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Best Detective Stories of the Year—1956 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1956, LC:56-5872, $2.95, 252pp, hc, an) 9 · The Conscience of the Cop · William Fay · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 27 1955 27 · Beyond the Shadow of a Dream [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1955 48 · First Offense · Evan Hunter · nv Manhunt December 1955 73 · Safety for the Witness · John De Meyer · ss The Saint Detective Magazine March 1955 90 · A Gun at His Back · John & Ward Hawkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 26 1955 109 · A Face Next Door · William Holder · ss The Elks Magazine 1955 119 · Custody · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt December 1955 133 · Broker’s Special · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1956 148 · The Redhead from New Orleans · Robert J. Levin · na Male 1955 201 · The Thief of Diamonds [Tio Martinez] · Burnham Carter · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 16 1955 220 · (Untitled) · Fred Levon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1955 233 · The Body in the Rockpit · Rufus King · ss The Saint Detective Magazine October 1955

Best Detective Stories of the Year: 12th Annual Collection ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1957, LC:46-5872, $2.95, 254pp, hc, an) 9 · Three Wives Too Many · Kenneth Fearing · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1956 31 · A Criminal Mind · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan November 1956 46 · Midnight Kill · William Fay · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 9 1956 63 · The Trouble with Ruth · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1957 76 · Terror Town · Ellery Queen · nv Argosy August 1956 106 · This Was Willi’s Day · Aaron Marc Stein · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1956 133 · The Last Spin · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt September 1956 143 · No, Not Like Yesterday [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv The Saint Detective Magazine November 1956 176 · Intrigue in Diamonds · Oscar Schisgall · ss This Week August 12 1956 184 · Within the Law · John Cunningham · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 19 1956 206 · One More Mile to Go · F. J. Smith · ss Manhunt June 1956 215 · The Bizarre Affair of the Seven Nudes · Robert J. Levin · nv Male 1956

Best Detective Stories of the Year: 13th Annual Collection ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1958, LC:46-5872, $2.95, 249pp, hc, an) 5 · Introduction · David C. Cooke · in 13 · The Day of the Execution · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1957 24 · Kitchen Kill [Police File] · Jonathan Craig · nv Manhunt September 1957 47 · You Bet Your Life [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1957 69 · The Last Dark Step · Margaret Manners · ss Argosy October 1957, as by Martin Manners 85 · The Bullets Lied · John D. MacDonald · ss This Week January 6 1957 92 · Million Dollar Gesture · William Campbell Gault · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1958 128 · The Geniuses · Max Franklin · nv Manhunt June 1957 151 · Bull in a China Shop · C. B. Gilford · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1957 165 · So Pale, So Cold, So Fair · Leigh Brackett · nv Argosy July 1957 202 · Silhouette of a Killer · T. E. Brooks · ss This Week September 22 1957 212 · Say It with Flowers [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Manhunt September 1957 239 · Secret Recipe · Charles Mergendahl · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1958

Best Detective Stories of the Year: 14th Annual Collection ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1959, LC:46-5872, $2.95, 255pp, hc, an)     Also available in the U.K. (Boardman 1960 as Best American Detective Stories of the Year: 10th Annual Collection. 9 · Suppose You Were on the Jury · Thomas Flanagan · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1958 25 · Over There—Darkness · William O’Farrell · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958 41 · Sinner or Saint · Donald E. Westlake · nv Mystery Digest December 1958 64 · The Dark Corner · Frank Ward · na Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine January 1959 116 · Ambitious Cop · Jack Dillon · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 13 1958 134 · Wife Missing [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1958 163 · To Crack a Safe · J. W. Aaron · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1958 183 · One More Clue [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Manhunt April 1958 205 · The Day the Children Vanished · Hugh Pentecost · nv This Week April 20 1958 (+2), as “The Children Vanished” 239 · Your Witness · Helen Nielsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1958

Best of the Best Detective Stories ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1960, LC:60-11550, $3.95, 279pp, hc, an)     15th volume in the Best Detective Stories of the Year series. ix · Introduction · David C. Cooke · in 15 · Body in the Barn · Margaret Manners · ss Argosy February 1945 33 · The Perfectionist · Margaret St. Clair · ss Mystery Book Magazine May 1946 49 · Revenge · Samuel Blas · ss Collier’s January 11 1947 58 · Being a Murderer Myself · Arthur Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #57, August 1948 75 · Blackmail · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss The American Magazine December 1949 94 · A Boy’s Will · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #79, June 1950 112 · The Kiss-Off · John P. Foran · ss Male 1951 125 · For Value Received [Lloyd Chalmers] · Richard Deming · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952 139 · The Killer Is Loose · John & Ward Hawkins · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 13 1953 174 · Chinese Puzzle · Richard Marsten · nv Manhunt July 1954 193 · First Offense · Evan Hunter · nv Manhunt December 1955 215 · Three Wives Too Many · Kenneth Fearing · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1956 239 · The Day of the Execution · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1957 250 · Over There—Darkness · William O’Farrell · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958 267 · Bottle of Death · Gilbert Ralston · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 21 1959

Murder by 14 ed. David C. Cooke (Grove Press, 195?, $1.45, 384pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Merlin 1955 as My Best Murder Story) anthology.

My Best Murder Story ed. David C. Cooke (Merlin Press, 1955, LC:55-11544, $3.50, 384pp, hc, an)     Includes authors’ reasons for selecting each story. Also available in the U.K. (Boardman 1957) and as Murder by 14 (Grove). 7 · Foreword · David C. Cooke · fw 9 · The Aldine Folio Murders · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv The Dolphin 1940 38 · The Arrow of God [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 69 · Always Trust a Cop · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952 92 · Spider [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator May 1934 122 · Ask Me Another [Oliver Quade] · Frank Gruber · ss Black Mask June 1937 146 · A Matter of Life and Death · John & Ward Hawkins · na Cosmopolitan June 1947 199 · Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 223 · Portrait of a Murderer · Q. Patrick · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1942 247 · Challenge to the Reader · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947 265 · The Mad Tea-Party [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Redbook Magazine October 1934 306 · The Last Man Alive · Craig Rice · na The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #1, September 1953 328 · The Owl Hoots Twice · Sax Rohmer · ss Collier’s February 14 1948 345 · The Eleventh Juror · Vincent Starrett · nv Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories August 1927 369 · The Nightmare · David C. Cooke · ss 15 Story Detective February 1951

Best of Fiction Magazine ed. Judy Cooke & Elizabeth Bunster (J.M. Dent, March 1986, 0-460-02464-7, £4.95, 312pp, tp, an)     Anthology with stories by Brian Aldiss, Alasdair Gray, Russell Hoban, etc. 1 · Foreword · Judy Cooke · fw 2 · The Bolt Hotel · Simon Burt · ss Fiction 1982 12 · Mad About the Boy · Georgina Hammick · ss Fiction 1985 30 · Buying a Dress · James Lasdun · pm Fiction 1985 34 · Box of Dreams · Maggie Brooks · ss Fiction 1984 46 · Lost in a Nightmare · Richard Rayner · ss Fiction 1986 54 · Sketches of London Pubs · Paul Cox · il Fiction 1986 58 · Full Fathom Five · Marina Warner · ss Fiction 1985 68 · Neighbours · V. S. Pritchett · ss The New Yorker July 5 1982 86 · Feeding the Old Man · Tim Aspinall · ss Fiction 1982 98 · My Boat · Raymond Carver · pm Fiction 1985 99 · Where Water Comes Together with Other Water · Raymond Carver · pm Fiction 1985 102 · Show Me Yours · Russell Hoban · vi Fiction 1983 106 · Scream When You Burn · Charles Bukowski · ss Fiction 1983 114 · Prend ce Sac, Mendiant! · Frederic Raphael · pm Fiction 1986 116 · Train Talk · Allan Massie · ss Fiction 1982 124 · Fairy Tale · Janice Elliott · ss Fiction 1982 132 · The Local Reporter · George MacBeth · pm Fiction 1985 136 · Flying Injuries · Helen Harris · ss Fiction 1983 142 · The Green Boy · Lisa St. Aubin de Terán · ss Fiction 1983 152 · Snakes and Lovers · Lucy Pinney · ss Fiction 1985 160 · Feet · Duncan Bush · ss Fiction 1982 168 · The Love Object · Gillian Tindall · ss Fiction 1982 182 · Imaginary Meadows · Aidan Higgins · ss Fiction 1982 192 · Christmas 1931 · Dirk Bogarde · ss Fiction 1982 200 · The Art of Stanley Middleton · A. S. Byatt · ar Fiction 1985 208 · Like a Gangster on the Night of the Long Knives, But Somewhat in a Dream · Amos Oz · ar Fiction 1982 218 · In Conversation with Alasdair Gray · Christopher Swan & Frank Delaney · iv Fiction 1982 224 · In Conversation with Anthony Burgess · Richard Rayner & Jonathan Meades · iv Fiction 1984 230 · Love Me Do · John Saul · ss Fiction 1985 236 · The Tipperary Fanale · Desmond Hogan · ss Fiction 1986 250 · Sunny Jim in Love · Hugo Williams · pm Fiction 1985 251 · Sunny Jim’s House · Hugo Williams · pm Fiction 1985 252 · Cornwall · Steve Ellis · pm Fiction 1985 253 · Visiting Home · Steve Ellis · pm Fiction 1985 254 · An old plate’s farewell to the table (after Geoffrey of Vinsauf) · Steve Ellis · pm Fiction 1985 255 · Saint Francis’s “Cantico di Frate Sole” (Done Into Hollywood Gangsterese) · Steve Ellis · pm Fiction 1985 256 · The Creamery Manager · John McGahern · ss Fiction 1986 266 · Empire Building · Deborah Moggach · ss Fiction 1985 284 · Vietnam Encore · Brian W. Aldiss · nv 306 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Dare You: Stories to Surprise You ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin, November 10, 1997, 1-85881-604-1, £1.00, 71pp, pb, oa, cover by George Smith)     Young-adult anthology of 5 original stories, 2 of genre interest. 1 · The Sarah Song · Ruth Symes · ss 17 · Anna the Detective · Leon Rosselson · ss 37 · My Brother the Rabbit · Mary Hooper · ss; genre. 45 · The Amazing Mr Endicott · Eric Brown · ss; genre. 59 · Chicken · Mary Hoffman · ss

Bone Swans by C. S. E. Cooney (Mythic Delirium Books, July 2015, 978-0-9889124-4-1, $15.95, 224pp, tp, co, cover by Kay Nielsen)     Collection of five stories, one original. Introduction by Gene Wolfe. 11 · Introducing C. S. E. Cooney · Gene Wolfe · ar 14 · Life on the Sun · C. S. E. Cooney · nv Black Gate Online February 11 2013 38 · The Bone Swans of Amandale · C. S. E. Cooney · na 100 · Martyr’s Gem · C. S. E. Cooney · na GigaNotoSaurus May 1 2013 143 · How the Milkmaid Struck a Bargain with the Crooked One · C. S. E. Cooney · na GigaNotoSaurus November 1 2013 183 · The Big Bah-Ha · C. S. E. Cooney · na Drollerie Press, 2010

Fly, Spring, You Eagle by Edmund Cooper (privately published, 2006, ph, oc) ifc. · Letter to a Dead Sailor · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, private, 2003 · Return by Sea · Edmund Cooper · pm · Sea Frenzy · Edmund Cooper · pm; written when he was 18. · Bird · Edmund Cooper · pm · Who Sheds His Own Desire · Edmund Cooper · pm · Midnight Metaphysics · Edmund Cooper · pm · untitled (“Blood thought gathers”) · Edmund Cooper · pm · untitled (“Experience, shaping like a restless March”) · Edmund Cooper · pm · Awake and Waiting · Edmund Cooper · pm Review Fifty Spring 1951 broadcast on BBC Third Programme 5-Apr-49. · Return in Autumn · Edmund Cooper · pm · Grotesque · Edmund Cooper · pm; three verse version. · Grotesque · Edmund Cooper · pm; five verse version. · Escape · Edmund Cooper · pm · A Poem for Hans Andersen · Edmund Cooper · pm · Day of Disfigurement · Edmund Cooper · pm · untitled (“Fly, Spring, you eagle and make journey where”) · Edmund Cooper · pm · untitled (“See you in the mountains, girl, where you lie”) · Edmund Cooper · pm · untitled (“Dark of the hills lays an edge to the passing sunlight”) · Edmund Cooper · pm · Coronation Song · Edmund Cooper · pm · Dark Enemy · Edmund Cooper · pm · Romance · Edmund Cooper · pm · untitled (“Come with me now in the moonlight”) · Edmund Cooper · pm · untitled (“Comes the gap between existing worlds”) · Edmund Cooper · pm · untitled (“Over the shingle and sand of all my speaking”) · Edmund Cooper · pm · The Electronic Love Song of I. Q. Statik · Edmund Cooper · pm · Letter to a Revolutionary · Edmund Cooper · ss Review Fifty Winter 1950, as by Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikoff ibc. · The Ex Act · Edmund Cooper · pm bc. · Introduction to The Broken City · Edmund Cooper · ex; from a typed manuscript collection of a lot of Cooper’s poems, dated 1958.

Jupiter Laughs and Other Stories by Edmund Cooper (Hodder & Stoughton, October 1979, 0-340-22458-4, £5.50, 220pp, hc, co, cover by James Elliot) 7 · Introduction · Edmund Cooper · in 12 · Jupiter Laughs · Edmund Cooper · ss Science Fiction Monthly v2 #4, 1975 25 · Falcon Chase · Edmund Cooper · ss The London Mystery Magazine #30, September 1956 39 · Death Watch · Edmund Cooper · ss Today November 4 1961, as “Death Moves Next” 50 · The Life and Death of Plunky Goo · Edmund Cooper · ss Courier May 1962 56 · The Menhir · Edmund Cooper · ss News from Elsewhere by Edmund Cooper, Mayflower, 1968 64 · The Doomsday Story · Edmund Cooper · ss Tomorrow Came by Edmund Cooper, Panther, 1963 77 · Tomorrow’s Gift · Edmund Cooper · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1958 89 · The Jar of Latakia · Edmund Cooper · ss Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #49, September 15 1954 102 · The Unicorn · Edmund Cooper · ss Everybody’s 1951 111 · Nineteen Ninety-Four · Edmund Cooper · ss Voices in the Dark by Edmund Cooper, Digit, 1960 133 · M81: Ursa Major · Edmund Cooper · ss Fantastic Universe February 1956, as “The End of the Journey” 158 · The Brain Child · Edmund Cooper · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 23 1956, as “The Invisible Boy” 174 · Welcome Home · Edmund Cooper · ss Today November 17 1962, as “The Pyramids of Mars” 189 · Judgement Day · Edmund Cooper · ss Tomorrow Came by Edmund Cooper, Panther, 1963 203 · The Butterflies · Edmund Cooper · ss The London Mystery Magazine #29, June 1956