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Pleasant Dreams (var. 1) by Robert Bloch (Jove, June 1979, 0-515-04743-0, $1.75, 252pp, pb, co)     Contents differ from Arkham 1960 edition, back cover lists teasers for four stories, three of which are not in this edition. 7 · Sweets to the Sweet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1947 17 · The Dream Makers · Robert Bloch · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953 49 · The Sorcerer’s Apprentice · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1949 63 · I Kiss Your Shadow · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1956 85 · The Proper Spirit · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1957 95 · The Cheaters · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales November 1947 117 · Hungarian Rhapsody · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic June 1958, as by Wilson Kane 129 · The Lighthouse · Edgar Allan Poe & Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic January/February 1953 completed by Bloch from a Poe fragment. 147 · The Hungry House · Robert Bloch · nv Imagination April 1951 171 · Sleeping Beauty · Robert Bloch · ss Swank March 1958, as “The Sleeping Redheads” 187 · Sweet Sixteen · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic May 1958, as “Spawn of the Dark One” 209 · The Mandarin’s Canaries · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1938 223 · Return to the Sabbath · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1938 241 · One Way to Mars · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1945

Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master by Robert Bloch--- see under Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master ed. Richard Matheson & Ricia Mainhardt, Tor, 1995.

Sea Kissed by Robert Bloch--- see under American Fiction #3, 1945.

Skeleton in the Closet and Other Stories by Robert Bloch (Subterranean Press, October 2008, 978-1-59606-122-4, $40.00, 306pp, hc, co, cover by Gahan Wilson) [edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz]     Collection of 16 previously uncollected stories, volume two in The Reader’s Bloch series. This is a limited edition of 750 signed by the editor; issued without a dustjacket. Volume two in “The Reader’s Bloch”. 7 · Tooth or Consequences · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Stories May 1950 21 · The Curse of the House · Robert Bloch · ss Strange Stories February 1939 39 · Never Trust a Demon · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Stories April 1943 55 · Pink Elephants · Robert Bloch · ss Strange Stories August 1939 69 · The Last Plea · Robert Bloch · nv Fantastic July 1959 107 · Iron Mask · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1944 149 · Skeleton in the Closet · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures May 1943, as by Tarleton Fiske 169 · The Tchen-Lam’s Vengeance · Robert Bloch · ss Other Worlds Science Stories December 1951 187 · Fairy Tale · Robert Bloch · nv Fantastic Adventures August 1943, as by Tarleton Fiske 215 · The Red Swimmer · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales April 1939 235 · Unheavenly Twin · Robert Bloch · ss Strange Stories June 1939 243 · The Strange Island of Doctor Nork · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales March 1949 265 · Lilies · Robert Bloch · vi Marvel Tales Winter 1934 269 · The Hound of Pedro · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1938 283 · The Bat Is My Brother · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1944 301 · The Black Lotus · Robert Bloch · ss Unusual Stories Winter 1935

The Skull of the Marquis de Sade by Robert Bloch (Pyramid, October 1965, R1247, 50¢, 157pp, pb, co) 9 · The Skull of the Marquis de Sade · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales September 1945 35 · A Quiet Funeral · Robert Bloch · ss 43 · The Weird Tailor · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales July 1950 71 · The Man Who Knew Women · Robert Bloch · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine July 1959 105 · Lizzie Borden Took an Axe… · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1946 123 · The Devil’s Ticket · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1944 143 · The Bogey Man Will Get You · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1946

Such Stuff As Screams Are Made Of by Robert Bloch (Ballantine, February 1979, 0-345-27996-4, $1.95, 287pp, pb, co) ix · Introduction · Gahan Wilson · in 1 · The Tunnel of Love · Robert Bloch · ss New Detective Magazine July 1948, as “Hell Is My Legacy” 11 · The Unspeakable Betrothal · Robert Bloch · ss Avon Fantasy Reader 9 ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon Publishing Co., 1949 26 · The Girl from Mars · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures March 1950 34 · The Head Hunter · Robert Bloch · ss 15 Mystery Stories June 1950, as “Head Man” 52 · The Weird Tailor · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales July 1950 74 · Lucy Comes to Stay · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1952 81 · The Pin · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Stories December 1953/January 1954 96 · I Do Not Love Thee, Doctor Fell · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 107 · Luck Is No Lady · Robert Bloch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1957 124 · The Cure · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy October 1957 132 · The Screaming People · Robert Bloch · nv Fantastic January 1959 171 · The Big Kick · Robert Bloch · ss Rogue July 1959 181 · The Masterpiece · Robert Bloch · ss Rogue June 1960 186 · Talent · Robert Bloch · ss If July 1960 200 · The Final Performance · Robert Bloch · ss Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales September 1960 214 · Life in Our Time · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966 223 · Underground · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1967, as “The Living Dead” 230 · A Case of the Stubborns · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 248 · The Head · Robert Bloch · ss The Ides of Tomorrow ed. Terry Carr, Little Brown, 1976 257 · What You See Is What You Get · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1977 273 · Nina · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1977 284 · Author’s Afterword · Robert Bloch · aw

Tales in a Jugular Vein by Robert Bloch (Pyramid, February 1965, R-1139, 50¢, 144pp, pb, co) 7 · Sabbatical · Robert Bloch · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1959 17 · Double-Cross · Robert Bloch · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1959, as “Double Tragedy” 36 · The Past Master · Robert Bloch · nv Bluebook January 1955 60 · Terror Over Hollywood · Robert Bloch · nv Fantastic Universe June 1957 83 · A Home Away from Home · Robert Bloch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1961 91 · Rhyme Never Pays · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1957, as “Crime in Rhyme” 101 · Night School · Robert Bloch · ss Rogue August 1959 112 · Pin-Up Girl · Robert Bloch · ss Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales July 1960, as by Will Folke 120 · Founding Fathers · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Universe July 1956 139 · The Deadliest Art · Robert Bloch · ss contains three untitled vignettes, the first two of which appeared in Bestseller Mystery Magazine November 1958 as “The Ungallant Hunter” and “The Fast Fix”.

Terror in the Night and Other Stories by Robert Bloch (Ace, 1958, D-265, 35¢, 129pp, pb, co)     Bound with back-to-back Shooting Star. 7 · Terror in the Night · Robert Bloch · ss Manhunt February 1956 17 · Water’s Edge · Robert Bloch · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1956 37 · The Real Bad Friend · Robert Bloch · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1957 67 · A Good Imagination · Robert Bloch · ss Suspect Detective Stories February 1956 86 · Man with a Hobby · Robert Bloch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1957 96 · Luck Is No Lady · Robert Bloch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1957 114 · String of Pearls · Robert Bloch · ss The Saint Detective Magazine August 1956

The Twilight Zone: The Movie by Robert Bloch (Warner, July 1983, 0-446-30841-2, $2.95, 205pp, pb, oc) 9 · Bill · Robert Bloch · sa based on the screenplay by John Landis. 59 · Valentine · Robert Bloch · sa based on the story by George Clayton Johnson, screenplay by George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson & Josh Rogan. 111 · Helen · Robert Bloch · sa based on the screenplay by Richard Matheson, based on the story “It’s a Good Life” by Jerome Bixby. 165 · Bloom · Robert Bloch · sa based on the screenplay by Richard Matheson, based on a story by Richard Matheson.

Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper by Robert Bloch (Belmont, 1962, L92-527, 50¢, 189pp, pb, co) vii · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in 9 · Sweets to the Sweet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1947 19 · The Dream Makers · Robert Bloch · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953 54 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943 77 · The Eyes of the Mummy [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1938 94 · The Mannikin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1937 114 · The House of the Hatchet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1941 134 · The Cloak · Robert Bloch · ss Unknown May 1939 153 · Beetles · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1938 167 · The Faceless God · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales May 1936

Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper by Robert Bloch (Subterranean Press, November 2011, 978-1-59606-424-9, $40.00, 332pp, hc, co, cover by J. K. Potter)     Collection of three Jack the Ripper stories, novel The Night of the Ripper (1984), Star Trek script “Wolf in the Fold”, and an essay. Introduction by Norman Partridge. This also includes Bloch’s 1988 foreword to the anthology Ripper!. 7 · The Writer and the Ripper · Norman Partridge · in 13 · Foreword · Robert Bloch · fw Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988 · Stories 21 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943 39 · A Most Unusual Murder · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1976 51 · A Toy for Juliette · Robert Bloch · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 57 · The Night of the Ripper · Robert Bloch · n. Doubleday, September 1984 · Script 233 · Wolf in the Fold [Star Trek] · Robert Bloch · pl · Essay 327 · Two Victorian Gentlemen · Robert Bloch · ar

The Best of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown ed. Robert Bloch--- see under Fredric Brown.

Monsters in Our Midst ed. Robert Bloch (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Tor, November 1993, 0-312-85049-2, $20.95, 303pp, hc, oa, cover by Joe DeVito)     Original anthology of 17 horror stories, with an introduction by Bloch. Copyrighted by Bloch and Martin H. Greenberg. 13 · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in 22 · Snow Man · John Coyne · nv 47 · A Gentle Breeze Blowing · Robert E. Vardeman · ss 64 · For You to Judge · Ramsey Campbell · nv 87 · The Child Killer · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 103 · The Lick of Time · Jonathan Carroll · ss 115 · The Edge · Richard Christian Matheson · ss 122 · How Would You Like It? · Lawrence Block · ss 128 · The Moment the Face Falls · Chet Williamson · ss 139 · Judgment · Ed Gorman · ss 147 · Reality Function · J. N. Williamson · nv 183 · Sacrifice · Kathleen Buckley · ss 203 · Name That Tune · Charles L. Grant · ss 213 · Taking Care of Georgie · Lisa W. Cantrell · ss 218 · Fish Are Jumpin’, and the Cotton Is High · S. P. Somtow · nv 244 · It Takes One to Know One · Robert Bloch · nv 278 · The Lesson · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 288 · Fee Fie Foe Fum · Ray Bradbury · ss 300 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Psycho-Paths ed. Robert Bloch (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Tor, March 1991, 0-312-85048-4, $18.95, 295pp, hc, oa, cover by Bill Sienkiewicz)     Original horror anthology of 17 stories featuring psychokillers, with an introduction by Bloch. The copyright is by Bloch and unlisted co-editor Martin H. Greenberg. ix · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in 1 · Them Bleaks · Gahan Wilson · ss 17 · Remains to Be Seen · David Morrell · ss 35 · No Love Lost · J. N. Williamson · nv 63 · Confession of a Madman · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss 79 · Jesse · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 95 · Enduring Art · Robert E. Vardeman · ss 111 · A Determined Woman · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 127 · Kessel’s Party · Michael Berry · ss 141 · Him, Her, Them · William F. Nolan · ss 159 · Clutter · Brad Linaweaver · ss 179 · Dreaming in Black and White · Susan M. Shwartz · nv 201 · The Secret Blade · Edward D. Hoch · ss 219 · Kin · Charles L. Grant · ss 229 · Call Home · Dennis Etchison · ss 239 · Waste · Kathleen Buckley · ss 257 · Red Devils · Hugh B. Cave · nv 281 · Pick Me Up · David J. Schow · ss

The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder by Lawrence Block (LB Productions, June 24, 2023, 978-1-954762-21-3, $18.99, 242pp, tp, no) [Matt Scudder]     Details taken from online listing.

The Autobiography of Matthew Scudder by Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, December 2023, 978-1-64524-154-6, $60.00, 200pp, hc, no, cover by John K. Snyder, III) [Matt Scudder]     Reprint (Lawrence Block 2023) novel. Limited to 750 numbered, signed, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 15 lettered, signed, copies ($750). Details taken from publisher website.

The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons by Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, April 2015, 978-1-59606-701-1, $30.00, 312pp, hc, n., cover by Jeff Wong) [Bernie Rhodenbarr]     Reprint (Lawrence Block 2013) mystery novel. Also available in a limited edition of 1000 signed numbered copies ($79.95). Volume 11 in the series.