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My Best Thriller (Faber and Faber, September 1933, hc, an) 9 · Under the Lens · F. Britten Austin · nv Pears’ Annual 1923 30 · Death by Judicial Hanging · Francis Beeding · ss Pall Mall Magazine September 1928 51 · Ways of Escape · John D. Beresford · ss The Elks Magazine February 1929 69 · White Violets · Victor Bridges · nv The Red Magazine June 15 1915 92 · Desirable Villa [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Pleasantries of Old Quong by Thomas Burke, Constable, 1931 103 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path” 114 · Romance Passes By · J. Jefferson Farjeon · nv (r) 148 · The Hand of Steele · Bruce Graeme · ss (r) 168 · Black Magic [Sebastian Quin] · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930 185 · Treasure Trove · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss McCall’s Magazine April 1928 193 · The Orange Handkerchief · G. R. Malloch · ss (r) 209 · North of the Tropic of Capricorn · A. E. W. Mason · ss Metropolitan January 1914 228 · Mrs. Scarr · Elinor Mordaunt · ss 245 · The Table Under the Tree [Commodore Jasen] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv Crooks in the Sunshine by E. Phillips Oppenheim, Hodder & Stoughton, 1932 270 · A Battle of Wits [Sir Percy Blakeney (Scarlet Pimpernel)] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv The Story-teller March 1919 299 · Spirit of Black Hawk · Max Pemberton · ss The Story-teller November 1921 315 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1931 331 · Fires of Baal · Sax Rohmer · ss Collier’s November 9 1929 349 · The House by the Headland · “Sapper” · ss The Sovereign Magazine March 1920 366 · The Cyprian Cat · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1933 381 · The Pursuing Shadow · Andrew Soutar · ss 390 · The Alibi · J. C. Squire · nv The Windsor Magazine 1930 412 · Dead Girl Finotte [Mynheer Amayat] · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Britannia and Eve July 1929 423 · Trodd’s Corner · H. A. Vachell · nv The Cornhill Magazine April 1904 460 · The Vault · David Whitelaw · nv (r) 481 · At the Shrine of Sekhmet · Valentine Williams · ss The London Magazine June 1924

My Best Western Story (Faber and Faber, 1935, hc, an)     Collection of Stories Chosen by Their Own Authors. Details unknown.

My Dashing Groom (Zebra Books, June 2002, 0-8217-7301-1, $4.99, 254pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Border Bride · Shannon Donnelly · na 89 · Love Lessons · Donna Simpson · na 179 · The Quizzing-Glass Bride · Hayley Ann Solomon · na (r); given as “Steal My Heart” on the back cover.

My Favorite Rogue (Zebra Books, March 2004, 0-8217-7638-X, $4.99, 253pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Reforming a Rogue · Lynn Collum · na 89 · The Tables Turned · Victoria Hinshaw · na 173 · Marlowe’s Nemesis · Debbie Raleigh · na

My Favourite Story: Selected Stories for Girls (The Thames Publishing Co., 1948, 128pp, hc, oa)     Issued in d/j. Cover shows an auburn and blue-eyed girl holding two spaniel puppies. Frontispiece by ?; also includes 8 colour plates. Note: later reprinted in identical form but with only 4 plates. 7 · Father Time and His Pattern Book · Enid Blyton · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 12 · The Surprising Day · Angela Brazil · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 17 · Rescue in the Snows · Elinor Mary Brent-Dyer · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 26 · Dog of My Dreams · Phyllis Briggs · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 32 · Rosalind to the Rescue · Douglas V. Duff · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 49 · Perilous Pass · Mary Gervaise · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 56 · Cruise of the “Carewalk” · Olive L. Groom · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 64 · Caravan to the Cape · Bertha Leonard · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 80 · Danger Tide · F. W. Ludlam · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 89 · Flood in the Fens · Winifred Norling · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 97 · The Lion That Liked Peppermints · Evadne Price · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 109 · The Elephant’s Right of Way · V. F. Wells · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 115 · The Rose Patrol · May Wynne · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

My Funny Valentine (Zebra Books, January 2002, 0-8217-7261-9, $5.99, 314pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Can I Call You Sweetheart? · Peggy Daniels · na 91 · Winter Roses · Allison Knight · n. 201 · Be Mine · Deborah Matthews · n.

My Grimmest Nightmare ed. Cecil Madden, uncredited (Allen & Unwin, 1935, 5/-, 210pp, hc, an)     A volume of stories based on the BBC Empire Service radio series Nightmare produced by Cecil Madden, which ran in 1934. Retitled Not Long for This World (New York: Telegraph Press, 1936) hc. Sometimes mistakenly attributed to Cynthia Asquith. 13 · The Follower · Cynthia Asquith · ss 20 · To Be Let Unfurnished · Gabrielle Vallings · ss 28 · Thunderbolt · Miranda Stuart · ss 39 · By Water · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette April 18 1914 48 · Not Long for This World · Inez Holden · ss 57 · Jungle Night · R. A. Monson · ss 62 · The Anonymous Gift · L. Vorley · ss 68 · There Is One S.O.S. · S. E. Reynolds · ss 80 · In the Jotunheim Mountains · J. B. Morton · ss 86 · Dead Man’s Room · Ernest Betts · ss 95 · Incubus · Marjorie Bowen · ss 105 · Into the Enemy’s Camp · Herbert Jay · ss 128 · The Mask · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss 134 · Behind the Wall · Noel Streatfeild · ss The Star November 14 1935 143 · The Mad Hatter · Edgar Middleton · ss 147 · Six Months Ago · James Laver · ss 154 · Rendezvous with Fate · Cecil Madden · ss 165 · Serenade for Baboons · Noel Langley · ss 178 · The Surprise Item · Charles Spencer · ss 184 · Split Second · Ann Knox · ss 190 · The Blackmailers · Algernon Blackwood · ss originally broadcast on the BBC, 11 July 1934. 204 · Room 200 Calling · Theodora Benson · ss

My Guardian Angel (Bantam, March 1995, 0-553-56916-3, $5.50, 390pp, pb, oa, cover by Gabriel Molano)     Details supplied by BG. 1 · Almost an Angel · Kay Hooper · na 75 · Guardian of the Heart · Sandra Chastain · na 143 · Angel on My Shoulder · Susan Krincaid · na 239 · Saving Celeste · Karyn Monk · na 325 · The Trouble with Angels · Elizabeth Thornton · na

My Only Valentine (Zebra Books, January 2003, 0-8217-7436-0, $4.99, 251pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology 7 · The Valentine Poem · Victoria Hinshaw · na 87 · The Ugly Duckling’s Valentine · Julia Parks · na 163 · Valentine Dreams · Donna Simpson · na

My Scandalous Bride (St. Martin’s, May 2004, 0-312-99522-9, $6.99, 343pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · The Lady and the Tiger · Christina Dodd · na 73 · Melting Ice · Stephanie Laurens · na Rough Around the Edges ed. Susan Johnson, St. Martin's, 1998 153 · Wedding Knight · Celeste Bradley · na 243 · The Proposition · Leslie LaFoy · na

My Spellbound Heart (Zebra, October 1994, 0-8217-4731-2, $4.99, 381pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of four fantasy romance novellas. 7 · Love’s Darkness · Cheryl Biggs · na 81 · Rescued by Time · Amy J. Fetzer · na 225 · Faery Magic · Amber Kaye · na 303 · Nightspell · Sara Orwig · na

Mysteria (Berkley, July 2006, 0-425-21106-1, $7.99, 340pp, pb, oa) [Mysteria]     Original anthology of four paranormal romances set in a small demon-founded town in the mountains of Colorado. Authors are MaryJanice Davidson, Susan Grant, P.C. Cast, and Gena Showalter. vii · Introduction · [uncredited] · in 1 · Mortal in Mysteria [Mysteria] · MaryJanice Davidson · na 107 · Alone Wolf · Susan Grant · na 171 · The Witches of Mysteria and the Dead Who Love Them [Mysteria] · Gena Showalter · na 253 · Candy Cox and the Big Bad (Were)Wolf [Brokenoggin Falls] · P. C. Cast · na Bewitched, Bothered & BeVampyred ed. Gail Northman & Terey Daly Ramin, Triskelion Publishing, 2005

Mysteria Lane (Berkley Sensation, October 2008, 978-0-425-22294-2, $7.99, 291pp, pb, oa) [Mysteria]     Original anthology of four paranormal romances, the second in a series set in a small demon-founded town in the mountains of Colorado. Authors are MaryJanice Davidson, Susan Grant, P.C. Cast, and Gena Showalter. vii · The Town of Mysteria [Mysteria] · [uncredited] · ms 1 · Disdaining Trouble [Mysteria] · MaryJanice Davidson · na 61 · Nanny from Hell [Mysteria] · Susan Grant · na 135 · A Tawdry Affair [Mysteria] · Gena Showalter · na 215 · It’s in His Kiss… [Mysteria] · P. C. Cast · na

Mysteria Nights (Berkley Sensation, July 5, 2011, 978-0-425-24173-8, $16.00, viii+552pp, tp, an)     Omnibus of two paranormal romance anthologies: Mysteria (2006) and Mysteria Lane (2008). Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · [uncredited] · in Mysteria, Berkley, 2006 1 · Mortal in Mysteria [Mysteria] · MaryJanice Davidson · na Mysteria, Berkley, 2006 89 · Alone Wolf · Susan Grant · na Mysteria, Berkley, 2006 139 · The Witches of Mysteria and the Dead Who Love Them [Mysteria] · Gena Showalter · na Mysteria, Berkley, 2006 209 · Candy Cox and the Big Bad (Were)Wolf [Brokenoggin Falls] · P. C. Cast · na Bewitched, Bothered & BeVampyred ed. Gail Northman & Terey Daly Ramin, Triskelion Publishing, 2005 287 · Disdaining Trouble [Mysteria] · MaryJanice Davidson · na Mysteria Lane, Berkley Sensation, 2008 339 · Nanny from Hell [Mysteria] · Susan Grant · na Mysteria Lane, Berkley Sensation, 2008 405 · A Tawdry Affair [Mysteria] · Gena Showalter · na Mysteria Lane, Berkley Sensation, 2008 479 · It’s in His Kiss… [Mysteria] · P. C. Cast · na Mysteria Lane, Berkley Sensation, 2008

Mysteries ed. J. M. Parish & John R. Crossland, uncredited (Bracken Books, 1994, 1-85891-154-0, £5.99, 606pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Odhams 1936 as The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries by J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland) anthology of 44 stories (omitting seven stories from the original) with an Introduction (provenance uncertain) by Giles Gordon. · Introduction · Giles Gordon · in 1 · The Diver · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine May 1927 broadcast by the BBC Dec 25, 1925. 8 · The Ghoul of Golders Green [Capel (Beau) Maturin] · Michael Arlen · nv The Sketch Christmas 1923 42 · The Murder of the Mandarin · Arnold Bennett · ss Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett, Chapman & Hall, 1907 53 · Powers of the Air · John D. Beresford · ss Seven Arts October 1917 59 · Keeping His Promise · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 74 · Dearth’s Farm · Gerald Bullett · ss The Street of the Eye by Gerald Bullett, John Lane, 1923 86 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue” 102 · The Secret Sharer · Joseph Conrad · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1910 (+1) 140 · The Tiger · A. E. Coppard · ss Metropolitan April 1921 151 · The Hostelry · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French. 164 · A Large Diamond [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Britannia and Eve March 1931 174 · The Cupboard · Jeffery Farnol · ss The London Magazine December 1921 190 · The Other Sense · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Sketch October 13 1909 201 · Ghost of Honour · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams Press, 1936 209 · Roads of Destiny · O. Henry · nv Ainslee’s Magazine April 1903 231 · The Trapdoor · C. D. Heriot · ss Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams Press, 1936 242 · Ben Blower’s Story · C. F. Hoffman · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine August 1842 250 · The Shadow of a Shade · Tom Hood · ss Bow Bells Christmas 1869 264 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss The Knickerbocker October 1839 275 · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 287 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 294 · The Woman Who Rode Away · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Dial July 1925 (+1) 330 · Rooum · Oliver Onions · ss The Fortnightly Review December 1910 345 · The Green Light · Barry Pain · ss Phil May’s Annual #7, Winter 1897 351 · The Iron Pineapple · Eden Phillpotts · ss The Red Magazine March 15 1910 367 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin · nv (r) translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834). 392 · The Seventh Man · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by A. T. Quiller-Couch, Cassell & Company, 1900 404 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro 409 · Goat-Cry, Girl-Cry · William B. Seabrook · ss (r) 422 · The Mahatma’s Story · May Sinclair · ss English Life October 1924 433 · Deep in the Forest · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Pearson’s Magazine January 1927 448 · The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The National Observer February 4 1893 466 · The Man of the Night · Edgar Wallace · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #75, October 8 1910, as “The Stranger of the Night” 476 · Major Wilbraham · Hugh Walpole · ss The Chicago Tribune November 13 1921 491 · A Tale of a Gas-Light Ghost · [uncredited] · ss New Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 505 · The Confession of Charles Linkworth · E. F. Benson · ss The Cavalier and the Scrap Book January 13 1912 520 · The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1907 529 · A Visitor from Down Under · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 545 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 557 · His Brother’s Keeper · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1922 568 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 576 · The Coat · A. E. D. Smith · ss Powers of Darkness, Philip Allan, 1934 583 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 595 · Presentiments [Foreign Legion: The Geste Brothers] · P. C. Wren · ss Good Gestes by P. C. Wren, Murray, 1929