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The Queen’s Awards: 8th Series ed. Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee--- see under Ellery Queen.

Rogues’ Gallery ed. Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee--- see under Ellery Queen.

Six of the Best Short Novels by Masters of Mystery ed. Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee--- see under Ellery Queen.

Sporting Blood ed. Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee--- see under Ellery Queen.

Sporting Detective Stories ed. Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee--- see under Ellery Queen.

To the Queen’s Taste ed. Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee--- see under Ellery Queen.

Twentieth Century Detective Stories ed. Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee--- see under Ellery Queen.

Twentieth Century Detective Stories (var. 1) ed. Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee--- see under Ellery Queen.

Accra Noir ed. Nana-Ama Danquah (Akashic Books, December 1, 2020, 978-1-61775-889-8, $18.95, 256pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Details taken from ebook.

· Cry Your Own Cry · Nana-Ama Danquah · in

· Part I: One Day for Master

· Chop Money · Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond · ss; set in Mallam Atta Market.

· Shape-Shifters · Adjoa Twum · ss; set in Pig Farm.

· Moon Over Aburi · Kwame Dawes · ss; set in Aburi.

· Fantasia in Fans and Flat Screens · Kofi Blankson Ocansey · ss; set in Jamestown.

· Part II: Heaven Gate, No Bribe

· The Labadi Sunshine Bar · Billie McTernan · ss; set in Labadi.

· The Driver · Ernest Kwame Nkrumah Addo · ss; set in Weija.

· The Situation · Patrick Smith · ss; set in Labone.

· Part III: All Die Be Die

· Intentional Consequences · Anne Sackey · ss; set in Kanda.

· Tabilo Wuɔfɔ · Gbontwi Anyetei · ss; set in Airport Hills.

· When a Man Loves a Woman · Nana-Ama Danquah · ss; set in Cantonments.

· Part IV: Sea Never Dry

· Kweku’s House · Ayesha Harruna Attah · ss; set in Tesano.

· The Boy Who Wasn’t There · Eibhlín Ní Chléirigh · ss; set in East Legon.

· Instant Justice · Anna Bossman · ss; set in High Street.

· About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Beacon Best of 2000: Great Writing by Women and Men of All Colors and Cultures ed. Edwidge Danticat (Beacon Press, October 2000, 0-807-06244-8, $28.50, 304pp, hc, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Introduction · Edwidge Danticat · in

· No Countries but the Distance of the World · Nicholas Samaras · ss (r)

· The Toughest Indian in the World · Sherman Alexie · ss The New Yorker June 21/June 28 1999

· Rope Burn · Henry Louis Gates, Jr. · ss (r)

· Pissarro at Dusk · Derek Walcott · ss (r)

· Planting Sticks and Grinding Yucca: On Being a Translated Writer · Julia Alvarez · ar Zoetrope: All-Story Winter 1999

· From Senoritas in Love · Jaime Manrique · ss (r)

· Pet Fly · Walter Mosley · nv The New Yorker December 13 1999

· The Volunteers · Chang-Rae Lee · ss The New Yorker June 21/June 28 1999

· Ten Thousand in the Round · Lois-Ann Yamanaka · ss (r)

· My Grandmother’s Tale of How Crab-o Lost His Head · Robert Antoni · ss (r)

· Family Album · Diane Thiel · ss (r)

· A Son in Shadow · Fred D’Aguiar · ss (r)

· Charisma: A Fiction · Ai · ss (r)

· Precious and Her Hair · Ifeona Fulani · ss (r)

· The End of Empire · Pico Iyer · ss (r)

· Three Keys · Lidia Torres · ss (r)

· Standing at the Crossroads · Bryant Keith Alexander · ss (r)

· Speak · Aimee Nezhukumatathil · ss (r)

· Death of the Cowboy · Larry McMurtry · ss (r)

· A Ride to the Wedding · Phebus Etienne · ss (r)

· Fathering Words · E. Ethelbert Miller · ss (r)

· My Middle Kingdom · Adrienne Su · ss (r)

· Oath Taking Opal · Palmer Adissa · ss (r)

· Walking · Kate Krautkramer · ss (r)

· Suffering · Kyoko Mori · ss (r)

· Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

· Publications · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Haiti Noir ed. Edwidge Danticat (Akashic Books, December 2010, 1-61775-013-1, $24.95, 309pp, hc, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Original mystery stories set in Haiti.

