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Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley (Viking Press, August 1980, 0-670-25653-6, $16.95, xvi+551pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of ground-breaking horror. xi · Introduction · Kirby McCauley · in 1 · The Late Shift · Dennis Etchison · ss 18 · The Enemy · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss 27 · Dark Angel · Edward Bryant · ss 44 · The Crest of Thirty-Six · Davis Grubb · ss 56 · Mark Ingestre: The Customer’s Tale · Robert Aickman · ss 77 · Where the Summer Ends · Karl Edward Wagner · nv 106 · The Bingo Master · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 129 · Children of the Kingdom · T. E. D. Klein · na 196 · The Detective of Dreams · Gene Wolfe · nv 214 · Vengeance Is. · Theodore Sturgeon · ss 222 · The Brood · Ramsey Campbell · ss 235 · The Whistling Well · Clifford D. Simak · nv 263 · The Peculiar Demesne · Russell Kirk · nv 292 · Where the Stones Grow · Lisa Tuttle · ss 306 · The Night Before Christmas · Robert Bloch · nv 327 · The Stupid Joke · Edward Gorey · pm 342 · A Touch of Petulance · Ray Bradbury · ss 353 · Lindsay and the Red City Blues · Joe W. Haldeman · ss 369 · A Garden of Blackred Roses · Charles L. Grant · nv 391 · Owls Hoot in the Daytime [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss 404 · Where There’s a Will · Richard & Richard Christian Matheson · ss 412 · Traps · Gahan Wilson · ss 419 · The Mist · Stephen King · na

Frights ed. Kirby McCauley (St. Martin’s, 1976, 0-312-30625-3, $8.95, 293pp, hc, oa)     Published in UK by Gollancz, 1977, and in US pb by Warner, 1977. UK pb published in two volumes as Frights 1 and Frights 2, Sphere, 1979. 1 · Wonder and Terror · Fritz Leiber · in 5 · There’s a Long, Long Trail A-Winding · Russell Kirk · nv 45 · The Whisperer · Brian Lumley · ss 63 · Armaja Das · Joe W. Haldeman · nv 87 · The Kitten · Poul & Karen Anderson · nv 117 · Oh Tell Me Will It Freeze Tonight · R. A. Lafferty · ss 137 · Dead Call · William F. Nolan · ss 145 · The Idiots · Davis Grubb · ss 165 · The Companion · Ramsey Campbell · ss 181 · Firefight · David Drake · nv 205 · It Only Comes Out at Night · Dennis Etchison · ss 221 · Compulsory Games · Robert Aickman · nv 249 · Sums · John W. Jakes & Richard E. Peck · ss 267 · The Warm Farewell · Robert Bloch · ss 283 · End Game · Gahan Wilson · ss 291 · Afterword · Kirby McCauley · aw

Frights 1 ed. Kirby McCauley (Sphere, 1979, 5779, 85p, 157pp, pb, oa)     First part of Frights, St. Martin’s Press, 1977. 9 · Wonder and Terror · Fritz Leiber · in Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 13 · There’s a Long, Long Trail A-Winding · Russell Kirk · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 57 · The Whisperer · Brian Lumley · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 75 · Armaja Das · Joe W. Haldeman · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 101 · The Kitten · Poul & Karen Anderson · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 133 · Oh Tell Me Will It Freeze Tonight · R. A. Lafferty · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 155 · Afterword · Kirby McCauley · aw Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976

Frights 2 ed. Kirby McCauley (Sphere, 1979, 5780, 85p, 159pp, pb, oa)     Second part of Frights, St. Martin’s Press, 1977. · Wonder and Terror · Fritz Leiber · in Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · Dead Call · William F. Nolan · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · The Idiots · Davis Grubb · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · The Companion · Ramsey Campbell · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · Firefight · David Drake · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · It Only Comes Out at Night · Dennis Etchison · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · Compulsory Games · Robert Aickman · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · Sums · John W. Jakes & Richard E. Peck · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · The Warm Farewell · Robert Bloch · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · End Game · Gahan Wilson · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · Afterword · Kirby McCauley · aw Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976

Night Chills ed. Kirby McCauley (Avon, November 1975, 0-380-00397-X, $1.50, 260pp, pb, an) ix · Introduction · Kirby McCauley · in 1 · At Midnight, in the Month of June [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #127, June 1954 13 · A:B:O. · Walter de la Mare · ss Eight Tales by Walter de la Mare, Arkham House, 1971 31 · Minnesota Gothic · Thomas M. Disch · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination January 1964, as by Dobbin Thorpe 47 · The Jugular Man · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1973 55 · Alice and the Allergy · Fritz Leiber · ss Weird Tales September 1946 65 · The Island · L. P. Hartley · ss Night Fears by L. P. Hartley, Putnam, 1924 81 · Yesterday’s Witch · Gahan Wilson · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #9, 1973 89 · Wet Season · Dennis Etchison · ss Gamma #5, September 1965 103 · Innsmouth Clay · H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 written by Derleth from a fragment by Lovecraft. 117 · People of the Black Coast · Robert E. Howard · ss Spaceway September/October 1969 129 · Call First · Ramsey Campbell · ss 135 · From Beyond the Stars · Richard L. Tierney · nv 157 · The Funny Farm · Robert Bloch · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 169 · The Face in the Wind · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales April 1936 193 · Goodman’s Place · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1974 209 · Kellerman’s Eyepiece · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss 221 · Sticks [Cthulhu] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers March 1974 243 · The Sign-Painter and the Crystal Fishes · Marjorie Bowen · ss In a Good Cause, John Murray, 1909

Nightmare Town (var. 1) by Dashiell Hammett ed. Kirby McCauley, Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman--- see under Dashiell Hammett.

Three Thousand Years by Thomas Calvert McClary (Fantasy Press, August 6, 1954, $3.00, 224pp, hc, n., cover by John T. Brooks)

Three Thousand Years by Thomas Calvert McClary (Ace Double, September 1956, D-176, 35¢, 189pp, pb, n., cover by Ed Valigursky)     Reprint (Fantasy Press 1954) SF novel. Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Green Queen by Margaret St. Clair.

The 2014 Rhysling Anthology ed. Elizabeth R. McClellan & Ashley Brown (Science Fiction Poetry Association, October 10, 2014, 978-1-885093-77-6, $12.95, 102pp, tp, an, cover by Francis Reddy) ix · The Rhysling Awards: A Brief Introduction · Robert Frazier · ex from “Where Can We Go from Here, Toto?”, Star*Line September/December 1989 xiii · Editor’s Note · Elizabeth R. McClellan · ms xiv · President’s Note · Bryan A. Dietrich · ms xv · 2014 Rhysling Award Winners · [uncredited] · bi 1 · Short Poems First Published in 2013 1 · The Captain Speaks · Leslie J. Anderson · pm Star*Line January/March 2013 1 · Nephology · F. J. Bergmann · pm James Gunn’s Ad Astra #2, June 2013 2 · What She Dreams Of · F. J. Bergmann · pm (r) 3 · How Many · Ruth Berman · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2013 4 · Liar, Liar · Robert Borski · pm Dreams and Nightmares #94, February 2013 5 · Music of the Stars · Bruce Boston · pm Balticon 47 Program Book, 2013 5 · View from the Oort Cloud · Shelly Bryant · pm Illumen #18, Spring 2013 6 · singing the plains · Rachael Bundock · pm Goblin Fruit Summer 2013 6 · The Narrow Hours · Gwendolyn Clare · pm Bull Spec #8/9, Spring 2013 7 · Climbing Up the Sky · G. O. Clark · pm Tales of the Talisman v9 #1, 2013 8 · untitled (“the winged serpent, draco…”) · Carolyn Clink · pm Gusts: Contemporary Tanka Fall/Winter 2013 8 · A City of Buried Rivers · David Clink · pm Literary Review of Canada November 2013 9 · Why I Sold My Soul to the Storyteller · Jennifer Crow · pm The First Bite of the Apple by Jennifer Crow, Elektrik Milk Bath Press, 2013 10 · Triptych · Jane Crowley · pm Strange Horizons September 9 2013 11 · The Specialist · James S. Dorr · pm Disturbed Digest #1, June 2013 11 · The Bed I Haven’t Made Yet · Peg Duthie · pm Star*Line April/June 2013 12 · Turning the Leaves · Amal El-Mohtar · pm Apex Magazine #55, December 2013 12 · untitled haiku (“imagining…”) · Joshua Gage · pm Inhuman: Haiku from the Zombie Apocalypse by Joshua Gage, The Poet's Haven, 2013 13 · Wheels · Adele Gardner · ss Mythic Delirium #28, Winter/Spring 2013 13 · A Virtuous Woman · Nancy Hightower · pm Prick of the Spindle September 2013 14 · After the Moons · Russell Jones · pm Spaces of Their Own by Russell Jones, Stewed Rhubarb Press, 2013 15 · Sleeping Beauty Makes Dinner · Sally Rosen Kindred · pm Goblin Fruit Winter 2013 16 · Pinocchio in the Toothpick Factory · Andrew Kozma · pm Star*Line April/June 2013 17 · Rivers · Geoffrey A. Landis · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2013 18 · The Waiting · Dennis M. Lane · pm The Ghazal Page November 2013 18 · Don’t Call Me a Fairy · B. J. Lee · pm Spellbound Spring 2013 19 · Doppelgänger · John C. Light · pm Awen November 2013 20 · Topic of Cancer · Sandra J. Lindow · pm 2014 Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar ed. Paula Anderson & Judy Kolosso, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, 2013 20 · Leaving Papa · Darrell Lindsey · pm Kaleidotrope Summer 2013 21 · Bluebeard’s Wife · Helen Marshall · pm The Sex Lives of Monsters by Helen Marshall, Kelp Queen Press, 2013 21 · Irène Joliot-Curie · Mary McMyne · pm Painted Bride Quarterly February 2013 22 · Ivy · Adrienne J. Odasso · pm Not One of Us #50, September 2013 23 · Rigel · Adrienne J. Odasso · pm Dark Mountain #4, 2013 23 · While on the evacuation shuttle · Terrie Leigh Relf · pm Star*Line Autumn 2013 24 · Rhythm of Hoof and Cry · S. Brackett Robertson · pm Mythic Delirium (online) July/September 2013 24 · The Bone Cutter’s Lament · James Frederick William Rowe · pm Songs of Eretz Poetry Review November 2013 26 · APACHE CHIEF · Sofia Samatar · pp Flying Higher ed. Michael Damian Thomas & Shira Lipkin, Smashwords, 2013 26 · Orbit · Diane Severson · pm The Mystic Nebula July 12 2013 27 · Alien Interrogation · Marge Simon · pm Silver Blade Magazine #17, 2013 28 · Faerystruck Down · Jason Sturner · pm Tales of the Talisman v9 #1, 2013 29 · From the Soil · Anna Sykora · pm Bairn #6, 2013 29 · Blackmare · Natalia Theodoridou · pm Ideomancer December 2013 30 · Indefensible Disclosures · William John Watkins · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2013 31 · My Translation Wouldn’t Be the Same As Yours · Lesley Wheeler · pm Avatar Review #15, 2013 32 · Even Cowgirls Spread the News · Laurel Winter · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Fall 2013 32 · Black Bird · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm Hysteria: A Collection of Madness by Stephanie M. Wytovich, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2013 34 · Re-Obsolete · Alvaro Zinos-Amaro · pm Star*Line Autumn 2013 35 · Long Poems First Published in 2013 35 · Hungry Constellations · Mike Allen · pm Goblin Fruit Fall 2013 40 · Ponies and Rocketships · Leslie J. Anderson · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2013 42 · Songs at a Crossroads · Megan Arkenberg · pm Ideomancer March 2013 45 · Hungry as Living Sorrow · Jenny Blackford · pm www.sfpoetry.com 2013 46 · The Last Dream · Leigh Blackmore · pm The Weird Fiction Review #4, Fall 2013 47 · Living on the Leys · Bruce Boston · pm Bête Noire #12, 2013 49 · Riveted · Lisa M. Bradley · pm Flying Higher ed. Michael Damian Thomas & Shira Lipkin, Smashwords, 2013 51 · Interim Problem Report 119V-0080 · Jennifer Clark · pm Paper Crow v3 #1, 2013 52 · Into the Deep · Kendall Evans · pm James Gunn’s Ad Astra #2, June 2013 55 · The Bagel Shop Across the Street · Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel · pm Not One of Us #50, September 2013 56 · The Girl Who Tipped Through Time… · Robert Frazier · pm www.sfpoetry.com 2013 57 · Your Clone and You · Robert Frazier · pm Dreams and Nightmares #94, February 2013 60 · Diana’s Justice · Adele Gardner · pm Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #16, 2013 62 · The Siren of Mayberry Crescent · Ada Hoffmann · pm Mythic Delirium #29, 2013 64 · Gingerbread House: The Apron’s Lot · Sally Rosen Kindred · pm Jabberwock Review Winter 2013 66 · Backwater · David C. Kopaska-Merkel · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Fall 2013 68 · Across the Dark, the Pioneers · Geoffrey A. Landis · pm Starship Century ed. James & Gregory Benford, Microwave Sciences, 2013 69 · Interregnum [The Sign of the Dragon] · Mary Soon Lee · pm Star*Line Autumn 2013 71 · I will show you a single treasure from the treasures of Shah Niyaz [Birdverse] · Rose Lemberg · pm Goblin Fruit Summer 2013 73 · Timeline Tapestry · Sandra J. Lindow · pm A Wisconsin Harvest, Volume II ed. Rodney Schroeter, Wisconsin Writers Association Press, 2013 75 · The Collected Postcards of Billy the Kid · Helen Marshall · pm Postscripts to Darkness 4 ed. Sean Moreland, Ex Hubris Imprints, 2013 77 · Special Delivery from the Unnamed Quadrant · Jason Matthews · pm Star*Line April/June 2013 79 · Heaven and Earth · Adrienne J. Odasso · pm Niteblade Magazine December 2013 80 · Sand Bags · Dominik Parisien · pm Strange Horizons November 18 2013 81 · Ophelia · Qyn · pm Strange Horizons May 20 2013 82 · Mary Shelley’s Notebook · Marge Simon · pm Songs of Eretz Poetry Review December 2013 84 · Allegra · Christina Sng · pm Tales of the Talisman v8 #3, 2012 85 · A Great Clerk of Necromancy · Catherynne M. Valente · pm Apex Magazine #50, July 2013 92 · Five Flavors · Bryan Thao Worra · pm Expanded Horizons #41, December 2013 94 · The Robo Sutra · Bryan Thao Worra · pm Expanded Horizons #40, July 2013 96 · Crazy · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm Hysteria: A Collection of Madness by Stephanie M. Wytovich, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2013 98 · The Rhysling Award Winners 1978-2014 · [uncredited] · ms 101 · SFPA Grand Master Award Winners · [uncredited] · ms

