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The Opener of the Way (var. 1) by Robert Bloch (Panther, 1976, 586-04221-0, 60p, 172pp, pb, co)
Reprints 10 of the stories from the Arkham House (1945) edition.

7 · By Way of Introduction · Robert Bloch · in The Opener of the Way by Robert Bloch, Arkham House, 1945

11 · The Opener of the Way · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales October 1936

27 · The Cloak · Robert Bloch · ss Unknown May 1939

44 · Beetles · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1938

57 · The Fiddler’s Fee · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1940

80 · The Mannikin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1937

97 · The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Stories March 1939

108 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943

128 · The Seal of the Satyr · Robert Bloch · ss Strange Stories June 1939, as by Tarleton Fiske

143 · The Dark Demon · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1936

155 · The Faceless God · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales May 1936

Out of My Head by Robert Bloch (NESFA, February 1986, 0-915368-87-0, $30.00, 193pp, hc, co)
Collection of 22 stories and articles. This signed, slipcased, limited edition of 200 sold out at Boskone 23.

ix · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in

1 · A Way of Life · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Universe October 1956

25 · I Was a Teen-Age Faust · Robert Bloch · ar The Pavlat Report August 1959

33 · Stay Tuned for Terror · Robert Bloch · ar Gothism #4, 1973

43 · The Lovecraft Mythos · Robert Bloch · ar HPL: A Tribute to Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) ed. Meade & Penny Frierson, Meade and Penny Frierson, 1972

47 · The Closest Approach · Robert Bloch · ar Henry Kuttner - A Memorial Symposium ed. Karen Anderson, Karen Anderson, 1958

55 · SUP Full of Horrors · Robert Bloch · ar Cthulhu Calls July 1975

65 · Oldies but Goodies · Robert Bloch · ar Grils #2, 1969

71 · Two Great Editors · Robert Bloch · ar Is #4, 1971

81 · The Proxy Head · Robert Bloch · ss Science-Fiction Plus May 1953

101 · The Traditions of Science Fiction and Conventions · Robert Bloch · ar The Alien Critic #10, August 1974
the Guest of Honor Speech at the 31st World Science Fiction Convention, August 31, 1973.

119 · The Return of Lefty Feep · Robert Bloch · ss

125 · Lefty Feep and I · Robert Bloch · ar Algol #17, November 1971

131 · Wilson Tucker—The Smo-o-oth Operator · Robert Bloch · bg MidAmeriCon Program Book 1976, as “Bob Tucker”

137 · Men, Myths, and Monsters · Robert Bloch · ar Algol May 1974
transcript of a 1969 speech.

151 · An Open Letter to a Young Girl About to Publish Her First Fanzine · Robert Bloch · lt Etwas #1, 1960

155 · Conventioneer’s Prayer · Robert Bloch · ms

159 · Poe and Lovecraft · Robert Bloch · ar Ambrosia #2, August 1973

165 · Letter to a TAFF Winner · Robert Bloch · lt Moor Park #2, 1958

171 · In Memoriam: Fritz Lang · Robert Bloch · bg Outré #3, 1976

181 · Will the Real Author of Psycho Please Stand Up? · Robert Bloch · ar Ventura #2, 1965

185 · The Black Revealer · Robert Bloch · ar Midnight Sun #5, 1979 [Ref. Carl Jacobi]

191 · Another Part of the Forrest · Robert Bloch · bg

Out of the Mouths of Graves by Robert Bloch (Mysterious Press, 1979, 0-89296-043-4, $10.00, xiii+193pp, hc, co)

ix · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in

1 · Night School · Robert Bloch · ss Rogue August 1959

15 · The Model Wife · Robert Bloch · vi Swank November 1961

19 · The Beautiful People · Robert Bloch · ss Bestseller Mystery Magazine July 1960, as “Skin-Deep”

35 · All in the Family · Robert Bloch · ss The Saint Magazine May 1966

39 · Double-Cross · Robert Bloch · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1959, as “Double Tragedy”

63 · Crime in Rhyme · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1957

75 · His and Hearse · Robert Bloch · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine June 1972, as “I Never Had a Christmas Tree”

107 · The Man Who Looked Like Napoleon · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1961

115 · Lucy Comes to Stay · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1952

123 · A Most Unusual Murder · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1976

139 · The Warm Farewell · Robert Bloch · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976

153 · Man with a Hobby · Robert Bloch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1957

163 · A Matter of Life · Robert Bloch · ss Keyhole Mystery Magazine June 1960

171 · Hobo · Robert Bloch · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2, 1960

175 · The Living Bracelet · Robert Bloch · vi Bestseller Mystery Magazine November 1958, as “The Ungallant Hunter”; slightly revised.

179 · The Closer of the Way · Robert Bloch · ss Whispers ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1977

Pleasant Dreams by Robert Bloch (Arkham House, 1960, LC:60050892, $4.00, 233pp, hc, co)
Subtitled “Nightmares by Robert Bloch”.

3 · Sweets to the Sweet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1947

12 · The Dream-Makers · Robert Bloch · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953

39 · The Sorcerer’s Apprentice · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1949

51 · I Kiss Your Shadow— · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1956

70 · Mr. Steinway · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic April 1954

84 · The Proper Spirit · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1957

92 · Catnip · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1948

106 · The Cheaters · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales November 1947

126 · Hungarian Rhapsody · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic June 1958, as by Wilson Kane

136 · The Light-House · Robert Bloch & Edgar Allan Poe · ss Fantastic January/February 1953; given as by Bloch alone.
completed by Bloch from a Poe fragment.

151 · The Hungry House · Robert Bloch · nv Imagination April 1951

170 · Sleeping Beauty · Robert Bloch · ss Swank March 1958, as “The Sleeping Redheads”

183 · Sweet Sixteen · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic May 1958, as “Spawn of the Dark One”

203 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958

219 · Enoch · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales September 1946

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

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

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