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Constipating Science Fiction (Chicago in 2012 Worldcon Bid, August 6, 2009, 7pp, ph, oa, cover by Deb Kosiba)
Details taken from online listing.

· Planetarium in Orbit · Gene Wolfe · ss

Contemporary Reviews of Dracula (Swan River Press, January 2011, €25.00, 36pp, ph, nf)
A selection of reviews of Stoker’s seminal work shortly after it was published in England in 1897 and in America in 1899. Volume four in the “Bram Stoker” series.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Introduction · Leah Moore & John Reppion · in

· Reviews of Dracula (1897) · Various · rv (r)

· Reviews of Dracula (1899) · Various · rv (r)

· Reviews of “Dracula’s Guest” (1914) · Various · rv (r)

The Continental Classics Volume XVIII: Mystery Tales ed. Julian Hawthorne, uncredited (Harper & Brothers, 1909, 370pp, hc, an)
Reprint (The Review of Reviews 1909 as The Lock and Key Library: North Europe by Julian Hawthorne) anthology.

Contrivance Progress Report 4 (Contrivance, October 1988, no ISBN, 12pp, ph, nf)

3 · M. John Harrison · John Dallman & Peter Wareham · iv [Ref. M. John Harrison]

Convenient Christmas Brides (Harlequin, November 2018, 978-1-335-05182-0, $6.50, 284pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · The Captain’s Christmas Journey · Carla Kelly · n.

111 · The Viscount’s Yuletide Betrothal · Louise Allen · na

199 · One Night Under the Mistlestoe · Laurie Benson · na

Cornered (Silhouette, September 2005, 0373285280, $9.99, 368pp, pb, oa)

· Fooling Around · Linda Turner · na

· The Man in the Shadows · Ingrid Weaver · na

· A Midsummer Night’s Murder · Julie Miller · na

The Corner Seat Omnibus (Grafton Publications, February 1944, 2/-, 128pp, pb, oa)

ifc. · Criminal Cases No. 1 · [uncredited] · ms

· Murder Most Perfect · Gilbert Thomas · ss

· The Chinese Lady · Helena Caperton · ss

· Dark Horses · A. M. Burrage · ss Weekly Illustrated May 8 1937

· Dead Man’s Shoes · Charles Wilson · ss

· The Brother · Seamus de Faoite · ss

· The Three Candles · Ann Furlong · ss

· Service Flat · C. Settles · ss

· Love on Spice Island · Arthur Lamsley · ss

· The Man with the Wallop · H. B. MacDermot · ss

· Death Came to the Church · Morgan O’Connell · ss

· Inspiration · Margaret A. Watson · ss The 20-Story Magazine #160, October 1935

· The Mosquito · Robert H. Christie · ss

· Rat Trap · Dana Burnet · ss

· Try Anything Once · Coutts Brisbane · ss

· Stranger on the Train · John Dundon · ss

· Portrait of a Murderer · John Marsh · ss The Corner Magazine December 1932

128 · Solutions to Criminal Cases · [uncredited] · ms

ibc. · Criminal Cases No. 2 · [uncredited] · ms

Corner Seat Omnibus No. 4 (Grafton Publications, September 1946, 1/6d, 128pp, pb, oa)

· Copra · Allan Vaughan Elston · nv Argosy July 24 1937

· Smart Guys Shoot First · Rex Ransley · ss

· Dames Ain’t Got Ethics · Mary Tyrell · ss

· The Whip · Burl R. Tuttle · ss

· It’s an Ill Wind · Red Butler · ss

· Would You Believe It · Roy Day · ss

· Radio Station Death · Cyril H. Wilson · ss

· The Damning Message · Thomas Mack · ss Clues 1st January 1930

· Three Blind Mice · Hazel Cullen · ss

· Murder Before Breakfast · J. Erwin · ss

· Pity the Patients · Chas. C. O’Connell · ss

· Train Journey · Albert N. Cole · ss

· The Third Way Out · Edwin Baird · ss

Corpses Can Walk and Other Stories (Pictorial Art Ltd., 1946, 9d, 64pp, ph, an)

3 · Corpses Can Walk · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss (r)

12 · Beyond the Last Blue Mountains · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss Ghosts and Goblins 1938

23 · Death at the Mosque of Omar · R. Thurston Hopkins · nv Mystery Stories #10, 1937

36 · Old Men Die Too Late · William Norman · ss (r)

39 · The Tower of the Forty Companions · R. Thurston Hopkins · nv Ghosts and Goblins 1938

52 · It All Adds Up · Michael Hervey · ss

57 · Accident! · Michael Hervey · ss Tales of Terror and the Unknown, Everybody's Books, 1944

60 · Punishment to Fit the Crime · Michael Hervey · ss (r)

Cosmic Kill/Beyond the End of Space (Armchair Fiction, September 27, 2014, 978-1-61287-218-6, $12.95, 216pp, tp, an, cover: The Last Space Ship by Ed Emshwiller)
Details taken from online listing.

· Cosmic Kill [Darrien] · Robert Silverberg · na Amazing Stories April 1957 (+1), as by Robert Arnette

· Beyond the End of Space · John W. Campbell · na Amazing Stories March 1933 (+1)

Cosmos (Fiction House Press, March 2015, 978-1-5086-7693-5, $15.95, 328pp, tp, an)
Reprint of the Cosmos round-robin from Science Fiction Digest. Subtitled “A Science-Fiction Novel by Eighteen Authors” on the cover and spine. A hardcover edition (978-1-312-95554-7, $49.95) was announced but not seen.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Cosmos—Chapter 1: Faster Than Light · Ralph Milne Farley · rr Science Fiction Digest July 1933

19 · Cosmos—Chapter 2: The Emigrants · David H. Keller · rr Science Fiction Digest August 1933

33 · Cosmos—Chapter 3: Callisto’s Children · Arthur J. Burks · rr Science Fiction Digest September 1933

45 · Cosmos—Chapter 4: The Murderer from Mars · Bob Olsen · rr Science Fiction Digest September 1933

63 · Cosmos—Chapter 5: Tyrants of Saturn · Francis Flagg · rr Science Fiction Digest October 1933

89 · Cosmos—Chapter 6: Interference on Luna · John W. Campbell, Jr. · rr Science Fiction Digest November 1933

107 · Cosmos—Chapter 7: Son of the Trident · Rae Winters · rr Science Fiction Digest December 1933

121 · Cosmos—Chapter 8: Volunteers from Venus · Otis Adelbert Kline & E. Hoffmann Price · rr Fantasy Magazine January 1934

141 · Cosmos—Chapter 9: Menace of the Automaton · Abner J. Gelula · rr Fantasy Magazine February 1934

151 · Cosmos—Chapter 10: Conference at Copernicus · Raymond A. Palmer · rr Fantasy Magazine March 1934

169 · Cosmos—Chapter 11: The Last Poet and the Robots · A. Merritt · rr Fantasy Magazine April 1934

187 · Cosmos—Chapter 12: At the Crater’s Core · J. Harvey Haggard · rr Fantasy Magazine May 1934 (+1)

217 · Cosmos—Chapter 13: “What a Course!” · Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. · rr Fantasy Magazine July 1934

239 · Cosmos—Chapter 14: The Fate of the Neptunians · P. Schuyler Miller · rr Fantasy Magazine August 1934

259 · Cosmos—Chapter 15: The Horde of Elo Hava · Lloyd Arthur Eshbach · rr Fantasy Magazine September 1934

281 · Cosmos—Chapter 16: Lost in Alien Dimensions · Eando Binder · rr Fantasy Magazine October/November 1934

305 · Cosmos—Chapter 17: Armageddon in Space · Edmond Hamilton · rr Fantasy Magazine December 1934/January 1935

bc. · [back cover] · Hannes Bok · cv (r)

A Country Christmas (Signet, November 1993, 0-451-17725-8, $4.99, 351pp, pb, oa, cover by Allan Kass)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · A Husband for Holly · Jodi Thomas · na

65 · Friends Are Forever · Patricia Rice · na

134 · The Gift · Emily Bradshaw · na

208 · A Time for Giving · Raine Cantrell · na

280 · O Christmas Tree · Karen Harper · na

The Courageous Brides Collection (Barbour, 2016, 978-1-63409-777-2, $14.99, 448pp, tp, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · The Healing Promise · Johnnie Alexander · na

61 · The Doctor’s Woman · Michelle Griep · nv

107 · An Everlasting Promise · Eileen Key · na

159 · Love on the Run · Debby Lee · nv

203 · Hidden Courage · Rose Allen McCauley · nv

251 · The Encumbered Bride · Donita Kathleen Paul · na

305 · Mountain Echoes · Jennifer Uhlarik · nv

355 · Letters from Lucy · Jenness Walker · nv

407 · The Battlefield Bride · Renee Yancy · nv

A Courtship for Mama (Zebra Books, April 2004, 0-8217-7654-1, $4.99, 254pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · The Managing Mamas · Alice Holden · na

91 · Too Many Mothers · Julia Parks · na

169 · The Perfect Mother, Retired · Jeanne Savery · na

Cowboy Stories (Chronicle Books, 2007, hc, an)

· Introduction · Peter Glassman · in

· [illustrations] · Barry Moser · il (r)

· Shallow Graves · E. C. Abbott, ’Teddy Blue’ · ss (r)

· From Breaking Clean · Judy Blunt · ex (r)

· Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week June 7 1936

· Twelve O’Clock · Stephen Crane · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1899

· The Bandana · J. Frank Dobie · ss (r)

· Long Ride Back · Ed Gorman · ss New Trails ed. John Jakes & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, 1994

· From Riders of the Purple Sage · Zane Grey · ex 1912

· From The Secret Life of Cowboys · Tom Groneberg · ex (r)

· The Reformation of Calliope · O. Henry · ss Associated Sunday Magazine February 28 1904, as by Sydney Porter

· Home on the Range · Brewster Higley · ss (r)

· From Biting the Dust · Dirk Johnson · ex (r)

· I Woke Up Wicked · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s February 18 1955

· Hewey and the Wagon Cook · Elmer Kelton · ss American West ed. Loren D. Estleman, Forge, 2001

· The Gift of Cochise · Louis L’Amour · ss Collier’s July 5 1952

· Three-Ten to Yuma · Elmore Leonard · nv Dime Western Magazine March 1953

· A Buffalo Hunt · Nat Love · ss (r)

· From Lonesome Dove · Larry McMurtry · ex (r)

· The Blood Bay · Annie Proulx · ss The New Yorker December 28 1998/January 4 1999

· From Shane · Jack Schaefer · ex (r)

· Top Hand · Luke Short · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 30 1943

· From The Virginian · Owen Wister · ex Macmillan US, 1902

Cravings (Jove, July 2004, 0-515-13815-0, $7.50, 358pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four “sensuous” dark fantasy stories by Laurell K. Hamilton (an excerpt from the new Anita Blake novel), MaryJanice Davidson (vampire story), Eileen Wilks (succubus), and Rebecca York (werewolf).

1 · Blood Upon My Lips [Anita Blake] · Laurell K. Hamilton · na

85 · Dead Girls Don’t Dance · MaryJanice Davidson · na

161 · Originally Human · Eileen Wilks · na

263 · Burning Moon · Rebecca York · na

Cravings (SFBC, August 2004, #1166765, $9.99, 358pp, hc, oa)
Reprint (Jove 2004) original anthology of four dark fantasy stories. This has ISBN 0-7394-4433-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

Creative Couplings (Pocket, December 2007, 978-1-4165-4898-0, $16.00, 533pp, tp, an, cover by Alain Rivard) [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers]
Anthology of six Star Trek novelizations originally published as ebooks. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.

1 · Paradise Interrupted [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers] · John S. Drew · na (r)

97 · Where Time Stands Still [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers] · Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore · na (r)

181 · The Art of the Deal [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers] · Glenn Greenberg · na (r)

277 · Spin [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers] · J. Steven & Christina F. York · na (r)

337 · Creative Couplings [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers] · Glenn Hauman & Aaron Rosenberg · na (r)

465 · Small World [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers] · David Mack · na (r)

529 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Creeps ed. Charles Birkin, uncredited (Philip Allan, 1932, 2/6d, 248pp, hc, an)
First of the long-running series of anthologies edited by Charles Birkin as house editor at Philip Allan in the 1930s. Mostly shock-horror, but some good ghost stories. Also in Creeps Omnibus.

7 · Silent, White and Beautiful · Tod Robbins · nv The Smart Set April 1918; this selection taken from Who Wants a Green Bottle? pub’d by Philip Allan in 1926.

41 · The Red Lodge · H. R. Wakefield · ss They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928

65 · The Ghost Table · Elliott O’Donnell · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1923

89 · Spurs · Tod Robbins · nv Munsey’s Magazine February 1923

121 · “He Cometh and He Passeth By” · H. R. Wakefield · nv They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928

169 · The Charnel House · Philip Murray · ss

175 · A Wager and a Ghost · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

197 · The Last Night · Charles Lloyd · ss

213 · Cockcrow Inn · Tod Robbins · nv Mystery Magazine March 1 1926

Crime—1947 Album (Swan, 1947, 3/6d, 127pp, hc, oa)
Also in pb as Crime—25 Complete Yarns.

3 · Whisper of Death · Gordon Hedley · ss

10 · There’s Many a Slip · Francis Michel · vi

13 · Dead Man Tells · Vernon Wycherly · vi

16 · Strange Case of the Missing Bride · Leslie Bussey · ss

23 · Not Guilty · Iris Weigh · ss

29 · The Manager’s Office · Fiona Fraser · ss

34 · Murder at Seven Sharp · Herbert J. Brandon · vi

37 · Emeralds and Henri · Camilia Webb · vi

39 · The Killer · Dorothea de Culwen · vi

42 · Then Fall, Caesar · G. M. Byrne · ss

50 · The Platinum Planetoid · Maurice G. Hugi · ss

62 · Crime Does Pay · Ernest Singleton · vi

65 · Backwash · David Gammon · ss

71 · Crooked Harvest · Shelley Smith · vi

74 · Doctor Cryckfen Prays · Peter Larcombe · ss

79 · Imperfect Crime · Joan Broughton · vi

82 · Set a Thief · Mervyn Martin · vi

85 · Bargain Basement · William Norman · vi

88 · Stones an’ Shamrocks · Wallace Arter · ss

96 · False Notes · Leslie B. Watt · vi

98 · Manhunt · F. W. Murray · ss

104 · The Dead Can’t Argue · Dallas Kirby · ss

111 · The Wires Are Clear · Leslie Bussey · ss

119 · Unnatural Death · G. H. Lister · ss

124 · In the Bag · Preston D. Olsen · ss

Crime—25 Complete Yarns--- see under Crime—1947 Album, Swan, 1947.

Crime and Detection (Second Series) (Oxford University Press, 1930, hc, an)

1 · Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine December 1834, uncredited.

18 · The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Snowden’s Lady’s Companion November 1842 (+2)

87 · The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908

127 · Prince Charlie’s Dirk · Eden Phillpotts · nv The London Magazine August 1926

200 · The Tiger’s Skin · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine June 1902

216 · The Man with the Nailed Shoes [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · na John Thorndyke’s Cases by R. Austin Freeman, Chatto, 1909

284 · The Leak · Harold Steevens · nv The Strand Magazine July 1928

308 · The Hidden Witness · “Sapper” · nv The Strand Magazine December 1928

329 · A Matter of Taste [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste”

348 · The Five of Swords [Paul Forain] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Hearst’s Magazine February 1919

385 · Black and White [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss The Incredible Adventures of Rowland Hern by Nicholas Olde, Heinemann, 1928

The Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories (Doubleday, Doran, 1933, $1.00, 313+38+41+288+76+24+11+67+300+35pp, hc, om)
Contents reprinted from original plates, preserving pagination. Also abridged as Mammoth Golden Book of Best Detective Stories (A.L. Burt).

· Introduction · Mastermind · in

· While the Patient Slept [Sarah Keate; Lance O’Leary] · Mignon G. Eberhart · n. Doubleday, 1930

· The Greek Play [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Delineator March 1930

· The Little Dog [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine #447, March 1932, as “The Small Dog”

· Murder by the Clock · Rufus King · n. Doubleday, 1929

· The Shadow Man [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · na The Thriller #156, January 30 1932

· Murder of Helen Jewett · Russel Crouse · ar Murder Won’t Out by Russel Crouse, 1932

· “Blodie Belgium” · Frederick Porter Wensley · ar Detective Days by Frederick Porter Wensley, Cassell, 1931

· The Wonderful War [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na Featuring the Saint by Leslie Charteris, Hodder & Stoughton, 1931
revised from “The Judgement of the Joker” (The Thriller #17, June 1, 1929).

· The Poisoned Chocolates Case [Roger Sheringham; Ambrose Chitterwick] · Anthony Berkeley · n. Collins, 1929

· Who Murdered Ellington Breese? · Lassiter Wren & Randle McKay · ss The Baffle Book by Lassiter Wren & Randle McKay, Doubleday, 1928

· The Evidence on the Japanned Box · Lassiter Wren & Randle McKay · ss The Baffle Book by Lassiter Wren & Randle McKay, Doubleday, 1928

· The Elevated Transit Mystery · Lassiter Wren & Randle McKay · ss The Baffle Book by Lassiter Wren & Randle McKay, Doubleday, 1928

Crime: Free Classic Crime Sampler (House of Stratus, 2001, 0-7551-1273-3, free, 301pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 16 extracts from classic crime novels recently reprinted by “House of Stratus”.

· Crime Introduction · Maxim Jakubowski · in

1 · Bahama Crisis · Desmond Bagley · ex Collins, 1980; chapter 1.

19 · Trent’s Last Case [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ex Nelson, 1913; chapter 1.

29 · No Bail for the Judge · Henry Cecil · ex Chapman, 1952; chapter 1.

51 · You’re Dead Without Money · James Hadley Chase · ex Robert Hale, 1972; chapter 1.

75 · The Blue Cross [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 23 1910, as “Valentin Follows a Curious Trail”

101 · The Groote Park Murder · Freeman Wills Crofts · ex Collins, 1923; chapter 1.

119 · Double Barrel · Nicolas Freeling · ex Gollancz, 1964; chapter 1.

125 · The Case of the White Footprints [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Dr. Thorndyke’s Case-Book by R. Austin Freeman, Hodder & Stoughton, 1923

165 · The Case of the Spurious Spinster [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ex Morrow, 1961; chapter 1.

195 · “Where There’s a Will” · Cyril Hare · ss (r)

209 · Death in the Stocks · Georgette Heyer · ex Legend, 1935; chapter 1.

219 · Lament for a Maker [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ex Gollancz, 1938; chapter 1.

227 · Blood Knot · Sam Llewellyn · ex Michael Joseph, 1991; chapter 1.

245 · Bulldog Drummond [Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond] · Sapper · ex Hodder & Stoughton, 1920; chapter 1.

265 · The Four Just Men [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ex Tallis, 1905; chapter 1.

277 · Blind Corner [Richard William Chandos] · Dornford Yates · ex Hodder & Stoughton, 1927; chapter 1.

Crime on the Coast & No Flowers by Request (Gollancz, 1984, 0-575-03442-4, £6.95, 120pp, hc, an)

3 · Crime on the Coast I—The Fun Fair · John Dickson Carr · rr News Chronicle 1954

8 · Crime on the Coast II—Into the Tunnel · John Dickson Carr · rr News Chronicle 1954

12 · Crime on the Coast III—A Blow in the Dark · Valerie White · rr News Chronicle 1954

17 · Crime on the Coast IV—Phil Drops a Bombshell · Valerie White · rr News Chronicle 1954

22 · Crime on the Coast V—On Uncle Hubert’s Trail · Laurence W. Meynell · rr News Chronicle 1954

26 · Crime on the Coast VI—Trouble at the Yellow Cat · Laurence W. Meynell · rr News Chronicle 1954

30 · Crime on the Coast VII—Accident at the Mill · Joan Fleming · rr News Chronicle 1954

35 · Crime on the Coast VIII—An Inspector Calls… · Joan Fleming · rr News Chronicle 1954

40 · Crime on the Coast IX—The Woman in Room 220 · Michael Cronin · rr News Chronicle 1954

45 · Crime on the Coast X—The Note in the Bottle · Michael Cronin · rr News Chronicle 1954

50 · Crime on the Coast XI—Phil Lashes Out · Elizabeth Ferrars · rr News Chronicle 1954

55 · Crime on the Coast XII—A Wraith Comes Out of the Sea · Elizabeth Ferrars · rr News Chronicle 1954

63 · No Flowers by Request: Chapter I · Dorothy L. Sayers · rr Daily Sketch 1953

77 · No Flowers by Request: Chapter II · E. C. R. Lorac · rr Daily Sketch 1953

86 · No Flowers by Request: Chapter III · Gladys Mitchell · rr Daily Sketch 1953

96 · No Flowers by Request: Chapter IV · Anthony Gilbert · rr Daily Sketch 1953

107 · No Flowers by Request: Chapter V · Christianna Brand · rr Daily Sketch 1953

Crimes, Creeps and Thrills ed. John Gawsworth, uncredited (E.H. Samuel, 1936, 2/6d, xv+560pp, hc, oa)
45 new stories of detection, horror and adventure.

1 · The Shadow · E. H. Visiak · n.

166 · Hunger · Philip Lindsay · ss

177 · The Eyes of Obi · R. Edison Page · ss

182 · The Uncharted Islands · E. H. Visiak & John Gawsworth · nv

205 · The Woman with the Bundle · Kenneth Hare · ss

217 · The Skull · A. L. Davis · ss

229 · The Rattlesnake · John Rowland · ss

234 · Chinese Mask · John St. Clair Muriel · ss

244 · The Ninth Year · R. Edison Page · ss

252 · Sacrifice · Simon Dewes · ss

262 · Broken · Henry Yalden · ss

269 · The Hand · Richard Middleton · ss (r)

275 · The Falls Scandal · M. P. Shiel & Fytton Armstrong · ss

286 · Eccentric Lady Tullswater · Richard Middleton · ss (r)

292 · The Execution of Damiens · H. H. Ewers · ss

309 · Murray’s Child · Richard Middleton & G. Dundas · ss (r)

313 · The Cat-Lovers · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss

319 · The Tube of Radium · R. Edison Page · nv

340 · Coincidence · Frederick Carter · ss

348 · The Women Avenge · Edgar Jepson · ss

366 · High Politics [Inspector Ego] · G. R. Malloch · ss Cassell’s Magazine June 1931

385 · The Signet Ring · Francis Marsden · ss

392 · The House Opposite · Oswell Blakeston · nv

398 · My Friend Trenchard · Eimar O’Duffy · ss

419 · Boxbug Paints His Kitchen · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss

422 · On Lighthouse Rock · John Lindsey · ss

428 · Secret Service Work! · Edgar Jepson · ss

447 · Gilmartin · Mary Frances McHugh · ss

451 · Decision · John St. Clair Muriel · ss

458 · Death for the Gander · Simon · ss

462 · The Case of the Absconding Financier · Edgar Jepson · ss

479 · Really Was a Bluetit · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss

489 · Helping Mummy · Norah C. James · ss

492 · The Jingling Telephone · R. Edison Page & Kenneth Jay · ss

500 · Carson · E. H. Visiak · vi

502 · The Ride · Mary Frances McHugh · ss

509 · A Whistling Woman and a Crowning Hen · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss

517 · Summer Harvest · Hamish Maclaren · vi

520 · Cruelty in Sunlight · Philip Henderson · ss

526 · The Lost Meadow · Edgar Jepson · ss

533 · The Disappearance · Simon · ss

540 · The “Master” · M. P. Shiel & Fytton Armstrong · ss

548 · The Announcement · Nugent Barker · ss The Cornhill Magazine March 1934

551 · The Fakier of Teheran · Frederick Carter · ss

555 · The Shifting Growth · Edgar Jepson & John Gawsworth · ss

Crime Shorts, First Selection--- see under Crime Shorts #1, 1944.

Crime Shorts, 2nd Selection--- see under Crime Shorts #2, 1944.

Crimes of Passion (Worldwide Mystery, January 2002, 0-373-26407-0, $6.99, 380pp, pb, oa)

9 · Fire and Ice · Nancy Means Wright · na

103 · Night Flames · Maggie Price · na

197 · St. Valentine’s Diamond · Jonathan Harrington · na

285 · The Lovebirds · B. J. Daniels · na

Crimespotting: An Edinburgh Crime Collection (Birlinn Ltd., January 2009, 1846971241, 224pp, hc, oa)

7 · Foreword · George Grubb · fw

9 · Introduction · Irvine Welsh · in

13 · Affairs of the Heart · Kate Atkinson · nv

35 · Pretend Blood · Margaret Atwood · ss

49 · There Goes Me · Isla Dewar · nv

77 · place b · Christopher Brookmyre · nv

107 · Carlo Blue · John Burnside · ss

121 · Driven · Ian Rankin · nv

145 · Recompense · James Robertson · nv

175 · Dead Close · Lin Anderson · ss

195 · Chris Takes the Bus · Denise Mina · ss

201 · As God Made Us · A. L. Kennedy · ss

219 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Crime Wave: World’s Winning Crime Stories 1981 (Collins Crime Club, December 7, 1981, 0-00-231030-9, 298pp, hc, oa)
Anthology of stories selected by judges for the Swedish Academy of Detection for the Crime Writers’ International Congress. Also available in pb (London: Fontana 1983) from which pagination is taken.

7 · Introduction · Desmond Bagley · in

9 · A Visit with Montezuma · Frank Sisk · ss; 1st prize.

26 · Genesis · Dwight Steward · ss; 2nd prize.

43 · The Witch, Yazzie, and the Nine of Clubs · Tony Hillerman · ss; 3rd prize.

59 · The Case of the Baker Street Dozen · Arthur Douglas · nv

89 · The Silence Is Rest · Francis King · ss

99 · Wrong Number · Michael Z. Lewin · ss

105 · The Inside Pocket · Michael Gilbert · ss

123 · The Murders in the Alley of the Mad Nun [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier] · Janwillem van de Wetering · ss

136 · Last Testament · Grace Hogarth · ss

151 · The Other Eye [Al Darlan (aka Al Diamond)] · Edward D. Hoch · nv

169 · Murder a la Mode · Richard Grayson · ss

188 · The Battered Mailbox · Stanley Cohen · ss

208 · Little Knives · Madelaine Duke · ss

221 · The Last Winter · Thomasina Weber · ss

226 · Some Shall Be Pardon’d, and Some Punished (The Capulet v. Montague Case) · Jaroslav Veis; translated by Norah Hronkova · ss

246 · The Unknown Pillow · Alida Baxter · ss

261 · All in Good Taste · Lawrence Treat · ss

274 · The Price of Murder · John Stevenson · ss

285 · The Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Criminal Intent 1 (Dark Harvest, 1993, 0-913165-69-7, $21.95, 244pp, hc, oa)
Original anthology of three novellas.

7 · The Wall [Sharon McCone; Rae Kelleher] · Marcia Muller · na

73 · Moonchasers · Ed Gorman · na

161 · Kinsmen [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · na

Crimson Skies (Ballantine Del Rey, October 2002, 0-345-45874-5, $6.99, 306pp, pb, oa)
Tie-in anthology of three stories, plus bridging material, based on a computer game. Copyrighted by Microsoft.

1 · Whery Were You? · Nemo MacLeon · lk

5 · Paladin Blake and the Case of the Phantom Prototype · Eric Nylund · na

101 · Intermission: Dark Clouds · Nemo MacLeon · lk

103 · The Manchurian Gambit · Michael B. Lee · na

206 · Intermission: Rogues and Thieves · Nemo MacLeon · lk

209 · Bayou Blues · Nancy Berman & Eric S. Trautmann · na

299 · Appendix: Crimson Skies Over North America: The Path to the “Modern Aero-Age” · Professor Warren Gilmont · ms

Crooks, Crimes, and Christmas (Worldwide Mystery, November 2003, 0373264739, $6.99, 256pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four novellas.

· A Way to the Manger · Susan Slater · na

· The Santa Claus Murders · Ed Gorman · na

· What Child Is This · Irene Marcuse · na

· The Gold Band · Michael Jahn · na

Crossing the Boundaries (Bragelonne, August 2009, no ISBN, 191pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology, a sampler from French publisher Bragelonne with five stories and a set of excerpts from one novel, The Cardinal’s Blades by Pierre Pevel. Translated from the French by Tom Clegg. Introduction by Bragelonne senior publisher Stéphane Marsan. This was given away free to attendees at the 2009 Worldcon in Montreal Canada.

5 · Introduction · Stéphane Marsan · in

9 · Introduction · Gillian Redfearn · in

11 · The Cardinal’s Blades (excerpts) · Pierre Pevel; translated by Tom Clegg · ex (r)
translated from the French (Les Lames du Cardinal, Bragelonne 2007).

35 · The Lady of the Forest · Henri Loevenbruck; translated by Tom Clegg · nv (r)
translated from the French (“La Dame à la forêt”, Les Enfants de la Veuve, Bragelonne 2005).

57 · Wrecking My Career · Fabrice Colin; translated by Tom Clegg · nv (r)
translated from the French (“Naufrage, mode d’emploi”, Fantasy ed. Alain Nevant & Henri Lœvenbruck, Fleuve Noir 1998).

89 · Well-Being, Rewarding Work · Erik Wietzel; translated by Tom Clegg · nv (r)
translated from the French (“Bien-Être, Travail Envié”, Légendaire ed. Stéphane Marsan, Mnémos 1999).

123 · Three Little Children · Ange; translated by Tom Clegg · nv Crossing the Boundaries, Bragelonne, 2009
translated from the French (“Il était trois petits enfants”, Fantasy ed. Alain Nevant & Henri Lœvenbruck, Fleuve Noir 1998).

147 · To Chloe · Magali Ségura; translated by Tom Clegg · nv (r)
translated from the French (“À Chloé”, Royaumes ed. Stéphane Marsan, Fleuve Noir 1998).

189 · About the Authors and the Translator · [uncredited] · bg

CrossTIME Science Fiction Anthology, Vol. I (Crossquarter Publishing Group/CrossTIME, 2002, 1-890109-04-5, $12.95, 232pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 15 winning and honorable mention stories from the first CrossTIME Short Science Fiction Contest.

· 1st Place

· Mirage · Barbara Riley · ss

· 2nd Place

· Writer’s Block · Craig Clyde · ss Galactic Citizen #10, Fall 1995

· 3rd Place

· Channel Surfing · Barry Field · ss

· 4th Place

· Father to the Man · Ellen Straw · ss

· Honorable Mentions (Alphabetically by Author)

· Moonlight · L. J. Anderson · ss

· Cat and the Yule Fire · Cat Dubh · ss

· The Follower · Richard Ferris · ss

· Cat-Skin · Mary Pat Glynn · ss

· Doctor Courage · Jean Cottrell Pence · ss

· Asleep at the Wheel · Tee Morris · ss

· Deviled Eggs · Tricia Spencer · ss

· The Way Home · Ellen Straw · ss

· Ezekiel’s Wheel · Adam Byrn Tritt · ss

· Perimeter Team · Wolfgang Gregory Zeuner · ss

· Superiority · Sam Zitter · ss

CrossTIME Science Fiction Anthology, Vol. II (Crossquarter Publishing Group/CrossTIME, 2003, 1-890109-05-3, $12.95, 185pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 12 winning and honorable mention stories from the second CrossTIME Short Science Fiction Contest.

· 1st Place

· A Jolt to the System · Margaret Yang & Harry R. Campion · ss

· 2nd Place

· A Friend in Need— · Richard O. C. Cousins · ss

· 3rd Place

· Finding Magic · F. I. Goldhaber · ss

· 4th Place

· The Sunspot · Diane Masiello · ss

· Honorable Mentions (Alphabetically by Author)

· Cetacea · L. J. Anderson · ss

· Academic Freedom · Richard Ferris · ss

· Young at Heart · John Hope · ss

· The Hunt · Jaylyn Jensen · ss

· World Without End · Kenra J. Miller · ss

· A Rhesus to Believe · Greg Stoker · ss

· The Waiting Game · Ellen Straw · ss

· The Builder · Ellen Straw · ss

CrossTIME Science Fiction Anthology, Vol. III (Crossquarter Publishing Group/CrossTIME, 2004, 1-890109-06-1, $12.95, 194pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 12 winning and honorable mention stories from the third CrossTIME Short Science Fiction Contest.

· 1st Place

· Dream Stealers · Peter Rennebohm · ss

· 2nd Place

· Icarus Soup · Daniel R. Gelinas · ss

· 3rd Place

· Paintings by Roerich · Teri Gibson · ss

· 4th Place

· Thirty Silver Keys · Greg Stoker · ss

· Honorable Mentions (Alphabetically by Author)

· Living in Illusions · John Hope · ss

· Aftermath · Jaylyn Jensen · ss

· The Gravediggers · Philip Edward Kaldon · ss

· The Long Ride Home [Part 1 of 3] · Robert C. Kenny · sl

· Send in the Clowns · Greg Stoker · ss

· Wish You Were Here · Greg Stoker · ss

· Saviors · Ellen Straw · ss

· A Cry in the Night · Alan Yee · ss

· A Blast from the Past · Wolfgang Zeuner · ss

CrossTIME Science Fiction Anthology, Vol. IV (Crossquarter Publishing Group/CrossTIME, 2005, 978-1-890109-07-3, $12.95, 249pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 16 winning and honorable mention stories from the fourth CrossTIME Short Science Fiction Contest.

· 1st Place

· Cat · Robert Jesten Upton · ss

· 2nd Place

· Artis · Jason Myers · ss

· 3rd Place

· Sandy · Bob Bachner · ss

· 4th Place

· The Old Family Djinn · A. William Pett · ss

· Young Writer Award

· Wish · Alicia Joy Broadhurst · ss

· Honorable Mentions (Alphabetically by Author)

· Late in the Tenth Moon · Barbara Casey · ss

· White Walls · John Hope · ss

· The Long Ride Home [Part 2 of 3] · Robert C. Kenny · sl

· The Beast · Kathryn Lipsch · ss

· The Twelve Unknown · Cathleen McNulty · ss

· Pride of Place · Erika Milo · ss

· New Beginnings · LeAndrea Potter · ss

· Old Earthen Ways · Dr. Liese Sherwood-Fabre · ss

· Blink · Ellen Straw · ss

· Lifeboat 2200 · James M. Thompson · ss

· World Without End · David F. Westeren · ss

CrossTIME Science Fiction Anthology, Vol. V (Crossquarter Publishing Group/CrossTIME, September 2006, 1-890109-08-8, $12.95, 263pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 15 winning and honorable mention stories from the fifth CrossTIME Short Science Fiction Contest.

· 1st Place

· Beautiful Dreamer · Edward F. McKeown · ss

· 2nd Place

· The Highest Art · Stephen R. Foster · ss

· 3rd Place

· Boxes · Philip Edward Kaldon · ss

· 4th Place

· The Blushing Bride · James M. Thompson · ss

· Young Writer Award

· Gnomia · LeAndrea Potter · ss

· Honorable Mentions (Alphabetically by Author)

· The Wide Black Yonder · Bret Carter · ss

· Earthmover · James T. Comben · ss

· The Flight of the Spelling Bee · Darryl Fowler · ss

· Dad · Henry E. Hack · ss

· Hush with the Setting Moon · William R. Harris · ss

· In the Mind of the Beholder · John A. Holt, Jr. · ss

· The Long Ride Home [Part 3 of 3] · Robert C. Kenny · sl

· The Path of Life · Joseph N. Roland · ss

· Casey · Noelle Sterne · ss

· The Revisions · Ellen Straw · ss

The Crow: A Murder of Crows (SFBC, September 1998, #18887, $14.98, 679pp, hc, om, cover by Rick Berry) [Crow]
Omnibus of three novelizations based on the comic book and movie: Quoth the Crow by David Bischoff, The Lazarus Heart by Poppy Z. Brite, and Clash by Night by Chet Williamson (all HarperPrism 1998). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-830-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. Copyrighted by Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation.

1 · Quoth the Crow [Crow] · David Bischoff · n. HarperPrism, 1998

235 · The Lazarus Heart [Crow] · Poppy Z. Brite · n. HarperPrism, 1998

411 · Clash by Night [Crow] · Chet Williamson · n. HarperPrism, 1998

Crusade’s End (Black Library US, March 2016, 978-1-78496-158-9, $19.00, 918pp, tp, an) [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy]
Gaming tie-in omnibus of three stories and three novels: Warhammer 40,000: Horus Rising by Dan Abnett, Warhammer 40,000: False Gods by Graham McNeill (2006), and Warhammer 40,000: Galaxy in Flames by Ben Counter (2006).

· Horus Rising [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Dan Abnett · n. Black Library, April 2006

· False Gods [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Graham McNeill · n. Black Library, July 2006

· Galaxy in Flames [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Ben Counter · n. Black Library, September 4 2006

· The Wolf of Ash and Fire [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Graham McNeill · nv Black Library, January 20 2014

· Lord of the Red Sands [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Aaron Dembski-Bowden · ss The Imperial Truth ed. Laurie Goulding, Black Library, 2013

· Death of a Silversmith [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy] · Graham McNeill · ss Black Library Games Day Anthology 2011/12, Black Library, 2011

Cult Fiction (Flamingo, 1999, 0-00-651407-3, free, 153pp, pb, an, cover: [photo] by Dominic Forbes)
Ten extracts from Flamingo/HarperCollins titles. Includes 10 £1 vouchers, one against each Flamingo edition of the novel. Issued free.

1 · An Incident in the Car Park · J. G. Ballard · ex from Cocaine Nights, Flamingo, 1996

21 · The Market · William Burroughs · ex from Naked Lunch, Olympia Press, 1959

39 · Saturday · Douglas Coupland · ex from Microserfs, Regan Books, June 1995

49 · Milo · James Crumley · ex from Bordersnakes, 1996

59 · Florida Roadkill · Tim Dorsey · ex 1999

79 · The Restraint of Beasts · Magnus Mills · ex 1998

91 · 253 · Geoff Ryman · ex Flamingo, 1998

109 · One of Us · Michael Marshall Smith · ex HarperCollins UK, 1998

123 · Murder Book · Richard Rayner · ex 1996

137 · Let’s Put the Future Behind Us · Jack Womack · ex Atlantic Monthly Press, 1996

Cupid Cats (Signet Eclipse, July 6, 2010, 978-0-451-23072-0, $7.99, 391pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of three paranormal romance stories featuring magical shelter cats who bring romance into their new humans’ lives. Authors are Katie MacAlister, Connie Brockway, and Vicki Lewis Thompson.
Details taken from online listing.

· Unleashed [Dark Ones] · Katie MacAlister · ss

· Cat Scratch Fever · Connie Brockway · ss

· A Cat’s Game · Vicki Lewis Thompson · ss

The Cupid Connection (Harlequin, October 1990, 0-373-20144-3, $5.99, 632pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

7 · One More Valentine · Anne Stuart · n.

219 · Be Mine, Valentine · Vicki Lewis Thompson · n. Harlequin Temptation, February 1989

429 · Baby on the Doorstep · Cathy Gillen Thacker · n.

Cupid’s Kiss (Love Spell, February 1996, 0-505-52076-1, $5.99, 443pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

7 · A Marriage Made in Heaven · Patricia Hagan · na

111 · Heaven on Earth · Bobby Hutchinson · na

223 · Heaven in His Touch · Linda Madl · na

345 · A Gift from Heaven · Bobbi Smith · na

The Dainty Book (Dean & Son, 1930, 188pp, hc, oa, cover: [little girl in harlequin hood, with Punch doll])
Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents.

9 · Mr. Push and Mr. Lean · Arthur Groom · ss

15 · The Next Best Thing · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss

18 · Jenny Bantam’s Prize · Bertha Leonard · ss

21 · The Fairy Who Couldn’t Fly · Bertha Leonard · ss

26 · The Capers of Billum the Goat · Bertha Leonard · ss

31 · The Mouse Who Couldn’t Squeak · Bertha Leonard · ss

36 · Percy’s Plum · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss

39 · Puff and the Paint Pot · Bertha Leonard · ss

42 · The Pixie That Wouldn’t · Dorothy Armstrong · ss

46 · The Poor Cobbler · Charlotte Druitt Cole · ss

49 · Teddy Bear’s Birthday · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss

51 · Bobby “Butts In” · Leonora Fry · ss

55 · Wilful Fairy Twinklestar · Bertha Leonard · ss

60 · The Furry Pixie · Bertha Leonard · ss

62 · Cake for Supper · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss

65 · The Adventures of Mrs. Bobtail · Madeleine Collier · ss

79 · Wanted—a Kitten · Bertha Leonard · ss

85 · Mrs. Mole’s Smoky Chimney · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss

88 · Uncle Joe’s Joke · Bertha Leonard · ss

91 · The Squirrel Who Hated Nuts · Bertha Leonard · ss

97 · The Easter Egg’s Good Turn · Dorothy Armstrong · ss

102 · The Tale of Longtail · Bertha Leonard · ss

105 · Ann’s Christmas Tree · Charlotte Druitt Cole · ss

107 · The Forest Animals’ Fight · Bertha Leonard · ss

113 · The Goblin Elephant · Elizabeth Cowen · ss

123 · The Tale of a Lettuce · Madeleine Collier · ss

136 · A Mouse in the House · E. J. Marshall · pm

137 · Bob’s Elephant Prowl · Bertha Leonard · ss

140 · Peter Poker’s Holiday · Charlotte Druitt Cole · ss

142 · The Bye-Bye Bird · Agnes Grozier Herbertson · ss

158 · The Too-Tearful Gnome · Cecily M. Rutley · ss

167 · Doggie Heroes · Edith E. Carter · ss

174 · The Winkle-Wunkle Gnome · Agnes Grozier Herbertson · ss

Daktari Annual 1967 (World Distributors, 1967, 96pp, hc, oa, cover by Ron Smethurst & photos)
Note: All stories and features by J. L. Morrissey, J. H. Pavey, M. Broadley, Ken Denham and J. W. Elliott, but not individually credited. Illustrations by Edgar A. Hodges, T. Nolan and D. Brian.

4 · Fame Comes to Clarence [Daktari] · J. L. Morrissey, uncredited · ss

10 · Find Me a Python [Daktari] · J. L. Morrissey, uncredited · ss

17 · Animal Safari · [uncredited] · ar

20 · Say Hello to Clarence · [uncredited] · ar; illustrated by photo

21 · Hide & Seek [Daktari] · J. L. Morrissey, uncredited · ss

28 · Undersea Stroller · [uncredited] · ia

29 · The Tree of Life · [uncredited] · ia

30 · Did You Know That…? · [uncredited] · ia

32 · Nature Crossword · [uncredited] · pz

33 · Who Has Got a Neck? [Daktari] · J. L. Morrissey, uncredited · ss

39 · Pets from the Jungle · [uncredited] · ar

41 · A Medal for Lydia [Daktari] · J. L. Morrissey, uncredited · ss

47 · All About Animals · [uncredited] · ar

48 · A Tricky Visitor [Daktari] · J. L. Morrissey, uncredited · ss

56 · Just Judy · [uncredited] · ar; illustrated by photo

57 · The Wild Man of Wameru [Daktari] · J. L. Morrissey, uncredited · ss

65 · Lie-Detector of Zululand · [uncredited] · ar

66 · Did You Know That…? · [uncredited] · ia

68 · Witchcraft at Wameru [Daktari] · J. L. Morrissey, uncredited · ss

75 · A Menagerie of Animals · [uncredited] · ar

76 · The Ivory Poachers · [uncredited] · gm

78 · Round the Animal World · [uncredited] · ia

80 · It’s a Fact… · [uncredited] · ar

81 · Interrupted Safari [Daktari] · J. L. Morrissey, uncredited · ss

88 · Alibi for Judy [Daktari] · J. L. Morrissey, uncredited · ss

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