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Delay on Turtle, and Other Stories by Victor Canning (Four Square, 1962, 648, 2/6d, 191pp, pb, co) · Delay on Turtle · Victor Canning · nv The Evening Standard January 27 1958 (+10) · Don’t Talk to Me About Women · Victor Canning · nv The Evening Standard February 24 1959 (+7) · This Bride Is Dangerous · Victor Canning · nv Suspense (UK) January 1960 (+3)

Italy and the Balkans by Victor Canning (Lulu, June 2010, 978-0-557-49840-6, vi+112pp, tp, co) [edited by John Higgins] iv · Preface · John Higgins · pr 1 · Wall of Death [Did It Happen?] · Victor Canning · ar The Evening Standard July 20 1957 4 · Two Good Men Come to the Aid of the Party [Did It Happen?] · Victor Canning · ar The Evening Standard November 4 1957 8 · Don’t Be a Hero · Victor Canning · ss Argosy February 1951 19 · Wet Stepping Stones · Victor Canning · ss Star Weekly November 27 1953 23 · Let Sleeping Dogs Lie · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard March 10 1952 27 · Death in the Tunnel · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard September 29 1955 31 · Fill the Night with Murder · Victor Canning · ss John Bull January 28 1956, as “Midnight on the Lagoon” 37 · Curtains for Mario · Victor Canning · ss The Daily Mail October 9 1958 42 · The Sleeping Man · Victor Canning · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1952 93 · You Are a Spy [Did It Happen?] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard March 28 1959 97 · Dialogue Behind a Curtain · Victor Canning · ss Lilliput June/July 1951 103 · The Key · Victor Canning · ss John Bull June 20 1953

The Minerva Club by Victor Canning (Crippen & Landru, February 2009, 978-1-932009-77-4, $19.00, 223pp, tp, co, cover by Melanie Falk) [edited by John Higgins]     Subtitled “The Department of Patterns and Others”. 7 · Introduction · John Higgins · in 15 · The Minerva Club Stories 17 · The Trojan Crate [Minerva Club] · Victor Canning · ss Today March 16 1963, as “Escape for a Lucky Dog” 27 · Flint’s Diamonds [Minerva Club] · Victor Canning · ss Today January 5 1963, as “To Lottie with Love” 36 · The Ransom of Angelo [Minerva Club] · Victor Canning · ss Argosy (UK) November 1961, as “Twinkle, Twinkle” 54 · A Stroke of Genius [Minerva Club] · Victor Canning · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1965 62 · Three Heads Are Better Than One [Minerva Club] · Victor Canning · ss Today April 6 1963, as “With Love from the Boys” 71 · The Department of Patterns 73 · The Doomsday Pattern [Department of Patterns] · Victor Canning · nv Suspense (UK) January 1961 106 · The Nine Little Fishermen [Department of Patterns] · Victor Canning · ss Suspense (UK) April 1961, as “The Nigger Boy Pattern” 120 · Tattoo Pattern [Department of Patterns] · Victor Canning · ss Argosy (UK) May 1961 130 · Carnation Pattern [Department of Patterns] · Victor Canning · ss Argosy (UK) June 1961 140 · The Chicken Breast Pattern [Department of Patterns] · Victor Canning · ss Argosy (UK) July 1961 151 · The Botany Pattern [Department of Patterns] · Victor Canning · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1965 162 · Baskets of Apples and Roses [Department of Patterns] · Victor Canning · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1965 169 · The Dramatic Deaths of Dr. Kang 171 · Death in China [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard February 20 1956, as “The Six Deaths of Dr. Kang” 175 · Shadow in the Dark [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard February 21 1956 180 · Stranger Who Called at Room 12 [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard February 22 1956 184 · The Voyage of Fear [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard February 23 1956 189 · A Toast to Treachery [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard February 24 1956 191 · A Voice from the Past [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard February 25 1956 198 · Murder at the Sixth Green [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Glasgow Citizen December 17 1956 202 · A Question of Tailoring [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Glasgow Citizen December 18 1956 205 · The Slasher Slips Up [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Glasgow Citizen December 19 1956 209 · The Prisoner in the Embassy [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Glasgow Citizen December 20 1956 213 · Lady in Distress [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Glasgow Citizen December 21 1956 217 · Find My Son [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Glasgow Citizen December 28 1956 221 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi

The Minerva Club (var. 1) by Victor Canning (Farrago Books, July 17, 2020, 978-1-78842-269-7, £6.99, 112pp, tp, co) [edited by John Higgins] 9 · Introduction · John Higgins · in 13 · The Trojan Crate [Minerva Club] · Victor Canning · ss Today March 16 1963, as “Escape for a Lucky Dog” 31 · Flint’s Diamonds [Minerva Club] · Victor Canning · ss Today January 5 1963, as “To Lottie with Love” 47 · The Ransom of Angelo [Minerva Club] · Victor Canning · ss Argosy (UK) November 1961, as “Twinkle, Twinkle” 79 · A Stroke of Genius [Minerva Club] · Victor Canning · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1965 93 · Three Heads Are Better Than One [Minerva Club] · Victor Canning · ss Today April 6 1963, as “With Love from the Boys”

Stories and Novellas: The Exotics by Victor Canning (Lulu, September 13, 2011, 214pp, tp, co) [edited by John Higgins]     Three novellas and nine short stories set in exotic locations. · Gemma-Two-Five · Victor Canning · na Star Weekly December 10 1955 · Trouble in Limoy · Victor Canning · na Star Weekly May 17 1958 · The Survival Man · Victor Canning · nv The Evening Standard August 31 1959 (+11) · A Son for M’Lassa · Victor Canning · ss John Bull October 19 1957 · The Gorilla That Died Twice · Victor Canning · ss This Week January 19 1958 · The Girl and the Bearded Beachcomber · Victor Canning · ss This Week February 5 1961 · A Case of Dollars · Victor Canning · ss John Bull March 22 1958 · The Sleigman Letter · Victor Canning · ss John Bull May 24 1958 · The Girl from the Argola · Victor Canning · ss Weekend February 5 1958, as “Runaway Redhead” · Give and Take · Victor Canning · ss The (London) Evening News February 21 1962 · With Love from a Bad Man · Victor Canning · ss Weekend March 29 1959 · The Captain’s Farewell · Victor Canning · ss Everybody’s October 31 1953

