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Mummy! A Chrestomathy of “Crypt-ology” ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, 1980, 0-87795-271-X, $10.95, 273pp, hc, an)     Also in The Arbor House Necropolis. 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 23 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892 67 · Some Words with a Mummy · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Review April 1845 90 · Monkeys · E. F. Benson · ss Weird Tales December 1933 111 · Bones · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Stirring Science Stories February 1941 121 · The Vengeance of Nitocris · Tennessee Williams · ss Weird Tales August 1928, as by Thomas Lanier Williams 138 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by F. C. de Sumichrast · ss The Complete Works of Théophile Gautier: Volume VI by Théophile Gautier, tr. F. C. de Sumichrast, Bigelow, Smith & Co., 1900 translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840). 153 · The Eyes of the Mummy [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1938 175 · Charlie · Talmage Powell · ss 197 · The Weekend Magus · Edward D. Hoch · ss 212 · The Princess · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 230 · The Eagle-Claw Rattle · Ardath Mayhar · ss 239 · The Other Room · Charles L. Grant · nv 263 · Revelation in Seven Stages · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 269 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Murder in the First Reel ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Avon, September 1985, 0-380-89646-X, $3.25, 344pp, pb, an) 1 · Book Into Movie · Isaac Asimov · in 7 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Edward Connell · nv Collier’s January 19 1924 35 · Brother Orchid · Richard Edward Connell · nv Collier’s May 21 1938 56 · The Musgrave Ritual [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine May 1893, as “The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual” 81 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 106 · Madman’s Holiday · Fredric Brown · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine July 1943 184 · The Boy Cried Murder · Cornell Woolrich · na Mystery Book Magazine March 1947 240 · The Blue Cross [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 23 1910, as “Valentin Follows a Curious Trail” 265 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925 281 · The Real Bad Friend · Robert Bloch · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1957 312 · Lucy Comes to Stay · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1952 320 · The Best of Everything · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #106, September 1952 342 · A Selected List of Short Fiction Behind Mystery Movies · Charles G. Waugh · bi (r)

The Mystery Hall of Fame ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Morrow, 1984, 0-688-02221-9, $17.95, 467pp, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. 7 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh · in 11 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 33 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892 63 · The Oracle of the Dog [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1923 89 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 103 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13” 145 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 167 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 183 · The Gutting of Couffignal [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask December 1925 219 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path” 231 · Red Wind [John Dalmas] · Raymond Chandler · nv Dime Detective Magazine January 1938 287 · Rear Window · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine February 1942, as “It Had to Be Murder” 325 · The House in Goblin Wood [Sir Henry Merrivale] · John Dickson Carr · nv The Strand Magazine November 1947 349 · Don’t Look Behind You · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947 363 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 375 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948 397 · Love Lies Bleeding · Philip MacDonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #84, November 1950 425 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 449 · No Parking [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 18 1956, as “Terror in a Penthouse” 449 · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Magazine July 1967 461 · Sweet Fever · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1976

Mystery Writers’ Choice ed. Bill Pronzini & Joe Gores--- see under Joe Gores.

Mystery in the Mainstream An Anthology of Literary Crimes ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg (Morrow, 1986, 0-688-04965-6, $18.95, 391pp, hc, an) 11 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg · in 17 · The Birthmark · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Pioneer March 1843 39 · The Pair of Gloves · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited. 47 · The Biter Bit · William Wilkie Collins · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1858, as “Who Is the Thief?”, uncredited. 81 · God Sees the Truth, but Waits · Leo Tolstoi; translated by Louise Maude & Aylmer Maude · ss Twenty-Three Tales by Leo Tolstoy, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude, Oxford University Press, 1906 translated from the Russian (“Bog pravdu vidit da ne skoro skazhet”, 1872). 93 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889 109 · Mr. Brisher’s Treasure · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1899 123 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Life’s Handicap by Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray” 139 · The Bet · Anton Chekhov · ss Best Russian Short Stories ed. Thomas Seltzer, Boni & Liveright, 1917 149 · Bewitched · Edith Wharton · nv Pictorial Review March 1925 167 · Before the Party · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1922 197 · The Neighbors · John Galsworthy · ss The Bellman #183, January 15 1910 205 · Without the Option [Jeeves and Wooster] · P. G. Wodehouse · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 27 1925 233 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 267 · Cigarette Girl · James M. Cain · ss Manhunt May 1953 283 · It Takes a Thief · Arthur Miller · ss Collier’s February 8 1947 295 · Murder on the Waterfront · Budd Schulberg · ss Collier’s October 1 1954 317 · How Mr. Hogan Robbed a Bank · John Steinbeck · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1956 329 · My Son the Murderer · Bernard Malamud · ss Esquire November 1968 339 · Sentimental Journey · Joyce Carol Oates · nv The South Carolina Review Spring 1977 365 · The Interview · Evan Hunter · ss Playboy October 1971, as “The Sardinian Incident” 385 · The Killer · Norman Mailer · ss Evergreen Review v8, #32, April/May 1964

New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

New Frontiers, Volume II ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

The Northerners ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, June 1990, 0-449-14641-3, $3.50, 245pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 3 · The Wit of Porportuk · Jack London · nv The Times Magazine (Oakland) December 1906 24 · The Stampede · Rex Beach · ss Metropolitan Magazine May 1906 40 · Captives of the Arctic Wasteland · Victor Rousseau · na North•West Stories Winter 1936 possibly a reprint of “Nothing North of Nagatok” (North•West Stories, March 1929). 93 · The Bear Trap · Samuel Alexander White · ss North•West Stories 1st November 1926 102 · The Yellow-Back · James Oliver Curwood · ss Hearst’s Magazine May 1919 117 · Black John Gives a Tip [Black John Smith; Halfaday Creek] · James B. Hendryx · nv Short Stories August 10 1942 138 · The Long Shadow · William Byron Mowery · nv (r) 170 · The Valley of the Windigo · George Marsh · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1917 185 · Webs for One · Ryerson Johnson · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 27 1933 198 · Mistress of the Midnight Sun · Dan Cushman · na North•West Romances Fall 1950

The Northwesterners ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, December 1990, 0-449-14642-1, $3.50, 228pp, pb, an) vii · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r) ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 1 · Border Incident · Bill Gulick · ss (r) 11 · The General’s Bluff · Owen Wister · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1894 32 · A Trip to Oregon · John Phoenix · ss (r) 36 · The Patriarch of Gunsight Flat · Wayne D. Overholser · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1950 47 · The Pilgrim · Loren D. Estleman · ex The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman by Loren D. Estleman, Swallow Press, 1989 excised opening chapter of The Wolfer. 54 · Timberland Troublemaker · Steve Hail · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story February 1949 72 · The Pioneers · Verne Athanas · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1953 85 · Chain of Command · D. B. Newton · ss (r) 102 · Ike the Diver’s Friend · James Stevens · ss Adventure October 15 1927 119 · Six-Guns Round the Bend · Giff Cheshire · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story October 1947 140 · The Second Missouri Compromise · Owen Wister · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1895 159 · Where the Wind Blows Free · Bill Gulick · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 23 1961 172 · Critters of Habit · Ray Palmer Tracy · na Short Stories December 25 1946

The Outlaws ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, October 1984, 0-449-12719-2, $2.50, 213pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 2 · Charlie Boudre · S. Omar Barker · pm West March 1934 4 · The Caballero’s Way [The Cisco Kid] · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1907 17 · The Two-Gun Man · Stewart Edward White · ss Collier’s April 15 1905 30 · Assassin · Frank Gruber · nv Short Stories August 10 1939 59 · Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week June 7 1936 69 · Night on Don Jaime Street · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s May 25 1940, as “On Don Jaime Street” 85 · Posse · C. Hall Thompson · ss Esquire June 1951 100 · Nobody’s All Bad [Billy the Kid] · W. R. Burnett · ss Collier’s June 7 1930 112 · Back Track · H. A. DeRosso · ss Ranch Romances 2nd March 1956 126 · A Mighty Big Bandit · Clay Fisher · nv The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico, and Other Stories by Clay Fisher, Macmillan, 1962 150 · The Last Bullet · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s December 10 1938 155 · The Posse from Paytonville · Bill Pronzini · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine June 1970 165 · Horse Thief · Arthur Moore · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine October 1970 174 · My Brother Down There · Steve Frazee · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #113, April 1953

Police Procedurals ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Prime Suspects ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Ivy, June 1987, 0-8041-0125-6, $2.95, 229pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 3 · Quitters, Inc. · Stephen King · ss Night Shift by Stephen King, Doubleday, 1978 28 · You Can’t Be Too Careful · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1976 46 · People Who Kill [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss 60 · The Sweetest Man in the World · Donald E. Westlake · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1967 72 · Just for Kicks · Ed McBain · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1958, as by Richard Marsten 85 · Smuggler’s Island · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1977 106 · Wild Mustard [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 118 · Tex · John W. Jakes · ss Manhunt May 1955 129 · The Vanishing Men [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1979, as “Captain Leopold and the Vanishing Men” 153 · The Dettweiler Solution · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1976 170 · The Unholy Three [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · nv Manhunt May 1956 192 · The Girl Who Loved Graveyards · P. D. James · ss Winter’s Crimes 15 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1983 211 · The Killer · John D. MacDonald · nv Manhunt January 1955

The Railroaders ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, March 1986, 0-449-12722-2, $2.50, 212pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 3 · Casey Jones · [uncredited] · pm (r) 5 · The Passing of Black Eagle · O. Henry · ss Ainslee’s Magazine March 1902 19 · The Holdup [Hopalong Cassidy] · Clarence E. Mulford · ss The Coming of Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford, A.L. Burt, 1913 38 · The Yellow Mail · Frank H. Spearman · ss McClure’s Magazine May 1901, as “The Run of the Yellow Mail” 54 · C.P.R. · James Stevens · ss (r) 69 · Song of the Steel Rails · Tom W. Blackburn · ss Dime Western Magazine October 1941 81 · The Angel of Canyon Pass · Charles W. Tyler · ss Railroad Stories April 1936 100 · For Want of a Horse · Clay Fisher · ss (r) 116 · Steel to the West · Wayne D. Overholser · ss Western Writers of America Silver Anniversary Anthology ed. August Lenniger, Ace, 1977 126 · Flying Switch · H. L. Davis · ss Collier’s August 2 1930 146 · Westward Rails · Giles A. Lutz · ss Western Writers of America Silver Anniversary Anthology ed. August Lenniger, Ace, 1977 164 · The Phantom Train Robbers · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine January 1973 172 · Hell on the High Iron · John Jakes · nv Big-Book Western Magazine March 1953, as “The High-Iron Killer!”

The Reel West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Doubleday & Co., 1984, 0-385-19319-X, $11.95, 177pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 1 · Tennessee’s Partner · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly October 1869; basis for film Tennessee’s Partner. 11 · The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv McClure’s Magazine February 1898; basis for film Face to Face. 23 · A Double-Dyed Deceiver · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1905; basis for film The Texan. 35 · Massacre · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 22 1947; basis for film Fort Apache. 49 · The Tin Star · John M. Cunningham · nv Collier’s December 6 1947; basis for film High Noon. 65 · My Brother Down There · Steve Frazee · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #113, April 1953; basis for film Running Target. 101 · Three-Ten to Yuma · Elmore Leonard · nv Dime Western Magazine March 1953; basis for film 3:10 to Yuma. 117 · The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · Dorothy M. Johnson · nv Cosmopolitan July 1949; basis for film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. 133 · Town Tamer · Frank Gruber · ss Short Stories January 1957 149 · Jeremy Rodock · Jack Schaefer · nv Lilliput January 1956

The Second Reel West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Doubleday & Co., 1985, 0-385-23103-2, $12.95, 182pp, hc, an, cover by Frederick Porter) vii · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 1 · The Outcasts of Poker Flat [John Oakhurst] · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly January 1869; basis for film The Outcasts of Poker Flat. 10 · The Passing of Black Eagle · O. Henry · ss Ainslee’s Magazine March 1902; basis for film Black Eagle. 19 · The Two-Gun Man · Stewart Edward White · ss Collier’s April 15 1905; basis for film Under a Texas Moon. 30 · Back to God’s Country · James Oliver Curwood · nv Back to God’s Country by James Oliver Curwood, Grosset, 1920; basis for film Back to God’s Country. 53 · Command · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 8 1946 · Big Hunt · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 6 1947; basis for film Back to God’s Country. 75 · Yankee Gold · John M. Cunningham · nv Pic Magazine 1946; basis for film The Stranger Wore a Gun. 98 · A Man Called Horse · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s January 7 1950; basis for film A Man Called Horse. 111 · The Singing Sands · Steve Frazee · nv Fifteen Western Tales June 1949, as “The Devil’s Grubstake”; basis for film Gold of the Seven Saints. 136 · Sergeant Houck · Jack Schaefer · nv Collier’s July 14 1951; basis for film Trooper Hook. 156 · The Captives · Elmore Leonard · nv Argosy February 1955; basis for film The Tall T.