Future Histories ed. Stephen McClelland (Horizon House, June 1997, 0-9530648-0-8, 312pp, tp, oa, cover by Kavita Bowry)     Nokia-sponsored original anthology of interviews and short stories, published as a business gift and not on sale to the public. 9 · A Window to the Future · Jorma Ollila · fw 15 · Arthur C. Clarke: The Millenium of Total Mobility · Stephen McClelland · iv [Ref. Arthur C. Clarke] 21 · Nicholas Negroponte: Creativity Wanted · Stephen McClelland · iv [Ref. Nicholas Negroponte] 25 · Twenty Futures in Communications · Stephen McClelland · in 33 · Steamship Soldier on the Information Front · Nancy Kress · nv 59 · Vernor Vinge: Predictable Systems Singularity? · Stephen McClelland · iv [Ref. Vernor Vinge] 67 · Glass Earth, Inc. · Stephen Baxter · ss 89 · Neal Stephenson: Digital Economies of Scale · Stephen McClelland · iv [Ref. Neal Stephenson] 95 · Back Door Man · Paul J. McAuley · nv 119 · William Gibson: Coining Cyberspace · Stephen McClelland · iv [Ref. William Gibson] 125 · Zoomers · Gregory Benford · ss Future Net ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, DAW, 1996 137 · The Twilight of Sovereignty, a Switch, and a Bus Without Brakes · Bruce Sterling · ar 143 · Exploding, Like Fireworks · Pat Murphy · ss 163 · Greg Bear: The Media Dinosaur Meets the Media Boutique · Stephen McClelland · iv [Ref. Greg Bear] 169 · Think Tank · Stephen McClelland · ss 191 · Alexander Besher: Organic Cyberspace and Geo-Consciousness · Stephen McClelland · iv [Ref. Alexander Besher] 197 · In the Flesh · Brian Stableford · ss 217 · Mariko Ohara: Networked Creation · Stephen McClelland · iv [Ref. Mariko Ohara] 221 · The Final Remake of “The Return of Little Latin Larry,” with a Completely Remastered Soundtrack and the Original Audience · Pat Cadigan · na 245 · Getting to Know You · David Marusek · nv 271 · New Ninevehs · Gregory Benford · ss 295 · Real Futures? · Stephen McClelland · ar

The Pleasant Assassin and Other Cases of Dr. Basil Willing by Helen McCloy (Crippen & Landru, September 2003, 1-932009-07-8, $17.00, 165pp, tp, co, cover by Gail Cross) [Dr. Basil Willing]     Collection of 10 Basil Willing stories. A hardcover edition (-06-X, $27.00) was announced but not seen. In the “Lost Classics” series. 7 · Introduction · B. A. Pike · in 13 · Through a Glass, Darkly [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #58, September 1948 37 · The Singing Diamonds [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #71, October 1949 61 · The Case of the Duplicate Door [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss Mystery Puzzle of the Month #2, 1949 71 · Thy Brother Death [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss This Week May 15 1955 81 · The Murder Stops the Music [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss This Week January 27 1957 93 · The Pleasant Assassin [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1970 111 · Murder Ad Lib [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1964 119 · A Case of Innocent Eavesdropping [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1978 135 · Murphy’s Law [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1979 151 · That Bug That’s Going Around [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1979 167 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi

Murder, Murder, Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday (Hillman, 1961, 193, 35¢, 159pp, pb, an)     10 Tales from 20 Great Tales of Murder. iii · Preface: Department of Nostalgia · Baynard Kendrick · pr 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 vii · Introduction · Brett Halliday · in 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 9 · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 27 · The Adventure of the Dead Cat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946 44 · The Last Day of All · Fay Grissom Stanley · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 52 · Good-Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden · Lillian de la Torre · pl W.H. Baker Co., 1948 78 · Uncle Charlie · Philip Ketchum · ss (r) 94 · The Absent Hat Pin · D. B. Olsen · ss 1947 110 · The Riddle of the Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945, as “Snafu Murder” 127 · My Last Book · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 134 · The Man in the Morgue · Robert Arthur · ss (r) 146 · The Hand of God · Harry Stephen Keeler · ss (r)

The Second Book of Crime-Craft ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday (Corgi, 1958, pb, an)     Abridged from 20 Great Tales of Murder (Random 1951). · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 · The Adventure of the Dead Cat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946 · Nine-Finger Jack · Anthony Boucher · ss Esquire May 1951 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 · The Last Day of All · Fay Grissom Stanley · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 · You Killed Elizabeth · Brett Halliday · nv The London Mystery Magazine #8, February/March 1951 · Good-Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden · Lillian de la Torre · pl W.H. Baker Co., 1948 · The Riddle of the Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945, as “Snafu Murder” · My Last Book · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 · The Doctor Takes a Case [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Liberty November 16 1946, as “Post Mortem” · Live Bait · Morris Hershman · ss Popular Detective March 1950 · The Man in the Morgue · Robert Arthur · ss (r)

20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday (Random House, 1951, LC:51-12105, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Derivative anthologies: Murder, Murder, Murder and You Killed Elizabeth. ix · Preface: Department of Nostalgia · Baynard Kendrick · pr xiii · Introduction · Brett Halliday · in 3 · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss 25 · The Adventure of the Dead Cat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946 45 · Nine-Finger Jack · Anthony Boucher · ss Esquire May 1951 53 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 69 · The Last Day of All · Fay Grissom Stanley · ss 79 · You Killed Elizabeth · Brett Halliday · nv The London Mystery Magazine #8, February/March 1951 100 · Chinoiserie · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946 127 · Thread of Life · Will Oursler · ss Mystery Book Magazine Spring 1949 133 · Good-Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden · Lillian de la Torre · pl W.H. Baker Co., 1948 159 · Uncle Charlie · Philip Ketchum · ss (r) 179 · The Absent Hat Pin · D. B. Olsen · ss 1947 197 · Riviera Renegade · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s November 20 1948 205 · The Riddle of the Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945, as “Snafu Murder” 225 · My Last Book · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss 233 · The Doctor Takes a Case [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Liberty November 16 1946, as “Post Mortem” 253 · Live Bait · Morris Hershman · ss Popular Detective March 1950 268 · The Man in the Morgue · Robert Arthur · ss (r) 281 · The Man Who Had No Friends · Hugh Pentecost · nv originally a teleplay on CBS’ The Web, January 10, 1951. 307 · The Nightmare Face · Walter Snow · ss Suspense Magazine Summer 1951 321 · The Hand of God · Harry Stephen Keeler · ss (r) 333 · Postscript · Helen McCloy · aw

Nicolette of the Quarter by Victor MacClure (T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1923, 313pp, hc, co) 13 · Spring in Boul’ Mich’ · Victor MacClure · pm (r) 15 · Bachelor’s Button [Nicolette Doumic & The Inseparables] · Victor MacClure · ss The Premier Magazine #130, December 27 1921 35 · The Broken Heart of Crepin [Nicolette Doumic & The Inseparables] · Victor MacClure · ss The Premier Magazine #131, January 10 1922 57 · It Depends on the Editor [Nicolette Doumic & The Inseparables] · Victor MacClure · ss The Premier Magazine #135, March 7 1922 79 · The Light Fantastic [Nicolette Doumic & The Inseparables] · Victor MacClure · ss The Premier Magazine #134, February 21 1922 101 · The Young Man on the Box [Nicolette Doumic & The Inseparables] · Victor MacClure · ss The Premier Magazine #145, July 25 1922 127 · No Thoroughfare! [Nicolette Doumic & The Inseparables] · Victor MacClure · ss The Premier Magazine #133, February 7 1922 149 · A Helping Hand to Romance [Nicolette Doumic & The Inseparables] · Victor MacClure · ss The Premier Magazine #132, January 24 1922 171 · The Inseparables Entertain [Nicolette Doumic & The Inseparables] · Victor MacClure · ss The Premier Magazine #146, August 8 1922 201 · The Affair in the Bois [Nicolette Doumic & The Inseparables] · Victor MacClure · ss (r) 229 · They Say No Bohemians Are Left [Nicolette Doumic & The Inseparables] · Victor MacClure · ss (r) 259 · A Colour Scheme [Nicolette Doumic & The Inseparables] · Victor MacClure · ss The Premier Magazine #149, September 19 1922 285 · The Profession of Nicolette [Nicolette Doumic & The Inseparables] · Victor MacClure · ss The Premier Magazine #150, October 3 1922

Loot of the Vampire by Thorp McClusky (Robert Weinberg, 1975, $5.00, 92pp, tp, co, cover by Herb Arnold)     Details supplied by Bill Thom. 4 · [illustrations] · Herb Arnold · il 5 · Introduction · Robert Weinberg · in 6 · Loot of the Vampire [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · na Weird Tales June 1936 (+1) 36 · The Woman in Room 607 [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales January 1937 52 · The Thing on the Floor [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1938 69 · Slaves of the Gray Mold [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1940

Masters of Horror, Vol. Five: Thorp McClusky: Weird Tales Nobility by Thorp McClusky (Armchair Fiction, January 23, 2023, 979-8374765793, $16.95, 312pp, tp, co)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Crawling Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales November 1936 34 · The Lamia in the Penthouse · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales May 1952 65 · The Music from Infinity · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales September 1941 90 · Fothergill’s Jug · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales November 1938 115 · The Ultimate Paradox · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales May 1945 138 · The Red God Laughed · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales April 1939 149 · The Thing on the Floor [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1938 194 · Monstrosity of Evolution [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Amazing Stories November 1938 247 · Little Planet · Thorp McClusky · ss Science Fiction October 1939 267 · The Graveyard Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1941

The Eureka Years ed. Annette Pelz McComas (Bantam, June 1982, 0-553-20673-7, $3.50, 348pp, pb, an)     Traces the development of Boucher and McComas’s The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1949-1954. ix · Introduction · Theodore Sturgeon · in xiii · Preface · Annette Pelz McComas · pr 1 · Autobiography · Anthony Boucher · bg 2 · Autobiography · J. Francis McComas · bg 6 · The Birth and Growth · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas, Joseph W. Ferman & Lawrence E. Spivak · lt 26 · The Model of a Science Fiction Editor · Anthony Boucher · pm 1952 29 · Sturgeon-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Theodore Sturgeon · lt 32 · The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949 41 · Bradbury-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Ray Bradbury · lt 45 · The Exiles · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s September 15 1949, as “The Mad Wizards of Mars” 60 · Clingerman-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Mildred Clingerman · lt 62 · Minister Without Portfolio · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 69 · Trends · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · ms 72 · Sorry, But— Rejections and Advice · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 83 · de Camp/Pratt-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Fletcher Pratt · lt 85 · Elephas Frumenti [Gavagan’s Bar] · L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 91 · Henderson-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 93 · Come On, Wagon! · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 102 · Bester-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Alfred Bester · lt 105 · Of Time and Third Avenue · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 114 · Matheson-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Richard Matheson · lt 116 · Dress of White Silk · Richard Matheson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 120 · Epitaph Near Moonport · Sherwood Springer · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1954 122 · The Trade— The Tricks of and the Art of · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 128 · Oliver-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Chad Oliver · lt 130 · The Boy Next Door · Chad Oliver · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1951 139 · Knight-Editors Correspondence · J. Francis McComas & Damon Knight · lt 141 · Not with a Bang · Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 147 · Wellman-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Manly Wade Wellman · lt 150 · O Ugly Bird! [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 162 · Skiametric Morphology and Behaviorism of Ganymedeus Sapiens · Kenneth R. Deardorf · fa The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 168 · Define Your Terms · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 173 · Letters to the Editor · Ron Goulart · ss Pelican October 1950 175 · [letter] · Isaac Asimov · lt 175 · The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · Isaac Asimov · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1954 178 · The Other Inauguration · Anthony Boucher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953 192 · Anderson-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Poul Anderson · lt 194 · When Half-Gods Go · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1953 205 · Dick-Editors Correspondence · Philip K. Dick · lt 207 · The Little Movement · Philip K. Dick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1952 216 · The Naming of Names · Herman W. Mudgett · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1953 218 · Lists · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 224 · Smith-Editors Correspondence · J. Francis McComas & Evelyn E. Smith · lt 226 · The Last of the Spode · Evelyn E. Smith · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1953 231 · Asimov-Editors Correspondence · Isaac Asimov · lt 235 · Flies · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1953 242 · Dickson-Editors Correspondence · Gordon R. Dickson · lt 244 · Listen · Gordon R. Dickson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952 251 · Porges-Editors Correspondence · Arthur Porges · lt 255 · The Devil and Simon Flagg · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 261 · Limerick (“There was a young man of Cape Horn”) · Herman Mudgett · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951 264 · Predictions · Anthony Boucher · lt 268 · Brave New Word · J. Francis McComas · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1954 280 · Norton-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Andre Norton · lt 282 · Mousetrap · Andre Norton · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1954 289 · Bretnor-Editors Correspondence · J. Francis McComas & Reginald Bretnor · lt 292 · Cat · Reginald Bretnor · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1953 312 · Recommended Reading · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · br

Adventures in Time and Space ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Adventures in Time and Space (var. 1) ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Adventures in Time and Space (var. 2) ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Adventures in Time and Space (var. 3) ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction ed. J. Francis McComas & Anthony Boucher--- see under Anthony Boucher.

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Second Series ed. J. Francis McComas & Anthony Boucher--- see under Anthony Boucher.

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Third Series ed. J. Francis McComas & Anthony Boucher--- see under Anthony Boucher.

Crimes and Misfortunes ed. J. Francis McComas (Random House, 1970, $7.95, 459pp, hc, an)     The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries. Derivative anthologies Crimes and Misfortunes Volume 1 and Crimes and Misfortunes Volume 2. xiii · Introduction · J. Francis McComas · in 3 · Come Into My Parlor · Gloria Amoury · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1967 12 · Dead Phone [Trygve Yamamura] · Poul & Karen Anderson · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine December 1964 30 · A Good Imagination · Robert Bloch · ss Suspect Detective Stories February 1956 45 · Donoghan’s Wife · Reginald Bretnor · nv 73 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 7 1940 77 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950 103 · The Moors Murder · Miriam Allen deFord · ar The Saint Magazine August 1967 111 · The Competitors · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt February 1955 123 · The Question · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1962, as “The Question My Son Asked” 132 · The Adventure of the Adam Bomb [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1960 143 · In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree · Fletcher Flora · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1966, as “The Seasons Come, the Seasons Go” 162 · File # 4: Lincoln Sedan Deadline [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1968 177 · Reunion [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) February 1964, as by Stephen Dentinger 199 · Hangover · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan July 1956 210 · Find the Woman [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv The Name Is Archer by John Ross Macdonald, Bantam, 1955, as by Kenneth Millar 232 · The Iranian Farmer Commission [Augustus Mandrell] · Frank McAuliffe · nv Of All the Bloody Cheek by Frank McAuliffe, Ballantine, 1965 272 · The Man Who Danced · James McKimmey, Jr. · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1968 290 · The Couple Next Door [Inspector Sands] · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954 305 · Memoirs of a Mystery Critic · Lenore Glen Offord · pm Mystery Writers’ Annual #20, 1966 307 · The Old Lady Shows Her Prejudices · Lenore Glen Offord · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1968 308 · The Reason · Arthur Porges · ss Cavalier 1967 321 · A Lot on His Mind · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1968 328 · No Parking [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 18 1956, as “Terror in a Penthouse” 338 · Plan Nineteen · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1966 351 · All of God’s Children Got Shoes · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #117, August 1953 359 · Stan the Killer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 translated from the French (“Stan Le Tueur”, Police-Roman, December 23, 1938). 385 · Bullet for One [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine July 1948 434 · L as in Loot [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1964 448 · Never Shake a Family Tree · Donald E. Westlake · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1961

Crimes and Misfortunes Volume 1 ed. J. Francis McComas (Beagle, April 1971, 95083, 95¢, 235pp, pb, an)     Fifteen Stories from The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries. xiii · Introduction · J. Francis McComas · in Crimes and Misfortunes ed. J. Francis McComas, Random House, 1970 1 · Come Into My Parlor · Gloria Amoury · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1967 11 · Dead Phone [Trygve Yamamura] · Poul & Karen Anderson · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine December 1964 30 · A Good Imagination · Robert Bloch · ss Suspect Detective Stories February 1956 45 · Donoghan’s Wife · Reginald Bretnor · nv Crimes and Misfortunes ed. J. Francis McComas, Random House, 1970 73 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 7 1940 77 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950 103 · The Moors Murder · Miriam Allen deFord · ar The Saint Magazine August 1967 111 · The Competitors · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt February 1955 123 · The Question · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1962, as “The Question My Son Asked” 133 · The Adventure of the Adam Bomb [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1960 144 · In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree · Fletcher Flora · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1966, as “The Seasons Come, the Seasons Go” 164 · File # 4: Lincoln Sedan Deadline [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1968 179 · Reunion [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) February 1964, as by Stephen Dentinger 202 · Hangover · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan July 1956 213 · Find the Woman [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv The Name Is Archer by John Ross Macdonald, Bantam, 1955, as by Kenneth Millar

