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20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday (Random House, 1951, LC:51-12105, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Derivative anthologies: Murder, Murder, Murder and You Killed Elizabeth. ix · Preface: Department of Nostalgia · Baynard Kendrick · pr xiii · Introduction · Brett Halliday · in 3 · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss 25 · The Adventure of the Dead Cat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946 45 · Nine-Finger Jack · Anthony Boucher · ss Esquire May 1951 53 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 69 · The Last Day of All · Fay Grissom Stanley · ss 79 · You Killed Elizabeth · Brett Halliday · nv The London Mystery Magazine #8, February/March 1951 100 · Chinoiserie · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946 127 · Thread of Life · Will Oursler · ss Mystery Book Magazine Spring 1949 133 · Good-Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden · Lillian de la Torre · pl W.H. Baker Co., 1948 159 · Uncle Charlie · Philip Ketchum · ss (r) 179 · The Absent Hat Pin · D. B. Olsen · ss 1947 197 · Riviera Renegade · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s November 20 1948 205 · The Riddle of the Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945, as “Snafu Murder” 225 · My Last Book · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss 233 · The Doctor Takes a Case [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Liberty November 16 1946, as “Post Mortem” 253 · Live Bait · Morris Hershman · ss Popular Detective March 1950 268 · The Man in the Morgue · Robert Arthur · ss (r) 281 · The Man Who Had No Friends · Hugh Pentecost · nv originally a teleplay on CBS’ The Web, January 10, 1951. 307 · The Nightmare Face · Walter Snow · ss Suspense Magazine Summer 1951 321 · The Hand of God · Harry Stephen Keeler · ss (r) 333 · Postscript · Helen McCloy · aw

Loot of the Vampire by Thorp McClusky (Robert Weinberg, 1975, $5.00, 92pp, tp, co, cover by Herb Arnold)     Details supplied by Bill Thom. 4 · [illustrations] · Herb Arnold · il 5 · Introduction · Robert Weinberg · in 6 · Loot of the Vampire [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · na Weird Tales June 1936 (+1) 36 · The Woman in Room 607 [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales January 1937 52 · The Thing on the Floor [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1938 69 · Slaves of the Gray Mold [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1940

Masters of Horror, Vol. Five: Thorp McClusky: Weird Tales Nobility by Thorp McClusky (Armchair Fiction, January 23, 2023, 979-8374765793, $16.95, 312pp, tp, co)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Crawling Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales November 1936 34 · The Lamia in the Penthouse · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales May 1952 65 · The Music from Infinity · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales September 1941 90 · Fothergill’s Jug · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales November 1938 115 · The Ultimate Paradox · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales May 1945 138 · The Red God Laughed · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales April 1939 149 · The Thing on the Floor [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1938 194 · Monstrosity of Evolution [Peters & Ethredge] · Thorp McClusky · nv Amazing Stories November 1938 247 · Little Planet · Thorp McClusky · ss Science Fiction October 1939 267 · The Graveyard Horror · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales March 1941

The Eureka Years ed. Annette Pelz McComas (Bantam, June 1982, 0-553-20673-7, $3.50, 348pp, pb, an)     Traces the development of Boucher and McComas’s The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1949-1954. ix · Introduction · Theodore Sturgeon · in xiii · Preface · Annette Pelz McComas · pr 1 · Autobiography · Anthony Boucher · bg 2 · Autobiography · J. Francis McComas · bg 6 · The Birth and Growth · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas, Joseph W. Ferman & Lawrence E. Spivak · lt 26 · The Model of a Science Fiction Editor · Anthony Boucher · pm 1952 29 · Sturgeon-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Theodore Sturgeon · lt 32 · The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949 41 · Bradbury-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Ray Bradbury · lt 45 · The Exiles · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s September 15 1949, as “The Mad Wizards of Mars” 60 · Clingerman-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Mildred Clingerman · lt 62 · Minister Without Portfolio · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 69 · Trends · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · ms 72 · Sorry, But— Rejections and Advice · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 83 · de Camp/Pratt-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Fletcher Pratt · lt 85 · Elephas Frumenti [Gavagan’s Bar] · L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 91 · Henderson-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 93 · Come On, Wagon! · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 102 · Bester-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Alfred Bester · lt 105 · Of Time and Third Avenue · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 114 · Matheson-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Richard Matheson · lt 116 · Dress of White Silk · Richard Matheson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 120 · Epitaph Near Moonport · Sherwood Springer · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1954 122 · The Trade— The Tricks of and the Art of · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 128 · Oliver-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Chad Oliver · lt 130 · The Boy Next Door · Chad Oliver · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1951 139 · Knight-Editors Correspondence · J. Francis McComas & Damon Knight · lt 141 · Not with a Bang · Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 147 · Wellman-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Manly Wade Wellman · lt 150 · O Ugly Bird! [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 162 · Skiametric Morphology and Behaviorism of Ganymedeus Sapiens · Kenneth R. Deardorf · fa The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 168 · Define Your Terms · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 173 · Letters to the Editor · Ron Goulart · ss Pelican October 1950 175 · [letter] · Isaac Asimov · lt 175 · The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · Isaac Asimov · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1954 178 · The Other Inauguration · Anthony Boucher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953 192 · Anderson-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas & Poul Anderson · lt 194 · When Half-Gods Go · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1953 205 · Dick-Editors Correspondence · Philip K. Dick · lt 207 · The Little Movement · Philip K. Dick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1952 216 · The Naming of Names · Herman W. Mudgett · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1953 218 · Lists · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · lt 224 · Smith-Editors Correspondence · J. Francis McComas & Evelyn E. Smith · lt 226 · The Last of the Spode · Evelyn E. Smith · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1953 231 · Asimov-Editors Correspondence · Isaac Asimov · lt 235 · Flies · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1953 242 · Dickson-Editors Correspondence · Gordon R. Dickson · lt 244 · Listen · Gordon R. Dickson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952 251 · Porges-Editors Correspondence · Arthur Porges · lt 255 · The Devil and Simon Flagg · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 261 · Limerick (“There was a young man of Cape Horn”) · Herman Mudgett · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951 264 · Predictions · Anthony Boucher · lt 268 · Brave New Word · J. Francis McComas · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1954 280 · Norton-Editors Correspondence · Anthony Boucher & Andre Norton · lt 282 · Mousetrap · Andre Norton · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1954 289 · Bretnor-Editors Correspondence · J. Francis McComas & Reginald Bretnor · lt 292 · Cat · Reginald Bretnor · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1953 312 · Recommended Reading · Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas · br

Adventures in Time and Space ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Adventures in Time and Space (var. 1) ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Adventures in Time and Space (var. 2) ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Adventures in Time and Space (var. 3) ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction ed. J. Francis McComas & Anthony Boucher--- see under Anthony Boucher.

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Second Series ed. J. Francis McComas & Anthony Boucher--- see under Anthony Boucher.

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Third Series ed. J. Francis McComas & Anthony Boucher--- see under Anthony Boucher.

Crimes and Misfortunes ed. J. Francis McComas (Random House, 1970, $7.95, 459pp, hc, an)     The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries. Derivative anthologies Crimes and Misfortunes Volume 1 and Crimes and Misfortunes Volume 2. xiii · Introduction · J. Francis McComas · in 3 · Come Into My Parlor · Gloria Amoury · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1967 12 · Dead Phone [Trygve Yamamura] · Poul & Karen Anderson · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine December 1964 30 · A Good Imagination · Robert Bloch · ss Suspect Detective Stories February 1956 45 · Donoghan’s Wife · Reginald Bretnor · nv 73 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 7 1940 77 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950 103 · The Moors Murder · Miriam Allen deFord · ar The Saint Magazine August 1967 111 · The Competitors · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt February 1955 123 · The Question · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1962, as “The Question My Son Asked” 132 · The Adventure of the Adam Bomb [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1960 143 · In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree · Fletcher Flora · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1966, as “The Seasons Come, the Seasons Go” 162 · File # 4: Lincoln Sedan Deadline [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1968 177 · Reunion [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) February 1964, as by Stephen Dentinger 199 · Hangover · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan July 1956 210 · Find the Woman [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv The Name Is Archer by John Ross Macdonald, Bantam, 1955, as by Kenneth Millar 232 · The Iranian Farmer Commission [Augustus Mandrell] · Frank McAuliffe · nv Of All the Bloody Cheek by Frank McAuliffe, Ballantine, 1965 272 · The Man Who Danced · James McKimmey, Jr. · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1968 290 · The Couple Next Door [Inspector Sands] · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954 305 · Memoirs of a Mystery Critic · Lenore Glen Offord · pm Mystery Writers Annual 1966 307 · The Old Lady Shows Her Prejudices · Lenore Glen Offord · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1968 308 · The Reason · Arthur Porges · ss Cavalier 1967 321 · A Lot on His Mind · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1968 328 · No Parking [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 18 1956, as “Terror in a Penthouse” 338 · Plan Nineteen · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1966 351 · All of God’s Children Got Shoes · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #117, August 1953 359 · Stan the Killer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 translated from the French (“Stan Le Tueur”, Police-Roman, December 23, 1938). 385 · Bullet for One [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine July 1948 434 · L as in Loot [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1964 448 · Never Shake a Family Tree · Donald E. Westlake · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1961

Crimes and Misfortunes Volume 1 ed. J. Francis McComas (Beagle, April 1971, 95083, 95¢, 235pp, pb, an)     Fifteen Stories from The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries. xiii · Introduction · J. Francis McComas · in Crimes and Misfortunes ed. J. Francis McComas, Random House, 1970 1 · Come Into My Parlor · Gloria Amoury · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1967 11 · Dead Phone [Trygve Yamamura] · Poul & Karen Anderson · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine December 1964 30 · A Good Imagination · Robert Bloch · ss Suspect Detective Stories February 1956 45 · Donoghan’s Wife · Reginald Bretnor · nv Crimes and Misfortunes ed. J. Francis McComas, Random House, 1970 73 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 7 1940 77 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950 103 · The Moors Murder · Miriam Allen deFord · ar The Saint Magazine August 1967 111 · The Competitors · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt February 1955 123 · The Question · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1962, as “The Question My Son Asked” 133 · The Adventure of the Adam Bomb [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1960 144 · In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree · Fletcher Flora · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1966, as “The Seasons Come, the Seasons Go” 164 · File # 4: Lincoln Sedan Deadline [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1968 179 · Reunion [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) February 1964, as by Stephen Dentinger 202 · Hangover · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan July 1956 213 · Find the Woman [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv The Name Is Archer by John Ross Macdonald, Bantam, 1955, as by Kenneth Millar

Crimes and Misfortunes Volume 2 ed. J. Francis McComas (Beagle, May 1971, 95083, 95¢, 241pp, pb, an)     Twelve Stories from The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries. 1 · The Iranian Farmer Commission [Augustus Mandrell] · Frank McAuliffe · nv Of All the Bloody Cheek by Frank McAuliffe, Ballantine, 1965 44 · The Man Who Danced · James McKimmey, Jr. · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1968 64 · The Couple Next Door [Inspector Sands] · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954 80 · Memoirs of a Mystery Critic · Lenore Glen Offord · pm Mystery Writers Annual 1966 82 · The Old Lady Shows Her Prejudices · Lenore Glen Offord · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1968 83 · The Reason · Arthur Porges · ss Cavalier 1967 97 · A Lot on His Mind · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1968 104 · No Parking [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 18 1956, as “Terror in a Penthouse” 114 · Plan Nineteen · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1966 127 · All of God’s Children Got Shoes · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #117, August 1953 135 · Stan the Killer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 translated from the French (“Stan Le Tueur”, Police-Roman, December 23, 1938). 162 · Bullet for One [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine July 1948 214 · L as in Loot [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1964 229 · Never Shake a Family Tree · Donald E. Westlake · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1961

Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

More Adventures in Time and Space ed. J. Francis McComas & Raymond J. Healy--- see under Raymond J. Healy.

Special Wonder: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction ed. J. Francis McComas (Random House, March 1970, LC:76-102342, $7.95, xv+410pp, hc, an)     Companion Volume to Crimes and Misfortunes. xiii · Introduction · J. Francis McComas · in 3 · Journeys End · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1957 12 · The Brazen Locked Room · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1956 18 · The Fire Balloons [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, 1951 35 · The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out [Papa Schimmelhorn] · R. Bretnor · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 49 · Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot (“By 2133, ten years after an Order in Council invested them with all rights to the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon”) · Grendel Briarton · vi The Baker Street Journal June 1967 51 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962 60 · Puzzle for Spacemen · John Brunner · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #42, December 1955 84 · Aunt Agatha · Doris Pitkin Buck · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 87 · The Wild Wood · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957 96 · King’s Evil · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1956 105 · Cruelty · Jon DeCles · ss 117 · The Apotheosis of Ki · Miriam Allen deFord · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 123 · The Shape of Things That Came · Richard Deming · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 130 · The Three · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Startling Stories May 1953 143 · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight May 1967 163 · Prometheus [Father John Carmody] · Philip José Farmer · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1961 209 · Ransom · Horace B. Fyfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 217 · The Muddle of the Woad [Lord Darcy] · Randall Garrett · na Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1965 269 · You’re Another · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1955 299 · Old Man Henderson · Kris Neville · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1951 309 · He Kilt It with a Stick · William F. Nolan · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1968 315 · The Canvas Bag · Alan E. Nourse · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1955 326 · Pilgrimage · Chad Oliver · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1958 342 · Gun for Hire · Mack Reynolds · ss Analog Science Fact—Fiction December 1960 356 · Brightness Falls from the Air · Margaret St. Clair · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1951, as by Idris Seabright 362 · Built Up Logically · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Retort Winter 1949, as “The Universal Panacea” 372 · Warm Man · Robert Silverberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1957 383 · Green Magic · Jack Vance · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1963 396 · Deny the Slake [Ernest Hotaling] · Richard Wilson · ss Infinity Science Fiction April 1957