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The Best of Manhunt 2 ed. Jeff Vorzimmer (Stark House Press, August 2020, 978-1-951473-05-1, $21.95, 424pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · For the Love of Manhunt · Peter Enfantino · ar Paperback Parade #43, August 1995 11 · Introduction · Jon L. Breen · in 15 · On the Passing of Manhunt · Jon L. Breen · ar 17 · Life and Death of a Magazine · Robert Turner · ex from Some of My Best Friends Are Writers but I Wouldn’t Want My Daughter to Marry One!, Sherbourne Press, Inc., October 1970 23 · A Stabbing in the Street [David Wiley] · Eleazar Lipsky · nv Manhunt February 1953 36 · As I Lie Dead · Fletcher Flora · ss Manhunt February 1953 49 · So Dark for April [Paul Pine] · Howard Browne · nv Manhunt February 1953, as by John Evans 66 · Shakedown · Roy Carroll · ss Manhunt April 1953 73 · The Choice · Richard Deming · nv Manhunt June 1954 85 · Confession · John M. Sitan · ss Manhunt July 1954 92 · The Empty Fort · Basil Heatter · na Manhunt September 1954 127 · You Can’t Trust a Man · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt January 1955 136 · Protection · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Manhunt May 1955 145 · Blonde at the Wheel · Stephen Marlowe · nv Manhunt October 1955 157 · Vanishing Act · W. R. Burnett · nv Manhunt November 1955 177 · One More Mile to Go · F. J. Smith · ss Manhunt June 1956 183 · Key Witness · Frank Kane · na Manhunt August 1956 220 · Puddin’ and Pie · De Forbes · ss Manhunt August 1956 225 · Blood and Moonlight · William R. Cox · ss Manhunt October 1956 235 · Shadowed · Richard Wormser · ss Manhunt March 1957 239 · Death of a Big Wheel [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · nv Manhunt April 1957 263 · The Geniuses · Max Franklin · nv Manhunt June 1957 276 · Kitchen Kill [Police File] · Jonathan Craig · nv Manhunt September 1957 290 · The Crying Target · James McKimmey · ss Manhunt September 1957 311 · Girl Friend · Mark Mallory (by Morris Hershman) · ss Manhunt September 1957 317 · Midnight Caller · Wade Miller · ss Manhunt January 1958 320 · Arrest · Donald E. Westlake · ss Manhunt January 1958 324 · Time to Kill · Bryce Walton · ss Manhunt October 1958 338 · Absinthe for Superman · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Manhunt June 1959 347 · Wharf Rat · Robert Page Jones · nv Manhunt April 1960 365 · The Safe Kill · Kenneth Moore · ss Manhunt April 1960 369 · A Question of Values · C. L. Sweeney, Jr. · vi Manhunt June 1960 372 · Shatter Proof · Jack Ritchie · ss Manhunt October 1960 376 · The Old Pro · H. A. DeRosso · ss Manhunt December 1960 386 · Retribution · Michael Zuroy · ss Manhunt April 1961 389 · In Memoriam · Charles Boeckman · ss Manhunt June 1961 393 · Bugged · Bruno Fischer · ss Manhunt August 1961 403 · Interference · Glenn Canary · ss Manhunt October 1963 409 · Where There’s Smoke [Al Darlan (aka Al Diamond)] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Manhunt March 1964

