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The Delaney Christmas Carol (Bantam Fanfare, December 1992, 0-553-29654-X, $4.99, 432pp, pb, oa, cover by Wendi Schneider)     Details supplied by BG. ix · Foreword · [uncredited] · fw 1 · Christmas past · Iris Johansen · na 143 · Christmas Present · Fayrene Preston · na 283 · Christmas future · Kay Hooper · na

Demon’s Delight (Berkley Sensation, March 2007, 978-0-425-21381-0, $14.00, 313pp, tp, oa, cover by Cliff Nielsen)     Original anthology of four paranormal romance novellas. Authors are MaryJanice Davidson, Emma Holly, Vickie Taylor, Catherine Spangler. · Witch Way · MaryJanice Davidson · na · Street Corners and Halos · Catherine Spangler · na · The Demon’s Angel · Emma Holly · na · Angel and the Hellraiser · Vickie Taylor · na

Desperate Journeys (Worldwide Mystery, May 2004, 0373264917, $6.99, 384pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of four novellas. · Desert Deceit · Betty Webb · na · The First Proof · Terence Faherty · na · Star Search · Nancy Baker Jacobs · na · Death on the Southwest Chief · Jonathan Harrington · na

Destination: Voyager (Voyager, April 1997, 0-583-51172-4, free, 176pp, pb, an)     Anthology of excerpts from novels in HarperCollins’s Voyager line, each with a brief introduction. Subtitled “A Sampler of Some of the Finest Science Fiction and Fantasy Talents Working Today.” Exclusively distributed by Hammicks’ bookshops. 1 · Assassin’s Quest [Elderlings] · Robin Hobb · ex HarperCollins UK, 1997 25 · Blue Mars [Mars] · Kim Stanley Robinson · ex HarperCollins UK, 1996 45 · The Runes of Sorcery [Runespell] · Jane Welch · ex HarperCollins UK, 1997 53 · The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die [Gap] · Stephen Donaldson · ex HarperCollins UK, 1996 73 · Archangel [Samaria] · Sharon Shinn · ex Ace, 1996 91 · In the Garden [Tabitha Jute] · Colin Greenland · ss Birmingham SF Group, November 1991 111 · The Road and the Hills [Walk in the Dark] · Alison Spedding · ex Allen & Unwin, 1986 129 · Rage of a Demon Prince [Riftwar] · Raymond E. Feist · ex HarperCollins UK, 1997 141 · Byzantium · Stephen Lawhead · ex HarperCollins UK, 1996 163 · Voyage · Stephen Baxter · ex HarperCollins UK, 1996

Destined for Love (Silhouette, October 1998, 0-373-20152-4, $5.99, 632pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 7 · Hatfield and McCoy · Heather Graham Pozzessere · na 223 · Lightning Strikes · Kathleen Korbel · na 477 · Mystery Lover · Annette Broadrick · na

Detective Pocket (Swan, 194?, 4d, 24pp, pb, an) 2 · Pattern for Murder · Douglas Stapleton · na Crack Detective Stories January 1944 11 · How Dead Was My Valet? · Henry Norton · ss Crack Detective Stories January 1944 18 · “D” for Diamonds and Death · A. J. Cruse · ss (r)

Detective Shorts, 1st Collection--- see under Detective Shorts #1, 1946.

Detective Shorts, No. 2--- see under Detective Shorts #2, 1946.

