Angels of Darkness: Tales of Troubled and Troubling Women

Contents

ix • Preface (Angels of Darkness: Tales of Troubled and Troubling Women) • (1995) • essay by Marvin Kaye
xi • Introduction (Angels of Darkness: Tales of Troubled and Troubling Women) • (1995) • essay by Paula Volsky
3 • The Last Kiss • non-genre • (1920) • short story by Maurice Level (trans. of Le baiser dans la nuit 1912)
8 • A Bride for the Devil • (1949) • short story by Stuart Palmer (1905-1968)
17 • The Unspeakable Betrothal • (1949) • short story by Robert Bloch
31 • Am I Insane? • (1903) • short story by Guy de Maupassant (trans. of Fou ? 1882)
34 • Game for Motel Room • (1963) • short story by Fritz Leiber
44 • Porphyria’s Lover • (1836) • poem by Robert Browning
46 • The Peace That Crusheth Understanding • (1995) • short story by Julia L. Keefer
56 • Lovedeath • (1988) • short story by Marvin Kaye
61 • The Countess Kathleen O’Shea • (1888) • short story by Timothée Trimm (trans. of Les marchands d’ames 1865) [as by W. B. Yeats (in error)]
65 • Centaurus Changeling • (1954) • novelette by Marion Zimmer Bradley
108 • Snow • (1995) • short story by C. H. Sherman
115 • Lydia’s Season • (1995) • short story by Patricia Mullen
124 • Spirits • novelette by Иван Тургенев? (trans. of Призраки? 1864) [as by Ivan Turgenev]
153 • The Mystery of Black Jean • (1923) • short story by Julian Kilman
163 • Lady Eleanore’s Mantle • (1838) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
178 • The Thing at Ghent • (1900) • short fiction by Honoré de Balzac?
180 • The Sisters • (1833) • poem by Alfred Tennyson [as by Alfred, Lord Tennyson]
182 • Malevendra’s Pool • (1989) • short story by Darrell Schweitzer
199 • Sylvia • (1955) • short story by Ira Levin
211 • Amour Dure • (1887) • novelette by Vernon Lee
242 • The Were-Wolf • (1890) • novelette by Clemence Housman
277 • The River Styx Runs Upstream • (1982) • short story by Dan Simmons
293 • Passeur • (1897) • short story by Robert W. Chambers
298 • Putting the Devil Into Hell • non-genre • (1886) • short story by Giovanni Boccaccio (trans. of Novella decima: Alibech diviene romita, a cui Rustico monaco insegna rimettere il diavolo in inferno; poi, quindi tolta, diventa moglie di Neerbale. 1358)
303 • The Lady in the Tower • [Tower and the Hive] • (1959) • novelette by Anne McCaffrey
322 • The White Dog • (1915) • short story by Фёдор Сологуб? (trans. of Собака? 1908) [as by Feodor Sologub]
328 • The Visit • (1995) • short story by Carole Buggé
331 • The Friends of the Friends • (1896) • novelette by Henry James
355 • Past a Year and a Day • (1995) • poem by Annette Covino
357 • Ladies’ Choice • (1995) • short story by Saralee Kaye
360 • The Night People • (1961) • short story by Edward D. Hoch
368 • Duet • (1995) • short story by Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg
387 • The Wooden Damsel • (1995) • short story by Toby Sanders
396 • Love Song from the Stars • (1989) • short story by Robert Sheckley
402 • Diesel Dream • (1991) • short story by Alan Dean Foster
413 • The Strange Voyage of Dr. Morbid • (1995) • short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (variant of The Strange Voyage of Doctor Morbid)
419 • Bone Wings • (1990) • poem by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
421 • The Gift • (1995) • short story by Susan C. Stone
425 • Vanishing • (1995) • short story by Hope Manville
435 • A Room with a Vie • (1980) • short story by Tanith Lee
450 • Babchi’s Drawer • (1995) • short story by Gina M. Angelone
455 • Untitled • (1995) • short story by Morgan Llywelyn
466 • A Child’s Game • (1995) • poem by Maryellen B. Wanderer
468 • The Wake of Reddy • (1995) • short story by Barbara Gallow
472 • The Other Mother • (1980) • novelette by Lisa Tuttle
494 • A Dozen Roses • (1995) • short story by Jean Paiva
507 • Propagation of the Faith • (1995) • short story by Joan Vander Putten
515 • Angelica • (1979) • short story by Jane Yolen
519 • Walking Aunt Daid • (1955) • short story by Zenna Henderson