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Hair of the Sleuthhound by Jon L. Breen (Scarecrow, 1982, hc, co)

· An Ax Against Violence · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1973, as “Champoux versus Joshua” [Ref. Hugh Pentecost]
parody/pastiche of Pentecost’s characters Pierre Chambrun & John Jericho.

· Breakneck · Jon L. Breen · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1973

· The Circle Murder Case [Philo Vance] · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1972

· Craig Kennedy Up-to-Date · Jon L. Breen · ss The Pontine Dossier 1975

· The Crowded Hours · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1967 [Ref. Ed McBain]

· The Dewey Damsel System · Jon L. Breen · ss Wilson Library Bulletin April 1971

· The Dog in the Merger · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1973 [Ref. Emma Lathen]

· The Drowning Icecube · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1977

· An Evening with the White Divorcees · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1976

· Frank Merriswell’s Greatest Case; or, The Daring One-Hander · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1968 [Ref. Burt L. Standish]

· Gilliam’s Tact · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1972 [Ref. J. J. Marric]

· Green Gravy for the Blush · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1971 [Ref. John D. MacDonald]

· Hercule Poirot in the Year 2010 [Hercule Poirot] · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1975

· The House of the Shrill Whispers · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1972

· Johnny Chin in Hollywood · Jon L. Breen · ss

· The Last Gothic · Jon L. Breen · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1979

· The Lithuanian Eraser Mystery · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1969

· Mourning Noon at Nite · Jon L. Breen · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine July 1981

· $106,000 Mud Bunny [Transcendental Cop] · Jon L. Breen · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1976, as by Desmond Satchel

· The Problem of the Vanishing Town · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1979 [Ref. Edward D. Hoch]
parody of Edward D. Hoch’s “Dr. Sam Hawthorne” series.

· The Procrastinators · Jon L. Breen · ss

· Ruffles Versus Ruffles; or, The Solid Gold Cricket Bat · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2 1980

J.B. Must Die by Jon L. Breen (Crippen & Landru, December 2003, ph, ss) [Ed Gorgon]
Chapbook included with the hardback edition of Kill the Umpire.

The Vanity Murder Case by Jon L. Breen (Crippen & Landru, August 19, 2025, 16pp, ph, nv) [Philo Vance]
Chapbook included with the hardback edition of Double Crossing Van Dine ed. Donna Andrews, Greg Herren & Art Taylor.

The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader’s Indispensable Companion ed. Jon L. Breen, Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff--- see under Ed Gorman.

Murder California Style ed. Jon L. Breen & John Ball (St. Martin’s, 1987, 0-312-00620-9, $17.95, 291pp, hc, an)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology.

ix · Introduction · John Stevenson · in

1 · Child’s Play · Richard Levinson & William Link · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1959

15 · Henry’s Eighth · Elizabeth McCoy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1977

24 · House Call · Howard Browne · ss Rogue 1956

39 · All-Star Team [Ed Gorgon] · Jon L. Breen · ss

45 · By Means Unlovely · Dan J. Marlowe · ss 1985

56 · The Sweet Old Lady Who Sits in the Park [Emma Hartley] · Maxine O’Callaghan · ss

63 · King’s X · Brian Garfield · ss

81 · The Blind Alley · John Stevenson · ss
original version.

92 · Made for Each Other · Nan Hamilton · ss

104 · Snipe Hunt [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1986

136 · Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah · Raymond Obstfeld · ss Mystery January 1981

147 · Good Evening, Mr. Tibbs · John Ball · ss

158 · The Answer · Helene Juarez Phipps · ss

166 · Requiem for a Busted Flush · Harry Prince · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 8 1980, as “Game Plan”

176 · Final Performance · Robert Bloch · ss Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales September 1960

191 · “What’s Cooking? Murder?” · Lois Du Lac · ss

204 · Hot Night Homicide · Michael Collins · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine August 1968

215 · In the Dead Hours · R. R. Irvine · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1975

225 · A Real Nice Guy · William F. Nolan · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1980

239 · —And Murder Makes Four! · William Campbell Gault · na Detective Tales March 1951

278 · The Pigeon Hunters · Gary Brandner · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1974

Mystery: The Best of 2001 ed. Jon L. Breen (ibooks, July 2002, 0-7434-4501-5, $7.99, 329pp, pb, an)
Anthology of 15 stories.

v · Mystery: The Best of 2001: An Introduction · Jon L. Breen · in

1 · The San Agustin Miracle [Ben Snow] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2001

23 · Evil Grows · Loren D. Estleman · nv Flesh & Blood ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press, 2001

49 · The Only Good Judge [Cass Jameson] · Carolyn Wheat · nv Women Before the Bench ed. Carolyn Wheat, Berkley, 2001

71 · The Wink · Ruth Rendell · ss Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 2000

83 · Bridal Flowers · Dorothy Cannell · nv Love and Death ed. Carolyn Hart, Berkley Prime Crime, 2001

107 · The Honored Guest [Wilkes-Barre] · Marianne Wilski Strong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2001

137 · Open and Shut · Benjamin M. Schutz · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2001

165 · Oh, Mona [Joe Standard] · Dan A. Sproul · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2001

193 · Tomorrow’s Villain · Mat Coward · ss Shots Spring 1999

213 · Honeydew Wine · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 2001

227 · The Hollow Woman · Laura Philpot Benedict · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2001

247 · Missing, Presumed… · Dana Stabenow · ss And the Dying Is Easy ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet, 2001

271 · Miss Tidwell Takes No Prisoners · Joan Hess · ss A Confederacy of Crime ed. Sarah Shankman, Signet, 2001

289 · Whistle · David Dean · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2001

313 · Justice Knows No Paws · Jon L. Breen · ss Murder Most Feline ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Cumberland House, 2001

Mystery: The Best of 2002 ed. Jon L. Breen (ibooks, April 2003, 0743458451, $7.99, 320pp, pb, an)
Anthology of 14 stories.

· To Live and Die in Midland, Texas · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2002

· The Adventure of the Agitated Actress · Daniel Stashower · ss Murder, My Dear Watson ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Carroll & Graf, 2002

· An Unkindness of Ravens · Donna Andrews · ss The Mysterious North ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet, 2002

· Twilight’s Last Gleaming [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · ss Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press, 2002

· A Girl Named Charlie · Stanley Cohen · ss Murder in the Family by The Adams Round Table, Berkley Prime Crime, 2002

· Bless Me Father for I Have Sinned · Ed Gorman · ss Murder Most Catholic ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House, 2002

· War Can Be Murder · Mike Doogan · nv The Mysterious North ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet, 2002

· The Painted Lady · DeLoris Stanton Forbes · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 2002

· The Dead Their Eyes Implore Us · George P. Pelecanos · nv Measures of Poison ed. Dennis McMillan, Dennis McMillan, 2002

· Moody’s Blues · Hal Charles · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2002

· Mom Lights a Candle [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Crippen & Landru, December 2002

· If All Is Dark · Mat Coward · ss Crimewave #6, 2002

· Ukukele and the World’s Pain · James Sallis · vi Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2002

· The Spy and the Minotaur [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2002

Sleuths of the Century ed. Jon L. Breen & Ed Gorman (Carroll & Graf, April 2000, 0-7867-0709-7, $26.00, 579pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 25 detective stories.

1 · Introduction · Jon L. Breen · in

4 · The Phantom Motor [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 11 1906, as “Problem of the Phantom Auto”

18 · The Secret Garden [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 3 1910, as “The Secret of the Sealed Garden”

36 · Problem at Sea [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week January 12 1936

50 · The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928

69 · The Adventure of the Glass-Domed Clock [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Mystery League October 1933, as “The Glass-Domed Clock”

87 · Madame Maigret’s Admirer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Jean Stewart · nv Maigret’s Pipe by Georges Simenon, tr. Jean Stewart, Hamish Hamilton, 1977
translated from the French (“L’Amoureux de Madame Maigret”, Police-Roman, July 28, 1939).

116 · The Wrong Problem [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Evening Standard August 13 1936

129 · The Next Witness [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine May 1955, as “The Last Witness”

178 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953

193 · The King in Yellow · Raymond Chandler · na Dime Detective Magazine March 1938

238 · The Pink Caterpillar [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · ss Adventure February 1945

248 · The Suicide [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Manhunt October 1953, as “The Beat-Up Sister” by John Ross Macdonald

282 · The Empty Hours [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · na Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1, 1960

336 · The Heroine · Patricia Highsmith · ss Harper’s Bazaar August 1945

350 · The Death of a Bum [Abe Levine] · Donald E. Westlake · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine June 1965

373 · Breathe No More [Park Falkner] · John D. MacDonald · nv Detective Tales May 1950

394 · When the Wedding Was Over [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv Means of Evil by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1979

417 · Like a Lamb to the Slaughter [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1977, as “A Candle for the Bag Lady”

444 · The Witch, Yazzie, and the Nine of Clubs · Tony Hillerman · ss Crime Wave, Collins, 1981

457 · Cat’s-Paw [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Waves Press, 1983

476 · Somewhere in the City [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss The Armchair Detective Spring 1990

492 · Old Rattler [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Partners in Crime ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet, 1994

506 · Dalziel’s Ghost [Supt. Andrew Dalziel] · Reginald Hill · nv Pascoe’s Ghost and Other Brief Chronicles of Crime by Reginald Hill, Collins, 1979

530 · The Watts Lions [Easy Rawlins] · Walter Mosley · ss The New Mystery ed. Jerome Charyn, Dutton, 1993

543 · Grace Notes [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · na Windy City Blues by Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1995

American Murders ed. Rita A. & Jon L. Breen--- see under Jon L. Breen.

Imagine! ed. Walter R. Bremner (Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1970, 0-17-632870-X, 181pp, tp, an)
There is a section after each story with questions and discussions for the student.

1 · Imagine! · Fredric Brown · pp The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1955

4 · The Short-Short Story of Mankind · John Steinbeck · ss Lilliput November 1955, as “We’re Holding Our Own”

12 · History Lesson · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories May 1949

27 · Side Bet · Will F. Jenkins · ss Collier’s July 31 1937

41 · The Snow Woman · Norah Burke · ss (r)

51 · The Bamboo Trap · Robert S. Lemmon · ss Short Stories April 25 1923

69 · Voodoo · Fredric Brown · vi Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1954

73 · Number Fifty-Six · Stephen Leacock · ss (r)

83 · The Story-Teller · Saki · ss The Morning Post, as by H. H. Munro

93 · The Little Girl and the Wolf · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker January 21 1939

95 · Vignettes of Travel · Farley Mowat · ss (r)

108 · Christmas Morning · Frank O’Connor · ss The New Yorker December 21 1946

121 · Luke Baldwin’s Vow · Morley Callaghan · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 15 1947

136 · One’s a Heifer · Sinclair Ross · nv Canadian Accent ed. Ralph Gustafson, Penguin, 1944

157 · Cousin Len’s Wonderful Adjective Cellar · Jack Finney · ss Ladies’ Home Journal April 1948

163 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902

Who Was Guilty? ed. Marlena E. Bremseth (Crippen & Landru, April 2005, 1-932009-27-2, $19.00, 185pp, tp, an, cover by Deborah Miller)
Anthology of two dime novels. A hardcover edition (-26-4, $29.00) was announced but not seen. In the “Lost Classics” series.

8 · Foreword · Marlena E. Bremseth · fw

11 · Introduction · Marlena E. Bremseth · in

23 · Who Was Guilty? · Philip S. Warne · na The Saturday Journal March 19 1881 - May 28 1881

105 · The Mystery of the Sea-Eagle Tavern · Howard W. Macy · na New York Weekly December 2 1872 - January 6 1873

180 · A Complete Bibliography of the Works of Warne/Macy · Marlena E. Bremseth · bi

Bitter Waters by Chaz Brenchley (Lethe Press, October 25, 2014, 978-1-59021-577-7, $15.00, 243pp, tp, co, cover by Elizabeth Leggett)

1 · The Book You Hold in Your Hands (Even if It’s on a Screen) · Geoff Ryman · in

3 · Another Chart of the Silences · Chaz Brenchley · nv Phantoms at the Phil, Side Real Press/Northern Gothic, 2005

19 · Junk Male · Chaz Brenchley · ss Crimewave #4, 2000

33 · The Pillow-Boy of General Shu · Chaz Brenchley · ss Lace and Blade 2 ed. Deborah J. Ross, Leda, 2009, as by Daniel Fox

49 · In the Night Street Baths · Chaz Brenchley · nv Lace and Blade ed. Deborah J. Ross, Leda, 2008

69 · The Insolence of Candles Against the Night’s Dying · Chaz Brenchley · ss Taps and Sighs ed. Peter Crowther, Subterranean Press, 2000, as “The Insolence of Candles Against the Light’s Dying”

87 · Parting Shots · Chaz Brenchley · ss Postscripts #16, Autumn 2008

93 · Up the Airy Mountain · Chaz Brenchley · nv Crimewave #3, 2000

113 · The Light of Other Eyes · Chaz Brenchley · ss 2002; first published in Pitch 5, (Bookcase, 2002).

119 · Septicaemia · Chaz Brenchley · ss The Gay Times Book of Short Stories: New Century, New Writing ed. P-P. Hartnett, Millivres Prowler Group, 2000

123 · The Cupboard of Cold Things · Chaz Brenchley · ss
read at the 2010/2011 Christmas edition of Phantoms at the Phil on January 6, 2011.

131 · True North · Chaz Brenchley · ss
read at the Fifth Proceedings of Phantoms at the Phil on January 6, 2009.

145 · Hothouse Flowers: or, The Discreet Boys of Dr Barnabas · Chaz Brenchley · nv The Bitten Word ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2010; given as “Hothouse Flowers: or, The Discreet Boys of Dr Barnabus” in the Table of Contents.

165 · One for Every Year He’s Away, She Said · Chaz Brenchley · ss Dark Asylum #1, March 1995

175 · Keep the Aspidochelone Afloat · Chaz Brenchley · nv The Touch of the Sea ed. Steve Berman, Lethe Press, 2012, as “Keep the Aspidochelone Floating”

205 · ’Tis Pity He’s Ashore · Chaz Brenchley · ss Hellbound Hearts ed. Paul Kane & Marie O'Regan, Pocket, 2009

219 · The Boat of Not Belonging · Chaz Brenchley · ss
read at the Summer 2011 Phantoms at the Phil on August 4, 2011.

231 · Villainelle · Chaz Brenchley · ss When the Villain Comes Home ed. Valerie Griswold-Ford, Dragon Moon Press, 2012

In Storage by Chaz Brenchley, Ian Whates, Hal Duncan, Andrew Hook, Sarah Singleton, Ian Watson, Andy West, Heather Bradshaw, Neil K. Bond & Cardinal Cox--- see under Ian Whates.

Rowany de Vere and a Fair Degree of Frost by Chaz Brenchley (NewCon Press, May 8, 2025, 978-1-914953-97-2, £8.99, 114pp, tp, na)
Also available in a hardback edition (-96-5, £19.99), limited to 50 numbered, signed, copies. In the “NP Novella” series.
Details taken from online listing.

Requiems for the Departed ed. Gerard Brennan & Mike Stone (Morrigan Books, June 2010, 978-1-4515-3968-4, $20.00, 305pp, tp, oa, cover by Reece Notley)
Original anthology of 17 crime stories inspired by Irish myth.

· Foreword · Gerard Brennan · fw

· Foreword · Mike Stone · fw

1 · Queen of the Hill · Stuart Neville · ss

13 · Hound of Culann · Tony Black · ss

21 · Hats Off to Mary · Garry Kilworth · ss

33 · Sliabh Ban · Arlene Hunt · ss

53 · Red Hand of Ulster · Sam Millar · nv

83 · She Wails Through the Fair · Ken Bruen · ss

95 · A Price to Pay · Maxim Jakubowski · ss

105 · Red Milk · T. A. Moore · nv

127 · Bog Man · John McAllister · ss

141 · The Sea Is Not Full · Una McCormack · ss

161 · The Druid’s Dance · Tony Bailie · ss

179 · Children of Gear · Neville Thompson · ss

185 · Diarmid and Grainne · Adrian McKinty · ss

203 · The Fortunate Isles · Dave Hutchinson · nv

231 · First to Score · Garbhan Downey · nv

257 · Fisherman’s Blues · Brian McGilloway · ss

267 · The Life Business · John Grant · nv

295 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

303 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg

305 · About the Cover Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Best Crime Stories ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Crime Stories 2 ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Crime Stories 3 ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Legal Stories ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Legal Stories 2 ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Secret Service Stories ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Secret Service Stories 2 ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Secret Service Stories 3 ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Best Smuggling Stories ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan--- see under John Welcome.

Classic Lines: More Great Racing Stories ed. John Needham Huggard Brennan & Dick Francis--- see under Dick Francis.

The Adventures of Lucius Leffing by Joseph Payne Brennan (Donald M. Grant, April 1990, 0-937986-95-X, $30.00, 224pp, hc, co) [Lucius Leffing]
Collection of 13 stories featuring occult detective Leffing, illustrated by Luis Ferreira, with an introduction by Jack L. Chalker. Nine stories are original. This is a limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the author and the artist.

9 · The Nursing Home Horror [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Weird Tales #2 ed. Lin Carter, Zebra, 1981, as “Fear”

31 · The Vanning Case [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

42 · The Swamp Horror [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv

63 · Death on 91 [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

76 · Copycat Killer [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

86 · Murder in the Parks [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

105 · The Butcher Knife Murder [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

117 · Motive for Murder [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

127 · Wanderson’s Waste [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Night Visions 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Dark Harvest, 1985

146 · The Haunting at Juniper Hill [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Night Visions 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Dark Harvest, 1985

172 · The Delivery [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

180 · The Spruce Valley Monster [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv

217 · Observations on Lorimer Street [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1984

The Borders Just Beyond by Joseph Payne Brennan (Donald M. Grant, October 1986, 0-937986-80-1, $30.00, 200pp, hc, co)
Collection of 25 horror stories, mostly original to this volume (some of them appeared before in fanzines, etc.). Limited to 750 signed copies.

11 · The Barren Land · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

20 · Road to Granville · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Midnight ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1985

36 · Marianne · Joseph Payne Brennan · vi Whispers June 1975

40 · The Other Things · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

50 · Survival · Joseph Payne Brennan · vi Whispers June 1975, as “The Survivor”

53 · Long Hollow Swamp · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1976

65 · The New Arrivals · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

70 · The Jugular Man · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1973

79 · Going Home · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

85 · Vampires from the Void · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

95 · Blizzard at Shaysville · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

101 · Extermination · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Macabre #6, Winter 1959

107 · Hobbies · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

111 · The Recess Bell · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

122 · The Bellmore Case · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

130 · Hugen · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

137 · The Gulf of Night · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Pinnacle Fall 1960

141 · The House on Stillcroft Street · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1975

153 · Cast Me Away · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

159 · Silver Death · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Macabre #2, Winter 1957

163 · The Hero · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

168 · Election Incident · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Macabre #3, Summer 1958

172 · The King of Cubomba · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss The Arkham Sampler v2 #2, 1984

177 · Lottman’s End · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Fantasy Macabre #5, 1985

187 · The Business About Fred · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss The Satyr’s Head & Other Tales of Terror ed. David A. Sutton, Corgi, 1975

The Dark Returners by Joseph Payne Brennan (Macabre House, 1959, $3.00, 70pp, hc, co)
Limited to 150 signed copies.

1 · The Disappearance · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

10 · Goodbye, Mr. Bliss · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

16 · The Corpse of Charlie Rull · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

30 · The Impulse to Kill · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

39 · The Pool · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

46 · Daisy Murdock · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

50 · The Fete in the Forest · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

57 · Curb Service · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

63 · The Pavilion · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

Heart of Earth by Joseph Payne Brennan (The Decker Press, 1949, 64pp, hc, oc)
Details taken from online listing.

· Heart of Earth · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Power · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Infantryman · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Permanent Things · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Homo Sapiens · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Veteran · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Not Any Worse · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Shenandoah? Shenandoah? · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Love of the Night · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Ultimate Autumn · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Moth · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Bedrock · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Envy the Adder · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Prodigal Land · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Seven Council Fires · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Invasion · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· History by the Black Hills · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Crazy Horse · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Admiration of Eagles · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· So Ever the Groves · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Apache · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Billy the Kid · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Desert · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Condor · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· To the Bacteria · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Communions · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Nietzsche · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Zarathustra at the Gate · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Earth Lovers · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Something Not Captured · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· To Dorothy L. U. · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Come to Me · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Ancient October · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· A Fable · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Texture · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Text of Autumn · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Strayer’s Song · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Swamp Picture · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Canticle for November · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· First Snow · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Winter Blossom · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

The Humming Stair by Joseph Payne Brennan (Big Mountain Press, 1953, 23pp, hc, oc)
Limited to 100 copies.
Details taken from online listing.

