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The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps ed. Otto Penzler (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, November 2007, 978-0-307-28048-0, $25.00, 1150pp, tp, an, cover by Rafael De Soto)     Omnibus edition of Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters (Quercus 2006), Pulp Fiction: The Villains (Quercus 2007), and Pulp Fiction: The Dames, to be published by Quercus in 2008. xi · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw · The Crimefighters 3 · Introduction · Harlan Coben · fw Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters ed. Otto Penzler, Quercus, 2006, as “Foreword” 4 · One, Two, Three · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask May 1933 15 · The Creeping Siamese [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask March 1926 25 · Honest Money [Ken Corning] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask November 1932 44 · Frost Rides Alone [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask March 1930 64 · Double Check · Thomas Walsh · ss Black Mask July 1933 78 · Stag Party [McFee] · Charles G. Booth · nv Black Mask November 1933 111 · The City of Hell! · Leslie T. White · nv Black Mask October 1935 133 · Red Wind [John Dalmas] · Raymond Chandler · nv Dime Detective Magazine January 1938 161 · Wise Guy [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv Black Mask April 1930 185 · Murder Picture [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Black Mask January 1935 210 · The Price of a Dime [Ben Shaley] · Norbert Davis · ss Black Mask April 1934 220 · Chicago Confetti [Percy Warren] · William Rollins, Jr. · ss Black Mask March 1932 237 · Two Murders, One Crime · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask July 1942, as “Three Kills for One 3 Kills for 1” 259 · The Third Murderer [Race Williams; The Flame] · Carroll John Daly · na Black Mask June 1931 (+2), as ““The Flame” and Race Williams” · The Villains 377 · I, Felon · Harlan Ellison · in Pulp Fiction: The Villains ed. Otto Penzler, Quercus, 2007 380 · The Cat-Woman [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv The Black Mask February 1927 406 · Dilemma of the Dead Lady · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly July 4 1936 426 · The House of Kaa [Dean Bradley (The Cobra)] · Richard B. Sale · ss Ten Detective Aces February 1934 436 · The Invisible Millionaire [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The Daily Mail May 10 1938 - May 24 1938 471 · You’ll Always Remember Me · Steve Fisher · ss Black Mask March 1938 484 · Faith · Dashiell Hammett · ss Pulp Fiction: The Villains ed. Otto Penzler, Quercus, 2007 491 · Pastorale · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1928 497 · The Sad Serbian [Sam Cragg] · Frank Gruber · nv Black Mask March 1939 512 · Finger Man [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · na Black Mask October 1934 541 · The Monkey Murder [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1939 571 · About Kid Deth · Raoul F. Whitfield · nv Black Mask February 1931 595 · The Sinister Sphere [Steve Thatcher (The Moon Man)] · Frederick C. Davis · nv Ten Detective Aces May/June 1933 615 · Pigeon Blood · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask November 1933 629 · The Perfect Crime · C. S. Montanye · ss The Black Mask July 1920 636 · You’ll Die Laughing · Norbert Davis · nv Black Mask November 1940 656 · The Crimes of Richmond City · gp (r) 657 · i) Raw Law [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask September 1928 680 · ii) Dog Eat Dog [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask October 1928 702 · iii) The Law Laughs Last [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask November 1928 723 · iv) Law Without Law [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · ss Black Mask April 1929 742 · v) Graft [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask May 1929 · The Dames 767 · Introduction · Laura Lippman · in 769 · Angel Face [Nick Burns] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask October 1937, as “Face Work” 785 · Chosen to Die [Duke & Phyllis Martindel] · Leslie T. White · nv Dime Detective Magazine December 1 1934 807 · A Pinch of Snuff · Eric Taylor · ss Black Mask June 1929 819 · Killer in the Rain [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · nv Black Mask January 1935 844 · Sally the Sleuth: Matinee Murder [Sally the Sleuth] · Adolphe Barreaux · cs Spicy Detective Stories February 1937 847 · Sally the Sleuth: Hawaiian Spy Hunt [Sally the Sleuth] · Adolphe Barreaux · cs Spicy Detective Stories April 1941 851 · A Shock for the Countess · C. S. Montanye · ss The Black Mask March 15 1923 859 · Snowbound [Queen Sue] · C. B. Yorke · nv Gangster Stories October 1931 881 · The Girl Who Knew Too Much · Randolph Barr · ss Spicy Detective Stories April 1941 889 · The Corpse in the Crystal · D. B. McCandless · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 30 1937 903 · He Got What He Asked For [Sarah Watson] · D. B. McCandless · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 16 1937 917 · Gangster’s Brand · P. T. Luman · nv Gun Molls Magazine August 1931 933 · Dance Macabre · Robert Reeves · nv Black Mask April 1941 953 · The Girl with the Silver Eyes [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask June 1924 978 · The Jane from Hell’s Kitchen · Perry Paul · nv Gun Molls Magazine October 1930 998 · The Duchess Pulls a Fast One [Katie Blayne (The Duchess)] · Whitman Chambers · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 19 1936 1009 · Mansion of Death · Roger Torrey · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 25 1940 1019 · Concealed Weapon [Pat McCarthy] · Roger Torrey · ss Black Mask December 1938 1035 · The Devil’s Bookkeeper · Carlos Martinez · ss Gun Molls Magazine August 1931 1045 · Black Legion [Ellen Patrick (The Domino Lady)] · Lars Anderson · ss Saucy Romantic Adventures October 1936 1058 · Three Wise Men of Babylon [Daffy Dill] · Richard Sale · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 1 1939 1070 · The Adventure of the Voodoo Moon [Vivian Legrand (The Lady from Hell)] · Eugene Thomas · nv Detective Fiction Weekly February 1 1936 1089 · Brother Murder [Trixie Meehan & Mike Harris] · T. T. Flynn · na Detective Fiction Weekly December 2 1939 1119 · Kindly Omit Flowers [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv Black Mask March 1942 1143 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Stories by African-American Writers ed. Otto Penzler (Pegasus, March 2009, 1605980579, $14.95, 336pp, tp, an) ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Old Boys, Old Girls · Edward P. Jones · nv The New Yorker May 3 2004 33 · I’ll Be Doggone [Charlotte Justice] · Paula L. Woods · ss Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Summer 1998 53 · Corollary [Joe Hill] · Hughes Allison · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #56, July 1948 79 · Oprah’s Song · Robert Greer · nv (r) 113 · On Saturday the Siren Sounds at Noon · Ann Petry · ss The Crisis December 1943 123 · The Sheriff’s Children · Charles W. Chesnutt · ss New York Independent November 7 1889 145 · House of Tears · Gary Phillips · ss Never Safe, Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc., 2006 169 · The Canasta Club · Eleanor Taylor Bland · nv Murder on Route 66 ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley, 1999 195 · Talma Gordon · Pauline E. Hopkins · ss Colored American Magazine 1900 219 · Strictly Business · Chester Himes · ss Esquire February 1942 231 · John Archer’s Nose [Dr. John Archer; Sgt. Perry Dark] · Rudolph Fisher · na The Metropolitan January 1935 287 · The Shoemaker Murder · George S. Schuyler · ss Pittsburgh Courier 1933, as by William Stockton 299 · The First Rule Is · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss Black Noir March 3 2009 321 · Summer Session · Alice Dunbar Nelson · ss (r) 331 · Black Dog [Socrates Fortlow] · Walter Mosley · ss Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley, Norton, 1997

Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop ed. Otto Penzler (Vanguard Press, 2010, 978-1-59315-617-6, $24.95, 245pp, hc, an)     Seventeen stories with a holiday theme, each previously published only as a limited-edition chapbook. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Give Till It Hurts [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 1993 9 · Schemes and Variations [Pharoah Love] · George Baxt · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 1994 25 · The Theft of the Rusty Bookmark [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 1995 37 · Murder for Dummies · Ron Goulart · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 1996 53 · As Dark as Christmas Gets [Chip Harrison; Leo Haig] · Lawrence Block · nv The Mysterious Bookshop, 1997 81 · The Holiday Fairy [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 1998 95 · I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus · Ed McBain · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 1999 111 · The Grift of the Magi · S. J. Rozan · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 2000 119 · My Object All Sublime · Anne Perry · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 2001 135 · Christmas Spirit [Cuddy Mangum] · Michael Malone · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 2002 149 · The Lesson of the Season · Thomas H. Cook · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 2003 161 · Yule Be Sorry · Lisa Atkinson · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 2004 171 · The Long Winter’s Nap · Rupert Holmes · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 2005 189 · Cold Reading · Charles Ardai · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 2006 203 · The Killer Christian · Andrew Klavan · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 219 · The 74th Tale · Jonathan Santlofer · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 231 · What’s in a Name? · Mary Higgins Clark · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 2009

Dangerous Women ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, January 2005, 0-89296-004-3, $24.95, 384pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 17 stories. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Improvisation · Ed McBain · nv 23 · Cielo Azul · Michael Connelly · ss 45 · Give Me Your Heart · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 61 · Karma [Leonid McGill] · Walter Mosley · na 109 · Dear Penthouse Forum (a First Draft) · Laura Lippman · ss 119 · Rendezvous · Nelson DeMille · nv 153 · What She Offered · Thomas H. Cook · ss 171 · Her Lord and Master · Andrew Klavan · ss 183 · Mr. Gray’s Folly · John Connolly · ss 201 · Thousand Miles from Nowhere · Lorenzo Carcaterra · nv 225 · Witness · J. A. Jance · ss 239 · Soft Spot · Ian Rankin · nv 267 · Third Party · Jay McInerney · ss 281 · The Last Kiss · S. J. Rozan · ss 291 · Sneaker Wave · Anne Perry · nv 321 · Louly and Pretty Boy · Elmore Leonard · ss 341 · Born Bad · Jeffery Deaver · nv

Dead Man’s Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table ed. Otto Penzler (Harcourt, November 2007, 0-15-101277-6, $25.00, 400pp, hc, oa) ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw xiii · Introduction · Howard Lederer · in 1 · Mister In-Between · Walter Mosley · nv 24 · Bump · Jeffery Deaver · na 68 · In the Eyes of Children · Alexander McCall Smith · ss 77 · One Dollar Jackpot · Michael Connelly · nv 116 · Strip Poker · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 141 · The Stake · Sam Hill · ss 158 · Pitch Black · Christopher Coake · na 201 · Deal Me In · Parnell Hall · nv 230 · Poker and Shooter · Sue DeNymme · nv 251 · The Monks of the Abby Victoria · Rupert Holmes · nv 275 · The Eastvale Ladies’ Poker Circle · Peter Robinson · nv 307 · The Uncertainty Principle · Eric Van Lustbader · ss 327 · Hardly Knew Her · Laura Lippman · ss 343 · A Friendly Little Game · John Lescroart · nv 366 · Missing the Morning Bus · Lorenzo Carcaterra · nv

In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero ed. Otto Penzler (Smart Pop, 2012, 978-1-935618-57-7, $14.95, 252pp, tp, nf) [Ref. Robert B. Parker]     Some of today’s bestselling mystery authors discuss Parker and his impact. Awards: Finalist for the 2013 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical. 1 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in (r) 11 · Songs Spenser Taught Me · Ace Atkins · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 27 · Voice of the City · Dennis Lehane · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 43 · They Like the Way It Sounds · Lawrence Block · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 57 · Spenser’s Code of Humor · Parnell Hall · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 75 · Parker and Spenser: A Collaboration · Loren D. Estleman · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 91 · Bob, Boston, and Me: A Remembrance · Jeremiah Healy · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 113 · A Man for All Seasonings · Brendan DuBois · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 131 · Spenser and the Art of the Family Table · Lyndsay Faye · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 147 · Looking for Hawk · Gary Phillips · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 163 · Who Is Silverman, What Is She? · S. J. Rozan · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 173 · A Look at Spenser: For Hire · Max Allan Collins & Matthew Clemens · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 193 · Go East, Young Man: Robert B. Parker, Jesse Stone, and Spenser · Reed Farrel Coleman · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 211 · Parker Saddles Up: The Westerns of Robert B. Parker · Ed Gorman · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 231 · Spenser: A Profile · Robert B. Parker · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2012 [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 249 · A Bibliography of the Works of Robert B. Parker · [uncredited] · ar (r) [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 253 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Kwik Krimes ed. Otto Penzler (Thomas & Mercer, August 20, 2013, 978-1-61218-300-8, $14.95, xv+321pp, tp, oa) xiii · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Lambs of God · Patricia Abbott · vi Spinetingler (online) January 6 2012 5 · The Day After Tomorrow · Richard Aleas · vi 8 · Hansel, Gretel, and the Witch · Gary Alexander · vi 13 · Preparations · Tasha Alexander · vi 17 · Thunder at the Horizon · Charles Ardai · vi 20 · Fortune · Erik Arneson · vi Shotgun Honey July 2012 24 · One Person’s Clutter · Albert Ashforth · vi 28 · Fightin’ Man · N. J. Ayres · vi 32 · Break-In · Eric Beetner · vi A Twist of Noir July 13 2012 36 · Once Upon a Time in the Woods · Raymond Benson · vi 40 · Job Opening · John Billheimer · vi 45 · The Chair · Peter Blauner · vi 49 · Sucker’s Bet · James O. Born · vi 53 · Entitled · Rhys Bowen · vi 58 · Get the Confession · Jay Brandon · vi 62 · Piece of Cake · R. Thomas Brown · vi Shotgun Honey August 2012 66 · Thug City · Ken Bruen · vi 70 · What You Wish For · C. E. Lawrence · vi 75 · Where’s Dad? · Peter Cannon · vi 79 · They’ll Call Me Whistlin’ Pete · Chuck Caruso · vi 83 · The Bunny · William E. Chambers · vi 87 · The Banyan Tree · Joe Clifford · ss Close to the Bone (online) June 18 2012 91 · Acknowledgments · Christopher Coake · vi 93 · The Terminal · Reed Farrel Coleman · vi 97 · The Ant Who Carried Stones · David Corbett · vi 102 · Watch the Skies · Bill Crider · vi 106 · A Foolproof Plan · Bruce DeSilva · vi 111 · A Tree in Texas · Jo Dereske · vi 116 · After · Tyler Dilts · vi 121 · Next Right · Sean Doolittle · vi 125 · The Professional · Brendan Dubois · vi 129 · The Promise · Warren C. Easley · vi Every Day Fiction September 8 2012 133 · A Student of History · Gerald Elias · vi 135 · Wolfe on the Roof [Claudius Lyon & Arnie Woodbine] · Loren D. Estleman · vi 139 · Hit Me · Christa Faust · vi Out of the Gutter #2, 2007 142 · Beneath the Bridge · Lyndsay Faye · vi 147 · The Girl Who Loved French Films · Christopher Fowler · ss 150 · David to Goliath · Matthew C. Funk · vi Shotgun Honey April 2012 154 · The One Who Got Away · Jim Fusilli · vi 158 · Halloween · Carolina Garcia Aguilera · vi 162 · The Old Gal · Gregory Gibson · vi 166 · Necessity · Ed Gorman · vi 169 · Lost Cat · Ron Goulart · vi 173 · Sunday in the Park with Sarge · Chris Grabenstein · vi 178 · Nails · James Grady · vi 182 · Lye · Derek Haas · vi 186 · The Pledge · Parnell Hall · vi 190 · Games People Play · Bruce Harris · vi 194 · Built with Love · Jamie Harrison · vi 198 · The Gun with Two Triggers · Rob W. Hart · vi 202 · Blindfolded · John Harvin · vi 206 · Present Company · Michael Haynes · vi Every Day Fiction July 24 2012 211 · The Einstein Divorce · Gar Anthony Haywood · vi 215 · Fringe Benefit · Jeremiah Healy · vi 219 · Wyolene · Sam Hill · vi 223 · Aka · Steve Hockensmith · vi 228 · Hijackers · Chuck Hogan · vi 233 · Full Bloom · Wendy Hornsby · vi 237 · The Blackmailers Wanted More · David Housewright · vi 241 · Nothing Left to Lose · Dana C. Kabel · vi 245 · In the Hours Before Her Death · Michael Kardos · vi 249 · Arson and Old Luce · Marvin Kaye · vi 253 · Daddy’s Girl · Nicola Kennington · vi 257 · Countdown · John Kenyon · vi ThrillsKillsnChills April 2011 262 · ATM: Get Cash Inside · Jonathon King · vi 266 · Testimony · Andrew Klavan · vi 269 · Losing My Religion · K. A. Laity · vi Spinetingler (online) June 29 2012 274 · The Tenth Notch · Jon Land · vi 278 · The Ear · Joe R. Lansdale · vi 282 · The Imperfect Detective · Janice Law · vi 286 · Michael Coalhouse · Adrian McKinty · vi Adrian McKinty’s Blog January 29 2013 289 · Dog · Charles McLeod · vi Fried Chicken and Coffee April 1 2012 292 · Slow Roasted · M. B. Manteufel · vi Yellow Mama February 2012 295 · Saturday Night Live · Paul Newman · vi Grift Flash April 4 2012 298 · Dealer Sets Price · Tom Pitts · vi Flash Fiction Offensive April 19 2012 301 · Death Buys a Burger · Stephen D. Rogers · vi 305 · Hail, Tiger! · Cindy Rosmus · vi 309 · Fall Guy · Jim Spry · vi Shotgun Honey June 2012 312 · Death by Sobriety · J. M. Vogel · vi Every Day Fiction May 3 2012 315 · A Russian Storm · Andrew Waters · vi 319 · Hell’s Belle · Jim Wilsky · vi Shotgun Honey August 2012