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Like a Charm: A Novel in Voices ed. Karin Slaughter (William Morrow, May 2004, 978-0-06-058330-9, $21.95, x+340pp, hc, oa)     Reprint (Century 2004) original anthology. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Rootbound · Karin Slaughter · ss 17 · Vanitas · Emma Donoghue · nv 37 · Cornelius Jubb · Peter Robinson · nv 61 · Down and Dirty · Fidelis Morgan · ss 77 · The Goblin · Lynda La Plante · nv 113 · The Snake Eater by the Numbers · Lee Child · nv 135 · Stroke of Luck · Mark Billingham · nv 159 · Two Deaths and a Mouthful of Worms · Denise Mina · ss 177 · Favor [Jack Kiley] · John Harvey · nv 197 · Plan B · Kelley Armstrong · ss 217 · The Inkpot Monkey · John Connolly · ss 229 · Acts of Corporal Charity · Jane Haddam · ss 247 · Not Quite U. · Laura Lippman · nv 267 · The Things We Did to Lamar · Peter Moore Smith · nv 289 · The Eastlake School · Jerrilyn Farmer · ss 303 · The Blessing of Brokenness · Karin Slaughter · nv

Clean Crimes and Neat Murders by Henry Slesar (Avon, 1960, T-485, 35¢, 160pp, pb, co)     Given as “Alfred Hitchcock hand-picks and introduces A Bouquet of Clean Crimes and Neat Murders” on the cover. vii · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in 9 · Not the Running Type · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1959 15 · A Fist Full of Money · Henry Slesar & Jay Folb · ss Playboy February 1959 22 · Pen Pal · Henry Slesar · ss (r) 30 · “Trust Me, Mr. Paschetti” · Henry Slesar · ss (r) 42 · One Grave Too Many · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1958 51 · 40 Detectives Later · Henry Slesar · ss Manhunt May 1957 59 · The Morning After · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1957, as by O. H. Leslie 65 · The Deadly Telephone · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1960 72 · Something Short of Murder · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1957, as by O. H. Leslie 85 · The Right Kind of a House · Henry Slesar · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1957 92 · M Is for the Many · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1957 103 · The Last Escape · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1960, as by Jay Street 114 · The Man with Two Faces · Henry Slesar · ss Manhunt August 1956 126 · Case of the Kind Waitress · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1958 137 · Make Me an Offer · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1958, as by Jay Street 144 · Sleep Is for the Innocent · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1960 153 · The Day of the Execution · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1957

Ranger: The National Boys’ Magazine by David Slinn & Steve Holland--- see under Steve Holland.

Elvis Rising: Stories on the King ed. Kay Sloan & Constance Pierce (Avon, August 1993, 0-380-77216-7, $10.00, 262pp, tp, an, cover by Richard Maile) 1 · Introduction · Kay Sloan & Constance Pierce · in 10 · I Want You, I Need You, I Love You · Julie Hecht · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1978 27 · All Shook Up · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss (r) 44 · It’s Just One Elvis · Bo Ball · nv (r) 70 · What’s Eating Gilbert Grape · Peter Hedges · ex (r) 82 · Elvis Bound · W. P. Kinsella · ss (r) 96 · The Have-Nots · Elizabeth Hand · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1992 113 · Presleystroika · Kay Sloan · ss (r) 126 · Ike at the Mike · Howard Waldrop · ss Omni June 1982 140 · Said You Was High Class · Rebecca Hood-Adams · ss (r) 156 · Memphis · Constance Pierce · ss (r) 175 · From Elvis Presley Calls His Mother After the Ed Sullivan Show · Samuel Charters · ex (r) 185 · Elvis Is Dead · Spiro Zavos · ss (r) 191 · The Fat Stamp · Les Roberts · ss Elvis Rising ed. Kay Sloan & Constance Pierce, Avon, 1993 201 · Starlight Coupe · Laura Kalpakian · ss (r) 219 · Good Rockin’ Tonight · William Hauptman · nv Playboy May 1981 241 · Touring · Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann & Michael Swanwick · nv Penthouse (US) April 1981 259 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg (r)

The Rim of Morning by William Sloane (Dodd, Mead, 1964, $5.00, 295+307pp, hc, om) · The Edge of Running Water · William Sloane · n. Farrar & Rinehart, 1939 · To Walk the Night · William Sloane · n. Farrar, Straus and Young, 1937

Space, Space, Space ed. William Sloane (Franklin Watts, 1953, $2.50, 288pp, hc, an)     there is also a later Grosset & Dunlap edition. 9 · Introduction · William Sloane · in 15 · No Moon for Me · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1952 42 · Trip One · Edward Grendon · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1949 56 · Tools of the Trade [Joe Williams] · Raymond F. Jones · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1950 93 · Hide and Seek · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1949 111 · Master Race · Richard Ashby · ss Imagination September 1951 128 · Dear Devil · Eric Frank Russell · nv Other Worlds Science Stories May 1950 184 · Courtesy [Commander Ira Warren; Bat Ears Brady] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1951 217 · Nightmare Brother · Alan E. Nourse · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1953 255 · Second Chance · Walter Kubilius & Fletcher Pratt · ss Fantastic Story Magazine Fall 1952 277 · Like Gods They Came · Irving Cox, Jr. · ss Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader January 1953

Stories for Tomorrow: An Anthology of Modern Science Fiction ed. William Sloane (Funk & Wagnalls, June 1954, LC:53-10794, $3.95, xii+628pp, hc, an) vii · About This Book · William Sloane · in 3 · The Wilderness [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1952 revised from Today Apr 6 ’52. 13 · Star Bride · Anthony Boucher · vi Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1951 16 · Second Childhood · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1951 33 · Homeland · Mari Wolf · ss If January 1953, as “The Statue” 50 · Let Nothing You Dismay · William Sloane · ss 70 · A Scent of Sarsaparilla · Ray Bradbury · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 81 · The Exile · Alfred Coppel · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1952 94 · The Farthest Horizon · Raymond F. Jones · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1952 111 · Noise Level [Martin Nagle] · Raymond F. Jones · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1952 149 · First Contact · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1945 183 · Franchise · Kris Neville · ss Astounding Science Fiction February 1951 194 · In Value Deceived · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1950 206 · Okie [Cities in Flight] · James Blish · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1950 248 · Black Eyes and the Daily Grind · Milton Lesser · ss If March 1952 265 · Socrates · John Christopher · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1951 279 · In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 312 · Bettyann [Bettyann] · Kris Neville · nv New Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1951 353 · The Ant and the Eye · Chad Oliver · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1953 389 · Beep · James Blish · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1954 425 · …And Then There Were None · Eric Frank Russell · na Astounding Science Fiction June 1951 491 · The Girls from Earth · Frank M. Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1952 513 · Minister Without Portfolio · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 521 · The Head Hunters · Ralph Williams · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1951 535 · Dune Roller · Julian May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951 576 · Disguise · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Other Worlds February 1953 581 · The Shed · E. Everett Evans · ss Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader January 1953 599 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 607 · The Forgotten Enemy · Arthur C. Clarke · ss King’s College Review December 1948 614 · The Answers · Clifford D. Simak · ss Future Science Fiction March 1953, as “…And the Truth Shall Make You Free”

Stories for Tomorrow (var. 1) ed. William Sloane (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955, 18/-, 476pp, hc, an)     Omits seven stories from the original edition (Funk & Wagnalls, 1954). vii · About This Book · William Sloane · in Stories for Tomorrow ed. William Sloane, Funk & Wagnalls, 1954 · I. The Human Heart 3 · The Wilderness [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1952 revised from Today Apr 6 ’52. 13 · Star Bride · Anthony Boucher · vi Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1951 16 · Homeland · Mari Wolf · ss If January 1953, as “The Statue” 33 · Let Nothing You Dismay · William Sloane · ss Stories for Tomorrow ed. William Sloane, Funk & Wagnalls, 1954 53 · A Scent of Sarsaparilla · Ray Bradbury · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 · II. There Are No Easy Answers 63 · Noise Level [Martin Nagle] · Raymond F. Jones · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1952 101 · First Contact · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1945 · III. Sweat of the Brow 135 · Franchise · Kris Neville · ss Astounding Science Fiction February 1951 146 · In Value Deceived · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1950 158 · Black Eyes and the Daily Grind · Milton Lesser · ss If March 1952 · IV. Difference with Distinction 175 · Socrates · John Christopher · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1951 189 · In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 222 · Bettyann [Bettyann] · Kris Neville · nv New Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1951 · V. The Trouble with People Is People 263 · The Ant and the Eye · Chad Oliver · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1953 299 · Beep · James Blish · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1954 335 · …And Then There Were None · Eric Frank Russell · na Astounding Science Fiction June 1951 401 · The Girls from Earth · Frank M. Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1952 · VI. Visitors 423 · Minister Without Portfolio · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 431 · The Head Hunters · Ralph Williams · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1951 · VII. Three Epilogs 447 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 455 · The Forgotten Enemy · Arthur C. Clarke · ss King’s College Review December 1948 462 · The Answers · Clifford D. Simak · ss Future Science Fiction March 1953, as “…And the Truth Shall Make You Free”

Broken on the Inside by Phil Sloman (Black Shuck Books, May 14, 2018, 978-1-71904-900-9, $6.50, 166pp, pb, co)     Details taken from online listing. Volume six in the “Black Shuck Shadows” series. 7 · Broken on the Inside · Phil Sloman · nv 55 · Discomfort Food · Phil Sloman · nv Chip Shop Horrors ed. Steward Hotston, KnightWatch Press, 2015 85 · The Man Who Fed the Foxes · Phil Sloman · nv BonesIII ed. James Ward Kirk, James Ward Kirk Fiction, 2014 109 · There Was an Old Man · Phil Sloman · nv Phobophobias ed. Dean M. Drinkel, Western Legends Publishing, 2014, as “P Is for Pathophobia” 135 · Virtually Famous · Phil Sloman · nv Imposter Syndrome ed. James Everington & Dan Howarth, Dark Minds Press, 2017

Crime on Her Mind ed. Michele B. Slung (Pantheon, 1975, 0-394-73217-0, $3.95, 380pp, tp, an)     Also available in the U.K. (Michael Joseph 1976, Penguin 1977 pb.). XV · Introduction · Michele B. Slung · in 3 · The Murder at Troyte’s Hill [Loveday Brooke] · Catherine L. Pirkis · nv The Ludgate Monthly March 1893 34 · The Man with the Wild Eyes [Dorcas Dene] · George R. Sims · nv Dorcas Dene, Detective by Geo. R. Sims, F.V. White & Co., 1897 62 · The Stir Outside the Café Royal · Clarence Rook · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine September 1898 90 · The Fordwych Castle Mystery [Lady Molly de Mazareen] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss Cassell’s Magazine September 1909 112 · The Man with Nine Lives [Madelyn Mack] · Hugh C. Weir · nv Miss Madelyn Mack, Detective by Hugh C. Weir, Page, 1914 152 · The Golden Slipper [Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · ss The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam, 1915 172 · The Dope Fiends [Constance Dunlap] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Pearson’s Magazine (US) July 1914 192 · The Murder at Fernhurst [Madame Rosika Storey] · Hulbert Footner · nv Argosy Allstory Weekly November 24 1928 218 · Too Many Dukes · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Strand Magazine February 1934 243 · The Calico Dog [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator September 1934 276 · Angel Face [Nick Burns] · William Irish · nv Black Mask October 1937, as “Face Work” by Cornell Woolrich 308 · The Mother of the Detective [Mrs. Elizabeth Warrender] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1933 316 · Daisy Bell [Mrs. Bradley] · Gladys Mitchell · nv Detective Stories of To-Day ed. Raymond Postgate, Faber and Faber, 1940 334 · Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 357 · The Women Detectives: A Chronological Survey · [uncredited] · bi 379 · Selected Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi 381 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

I Shudder at Your Touch ed. Michele Slung (Roc, June 1991, 0-451-45079-5, $19.95, 379pp, hc, an, cover by Mel Odom)     Anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, four original, with a preface by the editor. · Preface · Michele Slung · pr 1 · The Revelations of ’Becka Paulson · Stephen King · ss Rolling Stone July 19/August 2 1984 22 · Sea Lovers · Valerie Martin · ss The Consolation of Nature & Other Stories by Valerie Martin, Houghton Mifflen, 1988 30 · Psychopomp · Haydn Middleton · ss 43 · A Glowing Future · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1977 52 · The Tiger Returns to the Mountain · T. L. Parkinson · ss 72 · Consanguinity · Ronald Duncan · ss The Fourth Ghost Book ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965 86 · Keeping House · Michael Blumlein · ss The Brains of Rats by Michael Blumlein, Scream/Press, 1989 97 · The Villa Désirée · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1921 109 · Cleave the Vampire, or A Gothic Pastorale · Patrick McGrath · ss entitled “Not Cricket” in UK edition. 123 · The Swords · Robert Aickman · nv The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. Robert Aickman, Fontana, 1969 151 · Salon Satin · Carolyn Banks · ss 158 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert S. Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved” 202 · Wings · Harriet Zinnes · ss New Directions #52, 1988 207 · The Basilisk · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The National Observer July 23 1892 214 · A Quarter Past You · Jonathan Carroll · ex from A Child Across the Sky, Century, 1989 220 · The Master Builder · Christopher Fowler · nv The Bureau of Lost Souls by Christopher Fowler, Century, 1989 254 · Festival · Eric McCormack · ss Inspecting the Vaults by Eric McCormack, Penguin Canada, 1987 268 · Ladies in Waiting · Hugh B. Cave · ss Whispers June 1975 278 · Death and the Single Girl · Thomas M. Disch · ss Getting Into Death and Other Stories by Thomas M. Disch, Knopf, 1976 287 · Master · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974 295 · The Conqueror Worm · Stephen R. Donaldson · ss The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd, Mead, 1983 308 · Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. II by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984 345 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Murder for Halloween ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman (Mysterious Press, October 1994, 0-89296-581-9, $19.95, 362pp, hc, an) xiii · Preface · Michele Slung & Roland Hartman · pr 1 · Monsters · Ed McBain · ss 9 · The Lemures [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1992 43 · The Adventure of the Dead Cat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946 65 · The Odstock Curse · Peter Lovesey · ss 81 · The Theft of the Halloween Pumpkin [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1983 99 · Hallowe’en for Mr. Faulkner · August Derleth · ss Fantastic Universe November 1959 111 · Deceptions [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · nv A Matter of Crime, Vol. 1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harvest, 1987 135 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 147 · OMJAGOD · James Grady · nv 173 · The Cloak · Robert Bloch · ss Unknown May 1939 191 · What a Woman Wants · Michael Z. Lewin · ss 211 · Yesterday’s Witch · Gahan Wilson · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #9, 1973 221 · Walpurgis Night [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914, as “Dracula’s Guest” written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 237 · Trick or Treat · Judith Garner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1975 243 · One Night at a Time · Dorothy Cannell · nv 267 · Night of the Goblin · Talmage Powell · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1981 279 · Trick-or-Treat · Anthony Boucher · ts Master Detective June 1945, as “The Ghost with the Gun” 297 · Pork Pie Hat · Peter Straub · na 363 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg