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The Running of Beasts by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (Black Lizard, 1988, 0-88739-076-5, $4.95, 316pp, pb, n., cover by Kirwan)     Reprint (Putnam 1976) horror novel.

The Running of Beasts by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (Speaking Volumes, March 14, 2012, 978-1-61232-121-9, $14.95, 320pp, tp, n.)     Reprint (Putnam 1976) horror novel. Details taken from online listing.

Scenarios: A “Nameless Detective” Casebook by Bill Pronzini (Five Star US, May 2003, 0-7862-4326-0, $25.95, 293pp, hc, co) [Nameless Private Eye]     Collection of 14 stories featuring Pronzini’s “Nameless Detective.” 9 · Preface · Bill Pronzini · pr 11 · It’s a Lousy World [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1968, as “Sometimes There Is Justice” 33 · The Pulp Connection [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1979, as “The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps” 55 · Dead Man’s Slough [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 21 1980 69 · The Ghosts of Ragged-Ass Gulch [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · na from Sosetsu Shincho, Japan 1982. 113 · Cat’s-Paw [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Waves Press, 1983 139 · Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 171 · Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 181 · Stakeout [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1990 197 · La Bellezza Delle Bellezze [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Invitation to Murder ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1991 231 · Souls Burning [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss New Crimes 3 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1991 241 · Bomb Scare [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1995 245 · The Big Bite [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Shots Winter 1999 263 · Season of Sharing [Sharon McCone; Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller · ss Crippen & Landru, 2001 281 · Wrong Place, Wrong Time [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Most Wanted ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2002

Season of Sharing by Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Sleuths by Bill Pronzini (Five Star US, February 1999, 0-7862-1702-2, $20.95, 278pp, hc, co) · Preface · Bill Pronzini · pr · Fergus O’Hara, Detective · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1974, as “The Riverboat Gold Robbery” · The Desert Limited [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine November 1995 · Medium Rare [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 1998 · Jade [Dan Connell] · Bill Pronzini · ss (r) · Vanishing Act [Christopher Steele] · Bill Pronzini & Michael J. Kurland · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1976 · The Desperate Ones [Carmody] · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1971 · Blood Money [Carmody] · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1975, as “Free-Lance Operation” · Dead Man’s Slough [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 21 1980 · A Killing in Xanadu [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Waves Press, 1980 · Stakeout [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1990 · La Bellezza Delle Bellezze [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Invitation to Murder ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1991

Spadework by Bill Pronzini (Crippen & Landru, June 1996, 1-885941-07-2, $16.00, 192pp, tp, co, cover by Carol Heyer) [Nameless Private Eye]     Collection of 15 previously uncollected stories, including two appearing in print for the first time. Also available in a signed, numbered, hardback edition (-06-4, $40.00) limited to 350 copies with a tipped in typescript. 7 · My Two Best Friends · Marcia Muller · in 11 · Cat’s Paw [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Waves Press, 1983 30 · Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 53 · Twenty Miles from Paradise [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss (r) 62 · Ace in the Hole [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986 73 · Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 81 · Something Wrong [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Small Felonies by Bill Pronzini, St. Martin's, 1988 87 · Here Comes Santa Claus [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Mistletoe Mysteries ed. Charlotte MacLeod, The Mysterious Press, 1989 100 · Stakeout [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1990 111 · Souls Burning [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss New Crimes 3 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1991 118 · Bedeviled [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Cat Crimes ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1991 136 · One Night at Dolores Park [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1995 146 · Home Is the Place Where [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1995 155 · Bomb Scare [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1995 158 · Worried Mother Job [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv originally read on audio tape (For Crime Out Loud, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1995). 180 · Zero Tolerance [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Spadework by Bill Pronzini, Crippen & Landru, 1996 186 · Random Chunks of Muddle · Bill Pronzini · aw 189 · A “Nameless Detective” Checklist · [uncredited] · bi

Stacked Deck by Bill Pronzini (Mystery Scene Press, November 1991, 1-56146-014-1, $4.95, 117pp, pb, co)     Author’s Choice Monthly #2. 1 · …But First, a Few Words from the Author · Bill Pronzini · pr 7 · Stacked Deck · Bill Pronzini · nv The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987 37 · Night Freight · Bill Pronzini · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1967; revised. 49 · Here Comes Santa Claus [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Mistletoe Mysteries ed. Charlotte MacLeod, The Mysterious Press, 1989 67 · I Didn’t Do It · Bill Pronzini · ss New Crimes 2 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1990 73 · Connoisseur · Bill Pronzini · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980 86 · Out Behind the Shed · Bill Pronzini · ss Final Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 95 · Vanishing Act [Christopher Steele] · Bill Pronzini & Michael J. Kurland · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1976

American Pulp ed. Bill Pronzini, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Ed Gorman.

The Arbor House Necropolis ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, November 1981, 0-87795-338-4, $11.50, 850pp, tp, an)     Contains the books Voodoo! (Arbor House, 1980), Mummy! (Arbor House, 1980) and Ghoul! (original here). · Preface · Bill Pronzini · pr 17 · Voodoo! · ed. Bill Pronzini · an Arbor House, 1980 19 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in Voodoo! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 33 · Papa Benjamin · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Mystery Magazine July 1935, as “Dark Melody of Madness” 77 · “…Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields” · William B. Seabrook · ar from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929 89 · Mother of Serpents · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1936 101 · The Digging at Pistol Key · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales July 1947 118 · Seven Turns in a Hangman’s Rope · Henry S. Whitehead · na Adventure July 15 1932 179 · The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The National Observer February 4 1893 201 · Powers of Darkness · John Russell · ss Collier’s March 30 1929 216 · Exú · Edward D. Hoch · ss Voodoo! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 223 · Seventh Sister · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · nv Weird Tales January 1943 244 · The Devil Doll · Bryce Walton · ss Dime Mystery Magazine November 1947 254 · Kundu · Morris West · ex Kundu by Morris West, Dell, 1956 271 · The Candidate · Henry Slesar · ss Rogue August 1961 281 · Mummy! · ed. Bill Pronzini · an Arbor House, 1980 283 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 301 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892 337 · Some Words with a Mummy · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Review April 1845 356 · Monkeys · E. F. Benson · ss Weird Tales December 1933 374 · Bones · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Stirring Science Stories February 1941 382 · The Vengeance of Nitocris · Tennessee Williams · ss Weird Tales August 1928, as by Thomas Lanier Williams 397 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by F. C. de Sumichrast · ss The Complete Works of Théophile Gautier: Volume VI by Théophile Gautier, tr. F. C. de Sumichrast, Bigelow, Smith & Co., 1900 translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840). 410 · The Eyes of the Mummy [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1938 429 · Charlie · Talmage Powell · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 447 · The Weekend Magus · Edward D. Hoch · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 459 · The Princess · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 474 · The Eagle-Claw Rattle · Ardath Mayhar · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 482 · The Other Room · Charles L. Grant · nv Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 503 · Revelation in Seven Stages · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 509 · Ghoul! · ed. Bill Pronzini · an 511 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 523 · The Edinburgh Landlady · Aubrey Davidson · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 30 1980 525 · The Body-Snatchers · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 546 · The Loved Dead · C. M. Eddy, Jr. (with H. P. Lovecraft) · ss Weird Tales May/June/July 1924 559 · Indigestion · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Fantastic Stories September 1977 569 · The Chadbourne Episode [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales February 1933 586 · Disturb Not My Slumbering Fair · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss Cautionary Tales by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Doubleday, 1978 600 · Quietly Now · Charles L. Grant · nv 629 · The Ghoul · Sir Hugh Clifford · ss The Further Side of Silence by Hugh Clifford, Doubleday, Page, 1916 644 · The Spherical Ghoul · Fredric Brown · nv Thrilling Mystery January 1943 671 · Corpus Delectable [Gavagan’s Bar] · L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt · ss Tales from Gavagan’s Bar by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt, Twayne, 1953 681 · Memento Mori · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1974; revised. 689 · The White Rabbit · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 702 · Gray Matter · Stephen King · ss Cavalier October 1973 717 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, 1983, 0-87795-451-8, $16.95, 342pp, hc, an)     Also available in tp (-452-6, $7.95). 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 6 · Arson Plus [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask October 1 1923, as by Peter Collinson 26 · Knights of the Open Palm [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · ss The Black Mask June 1 1923 51 · The Mopper-Up · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask November 1931 82 · Red Pavement [“Tough Dick” Donahue] · Frederick Nebel · ss Black Mask December 1932 113 · Parlor Trick · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask July 1932 121 · The Living Lie Down with the Dead · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine April 1936 148 · Holocaust House [Doan & Carstairs] · Norbert Davis · na Argosy November 16 1940 (+1) 201 · Blue Murder · Fredric Brown · ss The Shadow September 1943 218 · Hear That Mournful Sound · Dane Gregory · nv Detective Tales November 1942, as “Lynchville Had a Barber” 242 · The Day Nobody Died [Inspector Allhoff] · D. L. Champion · nv Dime Detective Magazine February 1944 278 · Fatal Accident · John D. MacDonald · ss The Shadow Fall 1948 289 · Diamonds of Death [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv Spicy Detective Stories July 1934 311 · See No Evil · William Campbell Gault · ss New Detective Magazine September 1950, as “See No Murder” 321 · Crime of Omission · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales August 1951 328 · The Girl in the Golden Cage · John W. Jakes · ss Thrilling Detective Summer 1953, as by Alan Payne

Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Arbor House, 1982, 0-87795-410-0, $17.95, 455pp, hc, an)     Revised from Great Tales of the West (Galahad 1982). 11 · Introduction · John Jakes · in Great Tales of the West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Galahad Books, 1982 · Part One: The First Fifty Years 25 · Buck Fanshaw’s Funeral · Mark Twain · ss from Roughing It, American Publishing Company, 1872 33 · How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar · Bret Harte · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1872 46 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898 72 · The Vengeance of Padre Arroyo · Gertrude Atherton · ss Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine July 1891 78 · The Reformation of Calliope · O. Henry · ss Associated Sunday Magazine February 28 1904, as by Sydney Porter 86 · Timberline · Owen Wister · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 7 1908 97 · All Gold Canyon · Jack London · nv The Century Magazine November 1905 115 · The Honk-Honk Breed · Stewart Edward White · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1907 124 · The Trouble Man · Eugene Manlove Rhodes · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 20 1909 141 · From Missouri · Zane Grey · nv McCall’s Magazine August 1926 164 · Ananias Green [Andy Green; Flying U Ranch] · B. M. Bower · ss The Popular Magazine February 1909 175 · The Hold-Up [Hopalong Cassidy] · Clarence E. Mulford · ss The Coming of Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford, A.L. Burt, 1913 188 · Science at Heart’s Desire [Dan Anderson] · Emerson Hough · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1904 199 · Last Warning · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories January 10 1943 210 · The Weight of Obligation · Rex Beach · ss The Crimson Gardenia, and Other Tales of Adventure by Rex Beach, Harper & Brothers, 1916 229 · Dust Storm · Max Brand · ss Collier’s April 3 1937 · Part Two: The Second Fifty Years 245 · Top Hand · Luke Short · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 30 1943 257 · High Wind · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s January 5 1935 271 · The Gift of Cochise · Louis L’Amour · ss Collier’s July 5 1952 285 · First Principal · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss Gunsmoke 1953 294 · I Woke Up Wicked · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s February 18 1955 308 · Sergeant Houck · Jack Schaefer · nv Collier’s July 14 1951 327 · The Woman at Apache Wells · John Jakes · ss Max Brand’s Western Magazine September 1952, as “Lobo Loot” 335 · The Boy Who Smiled · Elmore Leonard · ss Gunsmoke June 1953 347 · Hired Gun · William R. Cox · ss Argosy January 1951 357 · Due Process · Steve Frazee · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1960, as “All Legal and Proper” 374 · Riverboat Fighter · Brian Garfield · ss They Opened the West ed. Tom Blackburn, Doubleday, 1967 386 · Snowblind · Evan Hunter · ss Gunsmoke August 1953 395 · Sweet Cactus Wine · Marcia Muller · ss 405 · The Hanging Man · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981 418 · The Patriarch of Gunsight Flat · Wayne D. Overholser · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1950 429 · Rainbow Captive · Stephen Overholser · ss Antæus #25/26, Spring/Summer 1977 440 · The Trap · Clay Fisher · nv The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico, and Other Stories by Clay Fisher, Macmillan, 1962

The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg (Arbor House, 1981, 0-87795-309-0, $19.95, hc, an)     41 horror stories divided between the Grand Masters and the Modern Masters. Later abridged as Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (Galahad 1985). 11 · Introduction · Stephen King · in 25 · Hop-Frog · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Flag of Our Union March 17 1849 32 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” 62 · Squire Toby’s Will · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Temple Bar January 1868 91 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 103 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review December 1908 135 · “Man Overboard!” · Winston Churchill · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine January 1899 139 · The Hand · Theodore Dreiser · nv Munsey’s Magazine May 1919 157 · The Valley of the Spiders · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1903 168 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 177 · Pickman’s Model · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales October 1927 190 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943 207 · The Screaming Laugh · Cornell Woolrich · ss Clues Detective Stories November 1938 228 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930 238 · Bianca’s Hands · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Argosy (UK) May 1947 247 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949 262 · Shut a Final Door · Truman Capote · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1947 276 · Come and Go Mad · Fredric Brown · nv Weird Tales July 1949 317 · The Scarlet King · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt December 25 1954 328 · Sticks [Cthulhu] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers March 1974 347 · Sardonicus · Ray Russell · nv Playboy January 1961 380 · A Teacher’s Rewards · Robert S. Phillips · ss The Land of Lost Content by Robert Phillips, Vanguard, 1970 388 · The Roaches · Thomas M. Disch · ss Escapade October 1965 397 · The Jam · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy November 1958 403 · Black Wind · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979 408 · The Road to Mictlantecutli · Adobe James · ss Adam Bedside Reader #20, 1965 422 · Passengers · Robert Silverberg · ss Orbit 4 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 435 · The Explosives Expert · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1967 442 · Call First · Ramsey Campbell · ss Night Chills ed. Kirby McCauley, Avon, 1975 447 · The Fly · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1952 452 · Namesake · Elizabeth Morton · vi Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic July 1981 454 · Camps · Jack M. Dann · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1979 480 · You Know Willie · Theodore R. Cogswell · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1957 485 · The Mindworm · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Worlds Beyond December 1950 498 · Warm · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1953 507 · Transfer · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Fantastic Stories August 1975 514 · The Doll · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Epoch 1980 536 · If Damon Comes [Oxrun Station] · Charles L. Grant · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1978 548 · Mass Without Voices · Arthur L. Samuels · vi Nightmares ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1979 550 · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Magazine July 1967 560 · The Party · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy April 1967 570 · The Crate · Stephen King · nv Gallery July 1979

The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg (Arbor House, 1981, 0-87795-349-X, $20.95, 607pp, hc, an)     Also available in tp (-452-6, $7.95). 11 · Introduction · John D. MacDonald · in 17 · The Gold-Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1) 48 · Hunted Down · Charles Dickens · nv The New York Ledger August 20 1859 (+2) 67 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Osgood, 1882 85 · Ransom · Pearl S. Buck · nv Cosmopolitan October 1938 108 · The Adventure of the Glass-Domed Clock [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Mystery League October 1933, as “The Glass-Domed Clock” 126 · The Arrow of God [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 147 · A Passage to Benares [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv Adventure February 20 1926 174 · The Case of the Emerald Sky [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 10 1940 183 · The Other Hangman · John Dickson Carr · ss A Century of Detective Stories, Hutchinson, 1935 196 · The Couple Next Door [Inspector Sands] · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954 211 · Danger Out of the Past · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Manhunt May 1955, as “Protection” 223 · A Matter of Public Notice · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1957 239 · The Cat’s-Paw · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #67, June 1949 254 · The Road to Damascus [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) June 1966 272 · Midnight Blue [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1, 1960 299 · I’ll Die Tomorrow · Mickey Spillane · ss Cavalier #81, March 1960 310 · For All the Rude People · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1961 323 · Hangover · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan July 1956 333 · The Santa Claus Club [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss Suspense (UK) December 1960 344 · The Wager [Kek Huuygens] · Robert L. Fish · ss Playboy July 1973 353 · A Fool About Money · Ngaio Marsh · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1974 358 · And Three to Get Ready… · Horace L. Gold · ss Fantastic Summer 1952 368 · “J” [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · nv Argosy May 1961 414 · Burial Monuments Three · Edward D. Hoch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1972 425 · The Murder · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard Press, 1977 434 · Fatal Woman · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard Press, 1977 439 · Agony Column · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1971 446 · Last Rendezvous · Jean L. Backus · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1977 453 · The Real Shape of the Coast · John Lutz · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1971 464 · Hercule Poirot in the Year 2010 [Hercule Poirot] · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1975 472 · Merrill-Go-Round [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss 484 · A Craving for Originality · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979 491 · Tranquility Base · Asa Baber · ss Tranquility Base and Other Stories by Asa Baber, Fiction International, 1979 506 · The Cabin in the Hollow · Joyce Harrington · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1974 519 · Peckerman · Robert S. Phillips · ss 531 · A Simple, Willing Attempt · Elizabeth Morton · ss 535 · Crime Wave in Pinhole · Julie Smith · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 21 1980 541 · Watching Marcia · Mike Resnick · ss 551 · Somebody Cares · Talmage Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1962 561 · Jode’s Last Hunt · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1977 578 · Many Mansions · Robert Silverberg · nv Universe 3 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1973 602 · My Son the Murderer · Bernard Malamud · ss Esquire November 1968

The Arizonans ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, September 1989, 0-449-13476-8, $3.50, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 2 · Buried Treasure · Stewart Edward White · nv McClure’s Magazine June 1906 32 · Specimen Jones · Owen Wister · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine July 1894 52 · The Hunting of Tom Horn · Clay Fisher · ss The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico, and Other Stories by Clay Fisher, Macmillan, 1962 71 · One Night in the Red Dog Saloon · Hal G. Evarts, Jr. · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 3 1953 85 · The Tonto Woman · Elmore Leonard · ss Roundup ed. Stephen Overholser, Doubleday, 1982 97 · Two-Gun Farewell · C. S. Park · ss Western Magazine September 1955 109 · Black Horses · Jay Lucas · ss The Blue Book Magazine September 1937 123 · Way of the Law in Calico · John Prescott · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 5 1956, as “The Landlady’s Daughter” 136 · The Angel of Santa Sofia · Loren D. Estleman · ss The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman by Loren D. Estleman, Swallow Press, 1989 144 · The Tombstone Hearse · Edward D. Hoch · ss (r) 159 · The Toll at Yaeger’s Ferry · Brian Garfield · ss Rivers to Cross ed. William R. Cox, Dodd, Mead, 1966 174 · Decision · Bill Pronzini · ss originally published as “I’ll See to Your Horse” (ZGW); rewritten as opening of The Gallows Land; this is composite of both. 182 · The Code of Arizona · W. C. Tuttle · nv The Blue Book Magazine October 1934

Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Detective Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Bonanza, 1987, 0-517-64103-8, $8.98, 664pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · Finger Man [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · na Black Mask October 1934 51 · Death Stops at a Tourist Camp · Leslie Ford · na The American Magazine April 1936 117 · The Saint in Palm Springs · Leslie Charteris · na 1943 175 · Puzzle in the Snow · Philip Wylie · na The American Magazine June 1937 223 · The Case of the Crimson Kiss [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The American Magazine June 1948 267 · The Room with Something Wrong · Cornell Woolrich · na Detective Fiction Weekly June 4 1938, as “Mystery in Room 913” 331 · Murder for Money · John D. MacDonald · nv Detective Tales April 1952, as “All That Blood Money Can Buy!” 369 · The Morning of the Monkey [Judge Dee] · Robert van Gulik · na 1965 419 · Maigret’s Christmas [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #122, January 1954 translated from the French (“Un Noél de Maigret”, Presses de la Cite, 1951). 473 · Withers and Malone, Brain-Stormers [Hildegarde Withers; John J. Malone] · Stuart Palmer & Craig Rice · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1959 513 · Death Flight · Ed McBain · na Argosy September 1954, as “Ticket to Death” by Evan Hunter 557 · Who’s Calling? [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · na Casefile by Bill Pronzini, St. Martin's, 1983 first published in Japanese (Shōsetsu shinchō, 1982). 597 · City of Brass [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · na The Saint Mystery Library #4, 1959

Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Espionage Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Bonanza, 1985, 0-517-47647-9, $7.98, 515pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 3 · The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908 31 · The Traitor [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan September 1927 63 · Tokyo, 1941 · Cornell Woolrich · nv The Doom Stone by Cornell Woolrich, Avon, 1960 99 · Dealers in Doom · William E. Barrett · na Spy Novels Magazine February 1935 147 · The Sizzling Saboteur [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction November 1943 (+2), as “The Saint in Trouble” 231 · The Danger Zone [Major Brane] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy October 15 1932 267 · Betrayed · John D. MacDonald · nv The American Magazine March 1952 309 · Deep-Sleep · Bruce Cassiday · ss Intrigue October 1965 363 · The People of the Peacock [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) March 1965, as by Stephen Dentinger 393 · Dr. Sweetkill · John W. Jakes · nv Intrigue Mystery Magazine January 1966 425 · The Giggle-Wrecker [Modesty Blaise] · Peter O’Donnell · nv Pix January 24 1970 455 · The Spoilers [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens; Patrick Petrella; Commander Elfe] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) October 1965 491 · Octopussy [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv The Daily Express October 4 1965 (+5)

Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Greenwich House, 1984, 0-517-44499-2, 595pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · The Lawless Lady [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na Enter the Saint by Leslie Charteris, Hodder, 1930 revised from “Crooks’ Cargo” (The Thriller #37, October 19, 1929). 63 · Introducing Susan Dare [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator April 1934 89 · Nightmare · Cornell Woolrich · na Argosy March 1 1941, as “And So to Death” 147 · Death’s Eye View · John D. MacDonald · nv New Detective Magazine February 1953 185 · The Murder Machine [Lt. David Pascal] · Hugh Pentecost · na The American Magazine July 1950 233 · Death Rides a Boxcar · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The American Magazine January 1945 277 · The Bearded Lady [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv The American Magazine October 1948, as by Kenneth Millar 327 · Murder Set to Music · Fredric Brown · na The Saint Detective Magazine January 1957, as “Murder to Music” 367 · The Zero Clue [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine December 1953, as “Scared to Death” 415 · Storm [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · nv Argosy November 1961, as “Murder on Ice” 469 · Don’t Look Now · Daphne du Maurier · na Ladies’ Home Journal December 1970 513 · Booktaker [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · na Casefile by Bill Pronzini, St. Martin's, 1983 first published in Japanese (Shōsetsu shinchō, 1982). 549 · The King in Yellow · Raymond Chandler · na Dime Detective Magazine March 1938

Best of the West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet, August 1988, 0-451-15481-9, $3.50, 224pp, pb, an)     Paperback version of The Reel West hardcover series (Doubleday 1984 - 1986). Selections do not match the first volume, The Reel West, but are instead chosen from all three volumes. 7 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 13 · The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv McClure’s Magazine February 1898; basis for film Face to Face. 31 · The Tin Star · John M. Cunningham · nv Collier’s December 6 1947; basis for film High Noon. 56 · Three-Ten to Yuma · Elmore Leonard · nv Dime Western Magazine March 1953; basis for film 3:10 to Yuma. 78 · Jeremy Rodock · Jack Schaefer · nv Lilliput January 1956; basis for film Tribute to a Bad Man. 124 · The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · Dorothy M. Johnson · nv Cosmopolitan July 1949; basis for film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. 148 · The Outcasts of Poker Flat [John Oakhurst] · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly January 1869; basis for film The Outcasts of Poker Flat. 165 · The Caballero’s Way [The Cisco Kid] · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1907; basis for film The Cisco Kid. 184 · Mission with No Record · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 27 1947; basis for film Rio Grande. 203 · Town Tamer · Frank Gruber · ss Short Stories January 1957

Best of the West II ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet, June 1990, 0-451-16584-5, 223pp, pb, an)     Second volume of the paperback edition of The Reel West hardcover series (Doubleday 1984 - 1986). Selections do not match The Second Reel West, but are instead chosen from all three volumes. 7 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 10 · Command · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 8 1946 · Big Hunt · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 6 1947; basis for film Back to God’s Country. 35 · Yankee Gold · John M. Cunningham · nv Pic Magazine 1946; basis for film The Stranger Wore a Gun. 63 · The Captives · Elmore Leonard · nv Argosy February 1955; basis for film The Tall T. 95 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly August 1868; basis for film The Luck of Roaring Camp. 106 · The Passing of Black Eagle · O. Henry · ss Ainslee’s Magazine March 1902; basis for film Black Eagle. 118 · My Brother Down There · Steve Frazee · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #113, April 1953; basis for film Running Target. 154 · Back to God’s Country · James Oliver Curwood · nv Back to God’s Country by James Oliver Curwood, Grosset, 1920; basis for film Back to God’s Country. 183 · The Parson of Panamint · Peter B. Kyne · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 20 1915; basis for film The Parson of Panamint.

Best of the West III ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet, December 1990, 0-451-16858-5, 254pp, pb, an)     Third volume of the paperback editon of The Reel West hardcover series (Doubleday 1984 - 1986). Selections do not match The Third Reel West, but are instead chosen from all three volumes. 7 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 10 · Massacre · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 22 1947; basis for film Fort Apache. 25 · Tennessee’s Partner · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly October 1869; basis for film Tennessee’s Partner. 35 · Raiders Die Hard · John M. Cunningham · nv Dime Western Magazine January 1953; basis for film Day of the Badman. 68 · A Double-Dyed Deceiver · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1905; basis for film The Texan. 80 · The Singing Sands · Steve Frazee · nv Fifteen Western Tales June 1949, as “The Devil’s Grubstake”; basis for film Gold of the Seven Saints. 112 · Sergeant Houck · Jack Schaefer · nv Collier’s July 14 1951; basis for film Trooper Hook. 137 · The Two-Gun Man · Stewart Edward White · ss Collier’s April 15 1905; basis for film Under a Texas Moon. 150 · A Man Called Horse · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s January 7 1950; basis for film A Man Called Horse. 166 · The Hanging Tree · Dorothy M. Johnson · na Ballantine, 1957; basis for film The Hanging Tree.

The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman by Ed Gorman ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Ed Gorman.

The Best Western Stories of Frank Bonham by Frank Bonham ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Frank Bonham.

The Best Western Stories of John Jakes by John Jakes ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under John Jakes.

The Best Western Stories of Les Savage, Jr. by Les Savage, Jr. ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Les Savage, Jr..

The Best Western Stories of Lewis B. Patten by Lewis B. Patten ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Lewis B. Patten.

The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman by Loren D. Estleman ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Loren D. Estleman.

The Best Western Stories of Ryerson Johnson by Ryerson Johnson ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Ryerson Johnson.

The Best Western Stories of Steve Frazee by Steve Frazee ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Steve Frazee.

The Best Western Stories of Wayne D. Overholser by Wayne D. Overholser ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Wayne D. Overholser.

Bug-Eyed Monsters ed. Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (HBJ, 1980, 0-15-614789-0, $4.95, 273pp, tp, an) 3 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · in 7 · Stranger Station · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 39 · Talent · Robert Bloch · ss If July 1960 55 · The Other Kids · Robert F. Young · ss Fantastic Universe March 1956 61 · The Miracle of the Lily · Clare Winger Harris · nv Amazing Stories April 1928 85 · The Bug-Eyed Musicians · Laurence M. Janifer · fa Galaxy Magazine June 1959, as “Extracts from the Galactick Almanack: Music Around the Universe” by Larry M. Harris 97 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962 111 · Portfolio (Cartoons) · Gahan Wilson · ct (r) 119 · Wherever You Are · Poul Anderson · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1959, as by Winston P. Sanders 153 · Mimic · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Astonishing Stories December 1942, as by Martin Pearson 163 · The Faceless Thing · Edward D. Hoch · ss Magazine of Horror and Strange Stories November 1963 171 · The Rull [Rulls] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1948 203 · Friend to Man · C. M. Kornbluth · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951 215 · The Last One Left · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1980 221 · Hostess · Isaac Asimov · nv Galaxy Science Fiction May 1951

The Californians ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, March 1989, 0-449-13471-7, 245pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 2 · The Ears of Twenty Americans · Gertrude Atherton · na Before the Gringo Came by Gertrude Atherton, J. Selwin Tait & Sons, 1894 51 · The Man-Hunt · Joaquin Miller · ss (r) 65 · A Protege of Jack Hamlin’s · Bret Harte · nv A Protégée of Jack Hamlin’s and Other Stories by Bret Harte, Houghton Mifflin, 1894 93 · The Serenade at Siskiyou · Owen Wister · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1894 107 · Thirst · John Prescott · ss Gunsmoke June 1953 119 · Stagecoach Stowaway · L. P. Holmes · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story May 1949 142 · The Saga of Toby Riddle · Todhunter Ballard · ss (r) 157 · Zorro Draws His Blade [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West July 1944 174 · Old Tom · Bill Pronzini · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine January 1971 178 · The Bear Flag Mutineers · Frank Bonham · nv (r) 214 · Farallone Bounty · Matt Stuart · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story November 1946, as by L. P. Holmes 229 · Millionaires · Mark Twain · ss (r) 240 · Gunslinger · Ed Gorman · ss

The Casebook of Sidney Zoom by Erle Stanley Gardner ed. Bill Pronzini--- see under Erle Stanley Gardner.

The Cattlemen ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, January 1987, 0-449-13145-9, 196pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 3 · Tall Men Riding · S. Omar Barker · pm Argosy April 1947 5 · At the Sign of the Last Chance · Owen Wister · nv Cosmopolitan February 1928 30 · Love’s International · Charles Alden Seltzer · ss The Outing Magazine September 1912 47 · The Silver Dollar · Thomas Thompson · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine December 1949 52 · The Seventh Desert · Frank Bonham · ss Liberty May 12 1945 65 · The Rancher’s Lady · Elmore Leonard · ss Western Magazine September 1955 80 · The Land Beyond · Bryce Walton · ss Wagon Train July 1960 99 · The Big Die-Up · Steve Frazee · ss Gunsmoke August 1953 115 · They Walked Tall · T. V. Olsen · ss The Pick of the Roundup ed. Stephen Payne, Avon, 1963 130 · The Day the Earth Burned · Talmage Powell · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine January 1970 141 · The Longhorn Legion · Norman A. Fox · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1953

A Century of Mystery 1980-1989: The Greatest Stories of the Decade ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Chapter and Hearse ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Child’s Ploy ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Christmas Out West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Doubleday, December 1990, 0-385-41561-3, $14.95, 188pp, hc, an, cover by Laura Fox) 1 · Three Yuletide Poems: _ · Draggin’ In the Tree · S. Omar Barker · pm Street & Smith’s Western Story December 1945 _ · Bunkhouse Christmas · S. Omar Barker · pm Street & Smith’s Western Story December 28 1940 _ · A Cowboy’s Christmas Prayer · S. Omar Barker · pm Ranch Romances 2nd December 1952, as by Phil Squires 5 · How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar · Bret Harte · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1872 19 · A Journey in Search of Christmas [Lin McLean] · Owen Wister · nv Lin McLean by Owen Wister, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898 48 · The Bullpuncher · James Stevens · ss Adventure September 15 1927 67 · Standing Alone in the Darkness · Arthur Winfield Knight · ss (r) 82 · Winter Harvest · John Prescott · ss (r) 97 · Mainwaring’s Gift · Ed Gorman · ss 108 · “Seven-Up’s” Christmas · Charles Alden Seltzer · ss The Outing Magazine December 1912 126 · Christmas Eve in San Augustine · Edward D. Hoch · ss (r) 137 · No Room at the Inn [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · ss Crime at Christmas ed. Jack Adrian, Equation, 1988 149 · Gunman’s Christmas [Gunman] · Caddo Cameron · ss Short Stories December 25 1946 166 · The Death of Dutch Creel · Loren D. Estleman · ss (r) 176 · Stubby Pringle’s Christmas · Jack Schaefer · ss Houghton Mifflin, October 1943 188 · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Cloak and Dagger ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Avenel, 1988, 0-517-65351-6, 580pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · A Curious Experience · Mark Twain · nv The Century Magazine November 1881 25 · The Story of a Conscience · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 1 1890 31 · Two Fishers · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Strand Magazine April 1891 translated from the French. 37 · The Traitor [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan September 1927 67 · The Diamond of Kali · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 28 1904 73 · “Somewhere in France” · Richard Harding Davis · nv Metropolitan June 1915 91 · The Phantom Fleet [General Samuel Besserley] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv The Strand Magazine September 1934 109 · The Informer · Joseph Conrad · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1906 129 · The Kingsmouth Spy Case [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World November 30 1913 - December 7 1913, as “The Kingsmouth German Spy Case” 153 · The Pigeon Man · Valentine Williams · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1927 171 · The Hairless Mexican [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan December 1927 203 · A Man’s Foes · Pearl S. Buck · nv This Week December 22 1940 (+1), as “Iron” 227 · The Little Lady from Servia [Peter Ruff] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1910 239 · A Tall Story [Mr. Pond] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Collier’s April 27 1935 253 · Strictly Diplomatic [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine December 1939, as by Carter Dickson 267 · The Army of the Shadows · Eric Ambler · ss The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton, 1939 283 · Flight Into Disaster · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week May 11 1952 (+1) 299 · The Russian Prisoner [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine October 1963 319 · The Traitor · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Intrigue October 1965 333 · Cloak and Digger [Mr. Roger] · John W. Jakes · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) October 1961, as “Cloak and Dagger” 341 · Cross-Over [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) October 1963 369 · To Slay an Eagle · Stephen Dentinger · ss The Award Espionage Reader ed. Hans Stefan Santesson, Award, 1965 379 · The Little Green Book · Jack Ritchie · ss Intrigue Mystery Magazine January 1966 383 · S.P.Y. in the Sky · Bruce Cassiday · nv Intrigue Mystery Magazine January 1966 409 · The Case of XX-2 [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss 1951 417 · The Spy and the Bermuda Cypher [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1970 431 · The Sports Page [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1977 447 · Hide-and-Seek—Russian Style [Selena Mead] · Patricia McGerr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1976 469 · Salamander Four [Modesty Blaise] · Peter O’Donnell · nv Pix January 3 1970, as “Modesty Blaise and the Men of Salamander Four” 495 · Non-Interference [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier] · Janwillem van de Wetering · nv Espionage Magazine February 1986 (+1) 525 · The Monster in the Maze · Ron Goulart · ss Espionage Magazine February 1986 543 · Best-Sellers Guaranteed · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Espionage Magazine May 1985 559 · Winds of Change · John Lutz · ss Espionage Magazine December 1984 563 · Charlie’s Game [Charlie Dark] · Brian Garfield · nv Checkpoint Charlie by Brian Garfield, Mysterious Press, 1981 revised from “Joe Cutter’s Game” (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, July 1976).

Combat!: Great Tales of World War II ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet, May 1992, 0-451-16571-3, $4.99, 345pp, pb, an) 9 · Coral Sea · James A. Michener · ss Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener, Macmillan, 1947 25 · The Paper House · Norman Mailer · ss New World Writing #2, Mentor, 1952 42 · The Crew of the Foraker · Steve Frazee · ss Tales of the Sea Spring 1953 59 · Adieu Degas · Duane Unkefer · nv 88 · The Man Who Went Back · Robert Easton · nv Collier’s May 8 1948 109 · The Veteran · Dennis Lynds · ex from Combat Soldier, 1962 132 · The Spoils of the Division · Sean Marshall · nv 165 · Hawk of the Sudan · David Goodis · nv Wings Summer 1941 197 · Undersea Guardians · Ray Bradbury · ss Amazing Stories December 1944 215 · The B-17 · Kevin D. Randle · nv 238 · To the Deep · Roland J. Green · nv 273 · The Picture · Ed Gorman · ss 281 · Dr. Blanke’s First Command · C. S. Forester · nv The Saturday Evening Post July 29 1961 319 · Rendezvous · Alistair MacLean · nv The Lonely Sea by Alistair MacLean, Collins, 1985

The Cowboys ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, May 1985, 0-449-12720-6, $2.50, 179pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 2 · Old-Time Cowboys · S. Omar Barker · pm Thrilling Ranch Stories Fall 1951 4 · The Winning of the Biscuit-Shooter · Owen Wister · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1893 30 · The Colonel and the Horse Thief · Rex Beach · ss McClure’s Magazine March 1904 38 · Bad Penny [Flying U Ranch] · B. M. Bower · ss Argosy December 2 1933 56 · Trail Driver’s Luck · Alan LeMay · ss Collier’s July 5 1930 70 · Scars · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine May 1949 79 · Trail Fever · S. Omar Barker · ss Argosy September 1945 95 · The Therefore Hog · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss (r) 101 · Fear in the Saddle · H. A. DeRosso · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine September 1952 111 · The Nagual · Elmore Leonard · ss 2-Gun Western November 1956 127 · Man on the Wagon Tongue · Elmer Kelton · ss They Won Their Spurs ed. Nelson Nye, Avon, 1962 142 · Markers · Bill Pronzini · ss Roundup ed. Stephen Overholser, Doubleday, 1982 149 · Isley’s Stranger · Clay Fisher · nv The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico, and Other Stories by Clay Fisher, Macmillan, 1962

Creature! A Chrestomathy of “Monstery” ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, 1981, 0-87795-310-4, $12.95, 301pp, hc, an) 15 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 35 · The Terror of Blue John Gap · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1910 57 · Creature of the Snows · William Sambrot · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 29 1960 71 · Waziah · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 91 · Barney’s Bigfoot Museum · Richard Laymon · ss 101 · Survival Exercise · Talmage Powell · ss 121 · The Convenient Monster [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine March 1959 158 · A Tropical Horror · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Grand Magazine June 1905 171 · Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 22 1937 191 · Terror in Cut-Throat Cove · Robert Bloch · nv Fantastic June 1958 243 · Notes Leading Down to the Events at Bedlam · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Beware More Beasts ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood, Manor, 1975, as “A Summary of Events Leading Up to Bedlam” 255 · In the Straw · Edward D. Hoch · ss Beware More Beasts ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood, Manor, 1975 265 · Where Do You Live, Queen Esther? · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1961 275 · Wriggle · John Lutz · ss 287 · The Pond · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 297 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Crime and Crime Again ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg (Bonanza, 1990, 0-517-01758-X, $6.99, 391pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Morrow 1986 as Mystery in the Mainstream: An Anthology of Literary Crimes) mystery anthology.

Criminal Elements ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Ivy, March 1988, 0-8041-0127-2, $3.50, 294pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 3 · Sadie When She Died [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1973 43 · A Man with a Fortune · Peter Lovesey · ss The Mystery Guild Anthology ed. John Waite, Constable, 1980, as “How Mr. Smith Traced His Ancestors” 58 · She Didn’t Come Home [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · ss Redbook April 1986 78 · The Cross of Lorraine [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1976 99 · A Very Desirable Residence · P. D. James · ss Winter’s Crimes 8 ed. Hilary Watson, Macmillan UK, 1976 112 · The Witch, Yazzie, and the Nine of Clubs · Tony Hillerman · ss Crime Wave, Collins, 1981 130 · The Double Take [Shell Scott] · Richard S. Prather · nv Manhunt July 1953 172 · Dust to Dust · Marcia Muller · ss Specter! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1982 185 · All the Bagworms on the Block [Milo Turner] · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 6 1980, as “The Western Film Scam” 211 · Sniff · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Saint Magazine May 1967 229 · The Reason Why [Jack Dwyer] · Edward Gorman · ss 249 · Hit-and-Run [Jill Smith] · Susan Dunlap · ss Great Modern Police Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Walker US, 1986 262 · The Anderson Boy · Joseph Hansen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1983

The Danger Zone and Other Stories by Erle Stanley Gardner ed. Bill Pronzini--- see under Erle Stanley Gardner.

Dark Lessons ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Dark Sins, Dark Dreams ed. Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg--- see under Barry N. Malzberg.

Deadly Anniversaries: Celebrating 75 Years of Mystery Writers of America ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Deadly Arts ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller (Arbor House, 1985, 0-87795-688-X, $15.95, 313pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller · in 3 · The Stolen Rubens [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine February 17 1907, as “Problem of the Stolen Rubens” 13 · Specter of the Rose · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty November 22 1941 24 · The Spy Who Went to the Opera [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1984 38 · Credit to Shakespeare [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard December 12 1950, as “Credit to William Shakespeare” 44 · When a Felon Needs a Friend · Morris Hershman · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1958, as by Arnold English 52 · The Melting Man · R. L. Stevens · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1976, as by Edward D. Hoch 59 · Mr. Steinway · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic April 1954 71 · Who’s Got the Lady? · Jack Ritchie · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1964 83 · “As Drink the Dead…” · John Dickson Carr · ss The Haverfordian March 1926 92 · Good Night, Good Knight · Fredric Brown · ss New Detective Magazine July 1949, as “Last Curtain” 105 · The Twelfth Statue · Stanley Ellin · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1967 146 · Horn Man · Clark Howard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2 1980 158 · Out of the Inkwell · Ron Goulart · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1978 170 · A Hard Way to Die [TV Channel 3] · R. R. Irvine · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1973 182 · The Lady and the Dragon · Peter Godfrey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950 195 · You Can’t Trust a Man · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt January 1955 207 · The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies · John W. Jakes · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962 215 · The Adventure of the Hanging Acrobat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery May 1934, as “The Girl on the Trapeze” 237 · The Leopard Man’s Story · Jack London · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly August 1903 241 · Death at the Burlesque · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly June 14 1941, as “The Fatal Footlights” 265 · The Waxwork · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X 276 · The Dancing Detective [Nick Ballestier] · William Irish · nv Black Mask February 1938, as “Dime a Dance” by Cornell Woolrich 298 · Vanishing Act [Christopher Steele] · Bill Pronzini & Michael J. Kurland · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1976

Detective Duos ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

The Edgar Winners ed. Bill Pronzini (Random House, 1980, 0-394-50830-0, $11.95, 420pp, hc, an)     33rd Annual Anthology of the Mystery Writers of America. ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 3 · The Adventure of the Mad Tea-Party [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Redbook Magazine October 1934, as “The Mad Tea-Party” 35 · After-Dinner Story [Hardecker] · William Irish · nv Black Mask January 1938, as by Cornell Woolrich 61 · Catfish Story [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s May 15 1948, as “Sleepwalker” 79 · Love Lies Bleeding · Philip MacDonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #84, November 1950 103 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 113 · The House Party · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #126, May 1954 133 · The Blessington Method · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1956 147 · Over There—Darkness · William O’Farrell · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958 161 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 171 · The Sailing Club · David Ely · ss Cosmopolitan October 1962 183 · This Will Kill You · Patrick Quentin (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #84, November 1950, as by Q. Patrick 199 · H as in Homicide [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 213 · The Chosen One · Rhys Davies · nv The New Yorker June 4 1966 245 · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Magazine July 1967 255 · The Man Who Fooled the World · Warner Law · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 24 1968 293 · Goodbye, Pops · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1969 301 · In the Forests of Riga the Beasts Are Very Wild Indeed · Margery Finn Brown · ss McCall’s July 1970 311 · Moonlight Gardener · Robert L. Fish · ss Argosy December 1971 323 · The Purple Shroud · Joyce Harrington · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1972 337 · The Whimper of Whipped Dogs · Harlan Ellison · ss Bad Moon Rising ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1973 357 · The Jail · Jesse Hill Ford · ss Playboy March 1975 373 · Like a Terrible Scream · Etta Revesz · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1976 383 · Chance After Chance · Thomas Walsh · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1977 397 · The Cloud Beneath the Eaves · Barbara Owens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1978 411 · Edgar and Special Awards · [uncredited] · bi

The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties ed. Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg--- see under Barry N. Malzberg.

The Ethnic Detectives ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Dodd, Mead, 1985, 0-396-08472-9, $16.95, 360pp, hc, an)     Includes introduction to each story. ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · The Coffins of the Emperor [Judge Dee] · Robert van Gulik · nv Judge Dee at Work by Robert van Gulik, Heinemann, 1967 26 · A Star for a Warrior [David Return] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #29, April 1946 46 · The Case of the Emerald Sky [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 10 1940 58 · The Black Sampan [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask June 1932, as by Ramon Decolta 78 · Mom Makes a Wish [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1955 94 · Inspector Ghote and the Test Match [Insp. Ganesh Ghote] · H. R. F. Keating · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1969 100 · The Most Obstinate Man in Paris [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1957 translated from the French (“Le Client le plus obstiné du monde”, Maigret et l’Inspecteur Malchanceux, Presse de la Cite, 1947). 140 · The Hair of the Widow [Sergeant Vincente Lopez] · Robert Somerlott · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1965 153 · White Water · W. Ryerson Johnson · ss This Week August 31 1941 164 · Inspector Saito’s Small Satori [Insp. Saito] · Janwillem van de Wetering · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1978, as by Seiko Legru 187 · One for Virgil Tibbs [Virgil Tibbs] · John Ball · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1976 207 · The Luck of a Gypsy [Michael Vlado] · Edward D. Hoch · ss 225 · Goldfish [Commissaire Alexandre Tama] · Hayford Peirce · nv 248 · The Witch, Yazzie, and the Nine of Clubs · Tony Hillerman · ss Crime Wave, Collins, 1981 265 · The Beer Drinkers [Mahboob Ahmed Chaudri] · Josh Pachter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1984 283 · The Sanchez Sacraments [Elena Oliverez] · Marcia Muller · nv 306 · “J” [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · nv Argosy May 1961

The Exploits of the Patent Leather Kid by Erle Stanley Gardner ed. Bill Pronzini--- see under Erle Stanley Gardner.

Felonious Assaults ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Ivy, July 1989, 0-8041-0295-3, $3.50, 275pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 2 · Great-Aunt Allie’s Flypapers [Adam Dalgliesh] · P. D. James · nv Verdict of 13 ed. Julian Symons, Faber and Faber, 1978 23 · A Reason to Die [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · nv The New Black Mask Quarterly No.2 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985 48 · Little Lamb · Bill Pronzini · vi Small Felonies by Bill Pronzini, St. Martin's, 1988 53 · Chee’s Witch [Jim Chee] · Tony Hillerman · ss The New Black Mask No.7 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986 63 · Collecting Ackermans · Lawrence Block · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1977 83 · The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance [Toby Peters] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · nv The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 102 · The Granny Woman · Dorothy B. Hughes · nv Gamma #2, 1963 122 · The Siren and the Shill · John W. Jakes · nv Accused Detective Story Magazine May 1956 149 · Time and Time Again [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1962, as “The Man with the Two Watches” 162 · Deceptions [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · nv A Matter of Crime, Vol. 1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harvest, 1987 182 · All the Heroes Are Dead · Clark Howard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1982 199 · Failed Prayers [Jack Dwyer] · Edward Gorman · ss Mystery Scene Reader ed. Edward Gorman, Fedora, 1987 210 · The Phantom Pistol · Jack Adrian · ss 222 · Storm [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · nv Argosy November 1961, as “Murder on Ice”

The Fifties: The End of Summer ed. Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg--- see under Barry N. Malzberg.

The Giant Book of Horror Stories ed. Bill Pronzini, Barry N. Malzberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Magpie, November 1991, 1-85487-117-X, £3.99, 597pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Galahad 1985 as Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural) anthology, slightly abridged from The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural (Arbor House, 1981).

Great Modern Police Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Walker US, 1986, 0-8027-0881-1, $15.95, 223pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · The Detective’s Dilemma [Inspector Burke] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 26 1940 32 · I Always Get the Cuties · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1954 40 · H as in Homicide [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 52 · Night Work · William Campbell Gault · ss The Saint Detective Magazine July 1954 67 · Drowned Men’s Inn [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Jean Stewart · nv Maigret’s Pipe by Georges Simenon, tr. Jean Stewart, Hamish Hamilton, 1977 translated from the French (“L’Auberge aux Noyés”, Police-Film/Police-Roman, November 11, 1938). 96 · Captain Heimrich Stumbles [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1959 105 · By Child Undone · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1967 116 · The King in Pawn [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) March 1960 129 · Captain Leopold Goes to the Dogs [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 23 1980 149 · Hit-and-Run [Jill Smith] · Susan Dunlap · ss 159 · The Half-Invisible Man · Bill Pronzini & Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1974 171 · Nightshade [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1970

Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg (A&W/Galahad, 1985, 0-88365-699-X, $8.98, 597pp, hc, an)     Abridged reprint of The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural (Arbor House, 1981), omitting “Mass Without Voices” by Arthur L. Samuels. 11 · Introduction · Stephen King · in 25 · Hop-Frog · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Flag of Our Union March 17 1849 32 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” 62 · Squire Toby’s Will · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Temple Bar January 1868 91 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 103 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review December 1908 135 · “Man Overboard!” · Winston Churchill · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine January 1899 139 · The Hand · Theodore Dreiser · nv Munsey’s Magazine May 1919 157 · The Valley of the Spiders · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1903 168 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 177 · Pickman’s Model · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales October 1927 190 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943 207 · The Screaming Laugh · Cornell Woolrich · ss Clues Detective Stories November 1938 228 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930 238 · Bianca’s Hands · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Argosy (UK) May 1947 247 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949 262 · Shut a Final Door · Truman Capote · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1947 276 · Come and Go Mad · Fredric Brown · nv Weird Tales July 1949 317 · The Scarlet King · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt December 25 1954 328 · Sticks [Cthulhu] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers March 1974 347 · Sardonicus · Ray Russell · nv Playboy January 1961 380 · A Teacher’s Rewards · Robert S. Phillips · ss The Land of Lost Content by Robert Phillips, Vanguard, 1970 388 · The Roaches · Thomas M. Disch · ss Escapade October 1965 397 · The Jam · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy November 1958 403 · Black Wind · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979 408 · The Road to Mictlantecutli · Adobe James · ss Adam Bedside Reader #20, 1965 422 · Passengers · Robert Silverberg · ss Orbit 4 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 435 · The Explosives Expert · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1967 442 · Call First · Ramsey Campbell · ss Night Chills ed. Kirby McCauley, Avon, 1975 447 · The Fly · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1952 452 · Namesake · Elizabeth Morton · vi Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic July 1981 454 · Camps · Jack M. Dann · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1979 480 · You Know Willie · Theodore R. Cogswell · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1957 485 · The Mindworm · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Worlds Beyond December 1950 498 · Warm · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1953 507 · Transfer · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Fantastic Stories August 1975 514 · The Doll · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Epoch 1980 536 · If Damon Comes [Oxrun Station] · Charles L. Grant · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1978 548 · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Magazine July 1967 558 · The Party · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy April 1967 568 · The Crate · Stephen King · nv Gallery July 1979