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By the Chimney with Care ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Publishing, September 2006, 0-9778402-3-9, $10.95, 208pp, tp, oa)     “A Christmas Crime Anthology.” 1 · The Plight Before Christmas · Herschel Cozine · pm 3 · Christmas Gifts · John M. Floyd · ss Reader’s Break June 1998 13 · Christmas in Honolulu [Kimo Kanapa’aka] · Neil Plakcy · ss Mysterical-e December 2005 27 · Whatever Happened to Sandy Kloss? · Suzanne Flaig · ss ByLine Magazine 35 · Popcorn for Christmas · Debra Gray & O’Neil De Noux · ss Peeping Tom #21, January 1996 51 · Not-So-Silent Night · Tony Burton · ss Crime and Suspense ezine December 2005 61 · Yellow Snow · Jeffrey Marks · ss Canine Christmas ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine, 1999 73 · Murder in Toddler Town · Rob Rosen · ss 87 · Black and White · Joseph Ketner · ss 99 · One Wise Man · John J. Wilson · ss 107 · The Santa Stickup · Guy Belleranti · ss SHORT Stuff Magazine Winter 2002 115 · Noel · Margaret Fenton · ss 125 · The Bells of Christmas · Carol A. Cole · ss 133 · A Brother’s Gift · Mike Wiecek · ss Hardluck Stories Fall 2004 139 · In the Chimney with Love · Gary R. Hoffman · ss 147 · Three Days of Christmas [River City] · Frank Zafiro · nv 173 · Secret Santa · Jean Lauzier · ss 179 · Surprise Package · John L. French · ss Classic Pulp Fiction Stories #31, December 1997 199 · Story Attributions · [uncredited] · bi 201 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Carols and Crimes, Gifts and Grifters ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Publishing, September 2007, 1603640029, $11.95, 260pp, tp, oa)     An original anthology of 15 holiday crime stories to benefit the Toys for Tots. · Ho Ho Homicide [Odelia Grey] · Sue Ann Jaffarian · ss · Robbery on Christmas Eve · Earl Staggs · ss · The Lesson of the Season · Thomas H. Cook · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 2003 · Santa and the Poor Box · Gail Farrelly · ss · The Proper Trimmings · Nick Andreychuk · ss · The Grinch and I · Herschel Cozine · ss · Home for Christmas [River City] · Frank Zafiro · ss · The Christmas Tree Thief · Chris Grabenstein · ss · A Piece of Christmas · Deborah Elliot-Upton · ss · Santa Solves a Murder · Jan Christensen · ss · Mystery on Capital Street [Hannibal Jones] · Austin S. Camacho · ss · The Christmas Cut Out Caper · Tony Burton · ss · The Ballet Exercises · Gay Toltl Kinman · ss Shred of Evidence February 2003 · Christmas Every Day · Margaret Fenton · ss · Have a Harpy Christmas · Peggy Jaegly · ss

Crime and Suspense Anthology I: 2005-2006 ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Publishing, May 2007, 1603640002, $9.95, 200pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 15 stories from the Crime and Suspense ezine.

Dying in a Winter Wonderland ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Press, September 2008, 978-1603640053, $11.95, 204pp, tp, oa) · Foreword · Stevanne Auerbach · fw 1 · A Mom for Christmas · Austin S. Camacho · ss 19 · The Alternate Plan · Allan Ansorge · ss 31 · A Merry Slay Ride · M. E. Kemp · ss 49 · On the Sixth Night of Hanukah · Helen Schwartz · ss 65 · Something Extra for Christmas · Radine Trees Nehring · ss 79 · Gracie’s Gift from the East · Gary R. Hoffman · ss 91 · Happy Holidays Times Three · Peg Herring · ss 109 · Taking Her Medicine · Tony Burton · ss 119 · A Christmas Carole · Janice Alonso · ss 137 · Just Call Me Nick · Terrie Farley Moran · ss 147 · The Longest Night · S. M. Harding · ss 165 · In the Nick of Time · Gayle Bartos-Pool · ss 179 · Team Player · Marian Allen · ss 189 · Contributor Profiles · [uncredited] · bg

Murder to Mil-Spec ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Press, September 2010, 1603640282, $12.00, 226pp, tp, oa)     An anthology to benefit Homes for Our Troops. 1 · Foreword · Tony Burton · fw 3 · Meet Me by the Priest · Terrie Farley Moran · ss 23 · Dart Champ · Dorothy B. Francis · ss 35 · Tripwire · Big Jim Williams · nv 57 · Choices · Elizabeth Zelvin · ss 76 · The Gift of Life · Lina Zeldovich · nv 98 · Justice at Sea · Charles Schaeffer · nv 121 · Tourada à Corda · Howard B. Carron · ss 140 · One More Mission · Brendan Dubois · ss 153 · Danger from Within · Janis Patterson · ss 173 · An Officer and a Gentleman’s Agreement · Barb Goffman · ss 188 · Warriors Know Their Duty · S. M. Harding · ss 200 · Salome’s Gift · Diana Catt · nv 221 · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Seven by Seven ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Publishing, April 2006, 0977840204, $13.95, 212pp, tp, oa)     “Seven Deadly Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Seven Deadly Authors.” Original anthology of 49 short stories, all 600 words or less. Each author wrote one story for each deadly sin.

Ten for Ten ed. Tony Burton (Wolfmont Press, August 2008, 160364007X, 176pp, tp, an)     Anthology of stories from the Crime and Suspense ezine. Partial contents.

Spectral Sounds: Unquiet Tales of Acoustic Weird ed. Manon Burz-Labrande (The British Library, September 22, 2022, 978-0-7123-5417-2, £9.99, 288pp, tp, an, cover by Mag Ruhig) [British Library Tales of the Weird]     Volume 33 in the series. · Introduction · Manon Burz-Labrande · in · I. “I Heard a Noise, Sure Enough”: Living with Audible Presences · The Invisible Tenants of Rushmere · Florence Marryat · nv (r) · The First Comer · Bithia Mary Croker · ss Kingdom of Kerry by B. M. Croker, 1896 · The Day of My Death · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1868, uncredited. · II. “I Had Heard the Words with Painful Distinctness”: Perceiving Ghostly Voices · The Spirit’s Whisper · Sheridan Le Fanu · ss A Stable for Nightmares, Tinsley Brothers, 1867, uncredited. · A Case of Eavesdropping [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 · A Speakin’ Ghost · Annie Trumbull Slosson · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1890 · The Whispering Wall · H. D. Everett · ss The Novel Magazine February 1916, as by Theo. Douglas · No Living Voice · Thomas Street Millington · ss Temple Bar April 1872, uncredited. · III. “I Jumped Awake to the Furious Ringing of My Bell”: Sonorous Objects and Haunting Technology · The Lady’s Maid’s Bell · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine November 1902 · The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit · Barry Pain · ss Black & White May 7 1898 · Over the Wires · H. D. Everett · ss The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts by H. D. Everett, Philip Allan, 1920 · The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round November 10 1866, uncredited. · IV. Sounds and Silence: Acoustic Weird Beyond the Ghostly · Siope—A Fable · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Baltimore Book, a Christmas and New Year’s Present ed. W. H. Carpenter & T. S. Arthur, Bayly & Burns, 1838 · The House of Sounds · M. P. Shiel · nv The Pale Ape by M. P. Shiel, T. Werner Laurie, 1911 a revised and updated version of “Vaila”, Shapes in the Fire, 1896.

Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense ed. Gary R. Bush & Chris Everheart (Nodin Press, 2009, 1932472851, $16.95, 246pp, tp, oa) 5 · Preface · Gary Bush · pr 9 · Introduction · Vince Flynn · in 11 · Perfectly Grimn [Joe Pickett] · C. J. Box · ss 22 · Time of the Green · Ken Bruen · ss Killer Year ed. Lee Child, St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008 27 · Last Laugh · David Housewright · ss 35 · Issue of Women and Money · Michael Stanley · ss 52 · Dumber Than Dirt · Libby Fischer Hellman · ss 68 · Snow Birds · Gary Phillips · ss 78 · Pinked Off · Maureen Fischer · ss 85 · Santa’s Little Helper · Anne Frasier · ss 88 · 17th Rule of Highly Effective Bank Robbers · Troy Cook · ss 97 · Puck · Pat Dennis · ss 106 · Why I Write Mysteries · Pete Hautman · ss 112 · Eddie’s Dungeon · Chris Everheart · ss 119 · Contender · William Kent Krueger · ss 129 · Den of Iniquity · Lori L. Lake · ss 139 · You Can Be Too Thin · Gary R. Bush · ss 151 · Jibber Jabber · Reed F. Coleman · ss 162 · Surrogate · Anthony Neil Smith · ss 181 · Cat’s Meow · Mary Logue · ss 185 · Uninvolved · Lois Greiman · ss 193 · Rage Against the Machines · Terri Persons · ss 202 · Flyover Country · Max Allan & Barbara Collins · nv Till Death Do Us Part ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley, 1999; given as “Flyover Land” in the Table of Contents. 223 · Live Bait · Sujata Massey · ss 234 · Dumb Luck · Marilyn Victor · ss 243 · I Seen That · S. J. Rozan · ss 246 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Golden Stallion: An Anthology of Poems Concerning the Southwest and Written by Representative Southwestern Poets ed. D. Maitland Bushby (The Southwest Press, Inc., 1930, xxx+152pp, hc, an)     “Dedicated to all mothers of the southwest and especially to mine.” [RB] vii · Introduction · D. Maitland Bushby · in xi · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms xv · Biographical section · [uncredited] · ms 1 · The Golden Stallion · Glenn Ward Dresbach · pm (r) 2 · A Desert Bird Bath · Glenn Ward Dresbach · pm (r) 3 · Song (“I have seen the cloud of fire where the eagle’s eyes”) · Glenn Ward Dresbach · pm (r) 4 · The Signs · Glenn Ward Dresbach · pm (r) 5 · Shadows · Glenn Ward Dresbach · pm (r) 6 · A Desert Garden · Glenn Ward Dresbach · pm (r) 7 · Song (“The minnows were shuttles”) · Glenn Ward Dresbach · pm (r) 8 · Pale Floss and Silver Threads · Glenn Ward Dresbach · pm (r) 9 · Valley of Gold · Glenn Ward Dresbach · pm (r) 10 · Dance in the Desert · Glenn Ward Dresbach · pm (r) 12 · Mesquite in Springtime · Walter R. Adams · pm (r) 13 · Cotton · Walter R. Adams · pm (r) 14 · Rio Abajo · Mary Austin · pm (r) 15 · Drouth · Mary Austin · pm (r) 21 · Caller of Buffalo · Mary Austin · pm (r) 22 · Dream Dust · S. Omar Barker · pm (r) 23 · The Ballad of Stephen the Black · S. Omar Barker · pm (r) 25 · Ride ’Em Clean! · S. Omar Barker · pm Western Story Magazine June 19 1926 26 · The Ballad of Cowboy Lou · S. Omar Barker · pm Lariat Story Magazine January 1927 28 · The Maverick · S. Omar Barker · pm (r) 29 · When Billy the Kid Rides Again · S. Omar Barker · pm Adventure July 23 1926 30 · Hopi Prayer · Charles Beghtol · pm (r) 31 · In Old Tucson · Charles Beghtol · pm (r) 32 · The Singing Sands · Charles Beghtol · pm (r) 34 · The Covered Wagon · Lena Whittaker Blakeney · pm (r) 36 · Sacred Heart Mission · Lena Whittaker Blakeney · pm (r); given as “Sacret Heart Mission” in the Table of Contents. 37 · The Pioneer · Henry Meade Bland · pm (r) 38 · At Montalvo · Henry Meade Bland · pm (r) 39 · When Autumn Comes · D. Maitland Bushby · pm (r) 40 · Indian Side Show · D. Maitland Bushby · pm (r) 41 · Last “Color” · D. Maitland Bushby · pm (r) 42 · Theresa of San Luis Del Bac · D. Maitland Bushby · pm (r) 43 · Yo-tan-e-ki · D. Maitland Bushby · pm (r) 44 · Wood Carriers of the Tonto · D. Maitland Bushby · pm (r) 45 · Cancion del Vaquero · D. Maitland Bushby · pm (r) 46 · Charley Bill Moseys Out · D. Maitland Bushby · pm (r) 47 · The Last Drummer · D. Maitland Bushby · pm (r) 48 · Desert Monks · D. Maitland Bushby · pm (r) 49 · Chapala Midnight · Witter Bynner · pm (r) 50 · Impressions of the Desert · Grace Stone Coates · pm (r) 51 · Footnote on History · Grace Stone Coates · pm (r) 52 · Petals of Darkness · Grace Stone Coates · pm (r) 52 · Cavaliers · Grace Noll Crowell · pm (r) 55 · Red Earth · Grace Noll Crowell · pm (r) 57 · Presidio · Winifred Davidson · pm (r) 58 · At Sunset · Rhoda De Long · pm (r) 59 · Dreams…Dust · Rhoda De Long · pm (r) 60 · The Fight at Piedras Negras · Ben Field · pm (r) 62 · Poppy Gold · Ben Field · pm (r) 63 · Herb-Gatherer · Sara Bard Field · pm (r) 64 · Wild Flowers · Sara Bard Field · pm (r) 65 · But Beauty Endures · Sara Bard Field · pm (r) 66 · Pacific Winter · Hildegarde Flanner · pm (r) 67 · Superior People · Hildegarde Flanner · pm (r) 68 · Sky-Meeting · Hildegarde Flanner · pm (r) 70 · Valley Quail · Hildegarde Flanner · pm (r) 71 · Desert Death · Charles Henri Ford · pm (r) 72 · Desert · Whitley Gray · pm (r) 76 · Cactus Blooms · Hilton Ross Greer · pm (r) 77 · A Road of Midnight Pageants · Hilton Ross Greer · pm (r) 79 · In the Bracken · Sharlot M. Hall · pm (r) 80 · The Colorado River · Sharlot M. Hall · pm (r) 81 · Boats in a Fog · Robinson Jeffers · pm (r) 82 · Hands · Robinson Jeffers · pm (r) 83 · Hooded Night · Robinson Jeffers · pm (r) 84 · Evening Ebb · Robinson Jeffers · pm (r) 85 · Shore Road · Siddie Joe Johnson · pm (r) 86 · Heron Flight · Siddie Joe Johnson · pm (r) 87 · Buffalo-Gap · John H. Knox · pm (r) 88 · Grasshopper · John H. Knox · pm (r) 89 · Plains · John H. Knox · pm (r) 90 · Arrow-Head · John H. Knox · pm (r) 91 · The Grass · John H. Knox · pm (r) 92 · Deserted Kiva · John H. Knox · pm (r) 94 · Indian Blood · Lilith Lorraine · pm (r) 95 · Southwest · Lilith Lorraine · pm (r) 97 · The Ranger · Lilith Lorraine · pm (r) 99 · Sunset · Catherine Stuart MacLeod · pm (r) 100 · Yet Autumn Mournfully · Norman MacLeod · pm (r) 101 · Coniferous · Norman MacLeod · pm (r) 102 · Haunted Hogan · Norman MacLeod · pm (r) 104 · Hotevilla · Norman MacLeod · pm (r) 105 · Song for an Archaeologist: Aztec · Norman MacLeod · pm (r) 106 · Snow on the Painted Desert · Norman MacLeod · pm (r) 107 · Impression · Norman MacLeod · pm (r) 108 · Cattle-Town · Norman MacLeod · pm (r) 109 · Quatrains · Norman MacLeod · pm (r) 110 · City in Taos · Norman MacLeod · pm (r) 111 · Year of Verbena · Arthur Truman Merrill · pm (r) 112 · Taos · Arthur Truman Merrill · pm (r) 113 · Eureka · Arthur Truman Merrill · pm (r) 114 · Midnight on the Prairies · Vaida Stewart Montgomery · pm (r) 115 · The Cotton Picker’s Song · Whitney Montgomery · pm (r) 117 · He-Man · Whitney Montgomery · pm (r) 118 · Sea-Wind on the Prairie · Berta Hart Nance · pm (r) 119 · Prairie Love · Berta Hart Nance · pm (r) 120 · In Praise of the Guadalupe · Berta Hart Nance · pm (r) 121 · March Plowing · Ted Olson · pm (r) 122 · Payment in Full · Ted Olson · pm (r) 123 · Forfeit · Ted Olson · pm (r) 124 · The General of Cerro Grande · Idella Purnell · pm (r) 125 · Squaw Butte · Lucy Reynolds · pm (r) 126 · Boomtown Drama · Lexie Dean Robertson · pm (r) 129 · Three Pueblos · W. W. Robinson · pm (r) 131 · Mesa and Foothill · Edna Davis Romig · pm (r) 133 · Phantom Oxcarts · Edna Davis Romig · pm (r) 134 · The Arapahoes · Edna Davis Romig · pm (r) 135 · The Desert · Virginia Spates · pm (r) 136 · The Flats · Virginia Spates · pm (r) 137 · Sunrise in Arizona · Virginia Spates · pm (r) 138 · Desert Phantasy · Henry George Weiss · pm (r); given as “Deesert Phantasy” in the Table of Contents. 139 · Mountain and the Desert · Henry George Weiss · pm (r) 141 · Summer · Charles Erskine Scott Wood · pm (r) 143 · Excerpts from The Poet in the Desert · Charles Erskine Scott Wood · pm (r) 148 · Mired · Charles Erskine Scott Wood · pm (r) 150 · Three Poems of the Southwest · Kathleen Tankersley Young · pm (r) 152 · Landscape in Spring · Kathleen Tankersley Young · pm (r)