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Best Detective Stories of the Year: 21st Annual Collection ed. Anthony Boucher (Dutton, 1966, LC:46-5872, $4.50, 288pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 15 · The Hypothetical Arsonist · Rog Phillips · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1965 33 · The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln’s Clue [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss MD June 1965, as “Abraham Lincoln’s Clue” 55 · The Poison Necklace · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1965 67 · Package Deal · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1965 74 · Queasy Does It Not · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1965 79 · Foxer · Brian Cleeve · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 18 1965 97 · The Locked House [Dr. Sylvan Moore] · Stephen Barr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1965, as “The Locked Room to End Locked Rooms” 109 · The Big Job [Mac] · Thomas B. Dewey · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine December 1965 129 · A as in Accident [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1965 149 · The Dr. Sherrock Commission [Augustus Mandrell] · Frank McAuliffe · ss Of All the Bloody Cheek by Frank McAuliffe, Ballantine, 1965 165 · Blood Brothers [Insp. Cockrill] · Christianna Brand · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1965 181 · The Lesson · Henry Cecil · ss 1958 189 · Grandfather and the Pair of Knaves [Grandfather Rastin] · Lloyd Biggle, Jr. · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1965, as “Grandfather and the Labor Day Mystery” 211 · The Long Way Down · Edward D. Hoch · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1965 235 · The Sleeping Dog [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Argosy April 1965 257 · The Peppermint-Striped Goodbye · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1965 265 · The Possibility of Evil · Shirley Jackson · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 18 1965 279 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi 283 · Awards · [uncredited] · bi 284 · Necrology · [uncredited] · bg 285 · Honor Roll · [uncredited] · bi

Best Detective Stories of the Year: 22nd Annual Collection ed. Anthony Boucher (Dutton, 1967, LC:46-5872, 284pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 15 · The Yellow Brick Road · Gene Williams · ss The New Yorker June 4 1966 23 · The Theft of the Clouded Tiger [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1966 39 · The Adventure of the Red Leech [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1966 60 · Miss Phipps and the Invisible Murderer [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966 81 · Speaking of Murder · Jack Ritchie · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1966 98 · The Opposite Number · Jacob Hay · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1966 114 · The Delinquent Account · Al Wright · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1966 130 · Murder Is a Gas · Allen Kim Lang · nv The Saint Magazine September 1966 173 · They Do Not Always Remember · William S. Burroughs · vi Esquire May 1966 177 · K as in Knife [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1966 195 · The Tin Ear [John Easy] · Ron Goulart · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1966 207 · The Stollmeyer Sonnets [Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966 233 · The Chosen One · Rhys Davies · nv The New Yorker June 4 1966 273 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi 277 · Awards · [uncredited] · bi 278 · Necrology · [uncredited] · bg 281 · Honor Roll · [uncredited] · bi

Best Detective Stories of the Year: 23rd Annual Collection ed. Anthony Boucher (Dutton, 1968, 253pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 13 · By Child Undone · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1967 27 · Kessler, the Inside Man · George Fox · ss Esquire October 1967 44 · Good Man, Bad Man · Jerome Weidman · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 1 1967 65 · Long Way Up, Short Way Down · Ken W. Purdy · ss Playboy November 1967 80 · The Beddoes Scheme [Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1967 111 · The Dead Man · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Anthony Kerrigan · ss The New Yorker January 7 1967 translated from the Spanish (“El muerto”, Sur, November 1946). 118 · B as in Burglary [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1967 141 · Rink: a 1001st Precinct Mystery · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1967 [Ref. Ed McBain] 151 · File #1: The Mayfield Case [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967 173 · Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot (“By 2133, ten years after an Order in Council invested them with all rights to the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon”) · Grendel Briarton · vi The Baker Street Journal June 1967 175 · A Delicate Balance · James McKimmey, Jr. · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1967 203 · The Road to Damascus [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) June 1966 229 · The Best Driver in the County · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1967 241 · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Magazine July 1967 255 · Honor Roll · [uncredited] · bi

