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Best English Short Stories II ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (W.W. Norton & Company, 1992, 0-393-30877-4, $10.95, ix+338pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Heinemann 1990 as Best Short Stories 1990) anthology.

Best English Short Stories III ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (W.W. Norton & Company, 1991, 0-393-03036-9, $10.95, ix+305pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Heinemann 1991 as Best Short Stories 1991) anthology.

Best English Short Stories IV ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Norton, 1992, hc, an)
Reprint (Heinemann 1992 as Best Short Stories 1992) anthology.

Best English Short Stories V ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (W.W. Norton & Company, 1994, 0-393-03580-8, $22.00, ix+370pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Heinemann 1993 as Best Short Stories 1993) anthology.

Best of Best Short Stories 1986-1995 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Minerva, 1995, 0-7493-9562-1, £7.99, vii+504pp, tp, an)

vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in

1 · Career Move · Martin Amis · nv The New Yorker June 29 1992

21 · The Age of Lead · Margaret Atwood · ss New Statesman and Society July 20 1990

35 · Answers to a Questionnaire · J. G. Ballard · ss Ambit #100, Spring 1985

40 · Dragons · Julian Barnes · ss Granta #32, Summer 1990

53 · The Dream Lover · William Boyd · ss The London Magazine February/March 1993

66 · The Last Island Boy · George Mackay Brown · ss The Scotsman December 24 1985

72 · Medusa’s Ankles · A. S. Byatt · ss Woman’s Journal September 1990

85 · ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore · Angela Carter · nv Granta #25, Autumn 1988

103 · The Mermaid · David Constantine · ss Critical Quarterly Autumn 1991

128 · A Death in the Family · Michael Dibdin · ss GQ December 1990

130 · Forain · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker June 24 1991

147 · The Book of Ands · Robert Grossmith · ss Critical Quarterly Autumn 1988

155 · People for Lunch · Georgina Hammick · ss Stand Winter 1985/1986

177 · Five Paintings of the New Japan · Steven Heighton · ss Stand v32 #3, 1991

198 · Maundy · Christopher Hope · ss The New Yorker June 1 1992

212 · Unperformed Experiments Have No Results · Janette Turner Hospital · ss Queen’s Quarterly Winter 1994

226 · Sisters · Colum McCann · ss Analecta 1992

241 · The Wrong Vocation · Moy McCrory · ss Critical Quarterly v31 #1, 1989

253 · Creatures of the Earth · John McGahern · ss Granta #49, Winter 1994

268 · A Pair of Spoons · Shena Mackay · ss Critical Quarterly Spring 1990

287 · Alas for the Egg · Hilary Mantel · ss The London Magazine December 1986/January 1987

304 · Remission · Adam Mars-Jones · nv Granta #22, Autumn 1987

326 · A Real Life · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker February 10 1992

349 · Wilderness · Edna O’Brien · nv The New Yorker March 16 1992

380 · Oranges from Spain · David Park · ss Critical Quarterly v31 #2, 1989

394 · A Fairly Regular Four · Frederic Raphael · ss Best Short Stories 1991 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes, William Heinemann Ltd., 1991
first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Morning Story, 26 November 1990.

400 · Burning End · Ruth Rendell · ss The Spectator December 17/December 24 1994

410 · Notes of a Copernican Biographer · Patrick Rogers · ss Panurge #8, April 1988

423 · Good Advice Is Rarer Than Rubies · Salman Rushdie · ss The New Yorker June 22 1987

429 · Good Friday, 1633 · Helen Simpson · ss The Listener September 3 1987

438 · Stalin, Stalin, and Stalin · Jonathan Treitel · ss The New Yorker September 21 1992

445 · Two of Them · Rose Tremain · ss Marie Claire August 1992

456 · Cocktails at Doney’s · William Trevor · ss The New Yorker April 8 1985

471 · Ind Aff*--or Out of Love in Sarajevo · Fay Weldon · ss The Observer August 7 1988

479 · Bank Holiday · Jonathan Wilson · ss The New Yorker January 11 1993

489 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

501 · Index to Best Short Stories 1986-1995 · [uncredited] · ix

Best Short Stories 1986 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., November 1986, 0-434-35419-8, viii+243pp, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in

3 · Answers to a Questionnaire · J. G. Ballard · ss Ambit #100, Spring 1985

8 · The Last Island Boy · George Mackay Brown · ss The Scotsman December 24 1985

15 · Dealing in Fictions · Christopher Burns · ss The London Magazine 1985

32 · A Present for Christmas 1816 · Barbara Cartland · ss (r)

39 · The Assassination of Indira Gandhi · Upamanyu Chatterjee · ss (r)

52 · Fulfilment · Éilís Ní Dhuibhne · ss (r)

67 · Needlework · Douglas Dunn · ss The New Yorker August 19 1985

84 · Primavera · Marian Eldridge · ss Southerly 1985

92 · Away in a Niche · Alice Thomas Ellis · ss The Spectator December 21/December 28 1985

100 · Martyrs · Desmond Hogan · ss (r)

115 · Carnation Butterfly · Christopher Hope · ss The London Magazine April/May 1985

123 · Credit · Francis King · ss (r)

131 · Smile · Deborah Moggach · ss (r)

143 · Master of Ceremonies · John Murray · ss (r)

159 · Cruising at Fifty · Philip Oakes · ss Woman’s Own July 20 1985

168 · Fen Hall · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1985

182 · Cocktails at Doney’s · William Trevor · ss The New Yorker April 8 1985

198 · Retired People · Frank Tuohy · ss The London Magazine November 1985

205 · Cottage Rubbings · Dai Vaughan · ss Stand Summer 1985

225 · The Bottom Line and the Sharp End · Fay Weldon · ss Polaris and Other Stories by Fay Weldon, Penguin, 1985

235 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Best Short Stories 1987 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., September 1987, 0-434-35418-X, 311pp, hc, an)

· [unknown story] · Beryl Bainbridge · ss (r)

· [unknown story] · Jim Crace · ss (r)

· Visitors · John Cranna · ss Stand Winter 1985/1986

· [unknown story] · Dan Davin · ss (r)

· [unknown story] · Anne Devlin · ss (r)

· [unknown story] · Janice Elliott · ss (r)

· [unknown story] · Penelope Gilliatt · ss (r)

· [unknown story] · Kate Grenville · ss (r)

· People for Lunch · Georgina Hammick · ss Stand Winter 1985/1986

· [unknown story] · James Lasdun · ss (r)

· [unknown story] · Deborah Levy · ss (r)

· [unknown story] · Shena Mackay · ss (r)

· [unknown story] · Peter McNiff · ss (r)

· Alas for the Egg · Hilary Mantel · ss The London Magazine December 1986/January 1987

· [unknown story] · E. A. Markham · ss (r)

· [unknown story] · Aidan Mathews · ss (r)

· [unknown story] · Alice Munro · ss (r)

· [unknown story] · Leslie Norris · ss (r)

· [unknown story] · Rose Tremain · ss (r)

· [unknown story] · Tim Winton · ss (r)

Best Short Stories 1988 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., July 25, 1988, 0-434-35419-8, ix+258pp, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in

1 · Angelo’s Passion · Christopher Burns · ss The London Magazine December 1987

12 · “Night in Paris” · Patrice Chaplin · ss The Fiction Magazine January/February 1987

19 · The Death of the Tribe · Jim Clarke · ss Passages #1, 1987

33 · Autumn Rain · Richard Crawford · ss Passages #1, 1987

40 · Fruits de Mer · Ronald Frame · ss The London Magazine December 1986/January 1987

55 · Birth · Sophie Frank · ss Ambit #108, 1987

62 · Lingo · Penelope Gilliatt · ss The New Yorker September 7 1987

74 · Spoils · Nadine Gordimer · ss Granta #22, Autumn 1987

89 · High Teas · Georgina Hammick · ss The Listener December 17/December 24 1987

98 · The Buddha of Suburbia · Hanif Kureishi · ss The London Review of Books February 19 1987

114 · Vigil · Jim Mangnall · ss Ambit #107, 1987

119 · Remission · Adam Mars-Jones · nv Granta #22, Autumn 1987

143 · Horse Sense · Deborah Moggach · ss The Fiction Magazine April 1987

154 · Good Advice Is Rarer Than Rubies · Salman Rushdie · ss The New Yorker June 22 1987

161 · Stopover · Graham Seal · ss The London Magazine December 1987

178 · A Sleeping Pill for the Doctor · Lionel Seepaul · ss The London Magazine July 1987

199 · Good Friday, 1633 · Helen Simpson · ss The Listener September 3 1987

209 · A Trinity · William Trevor · ss The New Yorker May 11 1987

229 · Home Place · Guy Vanderhaeghe · ss The London Review of Books November 12 1987

239 · The Legs of the Queen of Sheba · Marina Warner · ss The Fiction Magazine April 1987

256 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Best Short Stories 1990 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., 1990, 0-434-35415-5, £13.95, ix+338pp, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in

1 · It Will Grow Again · Cecil Bonstein · ss Critical Quarterly v31 #2, 1989

17 · Transfigured Night · William Boyd · ss Granta #28, Autumn 1989

31 · The Vanishing Princess or The Origins of Cubism · Jenny Diski · ss New Statesman and Society October 27 1989

38 · After the Rains · Janice Galloway · ss Edinburgh Review #82, Winter 1989

48 · Chinese Funeral · Jane Gardam · ss
first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Morning Story, 3 January 1990.

55 · Jump · Nadine Gordimer · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1989

70 · Company · Robert Grossmith · ss The Spectator December 23/December 30 1989

82 · The Man with the Dagger · Russell Hoban · ss Granta #28, Autumn 1989

94 · An Affair · Desmond Hogan · ss The European Gay Review March 1989

112 · The Loss of Faith · Janette Turner Hospital · ss Prairie Schooner Winter 1988/1989, as “Expatriate”

122 · The Goose Path · Elizabeth Jolley · ss Encounter September/October 1989

134 · Goldberg · Gabriel Josipovici · ss The London Magazine April/May 1989

145 · Vibrations · Francis King · ss The European Gay Review March 1989

152 · Esther · Hanif Kureishi · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1989

168 · The Wrong Vocation · Moy McCrory · ss Critical Quarterly v31 #1, 1989

181 · Geology · Steve McGiffen · ss Stand Winter 1989/1990

198 · Baby Clutch · Adam Mars-Jones · nv Granta #27, Summer 1989

224 · Goodness and Mercy · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker March 20 1989

247 · Arthur Seal and the Hand of Fate · Philip Oakes · ss Woman’s Journal July 1989

256 · Oranges from Spain · David Park · ss Critical Quarterly v31 #2, 1989

272 · Skinny Louie · Fiona Farrell Poole · ss New Zealand Listener May 1990

288 · The Beverly Hills Snowman · Frederic Raphael · ss Sunday Express December 24 1989

297 · At Brackus’s · D. J. Taylor · ss The London Magazine April/May 1989

306 · Shaking Hands with Theodor Herzl · Jonathan Treitel · ss The London Magazine February/March 1989

312 · In the Dark · Charles Wilkinson · ss The London Magazine December 1989/January 1990

333 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Best Short Stories 1991 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., 1991, 0-434-35421-X, ix+305pp, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in

1 · The Age of Lead · Margaret Atwood · ss New Statesman and Society July 20 1990

16 · Dragons · Julian Barnes · ss Granta #32, Summer 1990

31 · Come See About Me · Alan Beard · ss Panurge #13, October 1990

45 · Cork · William Boyd · ss Granta #34, Autumn 1990

63 · Baby Love · Julie Burchill · ss New Woman October 1990

73 · Medusa’s Ankles · A. S. Byatt · ss Woman’s Journal September 1990

87 · Peter’s Buddies · Michael Carson · ss Gay Times December 1990

95 · A Death in the Family · Michael Dibdin · ss GQ December 1990

108 · Sex and Drugs and Rock’n’Roll: Part II · Jenny Diski · ss New Statesman and Society August 24 1990

115 · A Find · Nadine Gordimer · ss New Statesman and Society September 7 1990

120 · Uncle Victor · Georgina Hammick · ss Critical Quarterly Spring 1990

131 · Sungura · Tracey Lloyd · ss Good Housekeeping February 1990

142 · Popping Out · Rachel McAlpine · ss Southerly #4, 1990

148 · A Pair of Spoons · Shena Mackay · ss Critical Quarterly Spring 1990

169 · The Language of Water · David S. Mackenzie · ss Sunk Island Review #3, Summer 1990

176 · With Long Thin Fingers · Richard Madelin · ss The London Magazine October/November 1990

185 · Changing Babies · Deborah Moggach · ss The Listener December 20/December 27 1990
first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Morning Story, 24 December 1990.

194 · Friend of My Youth · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker January 22 1990

217 · The Card Party · Denise Neuhaus · ss Critical Quarterly Summer 1990

240 · Magnets · Colm O’Gaora · ss Cosmopolitan (UK) May 1990

248 · Eggs for the Taking · June Oldham · ss Stand Autumn 1990

260 · A Fairly Regular Four · Frederic Raphael · ss
first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Morning Story, 26 November 1990.

267 · Over · Rose Tremain · ss Soho Square III ed. Alberto Manguel, Bloomsbury Publishing, 1990

272 · Coffee with Oliver · William Trevor · ss Cathay Pacific Airline Magazine October 1990

288 · Glob · James Waddington · ss Panurge #13, October 1990

300 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Best Short Stories 1993 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., 1993, 0-434-35423-6, ix+370pp, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in

1 · Career Move · Martin Amis · nv The New Yorker June 29 1992

24 · Life and Art · John Banville · ss Granta #41, Autumn 1992

36 · Different Ways of Getting Drunk · David Belbin · ss Ambit #128, Spring 1992

49 · West Wirral Story · Michael Carson · ss
first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 20 November 1992.

56 · Switchback · Ronald Frame · ss
first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 19 February 1992.

62 · Bevis · Jane Gardam · nv Discovery September 1 1992

89 · The Headscarf · Carlo Gébler · ss Critical Quarterly Summer 1992

97 · Look-Alikes · Nadine Gordimer · ss Granta #40, Summer 1992

106 · Nana’s Dance · Michelle Heinemann · ss Whetstone Spring 1992

112 · Farthing House · Susan Hill · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) December 1992/January 1993

127 · Here Come the Impersonators · Jonathan Holland · ss Stand Winter 1992

142 · Maundy · Christopher Hope · ss The New Yorker June 1 1992

157 · Sisters · Colum McCann · ss Analecta 1992

174 · The Wake House · Bernard MacLaverty · ss GQ October 1992

183 · endword · David Mackenzie · ss Stand Spring 1992

195 · A Real Life · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker February 10 1992

222 · Bel · Tony Musgrave · ss Panurge #15/16, 1992

237 · The Guitar and Other Animals · Geoff Nicholson · ss Ambit #130, Autumn 1992

246 · Wilderness · Edna O’Brien · nv The New Yorker March 16 1992

282 · The Gymnasium · Kathy Page · ss Passport #4, 1992

292 · Stalin, Stalin, and Stalin · Jonathan Treitel · ss The New Yorker September 21 1992

300 · Two of Them · Rose Tremain · ss Marie Claire August 1992

313 · Lost Ground · William Trevor · nv The New Yorker February 24 1992

348 · Fallen by the Wayside · Barry Unsworth · ss The Times December 24 1992

354 · Through a Dustbin, Darkly · Fay Weldon · ss Options December 1992

364 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Best Short Stories 1994 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., 1994, 0-434-00164-3, vii+304pp, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in

1 · The Dream Lover · William Boyd · ss The London Magazine February/March 1993

16 · Sentiment in Drag · Maddo Field · ss Stand Autumn 1993

34 · Mlle. Dias De Corta · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker December 28 1992/January 4 1993

46 · L, U, C, I, E · Nadine Gordimer · ss Granta #44, Summer 1993

54 · The Mantris Woman · Russell Hoban · ss
first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 14 June 1993.

61 · Political Economy · Margaret Horner · ss The Observer June 27 1993

70 · North of Nowhere · Janette Turner Hospital · ss Nimrod Spring/Summer 1993

87 · The Master Builder’s Wife · Lisa Jacobson · ss Stand Autumn 1993

96 · Song of Roland · Jamaica Kincaid · ss The New Yorker April 12 1993

106 · Nihon-Jin Girls · Matthew Kramer · ss Panurge April 1993

121 · A Bed of Roses · Edna O’Brien · ss The Spectator December 18/December 25 1993

133 · Rum and Coke · Julia O’Faolain · ss Scripsi v9 #1, 1993

147 · A Prayer from the Living · Ben Okri · ss The New York Times January 29 1993

154 · Concerto Grossman · Frederic Raphael · ss BBC Music Magazine September 1993
first broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 31 August 1993.

162 · The Rower · Frank Ronan · ss Scripsi v8 #2, 1993

171 · So Far, She’s Fine · Oakland Ross · ss Story Winter 1993

184 · A Respectable Woman · Alan Sillitoe · ss The Illustrated London News December 1993

191 · Heavy Weather · Helen Simpson · ss Granta #43, Spring 1993

209 · Nessun Dorma · Alan Spence · ss Scotland on Sunday 1993

220 · Reservations · Carl Tighe · ss Metropolitan #1, Winter 1993/1994

234 · Spirit of a New India · Jonathan Treitel · ss Ambit Spring 1993

245 · The Potato Dealer · William Trevor · ss The Spectator December 18/December 25 1993

260 · Wasted Lives · Fay Weldon · ss The New Yorker April 19 1993

272 · Bank Holiday · Jonathan Wilson · ss The New Yorker January 11 1993

284 · Mr Applewick · Tamar Yellin · ss The London Magazine December 1993/January 1994

297 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Best Short Stories 1995 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., 1995, 0-434-00088-4, vii+325pp, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in

1 · Interference · Julian Barnes · ss The New Yorker September 19 1994

16 · The Destiny of Nathalie X · William Boyd · nv Granta #48, Autumn 1994

45 · Sure to Rise · Fiona Farrell · ss Metro (New Zealand) December 1994

57 · Light · Jane Gardam · ss Marie Claire August 1994

66 · The Take-Over · Michael Hamburger · ss Stand Spring 1994

75 · The Sarum Twins · Christine Hauch · ss Panurge #20, 1994

89 · Books and Records · Nick Hornby · ss The Big Issue #84, 1994

95 · Unperformed Experiments Have No Results · Janette Turner Hospital · ss Queen’s Quarterly Winter 1994

110 · The Lobster Season · Barry Hunter · ss Panurge #21, 1994

120 · Three Miles to One Inch · Elizabeth Jolley · ss The New Yorker December 19 1994

137 · The Web · Francis King · ss The London Magazine December 1994/January 1995

149 · The Occupation; A Guide for Tourists · Mike McCormack · ss Ambit #135, 1994

156 · Creatures of the Earth · John McGahern · ss Granta #49, Winter 1994

172 · A Nation Once Again · Jim McGowan · ss Stand Summer 1994

183 · A Silver Summer · Shena Mackay · ss Marie Claire August 1994

189 · Bevis · David Mackenzie · ss Edinburgh Review #91, 1994

205 · Hired Girl · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker April 11 1994

224 · Sin · Edna O’Brien · ss The New Yorker July 11 1994

230 · Under the Rose · Julia O’Faolain · ss The New Yorker February 28 1994

245 · Burning End · Ruth Rendell · ss The Spectator December 17/December 24 1994

255 · World of Serial · Will Self · ss The Big Issue #81, 1994

267 · Going Up and Coming Down · Muriel Spark · ss The Daily Telegraph July 4 1994

271 · That and a Dollar · Alan Spence · ss Edinburgh Review #92, 1994

294 · Widows · William Trevor · ss The New Yorker June 27/July 4 1994

310 · Michigan Water · Tim Willocks · ss The Big Issue #83, 1994

319 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

A Book of Contemporary Nightmares ed. Giles Gordon (Michael Joseph, 1977, 0-7181-1571-6, £4.25, 192pp, hc, oa)
Also in pb (Sphere 0-7221-3968-3, 1978) where the story sequence is rearranged.

9 · The Bang-Bang · Brian W. Aldiss · nv

44 · Voices · Francis King · ss

57 · The Other Husband · Penelope Shuttle · ss

64 · In Cold Daylight · William Sansom · ss

76 · Scenes from the Country of the Blind · John Sladek · ss

91 · Power-Cut · Joan Aiken · ss

101 · The Scarlet House · Angela Carter · ss

115 · Birth · George MacBeth · ss

128 · The Minstrel Girl [Jerry Cornelius] · Michael Moorcock · nv

137 · Death of a Primitive Humanist · Barry Unsworth · ss

150 · Please Don’t Shoot the Trees · Patricia Highsmith · ss

166 · Broken Homes · William Trevor · ss

181 · Our Lady of the Ice · Peter Redgrove · ss

190 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Minerva Book of Short Stories 1 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Minerva, 1990, 0-7493-9051-4, ix+258pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Heinemann 1988 as Best Short Stories 1988) anthology.

Minerva Book of Short Stories 2 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Minerva, 1990, 0-7493-9085-9, ix+287pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Heinemann 1989 as Best Short Stories 1989) anthology.

Minerva Book of Short Stories 4 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Minerva, 1992, 0-7493-9991-0, £5.99, ix+305pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Heinemann 1991 as Best Short Stories 1991) anthology.

Minerva Book of Short Stories 5 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Minerva, 1993, 0-7493-9968-6, £5.99, ix+321pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Heinemann 1992 as Best Short Stories 1992) anthology.

vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in

1 · FOAM · Brian Aldiss · nv New Worlds 1 ed. David S. Garnett, Gollancz, 1991

24 · Lizzie’s Tiger · Angela Carter · ss Cosmopolitan (UK) September 1991

39 · The Mermaid · David Constantine · ss Critical Quarterly Autumn 1991

55 · Craigavon Bridge · Seamus Deane · ss Granta #37, Autumn 1991

60 · Love of Fat Men · Helen Dunmore · ss Stand Winter 1991

67 · The Visitors’ Book · Stephen Gallagher · ss Darklands ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1991

81 · Forain · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker June 24 1991

100 · Five Paintings of the New Japan · Steven Heighton · ss Stand v32 #3, 1991

124 · The End-of-the-Line End-of-the-World Disco · Janette Turner Hospital · ss The London Magazine June/July 1991

133 · The Sandcastle · Matthew Kramer · ss Panurge #14, April 1991

146 · Meng’s Pool · Isobel Lusted · ss Stand Summer 1991

157 · Say Something · Brian McCabe · ss

166 · Cybernetics · David Mackenzie · ss The New Edinburgh Review 1991

176 · Sing, Milo, Sing! · Bryan MacMahon · ss Ireland’s Own March 22 1991

181 · Bears in Mourning · Adam Mars-Jones · ss Granta #38, Winter 1991

192 · Possibilities · Mary Morrissy · ss The London Magazine October/November 1991

199 · Carried Away · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker October 21 1991

242 · Three Minute Egg · Wendy Perriam · ss Esquire (UK) June 1991

251 · Queen Mahatonga Retires for the Night · Don Rodgers · ss Critical Quarterly Summer 1991

264 · Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella of Spain Consummate Their Relationship, Santa Fe, January, 1492 · Salman Rushdie · ss The New Yorker June 17 1991

272 · Dear George · Helen Simpson · ss Woman December 1991

280 · My Father’s War · Ken Smith · ss

287 · Waltz Time · Jonathan Treitel · ss The New Yorker February 11 1991

293 · Old Flame · William Trevor · ss The New Yorker February 25 1991

307 · Love Among the Artists · Fay Weldon · ss The Times December 24 1991

316 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Minerva Book of Short Stories 6 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Minerva, 1994, 0-7493-9998-8, £6.99, ix+370pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Heinemann 1993 as Best Short Stories 1993) anthology.

Prevailing Spirits ed. Giles Gordon (Hamish Hamilton, 1976, 0-241-89403-4, £3.50, 216pp, hc, oa)
“A Book of Scottish Ghost Stories”.

1 · Holiday · Forbes Bramble · ss

19 · Beliah · George Mackay Brown · nv

48 · The Foothold · Elspeth Davie · ss

63 · A Kind of Possession · James Allan Ford · ss

80 · Who’s Been Sitting in My Car? · Antonia Fraser · ss

95 · The Haunted Chimley · Clifford Hanley · ss

107 · The Curator · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss

123 · The Curse of Mathair Nan Uisgeachan · Angus Wolfe Murray · nv

149 · Randal · Robert Nye · ss

160 · The Brothers · Iain Crichton Smith · ss

174 · Proud Lady in a Cage · Fred Urquhart · ss

194 · The Horseshoe Inn · Gordon Williams · ss

213 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Selected Ghost Stories ed. Giles Gordon (Bloomsbury, November 14, 1996, 0-7475-2914-0, £10.95, 232pp, hc, an, cover by Jeff Fisher)
Anthology of 13 classic ghost stories. A mini-hardback.

1 · A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705 · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, uncredited.

13 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828

33 · The Lady with the Velvet Collar · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as “The Adventure of the German Student” by Geoffrey Crayon

40 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy”

50 · No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866

67 · The Dream Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1)
revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855).

93 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 14 1889

101 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review December 1908

146 · The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral · Montague Rhodes James · nv The Contemporary Review April 1910

166 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885

195 · The Quincunx · Walter de la Mare · ss The Lady’s Realm January 1907

209 · The Apple Tree · Elizabeth Bowen · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931

225 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956

Shakespeare Stories ed. Giles Gordon (Hamish Hamilton, October 14, 1982, 978-0-241-10879-6, 239pp, hc, oa)

· Indhold: We That Are Young · Paul Ableman · ss

· Overture and Incidental Music for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” · Angela Carter · ss Interzone #3, Autumn 1982

· The Secretest Man of Blood · Fred Urquhart · ss

· A Botanist’s Romance · Elspeth Davie · ss

· A Changeable Report · Gabriel Josipovici · ss

· Yorick · Salman Rushdie · ss

· Justice Silence, Now Blind, Wits Wandering a Little and Very Old, Is Visited by Sir John Falstaff’s Page, Now a Man, and Asked for News of Francis Feeble, the Woman’s Tailor, Once Unfairly Conscripted for the Army During Rebellion · J. L. Carr · ss

· Ossie: A Dumb Black Ox · Allan Massie · ss

· Letter from Leah · Godfrey Smith · ss

· What to do About Ralph? · Iain Crichton Smith · ss

· His Everlasting Mansion · Francis King · ss

· Affairs of Death · Kingsley Amis · ss

· De Bilbow · Brigid Brophy · ss

· A Mother’s Lament · Paul Bailey · ss

· Prize Daffs · Emma Tennant · ss

· Extracts from the Journal of Flying Officer J. David Pownall: Cross Over · William Boyd · ss

· Rough Magic · David Hughes · ss

· The Queen of Infinite Space · Elizabeth Troop · ss

· The Second Best Bed · Robert Nye · ss

A Pride of Felons ed. Gordon Gordon, Thomas B. Dewey, Mildred Gordon & Jean Leslie--- see under The Gordons.

The Innkeeper Chronicles: Volume One by Ilona & Andrew Gordon--- see under Ilona Andrews.

The Innkeeper Chronicles, Volume Two by Ilona & Andrew Gordon--- see under Ilona Andrews.

The Kinsmen Universe by Ilona & Andrew Gordon--- see under Ilona Andrews.

Small Magics by Ilona & Andrew Gordon--- see under Ilona Andrews.

The Armchair Science Reader ed. Isabel S. Gordon & Sophie Sorkin (Simon & Schuster, 1959, $7.95, 832pp, hc, an)
Only Science Fiction listed.

· Invasion from Mars · Howard Koch · pl Invasion from Mars by Hazel Gaudet, Princeton University Press, 1940
first broadcast on the CBS radio network on October 30, 1938.

· Flight to Malacandra · C. S. Lewis · ex from Out of the Silent Planet, John Lane, 1938

· Our Distant Cousins [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 23 1929

· The Nautilus Reaches the Pole [Captain Nemo] · Jules Verne · ex from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, G.M. Smith, 1873

· A Descent Into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841

· John Thomas’s Cube · John Leimert · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1945

· In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1948

· Creative Evolution · George Bernard Shaw · ex from Back to Methuselah (r); from the preface.

· Split Cherry Tree · Jesse Stuart · ss Esquire January 1939

· Cabinet Decision · Nigel Balchin · ex from Who Is My Neighbour (r)

· Dr. Southport Vulpes’s Nightmare · Bertrand Russell · ss Nightmares of Eminent Persons by Bertrand Russell, The Bodley Head, 1954

· The Portable Phonograph · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss The Yale Review Spring 1941

· By the Waters of Babylon · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 31 1937, as “The Place of the Gods”

· Laputan Projects [Gulliver] · Jonathan Swift · ex from Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World, Benjamin Motte, 1726

· Machines Do Our Work · Edward Bellamy · ex from Looking Backward: 2000-1887, Ticknor, 1888

· In Bondage to a Central Authority · Aldous Huxley · ex from Brave New World, Chatto & Windus, 1932

· The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909

· The Morning of the Day They Did It · E. B. White · ss The New Yorker February 25 1950

Dark Faith ed. Jerry Gordon & Maurice Broaddus--- see under Maurice Broaddus.

Dark Faith: Invocations ed. Jerry Gordon & Maurice Broaddus--- see under Maurice Broaddus.

Dark Faith: Last Rites ed. Jerry Gordon & Maurice Broaddus--- see under Maurice Broaddus.

Streets of Shadows ed. Jerry Gordon & Maurice Broaddus--- see under Maurice Broaddus.

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Joan Gordon, Rob Latham, Veronica Hollinger, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., Arthur B. Evans & Carol McGuirk--- see under Rob Latham.

The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon (Walker, May 1992, 0-7445-2133-5, £4.99, 111pp, tp, oc, cover by Robert Mason)
Collection of five original young-adult ghost/horror stories.

9 · The Burning Baby · John Gordon · nv

31 · Under the Ice · John Gordon · nv

53 · The Key · John Gordon · ss

73 · Eels · John Gordon · ss

89 · Death Wish · John Gordon · nv

Left in the Dark: The Supernatural Tales of John Gordon by John Gordon (Medusa Press, October 2006, 978-0-9725324-1-9, $40.00, xvi+318pp, hc, co, cover by Frank Chigas)
Collection of 30 stories, one original; many of the stories were previously collected in The Spitfire Grave and Other Stories (Kestrel), Catch Your Death and Other Stories (1984), and The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts (1992). Foreword by Frank Chigas; introduction by Gordon. This is a limited edition of 450; a deluxe signed edition of 50 ($60.00) is also available.
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Frank Chigas · fw

· Introduction · John Gordon · in

· Left in the Dark · John Gordon · nv Shades of Dark ed. Aidan Chambers, Patrick Hardy, 1984

· Death Wish · John Gordon · nv The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992

· Uncle Walter · John Gordon · ss The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings ed. Dennis Pepper, Oxford University Press, 1997

· The Burning Baby · John Gordon · nv The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992

· The Kissing Gate · John Gordon · ss The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Stories ed. Dennis Pepper, Oxford University Press, 2001

· Better the Devil You Know · John Gordon · ss

· Bone Meal · John Gordon · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994

· Under the Ice · John Gordon · nv The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992

· Oh, My Bairn · John Gordon · ss

· Kroger’s Choice · John Gordon · ss Ghost Stories ed. Deborah Shine, Octopus Books, 1980

· The Pot of Basil · John Gordon · ss

· Catch Your Death · John Gordon · ss Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories by John Gordon, Patrick Hardy Books, 1984

· Black Beads · John Gordon · ss The Mammoth Book of Dracula ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1997

· If She Bends, She Breaks · John Gordon · ss Ghost After Ghost ed. Aidan Chambers, Kestrel, 1982

· The Smile of Eugene Ritter · John Gordon · ss Beware! Beware! ed. Jean Richardson, Hamish Hamilton, 1987

· The Key · John Gordon · ss The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992

· The Broken O · John Gordon · ss

· Half a Crown · John Gordon · ss

· Eels · John Gordon · ss The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts by John Gordon, Walker, 1992

· Without a Mark · John Gordon · ss

· Never Grow Up · John Gordon · ss Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories by John Gordon, Patrick Hardy Books, 1984

· Vampire in Venice · John Gordon · ss 13 Again ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1995

· Joby’s Pint · John Gordon · ss

· All the Children · John Gordon · ss

· Grandmother’s Footsteps · John Gordon · ss The Walker Book of Ghost Stories ed. Susan Hill, Walker, 1990

· The Girl Outside · John Gordon · ss

· The Black Prince · John Gordon · ss A Quiver of Ghosts ed. Aidan Chambers, The Bodley Head, 1987

· Little Black Pies · John Gordon · ss Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories by John Gordon, Patrick Hardy Books, 1984

· The Place · John Gordon · ss

· The Night Watch · John Gordon · ss

Lust at First Bite: Sexy Vampire Short Stories ed. Lindsay Gordon (Black Lace, November 6, 2008, 978-0-352-34506-6, £7.99, 270pp, tp, oa)
Original fantasy anthology.

1 · Playing · Charlotte Stein · ss

17 · The Blood of the Martyrs · Janine Ashbless · ss

36 · Only the Beginning · Terri Pray · ss

55 · The Funhouse Is Closed Mondays · Kristina Lloyd · nv

78 · Vampires, Limited · Lisabet Sarai · nv

99 · Understudy · Angela Caperton · ss

119 · Paso Doble · Rhiannon Leith · ss

139 · Sometimes They Come Back · Portia da Costa · ss

157 · The Man-Eaters · Carrie Williams · ss

173 · El Alquimista · Madelynne Ellis · ss

i86 · There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute · Sommer Marsden · ss

199 · The Oasis at Night · Madeline Moore · nv

220 · Left Hand Man · Mathilde Madden · ss

240 · Flashback · A. D. R. Forte · ss

256 · Feasting · Kelly Maher · ss

A Pride of Felons ed. Mildred Gordon, Thomas B. Dewey, Gordon Gordon & Jean Leslie--- see under The Gordons.

Ahead of Time ed. Theodore J. Gordon & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

A Pride of Felons ed. The Gordons (with Jean Leslie & Thomas B. Dewey) (Macmillan, 1963, LC:63-15682, 244pp, hc, an)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology.

· Foreword · Jean Leslie & Thomas B. Dewey · fw

2 · The Twelve-Hour Caper · Mike Marmer · ss Cosmopolitan May 1961

14 · The Converted Spouse · Ann May & W. Ryerson Johnson · ss

28 · The Dumb-Belle · Richard M. Gordon · ss The (London) Evening News October 11 1961

34 · Homicide House · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales July 1947

50 · An Instrument of Justice · Margaret Manners · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1958

68 · Mr. Manning’s Money Tree · Joan Vatsek & Robert Arthur · ss Cosmopolitan May 1958; given as by Arthur alone.

78 · The Numbers Man · Anthony Boucher · ss Black Mask July 1945, as “The Catalyst”

94 · You’ll Be Sorry When I’m Dead · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1959, as by O. H. Leslie

104 · The Adventure of the Spectacled Band [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1960

118 · The Death of Eric Heilkram · Miriam Allen deFord · ar Mercury Mystery Magazine February 1959

138 · Stickler for Details · Ed Lacy · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine April 1959

146 · The Seeds of Murder · John F. Suter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1955

158 · The Banquo Trap [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1959

182 · Money Isn’t Everything · Charles L. Sweeney, Jr. · ss Mystery Digest November 1957, as “The Root of All Evil”

192 · The Scarf · Hugh Munro · ss

198 · Piropos at Midnight [Máximo Roldán] · Antonio Helú; translated by Donald A. Yates · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine December 1959
translated from the Spanish (La Obligacion de Asesinar, Albatross, 1946).

208 · The Big Switch · Fred S. Tobey · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) June 1961

218 · His Wonders to Perform · Gladys Cluff · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1959

224 · Absolute Pitch · Jerome Barry · ss Liberty September 16 1944

230 · Run Into Trouble · Lawrence Treat · ss Bestseller Mystery Magazine July 1958

Light and Fantastic ed. Jack Gordun (Bookem, April 1967, 126pp, pb, an)
Anthology of nine humorous and tall stories, mostly fantastic, published by a greetings-card company as a mailing present.

5 · Preface · Jack Gordun · pr

7 · The Gentleman Stayed Till Dawn · Gordon Douglas · ss Star Weekly July 1965

21 · It’s All Done with Mirrors · Wilfred Harriott · ss (r)

36 · The Cop and the Anthem · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 4 1904

43 · Housing Problem · Henry Kuttner · ss Charm October 1944

58 · Leap Year Day · Tom McMorrow · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1953

69 · File and Forget · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker January 8 1949

80 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Osgood, 1882

99 · Sisters Under the Skin · Winifred Wolfe · ss Redbook August 1953, as “So Long, Sister”

112 · Truant Angel · Winifred Wolfe · ss Redbook November 1952, as “An Angel Went AWOL”

Santa Fe Noir ed. Ariel Gore (Akashic Books, March 3, 2020, 978-1-61775-722-8, $15.95, 288pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Details taken from ebook.

· Sub Rosa · Ariel Gore · in

· Part I: A Land of Entrapment

· The Sandbox Story · Candace Walsh · ss; set in Eldorado.

· All Eyes · Katie Johnson · ss; set in Aspen Vista.

· The Cask of Los Alamos · Cornelia Read · ss; set in Los Alamos.

· The Homeless Detective · Darryl Lorenzo Wellington · ss; set in Cerrillos Road.

· SOS Sex · Hida Viloria · ss; set in Casa Alegre.

· Part II: The Children of Water

· Táchii’nii: Red Running Into the Water · Byron F. Aspaas · ss; set in Pacheco Street.

· Waterfall · Elizabeth Lee · ss; set in Ten Thousand Waves.

· The Night of the Flood · Ana June · ss; set in Casa Solana.

· La Llorona · Israel Francisco Haros Lopez · ss; set in Santa Fe River.

· Part III: What It Feels Like to Be Haunted

· Close Quarters · Jimmy Santiago Baca · ss; set in Drury Plaza Hotel.

· Divina: In Which Is Related a Goddess Made Flesh · Ana Castillo · ss; set in La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel.

· Hunger · Miriam Sagan · ss; set in St. Catherine Indian School.

· I Boycott Santa Fe · Tomas Moniz · ss; set in Rancho Viejo.

· Part IV: What We Do with the Bodies

· Buried Treasure · Kevin Atkinson · ss; set in Santa Fe National Forest.

· Nightshade · Ariel Gore · ss; set in Santa Fe Railyard.

· Behind the Tortilla Curtain · Barbara Robidoux · ss; set in Southside.

· Me and Say Dog · James Reich · ss; set in Santa Fe Plaza.

File #9: Double-Header by Joe Gores (Crippen & Landru, October 2000, ph, ss) [Daniel Kearny Associates]
Chapbook included with the hardback edition of Stakeout on Page Street.

Mostly Murder by Joe Gores (Mystery Scene Press, 1992, 1-56146-016-8, $5.95, 96pp, pb, co)
Author’s Choice #4.

1 · Introduction · Joe Gores · in

7 · File #1: The Mayfield Case [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967

23 · The Second Coming · Joe Gores · ss Adam October 1966

33 · Plot It Yourself · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1988, as “Detectivitis, Anyone?”

47 · Raptor · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1983

61 · Watch for It · Joe Gores · ss Mirror, Mirror, Fatal Mirror ed. Hans Stefan Santesson, Doubleday, 1973

71 · The Andrech Samples · Joe Gores · ss Swank September 1970

79 · Killer Man · Joe Gores · ss Manhunt June 1958, as “Pro”

89 · Goodbye, Pops · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1969

No Crib for His Bed by Joe Gores (Crippen & Landru, December 2004, free, 18pp, ph, ss, cover by Deborah Miller) [Daniel Kearny Associates]
Original short story published in an edition of 353 copies as a gift for friends of Crippen & Landru.

Stakeout on Page Street and Other DKA Files by Joe Gores (Crippen & Landru, October 2000, 1-885941-44-7, $16.00, 182pp, tp, co) [Daniel Kearny Associates]
Collection of 12 stories featuring the Daniel Kearny Associates detective agency. Also available in a signed, numbered, hardback edition (-43-9) limited to 250 copies with a bonus chapbook, Double Header.

9 · Introduction · Joe Gores · in

15 · File #1: Find the Girl [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967, as “The Mayfield Case”

31 · File #2: Stakeout on Page Street [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1968

45 · File #3: The Three Halves [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1968, as “The Pedretti Case”

59 · File #4: Lincoln Sedan Deadline [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1968

73 · File #5: Be Nice to Me [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1969, as “The Maria Navarro Case”

87 · File #6: Beyond the Shadow [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1972

101 · File #7: O Black and Unknown Bard [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1972

115 · File #8: The O’Bannon Blarney File [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · ss Men & Malice ed. Dean W. Dickensheet, Doubleday, 1973

129 · File #9: Full Moon Madness [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1984

137 · File #10: The Maimed and the Halt [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1976

151 · File #11: Jump Her Lively, Boys! [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1984

159 · File #12: Do Not Go Gentle [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joe Gores · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1989

179 · Joe Gores: A Checklist · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Joe Gores]

Mystery Writers’ Choice ed. Joe Gores & Bill Pronzini (Gollancz, 1977, £4.25, 243pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Doubleday 1976 as Tricks and Treats) crime anthology.

Tricks and Treats ed. Joe Gores & Bill Pronzini (Doubleday, 1976, 0-385-11416-8, $5.95, 243pp, hc, an)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology.

xi · Introduction · Joseph N. Gores & Bill Pronzini · in

1 · The Donor · Dan J. Marlowe · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1970, as by Jaime Sandaval

7 · The Pill Problem · Pauline C. Smith · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1972

19 · I Always Get the Cuties · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1954

26 · The Crooked Picture · John Lutz · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine November 1967

32 · Night Piece for Julia · Jessamyn West · ss Crimson Ramblers of the World, Farewell by Jessamyn West, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970

36 · No More Questions · Stephen R. Novak · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1975

48 · Violation · William F. Nolan · ss Future City ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1973

54 · Hollywood Footprints · Betty Buchanan · ss

60 · The Time of the Eye · Harlan Ellison · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine May 1959

68 · Face Value · Edward Wellen · ss 1962

74 · The Leopold Locked Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1971

89 · If I Quench Thee… · William E. Chambers · ss

94 · The Spoils System · Donald E. Westlake · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1965

99 · Rope Enough · Joseph N. Gores · ss

106 · Robert · Stanley Ellin · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958

120 · My Mother the Ghost · Henry Slesar · ss The Diners Club Magazine 1965

126 · Murder by Scalping [Captain Jeremy Cork] · S. S. Rafferty · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1973

133 · We All Have to Go · Elizabeth A. Lynn · ss

142 · The Little Old Lady from Cricket Creek · Len Gray · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1969

147 · You Can Get Used to Anything · Anthony Boucher · ss Shadow Mystery February/March 1947, as “The Retired Hangman”

161 · Miser’s Gold [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week June 18 1950, as “Love Hunts a Hidden Treasure”

167 · The Girl Who Jumped in the River · Arthur Moore · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1973

174 · Hand in Glove · James Holding · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1973

178 · The Silver Curtain [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine August 1939, as by Carter Dickson

192 · Shut the Final Door · Joe L. Hensley · ss
revised from “Shut the Last Door”, Alchemy & Academe, 1970.

199 · The Counterfeit Conman · Albert F. Nussbaum · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1975, as “A Left-Handed Profession”

206 · My Sister and I · Jean L. Backus · ss

213 · Goodbye, Cora · Richard Ellington · ss Viva 1966

224 · Multiples · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss

229 · The Deveraux Monster · Jack Ritchie · ss Manhunt February 1962

The Haunted Looking Glass ed. Edward Gorey (Looking Glass Library, 1959, 314pp, hc, an)

9 · The Empty House [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906

35 · August Heat · W. F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1910

45 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”

67 · A Visitor from Down Under · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926

95 · The Thirteenth Tree · R. H. Malden · ss Nine Ghosts by R. H. Malden, E. Arnold, 1943

117 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884

147 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887; dated 1886.

169 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891

199 · The Shadow of a Shade · Tom Hood · ss Bow Bells Christmas 1869

223 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902

241 · The Dream Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1)
revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855).

279 · Casting the Runes · Montague R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1911

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition ed. Liz Gorinsky & Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, February 14, 2012, 978-1-4668-0973-4, ebook, an, cover by John Harris)
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Liz Gorinsky & Patrick Nielsen Hayden · in

· Six Months, Three Days · Charlie Jane Anders · nv Tor.com June 8 2011; illustrated by Sam Weber

· The Dala Horse · Michael Swanwick · nv Tor.com July 13 2011; illustrated by Julie Dillon

· A Clean Sweep with All the Trimmings · James Alan Gardner · nv Tor.com December 14 2011; illustrated by Lars Leetaru

· Beauty Belongs to the Flowers · Matthew Sanborn Smith · nv Tor.com January 26 2011; illustrated by Yuko Shimizu

· A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Tor.com August 10 2011; illustrated by John Harris

· Ragnarok · Paul Park · pm Tor.com April 17 2011; illustrated by Richard Anderson

· Hello, Moto · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Tor.com November 2 2011; illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

· Shtetl Days · Harry Turtledove · na Tor.com April 14 2011; illustrated by Gary Kelley

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition ed. Liz Gorinsky, David G. Hartwell & Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, January 1, 2013, 978-1-4668-3595-5, ebook, an)
Details taken from online listing.

· Dormanna · Gene Wolfe · ss The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 2012

· Portrait of Lisane de Patagnia · Rachel Swirsky · nv Tor.com August 22 2012

· The Mongolian Wizard [Mongolian Wizard] · Michael Swanwick · ss Tor.com July 4 2012

· A Tall Tail · Charles Stross · ss Tor.com July 20 2012

· The Ghosts of Christmas · Paul Cornell · nv Tor.com December 19 2012

· The Finite Canvas · Brit Mandelo · nv Tor.com December 5 2012

· Am I Free to Go? · Kathryn Cramer · nv Tor.com December 12 2012

· About Fairies · Pat Murphy · ss Tor.com May 9 2012

· Our Human · Adam-Troy Castro · nv Tor.com May 30 2012

· Faster Gun · Elizabeth Bear · nv Tor.com August 8 2012

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2013 Edition ed. Liz Gorinsky, Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Melissa Frain, George R. R. Martin, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ann VanderMeer & Noa Wheeler--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2014 Edition ed. Liz Gorinsky, Ellen Datlow, Carl Engle-Laird, David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Peter Joseph, Marco Palmieri, Paul Stevens & Ann VanderMeer--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition ed. Liz Gorinsky, Ellen Datlow, Carl Engle-Laird, Justin Landon, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Diana Pho, Ann VanderMeer & Miriam Weinberg--- see under Ellen Datlow.

The Autumn Dead and A Cry of Shadows by Ed Gorman (CD Publications, 1996, $35.00, 476pp, hc, co, cover by Gail Cross) [Jack Dwyer]
Reprints 2 earlier novels, q.v., and adds a new novelette: “Eye of the Beholder”. Limited to 500 numbered, signed, copies.

· So Long, Jack · Ed Gorman · in

· The Autumn Dead [Jack Dwyer] · Ed Gorman · n. St. Martin’s, December 1987

· A Cry of Shadows [Jack Dwyer] · Ed Gorman · n. St. Martin’s, 1990

· Eye of the Beholder [Jack Dwyer] · Ed Gorman · nv

The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman by Ed Gorman (Swallow Press, October 1992, 0-8040-0959-7, xxi+130pp, hc, co) [edited by Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg]

xi · A Renaissance Writer: Ed Gorman · Bill Pronzini · in

1 · The Face · Ed Gorman · ss

16 · Gunslinger · Ed Gorman · ss The Californians ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1989

23 · Guild and the Indian Woman [Leo Guild] · Ed Gorman · ss Westeryear ed. Ed Gorman, M. Evans, 1988

42 · Mainwaring’s Gift · Ed Gorman · ss Christmas Out West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, 1990

55 · Blood Truth · Ed Gorman · ss The Montanans ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1991

68 · Dance Girl · Ed Gorman · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990

74 · Deathman · Ed Gorman · ss Dark Crimes ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf, 1991

87 · Love and Trooper Monroe · Ed Gorman · ss

95 · Pards · Ed Gorman · nv

122 · On Roy Rogers · Ed Gorman · ar Mystery Scene 1986

125 · Writing the Modern Western · Ed Gorman · ar The Writer 1989

129 · A Bibliography of Books by Ed Gorman · [uncredited] · bi

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