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Murder Most Merry ed. John Scognamiglio, uncredited (Zebra, November 1994, 0-8217-4763-0, $4.99, 349pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of six Christmas mysteries. 7 · Christmas Cat · Garrison Allen · na 81 · Christmas, Margaritas and Murder · Barbara Block · na 141 · Marley’s Ghost · Toni L. P. Kelner · na 201 · Too Little Room at the Inn · J. Dayne Lamb · nv 245 · Deep and Crisp and Even · James R. McCahery · na 297 · Slayride at Spirit Mountain · J. F. Trainor · na

Murder Takes a Holiday ed. Barry Pike, uncredited--- see under Murder Takes a Holiday ed. Barry Pike, Michael O'Mara, 1989.

Murder Under the Tree (Zebra, November 1993, 0-8217-4376-7, $3.99, 319pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of six Christmas mystery stories. 7 · The Ghost of Christmas Past · Ann Crowleigh · na 59 · The Santa Claus Caper · Connie Feddersen · na 115 · No Cookies for Santa · Louise Hendricksen · na 173 · Gift of the Murderer · Toni L. P. Kelner · na 231 · A Christmas Question · J. Dayne Lamb · nv 271 · The House on the Hill · Pat Warren · na

Must Love Hellhounds (Berkley, September 2009, 978-0-425-22959-0, $15.00, 361pp, tp, oa, cover by Don Sipley)     Original anthology of four urban fantasy/paranormal romance stories. Authors are Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, and Meljean Brook. 1 · The Britlingens Go to Hell · Charlaine Harris · na 81 · Angels’ Judgment [Guild Hunter] · Nalini Singh · na 173 · Magic Mourns · Ilona Andrews · na 267 · Blind Spot · Meljean Brook · na

Must Love Hellhounds (Berkley, September 2010, 978-0-425-23633-8, $7.99, 314pp, pb, oa, cover by Don Sipley)     Reprint (Berkley 2009) anthology of four urban fantasy/paranormal romance stories. Authors are Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, and Meljean Brook.

My Best Detective Story (Faber and Faber, 1931, hc, an)     An Anthology of Stories Chosen by Their Own Authors. 9 · The Horror at Staveley Grange · “Sapper” · nv Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine September 1922 41 · The Inspiration of Mr. Budd · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Detective Story Magazine November 21 1925, as “Mr. Budd’s Inspiration” 56 · The Thirteenth Card [Sir Jasper Slane] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Collier’s October 5 1929 79 · Solved by Inspection [Miles Bredon] · Ronald A. Knox · ss 1925 93 · Petit-Jean · Ian Hay · nv Everybody’s Magazine April 1917 116 · A Mystery of the Sand-Hills [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1924 139 · The Queer Feet [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1910, as “Why the True Fishermen Always Wear Green Evening Coats” 161 · The Chinese Girl · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Daily Mail August 14 1928 174 · The Violet Farm [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly January 22 1927 207 · My Double [Alfred Impey (aka Alfred Corwen)] · H. A. Vachell · nv The Strand Magazine September 1927 229 · The Message on the Sun-Dial · J. J. Bell · ss The Premier Magazine #6, March 1927 245 · The Artificial Mole · John D. Beresford · ss Nash’s Magazine November 1927 262 · George H. Jay and the Lady from Moolgamoolloo [George H. Jay] · Bertram Atkey · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1927 289 · Popeau Intervenes [Hercules Popeau] · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv 1926 313 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 335 · Philomel Cottage · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine November 1924 361 · The Greuze · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1921 385 · The White Line · John Ferguson · nv 1928 403 · The Convict and the Clerics · Joseph S. Fletcher · nv The Red Magazine April 1 1915 424 · Misogyny at Mougins · Gilbert Frankau · ss The Strand Magazine January 1929 440 · The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World September 7 1913 (+1) 466 · Murder Without Motive [Inspector Ego] · G. R. Malloch · nv Cassell’s Magazine January 1931

My Best Mystery Story (Faber and Faber, September 1939, hc, an) 9 · Portrait of a “G” Man [Lemmy Caution] · Peter Cheyney · ss 26 · Dead Man’s Mirror [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Murder in the Mews and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, 1937 expanded from “The Second Gong” (Ladies Home Journal, June 1932). 137 · The Thinking Machine · J. J. Connington · ss Weird Tales May 1939 158 · Mr. Pemberton’s Commission [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Windsor Magazine March 1933 181 · The Room in the Tower · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss 200 · The Destroyer · Arthur Gask · nv (r) 225 · The Empty House · Bruce Graeme · ss 249 · Second Sight · Cecil Freeman Gregg · nv (r) 277 · The Case of Jacob Heylyn [Anthony Slade] · Leonard R. Gribble · nv Many Mysteries ed. E. Phillips Oppenheim, Rich & Cowan, 1933 304 · Ten O’Clock · Philip MacDonald · nv Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931 328 · The Cleverest Clue · Laurence W. Meynell · nv The Windsor Magazine September 1937 350 · It Happened in China · Arthur Mills · ss Britannia and Eve November 1938 369 · Double Lover · Nigel Morland · nv (r) 396 · The Adventure of the One-Penny Black [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Great Detective April 1933, as “The One-Penny Black” 427 · The Vanishing Diamond · John Rhode · nv The Great Book of Thrillers ed. H. Douglas Thomson, Odhams, 1935 454 · The Head of Taui-Passu · Edmund Snell · nv The Sovereign Magazine April 1924 488 · The Parrot’s Beak [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine June 1936 slightly revised from the story of the same name (The Daily Mail, October 23, 1929) which did not feature the Department of Dead Ends. 503 · Locked In · E. Charles Vivian · ss The Evening Standard August 31 1936 525 · An Unlocked Window · Ethel Lina White · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1926

My Best Spy Story (Faber and Faber, April 1938, 384pp, hc, an) 9 · The Lonk · Michael Annesley · ss (r) 27 · Flood on the Goodwins · Arthur D. Divine · ss 1933 38 · Trouble on the Border · John Ferguson · ss (r) 57 · Gun Cotton S.S. [Gun Cotton] · Rupert Grayson · ss (r) 68 · In Enemy Territory · George A. Hill · ss (r) 92 · The Traitress · Sydney Horler · nv The 20-Story Magazine #80, February 1929 116 · Music Hath Charms · Vernon Loder · nv (r) 140 · The Uncounted Factor · Stephen Maddock · ss (r) 158 · Gas Attack! · Marthé McKenna · nv (r) 181 · “38” · Laurence W. Meynell · ss (r) 196 · Cunningham · W. F. Morris · ss (r) 217 · The Piping Days of Peace · Talbot Mundy · nv Maclean’s June 1 1937 239 · Escape · Bernard Newman · nv (r) 260 · Under Enemy Colours · Captain A. O. Pollard · nv (r) 285 · Georgette—A Spy · Graham Seaton · ss (r) 301 · Live Bait · J. M. Walsh · ss (r) 319 · Espionage · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine August 1933 336 · The Popinjay Knight · Valentine Williams · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1918, as by Douglas Valentine 355 · Brien Averts a War [Sir Leonard Wallace] · Alexander Wilson · nv (r)

My Best Story—Second Series (Faber & Faber, 1933, 502pp, hc, an) · How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery · E. F. Benson · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1911 · The Desert Islander · Stella Benson · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1930 · “Sonny” · G. A. Birmingham · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 20 1914 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 · The Story of Ching-Kwei and the Destinies [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Story-teller September 1927, as “Ching-Kwei and the Destinies” · The Field of Mustard · A. E. Coppard · ss The Criterion April 1925 · Spinster’s Rest · Clemence Dane · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine September 1925 · It All Came Right in the End · E. M. Delafield · ss (r) · The Wharf · Walter de la Mare · ss The Queen · Mrs. Jorkens [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Cosmopolitan October 1930, as “The Mermaid’s Husband” · Philanthropy · John Galsworthy · ss Saturday Review (UK) March 31 1923 · Colonel Beech’s Bear · David Garnett · ss (r) · The Non-combatant · Ian Hay · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 24 1917 · The Middle-man · Robert Hichens · ss (r) · The Substitute · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1917 · Pussycat Pennefather · Margaret Kennedy · ss The Legion Book ed. Captain H. Cotton Minchin, Cassell and Company, 1929 · God Likes Them Plain · Eric Linklater · ss (r) · The Chateau · W. B. Maxwell · ss (r) · Mademoiselle Ma Mère · Leonard Merrick · ss To Tell You the Truth by Leonard Merrick, Hodder & Stoughton, 1922 · Mein Schatz · Geoffrey Moss · ss Britannia and Eve March 1930 · Mr. Strenberry’s Tale · J. B. Priestley · ss The London Magazine March 1930, as “Doomsday” · The Fountain Plays · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar December 1932 · The Slower Judas · G. B. Stern · ss Woman’s Journal October 1928 · A Weed’s Tale · Henry Williamson · ss (r)

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