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The Mystery Box ed. Brad Meltzer (Grand Central Publishing, April 2013, 978-1-4555-1235-5, $24.00, viii+373pp, hc, oa)     The Mystery Writers of America anthology. · Introduction · Brad Meltzer · in · The Amiable Miss Edith Montague · Jan Burke · ss · Waco 1982 · Laura Lippman · ss · War Secrets · Libby Fischer Hellmann · ss · The Vly · C. E. Lawrence · ss · Heirloom · Joseph Finder · ss · The Boca Box · James O. Born · ss · Mad Blood · S. W. Hubbard · ss · Dear Mr. Queen · Joseph Goodrich · ss · The Delivery · R. T. Lawton · ss · Mokume Gane · Tom Rob Smith · ss · Angelina · Mary Anne Kelly · ss · The Remaining Unknowns · Tony Broadbent · ss · Double Jeopardy · Steve Berry · ss · The Secret Life of Books · Angela Gerst · ss · The Very Private Detectress · Catherine Mambretti · ss · The Birdhouse · Stephen Ross · ss · The Honour of Dundee · Charles Todd · ss · Hedge · Jonathan Stone · ss · The Lunar Society · Katherine Neville · ss · High Stakes · R. L. Stine · ss · Remmy Rothstein Toes the Line · Karin Slaughter · ss; annotated.

Tour of the Merrimack: Volume One by R. M. Meluch (DAW Books, October 1, 2013, 978-0-7564-0954-8, $8.99, 650pp, pb, om, cover by Shutterstock)     Omnibus of the first two military SF novels in the Tour of the Merrimack series: The Myriad (2005) and Wolf Star (2006). Details taken from online listing. 5 · The Myriad [Tour of the Merrimack] · R. M. Meluch · n. DAW, 2005 335 · Wolf Star [Tour of the Merrimack] · R. M. Meluch · n. DAW, 2006

Death of Anton by Alan Melville (Skeffington, 1936, hc, n.)

Death of Anton by Alan Melville (The British Library, August 2015, 978-0-7123-5788-3, £8.99, 288pp, tp, no, cover by Chris Andrews) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Skeffington 1936) mystery novel.

Quick Curtain by Alan Melville (Skeffington, 1934, hc, n.)

Quick Curtain by Alan Melville (The British Library, August 2015, 978-0-7123-5789-0, £8.99, 287pp, tp, no, cover: [extract from L.N.E.R. poster (Harrogate)] by Fred Taylor) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Skeffington 1934) mystery novel. 6 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

Week-End at Thrackley by Alan Melville (Skeffington, 1934, hc, n.)

Week-End at Thrackley by Alan Melville (The British Library, June 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5211-6, £8.99, 240pp, tp, no) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Skeffington 1934) mystery novel.

Psy-Fi One: An Anthology of Psychology in Science Fiction ed. Kenneth B. Melvin, Stanley L. Brodsky & Raymond D. Fowler, Jr. (Random, 1977, 0-394-30576-0, xiii+299pp, tp, an) ix · Preface · [uncredited] · pr xiii · Introduction · [uncredited] · in 1 · I. Conditioning, Learning, and Memory 5 · Fred One · James Ransom · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1964 15 · Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1959 38 · Learning Theory · James McConnell · ss If December 1957 51 · II. Physiological and Perceptual Processes 55 · How Deep the Grooves · Philip José Farmer · ss Amazing Stories February 1963 65 · In the House of Double Minds · Robert Silverberg · ss Vertex June 1974 81 · All the Sounds of the Rainbow · Norman Spinrad · nv Vertex June 1973 104 · If You’re So Smart · Paul Corey · ss New Writings in S-F 14 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1969 115 · III. Emotion and Motivation 118 · The Executive Rat · Larry Eisenberg · ss Worlds of If November/December 1972 126 · Love, Incorporated · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1956 136 · Such Stuff · John Brunner · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1962 149 · IV. Developmental Psychology 152 · The Baby · Larry Eisenberg · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1974 158 · The First Men · Howard Fast · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1960 183 · V. Intelligence and Personality 187 · Placement Test · Keith Laumer · nv Amazing Stories July 1964 210 · The Man in the Rorschach Shirt · Ray Bradbury · ss Playboy October 1966 221 · VI. Behavior Disorders and Therapy 225 · It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! · Norman Spinrad · hu Gent December 1967 232 · The Diary of the Rose · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Future Power ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois, Random House, 1976 250 · Christlings · Albert Teichner · ss Orbit 10 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1972 263 · VII. Social Behavior 266 · Conversational Mode · Grahame Leman · ss New Writings in SF—20 ed. John Carnell, Corgi, 1972 276 · A Touch of Sanity · Stanley Brodsky · vi The Worm Runner’s Digest Winter 1970/1971 280 · Care · Roby James · ss 287 · VIII. Conclusion 289 · Psy-Fi · Stanley L. Brodsky & Kenneth B. Melvin · ar Human Behavior January 1975 297 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Classic Fantasy Stories ed. Farah Mendlesohn (Macmillan Collector’s Library, July 11, 2024, 978-1-03-502643-2, £10.99, 424pp, hc, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Farah Mendlesohn · in 1 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #1, June 23 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon; subtitled “A Legend of the Kaatskill Mountains”. 32 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 71 · Goblin Market · Christina Rossetti · pm The Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti, 1862 95 · The Magic Fishbone · Charles Dickens · nv from “Holiday Romance”, Our Young Folks January 1868 (+3) 113 · The Griffin and the Minor Canon · Frank R. Stockton · nv St. Nicholas October 1885 139 · The Gray Man · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, Houghton Mifflin, 1886 151 · The Happy Prince · Oscar Wilde · ss The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde, David Nutt, 1888 167 · The Demon Pope · Richard Garnett · ss The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett, Unwin, 1888 184 · The Ensouled Violin · H. P. Blavatsky · nv Nightmare Tales by Helena P. Blavatsky, Theosophical Publishing House, 1892 233 · The Dragon Tamers [Seven Dragons] · Edith Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine August 1899 257 · The Folk of the Mountain Door · William Morris · ss The Collected Works of William Morris, Vol. 21 by William Morris, 1914 279 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · vi The (London) Evening News September 29 1914; subtitled “The Angel of Mons”. 286 · The Swine Gods · Regina Miriam Bloch · ss Swine-Gods and Other Visions by Regina Miriam Bloch, John Richmond, 1917 301 · Once There Was a King · Rabindranath Tagore; translated by C. F. Andrews · ss The Hungry Stones and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore, The Macmillan Company, 1916 translated from the Bengali. 316 · The Princess of the Hither Isles · W. E. B. DuBois · ss Darkwater: Voices from the Veil by W. E. B. Du Bois, Harcourt, Brace & Howe, 1920 325 · The Nature of the Evidence · May Sinclair · ss Fortune May 1923 346 · The Doll · Vernon Lee · ss The Cornhill Magazine May 1896, as “The Image” 362 · The Celestial Omnibus · E. M. Forster · nv Albany Review January 1908 390 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955

Concussed ed. Farah Mendlesohn, Bridget Bradshaw & Peter Young--- see under Bridget Bradshaw.

The Parliament of Dreams: Conferring on Babylon 5 ed. Farah Mendlesohn & Edward James--- see under Edward James.

Addis Ababa Noir ed. Maaza Mengiste (Akashic Books, August 4, 2020, 978-1-61775-820-1, $16.95, 256pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]     Details taken from ebook. · Howling in the Darkness · Maaza Mengiste · in · Part I: Past Hauntings · Kind Stranger · Meron Hadero · ss; set in Lideta. · A Double-Edged Inheritance · Hannah Giorgis · ss; set in Shiromeda. · Ostrich · Rebecca Fisseha · ss; set in the National Palace. · Dust, Ash, Flight · Maaza Mengiste · ss; set in Mercato. · Part II: Translations of Grief · Father Bread · Mikael Awake · ss; set in Kechené. · The Blue Shadow · Mahtem Shiferraw · ss; set in Yerer Ber. · A Night in Bela Sefer · Sulaiman Addonia · ss; set in Bela Sefer. · Part III: Madness Descends · Insomnia · Lelissa Girma · ss; set in Haya Hulet. · Of the Poet and the Café · Girma T. Fantaye; translated by Hewan Semon · ss; set in Beherawi Theater. · Under the Minibus Ceiling · Bewketu Seyoum; translated by Cheryl Moskowitz · ss; set in Arat Kilo. · Of Buns and Howls · Adam Reta · ss; set in Addis Ababa West. · Part IV: Police and Thieves · Kebele ID · Linda Yohannes · ss; set in CMC. · None of Your Business · Solomon Hailemariam · ss; set in French Legation. · Agony of the Congested Heart · Teferi Nigussie Tafa · ss; set in Meskel Square. · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Chicago Noir: The Classics ed. Joe Meno (Akashic Books, September 1, 2015, 978-1-61775-294-0, $21.95, 256pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir] 11 · Language of Shadows · Joe Meno · in 15 · Part I: The Jazz Age 17 · 30 Seconds of Darkness [DeLancey and T.B.] · Harry Stephen Keeler · ss The Black Cat May 1916; set in Rogers Park. 37 · Brothers · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Bookman April 1921; set in Douglas. 48 · Kaddish for the Kid [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv Private Eyes ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet, 1998; set in West Town. 77 · The Man Who Went to Chicago · Richard Wright · ex Eight Men by Ricard Wright, The World Publishing Company, 1961; set in Illinois Medical District. revised from “Early Days in Chicago” (Cross Section 1945 ed. Edwin Seaver, L.B. Fischer, 1945). 91 · Part II: Noir & Ne0-Noir 93 · He Swung and He Missed · Nelson Algren · ss The American Mercury July 1942; set in Lakeview. 102 · I’ll Cut Your Throat Again, Kathleen · Fredric Brown · nv Mystery Book Magazine Winter 1948; set in Magnificent Mile. 124 · The Price of Salt · Patricia Highsmith · ex Coward-McCann, 1952, as by Claire Morgan; set in Gold Coast. 137 · The Starving Dogs of Little Croatia · Barry Gifford · ss The Chicagoist December 13 2009; set in Wicker Park. 142 · Blue Note · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Chicago Blues ed. Libby Fischer Hellmann, Bleak House Books, 2007; set in Woodlawn. 160 · The Whole World Is Watching · Libby Fischer Hellmann · ss Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime ed. Sara Paretsky, Signet, 2007; set in Grant Park. 175 · Part III: Modern Crime 177 · Skin Deep [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987; set in Michigan Avenue. 194 · Death and the Point Spread [Big Bull Benson] · Percy Spurlark Parker · ss Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday, 1995; set in Lawndale. 214 · One Holy Night · Sandra Cisneros · ss The Village Voice Literary Supplement #69, November 1 1988; set in Pilsen. 223 · The Thirtieth Amendment · Hugh Holton · ss Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday, 1995; set in Bridgeport. 236 · We Didn’t · Stuart Dybek · ss Antæus #70, Spring 1993; set in Oak Street Beach. 250 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Ancestral Voices: An Anthology of Early Science Fiction ed. Douglas Menville & R. Reginald (Arno Press, April 1975, 0-405-06305-9, $15.00, 298pp, hc, an)     Anthology of rare early science fiction stories reproduced in facsimile from the original printings with no sequential page numbers. · A Glance Ahead: Being a Christmas Tale of A.D. 3568 · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Over the Plum Pudding by John Kendrick Bangs, Harper, 1901 · The Third Eye [Bronx Park Zoological Society; Percy Smith] · Robert W. Chambers · nv Hearst’s Magazine February 1915 · The Space Annihilator · Harle Oren Cummins · ss The Argosy September 1901, as “Martin Bradley’s Space Annihilator” · A Corner in Lightning · George Griffith · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1898 · The Lizard · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss The Strand Magazine June 1898 · The Romance of the First Radical · Andrew Lang · ss In the Wrong Paradise, and Other Stories by Andrew Lang, 1886 · The Red One · Jack London · nv Cosmopolitan October 1918 · Beyond the Spectrum · Morgan Robertson · ss Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Morgan Robertson, McClure's Magazine and Metropolitan Magazine, 1914 · Impossibility, a Study of Reason and Science [William & James] · James F. Sullivan · ss The Strand Magazine March 1892 · Love and the Triangle · Stanley Waterloo · ss The Wolf’s Long Howl by Stanley Waterloo, Stone, 1899

Ancient Hauntings ed. Doug Menville & R. Reginald (Arno Press, 1976, 0-405-08163-4, $26.00, hc, an)     Anthology of rare Victorian ghost and horror stories reproduced in facsimile from the original printings with no sequential page numbers. · The Ensouled Violin · Helena P. Blavatsky · nv Nightmare Tales by Helena P. Blavatsky, Theosophical Publishing House, 1892 · The Green Staircase · Gilbert Campbell · nv Dark Stories from the Sunny South by Sir Gilbert Campbell, Bart., Ward Lock, 1889 · The Haunted Hansom · Howell Davies · ss Bow Bells Annual Christmas 1883 · The Vial-Genie and Mad Farthing · F. H. de la Motte Fouqué · nv Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, Vol. 1, Simpkin, Marshall, 1823, as “The Bottle Imp”, uncredited. translated from the German (“Das Galgenmännlein”, 1814). · The Metempsychosis · Robert Macnish · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine May 1826 · Fioraccio · Giovanni Magherini-Graziani; translated by Mary A. Craig · nv Modern Ghosts, Harper's, 1890 translated from the Italian (“Fioraccio”, 1886). · A Mystery of the Campagna · Von Degen · nv Unwin’s Annual 1887, 1886 · The Green Hands: A Story About a Duet · George Augustus Sala · ss Terrible Tales by George Augustus Sala, London, 1873 · Ghosts · Ivan Turgenev · nv (r)