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Full Spectrum 5 ed. Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree & Janna Silverstein (Bantam Spectra, August 1995, 0-553-37400-1, $14.95, 486pp, tp, oa, cover by Michael Parkes)     Original anthology of 28 stories by authors including Michael Bishop, Patricia A. McKillip, Karen Joy Fowler, and Gene Wolfe. 1 · Simply Indispensible · Michael Bishop · nv 30 · The Insipid Profession of Jonathan Hornebom · Jonathan Lethem · nv 58 · Evita, Among the Wild Beasts · S. A. Stolnack · ss 77 · The Music of What Happens · Howard V. Hendrix · nv 112 · A Belly Full of Stars · Michael Gust · ss 119 · Cool Zone · Pat York · ss 132 · Of Silence and Slow Time · Karawynn Long · ss 151 · The Breakthrough · Paul Park · ss 162 · Shimabara · Karen Joy Fowler · ss 169 · What Dreams Are Made on · Mark Bourne · nv 200 · Which Darkness Will Come Upon Us? · John M. Landsberg · ss 215 · Wonders of the Invisible World · Patricia A. McKillip · ss 224 · Excerpt from the Third and Last Volume of Tribes of the Pacific Coast · Neal Stephenson · ss 234 · The Sixty-Third Anniversary of Hysteria · Lisa Mason · ss 246 · When a Man’s an Empty Kettle · William Barton · nv 268 · The Dead Eye of the Camera · Jean-Claude Dunyach · ss 275 · Tale of the Blue Spruce Dreaming (or How to Be Flesh) · Jean Mark Gawron · nv 312 · The Question Eaters · Tricia Sullivan · ss 320 · Homecoming · Doug Beason · ss 331 · The Massive Quantities of Ice · William John Watkins · ss 337 · Hearts and Flowers · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss 353 · Goddoggit · Emily Devenport · ss 358 · Saving Face · Andrew Lane · ss 369 · Ruby · Alan Rodgers · ss 383 · Where the Shadows Rise and Fall · Pat MacEwen · ss 402 · Fountains in Summer · Richard Bowes · ss 416 · A Fruitful Harvest · Lauren Fitzgerald · ss 423 · The Ziggurat · Gene Wolfe · na 480 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Weigher of Souls and the Earth Dwellers by Emile Herzog--- see under André Maurois.

Big Foot Stole My Wife! and Other Stories by Joan Hess (Five Star US, February 2003, 0-7862-4318-X, $25.95, 203pp, hc, co)     Collection of 11 stories. 9 · Big Foot Stole My Wife! · Joan Hess · nv Sisters in Crime 4 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991 33 · Paper Trail · Joan Hess · nv Deadly Allies II ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday, 1994 59 · Heptagon · Joan Hess · ss Once Upon a Crime ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley Prime Crime, 1998 70 · Make Yourselves at Home · Joan Hess · ss Malice Domestic 3 ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket, 1994 90 · All That Glitters · Joan Hess · nv Crimes of the Heart ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley, 1995 113 · The Cremains of the Day · Joan Hess · ss Funny Bones ed. Joan Hess, Signet, 1997 129 · Dead on Arrival · Joan Hess · ss Invitation to Murder ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1991 144 · The Last to Know · Joan Hess · ss Malice Domestic 1 ed. Elizabeth Peters, Pocket, 1992 166 · The Maggody Files: D.W.I. · Joan Hess · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1992 183 · The Maggody Files: Death in Bloom · Joan Hess · ss Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley, 1999 195 · Another Room · Joan Hess · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1990

The Deadly Ackee and Other Stories of Crime and Catastrophe by Joan Hess (Five Star US, December 2003, 1-59414-079-0, hc, co)     Collection of four stories and the title novel. 9 · Introduction · Joan Hess · in 12 · Caveat Emptor · Joan Hess · ss Murder for Revenge ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1998 31 · A Little More Research · Joan Hess · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1990 40 · The Maggody Files: Time Will Tell · Joan Hess · ss Vengeance Is Hers ed. Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1997 56 · All’s Well That Ends · Joan Hess · ss Irreconcilable Differences ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins, 1999 69 · The Deadly Ackee · Joan Hess · n. St. Martin’s, 1988, as by Joan Hadley

Death of a Romance Writer and Other Stories by Joan Hess (Five Star US, March 2002, 0-7862-3933-6, $25.95, 280pp, hc, co)     Collection of four stories and a novel. 7 · Death of a Romance Writer · Joan Hess · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1988 16 · Too Much to Bare · Joan Hess · ss Sisters in Crime 2 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990 32 · Death in Bloom · Joan Hess · ss Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder ed. Nancy Pickard, Berkley, 1999, as “The Maggody Files: Death in Bloom” 44 · Time Will Tell · Joan Hess · ss Vengeance Is Hers ed. Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1997, as “The Maggody Files: Time Will Tell” 60 · The Night-Blooming Cereus [Theo Bloomer] · Joan Hess · n. St. Martin’s, 1986, as by Joan Hadley

Crime After Crime ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (St. Martin’s, February 1999, 0-312-96740-3, $5.99, 307pp, pb, an)     Reprints 19 of the 25 stories from The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition (Carroll & Graf, 1997). 1 · The Escape · Anne Perry · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1996 18 · Clothes · Ruth Rendell · ss Blood Lines by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1995 31 · The Cracks in the Sidewalk · Marcia Muller · ss Women on the Case ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996 47 · Running from Legs · Ed McBain · nv Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996 76 · The Cassoulet · Walter Satterthwait · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1996 88 · Toad Crossing · John Lutz & David August · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1996 95 · Wild Horses · Sam Pizzo · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1996 105 · The Narrow House · Edward D. Hoch · ss Homicide Hosts Presents ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing, 1996 122 · Married to a Murderer · Alan Russell · ss Malice Domestic 5 ed. Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket, 1996 131 · The Perfect Murder Club · Reginald Hill · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1996 146 · The Girl Who Talked to Horses [Henry Po] · Robert J. Randisi · nv Homicide Hosts Presents ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing, 1996 168 · Stalking Horse · Susan B. Kelly · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1996 175 · A Good Thing · Simon Brett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1996 197 · Hoops [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith] · S. J. Rozan · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1996 233 · Real Life · Sarah Shankman · ss Guilty as Charged ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket, 1996 250 · A Rock and a Hard Place · Nancy Pickard · ss Women on the Case ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996 270 · The Burglar and the Whatsit · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy December 1996 279 · Publicity Stunts [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss Women on the Case ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996 303 · The Monster · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1996

Funny Bones ed. Joan Hess (Signet, July 1997, 0-451-40720-2, $5.99, 318pp, pb, oa) vii · Introduction · Joan Hess · in 11 · Lady Finch-Waller Regrets · Nancy Pickard · ss 22 · Heavenly Bodies · Simon Brett · nv 52 · The Cremains of the Day · Joan Hess · ss 70 · Accidents Happen · Carolyn Hart · ss 88 · An Unsuitable Job for a Mullin · Susan Dunlap · ss 101 · They Only Kill Their Asters · Deborah Adams · ss 116 · The Man Who Beat the System · Stuart M. Kaminsky · nv 145 · Poor Lincoln · Dorothy Cannell · ss 163 · Plumbing the Depths · Charlotte MacLeod · ss 178 · The Body in the Potty: The Ultimate in Locked-Room Murders · Marlys Millhiser · ss 196 · Where’s the Harm in That? · Gillian Roberts · ss 212 · A Mother Always Knows · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss 228 · Tea for Two · M. D. Lake · ss 242 · Some Days You Get the Bear · Lawrence Block · nv Penthouse (US) 1993 266 · Shaggy Dog · Margaret Maron · ss 283 · Wake Up, Little Suzie [Cody McCain; Judge Whitney] · Ed Gorman · nv

Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, September 1997, 0-7867-0495-0, $24.00, 342pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 25 stories, with an introduction by Jon L. Breen. xi · The Mystery in 1995 · Jon L. Breen · in 1 · The Dark Snow · Brendan DuBois · ss Playboy November 1996 18 · The Escape · Anne Perry · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1996 30 · Clothes · Ruth Rendell · ss Blood Lines by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1995 39 · The Cracks in the Sidewalk · Marcia Muller · ss Women on the Case ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996 51 · Dead Drunk · Lia Matera · ss Guilty as Charged ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket, 1996 66 · Running from Legs · Ed McBain · nv Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996 87 · The Cassoulet · Walter Satterthwait · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1996 96 · Toad Crossing · John Lutz & David August · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1996 101 · Wild Horses · Sam Pizzo · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1996 108 · The Last Word · Maude Miller · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1996 119 · My Murder · David Corn · nv Unusual Suspects ed. James Grady, Vintage, 1996 141 · The Narrow House · Edward D. Hoch · ss Homicide Hosts Presents ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing, 1996 153 · Married to a Murderer · Alan Russell · ss Malice Domestic 5 ed. Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket, 1996 160 · The Perfect Murder Club · Reginald Hill · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1996 171 · Kiss the Sky · James Grady · nv Unusual Suspects ed. James Grady, Vintage, 1996 201 · Intent to Kill · Monica Quill · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1996 209 · The Girl Who Talked to Horses [Henry Po] · Robert J. Randisi · nv Homicide Hosts Presents ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing, 1996 225 · Stalking Horse · Susan B. Kelly · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1996 231 · A Good Thing · Simon Brett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1996 247 · Hoops [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith] · S. J. Rozan · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1996 273 · Real Life · Sarah Shankman · ss Guilty as Charged ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket, 1996 285 · A Rock and a Hard Place · Nancy Pickard · ss Women on the Case ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996 300 · The Burglar and the Whatsit · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy December 1996 307 · Publicity Stunts [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss Women on the Case ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996 324 · The Monster · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1996 328 · 1996 Bibliography and Necrology · Edward D. Hoch · bi 341 · Drood Review’s Editors’ Choice List · [uncredited] · ms

Man & His Imagination ed. Lilla Heston, Hannah Beate Haupt, Joy Littell & Sarah Solotaroff--- see under Hannah Beate Haupt.

The Search for Self ed. Lilla Heston, Hannah Beate Haupt, Joy Littell & Sarah Solotaroff--- see under Hannah Beate Haupt.

The Other Door by Karen Heuler (University of Missouri Press, October 1995, 0-8262-1041-4, $16.95, 156pp, tp, co, cover by Stephanie Foley)     Collection of 14 literary stories, eight original, described as “contemporary fables, at times venturing into fantasy”—and at times, not. 1 · Like a Piston, Like a Flame · Karen Heuler · ss 12 · The Other Door · Karen Heuler · ss 17 · Deep Green · Karen Heuler · ss 30 · The Hole Story · Karen Heuler · ss 42 · The Revolt of Everyday Things · Karen Heuler · ss 55 · Overpowering Joy · Karen Heuler · ss 64 · Ghost Nets · Karen Heuler · ss 75 · One Spectacular God · Karen Heuler · ss 88 · The Light at the End · Karen Heuler · nv 103 · Lying There, So Quietly · Karen Heuler · ss 116 · Notes from the Attic · Karen Heuler · ss 129 · Simple Accommodations · Karen Heuler · ss 137 · The Broadcast Storm · Karen Heuler · ss 144 · The Second Coming · Karen Heuler · ss

Night at the Inn by Georgette Heyer (Crippen & Landru, May 2007, free, 15pp, ph, ss)     Short story pamphlet commemorating Heyer as Ghost of Honor at Malice Domestic XIX, May 2007.

The Best American Mystery Stories 2007 ed. Carl Hiaasen (Houghton Mifflin, October 2007, 0618812636, $28.00, 326pp, hc, an)     Otto Penzler: Series Editor. ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw xiii · Introduction · Carl Hiaasen · in 1 · Stab · Chris Adrian · nv Zoetrope: All-Story Summer 2006 22 · Solomon’s Alley · Robert Andrews · ss D.C. Noir ed. George Pelecanos, Akashic Books, 2006 33 · Going, Going, Gone · Peter Blauner · ss Hardboiled Brooklyn ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books, 2006 41 · Keller’s Double Dribble [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv Murder at the Foul Line ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press, 2006 69 · T-Bird · John Bond · nv Miami Noir ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books, 2006 88 · A Season of Regret · James Lee Burke · ss Shenandoah Winter 2006 106 · The Timing of Unfelt Smiles · John Dufresne · ss Miami Noir ed. Les Standiford, Akashic Books, 2006 121 · Gleason · Louise Erdrich · ss The New Yorker March 20 2006 135 · Chellini’s Solution · Jim Fusilli · ss Death Do Us Part ed. Harlan Coben, Back Bay Books, 2006 148 · Where Will You Go When Your Skin Cannot Contain You? · William Gay · ss Tin House Winter 2005 162 · Take the Man’s Pay · Robert Knightly · ss Manhattan Noir ed. Lawrence Block, Akashic Books, 2006 173 · One True Love [Heloise Lewis] · Laura Lippman · ss Death Do Us Part ed. Harlan Coben, Back Bay Books, 2006 189 · The Spot · David Means · ss The New Yorker August 21 2006 200 · Rodney Valen’s Second Life · Kent Meyers · ss Georgia Review Fall/Winter 2006 218 · Meadowlands · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Murder at the Racetrack ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press, 2006 241 · Jakob Loomis · Jason Ockert · ss Oxford American #53, Spring 2006 257 · Queeny · Ridley Pearson · ss Death Do Us Part ed. Harlan Coben, Back Bay Books, 2006 264 · Lucy Had a List · John Sandford · nv Murder in the Rough ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press, 2006 287 · The True History · Brent Spencer · ss Prairie Schooner Summer 2006 304 · Pinwheel · Scott Wolven · nv Murder at the Racetrack ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press, 2006 313 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 324 · Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2006 · [uncredited] · bi

Bye-Ways by Robert S. Hichens (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897, 3+356pp, hc, co) 3 · The Charmer of Snakes · Robert S. Hichens · na 89 · A Tribute of Souls · Robert S. Hichens & Frederic Spencer Hamilton · na The Pall Mall Magazine August 1897 (+1) 171 · An Echo in Egypt · Robert S. Hichens · ss The Pocket Magazine April 1897 211 · The Face of the Monk · Robert S. Hichens · nv 237 · The Man Who Intervened · Robert S. Hichens · ss The Pall Mall Magazine July 1897 267 · After To-Morrow · Robert S. Hichens · ss 287 · A Silent Guardian · Robert S. Hichens · nv 319 · A Boudoir Boy · Robert S. Hichens · ss The Wave April 13 1895 343 · The Tee-to-Tum · Robert S. Hichens · ss

The Return of the Soul and Other Stories by Robert Hichens (Midnight House, November 2001, 0-9707349-3-X, $40.00, 316pp, hc, co, cover by Allen Koszowski) [edited by S. T. Joshi]     Collection of eight horror stories, the first in a two-book “comprehensive collection” of Hichen’s supernatural stories. Edited and with an introduction by S.T. Joshi. 9 · Introduction · S. T. Joshi · in 17 · The Return of the Soul · Robert Hichens · nv The Pall Mall Magazine August 1895, as “A Re-incarnation” 65 · A Tribute of Souls · Robert Hichens & Frederic Hamilton · na The Pall Mall Magazine August 1897 (+1) 113 · The Face of the Monk · Robert Hichens · nv Bye-Ways by Robert S. Hichens, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897 129 · Sea Change · Robert Hichens · na Tongues of Conscience by Robert S. Hichens, Methuen, 1900 195 · The Cry of the Child · Robert Hichens · nv Tongues of Conscience by Robert S. Hichens, Methuen, 1900 243 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved” 289 · The Lady and the Beggar · Robert Hichens · ss Tongues of Conscience by Robert S. Hichens, Methuen, 1900 307 · The Figure in the Mirage · Robert Hichens · ss The Black Spaniel and Other Stories by Robert Hichens, Methuen, 1905