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“Minibus” Crime Stories (Danceland Publications, Ltd., 194?, 6d, 16pp, pb, an)

1 · Neddy the Dip · J. R. Rodgers · ss (r)

· Sedative for Murder · F. C. Tickner · ss (r)

· One in a Million · James Mackenzie · ss (r)

· A Man Died Talking · R. Garnett · ss (r)

Mirror, Mirror (Jove, October 2013, 978-0-515-15407-8, $7.99, 410pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of five paranormal romance stories based on fairy tales. Authors include J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, and Mary Kay McComas. ebook also available.
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Taken in Death [Eve Dallas] · J. D. Robb · na

93 · If Wishes Were Horses · Mary Blayney · na

169 · Beauty, Sleeping · Elaine Fox · na

243 · The Christmas Comet · Mary Kay McComas · na

325 · Stroke of Midnight · R. C. Ryan · na

Missing from Their Homes (Hutchinson, 1936, hc, an)
Short Stories on the Familiar Broadcasts for Missing Persons.

7 · Publicity Heroine · Anthony Berkeley · na

63 · The Gruesome Fit · A. E. Coppard · nv

87 · “My Son Had Nothing on His Mind” · E. M. Delafield · nv

109 · The Kimono · H. E. Bates · nv

133 · Hearts Were Trumps · Louis Golding · ss

153 · “Will Carol Leadbeater—” · L. A. G. Strong · ss

173 · Where Is Mr. Manetot? · Phyllis Bentley · nv

197 · A Drive in the Country · Graham Greene · ss The Passing Show March 21 1936, as “Crazy Elopement”

217 · Why Harold Beamish Left Home · R. H. Mottram · ss

235 · The Dover Road · Arthur Machen · nv

273 · An Early SOS · Marie Belloc Lowndes · ss

The Missy Chronicles (BBC Books, February 22, 2018, 978-1-7859-4323-2, £9.99, 218pp, hc, oa, cover by Lee Binding) [Doctor Who]
Anthology of 6 original stories about the Doctor Who character. Authors include Peter Anghelides, Richard Dinnick, James Goss, Paul Magrs, Jacqueline Rayner, Cavan Scott.

· Dismemberment [Doctor Who] · James Goss · ss

· Lords and Masters [Doctor Who] · Cavan Scott · ss

· Teddy Sparkles Must Die! [Doctor Who] · Paul Magrs · ss (r)

· The Liar, the Glitch and the War Zone [Doctor Who] · Peter Anghelides · ss

· Girl Power! [Doctor Who] · Jacqueline Rayner · ss

· Alit in Underland [Doctor Who] · Richard Dinnick · ss

Mistletoe & Magic (Leisure, October 2000, 0-8439-4778-0, $5.99, 393pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

7 · The Fairy Godmother · Lynsay Sands · na

97 · A Midnight Clear · Lisa Cach · na

191 · Angels We Have Heard · Amy Elizabeth Saunders · na

295 · Here Comes Santa Claus · Stobie Piel · na

Mistletoe Marriages (Harlequin, 1994, 0-373-83309-1, $5.50, 377pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · Rendezvous · Elaine Barbieri · n.

121 · The Wolf and the Lamb · Kathleen Eagle · na

211 · Christmas in the Valley · Margaret Moore · na

283 · Keeping Christmas · Patricia Gardner Evans · na

The Modern Book for Boys (Birn Brothers, 1952, hc, oa)
Cover description: White-flannelled boys on cricket pitch
Details supplied by Aileth Elgin.

9 · The Same Cure · John Hornby · ss

22 · The Swallow’s Last Race · Naunton Lane · ss

37 · One Summer Night · Ronald Horton · ss

56 · The Dandy of the Track · Gordon Grimsley · ss

71 · The Shadow on the Water · Ronald Horton · ss

89 · Straight-Left Strudwick · Arthur Groom · ss

107 · The Lawless Village · Gordon Grimsley · ss

The Modern Book for Girls (Birn Brothers, 1951, hc, oa)
Cover description: Two girls with tennis raquets
Details supplied by Aileth Elgin.

9 · Max’s Mix-Up · Beryl C. Lawley · ss

21 · The Hoot of the Owl · H. L. Berry · ss

35 · The Ju-Ju of Hamilton House · Lee Stone · ss

45 · The School That Wasn’t Welsh · Mabel Esther Allan · ss

60 · The Missing Motive · Edgar Garrett · ss

75 · Wings! · Mabel Esther Allan · ss

86 · Double Fault · Jean Brent · ss

103 · The Challenge of Colonel Brood · Arthur Groom · ss

118 · Fright for Fenella · Marjorie Turner · ss

Modern Ghosts (Harper’s, 1890, xv+225pp, hc, an)
Continental Classics, Volume XV. Introduction by G.W. Curtis.

vii · Introduction · George William Curtis · in

1 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Jonathan Sturges · nv
translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886).

59 · Siesta · Alexander L. Kielland; translated by Charles Flint McClumpha · ss
translated from the Norwegian (“Siesta”, 1880).

79 · The Tall Woman · Pedro Antonio de Alarcón; translated by Rollo Ogden · nv
translated from the Spanish (“La mujer alta”, Narraciones inverosímiles, 1881).

113 · On the River · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Jonathan Sturges · ss
translated from the French (“En Canot”, Le Bulletin Francais, March 10, 1876).

129 · Maese Pérez, the Organist · Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer; translated by Rollo Ogden · nv
translated from the Spanish (“Maese Pérez, el organista (Leyenda sevillana)”, El Contemporaneo, December 1861).

157 · Fioraccio · Giovanni Magherini-Graziani; translated by Mary A. Craig · nv
translated from the Italian (“Fioraccio”, 1886).

189 · The Silent Woman · Leopold Kompert; translated by Charles Flint McClumpha · nv
translated from the German (“Die Schweigerin”, Neue Geschichten aus dem Ghetto, 1860).

Modern Short Story Classics of Suspense (Reader’s Digest, 1968, 40pp, ph, an)

3 · A Chess Problem [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch February 13 1924

17 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939

24 · The Border-Line Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard August 25 1936

35 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910

The Molecular Cafe ed. Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky, uncredited (Mir, 1968, 279pp, pb, an)

7 · Preface · Arkady & Boris Strugatsky · pr

10 · The Molecular Cafe · Ilya Varshavsky · ss (r)

14 · Wanderers and Travellers · Arkady Strugatsky · ss Path Into the Unknown, MacGibbon & Kee, 1966; given as by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky.
translated from the Russian (“O stranstvuyushchikh i puteshestvuyushchikh”, 1963).

29 · Crabs on the Island · Anatoly Dnieprov; translated by James J. Karambelas · ss International Science Fiction June 1968, as “The Island of the Crabs”
translated from the Russian (“Kraby idut po ostrovu”, Znanie—Sila November 1958).

59 · The Secret of Homer · Alexander Poleshchuk; translated by Mirra Ginsburg · ss Last Door to Aiya ed. Mirra Ginsburg, S.G. Phillips, 1968, as “Homer’s Secret”
translated from the Russian (“Tayna Gomera”, 1963).

76 · I’m Going to Meet My Brother · Vitaly Krapivin · nv Path Into the Unknown, MacGibbon & Kee, 1966, as “Meeting My Brother”

118 · Goodby, Martian! · Romain Yarov · ss (r)

126 · The Black Pillar · Evgeny Voiskunsky & Isai Lukodyanov · n. (r)

The Molecule Monsters (Whitman Press, 1950, 8d, 32pp, pb, an)

1 · The Molecule Monsters · Oscar J. Friend · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1942

10 · Galactic Heritage · Frank Belknap Long · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948

18 · The Impossible Highway · Oscar J. Friend · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1940

25 · Cables Parting! · Steve Hail · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 4 1950

Monsters ed. Charles Birkin, uncredited (Philip Allan, 1934, 2/6d, 249pp, hc, oa)

7 · The Two Old Women · Vivian Meik · ss

24 · Harvest · Timothy Leaf · nv

51 · The Confession · Kenneth Ingram · ss

69 · The Round Graveyard · E. K. Allan · ss

85 · The Interrupted Honeymoon · George Benwood · ss

101 · Blood for a Tiger · Phyllis Stone · na

149 · The Caretaker’s Story · Edith Olivier · ss

165 · A Lover Came to Sunnamees · Guy Preston · ss

177 · The Haunted Telephone · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

195 · The Yellow Cat · Michael Joseph · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1924

219 · The “Locum” · Kenneth Ingram · ss

237 · The Cockroach · Charles Lloyd · ss

Monster Stories (Derrydale Books, 1991, 0517065258, 61pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Century Hutchinson 1987) juvenile anthology. Illustrated by Jane Launchbury.

8 · David and the Dragon · Jane Launchbury · ss (r)

15 · Prince Fanshaw’s Special Monster · Deborah Tyler · ss (r)

24 · The Storm Monster · Gina Stewart · ss (r)

32 · The Last of the Monsters · Philip Steele · ss (r)

39 · A Stitch in Time · Sue Seddon · ss (r)

47 · The Civilised Snowman · Deborah Tyler · ss (r)

56 · Cecil the Lazy Dragon · Sally Sheringham · ss (r)

The Moon Conquerors--- see under Science Fiction Quarterly (UK) (1943) #1, 1943.

Moon Fever (Pocket, October 2007, 978-1-4165-1490-9, $6.99, 374pp, pb, oa)
Paranormal romance anthology with four stories by Susan Sizemore, Maggie Shayne, Lori Handeland, and Caridad Piniero.

1 · Tempting Fate · Susan Sizemore · na

63 · The Darkness Within · Maggie Shayne · na

185 · Cobwebs Over the Moon · Lori Handeland · na

275 · Crazy for the Cat · Caridad Piñeiro · na

Moonglow (Berkley, October 1998, 0-425-16571-X, $5.99, 332pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

1 · Musketeer by Moonlight · Maggie Shayne · na

87 · Midnight Lover · Lindsay Longford · na

175 · Shades of Moonlight · Angie Ray · na

259 · The Wolf Keeper · Katherine Sutcliffe · na

328 · Eternity · Maggie Shayne · ex Jove/HBJ Books, 1998

Moonlight Lovers (Signet, September 1993, 0-451-17722-3, $4.99, 364pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

7 · The North Tower · Mary Balogh · na

76 · Reflections · Maura Seger · na

144 · The Demon’s Bride · Jo Beverley · na

231 · The Haunting of Sarah Gordon · Anita Mills · na

301 · Midnight Lovers · Patricia Rice · na

Moonlight, Madness, & Magic (Doubleday Loveswept, May 1993, 0-385-46832-6, $15.00, 331pp, hc, oa, cover by Gabriel Molano)
Original anthology of three connected romantic horror/dark fantasy stories concerning members of the cursed Nightingale family, involving a werewolf, a vampire, and the family curse.

1 · Moonlight · Suzanne Forster · na

115 · Madness · Olivia Rupprecht · na

233 · Magic · Charlotte Hughes · na

Moonlight, Madness, & Magic (Bantam Fanfare, November 1993, 0-553-56052-2, $5.50, 348pp, pb, oa, cover by Steve Assel)
Reprint (Doubleday Loveswept 1993) original anthology of three connected romance stories with horror elements concerning members of the cursed Nightingale family.

Moon Shadows (Jove, October 2004, 0-515-13831-2, $7.99, 360pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four fantasy romance stories by Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Marianne Willman.

1 · Wolf Moon · Nora Roberts · na

97 · The Moon Witch · Jill Gregory · na

191 · Blood on the Moon · Ruth Ryan Langan · na

277 · West of the Moon · Marianne Willman · na

The Moon Terror ed. Farnsworth Wright, uncredited (Popular Fiction, 1927, $1.50, 192pp, hc, an)
A selection of stories from the first year of Weird Tales. Offered as a subscription bonus, but an immense flop.

5 · The Moon Terror · A. G. Birch · na Weird Tales May 1923 (+1)

135 · Ooze · Anthony M. Rud · nv Weird Tales March 1923

168 · Penelope · Vincent Starrett · nv Weird Tales May 1923

184 · An Adventure in the Fourth Dimension · Farnsworth Wright · nv Weird Tales October 1923

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