Mary Catelli's Erraticly Updated and Exceedingly Ill-Organized Journal

Valley So Low: Southern Mountain Stories by Manly Wade Wellman

A collection of uncanny tales. Some are Silver John. Some feature other men who wander about and know some of the matters -- each one with his tales grouped -- and it's clear that it's one continuity, with their loosely knowing each other, with Judge Pursuivant the sage old man of their knowledge. Others are people who get mixed up in such matters and may or may not escape.

One can see how he was listed in the Appendix N as a D&D source.

Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

A collection of Jeeves stories.

Starting with the one where Bertie hires him, and is extracted from an unwise engagement against his will. More merry hijinks.

Skip the last, "Bertie Changes His Mind." Like Sherlock Holmes, Jeeves does not make a good viewpoint character.

Tales From The Fermi Resolution: Vol. 2: Lights in the Darkness by Moe Lane

More tales from high-fantasy post-apocalyptical North America. Benefits from being read after the other Fermi Resolution books, I think.

Printed in the internal chronological order, fleshing out the history somewhat, though less than the first collection. Action -- adventures -- mysteries of Old America -- an interesting take on Omelas -- a tale of our hard-boiled detective Tom Vargas -- two adventures of Alkali Jones, the raider of old sites.

Joyeuse Guard by Marion G. Harmon

book 9. Astra's been around a bit. Spoilers for the others ahead.

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Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons by Peter Bebergal

A selection of works from the famous D&D Appendix N.

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All Men Dream of Earthwomen and Other Aeons by John C. Wright

A collection of short stories.

Far-future humans -- cybernetics and genetic engineering -- drama and adventure -- time travel -- love stories -- and more.

"Soldier in Paradise" is set in the Golden Oecumene universe but the rest are stand-alones.

The Book of Feasts & Seasons by John C. Wright

A collection of short stories. Fantasy, SF, genre-blenders. Connected more or less loosely to holy days. Interesting ideas -- the stories are heavily philosophical.

The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson, Volume 3: The Saturn Game by Poul Anderson

A collection of his science fiction stories, one fantasy one, and several poems.
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Team-Ups and Crossovers by Marion G. Harmon

Astra goes world-hopping.  It's a collection of short stories, with some spoilers for the earlier ones ahead.
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Hoka by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson

The continuing comic adventures of those amazing alien teddy bears who love playing out fiction, and Alex, still plenipotentiary, trying to cope.

Four stories here, longer than the first ones. We have a baseball episode, interstellar intrigue that the Hokas tackle like Foreign Service novels, a Jungle Book adventure with three aliens -- and Tanni instead of Alex, for once -- and a final grand adventure centering around a Hoka Napoleon.  For once, Alex actually has to explain that a Hoka can call himself Napoleon and still be sane.  By Hoka standards.  It even provides a resounding conclusion.