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Revenants & Maledictions by Peter Bell (Sarob Press, June 2018, 978-2-9562115-2-5, 115pp, hc, oc, cover by Paul Lowe)
Limited edition of 275 numbered copies.
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Apotheosis · Peter Bell · ss

9 · The House · Peter Bell · ss

16 · The Executioner · Peter Bell · ss Terror Tales of the Scottish Highlands ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2015; substantially rewritten.

28 · Many Shades of Red · Peter Bell · ss

35 · The Virgin Mary Well · Peter Bell · ss

50 · The Island · Peter Bell · ss
substantially rewritten from “The Historian’s Tale” (2016).

58 · Wild Wales · Peter Bell · ss

69 · Sithean · Peter Bell · ss
substantially rewritten from “The True Edge of the World” (Shadow’s Edge, ed. Simon Strantzas, Gray Friar Press, 2013).

81 · Blackberry Time · Peter Bell · ss The Ghosts and Scholars Book of Shadows: Volume 3 ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press, 2016

95 · The Robing of the Bride · Peter Bell · ss

Strange Epiphanies by Peter Bell (Swan River Press, February 2012, 978-0-9566587-2-2, €40.00, x+193pp, hc, co, cover by R. B. Russell)
Collection of stories which confront the awesome, the numinous, the uncanny, the lure of genius loci, and landscapes undergoing strange epiphanies. Limited to 350 copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Introduction · Brian J. Showers · in

· Resurrection · Peter Bell · ss All Hallows #41, February 2006

· M. E. F. · Peter Bell · ss

· The Light of the World · Peter Bell · ss At Ease with the Dead ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2007

· An American Writer’s Cottage · Peter Bell · ss

· Inheritance · Peter Bell · ss

· A Midsummer Ramble in the Carpathians · Peter Bell · ss

· Nostalgia, Death and Melancholy · Peter Bell · ss Supernatural Tales #11, Spring 2007

· Marie Emily Fornario: A Historical Note · Peter Bell · ar

The Body in the Dumb River by George Bellairs (John Gifford Ltd., 1961, hc, n.) [Thomas Littlejohn]

The Body in the Dumb River by George Bellairs (The British Library, August 10, 2019, 978-0-7123-5214-7, £8.99, 288pp, tp, n.) [Thomas Littlejohn; British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (John Gifford Ltd. 1961) crime novel.

· Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

The Dead Shall Be Raised and Murder of a Quack by George Bellairs (The British Library, December 2016, 978-0-7123-5652-7, £8.99, 224pp, tp, om) [British Library Crime Classics]

· Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

· The Dead Shall Be Raised [Thomas Littlejohn] · George Bellairs · n. John Gifford Ltd., 1942

· Murder of a Quack [Thomas Littlejohn] · George Bellairs · n. John Gifford Ltd., 1943

Death of a Busybody by George Bellairs (John Gifford Ltd., 1942, hc, n.) [Thomas Littlejohn]

Death of a Busybody by George Bellairs (The British Library, October 2016, 978-0-7123-5644-2, £8.99, 244pp, tp, n.) [Thomas Littlejohn; British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (John Gifford Ltd. 1942) mystery novel.

· Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

Surfeit of Suspects by George Bellairs (John Gifford Ltd., 1964, hc, n.) [Thomas Littlejohn]

Surfeit of Suspects by George Bellairs (The British Library, April 10, 2019, 978-0-7123-5238-3, £8.99, 288pp, tp, n.) [Thomas Littlejohn; British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (John Gifford Ltd. 1964) mystery novel.

· Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

Atta by Francis Rufus Bellamy (A.A. Wyn, September 10, 1953, $3.00, 216pp, hc, n.)
Sf novel, subtitled “A Novel of a Most Extraordinary Adventure”.

Atta by Francis Rufus Bellamy (Ace Double, November 1954, D-79, 35¢, 216pp, hc, n., cover by Ed Valigursky)
Reprint (A.A. Wyn 1953) SF novel. Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Brain-Stealers by Murray Leinster.

