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The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman by Ed Gorman (Swallow Press, October 1992, 0-8040-0959-7, xxi+130pp, hc, co) [edited by Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg] xi · A Renaissance Writer: Ed Gorman · Bill Pronzini · in 1 · The Face · Ed Gorman · ss 16 · Gunslinger · Ed Gorman · ss The Californians ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1989 23 · Guild and the Indian Woman [Leo Guild] · Ed Gorman · ss Westeryear ed. Ed Gorman, M. Evans, 1988 42 · Mainwaring’s Gift · Ed Gorman · ss Christmas Out West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, 1990 55 · Blood Truth · Ed Gorman · ss The Montanans ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1991 68 · Dance Girl · Ed Gorman · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990 74 · Deathman · Ed Gorman · ss Dark Crimes ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf, 1991 87 · Love and Trooper Monroe · Ed Gorman · ss 95 · Pards · Ed Gorman · nv 122 · On Roy Rogers · Ed Gorman · ar Mystery Scene 1986 125 · Writing the Modern Western · Ed Gorman · ar The Writer 1989 129 · A Bibliography of Books by Ed Gorman · [uncredited] · bi

Dark Whispers & Other Stories by Ed Gorman (Mystery Scene Press, 1993, 1-56146-017-6, $5.95, 122pp, pb, co)     Author’s Choice #5. 1 · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in 5 · Friends [Jack Walsh] · Ed Gorman · nv New Crimes 2 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1990 33 · Dark Muse · Ed Gorman · nv Phantoms ed. Martin H. & Rosalind M. Greenberg, DAW, 1989, as by Daniel Ransom 53 · False Idols · Ed Gorman · ss The Record Spinner, 1983 61 · Dance Girl · Ed Gorman · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990 67 · Masque · Ed Gorman · ss Mummy Stories ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Ballantine, 1990 73 · Gunslinger · Ed Gorman · ss The Californians ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1989 79 · Nightmare Child · Ed Gorman · ex St. Martin's, 1990, as by Daniel Ransom 87 · Dreams of Darkness · Ed Gorman · ss 97 · The Man in the Long Black Sedan · Ed Gorman · ss Borderlands ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990 105 · Killing Kate · Ed Gorman · ss Obsessions ed. Gary Raisor, Dark Harvest, 1991 113 · Dark Whispers · Ed Gorman · ss Cold Blood ed. Richard T. Chizmar, Ziesing, 1991

Out There in the Darkness by Ed Gorman (Subterranean Press, November 1995, no ISBN, $8.00, 31pp, ph, nv, cover by Martin McKenna)     Horror story in chapbook form. This is a signed, limited edition of 500.

The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories! ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, 2005, 0-7867-1643-6, $16.95, 568pp, tp, an) 1 · The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 2004 · Jon L. Breen · ar 31 · A 2004 Yearbook of Crime and Mystery · Edward D. Hoch · ar 63 · The Mystery in Great Britain · Maxim Jakubowski · ar 73 · The Newest Four-Letter Word in Mystery · Sarah Weinman · ar 83 · The Adventure of the Missing Detective [Sherlock Holmes] · Gary Lovisi · nv Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin's Minotaur, 2004 133 · The Westphalian Ring [Sherlock Holmes] · Jeffery Deaver · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2004 167 · The Hit · Robert S. Levinson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2004 187 · The Last Case of Hilly Palmer · Duane Swierczynski · nv Plots with Guns September/October 2004 209 · Everybody’s Girl [Charlie Peace] · Robert Barnard · nv Mysterious Pleasures ed. Martin Edwards, Little, Brown, 2003 231 · Imitate the Sun · Luke Sholer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2004 267 · Father Diodorus · Charlie Stella · nv Mississippi Review 2004 291 · A Nightcap of Hemlock [Gene Holt] · Francis M. Nevins · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2004 323 · The Best in Online Mystery Fiction in 2004 · Sarah Weinman · ar (r) 327 · Just Pretend · Martyn Waites · nv Plots with Guns Summer 2004 353 · Geoffrey Says · Aliya Whiteley · ss Shred of Evidence November 2004 363 · God’s Dice [Jackson Donne] · David White · nv Thrilling Detective (online) Spring 2004 389 · The Consolation Blonde · Val McDermid · ss Mysterious Pleasures ed. Martin Edwards, Little, Brown, 2003 405 · The Shoeshine Man’s Regrets [Tess Monaghan] · Laura Lippman · ss Murder… and All That Jazz ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2004 423 · For the Benefit of Mr. Means · Christine Matthews · nv The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2004 455 · East Side, West Side · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · nv Murder… and All That Jazz ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2004 481 · The Promotion · Larry D. Sweazy · ss Texas Rangers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley, 2004 501 · Me and Mitch · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Problems Solved by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg, Crippen & Landru, 2003 513 · The Necromancer’s Apprentice · Lillian Stewart Carl · nv Murder by Magic ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect, 2004 537 · The Banshee · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2004 551 · Sounds of Silence · Dennis Richard Murphy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2004 567 · Permissions · [uncredited] · ms

American Pulp ed. Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, August 1997, 0-7867-0461-6, $12.95, 550pp, tp, an) ix · Introduction · Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · Easy Money · Evan Hunter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1960 13 · The Pickpocket · Mickey Spillane · ss Manhunt December 25 1954 17 · In a Small Motel · John D. MacDonald · nv Justice July 1955 39 · Sudden, Sudden Death · Talmage Powell · na Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1957 90 · An Empty Threat · Donald E. Westlake · ss Manhunt February 1960 96 · Package Deal · Lawrence Block · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3, 1961 103 · All the Lonely People [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989 118 · Doing Colfax · Ed Bryant · ss Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987 122 · That Stranger, My Son · C. B. Gilford · ss Manhunt October 1954 133 · Terrorists [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Accused Detective Story Magazine January 1956 150 · Hot Snow · Vin Packer · ss Justice January 1956 157 · I’m a Dirty Girl · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss 171 · The Plunge · David Goodis · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1958 189 · The Black and White Blues · Dorothy B. Hughes · ss New Copy ed. Donald Lemen Clark, Columbia University Press, 1931, as “Nigger Blues” by Dorothy Belle Flanagan 200 · High Stakes · John Lutz · ss The Saint Magazine June 1984 212 · Cop Without a Shield · Robert J. Randisi · ss Mystery Monthly August 1976 227 · Lynching in Mixville [Lucas Hallam] · L. J. Washburn · ss Lethal Ladies ed. Barbara Collins & Robert J. Randisi, Berkley, 1996 242 · Murder in Two Parts · Norbert Davis · nv Black Mask December 1937 277 · Down in the Valley · James Reasoner · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1979 284 · The Badger Game · Jay Flynn · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine November 1956 292 · Don’t Twist My Arm · Jack Ritchie · ss Manhunt April 1958 301 · The Guilty Party [Shell Scott] · Richard S. Prather · ss Come Seven/Come Death ed. Henry Morrison, Pocket, 1965 314 · We Were Picked as the Odd Ones · Wade Miller · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine July 1960 320 · Nothing to Worry About · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales August 1945 331 · Cry Silence · Fredric Brown · ss Black Mask November 1948 337 · Tick, Tock · Donald Wandrei · ss Black Mask November 1938 350 · Conspiracy · William Campbell Gault · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1957 382 · Say It with Flowers [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Manhunt September 1957 404 · Guilt · John Jakes · ss Hunted Detective Story Magazine #6, October 1955 409 · Bothered · Gil Brewer · ss Manhunt July 1957 416 · Game · Herbert D. Kastle · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3, 1961 425 · I Feel Bad Killing You · Leigh Brackett · nv New Detective Magazine November 1944 453 · Decision · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt June 1957 466 · Horn Man · Clark Howard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2 1980 479 · The Frigid Flame · Richard Matheson · na Justice October 1955 abridged from Someone Is Bleeding, Lion 1953.

The Best of the American West ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Berkley, September 1998, 0-425-16508-6, $5.99, 371pp, pb, an) vii · Author Notes · Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg · bg xi · Introduction · Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · Trains Not Taken · Joe R. Lansdale · ss RE:AL Spring 1987 13 · The Alchemist · Loren D. Estleman · ss How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1996 27 · Sisters · Marcia Muller · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990 41 · McIntosh’s Chute · Bill Pronzini · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990, as by Jack Foxx 55 · Between the Mountains and the Sky · L. J. Washburn · ss How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1996 69 · The Wish Book · James Reasoner · ss How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1996 81 · Red Feather’s Daughter · W. W. Lee · ss How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1996 95 · The Death(s) of Billy the Kid · Arthur Winfield Knight · ss New Trails ed. John Jakes & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, 1994 107 · Mrs. Crawford’s Odyssey · Deborah Morgan · ss How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1996 121 · ’Til Death · Mike Stotter · ss (r) 137 · Sweet Revenge · Judy Alter · ss New Trails ed. John Jakes & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, 1994 145 · Peace Officer · Brian Garfield · ss Iron Men and Silver Stars ed. Donald Hamilton, Fawcett, 1967 161 · A Tall Man Hangs from a Short Rope · Robert J. Randisi · ss How the West Was Read, Vol. 1 ed. Robert Randisi, Durkin-Hayes Audio, 1996 173 · Pull Your Freight! · Luke Short · nv Riders West, Dell First Edition, 1956 197 · Boy in the Rocks · Richard Matheson · nv Western Magazine December 1955, as “Son of a Gunman” 227 · Little Phil and the Daughter of Joy · John Lee Gray · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990 241 · Get Out of Town · Louis L’Amour · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 16 1959 253 · Wolf Moon · Ed Gorman · n. Fawcett Gold Medal, April 1993 369 · Credits · [uncredited] · bg

The Best of the American West II ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Berkley, October 1999, 0-425-17145-0, $5.99, 304pp, pb, an) vii · Author Notes · Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg · bg xiii · Introduction · The Editors · in 1 · The Strong Shall Live · Louis L’Amour · ss (r) 16 · Death Rides Here! · John Jakes · nv 10 Story Western Magazine October 1953 44 · Yankee Gold · John M. Cunningham · nv Pic Magazine 1946 75 · Lost Sister · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s March 30 1956 89 · In the Meadows · Dale L. Walker · ss (r) 102 · Beehunter Works It Out · Robert J. Conley · nv (r) 123 · The Return of a Private · Hamlin Garland · nv The Arena July 1890 142 · Tombstones Are Free to Quitters · Gary Lovisi · ss (r) 151 · That Damn Cowboy! · Judy Alter · ss Roundup ed. Stephen Overholser, Doubleday, 1982 158 · Tracking the Death Angel · Tom Piccirilli · nv 179 · Yesterday’s Trail · L. J. Washburn · ss (r) 193 · The Marriage of Moon Wind · Bill Gulick · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 31 1955 207 · Portrait of a Cattle King · Michael Stotter · ss (r) 220 · The Pilgrim · Loren D. Estleman · ex The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman by Loren D. Estleman, Swallow Press, 1989 excised opening chapter of The Wolfer. 229 · Wherever I Meet with a Deck of Cards · Bill Crider · ss (r) 241 · Callie and the Angel · James Reasoner · ss (r) 256 · Doc Christmas, Painless Dentist · Bill Pronzini · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine May 1994 270 · Riverboat Fighter · Brian Garfield · ss They Opened the West ed. Tom Blackburn, Doubleday, 1967 285 · The Last Indian Fight in Kerr County · Elmer Kelton · ss Roundup ed. Stephen Overholser, Doubleday, 1982 303 · Credits · [uncredited] · bg

Between the Dark and the Daylight and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Tyrus Books, October 2009, 0982520948, $17.95, 597pp, tp, an)     Twenty-eight of the best crime and mystery stories of 2008. Awards: “Skinhead Central”: Winner of the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Short Story. 8 · Year in Mystery: 2008 · Jon L. Breen · in (r) 27 · Father’s Day · Michael Connelly · ss The Blue Religion ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown, 2008 41 · Walking the Dog · Peter Robinson · nv Toronto Noir ed. Janine Armin & Nathaniel G. Moore, Akashic Books, 2008 58 · Lucky [Sookie Stackhouse] · Charlaine Harris · nv Unusual Suspects ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace, 2008 77 · A Sleep Not Unlike Death · Sean Chercover · ss Thuglit (online) 2008 86 · The First Husband · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2008 115 · Between the Dark and the Daylight · Tom Piccirilli · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2008 131 · Cheer · Megan Abbott · ss Storyglossia May 2008 140 · Babs · Scott Phillips · ss Las Vegas Noir ed. Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce, Akashic Books, 2008 152 · Ms. Grimshank Regrets · Nancy Pickard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2008 161 · Skinhead Central · T. Jefferson Parker · ss The Blue Religion ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown, 2008 171 · The Bookbinder’s Apprentice · Martin Edwards · ss The Strand Magazine #19, June/September 2006 188 · I/M-Print [Tess Cassidy] · Jeremiah Healy · ss At the Scene of the Crime ed. Dana Stabenow, Running Press, 2008 200 · The Devil’s Acre [Gustav “Old Red” & Otto “Big Red” Amlingmeyer] · Steve Hockensmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2008 219 · The Instrument of Their Desire · Patricia Abbott · ss Beat to a Pulp December 15 2008 232 · Crossroads · Bill Crider · ss Hardluck Stories Summer 2008 241 · The Kim Novak Effect · Gary Phillips · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2008 258 · The Opposite of O [George Sueño; Ernie Bascom] · Martin Limón · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2008 277 · Patriotic Gestures · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss At the Scene of the Crime ed. Dana Stabenow, Running Press, 2008 290 · The Quick Brown Fox · Robert S. Levinson · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2008 310 · What Happened to Mary? · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2008 321 · Jonas and the Frail · Charles Ardai · ss Blazing! Adventures Magazine #9, 2008 334 · The Pig Party [Tommy Malloy] · Doug Allyn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2008 349 · Perfect Gentleman · Brett Battles · ss Killer Year ed. Lee Child, St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008 365 · Road Dogs · Norman Partridge · nv Subterranean (online) Spring 2008 395 · Rust · N. J. Ayres · nv At the Scene of the Crime ed. Dana Stabenow, Running Press, 2008 415 · Skin and Bones [Mickey Counihan] · David Edgerley Gates · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2008 452 · La Vie en Rose · Dominique Mainard; translated by David Ball · ss Paris Noir ed. Aurélien Masson, Akashic Books, 2008 translated from the French. 470 · Sack o’ Woe · John Harvey · ss The Blue Religion ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown, 2008

The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction ed. Edward Gorman (Black Lizard, 1987, 0-88739-039-0, $8.95, 335pp, tp, an) vii · Introduction · Edward Gorman · in 1 · The Used · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1982 17 · A Cold Foggy Day · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1978 25 · Swamp Search · Harry Whittington · ss Murder July 1957 41 · Take Care of Yourself [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · ss Murder July 1957 63 · A Matter of Ethics [Nick Delvecchio] · Robert J. Randisi · ss 81 · Tough · John Lutz · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine November 1980 93 · This World, Then the Fireworks · Jim Thompson · na Jim Thompson—The Killers Inside Him by Max Allan Collins & Ed Gorman, Fedora, 1983; revised. 135 · Soft Monkey · Harlan Ellison · ss Mystery Scene Reader ed. Edward Gorman, Fedora, 1987 149 · Yellow Gal · Dennis Lynds · ss New World Writing #11, NAL, 1957 161 · Scrap [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · ss 175 · Set ’Em Up, Joe · Barbara Beman · ss 183 · Shut the Final Door · Joe L. Hensley · ss Tricks and Treats ed. Joe Gores & Bill Pronzini, Doubleday, 1976 revised from “Shut the Last Door”, Alchemy & Academe, 1970. 191 · Death and the Dancing Shadows [Markham] · James M. Reasoner · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1980 215 · A Killer in the Dark · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1963 229 · Perchance to Dream · Michael Seidman · ss Mystery March 1981 247 · Horn Man · Clark Howard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2 1980 261 · Shooting Match [Joe Hannibal] · Wayne D. Dundee · nv Hardboiled #3, Winter 1985/1986 297 · The Pit · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 313 · Turn Away · Edward Gorman · ss 325 · The Second Coming · Joseph N. Gores · ss Adam October 1966