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The Necromancers by R. H. Benson (Sphere, December 1974, 0-7221-1615-2, 55p, 235pp, pb, no) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Reprint (Hutchinson 1909) occult novel. Volume 20 in the series.

Ice Cold ed. Raymond Benson & Jeffery Deaver--- see under Jeffery Deaver.

Collected Short Stories by Stella Benson (Macmillan & Co., 1936, 7/6d, 303pp, hc, co) · The Awakening · Stella Benson · ss The Bookman December 1925 · Christmas Formula · Stella Benson · ss (r) · Desert Islander · Stella Benson · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1930 · A Dream · Stella Benson · ss (r) · Hairy Carey’s Son · Stella Benson · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1929 · Hope Against Hope · Stella Benson · ss (r) · Man Who Fell in Love with the Co-operative Stores · Stella Benson · ss (r) · The Man Who Missed the ’Bus · Stella Benson · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1929 · On the Contrary · Stella Benson · ss Hope Against Hope by Stella Benson, Macmillan, 1931 · Out-Islander Come In · Stella Benson · ss (r) · Story Coldly Told · Stella Benson · nv Asia January 1934 (+1) · Submarine · Stella Benson · vi Harper’s Magazine September 1929 · Tchotl · Stella Benson · ss (r)

The Man from the Tunnel and Other Stories by Theodora Benson (Gollancz, 1950, 10/6d, 271pp, hc, co) · The Man from the Tunnel · Theodora Benson · ss John Bull October 23 1948 · The Lion and the Prey · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · The Funeral Feast · Theodora Benson · ss Penguin Parade #7, 1940 · The Childishness of Mr. Mountfort · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · A Nice Fright · Theodora Benson · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2750, April 1941 · Not by Bread Alone · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · The Man with the Phony Tin Foot · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · The White Sea Monkey · Theodora Benson · ss The (London) Evening News March 8 1947 · Harry Was Good to the Girls · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · Shakespeare’s Elderly Bore · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · The White Cock · Theodora Benson · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 3 1938 · In the Fourth Ward · Theodora Benson · ss · The Frog and the Lion · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · Door Marked Exit · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · The Bones of A.T. Stewart · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · Yes-Girl · Theodora Benson · ss Britannia and Eve April 1939 · To-Morrow Is Another Day · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · A Long Time Ago · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · The Golden Fish · Theodora Benson · ss The Grand Magazine February 1940

Texas Roundup ed. Herman F. Benthul & Clara Jo Bridges (Noble and Noble, 1965, hc, an)     A seventh-grade textbook containing primarily factual material, but also with verse by S. Omar Barker, excerpts from such Western authors as Mark Twain, J. Frank Dobie, Will C. Brown, and Eugene Cunningham. Contents not known.

Trent Intervenes by E. C. Bentley (Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1938, 7/6d, 274pp, hc, co) [Philip Trent]     Knopf, 1938. 3 · The Genuine Tabard [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1938, as “Trent and the Genuine Tabard” 25 · The Sweet Shot [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine March 1937 43 · The Clever Cockatoo [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine July 1914 70 · The Vanishing Lawyer [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine August 1937, as “Trent and the Vanishing Lawyer” 89 · The Inoffensive Captain [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine March 1914 113 · Trent and the Fool-Proof Lift [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss (r) 134 · The Old-Fashioned Apache [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine May 1937 156 · Trent and the Bad Dog [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine September 1937 175 · The Public Benefactor [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss (r) 195 · The Little Mystery [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss (r) 216 · The Unknown Peer [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine February 1938, as “Trent and the Unknown Peer” 236 · The Ordinary Hairpins [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine October 1916

Second Century of Detective Stories ed. E. C. Bentley (Hutchinson, 1938, 761pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · E. C. Bentley · in 17 · The Thirteenth Card [Sir Jasper Slane] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Collier’s October 5 1929 41 · The Mannering Murder [Dr. Cedric Dodd] · Kenneth Livingston · nv The Dodd Cases by Kenneth Livingston, Methuen, 1933 87 · The Case of Jacob Heylyn [Anthony Slade] · Leonard R. Gribble · nv Many Mysteries ed. E. Phillips Oppenheim, Rich & Cowan, 1933 109 · The Brown Sandwich · St. John Ervine · ss The Story-teller February 1933 127 · The Unpunishable Crime · John Brophy · ss (r) 141 · The Man on Ben Na Garve · H. H. Bashford · ss The Strand Magazine February 1933 153 · The Little More · J. J. Bell · nv The Strand Magazine December 1929 169 · The Cat Burglar [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly November 6 1926 203 · The Man with No Face [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face” 237 · The Oxford Mystery [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · nv Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1928 267 · The Perishing of the Pendragons [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine June 1914 289 · The Black Veil [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv The London Magazine September 1929 317 · The Problem of Thor Bridge [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1922 (+1) 347 · The Motive · Ronald A. Knox · ss The Illustrated London News November 17 1937 365 · The Ashley Case · George Goodchild · ss (r) 381 · Concerning My Lady’s Diamonds [Christopher Hazzard] · Richard Keverne · na (r) 423 · The Stolen Ingots [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine July 1922 453 · The Disappearance of Marie Severe [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Eyes of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1923 487 · Smash and Grab [Constable John Bragg] · Henry Wade · ss Here Comes the Copper by Henry Wade, Constable, 1938 509 · The Sunningdale Murder [Oliver Rater] · Edgar Wallace · ss Pall Mall Magazine December 1927 525 · The Case of the Distressed Lady [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Cosmopolitan August 1932 541 · The Mystery of the Duke of Berrisford [Quentin Quayne] · F. Britten Austin · nv The Strand Magazine September 1924 573 · Error at Daybreak [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · nv The Strand Magazine July 1938 593 · The Unknown Peer [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine February 1938, as “Trent and the Unknown Peer” 611 · The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Snowden’s Lady’s Companion November 1842 (+2) 665 · The End of Count Rollo · Eden Phillpotts · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1925 689 · Crime in Miniature · Frank King · nv Detective Fiction Weekly January 2 1937, as “Miniature Crime” 709 · The Inevitable Flaw · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1929 723 · The Adventure of the Seven Black Cats [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery October 1934, as “The Black Cats Vanished” 751 · The Great Detective · Stephen Leacock · ss Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock, Lane, 1911

Horror Anthology ed. Syd Bentlif (Mayflower, 1965, 3720, 3/6d, 126pp, pb, an) 9 · Left Luggage · Elizabeth Jane Howard · nv We Are for the Dark by Elizabeth Jane Howard & Robert Aickman, Cape, 1951; credited to both Howard and Robert Aickman, but is the work of Howard alone. 28 · Silence · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Baltimore Book, a Christmas and New Year’s Present ed. W. H. Carpenter & T. S. Arthur, Bayly & Burns, 1838, as “Siope—A Fable” 32 · The Dwarf · Ray Bradbury · ss Fantastic January/February 1954 46 · The Nice Boys · Isabel Colegate · ss 67 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 73 · The Uncommon Prayer Book · M. R. James · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 1921 90 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 111 · The Terror of the Twins · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette November 6 1909 119 · Marmalade Wine · Joan Aiken · ss Suspense (UK) September 1958

The Stories in Between: A Between Books Anthology ed. Jeanne B. Benzel, W. H. Horner & Greg Schauer (Fantasist Enterprises, January 5, 2010, 978-0-9713608-8-4, $18.00, xvi+284pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Foreword · Joseph Gangemi · fw xiii · Introduction · Greg Schauer · in xvi · The Wrestler and the Spear Fisher · Lawrence M. Schoen · ss; illustrated by Marcella Harte 14 · Beneath Between · Lawrence C. Connolly · ss; illustrated by Nathaniel G. Sawyers 28 · Dr. Time · Maria V. Snyder · ss; illustrated by Mickey Freed 41 · Swift Decline · Gregory Frost · ss 42 · Squeeze Me · Don Bethman · ss 60 · Short Fuse [Murphy’s Lore] · Patrick Thomas · ss; illustrated by Blair Webb 74 · Blood Alone · John Passarella · nv; illustrated by Don Bethman 116 · Beyond Imagine · Mike McPhail · ss; illustrated by Brian Thomas 130 · Appetite · Jonathan McGoran · ss; illustrated by Mike Oreszczyn 143 · Doctor Nine · Jonathan Maberry · nv Killers ed. Colin Harvey, Swimming Kangaroo Books, 2008 154 · My Grandfather Was Adolf Hitler’s Roommate · Henry Long · nv; illustrated by Mickey Freed 192 · Janey in Amber · Jeffrey J. Mariotte · ss; illustrated by Nathaniel G. Sawyers 206 · Vedran · Jonathan Carroll · ss; illustrated by Joe del Tufo 214 · The Devil You Don’t · Danielle Ackley-McPhail · ss; illustrated by Blair Webb 236 · The Dungeon Out of Time · Walter Ciechanowski · ss; illustrated by Allen Koszowski 254 · The Wonderous Boundless Thought · C. J. Henderson · ss; illustrated by Nora Schaefer 264 · Proverbs of Hell · Catherynne M. Valente · ss; illustrated by Burt Hopkins 274 · An Afterword in Sequential Art: “The Legacy of Between Books” · Steve Ressel · ar

Heaven and Hell ed. Joan D. Berbrich (McGraw-Hill, 1975, 0-07-004837-1, vii+268pp, tp, oa)     Details supplied by Todd Mason. vi · General Introduction · Joan D. Berbrich · in 1 · Heaven and Hell and All That · Joan D. Berbrich · si 4 · The Last Judgment · Cynewulf · pm (r) 8 · African Heaven · Francis Ernest Kobina Parkes · pm New World Writing #15, NAL, 1959 12 · Stagolee · Julian Lester · ss Black Folktales by Julius Lester, Grove Press, 1969 25 · What Price Heaven? · Howard Maier · pl (r) 48 · The Last Ghost · Stephen Goldin · ss Protostars ed. David Gerrold & Stephen Goldin, Ballantine, 1971 56 · Chances Are · Alice Laurance · ss Protostars ed. David Gerrold & Stephen Goldin, Ballantine, 1971 67 · The Grey Ones · J. B. Priestley · nv Lilliput April/May 1953 85 · The Dead · Denise Levertov · pm With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads by Denise Levertov, New Directions, 1959 89 · The Paths of Good and Bad Intention · Joan D. Berbrich · si 93 · Our Lady’s Juggler · Anatole France; translated by Frederic Chapman · ss (r) translated from the French (“Le Jongleur de Notre Dame”, 1892). 100 · Benjamen Burning · Joyce Madelon Winslow · ss Generation v19 #2, 1968 118 · The Devil Grows Jubilant · Daniel B. Straley · pm Said the Devil to His Wife and Other Poems by Daniel B. Straley, Normandie House, 1944 120 · How the Devil Redeemed the Crust of Bread · Leo Tolstoy; translated by Leo Wiener · ss What Shall We Do Then? by Leo Tolstoy, The Colonial Press, 1904 124 · The Happy Hypocrite · Max Beerbohm · nv The Yellow Book October 1896 150 · A Ballad of Hell · John Davidson · pm The Ballads and Songs by John Davidson, The Bodley Head, 1898 157 · Bargains with the Devil · Joan D. Berbrich · si 160 · Ballad of Faustus · [uncredited] · sg (r) 164 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benet · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936 180 · Satan and Sam Shay · Robert Arthur · ss The Elks Magazine August 1942 196 · The Devil and the Old Man · John Masefield · ss The Green Sheaf #6, 1903, as “A Deep Sea Yarn” 203 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940 209 · The Devil Was Sick · Bruce Elliott · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1951 221 · Reward and Retribution · Joan D. Berbrich · si 224 · The White Stone Canoe · Henry Rowe Schoolcraft; adapted by John Bierhorst · ss The Fire Plume: Legends of the American Indians ed. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft & John Bierhorst, Dial Press, 1969 228 · Go Down, Death! · James Weldon Johnson · pm God’s Trombones by James Weldon Johnson, The Viking Press, 1927 232 · The Inferno · Dante Alighieri; translated by John Ciardi · ex Mentor, 1954; canto V, The Carnal. 239 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon, John Murray, 1824 252 · Right and Wrong · Hesiod · pm (r) 254 · A Masque of Reason · Robert Frost · pl Henry Holt, 1945

Stories of Crime and Detection ed. Joan D. Berbrich (McGraw-Hill, 1974, 0-07-004826-6, 296pp, hc, an) ix · General Introduction · Joan D. Berbrich · in 1 · Chapter One: All in the Family · [uncredited] · si 4 · The Net · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker January 27 1940 12 · The Old Barn on the Pond · Ursula Curtiss · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1965 27 · The Oval Portrait · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1842, as “Life in Death” 31 · The Couple Next Door [Inspector Sands] · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954 47 · Chapter Two: The Mind of a Criminal · [uncredited] · si 50 · The Green Elephant · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Smart Set October 1923 59 · Bubble Bath No. 3 · Margery Allingham · ss Argosy (UK) July 1956, as “Three Is a Lucky Number” 67 · A Very Special Talent · Margaret E. Brown · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1970 76 · Carrot for a Chestnut · Dick Francis · ss Sports Illustrated January 5 1970 93 · Chapter Three: Footprints and Fingerprints · [uncredited] · si 96 · The Reigate Puzzle [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine June 1893, as “The Adventure of the Reigate Squire” 114 · Aunt Minnie and the Accessory After the Fact · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ss Liberty October 6 1945 120 · D as in Detail [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1964 132 · The Red Silk Scarf [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · nv The New Magazine (UK) September 1911 translated from the French (“L’Écharpe de soie rouge”, Je sais tout August 15, 1911). 151 · Chapter Four: Cerebrating Sleuths · [uncredited] · si 154 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 163 · The President’s Half Disme [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #39, February 1947, as “The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme” 181 · The Dream [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 23 1937 202 · The Professor’s Manuscript [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Passing Show October 20 1934 213 · Chapter Five: Things Are Seldom as They Seem · [uncredited] · si 215 · Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine December 1834, uncredited. 226 · The Absence of Mr. Glass [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1912 238 · The Dove and the Hawk · Anthony Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1966 251 · The Possibility of Evil · Shirley Jackson · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 18 1965 261 · Chapter Six: Murder-Up-To-Date · [uncredited] · si 264 · A Case for the UN · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1964 273 · The Murderer’s Eye · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 2 1957 286 · Project Murder · Steven Peters · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1969

The Meeting Place and Other Stories by J. D. Beresford (Faber and Faber, 1929, 7/6d, 410pp, hc, co) · The Meeting Place · J. D. Beresford · ss Woman’s Home Companion February 1925 · End of Phipson · J. D. Beresford · ss (r) · The Three Cases · J. D. Beresford · ss The Home Magazine (UK) November 1924 · Justice: An Impartial Comment · J. D. Beresford · ss Adelphi May 1924 · The Air of Paris · J. D. Beresford · ss Pictorial Review July 1928 · The Gambler · J. D. Beresford · ss (r) · Verity · J. D. Beresford · ss (r) · Tops and Bottoms · J. D. Beresford · ss The Star January 29 1927 · The Hands of Serge David · J. D. Beresford · ss Hearst’s International November 1923 · Professional Pride · J. D. Beresford · ss The 20-Story Magazine #67, January 1928 · Love and Youth · J. D. Beresford · ss (r) · The Man Who Hated Flies · J. D. Beresford · ss · Ways of Escape · J. D. Beresford · ss The Elks Magazine February 1929 · The Wind and Mr. Tittler · J. D. Beresford · ss (r) · Laughter and Tears · J. D. Beresford · ss The Home Magazine (UK) April 1927 · The Marionettes · J. D. Beresford · ss (r) · The Devil’s Own Luck · J. D. Beresford · ss The Century Magazine May 1926 · Common Humanity · J. D. Beresford · ss (r) · The Artificial Mole · J. D. Beresford · ss Nash’s Magazine November 1927 · The Champion · J. D. Beresford · ss The Star February 26 1927 · The Clever Mr. Fall · J. D. Beresford · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine January 1927 · The Trap Without a Bait · J. D. Beresford · ss The London Mercury December 1922 · The Last Tenants · J. D. Beresford · ss (r) · Illusion · J. D. Beresford · ss (r) · The Indomitable Mrs. Garthorne · J. D. Beresford · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine February 1927 · The Summary · J. D. Beresford · ss (r) · Conclusion: A Few Words of Advice to the English Writer of Short Stories · J. D. Beresford · aw (r)