Superfiction, or the American Story Transformed ed. Joe David Bellamy (Vintage, September 1975, V-523, $4.95, 293pp, tp, an)
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

3 · Introduction · Joe David Bellamy · in

19 · Notes · [uncredited] · ms

· Fantasy•Fabulation•Irrealism

23 · Unready to Wear · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1953

40 · The Elevator · Robert Coover · ss Pricksongs & Descants by Robert Coover, E.P. Dutton, 1969

54 · Quake · Rudolph Wurlitzer · ex Dutton, 1972

76 · Chiaroscuro: a Treatment of Light and Shade · Ursule Molinaro · ss TriQuarterly #29, Winter 1974

· Neo-Gothic

91 · By the River · Joyce Carol Oates · nv December v10, 1968

113 · The Universal Fears · John Hawkes · ss American Review #16, 1973

129 · Manikin · Leonard Michaels · ss Massachusetts Review Winter 1968

137 · In Which Esther Gets a Nose Job · Thomas Pynchon · ex from V, J.B. Lippincott, 1963

· Myth•Parable

157 · Queen Louisa · John Gardner · ss The King’s Indian by John Gardner, Random House, 1974

173 · Order of Insects · William H. Gass · ss Minnesota Review April 1961

182 · One’s Ship · Barton Midwood · ss The Paris Review #36, Winter 1966

187 · Saying Good-bye to the President · Robley Wilson, Jr. · ss Esquire February 1974

· Metafiction•Technique as Subject

197 · Life-Story · John Barth · ss Lost in the Funhouse by John Barth, Doubleday, 1966

213 · Sentences · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker March 7 1970

221 · The Moon in Its Flight · Gilbert Sorrentino · ss New American Review #13, 1971

234 · What’s Your Story · Ronald Sukenick · ss The Paris Review #44, Fall 1968

· Parody & Put-On

259 · The Loop Garoo Kid · Ishmael Reed · ex from Yellow Back Radio Broke Down, Doubleday, 1969

274 · A Lot of Cowboys · Judith Rascoe · nv The Atlantic Monthly November 1970

282 · At the National Festival · John Batki · ss Fiction Fall 1972

289 · Under the Microscope · John Updike · ss Transatlantic Review #28, Spring 1968; illustrated by Ann Haven Morgan

The Forgotten and the Fantastical 3 ed. Teika Bellamy (Mother’s Milk Books, March 18, 2017, 978-0-9954516-4-3, £8.99, 192pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Silence Rose from the Water Like Steam · Poppy O’Neill · ss

· Midnight Riders · Dan Micklethwaite · ss

· The Web and the Wildwood · Lynden Wade · ss

· Listening to the Mermaidens · Angi Holden · ss

· Melissa’s Bearskin · Ronne Randall · ss

· The Narclops · Sophie Sellars · ss

· The Lost Children of Lorenwald · Elizabeth Hopkinson · ss

· Iron Man · Claire Stephenson · ss

· Airless · N. J. Ramsden · ss

· The Daughter with Indigo Eyes · Moira Garland · ss

· Flower Face · Ness Owen · ss

· Spawned · Clair Wright · ss

· Bearskin and Bare-Skin · Carys Crossen · ss

· Crossing the Victoria Line · Marie Gethins · ss

· The Salt Child · Rachel Rivett · ss

· The Truth About Tea · Sarah Armstrong · ss

· Girl on a Pied Horse · Sarah Hindmarsh · ss

Corpse on Ice by Robert Leslie Bellem (Black Dog Books, 2003, 1-928619-27-4, $8.95, 76pp, ph, co, cover by H. J. Ward from Hollywood Detective September 1943) [Dan Turner]
Collection of 4 more stories from the Case Files of Dan Turner, Private Investigator. Volume 2 of “From the Case Files of Dan Turner, P.I.”.

5 · Corpse on Ice [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Hollywood Detective September 1943

23 · Death’s Passport [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Detective Stories December 1940

37 · Homicide Hunch [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective February 1943

50 · Death’s Bright Halo [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Detective Stories October 1935

72 · About the Author · Tom Roberts · bg

Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective: Book 2 by Robert Leslie Bellem (Pulpville Press, 2005, $27.95, 380pp, hc, co) [Dan Turner]

1 · A Note from the Publisher · [uncredited] · ms ; regarding “Cat Act”, a rewriting of the one in the previous volume.

