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The Second Book of Crime-Craft by Mystery Writers of America--- see under The Second Book of Crime-Craft ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Corgi, 1958.

Sleuths and Consequences by Mystery Writers of America--- see under Sleuths and Consequences ed. Thomas B. Dewey, Simon & Schuster, 1966.

Tales for a Rainy Night by Mystery Writers of America--- see under Tales for a Rainy Night ed. David Alexander, HRW, 1961.

The Third Book of Crime-Craft by Mystery Writers of America--- see under The Third Book of Crime-Craft, Corgi, 1959.

Tricks and Treats by Mystery Writers of America--- see under Tricks and Treats ed. Joe Gores & Bill Pronzini, Doubleday, 1976.

When Last Seen by Mystery Writers of America--- see under When Last Seen ed. Arthur Maling, Harper & Row, 1977.

With Malice Toward All by Mystery Writers of America--- see under With Malice Toward All ed. Robert L. Fish, Putnam, 1968.

The Portable American Realism Reader ed. James Nagel & Tom Quirk (Penguin US, December 1997, 0-14-026830-8, $14.95, 640pp, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Introduction · James Nagel & Tom Quirk · in (r)

· Regionalism and Local Color:

· Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog · Mark Twain · ss Saturday Press November 18 1865

· The Story of the Old Ram · Mark Twain · ss (r)

· The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly August 1868

· The Minister’s Housekeeper · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss (r)

· Belles Demoiselles Plantation · George Washington Cable · ss Scribner’s Monthly April 1874

· Rodman the Keeper · Constance Fenimore Woolson · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1877

· The Wonderful Tar Baby Story · Joel Chandler Harris · ss (r)

· The “Harnt” That Walks Chilhowee · Mary Noailles Murfree · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1883, as by Charles Egbert Craddock

· A White Heron · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, Houghton Mifflin, 1886

· A Church Mouse · Mary Wilkins Freeman · ss (r)

· How Celia Changed Her Mind · Rose Terry Cooke · ss Huckleberries Gathered from New England Hills by Rose Terry Cooke, Houghton, Mifflin, 1891

· La Grande Demoiselle · Grace Elizabeth King · ss The Century Magazine January 1893

· Athenaise · Kate Chopin · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1896 (+1)

· The Goodness of Saint Rocque · Alice Dunbar-Nelson · ss (r)

· Realism:

· Free Joe and the Rest of the World · Joel Chandler Harris · ss The Century Magazine November 1884

· Miss Tempy’s Watchers · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1888

· The Wife of His Youth · Charles Chesnutt · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1898

· The Sheriff’s Children · Charles Chesnutt · ss New York Independent November 7 1889

· The Return of a Private · Hamlin Garland · nv The Arena July 1890

· An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890

· Chickamauga · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner January 20 1889

· The Revolt of “Mother” · Mary Wilkins Freeman · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1890, as by Mary E. Wilkins

· My Aunt Susan · Harold Frederic · ss (r)

· The Real Thing · Henry James · ss Black & White April 16 1892

· The Beast in the Jungle · Henry James · na The Better Sort by Henry James, Scribner's, 1903

· The Figure in the Carpet · Henry James · ss Cosmopolis January 1896 - February 1896

· The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

· Désirée’s Baby · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue January 1893

· The Little Room · Madeline Yale Wynne · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1895

· The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv McClure’s Magazine February 1898

· A Providential Match · Abraham Cahan · nv Short Stories February 1895

· Sister Josepha · Alice Dunbar-Nelson · ss (r)

· The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg · Mark Twain · na Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1899

· The Trial Path · Zitkala-Sä · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine October 1901

· The Other Two · Edith Wharton · nv Collier’s Weekly February 13 1904

· A Wagner Matinée · Willa Cather · ss Everybody’s Magazine March 1904

· Editha · William Dean Howells · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine January 1905

· The Walking Woman · Mary Austin · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1907

· Nobody Sick, Nobody Poor · Zona Gale · ss The Delineator November 1907

· Mrs. Spring Fragrance · Sui Sin Far · ss Hampton’s Magazine January 1910

· Naturalism:

· The Men in the Storm · Stephen Crane · ss The Arena October 1894

· An Experiment in Misery · Stephen Crane · ss The Open Boat by Stephen Crane, Heinemann, 1898

· The Open Boat · Stephen Crane · nv Scribner’s Magazine June 1897

· Under the Lion’s Paw · Hamlin Garland · ss Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland, Arena Publishing Company, 1891

· Curious Shifts of the Poor · Theodore Dreiser · ex from Sister Carrie, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900; chapter 45.

· The Second Choice · Theodore Dreiser · ss Cosmopolitan February 1918

· The Law of Life · Jack London · ss McClure’s Magazine March 1901

· To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902

· A Deal in Wheat · Frank Norris · ss Everybody’s Magazine August 1902

· The Lynching of Jube Benson · Paul Laurence Dunbar · ss The Heart of Happy Hollow by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dodd, Mead, 1904

· The Problem of Old Harjo · John M. Oskison · ss (r)

Lucky Dip and Other Stories by Liza Nassim--- see under Liza Cody.

1st Culprit ed. Liza Nassim & Michael Z. Lewin--- see under Liza Cody.

2nd Culprit ed. Liza Nassim & Michael Z. Lewin--- see under Liza Cody.

3rd Culprit ed. Liza Nassim, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey--- see under Liza Cody.

Midian Unmade: Tales of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed ed. Joseph Nassise & Del Howison--- see under Del Howison.

Urban Allies: Ten Brand-New Collaborative Stories ed. Joseph Nassise (Harper Voyager US, July 26, 2016, 978-0-06-239134-6, $16.99, 410pp, tp, oa, cover by Owen Corrigan & Maciej Toporowicz)
Urban fantasy anthology of ten collaborative stories by authors collaborating to combine their series; team-ups include Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire & Kelley Armstrong, and Larry Correia & Jonathan Maberry.
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Ladies Fight · Caitlin Kittredge & Jaye Wells · nv

39 · Tailed [Otherworld] · Seanan McGuire & Kelley Armstrong · nv

75 · Sweet, Blissful Certainty · Steven Savile & Craig Schaefer · nv

113 · Pig Roast · Joseph Nassise & Sam Witt · nv

151 · Takes All Kinds · Diana Rowland & Carrie Vaughn · nv

191 · The Lessons of Room 19 · Weston Ochse & David Wellington · nv

237 · Blood for Blood · Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden · nv

269 · Spite House · C. E. Murphy & Kat Richardson · nv

305 · Crossed Wires · Jeff Somers & Stephen Blackmoore · nv

359 · Weaponized Hell [Joe Ledger] · Larry Correia & Jonathan Maberry · nv

Urban Enemies ed. Joseph Nassise (Gallery Books, August 1, 2017, 978-1-5011-5508-6, $16.00, 440pp, tp, oa)
Anthology of 17 urban fantasy stories set in their respective authors’ universes.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Even Hand [Harry Dresden] · Jim Butcher · nv Dark and Stormy Knights ed. P. N. Elrod, St. Martin's Griffin, 2010

34 · Hounded [Cainsville] · Kelley Armstrong · ss

48 · Nigsu Ga Tesgu [The Ustari Cycle] · Jeff Somers · nv

69 · Sixty-Six Seconds · Craig Schaefer · nv

92 · Kiss [Jill Kismet] · Lilith Saintcrow · nv

116 · The Naughtiest Cherub [The Iron Druid Chronicles] · Kevin Hearne · ss

132 · The Resurrectionist [Hellhound Chronicles] · Caitlin Kittredge · nv

156 · Down Where the Darkness Dwells [Templar Chronicles] · Joseph Nassise · nv

181 · Bellum Romanum [Kitty the werewolf] · Carrie Vaughn · nv

203 · Altar Boy [Joe Ledger] · Jonathan Maberry · nv

231 · Make It Snappy [Jane Yellowrock] · Faith Hunter · nv

256 · Chase the Fire [Lawson Vampire] · Jon F. Merz · nv

285 · Unexpected Choices [Horngate Witches] · Diana Pharaoh Francis · nv

322 · Reel Life [Glass Town] · Steven Savile · nv

357 · The Difference Between Deceit and Delusion [Black Magic Outlaw] · Domino Finn · nv

385 · Balance [InCryptid] · Seanan McGuire · nv

409 · Everywhere [Pitchfork County] · Sam Witt · nv

Finale ed. Michael Nava (Alyson, October 1989, 1-55583-161-3, $8.95, 287pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of gay/lesbian mystery and suspense stories.

7 · Introduction · Michael Nava · in

11 · Death Writes a Story · Richard Hall · nv

38 · Jessie [Kate Delafield] · Katherine V. Forrest · nv Dreams and Swords by Katherine V. Forrest, Naiad, 1987

75 · Death and the Tattoo · Phil Andros · nv

108 · Terminal Anniversary · Ivy Burrowes · ss

125 · Reunion · Gerald Lebonati · nv

160 · Skip · Alan Irwin · nv

193 · Street People · Michael Nava · na

242 · All About Steve · Vincent Lardo · na

286 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Neighboring Lives by Charles Naylor & Thomas M. Disch--- see under Thomas M. Disch.

New Constellations ed. Charles Naylor & Thomas M. Disch--- see under Thomas M. Disch.

Strangeness ed. Charles Naylor & Thomas M. Disch--- see under Thomas M. Disch.

Children of the Night ed. Gloria Naylor (Little, Brown, 1995, 0-316-59926-3, $24.95, 572pp, hc, an)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

xiii · Children of the Night · Gloria Naylor · in

5 · The Tale of Gorgik [Nevèrÿon] · Samuel Delany · na Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Summer 1979

58 · Meditations on History · Sherley Anne Williams · nv 1980

100 · Damballah · John Edgar Wideman · ss Damballah by John Edgar Wideman, Avon, 1981

109 · Louisiana: 1850 [Gilda] · Jewelle Gomez · nv The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez, Firebrand Books, 1991

152 · Remember Him a Outlaw · Alexis DeVeaux · ss (r)

163 · Mother · Andrea Lee · ss 1984

172 · Long Distances · Jewell Parker Rhodes · ss Peregrine Magazine Summer 1989

180 · After Dreaming of President Johnson · Howard Gordon · ss 1992

189 · Neighbors · Diane Oliver · ss The Sewanee Review Spring 1966

205 · The Witness · Ann Petry · ss Redbook February 1971

223 · Steady Going up · Maya Angelou · ss 1972

232 · The Lesson · Toni Cade Bambara · ss Redbook January 1973

240 · Kiswana Browne · Gloria Naylor · ex from The Women of Brewster Place, Viking, 1982

255 · Second-Hand Man · Rita Dove · ss (r)

262 · Crusader Rabbit · Jess Mowry · ss Zyzzyva v6 #4, 1990

269 · Silences · Helen Elaine Lee · ss Callaloo v13 #2, 1990

280 · Proper Library · Carolyn Ferrell · ss Ploughshares Spring 1993

296 · The Diary of an African Nun · Alice Walker · ss 1968

300 · In a House of Wooden Monkeys · Shay Youngblood · ss 1989

304 · Young Reverend Zelma Lee Moses · Joyce Carol Thomas · ss A Gathering of Flowers by Joyce Carol Thomas, HarperCollins, 1990

324 · Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone · James Baldwin · nv McCall’s February 1967

352 · By the Way of Morning Fire · Michael Weaver · ss Southern Exposure January/February 1983

360 · China · Charles Johnson · nv MSS 1983

381 · Blackness · Jamaica Kincaid · ss 1983

385 · Lost in the City · Edward P. Jones · ss 1992

394 · Run, Mourner, Run [Tims Creek] · Randall Kenan · nv Let the Dead Bury Their Dead by Randall Kenan, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992

414 · Blues for Little Prez · Sam Greenlee · ss 1993

423 · Ma’Dear · Terry McMillan · ss Breaking the Ice ed. Terry McMillan, Penguin, 1990

434 · Transaction · Kelvin Christopher James · ss 1990

445 · A Loaf of Bread · James Alan McPherson · ss (r)

464 · Backwacking, a Plea to the Senator · Ralph Ellison · ss Massachusetts Review #18, 1977

471 · The Woman Who Would Eat Flowers · Colleen McElroy · nv 1990

502 · —And Love Them? · Thomas Glave · nv 1993

523 · An Area in the Cerebral Hemisphere · Clarence Major · ss 1975

529 · Oh She Gotta Head Fulla Hair · Ntozake Shange · vi 1978

532 · That Place · Carolivia Herron · nv Callaloo v10 #3, 1987

562 · New York Day Women · Edwidge Danticat · ss Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat, Soho Press, 1995

(Re)Living Mythology ed. Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, H. D. Hunter, Shingai Njeri Kagunda & L. P. Kindred--- see under H. D. Hunter.

The Fiends in the Furrows: An Anthology of Folk Horror ed. David T. Neal & Christine M. Scott (Nosetouch Press, September 20, 2018, 978-1-944286-13-2, $13.99, 217pp, tp, oa, cover by Christine M. Scott)
Details taken from online listing.

11 · Introduction · David T. Neal · in

15 · Sire of the Hatchet · Coy Hall · nv

39 · Back Along the Old Track · Sam Hicks · ss

59 · The Fruit · Lindsay King-Miller · ss

79 · The Jaws of Ouroboros · Steve Toase · ss

97 · The First Order of Whaleyville’s Divine Basilisk Handlers · Eric J. Guignard · nv

123 · Pumpkin, Dear · Romey Petite · nv

147 · The Way of the Mother · Stephanie Ellis · ss

165 · Leave the Night · Zachary Von Houser · nv

195 · Revival · S. T. Gibson · ss

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