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Silver Trent Rides Alone and Other Stories by Thomas Ernest Mount--- see under Stone Cody.

The Long Arm of the Mounted by William Byron Mowery (Whittlesey House, 1948, 146pp, hc, co)

7 · The Mystery of the Ghost Gold · William Byron Mowery · na

67 · Mannikin Talk · William Byron Mowery · ss Adventure January 30 1925

83 · A Relic of the Vikings · William Byron Mowery · ss

101 · Shepherd of the Storm · William Byron Mowery · nv

Sagas of the Mounted Police by William Byron Mowery (Thomas Bouregy & Co., 1953, hc, co)
Also published as: Tales of the Mounted Police. Airmont, 1962.

· The Constable of Lone Sioux · William Byron Mowery · nv Adventure March 10 1926, as “The Constable of Coyote Creek”

· Corporal Nat · William Byron Mowery · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1925

· A Lamb and Some Slaughtering · William Byron Mowery · ss Adventure February 10 1926

· The Long Shadow · William Byron Mowery · nv (r)

· Mannikin Talk · William Byron Mowery · ss Adventure January 30 1925

· A Relic of the Vikings · William Byron Mowery · ss The Long Arm of the Mounted by William Byron Mowery, Whittlesey House, 1948

· St. Gabriel Zsbyski · William Byron Mowery · ss Adventure October 20 1925

· The Scout · William Byron Mowery · ss Adventure January 10 1925

Inside Information: Computers in Fiction ed. Abbe Mowshowitz (Addison-Wesley, 1977, LC:76-54429, $7.95, xxiii+342pp, tp, an)

xi · Preface · Abbe Mowshowitz · pr

1 · Part 1. The New Dispensation · Abbe Mowshowitz · si

6 · All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace · Richard Brautigan · pm All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace by Richard Brautigan, Communication Company, 1967

7 · The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress · Robert A. Heinlein · ex Putnam, May 1966

17 · The Jagged Orbit · John Brunner · ex Ace, 1969

24 · from Player Piano · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ex Scribner’s, 1952

31 · Journey Beyond Tomorrow · Robert Sheckley · ex New American Library, December 1962

35 · Report · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker June 10 1967

39 · Part 2. Information and Power · Abbe Mowshowitz · si

45 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

52 · What’s the Name of That Town? [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1964

63 · Giles Goat-Boy · John Barth · ex Doubleday, 1966

80 · Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships by Fredric Brown, E.P. Dutton, 1954

81 · Part 3. Clockwork Society · Abbe Mowshowitz · si

87 · A Modern Utopia · H. G. Wells · ex Chapman & Hall, 1905

94 · Examination Day · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy February 1958

98 · This Perfect Day · Ira Levin · ex Random House, 1970

104 · The City and the Stars · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Harcourt Brace, 1956
revised and expanded from Against the Fall of Night (Gnome 1953).

109 · Walter Perkins Is Here! · Raymond E. Banks · ss The Future Is Now ed. William F. Nolan, Sherbourne Press, 1970

118 · Part 4. Responsibility and Secision-Making · Abbe Mowshowitz · si

124 · Nobody Lives on Burton Street · Gregory Benford · ss Amazing Stories May 1970

131 · The Steel Crocodile · D. G. Compton · ex Ace, 1970

137 · Top Stand-By Job [Jim Briskin] · Philip K. Dick · ss Amazing Stories October 1963, as “Stand-By”

148 · Franchise [Multivac] · Isaac Asimov · ss If August 1955

164 · Part 5. Broken Promises · Abbe Mowshowitz · si

170 · A Sigh for Cybernetics · Felicia Lamport · pm Harper’s Magazine January 1961

171 · FORM 5640: Report of a Malfunction · Bruce Kawin · ss Data Processing 1967

178 · Ms Fnd in a Lbry · Hal Draper · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1961

184 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s”

193 · Control of Behavior · Abbe Mowshowitz · si

199 · The Twenty-Third Psalm—Modern Style · Alan Simpson · pm Washington University Magazine 1961

200 · The 480 · Eugene Burdick · ex McGraw-Hill, 1964

203 · Machines of Loving Grace · Gardner R. Dozois · ss Orbit 11 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1972

209 · Journey Beyond Tomorrow · Robert Sheckley · ex New American Library, December 1962

217 · Fistful of Digits · Christopher Hodder-Williams · ex Hodder & Stoughton, 1968

226 · Human Vitality · Abbe Mowshowitz · si

232 · Hardcastle · Ron Goulart · ss What’s Become of Screwloose? and Other Inquiries by Ron Goulart, Scribners, 1971

240 · Instinct · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1952

253 · The Feeling of Power · Isaac Asimov · ss If February 1958

262 · Man in Transition · Abbe Mowshowitz · si

268 · Univac to Univac · Louis B. Salomon · pm Harper’s Magazine March 1958

271 · Nova · Samuel R. Delany · ex Doubleday, 1968

275 · The Adding Machine · Elmer L. Rice · ex Doubleday, 1923

283 · Full Sun · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967

295 · The Tale of the Big Computer · Olof Johannesson · ex Gollancz, 1968

301 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

335 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Who Killed Father Christmas? And Other Unseasonable Demises by Patricia Moyes (Crippen & Landru, September 1996, 1-885941-09-9, $16.00, 273pp, tp, co, cover by Deborah Miller)
Also available in a signed, numbered, hardback edition (-08-0, $40.00) limited to 350 copies with a tipped in typescript.

7 · Introduction · Patricia Moyes · in

· Short Stories

11 · Deadlock · Patricia Moyes · ss 1961

16 · A Suitable Revenge · Patricia Moyes · ss 1961

22 · A Man Without Papers · Patricia Moyes · ss 1961

31 · Love at Second Sight · Patricia Moyes · ss The (London) Evening News 1961

36 · The Most Hated Man in London · Patricia Moyes · ss The (London) Evening News 1961

39 · A Young Man Called Smith · Patricia Moyes · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1986

64 · Who Killed Father Christmas? · Patricia Moyes · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980

73 · Beyond the Reef · Patricia Moyes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 24 1982

80 · A Whispering in the Reeds · Patricia Moyes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 24 1982

98 · A Matter of Succession · Patricia Moyes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1982

104 · Hit and Run · Patricia Moyes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1982

109 · The Honest Blackmailer · Patricia Moyes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1982

116 · The Small Train Robbery · Patricia Moyes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1982

124 · A Lonely Profession · Patricia Moyes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1983

137 · Faces of Betrayal · Patricia Moyes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1983

148 · The Faithful Cat · Patricia Moyes · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1983

162 · Flowers of the Dead · Patricia Moyes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1984

171 · The Extra Mile · Patricia Moyes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1989

179 · The Man Who Had Everything · Patricia Moyes · ss A Suit of Diamonds, Collins, 1990

187 · Family Christmas · Patricia Moyes · ss Christmas Stalkings ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press, 1991

· A Detective Novella

197 · The Holly Wreath · Patricia Moyes · na Woman’s Mirror 1965

Gusliar Wonders by Igor Vsevelodovich Mozheiko--- see under Kirill Bulychev.

Half a Life, and Other Stories by Igor Vsevelodovich Mozheiko--- see under Kirill Bulychev.

The Body in the Basement and 19 Other Favorite Stories from Liguorian Magazine ed. Norman J. Muckerman, C.SS.R. (Liguori Publications, 1983, 0-89243-177-6, $3.95, 191pp, pb, an, cover by Iner Scully Ford)

5 · A Word from the Editor · Norman J. Muckerman, C.SS.R. · pr

7 · The Body in the Basement · Ernest F. Miller, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian May 1958

19 · The Murder of Father Meholic · Thomas H. Cosgrove, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian

29 · Love Is a Lady · F. J. Kinsella, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian December 1935

40 · Gone—The Girl of the House · Thomas H. Cosgrove, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian

49 · Many a Better Thing to Do · M. J. Huber, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian January 1933

56 · Father Tim Casey: Resolutions · C. D. McEnniry, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian January 1933

63 · Of Bribes and a Bride · D. F. Miller, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian April 1939

76 · The Wedding, the Wine, and the Axle Grease · Thomas H. Cosgrove, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian

84 · Jungle Christmas · W. F. McKee, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian

93 · The Christmas Eve Confession of Joseph the Younger · Thomas H. Cosgrove, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian December 25 1973

99 · We Buried the Boy in New Shoes · Thomas H. Cosgrove, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian April 2 1973

105 · Father O’Halloran’s Mass · L. G. Miller, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian April 1949

114 · The Hunchback of Holy Angels Cathedral · Thomas H. Cosgrove, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian

123 · Detour for Death · Ernest F. Miller, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian November 1953

133 · The Laughter of Tony and Loretta · Thomas H. Cosgrove, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian

143 · What’s in a Name? · E. A. Mangan, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian February 1938

151 · The Firing of Luke Lombardi · Thomas H. Cosgrove, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian

162 · Brother Andrew and the Devil · Ernest F. Miller, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian April 1940

172 · The Boy from Belfast · Harry W. Paige · ss Liguorian

182 · The Day I Went to Four Corners · Norman J. Muckerman, C.SS.R. · ss Liguorian August 1957

The Adventures of Tyler Tatlock, Private Detective by J. E. Muddock--- see under Dick Donovan.

Caught at Last! by J. E. Muddock--- see under Dick Donovan.

The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch by J. E. Muddock--- see under Dick Donovan.

The Corpse Light and Other Tales of Terror by J. E. Muddock--- see under Dick Donovan.

From Clue to Capture by J. E. Muddock--- see under Dick Donovan.

The Man-Hunter by J. E. Muddock--- see under Dick Donovan.

Riddles Read by J. E. Muddock--- see under Dick Donovan.

Stories Weird and Wonderful by J. E. Muddock (Chatto & Windus, 1889, hc, co)

1 · The Strange Story of Major Weir · J. E. Muddock · ss

13 · The White Witch of the River—A Clyde Legend · J. E. Muddock · ss; given as “The White Lady of the River—A Clyde Legend” in the Table of Contents.

21 · The Blue Star · J. E. Muddock · ss

39 · The Spectre of Barrochan · J. E. Muddock · ss

55 · The Piper of Culloden · J. E. Muddock · ss

68 · Some Experiments with a Head · J. E. Muddock · ss

79 · John Macdougal’s Double · J. E. Muddock · ss

92 · The Bride of Death · J. E. Muddock · ss

106 · The Unbidden Guest · J. E. Muddock · ss

119 · The China Dog · J. E. Muddock · ss

133 · The Haunted Man · J. E. Muddock · ss

148 · Ruth · J. E. Muddock · ss

160 · A Ghost from the Sea · J. E. Muddock · ss

173 · The Shining Hand · J. E. Muddock · ss

187 · A Night with the Dead · J. E. Muddock · ss

201 · The Blood Drips · J. E. Muddock · ss

215 · The Dream That Came True · J. E. Muddock · ss

230 · The Compact · J. E. Muddock · ss

246 · The Bell of Doom · J. E. Muddock · ss

271 · The Story of a Hanged Man · J. E. Muddock · ss

294 · The Crime of the Rue Auber · J. E. Muddock · ss

306 · The Strange Story of Dr. Martin · J. E. Muddock · ss

Suspicion Aroused by J. E. Muddock--- see under Dick Donovan.

Tales of Terror by J. E. Muddock--- see under Dick Donovan.

The Great Wall of China by Edwin & Willa Muir--- see under Franz Kafka.

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Subterranean Press, June 2020, $85.00, 380pp, hc, n., cover by Edward Miller) [The Locked Tomb]
Reprint (Tor.com 2019) fantasy novel. Limited to 400 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($350.00).
Details taken from publisher website.

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Subterranean Press, May 2021, $125.00, 446pp, hc, n., cover by Edward Miller) [The Locked Tomb]
Reprint (Tor.com 2020) fantasy novel. Limited to 400 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($350.00).
Details taken from publisher website.

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Subterranean Press, October 2023, $195.00, 416pp, hc, n., cover by Edward Miller) [The Locked Tomb]
Reprint (Tor.com 2022) fantasy novel. Limited to 400 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($850.00).
Details taken from publisher website.

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir (Subterranean Press, December 2020, 978-1-59606-991-6, $40.00, 209pp, hc, na, cover by Tristan Elwell)
Limited to 1500 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($300.00).
Details taken from publisher website.

The Great Wall of China by Willa & Edwin Muir--- see under Franz Kafka.

Descant 122: Speculative Literature ed. Karen Mulhallen, Peter Darbyshire & Brian Panhuyzen--- see under Descant Fall 2003.

Not to Be Taken at Bed-time and Other Strange Stories by Rosa Mulholland (Swan River Press, April 2019, 978-1-78380-026-1, xi+164pp, hc, co, cover by Brian Coldrick)
Collection of Mulholland’s best supernatural and weird short stories, edited and introduced by Richard Dalby. Limited to 300 copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Introduction · Richard Dalby · in

· Not to Be Taken at Bed-Time · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, uncredited.

· The Ghost at the Rath · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round April 14 1866, uncredited.

· The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round November 10 1866, uncredited.

· The Mystery of Ora · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round July 1 1879

· A Strange Love Story · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round July 3 1882

· The Ghost at Wildwood Chase · Rosa Mulholland · ss The Illustrated London Almanack 1888

· The Lady Tantivy · Rosa Mulholland · ss Temple Bar January 1898

Moonfoam and Sorceries by Stanley Mullen (Gorgon, 1948, $3.00, 364pp, hc, co)

· Moonfoam · Stanley Mullen · pm (r)

· Queen Bee · Stanley Mullen · nv

· Deathbound · Stanley Mullen · pm (r)

· A Strange View of a River · Stanley Mullen · ss The Gorgon May 1947

· The Ruins · Stanley Mullen · pm (r)

· Temple of the Frog · Stanley Mullen · ss (r)

· Star Odyssey · Stanley Mullen · pm (r)

· The Night Watchman · Stanley Mullen · ss The Vortex #2, 1947

· The Song of Soo · Stanley Mullen · pm (r)

· The Sender of Dreams · Stanley Mullen · ss (r)

· Night of the Carnival · Stanley Mullen · pm (r)

· The Tavern of the Winds · Stanley Mullen · ss

· Necromancy · Stanley Mullen · pm The Gorgon September 1947

· The Ophidians · Stanley Mullen · ss (r)

· Demon Possession · Stanley Mullen · pm (r)

· All Cats Are Grey at Night · Stanley Mullen · ss (r)

· Theme of Night · Stanley Mullen · pm (r)

· The Gods of Shipapu · Stanley Mullen · ss (r)

· Parable of Destiny · Stanley Mullen · pm (r)

· Seven Against Death · Stanley Mullen · ss (r)

· Time Capsule · Stanley Mullen · pm (r)

· The Guardian · Stanley Mullen · ss (r)

· Rada Drums · Stanley Mullen · pm (r)

· Night of Serpents · Stanley Mullen · ss (r)

· The Undertaker’s Horse · Stanley Mullen · pm (r)

· The King of Ghostland · Stanley Mullen · ss (r)

Sick Things: An Anthology of Extreme Creature Horror ed. Cheryl Mullenax (Comet Press, June 14, 2010, 978-0-9820979-7-7, $14.95, 226pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Devils · Randy Chandler · ss

· Threshold · Fred Venturini · ss

· This Is My Body · Lawrence Conquest · ss

· Hunger Pangs · Matt Kurtz · ss

· Fly on the Wall · Stephanie Bedwell-Grime · ss

· Legacy of the Last Invader · M. Shaw · ss

· Acceptable Losses · Simon Wood · ss Dragged Into Darkness by Simon Wood, Medium Rare Books, 2003

· An Unfortunate Incident at the Slaughterhouse · Harper Hull · ss

· Rotsworth · Kurt Bachard · ss

· Evil, Bent, and Candy-Sweet · Tim Curran · ss

· Heat · Daniel I. Russell · ss

· The Neglected · Sean Logan · ss

· Betty and the Cambion · Ralph Greco, Jr. · ss

· Jimmy Sticks and the Outlaw Critter of Doom · Michael Boatman · ss

· Ranching the Sleore · Aaron Polson · ss

· Paper Angels on Fire · John Shirley · ss

· The Special Son · Jeffrey Hale · ss

Year’s Best Hardcore Horror: Volume 1 ed. Cheryl Mullenax & Randy Chandler--- see under Randy Chandler.

Year’s Best Hardcore Horror: Volume 2 ed. Cheryl Mullenax & Randy Chandler--- see under Randy Chandler.

Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volume 3 ed. Cheryl Mullenax & Randy Chandler--- see under Randy Chandler.

Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volume 4 ed. Cheryl Mullenax & Randy Chandler--- see under Randy Chandler.

Year’s Best Hardcore Horror: Volume 5: Going Global ed. Cheryl Mullenax & Randy Chandler--- see under Randy Chandler.

Year’s Best Hardcore Horror: Volume 6: Masquerade ed. Cheryl Mullenax & Randy Chandler--- see under Randy Chandler.

Ten Year Stretch ed. Adrian Muller & Martin Edwards--- see under Martin Edwards.

Nightscript: Volume One ed. C. M. Muller (CreateSpace, October 2015, 978-1-51719-055-2, $14.99, 212pp, tp, oa, cover: Nøkken by Theodor Kittelsen from 1904)
Details taken from online listing.

· A Preface to Darkness · C. M. Muller · pr

1 · Everything That’s Underneath · Kristi DeMeester · ss

11 · Strays · Gregory L. Norris · ss

20 · In His Grandmother’s Coat · Charles Wilkinson · ss

32 · The Cuckoo Girls · Patricia Lillie · ss

44 · The Sound That the World Makes · David Surface · ss

57 · Below the Falls · Daniel Mills · ss

68 · The Keep · Kirsty Logan · ss

72 · She Rose from the Water · Kyle Yadlosky · ss

78 · Animalhouse · Clint Smith · nv

100 · Tooth, Tongue, and Claw · Damien Angelica Walters · ss

111 · Momma · Eric J. Guignard · ss

123 · The Trees Are Tall Here · Marc E. Fitch · ss

131 · A Quiet Axe · Michael Kelly · ss

133 · The Death of Yatagarasu · Bethany W. Pope · ss

137 · The Cooing · John Claude Smith · ss

143 · A Knife in My Drawer · Zdravka Evtimova · ss

149 · On Balance · Jason A. Wyckoff · ss

159 · Learning Not to Smile · Ralph Robert Moore · nv

180 · Fisher and Lure · Christopher Burke · ss

186 · The Death of Socrates · Michael Wehunt · ss

Nightscript: Volume Two ed. C. M. Muller (Chthonic Matter, September 3, 2016, 978-1-5374-7216-4, $14.99, 254pp, tp, oa, cover by Edvard Munch)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · The Carnival Arrives in Darkness · Michael Griffin · ss

8 · In the Dark, Quiet Places · Kristi DeMeester · ss

18 · Phantom Airfields · Christopher Slatsky · nv

32 · En Plein Air · J. T. Glover · ss

41 · The Inveterate Establishment of Daddano & Co. · Eric J. Guignard · ss

53 · White Elephants · Malcolm Devlin · ss

65 · Reasons I Hate My Big Sister · Gwendolyn Kiste · ss

77 · Nearness · Ralph Robert Moore · ss

97 · This Lonely Hecatomb · Christopher Ropes · ss

105 · Apartment B · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

114 · Understairs · Jason A. Wyckoff · ss

128 · As Summer’s Mask Slips · Gordon White · ss

139 · And Elm Do Hate · Nina Shepardson · ss

146 · A Silence of Starlings · Kurt Fawver · ss

163 · Aycayia · Rowley Amato · ss

175 · The White Kisses · Charles Wilkinson · ss

188 · Down by the River · H. V. Chao · ss

204 · Arena · Daniel Mills · ss

213 · From the Fertile Dark · Rebecca J. Allred · ss

220 · No Abiding Place on Earth · Matthew M. Bartlett · ss

227 · Pause for Laughter · José Cruz · ss

Nightscript III ed. C. M. Muller (Chthonic Matter, October 1, 2017, 978-1-976140-48-8, $16.99, 266pp, tp, oa, cover: Madonna by Edvard Munch from 1895)
Given as “Nightscript: Volume Three” on the copyright page (only) and subtitled “An Anthology of Strange & Darksome Tales” on the cover only.
Details taken from online listing.

bp · Preface · C. M. Muller · pr

1 · The Flower Unfolds · Simon Strantzas · ss

14 · A Place with Trees · Rowley Amato · ss

20 · What Little Boys Are Made Of · Malcolm Devlin · ss

30 · Grizzly · M. K. Anderson · ss

37 · Might Be Mordiford · Charles Wilkinson · ss

48 · Palankar · Daniel Braum · ss

63 · The Gestures Remain · Christi Nogle · ss

74 · House of Abjection · David Peak · ss

86 · The Undertow, and They That Dwell Therein · Clint Smith · ss

103 · Downward · Amar Benchikha · ss

112 · The Familiar · Cory Cone · ss

119 · Liquid Air · Inna Effress · ss

129 · The Beasts Are Sleep · Adam Golaski · ss

139 · The Witch House · Jessica Phelps · ss

147 · On the Edge of Utterance · Stephen J. Clark · ss

162 · Homeward Bound Now, Paulino · Armel Dagorn · ss

170 · The Affair · James Everington · ss

180 · When Dark-Eyed Ophelia Sings · Rebecca J. Allred · ss

193 · We, the Rescued · John Howard · nv

210 · Twenty Miles and Running · Christian Riley · ss

217 · Something You Leave Behind · David Surface · ss

228 · Young Bride · Julia Rust · ss

243 · The Other Side of the Hill · M. R. Cosby · ss

Nightscript: Volume Four ed. C. M. Muller (Chthonic Matter, October 2018, 978-1-72598-974-0, $12.00, 237pp, tp, oa, cover by Edvard Munch)
Details taken from online listing.

· Preface · C. M. Muller · pr

1 · Sugar Baby · V. H. Leslie · ss

6 · There Has Never Been Anyone Here · J. T. Glover · ss

20 · The Thing in the Trees · Joanna Parypinski · ss

29 · By the Sea · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

35 · A Harvest Fit for Monsters · L. S. Johnson · ss

47 · The Monkey Coat · Daniel Braum · ss

61 · Seams · M. Lopes da Silva · ss

78 · A Gut Full of Coal · Mathew Allan Garcia · ss

90 · Crow Woman · April Steenburgh · ss

99 · The Dandelion Disorder · Charles Wilkinson · ss

109 · Of Marble and Mud · Farah Rose Smith · ss

117 · All Is There Already, Just Not Seen Yet · Armel Dagorn · ss

130 · Half-Girls · Cate Gardner · ss

141 · A Different Sunlight · Jackson Kuhl · ss

148 · Cinnamon to Taste · Christi Nogle · ss

160 · The Strigoaica · Ross Smeltzer · ss

175 · Swim Failure · Jennifer Loring · ss

182 · Visions of the Autumn Country · Tim Jeffreys · ss

194 · Stella Maris · Elana Gomel · ss

204 · Rainheads · Mike Weitz · ss

219 · My House Is Out Where the Lights End · Kirsty Logan · ss

Synth 1: An Anthology of Dark SF ed. C. M. Muller (C.M. Muller, March 5, 2019, 978-1-79636-360-9, $10.99, 164pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Surrogate · Dan Stintzi · ss

19 · Flow to the Sea · Steve Toase · ss

35 · House of War · Virginie Selavy · ss

51 · Music in the Age of Sheep · Charles Wilkinson · nv

79 · Aenvalit · Farah Rose Smith · ss

91 · The Transported · Jeffrey Thomas · nv

125 · Empathy · Christopher K. Miller · ss

141 · The Object of Your Desire Comes Closer · Joanna Koch · ss

Synth 2: An Anthology of Dark SF ed. C. M. Muller (C.M. Muller, June 6, 2019, 978-1-09-958805-1, $9.99, 152pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Concerning the Deprivation of Sleep · Tim Major · ss

13 · Infrared · Casilda Ferrante · ss

27 · Daughters of the Void · Dan Stintzi · nv

49 · US · Stephen Oram · ss

65 · Scores · Selene dePackh · nv

87 · Questionable Things · J. T. Glover · ss

103 · Remnants · Tim Jeffreys · nv

127 · Better Places · Zandra Renwick · nv

Synth 3: An Anthology of Dark SF ed. C. M. Muller (C.M. Muller, September 5, 2019, 978-1-68921-412-4, $14.99, 170pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · To Think Charity Means Love · Charles Wilkinson · ss

19 · Antlions · Elana Gomel · nv Alien Dimensions #12, 2017

41 · Phantom Airfields · Christopher Slatsky · nv Nightscript: Volume Two ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2016

63 · Promise · Christi Nogle · nv
previously available as an audio download from Escape Pod, March 22, 2018.

85 · The Big Blue Hit · Nik Patrick · nv

109 · Save Scum · E. J. Martin · ss

123 · Second Death · Dan Stintzi · ss

135 · The Voice of Edward Dune · Jon Michael Kelley · ss

Twice-Told: A Collection of Doubles ed. C. M. Muller (Chthonic Matter, February 2, 2019, 978-1-7932-0297-0, $14.99, 285pp, tp, oa, cover by Yaroslav Gerzhedovich)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Last Salvador · Tim Jeffreys · ss

7 · Details That Would Otherwise Be Lost to Shadow · Clint Smith · ss

32 · Zwillingslied · Patricia Lillie · ss

40 · Static · Chris Shearer · ss

57 · Stuck with Me · Shannon Lawrence · ss

66 · The Fifth Set · Charles Wilkinson · ss

81 · Murder Song · Craig Wallwork · ss

94 · The Final Diagnosis of Doctor Lazare · David Peak · ss

114 · Endangered · Jason A. Wyckoff · ss

131 · The Half-Life of Plastic · Esther Rose · ss

142 · Eidetic · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

152 · They Are Us (1964): An Oral History · Jack Lothian · ss

162 · Birds of Passage · Gordon B. White · ss

178 · The Half-Souled Woman · Nina Shepardson · ss

188 · Released · Timothy B. Dodd · ss

197 · As with Alem · Farah Rose Smith · ss

205 · The Fall Guy · Tom Johnstone · ss

223 · Scordatura · Jess Landry · ss

238 · Stringless Puppetry · C. C. Adams · ss

248 · The Bath House · Tim Major · ss

263 · Picky Yunn · J. C. Raye · ss

274 · One Last Mile · Erica Ruppert · ss

Oakland Noir ed. Eddie Muller & Jerry Thompson (Akashic Books, April 4, 2017, 978-1-61775-530-9, $15.95, 272pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]

11 · Put On the Night · Eddie Muller & Jerry Thompson · in

17 · Part I: Not a Soft City

19 · The Bridge Tender · Nick Petrulakis · ss; set on Fruitvale Bridge.

33 · The Wishing Well · Kim Addonizio · ss; set on Pill Hill.

41 · A Murder of Saviors · Keenan Norris · ss; set in Toler Heights.

60 · Divine Singularity · Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder · ss; set in Piedmont Avenue.

72 · White Horse · Katie Gilmartin · ss; set in Bushrod Park.

85 · Part II: What They Call a Clusterfuck

87 · A Town Made of Hustle · Dorothy Lazard · ss; set in Downtown.

106 · The Streets Don’t Love Nobody · Harry Louis Williams, II · ss; set in Brookfield Village.

115 · Bulletproof · Carolyn Alexander · ss; set in McClymonds.

124 · The Three Stooges · Phil Canalin · ss; set in Sausal Creek.

143 · Cabbie · Judy Juanita · ss; set in Eastmont.

152 · Two to Tango · Jamie DeWolf · ss; set in Oakland Hills.

163 · Part III: A View of the Lake

165 · Survivors of Heartache · Nayomi Munaweera · ss; set in Montclair.

179 · Prophets and Spies · Mahmud Rahman · ss; set in Mills College.

200 · Black and Borax · Tom McElravey · ss; set in Haddon Hill.

217 · Waiting for Gordo · Joe Loya · nv; set in Hegenberger Road.

251 · The Handyman · Eddie Muller · ss; set in Alameda.

269 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Crucifixion River by Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini (Five Star US, November 2007, 978-1594145568, $25.95, 236pp, hc, co)
Collection of Western mystery stories.

· Crucifixion River · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · na

· Free Durt · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2005

· He Said… She Said · Marcia Muller · nv Deadly Housewives ed. Christine Matthews, Avon, 2006

· Wrong Place, Wrong Time [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Most Wanted ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2001

· Irrefutable Evidence [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2005

· The Carville Ghost [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2007

· Pickpocket [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Marcia Muller · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2007

· The Dying Time · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · ss Duo by Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Five Star US, 1998

Duo by Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini (Five Star Mystery, November 1, 1998, 0-7862-1657-3, 234pp, hc, co)
Subtitled “The World’s First Two Author, Husband-and-Wife Short Story Collection”.
Details supplied by Alan Perfect.

· Part I: Stories: Marcia Muller

· The Cracks in the Sidewalk · Marcia Muller · ss Women on the Case ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996

· Sweet Cactus Wine · Marcia Muller · ss Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Arbor House, 1982

· Cattails · Marcia Muller · ss The Web She Weaves ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Morrow, 1983

· Somewhere in the City [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss The Armchair Detective Spring 1990

· Dust to Dust · Marcia Muller · ss Specter! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1982

· Forbidden Things · Marcia Muller · nv The Mysterious West ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, 1994

· Part II: Stories: Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini

· Cache and Carry [Sharon McCone; Nameless Private Eye] · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · ss Small Felonies by Bill Pronzini, St. Martin's, 1988

· The Dying Time · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · ss

· Part III: Stories: Bill Pronzini

· Out of the Depths · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1994

· Man on the Run · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1996

· Home Is the Place Where [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1995

· Flood · Bill Pronzini · ss

· A Cold Foggy Day · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1978

· Engines · Bill Pronzini · ss The Mysterious West ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, 1994

McCone and Friends by Marcia Muller (Crippen & Landru, February 2000, 1-885941-38-2, $16.00, 202pp, tp, co, cover by Carol Heyer) [Sharon McCone]
Collection of eight stories. Also available in a signed, numbered, hardback edition (-37-4) limited to 300 copies with a bonus chapbook, The Time of the Wolves.

11 · Introduction · Marcia Muller · in

15 · If You Can’t Take the Heat [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine #1, 1996

25 · The Holes in the System [Sharon McCone; Rae Kelleher] · Marcia Muller · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1996

49 · One Final Arrangement [Sharon McCone; Mick Savage] · Marcia Muller · ss Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Summer 1998

65 · Up at the Riverside [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · nv Irreconcilable Differences ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins, 1999

84 · Knives at Midnight [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · nv Guilty as Charged ed. Scott Turow, Pocket, 1996

108 · The Wall [Sharon McCone; Rae Kelleher] · Marcia Muller · na Criminal Intent 1, Dark Harvest, 1993

180 · Recycle [Sharon McCone; Hy Ripinsky] · Marcia Muller · ss Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Summer 1999

188 · Solo [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss For Crime Out Loud, Vol. 2 ed. Robert J. Randisi, Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd., 1996

Season of Sharing by Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini (Crippen & Landru, December 2001, 19pp, ph, ss) [Sharon McCone; Nameless Private Eye]
Original short story published in an edition of 323 copies as a gift for friends of Crippen & Landru.

The Time of the Wolves by Marcia Muller (Crippen & Landru, February 2000, ph, ss)
Chapbook included with the hardback edition of McCone and Friends.

A Century of Mystery 1980-1989: The Greatest Stories of the Decade ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini (MJF Books, 1996, 1-56731-155-5, 308pp, hc, an)

1 · Introduction · Edward D. Hoch · in

7 · The Good Samaritan [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 10 1980

23 · A Man with a Fortune · Peter Lovesey · ss The Mystery Guild Anthology ed. John Waite, Constable, 1980, as “How Mr. Smith Traced His Ancestors”

36 · There Are No Snakes in Ireland · Frederick Forsyth · nv No Comebacks by Frederick Forsyth, Hutchinson, 1982

59 · A Great Sight · Janwillem van de Wetering · ss Top Crime ed. Josh Pachter, St. Martin's, 1983

69 · Greektown [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1983

85 · Father’s Day · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1984

97 · The Worst Crime Known to Man · Reginald Hill · ss Sunday Express July 1 1984

105 · A Case of Chivas Regal · George V. Higgins · ss The New Black Mask Quarterly No.1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985

116 · Lucky Penny [Carlotta Carlyle] · Linda Barnes · nv The New Black Mask No.3 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985

136 · As Good as a Rest · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1986

146 · Chee’s Witch [Jim Chee] · Tony Hillerman · ss The New Black Mask No.7 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986

157 · Hit-and-Run [Jill Smith] · Susan Dunlap · ss Great Modern Police Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Walker US, 1986

168 · King’s X · Brian Garfield · ss Murder California Style ed. Jon L. Breen & John Ball, St. Martin's, 1987

183 · Skin Deep [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987

197 · Stacked Deck · Bill Pronzini · nv The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987

219 · More Final Than Divorce · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1988

228 · The Dakar Run · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1988

260 · The Reason Why [Jack Dwyer] · Edward Gorman · ss Criminal Elements ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy, 1988

276 · Blood Types · Julie Smith · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989

293 · Deadly Fantasies [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1989

Chapter and Hearse ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini (Morrow, 1985, 0-688-04184-1, $18.95, 372pp, hc, an)
Suspense Stories About the World of Books.

9 · Introduction · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · in

15 · The Missing Shakespeare Manuscript [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #44, July 1947

45 · The Man Who Collected Poe · Robert Bloch · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries October 1951

65 · The Penny-a-Worder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1958

93 · Clerical Error · James Gould Cozzens · vi Redbook Magazine August 1935, as “Foot in It”

101 · Murder Walks in Marble Halls · Lawrence G. Blochman · na The American Magazine September 1942, as “Death Walks in Marble Halls”

171 · Reflections on Murder · Nedra Tyre · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine December 1958

189 · The Adventure of the Spurious Tamerlane [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine December 1964

211 · One Thousand Dollars a Word · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1978

221 · QL 696.C9 [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1943

241 · Murder at the Bouchercon · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1983

263 · Seven Types of Ambiguity · Shirley Jackson · ss Story #121, September/October 1946

273 · The Dragon’s Head [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Pearson’s Magazine June 1926

299 · The Great American Novel · R. L. Stevens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1975

319 · Mystery at the Library of Congress [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Argosy June 1960, as “Enter Ellery Queen”

333 · A Craving for Originality · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979

347 · Chapter and Verse [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1973

Child’s Ploy ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini (Macmillan, 1984, 0-02-599250-3, $16.95, 307pp, hc, an)
An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories.

1 · Introduction · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · in

5 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926

23 · How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped · Katherine Mansfield · ss Rhythm September 12 1912, as by Lili Heron

29 · The Beautiful White Horse [Aram Garoghlanian] · William Saroyan · ss Esquire June 1938

38 · Paul’s Case · Willa Cather · nv McClure’s Magazine May 1905

61 · Little Boy Lost · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #47, October 1947

90 · Too Early Spring · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Delineator June 1933

105 · The Threatening Three · William Campbell Gault · ss 10-Story Detective Magazine October 1948, as “The Threatening Trio”

123 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury January 1932

134 · The Landscape of Dreams · John Lutz · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 24 1982

143 · Fire Escape · Cornell Woolrich · na Mystery Book Magazine March 1947, as “The Boy Cried Murder”

191 · Ludmila · Jean L. Backus · ss Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read with the Lights On ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Random House, 1973, as by David Montross

198 · Day for a Picnic · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) March 1963, as by Pat McMahon

212 · Carnival Day · Nedra Tyre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1958

243 · Looie Follows Me · John D. MacDonald · ss Collier’s August 27 1949

255 · Good Man, Bad Man · Jerome Weidman · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 1 1967

258 · Here Lies Another Blackmailer · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1974

266 · Morning Song · Betty Ren Wright · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine November 1982

271 · The Hedge Between · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Conflict—Stories of Suspense Fall 1953, as “Meredith’s Murder”

300 · Uncle Max · Pat McMahon · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) March 1965

Dark Lessons ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini (Macmillan, 1985, 0-02-599220-1, $19.95, 264pp, hc, an)
Crime & Detection on Campus.

1 · Introduction · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · in

5 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839

28 · Murder at Pentecost [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Passing Show March 25 1933

41 · Murder at Mother’s Knee · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine October 1941

72 · The Lethal Logic · Norbert Davis · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 29 1939

91 · To Break the Wall · Evan Hunter · ss Discovery No. 2 ed. Vance Bourjaily, Pocket, 1953

105 · When Greek Meets Greek · Graham Greene · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1941

121 · Charles · Shirley Jackson · ss Mademoiselle July 1948

128 · The Ten O’Clock Scholar [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #99, February 1952

150 · The Problem of the Little Red Schoolhouse [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1976

170 · The Disappearance of Maggie · Talmage Powell · ss

184 · A Matter of Scholarship · Anthony Boucher · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1955

187 · Final Exam · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1979

195 · Broken Pattern · George C. Chesbro · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1972

214 · Dead Week · Leonard P. Carpenter · ss

228 · Van der Valk and the High School Riot [Van der Valk] · Nicolas Freeling · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1970

237 · Robert · Stanley Ellin · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958

255 · The Turncoat Journal of Marc Milton Stearns · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

Deadly Anniversaries: Celebrating 75 Years of Mystery Writers of America ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini (Hanover Square Press, April 21, 2020, 392pp, hc, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· If You Want Something Done Right… · Sue Grafton · ss

· Ten Years On · Laurie R. King · ss

· Normal in Every Way · Lee Child · ss

· The Replacement · Margaret Maron · ss

· Chin Yong-Yun Sets the Date [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith] · S. J. Rozan · ss

· Amazing Grace · Max Allan Collins · ss

· Ten Years, Two Days, Six Hours · Wendy Hornsby · ss

· The Anniversary Gift · Jeffery Deaver · ss

· The Last Dive Bar · Bill Pronzini · ss

· Case Open · Carolyn Hart · ss

· The Bitter Truth · Peter Lovesey · ss

· Unknown Caller · Meg Gardiner · ss

· April 13 · Marcia Muller · ss

· Whodat Heist · Julie Smith · ss

· Blue Moon · William Kent Krueger · ss

· Aqua Vita · Peter Robinson · ss

· The Last Hibakusha · Naomi Hirahara · ss

· 30 and Out · Doug Allyn · nv

· The Fixer · Alison Gaylin & Laura Lippman · ss

Deadly Arts ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini--- see under Bill Pronzini.

Detective Duos ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini (Oxford University Press US, October 23, 1997, 978-0-19-510214-7, $30.00, 444pp, hc, an)
Subtitled “The Best Adventures of Twenty-Five Crime-Solving Twosomes” on the cover.

3 · Introduction · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · in

15 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844

31 · The Adventure of the Empty House [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Collier’s Weekly September 26 1903

49 · Death at the Excelsior · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1914, as “The Education of Detective Oakes”

68 · The Puzzle Lock [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Flynn’s February 28 1925

87 · The Love Detectives [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss Flynn’s Weekly October 30 1926, as “At the Crossroads”

106 · The Sealed House [Madame Rosika Storey] · Hulbert Footner · ss Mystery July 1933

121 · The Footsteps That Ran [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran”

135 · Pattern for Murder [Mr. & Mrs. (Pam and Jerry) North] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week November 6 1955, as “There’s Death for Remembrance”

149 · Fourth of July Picnic [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Look July 9 1957 (+2), as “Labor Union Murder”

179 · Two Over Par [Haila & Jeff Troy] · Kelley Roos · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #74, January 1950

192 · One Morning They’ll Hang Him [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #81, August 1950

207 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946

220 · Once Upon a Train [Hildegarde Withers; John J. Malone] · Stuart Palmer & Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #83, October 1950

240 · The Phantom Cry-Baby [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s March 27 1948

258 · Phut Phat Concentrates · Lilian Jackson Braun · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1963

267 · Before She Kills [Ed & Am Hunter] · Fredric Brown · nv Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3, 1961

293 · And Start with a Blonde [Father Joseph Shanley; Sammy Golden] · Jack Webb · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2, 1960

307 · The Road to Damascus [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) June 1966

325 · Dalziel’s Ghost [Supt. Andrew Dalziel] · Reginald Hill · nv Pascoe’s Ghost and Other Brief Chronicles of Crime by Reginald Hill, Collins, 1979

347 · Interpol: The Case of the Modern Medusa [Sebastian Blue & Laura Charme] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1973

363 · The Holes in the System [Sharon McCone; Rae Kelleher] · Marcia Muller · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1996

383 · The Desert Limited [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine November 1995

397 · Stop, Thief! [Susannah Maria “Suze” Figueroa] · Barbara D’Amato · ss Sisters in Crime 4 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991

407 · The Adventure of the Perpetual Husbands · Ellen Dearmore · nv The WomanSleuth Anthology ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press, 1988

427 · The End of the Earth [Skip Langdon] · Julie Smith · ss Detective Duos ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press, 1997

Kill or Cure ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini (Macmillan, 1985, 0-02-587880-8, $19.95, 306pp, hc, an)
Murder and Mayhem in the Medical World.

1 · Introduction · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · in

7 · The Resident Patient [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1893, as “The Adventure of the Resident Patient”

29 · The Superfluous Finger [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 25 1906, as “Problem of the Superfluous Finger”

47 · The Cyprian Bees [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s February 6 1926

67 · Easter Devil [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator June 1934

97 · But the Patient Died [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s October 18 1947

121 · The Problem of the Covered Bridge [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1974

143 · Hurting Much? · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Fiction Weekly August 4 1934, as “Death Sits in the Dentist’s Chair”

163 · The Memorial Hour · Wade Miller · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1960

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

193 · The Doctor Takes a Case [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Liberty November 16 1946, as “Post Mortem”

213 · Miracle of the Fifteen Murderers · Ben Hecht · nv Collier’s January 16 1943

233 · Doctor’s Orders · John F. Suter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1959

237 · The Splinter · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1955

257 · Sound Alibi · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1957, as by Steve O’Donnell

267 · Paint Doctor · Joe L. Hensley · ss Final Doors by Joe L. Hensley, Doubleday, 1981

281 · The Other Side of the Curtain · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #46, September 1947

Lady on the Case ed. Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Bonanza, 1988, 0-517-66715-0, $8.98, 512pp, hc, an)

ix · Introduction · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · in

1 · The Murder at Troyte’s Hill [Loveday Brooke] · Catherine L. Pirkis · nv The Ludgate Monthly March 1893

23 · The Man in the Inverness Cape [Lady Molly de Mazareen] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv Cassell’s Magazine February 1910

39 · Death in the Sun [Mrs. Elizabeth Warrender] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · nv Mother February 1937

77 · The Second Bullet [Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · ss The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam, 1915

93 · The Stripper [Sister Mary Ursula, OMB] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #22, May 1945, as by H. H. Holmes

105 · The Claret Stick [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator July 1934

129 · The Four Suspects [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss Pictorial Review January 1930

141 · The Broken Men [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · na Women Sleuths ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Academy Chicago, 1985

181 · The Invisible Intruder [Libby Knowles] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1984

195 · A Date in Helsinki · Patricia McGerr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1982

205 · The Dancing Detective [Nick Ballestier] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask February 1938, as “Dime a Dance”

225 · Lucky Penny [Carlotta Carlyle] · Linda Barnes · nv The New Black Mask No.3 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985

243 · The Fuzzy Things [Rachel Murdock; Jennifer Murdock] · D. B. Olsen · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1948, as “Murder Walks a Strange Path”

257 · Coyote and Quarter-Moon · Bill Pronzini & Jeffrey M. Wallmann · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1981

277 · At the Old Swimming Hole [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · nv Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986

295 · Mom Sheds a Tear [Mom] · James Yaffe · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1954

311 · Daisy Bell [Mrs. Bradley] · Gladys Mitchell · nv Detective Stories of To-Day ed. Raymond Postgate, Faber and Faber, 1940

323 · Solo Job · Paul W. Gallico · ss Cosmopolitan December 1937, as “Treasure Hunt”

339 · Not Before My Morning Coffee · Susan Dunlap · ss

347 · Mrs. Norris Observes · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1959, as “Mrs. Norris Visits the Library”

355 · The Parker Shotgun [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · nv Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986

371 · Murder on Wheels · Stuart Palmer · n. Brentano’s, 1932

She Won the West ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini (Morrow, 1985, 375pp, hc, an)
An anthology of western and frontier stories by women.

9 · Introduction · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · in

17 · The Conquest of Doña Jacoba · Gertrude Atherton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 1892

51 · On the Divide · Willa Cather · ss Overland Monthly January 1896

69 · A Yellow Man and a White · Eleanor Gates · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1905

89 · The Walking Woman · Mary Austin · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1907

101 · The Lamb of the Flying U [Flying U Ranch] · B. M. Bower · ss The Popular Magazine July 1906

121 · The Girl in the Humbert · Mari Sandoz · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 4 1939

141 · First Notch · Elsa Barker · ss All Western Magazine February/March 1951

161 · The Brushoff · Peggy Simson Curry · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1957

177 · The War-horse of Spotted Tail · Amelia Bean · nv (r)

201 · The Promise of the Fruit · Ann Ahlswede · nv The Pick of the Roundup ed. Stephen Payne, Avon, 1963

223 · A Season for Heroes · Carla Kelly · ss Far West October 1978

243 · Sweet Cactus Wine · Marcia Muller · ss Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Arbor House, 1982

257 · The Debt · Jeanne Williams · ss Roundup ed. Stephen Overholser, Doubleday, 1982

273 · The Hanging Tree · Dorothy M. Johnson · na Ballantine, 1957

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