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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Seventh Series ed. Anthony Boucher (Doubleday, January 1958, $3.75, 264pp, hc, an, cover: Refueling in Space by Edward Valigursky from If May 1954)     The 1962 Ace pb edition omits all poems except Buck’s. 9 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 11 · The Wines of Earth · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1957 19 · In Memoriam: Fletcher Pratt · James Blish · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957 20 · Adjustment · Ward Moore · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1957 46 · The Cage · A. Bertram Chandler · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1957 61 · Mr. Stilwell’s Stage · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1957 73 · Venture to the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · gp (r) _ · The Starting Line · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 23 1956, as “Double-Crossed in Outer Space” _ · Robin Hood, F.R.S. · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 24 1956, as “Saved…By a Bow and Arrow” _ · Green Fingers · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 25 1956, as “Death Strikes Surov” _ · All That Glitters · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 26 1956, as “Diamonds! …and Then Divorce” _ · Watch This Space · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 28 1956, as “Who Wrote That Message to the Stars?” _ · A Question of Residence · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Evening Standard May 29 1956, as “Alone on the Moon” 105 · Expedition · Fredric Brown · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1957 107 · Lyric for Atom Splitters · Doris Pitkin Buck · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1957 108 · Rescue · G. C. Edmondson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1957 119 · A Horror Story Shorter by One Letter Than the Shortest Horror Story Ever Written · Ron Smith · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1957 120 · Between the Thunder and the Sun · Chad Oliver · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1957 182 · A Loint of Paw · Isaac Asimov · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1957 184 · The Wild Wood · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957 195 · Dodger Fan · Will Stanton · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1957 201 · Goddess in Granite · Robert F. Young · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1957 231 · Yes, But… · Anthony Brode · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1957 232 · MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie · C. M. Kornbluth · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1957 247 · Journeys End · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1957 258 · Full Circle · Dorothy C. Pinkney · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 259 · The Big Trek · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1957

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eighth Series ed. Anthony Boucher (Doubleday, January 1959, LC:52-5510, $3.75, 240pp, hc, an, cover by Arthur Renshaw)     The 1963 Ace pb edition omits Feghoots and Poems. 9 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 13 · Ministering Angels · C. S. Lewis · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1958 24 · Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: VII · Grendel Briarton · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1958 25 · Backwardness · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1958 37 · The Wait · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1958 54 · Origin of the Species · Karen Anderson · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1958 55 · The Up-to-Date Sorcerer · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1958 70 · Epithalamium · Doris Pitkin Buck · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1958 71 · A Deskful of Girls [Change War] · Fritz Leiber · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1958 101 · Eripmav · Damon Knight · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1958 102 · The Watchers · Anthony Brode · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1958 103 · Poor Little Warrior! · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1958 109 · The Better Bet · Anthony Brode · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1958 110 · The Omen · Shirley Jackson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1958 126 · Ye Phantasie Writer and His Catte · Winona McClintic · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1958 127 · Gil Braltar · Jules Verne; translated by I. O. Evans · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1958 translated from the French (Le chemin de France suivi de Gil Braltar, Paris: Hetzel, 1887). 134 · In Memoriam: Henry Kuttner · Karen Anderson · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1958 135 · The Grantha Sighting · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1958 145 · Theory of Rocketry · C. M. Kornbluth · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1958 161 · C.M. Kornbluth: A Memorial Bibliography · Anthony Boucher · bi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1958 163 · A New Lo! · Ron Goulart · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1958 166 · Gorilla Suit · John Shepley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1958 175 · Captivity [People] · Zenna Henderson · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1958 225 · The Men Who Murdered Mohammed · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958 239 · Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: VIII · Grendel Briarton · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1958 240 · Valise Macabre · Winona McClintic · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1957

Crime-Craft ed. Anthony Boucher (Corgi, 1957, S488, 2/6d, 253pp, pb, an, cover by Oliver Brabbins)     Selections from Four-&-Twenty Bloodhounds, Mystery Writers of America, Simon & Schuster 1950. · Foreword · Anthony Boucher · fw · The Wrong Problem [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Evening Standard August 13 1936 · The Ides of Michael Magoon [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #40, March 1947 · The Fuzzy Things [Rachel Murdock; Jennifer Murdock] · D. B. Olsen · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1948, as “Murder Walks a Strange Path” · Never Trust the Obvious · Verne Chute · ss Short Stories October 10 1944 · Death by Black Magic [Sen. Brooks U. Banner] · Joseph Commings · nv Ten Detective Aces November 1948 · Screwball Division [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1942 · Mr. Smith Kicks the Bucket [Henry Smith] · Fredric Brown · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1944, as “Bucket of Gems Case” · The Perfect Secretary · William T. Brannon · ss 1939 · Death Certificate [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty December 1947 · Too Late for Murder [Mortimer Death] · Kendell F. Crossen · ss Detective Fiction Weekly June 14 1941, as by Bennett Barlay · Start from Scratch [John and Suzy Marshall] · James M. Fox · ss Four-&-Twenty Bloodhounds ed. Anthony Boucher, Simon & Schuster, 1950 · The Big Money · Robert Arthur · ss Popular Detective May 1949, as by Andrew Fell · Two Over Par [Haila & Jeff Troy] · Kelley Roos · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #74, January 1950 · The Clue of the Tattooed Man [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #37, December 1946 · The Clue of the Broken Legs [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #38, January 1947 · The Zarapore Beat [Terrence O’Reilly] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Argosy October 24 1936, as “O’Reilly Sahib”

Four-&-Twenty Bloodhounds ed. Anthony Boucher (Simon & Schuster, 1950, LC:50-10532, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Also available in pb (Carroll & Graf 1985). v · Foreword · Anthony Boucher · fw 1 · Never Trust the Obvious · Verne Chute · ss Short Stories October 10 1944 16 · Death by Black Magic [Sen. Brooks U. Banner] · Joseph Commings · nv Ten Detective Aces November 1948 36 · The Perfect Secretary · William T. Brannon · ss 1939 40 · The Wrong Problem [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Evening Standard August 13 1936 56 · Too Late for Murder [Mortimer Death] · Kendell F. Crossen · ss Detective Fiction Weekly June 14 1941, as by Bennett Barlay 70 · Three Strips of Flesh · Matthew Head · ss 84 · The Disappearing Servant Wench [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss Villainy Detected by Lillian de la Torre, Appleton Century, 1947 102 · Widow in Waiting [Scott Jordan] · Harold Q. Masur · ss Dime Detective Magazine November 1949 115 · Slay Upon Delivery [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss Crack Detective Stories January 1946 132 · The Finger Man [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #20, January 1945 152 · Start from Scratch [John and Suzy Marshall] · James M. Fox · ss 172 · The Clue of the Tattooed Man [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #37, December 1946 176 · The Clue of the Broken Legs [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #38, January 1947 181 · The Fuzzy Things [Rachel Murdock; Jennifer Murdock] · D. B. Olsen · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1948, as “Murder Walks a Strange Path” 199 · The Big Money · Robert Arthur · ss Popular Detective May 1949, as by Andrew Fell 217 · Screwball Division [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1942 235 · The Zarapore Beat [Terrence O’Reilly] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Argosy October 24 1936, as “O’Reilly Sahib” 258 · Never Come Mourning [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · ss Detective Book Magazine Winter 1948 277 · The Adventure of the Purloined Periapt [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss “In Re: Sherlock Holmes” by August Derleth, Mycroft & Moran, 1945 297 · The Ides of Michael Magoon [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #40, March 1947 321 · Michael Shayne as I Know Him · Brett Halliday · ar 328 · Mr. Smith Kicks the Bucket [Henry Smith] · Fredric Brown · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1944, as “Bucket of Gems Case” 339 · Death Certificate [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty December 1947 357 · Girl Overboard [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss 368 · Two Over Par [Haila & Jeff Troy] · Kelley Roos · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #74, January 1950 384 · The Riddle of the Tired Bullet [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #52, March 1948

Great American Detective Stories ed. Anthony Boucher (The World Publishing Company, June 1945, 308pp, hc, an) 11 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 17 · I Won’t Take a Minute · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly June 22 1940, as “Finger of Doom” 41 · Too Many Enemies [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s February 11 1933 49 · No Crime in the Mountains · Raymond Chandler · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine September 1941 97 · Too Many Have Lived [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The American Magazine October 1932 113 · The Second Bullet [Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · ss The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam's, 1915 129 · His Heart Could Break [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1943 149 · The Hidden Law [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Metropolitan August 1914 159 · Black Murder [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #12, September 1943 173 · The Adventure of the African Traveler [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv The Adventures of Ellery Queen by Ellery Queen, Stokes, 1934 191 · The Stolen Rubens [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine February 17 1907, as “Problem of the Stolen Rubens” 201 · The Riddle of the Yellow Canary [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Mystery April 1934 221 · Ask Me Another [Oliver Quade] · Frank Gruber · ss Black Mask June 1937 237 · A Passage to Benares [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv Adventure February 20 1926 263 · The Stickpin [Máximo Roldán] · Antonio Helú; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #19, November 1944 translated from the Spanish (Continental (Mexico), 1928). 275 · The Roman Kid · Paul W. Gallico · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 11 1938 295 · “Thou Art the Man” · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1844

The Quality of Murder: Three Hundred Years of True Crime ed. Anthony Boucher (E.P. Dutton, 1962, 254pp, hc, oa)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. 7 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 15 · The Pioneer Effort of John Billington · Thomas M. McDade · ts; set in Plymouth Colony, 1630. 19 · The Palate of Alfred G. Packer · Samuel A. Peeples · ts; set in Colorado, 1873. 29 · The Trick Alibi of Irving Latimer · Anna Mary Wells · ts; set in Jackson, Mich., 1889. 39 · The Ordeal of Florence Maybrick · Patrick Quentin · ts; set in Liverpool, 1889. 48 · The Financial Practice of Dr. T. Thatcher Graves · Dana Lyon · ts; set in Denver, Colo., 1891. 57 · The Myth of Lizzie Borden · James Reach · ts; set in Fall River, Mass., 1892. 66 · The Anatomical Practice of Dr. H.H. Holmes · William T. Brannon · ts; set in Philadelphia & Chicago, 1894. 79 · The Chocolate Creams of Cordelia Botkin · Lenore Glen Offord · ts; set in San Francisco, 1898. 90 · The Dementia Americana of Harry Thaw · Charles Samuels · ts; set in New York, 1906. 98 · The Left-Handed Overalls of Roy D’Autremont · Eugene B. Block · ts; set in Oregon, 1923. 109 · The Bits and Pieces of Bessie Ferguson · Marjorie MacDonald · ts; set in Oakland, Calif., 1925. 118 · The Patriotic Justice of San Jose · Miriam Allen deFord · ts; set in San Jose, Calif., 1933. 128 · The Hobby of Gerald Thompson · Carl G. Hodges · ts; set in Peoria, Ill, 1935. 136 · The Invisible Murder of Walter Baker · Clayton Rawson · ts; set in South Portland, Maine, 1941. 143 · The Mafiose End of Nick DeJohn · John M. Eshleman · ts; set in San Francisco, 1947. 156 · The Ordinary Death of Mabel King · Edward D. Radin · ts; set in Flushing, N.Y., 1948. 167 · The Long Odds of Vincent Ciucci · Elisabeth Babbitt · ts; set in Chicago, 1953. 176 · The Mission of Bart Caritativo · Anna Blake Mezquida · ts; set in Stinson Beach, Calif., 1954. 190 · The Illogical Wife of Burton Abbott · J. Francis McComas · ts; set in Berkeley, Calif., 1955. 205 · The Lucky Henchman of Joseph Peel · Harry Whittington · ts; set in Palm Beach, Fla., 1955. 216 · The Shambles of Ed Gein · Robert Bloch · ts; set in Wisconsin, 1957. 225 · The Status Seeking of Charles Starkweather · James McKimmey · ts; set in Nebraska, 1957. 233 · The Helpful Friend of Mohammed Abdullah · Poul Anderson · ts; set in Berkeley, Calif., 1960. 243 · The Love of Ann Tracy · Thomas B. Dewey · ts; set in Laguna Beach, Calif., 1960. 252 · Afterword · Anthony Boucher · aw

The Quintessence of Queen ed. Anthony Boucher (Random House, 1962, LC:62-8475, 560pp, hc, an)     Also available in the U.K. (Gollancz 1963 as A Magnum of Mysteries). ix · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 3 · An Error in Chemistry [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #31, June 1946 20 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 34 · The House-in-Your-Hand Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947 52 · The Other Side of the Curtain · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #46, September 1947 74 · From Another World [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #55, June 1948 101 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948 120 · The Garden of Forking Paths · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #57, August 1948 translated from the Spanish (“El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan”, El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan, 1941). 130 · A Study in White · Nicholas Blake · ss The Strand Magazine February 1949, as “The Snow Line” 147 · The Arrow of God [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 169 · Beyond the Sea of Death · Miriam Allen deFord · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #66, May 1949 190 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950 218 · Love Lies Bleeding · Philip MacDonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #84, November 1950 240 · The Trial of John Nobody [Dr. Millard] · A. H. Z. Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #84, November 1950 270 · The Lady-Killer · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #80, July 1950 284 · The Enemy [Mike Russell] · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951 307 · The Contradictory Case [Lt. David Pascal] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #93, August 1951 323 · Woman Hunt No Good [Spotted Shield] · Oliver La Farge · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #96, November 1951 339 · Homecoming · Veronica Parker Johns · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #103, June 1952 360 · The Singing Stick · Edgar Pangborn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952 379 · The Challenge · John W. Vandercook · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #104, July 1952 396 · The Quality of Mercy · Eleazar Lipsky · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #118, September 1953 414 · You Know What, Teacher? · Zenna Henderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1954 425 · Tall Story [Albert Campion; Charley Luke] · Margery Allingham · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #125, April 1954 432 · Mom in the Spring [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #126, May 1954 451 · Dodie and the Boogerman · Vinnie Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1955 464 · The Man Who Went to Taltavul’s · David Alexander · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1956 479 · The Customs of the Country [Major Tennente] · Thomas Flanagan · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1956 497 · Only on Rainy Nights [unnamed inspector] · Mark Van Doren · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1956 512 · The Necessity of His Condition · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1957 523 · Lilith, Stay Away from the Door · B. J. R. Stolper · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1957 542 · The Gettysburg Bugle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951, as “As Simple as ABC”