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Moonglow (Berkley, October 1998, 0-425-16571-X, $5.99, 332pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

1 · Musketeer by Moonlight · Maggie Shayne · na

87 · Midnight Lover · Lindsay Longford · na

175 · Shades of Moonlight · Angie Ray · na

259 · The Wolf Keeper · Katherine Sutcliffe · na

328 · Eternity · Maggie Shayne · ex Jove/HBJ Books, 1998

The Moon Goddess; and, The New Girl at Lady Griselda’s: Two Stories (A. Halle, 1946, 64pp, pb, oa)

· The Moon Goddess · J. Tulip · ss

· The New Girl at Lady Griselda’s · E. Moss · ss

Moonlight Lovers (Signet, September 1993, 0-451-17722-3, $4.99, 364pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

7 · The North Tower · Mary Balogh · na

76 · Reflections · Maura Seger · na

144 · The Demon’s Bride · Jo Beverley · na

231 · The Haunting of Sarah Gordon · Anita Mills · na

301 · Midnight Lovers · Patricia Rice · na

Moonlight, Madness, & Magic (Doubleday Loveswept, May 1993, 0-385-46832-6, $15.00, 331pp, hc, oa, cover by Gabriel Molano)
Original anthology of three connected romantic horror/dark fantasy stories concerning members of the cursed Nightingale family, involving a werewolf, a vampire, and the family curse.

1 · Moonlight · Suzanne Forster · na

115 · Madness · Olivia Rupprecht · na

233 · Magic · Charlotte Hughes · na

Moonlight, Madness, & Magic (Bantam Fanfare, November 1993, 0-553-56052-2, $5.50, 348pp, pb, oa, cover by Steve Assel)
Reprint (Doubleday Loveswept 1993) original anthology of three connected romance stories with horror elements concerning members of the cursed Nightingale family.

Moon Shadows (Jove, October 2004, 0-515-13831-2, $7.99, 360pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four fantasy romance stories by Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Marianne Willman.

1 · Wolf Moon · Nora Roberts · na

97 · The Moon Witch · Jill Gregory · na

191 · Blood on the Moon · Ruth Ryan Langan · na

277 · West of the Moon · Marianne Willman · na

The Moon Terror ed. Farnsworth Wright, uncredited (Popular Fiction, 1927, $1.50, 192pp, hc, an)
A selection of stories from the first year of Weird Tales. Offered as a subscription bonus, but an immense flop.

5 · The Moon Terror · A. G. Birch · na Weird Tales May 1923 (+1)

135 · Ooze · Anthony M. Rud · nv Weird Tales March 1923

168 · Penelope · Vincent Starrett · nv Weird Tales May 1923

184 · An Adventure in the Fourth Dimension · Farnsworth Wright · nv Weird Tales October 1923

Moonwalk--- see under American Science Fiction #13, 1953.

More Anatomy of Murder (Berkley, March 1990, 0-425-12006-6, $3.50, 184pp, pb, an)
Reprint (The Bodley Head 1936) true crime collection of three non-fiction pieces by member of The Detection Club. This volume contains pieces by Dorthy L. Sayers, Francis Iles, and Freeman Wills Crofts.

More Ghosts & Scholars: Ghost Stories in the Tradition of M. R. James ed. Rosemary Pardoe, uncredited--- see under Ghosts & Scholars #2, 1980.

More Soviet Science Fiction (Collier Books, 1962, AS295V, 95¢, 190pp, pb, an)
Adds an introduction to, and drops notes from, The Heart of the Serpent.

7 · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in

19 · The Heart of the Serpent · Ivan Yefremov; translated by R. Prokofieva · nv The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961; dated 1959.

89 · Siema · Anatoly Dnieprov; translated by R. Prokofieva · nv The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961; dated 1958.

123 · The Trial of Tantalus · Victor Saparin; translated by R. Prokofieva · nv The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961

151 · Stone from the Stars · Valentina Zhuravleva; translated by R. Prokofieva · ss The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961; dated 1959.

169 · Six Matches · Arkady & Boris Strugatsky; translated by R. Prokofieva · ss The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961

More Stories in the Modern Manner (Avon Books, 1954, T-77, 35¢, 252pp, pb, an)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · The Facts of Life · Paul Goodman · ss Partisan Review September/October 1941

21 · Mars · Elisabeth Langgässer; translated by Wolfgang Sauerlander & Norbert Guterman · nv Partisan Review September/October 1953

45 · The Sense That in the Scene Delights · Benjamin DeMott · ss Partisan Review January/February 1953

55 · Filial Sentiments of a Parricide · Marcel Proust; translated by Barbara Anderson · ss Partisan Review January 1948

64 · The Cicerone · Mary McCarthy · nv Partisan Review February 1948

91 · Knoxville: Summer of 1915 · James Agee · ss Partisan Review August/September 1938

96 · In the Penal Colony · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · nv The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948; a different translation, by Eugene Jolas, was published in Partisan Review in 1941.
translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919).

123 · Life and Letters · Angus Wilson · ss Partisan Review October 1949

137 · From the Diary of One Not Born · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss Partisan Review March/April 1954

146 · The Interior Castle · Jean Stafford · ss Partisan Review November/December 1946

162 · Two Prostitutes · Alberto Moravia; translated by Frances Frenaye · nv Partisan Review May/June 1950

185 · Evenings at Home · Elizabeth Hardwick · ss Partisan Review April 1948

196 · Of This Time, of That Place · Lionel Trilling · nv Partisan Review January/February 1943

235 · The Mexican General · Saul Bellow · ss Partisan Review May/June 1942

More Tales of Terror and Surprise (The Mitre Press, June 1943, 2/-, 127pp, pb, an)

3 · Absolute Zero · Sidney Denham · ss

11 · The Silent Ray · Arthur Armstrong · ss

18 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839

37 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante”
translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883).

41 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831).

51 · Prelude to Madness · Michael Hervey · ss

55 · Third Finger Left Hand · Edward Martell · ss

60 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.

71 · Venom · Sidney Denham · ss

75 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846

82 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839

102 · The Devil · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le diable”, Le Gaulois, August 5, 1886).

109 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833

122 · The Devil His Due · Sidney Denham · ss

More Than Honor (Baen, January 1998, 0-671-87857-3, $5.99, 371pp, pb, oa, cover by David Mattingly)
Anthology of three novellas set in the “Honor Harrington” universe, but not featuring Honor herself. Weber provides a story of humans’ first meeting with tree cats, and an 80-page article on “The Universe of Honor Harrington”.

1 · A Beautiful Friendship · David Weber · na

133 · A Grand Tour · David Drake · na

243 · A Whiff of Grapeshot · S. M. Stirling · na

289 · The Universe of Honor Harrington · David Weber · ms

More Uncanny Stories ed. Percy W. Everett ,[?], uncredited (Pearson, 1918, vi+110pp, hc, an)
A further selection from the “Uncanny Stories” feature in The Novel Magazine. Later combined with Uncanny Stories as Ghost Stories and Other Queer Tales.

1 · The Mailed Foot · Hermina Black & Edith Blair-Staples · ss The Novel Magazine April 1917

21 · The Pipers of Mallory · Theo. Douglas · ss The Novel Magazine May 1917

38 · Visiting Rounds · Michael Kent · ss The Novel Magazine

48 · The Jungle · Paul Eardley · ss The Novel Magazine October 1916

62 · The Haunted Chessmen · E. R. Punshon · ss The Novel Magazine March 1916

81 · The Eighth Lamp · Roy Vickers · ss The Novel Magazine July 1916

99 · Bill Dixon Stands By · J. Chapman Andrews · ss The Novel Magazine

The Most Dangerous Game (Berkley Highland, November 1967, F1537, 50¢, 144pp, pb, an)
Reprint (Berkley 1957 as The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure) anthology.

7 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Connell · nv Collier’s January 19 1924

30 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938
translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937).

54 · Journalism in Tennessee · Mark Twain · ss Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old by Mark Twain, American Pub. Co., 1875

61 · Alone in Shark Waters · John Kruse · ss Collier’s May 9 1953

80 · Rikki-Tikki-Tavi [Mowgli] · Rudyard Kipling · nv St. Nicholas November 1893

97 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902

115 · Locomotive 38, the Ojibway · William Saroyan · ss My Name Is Aram by William Saroyan, Harcourt, Brace, 1940

125 · High Air · Borden Chase · ss Adventure July 1934

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

The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure (Berkley, 1957, G-62, 35¢, 155pp, pb, an)

5 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Connell · nv Collier’s January 19 1924

30 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938
translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937).

57 · Journalism in Tennessee · Mark Twain · ss Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old by Mark Twain, American Pub. Co., 1875

64 · Alone in Shark Waters · John Kruse · ss Collier’s May 9 1953

84 · Rikki-Tikki-Tavi [Mowgli] · Rudyard Kipling · nv St. Nicholas November 1893

103 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902

123 · Locomotive 38, the Ojibway · William Saroyan · ss My Name Is Aram by William Saroyan, Harcourt, Brace, 1940

133 · High Air · Borden Chase · ss Adventure July 1934

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

Motherhood Is Murder (Avon, March 2003, 0-06-052501-0, $6.99, 346pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four novellas by Carolyn Hart, Mary Daheim, Jane Isenberg, and Shirley Rousseau Murphy.

1 · Dial M for Mom · Mary Daheim · na

97 · Mothers Must Do · Carolyn Hart · na

187 · The Proof Is in the Patch · Jane Isenberg · na

265 · Tomcat · Shirley Rousseau Murphy · na

A Mother’s Heart (Zebra Books, May 1998, 0-8217-5896-9, $5.99, 332pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. historical romances

7 · Cassandra’s Quest · Veronica Ashley · na

109 · Best Laid Plans · Elizabeth Graham · na

211 · His Mother’s Gauntlet · Martha Hix · n.

The Mound and Other SF Stories from the Low Lands (Babel Publications, August 1990, no ISBN, $6.00, 84pp, tp, oa, cover by Earl Geier)
Anthology of five stories, representing the best Dutch sf stories of the year, including the King Kong Award winner. This edition is simultaneous with a Dutch-language one.

8 · The Winter Garden · Paul Harland · nv
translated from the Dutch (“De wintertuin”).

26 · The Mound · Jan Bee Landman · ss
translated from the Dutch (“De terp”).

40 · The Desirable Lot of the Slender Ones · Thomas Wintner; translated by Jan Bee Landman · ss
translated from the Dutch (“Het begerenswaardig lot van de ranken”).

57 · Knowfather · Gerben Hellinga, Jr. · ss
translated from the Dutch (“Weetvader”).

68 · Their Descriptive God; Softly Weeping · Jan J. B. Kuipers; translated by Jan Bee Landman · ss
translated from the Dutch (“Hun descriptieve god, zacht jankend”).

Mountain Magic (Baen, October 2004, 0-7434-8856-3, $6.99, 470pp, pb, an)
Anthology/collection of ten stories of Appalachian fantasy, four featuring Henry Kuttner’s “Hogben” family, five of David Drake’s Old Nathan (1991), and a new novella by Eric Flint & Ryk E. Spoor.

1 · Diamonds Are Forever · Eric Flint & Ryk E. Spoor · n.

147 · The Hogben Stories

149 · Exit the Professor [Hogben] · Henry Kuttner · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1947

169 · Pile of Trouble [Hogben] · Henry Kuttner · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1948

189 · See You Later [Hogben] · Henry Kuttner · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949

215 · Cold War [Hogben] · Henry Kuttner (with C. L. Moore) · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949

249 · Old Nathan [Nathan] · David Drake · co Baen, 1991

251 · The Bull [Nathan] · David Drake · nv Whispers October 1987

289 · The Gold [Nathan] · David Drake · nv Old Nathan by David Drake, Baen, 1991

329 · The Bullhead [Nathan] · David Drake · nv Old Nathan by David Drake, Baen, 1991

375 · The Fool [Nathan] · David Drake · nv Whispers VI ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1987

423 · The Box [Nathan] · David Drake · na Old Nathan by David Drake, Baen, 1991

Mouth Full of Bullets: Best of Year One (Mouth Full of Bullets Mystery Magazine, 2008, 73pp, tp, an)
Anthology of stories, poems, and flash fiction from the online magazine Mouth Full of Bullets.

· Foreword · John M. Floyd · fw

· Baltimore Bounty · Earl Staggs · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· The Two of Swords · S. F. Johnston · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Weekend Chores · Sam Douglas · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Season’s Change · Danny Bourg · pm Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Even Steven · Gail Farrelly · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Blaze of Glory · Anita Page · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Always Had Been · Jim Wilsky · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Proof of Love · Jillian Berg · vi Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· It’s My Job · Vaughn C. Hardacker · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Too Hard to Handle · Danny B. Bourg · pm Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Short Till [River City] · Frank Zafiro · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online) Fall 2006

· At the Scene of the Crime · Stephen D. Rogers · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Sincere Regrets · Guy Belleranti · pm Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· House Sitter · Gay Toltl Kinman · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Cancelled Vacation Plans · Gary R. Hoffman · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· On the House · Herschel Cozine · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Fighting Back · Sandra Seamus · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Double Top · Barry Baldwin · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Trapped · Lucille P. Robinson · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Flossie Locks Up · Sara Hoskinson Frommer · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· A Widow’s Plight · Dorothy Francis · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Fugitive · Kimberly Brown · ss Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· Pay the Piper · Stephen D. Rogers · pm Mouth Full of Bullets (online)

· The Sixth Victim · John M. Floyd · ss

The Moving Finger--- see under American Science Fiction Magazine #31, 1954.

Ms Muffet and Others (Attic Press, 1986, 0-946211-27-2, £3.50, 64pp, tp, oa)
Second in the series “Fairytales for Feminists”.

5 · The Selkie · Melissa Murray · ss

13 · Snida · Leland Bardwell · ss; given as “Sninda”.

22 · The Frog Prince Revisited · Anne Claffey · ss

28 · The Woodcutter’s Daughter · Heather Celmalis · pm

31 · That’ll Teach Her · Evelyn Conlon · ss

37 · The Merchant Prince · Heather Celmalis · ss

44 · The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe · Máirín Johnston · ss

51 · Sturdy Ms Muffet · Liz Mellon · pm

52 · The Tired Trainer of Hamelin · Liz McManus · ss

56 · Alice in Thunderland (Chapter 1) · Maeve Kelly · ss

Murder at Almack’s (Zebra Books, March 2003, 0-8217-7481-6, $4.99, 253pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology, with a common setting

7 · Invitation to Trouble [Almack’s] · Jo Ann Ferguson · na

85 · Murder Most Indiscreet [Almack’s] · Mona Gedney · n.

149 · A Rare Blade [Almack’s] · Valerie King · na

Murder at the Movies (Worldwide Library, April 1999, 0-373-26305-8, $6.99, 508pp, pb, an)
Anthology of two novels and an original short story.

9 · Murder Take Two · Charlene Weir · n. St. Martin’s, 1998

299 · The Humphrey Bogart Murder Case · George Baxt · n. St. Martin’s, 1995

493 · Somewhere South of Melrose [Delilah West] · Maxine O’Callaghan · ss

Murder Cavalcade ed. Ken Crossen, uncredited (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946, LC:46-5905, 432pp, hc, an)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Also abridged as Great Murder Stories (Penguin 1948).

vii · Preface · Richard Lockridge · pr

3 · His Heart Could Break [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1943

28 · Death at the Porthole [Cliff Chandler] · Baynard Kendrick · ss Country Home Magazine 1938

44 · The Doctor Makes It Murder [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Cosmopolitan September 1942

65 · Eye Witness · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 28 1939

83 · The Crime in the Envelope · Kendell F. Crossen · ss Banner Mysteries March 1945, as by Bennett Barlay

97 · Change for Twenty · Kurt Steel · vi Collier’s March 25 1944

101 · Behind the Door · Percival Wilde · ss Collier’s February 4 1928

105 · Twenty-Dollar Debt · Lawrence Treat · ss Adventure February 1940

125 · The Adventure of the Sotheby Salesman [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss “In Re: Sherlock Holmes” by August Derleth, Mycroft & Moran, 1945

143 · The Corpse in Grampa’s Bed [Quinny Hite] · Richard Burke · ss (r)

163 · The Homecoming · Dorothy B. Hughes · ss

175 · The Nameless Clue · Helen McCloy · na Five-Novels Monthly November 1941

225 · The Swan-Boat Murder [Asey Mayo] · Phoebe Atwood Taylor · na The American Magazine October 1942

299 · Trick-or-Treat · Anthony Boucher · ts Master Detective June 1945, as “The Ghost with the Gun”

315 · Case of the Blind Witness · William Lindsay Gresham · nv The Master Detective

340 · The Million-Dollar Motive · Brett Halliday · nv The Master Detective

363 · The Last of Mrs. Maybrick · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ar The Pocket Book of True Crime Stories ed. Anthony Boucher, Pocket, 1943

377 · The Cafe Society Murder · Edward D. Radin · ar True Detective

413 · The Golden Twenty · Ellery Queen · ar Good Housekeeping May 1944 (+1); “The Ten Most Important Books of Detective Short Stories” and “The Ten Most Important Detective Novels”.

422 · The Whodunit in World War II · Howard Haycraft · ar New York Times Book Review August 12 1945

Murder in the Wind (Second Wind Publishing, LLC, October 2009, 1935171372, $12.95, 238pp, tp, oa)

1 · A Whiff of Murder · Lazarus Barnhill · ss

17 · Hanging Around · J. J. Dare · ss

33 · Murder at the Manor · Juliet Waldron · ss

53 · This Time · Claire Collins · ss

69 · She Talked · Amy De Trempe · ss

81 · The Strange Disappearance of Comrade Wang · Mickey Hoffman · ss

95 · You Never Really Know · Lucy Balch · ss

111 · Some Things You Can’t Outrun · Mairead Walpole · ss

131 · The Fireplace · Chris Husom · ss

141 · The Mardi Gras Song · Samuel Irwin · ss

147 · The Spot · Deborah J. Ledford · ss

155 · Jack · Sheila Deeth · ss

169 · The Stygian Night · Pat Bertram · ss

181 · Window of Opportunity · Norm Brown · nv

211 · Without a Body There Is No Crime · Eric Beetner · ss

Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe (Worldwide Mystery, November 2001, 0373264011, $6.99, 384pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four stories.

· The Headless Magi [Owen Keane] · Terence Faherty · na

· Christmas Cache [Tory Travers] · Aileen Schumacher · na

· Stocking Stuffer [Angela Matelli] · Wendi Lee · na

· The Empty Manger [Dan Rhodes] · Bill Crider · na

Murder Medley (Hennel Locke Ltd., 1947, 6/-, 160pp, hc, an)

9 · The Unknown Peer [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine February 1938, as “Trent and the Unknown Peer”

26 · The Sign in the Sky [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine July 1925

45 · Murder in Broad Daylight [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · nv Wilson and Some Others by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1940

66 · The Hunt Ball [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss Holly Leaves November 21 1937

81 · Miniature Crime · Frank King · nv Detective Fiction Weekly January 2 1937

100 · The Man on the Water-Logged Ketch [Malcolm Gossett] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv Maclean’s March 15 1933

125 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933

144 · The Killing of Mynheer Katz · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Killing of Mynheer Katz, and The Story of O Toyo by H. de Vere Stacpoole, Todd, 1943

Murder Most Foul (Octopus, 1984, 0-7064-2051-9, £2.99, 352pp, hc, an)
Reprinted 1987 by Gallery Books (0-8317-6155-5, $7.98).

9 · The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl · Ray Bradbury · ss Detective Book Magazine Winter 1948, as “Touch and Go!”

18 · Murder! · Arnold Bennett · nv Cassell’s Magazine October 1927

32 · The Kennel · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss Crises by Maurice Level, tr. Alys Eyre Macklin, Erskine MacDonald, 1920
translated from the French (“Le Chenil”, Le Journal, January 1, 1906).

37 · We Know You’re Busy Writing, but We Thought You Wouldn’t Mind if We Just Dropped in for a Minute · Edmund Crispin · ss Winter’s Crimes 1 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1969

50 · A Thousand Deaths · Jack London · ss The Black Cat May 1899

59 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939

64 · Before the Party · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1922

86 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

91 · The Evidence of the Altar-Boy [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Jean Stewart · nv Maigret’s Christmas by Georges Simenon, tr. Jean Stewart, Hamish Hamilton, 1976
translated from the French (“Le Témoinage de l’enfant de chœur”, Maigret et l’inspecteur Malgracieux, Presses de la Cité, 1947).

118 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman”
translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883).

124 · Tickled to Death · Simon Brett · nv Winter’s Crimes 14 ed. Hilary Watson, Macmillan UK, 1982

138 · Miss Marple Tells a Story [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Home Journal May 25 1935, as “Behind Closed Doors”
specially commissioned by the BBC as a radio play and read by Christie herself on May 11, 1934.

145 · Browdean Farm · A. M. Burrage · ss Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927

156 · A Nice Touch · Mann Rubin · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1958

164 · Light Verse [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss The Saturday Evening Post September/October 1973

168 · Composed of Cobwebs · Eddy C. Bertin · ss Return from the Grave ed. Hugh Lamb, W.H. Allen, 1976

178 · The Boscombe Valley Mystery [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine October 1891

198 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932

209 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929

224 · You Got to Have Brains · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Universe January 1956

233 · How the Third Floor Knew the Potteries · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1863, uncredited.

245 · The Invisible Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 28 1911

259 · The Hound · William Faulkner · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1931

270 · Three Is a Lucky Number · Margery Allingham · ss Argosy (UK) July 1956

278 · First Hate · Algernon Blackwood · ss McClure’s Magazine February 1920

287 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973

301 · The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Premier Magazine #106, January 28 1921

320 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s”

328 · The Basket Chair · Winston Graham · ss Winter’s Crimes 2 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1970

341 · The Drop of Blood · Mor Jokai · ss (r)

Murder Most Merry ed. John Scognamiglio, uncredited (Zebra, November 1994, 0-8217-4763-0, $4.99, 349pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of six Christmas mysteries.

7 · Christmas Cat · Garrison Allen · na

81 · Christmas, Margaritas and Murder · Barbara Block · na

141 · Marley’s Ghost · Toni L. P. Kelner · na

201 · Too Little Room at the Inn · J. Dayne Lamb · nv

245 · Deep and Crisp and Even · James R. McCahery · na

297 · Slayride at Spirit Mountain · J. F. Trainor · na

Murder Takes a Holiday ed. Barry Pike, uncredited--- see under Murder Takes a Holiday ed. Barry Pike, Michael O'Mara, 1989.

Murder Under the Tree (Zebra, November 1993, 0-8217-4376-7, $3.99, 319pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of six Christmas mystery stories.

7 · The Ghost of Christmas Past · Ann Crowleigh · na

59 · The Santa Claus Caper · Connie Feddersen · na

115 · No Cookies for Santa · Louise Hendricksen · na

173 · Gift of the Murderer · Toni L. P. Kelner · na

231 · A Christmas Question · J. Dayne Lamb · nv

271 · The House on the Hill · Pat Warren · na

Must Love Hellhounds (Berkley, September 2009, 978-0-425-22959-0, $15.00, 361pp, tp, oa, cover by Don Sipley)
Original anthology of four urban fantasy/paranormal romance stories. Authors are Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, and Meljean Brook.

1 · The Britlingens Go to Hell · Charlaine Harris · na

81 · Angels’ Judgment [Guild Hunter] · Nalini Singh · na

173 · Magic Mourns · Ilona Andrews · na

267 · Blind Spot · Meljean Brook · na

Must Love Hellhounds (Berkley, September 2010, 978-0-425-23633-8, $7.99, 314pp, pb, oa, cover by Don Sipley)
Reprint (Berkley 2009) anthology of four urban fantasy/paranormal romance stories. Authors are Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, and Meljean Brook.

Mutants Vs. Mutants ed. Forrest J Ackerman, uncredited--- see under Perry Rhodan #19, 1972.

My Best Detective Story (Faber and Faber, 1931, hc, an)
An Anthology of Stories Chosen by Their Own Authors.

9 · The Horror at Staveley Grange · “Sapper” · nv Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine September 1922

41 · The Inspiration of Mr. Budd · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Detective Story Magazine November 21 1925, as “Mr. Budd’s Inspiration”

56 · The Thirteenth Card [Sir Jasper Slane] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Collier’s October 5 1929

79 · Solved by Inspection [Miles Bredon] · Ronald A. Knox · ss 1925

93 · Petit-Jean · Ian Hay · nv Everybody’s Magazine April 1917

116 · A Mystery of the Sand-Hills [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1924

139 · The Queer Feet [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1910, as “Why the True Fishermen Always Wear Green Evening Coats”

161 · The Chinese Girl · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Daily Mail August 14 1928

174 · The Violet Farm [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly January 22 1927

207 · My Double [Alfred Impey (aka Alfred Corwen)] · H. A. Vachell · nv The Strand Magazine September 1927

229 · The Message on the Sun-Dial · J. J. Bell · ss The Premier Magazine #6, March 1927

245 · The Artificial Mole · John D. Beresford · ss Nash’s Magazine November 1927

262 · George H. Jay and the Lady from Moolgamoolloo [George H. Jay] · Bertram Atkey · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1927

289 · Popeau Intervenes [Hercules Popeau] · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv 1926

313 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929

335 · Philomel Cottage · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine November 1924

361 · The Greuze · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1921

385 · The White Line [Francis MacNab] · John Ferguson · nv The World’s Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 3 ed. Eugene Thwing, Funk & Wagnalls, 1929
slightly revised from “The Man with the Limp” (The Red Magazine, December 7, 1923) to change the detective’s name from Grogan to Francis McNab.

403 · The Convict and the Clerics · Joseph S. Fletcher · nv The Red Magazine April 1 1915

424 · Misogyny at Mougins · Gilbert Frankau · ss The Strand Magazine January 1929

440 · The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World September 7 1913 (+1)

466 · Murder Without Motive [Inspector Ego] · G. R. Malloch · nv Cassell’s Magazine January 1931

My Best Mystery Story (Faber and Faber, September 1939, hc, an)

9 · Portrait of a “G” Man [Lemmy Caution] · Peter Cheyney · ss

26 · Dead Man’s Mirror [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Murder in the Mews and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, 1937
expanded from “The Second Gong” (Ladies Home Journal, June 1932).

137 · The Thinking Machine · J. J. Connington · ss Weird Tales May 1939

158 · Mr. Pemberton’s Commission [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Windsor Magazine #459, March 1933

181 · The Room in the Tower · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss

200 · The Destroyer · Arthur Gask · nv (r)

225 · The Empty House · Bruce Graeme · ss

249 · Second Sight · Cecil Freeman Gregg · nv (r)

277 · The Case of Jacob Heylyn [Anthony Slade] · Leonard R. Gribble · nv Many Mysteries ed. E. Phillips Oppenheim, Rich & Cowan, 1933

304 · Ten O’Clock · Philip MacDonald · nv Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931

328 · The Cleverest Clue · Laurence W. Meynell · nv The Windsor Magazine #513, September 1937

350 · It Happened in China · Arthur Mills · ss Britannia and Eve November 1938

369 · Double Lover · Nigel Morland · nv (r)

396 · The Adventure of the One-Penny Black [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Great Detective April 1933, as “The One-Penny Black”

427 · The Vanishing Diamond · John Rhode · nv The Great Book of Thrillers ed. H. Douglas Thomson, Odhams, 1935

454 · The Head of Taui-Passu · Edmund Snell · nv The Sovereign Magazine April 1924

488 · The Parrot’s Beak [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine June 1936
slightly revised from the story of the same name (The Daily Mail, October 23, 1929) which did not feature the Department of Dead Ends.

503 · Locked In · E. Charles Vivian · ss The Evening Standard August 31 1936

525 · An Unlocked Window · Ethel Lina White · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1926

My Best Spy Story (Faber and Faber, April 1938, 384pp, hc, an)

9 · The Lonk · Michael Annesley · ss (r)

27 · Flood on the Goodwins · Arthur D. Divine · ss 1933

38 · Trouble on the Border · John Ferguson · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine July 1924, as “How It Was Done”

57 · Gun Cotton S.S. [Gun Cotton] · Rupert Grayson · ss (r)

68 · In Enemy Territory · George A. Hill · ss (r)

92 · The Traitress · Sydney Horler · nv The 20-Story Magazine #80, February 1929

116 · Music Hath Charms · Vernon Loder · nv (r)

140 · The Uncounted Factor · Stephen Maddock · ss (r)

158 · Gas Attack! · Marthé McKenna · nv (r)

181 · “38” · Laurence W. Meynell · ss (r)

196 · Cunningham · W. F. Morris · ss (r)

217 · The Piping Days of Peace · Talbot Mundy · nv Maclean’s #11, June 1 1937

239 · Escape · Bernard Newman · nv (r)

260 · Under Enemy Colours · Captain A. O. Pollard · nv (r)

285 · Georgette—A Spy · Graham Seaton · ss (r)

301 · Live Bait · J. M. Walsh · ss (r)

319 · Espionage · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine August 1933

336 · The Popinjay Knight · Valentine Williams · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1918, as by Douglas Valentine

355 · Brien Averts a War [Sir Leonard Wallace] · Alexander Wilson · nv (r)

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 #204, 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 #432, December 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 (“Pikovaya dama”, 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

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