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Ms. Murder: The Best Mysteries Featuring Women Detectives, by the Top Women Writers ed. Marie Smith (Xanadu, 1989, 274pp, hc, an)     Available in the US from Citadel Press. 5 · Introduction · Marie Smith · in 9 · The Lover of St. Lys [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss The Premier Magazine #58, February 1919 26 · Tape-Measure Murder [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week November 16 1941 38 · The Mackenzie Case · Viola Brothers Shore · nv Mystery League January 1934 57 · Easter Devil [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator June 1934 81 · The Gilded Pupil · Ethel Lina White · nv Detective Stories of To-Day ed. Raymond Postgate, Faber and Faber, 1940 95 · Scrawns · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Story-teller December 1932, as “Interlude at Scrawns” 107 · The Lipstick · Mary Roberts Rinehart · nv Cosmopolitan July 1942 132 · A Light on Murder · Gladys Mitchell · ss The Evening Standard February 15 1950 140 · The Absent Hat Pin · D. B. Olsen · ss 1947 155 · Miss Phipps and the Invisible Murderer [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966 170 · The Mother Goose Madman · Betty Ren Wright · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1959 178 · The Splintered Monday · Charlotte Armstrong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1966 195 · Paintbox Place · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 10 1980, as “The Paintbox Houses” 211 · The Writing on the Wall [Selena Mead] · Patricia McGerr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1978 217 · The Case of the Parr Children [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · nv 1979 242 · Once Upon a Time [Kate Fansler] · Amanda Cross · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1987 259 · Three-Dot Po [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984

Nobel Crimes ed. Marie Smith (Xanadu, October 22, 1992, 1-85480-180-5, £7.99, viii+263pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 17 crime stories by winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature. “The Miraculous Revenge” by George Bernard Shaw is listed on the back cover and in the acknowledgements but is not in the book. v · Introduction · Marie Smith · in 1 · In the Darkness · Heinrich Böll; translated by Leila Vennewitz · ss The Stories of Heinrich Böll by Heinrich Böll, Secker & Warburg, 1986 10 · Ransom · Pearl S. Buck · nv Cosmopolitan October 1938 37 · The Gentleman from San Francisco · Ivan Bunin · nv The Dial January 1922 59 · The Guest · Albert Camus · ss (r) 73 · Macavity: The Mystery Cat · T. S. Eliot · pm Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, Faber and Faber, 1939 75 · Smoke [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1932 103 · The Majesty of Justice · Anatole France · ss (r) 126 · Blackmail · John Galsworthy · ss MacLean’s December 15 1922 138 · The Moment Before the Gun Went Off · Nadine Gordimer · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1988 144 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927 154 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Life’s Handicap by Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray” 166 · The Post-Mortem Murder · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Century Magazine May 1921 192 · The Woman Who Came at Six O’Clock · Gabriel García Márquez · ss Innocent Erendira and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez, Harper & Row, 1978 translated from the Spanish (“La mujer que llegaba a las seis”, El espectador, 1950). 204 · All Passion Spent · Luigi Pirandello; translated by Frederick May · ss 1965 213 · The Corsican Ordeal of Miss X · Bertrand Russell · ss Go Christmas 1951, uncredited. 236 · Under the Knife · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss Short Friday and Other Stories by Isaac B. Singer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964 translated from the Yiddish (“Unter’n meser”). 251 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934

Seven Suspects by G. K. Chesterton ed. Marie Smith--- see under G. K. Chesterton.

The Final Cut by Matthew Smith (Black Flame US, March 2005, 1-84416-135-8, $6.99, 248pp, pb, n., cover by Dylan Teague) [Judge Dredd]     Reprint (Black Flame 2005) novelization based on the world of the comics. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S. First US edition.

