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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, December 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, April 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, December 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.

Frontier Fury/The White Man’s Road by Will Henry ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Will Henry.

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 #6, 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, November 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, November 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, July 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

Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg (A&W/Galahad, 1985, 0-88365-700-7, $8.98, 601pp, hc, an)     Abridged from The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense (Arbor House, 1981) by the omission of one story, “Crime Wave in Pinhole” by Julie Smith. 11 · Introduction · John D. MacDonald · in The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg, Arbor House, 1981 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, April 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 The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg, Arbor House, 1981 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 The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg, Arbor House, 1981 531 · A Simple, Willing Attempt · Elizabeth Morton · ss The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg, Arbor House, 1981 535 · Watching Marcia · Mike Resnick · ss The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg, Arbor House, 1981 545 · Somebody Cares · Talmage Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1962 555 · Jode’s Last Hunt · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1977 572 · Many Mansions · Robert Silverberg · nv Universe 3 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, October 1973 596 · My Son the Murderer · Bernard Malamud · ss Esquire November 1968

Great Tales of the West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Galahad Books, 1982, 0-88365-702-3, 445pp, hc, an)     Revised as Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories (Arbor House 1982). 11 · Introduction · John Jakes · in 23 · 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 243 · 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 · The Hanging Man · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981 408 · The Patriarch of Gunsight Flat · Wayne D. Overholser · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1950 419 · Rainbow Captive · Stephen Overholser · ss Antæus #25/26, Spring/Summer 1977 430 · The Trap · Clay Fisher · nv The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico, and Other Stories by Clay Fisher, Macmillan, 1962

The Gunfighters ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, January 1988, 0-449-13147-5, $2.50, 247pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 3 · The Killer · Henry Herbert Knibbs · pm (r) 6 · Billy the Kid · Pat F. Garrett · ts (r) 53 · First Kill · Will C. Brown · ss (r) 68 · The Makings · Norman A. Fox · ss Collier’s June 19 1948 73 · The Streets of Laredo · Clay Fisher · ss Western Roundup ed. Nelson Nye, Macmillan, 1961, as by Will Henry 90 · Too Good with a Gun · Lewis B. Patten · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1950 102 · Gunman · L. L. Foreman · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine September 1950 116 · Mean Men Are Big · Wayne D. Overholser · ss Frontiers West ed. S. Omar Barker, Doubleday, 1959 131 · Killer in Town · Thomas Thompson · ss Western Story Magazine February 1953 151 · Jugged · Elmore Leonard · ss Western Magazine December 1955 168 · Portrait of a Gunfighter · Hal G. Evarts, Jr. · ss (r) 185 · The Man We Called Jones · T. V. Olsen · ss Ranch Romances November 1959 199 · The Gunny · Bill Pronzini · ss 206 · Billy the Button · William R. Cox · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine November 1970 226 · The Last Gunman · Donald Hamilton · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 2 1959

Hard-Boiled ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian (Oxford University Press US, 1995, 0-19-508499-3, $25.00, 532pp, hc, an) 3 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian · in 20 · The Scorched Face [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask May 1925 55 · Round Trip · W. R. Burnett · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1929 65 · Mistral · Raoul Whitfield · ss Adventure December 15 1931 83 · Backwash [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv Black Mask May 1932 109 · Trouble-Chaser [Black] · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask April 1934 128 · Fruit Tramp · Daniel Mainwaring · ss Harper’s Magazine July 1934 141 · Brush Fire · James M. Cain · ss Liberty December 5 1936 150 · Human Interest Stuff · Brett Halliday · ss Adventure September 1938, as by Davis Dresser 163 · Waiting for Rusty · William Cole · ss Black Mask October 1939 168 · I’ll Be Waiting [Tony Reseck] · Raymond Chandler · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 14 1939 185 · Marijuana and a Pistol · Chester Himes · ss Esquire 1940 189 · Who Said I Was Dead? [William “Bail Bond” Dodd] · Norbert Davis · nv Dime Detective Magazine August 1942 224 · Nor Iron Bars · John D. MacDonald · ss Doc Savage March/April 1947 230 · Dock Walloper · Benjamin Appel · nv Dock Walloper by Benjamin Appel, Lion, 1953 257 · Three-Ten to Yuma · Elmore Leonard · nv Dime Western Magazine March 1953 272 · The Bobby-Soxer · Jonathan Craig · ss Manhunt October 1953 277 · Black Pudding · David Goodis · nv Manhunt December 1953 301 · Guilt-Edged Blonde [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Manhunt January 1954, as by John Ross Macdonald 316 · Mama’s Boy · David Alexander · nv Manhunt May 1955 335 · The Screen Test of Mike Hammer · Mickey Spillane · pl Male July 1955 340 · Home · Gil Brewer · ss Accused Detective Story Magazine March 1956 348 · So Pale, So Cold, So Fair · Leigh Brackett · nv Argosy July 1957 377 · A Piece of Ground · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt July 1957 388 · The Merry, Merry Christmas · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt December 1957 396 · Forever After · Jim Thompson · ss Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales May 1960 405 · The Old Pro · H. A. DeRosso · ss Manhunt December 1960 418 · The Saturday Night Deaths · Michael Kerr · ss Mystery Monthly July 1976 429 · Graveyard Shift · James M. Reasoner · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine November 1978, as by M. R. James 433 · Deadhead Coming Down · Margaret Maron · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1978 438 · To Florida · Robert Sampson · nv The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987 455 · It’s a Hard World · Andrew Vachss · ss A Matter of Crime, Vol. 1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harvest, 1987 460 · Junior Jackson’s Parable · James Hannah · ss Desperate Measures by James Hannah, Southern Methodist University Press, 1988 474 · Bonding · Faye Kellerman · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, May 1989 488 · Gravy Train · James Ellroy · ss The Armchair Detective Winter 1990 503 · Batman’s Helpers [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · ss Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, August 1990 518 · The Long Silence After · Ed Gorman · ss Dark at Heart ed. Joe R. & Karen Lansdale, Dark Harvest, April 1992

Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of Crime Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian--- see under Jack Adrian.

Hell and Hot Lead/Gun-Rider by Norman A. Fox ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Norman A. Fox.

Homicidal Acts ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Ivy, January 1989, 0-8041-0294-5, $3.50, 244pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 3 · Blond and Blue [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · nv The New Black Mask No.4 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986 30 · Moving Spirit [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Tales from the White Hart by Arthur C. Clarke, Ballantine, January 1957 43 · Address Unknown · Joyce Harrington · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1982 60 · 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). 82 · The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution · Donald E. Westlake · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1960, as by Richard Stark 95 · The Jail · Jesse Hill Ford · ss Playboy March 1975 112 · The Arrow of God [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 137 · Dagger · John W. Jakes · ss Hunted Detective Story Magazine #9, April 1956 151 · Skin Deep [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987 165 · Buried Treasure · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1982 178 · The Candy Skull · Ray Bradbury · ss Dime Mystery Magazine January 1948 197 · The Killer · Norman Mailer · ss Evergreen Review #32, April/May 1964 204 · The People Across the Canyon · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1962 222 · Iris · Stephen Greenleaf · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984

The Horse Soldiers ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, August 1987, 0-449-13146-7, $2.50, 196pp, pb, an) vii · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in ix · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r) 1 · Some Call Him Brave · S. Omar Barker · pm (r) 4 · When a Document Is Official · Frederic Remington · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1899 13 · Cat Nipped · Jack Schaefer · nv The Pioneers by Jack Schaefer, Houghton Mifflin, 1954 34 · By the Beard of Saint Crispin · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 3 1946 47 · Tear Up the Orders! · Bill Gulick · ss New Western Magazine May 1947 62 · Renegade · Gil Brewer · nv Blazing Guns Western Story Magazine #2, December 1956 79 · The Unbeliever · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s August 16 1952 94 · Desert Command · Elmer Kelton · ex from The Wolf and the Buffalo, Doubleday, 1980 117 · The Old Chief’s Mountain · Bryce Walton · ss Gunsmoke June 1953 129 · The Glory Riders · Brian Garfield · ss With Guidons Flying ed. Charles Heckelmann, Doubleday, 1970 146 · The Colonel’s Lady · Elmore Leonard · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine November 1952 160 · The White Man’s Road · Clay Fisher · nv Seven Legends West by Clay Fisher, Bantam, November 1983 adapted from Red Blizzard (Simon and Schuster, 1951).

The Kidnapping of Collie Younger/Outlaws of Palouse by Zane Grey ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Zane Grey.

Kill or Cure ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Lady on the Case ed. Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Marcia Muller.

The Lawmen ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, June 1984, 0-449-12689-7, $2.50, 243pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 3 · Tom Smith of Abilene · S. Omar Barker · pm (r) 6 · The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv Chapman’s Magazine #34, February 1898 20 · McQuestion Rides [Matt McQuestion] · Ernest Haycox · nv Collier’s June 20 1931 34 · The Marshal of Broken Lance · Frank Gruber · ss Short Stories April 25 1938 52 · The Bounty Killers · Steve Frazee · ss Swank December 1955, as “I’ll Kill You Smiling, John Sevier” 69 · Star for a Warrior · Talmage Powell · ss (r) 82 · The Graveyard on the Hill · Edward D. Hoch · ss Blazing Guns Western Story Magazine #4, April 1957 86 · Epitaph · Tom W. Blackburn · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine July 1949, as “Epitaph for a Boomtown Marshal” 110 · The Sheriff of Chayute · Theodore Sturgeon · ss (r) 126 · Gun Job · Thomas Thompson · nv Collier’s February 28 1953 149 · Peace Officer · Brian Garfield · ss Iron Men and Silver Stars ed. Donald Hamilton, Fawcett, 1967 166 · The Guns of William Longley · Donald Hamilton · ss Iron Men and Silver Stars ed. Donald Hamilton, Fawcett, 1967 183 · The Hanging Man · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981 199 · They Hanged Wild Bill Murphy · Wayne D. Overholser · na Fifteen Western Tales September 1947

Locked Room Puzzles ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Lone Wolf of Drygulch Trail/More Precious Than Gold by Harry Sinclair Drago ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Harry Sinclair Drago.

The Longriders/The Hard One by John Prescott ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under John Prescott.

Look Behind Every Hill/The Big Trouble by Steve Frazee ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Steve Frazee.

The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Robinson, 1988, 592pp, hc, an)     Also available in tp (Carroll & Graf 1988). xi · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · Wrong Pigeon [Philip Marlowe] · Raymond Chandler · nv The Daily Mail April 6 1959, as “Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate” 28 · Not My Corpse [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · na Thrilling Detective June 1948 74 · Diamonds of Death [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv Spicy Detective Stories July 1934 92 · Before She Kills [Ed & Am Hunter] · Fredric Brown · nv Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3, 1961 120 · So Dark for April [Paul Pine] · Howard Browne · nv Manhunt February 1953, as by John Evans 141 · Stolen Star [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · ss Manhunt November 1957 160 · Guilt-Edged Blonde [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Manhunt January 1954, as by John Ross Macdonald 173 · Suicide Is Scandalous [Peter Chambers] · Henry Kane · nv Esquire June 1948 201 · Dead Giveaway [Shell Scott] · Richard S. Prather · na Cavalier #44, February 1957, as “The Case of the Three Wild Blondes” 248 · Surf [Dave Brandstetter] · Joseph Hansen · nv Mystery Monthly December 1976, as “Murder on the Surf” 270 · 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 293 · Death Flight · Ed McBain · na Argosy September 1954, as “Ticket to Death” by Evan Hunter 333 · Wanted—Dead and Alive [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Manhunt October 1963 344 · The Other Eye [Al Darlan (aka Al Diamond)] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Crime Wave, Collins, December 1981 358 · Busted Blossoms [Toby Peters] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986 368 · Out of the Window [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1977 397 · Ride the Lightning [Alo Nudger] · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985 416 · She Didn’t Come Home [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · ss Redbook April 1986 430 · The Reason Why [Jack Dwyer] · Edward Gorman · ss Criminal Elements ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy, March 1988 444 · Iris · Stephen Greenleaf · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 462 · Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 485 · The Broken Men [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · na Women Sleuths ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Academy Chicago, 1985 526 · Trouble in Paradise [Jacob Asch] · Arthur Lyons · nv The New Black Mask Quarterly No.1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985 549 · The Strawberry Teardrop [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 564 · The Nickel Derby [Henry Po] · Robert J. Randisi · ss Hardboiled #7, Spring 1987 579 · Greektown [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1983

The Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin Harry Greenberg (Robinson, 1986, 0-948164-21-2, £4.99, 547pp, tp, an)     Abridged from Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels (Greenwich House, 1984) by the omission of Raymond Chandler’s “The King in Yellow”. · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Greenwich House, 1984 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).

The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Robinson, 1986, 1-84529-114-X, tp, an)     Abridged from Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Espionage Novels (Bonanza, 1985) by the omission of William E. Barrett’s “The Dealers in Doom”. · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Espionage Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Bonanza, 1985 · The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908 · The Traitor [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan September 1927 · Tokyo, 1941 · Cornell Woolrich · nv The Doom Stone by Cornell Woolrich, Avon, 1960 · The Sizzling Saboteur [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction November 1943 (+2), as “The Saint in Trouble” · The Danger Zone [Major Brane] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy October 15 1932 · Betrayed · John D. MacDonald · nv The American Magazine March 1952 · Deep-Sleep · Bruce Cassiday · ss Intrigue October 1965 · The People of the Peacock [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) March 1965, as by Stephen Dentinger · Dr. Sweetkill · John Jakes · nv Intrigue Mystery Magazine January 1966 · The Giggle-Wrecker [Modesty Blaise] · Peter O’Donnell · nv Pix January 24 1970 · The Spoilers [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens; Patrick Petrella; Commander Elfe] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) October 1965 · Octopussy [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv The Daily Express October 4 1965 (+5)

Manhattan Mysteries ed. Bill Pronzini, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Avenel, 1987, 0-517-63179-2, $8.98, 579pp, hc, an) ix · Mysterious Island · Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh · in 1 · The Good Samaritan [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 10 1980 15 · Mom Sings an Aria [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966 29 · The Woman I Envied · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1982 39 · New York Blues · Cornell Woolrich · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1970 63 · Small Homicide · Ed McBain · ss Manhunt June 1953, as by Evan Hunter 77 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950 101 · The Lord of Central Park · Avram Davidson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1970, as “Manhattan Nights’ Entertainment” 133 · A Craving for Originality · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979 143 · The Day of the Bullet · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1959 159 · The Crime of the Century · R. L. Stevens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1977 167 · The Back Stairway · Hal Ellson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1960 177 · The Hawk and the Dome of Hell · S. S. Rafferty · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 16 1981 199 · The Beatings [Matt Cordell (aka Curt Cannon)] · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt October 1954 211 · A Place of Her Own · Joyce Harrington · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979 229 · The Medical Finger [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #91, June 1951 245 · The Corpse in the Statue of Liberty · William Irish · nv King Features Syndicate 1957 revised from “Red Liberty” (Dime Detective, July 1, 1933). 273 · The Cop and the Anthem · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 4 1904 279 · Jericho and the Cardboard Box [John Jericho] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 7 1980 293 · The Man Who Came Back · Edward D. Hoch · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1973 311 · Hildegarde Withers Is Back [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1968 339 · The Quality of Mercy · Eleazar Lipsky · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #118, September 1953 355 · Murder in One Scene [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week May 2 1948 365 · The Missing Man [Rescue Squad] · Katherine MacLean · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1971 407 · The Garrulous Garrity Grand Scam · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine January 1982 423 · God Save the Mark · Donald E. Westlake · n. Random House, 1967

Marksman and Other Stories by William Campbell Gault ed. Bill Pronzini--- see under William Campbell Gault.

Midnight Specials: An Anthology for Train Buffs and Suspense Aficionados ed. Bill Pronzini (Bobbs-Merrill, 1977, 0-672-52308-6, $10.95, xii+272pp, hc, an)     Also available in pb (Avon Apr ’78). xi · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 3 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 18 · The Shooting of Curly Dan · John Lutz · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1973 26 · The Invalid’s Story · Mark Twain · ss The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Osgood, 1882 35 · A Journey · Edith Wharton · ss Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton, Scribner, 1899 48 · The Problem of the Locked Caboose [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1976 70 · Midnight Express · Alfred Noyes · ss This Week November 3 1935 81 · Faith, Hope and Charity · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan April 1930 103 · Dead Man · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1936 118 · The Phantom of the Subway · Cornell Woolrich · nv Argosy August 22 1936, as “You Pays Your Nickel” 139 · The Man on B-17 · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1950, as by Stephen Grendon 147 · The Three Good Witnesses · Harold Lamb · ss The Blue Book Magazine January 1945 165 · Snowball in July [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week August 31 1952, as “The Phantom Train” 175 · All of God’s Children Got Shoes · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #117, August 1953 189 · The Sound of Murder · William P. McGivern · ss Bluebook October 1952 202 · The Train · Charles Beaumont · ss The Hunger and Other Stories by Charles Beaumont, Putnam, April 1957 213 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 231 · Inspector Maigret Deduces [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) October 1961, as “Jeumont: 51 Minutes’ Wait” translated from the French (“Jeumont, 51 minutes d’arrêt”, Les Nouvelles Enquêtes de Maigret, Gallimard, 1944). 245 · Sweet Fever · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1976 252 · The Man Who Loved the Midnight Lady · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 261 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

The Montanans ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, March 1991, 0-449-14643-X, $3.50, 212pp, pb, an) vii · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r) 1 · The Lamb of the Flying U [Flying U Ranch] · B. M. Bower · ss The Popular Magazine July 1906 15 · Bannack Doctor · Norman A. Fox · ss Fifteen Western Tales February 1947 30 · Beyond the Frontier · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 24 1948 47 · Killers’ Country! · Dan Cushman · na Dime Western Magazine November 1950 87 · Psychology and Copper [Piperock] · W. C. Tuttle · ss Adventure August 1916 95 · No-Fights · T. V. Olsen · ss War Whoop and Battle Cry ed. Brian Garfield, Scholastic, February 1968 113 · Bargain · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss Esquire October 1952, as “Bargain at Moon Dance” 126 · All the Long Years · Bill Pronzini · ss Westeryear ed. Ed Gorman, M. Evans, 1988 137 · Bet the Wild Queen! · Norman A. Fox · ss Argosy March 1948 152 · Blood Truth · Ed Gorman · ss 164 · Wooden Indian · Jack Foxx · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1989, as by Bill Pronzini 179 · Buffalo Horns · Arthur Winfield Knight · ss (r) 183 · Queen of Rustler’s Range · Les Savage, Jr. · nv Mammoth Western August 1950

More Wild Westerns ed. Bill Pronzini (Walker & Co., 1989, 0-8027-4097-9, $19.95, 260pp, hc, an) vii · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r) ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 1 · The Horse Thief · Charles Alden Seltzer · ss The Outing Magazine May 1912 13 · The West’s Number-One Problem · Ryerson Johnson · nv Short Stories August 10 1945 47 · The Drifter · W. C. Tuttle · ss Texas Rangers August 1957 55 · Gamblin’ Man · Dwight V. Swain · ss Dime Western Magazine August 1947, as “Sentimental Gentleman of Death” 70 · The Mestenos · H. A. DeRosso · ss Western Novel and Short Stories January 1956, as “I Will Kill Even You…” 82 · Long Guns and Scalp Knives · William R. Cox · nv Dime Western Magazine January 1943 113 · Dig My Grave Deep · Talmage Powell · ss Fifteen Western Tales July 1949 122 · The Big Hunt · Elmore Leonard · ss Western Story Magazine April 1953 139 · Plague Boat · Frank Bonham · ss Short Stories July 10 1942 159 · The Last Pelt · Bryce Walton · nv Western Rangers Stories June 1954 173 · Comanche Passport · Will Henry · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine September 1951 194 · The Naked Gun · John Jakes · ss Short Stories January 1957 208 · Bonanza! · Dan Cushman · nv North•West Romances Winter 1950/1951

Mummy! A Chrestomathy of “Crypt-ology” ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, 1980, 0-87795-271-X, $10.95, 273pp, hc, an)     Also in The Arbor House Necropolis. 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 23 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892 67 · Some Words with a Mummy · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Review April 1845 90 · Monkeys · E. F. Benson · ss Weird Tales December 1933 111 · Bones · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Stirring Science Stories February 1941 121 · The Vengeance of Nitocris · Tennessee Williams · ss Weird Tales August 1928, as by Thomas Lanier Williams 138 · 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). 153 · The Eyes of the Mummy [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1938 175 · Charlie · Talmage Powell · ss 197 · The Weekend Magus · Edward D. Hoch · ss 212 · The Princess · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 230 · The Eagle-Claw Rattle · Ardath Mayhar · ss 239 · The Other Room · Charles L. Grant · nv 263 · Revelation in Seven Stages · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 269 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Murder in the First Reel ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Avon, September 1985, 0-380-89646-X, $3.25, 344pp, pb, an) 1 · Book Into Movie · Isaac Asimov · in 7 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Edward Connell · nv Collier’s January 19 1924 35 · Brother Orchid · Richard Edward Connell · nv Collier’s May 21 1938 56 · The Musgrave Ritual [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine May 1893, as “The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual” 81 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 106 · Madman’s Holiday · Fredric Brown · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine July 1943 184 · The Boy Cried Murder · Cornell Woolrich · na Mystery Book Magazine March 1947 240 · The Blue Cross [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 23 1910, as “Valentin Follows a Curious Trail” 265 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925 281 · The Real Bad Friend · Robert Bloch · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1957 312 · Lucy Comes to Stay · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales January 1952 320 · The Best of Everything · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #106, September 1952 342 · A Selected List of Short Fiction Behind Mystery Movies · Charles G. Waugh · bi

