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Carmody’s Run by Bill Pronzini (Dark Harvest, 1993, 978-0-913165-72-0, $21.95, 228pp, hc, co, cover by Nikita Tkachuk)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · On Carmody and the Writing Life · Bill Pronzini · pr 19 · The Desperate Ones [Carmody] · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1971 33 · Death Warrant [Carmody] · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1973, as “The Web” 55 · Blood Money [Carmody] · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1975, as “Free-Lance Operation” 81 · A Run in Diamonds [Carmody] · Bill Pronzini · n. Pocket, 1973, as by Alex Saxon; revised.

Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services by Bill Pronzini (Crippen & Landru, October 1998, 1-885941-25-0, $16.00, 202pp, tp, co, cover by Carol Heyer) [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter]     Also available in a signed, numbered, hardback edition (-24-2) limited to 250 copies with a tipped in typescript. 9 · Anatomy of a Series · Bill Pronzini · pr 13 · No Room at the Inn [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · ss Crime at Christmas ed. Jack Adrian, Equation, 1988 24 · Burgade’s Crossing [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · nv Louis L’Amour Western Magazine March 1994 43 · The Cloud Cracker [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine July 1994 64 · Lady One-Eye [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · nv Louis L’Amour Western Magazine September 1994 90 · Coney Game [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine November 1994 112 · The Desert Limited [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine November 1995 127 · The Horseshoe Nail [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1997 149 · Medium Rare [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 1998 177 · The Highbinders [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · nv

Cream of the Crop: Best Mystery & Suspense Stories of Bill Pronzini by Bill Pronzini (Stark House Press, August 2024, 979-8-88601-099-2, $19.95, 340pp, tp, co)     Details supplied by Todd Mason. 9 · Preface · Bill Pronzini · pr 11 · Standalones 13 · Opportunity · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1967 24 · Proof of Guilt · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1973 33 · Sweet Fever · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1976 38 · Smuggler’s Island · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1977 53 · Under the Skin · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1977 58 · Strangers in the Fog · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1978 66 · A Craving for Originality · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979 75 · Stacked Deck · Bill Pronzini · nv The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987 95 · Liar’s Dice · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1992 102 · Out of the Depths · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1994 117 · Possibilities · Bill Pronzini · nv The Strand Magazine #17, October 2005/January 2006 131 · The Cemetery Man · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2013 139 · Hooch · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2014 147 · Snap · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2015 162 · Goodbye, Ms. Damico · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2023 171 · Carpenter and Quincannon 173 · Gunpowder Alley [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2012 195 · Nameless Detective 197 · Thin Air [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1979 214 · Cat’s-Paw [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Waves Press, 1983 233 · Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 256 · Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 263 · Stakeout [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1990 274 · Souls Burning [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss New Crimes 3 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1991 281 · La Bellezza Delle Bellezze [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Invitation to Murder ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1991 305 · Home Is the Place Where [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1995 313 · The Big Bite [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Shots Winter 1999 326 · Who You Been Grapplin’ With? [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2014 339 · Bill Pronzini Bibliography (1943- ) · Bill Pronzini · bi

Crucifixion River by Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

“Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?” by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (Crippen & Landru, July 2003, 8pp, ph, ss)     Chapbook included with the hardback edition of Problems Solved.

Duo by Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Graveyard Plots: The Best Short Stories of Bill Pronzini by Bill Pronzini (St. Martin’s, 1985, 0-312-34457-0, $14.95, xi+255pp, hc, co) ix · Preface · Bill Pronzini · pr 1 · Cain’s Mark · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1970 24 · A Lot on His Mind · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1968 32 · The Pattern · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1971 42 · I Don’t Understand It · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1972 51 · Proof of Guilt · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1973 63 · Multiples · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Tricks and Treats ed. Joe Gores & Bill Pronzini, Doubleday, 1976 69 · Sweet Fever · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1976 75 · Putting the Pieces Back · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1976 81 · Smuggler’s Island · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1977 99 · Under the Skin · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1977 105 · Caught in the Act · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1978 113 · Strangers in the Fog · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1978 123 · His Name Was Legion · Bill Pronzini · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine January 1979 129 · Rebound · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1979 140 · Black Wind · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979 146 · A Craving for Originality · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979 157 · Peekaboo · Bill Pronzini · ss Nightmares ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1979 163 · Two Weeks Every Summer · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2 1980 171 · The Hanging Man · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981 186 · Changes · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 11 1980, as “Times Change” 191 · Cat’s-Paw [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Waves Press, 1983 216 · Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 245 · Sanctuary [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss

The Hanging Man & Other Western Stories by Bill Pronzini (Stark House Press, December 3, 2024, 979-8-88601-106-7, $15.95, 204pp, tp, co)     Details supplied by Todd Mason. 7 · Preface · Bill Pronzini · pr 11 · The Hanging Man · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981 22 · Markers · Bill Pronzini · ss Roundup ed. Stephen Overholser, Doubleday, 1982 28 · Hero · Bill Pronzini · ss Small Felonies by Bill Pronzini, St. Martin's, 1988 33 · McIntosh’s Chute · Bill Pronzini · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990, as by Jack Foxx 43 · Decision · Bill Pronzini · ss The Arizonans ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1989 originally published as “I’ll See to Your Horse” (ZGW); rewritten as opening of The Gallows Land; this is composite of both. 49 · All the Long Years · Bill Pronzini · ss Westeryear ed. Ed Gorman, M. Evans, 1988 57 · Burglarproof · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2010 71 · The Gunny · Bill Pronzini · ss The Gunfighters ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1988 76 · Fyfe and the Drummers · Bill Pronzini · ss New Frontiers, Volume II ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990 82 · Wooden Indian · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1989 93 · The Gambler · Bill Pronzini · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990 101 · Fear · Bill Pronzini · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine March 1995 109 · The Cruel and Deadly Winter · Bill Pronzini · ss 113 · “Give-a-Damn” Jones · Bill Pronzini · ss The First Five Star Western Series Corral ed. Vicki Piekarski, Five Star US, 2000 126 · Righteous Guns · Bill Pronzini · ss The Best Western Stories of Bill Pronzini by Bill Pronzini, Swallow Press, 1990 130 · Doc Christmas, Painless Dentist · Bill Pronzini · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine May 1994 141 · Not a Lick of Sense · Bill Pronzini · ss The Fatal Frontier ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf, 1997 147 · Crucifixion River · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · na Crucifixion River by Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Five Star, 2007 202 · Pronzini Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

High Concepts by Bill Pronzini (Stark House Press, February 1, 2023, 979-8-88601-017-6, $15.95, 234pp, tp, co, cover by Steven Ray Austin)     Details taken from online listing. 11 · Preface · Bill Pronzini · pr 13 · Shadows · Bill Pronzini · ss 22 · Toy · Bill Pronzini · ss Shadows 8 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1985 26 · High Concept · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 2013 34 · Thirst · Bill Pronzini · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1973 39 · The Screwiest Job in the World · Bill Pronzini · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1969 51 · I Wish I May, I Wish I Might · Bill Pronzini · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1973 51 · Reunions · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss 62 · It’s So Wonderful Here · Bill Pronzini · ss Science Fiction Adventures from Way Out ed. Roger Elwood, Whitman, 1973 66 · Eve of Beyond · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2011 74 · Purple Cow · Bill Pronzini · vi Fantastic April 1969, as “How Now Purple Cow” 77 · Tales of Luna Immigration · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · gp (r) _77 · The Lyran Case [Lunar Immigration] · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · vi Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1980 _80 · Whither Thou, Ghost [Lunar Immigration] · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1981 _84 · Vanishing Point [Lunar Immigration] · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact February 1 1982 _92 · Transfer Point [Lunar Immigration] · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 2015 103 · Ancient Evil · Bill Pronzini · ss The Ultimate Werewolf ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991 112 · And Then We Went to Venus · Bill Pronzini · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1980 120 · A Clone at Last · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1978 122 · The Hungarian Cinch · Bill Pronzini · nv Arena: Sports SF ed. Edward L. Ferman & Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1976 140 · Tom · Bill Pronzini · ss Cat Crimes II ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1992 145 · Pieces · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Galaxy’s Edge #36, January 2019 154 · Peekaboo · Bill Pronzini · ss Nightmares ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1979 159 · Paradise Last · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2011 164 · The Rec Field · Bill Pronzini · ss Chrysalis 6 ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1980 170 · Dry Spell · Bill Pronzini · vi Amazing Science Fiction Stories September 1970 172 · Intensified Transmogrification · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Conqueror Fantastic ed. Pamela Sargent, DAW, 2004 179 · The Coffin Trimmer · Bill Pronzini · ss Touch Wood ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1993 186 · Stretch’s Quirls · H. L. Gold & Bill Pronzini · ss Beyond October 1982 193 · Never to Happen Again · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November/December 2021 198 · Holes · Bill Pronzini · ss 203 · In the Mists · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · vi Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2017 210 · The Being · Bill Pronzini · vi Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2018 214 · Olaf and the Merchandisers · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Jim Baen’s Universe December 2006 221 · The Evergreen Library · Bill Pronzini & Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss Venture Science Fiction May 1970 229 · Afterword · Barry N. Malzberg · aw

More Oddments by Bill Pronzini (Five Star US, December 2001, 0-7862-3557-8, $24.95, 228pp, hc, co)     Collection of 14 stories. 7 · Fergus O’Hara, Detective · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1974, as “The Riverboat Gold Robbery” 39 · Chip · Bill Pronzini · ss Mystery Scene #71, 2001 47 · Opportunity · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1967 62 · A Craving for Originality · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979 74 · One of Those Cases [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1972, as “The Assignment” 90 · I Didn’t Do It · Bill Pronzini · ss New Crimes 2 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1990 95 · Quicker Than the Eye [Christopher Steele] · Bill Pronzini & Michael Kurland · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1975 131 · Angel of Mercy · Bill Pronzini · ss Diagnosis: Terminal ed. F. Paul Wilson, Tor/Forge, 1996 141 · Connoisseur · Bill Pronzini · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980 153 · Mrs. Rakubian · Bill Pronzini · ss Small Felonies by Bill Pronzini, St. Martin's, 1988 156 · Smuggler’s Island · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1977 176 · A Taste of Paradise · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1994 187 · Under the Skin · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1977 194 · Prose Bowl · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1979

Night Freight by Bill Pronzini (Leisure, May 2000, 0-8439-4706-3, $5.50, 345pp, pb, co)     Collection of 26 horror stories, one apparently original. 13 · Stacked Deck · Bill Pronzini · nv The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987 49 · Angel of Mercy · Bill Pronzini · ss Diagnosis: Terminal ed. F. Paul Wilson, Tor/Forge, 1996 61 · Night Freight · Bill Pronzini · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1967; revised. 73 · Liar’s Dice · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1992 85 · Out Behind the Shed · Bill Pronzini · ss Final Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 95 · Souls Burning [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss New Crimes 3 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1991 107 · Strangers in the Fog · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1978 121 · Peekaboo · Bill Pronzini · ss Nightmares ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1979 131 · Thirst · Bill Pronzini · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1973 141 · Wishful Thinking · Bill Pronzini · ss Irreconcilable Differences ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins, 1999 153 · Ancient Evil · Bill Pronzini · ss The Ultimate Werewolf ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991 169 · The Monster · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1996 177 · His Name Was Legion · Bill Pronzini · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine January 1979 185 · Out of the Depths · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1994 211 · The Pattern · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1971 225 · The Rec Field · Bill Pronzini · ss Chrysalis 6 ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1980 237 · Deathwatch · Bill Pronzini · ss Mystery Scene Reader ed. Edward Gorman, Fedora, 1987 247 · Home · Bill Pronzini · ss 253 · Tom · Bill Pronzini · ss Cat Crimes II ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1992 265 · A Taste of Paradise · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1994 279 · Sweet Fever · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1976 289 · Deathlove · Bill Pronzini · ss Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1978 301 · Black Wind · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979 311 · The Coffin Trimmer · Bill Pronzini · ss Touch Wood ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1993 325 · Funeral Day · Bill Pronzini · ss New Crimes ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1989 331 · I Think I Will Not Hang Myself Today · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2000

Night Screams by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (Playboy Press, 1979, 0-87223-525-4, $5.95, 262pp, hc, n., cover by Anthony Russo)

Night Screams by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (Playboy Paperbacks, March 1981, 978-0-87216-788-9, $2.75, 300pp, pb, n.)     Reprint (Playboy Press 1979) horror novel. Details taken from online listing.

Night Screams by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (Speaking Volumes, September 10, 2011, 978-1-61232-123-3, $14.95, 270pp, tp, n.)     Reprint (Playboy Press 1979) horror novel. Details taken from online listing.