The Best of Michael Marshall Smith by Michael Marshall Smith (Subterranean Press, December 2020, 978-1-59606-950-3, $45.00, 561pp, hc, co, cover by Stefan Koidl)     Also available in a slipcased edition ($150.00), limited to 250 numbered, signed, copies, including an exclusive bonus hardcover, The Bonus of Michael Marshall Smith. Also available in a traycased edition ($600.00), limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies, including an exclusive bonus hardcover, The Bonus of Michael Marshall Smith. Details taken from publisher website. 9 · The Handover · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Dark Terrors 5 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2000 23 · Save As… · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Interzone #115, January 1997 37 · Being Right · Michael Marshall Smith · ss More Tomorrow & Other Stories by Michael Marshall Smith, Earthling Publications, 2003 53 · Hell Hath Enlarged Herself · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors 2 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1996 79 · More Tomorrow · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1995 111 · The Motel Business · Michael Marshall Smith · ss 125 · Dear Alison · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Dracula ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1997 137 · The Man Who Drew Cats · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Voices 2 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1990 155 · This Is Now · Michael Marshall Smith · ss BBCi Cult Vampire Magazine (online) 2004 169 · To Receive Is Better · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1994 177 · They Also Serve · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Cat Stories by Michael Marshall Smith, Earthling Publications, 2001 197 · The Scariest Thing in the World · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories ed. Stephen Jones, Skyhorse Publishing, 2018 211 · The Seventeenth Kind · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Subterranean #8, 2011 231 · What You Make It · Michael Marshall Smith · nv What You Make It by Michael Marshall Smith, HarperCollins UK, 1999 253 · Not Waving · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Twists of the Tale ed. Ellen Datlow, Dell, 1996 281 · Later · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Zombies ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1993 289 · Walking Wounded · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors 3 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1997 307 · The Gist · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Subterranean Press, May 2013 339 · Author of the Death · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Everything You Need by Michael Marshall Smith, Earthling Publications, 2013 353 · The Dark Land · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Darklands ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1991 377 · Different Now · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Scaremongers ed. Andrew Haigh, Tanjen, 1997 383 · The Things He Said · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Travellers in Darkness ed. Stephen Jones, World Horror Convention 2007, 2007 395 · The Window of Erich Zann [The Lovecraft Squad] · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dreaming ed. Stephen Jones, Pegasus Books, 2018 425 · Everything You Need · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Everything You Need by Michael Marshall Smith, Earthling Publications, 2013 437 · What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Nightjar Press, 2009 445 · Failure [Straw Men] · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2013, as by Michael Marshall 459 · Charms · Michael Marshall Smith · ss AbeSea 1997 471 · The Burning Woods · Michael Marshall Smith · na I Am the Abyss ed. Chris Morey, Dark Regions Press, 2018 509 · Shit Happens · Michael Marshall Smith · nv The Devil and the Deep ed. Ellen Datlow, Night Shade Books, 2018 531 · Always · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Darklands 2 ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1992 539 · Best of—Story Notes · Michael Marshall Smith · ms

The Bonus of Michael Marshall Smith by Michael Marshall Smith (Subterranean Press, December 2020, hc, co)     Distributed with the limited editions of The Best of Michael Marshall Smith. Details taken from publisher website. · REMtemps™ · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Postscripts #10, Spring 2007 · One One Three · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Postscripts #10, Spring 2007 · Look Inside Me · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Fearie Tales ed. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher Books, 2013 · The Chain · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 2013 · Story Notes · Michael Marshall Smith · ms (r)

Everything You Need by Michael Marshall Smith (Earthling Publications, September 16, 2013, 978-0-9838071-4-8, $45.00, 278pp, hc, co, cover by Vincent Chong)     Collection of 17 stories, five original, with notes on the origins of each by Smith. Illustrated by Vinent Chong. Limited to 1000 numbered, signed, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($500.00). Details taken from online listing. 7 · This Is Now · Michael Marshall Smith · ss BBCi Cult Vampire Magazine (online) 2004 23 · Unbelief · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Stories ed. Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio, William Morrow, 2010 33 · Walking Wounded · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors 3 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1997 55 · The Seventeenth Kind · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Subterranean #8, 2011 77 · A Place for Everything · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Postscripts #10, Spring 2007, as “And a Place for Everything” 83 · The Last Barbecue · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2012, as “Getting It Right” 93 · The Stuff That Goes On in Their Heads · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Swallowed by the Cracks ed. Bill Breedlove & John Everson, Dark Arts Books, 2011, as “What Goes On in Their Heads” 111 · Unnoticed · Michael Marshall Smith · nv 133 · The Good Listener · Michael Marshall Smith · ss 145 · Different Now · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Scaremongers ed. Andrew Haigh, Tanjen, 1997 153 · Author of the Death · Michael Marshall Smith · ss 167 · Sad, Dark Thing · Michael Marshall Smith · ss A Book of Horrors ed. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher Books, 2011 185 · What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Nightjar Press, 2009 195 · The Things He Said · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Travellers in Darkness ed. Stephen Jones, World Horror Convention 2007, 2007 209 · Substitutions · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Black Wings ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2010 231 · The Woodcutter · Michael Marshall Smith · nv 255 · Everything You Need · Michael Marshall Smith · ss 269 · Story Notes · Michael Marshall Smith · ms

The Gist by Michael Marshall Smith (Subterranean Press, May 2013, 978-1-59606-561-1, $35.00, 77pp, hc, nv)     Fantasy story about a lost book, written by Smith, translated into French by Benoît Domis, then translated back into English by Nicholas Royle. All three versions are presented here. A leatherbound signed, limited edition of 300 is also available.

More Tomorrow & Other Stories by Michael Marshall Smith (Earthling Publications, October 2003, 0-9744203-0-1, $40.00, 487pp, hc, co, cover by John Picacio)     Collection of 30 stories, four original. Introduction by Stephen Jones; afterword by Smith. This is a signed, limited edition of 1000; a traycased lettered edition of 26 signed by Smith, Jones, and Picacio with an additional original piece by Smith (-1-X, $250.00) is also available. 11 · Alias Smith & Jones · Stephen Jones · in 17 · More Tomorrow · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1995 45 · Being Right · Michael Marshall Smith · ss 59 · Hell Hath Enlarged Herself · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors 2 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1996 81 · Save As… · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Interzone #115, January 1997 93 · The Handover · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Dark Terrors 5 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2000 105 · What You Make It · Michael Marshall Smith · nv What You Make It by Michael Marshall Smith, HarperCollins UK, 1999 125 · Maybe Next Time · Michael Marshall Smith · ss 137 · The Book of Irrational Numbers · Michael Marshall Smith · ss 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999 151 · When God Lived in Kentish Town · Michael Marshall Smith · ss HarperCollins UK, 1998 163 · The Man Who Drew Cats · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Voices 2 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1990 179 · A Place to Stay · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors 4 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1998 199 · The Dark Land · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Darklands ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1991 219 · To See the Sea · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 1994 247 · Two Shot · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 263 · Last Glance Back · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Girls’ Night Out/Boys’ Night In ed. Jessica Adams, Chris Manby & Fiona Walker, HarperCollins UK, 2001 275 · They Also Serve · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Cat Stories by Michael Marshall Smith, Earthling Publications, 2001 293 · Dear Alison · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Dracula ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1997 303 · To Receive Is Better · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1994 309 · The Munchies · Michael Marshall Smith · ss 317 · Always · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Darklands 2 ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1992 325 · Not Waving · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Twists of the Tale ed. Ellen Datlow, Dell, 1996 351 · Everybody Goes · Michael Marshall Smith · ss When God Lived in Kentish Town & Others by Michael Marshall Smith, W. H. Smith, 1998 357 · Dying · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Omni December 1994 375 · Charms · Michael Marshall Smith · ss AbeSea 1997 385 · Open Doors · Michael Marshall Smith · ss 393 · Later · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Zombies ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1993 399 · More Bitter Than Death · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Voices 5 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1993 415 · A Long Walk, for the Last Time · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Dark Terrors 6 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002 421 · The Vaccinator · Michael Marshall Smith · na PS Publishing, 1999 465 · Enough Pizza · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Ex Files ed. Nicholas Royle, Quartet, 1998 479 · On Not Writing (An Afterword) · Michael Marshall Smith · aw · Happy Holidays! · Michael Marshall Smith · ss; in lettered edition only.

Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith (Subterranean Press, March 2002, 1-931081-11-5, $40.00, 269pp, hc, n., cover by Chris Moore)     Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) SF novel. This is a signed, limited edition of 750; a lettered edition of 26 is also available.

Time Out by Michael Marshall Smith (Subterranean Press, May 2024, 978-1-64524-159-1, $45.00, 144pp, hc, na, cover by Samuel Araya)     Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Fungi ed. Orrin Smith & Silvia Moreno-Garcia--- see under Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

Staten Island Noir ed. Patricia Smith (Akashic Books, 2012, 978-1-61775-129-5, $15.95, 252pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]     Fourteen original stories set on Staten Island, New York. 11 · An Erringly Perfect Landscape · Patricia Smith · in 19 · Part I: Family Affair 21 · Snake Hill · Bill Loehfelm · ss; set in Eltingville. 40 · Sister-in-Law · Louisa Ermelino · ss; set in Great Kills. 51 · When They Are Done with Us · Patricia Smith · ss; set in Port Richmond. 71 · A User’s Guide to Keeping Your Kills Fresh · Ted Anthony · ss; set in Fresh Kills. 90 · Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground · Shay Youngblood · ss; set in South Beach. 105 · Part II: Fight or Flight 107 · Mistakes · Michael Penncavage · ss; set in The Ferry. 118 · Abating a Nuisance · Bruce DeSilva · ss; set in Tompkinsville. 132 · Paying the Tab · Michael Largo · ss; set in Four Corners. 140 · Assistant Professor Lodge · Binnie Kirshenbaum · ss; set in Grymes Hill. 153 · Part III: Borough of Broken Dreams 155 · …Spy Verse Spy… · Todd Craig · ss; set in Park Hill. 175 · Before It Hardens · Eddie Joyce · ss; set in Annadale. 200 · The Fly-Ass Puerto Girl from the Stapleton Projects · Linda Nieves-Powell · ss; set in Stapleton. 212 · Teenage Wasteland · Ashley Dawson · ss; set in Tottenville. 233 · Lighthouse · S. J. Rozan · ss; set in St. George. 254 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg