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Masters of the Macabre (BOMC, 1999, 0-965-07697-0, 128pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 10 stories “created especially for Book of the Month Club members.” Copyrighted by Michael O’Mara Books Ltd., London. 5 · The Adventure of the German Student · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon, John Murray, 1824 11 · The Cobweb · Saki · ss The Morning Post November 21 1911, as by H. H. Munro 17 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 29 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 38 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman” translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883). 43 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 60 · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888 66 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 77 · The Withered Arm · Thomas Hardy · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1888 101 · The Ghostly Rental · Henry James · nv Scribner’s Monthly September 1876

Masters of the Sky: Thrilling Stories for Boys and Girls (Junior Press Ltd., 1944, 6d, 20pp, 7¼″ x 9½″, oa) 2 · Ring In! An Amusing Game · Alfred Lubran · gm 2 · Crossword: Mainly Sporting · [uncredited] · pz 3 · Into the Stratosphere · C. H. Shaw · ar 4 · Deck Cargo · Andrew Elliott · ss 5 · Ram and Rah · Mota · cs 6 · Lily Finds an Ally · Vera Leff · ss; illustrated by Mottram 7 · Hey! · Pooh · vi; illustrated by Pooh 9 · Children’s News · [uncredited] · ms 13 · Bad Rope! · Robert Barnes · ss; illustrated by M. 15 · New Year Shillings · William Glynne Jones · ss 16 · The Hon. Offensive · Dyad · ct 17 · Escape with Tito · Baron Moss · ss 18 · “Tallies” · [uncredited] · ar 19 · The Stage Presents · Geoff Allen · ar; illustrated by Geoff Allen 20 · The Builder · Oscar Lewin · pm; illustrated by Dyad

Mata Mata Matters (Malayan Police Magazine, 1937, M$1.00, 100pp, hc, an)     Although most contributions are anonymous the following names appear in the list of contributors on page 4 :- Agatha Christie, Messrs. B. W. Allen, T. G. Ashley-Cooper, H. G. Beverley, J. R. Charton, G. E. Devonshire, Mr. & Mrs. G. Denison-Smith, Messrs. L. C. Finch, S. R. Franklin, A. Hamilton, L. H. Hart, J. N. D. Harrison, R. W. E. Harper, G. B. Linford, D. N. Livingstone, A. C. Maxwell, L. A. G. Morriss, D. M. Matheson, Mrs. Nora Hamerton, Mary E. Neville, Messrs. H. de S, Onraet, M. P. O’Connor, W. J. Parks, G. A. Ryrie, M. C. ff. Sheppard, C. Ward-Jackson, Methusaliar, Kayu Mati, and three anonymous contributors. 7 · Pahits at Seven · [uncredited] · ss (r) 11 · Nonsense Rhymes · [uncredited] · pm (r) 12 · On Smiling · C. Ward-Jackson · ar (r) 13 · The Two Minutes’ Silence · C. W-J. · pm (r) 15 · “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Mat!” · [uncredited] · ct (r) 16 · The Bully of Blum · “Methusaliar” · pm (r) 17 · “The Emden” in Penang · [uncredited] · ar (r) 21 · “Tell Me, Tengku…” · [uncredited] · ct (r) 22 · Jelutong · [uncredited] · ss (r) 25 · The Garden of Euterpe · [uncredited] · pm (r) [Ref. Algernon Charles Swinburne]; a pastiche of Algernon Charles Swinburne. 27 · [untitled] · [uncredited] · cs (r) 28 · An Archaeologist at Large (2937 A.D.) · [uncredited] · ss (r) 30 · Sulong · [uncredited] · ss (r) 33 · “Well! You’re Not Officer in Charge…” · [uncredited] · ct (r) 34 · Malay for Beginners · [uncredited] · hu (r) 35 · Wasps’ Nest [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Daily Mail November 20 1928 41 · Captain H. C. Syers. A Memory · [uncredited] · ar (r) 43 · Getting Away with It · [uncredited] · ss (r) 45 · My New Year Resolution · [uncredited] · pm (r) 46 · Chinese Painting · [uncredited] · ar (r) 49 · “Father Christmas Yourself!” · [uncredited] · ct (r) 50 · Justice · [uncredited] · ss (r) 52 · Death by Accident · [uncredited] · ss (r) 56 · Epidemic Fears · [uncredited] · pm (r) 57 · Identification Parade · [uncredited] · ct (r) 59 · The Court Waits · [uncredited] · ts (r) 63 · Imperial Table Manners · [uncredited] · pm (r) 64 · To Him That Hath… · [uncredited] · ss (r) 65 · Before and After · [uncredited] · pm The Novel Magazine August 1909 67 · Don’t Look Now But… · [uncredited] · ct (r) 68 · Murder at Kuala Sat · [uncredited] · ts (r) 70 · Magical Malaya · [uncredited] · pm (r) 71 · Potbelly’s Elephant · [uncredited] · vi (r) 71 · “Traffic Lights” · [uncredited] · pm (r) 73 · The Wages of Sin Is Death · [uncredited] · ss (r) 74 · The Coffin Bird · [uncredited] · pm (r) 75 · Are You Sure · [uncredited] · qz (r) 77 · Natural Law · [uncredited] · ts (r) 78 · The A.C.P. · [uncredited] · pm (r) 79 · Servants of the Public · [uncredited] · ct (r) 80 · The End Justifies— · [uncredited] · ss (r) 81 · Suttee in Malaya · [uncredited] · pm (r) 82 · The Making of a Police Force · [uncredited] · ar (r) 83 · The Probationer Meets His Chief Police Officer · [uncredited] · pm (r) 85 · About Turn · [uncredited] · ct (r) 86 · Three Men and a Deer · [uncredited] · ts (r) 88 · Noblesse Oblige; or, The Inhibited Policeman · [uncredited] · pm (r) 89 · Armistice Day · [uncredited] · ct (r) 90 · The Gaming Raid · [uncredited] · ct (r) 91 · Ode to a Durian · [uncredited] · pm (r) 91 · Are You Sure · [uncredited] · ms (r); answers. 93 · Mixed Prints · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Match Me Sidney! (No Exit Press, 1989, 0-948353-59-7, £8.95, 557pp, tp, an)     The No Exit Press Crime Anthology. Expanded from An Eye for Justice: The Third Private Eye Writers of America Anthology ed. by Robert J. Randisi (Mysterious Press 1988). 7 · Candala [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] · George C. Chesbro · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 25 · Marble Mildred [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 53 · Black in the Snow [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 67 · The Judas Target [Joe Hannibal] · Wayne D. Dundee · nv An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 89 · State of Grace [Ralph Poteet] · Loren D. Estleman · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 99 · Non Sung Smoke [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 115 · Left for Dead [Ben Perkins] · Rob Kantner · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 133 · DDS10752 Libra · John Lutz & Josh Pachter · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 143 · Dead Copy · Arthur Lyons · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 157 · Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 165 · The Vanishing Virgin [Nick Delvecchio] · Robert J. Randisi · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 183 · The Safest Place in the World [Cody] · James M. Reasoner · nv An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 205 · Hollywood Guns [Lucas Hallam] · L. J. Washburn · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 212 · Murder One’s Top Books of the Year · [uncredited] · bi 215 · Phantom Lady · Cornell Woolrich · n. J.B. Lippincott, 1942, as by William Irish 399 · Students of Disaster · Michael Z. Lewin · ss 411 · Murder in Blue · Paul Cain · nv Black Mask June 1933, as “Murder Done in Blue” 442 · Crime Crossword · [uncredited] · pz (r) 445 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948 469 · 1990 Crime Diary · Graham Lovatt · ms (r) 524 · The Morgue’s Our Home [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · nv Dime Detective Magazine December 1936

A Match for Papa (Zebra Books, May 2003, 0-8217-7516-2, $4.99, 253pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology 7 · The Most Unlikely Papa · Maria Greene · na 89 · The Muddled Matchmakers · Victoria Hinshaw · na 165 · A Father’s Love · Donna Simpson · na

Mean Streets (Penguin/Roc, January 2009, 978-0-451-46249-7, $15.00, 342pp, tp, oa, cover by Chris McGrath)     Original anthology of four dark fantasy stories in popular series by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files), Kat Richardson (Greywalker), Simon R. Green (Nightside), and Thomas Sniegoski (Remy Chandler). 1 · The Warrior [Harry Dresden] · Jim Butcher · na 69 · The Difference a Day Makes [Nightside] · Simon R. Green · na 141 · The Third Death of the Little Clay Dog [Harper Blaine] · Kat Richardson · na 245 · Noah’s Orphans [Remy Chandler] · Thomas E. Sniegoski · na

Mean Streets (SFBC, April 2009, #08-4239, $14.99, 352pp, hc, oa, cover by Chris McGrath)     Reprint (Roc 2009) original anthology of four dark fantasy stories. This has ISBN 978-1-6075-1863-1; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back jacket.

Mean Streets (Penguin/Roc, January 2010, 978-0-451-46306-7, $7.99, 311pp, pb, oa, cover by Chris McGrath)     Reprint (Roc 2009) original anthology of four dark fantasy stories.

Meduson: Ultimate Edition (Black Library, November 15, 2016, £19.99, 297pp, ebook, an) [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy]     Details taken from online listing. · Meduson [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Dan Abnett · ss · Unforged [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Guy Haley · ss · Immortal Duty [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Nick Kyme · ss · The Keys of Hel [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · John French · ss · Deeds Endure [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Gav Thorpe · ss · The Noose [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · David Annandale · ss · Unspoken [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Guy Haley · ss · The Hand Elect [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Chris Wraight · ss · Grey Talon [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Chris Wraight · pl; audio drama script. · The Either [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Graham McNeill · pl; audio drama script.

A Meeting with Medusa/Green Mars (Tor, October 1988, 0-812-53362-3, $2.95, 67+103pp, pb, an)     Anthology of two novellas, published back-to-back in Ace Double fashion. Unlike the Ace books, the price is only on one side and the OCR characters on the other. 1 · A Meeting with Medusa · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Playboy December 1971 1 · Green Mars [Mars] · Kim Stanley Robinson · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1985

Mere Anarchy (Pocket, March 2009, 978-1-4165-9494-9, $16.99, 565pp, tp, om, cover by Alan Dingman) [Star Trek]     Omnibus of six Star Trek novelizations originally published as individual ebooks: Things Fall Apart by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore (2006), The Centre Cannot Hold by Mike W. Barr (2006), Shadows of the Indignant by Dave Galanter (2006), The Darkness Drops Again by Christopher L. Bennett (2007), The Blood-Dimmed Tide by Howard Weinstein (2007), and Its Hour Come Round by Margaret Wander Bonanno (2007). Introduction by Keith R.A. DeCandido. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures and CBS Studios. vii · Introduction · Keith R. A. DeCandido · in 1 · Things Fall Apart [Star Trek] · Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore · n. 2006 103 · The Centre Cannot Hold [Star Trek] · Mike W. Barr · n. 2006 183 · Shadows of the Indignant [Star Trek] · Dave Galanter · n. 2006 261 · The Darkness Drops Again [Star Trek] · Christopher L. Bennett · n. 2007 365 · The Blood-Dimmed Tide [Star Trek] · Howard Weinstein · n. 2007 479 · Its Hour Come Round [Star Trek] · Margaret Wander Bonanno · n. 2007 555 · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r) 561 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Mervyn Peake: Two Lives (Vintage UK, December 2, 1999, 0-099-28286-0, £8.99, xxiv+302pp, tp, om, cover: [front cover photo] by Maeve Gilmore)     Omnibus of two accounts of Peake’s life: his wife Maeve Gilmore’s A World Away (Gollancz, 1970; including a 1983 Preface by Michael Moorcock); and his son Sebastian’s A Child of Bliss (Lennard Books, 1989). Sebastian Peake adds a new foreword to this edition. vii · Foreword · Sebastian Peake · fw 1999 xiii · A World Away: A Memoir of Mervyn Peake · Maeve Gilmore · bg Gollancz, 1970 xvii · Preface · Michael Moorcock · pr 1983 159 · A Child of Bliss: Growing Up with Mervyn Peake · Sebastian Peake · bg 1989

A Message from Cupid (St. Martin’s, February 1998, 0-312-96483-8, $5.99, 310pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 1 · Wheels of Love · Emily Carmichael · na 77 · Cupid’s Arrow · Victoria Barrett · na 149 · Top Cat and Tales · Elizabeth Bevarly · na 231 · Winning Ticket · Margaret Brownley · na

Midnight Cravings (Silhouette Nocturne, April 2009, 978-0-373-25093-6, $12.95, 297pp, tp, an)     Anthology of six paranormal romance stories originally published online as separate ebooksin 2008. Authors include Michele Hauf, Lori Devoti, and Vivi Anna. Details taken from online listing. · Broken Souls [Draicon Werewolves] · Bonnie Vanak · ss Silhouette Nocturne, October 23 2008 · Captured [Unbound] · Lori Devoti · nv Silhouette Nocturne, November 22 2008 · Dreamcatcher · Anna Leonard · ss Silhouette Nocturne, September 1 2008 · Mahina’s Storm [Valorian Chronicles] · Vivi Anna · ss Silhouette Nocturne, September 20 2008 · Mate of the Wolf [The Pack] · Karen Whiddon · ss Silhouette Nocturne, July 1 2008 · Racing the Moon [Bewitching the Dark] · Michele Hauf · ss Silhouette Nocturne, May 1 2008