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction ed. Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas (Little Brown, March 1952, $2.75, xiv+214pp, hc, an, cover by Chesley Bonestell from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1950) ix · Introduction · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · in 3 · Huge Beast · Cleve Cartmill · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Summer 1950 12 · John the Revelator · Oliver La Farge · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1951 27 · Elephas Frumenti [Gavagan’s Bar] · L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 33 · The Gift of God [Gavagan’s Bar] · L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 40 · The Friendly Demon · Daniel Defoe · ss J. Rogers, 1726 45 · Old Man Henderson · Kris Neville · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1951 58 · The Threepenny-Piece · James Stephens · ss Here Are Ladies by James Stephens, Macmillan, 1913 68 · No-Sided Professor · Martin Gardner · ss Esquire January 1947 82 · The Listening Child · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1950 94 · Dress of White Silk · Richard Matheson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 100 · The Mathematical Voodoo [C.P. Ransom] · H. Nearing, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1951 120 · Hub · Philip MacDonald · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951, as “Solitary Confinement” 126 · Built Up Logically · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Retort Winter 1949, as “The Universal Panacea” 139 · The Rat That Could Speak · Charles Dickens · ss from The Uncommercial Traveller, Chapman & Hall, 1860 145 · Narapoia [Manly J. Departure] · Alan Nelson · ss What’s Doing April 1948, as “The Origin of Narapoia” 153 · Postpaid to Paradise [Murchison Morks] · Robert Arthur · ss Argosy June 15 1940, as “Postmarked for Paradise” 170 · In the Days of Our Fathers · Winona McClintic · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949 178 · Barney · Will Stanton · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1951 181 · The Collector · H. F. Heard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951 214 · Fearsome Fable · Bruce Elliott · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1951

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Second Series ed. Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas (Little Brown, March 1953, $3.00, x+270pp, hc, an, cover by Chesley Bonestell) vii · Introduction · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · in 3 · Budding Explorer · Ralph Robin · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1952 17 · The Shout · Robert Graves · ss The Woburn Books #16, 1929 44 · The Tooth · G. Gordon Dewey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952 69 · Ugly Sister · Jan Struther · ss The London Mercury December 1935 80 · The Black Ball [Gavagan’s Bar] · L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 93 · The Hole in the Moon · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 101 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 7 1950 108 · The Cheery Soul · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener December 24 1942 123 · Ransom · H. B. Fyfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 134 · The Earlier Service · Margaret Irwin · ss Madame Fears the Dark by Margaret Irwin, A.D. Peters, 1935 155 · The Hyperspherical Basketball [C.P. Ransom] · H. Nearing, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 179 · The Desrick on Yandro [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1952 197 · Come On, Wagon! · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 210 · Jizzle · John Wyndham · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 revised from Collier’s Jan 8 ’49, as by John Beynon. 227 · Stair Trick · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952 235 · The Soothsayer · Kem Bennett · ss Magpie August 1951 246 · Hobson’s Choice · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952 268 · Letters to the Editor · Ron Goulart · ss Pelican October 1950

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Third Series ed. Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas (Doubleday, February 18, 1954, $3.25, 252pp, hc, an, cover by Chesley Bonestell from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953)     The 1960 Ace pb edition omits all the poems. 7 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · in 13 · Attitudes [Father John Carmody] · Philip José Farmer · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1953 35 · Maybe Just a Little One · Reginald Bretnor · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1947 50 · Solar Systems… · E. D. B. · pm San Francisco Chronicle 51 · The Star Gypsies · William Lindsay Gresham · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953 68 · The Naming of Names · Herman W. Mudgett · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1953 69 · The Untimely Toper [Gavagan’s Bar] · L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953 78 · Some Facts About Robots I · Leonard Wolf · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1953 79 · Vandy, Vandy [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953 96 · Experiment · Kay Rogers · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1953 100 · Lot [David Jimmon] · Ward Moore · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1953 131 · Manuscript Found in a Vacuum · P. M. Hubbard · vi Punch December 1952 133 · The Escapist · E. D. B. · pm San Francisco Chronicle 134 · The Maladjusted Classroom [C.P. Ransom] · H. Nearing, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1953 153 · Child by Chronos · Charles L. Harness · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1953 171 · The Antiquary · Winona McClintic · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953 172 · New Ritual · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1953 181 · Two Voices · Winona McClintic · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1953 182 · Devlin · W. B. Ready · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1953 197 · Captive Audience · Ann Warren Griffith · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1953 213 · Snulbug · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds December 1941 230 · Shepherd’s Boy · Richard Middleton · vi The Ghost Ship by Richard Middleton, Unwin, 1912 232 · The Unquiet Grave · Winona McClintic · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1953 233 · Star Light, Star Bright · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953 252 · His Master’s Voice · Winona McClintic · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1953

