10/27/05 THU:
---Email from Gauntlet (where I have not totally given up on ordering, although it may seem otherwise):

SOLICITATION FOR VOLUME 3 OF
RICHARD MATHESON: COLLECTED STORIES

Volume 3 of Richard Matheson: Collected Stories is now at the printer and is expected to be released in early-December by Gauntlet Press. Edited by Stanley Wiater, Volume 3 contains arguably some of Matheson's most famous stories ("Duel" and "Nightmare At 20,000 Feet") along with rarities almost impossible to find in an affordable $16.95 trade paperback. Wiater has provided comments by Matheson after each story. Appreciations include those by Stephen King, Dennis Etchison and Harlan Ellison. The Table of Contents is as follows:

Big Surprise
The Creeping Terror
Deadline
Mantage
No Such Thing As a Vampire
From Harlan Ellison
Crickets
Day of Reckoning
First Anniversary
From Shadowed Places
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
Finger Prints
The Likeness of Julie
Mute
Deus Ex Machina
Girl of My Dreams
The Jazz Machine
From Stephen King
Shock Wave
'Tis the Season To Be Jelly
Interest
A Drink of Water
Therese
Prey
Button, Button
From Dennis Etchison
By Appointment Only
Finishing Touches
'Til Death Do Us Part
The Near Departed
Buried Talents
Duel
From Richard Christian Matheson

$16.95 trade paperback