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Once Upon a Crime ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Berkley Prime Crime, June 1998, 0-425-16301-6, $21.95, 416pp, hc, oa, cover by Jeff Crosby)     Original anthology of 24 contemporary retellings of classic fairy tales, written by mystery writers. Some stories remain fantastic; others are twisted into crime stories by authors including Simon Brett, Sharyn McCrumb, Peter Crowther, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch. ix · Introduction · Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg · in 2 · After Happily Ever · Gillian Roberts · ss 19 · Clever Hans · Jon L. Breen · ss 33 · Heptagon · Joan Hess · ss 44 · It Happened at Grandmother’s House · Bill Crider · nv 65 · Now Fetch Me an Axe · Simon Clark · nv 88 · Old Sultan · Mat Coward · ss 101 · Harvest Home · Elizabeth Engstrom · ss 118 · Prince Charming · William L. DeAndrea · ss 137 · Rapunzel · Jane Haddam · nv 164 · Resurrection Joe · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss 177 · Rapunzel’s Revenge · Brendan DuBois · nv 199 · Snow White and the Eleven Dwarfs · Edward D. Hoch · ss 212 · Swan Song · John Lutz · ss 226 · The Better to Eat You With · John Helfers · ss 244 · Of the Fog · Ed Gorman · nv 275 · The Brave Little Costume Designer · Les Roberts · ss 291 · The Emperor’s New Clothes · Simon Brett · ss 303 · The Musician of Breman, GA · Peter Crowther · ss 322 · Anniversary Ball · Audrey Peterson · nv 343 · Invisible Time · Janet Dawson · ss 361 · Love and Justice · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 374 · “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” Revisited · Anne Wingate · ss 385 · Thousandfurs · Doug Allyn · ss 399 · Gerda’s Sense of Snow · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories by Sharyn McCrumb, Ballantine, 1997

Predators ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Penguin/Roc, February 1993, 0-451-45246-1, $10.00, 380pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of 21 dark suspense/horror stories, all but one original. 9 · Hardshell · Dean R. Koontz · nv Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987 38 · The Calligraphy Lesson · Joyce Harrington · ss 54 · The Rubber Smile · John Shirley · ss 73 · The Defiance of the Ugly by the Merely Repulsive · James Kisner · vi 77 · Mind Slash Matter · Edward Wellen · na 181 · Goddam Time · J. N. Williamson & Scott Fogel · ss 190 · The Society of the Scar · Edward D. Hoch · ss 207 · Life Near the Bone · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 223 · Slasher · F. Paul Wilson · ss 240 · To Die For · Ed Naha · ss 251 · Mistaken Identity · T. L. Parkinson · ss 267 · Dead Things Don’t Move · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Late Knocking v4 #1, 1988 276 · The Man Who Collected Knives · John Gregory Betancourt · ss 285 · The Roadside Scalpel · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss 295 · The Pharaoh’s Crown · Christopher Fahy · ss 302 · Slit · Richard Laymon · ss 319 · Rubies and Pearls · Rick Hautala · ss 325 · Old Blood · Gary Brandner · ss 342 · Heroes · Richard T. Chizmar · ss 349 · Valentine · Daniel Ransom & Rex Miller · ss 362 · The Ecology of Reptiles · John Coyne · ss

A Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Pegasus Books, May 2008, 978-1-933648-80-4, $15.95, 432pp, tp, an) · The Mystery in 2007 · Jon L. Breen · ar · Obituaries in 2007 · Edward D. Hoch · ob · Mulholland Dive · Michael Connelly · ss Los Angeles Noir ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books, 2007 · Everybody Loves Somebody · Sandra Scoppettone · ss A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press, 2007 · Making Amends · Jeffery Deaver · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2007 · A Vision in White · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2007 · Pony Girl · Laura Lippman · ss New Orleans Noir ed. Julie Smith, Akashic Books, 2007 · Prayers for the Dying · Jeremiah Healy · ss Crimespree Magazine #19, July/August 2007 · Devil Dog · Dick Lochte · nv Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood ed. Robert J. Randisi, Pegasus Books, 2007 · A Prisoner of Memory [Neil Gulliver] · Robert S. Levinson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2007 · A Saving Grace · Patricia Abbott · ss Thrilling Detective (online) Spring 2007 · Cadaver Dog · Bryon Quertermous · ss Hardluck Stories Spring 2007 · Anniversary · Hilary Davidson · ss Thuglit (online) #17, 2007 · Something Out of the Ordinary · Kerry Ashwin · ss The Outpost (online) April 2007 · Dead as a Dog [Dr. Dave Westbrook] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2007 · Dies Irae · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime ed. Sara Paretsky, Signet, 2007 · Blues in the Kabul Night · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2007 · The Profane Angel [Valentino] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2007 · Bereavement · Tom Piccirilli · ss Five Strokes to Midnight ed. Gary A. Braunbeck & Hank Schwaeble, Haunted Pelican Press, 2007 · Country Manners [K.C. Dunbar] · Brendan DuBois · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2007 · And Then She Was Gone · Christine Matthews · ss Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood ed. Robert J. Randisi, Pegasus Books, 2007 · The Guardians · Jim Fusilli · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 2007 · I Killed · Nancy Pickard · ss Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime ed. Sara Paretsky, Signet, 2007 · Substitutions · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Places to Be, People to Kill ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren, DAW, 2007 · Pickpocket [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Marcia Muller · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2007 · The Winning Ticket [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2007 · Valentine, July Heat Wave · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2007 · Online Mystery Fiction in 2007 · Sarah Weinman · ar

