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Fifty Masterpieces of Mystery ed. Violet T. Murray, uncredited (Odhams, July 1937, 768pp, hc, an)     A bumper collection divided between “Crime Stories”, “Strange and Horrible Stories” and “Ghost Stories”. 15 · The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Pearson’s Magazine June 1926, as “The Dragon’s Head” 35 · The Magic Casket [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1926 57 · The President of San Jacinto [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss People’s February 1 1923, as “The President of San Isidro” 79 · Outside the Law · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Strand Magazine July 1934, as by Francis Iles 90 · The Regent’s Park Murder [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine September 1901 103 · They Never Get Caught · Margery Allingham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1934 125 · Before Insulin [Clinton Driffield] · J. J. Connington · ss The Evening Standard September 1 1936, as “Beyond Insulin” 134 · The Perfect Murder · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine October 1926 150 · The Shadow of the Shark [Gabriel Gale] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1921 171 · The Marionettes · O. Henry · ss The Black Cat April 1902 183 · Diamond Cut Diamond [Quentin Quayne] · F. Britten Austin · nv The Red Book Magazine February 1925 207 · Murder at the Microphone [Dr. Louis Raphael] · Augustus Muir · ss Raphael, M.D. by Augustus Muir, Methuen, 1935 221 · Death in the Kitchen · Milward Kennedy · ss The Manchester Guardian 1930 225 · The Vertical Line [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Illustrated London News November 20 1935 239 · The Clue of Monday’s Settling · Edgar Wallace · ss Forty-Eight Short Stories by Edgar Wallace, Newnes, 1929 252 · The Ghost of a Smile · Gerard Fairlie · ss That Man Returns by Gerard Fairlie, Hodder, 1934 269 · Sons of the Chief Warder · Bertram Atkey · nv The Story-teller July 1931 291 · Query · Seamark · ss Out of the Dark by Seamark, Hodder, 1931 302 · The Room on the Fourth Floor · Ralph Straus · ss The American Magazine December 1912 312 · The Wounded God · A. E. W. Mason · ss Cosmopolitan July 1927, as “Little Sweetheart” 333 · The Electric King [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1930 352 · Charles · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine February 1928 broadcast by the BBC Aug 27, 1927. 360 · The Funeral March of a Marionette · John Metcalfe · ss The Independent January 1 1927 370 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925 382 · Nobody at Home · C. D. Heriot · ss 386 · The Blood-Stained Pavement [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Royal Magazine March 1928 396 · St. Catherine’s Eve · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv The English Review April 1910 423 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 451 · The Idiots · Joseph Conrad · ss The Savoy #6, October 1896 474 · The Vampire · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930 480 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander January 17 1912 486 · The Travelling Grave · L. P. Hartley · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 508 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 513 · The Bird Woman · Henry Spicer · ss Strange Things Among Us by Henry Spicer, Chapman & Hall, 1863 516 · The Dabblers · William F. Harvey · ss Moods and Tenses by William Fryer Harvey, Basil Blackwell, 1933 526 · Marsyas in Flanders · Vernon Lee · ss For Maurice by Vernon Lee, John Lane, 1927; written 1900. 538 · The Room · Eleanor Scott · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1923, as by H. M. Leys 555 · Florence Flannery · Marjorie Bowen · ss The Regent Magazine #13, December 1924 574 · The Ghost at Massingham Mansions [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Eyes of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1923 598 · The House on Big Faraway · Norman Matson · ss The Evening Standard June 12 1934 608 · Madam Julia’s Tale · Naomi Royde-Smith · nv Madam Julia’s Tale and Other Queer Stories by Naomi Royde-Smith, Gollancz, 1932 631 · Sea Air · L. A. G. Strong · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) July 1933 647 · The Buick Saloon · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine June 1930, as by Mary O’Malley 662 · The Token · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1922 675 · The Cigarette Case · Oliver Onions · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #67, August 13 1910 687 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q 699 · Blind Man’s Buff · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Sketch April 25 1928 706 · The Man Who Was Milligan · Algernon Blackwood · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1923 715 · The Ghost · Richard Hughes · vi A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926 720 · The Room Over the Kitchen · A. M. Burrage · ss The Tatler October 17 1923 725 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster” 756 · The Dead Man of Varley Grange · Elizabeth Anna Hart, uncredited · ss 1878

Fifty Strangest Stories Ever Told (Odhams, 1937, 704pp, hc, an)     One of Odhams’s bumper volumes. This one contains mostly non-fiction. The only fiction of note is “Moonlight Sonata” Alexander Woollcott, “Si Urag of the Tail” and “When Glister Walked” by Oscar Cook and “The Night of Witchcraft” Rafael Sabatini, plus some interesting non-fiction by Achmed Abdullah, Margery Lawrence, Andrew Lang and S. Baring-Gould. 25 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931 28 · The Terrible Story of the “Mary Russell” · J. G. Lockhart · ar (r) 45 · The Death Trap · Carla Jenssen · nv (r) 73 · The Corpse Conductor · Axel Munthe · ss (r) 85 · The Mountain of God · Roger Courtney · ar (r) 93 · The Story of Kaspar Hauser · Andrew Lang · ar (r) 101 · The Siren and the Sorceress · William Roughead · ar (r) 129 · Consolation · Mabel Smyth · ss (r) 142 · La Salpetriere · Axel Munthe · ss (r) 149 · Eight Days in an English Snowdrift · [uncredited] · ar (r) 156 · Mysteries of the Elephants · Charles Low · ar (r) 165 · The Moving Coffins · Sir Algernon E. Aspinall · ar (r) 171 · The Haunted Submarine · Hector C. Bywater · ar (r) 179 · The Thugs · Herron Lepper · ar (r) 186 · Marooned · J. G. Lockhart · ar (r) 191 · The Disappearance of Bathurst · S. Baring-Gould · ar The Cornhill Magazine March 1887, uncredited. 207 · Smuggling Hashish · Henry de Monfried · ar (r) 219 · The Celestial Fire · John V. Trevor · ss (r) 229 · The Snail-Telegraph · S. Baring-Gould · ar (r) 238 · A Caucasian Riding Lesson · Sergei Kournakoff · ar (r) 257 · Queer Happenings · Margery Lawrence · ar (r) 261 · The Tragedy of the Seven Hunters · J. G. Lockhart · ar (r) 268 · The Murder of the Countess Goerlitz · S. Baring-Gould · ar (r) 290 · Many Waters · Noel Martin · ss (r) 306 · On “Thirsty” Island · Jack McLaren · ar (r) 319 · Three Crusoes in Epping Forest · Daniel Defoe · ar (r) 344 · The Case of the Poisoned Bun · Morris Markey · ss (r) 348 · The Man in White · Andrew Lang · ts The Red True Story Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, and CO., 1895 351 · Gripped by an Iceberg · Francis K. Pease · ar (r) 357 · The Ordeal of Philip Stanfield · William Roughead · ar (r) 374 · Across the Australian Desert · Andrew Lang · ar (r) 392 · In the Shadow of Death · de Valda · ss (r) 399 · Queer Disappearances · Margery Lawrence · ar (r) 405 · The Phantom Schooner · Richard Huson · ss (r) 414 · Some English Eccentrics · John Timbs · ar (r) 456 · The Dark Age Killer · Edwin T. Woodhall · ar (r) 473 · Si Urag of the Tail · Oscar Cook · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine January 1923 488 · The Night of Witchcraft · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #33, January 1917 505 · The Hell-Fire Monks of Medmenham · Eric Bennett · ar (r) 518 · When Glister Walked · Oscar Cook · ss The Regent Magazine #11, October 1924, as “The Sacred Jars” 533 · Waltz Before Twilight · Nigel Straight · ss (r) 541 · Eastern Sorcery · Achmed Abdullah · ar (r) 563 · Man or Woman · Harold Dearden · ar (r) 574 · The Original Bluebeard · Harold Dearden · ar (r) 583 · A Murderer in the Force · Harold Dearden · ar (r) 592 · The Bogus Princess · [uncredited] · ss (r) 595 · The Musselburgh Miracle · John May · ar (r) 606 · The Mystery of the Floating Bodies · H. Ashton-Wolfe · ss (r) 627 · The Mystery of the Orly Highway · H. Ashton-Wolfe · ss (r) 644 · The Devil’s Hoofmarks · R. T. Gould · ar (r) 656 · Vampires in the Philippines · R. T. Gould · ar (r) 663 · Crime and the Supernatural · Edwin T. Woodhall · ar (r)

Fifty Thrilling Wild West Stories (Odhams Press, 1948, no ISBN, 704pp, hc, an)     Reissue (Odhams Press 1937) western anthology. 9 · Why the Wild West Was Wild · F. E. Sutton · ss (r) 19 · The Borrowed Brand · Paul Evan Lehman · ss Western Trails January 1932 32 · The Long Arm of the Mounted · Harry Sinclair Drago · ss Complete Northwest Novel Magazine September 1935 not the same as the story of a similar name in the January 16, 1943 issue of Street & Smith’s Western Story. 57 · Bully of the Town · Tom Roan · ss Ace-High Magazine August 1932 75 · Blue Eyes and Blue Steel · Charles H. Snow · nv Thrilling Ranch Stories March 1934 94 · Bill Latimer’s Tree · W. D. Hoffman · ss (r) 112 · In the Mexican Quarter · Tom Gill · ss Cosmopolitan June 1930 124 · Without Fear or Favour · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories November 25 1922 141 · Battle’s End · Max Brand · na Western Story Magazine May 10 1930 209 · Grub Delayed · Archie Joscelyn · ss Cowboy Stories April 1937 220 · Horseshoe Law in Misty Sink · William A. Todd (by Norman W. Hay) · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly February 27 1937 234 · Thief! · Will Jenkins · ss People’s Story Magazine August 10 1922, as by Murray Leinster 247 · The Treasure of Iron Dome · Charles H. Snow · ss (r) 264 · The Sheriff Was a Runt · Will Jenkins · ss West April 27 1932, as by Murray Leinster 275 · Broken Courage · Charles Wesley Sanders · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly January 15 1927 292 · Reward for an Outlaw · Herbert Sullivan · ss (r) 306 · The Reverend “Chawles” · George Goodchild · nv The Great Alone by George Goodchild, Simpkin Marshall, 1919 332 · The Sheriff of Crevasse County · George Brydges Rodney · ss (r) 346 · Ghost of the Cimarron · Harry Sinclair Drago · nv Western Novelets August 1936 383 · The Killers · George Brydges Rodney · nv The Golden West Magazine November 1927 397 · He Belonged West · Christopher Culley · ss (r) 407 · The Schoolma’am of Selwood Flats · Paul Evan Lehman · ss (r) 423 · Fighting Fool · Tom Roan · ss Ace-High Magazine 1st November 1930 440 · A Reason for Wrath · Johnston McCulley · ss Cowboy Stories July 1926 455 · Three Little Calves · Frank C. Robertson · nv West May 29 1929 473 · Change of Name · George S. Surrey · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #170, August 3 1912 482 · Death Badge · Lee Bond · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly March 6 1937 495 · The Cave of Death · James Denson Sayers · nv The Underworld Magazine December 1933 528 · Singing Lead · Eugene Cunningham · ss Black Mask August 1930 544 · Texas Ranger · Lester Gregory · ss (r) 550 · Rustled Herd · Lester Gregory · ss (r) 556 · The Whip Hand · George Brydges Rodney · ss (r) 569 · The Marquis and Miss Sally · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine June 1903 578 · Kid Cyclone · Leo Grex · ss (r) 584 · This Worm Has Fangs · James Denson Sayers · ss The Underworld Magazine October 1933, as “The Worm Has Fangs” 599 · Six-Gun Justice · Louis Grey · ss (r) 606 · Million-Dollar Burros · H. C. Wire · ar Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine March 13 1937 611 · A Mountie’s Code · Conor Risdon · ss (r) 617 · Man of Ice · Claude Rister · ss Cowboy Stories April 1937 629 · When the Coach Was Held Up · George Thorne · ss (r) 635 · El Rodeo · R. B. Cunninghame Graham · ss (r) 644 · Warrior Woman · Frank Roland Conklin · ss (r) 650 · A Vengeance by Proxy · G. S. Wallington · ss (r) 656 · A Doubtful Experiment · Gerald Sussex · ss (r) 662 · Vigilante Vengeance · Joseph F. Hook · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine January 23 1937 668 · Two Snakes and a Man · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine January 2 1937 672 · Maverick Water · David Lavender · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine January 2 1937 681 · Riding with the Mail · Clarence E. Mulford · ar The Frontier October 1925 687 · The Phantom of the Rio Grande [Bud Jones] · J. Allan Dunn · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly February 27 1937 695 · Gunsmoke in Raimondo · Denver Bardwell · nv Danger Trail November 1934, as by James Denson Sayers

52 Suspects (The Mitre Press, 1944, pb, an)     Contains two filler stories in addition to title novelet. · 52 Suspects · Maurice Grove · nv The 20-Story Magazine #203, May 1939 · Enemies in Harness · Francis H. Sibson · ss The (London) Evening News February 7 1940 · Predicament · Michael Hervey · ss

50 Years of Ghost Stories (Hutchinson, January 1935, 2/6d, 702pp, hc, an)     Later expanded as A Century of Ghost Stories. 13 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv In a Glass Darkly by J. S. Le Fanu, Richard Bentley, 1872 revised from “The Watcher”, Dublin University Magazine, November 1847. 53 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited. 89 · The Saint and the Vicar · Cecil Binney · ss 101 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 117 · Gibbet Lane · Anthony Gittins · ss 127 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 151 · The Residence at Whitminster · M. R. James · nv A Thin Ghost by M. R. James, Longmans, Green, 1919 175 · A Warning to the Curious · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury August 1925 195 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited. 235 · The Green Room · Walter de la Mare · nv The Bookman September 1925 275 · Eveline’s Visitant · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1867 287 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 319 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 331 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s Weekly April 4 1903 (+2) 369 · As in a Glass Dimly · Shane Leslie · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 381 · The Lord-in-Waiting · Shane Leslie · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 401 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 415 · Expiation · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1923 433 · Pirates · E. F. Benson · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1928 453 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 465 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908 483 · The Rosewood Door · Oliver Onions · na The Painted Face by Oliver Onions, Heinemann, 1929 537 · The Virgin of the Seven Daggers · Vernon Lee · nv The English Review January 1909 (+1) first published in French (“La Madone aux sept glaives”, Feuilleton du journal des débats du Samedi, 1896). 565 · The Library Window · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1896 609 · The Song in the House · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine September 1933 629 · The Operation · Violet Hunt · nv Tales of the Uneasy by Violet Hunt, Heinemann, 1911 657 · The Sweeper · Ex-Private X · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931 673 · The Running Tide · Ex-Private X · ss The London Magazine September 1928, as by A. M. Burrage 689 · Perez · W. L. George · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1919, as “The Phantom Truth”

Finish This…End of Story (End of Story, 2004, 0-563-52196-1, 125pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of stories commissioned by the BBC Scotland program “End of Story”. The stories lacked endings; the program held a contest for viewers to finish them. The book was distributed free. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 7 · Billy Bone · Ian Rankin · ss 21 · Dryad · Joanne Harris · ss 33 · Imitating Katherine Walker · Alexei Sayle · ss 47 · The Angel · Sue Townsend · ss 59 · One Size Fits All · Fay Weldon · ss 73 · The Tunnel · Shaun Hutson · ss 87 · A Woman’s Right to Shoes · Marian Keys · ss 103 · Love or Money [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · ss

First Blood (Berkley, August 2008, 978-0-425-22400-7, $7.99, 330pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of four vampire romance stories by Susan Sizemore, Erin McCarthy, Chris Marie Green, and Meljean Brook. 1 · Cave Canem · Susan Sizemore · na 67 · Russian Roulette · Erin McCarthy · na 143 · Double the Bite · Chris Marie Green · na 221 · Thicker Than Blood · Meljean Brook · na

First Fictions: Introduction 10 (Faber and Faber, 1989, 0-571-15201-5, x+179pp, tp, oa, cover by Brian Grimwood)     Original anthology providing a “showcase for new writing”. Tenth volume in the “Introduction” series. vii · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms ix · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg 3 · Thin White Girls · Carole Morin · ss 16 · The Hotel Summer · Carole Morin · ss 27 · Practically Park Lane · Carole Morin · ss 35 · Green Winter · Matthew Francis · ss 44 · Demonland · Matthew Francis · ss 52 · American Fugue · Matthew Francis · ss 65 · On the Threshold · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · ss 73 · The Story · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · ss 78 · A Problematic Tale · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · ss 89 · A Rainy Day · Kathy O’Shaughnessy · vi 95 · The Last of Butch · Tom Harpole · ss 110 · Making a Moose Die · Tom Harpole · ss 121 · Smile · Anne Enright · vi 124 · Felix · Anne Enright · ss 136 · Thirst · Anne Enright · ss 141 · Seascape · Anne Enright · ss 151 · The Supremacy of Grief · Hugo Hamilton · ss 158 · The Compound Assembly of E. Richter · Hugo Hamilton · ss 174 · Above and Beyond · Hugo Hamilton · ss

First Love Forever Romance Collection (Barbour, 2018, 978-1-68322-548-5, $14.99, 447pp, tp, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · First Things First · Susanne Dietze · na 57 · A Most Reluctant Bride · Cynthia Hickey · nv 103 · Weeping Willow · Marcia Gruver · na 159 · His Anchor · Carrie Fancett Pagels · nv 207 · After the Ball · Martha Rogers · nv 251 · Lighter Than Air · Lorna Seilstad · na 301 · In Due Season · Connie Stevens · nv 345 · Heartfelt Echoes · Jennifer Uhlarik · nv 395 · Prescription for Love · Erica Vetsch · na

First-Prize Stories: 1919-1966 from the O. Henry Memorial Awards (Doubleday & Company, Inc., November 4, 1966, LC:21-9372, $5.95, xii+736pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Harry Hansen · in 19 · England to America · Margaret Prescott Montague · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1919 20 · Each in His Generation · Struthers Burt · nv Scribner’s Magazine July 1920 29 · The Heart of Little Shikara · Edison Marshall · ss Everybody’s Magazine January 1921 51 · Snake Doctor [Judge William Pitman Priest (Old Judge Priest)] · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan November 1922 68 · Prelude · Edgar Valentine Smith · nv Harper’s Magazine May 1923 82 · The Spring Flight · Inez Haynes Irwin · nv McCall’s Magazine June 1924 101 · Mr. Bisbee’s Princess · Julian Street · nv The Red Book Magazine May 1925 132 · Bubbles · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine August 1926 149 · Child of God · Roark Bradford · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1927 160 · The Parrot · Walter Duranty · nv The Red Book Magazine March 1928 177 · Big Blonde · Dorothy Parker · nv The Bookman February 1929 196 · Dressing-Up · W. R. Burnett · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1929 205 · “Can’t Cross Jordan by Myself” · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss Pictorial Review August 1930 222 · An End to Dreams · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Pictorial Review February 1932 233 · Gal Young Un · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1932 (+1) 262 · No More Trouble for Jedwick · Louis Paul · ss Esquire March 1934 271 · The White Horses of Vienna · Kay Boyle · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1935 284 · Total Stranger · James Gould Cozzens · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1936 297 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936 309 · The Happiest Man on Earth · Albert Maltz · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1938 318 · Barn Burning · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1939 333 · Freedom’s a Hard-Bought Thing · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 18 1940 344 · Defeat · Kay Boyle · ss The New Yorker May 17 1941 351 · The Wide Net · Eudora Welty · nv Harper’s Magazine May 1942 370 · Livvie Is Back · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1942 381 · Walking Wounded · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker May 13 1944 395 · The Wind and the Snow of Winter · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss The Yale Review Winter 1945 406 · Bird Song · John Mayo Goss · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1946 420 · The White Circle · John Bell Clayton · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1947 427 · Shut a Final Door · Truman Capote · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1947 439 · A Courtship · William Faulkner · ss The Sewanee Review Autumn 1948 452 · The Blue-Winged Teal · Wallace Stegner · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1950 466 · The Hunters · Harris Downey · ss Epoch Summer 1950 479 · The Indian Feather · Thomas Mabry · nv The Sewanee Review Autumn 1952 496 · In the Zoo · Jean Stafford · ss The New Yorker September 19 1953 513 · The Country Husband · John Cheever · nv The New Yorker November 20 1954 533 · Greenleaf · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Kenyon Review Summer 1956 552 · In Sickness as in Health · Martha Gellhorn · nv The Atlantic Monthly August 1956, as “The Smell of Lilies” 578 · Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time · Peter Taylor · nv The Kenyon Review Spring 1958 602 · The Ledge · Lawrence Sargent Hall · ss The Hudson Review Winter 1958/1959 616 · Tell Me a Riddle · Tillie Olsen · nv New World Writing #16 ed. Stewart Richardson & Corlies M. Smith, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960 646 · Holiday · Katherine Anne Porter · nv The Atlantic Monthly December 1960 669 · Everything That Rises Must Converge · Flannery O’Connor · ss New World Writing #19 ed. Stewart Richardson & Corlies M. Smith, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1961 682 · The Embarkment for Cythera · John Cheever · nv The New Yorker November 3 1962 705 · Revelation · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Sewanee Review Spring 1964 723 · The Bulgarian Poetess · John Updike · ss The New Yorker March 13 1965

Five Classic Stories (Davis, 1986, free, 60pp, digest, an)     Booklet given free to subscribers of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, five stories dramatized on the Hitchcock tv show. 7 · Introduction · Cathleen Jordan · in 11 · Suburban Tigress · Lawrence Treat · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1957 23 · The Day of the Execution · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1957 31 · Man with a Problem · Donald Honig · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1958, as by Donald Martin 37 · Anyone for Murder? · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1964 49 · Winter Run · Edward D. Hoch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1965

Five Complete Western Stories (Fitchett Brothers Pty. Ltd., 194?, 6d, 96pp, pb, an) 3 · The Gun Wizard · Oscar Schisgall · nv Thrilling Adventures April 1936 33 · The Man Who Rode Purgatory · Charles Alden Seltzer · ss The Outing Magazine November 1909 46 · Gunpowder Heritage · Oliver King · na Dime Western Magazine April 1 1935 79 · Justice While You Wait · Owen Oliver · ss The Royal Magazine June 1910 87 · The Rattler on the Ridge · Charles Alden Seltzer · ss (r)

Five Fates ed. Keith Laumer, uncredited (Doubleday, 1970, LC:76-111173, $4.95, 256pp, hc, an, cover by Anita Siegel) [Bailey (afterlife of)] 13 · The Fatal Fulfillment [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Poul Anderson · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1970 59 · Murder Will In [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Frank Herbert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1970 91 · Maverick [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Gordon R. Dickson · na Worlds of Fantasy v1 #2, 1970, as “Walker Between the Planes” 161 · The Region Between [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Harlan Ellison · na Galaxy Science Fiction March 1970 205 · Of Death What Dreams [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Keith Laumer · na Worlds of Tomorrow #24, 1970

Five Golden Rings (Zebra Books, October 2000, 0-8217-7062-4, $6.99, 461pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. reprints from previous Christmas anthologies 7 · A Bright Red Ribbon · Fern Michaels · na A Gift of Joy, Zebra Books, 1995 79 · Christmas Angel · Kat Martin · na ’Tis the Season, Zebra Books, 1997 173 · Twelfth Night · Jo Beverley · na (r) 237 · Home for Christmas · Katherine Sutcliffe · n. ’Tis the Season, Zebra Books, 1997 349 · The Miracle [The Delanzas] · Brenda Joyce · n. A Gift of Joy, Zebra Books, 1995; sequel to “After Innocence”.

Five Good Things from Everybody’s Magazine (The Ridgway-Thayer Company, 1904, 64pp, quarto, an)     Promotional selection of recent items from Everybody’s Magazine. ifc. · Foreword · The Publishers · fw 2 · A Letter from the West · [uncredited] · lt (r) 3 · Everybody’s Babies · Juliet Wilbor Tompkins · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1903, as “A Spoiled Child” 6 · The Reasons Why · [uncredited] · ms (r) 11 · The Call of the Mountains · Albert Bigelow Paine · ss Everybody’s Magazine October 1903 20 · Inside Facts About Authors · Carolyn Wells · ms (r) 21 · More Reasons Why · [uncredited] · ms (r) 27 · Cæsar of Tobacco: The Great, Quiet, Confident Mr. Duke · Alfred Henry Lewis · ar Everybody’s Magazine July 1903 34 · Hitting the Bullseye · [uncredited] · ms (r) 39 · The Lotus and the Cockleburrs · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine October 1903 46 · The Automobile · Simeon Ford · ms (r) 47 · With Everybody’s Publishers · The Publishers · ms Everybody’s Magazine June 1903 52 · Successful Men Who Are Not Rich · Francis Bellamy · ar Everybody’s Magazine November 1903 59 · Proverbs up to Date · L. de V. Matthewman · ms (r) 60 · Why Advertising Pays · The Publishers · ms (r) 61 · Heroes of Every-Day Life: Mike Martin—Fire-Truck Driver · Theodore Waters · cl Everybody’s Magazine February 1904 64 · What Some Newsdealers Have Done · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Five Western Stories (Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., 1942, 320pp, pb, an)     A “made” anthology for the WWII Armed Services editions. Details supplied by Richard Bleiler from Table of Contents. 5 · Gun Ghosts from Tres Marias · Walt Coburn · na Street & Smith’s Western Story September 21 1940 66 · Tumbleweeds Are Tough! · Bennett Foster · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story May 16 1942 128 · Eskimo Buckaroos · Seth Ranger · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story December 14 1940 190 · Stranger from Sonora · Johnston McCulley · na Street & Smith’s Western Story March 14 1942 251 · Ridin’ for Glory · Cherry Wilson · na Street & Smith’s Western Story June 13 1942

The Flame of Iridar/Peril of the Starmen (Belmont, May 1967, 50¢, 172pp, pb, an) 5 · The Flame of Iridar · Lin Carter · na Belmont, 1967 101 · Peril of the Starmen · Kris Neville · na Imagination January 1954

Flesh-Ripping Ghouls of London (Creation Oneiros, 2012, 9781902197517, $14.95, 214pp, tp, an)     Murder, Madness & Mayhem from the Penny Bloods. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the UK for £9.95. 5 · Introduction · [uncredited] · in · I. The Criminal Annals; “gruesome true crime stories from The Tell-Tale, The Terrific Register, and The Calendar of Horrors”. 17 · Horrible Murders and Human Pie-Makers · [uncredited] · ar The Tell Tale 1825 21 · The Horrible Murder of a Child by Starvation · [uncredited] · ar (r) 25 · The Monster of Scotland · [uncredited] · ar The Terrific Register, Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825 [Ref. Sawney Bean] 29 · A Most Extraordinary and Diabolical Murder · [uncredited] · ar (r) 31 · Mutual Murder · [uncredited] · ar (r) 33 · The Unnatural Husband · [uncredited] · ar (r) 35 · Singular Discovery of a Murder · [uncredited] · ar (r) 37 · The Lunatics · [uncredited] · ar (r) 39 · The Dead Devoured by the Living · [uncredited] · ar (r) 43 · The Dead Alive · [uncredited] · ar (r) · II. The Serials 47 · The Vampire Bride · [uncredited] · ex from The Skeleton Count (r) 65 · The Avenger of Blood · Elizabeth Caroline Grey, uncredited · ex from Vileroy (r) 71 · An Apparition · Elizabeth Caroline Grey, uncredited · ex from Vileroy (r) 79 · Midnight · James Malcolm Rymer, uncredited · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, E. Lloyd, 1847 probably with others, possibly including Thomas Peckett Prest. 85 · The Stake and the Body · James Malcolm Rymer, uncredited · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, E. Lloyd, 1847 probably with others, possibly including Thomas Peckett Prest. 92 · Resuscitation of a Vampire · James Malcolm Rymer, uncredited · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, E. Lloyd, 1847 probably with others, possibly including Thomas Peckett Prest. 101 · The Murder of the Hangman · James Malcolm Rymer, uncredited · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, E. Lloyd, 1847 probably with others, possibly including Thomas Peckett Prest. 111 · A Den of Horror · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from The Mysteries of London, 1845 119 · The Execution · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from The Mysteries of London, 1845 128 · The Body-Snatchers · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from The Mysteries of London, 1845 136 · The Exhumation · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from The Mysteries of London, 1845 143 · The Madhouse Cell · Thomas Peckett Prest · ex from The String of Pearls (r) possibly with others, possibly Rymer. 149 · The Last Batch of Delicious Meat Pies · Thomas Peckett Prest · ex from The String of Pearls (r) possibly with others, possibly Rymer. 155 · The Offal Cellar · [uncredited] · ex (r) 164 · The Arch Door · [uncredited] · ex from Newgate, a Romance (r) possibly by Prest and/or Rymer. 171 · Prologue · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from Wagner the Wehr-Wolf (r) 179 · The Wehr-Wolf · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from Wagner the Wehr-Wolf (r) 183 · The Descent · G. W. M. Reynolds · ex from Wagner the Wehr-Wolf (r) · III. Short Tales 193 · The Demon of the Hartz · Thomas Peckett Prest, uncredited · ss from Legends of Terror, 1826 203 · The Roscicrucian · Edwin F. Reynolds · ss (r) from Reynolds’ Miscellany, circa 1848.

Flight of Vengeance (Tor, December 1992, 0-312-85014-X, $21.95, 383pp, hc, oa, cover by Dennis A. Nolan)     Original anthology of two fantasy novels set in Norton’s “Witch World” universe bound in one book, second book of the “Witch World: The Turning” series. The books were edited by Norton and copyrighted by Andre Norton, Ltd. Contains Exile by Mary Schaub and Falcon Hope by P.M. Griffin. 9 · The Chronicler · [uncredited] · pr 15 · Exile · Mary H. Schaub · n. 177 · Falcon Hope · P. M. Griffin · n.

Flight of Vengeance (Tor, June 1994, 0-812-50706-1, $4.99, 383pp, pb, oa, cover by Dennis A. Nolan)     Reprint (Tor 1992) original anthology of two fantasy stories set in Norton’s “Witch World” universe, second book of the “Witch World: The Turning” series. Copyrighted by Andre Norton, Ltd.

The Floating Admiral (Hodder & Stoughton, December 1931, 351pp, hc, oa)     Round-robin novel written by “Certain Members of the Detection Club”. 7 · Introduction · Dorothy L. Sayers · in 13 · Prologue. “The Three Pipe Dreams” · G. K. Chesterton · rr 19 · Chapter I. Corpse Ahoy! · Victor L. Whitechurch · rr 31 · Chapter II. Breaking the News · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · rr 48 · Chapter III. Bright Thoughts on Tides · Henry Wade · rr 64 · Chapter IV. Mainly Conversation · Agatha Christie · rr 73 · Chapter V. Inspector Rudge Begins to Form a Theory · John Rhode · rr 90 · Chapter VI. Inspector Rudge Thinks Better of It · Milward Kennedy · rr 110 · Chapter VII. Shocks for the Inspector · Dorothy L. Sayers · rr 151 · Chapter VIII. Thirty-Nine Articles of Doubt · Ronald A. Knox · rr 191 · Chapter IX. The Visitor in the Night · Freeman Wills Crofts · rr 215 · Chapter X. The Bathroom Basin · Edgar Jepson · rr 222 · Chapter XI. At the Vicarage · Clemence Dane · rr 232 · Chapter XII. Clearing Up the Mess · Anthony Berkeley · rr 303 · Appendix I: Solutions · [uncredited] · ms 347 · Appendix II · [uncredited] · ms

The Floating Admiral (Collins Crime Club, February 23, 2017, 978-0-00-821068-7, £8.99, xx+357pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Hodder 1931) round-robin novel written by members of the Detection Club.

Flowers for Mama (Zebra Books, April 2002, 0-8217-7283-X, $4.99, 223pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · A Match for Lady Verity · Mona Gedney · na 69 · The Lady Does Not! · Cindy Holbrook · na 149 · The Runaway Duchess · Mary Kingsley · na

Flowers for the Bride (Zebra, May 1995, 0-8217-4954-4, $3.99, 350pp, pb, oa)     Regency romances. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · The Wager · Donna Bell · na 67 · A Comfortable Wife · Carola Dunn · na 115 · The Impossible Bridegroom · Jean R. Ewing · na 167 · An Indefinite Wedding · Marcy Stewart · na 231 · Delightful Deceiver · Phylis Warady · na 295 · The Vicarious Bride · Winifred Witton · na

Flush Fiction: 88 Short-Short Stories You Can Read in a Single Sitting (Bathroom Readers’ Institute, April 3, 2012, 978-1-60710-427-8, $16.95, 286pp, tp, oa, cover by Michael Brunsfeld)     Speculative content listed only. Details taken from online listing. 27 · The Taste of Failure · Andrew S. Williams · ss 30 · One Million Years B.F.E.: Diary of an Anthropologist in Exile · Merrie Haskell · ss The Town Drunk November 16 2006 39 · Prince Charming · Christina Delia · ss 43 · Curb Appeal · Katherine Tomlinson · ss 50 · Two Urinals from Death · James Sabata · ss 54 · Cold Is My Love · Johnny Gunn · ss 62 · Death by Anything · Siobhan Gallagher · ss 67 · Wrestling with Alienation · Desmond Warzel · ss Redstone Science Fiction #6, November 2010 73 · Headhunter · William R. D. Wood · ss Flash Me October 2009 79 · Buttons · Edward Palumbo · ss 81 · Black Lung and Broken Heart · Tom J. Lynch · ss 84 · Irreversible Dad · Kenton K. Yee · ss Brain Harvest August 21 2011 86 · Death & Taxes · A. J. Sweeney · ss 90 · Brains for Breakfast · Beth Cato · ss Ligonier Valley Writers 2009 100 · The Secret Ingredient · Rebecca Roland · vi Shelter of Daylight #2, Autumn 2009 109 · The Unseeing Eye · Marsh Cassady · ss 117 · 14B · Nathaniel Lee · ss 121 · Bitchy Fish · Lindsay Gillingham & Robert Taylor · ss 126 · Biggest! Fan! Ever! · Sonia Orin Lyris · ss 132 · Moan on the Range · Douglas Hutcheson · ss 140 · The Intergalactic Book Club · Daniel Kason · ss 144 · The Not-So-Ancient Chinese Proverb · S. G. Rogers · ss 148 · For Wile E. Coyote, Apetitius Giganticus · Jason Schossler · ss 150 · Around the Block · Courtney Walsh · ss 156 · Nothing · Douglas Smith · ss Chimerascope by Douglas Smith, ChiZine Publications, 2010 160 · Long Tossed Like the Driven Foam · K. G. Jewell · ss 166 · Grandma’s Pillbox · Celeste Leibowitz · ss 172 · Kitchen Basics · Sealey Andrews · ss Everyday Weirdness May 2010, as by Andrea Slye 176 · A Star Gazer’s Manifesto · Sean Flanders · ss 185 · The Second Rudolph · Cindy Tomamichel · ss 190 · Charlie Makes His Way · Peggy McFarland · ss Silverthought Online January 31 2011 197 · Proof in the Pudding · Brent Knowles · ss 201 · The Feminine Mystique · Elizabeth Creith · ss 204 · Traces of Max · Cathy C. Hall · ss 208 · The Sad Wonderful Life of Ed Fergler · Kathy Allen · ss 210 · Return of the Zombie · Michael Penkas · ss Everyday Weirdness May 14 2009 224 · Mysterious Ways · David Steffen · ss 227 · Health Tips for Traveler · David W. Goldman · vi Nature #7311, September 2 2010 233 · The Souvenir You Most Want · Sue Burke · ss Parallax Second Tales ed. Ann Cecil, PARSEC Ink, 2002 235 · ’Til Death Do Us Part · Elaine Isaak · ss 245 · Burn Baby Burn (The World’s Shortest Vampire Romance) · Jason Sanford · ss 253 · Outside the Box · John Haggerty · ss Opium Magazine July 28 2008 256 · Excuse Me · Scott W. Baker · ss The Rejected Quarterly 2009; revised. 260 · A Great Weight · Joe Ponepinto · ss 263 · From the Ashes · Jamie Lackey · ss 265 · The Plum Pudding Paradox · Jay Werkheiser · vi Daily Science Fiction December 29 2010 268 · Where Has the Dog Gone? · Lisbeth Mizula · ss

Forbidden Lines (Science Fiction Writers’ Group, September 1989, no ISBN, $8.00, 200pp, tp, oa, cover by Charles Overbeck)     Anthology of 12 original short stories, plus seven poems and four non-fiction pieces. 7 · What Forbidden Lines? · [uncredited] · in 9 · Grandy Devil · Frederik Pohl · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1955 15 · Kiss of the Kiwi · Tony Realini · nv 41 · Evenstar · Elizabeth Wyrick · ss 47 · Circuits Saying · Yeaton Clifton · pm 48 · Black as Sin · Anthony Enns · ss 58 · Lucius Shepard: The Superior Liar · John Kessel · bg Axolotl Special 1 ed. John C. Pelan, Pulphouse/Axolotl Press, 1989, as “Why Listen to Lucius?” [Ref. Lucius Shepard] 63 · If Bird or Devil · Angeli Primlani · ss 78 · Night Dweller · Arlene Medder · pm 80 · Mary Crosby Tries to Remember Her Lines in Ice Pirates Epic · Joe Bob Briggs · mr (r) 84 · Elspeth, at the Betrothal · Joanne Wyrick · pm 87 · Zen Arcade · Greg Dee Rawlings · vi 91 · Into the Outer Limits · Byron Haskin · iv 1984 105 · Queen of the Nothings · Angeli Primlani · ss 122 · How the Owl Was Silenced · Yeaton Clifton · pm 123 · Halloween · Peter Louton · vi 128 · Requiem for a Vampire · Joanne Wyrick · pm 129 · To Hear the Sea-Maid’s Music · Tonya R. Carter · ss 139 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue February/March 1966 145 · Velocity Exercises · Frederik Pohl · ar Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Mentor, 1973, as “On Velocity Exercises” 151 · Winter’s King · Joanne Wyrick · pm 152 · Beast Singular · Charles Overbeck · na 200 · The Archer · Joanne Wyrick · pm

The Foreworld Saga: SideQuest Adventures No. 1--- see under SideQuest Adventures No. 1, 47North, 2013.

The Fortunate Island--- see under Beeton’s Christmas Annual #21, 1880.

48 Current Short Stories (Robert Edwards, 1950, 25¢, 128pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 3 · Trusties Two · Al Burns · vi 5 · In the Groove · Hugo A. Vogt · vi 8 · New Shoes · Frank Bennett · vi 11 · Cash Prize · Jim Fabick · vi 14 · No Other Way · Virginia Bowes · vi 17 · Marry the Girl · Evelyn Stearnes · vi 20 · Phone Call · Rita O’Brien · vi 23 · Souvenir · Dwight M. Bannister · vi 25 · I Understand · Sheila John Daly · vi 28 · The Plain Truth · Corey Ellis · vi 30 · See My Lawyer · Harry Fielo · vi 33 · O’Brien’s Girl · Lea Sherman · vi 35 · Possessed · Elizabeth Yarnell · vi 38 · Censored · Virginia Owen · vi 41 · Lost and Found · Frank Bennett · vi 44 · The Touch · P. J. Kosmoff · vi 46 · Prior Rights · Hugo A. Vogt · vi 49 · Peanuts · Virginia Bowes · vi 51 · Premonition · Fred Gould Hamilton · vi 54 · Madcap · Don Freeman · vi 56 · College Girl · Janet Matter · vi 59 · Duty Bound · Virginia Bowes · vi 62 · Carrot(-)Top · Elizabeth Yarnell · vi 64 · The Salesman · Evelyn Stearnes · vi 67 · Hero for a Lady · Joseph Chadwick · vi 69 · Reunion · Frank Bennett · vi 72 · The Expert · Edith Perry · vi 75 · Top Man · Freda Carson · vi 78 · Wrong Diagnosis · Robert T. Allen · vi 81 · The Boss · Mary A. Liang · vi 83 · Dolores · Helen Casebier · vi 86 · The Swimmer · Adelaide Kay · vi 89 · The Brush-off · Elizabeth Yarnell · vi 91 · Second Page · Frank Bennett · vi 94 · Too Many Lives · Corey Ellis · vi 96 · The Miser · Silvie C. Marchese · vi 99 · Dream Kid · Helen Casebier · vi 101 · Rabbit’s Foot · Holbrooke Seltzer · vi 104 · Fixed · Jonathan Barry · vi 107 · The Lady Lied · Joseph Chadwick · vi 109 · Just a Joke · Frances B. Keller · vi 112 · The Hero · Yetta Karney · vi 115 · No Escape · Joseph Chadwick · vi 117 · Press Agent · Earl Cattell · vi 120 · Lip Service · Elizabeth Yarnell · vi 122 · Polycarp Crane · Alice Jane Johnson · vi 124 · Good By, Travers · Herbert Mackey · vi 127 · Reunion · Helen Hannon · vi

The Fountain/The Piece of Paper (Gauntlet Press, 2004, 10pp, ph, oa)     Chapbook given as a premium to those who purchased Ketchum & Lee’s Sleep Disorder directly through Gauntlet, as a token of customer appreciation. · The Fountain · Jack Ketchum · ss · The Piece of Paper · Edward Lee · ss

Four Dark Nights (Leisure, October 2002, 0-8439-5098-6, $25.00, 326pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of four supernatural horror novellas by Douglas Clegg, Christopher Golden, Bentley Little, and Tom Piccirilli. 1 · The Circle · Bentley Little · na 79 · Pyre · Christopher Golden · na 167 · Jonah Arose · Tom Piccirilli · na 241 · The Words · Douglas Clegg · na

Four Dark Nights (Leisure, December 2003, 0-8439-5153-2, $6.99, 326pp, pb, oa)     Reprint (Leisure 2002) original anthology of four supernatural horror novellas by Bentley Little, Douglas Clegg, Christopher Golden, and Tom Piccirilli.

Four Gothic Novels (Oxford University Press, July 7, 1994, 0-19-282331-0, £8.99, 606pp, tp, om, cover by Frank Moss)     Horror omnibus. 1 · The Castle of Otranto · Horace Walpole · n. Tho. Lownds, 1764 81 · Vathek · William Beckford; translated by Samuel Henley · n. J. Johnson, 1786, as “An Arabian Tale”, uncredited. 155 · The Monk · Matthew Gregory Lewis · n. J. Bell, 1796 445 · Frankenstein [Frankenstein] · Mary Shelley · n. Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited.

Four Gothic Novels (Oxford University Press US, August 1994, 0-19-282331-0, $11.95, 606pp, tp, om, cover by Frank Moss)     Reprint (Oxford University Press 1994) omnibus edition of four classic Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (1764), Vathek by William Beckford (1786), The Monk by Matthew Lewis (1796), and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1831 edition). Includes brief chronologies of the authors’ lives and works. This may be identical to the British edition published in July.

Four in One Westerns (Garden City, 1924, hc, om)     Details supplied by Curt Phillips. · Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande [Don Quickshot] · Stephen Chalmers · na Short Stories October 25 1921 · The Law of the Range · W. C. Tuttle · n. (r) · With Rope and Brand [Bucky O’Connor] · William MacLeod Raine · nv People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine July 1910 · Thunderhorse · Edison Marshall · n. (r)

The Four Redheads of the Apocalypse (Yard Dog Press, June 2006, 1-893687-70-8, $6.00, 58pp, ph, oa)     Chapbook original anthology/mosaic story with four story/chapters by individual authors, with framing prologue and epilogue by all four. Authors are Linda L. Donahue, Rhonda Eudaly, Julia S. Mandala & Dusty Rainbolt. 7 · Prologue · Linda L. Donahue, Rhonda Eudaly, Julia S. Mandala & Dusty Rainbolt · pr 11 · A Chapter One: A Helluva Way to Run a War · Linda L. Donahue · rr (r) 25 · Chapter Two: Death Becomes Her · Rhonda Eudaly · rr (r) 33 · Chapter Three: A Plague on Y’all · Dusty Rainbolt · rr (r) 45 · Chapter Four: Feast and Famine · Julia S. Mandala · rr (r) 53 · Epilogue · Linda L. Donahue, Rhonda Eudaly, Julia S. Mandala & Dusty Rainbolt · aw

Four Short Mysteries (Collier-Macmillan, 1965, 70pp, pb, an)     “Prepared by the Materials Development Staff of English Language Services, Inc. under the co-direction of Edwin T. Cornelius, Jr., and Willard D. Sheeler. Mary Raitt and Helena Newman rewrote and adapted the stories, and Earle W. Brockman served as consulting editor.” 1 · Introduction · [uncredited] · in 3 · Welcome to Our Bank · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1960, as by O. H. Leslie 11 · Captain Heimrich Stumbles [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1959 19 · The Mystery of Monsieur Pliny · Allan Vaughan Elston · nv Liberty June 22 1946 33 · The Dead Run · W. J. Wallace · ss Collier’s January 8 1954

Four Summoner’s Tales (Simon & Schuster, October 2013, 978-1-4516-9668-4, $16.00, 320pp, tp, oa, cover by Tony Mauro)     Original anthology of four novellas based on a single sentence about a man who offers to raise the dead for a price. Authors are Kelley Armstrong, Christopher Golden, David Liss, and Jonathan Maberry. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Suffer the Children · Kelley Armstrong · na Four Summoner’s Tales, Gallery Books, 2013 79 · Pipers · Christopher Golden · na Four Summoner’s Tales, Gallery Books, 2013 151 · A Bad Season for Necromancy · David Liss · na Four Summoner’s Tales, Gallery Books, 2013 229 · Alive Day · Jonathan Maberry · na Four Summoner’s Tales, Gallery Books, 2013

The Fourth Book of Crime-Craft (Corgi, 1959, pb, an)     Abridged from Maiden Murders (Harper Brothers, 1952). vii · Introduction · John Dickson Carr · in 11 · Room Number 23 · Hugh Pentecost · ss Flynn’s Detective Fiction June 20 1925, as by Judson Philips 32 · 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). 39 · The Riddle of the Dangling Pearl [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · nv Mystery November 1933 63 · Marksman · William Campbell Gault · ss Clues Detective Stories September 1940 76 · Victim No. 5 · Harry Stephen Keeler · ss Young’s Magazine 1914 88 · The Man in the Velvet Hat [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #16, May 1944 110 · The Adventure of the Black Narcissus [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss The Dragnet Magazine February 1929 125 · And on the Third Day · David Alexander · ss Maiden Murders, Harper Brothers, 1952 143 · Too Many Brides · Ruth Wilson · ss 15 Mystery Stories April 1950 158 · Old Calamity Tries a Bluff [Old Calamity] · Joseph Fulling Fishman · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 6 1929, as “Old Calamity Stages an Act” 173 · Threnody · Anthony Boucher · ss Maiden Murders, Harper Brothers, 1952 179 · The Adventure of the One-Penny Black [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Great Detective April 1933, as “The One-Penny Black” 202 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948

The Fourth Mystery Book (Farrar & Rinehart, 1942, 438pp, hc, an) 3 · The Lipstick · Mary Roberts Rinehart · nv Cosmopolitan July 1942 35 · Deadly Is the Diamond [Bland the butler] · Mignon G. Eberhart · na The American Magazine June 1942 119 · Troubled Waters · Philip Wylie · na Argosy June 14 1941 (+2) 193 · Cat and Mouse · Hugh Pentecost · na Cosmopolitan November 1941 255 · I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead · Dana Lyon · na 373 · Death Rides the Ski Tow [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · na The American Magazine April 1941

Four Zombies (Cemetery Dance Publications, January 14, 2014, 142pp, hc, an, cover by Glenn Chadbourne)     Limited to 766 numbered copies signed by the authors, available only to collectors who purchased the Cemetery Dance Collectors Club #3. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 52 lettered, signed, copies ($250). Details taken from online listing. · Deadman’s Road [Reverend Jebediah Mercer (aka Rains)] · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Weird Tales February/March 2007; illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne · Rose Goes Shopping · John Skipp · nv; illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne · The Shell · Norman Prentiss · nv; illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne · In Beauty, Like the Night · Norman Partridge · na Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales by Norman Partridge, Roadkill Press, 1992; illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne

Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon (Gallery Books, September 20, 2016, 978-1-5011-4067-9, $16.00, 412pp, tp, oa, cover by Isaac Hannaford) [Halo]     Gaming tie-in original anthology of 12 stories and one poem based on the computer game. Authors include Christie Golden, Troy Denning, and Tobias Buckell. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Lessons Learned [Halo] · Matt Forbeck · nv 32 · What Remains [Halo] · Morgan Lockhart · ss 45 · Breaking Strain [Halo] · James Swallow · nv 81 · Promises to Keep [Halo] · Christie Golden · nv 126 · Shadow of Intent [Halo] · Joseph Staten · na Gallery Books, December 7 2015 217 · The Ballad of Hamish Beamish [Halo] · Frank O’Connor · ss 222 · Defender of the Storm [Halo] · John Jackson Miller · nv 252 · A Necessary Truth [Halo] · Troy Denning · nv 289 · Into the Fire [Halo] · Kelly Gay · nv 316 · Saint’s Testimony [Halo] · Frank O’Connor · nv Pocket Star, July 27 2015 344 · Rossbach’s World [Halo] · Brian Reed · ss 357 · Oasis [Halo] · Tobias Buckell · nv 393 · Anarosa [Halo] · Kevin Grace · ss

Frankenstein/Dracula/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Signet, December 1978, 0-451-51136-0, $2.25, xiii+211+382+70pp, pb, om)     Omnibus of three classic novels. Each is separately paginated within the volume. v · Introduction · Stephen King · in i · Frankenstein [Frankenstein] · Mary W. Shelley · n. Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited. 7 · Dracula [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · n. Constable, 1897 1 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · na Longmans, Green, January 5 1886

Frankenstein/Dracula/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Penguin, November 1988, 0-14-011666-4, £3.99, 660pp, pb, om)     Reprint (Signet 1978) omnibus of three classic horror novels, with an introduction by Stephen King. iii · Introduction · Stephen King · in 5 · Frankenstein [Frankenstein] · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · n. Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited. 213 · Dracula [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · n. Constable, 1897 589 · Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · na Longmans, Green, January 5 1886, as “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”