11 · Noir Indeed · Edwidge Danticat · in

17 · Part I: Which Noir?

19 · Odette · Patrick Sylvain · ss; set in Chtist-Roi.

27 · The Rainbow’s End · M. J. Fievre · ss; set in Kenscoff.

42 · The Finger · Gary Victor; translated by Nicole Ball · ss; set in Port-au-Prince.
translated from the French (“Le doigt”, Treize nouvelles vaudou, Mémoire d’Encrier, 2007).

50 · Paradise Inn · Kettly Mars · nv; set in Gokal.

71 · Which One? · Evelyne Trouillot · ss; set in Lalue.

88 · Twenty Dollars · Madison Smartt Bell · ss; set in Morne du Cap.

113 · Part II: Noir Crossroads

115 · Claire of the Sea Light · Edwidge Danticat · nv; set in Ville Rose.

139 · The Harem · Ibi Aanu Zoboi · ss; set in Delmas.

155 · Rosanna · Josaphat-Robert Large · ss; set in Pacot.

179 · Maloulou · Marie Lily Cerat · ss; set in Martissant.

192 · Dangerous Crossroads · Louis-Philippe Dalembert · ss; set in Pétionville.

211 · Blues for Irène · Marvin Victor · ss; set in Carrefour-Feuilles.

221 · Part III: Who Is That Noir?

223 · The Last Department · Katia D. Ulysse · ss; set in Puits Blain.

242 · Departure Lounge · Nadine Pinede · ss; set in Cap Haitien.

262 · Who Is That Man? · Yanick Lahens · ss; set in Saint-Marc.

270 · Mercy at the Gate · Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel · ss; set in Croix-des-Bouquets.

284 · The Leopard of Ti Morne · Mark Kurlansky · ss; set in Gonaïves.

302 · The Blue Hill · Rodney Saint-Éloi; translated by Nicole Ball · ss; set in Ozanana.
translated from the French (“La colline bleue”).

310 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Haiti Noir 2: The Classics ed. Edwidge Danticat (Akashic Books, January 7, 2014, 978-1-61775-193-6, $24.95, 320pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Details taken from ebook.

· Noir Deux · Edwidge Danticat · in

· Part I: Hunted/Haunted

· Praisesong for Port-au-Prince · Danielle Legros Georges · pm MaComère #2, 1999; set in Port-au-Prince.

· Preface to the Life of a Bureaucrat · Jacques Roumain; translated by George Lang · ss; set in Bolosse.
translated from the French (“Préface à la vie d’un bureaucrate”, Haïti-Journal, February 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, and 25, 1930).

· A Strange Story · Ida Faubert; translated by Nicole Ball · ss; set in Turgeau.
translated from the French (“Une étrange histoire”, Sous le ciel caraïbe, Gallimard, 1959).

· The Enchanted Second Lieutenant · Jacques-Stephen Alexis; translated by Sharon Massingale Bell · ss Callaloo Summer 1997; set in Bassins-Coquilleaux.
translated from the French (“Le sous-lieutenant enchanté”, Romancéro aux étoiles, Gallimard, 1960).

· A White House with Pink Curtains in the Downstairs Windows · Jan J. Dominique; translated by David Ball & Nicole Ball · ss; set in Kenscoff.
translated from the French (“Une maison blanche avec des rideaux roses aux fenêtres du rez-de-chaussée”, Évasion, Éditions des Antilles, 1996).

· Oresca · Paulette Poujol Oriol; translated by Nicole Ball · ss; set in Source Diquini.
translated from the French (Boutures March/August 2001.

· Children of Heroes · Lyonel Trouillot; translated by Linda Coverdale · ex University of Nebraska Press, 2002; set in Place des Héros.
translated from the French (Les enfants des héros, Actes Sud, 2002).

· Part II: Seduced

· Remember One Day · Emmelie Prophète; translated by George Lang · pm; set in Boulevard Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
translated from the French (“Un jour rappelle-toi”, Boutures, July 1999).

· Rêve Haitien · Ben Fountain · ss Harper’s Magazine January 2000; set in Pacot.

· Heading South · Dany Laferrière; translated by Wayne Grady · ex Douglas & McIntyre, 2006; set in Kaliko Beach.
translated from the French (Vers le sud, Éditions du Boréal, 2006).

· Three Letters You Will Never Read · Georges Anglade; translated by Anne Pease McConnell · ss Haitian Laughter by Georges Anglade, tr. Anne Pease McConnell, EducaVision Inc., 2006; set in Quina.
translated from the French French (“Trois lettres que vous ne lirez jamais”, Rire haïtien).

· The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special · Edwidge Danticat · ss Conjunctions #50, Spring 2008; set in Delmas.

· True Life · Michèle Voltaire Marcelin; translated by Nicole Ball · ss; set in Rue des Miracles.
translated from the French (“La vraie vie”, Le Cahier de la RAL,M #8, 2008).

· Part III: Losing My Way

· I Just Lost My Way · Èzili Dantò · pm; set in Anba Dlo, Lan Ginen.
originally part of “The Red, Black & Moonlight” monologue series, based on Kenbe La! Crossings of a Vodun-Roots Woman.

· The Mission · Marie-Hélène Laforest · ss Foreign Shores by Marie-Hélène Laforest, Les Éditions du CIDIHCA, 2002; set in Bonair.

· Barbancourt Blues · Nick Stone · ex from Mr. Clarinet, HarperCollins, 2007; set in Pétionville Square.

· Dame Marie · Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell · ss Callaloo Spring 2007; set in Dame Marie.

· Surrender · Myriam J. A. Chancy · ex from The Loneliness of Angels, Peepal Tree Press, 2010; set in Port-au-Prince Central Prison.

· Things I Know About Fairy Tales · Roxane Gay · ss Necessary Fiction May 13 2009; set in Cité Soleil.

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

Beyond ed. Thomas A. Dardis--- see under Anon..

Daughters of Eve ed. T. A. Dardis (Berkley, 1956, G-40, 35¢, 186pp, pb, an, cover by Maguire)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

5 · Dottie Makes an Honest Woman of Herself · Mary McCarthy · ss Partisan Review January/February 1954

24 · Elly · William Faulkner · ss Story #19, February 1934

39 · The Snake · John Steinbeck · ss The Monterey Beacon June 22 1935

49 · Mary · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2725, July 1939

63 · The Unfortunate Lover · Alberto Moravia; translated by Bernard Wall · nv Modern Italian Short Stories ed. Marc Slonim, Simon & Schuter, 1954

90 · Sounds of Earth · Edmund Schiddel · ss (r)

98 · Once · D. H. Lawrence · ss Love Among the Haystacks, Viking, 1933

108 · Torch Song · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker October 4 1947

125 · The Kimono · H. E. Bates · nv Missing from Their Homes, Hutchinson, 1936

142 · Neil MacAdam · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan February 1932, as “The Temptation of Neil MacAdam”

Nude Croquet ed. Thomas A. Dardis (Berkley, 1958, G-97, 35¢, 155pp, pb, an, cover by Maguire)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

5 · Nude Croquet · Leslie A. Fiedler · nv Esquire September 1957

40 · The Country Husband · John Cheever · nv The New Yorker November 20 1954

67 · The Third Partner · Morris Philipson · ss New Directions Annual #16, 1957

75 · With Men It’s Different · Edward Newhouse · ss The New Yorker October 4 1941

80 · The Force of Circumstance · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International January 1924

107 · Bitter Honeymoon · Alberto Moravia; translated by Frances Frenaye · nv Partisan Review November/December 1952, as “Sunny Honeymoon”

134 · (The) Golden Land · William Faulkner · nv The American Mercury May 1935

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