Crimes and Misfortunes Volume 2 ed. J. Francis McComas (Beagle, May 1971, 95083, 95¢, 241pp, pb, an)     Twelve Stories from The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries. 1 · The Iranian Farmer Commission [Augustus Mandrell] · Frank McAuliffe · nv Of All the Bloody Cheek by Frank McAuliffe, Ballantine, 1965 44 · The Man Who Danced · James McKimmey, Jr. · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1968 64 · The Couple Next Door [Inspector Sands] · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954 80 · Memoirs of a Mystery Critic · Lenore Glen Offord · pm Mystery Writers’ Annual #20, 1966 82 · The Old Lady Shows Her Prejudices · Lenore Glen Offord · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1968 83 · The Reason · Arthur Porges · ss Cavalier 1967 97 · A Lot on His Mind · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1968 104 · No Parking [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 18 1956, as “Terror in a Penthouse” 114 · Plan Nineteen · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1966 127 · All of God’s Children Got Shoes · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #117, August 1953 135 · Stan the Killer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 translated from the French (“Stan Le Tueur”, Police-Roman, December 23, 1938). 162 · Bullet for One [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine July 1948 214 · L as in Loot [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1964 229 · Never Shake a Family Tree · Donald E. Westlake · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1961

Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

More Adventures in Time and Space ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Special Wonder: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction ed. J. Francis McComas (Random House, March 1970, LC:76-102342, $7.95, xv+410pp, hc, an)     Companion Volume to Crimes and Misfortunes. xiii · Introduction · J. Francis McComas · in 3 · Journeys End · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1957 12 · The Brazen Locked Room · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1956 18 · The Fire Balloons [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, 1951 35 · The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out [Papa Schimmelhorn] · R. Bretnor · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 49 · 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 51 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962 60 · Puzzle for Spacemen · John Brunner · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #42, December 1955 84 · Aunt Agatha · Doris Pitkin Buck · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 87 · The Wild Wood · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957 96 · King’s Evil · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1956 105 · Cruelty · Jon DeCles · ss 117 · The Apotheosis of Ki · Miriam Allen deFord · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 123 · The Shape of Things That Came · Richard Deming · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 130 · The Three · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Startling Stories May 1953 143 · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight May 1967 163 · Prometheus [Father John Carmody] · Philip José Farmer · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1961 209 · Ransom · Horace B. Fyfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 217 · The Muddle of the Woad [Lord Darcy] · Randall Garrett · na Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1965 269 · You’re Another · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1955 299 · Old Man Henderson · Kris Neville · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1951 309 · He Kilt It with a Stick · William F. Nolan · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1968 315 · The Canvas Bag · Alan E. Nourse · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1955 326 · Pilgrimage · Chad Oliver · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1958 342 · Gun for Hire · Mack Reynolds · ss Analog Science Fact—Fiction December 1960 356 · Brightness Falls from the Air · Margaret St. Clair · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1951, as by Idris Seabright 362 · Built Up Logically · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Retort Winter 1949, as “The Universal Panacea” 372 · Warm Man · Robert Silverberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1957 383 · Green Magic · Jack Vance · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1963 396 · Deny the Slake [Ernest Hotaling] · Richard Wilson · ss Infinity Science Fiction April 1957

Special Wonder Volume 1 ed. J. Francis McComas (Beagle Books, January 1971, 95044, 95¢, 235pp, pb, an)     The first half of the hardcover edition (Random House 1970). xiii · Introduction · J. Francis McComas · in Special Wonder ed. J. Francis McComas, Random House, 1970 1 · Journeys End · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1957 12 · The Brazen Locked Room · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1956 19 · The Fire Balloons [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, 1951 39 · The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out [Papa Schimmelhorn] · R. Bretnor · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 55 · 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 57 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962 68 · Puzzle for Spacemen · John Brunner · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #42, December 1955 95 · Aunt Agatha · Doris Pitkin Buck · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 98 · The Wild Wood · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957 108 · King’s Evil · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1956 118 · Cruelty · Jon DeCles · ss Special Wonder ed. J. Francis McComas, Random House, 1970 132 · The Apotheosis of Ki · Miriam Allen deFord · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 139 · The Shape of Things That Came · Richard Deming · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 147 · The Three · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Startling Stories May 1953 162 · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight May 1967 184 · Prometheus [Father John Carmody] · Philip José Farmer · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1961

Special Wonder Volume 2 ed. J. Francis McComas (Beagle Books, February 1971, 95057, 95¢, 256pp, pb, an)     The second half of the hardcover edition (Random House 1970). 15 · Ransom · Horace B. Fyfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 24 · The Muddle of the Woad [Lord Darcy] · Randall Garrett · na Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1965 87 · You’re Another · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1955 123 · Old Man Henderson · Kris Neville · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1951 134 · He Kilt It with a Stick · William F. Nolan · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1968 141 · The Canvas Bag · Alan E. Nourse · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1955 153 · Pilgrimage · Chad Oliver · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1958 173 · Gun for Hire · Mack Reynolds · ss Analog Science Fact—Fiction December 1960 190 · Brightness Falls from the Air · Margaret St. Clair · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1951, as by Idris Seabright 197 · Built Up Logically · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Retort Winter 1949, as “The Universal Panacea” 209 · Warm Man · Robert Silverberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1957 222 · Green Magic · Jack Vance · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1963 238 · Deny the Slake [Ernest Hotaling] · Richard Wilson · ss Infinity Science Fiction April 1957

Best Underworld Stories ed. James Douglas Rutherford McConnell--- see under Douglas Rutherford.

The Greatest Story Ever Told by Una McCormack (NewCon Press, March 20, 2018, 978-1-910935-68-2, £6.99, 111pp, tp, na, cover by Jim Burns)     Also available in a hardback edition (-67-5, £14.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies. Details taken from online listing. Part of the “NewCon Press Novellas Set 3: The Martian Quartet”.

The Hell-Fire Club by Donald McCormick (Sphere, February 1975, 0-7221-5909-9, 50p, 206pp, pb, nf) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Reprint (Jarrolds 1958) non-fiction book about the eponymous Hell-Fire Club. Volume 26 in the series. 7 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in

Fell Beasts and Fair ed. Robert McCowen & C. J. Brightley--- see under C. J. Brightley.

Headfirst Into Hell by Horace McCoy (Black Mask, August 7, 2025, 978-1-61827-853-1, $29.95, 174pp, tp, co, cover by Jes Schlaikjer from Black Mask August 1930) [Jerry Frost]     Volume two in “The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Frost”. A hardcover edition ($44.95) was announced but not seen. Details taken from publisher website. · The Mailed Fist [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask December 1930 · Headfirst Into Hell [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask May 1931 · The Trail to the Tropics [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask March 1932 · The Golden Rule [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask June 1932 · Wings Over Texas [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask October 1932 · Flight at Sunrise [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask May 1934 · Somebody Must Die [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask October 1934

Somewhere in Mexico by Horace McCoy (Black Mask, August 4, 2022, 978-1-61827-662-9, $29.95, 338pp, tp, co, cover by Jes Schlaikjer) [Jerry Frost]     Volume one in “The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Frost”. Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · John Wooley · in · Dirty Work [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask September 1929 · Hell’s Stepsons [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask October 1929 · Renegades of the Rio [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask December 1929 · The Little Black Book [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask January 1930 · Frost Rides Alone [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask March 1930 · Somewhere in Mexico [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask July 1930 · The Gun-Runners [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask August 1930

Classic Cowboy Stories: Eighteen Extraordinary Tales of the Old West ed. Michael McCoy (Lyons Press, 2004, 352pp, hc, an)     Primarily excerpts from literary novels, presented as short stories or character sketches, with some short fiction by writers in the pulp field. · Introduction · Michael McCoy · in · Emily · Owen Wister · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1893 · Winter Weather · Theodore Roosevelt · ar (r) from Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail, 1888. · A Rescue · William MacLeod Raine · ss (r) from Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West, 1908. · A Rodeo at Los Ojos · Frederic Remington · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1894 · Buckskin [Hopalong Cassidy] · Clarence E. Mulford · ss The Outing Magazine December 1905, as “The Fight at Buckskin” · Estes Park, Colorado · Isabella L. Bird · ar (r) from A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 1879. · Gold-Mounted Guns · F. R. Buckley · ss The Red Book Magazine March 1922 · Cowboy Golf · Zane Grey · ss (r) from Light of the Western Stars, 1914. · Love Finds Its Hour [Flying U Ranch] · B. M. Bower · ss (r) from Chip of the Flying U, 1906. · Catching a Maverick · Frank Benton · ar (r) from Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack, 1903. · Hearts and Crosses · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1904 · The Cow-Boy · Bill Nye · ss (r) from Remarks by Bill Nye, 1886. · On Cowboys · Stewart Edward White · ss (r) from The Mountains, 1904. · Bransford Meets Auginbaugh · Eugene Manlove Rhodes · ss (r) from Good Men and True, 1910. · Wild Bill Hickok · Emerson Hough · ss (r) from The Story of the Outlaw, 1906. · Lassiter · Zane Grey · ss (r) from Riders of the Purple Sage, 1912. · The Caballero’s Way [The Cisco Kid] · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1907 · In Search of Christmas · Owen Wister · ss (r) from Lin McClean, 1897.

Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology ed. Michelle McCrary & Joe McKinney (23 House Pub., 2010, 0980185092, $17.95, 298pp, tp, oa) · Resurgam · Lisa Mannetti · ss · The Plague Begins · Jailbreak · Steven W. Booth & Harry Shannon · ss · Recess · Rob Fox · ss · Biting the Hand That Feeds You · Calie Voorhis · ss · Judgment · Stephanie Kincaid · ss · Hatfield the Usurper · Matthew Louis · ss · Ruminations from Tri-Omega House · David Dunwoody · ss · Zombies on a Plane · Bev Vincent · ss · In Dubious Battle · Category Five · Richard Jeter · ss · Survivors · Joe McKinney · ss · Pierre & Remy Hatch a Plan · Michelle McCrary · ss · Losing Ground · Recovery · Boyd E. Harris · ss · In the Middle of Poplar Street · Nate Southard · ss · Seminar Z · J. L. Comeau · ss · Only Nibble · Bob Nailor · ss · Inside Where It’s Warm · Lee Thomas · ss · Survivor Talk · Mitchel Whitington · ss · The Zombie Whisperer · Steven E. Wedel · ss · Good Neighbor Sam · Mark Onspaugh · ss · And to the Dust Returneth · That Which Survives · Morgan Ashe · ss

The Adventures of Jehannum Smith by Gordon MacCreagh (Black Dog Books, April 5, 2015, 978-1-884449-30-7, $19.95, 191pp, tp, co, cover by Laurence Herndon) [“Jehannum” Smith]     Details taken from publisher’s website. · Introduction · Tom Roberts · in · “Jehannum” Smith [“Jehannum” Smith] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Argosy and Railroad Man’s Magazine April 5 1919 · Durga the Unapproachable [“Jehannum” Smith] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Argosy and Railroad Man’s Magazine May 17 1919 · Worshipers of Boondi [“Jehannum” Smith] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Argosy November 8 1919 · Tact and Some Diplomacy [“Jehannum” Smith] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Argosy December 13 1919 · Naked Men of Naga [“Jehannum” Smith] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Argosy April 17 1920 (+2)

Black Drums Talking by Gordon MacCreagh (Altus Press, November 30, 2014, 978-1-61827-162-4, $19.95, 220pp, tp, co) [Kingi Bwana]     Volume three in “The Complete Tales of Kingi Bwana”. Details taken from publisher website. · Black Drums Talking [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · na Adventure May 1934 · Wardens of the Big Game [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure April 15 1935 · Raiders of Abyssinia [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss All Aces Magazine April 1936

Blood and Steel by Gordon MacCreagh (Altus Press, March 4, 2015, 978-1-61827-171-6, $19.95, 205pp, tp, co) [Kingi Bwana]     Volume four in “The Complete Tales of Kingi Bwana”. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · A Man to Kill [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure November 1938 36 · Slaves for Ethiopia [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure July 1939 84 · Strong as Gorillas [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure April 1940 147 · Blood and Steel [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure June 1940

The Complete Tales of Kingi Bwana by Gordon MacCreagh (Steeger Books, December 9, 2016, $75.00, 496pp, hc, co) [Kingi Bwana]     Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · Sai Shankar · in · The Slave Runner [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · na Adventure April 1 1930 · The Ebony Juju [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Adventure July 15 1930 · The Lost End of Nowhere [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · na Adventure January 15 1931 · Quill Gold [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Adventure February 1 1931 · Unprofitable Ivory [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure June 15 1931 · The Witch Casting [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Adventure November 1 1931 · Strangers of the Amulet [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure April 15 1933 (+1) · The Ivory Killers [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Adventure June 1933 · Black Drums Talking [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · na Adventure May 1934 · Wardens of the Big Game [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure April 15 1935 · Raiders of Abyssinia [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss All Aces Magazine April 1936 · A Man to Kill [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure November 1938 · Slaves for Ethiopia [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure July 1939 · Strong as Gorillas [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure April 1940 · Blood and Steel [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure June 1940

The Lost End of Nowhere by Gordon MacCreagh (Altus Press, September 9, 2014, 978-1-61827-160-0, $24.95, 294pp, tp, co) [Kingi Bwana]     Volume one in “The Complete Tales of Kingi Bwana”. Details taken from Table of Contents. xi · Introduction · Sai Shankar · in 1 · The Slave Runner [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · na Adventure April 1 1930 74 · The Ebony Juju [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Adventure July 15 1930 155 · The Lost End of Nowhere [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · na Adventure January 15 1931 264 · [letter] · Gordon MacCreagh · lt (r) 276 · The Men Who Make the Argosy · [uncredited] · cl Argosy February 18 1933 [Ref. Gordon MacCreagh]

Unprofitable Ivory by Gordon MacCreagh (Altus Press, October 14, 2014, 978-1-61827-161-7, $24.95, 290pp, tp, co) [Kingi Bwana]     Volume two in “The Complete Tales of Kingi Bwana”. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Quill Gold [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Adventure February 1 1931 38 · Unprofitable Ivory [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure June 15 1931 95 · The Witch Casting [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Adventure November 1 1931 163 · Strangers of the Amulet [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure April 15 1933 (+1) 255 · The Ivory Killers [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Adventure June 1933

The Henfield Prize Stories ed. Joseph F. McCrindle, John Birmingham & Laura Gilpin--- see under John Birmingham.

Stories from the Transatlantic Review ed. Joseph F. McCrindle (Penguin, 1974, 413pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Gollancz 1970) anthology. 9 · Introduction · J. F. McCrindle · in 11 · Music to Lay Eggs By · Thomas Bridges · ss Transatlantic Review #30, Autumn 1968 26 · Home Is · Morris Lurie · ss Transatlantic Review #30, Autumn 1968 35 · The Road · Alan Sillitoe · ss Transatlantic Review #29, Summer 1968 47 · Summer Voices · John Banville · ss Transatlantic Review #28, Spring 1968 57 · Making Changes · Leonard Michaels · ss Transatlantic Review #26, Autumn 1967 66 · My Sister and Me · Asa Baber, Jr. · ss Transatlantic Review #24, Spring 1967 82 · Before the Operation · Paul Breslow · ss Transatlantic Review #24, Spring 1967 94 · The Collector · Austin C. Clarke · ss Transatlantic Review #24, Spring 1967 111 · “Sing, Shaindele, Sing” · Jerome Charyn · ss Transatlantic Review #22, Autumn 1966 123 · Black Barbecue · Daniel Spicehandler · ss Transatlantic Review #22, Autumn 1966 140 · The Adult Education Class · Malcolm Bradbury · ex from Eating People Is Wrong, Transatlantic Review 1959 151 · During the Jurassic · John Updike · ss Transatlantic Review #21, Summer 1966 156 · Acme Rooms and Sweet Marjorie Russell · Hugh Allyn Hunt · ss Transatlantic Review #20, Spring 1966 172 · The Zodiacs · Jay Neugeboren · ss Transatlantic Review #20, Spring 1966 186 · Dying · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Transatlantic Review #20, Spring 1966 204 · The Redhead · Penelope Gilliatt · ss Transatlantic Review #18, Spring 1965 215 · Girl in a White Dress · Edward Franklin · ss Transatlantic Review #17, Autumn 1964 228 · Changed · Norma Meacock · ss Transatlantic Review #17, Autumn 1964 236 · A Meeting in Middle Age · William Trevor · ss Transatlantic Review #17, Autumn 1964 252 · The World’s Fastest Human · Irvin Faust · ss Transatlantic Review #14, Autumn 1963 264 · The Siege · Sol Yurick · ss Transatlantic Review #14, Autumn 1963 280 · The Enemy · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss Transatlantic Review #13, Summer 1963 290 · Simple Arithmetic · Virginia Moriconi · ss Transatlantic Review #12, Spring 1963 303 · The Hyena · Paul Bowles · ss Transatlantic Review #11, Winter 1962 307 · The Fair of San Gennaro · John McPhee · ss Transatlantic Review #8, Winter 1961 319 · Ismael · Alfred Chester · ss Transatlantic Review #7, Fall 1961 327 · François Yattend · Jean-Claude Van Itallie · ss Transatlantic Review #7, Fall 1961 332 · The Star Blanket · Shirley Schoonover · nv Transatlantic Review #6, Spring 1961 353 · A Game of Catch · George Garrett · ss Transatlantic Review #5, December 1960 363 · The Educated Girl · V. S. Pritchett · ss Transatlantic Review #5, December 1960 370 · Johnny Dio and the Sugar Plum Burglars · Harry D. Miller · ss Transatlantic Review #3, Spring 1960 377 · At Home with the Colonel · Frank Tuohy · ss Transatlantic Review #3, Spring 1960 383 · A Different Thing · Walter Clemons · ss Transatlantic Review #2, Winter 1959/1960 397 · The Ice Cream Eat · William Goldman · ss Transatlantic Review #2, Winter 1959/1960 408 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Land/Space: An Anthology of Prairie Speculative Fiction ed. Judy McCrosky & Candas Jane Dorsey--- see under Candas Jane Dorsey.

Bimbos & Zombies by Sharyn McCrumb (SFBC, May 1998, #01176, $10.98, 310pp, hc, om, cover by Jeff Walker) [Jay Omega]     Omnibus of two mysteries about SF fandom: Bimbos of the Death Sun (TSR 1988) and Zombies of the Gene Pool (Simon & Schuster 1992). This special Mystery Guild edition has ISBN 1-56865-580-0; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back jacket. vii · Author’s Note · Sharyn McCrumb · pr 1 · Bimbos of the Death Sun [Jay Omega] · Sharyn McCrumb · n. TSR, 1988 137 · Zombies of the Gene Pool [Jay Omega] · Sharyn McCrumb · n. Simon & Schuster, 1992