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Return to Glory by Jack McDevitt (Subterranean Press, October 2022, 978-1-64524-073-0, $50.00, 567pp, hc, co, cover by Edward Miller)     Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from online listing. 11 · Dangerous Information · Tom Easton · in · Unlikely Gifts 17 · The Emerson Effect · Jack McDevitt · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine December 1981 30 · The Jersey Rifle · Jack McDevitt · ss Critical Mass Magazine November/December 1988 revised from Chess Life, January 1983. 55 · Voice in the Dark · Jack McDevitt · ex from The Hercules Text, Ace, 1986 137 · Tau Ceti Said What? · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2021 145 · The Oppenheimer Club · Jack McDevitt · ss 153 · What’s the Point of Being Alive if You’re a Tree? · Jack McDevitt · ss · Deep Space 169 · Tidal Effects · Jack McDevitt · ss Universe 15 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1985 175 · Standard Candles · Jack McDevitt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1994 195 · The Cat’s Pajamas · Jack McDevitt · nv Armored ed. John Joseph Adams, Baen, 2012 221 · Enjoy the Moment · Jack McDevitt · ss The End Is Nigh ed. John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey, Broad Reach Publishing, 2014 235 · Arcturean Nocturne · Jack McDevitt · ss Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 257 · Tea Time with Aliens · Jack McDevitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2019 277 · Cosmic Harmony · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2022 285 · The Gold Signal · Jack McDevitt & Larry Wasserman · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2022 · High Hopes 299 · Crossing Over · Jack McDevitt · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January/February 1983 319 · Holding Pattern · Jack McDevitt · ss Realms of Fantasy December 1996 335 · The Big Downtown · Jack McDevitt · na Down These Dark Spaceways ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC, 2005 409 · Return to Glory · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2020 423 · The Sunrise Club · Jack McDevitt · ss 429 · Good News · Jack McDevitt · vi Nature #7664, July 27 2017 · Incoming Tech 435 · Variables · Jack McDevitt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1997 443 · Eyes on the Prize · Jack McDevitt · ss 451 · The Eagle Project · Jack McDevitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 2013 459 · Riding with the Duke · Jack McDevitt · nv Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft ed. Jennifer Henshaw & Allison Linn, Microsoft, 2015 481 · The Wrong Way · Jack McDevitt · ss Nature June 23 2021 485 · Bring on the Night · Jack McDevitt · ss · Looking Back 495 · Leap of Faith · Jack McDevitt · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1989 505 · Lake Agassiz · Jack McDevitt · ss Full Spectrum III ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 517 · The Cassandra Project · Jack McDevitt · ss Lightspeed #1, June 2010 533 · Dig Site · Jack McDevitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 2011 545 · Excalibur · Jack McDevitt · ss Mission: Tomorrow ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Baen, 2015 557 · Timely Visitor · Jack McDevitt · ss Galaxy’s Edge #50, May 2021

A Voice in the Night by Jack McDevitt (Subterranean Press, August 28, 2018, 978-1-59606-880-3, $40.00, 462pp, hc, co, cover by Edward Miller)     Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from online listing. 11 · Jack McDevitt, History Builder · Martin L. Shoemaker · in 15 · Searching for Oz · Jack McDevitt · ss Impossible Futures ed. Judith K. Dial & Thomas Easton, Pink Narcissus Press, 2013 23 · The Law of Gravity Isn’t Working on Rainbow Bridge · Jack McDevitt · ss Buffalo Fantasy League, April 2003 41 · The Adventure of the Southsea Trunk · Jack McDevitt · ss Sideways in Crime ed. Lou Anders, Solaris, 2008 61 · Combinations · Jack McDevitt · ss Chess Life December 1986 75 · It’s a Long Way to Alpha Centauri · Jack McDevitt · nv Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #8, Summer 1990 89 · Lucy · Jack McDevitt · nv Going Interstellar ed. Les Johnson & Jack McDevitt, Baen, 2012 119 · Listen Up, Nitwits · Jack McDevitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2012 139 · Midnight Clear · Jack McDevitt · ss Christmas Forever ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 1993 155 · The Lost Equation · Jack McDevitt · ss Beyond Watson ed. Derrick Belanger, Belanger Books, 2016 175 · Blood Will Tell · Tom Easton & Jack McDevitt · vi Nature #7627, November 3 2016 179 · Blinker · Jack McDevitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 1994 197 · Friends in High Places · Jack McDevitt · ss A Cross of Centuries ed. Michael Bishop, Thunder's Mouth, 2007 207 · Maiden Voyage · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2012 227 · Waiting at the Altar · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2012 243 · The Play’s the Thing · Jack McDevitt · ss Carbide Tipped Pens ed. Ben Bova & Eric Choi, Tor, 2014 253 · Oculus · Jack McDevitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2002 269 · Good Intentions · Jack McDevitt & Stanley Schmidt · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1998 299 · Molly’s Kids · Jack McDevitt · ss Fast Forward 2 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2008 313 · Ships in the Night · Jack McDevitt · nv Amazing Stories October 1993 379 · The Pegasus Project · Jack McDevitt · ss To Shape the Dark ed. Athena Andreadis, Candlemark & Gleam, 2016 395 · Cathedral · Jack McDevitt · nv The Other Half of the Sky ed. Athena Andreadis & Kay T. Holt, Candlemark & Gleam, 2013 419 · The Last Dance · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2017 431 · Weighing In · Jack McDevitt · ss 447 · A Voice in the Night · Jack McDevitt · ss Futuredaze ed. Erin Underwood & Hannah Strom-Martin, Underwords Press, 2013

