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Meditations and Mesmerism: Tales Inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann ed. Farah Rose Smith (Ulthar Press, 2019, 978-0-359-48240-5, $24.95, 264pp, tp, oa, cover by Sabinaka)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

5 · Introduction · Farah Rose Smith · in

7 · Professor Homonculus · Michael Cisco · nv

31 · Dr. Ligetti’s Dream · Ian Delacroix · ss

41 · Alpha and Iota · Jayaprakash Satyamurthy · ss

54 · Heirloom · L. C. von Hessen · ss

73 · The Face and the Flame · M. Lopes da Silva · ss

85 · Where the Sky Is Silver and the Earth Is Brass · Sonya Taaffe · ss

92 · Deadhead · Jennifer Quail · ss

105 · Unheimlich · K. H. Vaughan · nv

126 · A Woman from the Dark · Aydan Hasanli · ss

145 · No Half Measures · Rhys Hughes · ss

162 · Awake in the Hands of Solitude · Kurt Newton & John Boden · nv

184 · The Polished Scope of Dragon Hide · Michelle F. Goddard · ss

201 · Ladali · Sandy Parsons · ss

213 · Spinollio · D. J. Moore · ss

229 · Fruit of the Earth · Nidhi Singh · ss

246 · Notes Toward a Philosophy of Sleep · Michael Uhall · ss

256 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Case of the Petticoat Murder by Frank E. Smith--- see under Jonathan Craig.

Wanton Wench by Frank E. Smith--- see under Mark Ryan.

Ultra-Vue and Selected Peripheral Visions by Gary Smith--- see under Rudin Moore.

The Venus Equilateral: Volume One by George O. Smith (Orbit, January 1976, 0-8600-7860-4, 75p, 240pp, pb, co, cover by Chris Foss) [Venus Equilateral]

7 · Introduction · John W. Campbell, Jr. · in Venus Equilateral by George O. Smith, Prime, 1947

13 · QRM—Interplanetary [Venus Equilateral] · George O. Smith · nv Astounding Science-Fiction October 1942

57 · Calling the Empress [Venus Equilateral] · George O. Smith · nv Astounding Science-Fiction June 1943

89 · Recoil [Venus Equilateral] · George O. Smith · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1943

129 · Lost Art [Venus Equilateral] · George O. Smith · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1943

161 · Off the Beam [Venus Equilateral] · George O. Smith · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1944

203 · The Long Way [Venus Equilateral] · George O. Smith · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1944

The Cadaver by Guy N. Smith (Black Hill Books, November 21, 1991, £10.50, 24pp, ph, oc, cover by Tara Smith)
Collection of two stories published to commemorate the 100th issue of Black Hill Collector.
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

4 · The Cadaver · Guy N. Smith · ss; illustrated by Tara Smith; later expanded into the novel of the same name (Severn House, 2008).

12 · The Crabs’ Armada · Guy N. Smith · ss; illustrated by Tara Smith

Desert Island Decameron ed. H. Allen Smith (Doubleday, Doran, June 21, 1945, ix+406pp, hc, oa)
Collection of short stories and sketches which the author deems suitable literature for a desert island retreat.

1 · I. Anthology, n. The Study of Ants · H. Allen Smith · in

· II. Women

19 · A Pair of Sexes · F. P. A. (by Franklin P. Adams) · ss

22 · The Bedchamber Mystery · C. S. Forester · ss Cosmopolitan October 1943

26 · Entrance Fee · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker March 1 1930, as “Histoire de France, or Entrance Fee”

30 · Daughters of Joy · Barry Benefield · ss The Smart Set May 1913

· III. Wielding the Bludgeon

51 · Willy Wally to Wed · William Cowper Brann · ar Brann the Iconoclast by William Cowper Brann, Herz Brothers, 1898

54 · The Curse of Kissing · William Cowper Brann · ar Brann the Iconoclast by William Cowper Brann, Herz Brothers, 1898

59 · The Devil’s Dictionary · Ambrose Bierce · ex Neale Publishing Co., 1911

64 · Myriad-Minded Us · Westbrook Pegler · ar

67 · Clarion Call to Poets · H. L. Mencken · ar Prejudices: Sixth Series by H. L. Mencken, Knopf, 1927

73 · Chiropractic · H. L. Mencken · ar The Baltimore Evening Sun December 1924

80 · The Innocents Abroad · Mark Twain · ex American Publishing Company, 1869

83 · A Tramp Abroad · Mark Twain · ex American Publishing Company, 1880

· IV. The Sporting Life

91 · Mr. Frisbie · Ring W. Lardner · ss Cosmopolitan June 1928

103 · Colloquy at Second · Westbrook Pegler · ar

105 · Six-Day Race · Westbrook Pegler · ar

108 · Love Makes the Filly Go · Frank Sullivan · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 24 1937

123 · The Sawing Off of Manhattan Island · Herbert Asbury · ar from All Around the Town, Knopf, 1934

130 · The Golden Key · James Street · ss Good Housekeeping November 1944

· V. Life’s Little Problems

152 · The Mystery of Bridge Building · Robert Benchley · ar Benchley Beside Himself by Robert Benchley, Harper, 1943

158 · The Crack · Erskine Caldwell · ss

164 · A Model Dialogue · Stephen Leacock · vi Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock, Gazette, 1910

166 · The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth · Robert Benchley · ss Inside Benchley by Robert Benchley, Harper and Brothers, 1942

· VI. Domestic Science

176 · There Ought to Be a Law · Nunnally Johnson · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 26 1930

200 · A Harlem Tragedy · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World May 1 1904

207 · Dogs · Ring Lardner · ar First and Last by Ring Lardner, Charles Scribner's, 1934

215 · Birthday Present · Thorne Smith · ss Redbook Magazine October 1934

· VII. The Cocktail Hour

239 · A Man May Be Down · Wolcott Gibbs · ss The New Yorker September 23 1933

243 · You Were Perfectly Fine · Dorothy Parker · ss The New Yorker February 23 1929

247 · God Rest You Merry · Cornelia Otis Skinner · ss The New Yorker December 16 1939

254 · I Drink American · Donald Hough · ar Esquire June 1938

· VIII. Nopalera

266 · Gavin O’Leary · John Collier · ss

274 · The Missing Idol · Ben Hecht · nv A Book of Miracles by Ben Hecht, Viking, 1939

· IX. Dialogues in Dialect

326 · Mr. Kaplan’s Dark Logic [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker April 17 1937

332 · Steamboat Days · Roark Bradford · ss Ol’ Man Adam an’ His Chillun by Roark Bradford, Harper, 1928

336 · Sin · Roark Bradford · ss Ol’ Man Adam an’ His Chillun by Roark Bradford, Harper, 1928

341 · Mountain Justice · Fred Allen · ss

· X. Five Characters

353 · Blood Pressure · Damon Runyon · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 5 1930

368 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939

374 · Our Mrs. Parker · Alexander Woollcott · ar Cosmopolitan August 1933

384 · The Retroactive Existence of Mr. Juggins · Stephen Leacock · vi The Popular Magazine August 15 1913

388 · Professor Sea Gull · Joseph Mitchell · ar The New Yorker December 12 1942

The Shining Ones by Iain Smith (Mark Valentine, 2005, £2.50, 12pp, ph, ss)
A World War I Angels of Mons tale; limited to 100 copies.

Sons of Fenris by Jeff Smith & Harry Heckel--- see under Lee Lightner.

Space Wolf: The Second Omnibus by Jeff Smith, Harry Heckel & William King--- see under William King.

Wolf’s Honour by Jeff Smith & Harry Heckel--- see under Lee Lightner.

The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 ed. Jeffrey D. Smith, Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy & Debbie Notkin--- see under Karen Joy Fowler.

The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 ed. Jeffrey D. Smith, Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy & Debbie Notkin--- see under Karen Joy Fowler.

The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3 ed. Jeffrey D. Smith, Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy & Debbie Notkin--- see under Karen Joy Fowler.

Phantoms at the Phil ed. John Smith--- see under Anon..

New Orleans Noir ed. Julie Smith (Akashic Books, 2007, 978-1-933354-24-8, $14.95, 287pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]

13 · Writing Underwater · Julie Smith · in

19 · Part I: Before the Levees Broke

21 · What’s the Score? · Ted O’Brien · ss; set in Mid-City.

31 · Two-Story Brick Houses · Patty Friedmann · ss; set in Uptown.

43 · Scared Rabbit · Tim McLoughlin · ss; set in Irish Channel.

51 · Schevoski · Olympia Vernon · ss; set in the University District.

56 · Algiers · David Fulmer · ss; set in Algiers.

68 · Pony Girl · Laura Lippman · ss; set in Treme.

78 · The Battling Priests of Corpus Christi · Jervey Tervalon · ss; set in the Seventh Ward.

88 · Open Mike · James Nolan · ss; set in the French Quarter.

110 · All I Could Was Cry · Kalamu ya Salaam · ss; set in the Lower Ninth Ward.

129 · There Shall Your Heart Be Also [Benjamin January] · Barbara Hambly · ss; set in the Swamp.

147 · Part II: Life in Atlantis

149 · Muddy Pond · Maureen Tan · nv; set in Village de l’Est.

171 · Lawyers’ Tongues · Thomas Adcock · ss; set in Gentilly.

188 · And Hell Walked In · Jeri Cain Rossi · ss; set in Bywater.

201 · Night Taxi · Christine Wiltz · nv; set in Lakeview.

224 · Annunciation Shotgun · Greg Herren · ss; set in Lower Garden District.

244 · Loot · Julie Smith · ss; set in the Garden District.

264 · Angola South · Ace Atkins · ss; set on Loyola Avenue.

274 · Marigny Triangle · Eric Overmyer · ss; set in Faubourg Marigny.

282 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

New Orleans Noir: The Classics ed. Julie Smith (Akashic Books, March 1, 2016, 978-1-61775-384-8, $15.95, 315pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]

11 · The Many Ways It Can All Go Away · Julie Smith · in

17 · Part I: The Awakening

19 · A Marriage of Conscience · Armand Lanusse; translated by David Ball & Nicole Ball · ss; set in St. Louis Cathedral.
translated from the French (“Un Mariage de Conscience”, L’Album Littéraire, August 15, 1843).

25 · The Little Convent Girl · Grace King · ss The Century Magazine August 1893; set in The River.

35 · The Story of an Hour · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue December 6 1894, as “The Dream of an Hour”; set in Bayou St. John.

39 · Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking · O. Henry · ss McClure’s Magazine December 1899; set in French Quarter.

59 · Part II: Sweet Bird of Youth

61 · The Purple Hat · Eudora Welty · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2758, November 1941; set in Upper Quarter.

70 · Desire and the Black Masseur · Tennessee Williams · ss New Directions in Prose and Poetry 10 ed. James Laughlin, IV, New Directions, 1948; set in Tremé.

80 · Miss Yellow Eyes · Shirley Ann Grau · nv The Black Prince and Other Stories by Shirley Ann Grau, Alfred A. Knopf, 1955; set in Pigeon Town.

116 · Pleadings · John William Corrington · nv The Southern Review Winter 1976; set in Uptown.

159 · Ritual Murder · Tom Dent · ss Callaloo #2, February 1978; set in Courthouse.

175 · Part III: The Thanatos Syndrome

177 · Rich · Ellen Gilchrist · ss Intro 9: Close to Home ed. George P. Garrett & Michael Mewshaw, Hendel & Reinke, 1978; set in Garden District.

201 · Spats · Valerie Martin · ss The Consolation of Nature & Other Stories by Valerie Martin, Houghton Mifflen, 1988; set in New Orleans East.

212 · The Man with Moon Hands [Dino Francis LaStanza] · O’Neil De Noux · ss New Mystery v1 #3, 1993, as “Old Foister, A Folk Tale: The Man with Moon Hands”; set in Tchoupitoulas and Jackson.

221 · Rose · John Biguenet · vi Esquire January 1999; set in Gentilly.

224 · Mussolini and the Axeman’s Jazz · Poppy Z. Brite · nv Dark Destiny: Proprietors of Fate ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1995; set in Basin Street.

251 · GDMFSOB · Nevada Barr · ss Deadly Housewives ed. Christine Matthews, Avon, 2006; set in Versailles Boulevard.

258 · Jesus Out to Sea · James Lee Burke · ss Esquire April 2006; set in Ninth Ward.

269 · Last Fair Deal Gone Down · Ace Atkins · ex from Crossroad Blues, Busted Flush Press, 2010; set in Warehouse District.

293 · Pie Man · Maurice Carlos Ruffin · ss The South Carolina Review Fall 2012; set in Central City.

312 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Complete Cabalistic Cases of Semi Dual, the Occult Detector, Volume 1: 1912 by Junius B. Smith & J. U. Giesy--- see under J. U. Giesy.

The Complete Cabalistic Cases of Semi Dual, the Occult Detector, Volume 2: 1912-1913 by Junius B. Smith & J. U. Giesy--- see under J. U. Giesy.

The House of Invisible Bondage by Junius B. Smith & J. U. Giesy--- see under J. U. Giesy.

The House of the Ego by Junius B. Smith & J. U. Giesy--- see under J. U. Giesy.

The Ledger of Life by Junius B. Smith & J. U. Giesy--- see under J. U. Giesy.

The Opposing Venus by Junius B. Smith & J. U. Giesy--- see under J. U. Giesy.

The Web of Destiny by Junius B. Smith & J. U. Giesy--- see under J. U. Giesy.

Mysterious Cat Stories ed. Kim Smith & John Richard Stephens--- see under John Richard Stephens.

