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Reader, I Married Him ed. Tracy Chevalier (Morrow, 2016, 978-0-06-244709-8, $15.99, 295pp, tp, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · Foreword · Tracy Chevalier · fw 7 · My Mother’s Wedding · Tessa Hadley · ss 19 · Luxury Hour · Sarah Hall · ss 31 · Grace Poole Her Testimony · Helen Dunmore · ss 41 · Dangerous Dog · Kirsty Gunn · ss 55 · To Hold · Joanna Briscoe · ss 67 · It’s a Man’s Life, Ladies · Jane Gardam · ss 79 · Since First I Saw Your Face · Emma Donoghue · ss 97 · Reader, I Married Him · Susan Hill · ss 109 · The Mirror · Francine Prose · ss 119 · A Migrating Bird · Elif Shafak · ss 131 · Behind the Mountain · Evie Wyld · ss 143 · The China from Buenos Aires · Patricia Park · ss 161 · Reader, She Married Me · Salley Vickers · ss 171 · Dorset Gap · Tracy Chevalier · ss 183 · Party Girl · Nadifa Mohamed · ss 191 · Transference · Esther Freud · ss 203 · The Mash-Up · Linda Grant · ss 213 · The Self-Seeding Sycamore · Lionel Shriver · ss 233 · The Orphan Exchange · Audrey Niffenegger · ss 247 · Double Men · Namwali Serpell · ss 261 · Robinson Crusoe at the Waterpark · Elizabeth McCracken · nv

The Bakka Anthology ed. Kristen Pederson Chew (Bakka Books, December 2002, 0-9731508-3-1, C$30.00, 197pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of nine stories celebrating the bookstore’s 30th anniversary, with eight stories by current and former employees, including Robert J. Sawyer, Tanya Huff, Cory Doctorow, and Nalo Hopkinson. Afterword by owner John Rose; introductory comments by Spider Robinson, Mark Askwith, and Kristen Pederson Chew. 1 · Bakka to the Future · Spider Robinson · in 5 · Bakka · Mark Askwith · in 9 · Bakka in the Year One · Kristen Pederson Chew · in · Appearing in Order of Hire 13 · Shed Skin · Robert J. Sawyer · ss 35 · Another Fine Nest [Victory “Vicki” Nelson] · Tanya Huff · nv 57 · Lucky Charm · Fiona Patton · ss 77 · How to Kill an Immortal · Michelle Sagara West · nv 103 · Family Matters · Tara Tallan · nv 131 · Truncat · Cory Doctorow · nv 157 · Herbal · Nalo Hopkinson · ss 163 · The Steps You Have to Take · Chris Szego · ss 175 · All Under the Stars · Ed Greenwood · ss 191 · Afterword · John Rose · aw

Best Stories of the Underworld ed. Peter Cheyney (Faber & Faber, 1942, 464pp, hc, an) 7 · Foreword · Peter Cheyney · fw 11 · Life Is Like That · Val Gielgud · ss (r) 26 · The Blonde in Blue · Valentine Williams · nv (r) 50 · Karmesin [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Evening Standard May 9 1936 58 · The Black Hat · Anthony Gilbert · nv (r) 93 · Secrets in the Snow [Detective X. Crook] · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss 117 · East Wind [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Cornhill Magazine February 1934 142 · The Christopher Pearls · Richard Keverne · nv Britannia and Eve December 1931 163 · Cheese · Ethel Lina White · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1923 191 · Harry Was Good to the Girls · Theodora Benson · ss (r) 196 · Love Can Be Wonderful · Peter Cheyney · nv Britannia and Eve January 1941 219 · The Hairless Mexican [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan December 1927 276 · Outside the Law · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Strand Magazine July 1934, as by Francis Iles 296 · Gangsters Are Human · Anthony Armstrong · ss (r) 311 · Under Suspicion · Norman Edwards · nv (r) 338 · A Matter of Form [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine May 1940 369 · The Chobham Affair · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine December 1930 389 · The Apache · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Grand Magazine January 1934 411 · Karmesin and the Raving Lunatic [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Spring 1939 420 · Morning in the High Street · Barré Lyndon · ss The (London) Evening News October 14 1935 429 · Katie the Kid [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Lloyd’s Magazine June 1921 441 · Tattenham Corner · Edwin Rutt · nv Britannia and Eve April 1938

Exhalation by Ted Chiang (Alfred A. Knopf, May 7, 2019, 978-1-101-94788-3, $25.95, 350pp, hc, co, cover by Na Kim)     Details taken from online listing. 3 · The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate · Ted Chiang · nv Subterranean Press, July 2007 37 · Exhalation · Ted Chiang · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 58 · What’s Expected of Us · Ted Chiang · vi Nature #7047, July 7 2005 62 · The Lifecycle of Software Objects · Ted Chiang · na Subterranean Press, August 2010 173 · Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny [Thackery T. Lambshead] · Ted Chiang · ss The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Harper Voyager US, 2011 185 · The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling · Ted Chiang · nv Subterranean (online) Fall 2013 231 · The Great Silence · Ted Chiang · ss e-flux journal May 8 2015 [Ref. Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla] written as a script for the video installation at Philadelphia’s Fabric Workshop and Museum with artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla (2014). 237 · Omphalos · Ted Chiang · nv 270 · Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom · Ted Chiang · na

Exhalation by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press, August 2020, $150.00, 317pp, hc, co, cover by Dadu Shin)     Reprint (Knopf 2019) SF collection. Limited to 300 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($150.00). Details taken from publisher website.

The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press, August 2010, 978-1-59606-317-4, $25.00, 151pp, hc, na, cover by Christian Pierce)     SF novella of the development of artificial intelligences. Illustrated by Christian Pearce. Printed in two colors. A signed, limited edition of 400 is also available.

The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press, July 2007, 978-1-59606-100-2, $20.00, 60pp, hc, nv, cover by Jacob McMurray)     Fantasy novelette of Medieval Baghdad. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 200 signed copies is also available ($45.00).

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang (Tor, July 2002, 0-765-30418-X, $24.95, 333pp, hc, co, cover by Gregory Manchess)     Collection of eight stories, one original, including the Nebula Award-winning “Story of Your Life” and “Tower of Babylon”, and the Locus Award-winning “Hell Is the Absence of God”. 13 · Tower of Babylon · Ted Chiang · nv Omni November 1990 45 · Understand · Ted Chiang · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1991 93 · Division by Zero · Ted Chiang · nv Full Spectrum III ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 117 · Story of Your Life · Ted Chiang · na Starlight 2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1998 179 · Seventy-two Letters · Ted Chiang · na Vanishing Acts ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2000 241 · The Evolution of Human Science · Ted Chiang · vi Nature #6786, June 1 2000, as “Catching Crumbs from the Table” 245 · Hell Is the Absence of God · Ted Chiang · nv Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001 281 · Liking What You See: A Documentary · Ted Chiang · na 325 · Story Notes · Ted Chiang · ms (r)

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press, April 12, 2018, $125.00, i+351pp, hc, co, cover by Jacob McMurray)     Reprint (Tor 2002) collection of eight stories, one original. Limited to 300 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($500). Each story as well as the story notes has a piece of introductory art by Jacob McMurray. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Tower of Babylon · Ted Chiang · nv Omni November 1990 43 · Understand · Ted Chiang · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1991 97 · Division by Zero · Ted Chiang · nv Full Spectrum III ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 121 · Story of Your Life · Ted Chiang · na Starlight 2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1998 189 · Seventy-two Letters · Ted Chiang · na Vanishing Acts ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2000 255 · The Evolution of Human Science · Ted Chiang · vi Nature #6786, June 1 2000, as “Catching Crumbs from the Table” 261 · Hell Is the Absence of God · Ted Chiang · nv Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001 299 · Liking What You See: A Documentary · Ted Chiang · na Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang, Tor, 2002 343 · Story Notes · Ted Chiang · ms

The Blood Trail by Donald Barr Chidsey (Popular Publications, November 26, 2023, 978-1-61827-757-2, $24.95, 246pp, tp, co, cover by C. C. Beall) [Wentworth L. McGarvey & Wainwright T. Morton]     Volume 141 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume two in “The Complete Cases of Morton & McGarvey”. Details taken from publisher website. · Murder to Order [Wentworth L. McGarvey & Wainwright T. Morton] · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv Detective Fiction Weekly August 3 1935 · McGarvey Follows His Nose [Wentworth L. McGarvey & Wainwright T. Morton] · Donald Barr Chidsey · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 21 1935 · Murder for Art’s Sake [Wentworth L. McGarvey & Wainwright T. Morton] · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 19 1935 · The Blood Trail [Wentworth L. McGarvey & Wainwright T. Morton] · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv Detective Fiction Weekly November 23 1935 · Fools Can Be Dangerous [Wentworth L. McGarvey & Wainwright T. Morton] · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv Detective Fiction Weekly January 4 1936

The Corpse Clue by Donald Barr Chidsey (Popular Publications, November 27, 2022, 978-1-61827-693-3, $24.95, 228pp, tp, co, cover by Walter Baumhofer) [Wentworth L. McGarvey & Wainwright T. Morton]     Volume 123 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume one in “The Complete Cases of Morton & McGarvey”. Details taken from publisher website. · Prize Bull [Wentworth L. McGarvey & Wainwright T. Morton] · Donald Barr Chidsey · ss Dime Detective Magazine December 1 1934 · Murder by Proxy [Wentworth L. McGarvey & Wainwright T. Morton] · Donald Barr Chidsey · ss Dime Detective Magazine January 1 1935 · The Corpse Clue [Wentworth L. McGarvey & Wainwright T. Morton] · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv Dime Detective Magazine January 15 1935 · The Carrion Clue [Wentworth L. McGarvey & Wainwright T. Morton] · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv Dime Detective Magazine March 15 1935 · The Scar Clue [Wentworth L. McGarvey & Wainwright T. Morton] · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv Dime Detective Magazine June 15 1935

The Damp Chamber and Other Bad Places by Frank Chigas (Medusa Press, March 2004, 0-9725324-0-4, $40.00, 345pp, hc, oc, cover by Frank Chigas)     Original collection of 19 stories. Illustrated by the author. 3 · The Damp Chamber · Frank Chigas · nv 40 · The Space Between Two Walls · Frank Chigas · ss 50 · The Return of the One · Frank Chigas · ss 69 · The House of August · Frank Chigas · nv 94 · And Darkness Slumbers · Frank Chigas · ss 108 · Yet Another God · Frank Chigas · nv 138 · She Is a Picture in Black · Frank Chigas · ss 147 · The Copper Bell · Frank Chigas · nv 181 · The Fourth Column · Frank Chigas · ss 200 · A Face at the Window · Frank Chigas · ss 204 · The Stone and the Hand That Touched It · Frank Chigas · ss 213 · In the Shadow Room · Frank Chigas · nv 239 · The Inheritors · Frank Chigas · nv 274 · Sunflowers · Frank Chigas · ss 282 · The Winter Tree · Frank Chigas · ss 301 · The Girl in the Pipe · Frank Chigas · ss 308 · Devil Eyes on 61 · Frank Chigas · ss 325 · Seven Returned · Frank Chigas · ss 330 · The People of Faces Beach · Frank Chigas · ss

The Sleuth of Baghdad by Charles B. Child (Crippen & Landru, August 2002, 1-885941-75-7, $17.00, 194pp, tp, co, cover by Carol Heyer) [Chafik J. Chafik]     Collection of 15 Inspector Chafik stories. Also in hc (-74-9). 7 · Charles B. Child · The Publishers · pr 9 · The Inspector Is Discreet [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s June 21 1947 20 · Inspector Chafik Closes the Case [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s July 19 1947 30 · Death Had a Voice [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s June 26 1948 40 · The Inspector Had a Wife [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s August 21 1948 51 · The Inspector Had a Habit [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s March 26 1949 61 · He Had a Little Shadow [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s January 14 1950 75 · All the Birds of the Air [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s June 17 1950 87 · There Is a Man in Hiding [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s September 29 1951 101 · Death in the Fourth Dimension [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s September 27 1952 122 · Death Had a Birthday [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s November 13 1953 136 · Death Was a Wedding Guest [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s November 26 1954 148 · Invisible Killer [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s January 21 1955 158 · Royal Theft [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s April 29 1955 169 · Death Starts a Rumor [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s June 22 1956 182 · The Man Who Wasn’t There [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1969 193 · The Inspector Chafik J. Chafik Stories · [uncredited] · bi

The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 ed. Lee Child (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, November 2010, xiv+402pp, hc, an)

The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 ed. Lee Child (Corvus, November 2010, 978-1-84887-573-9, £17.99, xiv+402pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010) crime/mystery anthology. ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw xii · Introduction · Lee Child · in 1 · Charlie and the Pirates · Gary Alexander · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2009 14 · The Emerald Coast · R. A. Allen · ss The Literary Review Summer 2009 27 · An Early Christmas [Doyle Stark; Zina Javitz] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2009 64 · Maynard · Mary Stewart Atwell · ss Alaska Quarterly Review Fall/Winter 2009 72 · Dredge · Matt Bell · ss Hayden’s Ferry Review Fall 2009/Winter 2010 91 · A Jury of His Peers · Jay Brandon · ss Murder Past, Murder Present ed. R. Barri Flowers & Jan Grape, Twilight Times Books, 2009 109 · Designer Justice · Phyllis Cohen · nv The Prosecution Rests ed. Linda Fairstein, Little, Brown, 2009 130 · The Cross-Eyed Bear · John Dufresne · nv Boston Noir ed. Dennis Lehane, Akashic Books, 2009 149 · The Case of Colonel Warburton’s Madness [Sherlock Holmes] · Lyndsay Faye · nv Sherlock Holmes in America ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Skyhorse Publishing, 2009 167 · The First Rule Is · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss Black Noir March 3 2009 183 · Killing Time · Jon Land · nv Thriller 2 ed. Clive Cussler, Mira, 2009 200 · Animal Rescue · Dennis Lehane · nv Boston Noir ed. Dennis Lehane, Akashic Books, 2009 221 · Tell Me · Lynda Leidiger · ss The Gettysburg Review Summer 2009 241 · The House on Pine Terrace · Phillip Margolin · ss Thriller 2 ed. Clive Cussler, Mira, 2009 255 · Bias · Chris Muessig · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2009 277 · Bismarck Rules · Albert Tucher · nv Oregon Literary Review Summer/Fall 2009 299 · Ed Luby’s Key Club · Kurt Vonnegut · nv Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction by Kurt Vonnegut, Delacorte Press, 2009 338 · Custom Sets · Joseph Wallace · nv The Prosecution Rests ed. Linda Fairstein, Little, Brown, 2009 356 · The Shipbreaker · Mike Wiecek · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2009 376 · Blood and Dirt · Ryan Zimmerman · ss Thuglit (online) #34, 2009 391 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 401 · Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2009 · [uncredited] · bi