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Mysterious Cairo ed. Ed Stark (West End Games, June 1992, 0-87431-346-5, $4.95, 341pp, tp, oa, cover by Dell Harris)     Original anthology of eight short novelizations based on the “Torg” game, one broken into four parts, with an introduction by the editor. 1 · Introduction · Ed Stark · in 9 · Knowing the Rules [Part 1 of 4] · Ed Stark · na 27 · Carnival Voice · Bill Slavicsek · na 73 · The Scarab’s Sting · Greg Farshtey · nv 105 · Knowing the Rules [Part 2 of 4] · Ed Stark · na 119 · The Sands of Change · Steven Brown · nv 151 · Cry Havoc · John Terra · na 197 · Knowing the Rules [Part 3 of 4] · Ed Stark · na 217 · Icarus Descending · Greg Farshtey · nv 253 · Dead End · Shane Lacy Hensley · na 301 · The Dreams of Midnight · Bill Smith · ss 319 · Knowing the Rules [Part 4 of 4] · Ed Stark · na

Strange Tales from the Nile Empire ed. Ed Stark, Greg Farshtey & Greg Gorden--- see under Greg Farshtey.

Bloodlines: A Horse Racing Anthology ed. Jason Starr & Maggie Estep--- see under Maggie Estep.

More Tales of Zorro ed. Richard Dean Starr (Moonstone, 2011, 978-1-933076-53-9, $16.95, 240pp, tp, oa, cover by Douglas Klauba) [Zorro]     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Henry Darrow · in 13 · Foreword · Richard Dean Starr · fw 17 · Letter from Guadalajara [Zorro] · Keith R. A. DeCandido · ss 32 · Zorro and the Bruja [Zorro] · Matthew Baugh · ss; illustrated by Rubén Procopio 52 · The Curse of La Brea [Zorro] · Johnny D. Boggs · ss; illustrated by Rubén Procopio 64 · Pike’s Peak [Zorro] · Alan Dean Foster · ss; illustrated by Rubén Procopio 75 · Brother at Arms [Zorro] · Joe Gentile · ss 85 · Yours and Mine [Zorro] · Jennifer Fallon · ss 96 · El Lagarto [Zorro] · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss; illustrated by Rubén Procopio 111 · By Moonlight [Zorro] · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 120 · Zorro and the Filibuster [Zorro] · Kage Baker · ss; illustrated by Rubén Procopio 135 · Horse Trading [Zorro] · Carole Nelson Douglas · ss 152 · Zorro’s Rival [Zorro] · Win Scott Eckert · ss; illustrated by Rubén Procopio 168 · A World Without Zorro [Zorro] · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss; illustrated by Rubén Procopio 185 · The Silence of the Night [Zorro] · Timothy Zahn · ss 203 · The Wrath of Grapes [Zorro] · John Peel · ss 219 · Just Like Magic [Zorro] · John Peel · ss

Sex, Lies and Private Eyes ed. Richard Dean Starr & Joe Gentile--- see under Joe Gentile.

The Case Book of Jimmie Lavender by Vincent Starrett (Gold Label, 1944, hc, co) [Jimmie Lavender] · The Case of Abner Gunsmith [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss Short Stories August 10 1933 · The Case of the Two Flutes [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · nv Mystery April 1934, as “The Phantom Flute Player” · Food for the Sharks [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss · The House That Vanished [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss Mystery January 1935 · The Lame Duck [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · nv Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories November 1930 · The Lisping Man [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · nv Mystery November 1934 · The Man Who Couldn’t Fly [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss · The Note of the Cracked Bugle [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · nv Short Stories July 10 1933 · The Raven’s Claw [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories February 1931 · Recipe for Murder [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · na Redbook Magazine November 1934 · The Sealed Room [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss · The Woman in Black [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss Short Stories December 10 1926

14 Great Detective Stories ed. Vincent Starrett (Modern Library, 1928, LC:28-10874, 400pp, hc, an) v · Preface · Vincent Starrett · pr ix · Of Detective Literature · Vincent Starrett · in 1 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 21 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891 47 · The Blue Cross [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 23 1910, as “Valentin Follows a Curious Trail” 69 · The Stanway Cameo Mystery [Martin Hewitt] · Arthur Morrison · nv The Strand Magazine August 1894 92 · The Case of Oscar Brodski [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1910 141 · The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World September 7 1913 (+1) 165 · In the Fog · Richard Harding Davis · na R.H. Russell, 1901 225 · The Age of Miracles [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Pictorial Review February 1916 237 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905 275 · The Fenchurch Street Mystery [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine May 1901 294 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13” 334 · The One Best Bet [Average Jones] · Samuel Hopkins Adams · nv Success April 1911, as “Flash Light” 354 · The Private Bank Puzzle [Luther Trant] · Edwin Balmer & William MacHarg · nv Hampton’s Magazine August 1909 381 · One Hundred in the Dark · Owen Johnson · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 21 1911

The Glorious Mystery by Arthur Machen ed. Vincent Starrett--- see under Arthur Machen.

The Shining Pyramid by Arthur Machen ed. Vincent Starrett--- see under Arthur Machen.

World’s Great Spy Stories ed. Vincent Starrett (World, September 1944, LC:44-8574, 445pp, hc, an) 11 · Introduction · Vincent Starrett · in 17 · The Traitor [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan September 1927 47 · The Army of the Shadows · Eric Ambler · ss The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton, 1939 63 · Career · William C. White · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 31 1936 85 · A Man’s Foes · Pearl S. Buck · nv This Week 1940 109 · Cunningham · W. F. Morris · ss (r) 127 · The Envelope · J. Storer Clouston · ss The Sphere November 24 1919 141 · Flood on the Goodwins · Arthur D. Divine · ss 1933 151 · The Pigeon Man · Valentine Williams · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1927 169 · The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908 195 · Parker Adderson, Philosopher · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner February 22 1891 203 · Espionage · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine August 1933 217 · Code No. 2 · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine April 1916 231 · The Informer · Joseph Conrad · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1906 251 · “Somewhere in France” · Richard Harding Davis · nv Metropolitan June 1915 269 · Supper with Madame Olshausen · George Preedy · ss Bagatelle, and Some Other Diversions by George R. Preedy, Lane, 1930 287 · The Road Without Turning · Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson · ss Adventure May 1 1932 301 · A Tall Story [Mr. Pond] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Collier’s April 27 1935 315 · The Little Lady from Servia [Peter Ruff] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1910 327 · Peiffer [Major Slingsby] · A. E. W. Mason · ss The Story-teller June 1916 339 · The Proverbial Murder [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1943 357 · Death on Post No. 7 · Frank Gruber · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine April 1941 (+1) 413 · Code Zed · Anthony Boucher · ss 419 · A Battle Over the Tea-Cups · August Derleth · ss Oriental Stories Summer 1932 425 · Dilemma at Shanghai · Vincent Starrett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1942 439 · My Revelations as a Spy · Stephen Leacock · hu Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine May 1918

The Crafters ed. Christopher Stasheff & Bill Fawcett (Ace, December 1991, 0-441-12130-6, $4.50, 246pp, pb, oa, cover by Daniel R. Horne)     Original shared-world fantasy anthology of ten stories with a prologue by Fawcett. vii · Prologue · Bill Fawcett · lk 1 · The Alchemist and the Witch · Christopher Stasheff · nv 35 · Of Art and Science · Judith R. Conly · pm 37 · A Cup of Chaos · Wendy Wheeler · nv 61 · The Seal of Solomon · Robert Sheckley · nv 84 · The Seeing Stone · Jody Lynn Nye · ss 103 · Education · Anna O’Connell & Doug Houseman · nv 135 · A Little Learning · Esther M. Friesner · nv 160 · A Spell for Brass Buttons · Ru Emerson · na 210 · The Summoning · Katherine Kurtz · ss 224 · Unholy Alliance · Morgan Llywelyn · nv 245 · Epilogue · Bill Fawcett · aw

The Crafters Book 2: Blessings and Curses ed. Christopher Stasheff & Bill Fawcett (Ace, August 1992, 0-441-12131-4, $4.50, 275pp, pb, oa, cover by Daniel R. Horne)     Original shared-world anthology of ten stories and one poem, with a prologue by Bill Fawcett. ix · Prologue · Bill Fawcett · lk 1 · Belonging · Barbara Delaplace · ss 12 · Franklin’s Salamander · Wendy Wheeler · ss 32 · “…A Fortune in Ireland” · Morris G. McGee · nv 57 · Her American Cousin · Esther Friesner · nv 100 · Whose Ghost There? · Christopher Stasheff · na 153 · Ironsides and Cottonseed Oil · Ru Emerson · nv 191 · Miss Crafter’s School for Girls · Jody Lynn Nye · nv 225 · The Dream Country · Robert Sheckley · nv 256 · Oppression · Judith R. Conly · pm 257 · Remember the Almost · Morgan Llywelyn · ss 269 · A Cursed Booty · Brian M. Thomsen · ss

Dragon’s Eye ed. Christopher Stasheff (Baen, July 1994, 0-671-87609-0, $5.99, 279pp, pb, oa, cover by Darrell K. Sweet)     Original anthology of 12 fantasy stories about dragons. 1 · Constant Never · S. M. Stirling · nv 23 · To Kill a Dragon · Teresa Patterson · nv 55 · The Stuff of Legends · Jody Lynn Nye · nv 85 · Through the Dragon’s Eyes · Bill Fawcett · na 133 · The Power Within · Mickey Zucker Reichert · ss 149 · Birdie · Mike Resnick & Nicholas A. DiChario · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1994 171 · Fog of War · William R. Forstchen · nv 193 · In the Heavens and On the Earth · Christopher Stasheff · ss 209 · Call Him Meier · Roland J. Green · ss 229 · Saint Patrick’s Last Snake · Judith R. Conly · pm 231 · The Back Door · Diane Duane · nv 255 · The Art of Revolution · S. N. Lewitt · nv

The Enchanter Reborn ed. Christopher Stasheff & L. Sprague de Camp--- see under L. Sprague de Camp.

The Exotic Enchanter ed. Christopher Stasheff & L. Sprague de Camp--- see under L. Sprague de Camp.

Ghosts in Baker Street ed. Daniel Stashower, Martin H. Greenberg & Jon Lellenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Murder in Baker Street ed. Daniel Stashower, Martin H. Greenberg & Jon L. Lellenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Sherlock Holmes in America ed. Daniel Stashower, Martin H. Greenberg & Jon L. Lellenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Futuristica: Volume 1 ed. Kathryn Stauber & Chester Hoster--- see under Chester Hoster.

Futuristica: Volume II ed. Katy Stauber & Chester W. Hoster--- see under Chester W. Hoster.

Boxing’s Best Short Stories ed. Paul D. Staudohar (Chicago Review Press, August 1999, 1556523645, $24.00, 336pp, hc, an)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Introduction · Paul D. Staudohar · in · Rose Into Cauliflower · Mel Matison · ss Esquire January 1943 · The Last Blow · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss Collier’s October 2 1926 · The Croxley Master · A. Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine October 1899 (+2) · The Higher Pragmatism · O. Henry · ss Munsey’s Magazine March 1909 · Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine · Thom Jones · ss The New Yorker November 17 1997 · Twenty-Five Bucks · James T. Farrell · ss Pagany July/September 1932 · Bred for Battle · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan May 1934 · Heart · Neil McMahon · ss (r) · A Piece of Steak · Jack London · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 20 1909 · Thicker than Water · Paul Gallico · ss Collier’s July 8 1944 · Return to Kansas City · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker July 15 1939 · Death of a Prize Fighter · Robert Switzer · ss Esquire June 1949 · A Matter of Seconds [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss The Evening Standard August 3 1953 · The Début of Battling Billson [Ukridge] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Cosmopolitan June 1923 · He Swung and He Missed · Nelson Algren · ss The American Mercury July 1942 · The Legend of Pig-Eye · Rick Bass · ss The Paris Review #115, Summer 1990 · Everything in the Fifth · Maxence Van der Meersch · ss Esquire May 1939 · One-Thirty-Three—Ringside · Charles E. Van Loan · nv The Popular Magazine December 1 1913 · A Boxer: Old · Harry Sylvester · ss Story #18, January 1934 · The Chickasha Bone Crusher · H. C. Witwer · ss Collier’s January 15 1921 · Champion · Ring Lardner · nv Metropolitan October 1916 · Stop the Fight! · Norman Katkov · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 1 1952

Fishing’s Best Short Stories ed. Paul D. Staudohar (Chicago Review Press, June 2000, 155652403X, $24.00, hc, an)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Introduction · Paul D. Staudohar · in · The Man in the Black Suit · Stephen King · nv The New Yorker October 31 1994 · Opening Day · Jack Gilchrist · ss Georgia Review Spring 1964, as by John Shafter · Light Tackle [Crunch & Des] · Philip Wylie · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 1 1940 · The Big Brown Trout · Robert Travers · ss Argosy April 1966 · Squirrely’s Grouper · Bob Sacochis · ss (r) · The Intruder · Robert Traver · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 20 1960 · Fishing’s Just Luck · Elmer Ransom · ss (r) · The Dolphin Story · Joyce Renwick · ss Choice 1980 · The Fatal Success · Henry van Dyke · ss Fisherman’s Luck by Henry Van Dyke, C. Scribner's Sons, 1901 · Cowboys · Geoffrey Norman · ss (r) · A Wedding Gift · John Taintor Foote · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 13 1923 · The Big Buffalo Bass · Weldon Stone · ss (r) · The Wer-Trout · E. Annie Proulx · ss Esquire June 1982 · Old Croc · Jason Lucas · ss (r) · The Parmachene Belle · Edwin L. Peterson · ss Esquire August 1940 · Skelton’s Party · Thomas McGuane · ss (r) · The River God · Roland Pertwee · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 7 1928 · Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 22 1937 · Fly-Fishing · P. J. O’Rourke · ss (r) · The Fisherman and His Wife · Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm · ss (r) · John Monahan · Paul Hyde Bonner · ss (r) · Spare the Rod · Philip Wylie · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 28 1940 · The Girl at Thorp’s · Warren Gibson · ss Esquire November 1934 · A Fishing Excursion · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Deux amis”, Gil Blas, February 5, 1883 as by Maufrigneuse). · Murder · Sparse Grey Hackle · ss (r)