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The World’s Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 4 ed. Eugene Thwing (Funk & Wagnall’s, 1929, LC:29-243793, 199pp, hc, an) 5 · The Blue Cross [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 23 1910, as “Valentin Follows a Curious Trail” 26 · The Paradise of Thieves [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine March 1913 45 · Philomel Cottage · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine November 1924 71 · The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 10 1923, as “The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly” 85 · The Fair Chance · James Hay, Jr. · ss The 20-Story Magazine #39, September 1925 99 · The Capture · James Hay, Jr. · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 10 1914 112 · The Murder at Fernhurst [Madame Rosika Storey] · Hulbert Footner · nv Argosy Allstory Weekly November 24 1928 135 · The Case of Jane Cole, Spinster [T. Ashley] · George Allan England · nv Detective Story Magazine November 11 1922 158 · The Great Wet Way · Frederic F. Van de Water · nv (r) 182 · A Costume Piece [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Cassell’s Magazine July 1898

The World’s Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 5 ed. Eugene Thwing (Funk & Wagnall’s, 1929, LC:29-243793, hc, an) 5 · Underground [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · R. T. M. Scott · ss Action Stories March 1924 23 · Mystery Mountain [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · R. T. M. Scott · nv Secret Service Smith by R. T. M. Scott, Dutton, 1923 45 · Bombay Duck [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · R. T. M. Scott · ss Collier’s August 6 1927 62 · The Gray Seal [Jimmie Dale (The Gray Seal)] · Frank L. Packard · ss People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine May 1914 84 · The Alibi [Jimmie Dale (The Gray Seal)] · Frank L. Packard · ss People’s February 1915 not the same as the story of the same name in the October 20, 1918 issue of The Popular Magazine. 112 · The Black Hand [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · nv Cosmopolitan Magazine September 1911 135 · The Veiled Prophetess · Arthur B. Reeve · ss (r) 152 · A Case Without a Clew · Joseph Gollomb · ar Flynn’s April 25 1925 167 · Too Many Clews · Joseph Gollomb · ss (r) 184 · The Perfect Crime · Ben Ray Redman · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1928

The World’s Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 6 ed. Eugene Thwing (Funk & Wagnall’s, 1929, LC:29-243793, hc, an) 5 · The Adventure of the Three Garridebs [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Collier’s October 25 1924 23 · The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine October 1921 41 · Missing Men · Vincent Starrett · nv Short Stories April 25 1925 71 · The Other Woman · Vincent Starrett · ss Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories April/May 1927 85 · The Eleventh Juror · Vincent Starrett · nv Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories August 1927 106 · On the Top of the Tower [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · nv Metropolitan October 1921 132 · At the Sign of Mercury [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · nv Metropolitan July 1922 translated from the French (“Au Dieu Mercure”, L’Excelsior). 157 · Three Liars · Henry C. Rowland · nv (r) 185 · The Subconscious Witness · Henry Smith Williams · ss Everybody’s February 1925, as by Stoddard Goodhue 200 · D’Artagnan and the Duel · Alexandre Dumas · ss (r)

The World’s Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 7 ed. Eugene Thwing (Funk & Wagnall’s, 1929, LC:29-243793, 216pp, hc, an) 5 · Common Stock [Jim Hanvey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The Saturday Evening Post July 22 1922 28 · Pink Bait [Jim Hanvey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv Collier’s July 7 1923 62 · Farrar Fits In · Edmund Snell · ss (r) 79 · The Pathologist to the Rescue [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine January 1927, as “Thorndyke to the Rescue” 101 · The Blue Sequin [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1908 120 · The Divided House [Hamilton Cleek] · Thomas W. Hanshew · nv The Man of the Forty Faces by Thomas W. Hanshew, Cassell, 1910 141 · The Riddle of the Rainbow Pearl [Hamilton Cleek] · Thomas W. Hanshew · nv The Man of the Forty Faces by Thomas W. Hanshew, Cassell, 1910 165 · The Mystery of the Steel Room [Hamilton Cleek] · Thomas W. Hanshew · nv The Man of the Forty Faces by Thomas W. Hanshew, Cassell, 1910 187 · Vidocq and the Locksmith’s Daughter · George Barton · ss 1908 199 · Suspicion · William B. Maxwell · ss The Strand Magazine November 1923

