The FictionMags Index

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The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman by Ed Gorman ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Ed Gorman.

The Best Western Stories of Frank Bonham by Frank Bonham ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Frank Bonham.

The Best Western Stories of John Jakes by John Jakes ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under John Jakes.

The Best Western Stories of Les Savage, Jr. by Les Savage, Jr. ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Les Savage, Jr..

The Best Western Stories of Lewis B. Patten by Lewis B. Patten ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Lewis B. Patten.

The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman by Loren D. Estleman ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Loren D. Estleman.

The Best Western Stories of Ryerson Johnson by Ryerson Johnson ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Ryerson Johnson.

The Best Western Stories of Steve Frazee by Steve Frazee ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Steve Frazee.

The Best Western Stories of Wayne D. Overholser by Wayne D. Overholser ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Wayne D. Overholser.

Best of the West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet, August 1988, 0-451-15481-9, $3.50, 224pp, pb, an)     Paperback version of The Reel West hardcover series (Doubleday 1984 - 1986). Selections do not match the first volume, The Reel West, but are instead chosen from all three volumes. 7 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 13 · The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv McClure’s Magazine February 1898; basis for film Face to Face. 31 · The Tin Star · John M. Cunningham · nv Collier’s December 6 1947; basis for film High Noon. 56 · Three-Ten to Yuma · Elmore Leonard · nv Dime Western Magazine March 1953; basis for film 3:10 to Yuma. 78 · Jeremy Rodock · Jack Schaefer · nv Lilliput January 1956; basis for film Tribute to a Bad Man. 124 · The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · Dorothy M. Johnson · nv Cosmopolitan July 1949; basis for film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. 148 · The Outcasts of Poker Flat [John Oakhurst] · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly January 1869; basis for film The Outcasts of Poker Flat. 165 · The Caballero’s Way [The Cisco Kid] · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1907; basis for film The Cisco Kid. 184 · Mission with No Record · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 27 1947; basis for film Rio Grande. 203 · Town Tamer · Frank Gruber · ss Short Stories January 1957

Best of the West II ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet, June 1990, 0-451-16584-5, 223pp, pb, an)     Second volume of the paperback edition of The Reel West hardcover series (Doubleday 1984 - 1986). Selections do not match The Second Reel West, but are instead chosen from all three volumes. 7 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 10 · 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. 35 · Yankee Gold · John M. Cunningham · nv Pic Magazine 1946; basis for film The Stranger Wore a Gun. 63 · The Captives · Elmore Leonard · nv Argosy February 1955; basis for film The Tall T. 95 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly August 1868; basis for film The Luck of Roaring Camp. 106 · The Passing of Black Eagle · O. Henry · ss Ainslee’s Magazine March 1902; basis for film Black Eagle. 118 · My Brother Down There · Steve Frazee · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #113, April 1953; basis for film Running Target. 154 · 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. 183 · The Parson of Panamint · Peter B. Kyne · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 20 1915; basis for film The Parson of Panamint.

Best of the West III ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet, December 1990, 0-451-16858-5, 254pp, pb, an)     Third volume of the paperback editon of The Reel West hardcover series (Doubleday 1984 - 1986). Selections do not match The Third Reel West, but are instead chosen from all three volumes. 7 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 10 · Massacre · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 22 1947; basis for film Fort Apache. 25 · Tennessee’s Partner · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly October 1869; basis for film Tennessee’s Partner. 35 · Raiders Die Hard · John M. Cunningham · nv Dime Western Magazine January 1953; basis for film Day of the Badman. 68 · A Double-Dyed Deceiver · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1905; basis for film The Texan. 80 · The Singing Sands · Steve Frazee · nv Fifteen Western Tales June 1949, as “The Devil’s Grubstake”; basis for film Gold of the Seven Saints. 112 · Sergeant Houck · Jack Schaefer · nv Collier’s July 14 1951; basis for film Trooper Hook. 137 · The Two-Gun Man · Stewart Edward White · ss Collier’s April 15 1905; basis for film Under a Texas Moon. 150 · A Man Called Horse · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s January 7 1950; basis for film A Man Called Horse. 166 · The Hanging Tree · Dorothy M. Johnson · na Ballantine, 1957; basis for film The Hanging Tree.

Bug-Eyed Monsters ed. Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (HBJ, 1980, 0-15-614789-0, $4.95, 273pp, tp, an) 3 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · in 7 · Stranger Station · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 39 · Talent · Robert Bloch · ss If July 1960 55 · The Other Kids · Robert F. Young · ss Fantastic Universe March 1956 61 · The Miracle of the Lily · Clare Winger Harris · nv Amazing Stories April 1928 85 · The Bug-Eyed Musicians · Laurence M. Janifer · fa Galaxy Magazine June 1959, as “Extracts from the Galactick Almanack: Music Around the Universe” by Larry M. Harris 97 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962 111 · Portfolio (Cartoons) · Gahan Wilson · ct (r) 119 · Wherever You Are · Poul Anderson · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1959, as by Winston P. Sanders 153 · Mimic · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Astonishing Stories December 1942, as by Martin Pearson 163 · The Faceless Thing · Edward D. Hoch · ss Magazine of Horror and Strange Stories November 1963 171 · The Rull [Rulls] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1948 203 · Friend to Man · C. M. Kornbluth · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951 215 · The Last One Left · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1980 221 · Hostess · Isaac Asimov · nv Galaxy Science Fiction May 1951

The Californians ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, March 1989, 0-449-13471-7, 245pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 2 · The Ears of Twenty Americans · Gertrude Atherton · na Before the Gringo Came by Gertrude Atherton, J. Selwin Tait & Sons, 1894 51 · The Man-Hunt · Joaquin Miller · ss (r) 65 · A Protege of Jack Hamlin’s · Bret Harte · nv A Protégée of Jack Hamlin’s and Other Stories by Bret Harte, Houghton Mifflin, 1894 93 · The Serenade at Siskiyou · Owen Wister · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1894 107 · Thirst · John Prescott · ss Gunsmoke June 1953 119 · Stagecoach Stowaway · L. P. Holmes · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story May 1949 142 · The Saga of Toby Riddle · Todhunter Ballard · ss (r) 157 · Zorro Draws His Blade [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West July 1944 174 · Old Tom · Bill Pronzini · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine January 1971 178 · The Bear Flag Mutineers · Frank Bonham · nv (r) 214 · Farallone Bounty · Matt Stuart · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story November 1946, as by L. P. Holmes 229 · Millionaires · Mark Twain · ss (r) 240 · Gunslinger · Ed Gorman · ss

The Casebook of Sidney Zoom by Erle Stanley Gardner ed. Bill Pronzini--- see under Erle Stanley Gardner.

The Cattlemen ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, January 1987, 0-449-13145-9, 196pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 3 · Tall Men Riding · S. Omar Barker · pm Argosy April 1947 5 · At the Sign of the Last Chance · Owen Wister · nv Cosmopolitan February 1928 30 · Love’s International · Charles Alden Seltzer · ss The Outing Magazine September 1912 47 · The Silver Dollar · Thomas Thompson · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine December 1949 52 · The Seventh Desert · Frank Bonham · ss Liberty May 12 1945 65 · The Rancher’s Lady · Elmore Leonard · ss Western Magazine September 1955 80 · The Land Beyond · Bryce Walton · ss Wagon Train July 1960 99 · The Big Die-Up · Steve Frazee · ss Gunsmoke August 1953 115 · They Walked Tall · T. V. Olsen · ss The Pick of the Roundup ed. Stephen Payne, Avon, 1963 130 · The Day the Earth Burned · Talmage Powell · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine January 1970 141 · The Longhorn Legion · Norman A. Fox · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1953

A Century of Mystery 1980-1989: The Greatest Stories of the Decade ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Chapter and Hearse ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Child’s Ploy ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Christmas Out West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Doubleday, December 1990, 0-385-41561-3, $14.95, 188pp, hc, an, cover by Laura Fox) 1 · Three Yuletide Poems: _ · Draggin’ In the Tree · S. Omar Barker · pm Street & Smith’s Western Story December 1945 _ · Bunkhouse Christmas · S. Omar Barker · pm Street & Smith’s Western Story December 28 1940 _ · A Cowboy’s Christmas Prayer · S. Omar Barker · pm Ranch Romances 2nd December 1952, as by Phil Squires 5 · How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar · Bret Harte · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1872 19 · A Journey in Search of Christmas [Lin McLean] · Owen Wister · nv Lin McLean by Owen Wister, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898 48 · The Bullpuncher · James Stevens · ss Adventure September 15 1927 67 · Standing Alone in the Darkness · Arthur Winfield Knight · ss (r) 82 · Winter Harvest · John Prescott · ss (r) 97 · Mainwaring’s Gift · Ed Gorman · ss 108 · “Seven-Up’s” Christmas · Charles Alden Seltzer · ss The Outing Magazine December 1912 126 · Christmas Eve in San Augustine · Edward D. Hoch · ss (r) 137 · No Room at the Inn [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · ss Crime at Christmas ed. Jack Adrian, Equation, 1988 149 · Gunman’s Christmas [Gunman] · Caddo Cameron · ss Short Stories December 25 1946 166 · The Death of Dutch Creel · Loren D. Estleman · ss (r) 176 · Stubby Pringle’s Christmas · Jack Schaefer · ss Houghton Mifflin, October 1943 188 · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Combat!: Great Tales of World War II ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet, May 1992, 0-451-16571-3, $4.99, 345pp, pb, an) 9 · Coral Sea · James A. Michener · ss Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener, Macmillan, 1947 25 · The Paper House · Norman Mailer · ss New World Writing #2, Mentor, 1952 42 · The Crew of the Foraker · Steve Frazee · ss Tales of the Sea Spring 1953 59 · Adieu Degas · Duane Unkefer · nv 88 · The Man Who Went Back · Robert Easton · nv Collier’s May 8 1948 109 · The Veteran · Dennis Lynds · ex from Combat Soldier, 1962 132 · The Spoils of the Division · Sean Marshall · nv 165 · Hawk of the Sudan · David Goodis · nv Wings Summer 1941 197 · Undersea Guardians · Ray Bradbury · ss Amazing Stories December 1944 215 · The B-17 · Kevin D. Randle · nv 238 · To the Deep · Roland J. Green · nv 273 · The Picture · Ed Gorman · ss 281 · Dr. Blanke’s First Command · C. S. Forester · nv The Saturday Evening Post July 29 1961 319 · Rendezvous · Alistair MacLean · nv The Lonely Sea by Alistair MacLean, Collins, 1985

The Cowboys ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, May 1985, 0-449-12720-6, $2.50, 179pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 2 · Old-Time Cowboys · S. Omar Barker · pm Thrilling Ranch Stories Fall 1951 4 · The Winning of the Biscuit-Shooter · Owen Wister · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1893 30 · The Colonel and the Horse Thief · Rex Beach · ss McClure’s Magazine March 1904 38 · Bad Penny [Flying U Ranch] · B. M. Bower · ss Argosy December 2 1933 56 · Trail Driver’s Luck · Alan LeMay · ss Collier’s July 5 1930 70 · Scars · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine May 1949 79 · Trail Fever · S. Omar Barker · ss Argosy September 1945 95 · The Therefore Hog · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss (r) 101 · Fear in the Saddle · H. A. DeRosso · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine September 1952 111 · The Nagual · Elmore Leonard · ss 2-Gun Western November 1956 127 · Man on the Wagon Tongue · Elmer Kelton · ss They Won Their Spurs ed. Nelson Nye, Avon, 1962 142 · Markers · Bill Pronzini · ss Roundup ed. Stephen Overholser, Doubleday, 1982 149 · Isley’s Stranger · Clay Fisher · nv The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico, and Other Stories by Clay Fisher, Macmillan, 1962

Creature! A Chrestomathy of “Monstery” ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, 1981, 0-87795-310-4, $12.95, 301pp, hc, an) 15 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 35 · The Terror of Blue John Gap · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1910 57 · Creature of the Snows · William Sambrot · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 29 1960 71 · Waziah · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 91 · Barney’s Bigfoot Museum · Richard Laymon · ss 101 · Survival Exercise · Talmage Powell · ss 121 · The Convenient Monster [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine March 1959 158 · A Tropical Horror · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Grand Magazine June 1905 171 · Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 22 1937 191 · Terror in Cut-Throat Cove · Robert Bloch · nv Fantastic June 1958 243 · Notes Leading Down to the Events at Bedlam · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Beware More Beasts ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood, Manor, 1975, as “A Summary of Events Leading Up to Bedlam” 255 · In the Straw · Edward D. Hoch · ss Beware More Beasts ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood, Manor, 1975 265 · Where Do You Live, Queen Esther? · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1961 275 · Wriggle · John Lutz · ss 287 · The Pond · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 297 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi