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Maddened by Mystery A Casebook of Canadian Detective Fiction ed. Michael Richardson (Dennys, 1982, 0-88619-022-3, 304pp, hc, an)

viii · Preface · Michael Richardson · pr

1 · The Adventure of the Annexationist Conspiracy · Jack Batten & Michael Bliss · ss Weekend Magazine May 28 1977

20 · Maddened by Mystery; or, The Defective Detective · Stephen Leacock · ss The Novel Magazine October 1911

29 · The Great Ruby Robbery · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Magazine October 1892

49 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905

82 · The Gray Seal [Jimmie Dale (The Gray Seal)] · Frank L. Packard · ss People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine May 1914

102 · His Royal Word [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · R. T. M. Scott · ss (r)

116 · The Black Fox Skin [November Joe] · H. Hesketh Prichard · nv November Joe: Detective of the Woods by H. Hesketh Prichard, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913

136 · The Ox-Blood Vase [Witter Kerfoot, Insomniac] · Arthur Stringer · nv (r)

173 · The Marshall Murder [John Duff] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · nv Detective Duff Unravels It by Harvey J. O'Higgins, Liveright, 1929

194 · The Kidnapping of Madame Storey [Madame Rosika Storey] · Hulbert Footner · nv Argosy December 2 1933

230 · Recipe for Murder [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · na Redbook Magazine November 1934

250 · The Couple Next Door [Inspector Sands] · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954

267 · The Stollmeyer Sonnets [Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966

287 · Who’s Who in Canadian Mystery Fiction · [uncredited] · bg

Not to Be Taken at Night: Thirteen Classic Canadian Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural ed. Michael Richardson & John Robert Colombo--- see under John Robert Colombo.

Fantasy Readers Wanted—Apply Within ed. James Richey & Nick Aires--- see under Nick Aires.

Roads of Destiny: and Other Tales of Alternative Histories and Parallel Realms ed. Alasdair Richmond (The British Library, November 23, 2023, 978-0-7123-5439-4, £9.99, 351pp, tp, an) [British Library Tales of the Weird]
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

7 · Introduction · Alasdair Richmond · in

17 · The Discovery of the Treasure Isles · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Every Boy’s Magazine March 1864 (+3)

67 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

89 · The Roads of Destiny · O. Henry · nv Ainslee’s Magazine April 1903

117 · The Bad Lands · John Metcalfe · ss Land & Water April 15 1920

133 · The Death Voyage · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 28 1929

165 · The Curfew Tolls · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 5 1935

187 · An Undistinguished Boy · Gerald Kersh · ss Neither Man nor Dog by Gerald Kersh, Heinemann, 1946

195 · Branch Line to Benceston · Sir Andrew Caldecott · ss Not Exactly Ghosts by Andrew Caldecott, Edward Arnold, 1946

217 · Diplotopia · Sir Andrew Caldecott · ts Fires Burn Blue by Andrew Caldecott, Edward Arnold, 1948

219 · He Walked Around the Horses [Paratime Police] · H. Beam Piper · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1948

247 · Calamahain · Sarban · nv Ringstones and Other Curious Tales by Sarban, Peter Davies, 1951

305 · Exit · Patricia Miles · ss The Methuen Book of Strange Tales ed. Jean Russell, Methuen, 1980

311 · The Rose Wall · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine April 1981

327 · Scarrowfell · Robert Holdstock · nv Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1987

Gallagher’s Glacier by Leigh & Walt Richmond--- see under Walt Richmond.

Positive Charge by Leigh & Walt Richmond--- see under Walt Richmond.

Fingerprints on the Sky: The Authorized Harlan Ellison Bibliography by Tim Richmond (Subterranean Press, October 2017, $75.00, 376pp, hc, nf) [Ref. Harlan Ellison]
Bibliographic, collectors guide to the work of Harlan Ellison. Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by Harlan Ellison and Tim Richmond. Also available in a lettered edition limited to 26 leatherbound copies, housed in a custom traycase, signed by Harlan Ellison and Tim Richmond ($375).
Details taken from publisher’s website.

Gallagher’s Glacier by Walt & Leigh Richmond (Ace Double, 1970, 441-27235, 75¢, 106pp, pb, n., cover by Kelly Freas)
Bound in the tête-bêche style with Positive Charge.

Positive Charge by Walt & Leigh Richmond (Ace Double, 1970, 441-27235, 75¢, 148pp, pb, co)
Bound in the tête-bêche style with Gallagher’s Glacier.

7 · M’Lord Is the Shepherd · Walt & Leigh Richmond · ss If September 1965

18 · If the Sabot Fits… · Walt & Leigh Richmond · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact February 1968

36 · Cows Can’t Eat Grass · Walt & Leigh Richmond · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1967

52 · Shorts Wing [Willy Shorts] · Walt & Leigh Richmond · ss

73 · Shortstack [Willy Shorts] · Walt & Leigh Richmond · nv Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction December 1964

95 · Shortsite [Willy Shorts] · Walt & Leigh Richmond · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction April 1964

107 · I, BEM [Willy Shorts] · Walt & Leigh Richmond · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction June 1964

115 · Prologue to…an Analogue · Leigh Richmond · nv Analog Science Fact—Fiction June 1961; given as by Walt & Leigh Richmond.

Map of Dreams by M. Rickert (Golden Gryphon Press, October 2006, 1-930846-44-4, $24.95, 313pp, hc, co, cover by Thomas Canty)
Collection of 21 stories, two original, written as by Annie Merchant, the protagonist of the original short novel of the title. Author’s first collection. Introduction by Christopher Barzak; afterword by Gordon Van Gelder.

· Who Is M. Rickert? · Christopher Barzak · in

· Map of Dreams · M. Rickert · na

· Introduction-Annie Merchant · M. Rickert · si

· Dreams: Dreaming of the Sun

· Leda · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2002

· Cold Fires · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2004

· Angel Face · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2000

· Night Blossoms · M. Rickert · ss Ideomancer April 2004

· Nightmares: Feeding the Beast

· Bread and Bombs · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2003

· Art Is Not a Violent Subject · M. Rickert · ss Rabid Transit: Petting Zoo ed. Barth Anderson, Christopher Barzak, Alan DeNiro & Kristin Livdahl, Velocity Press, 2004

· Anyway · M. Rickert · ss Sci Fiction August 24 2005

· A Very Little Madness Goes a Long Way · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2005

· Waking: What I Saw, When I Looked

· The Girl Who Ate Butterflies · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1999

· Many Voices · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2004

· More Beautiful Than You · M. Rickert · ss Ideomancer June 2004

· Peace on Suburbia · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2003

· Rising: Flights

· Moorina of the Seals · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2001, as “Moorina”

· The Harrowing · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2005

· The Super Hero Saves the World · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2003

· The Chambered Fruit · M. Rickert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2003

· Afterword · Gordon Van Gelder · aw

Breakfast at Twilight & Other Stories by Philip K. Dick ed. Gregg Rickman--- see under Philip K. Dick.

The Variable Man & Other Stories by Philip K. Dick ed. Gregg Rickman--- see under Philip K. Dick.

First Contacts by Murray Leinster ed. Joe Rico--- see under Murray Leinster.

The Banshee’s Warning and Other Tales by Mrs. J. H. Riddell (Remington, 1894, 6/-, 277pp, hc, co)
Details supplied by Endre Zsoldos.

1 · The Banshee’s Warning · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss London Society Christmas 1867, as “Hertford O’Donnell’s Warning”

47 · Mr. Mabbot’s Fright · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss The Ludgate Monthly August 1893

83 · A Vagrant Digestion · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

159 · Bertie Evering’s Experience · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

201 · Little Jane · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

237 · So Near, or, The Pity of It · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

Frank Sinclair’s Wife and Other Stories by Mrs. Riddell (Tinsley, 1874, 280+287+293pp, hc, co)
In 3 volumes.
Details supplied by Endre Zsoldos.

· Volume 1

1 · Frank Sinclair’s Wife [Part 1 of 2] · Mrs. Riddell · n. Cassell’s Magazine December 24 1870 (+21)

· Volume 2

1 · Frank Sinclair’s Wife [Part 2 of 2] · Mrs. Riddell · n. Cassell’s Magazine December 24 1870 (+21)

69 · My First Love · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · na

· Volume 3

1 · My Last Love · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · na

203 · Forewarned, Forearmed · Mrs. Riddell · nv

245 · Hertford O’Donnell’s Warning · Mrs. Riddell · ss London Society Christmas 1867

Handsome Phil and Other Stories by Mrs. J. H. Riddell (F.V. White & Co., 1899, 3/6d, 320pp, hc, co)
Details supplied by Endre Zsoldos.

9 · Handsome Phil · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv

56 · Diarmid Chittock’s Story · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv

132 · Out in the Cold · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

154 · Mr. Polzoy’s Little Katey · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

181 · In Deadly Peril · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

216 · Conn Kilrea · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

248 · Dr. Varvill’s Prescription · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv Chemist & Druggist July 28 1894

304 · A Personal Experience · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

Haunted Houses by Charlotte Riddell (The British Library, August 30, 2018, 978-0-7123-5251-2, £8.99, 334pp, hc, co) [British Library Tales of the Weird]
Ghost/horror collection.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Introduction · Andrew Smith · in

15 · Fairy Water: A Christmas Story · Charlotte Riddell · na Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1873

173 · The Uninhabited House · Charlotte Riddell · n. Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1875

The Haunted River and Three Other Ghostly Novellas by Mrs. J. H. Riddell (Sarob Press, November 2001, 1-902309-19-7, £32.00, xiii+336pp, hc, co) [edited by Richard Dalby]
Four long supernatural tales from a popular Nineteenth Century mainstream British writer, edited & introduced by Richard Dalby.

vii · Introduction · Richard Dalby · in

1 · The Haunted River · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · na Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1877; subtitled “A Christmas Story”.

85 · The Uninhabited House · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · n. Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1875

173 · Fairy Water: A Christmas Story · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · na Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1873

259 · The Disappearance of Mr. Jeremiah Redworth · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · na Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1878

Idle Tales by Mrs. J. H. Riddell (Ward & Downey, 1888, 3/6d, 288pp, hc, co)
Details supplied by Endre Zsoldos.

1 · The Run on Connells’ Bank · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

21 · Only a Lost Letter · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss London Society Christmas 1882, as “A Lost Letter”

63 · He Loved and He Rode Away · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv

120 · Pretty Peggy · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

152 · A Slight Misapprehension · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

181 · The Misses Popkin · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

220 · The Last of Squire Ennismore · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper Christmas 1886

234 · A Storm in a Tea Cup · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv

The Prince of Wales’s Garden-Party and Other Stories by Mrs. J. H. Riddell (Chatto and Windus, 1882, 10/6d, 329pp, hc, co)
Details supplied by Endre Zsoldos.

7 · The Prince of Wales’s Garden-Party · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv

68 · Lady Dugdale’s Diamonds · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv London Society January 1873

139 · Far Stranger Than Fiction · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · na

214 · Captain Mat’s Wager · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss

230 · Margaret Donnan · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv

264 · Miss Molloy’s Mishap · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv

294 · Mrs. Donald · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv

The Uninhabited House; and, The Haunted River by Mrs. J. H. Riddell (George Routledge and Sons, 1883, 2/-, 364pp, hc, co)
Details supplied by Endre Zsoldos.

7 · The Uninhabited House · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · n. Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1875

185 · The Haunted River · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · na Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1877

Weird Stories by Mrs. J. H. Riddell (James Hogg, December 1882, 6/-, 314pp, hc, co)
Details supplied by Endre Zsoldos.

1 · Walnut-Tree House · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv The Illustrated London News December 28 1878

48 · The Open Door · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv

104 · Nut-Bush Farm · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv

175 · The Old House in Vauxhall Walk · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv Home Christmas 1880

207 · Sandy the Tinker · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss London Society Christmas 1880, uncredited.

230 · Old Mrs. Jones · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · na

Best Ghost Stories ed. Anne Ridler (Faber and Faber, 1945, 9/6d, 360pp, hc, an)

9 · The Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ex from The House by the Church-Yard, Tinsley, 1863; originally published as Chapter 12, titled “Some Odd Facts About the Tiled House—Being an Authentic Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand”.

18 · The Dream Woman · W. Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1)
revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855).

47 · The Friends of the Friends · Henry James · nv Chapman’s Magazine May 1896, as “The Way It Came”

78 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Qui sait?”, L’Echo de Paris, April 6, 1890).

93 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1)

127 · The Triumph of Night · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1914

157 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895

169 · The House Surgeon · Rudyard Kipling · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1909 (+1)

198 · The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost”

213 · The Face · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine February 1924

230 · With Intent to Steal [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906

257 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911

261 · Crewe · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury July 1929

290 · The Tool · W. F. Harvey · ss The New Decameron, Volume the Second, Blackwell, 1920

305 · Blind Man’s Hood · Carter Dickson · ss The Sketch Christmas 1937

328 · Our Feathered Friends · Philip MacDonald · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931

340 · The Apple Tree · Elizabeth Bowen · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931

354 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940

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