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Fog City Nocturne: From the Casebook of Nick Chambers ed. B. J. West (Apocryphile Press, May 2006, 0977146111, $16.95, 224pp, tp, oa) [Nick Chambers] 5 · Introduction · B. J. West · in 7 · A Ghost of a Chance [Nick Chambers] · Bryan D. Tolin · nv 29 · The Low Road [Nick Chambers] · B. J. West · na 101 · The Smiling Man [Nick Chambers] · Keoni Chavez · ss 111 · Abramelin’s Daughter [Nick Chambers] · John R. Mabry · nv 149 · Mirage Off Market [Nick Chambers] · Dale West · nv 179 · The Knockout in the Leopard Coat [Nick Chambers] · Claudia West · ss 191 · Queen of Hearts, King of Diamonds [Nick Chambers] · B. J. West · nv

Murder-a-Go-Go’s: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Go-Go’s ed. Holly West (Down & Out Books, March 23, 2019, 978-1-948235-62-4, $18.95, 344pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Foreword · Jane Wiedlin · fw 3 · Introduction · Holly West · in 5 · Our Lips Are Sealed · Lori Rader-Day · ss 19 · You Thought · Susanna Calkins · ss 33 · Vacation · S. W. Lauden · ss 41 · Good for Gone · Jen Conley · ss 55 · This Town · Greg Herren · ss 65 · Tonite · R. D. Sullivan · ss 79 · It’s Everything but Partytime · Lisa Alber · ss 97 · Blades · Steve Weddle · ss 103 · Fading Fast · Sarah M. Chen · ss 117 · Kissing Asphalt · Dharma Kelleher · ss 131 · Mercenary · Bryon Quertermous · ss 145 · We Just Don’t Get Along · Diane Vallere · ss 157 · We Got the Beat · Thomas Pluck · ss 167 · Forget That Day · Wendall Thomas · ss 181 · Head Over Heels · Craig Faustus Buck · ss 195 · Beatnik Beach · Patricia Abbott · ss 207 · Johnny Are You Queer? · Travis Richardson · ss 223 · The Way You Dance · Renee Asher Pickup · ss 229 · The Whole World Lost Its Head · Josh Stallings · ss 245 · Lust to Love · Jessica Ellis · ss 257 · Girl of 100 Lists · Stephen Buehler · ss 269 · You Can’t Walk in Your Sleep · Nadine Nettmann · ss 283 · Skidmarks on My Heart · Eric Beetner · ss 293 · How Much More · Lisa Brackmann · ss 309 · Unforgiven · Hilary Davidson · ss 321 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

[1961*CallOut]Call Out the Malicia by John Anthony West (Heinemann, 1961, hc, co)     Details taken from online listing. · Journey to Moonhowlers Isle · John Anthony West · ss Call Out the Malicia by John Anthony West, Heinemann, 1961 · Town of Chanceyville · John Anthony West · ss Call Out the Malicia by John Anthony West, Heinemann, 1961 · What, Exactly Do You Mean by “Cheese”? · John Anthony West · ss Call Out the Malicia by John Anthony West, Heinemann, 1961 · Roses, Roses Riotously · John Anthony West · ss Call Out the Malicia by John Anthony West, Heinemann, 1961 · The Fiesta at Managuay · John Anthony West · ss Call Out the Malicia by John Anthony West, Heinemann, 1961 · Dorothea Engaged · John Anthony West · ss Call Out the Malicia by John Anthony West, Heinemann, 1961 · Your Education Is Fine but Where’s Your Experience · John Anthony West · ss Call Out the Malicia by John Anthony West, Heinemann, 1961 · George · John Anthony West · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1961 · Gladys’s Gregory (a Report) · John Anthony West · ss Call Out the Malicia by John Anthony West, Heinemann, 1961 · She Walked Awhile and Blushed Awhile and on My Pathway Stood · John Anthony West · ss Call Out the Malicia by John Anthony West, Heinemann, 1961

Things We Leave Behind by Mark West (Dark Minds Press, June 12, 2017, 978-1-5328-5157-5, £9.26, 334pp, tp, co, cover by Neil Williams)     Details taken from online listing. 10 · Introduction · Johnny Mains · in 14 · All the Rage · Mark West · ss Unhinged #4, 1999 22 · A Quiet Weekend Away · Mark West · ss Terror Tales #4, 2009 40 · A Cottage by the Sea · Mark West · ss Hauntings ed. L. Marie Wood, Cyber-Pulp, 2004 58 · Mr. Huxton Goes Camping · Mark West · ss Alt-Dead ed. Peter Mark May, Hersham Horror Books, 2011 76 · Come See My House in the Pretty Town · Mark West · ss Ill at Ease, Penman Press, 2011 95 · What We Do Sometimes, Without Thinking · Mark West · nv Shoes, Ships and Cadavers ed. Ian Watson & Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2010 119 · Last Train Home · Mark West · ss Fogbound from 5 ed. Peter Mark May, Hersham Horror Books, 2011 135 · Looking at Me, Seeing You · Mark West · ss Darker Minds ed. Ross Warren & Anthony Watson, Dark Minds Press, 2012 146 · Fog on the Old Coast Road · Mark West · ss Hauntings ed. Ian Whates, Newcon Press, 2012 163 · What Gets Left Behind · Mark West · nv Spectral Press, October 2012 190 · The Bureau of Lost Children · Mark West · ss Ill at Ease 2, Penman Press, 2013 206 · The Taste of Her · Mark West · ss 218 · The Witch House · Mark West · ss Urban Occult ed. Colin F. Barnes, Anachron Press, 2013 234 · Mr. Stix · Mark West · nv For the Night Is Dark ed. Ross Warren, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2013 255 · The Glamour Girl Murders · Mark West · nv Anatomy of Death (In Five Sleazy Pieces) ed. Mark West, Hersham Horror Books, 2013 284 · Time Waits… · Mark West · ss Darkest Minds ed. Ross Warren & Anthony Watson, Dark Minds Press, 2015 293 · The Zabriskie Grimoire · Mark West · ss The Grimorium Verum ed. Dean M. Drinkel, Western Legends Publishing, 2015, as “Z Is for Zabriskie Grimoire” 310 · Issues of Disruption · Mark West · ss

Anatomy of Death (In Five Sleazy Pieces) ed. Mark West (Hersham Horror Books, April 16, 2013, 978-1-4826-1267-7, $8.99, 132pp, tp, oa, cover by Mark West)     Details taken from online listing. · Foreword · Mark West · fw · Pseudonym · Stephen Bacon · ss · The Cannibal Whores of Effingham · Johnny Mains · ss · Out of Fashion · John Llewellyn Probert · ss · The Arse-Licker · Stephen Volk · ss · The Glamour Girl Murders · Mark West · nv · Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Stories from the Red Light District ed. Tracy “Cat” West (Insidious Publications, 2005, 28pp, tp, oa, cover by Tom Moran)     Winners of the Cutting Edge contests in 2005. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Stories from the Red Light District · Tracy “Cat” West · in 5 · Jack the Ripper Lives; given as “Jack Lives” in the Table of Contents. _6 · Let It Rip · Jack Menser · vi _8 · The New Religion · Brett McBean · vi _10 · The Final Victim · William D. Carl · vi 12 · Insanity _13 · The Blue Man · B. P. Wap · vi _16 · Emily · Mark Tyree · vi _18 · Quiet · Jeff Martin · vi 20 · Erotica _21 · Fifteen Minutes · Louise Boehmer · vi _23 · Kinda Nasty · William D. Carl · vi _25 · Ashley and Jason · Mari Adkins · vi

Ghost Stories ed. Robert Westall (Kingfisher, March 1988, 0-86272-323-X, £6.95, 253pp, hc, an, cover by Deno Carvana) 7 · The Knock at Manor Gate · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933 translated from the German (“Der Schlag ans Hoftor”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931). 10 · Yesterday’s Witch · Gahan Wilson · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #9, 1973 19 · A Legion Marching By · John Hynam · ss The Eighth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1972 31 · The Lawyer and the Ghost · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837 35 · The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Being Bagged · [uncredited] · ss (r) 39 · School for Ghosts · Vida Derry · ss 50 Great Ghost Stories ed. John Canning, Hamlyn, 1969 [Ref. P’u Sung-Ling] adapted from a story by P’u Sung-Ling. 49 · The Little Yellow Dog · Mary Williams · ss Chill Company by Mary Williams, Kimber, 1976 57 · The Piper at the Gates of Dawn · Kenneth Grahame · ex from The Wind in the Willows, Methuen, 1908 64 · The Lilies · Alison Prince · ss The Ghost Within by Alison Price, Methuen, 1984 74 · The Emissary · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947 84 · John Pettigrew’s Mirror · Ruth Manning-Sanders · ss One and All ed. Denys Val Baker, Museum Press, 1951 96 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 102 · Miss Mountain · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural by Philippa Pearce, Crowell, 1977 123 · Was It a Dream? · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“La morte”, Gil Blas, May 31, 1887). 128 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q 141 · The Boys’ Toilets · Robert Westall · nv Cold Feet ed. Jean Richardson, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985 169 · Left in the Dark · John Gordon · nv Shades of Dark ed. Aidan Chambers, Patrick Hardy, 1984 194 · Video Nasty · Philip Pullman · ss Cold Feet ed. Jean Richardson, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985 204 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 217 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908 226 · Not at Home · Jean Richardson · ss Cold Feet ed. Jean Richardson, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985 237 · The Shepherd’s Dog · Joyce Marsh · ss The Seventh Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1975

Bladestorm by Matt Westbrook (Black Library, June 1, 2017, 978-1-78496-539-6, £8.99, 269pp, tp, n., cover by Akim Kaliberda & Paul Dainton) [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]     Details taken from online listing.

Medusan Wings by Matt Westbrook (Black Library, July 2, 2016, 138pp, hc, na) [Warhammer 40,000]     Details taken from online listing.

Hellcats and Honeygirls by Donald E. Westlake & Lawrence Block--- see under Lawrence Block.

Thieves’ Dozen by Donald E. Westlake (The Mysterious Press, April 2004, 0-446-69302-2, $12.95, 183pp, tp, co)     Collection of 11 stories, 10 featuring John Dortmunder. ix · Introduction: Dortmunder and Me, in Short · Donald E. Westlake · in 1 · Ask a Silly Question [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy February 1981 17 · Horse Laugh [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · nv Playboy June 1986 38 · Too Many Crooks [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy August 1989 54 · A Midsummer Daydream [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy May 1990 72 · The Dortmunder Workout [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss (r) 75 · Party Animal [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy December 1992 93 · Give Till It Hurts [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Mysterious Bookshop, 1993 102 · Jumble Sale [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Armchair Detective Summer 1994 117 · Now What? [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · nv Playboy December 1999 140 · Art and Craft [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy August 2000 159 · Fugue for Felons · Donald E. Westlake · nv (r)

The Best American Mystery Stories 2000 ed. Donald E. Westlake (Houghton Mifflin, October 19, 2000, 0-395-93917-8, $27.50, xvii+489pp, tp, an) ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw xiii · Introduction · Donald E. Westlake · in 1 · Miracles! Happen! [R.B. “Ax” Axton] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1999 29 · Ghosts · David Beaty · ss Mystery in the Sunshine State ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Pineapple Press, 1999 49 · Spring Rite · Tom Berdine · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1999 74 · Annie’s Dream [Harry Neal] · Bentley Dadmun · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1999 117 · Motel 66 · Barbara D’Amato · ss Murder on Route 66 ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley, 1999 131 · Jumping with Jim [Frank Taylor] · Geary Danihy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1999 147 · Triangle · Jeffery Deaver · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1999 164 · The Instruments of Peace · Edward Falco · ss Playboy July 1999 183 · Grit · Tom Franklin · nv Poachers by Tom Franklin, Morrow, 1999 205 · Compass Rose [Placido Geist] · David Edgerley Gates · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1999 229 · The Defenestration of Aba Sid · Robert Girardi · nv A Vaudeville of Devils by Robert Girardi, Sceptre, 1999 308 · The Island in the River · Chad Holley · ss Greensboro Review Fall 1999 319 · ICU · Edward Lee · nv 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999 333 · Running Out of Dog · Dennis Lehane · nv Murder and Obsession ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1999 366 · Sheep · Thomas H. McNeely · nv The Atlantic Monthly June 1999 388 · Dead Rock Singer · Martha Moffett · nv The Chattahoochee Review Winter 1999 423 · Wrong Numbers · Josh Pryor · nv Zoetrope: All-Story Spring 1999 444 · The Guilty Party · Shel Silverstein · ss Murder and Obsession ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1999 453 · Forgetting the Girl · Peter Moore Smith · ss The MacGuffin Spring 1999 468 · Water Dog God · Brad Watson · ss Oxford American #29, September/October 1999 479 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 488 · Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 1999 · [uncredited] · bi

Murderous Schemes: An Anthology of Classic Detective Stories ed. Donald E. Westlake (Oxford University Press US, November 1996, 0-19-510321-1, $25.00, 519pp, hc, an) 1 · Introduction · Donald E. Westlake · in 7 · The Locked Room 9 · The Shadow of the Goat [Henri Bencolin] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Haverfordian November 1926 27 · What, No Butler? · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s August 5 1933 40 · The Leopold Locked Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1971 59 · The Man Who Read John Dickson Carr · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1965 67 · Only One Among You 69 · The Secret Garden [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 3 1910, as “The Secret of the Sealed Garden” 88 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 18 1931 99 · They Can Only Hang You Once [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Collier’s November 19 1932 113 · Busted Blossoms [Toby Peters] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986 125 · The Caper 127 · A Costume Piece [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Cassell’s Magazine July 1898 143 · The Impossible Theft · John F. Suter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1964 157 · Don’t Know Much About Art · Simon Brett · nv Winter’s Crimes 16 ed. Hilary Hale, Macmillan UK, 1984 182 · The Ultimate Caper · Donald E. Westlake · ss The New York Times May 11 1975 187 · The Armchair Detective 189 · The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv The Royal Magazine July 1901 206 · The Blue Geranium [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller December 1929 221 · The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln’s Clue [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss MD June 1965, as “Abraham Lincoln’s Clue” 238 · The Affair of the Twisted Scarf [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine September 1950, as “The Twisted Scarf” 285 · Come Into My Parlor 287 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 297 · The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #78, May 1950 316 · Bless This House · Christianna Brand · ss Winter’s Crimes 2 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1970 329 · Someday I’ll Plant More Walnut Trees · Lawrence Block · ss Some Days You Get the Bear by Lawrence Block, Morrow, 1993 345 · I Confess! 347 · “Thou Art the Man” · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1844 362 · The Adventure of the Dying Detective [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Collier’s November 22 1913 378 · The Master of Mystery · Jack London · ss Out West Magazine September 1902 390 · The Fat Man · Isak Dinesen · ss Carnival: Entertainments and Posthumous Tales by Isak Dinesen, University of Chicago, 1977 translated from the Danish (1975). 401 · Hoist on their Own Petards 403 · Midnight in Beauchamp Row · Anna Katharine Green · ss A Difficult Problem and Other Stories by Anna Katharine Green, F.P. Lupton, 1900 416 · I’ll Be Waiting [Tony Reseck] · Raymond Chandler · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 14 1939 432 · The Possibility of Evil · Shirley Jackson · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 18 1965 443 · The Secret Lover · Peter Lovesey · ss Winter’s Crimes 17 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1985 455 · Over the Edge 457 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week March 5 1917 based on material from the play “Trifles”. 479 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 497 · Tang · Chester Himes · ss Black on Black, Baby Sister and Selected Writings by Chester Himes, Doubleday, 1973 504 · Little Apple Hard to Peel · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Tales February 1942