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The Lineup ed. Otto Penzler (Quercus, 2011, 978-1-84916-522-8, £7.99, 502pp, tp, nf)     Reprint (Little, Brown 2009) nonfiction anthology, “The World’s Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives.” Winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work. 1 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 7 · Jack Taylor · Ken Bruen · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 31 · Jack Reacher · Lee Child · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 51 · Hieronymus Bosch · Michael Connelly · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 71 · Charlie Parker · John Connolly · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 95 · Elvis Cole and Joe Pike · Robert Crais · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 115 · Lincoln Rhyme · Jeffery Deaver · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 139 · Inspector Morse · Colin Dexter · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 167 · Charlie Resnick · John Harvey · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 191 · Bob Lee Swagger · Stephen Hunter · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 209 · Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus · Faye Kellerman · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 243 · Alex Delaware · Jonathan Kellerman · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 269 · Dismas Hardy · John Lescroart · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 297 · Tess Monaghan · Laura Lippman · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 317 · Rambo · David Morrell · ar 2008 341 · Mallory · Carol O’Connell · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 363 · Spenser · Robert B. Parker · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 385 · Lou Boldt · Ridley Pearson · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 413 · Charlotte and Thomas Pitt · Anne Perry · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2006 433 · Aloysius X.L. Pendergast · Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008 455 · John Rebus [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007 477 · Precious Ramotswe · Alexander McCall Smith · ar 2008 499 · Copyright Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms

Mark Twain’s “Medieval Romance” and Other Classic Mystery Stories ed. Otto Penzler (Pegasus Books, 2012, 978-1-60598-279-3, $25.95, hc, an)     Eighteen stories that leave it to the reader to speculate how they end. · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in · Unreasonable Doubt · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1958 · A Dilemma · S. Weir Mitchell · ss The Century Magazine July 1902 · Nunc Dimittis · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 · The Discourager of Hesitancy · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine July 1885 · The Lady and the Tiger · Jack Moffitt · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #58, September 1948 [Ref. Frank R. Stockton] continuation of Frank R. Stockton’s “The Lady, Or the Tiger?”. · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 · The Mysterious Card [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat February 1896 · The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat August 1896 · Karmesin and the Meter [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1937/1938 · One Hundred in the Dark · Owen Johnson · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 21 1911 · The Whole Town’s Sleeping [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss McCall’s September 1950 · Thimble, Thimble · O. Henry · ss Hampton’s Broadway Magazine December 1908 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 · Tea for Two · Laurie York Erskine · ss Collier’s February 15 1936 · The Lady and the Dragon · Peter Godfrey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950 · A Medieval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express January 1 1870, as “An Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance” · The Moment of Decision · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1955

The Mighty Johns ed. Otto Penzler (New Millennium Press, 2002, 1-893224-56-2, $23.95, 316pp, hc, oa)     Details provided by Terry Zobeck. 1 · The Mighty Johns · David Baldacci · na 93 · The Best of the Rest · Otto Penzler · in 99 · The Ehrengraf Reverse [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss 117 · Semi-Pro · James Crumley · ss 127 · A Sunday in January · Brendan DuBois · ss 147 · Whatever It Takes to Win · Tim Green · ss 163 · Good Seats · Colin Harrison · ss 181 · Gone Down to Corpus · Dennis Lehane · ss 195 · No Thing · Mike Lupica · ss 215 · The Empire Strikes Back · Brad Meltzer · ss 233 · The Arcane Receiver · Carol O’Connell · ss 241 · The End of Innocence · Anne Perry · nv 273 · Hollywood Spring and Axle · Gary Phillips · ss 289 · Gone to the Dawgs · Peter Robinson · ss 303 · Rumors of Gravity · John Westerman · ss

Murder and Obsession ed. Otto Penzler (Delacorte, March 9, 1999, 0-385-31800-6, 406pp, hc, oa) 1 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 5 · Burglary in Progress · Kent Anderson · ss 19 · The Red Shoes · Edna Buchanan · ss 39 · The Double-Barreled Gun · Amanda Cross · ss 63 · The Mexican Pig Bandit · James Crumley · nv 97 · Dog Days · Philip Friedman · nv 127 · I, Richard · Elizabeth George · nv 171 · Crack · James W. Hall · ss 185 · Running Out of Dog · Dennis Lehane · nv 223 · Sparks · Elmore Leonard · ss 239 · Slow Burn · Eric Van Lustbader · nv 287 · Invitation to the Ball · Michael Malone · nv 325 · Barking at Butterflies · Ed McBain · ss 335 · The Vampire · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 377 · Heroes · Anne Perry · ss Past Crimes ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1998 395 · The Guilty Party · Shel Silverstein · ss

Murder at the Foul Line ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, January 2006, 0-89296-016-7, $24.95, 348pp, hc, oa)     “Original Tales of Hoop Dreams and Deaths from Today’s Great Writers”. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Keller’s Double Dribble [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv 38 · Nothing but Net · Jeffery Deaver · nv 62 · Bank Shots · Sue DeNymme · ss 79 · The Taste of Silver · Brendan DuBois · ss 98 · Fear of Failure · Parnell Hall · nv 129 · Cat’s Paw · Laurie R. King · nv 152 · Mrs. Cash · Mike Lupica · nv 173 · White Trash Noir · Michael Malone · nv 200 · Galahad, Inc. · Joan H. & Robert B. Parker · ss 216 · String Music · George Pelecanos · nv 241 · Mamzer · R. D. Rosen · nv 264 · Shots · S. J. Rozan · na 307 · In the Zone · Justin Scott · ss 320 · Bubba · Stephen Solomita · nv

Murder at the Racetrack ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, April 2006, 0-89296-018-3, $24.95, 384pp, hc, oa)     “Original Tales of Mystery and Mayhem Down the Final Stretch from Today’s Great Writers.” 1 · Keller by a Nose [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv 25 · The Return of the Thin White Dude— Screaming · Ken Bruen · ss 39 · Zuppe Inglese · Jan Burke · na 111 · Yellow Mama’s Long Weekend · Lorenzo Carcaterra · nv 134 · That Kind of Nag · Max Allan Collins · nv 162 · The Odds · Thomas H. Cook · ss 178 · The Hustle · Pat Jordan · nv 210 · The Great, the Good, and the Not-So-Good · H. R. F. Keating · ss 227 · The Cover Story Is Always a Lie · John Lescroart · nv 257 · Raindancer · Michael Malone · nv 282 · The Long Shot · Michele Martinez · nv 303 · Meadowlands · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 334 · Hotwalking · Julie Smith · ss 352 · Pinwheel · Scott Wolven · nv

Murderers’ Row ed. Otto Penzler (New Millennium Press, 2001, 1-893224-25-2, $24.95, 369pp, hc, oa)     Details provided by Terry Zobeck. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in xv · Foreword · Jim Bouton · fw 1 · Keller’s Designated Hitter [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv 33 · Pinch-Hitter [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv 71 · Two-Bagger · Michael Connelly · nv 93 · Strike-Zone · K. C. Constantine · ss 111 · A Family Game · Brendan DuBois · nv 143 · Chickasaw Charlie Hoke · Elmore Leonard · ss 161 · Sacrifice Hit · John Lescroart · nv 193 · Ropa Vieja · Laura Lippman · nv 217 · The Shot · Mike Lupica · nv 245 · The Power · Michael Malone · nv 283 · Harlem Nocturne · Robert B. Parker · ss; expanded into the novel Double Play. 293 · The Closer · Thomas Perry · ss 318 · Killing Teddy Ballgame · Henry Slesar · ss 339 · Pick-Off Play · Troy Soos · ss 363 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Murder for Halloween ed. Otto Penzler & Michele B. Slung--- see under Michele Slung.

Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler (Delacorte, January 1996, 0-385-31466-3, $19.95, 323pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 16 stories of romantic love gone wrong. 1 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 7 · Dying Time · William J. Caunitz · ss 25 · For Whom the Beep Tolls · Carol Higgins Clark · ss 43 · Definitely, a Crime of Passion · Mary Higgins Clark · nv Cosmopolitan February 1996 77 · Hot Springs · James Crumley · nv 101 · The Loving You Get · John Gardner · ss 121 · The Stalker · Faye Kellerman · ss 139 · The Things We Do for Love · Jonathan Kellerman · ss 157 · Karen Makes Out [Karen Sisco] · Elmore Leonard · nv 179 · Red Clay · Michael Malone · nv 203 · Nancy Drew Remembers (A Parody) · Bobbie Ann Mason · nv 229 · Running from Legs · Ed McBain · nv 261 · At the Paradise Motel, Sparks, Nevada · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 279 · Heartbreak House · Sara Paretsky · ss 299 · The Blackmailer · Anne Perry · ss 317 · For What She Had Done · Shel Silverstein · vi 323 · True Crime · Donna Tartt · vi

Murder for Revenge ed. Otto Penzler (Delacorte, April 1998, 0-385-31715-8, $21.95, 360pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 12 stories of revenge. 1 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 5 · Like a Bone in the Throat · Lawrence Block · nv 35 · Power Play · Mary Higgins Clark · nv 71 · Fatherhood · Thomas H. Cook · ss 87 · West End · Vicki Hendricks · ss 101 · Caveat Emptor · Joan Hess · ss 121 · Edadicum Homo Horribilus · Judith Kelman · nv 143 · Dead Cat Bounce · Eric Lustbader · nv 171 · Angie’s Delight · Phillip Margolin · ss 183 · Front Man · David Morrell · nv 225 · Murder-Two · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 253 · The Enemy · Shel Silverstein · pm 261 · Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff · Peter Straub · na

Murder in the Rough ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, June 2006, 0-89296-017-5, $24.95, 401pp, hc, oa)     “Original Tales of Bad Shots, Terrible Lies, and Other Deadly Handicaps from Today’s Great Writers.” ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Welcome to the Real World · Lawrence Block · ss 21 · The Man Who Didn’t Play Golf · Simon Brett · ss 39 · Spittin Iron · Ken Bruen · ss 47 · His Mission · Christopher Coake · na 120 · Water Hazard · Stephen Collins · nv 160 · Those Good Days · Tom Franklin · nv 182 · Death by Golf · Jonathan Gash · nv 219 · Room for a Fourth · Steve Hamilton · ss 233 · Miss Unwin Plays by the Rules [Harriet Unwin] · H. R. F. Keating · nv 257 · A Good **** Spoiled · Laura Lippman · ss 271 · The Hoarder · Bradford Morrow · nv 298 · Graduation Day · Ian Rankin · nv 322 · Lucy Had a List · John Sandford · nv 352 · Unplayable Lies · William G. Tapply · ss 369 · The Secret · John Westermann · nv 395 · Golf Mysteries · [uncredited] · bi

Murder Is My Racquet ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, June 2005, 0-446-69588-2, $13.95, 316pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 14 tennis mysteries, originally announced by New Millennium Press in 2002. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Terrible Tommy Terhune · Lawrence Block · ss Enough Rope by Lawrence Block, Morrow, 2002 24 · Tennis, Anyone? · Kinky Friedman · ss 31 · Six Love · James W. Hall · nv 52 · Promise [Jack Kiley] · John Harvey · ss 72 · A Debt to the Devil · Jeremiah Healy · nv Off-Season and Other Stories by Jeremiah Healy, Five Star US, 2003 104 · Stephen Longacre’s Greatest Match · Stephen Hunter · nv 132 · No Strings · Judith Kelman · nv 162 · A Killer Overhead · Robert Leuci · nv 183 · Needle Match · Peter Lovesey · ss 203 · The Rematch · Mike Lupica · nv 230 · Continental Grip · David Morrell · ss 242 · Close Shave · Ridley Pearson · na 289 · Love Match · Lisa Scottoline · ss 308 · A Peach of a Shot · Daniel Stashower · ss

Murder on the Ropes ed. Otto Penzler (New Millennium Press, October 2001, 1-893224-33-3, $24.95, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 14 boxing stories. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Sunlight Shining on Water · Doug Allyn · nv 37 · In the Tank [Jack LeVine] · Andrew Bergman · ss 59 · You Don’t Even Feel It · Lawrence Block · ss 79 · A Winning Cominbation · Brendan DuBois · ss 101 · The Fix · Thomas H. Cook · ss 117 · Flash · Loren D. Estleman · ss 125 · The Championship of Nowhere · James Grady · nv 169 · The Man Who Boxed Forever · Edward D. Hoch · ss 193 · The Trial Horse · Clark Howard · nv 233 · Long Odds [Toby Peters] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss 251 · Dream Street · Mike Lupica · ss 273 · The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza · Joyce Carol Oates · na 323 · The Problem of Leon [Jack Liffey] · John Shannon · ss 343 · Midnight Emissions · F. X. Toole · nv

Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters ed. Otto Penzler (Quercus, 2006, 1-84724-066-6, £17.99, 528pp, tp, an) xi · Foreword · Harlan Coben · fw xiii · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · One, Two, Three · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask May 1933 21 · The Creeping Siamese [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask March 1926 39 · Honest Money [Ken Corning] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask November 1932 73 · Frost Rides Alone [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask March 1930 109 · Stag Party [McFee] · Charles G. Booth · nv Black Mask November 1933 169 · Double Check · Thomas Walsh · ss Black Mask July 1933 195 · The City of Hell! · Leslie T. White · nv Black Mask October 1935 235 · Red Wind [John Dalmas] · Raymond Chandler · nv Dime Detective Magazine January 1938 287 · Wise Guy [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv Black Mask April 1930 331 · Murder Picture [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Black Mask January 1935 375 · The Price of a Dime [Ben Shaley] · Norbert Davis · ss Black Mask April 1934 393 · Chicago Confetti [Percy Warren] · William Rollins, Jr. · ss Black Mask March 1932 465 · The Third Murderer [Race Williams; The Flame] · Carroll John Daly · na Black Mask June 1931 (+2), as ““The Flame” and Race Williams” 525 · Two Murders, One Crime · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask July 1942, as “Three Kills for One 3 Kills for 1”

Pulp Fiction: The Villains ed. Otto Penzler (Quercus, July 2007, 1-84724-076-3, £17.99, xv+558pp, hc, an) ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw xii · I, Felon · Harlan Ellison · in 1 · The Cat-Woman [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv The Black Mask February 1927 37 · Dilemma of the Dead Lady · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly July 4 1936 65 · The House of Kaa [Dean Bradley (The Cobra)] · Richard B. Sale · ss Ten Detective Aces February 1934 81 · The Invisible Millionaire [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The Daily Mail May 10 1938 - May 24 1938 133 · Faith · Dashiell Hammett · ss 143 · Pastorale · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1928 153 · The Sad Serbian [Sam Cragg] · Frank Gruber · nv Black Mask March 1939 175 · You’ll Always Remember Me · Steve Fisher · ss Black Mask March 1938 195 · Finger Man [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · na Black Mask October 1934 237 · You’ll Die Laughing · Norbert Davis · nv Black Mask November 1940 265 · About Kid Deth · Raoul F. Whitfield · nv Black Mask February 1931 299 · The Sinister Sphere [Steve Thatcher (The Moon Man)] · Frederick C. Davis · nv Ten Detective Aces May/June 1933 329 · Pigeon Blood · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask November 1933 349 · The Perfect Crime · C. S. Montanye · ss The Black Mask July 1920 361 · The Monkey Murder [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1939 405 · The Crimes of Richmond City · gp (r) 407 · i) Raw Law [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask September 1928 438 · ii) Dog Eat Dog [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask October 1928 470 · iii) The Law Laughs Last [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask November 1928 499 · iv) Law Without Law [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · ss Black Mask April 1929 527 · v) Graft [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask May 1929

Uncertain Endings: The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories ed. Otto Penzler (Pegasus Books, January 2007, 1-933648-16-3, $23.95, 288pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 3 · Unreasonable Doubt · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1958 15 · A Dilemma · S. Weir Mitchell · ss The Century Magazine July 1902 23 · Nunc Dimittis · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” 47 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 55 · The Discourager of Hesitancy · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine July 1885 63 · The Lady and the Tiger · Jack Moffitt · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #58, September 1948 [Ref. Frank R. Stockton] continuation of Frank R. Stockton’s “The Lady, Or the Tiger?”. 95 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 123 · The Mysterious Card [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat February 1896 · The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat August 1896 139 · Karmesin and the Meter [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1937/1938 147 · One Hundred in the Dark · Owen Johnson · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 21 1911 167 · The Whole Town’s Sleeping [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss McCall’s September 1950 185 · At Midnight, in the Month of June [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #127, June 1954 197 · Thimble, Thimble · O. Henry · ss Hampton’s Broadway Magazine December 1908 211 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 243 · Tea for Two · Laurie York Erskine · ss Collier’s February 15 1936 251 · The Lady and the Dragon · Peter Godfrey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950 267 · A Medieval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express January 1 1870, as “An Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance” 277 · The Moment of Decision · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1955

The Vampire Archives ed. Otto Penzler (Black Lizard, September 2009, 978-0-307-47389-9, $25.00, xix+1034pp, tp, an)     Vampire anthology with 78 stories, four poems, and three “true stories”. Authors include Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Rice, H.P. Lovecraft, and Stephen King; a biographical sketch of each author is included. Foreword by Kim Newman; preface by Neil Gaiman. This includes a 110-page “comprehensive” bibliography of vampire novels and stories compiled by Daniel Seitler. xi · Foreword · Kim Newman · fw xv · Preface · Neil Gaiman · pr xvii · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in · Pre-Dracula 3 · Good Lady Ducayne · M. E. Braddon · nv The Strand Magazine February 1896 19 · The Last Lords of Gardonal [The Innominato] · William Gilbert · nv The Argosy (UK) July 1867 (+2), as “The Lords of Gardonal” by The Author of “Doctor Austin’s Guests” 40 · A Mystery of the Campagna · Anne Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1887, 1886, as by Von Degen 59 · The Fate of Madame Cabanel · Eliza Lynn Linton · ss All the Year Round December 16 1872 69 · Let Loose · Mary Cholmondeley · nv Temple Bar April 1890 80 · The Vampire · Vasile Alecsandrai; translated by William Beatty-Kingston · pm The English Illustrated Magazine November 1886 translated from the Romanian (“Strigoiul”). 83 · The Death of Halpin Frayser · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave December 19 1891 93 · Ken’s Mystery · Julian Hawthorne · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1883 107 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3) 147 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900 156 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 166 · The Old Portrait · Hume Nisbet · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper February 22 1896 170 · The Vampire Maid · Hume Nisbet · ss Stories Weird and Wonderful by Hume Nisbet, F.V. White, 1900 · True Stories 177 · The Sad Story of a Vampire · (Count) Eric Stenbock · ss Studies of Death: Romantic Tales by Stanislaus Eric & Count Stenbock, London, 1894, as “The True Story of a Vampire” 183 · A Case of Alleged Vampirism · Luigi Capuana · ts 1907, as “A Vampire” 192 · An Authenticated Vampire Story · Dr. Franz Hartmann · ar The Occult Review September 1909 · Graveyards, Castles, Churches, Ruins 199 · Revelations in Black · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales April 1933 213 · The Master of Rampling Gate · Anne Rice · nv Redbook February 1984 229 · The Vampire of Kaldenstein · Frederick Cowles · nv The Night Wind Howls by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1938 241 · An Episode of Cathedral History · M. R. James · ss The Cambridge Review June 10 1914 252 · Schloss Wappenberg · D. Scott-Moncrieff · ss Not for the Squeamish by David Scott-Moncrieff, Background Books, 1948 261 · The Hound [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales February 1924 267 · Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Fur · Tanith Lee · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1984 283 · The Horror at Chilton Castle · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Scream at Midnight by Joseph Payne Brennan, Macabre House, 1963 293 · The Singular Death of Morton · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Tramp December 1910 300 · The Death of Ilalotha [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales September 1937 · That’s Poetic 311 · The Bride of Corinth · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · pm (r) translated from the German (“Die Braut von Korinth”, Die Horen, 1797). 315 · The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale · Lord Byron · pm John Murray, 1813 318 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848 written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820. · Hard Times for Vampires 323 · Place of Meeting · Charles Beaumont · ss Orbit v1 #2, 1953 327 · Duty · Ed Gorman · ss Under the Fang ed. Robert R. McCammon, Pocket, 1991 334 · A Week in the Unlife · David J. Schow · ss A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991 · Classic Tales 341 · Four Wooden Stakes · Victor Rowan · ss Weird Tales February 1925 349 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 358 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 367 · Doctor Porthos · Basil Copper · ss The Midnight People ed. Peter Haining, Leslie Frewin, 1968 372 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905 382 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 391 · When It Was Moonlight · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown February 1940 401 · The Drifting Snow · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales February 1939 408 · Aylmer Vance and the Vampire [Aylmer Vance] · Alice & Claude Askew · nv The Weekly Tale-Teller #274, August 1 1914, as “The Vampire” 420 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 428 · The Transfer · Algernon Blackwood · ss Country Life December 9 1911 436 · The Stone Chamber · H. B. Marriott Watson · nv The Heart of Miranda by H. B. Marriott Watson, John Lane, 1898 455 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; translated by Sarka B. Hrbkova · ss Czechoslovak Stories ed. Sarka B. Hrbkova, Duffield & Co., 1920 translated from the Czech (“Vampyr”, Různé lidé, 1871). 459 · The End of the Story [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales May 1930 · Psychic Vampires 473 · The Lovely Lady · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 485 · The Parasite · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s Weekly November 10 1884 (+3) 509 · Lonely Women Are the Vessels of Time · Harlan Ellison · ss MidAmeriCon Program Book 1976 · Something Feels Funny 515 · Blood · Fredric Brown · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1955 517 · Popsy · Stephen King · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 526 · The Werewolf and the Vampire · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv The Monster Club by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, NEL, 1976 543 · Drink My Red Blood · Richard Matheson · ss Imagination April 1951 549 · Dayblood · Roger Zelazny · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May/June 1985 · Love…Forever 557 · Replacements · Lisa Tuttle · nv MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992 567 · Princess of Darkness · Frederick Cowles · ss Dracula’s Brood ed. Richard Dalby, Crucible, 1987 580 · The Silver Collar · Garry Kilworth · ss Blood Is Not Enough ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1989 589 · The Old Man’s Story · Walter Starkie · ss Raggle Taggle by Walter Starkie, John Murray, 1933 596 · Will · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Green Window by Vincent O'Sullivan, Leonard Smithers, 1899 translated from the French (“Le Scarabée Funèbre”, Mercure de France). 601 · Blood-Lust [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine May 1922 611 · The Canal · Everil Worrell · nv Weird Tales December 1927 621 · When Gretchen Was Human · Mary Turzillo · ss The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2001 630 · The Story of Chūgorō · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Kottō by Lafcadio Hearn, Macmillan, 1902 · They Gather 637 · The Men and Women of Rivendale · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Night Visions 1 ed. Alan Ryan, Dark Harvest, 1984 644 · Winter Flowers · Tanith Lee · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1993 658 · The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady · Brian Stableford · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1988 672 · Midnight Mass · F. Paul Wilson · na Axolotl Press, 1990 · Is That a Vampire 703 · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924 713 · A Dead Finger · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904 724 · Wailing Well · M. R. James · ss Mill House Press, 1928 732 · Human Remains · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. III by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984 757 · The Vampire · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930 762 · Stragella · Hugh B. Cave · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror June 1932 777 · Marsyas in Flanders · Vernon Lee · ss For Maurice by Vernon Lee, John Lane, 1927; written 1900. 786 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887). 800 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949 · This Is War 813 · The Living Dead · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1967 818 · Down Among the Dead Men · Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann · nv Oui July 1982 · Modern Masters 835 · Necros · Brian Lumley · ss The Second Book of After Midnight Stories ed. Amy Myers, Kimber, 1986 846 · The Man Upstairs · Ray Bradbury · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1947 854 · Chastel [Lee Cobbett; Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VII ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1979 868 · Dracula’s Chair · Peter Tremayne · ss The Count Dracula Fan Club Book of Vampire Stories ed. Jeanne Youngson, Adams Press, 1980 a previously unpublished deletion from Tremayne’s novel The Revenge of Dracula, 1978. 875 · Special · Richard Laymon · nv Under the Fang ed. Robert R. McCammon, Pocket, 1991 886 · Carrion Comfort · Dan Simmons · nv Omni September 1983 (+1) 910 · The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be · Gahan Wilson · ss Playboy May 1967 919 · The Vampire: A Bibliography · Daniel Seitler · bi

The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table ed. Otto Penzler (Pegasus Books, December 2007, 1-933648-67-8, $25.00, 205pp, hc, an) 11 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 19 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930 31 · The Mystery of the Poisoned Kipper · Robert Benchley · ss Liberty February 13 1932 39 · Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer · S. J. Perelman · ss The New Yorker December 16 1944 53 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925 75 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931 83 · The Great Warburton Mystery · George S. Kaufman & Howard Dietz · ss (r) 101 · Big Blonde · Dorothy Parker · nv The Bookman February 1929 139 · Up the Close and Down the Stair · S. J. Perelman · ss The New Yorker September 8 1951 153 · The Man Who Came Back · Edna Ferber · ss The American Magazine April 1911 171 · Rien Ne Va Plus · Alexander Woollcott · vi The New Yorker March 5 1932 177 · Four-and-Twenty Blackjacks · S. J. Perelman · ar The New Yorker March 3 1951 191 · Stop Me—If You’ve Heard This One · Ring Lardner · ss Cosmopolitan July 1929

Whodunit? Houdini? ed. Otto Penzler (Harper & Row, 1976, 0-06-013336-8, $10.95, 283pp, hc, an)     Thirteen Tales of Magic, Murder, Mystery. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · From Another World [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #55, June 1948 29 · In the House of Suddhoo · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette April 30 1886, as “Section 420, I.P.C.” 37 · Rope Enough · John Collier · ss The New Yorker November 18 1939 44 · The New Invisible Man [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · ss The Strand Magazine April 1938 60 · Blind Man’s Buff [The Infallible Godahl] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 24 1913 77 · The Lord of Time [Count Alessandro Cagliostro] · Rafael Sabatini · nv Help Yourself! Annual 1932 99 · Papa Benjamin · William Irish · nv Dime Mystery Magazine July 1935, as “Dark Melody of Madness” by Cornell Woolrich 140 · Juliet and the Magician · Manuel Peyrou; translated by Donald A. Yates · ss The Saint Detective Magazine August 1958 translated from the Spanish. 151 · The Mad Magician [Norgil the Magician] · Maxwell Grant (by Walter B. Gibson) · ss Crime Busters July 1938 171 · One Night in Paris [Gerard Whitestone (The Great Gerard)] · Walter B. Gibson · nv The Saint Detective Magazine November 1955 203 · The Shadow · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty January 30 1926 220 · The Moment of Decision · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1955 243 · The Hand Is Quicker than the Eye [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Detective Fiction Weekly September 16 1939, as “Lester Leith, Magician”

The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories ed. Dennis Pepper (Oxford University Press, September 1, 1994, 0-19-278126-X, £12.99, 314pp, hc, an, cover: [photo] by Simon Marsden)     Solid and entertaining collection of unusual ghost stories, including several originals. Illustrated by Nick Harris, Jonathan Heap, Ian Miller, Brian Pedley, Eric Stemp & Adam Stower. 1 · Introduction · Dennis Pepper · in 3 · The Rivals · Vivien Alcock · ss Spooky ed. Pamela Lonsdale, Methuen, 1983 12 · Spook House · Marc Alexander · ss Not After Nightfall by Marc Alexander, Viking, 1985 20 · The House with the Brick-Kiln · E. F. Benson · ss The London Magazine December 1908 32 · The Monkeys · Ruskin Bond · ss The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories by Ruskin Bond, Penguin India, 1988 37 · Room at the Inn · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The Sixth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1974 42 · The Crown Derby Plate · Marjorie Bowen · ss Grace Latouche and the Warringtons by Marjorie Bowen, Selwyn & Blount, 1931 55 · Mayday! · Redvers Brandling · ss 60 · It Was Rose Hall · Petronella Breinburg · ss The Haunted and the Haunters ed. Lines, The Bodley Head, 1975 68 · Earthbound · Roberta Simpson Brown · vi The Walking Trees and Other Scary Stories by Roberta Simpson Brown, August House, 1991 70 · The Marble Hands · Bernard Capes · ss The Fabulists by Bernard Capes, Mills & Boon, 1915 73 · Fat Andy · Stephen Dunstone · ss The Man in Black, BBC Books, 1990 85 · Bang, Bang—Who’s Dead? · Jane Gardam · ss Beware! Beware! ed. Jean Richardson, Hamish Hamilton, 1987 95 · Carlotta · Adèle Geras · ss 103 · Little Black Pies · John Gordon · ss Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories by John Gordon, Patrick Hardy Books, 1984 109 · The Guitarist · Grace Hallworth · vi 1984 111 · The Chocolate Ghost · Julia Hawkes-Moore · ss 120 · Children on the Bridge · Kenneth Ireland · ss We’re Coming for You, Jonathan by Kenneth Ireland, Hodder & Stoughton, 1983 133 · Rats · M. R. James · ss At Random March 23 1929 140 · The Haunted Mill · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Wave February 21 1891 144 · The Last Bus · J. M. Johnson-Smith · ss Short Stories Magazine August 1981 148 · The Scene of the Crime · Gerald Kersh · ss The (London) Evening News April 9 1946 154 · ’Tain’t So · Maria Leach · vi Whistle in the Graveyard by Maria Leach, Viking Penguin, 1974 based on “The Man Who Wouldn’t Believe He Was Dead” by John Bennett (Doctor to the Dead, Rinehart, 1946). 156 · The Servant · Michael MacLiammoir · ss Dublin Evening Herald 160 · In Black and White · Jan Mark · ss In Black and White and Other Stories by Jan Mark, Viking, 1991 170 · The Warning · Joyce Marsh · ss The Tenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1978 181 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891 190 · Dead Call · William F. Nolan · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 194 · Caves in Cliffs · Josh Pachter · ss Top Fantasy ed. Josh Pachter, Dent, 1985 204 · The Running-Companion · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 211 · Gibson’s · Ann Pilling · ss The Fourteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1982 225 · The Servant · Alison Prince · ss The Fifteenth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1983 238 · The Ring and the Rib · J. J. Reneaux · ss Cajun Folktales by J. J. Reneaux, August House, 1992 244 · A Pair of Muddy Shoes · Lennox Robinson · ss Eight Short Stories by Lennox Robinson, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919 251 · The Hard-Working Ghost · Dal Stivens · ss The Gambling Ghost and Other Tales by Dal Stivens, Angus & Robertson, 1953 257 · The Tale of Caseley Halt · Barry Sutton · ss The Tenth Ghost Book ed. Aidan Chambers, Barrie & Jenkins, 1974 263 · Christmas Meeting · Rosemary Timperley · vi Truth 1952 266 · An Apple for Miss Stevenson · Michael Vestey · ss The After Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Hutchinson, 1980 280 · Dual Control · Elizabeth Walter · nv Dead Woman by Elizabeth Walter, Harvill Press, 1975 290 · The Call · Robert Westall · ss The Call and Other Stories by Robert Westall, Viking UK, 1990 304 · The Little Yellow Dog · Mary Williams · ss Chill Company by Mary Williams, Kimber, 1976

The Young Oxford Book of Nightmares ed. Dennis Pepper (Oxford University Press, September 2000, 978-0-19-278179-6, £12.99, viii+214pp, hc, an, cover by George Smith)     Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · Dennis Pepper · in 1 · Mason’s Life · Kingsley Amis · ss The Sunday Times 1972 5 · Seafood · Francis Beckett · ss 8 · Nightmare in Blue · Fredric Brown · vi The Dude May 1961 11 · Dream Ghost · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The Eighth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1976 18 · The Lost Child · John Burke · ss Magpie November 1952 29 · The Gargles · Michael Chislett · ss 41 · Blood Will Cry Out · J. J. Curle · ss Upon the Midnight ed. R. C. Bull, Macdonald, 1957, as “Awake, Asleep, Awake” 52 · Nightmare · Berlie Doherty · ss Beware! Beware! ed. Jean Richardson, Hamish Hamilton, 1987 63 · The Big Wind · Marien Dreyer · ss Summer’s Tales 1 ed. Kylie Tennant, Macmillan Australia, 1964 75 · Four Twenty-Four Precisely · John Edgell · ss 1970 79 · S. Q. · Adèle Geras · ss 84 · Uncle Walter · John Gordon · ss The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings ed. Dennis Pepper, Oxford University Press, 1997 93 · Dream Fountain · Dennis Hamley · ss 102 · Frisky · Kenneth Ireland · ss 110 · The White-Washed Room · Gerald Kersh · ss Men Without Bones by Gerald Kersh, Heinemann, 1955 115 · Scottish Melody · Sheila Lavelle · ss 127 · Mrs. Beale and Trixie · Christopher Leach · ss 1980 138 · Nightmare · Morgan Llywelyn · ss 1996 146 · The Front Room · Michelle Magorian · ss They Wait, and Other Spine Chillers ed. Lance Salway, Pepper Press, 1983 158 · Dream Justice · E. W. Mayo · vi Weird Tales February 1932 161 · The Patch · Philip Murray · ss Shudders, Philip Allan, 1932 164 · The Eyes · Kit Pearson · ss Don’t Read This!, Front Street, 1998 179 · The Water Mill · Alison Prince · ss 189 · Gone · Sue Welford · ss 199 · Dark Zone · Ed Williams · vi Horrors! 365 Scary Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1998 202 · The Corpse Will Walk · Carolyn Swift · ss 1994 213 · Badnight Story · Robert Scott · ss

The Young Oxford Book of Timewarp Stories ed. Dennis Pepper (Oxford University Press, November 2001, 0-19-278167-7, £7.99, viii+215pp, tp, an)     Young-adult anthology of 21 stories (3 original). Authors include Anderson, Finney, Harrison, Bradbury, Harrison, and Fredric Brown. vii · Introduction · Dennis Pepper · in 1 · My Object All Sublime · Poul Anderson · ss Galaxy Magazine June 1961 11 · They Live Forever · Lloyd Biggle, Jr. · ss Satellite Science Fiction March 1959 19 · Timestorm · Steve Bowkett · ss 31 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952 45 · Vengeance Fleet · Fredric Brown · vi Super Science Stories July 1950, as “Vengeance, Unlimited” 48 · All the Time in the World · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories July 1952 A061 · …And Three to Go · Ken Cowley · ss Miscellany Macabre: Tales of the Unknown by Ken Cowley, British Fantasy Society, 1999 71 · Room 409 · Nance Donkin · ss A Handful of Ghosts ed. Barbara Ker Wilson, Knight Books, 1976 80 · The Love Letter · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 1 1959 94 · If · Harry Harrison · ss If February 1969, as “Praiseworthy Saur” 101 · Time Shift · Kenneth Ireland · ss 109 · The Brighton Monster [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 21 1948, as “The Monster” 123 · Let’s Go to Golgotha! · Garry Kilworth · ss Sunday Times Weekly Review December 15 1974 136 · What Time Is It? · Rita Lamb · ss 139 · The Silver Box · Louise Lawrence · nv A Quiver of Ghosts ed. Aidan Chambers, The Bodley Head, 1987 159 · The Picnic · Penelope Lively · ss Young Winter’s Tales 6 ed. M. R. Hodgkin, Macmillan UK, 1975 173 · The Man from When · Dannie Plachta · vi If July 1966 175 · Fire, Fire · Alison Prince · ss A Haunting Refrain by Alison Prince, Methuen, 1988 186 · Master Ghost and I · Barbara Softly · ss Haunting Tales ed. Barbara Ireson, Faber and Faber, 1973 205 · The Doctor · Ted Thomas · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 214 · The Choice · Wayland Hilton-Young · vi Punch March 19 1952 215 · Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms

The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte (Subterranean Press, March 2010, 978-1-59606-292-4, $125.00, 327pp, hc, n., cover by Vincent Chong)     Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1997) literary fantasy novel of bibliophiles and Satanists. Translated by Sonia Soto from the Spanish (1993). This is a signed, limited edition of 500 with color illustrations by Vincent Chong; a lettered edition of 26 is also available.

Racing Can Be Murder ed. Tony Perona & Brenda R. Stewart--- see under Brenda R. Stewart.

The Best American Short Stories 2012 ed. Tom Perotta & Heidi Pitlor (Houghton Mifflin, 2012, 978-0-547-24209-5, $28.00, xix+356pp, hc, an) ix · Foreword · Heidi Pitlor · fw xii · Introduction · Tom Perotta · in 1 · The Last Speaker of the Language · Carol Anshaw · ss New Ohio Review #10, Fall 2011 16 · Pilgrim Life · Taylor Antrim · nv American Short Fiction #53, 2011 40 · What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank · Nathan Englander · nv The New Yorker December 12 2011 61 · The Other Place · Mary Gaitskill · ss The New Yorker February 14/February 21 2011 75 · North Country · Roxane Gay · ss Hobart #12, April 2011 87 · Paramour · Jennifer Haigh · ss Ploughshares Winter 2011/2012 97 · Navigators · Mike Meginnis · ss Hobart #12, April 2011 108 · Miracle Polish · Steven Millhauser · ss The New Yorker November 14 2011 122 · Axis · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker January 31 2011 138 · Volcano · Lawrence Osborne · ss Tin House Spring 2011 152 · Diem Perdidi · Julie Otsuka · ss Granta #117, Autumn 2011 162 · Honeydew · Edith Pearlman · ss Orion September/October 2011 174 · Occupational Hazard · Angela Pneuman · nv Ploughshares Spring 2011 196 · Beautiful Monsters · Eric Puchner · ss Tin House Fall 2011 212 · Tenth of December · George Saunders · nv The New Yorker October 31 2011 236 · The Sex Lives of African Girls · Taiye Selasi · nv Granta #115, Spring 2011 268 · Alive · Sharon Solwitz · ss Fifth Wednesday Journal #8, 2012 281 · M&M World · Kate Walbert · ss The New Yorker May 30 2011 294 · Anything Helps · Jess Walter · ss McSweeney’s #39, 2011 306 · What’s Important Is Feeling · Adam Wilson · ss The Paris Review #199, Winter 2011 325 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 338 · 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2011 · [uncredited] · bi 342 · Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · ms

Survival Printout ed. Robert Perrault, Leonard Allison & Leonard Jenkin--- see under Total Effect.

The Biggest Female in the World and Other Stories by Wendy Perriam (Robert Hale, July 31, 2007, 978-0-7090-8377-1, £18.99, 223pp, hc, oc, cover: [photo] by Jamie Keenan)     Collection of 20 original fantasy/mainstream stories. 9 · Chloe · Wendy Perriam · ss 22 · Table for Two · Wendy Perriam · ss 34 · Magique · Wendy Perriam · ss 44 · Parents · Wendy Perriam · ss 56 · Venom · Wendy Perriam · ss 67 · Happy Ending · Wendy Perriam · ss 76 · Robin · Wendy Perriam · ss 85 · Sugar Plum · Wendy Perriam · ss 95 · Fall · Wendy Perriam · ss 104 · Kentucky Fried · Wendy Perriam · ss 113 · May · Wendy Perriam · ss 125 · Barbecue · Wendy Perriam · ss 134 · Wedlock · Wendy Perriam · ss 146 · Dandelions · Wendy Perriam · ss 157 · Birth-Day · Wendy Perriam · ss 166 · Suicide · Wendy Perriam · ss 180 · Saviour · Wendy Perriam · ss 191 · Pet · Wendy Perriam · ss 203 · Paradise Lost · Wendy Perriam · ss 214 · The Biggest Female in the World · Wendy Perriam · ss

East of Suez by A. Perrin (Anthony Treherne & Co. Limited, 1901, 311pp, hc, co) 1 · Beynon, of the Irrigation Department · A. Perrin · ss The Windsor Magazine November 1896 55 · The Tiger-Charm · A. Perrin · ss 81 · A Perverted Punishment · A. Perrin · ss The Windsor Magazine September 1897 107 · An Eastern Echo · A. Perrin · ss 127 · A Man’s Theory · A. Perrin · ss 141 · The Summoning of Arnold · A. Perrin · ss 155 · In the Next Room · A. Perrin · ss The Belgravia Annual Summer 1893 171 · The White Tiger · A. Perrin · ss 189 · Caulfield’s Crime · A. Perrin · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1892 211 · The Fakirs’ Island · A. Perrin · ss 231 · The Belief of Bhagwan, Bearer · A. Perrin · ss 249 · “In the Court of Conscience” · A. Perrin · ss 271 · Chunia, Ayah · A. Perrin · ss 287 · The Biscobra · A. Perrin · ss

The Sistrum and Other Ghost Stories by Alice Perrin (Sarob Press, April 2001, 1-902309-15-4, £21.00, xii+139pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe) [edited by Richard Dalby]     Collection of fifteen of Perrin’s best tales from her various collections which have all been out-of-print for more than seventy years, edited & introduced by Richard Dalby. Volume five in the “Richard Dalby’s Mistresses of the Macabre” series. Limited to 300 numbered copies. ix · Introduction · Richard Dalby · in 1 · Caulfield’s Crime · Alice Perrin · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1892 10 · In the Next Room · Alice Perrin · ss The Belgravia Annual Summer 1893 16 · Chunia, Ayah · Alice Perrin · ss East of Suez by A. Perrin, Anthony Treherne, 1901 22 · The Sistrum · Alice Perrin · ss Red Records by Alice Perrin, Chatto & Windus, 1906 33 · Powers of Darkness · Alice Perrin · ss Red Records by Alice Perrin, Chatto & Windus, 1906 44 · The Bead Necklace · Alice Perrin · ss Red Records by Alice Perrin, Chatto & Windus, 1906 54 · The Packet of Letters · Alice Perrin · ss The Pall Mall Magazine July 1904 60 · The Footsteps in the Dust · Alice Perrin · ss Crampton’s Magazine December 1901 67 · “Moore” · Alice Perrin · ss Red Records by Alice Perrin, Chatto & Windus, 1906 81 · “Thirty Acres” · Alice Perrin · ss The Story-teller October 1917 91 · The Miniature · Alice Perrin · ss The Story-teller February 1917 99 · The Admiral’s Dog · Alice Perrin · ss Tales That Are Told by Alice Perrin, Skeffington, 1917 106 · Old Ayah · Alice Perrin · ss The Story-teller June 1916 113 · The Brahminy Bull · Alice Perrin · ss The Sovereign Magazine April 1923 125 · Ann White · Alice Perrin · ss The Premier Magazine #3, May 1923 137 · Sources · [uncredited] · ms

American Hero by Steve Perrin, Carrie Vaughn, George R. R. Martin, S. L. Farrell, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Daniel Abraham, Walton Simons, Ian Tregillis, Victor Milán, Caroline Spector, Sage Walker, John Jos. Miller, Laura J. Mixon, William F. Wu, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Walter Jon Williams, Christopher Rowe, Michael Cassutt, Gail Gerstner Miller & Royce Wideman--- see under Carrie Vaughn.

Death by Dickens ed. Anne Perry (Berkley Prime Crime, March 2004, 0-425-19420-5, $23.95, 280pp, hc, oa, cover by Yuan Lee)     Associational original anthology of 11 mystery stories inspired by the works of Dickens, including two pieces by Carole Nelson Douglas and Lillian Stewart Carl based on A Christmas Carol, and a pre-vampire “Jonathan Barrett” story by P.N. Elrod. · Introduction · Anne Perry · in 5 · A Stake of Holly · Lillian Stewart Carl · nv 29 · Mr. Pickwick vs. the Body Snatchers · Bill Crider · ss 49 · Death in Dover · P. N. Elrod · nv 80 · The House of the Red Candle · Martin Edwards · nv 102 · A Long and Constant Courtship · Carolyn Wheat · nv 124 · Miss Haversham Regrets · Marcia Talley · ss 140 · Scrogged: A Cyber Christmas Carol · Carole Nelson Douglas · nv 176 · The Passing Shadow · Peter Tremayne · nv 200 · Fagin’s Revenge · Brendan DuBois · nv 225 · Next Christmas at Dingley Dell · Gillian Linscott · nv 246 · A Tale of One City · Anne Perry · nv

Death by Horoscope ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, August 2001, 0-786-70845-X, $25.00, 384pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 16 mystery stories involving astrology. · Introduction · Anne Perry · in · The Astrologer Who Predicted His Own Murder [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · ss · The Eye of the Beholder · Lillian Stewart Carl · ss · Out Like a Lion · Bill Crider · ss · Slaying the Serpent · Jane Lindskold · ss · Sea Horse · Edward Marston · ss · The Aquarius Mission · Brendan DuBois · ss · Reason to Believe · Mat Coward · ss · To Catch a Fish · Marcia Talley · ss · Sharing · Jon L. Breen · ss · Not in the Stars · Catherine Dain · ss · Keller’s Horoscope [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv · Star Struck · Peter Lovesey · ss · Boss Man · P. N. Elrod · ss · The Librarian · Simon Brett · ss · Ghosts · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss · The Blue Scorpion · Anne Perry · ss · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Malice Domestic 6 ed. Anne Perry (Pocket, April 1997, 0-671-89633-4, $5.99, 271pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 17 “cosy” mystery stories. ix · A Dance with Life, Death… and Laughter · Anne Perry · in 1 · The Corbett Correspondence · Edward Marston & Peter Lovesey · ss 17 · Like to Die [C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · Catherine Aird · ss 28 · Immortality [Sebastian Grady] · Jon L. Breen · ss 48 · Ways to Kill a Cat · Simon Brett · nv 75 · Mea Culpa · Jan Burke · nv 98 · The Gentleman’s Gentleman · Dorothy Cannell · nv 124 · Malice Among Friends · Sarah Caudwell · vi 128 · True Confessions · Kate Charles · ss 141 · Abstain from Beans · Lindsey Davis · ss Perfectly Criminal ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1996 160 · Time’s Wingéd Chariot · Marjorie Eccles · ss 166 · Alternative Reality · Anthea Fraser · ss 180 · Come Sable Night · Kerry Greenwood · ss 194 · Murder Mid-Atlantic · Edward Marston · ss 211 · City Boy · Susan Moody · ss 225 · One in Every Family · Betty Nathan · ss 238 · The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage · Peter Robinson · ss 256 · Sweet Fruition · David Williams · ss

Much Ado About Murder ed. Anne Perry (Berkley Prime Crime, December 2002, 0-425-18650-4, $23.95, 339pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 17 Shakespeare inspired mystery stories. ix · Introduction · Anne Perry · in 1 · All the World’s a Stage · Jeffery Deaver · nv 24 · Those Are Pearls That Were His Eyes · Carole Nelson Douglas · nv 57 · The Fall of the House of Oldenborg · Robert Barnard · ss 72 · Jack Hath Not His Jill · Sharan Newman · ss 84 · Gracious Silence · Gillian Linscott · ss 98 · A Dish of Poison · Lillian Stewart Carl · nv 121 · Too Many Cooks · Marcia Talley · nv 142 · Squinting at Death · Edward Marston · ss 161 · Exit, Pursued · Simon Brett · nv 186 · Richard’s Children · Brendan DuBois · nv 210 · This World’s Eternity · Margaret Frazer · ss 228 · Cleo’s Asp · Edward D. Hoch · nv 240 · Much Ado About Murder [Susanna, Lady Appleton] · Kathy Lynn Emerson · nv 263 · The Serpent’s Tooth · P. C. Doherty · nv 284 · The Duke’s Wife · Peter Robinson · ss 296 · “Let the Game Begin!” [Hardy Drew] · Peter Tremayne · nv 319 · Ere I Killed Thee · Anne Perry · nv

Odd Partners ed. Anne Perry (Ballantine, April 23, 2019, 978-1-5247-9935-9, $28.00, 368pp, hc, oa)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Anne Perry · in 3 · Reconciliation · Anne Perry · ss 21 · The Nature of the Beast · William Kent Krueger · ss 35 · Sad Onions [Hap Collins & Leonard Pine] · Joe R. Lansdale · nv 54 · The Wagatha Labsy Secret Dogtective Alliance: A Dog Noir Story · Jacqueline Winspear · ss 78 · Glock, Paper, Scissors · Shelley Costa · ss 86 · Blood Money [Inspector Ian Rutledge] · Charles Todd · ss 101 · The Violins Played Before Junshan · Lou Kemp · ss 120 · What Ever Happened to Lorna Winters? · Lisa Morton · ss 137 · Oglethorpe’s Camera · Claire Ortlada · ss 154 · The Last Game · Robert Dugoni · ss 169 · No 11 Squatter · Adele Polomski · ss 181 · A Cold Spell · Mark Thielman · ss 201 · What Would Nora Do? · Georgia Jeffries · ss 214 · Hector’s Bees · Amanda Witt · ss 233 · Georgia in the Wind · William Frank · ss 250 · From Four Till Late [Nick Travers] · Ace Atkins · ss 267 · Bite Out of Crime · Allison Brennan · nv 297 · Songbird Blues · Stephen Ross · ss 317 · Security · Jeffery Deaver · nv