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Boucher’s Choicest ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf (Dutton, 1969, LC:72-78383, $5.95, 320pp, hc, an)     A Collection of Anthony Boucher’s Favorites from Best Detective Stories of the Year. Derivative anthologies: The Menace Masters and The Cream of Crime. 9 · Introduction · Allen J. Hubin · in 11 · Editor’s Note · Jeanne F. Bernkopf · pr 15 · H as in Homicide [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 27 · Justice, Inc. · Rog Phillips · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 42 · The Adventure of the Double-Bogey Man [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1962 53 · File #1: The Mayfield Case [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967 69 · A Humanist · Romain Gary · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1963 75 · A Case for the UN · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1964 85 · A Soliloquy in Tongues · William Wiser · ss Cosmopolitan May 1964 98 · I Will Please Come to Order · William North Jayme · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 107 · His Brother’s Keeper · James McKimmey, Jr. · ss Cosmopolitan September 1962 116 · The Opposite Number · Jacob Hay · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1966 128 · The Right Man for the Right Job · J. C. Thompson · ss Playboy July 1962 138 · The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln’s Clue [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss MD June 1965, as “Abraham Lincoln’s Clue” 155 · The Chosen One · Rhys Davies · nv The New Yorker June 4 1966 185 · The Adventure of the Red Leech [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1966 201 · The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Donald A. Yates · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1962 translated from the Spanish (“Una Leyenda Arabiga (Historia de los dos Reyes y los dos Laberintos, como Nota de Burton)”, El Aleph, Editorial Losada, 1949). 203 · Papa Tral’s Harvest · Barry Perowne · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 222 · Good Man, Bad Man · Jerome Weidman · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 1 1967 238 · The Stollmeyer Sonnets [Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966 258 · The Dr. Sherrock Commission [Augustus Mandrell] · Frank McAuliffe · ss Of All the Bloody Cheek by Frank McAuliffe, Ballantine, 1965 270 · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Magazine July 1967 280 · The Peppermint-Striped Goodbye · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1965 287 · The Gracious, Pleasant Life of Mrs. Afton · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1963 299 · By Child Undone · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1967 310 · The Possibility of Evil · Shirley Jackson · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 18 1965

The Cream of Crime ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf (Dell, March 1972, 1571, 75¢, 203pp, pb, an)     More Tales from Boucher’s Choicest. xi · Introduction · Allen J. Hubin · in Boucher’s Choicest ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf, Dutton, 1969 xiii · Editor’s Note · Jeanne F. Bernkopf · pr Boucher’s Choicest ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf, Dutton, 1969 1 · The Adventure of the Double-Bogey Man [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1962 16 · A Humanist · Romain Gary · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1963 24 · A Case for the UN · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1964 37 · A Soliloquy in Tongues · William Wiser · ss Cosmopolitan May 1964 55 · I Will Please Come to Order · William North Jayme · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 68 · The Opposite Number · Jacob Hay · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1966 84 · The Chosen One · Rhys Davies · nv The New Yorker June 4 1966 126 · Papa Tral’s Harvest · Barry Perowne · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 152 · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Magazine July 1967 165 · The Peppermint-Striped Goodbye · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1965 174 · By Child Undone · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1967 189 · The Possibility of Evil · Shirley Jackson · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 18 1965

Menace Masters ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf (Dell, December 1971, 5537, 75¢, 210pp, pb, an)     Tales from Boucher’s Choicest. ix · Introduction · Allen J. Hubin · in Boucher’s Choicest ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf, Dutton, 1969 xiii · Editor’s Note · Jeanne F. Bernkopf · pr Boucher’s Choicest ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf, Dutton, 1969 1 · H as in Homicide [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 18 · Justice, Inc. · Rog Phillips · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 38 · File #1: The Mayfield Case [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967 60 · His Brother’s Keeper · James McKimmey, Jr. · ss Cosmopolitan September 1962 73 · The Right Man for the Right Job · J. C. Thompson · ss Playboy July 1962 86 · The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln’s Clue [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss MD June 1965, as “Abraham Lincoln’s Clue” 109 · The Adventure of the Red Leech [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1966 130 · The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Donald A. Yates · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1962 translated from the Spanish (“Una Leyenda Arabiga (Historia de los dos Reyes y los dos Laberintos, como Nota de Burton)”, El Aleph, Editorial Losada, 1949). 132 · Good Man, Bad Man · Jerome Weidman · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 1 1967 153 · The Stollmeyer Sonnets [Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966 180 · The Dr. Sherrock Commission [Augustus Mandrell] · Frank McAuliffe · ss Of All the Bloody Cheek by Frank McAuliffe, Ballantine, 1965 196 · The Gracious, Pleasant Life of Mrs. Afton · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1963

The Never Never Land ed. Phillip Berrie, Mitchell Akhurst & Ian McHugh--- see under Mitchell Akhurst.

The Roots of Fantasy: Myth, Folklore & Archetype ed. Shelley Dutton Berry (World Fantasy Convention 1989, October 1989, no ISBN, 124pp, tp, an)     Anthology of eight stories plus various non-fiction pieces, particularly profiles of the GoH’s. This is the program book for the 1989 World Fantasy Convention held in Seattle and is a limited edition of 1,000 copies. ix · Preface · Shelley Dutton Berry · pr 1 · Opening Remarks · Ginjer Buchanan · in 3 · Yoshitaka Amano · Kiyoshi Imaoka & Alex Fleischer · bg [Ref. Yoshitaka Amano] 7 · Ginjer Buchanan: The Short Version · Suzanne Tompkins & Jerry Kaufman · bg [Ref. Ginjer Buchanan] 9 · Avram Davidson: The Fish Unturned · Gene Wolfe · ar Weird Tales Winter 1988/1989 [Ref. Avram Davidson] 13 · Without Apparent Effort, an introduction to Ursula K. Le Guin · Vonda N. McIntyre · bg [Ref. Ursula K. Le Guin] 19 · Robert R. McCammon (his ownself) · Joe R. Lansdale · bg [Ref. Robert R. McCammon] 21 · A.k.a. S.P. Somtow · Deborah L. Notkin · bg [Ref. Somtow Sucharitkul] 23 · Joseph Who? · Kris Demien · bg [Ref. Joseph Campbell] 27 · Or the Grasses Grow · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1958 35 · Legends for a New Land · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar originally given as a speech at Mythcon in 1988. 47 · Chico · Robert R. McCammon · ss Blue World and Other Stories by Robert R. McCammon, Grafton, 1989 55 · Lottery Night · S. P. Somtow · nv 73 · Roots · Terry Pratchett · ar 77 · Little Tales of Ho and Naipon · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss 85 · The Lovesick Simurgh · M. J. Engh · ss Arabesques ed. Susan M. Shwartz, Avon, 1988 93 · Visitation · Greg Bear · vi Omni June 1987 97 · Fantastic Heroes Now and Then · Sharon Baker · ar speech delivered at the 1988 Conference of the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. 103 · The Story of Urashima Taro · Tomoko Oshiro; translated by Gene Van Troyer · ss 109 · The Faithful Companion at Forty · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1987 117 · The Master Goes Whacko! · Bruce Taylor · ss

Yesterday Knocks by Noel Bertram (G. Arthur Coleby, 1953, 71pp, hc, co) · The Half Legs · Noel Bertram · ss · The Bellarmine Jars · Noel Bertram · ss · Lot 629 · Noel Bertram · ss · The North Cloister Walk · Noel Bertram · ss · P Aia Johns Blak · Noel Bertram · nv

The Case of Mr. Lucraft and Other Tales by Walter Besant & James Rice (Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1876, viii+290+290pp, hc, co)     In two volumes. Given as by the Authors of “Ready Money Mortiboy”, “This Son of Vulcan”, “The Golden Butterfly”, etc. etc. on the title page but the preface is signed by W.B. & J.R. · Vol. I v · Preface · Walter Besant & James Rice · pr · Part I. From the Supernatural 1 · The Case of Mr. Lucraft · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv 137 · The Mystery of Joe Morgan · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv 171 · An Old, Old Story · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv (r) 209 · Lady Kitty · Walter Besant & James Rice · ss Once a Week Christmas 1872 249 · The Old Four-Poster · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv (r) 275 · My Own Experience · Walter Besant & James Rice · ss (r) · Vol. I · Part II. From Fairyland 3 · Titania’s Farewell · Walter Besant & James Rice · na (r) · Part III. From Fact 155 · On the Goodwin · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv (r) 205 · Edelweis · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv (r) 235 · Love Finds the Way · Walter Besant & James Rice · nv (r) 271 · The Death of Samuel Pickwick · Walter Besant & James Rice · ss (r)

Paying the Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Eluki bes Shahar--- see under Rosemary Edghill.

Murder by Magic ed. Eluki bes Shahar--- see under Rosemary Edghill.

An Alfred Bester Omnibus by Alfred Bester (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1967, 30/-, 710pp, hc, om) · The Demolished Man · Alfred Bester · n. Shasta, 1953 · Tiger! Tiger! · Alfred Bester · n. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1956 · The Dark Side of the Earth · Alfred Bester · co Signet, 1964

The Dark Side of the Earth by Alfred Bester (Signet, May 1964, T4402, 75¢, 160pp, pb, co)     Also in An Alfred Bester Omnibus. 7 · Time Is the Traitor · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953 31 · The Men Who Murdered Mohammed · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958 45 · Out of This World · Alfred Bester · ss 56 · The Pi Man · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1959 74 · The Flowered Thundermug · Alfred Bester · nv 117 · Will You Wait? · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959 125 · They Don’t Make Life Like They Used To · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1963

The Light Fantastic by Alfred Bester (Berkley/Putnam, April 1976, 0-399-11614-1, $7.95, 254pp, hc, co, cover by Richard Powers)     Subtitled “The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Best Volume I”. Also in Starlight. 9 · 5,271,009 · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954 54 · Ms. Found in a Champagne Bottle · Alfred Bester · ss Status 1968 58 · Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 85 · Comment on “Fondly Fahrenheit” · Alfred Bester · as SF: Authors’ Choice 2 ed. Harry Harrison, Berkley Medallion, 1970 89 · The Four-Hour Fugue · Alfred Bester · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1974 113 · The Men Who Murdered Mohammed · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958 130 · Disappearing Act · Alfred Bester · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 154 · Hell Is Forever · Alfred Bester · na Unknown Worlds August 1942

Star Light, Star Bright by Alfred Bester (Berkley/Putnam, July 1976, 0-399-11816-0, $7.95, 248pp, hc, co)     Subtitled “The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume II”. Also in Starlight. 1 · Adam and No Eve · Alfred Bester · ss Astounding Science-Fiction September 1941 19 · Time Is the Traitor · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953 47 · Oddy and Id · Alfred Bester · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1950, as “The Devil’s Invention” 68 · Hobson’s Choice · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952 88 · Star Light, Star Bright · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953 109 · They Don’t Make Life Like They Used To · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1963 150 · Of Time and Third Avenue · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 162 · Isaac Asimov · Alfred Bester · iv Publishers Weekly April 17 1972 [Ref. Isaac Asimov] 167 · The Pi Man · Alfred Bester · ss revised from F&SF Oct ’59. 191 · Something Up There Likes Me · Alfred Bester · nv Astounding ed. Harry Harrison, Random House, 1973 220 · My Affair with Science Fiction · Alfred Bester · ar Nova 4 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1974

Starburst by Alfred Bester (Signet, 1958, S1524, 35¢, 160pp, pb, co) 7 · Disappearing Act · Alfred Bester · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 24 · Adam and No Eve · Alfred Bester · ss Astounding Science-Fiction September 1941 38 · Star Light, Star Bright · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953 54 · The Roller Coaster · Alfred Bester · ss Fantastic May/June 1953 61 · Oddy and Id · Alfred Bester · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1950, as “The Devil’s Invention” 76 · The Starcomber · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954, as “Five Million Two Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Nine 5,271,009” 110 · Travel Diary · Alfred Bester · ss 113 · Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 133 · Hobson’s Choice · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952 148 · The Die-Hard · Alfred Bester · ss 152 · Of Time and Third Avenue · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951

Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester by Alfred Bester (SFBC, December 1976, #3140, $3.98, 409pp, hc, om) 3 · Star Light, Star Bright · Alfred Bester · co Berkley/Putnam, 1976 203 · The Light Fantastic · Alfred Bester · co Berkley/Putnam, 1976

A Hazy Shade of Winter by Simon Bestwick (Ash-Tree Press, July 4, 2004, 1-55310-069-7, C$59.00, xi+212pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe) [edited by Joel Lane]     Fantasy/horror collection. Edited, with an Introduction, by Joel Lane. Limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $46.00 and in the UK for £28.00. ix · Introduction · Joel Lane · in 3 · A Hazy Shade of Winter · Simon Bestwick · ss 17 · Love Knot · Simon Bestwick · ss All Hallows #34, October 2003 35 · …And Dream of Avalon · Simon Bestwick · ss 48 · Come with Me, Down This Long Road · Simon Bestwick · ss 56 · Graven · Simon Bestwick · ss Darkness Rising, Volume One: Night’s Soft Pains ed. L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims, Cosmos Books, 2001 66 · Severance · Simon Bestwick · ss All Hallows #29, February 2002 78 · Home from the Sea · Simon Bestwick · ss 84 · The Crows · Simon Bestwick · ss 101 · Malachi · Simon Bestwick · ss 111 · Close the Door, Put Out the Light · Simon Bestwick · ss All Hallows #31, October 2002 121 · The Wedding · Simon Bestwick · ss 131 · The Foot of the Garden · Simon Bestwick · ss Enigmatic Tales #1, June 1998 144 · Running Ragged · Simon Bestwick · ss 155 · Until My Darkness Goes · Simon Bestwick · na 210 · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms 211 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi