Some confusion seems to have struck the Internet about how the surname of the "Frostflower & Thorn" author ought to be spelled, with a landslide majority voting for "Kerr."

As the author in question, let me opine that, while both "Kerr" and "Carr" are excellent surnames, my own family has begun it with a "K" and an "A" since it was Karmilowicz (American pronunciation karMILLoWITS, Polish, karmeeWUHvitch). True, a cousin maintained that the "m" should be "n" and shortened his version of the name to Karnel (karNELL), but I never heard anyone in the family argue for "Ker..."

Seeing that a search on my name turns up what looks to me like a lot of entries (though no doubt minimal by Internet standards, and many of them surely about someone else), I have finally decided that one of them might as well be my own and thus -- dare I say? -- "official." After all, Teilhard de Chardin foresaw with relish a giant network of interpersonal connections, sounding almost as if he glimpsed the Internet years before it actually existed.

 

Phyllis Ann Karr

A Select Bibliography [Last update July 2003][N.B. In 2004, when my late husband starting showing symptoms of the disease that finally killed him late the following year, keeping up this bibliography, like my writing, pretty well ceased. Thus, there may be a gap between July 2003 and June 2008.]

BOOKS:

MY LADY QUIXOTE.  New York:  Fawcett [c1980] (Coventry Romances, No. 35)  Published in Italy by Fabbri, 1982, as "La note degli inganni."

LADY SUSAN.  New York:  Everest House [c1980]  Published in England by Corgi Books, 1984.  Reportedly published in Italy, but author has never seen a copy of the Italian edition.

FROSTFLOWER AND THORN.  New York:  Berkley Books [c1980] (Reissued by Wildside Press, NJ [2000])

MEADOWSONG.  New York:  Fawcett [c1981] (Coventry Romances, No. 138)  Published in Italy by Fabbri, 1982, as "Ballo di mezza estate," seemingly with some intriguing plot changes.

PEROLA.  New York:  Fawcett [c1982] (Coventry Romances, No. 178)

THE ELOPEMENT.  New York:  Fawcett [c1982] (Coventry Romances, No. 190)

THE IDYLLS OF THE QUEEN.  New York:  Ace [c1982] (Reissued by Wildside Press, NJ [2000])

WILDRAITH'S LAST BATTLE.  New York:  Ace [c1982]  (N.B.  Has many editorial changes never approved by the author, but is still well worth acquiring for the splendid illustrations.)

FROSTFLOWER AND WINDBOURNE.  New York:  Berkley Books [c1982] (Reissued by Wildside Press, NJ [2000])

THE KING ARTHUR COMPANION.  Reston, Va.:  Reston Publishing Co. [c1983]

AT AMBERLEAF FAIR.  New York:  Ace [c1986] (Reissued by Wildside Press, NJ [2000])

THE GARDENER'S BOY OF OZ.  [Albuquerque, N.M.:  Buckethead Enterprises of Oz, c1988; beautifully illus. by M. Grandy]  (Reissued Palo Verde Emeralds [2002])

THE ARTHURIAN COMPANION; the legendary world of Camelot and the Round Table.  [Oakland, CA]: Chaosium, 1997.  "A shorter version of this book appeared previously under the title of THE KING ARTHUR COMPANION"; numerous letters including diacritical marks were dropped, letter as well as mark.  Second ed., [Oakland, CA]:  Green Knight Press [2001] __ preferable in author's opinion to the 1997 ed., in having the dropped letters restored and in having a few more entries.  SFBC ed. of Green Knight Press version, 2001.  (I was born in Oakland.)

THE FOLLIES OF SIR HARALD.  [Oakland, CA]:  Green Knight Press [c2001; author's copies actually arrived Jan. 14, 2002]

THE GALLOWS IN THE GREENWOOD.  [Holicong, PA]: Wildside Press [c2002]

STORIES AND OTHER SHORTER PIECES:

I.  In Books and Other Monographic Publications:  (N.B.  These include pieces FIRST published in books & other monographs.  Stories first published in periodicals and later reprinted in books remain listed, with republication data, in the next section below.)

"Rondel for Rulers."  (poem)  In RIME ROYAL, edited and published by Ruth of the Far North [Ruth Berman], 1975.

"Old Horny's Hounds."  In EVERY CRIME IN THE BOOK, ed. by Robert L. Fish.  New York:  G.P. Putnam's Sons [c1975]

"The Robber Girl."  In AMAZONS II, ed. by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.  New York:  Daw [c1982]

"Tales Told to a Toymaker."  In HEROIC VISIONS, ed. by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.  New York:  Ace [c1983]

"The Toymaker and the Musicrafter" and "Toyman's Name" (two stories).  In TALES BY MOONLIGHT, ed. by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.  Chicago:  Robert T. Garcia, 1983.  (Republished by TOR, 1983)

"The Garnet and the Glory."  In SWORD AND SORCERESS, ed. by Marion Zimmer Bradley.  New York:  DAW [C1984]

"A Night at Two Inns."  In SWORD AND SORCERESS II, ed. by Marion Zimmer Bradley.  New York:  DAW [c1985]  Reported reprinted in Hungarian sf magazine, Atjáró Feb., 2003, ed. Sándor Szélesi, under title "Két fogadó, egy éjszaka." [accent acute over both a's and o in Atjaro, a in Sandor, first e in Szelesi, e in Ket, final o in fogado, and e in ejszaka]

"Two Bits of Embroidery."  In INVITATION TO CAMELOT, ed. by Parke Godwin.  New York:  Ace [c1988]

"The Last Temptation of Arthur" and "Kay and Morgan and Me." (two articles)  In THE ONCE AND FUTURE ARTHUR (NIEKAS 38), ed. by Edmund R. Meskys, c1989.

"Night of the Short Knives."  In THE WOMEN WHO WALK THROUGH FIRE, Vol. 2.  Ed. by Susanna J. Sturgis.  Freedom, Calif.:  The Crossing Press [c1990]

"A Cold Stake."  In VAMPIRES, ed. by Jane Yolen and Martin H. Greenberg.  [NY]:  Harper Collins [c1991]

"The Coming of the Light."  In THE CAMELOT CHRONICLES, ed. by Mike Ashley.  NY:  Carroll & Graf [c1992]

"Maybe the Miffin."  Tucson:  Marcus D. Mebes [1993, c1988]  Short story issued in the form of a small book, hand_printed and _bound, each binding different, edition very limited (25 volumes each printing; 1st printing Feb. 1993, 2d printing Feb. 1994)

        Second printing includes colored frontis. by Melody Grandy.  Copies numbered and signed by author, printer, and (2d printing) illustrator.  For forgotten reason, author had privately copyrighted this in 1988 as unpublished work.

"The Hollyhock Dolls."  In THE STORY TREE, ed. by Fern B. Griffin.  Shell Lake, WI:  Indianhead Writers Club, cOctober 1993.

"Babbitt's Daughter."  In SISTERS IN FANTASY, ed. by Susan Shwartz & Martin H. Greenberg.  [NY, etc.] ROC [division of Penguin Books U.S.A., c1995]

"Mordred and the Dragon."  In THE ULTIMATE DRAGON, ed. by Byron Preiss, John Betancourt, & Keith R. A. DeCandido.  [NY:  Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing, c1995]  Trade paperback.

"Merlin's Dark Mirror."  In THE MERLIN CHRONICLES, ed. by Mike Ashley.  NY:  Carroll & Graff [c1995]  ("Lo Specchio Nero di Merlino" in the anthology's Italian ed., LA LEGGENDA DI MERLINO, [Rome] Grandi Tascabili Economici Newton [c1997])

["The Bigot and the Baritone"]  In FWIIRP IN OZ:  AN ANTHOLOGY [ed. by Christopher Michael Dulabone.  Belen, NM:  Buckethead Enterprises of Oz, 1996, c1993]  (I have the feeling that, when I sent C.D. this story early in 1993, I did not fully understand that the anthology was to be another Oz project.)

"The Ass's Head."  In CLASSICAL WHODUNNITS, ed. by Mike Ashley.  Oxford, Eng.:  Past Times. [c1996]

"Galahad's Lady."  In THE CHRONICLES OF THE HOLY GRAIL, ed. by Mike Ashley.  London:  Raven Books [c1996]

"An Idyll of the Grail." (poem)  In THE CHRONICLES OF THE HOLY GRAIL, ed. by Mike Ashley.  London:  Raven Books [c1996]

"Clarissant."  In THE CHRONICLES OF THE ROUND TABLE, ed. by Mike Ashley.  New York:  Carroll & Graf [1997] (First pub. in the UK by Robinson, 1997)

"Love's Labour's Discover'd."  In SHAKESPEAREAN DETECTIVES, ed. by Mike Ashley.  London:  Robinson [c1998]  (NY:  Carroll & Graf; also issued by Robinson simultaneously as MORE SHAKESPEAREAN WHODUNNITS in a "Special edition for PAST TIMES., Oxford, England; all three variants appear substantially identical.)

"The Yin and Yang of It" (poem); "Karmilowicz Coffee Cake" (recipe).  In TASTING WISCONSIN'S PAST, sesquicentennial ed., ed. by Indianhead Writers [Rice Lake, Wis., printed by Cecil's Printing] c1998.

"When the Wolf Pirates Came to the City of Wonders."  In GLORANTHAN VISIONS, ed. by Roderick Robertson.  Oakland, CA:  Issaries, Inc., c2000.  Book included in boxed game set "Deluxe Hero Wars."

"The Realm of the Dead and the Dreaming."  In THE DOOM OF CAMELOT, ed. by James Lowder.  Oakland, CA:  Green Knight Publishing [c2000]

"The Last Idle [sic] of the King."  (Parody_pastiche poem)  In THE DOOM OF CAMELOT, op. cit.  (Reprinted in KALEIDOSCOPE, by The Indianhead Writers, ed. by B. Brandt [Spooner and Rice Lake, WI], 2002)

"The Lark in Contention."  In KALEIDOSCOPE, 2002.

"The Mage on Love."  In KALEIDOSCOPE, 2002.

"Three Lives."  In KALEIDOSCOPE, 2002.

"Time is Golden."  In KALEIDOSCOPE, 2002.

"Squire Kay in Love."  In LEGENDS OF THE PENDRAGON, ed. by James Lowder.  [Oakland, CA]:  Green Knight Publishing [c2002]

II.  In Periodicals, etc.:

"For Cake with Clotted Cream."  In ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1974.

"Toyman's Trade."  In THE LITERARY MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND TERROR, Vol. 1, No. 6, 1974.

"Ruddy George __ A Parody."  (article)  In THE GILBERT & SULLIVAN JOURNAL, Vol. X, No. 4, Spring, 1974.

"Blood Money."  In ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, Vol. 65, No. 2, Feb., 1975.  [Author's title was 'The Slantwise Scales of Justice.']

"The Odd Couple:  W. Shakespeare and J. F. Ducis."  (article)  In SERIF, Vol. 11, No. 4, Winter 1975.

"St. Columba and the Monster of Loch Ness."  In TOADSTOOL WINE, 1975.

"The Lost Sawhorse of Oz."  In OZIANA '76, 1976.

"Perran Sands."  (narrative poem)  In MOONBROTH, Section 22, 1976.

"G Above High C[cubed]."  In T_NEGATIVE 30/31, March 1976.

"So Come, Amaryllis."  In THE NEW FANTASY JOURNAL, No. 1, Summer 1976.

"Who Was the Traitor of Troy?"  (article re. "Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight")  In LIBRARY REVIEW, No. 24, Nov. 1976.

"The Wolves of Severtatis."  In WYRD 6, Winter 1976/77.

"Planting a Child."  In MENAGERIE, No. 12, 1977.

"The Two Endings of AUNT JANE'S NIECES IN THE RED CROSS."  (article)  In LIBRARY REVIEW, No. 26, Nov. 1977.  (Reprinted in THE BAUM BUGLE, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 1980)

"The Steptoe Husbands."  In WINDHAVEN, No. 3, 1978.

"The Rebakle."  In THE RAMPANT GUINEA PIG, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1978.

"The Curious Case of King Kaliko."  (article)  In THE BAUM BUGLE, Vol. 22, No. 2, Autumn 1978.

"I Will Not Disturb the Harvest."  In PANDORA, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1979.

"Granion Soup."  In MYTHRIL VIII, 1980.

"The Eldritch Horror of Oz."  In OZIANA 1981.  (Reprinted in TALES BY MOONLIGHT II, ed. by J. A. Salmonson.  Ny:  TOR [c1989]

"The Transalt Amulet."  In MYTHELLANEY, 1981.

"Ruthven's Defection Re_Examined."  (article)  In THE SAVOYARD, Vol. XXI, No. 1, March 1982.

"The Toe."  In EERIE COUNTRY 7, 1982.  (Reprinted in 100 GREAT FANTASY SHORT SHORT STORIES, ed. by Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, and Martin H. Greenberg.  Garden City, NY:  Doubleday, 1984; republished by Avon, 1985)

"The Canonization of MERRY_GO_ROUND."  (article)  In THE BAUM BUGLE, Vol. 27, No. 2, Autumn 1983.

"New Mythi for Horror Tales."  In FANTASY AND TERROR, new series, #1, 1984.

"Two days out of Sludgepocket."  In FIGHTING WOMAN NEWS, Vol. 9, no. 4, No. 28, Winter 1985.

"A Computer Wizard in Oz."  In OZIANA 1986.

"The Computer Wizard Makes a Comeback."  In OZIANA 1988.

"Slime's Men."  In THE PALACE PEEPER; The Official Tabloid of The Jack Point Preservation Society, No. 2 [1988]

"Murder with an Artist's Rag."  In SPACE 7 TIME, Winter [1988_]1989.

"A Glassmaker's Courage."  Co_authored with M. Coleman Easton.  In MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S FANTASY MAGAZINE, Vol. I, Issue 3, Winter [1988_]1989.

"The Dragon, the Unicorn, and the Teddy Bear."  In MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S FANTASY MAGAZINE, Vol. II, Issue 1, Summer 1989.

"The Lady of Belec."  In WEIRD TALES, Vol. 51, N. 2, Whole No. 295, Winter 1989/90.  (Reprinted in THE PENDRAGON CHRONICLES, ed. by Mike Ashley.  [London:  Robinson Books]; New York:  Peter Bedrick Books [c1989]; again in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF ARTHURIAN LEGENDS, ed. Ashley.  [UK:  Robinson]; New York:  Carroll & Graf [c1998] , repub. by Castle Books, NJ, as ARTHURIAN LEGENDS, 2002.)

"The Truth about the Lady of the Lake."  In MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S FANTASY MAGAZINE, Issue 9, Summer 1990.  (Reprinted in THE BEST OF MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S FANTASY MAGAZINE, Warner Books, c1994.)

"The Robber Girl, the Sea Witch, and the Little Mermaid's Voice."  In MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S FANTASY MAGAZINE, Issue 11, Winter 1991.  (Reprinted in THE BEST OF MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S FANTASY MAGAZINE, VOL. II, Warner Books, c1995.)

"Who Mourns for Silverstairs?"  In SPACE & TIME #79, Winter 1991.

"Mad Evren's Dreams."  In MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S FANTASY MAGAZINE, Issue #22, Winter 1994.

TRANSLATIONS:

"The Coffeepot," by Theophile Gautier.  In FANTASY MACABRE, No. 5, 1985.  (Reprinted in TALES BY MOONLIGHT II, ed. by J. A. Salmonson.  NY:  TOR [c1989])

"The Plague_Man," by Jean Richepin.  In FANTASY MACABRE, No. 10, 1988.

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice," by Henri Blaze from Goethe's ballade.  In program for concert, "Things That Go Bump in the Night," Sat., Oct. 25, 1997, Northland College, Ashland, Wis., Joel Glickman, Music Director.  Done on Joel's request.  (Blaze's French prose version was the only text available.  I think the French title would be more grammatically rendered "The Apprentice Sorcerer."  Misprint in third paragraph:  "towo" for "two.")

MISCELLANEOUS:

Back cover, WEIRDBOOK SIX, 1973.  (drawing)

Coat of Arms for the Murgatroyds of Ruddigore.  In THE SAVOYARD, Vol. 9, No. 2, Sept. 1970.  (drawing with short text)

Front cover, EERIE COUNTRY SIX, 1982.  (drawing)

Notes on inside record sleeve of Pearl label LP reissue of 1924 recording of Gilbert & Sullivan's RUDDIGORE, Pavilion Records Ltd., Kent; Qualiton Records, Ltd., Rego Park, NY, 1976.

"Jessica Amanda Salmonson."  Program book article, WisCon 1984.

Autobiography, in Program book, SilverCon (Asheville, N.C.), Nov. 18_20, 1988.

Chapman, Vera.  "D'Oyly Carte Blanche."  In GASBAG, Vol. XXI, No. 6, Issue No. 175, July/August/September 1990.  Karr acted as unofficial agent in getting this story its first U.S. publication, also did the initial transcribing from typed ms. to word processor diskette.

THE VAMPIRE AS SHAMAN.  Self_published pamphlet, c1990.  Conceived as a one_sheet handout for a panel, but grew.

Recipes:  Bran Cookies & Bran "Bumps."  In THE BAKERY MEN DON'T SEE COOKBOOK.  Madison, WI: SF[cubed], 1991.

"St. Ann Parish History."  In St. Ann's Catholic Church pictorial directory, Centennial Year 1902_2002.  [Galion, OH:  Life Touch Church Directories and Portraits, for St. Ann Parish, Cable, WI, April 2002]