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Frights 1 ed. Kirby McCauley (Sphere, 1979, 5779, 85p, 157pp, pb, oa)     First part of Frights, St. Martin’s Press, 1977. 9 · Wonder and Terror · Fritz Leiber · in Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 13 · There’s a Long, Long Trail A-Winding · Russell Kirk · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 57 · The Whisperer · Brian Lumley · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 75 · Armaja Das · Joe W. Haldeman · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 101 · The Kitten · Poul & Karen Anderson · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 133 · Oh Tell Me Will It Freeze Tonight · R. A. Lafferty · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 155 · Afterword · Kirby McCauley · aw Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976

Frights 2 ed. Kirby McCauley (Sphere, 1979, 5780, 85p, 159pp, pb, oa)     Second part of Frights, St. Martin’s Press, 1977. · Wonder and Terror · Fritz Leiber · in Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · Dead Call · William F. Nolan · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · The Idiots · Davis Grubb · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · The Companion · Ramsey Campbell · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · Firefight · David Drake · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · It Only Comes Out at Night · Dennis Etchison · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · Compulsory Games · Robert Aickman · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · Sums · John W. Jakes & Richard E. Peck · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · The Warm Farewell · Robert Bloch · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · End Game · Gahan Wilson · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 · Afterword · Kirby McCauley · aw Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976

Night Chills ed. Kirby McCauley (Avon, November 1975, 0-380-00397-X, $1.50, 260pp, pb, an) ix · Introduction · Kirby McCauley · in 1 · At Midnight, in the Month of June [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #127, June 1954 13 · A:B:O. · Walter de la Mare · ss Eight Tales by Walter de la Mare, Arkham House, 1971 31 · Minnesota Gothic · Thomas M. Disch · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination January 1964, as by Dobbin Thorpe 47 · The Jugular Man · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1973 55 · Alice and the Allergy · Fritz Leiber · ss Weird Tales September 1946 65 · The Island · L. P. Hartley · ss Night Fears by L. P. Hartley, Putnam, 1924 81 · Yesterday’s Witch · Gahan Wilson · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #9, 1973 89 · Wet Season · Dennis Etchison · ss Gamma #5, September 1965 103 · Innsmouth Clay · H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 written by Derleth from a fragment by Lovecraft. 117 · People of the Black Coast · Robert E. Howard · ss Spaceway September/October 1969 129 · Call First · Ramsey Campbell · ss 135 · From Beyond the Stars · Richard L. Tierney · nv 157 · The Funny Farm · Robert Bloch · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 169 · The Face in the Wind · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales April 1936 193 · Goodman’s Place · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1974 209 · Kellerman’s Eyepiece · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss 221 · Sticks [Cthulhu] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers March 1974 243 · The Sign-Painter and the Crystal Fishes · Marjorie Bowen · ss In a Good Cause, John Murray, 1909

Nightmare Town (var. 1) by Dashiell Hammett ed. Kirby McCauley, Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman--- see under Dashiell Hammett.

Murder, Murder, Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday (Hillman, 1961, 193, 35¢, 159pp, pb, an)     10 Tales from 20 Great Tales of Murder. iii · Preface: Department of Nostalgia · Baynard Kendrick · pr 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 vii · Introduction · Brett Halliday · in 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 9 · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 27 · The Adventure of the Dead Cat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946 44 · The Last Day of All · Fay Grissom Stanley · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 52 · Good-Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden · Lillian de la Torre · pl W.H. Baker Co., 1948 78 · Uncle Charlie · Philip Ketchum · ss (r) 94 · The Absent Hat Pin · D. B. Olsen · ss 1947 110 · The Riddle of the Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945, as “Snafu Murder” 127 · My Last Book · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 134 · The Man in the Morgue · Robert Arthur · ss (r) 146 · The Hand of God · Harry Stephen Keeler · ss (r)

The Second Book of Crime-Craft ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday (Corgi, 1958, pb, an)     Abridged from 20 Great Tales of Murder (Random 1951). · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 · The Adventure of the Dead Cat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946 · Nine-Finger Jack · Anthony Boucher · ss Esquire May 1951 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 · The Last Day of All · Fay Grissom Stanley · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 · You Killed Elizabeth · Brett Halliday · nv The London Mystery Magazine #8, February/March 1951 · Good-Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden · Lillian de la Torre · pl W.H. Baker Co., 1948 · The Riddle of the Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945, as “Snafu Murder” · My Last Book · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 · The Doctor Takes a Case [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Liberty November 16 1946, as “Post Mortem” · Live Bait · Morris Hershman · ss Popular Detective March 1950 · The Man in the Morgue · Robert Arthur · ss (r)

20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday (Random House, 1951, LC:51-12105, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Derivative anthologies: Murder, Murder, Murder and You Killed Elizabeth. ix · Preface: Department of Nostalgia · Baynard Kendrick · pr xiii · Introduction · Brett Halliday · in 3 · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss 25 · The Adventure of the Dead Cat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946 45 · Nine-Finger Jack · Anthony Boucher · ss Esquire May 1951 53 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 69 · The Last Day of All · Fay Grissom Stanley · ss 79 · You Killed Elizabeth · Brett Halliday · nv The London Mystery Magazine #8, February/March 1951 100 · Chinoiserie · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946 127 · Thread of Life · Will Oursler · ss Mystery Book Magazine Spring 1949 133 · Good-Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden · Lillian de la Torre · pl W.H. Baker Co., 1948 159 · Uncle Charlie · Philip Ketchum · ss (r) 179 · The Absent Hat Pin · D. B. Olsen · ss 1947 197 · Riviera Renegade · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s November 20 1948 205 · The Riddle of the Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945, as “Snafu Murder” 225 · My Last Book · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss 233 · The Doctor Takes a Case [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Liberty November 16 1946, as “Post Mortem” 253 · Live Bait · Morris Hershman · ss Popular Detective March 1950 268 · The Man in the Morgue · Robert Arthur · ss (r) 281 · The Man Who Had No Friends · Hugh Pentecost · nv originally a teleplay on CBS’ The Web, January 10, 1951. 307 · The Nightmare Face · Walter Snow · ss Suspense Magazine Summer 1951 321 · The Hand of God · Harry Stephen Keeler · ss (r) 333 · Postscript · Helen McCloy · aw

Loot of the Vampire by Thorp McClusky (Robert Weinberg, 1975, $5.00, 92pp, tp, co, cover by Herb Arnold)     Details supplied by Bill Thom. 4 · [illustrations] · Herb Arnold · il 5 · Introduction · Robert Weinberg · in 6 · Loot of the Vampire [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · na Weird Tales June 1936 (+1) 36 · The Woman in Room 607 [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales January 1937 52 · The Thing on the Floor [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1938 69 · Slaves of the Gray Mold [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1940

Masters of Horror, Vol. Five: Thorp McClusky: Weird Tales Nobility by Thorp McClusky (Armchair Fiction, January 23, 2023, 979-8374765793, $16.95, 312pp, tp, co)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Crawling Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales November 1936 34 · The Lamia in the Penthouse · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales May 1952 65 · The Music from Infinity · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales September 1941 90 · Fothergill’s Jug · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales November 1938 115 · The Ultimate Paradox · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales May 1945 138 · The Red God Laughed · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales April 1939 149 · The Thing on the Floor [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1938 194 · Monstrosity of Evolution [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Amazing Stories November 1938 247 · Little Planet · Thorp McClusky · ss Science Fiction October 1939 267 · The Graveyard Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1941

The Eureka Years ed. Annette Pelz McComas (Bantam, June 1982, 0-553-20673-7, $3.50, 348pp, pb, an)     Traces the development of Boucher and McComas’s The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1949-1954. ix · Introduction · Theodore Sturgeon · in xiii · Preface · Annette Pelz McComas · pr 1 · Autobiography · Anthony Boucher · bg 2 · Autobiography · J. Francis McComas · bg 6 · The Birth and Growth · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas, Joseph W. Ferman & Lawrence E. Spivak · lt 26 · The Model of a Science Fiction Editor · Anthony Boucher · pm 1952 29 · Sturgeon-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Theodore Sturgeon · lt 32 · The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949 41 · Bradbury-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Ray Bradbury · lt 45 · The Exiles · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s September 15 1949, as “The Mad Wizards of Mars” 60 · Clingerman-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Mildred Clingerman · lt 62 · Minister Without Portfolio · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 69 · Trends · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · ms 72 · Sorry, But— Rejections and Advice · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 83 · de Camp/Pratt-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Fletcher Pratt · lt 85 · Elephas Frumenti [Gavagan’s Bar] · L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 91 · Henderson-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 93 · Come On, Wagon! · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 102 · Bester-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Alfred Bester · lt 105 · Of Time and Third Avenue · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 114 · Matheson-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Richard Matheson · lt 116 · Dress of White Silk · Richard Matheson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 120 · Epitaph Near Moonport · Sherwood Springer · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1954 122 · The Trade— The Tricks of and the Art of · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 128 · Oliver-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Chad Oliver · lt 130 · The Boy Next Door · Chad Oliver · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1951 139 · Knight-Editors Correspondence · J. Francis McComas & Damon Knight · lt 141 · Not with a Bang · Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 147 · Wellman-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Manly Wade Wellman · lt 150 · O Ugly Bird! [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 162 · Skiametric Morphology and Behaviorism of Ganymedeus Sapiens · Kenneth R. Deardorf · fa The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 168 · Define Your Terms · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 173 · Letters to the Editor · Ron Goulart · ss Pelican October 1950 175 · [letter] · Isaac Asimov · lt 175 · The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · Isaac Asimov · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1954 178 · The Other Inauguration · Anthony Boucher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953 192 · Anderson-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Poul Anderson · lt 194 · When Half-Gods Go · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1953 205 · Dick-Editors Correspondence · Philip K. Dick · lt 207 · The Little Movement · Philip K. Dick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1952 216 · The Naming of Names · Herman W. Mudgett · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1953 218 · Lists · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 224 · Smith-Editors Correspondence · J. Francis McComas & Evelyn E. Smith · lt 226 · The Last of the Spode · Evelyn E. Smith · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1953 231 · Asimov-Editors Correspondence · Isaac Asimov · lt 235 · Flies · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1953 242 · Dickson-Editors Correspondence · Gordon R. Dickson · lt 244 · Listen · Gordon R. Dickson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952 251 · Porges-Editors Correspondence · Arthur Porges · lt 255 · The Devil and Simon Flagg · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 261 · Limerick (“There was a young man of Cape Horn”) · Herman Mudgett · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951 264 · Predictions · Anthony Boucher · lt 268 · Brave New Word · J. Francis McComas · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1954 280 · Norton-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Andre Norton · lt 282 · Mousetrap · Andre Norton · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1954 289 · Bretnor-Editors Correspondence · J. Francis McComas & Reginald Bretnor · lt 292 · Cat · Reginald Bretnor · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1953 312 · Recommended Reading · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · br

Adventures in Time and Space ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Adventures in Time and Space (var. 1) ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Adventures in Time and Space (var. 2) ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Adventures in Time and Space (var. 3) ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction ed. J. Francis McComas & Anthony Boucher--- see under Anthony Boucher.

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Second Series ed. J. Francis McComas & Anthony Boucher--- see under Anthony Boucher.

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Third Series ed. J. Francis McComas & Anthony Boucher--- see under Anthony Boucher.