Zen of the Dead ed. Lester Smith (Popcorn Press, October 31, 2015, $9.95, 204pp, tp, oa, cover by Kathryn Smith)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Sleeping Oaks · Myk Pilgrim · vi

1 · Halloween Zen · Gary W. Davis · pm

2 · The Tomb Wife · Scarlett R. Algee · ss

8 · Orgy of the Damned · Mike Kriesel · pm Star*Line Fall 2014

9 · Maiden, (…), Crone · Elaine Cunningham · pm

10 · Autumn I · Tim Ryan · pm

10 · Autumn II · Tim Ryan · pm

11 · The Noise · Sebastian Normandin · ss

12 · Halloween in the Haunted House · David C. Kopaska-Merkel · pm

14 · Bird Beak Man · Kelda Crich · pm Devilfish Review December 2014

16 · She Comes by Night · Jennifer Moore · pm

17 · The Replacement · Jade Black · ss

23 · Under Hunter’s Moon · Kelda Crich · pm Eternal Haunted Summer Summer 2014

24 · On Abundance · F. J. Bergmann · pm

25 · Jenny Was Taken · Jason Thibeault · ss

29 · The Youngling · Jason Huls · ss

31 · Transmutation · F. J. Bergmann · pm

32 · The Angles of Midnight · Adele Gardner · ss

47 · Sudden Death · F. J. Bergmann · pm

48 · Autumn Harvest · Kurt Newton · pm

49 · At the Bend of the Road · Robert Dawson · ss

61 · All Hallow’s Eve · Kurt Newton · pm

61 · untitled (“blanched…”) · Tim Ryan · pm

62 · When Your Boyfriend Becomes a Zombie · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm

62 · Romancing Your Dead · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm

62 · Season of the Dead · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm

63 · Auntie’s Revenge · Sara Dobie Bauer · ss

76 · untitled (“Garbage day has come…”) · Jason Huls · pm

76 · untitled (“Shame is not a fang…”) · Jason Huls · pm

76 · untitled (“You were warned but you…”) · Jason Huls · pm

76 · untitled (“The Pale King beckons…”) · Jason Huls · pm

77 · untitled (“Tried to crawl away…”) · Jason Huls · pm

77 · untitled (“No knife is too sharp…”) · Jason Huls · pm

77 · untitled (“Those are strange footprints…”) · Jason Huls · pm

77 · untitled (“She wants to break out…”) · Jason Huls · pm

78 · La Valise · James Dorr · ss

81 · untitled (“French Quarter at Night…”) · David Lee Summers · pm

81 · untitled (“buried pet turtles…”) · David Lee Summers · pm

81 · untitled (“unhealthy zombie…”) · Denny E. Marshall · pm

82 · untitled (“Her broomstick…”) · Patrick T. Randolph · pm

82 · untitled (“Cold tombstone…”) · Patrick T. Randolph · pm

82 · untitled (“Empty halls…”) · Patrick T. Randolph · pm

83 · Schrödinger’s Cat · John Cochrane · pm

83 · untitled (“Ev’ry Halloween…”) · John Cochrane · pm

83 · untitled (“God rolls a fumble…”) · John Cochrane · pm

84 · Nebraska Vampire · Patrick T. Randolph · pm

84 · High School Story of Bell, Book, and Candle · Patrick T. Randolph · pm

85 · A Vision of Sound · Patrick T. Randolph · pm

85 · The Power of Observation · Patrick T. Randolph · pm

86 · Biography of Everything · Michael Kriesel · pm The Pedestal Magazine December 2014

88 · New Hope Farm · John Lehman · ss

91 · Eyes · F. J. Bergmann · pm Out of the Black Forest by F. J. Bergmann, Centennial Press, 2012

93 · Bluebeard’s Honeymoon · Jennifer Moore · pm

94 · New Hobby · Adam Armour · ss

96 · The Send-Off · John Cochrane · pm

97 · Autumn Signal · Myk Pilgrim · ss

98 · The Tragedy of Dracula’s Daughter · Josh Brown · pm

104 · Strength in Numbers · Dusty Wallace · ss

106 · Halloween Haiku · Jennifer Moore · pm

106 · untitled (“There is a presence…”) · Christopher Reed · pm

106 · Urban Legend · Ralph Faraday · pm

107 · Hell, as a Spa Experience · Greer Woodward · pm

108 · Today’s Special · C. A. Verstraete · ss

110 · Yard Sale in Plainfield, Wisconsin (1995) · Michael Kriesel · pm First Class 2004

111 · Bees · Robert Borski · pm

112 · Veiled Wednesday · Myk Pilgrim · ss

113 · untitled (“windless night…”) · Greg Schwartz · pm Abyss & Apex #28, 4th Quarter 2008

113 · untitled (“desert winds…”) · Greg Schwartz · pm Star*Line September/October 2009

113 · untitled (“Hallow’s Eve…”) · Greg Schwartz · pm Tales of the Talisman v7 #2, 2011

114 · Spirit Snatched · Holly Riordan · ss

124 · Fungal Night, Uninteresting · Kelda Crich · pm Nonbinary Review June 2015

125 · Zombie Hamlet · Michael Kriesel · pm Eye to the Telescope October 2012

126 · untitled (“Pumpkins on the porch…”) · Jason Thibeault · pm

126 · untitled (“It comes in the night…”) · Jason Thibeault · pm

126 · untitled (“Miss Jones has a broom…”) · Jason Thibeault · pm

127 · untitled (“Can you hear me now…”) · Jason Thibeault · pm

127 · untitled (“abandoned cemetery…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm

127 · untitled (“horse-drawn wagon…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm The Shiki Monthly Kukai August 2015

128 · The Well · V. E. Battaglia · ss

139 · Eden Revisited · F. J. Bergmann · pm

140 · Aleister Crowley Lipogram · Michael Kriesel · pm North American Review Spring 2015

141 · Something Black · Tiffany Michelle Brown · ss

155 · Parachute · F. J. Bergmann · pm

156 · Pumpkin Girl · Christina Sng · pm Raven Electrick October 2001

157 · Corpse Plant · Robert Borski · pm

157 · I, Pod · Robert Borski · pm

158 · No Witnesses · Vicki Johnson-Steger · ss

164 · Black Cats Get a Bad Rap · Kurt Newton · pm

165 · A Dartmoor Ballad · Jennifer Moore · pm

167 · The Mummy’s Ring · Stephen D. Sullivan · ss

173 · That Kind of Day in the Neighborhood · David C. Kopaska-Merkel · pm

174 · untitled (“Astronomers watch…”) · David Lee Summers · pm

175 · untitled (“in the fog…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm

175 · untitled (“empty saddle…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm

175 · untitled (“one week…”) · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm The Shiki Monthly Kukai August 2015

176 · Falling Asleep on a Cambrian Beach, I Wake Up Covered in Trilobites · Michael Kriesel · pp Star*Line Winter 2015

177 · An Uneasy Breeze · Nancy Hutchins · ss

186 · untitled (“My skin always crawls…”) · Leonard White · pm

186 · untitled (“My mind is dripping…”) · Leonard White · pm

186 · untitled (“Little moths flutter…”) · Leonard White · pm

187 · untitled (“Bright sunshine…”) · Leonard White · pm

187 · untitled (“Single lonely strand…”) · Leonard White · pm

187 · untitled (“On the night’s soft bridge…”) · Leonard White · pm

188 · Slugger Saves · Calvin Demmer · ss

191 · Remnants · F. J. Bergmann · pm

192 · untitled (“spasming priestess…”) · Dan Smith · pm

192 · untitled (“chandelier dust…”) · Joshua Gage · pm

192 · untitled (“bloodstains…”) · Joshua Gage · pm

192 · untitled (“inevitable…”) · Lester Smith · pm

193 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · ms

Dead and Breakfast ed. Lisa René Smith & Linda Houle (L & L Dreamspell, September 2007, 1603180222, $16.95, 260pp, tp, oa)
First annual mystery anthology by The Final Twist, a Houston, Texas based writers group.

· The Stand-In · Cash Anthony · ss

· The End of the Tour · Diana L. Driver · ss

· Traces of Death · John Foxjohn · ss

· Dead by Breakfast · Betty Gordon · ss

· Veiled Deception · Betty Gordon · ss

· The Legacy of Ledgemont Inn · Linda Houle · ss

· Do Wah Diddy Die Already · Pauline Baird Jones · ss

· Snake and Smiley · Alexis Glynn Latner · ss

· The Old Pine Lodge · Lisa René Smith · ss

· I Love a Parade! · Gayle Wigglesworth · ss

A Death in Texas ed. Lisa René Smith & Cherri Galbiati--- see under Cherri Galbiati.

Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories ed. Marie Smith (Robinson, July 11, 1994, 1-85487-296-6, x+517pp, tp, an)

viii · Introduction · Marie Smith · in

1 · A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine July 1891

22 · Cheating the Gallows · Israel Zangwill · ss The Idler February 1893

34 · The Doctor, His Wife, and the Clock [Ebenezer Gryce; Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · na Putnam, 1895

71 · The Flitterbat Lancers [Martin Hewitt] · Arthur Morrison · nv The Windsor Magazine April 1896, as “The Case of the “Flitterbat Lancers””

90 · The Florentine Dante [Hagar Stanley] · Fergus Hume · ss Liverpool Weekly Mercury August 7 1897, as “The First Customer and the Florentine Dante”

102 · Nine Points of the Law [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Cassell’s Magazine September 1898

116 · In the Fog · Richard Harding Davis · na R.H. Russell, 1901

163 · The Fire of London [Cecil Thorold] · Arnold Bennett · ss The Windsor Magazine June 1904

177 · Lord Chizelrigg’s Missing Fortune [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 29 1905

195 · A Retrieved Reformation · O. Henry · ss The Cosmopolitan April 1903, as “A Retrieved Reform”

202 · The Four Just Men [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · n. Tallis, 1905

301 · The Mysterious Railway-Passenger [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · nv The Story-teller July 1907, as “The Mysterious Traveller”
translated from the French (“Le Mystérieux voyageur”, Je sais tout, February 15, 1906).

316 · The Affair of the Corridor Express [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine September 1905

328 · The Diamond Master · Jacques Futrelle · na The Red Magazine December 1908 (+2)

397 · The Hard-Boiled Egg [Philo Gubb] · Ellis Parker Butler · ss The Red Book Magazine May 1913, as “Philo Gubb”

407 · The Master of Mystery · Jack London · ss Out West Magazine September 1902

418 · “Spontaneous Combustion” [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine July 1911

436 · A Wastrel’s Romance [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv The Novel Magazine August 1910, as “The Willowdale Mystery”

466 · The Honour of Israel Gow [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 25 1911, as “The Strange Justice”

480 · Smothered in Corpses · Ernest Bramah · ss The Living Age September 27 1919, as “Smothered in Thrills: A Burlesque for the Cinema”

490 · The Angel of the Lord [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 3 1911, as “The Broken Stirrup-Leather”

503 · His Last Bow: an Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1917

Ms. Murder: The Best Mysteries Featuring Women Detectives, by the Top Women Writers ed. Marie Smith (Xanadu, 1989, 274pp, hc, an)
Available in the US from Citadel Press.

5 · Introduction · Marie Smith · in

9 · The Lover of St. Lys [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss The Premier Magazine #58, February 1919

26 · Tape-Measure Murder [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week November 16 1941

38 · The Mackenzie Case · Viola Brothers Shore · nv Mystery League January 1934

57 · Easter Devil [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator June 1934

81 · The Gilded Pupil · Ethel Lina White · nv Detective Stories of To-Day ed. Raymond Postgate, Faber and Faber, 1940

95 · Scrawns · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Story-teller December 1932, as “Interlude at Scrawns”

107 · The Lipstick · Mary Roberts Rinehart · nv Cosmopolitan July 1942

132 · A Light on Murder [Mrs. Bradley] · Gladys Mitchell · ss The Evening Standard February 15 1950

140 · The Absent Hat Pin · D. B. Olsen · ss 1947

155 · Miss Phipps and the Invisible Murderer [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966

170 · The Mother Goose Madman · Betty Ren Wright · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1959

178 · The Splintered Monday · Charlotte Armstrong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1966

195 · Paintbox Place · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 10 1980, as “The Paintbox Houses”

211 · The Writing on the Wall [Selena Mead] · Patricia McGerr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1978

217 · The Case of the Parr Children [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · nv 1979

242 · Once Upon a Time [Kate Fansler] · Amanda Cross · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1987

259 · Three-Dot Po [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984

Nobel Crimes ed. Marie Smith (Xanadu, October 22, 1992, 1-85480-180-5, £7.99, viii+263pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 17 crime stories by winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature. “The Miraculous Revenge” by George Bernard Shaw is listed on the back cover and in the acknowledgements but is not in the book.

v · Introduction · Marie Smith · in

1 · In the Darkness · Heinrich Böll; translated by Leila Vennewitz · ss The Stories of Heinrich Böll by Heinrich Böll, Secker & Warburg, 1986

10 · Ransom · Pearl S. Buck · nv Cosmopolitan October 1938

37 · The Gentleman from San Francisco · Ivan Bunin · nv The Dial January 1922

59 · The Guest · Albert Camus · ss (r)

73 · Macavity: The Mystery Cat · T. S. Eliot · pm Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, Faber and Faber, 1939

75 · Smoke [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1932

103 · The Majesty of Justice · Anatole France · ss (r)

126 · Blackmail · John Galsworthy · ss MacLean’s December 15 1922

138 · The Moment Before the Gun Went Off · Nadine Gordimer · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1988

144 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927

154 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling, Heinemann and Balestier, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray”

166 · The Post-Mortem Murder · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Century Magazine May 1921

192 · The Woman Who Came at Six O’Clock · Gabriel García Márquez · ss Innocent Erendira and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez, Harper & Row, 1978
translated from the Spanish (“La mujer que llegaba a las seis”, El espectador, 1950).

204 · All Passion Spent · Luigi Pirandello; translated by Frederick May · ss 1965

213 · The Corsican Ordeal of Miss X · Bertrand Russell · ss Go Christmas 1951, uncredited.

236 · Under the Knife · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss Short Friday and Other Stories by Isaac B. Singer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964
translated from the Yiddish (“Unter’n meser”).

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

Seven Suspects by G. K. Chesterton ed. Marie Smith--- see under G. K. Chesterton.

The Final Cut by Matthew Smith (Black Flame US, March 2005, 1-84416-135-8, $6.99, 248pp, pb, n., cover by Dylan Teague) [Judge Dredd]
Reprint (Black Flame 2005) novelization based on the world of the comics. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S. First US edition.

The Bonus of Michael Marshall Smith by Michael Marshall Smith (Subterranean Press, December 2020, hc, co)
Distributed with the limited editions of The Best of Michael Marshall Smith.
Details taken from publisher website.

· REMtemps™ · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Postscripts #10, Spring 2007

· One One Three · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Postscripts #10, Spring 2007

· Look Inside Me · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Fearie Tales ed. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher Books, 2013

· The Chain · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 2013

· Story Notes · Michael Marshall Smith · ms (r)

Cat Stories by Michael Marshall Smith (Earthling Publications, September 2001, no ISBN, $13.00, 71pp, ph, co, cover by Patti Kaufman)
Chapbook collection of three stories, one original, with an introduction by the author. This is a signed, limited edition of 350; a hardcover, traycased edition of 15 is sold out.

9 · The Man Who Drew Cats · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Voices 2 ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Pan, 1990

26 · Not Waving · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Twists of the Tale ed. Ellen Datlow, Dell, 1996

53 · They Also Serve · Michael Marshall Smith · ss

Everything You Need by Michael Marshall Smith (Earthling Publications, September 16, 2013, 978-0-9838071-4-8, $45.00, 278pp, hc, co, cover by Vincent Chong)
Collection of 17 stories, five original, with notes on the origins of each by Smith. Illustrated by Vinent Chong. Limited to 1000 numbered, signed, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($500.00).
Details taken from online listing.

7 · This Is Now · Michael Marshall Smith · ss BBCi Cult Vampire Magazine (online) 2004

23 · Unbelief · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Stories ed. Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio, Morrow, 2010

33 · Walking Wounded · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors 3 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1997

55 · The Seventeenth Kind · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Subterranean #8, 2011

77 · A Place for Everything · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Postscripts #10, Spring 2007, as “And a Place for Everything”

83 · The Last Barbecue · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2012, as “Getting It Right”

93 · The Stuff That Goes On in Their Heads · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Swallowed by the Cracks ed. Bill Breedlove & John Everson, Dark Arts Books, 2011, as “What Goes On in Their Heads”

111 · Unnoticed · Michael Marshall Smith · nv

133 · The Good Listener · Michael Marshall Smith · ss

145 · Different Now · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Scaremongers ed. Andrew Haigh, Tanjen, 1997

153 · Author of the Death · Michael Marshall Smith · ss

167 · Sad, Dark Thing · Michael Marshall Smith · ss A Book of Horrors ed. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher Books, 2011

185 · What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Nightjar Press, 2009

195 · The Things He Said · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Travellers in Darkness ed. Stephen Jones, World Horror Convention 2007, 2007

209 · Substitutions [Cthulhu] · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Black Wings ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2010

231 · The Woodcutter · Michael Marshall Smith · nv

255 · Everything You Need · Michael Marshall Smith · ss

269 · Story Notes · Michael Marshall Smith · ms

The Gist by Michael Marshall Smith (Subterranean Press, May 2013, 978-1-59606-561-1, $35.00, 77pp, hc, nv)
Fantasy story about a lost book, written by Smith, translated into French by Benoît Domis, then translated back into English by Nicholas Royle. All three versions are presented here. A leatherbound signed, limited edition of 300 is also available.

Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith (Subterranean Press, March 2002, 1-931081-11-5, $40.00, 269pp, hc, n., cover by Chris Moore)
Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) SF novel. This is a signed, limited edition of 750; a lettered edition of 26 is also available.

Time Out by Michael Marshall Smith (Subterranean Press, May 2024, 978-1-64524-159-1, $45.00, 144pp, hc, na, cover by Samuel Araya)
Limited to 1000 numbered copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

Thought Probes: Philosophy Through Science Fiction Literature ed. Nicholas D. Smith & Fred D. Miller, Jr.--- see under Fred D. Miller, Jr..

Thought Probes: Philosophy Through Science Fiction Literature, Second Edition (var. 1) ed. Nicholas D. Smith & Fred D. Miller, Jr.--- see under Fred D. Miller, Jr..

Fungi ed. Orrin Smith & Silvia Moreno-Garcia--- see under Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

Staten Island Noir ed. Patricia Smith (Akashic Books, 2012, 978-1-61775-129-5, $15.95, 252pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Fourteen original stories set on Staten Island, New York.

11 · An Erringly Perfect Landscape · Patricia Smith · in

19 · Part I: Family Affair

21 · Snake Hill · Bill Loehfelm · ss; set in Eltingville.

40 · Sister-in-Law · Louisa Ermelino · ss; set in Great Kills.

51 · When They Are Done with Us · Patricia Smith · ss; set in Port Richmond.

71 · A User’s Guide to Keeping Your Kills Fresh · Ted Anthony · ss; set in Fresh Kills.

90 · Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground · Shay Youngblood · ss; set in South Beach.

105 · Part II: Fight or Flight

107 · Mistakes · Michael Penncavage · ss; set in The Ferry.

118 · Abating a Nuisance · Bruce DeSilva · ss; set in Tompkinsville.

132 · Paying the Tab · Michael Largo · ss; set in Four Corners.

140 · Assistant Professor Lodge · Binnie Kirshenbaum · ss; set in Grymes Hill.

153 · Part III: Borough of Broken Dreams

155 · …Spy Verse Spy… · Todd Craig · ss; set in Park Hill.

175 · Before It Hardens · Eddie Joyce · ss; set in Annadale.

200 · The Fly-Ass Puerto Girl from the Stapleton Projects · Linda Nieves-Powell · ss; set in Stapleton.

212 · Teenage Wasteland · Ashley Dawson · ss; set in Tottenville.

233 · Lighthouse · S. J. Rozan · ss; set in St. George.

254 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Haunted Sea: Supernatural Stories ed. Peter C. Smith (William Kimber, 1975, 0-7183-0483-7, £2.95, 240pp, hc, an)

9 · Six Bells · “Sea Wrack” · ss Six Bells by Sea Wrack, Rich & Cowan, 1942

20 · The Haunted Ship · Wilhelm Hauff; translated by S. Mendel · ss Tales by Wilhelm Hauff by Wilhelm Hauff, tr. S. Mendel, George Bell & Sons, 1886
translated from the German (“Die Geschichte von dem Gespensterschiff”, Märchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1826 für Söhne und Töchter gebildeter Stände, 1825).

30 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912

41 · The Call of Cthulhu [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales February 1928

74 · Phantas · Oliver Onions · ss Nash’s Magazine February 1910

90 · The Sea Fit · Algernon Blackwood · ss Country Life June 25 1910

104 · The Phantom Warships of Matapan · Aldo Cocchia · ar from Submarines Attacking (r)

108 · The Black Ferry · John Galt · ss The Club Book ed. Andrew Picken, Cochrane & Pickersgill, 1831, as “The Book of Life”

120 · Ms. Found in a Bottle · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Baltimore Saturday Visitor October 19 1833

131 · The Lagoon · Joseph Conrad · ss The Cornhill Magazine January 1897

145 · In the Abyss · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1896

162 · Mrs. Scarr · Elinor Mordaunt · ss My Best Thriller, Faber and Faber, 1933

177 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907

190 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)

220 · The Tale of Philo [Ayesha] · Sir H. Rider Haggard · ex from Wisdom’s Daughter, Hutchinson, March 1923

231 · Confidences · “Sea Wrack” · ss Six Bells by Sea Wrack, Rich & Cowan, 1942

Haunted Shores: Thirteen Stories of the Supernatural ed. Peter C. Smith (William Kimber, 1980, 0-7183-0157-9, £5.25, 207pp, hc, an)

7 · Introduction · Peter C. Smith · in

9 · She Walks on Dry Land · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss

20 · Expiation · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1923

38 · A Whining · M. P. N. Sims & L. H. Maynard · ss; given as by Sims alone.

47 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896

58 · The Little Girl Eater · Septimus Dale · ss The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1963

68 · Sea Air · L. A. G. Strong · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) July 1933

85 · The Shadow of the Shark [Gabriel Gale] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1921

106 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955

136 · Granny’s Gift · Barbara Joan Eyre · ss

145 · The Running Tide · Ex-Private X · ss The London Magazine September 1928, as by A. M. Burrage

159 · The Idiots · Joseph Conrad · ss The Savoy #6, October 1896

182 · For Those in Peril · Peter C. Smith · ss

191 · Staircase to the Sea · James Turner · ss Staircase to the Sea by James Turner, William Kimber, 1974

The Phantom Coach: Thirteen Journeys Into the Unknown ed. Peter C. Smith (William Kimber, 1979, £4.50, 189pp, hc, an)

11 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited.

25 · Love Me, Love My Car · James Turner · ss The Ninth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Jenkins, 1973

39 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”

53 · No Ticket · Mary Williams · ss

63 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891

71 · Silent Stowaway · Rick Ferreira · nv (r)

97 · The Realm of the Unreal · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 20 1890, as “In the Realm of the Unreal”

104 · The Buick Saloon · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine June 1930, as by Mary O’Malley

122 · In the Tube · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1922

137 · The Attic Express · Alex Hamilton · nv The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1963

155 · The Woman in Black · Peter Hackett · ss The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1975

162 · Synopsis of a Nightmare · Peter C. Smith · ss

170 · Non-Paying Passengers · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1974

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