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The Fourth Mystery Bedside Book ed. John Creasey (Hodder & Stoughton, 1963, 16/-, 240pp, hc, an)

ix · A World of Differences · John Creasey · in

11 · The Man in the Overcoat · James F. Wood · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1959

15 · Swindlers—Past and Present · Judge Gerald Sparrow · ar The Great Swindlers by Judge Gerald Sparrow, John Long, 1959

25 · The Queen’s Square [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 23 1932

42 · Death at the Wicket · Bernard Newman · ss Butcher’s Dozen by Crime Writers Association, Heinemann, 1956

50 · The Screaming Skulls of Calgarth Hall · Elliott O’Donnell · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1960

57 · District Six · Peter Godfrey · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1960

62 · Diamonds for the Million · Maurice Procter · nv Collier’s

81 · A Very Ordinary Crime · A. J. Lane · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1960

90 · The Greatest Crime Wave of All Time · Hoole Jackson · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1960 (+1)

104 · One False Note · Marten Cumberland · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1960

110 · Rubber Gloves · L. A. G. Strong · ss Butcher’s Dozen by Crime Writers Association, Heinemann, 1956

122 · The Greenwich Pensioner · R. F. Songhurst · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1960

128 · No Diamonds at Massawa · William John Waltman · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1960

148 · Drawn Into Error · Elizabeth Ferrars · ss Planned Departures ed. Elizabeth Ferrars, Hodder & Stoughton, 1958

160 · The Silent Evidence · Nigel Morland · ar Science in Crime Detection by Nigel Morland, Robert Hale, 1958

170 · The Lady in No. 19 · Sheila Richardson · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1960

174 · A Clear Case · Philip Gaute · vi John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1959

177 · Gentlemen at Crime · Donald MacKenzie · ts Gentlemen at Crime by Donald MacKenzie, Elek Books, 1956

192 · Murderer in Mufti · Shigeo Chiba · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1959

202 · The Case of the Missing Will [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 31 1923

213 · A Corpse for Christmas · Laurence Hazard · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1959

224 · Escape from Tangier · Philip Brown · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1959

231 · The Man with the Face · Jack Griffith · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1959

The Fifth Mystery Bedside Book ed. John Creasey (Hodder & Stoughton, 1964, 16/-, 192pp, hc, an)

vii · Who Will Live? · John Creasey · in

9 · Murder at Bishop’s Runt · Roy Vickers · nv New York Daily News July 18 1948 (+1)

30 · Frozen Fire · David E. Walker · ar The Modern Smuggler by David E. Walker, Secker & Warburg, 1960

52 · On a Day Unknown · Anthony Boucher · ar Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1, 1960

65 · Gideon and the Criminal’s Child [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss The (London) Evening News December 31 1962, as “Crooks’ Boy”

71 · An Axe for Frau Marek · Ignatz Peters · ts My Strangest Case ed. Kurt Singer, W. H. Allen, 1957

84 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s January 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands”

106 · The Hauntings of Berry Pomeroy Castle · Elliott O’Donnell · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine March 1961

111 · Margin of Eternity · Nigel Morland · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1963

120 · The Phantom in the Attic · P. Carbone · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1961, as “The Phantom Lover in the Attic”

124 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932

137 · Or Not to Be… · Marten Cumberland · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1960

142 · The Shadow of the Jail · Hugh J. Klare · ar Anatomy of Prison by Hugh J. Klare, Hutchinson, 1960

154 · Link with the Locals · Herbert Harris · ss The (London) Evening News September 17 1962

158 · All That Glitters · David Shelley Nicholl · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1960

165 · It’s Nice in the Country · E. N. Whiley · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1961

171 · Goodnight, Oxtail · R. W. Warner · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1961

176 · What Makes a Good Murder? · Edmund Pearson · ar Instigation of the Devil by Edmund Pearson, Charles Scribner's, 1930

182 · The Police of Ancient Times · James Cramer · ar The World’s Police by James Cramer, Cassell, 1964

Sea Trails by Edward Horace Crebbin--- see under Sea-Wrack.

Mystery Stories ed. Helen Cresswell (Kingfisher US, November 1996, 0-7534-5025-9, $6.95, 224pp, tp, an)
Young-adult anthology of 19 mystery stories.

7 · The Green Arches · Joan Aiken · ss 1996

19 · The Azteck Opal [Robert Leroy Mitchel; John Barnes] · Rodrigues Ottolengui · ss The Idler April 1895

36 · Wuthering Heights · Emily Brontë · ex Newby, 1847

43 · The Girl Who Kissed the Peach Tree · Eleanor Farjeon · ss The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon, Oxford University Press, 1955
an Italian folktale.

52 · The Thing in the Pond · Paul Ernst · ss Astounding Stories June 1934

69 · Smart Ice Cream · Paul Jennings · ss Unreal! by Paul Jennings, Penguin Australia, 1985

75 · The Pelican · Ann Pilling · ss The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories ed. Jean Russell, Methuen, 1982

86 · The Adventures of Johnnie Waverly [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 10 1923, as “The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly”

103 · The Tower · Carl Jung · ss Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C. G. Jung, Pantheon, 1961

108 · The Scythe · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1943

127 · A Sea Above the Sky · Thomas Wright · ar Ten Thousand Wonderful Things ed. Edmund Fillingham King, Routledge, 1894

129 · A Vine on a House · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine October 1905

135 · The Master · Diana Wynne Jones · ss Hidden Turnings ed. Diana Wynne Jones, Methuen, 1989

156 · King Arthur · Sir Thomas Malory · ex from The Hoole Book of Kyng Arthur and of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table, William Caxton, 1485

162 · The Whisperer · Vivien Alcock · ss Ghostly Companions by Vivien Alcock, Methuen, 1984

176 · Texts · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss American Short Fiction 1990

180 · The Sky Sea · Helen Cresswell · ss Hidden Turnings ed. Diana Wynne Jones, Methuen, 1989

192 · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924

214 · The Bewitched Jacket · Dino Buzzati · ss Restless Nights by Dino Buzzati, North Point Press, 1983; dated 1966.

Weird Tales: Best of the Early Years 1923-25 ed. Justin Criado & Jonathan Maberry--- see under Jonathan Maberry.

Damn Near Dead 2: Live Noir or Die Trying! ed. Bill Crider (Busted Flush Press, November 2010, 1935415409, $18.00, xiv+271pp, tp, oa)
Twenty-eight tales of geezer noir.

· Introduction · Charlaine Harris · in

· Sleep, Creep, Leap · Patricia Abbott · ss

· The Last Long Ride of El Canejo · Ace Atkins · ss

· Stiffs · Neal Barrett, Jr. · ss

· The End of Jim and Ezra · C. J. Box · ss

· Out Stealing Buddha · Declan Burke · ss

· Love Story · Scott A. Cupp · ss

· All About Eden · Christa Faust · ss

· Flying Solo · Ed Gorman · nv

· Neighborhood Watch · Carolyn Haines · ss

· Memory Sketch · David Handler · ss

· Some Things You Never Forget · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss

· The War Zone · Cameron Pierce Hughes · ss

· Gilding Lily · Jennifer Jordan · ss

· Kids Today · Toni L. P. Kelner · ss

· The Old Man in the Motorized Chair · Joe R. Lansdale · ss

· Angel of Mercy · Russel D. McLean · ss

· Miss Hartly and the Cocksucker · Denise Mina · ss

· Sometimes You Can’t Retire · Marcia Muller · ss

· The Investor · Gary Phillips · ss

· Bill in Idaho · Scott Phillips · ss

· Zypho the Tentacled Brainsucker from Outer Space vs. the Mob · Tom Piccirilli · ss

· Trade Secret · Bill Pronzini · ss

· The Summer Place · Cornelia Read · ss

· Warning Shot · James Reasoner · ss

· Cutlass · Kat Richardson · ss

· Chin Yong-Yun Takes a Case [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith] · S. J. Rozan · ss

· Granny Pussy · Anthony Neil Smith · ss

· Old Men and Old Boards · Don Winslow · ss

Butcher’s Dozen by Crime Writers Association (Heinemann, 1956, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · [uncredited] · in

1 · Portrait of Eleanor · Marjorie Alan · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #49, December 1947

31 · The Thimble River Mystery · Josephine Bell · nv The Evening Standard

53 · A Death in the Black-Out [Doctor Fitzbrown] · Mary Fitt · nv (r)

79 · Money Is Honey [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · nv

109 · The Tallest Man in the World · Janet Green · nv

144 · Remote Control · Alan Kennington · ss Esquire

151 · Strange Journey · Frank King · ss Britannia and Eve September 1949

166 · He Got What She Wanted · Nigel Morland · ss

185 · Death at the Wicket · Bernard Newman · ss

195 · Diamonds for the Million · Maurice Procter · nv Collier’s

216 · Rubber Gloves · L. A. G. Strong · ss

229 · The Killer · Vivian Stuart · ss

239 · The Dupe · Julian Symons · ss

256 · Dinner for Two [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #62, January 1949

280 · The Lost Village · Cecil M. Wills · ss (r)

Choice of Weapons by Crime Writers Association--- see under Choice of Weapons, Hodder & Stoughton, 1958.

Corrupts Absolutely?: Dark Metahuman Fiction ed. Lincoln Crisler (Damnation Books, March 2012, 978-1-61572-615-8, $20.25, 209pp, tp, oa, cover by Jessica Lucero)
Original anthology of 21 stories of dark metahuman/superhero fiction. Authors include Weston Ochse, Cat Rambo, and Joe McKinney.
Details taken from online listing.

· Retribution · Tim Marquitz · ss

· Hollywood Villainy · Weston Ochse · ss

· Mental Man · William Todd Rose · ss

· The Real Church · Jeremy Hepler · ss

· Ozymandias Revisited · A. S. Fox · ss

· Enlightened by Sin · Jason M. Tucker · ss

· The Origin of Slashy · Jeff Strand · ss

· Conviction · Edward M. Erdelac · ss

· Threshold · Kris Ashton · ss

· Oily · A. D. Spencer · ss

· Hero · Joe McKinney · ss

· Pride · Wayne Ligon · ss

· G-Child · Malon Edwards · ss

· Static · Jason Gehlert · ss

· Illusion · Karina Fabian · ss

· Past Imperfect [Kurt Reinhardt, The Scorpion] · Warren Stockholm · ss

· Sabre · Anthony Laffan · ss

· Crooked · Lee Mather · ss

· Fixed · Trisha J. Woodridge · ss

· Acquainted with the Night · Cat Rambo · ss A Thousand Faces #9, Summer 2009

· Gone Rogue · Wayne Helge · ss

· Max and Rose · Andrew Bourelle · ss

That Hoodoo, Voodoo That You Do: A Dark Rituals Anthology ed. Lincoln Crisler (Angelic Knight Press, January 27, 2015, $3.99, ebook, oa, cover by J. M. Martin)
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Lincoln Crisler · in

· Sa fè lontan (Long Time No See) · Sarah Hans · ss

· Young Girls Are Coming to Ajo · Ken Goldman · ss

· Into the Mirror Black · Tim Marquitz · ss

· Severed · Brandon Ford · ss

· Afflicted · A. J. Brown · ss

· A Little Bit of Soul · Craig Cook · ss

· Coughs and Sneezes · James K. Isaac · ss

· Secret Suicide · Amy Braun · ss

· Wounds · Greg Chapman · ss

· Sturm und Drang · Jeff C. Carter · ss

· Shades of Hades · E. J. Alexander · ss

· For Love · D. J. Tyrer · ss

· Gingerbread Man · Rose Strickman · ss

· Thy Just Punishments · Edward M. Erdelac · ss

· Johnny Two Places · Mark Mellon · ss

· The Seed · N. X. Sharps · ss

· Late Payment · Jake Elliot · ss

· Masqerade · C. A. Rowland · ss

· Lessons from a Victory Garden · Jason Andrew · ss

· The Projectionist · Timothy Baker · ss

· The Right Hand Man · J. S. Reinhardt · ss

· Paper Craft · Leigh Saunders · ss

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