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Tales from High Hallack, Volume 3 by Andre Norton ed. Jean Rabe--- see under Andre Norton.

Terribly Twisted Tales ed. Jean Rabe & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW, May 2009, 978-0-7564-0554-0, $7.99, 303pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 18 twisted fairy tales. Authors include Dennis L. McKiernan, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Jody Lynn Nye, and Robert E. Vardeman. ix · Introduction · Jean Rabe · in 1 · Waifs · Dennis L. McKiernan · ss 7 · My Great-Great-Grandma Golda Lockes · Annie Jones · ss 12 · Once They Were Seven · Chris Pierson · nv 34 · Capricious Animistic Tempter · Mickey Zucker Reichert · nv 65 · A Charming Murder · Mary Louise Eklund · ss 79 · Jack and the Genetic Beanstalk · Robert E. Vardeman · ss 97 · What’s in a Name? · Kathleen Watness · ss 114 · No Good Deed · Jody Lynn Nye · ss 132 · The Red Path · Jim C. Hines · ss 150 · Lost Child · Stephen D. Sullivan · ss; given as by Steven D. Sullivan in the Table of Contents. 166 · Rapunzel Strikes Back · Brendan DuBois · ss 183 · Revenge of the Little Match Girl · Paul Genesse · ss 193 · Clockwork Heart · Ramsey “Tome Wyrm” Lundock · ss 208 · The Hundred-Year Nap · Skip & Penny Williams · nv 238 · Five Goats and a Troll · Elizabeth A. Vaughan · ss 244 · Something About Mattresses · Janet Deaver-Pack · nv 267 · Three Wishes · Kelly Swails · ss 284 · The Adventure of the Red Riding Hoods · Michael A. Stackpole · ss

Timeshares ed. Jean Rabe & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW, March 2010, 978-0-7564-0615-8, $7.99, 305pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 19 stories about taking a vacation in time. Authors include Kevin J. Anderson, Greg Cox, and Jody Lynn Nye. 1 · A Timely Introduction · Jean Rabe · in 3 · The Authentic Touch · Kevin J. Anderson · ss 13 · Timeless Lisa · Robert E. Vardeman · nv 34 · Been a Long Time · Matthew P. Mayo · ss 46 · Unsolved Histories · Greg Cox · nv 68 · Limited Time Offer · Dean Leggett · ss 83 · The Shaman · Annie Jones · ss 96 · A Portrait of Time · Kelly Swails · ss 108 · But I’m Not the Only One · Chris Pierson · nv 129 · It’s Just a Matter of Time · James M. Ward · ss 143 · Time Sharing · Jody Lynn Nye · nv 169 · Two Tickets to Paradise · Vicki Steger · ss 184 · The World of Null-T · Gene DeWeese · ss 196 · Bruck in Time · Patrick McGilligan · ss 209 · Memories of Light and Sound · Steve Saus · ss 222 · A Night to Forget · C. A. Verstraete · ss 236 · A Passion for Time Travel · Donald J. Bingle · ss 251 · No Man’s Land · Allister Timms · ss 261 · By Our Actions · Michael A. Stackpole · nv 286 · Spoilers · Linda P. Baker · ss

Time Twisters ed. Jean Rabe & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW, January 2007, 978-0-7564-0405-5, $7.99, 306pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 17 SF time-travel stories. Authors include Harry Turtledove, Kevin J. Anderson, and Gene DeWeese. Introduction by Rabe. 1 · Introduction · Jean Rabe · in 4 · Pruning the Tree · Chris Pierson · ss 18 · Occupation Duty · Harry Turtledove · ss 35 · Mundane Lane · Kevin J. Anderson · ss 49 · The Power and the Glory · Robert E. Vardeman · ss 69 · Voices · Jackie Cassada · ss 85 · Downtown Knight · James M. Ward · ss 100 · Parsley Sage, Rosemary, and Time · Jon L. Breen · nv 126 · A Better Place · Linda P. Baker · nv 149 · Chaos Theory · Stephen Leigh · ss 159 · The Man in Cell 91 · Gene DeWeese · ss 175 · Oyer and Terminer · Joe Masdon · nv 196 · Standing Still · Donald J. Bingle · ss 211 · One Rainy Day in Paris · Skip & Penny Williams · nv 232 · Try and Try Again · Pierce Askegren · ss 247 · Yeshua’s Choice · Nancy Virginia Varian · nv 268 · Three Power Play · Wes Nicholson · ss 284 · One Time Around? · John Helfers · ss 300 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Cut of the Whip by Peter Rabe (Ace Double, June 1958, D-297, 35¢, 133pp, pb, n., cover by Harry Barton) [Daniel Port]     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Kill One, Kill Two by Robert Kelston.

Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories ed. Eric S. Rabkin (Oxford University Press US, 1979, 0-19-502542-3, $22.50, 478pp, hc, an) · Preface · Eric S. Rabkin · pr 3 · Introduction · Eric S. Rabkin · in 27 · The Sources of the Fantastic · Eric S. Rabkin · ar 41 · Genesis · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r) 47 · The Blackfoot Genesis · [uncredited] · ex 1892; a Blackfoot Myth. 53 · The Eye of the Giant · [uncredited] · ss Tales Told in Togoland by Allan Wolsey Cardinall, Oxford University Press, 1931; a Togoland Myth. 56 · How I Brought Death Into the World · Amos Tutuola · ss The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola & ed. George Braziller, Faber and Faber, 1952 62 · The Myth of Actaeon · Ovid; translated by Mary M. Innes · ss Metamorphosis by Ovid, tr. M. Innes, 1955 66 · The Myth of Narcissus · Ovid; translated by Mary M. Innes · ss Metamorphosis by Ovid, tr. M. Innes, 1955 72 · The Myth of Philomela · Ovid; translated by Mary M. Innes · ss Metamorphosis by Ovid, tr. M. Innes, 1955 80 · The Ghost Wife · [uncredited] · ss 1889; a Pawnee Folktale. 82 · The Magic Swan Geese · [uncredited] · ss Russian Fairy Tales ed. Aleksandr Afanasyev, Pantheon Books, 1945; a Russian Folktale. 84 · Why Tortoise’s Shell Is Not Smooth (Ibo) · Chinua Achebe · ss Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, William Heinemann, 1958 87 · How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox · Joel Chandler Harris · ss Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris, D. Appleton and Company, 1881 89 · Paul Bunyan on the Columbia · Esther Shephard · ex Paul Bunyan by Esther Shephard, McNeil Press, 1924 96 · Little Red-Cap · Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823, as by The Brothers Grimm translated from the German (“Rothkäppchen”, 1812). 100 · The Sleeping Beauty · Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823 104 · Hansel and Grethel · Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823 112 · The Tinderbox · Hans Christian Andersen · ss (r) translated from the Danish (“Fyrtøjet”, Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn. Første Samling. Første Hefte, C.A. Reitzel, 1835). 120 · The Tale of Cosmo · George MacDonald · ex from Phantastes, Smith, Elder, 1858; “The Magic Mirror”, from chapter 13. 141 · Leaf by Niggle · J. R. R. Tolkien · nv Dublin Review January 1945 161 · The Diversity of Fantastic Literature · Eric S. Rabkin · ar (r) 175 · Our Ideas of Time · Joseph Addison · ar The Spectator #94, June 18 1711, as “untitled (“The last Method which I proposed in my Saturday’s Paper”)”, uncredited. 179 · Ritter Gluck · E. T. A. Hoffmann · ss (r) translated from the German (Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, 1809). 190 · The Oval Portrait · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1842, as “Life in Death” 194 · The Garden of Live Flowers · Lewis Carroll · ss 1872 202 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939 208 · The Royal Banquet · Norton Juster · ex from The Phantom Tollbooth, Epstein & Carroll, 1961 214 · The Sandman · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv (r) translated from the German (“Der Sandmann”, Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816). 247 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 257 · The Picture in the House · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The National Amateur July 1919 265 · The Hand · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ex from The House by the Church-Yard, Tinsley, 1863; originally published as Chapter 12, titled “Some Odd Facts About the Tiled House—Being an Authentic Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand”. 274 · The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1907 284 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 294 · Golden Wings · William Morris · ss Oxford and Cambridge Magazine December 1856 311 · The Sword of Welleran · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany, George Allen & Sons, 1908 325 · The Five Black Swans · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The New Yorker June 23 1973 333 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 343 · The Birthmark · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Pioneer March 1843 360 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897 372 · EPICAC · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Collier’s November 25 1950 380 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 7 1950 385 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 393 · Modern Fantasy · Eric S. Rabkin · ar (r) 399 · The Judgment · Franz Kafka · ss 1913 410 · A Common Confusion · Franz Kafka · ss 1931 411 · Cockroaches · Bruno Schulz · ss The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz, Walker & Company, 1963 415 · Pierre Menard, Author of the “Quixote” · Jorge Luís Borges · ss (r) translated from the Spanish (“Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote”, Sur, May 1939). 424 · Axolotl · Julio Cortázar; translated by Paul Blackburn · ss End of the Game, and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar, Pantheon Books, 1967 translated from the Spanish (1956). 430 · Pastoral · Tommaso Landolfi; translated by John Longrigg · ss Encounter 1954 translated from the Italian (“Lettere dalla provincia”, Ombre, Vallecchi Editore, 1954). 438 · All at One Point · Italo Calvino; translated by William Weaver · ss Playboy 1965 443 · There Is No Such Place as America · Peter Bichsel · ss 1969 450 · The Piano Player · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker August 31 1963 453 · Homage to the San Francisco YMCA · Richard Brautigan · ss Vogue July 1971 456 · The Marker · Robert Coover · ss Olympia #2, 1962 460 · The Zebra Storyteller · Spencer Holst · vi The Language of Cats and Other Stories by Spencer Holst, McCall Publishing Company, 1971 463 · Annotated Bibliography · Eric S. Rabkin · bi

Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology ed. Eric S. Rabkin (Oxford University Press US, May 1983, 0-19-503290-X, $19.95, x+529pp, hc, an) vii · Preface · Eric S. Rabkin · pr 3 · Introduction · Eric S. Rabkin · in 9 · The Emergence of Modern Science · Eric S. Rabkin · si 13 · Other Worlds · Cyrano de Bergerac; translated by Geoffrey Strachan · ex The Oxford University Press, 1965 translated from the French (Histoire comique, par Monsieur de Cyrano Bergerac, Contenant les Estats et Empires de la Lune, Charles de Sercy, 1657). 36 · Gulliver’s Travels [Gulliver] · Jonathan Swift · ex Benjamin Motte, 1726, as “Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World” 51 · Micromegas · François Marie Arouet · nv D. Wilson & T. Durham, 1753, as by Voltaire translated from the French (“Micromégas”, 1752). 71 · Nineteenth Century · Eric S. Rabkin · si 76 · The Sandman · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv (r) translated from the German (“Der Sandmann”, Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816). 113 · Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus [Frankenstein] · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ex Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited. 134 · A Descent Into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841 152 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 162 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” 194 · Looking Backward, 2000-1887 · Edward Bellamy · ex Ticknor, 1888; chapters 6 & 7. 209 · A Curious Fragment · Jack London · ss Town Topics December 10 1908 219 · Early Twentieth Century · Eric S. Rabkin · si 222 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897 234 · Ralph 124C 41+ · Hugo Gernsback · ex Modern Electrics April 1911 (+11) 249 · The Last Poet and the Robots · A. Merritt · rr Fantasy Magazine April 1934 264 · Twilight [Dying Earth] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · nv Astounding Stories November 1934, as by Don A. Stuart 287 · Star Maker · Olaf Stapledon · ex Methuen, 1937 315 · The Golden Years · Eric S. Rabkin · si 318 · Reason [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction April 1941 338 · Desertion [City (Websters)] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1944 352 · The City · Ray Bradbury · ss Startling Stories July 1950, as “Purpose” 359 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 7 1950 364 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 371 · Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1959 402 · “All You Zombies—” · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959 415 · Earth Eighteen · Frederik Pohl · fa Galaxy Magazine April 1964, as by Ernst Mason 427 · The Modern Period · Eric S. Rabkin · si 428 · For a Breath I Tarry · Roger Zelazny · nv New Worlds SF #160, March 1966 467 · I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream · Harlan Ellison · ss If March 1967 484 · Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy August 1969 494 · Vaster Than Empires and More Slow [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971 527 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Stories: An Anthology and an Introduction ed. Eric S. Rabkin (Longman US, 1994, 0-06-045327-3, $58.00, 1500pp, tp, an) · On Reading Stories · Eric S. Rabkin · in · Bible · Genesis · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r) · Jonah · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r) · On Parables, (Mark 4) · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r) · The Prodigal Son, (Luke 15) · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r) · Taoism · A Ch’an Koan · [uncredited] · ms (r) · Outsides · [uncredited] · ms (r) · Smelling Essays · [uncredited] · ms (r) · Sufism · The Ancient Coffer of Nuri Bey · [uncredited] · ms (r) · The Bequest · [uncredited] · ms (r) · The Limitations of Dogma · [uncredited] · ms (r) · Girls at War · Chinua Achebe · ss Girls at War and Other Stories by Chinua Achebe, Pearson Education, 1972 · A Southern Spelling Bee · Alice Adams · ss (r) · A Mother’s Tale · James Agee · nv Harper’s Bazaar July 1952 · Something to Talk About on the Way to the Funeral · Ama Ata Aidoo · ss (r) · In a Grove · Ryunosuke Akutagawa; translated by Takashi Kojima · ss Murder in Japan ed. John L. Apostolou & Martin H. Greenberg, Dembner, 1987; dated 1952. · The Whore of Mensa · Woody Allen · ss The New Yorker December 16 1974 · Hands · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Masses March 1916 · Reason [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction April 1941 · The Resplendent Quetzal · Margaret Atwood · ss Short Story International #41, December 1983 · Going to Meet the Man · James Baldwin · ss Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin, Dial, 1965 · The Death of Horatio Alger · Amiri Baraka · ss (r) · The Night We All Got Sick · Lynda Barry · ss (r) · Night-Sea Journey · John Barth · ss Esquire June 1966 · The Piano Player · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker August 31 1963 · Nightmare Number Three · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm The New Yorker July 27 1935 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890 · Emma Zunz · Jorge Luís Borges · ss (r) · Pierre Menard, Author of the “Quixote” · Jorge Luis Borges · ss (r) translated from the Spanish (“Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote”, Sur, May 1939). · Homage to the San Francisco YMCA · Richard Brautigan · ss Vogue July 1971 · The Ballad of Rudolph Reed · Gwendolyn Brooks · ss (r) · Little Red Riding Hood · Olga Broumas · pm Beginning With O by Olga Broumas, Yale Univ. Press, 1977 · The King · Dick Bruna · ss (r) · A Cap for Steve · Morley Callaghan · ss Esquire July 1952 · Things I Did to Make It Possible · François Camoin · ss (r) · Viewfinder · Raymond Carver · ss (r) · The Joy of Nelly Deane · Willa Cather · ss The Century Magazine October 1911 · The Miller’s Tale · Geoffrey Chaucer · ss The Canterbury Tales by Geoffery Chaucer, William Caxton, 1478 · The Swimmer · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker July 18 1964 · Vanka · Anton Chekov · ss The Short Stories of Anton Chekov by Anton Chekov, Modern Library, 1932 translated from the Russian. · Désirée’s Baby · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue January 1893 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 · The Other Wife · Colette · ss (r) · Heart of Darkness · Joseph Conrad · na Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1899 (+2) · The Brother · Robert Coover · ss (r) · A Continuity of Parks · Julio Cortázar · vi End of the Game, and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar, Pantheon Books, 1967; dated 1956. · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898 · Fred the Teen-age Girl Pigeon · R. Crumb · cs (r) · Corona · Samuel R. Delany · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1967 · The Honest Thief · Feodor Dostoevsky · ss (r) · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892 · I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream · Harlan Ellison · ss If March 1967 · Chapter Two: 1932, Sita Kozka · Louise Erdrich · ss (r) · Barn Burning · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1939 · Dry September · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1931 · Babylon Revisited · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 21 1931 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 · A Point in Morals · Ellen Glasgow · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May 1899 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week March 5 1917 based on material from the play “Trifles”. · The Overcoat · Nikolai Gogol · na (r) translated from the Russian (“Shinel”, Sochineniia, 1842). · Six Feet of the Country · Nadine Gordimer · ss The New Yorker May 23 1953 · Rapunzel · The Brothers Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823 translated from the German (“Rapunzel”, 1812). · The Three Spinsters · The Brothers Grimm · ss (r) · The Little Red Cap · The Brothers Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823 translated from the German (“Rothkäppchen”, 1812). · The Gutting of Couffignal [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask December 1925 · I’m Shaking to Death · Barry Hannah · ss (r) · The Son’s Veto · Thomas Hardy · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1891 · The Outcasts of Poker Flat [John Oakhurst] · Francis Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly January 1869 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” · Rapunzel · Sara Henderson Hay · pm Story Hour by Sara Henderson Hay, Univ. of Arkansas Press, 1982 · Stage to Lordsburg · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s April 10 1937 · A Clean, Well-Lighted Place · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1933 · A Midsummer Knight’s Dream · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World July 23 1905 · Springtime à la Carte · O. Henry · vi The (New York) Sunday World April 2 1905 · The Whispering Tree · Gilberto Hernandez · ss (r) · The Zebra Storyteller · Spencer Holst · vi The Language of Cats and Other Stories by Spencer Holst, McCall Publishing Company, 1971 · The Altar of the Dead · Henry James · na Terminations by Henry James, Harper, 1895 · The Tree of Knowledge · Henry James · ss The Soft Side by Henry James, Methuen, 1900 · The Turn of the Screw [Turn of the Screw] · Henry James · na Collier’s Weekly January 27 1898 (+11) · A White Heron · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, Houghton Mifflin, 1886 · Counterparts · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Grant Richards, 1914 · The Dead · James Joyce · na The Dubliners by James Joyce, Grant Richards, 1914 · A Common Confusion · Franz Kafka · ss 1931 · The Metamorphosis [Gregor Samsa] · Franz Kafka · nv Parton Press, 1937 translated from the German (“Die Verwandlung”, Weisse Blätter Oct ’15). · One Arm · Yasunari Kawabata; translated by Edward Seidensticker · nv House of Sleeping Beauties by Yasunari Kawabata, Kodansha International, 1969 translated from the Japanese. · Girl · Jamaica Kincaid · vi The New Yorker June 26 1978 · Rain · Tommaso Landolfi · ss (r) · Odour of Chrysanthemums · D. H. Lawrence · ss The English Review June 1911 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926 · The Day Before the Revolution [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1974 · Prince Ferrix and Princess Crystal · Stanislaw Lem; translated by Michael Kandel · ss The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem, tr. Michael Kandel, Seabury Press, 1974 translated from the Polish (“Z dzieła cyfrotikon, czyli o dewijacyach, superfiksacyach a waryacyach serdecznych: o Królewiczu Ferrycym i Królewnie Krystali”, Cyberiada, Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1965). · Pleasure · Doris Lessing · ss (r) · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902 · The German Refugee · Bernard Malamud · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 14 1963, as “The Refugee” · The Doll’s House · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Nation and Athenaeum February 4 1922 · A New-Wave Format · Bobbie Ann Mason · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1982 · The Jewels · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895, as “False Gems” translated from the French (“Les Bijoux”, Gil Blas, March 27, 1883 as by Maufrigneuse). · Mother Savage · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“La mère Sauvage”, Le Gaulois, March 3, 1884). · Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend · Winsor McCay · ss (r) · Bartleby the Scrivener · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly November 1853 (+1), uncredited. · Patriotism · Yukio Mishima · ss Esquire April 1966 · How · Lorrie Moore · ss (r) · Royal Beatings · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker March 14 1977 · Good Country People · Flannery O’Connor · ss Harper’s Bazaar June 1955 · My Oedipus Complex · Frank O’Connor · ss Magpie September 1951 · I Stand Here Ironing · Tillie Olsen · ss The Pacific Spectator Winter 1956, as “Help Her to Believe” · Metamorphoses · Ovid · ss (r) · Wants · Grace Paley · ss Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1974 · The Last Tea · Dorothy Parker · ss The New Yorker September 11 1926 · A Life for a Life · Alan Paton · ss (r) · Little Red Riding-Hood · Charles Perrault · vi (r) translated from the French (“Le Petit Chaperon rouge”, Histoires ou Contes du temps passé, Paris, 1697). · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 · The Grave · Katherine Anne Porter · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review April 1935 · She Has No Place in Paradise · Nawal El Saadawi · ss (r) · Yellow Woman · Leslie Silko · ss The Man to Send Rain Clouds ed. Kenneth Mark Rosen, Viking Press, 1974 · Yentl the Yeshiva Boy · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss (r) · Prisoner on the Hell Planet · Art Spiegelman · cs (r) · Miss Furr and Miss Skeene · Gertrude Stein · ss Vanity Fair (US) July 1923 · The Chrysanthemums · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1937 · The Harness · John Steinbeck · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 1938 · The Thief · Junichiro Tanizaki; translated by Howard Hibbett · ss Seven Japanese Tales by Junichiro Tanizaki, Knopf, 1963 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939 · The Death of Ivan Ilyich · Leo Tolstoy · na (r) · Becky · Jean Toomer · ss (r) · The Diary of Adam and Eve · Mark Twain · ss (r) · Should Wizard Hit Mommy? · John Updike · ss The New Yorker June 13 1959 · Something Under the Bed Is Drooling · Bill Watterson · ss (r) · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897 · The Time Machine [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · na Heinemann, May 1895 · Lily Daw and the Three Ladies · Eudora Welty · ss Prairie Schooner Winter 1937 · Petrified Man · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Spring 1939 · Roman Fever · Edith Wharton · ss Liberty November 10 1934 · The Man Who Was Almost a Man · Richard Wright · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2732, January 1940, as “Almos’ a Man” · Chronicle of Mulberry Tree Village · Xiaoping Zhu · ss (r) · The Elements of Narrative · [uncredited] · ms (r) · Keeping a Reading Journal · [uncredited] · ms (r) · Writing About Narratives · [uncredited] · ms (r) · Filmography · [uncredited] · ms (r) · Glossary of Literary Terms · [uncredited] · ms (r) · Questions for Contrast and Comparison · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Elf Love ed. Bill Racicot, Josie Brown & Rose Mambert--- see under Josie Brown.

Rapunzel’s Daughters and Other Tales ed. Bill Racicot, Josie Brown & Rose Mambert--- see under Josie Brown.

Alien Sea by John Rackham (Ace Double, January 1968, H-40, 60¢, 154pp, pb, n., cover by George Ziel)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with C.O.D. Mars by E.C. Tubb.

The Anything Tree by John Rackham (Ace Double, January 1970, 89250, 75¢, 114pp, pb, n., cover by John Schoenherr)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Winds of Darkover by Marion Zimmer Bradley.

The Beasts of Kohl by John Rackham (Ace Double, September 1966, G-592, 50¢, 154pp, pb, n., cover by Jack Gaughan)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with A Planet of Your Own by John Brunner.

Beyond Capella by John Rackham (Ace Double, February 1971, 05595, 75¢, 132pp, pb, n., cover by Kelly Freas)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Electric Sword-Swallowers by Kenneth Bulmer.

Danger from Vega by John Rackham (Ace Double, May 1966, G-576, 50¢, 149pp, pb, n., cover by Jack Gaughan)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Clash of Star-Kings by Avram Davidson.

Dark Planet by John Rackham (Ace Double, June 1971, 13805, 75¢, 103pp, pb, n., cover by Jack Gaughan)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with The HEROD Men by Nick Kamin.

The Double Invaders by John Rackham (Ace Double, April 1967, G-623, 50¢, 120pp, pb, n., cover by Arpie Ermoyan)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with These Savage Futurians by Philip E. High.

Earthstrings by John Rackham (Ace Double, July 1972, 10293, 95¢, 141pp, pb, n., cover by David Plourde)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Chariots of Ra by Kenneth Bulmer.

Flower of Doradil by John Rackham (Ace Double, May 1970, 24100, 75¢, 126pp, pb, n., cover by Kelly Freas)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with A Promising Planet by Jeremy Strike.

Ipomoea by John Rackham (Ace Double, April 1969, 37250, 60¢, 128pp, pb, n., cover by Kelly Freas)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Brass Dragon by Marion Zimmer Bradley.

The Proxima Project by John Rackham (Ace Double, October 1968, H-91, 60¢, 149pp, pb, n., cover by John Schoenherr)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Target: Terra by Laurence M. Janifer & S.J. Treibich.

Time to Live by John Rackham (Ace Double, December 1966, G-606, 50¢, 141pp, pb, n., cover by Jack Gaughan)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Man Without a Planet by Lin Carter.

Treasure of Tau Ceti by John Rackham (Ace Double, October 1969, 23775, 75¢, 134pp, pb, n., cover by Kelly Freas)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Final War and Other Fantasies by K.M. O’Donnell.

We, the Venusians by John Rackham (Ace Double, September 1965, M-127, 45¢, 138pp, pb, n., cover by Jack Gaughan ,[?])     Bound in the tête-bêche style with The Water of Thought by Fred Saberhagen.

Lemistry: A Celebration of the Work of Stanislaw Lem ed. Magda Raczynska & Ra Page (Comma Press, September 9, 2011, 978-1-905583-32-4, £7.99, ix+242pp, tp, oa, cover by Matt Roeser)     Details taken from online listing. · Lemistry: A Celebration of the Work of Stanislaw Lem · Stanislaw Lem · il viii · Introduction · Magda Raczynska & Ra Page · in 1 · The Lilo · Stanislaw Lem; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones · ss translated from the Polish. 15 · Darkness and Mildew · Stanislaw Lem; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones · nv translated from the Polish (“Ciemność i pleśń”, 1959). 39 · Invasion from Aldebaran · Stanislaw Lem; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones · ss translated from the Polish (“Inwazja z Aldebarana”, 1959). 53 · Every Little Helps by Frank Cottrell Boyce Reviewed by Stanislaw Lem · Frank Cottrell Boyce · ss 59 · Pied Piper · Adam Roberts · ss 69 · The Melancholy · Toby Litt · ss Interzone #229, July/August 2010 77 · Toby · Annie Clarkson · ss 93 · The Tale of Trurl and the Great TanGent · Ian Watson · ss 109 · The 5-Sigma Certainty · Trevor Hoyle · ss 127 · Snail · Piotr Szulkin; translated by Danusia Stok · nv 149 · Less Than Kin, More Than Kind · Brian Aldiss · ss 155 · Traces Remain · Sarah Schofield · nv 177 · Stanlemian · Wojciech Orliński; translated by Danusia Stok · nv 199 · Terracotta Robot · Adam Marek · ss 215 · Ex Libris · Sean O’Brien · ss 233 · The Apocrypha of Lem · Jacek Dukaj; translated by Danusia Stok · ss 253 · Stanislaw Lem—Who’s He? · Andy Sawyer · ar 271 · Of Insects and Armies · Sarah Davies · ar 277 · Building Reliable Systems Out of Unreliable Components · Steve Furber · ar 281 · The Spontaneous Machine · Hod Lipson · ar

Night Phobia and Other Tales of Mystery and Terror by Garnett Radcliffe (Haunted Publications, 2011, OCLC:781061624, $21.95, 138pp, spiral-bound, co) 4 · Night Phobia · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r) 13 · Weekend at Silver Lake · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r) 31 · The Robbery · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r) 44 · A House in the Country · Garnett Radcliffe · nv (r) 79 · Mr. Nobody · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r) 83 · Brown Mountain · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r) 91 · Far Beyond the Sky · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r) 100 · The Horse Lady · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r) 109 · The Man Who Fell Into Eternity · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r) 113 · The Night of the Circus · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r) 123 · The Penalty Room · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r) 133 · The Lonely One · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r) 138 · Author’s Notes · Garnett Radcliffe · ms

Masters of Mayhem ed. Edward D. Radin (Morrow, 1965, LC:65-22976, $3.95, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. · Introduction · Edward D. Radin · in · A Woman Has Been Murdered · Margaret Manners · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1958 · Merry-Go-Round [Kek Huuygens] · Robert L. Fish · ss Argosy November 1964 · Keep Away from My Wife · Jerome Barry · ss Redbook March 1954 · He Was Frightened · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #117, August 1953, as “The Crazy House” · The Solid Gold Brick · Richard M. Gordon · ss Bestseller Mystery Magazine April 1961 · Direct Hit · John Buchanan · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1964 · A Family Affair · Richard H. Hardwick · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1964 · A Great Day Coming · Michael Avallone · vi · Time and Tide · Lawrence Treat · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1957, as by Gordon Lord · Man with a Hobby · Robert Bloch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1957 · Ripe for Plucking · James Michael Ullman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1963, as by Martin Ivory · An Exercise in Insurance · James Holding · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 · I, Said the Sparrow · Gladys Cluff · ss · The Truck That Went Nowhere · Charles Norman · ss · The Fatal Diary · William T. Brannon · ss 1947 · The Gentle Touch [Father Crumlish] · Alice Scanlan Reach · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1963 · Joke on a Nice Old Lady · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1960 · The Secret Secret Secret · De Forbes · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1956 · A Little Honest Stud [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1958, as “The Last Hand” · She Fell Among Thieves · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Argosy September 1964 · When Are People Going to Learn? · John F. Suter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1954 · Touch and Blow! · Carl Henry Rathjen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1961 · Cops Don’t Have Wings · Morris Hershman · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1964, as by Norman Hunt · Wild Goose Chase [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954, as by John Ross Macdonald

The Faber Book of Murder ed. Simon Rae (Faber & Faber, 1994, 0-571-16752-7, xxvi+575pp, hc, an)     Anthology of over 200 stories, novel excerpts, poems, and articles. xxi · Introduction · Simon Rae · in 1 · Aboriginal 1 · Totem and Taboo · Sigmund Freud · ex (r) 2 · Ambush 2 · The Haystack in the Floods · William Morris · pm (r) 6 · A Suit of Armour · Fergus Allen · pm The Brown Parrots of Providencia by Fergus Allen, Faber & Faber, 1993 7 · Amontillado 7 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 13 · Anger 13 · The Fairie Queen · Edmund Spenser · ex William Ponsonby, 1590 13 · The Anatomy of Melancholy · Robert Burton · ex 1621 15 · A Poison Tree · William Blake · pm Songs of Experience by William Blake, 1794 16 · Anticipation 16 · Titus Groan · Mervyn Peake · ex Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946 18 · Apache 18 · W. G. Grace’s Last Case · William Rushton · ex (r) 20 · Apprentice 20 · Billy Bathgate · E. L. Doctorow · ex Random House, 1989 22 · Assassination 22 · Judges 3: 12-30 · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r) 23 · The French Revolution: A History · Thomas Carlyle · ex Chapman & Hall, 1837 26 · Crossfire · Jim Marrs · ex (r) 37 · Assassins 37 · The Travels of Marco Polo · Marco Polo · ex (r) 39 · Axe 39 · “Lizzie Borden took an ax” · [uncredited] · pm (r) 39 · Crime and Punishment · Fyodor Dostoyevsky · ex (r) 50 · Ballistics 50 · White Mischief · James Fox · ex Jonathan Cape, 1982 54 · Blood 54 · Macbeth · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 55 · A Taste for Death · P. D. James · ex Faber and Faber, 1986 56 · Bluebeard 56 · Bluebeard’s Wife · Daryl Hine · pm (r) 58 · Body 58 · Have His Carcase [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ex Gollancz, 1932 61 · Burke and Hare 61 · “The Recent Murders” · [uncredited] · pm (r) 63 · Cain 63 · Genesis 4: 1-16 · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r) 64 · Paradise Lost · John Milton · ex Samuel Simmons, 1667 65 · Adam and Eve · Arthur Hugh Clough · ex (r) 66 · Caligula 66 · The Twelve Caesars · Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus · ex (r) 68 · Cannibalism 68 · Don Juan · George Gordon, Lord Byron · ex Thomas Davison, 1824 71 · “The Yarn of the Nancy Bell” · W. S. Gilbert · pm Current Literature October 1901 74 · The Silence of the Lambs [Dr. Hannibal Lecter] · Thomas Harris · ex St. Martin’s, 1988 74 · Of Cannibals · Michel Eyquem de Montaigne; translated by John Floriot · ex (r) 75 · Cement 75 · Billy Bathgate · E. L. Doctorow · ex Random House, 1989 77 · Chinese Cuts 77 · Sour Sweet · Timothy Mo · ex Andre Deutsch, 1982 80 · Complicity 80 · Edward · [uncredited] · pm (r) 81 · Cross-Purpose 81 · A Midsummer Night’s Dream · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 83 · Definitions 83 · Coke’s Institutes · Coke · ex 1628, as “Institutes of the Lawes of England” 83 · Kenny’s Outlines of Criminal Law · Kenny · ex 1902 83 · The Virtuoso · Thomas Shadwell · ex (r) 83 · The Mystery of Edwin Drood · Charles Dickens · ex Chapman & Hall, 1870 85 · Disappointment 85 · Titus Groan · Mervyn Peake · ex Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946 87 · Dismemberment 87 · The Innocent · Ian McEwan · ex Jonathan Cape, 1990 92 · Disposal 92 · Point Counter Point · Aldous Huxley · ex Chatto & Windus, 1928 101 · Dog 101 · The Hound of the Baskervilles [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ex George Newnes, 1902 103 · Dots 103 · The Third Man · Graham Greene · ex The American Magazine March 1949 105 · Double 105 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · ex Longmans, Green, January 5 1886 109 · Double Bluff 109 · The Riverside Villas Murder · Kingsley Amis · ex Jonathan Cape, 1973 110 · Er… 110 · Fart · Roger McGough · pm (r) 111 · Elizabethan 111 · The Unfortunate Traveller · Thomas Nashe · ex 1594 115 · Euthanasia 115 · Into That Darkness · Gitta Sereny · ex (r) 123 · Dog Fox Field · Les Murray · pm (r) 124 · Failure 124 · Gaudete · Ted Hughes · ex (r) 128 · Family 128 · Oil of Dog · Ambrose Bierce · ss Oakland Daily Evening Tribune October 11 1890, as “The Oil of a Dog” 131 · Blood Ties · John Whitworth · pm (r) 132 · At the Mill · Thomas Hardy · pm (r) 133 · No man takes the farm · John Masefield · pm from “Lollingdon Downs” (r) 135 · Feud 135 · Paid on Both Sides · W. H. Auden · ex The Criterion January 1930 137 · Flight 137 · Oliver Twist · Charles Dickens · ex Richard Bentley, 1838 145 · Forensic 145 · Red Dragon [Dr. Hannibal Lecter] · Thomas Harris · ex Putnam, 1981 147 · Games 147 · Games · John Whitworth · pm (r) 147 · A Case of Murder · Vernon Scannell · pm The Book of Cats ed. George MacBeth & Martin Booth, Secker & Warburg, 1976 149 · Garotte 149 · Ripley’s Game · Patricia Highsmith · ex 1993 154 · Genre 154 · The Hollow Man · John Dickson Carr · ex Hamish Hamilton, 1935 154 · Don’t Guess, Let Me Tell You · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker April 20 1940 155 · The Owl Writes a Detective Story · Gavin Ewart · pm (r) 156 · The Simple Art of Murder · Raymond Chandler · ex The Atlantic Monthly December 1944 158 · The Guilty Vicarage · W. H. Auden · ex Harper’s Magazine May 1948 161 · Designs of Darkness: Interviews with Detective Novelists · Diana Cooper-Clark · ex Bowling Green State Univ. Popular Press, 1983 [Ref. P. D. James & Patricia Highsmith] 164 · Gibbet 164 · The Prelude · William Wordsworth · ex (r) 164 · France · Robert Lowell · pm (r) 165 · Gift 165 · Meeting the British · Paul Muldoon · pm (r) 165 · Godfather 165 · Man of Dishonour · Ed Vulliamy · ar The Guardian November 20 1993 168 · Guillotine 168 · The Execution of Tropmann · Ivan Turgenev; translated by David Magarshack · ex (r) 179 · Guilt 179 · The Voluntary Insane · George Crabbe · ex 188 · Guitar 188 · A Case of Lone Star · Kinky Friedman · ex (r) 189 · Gunman 189 · The Shootist · William Logan · pm (r) 193 · Hands 193 · Julius Caesar · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 193 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 198 · Hanging 198 · Danny Deever · Rudyard Kipling · pm Scots Observer February 22 1890 199 · The Newgate Calendar · ed. Norman Birkett · ex (r) 201 · A Handbook on Hanging · Charles Duff · ex (r) 202 · Head 202 · Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil · John Keats · ex Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems by John Keats, Taylor and Hessey, 1820 206 · Greenheart · Alan Jenkins · ex (r) 207 · Heart 207 · The Mayor of Casterbridge · Thomas Hardy · ex Smith, Elder, 1886 208 · Herod 208 · Innocents’ Song · Charles Causley · pm Johnny Alleluia by Charles Causley, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961 208 · Hitler 208 · Crime: An Encyclopedia · Oliver Cyriax · ex (r) 211 · Holocaust 211 · The Book of Yolek · Anthony Hecht · pm (r) 212 · Into That Darkness · Gitta Sereny · ex (r) 218 · For Adolf Eichmann · Primo Levi; translated by Ruth Feldman & Brian Swann · pm July 20 1960 219 · Identity 219 · The Case for the Defence · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947 222 · Impulse 222 · Loving Roger · Tim Parks · ex (r) 224 · Incarceration 224 · Inferno · Dante Alighieri · ex (r) 227 · Infanticide 227 · The Cruel Midwife · [uncredited] · ms (r) 228 · The Inquest · W. H. Davies · pm (r) 229 · Jealousy 229 · Othello · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 234 · Judith 234 · Judith · Vicki Feaver · pm The Independent on Sunday November 1 1992 235 · Juries 235 · Death of an Expert Witness · P. D. James · ex Faber and Faber, 1977 236 · Justice 236 · Death of an Expert Witness · P. D. James · ex Faber and Faber, 1977 237 · Juvenile 237 · These Boys · John Whitworth · pm (r) 238 · Kali 238 · The Deceivers · John Masters · ex Michael Joseph, 1952 242 · Knife 242 · Knife · Ruth Sharman · pm (r) 243 · The Secret Agent · Joseph Conrad · ex Methuen, 1907 247 · Knight 247 · The False Knights Tragedy · [uncredited] · pm (r) collected by John Clare. 252 · Locked Room 252 · The Hollow Man · John Dickson Carr · ex Hamish Hamilton, 1935 257 · Lodger 257 · On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts · Thomas De Quincey · ar Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1827 268 · Lovers 268 · The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond · Charles Causley · pm The Bryanston Miscellany 1958 271 · Porphyria’s Lover · Robert Browning · pm Monthly Repository January 1836, as “Porphyria” 273 · Victor · W. H. Auden · pm (r) 277 · Pity · Richard Wilbur · pm (r) 277 · The Murderer · Stevie Smith · pm (r) 278 · Macbeth 278 · Macbeth · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 281 · On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth · Thomas De Quincey · ar (r) 285 · The Macbeth Murder Mystery · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker October 2 1937 288 · Maniac 288 · Decline and Fall · Evelyn Waugh · ex Chapman & Hall, 1928 294 · Remarks on the Plea of Insanity · William Wood · ex (r) 296 · The Late Richard Dadd, 1817-1886 · Michael Hofmann · pm (r) 297 · Marlowe 297 · The Reckoning · Charles Nicholl · ex Jonathan Cape, 1992 300 · The Big Sleep · Raymond Chandler · ex Knopf, 1939 305 · Massacre 305 · On the Late Massacre in Piedmont · John Milton · pm Poems of Mr. John Milton, 2nd edn. by John Milton, Thomas Dring, 1673 305 · The Jewish War · Josephus · ex (r) 311 · Croix-de-Bouquets, Haiti · Ian Duhig · pm (r) 311 · Mitigation 311 · Printer’s Error · P. G. Wodehouse · pm Plum Pie by P. G. Wodehouse, Herbert Jenkins, 1966 314 · MOB 314 · Lord of the Flies · William Golding · ex Faber and Faber, 1954 319 · Mousetrap 319 · Hamlet · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 322 · Nail 322 · Judges 4: 13-22 · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r) 323 · Nero 323 · The Twelve Caesars · Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus · ex (r) 328 · The Caesars · Thomas De Quincey · ex (r) 330 · Net 330 · The Oresteia · Tony Harrison · ex (r) 331 · Not Proven 331 · Amanda Baker · Edgar Lee Masters · pm (r) 332 · Oedipus 332 · Oedipus Rex · Sophocles · ex (r) 334 · Offence 334 · Hamlet · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 336 · Oracle 336 · Things Fall Apart · Chinua Achebe · ex Heinemann, 1958 339 · Orderly 339 · The Prussian Officer · D. H. Lawrence · ex The English Review August 1914, as “Honour and Arms” 342 · Overboard 342 · Billy Bathgate · E. L. Doctorow · ex Random House, 1989 344 · Overheard 344 · Trollope · Victoria Glendinning · ex (r) 345 · Overstayed 345 · Gooseberry Season · Simon Armitage · pm (r) 346 · The Blessington Method · Stanley Ellin · ex Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1956 349 · The Earth · Émile Zola; translated by Douglas Parmée · ex (r) 355 · Parrot 355 · The Case of the Perjured Parrot [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ex Grosset & Dunlap, 1939 357 · Pirate 357 · Lives of the Most Notorious Pirates · Captain Charles Johnson · ex (r) 361 · Poirot 361 · The Murder of Roger Ackroyd [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ex Collins, 1926 366 · Poison 366 · The Discovery of Witchcraft · Reginald Scot · ex 1584 366 · King John · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 368 · Lord Randal · [uncredited] · pm (r) 368 · The Beast Must Die · Nicholas Blake · ex Collins, 1938 370 · Power 370 · The Prince · Niccolò Machiavelli; translated by George Bull · ex (r) 370 · Preamble 370 · The Duchess of Malfi · John Webster · ex Nicholas Okes, 1623, as “The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy” 374 · Premonition 374 · The Rider at the Gate · John Masefield · pm (r) 375 · Prisoner 375 · The Ballad of Reading Gaol · Oscar Wilde · pm Leonard Smithers, February 13 1898, as by C.3.3. 379 · Quality 379 · On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts · Thomas De Quincey · ex Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1827 382 · Decline of the English Murder · George Orwell · ar Tribune February 15 1946 386 · Quits 386 · Titus Adronicus · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 388 · Race 388 · The Swimmers · Allen Tate · pm (r) 390 · On the Turning Up of Unidentified Black Female Corpses · Toi Derricotte · pm (r) 392 · Reasons of State 392 · Murder in the Cathedral · T. S. Eliot · ex Faber and Faber, 1935 395 · Responsibilities 395 · The Cantos · Ezra Pound · ex Farrar & Rinehart, 1925 396 · Retribution 396 · Shameful Death · William Morris · pm (r) 397 · Peter Grimes · George Crabbe · ex The Borough by George Crabbe, 1810 401 · Jellon Grame · [uncredited] · pm (r) 403 · Review 403 · John Keats · George Gordon, Lord Byron · pm (r) 403 · Reviewer 403 · Professions for Women · Virginia Woolf · ex (r) 406 · Sacrifice 406 · History of the Conquest of Mexico · W. H. Prescott · ex (r) 409 · Scene of the Crime 409 · The Uninvited · Glyn Maxwell · pm (r) 410 · Crime Club · Weldon Kees · pm (r) 411 · Dangerous Play · Andrew Motion · pm (r) 413 · Second Thoughts 413 · The Wimbledon Poisoner · Nigel Williams · ex (r) 419 · Sex 419 · Sex-Crime · C. Day Lewis · pm (r) 421 · Helen’s Story · Melanie McFadyean · vi The Independent on Sunday September 13 1992 421 · Fragment of an Agon · T. S. Eliot · pl (r) 426 · Story of the Eye · Georges Bataille · ex (r) 428 · The Pure Essence · John Whitworth · pm (r) 428 · Shrubbery 428 · The Murder at the Towers · E. V. Knox · ss This Other Eden by E. V. Knox, Methuen, 1929 434 · Spit 434 · Edward II · Christopher Marlowe · ex 1590 438 · Spot 438 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles · Thomas Hardy · ex James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891 441 · Macbeth · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 442 · Stories 442 · St. Martin’s Eve · John Clare · ex (r) 442 · The Earth · Émile Zola; translated by Douglas Parmée · ex (r) 444 · The Uncommercial Traveller · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round September 8 1860, as “Captain Murderer” 447 · Stranglers 447 · Ramseeana, or A Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language Used by the Thugs · W. H. Sleeman · ex 1836 448 · Suicide Club 448 · The Suicide Club · Robert Louis Stevenson · ex London June 1878 - October 1878 454 · Symmetry 454 · Symmetry · Matthew Sweeney · pm (r) 455 · Taboo 455 · Totem and Taboo · Sigmund Freud · ex (r) 456 · Terrorism 456 · Station Island · Seamus Heaney · ex (r) 458 · Narrative in Black and White · Ciaran Carson · pm (r) 460 · Going On · Peter Reading · ex (r) 462 · Theatre 462 · Middlemarch · George Eliot · ex William Blackwood & Sons, 1872 464 · Fleance · Michael Longley · pm (r) 465 · Towel 465 · The Criminal World · Varlem Shalamov; translated by John Glad · ex (r) 468 · Tragedy 468 · Fragment of a Greek Tragedy · A. E. Housman · pl The Cornhill Magazine April 1901 470 · Trois 470 · Sonnet: At the Villa Madeira · Gavin Ewart · pm (r) 471 · Jacobean · John Gohorry · pm (r) 471 · Two 471 · Pork Pies · Jackie Kay · pm (r) 472 · Women in Love · D. H. Lawrence · ex Thomas Seltzer, 1920 473 · “A Staffordshire Murderer” · James Fenton · pm 1982 477 · Uncommon 477 · The Blind Spot · Saki · ss The Morning Post March 5 1912, as by H. H. Munro 481 · Unpremiditated 481 · O Pioneers! · Willa Cather · ex Houghton Mifflin, June 1913 486 · Unreported 486 · So Much Water So Close to Home · Raymond Carver · ss (r) from Fires. 493 · Valentine 493 · 15th February · Peter Reading · pm (r) 494 · Verities 494 · Genesis 9: 6 · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r) 494 · Numbers 35: 9-19 · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r) 494 · Jonathan Wild the Great · Henry Fielding · ex Miscellanies by Henry Fielding, 1743, as “The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great” 496 · Philisophy in the Bedroom · Marquis de Sade; translated by Richard Seaver & Austryn Wainhouse · ex (r) 499 · Civilization and Its Discontents · Sigmund Freud; translated by Joan Riviere · ex (r) 500 · Victim 500 · Death of an Expert Witness · P. D. James · ex Faber and Faber, 1977 500 · Desire · Richard Jones · pm (r) 501 · Who Killed Cock Robin? · [uncredited] · pm (r) 503 · Village 503 · Cider with Rosie · Laurie Lee · ex The Hogarth Press, 1959 505 · Lawrence and the Arabs · Robert Graves · ex (r) 507 · War 507 · Henry IV, Part 2 · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 507 · Don Juan · George Gordon, Lord Byron · ex Thomas Davison, 1824 508 · The Parable of the Old Man and the Young · Wilfred Owen · pm Poems by Wilfred Owen, Chatto and Windus, 1920 508 · Claim for Absolute Exemption · Clifford Allen · ms March 14 1916 509 · Wedding Night 509 · Thérèse Raquin · Émile Zola; translated by Andrew Rothwell · ex (r) 518 · Whitechapel 518 · Whitechapel Nights · Susan Kelly · pm (r) 519 · Crime: An Encyclopedia · Oliver Cyriax · ex (r) 522 · The Diary of Jack the Ripper · ed. Shirley Harrison · ex (r) 523 · Why? 523 · Crime and Punishment · Fyodor Dostoyevsky · ex (r) 528 · Wishful Thinking 528 · Crime and Punishment · Mick Imlah · pm (r) 528 · Three Men in a Boat · Jerome K. Jerome · ex Arrowsmith, 1889 529 · King Lear · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 529 · Selected Letters · Philip Larkin · ex (r) 529 · Lily Pond · Vicki Feaver · pm The Independent on Sunday 530 · Witch 530 · The Discovery of Witchcraft · Reginald Scot · ex 1584 531 · Wood 531 · Martin Chuzzlewit · Charles Dickens · ex Chapman & Hall, 1844 534 · Wragg 534 · The Function of Criticism at the Present Time · Matthew Arnold · ex (r) 536 · X 536 · Autobiography from 1785 to 1803 · Thomas De Quincey · ex (r) 540 · The Autobiography of Malcolm X · Malcolm X (with Alex Haley) · ex (r) 547 · X-Ray 547 · Forty Years of Murder · Professor Keith Simpson · ex (r) 552 · Yellow Book 552 · The Ring and the Book · Robert Browning · ex Smith, Elder, 1869 556 · Zarathustra 556 · Thus Spoke Zarathustra · Friedrich Nietzsche; translated by R. J. Hollingdale · ex (r) 558 · Zembla 558 · Pale Fire · Vladimir Nabokov · ex Putnam, 1962 561 · Zone 561 · The American Connection · Varlem Shalamov; translated by John Glad · ex (r)