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Into the Yellow and Other Stories by Barbara Davies (Bedazzled Ink/Mindancer Press, January 2007, 978-0-9759555-7-4, $13.95, 212pp, tp, oc, cover by C. A. Casey)     Original collection of 15 stories, four reprints. Davies provides afterwords to each story describing their inspiration. This is a print-on-demand edition. 9 · Foreword · Barbara Davies · fw 11 · Into the Yellow · Barbara Davies · ss 27 · Lone Wolf · Barbara Davies · ss 42 · Morris Dancing · Barbara Davies · ss 48 · Cordie and the Merman · Barbara Davies · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #4, December 2002 65 · Caverns of the Heart · Barbara Davies · ss 75 · Babalawo’s Drum · Barbara Davies · ss 88 · High Flier · Barbara Davies · ss 102 · Journey to Niskor · Barbara Davies · ss Spaceways Weekly March 10 2000 114 · Time and the Maid · Barbara Davies · ss Alternate Species February 2003 125 · Throwback · Barbara Davies · ss 135 · A Question of Gender · Barbara Davies · ss 149 · The House on the Via Aurelia · Barbara Davies · ss 164 · Dog and Kat · Barbara Davies · ss Noesis #6, March/April 2000 177 · The Creature in the Cut · Barbara Davies · ss 195 · Demonsbane · Barbara Davies · ss

Tall Tales on the Iron Horse by Colin P. Davies (Bewildering Press, January 2008, 978-0-9787443-4-2, $12.95, 207pp, hc, co)     Collection of 19 stories, three original, the author’s first collection. This is a print-on-demand edition. 9 · Tall Tales on the Iron Horse · Colin P. Davies · ss Spectrum SF #8, May 2002 20 · Geraint · Colin P. Davies · ss 34 · The Evangelist · Colin P. Davies · ss Bewildering Stories #183, 2006 45 · A Touch of Earth · Colin P. Davies · ss Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction #2, June/July 1995 58 · Dolls · Colin P. Davies · ss 3SF #2, December 2002 75 · The Defenders · Colin P. Davies · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2004 79 · Good and Faithful Servant · Colin P. Davies · ss 87 · The Thing from the Thing from Another World · Colin P. Davies · ss Bewildering Stories #181, 2006 92 · Perhaps a Goddess · Colin P. Davies · ss Paradox #3, Autumn 2003 100 · Chicken · Colin P. Davies · ss Exuberance #3, Spring 1991 111 · Dust to Dust · Colin P. Davies · ss Bewildering Stories #209, 2006 118 · The Hay Devils · Colin P. Davies · ss Sciencefictionfantasyhorror.com October 31 2006 132 · Rolf and the Volvo · Colin P. Davies · vi Works #6, 1989, as “Forgotten Moments in Science Fiction History: Rolf and the Volvo” 135 · The Girl with the Four-Dimensional Head · Colin P. Davies · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #12, April/May 2004 149 · Clifford and the Bookmole · Colin P. Davies · ss Threads #7, May 1995 162 · Pondlife · Colin P. Davies · ss Substance Spring 1995 169 · The Man Who Sank · Colin P. Davies · ss Sciencefictionfantasyhorror.com July 28 2005 177 · All the Right Words · Colin P. Davies · ss 184 · Pestworld · Colin P. Davies · nv Bewildering Stories #233, 2007 (+1)

Classic Christmas Crime Stories ed. David Stuart Davies (Macmillan Collector’s Library, September 14, 2023, 978-1-5290-9756-6, £10.99, 320pp, hc, an)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Introduction · David Stuart Davies · in · The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1892 · Boxing Unclever · Robert Barnard · ss A Classic Christmas Crime ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1995 · Cambric Tea · Marjorie Bowen · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1925 · The Invisible Weapon [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss The Incredible Adventures of Rowland Hern by Nicholas Olde, Heinemann, 1928 · Murder Under the Mistletoe [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Sunday Telegraph December 24 1961, as “The Snapdragon and the C.I.D.” · Happy Christmas · David Stuart Davies · ss · The Case of the Dead Wait [Rosemary & Thyme] · Peter Lovesey · nv The Daily Mail December 24 2004 (+2) · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 · The Case of Seven Santas [Mrs. Craggs] · H. R. F. Keating · ss Mystery for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara, 1990 · Death on the Air [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh & A. Drummond Sharpe · nv The Grand Magazine February 1937 · Stuffing · Edgar Wallace · ss John Bull Annual Christmas 1926

Classic Horror Stories ed. David Stuart Davies (Macmillan Collector’s Library, August 29, 2024, 978-1-03-501494-1, £10.99, 328pp, hc, an)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Introduction · David Stuart Davies · in · The Occupant of the Room · Algernon Blackwood · ss Nash’s Magazine December 1909 · The Treasure of Abbot Thomas · M. R. James · nv Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 · August Heat · W. F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 · And No Bird Sings · E. F. Benson · ss Woman December 1926 · The Terror of Blue John Gap · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1910 · The Thing Invisible [Thomas Carnacki] · W. H. Hodgson · nv The Ghost Pirates, a Chaunty, and Another Story by William Hope Hodgson, Paul R. Reynolds, 1909 · The Hand · Theodore Dreiser · nv Munsey’s Magazine May 1919 · Twilight · Marjorie Bowen · ss God’s Playthings by Marjorie Bowen, Smith, Elder, 1912 · A Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante” translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883). · A Bottle of Perrier · Edith Wharton · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 27 1926, as “A Bottle of Evian” · Celui-La · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929

Classic Locked Room Mysteries ed. David Stuart Davies (Macmillan Collector’s Library, July 14, 2016, 978-1-909621-37-4, £11.99, 424pp, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. · The Aluminium Dagger [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine March 1909 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 · 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” · The Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) · The Tea-Leaf · Edgar Jepson & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine October 1925 · The Mystery of the Taxi-Cab · Howel Evans · ss The Novel Magazine 1922 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. · The Thing Invisible [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Ghost Pirates, a Chaunty, and Another Story by William Hope Hodgson, Paul R. Reynolds, 1909 · The Adventure of the Retired Colourman [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Liberty December 18 1926 · The Curzon Street Conundrum [Luther Darke] · David Stuart Davies · ss Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #29, 1999, as by A. L. Blake · Out of His Head · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · ex Carleton, 1862 · The Doomdorf Mystery [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 18 1914 · The Adventure of the Jacobean House [Christopher Race] · C. N. & A. M. Williamson · ss The Strand Magazine September 1907 · The Invisible Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 28 1911 · The Motor Boat [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 9 1906, as “Problem of the Motor Boat”

Crime Scenes ed. David Stuart Davies (Wordsworth Editions Ltd., August 2008, 1-84022-093-7, 354pp, pb, an)     Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. · Introduction · David Stuart Davies · in 3 · Under the Cherry Tree · Natasha Cooper · ss 10 · Yes and No · Edward Marston · ss The Strand Magazine #10, 2003, as “Yes or No” 22 · Initial Impressions · Judith Cutler · ss 29 · Eternally · Martin Edwards · ss Murder Squad ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press, 2001 40 · Missing · Bill Kirton · ss Missing Persons ed. Martin Edwards, Constable, 1999 54 · Showmen · Peter Lovesey · ss Past Poisons ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, 1998 64 · A Certain Resolution · Margaret Murphy · ss Murder Squad ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press, 2001 68 · Brace Yourself · Russell James · nv Crime Yellow ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Gollancz, 1994 92 · A Regular Correspondent · Joan Lock · ss Whydunit? ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1997 97 · Written in Stone · Paul Freeman · ss 114 · Shaping the Ends · Judith Cutler · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2006 124 · Colour Me Blood · Jerry Sykes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2006 138 · A Dead Language · Gillian Linscott · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1999 149 · The Postman Only Rings if He Can Be Bothered · Peter Guttridge · ss Shots Autumn 1998 166 · Melusine · Martin Edwards · ss Green for Danger ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press, 2003 182 · Green Wounds · Natasha Cooper · ss 188 · Contre Temps · Rafe McGregor · ss 198 · The Perfectionist · Peter Lovesey · ss The Strand Magazine #4, April/July 2000 213 · The Lammergeier Vulture · Christine Poulson · ss Crime on the Move ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press, 2004 223 · Lost · Russell James · nv Crime Time v2 #2, 1998 248 · The Obstacle · David Stuart Davies · ss 253 · Slaughter in the Strand · Keith Miles · ss The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 2002 264 · The Masquerade · Sarah Rayne · ss 270 · Symptoms of Loss · Jerry Sykes · ss Crimewave #1, 1999 286 · Big End Blues · Margaret Murphy · ss Murder Squad ed. Martin Edwards, Flambard Press, 2001 291 · Murder in the Air · Yvonne Eve Walus · ss 301 · Homework · Phil Lovesey · ss 311 · Special Delivery · Adrian Magson · ss 330 · A Darkness Discovered · Matthew Booth · ss

Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot ed. David Stuart Davies (Wordsworth Editions Ltd., February 2008, 1-84022-071-6, 416pp, tp, oa) [Sherlock Holmes] 3 · The Adventure of Richmond Horror [Sherlock Holmes] · Denis O. Smith · nv 33 · The Adventure of Whitrow Inheritance [Sherlock Holmes] · David Stuart Davies · ss 44 · The Adventure of the Green Skull [Sherlock Holmes] · Mark Valentine · ss 56 · The Case of the Gustafsson Stone [Sherlock Holmes] · June Thomson · nv The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes by June Thomson, Constable, 2004 86 · The Disappearance of the Cutter Alicia [Sherlock Holmes] · John Hall · ss The Strand Magazine #22, June/September 2007 99 · The Adventure of the Forgetful Assassin [Sherlock Holmes] · M. J. Elliott · ss 117 · The Long Man [Sherlock Holmes] · Rafe McGregor · ss 134 · The Adventure of the Brown Box [Sherlock Holmes] · Denis O. Smith · ss Sherlock #68, August 2006 152 · The Tragedy of Saxon’s Gate [Sherlock Holmes] · Matthew Booth · ss 169 · The Adventure of the Intermittent Jigsaw Puzzle [Sherlock Holmes] · Alan Stockwell · nv 194 · The Adventure of the Christmas Bauble [Sherlock Holmes] · John Hall · ss Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #28, Christmas 1998 209 · The Return of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Christopher Sequeira · ss 228 · The Adventure of the Hanging Tyrant [Sherlock Holmes] · M. J. Elliott · na Curious Incidents 2 ed. J. R. Campbell & Charles Prepolec, Mad for a Mystery, 2003 272 · The North Walk Mystery [Sherlock Holmes] · Denis O. Smith · nv Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #26, 1998 (+1) 301 · The Case of the Vanishing Barque [Sherlock Holmes] · June Thomson · ss The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes by June Thomson, Constable, 2004 321 · Sherlock Holmes and the Ghost of Christmas Past [Sherlock Holmes] · David Stuart Davies · ss The Strand Magazine #23, October 2007/January 2008 331 · The Dragon of Lea Lane [Sherlock Holmes] · Matthew Booth · ss 348 · Jerusalem Keep [Sherlock Holmes] · Mark Valentine & John Howard · ss 368 · The Adventure of the Haunted Showman [Sherlock Holmes] · Christopher Sequeira · ss 387 · Sherlock Holmes and the Reichenbach Secret [Sherlock Holmes] · David Stuart Davies · nv Thumbprints, 1998

Vintage Detective Stories ed. David Stuart Davies (Collector’s Library, March 2013, 978-1-907360-68-8, $12.05, 368pp, hc, an) · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 · The Black Cross [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · nv Cosmopolitan February 1918 · The Mystery at Merrill’s Mill [Archer Dawe] · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Adventures of Archer Dawe, Sleuth-Hound by J. S. Fletcher, Digby, Long, 1909 · The Mysterious Railway-Passenger [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · nv The Story-teller July 1907, as “The Mysterious Traveller” translated from the French (“Le Mystérieux voyageur”, Je sais tout, February 15, 1906). · The Mind Readers [Oliver Rater] · Edgar Wallace · ss Pall Mall Magazine October 1927 · The Invisible Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 28 1911 · The Horror at Staveley Grange · Sapper · nv Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine September 1922 · The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The New Magazine (UK) May 1926 · The Dancing Men [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1903, as “The Adventure of the Dancing Men” · Sir Gilbert Murrell’s Picture [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine October 1905 · The Ebony Box [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · na The Argosy (UK) January 1883 (+2), as by Johnny Ludlow · Out of Paradise [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Collier’s Weekly December 10 1904 · Murder! · Arnold Bennett · nv Cassell’s Magazine October 1927 · The Hanover Court Murder [Mr. Pepper] · Sir Basil Thomson · ss Mr. Pepper, Investigator by Sir Basil Thomson, John Castle, 1925 · The Phantom Motor Car [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 11 1906, as “Problem of the Phantom Auto” · In the Grip of the Green Demon [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · ex from “The Fate of the Picric Bomb”, The Saturday Evening Post July 1 1905 · Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922 · The Surrey Cattle-Maiming Mystery [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · ss Malcolm Sage, Detective by Herbert Jenkins, Herbert Jenkins, 1921 · The Secrets of the Black Brotherhood [Dick Donovan] · Dick Donovan · ss The Strand Magazine September 1892 · The Seal of Nebuchadnezzar [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1925

Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories ed. David Stuart Davies (Wordsworth Editions Ltd., March 2006, 1-84022-065-1, 1280pp, tp, an) 11 · Introduction · David Stuart Davies · in 21 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 38 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1892, as “The Adventure of Silver Blaze” 61 · The Ghost of Fountain Lane [Loveday Brooke] · C. L. Pirkis · ss The Ludgate Monthly July 1893 81 · Who Killed Zebedee? · Wilkie Collins · nv Seaside Library January 26 1881 101 · The Great Ruby Robbery · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Magazine October 1892 119 · The Murder of the Mandarin · Arnold Bennett · ss Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett, Chapman & Hall, 1907 129 · The Purple Death · William Le Queux · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1925 143 · The White Pillars Murder · G. K. Chesterton · ss English Life January 1925, as “Dr. Hyde, Detective, and the White Pillars Murder” 155 · The Sapient Monkey [Sebastian Zambra] · Headon Hill · ss The Million October 22 1892 163 · Clues [Supt. Minter] · Edgar Wallace · ss Mystery Magazine June 1 1926 175 · The Curzon Street Conundrum [Luther Darke] · David Stuart Davies · ss Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine #29, 1999, as by A. L. Blake 193 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. 203 · The Black Diamond [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · nv Cosmopolitan June 1917 222 · The Vanished Crown [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The New Magazine (UK) January 1926, as “The Mystery of the Vanished “Petition” Crown” 243 · The Lost Special · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1898, as “The Story of the Lost Special” 259 · The Dollar Chasers · Earl Derr Biggers · na The Saturday Evening Post February 16 1924 (+1) 326 · The Amber Beads [Hagar Stanley] · Fergus Hume · ss Liverpool Weekly Mercury August 14 1897, as “The Second Customer and the Amber Beads” 341 · The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine December 1905 352 · The Stone of the Edmundsbury Monks [Prince Zaleski] · M. P. Shiel · ss Prince Zaleski by M. P. Shiel, John Lane, 1895 371 · The Manor House Mystery · J. S. Fletcher · nv The Red Magazine March 15 1915, as “The Malachite Jar” 390 · Abel Crew [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · na The Argosy (UK) September 1874, as by Johnny Ludlow 433 · The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Queen June 23 1900 444 · Cheating the Gallows · Israel Zangwill · ss The Idler February 1893 456 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Life’s Handicap by Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray” 467 · The Treasure Hunt [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s November 22 1924 482 · 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” 515 · The Murder at the Duck Club [November Joe] · Hesketh Prichard · ss Pearson’s Magazine January 1913 531 · Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922 545 · The Secret of the Fox Hunter · William Le Queux · nv Secrets of the Foreign Office by William Le Queux, Hutchinson, 1903 562 · A Schoolmaster Abroad [John Dollar (The Crime Doctor)] · E. W. Hornung · ss The Red Magazine October 15 1913 581 · The Missing Millionaire [Sexton Blake] · Harry Blyth · na The Halfpenny Marvel #6, December 16 1893, as by Hal Meredeth 630 · The Invisible Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 28 1911 645 · The Riddle of the Visiting Angel [Luther Darke] · David Stuart Davies · ss Sherlock #50, 2002, as by A. L. Blake 664 · In the Grip of the Green Demon [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · ex from “The Fate of the Picric Bomb”, The Saturday Evening Post July 1 1905 677 · The Murdered Cousin · J. S. Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851 revised from “Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess”, Dublin University Magazine Nov 1838. 706 · The Shadow in the Corner · M. E. Braddon · nv All the Year Round Summer 1879 725 · The Problem of Dead Wood Hall [Dick Donovan] · Dick Donovan · nv Riddles Read by Dick Donovan, Chatto, 1896 754 · The Invisible Ray [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine October 1912 777 · The Black Cross [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · nv Cosmopolitan February 1918 797 · The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World September 7 1913 (+1) 817 · The Secret of Headlam Height [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The New Magazine (UK) December 1925 847 · The Secret Garden [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 3 1910, as “The Secret of the Sealed Garden” 865 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Webster, 1882 883 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905 917 · The Mystery at Number Seven [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · nv The Argosy (UK) January 1877, as by Johnny Ludlow 956 · The Green Mamba [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s March 14 1925 970 · The Accusing Shadow [Jules Gervaise] · Harry Blyth · na The Halfpenny Marvel #48, October 6 1894 1008 · The Gylston Slander [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine July 1920 1026 · The Curse of the Griswold Phantom · David Stuart Davies · nv (r) 1059 · The Mystery of a Hansom Cab [Kilsip & Carlton] · Fergus Hume · n. Kemp, 1886