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fourth Series ed. Anthony Boucher (Doubleday, January 1955, $3.50, 250pp, hc, an, cover by Mel Hunter from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954)     The 1960 Ace pb edition omits all poems except Asimov’s. 9 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 13 · Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 37 · I Never Ast No Favors · C. M. Kornbluth · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1954 53 · Some Facts About Robots · Leonard Wolf · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1954 54 · Heirs Apparent · Robert Abernathy · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1954 80 · $1.98 · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1954 85 · The Immortal Game · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1954 99 · All Summer in a Day · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954 106 · The Accountant · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1954 116 · Epitaph Near Moonport · Sherwood Springer · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1954 117 · Brave New Word · J. Francis McComas · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1954 132 · My Boy Friend’s Name Is Jello · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1954 137 · The Test · Richard Matheson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1954 159 · Careless Love · Albert C. Friborg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1954 181 · Report on the Sexual Behavior of the Extra-Sensory Perceptor · Herman W. Mudgett · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 182 · Bulletin · Shirley Jackson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954 185 · Epitaph in Avalon · Sherwood Springer · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1954 186 · Sanctuary · Daniel F. Galouye · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1954 225 · Misadventure [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Lilliput March/April 1953 229 · More Facts About Robots · Leonard Wolf · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1954 230 · The Little Black Train [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 248 · Cowboy Lament · Norman R. Jaffray · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1954 249 · The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · Isaac Asimov · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1954

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Fifth Series ed. Anthony Boucher (Doubleday, January 1956, LC:52-5510, $3.50, 256pp, hc, an, cover by Lowell Hess)     The 1961 Ace pb edition omits poems “1980 Overtures”, “Silent Upon Two Peaks” and “The Glass of the Future”. 7 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 9 · Imagine, a Proem · Fredric Brown · pp The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1955 10 · You’re Another · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1955 44 · Survival · Carlyn Coffin · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1955 45 · This Earth of Majesty · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1955; published without a title as part of a $200 title contest; Clarke’s original title was “Refugee”. 59 · Birds Can’t Count · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1955 68 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 74 · 1980 Overtures · Winona McClintic · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1955 75 · Pottage [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1955 113 · The Vanishing American · Charles Beaumont · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1955 125 · Created He Them · Alice Eleanor Jones · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1955 136 · Silent, Upon Two Peaks… · Herman W. Mudgett · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1955 138 · Too Far · Fredric Brown · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1955 140 · A Matter of Energy · James Blish · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1955 142 · Nellthu · Anthony Boucher · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1955 144 · Dreamworld · Isaac Asimov · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1955 146 · One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts · Shirley Jackson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955 157 · The Glass of the Future · Herman W. Mudgett · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955 158 · The Short Ones · Raymond E. Banks · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 181 · The Last Prophet · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1955 190 · Botany Bay · P. M. Hubbard · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1955 194 · A Canticle for Leibowitz [St. Leibowitz, Order of] · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1955 220 · Lament by a Maker · L. Sprague de Camp · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955 221 · The Doctrine of Original Design · Winona McClintic · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 222 · Pattern for Survival · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1955 226 · The Singing Bell [Wendell Urth] · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955 245 · The Last Word [Claude Adams] · Chad Oliver & Charles Beaumont · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1955

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Sixth Series ed. Anthony Boucher (Doubleday, January 1957, $3.50, 255pp, hc, an, cover by Dick Shelton)     The 1962 Ace pb edition omits poems “Flying Chaucer” and “I Want My Name in the Title”. 5 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 9 · The Cosmic Expense Account · C. M. Kornbluth · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1956, as “The Cosmic Charge Account” 35 · Blaze of Glory · Randall Garrett · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1955 36 · Mr. Sakrison’s Halt · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1956 44 · The Woods Grow Darker · Leah Bodine Drake · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1955 45 · The Asa Rule · Jay Williams · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1956 67 · King’s Evil · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1956 77 · Interview · Bird Ferguson · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1955 78 · The Census Takers · Frederik Pohl · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956 86 · Flying Chaucer · Anthony Brode · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1956 87 · The Man Who Came Early · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1956 115 · The Anti-Climax · Winona McClintic · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1956 116 · Final Clearence · Rachel Maddux · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956 126 · The Silk and the Song · Charles L. Fontenay · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1956 159 · The Shoddy Lands · C. S. Lewis · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956 166 · I Want My Name in the Title · Winona McClintic · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1956 167 · The Last Present · Will Stanton · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1956 172 · No Man Pursueth · Ward Moore · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1956 213 · I Don’t Mind · Ron Smith · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1956 215 · The Barbarian · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1956 225 · Bright Destruction · Winona McClintic · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1956 226 · And Now the News… · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 250 · Icarus Montgolfier Wright · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1956 255 · Free Flight · P. M. Hubbard · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1956