The Edge of the Chair ed. Joan Kahn (Harper & Row, 1967, LC:67-22500, 555pp, hc, an)
Derivative anthologies: Skeleton Keys and Graveyard Shift.
- 1 · Introduction · Joan Kahn · in
- 3 · The Sixth Capsule; or, Proof by Circumstantial Evidence · Edmund Pearson · ar Vanity Fair (US) 1926
- 14 · Fool’s Mate · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #96, November 1951
- 29 · The Axeman Wore Wings · Robert Tallant · ar Ready to Hang by Robert Tallant, Harper & Brothers, 1952
- 50 · Stone from the Stars · Valentina Zhuravleva; translated by R. Prokofieva · ss The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961
- 63 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin; translated by Rosemary Edmonds · nv The Classics of Mystery Volume IX: An Omnibus of Continental Mysteries, Part II ed. Arno Eckberg, Juniper, 1961
translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834).
- 88 · Billy: The Seal Mission · Stewart Alsop & Thomas Braden · ex from Sub Rosa: The OSS and American Espionage, Reynal, 1946
- 109 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889
- 120 · Tea Party · Harold Pinter · ss Playboy January 1965
- 124 · Death Draws a Triangle · Edward Hale Bierstadt · ar 1934
- 156 · The Net · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker January 27 1940
- 165 · Prisoner of the Sand · Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; translated by Lewis Galantiere · ex from Wind, Sand and Stars, Reynal and Hitchcock, 1939
translated from the French (Terre des hommes, Gallimard, 1939).
- 202 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury January 1932
- 211 · The Last Inhabitant of the Tuileries · André Castelot; translated by Denise Folliot · ex from The Turbulent City: Paris 1783-1871, Harper’s Magazine 1962
- 218 · Jesting Pilot · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1947
- 231 · Shattering the Myth of John Wilkes Booth’s Escape · William G. Shepherd · ar Harper’s Magazine November 1924
- 255 · A Piece of Steak · Jack London · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 20 1909
- 272 · The Game of Murder · Gerd Gaiser; translated by H. M. Waldson · ss Great German Short Stories ed. Stephen Spender, Dell, 1960
translated from the German (“Das Mörderspiel”. Akzente, August 1955).
- 278 · On the Killing of Eratosthenes the Seducer · Kathleen Freeman · ar The Murder of Herodes and Other Trials from the Athenian Law-Courts by Kathleen Freeman, Farquharsen, 1963
- 289 · The Adventure of the Clapham Cook [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 14 1923
- 302 · The Last Night of the World · Ray Bradbury · ss Esquire February 1951
- 306 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904
- 326 · The Chair · John Bartlow Martin · ar Butcher’s Dozen and Other Murders by John Bartlow Martin, Harper, 1950
- 360 · Old Fags · Stacy Aumonier · nv The Grim 13 ed. Frederick Stuart Greene, Dodd, Mead, 1917
- 380 · “…Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields” · William B. Seabrook · ar from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929
- 390 · How the Brigadier Lost His Ear [Brigadier Gerard] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1902, as “How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear”
- 409 · Dry September · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1931
- 421 · Rattenbury and Stoner · F. Tennyson Jesse · ar Famous Trials, Fifth Series ed. James H. Hodge, Penguin, 1955
- 454 · Sing a Song of Sixpence [Edward Leithen; The Runagates Club] · John Buchan · nv Pall Mall Magazine February 1928
- 467 · The Murder in Le Mans · Janet Flanner · ar Vanity Fair (US) 1934
- 474 · Sleeping Beauty · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1938
- 490 · The Shadow of the Shark [Gabriel Gale] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1921
- 509 · A Small Buried Treasure · John Fischer · ar Harper’s Magazine July 1960
- 515 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886).
- 539 · Scrawns · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Story-teller December 1932, as “Interlude at Scrawns”
- 553 · Biographical Notes · Onica Friend · bg
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