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Faery Magic (Zebra/Kensington, January 1998, 0-8217-5817-9, $6.50, 351pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

9 · Introduction · [uncredited] · in

11 · The Lord of Elphindale · Jo Beverley · na

99 · The Faery Braid · Karen Harbaugh · na

193 · The Love Talker · Barbara Samuel · na

261 · Dangerous Gifts · Mary Jo Putney · na

Fahrenheit 451 and Related Readings (McDougal, Littell, 1998, hc, an)
Textbook.

· Fahrenheit 451 · Ray Bradbury · n. Ballantine, October 1953

· Afterword · Ray Bradbury · aw

· The Portable Phonograph · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss The Yale Review Spring 1941

· You Have Insulted Me · Kurt Vonnegut · lt (r)

· Burning a Book · William Stafford · pm (r)

· A Summer’s Reading · Bernard Malamud · ss The New Yorker September 22 1956

· The Patterson Public Library · Judith Ortiz Cofer · ss (r)

· The Phoenix · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The Cat’s Cradle Book by Sylvia Townsend Warner, Viking, 1940

The Fairies Return or New Tales for Old ed. Peter Davies, uncredited (Peter Davies, November 1934, 8/6d, 350pp, hc, oa)
An anthology of well-known fairy stories retold for grown-ups in a modern setting.

7 · Jack the Giant Killer · A. E. Coppard · nv

33 · Godfather Death · Clemence Dane · nv

63 · The Fisherman and His Wife · E. M. Delafield · nv

89 · Little Snow-White · Lord Dunsany · ss

105 · Aladdin · Anna Gordon Keown · nv

131 · Sindbad the Sailor · Eric Linklater · ss

155 · Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves · A. G. MacDonell · ss

177 · Dick Whittington · E. Arnot Robertson · ss

195 · Puss in Boots · Helen Simpson · ss

215 · The Little Mermaid · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss

237 · Little Red Riding-Hood · E. Œ. Somerville · ss

259 · Cinderella · Robert Speaight · nv

289 · ‘O, If I Could but Shiver!’ · Christina Stead · ss

311 · The Sleeping Beauty · G. B. Stern · nv

339 · Big Claus and Little Claus · R. J. Yeatman & W. C. Sellar · ss

Fairy Song: A Gallery of Fairies, Sprites, and Nymphs, Volume One (SQP, February 2006, 0-86562-133-0, $19.99, unpaginated, tp, pi, cover by Arantza)
Art book with color and monochrome pictures of sexy, mostly nude fairies by various artists including Danilo Guida, Enrique Villagran, and Marcelo Sosa. SQP Inc., PO Box 248, Columbus NJ 08022; www.sqpinc.com.

Fairy Song: A Gallery of Fairies, Sprites, and Nymphs, Volume One (SFBC, February 2006, no ISBN, $19.99, unpaginated, hc, pi, cover by Arantza)
Reprint (SQP 2006) art book with color and monochrome pictures of sexy fairies by various artists. This bound-in-boards hardcover edition lacks both price and book club number, but indicates “Exclusive Book Club Edition” on the back cover.

Fairy Tales for Computers (Eakins Press, 1969, x+163pp, tp, an)
Details taken from online listing.

· The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909

· The Nature Theatre of Oklahoma · F. Kafka · ex from Amerika, Routledge, 1938

· Notes on a Dream · T. Herzl · ss (r)

· The Book of the Machine · S. Butler · ex from Erewhon: or, Over the Range, anonymously, Trübner, 1872, uncredited.

· On Intelligence · P. Valéry · ar (r)

· The Nightingale · H. C. Andersen · ss 1846
translated from the Danish (“Nattergalen”, Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Første Samling, C.A. Reitzel, 1843).

Fallen Angels: Six Noir Tales Told for Television (Grove Press, 1993, 0-8021-3383-5, $14.00, 274pp, tp, an)
Anthology of six stories, each followed by a teleplay based on the story from the Showtime series Fallen Angels.

ix · Preface · James Ellroy · pr

1 · I’ll Be Waiting [Tony Reseck] · Raymond Chandler · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 14 1939

19 · I’ll Be Waiting · C. Gaby Mitchell · pl

39 · The Frightening Frammis [Mitch Allison] · Jim Thompson · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1957

63 · The Frightening Frammis · Jon Robin Baitz & Howard A. Rodman · pl

85 · Dead-End for Delia [Dick Callender] · William Campbell Gault · nv Black Mask Detective November 1950

103 · Dead-End for Delia · Scott Frank · pl

127 · Murder, Obliquely · Cornell Woolrich · nv Violence by Cornell Woolrich, Dodd, Mead, 1958
revised from “Death Escapes the Eye”, Shadow Apr-May 1947.

169 · Murder, Obliquely · Amanda Silver · pl

193 · The Quiet Room · Jonathan Craig · ss Manhunt December 1953

205 · The Quiet Room · Howard A. Rodman · pl

225 · Since I Don’t Have You · James Ellroy · nv A Matter of Crime, Vol. 4 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harvest, 1988

251 · Since I Don’t Have You · Steven Katz · pl

273 · List of Photographs and Credits · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Famous Detective Stories (Whitman Publishing Co., 1929, W-677, hc, an)

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

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

39 · In Various Roles · Guy de Maupassant (error, actually by Léopold von Sacher-Masoch) · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the German (“Ein exotischer Prinz”, Soziale Schattenbilder, Gesenius, 1873).

45 · Love and Police · Emile Gaboriau · ss (r)

60 · Zadig · Voltaire · ex Works of M. de Voltaire: Volume the Eleventh by Voltaire, tr. T. Smollett et al., J. Newbery et al., 1762
translated from the French (“Zadig ou la Destinée”, Leseur, September 1748).

67 · D’Artagnan, Detective · Alexandre Dumas · ex from The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (r)
translated from the French (Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard).

76 · A Woman of the Streets · Victor Hugo · ss (r)

81 · Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine December 1834, uncredited.

Famous Fantastic Classics #1 ed. Robert E. Weinberg, uncredited (FAX, 1974, 0-913960-10-1, $5.00, 128pp, tp, an)
Facsimile reproductions from the original magazines.

3 · Introduction · [uncredited] · in

6 · Tomorrow [Dikar and the Bunch] · Arthur Leo Zagat · na Argosy May 27 1939

33 · The Man in the Moon · Homer Eon Flint · nv All-Story Weekly October 4 1919

51 · The Snow Girl · Ray Cummings · n. Argosy November 2 1929 (+3)

118 · Creatures of the Ray · James L. Aton · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly October 10 1925

Famous Fantastic Classics #2 ed. Robert E. Weinberg, uncredited (FAX, 1975, 0-913960-11-X, $5.00, 128pp, tp, an)
Facsimile reproductions from the original magazines.

3 · Introduction · [uncredited] · in

6 · The Stagnant Death · H. Bedford-Jones · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1938

20 · The Radio Flyers · Ralph Milne Farley · n. Argosy Allstory Weekly May 11 1929 (+4)

Famous Pulp Classics #1 ed. Robert E. Weinberg, uncredited (FAX, 1975, 0-913960-12-8, $5.00, 128pp, tp, an)
Facsimile reproductions from the original magazines.

3 · Introduction · [uncredited] · in

6 · Lances of Tartary · Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson · nv All-Fiction March 1931

34 · Black Flag · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure May 1 1931

44 · Cave of the Blue Scorpion [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy November 21 1931

81 · Uneasy Lies the Head · Theodore Roscoe · ss Argosy August 22 1936

94 · Four Lashes an Hour · Johnston McCulley · ss Adventure January 1939

106 · Berber Loot · H. Bedford-Jones · nv The Magic Carpet Magazine October 1933

Famous Tales of Suspense ed. [uncredited] (Reader’s Digest Association, 1970, 39pp, ph, an)
Thin pamphlet containing “four gems by the masters”. Looks like a subscription bonus.

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

11 · The Border-Line Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard August 25 1936; dated 1928.

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

27 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902

Famous Tales of Terror (Watermill Press, 1980, 0-89375-404-8, $1.50, 135pp, pb, an)

1 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884

33 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1)

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

89 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891

120 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893

137 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Famous Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (Gulliver Books, 1945, 1/-, 96pp, pb, an)
One of the midget war-time paperbacks in the series Famous Stories of All Time. Note other listed in the appendix.

3 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842

19 · Maese Pérez · Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer · nv Terrible Tales: Spanish, W.W. Gibbings, 1891, uncredited.
translated from the Spanish (“Maese Pérez, el organista (Leyenda sevillana)”, El Contemporaneo, December 1861).

31 · The Man in the Reservoir · C. F. Hoffman · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine August 1842, as “Ben Blower’s Story”

39 · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited.

64 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839

84 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”

Fangs and Broken Bones (Feed Your Monster, March 30, 2018, 978-1-980695-96-7, $4.93, 80pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

5 · Crawlers · Steven Deighan · ss

12 · Pancake Spiders · Jensen Reed · ss

19 · The Cage · Max Sparber · ss

23 · Audition with the Vampire · Lyndon Perry · ss

28 · Knife Work · Ed Ahern · ss

32 · Best Friend Salad · Edward Turner, III · ss

36 · Take Out · Arnaldo Lopez, Jr. · ss

49 · The Spice of Life · Katriona E. MacMillan · ss

58 · Maybelline and the Sisters of the Broken Sky · Jim Corwell · ss

67 · Trapped · Rinoa Cameron · ss

Fantastically Good Reads (W.H. Smith, October 1993, no ISBN, free, 124pp, pb, an)
Anthology of extracts from eight fantasy novels currently on sale in the W.H. Smith bookshop chain.

7 · A Song for Arbonne · Guy Gavriel Kay · ex Viking Books Canada, 1992

27 · Crystal Line [Crystal Singers] · Anne McCaffrey · ex Del Rey, 1992

41 · The Mists of Avalon [Avalon] · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ex Knopf, 1983

59 · Yarrow · Charles de Lint · ex Ace, 1986

77 · Black Trillium [Trillium] · Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May & Andre Norton · ex Doubleday Foundation, 1990

91 · Daughter of the Empire [Riftwar] · Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts · ex Doubleday, 1987

103 · Daggerspell · Katharine Kerr · ex Doubleday, 1986

115 · Body of Glass · Marge Piercy · ex from He, She and It, Knopf, 1991

Fantastic Crimes (MysteriousPress.com, February 13, 2018, 978-1-5040-5178-1, $6.99, ebook, oa)
Original anthology of four book-centered mystery novellas.
Details taken from online listing.

· The Scroll · Anne Perry · na

· Reconciliation Day · Christopher Fowler · na

· The Compendium of Srem · F. Paul Wilson · na

· The Mysterious Disappearance of the Reluctant Book Fairy · Elizabeth George · na

Fantastic Fiction: Ten of the Best (Puffin, 2002, no ISBN, £49.99, tp, bx)
Boxed set of 10 volumes produced for The Book People Ltd, Hall Wood Avenue. Haydock, St Helens WA11 9UL.

· Watership Down · Richard Adams · n. Rex Collings, 1974

· The Peppermint Pig · Nina Bawden · n. J.B. Lippincott, 1975

· The Prime Minister’s Brain · Gillian Cross · n. The Oxford University Press, 1985

· The Finders · Nigel Hinton · n. Viking, 1993

· The Finn Family Moomintroll · Tove Jansson · n. Ernest Benn, 1950

· A Wizard of Earthsea [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · n. Parnassus Press, November 1968

· The Haunting · Margaret Mahy · n. J.M. Dent, 1982

· Thunder and Lightnings · Jan Mark · n. Kestrel Books, 1976

· Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH · Robert C. O’Brien · n. Atheneum, 1971

· A Dog So Small · Philippa Pearce · n. Constable, 1962

Fantasy (Jove, March 2002, 0515132764, $6.99, 384pp, pb, oa)

1 · The Widow’s Auction · Sabrina Jeffries · na

91 · Luisa’s Desire · Emma Holly · na

187 · Mr. Speedy · Elda Minger · na

267 · The Awakening [Leopard People] · Christine Feehan · na

Fantasy Twin (Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc., 1953, $3.50, 248+256pp, hc, an, cover by Laura Ruth Crozetti)
Details taken from online listing.

· The Undesired Princess · L. Sprague de Camp · n. Unknown Worlds February 1942

· Mr. Arson · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Unknown Worlds December 1941

· The Dark Other · Stanley G. Weinbaum · n. Fantasy Press, 1950

Favorite Fairy Tales to Read Aloud (Wonder, 1965, 2009, 79¢, 127pp, tp, an)

5 · The Golden Goose · [uncredited] · ss (r)

14 · Rapunzel · [uncredited] · ss (r)

22 · The Wild Swans · Hans Christian Andersen · ss (r); adapted and abridged.
translated from the Danish (“De vilde svaner”, Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn. Ny Samling. Første Hefte, C.A. Reitzel, 1838).

44 · The Magic Fishbone · Charles Dickens · ex from “Holiday Romance”, Our Young Folks January 1868 (+3); adapted and abridged.

61 · The Nightingale · Hans Christian Andersen · ss 1846; adapted and abridged.
translated from the Danish (“Nattergalen”, Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Første Samling, C.A. Reitzel, 1843).

79 · The Queen Bee · [uncredited] · ss (r)

84 · Long, Broad, and Quick Eye · [uncredited] · ss (r)

103 · Beauty and the Beast · [uncredited] · ss (r)

122 · Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Favourite Book for Boys (Dean & Son, 1935, 124pp, hc, oa, cover: [three boys in red school uniforms furtively reading book, school buildings in background])
Details supplied by Lia McGunigle.

fps. · [frontispiece] · Noel Syers · fp

7 · Deep Hazard! · S. T. James · ss Topping Book for Boys 1935

19 · The Scourge of the Skies · John Bostock · ss Champion Book for Boys 1933

33 · A Night Adventure · W. Cuthbert · ss Champion Book for Boys 1933

40 · Nicholas Ratsey’s Last Ride · Samuel Jeans · ss Ideal Book for Boys 1934; illustrated by Laurence East

53 · The Missing Punt · Lieut.-Col. A. Lloyd Owen · nv Monster Book for Boys 1932; illustrated by Roland Davies

72 · On Granton Curve · S. T. James · ss Topping Book for Boys 1935; illustrated by James Clark

81 · Barber Business · “A. Brodribb-Irving” · ss Monster Book for Boys 1934; illustrated by Field

97 · The Secret Process · S. Beresford Lucas · ss Monster Book for Boys 1932; illustrated by Victor Clarke

108 · Champion’s Republic · John Bostock · ss Topping Book for Boys 1935; illustrated by Victor Clarke

Favourite Spy Stories (Octopus, 1981, 0-7064-1277-X, 249pp, hc, an)

11 · Taylor’s Run · John le Carré · ex from The Looking-Glass War, Coward-McCann, 1965

25 · Shadow of Fu Manchu [Fu Manchu; (Sir Denis) Nayland Smith] · Sax Rohmer · ex Doubleday Crime Club, 1948; chapters 1 & 2.

47 · The Human Factor · Graham Greene · ex The Bodley Head, 1978

65 · The Fate of the Traitor [Anton Prehznev (aka Vladimir Mikhalovitch)] · William Le Queux · ss Strange Tales of a Nihilist by William Le Queux, Ward, Lock & Company, 1892, as “The Mystery of Lady Gladys”

79 · The Champagne Spy · Wolfgang Lotz · ex (r)

103 · The Boy Spy · Alphonse Daudet · ss The Strand Magazine January 1891
translated from the French.

111 · The Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908, as “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans”

139 · Strange Conflict [Duke de Richleau] · Dennis Wheatley · ex Hutchinson, 1941

167 · The Secret Agent · Joseph Conrad · ex Methuen, 1907

183 · Funeral in Berlin · Len Deighton · ex (r)

199 · A Curious Experience · Mark Twain · nv The Century Magazine November 1881

225 · The Traitor of Arnhem · Lt.-Col. Oreste Pinto · ts Suspense (UK) September 1960

243 · The Spy · James Fenimore Cooper · ss (r)

Favourite Story Book (Dean & Son, 193?, 92pp, hc, oa, cover: [boy and girl playing leapfrog])
Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents.

7 · Barbara Ann in Mischief Again · May Sullivan · ss

17 · The Colonel’s Caddie · Samuel Jeans · ss British Legion Children’s Annual 1937

26 · The Giant Worm · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss

28 · Mrs. Mason’s Rent · John R. Ensor · ss

34 · The Sub-Sub-Gardener · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss

39 · The Purple Emperor · B. C. Freeman · ss

49 · Trouble in Monkey Republic · Roma Lobel · ss

61 · A Lucky Mistake · Pauline Fletcher · ss

72 · The Duke’s Prize · Dorothy R. Speakman · ss British Legion Children’s Annual 1937

79 · The Arab Chief’s Queer Experience · Roma Lobel · ss

86 · What the King Liked Best · E. M. Mason · ss

Favourite Story Book (Dean & Son, 1939, 125pp, hc, oa, cover: [three children with tricycle, skipping rope and monkey])
Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents.

7 · A Dog’s Chance · Samuel Jeans · ss

16 · Bold Mariners · Mabel M. Stevenson · pm

17 · Four Young Castaways · Bertha Leonard · ss British Legion Children’s Annual 1937

21 · Riding · K. E. Sherriff · pm

22 · The Jester Who Could Not Jest · D. R. Speakman · ss

32 · A Channel Swimmer · Mabel M. Stevenson · pm

33 · The Rescue of Belinda · Hilda E. Pemberton · ss

40 · A Curious Adventure · Roma Lobel · ss

46 · The Kidnapped Princess · O. I. C. · ss

53 · The Haunted Village · H. A. Mullins · ss

59 · The Aerodrome Twins · A. Adamson · ss

64 · Fishing · Christine E. Bradley · pm

65 · Noodle’s Traffic Lights · P. M. Frost · ss

74 · Generous Jerry · Maud E. Sargent · ss

82 · The Little Box · Cora Freemantle · ss

88 · His Majesty’s Magic · Norman Hunter · ss

96 · Four Silly Fishermen · [uncredited] · pm

98 · Our Holiday Adventure · P. M. Frost · ss

110 · Pets · R. Wareing · pm British Legion Children’s Annual 1935

111 · Maud · Marjorie Wilson · pm

112 · Cross Here! · Christine E. Bradley · ss

115 · Odd Man Out! · Samuel Jeans · ss British Legion Children’s Annual 1937

123 · Queen Tatertraps Tonsils · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss

135 · A Caravan Trail · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss

Favourite Tales (Dean & Son, 1969, 110pp, hc, oa, cover: [boy and girl playing school with toys and blackboard])
In the “Little Ones’ Reader” series.
Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents.

6 · The Garden Party · Charles Griffiths · ss

12 · The Ragged Robin · Kate Hope · ss

22 · Elsie’s Pigtails · Dolen Hirst · ss

27 · Why? · A. Ruby Forde · pm

28 · Mario’s Picture · Leslie C. Hulley · ss

33 · The Little Tree That Lost Its Leaves · A. I. Mungeam · ss

38 · Too Much of a Good Thing · Agness E. Cash · ss

40 · Peter’s Birthday · Eileen Bell · ss

47 · Popsy’s Clever Trick · Susan Jolly · ss

51 · The Dandelion Man · A. Ruby Forde · pm

52 · The New Doll · Susan Jolly · ss

59 · Tim at the Farm · Christine E. Bradley · ss

65 · Tippetty-Tap’s Toy Train · G. A. Johnson · ss

71 · Miss Newpin Looks Again · Violet M. Williams · ss

77 · Jack and His Hovercraft · Penelope Douglas · ss

82 · Mr. Pincushion Comes Home · Aileen E. Passmore · ss

85 · Bird Song · A. Ruby Forde · pm

86 · The Talking Budgie · Leslie C. Hulley · ss

92 · The Schoolroom Elf · Violet M. Williams · ss

97 · Mr. Tiggle and the Elves · M. Lloyd · ss Playtime Stories, Dean & Son, 1937

103 · My Birthday House · A. Ruby Forde · pm

104 · Plain Jane Wins First Prize · Aileen E. Passmore · ss

Fear: A Modern Anthology of Horror and Terror, Volume Two (Crooked Cat Publishing, October 3, 2012, 978-1-908910-38-7, $9.99, 352pp, tp, oa, cover by Billy Alexander & Dave Dyet)
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Sherri Browning Erwin · fw

· The Sad Story of the Death of a King · Jane Wright · ss

· Behind Closed Doors · Sam Wyld · ss

· Itch · James McLaren · ss

· The Cottage · Helen A. Howell · ss

· It Sticks with You · Kim Krodel · ss

· The Lost Souls · Laura Huntley · ss

· To Be Heard · Die Booth · ss

· A Picture of Evil · David Robinson · ss

· Salad Days · Christopher Bleakley · ss

· Witch · Christina Crowney-Pyper · ss

· Hunger · Anthony Price · ss

· Last Stop · Amanda James · ss

· Banshee Moon · J. D. Blacque · ss

· The Sculptor · Tom Gillespie · ss

· The Nightmare Queen · Skander Lafif · ss

· Straws · Rick Allden · ss

· Scarecrow · Liam Hogan · ss

· The Living Eucharist · A. Taylor Douglas · ss

· On the Other Side · Lisamarie Lamb · ss

· Candlelight · Laura E. Brown · ss

· The Pond · Donna Cuttress · ss

· The Bug · Nick Jay · ss

· Life and Death in a Cemetery · Denise Moncrief · ss

· Black Ash · A. E. Doylle · ss

· The Honeymoon’s Over · E. E. King · ss

· Lethargy · Karla Mouncey-Jaggers · ss

· Charmpeak House · Angeline Trevena · ss

· The Surrogate · Rita Dinis · ss

· Real Proof · Brian Behr · ss

· Daisy and the Bear · Mel Melis · ss

A Feast of Crime (Worldwide, May 2005, 0-373-26527-1, $6.99, 379pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four crime novellas involving food, with recipes.

9 · Dark Fête · Jeanne M. Dams · na

103 · Everybody Didn’t Like Sara Lee · Denise Dietz · na

203 · Death to Donuts! · Cynthia P. Lawrence · na

303 · Tori Miracle and the Turkey of Doom · Valerie S. Malmont · na

Fendi, Ferragamo, & Fangs (Berkley Jam, July 2007, 978-0-425-21539-5, $9.99, 278pp, tp, oa)
Young-adult original anthology of three linked chick-lit vampire stories about teens who enter a modeling contest and end up vampires. Authors are Julie Kenner, Johanna Edwards, and Serena Robar.

1 · Olivia’s Odyssey · Julie Kenner · na

89 · Veronika’s Venture · Johanna Edwards · na

179 · Sydney’s Story · Serena Robar · na

269 · Interviews with the Vamps · [uncredited] · iv

Fictions: Health & Care Re-Imagined ed. Peter Bloomfield, uncredited (Future Care Capital, July 2021, 120pp, ebook, an)

· Our Year-Long “Thought Experiment” · Peter Bloomfield · in Future Care Capital July 21 2020

· Goodbye · Stephen Palmer · ss Future Care Capital July 21 2020

· All I Asked For · Anne Charnock · ss Future Care Capital August 18 2020

· Life’s Lottery · Keith Brooke · ss Future Care Capital September 15 2020

· Infectious · Liz Williams · ss Future Care Capital October 20 2020

· Vigorish · Keith Brooke · ss Future Care Capital November 17 2020

· Genomancer · Stephen Palmer · ss Future Care Capital December 15 2020

· When I Visit the Palace · Liz Williams · ss Future Care Capital January 19 2021

· George · Stephen Palmer · ss Future Care Capital February 16 2021

· Don’t Push the Blame on Me · Anne Charnock · ss Future Care Capital March 16 2021

· Carefree · Keith Brooke · ss Future Care Capital April 20 2021

· Stealthcare · Liz Williams · ss Future Care Capital May 18 2021

· It’s Her Turn · Anne Charnock · ss Future Care Capital June 15 2021

The Fiend ed. Ray Russell, uncredited (Playboy, 1971, 16122, 75¢, 192pp, pb, an, cover by Roger Hane)

4 · Preface · The Editors of Playboy · pr

6 · The Fiend · Frederik Pohl · ss Playboy April 1964

14 · The Ultimate Brunette · Algis Budrys · ss Playboy September 1965

32 · You Can’t Have Them All · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy August 1956

55 · Double Standard · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy April 1963

61 · The Crooked Man · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy August 1955

72 · The Mission · Hugh Nissenson · ss Playboy December 1964

90 · The Master Copy · Frank Dobinson · ss Playboy May 1966

95 · The Better Man · Ray Russell · ss Playboy July 1966

99 · Welcome to the Monkey House · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Playboy January 1968

121 · Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy August 1969

133 · Adam Frost · Vance Aandahl · ss Playboy April 1962

149 · I Like Blondes · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy January 1956

162 · I Remember Babylon · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy May 1960

175 · Love, Incorporated · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1956

189 · Lovemaking · Frederik Pohl · ss Playboy December 1966

15 Short Surprise Stories (Royce, 1945, 124, 127pp, pb, an)

3 · Man to Man · Hugh Pentecost · ss Liberty September 4 1943

13 · The Haunted Wall · Georges Surdez · vi Collier’s November 1 1941

21 · Once Is Too Often · Eddy Orcutt · ss Liberty November 13 1943

28 · Killer · R. H. Newman · ss The American Magazine January 1940

36 · Hooray for the Yanks · Joe Alex Morris · ss Liberty August 21 1943

46 · Proof of Murder · Margaret Mochrie · ss Liberty September 25 1943

55 · Pillars of Gaza · Lyon Mearson · ss Liberty October 9 1943, as “Hate Is Stronger than Love”

65 · Ending, with Honor · Will F. Jenkins · vi Collier’s August 16 1941

74 · A Fellow Could Tell · Alwyn W. Knight · ss The American Magazine September 1942

79 · The Drum of Justice · Walter C. Brown · ss Liberty January 22 1944

89 · Sale to a Friend · Charles Molyneux Brown · ss Collier’s 1941

96 · Messenger from Berlin · Maurice Beam · ss Liberty March 6 1943

103 · And Call It Luck · L. L. Foreman · vi Collier’s March 11 1944

111 · No More Women · Lyon Mearson · ss Liberty December 4 1943

119 · A Matter of Hospitality · Paul Thielen · ss Liberty October 2 1943

Fifteen Tales of Murder, Mayhem, and Malice from the Land of Minnesota Nice (Nodin Press, September 10, 2012, 978-1-935666-43-1, $16.00, 172pp, tp, oa)
Fifteen stories by Minnesota crime writers. Some will scare you. Some will make you cringe. All will put to rest the myth of Minnesota Nice! If you read these before bed, don’t expect sweet dreams.

· Introduction · Pete Hautman · in

· This Old House · Marilyn Victor · ss

· The Dark Under the Bed · Richard A. Thompson · ss

· Desperados · Michael Allan Mallory · ss

· Death by Potato Salad · Jess Lourey · ss

· Murder & Crossing · Mary Logue · ss

· An Age-Old Solution · Lori L. Lake · ss

· Woman in Ice · William Kent Krueger · ss

· A Turn of the Card · David Housewright · ss

· Overstuffed · Ellen Hart · ss

· The Butler Didn’t · Elizabeth Gunn · ss

· Iced · Lois Greiman · ss

· Minnesota Iced · Pat Dennis · ss

· The Horse He Rode in On · Carl Brookins · ss

· Stone Arch Bridge · Judith Yates Borger · ss

· Blue-Eyed Mary · Joel Arnold · ss

The Fifth Mystery Book (Farrar & Rinehart, January 1944, $2.50, 304pp, hc, an)

1 · Stab in the Back · Philip Wylie · na The American Magazine October 1943

81 · Tape-Measure Murder [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week November 16 1941

99 · The Dead Man’s Tale · Hugh Pentecost · na The American Magazine September 1943

171 · Murder Buys a Rug · Ethel Gayle · n.

Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (Odhams, 1938, 696pp, hc, an)

17 · The Adventure of the Three Students [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine June 1904

32 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 18 1931

41 · The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch March 14 1923, as “The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls”

55 · The Snowball Burglary [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss People’s January 15 1923

71 · The Inoffensive Captain [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine March 1914

86 · East Wind [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Cornhill Magazine February 1934

100 · The Seal of Nebuchadnezzar [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1925

117 · The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The New Magazine (UK) May 1926

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”

155 · The Three Keys · Henry Wade · ss Policeman’s Lot by Henry Wade, Constable, 1933

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

179 · The Adventure of the African Traveler [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv The Adventures of Ellery Queen by Ellery Queen, Frederick A. Stokes, 1934

196 · One Too Many [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Passing Show March 18 1933

205 · The Coming of Mr. Quin [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine March 1924, as “The Passing of Mr. Quin”

219 · I Meet Mr. Pepper [Mr. Pepper] · Sir Basil Thomson · ss Mr. Pepper, Investigator by Basil Thomson, John Castle, 1925

227 · The Poetical Policeman [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Grand Magazine November 1924, as “The Strange Case of the Night Watchman”

240 · The Disappearance of Philip Mansfield [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · nv Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1928

256 · The Siamese Cat · George Goodchild · ss (r)

266 · “Silver-Mask” [Dr. Louis Raphael] · Augustus Muir · ss Raphael, M.D. by Augustus Muir, Methuen, 1935

277 · White Butterfly [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Evening Standard August 28 1936

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

304 · A Drop Too Much [Ludovic Travers] · Christopher Bush · ss The Evening Standard August 18 1936

315 · Study of the Obvious · E. R. Punshon · ss The Evening Standard August 26 1936

322 · The Policeman’s Cape [Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · ss The Evening Standard August 20 1936

333 · A Twilight Adventure [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Metropolitan April 1914

342 · The Idol House of Astarte [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Royal Magazine January 1928

354 · The Stone of the Edmundsbury Monks [Prince Zaleski] · M. P. Shiel · ss Prince Zaleski by M. P. Shiel, John Lane, 1895

371 · The Elusive Bullet [Dr. Lancelot Priestley] · John Rhode · ss Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 2 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1931

385 · 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).

397 · The Almost Perfect Crime [(Chief) Insp. Jim Silver] · Henry Holt · ss (r)

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

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

439 · The Aztec Skull [Professor Luther Bastion] · Gavin Holt · ss A Century of Detective Stories, Hutchinson, 1935
rewritten from “The Aztec Skull” published as by Charles Rodda (Flynn’s, June 13, 1925).

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

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

485 · The Millionth Chance [F.T. Carrington] · J. Storer Clouston · ss The Sphere October 9 1920

492 · Lion Face [Ebbie Entwhistle] · F. A. M. Webster · ss The Blue Magazine #33, March 1922

510 · The Case of Mr. and Mrs. Stetson [John T. Laxworthy] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Story-teller February 1913

525 · The Mind Readers [Oliver Rater] · Edgar Wallace · ss Pall Mall Magazine October 1927

535 · The Wrong Problem [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Evening Standard August 13 1936

548 · The Case of the Hundred Cats [Mrs. Bradley] · Gladys Mitchell · ss The Evening Standard August 17 1936

556 · The Riddle of the Jack of Diamonds [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss

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

578 · Spider [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator May 1934

599 · The Gold of Tso-Fu [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s February 13 1926

614 · The Mystery at Merrill’s Mill [Archer Dawe] · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Adventures of Archer Dawe, Sleuth-Hound by J. S. Fletcher, Digby, Long, 1909

622 · The Tragedies in the Greek Room [Moris Klaw] · Sax Rohmer · nv The New Magazine (UK) April 1913, as “Case of the Tragedies in the Greek Room”

639 · The Poker Dog [Bill Parmelee] · Percival Wilde · ss The Popular Magazine February 7 1924

654 · The Fourth Degree [Quentin Quayne] · F. Britten Austin · nv The Strand Magazine October 1924

676 · The Episode of Torment IV [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · nv The Curious Mr. Tarrant by C. Daly King, Collins, 1935, as “Torment IV”

Fifty Masterpieces of Mystery ed. Violet T. Murray, uncredited (Odhams, July 1937, 768pp, hc, an)
A bumper collection divided between “Crime Stories”, “Strange and Horrible Stories” and “Ghost Stories”.

15 · The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Pearson’s Magazine June 1926, as “The Dragon’s Head”

35 · The Magic Casket [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1926

57 · The President of San Jacinto [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss People’s February 1 1923, as “The President of San Isidro”

79 · Outside the Law · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Strand Magazine July 1934, as by Francis Iles

90 · The Regent’s Park Murder [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine September 1901

103 · They Never Get Caught · Margery Allingham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1934

125 · Before Insulin [Clinton Driffield] · J. J. Connington · ss The Evening Standard September 1 1936, as “Beyond Insulin”

134 · The Perfect Murder · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine October 1926

150 · The Shadow of the Shark [Gabriel Gale] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1921

171 · The Marionettes · O. Henry · ss The Black Cat April 1902

183 · Diamond Cut Diamond [Quentin Quayne] · F. Britten Austin · nv The Red Book Magazine February 1925

207 · Murder at the Microphone [Dr. Louis Raphael] · Augustus Muir · ss Raphael, M.D. by Augustus Muir, Methuen, 1935

221 · Death in the Kitchen · Milward Kennedy · ss The Manchester Guardian 1930

225 · The Vertical Line [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Illustrated London News November 20 1935

239 · The Clue of Monday’s Settling · Edgar Wallace · ss Forty-Eight Short Stories by Edgar Wallace, George Newnes, 1929

252 · The Ghost of a Smile · Gerard Fairlie · ss That Man Returns by Gerard Fairlie, Hodder, 1934

269 · Sons of the Chief Warder · Bertram Atkey · nv The Story-teller July 1931

291 · Query · Seamark · ss Out of the Dark by Seamark, Hodder, 1931

302 · The Room on the Fourth Floor · Ralph Straus · ss The American Magazine December 1912

312 · The Wounded God · A. E. W. Mason · ss Cosmopolitan July 1927, as “Little Sweetheart”

333 · The Electric King [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1930

352 · Charles · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine February 1928
broadcast by the BBC Aug 27, 1927.

360 · The Funeral March of a Marionette · John Metcalfe · ss The Independent January 1 1927

370 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925

382 · Nobody at Home · C. D. Heriot · ss

386 · The Blood-Stained Pavement [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Royal Magazine March 1928

396 · St. Catherine’s Eve · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv The English Review April 1910

423 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)

451 · The Idiots · Joseph Conrad · ss The Savoy #6, October 1896

474 · The Vampire · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930

480 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander January 17 1912

486 · The Travelling Grave · L. P. Hartley · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929

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

513 · The Bird Woman · Henry Spicer · ss Strange Things Among Us by Henry Spicer, Chapman & Hall, 1863

516 · The Dabblers · William F. Harvey · ss Moods and Tenses by William Fryer Harvey, Basil Blackwell, 1933

526 · Marsyas in Flanders · Vernon Lee · ss For Maurice by Vernon Lee, John Lane, 1927; written 1900.

538 · The Room · Eleanor Scott · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1923, as by H. M. Leys

555 · Florence Flannery · Marjorie Bowen · ss The Regent Magazine #13, December 1924

574 · The Ghost at Massingham Mansions [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Eyes of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1923

598 · The House on Big Faraway · Norman Matson · ss The Evening Standard June 12 1934

608 · Madam Julia’s Tale · Naomi Royde-Smith · nv Madam Julia’s Tale and Other Queer Stories by Naomi Royde-Smith, Gollancz, 1932

631 · Sea Air · L. A. G. Strong · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) July 1933

647 · The Buick Saloon · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine June 1930, as by Mary O’Malley

662 · The Token · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1922

675 · The Cigarette Case · Oliver Onions · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #67, August 13 1910

687 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q

699 · Blind Man’s Buff · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Sketch April 25 1928

706 · The Man Who Was Milligan · Algernon Blackwood · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1923

715 · The Ghost · Richard Hughes · vi A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926

720 · The Room Over the Kitchen · A. M. Burrage · ss The Tatler October 17 1923

725 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster”

756 · The Dead Man of Varley Grange · Elizabeth Anna Hart, uncredited · ss 1878

Fifty Strangest Stories Ever Told (Odhams, 1937, 704pp, hc, an)
One of Odhams’s bumper volumes. This one contains mostly non-fiction. The only fiction of note is “Moonlight Sonata” Alexander Woollcott, “Si Urag of the Tail” and “When Glister Walked” by Oscar Cook and “The Night of Witchcraft” Rafael Sabatini, plus some interesting non-fiction by Achmed Abdullah, Margery Lawrence, Andrew Lang and S. Baring-Gould.

25 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931

28 · The Terrible Story of the “Mary Russell” · J. G. Lockhart · ar (r)

45 · The Death Trap · Carla Jenssen · nv (r)

73 · The Corpse Conductor · Axel Munthe · ss (r)

85 · The Mountain of God · Roger Courtney · ar (r)

93 · The Story of Kaspar Hauser · Andrew Lang · ar (r)

101 · The Siren and the Sorceress · William Roughead · ar (r)

129 · Consolation · Mabel Smyth · ss (r)

142 · La Salpetriere · Axel Munthe · ss (r)

149 · Eight Days in an English Snowdrift · [uncredited] · ar (r)

156 · Mysteries of the Elephants · Charles Low · ar (r)

165 · The Moving Coffins · Sir Algernon E. Aspinall · ar (r)

171 · The Haunted Submarine · Hector C. Bywater · ar (r)

179 · The Thugs · Herron Lepper · ar (r)

186 · Marooned · J. G. Lockhart · ar (r)

191 · The Disappearance of Bathurst · S. Baring-Gould · ar The Cornhill Magazine March 1887, uncredited.

207 · Smuggling Hashish · Henry de Monfried · ar (r)

219 · The Celestial Fire · John V. Trevor · ss (r)

229 · The Snail-Telegraph · S. Baring-Gould · ar (r)

238 · A Caucasian Riding Lesson · Sergei Kournakoff · ar (r)

257 · Queer Happenings · Margery Lawrence · ar (r)

261 · The Tragedy of the Seven Hunters · J. G. Lockhart · ar (r)

268 · The Murder of the Countess Goerlitz · S. Baring-Gould · ar (r)

290 · Many Waters · Noel Martin · ss (r)

306 · On “Thirsty” Island · Jack McLaren · ar (r)

319 · Three Crusoes in Epping Forest · Daniel Defoe · ar (r)

344 · The Case of the Poisoned Bun · Morris Markey · ss (r)

348 · The Man in White · Andrew Lang · ts The Red True Story Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, and CO., 1895

351 · Gripped by an Iceberg · Francis K. Pease · ar (r)

357 · The Ordeal of Philip Stanfield · William Roughead · ar (r)

374 · Across the Australian Desert · Andrew Lang · ar (r)

392 · In the Shadow of Death · de Valda · ss (r)

399 · Queer Disappearances · Margery Lawrence · ar (r)

405 · The Phantom Schooner · Richard Huson · ss (r)

414 · Some English Eccentrics · John Timbs · ar (r)

456 · The Dark Age Killer · Edwin T. Woodhall · ar (r)

473 · Si Urag of the Tail · Oscar Cook · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine January 1923

488 · The Night of Witchcraft · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #33, January 1917

505 · The Hell-Fire Monks of Medmenham · Eric Bennett · ar (r)

518 · When Glister Walked · Oscar Cook · ss The Regent Magazine #11, October 1924, as “The Sacred Jars”

533 · Waltz Before Twilight · Nigel Straight · ss (r)

541 · Eastern Sorcery · Achmed Abdullah · ar (r)

563 · Man or Woman · Harold Dearden · ar (r)

574 · The Original Bluebeard · Harold Dearden · ar (r)

583 · A Murderer in the Force · Harold Dearden · ar (r)

592 · The Bogus Princess · [uncredited] · ss (r)

595 · The Musselburgh Miracle · John May · ar (r)

606 · The Mystery of the Floating Bodies · H. Ashton-Wolfe · ss (r)

627 · The Mystery of the Orly Highway · H. Ashton-Wolfe · ss (r)

644 · The Devil’s Hoofmarks · R. T. Gould · ar (r)

656 · Vampires in the Philippines · R. T. Gould · ar (r)

663 · Crime and the Supernatural · Edwin T. Woodhall · ar (r)

Fifty Thrilling Wild West Stories (Odhams Press, 1948, no ISBN, 704pp, hc, an)
Reissue (Odhams Press 1937) western anthology.

9 · Why the Wild West Was Wild · F. E. Sutton · ss (r)

19 · The Borrowed Brand · Paul Evan Lehman · ss Western Trails January 1932

32 · The Long Arm of the Mounted · Harry Sinclair Drago · ss Complete Northwest Novel Magazine September 1935
not the same as the story of a similar name in the January 16, 1943 issue of Street & Smith’s Western Story.

57 · Bully of the Town · Tom Roan · ss Ace-High Magazine August 1932

75 · Blue Eyes and Blue Steel · Charles H. Snow · nv Thrilling Ranch Stories March 1934

94 · Bill Latimer’s Tree · W. D. Hoffman · ss (r)

112 · In the Mexican Quarter · Tom Gill · ss Cosmopolitan June 1930

124 · Without Fear or Favour · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories November 25 1922

141 · Battle’s End · Max Brand · na Western Story Magazine May 10 1930

209 · Grub Delayed · Archie Joscelyn · ss Cowboy Stories April 1937

220 · Horseshoe Law in Misty Sink · William A. Todd (by Norman W. Hay) · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly February 27 1937

234 · Thief! · Will Jenkins · ss People’s Story Magazine August 10 1922, as by Murray Leinster

247 · The Treasure of Iron Dome · Charles H. Snow · ss (r)

264 · The Sheriff Was a Runt · Will Jenkins · ss West April 27 1932, as by Murray Leinster

275 · Broken Courage · Charles Wesley Sanders · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly January 15 1927

292 · Reward for an Outlaw · Herbert Sullivan · ss (r)

306 · The Reverend “Chawles” · George Goodchild · nv The Great Alone by George Goodchild, Simpkin Marshall, 1919

332 · The Sheriff of Crevasse County · George Brydges Rodney · ss (r)

346 · Ghost of the Cimarron · Harry Sinclair Drago · nv Western Novelets August 1936

383 · The Killers · George Brydges Rodney · nv The Golden West Magazine November 1927

397 · He Belonged West · Christopher Culley · ss (r)

407 · The Schoolma’am of Selwood Flats · Paul Evan Lehman · ss (r)

423 · Fighting Fool · Tom Roan · ss Ace-High Magazine 1st November 1930

440 · A Reason for Wrath · Johnston McCulley · ss Cowboy Stories July 1926

455 · Three Little Calves · Frank C. Robertson · nv West May 29 1929

473 · Change of Name · George S. Surrey · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #170, August 3 1912

482 · Death Badge · Lee Bond · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly March 6 1937

495 · The Cave of Death · James Denson Sayers · nv The Underworld Magazine December 1933

528 · Singing Lead · Eugene Cunningham · ss Black Mask August 1930

544 · Texas Ranger · Lester Gregory · ss (r)

550 · Rustled Herd · Lester Gregory · ss (r)

556 · The Whip Hand · George Brydges Rodney · ss (r)

569 · The Marquis and Miss Sally · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine June 1903

578 · Kid Cyclone · Leo Grex · ss (r)

584 · This Worm Has Fangs · James Denson Sayers · ss The Underworld Magazine October 1933, as “The Worm Has Fangs”

599 · Six-Gun Justice · Louis Grey · ss (r)

606 · Million-Dollar Burros · H. C. Wire · ar Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine March 13 1937

611 · A Mountie’s Code · Conor Risdon · ss (r)

617 · Man of Ice · Claude Rister · ss Cowboy Stories April 1937

629 · When the Coach Was Held Up · George Thorne · ss (r)

635 · El Rodeo · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r)

644 · Warrior Woman · Frank Roland Conklin · ss (r)

650 · A Vengeance by Proxy · G. S. Wallington · ss (r)

656 · A Doubtful Experiment · Gerald Sussex · ss (r)

662 · Vigilante Vengeance · Joseph F. Hook · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine January 23 1937

668 · Two Snakes and a Man · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine January 2 1937

672 · Maverick Water · David Lavender · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine January 2 1937

681 · Riding with the Mail · Clarence E. Mulford · ar The Frontier October 1925

687 · The Phantom of the Rio Grande [Bud Jones] · J. Allan Dunn · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly February 27 1937

695 · Gunsmoke in Raimondo · Denver Bardwell · nv Danger Trail November 1934, as by James Denson Sayers

52 Suspects (The Mitre Press, 1944, pb, an)
Contains two filler stories in addition to title novelet.

· 52 Suspects · Maurice Grove · nv The 20-Story Magazine #203, May 1939

· Enemies in Harness · Francis H. Sibson · ss The (London) Evening News February 7 1940

· Predicament · Michael Hervey · ss

50 Years of Ghost Stories (Hutchinson, January 1935, 2/6d, 702pp, hc, an)
Later expanded as A Century of Ghost Stories.

13 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv In a Glass Darkly by J. S. Le Fanu, Richard Bentley, 1872
revised from “The Watcher”, Dublin University Magazine, November 1847.

53 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.

89 · The Saint and the Vicar · Cecil Binney · ss

101 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828

117 · Gibbet Lane · Anthony Gittins · ss

127 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.

151 · The Residence at Whitminster · M. R. James · nv A Thin Ghost by M. R. James, Longmans, Green, 1919

175 · A Warning to the Curious · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury August 1925

195 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.

235 · The Green Room · Walter de la Mare · nv The Bookman September 1925

275 · Eveline’s Visitant · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1867

287 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910

319 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890

331 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s Weekly April 4 1903 (+2)

369 · As in a Glass Dimly · Shane Leslie · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931

381 · The Lord-in-Waiting · Shane Leslie · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929

401 · 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.

415 · Expiation · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1923

433 · Pirates · E. F. Benson · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1928

453 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907

465 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908

483 · The Rosewood Door · Oliver Onions · na The Painted Face by Oliver Onions, Heinemann, 1929

537 · The Virgin of the Seven Daggers · Vernon Lee · nv The English Review January 1909 (+1)
first published in French (“La Madone aux sept glaives”, Feuilleton du journal des débats du Samedi, 1896).

565 · The Library Window · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1896

609 · The Song in the House · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine September 1933

629 · The Operation · Violet Hunt · nv Tales of the Uneasy by Violet Hunt, Heinemann, 1911

657 · The Sweeper · Ex-Private X · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931

673 · The Running Tide · Ex-Private X · ss The London Magazine September 1928, as by A. M. Burrage

689 · Perez · W. L. George · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1919, as “The Phantom Truth”

Finish This…End of Story (End of Story, 2004, 0-563-52196-1, 125pp, tp, oa)
Anthology of stories commissioned by the BBC Scotland program “End of Story”. The stories lacked endings; the program held a contest for viewers to finish them. The book was distributed free.
Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

7 · Billy Bone · Ian Rankin · ss

21 · Dryad · Joanne Harris · ss

33 · Imitating Katherine Walker · Alexei Sayle · ss

47 · The Angel · Sue Townsend · ss

59 · One Size Fits All · Fay Weldon · ss

73 · The Tunnel · Shaun Hutson · ss

87 · A Woman’s Right to Shoes · Marian Keys · ss

103 · Love or Money [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · ss

Fires of Forever--- see under American Science Fiction #12, 1953.

First Blood (Berkley, August 2008, 978-0-425-22400-7, $7.99, 330pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four vampire romance stories by Susan Sizemore, Erin McCarthy, Chris Marie Green, and Meljean Brook.

1 · Cave Canem · Susan Sizemore · na

67 · Russian Roulette · Erin McCarthy · na

143 · Double the Bite · Chris Marie Green · na

221 · Thicker Than Blood · Meljean Brook · na

First Fictions: Introduction 10 (Faber and Faber, 1989, 0-571-15201-5, x+179pp, tp, oa, cover by Brian Grimwood)
Original anthology providing a “showcase for new writing”. Tenth volume in the “Introduction” series.

vii · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms

ix · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

3 · Thin White Girls · Carole Morin · ss

16 · The Hotel Summer · Carole Morin · ss

27 · Practically Park Lane · Carole Morin · ss

35 · Green Winter · Matthew Francis · ss

44 · Demonland · Matthew Francis · ss

52 · American Fugue · Matthew Francis · ss

65 · On the Threshold · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · ss

73 · The Story · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · ss

78 · A Problematic Tale · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · ss

89 · A Rainy Day · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · vi

95 · The Last of Butch · Tom Harpole · ss

110 · Making a Moose Die · Tom Harpole · ss

121 · Smile · Anne Enright · vi

124 · Felix · Anne Enright · ss

136 · Thirst · Anne Enright · ss

141 · Seascape · Anne Enright · ss

151 · The Supremacy of Grief · Hugo Hamilton · ss

158 · The Compound Assembly of E. Richter · Hugo Hamilton · ss

174 · Above and Beyond · Hugo Hamilton · ss

First Love Forever Romance Collection (Barbour, 2018, 978-1-68322-548-5, $14.99, 447pp, tp, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · First Things First · Susanne Dietze · na

57 · A Most Reluctant Bride · Cynthia Hickey · nv

103 · Weeping Willow · Marcia Gruver · na

159 · His Anchor · Carrie Fancett Pagels · nv

207 · After the Ball · Martha Rogers · nv

251 · Lighter Than Air · Lorna Seilstad · na

301 · In Due Season · Connie Stevens · nv

345 · Heartfelt Echoes · Jennifer Uhlarik · nv

395 · Prescription for Love · Erica Vetsch · na

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