Detective Stories (P. Noordhoff, 1932, 154pp, hc, an) 5 · The Detective Story · M. J. C. Büchli · in 10 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 30 · The Reigate Squires [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine June 1893, as “The Adventure of the Reigate Squire” 53 · The Pathologist to the Rescue [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine January 1927, as “Thorndyke to the Rescue” 76 · The Dagger with Wings [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine February 1924 100 · The Long Barrow [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss The London Magazine January 1925 126 · Solved by Inspection [Miles Bredon] · Ronald A. Knox · ss 1925 140 · The Face of the Corpse [Horace Fish] · Barry Pain · ss One Kind and Another by Barry Pain, Secker, 1914 151 · Notes on Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Detective—1947 Album (Swan, 1947, 128pp, hc, oa)     Also in pb as Detective—24 Complete Yarns. 3 · The Hanging Judge · G. M. Byrne · ss; as by G.M. Bryne on ToC. 11 · Clue of the Stained Carpet · Leslie Bussey · ss 19 · Twenty-Two Magnolia · Frank C. Brooke · ss 27 · The Tenement Murders · Mervyn Martin · ss 33 · Venomous Death · Van G. Kennedy · ss 41 · Music for the Morgue · John Weston · ss 46 · Even Chance · Ronald Horton · vi 49 · The Alibi of Joe Barkis · Gordon Hedley · ss 56 · Death Spoils the Motive · John W. Lee · ss 61 · Best Policy · D. A. Stewart · vi 63 · Stolen—a Hearse · W. B. MacMillan · ss 68 · Fettered Physic · W. T. M. Hughes · ss 75 · The Man Born Dead · Stuart Friedman · ss Crack Detective Stories January 1944 81 · Melody from the Past · F. G. Rayer · vi 83 · Diamond Cut Diamond · Hugh M. Stephens · vi 85 · When Artists Meet · Alex. O. Pearson · vi 87 · Seconds Out · Fred Scott · ss 96 · Murder by Suggestion · G. H. Lister · ss 101 · Going-Away Present · Richard Brister · ss Crack Detective Stories January 1944 108 · Corpses Don’t Walk · Lee Floren · vi Crack Detective Stories January 1944 111 · I Choose Death! · Robert C. Blackmon · ss Crack Detective Stories January 1944 115 · Straight from the Shoulder · Ronald Horton · ss 121 · Death on the Train · G. M. Byrne · ss; as by G.M. Bryne on ToC. 125 · Blood Freezes · Charles Fisher · ss

Detective—24 Complete Yarns (Swan, 1947, 1/6d, 127pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Swan 1947 as Detective—1947 Album) mystery anthology.

Diablo Archive (Pocket, July 2008, 978-1-4165-7699-0, $17.00, 739pp, tp, om, cover by Glenn Rane) [Diablo]     Omnibus of the three novelizations and a story based on the video game: Legacy of Blood by Richard A. Knaak (2001), The Black Road by Mel Odom (2002), Kingdom of Shadow by Richard A. Knaak (2002), and a story by Robert B. Marks. Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment. · Legacy of Blood [Diablo] · Richard A. Knaak · n. Pocket, 2001 · The Black Road [Diablo] · Mel Odom · n. Pocket, 2002 · The Kingdom of Shadow [Diablo] · Richard A. Knaak · n. Pocket, 2002

Did It Happen? (Oldbourne, 1956, 218pp, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. · Dover Incident [Did It Happen?] · Nigel Balchin · ar The Evening Standard November 22 1954 · Blackbeard and the Coal-hole [Did It Happen?] · Gerald Bullett · ss The Evening Standard May 3 1955 · My Two Sweethearts [Did It Happen?] · Peter Churchill · ar The Evening Standard November 14 1955 · The Jungle House [Did It Happen?] · T. E. B. Clarke · ar The Evening Standard November 24 1954 · The Tough Guy [Did It Happen?] · John Creasey · ar The Evening Standard May 2 1955 · Joan of Arc Stakes All [Did It Happen?] · A. J. Evans · ss The Evening Standard November 17 1955 · The Horse with Heels [Did It Happen?] · Negley Farson · ar The Evening Standard June 20 1955 · …But 29 in Each Leap Year [Did It Happen?] · Xan Fielding · ss The Evening Standard May 16 1955 · Hollywood Coincidence [Did It Happen?] · C. S. Forester · ar The Evening Standard June 17 1955 · Women Are Such Strange Creatures… [Did It Happen?] · Louis Golding · ar The Evening Standard November 24 1955 · The Letter and the Law [Did It Happen?] · John Gunn · ar The Evening Standard May 24 1955 · My Last Shot [Did It Happen?] · Robert Henriques · ss The Evening Standard November 26 1955 · Call Me Nature Boy [Did It Happen?] · Benny Hill · ss The Evening Standard May 30 1955 · Tuba Trouble [Did It Happen?] · Gerard Hoffnung · ar The Evening Standard November 12 1955 · Admiralty Expert [Did It Happen?] · David Howarth · ar The Evening Standard November 19 1955 · Two Serpents from One Egg [Did It Happen?] · Elspeth Huxley · ss The Evening Standard November 15 1955 · Guilty—or Not Guilty? [Did It Happen?] · Stephen King-Hall · ss The Evening Standard May 25 1955 · A Spot of Peace [Did It Happen?] · Audrey Erskine Lindop · ar The Evening Standard May 31 1955 · Well, Not That I Know Of [Did It Happen?] · Robert MacDermott · ss The Evening Standard May 14 1955 · Too Much Man [Did It Happen?] · Wolf Mankowitz · ss The Evening Standard February 11 1956 · The Tulip Bulb [Did It Happen?] · Andre Maurois · ar The Evening Standard July 7 1955 · Crime Does Pay [Did It Happen?] · George Mikes · ss The Evening Standard November 30 1955 · I Drink a Toast to Poor Private Archer [Did It Happen?] · J. B. Morton · ss The Evening Standard February 17 1956 · In the Shadow [Did It Happen?] · W. Stanley Moss · ar The Evening Standard November 25 1954 · Sand and Blood [Did It Happen?] · Bernard Newman · ar The Evening Standard May 11 1955 · Crazy About London! [Did It Happen?] · William Saroyan · ar The Evening Standard July 5 1955

Dig Two Graves: Volume II (Death’s Head Press, July 9, 2019, 978-1-950259-13-7, $11.99, 319pp, tp, oa, cover by Don Noble)     Details taken from online listing. 5 · Catalog · Wesley Southard · nv 35 · It Starts with Insects · Cameron Trost · ss 45 · Ailurophobia · Gerri R. Gray · ss 62 · Father of Lies · Gary Power · nv 86 · Impact · Delphine Quinn · ss 100 · Movie Night · M. Ennenbach · ss 110 · Streaming Murder · Jack Bantry · ss 124 · Party Tricks · Charlotte Platt · ss 135 · The Writer · Cameron Kirk · ss 144 · Violation · Mawr Gorshin · ss 154 · Spider Lace · Susan E. Ambramski · ss 166 · Into the Clouds · Mark Lumby · ss 180 · Meat · Lucas Milliron · ss 197 · What Did You Do to the Children? · David L. Tamarin · ss 206 · The Maiden of the Triangle · Lori Tiron-Pandit · ss 216 · InPerson · Pete Mesling · ss 230 · Abandoned · G. Allen Wilbanks · ss 244 · The Tulpa · Thomas Vaughn · ss 254 · The Ninja and the Night · Sergio ’ente per ente’ Palumbo · ss 273 · Seymour Must Be Destroyed · Duane Bradley · nv 297 · For the Love of Shakespeare · David Owain Hughes · ss Sanitarium ed. Jim Goforth, J. Ellington Ashton Press, 2016 310 · The Pain, the Heat, the Blood · Betty Rocksteady · ss

Dirtyside Down/C-Minor (Roadkill Press, 1991, no ISBN, $4.00, 13+12pp, ph, oa, cover by Timothy Standish)     Two sf short stories, with illustrations by Timothy Standish. This is a signed and numbered limited edition of 200 copies. 1 · Dirtyside Down · Wil McCarthy · ss 1 · C-Minor · Gregory R. Hyde · ss

Discover Three New Epics of Fantasy Fiction (Orbit, 2000, no ISBN, free, 61pp, tp, oa)     Free sampler of excerpts from The One Kingdom (Russell), Knight’s Dawn (Hunter), and Transformation (Berg). Issued in 2000, but not seen until now. 1 · The One Kingdom · Sean Russell · ex (r) 21 · Knight’s Dawn · Kim Hunter · ex (r) 41 · Transformation · Carol Berg · ex (r)

Discoveries: The First Focus Science Fiction Anthology (Gollancz, October 1995, 0-575-06258-4, free, 190pp, pb, an, cover by Julian Baum)     Anthology of six stories and two novel extracts, all from recent or forthcoming Gollancz volumes. Distributed free with the October 1995 issue of Focus, but only just seen. 5 · Introduction · Alan Lothian · in 7 · Prison Dreams [Fairyland] · Paul J. McAuley · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1992 35 · Blood Music · Greg Bear · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact June 1983 61 · The Charisma Trees · Robert Holdstock · ss New Worlds 4 ed. David Garnett, Gollancz, 1994 76 · Dark Night in Toyland · Bob Shaw · ss Interzone #26, November/December 1988 88 · Virtually Lucid Lucy · Ian Watson · ss New Worlds 2 ed. David S. Garnett, Gollancz, 1992 109 · Morpheus · Tricia Sullivan · ex from Lethe, Gollancz, 1995 142 · Winning · Ian McDonald · nv Zenith 2 ed. David S. Garnett, Orbit, 1990 167 · Richter 10 · Arthur C. Clarke & Mike McQuay · ex (r)

Divide and Rule/The Sword of Rhiannon (Tor, January 1990, 0-812-50362-7, $3.50, 94+136pp, pb, an, cover by A. C. Farley & N. Taylor Blanchard)     Anthology of of two sf short novels together for the first time. Divide and Rule appeared from Fantasy Press (1951), with The Stolen Dormouse. Sword of Rhiannon appeared as an early Ace double (1953) with Conan the Conqueror. Tor SF Double #17. 1 · Divide and Rule · L. Sprague de Camp · na Unknown April 1939 (+1) 1 · The Sword of Rhiannon · Leigh Brackett · na Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949, as “Sea-Kings of Mars”

Doctor Who: 11 Doctors, 11 Stories (Puffin, November 23, 2013, 978-0-141-34894-0, £12.99, 516pp, hc, an)     SF omnibus, collecting 11 ebooks originally published monthly from January 2013. Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first episode. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · The First Doctor: A Big Hand for the Doctor [Doctor Who] · Eoin Colfer · nv Puffin, January 23 2013 39 · The Second Doctor: The Nameless City [Doctor Who] · Michael Scott · na Puffin, February 23 2013 89 · The Third Doctor: The Spear of Destiny [Doctor Who] · Marcus Sedgwick · na Puffin, March 23 2013 145 · The Fourth Doctor: The Roots of Evil [Doctor Who] · Philip Reeve · nv Puffin, April 23 2013 185 · The Fifth Doctor: Tip of the Tongue [Doctor Who] · Patrick Ness · nv Puffin, May 23 2013 221 · The Sixth Doctor: Something Borrowed [Doctor Who] · Richelle Mead · nv Puffin, June 23 2013 267 · The Seventh Doctor: The Ripple Effect [Doctor Who] · Malorie Blackman · na Puffin, July 23 2013 317 · The Eighth Doctor: Spore [Doctor Who] · Alex Scarrow · nv Puffin, August 23 2013 355 · The Ninth Doctor: The Beast of Babylon [Doctor Who] · Charlie Higson · na Puffin, September 23 2013 407 · The Tenth Doctor: The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage [Doctor Who] · Derek Landy · na Puffin, October 23 2013 461 · The Eleventh Doctor: Nothing o’Clock [Doctor Who] · Neil Gaiman · nv Puffin, November 21 2013 507 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg