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Poems of the Divided Self by Gary William Crawford (Nashville House, 1992, 12pp, ph, co, cover by A. R. Klosterman)     Collection of 19 poems. · “Brain Works”… An Introduction · Joey Froehlich · in 1 · To Absolve Pain · Gary William Crawford · pm (r) 1 · Body Woes · Gary William Crawford · pm (r) 2 · My Thoughts Conceive · Gary William Crawford · pm 2AM Spring 1991 2 · For the Others · Gary William Crawford · pm (r) 3 · Poisoned Water · Gary William Crawford · pm (r) 3 · Street Lamps Divide the Night · Gary William Crawford · pm (r) 4 · In My Garden · Gary William Crawford · pm (r) 4 · Formicary · Gary William Crawford · pm (r) 5 · One Night · Gary William Crawford · pm Dreams and Nightmares #18, September 1987 5 · Assassins · Gary William Crawford · pm (r) 6 · Star Ruler · Gary William Crawford · pm Dreams and Nightmares #33, February 1991 7 · Paranoia at Midnight: Three Past Twelve · Gary William Crawford · pm (r) 8 · Here in the Half-Dark · Gary William Crawford · pm (r) 8 · Early Spring Chill · Gary William Crawford · pm (r) 9 · Nightmare Poem Six · Gary William Crawford · pm (r) 10 · Arrival · Gary William Crawford · pm Star*Line May/June 1992 10 · Far Away to the West · Gary William Crawford · pm Dreams and Nightmares #38, June 1992 11 · Snow Ghost · Gary William Crawford · pm Star*Line March/April 1985 11 · A Cappella · Gary William Crawford · pm Star*Line May/June 1992

The Shadow City by Gary William Crawford (Naked Snake Press, August 2005, no ISBN, $5.00, 30pp, ph, co, cover by Jimmy Britton)     Chapbook original collection of 20 poems, some previously published in earlier forms. Illustrated by Jimmy Britton. 7 · Welcome to the Shadow City · Gary William Crawford · pm 7 · A Strange Disease · Gary William Crawford · pm 8 · The Night Storm in the Shadow City · Gary William Crawford · pm 10 · Dark Love in the Shadow City · Gary William Crawford · pm 12 · Four Angles/Four Eyes · Gary William Crawford · pm 13 · Insomnia · Gary William Crawford · pm 14 · Taking the Census in the Shadow City · Gary William Crawford · pm 14 · Messenger from Hell · Gary William Crawford · pm 16 · A Fine Education in the Shadow City · Gary William Crawford · pm 17 · Modern Medicine in the Shadow City · Gary William Crawford · pm 18 · The Web · Gary William Crawford · pm 19 · The Intruder Has Taken Nothing · Gary William Crawford · pm 20 · What the Traveler Saw · Gary William Crawford · pm Aphelion #89, February 2005 21 · Dead Pan · Gary William Crawford · pm Aphelion #87, November 2004 22 · Conflict in the Shadow City · Gary William Crawford · pm 23 · Kaleidoscope · Gary William Crawford · pm Star*Line July/August 2004 24 · They Put One Over · Gary William Crawford · pm 25 · The Little God · Gary William Crawford · pm 26 · The Artistry of Punishment · Gary William Crawford · pm Aphelion #85, September 2004 30 · Last Things in the Shadow City · Gary William Crawford · pm Dreams and Nightmares #70, 2005

Science and Sorcery ed. Margaret & William L. Crawford--- see under Garret Ford.

Trust & Treachery ed. Meriah Crawford & Day Al-Mohamed--- see under Day Al-Mohamed.

The Garden of Fear and Other Stories ed. William L. Crawford--- see under Anon..

Griffin Booklet One ed. William L. Crawford--- see under Anon..

The Machine-God Laughs ed. William L. Crawford--- see under Anon..

Science and Sorcery ed. William L. & Margaret Crawford--- see under Garret Ford.

Science-Fantasy Quintette ed. William L. Crawford (Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc., 1953, $3.50, 172+188pp, hc, an)     A rebinding of two 1949 single author collections: The Radium Pool by Ed Earl Repp (FPCI, 1949) and Triton and Battle of Wizards by L. Ron Hubbard (FPCI, 1949), as one anthology. · Triton · L. Ron Hubbard · na Unknown April 1940, as “The Indigestible Triton” by René Lafayette · The Radium Pool · Ed Earl Repp · co FPCI, 1949 · The Phantom of Terror · Ed Earl Repp · nv Amazing Stories April 1933 · The Radium Pool · Ed Earl Repp · na Science Wonder Stories August 1929 (+1) · Battle of Wizards · L. Ron Hubbard · ss Fantasy Book #5, 1949 · The Red Dimension · Ed Earl Repp · ss Science Wonder Stories January 1930

The White Sybil and Men of Avalon ed. William L. Crawford--- see under Anon..

Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (John Murray, August 1824, 24/-, xiv+364+vi+394pp, hc, oc)     Two volumes. · Volume I v · To the Reader · Geoffrey Crayon · in 1 · Part I. Strange Stories, by a Nervous Gentleman 3 · The Great Unknown · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · vi 6 · The Hunting Dinner · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 16 · The Adventure of My Uncle · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 42 · The Adventure of My Aunt · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 52 · The Bold Dragoon; or, The Adventure of My Grandfather · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 71 · The Adventure of the German Student · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 84 · The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 102 · The Adventure of the Mysterious Stranger · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 119 · The Story of the Young Italian · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 177 · Part II. Buckthorne and His Friends 179 · Literary Life [Buckthorne] · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 184 · A Literary Dinner [Buckthorne] · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 191 · The Club of Queer Fellows [Buckthorne] · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 203 · The Poor-Devil Author · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 244 · Notoriety [Buckthorne] · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 249 · Practical Philosopher [Buckthorne] · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 255 · Buckthorne; or, The Young Man of Great Expectations [Buckthorne] · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss · Volume II 3 · Grave Reflections of a Disappointed Man [Buckthorne] · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 15 · The Booby Squire [Buckthorne] · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 26 · The Strolling Manager [Buckthorne] · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 57 · Part III. The Italian Banditti 59 · The Inn at Terracina · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 86 · The Adventure of the Little Antiquary · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 104 · The Belated Travellets · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 138 · The Adventure of the Popkins Family · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 150 · The Painter’s Adventure · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 168 · The Story of the Bandit Chieftain · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 193 · The Story of the Young Robber · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 218 · The Adventure of the Englishman · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 231 · Part IV. The Money-Diggers 233 · Hell-Gate · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 240 · Kidd the Pirate · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 252 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · ss 282 · Wolfert Webber; or, Golden Dreams · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · nv 330 · The Adventure of the Black Fisherman · Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · nv

Twenty-Two Stories About Horses and Men ed. Jack B. Creamer (Howard-McCann, 1953, 309pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Jack B. Creamer · in 1 · The Sportsman · Nelson S. Bond · ss Scribner’s Magazine February 1938 9 · Black Gold · Jack Kofoed · ss 1938 19 · Garrison Finish · Jack B. Creamer · ss Esquire 1938 29 · Levelling with Elisha · Charles E. Van Loan · nv Collier’s May 22 1915 51 · Playing Even for Obadiah · Charles E. Van Loan · ss Collier’s June 26 1915 67 · Lilliput in Equusia · Richard Tooker · ar Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1942 75 · My Brother Who Talked with Horses · Morton Thompson · ss (r) from Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player “copyright 1929, 1944, 1945.” 87 · Gentle Like a Cyclone · R. Ross Annett · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 31 1945 103 · Skycaptain · John McKenney · ss 1934 111 · The Racing President · Frazier & Robert Hunt · ss (r) from Horses and Heroes, 1949. 123 · $125 for Mare and Foal · Frazier & Robert Hunt · ss (r) from Horses and Heroes, 1949. 131 · Storm Winds · R. J. Rocklin · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1945 145 · Two Ringers · John Taintor Foote · ss (r) from Blister Jones, 1913. 161 · Class [Blister Jones] · John Taintor Foote · ss The American Magazine October 1913 175 · His First Race [Carty Carteret] · David Gray · ss The Century Magazine May 1898 191 · Ting-a-Ling · David Gray · ss The Century Magazine July 1902 207 · My Kingdom for Jones · Wilbur Schramm · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 25 1944 223 · Osage Girl · Peggy Simson Curry · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 28 1947 241 · Chiltipiquin · William Brandon · ss The Saturday Evening Post 1943 255 · Kentucky Line-Up · Glenn Allan · ss 1935 273 · Monarch the Bum · George Agnew Chamberlain · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 29 1941 295 · Trinket’s Colt · E. Œ. Somerville & Martin Ross · ss The Badminton Magazine #40, November 1898

The Shapes of Strangers by Ian Creasey (NewCon Press, April 9, 2019, 978-1-912950-14-0, £12.99, 246pp, tp, co, cover by Vincent Sammy)     Collection of 14 stories from 2007 to 2018, each story is accompanied by a commentary on its genesis. Also available in a hardback edition (-13-3, £24.99), limited to 50 numbered, signed, copies. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Ian Creasey · in 9 · After the Atrocity · Ian Creasey · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2017 21 · The Equalisers · Ian Creasey · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2018 35 · No Strangers Any More · Ian Creasey · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2016 61 · The Language of Flowers [Harriet Ormonde & Travis Chase] · Ian Creasey · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2016 81 · An Exercise in Motivation · Ian Creasey · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 2014 97 · My Time on Earth · Ian Creasey · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2015 109 · “I Was Nearly Your Mother” · Ian Creasey · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2011 139 · Shooting Grouse · Ian Creasey · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2018 155 · Memories of the Knacker’s Yard · Ian Creasey · ss Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest #10, 2007 173 · The Dunschemin Retirement Home for Repentant Supervillains · Ian Creasey · ss The Sum of Us ed. Susan Forest & Lucas K. Law, Laksa Media, 2017 189 · The Shapes of Wrath · Ian Creasey · ss Strange Bedfellows ed. Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press, 2014 203 · And Then They Were Gone · Ian Creasey · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November/December 2017 215 · Pincushion Pete · Ian Creasey · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2015 227 · Erosion · Ian Creasey · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009 241 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg

Criminal’s Child by John Creasey--- see under J. J. Marric.

Drop Dead! by John Creasey--- see under Gordon Ashe.

Gideon and the Young Toughs and Other Stories by John Creasey, writing as J. J. Marric (Crippen & Landru, August 25, 2022, 978-1-936363-68-1, $20.00, 140pp, tp, co)     Collection of 13 stories about George Gideon of Scotland Yard. Also available in a hardback edition (-67-4, $30.00) with a bonus chapbook Gideon and the Criminal’s Child. In the “Lost Classics” series. 3 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · Gideon and the Park Vandal [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss The (London) Evening News September 7 1961, as “Flowers in the Park” 17 · Gideon and the Drunken Sailor [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss The (London) Evening News March 23 1963, as “Drunken Sailor” 23 · Gideon and the Teen-Age Hooligans [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss The (London) Evening News November 2 1962, as “The Frightened Mother” 31 · Gideon and the Shoplifting Ring [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss The (London) Evening News September 8 1961, as “From the Top of a Bus” 39 · Gideon and the Pickpockets [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss The (London) Evening News September 9 1961, as “Show of Hands” 47 · Gideon and the Young Toughs [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss The (London) Evening News September 4 1961, as “Piccadilly Lights” 55 · Gideon and the Pigeon [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss The Ranger September 25 1965, as “Gideon’s Friendly Hand” by John Creasey 63 · Gideon and the Chestnut Vendor [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss 1971 71 · Gideon and the Vintage Car Thefts [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss 1972 79 · Gideon and the Inside Job [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss 1973 87 · Gideon and the Flu Epidemic [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss The (London) Evening News January 16 1965, as “After the Doctor Calls” 93 · Gideon and the East End Gang [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1974 101 · Gideon and the Innocent Shoplifter [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1975 109 · A Reflection on the Life of an Author · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · bg [Ref. John Creasey] 119 · Afterword · Richard Creasey · aw

The Long Search by John Creasey--- see under Gordon Ashe.

No Need to Die by John Creasey--- see under Gordon Ashe.

You’ve Bet Your Life by John Creasey--- see under Gordon Ashe.

Crimes Across the Sea ed. John Creasey (Harper & Row, 1964, LC:64-18074, 231pp, hc, an)     The 19th Annual Anthology of the Mystery Writers of America. ix · A Note About Mystery Writers of America · Herbert Brean · pr xiii · Who Knows Enough? · John Creasey · fw 1 · The Deveraux Monster · Jack Ritchie · ss Manhunt February 1962 20 · A Question of Honor [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week September 13 1953 28 · Sea of Troubles · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1963 45 · The Unlocked Room · John F. Suter · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1960 59 · Murder Delayed · Josephine Bell · ss The (London) Evening News December 1 1961 66 · The Hoofs of Satan [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Famous Detective Stories February 1956 82 · Something White in the Night · Herbert Brean · ss Esquire July 1949 88 · Three Ex-Soldiers · James McKimmey, Jr. · ss Rogue October 1962 103 · United Nations Murder Case · Lawrence Treat · ss The Saint Detective Magazine October 1957 118 · Fear and Trembling’s [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) July 1962, as “Trembling’s Tours” 137 · These Good Children · Gladys Cluff · ss 145 · The Queen’s Jewel · James Holding · ss 157 · The Frightened American [Cam Gordon] · Bill Knox · ss 1961 166 · The Dynamics of an Asteroid · Robert Bloch · ss The Baker Street Journal October 1953 174 · Castle in Spain · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard 1953 181 · (Untitled) · Fred Levon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1955 192 · The Frantick Rebel [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #61, December 1948 214 · The Man Who Hated Scenes · Robert Arthur · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine June 1952, as “The Hint” by Jay Norman 221 · Love Will Find a Way · David Alexander · ss Hangman’s Dozen by David Alexander, Roy, 1961 231 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Mystery Bedside Book ed. John Creasey (Hodder & Stoughton, 1960, hc, an) ix · All That’s Good…in Crime · John Creasey · in 11 · A Test for Murder · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path” 20 · The Greatest Triumph of Scotland Yard’s Laboratory · Sir Harold Scott · ar (r) 23 · Death Keeps a Secret · Manning Coles · ts John Creasey Mystery Magazine March 1958 30 · The Gangster · Peter Cheyney · ss The Evening Standard June 27 1951 36 · Memories of E. Phillips Oppenheim · Edwin Radford · ar (r) 38 · Haigh, the Acid Bath Murderer · Sir Harold Scott · ts Scotland Yard by Sir Harold Scott, Andre Deutsch, 1954, as “The Haigh Case” 48 · The Lady from Florence · Nigel Balchin · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1957 54 · Detective’s Wife · Herbert Harris · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine January 1958 60 · The Hand · Gerald Villiers · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1958 64 · The Murder of Elsie Cameron · Lord Jowitt · ts Some Were Spies by Lord Jowitt, Hodder & Stoughton, 1954 84 · The Secret of Fort Bayard [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #13, November 1943 translated from the French (“Le Secret du Fort Bayard”, Détective, November 21, 1929 & December 5, 1929). 90 · Crime Writers Are Moralists at Heart · Nesta Pain · ar (r) 92 · The Hero Murderer · Milward Kennedy · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1958 97 · The Amateur [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull November 19 1949, as “Amateur in Violence” 108 · The Ship of Sleepless Men · Anthony Abbot · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1958 117 · Wash, Set—and Murder [Dr. David Wintringham] · Josephine Bell · ss The Evening Standard December 19 1949, as “The Case of the Faulty Drier” 126 · Brief for the Prosecution · Michael Underwood · ss (r) 128 · Thread of Life · Will Oursler · ss Mystery Book Magazine Spring 1949 131 · One Morning They’ll Hang Him [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #81, August 1950 152 · The Maharajah of Mumble Mumble [The Courts Day by Day] · J. A. J. · ts The (London) Evening News 19?? 156 · Science Fiction and the Crime Story · Charles Eric Maine · ar (r) 158 · The Fantasia Murder · Cyril Ray · ts John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1958 167 · Curtains for Me · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard October 3 1951 172 · The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett · E. W. Fordham · ts Notable Cross-Examinations by E. W. Fordham, Constable, 1951 179 · Death of the Jade Bride · Sax Rohmer · ts The American Weekly September 7 1952 185 · Mrs. Wipple Cleans Up · Stanley Lawies Jackson · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1958, uncredited. 191 · The Hand in the Sand · Ngaio Marsh · ts My Favourite True Mystery ed. Ernest V. Heyn, Heinemann, 1956 195 · The Detective Story as an Art Form · Raymond Chandler · ar (r) 196 · All the Way to the Moon · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #94, September 1951 204 · The Training of a Detective · Peter Beveridge · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1958 213 · Stories of Crime · Michael Gilbert · ar (r) 214 · The Queen · L. B. Gordon · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine April 1958 221 · Is This the Perfect Crime? · Erle Stanley Gardner · ts The American Weekly October 21 1945

The Second Mystery Bedside Book ed. John Creasey (Hodder & Stoughton, 1961, 15/-, 223pp, hc, an) ix · The Life of Crime · John Creasey · in 11 · The Inspiration of Mr. Budd · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Detective Story Magazine November 21 1925, as “Mr. Budd’s Inspiration” 24 · The Moneymaker · Murray Teigh Bloom · ar Money of Their Own by Murray Teigh Bloom, Weidenfled & Nicolson, 1957 30 · Check It · Nigel Morland · ar The Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1957 44 · A Fruitful Sunday · Agatha Christie · ss The Daily Mail August 11 1928 53 · The Chief Witness [Roger West] · John Creasey · nv John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1957 76 · Budding Sleuth · Herbert Harris · ss The Evening Standard July 28 1954 80 · The Blackmailer · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull June 24 1950, as “Blackmail Is So Difficult” 87 · The Macbeth Dagger · Louis Golding · ss Britannia and Eve August 1951 100 · The Baccarat Case · E. W. Fordham · ts Notable Cross-Examinations by E. W. Fordham, Constable, 1951 115 · In the Red · Colin Robertson · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1958 119 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 135 · Somebody Has to Make a Move [Wade Paris] · Ben Benson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954 144 · The Murderer Who Talked Too Much · Philip Lindsay · ts The Mainspring of Murder by Philip Lindsay, John Long, 1958 151 · The Purple Postcards [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 1939 165 · The Cautious Safe-Cracker · Victor Canning · ss This Week July 4 1954 170 · The Lost Ambassador · Milward Kennedy · ts John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1958 176 · Three Is a Lucky Number · Margery Allingham · ss Argosy (UK) July 1956 186 · The Letter and the Law [Did It Happen?] · John Gunn · ar The Evening Standard May 24 1955 192 · A Good Job—for Corpses · Molly Lefebure · ar Evidence for the Crown by Molly Lefebure, William Heinemann, 1955 198 · Poison by the Way · Gustav Schenk · ar The Book of Poisons by Gustav Schenk, Rinehart & Co., 1955 translated from the German (Das Buch Der Gifte, Safari-Verlag, 1954). 209 · Hair of His Head [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss The Evening Standard January 10 1950 216 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #48, November 1947 translated from the French (“Le Pavillon de la Croix-Rousse”, as by Georges Sim, Détective, May 2, 1929 & May 16, 1929).

The Third Mystery Bedside Book ed. John Creasey (Hodder & Stoughton, 1962, 221pp, hc, an) 11 · The Border-Line Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard August 25 1936 21 · The Humour of Huang Chen · Peter Cheyney · ss You Can’t Hit a Woman and Other Stories by Peter Cheyney, Collins, 1937 28 · The Idol House of Astarte [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Royal Magazine January 1928 42 · A Date with a Spider · Vida Derry · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1958 53 · Tuesday Night at Cico’s · Lewis Stedman · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1958 63 · “Porphyria” · James F. Wood · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine February 1959 67 · The Thimble River Murder [Dr. David Wintringham] · Josephine Bell · nv The Evening Standard May 8 1950 75 · The Enemy [Mike Russell] · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951 100 · Blonde in the Jute Sack · Jeffrey Reid · ts My Strangest Case ed. Kurt Singer, W. H. Allen, 1957 110 · The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Hangman’s Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1933 138 · Death of a Tramp · Herbert Harris · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine September 1958 144 · The Murder of Mrs. Fox · E. W. Fordham · ts Notable Cross-Examinations by E. W. Fordham, Constable, 1951 155 · Poodle in a Dustbin · J. M. Stewart · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1958 161 · Raffles of the River · Fred Cherrill · ts Cherrill of the Yard by Fred Cherrill, Harrap, 1954 171 · The Seven Men in Juliette Daumont’s Life · G. J. Albrecht · ts John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1959 183 · The Road to Tyburn · Christopher Hibbert · ar The Road to Tyburn by Christopher Hibbert, Longmans, Green and Company, 1957 198 · The Hardboiled Rose [The Courts Day by Day] · J. A. J. · ts The (London) Evening News 19?? 202 · Thoughts and Episodes of Spring · Molly Lefebure · ts Evidence for the Crown by Molly Lefebure, William Heinemann, 1955 209 · The Guilty and the Innocent · William Bixley · ar The Guilty and the Innocent by William Bixley, Souvenir Press, 1957

The Fourth Mystery Bedside Book ed. John Creasey (Hodder & Stoughton, 1963, 16/-, 240pp, hc, an) ix · A World of Differences · John Creasey · in 11 · The Man in the Overcoat · James F. Wood · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1959 15 · Swindlers—Past and Present · Judge Gerald Sparrow · ar The Great Swindlers by Judge Gerald Sparrow, John Long, 1959 25 · The Queen’s Square [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 23 1932 42 · Death at the Wicket · Bernard Newman · ss Butcher’s Dozen, Heinemann, 1956 50 · The Screaming Skulls of Calgarth Hall · Elliott O’Donnell · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1960 57 · District Six · Peter Godfrey · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1960 62 · Diamonds for the Million · Maurice Procter · nv Collier’s 81 · A Very Ordinary Crime · A. J. Lane · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1960 90 · The Greatest Crime Wave of All Time · Hoole Jackson · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1960 (+1) 104 · One False Note · Marten Cumberland · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1960 110 · Rubber Gloves · L. A. G. Strong · ss Butcher’s Dozen, Heinemann, 1956 122 · The Greenwich Pensioner · R. F. Songhurst · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1960 128 · No Diamonds at Massawa · William John Waltman · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1960 148 · Drawn Into Error · Elizabeth Ferrars · ss Planned Departures, Hodder & Stoughton, 1958 160 · The Silent Evidence · Nigel Morland · ar Science in Crime Detection by Nigel Morland, Robert Hale, 1958 170 · The Lady in No. 19 · Sheila Richardson · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1960 174 · A Clear Case · Philip Gaute · vi John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1959 177 · Gentlemen at Crime · Donald MacKenzie · ts Gentlemen at Crime by Donald MacKenzie, Elek Books, 1956 192 · Murderer in Mufti · Shigeo Chiba · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1959 202 · The Case of the Missing Will [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 31 1923 213 · A Corpse for Christmas · Laurence Hazard · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1959 224 · Escape from Tangier · Philip Brown · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1959 231 · The Man with the Face · Jack Griffith · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1959

The Fifth Mystery Bedside Book ed. John Creasey (Hodder & Stoughton, 1964, 16/-, 192pp, hc, an) vii · Who Will Live? · John Creasey · in 9 · Murder at Bishop’s Runt · Roy Vickers · nv New York Daily News July 18 1948 (+1) 30 · Frozen Fire · David E. Walker · ar The Modern Smuggler by David E. Walker, Secker & Warburg, 1960 52 · On a Day Unknown · Anthony Boucher · ar Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1, 1960 65 · Gideon and the Criminal’s Child [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss The (London) Evening News December 31 1962, as “Crooks’ Boy” 71 · An Axe for Frau Marek · Ignatz Peters · ts My Strangest Case ed. Kurt Singer, W. H. Allen, 1957 84 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s January 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands” 106 · The Hauntings of Berry Pomeroy Castle · Elliott O’Donnell · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine March 1961 111 · Margin of Eternity · Nigel Morland · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1963 120 · The Phantom in the Attic · P. Carbone · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1961, as “The Phantom Lover in the Attic” 124 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932 137 · Or Not to Be… · Marten Cumberland · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1960 142 · The Shadow of the Jail · Hugh J. Klare · ar Anatomy of Prison by Hugh J. Klare, Hutchinson, 1960 154 · Link with the Locals · Herbert Harris · ss The (London) Evening News September 17 1962 158 · All That Glitters · David Shelley Nicholl · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1960 165 · It’s Nice in the Country · E. N. Whiley · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1961 171 · Goodnight, Oxtail · R. W. Warner · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1961 176 · What Makes a Good Murder? · Edmund Pearson · ar Instigation of the Devil by Edmund Pearson, Charles Scribner's, 1930 182 · The Police of Ancient Times · James Cramer · ar The World’s Police by James Cramer, Cassell, 1964

The Sixth Mystery Bedside Book ed. John Creasey (Hodder & Stoughton, 1965, 16/-, 192pp, hc, an) vii · A Mixed Bag · John Creasey · ed John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1962 9 · Money Is Honey [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · nv Butcher’s Dozen, Heinemann, 1956 32 · Sergeant Amatoo Investigates · Philip Brown · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1964 40 · The Hair Shirt [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #95, October 1951 63 · The Unknown Factor · L. P. Davies · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine February 1961 74 · Escape · Noel Ayliffe · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1964 78 · “Our Sympathies Go—” · Peggy Letten · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1964 86 · America’s Classic Murder · Edmund Pearson · ar Murder at Smutty Nose by Edmund Pearson, Doubleday, 1926 100 · Who Is Nicodemus? · Edgar Wallace · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine September 1964 114 · ND 27 · P. L. Howard · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine September 1964 120 · Edgar Wallace—The Man and the Legend · Nigel Morland · bg John Creasey Mystery Magazine March 1964 [Ref. Edgar Wallace] 127 · Crime Does Pay [Did It Happen?] · George Mikes · ss The Evening Standard November 30 1955 133 · Empress of the Sahara · Ronald Deacon · ts John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1964 137 · Spring Heel Jack · Elliott O’Donnell · ar (r) 139 · Police of Soviet Russia · James Cramer · ar The World’s Police by James Cramer, Cassell, 1964 148 · The Book of Honour · John Creasey · ss John Bull December 1 1956 164 · Danny’s Real Talent · Herbert Harris · ss (r) 168 · The Nemean Lion [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Strand Magazine November 1939

Sea Trails by Edward Horace Crebbin--- see under Sea-Wrack.

A Glimpse of Splendor and Other Stories by Dave Creek (Yard Dog Press, April 2009, 978-1-893687-97-4, $16.00, 231pp, tp, co, cover by David Lee Anderson) [Mike Christopher]     Collection of seven stories featuring space explorer Mike Christopher, most originally published in Analog, one only previously published online. 7 · Introduction · Stanley Schmidt · in 9 · A Few Words by the Author · Dave Creek · fw 11 · A Glimpse of Splendor [Mike Christopher] · Dave Creek · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact February 2000 53 · Pathways [Mike Christopher] · Dave Creek · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2000 73 · Swarming Korolev [Mike Christopher] · Dave Creek · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 2000 99 · Splendor’s Laws [Mike Christopher] · Dave Creek · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2000 127 · Splendor’s Truth [Mike Christopher] · Dave Creek · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2002 169 · No Traveller Returns [Mike Christopher] · Dave Creek · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2008 189 · Preserving Splendor [Mike Christopher] · Dave Creek · nv Fictionwise April 2003 233 · About the Author and Cover Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Marianne in India by Basil Creighton--- see under Lion Feuchtwanger.

The Blonde Cried Murder by John Creighton (Ace Double, October 1961, F-115, 40¢, 122pp, pb, n.)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Killing Cousins by Fletcher Flora.

Destroying Angel by John Creighton (Ace Double, July 1956, D-167, 35¢, 181pp, pb, n.)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Never Say Die by Milton K. Ozaki.

Evil Is the Night by John Creighton (Ace Double, October 1959, D-393, 35¢, 138pp, pb, n.)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Dictators Die Hard by Robert A. Levey.

A Half Interest in Murder by John Creighton (Ace Double, March 1960, D-425, 35¢, 135pp, pb, n.)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Dig Her a Grave by Paul Kruger.

Not So Evil As Eve by John Creighton (Ace Double, October 1957, D-247, 35¢, 151pp, pb, n., cover by Harry Barton)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Look Out Behind You by Ken Lewis.

Stranglehold by John Creighton (Ace Double, January 1959, D-333, 35¢, 131pp, pb, n., cover by Paul Rader)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Scream Street by Mike Brett.

Trial by Perjury by John Creighton (Ace Double, November 1958, D-321, 35¢, 135pp, pb, n.)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Smell of Trouble by Louis Trimble.

The Wayward Blonde by John Creighton (Ace Double, October 1958, D-317, 35¢, 116pp, pb, n.)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Big Bite by Gerry Travis.

Mystery Stories ed. Helen Cresswell (Kingfisher US, November 1996, 0-7534-5025-9, $6.95, 224pp, tp, an)     Young-adult anthology of 19 mystery stories. 7 · The Green Arches · Joan Aiken · ss Mystery Stories ed. Helen Cresswell, Kingfisher, 1996 19 · The Azteck Opal [Robert Leroy Mitchel; John Barnes] · Rodrigues Ottolengui · ss The Idler April 1895 36 · Wuthering Heights · Emily Brontë · ex Newby, 1847 43 · The Girl Who Kissed the Peach Tree · Eleanor Farjeon · ss The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon, Oxford University Press, 1955; an Italian folktale. 52 · The Thing in the Pond · Paul Ernst · ss Astounding Stories June 1934 69 · Smart Ice Cream · Paul Jennings · ss Unreal! by Paul Jennings, Penguin Australia, 1985 75 · The Pelican · Ann Pilling · ss The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories ed. Jean Russell, Methuen, 1982 86 · The Adventures of Johnnie Waverly [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 10 1923, as “The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly” 103 · The Tower · Carl Jung · ss Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C. G. Jung, Pantheon, 1961 108 · The Scythe · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1943 127 · A Sea Above the Sky · Thomas Wright · ar Ten Thousand Wonderful Things ed. Edmund Fillingham King, Routledge, 1894 129 · A Vine on a House · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine October 1905 135 · The Master · Diana Wynne Jones · ss Hidden Turnings ed. Diana Wynne Jones, Methuen, 1989 156 · King Arthur · Sir Thomas Malory · ex from The Hoole Book of Kyng Arthur and of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table, William Caxton, 1485 162 · The Whisperer · Vivien Alcock · ss Ghostly Companions by Vivien Alcock, Methuen, 1984 176 · Texts · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss American Short Fiction 1990 180 · The Sky Sea · Helen Cresswell · ss Hidden Turnings ed. Diana Wynne Jones, Methuen, 1989 192 · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924 214 · The Bewitched Jacket · Dino Buzzati · ss Restless Nights by Dino Buzzati, North Point Press, 1983; dated 1966. translated from the Italian (“La giacca stregata”, Corriere della Sera, 17 January 1962).

Weird Tales: Best of the Early Years 1923-25 ed. Justin Criado & Jonathan Maberry--- see under Jonathan Maberry.

The Nighttime Is the Right Time: A Collection of Stories by Bill Crider (Five Star US, January 2001, 0-7862-3045-2, $23.95, 230pp, hc, co)     Collection of 11 stories. 7 · Gored · Bill Crider · ss Murder Most Delicious ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1995 27 · Cap’n Bob and Gus · Bill Crider · ss Feline and Famous ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1994 49 · Poo-Poo [Truman Smith] · Bill Crider · ss Louisiana Literature v15 #1, 1998 65 · See What the Boys in the Locked Room Will Have · Bill Crider · nv Partners in Crime ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet, 1994 97 · The Santa Claus Caper · Bill Crider · nv Christmas Stalkings ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press, 1991 117 · It Happened at Grandmother’s House · Bill Crider · nv Once Upon a Crime ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley Prime Crime, 1998 141 · The Nighttime Is the Right Time · Bill Crider · ss Werewolves ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995 165 · An Evening Out with Karl · Bill Crider · ss Dark at Heart ed. Joe R. & Karen Lansdale, Dark Harvest, 1992 179 · Blest Be the Ties · Bill Crider · ss Murder for Father ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1994 189 · King of the Night · Bill Crider · ss Celebrity Vampires ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995 209 · How I Found a Cat, Lost True Love and Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo · Bill Crider · ss Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1995

Damn Near Dead 2: Live Noir or Die Trying! ed. Bill Crider (Busted Flush Press, November 2010, 1935415409, $18.00, xiv+271pp, tp, oa)     Twenty-eight tales of geezer noir. · Introduction · Charlaine Harris · in · Sleep, Creep, Leap · Patricia Abbott · ss · The Last Long Ride of El Canejo · Ace Atkins · ss · Stiffs · Neal Barrett, Jr. · ss · The End of Jim and Ezra · C. J. Box · ss · Out Stealing Buddha · Declan Burke · ss · Love Story · Scott A. Cupp · ss · All About Eden · Christa Faust · ss · Flying Solo · Ed Gorman · nv · Neighborhood Watch · Carolyn Haines · ss · Memory Sketch · David Handler · ss · Some Things You Never Forget · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss · The War Zone · Cameron Pierce Hughes · ss · Gilding Lily · Jennifer Jordan · ss · Kids Today · Toni L. P. Kelner · ss · The Old Man in the Motorized Chair · Joe R. Lansdale · ss · Angel of Mercy · Russel D. McLean · ss · Miss Hartly and the Cocksucker · Denise Mina · ss · Sometimes You Can’t Retire · Marcia Muller · ss · The Investor · Gary Phillips · ss · Bill in Idaho · Scott Phillips · ss · Zypho the Tentacled Brainsucker from Outer Space vs. the Mob · Tom Piccirilli · ss · Trade Secret · Bill Pronzini · ss · The Summer Place · Cornelia Read · ss · Warning Shot · James Reasoner · ss · Cutlass · Kat Richardson · ss · Chin Yong-Yun Takes a Case [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith] · S. J. Rozan · ss · Granny Pussy · Anthony Neil Smith · ss · Old Men and Old Boards · Don Winslow · ss

Butcher’s Dozen by Crime Writers Association--- see under Butcher’s Dozen, Heinemann, 1956.

Choice of Weapons by Crime Writers Association--- see under Choice of Weapons, Hodder & Stoughton, 1958.

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 · ms 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