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My Best Story—Second Series (Faber & Faber, 1933, 502pp, hc, an) · How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery · E. F. Benson · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1911 · The Desert Islander · Stella Benson · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1930 · “Sonny” · G. A. Birmingham · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 20 1914 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 · The Story of Ching-Kwei and the Destinies [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Story-teller September 1927, as “Ching-Kwei and the Destinies” · The Field of Mustard · A. E. Coppard · ss The Criterion April 1925 · Spinster’s Rest · Clemence Dane · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine September 1925 · It All Came Right in the End · E. M. Delafield · ss (r) · The Wharf · Walter de la Mare · ss The Queen · Mrs. Jorkens [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Cosmopolitan October 1930, as “The Mermaid’s Husband” · Philanthropy · John Galsworthy · ss Saturday Review (UK) March 31 1923 · Colonel Beech’s Bear · David Garnett · ss (r) · The Non-combatant · Ian Hay · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 24 1917 · The Middle-man · Robert Hichens · ss (r) · The Substitute · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1917 · Pussycat Pennefather · Margaret Kennedy · ss The Legion Book ed. Captain H. Cotton Minchin, Cassell and Company, 1929 · God Likes Them Plain · Eric Linklater · ss (r) · The Chateau · W. B. Maxwell · ss (r) · Mademoiselle Ma Mère · Leonard Merrick · ss To Tell You the Truth by Leonard Merrick, Hodder & Stoughton, 1922 · Mein Schatz · Geoffrey Moss · ss Britannia and Eve March 1930 · Mr. Strenberry’s Tale · J. B. Priestley · ss The London Magazine March 1930, as “Doomsday” · The Fountain Plays · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar December 1932 · The Slower Judas · G. B. Stern · ss Woman’s Journal October 1928 · A Weed’s Tale · Henry Williamson · ss (r)

My Best Thriller (Faber and Faber, September 1933, hc, an) 9 · Under the Lens · F. Britten Austin · nv Pears’ Annual 1923 30 · Death by Judicial Hanging · Francis Beeding · ss Pall Mall Magazine September 1928 51 · Ways of Escape · John D. Beresford · ss The Elks Magazine February 1929 69 · White Violets · Victor Bridges · nv The Red Magazine June 15 1915 92 · Desirable Villa [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Pleasantries of Old Quong by Thomas Burke, Constable, 1931 103 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path” 114 · Romance Passes By · J. Jefferson Farjeon · nv (r) 148 · The Hand of Steele · Bruce Graeme · ss (r) 168 · Black Magic [Sebastian Quin] · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930 185 · Treasure Trove · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss McCall’s Magazine April 1928 193 · The Orange Handkerchief · G. R. Malloch · ss (r) 209 · North of the Tropic of Capricorn · A. E. W. Mason · ss Metropolitan January 1914 228 · Mrs. Scarr · Elinor Mordaunt · ss 245 · The Table Under the Tree [Commodore Jasen] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv Crooks in the Sunshine by E. Phillips Oppenheim, Hodder & Stoughton, 1932 270 · A Battle of Wits [Sir Percy Blakeney (Scarlet Pimpernel)] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv The Story-teller March 1919 299 · Spirit of Black Hawk · Max Pemberton · ss The Story-teller November 1921 315 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1931 331 · Fires of Baal · Sax Rohmer · ss Collier’s November 9 1929 349 · The House by the Headland · “Sapper” · ss The Sovereign Magazine March 1920 366 · The Cyprian Cat · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1933 381 · The Pursuing Shadow · Andrew Soutar · ss 390 · The Alibi · J. C. Squire · nv The Windsor Magazine 1930 412 · Dead Girl Finotte [Mynheer Amayat] · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Britannia and Eve July 1929 423 · Trodd’s Corner · H. A. Vachell · nv The Cornhill Magazine April 1904 460 · The Vault · David Whitelaw · nv (r) 481 · At the Shrine of Sekhmet · Valentine Williams · ss The London Magazine June 1924

My Best Western Story (Faber and Faber, 1935, hc, an)     Collection of Stories Chosen by Their Own Authors. Details unknown.

My Dashing Groom (Zebra Books, June 2002, 0-8217-7301-1, $4.99, 254pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Border Bride · Shannon Donnelly · na 89 · Love Lessons · Donna Simpson · na 179 · The Quizzing-Glass Bride · Hayley Ann Solomon · na (r); given as “Steal My Heart” on the back cover.

My Favorite Rogue (Zebra Books, March 2004, 0-8217-7638-X, $4.99, 253pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Reforming a Rogue · Lynn Collum · na 89 · The Tables Turned · Victoria Hinshaw · na 173 · Marlowe’s Nemesis · Debbie Raleigh · na

My Favourite Story: Selected Stories for Girls (The Thames Publishing Co., 1948, 128pp, hc, oa)     Issued in d/j. Cover shows an auburn and blue-eyed girl holding two spaniel puppies. Frontispiece by ?; also includes 8 colour plates. Note: later reprinted in identical form but with only 4 plates. 7 · Father Time and His Pattern Book · Enid Blyton · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 12 · The Surprising Day · Angela Brazil · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 17 · Rescue in the Snows · Elinor Mary Brent-Dyer · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 26 · Dog of My Dreams · Phyllis Briggs · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 32 · Rosalind to the Rescue · Douglas V. Duff · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 49 · Perilous Pass · Mary Gervaise · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 56 · Cruise of the “Carewalk” · Olive L. Groom · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 64 · Caravan to the Cape · Bertha Leonard · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 80 · Danger Tide · F. W. Ludlam · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 89 · Flood in the Fens · Winifred Norling · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 97 · The Lion That Liked Peppermints · Evadne Price · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 109 · The Elephant’s Right of Way · V. F. Wells · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling 115 · The Rose Patrol · May Wynne · ss; illustrated by P. B. Hickling

My Funny Valentine (Zebra Books, January 2002, 0-8217-7261-9, $5.99, 314pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Can I Call You Sweetheart? · Peggy Daniels · na 91 · Winter Roses · Allison Knight · n. 201 · Be Mine · Deborah Matthews · n.

My Grimmest Nightmare ed. Cecil Madden, uncredited (Allen & Unwin, 1935, 5/-, 210pp, hc, an)     A volume of stories based on the BBC Empire Service radio series Nightmare produced by Cecil Madden, which ran in 1934. Retitled Not Long for This World (New York: Telegraph Press, 1936) hc. Sometimes mistakenly attributed to Cynthia Asquith. 13 · The Follower · Cynthia Asquith · ss 20 · To Be Let Unfurnished · Gabrielle Vallings · ss 28 · Thunderbolt · Miranda Stuart · ss 39 · By Water · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette April 18 1914 48 · Not Long for This World · Inez Holden · ss 57 · Jungle Night · R. A. Monson · ss 62 · The Anonymous Gift · L. Vorley · ss 68 · There Is One S.O.S. · S. E. Reynolds · ss 80 · In the Jotunheim Mountains · J. B. Morton · ss 86 · Dead Man’s Room · Ernest Betts · ss 95 · Incubus · Marjorie Bowen · ss 105 · Into the Enemy’s Camp · Herbert Jay · ss 128 · The Mask · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss 134 · Behind the Wall · Noel Streatfeild · ss The Star November 14 1935 143 · The Mad Hatter · Edgar Middleton · ss 147 · Six Months Ago · James Laver · ss 154 · Rendezvous with Fate · Cecil Madden · ss 165 · Serenade for Baboons · Noel Langley · ss 178 · The Surprise Item · Charles Spencer · ss 184 · Split Second · Ann Knox · ss 190 · The Blackmailers · Algernon Blackwood · ss originally broadcast on the BBC, 11 July 1934. 204 · Room 200 Calling · Theodora Benson · ss

My Guardian Angel (Bantam, March 1995, 0-553-56916-3, $5.50, 390pp, pb, oa, cover by Gabriel Molano)     Details supplied by BG. 1 · Almost an Angel · Kay Hooper · na 75 · Guardian of the Heart · Sandra Chastain · na 143 · Angel on My Shoulder · Susan Krincaid · na 239 · Saving Celeste · Karyn Monk · na 325 · The Trouble with Angels · Elizabeth Thornton · na

My Only Valentine (Zebra Books, January 2003, 0-8217-7436-0, $4.99, 251pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology 7 · The Valentine Poem · Victoria Hinshaw · na 87 · The Ugly Duckling’s Valentine · Julia Parks · na 163 · Valentine Dreams · Donna Simpson · na

My Scandalous Bride (St. Martin’s, May 2004, 0-312-99522-9, $6.99, 343pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · The Lady and the Tiger · Christina Dodd · na 73 · Melting Ice · Stephanie Laurens · na Rough Around the Edges ed. Susan Johnson, St. Martin's, 1998 153 · Wedding Knight · Celeste Bradley · na 243 · The Proposition · Leslie LaFoy · na

My Spellbound Heart (Zebra, October 1994, 0-8217-4731-2, $4.99, 381pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of four fantasy romance novellas. 7 · Love’s Darkness · Cheryl Biggs · na 81 · Rescued by Time · Amy J. Fetzer · na 225 · Faery Magic · Amber Kaye · na 303 · Nightspell · Sara Orwig · na

Mysteria (Berkley, July 2006, 0-425-21106-1, $7.99, 340pp, pb, oa) [Mysteria]     Original anthology of four paranormal romances set in a small demon-founded town in the mountains of Colorado. Authors are MaryJanice Davidson, Susan Grant, P.C. Cast, and Gena Showalter. vii · Introduction · [uncredited] · in 1 · Mortal in Mysteria [Mysteria] · MaryJanice Davidson · na 107 · Alone Wolf · Susan Grant · na 171 · The Witches of Mysteria and the Dead Who Love Them [Mysteria] · Gena Showalter · na 253 · Candy Cox and the Big Bad (Were)Wolf [Brokenoggin Falls] · P. C. Cast · na Bewitched, Bothered & BeVampyred ed. Gail Northman & Terey Daly Ramin, Triskelion Publishing, 2005

Mysteria Lane (Berkley Sensation, October 2008, 978-0-425-22294-2, $7.99, 291pp, pb, oa) [Mysteria]     Original anthology of four paranormal romances, the second in a series set in a small demon-founded town in the mountains of Colorado. Authors are MaryJanice Davidson, Susan Grant, P.C. Cast, and Gena Showalter. vii · The Town of Mysteria [Mysteria] · [uncredited] · ms 1 · Disdaining Trouble [Mysteria] · MaryJanice Davidson · na 61 · Nanny from Hell [Mysteria] · Susan Grant · na 135 · A Tawdry Affair [Mysteria] · Gena Showalter · na 215 · It’s in His Kiss… [Mysteria] · P. C. Cast · na

Mysteria Nights (Berkley Sensation, July 5, 2011, 978-0-425-24173-8, $16.00, viii+552pp, tp, an)     Omnibus of two paranormal romance anthologies: Mysteria (2006) and Mysteria Lane (2008). Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · [uncredited] · in Mysteria, Berkley, 2006 1 · Mortal in Mysteria [Mysteria] · MaryJanice Davidson · na Mysteria, Berkley, 2006 89 · Alone Wolf · Susan Grant · na Mysteria, Berkley, 2006 139 · The Witches of Mysteria and the Dead Who Love Them [Mysteria] · Gena Showalter · na Mysteria, Berkley, 2006 209 · Candy Cox and the Big Bad (Were)Wolf [Brokenoggin Falls] · P. C. Cast · na Bewitched, Bothered & BeVampyred ed. Gail Northman & Terey Daly Ramin, Triskelion Publishing, 2005 287 · Disdaining Trouble [Mysteria] · MaryJanice Davidson · na Mysteria Lane, Berkley Sensation, 2008 339 · Nanny from Hell [Mysteria] · Susan Grant · na Mysteria Lane, Berkley Sensation, 2008 405 · A Tawdry Affair [Mysteria] · Gena Showalter · na Mysteria Lane, Berkley Sensation, 2008 479 · It’s in His Kiss… [Mysteria] · P. C. Cast · na Mysteria Lane, Berkley Sensation, 2008

Mysteries ed. J. M. Parish & John R. Crossland, uncredited (Bracken Books, 1994, 1-85891-154-0, £5.99, 606pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Odhams 1936 as The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries by J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland) anthology of 44 stories (omitting seven stories from the original) with an Introduction (provenance uncertain) by Giles Gordon. · Introduction · Giles Gordon · in 1 · The Diver · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine May 1927 broadcast by the BBC Dec 25, 1925. 8 · The Ghoul of Golders Green [Capel (Beau) Maturin] · Michael Arlen · nv The Sketch Christmas 1923 42 · The Murder of the Mandarin · Arnold Bennett · ss The Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett, Chapman & Hall, 1907 53 · Powers of the Air · John D. Beresford · ss Seven Arts October 1917 59 · Keeping His Promise · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 74 · Dearth’s Farm · Gerald Bullett · ss The Street of the Eye by Gerald Bullett, John Lane, 1923 86 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue” 102 · The Secret Sharer · Joseph Conrad · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1910 (+1) 140 · The Tiger · A. E. Coppard · ss Metropolitan April 1921 151 · The Hostelry · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French. 164 · A Large Diamond [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Britannia and Eve March 1931 174 · The Cupboard · Jeffery Farnol · ss The London Magazine December 1921 190 · The Other Sense · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Sketch October 13 1909 201 · Ghost of Honour · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams, 1936 209 · Roads of Destiny · O. Henry · nv Ainslee’s Magazine April 1903 231 · The Trapdoor · C. D. Heriot · ss The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries ed. J. M. Parrish & John R. Crossland, Odhams, 1936 242 · Ben Blower’s Story · C. F. Hoffman · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine August 1842 250 · The Shadow of a Shade · Tom Hood · ss Bow Bells Christmas 1869 264 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss The Knickerbocker October 1839 275 · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 287 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 294 · The Woman Who Rode Away · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Dial July 1925 (+1) 330 · Rooum · Oliver Onions · ss The Fortnightly Review December 1910 345 · The Green Light · Barry Pain · ss Phil May’s Annual #7, Winter 1897 351 · The Iron Pineapple · Eden Phillpotts · ss The Red Magazine March 15 1910 367 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin · nv (r) translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834). 392 · The Seventh Man · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by A. T. Quiller-Couch, Cassell & Company, 1900 404 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro 409 · Goat-Cry, Girl-Cry · William B. Seabrook · ss (r) 422 · The Mahatma’s Story · May Sinclair · ss English Life October 1924 433 · Deep in the Forest · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Pearson’s Magazine January 1927 448 · The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The National Observer February 4 1893 466 · The Man of the Night · Edgar Wallace · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #75, October 8 1910, as “The Stranger of the Night” 476 · Major Wilbraham · Hugh Walpole · ss The Chicago Tribune November 13 1921 491 · A Tale of a Gas-Light Ghost · [uncredited] · ss New Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 505 · The Confession of Charles Linkworth · E. F. Benson · ss The Cavalier and the Scrap Book January 13 1912 520 · The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1907 529 · A Visitor from Down Under · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926 545 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 557 · His Brother’s Keeper · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1922 568 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 576 · The Coat · A. E. D. Smith · ss Powers of Darkness, Philip Allan, 1934 583 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 595 · Presentiments [Foreign Legion: The Geste Brothers] · P. C. Wren · ss Good Gestes by P. C. Wren, Murray, 1929

The Mysterious Bruce (The Brucedale Press, 1997, 1-896922-02-3, C$9.95, 89pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of six stories, the winners of a contest to support literacy programs in Bruce County, Ontario. Winners chosen by Ken Weber. 5 · Let Your Light Shine · Jamie Smith · ss 19 · The Broken Bolt Mystery · Ian Walker · ss 34 · Charlie’s House · Katharine Ferguson · ss 51 · Dream Rider · James R. Winegarden · ss 62 · Found Money · Patricia Bowes · ss 81 · The Skinflinter Mystery · Marion Fields Wyllie · ss

Mysterious Christmas Tales: Horror Stories for the Festive Season (Scholastic UK, October 1993, 0-590-54127-7, £9.99, 272pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of nine young-adult horror stories, including pieces by Robert Swindells and Garry Kilworth. 5 · Cloud Cover · Robert Swindells · nv 29 · Stocking Filler · Gillian Cross · nv 55 · Christmas Game · Susan Price · nv 79 · Squatters · Jill Bennett · nv 115 · Hunter’s Hall · Garry Kilworth · ss 135 · The Crossing · Joe Boyle · nv 165 · The Dark Shaft · Malcolm Rose · nv 215 · Home for Christmas · David Belbin · nv 245 · Burning Memories · Adèle Geras · nv

Mysterious Christmas Tales: Horror Stories for the Festive Season (Scholastic UK, October 20, 1994, 0-590-54168-4, £4.99, 272pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Scholastic UK 1993) original anthology of nine young-adult horror stories, including pieces by Robert Swindells and Garry Kilworth. Illustrated by David Wyatt.

Mysterious Erotic Tales (Castle, November 1996, 0-7858-0725-X, $8.99, 244pp, hc, an, cover by Delphin Enjolras)     Reprint (Michael O’Mara 1996) anthology of 13 stories, eight new. 1 · An Outside Interest · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 27 1982, as “The Man Who Frightened Women” 15 · Collette’s Column · Andy Harrison · nv 37 · The Undead · Robert Bloch · ss The Book Sail 16th Anniversary Catalog, 1984 43 · Elvara Should Be Easy · J. K. Haderack · nv 67 · Angel · Philip Robinson · ss 85 · The Birds Poised to Fly · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1969, as “Poised to Fly” 99 · Old Times · Alick Newman · ss 117 · Plucked · Frank Finch · nv 141 · The Secret of the Growing Gold · Bram Stoker · ss Black & White January 23 1892 157 · Catherine Would · Sidney Gray · ss 177 · What Might Have Been · Elizabeth Kay · nv 217 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835 227 · The Plain Brown Envelope · Lynn Wood · ss

The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology (The Mysterious Press, May 2001, 0-89296-739-0, $25.00, 357pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 18 stories celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Mysterious Press. xi · Introduction · Sara Ann Freed & William Malloy · in xiii · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw 1 · Come Again? · Donald E. Westlake · nv 28 · The Anniversary Waltz [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss 45 · Inscrutable · Joe Gores · ss 65 · The Usual Table · Peter Lovesey · ss 79 · THEM! · William Marshall · nv 100 · The Impostor · Marcia Muller · nv 122 · Activity in the Flood Plain · Ed McBain · nv 151 · Sometimes Something Goes Wrong · Stuart M. Kaminsky · nv 172 · Countess Kathleen · Jerome Charyn · nv 184 · Instinct · Archer Mayor · nv 205 · What’s in a Name? · Margaret Maron · ss 221 · Coming Around the Mountain · James Crumley · ss 234 · Handle with Care · M. C. Beaton · ss 251 · The Mule Rustlers · Joe R. Lansdale · nv 276 · Body Zone · Lindsey Davis · nv 301 · Revision · Robert Greer · ss 312 · Birdbath · Charlotte Carter · nv 334 · High Maintenance · Beth Saulnier · nv

Mystery (Houghton Mifflin, 1989, 0-395-45996-6, $4.00, 151pp, tp, an)     Textbook, includes discussions after each story and a glossary. 7 · The Case of the Perfect Maid [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine April 1942, as “The Perfect Maid” 31 · The Third Floor Flat [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1929 63 · The Image in the Mirror [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Hangman’s Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1933 105 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891 142 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Mystery: An Anthology of the Mysterious in Fact and Fiction ed. Norman Kark, uncredited (Hulton, 1952, 12/6d, 439pp, hc, an)     Anthology of selections from The London Mystery Magazine. Volume rebound by Norman Kark as London Mystery Anthology (undated). · Preface · A. L. C. C. · pr 1 · Beat of a Lifetime · Negley Farson · nv The London Mystery Magazine #3, 1950 25 · Screaming Skulls · Christina Hole · ar The London Mystery Magazine #2, 1950 33 · The Zombie of Alto Parana · W. Stanley Moss · nv The London Mystery Magazine #6, 1950 61 · The Mysterious Sense of Direction · Peter Scott · ar The London Mystery Magazine #1, 1949 75 · The Scarlet Belt · Daniel Pettiward · ss The London Mystery Magazine #5, 1950 93 · Foggy Bottom · Christopher Morley · ss The London Mystery Magazine #1, 1949 102 · Along Came a Spider · Algernon Blackwood · ar The London Mystery Magazine #8, February/March 1951 first broadcast as “Spiders and Such” on BBC Home Service, June 10, 1950. 108 · Fame for Ferdinand · J. T. Story · ss The London Mystery Magazine #1, 1949 115 · Scandal in Athens · Kathleen Freeman · ar The London Mystery Magazine #12, October/November 1951 134 · Twelve Peaks to the Sky · F. E. Smith · ss The London Mystery Magazine #5, 1950 147 · The Invisible Worm · Geoffrey Grigson · ar The London Mystery Magazine #10, June/July 1951 154 · Last Night I Died · Morris Cooper · ss The London Mystery Magazine #8, February/March 1951 167 · The Parcel · John Peters · ss The London Mystery Magazine #5, 1950 178 · Mind to Mind · Kenneth Walker · ar The London Mystery Magazine #3, 1950 196 · Mind to Mind: But How? · Banesh Hoffmann · ar The London Mystery Magazine #7, 1950 203 · How Indeed? · Kenneth Walker · ar The London Mystery Magazine #7, 1950 211 · Cranford Revisited · Ianthe Jerrold · ss The London Mystery Magazine #12, October/November 1951 219 · Tracking Henry’s Tomb · Humphry Bullock · ar The London Mystery Magazine #9, April/May 1951 224 · The Case of the Professor’s Chair [Mr. Pitt] · Mary Fitt · ss The London Mystery Magazine #2, 1950 241 · London’s “Mystery” Men · Hannen Swaffer · ar The London Mystery Magazine #12, October/November 1951 249 · Behind the Stumps · Russell Kirk · ss The London Mystery Magazine #4, 1950 268 · Commission on Ghosts · Sagittarius · pm The London Mystery Magazine #7, 1950 270 · Postscript to Harry Price · Robert Fordyce Aickman · ar The London Mystery Magazine #5, 1950 279 · Catspaw · Frank Stuart · ss The London Mystery Magazine #9, April/May 1951 290 · Writer’s Witch · Joan Fleming · ss The London Mystery Magazine #10, June/July 1951 299 · Drury Lane Ghost · W. Macqueen-Pope · ar The London Mystery Magazine #2, 1950 311 · The Slave Detective: The Case of the Garden God [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · nv The London Mystery Magazine #5, 1950 344 · Harry · Donald Gilchrist · ss The London Mystery Magazine #2, 1950 358 · No Such Folk · Lord Raglan · ar The London Mystery Magazine #2, 1950 368 · The Minister’s Pool · Lord Belhaven · ss The London Mystery Magazine #8, February/March 1951 376 · What Song the Sirens Sang · Sagittarius · pm The London Mystery Magazine #6, 1950 378 · Noel · Burgess Drake · ss The London Mystery Magazine #7, 1950 391 · Lucifer Over London · Lewis Spence · ss The London Mystery Magazine #1, 1949 401 · The Roman Wood · Dorothy Edwards · ss The London Mystery Magazine #5, 1950 418 · George Barnwell · Lillian de la Torre · ar The London Mystery Magazine #1, 1949 436 · Hedunit · Sagittarius · pm The London Mystery Magazine #1, 1949

The Mystery Book (Farrar & Rinehart, 1939, 600pp, hc, an) 1 · About the Disappearance of Agatha King… · Anthony Abbot · nv Cosmopolitan June 1932 29 · Death Stops at a Tourist Camp · Leslie Ford · na The American Magazine April 1936 119 · Mr. Pinkerton: Passage for One [Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · na The American Magazine February 1938, as “Passage for One” 203 · The Curve of the Catenary · Mary Roberts Rinehart · na Pictorial Review June 1916 (+2) 343 · Red Threads [Insp. Cramer] · Rex Stout · n.

Mystery Cats (Signet, December 1991, 0-451-17101-2, $4.99, 256pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 16 crime & mystery stories featuring cats that originally appeared in EQMM and AHMM. 9 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · SuSu and the 8:30 Ghost · Lilian Jackson Braun · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1964 25 · Miss Paisley’s Cat · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #114, May 1953 51 · Arnold · Fred Hamlin · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1986 62 · Cat’s-Paw · Mary Reed · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1988 71 · The Abominable House Guest · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Weird Tales March 1947, as “Fluffy” 81 · The Faithful Cat · Patricia Moyes · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1983 102 · The Lady Wore Black · Hugh B. Cave · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1984 121 · Hardrock · Gary Erickson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1984 130 · The Beast Within · Margaret B. Maron · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1972, as by Margaret E. Brown 151 · The Theft of the Mafia Cat [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1972 169 · The Old Gray Cat · Joyce Harrington · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1977 184 · The Highwayman’s Hostage [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1990 195 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 208 · A Visitor to Mombasa · James Holding · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1974 224 · Ming’s Biggest Prey · Patricia Highsmith · ss The Animal-Lover’s Book of Beastly Murder by Patricia Highsmith, Heinemann, 1975 237 · Long Live the Queen · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1991

Mystery, Magic, Voodoo & the Holy Grail ed. Stephanie Smith & Julia Stiles, uncredited (HarperCollinsAustralia/Voyager, September 2000, 0-7322-6580-0, 382pp, tp, oa, cover by Vivien Kubbos) [Ref. Selwa Anthony]     Original anthology of eight stories, edited by Julia Stiles & Stephanie Smith, who are not credited. The inspiration for the anthology came from the contributors’ agent Selwa Anthony. Authors include Kim Wilkins, Ian Irvine, and Caiseal Mór. 1 · The Death of Pamela · Kim Wilkins · na 53 · The Little Demon · Louise Katz · nv 87 · Poisoned Chalice · Ian Irvine · na 147 · Ghostwriting · Traci Harding · nv 181 · Goddess and the Geek · Louise Cusack · na 229 · Festival of Lights · Beverley Harper · na 281 · Out of Time Come Prophets · Tess Williams · na 325 · The Mountain of Myrrh · Caiseal Mór · na

Mystery’s Most Wanted (St. Martin’s, November 1997, 0-312-96476-5, $5.99, 336pp, pb, an)     Reprints 16 of the 25 stories from The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition (Carroll & Graf, 1996) edited by the staff of Mystery Scene. 1 · She Rote [Charlie Resnick] · John Harvey · ss Fresh Blood ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, The Do-Not Press, 1996 16 · Valentine’s Night · Nancy Pickard · nv Crimes of the Heart ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley, 1995 36 · The Matchmaker · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Crimes of the Heart ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley, 1995 49 · The Judge’s Boy · Jean B. Cooper · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1995 65 · One Night at Dolores Park [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1995 76 · When Your Breath Freezes · Kathleen Dougherty · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1995 94 · Principles of Accounts · Ian Rankin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1995 117 · Mommy · Max Allan Collins · nv Fear Itself ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner, 1995 139 · The End of It All · Ed Gorman · nv Cages by Ed Gorman, Deadline Press, 1995 174 · The Holes in the System [Sharon McCone; Rae Kelleher] · Marcia Muller · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1996 198 · Grace Notes [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · na Windy City Blues by Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1995 241 · Dirty Dancing · Carole Nelson Douglas · nv Malice Domestic 4 ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Pocket, 1995 266 · All That Glitters · Joan Hess · nv Crimes of the Heart ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley, 1995 285 · The Pushover · Peter Lovesey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1995 300 · Keller in Shining Armor [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · ss Playboy November 1995 324 · The Blackmailer · Anne Perry · ss Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996

Mystery Stories (Hamlyn, 1981, £2.99, 188pp, hc, an)     Volume of 14 stories aimed at the younger reader. Later included in the omnibus volume Tales of Horror and Mystery (1993). 6 · The Blades · Joan Aiken · ss 20 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 31 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 44 · The Picture of Dorian Gray [Dorian Gray] · Oscar Wilde · ex Ward Lock, 1891 61 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1908 70 · The Stolen Cigar-Case · Bret Harte · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 24 1900 80 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831). 91 · Sweets from a Stranger · Nicholas Fisk · ss Horror Stories and Mystery Stories by Nicholas Fisk, 1978 101 · The Hitch-Hiker · Roald Dahl · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1977 101 · The Dream Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 137 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy” 143 · The Sailor-Boy’s Tale · Karen Blixen · ss Winter’s Tales by Isak Dinesen, Putnam UK, 1942, as by Isak Dinesen 155 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887). 179 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · ss New Orleans Item June 16 1878 (+1) translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840).

My Story That I Liked Best (International Magazine Company, 1925, hc, an)     Each story has a 2 or 3 page intro by the author with a full page photo of each. · Introduction · Ray Long · in · The Gay Old Dog · Edna Ferber · nv Metropolitan October 1917 · The Escape of Mr. Trimm · Irvin S. Cobb · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 27 1909 · Point · Peter B. Kyne · ss Cosmopolitan July 1922 · Kazan [Kazan] · James Oliver Curwood · ss The Red Book Magazine August 1912 · The Third Man [Webster Burgess] · Meredith Nicholson · ss Collier’s May 13 1916 · Money to Burns · H. C. Witwer · ss Cosmopolitan August 1923

My Sweet Valentine (Zebra Books, January 2002, 0-8217-7184-1, $4.99, 222pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology 7 · Silver Links · Shannon Donnelly · na 77 · The Valentine Husband · Alice Holden · na 151 · At First Sight · Joy Reed · na

Myths & Magic: The Complete Fantasy Reference (Titan, April 16, 1999, 1-84023-059-2, £12.99, 277pp, tp, nf, cover by Bob Eggleton)     Reprint (Writer’s Digest 1998 as The Writer’s Complete Fantasy Reference) reference work, with an introduction by Terry Brooks. A guide to the history, myths, costumes, crafts, and magics of many cultures. Internally dated February 1999.

Nanoware Time/The Persistence of Vision (Tor, January 1991, 0-812-55940-1, $3.95, 188pp, pb, an, cover by Ron Walotsky)     Anthology of two novellas. Ian Watson’s “Nanoware Time” is revised and expanded from the first publication (IASFM 6/89). The Varley was a Hugo and Nebula Awards winner. Tor SF Double #29. 3 · Nanoware Time · Ian Watson · na Tor, 1991 a shorter version appeared in IASFM, June 1989. 115 · The Persistence of Vision · John Varley · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1978

Nantucket Slayrides (Eel Grass Press, August 1989, 0-938075-10-1, $10.95, 219pp, tp, an)     Anthology of three fantasy/horror stories set in Nantucket, two reprints by Shepard, one original by Frazier. Also announced in a signed, limited hardcover edition of 250 copies (-11-X, $70.00). 9 · How the Wind Spoke at Madaket · Lucius Shepard · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1985 85 · The Summer People · Robert Frazier · ex 165 · Nomans Land · Lucius Shepard · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1988

A Narnia Chronology (HarperCollins, April 2008, 978-0-06-124005-8, $22.99, unpaginated, hc, pi, cover by Pauline Baynes)     Children’s non-fiction, a pop-up picturebook guide to C.S. Lewis’s Narnia series, drawing heavily on the illustrations of Pauline Baynes.

Nature of the Beast (Kensington, September 1, 2008, 978-0-7582-2846-8, $12.00, 304pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of three paranormal romance novellas by Hannah Howell, Adrienne Basso, and Eve Silver. Details taken from online listing. · Dark Hero · Hannah Howell · na · Bride of the Beast · Adrienne Basso · na · Kiss of the Vampire · Eve Silver · na

Nature of the Beast (Kensington/Zebra, September 2009, 978-1-4201-0435-6, $6.99, 316pp, pb, oa)     Reprint (Kensington 2008) original anthology of three paranormal romance novellas by Hannah Howell, Adrienne Basso, and Eve Silver.

Necon Stories (Three Bobs Press, July 1990, $19.95, 159pp, tp, oa)     Collection of fictions and stories are assembled here for the tenth anniversary of this writers and publishers convention held every July at the home of H.P. Lovecraft in Providence, Rhode Island. Details taken from online listing. · Part One: Necon · Jack Armstrong! Jack Armstrong! Where Are You Now? · Donald M. Grant · ar · The Endless Beach Party Horror · Bob Plante · ar · A Report on Necon ’82 · Stanley Wiater · ar · Your First Necon Considered as a Sticky Torus, or, What’s a Glazed Donut Have to Do with It · Thomas F. Monteleone · ar · Necon Photo Album · Steve Gervais · pi · Part Two: Stories · Monster Tales: The Return of the Jumbo Shrimp · Les Daniels · vi · Freddy and Rita · G. Wayne Miller · ss · Night Deposits · Chet Williamson · ss University Man 1987 · Here’s Looking at You · John Farris · ss · The Exercise of Faith · Lucius Shepard · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1987 · The End of the Line · John Coyne · ss · The Last Performance of Kobo Daishi · Alan Ryan · nv Other Worlds 1 ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1979 · Demonsong · F. Paul Wilson · ss Heroic Fantasy ed. Gerald W. Page & Hank Reinhardt, DAW, 1979 · Part Three: H.P. Lovecraft · H.P. Lovecraft: Still Eldritch After All These Years · Darrell Schweitzer · ar Amazing Stories March 1987 · Autobiography in Lovecraft · S. T. Joshi · ar Lovecraft Studies Fall 1979; revised.

Necromunda Omnibus 1 (Black Library US, March 2011, 978-1-84416-567-4, $29.95, 640pp, tp, an) [Necromunda]     Details taken from online listing. · Survival Instinct [Necromunda] · Andy Chambers · n. Black Library, May 2005 · Salvation [Necromunda] · C. S. Goto · n. Black Library, May 2005 · Junktion [Necromunda] · Matthew Farrer · n. Black Library, September 15 2005 · A World Above [Necromunda] · Alex Hammond · ss Inferno! #6, May 1998 · The Day of Thirst [Necromunda] · Tully R. Summers · ss Inferno! #6, May 1998 · Badlands Skelter’s Downhive Monster Show [Necromunda] · Matthew Farrer · ss Inferno! #11, March 1999 · Mark of a Warrior [Necromunda] · Richard Williams · ss Inferno! #19, July/August 2000 · The Daemon Bottle [Necromunda] · Alex Hammond · ss Inferno! #1, July 1997 · Rites of Passage [Necromunda] · Gordon Rennie · ss Inferno! #4, January 1998 · The Lake [Necromunda] · Tully R. Summers · ss Inferno! #9, November 1998 · Sisters [Necromunda] · Neil Rutledge · ss Inferno! #10, January 1999 · Rat in the Walls [Necromunda] · Alex Hammond · nv Inferno! #14, September 1999

Necromunda Omnibus 2 (Black Library, March 2012, 978-1-84970-268-3, £20.00, 640pp, tp, an, cover by Clint Langley) [Necromunda]     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Fleshworks [Necromunda] · Lucien Soulban · n. Black Library, March 2006 163 · Back from the Dead [Necromunda] · Nick Kyme · n. Black Library, July 31 2006 321 · Outlander [Necromunda] · Matt Keefe · n. Black Library, December 4 2006 471 · Bad Spirits [Necromunda] · Jonathan Green · nv Inferno! #3, November 1997 487 · Mama’s Boys [Necromunda] · Jonathan Green · ss Inferno! #21, November/December 2000 503 · Boyz in the Hive [Necromunda] · Jonathan Green · ss Inferno! #23, March/April 2001 521 · Firestarter [Necromunda] · Jonathan Green · nv Inferno! #26, September/October 2001 541 · Bad Medicine [Necromunda] · Jonathan Green · ss Inferno! #29, March/April 2002 555 · Descent [Necromunda] · Simon Jowett · na Status: Deadzone ed. Marc Gascoigne & Andy Jones, Black Library, 2000

Necromunda Omnibus 2 (Black Library US, March 2012, 978-1-84970-268-3, $29.95, 640pp, tp, an) [Necromunda]     Details taken from online listing.

The Nemesis from Terra/Battle for the Stars (Tor, May 1989, 0-812-55960-6, $2.95, 107+141pp, pb, an)     Anthology of two novels, The Nemesis from Terra (Ace 1961) and Battle for the Stars (Torquil 1961) printed back to back à la the old Ace doubles. 1 · The Nemesis from Terra · Leigh Brackett · n. Ace, 1961 1 · Battle for the Stars · Edmond Hamilton · n. Torquil Publishers, 1961 expanded from the novella of the same name (Imagination, June 1956).

The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies 1986 (NESFA Press, 1988, 0-915368-32-3, $6.00, 82pp, tp, nf)     Non-fiction, reference. Covers original anthologies and professional magazines published in the subject year.

Never After (Jove, November 2009, 978-0-515-14728-5, $9.99, 393pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of four fantasy stories by Laurell K. Hamilton, Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu, and Sharon Shinn. This is a premium/tall rack-size edition. 1 · Can He Bake a Cherry Pie? · Laurell K. Hamilton · na 39 · The Shadow of Mist · Yasmine Galenorn · na 149 · The Tangleroot Palace · Marjorie M. Liu · na 241 · The Wrong Bridegroom · Sharon Shinn · na

Never After (Berkley, October 2010, 978-0-425-23832-5, $15.00, 344pp, tp, oa, cover by Don Sipley)     Reprint (Jove 2009) anthology of four fantasy stories by Laurell K. Hamilton, Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu, and Sharon Shinn.

Never Fear the Apocalypse (13Thirty Books, April 8, 2017, 978-0-9977912-3-5, $14.99, 356pp, tp, oa, cover by Elle J. Rossi)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Vacation [Jack Murphy] · Matthew Costello · ss Cemetery Dance #21, Summer 1994 18 · Apocalypse Then · Lisa Mannetti · ss 28 · Til Death · Tim Waggoner · ss 41 · Bellum Sacrum · Mathew Kaufman · ss 55 · Good Friday · F. Paul Wilson · nv 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999 80 · Shut Down · Jeff DePew · nv 105 · Logan’s Mission [Logan] · William F. Nolan · ss 112 · Off to See the Wizard · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Science Fiction Age November 1993 134 · How Can I Help Hurt You? · Crystal Perkins · ss 144 · Original Synth · Brendan Deneen · ss 152 · Into the Stygian Darkness · Heather Graham · nv 180 · The Shadow of Heaven [Milton’s Children] · Jason V. Brock · nv Searchers After Horror ed. S. T. Joshi, Fedogan & Bremer, 2014 201 · Resistant · Tori Eldridge · nv 228 · What Lies Within · Ed DeAngelis · nv 254 · Shorted · Patrick Freivald · ss 271 · There Is No… God · Lance Taubold · nv 293 · The Wrong Kind of Renaissance · Lee Lawless · nv 336 · Nobody Starves · Ron Goulart · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1964

Never Safe (Seven Sisters Publishing, Inc., December 2006, 0977124622, $14.99, 204pp, tp, oa) · Killer Fog · Tim Wohlforth · ss · Trial and Terror · K. M. Kavanagh · ss · The Trip · Kathleen Delaney · ss Whispering Willow Mysteries Bon Voyage Edition 1997 · Ditched · Sunny Frazier · ss · Josie’s Cabin · Victoria Heckman · ss · Crestfallen’s Kink · Simon Wood · ss · Game Over · Margaret Searles · ss · Body and Blood · Gay Toltl Kinman · ss Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine March/April 2006 · Running to Darkness [River City] · Frank Zafiro · ss · Capital Justice · Kris Neri · ss · Between a Rock and a Hard Place · Gary R. Hoffman · ss · Snow Angel · Tony Burton · ss · 11-46 at the Pier · Bill Monson · ss · House of Tears · Gary Phillips · ss · The Scoop · Jane Denison · ss · The Resurrection · Marilyn Meredith · ss · Mean Street · James M. Murphy · ss · Secret Passions · Chelle Martin · ss · Life Is a Cabernet · Charla Maine · ss · Dark Benediction · Sue McGinty · ss

The New Avon Bedside Companion (Avon Books, 1949, 182, 25¢, 156pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. Reissued as Avon Bedside Companion, Avon # 482, 1952, as if new. 3 · Crown-Fire · Erskine Caldwell · ss We Are the Living by Erskine Caldwell, Viking Press, 1933 9 · Men Are All Alike · Sally Benson · ss The New Yorker November 9 1940 20 · The Impersonation of Esther · Pierre Louys · ss (r) 33 · We Want You for a Neighbor · Jerome D. Ross · ss Story #125, May/June 1947 46 · A Bad Error · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“La fenêtre”, Gil Blas, July 10, 1883 as by Maufrigneuse). 53 · Night! Youth! Paris! and the Moon! · John Collier · ss The New Yorker January 1 1938 59 · Stranded on a Davenport · H. Allen Smith · ts Low Man on a Totem Pole by H. Allen Smith, Doubleday, 1941 70 · The High Constable’s Wife · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) 88 · The Obscenity of Glamis Flang [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Vanity Fair (US) May 1930, as “The Obscenity of Glamis Flood” 95 · Shell-Fish · Émile Zola · nv (r) 118 · Red Mike, Mabel and Me · Benjamin Appel · ss 1941 126 · Crusoe’s Footprint · Wolcott Gibbs · ss The New Yorker September 14 1946 137 · The Bear Tamer’s Daughter · Konrad Bercovici · ss Adventure 1st July 1921

New Connections: New Plays for Young People (Faber and Faber, 1997, 0-571-19148-7, £12.99, 693pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of plays commissioned by the Royal National Theatre for the BT National Connections scheme for young people in 1997. v · Introduction · Nick Drake · in 1 · Asleep under the Dark Earth · Siân Evans · pl 52 · The Reality of Magic and Social Injustice · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Siân Evans] 56 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms 59 · The Chrysalids · John Wyndham; adapted by David Harrower · pl 106 · Children Denied Childishness · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. David Harrower] 110 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms 115 · Cuba · Liz Lochhead · pl 156 · The Time When Next Week Might Be Cancelled · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Liz Lochhead] 160 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms 163 · Dog House · Gina Moxley · pl 211 · Stomping the Bastard Into the Ground · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Gina Moxley] 215 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms 219 · Eclipse · Simon Armitage · pl 268 · The Biggest Geometric Event You Could Ever Witness · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Simon Armitage] 272 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms 277 · The Golden Door · David Ashton · pl 325 · Illuminating the Shadow-Side of Life · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. David Ashton] 329 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms 333 · In the Sweat · Naomi Wallace & Bruce McLeod · pl 370 · Uncrushed by the Monster of History · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Naomi Wallace & Bruce McLeod] 374 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms 377 · More Light · Bryony Lavery · pl 451 · A Million Birds, a Million Forgotten Artists · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Bryony Lavery] 455 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms 459 · Shelter · Simon Bent · pl 520 · From Wigan Kiss to Sugar, Sugar · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Simon Bent] 524 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms 527 · Sparkleshark · Philip Ridley · pl 577 · Dreaming the Sparkling Monster · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Philip Ridley] 582 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms 587 · Travel Club and Boy Soldier · Wole Soyinka · pl 626 · A Sad Parable of Serpents Lurking in the Garden of Eden · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Wole Soyinka] 631 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms 635 · The Ultimate Fudge · Jane Coles · pl 688 · Why Sail on a Whaler When You Can Write Plays? · Jim Mulligan · iv [Ref. Jane Coles] 692 · Production Notes · Suzy Graham-Adriani · ms

The New Decameron, Volume the First (Robert M. McBride & Co., August 1919, 228pp, hc, oa)     Reprint (B.H. Blackwell 1919) original anthology. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Prologue · [uncredited] · nv 25 · The Priest’s Tale: The Journeyman · Dorothy L. Sayers · pm 29 · The Psychic Researcher’s Tale: The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv 72 · The Schoolmarm’s Tale: A Near Thing · Helen Hamilton · pm 78 · The Woman Doctor’s Tale: Mother-Love · M. Storm-Jameson · nv 105 · The Professor’s Tale: The Palmary Example · Bill Nobbs · ss 112 · The Detective’s Friend’s Tale: The Stone House Affair · M. Nightingale · nv 169 · The Master Printer’s Tale: The History of Joseph Binns · Basil Blackwell · ss 178 · The Bureaucrat’s Tale: The Upper Room · Sherard Vines · ss 189 · The Lady of Fashion’s Tale: The Tumbril Touch · Michael Sadler · nv 217 · The Courier’s Tale: A Memory of Paris Days · Francis Carco · ss 225 · The Song: The Explorer · D. E. A. Wallace · pm 227 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

New Leisure Book for Children (Dean & Son, 1968, 125pp, hc, oa, cover: [girl picking daffodils; boy sailing toy boat; shrimping in tidal pool; skipping])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 8 · The Castaway Sextet · Elizabeth M. Tamblyn · ss 15 · A Nursery Rhyme Puzzle · G. E. Breary · pz 16 · The Camping Holiday · Aileen E. Passmore · cs 20 · Dringo the Dragon · Barbara Dowle · ss 27 · A Lighthouse Crossword Puzzle · G. E. Breary · pz 28 · Busy Bee Calendar · Robert Reeves · ar 31 · The Monkey Puzzle · Charles Griffiths · ss 35 · The Day of the Carnival · J. G. Metcalfe · ss 40 · Unusual Skipping Ropes · Violet M. Williams · ar 42 · Rainy Day Fun · Gretchen Breary · ar 45 · The Jackity Gnome and the Wisher-Spell · Agnes Grozier Herbertson · ss Ideal Book for Children 195? 54 · The Mexican Saddle · Marjorie E. Crane · ss 63 · My Kite · Gillian Lowry · pm Monster Book for Children 1958 64 · The Birthday Present · Barbara Dowle · ss 71 · Holiday Pet · E. W. N. Roe · ss 78 · Fishpond · Robert Reeves · ar 81 · Georgie’s Wonderful Animals · Leslie C. Hulley · ss 87 · Jane’s Birthday Puzzle · G. E. Breary · pz 88 · Sally’s Sandcastle · E. W. N. Roe · ss 93 · Expanding Book-Ends · Violet M. Williams · ar 94 · Happy Ending · Aileen E. Passmore · cs 98 · The Best Good Deed · Marjorie E. Crane · ss 103 · Embroidered Mitts · Violet M. Williams · ar 104 · The Christmas Party of the Four Winds · May Kent · ss 108 · The Elfin Cobbler · Eunice Close · pm Monster Book for Children 1953 110 · A Surprise for King Hal · R. E. Jones · ss 116 · The Man in the Mountains · Margaret R. Curry · ss

New Leisure Book for Girls (Dean & Son, 1968, 125pp, hc, oa, cover: [girls in sporting activities: ice skating, skiing, horse jumping & running])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 8 · The Summer-House · Kathleen Winfield · ss 21 · Here Come the Piece-Bag Poppets · Gretchen Breary · ar 24 · The Music Box · Edgar Garrett · ss 28 · Destination Top-Secret · Edgar Garrett · ss 45 · Pot Herbs · Kay Ewen · ar 46 · Successfull Bulb Growing · Robert Reeves · ar 48 · Pineapple Squash · Winifred Norling · ss Monster Book for Girls 1959 59 · Just for Fun · Kay Ewen · ar 60 · The Frost King · Raymond Cantwell · pm 62 · Gone for Good · Margaret Curry · ss 69 · A Crossword Brain-Teaser! · [uncredited] · pz 70 · Sweets Galore! · Robert Reeves · ar 74 · Sharp’s the Man · Philip M. Pethick · ss 87 · The Sandwich Story · Kay Ewen · ar 88 · Lessons for Sandra · Edgar Garrett · ss 104 · Getting Acquainted · Raymond Cantwell · ar 107 · Fortune in a Teacup · Kay Ewen · ar 108 · Lucky Black Beads · Sylvia Allen · ss 111 · Patchwork Pictures · Kay Ewen · ar 112 · The Single Ticket · Edgar Garrett · ss 116 · Eggshell Plant-Pot Covers · Elsie Davis · ar Favourite Annual for Girls 1959 117 · Scruffy Trouble · Philip M. Pethick · ss

New Mammoth Golden Book of Best Detective Stories (A.L. Burt, 1934, $1.00, 306+46+38+312+29+8+11pp, hc, om) · A Note to the Reader · Mastermind · in · Murder in Trinidad · John W. Vandercook · n. 1933 · The Refugees [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv Adventure October 10 1925 · A Passage to Benares [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv Adventure February 20 1926 · The Red Castle Mystery · H. C. Bailey · n. 1932 · A Philosophy of Murder · Arthur A. Carey · ar from Memoirs of a Murder Man (r) · Murder as a Spectacle · Arthur A. Carey · ar from Memoirs of a Murder Man (r) · How a Detective Works · Arthur Fowler Neil · ar from Man-Hunters of Scotland Yard (r) · Six Points of the Detective’s Art · Arthur Fowler Neil · ar from Man-Hunters of Scotland Yard (r)

New Short Novels 2 (Ballantine Books, 1956, 140, 35¢, 149pp, pb, oa, cover by Powers)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. · Foreword · The Editors · fw 1 · Prologue: The Man Who Studied Yoga · Norman Mailer · nv 30 · The Engines of Hygeia · John Phillips · nv The Paris Review 1955 56 · A Room at the Inn · Dachine Rainer · nv 97 · Field Guide to the Western Birds · Wallace Stegner · na

New Soviet Science Fiction ed. Roger DeGaris, uncredited (Macmillan, 1979, 0-02-578220-7, 297pp, hc, an)     Translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson. vii · Introduction · Theodore Sturgeon · in 1 · The Violet · Ilya Varshavsky; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss (r) 9 · The Duel · Ilya Varshavsky; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss (r) 15 · Plot for a Novel · Ilya Varshavsky; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss (r) 28 · Escape · Ilya Varshavsky; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss (r) 42 · Share It with Me · Kirill Bulychev; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1979 translated from the Russian (“Podelis’ so mnoj…”, 1970). 54 · Personality Probe · Dmitri Bilenkin; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · nv (r) 75 · Theocrates’ Blue Window · Gennady Gor; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · nv (r) 97 · Cheap Sale · Vladen Bakhnov; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss (r) 105 · Beware of the Ahs! · Vladen Bakhnov; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss (r) 115 · Formula for Immortality · Anatoly Dnieprov; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · nv 1963 141 · Success Algorithm · Vladimir Savchenko; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · nv (r) 192 · The Pale Neptune Equation · Mikhail Emtsev & Eremei Parnov; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · nv (r) 232 · The Friar of Chikola · Vadim Shefner; translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson · nv (r) 254 · A Provincial’s Wings · Vadim Shefner; translated by Alexander Nakhimovsky & Alice Stone Nakhimovsky · nv (r)