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Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of Crime Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian--- see under Jack Adrian.

Homicidal Acts ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Ivy, January 1989, 0-8041-0294-5, $3.50, 244pp, pb, an)

1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

3 · Blond and Blue [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · nv The New Black Mask No.4 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1986

30 · Moving Spirit [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Tales from the White Hart by Arthur C. Clarke, Ballantine, 1957

43 · Address Unknown · Joyce Harrington · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1982

60 · Charlie’s Game [Charlie Dark] · Brian Garfield · nv Checkpoint Charlie by Brian Garfield, Mysterious Press, 1981
revised from “Joe Cutter’s Game” (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, July 1976).

82 · The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution · Donald E. Westlake · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1960, as by Richard Stark

95 · The Jail · Jesse Hill Ford · ss Playboy March 1975

112 · The Arrow of God [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949

137 · Dagger · John W. Jakes · ss Hunted Detective Story Magazine #9, April 1956

151 · Skin Deep [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987

165 · Buried Treasure · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1982

178 · The Candy Skull · Ray Bradbury · ss Dime Mystery Magazine January 1948

197 · The Killer · Norman Mailer · ss Evergreen Review v8, #32, April/May 1964

204 · The People Across the Canyon · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1962

222 · Iris · Stephen Greenleaf · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984

The Horse Soldiers ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, August 1987, 0-449-13146-7, $2.50, 196pp, pb, an)

vii · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r)

ix · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r)

1 · Some Call Him Brave · S. Omar Barker · pm (r)

4 · When a Document Is Official · Frederic Remington · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1899

13 · Cat Nipped · Jack Schaefer · nv The Pioneers by Jack Schaefer, Houghton Mifflin, 1954

34 · By the Beard of Saint Crispin · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 3 1946

47 · Tear Up the Orders! · Bill Gulick · ss New Western Magazine May 1947

62 · Renegade · Gil Brewer · nv Blazing Guns Western Story Magazine #2, December 1956

79 · The Unbeliever · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s August 16 1952

94 · Desert Command · Elmer Kelton · ex from The Wolf and the Buffalo, Doubleday, 1980

117 · The Old Chief’s Mountain · Bryce Walton · ss Gunsmoke June 1953

129 · The Glory Riders · Brian Garfield · ss With Guidons Flying ed. Charles Heckelmann, Doubleday, 1970

146 · The Colonel’s Lady · Elmore Leonard · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine November 1952

160 · The White Man’s Road · Clay Fisher · ss (r)

Kill or Cure ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Lady on the Case ed. Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Marcia Muller.

The Lawmen ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, June 1984, 0-449-12689-7, $2.50, 243pp, pb, an)

1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in (r)

3 · Tom Smith of Abilene · S. Omar Barker · pm (r)

6 · The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv McClure’s Magazine February 1898

20 · McQuestion Rides [Matt McQuestion] · Ernest Haycox · nv Collier’s June 20 1931

34 · The Marshal of Broken Lance · Frank Gruber · ss Short Stories April 25 1938

52 · The Bounty Killers · Steve Frazee · ss Swank December 1955, as “I’ll Kill You Smiling, John Sevier”

69 · Star for a Warrior · Talmage Powell · ss (r)

82 · The Graveyard on the Hill · Edward D. Hoch · ss Blazing Guns Western Story Magazine #4, April 1957

86 · Epitaph · Tom W. Blackburn · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine July 1949, as “Epitaph for a Boomtown Marshal”

110 · The Sheriff of Chayute · Theodore Sturgeon · ss (r)

126 · Gun Job · Thomas Thompson · nv Collier’s February 28 1953

149 · Peace Officer · Brian Garfield · ss Iron Men and Silver Stars ed. Donald Hamilton, Fawcett, 1967

166 · The Guns of William Longley · Donald Hamilton · ss Iron Men and Silver Stars ed. Donald Hamilton, Fawcett, 1967

183 · The Hanging Man · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981

199 · They Hanged Wild Bill Murphy · Wayne D. Overholser · na Fifteen Western Tales September 1947

Locked Room Puzzles ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Robinson, 1988, 592pp, hc, an)
Also available in tp (Carroll & Graf 1988).

xi · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

1 · Wrong Pigeon [Philip Marlowe] · Raymond Chandler · nv The Daily Mail April 6 1959, as “Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate”

28 · Not My Corpse [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · na Thrilling Detective June 1948

74 · Diamonds of Death [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv Spicy Detective Stories July 1934

92 · Before She Kills [Ed & Am Hunter] · Fredric Brown · nv Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3, 1961

120 · So Dark for April [Paul Pine] · Howard Browne · nv Manhunt February 1953, as by John Evans

141 · Stolen Star [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · ss Manhunt November 1957

160 · Guilt-Edged Blonde [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Manhunt January 1954, as by John Ross Macdonald

173 · Suicide Is Scandalous [Peter Chambers] · Henry Kane · nv Esquire June 1948

201 · Dead Giveaway [Shell Scott] · Richard S. Prather · na Cavalier #44, February 1957, as “The Case of the Three Wild Blondes”

248 · Surf [Dave Brandstetter] · Joseph Hansen · nv Mystery Monthly December 1976, as “Murder on the Surf”

270 · A Reason to Die [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · nv The New Black Mask Quarterly No.2 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985

293 · Death Flight · Ed McBain · na Argosy September 1954, as “Ticket to Death” by Evan Hunter

333 · Wanted—Dead and Alive [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Manhunt October 1963

344 · The Other Eye [Al Darlan (aka Al Diamond)] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Crime Wave, Collins, 1981

358 · Busted Blossoms [Toby Peters] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986

368 · Out of the Window [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1977

397 · Ride the Lightning [Alo Nudger] · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985

416 · She Didn’t Come Home [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · ss Redbook April 1986

430 · The Reason Why [Jack Dwyer] · Edward Gorman · ss Criminal Elements ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy, 1988

444 · Iris · Stephen Greenleaf · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984

462 · Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984

485 · The Broken Men [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · na Women Sleuths ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Academy Chicago, 1985

526 · Trouble in Paradise [Jacob Asch] · Arthur Lyons · nv The New Black Mask Quarterly No.1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985

549 · The Strawberry Teardrop [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984

564 · The Nickel Derby [Henry Po] · Robert J. Randisi · ss Hardboiled #7, Spring 1987

579 · Greektown [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1983

The Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin Harry Greenberg (Robinson, 1986, 0-948164-21-2, £4.99, 547pp, tp, an)
Abridged from Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels (Greenwich House, 1984) by the omission of Raymond Chandler’s “The King in Yellow”.

· Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Greenwich House, 1984

1 · The Lawless Lady [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na Enter the Saint by Leslie Charteris, Hodder, 1930
revised from “Crooks’ Cargo” (The Thriller #37, October 19, 1929).

63 · Introducing Susan Dare [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator April 1934

89 · Nightmare · Cornell Woolrich · na Argosy March 1 1941, as “And So to Death”

147 · Death’s Eye View · John D. MacDonald · nv New Detective Magazine February 1953

185 · The Murder Machine [Lt. David Pascal] · Hugh Pentecost · na The American Magazine July 1950

233 · Death Rides a Boxcar · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The American Magazine January 1945

277 · The Bearded Lady [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv The American Magazine October 1948, as by Kenneth Millar

327 · Murder Set to Music · Fredric Brown · na The Saint Detective Magazine January 1957, as “Murder to Music”

367 · The Zero Clue [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine December 1953, as “Scared to Death”

415 · Storm [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · nv Argosy November 1961, as “Murder on Ice”

469 · Don’t Look Now · Daphne du Maurier · na Ladies’ Home Journal December 1970

513 · Booktaker [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · na Casefile by Bill Pronzini, St. Martin's, 1983
first published in Japanese (Shōsetsu shinchō, 1982).

The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Robinson, 1986, 1-84529-114-X, tp, an)
Abridged from Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Espionage Novels (Bonanza, 1985) by the omission of William E. Barrett’s “The Dealers in Doom”.

· Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Espionage Novels ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Bonanza, 1985

· The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908

· The Traitor [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan September 1927

· Tokyo, 1941 · Cornell Woolrich · nv The Doom Stone by Cornell Woolrich, Avon, 1960

· The Sizzling Saboteur [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction November 1943 (+2), as “The Saint in Trouble”

· The Danger Zone [Major Brane] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy October 15 1932

· Betrayed · John D. MacDonald · nv The American Magazine March 1952

· Deep-Sleep · Bruce Cassiday · ss Intrigue October 1965

· The People of the Peacock [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) March 1965, as by Stephen Dentinger

· Dr. Sweetkill · John Jakes · nv Intrigue Mystery Magazine January 1966

· The Giggle-Wrecker [Modesty Blaise] · Peter O’Donnell · nv 1972

· The Spoilers [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens; Patrick Petrella; Commander Elfe] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) October 1965

· Octopussy [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv The Daily Express October 4 1965 (+5)

Marksman and Other Stories by William Campbell Gault ed. Bill Pronzini--- see under William Campbell Gault.

Midnight Specials: An Anthology for Train Buffs and Suspense Aficionados ed. Bill Pronzini (Bobbs-Merrill, 1977, 0-672-52308-6, $10.95, xii+272pp, hc, an)
Also available in pb (Avon Apr ’78).

xi · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in

3 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”

18 · The Shooting of Curly Dan · John Lutz · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1973

26 · The Invalid’s Story · Mark Twain · ss The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Webster, 1882

35 · A Journey · Edith Wharton · ss Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton, Scribner, 1899

48 · The Problem of the Locked Caboose [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1976

70 · Midnight Express · Alfred Noyes · ss This Week November 3 1935

81 · Faith, Hope and Charity · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan April 1930

103 · Dead Man · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1936

118 · The Phantom of the Subway · Cornell Woolrich · nv Argosy August 22 1936, as “You Pays Your Nickel”

139 · The Man on B-17 · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1950, as by Stephen Grendon

147 · The Three Good Witnesses · Harold Lamb · ss The Blue Book Magazine January 1945

165 · Snowball in July [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week August 31 1952, as “The Phantom Train”

175 · All of God’s Children Got Shoes · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #117, August 1953

189 · The Sound of Murder · William P. McGivern · ss Bluebook October 1952

202 · The Train · Charles Beaumont · ss The Hunger and Other Stories by Charles Beaumont, Putnam, 1957

213 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958

231 · Inspector Maigret Deduces [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) October 1961, as “Jeumont: 51 Minutes’ Wait”
translated from the French (“Jeumont, 51 minutes d’arrêt”, Les Nouvelles Enquêtes de Maigret, Gallimard, 1944).

245 · Sweet Fever · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1976

252 · The Man Who Loved the Midnight Lady · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

261 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

The Montanans ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, March 1991, 0-449-14643-X, $3.50, 212pp, pb, an)

vii · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r)

1 · The Lamb of the Flying U [Flying U Ranch] · B. M. Bower · ss The Popular Magazine July 1906

15 · Bannack Doctor · Norman A. Fox · ss Fifteen Western Tales February 1947

30 · Beyond the Frontier · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 24 1948

47 · Killers’ Country! · Dan Cushman · na Dime Western Magazine November 1950

87 · Psychology and Copper · W. C. Tuttle · ss Adventure August 1916

95 · No-Fights · T. V. Olsen · ss War Whoop and Battle Cry ed. Brian Garfield, Scholastic, 1968

113 · Bargain · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss Esquire October 1952, as “Bargain at Moon Dance”

126 · All the Long Years · Bill Pronzini · ss Westeryear ed. Ed Gorman, M. Evans, 1988

137 · Bet the Wild Queen! · Norman A. Fox · ss Argosy March 1948

152 · Blood Truth · Ed Gorman · ss

164 · Wooden Indian · Jack Foxx · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1989, as by Bill Pronzini

179 · Buffalo Horns · Arthur Winfield Knight · ss (r)

183 · Queen of Rustler’s Range · Les Savage, Jr. · nv Mammoth Western August 1950

More Wild Westerns ed. Bill Pronzini (Walker & Co., 1989, 0-8027-4097-9, $19.95, 260pp, hc, an)

vii · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r)

ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in (r)

1 · The Horse Thief · Charles Alden Seltzer · ss The Outing Magazine May 1912

13 · The West’s Number-One Problem · Ryerson Johnson · nv Short Stories August 10 1945

47 · The Drifter · W. C. Tuttle · ss Texas Rangers August 1957

55 · Gamblin’ Man · Dwight V. Swain · ss Dime Western Magazine August 1947, as “Sentimental Gentleman of Death”

70 · The Mestenos · H. A. DeRosso · ss Western Novel and Short Stories January 1956, as “I Will Kill Even You…”

82 · Long Guns and Scalp Knives · William R. Cox · nv Dime Western Magazine January 1943

113 · Dig My Grave Deep · Talmage Powell · ss Fifteen Western Tales July 1949

122 · The Big Hunt · Elmore Leonard · ss Western Story Magazine April 1953

139 · Plague Boat · Frank Bonham · ss Short Stories July 10 1942

159 · The Last Pelt · Bryce Walton · nv Western Rangers Stories June 1954

173 · Comanche Passport · Will Henry · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine September 1951

194 · The Naked Gun · John Jakes · ss Short Stories January 1957

208 · Bonanza! · Dan Cushman · nv North•West Romances Winter 1950/1951

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