Going Interstellar ed. Jack McDevitt & Les Johnson--- see under Les Johnson.

Caribbean Blues by Gregory Mcdonald, Mary Higgins Clark, Molly Cochran, Max Allan Collins, Richard Meyers, Warren Murphy & Robert J. Randisi--- see under Mary Higgins Clark.

Last Laughs ed. Gregory Mcdonald (The Mysterious Press, 1986, 0-89296-246-1, $16.95, 196pp, hc, an)     The 1986 Mystery Writers of America Anthology 1 · Introduction · Gregory Mcdonald · in 7 · Grief Counselor · Julie Smith · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1978 13 · Kindly Dig Your Grave · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1970 37 · The Nine Best Movies · Gregory Mcdonald · ss 45 · I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Feldman · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy June 1969 55 · The Most Dangerous Man [Sherlock Holmes] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1973, as by R. L. Stevens 63 · The Last Meeting of the Butlers Club · Geoffrey Bush · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 10 1980 85 · Sidney, Seth and S.A.M. · Charles R. McConnell · ss 101 · You Drive, Dear · Fred S. Tobey · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1961 107 · The Problem of Li T’ang · Geoffrey Bush · nv The Atlantic Monthly August 1977 131 · Hizzoner’s Water Supply · Gerald Tomlinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1982 149 · Light Fingers · Henry Slesar · ss Cavalier #112, October 1962 159 · It’s All a Matter of Luck · Tonita S. Gardner · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1979 173 · Providence Will Provide · Thelma C. Sokoloff · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1 1981 183 · Dogbane · Frank Sisk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1972

The Twenty Five Mile High Club by Ian McDonald (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 2002, no ISBN, 28pp, ph, nv, cover by Sue Mason) [Novacon Booklets]     SF novelette. Limited to 325 numbered copies.

The Lethal Sex ed. John D. MacDonald (Dell, November 1959, B141, 35¢, 256pp, pb, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Also available in the U.K. (Collins 1962, 12/6d, 192pp, hc). 9 · Introduction · John D. MacDonald · in (r) 15 · Dear Mr. MacDonald · Christianna Brand · ss 25 · Snowball · Ursula Curtiss · ss 38 · McGowney’s Miracle · Margaret Millar · ss Cosmopolitan July 1954 59 · He Got What He Deserved · Bernice Carey · ss 67 · Two for Tea · Margaret Manners · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1958 91 · You’ll Be the Death of Me · Anthony Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1958, as “The Goldfish Button” 111 · The Withered Heart · Jean Potts · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1957 127 · To Be Found and Read · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1958 143 · Sleeping Dogs · Gladys Cluff · ss 154 · A Matter of Ethics · Carolyn Thomas · ss 170 · What Is Going to Happen? · Nedra Tyre · ss 180 · Thirty-Nine · D. Jenkins Smith · ss 188 · No Trace · Veronica Parker Johns · ss The Saint Detective Magazine December 1957 207 · There Are No Snakes in Hawaii · Juanita Sheridan · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1954

