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The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2023 ed. Amor Towles (The Mysterious Bookshop, September 19, 2023, 978-1-61316-449-5, $17.95, 500pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. xi · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw xv · Introduction · Amor Towles · in 1 · Blind Baseball · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2022 41 · The Adventure of the Misquoted Macbeth [Sherlock Holmes] · Derrick Belanger · ss Sherlock Holmes: A Detective’s Life ed. Martin Rosenstock, Titan, 2022 63 · Princess · T. C. Boyle · ss The New Yorker November 7 2022 77 · Cold Hands, Warm Heart · Joslyn Chase · nv Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #12, 2022 109 · New Kid in Town · Andrew Child · nv Hotel California ed. Don Bruns, Blackstone Publishing, 2022 139 · Death at the Sundial Motel · Aaron Philip Clark · ss Witnesses for the Dead ed. Gary Phillips & Gar Anthony Haywood, Soho Crime, 2022 163 · Dodge · Jeffery Deaver · na Amazon Original Stories, December 13 2022 229 · The Landscaper’s Wife · Brendan DuBois · nv Mystery Tribune #18, August/September 2022 269 · Strangers at a Table · Kerry Hammond · ss Malice Domestic 16: Mystery Most Diabolical ed. Verena Rose, Rita Owen & Shawn Reilly Simmons, Wildside, 2021 279 · Miller and Bell · Victor Kreuiter · ss Mystery Magazine August 2022 297 · Two Sharks Walk Into a Bar · David Krugler · ss Mystery Magazine September 2022 317 · Pobre Maria [Ernesto Guillén] · Tom Larsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2022 337 · Playing God · Avram Lavinsky · ss Deadly Nightshade ed. Christine Bagley, Susan Oleksiw & Leslie Wheeler, Crime Spell Books, 2022 353 · Ears · Jessi Lewis · ss Alaska Quarterly Review Spring/Summer 2022 365 · The Smoking Gunners · Ashley Lister · ss The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Mango Publishing Group, 2022 379 · Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday · Sean McCluskey · ss Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir, Vol. 3 ed. Michael Bracken, Down & Out Books, 2022 403 · What the Cat Dragged In · Michael Mallory · ss The Strand Magazine #68, 2022 425 · Sundown · Lou Manfredo · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2022 447 · The Promise · Annie Reed · ss Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #12, 2022 465 · Glass · Anna Round · ss The Briar Cliff Review #34, 2022 479 · Crime Scene · Joseph S. Walker · ss Malice in Dallas ed. Barb Goffman, Sisters in Crime, 2022 497 · A Bottle of Perrier · Edith Wharton · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 27 1926, as “A Bottle of Evian” 525 · The Best Mystery Stories 2023 Honor Roll · [uncredited] · bi

A Book of Dreams ed. George P. Townsend & Trevor Jones--- see under Trevor Jones.

Coming Together: Among the Stars ed. Lynn Townsend (Lynn Townsend, November 22, 2014, 978-1-5031-6057-6, $12.00, 278pp, tp, oa, cover by Alessia Brio)     Details taken from online listing. 4 · A Little Science Fiction · Lynn Townsend · in 8 · Duali-Teaze · Rose Caraway · ss 18 · Repair Mission · Annabeth Leong · ss 32 · Situation Normal · Lynn Townsend · ss 47 · A Matter of Taste · E. S. Wynn · ss 55 · Getting Even · T. B. Bond · ss 64 · Love in a Space Elevator · T. B. Bond · ss 74 · Longing · Elizabeth Black · ss 85 · Forbidden Goods of the Galaxy · Zee Giovanni · ss 99 · Birth of a Monster Whisperer · Nobilis Reed · ss 113 · Gyozo’s Mate · Essemoh Teepee · ss 129 · Yvette · George Box · ss 145 · The Joy Ride · Jade Waters · ss 159 · S.E.T.H. · Nickie Jamison · ss 171 · Sense-Think-Act · Elliot DeLocke · ss 179 · Love Is a Virus · Delilah Night · ss 192 · Rose of High Barbary · V. L. Locey · ss 206 · Of Gods and Men · Adrik Kemp · ss 219 · A Fully Functional Lo^ghi · Skilja Peregrinarius · ss 234 · Navigator · Kathleen Tudor · ss 247 · Bleeding Red · Elizabeth L. Brooks · ss 260 · The Power of Positive Thinking · Malin James · ss

Deep Ten: A Tenth-Anniversary Anthology for the T Party Writers’ Group ed. Sara-Jayne Townsend & Gary Couzens--- see under Gary Couzens.

Masterworks of Crime and Mystery by A. Conan Doyle ed. Jack Tracy--- see under A. Conan Doyle.

Miniature Romances from the German ed. Thomas Tracy, Rev.--- see under Anon..

Give: An Anthology of Anatomical Entries ed. T. J. Tranchell & Michelle Kilmer--- see under Michelle Kilmer.

Landfall: Best New England Crime Stories ed. Angel Trapp, Verena Rose, Harriette Sackler & Shawn Reilly Simmons--- see under Verena Rose.

Murder in Mind ed. Lawrence Treat (Dutton, 1967, LC:67-20544, 220pp, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. 5 · Foreword · Lawrence Treat · fw 9 · A Preface: Memoirs of a Mystery Critic · Lenore Glen Offord · pm Mystery Writers Annual 1966 11 · The Sailing Club · David Ely · ss Cosmopolitan October 1962 25 · Thicker Than Water · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1961 41 · The Chase · James A. Kirch · ss 1967 51 · H as in Heist [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1966 69 · The Dinner Party · James Michael Ullman · ss Signature, the Diner’s Club Magazine 1966 77 · Quetzalcoatl · De Forbes · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1960 89 · Assignment: Marriage · C. M. MacLeod · ss Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #30, January 1967 99 · The Second Coming · Joseph N. Gores · ss Adam October 1966 111 · The Magic Tree · James McKimmey, Jr. · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1966 137 · Who’s Afraid of Katherine Mansfield? · Walter Snow · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1966 157 · What’s the Answer, Lady? · James Reach · ss 163 · The Way Home · Richard M. Gordon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1965 169 · A Fair Share for Sadie · Fred S. Tobey · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1965 177 · Mary—Mary— · Baynard Kendrick · ss The Saint Magazine (UK) #153, November 1966 187 · Unseen Alibi · Bruce Graeme · ss 1967 205 · The Breakdown · Ann Loring · ss 1963 213 · The Little Spy [The Puzzle Club] · Ellery Queen · ss Cavalier #139, January 1965

A Special Kind of Crime ed. Lawrence Treat (Doubleday, 1982, 0-385-17993-6, $10.95, 192pp, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. v · Preface · Lawrence Treat · pr 1 · I’m Sorry, Mr. Griggs · Stanley Cohen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1974, as “That Day on Connally” 10 · Sugar and Spice · James Cross · ss 1981 24 · The Nine-to-Five Man · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1961 41 · Intruder in the Maize · Joan Richter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1967 51 · Shooting Lines · Gerald Hammond · ss 59 · The Nine Eels of Madame Wu · Edward D. Hoch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 23 1980 74 · Payoff on Double Zero · Warner Law · nv Playboy October 1971 96 · Blurred View · John D. MacDonald · vi This Week February 23 1964 100 · The Love of Money · J. I. Mwagojo · ss 114 · The Man Who Collected “The Shadow” · Bill Pronzini · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1971 121 · The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln’s Clue [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss MD June 1965, as “Abraham Lincoln’s Clue” 139 · Counselor at Law · Albert F. Nussbaum · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1981, as by Carl Panzran 143 · The Iron Collar · Frank Sisk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1965 150 · The Poisoned Pawn · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1974 160 · The Canarsie Cannonball · Gerald Tomlinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1977 175 · A Matter of Kicks · Lawrence Treat & Richard Plotz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1979

Modern Detective Stories ed. H. A. Treble (University of London Press, 1929, hc, an)     Treasuries of Modern Prose series. 9 · The Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892, as “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” 44 · The Anthropologist at Large [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine February 1909 71 · The Stolen Ingots [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine July 1922 106 · The Liverpool Mystery [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine June 1902 124 · One of Them [Major Slingsby] · A. E. W. Mason · ss Metropolitan March 1916 143 · The Man Who Hated Earthworms [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine July 1921

Modern Detective Stories Second Series ed. H. A. Treble (University of London Press, 1932, 173pp, hc, an) 9 · The Thirteenth Card [Sir Jasper Slane] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Collier’s October 5 1929 37 · The Bunch of Violets [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Strand Magazine July 1924 69 · Blind Gap Moor · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine August 1918 89 · The Green Check Jacket [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Flynn’s March 28 1925 124 · The Tea-Leaf · Edgar Jepson & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine October 1925 147 · Mystery Mountain [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · R. T. M. Scott · nv Secret Service Smith by R. T. M. Scott, Dutton, 1923

Modern Short Stories ed. H. A. Treble, M.A. (University of London Press, 1931, 158pp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Endre Zsoldos. 9 · Watchers of the Mud · F. St. Mars · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1913 42 · The Tennis Balls [Baron de Rosny] · Stanley J. Weyman · ss The English Illustrated Magazine November 1894 64 · The Gift of the Magi · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 10 1905, as “Gifts of the Magi” 72 · The Adventure of the Spectacled Roadman · John Buchan · ss (r) from The Thirty-Nine Steps, 1915. 85 · “Scally”: The Story of a Perfect Gentleman · Ian Hay · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 13 1914 127 · The Ebony Box · A. E. W. Mason · nv The Strand Magazine September 1903

The Dark Island by Henry Treece (Savoy, April 1980, 0-86130-021-1, £1.25, 236pp, tp, n., cover by Michael Heslop)     Reprint (Gollancz 1952) historical novel about Britain, set during the Roman invasion. Volume two in “The Celtic Tetralogy”. 1 · Introduction · Michael Moorcock · in

A Fighting Man (unpublished) by Henry Treece (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-050-5, £1.50, 240pp, tp, no)     Reprint (The Bodley Head 1960) novel depicting the Regency England of the West Midlands with startling force.

The Golden Strangers by Henry Treece (Savoy, January 1980, 0-86130-018-1, £1.25, 210pp, tp, n., cover by Michael Heslop)     Reprint (The Bodley Head 1956) historical novel set in the Stone Age. This edition adds a 1969 essay by Treece. Volume one in “The Celtic Tetralogy”. 1 · Introduction · Michael Moorcock · in 201 · Notes on Perception and Vision · Henry Treece · ar The Bodley Head Monographs: Henry Treece, C.S. Lewis & Beatrice Potter ed. Margery Fisher, Roger Lancelyn Green & Marcus Crouch, The Bodley Head, 1969

The Great Captains by Henry Treece (Savoy, January 1980, 0-86130-019-X, £1.25, 236pp, tp, n., cover by Michael Heslop) [King Arthur]     Reprint (The Bodley Head 1956) historical novel about King Arthur. Volume four in “The Celtic Tetralogy”. 1 · Introduction · Michael Moorcock · in

The Rebels (unpublished) by Henry Treece (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-049-1, £1.50, 240pp, tp, no)     Reprint (Gollancz 1953) novel set in the Black Country during the late 19th Century.

Red Queen, White Queen by Henry Treece (Savoy, September 16, 1980, 0-86130-020-3, £1.25, 216pp, tp, n., cover by Michael Heslop)     Reprint (The Bodley Head 1958) historical novel about Queen Boadicea. Volume three in “The Celtic Tetralogy”. 1 · Introduction · Michael Moorcock · in

The High Hex by S. J. Treibich & Laurence M. Janifer--- see under Laurence M. Janifer.

20 Under 40 ed. Deborah Treisman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010, 978-0-374-53287-1, $16.00, 431pp, tp, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. vii · Introduction · Deborah Treisman · in 1 · Birdsong · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · ss The New Yorker September 20 2010 21 · The Warm Fuzzies · Chris Adrian · nv The New Yorker September 27 2010 45 · Second Lives · Daniel Alarcón · nv The New Yorker August 16/August 23 2010 71 · The Train of Their Departure · David Bezmozgis · nv The New Yorker August 9 2010 99 · The Erlking · Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum · ss The New Yorker July 5 2010 115 · The Pilot · Joshua Ferris · nv The New Yorker June 14/June 21 2010 137 · Here We Aren’t, So Quickly · Jonathan Safran Foer · ss The New Yorker June 14/June 21 2010 145 · An Arranged Marriage · Nell Freudenberger · nv The New Yorker September 6 2010 167 · The Entire Northern Side Was Covered with Fire · Rivka Galchen · ss The New Yorker June 14/June 21 2010 177 · The Young Painters · Nicole Krauss · ss The New Yorker June 28 2010 189 · The Science of Flight · Yiyun Li · ss The New Yorker August 30 2010 209 · An Honest Exit · Dinaw Mengestu · nv The New Yorker July 12/July 19 2010 235 · What You Do Out Here, When You’re Alone · Philipp Meyer · nv The New Yorker June 14/June 21 2010 257 · Twins · C. E. Morgan · nv The New Yorker June 14/June 21 2010 283 · Blue Water Djinn · Téa Obreht · nv The New Yorker August 2 2010 307 · Dayward · Z. Z. Packer · ss The New Yorker June 14/June 21 2010 325 · The Dredgeman’s Revelation · Karen Russell · nv The New Yorker July 26 2010 349 · The Kid · Salvatore Scibona · nv The New Yorker June 14/June 21 2010 371 · Lenny Hearts Eunice · Gary Shteyngart · nv The New Yorker June 14/June 21 2010 405 · The Landlord · Wells Tower · ss The New Yorker September 13 2010

The Un-Dead: The Legend of Bram Stoker and Dracula by Peter Tremayne & Peter Haining--- see under Peter Haining.

The Irish Masters of Fantasy ed. Peter Tremayne (Wolfhound Press, 1979, 220pp, hc, an)     Retitled The Wondersmith and Other Macabre Tales for the paperback edition, 1988. 7 · The Irish and Fantasy Literature · Peter Tremayne · in 13 · Charles Robert Maturin (1780-1824) · Peter Tremayne · bg [Ref. Charles Maturin] 20 · Melmoth the Wanderer · Charles Maturin · ex Hurst, Robinson, 1820 61 · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) · Peter Tremayne · bg [Ref. J. Sheridan Le Fanu] 65 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv In a Glass Darkly by J. S. Le Fanu, R. Bentley & Son, 1872 revised from “The Watcher”, Dublin University Magazine, November 1847. 107 · Fitz-James O’Brien (1828-1862) · Peter Tremayne · bg [Ref. Fitz-James O’Brien] 112 · The Wondersmith · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1859, uncredited. 151 · Bram Stoker (1847-1912) · Peter Tremayne · bg [Ref. Bram Stoker] 158 · The Burial of the Rats · Bram Stoker · nv Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 185 · M.P. Shiel (1865-1947) · Peter Tremayne · bg [Ref. M. P. Shiel] 192 · Xélucha · M. P. Shiel · ss Shapes in the Fire by M. P. Shiel, John Lane, 1896 205 · Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) · Peter Tremayne · bg [Ref. Lord Dunsany] 211 · The Ghost of the Valley · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide October 9 1954 215 · Autumn Cricket · Lord Dunsany · ss John Bull April 29 1950

Masters of Terror, Volume One by William Hope Hodgson ed. Peter Tremayne--- see under William Hope Hodgson.

The Wondersmith and Other Macabre Tales ed. Peter Tremayne (Wolfhound Press, 1988, 0-86327-152-9, £4.95, 220pp, tp, an, cover by Jan De Foun)     Reprint (Wolfhound Press 1979 as Irish Masters of Fantasy) anthology.