The Mystery Hall of Fame ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Morrow, 1984, 0-688-02221-9, $17.95, 467pp, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. 7 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh · in 11 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 33 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892 63 · The Oracle of the Dog [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1923 89 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 103 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13” 145 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 167 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 183 · The Gutting of Couffignal [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask December 1925 219 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path” 231 · Red Wind [John Dalmas] · Raymond Chandler · nv Dime Detective Magazine January 1938 287 · Rear Window · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine February 1942, as “It Had to Be Murder” 325 · The House in Goblin Wood [Sir Henry Merrivale] · John Dickson Carr · nv The Strand Magazine November 1947 349 · Don’t Look Behind You · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947 363 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 375 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948 397 · Love Lies Bleeding · Philip MacDonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #84, November 1950 425 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 449 · No Parking [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 18 1956, as “Terror in a Penthouse” 449 · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Magazine July 1967 461 · Sweet Fever · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1976

Mystery in the Mainstream An Anthology of Literary Crimes ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg (Morrow, 1986, 0-688-04965-6, $18.95, 391pp, hc, an) 11 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg · in 17 · The Birthmark · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Pioneer March 1843 39 · The Pair of Gloves · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited. 47 · The Biter Bit · William Wilkie Collins · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1858, as “Who Is the Thief?”, uncredited. 81 · God Sees the Truth, but Waits · Leo Tolstoi; translated by Louise Maude & Aylmer Maude · ss Twenty-Three Tales by Leo Tolstoy, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude, Oxford University Press, 1906 translated from the Russian (“Bog pravdu vidit da ne skoro skazhet”, 1872). 93 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889 109 · Mr. Brisher’s Treasure · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1899 123 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling, Heinemann and Balestier, March 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray” 139 · The Bet · Anton Chekhov; translated by Thomas Seltzer · ss Best Russian Short Stories ed. Thomas Seltzer, Boni & Liveright, 1917 149 · Bewitched · Edith Wharton · nv Pictorial Review March 1925 167 · Before the Party · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1922 197 · The Neighbors · John Galsworthy · ss The Bellman #183, January 15 1910 205 · Without the Option [Jeeves and Wooster] · P. G. Wodehouse · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 27 1925 233 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 267 · Cigarette Girl · James M. Cain · ss Manhunt May 1953 283 · It Takes a Thief · Arthur Miller · ss Collier’s February 8 1947 295 · Murder on the Waterfront · Budd Schulberg · ss Collier’s October 1 1954 317 · How Mr. Hogan Robbed a Bank · John Steinbeck · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1956 329 · My Son the Murderer · Bernard Malamud · ss Esquire November 1968 339 · Sentimental Journey · Joyce Carol Oates · nv The South Carolina Review Spring 1977 365 · The Interview · Evan Hunter · ss Playboy October 1971, as “The Sardinian Incident” 385 · The Killer · Norman Mailer · ss Evergreen Review #32, April/May 1964

Mystery Writers’ Choice ed. Bill Pronzini & Joe Gores--- see under Joe Gores.

New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

New Frontiers, Volume II ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

The Northerners ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, June 1990, 0-449-14641-3, $3.50, 245pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 3 · The Wit of Porportuk · Jack London · nv The Times Magazine (Oakland) December 1906 24 · The Stampede · Rex Beach · ss Metropolitan Magazine May 1906 40 · Captives of the Arctic Wasteland · Victor Rousseau · na North•West Stories Winter 1936 possibly a reprint of “Nothing North of Nagatok” (North•West Stories, March 1929). 93 · The Bear Trap · Samuel Alexander White · ss North•West Stories 1st November 1926 102 · The Yellow-Back · James Oliver Curwood · ss Hearst’s Magazine May 1919 117 · Black John Gives a Tip [Halfaday Creek] · James B. Hendryx · nv Short Stories August 10 1942 138 · The Long Shadow · William Byron Mowery · nv (r) 170 · The Valley of the Windigo · George Marsh · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1917 185 · Webs for One · Ryerson Johnson · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 27 1933 198 · Mistress of the Midnight Sun · Dan Cushman · na North•West Romances Fall 1950

The Northwesterners ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, December 1990, 0-449-14642-1, $3.50, 228pp, pb, an) vii · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r) ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · Border Incident · Bill Gulick · ss (r) 11 · The General’s Bluff · Owen Wister · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1894 32 · A Trip to Oregon · John Phoenix · ss (r) 36 · The Patriarch of Gunsight Flat · Wayne D. Overholser · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1950 47 · The Pilgrim · Loren D. Estleman · ex The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman by Loren D. Estleman, Swallow Press, 1989 excised opening chapter of The Wolfer. 54 · Timberland Troublemaker · Steve Hail · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story February 1949 72 · The Pioneers · Verne Athanas · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1953 85 · Chain of Command · D. B. Newton · ss (r) 102 · Ike the Diver’s Friend · James Stevens · ss Adventure October 15 1927 119 · Six-Guns Round the Bend · Giff Cheshire · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story October 1947 140 · The Second Missouri Compromise · Owen Wister · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1895 159 · Where the Wind Blows Free · Bill Gulick · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 23 1961 172 · Critters of Habit · Ray Palmer Tracy · na Short Stories December 25 1946

101 Mystery Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Avenel, 1986, 0-517-60361-6, $7.98, 609pp, hc, an) xiii · Foreword · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · fw 1 · The Oval Portrait · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1842, as “Life in Death” 5 · There Hangs Death! · John D. MacDonald · ss This Week February 20 1955 13 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 7 1940 17 · The Sweetest Man in the World · Donald E. Westlake · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1967 25 · Every Fifth Man · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1969 29 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante” translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883). 33 · The Leakage · Frank Sisk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1970 37 · The Gesture · Gil Brewer · ss The Saint Detective Magazine March 1956 43 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #48, November 1947 translated from the French (“Le Pavillon de la Croix-Rousse”, as by Georges Sim, Détective, May 2, 1929 & May 16, 1929). 49 · Punishment to Fit the Crime · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 7 1980 55 · The Plan of the Snake · Edward Wellen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1979 59 · Two-Way Street · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1978, as by John Ives 67 · The Pair of Gloves · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited. 71 · After Twenty Years · O. Henry · vi The (New York) Sunday World February 14 1904 75 · The Export Trade [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News August 28 1932, as “Diamond Cut Diamond” 83 · Problems Solved · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1976 87 · The Release · Cornell Woolrich · ss With Malice Toward All ed. Robert L. Fish, Putnam, 1968 95 · We Spy · Clark Howard · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1970 101 · The Leopard Man’s Story · Jack London · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly August 1903 105 · The Little Things · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1975 109 · The Reindeer Clue [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen (ghost written by Edward D. Hoch) · ss The National Inquirer December 23 1975 115 · Top Man · Jonathan Craig · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966 121 · Creature of Habit · William Campbell Gault · vi 15 Mystery Stories October 1950 125 · Weeds · Charlene Weir · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1977 133 · Something Very Special · Fletcher Flora · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1965 139 · Shatter Proof · Jack Ritchie · ss Manhunt October 1960 145 · Project Mushroom · Julie Smith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1984 151 · Terror in the Night · Robert Bloch · ss Manhunt February 1956 159 · Drum Beat [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2, 1960 163 · Invited Witness · George Harmon Coxe · ss Dime Mystery Book Magazine August 1933 171 · Poison · Katherine Mansfield · ss Collier’s November 24 1923 177 · The Scientist and the Vanished Weapon [Cyriack Skinner Grey (The Scientist)] · Arthur Porges · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1966 183 · Night Walker · Robert J. Randisi · vi Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1977 187 · The Innocent One · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt August 1953, as by Richard Marsten 193 · Funny You Should Ask · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1976, as “A Pair of Recycled Jeans” 199 · Castle in Spain · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard 1953 205 · Proposal Perilous · Morris Hershman · ss Popular Detective July 1949 211 · The Crooked Picture · John Lutz · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine November 1967 217 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 223 · This One’s on Me · Edward Hunsburger · ss Woman’s World December 14 1982 231 · To Strike a Match · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week November 6 1938, as “The House of Three Candles” 239 · Hush-a-Bye, My Baby · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories by Anton Tchehov, tr. Constance Garnett, Chatto & Windus, 1922, as “Sleepy” translated from the Russian (“Spat khochetsya”, St. Petersburg Gazette, January 25, 1888). 245 · Because the Constable Blundered · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1974 253 · Cloak and Digger [Mr. Roger] · John W. Jakes · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) October 1961, as “Cloak and Dagger” 261 · To Avoid a Scandal · Talmage Powell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 267 · The Prevalence of Monsters · Thomas B. Dewey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1965 271 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 281 · The Pulque Vendor · Hal Ellson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1963 287 · Death Threat · Susan Dunlap · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1978 291 · By the Sea, By the Sea · Hal Dresner · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1962 299 · The Night Runner · Nedra Tyre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1979 307 · The Little Old Lady from Cricket Creek · Len Gray · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1969 311 · Happy Birthday, Darling · Joyce Harrington · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1979 317 · One Will Too Many · Joe L. Hensley · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine September 1966 325 · The Dispatching of George Ferris · Jack Foxx · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 23 1980, as by Bill Pronzini 329 · The Joker · Betty Ren Wright · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1962 337 · Schedule for an Assassination · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1960 345 · A Taste for Murder · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 349 · The Girl Who Jumped in the River · Arthur Moore · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1973 357 · The Diamond of Kali · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 28 1904 363 · The Perfect Time for the Perfect Crime · R. L. Stevens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1964, as by Edward D. Hoch 369 · “You Listen!” · Norbert Davis & Dwight V. Babcock · ss Double Detective July 1938 375 · The Mystery of Chance [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Red Book Magazine July 1915 385 · The Man Who Swallowed a Horse [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss Verdict August 1953, as “The Dead Mr. Duck” 387 · The Promise · Marilyn Granbeck · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1970 393 · Diamonds in Paradise [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1954 399 · The Art of Deduction · Robert L. Fish · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1979 403 · Cattails · Marcia Muller · ss The Web She Weaves ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Morrow, 1983 411 · An Exercise in Insurance · James Holding · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 415 · The Secret of Fort Bayard [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #13, November 1943 translated from the French (“Le Secret du Fort Bayard”, Détective, November 21, 1929 & December 5, 1929). 421 · Sweet, Sweet Murder · H. A. DeRosso · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1960 429 · One Down · Ed McBain · ss Manhunt June 1953, as by Hunt Collins 433 · A Home Away from Home · Robert Bloch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1961 441 · The Blue Wash Mystery · Anna Katharine Green · vi Wide Awake Pleasure Book, D. Lothrop, 1889, uncredited. 445 · The Candidate · Henry Slesar · ss Rogue August 1961 453 · The Booster · Percy Spurlark Parker · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1978 455 · Who Has Seen the Wind? [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) November 1956 463 · Deathbed · Frank Sisk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1974 469 · The Devil Behind You · Richard A. Moore · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1979 477 · Counterplot · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1 1981 483 · Ransom Demand · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1972 487 · Letter to the Editor · Morris Hershman · ss Detective Story Magazine September 1953 491 · First Man at the Funeral [Sheriff] · Dion Henderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1957 497 · An Illusion in Red and White · Stephen Crane · ss New York World May 20 1900 503 · Gentlemen’s Agreement [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1977 511 · The Terrarium Principle · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 22 1981 515 · Doctor’s Orders · John F. Suter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1959 519 · Never Trust a Woman · Helen Nielsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1957 529 · Somebody on the Phone · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Fiction Weekly July 31 1937 535 · The Peppermint-Striped Goodbye · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1965 541 · The Man of the Knife · Alexandre Dumas · ss (r) translated from the French. 547 · A Cool Swim on a Hot Day · Fletcher Flora · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1961 551 · Inside Out · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1978 555 · Who? [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1972 565 · The Odor of Melting · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1966 571 · Shell Game · William Jeffrey · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1972 579 · Queasy Does It Not · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1965 583 · The Explosives Expert · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1967 591 · Not the Running Type · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1959 597 · E=Murder [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week August 14 1960 603 · Homicidal Hiccup · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales June 1948