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20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday (Random House, 1951, LC:51-12105, hc, an)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Derivative anthologies: Murder, Murder, Murder and You Killed Elizabeth.

ix · Preface: Department of Nostalgia · Baynard Kendrick · pr

xiii · Introduction · Brett Halliday · in

3 · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss

25 · The Adventure of the Dead Cat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946

45 · Nine-Finger Jack · Anthony Boucher · ss Esquire May 1951

53 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947

69 · The Last Day of All · Fay Grissom Stanley · ss

79 · You Killed Elizabeth · Brett Halliday · nv The London Mystery Magazine #8, February/March 1951

100 · Chinoiserie · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946

127 · Thread of Life · Will Oursler · ss Mystery Book Magazine Spring 1949

133 · Good-Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden · Lillian de la Torre · pl W.H. Baker Co., 1948

159 · Uncle Charlie · Philip Ketchum · ss (r)

179 · The Absent Hat Pin · D. B. Olsen · ss 1947

197 · Riviera Renegade · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s November 20 1948

205 · The Riddle of the Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945, as “Snafu Murder”

225 · My Last Book · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss

233 · The Doctor Takes a Case [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Liberty November 16 1946, as “Post Mortem”

253 · Live Bait · Morris Hershman · ss Popular Detective March 1950

268 · The Man in the Morgue · Robert Arthur · ss (r)

281 · The Man Who Had No Friends · Hugh Pentecost · nv
originally a teleplay on CBS’ The Web, January 10, 1951.

307 · The Nightmare Face · Walter Snow · ss Suspense Magazine Summer 1951

321 · The Hand of God · Harry Stephen Keeler · ss (r)

333 · Postscript · Helen McCloy · aw

Loot of the Vampire by Thorp McClusky (Robert Weinberg, 1975, $5.00, 92pp, tp, co, cover by Herb Arnold)
Details supplied by Bill Thom.

4 · [illustrations] · Herb Arnold · il

5 · Introduction · Robert Weinberg · in

6 · Loot of the Vampire [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · na Weird Tales June 1936 (+1)

36 · The Woman in Room 607 [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales January 1937

52 · The Thing on the Floor [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1938

69 · Slaves of the Gray Mold [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1940

Masters of Horror, Vol. Five: Thorp McClusky: Weird Tales Nobility by Thorp McClusky (Armchair Fiction, January 23, 2023, 979-8374765793, $16.95, 312pp, tp, co)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

5 · The Crawling Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales November 1936

34 · The Lamia in the Penthouse · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales May 1952

65 · The Music from Infinity · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales September 1941

90 · Fothergill’s Jug · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales November 1938

115 · The Ultimate Paradox · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales May 1945

138 · The Red God Laughed · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales April 1939

149 · The Thing on the Floor [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1938

194 · Monstrosity of Evolution [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Amazing Stories November 1938

247 · Little Planet · Thorp McClusky · ss Science Fiction October 1939

267 · The Graveyard Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1941

Adventures in Time and Space ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Adventures in Time and Space (var. 1) ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Adventures in Time and Space (var. 2) ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Adventures in Time and Space (var. 3) ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction ed. J. Francis McComas & Anthony Boucher--- see under Anthony Boucher.

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Second Series ed. J. Francis McComas & Anthony Boucher--- see under Anthony Boucher.

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Third Series ed. J. Francis McComas & Anthony Boucher--- see under Anthony Boucher.

Crimes and Misfortunes Volume 1 ed. J. Francis McComas (Beagle, April 1971, 95083, 95¢, 235pp, pb, an)
Fifteen Stories from The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries.

xiii · Introduction · J. Francis McComas · in Crimes and Misfortunes ed. J. Francis McComas, Random House, 1970

1 · Come Into My Parlor · Gloria Amoury · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1967

11 · Dead Phone [Trygve Yamamura] · Poul & Karen Anderson · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine December 1964

30 · A Good Imagination · Robert Bloch · ss Suspect Detective Stories February 1956

45 · Donoghan’s Wife · Reginald Bretnor · nv Crimes and Misfortunes ed. J. Francis McComas, Random House, 1970

73 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 7 1940

77 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950

103 · The Moors Murder · Miriam Allen deFord · ar The Saint Magazine August 1967

111 · The Competitors · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt February 1955

123 · The Question · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1962, as “The Question My Son Asked”

133 · The Adventure of the Adam Bomb [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1960

144 · In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree · Fletcher Flora · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1966, as “The Seasons Come, the Seasons Go”

164 · File # 4: Lincoln Sedan Deadline [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1968

179 · Reunion [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) February 1964, as by Stephen Dentinger

202 · Hangover · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan July 1956

213 · Find the Woman [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv The Name Is Archer by John Ross Macdonald, Bantam, 1955, as by Kenneth Millar

Crimes and Misfortunes Volume 2 ed. J. Francis McComas (Beagle, May 1971, 95083, 95¢, 241pp, pb, an)
Twelve Stories from The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries.

1 · The Iranian Farmer Commission [Augustus Mandrell] · Frank McAuliffe · nv Of All the Bloody Cheek by Frank McAuliffe, Ballantine, 1965

44 · The Man Who Danced · James McKimmey, Jr. · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1968

64 · The Couple Next Door [Inspector Sands] · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954

80 · Memoirs of a Mystery Critic · Lenore Glen Offord · pm Mystery Writers’ Annual #20, 1966

82 · The Old Lady Shows Her Prejudices · Lenore Glen Offord · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1968

83 · The Reason · Arthur Porges · ss Cavalier 1967

97 · A Lot on His Mind · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1968

104 · No Parking [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 18 1956, as “Terror in a Penthouse”

114 · Plan Nineteen · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1966

127 · All of God’s Children Got Shoes · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #117, August 1953

135 · Stan the Killer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949
translated from the French (“Stan Le Tueur”, Police-Roman, December 23, 1938).

162 · Bullet for One [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine July 1948

214 · L as in Loot [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1964

229 · Never Shake a Family Tree · Donald E. Westlake · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1961

Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

More Adventures in Time and Space ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Best Underworld Stories ed. James Douglas Rutherford McConnell--- see under Douglas Rutherford.

The Greatest Story Ever Told by Una McCormack (NewCon Press, March 20, 2018, 978-1-910935-68-2, £6.99, 111pp, tp, na, cover by Jim Burns)
Also available in a hardback edition (-67-5, £14.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies.
Details taken from online listing. Part of the “NewCon Press Novellas Set 3: The Martian Quartet”.

The Hell-Fire Club by Donald McCormick (Sphere, February 1975, 0-7221-5909-9, 50p, 206pp, pb, nf) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]
Reprint (Jarrolds 1958) non-fiction book about the eponymous Hell-Fire Club. Volume 26 in the series.

7 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in

Fell Beasts and Fair ed. Robert McCowen & C. J. Brightley--- see under C. J. Brightley.

Headfirst Into Hell by Horace McCoy (Black Mask, August 7, 2025, 978-1-61827-853-1, $29.95, 174pp, tp, co, cover by Jes Schlaikjer from Black Mask August 1930) [Jerry Frost]
Volume two in “The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Frost”. A hardcover edition ($44.95) was announced but not seen.
Details taken from publisher website.

· The Mailed Fist [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask December 1930

· Headfirst Into Hell [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask May 1931

· The Trail to the Tropics [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask March 1932

· The Golden Rule [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask June 1932

· Wings Over Texas [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask October 1932

· Flight at Sunrise [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask May 1934

· Somebody Must Die [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask October 1934

Somewhere in Mexico by Horace McCoy (Black Mask, August 4, 2022, 978-1-61827-662-9, $29.95, 338pp, tp, co, cover by Jes Schlaikjer) [Jerry Frost]
Volume one in “The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Frost”.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Introduction · John Wooley · in

· Dirty Work [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask September 1929

· Hell’s Stepsons [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask October 1929

· Renegades of the Rio [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask December 1929

· The Little Black Book [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask January 1930

· Frost Rides Alone [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask March 1930

· Somewhere in Mexico [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask July 1930

· The Gun-Runners [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask August 1930

Classic Cowboy Stories: Eighteen Extraordinary Tales of the Old West ed. Michael McCoy (Lyons Press, 2004, 352pp, hc, an)
Primarily excerpts from literary novels, presented as short stories or character sketches, with some short fiction by writers in the pulp field.

· Introduction · Michael McCoy · in

· Emily · Owen Wister · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1893

· Winter Weather · Theodore Roosevelt · ar (r)
from Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail, 1888.

· A Rescue · William MacLeod Raine · ss (r)
from Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West, 1908.

· A Rodeo at Los Ojos · Frederic Remington · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1894

· Buckskin [Hopalong Cassidy] · Clarence E. Mulford · ss The Outing Magazine December 1905, as “The Fight at Buckskin”

· Estes Park, Colorado · Isabella L. Bird · ar (r)
from A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 1879.

· Gold-Mounted Guns · F. R. Buckley · ss The Red Book Magazine March 1922

· Cowboy Golf · Zane Grey · ss (r)
from Light of the Western Stars, 1914.

· Love Finds Its Hour [Flying U Ranch] · B. M. Bower · ss (r)
from Chip of the Flying U, 1906.

· Catching a Maverick · Frank Benton · ar (r)
from Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack, 1903.

· Hearts and Crosses · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1904

· The Cow-Boy · Bill Nye · ss (r)
from Remarks by Bill Nye, 1886.

· On Cowboys · Stewart Edward White · ss (r)
from The Mountains, 1904.

· Bransford Meets Auginbaugh · Eugene Manlove Rhodes · ss (r)
from Good Men and True, 1910.

· Wild Bill Hickok · Emerson Hough · ss (r)
from The Story of the Outlaw, 1906.

· Lassiter · Zane Grey · ss (r)
from Riders of the Purple Sage, 1912.

· The Caballero’s Way [The Cisco Kid] · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1907

· In Search of Christmas · Owen Wister · ss (r)
from Lin McClean, 1897.

Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology ed. Michelle McCrary & Joe McKinney (23 House Pub., 2010, 0980185092, $17.95, 298pp, tp, oa)

· Resurgam · Lisa Mannetti · ss

· The Plague Begins

· Jailbreak · Steven W. Booth & Harry Shannon · ss

· Recess · Rob Fox · ss

· Biting the Hand That Feeds You · Calie Voorhis · ss

· Judgment · Stephanie Kincaid · ss

· Hatfield the Usurper · Matthew Louis · ss

· Ruminations from Tri-Omega House · David Dunwoody · ss

· Zombies on a Plane · Bev Vincent · ss

· In Dubious Battle

· Category Five · Richard Jeter · ss

· Survivors · Joe McKinney · ss

· Pierre & Remy Hatch a Plan · Michelle McCrary · ss

· Losing Ground

· Recovery · Boyd E. Harris · ss

· In the Middle of Poplar Street · Nate Southard · ss

· Seminar Z · J. L. Comeau · ss

· Only Nibble · Bob Nailor · ss

· Inside Where It’s Warm · Lee Thomas · ss

· Survivor Talk · Mitchel Whitington · ss

· The Zombie Whisperer · Steven E. Wedel · ss

· Good Neighbor Sam · Mark Onspaugh · ss

· And to the Dust Returneth

· That Which Survives · Morgan Ashe · ss

The Adventures of Jehannum Smith by Gordon MacCreagh (Black Dog Books, April 5, 2015, 978-1-884449-30-7, $19.95, 191pp, tp, co, cover by Laurence Herndon) [“Jehannum” Smith]
Details taken from publisher’s website.

· Introduction · Tom Roberts · in

· “Jehannum” Smith [“Jehannum” Smith] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Argosy and Railroad Man’s Magazine April 5 1919

· Durga the Unapproachable [“Jehannum” Smith] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Argosy and Railroad Man’s Magazine May 17 1919

· Worshipers of Boondi [“Jehannum” Smith] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Argosy November 8 1919

· Tact and Some Diplomacy [“Jehannum” Smith] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Argosy December 13 1919

· Naked Men of Naga [“Jehannum” Smith] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Argosy April 17 1920 (+2)

Black Drums Talking by Gordon MacCreagh (Altus Press, November 30, 2014, 978-1-61827-162-4, $19.95, 220pp, tp, co) [Kingi Bwana]
Volume three in “The Complete Tales of Kingi Bwana”.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Black Drums Talking [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · na Adventure May 1934

· Wardens of the Big Game [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure April 15 1935

· Raiders of Abyssinia [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss All Aces Magazine April 1936

Blood and Steel by Gordon MacCreagh (Altus Press, March 4, 2015, 978-1-61827-171-6, $19.95, 205pp, tp, co) [Kingi Bwana]
Volume four in “The Complete Tales of Kingi Bwana”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · A Man to Kill [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure November 1938

36 · Slaves for Ethiopia [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure July 1939

84 · Strong as Gorillas [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure April 1940

147 · Blood and Steel [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure June 1940

The Lost End of Nowhere by Gordon MacCreagh (Altus Press, September 9, 2014, 978-1-61827-160-0, $24.95, 294pp, tp, co) [Kingi Bwana]
Volume one in “The Complete Tales of Kingi Bwana”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

xi · Introduction · Sai Shankar · in

1 · The Slave Runner [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · na Adventure April 1 1930

74 · The Ebony Juju [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Adventure July 15 1930

155 · The Lost End of Nowhere [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · na Adventure January 15 1931

264 · [letter] · Gordon MacCreagh · lt (r)

276 · The Men Who Make the Argosy · [uncredited] · cl Argosy February 18 1933 [Ref. Gordon MacCreagh]

Unprofitable Ivory by Gordon MacCreagh (Altus Press, October 14, 2014, 978-1-61827-161-7, $24.95, 290pp, tp, co) [Kingi Bwana]
Volume two in “The Complete Tales of Kingi Bwana”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Quill Gold [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Adventure February 1 1931

38 · Unprofitable Ivory [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure June 15 1931

95 · The Witch Casting [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Adventure November 1 1931

163 · Strangers of the Amulet [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · nv Adventure April 15 1933 (+1)

255 · The Ivory Killers [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Adventure June 1933

The Henfield Prize Stories ed. Joseph F. McCrindle, John Birmingham & Laura Gilpin--- see under John Birmingham.

Land/Space: An Anthology of Prairie Speculative Fiction ed. Judy McCrosky & Candas Jane Dorsey--- see under Candas Jane Dorsey.

Bimbos & Zombies by Sharyn McCrumb (SFBC, May 1998, #01176, $10.98, 310pp, hc, om, cover by Jeff Walker) [Jay Omega]
Omnibus of two mysteries about SF fandom: Bimbos of the Death Sun (TSR 1988) and Zombies of the Gene Pool (Simon & Schuster 1992). This special Mystery Guild edition has ISBN 1-56865-580-0; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back jacket.

vii · Author’s Note · Sharyn McCrumb · pr

1 · Bimbos of the Death Sun [Jay Omega] · Sharyn McCrumb · n. TSR, 1988

137 · Zombies of the Gene Pool [Jay Omega] · Sharyn McCrumb · n. Simon & Schuster, 1992

Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballantine, September 1997, 0-345-41493-4, $22.50, 326pp, hc, co, cover by Larry Schwinger)
Collection of 24 stories, two original, most with the Southern Appalachian locales and themes of McCrumb’s “Ballad” mysteries.

3 · Introduction · Sharyn McCrumb · in

7 · Precious Jewel · Sharyn McCrumb · ss

16 · Telling the Bees · Sharyn McCrumb · ss

27 · Love on First Bounce [Elizabeth MacPherson] · Sharyn McCrumb · ss

38 · John Knox in Paradise · Sharyn McCrumb · ss

48 · Southern Comfort · Sharyn McCrumb · ss

60 · A Snare as Old as Solomon · Sharyn McCrumb · ss

67 · The Witness · Sharyn McCrumb · ss

77 · Not All Brides Are Beautiful · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1986

85 · A Shade of Difference · Sharyn McCrumb · ss

94 · A Wee Doch and Doris · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Mistletoe Mysteries ed. Charlotte MacLeod, The Mysterious Press, 1989

108 · Remains to Be Seen · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Mummy Stories ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ballantine, 1990

116 · The Luncheon · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Sisters in Crime 2 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990

125 · A Predatory Woman · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Sisters in Crime 4 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991

138 · Happiness Is a Dead Poet · Sharyn McCrumb · nv Malice Domestic 1 ed. Elizabeth Peters, Pocket, 1992

165 · Nine Lives to Live · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Cat Crimes II ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1992

184 · Gentle Reader · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Malice Domestic 3 ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket, 1994

204 · The Monster of Glamis · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Royal Crimes ed. Maxim Jakubowski & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1994

223 · The Matchmaker · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Crimes of the Heart ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley, 1995

237 · Old Rattler [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Partners in Crime ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet, 1994

254 · Among My Souvenirs · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Vengeance Is Hers ed. Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1997

267 · Typewriter Man with Spencer and Laura Sharyn McCrumb · Sharyn McCrumb · ss

279 · Gerda’s Sense of Snow · Sharyn McCrumb · ss

299 · An Autumn Migration · Sharyn McCrumb · ss

314 · Foggy Mountain Breakdown · Sharyn McCrumb · ss

Alias the Whirlwind by Johnston McCulley & Tom Johnson (Altus Press, July 17, 2011, 978-1-4610-3887-0, $19.95, 224pp, tp, co) [El Torbellino (The Whirlwind)]
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Alias the Whirlwind [El Torbellino (The Whirlwind)] · Johnston McCulley · nv Thrilling Adventures December 1933

29 · The Whirlwind’s Revenge [El Torbellino (The Whirlwind)] · Johnston McCulley · nv Thrilling Adventures February 1934

57 · The Whirlwind’s Red Trail [El Torbellino (The Whirlwind)] · Johnston McCulley · ss Thrilling Adventures April 1934

79 · The Whirlwind’s Rage [El Torbellino (The Whirlwind)] · Johnston McCulley · nv Thrilling Adventures July 1934

103 · The Whirlwind’s Ready Blade [El Torbellino (The Whirlwind)] · Johnston McCulley · nv Thrilling Adventures September 1934

131 · The Whirlwind’s Frenzy [El Torbellino (The Whirlwind)] · Johnston McCulley · ss Thrilling Adventures November 1934

153 · The Whirlwind’s Private War [El Torbellino (The Whirlwind)] · Johnston McCulley · ss Thrilling Adventures January 1935

173 · Señor El Torbellino [El Torbellino (The Whirlwind)] · Tom Johnson · ss

The Curse of Capistrano and Other Adventures by Johnston McCulley (Steeger Books, November 27, 2020, 978-1-61827-550-9, $29.95, 421pp, tp, co, cover by P. J. Monahan) [Zorro]
Volume 74 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume two in “The Johnston McCulley Omnibus”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Curse of Capistrano [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · n. All-Story Weekly August 9 1919 (+4)

221 · The Further Adventures of Zorro [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · n. Argosy Allstory Weekly May 6 1922 (+5)

416 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg Detective Fiction Weekly January 23 1932, as “[biographical sketch]” [Ref. Johnston McCulley]

The King of Chaos and Other Adventures by Johnston McCulley (Steeger Books, December 2, 2019, 978-1-61827-453-3, $29.95, 680pp, tp, co)
Volume 69 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · King of Chaos · Johnston McCulley · na The Argosy June 1912

147 · Shipmates with Horror · Johnston McCulley · na The Argosy December 1908 (+3)

297 · At His Mercy · Johnston McCulley · na The Argosy May 1909 (+4)

439 · The Daughter of the Idol · Johnston McCulley · n. The Railroad Man’s Magazine November 1909 (+5), as by John Mack Stone

577 · Wild Norene · Johnston McCulley · na All-Story Cavalier Weekly July 11 1914

665 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg Detective Fiction Weekly January 23 1932, as “[biographical sketch]” [Ref. Johnston McCulley]

The Man in Purple by Johnston McCulley & Tom Johnson (Altus Press, November 11, 2011, 978-1-4537-0199-7, $24.95, 274pp, tp, co) [Richard Staegel]
Details taken from Table of Contents.

i · Introduction · Phil Latter · in

1 · The Man in Purple [Richard Staegel] · Johnston McCulley · nv Detective Story Magazine October 1 1921

71 · The Man in Purple Meets a Man in Blue [Richard Staegel] · Johnston McCulley · nv Detective Story Magazine November 5 1921

139 · Breath of Disaster [Richard Staegel] · Johnston McCulley · na Detective Story Magazine December 10 1921

199 · Seven Men of Greed [Richard Staegel] · Tom Johnson · na

Slave of Mystery and Other Tales of Suspense from the Pulps by Johnston McCulley (Wildside Press, July 2006, 1557425639, 216pp, tp, co)

· The Great Green Ring · Johnston McCulley · na Detective Story Magazine January 14 1919, as by Harrington Strong

· The Only Way · Johnston McCulley · nv Detective Story Magazine April 1 1919, as by Harrington Strong

· Run to Ground · Johnston McCulley · nv Detective Story Magazine September 3 1921

· The Obvious Clew · Johnston McCulley · nv Detective Story Magazine May 28 1921, as by Harrington Strong

· Slave of Mystery · Johnston McCulley · na Detective Story Magazine March 25 1919, as by Harrington Strong

Zorro: The Complete Pulp Adventures Vol. 1 by Johnston McCulley (Bold Venture Press, 2016, $19.95, 348pp, tp, co)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· [interior illustrations] · Ed Coutts · il (r)

7 · Zorro’s California · Sandra R. Curtis · ar 1997

21 · The Mark of Zorro [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · n. All-Story Weekly August 9 1919 (+4), as “The Curse of Capistrano”

263 · Zorro Saves a Friend [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · nv Argosy November 12 1932

301 · Zorro Hunts a Jackal [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · nv Argosy April 22 1933

333 · Pulp Page to Silver Screen: The Mark of Zorro · Ed Hulse · cl Blood ’n’ Thunder #25, Winter 2010

344 · About the Author Johnston McCulley · [uncredited] · bg

Zorro: The Complete Pulp Adventures Vol. 2 by Johnston McCulley (Bold Venture Press, 2016, $19.95, 302pp, tp, co)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· [interior illustrations] · Ed Coutts · il (r)

9 · Alias, Johnston McCulley · Seth Baily · ar Oakland Tribune May 20 1923 [Ref. Johnston McCulley]

17 · The Further Adventures of Zorro [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · n. Argosy Allstory Weekly May 6 1922 (+5)

197 · Zorro Deals with Treason [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · nv Argosy August 18 1934

227 · Mysterious Don Miguel [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · na Argosy September 21 1935 (+1)

298 · About the Author Johnston McCulley · [uncredited] · bg

Zorro: The Complete Pulp Adventures Vol. 3 by Johnston McCulley (Bold Venture Press, 2016, $19.95, 324pp, tp, co)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· [interior illustrations] · Joseph A. Farren, V. E. Pyles & Perego · il (r)

9 · Zorro in the Serials · John E. Petty · ar (r)

17 · Zorro Rides Again [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · na Argosy October 3 1931 (+3)

135 · Zorro Draws His Blade [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West July 1944

153 · Zorro Upsets a Plot [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West September 1944

168 · Zorro Strikes Again [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West November 1944

185 · Zorro Saves a Herd [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West January 1945

199 · Zorro Runs the Gauntlet [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West March 1945

216 · Zorro Fights a Duel [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West May 1945

234 · Zorro Opens a Cage [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West July 1945

251 · Zorro Prevents a War [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West September 1945

269 · Zorro Fights a Friend [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West October 1945

286 · Zorro’s Hour of Peril [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West November 1945

301 · Zorro Lays a Ghost [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West December 1945

318 · About the Author Johnston McCulley · [uncredited] · bg

319 · About the Illustrators · [uncredited] · bg

Zorro: The Complete Pulp Adventures Vol. 4 by Johnston McCulley (Bold Venture Press, 2016, $19.95, 3338pp, tp, co)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· [interior illustrations] · Joseph A. Farren, V. E. Pyles & Katherine Rasmussen · il (r)

7 · Zorro Collectibles Through the Years · John E. Petty · ar (r); given as “Zorro in the Serials” in the Table of Contents.

15 · The Sign of Zorro [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · nv Argosy January 25 1941 (+4)

177 · Zorro Frees Some Slaves [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West January 1946

192 · Zorro’s Double Danger [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · nv West February 1946

219 · Zorro’s Masquerade [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · nv West March 1946

233 · Zorro Stops a Panic [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West April 1946

249 · Zorro’s Twin Perils [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West May 1946

264 · Zorro Plucks a Pigeon [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West June 1946

277 · Zorro Rides at Dawn [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West July 1946

290 · Zorro Takes the Bait [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West August 1946

306 · Zorro Raids a Caravan [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West October 1946

320 · Zorro’s Moment of Fear [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West January 1947

333 · About the Author Johnston McCulley · [uncredited] · bg

334 · About the Illustrators · [uncredited] · bg

Zorro: The Complete Pulp Adventures Vol. 5 by Johnston McCulley (Bold Venture Press, 2016, $19.95, 364pp, tp, co, cover by Peter Poplaski)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· [interior illustrations] · Joseph Farren & V. E. Pyles · il (r)

7 · Zorro: The Unknown, the Unique, and the Bizarre · John E. Petty · in

16 · A Task for Zorro [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · na West June 1947

137 · Zorro Saves His Honor [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West February 1947

150 · Zorro and the Pirate [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West March 1947

166 · Zorro Beats a Drum [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West April 1947

181 · Zorro’s Strange Duel [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West May 1947

195 · Zorro’s Masked Menace [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West July 1947

211 · Zorro Aids an Invalid [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West August 1947

227 · Zorro Saves an American [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West September 1947

243 · Zorro Meets a Rogue [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West October 1947

257 · Zorro Races with Death [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West November 1947

274 · Zorro Fights for Peace [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West December 1947

288 · Zorro Serenades a Siren [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West February 1948

303 · Zorro Meets a Wizard [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West March 1948

318 · Zorro Fights with Fire [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West April 1948

334 · Gold for a Tyrant [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West May 1948

347 · The Hide Hunter [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West July 1948

360 · About the Author Johnston McCulley · [uncredited] · bg

361 · About the Illustrator Joseph Farren · [uncredited] · bg

Zorro: The Complete Pulp Adventures Vol. 6 by Johnston McCulley (Bold Venture Press, 2016, 978-1-975633-18-9, $19.95, 356pp, tp, co)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

6 · The Mystery of McCulley’s Zorro · Max Collins · in

15 · Zorro’s Fight for Life [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · na West July 1951

123 · Zorro Shears Some Wolves [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West September 1948

137 · The Face Behind the Mask [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West November 1948

153 · Zorro Starts the New Year [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West January 1949

168 · Hangnoose Reward [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West March 1949

183 · Zorro’s Hostile Friends [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West May 1949

199 · Zorro’s Hot Tortillas [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West July 1949

215 · An Ambush for Zorro [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West September 1949

227 · Zorro Gives Evidence [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West November 1949

241 · Rancho Marauders [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West January 1950

253 · Zorro’s Stolen Steed [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West March 1950

266 · Zorro Curbs a Riot [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West September 1950

279 · Three Strange Peons [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West November 1950

290 · Zorro Nabs a Cutthroat [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West January 1951

303 · Zorro Gathers Taxes [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West March 1951

317 · Zorro Rides the Trail! [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss Max Brand’s Western Magazine May 1954

330 · The Mask of Zorro [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss Short Stories for Men April 1959

347 · Johnston McCulley’s Authorial Amnesia · Rich Harvey · aw [Ref. Johnston McCulley]

350 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Johnston McCulley]

351 · About the Illustrators · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Joseph A. Farren]

352 · Publication History of Zorro by Johnston McCulley · [uncredited] · bi

The Bat Strikes Again and Again! by Johnston McCulley ,[?] (Altus Press, April 12, 2009, 978-1-4421-0548-5, $19.95, 220pp, tp, co)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

i · Introduction · Will Murray · in

1 · The Bat Strikes [Dawson Clade (The Bat)] · Johnston McCulley ,[?] · nv Popular Detective November 1934, as by C. K. M. Scanlon

51 · Bite of the Bat [Dawson Clade (The Bat)] · Johnston McCulley ,[?] · nv Popular Detective December 1934, as by C. K. M. Scanlon

101 · Shadow of the Bat [Dawson Clade (The Bat)] · Johnston McCulley ,[?] · nv Popular Detective January 1935, as by C. K. M. Scanlon

151 · Code of the Bat [Dawson Clade (The Bat)] · Johnston McCulley ,[?] · nv Popular Detective February 1935, as by C. K. M. Scanlon

City Sleuths and Tough Guys ed. David Willis McCullough (Houghton Mifflin, December 1989, 0-395-51318-9, $19.95, 583pp, hc, an)

ix · Introduction · David Willis McCullough · in

1 · The Simple Art of Murder · Raymond Chandler · ar The Atlantic Monthly December 1944

16 · The Clue of the Yellow Curtains · François Eugène Vidocq; translated by Edwin Gile Rich · ar (r)

27 · The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Snowden’s Lady’s Companion November 1842 (+2)

70 · The Lodger · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv Nash’s Magazine January 1911

97 · Princess Sonia’s Bath · Marcel Allain & Pierre Souvestre · ex 1911

108 · The Investors [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Grand Magazine June 1925

125 · The Tenth Clew [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask January 1 1924

152 · The Rubber Trumpet [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1934

169 · No Proof · Yoh Sano · nv (r)

188 · Dead-End for Delia [Dick Callender] · William Campbell Gault · nv Black Mask Detective November 1950

202 · At the Étoile du Nord [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’Étoile du Nord”, Police-Film/Police-Roman, September 30, 1938).

230 · I Always Get the Cuties · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1954

237 · This World, Then the Fireworks · Jim Thompson · na Jim Thompson—The Killers Inside Him by Max Allan Collins & Ed Gorman, Fedora, 1983; revised.

277 · The Gold Fever Tapes · Mickey Spillane · nv Stag Annual #15, 1973

305 · Wild Goose Chase [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954, as by John Ross Macdonald

328 · The Nine-to-Five Man · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1961

343 · Small Homicide · Ed McBain · ss Manhunt June 1953, as by Evan Hunter

357 · Blind Man with a Pistol · Chester Himes · ex Morrow, 1969; chapters 20 & 21.

371 · Pigeon Blood · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask November 1933

392 · Just One of Those Days · Donald E. Westlake · ss This Week January 9 1966

398 · Election Day [Dave Brandstetter] · Joseph Hansen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1984

425 · The Parker Shotgun [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · nv Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986

441 · The Johore Murders · Paul Theroux · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1977

448 · Sure, Blue, and Dead, Too [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier] · Janwillem van de Wetering · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1983
translated from the Dutch.

461 · Skin Deep [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987

474 · Death by Water · William Marshall · ex from Gelignite, Hamish Hamilton, 1976

487 · Flake Piece · Carolyn Wheat · ss

493 · Dead Soldier [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid September 1982

502 · Double Indemnity, the Screenplay · Raymond Chandler & Billy Wilder · pl 1944

Great Detectives ed. David Willis McCullough (Pantheon, 1984, 0-394-54065-4, $19.95, 725pp, hc, an)
A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America.

ix · The Elegant Art of Detection · David Willis McCullough · fw

1 · The Big Bow Mystery · Israel Zangwill · na The London Star 1891

85 · The Queen’s Square [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 23 1932

101 · The Invisible Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 28 1911

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

131 · The Murder on the Lotus Pond [Judge Dee] · Robert van Gulik · ss Judge Dee at Work by Robert van Gulik, Heinemann, 1967

147 · Hand Upon the Waters [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 4 1939

162 · A Man Called Spade [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The American Magazine July 1932

188 · They Can Only Hang You Once [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Collier’s November 19 1932

199 · Too Many Have Lived [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The American Magazine October 1932

215 · The Hunchback Cat [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 5 1954

221 · Trouble Is My Business [John Dalmas] · Raymond Chandler · nv Dime Detective Magazine August 1939

265 · The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln’s Clue [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss MD June 1965, as “Abraham Lincoln’s Clue”

281 · See No Evil [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine August 1951

329 · Yesterday I Lived! · Ray Bradbury · ss Flynn’s Detective Fiction August 1944

343 · The Chill · Ross Macdonald · na Cosmopolitan August 1963

533 · The Murder of Santa Claus · P. D. James · nv 1983

555 · Never Shake a Family Tree · Donald E. Westlake · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1961

567 · Death Notes · Ruth Rendell · n. Hutchinson, 1981, as “Put on by Cunning”

697 · Sadie When She Died [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1973

Sojourn: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction ed. Ryan J. McDaniel & Laura K. Anderson--- see under Laura K. Anderson.

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