Great Stories of Suspense ed. Ross Macdonald (Knopf, 1974, 0-394-49292-7, $12.50, 823pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Ross Macdonald · in 3 · Wet Saturday · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 16 1938 10 · The Big Clock · Kenneth Fearing · n. Harcourt Brace, 1946 116 · What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! · Agatha Christie · n. Collins, 1957, as “4:50 from Paddington” 278 · The Payoff · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1971 287 · The Basement Room · Graham Greene · nv The Basement Room and Other Stories by Graham Greene, Cresset Press, 1935 308 · Fly Paper [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask August 1929 335 · The Five-Forty-Eight · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker April 10 1954 347 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · na Longmans, Green, January 5 1886 398 · The Baby in the Icebox · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury January 1933 412 · The Couple Next Door [Inspector Sands] · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954 426 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 434 · The Amateur [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull November 19 1949, as “Amateur in Violence” 443 · The Terrapin · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1962 455 · Enquiry · Dick Francis · n. Michael Joseph, 1969 607 · The Far Side of the Dollar · Ross Macdonald · n. Knopf, 1964 806 · The Comforts of Home · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Kenyon Review Fall 1960

Sea-Cursed: Thirty Terrifying Tales of the Deep ed. T. Liam McDonald, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, May 1994, 1-56619-191-2, $9.98, 545pp, hc, an, cover by Lynn J. Binder)     Anthology of 30 nautical horror stories, with an introduction by McDonald and Dziemianowicz. This is an instant remainder edition. ix · Introduction · T. Liam McDonald & Stefan Dziemianowicz · in 1 · A Descent Into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841 15 · The Captain of the “Pole-Star” · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Temple Bar January 1883 34 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 52 · The Brute · Joseph Conrad · ss The Daily Chronicle December 5 1906 70 · The Boats of the “Glen Carrig” · William Hope Hodgson · ex Chapman & Hall, 1907 181 · The Song of the Sirens · Edward Lucas White · nv Song of the Sirens by Edward Lucas White, Dutton, 1919 207 · The Ship of Silent Men · Philip M. Fisher · nv All-Story Weekly January 3 1920 240 · The Temple · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales September 1925 251 · Bells of Oceana · Arthur J. Burks · ss Weird Tales December 1927 262 · Second Night Out · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales October 1933, as “The Black, Dead Thing” 270 · The Black Kiss [Michael Leigh] · Robert Bloch & Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales June 1937; given as by Robert Bloch, Kuttner having asked that his name be removed from later publication. 287 · The Sea Thing · A. E. van Vogt · nv Unknown January 1940 313 · Sea Curse [Faring Town] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales May 1928 319 · A Vintage from Atlantis [Poseidonis] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales September 1933 325 · Derelict · Hugh B. Cave · ss 1937 337 · Sea-Tiger · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror October 1932 345 · The Women · Ray Bradbury · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries October 1948 354 · The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth · Roger Zelazny · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1965 383 · The Wine-Dark Sea · Robert Aickman · nv Powers of Darkness by Robert Aickman, Collins, 1966 413 · The Ferries · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1982 424 · The Night the Sea-Maid Went Down [Cthulhu] · Brian Lumley · ss The Caller of the Black by Brian Lumley, Arkham House, 1971 433 · Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984 437 · Message Found in a Bottle II, or: An Invitation from Your Captain · Nancy Holder · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #7, Spring 1990 443 · A Sailor’s Pay · Jack Cady · ss Final Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 459 · Deep Sleep [Dracula] · Matthew J. Costello · ss Dracula: Prince of Darkness ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1992 470 · Scape-goats · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. III by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984 493 · Between the Windows of the Sea · Jack M. Dann · ss Shadows 8 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1985 505 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 515 · The Night Ocean · Robert H. Barlow (with H. P. Lovecraft) · nv The Californian Winter 1936 534 · Spawn of the Sea · Donald Wandrei · nv Weird Tales May 1933

New Writing Scotland 4 ed. Carl MacDougall & Alexander Scott--- see under Alexander Scott.

The Eerie Book ed. Margaret MacDougall--- see under Margaret Armour.

The Complete Adventures of Señorita Scorpion, Volume 2 by Emmett McDowell & Les Savage, Jr.--- see under Les Savage, Jr..

Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories ed. Kenneth R. McElheny & James Moffett--- see under James Moffett.

Proteus ed. Richard S. McEnroe--- see under Proteus ed. Richard S. McEnroe, Ace, 1981.

The Talisman by Denis MacEoin--- see under Jonathan Aycliffe.

Stories of Suspense ed. Mary E. MacEwen (Scholastic, 1963, T487, 220pp, pb, an, cover by Irv Docktor) 1 · The Birds · Daphne du Maurier · nv Good Housekeeping October 1952 42 · Of Missing Persons · Jack Finney · ss Good Housekeeping March 1955 67 · Midnight Blue · John Collier · ss The New Yorker January 22 1938 76 · Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1959 123 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker December 8 1951 145 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 166 · Charles · Shirley Jackson · ss Mademoiselle July 1948 174 · Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets · Jack Finney · nv Collier’s October 26 1956 201 · The Perfectionist · Margaret St. Clair · ss Mystery Book Magazine May 1946

The Best of Pirate Writings: Tales of Fantasy, Mystery & Science Fiction ed. Edward J. McFadden, III (Padwolf Publishing, September 1, 1998, 978-1-890096-04-5, $12.95, 219pp, tp, an, cover by Michael Apice)     Details taken from online listing. 11 · Introduction · Edward J. McFadden, III · in 14 · Doblin’s Lecture · Allen Steele · ss Pirate Writings #10, 1996; illustrated by Gabriel Perez 23 · Roadmaster · Leland Neville · ss Pirate Writings #11, 1996; illustrated by Ken Kerinan 29 · Astronaut Memories · Carroll Brown · pm Pirate Writings #10, 1996 30 · Leakage · Paul Di Filippo · ss Pirate Writings #6, Spring 1995; illustrated by Ken Kerinan 36 · Summer on the Moon · Edward J. McFadden, III · ss Pirate Writings #1, Winter 1992; illustrated by Gabriel Perez 41 · Point Vestal · Jack Cady · ss Pirate Writings #8, 1995; illustrated by Gabriel Perez 49 · Yesterday and the Day Before · Ed Gorman · ss Crime Time v2 #1, 1998; illustrated by Ken Kerinan 56 · Festival · Shariann Lewitt · ss Pirate Writings #4, Summer 1994; illustrated by Gabriel Perez 64 · Mer Evolution · Bobbi Sinha-Morey · pm Freezer Burn Magazine #4, 1996 65 · The Stranger · A. J. Scott · vi Pirate Writings #3, Winter 1993; illustrated by Ken Kerinan 70 · The Frozen Boy · G. F. O’Sullivan · ss Pirate Writings #2, Summer 1993; illustrated by Gabriel Perez 76 · And Thereby Hangs · Esther M. Friesner · ss Pirate Writings #9, 1996; illustrated by Ken Kerinan 85 · Scavenger Hunt · Christine Beckert · ss Pirate Writings #7, Summer 1995; illustrated by Gabriel Perez 90 · Bad Beliefs · Paul Di Filippo · ss Pirate Writings #5, Fall 1994; illustrated by Ken Kerinan 98 · Scenes from the Hubble Telescope · Jennifer B. Crow · pm Pirate Writings #13, 1997 99 · Tooth or Consequences · David Bischoff · ss Pirate Writings #16, 1998; illustrated by Ken Kerinan 109 · A Burning Green · E. Jay O’Connell · ss Pirate Writings #10, 1996; illustrated by Gabriel Perez 116 · Silent Songs in Stone · Alan Dean Foster · ss Pirate Writings #13, 1997; illustrated by Gabriel Perez 133 · Fall of the House of Value · Eric Sonstroem · ss Pirate Writings #16, 1998; illustrated by Gabriel Perez 144 · The Snow Horse · Nancy Springer · pm Pirate Writings #6, Spring 1995 145 · On Oswald Ave. · Tom Piccirilli · ss Pirate Writings #12, 1996; illustrated by Ken Kerinan 151 · Like a Stranger [Nick Delvecchio] · Robert J. Randisi · ss For Crime Out Loud, Vol. 2 ed. Robert J. Randisi, Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd., 1996; illustrated by Gabriel Perez 163 · A Century of Tears · Sue Storm · ss Pirate Writings #12, 1996; illustrated by Gabriel Perez 172 · Heart of Stone · Lyn Nichols & Mike Resnick · ss Pirate Writings #14, 1997; illustrated by Ken Kerinan 186 · Olin and Niln · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Pirate Writings #9, 1996; illustrated by Ken Kerinan 189 · Invasion of Privacy · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Pirate Writings #15, 1997; illustrated by Gabriel Perez 194 · Cage of the Heart · Ardath Mayhar · ss Pirate Writings #7, Summer 1995 200 · White Blood Cell Roommates · Timothy S. Sedore · ss Pirate Writings #15, 1997; illustrated by Ken Kerinan 211 · Summer Leaves · Charles de Lint · pm Pirate Writings #7, Summer 1995 212 · Coming to a Cord [Amber] · Roger Zelazny · ss Pirate Writings #7, Summer 1995; illustrated by Gabriel Perez