The World’s Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 8 ed. Eugene Thwing (Funk & Wagnall’s, 1929, LC:29-243793, 205pp, hc, an) 5 · The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World October 5 1913 (+1), as “The Great Safe Deposit Coup” 40 · The Comedy at Fountain Cottage [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World November 16 1913 - November 23 1913 67 · The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The New Magazine (UK) May 1926 96 · The Jeweled Casket [John Ainsley, Master Thief] · Arthur Somers Roche · ss The Red Book Magazine August 1923 116 · The Club of One-Eyed Men [John Ainsley, Master Thief] · Arthur Somers Roche · nv The Red Book Magazine April 1923 138 · The Pigtail of Hi Wing Ho · Sax Rohmer · nv The Blue Book Magazine June 1916 159 · The Story of O Toyo [Mynheer Amayat] · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss (r) 176 · The Tragedy at St. Tropez · Gilbert Frankau · ss The Strand Magazine September 1928 195 · The Crawley Robbery · Evelyn Johnson & Gretta Palmer · ss Murder by Evelyn Johnson & Gretta Palmer, Covici Friede, 1928 200 · Finger-Prints Can’t Lie · Evelyn Johnson & Gretta Palmer · ss Murder by Evelyn Johnson & Gretta Palmer, Covici Friede, 1928

The World’s Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 9 ed. Eugene Thwing (Funk & Wagnall’s, 1929, LC:29-243793, 200pp, hc, an) 5 · Missing: Page Thirteen [Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · nv The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam, 1915 45 · The Thief · Anna Katharine Green · ss The Story-teller January 1911 64 · The Secret of the Barbican · Joseph S. Fletcher · nv The Red Magazine October 15 1917 87 · Pigs’ Feet · Frederic Arnold Kummer · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 2 1924 112 · Diamond Cut Diamond · Frederic Arnold Kummer · nv Liberty December 13 1924 131 · The Missing Passenger’s Trunk [Colwin Grey] · Arthur J. Rees · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine May 1926 154 · The Finger of Death [Colwin Grey] · Arthur J. Rees · nv 1926 178 · The Mystery of the Gold Seal · George Barton · ts Famous Detective Mysteries by George Barton, The John C. Winston Company, 1926 186 · The Green Pocketbook · George Barton · ts Famous Detective Mysteries by George Barton, The John C. Winston Company, 1926 194 · The Toy Lantern · George Barton · ts Famous Detective Mysteries by George Barton, The John C. Winston Company, 1926, as “Adventure of the Toy Lantern”

The World’s Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 10 ed. Eugene Thwing (Funk & Wagnall’s, 1929, LC:29-243793, hc, an) 5 · The Stolen Admiralty Memorandum [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · nv Hutchinson’s Story Magazine June 1920 35 · The Holding Up of Lady Glanedale [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine May 1920 54 · The Missing Heavyweight [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · nv The Sovereign Magazine May 1920 86 · The Blackmailers [Barney Cook] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · nv The Adventures of Detective Barney by Harvey J. O'Higgins, Century (US), 1915 107 · Barney Has a Hunch [Barney Cook] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · nv Collier’s September 5 1914 130 · The Mystery of the Pearl Necklace [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv The London Magazine September 1923 151 · The Music of Robert the Devil · Karl W. Detzer · ts True Tales of the D.C.I. by Karl Detzer, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1925 159 · Through Bolted Doors · Karl W. Detzer · ts True Tales of the D.C.I. by Karl Detzer, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1925 167 · Neglect of Duty · Karl W. Detzer · ts True Tales of the D.C.I. by Karl Detzer, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1925 178 · Number 52 Rue Nationale · Karl W. Detzer · ts True Tales of the D.C.I. by Karl Detzer, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1925 190 · Guilty Party · Karl W. Detzer · ts True Tales of the D.C.I. by Karl Detzer, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1925 201 · Index of Authors and Titles · [uncredited] · ix

Julia Roseingrave by Marjorie Bowen, writing as Robert Paye ed. John C. Tibbetts--- see under Marjorie Bowen, writing as Robert Paye.

Irish Fairy Tales ed. H. M. Tichenor (Haldeman-Julius, 1923, Little Blue Book #397, 10¢, 61pp, pb, an) 5 · Foreword · H. M. Tichenor · fw 9 · The Legend of Knockgrafton · T. Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1825, uncredited. 16 · Teig O’Kane and the Corpse · translated by Douglas Hyde · ss Legends of Saints and Sinners ed. Douglas Hyde, Talbot Press, 1915 37 · The Priest’s Supper · T. Crofton Croker · ss Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by T. Crofton Croker, John Murray, 1825, uncredited. 43 · Paddy Corcoran’s Wife · William Carleton · ss Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, v1 by William Carleton, 1830 46 · The White Trout · Samuel Lover · vi Legends and Stories of Ireland by Samuel Lover, W.F. Wakeman, 1832 51 · Jamie Freel and the Young Lady · Letitia McClintock · vi (r)

Jagannath: Stories by Karin Tidbeck (Cheeky Frawg Books, November 2012, 978-0-9857904-0-0, $11.99, 142pp, tp, oc, cover by Jeremy Zerfoss)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Elizabeth Hand · in · Beatrice · Karin Tidbeck · ss translated from the Swedish (“Beatrice”, 2010). · Some Letters for Ove Lindström · Karin Tidbeck · ss Shimmer #14, 2011 translated from the Swedish (“Några brev till Ove Lindström”, 2010). · Miss Nyberg and I · Karin Tidbeck · ss translated from the Swedish (“Fröken Nyberg och jag”, 2010). · Rebecka · Karin Tidbeck · ss translated from the Swedish (“Samtal med Rebecka”, 2002). · Herr Cederberg · Karin Tidbeck · ss translated from the Swedish (“Att vara en humla”, 2007). · Who Is Arvid Pekon? · Karin Tidbeck · ss translated from the Swedish (“Vem är Arvid Pekon?”, 2002). · Brita’s Holiday Village · Karin Tidbeck · ss translated from the Swedish (“Tant Britas stugby”, Vem är Arvid Pekon?, Man av Skugga Förlag, September 2010). · Reindeer Mountain · Karin Tidbeck · ss · Cloudberry Jam · Karin Tidbeck · ss Unstuck #1, 2011 · Pyret · Karin Tidbeck · nv · Augusta Prima · Karin Tidbeck · ss Weird Tales Spring 2011 translated from the Swedish (“Augusta Prima”, 2009). · Aunts · Karin Tidbeck · ss ODD? ed. Jeff & Ann VanderMeer, Cheeky Frawg Books, 2011 translated from the Swedish (“Tanterna”, 2007). · Jagannath · Karin Tidbeck · ss Weird Tales Summer 2011 · Transposing Worlds · Karin Tidbeck · aw

Black Gods Kiss by Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing, September 2014, 978-1-84863-801-3, £20.00, 174pp, hc, oc, cover by Pedro Marques)     Details taken from online listing. · Black Gods Kiss · Lavie Tidhar · ss Unfit for Eden ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2012; illustrated by Pedro Marques · Buried Eyes · Lavie Tidhar · nv Memoryville Blues ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2013 · Kur-a-Len · Lavie Tidhar · na · The Dead Leaves · Lavie Tidhar · ss · White Queen · Lavie Tidhar · ss

The Apex Book of World SF ed. Lavie Tidhar (Apex Publications, September 2009, 978-0-9821596-3-7, $18.95, 287pp, tp, an, cover by Randall MacDonald)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Lavie Tidhar · in 2 · The Bird Catcher · S. P. Somtow · na The Museum of Horrors ed. Dennis Etchison, Leisure, 2001 34 · Transcendence Express · Jetse de Vries · ss Hub Magazine #2, Winter 2007 50 · The Levantine Experiments · Guy Hasson · ss translated from the Hebrew (“Hevel Ha’cherut”). 66 · The Wheel of Samsara · Han Song · ss translated from the Chinese (“Gázànsì de zhuąnjīngtŏng”, Kehuan Shijie, July 2002). 74 · Ghost Jail · Kaaron Warren · ss 2012 ed. Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein, Twelfth Planet Press, 2008 94 · Wizard World · Yang Ping · nv translated from the Chinese (“MUD--Hēikè Shìjiàn”, Kehuan Shijie, May 1998). 116 · L’Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars) · Dean Francis Alfar · ss Strange Horizons January 6 2003 128 · Cinderers · Nir Yaniv; translated by Lavie Tidhar · ss translated from the Hebrew (“Ramtzanim”, Chalomot Be’aspamia Magazine, 2004). 142 · The Allah Stairs · Jamil Nasir · ss Tales of the Unanticipated #7, 1990 152 · Biggest Baddest Bomoh · Tunku Halim · ss Rape of Martha Teoh and Other Chilling Stories by Tunku Halim, Pelanduk Publications, 1997 162 · The Lost Xuyan Bride [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · nv Interzone #213, December 2007 194 · Excerpt from a Letter by a Social-Realist Aswang · Kristin Mandigma · ss Clarkesworld #13, October 2007 198 · An Evening in the City Coffeehouse, with Lydia on My Mind · Aleksandar Ziljak · ss Apex Magazine #5, November 2009 translated from the Croatian (“Vecer u Gradskoj, s Lidijom u mislima”, Krhotine svjetova, 1999). 216 · Into the Night · Anil Menon · ss Interzone #216, June 2008 232 · Elegy · Mélanie Fazi; translated by Christopher Priest · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2007; given as by Mélanie Fazie on the story itself. translated from the French (“Élégie”, Territoires de l’angoisse ed. Daniel Conrad, CyLibris, October 2001). 242 · Compartments · Zoran Živković; translated by Alice Copple-Tošić · nv Postscripts #2, Summer 2004 translated from the Serbian (“Vagon”).

The Apex Book of World SF 2 ed. Lavie Tidhar (Apex Publications, April 2012, 978-1-937009-04-5, $21.95, 375pp, tp, oa, cover by Raúl Cruz)     Details taken from online listing. i · Introduction · Lavie Tidhar · in iii · Alternate Girl’s Expatriate Life · Rochita Loenen-Ruiz · ss Interzone #229, July/August 2010 16 · Mr Goop · Ivor W. Hartmann · ss African Writing #7, 2009 30 · Trees of Bone · Daliso Chaponda · nv Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest Fall 2005 58 · The First Peruvian in Space · Daniel Salvo; translated by José B. Adolph · ss translated from the Spanish (“El Primer Peruano en el Espacio”). 62 · Eyes in the Vastness of Forever · Gustavo Bondoni · ss Innsmouth Free Press June 2010 72 · The Tomb · Chen Qiufan · ss 82 · The Sound of Breaking Glass · Joyce Chng · ss Semaphore Magazine #11, June 2010; given as “The Sound of Broken Glass” on story heads. 90 · A Single Year · Csilla Kleinheincz · nv translated from the Hungarian (“Egyetlen esztendö”, 2009). 114 · The Secret Origin of Spin-Man · Andrew Drilon · ss Philippine Speculative Fiction, Volume 4 ed. Dean Francis & Nikki Alfar, Kestrel, 2009 130 · Borrowed Time · Anabel Enriquez Piñeiro · ss translated from the Spanish (“Deuda Temporal”). 136 · Branded · Lauren Beukes · ss SL Magazine 2004 144 · December 8th · Raúl Flores Iriarte; translated by Daniel W. Koon · ss translated from the Spanish (“8 de Diciembre”). 148 · Hungry Man [Happy Endings] · Will Elliott · ss 158 · Nira and I · Shweta Narayan · ss Strange Horizons March 16 2009 168 · Nothing Happened in 1999 · Fábio Fernandes · ss Everyday Weirdness June 7 2010 172 · Shadow · Tade Thompson · ss Expanded Horizons #18, May 2010 178 · Shibuya No Love · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Futurismic (online) June 2004 186 · Maquech · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss Futurismic (online) July 2008 198 · The Glory of the World · Sergey Gerasimov · ss Clarkesworld #22, July 2008 208 · The New Neighbours · Tim Jones · ss Transported by Tim Jones, Vintage New Zealand, 2008 218 · From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7 · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Clarkesworld #32, May 2009 238 · The Slows · Gail Hareven; translated by Yaacov Jeffrey Green · ss The New Yorker May 4 2009 translated from the Hebrew (“Ha’iti’im”, 1999). 250 · Zombie Lenin · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Fantasy ed. Sean Wallace & Paul G. Tremblay, Prime Books, 2007 260 · Electric Sonalika · Samit Basu · ss 276 · The Malady · Andrzej Sapkowski; translated by Wiesiek Powaga · nv Polish Writing October 2006 translated from the Polish (“Maladie”, Nowa Fantastyka, December 1992). 320 · A Life Made Possible Behind the Barricades · Jacques Barcia · nv Steampunk Reloaded website November 2010 342 · Undercity · Nir Yaniv · nv Apex Magazine #39, August 2012 370 · World SF: Our Possible Future · Charles Tan · ar Apex Magazine #35, April 2012

The Apex Book of World SF 3 ed. Lavie Tidhar (Apex Publications, June 29, 2014, 978-1-937009-24-3, $16.95, 266pp, tp, an, cover by Sophia Tuska)     Anthology of 16 stories, one original, by authors from around the world, some translated. Authors include Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Amal El-Mohtar, and Karin Tidbeck. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Lavie Tidhar · in · Courtship in the Country of Machine-Gods · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · nv The Future Fire #24, 2012 · A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight · Xia Jia; translated by Ken Liu · ss Clarkesworld #65, February 2012 translated from the Chinese (“Băi guĭ yèxíng jiē”, 2010). · Act of Faith · Fadzlishah Johanabas · ss Cosmos #36, December 2010/January 2011 · The Foreigner · Uko Bendi Udo · ss AfroSF ed. Ivor W. Hartmann, StoryTime Press, 2012 · The City of Silence · Ma Boyong; translated by Ken Liu · nv World SF Blog November 2011 translated from the Chinese (“Jìjìng zhī chéng”, 2005). · Planetfall [Wisps of Spider Silk] · Athena Andreadis · ss Crossed Genres Magazine #13, December 2009 · Jungle Fever · Ika Koeck · ss · To Follow the Waves · Amal El-Mohtar · ss Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft, Torquere Press, 2011 · Ahuizotl · Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas · ss Historical Lovecraft ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, 2011 · The Rare Earth · Biram Mboob · ss AfroSF ed. Ivor W. Hartmann, StoryTime Press, 2012 · Spider’s Nest · Myra Çakan; translated by Jim Young · ss Infinite Matrix March 5 2002 translated from the German (“Im Netz der Silberspinne”, Der Atem Gottes und andere Visionen 2004 ed. Helmuth W. Mommers, Shayol, 2004). · Waiting with Mortals · Crystal Koo · ss · Three Little Children · Ange; translated by Tom Clegg · nv Crossing the Boundaries, Bragelonne, 2009 translated from the French (“Il était trois petits enfants”, Fantasy ed. Alain Nevant & Henri Lœvenbruck, Fleuve Noir 1998). · Brita’s Holiday Village · Karin Tidbeck · ss Jagannath: Stories by Karin Tidbeck, Cheeky Frawg Books, 2012 translated from the Swedish (“Tant Britas stugby”, Vem är Arvid Pekon?, Man av Skugga Förlag, September 2010). · Regressions · Swapna Kishore · ss Breaking the Bow ed. Anil Menon & Vandana Singh, Zubaan Books, 2012 · Dancing on the Red Planet · Berit Ellingsen · ss Rocket Science ed. Ian Sales, Mutation Press, 2012