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The Mystery Box ed. Brad Meltzer (Grand Central Publishing, April 2013, 978-1-4555-1235-5, $24.00, viii+373pp, hc, oa)
The Mystery Writers of America anthology.

· Introduction · Brad Meltzer · in

· The Amiable Miss Edith Montague · Jan Burke · ss

· Waco 1982 · Laura Lippman · ss

· War Secrets · Libby Fischer Hellmann · ss

· The Vly · C. E. Lawrence · ss

· Heirloom · Joseph Finder · ss

· The Boca Box · James O. Born · ss

· Mad Blood · S. W. Hubbard · ss

· Dear Mr. Queen · Joseph Goodrich · ss

· The Delivery · R. T. Lawton · ss

· Mokume Gane · Tom Rob Smith · ss

· Angelina · Mary Anne Kelly · ss

· The Remaining Unknowns · Tony Broadbent · ss

· Double Jeopardy · Steve Berry · ss

· The Secret Life of Books · Angela Gerst · ss

· The Very Private Detectress · Catherine Mambretti · ss

· The Birdhouse · Stephen Ross · ss

· The Honour of Dundee · Charles Todd · ss

· Hedge · Jonathan Stone · ss

· The Lunar Society · Katherine Neville · ss

· High Stakes · R. L. Stine · ss

· Remmy Rothstein Toes the Line · Karin Slaughter · ss; annotated.

Tour of the Merrimack: Volume One by R. M. Meluch (DAW Books, October 1, 2013, 978-0-7564-0954-8, $8.99, 650pp, pb, om, cover by Shutterstock)
Omnibus of the first two military SF novels in the Tour of the Merrimack series: The Myriad (2005) and Wolf Star (2006).
Details taken from online listing.

5 · The Myriad [Tour of the Merrimack] · R. M. Meluch · n. DAW, 2005

335 · Wolf Star [Tour of the Merrimack] · R. M. Meluch · n. DAW, 2006

Death of Anton by Alan Melville (Skeffington, 1936, hc, n.)

Death of Anton by Alan Melville (The British Library, August 2015, 978-0-7123-5788-3, £8.99, 288pp, tp, no, cover by Chris Andrews) [British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Skeffington 1936) mystery novel.

Quick Curtain by Alan Melville (Skeffington, 1934, hc, n.)

Quick Curtain by Alan Melville (The British Library, August 2015, 978-0-7123-5789-0, £8.99, 287pp, tp, no, cover: [extract from L.N.E.R. poster (Harrogate)] by Fred Taylor) [British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Skeffington 1934) mystery novel.

6 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

Week-End at Thrackley by Alan Melville (Skeffington, 1934, hc, n.)

Week-End at Thrackley by Alan Melville (The British Library, June 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5211-6, £8.99, 240pp, tp, no) [British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Skeffington 1934) mystery novel.

Psy-Fi One: An Anthology of Psychology in Science Fiction ed. Kenneth B. Melvin, Stanley L. Brodsky & Raymond D. Fowler, Jr. (Random, 1977, 0-394-30576-0, xiii+299pp, tp, an)

ix · Preface · [uncredited] · pr

xiii · Introduction · [uncredited] · in

1 · I. Conditioning, Learning, and Memory

5 · Fred One · James Ransom · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1964

15 · Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1959

38 · Learning Theory · James McConnell · ss If December 1957

51 · II. Physiological and Perceptual Processes

55 · How Deep the Grooves · Philip José Farmer · ss Amazing Stories February 1963

65 · In the House of Double Minds · Robert Silverberg · ss Vertex June 1974

81 · All the Sounds of the Rainbow · Norman Spinrad · nv Vertex June 1973

104 · If You’re So Smart · Paul Corey · ss New Writings in S-F 14 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1969

115 · III. Emotion and Motivation

118 · The Executive Rat · Larry Eisenberg · ss Worlds of If November/December 1972

126 · Love, Incorporated · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1956

136 · Such Stuff · John Brunner · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1962

149 · IV. Developmental Psychology

152 · The Baby · Larry Eisenberg · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1974

158 · The First Men · Howard Fast · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1960

183 · V. Intelligence and Personality

187 · Placement Test · Keith Laumer · nv Amazing Stories July 1964

210 · The Man in the Rorschach Shirt · Ray Bradbury · ss Playboy October 1966

221 · VI. Behavior Disorders and Therapy

225 · It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! · Norman Spinrad · hu Gent December 1967

232 · The Diary of the Rose · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Future Power ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois, Random House, 1976

250 · Christlings · Albert Teichner · ss Orbit 10 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1972

263 · VII. Social Behavior

266 · Conversational Mode · Grahame Leman · ss New Writings in SF—20 ed. John Carnell, Corgi, 1972

276 · A Touch of Sanity · Stanley Brodsky · vi The Worm Runner’s Digest Winter 1970/1971

280 · Care · Roby James · ss

287 · VIII. Conclusion

289 · Psy-Fi · Stanley L. Brodsky & Kenneth B. Melvin · ar Human Behavior January 1975

297 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

The Parliament of Dreams: Conferring on Babylon 5 ed. Farah Mendlesohn & Edward James--- see under Edward James.

Addis Ababa Noir ed. Maaza Mengiste (Akashic Books, August 4, 2020, 978-1-61775-820-1, $16.95, 256pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Details taken from ebook.

· Howling in the Darkness · Maaza Mengiste · in

· Part I: Past Hauntings

· Kind Stranger · Meron Hadero · ss; set in Lideta.

· A Double-Edged Inheritance · Hannah Giorgis · ss; set in Shiromeda.

· Ostrich · Rebecca Fisseha · ss; set in the National Palace.

· Dust, Ash, Flight · Maaza Mengiste · ss; set in Mercato.

· Part II: Translations of Grief

· Father Bread · Mikael Awake · ss; set in Kechené.

· The Blue Shadow · Mahtem Shiferraw · ss; set in Yerer Ber.

· A Night in Bela Sefer · Sulaiman Addonia · ss; set in Bela Sefer.

· Part III: Madness Descends

· Insomnia · Lelissa Girma · ss; set in Haya Hulet.

· Of the Poet and the Café · Girma T. Fantaye; translated by Hewan Semon · ss; set in Beherawi Theater.

· Under the Minibus Ceiling · Bewketu Seyoum; translated by Cheryl Moskowitz · ss; set in Arat Kilo.

· Of Buns and Howls · Adam Reta · ss; set in Addis Ababa West.

· Part IV: Police and Thieves

· Kebele ID · Linda Yohannes · ss; set in CMC.

· None of Your Business · Solomon Hailemariam · ss; set in French Legation.

· Agony of the Congested Heart · Teferi Nigussie Tafa · ss; set in Meskel Square.

· About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Chicago Noir: The Classics ed. Joe Meno (Akashic Books, September 1, 2015, 978-1-61775-294-0, $21.95, 256pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]

11 · Language of Shadows · Joe Meno · in

15 · Part I: The Jazz Age

17 · 30 Seconds of Darkness [DeLancey and T.B.] · Harry Stephen Keeler · ss The Black Cat May 1916; set in Rogers Park.

37 · Brothers · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Bookman April 1921; set in Douglas.

48 · Kaddish for the Kid [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv Private Eyes ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet, 1998; set in West Town.

77 · The Man Who Went to Chicago · Richard Wright · ex Eight Men by Ricard Wright, The World Publishing Company, 1961; set in Illinois Medical District.
revised from “Early Days in Chicago” (Cross Section 1945 ed. Edwin Seaver, L.B. Fischer, 1945).

91 · Part II: Noir & Ne0-Noir

93 · He Swung and He Missed · Nelson Algren · ss The American Mercury July 1942; set in Lakeview.

102 · I’ll Cut Your Throat Again, Kathleen · Fredric Brown · nv Mystery Book Magazine Winter 1948; set in Magnificent Mile.

124 · The Price of Salt · Patricia Highsmith · ex Coward-McCann, 1952, as by Claire Morgan; set in Gold Coast.

137 · The Starving Dogs of Little Croatia · Barry Gifford · ss The Chicagoist December 13 2009; set in Wicker Park.

142 · Blue Note · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss Chicago Blues ed. Libby Fischer Hellmann, Bleak House Books, 2007; set in Woodlawn.

160 · The Whole World Is Watching · Libby Fischer Hellmann · ss Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime ed. Sara Paretsky, Signet, 2007; set in Grant Park.

175 · Part III: Modern Crime

177 · Skin Deep [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987; set in Michigan Avenue.

194 · Death and the Point Spread [Big Bull Benson] · Percy Spurlark Parker · ss Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday, 1995; set in Lawndale.

214 · One Holy Night · Sandra Cisneros · ss The Village Voice Literary Supplement #69, November 1 1988; set in Pilsen.

223 · The Thirtieth Amendment · Hugh Holton · ss Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday, 1995; set in Bridgeport.

236 · We Didn’t · Stuart Dybek · ss Antæus #70, Spring 1993; set in Oak Street Beach.

250 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Ancestral Voices: An Anthology of Early Science Fiction ed. Douglas Menville & R. Reginald (Arno Press, April 1975, 0-405-06305-9, $15.00, 298pp, hc, an)
Anthology of rare early science fiction stories reproduced in facsimile from the original printings with no sequential page numbers.

· A Glance Ahead: Being a Christmas Tale of A.D. 3568 · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Over the Plum Pudding by John Kendrick Bangs, Harper, 1901

· The Third Eye [Bronx Park Zoological Society; Percy Smith] · Robert W. Chambers · nv Hearst’s Magazine February 1915

· The Space Annihilator · Harle Oren Cummins · ss The Argosy September 1901, as “Martin Bradley’s Space Annihilator”

· A Corner in Lightning · George Griffith · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1898

· The Lizard · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss The Strand Magazine June 1898

· The Romance of the First Radical · Andrew Lang · ss In the Wrong Paradise, and Other Stories by Andrew Lang, 1886

· The Red One · Jack London · nv Cosmopolitan October 1918

· Beyond the Spectrum · Morgan Robertson · ss Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Morgan Robertson, McClure's Magazine and Metropolitan Magazine, 1914

· Impossibility, a Study of Reason and Science [William & James] · James F. Sullivan · ss The Strand Magazine March 1892

· Love and the Triangle · Stanley Waterloo · ss The Wolf’s Long Howl by Stanley Waterloo, Stone, 1899

Ancient Hauntings ed. Doug Menville & R. Reginald (Arno Press, 1976, 0-405-08163-4, $26.00, hc, an)
Anthology of rare Victorian ghost and horror stories reproduced in facsimile from the original printings with no sequential page numbers.

· The Ensouled Violin · Helena P. Blavatsky · nv Nightmare Tales by Helena P. Blavatsky, Theosophical Publishing House, 1892

· The Green Staircase · Gilbert Campbell · nv Dark Stories from the Sunny South by Sir Gilbert Campbell, Bart., Ward Lock, 1889

· The Haunted Hansom · Howell Davies · ss Bow Bells Annual Christmas 1883

· The Vial-Genie and Mad Farthing · F. H. de la Motte Fouqué · nv Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, Vol. 1, Simpkin, Marshall, 1823, as “The Bottle Imp”, uncredited.
translated from the German (“Das Galgenmännlein”, 1814).

· The Metempsychosis · Robert Macnish · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine May 1826

· Fioraccio · Giovanni Magherini-Graziani; translated by Mary A. Craig · nv Modern Ghosts, Harper's, 1890
translated from the Italian (“Fioraccio”, 1886).

· A Mystery of the Campagna · Von Degen · nv Unwin’s Annual 1887, 1886

· The Green Hands: A Story About a Duet · George Augustus Sala · ss Terrible Tales by George Augustus Sala, London, 1873

· Ghosts · Ivan Turgenev · nv (r)

Dreamers of Dreams ed. Doug Menville & R. Reginald (Arno Press, 1978, 0-405-11017-0, $30.00, 478pp, hc, an)
Anthology of rare and recent fantasy and lost world stories reproduced in facsimile from the original printings, with no sequential page numbers.

· The Affliction of Baron Humpfelhimmel · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Over the Plum Pudding by John Kendrick Bangs, Harper, 1901

· The Blind God · Laurence Housman · ss Gods and Their Makers and Other Stories by Laurence Housman, Allen & Unwin, 1920

· The Gray Wolf · George MacDonald · ss Works of Fancy and Imagination by George MacDonald, Alexander Strahan, 1871

· The Invisible Giant · Bram Stoker · nv Under the Sunset by Bram Stoker, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1881

· A Professor of Egyptology · Guy Boothby · ss The Graphic December 10 1904

· The End of Phaeacia · Andrew Lang · na Time January 1886 (+2)

· The Last Adventure of Don Quixote · Kenneth Morris · ss The Theosophical Path September 1917, as by Fortescue Lanyard

· Same Time, Same Place · Mervyn Peake · ss Science Fantasy #60, 1963

· That First Affair · J. A. Mitchell · ss That First Affair by J. A. Mitchell, Scribner's, 1896

· The Queen of California · Edward Everett Hale · ar The Atlantic Monthly March 1864
includes the translation of an extract from Las Sergas de Esplandián, Spain 1510.

· Rutherford the Twice-Born · Edwin Lester Arnold · nv The Idler May 1892

· The Journey of the King · Lord Dunsany · nv Time and the Gods by Lord Dunsany, Heinemann, 1906

· The Seekers · H. E. Bates · ss John & Edward Bumpus, 1926

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