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Evil Is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists ed. Adrian Collins & Mike Myers (Grimdark Magazine, April 2017, 978-0-648-01052-4, 522pp, tp, oa, cover by Tommy Arnold)     First edition, distributed to Kickstarter backers. Details taken from online listing. · On the Goodness of Evil · R. Scott Bakker · fw · A Lifetime of Inspiration · Adrian Collins · in · The Broken Dead [Manifest Delusions] · Michael R. Fletcher · ss · Every Hair Casts a Shadow [Los Nefilim] · Teresa Frohock · ss · The Divine Death of Jirella Martigore [The Crimson Empire] · Alex Marshall · na · A Royal Gift [Banners of Blood] · Mark Alder · ss · Old Blood [The Apt Universe] · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss · Black Bargain [Wars of Light and Shadow] · Janny Wurts · ss · The Syldoon Sun [Bloodsounder’s Arc] · Jeff Salyards · ss · The Darkness Within the Light [The Annwn Cycle] · Shawn Speakman · ss · The Greater of Two Evils [The Chronicles of Exile] · Marc Turner · ss · Exceeding Bitter [The Grey Ladies] · Kaaron Warren · ss · A Game of Mages [The Shattered Sigil] · Courtney Schafer · nv · The Tattered Prince and the Demon Veiled [The Song of the Shattered Sands] · Bradley P. Beaulieu · na · A Storm Unbound [The Glyph War World] · E. V. Morrigan · ss · Blood Penny [The Dragon’s Legacy] · Deborah A. Wolf · ss · Better Than Breath [Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne] · Brian Staveley · ss · Foundation of Bones [Tower and Knife] · Mazarkis Williams · ss · The Aging of a Kill [The Vault of Heaven] · Peter Orullian · na · The Carathayan [The Second Apocalypse] · R. Scott Bakker · ss

Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories by Barbara & Max Allan Collins (Five Star US, April 2001, 0-7862-3145-9, $24.95, 174pp, hc, co)     Collection of nine stories. 9 · Introduction: His · Max Allan Collins · in 11 · Introduction: Hers · Barbara Collins · in 13 · Eddie Haskell in a Short Skirt · Barbara & Max Allan Collins · ss Lethal Ladies II by Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley, 1998 27 · Dead and Breakfast · Barbara Collins · ss Murder Most Delicious ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1995 46 · Cat’s-Eye Witness · Max Allan Collins · ss Crafty Cat Crimes ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 2000 60 · Reunion Queen · Barbara Collins · ss Vengeance Is Hers ed. Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1997 77 · Inconvenience Store [Ms. Michael Tree] · Max Allan Collins · ss Deadly Allies II ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday, 1994 99 · Seeing Red · Barbara Collins · ss Women on the Edge ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Donald I. Fine, 1992 114 · Catgate · Max Allan Collins · ss Danger in D.C. ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1993 131 · World’s Greatest Mother · Barbara Collins · ss Murder for Mother ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1994 141 · A Cruise to Forget · Barbara & Max Allan Collins · nv Death Cruise ed. Lawrence Block, Cumberland House, 1999

Too Many Tomcats and Other Feline Tales of Suspense by Barbara Collins (Five Star US, November 2000, 0786228997, $20.95, 218pp, hc, co) 7 · An Introduction · Max Allan Collins · in 11 · A Proper Burial · Barbara Collins · ss Cat Crimes ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1991 25 · The Ten Lives of Talbert · Barbara Collins · ss Feline and Famous ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1994 45 · To Kill a Cat · Barbara Collins · ss Cat Crimes II ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1992 65 · That Damn Cat · Barbara Collins · ss Danger in D.C. ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1993 86 · Obeah, My Love · Barbara Collins · ss 1996 104 · The Night It Rained Cats and Dogs · Barbara Collins · ss (r) 117 · Aunt Emma’s Defense · Barbara Collins · ss (r) 132 · Cat Got Your Tongue · Barbara & Max Allan Collins · ss Cat Crimes III ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1992 154 · Carry’s Cat · Barbara Collins · ss Cat Crimes Through Time ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Carroll & Graf, 1999 171 · To Grandmother’s House We Go · Barbara Collins · ss Cat Crimes for the Holidays ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman & Larry Segriff, Fine, 1997 193 · Too Many Tomcats · Barbara Collins · nv (r)

