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Corrupts Absolutely?: Dark Metahuman Fiction ed. Lincoln Crisler (Damnation Books, March 2012, 978-1-61572-615-8, $20.25, 209pp, tp, oa, cover by Jessica Lucero)     Original anthology of 21 stories of dark metahuman/superhero fiction. Authors include Weston Ochse, Cat Rambo, and Joe McKinney. Details taken from online listing. · Retribution · Tim Marquitz · ss · Hollywood Villainy · Weston Ochse · ss · Mental Man · William Todd Rose · ss · The Real Church · Jeremy Hepler · ss · Ozymandias Revisited · A. S. Fox · ss · Enlightened by Sin · Jason M. Tucker · ss · The Origin of Slashy · Jeff Strand · ss · Conviction · Edward M. Erdelac · ss · Threshold · Kris Ashton · ss · Oily · A. D. Spencer · ss · Hero · Joe McKinney · ss · Pride · Wayne Ligon · ss · G-Child · Malon Edwards · ss · Static · Jason Gehlert · ss · Illusion · Karina Fabian · ss · Past Imperfect [Kurt Reinhardt, The Scorpion] · Warren Stockholm · ss · Sabre · Anthony Laffan · ss · Crooked · Lee Mather · ss · Fixed · Trisha J. Wooldridge · ss · Acquainted with the Night · Cat Rambo · ss A Thousand Faces #9, Summer 2009 · Gone Rogue · Wayne Helge · ss · Max and Rose · Andrew Bourelle · ss

Corrupts Absolutely? (var. 1) ed. Lincoln Crisler (Ragnarok Publications, February 2015, 9781941987353, $18.95, 347pp, tp, oa, cover by Malcolm McClinton)     Original anthology of 22 stories of dark metahuman/superhero fiction. Revised from Damnation Books 2012 edition. · Introduction · Lincoln Crisler · in · Retribution · Tim Marquitz · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Hollywood Villainy · Weston Ochse · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Mental Man · William Todd Rose · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · The Real Church · Jeremy Hepler · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Ozymandias Revisited · A. S. Fox · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Enlightened by Sin · Jason M. Tucker · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Bedtime Story · Peter Clines · ss · The Origin of Slashy · Jeff Strand · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Conviction · Edward M. Erdelac · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Threshold · Kris Ashton · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Oily · A. D. Spencer · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Hero · Joe McKinney · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Pride · Wayne Ligon · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · G-Child · Malon Edwards · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Past Imperfect [Kurt Reinhardt, The Scorpion] · Warren Stockholm · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Illusion · Karina L. Fabian · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Sabre · Anthony Laffan · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Crooked · Lee Mather · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Fixed · Trisha J. Wooldridge · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Acquainted with the Night · Cat Rambo · ss A Thousand Faces #9, Summer 2009 · Gone Rogue · Wayne Helge · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · Max and Rose · Andrew Bourelle · ss Corrupts Absolutely? ed. Lincoln Crisler, Damnation Books, 2012 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

That Hoodoo, Voodoo That You Do: A Dark Rituals Anthology ed. Lincoln Crisler (Angelic Knight Press, January 27, 2015, $3.99, ebook, oa, cover by J. M. Martin)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Lincoln Crisler · in · Sa fè lontan (Long Time No See) · Sarah Hans · ss · Young Girls Are Coming to Ajo · Ken Goldman · ss · Into the Mirror Black · Tim Marquitz · ss · Severed · Brandon Ford · ss · Afflicted · A. J. Brown · ss · A Little Bit of Soul · Craig Cook · ss · Coughs and Sneezes · James K. Isaac · ss · Secret Suicide · Amy Braun · ss · Wounds · Greg Chapman · ss · Sturm und Drang · Jeff C. Carter · ss · Shades of Hades · E. J. Alexander · ss · For Love · D. J. Tyrer · ss · Gingerbread Man · Rose Strickman · ss · Thy Just Punishments · Edward M. Erdelac · ss · Johnny Two Places · Mark Mellon · ss · The Seed · N. X. Sharps · ss · Late Payment · Jake Elliot · ss · Masqerade · C. A. Rowland · ss · Lessons from a Victory Garden · Jason Andrew · ss · The Projectionist · Timothy Baker · ss · The Right Hand Man · J. S. Reinhardt · ss · Paper Craft · Leigh Saunders · ss

An Enchanted Ghost and Other Stories by Cassius Crisp (Findlay, Sackett, 1900, 165pp, hc, co) · Paul Stoddard’s Romance · Cassius Crisp · ss (r) · An Enchanted Ghost · Cassius Crisp · ss (r) · The Hunt for the Golden Buck · Cassius Crisp · ss (r) · Ruth · Cassius Crisp · ss (r) · The Valley Tragedies · Cassius Crisp · ss (r)

Morbid Tales by Quentin S. Crisp (Tartarus Press, 2003, 1-872621-83-X, £27.50, 226pp, hc, oc, cover by R. B. Russell)     Collection of eight immaculately realised strange stories. Limited to 300 copies. v · Foreword · Mark Samuels · fw 1 · The Mermaid · Quentin S. Crisp · nv 43 · The Two-Timer · Quentin S. Crisp · ss 55 · Far-Off Things · Quentin S. Crisp · ss Penny Dreadful #14, 2001 65 · Cousin X · Quentin S. Crisp · nv Strange Tales ed. Rosalie Parker, Tartarus Press, 2003 105 · A Lake · Quentin S. Crisp · nv 163 · The Tattooist · Quentin S. Crisp · nv 205 · Ageless · Quentin S. Crisp · ss 211 · Autumn Colours · Quentin S. Crisp · ss

