101 Mystery Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Avenel, 1986, 0-517-60361-6, $7.98, 609pp, hc, an)
- xiii · Foreword · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · fw
- 1 · The Oval Portrait · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1842, as “Life in Death”
- 5 · There Hangs Death! · John D. MacDonald · ss This Week February 20 1955
- 13 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 7 1940
- 17 · The Sweetest Man in the World · Donald E. Westlake · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1967
- 25 · Every Fifth Man · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1969
- 29 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante”
translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883).
- 33 · The Leakage · Frank Sisk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1970
- 37 · The Gesture · Gil Brewer · ss The Saint Detective Magazine March 1956
- 43 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #48, November 1947
translated from the French (“Le Pavillon de la Croix-Rousse”, as by Georges Sim, Détective, May 2, 1929 & May 16, 1929).
- 49 · Punishment to Fit the Crime · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 7 1980
- 55 · The Plan of the Snake · Edward Wellen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1979
- 59 · Two-Way Street · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1978, as by John Ives
- 67 · The Pair of Gloves · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited.
- 71 · After Twenty Years · O. Henry · vi The (New York) Sunday World February 14 1904
- 75 · The Export Trade [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News August 28 1932, as “Diamond Cut Diamond”
- 83 · Problems Solved · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1976
- 87 · The Release · Cornell Woolrich · ss With Malice Toward All ed. Robert L. Fish, Putnam, 1968
- 95 · We Spy · Clark Howard · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1970
- 101 · The Leopard Man’s Story · Jack London · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly August 1903
- 105 · The Little Things · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1975
- 109 · The Reindeer Clue [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen (ghost written by Edward D. Hoch) · ss The National Inquirer December 23 1975
- 115 · Top Man · Jonathan Craig · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966
- 121 · Creature of Habit · William Campbell Gault · vi 15 Mystery Stories October 1950
- 125 · Weeds · Charlene Weir · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1977
- 133 · Something Very Special · Fletcher Flora · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1965
- 139 · Shatter Proof · Jack Ritchie · ss Manhunt October 1960
- 145 · Project Mushroom · Julie Smith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1984
- 151 · Terror in the Night · Robert Bloch · ss Manhunt February 1956
- 159 · Drum Beat [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2, 1960
- 163 · Invited Witness · George Harmon Coxe · ss Dime Mystery Book Magazine August 1933
- 171 · Poison · Katherine Mansfield · ss Collier’s November 24 1923
- 177 · The Scientist and the Vanished Weapon [Cyriack Skinner Grey (The Scientist)] · Arthur Porges · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1966
- 183 · Night Walker · Robert J. Randisi · vi Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1977
- 187 · The Innocent One · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt August 1953, as by Richard Marsten
- 193 · Funny You Should Ask · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1976, as “A Pair of Recycled Jeans”
- 199 · Castle in Spain · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard 1953
- 205 · Proposal Perilous · Morris Hershman · ss Popular Detective July 1949
- 211 · The Crooked Picture · John Lutz · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine November 1967
- 217 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882
- 223 · This One’s on Me · Edward Hunsburger · ss Woman’s World December 14 1982
- 231 · To Strike a Match · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week November 6 1938, as “The House of Three Candles”
- 239 · Hush-a-Bye, My Baby · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov, Macmillan, 1922, as “Sleepy”
translated from the Russian (“Spat khochetsya”, St. Petersburg Gazette, January 25, 1888).
- 245 · Because the Constable Blundered · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1974
- 253 · Cloak and Digger [Mr. Roger] · John W. Jakes · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) October 1961, as “Cloak and Dagger”
- 261 · To Avoid a Scandal · Talmage Powell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1958
- 267 · The Prevalence of Monsters · Thomas B. Dewey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1965
- 271 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947
- 281 · The Pulque Vendor · Hal Ellson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1963
- 287 · Death Threat · Susan Dunlap · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1978
- 291 · By the Sea, By the Sea · Hal Dresner · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1962
- 299 · The Night Runner · Nedra Tyre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1979
- 307 · The Little Old Lady from Cricket Creek · Len Gray · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1969
- 311 · Happy Birthday, Darling · Joyce Harrington · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1979
- 317 · One Will Too Many · Joe L. Hensley · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine September 1966
- 325 · The Dispatching of George Ferris · Jack Foxx · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 23 1980, as by Bill Pronzini
- 329 · The Joker · Betty Ren Wright · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1962
- 337 · Schedule for an Assassination · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1960
- 345 · A Taste for Murder · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1963
- 349 · The Girl Who Jumped in the River · Arthur Moore · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1973
- 357 · The Diamond of Kali · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 28 1904
- 363 · The Perfect Time for the Perfect Crime · R. L. Stevens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1964, as by Edward D. Hoch
- 369 · “You Listen!” · Norbert Davis & Dwight V. Babcock · ss Double Detective July 1938
- 375 · The Mystery of Chance [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Red Book Magazine July 1915
- 385 · The Man Who Swallowed a Horse [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss Verdict August 1953, as “The Dead Mr. Duck”
- 387 · The Promise · Marilyn Granbeck · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1970
- 393 · Diamonds in Paradise [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1954
- 399 · The Art of Deduction · Robert L. Fish · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1979
- 403 · Cattails · Marcia Muller · ss The Web She Weaves ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Morrow, 1983
- 411 · An Exercise in Insurance · James Holding · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1964
- 415 · The Secret of Fort Bayard [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #13, November 1943
translated from the French (“Le Secret du Fort Bayard”, Détective, November 21, 1929 & December 5, 1929).
- 421 · Sweet, Sweet Murder · H. A. DeRosso · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1960
- 429 · One Down · Ed McBain · ss Manhunt June 1953, as by Hunt Collins
- 433 · A Home Away from Home · Robert Bloch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1961
- 441 · The Blue Wash Mystery · Anna Katharine Green · vi Wide Awake Pleasure Book, D. Lothrop, 1889, uncredited.
- 445 · The Candidate · Henry Slesar · ss Rogue August 1961
- 453 · The Booster · Percy Spurlark Parker · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1978
- 455 · Who Has Seen the Wind? [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) November 1956
- 463 · Deathbed · Frank Sisk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1974
- 469 · The Devil Behind You · Richard A. Moore · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1979
- 477 · Counterplot · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1 1981
- 483 · Ransom Demand · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1972
- 487 · Letter to the Editor · Morris Hershman · ss Detective Story Magazine September 1953
- 491 · First Man at the Funeral [Sheriff] · Dion Henderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1957
- 497 · An Illusion in Red and White · Stephen Crane · ss New York World May 20 1900
- 503 · Gentlemen’s Agreement [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1977
- 511 · The Terrarium Principle · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 22 1981
- 515 · Doctor’s Orders · John F. Suter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1959
- 519 · Never Trust a Woman · Helen Nielsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1957
- 529 · Somebody on the Phone · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Fiction Weekly July 31 1937
- 535 · The Peppermint-Striped Goodbye · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1965
- 541 · The Man of the Knife · Alexandre Dumas · ss (r)
translated from the French.
- 547 · A Cool Swim on a Hot Day · Fletcher Flora · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1961
- 551 · Inside Out · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1978
- 555 · Who? [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1972
- 565 · The Odor of Melting · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1966
- 571 · Shell Game · William Jeffrey · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1972
- 579 · Queasy Does It Not · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1965
- 583 · The Explosives Expert · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1967
- 591 · Not the Running Type · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1959
- 597 · E=Murder [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week August 14 1960
- 603 · Homicidal Hiccup · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales June 1948
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