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Masters of Horror and Suspense (Houghton Mifflin, 1989, 0-3954-5996-6, 64pp, pb, an)
Four suspense stories intended for schools complete with discussion prompts.

7 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander January 17 1912

16 · Discussion · [uncredited] · ms (r)

21 · The Specter · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895
translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883).

33 · Discussion · [uncredited] · ms (r)

35 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

43 · Discussion · [uncredited] · ms (r)

47 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846

58 · Discussion · [uncredited] · ms (r)

59 · Roundtable Discussion · [uncredited] · ms (r)

60 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Masters of Midnight: Erotic Tales of the Vampire (Kensington, June 2003, 0-7582-0421-3, $14.00, 362pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of four gay vampire stories.

1 · His Hunger · William J. Mann · na

57 · Sting · Michael Thomas Ford · na

167 · Brandon’s Bite · Sean Wolfe · na

251 · Devoured · Jeff Mann · na

Masters of Science Fiction ed. Ivan Howard, uncredited (Belmont, October 1964, 92-606, 50¢, 157pp, pb, an)

7 · Service Call · Philip K. Dick · nv Science Fiction Stories July 1955

26 · Path of Darkness · M. C. Pease · ss Science Fiction Stories March 1955

43 · Early Bird · Eric Frank Russell · nv Science Fiction Stories November 1957

80 · Forgive Us Our Debts · Lester del Rey · ss Future Science Fiction May 1952

94 · The Green Thumb [Psychotechnic League] · Poul Anderson · nv Science Fiction Quarterly February 1953

116 · The Day of the Boomer Dukes · Frederik Pohl · nv Future Science Fiction #30, 1956

137 · The Final Figure · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv Dynamic Science Fiction January 1954

Masters of the Macabre (BOMC, 1999, 0-965-07697-0, 128pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 10 stories “created especially for Book of the Month Club members.” Copyrighted by Michael O’Mara Books Ltd., London.

5 · The Adventure of the German Student · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon

11 · The Cobweb · Saki · ss The Morning Post November 21 1911, as by H. H. Munro

17 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”

29 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845

38 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman”
translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883).

43 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884

60 · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888

66 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914
written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.

77 · The Withered Arm · Thomas Hardy · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1888

101 · The Ghostly Rental · Henry James · nv Scribner’s Monthly September 1876

Masters of the Sky: Thrilling Stories for Boys and Girls (Junior Press Ltd., 1944, 6d, 20pp, 7¼″ x 9½″, oa)

2 · Ring In! An Amusing Game · Alfred Lubran · gm

2 · Crossword: Mainly Sporting · [uncredited] · pz

3 · Into the Stratosphere · C. H. Shaw · ar

4 · Deck Cargo · Andrew Elliott · ss

5 · Ram and Rah · Mota · cs

6 · Lily Finds an Ally · Vera Leff · ss; illustrated by Mottram

7 · Hey! · Pooh · vi; illustrated by Pooh

9 · Children’s News · [uncredited] · ms

13 · Bad Rope! · Robert Barnes · ss; illustrated by M.

15 · New Year Shillings · William Glynne Jones · ss

16 · The Hon. Offensive · Dyad · ct

17 · Escape with Tito · Baron Moss · ss

18 · “Tallies” · [uncredited] · ar

19 · The Stage Presents · Geoff Allen · ar; illustrated by Geoff Allen

20 · The Builder · Oscar Lewin · pm; illustrated by Dyad

Mata Mata Matters (Malayan Police Magazine, 1937, M$1.00, 100pp, hc, an)
Although most contributions are anonymous the following names appear in the list of contributors on page 4 :- Agatha Christie, Messrs. B. W. Allen, T. G. Ashley-Cooper, H. G. Beverley, J. R. Charton, G. E. Devonshire, Mr. & Mrs. G. Denison-Smith, Messrs. L. C. Finch, S. R. Franklin, A. Hamilton, L. H. Hart, J. N. D. Harrison, R. W. E. Harper, G. B. Linford, D. N. Livingstone, A. C. Maxwell, L. A. G. Morriss, D. M. Matheson, Mrs. Nora Hamerton, Mary E. Neville, Messrs. H. de S, Onraet, M. P. O’Connor, W. J. Parks, G. A. Ryrie, M. C. ff. Sheppard, C. Ward-Jackson, Methusaliar, Kayu Mati, and three anonymous contributors.

7 · Pahits at Seven · [uncredited] · ss (r)

11 · Nonsense Rhymes · [uncredited] · pm (r)

12 · On Smiling · C. Ward-Jackson · ar (r)

13 · The Two Minutes’ Silence · C. W-J. · pm (r)

15 · “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Mat!” · [uncredited] · ct (r)

16 · The Bully of Blum · “Methusaliar” · pm (r)

17 · “The Emden” in Penang · [uncredited] · ar (r)

21 · “Tell Me, Tengku…” · [uncredited] · ct (r)

22 · Jelutong · [uncredited] · ss (r)

25 · The Garden of Euterpe · [uncredited] · pm (r) [Ref. Algernon Charles Swinburne]; a pastiche of Algernon Charles Swinburne.

27 · [untitled] · [uncredited] · cs (r)

28 · An Archaeologist at Large (2937 A.D.) · [uncredited] · ss (r)

30 · Sulong · [uncredited] · ss (r)

33 · “Well! You’re Not Officer in Charge…” · [uncredited] · ct (r)

34 · Malay for Beginners · [uncredited] · hu (r)

35 · Wasps’ Nest [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Daily Mail November 20 1928

41 · Captain H. C. Syers. A Memory · [uncredited] · ar (r)

43 · Getting Away with It · [uncredited] · ss (r)

45 · My New Year Resolution · [uncredited] · pm (r)

46 · Chinese Painting · [uncredited] · ar (r)

49 · “Father Christmas Yourself!” · [uncredited] · ct (r)

50 · Justice · [uncredited] · ss (r)

52 · Death by Accident · [uncredited] · ss (r)

56 · Epidemic Fears · [uncredited] · pm (r)

57 · Identification Parade · [uncredited] · ct (r)

59 · The Court Waits · [uncredited] · ts (r)

63 · Imperial Table Manners · [uncredited] · pm (r)

64 · To Him That Hath… · [uncredited] · ss (r)

65 · Before and After · [uncredited] · pm The Novel Magazine August 1909

67 · Don’t Look Now But… · [uncredited] · ct (r)

68 · Murder at Kuala Sat · [uncredited] · ts (r)

70 · Magical Malaya · [uncredited] · pm (r)

71 · Potbelly’s Elephant · [uncredited] · vi (r)

71 · “Traffic Lights” · [uncredited] · pm (r)

73 · The Wages of Sin Is Death · [uncredited] · ss (r)

74 · The Coffin Bird · [uncredited] · pm (r)

75 · Are You Sure · [uncredited] · qz (r)

77 · Natural Law · [uncredited] · ts (r)

78 · The A.C.P. · [uncredited] · pm (r)

79 · Servants of the Public · [uncredited] · ct (r)

80 · The End Justifies— · [uncredited] · ss (r)

81 · Suttee in Malaya · [uncredited] · pm (r)

82 · The Making of a Police Force · [uncredited] · ar (r)

83 · The Probationer Meets His Chief Police Officer · [uncredited] · pm (r)

85 · About Turn · [uncredited] · ct (r)

86 · Three Men and a Deer · [uncredited] · ts (r)

88 · Noblesse Oblige; or, The Inhibited Policeman · [uncredited] · pm (r)

89 · Armistice Day · [uncredited] · ct (r)

90 · The Gaming Raid · [uncredited] · ct (r)

91 · Ode to a Durian · [uncredited] · pm (r)

91 · Are You Sure · [uncredited] · ms (r); answers.

93 · Mixed Prints · [uncredited] · ss (r)

A Match for Papa (Zebra Books, May 2003, 0-8217-7516-2, $4.99, 253pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology

7 · The Most Unlikely Papa · Maria Greene · na

89 · The Muddled Matchmakers · Victoria Hinshaw · na

165 · A Father’s Love · Donna Simpson · na

Mean Streets (Penguin/Roc, January 2009, 978-0-451-46249-7, $15.00, 342pp, tp, oa, cover by Chris McGrath)
Original anthology of four dark fantasy stories in popular series by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files), Kat Richardson (Greywalker), Simon R. Green (Nightside), and Thomas Sniegoski (Remy Chandler).

1 · The Warrior [Harry Dresden] · Jim Butcher · na

69 · The Difference a Day Makes [Nightside] · Simon R. Green · na

141 · The Third Death of the Little Clay Dog [Harper Blaine] · Kat Richardson · na

245 · Noah’s Orphans [Remy Chandler] · Thomas E. Sniegoski · na

Mean Streets (SFBC, April 2009, #08-4239, $14.99, 352pp, hc, oa, cover by Chris McGrath)
Reprint (Roc 2009) original anthology of four dark fantasy stories. This has ISBN 978-1-6075-1863-1; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back jacket.

Mean Streets (Penguin/Roc, January 2010, 978-0-451-46306-7, $7.99, 311pp, pb, oa, cover by Chris McGrath)
Reprint (Roc 2009) original anthology of four dark fantasy stories.

A Meeting with Medusa/Green Mars (Tor, October 1988, 0-812-53362-3, $2.95, 67+103pp, pb, an)
Anthology of two novellas, published back-to-back in Ace Double fashion. Unlike the Ace books, the price is only on one side and the OCR characters on the other.

1 · A Meeting with Medusa · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Playboy December 1971

1 · Green Mars [Mars] · Kim Stanley Robinson · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1985

Mere Anarchy (Pocket, March 2009, 978-1-4165-9494-9, $16.99, 565pp, tp, om, cover by Alan Dingman) [Star Trek]
Omnibus of six Star Trek novelizations originally published as individual ebooks: Things Fall Apart by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore (2006), The Centre Cannot Hold by Mike W. Barr (2006), Shadows of the Indignant by Dave Galanter (2006), The Darkness Drops Again by Christopher L. Bennett (2007), The Blood-Dimmed Tide by Howard Weinstein (2007), and Its Hour Come Round by Margaret Wander Bonanno (2007). Introduction by Keith R.A. DeCandido. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures and CBS Studios.

vii · Introduction · Keith R. A. DeCandido · in

1 · Things Fall Apart [Star Trek] · Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore · n. 2006

103 · The Centre Cannot Hold [Star Trek] · Mike W. Barr · n. 2006

183 · Shadows of the Indignant [Star Trek] · Dave Galanter · n. 2006

261 · The Darkness Drops Again [Star Trek] · Christopher L. Bennett · n. 2007

365 · The Blood-Dimmed Tide [Star Trek] · Howard Weinstein · n. 2007

479 · Its Hour Come Round [Star Trek] · Margaret Wander Bonanno · n. 2007

555 · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r)

561 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

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