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Oddments: A Short Story Collection by Bill Pronzini (Five Star US, November 2000, 0-7862-2894-6, $21.95, 198pp, hc, co)     Collection of 14 stories. 7 · The Highbinders [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · nv Carpenter and Quincannon by Bill Pronzini, Crippen & Landru, 1998 42 · Wishful Thinking · Bill Pronzini · ss Irreconcilable Differences ed. Lia Matera, HarperCollins, 1999 51 · Shade Work · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1993 59 · I Think I Will Not Hang Myself Today · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2000 69 · The Man Who Collected “The Shadow” · Bill Pronzini · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1971 76 · Out of the Depths · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1994 97 · Bank Job · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1978 110 · And Then We Went to Venus · Bill Pronzini · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1980 122 · Putting the Pieces Back · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1976 126 · The Arrowmont Prison Riddle · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1976 155 · Caught in the Act · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1978 164 · Liar’s Dice · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1992 174 · The Dispatching of George Ferris · Bill Pronzini · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 23 1980 179 · The Big Bite [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Shots Winter 1999

On Account of Darkness and Other SF Stories by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg--- see under Barry N. Malzberg.

Problems Solved by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (Crippen & Landru, July 2003, 1-885941-89-7, $16.00, 165pp, tp, co, cover by Juha Lindroos)     Collection of 22 stories written in collaboration, two original. Also available in a signed, numbered, hardback edition (-88-0, $42.00) limited to 250 copies with a bonus chapbook, “Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?”. 9 · Long Time Passing · Bill Pronzini · pr 15 · I Ought to Kill You · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine November 1972 18 · A Matter of Life and Death · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine July 1974 23 · Multiples · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Tricks and Treats ed. Joe Gores & Bill Pronzini, Doubleday, 1976 28 · A Matter of Survival · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1976 32 · Problems Solved · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1976 37 · What Kind of Person Are You? · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1977 41 · Night Rider · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1977 53 · The Last Plagiarism · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1977 59 · On Account of Darkness · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1977 64 · Birds of a Feather · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1978 70 · Another Burnt-Out Case · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Fantastic Stories October 1978 82 · Rebound · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1979 92 · Clocks · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979 100 · Million-to-One Shot · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1979 108 · Final Exam · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1979 115 · The Lyran Case [Lunar Immigration] · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · vi Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1980 119 · Whither Thou, Ghost [Lunar Immigration] · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1981 125 · Vanishing Point [Lunar Immigration] · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact February 1 1982 135 · Demolition, Inc. · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1981 revised from Skullduggery, April 1980. 141 · The Man Who Loved Mystery Stories · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss The Strand Magazine #5, 2000 147 · Me and Mitch · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss 155 · Afterthought · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss 159 · Crossing the Border · Barry N. Malzberg · aw 163 · The Collaborations of Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg]

Prose Bowl by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (St. Martin’s, November 1980, 0-312-65194-5, $9.95, 180pp, hc, n., cover by John Clarke)     Parody of the writing profession, expanded from the story of the same name. · Prose Bowl · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1979

Prose Bowl by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (Ramble House, May 2003, $19.95, 237pp, tp, n., cover by Gavin L. O’Keefe)     Reprint (St. Martin’s 1980) parody of the writing profession.

Prose Bowl by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (Speaking Volumes, September 10, 2011, 978-1-61232-125-7, 188pp, tp, n.)     Reprint (St. Martin’s 1980) parody of the writing profession. Details taken from online listing.

The Running of Beasts by Bill Pronzini & Barry Malzberg (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, February 1976, 0-399-11647-8, $8.95, 318pp, hc, n.)

The Running of Beasts by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (Fawcett Crest, 1979, 0-449-23061-9, $1.75, 317pp, pb, n., cover by Jerome Podwil)     Reprint (Putnam 1976) horror novel.

The Running of Beasts by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (Black Lizard, 1988, 0-88739-076-5, $4.95, 316pp, pb, n., cover by Kirwan)     Reprint (Putnam 1976) horror novel.

The Running of Beasts by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (Speaking Volumes, March 14, 2012, 978-1-61232-121-9, $14.95, 320pp, tp, n.)     Reprint (Putnam 1976) horror novel. Details taken from online listing.

Scenarios: A “Nameless Detective” Casebook by Bill Pronzini (Five Star US, May 2003, 0-7862-4326-0, $25.95, 293pp, hc, co) [Nameless Private Eye]     Collection of 14 stories featuring Pronzini’s “Nameless Detective.” 9 · Preface · Bill Pronzini · pr 11 · It’s a Lousy World [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1968, as “Sometimes There Is Justice” 33 · The Pulp Connection [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1979, as “The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps” 55 · Dead Man’s Slough [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 21 1980 69 · The Ghosts of Ragged-Ass Gulch [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · na from Sosetsu Shincho, Japan 1982. 113 · Cat’s-Paw [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Waves Press, 1983 139 · Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 171 · Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 181 · Stakeout [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1990 197 · La Bellezza Delle Bellezze [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Invitation to Murder ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1991 231 · Souls Burning [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss New Crimes 3 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1991 241 · Bomb Scare [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1995 245 · The Big Bite [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Shots Winter 1999 263 · Season of Sharing [Sharon McCone; Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller · ss Crippen & Landru, 2001 281 · Wrong Place, Wrong Time [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Most Wanted ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2002

Season of Sharing by Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Sleuths by Bill Pronzini (Five Star US, February 1999, 0-7862-1702-2, $20.95, 278pp, hc, co) · Preface · Bill Pronzini · pr · Fergus O’Hara, Detective · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1974, as “The Riverboat Gold Robbery” · The Desert Limited [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine November 1995 · Medium Rare [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 1998 · Jade [Dan Connell] · Bill Pronzini · ss (r) · Vanishing Act [Christopher Steele] · Bill Pronzini & Michael J. Kurland · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1976 · The Desperate Ones [Carmody] · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1971 · Blood Money [Carmody] · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1975, as “Free-Lance Operation” · Dead Man’s Slough [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 21 1980 · A Killing in Xanadu [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Waves Press, 1980 · Stakeout [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1990 · La Bellezza Delle Bellezze [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Invitation to Murder ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1991

Spadework by Bill Pronzini (Crippen & Landru, June 1996, 1-885941-07-2, $16.00, 192pp, tp, co, cover by Carol Heyer) [Nameless Private Eye]     Collection of 15 previously uncollected stories, including two appearing in print for the first time. Also available in a signed, numbered, hardback edition (-06-4, $40.00) limited to 350 copies with a tipped in typescript. 7 · My Two Best Friends · Marcia Muller · in 11 · Cat’s Paw [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Waves Press, 1983 30 · Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 53 · Twenty Miles from Paradise [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss (r) 62 · Ace in the Hole [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986 73 · Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss An Eye for Justice ed. Robert J. Randisi, The Mysterious Press, 1988 81 · Something Wrong [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Small Felonies by Bill Pronzini, St. Martin's, 1988 87 · Here Comes Santa Claus [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Mistletoe Mysteries ed. Charlotte MacLeod, The Mysterious Press, 1989 100 · Stakeout [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1990 111 · Souls Burning [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss New Crimes 3 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1991 118 · Bedeviled [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Cat Crimes ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Donald I. Fine, 1991 136 · One Night at Dolores Park [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1995 146 · Home Is the Place Where [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1995 155 · Bomb Scare [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1995 158 · Worried Mother Job [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv originally read on audio tape (For Crime Out Loud, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1995). 180 · Zero Tolerance [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Spadework by Bill Pronzini, Crippen & Landru, 1996 186 · Random Chunks of Muddle · Bill Pronzini · aw 189 · A “Nameless Detective” Checklist · [uncredited] · bi

Stacked Deck by Bill Pronzini (Mystery Scene Press, November 1991, 1-56146-014-1, $4.95, 117pp, pb, co)     Author’s Choice Monthly #2. 1 · …But First, a Few Words from the Author · Bill Pronzini · pr 7 · Stacked Deck · Bill Pronzini · nv The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987 37 · Night Freight · Bill Pronzini · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1967; revised. 49 · Here Comes Santa Claus [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Mistletoe Mysteries ed. Charlotte MacLeod, The Mysterious Press, 1989 67 · I Didn’t Do It · Bill Pronzini · ss New Crimes 2 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1990 73 · Connoisseur · Bill Pronzini · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980 86 · Out Behind the Shed · Bill Pronzini · ss Final Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 95 · Vanishing Act [Christopher Steele] · Bill Pronzini & Michael J. Kurland · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1976

American Pulp ed. Bill Pronzini, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Ed Gorman.

The Arbor House Necropolis ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, November 1981, 0-87795-338-4, $11.50, 850pp, tp, an)     Contains the books Voodoo! (Arbor House, 1980), Mummy! (Arbor House, 1980) and Ghoul! (original here). · Preface · Bill Pronzini · pr 17 · Voodoo! · ed. Bill Pronzini · an Arbor House, 1980 19 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in Voodoo! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 33 · Papa Benjamin · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Mystery Magazine July 1935, as “Dark Melody of Madness” 77 · “…Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields” · William B. Seabrook · ar from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929 89 · Mother of Serpents · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1936 101 · The Digging at Pistol Key · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales July 1947 118 · Seven Turns in a Hangman’s Rope · Henry S. Whitehead · na Adventure July 15 1932 179 · The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The National Observer February 4 1893 201 · Powers of Darkness · John Russell · ss Collier’s March 30 1929 216 · Exú · Edward D. Hoch · ss Voodoo! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 223 · Seventh Sister · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · nv Weird Tales January 1943 244 · The Devil Doll · Bryce Walton · ss Dime Mystery Magazine November 1947 254 · Kundu · Morris West · ex Kundu by Morris West, Dell, 1956 271 · The Candidate · Henry Slesar · ss Rogue August 1961 281 · Mummy! · ed. Bill Pronzini · an Arbor House, 1980 283 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 301 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1892 337 · Some Words with a Mummy · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Review April 1845 356 · Monkeys · E. F. Benson · ss Weird Tales December 1933 374 · Bones · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Stirring Science Stories February 1941 382 · The Vengeance of Nitocris · Tennessee Williams · ss Weird Tales August 1928, as by Thomas Lanier Williams 397 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by F. C. de Sumichrast · ss The Complete Works of Théophile Gautier: Volume VI by Théophile Gautier, tr. F. C. de Sumichrast, Bigelow, Smith & Co., 1900 translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840). 410 · The Eyes of the Mummy [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1938 429 · Charlie · Talmage Powell · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 447 · The Weekend Magus · Edward D. Hoch · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 459 · The Princess · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 474 · The Eagle-Claw Rattle · Ardath Mayhar · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 482 · The Other Room · Charles L. Grant · nv Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 503 · Revelation in Seven Stages · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 509 · Ghoul! · ed. Bill Pronzini · an 511 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 523 · The Edinburgh Landlady · Aubrey Davidson · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 30 1980 525 · The Body-Snatchers · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 546 · The Loved Dead · C. M. Eddy, Jr. (with H. P. Lovecraft) · ss Weird Tales May/June/July 1924 559 · Indigestion · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Fantastic Stories September 1977 569 · The Chadbourne Episode [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Weird Tales February 1933 586 · Disturb Not My Slumbering Fair · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss Cautionary Tales by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Doubleday, 1978 600 · Quietly Now · Charles L. Grant · nv 629 · The Ghoul · Sir Hugh Clifford · ss The Further Side of Silence by Hugh Clifford, Doubleday, Page, 1916 644 · The Spherical Ghoul · Fredric Brown · nv Thrilling Mystery January 1943 671 · Corpus Delectable [Gavagan’s Bar] · L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt · ss Tales from Gavagan’s Bar by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt, Twayne, 1953 681 · Memento Mori · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1974; revised. 689 · The White Rabbit · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 702 · Gray Matter · Stephen King · ss Cavalier October 1973 717 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, 1983, 0-87795-451-8, $16.95, 342pp, hc, an)     Also available in tp (-452-6, $7.95). 1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 6 · Arson Plus [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask October 1 1923, as by Peter Collinson 26 · Knights of the Open Palm [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · ss The Black Mask June 1 1923 51 · The Mopper-Up · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask November 1931 82 · Red Pavement [“Tough Dick” Donahue] · Frederick Nebel · ss Black Mask December 1932 113 · Parlor Trick · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask July 1932 121 · The Living Lie Down with the Dead · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine April 1936 148 · Holocaust House [Doan & Carstairs] · Norbert Davis · na Argosy November 16 1940 (+1) 201 · Blue Murder · Fredric Brown · ss The Shadow September 1943 218 · Hear That Mournful Sound · Dane Gregory · nv Detective Tales November 1942, as “Lynchville Had a Barber” 242 · The Day Nobody Died [Inspector Allhoff] · D. L. Champion · nv Dime Detective Magazine February 1944 278 · Fatal Accident · John D. MacDonald · ss The Shadow Fall 1948 289 · Diamonds of Death [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv Spicy Detective Stories July 1934 311 · See No Evil · William Campbell Gault · ss New Detective Magazine September 1950, as “See No Murder” 321 · Crime of Omission · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales August 1951 328 · The Girl in the Golden Cage · John W. Jakes · ss Thrilling Detective Summer 1953, as by Alan Payne