· Return of the Young Men · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Old Man with Tarnished Eyes · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· From Golden Boughs · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Guest · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Demons’ Wood · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Sea Bell · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Time of Events · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Instant Chances · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Humming Stair · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Slanting Edge · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Neuropathic · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Mannikins · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Modern Poets · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Enduring Shapes · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Sonnet to the Sea · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Honey Bees · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

Nine Horrors and a Dream by Joseph Payne Brennan (Arkham House, 1958, $3.00, 120pp, hc, co)

3 · Slime · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Weird Tales March 1953

35 · Levitation · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

41 · The Calamander Chest · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Weird Tales January 1954

52 · Death in Peru · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Mystic Magazine #2, January 1954

62 · On the Elevator · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Weird Tales July 1953

72 · The Green Parrot · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Weird Tales July 1952

79 · Canavan’s Back Yard · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

95 · I’m Murdering Mr. Massington · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Esquire February 1954

100 · The Hunt · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

112 · The Mail for Juniper Hill · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

Scream at Midnight by Joseph Payne Brennan (Macabre House, 1963, $3.50, 85pp, hc, co)

7 · The Horror at Chilton Castle · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv

23 · The Midnight Bus · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

30 · The Vampire Bat · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

36 · The Seventh Incantation [Cthulhu] · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

43 · Killer Cat · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

52 · The Dump · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

65 · The Tenants · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

70 · The Man Who Feared Masks · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

75 · The Visitor in the Vault · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

79 · In the Very Stones [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

The Wind of Time by Joseph Payne Brennan (Hawk & Whippoorwill, 1961, 55pp, hc, oc)
Details taken from online listing.

· Epitaph for an Earth Lover · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· A Sort of Eden · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Raccoon on the Road · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Waste of Dunes · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· A Summer’s Thirst · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Snake · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Forest Fantastique · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Summer’s End · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Grey Owl · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· After Midnight · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Maelstrom of Stars · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Best Thing to Be · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Chestnut Roasters · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Wild Deer · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Snow Song for Patti · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· December Sorrows · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Sea Hawk · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Cormorant · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· In My Pure and Deepest Dreams · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Lynx in the Lunar Wood · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· New England Vignette · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Fury of My Midnight Fame · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Then We Got Trouble · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· After Love · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· When the Pear Tree · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Like a Bride · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Wind of Time · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm Macabre #1, June 1957

· The Splintered Streets · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Summer Days · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· On Desolate Streets · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Lonely Places · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Slack Spent Moon · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Search in the City · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· On a Photograph of Daisy Murdock · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Actress · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Circa 1890 · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Desolation · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Dimensions of Time · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Chateau Neuf · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· When Tigers Pass · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Scythe of Dreams · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm Flame

· Avery Anameer · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Humming Stair · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm The Humming Stair by Joseph Payne Brennan, Big Mountain Press, 1953

· The Time of Events · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm The Humming Stair by Joseph Payne Brennan, Big Mountain Press, 1953

· The Instant Chances · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm The Humming Stair by Joseph Payne Brennan, Big Mountain Press, 1953

· Admiration of Eagles · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm Heart of Earth by Joseph Payne Brennan, The Decker Press, 1949

· Twenty-Five Years Beyond My Youth · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Man I Met · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· The Microfilms of Me · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

· Time on Sunday Morning · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

Maps to Nowhere by Marie Brennan (Book View Café, September 5, 2017, 978-1-61138-694-3, $2.99, ebook, co)
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Marie Brennan · fw

· Once a Goddess · Marie Brennan · ss Clockwork Phoenix 2 ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2009

· The Mirror-City · Marie Brennan · ss Clockwork Phoenix 5 ed. Mike Allen, Mythic Delirium Books, 2016

· A Mask of Flesh · Marie Brennan · ss Clockwork Phoenix ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2008

· But Who Shall Lead the Dance? · Marie Brennan · ss Talebones #34, Winter 2006

· A Thousand Souls · Marie Brennan · ss Aberrant Dreams I, The Awakening, Aberrant Dreams, 2008

· Beggar’s Blessing · Marie Brennan · ss Shroud #2, March/April 2008

· Nine Sketches, in Charcoal and Blood · Marie Brennan · ss On Spec Fall 2007

· Letter Found in a Chest Belonging to the Marquis de Montseraille Following the Death of That Worthy Individual · Marie Brennan · ss Abyss & Apex #29, 1st Quarter 2009

· From the Editorial Page of the Falchester Weekly Review [Lady Trent] · Marie Brennan · ss Tor.com April 5 2016

· Love, Cayce · Marie Brennan · ss Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #22, April 2011

· Afterword · Marie Brennan · aw

· Story Notes · Marie Brennan · ms

Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories ed. Stephen Brennan (Talos Press, August 2014, 978-1-940456-01-0, $15.99, 516pp, tp, an, cover by Thinkstock)
Anthology of 22 pieces of fiction, ten of them novel excerpts which are not distinguished from the stories in any way.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Frankenstein · Mary Shelley · ex Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, as “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus”

22 · Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Knickerbocker January 1837, as “The Fountain of Youth”, uncredited.

30 · Some Words with a Mummy · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Review April 1845

43 · The Sphinx · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Arthur’s Ladies’ Magazine January 1846

47 · Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea [Captain Nemo] · Jules Verne · ex (r)
translated from the French (Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, J. Hetzel, 1869).

77 · Flatland [Flatland] · Edwin A. Abbott · n. Seely & Co., 1884, as by A Square

141 · A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court · Mark Twain · ex The Century Magazine November 1889

152 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897

161 · Edison’s Conquest of Mars · Garrett P. Serviss · ex New York Evening Journal January 1898

199 · The Doomsman · Van Tassel Sutphen · ex Metropolitan Magazine October 1905 (+7); given as by Van Tassel Sutpen.

217 · The Poison Belt [Professor Challenger] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ex Hodder & Stoughton, August 1913

272 · The Star Rover · Jack London · ex Macmillan US, 1915

294 · City of Endless Night · Milo Hastings · ex Dodd, Mead, 1920

323 · The Blind Spot [Spot] · Austin Hall & Homer Eon Flint · ex Argosy Allstory Weekly May 14 1921 (+5)

337 · Tanks · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930

358 · The Man Who Saved the Earth · Austin Hall · nv All-Story Weekly December 13 1919

394 · The Moon Metal · Garrett P. Serviss · ex Harper, 1900

443 · The Coming of the Ice · G. Peyton Wertenbaker · ss Amazing Stories June 1926

454 · The New Accelerator · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1901

465 · The Stolen Mind · M. L. Staley · nv Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930

485 · A Scientist Rises · D. W. Hall (with Harry Bates) · ss Astounding Stories November 1932

491 · The World Beyond · Ray Cummings · nv Amazing Stories July 1942

Her Pilgrim Soul and Other Stories by Alan Brennert (Tor, December 1990, 0-312-85101-4, $17.95, 244pp, hc, co)
Collection of eight stories, ranging from horror to Twilight Zone-style fantasy.

1 · Sea Change · Alan Brennert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1990

46 · Queen of the Magic Kingdom · Alan Brennert · ss New Voices III ed. George R. R. Martin, Berkley, 1980

58 · Healer · Alan Brennert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1989

108 · Jamie’s Smile · Alan Brennert · nv The Ides of Tomorrow ed. Terry Carr, Little Brown, 1976

128 · Steel · Alan Brennert · ss Cobblestone 1977

136 · The Third Sex · Alan Brennert · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #3, Spring 1989

161 · Voices in the Earth · Alan Brennert · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine October 1987

194 · Her Pilgrim Soul · Alan Brennert · pl Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine December 1986
broadcast on CBS television, December 13, 1985.

TriQuarterly 49 ed. Jonathan Brent & Elliott Anderson--- see under Elliott Anderson.

Cave of the Blue Scorpion by Loring Brent (Steeger Books, November 26, 2021, 978-1-61827-630-8, $24.95, 244pp, tp, co) [Peter the Brazen]
Volume 94 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume five in “The Adventures of Peter the Brazen”.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Vampire [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy April 25 1931 (+1)

· Chinese for Racket [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy May 30 1931 (+1)

· Cave of the Blue Scorpion [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy November 21 1931

The City of Stolen Lives by Loring Brent (Altus Press, April 25, 2016, 978-1-61827-232-4, $19.95, 274pp, tp, co) [Peter the Brazen]
Volume 16 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume one in “The Adventures of Peter the Brazen”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

i · Introduction · Will Murray · in

1 · Princess of Static [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv The Argosy October 5 1918

55 · The City of Stolen Lives [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv The Argosy October 19 1918

157 · The Bitter Fountain [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv The Argosy November 2 1918

The Complete Adventures of Peter the Brazen by Loring Brent (Steeger Books, November 28, 2022, $190.00, 856pp, hc, co) [Peter the Brazen]
A 2-volume set.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Introduction · Will Murray · in

· Introduction · Rick Lai · in

· Sparks Goes to War · George Frank Worts · ts Collier’s October 26 1918

· Princess of Static [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv The Argosy October 5 1918

· The City of Stolen Lives [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv The Argosy October 19 1918

· The Bitter Fountain [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv The Argosy November 2 1918

· The Dead Spark [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv The Argosy November 16 1918

· The Golden Paw [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv The Argosy November 30 1918

· The Gray Dragon [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv The Argosy December 14 1918

· The Golden Cat [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · n. Argosy November 22 1919 (+5)

· The Sapphire Smile [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy February 8 1930

· The Man in the Jade Mask [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy April 26 1930

· That Cargo of Opium [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy June 21 1930 (+1)

· The Hand of Ung [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy November 22 1930 (+1)

· Vampire [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy April 25 1931 (+1)

· Chinese for Racket [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy May 30 1931 (+1)

· Cave of the Blue Scorpion [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy November 21 1931

· Sting of the Blue Scorpion [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · n. Argosy November 19 1932 (+4)

· The Master Magician [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy February 25 1933

· The Sapphire Death [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · n. Argosy June 10 1933 (+5)

· The Octopus of Hongkong [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy March 31 1934

· Kingdom of the Lost [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · na Argosy August 25 1934 (+4)

· Over the Dragon Wall [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy April 6 1935

The Golden Cat by Loring Brent (Altus Press, November 22, 2018, 978-1-61827-375-8, $19.95, 317pp, tp, n.) [Peter the Brazen]
Volume 36 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume three in “The Adventures of Peter the Brazen”.

The Gray Dragon by Loring Brent (Steeger Books, December 1, 2019, 978-1-61827-437-3, $19.95, 315pp, tp, co) [Peter the Brazen]
Volume 53 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume two in “The Adventures of Peter the Brazen”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Dead Spark [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv The Argosy November 16 1918

109 · The Golden Paw [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv The Argosy November 30 1918

211 · The Gray Dragon [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv The Argosy December 14 1918

The Sapphire Death by Loring Brent (Popular Publications, November 29, 2024, 978-1-61827-811-1, $29.95, 340pp, tp, co, cover by Paul Stahr) [Peter the Brazen]
Volume 156 in “The Argosy Library”.
Details taken from publisher website.

· The Sapphire Death [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · n. Argosy June 10 1933 (+5)

· The Octopus of Hongkong [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy March 31 1934

The Sapphire Smile by Loring Brent (Steeger Books, November 27, 2020, 978-1-61827-549-3, $19.95, 263pp, tp, co, cover by Paul Stahr) [Peter the Brazen]
Volume 73 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume four in “The Adventures of Peter the Brazen”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Sapphire Smile [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy February 8 1930

53 · The Man in the Jade Mask [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy April 26 1930

103 · That Cargo of Opium [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy June 21 1930 (+1)

171 · The Hand of Ung [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy November 22 1930 (+1)

Sting of the Blue Scorpion by Loring Brent (Popular Publications, November 27, 2022, 978-1-61827-697-1, $24.95, 260pp, tp, co, cover by Paul Stahr) [Peter the Brazen]
Volume 127 in “The Argosy Library”. Volume six in “The Adventures of Peter the Brazen”.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Sting of the Blue Scorpion [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · n. Argosy November 19 1932 (+4)

· The Master Magician [Peter the Brazen] · Loring Brent · nv Argosy February 25 1933

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