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The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024 ed. S. A. Cosby (Mariner, October 22, 2024, 978-0-06-331585-3, $18.99, 432pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. ix · Foreword · Steph Cha · fw xiii · Introduction · S. A. Cosby · in 1 · Scarlet Ribbons · Megan Abbott · ss A Darker Shade of Noir ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Akashic Books, 2023 16 · Matter of Trust · Frankie Y. Bailey · ss School of Hard Knox ed. Donna Andrews, Greg Herren & Art Taylor, Crippen & Landru, 2023 33 · For I Hungered, and Ye Gave Me · Barrett Bowlin · ss TriQuarterly #164, Summer/Fall 2023 47 · Just a Girl · Alyssa Cole · na Amazon Original Stories, July 25 2023 103 · Rumpus Room · Tananarive Due · nv The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due, Akashic Books, 2023 135 · The Body Farm · Abby Geni · nv Epoch Fall 2023 166 · Lovely and Useless Things · Nils Gilbertson · ss Prohibition Peepers ed. Michael Bracken, Down & Out Books, 2023 182 · Possessory Credit · Diana Gould · ss Entertainment to Die For ed. Gay Kinman, Meredith Taylor & Susan Rowland, Write Choice Ink, 2022 198 · My Savage Year · Jordan Harper · ss Southwest Review Autumn 2023 217 · The Mysterious Disappearance of Jason Whetstone · Karen Harrington · ss Reckless in Texas ed. Barb Goffman, Sisters in Crime, 2023 235 · With the Right Bait · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss Playing Games ed. Lawrence Block, Subterranean Press, 2023 248 · Baby Trap · Toni L. P. Kelner · ss School of Hard Knox ed. Donna Andrews, Greg Herren & Art Taylor, Crippen & Landru, 2023 262 · Scorpions · Nick Kolakowski · ss Dark Yonder #3, Summer 2023 275 · The Funeral Suit · Bobby Matthews · ss Frontier Tales June 2023 285 · Will I See the Birds When I Am Gone · Stanton McCaffery · ss Dark Yonder #4, Fall 2023 298 · Monster · Shannon Taft · ss Reckless in Texas ed. Barb Goffman, Sisters in Crime, 2023 312 · The Book of Ruth · Mary Thorson · ss Thicker Than Water ed. Ron Earl Phillips, Shotgun Honey Books, 2023 322 · Sarah Lane’s School for Girls · Rebecca Turkewitz · ss Bayou Magazine #77, 2023 341 · Unknown Caller · Lisa Unger · nv Amazon Original Stories, February 7 2023 381 · Holler, Child · LaToya Watkins · ss Holler, Child: Stories by LaToya Watkins, Tiny Reparations Books, 2023 395 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 405 · Other Distinguished Mystery and Suspense of 2023 · [uncredited] · bi

Bubba Ho-Tep by Don Coscarelli & Joe R. Lansdale--- see under Joe R. Lansdale.

The Dedalus Book of Spanish Fantasy ed. Margaret Jull Costa & Annella McDermott (Dedalus, April 21, 1999, 1-873982-18-6, £10.99, 359pp, tp, oa, cover by Antoni Tàpies)     Original anthology of 35 stories and excerpts edited and newly translated by Costa and McDermott. 11 · Introduction · Margaret Jull Costa & Annella McDermott · in 15 · An Exposition of Canon Lizardi’s Letter · Bernardo Atxaga; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss from Obabakoak, Hutchinson, 1992 31 · The Raincoat · Max Aub; translated by Annella McDermott · ss 43 · The Kiss (A Legend from Toledo) · Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer; translated by Annella McDermott · ss 57 · Fables 9, 10 and 10a · Juan Benet; translated by Annella McDermott · ss 63 · The Catalyst · Juan Benet; translated by Annella McDermott · ss 71 · The Desert · Pere Calders; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 77 · Beyond Death · Noel Clarasó; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 95 · No one · Isabel Del Río; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 101 · The Key · Isabel Del Río; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 107 · Countdown · Isabel Del Río; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · vi 111 · The Little Girl Who Had No Wings · Paloma Díaz-Mas; translated by Annella McDermott · ss; given as by Pilar Díaz-Mas in the Table of Contents. 119 · Concerning the Death of Bieito · Rafael Dieste; translated by Annella McDermott · ss 123 · How My Six Cats Died · Wenceslao Fernández Flórez; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 131 · How the Tailor Bieito Returned to Hell · Ánxel Fole; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 137 · A Face · Pere Gimferrer; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · vi 139 · The Stork-men · Juan Goytisolo; translated by Annella McDermott · ss 147 · The Shooting Gallery · Alberto Insúa; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss; extract from a novel (1929). 153 · The Yellow Rain (an extract) · Julio Llamazares; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 161 · Gualta · Javier Marías; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 169 · No News from Gurb · Eduardo Mendoza; translated by Annella McDermott · ss; extract from a novel (1991). 183 · The Companion · José María Merino; translated by Annella McDermott · ss 191 · The Lost Traveller · José María Merino; translated by Annella McDermott · ss 205 · The One Where She Tells Him a Story · Juan José Millás; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 211 · Family Life · Quim Monzó; translated by Annella McDermott · ss 223 · Gregor · Quim Monzó; translated by Annella McDermott · ss 229 · The Preacher · Carlos Edmundo de Ory; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 235 · The Woman Who Came Back to Life · Emilia Pardo Bazán; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 241 · The Holocanth · Joan Perucho; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 245 · My Cristina · Mercè Rodoreda; translated by Annella McDermott · ss 255 · From Exile · Alfonso Sastre; translated by Annella McDermott · ss 267 · Cervantes’ Chickens · Ramòn J. Sender; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · nv 309 · The Condemned Man · José Ángel Valente; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · vi 311 · My Sister Antonia · Ramón del Valle-Inclán; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 329 · In Search of the Electrifying Double Act · Enrique Vila-Matas; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss 345 · A Poor Man · Alonso Zamora Vicente; translated by Margaret Jull Costa · ss

30 Stories to Remember ed. Thomas B. Costain & John Beecroft (Doubleday, 1962, 884pp, hc, an) 1 · The Split Second · Daphne du Maurier · nv Today’s Woman January 1953 38 · The Theft of the Mona Lisa · Karl Decker · ar 1932 52 · The Soldiers’ Peaches · Stuart Cloete · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 16 1939 62 · A Night to Remember · Walter Lord · ex Ladies’ Home Journal November 1955 118 · Aerial Football: The New Game · George Bernard Shaw · ss The Neolith #1, November 1907 125 · Courtship of My Cousin Doone · Walter D. Edmonds · na The Saturday Evening Post October 7 1933 (+1) 175 · Hotel Room · Cornell Woolrich · ex 1958 204 · Two Soldiers · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 28 1942 216 · How We Kept Mother’s Day · Stephen Leacock · vi Laugh with Leacock by Stephen Leacock, Dodd, Mead and Co., 1930 219 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s January 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands” 235 · The Incredible Journey · Sheila Burnford · na McCall’s March 1961 291 · The Catbird Seat · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 14 1942 298 · Act One · Moss Hart · ex 1959 410 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936 422 · Gigi · Colette; translated by Roger Senhouse · nv Three Short Novels by Colette, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1952 457 · The Little Minister · Sir James M. Barrie · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine February 1924 478 · The Alien Corn · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan August 1931 507 · A Profile in Courage · John F. Kennedy · ar from Profiles in Courage, 1955 521 · The Company of the Marjolaine · John Buchan · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1909 539 · First Day Finish · Jessamyn West · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1944 547 · The Adventure of the Priory School [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Collier’s Weekly January 30 1904 569 · A Christmas Memory · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle December 1956 578 · Death and Professor Raikes · Alice Duer Miller · na 1929 642 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938 translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937). 658 · Mrs. ’Arris Goes to Paris · Paul Gallico · na 1957 722 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904 738 · Son of a Tinker · Maurice Walsh · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 28 1940 754 · History Lesson · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories May 1949 761 · The Truth About the Flood · Werner Keller · ar from The Bible as History, 1956 766 · A Candle for St. Jude · Rumer Godden · n. 1948

Revolt on Majipoor by Matt Costello (Tor, August 1987, 0-812-56402-2, $3.50, 243pp, pb, gm) [Majipoor]     Role-playing gamebook set on Robert Silverberg’s Majipoor. A “Crossroads Adventure”. · Majipoor: An Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in

Bugs! ed. Gerald Costlow (Pill Hill Press, April 6, 2012, 978-1-61706-185-1, 240pp, tp, oa, cover by Gary McCluskey)     Details taken from online listing. 5 · Spider Worship · Steven Gepp · ss 17 · Engineer Ants · Barry Pomeroy · ss 28 · Worm Herding · Michael Seese · nv 54 · Plain Noise · Jessy Marie Roberts · nv 81 · For the Love of Bugs · Christopher Eger · ss 87 · Night Night · Rachael H. Dixon · ss 98 · The Wicked Big “Monstah Ovah Bawstin” · David Bernard · ss 113 · Butterfly Woman · Jaleta Clegg · ss 126 · The Limited Range of Scarabaeus Sacer · Richard Jay Goldstein · ss 141 · The Illumination of Queen Bees · Charles Grabuski · ss 154 · Howard’s Friends · Rebecca Lloyd · ss 163 · The Intrusion · Barbara House · ss 175 · Cutting Out the Intermediary · Gustavo Bondoni · ss 187 · Cycles · Mark Mills · ss 197 · Skin Deep · Thomas LeBeau · ss 210 · Down in the Valley Where the Green Grass Grows · John Michael Martin · ss 222 · Prophecy · Gerald Costlow · ss

Beyond the Looking Glass: Extraordinary Works of Fairy Tale & Fantasy ed. Jonathan Cott (Stonehill Publishing, 1973, xlviii+519pp, hc, an)     Pagination taken from the Overlook Press trade paperback reprint, 1987. xi · Introduction · Leslie Fiedler · in xxi · Notes on Fairy Faith and the Idea of Childhood · Jonathan Cott · ar 1 · The King of the Golden River, or The Black Brothers · John Ruskin · nv Smith, Elder, 1841 39 · Petsetilla’s Posy · Tom Hood · n. Routledge, 1870 147 · Wooden Tony: An Anyhow Story · Mrs. Lucy Clifford · ss The English Illustrated Magazine December 1890 163 · Through the Fire · Mary de Morgan · nv On a Pincushion by Mary De Morgan, Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 1877 193 · The Wanderings of Arasmon · Mary de Morgan · nv The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde by Mary de Morgan, Macmillan & Co., 1886 215 · Wanted—A King · Maggie Browne · na 1890 309 · Tinykin’s Transformations · Mark Lemon · na Bradbury & Evans, 1869 391 · The Golden Key · George MacDonald · nv Dealings with the Fairies by George MacDonald, Arthur Strahan, 1867 421 · The Day Boy and the Night Girl · George MacDonald · nv The Graphic Christmas 1879, as “The Romance of Photogen and Nycteris” 465 · Goblin Market · Christina Rossetti · pm The Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti, 1862; dated 1859.

Boston Noir 2: The Classics ed. Mary Cotton, Dennis Lehane & Jaime Clarke--- see under Dennis Lehane.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Series and Sequels, Vol. 1: Books by Tim Cottrill, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Garland, May 1986, 0-8240-8671-6, $35.00, xix+398pp, hc, nf)     Non-fiction, reference book. Besides series and sequels, there is a list of anthology series. A useful volume for the collector.

Classic Horror Stories ed. Charles A. Coulombe (Globe Pequot Press/The Lyons Press, 2003, 1-59228-200-8, $9.95, xiv+333pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 16 supernatural horror stories from the early 1900s and before. Authors include Washington Irving, Charles Dickens, and Robert W. Chambers. ix · Introduction · Charles A. Coulombe · in · Ancient Horrors 1 · I Kings 28.1-25 · [uncredited] · ex (r) 5 · Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Book IV, xxv · Philostratus · ex (r) 11 · The Feast of Redgauntlet · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824 43 · The Adventure of the German Student · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon 55 · Feathertop · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The International Magazine February 1852 (+1) 89 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839; given as by H. B. Marryat. 117 · St. John’s Eve · Nikolai Gogol · ss Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Nikolai Gogol, Dutton, 1917, as “The Witch” 141 · No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 165 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1) 189 · Gabriel-Ernest · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 29 1909 201 · The Botathen Ghost · R. S. Hawker · ss All the Year Round May 18 1867 219 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908 247 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 281 · The Watcher · Robert Hugh Benson · vi The Light Invisible by R. H. Benson, Isbister, 1903 289 · The Dead Valley · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 305 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 321 · The Vampire of Croglin Grange · Augustus Hare · ss The Story of My Life by Augustus Hare, George Allen, London, 1896 329 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Quantum Musings ed. Raymond M. Coulombe, Michael Gallant & Timothy O. Goyette--- see under Michael Gallant.

Fabulous Brighton ed. Deirdre Counihan, Elizabeth Counihan & Liz Williams--- see under Elizabeth Counihan.

Fabulous Brighton ed. Elizabeth Counihan, Deirdre Counihan & Liz Williams (Shrew Press, September 2000, 0-9538481-0-8, £4.99, 108pp, tp, oa, cover by Deirdre Counihan)     Anthology of 12 fantasy stories celebrating the town of Brighton, written by local authors including Nigel Brown, Peter James, and Lynn Truss. Foreword by Simon Fanshawe. 2 · Foreword · Simon Fanshawe · fw 3 · The Green Man · Lynne Truss · ss 8 · Sing a Song of Saxon · Nigel Brown · ss 18 · Doctor Theo’s Excellent Tonic · Paul Laville · ss; given as “Dr Theo’s Excellent Tonic” in the Table of Contents. 34 · 12, Bolinbroke Avenue · Peter James · ss 38 · Message in a Bottle · Elizabeth Counihan · ss 48 · Insinuations · Deirdre Counihan · ss 55 · Prince of Lamentations · Liz Williams · ss 68 · Hove Druid: I Stole Stone to Save Seagulls · Nick Szczepanik · ss 73 · To Walk Upon the Sea · Larry Matthews · ss 84 · Déjà-Vu · Christopher Enby · ss 91 · What the Butler Saw · Veronica Williams · ss 97 · The Digger at the Dyke · Peter T. Garratt · ss

Once Upon Our Time by June Counsel (Glyndley Books and Craftsman, December 2, 2000, 0-9534232-2-0, £12.99, 202pp, hc, oc)     Collection of 10 original acerbic and poignant fairy tales set in modern times. Illustrated with woodcuts by Marcus Sedgwick. Issued without a dustjacket. 1 · No Time · June Counsel · nv 27 · Stoned · June Counsel · ss 38 · Mrs. Spindle · June Counsel · ss 51 · The Goat Willow Tree · June Counsel · nv 74 · The Marmalade Fur Coat · June Counsel · nv 95 · All Gone · June Counsel · ss 108 · Tom Stray · June Counsel · ss 125 · The Three Candles · June Counsel · nv 154 · The Woman Who Lived in Squares · June Counsel · nv 184 · The Girl Who Banished Selfe · June Counsel · ss