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Duo by Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Stacked Deck by Bill Pronzini (Mystery Scene Press, November 1991, 1-56146-014-1, $4.95, 117pp, pb, co)     Author’s Choice Monthly #2. 1 · …But First, a Few Words from the Author · Bill Pronzini · pr 7 · Stacked Deck · Bill Pronzini · nv The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987 37 · Night Freight · Bill Pronzini · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1967; revised. 49 · Here Comes Santa Claus [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Mistletoe Mysteries ed. Charlotte MacLeod, The Mysterious Press, 1989 67 · I Didn’t Do It · Bill Pronzini · ss New Crimes 2 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1990 73 · Connoisseur · Bill Pronzini · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980 86 · Out Behind the Shed · Bill Pronzini · ss Final Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 95 · Vanishing Act [Christopher Steele] · Bill Pronzini & Michael J. Kurland · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1976

101 Mystery Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Avenel, 1986, 0-517-60361-6, $7.98, 609pp, hc, an) xiii · Foreword · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · fw 1 · The Oval Portrait · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1842, as “Life in Death” 5 · There Hangs Death! · John D. MacDonald · ss This Week February 20 1955 13 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 7 1940 17 · The Sweetest Man in the World · Donald E. Westlake · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1967 25 · Every Fifth Man · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1969 29 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante” translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883). 33 · The Leakage · Frank Sisk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1970 37 · The Gesture · Gil Brewer · ss The Saint Detective Magazine March 1956 43 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #48, November 1947 translated from the French (“Le Pavillon de la Croix-Rousse”, as by Georges Sim, Détective, May 2, 1929 & May 16, 1929). 49 · Punishment to Fit the Crime · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 7 1980 55 · The Plan of the Snake · Edward Wellen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1979 59 · Two-Way Street · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1978, as by John Ives 67 · The Pair of Gloves · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited. 71 · After Twenty Years · O. Henry · vi The (New York) Sunday World February 14 1904 75 · The Export Trade [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News August 28 1932, as “Diamond Cut Diamond” 83 · Problems Solved · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1976 87 · The Release · Cornell Woolrich · ss With Malice Toward All ed. Robert L. Fish, Putnam, 1968 95 · We Spy · Clark Howard · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1970 101 · The Leopard Man’s Story · Jack London · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly August 1903 105 · The Little Things · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1975 109 · The Reindeer Clue [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen (ghost written by Edward D. Hoch) · ss The National Inquirer December 23 1975 115 · Top Man · Jonathan Craig · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966 121 · Creature of Habit · William Campbell Gault · vi 15 Mystery Stories October 1950 125 · Weeds · Charlene Weir · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1977 133 · Something Very Special · Fletcher Flora · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1965 139 · Shatter Proof · Jack Ritchie · ss Manhunt October 1960 145 · Project Mushroom · Julie Smith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1984 151 · Terror in the Night · Robert Bloch · ss Manhunt February 1956 159 · Drum Beat [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2, 1960 163 · Invited Witness · George Harmon Coxe · ss Dime Mystery Book Magazine August 1933 171 · Poison · Katherine Mansfield · ss Collier’s November 24 1923 177 · The Scientist and the Vanished Weapon [Cyriack Skinner Grey (The Scientist)] · Arthur Porges · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1966 183 · Night Walker · Robert J. Randisi · vi Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1977 187 · The Innocent One · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt August 1953, as by Richard Marsten 193 · Funny You Should Ask · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1976, as “A Pair of Recycled Jeans” 199 · Castle in Spain · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard 1953 205 · Proposal Perilous · Morris Hershman · ss Popular Detective July 1949 211 · The Crooked Picture · John Lutz · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine November 1967 217 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 223 · This One’s on Me · Edward Hunsburger · ss Woman’s World December 14 1982 231 · To Strike a Match · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week November 6 1938, as “The House of Three Candles” 239 · Hush-a-Bye, My Baby · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov, Macmillan, 1922, as “Sleepy” translated from the Russian (“Spat khochetsya”, St. Petersburg Gazette, January 25, 1888). 245 · Because the Constable Blundered · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1974 253 · Cloak and Digger [Mr. Roger] · John W. Jakes · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) October 1961, as “Cloak and Dagger” 261 · To Avoid a Scandal · Talmage Powell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 267 · The Prevalence of Monsters · Thomas B. Dewey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1965 271 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 281 · The Pulque Vendor · Hal Ellson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1963 287 · Death Threat · Susan Dunlap · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1978 291 · By the Sea, By the Sea · Hal Dresner · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1962 299 · The Night Runner · Nedra Tyre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1979 307 · The Little Old Lady from Cricket Creek · Len Gray · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1969 311 · Happy Birthday, Darling · Joyce Harrington · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1979 317 · One Will Too Many · Joe L. Hensley · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine September 1966 325 · The Dispatching of George Ferris · Jack Foxx · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 23 1980, as by Bill Pronzini 329 · The Joker · Betty Ren Wright · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1962 337 · Schedule for an Assassination · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1960 345 · A Taste for Murder · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 349 · The Girl Who Jumped in the River · Arthur Moore · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1973 357 · The Diamond of Kali · O. Henry · ss Short Stories July 1911 363 · The Perfect Time for the Perfect Crime · R. L. Stevens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1964, as by Edward D. Hoch 369 · “You Listen!” · Norbert Davis & Dwight V. Babcock · ss Double Detective July 1938 375 · The Mystery of Chance [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Red Book Magazine July 1915 385 · The Man Who Swallowed a Horse [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss Verdict August 1953, as “The Dead Mr. Duck” 387 · The Promise · Marilyn Granbeck · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1970 393 · Diamonds in Paradise [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1954 399 · The Art of Deduction · Robert L. Fish · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1979 403 · Cattails · Marcia Muller · ss The Web She Weaves ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Morrow, 1983 411 · An Exercise in Insurance · James Holding · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 415 · The Secret of Fort Bayard [G.7] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #13, November 1943 translated from the French (“Le Secret du Fort Bayard”, Détective, November 21, 1929 & December 5, 1929). 421 · Sweet, Sweet Murder · H. A. DeRosso · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1960 429 · One Down · Ed McBain · ss Manhunt June 1953, as by Hunt Collins 433 · A Home Away from Home · Robert Bloch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1961 441 · The Blue Wash Mystery · Anna Katharine Green · vi Wide Awake Pleasure Book, D. Lothrop, 1889, uncredited. 445 · The Candidate · Henry Slesar · ss Rogue August 1961 453 · The Booster · Percy Spurlark Parker · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1978 455 · Who Has Seen the Wind? [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) November 1956 463 · Deathbed · Frank Sisk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1974 469 · The Devil Behind You · Richard A. Moore · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1979 477 · Counterplot · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1 1981 483 · Ransom Demand · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1972 487 · Letter to the Editor · Morris Hershman · ss Detective Story Magazine September 1953 491 · First Man at the Funeral [Sheriff] · Dion Henderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1957 497 · An Illusion in Red and White · Stephen Crane · ss New York World May 20 1900 503 · Gentlemen’s Agreement [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1977 511 · The Terrarium Principle · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 22 1981 515 · Doctor’s Orders · John F. Suter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1959 519 · Never Trust a Woman · Helen Nielsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1957 529 · Somebody on the Phone · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Fiction Weekly July 31 1937 535 · The Peppermint-Striped Goodbye · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1965 541 · The Man of the Knife · Alexandre Dumas · ss (r) translated from the French. 547 · A Cool Swim on a Hot Day · Fletcher Flora · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1961 551 · Inside Out · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1978 555 · Who? [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1972 565 · The Odor of Melting · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1966 571 · Shell Game · William Jeffrey · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1972 579 · Queasy Does It Not · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1965 583 · The Explosives Expert · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1967 591 · Not the Running Type · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1959 597 · E=Murder [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week August 14 1960 603 · Homicidal Hiccup · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales June 1948

American Pulp ed. Bill Pronzini, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Ed Gorman.

The Arbor House Necropolis ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, November 1981, 0-87795-338-4, $11.50, 850pp, tp, an)     Contains the books Voodoo! (Arbor House, 1980), Mummy! (Arbor House, 1980) and Ghoul! (original here). · Preface · Bill Pronzini · pr 17 · Voodoo! · ed. Bill Pronzini · an Arbor House, 1980 19 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in Voodoo! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor, 1980 33 · Papa Benjamin · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Mystery Magazine July 1935, as “Dark Melody of Madness” 77 · “…Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields” · William B. Seabrook · ar from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929 89 · Mother of Serpents · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1936 101 · The Digging at Pistol Key · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales July 1947 118 · Seven Turns in a Hangman’s Rope · Henry S. Whitehead · na Adventure July 15 1932 179 · The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The National Observer February 4 1893 201 · Powers of Darkness · John Russell · ss Collier’s March 30 1929 216 · Exú · Edward D. Hoch · ss Voodoo! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor, 1980 223 · Seventh Sister · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · nv Weird Tales January 1943 244 · The Devil Doll · Bryce Walton · ss Dime Mystery Magazine November 1947 254 · Kundu · Morris West · ex Kundu by Morris West, Dell, 1956 271 · The Candidate · Henry Slesar · ss Rogue August 1961 281 · Mummy! · ed. Bill Pronzini · an Arbor House, 1980 283 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 301 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892 337 · Some Words with a Mummy · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Review April 1845 356 · Monkeys · E. F. Benson · ss Weird Tales December 1933 374 · Bones · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Stirring Science Stories February 1941 382 · The Vengeance of Nitocris · Tennessee Williams · ss Weird Tales August 1928, as by Thomas Lanier Williams 397 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by F. C. de Sumichrast · ss The Complete Works of Théophile Gautier: Volume VI by Théophile Gautier, tr. F. C. de Sumichrast, Bigelow, Smith & Co., 1900 translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840). 410 · The Eyes of the Mummy [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1938 429 · Charlie · Talmage Powell · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 447 · The Weekend Magus · Edward D. Hoch · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 459 · The Princess · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 474 · The Eagle-Claw Rattle · Ardath Mayhar · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 482 · The Other Room · Charles L. Grant · nv Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 503 · Revelation in Seven Stages · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 509 · Ghoul! · ed. Bill Pronzini · an 511 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 523 · The Edinburgh Landlady · Aubrey Davidson · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 30 1980 525 · The Body-Snatchers · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 546 · The Loved Dead · C. M. Eddy, Jr. (with H. P. Lovecraft) · ss Weird Tales May/June/July 1924 559 · Indigestion · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Fantastic Stories September 1977 569 · The Chadbourne Episode [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales February 1933 586 · Disturb Not My Slumbering Fair · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss Cautionary Tales by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Doubleday, 1978 600 · Quietly Now · Charles L. Grant · nv 629 · The Ghoul · Sir Hugh Clifford · ss The Further Side of Silence by Hugh Clifford, Doubleday, Page, 1916 644 · The Spherical Ghoul · Fredric Brown · nv Thrilling Mystery January 1943 671 · Corpus Delectable [Gavagan’s Bar] · L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt · ss Tales from Gavagan’s Bar by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt, Twayne, 1953 681 · Memento Mori · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1974; revised. 689 · The White Rabbit · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 702 · Gray Matter · Stephen King · ss Cavalier October 1973 717 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, 1983, 0-87795-451-8, $16.95, 342pp, hc, an)     Also available in tp (-452-6, $7.95). 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 6 · Arson Plus [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask October 1 1923, as by Peter Collinson 26 · Knights of the Open Palm [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · ss The Black Mask June 1 1923 51 · The Mopper-Up · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask November 1931 82 · Red Pavement [Donny Donahue] · Frederick Nebel · ss Black Mask December 1932 113 · Parlor Trick · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask July 1932 121 · The Living Lie Down with the Dead · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine April 1936 148 · Holocaust House [Doan & Carstairs] · Norbert Davis · na Argosy November 16 1940 (+1) 201 · Blue Murder · Fredric Brown · ss The Shadow September 1943 218 · Hear That Mournful Sound · Dane Gregory · nv Detective Tales November 1942, as “Lynchville Had a Barber” 242 · The Day Nobody Died [Inspector Allhoff] · D. L. Champion · nv Dime Detective Magazine February 1944 278 · Fatal Accident · John D. MacDonald · ss The Shadow Fall 1948 289 · Diamonds of Death [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv Spicy Detective Stories July 1934 311 · See No Evil · William Campbell Gault · ss New Detective Magazine September 1950, as “See No Murder” 321 · Crime of Omission · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales August 1951 328 · The Girl in the Golden Cage · John W. Jakes · ss Thrilling Detective Summer 1953, as by Alan Payne

Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Arbor House, 1982, 0-87795-410-0, $17.95, 455pp, hc, an)     Revised from Great Tales of the West (Galahad 1982). 11 · Introduction · John Jakes · in Great Tales of the West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Galahad Books, 1982 · Part One: The First Fifty Years 25 · Buck Fanshaw’s Funeral · Mark Twain · ss from Roughing It, American Publishing Company, 1872 33 · How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar · Bret Harte · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1872 46 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898 72 · The Vengeance of Padre Arroyo · Gertrude Atherton · ss Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine July 1891 78 · The Reformation of Calliope · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World February 28 1904 86 · Timberline · Owen Wister · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 7 1908 97 · All Gold Canyon · Jack London · nv The Century Magazine November 1905 115 · The Honk-Honk Breed · Stewart Edward White · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1907 124 · The Trouble Man · Eugene Manlove Rhodes · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 20 1909 141 · From Missouri · Zane Grey · nv McCall’s Magazine August 1926 164 · Ananias Green [Andy Green; Flying U Ranch] · B. M. Bower · ss The Popular Magazine February 1909 175 · The Hold-Up [Hopalong Cassidy] · Clarence E. Mulford · ss The Coming of Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford, A.L. Burt, 1913 188 · Science at Heart’s Desire [Dan Anderson] · Emerson Hough · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1904 199 · Last Warning · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories January 10 1943 210 · The Weight of Obligation · Rex Beach · ss Crimson Gardenia, and Other Tales of Adventure by Rex Beach, Harper & Brothers, 1916 229 · Dust Storm · Max Brand · ss Collier’s April 3 1937 · Part Two: The Second Fifty Years 245 · Top Hand · Luke Short · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 30 1943 257 · High Wind · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s January 5 1935 271 · The Gift of Cochise · Louis L’Amour · ss Collier’s July 5 1952 285 · First Principal · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss Gunsmoke 1953 294 · I Woke Up Wicked · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s February 18 1955 308 · Sergeant Houck · Jack Schaefer · nv Collier’s July 14 1951 327 · The Woman at Apache Wells · John Jakes · ss Max Brand’s Western Magazine September 1952, as “Lobo Loot” 335 · The Boy Who Smiled · Elmore Leonard · ss Gunsmoke June 1953 347 · Hired Gun · William R. Cox · ss Argosy January 1951 357 · Due Process · Steve Frazee · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1960, as “All Legal and Proper” 374 · Riverboat Fighter · Brian Garfield · ss They Opened the West ed. Tom Blackburn, Doubleday, 1967 386 · Snowblind · Evan Hunter · ss Gunsmoke August 1953 395 · Sweet Cactus Wine · Marcia Muller · ss 405 · The Hanging Man · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981 418 · The Patriarch of Gunsight Flat · Wayne D. Overholser · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1950 429 · Rainbow Captive · Stephen Overholser · ss Antæus #25/26, Spring/Summer 1977 440 · The Trap · Clay Fisher · nv The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico, and Other Stories by Clay Fisher, Macmillan, 1962