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Book Contents Lists: Page 1792

Fifty Thrilling Wild West Stories (Odhams Press, 1948, no ISBN, 704pp, hc, an)     Reissue (Odhams Press 1937) western anthology. 9 · Why the Wild West Was Wild · F. E. Sutton · ss (r) 19 · The Borrowed Brand · Paul Evan Lehman · ss Western Trails January 1932 32 · The Long Arm of the Mounted · Harry Sinclair Drago · ss Complete Northwest Novel Magazine September 1935 not the same as the story of a similar name in the January 16, 1943 issue of Street & Smith’s Western Story. 57 · Bully of the Town · Tom Roan · ss Ace-High Magazine August 1932 75 · Blue Eyes and Blue Steel · Charles H. Snow · nv Thrilling Ranch Stories March 1934 94 · Bill Latimer’s Tree · W. D. Hoffman · ss (r) 112 · In the Mexican Quarter · Tom Gill · ss Cosmopolitan June 1930 124 · Without Fear or Favour · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories November 25 1922 141 · Battle’s End · Max Brand · na Western Story Magazine May 10 1930 209 · Grub Delayed · Archie Joscelyn · ss Cowboy Stories April 1937 220 · Horseshoe Law in Misty Sink · William A. Todd (by Norman W. Hay) · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly February 27 1937 234 · Thief! · Will Jenkins · ss People’s Story Magazine August 10 1922, as by Murray Leinster 247 · The Treasure of Iron Dome · Charles H. Snow · ss (r) 264 · The Sheriff Was a Runt · Will Jenkins · ss West April 27 1932, as by Murray Leinster 275 · Broken Courage · Charles Wesley Sanders · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly January 15 1927 292 · Reward for an Outlaw · Herbert Sullivan · ss (r) 306 · The Reverend “Chawles” · George Goodchild · nv The Great Alone by George Goodchild, Simpkin Marshall, 1919 332 · The Sheriff of Crevasse County · George Brydges Rodney · ss (r) 346 · Ghost of the Cimarron · Harry Sinclair Drago · nv Western Novelets August 1936 383 · The Killers · George Brydges Rodney · nv The Golden West Magazine November 1927 397 · He Belonged West · Christopher Culley · ss (r) 407 · The Schoolma’am of Selwood Flats · Paul Evan Lehman · ss (r) 423 · Fighting Fool · Tom Roan · ss Ace-High Magazine 1st November 1930 440 · A Reason for Wrath · Johnston McCulley · ss Cowboy Stories July 1926 455 · Three Little Calves · Frank C. Robertson · nv West May 29 1929 473 · Change of Name · George S. Surrey · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #170, August 3 1912 482 · Death Badge · Lee Bond · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly March 6 1937 495 · The Cave of Death · James Denson Sayers · nv The Underworld Magazine December 1933 528 · Singing Lead · Eugene Cunningham · ss Black Mask August 1930 544 · Texas Ranger · Lester Gregory · ss (r) 550 · Rustled Herd · Lester Gregory · ss (r) 556 · The Whip Hand · George Brydges Rodney · ss (r) 569 · The Marquis and Miss Sally · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine June 1903 578 · Kid Cyclone · Leo Grex · ss (r) 584 · This Worm Has Fangs · James Denson Sayers · ss The Underworld Magazine October 1933, as “The Worm Has Fangs” 599 · Six-Gun Justice · Louis Grey · ss (r) 606 · Million-Dollar Burros · H. C. Wire · ar Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine March 13 1937 611 · A Mountie’s Code · Conor Risdon · ss (r) 617 · Man of Ice · Claude Rister · ss Cowboy Stories April 1937 629 · When the Coach Was Held Up · George Thorne · ss (r) 635 · El Rodeo · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r) 644 · Warrior Woman · Frank Roland Conklin · ss (r) 650 · A Vengeance by Proxy · G. S. Wallington · ss (r) 656 · A Doubtful Experiment · Gerald Sussex · ss (r) 662 · Vigilante Vengeance · Joseph F. Hook · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine January 23 1937 668 · Two Snakes and a Man · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine January 2 1937 672 · Maverick Water · David Lavender · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine January 2 1937 681 · Riding with the Mail · Clarence E. Mulford · ar The Frontier October 1925 687 · The Phantom of the Rio Grande [Bud Jones] · J. Allan Dunn · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly February 27 1937 695 · Gunsmoke in Raimondo · Denver Bardwell · nv Danger Trail November 1934, as by James Denson Sayers

52 Suspects (The Mitre Press, 1944, pb, an)     Contains two filler stories in addition to title novelet. · 52 Suspects · Maurice Grove · nv The 20-Story Magazine #203, May 1939 · Enemies in Harness · Francis H. Sibson · ss The (London) Evening News February 7 1940 · Predicament · Michael Hervey · ss

50 Years of Ghost Stories (Hutchinson, 1935, 2/6d, 702pp, hc, an)     Later expanded as A Century of Ghost Stories. 13 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph 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. 53 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited. 89 · The Saint and the Vicar · Cecil Binney · ss 101 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 117 · Gibbet Lane · Anthony Gittins · ss 127 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 151 · The Residence at Whitminster · M. R. James · nv A Thin Ghost by M. R. James, Longmans, Green, 1919 175 · A Warning to the Curious · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury August 1925 195 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited. 235 · The Green Room · Walter de la Mare · nv The Bookman September 1925 275 · Eveline’s Visitant · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1867 287 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 319 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 331 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv The Strand Magazine June 1903 369 · As in a Glass Dimly · Shane Leslie · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 381 · The Lord-in-Waiting · Shane Leslie · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 401 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 415 · Expiation · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1923 433 · Pirates · E. F. Benson · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1928 453 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 465 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908 483 · The Rosewood Door · Oliver Onions · na The Painted Face by Oliver Onions, Heinemann, 1929 537 · The Virgin of the Seven Daggers · Vernon Lee · nv The English Review January 1909 (+1) first published in French (“La Madone aux sept glaives”, Feuilleton du journal des débats du Samedi, 1896). 565 · The Library Window · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1896 609 · The Song in the House · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine September 1933 629 · The Operation · Violet Hunt · nv Tales of the Uneasy by Violet Hunt, Heinemann, 1911 657 · The Sweeper · Ex-Private X · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931 673 · The Running Tide · Ex-Private X · ss The London Magazine September 1928, as by A. M. Burrage 689 · Perez · W. L. George · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1919, as “The Phantom Truth”

Finish This…End of Story (End of Story, 2004, 0-563-52196-1, 125pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of stories commissioned by the BBC Scotland program “End of Story”. The stories lacked endings; the program held a contest for viewers to finish them. The book was distributed free. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 7 · Billy Bone · Ian Rankin · ss 21 · Dryad · Joanne Harris · ss 33 · Imitating Katherine Walker · Alexei Sayle · ss 47 · The Angel · Sue Townsend · ss 59 · One Size Fits All · Fay Weldon · ss 73 · The Tunnel · Shaun Hutson · ss 87 · A Woman’s Right to Shoes · Marian Keys · ss 103 · Love or Money [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · ss

First Blood (Berkley, August 2008, 978-0-425-22400-7, $7.99, 330pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of four vampire romance stories by Susan Sizemore, Erin McCarthy, Chris Marie Green, and Meljean Brook. 1 · Cave Canem · Susan Sizemore · na 67 · Russian Roulette · Erin McCarthy · na 143 · Double the Bite · Chris Marie Green · na 221 · Thicker Than Blood · Meljean Brook · na

First Fictions: Introduction 10 (Faber and Faber, 1989, 0-571-15201-5, x+179pp, tp, oa, cover by Brian Grimwood)     Original anthology providing a “showcase for new writing”. Tenth volume in the “Introduction” series. vii · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms ix · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg 3 · Thin White Girls · Carole Morin · ss 16 · The Hotel Summer · Carole Morin · ss 27 · Practically Park Lane · Carole Morin · ss 35 · Green Winter · Matthew Francis · ss 44 · Demonland · Matthew Francis · ss 52 · American Fugue · Matthew Francis · ss 65 · On the Threshold · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · ss 73 · The Story · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · ss 78 · A Problematic Tale · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · ss 89 · A Rainy Day · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · vi 95 · The Last of Butch · Tom Harpole · ss 110 · Making a Moose Die · Tom Harpole · ss 121 · Smile · Anne Enright · vi 124 · Felix · Anne Enright · ss 136 · Thirst · Anne Enright · ss 141 · Seascape · Anne Enright · ss 151 · The Supremacy of Grief · Hugo Hamilton · ss 158 · The Compound Assembly of E. Richter · Hugo Hamilton · ss 174 · Above and Beyond · Hugo Hamilton · ss

First Love Forever Romance Collection (Barbour, 2018, 978-1-68322-548-5, $14.99, 447pp, tp, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · First Things First · Susanne Dietze · na 57 · A Most Reluctant Bride · Cynthia Hickey · nv 103 · Weeping Willow · Marcia Gruver · na 159 · His Anchor · Carrie Fancett Pagels · nv 207 · After the Ball · Martha Rogers · nv 251 · Lighter Than Air · Lorna Seilstad · na 301 · In Due Season · Connie Stevens · nv 345 · Heartfelt Echoes · Jennifer Uhlarik · nv 395 · Prescription for Love · Erica Vetsch · na

First-Prize Stories: 1919-1966 from the O. Henry Memorial Awards (Doubleday & Company, Inc., November 4, 1966, LC:21-9372, $5.95, xii+736pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Harry Hansen · in 19 · England to America · Margaret Prescott Montague · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1919 20 · Each in His Generation · Struthers Burt · nv Scribner’s Magazine July 1920 29 · The Heart of Little Shikara · Edison Marshall · ss Everybody’s Magazine January 1921 51 · Snake Doctor [Judge William Pitman Priest (Old Judge Priest)] · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan November 1922 68 · Prelude · Edgar Valentine Smith · nv Harper’s Magazine May 1923 82 · The Spring Flight · Inez Haynes Irwin · nv McCall’s Magazine June 1924 101 · Mr. Bisbee’s Princess · Julian Street · nv The Red Book Magazine May 1925 132 · Bubbles · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine August 1926 149 · Child of God · Roark Bradford · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1927 160 · The Parrot · Walter Duranty · nv The Red Book Magazine March 1928 177 · Big Blonde · Dorothy Parker · nv The Bookman February 1929 196 · Dressing-Up · W. R. Burnett · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1929 205 · “Can’t Cross Jordan by Myself” · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss Pictorial Review August 1930 222 · An End to Dreams · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Pictorial Review February 1932 233 · Gal Young Un · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1932 (+1) 262 · No More Trouble for Jedwick · Louis Paul · ss Esquire March 1934 271 · The White Horses of Vienna · Kay Boyle · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1935 284 · Total Stranger · James Gould Cozzens · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1936 297 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936 309 · The Happiest Man on Earth · Albert Maltz · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1938 318 · Barn Burning · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1939 333 · Freedom’s a Hard-Bought Thing · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 18 1940 344 · Defeat · Kay Boyle · ss The New Yorker May 17 1941 351 · The Wide Net · Eudora Welty · nv Harper’s Magazine May 1942 370 · Livvie Is Back · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1942 381 · Walking Wounded · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker May 13 1944 395 · The Wind and the Snow of Winter · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss The Yale Review Winter 1945 406 · Bird Song · John Mayo Goss · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1946 420 · The White Circle · John Bell Clayton · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1947 427 · Shut a Final Door · Truman Capote · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1947 439 · A Courtship · William Faulkner · ss The Sewanee Review Autumn 1948 452 · The Blue-Winged Teal · Wallace Stegner · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1950 466 · The Hunters · Harris Downey · ss Epoch Summer 1950 479 · The Indian Feather · Thomas Mabry · nv The Sewanee Review Autumn 1952 496 · In the Zoo · Jean Stafford · ss The New Yorker September 19 1953 513 · The Country Husband · John Cheever · nv The New Yorker November 20 1954 533 · Greenleaf · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Kenyon Review Summer 1956 552 · In Sickness as in Health · Martha Gellhorn · nv The Atlantic Monthly August 1956, as “The Smell of Lilies” 578 · Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time · Peter Taylor · nv The Kenyon Review Spring 1958 602 · The Ledge · Lawrence Sargent Hall · ss The Hudson Review Winter 1958/1959 616 · Tell Me a Riddle · Tillie Olsen · nv New World Writing #16 ed. Stewart Richardson & Corlies M. Smith, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960 646 · Holiday · Katherine Anne Porter · nv The Atlantic Monthly December 1960 669 · Everything That Rises Must Converge · Flannery O’Connor · ss New World Writing #19 ed. Stewart Richardson & Corlies M. Smith, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1961 682 · The Embarkment for Cythera · John Cheever · nv The New Yorker November 3 1962 705 · Revelation · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Sewanee Review Spring 1964 723 · The Bulgarian Poetess · John Updike · ss The New Yorker March 13 1965