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“Minibus” Crime Stories (Danceland Publications, Ltd., 194?, 6d, 16pp, pb, an)

1 · Neddy the Dip · J. R. Rodgers · ss (r)

· Sedative for Murder · F. C. Tickner · ss (r)

· One in a Million · James Mackenzie · ss (r)

· A Man Died Talking · R. Garnett · ss (r)

Mirror, Mirror (Jove, October 2013, 978-0-515-15407-8, $7.99, 410pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of five paranormal romance stories based on fairy tales. Authors include J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, and Mary Kay McComas. ebook also available.
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Taken in Death [Eve Dallas] · J. D. Robb · na

93 · If Wishes Were Horses · Mary Blayney · na

169 · Beauty, Sleeping · Elaine Fox · na

243 · The Christmas Comet · Mary Kay McComas · na

325 · Stroke of Midnight · R. C. Ryan · na

Missing from Their Homes (Hutchinson, 1936, hc, an)
Short Stories on the Familiar Broadcasts for Missing Persons.

7 · Publicity Heroine · Anthony Berkeley · na

63 · The Gruesome Fit · A. E. Coppard · nv

87 · “My Son Had Nothing on His Mind” · E. M. Delafield · nv

109 · The Kimono · H. E. Bates · nv

133 · Hearts Were Trumps · Louis Golding · ss

153 · “Will Carol Leadbeater—” · L. A. G. Strong · ss

173 · Where Is Mr. Manetot? · Phyllis Bentley · nv

197 · A Drive in the Country · Graham Greene · ss The Passing Show March 21 1936, as “Crazy Elopement”

217 · Why Harold Beamish Left Home · R. H. Mottram · ss

235 · The Dover Road · Arthur Machen · nv

273 · An Early SOS · Marie Belloc Lowndes · ss

The Missy Chronicles (BBC Books, February 22, 2018, 978-1-7859-4323-2, £9.99, 218pp, hc, oa, cover by Lee Binding) [Doctor Who]
Anthology of 6 original stories about the Doctor Who character. Authors include Peter Anghelides, Richard Dinnick, James Goss, Paul Magrs, Jacqueline Rayner, Cavan Scott.

· Dismemberment [Doctor Who] · James Goss · ss

· Lords and Masters [Doctor Who] · Cavan Scott · ss

· Teddy Sparkles Must Die! [Doctor Who] · Paul Magrs · ss (r)

· The Liar, the Glitch and the War Zone [Doctor Who] · Peter Anghelides · ss

· Girl Power! [Doctor Who] · Jacqueline Rayner · ss

· Alit in Underland [Doctor Who] · Richard Dinnick · ss

Mistletoe & Magic (Leisure, October 2000, 0-8439-4778-0, $5.99, 393pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

7 · The Fairy Godmother · Lynsay Sands · na

97 · A Midnight Clear · Lisa Cach · na

191 · Angels We Have Heard · Amy Elizabeth Saunders · na

295 · Here Comes Santa Claus · Stobie Piel · na

Mistletoe Marriages (Harlequin, 1994, 0-373-83309-1, $5.50, 377pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · Rendezvous · Elaine Barbieri · n.

121 · The Wolf and the Lamb · Kathleen Eagle · na

211 · Christmas in the Valley · Margaret Moore · na

283 · Keeping Christmas · Patricia Gardner Evans · na

The Modern Book for Boys (Birn Brothers, 1952, hc, oa)
Cover description: White-flannelled boys on cricket pitch
Details supplied by Aileth Elgin.

9 · The Same Cure · John Hornby · ss

22 · The Swallow’s Last Race · Naunton Lane · ss

37 · One Summer Night · Ronald Horton · ss

56 · The Dandy of the Track · Gordon Grimsley · ss

71 · The Shadow on the Water · Ronald Horton · ss

89 · Straight-Left Strudwick · Arthur Groom · ss

107 · The Lawless Village · Gordon Grimsley · ss

The Modern Book for Girls (Birn Brothers, 1951, hc, oa)
Cover description: Two girls with tennis raquets
Details supplied by Aileth Elgin.

9 · Max’s Mix-Up · Beryl C. Lawley · ss

21 · The Hoot of the Owl · H. L. Berry · ss

35 · The Ju-Ju of Hamilton House · Lee Stone · ss

45 · The School That Wasn’t Welsh · Mabel Esther Allan · ss

60 · The Missing Motive · Edgar Garrett · ss

75 · Wings! · Mabel Esther Allan · ss

86 · Double Fault · Jean Brent · ss

103 · The Challenge of Colonel Brood · Arthur Groom · ss

118 · Fright for Fenella · Marjorie Turner · ss

Modern Ghosts (Harper’s, 1890, xv+225pp, hc, an)
Continental Classics, Volume XV. Introduction by G.W. Curtis.

vii · Introduction · George William Curtis · in

1 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Jonathan Sturges · nv
translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887).

59 · Siesta · Alexander L. Kielland; translated by Charles Flint McClumpha · ss
translated from the Norwegian (“Siesta”, 1880).

79 · The Tall Woman · Pedro Antonio de Alarcón; translated by Rollo Ogden · nv
translated from the Spanish (“La mujer alta”, Narraciones inverosímiles, 1881).

113 · On the River · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Jonathan Sturges · ss
translated from the French (“En Canot”, Le Bulletin Francais, March 10, 1876).

129 · Maese Pérez, the Organist · Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer; translated by Rollo Ogden · nv
translated from the Spanish (“Maese Pérez, el organista (Leyenda sevillana)”, El Contemporaneo, December 1861).

157 · Fioraccio · Giovanni Magherini-Graziani; translated by Mary A. Craig · nv
translated from the Italian (“Fioraccio”, 1886).

189 · The Silent Woman · Leopold Kompert; translated by Charles Flint McClumpha · nv
translated from the German (“Die Schweigerin”, Neue Geschichten aus dem Ghetto, 1860).

Modern Short Story Classics of Suspense (Reader’s Digest, 1968, 40pp, ph, an)

3 · A Chess Problem [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch February 13 1924

17 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939

24 · The Border-Line Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard August 25 1936

35 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910

The Molecular Cafe ed. Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky, uncredited (Mir, 1968, 279pp, pb, an)

7 · Preface · Arkady & Boris Strugatsky · pr

10 · The Molecular Cafe · Ilya Varshavsky · ss (r)

14 · Wanderers and Travellers · Arkady Strugatsky · ss Path Into the Unknown, MacGibbon & Kee, 1966; given as by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky.
translated from the Russian (“O stranstvuyushchikh i puteshestvuyushchikh”, 1963).

29 · Crabs on the Island · Anatoly Dnieprov; translated by James J. Karambelas · ss International Science Fiction June 1968, as “The Island of the Crabs”
translated from the Russian (“Kraby idut po ostrovu”, Znanie—Sila November 1958).

59 · The Secret of Homer · Alexander Poleshchuk; translated by Mirra Ginsburg · ss Last Door to Aiya ed. Mirra Ginsburg, S.G. Phillips, 1968, as “Homer’s Secret”
translated from the Russian (“Tayna Gomera”, 1963).

76 · I’m Going to Meet My Brother · Vitaly Krapivin · nv Path Into the Unknown, MacGibbon & Kee, 1966, as “Meeting My Brother”

118 · Goodby, Martian! · Romain Yarov · ss (r)

126 · The Black Pillar · Evgeny Voiskunsky & Isai Lukodyanov · n. (r)

The Molecule Monsters (Whitman Press, 1950, 8d, 32pp, pb, an)

1 · The Molecule Monsters · Oscar J. Friend · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1942

10 · Galactic Heritage · Frank Belknap Long · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948

18 · The Impossible Highway · Oscar J. Friend · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1940

25 · Cables Parting! · Steve Hail · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 4 1950

Monsters ed. Charles Birkin, uncredited (Philip Allan, 1934, 2/6d, 249pp, hc, oa)

7 · The Two Old Women · Vivian Meik · ss

24 · Harvest · Timothy Leaf · nv

51 · The Confession · Kenneth Ingram · ss

69 · The Round Graveyard · E. K. Allan · ss

85 · The Interrupted Honeymoon · George Benwood · ss

101 · Blood for a Tiger · Phyllis Stone · na

149 · The Caretaker’s Story · Edith Olivier · ss

165 · A Lover Came to Sunnamees · Guy Preston · ss

177 · The Haunted Telephone · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

195 · The Yellow Cat · Michael Joseph · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1924

219 · The “Locum” · Kenneth Ingram · ss

237 · The Cockroach · Charles Lloyd · ss

Monster Stories (Derrydale Books, 1991, 0517065258, 61pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Century Hutchinson 1987) juvenile anthology. Illustrated by Jane Launchbury.

8 · David and the Dragon · Jane Launchbury · ss (r)

15 · Prince Fanshaw’s Special Monster · Deborah Tyler · ss (r)

24 · The Storm Monster · Gina Stewart · ss (r)

32 · The Last of the Monsters · Philip Steele · ss (r)

39 · A Stitch in Time · Sue Seddon · ss (r)

47 · The Civilised Snowman · Deborah Tyler · ss (r)

56 · Cecil the Lazy Dragon · Sally Sheringham · ss (r)

The Moon Conquerors--- see under Science Fiction Quarterly (UK) (1943) #1, 1943.

Moon Fever (Pocket, October 2007, 978-1-4165-1490-9, $6.99, 374pp, pb, oa)
Paranormal romance anthology with four stories by Susan Sizemore, Maggie Shayne, Lori Handeland, and Caridad Piniero.

1 · Tempting Fate · Susan Sizemore · na

63 · The Darkness Within · Maggie Shayne · na

185 · Cobwebs Over the Moon · Lori Handeland · na

275 · Crazy for the Cat · Caridad Piñeiro · na

Moonglow (Berkley, October 1998, 0-425-16571-X, $5.99, 332pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

1 · Musketeer by Moonlight · Maggie Shayne · na

87 · Midnight Lover · Lindsay Longford · na

175 · Shades of Moonlight · Angie Ray · na

259 · The Wolf Keeper · Katherine Sutcliffe · na

328 · Eternity · Maggie Shayne · ex Jove/HBJ Books, 1998

Moonlight Lovers (Signet, September 1993, 0-451-17722-3, $4.99, 364pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

7 · The North Tower · Mary Balogh · na

76 · Reflections · Maura Seger · na

144 · The Demon’s Bride · Jo Beverley · na

231 · The Haunting of Sarah Gordon · Anita Mills · na

301 · Midnight Lovers · Patricia Rice · na

Moonlight, Madness, & Magic (Doubleday Loveswept, May 1993, 0-385-46832-6, $15.00, 331pp, hc, oa, cover by Gabriel Molano)
Original anthology of three connected romantic horror/dark fantasy stories concerning members of the cursed Nightingale family, involving a werewolf, a vampire, and the family curse.

1 · Moonlight · Suzanne Forster · na

115 · Madness · Olivia Rupprecht · na

233 · Magic · Charlotte Hughes · na

Moonlight, Madness, & Magic (Bantam Fanfare, November 1993, 0-553-56052-2, $5.50, 348pp, pb, oa, cover by Steve Assel)
Reprint (Doubleday Loveswept 1993) original anthology of three connected romance stories with horror elements concerning members of the cursed Nightingale family.

Moon Shadows (Jove, October 2004, 0-515-13831-2, $7.99, 360pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four fantasy romance stories by Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Marianne Willman.

1 · Wolf Moon · Nora Roberts · na

97 · The Moon Witch · Jill Gregory · na

191 · Blood on the Moon · Ruth Ryan Langan · na

277 · West of the Moon · Marianne Willman · na

The Moon Terror ed. Farnsworth Wright, uncredited (Popular Fiction, 1927, $1.50, 192pp, hc, an)
A selection of stories from the first year of Weird Tales. Offered as a subscription bonus, but an immense flop.

5 · The Moon Terror · A. G. Birch · na Weird Tales May 1923 (+1)

135 · Ooze · Anthony M. Rud · nv Weird Tales March 1923

168 · Penelope · Vincent Starrett · nv Weird Tales May 1923

184 · An Adventure in the Fourth Dimension · Farnsworth Wright · nv Weird Tales October 1923

More Anatomy of Murder (Berkley, March 1990, 0-425-12006-6, $3.50, 184pp, pb, an)
Reprint (The Bodley Head 1936) true crime collection of three non-fiction pieces by member of The Detection Club. This volume contains pieces by Dorthy L. Sayers, Francis Iles, and Freeman Wills Crofts.

More Soviet Science Fiction (Collier Books, 1962, AS295V, 95¢, 190pp, pb, an)
Adds an introduction to, and drops notes from, The Heart of the Serpent.

7 · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in

19 · The Heart of the Serpent · Ivan Yefremov; translated by R. Prokofieva · nv The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961; dated 1959.

89 · Siema · Anatoly Dnieprov; translated by R. Prokofieva · nv The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961; dated 1958.

123 · The Trial of Tantalus · Victor Saparin; translated by R. Prokofieva · nv The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961

151 · Stone from the Stars · Valentina Zhuravleva; translated by R. Prokofieva · ss The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961; dated 1959.

169 · Six Matches · Arkady & Boris Strugatsky; translated by R. Prokofieva · ss The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961

More Stories in the Modern Manner (Avon Books, 1954, T-77, 35¢, 252pp, pb, an)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · The Facts of Life · Paul Goodman · ss Partisan Review September/October 1941

21 · Mars · Elisabeth Langgässer; translated by Wolfgang Sauerlander & Norbert Guterman · nv Partisan Review September/October 1953

45 · The Sense That in the Scene Delights · Benjamin DeMott · ss Partisan Review January/February 1953

55 · Filial Sentiments of a Parricide · Marcel Proust; translated by Barbara Anderson · ss Partisan Review January 1948

64 · The Cicerone · Mary McCarthy · nv Partisan Review February 1948

91 · Knoxville: Summer of 1915 · James Agee · ss Partisan Review August/September 1938

96 · In the Penal Colony · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · nv The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948; a different translation, by Eugene Jolas, was published in Partisan Review in 1941.
translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919).

123 · Life and Letters · Angus Wilson · ss Partisan Review October 1949

137 · From the Diary of One Not Born · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss Partisan Review March/April 1954

146 · The Interior Castle · Jean Stafford · ss Partisan Review November/December 1946

162 · Two Prostitutes · Alberto Moravia; translated by Frances Frenaye · nv Partisan Review May/June 1950

185 · Evenings at Home · Elizabeth Hardwick · ss Partisan Review April 1948

196 · Of This Time, of That Place · Lionel Trilling · nv Partisan Review January/February 1943

235 · The Mexican General · Saul Bellow · ss Partisan Review May/June 1942

More Tales of Terror and Surprise (The Mitre Press, June 1943, 2/-, 127pp, pb, an)

3 · Absolute Zero · Sidney Denham · ss

11 · The Silent Ray · Arthur Armstrong · ss

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

37 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante”
translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883).

41 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831).

51 · Prelude to Madness · Michael Hervey · ss

55 · Third Finger Left Hand · Edward Martell · ss

60 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.

71 · Venom · Sidney Denham · ss

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

82 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839

102 · The Devil · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le diable”, Le Gaulois, August 5, 1886).

109 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833

122 · The Devil His Due · Sidney Denham · ss

More Than Honor (Baen, January 1998, 0-671-87857-3, $5.99, 371pp, pb, oa, cover by David Mattingly)
Anthology of three novellas set in the “Honor Harrington” universe, but not featuring Honor herself. Weber provides a story of humans’ first meeting with tree cats, and an 80-page article on “The Universe of Honor Harrington”.

1 · A Beautiful Friendship · David Weber · na

133 · A Grand Tour · David Drake · na

243 · A Whiff of Grapeshot · S. M. Stirling · na

289 · The Universe of Honor Harrington · David Weber · ms

More Uncanny Stories ed. Percy W. Everett ,[?], uncredited (Pearson, 1918, vi+110pp, hc, an)
A further selection from the “Uncanny Stories” feature in The Novel Magazine. Later combined with Uncanny Stories as Ghost Stories and Other Queer Tales.

1 · The Mailed Foot · Hermina Black & Edith Blair-Staples · ss The Novel Magazine April 1917

21 · The Pipers of Mallory · Theo. Douglas · ss The Novel Magazine May 1917

38 · Visiting Rounds · Michael Kent · ss The Novel Magazine

48 · The Jungle · Paul Eardley · ss The Novel Magazine October 1916

62 · The Haunted Chessmen · E. R. Punshon · ss The Novel Magazine March 1916

81 · The Eighth Lamp · Roy Vickers · ss The Novel Magazine July 1916

99 · Bill Dixon Stands By · J. Chapman Andrews · ss The Novel Magazine

The Most Dangerous Game (Berkley Highland, November 1967, F1537, 50¢, 144pp, pb, an)
Reprint (Berkley 1957 as The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure) anthology.

7 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Connell · nv Collier’s January 19 1924

30 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938
translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937).

54 · Journalism in Tennessee · Mark Twain · ss Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old by Mark Twain, American Pub. Co., 1875

61 · Alone in Shark Waters · John Kruse · ss Collier’s May 9 1953

80 · Rikki-Tikki-Tavi [Mowgli] · Rudyard Kipling · nv St. Nicholas November 1893

97 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902

115 · Locomotive 38, the Ojibway · William Saroyan · ss My Name Is Aram by William Saroyan, Harcourt, Brace, 1940

125 · High Air · Borden Chase · ss Adventure July 1934

139 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939

The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure (Berkley, 1957, G-62, 35¢, 155pp, pb, an)

5 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Connell · nv Collier’s January 19 1924

30 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938
translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937).

57 · Journalism in Tennessee · Mark Twain · ss Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old by Mark Twain, American Pub. Co., 1875

64 · Alone in Shark Waters · John Kruse · ss Collier’s May 9 1953

84 · Rikki-Tikki-Tavi [Mowgli] · Rudyard Kipling · nv St. Nicholas November 1893

103 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902

123 · Locomotive 38, the Ojibway · William Saroyan · ss My Name Is Aram by William Saroyan, Harcourt, Brace, 1940

133 · High Air · Borden Chase · ss Adventure July 1934

149 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939

Motherhood Is Murder (Avon, March 2003, 0-06-052501-0, $6.99, 346pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four novellas by Carolyn Hart, Mary Daheim, Jane Isenberg, and Shirley Rousseau Murphy.

1 · Dial M for Mom · Mary Daheim · na

97 · Mothers Must Do · Carolyn Hart · na

187 · The Proof Is in the Patch · Jane Isenberg · na

265 · Tomcat · Shirley Rousseau Murphy · na

A Mother’s Heart (Zebra Books, May 1998, 0-8217-5896-9, $5.99, 332pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. historical romances

7 · Cassandra’s Quest · Veronica Ashley · na

109 · Best Laid Plans · Elizabeth Graham · na

211 · His Mother’s Gauntlet · Martha Hix · n.

The Mound and Other SF Stories from the Low Lands (Babel Publications, August 1990, no ISBN, $6.00, 84pp, tp, oa, cover by Earl Geier)
Anthology of five stories, representing the best Dutch sf stories of the year, including the King Kong Award winner. This edition is simultaneous with a Dutch-language one.

8 · The Winter Garden · Paul Harland · nv
translated from the Dutch (“De wintertuin”).

26 · The Mound · Jan Bee Landman · ss
translated from the Dutch (“De terp”).

40 · The Desirable Lot of the Slender Ones · Thomas Wintner; translated by Jan Bee Landman · ss
translated from the Dutch (“Het begerenswaardig lot van de ranken”).

57 · Knowfather · Gerben Hellinga, Jr. · ss
translated from the Dutch (“Weetvader”).

68 · Their Descriptive God; Softly Weeping · Jan J. B. Kuipers; translated by Jan Bee Landman · ss
translated from the Dutch (“Hun descriptieve god, zacht jankend”).

Mountain Magic (Baen, October 2004, 0-7434-8856-3, $6.99, 470pp, pb, an)
Anthology/collection of ten stories of Appalachian fantasy, four featuring Henry Kuttner’s “Hogben” family, five of David Drake’s Old Nathan (1991), and a new novella by Eric Flint & Ryk E. Spoor.

1 · Diamonds Are Forever · Eric Flint & Ryk E. Spoor · n.

147 · The Hogben Stories

149 · Exit the Professor [Hogben] · Henry Kuttner · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1947

169 · Pile of Trouble [Hogben] · Henry Kuttner · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1948

189 · See You Later [Hogben] · Henry Kuttner · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949

215 · Cold War [Hogben] · Henry Kuttner (with C. L. Moore) · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949

249 · Old Nathan [Nathan] · David Drake · co Baen, 1991

251 · The Bull [Nathan] · David Drake · nv Whispers October 1987

289 · The Gold [Nathan] · David Drake · nv Old Nathan by David Drake, Baen, 1991

329 · The Bullhead [Nathan] · David Drake · nv Old Nathan by David Drake, Baen, 1991

375 · The Fool [Nathan] · David Drake · nv Whispers VI ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1987

423 · The Box [Nathan] · David Drake · na Old Nathan by David Drake, Baen, 1991

Mouth Full of Bullets: Best of Year One (Mouth Full of Bullets Mystery Magazine, 2008, 73pp, tp, an)
Anthology of stories, poems, and flash fiction from the online magazine Mouth Full of Bullets.

· Foreword · John M. Floyd · fw

· Baltimore Bounty · Earl Staggs · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· The Two of Swords · S. F. Johnston · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Weekend Chores · Sam Douglas · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Season’s Change · Danny Bourg · pm Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Even Steven · Gail Farrelly · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Blaze of Glory · Anita Page · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Always Had Been · Jim Wilsky · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Proof of Love · Jillian Berg · vi Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· It’s My Job · Vaughn C. Hardacker · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Too Hard to Handle · Danny B. Bourg · pm Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Short Till [River City] · Frank Zafiro · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online) Fall 2006

· At the Scene of the Crime · Stephen D. Rogers · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Sincere Regrets · Guy Belleranti · pm Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· House Sitter · Gay Toltl Kinman · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Cancelled Vacation Plans · Gary R. Hoffman · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· On the House · Herschel Cozine · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Fighting Back · Sandra Seamus · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Double Top · Barry Baldwin · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Trapped · Lucille P. Robinson · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Flossie Locks Up · Sara Hoskinson Frommer · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· A Widow’s Plight · Dorothy Francis · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Fugitive · Kimberly Brown · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Pay the Piper · Stephen D. Rogers · pm Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· The Sixth Victim · John M. Floyd · ss

Ms Muffet and Others (Attic Press, 1986, 0-946211-27-2, £3.50, 64pp, tp, oa)
Second in the series “Fairytales for Feminists”.

5 · The Selkie · Melissa Murray · ss

13 · Snida · Leland Bardwell · ss; given as “Sninda”.

22 · The Frog Prince Revisited · Anne Claffey · ss

28 · The Woodcutter’s Daughter · Heather Celmalis · pm

31 · That’ll Teach Her · Evelyn Conlon · ss

37 · The Merchant Prince · Heather Celmalis · ss

44 · The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe · Máirín Johnston · ss

51 · Sturdy Ms Muffet · Liz Mellon · pm

52 · The Tired Trainer of Hamelin · Liz McManus · ss

56 · Alice in Thunderland (Chapter 1) · Maeve Kelly · ss

Murder at Almack’s (Zebra Books, March 2003, 0-8217-7481-6, $4.99, 253pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology, with a common setting

7 · Invitation to Trouble [Almack’s] · Jo Ann Ferguson · na

85 · Murder Most Indiscreet [Almack’s] · Mona Gedney · n.

149 · A Rare Blade [Almack’s] · Valerie King · na

Murder at the Movies (Worldwide Library, April 1999, 0-373-26305-8, $6.99, 508pp, pb, an)
Anthology of two novels and an original short story.

9 · Murder Take Two · Charlene Weir · n. St. Martin’s, 1998

299 · The Humphrey Bogart Murder Case · George Baxt · n. St. Martin’s, 1995

493 · Somewhere South of Melrose [Delilah West] · Maxine O’Callaghan · ss

Murder Cavalcade ed. Ken Crossen, uncredited (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946, LC:46-5905, 432pp, hc, an)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Also abridged as Great Murder Stories (Penguin 1948).

vii · Preface · Richard Lockridge · pr

3 · His Heart Could Break [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1943

28 · Death at the Porthole [Cliff Chandler] · Baynard Kendrick · ss Country Home Magazine 1938

44 · The Doctor Makes It Murder [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Cosmopolitan September 1942

65 · Eye Witness · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 28 1939

83 · The Crime in the Envelope · Kendell F. Crossen · ss Banner Mysteries March 1945, as by Bennett Barlay

97 · Change for Twenty · Kurt Steel · vi Collier’s March 25 1944

101 · Behind the Door · Percival Wilde · ss Collier’s February 4 1928

105 · Twenty-Dollar Debt · Lawrence Treat · ss Adventure February 1940

125 · The Adventure of the Sotheby Salesman [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss “In Re: Sherlock Holmes” by August Derleth, Mycroft & Moran, 1945

143 · The Corpse in Grampa’s Bed [Quinny Hite] · Richard Burke · ss (r)

163 · The Homecoming · Dorothy B. Hughes · ss

175 · The Nameless Clue · Helen McCloy · na Five-Novels Monthly November 1941

225 · The Swan-Boat Murder [Asey Mayo] · Phoebe Atwood Taylor · na The American Magazine October 1942

299 · Trick-or-Treat · Anthony Boucher · ts Master Detective June 1945, as “The Ghost with the Gun”

315 · Case of the Blind Witness · William Lindsay Gresham · nv The Master Detective

340 · The Million-Dollar Motive · Brett Halliday · nv The Master Detective

363 · The Last of Mrs. Maybrick · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ar The Pocket Book of True Crime Stories ed. Anthony Boucher, Pocket, 1943

377 · The Cafe Society Murder · Edward D. Radin · ar True Detective

413 · The Golden Twenty · Ellery Queen · ar Good Housekeeping May 1944 (+1); “The Ten Most Important Books of Detective Short Stories” and “The Ten Most Important Detective Novels”.

422 · The Whodunit in World War II · Howard Haycraft · ar New York Times Book Review August 12 1945

Murder in the Wind (Second Wind Publishing, LLC, October 2009, 1935171372, $12.95, 238pp, tp, oa)

1 · A Whiff of Murder · Lazarus Barnhill · ss

17 · Hanging Around · J. J. Dare · ss

33 · Murder at the Manor · Juliet Waldron · ss

53 · This Time · Claire Collins · ss

69 · She Talked · Amy De Trempe · ss

81 · The Strange Disappearance of Comrade Wang · Mickey Hoffman · ss

95 · You Never Really Know · Lucy Balch · ss

111 · Some Things You Can’t Outrun · Mairead Walpole · ss

131 · The Fireplace · Chris Husom · ss

141 · The Mardi Gras Song · Samuel Irwin · ss

147 · The Spot · Deborah J. Ledford · ss

155 · Jack · Sheila Deeth · ss

169 · The Stygian Night · Pat Bertram · ss

181 · Window of Opportunity · Norm Brown · nv

211 · Without a Body There Is No Crime · Eric Beetner · ss

Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe (Worldwide Mystery, November 2001, 0373264011, $6.99, 384pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four stories.

· The Headless Magi [Owen Keane] · Terence Faherty · na

· Christmas Cache [Tory Travers] · Aileen Schumacher · na

· Stocking Stuffer [Angela Matelli] · Wendi Lee · na

· The Empty Manger [Dan Rhodes] · Bill Crider · na

Murder Medley (Hennel Locke Ltd., 1947, 6/-, 160pp, hc, an)

9 · The Unknown Peer [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine February 1938, as “Trent and the Unknown Peer”

26 · The Sign in the Sky [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine July 1925

45 · Murder in Broad Daylight [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · nv Wilson and Some Others by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1940

66 · The Hunt Ball [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss Holly Leaves November 21 1937

81 · Miniature Crime · Frank King · nv Detective Fiction Weekly January 2 1937

100 · The Man on the Water-Logged Ketch [Malcolm Gossett] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv Maclean’s March 15 1933

125 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933

144 · The Killing of Mynheer Katz · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Killing of Mynheer Katz, and The Story of O Toyo by H. de Vere Stacpoole, Todd, 1943

Murder Most Foul (Octopus, 1984, 0-7064-2051-9, £2.99, 352pp, hc, an)
Reprinted 1987 by Gallery Books (0-8317-6155-5, $7.98).

9 · The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl · Ray Bradbury · ss Detective Book Magazine Winter 1948, as “Touch and Go!”

18 · Murder! · Arnold Bennett · nv Cassell’s Magazine October 1927

32 · The Kennel · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss Crises by Maurice Level, tr. Alys Eyre Macklin, Erskine MacDonald, 1920
translated from the French (“Le Chenil”, Le Journal, January 1, 1906).

37 · We Know You’re Busy Writing, but We Thought You Wouldn’t Mind if We Just Dropped in for a Minute · Edmund Crispin · ss Winter’s Crimes 1 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1969

50 · A Thousand Deaths · Jack London · ss The Black Cat May 1899

59 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939

64 · Before the Party · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1922

86 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

91 · The Evidence of the Altar-Boy [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Jean Stewart · nv Maigret’s Christmas by Georges Simenon, tr. Jean Stewart, Hamish Hamilton, 1976
translated from the French (“Le Témoinage de l’enfant de chœur”, Maigret et l’inspecteur Malgracieux, Presses de la Cité, 1947).

118 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman”
translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883).

124 · Tickled to Death · Simon Brett · nv Winter’s Crimes 14 ed. Hilary Watson, Macmillan UK, 1982

138 · Miss Marple Tells a Story [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Home Journal May 25 1935, as “Behind Closed Doors”
specially commissioned by the BBC as a radio play and read by Christie herself on May 11, 1934.

145 · Browdean Farm · A. M. Burrage · ss Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927

156 · A Nice Touch · Mann Rubin · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1958

164 · Light Verse [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss The Saturday Evening Post September/October 1973

168 · Composed of Cobwebs · Eddy C. Bertin · ss Return from the Grave ed. Hugh Lamb, W.H. Allen, 1976

178 · The Boscombe Valley Mystery [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine October 1891

198 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932

209 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929

224 · You Got to Have Brains · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Universe January 1956

233 · How the Third Floor Knew the Potteries · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1863, uncredited.

245 · The Invisible Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 28 1911

259 · The Hound · William Faulkner · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1931

270 · Three Is a Lucky Number · Margery Allingham · ss Argosy (UK) July 1956

278 · First Hate · Algernon Blackwood · ss McClure’s Magazine February 1920

287 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973

301 · The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Premier Magazine #106, January 28 1921

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

328 · The Basket Chair · Winston Graham · ss Winter’s Crimes 2 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1970

341 · The Drop of Blood · Mor Jokai · ss (r)

Murder Most Merry ed. John Scognamiglio, uncredited (Zebra, November 1994, 0-8217-4763-0, $4.99, 349pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of six Christmas mysteries.

7 · Christmas Cat · Garrison Allen · na

81 · Christmas, Margaritas and Murder · Barbara Block · na

141 · Marley’s Ghost · Toni L. P. Kelner · na

201 · Too Little Room at the Inn · J. Dayne Lamb · nv

245 · Deep and Crisp and Even · James R. McCahery · na

297 · Slayride at Spirit Mountain · J. F. Trainor · na

Murder Takes a Holiday ed. Barry Pike, uncredited--- see under Murder Takes a Holiday ed. Barry Pike, Michael O'Mara, 1989.

Murder Under the Tree (Zebra, November 1993, 0-8217-4376-7, $3.99, 319pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of six Christmas mystery stories.

7 · The Ghost of Christmas Past · Ann Crowleigh · na

59 · The Santa Claus Caper · Connie Feddersen · na

115 · No Cookies for Santa · Louise Hendricksen · na

173 · Gift of the Murderer · Toni L. P. Kelner · na

231 · A Christmas Question · J. Dayne Lamb · nv

271 · The House on the Hill · Pat Warren · na

Must Love Hellhounds (Berkley, September 2009, 978-0-425-22959-0, $15.00, 361pp, tp, oa, cover by Don Sipley)
Original anthology of four urban fantasy/paranormal romance stories. Authors are Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, and Meljean Brook.

1 · The Britlingens Go to Hell · Charlaine Harris · na

81 · Angels’ Judgment [Guild Hunter] · Nalini Singh · na

173 · Magic Mourns · Ilona Andrews · na

267 · Blind Spot · Meljean Brook · na

Must Love Hellhounds (Berkley, September 2010, 978-0-425-23633-8, $7.99, 314pp, pb, oa, cover by Don Sipley)
Reprint (Berkley 2009) anthology of four urban fantasy/paranormal romance stories. Authors are Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, and Meljean Brook.

My Best Detective Story (Faber and Faber, 1931, hc, an)
An Anthology of Stories Chosen by Their Own Authors.

9 · The Horror at Staveley Grange · “Sapper” · nv Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine September 1922

41 · The Inspiration of Mr. Budd · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Detective Story Magazine November 21 1925, as “Mr. Budd’s Inspiration”

56 · The Thirteenth Card [Sir Jasper Slane] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Collier’s October 5 1929

79 · Solved by Inspection [Miles Bredon] · Ronald A. Knox · ss 1925

93 · Petit-Jean · Ian Hay · nv Everybody’s Magazine April 1917

116 · A Mystery of the Sand-Hills [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1924

139 · The Queer Feet [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1910, as “Why the True Fishermen Always Wear Green Evening Coats”

161 · The Chinese Girl · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Daily Mail August 14 1928

174 · The Violet Farm [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly January 22 1927

207 · My Double [Alfred Impey (aka Alfred Corwen)] · H. A. Vachell · nv The Strand Magazine September 1927

229 · The Message on the Sun-Dial · J. J. Bell · ss The Premier Magazine #6, March 1927

245 · The Artificial Mole · John D. Beresford · ss Nash’s Magazine November 1927

262 · George H. Jay and the Lady from Moolgamoolloo [George H. Jay] · Bertram Atkey · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1927

289 · Popeau Intervenes [Hercules Popeau] · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv 1926

313 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929

335 · Philomel Cottage · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine November 1924

361 · The Greuze · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1921

385 · The White Line · John Ferguson · nv 1928

403 · The Convict and the Clerics · Joseph S. Fletcher · nv The Red Magazine April 1 1915

424 · Misogyny at Mougins · Gilbert Frankau · ss The Strand Magazine January 1929

440 · The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World September 7 1913 (+1)

466 · Murder Without Motive [Inspector Ego] · G. R. Malloch · nv Cassell’s Magazine January 1931

My Best Mystery Story (Faber and Faber, September 1939, hc, an)

9 · Portrait of a “G” Man [Lemmy Caution] · Peter Cheyney · ss

26 · Dead Man’s Mirror [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Murder in the Mews and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, 1937
expanded from “The Second Gong” (Ladies Home Journal, June 1932).

137 · The Thinking Machine · J. J. Connington · ss Weird Tales May 1939

158 · Mr. Pemberton’s Commission [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Windsor Magazine March 1933

181 · The Room in the Tower · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss

200 · The Destroyer · Arthur Gask · nv (r)

225 · The Empty House · Bruce Graeme · ss

249 · Second Sight · Cecil Freeman Gregg · nv (r)

277 · The Case of Jacob Heylyn [Anthony Slade] · Leonard R. Gribble · nv Many Mysteries ed. E. Phillips Oppenheim, Rich & Cowan, 1933

304 · Ten O’Clock · Philip MacDonald · nv Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931

328 · The Cleverest Clue · Laurence W. Meynell · nv The Windsor Magazine September 1937

350 · It Happened in China · Arthur Mills · ss Britannia and Eve November 1938

369 · Double Lover · Nigel Morland · nv (r)

396 · The Adventure of the One-Penny Black [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Great Detective April 1933, as “The One-Penny Black”

427 · The Vanishing Diamond · John Rhode · nv The Great Book of Thrillers ed. H. Douglas Thomson, Odhams, 1935

454 · The Head of Taui-Passu · Edmund Snell · nv The Sovereign Magazine April 1924

488 · The Parrot’s Beak [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine June 1936
slightly revised from the story of the same name (The Daily Mail, October 23, 1929) which did not feature the Department of Dead Ends.

503 · Locked In · E. Charles Vivian · ss The Evening Standard August 31 1936

525 · An Unlocked Window · Ethel Lina White · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1926

My Best Spy Story (Faber and Faber, April 1938, 384pp, hc, an)

9 · The Lonk · Michael Annesley · ss (r)

27 · Flood on the Goodwins · Arthur D. Divine · ss 1933

38 · Trouble on the Border · John Ferguson · ss (r)

57 · Gun Cotton S.S. [Gun Cotton] · Rupert Grayson · ss (r)

68 · In Enemy Territory · George A. Hill · ss (r)

92 · The Traitress · Sydney Horler · nv The 20-Story Magazine #80, February 1929

116 · Music Hath Charms · Vernon Loder · nv (r)

140 · The Uncounted Factor · Stephen Maddock · ss (r)

158 · Gas Attack! · Marthé McKenna · nv (r)

181 · “38” · Laurence W. Meynell · ss (r)

196 · Cunningham · W. F. Morris · ss (r)

217 · The Piping Days of Peace · Talbot Mundy · nv Maclean’s June 1 1937

239 · Escape · Bernard Newman · nv (r)

260 · Under Enemy Colours · Captain A. O. Pollard · nv (r)

285 · Georgette—A Spy · Graham Seaton · ss (r)

301 · Live Bait · J. M. Walsh · ss (r)

319 · Espionage · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine August 1933

336 · The Popinjay Knight · Valentine Williams · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1918, as by Douglas Valentine

355 · Brien Averts a War [Sir Leonard Wallace] · Alexander Wilson · nv (r)

My Best Story—Second Series (Faber & Faber, 1933, 502pp, hc, an)

· How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery · E. F. Benson · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1911

· The Desert Islander · Stella Benson · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1930

· “Sonny” · G. A. Birmingham · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 20 1914

· The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907

· The Story of Ching-Kwei and the Destinies [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Story-teller September 1927, as “Ching-Kwei and the Destinies”

· The Field of Mustard · A. E. Coppard · ss The Criterion April 1925

· Spinster’s Rest · Clemence Dane · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine September 1925

· It All Came Right in the End · E. M. Delafield · ss (r)

· The Wharf · Walter de la Mare · ss The Queen

· Mrs. Jorkens [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Cosmopolitan October 1930, as “The Mermaid’s Husband”

· Philanthropy · John Galsworthy · ss Saturday Review (UK) March 31 1923

· Colonel Beech’s Bear · David Garnett · ss (r)

· The Non-combatant · Ian Hay · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 24 1917

· The Middle-man · Robert Hichens · ss (r)

· The Substitute · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1917

· Pussycat Pennefather · Margaret Kennedy · ss The Legion Book ed. Captain H. Cotton Minchin, Cassell and Company, 1929

· God Likes Them Plain · Eric Linklater · ss (r)

· The Chateau · W. B. Maxwell · ss (r)

· Mademoiselle Ma Mère · Leonard Merrick · ss To Tell You the Truth by Leonard Merrick, Hodder & Stoughton, 1922

· Mein Schatz · Geoffrey Moss · ss Britannia and Eve March 1930

· Mr. Strenberry’s Tale · J. B. Priestley · ss The London Magazine March 1930, as “Doomsday”

· The Fountain Plays · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar December 1932

· The Slower Judas · G. B. Stern · ss Woman’s Journal October 1928

· A Weed’s Tale · Henry Williamson · ss (r)

My Best Thriller (Faber and Faber, September 1933, hc, an)

9 · Under the Lens · F. Britten Austin · nv Pears’ Annual 1923

30 · Death by Judicial Hanging · Francis Beeding · ss Pall Mall Magazine September 1928

51 · Ways of Escape · John D. Beresford · ss The Elks Magazine February 1929

69 · White Violets · Victor Bridges · nv The Red Magazine June 15 1915

92 · Desirable Villa [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Pleasantries of Old Quong by Thomas Burke, Constable, 1931

103 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path”

114 · Romance Passes By · J. Jefferson Farjeon · nv (r)

148 · The Hand of Steele · Bruce Graeme · ss (r)

168 · Black Magic [Sebastian Quin] · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930

185 · Treasure Trove · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss McCall’s Magazine April 1928

193 · The Orange Handkerchief · G. R. Malloch · ss (r)

209 · North of the Tropic of Capricorn · A. E. W. Mason · ss Metropolitan January 1914

228 · Mrs. Scarr · Elinor Mordaunt · ss

245 · The Table Under the Tree [Commodore Jasen] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv Crooks in the Sunshine by E. Phillips Oppenheim, Hodder & Stoughton, 1932

270 · A Battle of Wits [Sir Percy Blakeney (Scarlet Pimpernel)] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv The Story-teller March 1919

299 · Spirit of Black Hawk · Max Pemberton · ss The Story-teller November 1921

315 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1931

331 · Fires of Baal · Sax Rohmer · ss Collier’s November 9 1929

349 · The House by the Headland · “Sapper” · ss The Sovereign Magazine March 1920

366 · The Cyprian Cat · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1933

381 · The Pursuing Shadow · Andrew Soutar · ss

390 · The Alibi · J. C. Squire · nv The Windsor Magazine 1930

412 · Dead Girl Finotte [Mynheer Amayat] · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Britannia and Eve July 1929

423 · Trodd’s Corner · H. A. Vachell · nv The Cornhill Magazine April 1904

460 · The Vault · David Whitelaw · nv (r)

481 · At the Shrine of Sekhmet · Valentine Williams · ss The London Magazine June 1924

My Best Western Story (Faber and Faber, 1935, hc, an)
Collection of Stories Chosen by Their Own Authors. Details unknown.

My Dashing Groom (Zebra Books, June 2002, 0-8217-7301-1, $4.99, 254pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · Border Bride · Shannon Donnelly · na

89 · Love Lessons · Donna Simpson · na

179 · The Quizzing-Glass Bride · Hayley Ann Solomon · na (r); given as “Steal My Heart” on the back cover.

My Favorite Rogue (Zebra Books, March 2004, 0-8217-7638-X, $4.99, 253pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · Reforming a Rogue · Lynn Collum · na

89 · The Tables Turned · Victoria Hinshaw · na

173 · Marlowe’s Nemesis · Debbie Raleigh · na

My Favourite Story: Selected Stories for Girls (The Thames Publishing Co., 1948, 128pp, hc, oa)
Issued in d/j. Cover shows an auburn and blue-eyed girl holding two spaniel puppies. Frontispiece by ?; also includes 8 colour plates. Note: later reprinted in identical form but with only 4 plates.

7 · Father Time and His Pattern Book · Enid Blyton · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

12 · The Surprising Day · Angela Brazil · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

17 · Rescue in the Snows · Elinor Mary Brent-Dyer · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

26 · Dog of My Dreams · Phyllis Briggs · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

32 · Rosalind to the Rescue · Douglas V. Duff · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

49 · Perilous Pass · Mary Gervaise · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

56 · Cruise of the “Carewalk” · Olive L. Groom · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

64 · Caravan to the Cape · Bertha Leonard · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

80 · Danger Tide · F. W. Ludlam · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

89 · Flood in the Fens · Winifred Norling · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

97 · The Lion That Liked Peppermints · Evadne Price · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

109 · The Elephant’s Right of Way · V. F. Wells · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

115 · The Rose Patrol · May Wynne · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

My Funny Valentine (Zebra Books, January 2002, 0-8217-7261-9, $5.99, 314pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · Can I Call You Sweetheart? · Peggy Daniels · na

91 · Winter Roses · Allison Knight · n.

201 · Be Mine · Deborah Matthews · n.

My Grimmest Nightmare ed. Cecil Madden, uncredited (Allen & Unwin, 1935, 5/-, 210pp, hc, an)
A volume of stories based on the BBC Empire Service radio series Nightmare produced by Cecil Madden, which ran in 1934. Retitled Not Long for This World (New York: Telegraph Press, 1936) hc. Sometimes mistakenly attributed to Cynthia Asquith.

13 · The Follower · Cynthia Asquith · ss

20 · To Be Let Unfurnished · Gabrielle Vallings · ss

28 · Thunderbolt · Miranda Stuart · ss

39 · By Water · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette April 18 1914

48 · Not Long for This World · Inez Holden · ss

57 · Jungle Night · R. A. Monson · ss

62 · The Anonymous Gift · L. Vorley · ss

68 · There Is One S.O.S. · S. E. Reynolds · ss

80 · In the Jotunheim Mountains · J. B. Morton · ss

86 · Dead Man’s Room · Ernest Betts · ss

95 · Incubus · Marjorie Bowen · ss

105 · Into the Enemy’s Camp · Herbert Jay · ss

128 · The Mask · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss

134 · Behind the Wall · Noel Streatfeild · ss The Star November 14 1935

143 · The Mad Hatter · Edgar Middleton · ss

147 · Six Months Ago · James Laver · ss

154 · Rendezvous with Fate · Cecil Madden · ss

165 · Serenade for Baboons · Noel Langley · ss

178 · The Surprise Item · Charles Spencer · ss

184 · Split Second · Ann Knox · ss

190 · The Blackmailers · Algernon Blackwood · ss
originally broadcast on the BBC, 11 July 1934.

204 · Room 200 Calling · Theodora Benson · ss

My Guardian Angel (Bantam, March 1995, 0-553-56916-3, $5.50, 390pp, pb, oa, cover by Gabriel Molano)
Details supplied by BG.

1 · Almost an Angel · Kay Hooper · na

75 · Guardian of the Heart · Sandra Chastain · na

143 · Angel on My Shoulder · Susan Krincaid · na

239 · Saving Celeste · Karyn Monk · na

325 · The Trouble with Angels · Elizabeth Thornton · na

My Only Valentine (Zebra Books, January 2003, 0-8217-7436-0, $4.99, 251pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology

7 · The Valentine Poem · Victoria Hinshaw · na

87 · The Ugly Duckling’s Valentine · Julia Parks · na

163 · Valentine Dreams · Donna Simpson · na

My Scandalous Bride (St. Martin’s, May 2004, 0-312-99522-9, $6.99, 343pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

1 · The Lady and the Tiger · Christina Dodd · na

73 · Melting Ice · Stephanie Laurens · na Rough Around the Edges ed. Susan Johnson, St. Martin's, 1998

153 · Wedding Knight · Celeste Bradley · na

243 · The Proposition · Leslie LaFoy · na

My Spellbound Heart (Zebra, October 1994, 0-8217-4731-2, $4.99, 381pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four fantasy romance novellas.

7 · Love’s Darkness · Cheryl Biggs · na

81 · Rescued by Time · Amy J. Fetzer · na

225 · Faery Magic · Amber Kaye · na

303 · Nightspell · Sara Orwig · na

Mysteria (Berkley, July 2006, 0-425-21106-1, $7.99, 340pp, pb, oa) [Mysteria]
Original anthology of four paranormal romances set in a small demon-founded town in the mountains of Colorado. Authors are MaryJanice Davidson, Susan Grant, P.C. Cast, and Gena Showalter.

vii · Introduction · [uncredited] · in

1 · Mortal in Mysteria [Mysteria] · MaryJanice Davidson · na

107 · Alone Wolf · Susan Grant · na

171 · The Witches of Mysteria and the Dead Who Love Them [Mysteria] · Gena Showalter · na

253 · Candy Cox and the Big Bad (Were)Wolf [Brokenoggin Falls] · P. C. Cast · na Bewitched, Bothered & BeVampyred ed. Gail Northman & Terey Daly Ramin, Triskelion Publishing, 2005

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