riddell) (1888) ✭✭✭
92. “The Light Was Green, John Rawson Speer (1938) ✭½
93. “Le violon du pendu” (“The Murderer’s Violin”), Émile Erckmann & Alexandre Chatrian (as by Erckmann-Chatrian) (1860/trans. 1877) ✭✭
in: Nightmares & Dreamscapes , Stephen King (1993)
94. “Brooklyn August” (1971) ✭✭✭
95. “The Beggar and the Diamond” ✭✭✭ (1993)
in: 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories , Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, & Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.) (1994)
96. “El almohadón de plumas” (“The Feather Pillow”), Horacio Quiroga (1907/trans. 1976) ✭½
97. “The Fisherman’s Special”, H. L. Thomson (1939) ✭✭✭
in: Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown , Marvin Kaye (Ed.) (1994)
98. “Man Overboard” (variant title: “Man Overboard!”), Winston S. Churchill (1899) ✭✭✭
99. “The Happy Children”, Arthur Machen (1920) ✭✭✭
100. “Darby O’Gill and the Good People”, Herminie Templeton Kavanagh (1901) ✭✭½
in: All Hallows, Issue 6, Barbara Roden & Christopher Roden (Eds.) (June 1994) ✭✭✭
101. “The Montague Fragment”, William I. I. Read ✭✭½
in: All Hallows, Issue 7, Barbara Roden & Christopher Roden (Eds.) (October 1994)
102. “In Pursuit of The Countess of Lowndes Square”, Jack Adrian ✭✭
103. “Ghost Story Cover Art 4: Felix Kelly”, Jack Adrian ✭✭✭
104. “Hacked to Bits”, Ramsey Campbell ✭✭½
105. “Dancers”, William Meikle ✭✭✭
106. “Dead Man’s Pears”, Barbara Roden ✭✭✭✭ 💝
107. “Walk This Way”, John Whitbourn ✭✭✭
in: The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Twelfth Annual Collection , Gardner Dozois (Ed.) (1995) (All entries published 1994.)
108. “None So Blind”, Joe Haldeman ✭✭
in: Ghosts in the House , A. C. Benson & R. H. Benson (1996)
109. “Out of the Sea”, A. C. Benson (1905) ✭✭✭
110. “Mr. Percival’s Tale”, R. H. Benson (1907) ✭✭
111. “The Traveller”, R. H. Benson (1903) ✭✭✭
in: Asimov’s Science Fiction, Vol. 20, No. 5, Whole No. 245, Gardner Dozois (Ed.) (May 1996)
112. “A Silurian Tale”, Steven Utley ✭✭
in: The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Thirteenth Annual Collection , Gardner Dozois (Ed.) (1996) (All entries published 1995.)
113. “The Lincoln Train”, Maureen McHugh ✭✭✭½
in: Midnight Never Comes , Barbara Roden & Christopher Roden (Eds.) (1997) (All entries published 1997 unless otherwise noted.) ✭✭✭
114. “‘Father’ O’Flynn and the Fressingfold Friezes”, Tina Rath ✭✭✭
115. “The Snug”, Terry Lamsley ✭✭✭✭½ 💝 🆕
116. “The Sheelagh-na-gig”, Rosemary Pardoe ✭✭✭ 🆕
117. “Bury My Heart at Southerham (East Sussex)”, John Whitbourn ✭✭ 🆕
118. “The Scent of Oranges”, Jonathan Aycliffe ✭✭✭ 🆕
119. “Outside the Gates”, Marni Griffin ✭✭✭ 🆕
120. “The Galilean”, David G. Rowlands ✭✭✭ 🆕
121. “The Mouth of the Medusa”, Ron Weighell ✭✭✭½ 🆕
122. “The Chinese Scholar”, G. W. Howarth ✭✭½ 🆕
123. “The Mason’s Leech”, Steve Burt (1994) ✭✭ 🆕
124. “Journey Through a Wall”, Rhys Hughes ✭✭✭½ 🆕
125. “Swallowing a Dirty Seed”, Simon Clark ✭✭✭ 🆕
126. “To Capture a Perfect Wave”, Jesse F. Knight ✭✭✭ 🆕
127. “The Marsh Warden”, Steve Duffy (1997) ✭✭✭✭ 💝 🆕
in: The Terror by Night , E. F. Benson, Jack Adrian (Ed.) (1998) ✭✭✭
128. “Gavon’s Eve” (1906) ✭✭✭
129. “The Shootings at Achnaleish” (1906) ✭✭
130. “The Bus-Conductor” (1906) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
131. “The Terror by Night” (1912) ✭✭✭½
132. “The House with the Brick-Kiln” (1908) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
133. “Between the Lights” (1912) ✭✭✭½
134. “Caterpillars” (1912) ✭✭½
135. “Outside the Door” (1910) ✭✭½
136. “The Thing in the Hall” (1912) ✭✭✭
137. “The Other Bed” (1908) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
138. “How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery” (1911) ✭✭✭½
in: In Violet Veils and Other Tales of the Connoisseur , Mark Valentine (1999) ✭✭✭
139. “The Effigies” (1990) ✭✭✭
140. “After the Darkness” (1990) ✭✭✭
141. “The Paravine Cries” (1995) ✭✭✭½
142. “Pale Roses” (1999) ✭✭
143. “In Violet Veils” (1999) ✭✭✭½
144. “The Lost Moon” (1999) ✭✭✭½
145. “Café Lucifer” (1999) ✭✭✭½
146. “The Craft of Arioch” (1999) ✭✭✭½
147. “The Secret Stars” (1999) ✭✭✭
in: Shadows and Silence , Barbara Roden & Christopher Roden (Eds.) (2000)
148. “The Man in the Blue Mercedes”, Frances Oliver ✭✭✭✭✭ 💝
149. “The Graveyard”, Don Tumasonis ✭✭✭✭✭ 💝
150. “The Slow Fall of Dust in a Quiet Place”, Steve Rasnic Tem ✭✭½ 🆕
in: 13: A Collection of Ghost Stories, Rick Kennett (2001) ✭✭✭
151. “Bottle Green Dreams” (1995) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
152. “Kindred Spirits” (1985) ✭½
153. “Log Recording Found in a Dead Man’s Gut” (1991) ✭✭
154. “The Windows” (1991) ✭✭✭½
155. “The Battle of Leila the Dog” (1991) ✭✭½
156. “The Road to Utopia Plain” (1994) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
157. “The View from Stickney Crater” (1997) ✭✭½
in: Supernatural Tales , Issue 1, David Longhorn (Ed.) (2001) ✭✭✭
158. “Lord of the Flies”, David G. Rowlands ✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: Supernatural Tales, Issue 2, David Longhorn (Ed.) (2001) ✭✭✭
159. “Cats and Architecture”, Chico Kidd ✭✭✭✭ 💝
160. “Off the Map”, Michael Chislett ✭✭✭✭ 💝
Canavan’s entries
Part 3
in: No. 472 Cheyne Walk: Carnacki: the Untold Stories , Chico Kidd (as by A. F. Kidd) & Rick Kennett (2002)
161. “The Darkness”, Chico Kidd (as by A. F. Kidd) (1992) ✭✭✭½
162. “Matheson’s Influence”, Chico Kidd (as by A. F. Kidd) (1992) ✭✭✭
163. “The Witch’s Room”, Chico Kidd (as by A. F. Kidd) (1994) ✭✭✭
in: A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings , Charles Dickens (2003)
164. “A Christmas Carol” (1843) ✭✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: Asimov’s Science Fiction, Vol. 27, No. 7, Whole No. 330, Gardner Dozois (Ed.) (July 2003)
165. “The Empress of Mars”, Kage Baker ✭✭✭
in: In Quinn’s Paddock , Rick Kennett (2003) ✭✭✭½
166. “In Quinn’s Paddock” ✭✭✭½
in: Masques and Citadels: More Tales of the Connoisseur , Mark Valentine (2003)
167. “The Hesperian Dragon” ✭✭✭
168. “The Lighting of the Vial” ✭✭½
in: Sea Mist , E. F. Benson, Jack Adrian (Ed.) (2005)
169. “James Lamp” (1930) ✭✭✭½
170. “The Step” (alternate title: “The Face” (1931) ✭✭✭½
in: Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse , John Joseph Adams (Ed.) (2008)
171. “The End of the Whole Mess”, Stephen King (1986) ✭✭
172. “Salvage”, Orson Scott Card (1986) ✭✭½
173. “Bread and Bombs”, M. Rickert (2003) ✭✭½
174. “How We Got In Town and Out Again”, Jonathan Lethem (1996) ✭✭✭½
175. “Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels”, George R. R. Martin (1973) ✭✭✭
176. “Waiting for the Zephyr”, Tobias S. Buckell (2002) ✭✭½
177. “Still Life with Apocalypse”, Richard Kadrey (2002/2008 rev.) ✭✭
178. “And the Deep Blue Sea”, Elizabeth Bear (2005) ✭✭✭
179. “The End of the World As We Know It”, Dale Bailey (2004) ✭✭✭
in: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume 19 , Stephen Jones (Ed.) (2008) (All entries published 2007.)
180. “Pumpkin Night”, Gary McMahon ✭✭✭½
181. “The Church on the Island”, Simon Kurt Unsworth ✭✭✭
in: The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories , John Kessel (2008)
182. “Pride and Prometheus” (2008) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: Free-Range Chickens , Simon Rich (2008) (All entries published 2008 unless otherwise noted.) ✭✭½
183. “Terrifying Childhood Experiences” ✭½
184. “When I Lost My First Tooth” ✭✭✭½
185. “A Conversation Between the People Who Hid in My Closet Every Night When I Was Seven” ✭✭✭½
186. “If Adults Were Subjected to the Same Indignities as Children” ✭✭✭
187. “My Top Secret Seventh-Grade Diary” ✭✭✭
188. “Frogs” ✭✭✭✭ 💝
189. “Middle-School Phone Conversation” ✭✭✭
190. “Bar Mitzvah” ✭✭✭
191. “Deal with God”, Simon Rich ✭✭✭
192. “What I Imagined the People Around Me Were Saying When I Was...” (alternate title: “Hey, Look”) (2007) ✭✭✭½
193. “How My Mother Imagined the Police” ✭✭✭½
194. “Ninth-Grade Experiments” ✭✭✭
195. “Choose Your Own Adventure” ✭✭✭✭ 💝
196. “Actor’s Worst Nightmare” (n.d./2008 rev.) ✭✭
197. “Demands” ✭✭✭½
198. “Gotham City Hall” ✭✭✭✭ 💝
199. “World’s Oldest Profession” ✭✭½
200. “Worst Nightmare” ✭✭✭½
201. “The Only E-mails I Could Receive That Would Justify the Frequency with Which I Check My E-mail” ✭✭✭
202. “An Interview with Stephen Hawking” ✭✭✭
203. “The Final Moments of the Titanic” ✭✭✭
204. “Acupuncture School” ✭✭½
205. “The Official Rules of Boxing” ✭✭✭
206. “Secret Service” ✭✭½
207. “Logic Problems” ✭✭½
208. “Time Machine” ✭✭
209. “Amusement” (n.d./2008 rev.) ✭✭½
210. “Marathon” ✭✭½
211. “Opium Wars” ✭✭✭
212. “All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Fantasy” ✭½
213. “The Eleventh Hour” ✭✭½
214. “Next Move” ✭✭✭½
215. “Match.com Profile” ✭✭✭
216. “Donors Needed” ✭✭✭
217. “Summers Abroad” ✭✭✭
218. “Being of Sound Mind” ✭✭✭
219. “Moses” ✭✭✭
220. “I Think My Teenaged Daughter Knows I Read Her Diary” ✭✭✭
221. “Last Supper” ✭✭✭
222. “What I Want My Tombstone to Say When I Die of Encephalitis Next Week” ✭✭✭
223. “Thor’s Day” ✭✭½
224. “Free-Range Chickens” (n.d./2008 rev.) ✭✭✭
225. “Dalmatians” ✭✭½
226. “Lab Study” ✭✭½
227. “Herbert Hoover” ✭✭
228. “Prehistoric Life” ✭✭
229. “Everything Happens for a Reason” ✭✭
230. “Intelligent Design” ✭✭
231. “Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?” ✭✭
232. “A Miracle” ✭✭½
233. “Saint Agnes the Martyr” ✭½
234. “God Has a Plan for All of Us” ✭✭
235. “Made for Each Other” ✭✭
I'm going to try this too. Here is my spot!
1. The Village Bake Sale - A Zombie Revenge Story
2. The Machine
3. The Beggar's Bowl
4. The Servants
5. Poppy's Prize
6. Corporate Cannibal: A Short Zombie Story
7. Outpost
8. Human Waste
9. Nightlife: Selected Cuts from Dark Albion,
#2
10. Treehouse
11. Empathy
12. Hard Times Come To Everybody
1. The Village Bake Sale - A Zombie Revenge Story
2. The Machine
3. The Beggar's Bowl
4. The Servants
5. Poppy's Prize
6. Corporate Cannibal: A Short Zombie Story
7. Outpost
8. Human Waste
9. Nightlife: Selected Cuts from Dark Albion,
#2
10. Treehouse
11. Empathy
12. Hard Times Come To Everybody
Canavan’s entries
Part 4
in: Shades of Darkness , Barbara Roden & Christopher Roden (Eds.) (2008)
236. “The Oram County Whoosit”, Steve Duffy ✭✭✭✭✭ 💝
237. “Cold Reading”, Simon Bestwick ✭✭✭½
238. “Smugglers”, Guenther Primig ✭✭✭✭½ 💝 🆕
239. “The Old Traditions Are Best”, Paul Finch ✭✭✭ 🆕
in: The Rite of Trebizond and Other Tales , Mark Valentine & John Howard (2008)
240. “Mrs. Wintergreen”, Mark Valentine ✭✭½
in: He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson , Christopher Conlon (Ed.) (2009)
241. “Return to Hell House”, Nancy A. Collins ✭✭✭
in: The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection , Gardner Dozois (Ed.) (2009) (All entries published 2008.)
242. “Boojum”, Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette ✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: Hellbound Hearts , Paul Kane & Marie O’Regan (Eds.) (2009)
243. “Prisoners of the Inferno”, Peter Atkins ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
244. “The Cold”, Conrad Williams ✭✭✭
245. “The Confessor's Tale”, Sarah Pinborough ✭✭✭½
246. “Hellbound Hollywood”, Mick Garris ✭✭
247. “Mechanisms”, Christopher Golden & Mike Mignola ✭✭✭✭ 💝
248. “Every Wrong Turn”, Tim Lebbon ✭✭
249. “The Collector”, Kelley Armstrong ✭✭½
250. “Bulimia”, Richard Christian Matheson ✭✭½
251. “Orfeo the Damned”, Nancy Holder ✭✭½
252. “Our Lord of Quarters”, Simon Clark ✭✭½
253. “Wordsworth”, Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean (Artist) (1993) ✭✭✭½
254. “A Little Piece of Hell”, Steve Niles ✭✭✭
255. “The Dark Materials Project”, Sarah Langan ✭✭✭
in: The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection , Gardner Dozois (Ed.) (2010) (All entries published 2009.)
256. “Utriusque Cosmi”, Robert Charles Wilson ✭✭✭✭ 💝
257. “A Story, With Beans”, Steven Gould ✭✭✭½
258. “Crimes and Glory”, Paul McAuley ✭✭✭½
259. “The Island”, Peter Watts ✭✭✭½
260. “Mongoose”, Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
261. “Act One”, Nancy Kress ✭✭✭½
262. “One of Our Bastards Is Missing”, Paul Cornell ✭✭✭½
263. “Edison’s Frankenstein”, Chris Roberson ✭✭✭½
in: The Green Hills of Earth & The Menace from Earth , Robert A. Heinlein (2009)
264. “The Menace from Earth” (1957) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: Stories: All-New Tales , Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio (Eds.) (2010)
265. “Blood”, Roddy Doyle ✭✭✭✭ 💝
266. “Fossil-Figures”, Joyce Carol Oates ✭✭✭½
267. “Wildfire in Manhattan”, Joanne Harris ✭✭½
268. “The Stars Are Falling”, Joe R. Lansdale ✭✭✭
269. “Goblin Lake”, Michael Swanwick ✭✭✭✭ 💝
270. “Let the Past Begin”, Jonathan Carroll ✭✭✭
271. “The Devil on the Staircase”, Joe Hill ✭✭✭½
in: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume 21 , Stephen Jones (Ed.) (2010) (All entries published 2009.)
272. “The Woods”, Michael Kelly ✭✭✭
273. “Out and Back”, Barbara Roden ✭✭✭½
274. “The Game of Bear”, M. R. James & Reggie Oliver ✭✭✭✭ 💝
275. “After the Ape”, Stephen Volk ✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: Black Wings: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror , S. T. Joshi (Ed.) (2010)
276. “Pickman's Other Model (1929)”, Caitlín R. Kiernan ✭✭✭✭ 💝 🆕
277. “Desert Dreams”, Donald R. Burleson ✭ 🆕
278. “Engravings”, Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. ✭½ 🆕
279. “Copping Squid”, Michael Shea ✭✭✭½ 🆕
280. “Passing Spirits”, Sam Gafford ✭✭✭ 🆕
281. “The Broadsword”, Laird Barron ✭✭✭✭½ 💝 🆕
in: Shadows & Tall Trees, Issue 1, Michael Kelly (Ed.) (2010) ✭✭✭
282. “Crow's Nest”, Joel Lane ✭✭✭½
283. “Stone Head”, Adam Golaski ✭✭✭✭ 💝
284. “The Coming of Ghosts”, Sandra Kasturi ✭✭
285. “Everything Floats”, Simon Strantzas ✭✭
286. “The Ghost Days of Melody Brown”, Geordie Williams Flantz ✭✭✭
287. “The Blue Notebooks”, Nicholas Royale ✭✭
in: The Best of Joe R. Lansdale , Joe R. Lansdale (2010)
288. “Not from Detroit” (1988) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: Supernatural Tales , Issue 17, David Longhorn (Ed.) (Summer 2010) ✭✭✭
289. “The Tunnel”, Peter Bell ✭✭✭✭✭ 💝
290. “Mr. Nousel's Mirror”, Michael Keyton ✭✭✭½
291. “The Dress”, Elizabeth Brown ✭✭✭½
292. “13 Nassau Street”, Martin Hayes ✭✭✭
293. “Cabin D”, Ian Rogers ✭½
294. “The Language of the Nameless Region”, Richard Gavin ✭✭½
295. “Lessons”, Katherine Haynes ✭✭½
in: The Silent Companion, Issue 6, António Monteiro (Ed.) (2010) (All entries published 2010 unless otherwise noted.) ✭✭½
296. “The Lingering”, Mark Valentine ✭✭
297. “Young, Gifted and Dead”, Sue Gedge ✭½
298. “An Episode of a Missing Host”, Ian Bunting ✭✭
299. “The Wedding Cake Hotel”, Carole Tyrell ✭✭✭
300. “Cry Baby”, Colin Westney ✭✭½
301. “Five and Twenty to Eleven”, Katherine Haynes ✭✭✭
302. “...and Three to Go”, Ken Cowley (1999) ✭✭✭
303. “The Serious Sister at No. 23”, Nigel Wilson ✭✭✭
in: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary , David Sedaris (2010)
304. “The Sick Rat and the Healthy Rat” ✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: The Third Bear , Jeff VanderMeer (2010)
305. “The Situation” (2008) ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
in: The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection , Gardner Dozois (Ed.) (2011) (All entries published 2010.)
306. “The Things”, Peter Watts ✭✭✭½
307. “Amaryllis”, Carrie Vaughn ✭✭✭½
in: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume 22 , Stephen Jones (Ed.) (2011) (All entries published 2010.)
308. “The Pier”, Thana Niveau ✭✭✭ 🆕
309. “Losenef Express”, Mark Samuels ✭✭✭✭ 💝 🆕
310. “Lesser Demons”, Norman Partridge ✭✭✭ 🆕
311. “As Red as Red”, Caitlín R. Kiernan ✭✭✭✭ 💝 🆕
312. “City of the Dog”, John Langan ✭✭✭✭ 💝 🆕
in: Shoggoths in Bloom , Elizabeth Bear (2012)
313. “Tideline” (2007) ✭✭✭✭✭ 💝
314. “Sonny Liston Takes the Fall” (2008) ✭✭✭½
315. “Annie Webber” (2008) ✭✭✭½
in: A Certain Slant of Light , Peter Bell (2012) ✭✭✭½
316. “Lamia” (2012) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
317. “Bewitched” (2012) ✭✭½
318. “Millennium Ball” (2002/2012 rev.) ✭✭½
319. “Archangel” (2008/2012 rev.) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
320. “Only Sleeping” (2004/2012 rev.) ✭✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: Unfit for Eden: Postscripts 26/27 , Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers (Eds.) (2012)
321. “Borough Station”, Simon Kurt Unsworth ✭✭✭½
Canavan’s entries
Part 5
in: The Mammoth Book of Steampunk , Sean Wallace (Ed.) (2012)
323. “Fixing Hanover”, Jeff VanderMeer (2008) ✭✭✭½ 🆕
324. “Icebreaker”, E. Catherine Tobler (2012) ✭✭½ 🆕
325. “Tom Edison and His Amazing Telegraphic Harpoon”, Jay Lake (2007) ✭✭ 🆕
326. “The Zeppelin Conductors’ Society Annual Gentlemen’s Ball”, Genevieve Valentine (2010) ✭✭✭ 🆕
327. “Prayers of Forges and Furnaces”, Aliette de Bodard (2012) ✭✭✭ 🆕
in: The Best Small Fictions 2015 , Robert Olen Butler (Guest Ed.) & Tara L. Masih (Series Ed.) (2015) (All entries published 2014.)
328. “Scarlet Fever”, Stefanie Freele ✭✭½
329. “How to Disassemble Your Father’s Ghost (Winter)”, Jonathan Humphrey ✭✭
330. “Reasons for Elevators”, Lindsey Drager ✭✭½
331. “Wimbledon”, Seth Brady Tucker ✭½
332. “Apocryphal”, Lisa Marie Basile ✭
333. “Last Exit Before Toll”, James Keegan ✭✭✭½
334. “It Will Never Be Deep Enough”, Jane Liddle ✭✭
335. “Before She Was a Memory”, Emma Bolden ✭✭✭
in: TheParisReview.com, Lorin Stein (Ed.)
336. “The Most Misread Poem in America”, David Orr (11 September 2015), retrieved 1/1/2020, from https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2... ✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: The Dark and What It Said , Rick Kennett (2016) ✭✭✭½
337. “The Dark and What It Said” (2007) ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
338. “Anningley Hall, Early Morning” (2012) ✭✭✭
339. “Chinese Whispers” (2002) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
340. “The Cross Talk” (2004) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
341. “All on St. Mark’s Eve” (2010) ✭✭✭½
342. “Isle of the Dancing Dead” (1991) ✭✭✭
343. “On the Other Side” (2011) ✭✭
344. “Out of the Storm” (1992) ✭✭✭½
345. “The Outsider” (1992) ✭✭✭
346. “Time in a Rice Bowl” (1991) ✭✭½
347. “The Seas of Castle Hill Road” (1992) ✭✭✭
in: The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales , Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe (Eds.) (2016)
348. “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar ✭✭✭✭✭ 💝
349. “When I Lay Frozen”, Margo Lanagan ✭✭✭
in: The 32nd Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack , Frederik Pohl (2016)
350. “The Tunnel Under the World” (1955) ✭✭✭ 🆕
in: Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries & Lore , Paula Guran (Ed.) (2017)
351. “The Fort Moxie Branch”, Jack McDevitt (1988) ✭✭✭
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Canavan’s entries
Part 6
in: Apocalypse-a-Day Desk Calendar, Volume 1 , Norman Prentiss (2017)
352. “January 1: New Year’s Day” ✭✭
353. “January 2: National Science Fiction Day (Unofficial, US): Birthday of Isaac Asimov” ✭✭½
354. “January 3: Anniversary of a 1958 Fire at the Top of the Eiffel Tower” ✭✭
355. “January 4: World Braille Day” ✭✭
356. “January 5: Twelfth Night” ✭✭½
357. “January 6: Daylight Saving” ✭✭½
358. “January 7: The Mantell UFO Incident” ✭
359. “January 8: International Typing Day” ✭✭½
360. “January 9: Broken Resolution Day” ✭✭✭
361. “January 10: 1927 — Release Date in Germany of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis” ✭✭✭
362. “January 11: Grand Canyon National Monument, Designated as a National Park in 1919” ✭✭½
363. “January 12: Bedford Day” ✭✭✭
364. “January 13: The US Food and Drug Administration Implements a New Policy Requiring All Blood Donations Be Labelled As ‘Paid’ or ‘Volunteer’” ✭½
365. “January 14: Terrorism” ✭
366. “January 15: Completion of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company Building in 1936 — The First Building to Be Covered Entirely in Glass” ✭½
367. “January 16: Birthday of John Carpenter, Director of Halloween, The Fog, and Other Cult Classics” ½
368. “January 17: Sharing the Apocalypse: A Poem” ✭½
369. “January 18: 1896 — First Exhibit/Display of an X-Ray Generator” ✭½
370. “January 19: 1986 — (c)Brain, the First IBM PC Virus” ✭✭½
371. “January 20: Alien Invasion Scenario #3-X” ✭✭½
372. “January 21: National Hugging Day” ✭✭½
373. “January 22: 1788 — Birthdate of English Romantic Poet, Lord Byron” ✭½
374. “January 23: 1989 — The Death of Salvador Dali” ✭✭✭½
375. “January 24: Operation Morning Light”, Norman Prentiss (2017) ✭½
376. “January 25: U.S. Release Date, The End of the Earth (1961)”, Norman Prentiss (2017) ½
377. “January 26: 1905 — World’s Largest Diamond Discovered in South African Mine”, Norman Prentiss (2017) ✭✭✭
378. “January 27: 1967 — Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, Signed by US, UK, and Soviet Union”, Norman Prentiss (2017) ✭✭✭
379. “January 28: 1818 — Publication of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice”, Norman Prentiss (2017) ✭✭✭½
380. “January 29: 1845 — First publication of ‘The Raven’”, Norman Prentiss (2017) ✭✭✭½
381. “January 30: Cromwell’s Head”, Norman Prentiss (2017) ✭✭
382. “January 31: 1949 — Debut of These Are My Children, the First Daytime-TV Soap Opera”, Norman Prentiss (2017) ✭✭✭½
383. “February 1: Holiday Preparations #1” ✭✭
384. “February 2: Groundhog Day” ✭✭½
385. “February 3: ‘Doomsday Plane’ Initiated in 1961 as Part of Operation Looking Glass (US)” ✭✭½
386. “February 4: Over the Bay Bridge (An Odd Adventure with Your Other Father)” ✭
387. “February 5: National Weatherperson’s Day (US)” ✭✭½
388. “February 6: Golf on the Moon” ✭✭✭
389. “February 7: 1812 — Birthdate of Charles Dickens, Author of Great Expectations and Bleak House” ✭✭✭½
390. “February 8: Propose Day” ✭✭✭
391. “February 9: McCarthy’s List” ✭✭✭½
392. “February 10: Where Are the People? — Episode 1” ✭✭✭
393. “February 11: Inventor’s Day” ✭✭✭
394. “February 12: Darwin Day” ✭✭✭
395. “February 13: World Radio Day” ✭✭½
396. “February 14: Valentine’s Day” ✭½
397. “February 15: World’s First Computer Day” ✭✭✭
398. “February 16: 1968 — First 9-1-1 Emergency Phone Call, in Haleyville, Alabama” ✭✭✭
399. “February 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day” ✭✭½
400. “February 18: The Milking of Elm Farm Ollie” ✭✭
401. “February 19: 1847 — A Rescue Group Finally Reaches the Donner Party” ✭✭½
402. “February 20: 1971 — Emergency Broadcast System False Alarm” ✭½
403. “February 21: Post-Apocalypse Tour Guide, #1” ✭✭½ 🆕
404. “February 22: Dolly” ✭½ 🆕
405. “February 23: Terminalia” ✭✭ 🆕
406. “February 24: The Boy Who Avoided His Chores” ✭✭½ 🆕
in: Revenants & Maledictions , Peter Bell (2018) ✭✭✭½
407. “Wild Wales” (2018) ✭✭✭½
408. “Sithean” (alternate title: “The True Edge of the World”) (2013/2018 rev.) ✭✭✭½
409. “The Robing of the Bride” (2018) ✭✭✭
in: Hits and Misses: Stories , Simon Rich (2018) ✭✭✭½
410. “Riding Solo: The Oatsy Story” (2018) ✭✭✭½
411. “Birthday Party” (2018) ✭✭✭½
412. “The Book of Simon” (2016) ✭✭½
413. “Relapse” (2018) ✭✭✭
414. “Hands” (2018) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
415. “New Client” (2018) ✭✭✭½
416. “The Great Jester” (2018) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
417. “Physicians’ Lounge, April 1st” (2018) ✭✭✭
418. “Menlo Park, 1891” (2018) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
419. “Tom Hanks Stories” (2018) ✭✭✭
420. “Adolf Hitler: The GQ Profile” (2018) ✭✭✭
421. “Any Person, Living or Dead” (2018) ✭✭
422. “Upward Mobility” (2018) ✭✭✭
423. “Dinosaur” (2018) ✭✭✭½
424. “Artist’s Revenge” (2018) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
425. “Stage 13” (2018) ✭✭✭½
Canavan’s entries
Part 7
in: The Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways , Mike Ashley (Ed.) (2019) ✭✭✭½
426. “Railhead”, Perceval Landon (1908) ✭✭✭
427. “The Barford Snake”, Edgar Wallace (1909) ✭✭½
428. “A Ghost on the Train”, Dinah Castle (1968) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
429. “The Underground People”, Rosemary Timperley (1955) ✭✭✭
430. “A Romance of the Piccadilly Tube”, T. G. Jackson (1919) ✭✭✭
431. “The Last Train”, Michael Vincent (1964) ✭✭✭½
432. “The Underground”, R. Chetwynd-Hayes (1985) ✭✭✭½
433. “A Short Trip Home”, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1927) ✭✭✭
434. “The Companion”, Ramsey Campbell (1976) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: Where Shadows Gather , Michael Chislett (2019)
435. “Downriver” (2019) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
436. “In the Garden” (2019) ✭✭✭½
437. “Only the Dead Know Deptford” (2012) ✭✭✭
438. “Mara” (2003) ✭✭✭
439. “The Extras” (2012) ✭✭½ 🆕
440. “The Subliminals” (2017) ✭✭ 🆕
in: Black Static , Issue 72, Andy Cox (Ed.) (November-December 2019)
441. “Notes from the Borderland: I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You: The Comforts of Horror?”, Lynda E. Rucker ✭✭✭½
442. “Into the Woods: Be Prepared”, Ralph Robert Moore ✭✭✭
in: Full Throttle , Joe Hill (2019)
443. “Throttle”, Joe Hill & Stephen King (2009) ✭✭½
444. “Dark Carousel” (2018) ✭✭✭½
445. “Wolverton Station” (2011) ✭✭✭✭ 💝
in: The Silent Companion, Issue 15, António Monteiro (Ed.) (2019)
446. “The Witch Heath”, Mark Valentine ✭✭✭
447. “So Long at the Fair”, David Longhorn ✭✭✭½
448. “To Each His Own”, Greg Howes ✭✭
449. “The House by the River”, António Monteiro ✭✭✭
in: The Pale Illuminations , Robert Morgan (Ed.) (2019) ✭✭✭½
450. “A Chess Game at Michaelmas”, Mark Valentine ✭✭✭½
451. “The Old Man of the Woods”, Reggie Oliver ✭✭✭½
452. “Cropmarks”, Derek John ✭✭
in: The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg , Sam Richard & Brendan Vidito (Eds.) (2019)
453. “A Bad Patch”, Brian Evenson ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
454. “Red Lips in a Blue Light”, Sara Century ✭✭½
in: The Far Tower: Stories for W. B. Yeats , Mark Valentine (Ed.) (2019)
455. “Under the Frenzy of the Fourteenth Moon”, Ron Weighell ✭✭✭
456. “Daemon Est Deus Inversus”, D. P. Watt ✭✭✭
457. “Shadowy Waters”, Reggie Oliver ✭✭✭½
in: The New York Review of Books, Vol. 66, No. 20, Gabriel Winslow-Yost & Emily Greenhouse (Eds.) (19 December 2019)
458. “Making Shakespeare Sing”, Matthew Aucoin ✭✭✭✭ 💝
459. “Another Great Yesterday”, Adam Hochschild ✭✭✭½
in: Ghosts & Scholars, Issue 38, James Doig (Ed.) (2020) ✭✭½
460. “The Advent Visitor”, C. J. Faraday ✭✭✭½
461. “The Snows of Yesteryear”, Margaret Payne ✭✭
462. “The Stalls of Barchester Theatre”, Katherine Haynes ✭✭✭
463. “In the Tracks of M. R. James: Series Introduction”, Jim Bryant ✭✭
464. “In the Tracks of M. R. James: 1. By Double Tricycle to Auxerre”, Jim Bryant ✭✭
in: Shadows & Tall Trees , Vol. 8, Michael Kelly (Ed.) (2020)
465. “The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell”, Brian Evenson ✭✭✭½
466. “Too Lonely, Too Wild”, Kay Chronister ✭✭✭
467. “Tattletale”, Carly Holmes ✭✭
468. “The Somnambulists”, Simon Strantzas ✭✭✭✭ 💝 🆕
in: The New York Review of Books, Vol. 67, No. 1, Gabriel Winslow-Yost & Emily Greenhouse (Eds.) (16 January 2020)
469. “The Imperfect Telescope”, Merve Emre ✭✭✭
470. “Weekend”, Natalie Shapero ✭✭✭
471. “Moon, January”, William Logan ✭½
472. “The Man Who Was France”, Mark Mazower ✭✭✭✭ 💝
473. “A Doubtful Freedom”, David W. Blight ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
in: The New York Review of Books, Vol. 67, No. 2, Gabriel Winslow-Yost & Emily Greenhouse (Eds.) (13 February 2020)
474. “Bonn”, Ruth Padel ✭✭✭
475. “The Good Guy”, Anne Diebel ✭✭✭½
476. “Vallotton’s Demons”, Sanford Schwartz ✭✭✭
in: The New York Review of Books, Vol. 67, No. 3, Gabriel Winslow-Yost & Emily Greenhouse (Eds.) (27 February 2020)
477. “Truly Terrible”, Gary Saul Morson ✭✭✭½ 🆕
in: The New York Review of Books, Vol. 67, No. 4, Gabriel Winslow-Yost & Emily Greenhouse (Eds.) (12 March 2020)
478. “Foolish Questions”, Art Spiegelman ✭✭✭✭½ 💝
in: The New York Review of Books, Vol. 67, No. 5, Gabriel Winslow-Yost & Emily Greenhouse (Eds.) (26 March 2020)
479. “What Do the Hohenzollerns Deserve?”, David Motadel ✭✭✭½
480. “Forgetful Angel”, Damion Searls ✭✭½
481. “New Theories on Boredom”, Elisa Gabbert ✭✭✭
482. “Thatcher: The Letting Go”, Anne Applebaum ✭✭✭½
483. “Milgate House 1976”, Stephen Yenser ✭✭½
484. “More Fraternité Than Liberté”, Lynn Hunt ✭✭✭
Canavan’s entries
Part 8
in: The New York Review of Books, Vol. 67, No. 6, Gabriel Winslow-Yost & Emily Greenhouse (Eds.) (9 April 2020)
486. “Corn Crowfoot, Corn Buttercup”, Sylvia Legris ✭
487. “Love Among the Ruins”, Coco Fusco ✭✭✭
488. “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do...”, David S. Reynolds ✭✭✭
489. “The Siren of Selfishness”, Cass R. Sunstein ✭✭✭½
in: The New York Review of Books, Vol. 67, No. 7, Gabriel Winslow-Yost & Emily Greenhouse (Eds.) (23 April 2020)
490. “The Brilliant Plodder”, David Quammen ✭✭✭½ 🆕
491. “American Humbug”, Nathaniel Rich ✭✭✭½ 🆕
492. “The Steps”, Rae Armantrout ✭✭✭½ 🆕
493. “Did Britain Win the American Revolution?”, David A. Bell ✭✭✭ 🆕
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