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The Dead Leman & Other Tales from the French ed. Paul Sylvester & Andrew Lang--- see under Andrew Lang.

Moonchild %%2 by Aleister Crowley ed. John Symonds & Kenneth Grant--- see under Aleister Crowley.

The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons (Collins, 1965, hc, n.)

The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons (The British Library, September 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5232-1, £8.99, 240pp, tp, no) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Collins 1965) mystery novel.

The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons (Collins, 1957, hc, n.)

The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons (The British Library, September 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5227-7, £8.99, 256pp, tp, no) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Collins 1957) mystery novel.

Julian Symons Sherlockian Duet by Julian Symons (Calabash Press, 2000, C$7.50, ph, co) [Sherlock Holmes] · Preface · Christopher Roden · pr · Introduction · Jack Adrian · in · Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule—? [Sherlock Holmes; Hercule Poirot] · Julian Symons · ss The Illustrated London News April 1987 · The Affair of the Vanishing Diamonds [Sherlock Holmes] · Julian Symons · ss

The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons (Collins, 1960, hc, n.)

The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons (The British Library, September 10, 2020, 978-0-7123-5372-4, £8.99, 288pp, tp, co) [British Library Crime Classics]     Collection of the eponymous novel and a short story by the same author. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · Progress of a Crime · Julian Symons · n. Collins, 1960 259 · The Tigers of Subtopia · Julian Symons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1965, as “The Tiger’s Stripe”

The Penguin Classic Crime Omnibus ed. Julian Symons (Penguin US, 1984, 0-1400-6739-6, $5.95, 378pp, tp, an) 9 · Introduction · Julian Symons · in 13 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889 25 · The Coin of Dionysius [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · ss News of the World August 17 1913, as “The Master Coiner Unmasked” 41 · The Proverbial Murder [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1943 61 · The Wrong Shape [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 10 1910 79 · The Submarine Plans [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch November 7 1923 93 · Who Killed Baker? [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin & Geoffrey Bush · ss The Evening Standard October 30 1950, as “Baker Dies” 101 · Change of Climate · Ursula Curtiss · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967 113 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 125 · The Copper Beeches [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine June 1892, as “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches” 149 · The Question · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1962, as “The Question My Son Asked” 159 · Smoke [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1932 185 · The Phantom Motor [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine November 11 1906, as “Problem of the Phantom Auto” 201 · Counterplot [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1976, as “A Case of Shoplifting” 209 · The Case for the Defense · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947 215 · The Mobile Bed-Object · Patricia Highsmith · ss Little Tales of Misogyny by Patricia Highsmith, Heinemann, 1977 223 · The Most Dangerous Man [Sherlock Holmes] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1973, as by R. L. Stevens 231 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973 249 · All the Way to the Moon · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #94, September 1951 267 · “Thou Art the Man” · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1844 283 · The Adventure of the Bearded Lady [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery August 1934, as “The Sinister Beard” 305 · The Clinging Woman · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1975 319 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932 333 · Inspector Maigret Pursues [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) January 1962, as “The Man on the Run” translated from the French “L’Homme dans la rue”, Maigret et les petits cochons sans queue, Presses de la Cité, 1950). 347 · The Man Who Murdered in Public [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1934, as “The Clue-Proof Murders” 365 · Being a Murderer Myself · Arthur Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #57, August 1948

Verdict of 13: A Detection Club Anthology ed. Julian Symons (Faber and Faber, 1978, 0-571-10518-1, hc, oa)     Also available in pb (Ballantine Jun ’80). · Introduction · Julian Symons · in · Great-Aunt Allie’s Flypapers [Adam Dalgliesh] · P. D. James · nv · The Rogue’s Twist · Gwendoline Butler · ss · Twenty-One Good Men and True · Dick Francis · ss · Verdict of Three · Michael Gilbert · ss · Cloud Nine · Christianna Brand · ss · Pelly and Cullis [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss · Something the Cat Dragged In · Patricia Highsmith · nv · The Postgraduate Thesis · Celia Fremlin · ss · Gup · H. R. F. Keating · ss · Murder at St. Oswald’s · Michael Underwood · ss · Morepork · Ngaio Marsh · nv · Who Killed the Cat? · Peter Dickinson · ss · Waiting for Mr. McGregor · Julian Symons · ss

Getting Even: Revenge Stories ed. Mitzi Szereto (Serpent’s Tail, June 2008, 978-1-85242-961-4, 256pp, tp, oa) 1 · Glazed · Danuta Reah · ss 17 · Parvati · Umi Sinha · ss 35 · Payment in Kind · Stella Duffy · ss 45 · How to Kill an Aries · Tony Fennelly · ss 65 · Never Die · Niall Griffiths · ss 71 · A Cake Story · Josie Kimber · ss 91 · More Than Skin Deep · Becky Bradford · ss 105 · Hell Is Where the Heart Is · Mitzi Szereto · nv 127 · The One · Georgiana Nelsen · ss 133 · Echo · Rosie Jackson · ss 141 · Remember Me · Dee Silman · ss 151 · Love and Death in Renaissance Italy · Clare Colvin · ss 167 · Be Very Afraid · Vicki Hendricks · ss 175 · Hurting Hugh · Madeline de Chambrey · nv 197 · Dolls, Revenge, Dolls Again · Chris Dunning · ss 205 · Wig · Tara Ison · ss 225 · Esprit de Corpse · Jean Lamb · ss

Transcendent: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction ed. K. M. Szpara (Lethe Press, September 2016, 978-1-59021-617-0, $20.00, viii+191pp, tp, an, cover by Noel Arthur Heimpel)     Year’s Best anthology of 15 stories. Authors include Nino Cirpri, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, and E. Catherine Tobler. Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · K. M. Szpara · in 1 · The Shape of My Name · Nino Cipri · ss Tor.com March 4 2015 17 · Into the Waters I Rode Down · Jack Hollis Marr · ss Accessing the Future ed. Djibril al-Ayad & Kathryn Allan, Futurefire.net Publishing, 2015 25 · Everything Beneath You · Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #164, January 8 2015 37 · Contents of Care Package to Etsath-tachri, Formerly Ryan Andrew Curran (Human English Translated to Sedrayin) · Holly Heisey · ss Evil Girlfriend Media November 10 2015 41 · The Petals Abide · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss Clarkesworld #103, April 2015 59 · Treasure Acre · Everett Maroon · ss Expanded Horizons #46, September 2015 63 · Splitskin [Jackson’s Circus] · E. Catherine Tobler · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #172, April 30 2015 77 · The Need for Overwhelming Sensation · Bogi Takács · ss Capricious #1, September 2015 91 · The Scaper’s Muse · B. R. Sanders · ss Glitterwolf #9, 2015 99 · The Librarian’s Dilemma · E. Saxey · nv Unlikely Story #12, October 2015 119 · Chosen · Margarita Tenser · ss Vitality #3, December 2015 123 · Where Monsters Dance · A. Merc Rustad · ss Inscription Magazine March 18 2015 143 · Be Not Unequally Yoked · Alexis A. Hunter · ss Shimmer #23, January 2015 161 · The Thing on the Cheerleading Squad · Molly Tanzer · ss She Walks in Shadows ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, 2015 177 · Kin, Painted · Penny Stirling · ss Lackington’s #7, Summer 2015

Robert E. Howard: The Power of the Writing Mind ed. Ben Szumskyj (Mythos Books, 2003, 0-9728545-0-9, $15.00, 76pp, tp, an, cover by Rick Cortes) [Ref. Robert E. Howard]     Collection of rare Howardiana and articles about Howard. 6 · Introduction · Ben Szumskyj · in 8 · An Introduction to the Life and Works of Robert E. Howard · Joe Marek · ar [Ref. Robert E. Howard] 10 · An Untitled Story · Robert E. Howard · uw Fantasy Crosswinds #2, January 1977, as “The Door to the Garden” 16 · A Short History of the Conan Typescripts · Patrice Louinet · ar 21 · The Devil’s Woodchopper · Robert E. Howard · uw originally published in a somewhat different version in The Grim Land and Others, Stygian Isle Press, 1976. 24 · Pages from As the Poet Says— · Rusty Burke · ms 27 · Letter to Argosy All-Story Weekly Magazine, ca. Spring 1929 (“I was born in Texas about twenty-three…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Argosy Allstory Weekly July 20 1929 27 · Letter to Farnsworth Wright, ca. June-July 1931 (“In your last letter you asked me to give you…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Ghost #3, May 1945 [Ref. Farnsworth Wright] 30 · Letter to Wilfred Blanch Talman, ca. September 1931 (“Thank you very much for the letter you wrote…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Whispers June 1975 [Ref. Wilfred Blanch Talman] 34 · And in this Corner…Hailing from Nazareth…or: What the Eddas Don’t Tell You · Scott Sheaffer · ar 45 · Double-Cross [Ace Jessel] · Robert E. Howard · ss Bran Mak Morn: A Play, and Others by Robert E. Howard, Cromlech, 1983 56 · Am-Ra: Howard’s Lost Hero · Ben Szumskyj · ar 59 · Introduction to ‘The Right Hook’ · Tom Munnerlyn · si 59 · The Right Hook [Volume 1 Number 1, ca. 1925] · Robert E. Howard · mg The Right Hook v1 #1, 1925 67 · An Interview with Glenn Lord · Joe Marek · iv [Ref. Glenn Lord] 71 · Some People Who Have Had Influence Over Me · Robert E. Howard · ar The Ghost #3, May 1945 73 · Afterword · Ben Szumskyj · aw

Strange Wonders by Fritz Leiber ed. Benjamin Szumskyj--- see under Fritz Leiber.

Terrible Tales: French ed. C. J. T.--- see under Anon..

Terrible Tales: German ed. C. J. T.--- see under Anon..

Terrible Tales: Italian ed. C. J. T.--- see under Anon..

Terrible Tales: Spanish ed. C. J. T.--- see under Anon..

Forget the Sleepless Shores by Sonya Taaffe (Lethe Press, August 7, 2018, 978-1-59021-210-3, $20.00, 280pp, tp, co, cover by D. G. Smith)     Details taken from online listing. · Teinds · Sonya Taaffe · ss Strange Horizons October 29 2007 · Chez Vous Soon · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #35, April 2006 · Little Fix of Friction · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #33, April 2005 · On the Blindside · Sonya Taaffe · ss Flytrap #4, May 2005 · Notes Toward the Classification of the Lesser Moly · Sonya Taaffe · ss Zahir #12, Spring 2007 · Another Coming · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #32, September 2004 · Last Drink Bird Head · Sonya Taaffe · ss Last Drink Bird Head ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Ministry of Whimsy, 2009 · The Boatman’s Cure · Sonya Taaffe · nv Ghost Signs by Sonya Taaffe, Aqueduct Press, 2015 · The Dybbuk in Love · Sonya Taaffe · nv Prime Books, 2005 · Like Milkweed · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #52, September 2014 · Imperator Noster · Sonya Taaffe · ss Genius Loci ed. Jaym Gates, Ragnarok Publications, 2016 · The Salt House · Sonya Taaffe · ss Sirenia Digest September 2007 · And Black Unfathomable Lakes · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #50, September 2013 · The Face of the Waters · Sonya Taaffe · ss · The Creeping Influences · Sonya Taaffe · ss Shimmer #39, September 2017 · Drink Down · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #34, September 2005 · Exorcisms · Sonya Taaffe · ss Mythic ed. Mike Allen, Mythic Delirium Books, 2006 · When Can a Broken Glass Mend? · Sonya Taaffe · ss Not One of Us #53, April 2015 · On Two Streets, with Three Languages · Sonya Taaffe · pm Interfictions Online #5, June 2015 · The Trinitite Golem · Sonya Taaffe · ss Clockwork Phoenix 5 ed. Mike Allen, Mythic Delirium Books, 2016 · All Our Salt-Bottled Hearts · Sonya Taaffe · nv Dreams from the Witch House ed. Lynne Jamneck, Dark Regions Press, 2016 · The Depth Oracle · Sonya Taaffe · ss Sirenia Digest #22, 2006

Harry Price: The Biography of a Ghost-Hunter by Paul Tabori (Sphere, June 1974, 0-7221-8326-7, 60p, 303pp, pb, nf) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Reprint (Athenaeum Press 1950) biographical book. Volume seven in the series. 7 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in

Erotic Edwardian Fairy Tales ed. Paul Tabori (NEL, 1970, 30p, 127pp, pb, an, cover by J. Frederick Smith)     All stories anonymous, allegedly selected and translated by Tabori. Unlike the Victorian volume, where each story starts at the head of a page, this runs stories on so same page may see end of one story and start of another; hence I give exact pages. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 7-8 · Introduction · Paul Tabori · in (r); “from the slightly yellowing pages of a dozen different magazines”—he indicates from feuilletons. 9-14 · The Three Keys · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 14-18 · The Glass Princess · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 18-22 · The Inconvenience of Wings · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 22-25 · The Blue Kingdom · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 26-30 · Happiness Is in the Middle · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 30-32 · The Cross of Orion · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 32-37 · The Glass Slipper · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 37-48 · The Odalisque of Pittsburgh · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 48-52 · Permissive Wife · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 52-55 · The Divining Rod · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 55-59 · The Crown Prince · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 60-68 · The Nymph of Lake Balaton · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 68-69 · Shared Complaint · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 69-73 · The High Cost of Loving · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 73-74 · Frontier Incident · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 74-77 · The Raindrop · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 77-79 · Alarm Clock · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 79-80 · Top Boots · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 81-85 · Siesta · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 85-88 · The Stage Fireman · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 89-94 · The Coalman’s Wife · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 95-97 · Professional Pride · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 97-101 · In the Mood · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 101-106 · Love in Anytown · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 106-114 · The Topaz Maiden · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 114-120 · Angelica and the Prince · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r) 120-127 · Villanova · translated by Paul Tabori · ss (r)