Stories of Crime and Detection by Victor Canning (Shaftesbury, June 2010, 978-0-557-49839-0, viii+198pp, tp, co) [edited by John Higgins]     Title given as “Crime and Detection” on the cover. v · Preface · John Higgins · pr 1 · Part I—Crime 1 · Breakaway · Victor Canning · ss Argosy (UK) April 1962 6 · It Never Pays Off · Victor Canning · ss Everybody’s July 23 1955 10 · The Emerald Necklace · Victor Canning · ss This Week November 1 1953 14 · Disappearing Trick · Victor Canning · ss Argosy (UK) September 1957 25 · Message from the Mainland · Victor Canning · ss This Week October 7 1956, as “Terror at the Lighthouse” 30 · Chinese Triangle · Victor Canning · ss Argosy (UK) November 1955 35 · The Coral Tree · Victor Canning · ss The Creasey Mystery Magazine January 1957 39 · Spotting the Winner · Victor Canning · ss Argosy (UK) January 1962 43 · A Question of Character · Victor Canning · ss Suspense (UK) July 1960 50 · The Cautious Safe-Cracker · Victor Canning · ss This Week July 4 1954 54 · Monkey Tricks · Victor Canning · ss The (London) Evening News January 8 1962 58 · A Question of Trust · Victor Canning · ss Chambers’s Journal March 1953, as “Never Trust a Lady” 61 · The Leaning Man · Victor Canning · ss John Bull and Everybody’s Weekly May 2 1959 72 · A Matter of Time · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard August 16 1950 77 · Chance at the Wheel · Victor Canning · ss This Week October 24 1954, as “Menace at the Casino” 83 · Cook Wanted · Victor Canning · ss This Week April 10 1955, as “The Chef Who Got Fed Up” 87 · Edge of Fear · Victor Canning · ss Argosy (UK) April 1956 96 · The Vanishing Victim · Victor Canning · ss Today April 15 1961 103 · The Pawn · Victor Canning · ss The (London) Evening News May 7 1934 108 · The Crown Jewels Robbery · Victor Canning · ss The Daily Mail September 24 1956 (+4) 128 · Part II—Detection 128 · Lady in the Dark · Victor Canning · ss Argosy (UK) October 1961 133 · The Woman in Suite 47 · Victor Canning · ss This Week September 1960 138 · Heavenly Twins · Victor Canning · ss This Week October 13 1963, as “The Safecracker and the Heavenly Twins” 143 · Who Murdered Grogan the Poet? · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard April 2 1956 147 · Mr. Flynn Finds Out · Victor Canning · ss This Week October 3 1954, as “Who Stole Milady’s Ring?” 152 · The Golf Widower · Victor Canning · ss This Week November 24 1963 156 · Dick Whittington’s Cat · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard December 22 1950 160 · Fall of a Sparrow · Victor Canning · ss Argosy (UK) June 1957 164 · Everything of the Finest · Victor Canning · ss This Week December 13 1959, as “The Butler Who Should Have Been a Detective” 169 · Exit for an Eccentric · Victor Canning · ss Suspense (UK) October 1960 174 · Mystery of Kela Ouai · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard November 29 1951, as “Death of a Brother” 179 · Quarrel at Sea · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard July 26 1956 182 · Emergency Case · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard October 31 1955 186 · Food for Thought · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard April 24 1951 191 · The Napoleonic Clue · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard August 22 1955, as “Vacation with Violence” 195 · To Whoever Finds This · Victor Canning · ss The (London) Evening News February 5 1962, as “The Boat Was Handy”

Young Man on a Bicycle and Other Stories by Victor Canning (Hodder & Stoughton, 1958, 2/6d, 223pp, hc, co) 7 · Young Man on a Bicycle · Victor Canning · na Cosmopolitan October 1955 59 · Oasis Nine · Victor Canning · na Everybody’s March 1956 131 · The Goldini Bath · Victor Canning · na Everybody’s October 6 1956 (+3) 187 · Adriatic Crossing · Victor Canning · nv John Bull March 19 1955 (+1)

Young Man on a Bicycle and the Goldini Bath by Victor Canning (Farrago Books, October 22, 2020, 978-1-78842-273-4, £8.99, 176pp, tp, co) 9 · Young Man on a Bicycle · Victor Canning · na Cosmopolitan October 1955 88 · The Goldini Bath · Victor Canning · na Everybody’s October 6 1956 (+3)

Forever Azathoth by Peter Cannon (Subterranean Press, June 2011, 978-1-59606-411-9, $40.00, 231pp, hc, co, cover by Jason C. Eckhardt)     Collection of 16 Lovecraftian pastiches and parodies, one original. This is a signed, limited edition of 350. 9 · Introduction · Peter Cannon · in · Forever Azathoth 15 · Azathoth in Arkham [Azathoth] · Peter Cannon · ss The Azathoth Cycle ed. Robert M. Price, Chaosium, 1995 25 · The Revenge of Azathoth [Azathoth] · Peter Cannon · ss The Azathoth Cycle ed. Robert M. Price, Chaosium, 1995 37 · The House of Azathoth [Azathoth] · Peter Cannon · ss Cthulhu Codex #8, August 1996 53 · Azathoth in Analysis [Azathoth] · Peter Cannon · ss Tales of Lovecraftian Horror #9, 1998 61 · Bride of Azathoth [Azathoth] · Peter Cannon · ss Parts #15, May 1999 75 · Son of Azathoth [Azathoth] · Peter Cannon · ss Forever Azathoth and other horrors by Peter Cannon, Tartarus Press, 1999 · Scream for Jeeves 93 · Cats, Rats, and Bertie Wooster [Jeeves and Wooster] · Peter Cannon · ss Dagon #27, June 1990, as “Scream for Jeeves” by H. P. G. Wodehouse 105 · Something Foetid · Peter Cannon · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #77, Eastertide 1991, as by H. P. G. Wodecraft 119 · The Rummy Affair of Young Charlie · Peter Cannon · ss Scream for Jeeves by P. H. Cannon, Wodecraft Press, 1994 · Parodies and Pastiches 137 · Tender Is the Night-Gaunt · Peter Cannon · ss The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 1998 149 · The Sound and the Fungi · Peter Cannon · ss 163 · All Moon-Beasts Amorphous and Mephitic · Peter Cannon · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #90, Lammas 1995 169 · The Undercliffe Sentences [Severn Valley] · Peter Cannon · ss Made In Goatswood ed. Scott David Aniolowski, Chaosium, 1995 183 · The Arkham Collector · Peter Cannon · ss Return to Lovecraft Country ed. Scott David Aniolowski, Triad Entertainments, 1997 193 · Old Man · Peter Cannon · ss 201 · Nautical-Looking Negroes · Peter Cannon & Robert M. Price · nv Lore Summer 1996

The Lovecraft Chronicles by Peter Cannon (Subterranean Press, February 2008, 978-1-59606-134-7, $35.00, 246pp, hc, n., cover by Jason C. Eckhardt)     Reprint (Mythos Books 2005) alternate history fix-up novel/collection of three linked stories about an H.P. Lovecraft who lives to 1960. Illustrated by Jason C. Eckhardt. This is a signed, limited edition of 350.

Capital Crimes: 15 Tales by Sacramento Area Authors ed. Patricia E. Canterbury & Kathleen L. Asay--- see under Kathleen L. Asay.

Ghosts and Things ed. Hal Cantor (Berkley, September 1962, F666, 50¢, 160pp, pb, an) 7 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited. 28 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills Boon, 1912 37 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 54 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912 65 · The Novel of the White Powder · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895 83 · Night Doings at “Deadman’s” · Ambrose Bierce · ss London Sketch-Book March 1874, as “The Strange Night-Doings at Deadman’s” 92 · Running Wolf · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Century Magazine August 1920 111 · The Music on the Hill · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, 1911 117 · Phantas · Oliver Onions · ss Nash’s Magazine February 1910 134 · The House · André Maurois; translated by Jacques Chambrun · vi Harper’s Magazine June 1931 137 · The Lovely House · Shirley Jackson · nv New World Writing #2, NAL, 1952

Memphis Noir ed. Laureen P. Cantwell & Leonard Gill (Akashic Books, November 3, 2015, 978-1-61775-311-4, $15.95, 285pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir] 15 · City of Marvels & Misfits · Laureen P. Cantwell & Leonard Gill · in 21 · Part I: Beale and the Bluff 23 · Her Better Devils · David Wesley Williams · ss; set in South Bluff. 41 · Heartbreak at Graceland · Kaye George · ss; set in Whitehaven. 61 · Through Valleys · Jamey Hatley · ss; set in Westwood. 83 · Part II: Memphis Blues 85 · The Panama Limited · Richard J. Alley · ss; set in Beale Street. 104 · Green-Eyed Blues · Dwight Fryer · ss; set in Annesdale. 127 · The Never Never Is Forever · Adam Shaw & Penny Register-Shaw · cs; set in Downtown. 145 · Chain of Custody · Lee Martin · ss; set in Orange Mound. 163 · Part III: Memphis Misfits 165 · There Is No Rest · Arthur Flowers · ss; set in Riverside Park. 177 · A Game of Love · Suzanne Berube Rorhus · ss; set in East Memphis. 196 · Mother · Ehi Ike · ss; set in Germantown. 206 · Battle · Stephen Clements · ss; set in Hollywood. 219 · Part IV: Abandoned Memphis 221 · Stinkeye · Cary Holladay · ss; set in Medical District. 237 · A Shut-and-Open Case · John Bensko · ss; set in Midtown. 251 · Nightflight · Sheree Renée Thomas · ss; set in Vollintine Evergreen. 269 · Tell Him What You Want · Troy L. Wiggins · ss; set in Uptown. 282 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg