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Criminal Records ed. Otto Penzler (Orion, April 2000, 0-75282-171-7, £10.99, viii+459pp, tp, oa)     Collection of 15 crime novellas, twelve original, and three reprint (including Peter Straub’s “Pork Pie Hat”, 1994). Includes McBain, Keating, Susan Moody. A hardcover edition (-170-9, £17.99) was announced but not seen. vii · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · The Lost Boy · Robert Barnard · na 27 · Dancing with Billy · K. C. Constantine · nv 55 · Staying Away from Amy · Jane Haddam · nv 83 · The Honeyed Axe [Insp. Ganesh Ghote] · H. R. F. Keating · nv 113 · Cemetery Plot · Mary Anne Kelly · nv 143 · The Sedgemoor Strangler · Peter Lovesey · nv 173 · Love and Other Crimes · Michael Malone · nv 201 · Driving Lessons · Ed McBain · nv Orion, 1999 235 · No Connection · Susan Moody · nv 265 · A Dish Taken Cold · Anne Perry · nv 293 · Death Is Not the End [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · na Orion, 1998 325 · A Tale About a Tiger · S. J. Rozan · nv 355 · The Poster Boy · Stephen Solomita · nv 387 · Pork Pie Hat · Peter Straub · na Murder for Halloween ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press, 1994 429 · The Case of the Scottish Tragedy [Sherlock Holmes] · June Thomson · nv

Dangerous Women ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, January 2005, 0-89296-004-3, $24.95, 384pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 17 stories. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Improvisation · Ed McBain · nv 23 · Cielo Azul · Michael Connelly · ss 45 · Give Me Your Heart · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 61 · Karma [Leonid McGill] · Walter Mosley · na 109 · Dear Penthouse Forum (a First Draft) · Laura Lippman · ss 119 · Rendezvous · Nelson DeMille · nv 153 · What She Offered · Thomas H. Cook · ss 171 · Her Lord and Master · Andrew Klavan · ss 183 · Mr. Gray’s Folly · John Connolly · ss 201 · Thousand Miles from Nowhere · Lorenzo Carcaterra · nv 225 · Witness · J. A. Jance · ss 239 · Soft Spot · Ian Rankin · nv 267 · Third Party · Jay McInerney · ss 281 · The Last Kiss · S. J. Rozan · ss 291 · Sneaker Wave · Anne Perry · nv 321 · Louly and Pretty Boy · Elmore Leonard · ss 341 · Born Bad · Jeffery Deaver · nv

Dead Man’s Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table ed. Otto Penzler (Harcourt, November 2007, 0-15-101277-6, $25.00, 400pp, hc, oa) ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw xiii · Introduction · Howard Lederer · in 1 · Mister In-Between · Walter Mosley · nv 24 · Bump · Jeffery Deaver · na 68 · In the Eyes of Children · Alexander McCall Smith · ss 77 · One Dollar Jackpot · Michael Connelly · nv 116 · Strip Poker · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 141 · The Stake · Sam Hill · ss 158 · Pitch Black · Christopher Coake · na 201 · Deal Me In · Parnell Hall · nv 230 · Poker and Shooter · Sue DeNymme · nv 251 · The Monks of the Abby Victoria · Rupert Holmes · nv 275 · The Eastvale Ladies’ Poker Circle · Peter Robinson · nv 307 · The Uncertainty Principle · Eric Van Lustbader · ss 327 · Hardly Knew Her · Laura Lippman · ss 343 · A Friendly Little Game · John Lescroart · nv 366 · Missing the Morning Bus · Lorenzo Carcaterra · nv

The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time ed. Otto Penzler (Dove Books, May 1998, 0-7871-0963-0, $25.00, 567pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 13 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. 23 · The Three Strangers · Thomas Hardy · nv Longman’s Magazine March 1883 37 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891 53 · The Corpus Delicti [Randolph Mason] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason by Melville Davisson Post, Putnam, 1896 71 · Gentlemen and Players [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Cassell’s Magazine August 1898 83 · A Journey · Edith Wharton · ss Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton, Scribner, 1899 91 · The Leopard Man’s Story · Jack London · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly August 1903 95 · A Retrieved Reformation · O. Henry · ss The Cosmopolitan April 1903, as “A Retrieved Reform” 101 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13” 123 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905 145 · The Invisible Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 28 1911 159 · The Infallible Godahl [The Infallible Godahl; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1913 179 · The Adventure of the Unique “Hamlet” [Sherlock Holmes] · Vincent Starrett · ss self-published, December 1920, as “The Unique Hamlet” 191 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 211 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925 219 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927 227 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 239 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #48, November 1947 translated from the French (“Le Pavillon de la Croix-Rousse”, as by Georges Sim, Détective, May 2, 1929 & May 16, 1929). 243 · The Case of the Missing Patriarchs · Logan Clendening, M.D. · vi Edwin B. Hill, August 1934 245 · Clerical Error · James Gould Cozzens · vi Redbook Magazine August 1935, as “Foot in It” 249 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 259 · The Chaser · John Collier · ss The New Yorker December 28 1940 263 · The Perfect Crime · Ben Ray Redman · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1928 275 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943 289 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 297 · The Catbird Seat · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 14 1942 303 · Recipe for Murder · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss The American Legion Magazine January 1947 307 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 313 · Kill or Be Killed · Ogden Nash · ss Collier’s October 25 1947, as “The Other Mind Reader” 315 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948 327 · Nearly Perfect · A. A. Milne · ss Cosmopolitan August 1950 333 · The Gettysburg Bugle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951, as “As Simple as ABC” 347 · The Last Spin · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt September 1956 353 · Stand Up and Die! · Mickey Spillane · nv Cavalier #60, June 1958 391 · A New Leaf · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1963, as “The Green Heart” 405 · The Snail-Watcher · Patricia Highsmith · ss Gamma #3, 1964 411 · The Long Way Down · Edward D. Hoch · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1965 425 · The Man Who Never Told a Lie [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1972 433 · I Have · John Gardner · ss Hideaway by John Gardner, Corgi, 1968 439 · Quitters, Inc. · Stephen King · ss Night Shift by Stephen King, Doubleday, 1978 453 · Horn Man · Clark Howard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2 1980 463 · The New Girl Friend · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1983 471 · By the Dawn’s Early Light [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · nv Playboy August 1984 485 · Iris · Stephen Greenleaf · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 499 · High Darktown [Lee Blanchard] · James Ellroy · nv The New Black Mask No.5 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986 513 · The Case of the Pietro Andromache [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1988 529 · Soft Monkey · Harlan Ellison · ss Mystery Scene Reader ed. Edward Gorman, Fedora, 1987 539 · The Hand of Carlos · Charles McCarry · ss The Armchair Detective Fall 1992 557 · Karen Makes Out [Karen Sisco] · Elmore Leonard · nv Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996

In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero ed. Otto Penzler (Smart Pop, 2012, 978-1-935618-57-7, $14.95, 252pp, tp, nf) [Ref. Robert B. Parker]     Some of today’s bestselling mystery authors discuss Parker and his impact. Awards: Finalist for the 2013 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical. 1 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 11 · Songs Spenser Taught Me · Ace Atkins · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 27 · Voice of the City · Dennis Lehane · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 43 · They Like the Way It Sounds · Lawrence Block · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 57 · Spenser’s Code of Humor · Parnell Hall · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 75 · Parker and Spenser: A Collaboration · Loren D. Estleman · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 91 · Bob, Boston, and Me: A Remembrance · Jeremiah Healy · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 113 · A Man for All Seasonings · Brendan DuBois · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 131 · Spenser and the Art of the Family Table · Lyndsay Faye · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 147 · Looking for Hawk · Gary Phillips · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 163 · Who Is Silverman, What Is She? · S. J. Rozan · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 173 · A Look at Spenser: For Hire · Max Allan Collins & Matthew Clemens · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 193 · Go East, Young Man: Robert B. Parker, Jesse Stone, and Spenser · Reed Farrel Coleman · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 211 · Parker Saddles Up: The Westerns of Robert B. Parker · Ed Gorman · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 231 · Spenser: A Profile · Robert B. Parker · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2012 [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 249 · A Bibliography of the Works of Robert B. Parker · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 253 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Kwik Krimes ed. Otto Penzler (Thomas & Mercer, August 20, 2013, 978-1-61218-300-8, $14.95, xv+321pp, tp, oa) xiii · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Lambs of God · Patricia Abbott · vi Spinetingler (online) January 6 2012 5 · The Day After Tomorrow · Richard Aleas · vi 8 · Hansel, Gretel, and the Witch · Gary Alexander · vi 13 · Preparations · Tasha Alexander · vi 17 · Thunder at the Horizon · Charles Ardai · vi 20 · Fortune · Erik Arneson · vi Shotgun Honey July 2012 24 · One Person’s Clutter · Albert Ashforth · vi 28 · Fightin’ Man · N. J. Ayres · vi 32 · Break-In · Eric Beetner · vi A Twist of Noir July 13 2012 36 · Once Upon a Time in the Woods · Raymond Benson · vi 40 · Job Opening · John Billheimer · vi 45 · The Chair · Peter Blauner · vi 49 · Sucker’s Bet · James O. Born · vi 53 · Entitled · Rhys Bowen · vi 58 · Get the Confession · Jay Brandon · vi 62 · Piece of Cake · R. Thomas Brown · vi Shotgun Honey August 2012 66 · Thug City · Ken Bruen · vi 70 · What You Wish For · C. E. Lawrence · vi 75 · Where’s Dad? · Peter Cannon · vi 79 · They’ll Call Me Whistlin’ Pete · Chuck Caruso · vi 83 · The Bunny · William E. Chambers · vi 87 · The Banyan Tree · Joe Clifford · ss Close to the Bone (online) June 18 2012 91 · Acknowledgments · Christopher Coake · vi 93 · The Terminal · Reed Farrel Coleman · vi 97 · The Ant Who Carried Stones · David Corbett · vi 102 · Watch the Skies · Bill Crider · vi 106 · A Foolproof Plan · Bruce DeSilva · vi 111 · A Tree in Texas · Jo Dereske · vi 116 · After · Tyler Dilts · vi 121 · Next Right · Sean Doolittle · vi 125 · The Professional · Brendan Dubois · vi 129 · The Promise · Warren C. Easley · vi Every Day Fiction September 8 2012 133 · A Student of History · Gerald Elias · vi 135 · Wolfe on the Roof [Claudius Lyon & Arnie Woodbine] · Loren D. Estleman · vi 139 · Hit Me · Christa Faust · vi Out of the Gutter #2, 2007 142 · Beneath the Bridge · Lyndsay Faye · vi 147 · The Girl Who Loved French Films · Christopher Fowler · ss 150 · David to Goliath · Matthew C. Funk · vi Shotgun Honey April 2012 154 · The One Who Got Away · Jim Fusilli · vi 158 · Halloween · Carolina Garcia Aguilera · vi 162 · The Old Gal · Gregory Gibson · vi 166 · Necessity · Ed Gorman · vi 169 · Lost Cat · Ron Goulart · vi 173 · Sunday in the Park with Sarge · Chris Grabenstein · vi 178 · Nails · James Grady · vi 182 · Lye · Derek Haas · vi 186 · The Pledge · Parnell Hall · vi 190 · Games People Play · Bruce Harris · vi 194 · Built with Love · Jamie Harrison · vi 198 · The Gun with Two Triggers · Rob W. Hart · vi 202 · Blindfolded · John Harvin · vi 206 · Present Company · Michael Haynes · vi Every Day Fiction July 24 2012 211 · The Einstein Divorce · Gar Anthony Haywood · vi 215 · Fringe Benefit · Jeremiah Healy · vi 219 · Wyolene · Sam Hill · vi 223 · Aka · Steve Hockensmith · vi 228 · Hijackers · Chuck Hogan · vi 233 · Full Bloom · Wendy Hornsby · vi 237 · The Blackmailers Wanted More · David Housewright · vi 241 · Nothing Left to Lose · Dana C. Kabel · vi 245 · In the Hours Before Her Death · Michael Kardos · vi 249 · Arson and Old Luce · Marvin Kaye · vi 253 · Daddy’s Girl · Nicola Kennington · vi 257 · Countdown · John Kenyon · vi ThrillsKillsnChills April 2011 262 · ATM: Get Cash Inside · Jonathon King · vi 266 · Testimony · Andrew Klavan · vi 269 · Losing My Religion · K. A. Laity · vi Spinetingler (online) June 29 2012 274 · The Tenth Notch · Jon Land · vi 278 · The Ear · Joe R. Lansdale · vi 282 · The Imperfect Detective · Janice Law · vi 286 · Michael Coalhouse · Adrian McKinty · vi Adrian McKinty’s Blog January 29 2013 289 · Dog · Charles McLeod · vi Fried Chicken and Coffee April 1 2012 292 · Slow Roasted · M. B. Manteufel · vi Yellow Mama February 2012 295 · Saturday Night Live · Paul Newman · vi Grift Flash April 4 2012 298 · Dealer Sets Price · Tom Pitts · vi Flash Fiction Offensive April 19 2012 301 · Death Buys a Burger · Stephen D. Rogers · vi 305 · Hail, Tiger! · Cindy Rosmus · vi 309 · Fall Guy · Jim Spry · vi Shotgun Honey June 2012 312 · Death by Sobriety · J. M. Vogel · vi Every Day Fiction May 3 2012 315 · A Russian Storm · Andrew Waters · vi 319 · Hell’s Belle · Jim Wilsky · vi Shotgun Honey August 2012

The Lineup ed. Otto Penzler (Quercus, 2011, 978-1-84916-522-8, £7.99, 502pp, tp, nf)     Reprint (Little, Brown 2009) nonfiction anthology, “The World’s Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives.” Winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work. 1 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 7 · Jack Taylor · Ken Bruen · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 31 · Jack Reacher · Lee Child · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 51 · Hieronymus Bosch · Michael Connelly · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 71 · Charlie Parker · John Connolly · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 95 · Elvis Cole and Joe Pike · Robert Crais · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 115 · Lincoln Rhyme · Jeffery Deaver · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 139 · Inspector Morse · Colin Dexter · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 167 · Charlie Resnick · John Harvey · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 191 · Bob Lee Swagger · Stephen Hunter · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 209 · Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus · Faye Kellerman · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 243 · Alex Delaware · Jonathan Kellerman · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 269 · Dismas Hardy · John Lescroart · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 297 · Tess Monaghan · Laura Lippman · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 317 · Rambo · David Morrell · ar 2008 341 · Mallory · Carol O’Connell · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 363 · Spenser · Robert B. Parker · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 385 · Lou Boldt · Ridley Pearson · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 413 · Charlotte and Thomas Pitt · Anne Perry · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2006 433 · Aloysius X.L. Pendergast · Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 455 · John Rebus [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 477 · Precious Ramotswe · Alexander McCall Smith · ar 2008 499 · Copyright Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms

Mark Twain’s “Medieval Romance” and Other Classic Mystery Stories ed. Otto Penzler (Pegasus Books, 2012, 978-1-60598-279-3, $25.95, hc, an)     Eighteen stories that leave it to the reader to speculate how they end. · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in · Unreasonable Doubt · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1958 · A Dilemma · S. Weir Mitchell · ss The Century Magazine July 1902 · Nunc Dimittis · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 · The Discourager of Hesitancy · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine July 1885 · The Lady and the Tiger · Jack Moffitt · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #58, September 1948 [Ref. Frank R. Stockton] continuation of Frank R. Stockton’s “The Lady, Or the Tiger?”. · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 · The Mysterious Card [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat February 1896 · The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat August 1896 · Karmesin and the Meter [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1937/1938 · One Hundred in the Dark · Owen Johnson · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 21 1911 · The Whole Town’s Sleeping [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss McCall’s September 1950 · Thimble, Thimble · O. Henry · ss Hampton’s Broadway Magazine December 1908 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 · Tea for Two · Laurie York Erskine · ss Collier’s February 15 1936 · The Lady and the Dragon · Peter Godfrey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950 · A Medieval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express January 1 1870, as “An Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance” · The Moment of Decision · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1955

The Mighty Johns ed. Otto Penzler (New Millennium Press, 2002, 1-893224-56-2, $23.95, 316pp, hc, oa)     Details provided by Terry Zobeck. 1 · The Mighty Johns · David Baldacci · na 93 · The Best of the Rest · Otto Penzler · in 99 · The Ehrengraf Reverse [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss 117 · Semi-Pro · James Crumley · ss 127 · A Sunday in January · Brendan DuBois · ss 147 · Whatever It Takes to Win · Tim Green · ss 163 · Good Seats · Colin Harrison · ss 181 · Gone Down to Corpus · Dennis Lehane · ss 195 · No Thing · Mike Lupica · ss 215 · The Empire Strikes Back · Brad Meltzer · ss 233 · The Arcane Receiver · Carol O’Connell · ss 241 · The End of Innocence · Anne Perry · nv 273 · Hollywood Spring and Axle · Gary Phillips · ss 289 · Gone to the Dawgs · Peter Robinson · ss 303 · Rumors of Gravity · John Westerman · ss

Murder and Obsession ed. Otto Penzler (Delacorte, March 9, 1999, 0-385-31800-6, 406pp, hc, oa) 1 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 5 · Burglary in Progress · Kent Anderson · ss 19 · The Red Shoes · Edna Buchanan · ss 39 · The Double-Barreled Gun · Amanda Cross · ss 63 · The Mexican Pig Bandit · James Crumley · nv 97 · Dog Days · Philip Friedman · nv 127 · I, Richard · Elizabeth George · nv 171 · Crack · James W. Hall · ss 185 · Running Out of Dog · Dennis Lehane · nv 223 · Sparks · Elmore Leonard · ss 239 · Slow Burn · Eric Van Lustbader · nv 287 · Invitation to the Ball · Michael Malone · nv 325 · Barking at Butterflies · Ed McBain · ss 335 · The Vampire · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 377 · Heroes · Anne Perry · ss Past Crimes ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1998 395 · The Guilty Party · Shel Silverstein · ss

Murder at the Foul Line ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, January 2006, 0-89296-016-7, $24.95, 348pp, hc, oa)     “Original Tales of Hoop Dreams and Deaths from Today’s Great Writers”. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Keller’s Double Dribble [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv 38 · Nothing but Net · Jeffery Deaver · nv 62 · Bank Shots · Sue DeNymme · ss 79 · The Taste of Silver · Brendan DuBois · ss 98 · Fear of Failure · Parnell Hall · nv 129 · Cat’s Paw · Laurie R. King · nv 152 · Mrs. Cash · Mike Lupica · nv 173 · White Trash Noir · Michael Malone · nv 200 · Galahad, Inc. · Joan H. & Robert B. Parker · ss 216 · String Music · George Pelecanos · nv 241 · Mamzer · R. D. Rosen · nv 264 · Shots · S. J. Rozan · na 307 · In the Zone · Justin Scott · ss 320 · Bubba · Stephen Solomita · nv

Murder at the Racetrack ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, April 2006, 0-89296-018-3, $24.95, 384pp, hc, oa)     “Original Tales of Mystery and Mayhem Down the Final Stretch from Today’s Great Writers.” 1 · Keller by a Nose [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv 25 · The Return of the Thin White Dude— Screaming · Ken Bruen · ss 39 · Zuppe Inglese · Jan Burke · na 111 · Yellow Mama’s Long Weekend · Lorenzo Carcaterra · nv 134 · That Kind of Nag · Max Allan Collins · nv 162 · The Odds · Thomas H. Cook · ss 178 · The Hustle · Pat Jordan · nv 210 · The Great, the Good, and the Not-So-Good · H. R. F. Keating · ss 227 · The Cover Story Is Always a Lie · John Lescroart · nv 257 · Raindancer · Michael Malone · nv 282 · The Long Shot · Michele Martinez · nv 303 · Meadowlands · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 334 · Hotwalking · Julie Smith · ss 352 · Pinwheel · Scott Wolven · nv

Murderers’ Row ed. Otto Penzler (New Millennium Press, 2001, 1-893224-25-2, $24.95, 369pp, hc, oa)     Details provided by Terry Zobeck. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in xv · Foreword · Jim Bouton · fw 1 · Keller’s Designated Hitter [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv 33 · Pinch-Hitter [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv 71 · Two-Bagger · Michael Connelly · nv 93 · Strike-Zone · K. C. Constantine · ss 111 · A Family Game · Brendan DuBois · nv 143 · Chickasaw Charlie Hoke · Elmore Leonard · ss 161 · Sacrifice Hit · John Lescroart · nv 193 · Ropa Vieja · Laura Lippman · nv 217 · The Shot · Mike Lupica · nv 245 · The Power · Michael Malone · nv 283 · Harlem Nocturne · Robert B. Parker · ss; expanded into the novel Double Play. 293 · The Closer · Thomas Perry · ss 318 · Killing Teddy Ballgame · Henry Slesar · ss 339 · Pick-Off Play · Troy Soos · ss 363 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Murder for Halloween ed. Otto Penzler & Michele B. Slung--- see under Michele Slung.

Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler (Delacorte, January 1996, 0-385-31466-3, $19.95, 323pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 16 stories of romantic love gone wrong. 1 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 7 · Dying Time · William J. Caunitz · ss 25 · For Whom the Beep Tolls · Carol Higgins Clark · ss 43 · Definitely, a Crime of Passion · Mary Higgins Clark · nv Cosmopolitan February 1996 77 · Hot Springs · James Crumley · nv 101 · The Loving You Get · John Gardner · ss 121 · The Stalker · Faye Kellerman · ss 139 · The Things We Do for Love · Jonathan Kellerman · ss 157 · Karen Makes Out [Karen Sisco] · Elmore Leonard · nv 179 · Red Clay · Michael Malone · nv 203 · Nancy Drew Remembers (A Parody) · Bobbie Ann Mason · nv 229 · Running from Legs · Ed McBain · nv 261 · At the Paradise Motel, Sparks, Nevada · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 279 · Heartbreak House · Sara Paretsky · ss 299 · The Blackmailer · Anne Perry · ss 317 · For What She Had Done · Shel Silverstein · vi 323 · True Crime · Donna Tartt · vi

Murder for Revenge ed. Otto Penzler (Delacorte, April 1998, 0-385-31715-8, $21.95, 360pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 12 stories of revenge. 1 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 5 · Like a Bone in the Throat · Lawrence Block · nv 35 · Power Play · Mary Higgins Clark · nv 71 · Fatherhood · Thomas H. Cook · ss 87 · West End · Vicki Hendricks · ss 101 · Caveat Emptor · Joan Hess · ss 121 · Edadicum Homo Horribilus · Judith Kelman · nv 143 · Dead Cat Bounce · Eric Lustbader · nv 171 · Angie’s Delight · Phillip Margolin · ss 183 · Front Man · David Morrell · nv 225 · Murder-Two · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 253 · The Enemy · Shel Silverstein · pm 261 · Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff · Peter Straub · na

Murder in the Rough ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, June 2006, 0-89296-017-5, $24.95, 401pp, hc, oa)     “Original Tales of Bad Shots, Terrible Lies, and Other Deadly Handicaps from Today’s Great Writers.” ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Welcome to the Real World · Lawrence Block · ss 21 · The Man Who Didn’t Play Golf · Simon Brett · ss 39 · Spittin Iron · Ken Bruen · ss 47 · His Mission · Christopher Coake · na 120 · Water Hazard · Stephen Collins · nv 160 · Those Good Days · Tom Franklin · nv 182 · Death by Golf · Jonathan Gash · nv 219 · Room for a Fourth · Steve Hamilton · ss 233 · Miss Unwin Plays by the Rules [Harriet Unwin] · H. R. F. Keating · nv 257 · A Good **** Spoiled · Laura Lippman · ss 271 · The Hoarder · Bradford Morrow · nv 298 · Graduation Day · Ian Rankin · nv 322 · Lucy Had a List · John Sandford · nv 352 · Unplayable Lies · William G. Tapply · ss 369 · The Secret · John Westermann · nv 395 · Golf Mysteries · [uncredited] · bi

Murder Is My Racquet ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, June 2005, 0-446-69588-2, $13.95, 316pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 14 tennis mysteries, originally announced by New Millennium Press in 2002. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Terrible Tommy Terhune · Lawrence Block · ss Enough Rope by Lawrence Block, Morrow, 2002 24 · Tennis, Anyone? · Kinky Friedman · ss 31 · Six Love · James W. Hall · nv 52 · Promise [Jack Kiley] · John Harvey · ss 72 · A Debt to the Devil · Jeremiah Healy · nv Off-Season and Other Stories by Jeremiah Healy, Five Star US, 2003 104 · Stephen Longacre’s Greatest Match · Stephen Hunter · nv 132 · No Strings · Judith Kelman · nv 162 · A Killer Overhead · Robert Leuci · nv 183 · Needle Match · Peter Lovesey · ss 203 · The Rematch · Mike Lupica · nv 230 · Continental Grip · David Morrell · ss 242 · Close Shave · Ridley Pearson · na 289 · Love Match · Lisa Scottoline · ss 308 · A Peach of a Shot · Daniel Stashower · ss

Murder on the Ropes ed. Otto Penzler (New Millennium Press, October 2001, 1-893224-33-3, $24.95, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 14 boxing stories. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Sunlight Shining on Water · Doug Allyn · nv 37 · In the Tank [Jack LeVine] · Andrew Bergman · ss 59 · You Don’t Even Feel It · Lawrence Block · ss 79 · A Winning Cominbation · Brendan DuBois · ss 101 · The Fix · Thomas H. Cook · ss 117 · Flash · Loren D. Estleman · ss 125 · The Championship of Nowhere · James Grady · nv 169 · The Man Who Boxed Forever · Edward D. Hoch · ss 193 · The Trial Horse · Clark Howard · nv 233 · Long Odds [Toby Peters] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss 251 · Dream Street · Mike Lupica · ss 273 · The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza · Joyce Carol Oates · na 323 · The Problem of Leon [Jack Liffey] · John Shannon · ss 343 · Midnight Emissions · F. X. Toole · nv

Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters ed. Otto Penzler (Quercus, 2006, 1-84724-066-6, £17.99, 528pp, tp, an) xi · Foreword · Harlan Coben · fw xiii · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · One, Two, Three · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask May 1933 21 · The Creeping Siamese [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask March 1926 39 · Honest Money [Ken Corning] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask November 1932 73 · Frost Rides Alone [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask March 1930 109 · Stag Party [McFee] · Charles G. Booth · nv Black Mask November 1933 169 · Double Check · Thomas Walsh · ss Black Mask July 1933 195 · The City of Hell! · Leslie T. White · nv Black Mask October 1935 235 · Red Wind [John Dalmas] · Raymond Chandler · nv Dime Detective Magazine January 1938 287 · Wise Guy [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv Black Mask April 1930 331 · Murder Picture [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Black Mask January 1935 375 · The Price of a Dime [Ben Shaley] · Norbert Davis · ss Black Mask April 1934 393 · Chicago Confetti [Percy Warren] · William Rollins, Jr. · ss Black Mask March 1932 465 · The Third Murderer [Race Williams; The Flame] · Carroll John Daly · na Black Mask June 1931 (+2), as ““The Flame” and Race Williams” 525 · Two Murders, One Crime · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask July 1942, as “Three Kills for One 3 Kills for 1”

Pulp Fiction: The Villains ed. Otto Penzler (Quercus, July 2007, 1-84724-076-3, £17.99, xv+558pp, hc, an) ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw xii · I, Felon · Harlan Ellison · in 1 · The Cat-Woman [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv The Black Mask February 1927 37 · Dilemma of the Dead Lady · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly July 4 1936 65 · The House of Kaa [Dean Bradley (The Cobra)] · Richard B. Sale · ss Ten Detective Aces February 1934 81 · The Invisible Millionaire [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The Daily Mail May 10 1938 - May 24 1938 133 · Faith · Dashiell Hammett · ss 143 · Pastorale · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1928 153 · The Sad Serbian [Sam Cragg] · Frank Gruber · nv Black Mask March 1939 175 · You’ll Always Remember Me · Steve Fisher · ss Black Mask March 1938 195 · Finger Man [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · na Black Mask October 1934 237 · You’ll Die Laughing · Norbert Davis · nv Black Mask November 1940 265 · About Kid Deth · Raoul F. Whitfield · nv Black Mask February 1931 299 · The Sinister Sphere [Steve Thatcher (The Moon Man)] · Frederick C. Davis · nv Ten Detective Aces May/June 1933 329 · Pigeon Blood · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask November 1933 349 · The Perfect Crime · C. S. Montanye · ss The Black Mask July 1920 361 · The Monkey Murder [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1939 405 · The Crimes of Richmond City · gp (r) 407 · i) Raw Law [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask September 1928 438 · ii) Dog Eat Dog [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask October 1928 470 · iii) The Law Laughs Last [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask November 1928 499 · iv) Law Without Law [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · ss Black Mask April 1929 527 · v) Graft [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask May 1929

Uncertain Endings: The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories ed. Otto Penzler (Pegasus Books, January 2007, 1-933648-16-3, $23.95, 288pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 3 · Unreasonable Doubt · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1958 15 · A Dilemma · S. Weir Mitchell · ss The Century Magazine July 1902 23 · Nunc Dimittis · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” 47 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 55 · The Discourager of Hesitancy · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine July 1885 63 · The Lady and the Tiger · Jack Moffitt · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #58, September 1948 [Ref. Frank R. Stockton] continuation of Frank R. Stockton’s “The Lady, Or the Tiger?”. 95 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 123 · The Mysterious Card [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat February 1896 · The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat August 1896 139 · Karmesin and the Meter [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1937/1938 147 · One Hundred in the Dark · Owen Johnson · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 21 1911 167 · The Whole Town’s Sleeping [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss McCall’s September 1950 185 · At Midnight, in the Month of June [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #127, June 1954 197 · Thimble, Thimble · O. Henry · ss Hampton’s Broadway Magazine December 1908 211 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 243 · Tea for Two · Laurie York Erskine · ss Collier’s February 15 1936 251 · The Lady and the Dragon · Peter Godfrey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950 267 · A Medieval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express January 1 1870, as “An Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance” 277 · The Moment of Decision · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1955

The Vampire Archives ed. Otto Penzler (Black Lizard, September 2009, 978-0-307-47389-9, $25.00, xix+1034pp, tp, an)     Vampire anthology with 78 stories, four poems, and three “true stories”. Authors include Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Rice, H.P. Lovecraft, and Stephen King; a biographical sketch of each author is included. Foreword by Kim Newman; preface by Neil Gaiman. This includes a 110-page “comprehensive” bibliography of vampire novels and stories compiled by Daniel Seitler. xi · Foreword · Kim Newman · fw xv · Preface · Neil Gaiman · pr xvii · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in · Pre-Dracula 3 · Good Lady Ducayne · M. E. Braddon · nv The Strand Magazine February 1896 19 · The Last Lords of Gardonal [The Innominato] · William Gilbert · nv The Argosy (UK) July 1867 (+2), as “The Lords of Gardonal” by The Author of “Doctor Austin’s Guests” 40 · A Mystery of the Campagna · Anne Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1887, 1886, as by Von Degen 59 · The Fate of Madame Cabanel · Eliza Lynn Linton · ss All the Year Round December 16 1872 69 · Let Loose · Mary Cholmondeley · nv Temple Bar April 1890 80 · The Vampire · Vasile Alecsandrai; translated by William Beatty-Kingston · pm The English Illustrated Magazine November 1886 translated from the Romanian (“Strigoiul”). 83 · The Death of Halpin Frayser · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave December 19 1891 93 · Ken’s Mystery · Julian Hawthorne · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1883 107 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3) 147 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 156 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 166 · The Old Portrait · Hume Nisbet · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper February 22 1896 170 · The Vampire Maid · Hume Nisbet · ss Stories Weird and Wonderful by Hume Nisbet, F.V. White, 1900 · True Stories 177 · The Sad Story of a Vampire · (Count) Eric Stenbock · ss Studies of Death: Romantic Tales by Stanislaus Eric & Count Stenbock, London, 1894, as “The True Story of a Vampire” 183 · A Case of Alleged Vampirism · Luigi Capuana · ts 1907, as “A Vampire” 192 · An Authenticated Vampire Story · Dr. Franz Hartmann · ar The Occult Review September 1909 · Graveyards, Castles, Churches, Ruins 199 · Revelations in Black · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales April 1933 213 · The Master of Rampling Gate · Anne Rice · nv Redbook February 1984 229 · The Vampire of Kaldenstein · Frederick Cowles · nv The Night Wind Howls by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1938 241 · An Episode of Cathedral History · M. R. James · ss The Cambridge Review June 10 1914 252 · Schloss Wappenberg · D. Scott-Moncrieff · ss Not for the Squeamish by David Scott-Moncrieff, Background Books, 1948 261 · The Hound [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales February 1924 267 · Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Fur · Tanith Lee · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1984 283 · The Horror at Chilton Castle · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Scream at Midnight by Joseph Payne Brennan, Macabre House, 1963 293 · The Singular Death of Morton · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Tramp December 1910 300 · The Death of Ilalotha [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales September 1937 · That’s Poetic 311 · The Bride of Corinth · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · pm (r) translated from the German (“Die Braut von Korinth”, Die Horen, 1797). 315 · The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale · Lord Byron · pm John Murray, 1813 318 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848 written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820. · Hard Times for Vampires 323 · Place of Meeting · Charles Beaumont · ss Orbit v1 #2, 1953 327 · Duty · Ed Gorman · ss Under the Fang ed. Robert R. McCammon, Pocket, 1991 334 · A Week in the Unlife · David J. Schow · ss A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991 · Classic Tales 341 · Four Wooden Stakes · Victor Rowan · ss Weird Tales February 1925 349 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 358 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 367 · Doctor Porthos · Basil Copper · ss The Midnight People ed. Peter Haining, Leslie Frewin, 1968 372 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905 382 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 391 · When It Was Moonlight · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown February 1940 401 · The Drifting Snow · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales February 1939 408 · Aylmer Vance and the Vampire [Aylmer Vance] · Alice & Claude Askew · nv The Weekly Tale-Teller #274, August 1 1914, as “The Vampire” 420 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 428 · The Transfer · Algernon Blackwood · ss Country Life December 9 1911 436 · The Stone Chamber · H. B. Marriott Watson · nv The Heart of Miranda by H. B. Marriott Watson, John Lane, 1898 455 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; translated by Sarka B. Hrbkova · ss Czechoslovak Stories ed. Sarka B. Hrbkova, Duffield & Co., 1920 translated from the Czech (“Vampyr”, Různé lidé, 1871). 459 · The End of the Story [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales May 1930 · Psychic Vampires 473 · The Lovely Lady · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 485 · The Parasite · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s Weekly November 10 1884 (+3) 509 · Lonely Women Are the Vessels of Time · Harlan Ellison · ss MidAmeriCon Program Book 1976 · Something Feels Funny 515 · Blood · Fredric Brown · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1955 517 · Popsy · Stephen King · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 526 · The Werewolf and the Vampire · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv The Monster Club by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, NEL, 1976 543 · Drink My Red Blood · Richard Matheson · ss Imagination April 1951 549 · Dayblood · Roger Zelazny · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May/June 1985 · Love…Forever 557 · Replacements · Lisa Tuttle · nv MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992 567 · Princess of Darkness · Frederick Cowles · ss Dracula’s Brood ed. Richard Dalby, Crucible, 1987 580 · The Silver Collar · Garry Kilworth · ss Blood Is Not Enough ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1989 589 · The Old Man’s Story · Walter Starkie · ss Raggle Taggle by Walter Starkie, John Murray, 1933 596 · Will · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Green Window by Vincent O'Sullivan, Leonard Smithers, 1899 translated from the French (“Le Scarabée Funèbre”, Mercure de France). 601 · Blood-Lust [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine May 1922 611 · The Canal · Everil Worrell · nv Weird Tales December 1927 621 · When Gretchen Was Human · Mary Turzillo · ss The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2001 630 · The Story of Chūgorō · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Kottō by Lafcadio Hearn, Macmillan, 1902 · They Gather 637 · The Men and Women of Rivendale · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Night Visions 1 ed. Alan Ryan, Dark Harvest, 1984 644 · Winter Flowers · Tanith Lee · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1993 658 · The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady · Brian Stableford · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1988 672 · Midnight Mass · F. Paul Wilson · na Axolotl Press, 1990 · Is That a Vampire 703 · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924 713 · A Dead Finger · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904 724 · Wailing Well · M. R. James · ss Mill House Press, 1928 732 · Human Remains · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. III by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984 757 · The Vampire · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930 762 · Stragella · Hugh B. Cave · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror June 1932 777 · Marsyas in Flanders · Vernon Lee · ss For Maurice by Vernon Lee, John Lane, 1927; written 1900. 786 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887). 800 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949 · This Is War 813 · The Living Dead · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1967 818 · Down Among the Dead Men · Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann · nv Oui July 1982 · Modern Masters 835 · Necros · Brian Lumley · ss The Second Book of After Midnight Stories ed. Amy Myers, Kimber, 1986 846 · The Man Upstairs · Ray Bradbury · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1947 854 · Chastel [Lee Cobbett; Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VII ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1979 868 · Dracula’s Chair · Peter Tremayne · ss The Count Dracula Fan Club Book of Vampire Stories ed. Jeanne Youngson, Adams Press, 1980 a previously unpublished deletion from Tremayne’s novel The Revenge of Dracula, 1978. 875 · Special · Richard Laymon · nv Under the Fang ed. Robert R. McCammon, Pocket, 1991 886 · Carrion Comfort · Dan Simmons · nv Omni September 1983 (+1) 910 · The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be · Gahan Wilson · ss Playboy May 1967 919 · The Vampire: A Bibliography · Daniel Seitler · bi

The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table ed. Otto Penzler (Pegasus Books, December 2007, 1-933648-67-8, $25.00, 205pp, hc, an) 11 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 19 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930 31 · The Mystery of the Poisoned Kipper · Robert Benchley · ss Liberty February 13 1932 39 · Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer · S. J. Perelman · ss The New Yorker December 16 1944 53 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925 75 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931 83 · The Great Warburton Mystery · George S. Kaufman & Howard Dietz · ss (r) 101 · Big Blonde · Dorothy Parker · nv The Bookman February 1929 139 · Up the Close and Down the Stair · S. J. Perelman · ss The New Yorker September 8 1951 153 · The Man Who Came Back · Edna Ferber · ss The American Magazine April 1911 171 · Rien Ne Va Plus · Alexander Woollcott · vi The New Yorker March 5 1932 177 · Four-and-Twenty Blackjacks · S. J. Perelman · ar The New Yorker March 3 1951 191 · Stop Me—If You’ve Heard This One · Ring Lardner · ss Cosmopolitan July 1929

Whodunit? Houdini? ed. Otto Penzler (Harper & Row, 1976, 0-06-013336-8, $10.95, 283pp, hc, an)     Thirteen Tales of Magic, Murder, Mystery. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · From Another World [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #55, June 1948 29 · In the House of Suddhoo · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette April 30 1886, as “Section 420, I.P.C.” 37 · Rope Enough · John Collier · ss The New Yorker November 18 1939 44 · The New Invisible Man [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · ss The Strand Magazine April 1938 60 · Blind Man’s Buff [The Infallible Godahl] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 24 1913 77 · The Lord of Time [Count Alessandro Cagliostro] · Rafael Sabatini · nv Help Yourself! Annual 1932 99 · Papa Benjamin · William Irish · nv Dime Mystery Magazine July 1935, as “Dark Melody of Madness” by Cornell Woolrich 140 · Juliet and the Magician · Manuel Peyrou; translated by Donald A. Yates · ss The Saint Detective Magazine August 1958 translated from the Spanish. 151 · The Mad Magician [Norgil the Magician] · Maxwell Grant (by Walter B. Gibson) · ss Crime Busters July 1938 171 · One Night in Paris [Gerard Whitestone (The Great Gerard)] · Walter B. Gibson · nv The Saint Detective Magazine November 1955 203 · The Shadow · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty January 30 1926 220 · The Moment of Decision · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1955 243 · The Hand Is Quicker than the Eye [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Detective Fiction Weekly September 16 1939, as “Lester Leith, Magician”

The Alien Stories 1 ed. Dennis Pepper (Oxford University Press, January 2002, 0-19-275162-X, £4.99, 150pp, tp, an, cover by Paul Young)     Young-adult SF anthology of 14 stories, 11 of which were previously collected as part of The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (Oxford University Press, 1998). This selection adds 3 further stories by Fast, Hoch and Sheffield. 1 · Encounter at Dawn · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Stories June/July 1953, as “Encounter in the Dawn” 16 · Day of Succession · Theodore L. Thomas · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1959 26 · Not Yet the End · Fredric Brown · vi Captain Future Winter 1941 30 · The Father-Thing · Philip K. Dick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1954 47 · Space-Born · Robert Bloch · nv Children of Infinity ed. Roger Elwood, Franklin Watts, 1973 69 · The Large Ant · Howard Fast · ss Fantastic Universe February 1960 82 · To Serve Man · Damon Knight · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 93 · Eight O’Clock in the Morning · Ray Nelson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1963 101 · Zoo · Edward D. Hoch · vi Fantastic Universe June 1958 104 · Dear Pen Pal · A. E. van Vogt · ss The Arkham Sampler Winter 1949 113 · The Chase · Stephen Bowkett · ss The Young Oxford Book of Aliens ed. Dennis Pepper, Oxford University Press, 1998 122 · Keyhole · Murray Leinster · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1951 144 · That Strain Again · Charles Sheffield · vi Microcosmic Tales ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Taplinger, 1980 147 · Out of the Everywhere · Marian Abbey · vi The Young Oxford Book of Aliens ed. Dennis Pepper, Oxford University Press, 1998

Alien Stories 2 ed. Dennis Pepper (Oxford University Press, September 2002, 0-19-275189-1, £3.99, 153pp, tp, an, cover by Paul Young)     Young-adult SF anthology of 13 stories; originally half of The Young Oxford Book of Aliens 1998, adding 2 further stories by Gerald Kersh and Nancy Kress. Illustrated by Ian Miller. 1 · The Star Beast · Nicholas Stuart Gray · ss Mainly in Moonlight by Nicholas Stuart Gray, Faber and Faber, 1965 10 · Judgement Day · Francis Beckett · ss The Young Oxford Book of Aliens ed. Dennis Pepper, Oxford University Press, 1998 19 · The Holiday-Makers · Roger Malisson · ss Nightmares ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1983 29 · Earth Surrenders · Barbara Paul · ss First Contact ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, DAW, 1997 48 · The Underdweller · William F. Nolan · ss Fantastic Universe August 1957, as “Small World” 64 · The Bounty Hunter · Avram Davidson · ss Fantastic Universe March 1958 72 · Men Without Bones · Gerald Kersh · ss Esquire August 1954 84 · Sweets from a Stranger · Nicholas Fisk · ss Horror Stories and Mystery Stories by Nicholas Fisk, 1978 98 · The Pair · Joe L. Hensley · ss Fantastic Universe July 1958 107 · Star Daughter · Sue Welford · ss The Young Oxford Book of Aliens ed. Dennis Pepper, Oxford University Press, 1998 119 · The Streets of Ashkelon · Harry Harrison · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #122, September 1962 140 · Out of All Them Bright Stars · Nancy Kress · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1985 150 · Starbride · Anthony Boucher · vi Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1951

The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Stories ed. Dennis Pepper (Oxford University Press, November 2001, 0-19-278169-3, £7.99, viii+151pp, tp, an)     Young-adult anthology of 18 SF/fantasy/mainstream stories (4 original). A hardcover edition (-278168-5, £12.99) was announced but not seen. vii · Introduction · Dennis Pepper · in 1 · The Imperturbable Tucker · A. M. Burrage · ss The Passing Show Christmas 1924 7 · Many Happy Returns · Katherine Paterson · ss Star of Night: Stories for Christmas, Gollancz, 1980 18 · The Night Is Freezing Fast · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 28 · Night in Paris · Patrice Chaplin · ss The Fiction Magazine January/February 1987 35 · Swiftbuck’s Christmas Carol · Francis Beckett · ss 45 · Josef’s Carol · Alison Prince · ss A Haunting Refrain by Alison Prince, Methuen, 1988 57 · Mary’s Story · Margrit Cruickshank · ss Chiller, Poolbeg Press, 1995 65 · The Adventuress · Frank O’Connor · ss Far and Wide December 22 1948 74 · The Kissing Gate · John Gordon · ss 85 · The Carol Singer · Chris Naylor · vi Enigmatic Tales #3, December 1998, as by Chris Fox 87 · The Ghost of Christmas Shopping · Lesley Howarth · nv Quirx 1: Welcome to Inner Space by Lesley Howarth, Hodder Children's Books, 1997 101 · Not Wanting the Blue Cracker · Dennis Hamley · ss 109 · The Nativity Bell and the Falconer · George Mackay Brown · ss The Masked Fisherman and Other Stories by George Mackay Brown, John Murray, 1989 115 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 123 · Some Other Star · Gerald Kersh · ss The Star December 23 1940 127 · The Hollies and the Ivy · Elizabeth Walter · ss Dead Woman by Elizabeth Walter, Harvill Press, 1975 138 · A Christmas Tale · John Pudney · ss It Breathed Down My Neck by John Pudney, John Lane, 1946 145 · A Very Merry Christmas · Morley Callaghan · ss Morley Callaghan’s Stories by Morley Callaghan, Macmillan of Canada, 1959

The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories ed. Dennis Pepper (Oxford University Press, September 1, 1994, 0-19-278126-X, £12.99, 314pp, hc, an, cover: [photo] by Simon Marsden)     Solid and entertaining collection of unusual ghost stories, including several originals. Illustrated by Nick Harris, Jonathan Heap, Ian Miller, Brian Pedley, Eric Stemp & Adam Stower. 1 · Introduction · Dennis Pepper · in 3 · The Rivals · Vivien Alcock · ss Spooky ed. Pamela Lonsdale, Methuen, 1983 12 · Spook House · Marc Alexander · ss Not After Nightfall by Marc Alexander, Viking, 1985 20 · The House with the Brick-Kiln · E. F. Benson · ss The London Magazine December 1908 32 · The Monkeys · Ruskin Bond · ss The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories by Ruskin Bond, Penguin India, 1988 37 · Room at the Inn · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The Sixth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1974 42 · The Crown Derby Plate · Marjorie Bowen · ss Grace Latouche and the Warringtons by Marjorie Bowen, Selwyn & Blount, 1931 55 · Mayday! · Redvers Brandling · ss 60 · It Was Rose Hall · Petronella Breinburg · ss The Haunted and the Haunters ed. Lines, The Bodley Head, 1975 68 · Earthbound · Roberta Simpson Brown · vi The Walking Trees and Other Scary Stories by Roberta Simpson Brown, August House, 1991 70 · The Marble Hands · Bernard Capes · ss The Fabulists by Bernard Capes, Mills & Boon, 1915 73 · Fat Andy · Stephen Dunstone · ss The Man in Black, BBC Books, 1990 85 · Bang, Bang—Who’s Dead? · Jane Gardam · ss Beware! Beware! ed. Jean Richardson, Hamish Hamilton, 1987 95 · Carlotta · Adèle Geras · ss 103 · Little Black Pies · John Gordon · ss Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories by John Gordon, Patrick Hardy Books, 1984 109 · The Guitarist · Grace Hallworth · vi 1984 111 · The Chocolate Ghost · Julia Hawkes-Moore · ss 120 · Children on the Bridge · Kenneth Ireland · ss We’re Coming for You, Jonathan by Kenneth Ireland, Hodder & Stoughton, 1983 133 · Rats · M. R. James · ss At Random March 23 1929 140 · The Haunted Mill · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Wave February 21 1891 144 · The Last Bus · J. M. Johnson-Smith · ss Short Stories Magazine August 1981 148 · The Scene of the Crime · Gerald Kersh · ss The (London) Evening News April 9 1946 154 · ’Tain’t So · Maria Leach · vi Whistle in the Graveyard by Maria Leach, Viking Penguin, 1974 based on “The Man Who Wouldn’t Believe He Was Dead” by John Bennett (Doctor to the Dead, Rinehart, 1946). 156 · The Servant · Michael MacLiammoir · ss Dublin Evening Herald 160 · In Black and White · Jan Mark · ss In Black and White and Other Stories by Jan Mark, Viking, 1991 170 · The Warning · Joyce Marsh · ss The Tenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1978 181 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891 190 · Dead Call · William F. Nolan · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 194 · Caves in Cliffs · Josh Pachter · ss Top Fantasy ed. Josh Pachter, Dent, 1985 204 · The Running-Companion · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 211 · Gibson’s · Ann Pilling · ss The Fourteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1982 225 · The Servant · Alison Prince · ss The Fifteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1983 238 · The Ring and the Rib · J. J. Reneaux · ss Cajun Folktales by J. J. Reneaux, August House, 1992 244 · A Pair of Muddy Shoes · Lennox Robinson · ss Eight Short Stories by Lennox Robinson, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919 251 · The Hard-Working Ghost · Dal Stivens · ss The Gambling Ghost and Other Tales by Dal Stivens, Angus & Robertson, 1953 257 · The Tale of Caseley Halt · Barry Sutton · ss The Tenth Ghost Book ed. Aidan Chambers, Barrie & Jenkins, 1974 263 · Christmas Meeting · Rosemary Timperley · vi Truth 1952 266 · An Apple for Miss Stevenson · Michael Vestey · ss The After Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Hutchinson, 1980 280 · Dual Control · Elizabeth Walter · nv Dead Woman by Elizabeth Walter, Harvill Press, 1975 290 · The Call · Robert Westall · ss The Call and Other Stories by Robert Westall, Viking UK, 1990 304 · The Little Yellow Dog · Mary Williams · ss Chill Company by Mary Williams, Kimber, 1976