3 · Introducing the Author · [uncredited] · bg

9 · Death Begins at Forty [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Hollywood Detective September 1943

45 · Corpse on Ice [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Hollywood Detective September 1943

69 · Homicide Highball [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv Hollywood Detective October 1943

137 · King-Size Kill [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Hollywood Detective October 1943

163 · Murder Off the Record [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Hollywood Detective October 1943

189 · Dead Man’s Code [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Hollywood Detective October 1943

213 · Cat Act [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · na Hollywood Detective November 1943
rewritten from the story of the same name in Spicy Detective Stories (February 1941).

273 · Death’s Dress Rehearsal [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Hollywood Detective November 1943

297 · The Lake of the Left-Hand Moon [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · na Hollywood Detective December 1943

Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective: Lights! Camera! Murder! by Robert Leslie Bellem (Malibu Graphics, Inc., 1990, 0-944735-65-7, $7.95, 64pp, tp, co, cover by Ron Wilber) [Dan Turner]

1 · Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective in “Televised Frame” [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · cs Hollywood Detective October 1949, as “Televised Frame”; illustrated by Adolphe Barreaux

9 · Death on Location [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Detective Stories February 1935

19 · Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective in “Bear-Trap Kill” [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem & Max Plaisted · cs Crime Smashers January 1952

27 · Silverscreen Spectre [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Detective Stories October 1936

37 · Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective #39, “Murder Mine” [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · cs Hollywood Detective September 1947, as “Murder Mine”; illustrated by Adolphe Barreaux

45 · Death’s Diary [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Detective Stories February 1937

56 · Dan Turner Goes to the Movies [Dan Turner] · John Wooley · ar (r) [Ref. Robert Leslie Bellem]

Death’s Detour by Robert Leslie Bellem (Black Dog Books, 2002, 1-928619-21-5, $6.95, 72pp, ph, co, cover by H. J. Ward from Spicy Mystery Stories July 1936) [Dr. Zarkov (Surgeon of Souls)]
Four classic spicy stories from the pages of Spicy Mystery Stories. Volume one in the series.

· [illustrations] · Joseph Sokoli · il (r)

5 · Spicy Ethics Lessons · Alfred Jan · in

7 · Surgeon of Souls [Dr. Zarkov (Surgeon of Souls)] · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv Spicy Mystery Stories June 1936

26 · Bitter Reckoning [Dr. Zarkov (Surgeon of Souls)] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Mystery Stories March 1937

42 · 30 Seconds [Dr. Zarkov (Surgeon of Souls)] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Mystery Stories July 1937

57 · Death’s Detour [Dr. Zarkov (Surgeon of Souls)] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Mystery Stories August 1937

Gallows Heritage by Robert Leslie Bellem (Black Dog Books, 2002, 1-928619-25-8, $9.00, 82pp, ph, co, cover from Spicy Mystery Stories July 1937) [Dr. Zarkov (Surgeon of Souls)]
Four classic spicy stories from the pages of Spicy Mystery Stories. Volume two in the series.

· [illustrations] · Joseph Sokoli · il (r)

· [illustrations] · Harry Parkhurst · il (r)

5 · Spicy Ethics Lessons Redux · Alfred Jan · in

7 · Gallows Heritage [Dr. Zarkov (Surgeon of Souls)] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Mystery Stories December 1937

27 · Strange Journey [Dr. Zarkov (Surgeon of Souls)] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Mystery Stories October 1938

43 · Dark Eyes of Hell [Dr. Zarkov (Surgeon of Souls)] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Mystery Stories December 1938

60 · The Executioner [Dr. Zarkov (Surgeon of Souls)] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Mystery Stories August 1935

79 · About the Author · Tom Roberts · bg [Ref. Robert Leslie Bellem]

Reckoning in Red by Robert Leslie Bellem (Black Dog Books, 2001, 1-928619-16-9, $6.95, 80pp, ph, co) [Dan Turner]
Four Dan Turner adventures from the pages of Spicy Detective Stories. Volume 1 of “From the Case Files of Dan Turner, P.I.”.

5 · Star Chamber [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Detective Stories August 1937

25 · Murder Claws [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Detective Stories April 1940

42 · Reckoning in Red [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Detective Stories March 1941

61 · Death in the Doghouse [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Detective Stories February 1942

Shady Lady by Robert Leslie Bellem, Cleve F. Adams & W. T. Ballard--- see under Cleve F. Adams.

Super-Detective Jim Anthony: The Complete Series, Volume 5 by Robert Leslie Bellem, Edwin Truett Long & W. T. Ballard--- see under Edwin Truett Long.

Super-Detective Jim Anthony: The Complete Series, Volume 6 by Robert Leslie Bellem & W. T. Ballard (Steeger Books, November 29, 2025, 978-1-61827-882-1, $29.95, 328pp, tp, co, cover by H. J. Ward from Super-Detective December 1941) [Jim Anthony]
A hardcover edition ($44.95) was announced but not seen.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Murder’s Migrants [Jim Anthony] · Robert Leslie Bellem & W. T. Ballard · na Super-Detective March 1943, as by John Grange

· Death for a Flying Dutchman [Jim Anthony] · Robert Leslie Bellem & W. T. Ballard · na Super-Detective April 1943, as by John Grange

· Homicide Heiress [Jim Anthony] · Robert Leslie Bellem & W. T. Ballard · na Super-Detective June 1943, as by John Grange

· Curse of the Masters [Jim Anthony] · Robert Leslie Bellem & W. T. Ballard · na Super-Detective August 1943, as by John Grange

· Pipeline to Murder [Jim Anthony] · Robert Leslie Bellem & W. T. Ballard · na Super-Detective October 1943, as by John Grange

Rio Noir ed. Tony Bellotto (Akashic Books, June 7, 2016, 978-1-61775-312-1, $15.95, 224pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Details taken from ebook.

· Deciphering an Enigma · Tony Bellotto; translated by Clifford E. Landers · in
translated from the Portuguese.

· Part I: Purgatory of Beauty & Chaos

· The Hanged Man · Adriana Lisboa; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Largo do Machado.
translated from the Portuguese.

· Toned Cougars · Tony Bellotto; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Leme.
translated from the Portuguese.

· The Cannibal of Ipanema · Alexandre Fraga dos Santos; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Ipanema.
translated from the Portuguese.

· Part II: Divided City

· The Booty · Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Lapa.
translated from the Portuguese.

· The Return · M. V. Bill; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Cidade de Deus.
translated from the Portuguese.

· Weekend in São Conrado · Luiz Eduardo Soares; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in São Conrado.
translated from the Portuguese.

· RJ-171 · Guilherme Fiuza; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Leblon.
translated from the Portuguese.

· Part III: Murmuring Fountains

· Argentine Taxi · Arthur Dapieve; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Cosme Velho.
translated from the Portuguese.

· Blind Spot · Victoria Saramago; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Tijuca Forest.
translated from the Portuguese.

· The Enigma of the Victrola · Arnaldo Bloch; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Jacarepaguá.
translated from the Portuguese.

· Part IV: Rio Babylon

· Tangerine Tango · Marcelo Ferroni; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Barra da Tijuca.
translated from the Portuguese.

· The Wait · Flávio Carneiro; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Downtown.
translated from the Portuguese.

· The Story of Georges Fullar · Raphael Montes; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Copacabana.
translated from the Portuguese.

· The Woodsman · Luis Fernando Verissimo; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Bangu.
translated from the Portuguese.

São Paulo Noir ed. Tony Bellotto (Akashic Books, June 5, 2018, 978-1-61775-531-6, $15.95, 271pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]

13 · Land of Mist · Tony Bellotto; translated by Clifford E. Landers · in
translated from the Portuguese.

15 · Part I: Hallucination City

17 · Cross Contamination · Vanessa Barbara; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Mandaqui.
translated from the Portuguese.

29 · Boniclaide and Her · Ilana Casoy; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Cidade Jardim.
translated from the Portuguese.

46 · Useless Diary · Tony Bellotto; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Bixiga.
translated from the Portuguese.

60 · My Name Is Nicky Nicola · Jô Soares; translated by Clifford E. Landers · nv; set in Mooca.
translated from the Portuguese.

97 · Teresão · Mario Prata; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Vila Carrão.
translated from the Portuguese.

121 · Part II: São Paulo Inc.

123 · As If the World Were a Good Place · Marçal Aquino; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ex; set in Canindé.
translated from the Portuguese.

153 · Margot · Drauzio Varella; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in República.
translated from the Portuguese.

171 · 24-Hour Service · Fernando Bonassi; translated by Clifford E. Landers · nv; set in Morumbi.
translated from the Portuguese.

198 · The Final Table · Marcelo Rubens Paiva; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Baixo Augusta.
translated from the Portuguese.

219 · Part III: Discreet Inelegance

221 · The Force Is with Me · Beatriz Bracher & Maria S. Carvalhosa; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Panamericana.
translated from the Portuguese.

236 · Flow · Ferréz; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Itapecerica da Serra.
translated from the Portuguese.

248 · Coffee Stain · Olivia Maia; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Sé.
translated from the Portuguese.

264 · Any Similarity Is Not Purely Coincidental · Marcelino Freire; translated by Clifford E. Landers · ss; set in Guaianases.
translated from the Portuguese.

269 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Cutting Block: Single Slices Volume 1 ed. Patrick Beltran (Cutting Block Books, August 25, 2017, 978-0-9961159-2-6, $12.95, xiv+270pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

xiii · Foreword · Patrick Beltran · fw

1 · Florie Detail · Jason A. Wyckoff · nv Cutting Block Books, April 28 2016

30 · After Sunset, in the Second Drawing Room Garden · Felice Picano · nv

57 · The Lottons Show · Jeffrey J. Mariotte & Marsheila Rockwell · nv Cutting Block Books, January 15 2016

84 · The Coroner’s Collector (A Good Body Washed Up on the Beach Story) · Tom Johnstone · ss

103 · Behind the Walls · Samuel Marzioli · ss

118 · The Shiro · Brian Lillie · nv

144 · Jackson House · Kristin Dearborn · nv

196 · Dead Letter Department · Mason Ian Bundschuh · nv

219 · The Desolated Orchard · John F. D. Taff · nv Cutting Block Books, June 24 2016

All Problems Are Simple and Other Stories ed. Robert Benard (Dell, September 1988, 0-440-20164-0, $3.95, 318pp, pb, an)

xiii · Introduction · Robert Benard · in

1 · I Am Twenty-One · Mary Robison · ss The New Yorker February 7 1983

5 · 1939 · Peter Taylor · nv 1940

35 · A Sudden Trip Home in the Spring · Alice Walker · ss 1971

47 · The Anatomy Lesson · Evan Connell · ss New World Writing #3, Mentor, 1953

64 · A Different Set of Rules · Daniel Menaker · ss Redbook August 1975

77 · Christmas Poem · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker December 19 1964

90 · I Know What You Need · Stephen King · nv Cosmopolitan September 1976

114 · The Christian Roommates · John Updike · nv The New Yorker April 4 1964

142 · A Short Trip Home · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 17 1927

165 · Houseparty · Walter Bernstein · vi The New Yorker February 11 1939

168 · A Student in Economics · George Milburn · nv Harper’s Magazine February 1933

191 · All Problems Are Simple · Allan Seager · ss (r)

200 · Fear of Math · Peter Cameron · ss The New Yorker March 11 1985

216 · Where All Things Wise and Fair Descend · Irwin Shaw · ss 1937

234 · Judith Kane · Elizabeth Spencer · ss 1957

253 · Sentimental Education · Harold Brodkey · nv The New Yorker July 6 1957

278 · The Famous Toboggan of Laughter · Ella Leffland · ss 1980

290 · The Tea Time of Stouthearted Ladies · Jean Stafford · ss The Kenyon Review Winter 1964

303 · The Echo · Paul Bowles · ss Harper’s Bazaar 1947

Companions of Our Youth: Stories by Women for Young People’s Magazines 1865-1900 ed. Jane Benardete & Phyllis Moe (Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1980, 0-8044-6047-7, $5.95, 216pp, tp, an)

3 · Introduction · Jane Benardete · in

· Selections

17 · The Girl Who Could Not Write a Composition · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward · ss (r)

27 · Cub · Mary Virginia Terhune · ss (r)

38 · The Cooking Class · Louisa May Alcott & H. Copeland · ss St. Nicholas November 1884; given as by Louisa May Alcott.

51 · Johnny Squannot’s Revenge · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss (r)

57 · In the Turtle-Crawl · Helen Stuart Campbell · ss Wide Awake September 1886

65 · In Old Florence · Rebecca Harding Davis · ss (r)

73 · More Ways than One · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward · ss (r)

80 · Joe’s Mother · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss (r)

87 · The Cousin from Boston · Louise Chandler Moulton · ss (r)

94 · Jack’s Independence Day · Rose Terry Cooke · ss St. Nicholas July 1875

102 · The Bound Girl · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Wide Awake August 1885, as by Mary E. Wilkins

111 · A Member of the Harnessing Class · Sarah Chauncey Woolsey · ss (r)

118 · Miss Butterfly · Mary Virginia Terhune · ss Wide Awake March 1893, as by Marion Harland

127 · Ainslee’s Valentine · Helen Stuart Campbell · ss (r)

137 · William Henry’s Letters to His Grandmother · Abby Morton Diaz · ss (r)

144 · The Stage Tavern · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss (r)

154 · The Patchwork School · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Wide Awake December 1883, as by Mary E. Wilkins

162 · The Girl with the Cannon Dresses · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss (r)

175 · A Child of the Sea Folk · Sarah Chauncey Woolsey · ss Wide Awake November 1886, as by Susan Coolidge

· Biographies

187 · Louisa May Alcott · [uncredited] · bg

189 · Helen Stuart Campbell · [uncredited] · bg

192 · Rose Terry Cooke · [uncredited] · bg

194 · Rebecca Harding Davis · [uncredited] · bg

196 · Abby Morton Diaz · [uncredited] · bg

198 · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · [uncredited] · bg

200 · Sarah Orne Jewett · [uncredited] · bg

202 · Louise Chandler Moulton · [uncredited] · bg

204 · Harriet Prescott Spofford · [uncredited] · bg

206 · Mary Virginia Terhune · [uncredited] · bg

209 · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward · [uncredited] · bg

211 · Sarah Chauncey Woolsey · [uncredited] · bg

213 · Selected Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology ed. Mary M. Bendel-Simso & LeRoy Lad Panek--- see under LeRoy Lad Panek.

Shag & Bones: The Complete Series by Russell Bender (Altus Press, November 27, 2023, 978-1-61827-774-9, $34.95, 466pp, tp, co, cover by Norman Saunders) [Shag Roberts & Bones McPherson]
Details taken from publisher website.

· Introduction · John Wooley · in

· Murderers’ Rebellion [Shag Roberts & Bones McPherson] · Russell Bender · na Ten Detective Aces March 1938

· Host to Death [Shag Roberts & Bones McPherson] · Russell Bender · nv Ten Detective Aces June 1938

· Rhapsody in Bullets [Shag Roberts & Bones McPherson] · Russell Bender · nv Ten Detective Aces August 1938

· A Corpse at Large [Shag Roberts & Bones McPherson] · Russell Bender · nv Ten Detective Aces December 1938

· Alibi and the Forty Thieves [Shag Roberts & Bones McPherson] · Russell Bender · na Ten Detective Aces March 1939

· Me—Corpse [Shag Roberts & Bones McPherson] · Russell Bender · nv Ten Detective Aces July 1939

· Corpses with Wings [Shag Roberts & Bones McPherson] · Russell Bender · nv Ten Detective Aces October 1939

Better Than One by Damon Knight & Kate Wilhelm ed. D. Christine Benders--- see under Damon Knight.

Haunted Women: The Best Supernatural Tales by American Women Writers ed. Alfred Bendixen (Ungar, October 31, 1985, 0-8044-2052-1, $13.50, 276pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 13 stories, mostly written in the last century.

1 · Introduction · Alfred Bendixen · in

13 · The Amber Gods · Harriet Prescott Spofford · na The Atlantic Monthly January 1860 (+1), uncredited.

66 · The True Story of Guenever · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · ss Sealed Orders by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1879

80 · The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1870

92 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

110 · The Story of a Day · Grace King · ss The Century Magazine June 1893

119 · The Little Room · Madeline Yale Wynne · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1895

133 · Her Letters · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue April 11 1895 (+1)

143 · The Foreigner · Sarah Orne Jewett · nv The Atlantic Monthly August 1900

171 · Luella Miller · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins

186 · The Lost Ghost · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · nv The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins, Doubleday, Page, 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins

205 · The Bell in the Fog · Gertrude Atherton · nv The Smart Set August 1903

231 · The Fullness of Life · Edith Wharton · ss Scribner’s Magazine December 1893

243 · Pomegranate Seed · Edith Wharton · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 25 1931

The Crime-Solvers: 13 Classic Detective Stories ed. Stewart H. Benedict (Dell, February 1966, 3078, 50¢, 284pp, pb, an)

11 · Introduction · Stewart H. Benedict · in

15 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841

53 · A Disappearance · Emile Gaboriau · ss (r)

62 · A Difficult Problem · Anna Katharine Green · nv The Pocket Magazine October 1896

84 · The Lost Special · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1898, as “The Story of the Lost Special”

104 · The Fenchurch Street Mystery [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine May 1901

124 · The Leopard Man’s Story · Jack London · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly August 1903

129 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13”

168 · The Aluminium Dagger [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine March 1909

196 · The Secret Garden [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 3 1910, as “The Secret of the Sealed Garden”

218 · The Angel of the Lord [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 3 1911, as “The Broken Stirrup-Leather”

234 · The Plymouth Express [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch April 4 1923, as “The Mystery of the Plymouth Express”

250 · Miracles Do Happen [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1957

262 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Osgood, 1882

Tales of Terror and Suspense ed. Stewart H. Benedict (Dell, October 1963, 8466, 45¢, 288pp, pb, an)

6 · Preface · Stewart H. Benedict · pr

9 · Mademoiselle de Scudery · E. T. A. Hoffmann; translated by W. E. Reichelt · na (r); abridged.
translated from the German (“Das Fräulein von Scuderi”, Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1820. Der Liebe und Freundschaft, 1819).

49 · Mateo Falcone · Prosper Mérimée · ss International Short Stories ed. & tr. Wm Patten, P.F. Collier's Sons, 1910
translated from the French.

65 · A Descent Into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841

85 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster”; abridged.

121 · The Traveller’s Story of a Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, as “A Terribly Strange Bed”, uncredited.

141 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893

157 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman”
translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883).

165 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892

195 · The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885

221 · The Lodger · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv Nash’s Magazine January 1911

255 · The Escape · Hereward Carrington · ss The Illustrated Detective Magazine February 1932

261 · The Vanishing Lady · Alexander Woollcott · ar The New Yorker July 6 1929 (+1)

269 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · nv Dime Mystery Magazine November 1946

Goods and Chattels by Laura Benét (Doubleday, Doran, 1930, $2.00, 223pp, hc, co)

· Always Keep a Butterfly · Laura Benét · ss (r)

· The Blue Village · Laura Benét · ss (r)

· Eccentric Is the Manner · Laura Benét · ss (r)

· The Girl Who Wanted a Career · Laura Benét · ss (r)

· Goods and Chattels · Laura Benét · ss The Forum December 1928

· The Harvest · Laura Benét · ss (r)

· The Lake and the Mountain · Laura Benét · ss (r)

· The Magic Balloon · Laura Benét · ss (r)

· Mr. Windsor’s Back Door · Laura Benét · ss (r)

· Never Rent Eyes · Laura Benét · ss (r)

· Run, Sheep, Run · Laura Benét · ss (r)

· The Saint’s Three Sticks · Laura Benét · ss (r)

· Subject to the Power · Laura Benét · ss (r)

· Toxberry Tadpoles · Laura Benét · ss (r)

· The Wind That Worked Itself Up · Laura Benét · ss (r)

The Last Circle: Stories and Poems by Stephen Vincent Benét (Farrar, Straus & Co., 1946, $3.00, 309pp, hc, co)

· The Bishop’s Beggar · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 14 1942

· The Captives · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss (r)

· The Ministers’ Books · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1942

· The Angel Was a Yankee · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss McCall’s October 1940

· As It Was in the Beginning · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 6 1943

· The Three Fates · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss (r)

· A Gentleman of Fortune · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Redbook Magazine December 1941

· Famous · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Good Housekeeping August 1942

· Good Picker · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 24 1941

· The Prodigal Children · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 19 1942

· This Bright Dream · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss (r)

· William Riley and the Fates · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1941

· The Danger of Shadows · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss (r)

· The Gold Dress · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Cosmopolitan July 1942

· The Land Where There Is No Death · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Redbook Magazine October 1942

· Annotated Edition · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (r)

· If This Should Change · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (r)

· To the People of France · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (r)

· Song for Three Soldiers · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (r)

· Remarks from a Back-Row Seat by an Amateur Propagandist · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (r)

· Tuesday, 11th May 1940 · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (r)

· With a Gift of Crystal Candlesticks · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (r)

· Today I Saw You Smiling · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (r)

· For Us · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (r)

· Thirty-Five · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (r)

· For You · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (r)

· Little Testament · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm (r)

Iceborn by Gregory Benford & Paul A. Carter (Tor, November 1989, 0-812-50277-9, $3.50, 96pp, pb, na, cover by Mark Maxwell)
Sf novella, revised from “Proserpina’s Daughter”, Synergy 3 ed. George Zebrowski, HBJ/Harvest ’89. Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Saturn Game by Poul Anderson.

· Proserpina’s Daughter · Gregory Benford & Paul A. Carter · na Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 3 ed. George Zebrowski, Harvest, 1989

In the Ocean of Night by Gregory Benford (The Dial Press, October 1977, 0-8037-4218-5, $8.95, 333pp, hc, n., cover by Larry Kresek) [Galactic Center]
Fix-up novel based on 4 previously-published stories.

· In the Ocean of Night [Galactic Center] · Gregory Benford · na Worlds of If May/June 1972

· Icarus Descending · Gregory Benford · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1973

· Threads of Time · Gregory Benford · na Threads of Time ed. Robert Silverberg, Thomas Nelson US, 1974

· A Snark in the Night [Galactic Center] · Gregory Benford · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1977

Alternate Americas ed. Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg (Bantam Spectra, October 1992, 0-553-29007-X, $4.99, 304pp, pb, oa, cover by Gary Ruddell)
Original anthology of 14 alternate history stories, with an introduction by Benford. Volume four in the “What Might Have Been” series.

vii · Introduction · Gregory Benford · in

1 · Report of the Special Committee on the Quality of Life · Harry Turtledove · fa Universe 10 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1980, as by Eric G. Iverson

9 · Ink from the New Moon · A. A. Attanasio · ss

27 · Vinland the Dream · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991

43 · If There Be Cause · Sheila Finch · nv Amazing Stories February 1992

75 · Isabella of Castile Answers Her Mail · James Morrow · ss Amazing Stories April 1992

95 · Let Time Shape [Cliometricon] · George Zebrowski · ss Amazing Stories March 1992

111 · Red Alert · Jerry Oltion · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact October 1991

127 · Such a Deal · Esther M. Friesner · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1992

151 · Looking for the Fountain · Robert Silverberg · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1992

181 · The Round-Eyed Barbarians · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Amazing Stories January 1992

201 · Destination: Indies · Brad Linaweaver · ss

217 · Ship Full of Jews · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Omni April 1992

231 · The Karamazov Caper · Gordon Eklund · nv

253 · The Sleeping Serpent · Pamela Sargent · na Amazing Stories January 1992

Alternate Empires ed. Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg (Bantam Spectra, August 1989, 0-553-27845-2, $4.50, 291pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of 12 alternate history stories. Volume one in the “What Might Have Been” series.

vii · Introduction · Gregory Benford · in

1 · In the House of Sorrows · Poul Anderson · nv

39 · Remaking History · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1988

57 · Counting Potsherds · Harry Turtledove · nv Amazing Stories March 1989

93 · Leapfrog · James P. Hogan · nv

117 · Everything but Honor · George Alec Effinger · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1989

153 · We Could Do Worse · Gregory Benford · ss Cheap Street, December 1988

161 · To the Promised Land [Roma Eterna] · Robert Silverberg · nv Omni May 1989

189 · Bible Stories for Adults, No. 31: The Covenant · James Morrow · ss

201 · All Assassins · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

213 · Game Night at the Fox & Goose · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Interzone #29, May/June 1989

229 · Waiting for the Olympians · Frederik Pohl · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1988

279 · The Return of William Proxmire · Larry Niven · ss

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