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A Pint of Bloody Fiction ed. S. E. Cox & Nandy Ekle (House of Horror, 2010, 978-1-4461-1964-8, $11.29, 74pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Introduction · S. E. Cox · in

11 · 200 Words · Neil Leckman · vi

12 · Pistol Whipped · Dave Rex · vi

13 · The Blade Bites Deep · Stanley Riiks · vi

14 · Insomnia · Pat Lewis-Bussard · vi

15 · The Toy · Charlotte Emma Gledson · vi

16 · Jilted · Brian Barnett · vi

17 · I Love My Job · Gary McKenzie · vi

18 · Jars · Neil Leckman · vi

19 · Crimson · Meagan Elizabeth Hightower · vi

20 · The Worst Thing I Ever Did · Jason M. Tucker · vi

21 · Yearning · Sara Saint John · vi

22 · A Woman of Taste · Angel Zapata · vi

23 · The Idol · Terence Kuch · vi

24 · Ladies Man · Pat Lewis-Bussard · vi

25 · Library of Souls · Neil Leckman · vi

26 · Night Song · B. A. Sans · vi

27 · Home Movies · Kevin L. Jones · vi

28 · Salvation · Gary McKenzie · vi

29 · Rorschach’s Vampire · Jason M. Tucker · vi

30 · The Door · Adam Francis Smith · vi

31 · The Devil’s Quest · S. E. Cox · vi

32 · Instruments of Torture · Flo Stanton · vi

33 · Spiders · Neil Leckman · vi

34 · The Lady or the Vampire · Ken L. Jones · vi

35 · The Shoot · Brian Rosenberger · vi

36 · Funeral at Louisiana Bayou · Theresa C. Newbill · vi

38 · The Winner · Gayle Arrowood · vi

39 · Water’s Pity · Chris Keaton · vi

40 · Little Nikita · S. E. Cox · vi

41 · Down in a Hole · Gary McKenzie · vi

42 · Gift Wrap · Neil Leckman · vi

43 · In the Moment · Nandy Ekle · vi

44 · The Good Husband · Christina Hugh · vi

45 · Bellie’s Bucket · A. J. Brown · vi

46 · Faceless · Nate Burleigh · vi

47 · Shard · Brandon L. Rucker · vi

48 · Shadow · Neil Leckman · vi

49 · Jack · Francis W. Alexander · vi

50 · Three Degrees of Freedom · Theresa C. Newbill · vi

51 · Lost Connection · Neil Leckman · vi

52 · Unpleasant Sensation · Rish Benjamin Outfield · vi

53 · Killers Journal · Jack Home · vi

Rivers to Cross ed. William R. Cox (Dodd, Mead, 1966, hc, an)
A Collection of Stories by Members of Western Writers of America, about rivers in the old west.
Details supplied by Kent Johnson.

· Introduction · William R. Cox · in

· Los Caballeros · S. Omar Barker · pm 1954

· Down by the Banks of the Pecos · S. Omar Barker · ss 1954

· The Cruise of the Prairie Queen · D. D. Beauchamp · ss Cosmopolitan February 1947

· Sacramento Run · Tom W. Blackburn · nv 1948

· One More River to Cross · William R. Cox · ss

· Big Shad’s Bridge · Max Evans · ss Knight May 1965

· Goliad Goes to War · Kenneth Fowler · ss 1948

· The Toll at Yaeger’s Ferry · Brian Garfield · ss

· Decision at the Rio Blanco · Norman S. Hall · ss 1954

· Despatch to the General · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s February 14 1942

· Dobbs Ferry · Lewis B. Patten · ss Frontier Stories Fall 1950, as “Payoff in Steel!”

Butcher, Baker, Murder-Maker ed. George Harmon Coxe (Knopf, 1954, LC:54-8768, 341pp, hc, an)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology.

v · Introduction · George Harmon Coxe · in

3 · Change of Address · Robert Arthur · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine January 1952, as by Mark Williams

11 · Killer in the House [Wade Paris] · Ben Benson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954, as “Somebody Has to Make a Move”

22 · The Girl Who Married a Monster [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #123, February 1954

42 · I’ll Be Waiting [Tony Reseck] · Raymond Chandler · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 14 1939

60 · The Coffee Cup · Lillian de la Torre · nv 1952

82 · The Betrayers · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #115, June 1953

100 · My Aunt Celia · Bruno Fischer · nv Dime Mystery Magazine January 1946, as “Murder—My Aunt!”

121 · Modus Operandi [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg; Mr. Rumbold] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull June 18 1949, as “Touch of Genius”

133 · Extradition · Brett Halliday · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #59, October 1948

149 · Guilty Witness · Morris Hershman · ss The Shadow Spring 1949, as “Innocent Bystander”

163 · Man-Killer · William Byron Mowery · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 21 1951

180 · The Riddle of the Black Museum [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #28, March 1946

198 · Witness for the Prosecution · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946

214 · No Place for Magic · Maurice Procter · ss

225 · The Gettysburg Bugle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951, as “As Simple as ABC”

245 · Off the Face of the Earth [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949

272 · The McGregor Affair · Sidney Rowland · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #116, July 1953

282 · 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).

312 · The Fatal Red Hair · Walter Snow · ss (r)

318 · Cop’s Gift · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift”

323 · The Blonde Nurse · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s August 16 1941

Isolation: The Horror Anthology ed. Dan Coxon (Titan, September 13, 2022, 978-1-80336-068-3, £8.99, 400pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· The Snow Child · Alison Littlewood · ss

· Friends for Life · Mark Morris · ss

· Solivagant · A. G. Slatter · ss

· Lone Gunman · Jonathan Maberry · nv Nights of the Living Dead ed. Jonathan Maberry & George A. Romero, St. Martin's Griffin, 2017

· Second Wind [Felix Castor] · M. R. Carey · nv The New Dead ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Griffin, 2010

· Under Care · Brian Evenson · ss

· How We Are · Chikodili Emelumadu · ss

· The Long Dead Day · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Subterranean #6, 2007

· Alone Is a Long Time · Michael Marshall Smith · ss

· Chalk. Sea. Sand. Sky. Stone. · Lynda E. Rucker · ss

· Ready or Not · Marian Womack · ss

· Letters to a Young Psychopath · Nina Allan · ss

· Jaunt · Ken Liu · ss Make Shift ed. Gideon Lichfield, The MIT Press, 2021

· Full Blood · Owl Goingback · ss

· The Blind House · Ramsey Campbell · ss

· There’s No Light Between Floors · Paul Tremblay · ss Clarkesworld #8, May 2007

· So Easy to Kill · Laird Barron · ss

· The Peculiar Seclusion of Molly McMarshall · Gwendolyn Kiste · ss

· Across the Bridge · Tim Lebbon · ss

· Fire Above, Fire Below · Lisa Tuttle · ss

This Dreaming Isle ed. Dan Coxon (Unsung Stories, August 30, 2018, 978-1-907389-59-7, £9.99, 317pp, tp, oa, cover by Jordan Grimmer)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Introduction · Dan Coxon · in

9 · Country

_11 · The Pier at Ardentinny · Catriona Ward · ss

_25 · Old Trash · Jenn Ashworth · nv

_49 · In My Father’s House · Andrew Michael Hurley · ss

_67 · Land of Many Seasons · Tim Lebbon · ss

_83 · Dark Shells · Aliya Whiteley · ss

_95 · Cold Ashton · Stephen Volk · nv

_119 · Domestic Magic · Kirsty Logan · ss

131 · City

_133 · Not All Right · James Miller · nv

_155 · The Cocktail Party in Kensington Gets Out of Hand · Robert Shearman · nv

_177 · We Regret to Inform You · Jeannette Ng · ss

_195 · Lodestones · Richard V. Hurst · ss

209 · Coast

_211 · The Knuckler · Gareth E. Rees · ss

_225 · The Stone Dead · Alison Moore · ss Tales from the Shadow Booth v1, 2017

_237 · Hovering · Gary Budden · ss

_257 · The Headland of Black Rock · Alison Littlewood · ss

_277 · The Devil in the Details · Ramsey Campbell · ss

_295 · Swimming with Horses · Angela Readman · ss

307 · The Authors · [uncredited] · bg

315 · The Backers · [uncredited] · ms

Living on the Edge: Fiction by Peace Corps Writers ed. John Coyne (Curbstone Press, April 1999, 1-880-68457-8, $17.95, 317pp, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Preface · John Coyne · pr

· White Lies · Paul Theroux · ss Playboy May 1979

· Exile · Marnie Mueller · ss (r)

· The Heroes of Our Stories · Mark Brazaitis · ss (r)

· Sun · Kathleen Coskran · ss (r)

· Easy in the Islands · Bob Shacochis · nv Playboy February 1985

· The Water-Girl · George Packer · ss (r)

· The Guide · Melanie Sumner · ss The New Yorker April 26 1993

· On the Wheel of Wandering-on · John Givens · ss (r)

· On Sunday There Might Be Americans · Leslie Simmonds Ekstrom · ss (r)

· The Egg Queen Rises · Mark Jacobs · ss (r)

· Mad Dogs · Eileen Drew · ss (r)

· The Ones Left Behind · Joan Richter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1969

· A Virgin Twice · Karl Luntta · ss (r)

· Ma Kamanda’s Latrine · Marla Kay Houghteling · ss (r)

· American Model · Terry Marshall · ss (r)

· Snow Man · John Coyne · nv Monsters in Our Midst ed. Robert Bloch, Tor, 1993

· Alone in Africa · Norman Rush · ss (r)

The Pan Book of Revenge Stories ed. W. H. Cozens (Pan, 1971, 0-330-02771-9, 176pp, pb, an)

13 · Captain Rogers · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine February 1901

25 · The Sun Dog Trail [Sitka Charley] · Jack London · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1905

46 · Stonewall’s Ghost · Jack Cope · ss Argosy (UK) February 1960

64 · A Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante”
translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883).

70 · No Alibi · John P. Foran · ss 1951

82 · Little Kind of Fellow · John McGhee · ss Argosy (UK) January 1946

88 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro

94 · The Revenge of Big Michael · Brian Cleeve · ss Argosy (UK) May 1956

108 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895

121 · Scarecrow · David Alexander · ss Manhunt July 1955

135 · Arctic Vengeance · Arthur Gordon · ss Argosy (UK) March 1956

144 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934

157 · The Honeymoon · A. Neil Lyons · ss (r)

169 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846

Continent by Jim Crace (Heinemann, 1986, 0-434-14824-5, 154pp, hc, oc)
Collection of seven loosely-connected stories set on an imaginary continent. Contents taken from Picador 1987 edition.

3 · Talking Skull · Jim Crace · nv

27 · The World with One Eye Shut · Jim Crace · ss

47 · Cross-Country · Jim Crace · ss

67 · On Heat · Jim Crace · nv

93 · Sins and Virtues · Jim Crace · nv

117 · Electricity · Jim Crace · nv

141 · The Prospect from the Silver Hill · Jim Crace · ss

Dia de los Muertos: A Day of the Dead Anthology ed. Angela Charmaine Craig (Elektrik Milk Bath Press, December 3, 2010, 978-0-9828554-0-9, $15.00, 222pp, tp, oa, cover by Dani)
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Introduction · Angela Charmaine Craig · in

11 · O Is for October · Stephen M. Wilson · pm Wicked Karnival Halloween Horror ed. Tom & Billie Moran, Sideshow Press, 2005

13 · Pan de los Muertos · Dru Pagliassotti · ss Strange Horizons April 21 2003

19 · Susto · David J. Corwell y Chávez · ss

29 · Julia · Maxine Anderson · ss

33 · Day de los Muertos · Chris Blocker · ss

39 · Mexican Moon · Edward DeGeorge · ss

49 · Ya-acawa · Sheri Sebastian-Gabriel · ss

55 · The Courtyard · Maureen Wilkinson · ss

61 · Gabriela · Mary Fernandez · ss

71 · What Nathan Knows · D. Lee · ss

77 · Skin Deep · Kathleen Alcalá · ss

81 · The Conscience of the King · Trent Roman · ss

91 · Before the Altar on the Feast for All Souls · Marg Gilks · ss Tesseracts Nine ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Geoff Ryman, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2005

99 · Ghost Dance · Chip Livingston · ss 1998

103 · The Fat Lady Watches Monster Movies Late at Night · Kate Angus · ss

113 · Bread of the Dead · Ron Savage · ss

117 · From the Novel: Sleeping Woman · Sarah Layden · ss

123 · The Effect of Place on Love and Death · Gerri Leen · ss

133 · Gifts in the Dark · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss

141 · The Dance · Iris Macor · ss

149 · Aztec Catrina · Linda L. Donahue · ss

159 · This Side of the Veil · Katie Hartlove · ss

165 · Flor de Muerto · Camille Alexa · ss

171 · Dark Shapes · Samael Gyre · ss

175 · The Man Who Loved Dogs · Laura Loomis · ss 2008

181 · Last Chance · Michelle D. Sonnier · ss

189 · The Marigold Path · Teagan Maxwell · ss

195 · Día de los Musicos · Alison J. Littlewood · ss

203 · La Calaca · Olga Sanchez Saltveit · ss 2009

209 · The Catrinas Will Dance with Any Boy They Like · Lori Rader Day · ss

225 · Contributors · [uncredited] · ms

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