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Guns of the West ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Berkley, August 2002, 0-425-18573-7, $5.99, 310pp, pb, an) vii · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in 1 · What Gold Does to a Man · Louis L’Amour · ss Thrilling Western January 1952, as “Gold Does to a Man” 16 · Pegeen’s Revenge · Judy Alter · ss (r) 34 · Son of a Gun · R. C. House · ss (r) 49 · My Brother of the Gun · Gary Lovisi · ss (r) 67 · Faith and the Good Outlaw · Wendi Lee & Mary Kay Lane · ss (r) 84 · Broken Windows · Marcus Pelegrimas · nv (r) 106 · The Wisdom of Griffin Stiles · Tracy Knight · ss (r) 120 · Blacklegs Dancing · Russell Davis · ss (r) 140 · Don’t Never Fall in Love with No Whore · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss (r) 152 · Balance of Power · Ronald Scott Adkins · nv (r) 174 · The Victim · Ed Gorman · ss The Big Book of Western Action Stories ed. Jon Tuska, Barricade Books, 1995 187 · Slicing Through Ninety-Two Pages of New Testament · Tom Piccirilli · nv (r) 208 · Deadlock · James Reasoner · ss (r) 227 · The Gunny · Bill Pronzini · ss The Gunfighters ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Fawcett Gold Medal, January 1988 234 · Rio Blanco · Gary Phillips · ss (r) 254 · Death on D Street · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv 275 · Lay My Money Down · Bill Crider · ss (r) 291 · Ladysmith · L. J. Washburn · ss (r) 309 · Copyrights and Permissions · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Invitation to Murder ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Dark Harvest, December 1991, 0-913165-65-4, $21.95, 292pp, hc, oa, cover by Robert Lavoie)     Associational original anthology of 18 mystery stories, a few with fantasy elements. All the stories are based on a single broad premise, and the contributors include Kristine Kathryn Rusch, William F. Nolan, Richard Laymon, and Gary Brandner. 11 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 13 · The Dead Past · Nancy Pickard · ss Mystery Scene October 1989 27 · La Bellezza Delle Bellezze [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv 53 · Open and Shut · John Lutz · ss 67 · None of My Business, But… [Henrietta O’Dwyer Collins (Henrie O)] · Carolyn G. Hart · ss 85 · Dead on Arrival · Joan Hess · ss 97 · Invitation to Murder · Richard Laymon · ss 111 · Darke Street · Gary Brandner · ss 121 · Pretty Boy · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 141 · The Life and Deaths of Rachel Long · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 159 · Merlin and the Hitman · Teri White · ss 175 · Anytime I Want · Andrew Henry Vachss · ss 181 · QWERTY · William J. Reynolds · nv 207 · A Bunch of Mumbo Jumbo · Jan Grape · ss 219 · The Body Beautiful · Judith Kelman · ss 231 · Deadtrip [Sam Space] · William F. Nolan · ss 247 · Still Life with Gold Frame · Rex Miller · ss 263 · Who What When Where Why · Barbara Paul · ss 277 · Snow Angels [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss

Kittens, Cats, and Crime ed. Ed Gorman (Five Star US, March 2003, 0-7862-5032-1, 229pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 11 stories, three reprints. 7 · Introduction · John Helfers · in 9 · The Cat’s Meow · Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi · nv 31 · Sardines for Tea · Lillian Stewart Carl · ss 46 · Cat Nap · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 64 · The Breath of Bast · P. N. Elrod · ss 82 · Cat Among the Rabbits · Edward D. Hoch · ss 97 · Paw-trait of a Murderer · John Helfers · ss Crafty Cat Crimes ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, November 2000 108 · The Smile of a Cat · Brendan DuBois · ss 124 · The Christmas Kitten [Cody McCain; Judge Whitney] · Ed Gorman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1997 157 · The Cat’s Mother · Mat Coward · ss 175 · In the Lowlands · Gary A. Braunbeck · nv Murder Most Feline ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House, December 2001 206 · Hell Matter · Jean Rabe · ss

Love Kills ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, May 1997, 0-7867-0426-8, $12.95, 386pp, tp, an) 1 · Afraid All the Time · Nancy Pickard · nv Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, May 1989 15 · The Girl Friend · Morris Hershman · ss Manhunt September 1957, as by Mark Mallory 23 · Predators · Edward Bryant · ss Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, October 1987 40 · The Second Coming · Joe Gores · ss Adam October 1966 51 · The Lost Coast [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · nv Deadly Allies II ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday, June 1994 74 · Night Freight · Bill Pronzini · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1967; revised. 83 · Cat’s Eye · Larry Segriff · ss Cemetery Dance #17/18, Fall 1993 92 · The Midnight Train · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1968 99 · I’m Not That Kind of Girl · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss Radio Void August 1989 109 · The Main Event · Peter Crowther · ss Murder Most Delicious ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, March 1995 117 · Obeah, My Love · Barbara Collins · ss 1996 132 · Cracked Rear View · Jerry Sykes · ss 1996 143 · Pretty Eyes · Evan Hunter · ss Rex December 1957 151 · Graveyard Shift · James Reasoner · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine November 1978, as by M. R. James 155 · Amy Gdalla · Jim Combs · ss 1996 165 · A Matter of Principal [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 177 · Famous Blue Raincoat · Ed Gorman · ss Cemetery Dance #24, Summer 1996 190 · Morning Call · Brian Lawrence · ss 1996 202 · The Case of the Locked Room Nude · Maxim Jakubowski · ss No Alibi ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull, September 1995 214 · That Summer at Quichiquois · Dorothy B. Hughes · nv A Woman’s Eye ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, September 1991 236 · Alas, My Love [Adman] · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1984 253 · Firetrap · Greg Cox · nv Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, September 1990 276 · The Calculator · Joe L. Hensley · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1979 288 · A Soda for Susan · Richard Deming · ss Mantrap October 1956 295 · Hot Eyes, Cold Eyes · Lawrence Block · ss Gallery 1978 303 · He Loved Her So Much · Sandra Scoppettone · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, May 1989 312 · Midnight Promises · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Midnight Promises by Richard T. Chizmar, Gauntlet Press, 1996 319 · The New Girl Friend · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1983 330 · The Quiet Room · Jonathan Craig · ss Manhunt December 1953 339 · My Heart Cries for You · Bill Crider · nv 14 Vicious Valentines ed. Rosalind M. Greenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Avon, February 1988 362 · The Best-Friend Murder [Abe Levine] · Donald E. Westlake · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1959

Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries ed. Ed Gorman (Carroll & Graf, December 1994, 0-7867-0120-X, $22.00, 401pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Jon L. Breen · in 1 · The People Across the Canyon · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1962 15 · Bodyguards Shoot Second [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · nv A Matter of Crime, Vol. 1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harvest, 1987 33 · Chee’s Witch [Jim Chee] · Tony Hillerman · ss The New Black Mask No.7 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986 42 · Water’s Edge · Robert Bloch · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1956 56 · A Predatory Woman · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Sisters in Crime 4 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, November 1991 65 · Lucky Penny [Carlotta Carlyle] · Linda Barnes · nv The New Black Mask No.3 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985 81 · Second Chance · Edward D. Hoch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1977 95 · Last Rites · Linda Grant · nv Sisters in Crime 4 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, November 1991 113 · A Blow for Freedom · Lawrence Block · ss Playboy October 1991 123 · Nine Sons · Wendy Hornsby · ss Sisters in Crime 4 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, November 1991 132 · Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, August 1988 139 · The Broken Men [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · na Women Sleuths ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Academy Chicago, 1985 177 · Ghost Station · Carolyn Wheat · ss A Woman’s Eye ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, September 1991 189 · More Like Martine · Charlotte MacLeod · ss Good Housekeeping February 1967, as “Mine to Love” 197 · Skin Deep [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987 209 · Dead on Arrival · Joan Hess · ss Invitation to Murder ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1991 219 · Malibu Dog · Faye Kellerman · ss Sisters in Crime 3 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, August 1990 227 · Lieutenant Harald and the Impossible Gun [Lt. Sigrid Harald] · Margaret B. Maron · ss Sisters in Crime 4 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, November 1991 235 · Death Flight · Ed McBain · na Argosy September 1954, as “Ticket to Death” by Evan Hunter 271 · The Second Coming · Joe Gores · ss Adam October 1966 280 · While She Was Out · Edward Bryant · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988 297 · Horn Man · Clark Howard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2 1980 308 · Faces · F. Paul Wilson · nv Night Visions 6, Dark Harvest, December 1988 330 · Ride the Lightning [Alo Nudger] · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985 347 · Afraid All the Time · Nancy Pickard · nv Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, May 1989 391 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi

Murder Most Feline: Cunning Tales of Cats and Crime ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff (Cumberland House, December 2001, 1-58182-215-4, $14.95, 248pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of 16 stories. vii · Introduction · Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff · in 3 · The Witness Cat · Parnell Hall · ss 23 · Justice Knows No Paws · Jon L. Breen · ss 35 · It’s in the Bag · Bill Crider · ss 49 · Animal Sounds · Dulcy Brainard · ss 65 · Blue Eyes [Jeri Howard] · Janet Dawson · ss 79 · Cat, the Jury · Catherine Dain · ss 91 · The Memory Pool · Tracy Knight · ss 105 · The Lawlessness West of the Pecos · Jan Grape · ss 123 · Catnip · Dick Lochte · nv 147 · Hoskin’s Cat · Shirley Rousseau Murphy · ss 159 · Missing the Cat · Mat Coward · ss 171 · Prints · Ann Barrett · ss 185 · Mr. Biggles for the Defense · Matthew J. Costello · ss 197 · Family Ties · Richard Chizmar & Barry Hoffman · ss 207 · For the Benefit of Bootsy · Jeremiah Healy · ss 221 · In the Lowlands · Gary A. Braunbeck · nv 245 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Murder Most Irish ed. Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, June 1996, 1-56619-637-X, $9.98, 596pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 15 stories (eight new) and two novels. vii · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in 1 · Hemlock at Vespers [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv Midwinter Mysteries 3 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1993 28 · A Gift for Friendship · Morris Hershman · ss 36 · A Study in White · Nicholas Blake · ss The Strand Magazine February 1949, as “The Snow Line” 52 · Blood Is Thicker · Ann C. Fallon · n. Pocket, 1990 238 · East Wind [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Cornhill Magazine February 1934 253 · The Tinker’s Revenge · D. M. O’Reilly · ss 264 · Jerry Brogan and the Kilkenny Cats [Jerry Brogan] · Jon L. Breen · ss 276 · The Goodly Race · Robert J. Randisi · ss 290 · Jeremiah’s Lily · Mary Ryan · ss 307 · A Stone of the Heart · John Brady · n. Constable, 1988 505 · The Rose of Tralee · Bill Crider · ss 514 · The Hanging of Myles Joyce · James Joyce · ar The Critical Writings of James Joyce by James Joyce, The Viking Press, 1964, as “Ireland at the Bar”; this follows the text in Haining’s Great Irish Detective Stories (1993). first published in Italian (“L’lrlanda alia sbarra”, Piccolo della Sera of Trieste, September 16, 1907). 516 · Murder at Cobbler’s Hulk · Sean O’Faolain · nv Playboy July 1971 538 · Soft Day · Wendi Lee · ss 549 · All in the Way You Look at It [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #113, April 1953 559 · A Couple of Acres and a Few Wee Beasts · Michael Jahn · ss 573 · The Dublin Eye · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Anthology #51, Winter 1984

Murder Most Scottish ed. Ed Gorman, Stefan Dziemianowicz, Bob Adey & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Stefan Dziemianowicz.

Mystery Scene Reader ed. Edward Gorman (Fedora, 1987, 166pp, tp, oa)     A Special Tribute to John D. MacDonald. 5 · Introduction · Edward Gorman · in 6 · John D. MacDonald · Lawrence Block · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 7 · John D. MacDonald · Jon L. Breen · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 8 · MacDonald as the Last Angry Man · Charles Champlin · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 11 · Reflections on the Passing of John D. MacDonald · Max Allan Collins · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 13 · John D.—Some Final Thoughts · Harlan Ellison · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 14 · John D. MacDonald · Loren D. Estleman · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 15 · John D. MacDonald Tribute · Mickey Friedman · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 16 · In Memoriam · William Campbell Gault · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 17 · The Great John D.: A Sort of Remembrance · Joseph N. Gores · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 19 · John D. MacDonald · Ron Goulart · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 20 · John D. MacDonald · Joe L. Hensley · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 23 · John D. MacDonald · Tony Hillerman · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 25 · On John D. MacDonald · Rob Kantner · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 26 · On John D. MacDonald · Stephen King · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 30 · John D. MacDonald · Joseph L. Koenig · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 31 · John D. MacDonald · Dean R. Koontz · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 33 · John D. MacDonald · Joe R. Lansdale · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 34 · John D. MacDonald · Richard A. Lupoff · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 35 · John D. MacDonald · John Lutz · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 36 · John D. MacDonald · Otto Penzler · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 37 · John D. MacDonald · Robert J. Randisi · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 38 · Farewell, Friend · Walter & Jean Shine · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 40 · Stirling Silliphant on MacDonald, McGee & Television · Roger Anker · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 50 · John D. MacDonald · Andrew Henry Vachss · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 50 · John D. MacDonald: A Remembrance · Donald E. Westlake · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 52 · John D. MacDonald · Teri White · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 53 · John D. MacDonald · Charles Willeford · bg [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 56 · Soft Monkey · Harlan Ellison · ss 70 · Failed Prayers [Jack Dwyer] · Edward Gorman · ss 81 · Orczy Must Go! [Adman] · Ron Goulart · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1971 89 · Digging Up Arthur · Ardath Mayhar · ss 93 · Deathwatch · Bill Pronzini · ss 98 · Interview: George Baxt · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. George Baxt] 103 · Interview: Dean R. Koontz · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Dean R. Koontz] 114 · Interview with John D. MacDonald (April 15, 1981) · Richard A. Lupoff · iv [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 130 · Interview: William F. Nolan · Joe R. Lansdale · iv [Ref. William F. Nolan] 136 · Interview: Denny O’Neill · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Denny O’Neill] 142 · Interview: Elizabeth Peters · Ellen Nehr · iv [Ref. Elizabeth Peters] 150 · Interview: Jimmy Sangster · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Jimmy Sangster] 153 · Jimmy Sangster Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Jimmy Sangster] 156 · Writing for the Pulps · Todhunter Ballard · bg; written in the 1970s for Argosy but not published at the time.

Night Screams ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Penguin/Roc, January 1996, 0-451-45512-6, $5.99, 351pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 22 dark suspense/horror stories. Six of the stories are reprints, including all four by authors featured prominently on the cover: Clive Barker, Lawrence Block, David Morrell, and Ray Bradbury. 9 · The Dripping [John Rambo] · David Morrell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1972 18 · The Wringer [Repairman Jack] · F. Paul Wilson · na 68 · A Season of Change · Richard T. Chizmar · ss 86 · Good Vibrations · Richard Laymon · nv 104 · The Tulsa Experience · Lawrence Block · ss Some Days You Get the Bear by Lawrence Block, Morrow, 1993 117 · Trolls · Christopher Fahy · nv 141 · Small Deaths [Newford] · Charles de Lint · nv Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint, Tor, April 1993 164 · White Lightning · Al Sarrantonio · ss 176 · Hitman · Rick Hautala · ss 192 · Vympyre · William F. Nolan · vi I, Vampire ed. Jean Stine & Forrest J. Ackerman, Longmeadow Press, September 1995 195 · …And Eight Rabid Pigs · David Gerrold · ss Alternate Outlaws ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, October 1994, as “Satan Claus” 210 · Bringing It Along · A. R. Morlan · ss 219 · Redemption · Jack Ketchum · ss 232 · The Graveyard Ghoul [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss 249 · The Rings of Cocytus · Katherine Ramsland · ss 255 · Late Last Night · John Maclay · ss 264 · Beasts in Buildings, Turning ’Round · J. N. Williamson · nv 287 · Dark Side of the Moon · Barbara Collins · ss 303 · Honor Bound · J. M. Morgan · ss 318 · The Instrumentalist · William Relling, Jr. · vi 321 · Corpse Carnival · Ray Bradbury · ss Dime Mystery Magazine July 1945, as by D. R. Banat 338 · The Book of Blood · Clive Barker · ss Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. I by Clive Barker, Sphere, November 1984

Once Upon a Crime ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Berkley Prime Crime, June 1998, 0-425-16301-6, $21.95, 416pp, hc, oa, cover by Jeff Crosby)     Original anthology of 24 contemporary retellings of classic fairy tales, written by mystery writers. Some stories remain fantastic; others are twisted into crime stories by authors including Simon Brett, Sharyn McCrumb, Peter Crowther, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch. ix · Introduction · Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg · in 2 · After Happily Ever · Gillian Roberts · ss 19 · Clever Hans · Jon L. Breen · ss 33 · Heptagon · Joan Hess · ss 44 · It Happened at Grandmother’s House · Bill Crider · nv 65 · Now Fetch Me an Axe · Simon Clark · nv 88 · Old Sultan · Mat Coward · ss 101 · Harvest Home · Elizabeth Engstrom · ss 118 · Prince Charming · William L. DeAndrea · ss 137 · Rapunzel · Jane Haddam · nv 164 · Resurrection Joe · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss 177 · Rapunzel’s Revenge · Brendan DuBois · nv 199 · Snow White and the Eleven Dwarfs · Edward D. Hoch · ss 212 · Swan Song · John Lutz · ss 226 · The Better to Eat You With · John Helfers · ss 244 · Of the Fog · Ed Gorman · nv 275 · The Brave Little Costume Designer · Les Roberts · ss 291 · The Emperor’s New Clothes · Simon Brett · ss 303 · The Musician of Breman, GA · Peter Crowther · ss 322 · Anniversary Ball · Audrey Peterson · nv 343 · Invisible Time · Janet Dawson · ss 361 · Love and Justice · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 374 · “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” Revisited · Anne Wingate · ss 385 · Thousandfurs · Doug Allyn · ss 399 · Gerda’s Sense of Snow · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories by Sharyn McCrumb, Ballantine, September 1997

Predators ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Penguin/Roc, February 1993, 0-451-45246-1, $10.00, 380pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of 21 dark suspense/horror stories, all but one original. 9 · Hardshell · Dean R. Koontz · nv Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, October 1987 38 · The Calligraphy Lesson · Joyce Harrington · ss 54 · The Rubber Smile · John Shirley · ss 73 · The Defiance of the Ugly by the Merely Repulsive · James Kisner · vi 77 · Mind Slash Matter · Edward Wellen · na 181 · Goddam Time · J. N. Williamson & Scott Fogel · ss 190 · The Society of the Scar [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss 207 · Life Near the Bone · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 223 · Slasher · F. Paul Wilson · ss 240 · To Die For · Ed Naha · ss 251 · Mistaken Identity · T. L. Parkinson · ss 267 · Dead Things Don’t Move · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Late Knocking v4 #1, 1988 276 · The Man Who Collected Knives · John Gregory Betancourt · ss 285 · The Roadside Scalpel · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss 295 · The Pharaoh’s Crown · Christopher Fahy · ss 302 · Slit · Richard Laymon · ss 319 · Rubies and Pearls · Rick Hautala · ss 325 · Old Blood · Gary Brandner · ss 342 · Heroes · Richard T. Chizmar · ss 349 · Valentine · Daniel Ransom & Rex Miller · ss 362 · The Ecology of Reptiles · John Coyne · ss

A Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Pegasus Books, May 2008, 978-1-933648-80-4, $15.95, 432pp, tp, an) · The Mystery in 2007 · Jon L. Breen · ar · Obituaries in 2007 · Edward D. Hoch · ob · Mulholland Dive · Michael Connelly · ss Los Angeles Noir ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books, 2007 · Everybody Loves Somebody · Sandra Scoppettone · ss A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press, December 2007 · Making Amends · Jeffery Deaver · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2007 · A Vision in White · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2007 · Pony Girl · Laura Lippman · ss New Orleans Noir ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books, 2007 · Prayers for the Dying · Jeremiah Healy · ss Crimespree Magazine #19, July/August 2007 · Devil Dog · Dick Lochte · nv Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood ed. Robert J. Randisi, Pegasus Books, August 2007 · A Prisoner of Memory [Neil Gulliver] · Robert S. Levinson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2007 · A Saving Grace · Patricia Abbott · ss Thrilling Detective (online) Spring 2007 · Cadaver Dog · Bryon Quertermous · ss Hardluck Stories Spring 2007 · Anniversary · Hilary Davidson · ss Thuglit (online) #17, 2007 · Something Out of the Ordinary · Kerry Ashwin · ss The Outpost (online) April 2007 · Dead as a Dog [Dr. Dave Westbrook] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2007 · Dies Irae · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime ed. Sara Paretsky, Signet, October 2007 · Blues in the Kabul Night · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2007 · The Profane Angel [Valentino] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2007 · Bereavement · Tom Piccirilli · ss Five Strokes to Midnight ed. Gary A. Braunbeck & Hank Schwaeble, Haunted Pelican Press, December 2007 · Country Manners [K.C. Dunbar] · Brendan DuBois · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2007 · And Then She Was Gone · Christine Matthews · ss Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood ed. Robert J. Randisi, Pegasus Books, August 2007 · The Guardians · Jim Fusilli · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 2007 · I Killed · Nancy Pickard · ss Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime ed. Sara Paretsky, Signet, October 2007 · Substitutions · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Places to Be, People to Kill ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren, DAW, June 2007 · Pickpocket [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Marcia Muller · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2007 · The Winning Ticket [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2007 · Valentine, July Heat Wave · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2007 · Online Mystery Fiction in 2007 · Sarah Weinman · ar

Pulp Masters ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, June 2001, 0-7867-0873-5, $14.00, 439pp, tp, an)     Anthology of six hard-boiled crime novellas. vii · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in 1 · The Embezzler · James M. Cain · na Liberty February 17 1940 (+4), as “Money and the Woman” 81 · Ordo · Donald E. Westlake · na Enough! by Donald E. Westlake, Evans, 1977 142 · Stag Party Girl [Ed London] · Lawrence Block · na Man’s Magazine August 1962 192 · College-Cut Kill · John D. MacDonald · na Dime Detective Magazine June 1950 256 · Everybody’s Watching Me · Mickey Spillane · na Manhunt January 1953 (+3) 330 · So Dead My Love · Harry Whittington · na Ace, 1953

Pure Pulp ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini (Carroll & Graf, December 1999, 0-7867-0700-3, $13.95, 565pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 25 hardboiled crime stories. ix · Introduction · Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini · in 1 · Obit for Obie · Fredric Brown · na Mystery Book Magazine October 1946 52 · The Scarlet King · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt December 25 1954 63 · The Devil’s Printer · Donald E. Westlake · ss Mystery Digest September 1958 81 · Interference · Glenn Canary · ss Manhunt October 1963 89 · Pay-Off Girl · James M. Cain · ss Esquire August 1952 98 · The Losing Percentage [Sam Culp] · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1971 110 · Design for Dying · Leigh Brackett · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction June 1944 140 · Man in the Dark · Howard Browne · nv Fantastic Fall 1952, as by Roy Huggins 174 · Everybody Has to Die · William P. McGivern · ss Mammoth Detective September 1947 189 · Guys and Dolls · Margaret Maron · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1979 196 · Winter Run · Edward D. Hoch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1965 209 · The Innocent Victims · John D. MacDonald · ss Bluebook November 1953 223 · The Tourist [Charlie Cannert] · Joe L. Hensley · ss The Saint Magazine June 1984 233 · Viking Blood [“Slot Machine” Kelly] · Dennis Lynds · nv Manhunt April/May 1966 274 · She Asked for It · Fletcher Flora · nv Manhunt August 1960 304 · It’s a Wise Cadaver · David Goodis · ss New Detective Magazine July 1946 311 · The Master of the Hounds · Algis Budrys · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 27 1966 337 · The Homecoming · Dorothy B. Hughes · ss Murder Cavalcade, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946 348 · Bleed for Me · John Jakes · nv Terror Detective Story Magazine #2, December 1956 360 · Fast Burn [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1983 376 · A Fire at Night · Lawrence Block · ss Manhunt June 1958 380 · Walk Across My Grave · Norbert Davis · ss Black Mask April 1942 394 · Death Scene · Helen Nielsen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1963; given as by Helen Neilsen. 405 · The Steinway Collection · Robert J. Randisi · ss Mystery Monthly January 1977 418 · The Box · Peter Rabe · n. Fawcett, 1962

The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction ed. Edward Gorman (Black Lizard, 1988, 0-88739-094-3, $15.95, 664pp, tp, an) xi · Introduction · Edward Gorman · in 1 · Who Lives by the Sword · Robert Edmond Alter · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine April 1967 15 · The Gun Next Door · Michael Avallone · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1964 21 · The Dreadful Lemon Pie · Timothy Banse · nv 43 · Water’s Edge · Robert Bloch · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1956 61 · Good for the Soul · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1963 77 · The Candy Skull · Ray Bradbury · ss Dime Mystery Magazine January 1948 95 · Streak to Death [Ed Gorgon] · Jon L. Breen · ss 101 · The Little Woman [Ms. Michael Tree] · Max Allan Collins · ss The Files of Ms. Tree. Volume 2 by Max Allan Collins, Renegade Press, 1985 109 · Blood and Moonlight · William R. Cox · ss Manhunt October 1956 123 · A Cabin in the Woods · John Coyne · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1976 139 · Death of an Iron Maiden [Joe Hannibal] · Wayne D. Dundee · ss Hardboiled #1, Summer 1985 157 · Free with This Box! · Harlan Ellison · ss The Saint Detective Magazine March 1958 165 · Bad Blood · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1986 171 · The Collector Comes After Payday · Fletcher Flora · nv Manhunt August 1953 189 · Jode’s Last Hunt · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1977 207 · Blood of the Innocent · William Campbell Gault · nv The Saint Detective Magazine July 1957 229 · A Long Day’s Night in the Naked City · Barry Gifford · ss 1988 233 · Goodbye, Pops · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1969 241 · False Idols · Edward Gorman · ss The Record Spinner, 1983 249 · The Home · Joe L. Hensley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1985 263 · The God of the Razor [God of the Razor] · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Grue #5, 1987 275 · Eats · Richard Laymon · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine July 1985 285 · High Stakes · John Lutz · ss The Saint Magazine June 1984 297 · Still Life · Ed McBain · ss Manhunt August 1953, as by Evan Hunter 311 · Death Blues · Stephen Mertz · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1979 329 · The Girl Who Jumped in the River · Arthur Moore · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1973 337 · Merrill-Go-Round [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg, Arbor House, 1981 349 · Down the Long Night · William F. Nolan · nv Terror Detective Story Magazine #4, April 1957, as “Laugh Till You Die” by Frank Anmar 369 · The Pattern · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1971 379 · Fall Guy · Ray Puechner · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1972, as by Charles B. Victor 387 · Murder Me for Nickels · Peter Rabe · n. Fawcett, 1959 545 · The Equine Theft [Henry Po] · Robert J. Randisi · ss Hardboiled #5, Summer 1986 559 · Rendezvous · Daniel Ransom · ss Hardboiled #1, Summer 1985, as by Edward Gorman 563 · The Affair with the Dragon Lady · Mickey Spillane · ss Cavalier #105, March 1962 579 · Horse Laugh [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · nv Playboy June 1986 597 · The Glass Alibi · Harry Whittington · nv Mantrap July 1956 627 · Give the Man a Cigar · Charles Willeford · vi Florida Magazine August 16 1987 631 · A Christmas Story · Will Wyckoff · ss Hardboiled #9, Winter/Spring 1988 647 · Lapses · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss Cutting Edge ed. Dennis Etchison, Doubleday, October 1986

Sleuths of the Century ed. Ed Gorman & Jon L. Breen--- see under Jon L. Breen.

Solved ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, December 1991, 0-88184-689-9, $21.95, 295pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 16 stories “solving” unsolved true crimes, ranging from who was “Deep Throat” to who kidnapped the Lindbergh baby. 1 · Operation Trojan Horse [Robert Miles] · David H. Everson · ss 15 · Closing the Doors · Rick Hautala · ss 23 · Ruby, Ruby · William J. Reynolds · nv 49 · White Mustangs · John Lutz · ss 57 · Speedball · Brian Hodge · nv 95 · Non-Skid Jacks: The D.C.-Saigon Connection · Rex Miller · ss 107 · The Winter Men · Brian Harper · ss 125 · Shadow · Matthew J. Costello · ss 141 · Sabotage · William L. DeAndrea · nv 167 · Jack Be Quick · Barbara Paul · nv 199 · Diesel Dream · Alan Dean Foster · ss 209 · The Lincoln-Kennedy Connection · Rex Miller & Dr. Fred L. King · ss 217 · Down on Me · Nancy A. Collins · ss 229 · The Intransigents · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 237 · Windsor R.I.P. · Sean Flannery · nv 265 · Meet Me at the Grave · William H. Hallahan · nv 293 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Stagecoach ed. Ed Gorman & Martin Harry Greenberg (Berkley, 2003, 0-425-19205-9, $5.99, vii+200pp, pb, oa) vii · Introduction · The Editors · in 1 · Bluff Creek Station · Louis L’Amour · ss Far West 1978 revised from “The Blood of Ryan”, Thrilling Western May 1951. 11 · A Fresh Start · Don Coldsmith · nv 40 · Hearts · Richard S. Wheeler · nv 62 · Nate’s Revenge · Robert J. Conley · nv 83 · The Fly on the Wall · Judy Alter · nv 115 · Killer in the Dark · Ed Gorman · na 164 · The Story · Robert J. Randisi · ss 178 · Hangman’s Choice · Loren D. Estleman · nv

Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Dark Harvest, December 1989, 0-913165-47-6, $19.95, 310pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 18 horror stories of predatory killers. Also available in a slipcased edition ($65.00) limited to 750 copies signed by all the authors including Koontz, McCammon, Rex Miller, Joe R. Lansdale, etc. 11 · Introduction to Stalkers · Ed Gorman · in 13 · A Day in the Life [Repairman Jack] · F. Paul Wilson · nv 49 · Mother Tucker · James Kisner · ss 59 · The Hunt · Richard Laymon · ss 75 · Miss December · Rex Miller · nv 91 · Lizardman · Robert R. McCammon · ss 103 · A Matter of Principal [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss 113 · Rivereños · Trish Janeshutz · ss 123 · Flight · John Coyne · nv 153 · Jezebel · J. N. Williamson · ss 161 · Stalker · Ed Gorman · ss 175 · Children of Cain · Al Sarrantonio · ss 191 · A Matter of Firing · John Maclay · ss 197 · The Sacred Fire [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss 209 · What Chelsea Said · Michael Seidman · ss 221 · The Stalker of Souls [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv 239 · Getting the Job Done · Rick Hautala · ss 251 · Trapped · Dean R. Koontz · na 297 · Pilots · Joe R. Lansdale & Dan Lowry · ss

Stalkers (var. 1) ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Penguin/Roc, December 1990, 0-451-45048-5, $9.95, 386pp, tp, oa)     Expanded from the (Dark Harvest 1989) edition with the addition of a story by Barry Malzberg. 1 · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 2 · Trapped · Dean R. Koontz · na Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 59 · Flight · John Coyne · nv Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 99 · A Day in the Life [Repairman Jack] · F. Paul Wilson · nv Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 145 · Lizardman · Robert R. McCammon · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 158 · Pilots · Joe R. Lansdale & Dan Lowry · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 175 · Stalker · Ed Gorman · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 193 · Getting the Job Done · Rick Hautala · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 209 · Children of Cain · Al Sarrantonio · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 229 · A Matter of Principal [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 242 · Miss December · Rex Miller · nv Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 264 · A Matter of Firing · John Maclay · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 271 · The Sacred Fire [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 285 · The Stalker of Souls [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 306 · Darwinian Facts · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 321 · The Hunt · Richard Laymon · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 340 · Mother Tucker · James Kisner · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 350 · Jezebel · J. N. Williamson · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 361 · What Chelsea Said · Michael Seidman · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989 375 · Rivereños · Trish Janeshutz · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, December 1989

Texas Rangers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Berkley, September 2004, 0-425-19680-1, $5.99, 320pp, pb, oa) vii · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in 1 · Down Sonora Way [Ranger Chick Bowdrie; Tensleep Mooney] · Louis L’Amour · ss 5 Western Novels Magazine December 1951 16 · Corazón · Elizabeth Fackler · nv 42 · To Kill a Ranger · Brendan DuBois · ss 59 · Avenger · Juanita Coulson · ss 79 · The End of Autumn · Russell Davis · ss 92 · Dancing on Air · Robert J. Randisi · nv 117 · The Last of the Ranger Chieftains · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss 133 · McNelly’s Avengers · Ronald Scott Adkins · nv 159 · A Ranger’s Acquaintance · Mike Stotter · ss 171 · The Outsider · Robert Morrish · ss 186 · No Luck at All · Rod Miller · ss 199 · The Blood Beneath When the World Draws Back · Tom Piccirilli · nv 220 · “With Nothing but My Naked Knife!” · James Reasoner · ss 236 · After the Great War · Gary Lovisi · ss 249 · Top o’ the Hill · L. J. Washburn · ss 267 · Between a Bank and a Hard Place · John Helfers & Kerrie Hughes · nv 289 · The Promotion · Larry D. Sweazy · ss

The UFO Files ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW, February 1998, 0-88677-772-0, $5.99, 314pp, pb, oa, cover by Peter Gudynas)     Original anthology of 23 stories about aliens and UFOs. Authors include Jack Cady, Kevin J. Anderson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Gregory Benford. 9 · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in 11 · Ordinary Aliens · Greg Benford · ss expanded from “Proselytes”, Full Spectrum, ed. Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy, Bantam Spectra 1988. 16 · The Observer · Robert Charles Wilson · nv 37 · Diplomatic Exchange · Will Murray · ss 51 · Secret Service · Edward Lee · ss 63 · Survivals · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss 77 · Emma Baxter’s Boy · Ed Gorman · ss Cemetery Dance #26, Spring 1997 87 · Chasing the Mist · Tracy Knight · ss 104 · Amid the Walking Wounded · Jack Ketchum · ss 118 · Outside Looking In · John Helfers · ss 138 · The End of Winter · R. Davis · ss 146 · Heirloom · Jim Combs · nv 171 · Bug-Eyed Methodists · Bob Morrish · ss 182 · Some Burial Place, Vast and Dry · Peter Crowther · ss 197 · Daddy Dearest · Jack Cady · ss 207 · Renewing the Option · Elizabeth Engstrom · ss 223 · The One That Got Away · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 235 · The Man with X-Ray Eyes · Richard T. Chizmar · ss 242 · Closed: Due to Curiosity · Robert Randisi & Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss 254 · Here’s Looking at UFO, Kid · Lawrence Schimel & Mark A. Garland · ss 268 · Love Lies Bleedin’ · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 287 · Scientific Romance · Kevin J. Anderson · ss 297 · The S-Files · David Bischoff · vi 301 · The Kindness of Strangers · Alan Dean Foster · ss

Under the Gun: Mystery Scene Presents the Best Suspense and Mystery ed. Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg (NAL, February 1990, 0-453-00713-9, $19.95, 399pp, hc, an)     Very late 1988 best-of-the-year anthology plus an overview of the genre that year, and an article on Jay Flynn by Bill Pronzini. Simultaneous with the trade paperback edition from Plume. vii · The Year in Mystery: 1988 · Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi & Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1988 31 · The Owl in the Oak [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1988 59 · How Dangerous Is Your Brother? [Baytown, Canada] · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1988 73 · Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, August 1988 81 · The Case of the Pietro Andromache [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1988 105 · Flicks · Bill Crenshaw · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1988 127 · The Buck Stops Here · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Mr. President, Private Eye ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Francis M. Nevins, Jr., Ballantine, January 1989 145 · The Wasp · Peter Lovesey · ss Winter’s Crimes 20 ed. Hilary Hale, Macmillan UK, 1988, as “Where Is Thy Sting?” 157 · State of Grace [Ralph Poteet] · Loren D. Estleman · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, August 1988 167 · Death of a Romance Writer · Joan Hess · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1988 175 · Marble Mildred [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, August 1988 201 · Faces · F. Paul Wilson · nv Night Visions 6, Dark Harvest, December 1988 225 · The Safest Place in the World [Cody] · James M. Reasoner · nv An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, August 1988 247 · An Unmentionable Death · Simon Brett · ss Winter’s Crimes 20 ed. Hilary Hale, Macmillan UK, 1988 267 · More Final Than Divorce · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1988 275 · The God of the Razor [God of the Razor] · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Grue #5, 1987 285 · Twilight of the Dawn · Dean R. Koontz · nv Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, October 1987 311 · Non Sung Smoke [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, August 1988 327 · The Victorian Hangman [Ben Snow] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1988 343 · The Reason Why [Jack Dwyer] · Ed Gorman · ss Criminal Elements ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy, March 1988 359 · The Dakar Run · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1988 389 · Forgotten Writers: Jay/J.M. Flynn · Bill Pronzini · bi [Ref. J. M. Flynn] 397 · Recommended Reading: 1988 · [uncredited] · bi 401 · A Short History of Mystery Scene Magazine · [uncredited] · ar

Westeryear: Stories About the West, Past and Present ed. Ed Gorman (M. Evans, 1988, hc, oa)     reprinted G.K. Hall (large print hc) 1990. · A Cowboy for a Madam · Barbara Beman · ss · The Sun Stood Still · Max Brand · ss The American Magazine December 1934 · Horses—One Dash · Stephen Crane · ss The New Review #81, February 1896 · Wolf Night · Bill Crider · ss · The End of the Time of Leinard · Harlan Ellison · ss Famous Western April 1958; revised for this publication. · Mago’s Bride · Loren D. Estleman · ss · The Return of a Private · Hamlin Garland · nv The Arena July 1890 · Guild and the Indian Woman [Leo Guild] · Ed Gorman · ss · The Idyl of Red Gulch · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly December 1869 · The Lonesome Road · O. Henry · ss Ainslee’s Magazine September 1903 · The Streets of Laredo · Will Henry · ss Western Roundup ed. Nelson Nye, Macmillan, 1961 · Trains Not Taken · Joe R. Lansdale · ss RE:AL Spring 1987 · The Hard Way · Elmore Leonard · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine August 1953 · The Time of the Wolves · Marcia Muller · ss · One Night at Medicine Tail · Chad Oliver · nv · Vengeance Station · T. V. Olsen · ss Ranch Romances 2nd October 1957 · All the Long Years · Bill Pronzini · ss · Hacendado · James M. Reasoner · ss · Liberty · Al Sarrantonio · ss · Whores in the Pulpit · Thomas Sullivan · ss · The Damned · Greg Tobin · ss · Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses · Mark Twain · ar North American Review July 1895 [Ref. James Fenimore Cooper] · The Battle of Reno’s Bend · L. J. Washburn · ss

The Widow of Slane: Six More of the Best Crime and Mystery Novellas of the Year! ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, June 2006, 0786717912, $16.95, 336pp, tp, an) · The Gin Mill [Dan Shea; Puck Paquette] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2004 · Wreck Rights · Dana Stabenow · nv Wild Crimes ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet, September 2004 · Deep Lock · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2004 · Scrogged: A Cyber Christmas Carol · Carole Nelson Douglas · nv Death by Dickens ed. Anne Perry, Berkley, March 2004 · The Widow of Slane [Owen Keane] · Terence Faherty · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2004 · Tricks [Larry Erie] · Steve Hockensmith · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2004 · A Tale of One City · Anne Perry · nv Death by Dickens ed. Anne Perry, Berkley, March 2004

Wolf Woman Bay and 9 More of the Finest Crime and Mystery Novellas of the Year! ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, September 2007, 078671980X, $17.95, 556pp, tp, an) 1 · Honor Code · Joyce Carol Oates · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2005 51 · Junior Partner in Crime · Carole Nelson Douglas · nv Creature Cozies ed. Jill M. Morgan, Berkley Prime Crime, March 2005 81 · Grieving Las Vegas · Jeremiah Healy · nv Murder in Vegas ed. Michael Connelly, Tor, March 2005 123 · The Resurrection Man · Sharyn McCrumb · na Transgressions ed. Ed McBain, Forge, May 2005 209 · The Temptation of King David · Brendan DuBois · nv Thou Shalt Not Kill ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf, 2005 245 · Gustav Amlingmeyer, Holmes of the Range [Gustav “Old Red” & Otto “Big Red” Amlingmeyer] · Steve Hockensmith · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2005 299 · Wolf Woman Bay [Dan Shea] · Doug Allyn · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2005 375 · Merely Hate [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · na Transgressions ed. Ed McBain, Forge, May 2005 477 · Diamond Dog · Dick Lochte · nv Creature Cozies ed. Jill M. Morgan, Berkley Prime Crime, March 2005 515 · Arizona Heat · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2006

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: First Annual Collection ed. Ed Gorman (Forge, September 2000, 0-312-87479-0, $17.95, 638pp, tp, an) 15 · The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 1999 · Jon L. Breen · in 29 · A 1999 Yearbook of Mystery and Crime · Edward D. Hoch · bi 41 · Heroes · Anne Perry · nv Past Crimes ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, September 1998 55 · Rio Grande Gothic · David Morrell · na 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, September 1999 99 · The Hanged Man · Ian Rankin · ss Something Wicked ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon, November 1999 109 · Spooked · Carolyn G. Hart · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1999 127 · Show Me the Bones · Carolyn Wheat · ss Diagnosis Dead ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket, December 1999 139 · A Flash of Chrysanthemum · J. A. Jance · ss Murder on Route 66 ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley, July 1999 147 · The Man in the White Hat [Valentino] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1999 157 · ’53 Buick · Gary Phillips · ss Murder on Route 66 ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley, July 1999 173 · Crack · James W. Hall · ss Murder and Obsession ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, March 1999 185 · Paleta Man · Laurie R. King · ss Irreconcilable Differences ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins, December 1999 199 · Snow · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss First Cases, Volume 3 ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, December 1999 211 · The Canasta Club · Eleanor Taylor Bland · nv Murder on Route 66 ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley, July 1999 229 · Unchained Melody [R.B. “Ax” Axton] · Doug Allyn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1999 243 · Something Simple [Ben Perkins] · Rob Kantner · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1999 265 · The Circle of Ink [Ellery Queen] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 1999 287 · The Death Cat of Hester Street · Carol Gorman · ss Cat Crimes Through Time ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf, January 1999 301 · Dark Times · Peter Crowther · ss Subterranean Gallery ed. Richard T. Chizmar & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press, September 1999 317 · Those That Trespass [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv Chronicles of Crime ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, November 1999 335 · Blitzed · Phil Lovesey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1999 343 · For Services Rendered · Jeffery Deaver · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1999 363 · The Tinder Box · Minette Walters · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1999 415 · Symptoms of Loss · Jerry Sykes · ss Crimewave #1, 1999 431 · Taking Care of Frank · Antony Mann · ss Crimewave #2, 1999 444 · Styx and Bones · Edward Bryant · ss 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, September 1999 457 · Not Long Now · Carol Anne Davis · ss QWF 1999 467 · The Shortest Distance · Mat Coward · ss Shots Winter 1999 479 · I Love Everything About You · Marthayn Pelegrimas & Robert J. Randisi · ss Till Death Do Us Part ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley, November 1999 489 · The Case of the Headless Witness [Lady Sara Varnley] · Lloyd Biggle, Jr. · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1999 507 · The Mummy Case · Carole Nelson Douglas · ss Cat Crimes Through Time ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf, January 1999 521 · Recycle [Sharon McCone; Hy Ripinsky] · Marcia Muller · ss Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Summer 1999 529 · Now What? [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · nv Playboy December 1999 547 · Barking at Butterflies · Ed McBain · ss Murder and Obsession ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, March 1999 555 · The Dark Prince · Joyce Carol Oates · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1999 559 · Rappin’ Dog [Leo Bloodworth & Serendipity Dahlquist] · Dick Lochte · nv Murder on Route 66 ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley, July 1999 577 · Dream Lawyer [Willa Jansson; Laura di Palma] · Lia Matera · nv Diagnosis Dead ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket, December 1999 597 · Flood · Bill Pronzini · ss Duo by Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Five Star US, November 1998 605 · The Ice Shelf · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 1999 629 · In for a Penny · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1999 637 · Honorable Mentions: 1999 · Phil Reed · bi 639 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection ed. Ed Gorman (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Forge, August 2001, 0-765-30029-X, $29.95, 684pp, hc, an) 15 · The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 2000 · Jon L. Breen · in 23 · A 2000 Yearbook of Crime and Mystery · Edward D. Hoch · bi 35 · World Mystery Report: Great Britain · Maxim Jakubowski · ar 41 · World Mystery Report: Australia · David Honeybone & Lucy Sussex · ar 43 · World Mystery Report: Canada · Edo van Belkom · ar 45 · World Mystery Report: Germany · Thomas Woertche · ar 47 · The 2000 Short Story Edgar Awards · Camille Minichino · ar 49 · The Year 2000 in Mystery Fandom · George A. Easter · ar 55 · Spinning · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2000 79 · The Summer People · Brendan DuBois · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2000 93 · Afraid of the Dark · Nancy Pickard · nv The Night Awakens ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, February 2000 originally appeared in the 1998 audio anthology The Night Awakens ed. Mary Higgins Clark. 113 · For All the Saints · Gillian Linscott · ss Chronicles of Crime ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, November 1999 125 · Let’s Get Lost [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2000 137 · Under Suspicion · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 2000 155 · Childhood · S. J. Rozan · nv Compulsion (e-book), Mightywords.com, 2000 175 · Art & Craft [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy August 2000 187 · The Allotment · Peter Crowther · ss Northern Blood III ed. Martin Edwards, Countyvise, December 1998 203 · Twelve of the Little Buggers · Mat Coward · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2000 215 · Missing in Action [Frank Bascombe Special Constable] · Peter Robinson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2000 231 · The Haggard Society · Edward D. Hoch · nv The Night Awakens ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, February 2000 originally appeared in the 1998 audio anthology The Night Awakens ed. Mary Higgins Clark. 245 · Scorpion’s Kiss · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Flesh & Blood ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press, April 2001 first published in German (“Der Skorpion in der Waage”, Aszendent Mord, Germany, 2000). 259 · Noble Causes · Bob Mendes · ss translated from the Dutch (“Nobele Deleinden”, de Standaard, 2000). 273 · The Sleeping Detective [Ivan Monk] · Gary Phillips · nv The Shamus Game ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, September 2000 287 · A Night in the Manchester Store · Stanley Cohen · nv Murder Among Friends by The Adams Round Table, Berkley, October 2000 303 · What Mr. McGregor Saw · Dorothy Cannell · ss Malice Domestic 9 ed. Beth Foxwell, Avon, 2000 317 · Delta Double-Deal · Noreen Ayres · nv The Night Awakens ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, February 2000 333 · Three Nil · Mat Coward · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2000 345 · The Man in the Civil Suit · Jan Burke · ss Malice Domestic 9 ed. Beth Foxwell, Avon, 2000 353 · Black and White Memories · Robert J. Randisi · ss Compulsion (e-book), Mightywords.com, 2000 363 · Nothing to Lose · Robert Barnard · ss Malice Domestic 9 ed. Beth Foxwell, Avon, 2000 373 · Widower’s Walk [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 2000 originally appeared in the 1998 audio anthology The Night Awakens ed. Mary Higgins Clark. 395 · Character Flaw [Robbie Stanton] · Christine Matthews · nv The Shamus Game ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, September 2000 411 · Golden Gate Bridge—A View from Below · Jürgen Ehlers · ss Scenes of Crime ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd., September 2000 419 · Boo · Richard Laymon · nv October Dreams ed. Richard Chizmar & Robert Morrish, Cemetery Dance, October 2000 433 · Veterans · John Lutz · ss Murder Most Confederate ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House, August 2000 443 · The Abbey Ghosts · Jan Burke · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 2001 471 · The Country of the Blind · Doug Allyn · nv Murder Most Medieval ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House, August 2000 501 · Happiness · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2000 515 · The Confession · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2000 521 · The Perfectionist · Peter Lovesey · ss The Strand Magazine #4, April/July 2000 535 · The Wall Too High [Michael Vlado] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2000 549 · The Silence · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2000 575 · The Big Bite [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Shots Winter 1999 587 · The Gathering of the Klan [Milan Jacovich] · Les Roberts · nv The Shamus Game ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, September 2000 603 · When the Black Shadows Die · Clark Howard · ss Mystery Scene #67, 2000 627 · Rebirth (Cain and Abel) · Miguel Agusti · ss Mysterypages.com 2000 633 · Helena and the Babies · Denise Mina · ss Fresh Blood 3 ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, The Do-Not Press, 1999 643 · Old Soldiers · Brendan DuBois · ss Playboy May 2000 661 · The Victim · Ed McBain · ss Running from Legs and Other Stories by Ed McBain, Five Star US, August 2000 671 · The Poet of Pulp: How Ed McBain Made the Precinct House a Respectable Place · Pete Hamill · ar The New Yorker January 10 2000 [Ref. Ed McBain] 685 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi 687 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Third Annual Collection ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Forge, August 2002, 0-765-30234-9, $27.95, 640pp, hc, an) 15 · The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 2001 · Jon L. Breen · in 31 · A 2001 Yearbook of Crime and Mystery · Edward D. Hoch · bi 43 · World Mystery Report: Great Britain · Maxim Jakubowski · ar 49 · World Mystery Report: Australia · David Honeybone · ar 51 · World Mystery Report: Canada · Edo van Belkom · ar 53 · World Mystery Report: Germany · Thomas Woertche · ar 57 · The Year 2001 in Mystery Fandom · George A. Easter · ar 61 · Double-Crossing Delancey [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith] · S. J. Rozan · nv Mystery Street ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, October 2001 83 · Activity in the Flood Plain · Ed McBain · nv The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, Mysterious Press, May 2001 103 · The Only Good Judge [Cass Jameson] · Carolyn Wheat · nv Women Before the Bench ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley, March 2001 117 · Speaking of Greed · Lawrence Block · na Speaking of Greed ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House, September 2001 159 · The California Contact · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2001 187 · Tell Me You Forgive Me? · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2001 213 · Beautiful · Jeffery Deaver · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2001 229 · Unreasonable Doubt [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv And the Dying Is Easy ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet, June 2001 247 · Lucky Devil · Nancy Pickard · ss Malice Domestic 10 ed. Nevada Barr, Avon, March 2001 253 · The Star Thief · Brendan DuBois · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 2001 271 · Chip · Bill Pronzini · ss Mystery Scene #71, 2001 279 · Come Again? · Donald E. Westlake · nv The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, Mysterious Press, May 2001 295 · Dark Mirror · Lauren Henderson · ss Murder Through the Ages ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, 2000 307 · The Adventure of the Cheshire Cheese [Sherlock Holmes] · Jon L. Breen · ss Murder in Baker Street ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf, 2001 317 · Dry Whiskey · David B. Silva · ss Cemetery Dance #28, 1998 329 · Countdown · Wolfgang Burger · vi translated from the German (Karlsruhe 2000, 2001). 333 · Old Dog, New Tricks [Svein & Lloyd] · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 2001 343 · The Wink · Ruth Rendell · ss Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 2000 351 · Fire Works · Paul Lascaux · vi translated from the German (Europa Stirbt, Verlag der Criminale, 2001). 355 · Juggernaut · Nancy Springer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2001 365 · Star Struck · Peter Lovesey · ss Death by Horoscope ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf, August 2001 375 · Known Unto God · Jac. Toes · ss translated from the Dutch (Algemeen Dagblad Summer Supplement, 2001). 385 · The Eye of the Beholder · Lillian Stewart Carl · ss Death by Horoscope ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf, August 2001 405 · Blind Alley · Mary Jane Maffini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2001 413 · Canon · John Vermeulen · ss translated from the Dutch (Dodelijke Paringsdans, Books & Media Publishing, 2001). 429 · A Well-Respected Man · Margaret Coel · ss Women Before the Bench ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley, March 2001 443 · The Girl Who Killed Santa Claus · Val McDermid · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2002 449 · The Trebuchet Murder · Susanna Gregory · nv Murder Through the Ages ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, 2000 467 · Turnaround · Carolyn Hart · nv Malice Domestic 10 ed. Nevada Barr, Avon, March 2001 483 · Out Like a Lion · Bill Crider · ss Death by Horoscope ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf, August 2001 497 · The Perfect Man · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Murder Most Romantic ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Denise Little, Cumberland House, February 2001 525 · Conscience · Stephan Rykena · ss translated from the German (Stadtanzeiger, 2001). 531 · Living Next Door to Malice · Billie Rubin · ss translated from the German (Teuflische Nachbarn ed. Ingrid Schmitz & Ina Coelen, Scherz Verlag, 2001). 537 · The Good Old German Way · Tatjana Kruse · ss translated from the German (Das Verbrechen Lauert Uberall, Verlag der Criminale, 2001). 543 · The Case of the Bloodless Sock [Sherlock Holmes] · Anne Perry · nv Murder in Baker Street ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf, 2001 561 · Blood, Snow, and Classic Cars · Joseph Hansen · nv Blood, Snow and Classic Cars by Joseph Hansen, Leyland, 2000 585 · The Impostor · Marcia Muller · nv The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology, Mysterious Press, May 2001 599 · The Problem of the Yellow Wallpaper [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 2001 615 · In the City of Angels · Dick Lochte · nv Flesh & Blood ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press, April 2001 637 · Honorable Mentions · Angela Zeman · bi 639 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg