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Missing from Their Homes (Hutchinson, 1936, hc, an)
Short Stories on the Familiar Broadcasts for Missing Persons.

7 · Publicity Heroine · Anthony Berkeley · na

63 · The Gruesome Fit · A. E. Coppard · nv

87 · “My Son Had Nothing on His Mind” · E. M. Delafield · nv

109 · The Kimono · H. E. Bates · nv

133 · Hearts Were Trumps · Louis Golding · ss

153 · “Will Carol Leadbeater—” · L. A. G. Strong · ss

173 · Where Is Mr. Manetot? · Phyllis Bentley · nv

197 · A Drive in the Country · Graham Greene · ss The Passing Show March 21 1936, as “Crazy Elopement”

217 · Why Harold Beamish Left Home · R. H. Mottram · ss

235 · The Dover Road · Arthur Machen · nv

273 · An Early SOS · Marie Belloc Lowndes · ss

The Missy Chronicles (BBC Books, February 22, 2018, 978-1-7859-4323-2, £9.99, 218pp, hc, oa, cover by Lee Binding) [Doctor Who]
Anthology of 6 original stories about the Doctor Who character. Authors include Peter Anghelides, Richard Dinnick, James Goss, Paul Magrs, Jacqueline Rayner, Cavan Scott.

· Dismemberment [Doctor Who] · James Goss · ss

· Lords and Masters [Doctor Who] · Cavan Scott · ss

· Teddy Sparkles Must Die! [Doctor Who] · Paul Magrs · ss (r)

· The Liar, the Glitch and the War Zone [Doctor Who] · Peter Anghelides · ss

· Girl Power! [Doctor Who] · Jacqueline Rayner · ss

· Alit in Underland [Doctor Who] · Richard Dinnick · ss

Mistletoe & Magic (Leisure, October 2000, 0-8439-4778-0, $5.99, 393pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

7 · The Fairy Godmother · Lynsay Sands · na

97 · A Midnight Clear · Lisa Cach · na

191 · Angels We Have Heard · Amy Elizabeth Saunders · na

295 · Here Comes Santa Claus · Stobie Piel · na

Mistletoe Marriages (Harlequin, 1994, 0-373-83309-1, $5.50, 377pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

7 · Rendezvous · Elaine Barbieri · n.

121 · The Wolf and the Lamb · Kathleen Eagle · na

211 · Christmas in the Valley · Margaret Moore · na

283 · Keeping Christmas · Patricia Gardner Evans · na

The Modern Book for Boys (Birn Brothers, 1952, hc, oa)
Cover description: White-flannelled boys on cricket pitch
Details supplied by Aileth Elgin.

9 · The Same Cure · John Hornby · ss

22 · The Swallow’s Last Race · Naunton Lane · ss

37 · One Summer Night · Ronald Horton · ss

56 · The Dandy of the Track · Gordon Grimsley · ss

71 · The Shadow on the Water · Ronald Horton · ss

89 · Straight-Left Strudwick · Arthur Groom · ss

107 · The Lawless Village · Gordon Grimsley · ss

The Modern Book for Girls (Birn Brothers, 1951, hc, oa)
Cover description: Two girls with tennis raquets
Details supplied by Aileth Elgin.

9 · Max’s Mix-Up · Beryl C. Lawley · ss

21 · The Hoot of the Owl · H. L. Berry · ss

35 · The Ju-Ju of Hamilton House · Lee Stone · ss

45 · The School That Wasn’t Welsh · Mabel Esther Allan · ss

60 · The Missing Motive · Edgar Garrett · ss

75 · Wings! · Mabel Esther Allan · ss

86 · Double Fault · Jean Brent · ss

103 · The Challenge of Colonel Brood · Arthur Groom · ss

118 · Fright for Fenella · Marjorie Turner · ss

Modern Ghosts (Harper’s, 1890, xv+225pp, hc, an)
Continental Classics, Volume XV. Introduction by G.W. Curtis.

vii · Introduction · George William Curtis · in

1 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Jonathan Sturges · nv
translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886).

59 · Siesta · Alexander L. Kielland; translated by Charles Flint McClumpha · ss
translated from the Norwegian (“Siesta”, 1880).

79 · The Tall Woman · Pedro Antonio de Alarcón; translated by Rollo Ogden · nv
translated from the Spanish (“La mujer alta”, Narraciones inverosímiles, 1881).

113 · On the River · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Jonathan Sturges · ss
translated from the French (“En Canot”, Le Bulletin Francais, March 10, 1876).

129 · Maese Pérez, the Organist · Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer; translated by Rollo Ogden · nv
translated from the Spanish (“Maese Pérez, el organista (Leyenda sevillana)”, El Contemporaneo, December 1861).

157 · Fioraccio · Giovanni Magherini-Graziani; translated by Mary A. Craig · nv
translated from the Italian (“Fioraccio”, 1886).

189 · The Silent Woman · Leopold Kompert; translated by Charles Flint McClumpha · nv
translated from the German (“Die Schweigerin”, Neue Geschichten aus dem Ghetto, 1860).

Modern Short Story Classics of Suspense (Reader’s Digest, 1968, 40pp, ph, an)

3 · A Chess Problem [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch February 13 1924

17 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939

24 · The Border-Line Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard August 25 1936

35 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910

The Molecular Cafe ed. Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky, uncredited (Mir, 1968, 279pp, pb, an)

7 · Preface · Arkady & Boris Strugatsky · pr

10 · The Molecular Cafe · Ilya Varshavsky · ss (r)

14 · Wanderers and Travellers · Arkady Strugatsky · ss Path Into the Unknown, MacGibbon & Kee, 1966; given as by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky.
translated from the Russian (“O stranstvuyushchikh i puteshestvuyushchikh”, 1963).

29 · Crabs on the Island · Anatoly Dnieprov; translated by James J. Karambelas · ss International Science Fiction June 1968, as “The Island of the Crabs”
translated from the Russian (“Kraby idut po ostrovu”, Znanie—Sila November 1958).

59 · The Secret of Homer · Alexander Poleshchuk; translated by Mirra Ginsburg · ss Last Door to Aiya ed. Mirra Ginsburg, S.G. Phillips, 1968, as “Homer’s Secret”
translated from the Russian (“Tayna Gomera”, 1963).

76 · I’m Going to Meet My Brother · Vitaly Krapivin · nv Path Into the Unknown, MacGibbon & Kee, 1966, as “Meeting My Brother”

118 · Goodby, Martian! · Romain Yarov · ss (r)

126 · The Black Pillar · Evgeny Voiskunsky & Isai Lukodyanov · n. (r)

The Molecule Monsters (Whitman Press, 1950, 8d, 32pp, pb, an)

1 · The Molecule Monsters · Oscar J. Friend · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1942

10 · Galactic Heritage · Frank Belknap Long · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948

18 · The Impossible Highway · Oscar J. Friend · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1940

25 · Cables Parting! · Steve Hail · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 4 1950

Monster Stories (Derrydale Books, 1991, 0517065258, 61pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Century Hutchinson 1987) juvenile anthology. Illustrated by Jane Launchbury.

8 · David and the Dragon · Jane Launchbury · ss (r)

15 · Prince Fanshaw’s Special Monster · Deborah Tyler · ss (r)

24 · The Storm Monster · Gina Stewart · ss (r)

32 · The Last of the Monsters · Philip Steele · ss (r)

39 · A Stitch in Time · Sue Seddon · ss (r)

47 · The Civilised Snowman · Deborah Tyler · ss (r)

56 · Cecil the Lazy Dragon · Sally Sheringham · ss (r)

Monsters ed. Charles Birkin, uncredited (Philip Allan, 1934, 2/6d, 249pp, hc, oa)

7 · The Two Old Women · Vivian Meik · ss

24 · Harvest · Timothy Leaf · nv

51 · The Confession · Kenneth Ingram · ss

69 · The Round Graveyard · E. K. Allan · ss

85 · The Interrupted Honeymoon · George Benwood · ss

101 · Blood for a Tiger · Phyllis Stone · na

149 · The Caretaker’s Story · Edith Olivier · ss

165 · A Lover Came to Sunnamees · Guy Preston · ss

177 · The Haunted Telephone · Elliott O’Donnell · ss

195 · The Yellow Cat · Michael Joseph · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1924

219 · The “Locum” · Kenneth Ingram · ss

237 · The Cockroach · Charles Lloyd · ss

The Moon Conquerors--- see under Science Fiction Quarterly (UK) (1943) #1, 1943.

Moon Fever (Pocket, October 2007, 978-1-4165-1490-9, $6.99, 374pp, pb, oa)
Paranormal romance anthology with four stories by Susan Sizemore, Maggie Shayne, Lori Handeland, and Caridad Piniero.

1 · Tempting Fate · Susan Sizemore · na

63 · The Darkness Within · Maggie Shayne · na

185 · Cobwebs Over the Moon · Lori Handeland · na

275 · Crazy for the Cat · Caridad Piñeiro · na

Moon Shadows (Jove, October 2004, 0-515-13831-2, $7.99, 360pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of four fantasy romance stories by Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Marianne Willman.

1 · Wolf Moon · Nora Roberts · na

97 · The Moon Witch · Jill Gregory · na

191 · Blood on the Moon · Ruth Ryan Langan · na

277 · West of the Moon · Marianne Willman · na

The Moon Terror ed. Farnsworth Wright, uncredited (Popular Fiction, 1927, $1.50, 192pp, hc, an)
A selection of stories from the first year of Weird Tales. Offered as a subscription bonus, but an immense flop.

5 · The Moon Terror · A. G. Birch · na Weird Tales May 1923 (+1)

135 · Ooze · Anthony M. Rud · nv Weird Tales March 1923

168 · Penelope · Vincent Starrett · nv Weird Tales May 1923

184 · An Adventure in the Fourth Dimension · Farnsworth Wright · nv Weird Tales October 1923

Moonglow (Berkley, October 1998, 0-425-16571-X, $5.99, 332pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

1 · Musketeer by Moonlight · Maggie Shayne · na

87 · Midnight Lover · Lindsay Longford · na

175 · Shades of Moonlight · Angie Ray · na

259 · The Wolf Keeper · Katherine Sutcliffe · na

328 · Eternity · Maggie Shayne · ex Jove/HBJ Books, 1998

Moonlight Lovers (Signet, September 1993, 0-451-17722-3, $4.99, 364pp, pb, oa)
Details supplied by BG.

7 · The North Tower · Mary Balogh · na

76 · Reflections · Maura Seger · na

144 · The Demon’s Bride · Jo Beverley · na

231 · The Haunting of Sarah Gordon · Anita Mills · na

301 · Midnight Lovers · Patricia Rice · na

Moonlight, Madness, & Magic (Doubleday Loveswept, May 1993, 0-385-46832-6, $15.00, 331pp, hc, oa, cover by Gabriel Molano)
Original anthology of three connected romantic horror/dark fantasy stories concerning members of the cursed Nightingale family, involving a werewolf, a vampire, and the family curse.

1 · Moonlight · Suzanne Forster · na

115 · Madness · Olivia Rupprecht · na

233 · Magic · Charlotte Hughes · na

Moonlight, Madness, & Magic (Bantam Fanfare, November 1993, 0-553-56052-2, $5.50, 348pp, pb, oa, cover by Steve Assel)
Reprint (Doubleday Loveswept 1993) original anthology of three connected romance stories with horror elements concerning members of the cursed Nightingale family.

More Anatomy of Murder (Berkley, March 1990, 0-425-12006-6, $3.50, 184pp, pb, an)
Reprint (The Bodley Head 1936) true crime collection of three non-fiction pieces by member of The Detection Club. This volume contains pieces by Dorthy L. Sayers, Francis Iles, and Freeman Wills Crofts.

More Soviet Science Fiction (Collier Books, 1962, AS295V, 95¢, 190pp, pb, an)
Adds an introduction to, and drops notes from, The Heart of the Serpent.

7 · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in

19 · The Heart of the Serpent · Ivan Yefremov; translated by R. Prokofieva · nv The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961; dated 1959.

89 · Siema · Anatoly Dnieprov; translated by R. Prokofieva · nv The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961; dated 1958.

123 · The Trial of Tantalus · Victor Saparin; translated by R. Prokofieva · nv The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961

151 · Stone from the Stars · Valentina Zhuravleva; translated by R. Prokofieva · ss The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961; dated 1959.

169 · Six Matches · Arkady & Boris Strugatsky; translated by R. Prokofieva · ss The Heart of the Serpent, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961

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