The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction ed. Edward Gorman (Black Lizard, 1988, 0-88739-094-3, $15.95, 664pp, tp, an) xi · Introduction · Edward Gorman · in 1 · Who Lives by the Sword · Robert Edmond Alter · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine April 1967 15 · The Gun Next Door · Michael Avallone · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1964 21 · The Dreadful Lemon Pie · Timothy Banse · nv 43 · Water’s Edge · Robert Bloch · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1956 61 · Good for the Soul · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1963 77 · The Candy Skull · Ray Bradbury · ss Dime Mystery Magazine January 1948 95 · Streak to Death [Ed Gorgon] · Jon L. Breen · ss 101 · The Little Woman [Ms. Michael Tree] · Max Allan Collins · ss Files of Ms. Tree. Volume 2 by Max Allan Collins, Renegade Press, 1985 109 · Blood and Moonlight · William R. Cox · ss Manhunt October 1956 123 · A Cabin in the Woods · John Coyne · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1976 139 · Death of an Iron Maiden [Joe Hannibal] · Wayne D. Dundee · ss Hardboiled #1, Summer 1985 157 · Free with This Box! · Harlan Ellison · ss The Saint Detective Magazine March 1958 165 · Bad Blood · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1986 171 · The Collector Comes After Payday · Fletcher Flora · nv Manhunt August 1953 189 · Jode’s Last Hunt · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1977 207 · Blood of the Innocent · William Campbell Gault · nv The Saint Detective Magazine July 1957 229 · A Long Day’s Night in the Naked City · Barry Gifford · ss 1988 233 · Goodbye, Pops · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1969 241 · False Idols · Edward Gorman · ss The Record Spinner, 1983 249 · The Home · Joe L. Hensley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1985 263 · The God of the Razor [God of the Razor] · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Grue #5, 1987 275 · Eats · Richard Laymon · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine July 1985 285 · High Stakes · John Lutz · ss The Saint Magazine June 1984 297 · Still Life · Ed McBain · ss Manhunt August 1953, as by Evan Hunter 311 · Death Blues · Stephen Mertz · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1979 329 · The Girl Who Jumped in the River · Arthur Moore · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1973 337 · Merrill-Go-Round [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg, Arbor House, 1981 349 · Down the Long Night · William F. Nolan · nv Terror Detective Story Magazine #4, April 1957, as “Laugh Till You Die” by Frank Anmar 369 · The Pattern · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1971 379 · Fall Guy · Ray Puechner · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1972, as by Charles B. Victor 387 · Murder Me for Nickels · Peter Rabe · n. Fawcett, 1959 545 · The Equine Theft [Henry Po] · Robert J. Randisi · ss Hardboiled #5, Summer 1986 559 · Rendezvous · Daniel Ransom · ss Hardboiled #1, Summer 1985, as by Edward Gorman 563 · The Affair with the Dragon Lady · Mickey Spillane · ss Cavalier #105, March 1962 579 · Horse Laugh [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · nv Playboy June 1986 597 · The Glass Alibi · Harry Whittington · nv Mantrap July 1956 627 · Give the Man a Cigar · Charles Willeford · vi Florida Magazine August 16 1987 631 · A Christmas Story · Will Wyckoff · ss Hardboiled #9, Winter/Spring 1988 647 · Lapses · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss Cutting Edge ed. Dennis Etchison, Doubleday, 1986

Sleuths of the Century ed. Ed Gorman & Jon L. Breen--- see under Jon L. Breen.

Solved ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, December 1991, 0-88184-689-9, $21.95, 295pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 16 stories “solving” unsolved true crimes, ranging from who was “Deep Throat” to who kidnapped the Lindbergh baby. 1 · Operation Trojan Horse [Robert Miles] · David H. Everson · ss 15 · Closing the Doors · Rick Hautala · ss 23 · Ruby, Ruby · William J. Reynolds · nv 49 · White Mustangs · John Lutz · ss 57 · Speedball · Brian Hodge · nv 95 · Non-Skid Jacks: The D.C.-Saigon Connection · Rex Miller · ss 107 · The Winter Men · Brian Harper · ss 125 · Shadow · Matthew J. Costello · ss 141 · Sabotage · William L. DeAndrea · nv 167 · Jack Be Quick · Barbara Paul · nv 199 · Diesel Dream · Alan Dean Foster · ss 209 · The Lincoln-Kennedy Connection · Rex Miller & Dr. Fred L. King · ss 217 · Down on Me · Nancy A. Collins · ss 229 · The Intransigents · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 237 · Windsor R.I.P. · Sean Flannery · nv 265 · Meet Me at the Grave · William H. Hallahan · nv 293 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Stagecoach ed. Ed Gorman & Martin Harry Greenberg (Berkley, 2003, 0-425-19205-9, $5.99, vii+200pp, pb, oa) vii · Introduction · The Editors · in 1 · Bluff Creek Station · Louis L’Amour · ss Far West 1978 revised from “The Blood of Ryan”, Thrilling Western May 1951. 11 · A Fresh Start · Don Coldsmith · nv 40 · Hearts · Richard S. Wheeler · nv 62 · Nate’s Revenge · Robert J. Conley · nv 83 · The Fly on the Wall · Judy Alter · nv 115 · Killer in the Dark · Ed Gorman · na 164 · The Story · Robert J. Randisi · ss 178 · Hangman’s Choice · Loren D. Estleman · nv

Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Dark Harvest, December 1989, 0-913165-47-6, $19.95, 310pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 18 horror stories of predatory killers. Also available in a slipcased edition ($65.00) limited to 750 copies signed by all the authors including Koontz, McCammon, Rex Miller, Joe R. Lansdale, etc. 11 · Introduction to Stalkers · Ed Gorman · in 13 · A Day in the Life [Repairman Jack] · F. Paul Wilson · nv 49 · Mother Tucker · James Kisner · ss 59 · The Hunt · Richard Laymon · ss 75 · Miss December · Rex Miller · nv 91 · Lizardman · Robert R. McCammon · ss 103 · A Matter of Principal [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss 113 · Rivereños · Trish Janeshutz · ss 123 · Flight · John Coyne · nv 153 · Jezebel · J. N. Williamson · ss 161 · Stalker · Ed Gorman · ss 175 · Children of Cain · Al Sarrantonio · ss 191 · A Matter of Firing · John Maclay · ss 197 · The Sacred Fire [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss 209 · What Chelsea Said · Michael Seidman · ss 221 · The Stalker of Souls [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv 239 · Getting the Job Done · Rick Hautala · ss 251 · Trapped · Dean R. Koontz · na 297 · Pilots · Joe R. Lansdale & Dan Lowry · ss

Stalkers (var. 1) ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Penguin/Roc, December 1990, 0-451-45048-5, $9.95, 386pp, tp, oa)     Expanded from the (Dark Harvest 1989) edition with the addition of a story by Barry Malzberg. 1 · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 2 · Trapped · Dean R. Koontz · na Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 59 · Flight · John Coyne · nv Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 99 · A Day in the Life [Repairman Jack] · F. Paul Wilson · nv Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 145 · Lizardman · Robert R. McCammon · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 158 · Pilots · Joe R. Lansdale & Dan Lowry · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 175 · Stalker · Ed Gorman · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 193 · Getting the Job Done · Rick Hautala · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 209 · Children of Cain · Al Sarrantonio · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 229 · A Matter of Principal [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 242 · Miss December · Rex Miller · nv Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 264 · A Matter of Firing · John Maclay · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 271 · The Sacred Fire [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 285 · The Stalker of Souls [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 306 · Darwinian Facts · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 321 · The Hunt · Richard Laymon · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 340 · Mother Tucker · James Kisner · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 350 · Jezebel · J. N. Williamson · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 361 · What Chelsea Said · Michael Seidman · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 375 · Rivereños · Trish Janeshutz · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989