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The Gunfighters ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, January 1988, 0-449-13147-5, $2.50, 247pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 3 · The Killer · Henry Herbert Knibbs · pm (r) 6 · Billy the Kid · Pat F. Garrett · ts (r) 53 · First Kill · Will C. Brown · ss (r) 68 · The Makings · Norman A. Fox · ss Collier’s June 19 1948 73 · The Streets of Laredo · Clay Fisher · ss Western Roundup ed. Nelson Nye, Macmillan, 1961, as by Will Henry 90 · Too Good with a Gun · Lewis B. Patten · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1950 102 · Gunman · L. L. Foreman · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine September 1950 116 · Mean Men Are Big · Wayne D. Overholser · ss Frontiers West ed. S. Omar Barker, Doubleday, 1959 131 · Killer in Town · Thomas Thompson · ss Western Story Magazine February 1953 151 · Jugged · Elmore Leonard · ss Western Magazine December 1955 168 · Portrait of a Gunfighter · Hal G. Evarts, Jr. · ss (r) 185 · The Man We Called Jones · T. V. Olsen · ss Ranch Romances November 1959 199 · The Gunny · Bill Pronzini · ss 206 · Billy the Button · William R. Cox · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine November 1970 226 · The Last Gunman · Donald Hamilton · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 2 1959

Hard-Boiled ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian (Oxford University Press US, 1995, 0-19-508499-3, $25.00, 532pp, hc, an) 3 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian · in 20 · The Scorched Face [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask May 1925 55 · Round Trip · W. R. Burnett · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1929 65 · Mistral · Raoul Whitfield · ss Adventure December 15 1931 83 · Backwash [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv Black Mask May 1932 109 · Trouble-Chaser [Black] · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask April 1934 128 · Fruit Tramp · Daniel Mainwaring · ss Harper’s Magazine July 1934 141 · Brush Fire · James M. Cain · ss Liberty December 5 1936 150 · Human Interest Stuff · Brett Halliday · ss Adventure September 1938, as by Davis Dresser 163 · Waiting for Rusty · William Cole · ss Black Mask October 1939 168 · I’ll Be Waiting [Tony Reseck] · Raymond Chandler · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 14 1939 185 · Marijuana and a Pistol · Chester Himes · ss Esquire 1940 189 · Who Said I Was Dead? [William “Bail Bond” Dodd] · Norbert Davis · nv Dime Detective Magazine August 1942 224 · Nor Iron Bars · John D. MacDonald · ss Doc Savage March/April 1947 230 · Dock Walloper · Benjamin Appel · nv Dock Walloper by Benjamin Appel, Lion, 1953 257 · Three-Ten to Yuma · Elmore Leonard · nv Dime Western Magazine March 1953 272 · The Bobby-Soxer · Jonathan Craig · ss Manhunt October 1953 277 · Black Pudding · David Goodis · nv Manhunt December 1953 301 · Guilt-Edged Blonde [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Manhunt January 1954, as by John Ross Macdonald 316 · Mama’s Boy · David Alexander · nv Manhunt May 1955 335 · The Screen Test of Mike Hammer · Mickey Spillane · pl Male July 1955 340 · Home · Gil Brewer · ss Accused Detective Story Magazine March 1956 348 · So Pale, So Cold, So Fair · Leigh Brackett · nv Argosy July 1957 377 · A Piece of Ground · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt July 1957 388 · The Merry, Merry Christmas · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt December 1957 396 · Forever After · Jim Thompson · ss Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales May 1960 405 · The Old Pro · H. A. DeRosso · ss Manhunt December 1960 418 · The Saturday Night Deaths · Michael Kerr · ss Mystery Monthly July 1976 429 · Graveyard Shift · James M. Reasoner · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine November 1978, as by M. R. James 433 · Deadhead Coming Down · Margaret Maron · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1978 438 · To Florida · Robert Sampson · nv The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987 455 · It’s a Hard World · Andrew Vachss · ss A Matter of Crime, Vol. 1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harvest, 1987 460 · Junior Jackson’s Parable · James Hannah · ss Desperate Measures by James Hannah, Southern Methodist University Press, 1988 474 · Bonding · Faye Kellerman · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989 488 · Gravy Train · James Ellroy · ss The Armchair Detective Winter 1990 503 · Batman’s Helpers [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · ss Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1990 518 · The Long Silence After · Ed Gorman · ss Dark at Heart ed. Joe R. & Karen Lansdale, Dark Harvest, 1992

Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of Crime Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian--- see under Jack Adrian.

