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Best Stories of the Underworld ed. Peter Cheyney (Faber & Faber, 1942, 464pp, hc) 7 · Foreword · Peter Cheyney · fw 11 · Life Is Like That · Val Gielgud · ss (r) 26 · The Blonde in Blue · Valentine Williams · nv (r) 50 · Karmesin [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Evening Standard May 9 1936 58 · The Black Hat · Anthony Gilbert · nv (r) 93 · Secrets in the Snow [Detective X. Crook] · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss 117 · East Wind [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Cornhill Magazine February 1934 142 · The Christopher Pearls · Richard Keverne · nv Britannia and Eve December 1931 163 · Cheese · Ethel Lina White · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1923 191 · Harry Was Good to the Girls · Theodora Benson · ss (r) 196 · Love Can Be Wonderful · Peter Cheyney · nv Britannia and Eve January 1941 219 · The Hairless Mexican [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan December 1927 276 · Outside the Law · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Strand Magazine July 1934, as by Francis Iles 296 · Gangsters Are Human · Anthony Armstrong · ss (r) 311 · Under Suspicion · Norman Edwards · nv (r) 338 · A Matter of Form [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine May 1940 369 · The Chobham Affair · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine December 1930 389 · The Apache · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Grand Magazine January 1934 411 · Karmesin and the Raving Lunatic [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Spring 1939 420 · Morning in the High Street · Barré Lyndon · ss The (London) Evening News October 14 1935 429 · Katie the Kid · Thomas Burke · ss Lloyd’s Magazine June 1921 441 · Tattenham Corner · Edwin Rutt · nv Britannia and Eve April 1938

Exhalation by Ted Chiang (Alfred A. Knopf, May 7, 2019, 978-1-101-94788-3, $25.95, 350pp, hc, cover by Na Kim)     Details taken from online listing. 3 · The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate · Ted Chiang · nv Subterranean Press, July 2007 37 · Exhalation · Ted Chiang · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 58 · What’s Expected of Us · Ted Chiang · vi Nature #7047, July 7 2005 62 · The Lifecycle of Software Objects · Ted Chiang · na Subterranean Press, August 2010 173 · Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny [Thackery T. Lambshead] · Ted Chiang · ss The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Harper Voyager US, 2011 185 · The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling · Ted Chiang · nv Subterranean (online) Fall 2013 231 · The Great Silence · Ted Chiang · ss e-flux journal May 8 2015 [Ref. Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla] written as a script for the video installation at Philadelphia’s Fabric Workshop and Museum with artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla (2014). 237 · Omphalos · Ted Chiang · nv 270 · Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom · Ted Chiang · na

Exhalation by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press, August 2020, $150.00, 317pp, hc, cover by Dadu Shin)     Reprint (Knopf 2019) SF collection. Limited to 300 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($150.00). Details taken from publisher website.

The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press, August 2010, 978-1-59606-317-4, $25.00, 151pp, hc, cover by Christian Pierce)     SF novella of the development of artificial intelligences. Illustrated by Christian Pearce. Printed in two colors. A signed, limited edition of 400 is also available.

The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press, July 2007, 978-1-59606-100-2, $20.00, 60pp, hc, cover by Jacob McMurray)     Fantasy novelette of Medieval Baghdad. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 200 signed copies is also available ($45.00).

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press, April 12, 2018, $125.00, i+351pp, hc, cover by Jacob McMurray)     Limited to 300 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($500). Each story as well as the story notes has a piece of introductory art by Jacob McMurray. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Tower of Babylon · Ted Chiang · nv Omni November 1990 43 · Understand · Ted Chiang · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1991 97 · Division by Zero · Ted Chiang · nv Full Spectrum III ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 121 · Story of Your Life · Ted Chiang · na Starlight 2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1998 189 · Seventy-two Letters · Ted Chiang · na Vanishing Acts ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2000 255 · The Evolution of Human Science · Ted Chiang · vi Nature #6786, June 1 2000, as “Catching Crumbs from the Table” 261 · Hell Is the Absence of God · Ted Chiang · nv Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001 299 · Liking What You See: A Documentary · Ted Chiang · na Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang, Tor, 2002 343 · Story Notes · Ted Chiang · ms 2018

The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 ed. Lee Child (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, November 2010, xiv+402pp, hc)

The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 ed. Lee Child (Corvus, November 2010, 978-1-84887-573-9, £17.99, xiv+402pp, hc)     Reprint (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010) crime/mystery anthology. ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw 2010 xii · Introduction · Lee Child · in 2010 1 · Charlie and the Pirates · Gary Alexander · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2009 14 · The Emerald Coast · R. A. Allen · ss The Literary Review Summer 2009 27 · An Early Christmas [Doyle Stark; Zina Javitz] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2009 64 · Maynard · Mary Stewart Atwell · ss Alaska Quarterly Review Fall/Winter 2009 72 · Dredge · Matt Bell · ss Hayden’s Ferry Review Fall 2009/Winter 2010 91 · A Jury of His Peers · Jay Brandon · ss Murder Past, Murder Present ed. R. Barri Flowers & Jan Grape, Twilight Times Books, 2009 109 · Designer Justice · Phyllis Cohen · nv The Prosecution Rests ed. Linda Fairstein, Little, Brown, 2009 130 · The Cross-Eyed Bear · John Dufresne · nv Boston Noir ed. Dennis Lehane, Akashic Books, 2009 149 · The Case of Colonel Warburton’s Madness [Sherlock Holmes] · Lyndsay Faye · nv Sherlock Holmes in America ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower, Skyhorse Publishing, 2009 167 · The First Rule Is · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss Black Noir March 3 2009 183 · Killing Time · Jon Land · nv Thriller 2 ed. Clive Cussler, Mira, 2009 200 · Animal Rescue · Dennis Lehane · nv Boston Noir ed. Dennis Lehane, Akashic Books, 2009 221 · Tell Me · Lynda Leidiger · ss The Gettysburg Review Summer 2009 241 · The House on Pine Terrace · Phillip Margolin · ss Thriller 2 ed. Clive Cussler, Mira, 2009 255 · Bias · Chris Muessig · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2009 277 · Bismarck Rules · Albert Tucher · nv Oregon Literary Review Summer/Fall 2009 299 · Ed Luby’s Key Club · Kurt Vonnegut · nv Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction by Kurt Vonnegut, Delacorte Press, 2009 338 · Custom Sets · Joseph Wallace · nv The Prosecution Rests ed. Linda Fairstein, Little, Brown, 2009 356 · The Shipbreaker · Mike Wiecek · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2009 376 · Blood and Dirt · Ryan Zimmerman · ss Thuglit (online) #34, 2009 391 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 2010 401 · Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2009 · [uncredited] · bi 2010

First Thrills ed. Lee Child (Forge, June 2010, 978-0-7653-2648-5, $25.99, 367pp, hc)     Original anthology of 25 stories by members of the International Thriller Writers, Inc. 13 · Introduction · Lee Child · in 19 · The Thief · Gregg Hurwitz · ss 35 · Scutwork · C. J. Lyons · ss 47 · The Bodyguard · Lee Child · ss 57 · Last Supper · Rip Gerber · ss 75 · After Dark · Alex Kava & Deb Carlin · ss 89 · Wednesday’s Child · Ken Bruen · ss 103 · Eddy May · Theo Gangi · ss 119 · The Pilot · Jeffery Deaver · nv 141 · Eye of the Storm · John Lutz & Lise Baker · ss 153 · The Dead Club · Michael & Daniel James Palmer · ss 169 · Underbelly · Grant McKenzie · ss 181 · The Gato Conundrum · John Lescroart · ss 201 · The Princess of Felony Flats · Bill Cameron · ss 219 · Savage Planet · Stephen Coonts · ss 235 · Suspended · Ryan Brown · ss 249 · Invisible · Sean Michael Bailey · ss 253 · When Johnny Comes Marching Home · Heather Graham · ss 271 · On the Train · Rebecca Cantrell · ss 281 · Children’s Day · Kelli Stanley · ss 295 · My Father’s Eyes · Wendy Corsi Staub · ss 303 · Program with a Happy Ending · Cynthia Robinson · ss 313 · Killing Carol Ann · J. T. Ellison · ss 327 · Chloe · Marc Paoletti · ss 333 · Cold, Cold Heart · Karin Slaughter · nv 359 · Calling the Shots · Karen Dionne · ss 365 · Afterword · Steve Berry · aw

Killer Year: Stories to Die For…from the Hottest New Crime Writers ed. Lee Child (St. Martin’s Minotaur, January 2008, 0312374704, $24.95, 281pp, hc) xiii · Introduction · Lee Child · in xv · The Class of Co-opetition · M. J. Rose · ss 1 · Introduction to “Perfect Gentleman” · James Rollins · is 1 · Perfect Gentleman · Brett Battles · ss 23 · Killing Justice · Allison Brennan · ss 45 · Introduction to “Bottom Deal” · Gayle Lynds · is 45 · Bottom Deal · Robert Gregory Brown · nv 77 · Time of the Green · Ken Bruen · ss 93 · Introduction to “Slice of Pie” · Anne Frasier · is 93 · Slice of Pie · Bill Cameron · ss 101 · Introduction to “A Failure to Communicate” · Harley Jane Kozak · is 101 · A Failure to Communicate · Toni McGee Causey · ss 119 · Introduction to “One Serving of Bad Luck” · Ken Bruen · is 119 · One Serving of Bad Luck · Sean Chercover · ss 143 · Introduction to “Prodigal Me” · Lee Child · is 143 · Prodigal Me · J. T. Ellison · ss 153 · Introduction to “The Only Word I Know in Spanish” · Tess Gerritsen · is 153 · The Only Word I Know in Spanish · Patry Francis · nv 179 · Introduction to “Teardown” · Joe R. Lansdale · is 179 · Teardown · Marc Lecard · ss 193 · Introduction to “Runaway” · Douglas Clegg · is 193 · Runaway · Derek Nikitas · ss 213 · Introduction to “The Crime of My Life” · Allison Brennan · is 213 · The Crime of My Life · Gregg Olsen · ss 223 · Introduction to “Point Guard” · Jeffery Deaver · is 223 · The Point Guard · Jason Pinter · ss 235 · Introduction to “Gravity and Need” · David Morrell · is 235 · Gravity and Need · Marcus Sakey · ss 249 · Death Runs Faster · Duane Swierczynski · ss 259 · Introduction to “Righteous Son” · Duane Swierczynski · is 259 · Righteous Son · Dave White · ss 273 · Coda · Laura Lippman · ss 277 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021 ed. Lee Child (The Mysterious Bookshop, September 14, 2021, 978-1-61316-267-5, 451pp, hc)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw 2021 · Introduction · Lee Child · in 2021 · 30 and Out · Doug Allyn · ss Deadly Anniversaries ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Hanover Square Press, 2020 · Things That Follow · Jim Allyn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2020 · Blest Be the Tie That Binds · Michael Bracken · ss Black Cat Mystery Magazine #6, 2020 · Harbor Lights · James Lee Burke · ss 2020 included in the Barnes & Noble edition of A Private Cathedral. · The Locked Cabin · Martin Edwards · ss The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Mango, 2020 · Biloxi Bound · John M. Floyd · ss The Strand Magazine #60, February/May 2020 · That Which Is True · Jacqueline Freimor · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2020 · The Gift · Alison Gaylin · ss Amazon Original Stories, July 30 2020 · If You Want Something Right · Sue Grafton · ss Deadly Anniversaries ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Hanover Square Press, 2020 · The Sixth Decay · Paul Kemprecos · ss Nothing Good Happens After Midnight ed. Jeffery Deaver, Suspense Publishing, 2020 · The Fifth Step · Stephen King · ss Harper’s Magazine March 2020 · The Client · Janice Law · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2020 · The Truth About Lucy · Dennis McFadden · ss Louisiana Literature v37 #1, 2020 · The Adventure of the Home Office Baby [Sherlock Holmes] · David Marcum · ss The Strand Magazine #60, February/May 2020 · Heat Wave · Tom Mead · ss Detective Thrillers Short Stories, Flame Tree, 2020 · Requiem for a Homecoming · David Morrell · ss The Darkling Halls of Ivy ed. Lawrence Block, Subterranean Press, 2020 · Parole Hearing, California Institution for Women, Chino, CA · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Boulevard #104/105, Spring 2020 · Love & Other Crimes · Sara Paretsky · ss Love & Other Crimes by Sara Paretsky, William Morrow, 2020 · Etta at the End of the World · Joseph S. Walker · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2020 · The Path I Took · Andrew Welsh-Huggins · ss Mystery Tribune #12, Winter 2020 · My Favorite Murder · Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 16 1888

Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance ed. Lee Child (Mulholland Books, April 2012, 978-0316176347, 376pp, hc)     Twenty-one original stories about crimes and those who avenge them. ix · Introduction · Lee Child · in 3 · The Fourteenth Juror · Twist Phelan · ss 20 · Lost and Found · Zoë Sharp · ss 29 · The Mother · Alafair Burke · nv 50 · Blind Justice · Jim Fusilli · ss 61 · The Consumers · Dennis Lehane · ss 80 · Moonshiner’s Lament · Rick McMahan · nv 104 · River Secret · Anne Swardson · ss 119 · Hot Sugar Blues · Steve Liskow · ss 133 · The Final Ballot · Brendan DuBois · nv 156 · Africa Always Needs Guns · Michael Niemann · nv 177 · The Unremarkable Heart · Karin Slaughter · nv first published in Holland as an e-book original 19 2010 as “Ongez1en,” and in the United Kingdom as an e-book in 2011. 213 · It Ain’t Right · Michelle Gagnon · ss 217 · Silent Justice · C. E. Lawrence · nv 240 · Even a Blind Man · Darrell James · nv 262 · The General · Janice Law · ss 276 · A Fine Mist of Blood [Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch] · Michael Connelly · ss 296 · Leverage · Mike Cooper · nv 318 · The Hotline · Dreda Say Mitchell · ss 337 · Blood and Sunshine · Adam Meyer · ss 354 · In Persona Christi · Orest Stelmach · ss 372 · The Hollywood I Remember · Lee Child · ss 379 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 385 · Copyrights · [uncredited] · ms (r)