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Death on the Veranda ed. Cynthia Manson (Carroll & Graf, December 1994, 0-7867-0055-6, $19.95, 283pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · The Comforts of Home · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Kenyon Review Fall 1960 33 · Tell the Women We’re Going · Raymond Carver · ss What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver, Knopf, 1981 41 · Old Mr. Marblehall · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Spring 1938, as “Old Mr. Granada” 49 · The Forgotten Witness [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The American Magazine September 1926 63 · Come Down from the Hills [Arlan Boley; Sheriff Warren McKee] · John F. Suter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1987 79 · The Grave Grass Quivers · MacKinlay Kantor · ss The Elks Magazine July 1931 97 · The Georgia Resurrection [Captain Jeremy Cork] · S. S. Rafferty · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1976 117 · Voices in Dead Man’s Well · Donald Honig · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1959 129 · The Right to Sing the Blues [Alo Nudger] · John Lutz · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1983 159 · Just Like a Hog · Bryce Walton · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1958 171 · Jambalaya · Douglas Craig · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1964 195 · The Theft of the Bald Man’s Comb [Nick Velvet; Sandra Paris] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1993 215 · The Secret · Florence V. Mayberry · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1992 233 · The Family Rose · Charlotte Hinger · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1993 245 · The Last Revival · Clark Howard · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1972 261 · Willie’s Story · Jerry F. Skarky · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1990

Futurecrime: An Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Donald I. Fine, January 1992, 1-55611-312-9, $21.95, 323pp, hc, an, cover by Loretta Trezzo)     Anthology of 15 sf/crime/thriller stories, with an introduction by the editors. There are three originals by C.J. Cherryh, George Alec Effinger, and Alan Dean Foster. · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai · in 1 · Show Biz · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1959 11 · The Incorporated · John Shirley · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1985 33 · Dogwalker · Orson Scott Card · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1989 67 · Mech · C. J. Cherryh · ss 87 · The Tercentenary Incident [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1976 107 · One-Shot · Lawrence Watt-Evans · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1991 111 · A Kind of Murder · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1974 131 · VRM-547 · W. R. Thompson · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact February 1990 147 · The Not-So-Big Sleep · Terry Black · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1990 157 · I Always Do What Teddy Says · Harry Harrison · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1965 171 · Lay Your Head on My Pilose · Alan Dean Foster · ss 189 · The Barbie Murders [Anna-Louise Bach] · John Varley · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January/February 1978 225 · The Energies of Love · Kathe Koja · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1989 243 · Ryerson’s Fate · Doug Larsen · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact April 1989 291 · The World as We Know It [Marîd Audran; Budayeen] · George Alec Effinger · nv

Garden of Deadly Delights ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, April 1996, 0-451-18772-5, $5.99, 256pp, pb, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · How Does Your Garden Grow? [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Ladies’ Home Journal June 1935 30 · The Cop Who Loved Flowers · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966 36 · Garden of Evil · Carol Cail · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1973 47 · Clubbed to Death · Donald Olson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1994 58 · The Garden of Smoke · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Story-teller October 1919 80 · The Price of Tomatoes · William Bunce · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1987 89 · Early Retirement · Frances Usher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1994 99 · Venus’s-Flytrap · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1973 112 · The Puzzle Garden [Michael Vlado] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1994 132 · One Last Picture · Sherita Saffer Campbell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1987 142 · A Curtain of Green · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Autumn 1938 150 · The Scent of Murder [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1960 157 · Three Men in a Garden · Lord Dunsany · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1959 162 · The Ronnie · K. D. Wentworth · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1991 176 · The Ghost in the Garden · Dan Crawford · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1990 182 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” 216 · Parrots in My Garden · Dorothy B. Davis · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1992 226 · The Azalea War · Wyc Toole · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1986 241 · The Mushroom Fanciers · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1971

