The FictionMags Index

Book Contents Lists: Page 268

Mystery: The Best of 2001 ed. Jon L. Breen (ibooks, July 2002, 0-7434-4501-5, $7.99, 329pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 15 stories. v · Mystery: The Best of 2001: An Introduction · Jon L. Breen · in 1 · The San Agustin Miracle [Ben Snow] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2001 23 · Evil Grows · Loren D. Estleman · nv Flesh & Blood ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press, 2001 49 · The Only Good Judge [Cass Jameson] · Carolyn Wheat · nv Women Before the Bench ed. Carolyn Wheat, Prime Crime, 2001 71 · The Wink · Ruth Rendell · ss Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 2000 83 · Bridal Flowers · Dorothy Cannell · nv Love and Death ed. Carolyn Hart, Berkley Prime Crime, 2001 107 · The Honored Guest [Wilkes-Barre] · Marianne Wilski Strong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2001 137 · Open and Shut · Benjamin M. Schutz · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2001 165 · Oh, Mona [Joe Standard] · Dan A. Sproul · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2001 193 · Tomorrow’s Villain · Mat Coward · ss Shots Spring 1999 213 · Honeydew Wine · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 2001 227 · The Hollow Woman · Laura Philpot Benedict · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2001 247 · Missing, Presumed… · Dana Stabenow · ss And the Dying Is Easy ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet, 2001 271 · Miss Tidwell Takes No Prisoners · Joan Hess · ss A Confederacy of Crime ed. Sarah Shankman, Signet, 2001 289 · Whistle · David Dean · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2001 313 · Justice Knows No Paws · Jon L. Breen · ss Murder Most Feline ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House, 2001

Mystery: The Best of 2002 ed. Jon L. Breen (ibooks, April 2003, 0743458451, $7.99, 320pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 14 stories. · To Live and Die in Midland, Texas · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2002 · The Adventure of the Agitated Actress · Daniel Stashower · ss Murder, My Dear Watson ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf, 2002 · An Unkindness of Ravens · Donna Andrews · ss The Mysterious North ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet, 2002 · Twilight’s Last Gleaming [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · ss Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press, 2002 · A Girl Named Charlie · Stanley Cohen · ss Murder in the Family by The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime, 2002 · Bless Me Father for I Have Sinned · Ed Gorman · ss Murder Most Catholic ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House, 2002 · War Can Be Murder · Mike Doogan · nv The Mysterious North ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet, 2002 · The Painted Lady · DeLoris Stanton Forbes · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 2002 · The Dead Their Eyes Implore Us · George P. Pelecanos · nv Measures of Poison ed. Dennis McMillan, Dennis McMillan, 2002 · Moody’s Blues · Hal Charles · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2002 · Mom Lights a Candle [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Crippen & Landru, December 2002 · If All Is Dark · Mat Coward · ss Crimewave #6, 2002 · Ukukele and the World’s Pain · James Sallis · vi Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2002 · The Spy and the Minotaur [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2002

Sleuths of the Century ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman (Carroll & Graf, April 2000, 0-7867-0709-7, $26.00, 579pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 25 detective stories. 1 · Introduction · Jon L. Breen · in 4 · The Phantom Motor [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 11 1906, as “Problem of the Phantom Auto” 18 · The Secret Garden [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 3 1910, as “The Secret of the Sealed Garden” 36 · Problem at Sea [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week January 12 1936 50 · The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928 69 · The Adventure of the Glass-Domed Clock [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Mystery League October 1933, as “The Glass-Domed Clock” 87 · Madame Maigret’s Admirer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Jean Stewart · nv Maigret’s Pipe by Georges Simenon, tr. Jean Stewart, Hamish Hamilton, 1977 translated from the French (“L’Amoureux de Madame Maigret”, Police-Roman, July 28, 1939). 116 · The Wrong Problem [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Evening Standard August 13 1936 129 · The Next Witness [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine May 1955, as “The Last Witness” 178 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953 193 · The King in Yellow · Raymond Chandler · na Dime Detective Magazine March 1938 238 · The Pink Caterpillar [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · ss Adventure February 1945 248 · The Suicide [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Manhunt October 1953, as “The Beat-Up Sister” by John Ross Macdonald 282 · The Empty Hours [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · na Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1, 1960 336 · The Heroine · Patricia Highsmith · ss Harper’s Bazaar August 1945 350 · The Death of a Bum [Abe Levine] · Donald E. Westlake · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine June 1965 373 · Breathe No More · John D. MacDonald · nv Detective Tales May 1950 394 · When the Wedding Was Over [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv Means of Evil by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1979 417 · Like a Lamb to the Slaughter [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1977, as “A Candle for the Bag Lady” 444 · The Witch, Yazzie, and the Nine of Clubs · Tony Hillerman · ss Crime Wave, Collins, 1981 457 · Cat’s-Paw [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Waves Press, 1983 476 · Somewhere in the City [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss The Armchair Detective Spring 1990 492 · Old Rattler [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Partners in Crime ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet, 1994 506 · Dalziel’s Ghost [Supt. Andrew Dalziel] · Reginald Hill · nv Pascoe’s Ghost and Other Brief Chronicles of Crime by Reginald Hill, Collins, 1979 530 · The Watts Lions [Easy Rawlins] · Walter Mosley · ss The New Mystery ed. Jerome Charyn, Dutton, 1993 543 · Grace Notes [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · na Windy City Blues by Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1995

American Murders ed. Rita A. & Jon L. Breen--- see under Jon L. Breen.

Imagine! ed. Walter R. Bremner (Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1970, 0-17-632870-X, 181pp, tp, an)     There is a section after each story with questions and discussions for the student. 1 · Imagine! · Fredric Brown · pp The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1955 4 · The Short-Short Story of Mankind · John Steinbeck · ss Lilliput November 1955, as “We’re Holding Our Own” 12 · History Lesson · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories May 1949 27 · Side Bet · Will F. Jenkins · ss Collier’s July 31 1937 41 · The Snow Woman · Norah Burke · ss (r) 51 · The Bamboo Trap · Robert S. Lemmon · ss Short Stories April 25 1923 69 · Voodoo · Fredric Brown · vi Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1954 73 · Number Fifty-Six · Stephen Leacock · ss (r) 83 · The Story-Teller · Saki · ss The Morning Post, as by H. H. Munro 93 · The Little Girl and the Wolf · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker January 21 1939 95 · Vignettes of Travel · Farley Mowat · ss (r) 108 · Christmas Morning · Frank O’Connor · ss The New Yorker December 21 1946 121 · Luke Baldwin’s Vow · Morley Callaghan · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 15 1947 136 · One’s a Heifer · Sinclair Ross · nv (r) 157 · Cousin Len’s Wonderful Adjective Cellar · Jack Finney · ss Ladies’ Home Journal April 1948 163 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902

Who Was Guilty? ed. Marlena E. Bremseth (Crippen & Landru, April 2005, 1-932009-27-2, $19.00, 185pp, tp, an, cover by Deborah Miller)     Anthology of two dime novels. A hardcover edition (-26-4, $29.00) was announced but not seen. In the “Lost Classics” series. 8 · Foreword · Marlena E. Bremseth · fw 11 · Introduction · Marlena E. Bremseth · in 23 · Who Was Guilty? · Philip S. Warne · na The Saturday Journal March 19 1881 - May 28 1881 105 · The Mystery of the Sea-Eagle Tavern · Howard W. Macy · na New York Weekly December 2 1872 - January 6 1873 180 · A Complete Bibliography of the Works of Warne/Macy · Marlena E. Bremseth · bi

Bitter Waters by Chaz Brenchley (Lethe Press, October 25, 2014, 978-1-59021-577-7, $15.00, 243pp, tp, co, cover by Elizabeth Leggett) 1 · The Book You Hold in Your Hands (Even if It’s on a Screen) · Geoff Ryman · in 3 · Another Chart of the Silences · Chaz Brenchley · nv Phantoms at the Phil, Side Real Press/Northern Gothic, 2005 19 · Junk Male · Chaz Brenchley · ss Crimewave #4, 2000 33 · The Pillow-Boy of General Shu · Chaz Brenchley · ss Lace and Blade 2 ed. Deborah J. Ross, Leda, 2009, as by Daniel Fox 49 · In the Night Street Baths · Chaz Brenchley · nv Lace and Blade ed. Deborah J. Ross, Leda, 2008 69 · The Insolence of Candles Against the Night’s Dying · Chaz Brenchley · ss Taps and Sighs ed. Peter Crowther, Subterranean Press, 2000, as “The Insolence of Candles Against the Light’s Dying” 87 · Parting Shots · Chaz Brenchley · ss Postscripts #16, Autumn 2008 93 · Up the Airy Mountain · Chaz Brenchley · nv Crimewave #3, 2000 113 · The Light of Other Eyes · Chaz Brenchley · ss 2002; first published in Pitch 5, (Bookcase, 2002). 119 · Septicaemia · Chaz Brenchley · ss The Gay Times Book of Short Stories: New Century, New Writing ed. P-P. Hartnett, Millivres Prowler Group, 2000 123 · The Cupboard of Cold Things · Chaz Brenchley · ss read at the 2010/2011 Christmas edition of Phantoms at the Phil on January 6, 2011. 131 · True North · Chaz Brenchley · ss read at the Fifth Proceedings of Phantoms at the Phil on January 6, 2009. 145 · Hothouse Flowers: or, The Discreet Boys of Dr Barnabus · Chaz Brenchley · ss The Bitten Word ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2010 165 · One for Every Year He’s Away, She Said · Chaz Brenchley · ss Dark Asylum #1, March 1995 175 · Keep the Aspidochelone Afloat · Chaz Brenchley · nv The Touch of the Sea ed. Steve Berman, Lethe Press, 2012, as “Keep the Aspidochelone Floating” 205 · ’Tis Pity He’s Ashore · Chaz Brenchley · ss Hellbound Hearts ed. Paul Kane & Marie O'Regan, Pocket, 2009 219 · The Boat of Not Belonging · Chaz Brenchley · ss read at the Summer 2011 Phantoms at the Phil on August 4, 2011. 231 · Villainelle · Chaz Brenchley · ss When the Villain Comes Home ed. Valerie Griswold-Ford, Dragon Moon Press, 2012

Everything in All the Wrong Order: The Best of Chaz Brenchley by Chaz Brenchley (Subterranean Press, August 31, 2021, 978-1-64524-011-2, $45.00, 568pp, hc, co, cover by François Vaillancourt)     Limited to 750 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · Elizabeth Bear · in · Uncanny Valley · Chaz Brenchley · nv Strange California ed. Jaym Gates & J. Daniel Batt, Falstaff Books, 2017 · In Skander, for a Boy · Chaz Brenchley · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #191, January 21 2016 · The Burial of Sir John Mawe at Cassini · Chaz Brenchley · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2014 · The Keys to D’Espérance · Chaz Brenchley · nv Subterranean Press, 1998 · White Tea for the Tillerman · Chaz Brenchley · vi Concussed ed. Bridget Bradshaw, Farah Mendlesohn & Peter Young, Concussion, 2006 · Ashes to Ashes [Parry’s Bar] · Chaz Brenchley · ss previously available as an audio download from Writers Drinking Coffee, October 22, 2019. · I Am Death’s Brother · Chaz Brenchley · ss Save Our Short Story March 2004 · Luke: Homeward Angel · Chaz Brenchley · ss Taverns of the Dead ed. Kealan Patrick Burke, Cemetery Dance, 2005 · Every Day a Little Death (or The Clockmaker’s Apprentice) · Chaz Brenchley · ss The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration ed. Paul Kane & Marie O'Regan, British Fantasy Society, 2006 · Another Chart of the Silences · Chaz Brenchley · nv Phantoms at the Phil, Side Real Press/Northern Gothic, 2005 · Terminal · Chaz Brenchley · ss disLocations ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2007 · Keep the Aspidochelone Floating · Chaz Brenchley · nv The Touch of the Sea ed. Steve Berman, Lethe Press, 2012 · From Alice to Everywhere, with Love · Chaz Brenchley · vi Nature #7183, March 6 2008 · Live at Maly’s · Chaz Brenchley · ss Tales from the House Band, Volume 2 ed. Deborah Grabien, Plus One Press, 2012 · Going the Jerusalem Mile · Chaz Brenchley · ss The Third Alternative #41, Spring 2005 · Dragon Kings Play Songs of Love · Chaz Brenchley · ss Postscripts #3, Spring 2005 · For Kicks · Chaz Brenchley · ss The Page 1994 · Parting Shots · Chaz Brenchley · ss Postscripts #16, Autumn 2008 · A Fold in the Heart · Chaz Brenchley · nv New Fears ed. Mark Morris, Titan, 2017 · Winter Journey · Chaz Brenchley · ss · Thermodynamics; and/or The Remittance Men · Chaz Brenchley · nv Clockwork Cairo ed. Matthew Bright, Twopenny Books, 2017 · Freecell · Chaz Brenchley · ss Glorifying Terrorism ed. Farah Mendlesohn, Rackstraw Press, 2007 · A Terrible Prospect of Bridges · Chaz Brenchley · nv Northern Blood ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury Press, 1992 · White Skies · Chaz Brenchley · ss When It Changed ed. Geoff Ryman, Comma Press, 2009 · When Johnny Comes Marching Home · Chaz Brenchley · vi Nature #7200, July 3 2008 · Where It Roots, How It Fruits · Chaz Brenchley · nv Dark Voices 6 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1994, as by Daniel Fox · 2 Pi to Live · Chaz Brenchley · ss Splinter Universe May 9 2014 · Ch-Ch-Changes [Parry’s Bar] · Chaz Brenchley · ss Adam’s Ladder ed. Michael Bailey & Darren Speegle, Written Backwards, 2017 · Quinquereme of Nineveh · Chaz Brenchley · vi Nature #7280, January 28 2010 · The Astrakhan, the Homburg, and the Red Red Coal · Chaz Brenchley · nv Lightspeed #61, June 2015 · The Insolence of Candles Against the Light’s Dying · Chaz Brenchley · ss Taps and Sighs ed. Peter Crowther, Subterranean Press, 2000 · Story Notes · Chaz Brenchley · ms

Requiems for the Departed ed. Gerard Brennan & Mike Stone (Morrigan Books, June 2010, 978-1-4515-3968-4, $20.00, 305pp, tp, oa, cover by Reece Notley)     Original anthology of 17 crime stories inspired by Irish myth. · Foreword · Gerard Brennan · fw · Foreword · Mike Stone · fw 1 · Queen of the Hill · Stuart Neville · ss 13 · Hound of Culann · Tony Black · ss 21 · Hats Off to Mary · Garry Kilworth · ss 33 · Sliabh Ban · Arlene Hunt · ss 53 · Red Hand of Ulster · Sam Millar · nv 83 · She Wails Through the Fair · Ken Bruen · ss 95 · A Price to Pay · Maxim Jakubowski · ss 105 · Red Milk · T. A. Moore · nv 127 · Bog Man · John McAllister · ss 141 · The Sea Is Not Full · Una McCormack · ss 161 · The Druid’s Dance · Tony Bailie · ss 179 · Children of Gear · Neville Thompson · ss 185 · Diarmid and Grainne · Adrian McKinty · ss 203 · The Fortunate Isles · Dave Hutchinson · nv 231 · First to Score · Garbhan Downey · nv 257 · Fisherman’s Blues · Brian McGilloway · ss 267 · The Life Business · John Grant · nv 295 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 303 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg 305 · About the Cover Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Best Crime Stories ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Crime Stories 2 ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Crime Stories 3 ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Legal Stories ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Legal Stories 2 ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Secret Service Stories ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Secret Service Stories 2 ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Secret Service Stories 3 ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.