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Mystery Writers’ Choice ed. Bill Pronzini & Joe Gores--- see under Joe Gores.

New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

New Frontiers, Volume II ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

The Northerners ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, June 1990, 0-449-14641-3, $3.50, 245pp, pb, an)

1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

3 · The Wit of Porportuk · Jack London · nv The Times Magazine (Oakland) December 1906

24 · The Stampede · Rex Beach · ss Metropolitan Magazine May 1906

40 · Captives of the Arctic Wasteland · Victor Rousseau · na North•West Stories Winter 1936
possibly a reprint of “Nothing North of Nagatok” (North•West Stories, March 1929).

93 · The Bear Trap · Samuel Alexander White · ss North•West Stories 1st November 1926

102 · The Yellow-Back · James Oliver Curwood · ss Hearst’s Magazine May 1919

117 · Black John Gives a Tip [Halfaday Creek] · James B. Hendryx · nv Short Stories August 10 1942

138 · The Long Shadow · William Byron Mowery · nv (r)

170 · The Valley of the Windigo · George Marsh · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1917

185 · Webs for One · Ryerson Johnson · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 27 1933

198 · Mistress of the Midnight Sun · Dan Cushman · na North•West Romances Fall 1950

The Northwesterners ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, December 1990, 0-449-14642-1, $3.50, 228pp, pb, an)

vii · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r)

ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

1 · Border Incident · Bill Gulick · ss (r)

11 · The General’s Bluff · Owen Wister · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1894

32 · A Trip to Oregon · John Phoenix · ss (r)

36 · The Patriarch of Gunsight Flat · Wayne D. Overholser · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1950

47 · 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.

54 · Timberland Troublemaker · Steve Hail · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story February 1949

72 · The Pioneers · Verne Athanas · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1953

85 · Chain of Command · D. B. Newton · ss (r)

102 · Ike the Diver’s Friend · James Stevens · ss Adventure October 15 1927

119 · Six-Guns Round the Bend · Giff Cheshire · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story October 1947

140 · The Second Missouri Compromise · Owen Wister · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1895

159 · Where the Wind Blows Free · Bill Gulick · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 23 1961

172 · Critters of Habit · Ray Palmer Tracy · na Short Stories December 25 1946

Outlaw Crew/The Best Bandit by Max Brand ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Max Brand.

The Outlaws ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, October 1984, 0-449-12719-2, $2.50, 213pp, pb, an)

1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

2 · Charlie Boudre · S. Omar Barker · pm West March 1934

4 · The Caballero’s Way [The Cisco Kid] · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1907

17 · The Two-Gun Man · Stewart Edward White · ss Collier’s April 15 1905

30 · Assassin · Frank Gruber · nv Short Stories August 10 1939

59 · Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week June 7 1936

69 · Night on Don Jaime Street · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s May 25 1940, as “On Don Jaime Street”

85 · Posse · C. Hall Thompson · ss Esquire June 1951

100 · Nobody’s All Bad [Billy the Kid] · W. R. Burnett · ss Collier’s June 7 1930

112 · Back Track · H. A. DeRosso · ss Ranch Romances 2nd March 1956

126 · A Mighty Big Bandit · Clay Fisher · nv The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico, and Other Stories by Clay Fisher, Macmillan, 1962

150 · The Last Bullet · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s December 10 1938

155 · The Posse from Paytonville · Bill Pronzini · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine June 1970

165 · Horse Thief · Arthur Moore · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine October 1970

174 · My Brother Down There · Steve Frazee · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #113, April 1953

A Pilgrim on the Gila/La Tinaja Bonita by Owen Wister ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Owen Wister.

Police Procedurals ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Prime Suspects ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Ivy, June 1987, 0-8041-0125-6, $2.95, 229pp, pb, an)

1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

3 · Quitters, Inc. · Stephen King · ss Night Shift by Stephen King, Doubleday, February 1978

28 · You Can’t Be Too Careful · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1976

46 · People Who Kill [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss

60 · The Sweetest Man in the World · Donald E. Westlake · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1967

72 · Just for Kicks · Ed McBain · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1958, as by Richard Marsten

85 · Smuggler’s Island · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1977

106 · Wild Mustard [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984

118 · Tex · John W. Jakes · ss Manhunt May 1955

129 · The Vanishing Men [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1979, as “Captain Leopold and the Vanishing Men”

153 · The Dettweiler Solution · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1976

170 · The Unholy Three [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · nv Manhunt May 1956

192 · The Girl Who Loved Graveyards · P. D. James · ss Winter’s Crimes 15 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1983

211 · The Killer · John D. MacDonald · nv Manhunt January 1955

Prospector’s Gold/Canyon Walls by Zane Grey ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Zane Grey.

Pure Pulp ed. Bill Pronzini, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Ed Gorman.

The Railroaders ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, March 1986, 0-449-12722-2, $2.50, 212pp, pb, an)

1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

3 · Casey Jones · [uncredited] · pm (r)

5 · The Passing of Black Eagle · O. Henry · ss Ainslee’s Magazine March 1902

19 · The Holdup [Hopalong Cassidy] · Clarence E. Mulford · ss The Coming of Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford, A.L. Burt, 1913

38 · The Yellow Mail · Frank H. Spearman · ss McClure’s Magazine May 1901, as “The Run of the Yellow Mail”

54 · C.P.R. · James Stevens · ss (r)

69 · Song of the Steel Rails · Tom W. Blackburn · ss Dime Western Magazine October 1941

81 · The Angel of Canyon Pass · Charles W. Tyler · ss Railroad Stories April 1936

100 · For Want of a Horse · Clay Fisher · ss (r)

116 · Steel to the West · Wayne D. Overholser · ss Western Writers of America Silver Anniversary Anthology ed. August Lenniger, Ace, 1977

126 · Flying Switch · H. L. Davis · ss Collier’s August 2 1930

146 · Westward Rails · Giles A. Lutz · ss Western Writers of America Silver Anniversary Anthology ed. August Lenniger, Ace, 1977

164 · The Phantom Train Robbers · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine January 1973

172 · Hell on the High Iron · John Jakes · nv Big-Book Western Magazine March 1953, as “The High-Iron Killer!”

Range Jester/Black Thunder by Max Brand ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Max Brand.

The Red Bandanna/Carcajou’s Trail by Max Brand ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Max Brand.

Red Blizzard/The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico by Clay Fisher ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Clay Fisher.

The Reel West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Doubleday & Co., 1984, 0-385-19319-X, $11.95, 177pp, hc, an)

vii · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

1 · Tennessee’s Partner · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly October 1869; basis for film Tennessee’s Partner.

11 · The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv Chapman’s Magazine #34, February 1898; basis for film Face to Face.

23 · A Double-Dyed Deceiver · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1905; basis for film The Texan.

35 · Massacre · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 22 1947; basis for film Fort Apache.

49 · The Tin Star · John M. Cunningham · nv Collier’s December 6 1947; basis for film High Noon.

65 · My Brother Down There · Steve Frazee · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #113, April 1953; basis for film Running Target.

101 · Three-Ten to Yuma · Elmore Leonard · nv Dime Western Magazine March 1953; basis for film 3:10 to Yuma.

117 · The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · Dorothy M. Johnson · nv Cosmopolitan July 1949; basis for film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

133 · Town Tamer · Frank Gruber · ss Short Stories January 1957

149 · Jeremy Rodock · Jack Schaefer · nv Lilliput January 1956

The Riders of Carne Cove/Last Cowman of Lost Squaw Valley by Wayne D. Overholser ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Wayne D. Overholser.

The Second Reel West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Doubleday & Co., 1985, 0-385-23103-2, $12.95, 182pp, hc, an, cover by Frederick Porter)

vii · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

1 · The Outcasts of Poker Flat [John Oakhurst] · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly January 1869; basis for film The Outcasts of Poker Flat.

10 · The Passing of Black Eagle · O. Henry · ss Ainslee’s Magazine March 1902; basis for film Black Eagle.

19 · The Two-Gun Man · Stewart Edward White · ss Collier’s April 15 1905; basis for film Under a Texas Moon.

30 · Back to God’s Country · James Oliver Curwood · nv Good Housekeeping November 1918 (+1), as “Wapi, the Walrus”; basis for film Back to God’s Country.

53 · Command · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 8 1946

· Big Hunt · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 6 1947; basis for film Back to God’s Country.

75 · Yankee Gold · John M. Cunningham · nv Pic Magazine 1946; basis for film The Stranger Wore a Gun.

98 · A Man Called Horse · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s January 7 1950; basis for film A Man Called Horse.

111 · The Singing Sands · Steve Frazee · nv Fifteen Western Tales June 1949, as “The Devil’s Grubstake”; basis for film Gold of the Seven Saints.

136 · Sergeant Houck · Jack Schaefer · nv Collier’s July 14 1951; basis for film Trooper Hook.

156 · The Captives · Elmore Leonard · nv Argosy February 1955; basis for film The Tall T.

Shared Tomorrows: Science Fiction in Collaboration ed. Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg (St. Martin’s, October 1979, 0-312-71637-0, $10.00, xiv+233pp, hc, an)

xi · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · in

1 · Tiger Ride · James Blish & Damon Knight · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1948

17 · Dark Interlude · Mack Reynolds & Fredric Brown · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1951

28 · Beasts of Bourbon [Gavagan’s Bar] · L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951

41 · Sound Decision · Randall Garrett & Robert Silverberg · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1956

83 · Gratitude Guaranteed · Reginald Bretnor & Kris Neville · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1953

109 · Mary Celestial · Miriam Allen deFord & Anthony Boucher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1955

130 · The Quaker Cannon · Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth · nv Analog Science Fact—Fiction August 1961

157 · Elementary · Laurence M. Janifer & Michael J. Kurland · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1964

171 · The Loolies Are Here · Ruth Allison & Jane Rice · ss Orbit 1 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1966, as by Allison Rice

178 · Murphy’s Hall · Poul & Karen Anderson · nv Infinity Two ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1971

196 · Faces Forward · Jack M. Dann & George Zebrowski · ss Dystopian Visions ed. Roger Elwood, Prentice Hall, December 1975

202 · Prose Bowl · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1979

233 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Sharpshod/They Called Him a Killer by Lewis B. Patten ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Lewis B. Patten.

She Won the West ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Specter! A Chrestomathy of “Spookery” ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, 1982, 0-87795-391-0, $13.95, 298pp, hc, an)

9 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in

23 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835

34 · The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Ghosts of the Mail”

56 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904

65 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895

78 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891

101 · Phantas · Oliver Onions · ss Nash’s Magazine February 1910

121 · On the Moors · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1910, as “Across the Moors”

129 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1)

167 · The Panelled Room · August Derleth · ss Westminster Magazine September 1933

180 · The Skull of the Marquis de Sade · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales September 1945

203 · Silver Spectre [unnamed journalist] · Jon L. Breen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 26 1980

216 · Deathlove · Bill Pronzini · ss Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1978

227 · Fish Night · Joe R. Lansdale · ss

238 · Dust to Dust · Marcia Muller · ss

252 · Chained · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

259 · Night-Side · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard Press, 1977

289 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

The Steamboaters ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, July 1986, 0-449-12723-0, $2.50, 229pp, pb, an)

1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

3 · Voyageurs · Henry Herbert Knibbs · pm (r)

5 · Poker Dell · William R. Cox · nv (r)

38 · The River Smeller · James Stevens · nv (r)

61 · Only the Dead Ride Proudly · Norman A. Fox · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1948

78 · Sacramento Run · Tom W. Blackburn · nv 1948

122 · Riverboat Fighter · Brian Garfield · ss They Opened the West ed. Tom Blackburn, Doubleday, 1967

138 · Sternwheeler · Michele McQuaid · nv Far West Winter 1981

167 · The Cruise of the Prairie Queen · D. D. Beauchamp · ss Cosmopolitan February 1947

180 · River Reckoning · Steve Hail · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine December 1951

197 · The Tinhorn Fills His Hand! · John Jakes · nv 10 Story Western Magazine June 1953

Suspicious Characters ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Ivy, December 1987, 0-8041-0126-4, $2.95, 229pp, pb, an)

1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

3 · The Redhead [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1984

21 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973

41 · Hot Cars · Ed McBain · ss Genesis November 1974, as by Evan Hunter

55 · Black Cat in the Snow · John D. MacDonald · ss Manhunt February 1958

62 · Three-Dot Po [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984

81 · Tickled to Death · Simon Brett · nv Winter’s Crimes 14 ed. Hilary Watson, Macmillan UK, 1982

101 · Is Betsy Blake Still Alive? · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1958

121 · Theory of the Crime · Kay Nolte Smith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1974

133 · The Treasure of Jack the Ripper [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1978

156 · Wriggle · John Lutz · ss Creature! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1981

166 · Jode’s Last Hunt · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1977

188 · Sanctuary [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Graveyard Plots by Bill Pronzini, St. Martin's Press, 1985

200 · Eyes for Offa Rex · Jonathan Gash · nv Winter’s Crimes 11 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1979

Tales of Mystery ed. Bill Pronzini (Bonanza, 1986, 0-517-61819-2, $16.95, 320pp, hc, an)
Abridged from The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps. Omits “Diamonds of Death” by Robert Leslie Bellem.

1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1983

6 · Arson Plus [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask October 1 1923, as by Peter Collinson

26 · Knights of the Open Palm [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · ss The Black Mask June 1 1923

51 · The Mopper-Up · Horace McCoy · nv Black Mask November 1931

82 · Red Pavement [“Tough Dick” Donahue] · Frederick Nebel · ss Black Mask December 1932

113 · Parlor Trick · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask July 1932

121 · The Living Lie Down with the Dead · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine April 1936

148 · Holocaust House [Doan & Carstairs] · Norbert Davis · na Argosy November 16 1940 (+1)

201 · Blue Murder · Fredric Brown · ss The Shadow September 1943

218 · Hear That Mournful Sound · Dane Gregory · nv Detective Tales November 1942, as “Lynchville Had a Barber”

242 · The Day Nobody Died [Inspector Allhoff] · D. L. Champion · nv Dime Detective Magazine February 1944

278 · Fatal Accident · John D. MacDonald · ss The Shadow Fall 1948

289 · See No Evil · William Campbell Gault · ss New Detective Magazine September 1950, as “See No Murder”

299 · Crime of Omission · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales August 1951

306 · The Girl in the Golden Cage · John W. Jakes · ss Thrilling Detective Summer 1953, as by Alan Payne

Ten Thousand Blunt Instruments and Other Tales of Mystery by Philip Wylie ed. Bill Pronzini--- see under Philip Wylie.

The Texans ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, August 1988, 0-449-13470-9, $3.50, 245pp, pb, an)

1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

3 · The Ranger · Zane Grey · n. Ladies’ Home Journal October 1929 (+2)

42 · Pecos Bill and the Willful Coyote · William C. White · ss Story #96, July/August 1942

58 · The Higher Abdication · O. Henry · ss Munsey’s Magazine August 1906

78 · When the Children Cry for Meat · Noel M. Loomis · ss (r)

97 · One More River to Cross · William R. Cox · ss Rivers to Cross ed. William R. Cox, Dodd, Mead, 1966

116 · The Beast and Sergeant Gilhooley · Wayne Barton · ss Fiction #9, 1976

122 · Trail Song · Bennett Foster · ss 1950

136 · King Fisher’s Road · Clay Fisher · ss The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico, and Other Stories by Clay Fisher, Macmillan, 1962

153 · Red Sand · Will C. Brown · nv Spur Western Novels #1, February/April 1955

193 · The Last Indian Fight in Kerr County · Elmer Kelton · ss Roundup ed. Stephen Overholser, Doubleday, 1982

209 · The Girl Who Invaded Texas · Bob Obets · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine January 1953

That Bloody Bozeman Trail/Stagecoach West! by Frank Bonham ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Frank Bonham.

The Third Reel West ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Doubleday & Co., 1986, 0-385-23406-6, $12.95, 177pp, hc, an, cover by Vito DeVito)

vii · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

1 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly August 1868; basis for film The Luck of Roaring Camp.

11 · The Parson of Panamint · Peter B. Kyne · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 20 1915; basis for film The Parson of Panamint.

47 · The Caballero’s Way [The Cisco Kid] · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1907; basis for film The Cisco Kid.

58 · Raiders Die Hard · John M. Cunningham · nv Dime Western Magazine January 1953; basis for film Day of the Badman.

87 · Mission with No Record · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 27 1947; basis for film Rio Grande.

99 · The Hanging Tree · Dorothy M. Johnson · na Ballantine, 1957; basis for film The Hanging Tree.

A Treasury of Civil War Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

A Treasury of World War II Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Bonanza, 1985, 0-517-46782-8, 755pp, hc, an, cover by Ruth Markiewicz)

ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

· On Land

1 · The Way It Is · James Jones · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1949

17 · The Commandos Go In · Bernard Glemser · ss (r)

35 · The Trap · Hal G. Evarts · ss The Saturday Evening Post 1943

49 · The Paper House · Norman Mailer · ss New World Writing #2, Mentor, November 1952

65 · Hide-Out for a Hero · Celso Al. Carunungan · ss Collier’s August 19 1955

81 · To the Castle · Paul Horgan · nv (r)

117 · Camps · Jack Dann · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1979

145 · Chicken Charley · Jack Ritchie · ss (r)

159 · Operation Wild Ass · Leo R. Ellis · ss Argosy February 1967

173 · I’d Know You Anywhere · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1963

185 · Black Night, White Night or The Battle of Dingle on the Dangle · William Sambrot · ss (r)

203 · Act of Faith · Irwin Shaw · nv The New Yorker February 2 1946

221 · The Enemy · Pearl S. Buck · nv Harper’s Magazine November 1942

241 · Day of Terror · James Warner Bellah · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 17 1956

255 · The Women on the Wall · Wallace Stegner · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1946

275 · Sherman Was Right · Robert G. Fuller · nv Argosy January 1957

309 · Layover in El Paso · Robert Lowry · ss The Wolf That Fed Us by Robert Lowry, Doubleday, 1945

329 · The Man Who Hated · William Sambrot · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 8 1960

347 · A Walk in the Sun · Harry Brown · n. Knopf, 1944

467 · A Judgment in the Mountains · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss (r)

· At Sea

487 · Coral Sea · James A. Michener · ss Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener, Macmillan, 1947

501 · The Kid in Command · Jacland Marmur · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 8 1955

517 · The Living Torpedo · Tom Yates · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 8 1951

537 · The Crew of the Foraker · Steve Frazee · ss Tales of the Sea Spring 1953

551 · The Exile · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Argosy December 1960

567 · Act of Honor · George P. Morrill · ss Argosy October 1959

· In the Air

583 · The Destroyer · William E. Barrett · nv (r)

621 · East from Botwood · Leland Jamieson · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 31 1940

639 · Bataan Landing · Arch Whitehouse · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1942

657 · Bombardier · Paul Gallico · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 15 1942

673 · Hawk of the Sudan · David Goodis · nv Wings Summer 1941

699 · Final Mission · J. L. Bouma · ss Sky Fighters Fall 1949

713 · Hot Air Pilot · Jack Ritchie · ss (r)

723 · Savoias Out of Sapporo [Todd Bancroft & Larry Leadbeater] · Arch Whitehouse · nv Sky Fighters January 1940

Tricks and Treats ed. Bill Pronzini & Joe Gores--- see under Joe Gores.

Trouble at War Eagle/The Redhead of Aztec Wells by W. C. Tuttle ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under W. C. Tuttle.

Uncollected Crimes ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Walker US, 1987, 0-8027-0967-2, $15.95, 203pp, hc, an)
Also available in pb (Berkley June 1989).

ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

1 · Two O’Clock Blonde · James M. Cain · ss Manhunt August 1953

11 · Riddle of the Marble Blade [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · nv Mystery November 1934

34 · The $5,000 Getaway · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1959

49 · Squealer · John D. MacDonald · ss Manhunt May 1956

60 · The Cackle Bladder · William Campbell Gault · nv Detective Tales March 1950, as “The Corpse and the Cackle-Bladder”

83 · Everybody Needs a Mink · Dorothy B. Hughes · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) June 1965

90 · I Still See Sally · John W. Jakes · ss Shell Scott Mystery Magazine July 1966

108 · Homecoming · Michael Collins · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1964, as by Dennis Lynds

115 · The Deadly Mrs. Haversham · Helen Nielsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1957

128 · The Problem of the County Fair [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1978

148 · The Tree on Execution Hill · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1977

156 · Bank Job · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1978

167 · Discount Fare · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1979

175 · Consolation · Ed McBain · nv Mystery Monthly June 1976

Under the Burning Sky by H. A. DeRosso ed. Bill Pronzini--- see under H. A. DeRosso.

Voodoo! A Chrestomathy of Necromancy ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, 1980, 0-87795-262-0, $10.95, 295pp, hc, an)
Also in The Arbor House Necropolis.

ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in

3 · Papa Benjamin · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Mystery Magazine July 1935, as “Dark Melody of Madness”

54 · “…Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields” · William B. Seabrook · ar from The Magic Island, Harcourt Brace & World, 1929

68 · Mother of Serpents · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1936

82 · The Digging at Pistol Key · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales July 1947

101 · Seven Turns in a Hangman’s Rope · Henry S. Whitehead · na Adventure July 15 1932

173 · The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The National Observer February 4 1893

198 · Powers of Darkness · John Russell · ss Collier’s March 30 1929

216 · Exú · Edward D. Hoch · ss

224 · Seventh Sister · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · nv Weird Tales January 1943

248 · The Devil Doll · Bryce Walton · ss Dime Mystery Magazine November 1947

260 · Kundu · Morris West · ex Kundu by Morris West, Dell, 1956

281 · The Candidate · Henry Slesar · ss Rogue August 1961

The Warriors ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (Fawcett Gold Medal, September 1985, 0-449-12721-4, $2.95, 243pp, pb, an)

vii · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r)

1 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

3 · Apuni Oyis (Butterfly Lodge) · Henry Herbert Knibbs · pm (r)

5 · Warpath · Stanley Vestal · ss 10 Story Western Magazine November 1936, as “Son of the Prairie Raiders”

22 · Lone Wolf’s Old Guard · Hamlin Garland · ss Harper’s Weekly May 2 1903

31 · Lapwai Winter · Will Henry · nv Frontiers West ed. S. Omar Barker, Doubleday, 1959

65 · The Young Warrior · Oliver La Farge · ss Esquire December 1938

72 · A Man Called Horse · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s January 7 1950

89 · A Kind of Courage · T. V. Olsen · ss (r)

106 · Arrows Fly Westward · Tom W. Blackburn · nv Fifteen Western Tales October 1945

127 · Potlatch · Edward Wellen · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine July 1970

140 · Great Medicine · Steve Frazee · nv Gunsmoke June 1953

173 · Comanche Woman · Fred Grove · ss The Pick of the Roundup ed. Stephen Payne, Avon, 1963

188 · Captive in Paradise · Stephen Overholser · ss (r)

202 · Bank Holiday · Edwin Corle · ss Mojave: A Book of Stories by Edwin Corle, Pennant, 1934

210 · The Tallest Indian in Toltepec · Clay Fisher · ss Great Western Stories ed. Charles N. Heckelmann, Berkley Highland, August 1965, as by Will Henry

The Web She Weaves ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Werewolf! A Chrestomathy of Lycanthropy ed. Bill Pronzini (Arbor House, 1979, 0-87795-210-8, $12.95, 201pp, hc, an)

xiii · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in

1 · Loups-Garous · Avram Davidson · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1971

5 · The Were-Wolf · Clemence Housman · nv Atalanta #39, December 1890

37 · The Wolf · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Scrap Book December 1907
translated from the French (“Le Loup”, Le Gaulois, November 14, 1882).

43 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1)

55 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914
written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.

67 · Gabriel-Ernest · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 29 1909

77 · There Shall Be No Darkness · James Blish · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1950

127 · Nightshapes · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

135 · The Hound · Fritz Leiber · ss Weird Tales November 1942

149 · Wolves Don’t Cry · Bruce Elliott · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1954

160 · Lila the Werewolf [Sam Farrell] · Peter S. Beagle · nv guabi #1, 1969, as “Farrell and Lila the Werewolf”

183 · A Prophecy of Monsters · Clark Ashton Smith · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1954

187 · Full Sun · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, June 1967

199 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

The Western Hall of Fame ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg (William Morrow and Co., 1984, 0-688-02220-0, $17.95, 376pp, hc, an, cover by Terry Fehr)

5 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg · in

11 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898

45 · The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Mark Twain · ss The Californian December 16 1865, as “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
revised from “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” (The New York Saturday Press, November 18, 1865).

53 · The Outcasts of Poker Flat [John Oakhurst] · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly January 1869

67 · An Afternoon Miracle · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1902

81 · Tappan’s Burro · Zane Grey · na Ladies’ Home Journal June 1923

131 · Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week June 7 1936

141 · Stage to Lordsburg · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s April 10 1937

159 · A Day in Town [Two Dance] · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s January 1 1938

177 · The Indian Well · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss Accent Spring 1943

197 · A Man Called Horse · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s January 7 1950

215 · Outlaw Trail · S. Omar Barker · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 3 1959

231 · Blood on the Sun · Thomas Thompson · ss The American Magazine June 1954

249 · Stubby Pringle’s Christmas · Jack Schaefer · ss Houghton Mifflin, October 1943

265 · The Winter of His Life · Lewis B. Patten · ss The Colorado Quarterly 1953

275 · Isley’s Stranger · Clay Fisher · nv The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico, and Other Stories by Clay Fisher, Macmillan, 1962

309 · Lost Sister · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s March 30 1956

323 · Paso Por Aqui · Eugene Manlove Rhodes · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 20 1926 (+1)

The Wickedest Show on Earth ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Wild Waymire/Gun This Man Down! by Lewis B. Patten ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Lewis B. Patten.

Wild Westerns: Stories from the Grand Old Pulps ed. Bill Pronzini (Walker US, 1986, 0-8027-4066-9, $14.95, xii+214pp, hc, an)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

ix · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in

1 · The Laughter of Slim Malone · Max Brand · ss All-Story Weekly June 14 1919

15 · Hopalong Sits In [Hopalong Cassidy] · Clarence E. Mulford · nv Short Stories January 10 1930

43 · Doan Whispers · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories October 25 1931

48 · Swindle at Piute Sink · Luke Short · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 27 1939

73 · Lawyer Two-Fist · Wayne D. Overholser · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 27 1939

86 · Enough Gold · W. Ryerson Johnson · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine March 18 1939

105 · I.O.U.—One Bullet · Dan Cushman · ss Lariat Story Magazine May 1946

118 · Vigilante · H. A. DeRosso · ss New Western Magazine September 1948, as “Swing Your Pardner High!”

131 · A Wollopin’ Good Chew · Thomas Thompson · ss New Western Magazine August 1948, as “Follow the Signpost to Hell”

149 · Chivaree · Frank Bonham · ss Star Western April 1951, as “Lovely Little Liar”

161 · Dangerous Orders · Les Savage, Jr. · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine April 1951

178 · Law of the Hunted Ones · Elmore Leonard · nv Western Story Magazine December 1952

Witches’ Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women ed. Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller--- see under Marcia Muller.

Women Sleuths ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Caped Fear: Superhuman Horror Stories ed. Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequiera & Bryce Stevens (IFWG Publishing Incorporated, February 19, 2022, 978-1-922556-47-9, $17.99, 310pp, tp, oa, cover by J. Scherpenhuizen)
Details taken from online listing.

3 · Introduction · Mark Waid · in

7 · Prologue: A Post-Moon-Age Nightmare · Christopher Sequiera · ar

11 · The Towers of Eden · Jack Dann & Barry N. Malzberg · ss

27 · The Omnivore · Colleen Doran · nv

55 · Proof of Bullets · Jim Krueger · ss

69 · Stuporman [Lefty Feep] · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures June 1943

91 · Just Another Day by the Potomac · Karen Haber · ss

103 · Call Me Titan · Robert Silverberg · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1997

127 · The Sword and the Spider · George R. R. Martin · cs Doctor Weird (comic) #1, Fall 1970; illustrated by Jim Starlin & Howard Keltner

137 · Holding Out for a Hero · Jonathan Maberry · ss

161 · The Lady and/or the Tiger · Neil Gaiman & Roz Kaveney · ss The Weerde: Book 1 ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK, January 1992

175 · Super-Doc and the Ten-Day Cure for the Zombie Apocalypse · Heather Graham · ss

193 · Loveman’s Comeback · Ramsey Campbell · nv More Devil’s Kisses ed. Linda Lovecraft, Corgi, July 1977

215 · The Medici Stiletto · Janeen Webb · ss

233 · Double Space · William F. Nolan · ss

243 · Mylakhrion the Immortal [Teh Atht] · Brian Lumley · ss Fantasy Tales #1, Summer 1977

253 · The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark Rider Get Down [Ned the Seal] · Joe R. Lansdale · na The Long Ones by Joe R. Lansdale, Necro Publications, January 2000

Cthulhu: Deep Down Under ed. Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce Stevens (Horror Australis, February 28, 2015, 978-0-646-93419-8, 413pp, tp, oa)
Crowdfunded project, printed only for backers.
Details taken from online listing.

· Lovecraft’s Monster · Ramsey Campbell · in

· Vanguard · Aaron Sterns · nv; illustrated by Sarah Ellerton

· The Dog Pit · Jason Fischer · ss; illustrated by Shauna O’Meara

· Ortensia and Osvaldo · Lucy Sussex · ss; illustrated by Gavin L. O’Keefe

· Dagon’s Forge · Don Boyd · ss Shoggoth #2, 1993; illustrated by Hayden Fryer

· The Elder Things · B. Michael Radburn · ss; illustrated by Michael Cunliffe

· In the Drawback · Kaaron Warren · ss The Glass Woman by Kaaron Warren, Prime Books, November 2007; illustrated by Chris Roberts

· An Incident at Portsea, 1967 · Jason Nahrung · ss After the World: Corpus Christi (comic) #4, 2011; illustrated by Paul Mason

· Depth Lurker · G. N. Braun · ss; illustrated by Peter Fairfax

· Where the Madmen Meet · T. S. P. Sweeney · nv; illustrated by Greg Chapman

· Pest Control · Steven Paulsen · ss; illustrated by Micheal Graham

· [untitled story] · Steve Kilbey · ss; illustrated by Bryce Stevens

· The Lady of the Swamp · Janeen Webb · nv Death at the Blue Elephant by Janeen Webb, Ticonderoga Publications, June 2014; illustrated by Lindsay C. Walker

· The Thing in the Bidet · William Tevelein · ss; illustrated by Philip Cornell

· Dreamgirl · Stephen Dedman · ss; illustrated by Marcelo Baez

· They Are Impatient · Maurice Xanthos · nv; illustrated by Jan Scherpenhuizen

· The Pit · Bill Congreve · nv; illustrated by Andrew J. McKiernan

· The Wake in the Witch House · Francis Payne · nv; illustrated by Vicky Adams

· Darkness Beyond · Jason Franks · ss; illustrated by Bruce Mutard

· The Island in the Swamp · Jo Hannes · ss; illustrated by Paul Cageggi

· Impossible Object [Harrison Peel] · David Conyers · ss Dreaming in R’lyeh #3, 2005; illustrated by Paul Mudie

· Haunting Matilda · Dmetri Kakmi · nv

· The Return of… · Christopher Sequeira · nv

· The Seamounts of Vaalua Tuva · David Kuraria · ss

Cthulhu Deep Down Under: Volume 2 ed. Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce Stevens (IFWG Publishing Australia, August 1, 2018, 978-1-925496-99-4, A$29.95, 213pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing. In the “Dark Phases” series.

3 · Introduction · Peter Rawlik · in

9 · Sleeping Dogs · Kirstyn McDermott · nv

31 · Time and Tide · Robert Hood · nv

57 · Dead End Town · Lee Murray · ss

75 · Slither · Jason Nahrung · ss

89 · The Pit · Bill Congreve · nv Cthulhu: Deep Down Under ed. Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce Stevens, Horror Australis, February 2015

111 · The Island in the Swamp · J. Scherpenhuizen · nv

139 · Melbourne Calling · Silvia Brown · ss

147 · Where the Madmen Meet · T. S. P. Sweeney · nv Cthulhu: Deep Down Under ed. Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce Stevens, Horror Australis, February 2015

173 · Depth Lurker · Geoff Brown · ss Cthulhu: Deep Down Under ed. Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce Stevens, Horror Australis, February 2015, as by G. N. Braun

187 · The Seamounts of Vaalua Tuva · David Kuraria · ss Cthulhu: Deep Down Under ed. Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce Stevens, Horror Australis, February 2015

War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia ed. Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce Stevens (Clan Destine Press, 2019, 978-0-6485236-2-8, tp, oa, cover by J. Scherpenhuizen)
A hardcover edition (-3-5) was announced but not seen.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

7 · Before the Lights Go Down

9 · Introduction · Alex Proyas · in

14 · The Martians in Australia · Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce Stevens · fw

17 · Section 1: The Past

19 · In Re the Strange Fate of Samuel Langhorne Clemens · Jack Dann · nv

43 · The Saltwater Battle · Lindy Cameron & Kerry Greenwood · nv

67 · Apostles of Mercy · Janeen Webb · nv

107 · Banjo’s War · Narrelle M. Harris · ss

119 · The Inconvenient Visitors; or, An Unrestful Cure · Lucy Sussex · ss

131 · The Enemy of the Enemy · Rick Kennett · nv

155 · Section 2: The Present

157 · A Fair Go to Mars · Jason Franks · ss

175 · Speed Bonnie Boat · Carmel Bird · ss

184 · Doctor Were’s Son · Dmetri Kakmi · ss

203 · Nothing Missed · Angela Meyer · ss

215 · Cat and Mouse · Bill Congreve · ss

229 · Even Less Than Zero · Jenny Valentish · ss

237 · Section 3: The Future

239 · Riding the Snails · Jason Fischer · ss

255 · The Sixth Falling-Star · Kaaron Warren · ss

273 · The Second Coming of the Martians · Sean Williams · ss

289 · Contributors · Various · bg

A Harvest of Horrors ed. Eric Protter (Vanguard Press, 1980, 0-8149-0755-5, 244pp, hc, an)
19 horror stories, mixing both well known and lesser known. Illustrated by Hank Blaustein.

1 · The Whisperer · Brian Lumley · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976

18 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item”

32 · The Right Man for the Right Job · J. C. Thompson · ss Playboy July 1962

45 · The Bound Man · Ilse Aichinger; translated by Eric Mosbacher · ss The Bound Man and Other Stories by Ilse Aichinger, tr. Eric Mosbacher, Secker & Warburg, 1955
translated from the German (“Der Gefesselte”, Der Gefesselte Erzahlungen, S. Fischer, 1953).

61 · The Seed from the Sepulcher · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales October 1933

76 · The White Rooster · William Goyen · ss Mademoiselle April 1947

94 · The Desire to Be a Man · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; translated by Harry Levtow · ss (r)

105 · The Tiger · A. E. Coppard · ss Metropolitan April 1921

118 · Oil of Dog · Ambrose Bierce · ss Oakland Daily Evening Tribune October 11 1890, as “The Oil of a Dog”

123 · War · Milovan Djilas · ss (r)

134 · The Vermilion-Headed Man · George Brandon Saul · ss The General Magazine and Historical Chronicle Fall 1948

138 · The Butcher · Terry Southern · ss New-Story #6, September 1951

153 · The Autopsy · George Heym; translated by Michael Hamburger · ss (r)

156 · The Witnesses · William Sansom · ss Fireman Flower by William Sansom, The Hogarth Press, 1944

164 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895

178 · The Occupant of the Room · Algernon Blackwood · ss Nash’s Magazine December 1909

189 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948

213 · “Lizzie Borden Took an Axe…” · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales November 1946

228 · Pickman’s Model · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales October 1927

Monster Festival ed. Eric Protter (Vanguard, 1965, $4.95, 286pp, hc, an)

13 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.

31 · Impulse · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science-Fiction September 1938

47 · Podolo · L. P. Hartley · ss The Travelling Grave and Other Stories by L. P. Hartley, Arkham House, 1948

61 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931

67 · Revelations in Black · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales April 1933

95 · The Thing in the Cellar · David H. Keller, M.D. · ss Weird Tales March 1932

105 · The Novel of the White Powder [Mr. Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895

127 · Thirteen at Table · Lord Dunsany · ss Tamworth Herald January 4 1913

139 · The Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845, as “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”

153 · The Refugee · Jane Rice · ss Unknown Worlds October 1943

173 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893

191 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912

203 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

211 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891

235 · A Diagnosis of Death · Ambrose Bierce · ss New York Journal December 8 1901

241 · Brenda · Margaret St. Clair · ss Weird Tales March 1954

257 · The Deferred Appointment · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette January 21 1911

265 · The Lost Room · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1858, uncredited.

The Best American Short Stories 1997 ed. E. Annie Proulx (Houghton Mifflin, November 1997, 0-395-79865-5, $13.00, 381pp, tp, an)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· Foreword · E. Annie Proulx · fw

· Introduction · E. Annie Proulx · in

· Manners and Right Behavior

· Saboteur · Ha Jin · ss The Antioch Review Autumn 1996

· Under the Pitons · Robert Stone · ss Esquire July 1996

· Bob Darling · Carolyn Cooke · ss The Paris Review #139, Summer 1996

· Chez Lambert · Jonathan Franzen · ss The Paris Review #139, Summer 1996

· Identifying the Stranger

· Transactions · Michelle Cliff · ss TriQuarterly 1996

· Nobody in Hollywood · Richard Bausch · ss The New Yorker May 13 1996

· Save My Child! · Cynthia Ozick · ss The New Yorker June 24/July 1 1996

· Eternal Love · Karen E. Bender · nv Granta #55, Autumn 1996

· A Girl with a Monkey · Leonard Michaels · ss Partisan Review 1996

· St. Martin · Lydia Davis · ss Grand Street 1996

· Perceived Social Values

· Fiesta, 1980 · Junot Diaz · ss Story Winter 1996

· From Willow Temple · Donald Hall · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1996

· Killing Babies · T. Coraghessan Boyle · nv The New Yorker December 2 1996

· Send Me to the Electric Chair · Clyde Edgerton · ss Oxford American 1996

· Missing Women · June Spence · ss The Southern Review Summer 1996

· Air Mail · Jeffrey Eugenides · ss The Yale Review October 1996

· Soon · Pam Durban · ss The Southern Review 1996

· Rites of Passage

· Shipmates Down Under · Michael Byers · ss American Short Fiction 1996

· Powder · Tobias Wolff · ss Fish Stories 1996

· Search Bay · Alyson Hagy · ss Ploughshares 1996

· Little Frogs in a Ditch · Tim Gautreaux · ss GQ March 1996

· Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

· 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 1996 · [uncredited] · ms

· Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · ms

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