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Just Like That by Lucy M. Boston (Swan River Press, September 2011, 15pp, ph, ss, cover by Peter Boston)     A previously unpublished short story. Limited to 125 copies, 100 of which were given away free with the first 100 copies of Curfew & Other Eerie Tales sold through the Swan River Press website. Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · Brian J. Showers · in

Yesterday Knocks by Noel Boston--- see under Noel Bertram.

Yesterday Knocks by Noel Boston (Ash-Tree Press, January 28, 2003, 1-55310-049-2, $59.00, xiv+141pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe)     Complete collection of the ghost stories of Noel Boston, adding a further six stories to the previous (1953) collection of this title, with an Introduction by Patricia and Lionel Fanthorpe. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $45.00 and in the UK for £28.00. vii · Preface · [uncredited] · pr ; unsigned, but says “with acknowledgements to Mike Ashley”. ix · An Appreciation of Canon Noel Boston · Lionel & Patricia Fanthorpe · in 3 · The Half Legs · Noel Boston · ss Yesterday Knocks by Noel Bertram, G. Arthur Coleby, 1953, as by Noel Bertram 16 · The Bellarmine Jars · Noel Boston · ss Yesterday Knocks by Noel Bertram, G. Arthur Coleby, 1953, as by Noel Bertram 31 · Lot 629 · Noel Boston · ss Yesterday Knocks by Noel Bertram, G. Arthur Coleby, 1953, as by Noel Bertram 39 · The North Cloister Walk · Noel Boston · ss Yesterday Knocks by Noel Bertram, G. Arthur Coleby, 1953, as by Noel Bertram 43 · P Aia Johns Blak · Noel Boston · nv Yesterday Knocks by Noel Bertram, G. Arthur Coleby, 1953, as by Noel Bertram 56 · Right Through My Hair · Noel Boston · nv Supernatural Stories #30, 1960, as by Noel Bertram 75 · The Audit Chamber · Noel Boston · nv Supernatural Stories #33, 1960, as by Noel Bertram 93 · Bump in the Night · Noel Boston · nv Supernatural Stories #37, 1960, as by Noel Bertram 109 · The Face at the Window · Noel Boston · ss Supernatural Stories #43, 1961, as by Noel Bertram 118 · The Barrier · Noel Boston · nv Supernatural Stories #57, 1962, as by Noel Bertram 131 · Scraping the Barrel · Noel Boston · ss Supernatural Stories #61, 1962, as by Noel Bertram 141 · Notes and Acknowledgments · ms

Fit to Die: A Crime and Mystery Collection ed. Joan Boswell & Sue Pike (Napoleon Pub., October 2001, 0929141873, $12.95, 288pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of 25 stories from the Canadian group the Ladies’ Killing Circle. 1 · Fit to Live · Audrey Jessup · ss 16 · Race · Vicki Cameron · ss 20 · Writer’s Cramp · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 21 · Down in the Plumps · Victoria Maffini · ss 35 · Double Trouble · Barbara Fradkin · ss 52 · Grudge Match · Therese Greenwood · ss 67 · A Dirty Jog · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 68 · Sign of the Times · Mary Jane Maffini · ss 83 · Grand Slam · Lea Tassie · ss 96 · Seeing Red · Linda Wiken · ss 106 · Fit to Die · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 107 · Las Flacas · Violette Malan · ss 116 · Snap Judgment · Sue Pike · ss 126 · Returning the Favour · Joan Boswell · ss 139 · A Brisk Sit Down · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 140 · A Matter of the Heart · Day’s Lee · ss 154 · The Brief Life of Alice Hartley · Liz Palmer · ss 168 · Tee’d Off · Mary Keenan · ss 183 · A Straight Lie · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 184 · Although, on the Other Hand · Pat Wilson & Kris Wood · ss 201 · Seigneur Poisson · R. J. Harlick · ss 215 · Natural Medicine · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 216 · Love Handles · H. Mel Malton · ss 228 · There’s a Word for It · Melanie Fogel · nv 249 · Old Geezers · Rose DeShaw · ss

Going Out with a Bang ed. Joan Boswell, Linda Wiken & Barbara Fradkin (Napoleon & Company, October 2008, 1894917731, $15.95, 281pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology by members of The Ladies’ Killing Circle. 1 · Bang the Drum Loudly for Me · Pat Wilson · ss 11 · Opera Lover · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 12 · For the Sake of Francine · Sandra Beswetherick · ss 28 · The Robber · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 29 · The Thrill of the Chase · Mary Keenan · ss 43 · Cobwebs · Lorie Lee Steiner · ss 48 · By the Book · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 49 · Courting Frank · Susan C. Gates · ss 68 · Listening In · Liz Palmer · ss 84 · The Porsche · Joan Boswell · ss 97 · Eve Gets Even · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 98 · The Dog at Balmy Beach · Madeleine Harris-Callway · ss 114 · Mad Scientist · Linda Hall · ss 128 · Bad Chef · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 129 · Decked · Lou Allin · ss 139 · P(oisoned) M(y) S(pouse) · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 140 · The Good Lie · Sandy Conrad · ss 154 · Going Out with a Bang · Mary Jane Maffini · ss 166 · A Priest, a Cop and an Undertaker Walk Into a Hunt Camp · Vicki Cameron · ss 186 · Piece and Quiet · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 187 · Hostile Takeover · Sue Pike · ss 201 · Thinking Inside the Box · Kris Wood · ss 217 · A Really Good Day · Nancy McQueen · ss 223 · Dead Against Telling · Linda Wiken · ss 240 · Chocolate to Die For · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 241 · Payback · Jean Rae Baxter · ss 250 · The Silencer · Joy Hewitt Mann · pm 251 · A Three-Splash Day · Barbara Fradkin · ss 265 · When the Whistle Blows · Coleen Steele · ss

When Boomers Go Bad ed. Joan Boswell, Sue Pike & Linda Wiken--- see under Sue Pike.

The Assassins and Other Stories by Sue Boswell--- see under Marcel Schwob.

The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction by Anthony Boucher (Simon & Schuster, 1969, 0-671-20382-7, $6.50, 256pp, hc, co, cover by Stanislaw Zagorski) 7 · The Compleat Werewolf [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · na Unknown Worlds April 1942 63 · The Pink Caterpillar [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · ss Adventure February 1945 74 · Q.U.R. [Quinby’s Usuform Robots] · Anthony Boucher · nv Astounding Science-Fiction March 1943, as by H. H. Holmes 99 · Robinc [Quinby’s Usuform Robots] · Anthony Boucher · ss Astounding Science-Fiction September 1943, as by H. H. Holmes 119 · Snulbug · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds December 1941 136 · Mr. Lupescu · Anthony Boucher · ss Weird Tales September 1945 141 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943 154 · Expedition · Anthony Boucher · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1943 170 · We Print the Truth · Anthony Boucher · na Astounding Science Fiction December 1943 240 · The Ghost of Me · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds June 1942

Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher by Anthony Boucher (Southern Illinois University Press, September 1983, 0-8093-1099-6, xvi+307pp, hc, co, cover by Ed Lindlof) [edited by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. & Martin H. Greenberg] vii · The World of Anthony Boucher · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · in 3 · Screwball Division [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1942 20 · QL 696.C9 [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1943 35 · Black Murder [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #12, September 1943 50 · Death of a Patriarch [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss 65 · Rumor, Inc. [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #20, January 1945 80 · The Punt and the Pass [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Short Stories November 25 1945 98 · Like Count Palmieri [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946 114 · Crime Must Have a Stop [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #87, February 1951 135 · The Girl Who Married a Monster [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #123, February 1954 157 · Coffin Corner · Anthony Boucher · ss The Female of the Species ed. Ellery Queen, Little, Brown, 1943, as by H. H. Holmes 172 · The Stripper [Sister Mary Ursula, OMB] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #22, May 1945, as by H. H. Holmes 187 · Threnody · Anthony Boucher · ss Maiden Murders, Harper Brothers, 1952 193 · Design for Dying · Anthony Boucher · ss Detective Short Stories September 1941 200 · Mystery for Christmas · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1943 218 · Code Zed · Anthony Boucher · ss World’s Great Spy Stories ed. Vincent Starrett, World, 1944 223 · The Ghost with the Gun · Anthony Boucher · ts Master Detective June 1945 238 · The Catalyst · Anthony Boucher · ss Black Mask July 1945 253 · The Retired Hangman · Anthony Boucher · ss Shadow Mystery February/March 1947 269 · The Smoke-Filled Locked Room · Anthony Boucher · ss The Locked Room Reader ed. Hans Stefan Santesson, Random House, 1968 288 · The Statement of Jerry Malloy · Anthony Boucher · ss Dangerous Dames ed. Mike Shayne, Dell, 1955 293 · A Matter of Scholarship · Anthony Boucher · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1955 295 · The Ultimate Clue · Anthony Boucher · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1960 299 · A Checklist of the Fiction of Anthony Boucher · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · bi

Far and Away by Anthony Boucher (Ballantine, 1955, 109, 35¢, 168pp, pb, co, cover by Richard Powers) 3 · The Anomaly of the Empty Man · Anthony Boucher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1952 22 · The First · Anthony Boucher · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 25 · Balaam · Anthony Boucher · ss 9 Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1954 40 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943 52 · Snulbug · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds December 1941 68 · Elsewhen [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · nv Astounding Science-Fiction January 1943 97 · Secret of the House · Anthony Boucher · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1953, as by H. H. Holmes 105 · Sriberdegibit · Anthony Boucher · nv Unknown Worlds June 1943 139 · Star Bride · Anthony Boucher · vi Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1951 142 · Review Copy · Anthony Boucher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949, as by H. H. Holmes 153 · The Other Inauguration · Anthony Boucher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953

Best American Detective Stories of the Year: 15th Annual Collection ed. Anthony Boucher (Boardman, 1966, 18/-, 232pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Dutton 1966 as Best Detective Stories of the Year: 20th Annual Collection) mystery anthology.

Best Detective Stories of the Year: 18th Annual Collection ed. Anthony Boucher (Dutton, 1963, $3.95, 271pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 13 · The Last Link · Andrew Garve · ss Cosmopolitan July 1962 27 · His Brother’s Keeper · James McKimmey, Jr. · ss Cosmopolitan September 1962 39 · My Sister Annabelle · De Forbes · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1962 52 · Theme of the Traitor and the Hero · Jorge Luís Borges · ss (r) translated from the Spanish (“Tema del traidor y del héroe”, Sur, February 1944). 57 · The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Donald A. Yates · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1962 translated from the Spanish (“Una Leyenda Arabiga (Historia de los dos Reyes y los dos Laberintos, como Nota de Burton)”, El Aleph, Editorial Losada, 1949). 59 · The Red Herring · Richard Deming · nv Manhunt December 1962 99 · The Adventure of the Double-Bogey Man [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1962 114 · First Come, First Served · Rog Phillips · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1962 128 · Express Delivery [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard December 19 1950 140 · The Sin of Madame Phloi · Lilian Jackson Braun · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1962 153 · Party Line · Murray Leinster · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1962 169 · The Liberty of the Subject · Avram Davidson · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) September 1961 181 · The Return of Edgar Allan Poe · Robert Lowry · ss Party of Dreamers by Robert Lowry, Fleet, 1962 186 · The Death of Don Juan [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Argosy May 1962 252 · The Right Man for the Right Job · J. C. Thompson · ss Playboy July 1962 265 · The Last Answer · Hal Ellson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1962 273 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi 276 · Awards · [uncredited] · bi 276 · Necrology · [uncredited] · bg 278 · Honor Roll · [uncredited] · bi

Best Detective Stories of the Year: 19th Annual Collection ed. Anthony Boucher (Dutton, 1964, LC:46-5872, $3.95, 269pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 13 · The Cattywampus · Borden Deal · ss Argosy January 1963 28 · Last Man to Die [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week November 3 1963 36 · A Taste for Murder · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 41 · The Long Golfers [Prosper Fair, the Duke of Devizes] · Barry Perowne · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine July 1963 70 · The New Deal · Charles Einstein · ss Playboy February 1963 77 · Phut Phat Concentrates · Lilian Jackson Braun · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1963 89 · Justice, Inc. · Rog Phillips · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 108 · The Golden Frog · Ken W. Purdy · nv Playboy January 1963 129 · I Will Please Come to Order · William North Jayme · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 140 · Wanted—Dead and Alive [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Manhunt October 1963 155 · The Gracious, Pleasant Life of Mrs. Afton · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1963 170 · Plumrose [Plumrose] · Ron Goulart · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination June 1963 190 · The Catalytic Agent [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) May 1962, as “The Cat Cracker” 208 · A Humanist · Romain Gary · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1963 215 · The Boy Wonder of Real Estate [Michael Dane James; Ted Bennett] · James Michael Ullman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1963 236 · The Operator · Jack Ritchie · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1963 271 · Mistake · Fredric Brown · vi Rogue May 1963, as “untitled (“Standish gave himself up…”)” 272 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi 275 · Awards · [uncredited] · bi 276 · Necrology · [uncredited] · bg 280 · Honor Roll · [uncredited] · bi

Best Detective Stories of the Year: 20th Annual Collection ed. Anthony Boucher (Dutton, 1965, LC:46-5872, $3.95, 257pp, hc, an)     Also available in the U.K. (Boardman 1966 as Best American Detective Stories of the Year: 15th Annual Collection. 9 · Introduction · Anthony Boucher · in 13 · H as in Homicide [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 31 · Routine Investigation · Robert Twohy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1964 39 · No Way Out [“Slot Machine” Kelly] · Dennis Lynds · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1964 55 · Payoff [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Cavalier #134, August 1964, as “Crime Syndicate Payoff” 61 · The Temple by the River [Magistrate Pao] · Leon Comber · ss The Strange Cases of Magistrate Pao by Leon Comber, Charles E. Tuttle, 1964 75 · The Return of Schlock Homes [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1964 89 · The Short and Simple Annals · Dan J. Marlowe · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1964 103 · The Ingenious Mind of Mr. Rigby Lacksome [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv Max Carrados Mysteries by Ernest Bramah, Hodder & Stoughton, 1927 135 · Credit to Shakespeare [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard December 12 1950, as “Credit to William Shakespeare” 143 · A Soliloquy in Tongues · William Wiser · ss Cosmopolitan May 1964 159 · Papa Tral’s Harvest · Barry Perowne · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 183 · Blurred View · John D. MacDonald · vi This Week February 23 1964 189 · Reunion [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) February 1964, as by Stephen Dentinger 219 · Violet · Hal Ellson · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1964 233 · A Case for the UN · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1964 245 · Legacy of Office · Rog Phillips · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1964 259 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi 262 · Awards · [uncredited] · bi 264 · Necrology · [uncredited] · bg 267 · Honor Roll · [uncredited] · bi