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Heads You Lose and Other Apocryphal Tales

Francis Greig

First published 1982
Publisher Crown Publishers
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages x+210
Price $11.95
ISBN 0517544903

  • Data from Internet Archive scan
  • "First American edition published 1982 by Crown Publishers, Inc."
  • "This book was originally published in Great Britain under the title The Bite and Other Apocryphal Tales"
  • First printing per number line
  • Introduction is signed "F. G.".
  • "Jacket design by Bascove" on rear dust jacket flap
  • No cover artist credit
  • LCCN per copyright page
  • Book consists of retellings of modern folktales, urban legends, etc. It is not clear all contents are speculative fiction (per ISFDB definition). Verifier should check genre of stories.
  • Each story is followed, on a separate page, with brief notes on different versions, etc.
  • Mentioned in Locus #256 (May 1982)

Searching by ISBN: 0517544903

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Heads You Lose Francis Greig Short Fiction
15 The Hitchhiker Francis Greig Short Fiction
23 The Bargain Francis Greig Short Fiction
31 Predictions Francis Greig Short Fiction
47 A Dash for Freedom Francis Greig Short Fiction
55 Little Perry Francis Greig Short Fiction
69 A Testing Time Francis Greig Short Fiction
75 Quick Change Francis Greig Short Fiction
89 The Windfall Francis Greig Short Fiction
97 The Bite Francis Greig Short Fiction
103 A Last Fling Francis Greig Short Fiction
111 In Jest Francis Greig Short Fiction
127 The Escape Francis Greig Short Fiction
139 Words to the Unwise Francis Greig Short Fiction
149 The Revenge Francis Greig Short Fiction
159 Going Home Francis Greig Short Fiction
173 The Cop-Out Francis Greig Short Fiction
183 The Move Francis Greig Short Fiction
195 Recollections Francis Greig Short Fiction
203 At Random Francis Greig Short Fiction
ix Introduction (The Bite and Other Apocryphal Tales) Francis Greig Essay