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The Mammoth Book of Future Cops ed. M. Christian & Maxim Jakubowski--- see under Maxim Jakubowski.

The Mammoth Book of On the Road ed. M. Christian & Maxim Jakubowski--- see under Maxim Jakubowski.

Midsummer Night’s Dreams: One Story, Many Tales ed. M. Christian (Masquerade/Rhinoceros, September 1998, 1-56333-679-0, $7.95, 449pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of 19 erotic stories inspired by Shakespeare’s play. Authors include S.P. Somtow, Stephen Dedman, P.D. Cacek, and Lucy Taylor.

7 · Introduction · M. Christian · in

13 · Wall · Don Webb · ss

25 · Act IV, Scene II · Alison Tyler · ss

37 · An Autumnal Equinox Folly · Brian Hodge · ss

53 · All His Joy · Lori Selke · ss

67 · Love-in-Idleness · Elizabeth Bear · nv

89 · Moonlit Queerings · Munro Stephenson · nv

119 · More Strange Than True · S. P. Somtow · nv

147 · With the Original Cast · Patricia Briggs · nv

189 · New Friends and Stranger Companies · Stephen Dedman · nv

211 · All Pucked Up · P. D. Cacek · nv

243 · Midsummer of Love · Simon Sheppard · nv

269 · All the World’s a Stage · Adam McCabe · ss

283 · Midsummer’s Cream: A Tale of Higher (Sex) Education · Trace Reddell · ss

303 · Merle O, Sgt. Bottum, and the Park Fairies · Karl-René Moore · ss

319 · Curst Be He That Moves My Bones · Thomas S. Roche · nv

345 · Oberon’s Son · David May · nv

373 · Dinner Party, or All’s Well That Ends Well · Sukie de la Croix · nv

399 · Sex Witchery · Lucy Taylor · ss

417 · Faery Pix Nixed · M. Christian · nv

443 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Bed and Bawd by Petra Christian (by Christopher Priest & Peter Cave) (NEL, May 1974, 450-01806-7, 30p, 128pp, pb, n.) [Sally Deenes]
Volume six in the series.

The Bust-Up by Petra Christian (by Peter Cave) (NEL, June 1974, 450-01829-6, 30p, 127pp, pb, n.) [Sally Deenes]
Volume seven in the series.

Girls of the Night by Petra Christian (by Christopher Priest) (NEL, September 1973, 450-01572-6, 30p, 126pp, pb, n.) [Sally Deenes]
Volume four in the series.

Hello Sailor! by Petra Christian (by Christopher Priest) (NEL, October 1975, 450-02627-2, 40p, 124pp, pb, n.) [Sally Deenes]
Volume eight in the series.

Hitch-Hiker by Petra Christian (by Christopher Priest & Peter Cave) (NEL, July 1971, 450-00686-7, 25p, 127pp, pb, n., cover by James Tormey) [Sally Deenes]
Volume one in the series.

The Holiday Campers by Petra Christian (by Christopher Priest) (NEL, May 1973, 450-01442-8, 30p, 124pp, pb, n.) [Sally Deenes]
Volume three in the series.

In the Club by Petra Christian (by Peter Cave) (NEL, December 1975, 450-02628-0, 40p, 128pp, pb, n.) [Sally Deenes]
Volume nine in the series.

The New Drifters by Petra Christian (by Christopher Priest & Peter Cave) (NEL, May 1972, 450-01081-3, 25p, 128pp, pb, n.) [Sally Deenes]
Volume two in the series.

The Sexploiters by Petra Christian (by Christopher Priest & Peter Cave) (NEL, November 1973, 450-01645-5, 30p, 128pp, pb, n.) [Sally Deenes]
Volume five in the series.

What on Earth? An Ecology Reader ed. Rebecca Christian & Terry Ofner--- see under Terry Ofner.

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrees by Agatha Christie (Collins Crime Club, 1960, 255pp, hc, co)

7 · Foreword · Agatha Christie · fw

9 · The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv
expanded from the story of the same name (The Sketch, December 12, 1923).

59 · The Mystery of the Spanish Chest [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Women’s Illustrated September 17 1960 (+2)
revised from “The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest”, Strand Magazine Jan 1932.

107 · The Under Dog [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Mystery Magazine April 1 1926

177 · Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Collier’s November 9 1940

207 · The Dream [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 23 1937

227 · Greenshaw’s Folly [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv Star Weekly November 3 1956 (+2)

The Agatha Christie Hour by Agatha Christie (Collins, 1982, 0-00-231331-6, 190pp, hc, co)

7 · The Fourth Man · Agatha Christie · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1925

26 · The Case of the Discontented Soldier [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Cosmopolitan August 1932

45 · The Red Signal · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine June 1924

67 · The Girl in the Train · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine February 1924

89 · Magnolia Blossom · Agatha Christie · ss The Royal Magazine March 1926

108 · Jane in Search of a Job · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine August 1924

131 · In a Glass Darkly · Agatha Christie · ss Collier’s July 28 1934

139 · The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Woman’s Pictorial October 8 1932, as “The Woman Concerned”

153 · The Mystery of the Blue Jar · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine July 1924

174 · The Manhood of Edward Robinson · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine December 1924, as “The Day of His Dreams”

Agatha Christie’s Poirot. Volume II by Agatha Christie (Fontana, January 1990, pb, co) [Hercule Poirot]

· The Adventure of the Cheap Flat [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch May 9 1923

· The Adventure of “The Western Star” [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch April 11 1923

· The Cornish Mystery [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 28 1923

· The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 28 1923

· Double Sin [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 23 1928, as “By Road or Rail”

· The Kidnapped Prime Minister [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch April 25 1923

· The Lost Mine [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 21 1923

· The Veiled Lady [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 3 1923, as “The Case of the Veiled Lady”

Agatha Christie’s Poirot. Volume III by Agatha Christie (Fontana, January 1991, pb, co) [Hercule Poirot]
Stories reassembled from earlier collections.

· The Affair at the Victory Ball [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 7 1923

· The Double Clue [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch December 5 1923

· How Does Your Garden Grow? [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Ladies’ Home Journal June 1935

· The Million Pound Robbery [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 2 1923, as “The Million Dollar Bond Robbery”

· The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 16 1923

· The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine January 1932

· The Plymouth Express [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch April 4 1923, as “The Mystery of the Plymouth Express”

· The Theft of the Royal Ruby [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrees by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, 1960, as “The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding”
expanded from the story of the same name (The Sketch, December 12, 1923).

· The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch April 18 1923

· Wasp’s Nest [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Daily Mail November 20 1928

Agatha Christie’s Poirot. Volume IV by Agatha Christie (Fontana, 1993, pb, co) [Hercule Poirot]
Stories reassembled from earlier collections.

· The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch September 26 1923

· The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 24 1923

· The Case of the Missing Will [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 31 1923

· The Chocolate Box [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 23 1923, as “The Clue of the Chocolate Box”

· Dead Man’s Mirror [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Murder in the Mews and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, 1937
expanded from “The Second Gong” (Ladies Home Journal, June 1932).

· The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch March 14 1923, as “The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls”

· The Under Dog [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Mystery Magazine April 1 1926

· Yellow Iris [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine July 1937

The Big Four by Agatha Christie (Collins, January 27, 1927, 281pp, hc, co) [Hercule Poirot]
Collection of 12 stories, slightly revised into a more coherent form for book publication with the assistance of Campbell Christie. The difference between the novelisation and the original short stories consist of connecting text to serve as transitions from the previous story, minor details in the stories themselves and other minor adjustments such as changes in place names.

1 · The Unexpected Guest [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch January 2 1924; slightly revised as chapter 1 (“The Unexpected Guest”, p.1) and chapter 2 (“The Man from the Asylum”, p.15).

23 · The Adventure of the Dartmoor Bungalow [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch January 9 1924; slightly revised as chapter 3 (“We Hear More About Li Chang Yen”, p.23) and chapter 4 (“The Importance of a Leg of Mutton”, p.39).

51 · The Lady on the Stairs [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch January 16 1924; slightly revised as chapter 5 (“Disappearance of a Scientist”, p.51) and chapter 6 (“The Woman on the Stairs”, p.62).

75 · The Radium Thieves [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch January 23 1924; slightly revised as chapter 7.

94 · In the House of the Enemy [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch January 30 1924; slightly revised as chapter 8.

113 · The Yellow Jasmine Mystery [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch February 6 1924; slightly revised as chapter 9 (“The Yellow Jasmine Mystery”, p.113) and chapter 10 (“We Investigate at Croftlands”, p.124).

137 · The Chess Problem [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch February 13 1924; slightly revised as chapter 11 (“A Chess Problem”).

161 · The Baited Trap [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch February 20 1924; slightly revised as chapter 12 (“The Baited Trap”, p.161) and chapter 13 (“The Mouse Walks In”, p.174).

187 · The Adventure of the Peroxide Blonde [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch February 27 1924; slightly revised as chapter 14 (“The Peroxide Blonde”).

209 · The Terrible Catastrophe [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 5 1924; slightly revised as chapter 15.

230 · The Dying Chinaman [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 12 1924; slightly revised as chapter 16.

250 · The Crag in the Dolomites [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 19 1924; slightly revised as chapter 17 (“Number Four Wins a Trick”, p.250) and chapter 18 (“In the Felsenlabyrinth”, p.266).

The Blue Geranium and Other Tuesday Club Murders by Agatha Christie (Bantam Publications, Inc., 1940, pb, co) [Miss Marple]

5 · The Blue Geranium [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller December 1929

23 · The Companion [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller February 1930, as “The Resurrection of Amy Durrant”

43 · The Four Suspects [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss Pictorial Review January 1930

59 · A Christmas Tragedy [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller January 1930, as “The Hat and the Alibi”

79 · Death by Drowning [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1931

Double Sin and Other Stories by Agatha Christie (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1961, $3.50, 247pp, hc, co)

1 · Double Sin [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 23 1928, as “By Road or Rail”

25 · Wasps’ Nest [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Daily Mail November 20 1928

41 · The Theft of the Royal Ruby [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrees by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, 1960, as “The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding”; slightly revised.
expanded from the story of the same name (The Sketch, December 12, 1923).

107 · The Dressmaker’s Doll · Agatha Christie · ss Woman’s Journal December 1958

137 · Greenshaw’s Folly [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv Star Weekly November 3 1956 (+2)

175 · The Double Clue [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch December 5 1923

193 · The Last Séance · Agatha Christie · ss Ghost Stories November 1926, as “The Woman Who Stole a Ghost”

217 · Sanctuary [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week September 12 1954 (+1), as “Murder at the Vicarage”
not the same as the Jane Marple novel The Murder at the Vicarage.

Hercule Poirot’s Casebook by Agatha Christie (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1984, 978-0-396-08417-4, 883pp, hc, co) [Hercule Poirot]

1 · Poirot Investigates

3 · The Adventure of “The Western Star” [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch April 11 1923

21 · The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch April 18 1923

32 · The Adventure of the Cheap Flat [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch May 9 1923

44 · The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 16 1923

55 · The Million Dollar Bond Robbery [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 2 1923

64 · The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch September 26 1923

77 · The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch March 14 1923, as “The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls”

91 · The Kidnapped Prime Minister [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch April 25 1923

107 · The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 28 1923

119 · The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 24 1923

129 · The Case of the Missing Will [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 31 1923

137 · The Veiled Lady [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 3 1923, as “The Case of the Veiled Lady”

146 · The Lost Mine [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 21 1923

153 · The Chocolate Box [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 23 1923, as “The Clue of the Chocolate Box”

165 · Dead Man’s Mirror

167 · Dead Man’s Mirror [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Murder in the Mews and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, 1937
expanded from “The Second Gong” (Ladies Home Journal, June 1932).

230 · The Incredible Theft [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na The Daily Express April 6 1937 (+5)
expanded from “The Submarine Plans” (The Sketch, November 7, 1923).

272 · Murder in the Mews [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv Redbook Magazine September 1936 (+1)

318 · Triangle at Rhodes [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week February 2 1936

341 · The Regatta Mystery

343 · The Mystery of the Bagdad Chest [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine January 1932

356 · How Does Your Garden Grow? [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Ladies’ Home Journal June 1935

371 · Yellow Iris [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine July 1937

385 · The Dream [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 23 1937

406 · Problem at Sea [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week January 12 1936

419 · The Labors of Hercules

421 · Foreword · Agatha Christie · fw The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie, Dodd, Mead, 1947

427 · The Nemean Lion [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Strand Magazine November 1939

449 · The Lernean Hydra [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week September 3 1939, as “Invisible Enemy”

470 · The Arcadian Deer [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine January 1940

485 · The Erymanthian Boar [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine February 1940

503 · The Augean Stables [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine March 1940

519 · The Stymphalean Birds [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week September 17 1939, as “The Vulture Women”

537 · The Cretan Bull [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week September 24 1939, as “Midnight Madness”

560 · The Horses of Diomedes [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine June 1940

576 · The Girdle of Hippolita [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week September 10 1939, as “The Disappearance of Winnie King”

589 · The Flock of Geryon [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week May 26 1940, as “Weird Monster”

606 · The Apples of the Hesperides [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week May 12 1940, as “The Poison Cup”

620 · The Capture of Cerberus [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week March 16 1947, as “Meet Me in Hell”

643 · Three Blind Mice

645 · The Third Floor Flat [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1929

660 · The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 10 1923, as “The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly”

671 · Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Collier’s November 9 1940

685 · The Under Dog

687 · The Under Dog [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Mystery Magazine April 1 1926

737 · The Plymouth Express [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch April 4 1923, as “The Mystery of the Plymouth Express”

749 · The Affair at the Victory Ball [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 7 1923

762 · The Market Basing Mystery [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 17 1923

770 · The Lemesurier Inheritance [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Magpie Christmas 1923

780 · The Cornish Mystery [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 28 1923

792 · The King of Clubs [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 21 1923, as “The Adventure of the King of Clubs”

805 · The Adventure of the Clapham Cook [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 14 1923

817 · Double Sin

819 · Double Sin [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 23 1928, as “By Road or Rail”

831 · Wasps’ Nest [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Daily Mail November 20 1928

839 · The Theft of the Royal Ruby [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrees by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, 1960, as “The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding”; slightly revised.
expanded from the story of the same name (The Sketch, December 12, 1923).

875 · The Double Clue [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch December 5 1923

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