The FictionMags Index

Book Contents Lists: Page 731

For Love or Money ed. Dorothy Gardiner (Doubleday, 1957, LC:57-12465, 240pp, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Also available in the U.K. (Macdonald 1959). v · Foreword · Dorothy Gardiner · fw 9 · Money to Burn · Margery Allingham · ss She March 1957, as “The Psychologists” 21 · Ice Storm · Jerome Barry · ss Collier’s January 10 1953 38 · The Dog That Wouldn’t Talk [Insp. Leonidas Prike] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Argosy August 2 1941, as “The Dog from Singapore” 60 · Aren’t Our Police Wonderful? · Christianna Brand · ss 65 · The Pearly Gates Are Open · Gladys Cluff · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1955 69 · Courage Isn’t Everything · George Harmon Coxe · ss Collier’s June 17 1944 87 · Sam Rall’s Private Ghost · Bruno Fischer · nv Popular Detective July 1949 109 · Proposal Perilous · Morris Hershman · ss Popular Detective July 1949 116 · A Roof in Manhattan · Hilda Lawrence · nv 1948 137 · Sybilla · Margaret Manners · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1956, as “Hard Way Out” 150 · Kid Stuff [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week September 11 1955, as “The Blackboard Gangsters” 162 · The Fixed Fight · Sidney Rowland · ss 180 · Journey Backward Into Time [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1956, as “Journey Into Time” translated from the French (“Les Larmes de Bougie”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, November 22, 1936). 192 · Decoy · Charles L. Sweeney, Jr. · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1957, as “Soft, White Body” 205 · Murder Me Twice · Lawrence Treat · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1957 218 · “I Killed John Harrington” · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s June 12 1937, as “Light in Darkness”

Grimalkin’s Tales by Judy Gardiner, Stella Whitelaw & Mark Ronson--- see under Stella Whitelaw.

A Little Purple Book of Peculiar Stories by Craig Shaw Gardner (Borderlands Press, 2004, $20.00, hc, co)     Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from online listing. · One More Song Before I Go · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss Chrysalis, Volume 2 ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1978 · The Sinister Cheesecake [Sherlock Holmes] · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss The Game Is Afoot ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin's, 1994 · God’s Eyes · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss Perpetual Light ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982 · How Much Would You Pay? · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001 · A Planet Called Elvis · Craig Shaw Gardner · nv Imaginings ed. Keith R. A. DeCandido, Pocket, 2003 · A Note on the Peculiar · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss

The Adventures of Paul Pry by Erle Stanley Gardner (The Mysterious Press, February 1990, 0-89296-976-8, $9.95, 261pp, tp, co) [Paul Pry]     Reprint (Mysterious Press 1989) collection of nine stories featuring Paul Pry, an urbane adventurer who prays upon criminals. Includes an introduction by Robert Weinberg. 1 · Introduction: Paul Pry · Robert E. Weinberg · in 5 · The Crime Juggler [Paul Pry] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Gang World October 1930 31 · The Racket Buster [Paul Pry] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Gang World November 1930 57 · The Daisy-Pusher [Paul Pry] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Gang World December 1930 85 · Wiker Gets the Works [Paul Pry] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Gang World January 1931 117 · A Double Deal in Diamonds [Paul Pry] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Gang World February 1931 147 · Slick and Clean [Paul Pry] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Gang World April 1931 181 · Hell’s Danger Signal [Paul Pry] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Gang World April 1932 219 · Dressed to Kill [Paul Pry] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Dime Detective Magazine September 1 1933 249 · The Cross-Stitch Killer [Paul Pry] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Dime Detective Magazine November 15 1933

The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith by Erle Stanley Gardner (Davis, December 1980, $1.75, 192pp, digest, co) [Lester Leith] [edited by Ellery Queen]     In the “Ellery Queen Presents” series. 9 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in 11 · In Round Figures [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly August 23 1930 48 · Bird in the Hand [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly April 9 1932 78 · A Thousand to One [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 28 1939 118 · The Exact Opposite [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Detective Fiction Weekly March 29 1941 153 · The Hand Is Quicker than the Eye [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Detective Fiction Weekly September 16 1939, as “Lester Leith, Magician”

