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Other People’s Mail: An Anthology of Letter Stories ed. Gail Pool (University of Missouri Press, January 2000, 0-826-21246-8, $16.95, 288pp, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Introduction · Gail Pool · in (r)

· A Wilderness Station · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker April 27 1992

· Letters from the Samantha · Mark Helprin · ss The New Yorker January 5 1976

· The Death of Bed Number 12 · Ghassan Kanafani · ss (r)

· Evil Star · Ray Russell · ss The Paris Review #68, Winter 1976

· The Rise and Fall of Mortimer Scrivens · A. A. Milne · ss Cosmopolitan March 1950, as “Offer Withdrawn”

· Man of Letters · Stephen Dixon · ss (r)

· False Lights · Gail Godwin · ss Esquire January 1975

· Simple Arithmetic · Virginia Moriconi · ss Transatlantic Review #12, Spring 1963

· Quitting Smoking · Reginald McKnight · ss (r)

· Correspondence · Donna Kline · ss Bostonia Winter 1992/1993

· Water · Torgny Lindgren · ss (r)

· Peter’s Buddies · Michael Carson · ss Gay Times December 1990

· Back on April Eleventh · Hubert Aquin · ss (r)

· Letter to a Young Lady in Paris · Julio Cortázar · ss End of the Game, and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar, Pantheon Books, 1967

· Letter from His Father · Nadine Gordimer · ss The London Review of Books October 20 1983

· A Letter from Home · Doris Lessing · ss A Man and Two Women by Doris Lessing, MacGibbon & Kee, 1963

· Auschwitz, Our Home (A Letter) · Tadeusz Borowski · ss (r)

· Additional Readings: Recommended Letter Stories · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Black Tide Rising ed. Gary Poole & John Ringo (Baen, June 7, 2016, 978-1-4767-8151-8, $26.00, x+287pp, hc, oa, cover by Kurt Miller) [Black Tide Rising]
Details taken from online listing.

ix · Foreword · Gary Poole · fw

1 · Never Been Kissed [Black Tide Rising] · John Ringo · ss

5 · Up on the Roof [Black Tide Rising] · Eric Flint · na

57 · Staying Human [Black Tide Rising] · Jody Lynn Nye · ss

71 · On the Wall [Black Tide Rising] · Dave Klecha & John Scalzi · ss

89 · Do No Harm [Black Tide Rising] · Sarah Hoyt · ss

109 · Not in Vain [Black Tide Rising] · Kacey Ezell · nv

135 · How Do You Solve a Problem Like Grandpa? [Black Tide Rising] · Michael Z. Williamson · nv

159 · Battle of the BERTs [Black Tide Rising] · Mike Massa · nv

199 · The Road to Good Intentions [Black Tide Rising] · Tedd Roberts · nv

227 · 200 Miles to Nashville [Black Tide Rising] · Christopher Smith · nv

253 · Best Laid Plans [Black Tide Rising] · Eric S. Brown & Jason Cordova · nv

267 · The Meaning of Freedom [Black Tide Rising] · John Ringo · ss

281 · Afterword · John Ringo · aw

Journeys in Science Fiction ed. Lilian M. Popp & Richard L. Loughlin--- see under Richard L. Loughlin.

Next ed. Robert Porteous & Simon Petrie (CSFG Publishing, April 2013, 978-0-9775192-4-8, A$24.95, 296pp, tp, oa, cover by Shauna O’Meara)
Details taken from online listing.

· The Ninety Two · Claire McKenna · ss

· Imported Goods—Aisle Nine · David Versace · ss

· Of Starfish Tides · Suzanne J. Willis · ss

· Almost Beautiful · Angela Rega · ss

· On the Wall · Nicky Rowlands · ss

· Wooden Heart · Tracie McBride · ss

· Cause and Effect · Martin Livings · ss

· Next Cried the Faun · Edwina Harvey · ss

· The Electrician and the Circus · Steve Simpson · ss

· The Dream Tracker · Shauna O’Meara · ss

· A Dream of Something More · Robert Phillips · ss

· Those Days · Daniel Simpson · ss

· Vandiemensland · Ian McHugh · ss

· Someone’s Daughter · Gillian Polack · ss

· A Little Warning · Leife Shallcross · ss

· Ned Kelly and the Zombies · Craig Cormick · ss

· The Cat and the Zombies · Chris McGrane · ss

· The Room · Catherine Whittle · ss

· Casino Five · Helen Stubbs · ss

· The Wild Hunt · Richard L. Lagarto · ss

· Animal the Colour of Waiting · Adam Browne · ss

· The Midway Hotel · Kris Ashton · ss

· When Money Talks · Ross C. Hamilton · ss

· Phoenix Down · Elizabeth Fitzgerald · ss

· Gambler’s Blues · David Coleman · ss

· Hell Is Where the Heart Is · Janeen Webb · ss

· Stories in the Square · Daniel Baker · ss

· Girl Finds Key · Chris Large · ss

· Quantum Echoes · Alan Baxter · ss

· Here’s Glory for You · Richard Harland · ss

Experiment Perilous ed. Andrew I. Porter--- see under Anon..

Exploring Cordwainer Smith ed. Andrew I. Porter--- see under Anon..

The Sleuth of St. James’s Square by Melville Davisson Post (D. Appleton and Company, October 15, 1920, 338pp, hc, co) [Sir Henry Marquis]

1 · The Thing on the Hearth [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Red Book Magazine May 1919

23 · The Reward [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1919, as “Five Thousand Dollars Reward”

46 · The Lost Lady [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss McCall’s June 1920

70 · The Cambered Foot [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Ladies’ Home Journal November 1916, as “The Man from America”

90 · The Man in the Green Hat [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 27 1915

101 · The Wrong Sign [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · nv
expanded from “The Witness of the Earth” (Hearst’s Magazine, April 1916).

130 · The Fortune Teller [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss
revised from the original story (Red Book August 1918) which featured Uncle Abner as the protagonist.

150 · The Hole in the Mahogany Panel [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss
revised from the original story (Ladies’ Home Journal April 1916) which featured Uncle Abner as the protagonist.

171 · The End of the Road [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss

193 · The Last Adventure [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss

213 · American Horses [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 23 1916

235 · The Spread Rails [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Hearst’s Magazine January 1916

260 · The Pumpkin Coach [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Hearst’s Magazine October 1916

282 · The Yellow Flower [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Pictorial Review October 1919

301 · A Satire of the Sea [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Hearst’s Magazine February 1918

317 · The House by the Loch [Sir Henry Marquis] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Hearst’s Magazine May 1920

The Frozen Planet and 4 Other SF Novellas ed. Samuel H. Post--- see under Anon..

The 6 Fingers of Time and 5 Other Science Fiction Novelets ed. Samuel H. Post--- see under Anon..

Somebody at the Door by Raymond Postgate (Michael Joseph, 1943, hc, n.) [Inspector Holly]

Somebody at the Door by Raymond Postgate (The British Library, September 14, 2017, 978-0-7123-5235-2, £8.99, 288pp, tp, no) [Inspector Holly; British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Michael Joseph 1943) mystery novel.

Verdict of Twelve by Raymond Postgate (Collins, 1940, hc, n.)

Verdict of Twelve by Raymond Postgate (The British Library, January 2017, 978-0-7123-5674-9, £8.99, 256pp, tp, no) [British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Collins 1940) mystery novel.

Detective Stories of To-Day ed. Raymond Postgate (Faber and Faber, July 1940, 8/6d, 539pp, hc, an)

9 · It Didn’t Work Out · Margery Allingham · nv The Daily Mail May 18 1936 - May 22 1936

51 · Me ne Frego · Francis Beeding · ss

67 · The Sweet Shot [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine March 1937

88 · The Wrong Jar [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · nv 1929

119 · Mr. Flexman’s Boast · Belton Cobb · ss

131 · In a Telephone Cabinet [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · nv Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1928

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

189 · A Thousand Pounds · Winifred Duke · nv

218 · After Death the Deluge · Elizabeth Ferrars · ss The 20-Story Magazine #220, October 1940

250 · The Box of Coins · Mary Fitt · nv

275 · The Case of Oscar Brodski [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1910

344 · End of a Judge · Milward Kennedy · nv

370 · The Night Call · Richard Keverne · ss The Tatler January 9 1935

383 · Quietly…Comfortably · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv Harper’s Bazaar April 1930

410 · Daisy Bell · Gladys Mitchell · nv

432 · The Double Six Domino · E. R. Punshon · nv

455 · The Narrow Way · R. Ellis Roberts · ss The Other End by R. Ellis Roberts, Palmer, 1923

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

499 · The Gilded Pupil · Ethel Lina White · nv

522 · The Boat Race Murder · David Winser · ss

Voyages Into Darkness ed. Gary S. Potter--- see under Anon..

Beyond Time and Space ed. Robert R. Potter (Globe Book Company, 1978, 0-87065-155-2, 216pp, tp, an)
Textbook with an introduction to each story and a Word Warm-up. Each story followed by “Checking your understanding…,…And making inferences,” “Building your vocabulary,” and “Thinking it through.”

· Plunging In

1 · Prolog · John P. McKnight · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951

9 · Appointment at Noon · Eric Frank Russell · ss Amazing Stories March 1954

17 · The Fun They Had · Isaac Asimov · ss The Boys and Girls Page December 1 1951

25 · Mr. Lupescu · Anthony Boucher · ss Weird Tales September 1945

35 · Test · Theodore L. Thomas · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1962

45 · The Oval Portrait · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1842, as “Life in Death”

53 · The Perfect Woman · Robert Sheckley · vi Amazing Stories December 1953/January 1954

· Rolling Ahead

63 · The Mathematicians · Arthur Feldman · vi Amazing Stories October/November 1953

71 · Mrs. Hinck · Miriam Allen deFord · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954

85 · The Flatwoods Monster · Frank Edwards · ar (r)

93 · The Mansion of Forgetfulness · Don Mark Lemon · ss The Black Cat April 1907

101 · Who’s Cribbing? · Jack Lewis · ss Startling Stories January 1953

113 · In Our Block · R. A. Lafferty · ss If July 1965

125 · The Room · Ray Russell · ss Playboy February 1961

133 · So You Too Can Write Sci-Fi? · K. Ripke, L. Leigh & T. Bruey · ms (r); exercise based on Fred Brown’s “The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door…” Three individuals write their solution to the premise.

· Reaching Outward

145 · Examination Day · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy February 1958

155 · The King of the Beasts · Philip José Farmer · vi Galaxy Magazine June 1964

161 · Something Green · Fredric Brown · ss Space on My Hands by Fredric Brown, Shasta, 1951

177 · The Gift · Ray Bradbury · vi Esquire December 1952

185 · The One Who Waits · Ray Bradbury · ss The Arkham Sampler Summer 1949

199 · Finis · Frank Lillie Pollock · ss The Argosy June 1906

Tales of Mystery and the Unknown ed. Robert Potter (Globe Book Company, 1976, 0-87065-276-1, x+214pp, hc, an)
Textbook, all stories abridged.

· A Warning, a Promise · Robert Potter · in

1 · Man with a Problem · Donald Honig · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1958, as by Donald Martin

13 · Letter to the Editor · Morris Hershman · ss Detective Story Magazine September 1953

23 · The Strange Guests · Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, uncredited · ss American Antiquities and Discoveries in the West ed. Josiah Priest, 1833, as “The Two Ghosts, or Hospitality Rewarded”; given as “an Indian Legend”.

35 · The Provencal Tale · Ann Radcliffe · ss (r)

45 · The Gods’ Gift to Chang Fu-Yen · [uncredited] · ss (r)
translated from the Chinese (c. 500 AD).

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

71 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891

85 · August Heat · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910

97 · The Chaser · John Collier · ss The New Yorker December 28 1940

105 · The New Accelerator · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1901

121 · Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Knickerbocker January 1837, as “The Fountain of Youth”, uncredited.

135 · The Holiday Man · Richard Matheson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1957

145 · Starbride · Anthony Boucher · vi Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1951

153 · The Canvas Bag · Alan E. Nourse · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1955

171 · The Girl Who Lived Twice · Frank Edwards · ar Stranger Than Science by Frank Edwards, Ace, 1959

179 · The Devil in Devonshire · John Godwin · ar This Baffling World by John Godwin, Hart, 1968

193 · The Great Amherst Mystery · Walter Hubbell · ar 1888

203 · Watery Poltergeists · Raymond Bayless · ar The Enigma of the Poltergeist by Raymond Bayless, Parker, 1967

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