New York: Viking, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Two collections of short stories by this award-winning writer - one of five stories, the other 3 stories - told from the viewpoint of a young girl growing up in Brisbane, Australia. Author's note, in which she describes the first collection as autobiographical fiction. 246 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of five short stories and three novellas. Although the title story depicts the mind of a child with tenderness and pathos, other stories in this collection are much darker. Kunitz and Haycraft commented "In his work, if he resembles any other author, it is Poe - but a Poe who has crossed the border of fantasy into the realm of absolute blackness." However, during this period America was avid for anything relating to Edgar Allan Poe and, as Poe's Russian equivalent, translations of Andreyev's work found a ready audience in the English-speaking world. Translated from the Russian by Herman Bernstein, 361 pp.

Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1963. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of six short stories, based on the author's experiences as a former Soviet career officer, and which reveal the horror of the prison system. Andreyev became a political emigre and witness against the Soviet concentration camps. Translated from the Russian by Fred P Berry. 240 pp. Dust jacket by Gordon Martin.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Otto Penzler, series editor. Notes on the contributors and a list of other distinguished stories of 2002. xv, 328 pp.

New York: Bantam, 1988. First edition - The first book in this series, issued a paperback original. Contains 25 original stories by Lisa Goldstein, Gregory Benford, Thomas M. Disch, Jack McDevitt, Norman Spinrad, Nancy Kress, James Morrow, Pat Murphy, Kevin J. Anderson, Charles Oberndorf and many others. Introduction by Lou Aronica. 384 pp.

New York: Penguin, (1987.). "An annual small press reader." Introduction by Cynthia Ozick. Contains poems, essays and short stories by many authors, including Francince Prose, Denis Johnson, Wendell Berry, Richard Ford, Andre Dubus, Linda Hogan, Mark Doty, Mona Simpson, Mary Hood, Paul Auster and many others. Index to the series, notes on contributors. 539 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0094695.

Wainscott, New York: Pushcart Press, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "An annual small press reader." Introduction by Henderson. Contains 63 selections, including 33 poems, 12 essays and 18 short stories by many authors, including Cynthia Ozick, David Plante, Seamus Heaney, Charles Wright, Jorie Graham, Al Young, Carol Muske, W. P. Kinsella, and more. Index to the series, notes on contributors. 608 pp. ISBN: 0-916366-103.

Wainscott, New York: Pushcart Press / Norton, (2009). First edition - An annual anthology of essays, short stories and poems, selected from small literary journals across America - a reflection of the diversity and excellence to be found in offbeat publications from across the United States. Includes works by Derek Walcott, Wells Tower, Louise Gluck, Anthony Doerr, John d'Agato, Louis B. Jones, Marvin Bell, Bill McKibben and many more. List of special mentions, brief notes on the authors, and index to the first 33 volumes. 618 pp. ISBN: 978-1888889512.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology of six original science fiction stories by James Tiptree, Jr; Joel Richards, Marta Randall, Cherie Wilkinson, Ned Huston and Jack McDevitt. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-385-238533.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology of six original science fiction stories by James Tiptree, Jr; Joel Richards, Marta Randall, Cherie Wilkinson, Ned Huston and Jack McDevitt. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-385-238533.

London: Chatto & Windus, (1994) dj. SIGNED first edition - Includes stories by Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, Bill James, Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid , Susan Kelly, Celia Dale and others. INSCRIBED on the title page by Sara Paretsky. Frontispiece drawing. Biographical notes. 263 pp. ISBN: 0-701161442.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. SIGNED first edition - The seventh in this series of mystery anthologies includes a Prohibition-era tale of a scorned lover's revenge, a Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery solved by an actor playing the famous detective onstage, stories of a woman's near-fatal search for self-discovery, a bar owner's gutsy attempt to outwit the mob, and a showdown between double-crossing detectives, and a tale of murder by psychology. Among the contributors are Elmore Leonard, Walter Mosley, James Crumley, Joyce Carol Oates, George Pelecanos, Scott Phillips, Brendan DuBois, Daniel Stashower, Hanna Tinti, Monica Wood and more. Otto Penzler, series editor. SIGNED by Connelly on the title page. Notes on the contributors and a list of other distinguished stories of 2002. xv, 328 pp. ISBN: 0-618-32965X.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1999). First edition - Includes an introduction and an afterword by Connie Willis and award-winning stories by Jane Yolen, Vonda McIntyre, Nancy Kress, Nelson Bond, contributions by Michael Swanwick, Karen Joy Fowler, Kim Stanley Robinson and more. Includes an appendix about the Nebula awards, and the past Nebula Award Winners from 1965 to 1996. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-15-6006014.

New York: St Martin's, (2006). First edition - Includes stories by Jeffrey Ford, China Mieville, Joe Hill, Elizabeth Hand, Howard Waldrop, Elizabeth Bear, Kim Newman, Glen Hirshberg, Bruce Sterling, Joe Coover, Isabel Allende, Nisi Shawl, Chuck Palahniuk and others. Includes overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, including in the media and in graphic novels; obitiuaries, honorable mentions and more. cxxiii, 480 pp. ISBN: 0-312356145.

New York: St Martin's, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. Stories by Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Charles Sheffield, Lucius Shepard, Robert Silverberg, Bruce Sterling, Kate Wilhelm, Greg Egan, Molly Gloss, Michael Moorcock, Jonathan Lethem, Lucius Shepard, John Brunner, Pat McCarthy, James Patrick Kelly, John Kress and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1990 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises 'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. xxxii, 624 pp. ISBN: 0-312060084.

New York: St Martin's, (2000.). First edition - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. Included in this volume are stories by Michael Swanwick, Mike Resnick, Hal Clement, Alastair Reynolds, Kage Baker, Ben Bova, Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl, Kim Stanley Robinson, Tanith Lee and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1999 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. lxii, 766 pp. ISBN: 0-312264178.

New York: St Martin's, (2014). One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. Included in this volume are stories by Ken Liu, Nancy Kress, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Carrie Vaughn, Brendan DuBois, Melissa Scott, Michael Swanwick and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 2013 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises'more than 300,000 words of fantastic fiction'. xliii, 705 pp. ISBN: 978-1250046215.

New York: St Martin's, (1999.). First edition - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. Included in this volume are stories by Greg Egan, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Reed, William Browing Spencer, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1998 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. lix 609 pp. ISBN: 0-312204450.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes stories by Damon Knight, Joanna Russ, Edward Bryant, Jane Yolen, Samuel R. Delany, Asimov and more. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-385-152256.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes stories by Damon Knight, Joanna Russ, Edward Bryant, Jane Yolen, Samuel R. Delany, Asimov and more. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-385-152256.

New York: Doubleday, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 20th anniversary edition of this anthology which focuses on the best British crime writers. Includes nine stories by Simon Brett, Elizabeth Ferrars, Michael Gilbert, Michael Z. Lewin, Peter Lovesey, Jill McGown, D. W. Smith, Jean Stubbs and David Williams. Brief editor's note. 188 pp. ISBN: 0-385262116.

London: Macmillan, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology of all new stories which focuses on the best British crime writers. Includes eleven stories by Elizabeth Ferrars, Ellis Peters, Colin Dexter, James McClure, Margaret Yorke and others. Brief editor's note. 188 pp. ISBN: 0-385262116.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The talents of eight great suspense writers combine to create Murder in Los Angeles." Introductory note by Thomas Chastain. Contributors include Jon L. Breen, D. C. Fontana, George Fox, William Campbell Gault, M. R. Henderson, Vincent McConnor, William F. Nolan, and Ray Russell. Notes on the authors. 381 pp. ISBN: 0-688066844.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. First edition - Foreword by series editor Katerina Kenison and an introduction by Garrison Keillor. Includes stories by Tim Gautreaux, Laurie Moore, Annie Proulx, Carol Anshaw, Chris Adrian, Antonya Nelson, Poe Ballantine and others. Notes on the contributors and a list of 100 other distinguished stories of the year. xvii, 315 pp. ISBN: 0-395-92684X.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. Includes stories by Andrea Barrett, Marisa Silver, Roy Parvin, Alice Munro, Rick Bass, Ha Jin, Rick Moody, John Updike and more. Brief biographies of the contributors. Introductions by Barbara Kingsolver and Katrina Kennison, series editor. Includes contributors' notes and list of 100 other distinguished stories. 378 pp. ISBN: 0-395-926882.

New York: Akashic Books. (2005). SIGNED first edition - Includes an introduction by the editor and new stories by Barry Gifford, Eddie Muller, Robert Mailer Anderson, Michelle Tea, Peter Plate, Kate Braverman, David Corbett, Alejandro Murgu’a, Sin Soracco, Alvin Lu, Jon Longhi, Will Christopher Baer, Jim Nesbit, and David Henry Sterry - "hard-biting, all-original tales exploring the shadowy nether regions" of this city by the Bay. SIGNED by Domenic Stansberry at his story "The Prison." Map. 291 pp plus notes on contributors and publishers ads. ISBN: 1888451912.

New York: Ace Books, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - An all-new collection of urban fantasy stories - strange cases of death and magic in the city - by Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon, Simon R. Green, S. M. Stirling, Carrie Vaughn, Glen Cook, Bradley Denton, M.L.N. Hanover, Conn Iggulden, Laurie R. King, Joe R. Lansdale, John Maddox Roberts, Steven Saylor, Melinda Snodgrass, and Lisa Tuttle. Introduction by George Martin in which he describes urban fantasy as the "bastard stepchild" - the heroes have their roots in hardboiled mystery, while the villains are straight out of horror. xii, 478 pp. ISBN: 978-0441020744.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. Includes stories by Tobias Wolff, Donna Tartt, Alice Munro, Mary Gaitskill, Yiyun Li and more. Brief biographies of the contributors. Edited and with introductions by Patchett and Katrina Kennison, series editor. Includes contributors' notes and list of 100 other distinguished stories of 2005. xxii, 388 pp. ISBN: 0-618-54352X.

San Francisco: Cleis Press, (1989). SIGNED first edition - A collection of stories "of allies and foes, strangers and strugglers, stories of the margin, of relationships just a bit off center." SIGNED by Julia Alvarez at her story "Daughter of Invention" and uncommon thus. Also includes contributions from Barbara Selfridge, Dorothy Bryant and many others. Notes on contributors. 159 pp. ISBN: 0-939416158.

New York: DAW Books, (1986). First edition - Collects 11 stories by George Alec Effinger, Harlan Ellison, Lisa Goldstein, Jane Yolen, A. A. Attanasio and others. Daw Collectors Book No 690. 226 pp. Cover art by Julek Heller.