The Short Fiction of William F. Nolan

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William F. Nolan Short Fiction:
First Publications 1952-2004

A listing by John Anthony Miller

Here I have included William F. Nolan's short fiction from the period 1952 to 2004. The famous horror novelist, Dean Koontz has called William F. Nolan "a master of the short form" and, testifying to this, Nolan has seen his fiction printed in many prestige anthologies including: Best New Horror, Year's Best SF, Best Motor Racing Stories, Year's Best Fantasy, Best of The West, Year's Best Horror Stories, Best Detective Stories of The Year, Best From Playboy, Best of Cemetery Dance, Best of Whispers,. Best of Weird Tales, Masters of Darkness, Modern Masters of Horror, Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, New Masterpieces of Horror, Great Noir Fiction, A Treasury of Boxing Stories, and Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural plus many others. In fact, Nolan's fiction has been selected for some 215 anthologies (with his non-fiction included in 80 more.) Certainly, this has to be some kind of record.

This present listing includes all first printings, whether in magazines or books. Reprints are excluded, but alternate printed story titles are listed. Collected stories are indicated. If a story appears in more than one Nolan collection, only the first collection is listed. Anthologies are listed only when they represent a first printing. This present listing includes 155 stories, from short-shorts to novellas. No novels are included. You can view them in the "Books" link that I have at the top of this page. Truly this is an amazing output of this prolific and diverse author.

Below are listed, in alphabetical order, the titles, and the date of publication.

--John Anthony Miller

WILLIAM F. NOLAN SHORT FICTION -- Title of the work, and book or magazine the short fiction piece appeared in. The following on this page are listed in alphabetical order, titles "A to H"	DATE(S) of Publication(s)
"Across the Old Man and Into the Bandini" - Sports Car Journal, October 1957 Never collected or anthologized.	1957
"The Adventure of the Martian Moons" (The Beast of Bubble City)- anthology The Flying Sorcerers, 1997. Collected: Down the Long Night, 2000	1997, 2000
"The Amazon Flick" (The Amazon Kick) as "Warren Kastel - Rogue, June 1959 Collected: Impact 20. 1963	1959, 1963
"An Act of Violence" - Phantasm Winter 1995 Collected: Night Shapes, 1995	1995
"An Alien Shore" - Future Focus March 1983 Never collected or anthologized.	1983
"And Miles To Go Before I Sleep" (But I Have Promises to Keep) Infinity SF, August 1958 Collected: Impact 20,1963	1958, 1963
"Ask The Man Who Owns One" Collected: Impact 20, 2002	2002
"At Diamond Lake" anthology: Anthology of Fantasy and the Supernatural, 1994 Collected: Night Shapes, 1995	1994, 1995
"Babe's Laughter" anthology: Cold Blood, 1991 Collected: Night Shapes, 1995	1991, 1995
"The Beautiful Doll Caper" - Science Fiction Newsletter, Summer 1953 Collected: Impact 20, 1963	1953, 1963
"Behind the Curtain" Collected: Have You Seen the Wind? 2003	2003
"Blood Sky" chapbook: Blood Sky, 1991 Forms part of the Nolan novel, Helltracks, 1991 (see "Books" link)	1991
"Boyfrend" (Boyfren) Collected : Night Shapes, 1995	1995
"Brothers in Crime" anthology: The Further Adventures of Batman: 2, 1992 Never collected	1992
"Broxa" Weird Tales, Fall 1991 Collected: Kincaid, forthcoming	1991
"A Centennial Interview with Dashiell Hammett" - Hardboiled, November 1994 Never collected or anthologized	1994
"A Centennial Visitor" (Centennial) - Argosy, June 1995 Never collected or anthologized	1995
"Ceremony" anthology: Midnight, 1985 Collected: Night Shapes, 1995	1985, 1995
"Charity Bazaar" - as "Michael Phillips" - Rogue, December 1957 Never collected or anthologized	1957
"Coincidence" anthology: The Berserkers, 1973 Collected: Wonderworlds, 1977	1973, 1977
"The Cure" -The Horror Show, Summer 1988 Collected: Night Shapes, 1995	1988, 1995
"Daddy's Girl" anthology: The Further Adventures of Batman, 1989 Never collected	1989
"The Dandelion Chronicles" anthology: The Undead, 1984 Never collected	1984
"The Darendinger Build-Up" -Playboy, June 1956 Collected: Impact 20, 1963	1956, 1963
"Dark Souls in Jeopardy" -Inside, September 1956 Never collected or anthologized	1956
"Dark Winner" -Whispers, December 1976 Collected: Wonderworlds, 1977	1976, 1977
"Dead Call" anthology: Frights, 1976 Collected: Wonderworlds, 1977	1976, 1977
"Deadtrip" anthology: Invitation to Murder, 1991 Collected: 3 for Space, 1992	1991, 1992
"Death Decision" -Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, July 1981 Collected: Things Beyond Midnight, 1984	1981, 1984
"Death Double" (The Stuntman) Collected: Impact 20, 1963	1963
"Death Drag" -as "Frank Anmar" -Chase, May 1964 Collected: Down the Long Night, 2000	1964, 2000
"Die, Clown, Die!" anthology: 14 Vicious Valentines, 1988 Collected: Down the Long Night, 2000	1988, 2000
"Dig Me A Home" - The Saint Mystery Magazine, December 1963 Never collected or anthologized	1963
"Dutch - The Saint Mystery Magazine, December 1958 Collected: Impact 20, 1963	1958, 1963
"Encounter with a King" - Knight, May 1968 Collected: Ships in the Night, 2003	1968, 2003
"The End With No Perhaps" Collected: Impact 20, 1963	1963
"The Ex" - Deathrealm, Spring 1996 Collected: Have You Seen The Wind? 2003	1996, 2003
"Fair Trade" -Whispers, March 1982 Collected: Things Beyond Midnight, 1984	1982, 1984
"The Fasterfaster Affair" (Fasterfaster!) -as "Frank Anmar" anthology: The Pseudo-People, 1965 Collected: Alien Horizons, 1974	1965, 1974
"The Final Stone" anthology: Cutting Edge, 1986 Collected: Night Shapes, 1995	1986, 1995
"The Francis File" anthology: The Best of Whispers, 1994 collected: Night Shapes, 1995	1994, 1995
"Freak" anthology: The Touch, 2000 Collected: Dark Universe, 2001	2000, 2001
"From a Narrow House" anthology: Narrow Houses, 1992 Collected Night Shapes, 1995	1992, 1995
"Full of, Mostly, Bagels and Cream Cheese" (Gibbler's Ghost) - Collection: Alien Horizons, 1974	1974
"Full Quota" -Fantastic Universe, April 1958 Collected: Impact 20, 1963	1958, 1963
"Fyodor's Law" -Cemetery Dance, Spring 1994 Collected: Down the Long Night, 2000	1994, 2000
"Getting Dead" -Iniquities, Spring 1991 Collected: Night Shapes, 1995	1991, 1995
"The Giant Man" anthology: Voices From the Night, 1994 Collected: Night Shapes, 1995	1994, 1995
"Gobble, Gobble!" -Weird Tales, Winter 1990 Collected: Night Shapes, 1995	1990, 1995
"A Good Day" -Cemetery Dance, Spring 1997 Collected: Down the Long Night, 2000	1997, 2000
"Gorf! Gorf! Gorf!" (The Day The Gorf Took Over/Operation Gorf)- anthology: Infinity Two, 1971 Collected: Alien Horizons, 1974	1971, 1974
"The Grackel Questions" (Grackel!) -Gallery, October 1978 Collected: Ships in the Night, 2003	1978, 2003
"Grayley and This Guy's Head" -Elegant, December 1964 Never collected or anthologized	1964
"Happily Ever After" -Gamma, February 1965 Collected: Alien Horizons, 1974	1965, 1974
"The Halloween Man" -Night Cry, Summer 1986 Collected: Night Shapes, 1995	1986, 1995
"Heart's Blood" -Weird Tales, Spring 2000 Collected: Dark Universe, 2001	2000, 2001
"He Kilt It With A Stick" -The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1968 Collected: Alien Horizons, 1974	1968, 1974
"Helle on Wheels" -chapbook Helle on Wheels, 1992 Collected: Ships in the Night, 2003	1992, 2003
"Him, Her, Them" anthology: Psycho-Paths, 1991 Collected: Night Shapes, 1995	1991, 1995
"Hi, Mom!" anthology: Dark at Heart, 1992 Collected: Down the Long Night, 2000	1992, 2000
"How Do I Know You're Real?" -Cemetery Dance, April 2002 Collected: Wild Galaxy, 2004	2002, 2004

PAGE NUMBER TWO: WORKS OF SHORT FICTION, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Titles "I" to "S"