Lethal Ladies ed. Barbara Collins & Robert J. Randisi (Berkley, January 1996, 0-425-15141-7, $5.99, 292pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 16 female PI stories, 10 new, from the Private Eye Writers of America. ix · Introduction · Barbara Collins & Robert J. Randisi · in 1 · Identity Crisis · Margaret Lucke · ss 19 · Mission to St. Bride’s [Quint McCauley] · D. C. Brod · ss 35 · Love Nest · Barbara Collins · ss 49 · Little Red Corvette [Jeri Howard] · Janet Dawson · ss 67 · The Kid and the Man from Pinkertons · Marele Day · ss Crosstown Traffic ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press, 1993 79 · Death and Diamonds · Susan Dunlap · ss A Woman’s Eye ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991 99 · A One-Day Job [Jenny Gordon & C.J. Gunn] · Jan Grape · ss 117 · Last Rites · Linda Grant · nv Sisters in Crime 4 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991 141 · Check Up · Wendi Lee · ss 151 · Promises Made and Broken · Christine Matthews · nv 175 · Somewhere in the City [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss The Armchair Detective Spring 1990 195 · The Bedford Street Legacy · Annette Meyers · ss 213 · Heels · Donna Huston Murray · ss 229 · Once Burned [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith] · S. J. Rozan · nv P.I. Magazine Winter 1991 253 · At the Old Swimming Hole [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · nv Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986 277 · Lynching in Mixville [Lucas Hallam] · L. J. Washburn · ss

The Dark Shadows Book of Vampires and Werewolves ed. Barnabas & Quentin Collins (with Bernhardt J. Hurwood) (Paperback Library, August 1970, 63-419, 60¢, 156pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Barnabas & Quentin Collins · in 13 · The Vampyre · John Polidori · nv The New Monthly Magazine April 1 1819, as by Lord Byron 39 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 59 · Wolves Don’t Cry · Bruce Elliott · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1954 75 · The Vampire of Croglin Grange · Augustus Hare · ss The Story of My Life by Augustus Hare, George Allen, London, 1896 81 · Men-Wolves · [uncredited] · ar (r) 85 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905 105 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 123 · The Vampire Legend: Its Origin and Nature · Lewis Spence · ar Rider Publishing, 1918 137 · The Vampire Nemesis · Dolly · nv The Vampire Nemesis and Other Weird Stories of the China Coast by Dolly, J.W. Arrowsmith & Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Company, 1905

A Feast of Blood ed. Charles M. Collins (Avon, 1967, S277, 60¢, 190pp, pb, an)     Anthology of nine vampire stories. 9 · Images of the Vampire · Charles M. Collins · in 19 · The Mysterious Stranger · [uncredited] · nv Odds and Ends 1860 57 · The Vampyre · John William Polidori, Dr. · nv The New Monthly Magazine April 1 1819, as by Lord Byron 77 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 91 · Wake Not the Dead · Johann Ludwig Tieck (error, actually by Ernst Raupach) · nv Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, Vol. 1, Simpkin, Marshall, 1823, uncredited. translated from the German (“Lasst die Todten Ruhen: Ein Mährchen”, Minerva: Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1823, Leipzig, 1822). 115 · Revelations in Black · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales April 1933 135 · Schloss Wappenberg · D. Scott-Moncrieff · ss Not for the Squeamish by David Scott-Moncrieff, Background Books, 1948 149 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 163 · Blood Son · Richard Matheson · ss Imagination April 1951, as ““Drink My Red Blood…”” 173 · A Rendezvous in Averoigne [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales April/May 1931 189 · A Bibliography of Gothic Items · Charles M. Collins · bi

Fright ed. Charles M. Collins (Avon, August 1963, G-1178, 50¢, 141pp, pb, an)     Also as Harvest of Fear (Avon, 1975). 7 · Introduction · Charles M. Collins · in 9 · A Foreword to “The Forest Warden” · Charles M. Collins · is 11 · The Forest Warden · E. T. A. Hoffmann; translated by Haywood P. Norton · nv 1814 41 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851 revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839). 61 · Podolo · L. P. Hartley · ss The Travelling Grave and Other Stories by L. P. Hartley, Arkham House, 1948 71 · Glamour · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales December 1939 97 · Clay · C. Hall Thompson · nv Weird Tales May 1948 120 · The Horror at Red Hook · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales January 1927

Harvest of Fear ed. Charles M. Collins (Avon, 1975, 0-380-00412-7, $1.25, 172pp, pb, an, cover by H. Wenske)     Reprint (Avon 1963 as Fright) ghost/horror anthology.

A Walk with the Beast ed. Charles M. Collins (Avon, June 1969, 26476, $1.25, 192pp, pb, an)     Anthology of nine bestial stories, sub-divided between the supernatural and the human. 11 · The Nature of the Beast · Charles M. Collins · in 21 · Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady · Vernon Lee · nv The Yellow Book July 1896 60 · The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839 78 · One of the Dead · William Wood · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 31 1964 102 · Count Szolnok’s Robots · D. Scott-Moncrieff · ss Not for the Squeamish by David Scott-Moncrieff, Background Books, 1948 117 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890 123 · The Headless Miller of Kobold’s Keep · Irvin Ashkenazy · ss Weird Tales January 1937, as by G. Garnet 141 · Tiger Cat · David H. Keller, M.D. · ss Weird Tales October 1937 155 · Curious Adventure of Mr. Bond · Nugent Barker · nv The Cornhill Magazine July 1939 175 · The Elephant Man · Sir Frederick Treves · ar The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences by Sir Frederick Treves, Cassell, 1923

The Ghosts in the Glass & Other Stories ed. Lynda Collins (The ORB, 2012, 978-1-907572-02-9, 142pp, tp, oa, cover by M. Rush)     Stories from The Belfast Writers Group; all proceeds donated to charity (Action Cancer in this case). Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Introduction · Lynda Collins · in 5 · Harlan & Wolf · Philip Henry · ss 17 · Care for a Peek? · M. Rush · ss 23 · The Old Red Doors · Holly Ferres · ss 29 · The Ghosts in the Glass · Lynda Collins · ss 45 · Any Given Friday · Logan Bruce · ss 51 · Our Silent Guest · Sarah McNeill · ss 58 · Dancing in the Dark · John-Henry Parker · vi 61 · Peace of Mind · Phil Deane · ss 72 · Arthur Grey: Lucifer’s Factory · M. Rush · ss 81 · The Shifter · Neill W. G. Stringer · ss 99 · Two’s a Crowd · Sarah McNeill · ss 104 · Thin Air · Holly Ferres · ss 112 · Sleeping in the Light · James Donnelly · ss 118 · Strangers on a Strange Train · Logan Bruce · ss 125 · Pictures of Lilly · Lynda Collins · ss 137 · Biographies of Contributing Authors · Various · bg

Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides by Max Allan Collins (Five Star US, October 2001, 0-7862-3551-9, $24.95, 203pp, hc, co)     Collection of six stories. 7 · Blue Christmas—An Introduction · Max Allan Collins · in · Christmas 11 · A Wreath for Marley [Richard Stone] · Max Allan Collins · nv Dante’s Disciples ed. Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996 · Mother’s Day 51 · Mommy · Max Allan Collins · nv Fear Itself ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner, 1995 · Memorial Day 78 · Flowers for Bill O’Reilly · Max Allan Collins · nv Flesh & Blood ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press, 2001 · Father’s Day 105 · His Father’s Ghost · Max Allan Collins · nv Murder for Father ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1994 · Fourth of July 129 · Firecracker Kill · Max Allan Collins · nv Shades of Noir ed. Lisa Manns, Archon Gaming Inc., 1996 · Thanksgiving 164 · A Bird for Becky [Richard Stone] · Max Allan Collins · nv Mob Magic ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1998

Caribbean Blues by Max Allan Collins, Mary Higgins Clark, Molly Cochran, Gregory Mcdonald, Richard Meyers, Warren Murphy & Robert J. Randisi--- see under Mary Higgins Clark.

Kisses of Death by Max Allan Collins (Crippen & Landru, June 2001, 1-885941-56-0, $17.00, 206pp, tp, co, cover by Gail Cross) [Nate Heller]     Collection of seven Nathan Heller stories. Also available in a limited hardcover edition (1-885941-55-2). 9 · Introduction · Max Allan Collins · in 13 · Kisses of Death [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · na originally as a 90 minute promotional tape from B & B, given away at the 1996 ABA. 57 · Kaddish for the Kid [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv Private Eyes ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet, 1998 80 · The Perfect Crime [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv revised from Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf 1988. 102 · Natural Death, Inc. [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv Diagnosis Dead ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket, 1999 124 · Screwball [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv Shamus Game ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2000 145 · Shoot-Out on Sunset [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv Mystery Street ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2001 171 · Strike Zone [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv Murderers’ Row ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press, 2001, as “Pinch-Hitter” 197 · Afterword · Max Allan Collins · aw 199 · A Max Allan Collins Checklist · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Max Allan Collins]

Murder—His and Hers: Short Stories by Max Allan & Barbara Collins--- see under Barbara Collins.

My Lolita Complex and Other Tales of Sex and Violence by Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens (Twilight Tales, Inc., November 2006, 097798561X, $12.95, 211pp, tp, co) [edited by Tina Jens]     Collection of nine stories. · A Woman’s Touch · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · ss Murder Most Confederate ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Cumberland House, 2000 · A Pebble for Papa · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · nv The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2004 · “Stakeout on Rush Street,” Chicago, Illinois, 1943 [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · nv Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2, Simon Pulse, 2003 · “I Had Bigfoot’s Baby!” [Hellboy] · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · ss (r) · Sand on the Beach [John Sand] · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · ss (r) · Lie Beside Me [John Sand] · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · ss Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press, 2003 · East Side, West Side · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · nv Murder… and All That Jazz ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2004 · Graveyard Shift · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · ss Hot Blood XI ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Kensington, 2003 · My Lolita Complex · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · nv Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press, 2002

Quarry’s Greatest Hits by Max Allan Collins (Five Star US, September 2003, 1-59414-061-8, $25.95, 263pp, hc, co) [Quarry]     Collection of three stories and a novel. 9 · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in 11 · Author’s Note · Max Allan Collins · pr 13 · A Matter of Principal [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 28 · Primary Target [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · n. Foul Play, 1987 213 · Quarry’s Luck [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · nv Blue Motel ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1994 241 · Guest Services [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss Murder Is My Business ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Dutton, 1994

Dick Tracy: The Secret Files ed. Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg (Tor, June 1990, 0-812-51010-0, $4.95, 310pp, pb, oa) [Dick Tracy]     Original mystery anthology of 16 Dick Tracy stories. 1 · Introduction · Max Allan Collins · in 7 · Origins [Dick Tracy] · Mike Resnick · ss 20 · Dick Tracy and the Syndicate of Death [Dick Tracy] · Henry Slesar · nv 50 · Dick Tracy Goes Hollywood [Dick Tracy] · Ron Goulart · ss 67 · The Cereal Killer [Dick Tracy] · Rex Miller · nv 93 · Auld Acquaintance [Dick Tracy] · Terry Beatty & Wendi Lee · ss 108 · Rockabilly [Dick Tracy] · F. Paul Wilson · ss 126 · The Curse [Dick Tracy] · Ed Gorman · ss 133 · The Leo’s Den Affair [Dick Tracy] · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. & Josh Pachter · ss 150 · Homefront [Dick Tracy] · Barbara Collins · ss 163 · The Paradise Lake Monster [Dick Tracy] · Wayne D. Dundee · nv 185 · Nordic Blue [Dick Tracy] · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 204 · Old Saying [Dick Tracy] · John Lutz · ss 223 · Whirlpool, Sizzle, and the Juice [Dick Tracy] · Ric Meyers · nv 252 · Chessboard’s Last Gambit [Dick Tracy] · Edward D. Hoch · ss 266 · Living Legend [Dick Tracy] · Stephen Mertz · nv 294 · Not a Creature Was Stirring [Dick Tracy] · Max Allan Collins · ss