The Best of Manhunt 3 ed. Jeff Vorzimmer (Stark House Press, December 2022, 979-8-88601-003-9, $21.95, 476pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Introduction · Jeff Vorzimmer & David Rachels · in 15 · Old Willie · William P. McGivern · ss Manhunt May 1953 20 · Services Rendered · Jonathan Craig · ss Manhunt May 1953 30 · The Faceless Man · Michael Fessier · ss Manhunt June 1953 40 · Throwback · Donald Hamilton · ss Manhunt August 1953 48 · Comeback · R. Van Taylor · ss Manhunt February 1954 55 · Tin Can · B. Traven · ss Manhunt September 1954 65 · I Didn’t See a Thing · Hal Ellson · nv Manhunt March 1955 78 · His Own Hand [Alphabet Hicks] · Rex Stout · ss Manhunt April 1955 89 · The Reluctant Client [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · ss Manhunt June 1955 98 · Custody · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt December 1955 106 · Split It Three Ways · Walter Kaylin · ss Manhunt March 1956 112 · Seven Lousy Bucks · C. L. Sweeney, Jr. · ss Manhunt August 1956 118 · The Secret · Stuart Friedman · ss Manhunt September 1956 130 · Death Wears a Gray Sweater · Gil Brewer, writing as Roy Carroll · ss Manhunt November 1956, as by Roy Carroll 145 · Joy Ride · C. B. Gilford · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1957 154 · College Kill · Jack Q. Lynn · ss Manhunt May 1957 168 · He’s Never Stopped Running · Aaron Marc Stein · ss Manhunt June 1957 178 · Stolen Star [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · ss Manhunt November 1957 195 · Hooked · Robert Turner · nv Manhunt February 1958 212 · One Hour Late · William O’Farrell · na Manhunt April 1959 261 · Down and Out · Joe Gores · ss Manhunt June 1959 274 · Wrong Pigeon [Philip Marlowe] · Raymond Chandler · nv The Daily Mail April 6 1959, as “Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate” 299 · Hangover · Charles Runyon · ss Manhunt December 1960 309 · How Much to Kill? · Michael Zuroy · ss Manhunt February 1961 320 · Deadly Triangle · Les Collins · ss Manhunt April 1961 327 · The Big Haul · Robert Page Jones · nv Manhunt August 1961 370 · Eye-Witness · Charles Sloan · nv Manhunt October 1962 395 · The Red Herring · Richard Deming · nv Manhunt December 1962 420 · Vegas…and Run · Don Lowry · na Manhunt June 1963 465 · The Grass Cage · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Manhunt January 1964

The Best of Manhunt 4 by Jack Ritchie ed. Jeff Vorzimmer--- see under Jack Ritchie.

Family Matters by C. E. Vulliamy--- see under Anthony Rolls.

Scarweather by C. E. Vulliamy--- see under Anthony Rolls.

Incredible Adventures #1 ed. Carl F. Waedt & Gene Marshall--- see under Gene Marshall.

Incredible Adventures #2 ed. Carl F. Waedt & Gene Marshall--- see under Gene Marshall.

The Fireside Book of Ghost Stories ed. Edward Wagenknecht (Bobbs-Merrill, 1947, $3.75, xxiii+593pp, hc, an)     An excellent selection of 40 stories, divided into ten sections, by one of the experts in the field. xi · Introduction · Edward Wagenknecht · in 3 · The Witch of Endor · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r); dated 1078 B.C. 6 · The House in Athens · Pliny the Younger · ss Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907, as “Letter to Sura” translated from the Latin (as a letter to Sura, 2nd century AD). 8 · The Sandal · Lucian · ex from Dialogues (r); dated c. 150. 12 · Murder Will Out · Geoffrey Chaucer · ss The Canterbury Tales by Geoffery Chaucer, William Caxton, 1478, as “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” 14 · Coverly Ghost [Roger de Coverley] · Joseph Addison · vi The Spectator #110, July 6 1711, as “untitled (“At a little distance from Sir Roger’s House, among the Ruins of an old Abby”)”, uncredited. 19 · The Southwest Chamber · Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman · na The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins, Doubleday, 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins 37 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 50 · No. 252 Rue M. le Prince · Ralph Adams Cram · nv Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 64 · The Crown Derby Plate · Marjorie Bowen · ss Grace Latouche and the Warringtons by Marjorie Bowen, Selwyn & Blount, 1931 76 · Number 13 · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 92 · Brickett Bottom · Amyas Northcote · ss In Ghostly Company by Amyas Northcote, The Bodley Head, 1921 105 · The Curate and the Rake · Margaret Irwin · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine July 1935 120 · The Sheraton Mirror · August W. Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1932 131 · They Found My Grave · Joseph Shearing · nv Orange Blossoms by Joseph Shearing, Heinemann, 1938 153 · Strangers and Pilgrims · Walter de la Mare · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine April 1936 177 · The Corner Shop · Cynthia Asquith · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1926 192 · Unto Salvation · Julian Forrest · ss 203 · The Song in the House · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine September 1933 221 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1908 231 · The Green Scarf · A. M. Burrage · ss The London Magazine August 1926 247 · Escort · Daphne du Maurier · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2737, May 1940 265 · The Dream Woman · W. Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 289 · The Avenging of Ann Leete · Marjorie Bowen · ss The New Magazine (UK) December 1923 302 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review December 1908 339 · The Ghost in the Chamber · Edward Wagenknecht & Irene E. Bassett · ss story by Wagenknecht based on a factual account by Mrs. Bassett. 348 · Playmates · A. M. Burrage · nv Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927 373 · Courage · Forrest Reid · ss A Garden by the Sea by Forrest Reid, 1918 381 · How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery · E. F. Benson · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1911 399 · Madam Crowl’s Ghost · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round December 31 1870, uncredited. 413 · The Spectre Lovers · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, uncredited. 425 · Let Me Go · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Strand Magazine December 1946 437 · All Souls’ · Edith Wharton · nv Ghosts by Edith Wharton, Appleton-Century, 1937 460 · The House in Half Moon Street · Hector Bolitho · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine March 1934 (+1) 497 · The Ghosts · Elizabeth Daly · ss The Smart Set September 1908 506 · The Unquiet Grave · F. M. Mayor · ss The Room Opposite by F. M. Mayor, Longmans, Green, 1935 514 · The Creatures · Walter de la Mare · ss The London Mercury January 1920 527 · Added Space · Mary Johnson · ss (r) 534 · The Woman in the Way · Oliver Onions · nv Ghosts in Daylight by Oliver Onions, Chapman & Hall, 1924 553 · The Past · Ellen Glasgow · nv Good Housekeeping October 1920 577 · The Riddle · Walter de la Mare · ss The Monthly Review February 1903 582 · My Platonic Sweetheart · Mark Twain · uw Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1912 originally entitled “The Lost Sweetheart”, written Jul-Aug 1898.

Murder by Gaslight: Victorian Tales ed. Edward Wagenknecht (Prentice-Hall, 1949, 437pp, hc, an) 3 · Introduction · Edward Wagenknecht · in 17 · Lady Audley’s Secret · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · n. Sixpenny Magazine January 1862 - December 1862 327 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. 339 · The Dead Alive · Wilkie Collins · nv The Home Journal December 27 1873 (+5) 387 · The Knightsbridge Mystery · Charles Reade · nv Life 1882 419 · A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest · Amelia B. Edwards · ss Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1872, as by The Author of “Barbara’s History”, “Debenham’s Vow”, etc.

Six Novels of the Supernatural ed. Edward Wagenknecht (Viking, September 1944, $2.00, 883pp, hc, an) 1 · Introduction · Edward Wagenknecht · in 9 · A Beleaguered City · Mrs. Oliphant · n. New Quarterly Magazine January 1879 157 · The Return · Walter de la Mare · n. Edward Arnold, 1910; this is the Knopf 1922 revised edition. 427 · The White People · Frances Hodgson Burnett · na Harper’s Magazine December 1916 (+1) 501 · The Terror · Arthur Machen · na The (London) Evening News October 16 1916, as “The Great Terror” 625 · Sweet Rocket · Mary Johnston · n. Harper, 1920 775 · Portrait of Jennie · Robert Nathan · n. Knopf, 1940

A Nightmare on Elm Street: Protégé by Tim Waggoner (Black Flame US, October 2005, 1-84416-255-9, $7.99, 408pp, pb, n.) [Nightmare on Elm Street]     Movie tie-in. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Black Flame UK edition, but only has US and Canadian prices.

Exorcisms and Ecstasies by Karl Edward Wagner (Fedogan & Bremer, October 1997, 1-878252-28-3, $32.00, 459pp, hc, co, cover by J. K. Potter) [edited by Stephen Jones]     Collection of 32 horror and fantasy stories, two not previously published, and two poems, plus eight appreciations of Wagner by authors including Peter Straub, Brian Lumley, and Ramsay Campbell. Includes 16 unpaginated pages of photos, a “working bibliography” by Scott F. Wyatt and Stephen Jones, and an afterword by C. Bruce Hunter. xi · Talking with Karl · Stephen Jones · in xvii · Midnight Sun [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · pm Midnight Sun #1, 1974 · Exorcisms and Ecstasies 3 · Various Encounters with Karl · Peter Straub · ar [Ref. Karl Edward Wagner] 11 · Did They Get You to Trade? · Karl Edward Wagner · nv MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992 28 · The Kind Men Like · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Hotter Blood ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket, 1991 39 · Cedar Lane · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990 47 · The Slug · Karl Edward Wagner · nv A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991 57 · Final Cut · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Diagnosis: Terminal ed. F. Paul Wilson, Tor/Forge, 1996 63 · Locked Away · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Dark Love ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1995 76 · Endless Night · Karl Edward Wagner · ss The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987 84 · A Walk on the Wild Side · Karl Edward Wagner · ss The Ultimate Witch ed. Byron Preiss & John Betancourt, Dell, 1993 95 · Passages · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Phobias ed. Wendy Webb, Richard Gilliam, Edward Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Pocket, 1994 104 · Little Lessons in Gardening · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Touch Wood ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1993 115 · I’ve Come to Talk with You Again [The King in Yellow] · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Dark Terrors ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1995 120 · An Awareness of Angels · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988 133 · But You’ll Never Follow Me · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Borderlands ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990 138 · Plan 10 from Inner Space · Karl Edward Wagner · nv It Came From the Drive-In ed. Norman Partridge & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996 159 · Prince of the Punks · Karl Edward Wagner · vi 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1995 162 · The Picture of Jonathan Collins · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Forbidden Acts ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Avon, 1995 178 · Gremlin · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction #1, April/May 1995 183 · Brushed Away · Karl Edward Wagner · ss 192 · In the Middle of a Snow Dream · Karl Edward Wagner · ss South From Midnight ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Thomas R. Hanlon, Southern Fried Press, 1994 207 · The Big Dutchman · Frances Wellman · ar [Ref. Karl Edward Wagner] · Silver Dagger: Kane 211 · All Good Friends · David J. Schow · ar [Ref. Karl Edward Wagner] 216 · In the Wake of the Night [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · ex A Fantasy Reader ed. Jeff Frane & Jack Rems, Seventh World Fantasy Convention, 1981 222 · The Treasure of Lynortis [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · na Kadath Fall 1984 260 · The Gothic Touch [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Elric: Tales of the White Wolf ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1994 277 · At First Just Ghostly [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · na Weird Tales Spring/Fall 1989 326 · Deep in the Depths of the Acme Warehouse [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · ss The King Is Dead ed. Paul M. Sammon, Delta, 1994 335 · Friends Die · Ramsey Campbell · ar [Ref. Karl Edward Wagner] · Satan’s Gun: Adrian Becker 339 · Doc Wagner · Jenny Campbell · ar [Ref. Karl Edward Wagner] 341 · Satan’s Gun · Karl Edward Wagner · ex A Southern Fantasy ed. Ron & Val Lakey Lindahn, Nashville World Fantasy Convention, 1987 356 · Hell Creek · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Confederacy of the Dead ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Roc, 1993 368 · One Paris Night · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurrences ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Unnameable Press, 1992 379 · The Truth Insofar as I Know It · David Drake · ar [Ref. Karl Edward Wagner] · Tell Me, Dark: Uncollected Stories 387 · Brother Karl: Stories First and Last · James R. Wagner · ar [Ref. Karl Edward Wagner] 390 · The Education of Gergy-doo-doo · Karl Edward Wagner · vi 393 · Stardust · Karl Edward Wagner · vi The Centralite December 18 1959 396 · Killer · Karl Edward Wagner & David Drake · nv Midnight Sun #1, 1974 414 · The Coming of Ghor · Karl Edward Wagner · rr Fantasy Crossroads #10/11, March 1977 423 · A Fair Cop · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Gauntlet #2, 1991 427 · Karl Edward Wagner: Sassenach · Brian Lumley · ar [Ref. Karl Edward Wagner] 429 · Karl Edward Wagner: A Working Bibliography of English Language First Editions · Scott F. Wyatt & Stephen Jones · bi [Ref. Karl Edward Wagner] 455 · Afterword: Karl Edward Wagner—A Personal Farewell · C. Bruce Hunter · ar The British Fantasy Society Newsletter November/December 1994 459 · Death Angel’s Shadow [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · pm Midnight Sun #1, 1974