Homicidal Acts ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Ivy, January 1989, 0-8041-0294-5, $3.50, 244pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 3 · Blond and Blue [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · nv The New Black Mask No.4 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1986 30 · Moving Spirit [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Tales from the White Hart by Arthur C. Clarke, Ballantine, 1957 43 · Address Unknown · Joyce Harrington · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1982 60 · Charlie’s Game [Charlie Dark] · Brian Garfield · nv Checkpoint Charlie by Brian Garfield, Mysterious Press, 1981 revised from “Joe Cutter’s Game” (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, July 1976). 82 · The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution · Donald E. Westlake · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1960, as by Richard Stark 95 · The Jail · Jesse Hill Ford · ss Playboy March 1975 112 · The Arrow of God [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 137 · Dagger · John W. Jakes · ss Hunted Detective Story Magazine #9, April 1956 151 · Skin Deep [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987 165 · Buried Treasure · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1982 178 · The Candy Skull · Ray Bradbury · ss Dime Mystery Magazine January 1948 197 · The Killer · Norman Mailer · ss Evergreen Review v8, #32, April/May 1964 204 · The People Across the Canyon · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1962 222 · Iris · Stephen Greenleaf · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984

The Horse Soldiers ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, August 1987, 0-449-13146-7, $2.50, 196pp, pb, an) vii · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) ix · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r) 1 · Some Call Him Brave · S. Omar Barker · pm (r) 4 · When a Document Is Official · Frederic Remington · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1899 13 · Cat Nipped · Jack Schaefer · nv The Pioneers by Jack Schaefer, Houghton Mifflin, 1954 34 · By the Beard of Saint Crispin · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 3 1946 47 · Tear Up the Orders! · Bill Gulick · ss New Western Magazine May 1947 62 · Renegade · Gil Brewer · nv Blazing Guns Western Story Magazine #2, December 1956 79 · The Unbeliever · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s August 16 1952 94 · Desert Command · Elmer Kelton · ex from The Wolf and the Buffalo, Doubleday, 1980 117 · The Old Chief’s Mountain · Bryce Walton · ss Gunsmoke June 1953 129 · The Glory Riders · Brian Garfield · ss With Guidons Flying ed. Charles Heckelmann, Doubleday, 1970 146 · The Colonel’s Lady · Elmore Leonard · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine November 1952 160 · The White Man’s Road · Clay Fisher · ss (r)

Kill or Cure ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Lady on the Case ed. Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Marcia Muller.

The Lawmen ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, June 1984, 0-449-12689-7, $2.50, 243pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 3 · Tom Smith of Abilene · S. Omar Barker · pm (r) 6 · The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv McClure’s Magazine February 1898 20 · McQuestion Rides [Matt McQuestion] · Ernest Haycox · nv Collier’s June 20 1931 34 · The Marshal of Broken Lance · Frank Gruber · ss Short Stories April 25 1938 52 · The Bounty Killers · Steve Frazee · ss Swank December 1955, as “I’ll Kill You Smiling, John Sevier” 69 · Star for a Warrior · Talmage Powell · ss (r) 82 · The Graveyard on the Hill · Edward D. Hoch · ss Blazing Guns Western Story Magazine #4, April 1957 86 · Epitaph · Tom W. Blackburn · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine July 1949, as “Epitaph for a Boomtown Marshal” 110 · The Sheriff of Chayute · Theodore Sturgeon · ss (r) 126 · Gun Job · Thomas Thompson · nv Collier’s February 28 1953 149 · Peace Officer · Brian Garfield · ss Iron Men and Silver Stars ed. Donald Hamilton, Fawcett, 1967 166 · The Guns of William Longley · Donald Hamilton · ss Iron Men and Silver Stars ed. Donald Hamilton, Fawcett, 1967 183 · The Hanging Man · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981 199 · They Hanged Wild Bill Murphy · Wayne D. Overholser · na Fifteen Western Tales September 1947

Locked Room Puzzles ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Robinson, 1988, 592pp, hc, an)     Also available in tp (Carroll & Graf 1988). xi · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · Wrong Pigeon [Philip Marlowe] · Raymond Chandler · nv The Daily Mail April 6 1959, as “Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate” 28 · Not My Corpse [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · na Thrilling Detective June 1948 74 · Diamonds of Death [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv Spicy Detective Stories July 1934 92 · Before She Kills [Ed & Am Hunter] · Fredric Brown · nv Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3, 1961 120 · So Dark for April [Paul Pine] · Howard Browne · nv Manhunt February 1953, as by John Evans 141 · Stolen Star [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · ss Manhunt November 1957 160 · Guilt-Edged Blonde [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Manhunt January 1954, as by John Ross Macdonald 173 · Suicide Is Scandalous [Peter Chambers] · Henry Kane · nv Esquire June 1948 201 · Dead Giveaway [Shell Scott] · Richard S. Prather · na Cavalier #44, February 1957, as “The Case of the Three Wild Blondes” 248 · Surf [Dave Brandstetter] · Joseph Hansen · nv Mystery Monthly December 1976, as “Murder on the Surf” 270 · A Reason to Die [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · nv The New Black Mask Quarterly No.2 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985 293 · Death Flight · Ed McBain · na Argosy September 1954, as “Ticket to Death” by Evan Hunter 333 · Wanted—Dead and Alive [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Manhunt October 1963 344 · The Other Eye [Al Darlan (aka Al Diamond)] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Crime Wave, Collins, 1981 358 · Busted Blossoms [Toby Peters] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986 368 · Out of the Window [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1977 397 · Ride the Lightning [Alo Nudger] · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985 416 · She Didn’t Come Home [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · ss Redbook April 1986 430 · The Reason Why [Jack Dwyer] · Edward Gorman · ss Criminal Elements ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy, 1988 444 · Iris · Stephen Greenleaf · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 462 · Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 485 · The Broken Men [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · na Women Sleuths ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Academy Chicago, 1985 526 · Trouble in Paradise [Jacob Asch] · Arthur Lyons · nv The New Black Mask Quarterly No.1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985 549 · The Strawberry Teardrop [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 564 · The Nickel Derby [Henry Po] · Robert J. Randisi · ss Hardboiled #7, Spring 1987 579 · Greektown [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1983

The Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin Harry Greenberg (Robinson, 1986, 0-948164-21-2, £4.99, 547pp, tp, an)     Abridged from Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels (Greenwich House, 1984) by the omission of Raymond Chandler’s “The King in Yellow”. · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Greenwich House, 1984 1 · The Lawless Lady [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na Enter the Saint by Leslie Charteris, Hodder, 1930 revised from “Crooks’ Cargo” (The Thriller #37, October 19, 1929). 63 · Introducing Susan Dare [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator April 1934 89 · Nightmare · Cornell Woolrich · na Argosy March 1 1941, as “And So to Death” 147 · Death’s Eye View · John D. MacDonald · nv New Detective Magazine February 1953 185 · The Murder Machine [Lt. David Pascal] · Hugh Pentecost · na The American Magazine July 1950 233 · Death Rides a Boxcar · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The American Magazine January 1945 277 · The Bearded Lady [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv The American Magazine October 1948, as by Kenneth Millar 327 · Murder Set to Music · Fredric Brown · na The Saint Detective Magazine January 1957, as “Murder to Music” 367 · The Zero Clue [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine December 1953, as “Scared to Death” 415 · Storm [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · nv Argosy November 1961, as “Murder on Ice” 469 · Don’t Look Now · Daphne du Maurier · na Ladies’ Home Journal December 1970 513 · Booktaker [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · na Casefile by Bill Pronzini, St. Martin's, 1983 first published in Japanese (Shōsetsu shinchō, 1982).

The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Robinson, 1986, 1-84529-114-X, tp, an)     Abridged from Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Espionage Novels (Bonanza, 1985) by the omission of William E. Barrett’s “The Dealers in Doom”. · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Espionage Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Bonanza, 1985 · The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908 · The Traitor [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan September 1927 · Tokyo, 1941 · Cornell Woolrich · nv The Doom Stone by Cornell Woolrich, Avon, 1960 · The Sizzling Saboteur [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction November 1943 (+2), as “The Saint in Trouble” · The Danger Zone [Major Brane] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy October 15 1932 · Betrayed · John D. MacDonald · nv The American Magazine March 1952 · Deep-Sleep · Bruce Cassiday · ss Intrigue October 1965 · The People of the Peacock [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) March 1965, as by Stephen Dentinger · Dr. Sweetkill · John Jakes · nv Intrigue Mystery Magazine January 1966 · The Giggle-Wrecker [Modesty Blaise] · Peter O’Donnell · nv 1972 · The Spoilers [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens; Patrick Petrella; Commander Elfe] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) October 1965 · Octopussy [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv The Daily Express October 4 1965 (+5)

Manhattan Mysteries ed. Bill Pronzini, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Avenel, 1987, 0-517-63179-2, $8.98, 579pp, hc, an) ix · Mysterious Island · Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh · in 1 · The Good Samaritan [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 10 1980 15 · Mom Sings an Aria [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966 29 · The Woman I Envied · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1982 39 · New York Blues · Cornell Woolrich · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1970 63 · Small Homicide · Ed McBain · ss Manhunt June 1953, as by Evan Hunter 77 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950 101 · The Lord of Central Park · Avram Davidson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1970, as “Manhattan Nights’ Entertainment” 133 · A Craving for Originality · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979 143 · The Day of the Bullet · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1959 159 · The Crime of the Century · R. L. Stevens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1977 167 · The Back Stairway · Hal Ellson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1960 177 · The Hawk and the Dome of Hell · S. S. Rafferty · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 16 1981 199 · The Beatings [Matt Cordell (aka Curt Cannon)] · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt October 1954 211 · A Place of Her Own · Joyce Harrington · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979 229 · The Medical Finger [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #91, June 1951 245 · The Corpse in the Statue of Liberty · William Irish · nv King Features Syndicate 1957 revised from “Red Liberty” (Dime Detective, July 1, 1933). 273 · The Cop and the Anthem · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 4 1904 279 · Jericho and the Cardboard Box [John Jericho] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 7 1980 293 · The Man Who Came Back · Edward D. Hoch · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1973 311 · Hildegarde Withers Is Back [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1968 339 · The Quality of Mercy · Eleazar Lipsky · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #118, September 1953 355 · Murder in One Scene [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week May 2 1948 365 · The Missing Man [Rescue Squad] · Katherine MacLean · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1971 407 · The Garrulous Garrity Grand Scam · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine January 1982 423 · God Save the Mark · Donald E. Westlake · n. Random House, 1967