The Blonde in Lower Six by Erle Stanley Gardner (Carroll & Graf, November 1990, 0-88184-633-3, $18.95, 270pp, hc, co) [Ed Jenkins]     Collection of four short novels from the pulps, though the title story was an archival discovery first published in Argosy in 1961. 9 · The Blonde in Lower Six [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy September 1961 147 · The Wax Dragon [Ed Jenkins; Helen Chadwick; Soo Hoo Duck] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Black Mask November 1927 191 · Grinning Gods [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy; Helen Chadwick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Black Mask December 1927 231 · Yellow Shadows [Ed Jenkins; Helen Chadwick; Ngat T’oy] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Black Mask February 1928

The Case of the Murderer’s Bride and Other Stories by Erle Stanley Gardner (Davis, October 1969, LC:72-99895, $1.00, 192pp, digest, co) [edited by Ellery Queen]     First in the “Ellery Queen Presents” series. 4 · Erle Stanley Gardner: An Unorthodox Introduction · Ellery Queen · in 8 · The Case of the Murderer’s Bride · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Look October 15 1957 28 · Only by Running · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week May 11 1952 (+1), as “Flight Into Disaster” 43 · The Candy Kid [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly March 14 1931 72 · To Strike a Match · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week November 6 1938, as “The House of Three Candles” 79 · Death Rides a Boxcar · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The American Magazine January 1945 122 · Danger Out of the Past · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Manhunt May 1955, as “Protection” 134 · The Jeweled Butterfly · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Cosmopolitan October 1952

The Casebook of Sidney Zoom by Erle Stanley Gardner (Crippen & Landru, June 2006, 1-932009-47-7, $19.00, 247pp, tp, co, cover by Juha Lindroos) [Sidney Zoom] [edited by Bill Pronzini]     Collection of 10 stories, edited with an introduction by Bill Pronzini. Also available in a limited hc edition (-47-9). 7 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 9 · Willie the Weeper [Sidney Zoom] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly March 29 1930 27 · “My Name Is Zoom!” [Sidney Zoom] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 12 1930 46 · Borrowed Bullets [Sidney Zoom] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly March 21 1931 70 · Higher Up [Sidney Zoom] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly September 19 1931 96 · The First Stone [Sidney Zoom] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 24 1931 123 · The Green Door [Sidney Zoom] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly August 20 1932 154 · Cheating the Chair [Sidney Zoom] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly September 17 1932 182 · Inside Job [Sidney Zoom] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 7 1933 198 · Lifted Bait [Sidney Zoom] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 21 1933 224 · Stolen Thunder [Sidney Zoom] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly May 19 1934 247 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi

The Danger Zone and Other Stories by Erle Stanley Gardner (Crippen & Landru, July 2004, 1-932009-23-X, $19.00, 248pp, tp, co, cover by Juha Lindroos) [edited by Bill Pronzini]     Collection of 11 stories. Also in limited hc edition (-22-1). 7 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 11 · Snowy Ducks for Cover · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Dime Detective Magazine November 1931 27 · The Corkscrew Kid · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Black Aces January 1932 37 · The Danger Zone [Major Brane] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy October 15 1932 66 · A Logical Ending [Key-Clew Clark] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 29 1933 82 · Restless Pearls [Bob Crowder] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv All Detective Magazine November 1933 100 · Time for Murder · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Dime Detective Magazine January 15 1934 137 · Hard as Nails [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv The Black Mask March 1925 not the same as the story of the same name in the January 15, 1935 issue of Dime Detective. 161 · Complete Designs · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Short Stories July 25 1936 172 · Barney Killigen [Barney Killigen] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Clues Detective Stories December 1938 201 · Take It or Leave It [Pete Wennick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask March 1939 235 · Flight Into Disaster · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week May 11 1952 (+1) 248 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi (r)

Dead Men’s Letters and Other Short Novels by Erle Stanley Gardner (Carroll & Graf, April 1990, 0-88184-579-5, $18.95, 203pp, hc, co) [Ed Jenkins]     Collection of six pulp thriller novellas featuring Ed Jenkins. · Dead Men’s Letters [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv The Black Mask December 1926 · Laugh That Off [Ed Jenkins; Helen Chadwick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The Black Mask September 1926 · The Cat-Woman [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv The Black Mask February 1927 · This Way Out [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask March 1937 not the same as the story of the same name in the March 1927 issue. · Come and Get It [Ed Jenkins; Helen Chadwick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv The Black Mask April 1927 · In Full of Account [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Black Mask May 1927

The Exploits of the Patent Leather Kid by Erle Stanley Gardner (Crippen & Landru, 2010, 1-932009-88-4, $19.00, 268pp, tp, co)     Lost Classics #32. Thirteen stories featuring elegant crook the Patent Leather Kid, who becomes the terror of the Depression-era underworld, and his opponent Inspector Brane. 7 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 9 · The Kid Stacks a Deck [Patent Leather Kid] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 28 1932 24 · The Kid Passes the Sugar [Patent Leather Kid] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly July 16 1932 36 · The Kid Wins a Wager [Patent Leather Kid] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 10 1932 49 · The Kid Throws a Stone [Patent Leather Kid] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly October 22 1932 65 · The Kid Makes a Bid [Patent Leather Kid] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly February 18 1933 87 · The Kid Muscles In [Patent Leather Kid] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 15 1933 105 · The Kid Takes a Cut [Patent Leather Kid] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 20 1933 124 · The Kid Beats the Gun [Patent Leather Kid] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly August 5 1933 148 · The Kid Covers a Kill [Patent Leather Kid] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly November 4 1933 170 · The Kid Clears a Crook [Patent Leather Kid] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly February 3 1934 197 · The Kid Clips a Coupon [Patent Leather Kid] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly April 21 1934 221 · The Kid Cooks a Goose [Patent Leather Kid] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly July 14 1934 244 · The Kid Steals a Star [Patent Leather Kid] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly November 17 1934 268 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi

The Human Zero: The Science Fiction Stories of Erle Stanley Gardner by Erle Stanley Gardner (William Morrow, 1981, 0-688-00122-X, 444pp, hc, co) [edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh] 7 · Foreword · Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh · fw 17 · The Human Zero · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy December 19 1931 75 · Monkey Eyes · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Argosy Allstory Weekly July 27 1929 (+1) 141 · New Worlds · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy December 17 1932 213 · Rain Magic · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy Allstory Weekly October 20 1928 261 · A Year in a Day · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy July 19 1930 323 · The Man with Pin-Point Eyes · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy January 10 1931 377 · The Sky’s the Limit · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Argosy December 7 1929 (+1)

Pay Dirt: and Other Whispering Sands Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert by Erle Stanley Gardner (William Morrow, 1983, 0-688-01981-1, $15.95, 324pp, hc, co) [edited by Charles G. Waugh & Martin Harry Greenberg] 7 · Introduction · Charles G. Waugh & Martin Harry Greenberg · in 19 · Singing Sand [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy November 7 1931 53 · The Land of Painted Rocks [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy January 28 1933 93 · The Big Circle [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy September 2 1933 131 · Pay Dirt [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy April 25 1931 161 · The Land of Poison Springs [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy April 9 1932 203 · Stamp of the Desert [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Argosy October 17 1931 227 · Law of the Ghost Town [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Argosy April 22 1933 249 · The Law of Drifting Sand [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy August 20 1932 287 · The Whip Hand [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy January 23 1932

Whispering Sands: Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert by Erle Stanley Gardner (William Morrow, 1981, 0-688-00474-1, 323pp, hc, co) [edited by Charles G. Waugh & Martin Harry Greenberg] 7 · Introduction · Charles G. Waugh & Martin Harry Greenberg · in 17 · Sand Blast [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy July 21 1934 79 · Law of the Rope [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy March 11 1933 113 · Gold Blindness [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy March 8 1930 143 · Written in Sand [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Argosy October 25 1930 169 · Blood-Red Gold [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy September 20 1930 204 · Carved in Sand [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy June 17 1933 239 · Fall Guy [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Argosy March 22 1930 264 · Priestess of the Sun [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Argosy December 6 1930 290 · Golden Bullets [Whispering Story] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy June 7 1930

Gravity Wells by James Alan Gardner (HarperCollins/Eos, May 2005, 0-06-008770-6, $15.95, xix+345pp, tp, co, cover by Fred Gambino)     Collection of 14 stories, two original, with notes on the inspirations for each by the author. 7 · Muffin Explains Teleology to the World at Large · James Alan Gardner · ss On Spec Spring 1990 · The Children of Crèche · James Alan Gardner · nv L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume VI ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge, 1990 · Kent State Descending the Gravity Well: An Analysis of the Observer · James Alan Gardner · ss Amazing Stories October 1992 · Withered Gold, the Night, the Day · James Alan Gardner · ss (r) · The Last Day of the War, with Parrots · James Alan Gardner · nv Amazing Stories Winter 1995 · Changeable Market in Slaves · James Alan Gardner · ss (r) · Reaper · James Alan Gardner · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1991 · Lesser Figures of the Greater Trumps · James Alan Gardner · ss (r) · Shadow Album · James Alan Gardner · ss Amazing Stories July 1991 · Hardware Scenario G-49 · James Alan Gardner · ss Amazing Stories December 1991 · The Reckoning of Gifts · James Alan Gardner · nv Tesseracts4 ed. Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet, Beach Holme Books, 1992 · The Young Person’s Guide to the Organism · James Alan Gardner · na Amazing Stories April 1992 · Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream · James Alan Gardner · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1997 · Sense of Wonder · James Alan Gardner · aw (r)

The Best American Short Stories 1982 ed. John Gardner & Shannon Ravenel (Houghton Mifflin, 1982, 0-395-32207-3, xix+374pp, tp, an) ix · Introduction · John Gardner · in 3 · Cathedral · Raymond Carver · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1981 18 · Dancing Ducks and Talking Anus · James Ferry · ss The Literary Review Autumn 1981 37 · The Courtship of Widow Sobcek · Joanna Higgins · ss MSS 1981 54 · Good Rockin’ Tonight · William Hauptman · nv Playboy May 1981 75 · Shelter the Pilgrim · Fred Licht · ss The Hudson Review 1981 93 · Coach · Mary Robison · ss The New Yorker September 14 1981 108 · Exchange Value · Charles Johnson · ss Choice 1981 116 · K. 590 · Nicholson Baker · ss The Little Magazine 1982 124 · The Dolphin Story · Joyce Renwick · ss Choice 1980 144 · The Continental Heart · Lissa McLaughlin · ss Massachusetts Review 1981 151 · The Café de Paris · Roberta Gupta · nv MSS 1981 182 · The Power of Language Is Such That Even a Single Word Taken Truly to Heart Can Change Everything · Alvin Greenberg · ss Story Quarterly 1981 193 · The Gift Horse’s Mouth · R. E. Smith · ss The Texas Review 1982 210 · Harmony of the World · Charles Baxter · ss Michigan Quarterly Review 1981 233 · Coming Over · Edith Milton · ss The Yale Review 1981 251 · The Girl Who Was No Kin to the Marshalls · Anne Hobson Freeman · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review 1981 260 · Prize Tomatoes · Anne F. Rosner · nv TriQuarterly #50, Winter 1981 287 · Proud Monster—Sketches · Ian MacMillan · ss Carolina Quarterly 1981 299 · Lamb Says · Roseanne Coggeshall · ss The South Carolina Review Spring 1981 311 · Theft · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Northwest Review 1982 361 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg 365 · 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2017 · [uncredited] · bi 369 · Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · ms