# Avon Fantasy Reader

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Avon Fantasy Reader was a magazine (sometimes classed as a series of anthologies) which re-published science fiction and fantasy literature. It was published by Avon Novels, Inc. (aka Avon Book Co. and Avon Publishing Co.), New York and edited by Donald A. Wollheim.

## Issues
### Issue #1 – February 1947

Avon Fantasy Reader 1
* "The Power Planet" by Murray Leinster
* "The Shuttered House" by August Derleth (© Copyright Renewed: August Derleth (A); 20Jul64; R341606.)
* "Justice" by The Gibsons
* "The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson
* "The Woman of the Wood" by A. Merritt
* "The Truth About Pyecraft" by H. G. Wells
* "The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis" by Clark Ashton Smith (© Copyright Renewed as part of Weird Tales, May 1932; Steinberg Press, Inc.; 1960-1-18; R250138.)
* "Nostalgia" by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
* "The Central Figure" by H. Russell Wakefield
* "The Three Infernal Jokes" by Lord Dunsany
* "Climax for a Ghost Story" by I. A. Ireland

### Issue #2 – April 1947

Avon Fantasy Reader 2
* "Stenographer's Hands" by David H. Keller, M.D.
* "The Strange Case of Lemuel Jenkins" by Philip Fisher
* "The Day of the Dragon" by Guy Endore (© Copyright Renewed as part of Blue Book Magazine, June 1934; McCall Corp.; 27Sep61; R282249.)
* "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" (Kull series) by Robert E. Howard
* "The Yellow Sign" by Robert W. Chambers
* "Automata" by S. Fowler Wright
* "The City of the Living Dead" by Laurence Manning & Fletcher Pratt

### Issue #3 – June 1947

Avon Fantasy Reader 3
* "Rhythm of the Spheres" by A. Merritt (© Copyright Renewed as part of Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1936; Popular Library, Inc.; 11Sep63; R321807.)
* "The Silent Trees" by Frank Owen
* "The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper" by H. G. Wells (© Copyright Renewed as part of Ladies Home Journal, February or April 1932; Curtis Pub. Co.; 11Dec59; R247672 or R247674.)
* "The Silver Key" (Randolph Carter series) by H. P. Lovecraft
* "Black Thirst" (Northwest Smith series) by C. L. Moore (© Copyright Renewed: Catherine L. Moore Kuttner (A); 19May61; R276546.)
* "Mimic" by Donald A. Wollheim (as Martin Pearson) (© Copyright Renewed as part of Astonishing Stories, December 1942; Popular Publications, Inc,; 10Nov69; R472055.)
* "Bishop's Gambit" by August Derleth (as Stephen Grendon) (© Copyright Renewed: April Derleth & Balden Derleth(C); 20Jun75; R607403.)
* "Evening Primrose" by John Collier (© Copyright Renewed as part of Presenting Moonshine; John Collier (A); 8Mar68; R431233.)
* "Homecoming" by Ray Bradbury (© Copyright Renewed: Ray Bradbury (A); 24Jun74; R579952.)

### Issue #4 – September 1947

Avon Fantasy Reader 4
* "The Arrhenius Horror" by P. Schuyler Miller
* "The Hollow Man" by Thomas Burke (© Copyright Restored due to URAA as part of The Evening Standard Book of Strange Stories, 1933; PD in the UK)
* "Conquerors' Isle" by Nelson Bond (See Discussion about the copyright status)
* "The Hoard of the Gibbelins" by Lord Dunsany
* "The Derelict" by William Hope Hodgson
* "The Man Upstairs" by Ray Bradbury (© Copyright Renewed as part of Harper's Magazine, March 1947; Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, Inc; 9Sep74; R585I75.)
* "The Planet of the Dead" by Clark Ashton Smith (© Copyright Renewed as part of Weird Tales, March 1932; Steinberg Press, Inc.; R250136.)
* "A Warning to the Curious" by M. R. James
* "Defense" by A. E. van Vogt (© Copyright Renewed: A. E. Van Vogt (A); 18Aug75; R611735.)

### Issue #5 – March 1948

Avon Fantasy Reader 5
* "Scarlet Dream" (Northwest Smith series) by C. L. Moore (© Copyright Renewed: C. L. Moore; 27Jul61; R279616.)
* "Sambo" by William Fryer Harvey
* "Fane of the Black Pharaoh" by Robert Bloch (© Copyright Renewed: Robert Bloch; 7Jul65; R364297.)
* "The Random Quantity" by Carl Jacobi (© Copyright Renewed: Carl Jacobi; 16Jul75; R609279.)
* "The Gold Dress" by Stephen Vincent Benét (© Copyright Renewed as part of Cosmopolitan, July 1942; Hearst Corp. (PCW); 30Jun69; R464835.)
* "The Miracle of the Lily" by Clare Winger Harris
* "In the Court of the Dragon" by Robert W. Chambers
* "A Study in Amber" by Frank Owen
* "The Words of Guru" by C. M. Kornbluth

### Issue #6 – May 1948

Avon Fantasy Reader 6
* "The Crawling Horror" by Thorp McClusky
* "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft
* "The Metal Man" by Jack Williamson
* "The Thing in the Cellar" by David H. Keller, M.D.
* "The Drone" by A. Merritt
* "From the Dark Waters" by Joseph E. Kelleam
* "The Star-Stealers" by Edmond Hamilton
* "The Philosophy of Relative Existences" by Frank R. Stockton
* "The Trap" (Gerald Canevin series) by Henry S. Whitehead

### Issue #7 – September 1948

Avon Fantasy Reader 7
* "Shambleau" (Northwest Smith series) by C. L. Moore
* "The Curse of a Thousand Kisses" by Sax Rohmer
* "The Dreams of Albert Moreland" by Fritz Leiber
* "The Slugly Beast" (Joseph Jorkens series) by Lord Dunsany
* "The Cairn on the Headland" by Robert E. Howard
* "Aquella" (aka "The Planet Called Aquella") by Martin Pearson
* "The Empire of the Necromancers" (Zothique series) by Clark Ashton Smith
* "When Old Gods Wake" by A. Merritt
* "The Were-Snake" by Frank Belknap Long
* "The Gun" by Frank Gruber

### Issue #8 – December 1948

Avon Fantasy Reader 8
* "Queen of the Black Coast" (Conan series) by Robert E. Howard
* "The Machine Man of Ardathia" (Ardathia series) by Francis Flagg
* "The Cat-Woman" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
* "The Man with a Thousand Legs" by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.
* "Zero Hour" by Ray Bradbury
* "The Other Wing" by Algernon Blackwood
* "The Temple" by H. P. Lovecraft
* "The Goblins Will Get You" by John Michel (as by Hugh Raymond)
* "The Canal" by Everil Worrell
* "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" by Ambrose Bierce

### Issue #9 – February 1949

Avon Fantasy Reader 9
* "The Flower-Women" (Maal Dweb series) by Clark Ashton Smith
* "The Night Wire" by H. F. Arnold
* "Through the Vibrations" (Alexander Gregory series) by P. Schuyler Miller
* "The Man Who Never Grew Young" by Fritz Leiber (© Copyright Renewed as part of Night's Black Agents, 1947: Fritz Leiber, Jr; 20Jun75; R607402.)
* "The Man from the Moon" by Otis Adelbert Kline
* "The Unspeakable Betrothal" by Robert Bloch (© Copyright Renewed: Robert Bloch; 16Apr76; R630957.)
* "The Stone Ship" by William Hope Hodgson
* "Child's Play" by Alice-Mary Schnirring
* "The Madness of Andelsprutz" by Lord Dunsany
* "The Painted Mirror" by Donald Wandrei (© Copyright Renewed as part of Esquire, May 1937: Esquire, Inc.; 7Mar63; R311983.)

### Issue #10 – July 1949

Avon Fantasy Reader 10
* "A Witch Shall Be Born" (Conan series) by Robert E. Howard
* "Bimini" by Bassett Morgan
* "The Statement of Randolph Carter" (Randolph Carter series) by H. P. Lovecraft
* "The Mentanicals" by Francis Flagg
* "Vengeance in Her Bones" by Malcolm Jameson
* "The Gostak and the Doshes" by Miles J. Breuer, M.D
* "Storm Warning" by Donald A. Wollheim (as Millard Verne Gordon)
* "Omega" by Amelia Reynolds Long

### Issue #11 – October 1949

Avon Fantasy Reader 11
* "Glamour" by Seabury Quinn
* "The Golden Hour of Kwoh Fan" by Frank Owen
* "Uncommon Castaway" by Nelson S. Bond
* "Mogglesby" by T. S. Stribling (© Copyright Renewed as part of Adventure, June 1, 1930; Popular Publications, Inc.; 8Nov57; R202653.)
* "Asleep in Armageddon" by Ray Bradbury
* "The Inheritors" by John Michel & Robert Lowndes
* "The Dancer in the Crystal" by Francis Flagg

### Issue #12 – January 1950

Avon Fantasy Reader 12
* "The Blonde Goddess of Bal-Sagoth" (aka "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth") by Robert E. Howard
* "The Chain of Aforgomon" by Clark Ashton Smithh
* "In the Valley of the Sorceress" by Sax Rohmer
* "The Kelpie" by Manly Wade Wellman
* "The Captured Cross-Section" by Miles J. Breuer, M.D
* "The Wonderful Window" by Lord Dunsany
* "Tiger Dust" by Bassett Morgan
* "An Episode of Cathedral History" by M. R. James
* "The Day Has Come" by Walter Kubilius

### Issue #13 – April 1950

Avon Fantasy Reader 13
* "The Love-Slave and the Scientists" (aka "The Body-Masters") by Frank Belknap Long
* "The Cave" by Beatrice Grimshaw
* "The Forgotten Planet" (John Hanson series) by Sewell Peaslee Wright
* "The Curious Case of Norton Hoorne" by Ray Cummings
* "The Power and the Glory" by Charles W. Diffin
* "He Walked by Day" by Julius Long
* "Original Sin" by S. Fowler Wright
* "The Thing that Walked on the Wind" by August Derleth (© Copyright Renewed: August Derleth (A); 4Apr60; R255766.)
* "Raiders of the Universes" by Donald Wandrei
* "The House of Shadows" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
* "The Ship of Silence" by Albert Richard Wetjen
* "The Street That Wasn't There" by Clifford D. Simak & Carl Jacobi

### Issue #14 – July 1950

Avon Fantasy Reader 14
* "Temptress of the Tower of Torture and Sin" (aka "The Voice of El-Lil") by Robert E. Howard
* "Ylla" (aka "I'll Not Look for Wine") by Ray Bradbury
* "The Three Eyed Man" (Tubby series)] by Ray Cummings
* "The Cave of the Invisible" by James Francis Dwyer
* "Guard in the Dark" by Allison V. Harding
* "The Still Small Voice" by Clive Jackson
* "The Curse of Yig" by Z. B. Bishop
* "The Yeast Men" by David H. Keller, M.D.
* "The Headless Miller of Kobold's Keep" by Irvin Ashkenazy
* "The Shadows" by Henry S. Whitehead

### Issue #15 – February 1951

Avon Fantasy Reader 15
* "A Man, a Maid, and Saturn's Temptation" (aka "Flight on Titan") by Stanley G. Weinbaum (© Copyright Renewed: details pending)
* "Mommy" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
* "The Great Gizmo" by Gilbert Wright (© Copyright Renewed: details pending)
* "Gray Ghouls" by Bassett Morgan
* "Venus" by Maurice Baring
* "Ship-in-a-Bottle" by P. Schuyler Miller
* "Up There" by Donald A. Wollheim (as by Martin Pearson)
* "The Einstein See-Saw" by Miles J. Breuer, M.D
* "In Amundsen's Tent" by John Martin Leahy
* "Ubbo-Sathla" by Clark Ashton Smith (© Copyright Renewed as part of Weird Tales, July 1933; Weird Tales; 1961-1-25; R269995.)
* "Kazam Collects" by Cyril M. Kornbluth (as by S. D. Gottesman)

### Issue #16 – April 1951

Avon Fantasy Reader 16
* "The Black Kiss" (Michael Leigh series) by Robert Bloch
* "Mr. Strenberry's Tale" (aka "Doomsday") by J. B. Priestley (© Copyright: First publication in the United Kingdom)
* "The Man Who Lived Backward" by Gelett Burgess (© Copyright Renewed: details pending)
* "Something From Above" by Donald Wandrei (© Copyright Renewed as part of Weird Tales, December 1930; Weird Tales; 1958-2-4; R208386.)
* "The Wax Doll" by Greye La Spina (as Ezra Putnam)
* "The Forest of Lost Men" by Beatrice Grimshaw
* "The Place of Pain" by M. P. Shiel
* "The River" by L. Major Reynolds
* "The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall" by John Kendrick Bangs
* "The Hounds of Tindalos" by Frank Belknap Long
* "The Picture" by Francis Flagg (© Copyright Renewed as part of Weird Tales, February-March 1931; Weird Tales; 1958-2-4; R208388.)

### Issue #17 – June 1951

Avon Fantasy Reader 17
* "The Sapphire Siren" (aka "The Sapphire Goddess") by Nictzin Dyalhis
* "Jack-in-the-Box" by Ray Bradbury (© Copyright Renewed: Ray Bradbury (A); 3Mar75; R599694.)
* "The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd" (Rupert Grant and Basil Grant series) by G. K. Chesterton
* "The Pink Caterpillar" (Fergus O'Breen series) by Anthony Boucher (© Copyright Renewed as part of Adventure, February 1945; 8Jan73; RS43l67.)
* "The Phantom Dictator" by Wallace West (© Copyright Renewed as part of Astounding Stories, August 1935; 3Aug62; R299476.)
* "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" (Randolph Carter series) by H. P. Lovecraft & E. Hoffmann Price
* "The Bookshop" by Nelson Bond (© Copyright Renewed as part of The Blue Book Magazine, October 1941; 12Mar69; R457437.)
* "One-Man God" by Frank Owen
* "The Mystery of the Sargasso" (aka "The Mystery of the Derelict") by William Hope Hodgson

### Issue #18 – January 1952

Avon Fantasy Reader 18
* "The Witch from Hell's Kitchen" by Robert E. Howard (© Copyright Renewed: P. M. Kuykendall (PPW), 1979-09-20; RE0000034522.)
* "The Devil in Hollywood" by Dale Clark (© Copyright Renewed as part of Argosy, August 8, 1936; 12Nov63; R325552.)
* "The Watcher in the Green Room" by Hugh B. Cave (© Copyright Renewed as part of Weird Tales, September 1933; Weird Tales; 1961-1-25; R269997.)
* "A Victim of Higher Space" (John Silence series) by Algernon Blackwood
* "Out of the Eons" by Hazel Heald (ghost written by H. P. Lovecraft)
* "Just What Happened" by Gelett Burgess (© Copyright Renewed as part of The Blue Book Magazine, June 1944; 8Sep71; R512068.)
* "The Phantom Ship of Dirk Van Tromp" by James Francis Dwyer
* "Amina" by Edward Lucas White
* "The Haunted Jarvee" (Carnacki series) by William Hope Hodgson (© Copyright Restored due to URAA, first published in the UK, The Premier Magazine, March 1929.)

## External links

* Internet Speculative Fiction Database - Avon Fantasy Reader
* Collecting Science Fiction Books] - Avon Reader Series
* Galactic Central - Avon Fantasy Reader checklist and datafile