Grifters and Swindlers ed. Cynthia Manson (Carroll & Graf, July 1993, $18.95, hc, an)     Anthology of con-men stories from AHMM and EQMM. 9 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · The Frightening Frammis [Mitch Allison] · Jim Thompson · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1957 37 · Passing for Love · Bill Crenshaw · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1990 57 · One of the Oldest Con Games · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1977 69 · How to Trap a Crook [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss 1972 79 · The Man Who Flim-Flammed Hiwassee County · William M. Stephens · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 27 1981 95 · The Partnership · David Morrell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 27 1981 107 · Bread Upon the Waters [Major Henry T. McDonlevy] · Robert Edward Eckels · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1973 123 · The Big Bunco [Joe Huck; Stan Percival] · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1974 137 · Playing It Cool · Simon Brett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2 1981 155 · Thieves’ Bazaar · W. L. Heath · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1957 165 · T’ang of the Suffering Dragon · James Holding · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1971 179 · The Western Film Scam [Milo Turner] · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 6 1980 203 · Hostile Takeover · Robert Halsted · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1991 233 · A Left-Handed Profession · Albert F. Nussbaum · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1975 243 · Just the Lady We’re Looking For · Donald E. Westlake · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1964 251 · The Cackle Bladder · William Campbell Gault · nv Detective Tales March 1950, as “The Corpse and the Cackle-Bladder” 277 · The Messenger · Jacklyn Butler · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1992

The Haunted Hour ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough (Berkley Prime Crime, October 1995, 0-425-15010-0, $4.99, 245pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 20 horror stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, including work by Richard Matheson, Bram Stoker, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, and M.R. James. ix · Introduction · Constance Scarborough · in 1 · Needle in the Heart · Richard Matheson · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1969 5 · The Deep End · Simon P. McCaffery · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1991 17 · 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. 31 · A Salesman’s Tale · David Dean · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1992 43 · The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone · Ray Bradbury · ss Charm July 1954 55 · Howler · Jo Bannister · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1992 71 · A Most Unusual Murder · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1976 85 · The Haunted Chair · Stephen F. Wilcox · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1986 95 · This Church Is Open · Robert Campbell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1992 103 · Weeper · David Braly · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1983 125 · The Pond · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1976 145 · The Grin Reaper · Richard F. McGonegal · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1989 157 · Fatal Corner · Patricia McGerr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1984 165 · Evidence Seen · John C. Boland · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1989 181 · The Avenging of Ann Leete · Marjorie Bowen · ss The New Magazine (UK) December 1923 195 · My Late Aunt Hattie · Tim Myers · vi Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1993 199 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review February 1923; written to fill a miniature book in the library of Queen Mary’s doll house. 213 · Voodoo Death · Gregor Robinson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1989 227 · Black Wind · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979 233 · Summer Evil · Nora H. Caplan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1960

High Adventure ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Barnes & Noble, 1992, 0-88029-826-X, $9.98, 593pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai · in · Explorers, Travelers & Fortune Hunters 3 · Trapalanda · Charles Sheffield · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1987 26 · Discovery · Patrick Ireland · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1988 31 · The New Catacomb · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Sunlight Year Book 1898, as “Burger’s Secret” 43 · The Man Who Would Be King · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling, Wheeler, 1888 71 · On the Border · Lucius Shepard · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1987 102 · The Dakar Run · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1988 · On the High Seas 133 · The Hidden Saboteur · David Braly · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1984 161 · A Descent Into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841 175 · Typhoon · Joseph Conrad · na The Pall Mall Magazine January 1902 (+2) · Lands of Snow & Ice 239 · Icewater Mansions [Brian Mitchell] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1992 264 · The Fearless One · Jack London · ss Woman’s World November 1911, as “The End of the Story” 280 · Brothers · John Dobbyn · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1989 · Spies, Tough Guys & Private Eyes 289 · The Living Daylights [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv The Sunday Times February 4 1962 307 · Like a Dog in the Street · Lawrence Block · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1977 327 · Dogs [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1987 342 · Pay-Off Girl · James M. Cain · ss Esquire August 1952 350 · From Zaire to Eternity · Charles Ardai · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1989 368 · Hooray for Hollywood · Robert Twohy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 18 1980 · Men on the Run—Men Caught in a Trap 387 · The Phantom of the Subway · Cornell Woolrich · nv Argosy August 22 1936, as “You Pays Your Nickel” 402 · Caught · O. Henry · ex from “Money Maze %%1”, Ainslee’s Magazine May 1901 411 · The Sire de Malétroit’s Door · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar January 1878 427 · The Executioner · Honoré de Balzac · ss The Cosmopolitan September 1888 translated from the French (“El Verdugo”, La Mode, January 30, 1830). 436 · Tarzan’s First Love [Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs; adapted by Gaylord DuBois · ss Tarzan of the Apes Story Digest Magazine June 1970; adapted from Jungle Tales of Tarzan, McClurg 1919. · Across Time & Space 453 · Frost and Thunder · Randall Garrett · nv Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Summer 1979 474 · Superwine [Basil Argyros] · Harry Turtledove · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1987 519 · Davidson, Shadow Slayer · John Kelly · ss Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Summer 1979 532 · Rescue Run [Pern] · Anne McCaffrey · na Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact August 1991

High Adventure ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Barnes & Noble, 1993, 1-56619-281-1, 593pp, tp, an)     Reissue (Barnes & Noble 1992) anthology.

Kingpins: Tales from Inside the Mob ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Carroll & Graf, 1992, 0-88184-807-7, $18.95, 254pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 17 stories from EQMM and AHMM. 9 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & John Ardai · in 13 · The Iceman Cooleth · T. M. Adams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1978 25 · Kneecap Carbone and the Theory of Relativity [John Wells Newspaper Reporter] · Keith Peterson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1990 37 · Everybody Calls Me Rocky · William I. Smith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1976 43 · Murder in the Fast Lane · James A. Noble · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1985 51 · Cough · Andrew Vachss · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1989 55 · The Misfit · Phyllis Diller · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1991 57 · The Wedding Gig · Stephen King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1 1980 71 · The Weather Man · Jack Ritchie · ss The Elks Magazine January 1976 81 · The Captain M. Caper · Avram Davidson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1970 115 · My Brother’s Killer · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1973 125 · Another Wandering Daughter Job · Gerald Tomlinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1978 145 · The Dark Gamble: End of the Trail [Jason Dark] · Hugh Pentecost · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1977 171 · Hard Luck Story · Richard A. Moore · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1978 177 · Small Talk · Terry Courtney · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1992 189 · The 730 Club · Alan Gordon · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1991 211 · Charlie’s Vigorish [Charlie Dark] · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1978 223 · Philip Marlowe’s Last Case [Philip Marlowe] · Raymond Chandler · nv The Daily Mail April 6 1959, as “Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate”

Law and Order ed. Cynthia Manson (Berkley, April 1997, 0-425-15781-4, $5.99, 262pp, pb, an) · Cops 1 · I Always Get the Cuties · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1954 10 · After I’m Gone [Abe Levine] · Donald E. Westlake · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1984 41 · The Questioner · Jonathan Kellerman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1977 52 · Don’t Fear the Reaper [Julian Hall] · David Dean · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1994 82 · The Verdict · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1970 · Lawyers/Courtroom 98 · Fruit of the Poisonous Tree [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight] · John Dobbyn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1994 118 · The $2,000,000 Defense · Harold Q. Masur · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 136 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s January 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands” 160 · The Ehrengraf Alternative [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1982 178 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953 197 · Rough Justice [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1977 · Prison 208 · Interrogation · Jeffery Deaver · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1996 227 · Star Pupil [Thomas Devlin] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1989 255 · On Death Row · Steven Peters · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1968

Merry Murder ed. Cynthia Manson (Seafarer, October 1994, 0-8289-0883-4, $7.98, 436pp, hc, an)     Stories selected from Mystery for Christmas (Signet 1990), Murder at Christmas, (Signet 1991) and Murder Under the Mistletoe (Signet 1992). 1 · Rumpole and the Spirit of Christmas [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · ss Regina v Rumpole by John Mortimer, Lane, 1981 14 · Supper with Miss Shivers · Peter Lovesey · ss Woman’s Own December 24 1990, as “The Christmas Present” 25 · The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1892 47 · A Matter of Life and Death · Georges Simenon; translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #98, January 1952 translated from the French (“Sept Petites Croix dans un Carnet”, Un Noël de Maigret, Presses de la Cité, 1951). 109 · I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1990 118 · Dead on Christmas Street · John D. MacDonald · nv Collier’s December 20 1952 135 · The Christmas Bear · Herbert Resnicow · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1990 151 · Mystery for Christmas · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1943 168 · On Christmas Day in the Morning [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1950 179 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift” 184 · Who Killed Father Christmas? · Patricia Moyes · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980 195 · ’Twixt the Cup and the Lip · Julian Symons · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963, as “Father Christmas Comes to Orbins” 225 · Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story · Paul Auster · ss The New York Times December 25 1990 233 · Murder at Christmas [Phillip Bethancourt; Jack Gibbons] · C. M. Chan · na Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1991 280 · Father Crumlish Celebrates Christmas [Father Crumlish] · Alice Scanlan Reach · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1968 300 · The Plot Against Santa Claus [Christmas Stories] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1971 324 · Christmas Cop · Thomas Adcock · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1986 337 · But Once a Year…Thank God! [Constance Morrison-Burke] · Joyce Porter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 358 · Christmas Party · Martin Werner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 367 · Kelso’s Christmas [Sgt. George Kelso] · Malcolm McClintick · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985 383 · The Spy and the Christmas Cipher [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1990 400 · The Carol Singers · Josephine Bell · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963