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Close Encounters of the Urban Kind ed. Jennifer Brozek (Apex Publications, April 2010, 978-0-9821596-9-9, $18.95, 251pp, tp, oa, cover by Alina Pete)
Original anthology of 20 horror stories of UFOs and urban legends. Authors include Richard Lee Byers, Alma Alexander, and Joshua Palmatier.

vii · Foreword · Jennifer Brozek · fw

1 · Lollo · Martin Livings · ss

19 · Green Tears on Black Velvet · Jeff Soesbe · ss

35 · Racing Lights · Erik Scott de Bie · ss

48 · Waterheads · Ivan Ewert · ss

58 · The Fingernail Test · Bev Vincent · ss

65 · Headlights · Jennifer Pelland · ss

76 · Shiny Eyes · Jonathan McKinney · ss

82 · The Invitation · Carole Johnstone · ss

93 · Frames of Reference · Nathan Crowder · ss

107 · Late Night Snack · Robert Farnsworth · ss

120 · Two Out, Wendigo · Rosemary Jones · ss

132 · The Hippie Monster of Eel River · Shannon Page · ss

144 · Roadkill · Rick Silva · ss

151 · End of Life · Richard Lee Byers · ss

159 · Tea Cups and Saucers · Ramsey Lundock · ss

169 · Gloomy Sunday · Eddy Webb · ss

183 · Mastihooba · Joshua Palmatier · ss

202 · I Am Sorry for So Rarely Talking to Strangers · Alma Alexander · ss

215 · Dead Letter Drop · Pete Kempshall · ss

227 · It Came from the Backseat · Eric R. Lowther · ss

245 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Coins of Chaos ed. Jennifer Brozek (Hades/EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy, December 2013, 978-1-77053-048-5, C$14.95, 224pp, tp, oa, cover by Amber Clark)
Original anthology of 17 horror stories about mysterious coins that cause destruction. Authors include Jay Lake, Seanan McGuire, and Gary A. Braunbeck.
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Silver and Copper, Iron and Ash · Nathaniel Lee · ss

15 · The Price of Serenity · Kelly Swails · ss

29 · Vinegar Pie · Andrew Penn Romine · ss

39 · The Fall of Jolly Tannum · Brandie Tarvin · ss

55 · Spendthrift · Jay Lake · ss

70 · Incubus Nickel · Erik Scott de Bie · ss

85 · In His Name · Martin Livings · ss

97 · Lies of the Flesh · Nate Crowder · ss

110 · Train Yard Blues · Seanan McGuire · ss

123 · Skull of Snakes · Glenn Rolfe · ss

138 · Searching for a Hero · Dylan Birtolo · ss

149 · Something in the Blood · Kelly Lagor · ss

164 · The Value of a Year of Tears and Sorrow · Jason Andrew · ss

178 · Definitely Dvorák · Mae Empson · ss

190 · Justice in Five Cents · Richard Dansky · ss

203 · Tithes [Flotsam] · Peter M. Ball · ss

220 · With One Coin for Fee: An Invocation of Sorts · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss

Grants Pass ed. Jennifer Brozek & Amanda Pillar (Morrigan Books, August 2009, 978-91-977605-6-0, $11.95, 320pp, tp, oa, cover by Reece Notley)
Details taken from Amazon.com.

1 · Prologue · Jennifer Brozek · ss

17 · An Unkindness of Ravens · Stephanie Gunn · ss

33 · Boudha · K. V. Taylor · ss

51 · Hell’s Bells · Cherie Priest · ss

61 · Ascension · Martin Livings · ss

73 · Animal Husbandry · Seanan McGuire · ss

93 · Men of Faith · Ivan Ewert · ss

111 · The Chateau De Mons · Jennifer Brozek · ss

119 · The Few That Are Good · Scott Almes · ss

133 · Rights of Passage · Pete Kempshall · nv

155 · A Perfect Night to Watch Detroit Burn · Ed Greenwood · ss

171 · Final Edition · Jeff Parish · ss

191 · The Discomfort of Words · Carole Johnstone · nv

213 · Newfound Gap · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss

231 · Ink Blots · Amanda Pillar · ss

241 · Black Heart, White Mourning · Jay Lake · ss

257 · By the Sea · Shannon Page · ss

275 · Remembrance · James M. Sullivan · ss

289 · Epilogue · Jennifer Brozek · ss

Human Tales ed. Jennifer Brozek (Dark Quest Books, April 25, 2011, 978-0-9830993-3-8, $14.95, 202pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Bloody Spindle · Ivan Ewert · ss

· Caleb · Matthew McFarland · ss

· Riddles · Seanan McGuire · ss

· Tithe · Ari Marmell · ss

· The Toll · Chuck Wendig · ss

· Skin Deep · Sara M. Harvey · ss

· The Ifrit’s Trial · Spencer Ellsworth · ss

· Cracks in Marble · Ryan Macklin · ss

· Hunger’s Child · Jess Hartley · ss

· Bane · Shannon Page · ss

· The Human and the Sea Spirit · Dylan Birtolo · ss

· A Tithe for Homecoming · Deborah Brannon · ss

· Color · Alma Alexander · ss

· A Mother’s Choice · Renee Stern · ss

· The Griffin’s Tail · David Lee Summers · ss

· Holding the Line · James Sutter · ss

· The Price of Cream · Nathan Crowder · ss

Naughty or Nice: A Holiday Anthology ed. Jennifer Brozek (Evil Girlfriend Media, October 30, 2015, 978-1-940154-12-1, $14.95, 252pp, tp, oa, cover by Stan Shaw)
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Jennifer Brozek · fw

· Cold Dead Turkey [Dan Shamble] · Kevin J. Anderson · ss

· Mistletoe · Jody Lynn Nye · ss

· Coming up the Chimney Tonight [The Cleaners] · Josh Vogt · ss

· The Kwanzaa Kid · Maurice Broaddus · ss

· Letters to Santa (From the Arctic Academy for Gifted Creatures) · S. G. Browne · ss

· The Longest Night of the Year · Shannon Page · ss

· Passing the Torch · M. Todd Gallowglas · ss

· Forged · Peter Clines · ss

· Sweet Peppermint Blow · C. Thomas Hand · ss

· Monster Mingle and Kris Kringle · Jon Del Arroz · ss

· The Wench Who Stole Christmas · E. S. Magill · ss

· He Knows When You’re Awake · Cat Rambo · ss

· Spam, the Spooks, and the UPS Bandit · Elizabeth Ann Scarborough · ss

· Santa’s Bloody Reign · Jonathan Moon & Timothy W. Long · ss

· The Toymaker’s Joy · Lucy A. Snyder · ss

· By the Light of the Silvery Moon · Rachel Caine · ss

· Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

A Secret Guide to Fighting Elder Gods ed. Jennifer Brozek (Pulse Publishing, April 24, 2019, 978-1-950701-00-1, $11.99, viii+263pp, tp, oa, cover by Peter Tikos)
Details taken from online listing.

vii · Foreword · Jennifer Brozek · fw

1 · Away Game [Fighting Pumpkins] · Seanan McGuire · ss

19 · The Icarus Club · Weston Ochse · nv

40 · Stormy Monday · Chesya Burke · ss

60 · Pickman’s Daughter · J. C. Koch · ss

77 · Us and Ours · Premee Mohamed · ss

95 · The Art of Dreaming · Josh Vogt · nv

116 · Visions of the Dream Witch · Lucy A. Snyder · ss

133 · The Tall Ones · Stephen Ross · ss

153 · Just Imagine · Tim Waggoner · ss

168 · Holding Back · Lisa Morton · ss

187 · The Mouth of the Merrimack · Douglas Wynne · ss

206 · The Geometry of Dreams · Wendy N. Wagner · ss

223 · Being Emily-Claire · Jonathan Maberry · ss

Shattered Shields ed. Jennifer Brozek & Bryan Thomas Schmidt--- see under Bryan Thomas Schmidt.

A Matter of Crime, Vol. 1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman (Harvest, 1987, 0-15-657719-4, $6.95, 335pp, pb, oa)

vii · Editors’ Note · Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman · in

1 · James Ellroy: An Interview · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. James Ellroy]

12 · The Black Dahlia · James Ellroy · nv

39 · The Au Pair Girl · Joyce Harrington · nv

71 · Bodyguards Shoot Second [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · nv

101 · Far Eyes · Robert Sampson · ss

120 · The Trouble Shooters · Dan Brennan · ss Manhunt October 1960

143 · Murder Most Kind · B. M. Gill · nv

164 · It’s a Hard World · Andrew Henry Vachss · ss

171 · Murder · Enrique Anderson-Imbert; translated by Sara Heikoff Woehrlen · ss
translated from the French (1971).

183 · A Flash of Red · Edward D. Hoch · nv

210 · Bale Jumpers · Richard B. Harper · nv

236 · Deceptions [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · nv

265 · To Sleep, Perchance to Dream · J. Birney Dibble · nv

290 · China Blue · David Gates · nv

A Matter of Crime, Vol. 2 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman (Harvest, 1987, 0-15-657720-8, $6.95, 344pp, pb, oa)

1 · Joe Gores: An Interview · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Joe Gores]

17 · Smart Guys Don’t Snore · Joseph N. Gores · nv

46 · Linda Barnes: An Interview · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Linda J. Barnes]

54 · A Trouble of Fools [Carlotta Carlyle] · Linda Barnes · ss

68 · The Motive [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · nv

98 · Indian Poker · Curtis E. Fischer · ss

110 · A Cup of Coffee · Stephen A. Rudloff · nv

154 · San Diego Dilemma · Michael Mulder · nv

179 · We’ve Been Invited to a Party · J. Aquino · ss

201 · Funeral for a Friend · Peter Heyrman · ss

223 · A Perfect Gentleman · Joseph L. Koenig · ss

229 · Walter Ego · Michael Avallone · ss

234 · On the Prod [Lucas Hallam] · L. J. Washburn · nv

263 · Just a Poor Working Girl · Harold Kaiser · ss

276 · Kansas · James S. Gamble · nv

308 · Purple Prose · Juliann Evans · ss

313 · The White Cat · Joyce Carol Oates · nv

A Matter of Crime, Vol. 3 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman (Harvest, 1988, 0-15-657721-6, $8.95, 256pp, pb, oa)

1 · George V. Higgins: An Interview · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. George V. Higgins]

14 · Life Was Absolutely Swell · George V. Higgins · ss

32 · Crime and Punishment [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · ss

44 · The Milky Way · Josh Pachter · nv

69 · A Man Dangerous to the State · Kenneth Gavrell · ss

85 · Finders, Weepers · Karen L. Todd · nv

111 · The Crooked Way [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · nv

133 · A Real Doozy · James Manley · nv

163 · Road Kill · John Cabell Church · nv

186 · Dumping Ground · Andrew Henry Vachss · vi

189 · The Promise · Andrew Henry Vachss · vi

190 · Persistence of Dreams · Gerald Brown · ss

210 · In the Blood [Cody] · James M. Reasoner · nv

237 · Thou Shalt Not · B. Livingston · ss

244 · Fantomas in New York · Jerome Charyn · ss

A Matter of Crime, Vol. 4 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman (Harvest, 1988, 0-15-657722-4, $8.95, 252pp, pb, oa)

1 · Andrew Vachss: An Interview · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Andrew H. Vachss]

18 · A Bomb Built in Hell · Andrew Henry Vachss · nv

50 · A Good White Hunter · George H. Rosen · ss

69 · Good-bye, Linda · Robert Sampson · nv

97 · Good Deal, Lucille · Bruce Raymond · nv

130 · Nice Guys Deserve the Breaks · Terry K. Woods · ss

145 · The Operation Was a Success… · Susan Florian · ss

156 · Overtime · Donald Reneau · ss

164 · Mean Streak · Philip Cordwainer · ss

175 · Lie Down with the Lamb · Clark Howard · nv

207 · An Island Profession · William Pugsley · ss

222 · Since I Don’t Have You · James Ellroy · nv

The New Black Mask Quarterly Number 1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman--- see under The New Black Mask Quarterly No.1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985.

The New Black Mask Quarterly Number 2 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman--- see under The New Black Mask Quarterly No.2 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985.

The New Black Mask No.3 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman--- see under The New Black Mask No.3 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985.

The New Black Mask No.4 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman--- see under The New Black Mask No.4 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1986.

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