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Perfunctory Affection by Dawn Cook--- see under Kim Harrison.

An Empire Unacquanted with Defeat by Glen Cook (Night Shade Books, June 2009, 978-1-59780-140-9, $24.95, viii+248pp, hc, co, cover by Raymond Swanland) [Dread Empire]     Collection of ten stories (two original, one slightly revised) in the Dread Empire series. Cook discusses the series’ publication history in the introduction, and provides comments on each of the stories. vii · Introduction · Glen Cook · in 1 · Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · na The Berkley Showcase Vol. 2 ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1980 55 · The Nights of Dreadful Silence [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss Fantastic Stories September 1973 63 · Finding Svale’s Daughter [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss 69 · Ghost Stalk [Vengeful Dragon; Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1978 97 · Filed Teeth [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv Dragons of Darkness ed. Orson Scott Card, Ace, 1981 135 · Castle of Tears [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss Whispers October 1979 145 · Call for the Dead [Vengeful Dragon; Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1980 187 · Severed Heads [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv Sword and Sorceress ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1984 213 · Silverheels [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #6, May 1971; slightly revised. 223 · Hell’s Forge [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv

Winter’s Dreams by Glen Cook (Subterranean Press, April 2012, 978-1-59606-360-0, $45.00, 287pp, hc, co, cover by Raymond Swanland)     Collection of 14 stories. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 250 ($75.00) is also available. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Song from a Forgotten Hill · Glen Cook · ss Worlds of Tomorrow 1971 19 · And Dragons in the Sky · Glen Cook · nv Clarion II ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Signet, 1972 51 · Appointment in Samarkand · Glen Cook · vi Witchcraft & Sorcery #7, 1972 53 · Sunrise · Glen Cook · nv Eternity #2, 1973 75 · The Devil’s Tooth · Glen Cook · nv The Literary Magazine of Fantasy and Terror v1 #5, 1974 111 · In the Wind · Glen Cook · nv Tomorrow Today ed. George Zebrowski, Unity, 1975 151 · The Recruiter · Glen Cook · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories March 1977 159 · The Seventh Fool · Glen Cook · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1978 165 · Ponce · Glen Cook · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories November 1978 179 · Quiet Sea [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1978 209 · Darkwar · Glen Cook · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1982 237 · Enemy Territory · Glen Cook · ss Night Voyages #9, Winter/Spring 1983 257 · The Waiting Sea · Glen Cook · ss Archon 7 Program Book, Archon, 1983 269 · Winter’s Dreams · Glen Cook · ss Balticon 31 Program Book, 1997

Wisconsin Fiction: Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Issue ed. Marshall Cook (University of Wisconsin Press, January 1998, 1882280016, $12.95, 144pp, tp, an)     Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Vol 85. Contents from Amazon.com. · From the Editor · Marshall Cook · pr · Foreword · Marshall Cook · fw · Dining on Memories at the Starlite Cafe · Marnie Krause · ss (r) · Bachelor Party · C. J. Hribal · ss (r) · How to Save a Cat and Fall in Love · Karen Loeb · ss (r) · Surface Tension · Martha Bergland · ss (r) · December’s Dreams · Thomas Bontly · ss (r) · Marrying Jerry · Margaret Benbow · ss (r) · Energy · Julie King · ss (r) · Putting Up Storms · Carol Sklenicka · ss (r) · Summer Snow · David R. Young · ss (r) · Sand Dollar · Peg Sherry · ss (r) · Two Points · Tom Joseph · ss (r) · Quick Bright Things · Ron Wallace · ss (r) · Saint Philomena, Pray for Us · Gordon Weaver · ss (r) · Fatimata’s Ancestors · David Tabachnick · ss (r) · The Korporat’s Polonaise · Anthony Bukoski · ss (r) · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Fatal Distractions ed. Paul Cook, Steve Holland & Melissa Hyland--- see under Steve Holland.

Man Unwept: Visions from the Inner Eye ed. Stanley J. Cook & Stephen V. Whaley--- see under Stephen V. Whaley.

Monte Cook’s Arcana Evolved: The Dragons’ Return ed. Sue Weinlein Cook (White Wolf/Malhavoc Press, March 2005, 1-58846-883-6, $6.99, vii+277pp, pb, oa, cover by J. P. Targete)     Original anthology of 12 stories based on the fantasy roleplaying game. vi · Introduction · Sue Weinlein Cook · in 1 · Essence of the Dragon · Will McDermott · nv 26 · Not All That Tempts · Bruce R. Cordell · ss 45 · The Mad Mojh of Onteth · Ed Greenwood · ss 62 · Envoy · Jeff Grubb · nv 86 · Oathsworn · Mary Herbert · nv 112 · Pride · Wolfgang Baur · nv 136 · Vows · Richard Lee Byers · nv 159 · The Sand Veils · Lucien Soulban · nv 181 · This Land Is in Our Blood · Stan · nv 207 · Manipulators · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv 234 · Loresight Legation · Kate Novak · nv 255 · Memories and Ghosts · Monte Cook · nv

Monte Cook’s Arcana Unearthed: Children of the Rune ed. Sue Weinlein Cook (Malhavoc Press, August 2004, 1-58846-864-X, $6.99, vii+277pp, pb, oa, cover by Mark Zug)     Original anthology of 13 stories based on the fantasy roleplaying game. vi · Introduction · Sue Weinlein Cook · in 1 · Stone Ghosts · Lucien Soulban · nv 23 · How It Works · Monte Cook · ss 36 · The Silent Man · Richard Lee Byers · nv 60 · Hollows of the Heart · Bruce R. Cordell & Keith Francis Strohm · ss 80 · The Fallen Star · Ed Greenwood · ss 99 · Child of the Street · Will McDermott · nv 120 · Clash of Duty · Miranda Horner · nv 144 · The Pebble Before the Avalanche · Mike Mearls · nv 165 · Name Day · Wolfgang Baur · ss 184 · Singer for the Dead · Jeff Grubb · nv 205 · Precious Things · Thomas M. Reid · ss 224 · Skin Deep · Stan · nv 248 · Not Without Cost · Monte Cook · ss

Best American Detective Stories of the Year: 10th Annual Collection ed. David C. Cooke (Boardman, 1960, hc, an)     Reprint (Dutton 1959 as Best Detective Stories of the Year: 14th Annual Collection) anthology.

Best American Detective Stories of the Year—1954 ed. David C. Cooke (Boardman, 1955, 258pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Dutton 1954 as Best Detective Stories of the Year—1954) anthology.

Best Detective Stories of the Year ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1946, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 316pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · David C. Cooke · in 17 · Married to Murder · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Argosy July 1945 54 · Slick Trick · Royce Howes · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 3 1945 68 · Don’t Come Back Alive! · Robert C. Dennis · ss Detective Tales November 1945 78 · White Carnations [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss Collier’s February 10 1945 96 · Prelude to Murder · Walter C. Brown · nv The Blue Book Magazine October 1945 118 · The Man Who Lost His Head · Bruno Fischer · nv Doc Savage July 1945 138 · Body in the Barn · Margaret Manners · ss Argosy February 1945 155 · Press Agent for Murder · A. Boyd Correll · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1945 174 · The Case of the Sobbing Girl · Day Keene · nv Detective Tales 1945 203 · Just a Minute, Dr. Marlowe · Marie Beynon Ray · ss Cosmopolitan April 1945 220 · Carnie Kill [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv Black Mask May 1945 250 · Wish You Were Dead · C. William Harrison · nv New Detective Magazine July 1945 282 · The Booby Trap · Henry Norton · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 1945, as “You’re Cute—Electrocute” 299 · Slightly Perfect · Norman A. Daniels · ss The Shadow April 1945, as by Peter Reed

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1947 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1947, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 253pp, hc, an) 11 · The Wine Glass · A. A. Milne · ss Cosmopolitan May 1946 26 · Malice Domestic · Philip MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946 47 · The Murderer · Joel Townsley Rogers · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 23 1946 68 · McGarry, Mental Giant [Dan McGarry] · Matt Taylor · ss This Week 1946 78 · Small Secret · Edward Stevenson · ss The Blue Book Magazine March 1946 93 · The Adventure of the Three R’s [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #34, September 1946 115 · The Perfectionist · Margaret St. Clair · ss Mystery Book Magazine May 1946 130 · Recipe for Murder · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss The American Legion Magazine January 1947 135 · Hidden Evidence [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1946 147 · The Riddle of the Black Museum [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #28, March 1946 165 · Terror · Will F. Jenkins · ss The American Magazine August 1946 180 · A Voice Behind Him · Fredric Brown · ss Mystery Book Magazine January 1947 190 · The Watchers and the Watched [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #33, August 1946 219 · Of Mice and Murder · C. William Harrison · nv Detective Tales August 1946, as “Pay Through the Nose!”

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1948 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1948, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 251pp, hc, an) 7 · The Inspector Is Discreet [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s June 21 1947 25 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 42 · Motive for Murder · John & Ward Hawkins · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 1 1947 71 · The Retired Hangman · Anthony Boucher · ss Shadow Mystery February/March 1947 89 · But the Patient Died [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s October 18 1947 111 · The House Where Death Dwelt · Margaret Manners · nv Argosy May 1947 146 · The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #39, February 1947 171 · The Key in the Lock · Harold Goldman · ss This Week 1847 187 · Revenge · Samuel Blas · ss Collier’s January 11 1947 196 · The Little French Lady’s Scalp · Alan Ritner Anderson · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 29 1947 220 · Challenge to the Reader · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947 237 · The Stranger on Horseback · James A. Kirch · ss Collier’s May 24 1947

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1949 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1949, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 252pp, hc, an) 9 · The Green-and-Gold String [Dr. Alcazar] · Philip MacDonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #59, October 1948 47 · Murder in One Scene [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week May 2 1948 61 · Sentence of Death · Thomas Walsh · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 23 1948 83 · Calling All Cars! · Karl W. Detzer · ss The Blue Book Magazine February 1948 99 · The Black Door · Henry Norton · ss Argosy November 1948 117 · The Death Position Enigma [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #60, November 1948 141 · Silent Witness · Harold Goldman · ss Collier’s September 25 1948 153 · The Defense Rests · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss This Week 1948 169 · Neighborhood Killer · William Holder · ss Argosy August 1948 189 · The Laughing Butcher · Fredric Brown · ss Mystery Book Magazine Fall 1948 211 · Being a Murderer Myself · Arthur Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #57, August 1948 229 · Crime in Plastics · Harry Klingsberg · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 22 1948

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1950 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1950, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 253pp, hc, an) 9 · Double Exposure · Ben Hecht · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #69, August 1949 23 · Blackmail · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss The American Magazine December 1949 43 · Murder for Two · James A. Kirch · ss Argosy June 1949 61 · A Nice, Clean Job · William Fay · ss The Elks Magazine 1949 81 · The Cat’s-Paw · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #67, June 1949 102 · The Inspector Had a Habit [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s March 26 1949 118 · The Stalking Shadow · Sidney Herschel Small · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 13 1949 139 · The Dog Died First · Bruno Fischer · nv Mystery Book Magazine Fall 1949 167 · Crisis, 1999 [Bela Joad] · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #69, August 1949 189 · Remember the Night · Day Keene · ss Argosy December 1949 209 · Brood of Evil [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s April 2 1949 229 · The Million-to-One Chance [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #72, November 1949

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1951 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1951, LC:46-5872, $2.75, 250pp, hc, an) 7 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950 39 · Nearly Perfect · A. A. Milne · ss Cosmopolitan August 1950 48 · Florian Slappey—Private Eye [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The Elks Magazine 1950 72 · Burden of Guilt [Daniel “Pop” Egan] · John & Ward Hawkins · nv Collier’s March 4 1950 95 · A Boy’s Will · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #79, June 1950 113 · The Chinese Dagger · Sidney Herschel Small · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 9 1950 132 · McGarry and the Television Frame-Up [Dan McGarry] · Matt Taylor · ss This Week 1950 145 · Trouble on 98th Street · Frank Taubes · ss Argosy October 1950 161 · The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #78, May 1950 183 · The Foolproof Frame-Up · Harry Klingsberg · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 26 1950 205 · Into the Web · David M. Newell · ss The Elks Magazine 1950 219 · The Walking Corpse · Clayre & Michel Lipman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950 245 · Murder Without Clues [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week January 29 1950

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1952 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1952, LC:46-5872, $2.75, 252pp, hc, an) 5 · Introduction · David C. Cooke · in 13 · Where Angels Fear to Tread [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #87, February 1951 43 · Total Recall · James Helvick · ss Lilliput July 1950 61 · Night in the Warehouse · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss Argosy November 1951 81 · The Man with the Sneer [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #88, March 1951 105 · Once Upon a Crime · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The Elks Magazine 1951 129 · The Smuggler · Victor Canning · ss Lilliput June/July 1951, as “Dialogue Behind a Curtain” 137 · The Kiss-Off · John P. Foran · ss Male 1951 151 · Goodbye Forever [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #97, December 1951 177 · Kiss of Kandahar [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s February 17 1951 199 · The Last Day of My Life · Allan Vaughan Elston · nv The Blue Book Magazine March 1951 227 · Murderer’s Luck · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard July 17 1951 235 · The Emperor’s Dice [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #89, April 1951

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1953 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1953, LC:46-5872, $2.95, 256pp, hc, an) 9 · Mom Makes a Bet [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #110, January 1953 25 · The Dusty Drawer · Harry Muheim · ss Collier’s May 3 1952 44 · Till Death Do Us Part · James A. Kirch · nv Argosy March 1952 74 · One-Way Street [Detective Inspector Painton] · Anthony Armstrong · ss 1946 85 · Mystery of Kela Ouai · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard November 29 1951, as “Death of a Brother” 93 · Public Eye · Anthony Boucher · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1952 111 · Calendar Girl [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s September 20 1952 132 · The Jinx Man [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #109, December 1952 162 · The Wagstaff Pearls [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week September 21 1952 174 · Stabbing in the Streets [David Wiley] · Eleazar Lipsky · nv Manhunt February 1953 195 · Death’s Eye View · John D. MacDonald · nv New Detective Magazine February 1953 243 · For Value Received [Lloyd Chalmers] · Richard Deming · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952