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Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night ed. James Patterson (MIRA Books, June 2006, 0-7783-2299-8, $24.95, 477pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 30 stories by members of the International Thriller Writers, Inc. 9 · Introduction · James Patterson · in 13 · James Penney’s New Identity [Jack Reacher] · Lee Child · nv Fresh Blood 3 ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, The Do-Not Press, 1999; revised. 29 · Operation Northwoods [Jack Swyteck] · James Grippando · ss 45 · Epitaph [Phineas Troutt] · J. A. Konrath · ss 57 · The Face in the Window · Heather Graham · ss 75 · Empathy · James Siegel · ss 87 · Kowalski’s in Love [Sigma Force] · James Rollins · ss 105 · The Hunt for Dmitri [Liz Sansborough] · Gayle Lynds · ss 121 · Disfigured · Michael & Daniel Palmer · ss 137 · The Abelard Sanction [Saul Grisman] · David Morrell · ss 151 · Falling [Malcolm Fletcher] · Chris Mooney · ss 167 · Success of a Mission · Dennis Lynds · ss Argosy April 1968, as by William Arden 187 · The Portal · John Lescroart & M. J. Rose · ss 203 · The Double Dealer [Benjamin Weaver] · David Liss · ss 219 · Dirty Weather · Gregg Hurwitz · ss 231 · Spirit Walker [Kier Wintripp] · David Dun · ss 245 · At the Drop of a Hat · Denise Hamilton · ss 261 · The Other Side of the Mirror · Eric Van Lustbader · ss 277 · Man Catch · Christopher Rice · ss 285 · Goodnight, Sweet Mother [Maggie O’Dell] · Alex Kava · ss 299 · Sacrificial Lion [Henry Caulder] · Grant Blackwood · ss 317 · Interlude at Duane’s [Repairman Jack] · F. Paul Wilson · ss 333 · The Powder Monkey [Alex Hawke] · Ted Bell · ss 351 · Surviving Toronto · M. Diane Vogt · ss 367 · Assassins [Nick Neumann] · Christopher Reich · ss 375 · The Athens Solution · Brad Thor · ss 391 · Diplomatic Constraints [Stella] · Raelynn Hillhouse · ss 407 · Kill Zone · Robert Liparulo · ss 415 · The Devils’ Due [Cotton Malone] · Steve Berry · ss 431 · The Tuesday Club [Benjamin Franklin] · Katherine Neville · nv 455 · Gone Fishing [Douglas D’Agosta] · Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child · ss 471 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Mysterious Air Stories ed. William Pattrick (W.H. Allen, May 1986, 0-491-03581-0, £9.95, 249pp, hc, an)     Anthology of suspense and fantasy stories of the air. 7 · Introduction · William Pattrick · in 11 · A Tale of Terror · Thomas Hood · vi The London Magazine 1821 17 · A Drama in the Air · Jules Verne; translated by George M. Towle · ss Dr. Ox’s Experiment, and Other Stories by Jules Verne, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1874 translated from the French (“Un drame dans les airs”, Musée des Familles August 1851). 39 · Up a Gum Tree · George Griffith · ss Short Stories February 10 1894 55 · The Argonauts of the Air · H. G. Wells · ss Phil May’s Annual #5, Winter 1895 71 · The Horror of the Heights · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine November 1913 89 · The Secret of the New British Aeroplane · William Le Queux · nv Spies of the Kaiser by William Le Queux, Hurst, 1909 111 · A Reprisal Raid [Tam o’ the Scoots] · Edgar Wallace · ss Everybody’s Magazine June 1918 127 · Hot Air · Negley Farson · ss Adventure May 15 1931 139 · The Demon Diver · Arch Whitehouse · ss Air Stories 155 · Anniversary · Clarence Winchester · ss The Story-teller March 1932 163 · 5,000 Enemy Planes Over London · Stephen Graham · ss The Daily Express 1935 173 · The Conversion of Johnny · Captain W. E. Johns · ss Sky Fever by W. E. Johns, Latimer House, 1953 183 · Gremlins · W. E. Woosnam-Jones · ss The Spectator January 1 1943 191 · Sergeant Carmichael · H. E. Bates · ss There’s Something in the Air by Flying Officer X, Knopf, 1943, as by Flying Officer X 207 · The Voice in the Earphones · Wilbur Schramm · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 29 1947 219 · Nightmare at 20,000 Feet · Richard Matheson · ss Alone by Night ed. Michael & Don Congdon, Ballantine, 1962 239 · Cassidy’s Saucer · Edward D. Hoch · ss Flying Saucers in Fact and Fiction ed. Hans Stefan Santesson, Lancer, 1968

Mysterious Motoring Stories ed. William Pattrick (W.H. Allen, February 1987, 0-491-03643-4, £10.95, 224pp, hc, an)     Anthology of supernatural stories about cars. Reprinted (Star 1987) as Duel and Other Horror Stories of the Road. 7 · Introduction · William Pattrick · in 11 · The Car with the Green Lights [Dr. Villiers Beetham-Saunders] · William Le Queux · ss The Premier Magazine #22, February 1916 29 · The Dust-Cloud · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1906 43 · How It Happened · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1913 49 · The Last Trip · Archie Binns · ss Weird Tales August 1925 59 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941 69 · Jay Walkers · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. Russell Wakefield, Herbert Jenkins, 1940 83 · The Ghost of the Model T · Betsy Emmons · ss Weird Tales November 1942 91 · The Ghost Car · Ken Batten · ss Ghost Stories October 1928 109 · New Corner · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Mystery Stories #20, 1939 123 · “Just Like Wild Bob” · William F. Nolan · ss Connoisseur’s World June 1964 133 · Auto Suggestion · Charles Beaumont · ss Gamma #5, September 1965 149 · Duel · Richard Matheson · nv Playboy April 1971 175 · Second Chance · Jack Finney · nv Good Housekeeping April 1956 193 · Trucks · Stephen King · ss Cavalier June 1973 211 · The Hitch-Hiker · Roald Dahl · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1977

Mysterious Railway Stories ed. William Pattrick (W.H. Allen, January 12, 1984, 0-491-03112-2, 255pp, hc, an)     Anthology of thirteen railway related ghost and mystery stories. Also available in pb (London: Star 1985). 7 · Introduction · William Pattrick · in 9 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866; given as by Amelia B. Edwards & Charles Dickens. 39 · My Adventure in the Flying Scotsman · Eden Phillpotts · nv 1888 65 · The Lost Special · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1898, as “The Story of the Lost Special” 85 · The Tragedy on the London and Mid-Northern [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine August 1905 101 · The Cloud-Bursters [Calvin Sprague] · Francis Lynde · nv The Popular Magazine September 1 1912 (+1) 145 · The Ghost Train · Arnold Ridley & Ruth Alexander · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June/July 1926, as by Arnold Ridley 161 · The Girl in the Train · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine February 1924 183 · The Fisherman’s Special · H. L. Thomson · ss Weird Tales August 1939; given as by Hal Thomson. 191 · Swamp Train · Harry Walton · ss Unknown January 1940 207 · The Level Crossing · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Cornhill Magazine November 1933 223 · The Man on B-17 · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 1950, as by Stephen Grendon 231 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 249 · The Last Train · Fredric Brown · ss Weird Tales January 1950

Mysterious Sea Stories ed. William Pattrick (W.H. Allen, January 1985, 0-491-03114-9, £9.95, 247pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 14 sea fantasies. American edition: Salem House 1985. 1 · Introduction · William Pattrick · in 5 · Ms. Found in a Bottle · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Baltimore Saturday Visitor October 19 1833 19 · The Legend of the Bell Rock · Captain Frederick Marryat · ss 1836 31 · Hood’s Isle and the Hermit Oberlus · Herman Melville · ss Putnam’s Monthly May 1854 43 · A Bewitched Ship · W. Clark Russell · ss 1884 57 · J. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Cornhill Magazine January 1884, uncredited. 91 · The Benevolent Ghost and Captain Lowrie · Richard Sale · nv Argosy March 9 1940, as “Till Doomsday” 113 · Make Westing · Jack London · ss The Pall Mall Magazine April 1908 123 · The Black Mate · Joseph Conrad · nv The London Magazine April 1908 153 · A Matter of Fact · Rudyard Kipling · ss The People January 24 1892 169 · The Finding of the Graiken [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine February 15 1913 193 · Davy Jones’s Gift · John Masefield · ss Country Life November 11 1905 199 · In the Abyss · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1896 217 · Undersea Guardians · Ray Bradbury · ss Amazing Stories December 1944 235 · The Turning of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936

Kansas City Noir ed. Steve Paul (Akashic Books, 2012, 978-1-61775-128-8, $15.95, 218pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]     Fourteen original stories set in Kansas City. 11 · Papa’s Blues · ed. Steve Paul · in 15 · Part I: Heartland 17 · Missing Gene · J. Malcolm Garcia · ss; set on Troost Lake. 35 · Cat in a Box · Kevin Prufer · ss; set in Country Club Plaza. 51 · Mission Hills Confidential · Grace Suh · ss; set in Mission Hills. 65 · Come Murder Me Next, Babe · Daniel Woodrell · ss; set on 12th Street. 71 · The Softest Crime · Matthew Eck · ss; set at 41st and Walnut. 85 · You Shouldn’t Be Here · Philip Stephens · ss; set in Midtown. 107 · Part II: Crazy Little Women 109 · The Incident · Catherine Browder · ss; set in the Northeast. 125 · The Good Neighbor · Linda Rodriguez · ss; set in South Troost. 138 · Thelma and Laverne · John Lutz · ss; set on West 8th Street. 151 · Lightbulb · Nancy Pickard · ss; set in the Paseo. 167 · Part III: Smoke & Mirrors 169 · Yesterdays · Andrés Rodríguez · ss; set in Milton’s Tap Room. 180 · Last Night at the Rialto · Mitch Brian · ss; set in the Celluloid City. 192 · Charlie Price’s Last Supper · Nadia Pflaum · ss; set at 18th and Vine. 210 · The Pendergast Musket · Phong Nguyen · ss; set in West Bottoms. 220 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Wandering Weeds: Tales of Rabid Vegetation ed. Frances Pauli & Jaleta Clegg--- see under Jaleta Clegg.

Shadows on the Wall by Steven Paulsen (IFWG Publishing Australia, 2018, 978-1-925496-44-4, 210pp, tp, co, cover by Shaun Tan)     Subtitled “Dark and Weird Stories” on the cover and “Weird Tales of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and the Supernatural” on the title page. Each story is followed (on separate page) by an “Afterword” explaining its background. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Foreword · Isobelle Carmody · fw 3 · Ma Rung · Steven Paulsen · ss Dreaming Down-Under ed. Jack Dann & Janeen Webb, Voyager Australia, 1998 21 · Two Tomorrow · Steven Paulsen · vi Eidolon Spring 1990 25 · Greater Garbo · Steven Paulsen · ss Australian & NZ PC User October 1992 35 · In the Light of the Lamp · Steven Paulsen · ss Terror Australis ed. Leigh Blackmore, Coronet Australia, 1993 51 · Logic Loop · Steven Paulsen · vi Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine #5, Summer 1986/1987 53 · Harold the Hero & the Talking Sword · Steven Paulsen & Jack Dann · nv And Then…The Great Big Book of Awesome Adventure Tales, Vol. 2 ed. Ruth Wykes & Kylie Fox, Clan Destine Press, 2018 93 · Fixed in Time · Steven Paulsen · ss 103 · The Place · Steven Paulsen · vi Terror Australis Autumn 1988 109 · The Wine Cellar · Steven Paulsen · ss 127 · Pest Control · Steven Paulsen · ss Cthulhu: Deep Down Under ed. Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce Stevens, Horror Australis, 2015 137 · Old Wood · Steven Paulsen · ss Terror Australis Winter 1988 151 · The Sorcerer’s Looking Glass · Steven Paulsen · ss Fantastic Worlds ed. Paul Collins, Moonstone Australia, 1998 167 · Christmas Morning · Steven Paulsen · vi Hell’s Bells ed. AHWA Committee, Australian Horror Writers Association, 2016 171 · The Black Diamond of the Elephant God · Steven Paulsen · nv 205 · Publication History · Steven Paulsen · bi

The Architecture of Fear ed. Peter D. Pautz & Kathryn Cramer--- see under Kathryn Cramer.

2012 ed. Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press, March 2008, 978-0-9804841-0-6, A$20.00, viii+118pp, tp, oa, cover by Cat Sparks)     Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein · in 1 · Watertight Lies · Deborah Biancotti · ss 13 · Fleshy · Tansy Rayner Roberts · ss 24 · Oh, Russia · Simon Brown · ss 31 · Soft Viscosity · David Conyers · nv 53 · Apocalypse Rules, OK? · Lucy Sussex · ss 57 · The Last Word · Dirk Flinthart · ss 71 · Ghost Jail · Kaaron Warren · ss 87 · I Love You Like Water · Angela Slatter · ss 98 · Skinsongs · Martin Livings · ss 105 · David Bowie · Ben Peek · ss 111 · Oblivion · Sean McMullen · ss

A Book of Endings by Deborah Biancotti ed. Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein--- see under Deborah Biancotti.

The Pick of the Roundup ed. Stephen Payne (Avon, 1963, pb, oa)     (old WWA #11 / new WWA #12) In 1965, Legends and Tales of the Old West, the 1962 anthology of retold tall tales, was added to the WWA list at position #10 and changed the previous numbering. · The Way of the Old West · S. Omar Barker · pm · The Fort Greer Mules · Bill Burchardt · ss · Mountain Man on a Mule · William R. Cox · ss · The Far Cry · Max Evans · ss · The Promise of the Fruit · Ann Ahlswede · nv · Melody on the Range · John L. Shelley · ss · The Deep Valley · Lucia Moore · ss · Comanche Woman · Fred Grove · ss · They Walked Tall · T. V. Olsen · ss · Uncle Jeff and the Gunfighter · Elmer Kelton · ss · Beat the Drums Slowly · Richard Wormser · ss