Langford Bibliography
Short Fiction
Forthcoming
- Nothing at all in the pipeline: oh, the embarrassment.
Recent Appearances/Reprints
- "The Pocklington Poltergeist" – SF/occult/comedy in
Fables from the Fountain (a homage to Arthur C. Clarke's Tales
from the White Hart) ed. Ian Whates (Alconbury Weston,
Cambridgeshire, NewCon Press hb, April 2011). Series character: Dagon
Smythe, Psychic Investigator.
- "Graffiti in the Library of Babel" – SF in Is
Anybody Out There? (a theme anthology centred on the Fermi
Paradox) ed. Nick Gevers and Marty Halpern (New York, DAW pb, June
2010).
Complete (?) Short Story List
- "Heatwave" – SF in New Writings in SF
27 ed. Ken Bulmer (London, Sidgwick & Jackson hc, 1975;
anthology reprinted London, Corgi pb, 1977). Collected in
Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "Takeover" – SF/supernatural in 8th
Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (London, Collins/Armada pb
original, 1976).
- "The Thing from Inner Space" – SF/humour in
BSFA Newsletter (Matrix) #6 (May 1976). Series
character: Mac Malsenn. Collected in He
Do the Time Police in Different Voices.
- "Accretion" – SF/fantasy in Andromeda 2
ed. Peter Weston (London, Futura UK pb original, 1977). Collected in
Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "At the Corner of the Eye" – horror in 10th
Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (London,
Collins/Fontana pb original, 1977).
- "Connections" – SF in Andromeda 3
ed. Peter Weston (London, Futura pb original, 1978). Collected in
Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "Sex Pirates of the Blood Asteroid" –
SF/humour in Aries 1 ed. John Grant (Newton Abbot, David &
Charles UK original 1979, reprinted in Penthouse 1980). Series
character: Mac Malsenn. Collected in He
Do the Time Police in Different Voices.
- "Training" – SF in The Future at War I:
Thor's Hammer ed. Reginald Bretnor (New York, Ace US pb original,
1979. Later revised and incorporated into The
Space Eater). Collected in Different
Kinds of Darkness.
- "Imbalance" – SF in Ad Astra 4
(London, June 1979). Incorporated into Earthdoom!
- "Understudy" – SF in Practical
Computing (London, October 1979).
- "The Chess Set" – supernatural in 12th
Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (London, Collins/Armada pb
original, 1980).
- "Cold Spell" – horror in 13th Fontana
Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (London,
Collins/Fontana pb original, 1980). Collected in
Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "Turing Test" – SF in Practical
Computing (London, April 1980).
- "Law of Conservation" – SF/fantasy in Ad
Astra 10 (London, June 1980).
- "The Final Days" – SF in Destinies 3:1
(New York, Ace US pb "magazine", April 1981). Collected in
Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "Sacrifice" – SF in Destinies 3:2
(New York, Ace, August 1981).
- "Transcends All Wit" – SF/fantasy in Pictures
at an Exhibition ed. Ian Watson (Cardiff, UK, Greystoke Mobray pb
original, 1981).
- "Semolina" – SF/fantasy in Peter
Davison's Book of Alien Monsters (London, Hutchinson/Sparrow pb,
1982).
- "Friendly Reflections" – SF in Practical
Computing (London, February 1982); changed from own title "Answering
Machine". Collected in Different
Kinds of Darkness.
- "Lukewarm" – SF in Alien Encounters
ed. Jan Howard Finder (New York, Taplinger US original, 1982).
- "Under the Bedclothes" – supernatural in
14th Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby (London, Collins/Armada
pb original, 1982).
- "Hearing Aid" – SF in Practical
Computing (London, October 1982 in badly mutilated form; reprinted
in full in Phoenix magazine, Wantage, August 1983, and Knave
vol 17 Christmas extra, London, 1984). Collected in
Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "Too Good to Be" – fantasy in Imagine 3
(Cambridge, UK, June 1983). Collected in Different
Kinds of Darkness.
- "Lost Event Horizon" – SF/humour in Imagine
12 (Cambridge, UK, March 1984). Series character: Mac Malsenn.
Collected in He Do the Time Police
in Different Voices.
- "In the Place of Power" – fantasy in Beyond
Lands of Never ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Unwin/Unicorn, London, 1984).
Collected in Different Kinds of
Darkness.
- "3.47 AM" – horror in The Gruesome Book
ed. Ramsey Campbell (London, Piccolo pb original, 1983), reprinted in
The Year's Best Horror Stories XII ed. Karl Edward Wagner (New
York, DAW pb, 1984). Collected in Different
Kinds of Darkness.
- "Statement of a Minor Offender" – SF in
Knave 16:6 (London, UK, June 1984) and Best of Knave
(1985).
- "The Distressing Damsel" – fantasy/humour
in Amazing SF (Lake Geneva, WI, US, July 1984 – UK
republication in White Dwarf 65, May 1985). Collected in
He Do the Time Police in Different
Voices.
- "Sidetrack" – SF in Knave 16:8
(London, August 1984).
- "The Thing in the Bedroom" – horror/humour
in Knave 16:11 (UK, November 1984), reprinted in Year's
Best Horror Stories, Series XIII ed. Karl Edward Wagner (New York,
DAW pb, 1985). Series character: Dagon Smythe, Psychic Investigator.
Collected in He Do the Time Police
in Different Voices.
- "The Mad Gods' Omelette" – fantasy/parody
in White Dwarf 59 (London, November 1984). Collected in
He Do the Time Police in Different
Voices.
- "Wetware" – SF in What Micro?
(London, November 1984). Collected in Different
Kinds of Darkness.
- "Cube Root" – SF in Interzone 11
(London, UK, Spring 1985; reprinted in Interzone: the Third
Anthology, 1988). Collected in Different
Kinds of Darkness.
- "Jellyfish" – SF in Knave 17:5
(London, May 1985). Collected in He
Do the Time Police in Different Voices.
- "Notes for a Newer Testament" – SF in Afterwar
ed. Janet Morris (New York, Baen/Pocket Books US original, Summer
1985; UK republication in White Dwarf 91, July 1987).
Collected in Different Kinds of
Darkness.
- "The Power of the Frog" – SF in White
Dwarf 74 (London, February 1986).
- "In a Land of Sand and Ruin and Gold" – SF
in Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans and Robert Holdstock
(London, Unwin pb original, 1987). Collected in
Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "Blit" – SF in Interzone 25
(Brighton, UK, September/October 1988, reprinted in Interzone: the
Fourth Anthology, 1989). "BLIT/infoterrorist" series.
Collected in Different Kinds of
Darkness.
- "Xanthopsia" – parody with first commercial
appearance in collection The
Dragonhiker's Guide ... (1988). Collected in
He Do the Time Police in Different
Voices.
- "Tales of the Black Scriveners" – as above.
Original in The Dragonhiker's
Guide ... (1988).
- "Duel of Words" – as above. Published
earlier in Sfinx 2:2 (1983) and A
Novacon Garland (1987).
- "The Gutting" – as above. Out-take from the
then unpublished Guts.
- "The Spawn of Non-Q" – as above. Original
in The Dragonhiker's Guide ...
(1988).
- "Outbreak" – as above. Published earlier in
A Novacon Garland (1987).
- "The Facts in the Case of Micky Valdon" –
horror/satire in Dark Fantasies ed. Chris Morgan (London,
Century Hutchinson hardback/trade originals, August 1989). Collected
in Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "The Motivation" – SF in Arrows of Eros
ed. Alex Stewart (London, NEL pb original, November 1989), reprinted
in The Year's Best Horror Stories XVIII ed. Karl Edward Wagner
(New York, DAW pb, 1990). Collected in Different
Kinds of Darkness.
- "A Surprisingly Common Omission" – SF
drabble in Drabble II: Double
Century ed. Rob Meades & David B.Wake (London, Beccon
Publications, April 1990). Collected in Different
Kinds of Darkness.
- "Ellipses" – SF in More Tales from the
Forbidden Planet ed. Roz Kaveney (London, Titan Books, August
1990). Collected in Different Kinds of
Darkness.
- "What Happened at Cambridge IV" – SF in
Digital Dreams ed. David V.Barrett (London, NEL, November
1990). "BLIT/infoterrorist" series. Collected in
Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "A Snapshot Album" – SF in Interzone 43
(Brighton, UK, January 1991). Collected in Different
Kinds of Darkness.
- "Waiting for the Iron Age" – SF in Tales
ofthe Wandering Jew ed. Brian Stableford (Dedalus, March
1991). Collected in Different Kinds of
Darkness.
- "Leaks" – SF in Temps ed. Neil
Gaiman and Alex Stewart (London, Roc [Penguin], August 1991).
Collected in The Silence of the
Langford and Different Kinds
of Darkness.
- "Encounter of Another Kind" – UFO paranoia
in Interzone 54 (Brighton, UK, December 1991). Collected in
Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "Blossoms that Coil and Decay" – SF in Interzone
57 (Brighton, UK, March 1992). Collected in
Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "The Arts of the Enemy" – fantasy in Villains!
ed. Mary Gentle and Roz Kaveney (London, Roc [Penguin], March 1992).
Collected in The Silence of the
Langford and Different Kinds
of Darkness.
- "If Looks Could Kill" – SF in Eurotemps
ed. Alex Stewart (London, Roc [Penguin], November 1992). Collected in
Silence of the Langford and
He Do the Time Police in Different
Voices.
- "The Lions in the Desert" – SF/horror in
The Weerde II: The Book of the Ancients ed. Neil Gaiman and
Roz Kaveney (London, Roc [Penguin], April 1993). Reprinted in The
Year's Best Horror Stories XXII ed. Karl Edward Wagner (New York,
DAW pb, 1994). Collected in Irrational
Numbers and Different Kinds
of Darkness.
- "Christmas Games" – SF in Christmas
Forever ed. David G.Hartwell (Tor, 1993). Collected in
He Do the Time Police in Different
Voices.
- "Deepnet" – Lovecraftian SF/horror in
Irrational Numbers, 1994,
reprinted in Shadows over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones (Fedogan
& Bremer, 1994). Collected in Different
Kinds of Darkness.
- "Serpent Eggs" – SF/horror in
Irrational Numbers, 1994,
revised for The Third Alternative 14, 1997. Collected in
Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "The Net of Babel" – SF in Interzone 92
(Brighton, UK, February 1995), reprinted in The Best of Interzone
(London, HarperCollins, 1997). Collected in
He Do the Time Police in Different
Voices.
- "Blood and Silence" – semi-horror in 100
Vicious Little Vampire Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert
Weinberg and Martin H.Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, USA, 1995).
Collected in Different Kinds of
Darkness.
- "The Spear of the Sun" – SF in Interzone
112 (Brighton, UK, October 1996) and Alternate Skiffy ed.
Patrick Nielsen Hayden and Mike Resnick for Wildside Press (1998).
Reprinted in Year's Best SF 2 ed. David G. Hartwell (New York,
HarperCollins, 1997). Collected in He
Do the Time Police in Different Voices.
- "The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech" –
Sherlock Holmes story in The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes
Stories ed. Mike Ashley (London, Robinson, 1997). Collected in
He Do the Time Police in Different
Voices.
- "Not Ours To See" – comic-occult tale in
The Fortune Teller ed. Lawrence Schimel and Martin H.Greenberg
(New York, DAW, August 1997). Series character: Dagon Smythe, Psychic
Investigator. Collected in He Do the
Time Police in Different Voices.
- "The Case of Jack the Clipper, or A Fimbulwinter's Tale"
– comic-occult tale in Interzone 126 (Brighton, UK,
December 1997). Series character: Dagon Smythe, Psychic Investigator.
Collected in He Do the Time Police
in Different Voices.
- "As Strange a Maze as E'er Men Trod" –
detection and borderline fantasy in the aftermath of The Tempest,
in Shakespearean Detectives ed. Mike Ashley (London, Robinson,
1998; the simultaneous Past Times edition is titled More
Shakespearean Whodunnits). Collected in Different
Kinds of Darkness.
- "Out of Space, Out of Time" – Lovecraftian
SF/horror in Science Fiction Age (Reston, VA, Sovereign Media
Co, September 1998). One of several pieces commissioned as source
material for the Heartland CDi game Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos;
Heartland editor Stephen Marley plans an eventual anthology of the
stories. Collected in He Do the Time
Police in Different Voices.
- "A Game of Consequences" – sf in Starlight
2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (New York, Tor, November 1998).
Reprinted in Year's Best SF 4 ed. David G. Hartwell (New York,
HarperCollins, 1999). Collected in Different
Kinds of Darkness.
- "comp.basilisk FAQ" – short non-fact piece
in the "Futures" department of Nature (London, UK, 2
December 1999). "BLIT/infoterrorist" series. Collected in
Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "Different Kinds of Darkness" – short sf in
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (New York, January
2000). "BLIT/infoterrorist" series. Reprinted in Year's
Best SF 6 ed. David G. Hartwell (New York, HarperCollins Eos,
2001). Slightly shortened version as "The Shudder Club" in
Prospect #70 (London, January 2002). Collected in
Different Kinds of Darkness.
- "The Case That Never Was" – short
comic-occult story in Weird Tales #326 (Radford, Virginia,
Winter 2001-2). Series character: Dagon Smythe, Psychic Investigator.
Collected in He Do the Time Police
in Different Voices.
- "The Last Robot Story" – short Asimov
parody in 3SF #2 (Abingdon, Oxon, December 2002). Collected in
He Do the Time Police in Different
Voices.
- "Logrolling Ephesus" – contribution to The
Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited
Diseases ed. Jeff VanderMeer and Mark Roberts. (Newberg OR, Night
Shade Books, October 2003.) Collected in Different
Kinds of Darkness.
- "New Hope for the Dead" – SF in the "Futures"
department of Nature #7041 (London, 26 May 2005). Collected in
Starcombing; also added to
Different Kinds of Darkness
ebook.
- "Warez" – SF in the "Futures"
department of Nature Physics vol 3 no 6 (London, June 2007).
Collected in Starcombing;
also added to Different Kinds of
Darkness ebook.
- "The Cold Truth" – SF in the "Futures"
department of Nature Physics vol 4 no 4 (London, April 2008).
Collected in Starcombing;
also added to Different Kinds of
Darkness ebook.
- "Gigatech" – SF in the "Futures"
department of Nature #7209 (London, 4 September 2008).
Collected in Starcombing;
also added to Different Kinds of
Darkness ebook.
- "Graffiti in the Library of Babel" – SF in
Is Anybody Out There? (a theme anthology centred on the Fermi
Paradox) ed. Nick Gevers and Marty Halpern (New York, DAW pb, June
2010). Added to Different Kinds of
Darkness ebook.
- "The Pocklington Poltergeist" –
SF/occult/comedy in Fables from the Fountain (a homage to
Arthur C. Clarke's Tales from the White Hart) ed. Ian Whates
(Alconbury Weston, Cambridgeshire, NewCon Press hb, April 2011).
Series character: Dagon Smythe, Psychic Investigator. Added to
He Do the Time Police in Different
Voices ebook.