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100 Fiendish Little Frightmares ed. Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Stefan R. Dziemianowicz.

100 Hilarious Little Howlers ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Stefan Dziemianowicz.

100 Menacing Little Murder Stories ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, 1998, 0-7607-0854-1, x+596pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in 1 · 40 Detectives Later · Henry Slesar · ss Manhunt May 1957 8 · 600 W · Basil Wells · ss Crack Detective Stories January 1945 12 · Action · David J. Schow · ss Dark at Heart ed. Joe R. & Karen Lansdale, Dark Harvest, 1992 23 · All the Angles · Basil Wells · ss Smashing Detective Stories September 1954 26 · All-Star Team [Ed Gorgon] · Jon L. Breen · ss Murder California Style ed. Jon L. Breen & John Ball, St. Martin's, 1987 30 · Art Is Anything You Can Get Away With · Stefan Jackson · ss Cemetery Dance #6, Fall 1990 39 · Aunt Dolly · Ardath Mayhar · ss Dark at Heart ed. Joe R. & Karen Lansdale, Dark Harvest, 1992 47 · The Backslider · John Metcalfe · ss The Smoking Leg and Other Stories by John Metcalfe, Jarrolds, 1925 55 · Blank… · Harlan Ellison · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1957 61 · Bless Us O Lord · Ed Gorman · ss Prisoners and Other Stories by Ed Gorman, Cemetery Dance, 1992 65 · The Blind Spot · Saki · ss The Morning Post March 5 1912, as by H. H. Munro 69 · Boomerang [Kemal Sel] · Hugh B. Cave · ss Argosy June 10 1939 73 · Clean Slate · H. Wolff Salz · ss Mammoth Detective November 1944 76 · Close Calls · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1978 80 · The Cobblestones of Saratoga Street · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1964 89 · Come Clean · Donald Wandrei · ss Black Mask December 1938 97 · A Considerable Murder · Barry Pain · ss The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 107 · Counterplot · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1 1981 113 · The Creek, It Done Riz · Ardath Mayhar · ss Cold Blood ed. Richard T. Chizmar, Ziesing, 1991 118 · Crime Wave in Pinhole · Julie Smith · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 21 1980 124 · Crowbait · Everett M. Webber · ss Dime Mystery Magazine January 1947 130 · Damp Sheets · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Sketch October 30 1929 138 · The Dark Hour · Morris Hershman · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1970, as by Evelyn Bond 145 · The Dead Woman · David H. Keller · ss Fantasy Magazine April 1934 152 · Deadhead Coming Down · Margaret Maron · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1978 156 · Death Double · William F. Nolan · ss Impact-20 by William F. Nolan, Paperback Library, 1963 159 · Desert Pickup · Richard Laymon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1970 165 · Dramatic Touch · Donald Wandrei · ss Clues June 1934 173 · The Encyclopedia Daniel · Fred Chappell · ss 177 · Eye-Witness · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss Dime Mystery Magazine November 1945 182 · Feature Attraction—Murder · Richard W. Bishop · vi Mammoth Detective November 1944 185 · Fin de Siécle · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 189 · Fixing Mr. Foucher’s Fence · Todd Mecklem · ss Young Blood ed. Mike Baker, Zebra, 1994 194 · Footsteps of Fear · Vincent Starrett · ss The Black Mask April 1920 201 · Four-in-Hand · William Relling, Jr. · ss Cemetery Dance #2, June 1989 207 · Fresh Thuringer Today · Leo R. Ellis · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1964 211 · Hi, Mom! · William F. Nolan · ss Dark at Heart ed. Joe R. & Karen Lansdale, Dark Harvest, 1992 220 · Hiding Place · Basil Wells · ss Smashing Detective Stories May 1956 228 · High Heels in the Headliner · Wendy Hornsby · ss Malice Domestic 3 ed. Nancy Pickard, Pocket, 1994 238 · His Beard Was Long and Very Black · Stewart Toland · ss Dime Mystery Magazine July 1944 246 · Homesick · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Midnight Promises by Richard T. Chizmar, Gauntlet, 1996 250 · Hot Justice · Glenn Low · ss Mammoth Detective November 1946 253 · Hound of Justice · Thomas A. Hoge · ss Detective Tales February 1939 260 · I Could Kill You! · Judith Merril · ss Smashing Detective Stories March 1952 264 · Johnny Halloween · Norman Partridge · ss Cemetery Dance #14, Fall 1992 273 · Killer Cop · Morris Hershman · ss Manhunt June 1958, as by Arnold English 280 · Last Lap · Stan Knowlton · ss Mammoth Mystery August 1946 283 · Last of Kin · Jo Bannister · ss Crime Yellow ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Gollancz, 1994 289 · The Last Pin · Howard Wandrei · ss Black Mask February 1940, as by H. W. Guernsey 295 · Like Father, Like Son · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1997 301 · Listen · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May/June 1983 304 · A Little More Research · Joan Hess · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1990 311 · Locking Up · John Maclay · vi Night Cry Fall 1986 314 · The Longest Pleasure · C. J. Henderson · vi 317 · The Man Who Was Everywhere · Edward D. Hoch · ss Manhunt March 1957 320 · The Marrow of Justice [Victor Fiala] · Hal Ellson · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1963 328 · Mercy Killing · Dale Clark · ss Dime Detective Magazine April 1939 331 · Moon-Face · Jack London · ss The Argonaut July 21 1902 336 · The Murder · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard, 1977 342 · Murder Blooms · Charles E. Fritch · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1979 348 · Murder in the Fourth Dimension · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Amazing Detective Tales October 1930 357 · Murder on My Mind · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss New Detective Magazine November 1949 362 · A Nice Save · Edward Wellen · vi Murder Is My Business ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Dutton, 1994 364 · The Night the Rat Danced · George William Rae · ss Dime Mystery Magazine November 1947 372 · Not Suited for Murder · Stan Knowlton · ss Mammoth Detective November 1944 376 · Old Charlie · Joe R. Lansdale · ss The Saint Magazine August 1984 381 · Oldest Living Serial Killer Tells All · John R. Platt · ss 388 · Omit Flowers · Morris Hershman · ss Manhunt October 1957, as by Arnold English 395 · Ormond Always Pays His Bills · Harlan Ellison · ss Pursued July 1957 400 · The Pattern · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1971 408 · The Phone Call · Roman A. Ranieri · ss Cemetery Dance #23, Spring 1996 411 · Posthumous · Joyce Carol Oates · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1994 413 · The Price of the Devil [Frank Devlin (The Devil)] · J. L. French · ss Classic Pulp Fiction Stories #20, January 1997 421 · The Queen of Corpses · Costa Carousso · ss Dime Mystery Magazine November 1940 429 · Remains to Be Seen · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1961, as by Steve O’Connell 437 · The Right Kind of a House · Henry Slesar · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1957 444 · The Rod and the Staff · Donald Wandrei · ss Black Mask February 1937 447 · The Scent of Murder · Jack Byrne · vi (r) 450 · The Shill · Stephen Marlowe · ss A Choice of Murders ed. Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Scribners, 1958 455 · Something for the Dark · John Lutz · vi Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1977 458 · Something Like Murder · John Lutz · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1978 463 · The Stocking · Ramsey Campbell · ss Tandem Horror 2 ed. Richard Davis, Tandem, 1968 472 · A Story on Page One · Richard L. Hobart · ss Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories February 1931 480 · The Tennis Court · Brenda Melton Burnham · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1994 488 · The Test · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss Crises by Maurice Level, tr. Alys Eyre Macklin, Erskine Macdonald, 1920 translated from the French (“Confrontation”, Le Journal, 1902). 491 · The Tin Ear [John Easy] · Ron Goulart · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1966 499 · Today’s Special · Dennis Etchison · ss Cavalier 1972 504 · Triple Indemnity · Charles E. Fritch · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1979 511 · Twine · Edward D. Hoch · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine August 1975 519 · Two Inches in Tomorrow’s Column · Harlan Ellison · ss Adam Bedside Reader #21, 1965, as by Ellis Hart 524 · Tyrannosaurus · Norman Partridge · ss Cemetery Dance #21, Summer 1994 528 · Unwinding · William Fryer Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910 534 · The Vital Element · Talmage Powell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1967 541 · Walks · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Cemetery Dance #27, Fall 1997 546 · Why I Didn’t Murder My Wife · Arthur Lawson · ss Double Detective November 1937 553 · Whodunit · Michael A. Black · ss Classic Pulp Fiction Stories #27, August 1997 562 · Will Lunch Be Ready on Time? · Elizabeth Engstrom · ss Nightmare Flower by Elizabeth Engstrom, Tor, 1992 569 · Win Some, Lose Some [Henry Turnbuckle] · Jack Ritchie · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 25 1981 577 · The Woman at the Pond · Hugh B. Cave · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine January 1965 584 · Woodland Burial · Frank Belknap Long · ss Whispers III ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1981

100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, 1997, 0-7607-0143-1, xii+587pp, hc, an) xi · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in 1 · Am I a Murderer? · Ken Kessler · na Mammoth Detective October 1946 7 · At Last I’ve Found You · Robert Moore Williams · vi Mammoth Detective October 1946 11 · Attitude · Morris Hershman · ss 18 · Aunt Hattie’s Dolls · Edie Hanes · vi 1991 21 · Bait · Henry Norton · vi Dime Detective Magazine May 1943 23 · The Best Meal [Jack Hagee] · C. J. Henderson · ss Classic Pulp Fiction Stories #22, March 1997 30 · The Bird Has Flown! · Fergus Truslow · ss Mammoth Detective March 1946 39 · Blood and Bone · H. R. F. Keating · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1995 44 · Broken Ivory · David Crewe · ss Detective Fiction Weekly March 2 1935 49 · Burning Issue · Ted Stratton · ss New Detective Magazine July 1946 58 · Case of the Well-Cleansed Corpse · Stuart Friedman · ss Mammoth Detective January 1943 65 · The Chair · Geoffrey Vace · ss 1936 72 · Charlotte’s Ruse · Morris Hershman · vi 75 · Cloak and Digger [Mr. Roger] · John Jakes · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) October 1961, as “Cloak and Dagger” 79 · A Common Error [Harriet Unwin] · H. R. F. Keating · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1987 84 · Confidential Information · John L. French · ss 89 · Crime Scene · Carolyn Wheat · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989 96 · Curtain Call · Alexander Blade · ss Mammoth Detective May 1945 103 · Die, Mr. Spraggins! · Ted Stratton · ss Mammoth Detective November 1944 111 · The Element of Chance [Judge Ephraim Peck] · August Derleth · ss 1952 115 · Fainting Cop · Edward S. Sullivan · ss Detective Fiction Weekly October 1 1938 121 · The Fasterfaster Affair · William F. Nolan · ss The Pseudo-People ed. William F. Nolan, Sherbourne, 1965, as by Frank Anmar 128 · Fool Proof [Judge Ephraim Peck] · August Derleth · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #73, December 1949, as “?”; title contest story. 133 · Footprints in Perdu · Hugh B. Cave · ss Whispers V ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1985 140 · Frame Me in Oils · S. M. Tenneshaw · ss Mammoth Detective March 1947 149 · Frozen Food—for Thought · Glenn Low · ss Mammoth Detective January 1947 155 · The Future of the Service [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) April 1962, as “On Slay Down” 162 · A Game to Be Played · C. J. Henderson · ss Detective Story Magazine #2, September 1988 170 · The Ghost in the Bottle · Madelyn Ralph · ss Dime Detective Magazine July 1937 173 · Gramp Takes a Hand · Hugh B. Cave · ss 1944 180 · The Hands Called It Murder · Calvin S. Allen · ss Detective Book Magazine Summer 1943 184 · Her Master’s Choice · Ken Kessler · ss Mammoth Mystery December 1946 191 · High School Reunion · Edward D. Hoch · ss 1980 195 · Hotel Stygia · Richard Gilliam · ss Fred Olen Ray’s Weird Menace ed. Fred Olen Ray, American Independent Press, 1994 203 · I Want to Be a Detective · Stan Knowlton · ss Mammoth Detective February 1945 207 · Inchy’s Forty-Grand Alibi · John Maitland · ss Detective Tales July 1948 215 · It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog · Leonard B. Rosborough · ss Mammoth Detective May 1947 224 · It’s in the Book · E. E. Halleran · vi Mammoth Detective May 1944 227 · Just a Bullet Between Friends · Wallace Umphrey · ss New Detective Magazine May 1950 235 · Just a Little Joke · Edie Hanes · vi 1995 238 · Killer Unleashed · Stuart Friedman · ss Detective Tales May 1950 245 · A Lesson in Homicide · John G. Pearsol · ss Detective Tales February 1939 252 · Let’s Cry for the Dead · W. T. Brannon · ss Mammoth Mystery February 1947 258 · The Locked Bathroom [Mrs. Craggs] · H. R. F. Keating · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2 1980 262 · The Long, Red Night · John Lane (by John D. MacDonald) · ss Detective Tales May 1950 270 · A Man’s Home · Shelley Singer · ss A Woman’s Eye ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991 277 · Marry Rich: Free Particulars · Lyle Thomas · vi Mammoth Detective November 1943 280 · Mary Dies Tonight · A. J. Collins · ss Mammoth Mystery August 1946 285 · Merrill-Go-Round [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg, Arbor House, 1981 292 · Mrs. Craggs’s Sixth Sense [Mrs. Craggs] · H. R. F. Keating · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1978 297 · Murder at the Crossroads · Leonard Finley Hilts · ss Mammoth Detective November 1945 303 · Murder Can’t Take It · Maurice Sachs · ss Mammoth Detective May 1945 310 · Murder Is My Hobby · Phyllis Dayton · ss Mammoth Detective January 1946 317 · The Nervous Finger · Ted Stratton · ss Mammoth Mystery June 1946 326 · Night Noises · Lyle Robertson · ss Detective Book Magazine Summer 1943 328 · No Excuse for the Dead · Leonard Finley Hilts · ss Mammoth Mystery February 1947 335 · No Rest for the Wicked · Ric Hasse · ss Mammoth Detective October 1946 344 · Nobody Loves a Cop · Dennis Wiegand · ss Dime Detective Magazine June 1952 352 · O’Sheen Is Best Man [Paddy O’Sheen] · Leroy Yerxa · ss Mammoth Detective January 1943 355 · O’Sheen Minds the Baby [Paddy O’Sheen] · Leroy Yerxa · ss Mammoth Detective February 1944 359 · O’Sheen’s Photo Finish [Paddy O’Sheen] · Leroy Yerxa · ss Mammoth Detective August 1943 362 · O’Sheen Sees Red [Paddy O’Sheen] · Leroy Yerxa · ss Mammoth Detective May 1944 370 · O’Sheen’s Sweet Tooth [Paddy O’Sheen] · Leroy Yerxa · ss Mammoth Detective November 1943 374 · Old Hokey · Robert A. Garron · ss Speed Mystery September 1943 383 · The Other Man in the Pinstripe · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 5 1980 388 · Paper Tiger · Morris Hershman · vi 390 · Parlor, Bedroom, and Death · Ken Lewis · ss Dime Detective Magazine September 1944 398 · Past Sins · John L. French · ss Hardboiled #13, March 1992 404 · The Personal Touch · Chet Williamson · vi Playboy August 1983 407 · A Piece of the Auction [Rachel Hennings] · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1986 414 · Piu Mosso · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Espionage Magazine August 1985 417 · Possessed · Will F. Jenkins · ss Manhunt February 1957 424 · Proof Negative · Morris Hershman · ss Espionage Magazine August 1985 428 · The Right Horse · Roy Frentz · ss Mammoth Detective February 1944 430 · A Sad Case of Simony [Mrs. Craggs] · H. R. F. Keating · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1984 437 · A Sandy Beach [The Suiciders] · C. J. Henderson · ss 1989 444 · Satan Picks the Winner · Basil Wells · ss 10-Story Detective Magazine December 1947 450 · Serenade to a Wealthy Widow · Don James · ss Detective Tales December 1946 460 · The Simplest Thing in the World · H. B. Hickey · ss Mammoth Detective May 1947 464 · Sing a Song of Slaughter · Don James · ss Dime Detective Magazine February 1950 474 · The Smarter They Come… · Phillip Sharp · ss Mammoth Detective March 1947 479 · The Spy Who Did Nothing [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1965 486 · The Spy Who Had Faith in Double-C [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1965 494 · Stormy Weather · Mickey Friedman · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989 501 · The Story of a Conscience · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 1 1890 506 · The Street with No Houses [Nancy Trentino] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1983 510 · Sweet Dreams, Darling · Paul W. Fairman · vi Mammoth Detective July 1947 515 · Ten Cent Alibi · Sissy O’Daniel · ss Mammoth Mystery February 1947 521 · This Little Pig Goes to Market… · Stephen E. Chalet · ss Mammoth Detective August 1943 528 · Three for the Kill · Joseph V. Hickey · ss Dime Detective Magazine June 1952 532 · Three Men and a Corpse · Victor K. Ray · ss Dime Detective Magazine November 1948 538 · Time Out for Murder · Stan Knowlton · ss Mammoth Detective March 1946 545 · A Touch of Magic · Hugh B. Cave · ss (r) 549 · The Trap · Joy DeWeese Wehen · ss Detective Book Magazine Winter 1951/1952 553 · Traynor’s Cipher · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Detective Magazine July 1958 557 · Violet Crime · Edward D. Hoch · ss 1983 561 · Wild Mustard [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 568 · The Wink · Hugh B. Cave · ss 572 · Witch of Mulberry Holler · H. Wolff Salz · ss Mammoth Detective February 1944 580 · Wrong Number · Roger Torrey · ss Double Detective November 1937