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The Arbor House Celebrity Book of the Greatest Stories Ever Told ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Arbor House, 1983, 0-87795-448-8, $15.95, 320pp, hc, an) 9 · Preface · Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh · pr (r) 13 · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited.; selected by Eddie Albert. 35 · Enormous Changes at the Last Minute · Grace Paley · ss (r); selected by Jane Alexander. 51 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938; selected by Isaac Asimov. translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937). 73 · Ball-of-Fat · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903; selected by Mary Astor. translated from the French (“Boule de suif”, Les Soirées de Médan, 1880). 109 · Night Club · Katharine Brush · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1927; selected by Erma Bombeck. 123 · Roman Fever · Edith Wharton · ss Liberty November 10 1934; selected by Heywood Hale Broun. 137 · The Treasurer’s Report · Robert Benchley · hu (r); selected by Johnny Carson. 143 · The Road to Tinkhamtown · Corey Ford · ss Field and Stream October 1969; selected by Jack Dempsey. 151 · Passion · Sean O’Faolain · ss (r); selected by James Dickey. 157 · The Diet · Woody Allen · ss The New Yorker February 25 1980; selected by Phyllis Diller. 163 · The Gift of the Magi · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 10 1905, as “Gifts of the Magi”; selected by Gene Kelly. 169 · The Guest · Stanley Elkin · nv The Paris Review #34, Spring/Summer 1965; selected by George Plimpton. 199 · Selection from The Odyssey · Homer · ex (r); selected by Irwin Shaw. 219 · The Gold-Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1); selected by Margaret Truman. 253 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Cosmopolitan September 1933; selected by Irving Wallace. 269 · The Death of Iván Ilych · Leo Tolstoy · na (r); selected by Jerome Weidman.

The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Robert Silverberg--- see under Robert Silverberg.

Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini--- see under Bill Pronzini.

The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg--- see under Bill Pronzini.

The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Robert Silverberg--- see under Robert Silverberg.

The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg--- see under Bill Pronzini.

The Arbor House Treasury of Nobel Prize Winners ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Arbor House, 1983, 0-87795-511-5, $16.95, 319pp, hc, an) 9 · Preface · Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh · pr (r) 11 · The Man Who Would Be King · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling, Wheeler, 1888 44 · The Crucifixion of the Outcast · William Butler Yeats · ss The National Observer March 24 1894 52 · Don Giovanni Explains · George Bernard Shaw · ss (r) 72 · You Know How Woman Are · Sinclair Lewis · ss (r) 92 · Salvation of a Forsyte · John Galsworthy · nv (r) 125 · The Lovers · Pearl S. Buck · ss (r) 140 · Barn Burning · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1939 159 · The Infra-Redioscope · Bertrand Russell · nv Satan in the Suburbs and Other Stories by Bertrand Russell, Bodley Head, 1953 183 · The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber · Ernest Hemingway · nv Cosmopolitan September 1936 213 · The Leader of the People [Billy Buck] · John Steinbeck · ss The Argosy (UK) August 1936 229 · The Cockatoos · Patrick White · nv (r) 270 · The Gonzaga Manuscripts · Saul Bellow · nv Discovery No. 4 ed. Vance Bourjaily, Pocket, 1954 296 · Yentl the Yeshiva Boy · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss (r)

The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Robert Silverberg--- see under Robert Silverberg.

The Arizonans ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini--- see under Bill Pronzini.

The Asimov Chronicles: Volume One by Isaac Asimov ed. Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

The Asimov Chronicles: Volume One (var. 1) by Isaac Asimov ed. Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

The Asimov Chronicles: Volume Two by Isaac Asimov ed. Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

The Asimov Chronicles: Volume Two (var. 1) by Isaac Asimov ed. Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

The Asimov Chronicles: Volume Three by Isaac Asimov ed. Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

The Asimov Chronicles: Volume Four by Isaac Asimov ed. Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

The Asimov Chronicles: Volume Five by Isaac Asimov ed. Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

The Asimov Chronicles: Volume Six by Isaac Asimov ed. Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Asimov’s Extraterrestrials ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Asimov’s Ghosts ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Asimov’s Ghosts & Monsters ed. Martin Greenberg, Isaac Asimov & Charles Waugh--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Asimov’s Monsters ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Asimov’s Mutants ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Astounding Science Fiction July 1939 ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John W. Campbell, Jr.--- see under John W. Campbell, Jr..

Atlantis ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Back from the Dead ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (DAW, March 1991, 0-88677-472-1, $4.99, 364pp, pb, an, cover by Jim Warren)     Anthology of 21 stories featuring the risen dead, with an introduction by Frank D. McSherry, Jr. 9 · From Death’s Other Side— · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · in 12 · Lazarus · Leonid Andreyev · ss Current Literature May 1907 translated from the Russian (“Eleazar”, 1906). 34 · The Rose-Crystal Bell · Robert Arthur · ss Amazing Stories March 1954, as “Ring Once for Death” 48 · Glámr · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas by Sabine Baring-Gould, Smith Elder and Co., 1863 62 · Beyond the Wall · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine December 1907 72 · Mother of Serpents · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales December 1936 83 · Lost Boys · Orson Scott Card · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1989 105 · The Man with Pin-Point Eyes · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy January 10 1931 156 · Grave Error · Cathie Griffith · ss 164 · The Tortoise · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910 173 · The Adventure of the German Student · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon, John Murray, 1824 180 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 195 · A Thousand Deaths · Jack London · ss The Black Cat May 1899 207 · The Outsider [Dream Cycle] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales April 1926 215 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 232 · Mop-Up · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953 241 · Charlie · Talmage Powell · ss Mummy! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980 259 · If the Red Slayer · Robert Sheckley · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories July 1959 267 · The Charnel God [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales March 1934 291 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown August 1940 319 · Where the Woodbine Twineth · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 331 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910

Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Detective Novels ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini--- see under Bill Pronzini.

Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Espionage Novels ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini--- see under Bill Pronzini.

Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Fantasy Novels ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini--- see under Bill Pronzini.

Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Science Fiction Novels ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Barbarians ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Adams & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Robert Adams.

Barbarians II ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Adams & Pamela Crippen Adams (with Charles G. Waugh)--- see under Robert Adams.

Bart Science Fiction Triplet #1 ed. Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Anon..

Baseball 3000 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr. & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Frank D. McSherry, Jr..

Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow: Science Fiction War Stories ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Charles G. Waugh.

The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Harry Turtledove--- see under Harry Turtledove.

The Best Crime Stories of the Nineteenth Century ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Isaac Asimov.

The Best Fantasy of the 19th Century ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Isaac Asimov.

The Best Horror Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr. & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Frank D. McSherry, Jr..

The Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov & Charles G. Waugh--- see under Isaac Asimov.

The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John L. Apostolou--- see under John L. Apostolou.

The Best Maine Stories The Marvelous Mystery ed. Martin Greenberg, Sanford Phippen & Charles Waugh--- see under Sanford Phippen.

The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Harry Turtledove--- see under Harry Turtledove.

The Best New England Stories ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh & Robert Taylor (Yankee, 1990, 0-912769-24-6, $12.95, 314pp, tp, an) ix · Introduction · Robert Taylor · in (r) 1 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 12 · Osborne’s Revenge · Henry James · nv The Galaxy July 1868 45 · Marjorie Daw · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1873 61 · The Revolt of Mother · Mary Wilkins Freeman · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1890, as by Mary E. Wilkins 74 · The Bedquilt · Dorothy Canfield Fisher · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine November 1906, as by Dorothy Canfield 82 · Xingu · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1911 102 · Land · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 12 1931 119 · Total Stranger · James Gould Cozzens · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1936 132 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936 144 · The Haunter of the Dark [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales December 1936 163 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939 168 · The Wedding: Beacon Hill · Jean Stafford · ss Harper’s Bazaar August 1944 179 · The Three Aspects · Christopher La Farge · ss ’48—The Magazine of the Year 1948 187 · The Summer People · Shirley Jackson · ss Charm September 1950 198 · The Ledge · Lawrence Sargent Hall · ss The Hudson Review Winter 1958/1959 212 · Who Am I This Time? · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 16 1961, as “My Name Is Everyone” 223 · The Line Fence · Curtis K. Stadtfeld · ss (r) 230 · Alternatives · Alice Adams · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1973 242 · A Vermont Tale · Mark Helprin · ss The New Yorker March 3 1980 255 · Presque Isle · Joyce Carol Oates · ss The Agni Review 1980 269 · About Boston · Ward Just · nv The Atlantic Monthly December 1983 292 · Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story · Russell Banks · nv The Missouri Review 1984 311 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

The Best Paranormal Crime Stories Ever Told ed. Martin H. Greenberg (Skyhorse Publishing, November 2010, 978-1-61608-119-5, $12.95, 498pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 18 stories. Authors include Patricia Briggs, P.N. Elrod, Mike Resnick, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Introduction by John Helfers. ix · Introduction · John Helfers · in 1 · Appetite for Murder [Nightside] · Simon R. Green · ss Unusual Suspects ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace, 2008 21 · The Star of David [Mercy Thompson] · Patricia Briggs · nv Wolfsbane and Mistletoe ed. Charlaine Harris & Toni L. P. Kelner, Ace, 2008 57 · If Vanity Doesn’t Kill Me · Michael A. Stackpole · nv Crime Spells ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Loren L. Coleman, DAW, 2009 83 · Grave-Robbed [Jack Fleming (The Vampire Files)] · P. N. Elrod · nv Many Bloody Returns ed. Charlaine Harris & Toni L. P. Kelner, Ace, 2007 117 · The Judgment · Anne Perry · ss Powers of Detection ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace, 2004 137 · The Angel of the Lord [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 3 1911, as “The Broken Stirrup-Leather” 157 · Special Surprise Guest Appearance By… · Carole Nelson Douglas · ss Murder by Magic ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect, 2004 175 · Occupational Hazard [Harry the Book] · Mike Resnick · ss Wizards, Inc. ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Loren L. Coleman, DAW, 2007 189 · She’s Not There · Steve Perry · nv Crime Spells ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Loren L. Coleman, DAW, 2009 213 · Hostile Takeover · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv Wizards, Inc. ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Loren L. Coleman, DAW, 2007 241 · Doppelgangster · Laura Resnick · ss Murder by Magic ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect, 2004 261 · The Necromancer’s Apprentice · Lillian Stewart Carl · nv Murder by Magic ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect, 2004 283 · The Night of Their Lives · Max Allan Collins · ss Vampire Detectives ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995 303 · Road Dogs · Norman Partridge · nv Subterranean (online) Spring 2008 349 · Ninja Rats on Harleys · Elizabeth A. Vaughan · nv Zombie Raccoons & Killer Bunnies ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Kerrie Hughes, DAW, 2009 373 · Stalked [Otherworld] · Kelley Armstrong · nv My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon ed. P. N. Elrod, St. Martin's Griffin, 2007 409 · Corpse Vision · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Jim Baen’s Universe December 2009 449 · The Unicorn Hunt · Michelle West · nv Maiden, Matron, Crone ed. Kerrie Hughes & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2005 491 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 499 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg