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Best of Apex Magazine: Volume 1 ed. Lesley Conner & Jason Sizemore (Apex Publications, January 5, 2016, 978-1-937009-37-3, $15.95, 258pp, tp, an)
Data from Amazon.com as of 2016-01-16.
Details taken from online listing.

fc. · [front cover] · Adrian Borda · cv Apex Magazine #71, April 2015

vii · Foreword · Lesley Conner · fw

1 · Jackalope Wives · Ursula Vernon · ss Apex Magazine #56, January 2014

14 · Going Endo · Rich Larson · ss Apex Magazine #74, July 2015

22 · Candy Girl · Chikodili Emelumadu · ss Apex Magazine #66, November 2014

33 · If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love · Rachel Swirsky · ss Apex Magazine #46, March 2013

36 · Advertising at the End of the World · Keffy R. M. Kehrli · ss Apex Magazine #3, September 2009

48 · The Performance Artist · Lettie Prell · ss Apex Magazine #44, January 2013

56 · A Matter of Shapespace · Brian Trent · ss Apex Magazine #51, August 2013

67 · Falling Leaves · Liz Argall · ss Apex Magazine #60, May 2014

82 · Blood from Stone [Woodcutter Universe] · Alethea Kontis · ss Apex Magazine #43, December 2012

94 · Sexagesimal · Katharine E. K. Duckett · ss Apex Magazine #40, September 2012

106 · Multo · Samuel Marzioli · ss Apex Magazine #68, January 2015

116 · Keep Talking · Marie Vibbert · ss Apex Magazine #67, December 2014

126 · Remembery Day · Sarah Pinsker · ss Apex Magazine #72, May 2015

134 · Blood on Beacon Hill · Russell Nichols · ss Apex Magazine #78, November 2015

156 · The Green Book · Amal El-Mohtar · ss Apex Magazine #18, November 2010

166 · L’Esprit de L’Escalier · Peter M. Ball · ss Apex Magazine #16, September 2010

176 · Still Life (A Sexagesimal Fairy Tale) · Ian Tregillis · ss Apex Magazine #17, October 2010

195 · Build-a-Dolly · Ken Liu · ss Apex Magazine #47, April 2013

198 · Armless Maidens of the American West · Genevieve Valentine · ss Apex Magazine #39, August 2012

205 · Pocosin · Ursula Vernon · ss Apex Magazine #68, January 2015

219 · She Gave Her Heart, He Took Her Marrow · Sam Fleming · ss Apex Magazine #79, December 2015

238 · Afterword · Jason Sizemore · aw

Do Not Go Quietly: An Anthology of Defiance in Victory ed. Lesley Conner & Jason Sizemore (Apex Publications, May 21, 2019, 978-1-937009-78-6, $29.95, 352pp, hc, oa, cover by Marcela Bolívar)
Details taken from online listing.

· Permian Basin Blues · Lucy A. Snyder · pm Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #7, October 2000

· #greenlivesmatter · Joshua Gage · pm Star*Line Spring 2016

· Glossolalia · John Hornor Jacobs · ss

· The Judith Plague · A. Merc Rustad · ss

· What the Mountain Wants · Maurice Broaddus & Nayad Monroe · ss

· Sympathizer · Karin Lowachee · ss

· Kindle · Brooke Bolander · ss

· What We Have Chosen to Love · Cassandra Khaw · ss

· The Society for the Reclamation of Words and Meaning · Fran Wilde · ss

· Scurry · Rich Larson · ss

· Everything Is Closed Today [A Song for a New Day] · Sarah Pinsker · ss

· Thirteen Year Long Song · Sheree Renée Thomas · ss

· Nobody Lives in the Swamp · Dee Warrick · ss

· Rage Against the Vending Machine · Russell Nichols · ss

· Hey Alexa · Meg Elison · ss

· South of the Waffle House · Marie Vibbert · ss

· Face · Veronica Brush · ss Apex Magazine #119, April 2019

· Choose Your Truth · Jo Miles · ss

· Oil Under Her Tongue · Rachael K. Jones · ss

· April Teeth · Eugenia Triantafyllou · ss

· Kill the Darlings (Silicone Sister Remix) · E. Catherine Tobler · ss

· Salted Bone and Silent Sea · Shanna Germain · ss

· To Write · Annie Neugebauer · pm

· The Skeleton Archer Speaks · Jeremy Paden · pm

· If the Fairy Godmother Comes · Mary Soon Lee · pm

· The Dolls · Christina Sng · pm

· Witch’s Star · Alethea Kontis · pm

· Plot Twist · Bianca Spriggs · pm

Robotic Ambitions ed. Lesley Conner & Jason Sizemore (Apex Publications, October 10, 2023, 979-8-223-97063-7, $24.95, 358pp, tp, oa, cover by Vincent Lefevre)
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Martha Wells · in

· It-Who-Dreams-Under-Grey-Clouds in the-Town-Within-the-City · Marie Croke · ss

· She Builds Quick Machines · Lyndsie Manusos · ss

· Out There with Them · N. V. Haskell · ss

· Prospecting · Lavie Tidhar · ss

· The Caregivers · Marie Vibbert · ss

· The Town Full of Broken Tin Men · Danny Cherry, Jr. · ss

· Ark · Liam Hogan · ss

· A Still Life · Elliott Wink · nv Elliott Wink, June 2022

· The City in the Forest · Premee Mohamed · ss

· An Incomplete Record of Databank Deletions in Alphabetical Order · Mar Vincent · ss

· Built to Cheat · Derrick Boden · ss

· The Big Book of Grandmamas · Sheree Renée Thomas · ss

· Everything Else Is Advertising · J. Wallace · ss

· Alice & Lucy · Edward Daschle · ss

· Fearfully and Wonderfully Made · Izzy Wasserstein · ss

· A Lifeline of Silk · Renan Bernardo · ss

· Little Fathers of Darkness · Jason Sanford · ss

· Solar Sonata for Four Hands · Jennifer R. Donohue · ss

· Tenets of Ascendance · Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Somto Ihezue · ss

· Intersecting Datafields · Myna Chang · ss

· A Fragility, a Shadow · Leah Ning · ss

· Insatiable Life · Kathleen Schaefer · ss

· Ribbit · Mona West · ss

· How to Get to Be a Three-Thousand-Year-Old Mining AI · Nick Hartland · ss

· An Android in the Desert · Rachel Gutin · ss

Great English Short Novels ed. Cyril Connolly (The Dial Press, 1953, hc, an)

3 · Life of Richard Savage · Samuel Johnson · na (r)

87 · Castle Rackrent · Maria Edgeworth · na (r)

163 · The Room in the Dragon Volant [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · n. London Society February 1872 (+4)

287 · Cousin Phillis · Mrs. Gaskell · na The Cornhill Magazine November 1863 (+3), uncredited.

385 · The Lifted Veil · George Eliot · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine July 1859, uncredited.

433 · The Secret Sharer · Joseph Conrad · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1910 (+1)

477 · The Farcical History of Richard Greenow · Aldous Huxley · na Limbo by Aldous Huxley, Chatto and Windus, 1920

537 · The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper · George Meredith · na (r)

593 · Nightmare Abbey · Thomas Love Peacock · na 1818

669 · Liber Amoris · William Hazlitt · na 1823

753 · Between the Acts · Virginia Woolf · na (r)

Nocturnes by John Connolly (Hodder & Stoughton, October 11, 2004, 0-340-83458-7, £14.99, 401pp, hc, oc)
Collection of 15 stories, only one of which seems to be a reprint. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-83459-5) was announced but not seen.

1 · The Cancer Cowboy Rides · John Connolly · na

75 · Mr. Pettinger’s Daemon · John Connolly · ss

91 · The Erlking · John Connolly · ss

103 · The New Daughter · John Connolly · ss

119 · The Ritual of the Bones · John Connolly · ss

135 · The Furnace Room · John Connolly · ss

149 · The Underbury Witches · John Connolly · nv

191 · The Inkpot Monkey · John Connolly · ss Like a Charm ed. Karin Slaughter, Century, 2004

205 · The Shifting of the Sands · John Connolly · ss

221 · Some Children Wander by Mistake · John Connolly · ss

233 · Deep Dark Green · John Connolly · ss

245 · Miss Froom, Vampire · John Connolly · ss

259 · Nocturne · John Connolly · ss

273 · The Wakeford Abyss · John Connolly · ss

289 · The Reflecting Eye [Charlie “Bird” Parker] · John Connolly · na

Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography by Scott Connors, S. T. Joshi & David E. Schultz--- see under S. T. Joshi.

The Door to Saturn by Clark Ashton Smith ed. Scott Connors & Ron Hilger--- see under Clark Ashton Smith.

The Last Hieroglyph by Clark Ashton Smith ed. Scott Connors & Ron Hilger--- see under Clark Ashton Smith.

The Maze of the Enchanter by Clark Ashton Smith ed. Scott Connors & Ron Hilger--- see under Clark Ashton Smith.

The Miscellaneous Writings of Clark Ashton Smith by Clark Ashton Smith ed. Scott Connors & Ron Hilger--- see under Clark Ashton Smith.

Star Changes by Clark Ashton Smith ed. Scott Connors & Ronald S. Hilger--- see under Clark Ashton Smith.

A Vintage from Atlantis by Clark Ashton Smith ed. Scott Connors & Ron Hilger--- see under Clark Ashton Smith.

Science-Fantasy Correspondent One: An Anthology of Variations on a Theme ed. Willis Conover--- see under Science-Fantasy Correspondent #1, 1975.

The Robert Sheckley Omnibus by Robert Sheckley ed. Robert Conquest--- see under Robert Sheckley.

Spectrum ed. Robert Conquest & Kingsley Amis--- see under Kingsley Amis.

Spectrum II ed. Robert Conquest & Kingsley Amis--- see under Kingsley Amis.

Spectrum 3 ed. Robert Conquest & Kingsley Amis--- see under Kingsley Amis.

Spectrum 4 ed. Robert Conquest & Kingsley Amis--- see under Kingsley Amis.

Spectrum 5 ed. Robert Conquest & Kingsley Amis--- see under Kingsley Amis.

The Da Vinci Machine by Earl Conrad (Fleet Press, 1968, LC:66-25986, $5.95, 189pp, hc, oc)

11 · The Proof Was in Drinkwater’s Pudding · Earl Conrad · ss

22 · Thermidor · Earl Conrad · ss

26 · The Two by Fours · Earl Conrad · ss

34 · Jacob Wrestles with the Angel · Earl Conrad · ss

49 · The Cosmic Megillah · Earl Conrad · ss

56 · Hodson’s Caper · Earl Conrad · ss

65 · The Ecstasy Machine or Professor A’Gley in Antimatterland · Earl Conrad · na

110 · Maturation of the Aborigines · Earl Conrad · ss

116 · Upshaw’s Upset · Earl Conrad · ss

126 · The Feasibility Plan · Earl Conrad · ss

136 · Medical Chart of Stephen Payne · Earl Conrad · ss

140 · The Da Vinci Machine · Earl Conrad · ss

153 · Ook Ook Ook · Earl Conrad · ss

165 · Report on the Condition of Poetry Circa A.D. 2022 · Earl Conrad · ss

169 · Origins of Pill and Hammer · Earl Conrad · ss

182 · Made He a Rib · Earl Conrad · ss

A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad (Methuen, 1908, 310pp, hc, co)

· Gaspar Ruiz · Joseph Conrad · na The Saturday Evening Post July 28 1906 (+3)
also published in Pall Mall Magazine from July to October 1906.

· The Informer · Joseph Conrad · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1906

· The Brute · Joseph Conrad · ss The Daily Chronicle December 5 1906

· An Anarchist · Joseph Conrad · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1906

· The Duel · Joseph Conrad · na The Pall Mall Magazine January 1908 (+4)

· Il Conde · Joseph Conrad · ss Cassell’s Magazine August 1908

Tales of Hearsay by Joseph Conrad (Doubleday Page, 1925, 120pp, hc, co)

· The Warrior’s Soul · Joseph Conrad · ss Land & Water March 29 1917

· Prince Roman · Joseph Conrad · ss Oxford and Cambridge Review October 1911

· The Tale · Joseph Conrad · ss The Strand Magazine October 1917

· The Black Mate · Joseph Conrad · nv The London Magazine April 1908

Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad (Scribner’s, 1898, 3+348pp, hc, co)

· Karian: A Memory · Joseph Conrad · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine November 1897

· The Idiots · Joseph Conrad · ss The Savoy #6, October 1896

· An Outpost of Progress · Joseph Conrad · nv Cosmopolis June 1897 (+1)

· The Return · Joseph Conrad · ss (r)

· The Lagoon · Joseph Conrad · ss The Cornhill Magazine January 1897

Chicks Kick Butt ed. Roxanne Conrad & Kerrie Hughes--- see under Rachel Caine.

Do It to Me/Hot Blonde by Jim Conroy & Mel Johnson--- see under Mel Johnson.

Nympho Nurse/Young and Eager/Quickie by Jim Conroy, Mel Johnson & Gene Evans--- see under Mel Johnson.

Infinite Loop: Stories About the Future by the People Creating It ed. Larry Constantine (Miller Freeman, August 1993, 0-87930-298-4, $19.95, 310pp, hc, oa, cover by Mark Wagner)
Anthology of 27 stories, three reprints, by programmers and other computer professionals. Includes a story by Steve Rasnic Tem.

vi · Foreword · KoAnn Vikören · fw

viii · Preface · Larry Constantine · pr

1 · I’m Rubber and You’re Glue · Dan Persons · ss

16 · My Father’s House · Brian A. Hopkins · ss

36 · STORMY Versus the Tornadoes · Jeff Duntemann · vi PC Techniques August/September 1990

40 · LovePets · Resa Nelson · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #11, Spring 1991

55 · Not My Type · L. Roy Cahners · ss

68 · Soul of an Old Machine · Larry O’Brien · ss

75 · Past Master · Jeff Carter · ss

91 · Boxing Day · Elizabeth Hanes Perry · vi

94 · Dellahar’s Father · Larry Constantine · ss

102 · Sammy · Glenn R. Sixbury · ss

107 · Sibling Rivalry · Linda J. Dunn · ss

122 · Bathtub Mary · Jeff Duntemann · ss

131 · A Letter from Bemi-III · Don & Rosemary Webb · ss

143 · The Lion and the Snake · Sandy Stewart · ss

150 · Watch Me if You Can · Lois H. Gresh · ss

162 · Flickering Lights · Colin J. Robey · ss

175 · Pygmalion 3.0 · Pati Nagle · nv

198 · First Business · Phoebe Bergemann · ss

208 · CAFEBABE · Lois H. Gresh · ss

221 · The Animal Game · Sonia Orin Lyris · nv

243 · Mint, Uncirculated · Larry Constantine · vi

244 · Folded Like a Paper Dove · Anthony Taylor · ss

250 · Project Lucifer · Norm Hartman · ss

259 · Wet Blanket [Dr. Hahnemann] · P. J. Plauger · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact February 1974

281 · The Doors of Hypertext · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

292 · The Dream Pirate’s Tale · Kent Brewster · ss

310 · Time_traveler(); · Steven Weiss · pm

The Thorn Boy and Other Dreams of Dark Desire by Storm Constantine (Stark House, December 2002, 0-9667848-4-7, $19.95, 231pp, tp, oc, cover by Campbell Shepard) [Magravandias Chronicles]
Original collection of nine stories, four reprints, set in the world of the “Chronicles of Magravandias”.

6 · Introduction · Storm Constantine · in

8 · The Thorn Boy [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · na Eidolon Publications, 1999

73 · Spinning for Gold [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · nv

103 · The Nothing Child [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · ss

117 · Living with the Angel [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · nv

140 · The True Destiny of the Heir to Emiraldra [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · ss

158 · My Lady of the Hearth [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · ss Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism, 1998

173 · Night’s Damozel [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine & Eloise Coquio · nv Interzone #138, December 1998

194 · The Face of Sekt [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · nv Graven Images ed. Nancy Kilpatrick & Thomas S. Roche, Ace, 2000

214 · The Island of Desire [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · ss

Three Heralds of the Storm by Storm Constantine (Meisha Merlin Publishing, June 1997, 0-9658345-1-4, $5.00, 60pp, ph, co)
Chapbook collection of three stories, one original.

7 · Such a Nice Girl · Storm Constantine · nv

31 · Last Came Assimilation · Storm Constantine · nv Digital Dreams ed. David V. Barrett, NEL, 1990

49 · How Enlightenment Came to the Tower · Storm Constantine · ss Scheherazade #2, 1991

59 · Biography · [uncredited] · bg

When the Angels Came by Storm Constantine (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 1992, no ISBN, ph, nf) [Novacon Booklets]
Original short article issued in a limited edition of 350 numbered copies, to coincide with Constantine’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 22.

Dark in the Day ed. Storm Constantine & Paul Houghton (Immanion Press, September 9, 2016, 978-1-907737-74-9, £11.99, 314pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Introduction · Storm Constantine · in

11 · The Wide Church of the Weird · Paul Houghton · ar

14 · For(uh)m · Lisa Mansell · pm

15 · The House of My Grandfather · Krishan Coupland · ss 2014
first published on the website of the Liars’ League 2014 event (where it had been read live) on June 20, 2014.

19 · The Strange Case of Quentin Wilde · Paul Houghton · ss

35 · Cup and Table · Tim Pratt · ss Twenty Epics ed. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, All-Star Stories, 2006

49 · Lift · Kate Moore · ss

53 · Listen · Louise Coquio · ss

65 · A Life in Plastic · Andrew Hook · ss Strange Tales V ed. Rosalie Parker, Tartarus Press, 2015

74 · A Woman Talks to Her Flesh As It Meets the Ground · Lisa Mansell · pm

75 · Metawife · Kerry Fender · ss

81 · The Hide · Liz Williams · ss Strange Horizons May 7 2007

93 · A New Womann · Jack Fabian · ss

101 · An End to Empire · Rosie Garland · ss

105 · The Secret Gallery · Storm Constantine · ss

115 · In Touch · Paula Wakefield · ss

124 · Carnivory · Lisa Mansell · pm

125 · Brian · Glynis Charlton · ss

129 · Post Partum · Siân Davies · ss

136 · Catafalque · Lisa Mansell · pm

137 · The Dummy · Nicholas Royle · ss The New Uncanny ed. Sarah Eyre & Ra Page, Comma Press, 2008

151 · The Piano Song · Ian Whates · ss Scenes from the Second Storey: International Edition ed. Mark S. Deniz & Sharon Ring, Morrigan Books, 2011

161 · Wallace · Danielle Collard · ss

175 · The Vigil · J. E. Bryant · ss

191 · The Beast and Beauty · Tanith Lee · ss

203 · Wicken Fen · Paul Finch · nv Terror Tales of East Anglia ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2012

225 · Crocodile and Erlking · Elizabeth Counihan · ss

237 · Perhaps Their Parents Were at Fault · Martina Bellovičová · ss

247 · Pyramid and Thisbe · Rhys Hughes · ss Beyond the Boundaries #9, Autumn 1996

255 · The Long Leather Boot · Elizabeth Davidson · ss

265 · The City in the Dusk · Matt Colborn · ss Interzone #165, March 2001 [Ref. John Christopher]

274 · Angels of Anarchy · Lisa Mansell · pm

275 · The Dark Land · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Darklands ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1991

297 · Around the Apple Tree · Jessica Gilling · ss

Paragenesis ed. Storm Constantine & Wendy Darling (Immanion Press, September 2010, 978-1-904853-73-2, £12.99, 366pp, tp, oa, cover by Ruby) [Wraeththu]
Original anthology of 13 stories, one a reprint, two previously published online, about the early years of the Constantine’s Wraeththu. The editors both provide stories, and afterwords about working on the Wraethu series. Introduction by Brad Carpenter. Afterwords by the editors discuss working on the series, and the inspirations for the Wraeththu.

7 · Introduction · Brad Carpenter · in

13 · Paragenesis [Crow] · Storm Constantine · ss The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams ed. J. O'Barr & Ed Kramer, Del Rey, 1998

31 · The First [Wraeththu] · Wendy Darling · ss

37 · A Sickle Blade [Wraeththu] · Christopher Coyle · ss

49 · The Dawn of Hope [Wraeththu] · Suzanne Gabriel · nv

77 · The Burned Boy [Wraeththu] · Gwyn Harper · na

141 · Building Immanion [Wraeththu] · Martina Luise Pachali · ss

155 · Specimen 16 [Wraeththu] · Andy Bigwood · nv

191 · You Can Never Go Back [Wraeththu] · Christopher Coyle · ss

199 · Conservation of Momentum [Wraeththu] · Fiona Lane · nv

233 · Song of the Sulh [Wraeththu] · Maria Leel · nv

265 · The Rune-Throwing [Wraeththu] · Kristi Lee · ss

283 · Something’s Coming [Wraeththu] · Wendy Darling · nv

313 · Pro Lucror [Wraeththu] · Storm Constantine · nv

347 · The Future of Our Dark, Delirious Imaginings [Wraeththu] · Wendy Darling · ar

351 · Early Wraeththu Inspirations [Wraeththu] · Storm Constantine · ar

360 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Complete Cases of the Dean, Volume 1 by Merle Constiner (Altus Press, November 10, 2016, 978-1-61827-275-1, $24.95, 301pp, tp, co) [Dean Wardlow Rock (The Dean)]
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Strangler’s Kill [Dean Wardlow Rock (The Dean)] · Merle Constiner · nv Dime Detective Magazine August 1940

65 · You’re in My Way [Dean Wardlow Rock (The Dean)] · Merle Constiner · na Dime Detective Magazine December 1940

139 · One Corpse Too Many [Dean Wardlow Rock (The Dean)] · Merle Constiner · na Dime Detective Magazine March 1941

217 · The Puzzle of the Terrified Dummy [Dean Wardlow Rock (The Dean)] · Merle Constiner · na Dime Detective Magazine August 1941

The Hound with the Golden Eye by Merle Constiner (Black Mask, August 1, 2023, 978-1-61827-734-3, $29.95, 348pp, tp, co, cover by Rafael De Soto) [Luther McGavock]
Volume two in “The Complete Black Mask Cases of Luther McGavock”.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Kill One, Skip One [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask November 1943

· The Hound with the Golden Eye [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask May 1944

· Killer Stay ’Way from My Door [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask November 1944

· Until the Undertaker Comes [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask March 1945

Let the Dead Alone: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Luther McGavock by Merle Constiner (Black Mask, July 3, 2020, 978-1-61827-473-1, $24.95, 363pp, tp, co, cover by Rafael De Soto) [Luther McGavock]
Details taken from Table of Contents.

i · Introduction · Evan Lewis · in

3 · Let the Dead Alone [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask July 1942

83 · Let’s Count Corpses [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask September 1942

169 · Why Meddle with Murder? [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask January 1943

257 · The Turkey Buzzard Blues [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask July 1943

The Supernatural Index: A Listing of Fantasy, Supernatural, Occult, Weird, and Horror Anthologies by William G. Contento & Mike Ashley--- see under Mike Ashley.

Bound Together, Vol. I by Hugh Conway (Remington & Co., 1884, 268pp, hc, co)

1 · The Secret of the Stradivarius · Hugh Conway · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #794, December 1881, uncredited.

44 · Fleurette · Hugh Conway · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #810, April 1883, uncredited.

83 · A Cabinet Secret · Hugh Conway · nv All the Year Round December 9 1882

113 · The Bandsman’s Story · Hugh Conway · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #798, April 1882, uncredited.

157 · The Blatchford Bequest · Hugh Conway · na Chambers’s Journal November 3 1883 (+3)

231 · My First Client · Hugh Conway · ss Bristol Times and Mirror December 1883; subtitled “A Solicitor’s Tale”.

Bound Together, Vol. II by Hugh Conway (Remington & Co., 1884, 271pp, hc, co)

1 · Our Last Walk · Hugh Conway · nv; subtitled “A Mystery”.

45 · Miss Rivers’s Revenge · Hugh Conway · na Chambers’s Journal December 1 1883 (+2)

99 · The Daughter of the Stars · Hugh Conway · na Arrowsmith’s Annual Christmas 1881; subtitled “A Psychological Romance”.

149 · In One Short Year · Hugh Conway · nv

198 · The Truth of It · Hugh Conway · nv; subtitled “A Solicitor’s Tale”.

246 · A Speculative Spirit · Hugh Conway · ss All the Year Round June 3 1882

Ten Plagues: A Collection of Deadly Stories ed. Justin Conwell & Ian Donnell Arbuckle--- see under Ian Donnell Arbuckle.

Cthulhu Australis #1 by David Conyers (Rainfall Books, January 2007, #029, £7.00, 50pp, ph, co, cover: Foreboding by Steven C. Gilberts)

· From the Sick Trees · David Conyers · ss

· Five Sisters · David Conyers · ss

· Solvent Hunger · David Conyers · ss Book of Dark Wisdom #5, Winter 2005

Cthulhu Australis Vol 2 by David Conyers (Rainfall Books, October 2007, #046, £7.00, ph, co, cover by Bret Jordan)

· A Shared Romance · David Conyers · ss Dreaming in R’lyeh #2, 2004

· Vanishing Curves · David Conyers · ss Book of Dark Wisdom #3, Spring 2004

· The Swelling · David Conyers · ss

The Spiraling Worm by David Conyers & John Sunseri (Chaosium, July 2007, 1-56882-212-X, $14.95, 313pp, tp, oc, cover by David Lee Ingersoll)
Collection of seven Lovecraftian horror stories, two reprints and one revised; four are by Conyers, two by Sunseri, and one a collaboration.

5 · Introduction · C. J. Henderson · in

8 · Made of Meat · David Conyers · ss Temple of Dagon 2005
revised.

27 · To What Green Altar · John Sunseri · nv

67 · Impossible Object [Harrison Peel] · David Conyers · ss Dreaming in R’lyeh #3, 2005

87 · False Containment · David Conyers · nv Horrors Beyond: Tales of Terrifying Realities ed. William Jones, Elder Signs Press, 2005

120 · Resurgence · John Sunseri · nv

163 · Weapon Grade · David Conyers · na

206 · The Spiraling Worm · David Conyers & John Sunseri · na

309 · After Word · The Authors · aw

315 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Cthulhu’s Dark Cults ed. David Conyers (Chaosium, February 2011, 978-1-56882-235-8, $14.95, ix+239pp, tp, oa) [Cthulhu]
Original anthology of ten Lovecraftian stories (one a reprint) of dark and secretive orders. Conyers discusses how Lovecraft’s Mythos spawned the popularity of cults in the Call of Cthulhu game.

vii · Introduction · David Conyers · in

1 · The Eternal Chinaman [Cthulhu] · John Sunseri · nv

31 · Captains of Industry [Cthulhu] · John Goodrich · nv

57 · Perfect Skin [Cthulhu] · David Witteveen · ss

71 · Covenant of Darkness [Cthulhu] · William Jones · ss Horror Carousel #3, Spring 2005

84 · The Whisper of Ancient Secrets [Cthulhu] · Penelope Love · ss

103 · Old Ghost [Cthulhu] · Peter A. Worthy · ss

122 · The Nature of Faith [Cthulhu] · Oscar Rios · nv

153 · The Devil’s Diamonds [Cthulhu] · Cody Goodfellow · nv

174 · Requiem for the Burning God [Cthulhu] · Shane Jiraiya Cummings · nv

215 · Sisters of the Sand [Cthulhu] · David Conyers · nv

237 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Extreme Planets ed. David Conyers, David Kernot & Jeff Harris (Chaosium, January 2014, 978-1-56882-393-5, $18.95, 356pp, tp, oa, cover by Paul Drummond)
Details taken from online listing.

6 · Introduction · David Brin · in

9 · Banner of the Angels · David Brin & Gregory Benford · ex from Heart of the Comet, Bantam Spectra, March 1986

19 · Brood · Stephen Gaskell · nv

46 · Haumea · David Nordley · nv

74 · A Perfect Day off the Farm · Patty Jansen · ss

88 · Daybreak · Jeff Hecht · ss

99 · Giants [Sunflower Cycle] · Peter Watts · nv

121 · Maelstrom · Kevin Ikenberry · ss

134 · Murder on Centauri · Robert J. Mendenhall · nv

180 · The Flight of the Salamander · David Smith & Violet Addison · ss; given as “Murder on Centauri” on some of the page headers.

199 · Petrochemical Skies · David Conyers & David Kernot · nv

230 · The Hyphal Layer · Meryl Ferguson · nv

253 · Colloidal Suspension · Geoff Nelder · nv

271 · Super-Earth Mother · Guy Immega · nv

299 · Lightime · Jay Caselberg · ss

311 · The Seventh Generation · Brian Stableford · nv

Piercing the Darkness: A Charity Anthology for the Children’s Literacy Initiative ed. Craig Cook (Necro Publications, February 2014, 978-1-939065-56-8, $15.95, 420pp, tp, oa, cover by Daniela Owergoor)
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Introduction · Craig Cook · in

11 · King of Shadows [God of the Razor] · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Joe R. Lansdale’s Lords of the Razor ed. Bill Sheehan & William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2006

43 · Quiet Bullets · Christopher Golden · ss Son of Retro Pulp Tales ed. Joe R. & Keith Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2009

63 · Haven · Kealan Patrick Burke · ss Ravenous Ghosts by Kealan Patrick Burke, 3f Publications, 2003

77 · Brave Girl · Jack Ketchum · ss Right to Life by Jack Ketchum, Edge Books, 2002

87 · Dealing with Mama Lila · Sandy DeLuca · ss

99 · Husband of Kellie · T. T. Zuma · ss

103 · Obedient Flies · Greg F. Gifune · ss Down to Sleep by Greg F. Gifune, Goddess of the Bay Publications, 1999

119 · Exit Strategy · Tim Waggoner · ss

123 · Abattoir Blues · James A. Moore · ss

143 · Cannonball Lycanthrope · Janet Joyce Holden · ss

153 · Throwing Monsters · Jonathan Janz · nv

175 · The Fierce Stabbing and Subsequent Post-Death Vengeance of Scooter Brown · Jeff Strand · ss

183 · The House in Cyrus Holler [Will Castleton] · David Bain · nv

217 · Cooked · Jonathan Maberry · ss
originally appeared in the 2012 audio collection Tales from the Fire Zone.

231 · Miz Ruthie Pays Her Respects · Lucy Snyder · ss Dark Faith ed. Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon, Apex Publications, 2010

239 · Letting Go · Mary SanGiovanni · ss

255 · The Viking Plays Patty Cake · Brian Keene · ss The Rising: Selected Scenes from the End of the World by Brian Keene, Delirium Books, 2008

261 · Shadow Chaser · Simon Wood · ss Book of Dark Wisdom #7, Fall 2005

273 · The Folly · Robert Dunbar · ss Martyrs & Monsters by Robert Dunbar, DarkHart Press, 2009

293 · Spider Goes to Market · Gerard Houarner · ss Tales of the Unanticipated #18, 1997

303 · Pest Control · C. Dennis Moore · nv

325 · I’m So Sorry for Your Loss · Ronald Malfi · ss

331 · Timothy Meek · Gord Rollo · ss

349 · Traps · F. Paul Wilson · ss Night Cry Summer 1987

359 · Searching · Monica O’Rourke · ss

363 · Fire · Elizabeth Massie · ss Darkness on the Edge ed. Harrison Howe, PS Publishing, 2010

377 · Dance of the Blue Lady · Gene O’Neill · ss Cemetery Dance #53, 2005

389 · Dinosaur Day [Cedar Hill] · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss The Fear Within ed. A. Nicole Thomas & Elizabeth Peake, 3F Publications, 2003

Perfunctory Affection by Dawn Cook--- see under Kim Harrison.

Hotter Than Hell ed. Dawn Cook & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Kim Harrison.

An Empire Unacquanted with Defeat by Glen Cook (Night Shade Books, June 2009, 978-1-59780-140-9, $24.95, viii+248pp, hc, co, cover by Raymond Swanland) [Dread Empire]
Collection of ten stories (two original, one slightly revised) in the Dread Empire series. Cook discusses the series’ publication history in the introduction, and provides comments on each of the stories.

vii · Introduction · Glen Cook · in

1 · Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · na The Berkley Showcase Vol. 2 ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1980

55 · The Nights of Dreadful Silence [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss Fantastic Stories September 1973

63 · Finding Svale’s Daughter [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss

69 · Ghost Stalk [Vengeful Dragon; Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1978

97 · Filed Teeth [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv Dragons of Darkness ed. Orson Scott Card, Ace, 1981

135 · Castle of Tears [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss Whispers October 1979

145 · Call for the Dead [Vengeful Dragon; Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1980

187 · Severed Heads [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv Sword and Sorceress ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1984

213 · Silverheels [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #6, May 1971; slightly revised.

223 · Hell’s Forge [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv

Winter’s Dreams by Glen Cook (Subterranean Press, April 2012, 978-1-59606-360-0, $45.00, 287pp, hc, co, cover by Raymond Swanland)
Collection of 14 stories. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 250 ($75.00) is also available.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Song from a Forgotten Hill · Glen Cook · ss Worlds of Tomorrow 1971

19 · And Dragons in the Sky · Glen Cook · nv Clarion II ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Signet, 1972

51 · Appointment in Samarkand · Glen Cook · vi Witchcraft & Sorcery #7, 1972

53 · Sunrise · Glen Cook · nv Eternity #2, 1973

75 · The Devil’s Tooth · Glen Cook · nv The Literary Magazine of Fantasy and Terror v1 #5, 1974

111 · In the Wind · Glen Cook · nv Tomorrow Today ed. George Zebrowski, Unity Press, 1975

151 · The Recruiter · Glen Cook · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories March 1977

159 · The Seventh Fool · Glen Cook · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1978

165 · Ponce · Glen Cook · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories November 1978

179 · Quiet Sea [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1978

209 · Darkwar · Glen Cook · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1982

237 · Enemy Territory · Glen Cook · ss Night Voyages #9, Winter/Spring 1983

257 · The Waiting Sea · Glen Cook · ss Archon 7 Program Book, Archon, 1983

269 · Winter’s Dreams · Glen Cook · ss Balticon 31 Program Book, 1997

Wisconsin Fiction: Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Issue ed. Marshall Cook (University of Wisconsin Press, January 1998, 1882280016, $12.95, 144pp, tp, an)
Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Vol 85. Contents from Amazon.com.

· From the Editor · Marshall Cook · pr

· Foreword · Marshall Cook · fw

· Dining on Memories at the Starlite Cafe · Marnie Krause · ss (r)

· Bachelor Party · C. J. Hribal · ss (r)

· How to Save a Cat and Fall in Love · Karen Loeb · ss (r)

· Surface Tension · Martha Bergland · ss (r)

· December’s Dreams · Thomas Bontly · ss (r)

· Marrying Jerry · Margaret Benbow · ss (r)

· Energy · Julie King · ss (r)

· Putting Up Storms · Carol Sklenicka · ss (r)

· Summer Snow · David R. Young · ss (r)

· Sand Dollar · Peg Sherry · ss (r)

· Two Points · Tom Joseph · ss (r)

· Quick Bright Things · Ron Wallace · ss (r)

· Saint Philomena, Pray for Us · Gordon Weaver · ss (r)

· Fatimata’s Ancestors · David Tabachnick · ss (r)

· The Korporat’s Polonaise · Anthony Bukoski · ss (r)

· Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Fatal Distractions ed. Paul Cook, Steve Holland & Melissa Hyland--- see under Steve Holland.

Leaders of Labor by Roy Cook (J.B. Lippincott Company, September 1966, LC:66-07604, 152pp, hc, nf)
Brief accounts of men who are chiefly responsible for the origins, growth, and sometimes downfall of labor unions.

Man Unwept: Visions from the Inner Eye ed. Stanley J. Cook & Stephen V. Whaley--- see under Stephen V. Whaley.

Monte Cook’s Arcana Evolved: The Dragons’ Return ed. Sue Weinlein Cook (White Wolf/Malhavoc Press, March 2005, 1-58846-883-6, $6.99, vii+277pp, pb, oa, cover by J. P. Targete)
Original anthology of 12 stories based on the fantasy roleplaying game.

vi · Introduction · Sue Weinlein Cook · in

1 · Essence of the Dragon · Will McDermott · nv

26 · Not All That Tempts · Bruce R. Cordell · ss

45 · The Mad Mojh of Onteth · Ed Greenwood · ss

62 · Envoy · Jeff Grubb · nv

86 · Oathsworn · Mary Herbert · nv

112 · Pride · Wolfgang Baur · nv

136 · Vows · Richard Lee Byers · nv

159 · The Sand Veils · Lucien Soulban · nv

181 · This Land Is in Our Blood · Stan · nv

207 · Manipulators · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv

234 · Loresight Legation · Kate Novak · nv

255 · Memories and Ghosts · Monte Cook · nv

Monte Cook’s Arcana Unearthed: Children of the Rune ed. Sue Weinlein Cook (Malhavoc Press, August 2004, 1-58846-864-X, $6.99, vii+277pp, pb, oa, cover by Mark Zug)
Original anthology of 13 stories based on the fantasy roleplaying game.

vi · Introduction · Sue Weinlein Cook · in

1 · Stone Ghosts · Lucien Soulban · nv

23 · How It Works · Monte Cook · ss

36 · The Silent Man · Richard Lee Byers · nv

60 · Hollows of the Heart · Bruce R. Cordell & Keith Francis Strohm · ss

80 · The Fallen Star · Ed Greenwood · ss

99 · Child of the Street · Will McDermott · nv

120 · Clash of Duty · Miranda Horner · nv

144 · The Pebble Before the Avalanche · Mike Mearls · nv

165 · Name Day · Wolfgang Baur · ss

184 · Singer for the Dead · Jeff Grubb · nv

205 · Precious Things · Thomas M. Reid · ss

224 · Skin Deep · Stan · nv

248 · Not Without Cost · Monte Cook · ss

Best American Detective Stories of the Year: 10th Annual Collection ed. David C. Cooke (Boardman, 1960, hc, an)
Reprint (Dutton 1959 as Best Detective Stories of the Year: 14th Annual Collection) anthology.

Best American Detective Stories of the Year—1954 ed. David C. Cooke (Boardman, 1955, 258pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Dutton 1954 as Best Detective Stories of the Year—1954) anthology.

Best Detective Stories of the Year ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1946, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 316pp, hc, an)

9 · Introduction · David C. Cooke · in

17 · Married to Murder · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Argosy July 1945

54 · Slick Trick · Royce Howes · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 3 1945

68 · Don’t Come Back Alive! · Robert C. Dennis · ss Detective Tales November 1945

78 · White Carnations [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Collier’s February 10 1945

96 · Prelude to Murder · Walter C. Brown · nv The Blue Book Magazine October 1945

118 · The Man Who Lost His Head · Bruno Fischer · nv Doc Savage July 1945

138 · Body in the Barn · Margaret Manners · ss Argosy February 1945

155 · Press Agent for Murder · A. Boyd Correll · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1945

174 · The Case of the Sobbing Girl · Day Keene · nv Detective Tales 1945

203 · Just a Minute, Dr. Marlowe · Marie Beynon Ray · ss Cosmopolitan April 1945

220 · Carnie Kill [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv Black Mask May 1945

250 · Wish You Were Dead · C. William Harrison · nv New Detective Magazine July 1945

282 · The Booby Trap · Henry Norton · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 1945, as “You’re Cute—Electrocute”

299 · Slightly Perfect · Norman A. Daniels · ss The Shadow April 1945, as by Peter Reed

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1947 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1947, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 253pp, hc, an)

11 · The Wine Glass · A. A. Milne · ss Cosmopolitan May 1946

26 · Malice Domestic · Philip MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946

47 · The Murderer · Joel Townsley Rogers · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 23 1946

68 · McGarry, Mental Giant [Dan McGarry] · Matt Taylor · ss This Week 1946

78 · Small Secret · Edward Stevenson · ss The Blue Book Magazine March 1946

93 · The Adventure of the Three R’s [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #34, September 1946

115 · The Perfectionist · Margaret St. Clair · ss Mystery Book Magazine May 1946

130 · Recipe for Murder · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss The American Legion Magazine January 1947

135 · Hidden Evidence [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1946

147 · The Riddle of the Black Museum [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #28, March 1946

165 · Terror · Will F. Jenkins · ss The American Magazine August 1946

180 · A Voice Behind Him · Fredric Brown · ss Mystery Book Magazine January 1947

190 · The Watchers and the Watched [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #33, August 1946

219 · Of Mice and Murder · C. William Harrison · nv Detective Tales August 1946, as “Pay Through the Nose!”

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1948 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1948, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 251pp, hc, an)

7 · The Inspector Is Discreet [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s June 21 1947

25 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947

42 · Motive for Murder · John & Ward Hawkins · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 1 1947

71 · The Retired Hangman · Anthony Boucher · ss Shadow Mystery February/March 1947

89 · But the Patient Died [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s October 18 1947

111 · The House Where Death Dwelt · Margaret Manners · nv Argosy May 1947

146 · The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #39, February 1947

171 · The Key in the Lock · Harold Goldman · ss This Week 1847

187 · Revenge · Samuel Blas · ss Collier’s January 11 1947

196 · The Little French Lady’s Scalp · Alan Ritner Anderson · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 29 1947

220 · Challenge to the Reader · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947

237 · The Stranger on Horseback · James A. Kirch · ss Collier’s May 24 1947

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1949 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1949, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 252pp, hc, an)

9 · The Green-and-Gold String [Dr. Alcazar] · Philip MacDonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #59, October 1948

47 · Murder in One Scene [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week May 2 1948

61 · Sentence of Death · Thomas Walsh · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 23 1948

83 · Calling All Cars! · Karl W. Detzer · ss The Blue Book Magazine February 1948

99 · The Black Door · Henry Norton · ss Argosy November 1948

117 · The Death Position Enigma [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #60, November 1948

141 · Silent Witness · Harold Goldman · ss Collier’s September 25 1948

153 · The Defense Rests · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss This Week 1948

169 · Neighborhood Killer · William Holder · ss Argosy August 1948

189 · The Laughing Butcher · Fredric Brown · ss Mystery Book Magazine Fall 1948

211 · Being a Murderer Myself · Arthur Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #57, August 1948

229 · Crime in Plastics · Harry Klingsberg · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 22 1948

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1950 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1950, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 253pp, hc, an)

9 · Double Exposure · Ben Hecht · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #69, August 1949

23 · Blackmail · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss The American Magazine December 1949

43 · Murder for Two · James A. Kirch · ss Argosy June 1949

61 · A Nice, Clean Job · William Fay · ss The Elks Magazine 1949

81 · The Cat’s-Paw · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #67, June 1949

102 · The Inspector Had a Habit [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s March 26 1949

118 · The Stalking Shadow · Sidney Herschel Small · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 13 1949

139 · The Dog Died First · Bruno Fischer · nv Mystery Book Magazine Fall 1949

167 · Crisis, 1999 [Bela Joad] · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #69, August 1949

189 · Remember the Night · Day Keene · ss Argosy December 1949

209 · Brood of Evil [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s April 2 1949

229 · The Million-to-One Chance [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #72, November 1949

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1951 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1951, LC:46-5872, $2.75, 250pp, hc, an)

7 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950

39 · Nearly Perfect · A. A. Milne · ss Cosmopolitan August 1950

48 · Florian Slappey—Private Eye [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The Elks Magazine 1950

72 · Burden of Guilt [Daniel “Pop” Egan] · John & Ward Hawkins · nv Collier’s March 4 1950

95 · A Boy’s Will · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #79, June 1950

113 · The Chinese Dagger · Sidney Herschel Small · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 9 1950

132 · McGarry and the Television Frame-Up [Dan McGarry] · Matt Taylor · ss This Week 1950

145 · Trouble on 98th Street · Frank Taubes · ss Argosy October 1950

161 · The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #78, May 1950

183 · The Foolproof Frame-Up · Harry Klingsberg · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 26 1950

205 · Into the Web · David M. Newell · ss The Elks Magazine 1950

219 · The Walking Corpse · Clayre & Michel Lipman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950

245 · Murder Without Clues [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week January 29 1950

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1952 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1952, LC:46-5872, $2.75, 252pp, hc, an)

5 · Introduction · David C. Cooke · in

13 · Where Angels Fear to Tread [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #87, February 1951

43 · Total Recall · James Helvick · ss Lilliput July 1950

61 · Night in the Warehouse · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss Argosy November 1951

81 · The Man with the Sneer [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #88, March 1951

105 · Once Upon a Crime · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The Elks Magazine 1951

129 · The Smuggler · Victor Canning · ss Lilliput June/July 1951, as “Dialogue Behind a Curtain”

137 · The Kiss-Off · John P. Foran · ss Male 1951

151 · Goodbye Forever [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #97, December 1951

177 · Kiss of Kandahar [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s February 17 1951

199 · The Last Day of My Life · Allan Vaughan Elston · nv The Blue Book Magazine March 1951

227 · Murderer’s Luck · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard July 17 1951

235 · The Emperor’s Dice [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #89, April 1951

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1953 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1953, LC:46-5872, $2.95, 256pp, hc, an)

9 · Mom Makes a Bet [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #110, January 1953

25 · The Dusty Drawer · Harry Muheim · ss Collier’s May 3 1952

44 · Till Death Do Us Part · James A. Kirch · nv Argosy March 1952

74 · One-Way Street [Detective Inspector Painton] · Anthony Armstrong · ss 1946

85 · Mystery of Kela Ouai · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard November 29 1951, as “Death of a Brother”

93 · Public Eye · Anthony Boucher · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1952

111 · Calendar Girl [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s September 20 1952

132 · The Jinx Man [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #109, December 1952

162 · The Wagstaff Pearls [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week September 21 1952

174 · Stabbing in the Streets [David Wiley] · Eleazar Lipsky · nv Manhunt February 1953

195 · Death’s Eye View · John D. MacDonald · nv New Detective Magazine February 1953

243 · For Value Received [Lloyd Chalmers] · Richard Deming · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1954 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1954, LC:46-5872, $2.95, 258pp, hc, an)
In England (Boardman 1955) as Best American Detective Stories of the Year—1954.

7 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953

25 · Graveyard Shift · Steve Frazee · ss Manhunt May 1953

40 · Little Things Like That [Insp. Peter Curwen] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #118, September 1953

61 · “My Queer Dean!” [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 8 1953

67 · The Bystander · Oliver La Farge · ss Cosmopolitan April 1953

83 · The Revolution Racket [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The Saint Detective Magazine January 1954

117 · Mugger Murder · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt April 1953

127 · The Killer Is Loose · John & Ward Hawkins · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 13 1953

157 · The Dead Run · W. J. Wallace · ss Collier’s January 8 1954

172 · The Attacker [Anthony J. Quinn] · Morton Wolson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #122, January 1954

193 · Small Homicide · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt June 1953

207 · Kill and Run · Frank Ward · na Cosmopolitan February 1953

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