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The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural ed. Ray Russell, uncredited (Playboy, 1967, $5.95, vii+391pp, hc, an)     Also published in paperback by Playboy Press, 1968. v · Preface · Editors of Playboy (by Ray Russell) · pr 1 · Softly Walks the Beetle · John Collier · ss Playboy January 1960 16 · Heavy-Set · Ray Bradbury · ss Playboy October 1964 28 · Nasty · Fredric Brown · vi Playboy April 1959 31 · Sardonicus · Ray Russell · nv Playboy January 1961 72 · Sorcerer’s Moon · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy July 1959 78 · First Anniversary · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy July 1960 88 · The Jam · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy November 1958 93 · Beelzebub · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy December 1963 103 · The Machine in Ward Eleven · Charles Willeford · nv Playboy March 1961 132 · The Academy · David Ely · ss Playboy June 1965 144 · The Manuscript of Dr. Arness · Gahan Wilson · ss Playboy August 1966 151 · The Party · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy April 1967 164 · Burnt Toast · Mack Reynolds · ss Playboy November 1955 175 · Rendezvous · John Christopher · ss Tales of Unease ed. John Burke, Pan, 1966 185 · Side by Side · John Tomerlin · ss Playboy September 1964 198 · The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be · Gahan Wilson · ss Playboy May 1967 213 · Hey, Look at Me! · Jack Finney · ss Playboy September 1962 229 · For the Rich They Sing—Sometimes · Ken W. Purdy · ss Playboy May 1962 245 · I’m Yours · Charles Schafhauser · ss Playboy December 1954 256 · Double Exposure · John Reese · ss Playboy February 1965 270 · The Taste of Fear · Hugh G. Foster · ss Playboy September 1959 293 · No Such Thing as a Vampire · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy October 1959 304 · Virginia · Calvin Tomkins · ss Playboy March 1967 313 · Black Country · Charles Beaumont · nv Playboy September 1954 338 · The Traveling Salesman · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy February 1957 343 · Weird Show · Herbert Gold · ss Playboy April 1958 356 · The Life Work of Juan Diaz · Ray Bradbury · ss Playboy September 1963 369 · Comet Wine · Ray Russell · nv Playboy March 1967 391 · Index of Authors · [uncredited] · ix (r)

The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ray Russell, uncredited (Playboy, 1966, $5.95, 403pp, hc, an)     Also published in paperback by Playboy Press, 1968. vii · Preface · Editors of Playboy (by Ray Russell) · pr 1 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv Playboy June 1957 translated from the French (“La mouche”, Nouvelles de l’anti-monde, Robert Laffont, 1962). 40 · Blood Brother · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy April 1961 46 · Love, Incorporated · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1956 61 · A Foot in the Door · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss Playboy October 1960 75 · The Vacation · Ray Bradbury · ss Playboy December 1963 84 · The Never-Ending Penny · Bernard Wolfe · nv Playboy September 1960 101 · Bernie the Faust · William Tenn · nv Playboy November 1963 130 · A Man for the Moon · Leland Webb · ss Playboy August 1960 140 · The Noise · Ken W. Purdy · ss Playboy March 1959 155 · The Killer in the TV Set · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss Playboy August 1961 166 · I Remember Babylon · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy May 1960 179 · Word of Honor · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy August 1958 187 · John Grant’s Little Angel · Walt Grove · ss Playboy July 1964 206 · The Fiend · Frederik Pohl · ss Playboy April 1964 215 · Hard Bargain · Alan E. Nourse · ss Playboy May 1958 221 · The Nail and the Oracle · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Playboy October 1965 244 · After · Henry Slesar · gp Playboy June 1960 _ · Doctor · Henry Slesar · vi Playboy June 1960 _ · Chief · Henry Slesar · vi Playboy June 1960 _ · Merchant · Henry Slesar · vi Playboy June 1960 _ · Lawyer · Henry Slesar · vi Playboy June 1960 250 · December 28th · Theodore L. Thomas · ss Playboy December 1959 254 · Spy Story · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1955 268 · Punch · Frederik Pohl · ss Playboy June 1961 274 · The Crooked Man · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy August 1955 286 · Who Shall Dwell… · H. C. Neal · ss Playboy July 1962 293 · Double Take · Jack Finney · ss Playboy April 1965 314 · Examination Day · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy February 1958 320 · The Mission · Hugh Nissenson · ss Playboy December 1964 338 · Waste Not, Want Not · John Atherton · ss Playboy June 1959 343 · The Dot and Dash Bird · Bernard Wolfe · ss Playboy December 1964 359 · The Sensible Man · Avram Davidson · ss Playboy February 1959 365 · Souvenir · J. G. Ballard · ss The Terminal Beach by J. G. Ballard, Gollancz, 1964, as “The Drowned Giant” 378 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962 390 · The Room · Ray Russell · ss Playboy February 1961 394 · Dial “F” for Frankenstein · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy January 1965 403 · Index of Authors · [uncredited] · ix (r)

Playboy’s Short-Shorts (Playboy Press, 1970, BA0117, 95¢, 192pp, pb, an) 6 · Preface · [uncredited] · pr 8 · In a Season of Calm Weather · Ray Bradbury · ss Playboy January 1957 16 · 23 Pat O’Brien Movies · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss Playboy December 1960 23 · Stylish Stout [Bingo Little] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Playboy April 1965 30 · The Shooting of Judge Price · Erskine Caldwell · ss Playboy May 1956 37 · Tea Party · Harold Pinter · ss Playboy January 1965 43 · A Corking Evening · Lawrence Durrell · ss Playboy December 1963 48 · No Mac, It Just Wouldn’t Work · Robert Graves · ss Playboy January 1967 54 · The Good Doctor · Allan Seager · ss Playboy March 1966 60 · Proposition · Garson Kanin · ss Playboy January 1962 66 · Quarrel · John D. MacDonald · ss Playboy May 1967 73 · The Rumbling, Rambling Blues · Jack Kerouac · ss Playboy January 1958 78 · A Fine Son · Roald Dahl · ss Playboy December 1959 87 · A Valentine · William Saroyan · ss Playboy February 1966 92 · Papa’s Planet · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy April 1968 98 · The Actor · Ray Russell · vi Playboy March 1960, as by Brian Rencelaw 100 · Big Daddy Says Yes, Big Daddy Says No · Ken W. Purdy · vi Playboy December 1968 104 · Mating Season · Charles Lee Robinson · ss Playboy September 1955 112 · Deathwatch · Norman Spinrad · ss Playboy November 1965 118 · It · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy September 1968 123 · All the Weed in the World · Fritz Leiber · ss Playboy January 1961 131 · The Monster Show · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy May 1956 139 · All to Scale · Lawrence Durrell · ss Playboy September 1966 145 · The Invasion · Avram Davidson · ss Playboy July 1965 151 · The Firing Line · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy September 1961 158 · The Doll · Hugh G. Foster · ss Playboy September 1956 165 · Change of Plan · Ken W. Purdy · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1952 170 · The First Night of Lent · Ray Bradbury · ss Playboy March 1956 178 · The Master Copy · Frank Dobinson · ss Playboy May 1966 184 · Something on His Mind · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput April 1941, as “Strong Greek Wine” 189 · The Very Acme of Romantic Love · Wolf Mankowitz · vi Playboy January 1964

Playboy’s Short-Shorts 2 (Playboy Press, 1972, 16170, 95¢, 191pp, pb, an) 5 · Preface · [uncredited] · pr 9 · This One Will Kill You · Bill Cosby · ss Playboy January 1971 16 · The Change · Don Carpenter · ss Playboy June 1971 20 · The Cure · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy October 1957 27 · Last Will and Testament · Ray Russell · ss Playboy January 1956, as by Rex Fabian 31 · The Morning After · Wade Miller · ss Playboy August 1962 40 · The Supermen · William M. Clark · ss Playboy October 1960 46 · Playback · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy December 1966 51 · Solo for Violin · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy March 1962 57 · The Brass Telephone · Ken W. Purdy · ss Playboy October 1964 64 · The Darendinger Build-Up · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy June 1956 74 · Hard Bargain · Alan E. Nourse · ss Playboy May 1958 81 · A Very Human Story · Harvey Swados · ss Playboy July 1957 88 · Ad Lib Exit · Willard Marsh · ss Playboy August 1956 95 · The Best Job in Television · Frederick Wieting · ss Playboy January 1958 103 · Walk to the Station · Stanley Cooperman · ss Playboy August 1956 109 · Everybody Hates David Starbuck · Steve Allen · ss Playboy December 1958 116 · Sorcerer’s Moon · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy July 1959 121 · Hobbyist · Fredric Brown · vi Playboy May 1961 124 · Ellen’s Dreams · Alexander Dumbarton · ss Playboy July 1971 131 · The Hundred-Dollar Suicide · Henry Gregor Felsen · ss Playboy December 1956 136 · A Sock in the Jaw · Ken W. Purdy · ss Playboy November 1958 142 · The Perfect Alibi · Mike McGrady & Joe Hickey · vi Playboy February 1963 145 · The Raffle · E. J. Kahn, Jr. · ss Playboy February 1967 151 · No More Gifts · Willard Marsh · ss Playboy April 1956 160 · Blood Brother · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy April 1961 166 · A Very Rare Disease · Henry Slesar · vi Playboy August 1958 169 · The Traveling Salesman · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy February 1957 174 · The New Deal · Charles Einstein · ss Playboy February 1963 181 · The Wise Guy · Ken W. Purdy · ss Playboy June 1959 189 · Don’t Think · Ray Russell · ss Playboy July 1961

Playboy’s Stories of the Sinister & Strange ed. Ray Russell, uncredited (Playboy, 1969, BA0124, 95¢, 217pp, pb, an) iv · Preface · Ray Russell, uncredited · pr 1 · The Mannichon Solution · Irwin Shaw · nv Playboy December 1967 41 · The Dark Music · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy December 1956 57 · Somewhere Not Far from Here · Gerald Kersh · ss Playboy March 1965 78 · The Investor · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss Playboy February 1962 90 · Ripples · Ray Russell · ss Playboy October 1967 93 · The Dispatcher · Gerald Green · nv Playboy August 1967 120 · Wise Child · John Wyndham · ss Argosy (UK) November 1962, as “It’s a Wise Child” 137 · Welcome to the Monkey House · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Playboy January 1968 160 · Room 312 · G. L. Tassone · ss Playboy August 1967 177 · The Golden Frog · Ken W. Purdy · nv Playboy January 1963 200 · The Annex · John D. MacDonald · ss Playboy May 1968

Playing Easy to Get (Pocket, February 2006, 1-4165-1087-7, $14.00, 352pp, tp, oa, cover by Franco Accornero)     Details taken from online listing. · Turn up the Heat [B. A. D. (Bureau of American Defense)] · Sherrilyn Kenyon · na · Hunter’s Oath [Warlords of the Viking Underground] · Jaid Black · na · The Warlord Wants Forever [Immortals After Dark] · Kresley Cole · na

Playing Easy to Get (Pocket, July 2010, 978-1-4165-1087-1, $15.00, 329pp, tp, an)     Reissue (Pocket 2006) anthology of three stories, at least two paranormal, by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jaid Black, and Kresley Cole.

Playmates’ Story Book (Dean & Son, 193?, 140pp, hc, oa, cover: [boy and girl on scooter, dog running beside])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · Saved by a Bear · Cecily M. Rutley · ss 19 · The Tubby Princess · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss Funland Story Book, Dean & Son, 1935 28 · More Thrilling Than Cricket! · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 33 · How Pongo Made Friends with the Lion · I. M. Sperling · ss 40 · Bruce to the Rescue · P. M. Frost · ss 45 · While the Giant Played · Samuel Jeans · ss 57 · “Albert, Lad” · E. J. Marshall · ss 65 · The Merry Miller’s Stowaway · H. E. Pemberton · ss 70 · The Little Red Necklace · Sherley Hertford · ss 79 · The Lake of Fire · R. A. Moss · ss 86 · Betty’s Burglar · W. H. Morris · ss 94 · The Princess and the Little Green Frog · Charlotte Druitt Cole · ss 97 · A Deal in Stamps · A. W. Seymour · ss 106 · Whistling Tim · Gladys Taylor · ss 112 · An Oriental Welcome · Norman Hunter · ss 119 · Jimmy’s Wonderful Day · May Sullivan · ss 127 · Long Live the King! · Cicely M. Drury · ss 134 · Only a Bow and Arrow · Roma Lobel · ss

Playtime Stories (Dean & Son, 1937, hc, oa, cover: [boy standing on rocking horse to leap through hoop])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · A Thrill for Topsy · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 14 · A Frock for Susan · G. Luckraft · ss 16 · The King’s Egg · Eunice Close · ss 24 · The Three Bad Boys · E. M. Marston · ss 31 · Blind Man’s Buff · Eunice Close · pm 32 · Market Day · Mabel M. Stevenson · pm 33 · Mr. Tiggle and the Elves · M. Lloyd · ss 39 · Our Happy Family · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 41 · Black Boots · Marjorie Gibson · ss 47 · The Realist · [uncredited] · ss 51 · The Lonely Little Pig · A. Lewis · ss 55 · Please Don’t Laugh · Christine E. Bradley · ss 57 · Miranda · M. R. Sherlock · ss 64 · Our Band · Christine E. Bradley · pm 65 · The Rainbow Pool · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 67 · Spot and Rob · J. G. McGuinness · ss 71 · Three Baths for Popoff · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 77 · The Woodland Sports · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 79 · All the King’s Donkeys · Christine E. Bradley · ss 86 · Such a Joke! · M. C. M. · ss 89 · The Clumsy Giant · [uncredited] · ss 92 · The Wasp’s Punishment · [uncredited] · ss 95 · Our Wheels Club · T. V. Nicholas · pm 96 · The Bold, Bad Robber of the Garden · [uncredited] · ss 99 · Mrs. Turkey’s Slimming Class · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 102 · The Queen’s Gift · A. L. Hunt · ss 106 · Stilts · [uncredited] · pm 108 · Tired, So Tired! · [uncredited] · ss 112 · Unexpected Guests · Eunice Close · pm 113 · The Bunny Who Turned Blue · K. B. Andrews · ss 121 · Growing Baby · A. Ruby Forde · ss 124 · The Cow with the Bad Temper · Ann Booker · ss 130 · Larry the Lizard and the Magic Button · Constance Woodhead · ss 133 · A Jolly Wet Day · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 140 · A Fight of Dolls · T. V. Nicholas · ss