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Rivers to Cross ed. William R. Cox (Dodd, Mead, 1966, hc, an)
A Collection of Stories by Members of Western Writers of America, about rivers in the old west.
Details supplied by Kent Johnson.

· Introduction · William R. Cox · in

· Los Caballeros · S. Omar Barker · pm 1954

· Down by the Banks of the Pecos · S. Omar Barker · ss 1954

· The Cruise of the Prairie Queen · D. D. Beauchamp · ss Cosmopolitan February 1947

· Sacramento Run · Tom W. Blackburn · nv 1948

· One More River to Cross · William R. Cox · ss

· Big Shad’s Bridge · Max Evans · ss Knight May 1965

· Goliad Goes to War · Kenneth Fowler · ss 1948

· The Toll at Yaeger’s Ferry · Brian Garfield · ss

· Decision at the Rio Blanco · Norman S. Hall · ss 1954

· Despatch to the General · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s February 14 1942

· Dobbs Ferry · Lewis B. Patten · ss Frontier Stories Fall 1950, as “Payoff in Steel!”

Butcher, Baker, Murder-Maker ed. George Harmon Coxe (Knopf, 1954, LC:54-8768, 341pp, hc, an)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology.

v · Introduction · George Harmon Coxe · in

3 · Change of Address · Robert Arthur · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine January 1952, as by Mark Williams

11 · Killer in the House [Wade Paris] · Ben Benson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954, as “Somebody Has to Make a Move”

22 · The Girl Who Married a Monster [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #123, February 1954

42 · I’ll Be Waiting [Tony Reseck] · Raymond Chandler · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 14 1939

60 · The Coffee Cup · Lillian de la Torre · nv 1952

82 · The Betrayers · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #115, June 1953

100 · My Aunt Celia · Bruno Fischer · nv Dime Mystery Magazine January 1946, as “Murder—My Aunt!”

121 · Modus Operandi [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg; Mr. Rumbold] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull June 18 1949, as “Touch of Genius”

133 · Extradition · Brett Halliday · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #59, October 1948

149 · Guilty Witness · Morris Hershman · ss The Shadow Spring 1949, as “Innocent Bystander”

163 · Man-Killer · William Byron Mowery · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 21 1951

180 · The Riddle of the Black Museum [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #28, March 1946

198 · Witness for the Prosecution · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946

214 · No Place for Magic · Maurice Procter · ss

225 · The Gettysburg Bugle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951, as “As Simple as ABC”

245 · Off the Face of the Earth [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949

272 · The McGregor Affair · Sidney Rowland · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #116, July 1953

282 · 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).

312 · The Fatal Red Hair · Walter Snow · ss (r)

318 · Cop’s Gift · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift”

323 · The Blonde Nurse · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s August 16 1941

Isolation: The Horror Anthology ed. Dan Coxon (Titan, September 13, 2022, 978-1-80336-068-3, £8.99, 400pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· The Snow Child · Alison Littlewood · ss

· Friends for Life · Mark Morris · ss

· Solivagant · A. G. Slatter · ss

· Lone Gunman · Jonathan Maberry · nv Nights of the Living Dead ed. Jonathan Maberry & George A. Romero, St. Martin's Griffin, 2017

· Second Wind [Felix Castor] · M. R. Carey · nv The New Dead ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Griffin, 2010

· Under Care · Brian Evenson · ss

· How We Are · Chikodili Emelumadu · ss

· The Long Dead Day · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Subterranean #6, 2007

· Alone Is a Long Time · Michael Marshall Smith · ss

· Chalk. Sea. Sand. Sky. Stone. · Lynda E. Rucker · ss

· Ready or Not · Marian Womack · ss

· Letters to a Young Psychopath · Nina Allan · ss

· Jaunt · Ken Liu · ss Make Shift ed. Gideon Lichfield, The MIT Press, 2021

· Full Blood · Owl Goingback · ss

· The Blind House · Ramsey Campbell · ss

· There’s No Light Between Floors · Paul Tremblay · ss Clarkesworld #8, May 2007

· So Easy to Kill · Laird Barron · ss

· The Peculiar Seclusion of Molly McMarshall · Gwendolyn Kiste · ss

· Across the Bridge · Tim Lebbon · ss

· Fire Above, Fire Below · Lisa Tuttle · ss

This Dreaming Isle ed. Dan Coxon (Unsung Stories, August 30, 2018, 978-1-907389-59-7, £9.99, 317pp, tp, oa, cover by Jordan Grimmer)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Introduction · Dan Coxon · in

9 · Country

_11 · The Pier at Ardentinny · Catriona Ward · ss

_25 · Old Trash · Jenn Ashworth · nv

_49 · In My Father’s House · Andrew Michael Hurley · ss

_67 · Land of Many Seasons · Tim Lebbon · ss

_83 · Dark Shells · Aliya Whiteley · ss

_95 · Cold Ashton · Stephen Volk · nv

_119 · Domestic Magic · Kirsty Logan · ss

131 · City

_133 · Not All Right · James Miller · nv

_155 · The Cocktail Party in Kensington Gets Out of Hand · Robert Shearman · nv

_177 · We Regret to Inform You · Jeannette Ng · ss

_195 · Lodestones · Richard V. Hurst · ss

209 · Coast

_211 · The Knuckler · Gareth E. Rees · ss

_225 · The Stone Dead · Alison Moore · ss Tales from the Shadow Booth v1, 2017

_237 · Hovering · Gary Budden · ss

_257 · The Headland of Black Rock · Alison Littlewood · ss

_277 · The Devil in the Details · Ramsey Campbell · ss

_295 · Swimming with Horses · Angela Readman · ss

307 · The Authors · [uncredited] · bg

315 · The Backers · [uncredited] · ms

Living on the Edge: Fiction by Peace Corps Writers ed. John Coyne (Curbstone Press, April 1999, 1-880-68457-8, $17.95, 317pp, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Preface · John Coyne · pr

· White Lies · Paul Theroux · ss Playboy May 1979

· Exile · Marnie Mueller · ss (r)

· The Heroes of Our Stories · Mark Brazaitis · ss (r)

· Sun · Kathleen Coskran · ss (r)

· Easy in the Islands · Bob Shacochis · nv Playboy February 1985

· The Water-Girl · George Packer · ss (r)

· The Guide · Melanie Sumner · ss The New Yorker April 26 1993

· On the Wheel of Wandering-on · John Givens · ss (r)

· On Sunday There Might Be Americans · Leslie Simmonds Ekstrom · ss (r)

· The Egg Queen Rises · Mark Jacobs · ss (r)

· Mad Dogs · Eileen Drew · ss (r)

· The Ones Left Behind · Joan Richter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1969

· A Virgin Twice · Karl Luntta · ss (r)

· Ma Kamanda’s Latrine · Marla Kay Houghteling · ss (r)

· American Model · Terry Marshall · ss (r)

· Snow Man · John Coyne · nv Monsters in Our Midst ed. Robert Bloch, Tor, 1993

· Alone in Africa · Norman Rush · ss (r)

The Pan Book of Revenge Stories ed. W. H. Cozens (Pan, 1971, 0-330-02771-9, 176pp, pb, an)

13 · Captain Rogers · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine February 1901

25 · The Sun Dog Trail [Sitka Charley] · Jack London · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1905

46 · Stonewall’s Ghost · Jack Cope · ss Argosy (UK) February 1960

64 · A Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante”
translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883).

70 · No Alibi · John P. Foran · ss 1951

82 · Little Kind of Fellow · John McGhee · ss Argosy (UK) January 1946

88 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro

94 · The Revenge of Big Michael · Brian Cleeve · ss Argosy (UK) May 1956

108 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895

121 · Scarecrow · David Alexander · ss Manhunt July 1955

135 · Arctic Vengeance · Arthur Gordon · ss Argosy (UK) March 1956

144 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934

157 · The Honeymoon · A. Neil Lyons · ss (r)

169 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846

Continent by Jim Crace (Heinemann, 1986, 0-434-14824-5, 154pp, hc, oc)
Collection of seven loosely-connected stories set on an imaginary continent. Contents taken from Picador 1987 edition.

3 · Talking Skull · Jim Crace · nv

27 · The World with One Eye Shut · Jim Crace · ss

47 · Cross-Country · Jim Crace · ss

67 · On Heat · Jim Crace · nv

93 · Sins and Virtues · Jim Crace · nv

117 · Electricity · Jim Crace · nv

141 · The Prospect from the Silver Hill · Jim Crace · ss

Dia de los Muertos: A Day of the Dead Anthology ed. Angela Charmaine Craig (Elektrik Milk Bath Press, December 3, 2010, 978-0-9828554-0-9, $15.00, 222pp, tp, oa, cover by Dani)
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Introduction · Angela Charmaine Craig · in

11 · O Is for October · Stephen M. Wilson · pm Wicked Karnival Halloween Horror ed. Tom & Billie Moran, Sideshow Press, 2005

13 · Pan de los Muertos · Dru Pagliassotti · ss Strange Horizons April 21 2003

19 · Susto · David J. Corwell y Chávez · ss

29 · Julia · Maxine Anderson · ss

33 · Day de los Muertos · Chris Blocker · ss

39 · Mexican Moon · Edward DeGeorge · ss

49 · Ya-acawa · Sheri Sebastian-Gabriel · ss

55 · The Courtyard · Maureen Wilkinson · ss

61 · Gabriela · Mary Fernandez · ss

71 · What Nathan Knows · D. Lee · ss

77 · Skin Deep · Kathleen Alcalá · ss

81 · The Conscience of the King · Trent Roman · ss

91 · Before the Altar on the Feast for All Souls · Marg Gilks · ss Tesseracts Nine ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Geoff Ryman, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2005

99 · Ghost Dance · Chip Livingston · ss 1998

103 · The Fat Lady Watches Monster Movies Late at Night · Kate Angus · ss

113 · Bread of the Dead · Ron Savage · ss

117 · From the Novel: Sleeping Woman · Sarah Layden · ss

123 · The Effect of Place on Love and Death · Gerri Leen · ss

133 · Gifts in the Dark · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss

141 · The Dance · Iris Macor · ss

149 · Aztec Catrina · Linda L. Donahue · ss

159 · This Side of the Veil · Katie Hartlove · ss

165 · Flor de Muerto · Camille Alexa · ss

171 · Dark Shapes · Samael Gyre · ss

175 · The Man Who Loved Dogs · Laura Loomis · ss 2008

181 · Last Chance · Michelle D. Sonnier · ss

189 · The Marigold Path · Teagan Maxwell · ss

195 · Día de los Musicos · Alison J. Littlewood · ss

203 · La Calaca · Olga Sanchez Saltveit · ss 2009

209 · The Catrinas Will Dance with Any Boy They Like · Lori Rader Day · ss

225 · Contributors · [uncredited] · ms

In the Garden of the Crow ed. Angela Charmaine Craig (Elektrik Milk Bath Press, July 8, 2011, 978-0-9828554-2-3, $10.00, 108pp, tp, oa, cover by Seraph B.)
Details taken from online listing.

11 · The Other Side of Enchantment · [uncredited] · ms

13 · A Streetcar Named Happily Ever After · B. J. Lee · pm

14 · Blackbird and Death · Sandy DeLuca · il

15 · Not a Fairytale · J. D. EveryHope · pm

17 · All Fall Down · Mariah Blackhorse · pm

18 · Trading Up · Gerri Leen · pm

19 · The Mermaid’s Betrayal · Barbara Lewis · pm

21 · Dust · Joshua Gage · pm

22 · Taking Back the Witch · Valentina Cano · pm

23 · Blue Beard’s Obedient Wife · Jennifer Lynn Krohn · pm

25 · Red Grown · Jim Tolan · pm

26 · An Unmarked Path · Donna Burgess · pm

27 · Kinder Gartening · Charles M. Saplak · pm

28 · The Wicked Queen · Barbara Lucas · pm

29 · She Let Down Her Hair · Jennifer Lynn Krohn · pm

31 · Tale of Mrs. Pumpkin-Eater · Carol Brockfield · pm

32 · Prick · F. J. Bergmann · pm

33 · Maid Maleen · Jessica Cuello · pm

35 · Pan’s Daemonium · Michael R. Fosburg · pm

37 · Baba Yaga as Figure Model · Noel Sloboda · pm

38 · Sauce for the Gander · Gerri Leen · pm

39 · The Warmth of Fur · Jennifer Lynn Krohn · pm

41 · The Mermaid’s Waltz · Joshua Gage · pm

42 · A Witch’s Favorite Things · M. Sullivan · pm

43 · Beauty and the Beast · Frances McQuillan · pm

47 · Today’s Young Dragon Girl · Melodie Bolt · pm

48 · The Sprats · Tara Barnett · pm

49 · In the Clothes of Others · Jennifer Lynn Krohn · pm

51 · The Frog Prince · Barbara Lucas · pm

52 · Antler · F. J. Bergmann · pm

53 · Kingdom Across the River · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm

54 · Goldilocks · Joshua Gage · pm

55 · Ah, to Be a Mouse Cowered Under a Nougat-Plated Oven · Herb Shallcross · pm

57 · The Socioeconomic Effects of Fairytales · Jennifer Lynn Krohn · pm

59 · Fairytale Romance · Jack Horne · pm

60 · Curiouser and Curiouser · Brian Rosenberger · pm

61 · Writhe and Wriggle Into the Good Night · Terrie Leigh Relf · pm

62 · Scratching Post · Gerri Leen · pm

63 · Visitation · Jason Rubis · pm

65 · A Lady Alone · Joshua Gage · pm

67 · A Selkie’s Story · Melodie Bolt · pm

68 · Final Words · Emilu Severance · pm

69 · Troll-Bridge · Jason Rubis · pm

71 · A Gorgeous Grief of Unrequited Love · Carlos Hernandez · pm

73 · Reflecting · Gerri Leen · pm

75 · Country Mouse/City Mouse · Paul L. Bates · pm

77 · Little Dog Blues · J. Michael Shell · pm

78 · Princess, Fading · Gustavo Bondoni · pm

79 · Golden Things · Alexandra Seidel · pm

81 · White Bear · Rachel Ayers · pm

83 · My Jack · Herb Shallcross · pm

84 · Rapunzel · Barbara Lucas · pm

85 · The Cinder Girl · Peter Chiykowski · pm

88 · Sting · F. J. Bergmann · pm

89 · Pocket Posies: A Villanelle · Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé · pm

90 · A Dragon’s Lament · Salinda Tyson · pm

91 · The Four and Twenty · David Turnbull · pm

94 · The Shadow · M. Sullivan · pm

95 · The End of Fairy Tales? · Terrie Leigh Relf · pm

96 · Cold as the Crow Flies · Kurt Newton · pm

97 · For Cold as the Crow Flies · Marge Simon · il

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