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Tomorrow Bites ed. T. K. F. Weisskopf & Greg Cox--- see under Greg Cox.

Tomorrow Sucks ed. T. K. F. Weisskopf & Greg Cox--- see under Greg Cox.

Best Crime Stories ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1964, 18/-, 221pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 15 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927 25 · The Amateur [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull November 19 1949, as “Amateur in Violence” 35 · Finger Man [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · na Black Mask October 1934 84 · The Dupe · Julian Symons · ss Butcher’s Dozen by Crime Writers Association, Heinemann, 1956 98 · Old Willie · William P. McGivern · ss Manhunt May 1953 104 · An Error in Chemistry [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #31, June 1946 122 · A Conversion · Arthur Morrison · ss Tales of Mean Streets by Arthur Morrison, Methuen, 1894 129 · Robert · Stanley Ellin · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958 144 · Forbidden Fruit · Edgar Lustgarten · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 162 · The Watercress Girl · A. E. Coppard · ss Adelphi February 1925 175 · Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review May 11 1887 206 · The Lost Sanjak · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette April 24 1909 212 · Marroca · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Marroca”, Gil Blas, March 2, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse).

Best Crime Stories 2 ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1966, 207pp, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 13 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 42 · Rope Enough · John Collier · ss The New Yorker November 18 1939 48 · Vendetta · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine April 1933 64 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933 80 · “Thou Art the Man” · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1844 95 · Sister Bessie or Your Old Leech · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1949 104 · Striking the Balance · Henry Cecil · ss (r) 114 · The Old Lady with the Two Umbrellas · Stacy Aumonier · ss (r) 131 · The Gentleman from America · Michael Arlen · ss The Tatler Christmas 1924 149 · Evidence in Camera · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine June 1949 164 · The Hammerpond Park Burglary · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget July 5 1894 172 · Crooks’ Harvest [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss Gideon’s March by J. J. Marric, Hodder, 1962, as by John Creasey 194 · Cheating the Gallows · Israel Zangwill · ss The Idler February 1893

Best Crime Stories 3 ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1968, 224pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 13 · Max Hensig · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 62 · A Bit of a Smash in Madras · J. Maclaren-Ross · nv Better Than a Kick in the Pants by J. MacLaren-Ross, Lawson, 1945 83 · Late—299 · John Galsworthy · ss The Story-teller August 1923 103 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898 132 · Decadence · Romain Gary; translated by Richard Howard · ss Saga 1964 translated from the French (“Décadence”, Gloire à nos illustres pionniers, Gallimard, 1962). 148 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Life’s Handicap by Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray” 160 · Operation Pasqualino · Alberto Moravia · ss (r) 168 · The Record of M. Duval · William P. McGivern · ss Rogue April 1956 179 · The Diptych · A. J. Alan · ss The New London Magazine #2, December 1930 188 · Kiss Me Again, Stranger · Daphne du Maurier · nv The Apple Tree by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1952 212 · The Burglary · Arnold Bennett · ss The Novel Magazine December 1907

Best Legal Stories ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1962, 253pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 15 · Mr. Portway’s Practice · Michael Gilbert · ss Lilliput October 1957 27 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s January 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands” 48 · The Happy Couple · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cassell’s Magazine May 1908 62 · Legal Aid · Frank O’Connor · ss Traveller’s Tales by Frank O'Connor, 1951 73 · Painswick v. Gloster · Henry Cecil · na (r) 121 · Murderer’s Luck · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard July 17 1951 127 · A Fair Exchange · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Divorce”, Gil Blas, February 21, 1888). 135 · The Great World of Timothy Colt · Louis Auchincloss · nv (r) 172 · The Juryman · John Galsworthy · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine September 1917 191 · Bardell v. Pickwick · Charles Dickens · nv (r) 217 · No Arms No Armour · Robert D. Q. Henriques · ss (r) 237 · An Irish Problem · E. O. Somerville & Martin Ross · ss (r)

Best Legal Stories 2 ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1970, 0-571-09058-3, 221pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 13 · The Majesty of the Law · Frank O’Connor · ss The Bones of Contention and Other Stories by Frank O'Connor, Macmillan, 1936 22 · Tom Geraghty’s Imagination · Donagh MacDonagh · ss Lilliput March 1951 31 · A Point of Law · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The Strand Magazine October 1903 44 · Your Witness · Helen Nielsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1958 58 · Name of Smith [Francis Pettigrew] · Cyril Hare · nv The Evening Standard July 5 1952 63 · How the Pretty Maid of Portillon Convinced Her Judge · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) 70 · Slander · Henry Cecil · ss (r) 78 · The Missing Will · Michael Gilbert · ss (r) 84 · In Evidence · Dornford Yates · nv The Windsor Magazine February 1929 111 · First Brief · Alec Waugh · ss (r) 126 · A Brief for O’Leary · Bruce Graeme · na (r) 170 · The Senior Partner’s Ghosts · Louis Auchincloss · ss (r) 188 · The Hypotheses of Failure · O. Henry · ss Ainslee’s Magazine January 1904 200 · Case Proceeding · Julian Prescot · ss (r)

Best Secret Service Stories ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1960, 16/-, 255pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 19 · Miss King [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan February 1928, as “The British Agent” 52 · Mister Big · Ian Fleming · ex from Live and Let Die, Jonathan Cape, April 1954 65 · High Tide [Scott Mattaye] · John Phillips Marquand · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 8 1932 87 · The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908 116 · Dr. Lartius [The Runagates Club] · John Buchan · nv The Runagates Club by John Buchan, Hodder & Stoughton, 1928 130 · The Hut · Geoffrey Household · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1951 146 · News Out of Spain · A. E. W. Mason · nv (r) 167 · Espionage · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine August 1933 183 · A Double Double-Cross · Peter Cheyney · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine May 1924 197 · Water on the Brain · Compton Mackenzie · ss (r) 209 · The Trial of Marius Derocq · Bernard Newman · ss Spy Catchers by Bernard Newman, Gollancz, 1945 219 · The Flaw in the Crystal · Godfrey Smith · nv (r) 249 · Parker Adderson, Philosopher · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner February 22 1891

Best Secret Service Stories 2 ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1965, 18/-, 223pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 19 · The Hairless Mexican [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan December 1927 56 · The Meaning of the Act [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine September 1939 73 · Quantum of Solace [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv Cosmopolitan May 1959 94 · The Crippled Lady [Vivienne Pawlett Browne (The Man with the Girlish Face)] · Dennis Wheatley · ss Mediterranean Nights by Dennis Wheatley, Hutchinson, 1942 97 · The Affair of Mister Haynes [Heine] · Edgar Wallace · ss Thomson’s Weekly News February 9 1918 109 · His Last Bow [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1917 125 · Spud Trevor of the Red Hussars · Sapper · ss The Strand Magazine September 1916 138 · Night Train to Milan · William Haggard · ss (r) 153 · Barbouze · Alan Williams · ss (r) 170 · The Headmaster [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) June 1962 183 · Reveals the Cotton Glove · William Le Queux · nv Revelations of the Secret Service by William Le Queux, White, 1911

Best Secret Service Stories 3 ed. John Welcome (Faber and Faber, 1967, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · John Welcome · in 13 · The Spymaster · Philip Freund · na The Spymaster by Philip Freund, Allen, 1965 64 · Dangerous Games · Gavin Lyall · ss (r) 80 · Red All Right · Hans Habe · nv (r) 106 · Circle of Deception · Alec Waugh · ss (r) 124 · Peiffer [Major Slingsby] · A. E. W. Mason · ss The Story-teller June 1916 137 · Your Turn, Mr. Moto · John Phillips Marquand · ss (r) 149 · Secret Information · Geoffrey Household · ss This Week 1952, as “Woman in Love” 158 · The Thirty-Nine Steps [Richard Hannay] · John Buchan · ex Blackwood, October 1915 177 · She Said It with Flowers · Gilbert Frankau · ss (r) 192 · International Complications · Gilbert Hackforth-Jones · ss Britannia and Eve September 1939 207 · The Lady from Cleveland O · Lord Frederic Hamilton · ss (r)

Classic Lines: More Great Racing Stories ed. John Welcome & Dick Francis--- see under Dick Francis.

Some Curious People by John Joseph Weldon--- see under Brinsley MacNamara.

Don Lawrence—The Legacy: Book 1—Storm ed. Meerten Welleman & Steve Holland--- see under Steve Holland.

Don Lawrence—The Legacy: Book 2—Women ed. Meerten Welleman & Steve Holland--- see under Steve Holland.

Don Lawrence—The Legacy: Book 3—Boundaries ed. Meerten Welleman & Steve Holland--- see under Steve Holland.

Karl the Viking Volume 1: The Sword of Eingar ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Karl the Viking Volume 2: The Powers of Helvud ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Karl the Viking Volume 3: Island of the Monsters ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Karl the Viking Volume 4: The Quest of the Long Ships ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire: The Three Princes ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire: The Rallu Invasion ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire: The Prisoner of Zerss ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire: The Curse of King Yutta ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire: The House of the Five Moons ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire: The Sun-Worshippers ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

Storm—The Collection ed. Meerten Welleman, Rob van Bavel & Steve Holland--- see under Rob van Bavel.

A Desolation Called Peace by AnnaLinden Weller--- see under Arkady Martine.

A Memory Called Empire by AnnaLinden Weller--- see under Arkady Martine.

Rose/House by AnnaLinden Weller--- see under Arkady Martine.

Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury ed. Sam Weller & Mort Castle (HarperCollins/Morrow, July 2012, 978-0-06-212268-1, $15.99, 445pp, tp, oa, cover by Tom Gauld)     Original anthology of 26 stories written in honor of Bradbury, who provides a foreword. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Joe Hill, and Harlan Ellison; each author provides a note on their story and Bradbury’s influence. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Sam Weller & Mort Castle · in 8 · A Second Homecoming · Ray Bradbury · ar 11 · The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury · Neil Gaiman · ss 19 · Headlife · Margaret Atwood · ss 27 · Heavy · Jay Bonansinga · ss 40 · The Girl in the Funeral Parlor · Sam Weller · ss 54 · The Companions · David Morrell · nv 75 · The Exchange · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss 86 · Cat on a Bad Couch · Lee Martin · nv 114 · By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain · Joe Hill · nv 143 · Little America · Dan Chaon · nv 165 · The Phone Call · John McNally · nv 186 · Young Pilgrims · Joe Meno · nv 210 · Children of the Bedtime Machine · Robert McCammon · ss 226 · The Page · Ramsey Campbell · ss 242 · Light · Mort Castle · ss 262 · Conjure · Alice Hoffman · ss 276 · Max · John Maclay · ss 283 · Two of a Kind · Jacquelyn Mitchard · nv 318 · Fat Man and Little Boy · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss 326 · The Tattoo · Bonnie Jo Campbell · nv 353 · Backward in Seville · Audrey Niffenegger · ss 359 · Earth (A Gift Shop) · Charles Yu · ss 366 · Hayleigh’s Dad · Julia Keller · ss 384 · Who Knocks? · Dave Eggers · ss 388 · Reservation 2020 · Bayo Ojikutu · ss 404 · Two Houses · Kelly Link · nv 426 · Weariness · Harlan Ellison · ss