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Best of the West II ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet, June 1990, 0-451-16584-5, 223pp, pb, an)     Second volume of the paperback edition of The Reel West hardcover series (Doubleday 1984 - 1986). Selections do not match The Second Reel West, but are instead chosen from all three volumes. 7 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 10 · Command · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 8 1946 · Big Hunt · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 6 1947; basis for film Back to God’s Country. 35 · Yankee Gold · John M. Cunningham · nv Pic Magazine 1946; basis for film The Stranger Wore a Gun. 63 · The Captives · Elmore Leonard · nv Argosy February 1955; basis for film The Tall T. 95 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly August 1868; basis for film The Luck of Roaring Camp. 106 · The Passing of Black Eagle · O. Henry · ss Ainslee’s Magazine March 1902; basis for film Black Eagle. 118 · My Brother Down There · Steve Frazee · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #113, April 1953; basis for film Running Target. 154 · Back to God’s Country · James Oliver Curwood · nv Back to God’s Country by James Oliver Curwood, Grosset, 1920; basis for film Back to God’s Country. 183 · The Parson of Panamint · Peter B. Kyne · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 20 1915; basis for film The Parson of Panamint.

Best of the West III ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet, December 1990, 0-451-16858-5, 254pp, pb, an)     Third volume of the paperback editon of The Reel West hardcover series (Doubleday 1984 - 1986). Selections do not match The Third Reel West, but are instead chosen from all three volumes. 7 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 10 · Massacre · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 22 1947; basis for film Fort Apache. 25 · Tennessee’s Partner · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly October 1869; basis for film Tennessee’s Partner. 35 · Raiders Die Hard · John M. Cunningham · nv Dime Western Magazine January 1953; basis for film Day of the Badman. 68 · A Double-Dyed Deceiver · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1905; basis for film The Texan. 80 · The Singing Sands · Steve Frazee · nv Fifteen Western Tales June 1949, as “The Devil’s Grubstake”; basis for film Gold of the Seven Saints. 112 · Sergeant Houck · Jack Schaefer · nv Collier’s July 14 1951; basis for film Trooper Hook. 137 · The Two-Gun Man · Stewart Edward White · ss Collier’s April 15 1905; basis for film Under a Texas Moon. 150 · A Man Called Horse · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s January 7 1950; basis for film A Man Called Horse. 166 · The Hanging Tree · Dorothy M. Johnson · na Ballantine, 1957; basis for film The Hanging Tree.

Bug-Eyed Monsters ed. Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (HBJ, 1980, 0-15-614789-0, $4.95, 273pp, tp, an) 3 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · in 7 · Stranger Station · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 39 · Talent · Robert Bloch · ss If July 1960 55 · The Other Kids · Robert F. Young · ss Fantastic Universe March 1956 61 · The Miracle of the Lily · Clare Winger Harris · nv Amazing Stories April 1928 85 · The Bug-Eyed Musicians · Laurence M. Janifer · fa Galaxy Magazine June 1959, as “Extracts from the Galactick Almanack: Music Around the Universe” by Larry M. Harris 97 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962 111 · Portfolio (Cartoons) · Gahan Wilson · ct (r) 119 · Wherever You Are · Poul Anderson · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1959, as by Winston P. Sanders 153 · Mimic · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Astonishing Stories December 1942, as by Martin Pearson 163 · The Faceless Thing · Edward D. Hoch · ss Magazine of Horror and Strange Stories November 1963 171 · The Rull [Rulls] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1948 203 · Friend to Man · C. M. Kornbluth · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951 215 · The Last One Left · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1980 221 · Hostess · Isaac Asimov · nv Galaxy Science Fiction May 1951

The Californians ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, March 1989, 0-449-13471-7, 245pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 2 · The Ears of Twenty Americans · Gertrude Atherton · na Before the Gringo Came by Gertrude Atherton, J. Selwin Tait & Sons, 1894 51 · The Man-Hunt · Joaquin Miller · ss (r) 65 · A Protege of Jack Hamlin’s · Bret Harte · nv A Protégée of Jack Hamlin’s and Other Stories by Bret Harte, Houghton Mifflin, 1894 93 · The Serenade at Siskiyou · Owen Wister · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1894 107 · Thirst · John Prescott · ss Gunsmoke June 1953 119 · Stagecoach Stowaway · L. P. Holmes · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story May 1949 142 · The Saga of Toby Riddle · Todhunter Ballard · ss (r) 157 · Zorro Draws His Blade [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · ss West July 1944 174 · Old Tom · Bill Pronzini · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine January 1971 178 · The Bear Flag Mutineers · Frank Bonham · nv (r) 214 · Farallone Bounty · Matt Stuart · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story November 1946, as by L. P. Holmes 229 · Millionaires · Mark Twain · ss (r) 240 · Gunslinger · Ed Gorman · ss

The Casebook of Sidney Zoom by Erle Stanley Gardner ed. Bill Pronzini--- see under Erle Stanley Gardner.

The Cattlemen ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, January 1987, 0-449-13145-9, 196pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 3 · Tall Men Riding · S. Omar Barker · pm Argosy April 1947 5 · At the Sign of the Last Chance · Owen Wister · nv Cosmopolitan February 1928 30 · Love’s International · Charles Alden Seltzer · ss The Outing Magazine September 1912 47 · The Silver Dollar · Thomas Thompson · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine December 1949 52 · The Seventh Desert · Frank Bonham · ss Liberty May 12 1945 65 · The Rancher’s Lady · Elmore Leonard · ss Western Magazine September 1955 80 · The Land Beyond · Bryce Walton · ss Wagon Train July 1960 99 · The Big Die-Up · Steve Frazee · ss Gunsmoke August 1953 115 · They Walked Tall · T. V. Olsen · ss The Pick of the Roundup ed. Stephen Payne, Avon, 1963 130 · The Day the Earth Burned · Talmage Powell · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine January 1970 141 · The Longhorn Legion · Norman A. Fox · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1953

A Century of Mystery 1980-1989: The Greatest Stories of the Decade ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Chapter and Hearse ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Child’s Ploy ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Christmas Out West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Doubleday, December 1990, 0-385-41561-3, $14.95, 188pp, hc, an, cover by Laura Fox) 1 · Three Yuletide Poems: _ · Draggin’ In the Tree · S. Omar Barker · pm Street & Smith’s Western Story December 1945 _ · Bunkhouse Christmas · S. Omar Barker · pm Street & Smith’s Western Story December 28 1940 _ · A Cowboy’s Christmas Prayer · S. Omar Barker · pm Ranch Romances 2nd December 1952, as by Phil Squires 5 · How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar · Bret Harte · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1872 19 · A Journey in Search of Christmas [Lin McLean] · Owen Wister · nv Lin McLean by Owen Wister, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898 48 · The Bullpuncher · James Stevens · ss Adventure September 15 1927 67 · Standing Alone in the Darkness · Arthur Winfield Knight · ss (r) 82 · Winter Harvest · John Prescott · ss (r) 97 · Mainwaring’s Gift · Ed Gorman · ss 108 · “Seven-Up’s” Christmas · Charles Alden Seltzer · ss The Outing Magazine December 1912 126 · Christmas Eve in San Augustine · Edward D. Hoch · ss (r) 137 · No Room at the Inn [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · ss Crime at Christmas ed. Jack Adrian, Equation, 1988 149 · Gunman’s Christmas [Gunman] · Caddo Cameron · ss Short Stories December 25 1946 166 · The Death of Dutch Creel · Loren D. Estleman · ss (r) 176 · Stubby Pringle’s Christmas · Jack Schaefer · ss Houghton Mifflin, October 1943 188 · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Combat!: Great Tales of World War II ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet, May 1992, 0-451-16571-3, $4.99, 345pp, pb, an) 9 · Coral Sea · James A. Michener · ss Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener, Macmillan, 1947 25 · The Paper House · Norman Mailer · ss New World Writing #2, Mentor, 1952 42 · The Crew of the Foraker · Steve Frazee · ss Tales of the Sea Spring 1953 59 · Adieu Degas · Duane Unkefer · nv 88 · The Man Who Went Back · Robert Easton · nv Collier’s May 8 1948 109 · The Veteran · Dennis Lynds · ex from Combat Soldier, 1962 132 · The Spoils of the Division · Sean Marshall · nv 165 · Hawk of the Sudan · David Goodis · nv Wings Summer 1941 197 · Undersea Guardians · Ray Bradbury · ss Amazing Stories December 1944 215 · The B-17 · Kevin D. Randle · nv 238 · To the Deep · Roland J. Green · nv 273 · The Picture · Ed Gorman · ss 281 · Dr. Blanke’s First Command · C. S. Forester · nv The Saturday Evening Post July 29 1961 319 · Rendezvous · Alistair MacLean · nv The Lonely Sea by Alistair MacLean, Collins, 1985

The Cowboys ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, May 1985, 0-449-12720-6, $2.50, 179pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r) 2 · Old-Time Cowboys · S. Omar Barker · pm Thrilling Ranch Stories Fall 1951 4 · The Winning of the Biscuit-Shooter · Owen Wister · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1893 30 · The Colonel and the Horse Thief · Rex Beach · ss McClure’s Magazine March 1904 38 · Bad Penny [Flying U Ranch] · B. M. Bower · ss Argosy December 2 1933 56 · Trail Driver’s Luck · Alan LeMay · ss Collier’s July 5 1930 70 · Scars · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine May 1949 79 · Trail Fever · S. Omar Barker · ss Argosy September 1945 95 · The Therefore Hog · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss (r) 101 · Fear in the Saddle · H. A. DeRosso · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine September 1952 111 · The Nagual · Elmore Leonard · ss 2-Gun Western November 1956 127 · Man on the Wagon Tongue · Elmer Kelton · ss They Won Their Spurs ed. Nelson Nye, Avon, 1962 142 · Markers · Bill Pronzini · ss Roundup ed. Stephen Overholser, Doubleday, 1982 149 · Isley’s Stranger · Clay Fisher · nv The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico, and Other Stories by Clay Fisher, Macmillan, 1962

Creature! A Chrestomathy of “Monstery” ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, 1981, 0-87795-310-4, $12.95, 301pp, hc, an) 15 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 35 · The Terror of Blue John Gap · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1910 57 · Creature of the Snows · William Sambrot · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 29 1960 71 · Waziah · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 91 · Barney’s Bigfoot Museum · Richard Laymon · ss 101 · Survival Exercise · Talmage Powell · ss 121 · The Convenient Monster [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine March 1959 158 · A Tropical Horror · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Grand Magazine June 1905 171 · Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 22 1937 191 · Terror in Cut-Throat Cove · Robert Bloch · nv Fantastic June 1958 243 · Notes Leading Down to the Events at Bedlam · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Beware More Beasts ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood, Manor, 1975, as “A Summary of Events Leading Up to Bedlam” 255 · In the Straw · Edward D. Hoch · ss Beware More Beasts ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood, Manor, 1975 265 · Where Do You Live, Queen Esther? · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1961 275 · Wriggle · John Lutz · ss 287 · The Pond · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 297 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Crime and Crime Again ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg (Bonanza, 1990, 0-517-01758-X, $6.99, 391pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Morrow 1986 as Mystery in the Mainstream: An Anthology of Literary Crimes) mystery anthology.

Criminal Elements ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Ivy, March 1988, 0-8041-0127-2, $3.50, 294pp, pb, an) 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 3 · Sadie When She Died [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1973 43 · A Man with a Fortune · Peter Lovesey · ss The Mystery Guild Anthology ed. John Waite, Constable, 1980, as “How Mr. Smith Traced His Ancestors” 58 · She Didn’t Come Home [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · ss Redbook April 1986 78 · The Cross of Lorraine [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1976 99 · A Very Desirable Residence · P. D. James · ss Winter’s Crimes 8 ed. Hilary Watson, Macmillan UK, 1976 112 · The Witch, Yazzie, and the Nine of Clubs · Tony Hillerman · ss Crime Wave, Collins, 1981 130 · The Double Take [Shell Scott] · Richard S. Prather · nv Manhunt July 1953 172 · Dust to Dust · Marcia Muller · ss Specter! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1982 185 · All the Bagworms on the Block [Milo Turner] · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 6 1980, as “The Western Film Scam” 211 · Sniff · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Saint Magazine May 1967 229 · The Reason Why [Jack Dwyer] · Edward Gorman · ss 249 · Hit-and-Run [Jill Smith] · Susan Dunlap · ss Great Modern Police Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Walker, 1986 262 · The Anderson Boy · Joseph Hansen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1983

The Danger Zone and Other Stories by Erle Stanley Gardner ed. Bill Pronzini--- see under Erle Stanley Gardner.

Dark Lessons ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Dark Sins, Dark Dreams ed. Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg--- see under Barry N. Malzberg.

Deadly Anniversaries: Celebrating 75 Years of Mystery Writers of America ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Deadly Arts ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller (Arbor House, 1985, 0-87795-688-X, $15.95, 313pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller · in 3 · The Stolen Rubens [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine February 17 1907, as “Problem of the Stolen Rubens” 13 · Specter of the Rose · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty November 22 1941 24 · The Spy Who Went to the Opera [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1984 38 · Credit to Shakespeare [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard December 12 1950, as “Credit to William Shakespeare” 44 · When a Felon Needs a Friend · Morris Hershman · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1958, as by Arnold English 52 · The Melting Man · R. L. Stevens · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1976, as by Edward D. Hoch 59 · Mr. Steinway · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic April 1954 71 · Who’s Got the Lady? · Jack Ritchie · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1964 83 · “As Drink the Dead…” · John Dickson Carr · ss The Haverfordian March 1926 92 · Good Night, Good Knight · Fredric Brown · ss New Detective Magazine July 1949, as “Last Curtain” 105 · The Twelfth Statue · Stanley Ellin · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1967 146 · Horn Man · Clark Howard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2 1980 158 · Out of the Inkwell · Ron Goulart · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1978 170 · A Hard Way to Die [TV Channel 3] · R. R. Irvine · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1973 182 · The Lady and the Dragon · Peter Godfrey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950 195 · You Can’t Trust a Man · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt January 1955 207 · The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies · John W. Jakes · ss Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962 215 · The Adventure of the Hanging Acrobat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery May 1934, as “The Girl on the Trapeze” 237 · The Leopard Man’s Story · Jack London · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly August 1903 241 · Death at the Burlesque · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly June 14 1941, as “The Fatal Footlights” 265 · The Waxwork · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X 276 · The Dancing Detective [Nick Ballestier] · William Irish · nv Black Mask February 1938, as “Dime a Dance” by Cornell Woolrich 298 · Vanishing Act [Christopher Steele] · Bill Pronzini & Michael J. Kurland · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1976