The Nightmare Exhibition by Quentin S. Crisp (BJM Press, 2001, £5.00, 144pp, ph, co)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · John B. Ford · in · Interview with the Necrophile · Quentin S. Crisp · pp (r) · The Psychopomps · Quentin S. Crisp · nv Haunted Dreams #2, 2000 · The Legacy · Quentin S. Crisp · ss Enigmatic Tales #8, Spring 2000 · Dating the Android · Quentin S. Crisp · ss (r) · Decay · Quentin S. Crisp · vi The Dream Zone #9, May 2001 · Lifespans · Quentin S. Crisp · ss The Dream Zone #7, September 2000 · The Reversible Man · Quentin S. Crisp · ss (r) · The Recluse · Quentin S. Crisp · ss (r) · The Nightmare Exhibition · Quentin S. Crisp · ss (r)

The Psychopomps & Others by Quentin S. Crisp (Rainfall Books, August 2007, #047, £7.00, ph, co, cover by Des Knight)     Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by author Quentin S. Crisp and editor John B. Ford. · The Psychopomps · Quentin S. Crisp · nv Haunted Dreams #2, 2000 · The Legacy · Quentin S. Crisp · ss Enigmatic Tales #8, Spring 2000 · Decay · Quentin S. Crisp · vi The Dream Zone #9, May 2001

Beware of the Trains by Edmund Crispin (Gollancz, 1953, hc, co) [Gervase Fen]     Published in the US by Walker (1962). 9 · Beware of the Trains [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Daily Sketch December 1949 21 · Humbleby Agonistes [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard October 16 1950 32 · The Drowning of Edgar Foley [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 18 1952 45 · “Lacrimae Rerum” [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #67, June 1949 58 · Within the Gates [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard March 1 1952 67 · Abhorred Shears [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard November 15 1950 77 · The Little Room [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard September 1 1952 86 · Express Delivery [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard December 19 1950 95 · A Pot of Paint [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard May 9 1951 102 · The Quick Brown Fox [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard January 9 1950 116 · Black for a Funeral [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard May 29 1952 124 · The Name on the Window [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #111, February 1953 136 · The Golden Mean [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard July 29 1952 145 · Otherwhere [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #113, April 1953, as “All in the Way You Look at It” 156 · The Evidence for the Crown · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard April 9 1951 166 · Deadlock · Edmund Crispin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #44, July 1947

Fen Country by Edmund Crispin (Gollancz, 1979, hc, co)     Published in the US by Walker (1980). · Who Killed Baker? [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin & Geoffrey Bush · ss The Evening Standard October 30 1950 · Death and Aunt Fancy [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 26 1953 · The Hunchback Cat [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 5 1954 · The Lion’s Tooth [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 10 1955 · Gladstone’s Candlestick [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 12 1955 · The Man Who Lost His Head [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 8 1955 · The Two Sisters [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 13 1955 · Outrage in Stepney [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1955, as “A Message to Herr Dietrich” · A Country to Sell [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 9 1955 · A Case in Camera [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 11 1955 · Blood Sport [Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 6 1954 · The Pencil · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 24 1953 · Windhover Cottage · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 2 1954 · The House by the River · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 25 1953 · After Evensong · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 28 1953 · Death Behind Bars · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1960, as “Too Clever for Scotland Yard” · We Know You’re Busy Writing, but We Thought You Wouldn’t Mind if We Just Dropped in for a Minute · Edmund Crispin · ss Winter’s Crimes 1 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1969 · Cash on Delivery · Edmund Crispin · ss · Shot in the Dark [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard April 5 1952 · The Mischief Done [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss Winter’s Crimes 4 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1972 · Merry-Go-Round [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 23 1953 · Occupational Risk [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard July 11 1955, as “What’s His Line?” · Dog in the Night-Time [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 4 1954 · Man Overboard [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 3 1954 · The Undraped Torso [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 7 1954 · Wolf! · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 27 1953

“We Know You’re Busy Writing…”: The Collected Short Stories of Edmund Crispin by Edmund Crispin (Collins Crime Club, September 28, 2023, 978-0-00-853066-2, £18.99, 480pp, hc, co)     Details taken from Table of Contents. · Prelude 1 · Deadlock · Edmund Crispin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #44, July 1947 · Part One: Beware of the Trains 33 · Beware of the Trains [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Daily Sketch December 1949 45 · Humbleby Agonistes [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard October 16 1950 56 · The Drowning of Edgar Foley [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 18 1952 69 · “Lacrimae Rerum” [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #67, June 1949 82 · Within the Gates [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard March 1 1952 92 · Abhorred Shears [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard November 15 1950 101 · The Little Room [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard September 1 1952 110 · Express Delivery [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard December 19 1950 119 · A Pot of Paint [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard May 9 1951 126 · The Quick Brown Fox [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard January 9 1950 140 · Black for a Funeral [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard May 29 1952 148 · The Name on the Window [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #111, February 1953 160 · The Golden Mean [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard July 29 1952 169 · Otherwhere [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #113, April 1953, as “All in the Way You Look at It” · Part Two: Fen Country 183 · Who Killed Baker? [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin & Geoffrey Bush · ss The Evening Standard October 30 1950 190 · Death and Aunt Fancy [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 26 1953 195 · The Hunchback Cat [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 5 1954 201 · The Lion’s Tooth [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 10 1955 206 · Gladstone’s Candlestick [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 12 1955 211 · The Man Who Lost His Head [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 8 1955 217 · The Two Sisters [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 13 1955 222 · Outrage in Stepney [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1955, as “A Message to Herr Dietrich” 227 · A Country to Sell [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 9 1955 233 · Shot in the Dark [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard April 5 1952 239 · The Mischief Done [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss Winter’s Crimes 4 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1972 256 · Merry-Go-Round [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 23 1953 260 · Occupational Risk [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard July 11 1955, as “What’s His Line?” 265 · Dog in the Night-Time [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 4 1954 271 · Man Overboard [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 3 1954 277 · The Undraped Torso [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 7 1954 282 · Wolf! · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 27 1953 · Part Three: The Evidence for the Crown 289 · The Evidence for the Crown · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard April 9 1951 299 · A Case in Camera [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 11 1955 304 · Blood Sport [Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 6 1954 309 · The Pencil · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 24 1953 313 · Windhover Cottage · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 2 1954 318 · The House by the River · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 25 1953 323 · After Evensong · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 28 1953 328 · Death Behind Bars · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1960, as “Too Clever for Scotland Yard” 337 · We Know You’re Busy Writing, but We Thought You Wouldn’t Mind if We Just Dropped in for a Minute · Edmund Crispin · ss Winter’s Crimes 1 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1969 354 · Cash on Delivery · Edmund Crispin · ss Fen Country by Edmund Crispin, Gollancz, 1979 360 · St. Bartholomew’s Day · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1975 375 · Child’s Play · Edmund Crispin · nv Bodies from the Library 4 ed. Tony Medawar, Collins Crime Club, 2021 396 · The Year and the Day · Edmund Crispin · ss Bodies from the Library 5 ed. Tony Medawar, Collins Crime Club, 2022 · Encore 405 · The Hours of Darkness [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · na Bodies from the Library 2 ed. Tony Medawar, Collins Crime Club, 2019 468 · Publishing History · [uncredited] · bi

Best Detective Stories ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1959, 15/-, 287pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 17 · Dead Man’s Shoes [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · nv Lilliput August/September 1953 59 · The Burnt Tout [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine July 1938 93 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950 121 · The Rubber Trumpet [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1934 140 · The Dauphin’s Doll [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #61, December 1948 169 · Who Killed Baker? [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin & Geoffrey Bush · ss The Evening Standard October 30 1950 177 · You Can’t Hang Twice [Arthur Crook] · Anthony Gilbert · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #36, November 1946 202 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 212 · A Dog in the Daytime [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine December 1954, as “The Body in the Hall” 261 · The Enemy [Mike Russell] · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951

Best Detective Stories 2 ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1964, 208pp, hc, an) 6 · Editor’s Note · Edmund Crispin · pr 7 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 11 · The Homesick Buick · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950 25 · The Chocolate Box [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 23 1923, as “The Clue of the Chocolate Box” 39 · The House in Goblin Wood [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · nv The Strand Magazine November 1947, as by John Dickson Carr 60 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 73 · A Pearl Among Women [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard January 26 1953 79 · The Cop Killer [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine February 1951 128 · Manor Park · Gladys Mitchell · ss The Evening Standard August 18 1950 133 · The Singing Diamonds [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #71, October 1949 157 · The Cold Winds of Adesta [Major Tennente] · Thomas Flanagan · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #101, April 1952 174 · Mind Over Matter [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv The Blue Book Magazine October 1939 193 · The Oyster Catcher [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) August 1957

Best Murder Stories 2 ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1973, 0-571-10207-7, 218pp, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 11 · Mary Postgate · Rudyard Kipling · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine September 1915 29 · Esmeralda · John Keir Cross · ss The Other Passenger by John Keir Cross, John Westhouse, 1944 50 · The Tool · William F. Harvey · ss The New Decameron, Volume the Second, Blackwell, 1920 65 · Old Joe [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Limehouse Nights by Thomas Burke, Grant Richards, 1916 77 · The Smile of Karen · Oliver Onions · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 119 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing” 128 · The Killing-Bottle · L. P. Hartley · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 173 · The Smell in the Library [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · nv The Sketch December 25 1922, as “Red Antony” 196 · The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #78, May 1950

Best SF ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, February 1955, 15/-, 368pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 17 · Dormant · A. E. van Vogt · ss Startling Stories November 1948 35 · Pictures Don’t Lie · Katherine MacLean · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951 56 · Dumb Martian · John Wyndham · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1952 85 · Or Else · Henry Kuttner (with C. L. Moore) · ss Amazing Stories August/September 1953 95 · No Woman Born · C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1944 148 · The Fire Balloons [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, 1951 168 · The New Wine · John Christopher · ss Fantastic Story Magazine Summer 1954, as by William Vine 183 · Prott · Margaret St. Clair · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1953 199 · A Present from Joe · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction February 1949 214 · The Cerebrative Psittacoid [C.P. Ransom] · H. Nearing, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1953 233 · First Lady · J. T. McIntosh · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1953 262 · The Ruum [Ruum] · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1953 276 · The Xi Effect · Philip Latham · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1950 299 · A Case of Conscience [After Such Knowledge] · James Blish · na If September 1953

Best SF Two ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, September 1956, 15/-, 296pp, hc, an, cover by Peter Curl) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 17 · The Altar at Midnight · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1952 24 · Hobson’s Choice · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952 39 · Outside · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #31, January 1955 49 · Angel’s Egg · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1951 87 · Placet Is a Crazy Place · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1946 102 · Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1947 129 · The Copper Dahlia · Gerald Kersh · ss Argosy (UK) October 1949 140 · When You’re Smiling · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1955 168 · Zero Hour · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1947 179 · Worrywart · Clifford Simak · ss Galaxy Science Fiction September 1953 195 · Una · John Wyndham · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1953, as “Perfect Creature” revised from “The Perfect Creature,” Tales of Wonder #1 ’37, as by John Beynon. 220 · Blowups Happen · Robert Heinlein · na Astounding Science-Fiction September 1940 271 · Impostor · Philip K. Dick · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1953 287 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

Best SF Three ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, June 1958, 15/-, 224pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 15 · Grenville’s Planet · Michael Shaara · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 27 · Counterspy · Kelley Edwards · ss Astounding Science Fiction December 1953 48 · The Wabbler · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science-Fiction October 1942 57 · Food to All Flesh · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1953 67 · He Walked Around the Horses [Paratime Police] · H. Beam Piper · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1948 89 · The Available Data on the Worp Reaction · Lion Miller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953 93 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1954 119 · The Gift of Gab · Jack Vance · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1955 173 · Four in One · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1953 206 · The Game of Rat and Dragon [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1955 222 · Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships by Fredric Brown, E.P. Dutton, 1954

Best SF Four ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, March 1961, 15/-, 224pp, hc, an, cover by John Griffiths) 7 · Foreword · Edmund Crispin · fw 11 · The Short Life · Francis Donovan · na Astounding Science Fiction October 1955 63 · A Subway Named Mobius · A. J. Deutsch · ss Astounding Science Fiction December 1950 79 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 97 · Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1959 125 · Balaam · Anthony Boucher · ss 9 Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1954 139 · The Yellow Pill · Rog Phillips · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1958 152 · The Bliss of Solitude · J. T. McIntosh · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1952, as “Hallucination Orbit” 173 · Psyclops · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #49, July 1956 184 · Hobbyist · Eric Frank Russell · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1947 216 · BAXBR/DAXBR · Evelyn E. Smith · ss Time to Come ed. August Derleth, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954

Best SF Five ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, June 1963, 18/-, 256pp, hc, an, cover by John Griffiths) 9 · Foreword · Edmund Crispin · fw 13 · On Handling the Data · Henry I. Hirshfield & G. M. Mateyko · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1959, as by M. I. Mayfield 22 · Noise Level [Martin Nagle] · Raymond F. Jones · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1952 66 · Green Thumb · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1954 88 · The Quest for Saint Aquin · Anthony Boucher · ss New Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1951 108 · The Monsters · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953 119 · Who Can Replace a Man? · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1958, as “But Who Can Replace a Man?” 129 · The Prisoner [War with the Outs] · Christopher Anvil · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1956 155 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 162 · Consider Her Ways · John Wyndham · na Sometime, Never, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956 227 · The Martyr · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1960 247 · Later Than You Think · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1950

Best SF Six ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1966, 18/-, 252pp, hc, an) 7 · Foreword · Edmund Crispin · fw 11 · Judas Bomb · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1961 22 · A Work of Art · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Stories July 1956, as “Art-Work” 41 · A Life and a Half · Frederik Pohl · ss If July 1959, as by Paul Flehr 48 · The Star Ducks · Bill Brown · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1950 57 · The Waitabits · Eric Frank Russell · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1955 106 · The Fly · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1952 111 · Kaleidoscope · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949 121 · The Nostalgia Gene · Roy Hutchins · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1954 137 · Camouflage · Henry Kuttner · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1945, as by Lewis Padgett 175 · Letter to a Phoenix · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1949 184 · Death March · Algis Budrys · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1956 212 · Weapon · John Christopher · ss The Twenty-Second Century by John Christopher, Grayson & Grayson, 1954 219 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961 237 · Old Hundredth · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #100, November 1960

Best SF Seven ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1970, 0-571-08808-2, 28/-, 212pp, hc, an) 9 · Foreword · Edmund Crispin · fw 11 · The Children of Night · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Magazine October 1964 47 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961 54 · Way Out in the Continuum · Maurice Richardson · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art March 1946 63 · The Machine That Won the War · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961 69 · Ultima Thule · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1951 85 · Heresies of the Huge God · Brian W. Aldiss · fa Galaxy Science Fiction August 1966 96 · The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth · Roger Zelazny · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1965 128 · Snuffles [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Galaxy Magazine December 1960 151 · The Coffin Cure · Alan E. Nourse · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1957 166 · The Music Master of Babylon · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1954 193 · Protect Me from My Friends · John Brunner · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1962 198 · Come to Venus Melancholy · Thomas M. Disch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1965

Best Tales of Terror ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1962, 16/-, 255pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 15 · The Emissary · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947 24 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Cosmopolitan September 1933 41 · A Summons · L. P. Hartley · ss Night Fears by L. P. Hartley, Putnam, 1924 45 · The Mine · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Mystery Stories #25, February 1942 52 · Bird of Prey · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 61 · Royal Jelly · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 91 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 124 · Mr. Meldrum’s Mania · John Metcalfe · nv Judas and Other Stories by John Metcalfe, Constable, 1931 158 · Three Miles Up · Elizabeth Jane Howard · nv We Are for the Dark by Elizabeth Jane Howard & Robert Aickman, Cape, 1951 179 · Manhole 69 · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #65, November 1957 205 · The Misogynist · James E. Gunn · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1952 216 · The Next in Line · Ray Bradbury · nv Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947

Best Tales of Terror 2 ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1965, 21/-, 224pp, hc, an) 9 · Foreword · Edmund Crispin · fw 11 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s” 22 · A Warning to the Curious · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury August 1925 40 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 54 · Time-Fuse · John Metcalfe · ss Judas and Other Stories by John Metcalfe, Constable, 1931 72 · The Electric King [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1930 94 · Curious Adventure of Mr. Bond · Nugent Barker · nv The Cornhill Magazine July 1939 119 · The Dabblers · W. F. Harvey · ss Moods and Tenses by William Fryer Harvey, Basil Blackwell, 1933 129 · “Happy Birthday, Dear Alexa” · John Keir Cross · ss 148 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · nv Dime Mystery Magazine November 1946 169 · The Frontier Guards · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Illustrated London News November 25 1929 175 · The Cat Jumps · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 186 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943 199 · The Two Vaynes · L. P. Hartley · ss World Review #22, December 1950 210 · Tell Me, Doctor—Please · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1963

Outwards from Earth ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1974, 0-571-10489-4, 150pp, pb, an) 9 · Introduction · Robert Conquest · in 16 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1954 52 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 61 · Old Hundredth · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #100, November 1960 78 · The Available Data on the Worp Reaction · Lion Miller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953 84 · Green Thumb · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1954 112 · Protect Me from My Friends · John Brunner · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1962 119 · Allamagoosa · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1955 139 · Letter to a Phoenix · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1949

The Stars and Under ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1968, 8/6d, 174pp, hc, an) · What Science Fiction Is · Edmund Crispin · in · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952 · Food to All Flesh · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1953 · The Ruum [Ruum] · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1953 · Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1947 · Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships by Fredric Brown, E.P. Dutton, 1954 · The Star Ducks · Bill Brown · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1950 · Null-P · William Tenn · ss Worlds Beyond January 1951 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961 · The Forgotten Enemy · Arthur C. Clarke · ss King’s College Review December 1948

The Greener Forest by Vonnie Winslow Crist (Cold Moon Press, April 2011, 978-0-578-07890-8, $15.95, 168pp, tp, oc, cover by Vonnie Winslow Crist)     Details taken from online listing. 5 · Pillywiggins · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 11 · Acorn Sprite · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 12 · The Greener Forest · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 14 · Acorn-Capped Brown Man · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 15 · Nestlings · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 15 · Birdling · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss 20 · Robin · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 21 · 2 Fish · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 21 · Shoreside · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss 29 · Ningyo · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 30 · On the Edge · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm Paper Crow Fall/Winter 2010 32 · 2 Turtles · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 32 · Tootsie’s Swamp Tours & Amusement Park · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss Side Show 2 ed. Cathy Buburuz & Tyree Campbell, Sam's Dot Publishing, 2010, as “Tootsie’s Grass River Tours & Amusement Park” 45 · Spriggans · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 46 · Appleheads · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss 65 · Four Appleheads · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 66 · Dark Fairy · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 68 · Swan · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 68 · Blood of the Swan · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss 82 · Pines · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 83 · Late Winter · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 84 · Lung · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 85 · Lilypads · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 85 · Weathermaker · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss Dragon’s Lure ed. Jennifer Ross, Danielle Ackley-McPhail & Jeffrey Lyman, Dark Quest Books, 2010 100 · Little Toad · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 100 · Toad · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss Great Writers, Great Stories ed. Edward Faine, IM Press, 1999, as “A Toad in the Garden”; revised. 102 · Toad and Pixie · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 103 · Goblin · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 104 · Gremlers · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 105 · Waiting for More · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss 113 · The Garden Shop · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss Ethereal Tales #7, April 2010 117 · She-Troll · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 118 · Forest Cemetery · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 119 · Honey Bee · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 120 · Little Bee · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 120 · Angels · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss Aoife’s Kiss (online) June 2009 130 · The Return of Gunnar Kettilson · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss Cemetery Moon #6, 2010 138 · Cold Moon Night · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 139 · Tabby · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 139 · Scarecrow · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss 154 · Scarecrow and Gnome · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 155 · Wind-blown Tree · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 155 · Blame It on the Trees · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss 163 · Birches · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 164 · Key · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 165 · Holly · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 166 · Gnome and Beetle · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 171 · Forest Troll · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il

Owl Light by Vonnie Winslow Crist (Cold Moon Press, April 2014, 978-0-578-13307-2, $16.95, 272pp, pb, oc, cover by Vonnie Winslow Crist)     Details taken from online listing. 15 · Faery Woman · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 16 · Owl Light · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 18 · Owl Trio · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 19 · The Clockwork Owl · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss 19 · Pocket Watch · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 36 · Mechanical Owl · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 37 · Pawprints of the Margay · Vonnie Winslow Crist · nv 81 · Owls on Skulls · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 82 · Owl Pellets · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 83 · Bad Moon Rising · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss 83 · Jack-o-Lanterns · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 93 · Loon’s Moon · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 94 · Not Seen · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm Grue #7, 1988 95 · Gabeta · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss 95 · Owl on Branch · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 103 · Fire-Cat · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 104 · Harvest Mouse · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 105 · Gifts in the Dark · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss Dia de los Muertos ed. Angela Charmaine Craig, Elektrik Milk Bath Press, 2010 105 · Strolling Cat · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 121 · Bathing by Starlight · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 122 · Ocean Lure · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 123 · The Burryman · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss Ocean Stories ed. Angela Charmaine Craig, Elektrik Milk Bath Press, 2012 123 · Three Fish · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 142 · Kelpie · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 143 · Leaf and Fish · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 144 · Starfish & Shell · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 144 · By the Sea · Vonnie Winslow Crist · nv Echelon Press, October 2009, as “Sideshow by the Sea” 168 · Beneath the Waves · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 169 · Selkie · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 170 · A Pair of Dogs · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 170 · The Monks’ Fosterling · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss 181 · Three Goats · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 182 · At the Asian Art Center · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 183 · Feathers · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss 183 · 3 Feathers · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 205 · Angel · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 206 · Henkie’s Fiddle · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss Potter’s Field 4: Tales from Unmarked Graves ed. Katie Hartlove & Greg Miller, Sam's Dot Publishing, 2011 206 · Fiddle · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 221 · Spooty · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 222 · The Pinnacles · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 224 · On a Midwinter’s Eve · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss Tales of the Talisman v7 #3, 2011/12 224 · Deer · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 240 · Wolf · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 241 · Kingdom Across the River · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm In the Garden of the Crow ed. Angela Charmaine Craig, Elektrik Milk Bath Press, 2011 243 · Owl Soaring · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 243 · Bells · Vonnie Winslow Crist · nv Echelon Press, December 2009 264 · Barn Owl · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 265 · Flying Owl · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il 266 · Owl’s Lullaby · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm 268 · Seahorses · Vonnie Winslow Crist · il

Hides the Dark Tower ed. Vonnie Winslow Crist & Kelly A. Harmon--- see under Kelly A. Harmon.

After the Rain ed. Tehani Croft--- see under Tehani Wessely.

Cranky Ladies of History ed. Tehani Croft & Tansy Rayner Roberts--- see under Tansy Rayner Roberts.

Epilogue ed. Tehani Croft--- see under Tehani Wessely.

In Your Face ed. Tehani Croft--- see under Tehani Wessely.

New Ceres Nights ed. Tehani Croft & Alisa Krasnostein--- see under Alisa Krasnostein.

One Small Step ed. Tehani Croft--- see under Tehani Wessely.

Phantazein ed. Tehani Croft--- see under Tehani Wessely.

To Spin a Darker Stair ed. Tehani Croft--- see under Tehani Wessely.

Murder in Miniature by Rupert Croft-Cooke--- see under Leo Bruce.

Antidote to Venom by Freeman Wills Crofts (Hodder & Stoughton, 1938, hc, n.) [Insp. Joseph French]

Antidote to Venom by Freeman Wills Crofts (The British Library, April 2015, 978-0-7123-5779-1, £8.99, 288pp, tp, n.) [Insp. Joseph French; British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Hodder 1938) mystery novel.

The Hog’s Back Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts (Hodder & Stoughton, 1933, hc, n.) [Insp. Joseph French]

The Hog’s Back Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts (The British Library, April 2015, 978-0-7123-5797-5, £8.99, 336pp, tp, n., cover: [extract from Southern Railway poster (The Surrey Towns and North Downs)] by Reginald Montague Lander) [Insp. Joseph French; British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Hodder 1933) mystery novel.

Mystery in the Channel by Freeman Wills Crofts (Collins, 1931, hc, n.) [Insp. Joseph French]

Mystery in the Channel by Freeman Wills Crofts (The British Library, September 2016, 978-0-7123-5651-0, £8.99, 256pp, tp, n., cover: [extract from Southern Railway poster (T.S. “Invicta” leaving Dover in the “Golden Hour” Short Sea Route)] by Norman Wilkinson) [Insp. Joseph French; British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Collins 1931) mystery novel.

The 9.50 Up Express and Other Mysteries by Freeman Wills Crofts (Crippen & Landru, December 2020, 978-1-932009-34-7, 252pp, tp, co) [edited by Tony Medawar]     A hardcover edition (978-1-936363-49-0) was announced but not seen. In the “Lost Classics” series. · Master of Alibis · Tony Medawar · in · Part I: The Casebook of Inspector French · Meet Inspector French [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ar Meet the Detective, Telegraph Press, 1935 first read on 19 November 1934 on the BBC Empire Service. · The Vertical Line [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Illustrated London News November 20 1935 · The Hunt Ball Murder [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss Holly Leaves November 21 1937, as “The Hunt Ball” · The Match [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939 · Fingerprints [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard March 29 1952 · The Faulty Stroke [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard December 30 1952 · Teamwork Felonius [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard July 31 1953, as “Teamwork” · Dark Waters [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard September 21 1953 · The Target [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard October 14 1953 · The 9.50 Up Express [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · pl broadcast on the BBC Sptember 19 & 21, 1942. · During the Night [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · pl; second revised version of Inspector French; never performed. · Part II: The Casebook of Robin Brand · Meet Robin Brand · Tony Medawar · si · Perilous Journey [Robin Brand] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Christmas Stocking, Blandford Press, 1949 · Danger in Shroude Valley [Robin Brand] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Golden Book of the Year ed. Dorothy M. Prescott, Blandford Press, 1950 · Part III: Other Stories · James Alcorn’s Oversight · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss Sunday Empire News August 12 1945 · Murder by Deputy · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss Sunday Empire News September 30 1945 · Appendix A: Why I Write Detective Stories · Freeman Wills Crofts · ar The Authors, Playwrights, and Composers Handbook for 1935 ed. D. Kilham Roberts, John Lane, 1935, as “The Writing of a Detective Novel” · Appendix B: Who Killed Cock Robin? · Freeman Wills Crofts · pl St. Martin’s Review May 1938 · Appendix C: Bibliography · Tony Medawar · bi

The 12:30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts (Hodder & Stoughton, 1934, hc, n.) [Insp. Joseph French]

The 12:30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts (The British Library, July 2016, 978-0-7123-5649-7, £8.99, 256pp, tp, n., cover: [from Southern Railways poster (London & Isle of Wight)] by Charles Pears) [Insp. Joseph French; British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Hodder 1934) mystery novel.

“Number Ninety” and Other Ghost Stories by B. M. Croker (Sarob Press, March 31, 2000, 1-902309-08-1, £25.00, xvi+151pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe)     Collection of 15 stories, edited and introduced by Richard Dalby, and illustrated by Paul Lowe. Limited to 500 copies. Volume three in the “Mistresses of the Macabre” series. ix · Introduction · Richard Dalby · in 1 · “Number Ninety” · B. M. Croker · ss Chapman’s Magazine December 1895 10 · The Former Passengers · B. M. Croker · ss To Let by B. M. Croker, Chatto & Windus, 1893 20 · “If You See Her Face” · B. M. Croker · ss To Let by B. M. Croker, Chatto & Windus, 1893 26 · The Red Bungalow · B. M. Croker · ss Odds and Ends by B. M. Croker, Hutchinson, 1919 39 · The Khitmatgar · B. M. Croker · ss To Let by B. M. Croker, Chatto & Windus, 1893 49 · Her Last Wishes · B. M. Croker · ss Kingdom of Kerry by B. M. Croker, 1896 58 · The Dâk Bungalow at Dakor · B. M. Croker · ss London Society Christmas 1889 70 · “To Let” · B. M. Croker · ss London Society Christmas 1890 86 · The North Verandah · B. M. Croker · ss The Story-teller March 1909 94 · The First Comer · B. M. Croker · ss Kingdom of Kerry by B. M. Croker, 1896 101 · Trooper Thompson’s Information · B. M. Croker · ss Jason and Other Stories by B. M. Croker, Chatto & Windus, 1899 107 · Who Knew the Truth? · B. M. Croker · ss The London Magazine December 1903 118 · La Carcassonne · B. M. Croker · ss The Old Cantonment and Other Stories by B. M. Croker, Methuen, 1905 130 · Mrs. Ponsonby’s Dream · B. M. Croker · ss Jason and Other Stories by B. M. Croker, Chatto & Windus, 1899 135 · The Door Ajar · B. M. Croker · ss The Old Cantonment and Other Stories by B. M. Croker, Methuen, 1905 143 · Appendix One: Mrs. Croker · Helen C. Black · iv Pen, Pencil, Baton and Mask, Spottiswoode, 1896 [Ref. B. M. Croker] 150 · Appendix Two: Hindi (and Urdu) Glossary · [uncredited] · ms 151 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi 152 · Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms

“Number Ninety” and Other Ghost Stories by B. M. Croker (Swan River Press, August 2019, 978-1-78380-028-5, €35.00, xvi+200pp, hc, co, cover by Alan Corbett)     Reprint (Sarob Press 2000) collection of 15 stories, edited and introduced by Richard Dalby. Limited to 300 copies. Details taken from publisher website.

The Stardust Voyages by Compton N. Crook--- see under Stephen Tall.

Scratching the Surface: An Anthology of Diverse Fiction ed. Christina Crooks (Wordbeams, September 2000, 1-58785-077-X, ebook, an) · Her Sharp Little Straw · Christina Crooks · ss (r) · Rupert, the Devil-Dog from Hell · Daisy Dexter Dobbs · ss (r) · The First King · Aaron Emmel · ss (r) · Murder on the Emerald Deck · Marianna Heusler · ss (r) · Reunion · Tracy Jones · ss (r) · It’s Friday, but Sunday’s Coming · Celia Ann Leaman · ss (r) · Gossip · Leronia Rawls · ss (r) · More Than an Orphan · Ross Richdale · ss (r) · Wreckage Point · Carolyn Scott · ss (r) · Search for a Sanctum · Lori Shimer · ss (r) · Everything Has a Purpose · Jeff Strand · ss (r) · Wasting Grandpa · Jeff Strand · ss (r) · The Bottom Line · Drew Williams · ss (r)

West Country Tales ed. Kevin Crooks--- see under Anon..

Bonechillers: 13 Twisted Tales of Terror by D. W. Cropper (Llewellyn, August 2005, 0-7387-0758-9, $8.95, 256pp, tp, oc)     Young-adult original collection of 13 horror stories. 1 · The Imaginary Friend · D. W. Cropper · ss 17 · Snowbound · D. W. Cropper · ss 33 · Running with the Pack · D. W. Cropper · nv 57 · The Unfortunate Invitation · D. W. Cropper · ss 65 · Devil from the Sky · D. W. Cropper · ss 81 · Vengeance and Wrath · D. W. Cropper · nv 105 · The Switch · D. W. Cropper · ss 121 · Billy-Don’t-Do-It · D. W. Cropper · nv 147 · Witch-Baby · D. W. Cropper · ss 163 · The Parade of Night · D. W. Cropper · ss 181 · Down, Down, Down · D. W. Cropper · ss 197 · Orphan Asylum · D. W. Cropper · nv 225 · In Shadows · D. W. Cropper · nv

Interstellar Patrol by Harry C. Crosby--- see under Christopher Anvil.

Interstellar Patrol II: The Federation of Humanity by Harry C. Crosby--- see under Christopher Anvil.

The Power of Illusion by Harry C. Crosby--- see under Christopher Anvil.

Rx for Chaos by Harry C. Crosby--- see under Christopher Anvil.

Strangers in Paradise by Harry C. Crosby--- see under Christopher Anvil.

The Trouble with Aliens by Harry C. Crosby--- see under Christopher Anvil.

The Trouble with Humans by Harry C. Crosby--- see under Christopher Anvil.

War Games by Harry C. Crosby--- see under Christopher Anvil.

Eugenie de Franval and Other Stories by Margaret Crosland--- see under Marquis de Sade.

Down the Badger Hole: R. Lionel Fanthorpe: The Badger Years by Debbie Cross (Wrigley-Cross Books, June 1995, no ISBN, $12.50, 163pp, tp, co, cover: [photo] by James W. Fiscus) [Ref. R. Lionel Fanthorpe]     Collection of extracts by, and pieces on, R. Lionel Fanthorpe. 1 · Albatross Pie · Lionel & Patricia Fanthorpe · in 7 · The Badger Game · David Langford · in [Ref. R. Lionel Fanthorpe] 13 · Introduction · Debbie Cross · in 19 · March of the Robots · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · ex Badger Books, 1961, as by Leo Brett 23 · Short but Meaningful · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · ms (r) 27 · Rodent Mutation · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · ex Badger Books, 1961, as by Bron Fane 31 · Is There a Thesaurus in the House? · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · ms (r) 35 · Alien from the Stars · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · ex Badger Books, 1959 41 · Amazing Analogies and Marvelous Metaphors · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · ms (r) 47 · Hygiene 101 · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · ms (r) 51 · Colourful Prose · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · ms (r) 57 · Philosophically Speaking · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · ms (r) 61 · Mental Olympics · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · ms (r) 65 · Fanthorpe by Any Other Name · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · ms (r) 67 · A Miscellany · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · ms (r) 75 · Galaxy 666 · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · ex Badger Books, 1963, as by Pel Torro 85 · Curse of the Khan · R. Lionel Fanthorpe · nv Supernatural Stories #105, 1966 131 · R. Lionel Fanthorpe: A Bibliography · Debbie Cross · bi

The Other Passenger by John Keir Cross (John Westhouse, December 1944, 12/6d, 274pp, hc, co) 10 · The Glass Eye · John Keir Cross · ss 27 · Petronella Pan · John Keir Cross · ss (r) 36 · The Last of the Romantics · John Keir Cross · ss (r) 44 · Clair de Lune · John Keir Cross · nv (r) 70 · Absence of Mind · John Keir Cross · ss (r) 79 · Hands · John Keir Cross · ss 97 · Another Planet · John Keir Cross · ss (r) 100 · Liebestraum · John Keir Cross · ss (r) 116 · Miss Thing and the Surrealist · John Keir Cross · ss (r) 132 · Valdemosa · John Keir Cross · ss (r) 151 · Amateur Gardening · John Keir Cross · ss (r) 163 · The Little House · John Keir Cross · ss (r) 177 · Esmeralda · John Keir Cross · ss 196 · Music When Soft Voices Die… · John Keir Cross · nv 214 · Cyclamen Brown · John Keir Cross · ss (r) 233 · Couleur de Rose · John Keir Cross · ss (r) 239 · The Lovers · John Keir Cross · ss 247 · The Other Passenger · John Keir Cross · nv

Best Black Magic Stories ed. John Keir Cross (Faber and Faber, 1960, 16/-, 269pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Keir Cross · in 17 · The Earlier Service · Margaret Irwin · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine December 1933, as “In Church” 33 · The Lady on the Grey · John Collier · ss The New Yorker June 16 1951 42 · A Room in Leyden · Richard Harris Barham · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine April 1831, as “A Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, D.D.” 66 · Mothering Sunday · John Keir Cross · ss 81 · The Snake · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine January 1933 96 · The Hill · R. Ellis Roberts · ss The Other End by R. Ellis Roberts, Cecil Palmer, 1923 110 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1911 133 · More Spinned Against · John Wyndham · ss Fantasy Fiction June 1953 146 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited. 185 · Homecoming [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss Mademoiselle October 1946 200 · Couching at the Door · Dorothy K. Broster · nv The Cornhill Magazine December 1933 225 · A Way of Thinking · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Amazing Stories October/November 1953 256 · The Black Mass · Joris Karl Huysmans; translated by Keene Wallis · ex from Down There, Albert & Charles Boni, 1924; chapter XIX from Là-Bas, Echo de Paris 1891. translated from the French (Là-Bas, Tresse & Stock, 1891). 266 · Envoi · John Keir Cross · aw

Best Horror Stories ed. John Keir Cross (Faber and Faber, 1956, 15/-, 300pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · John Keir Cross · in 17 · Skeleton · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales September 1945 36 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889 49 · Raspberry Jam · Angus Wilson · ss The Wrong Set by Angus Wilson, Secker, 1949 69 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 78 · August Heat · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1910 85 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892 125 · The Lovers · John Keir Cross · ss The Other Passenger by John Keir Cross, John Westhouse, 1944 135 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1) 151 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury January 1932 162 · Heartburn · Hortense Calisher · ss The American Mercury January 1951 175 · Bartleby · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly November 1853 (+1), as “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street”, uncredited. 219 · Our Feathered Friends · Philip MacDonald · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 231 · Thrawn Janet · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1881, as by R. L. S. 243 · Mars Is Heaven! [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1948 263 · “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” · M. R. James · nv Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 287 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930