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Margaret Weis’ Testament of the Dragon (HarperPrism, August 1997, 0-06-105543-3, $22.00, 105pp, hc, oa, cover by Matt Stawicki)     Original anthology of three stories and related informational pieces, “created by” Margaret Weis and David Baldwin, described on the cover as an illustrated “novel.” Named authors are Jeff Grubb, J. Robert King, and Janet Pack. Packaged and copyrighted by Big Entertainment. Illustrated by Steve Lieber and Rags Morales. 6 · Introduction · [uncredited] · in 8 · A Brother to Dragons · Jeff Grubb · na 74 · Lore & Symbols of the Ancient Drokpas · [uncredited] · lk 76 · Wyrm of the Loch · J. Robert King · ss 87 · The Biography of Sir Justinian · [uncredited] · lk 90 · The Pimpernel Problem · Janet Pack · ss 99 · The Sketchbook of Sir Justinian · [uncredited] · pi 104 · The Travels of Sir Justinian · [uncredited] · pi

The Mark of Mandragora (Doctor Who, April 15, 1993, 0-426-20396-8, £6.99, 90pp, lp, an, cover by Alister Pearson)     Collection of comic strips based on the Doctor Who TV series. 3 · Train-Flight · Andrew Donkin & Graham S. Brand · cs Doctor Who Magazine 19?? 24 · Doctor Conkeror · Ian Rimmer · cs Doctor Who Magazine 19?? 30 · Fellow Travellers · Andrew Cartmel · cs Doctor Who Magazine 19?? 51 · Teenage Kicks · Paul Cornell · ss Doctor Who Magazine 19?? 54 · The Mark of Mandragora · Dan Abnett · cs Doctor Who Magazine 19??

Married at Midnight (Avon Books, September 1996, 0-380-78615-X, $6.99, 394pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · The Determined Bride · Jo Beverley · na 101 · A Kiss After Midnight · Tanya Anne Crosby · na 199 · Scandal’s Bride · Samantha James · n. 307 · Beyond the Kiss [The Birmingham Family] · Kathleen E. Woodiwiss · na

Masks ed. Ray Russell, uncredited (Playboy, 1971, 16126, 75¢, 187pp, pb, an) 4 · Preface · Ray Russell, uncredited · pr 7 · Masks · Damon Knight · ss Playboy July 1968 21 · Perchance to Dream · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy October 1958 33 · The Yellow Room · John Cheever · nv Playboy January 1968 69 · Fortitude · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · pl Playboy September 1968 89 · Winter in This Latitude · Rick Rubin · nv Playboy December 1962 113 · The Hat Act · Robert Coover · ss Playboy February 1968 129 · Death’s Door · Robert McNear · nv Playboy March 1969 155 · Colorless in Limestone Caverns · Allan Seager · ss Playboy November 1968 165 · [untitled] · Ken W. Purdy · ss Playboy October 1966 173 · A Breath of Lucifer · R. K. Narayan · ss Playboy July 1969

Masterpieces of Thrills ed. John Gawsworth, uncredited (Daily Express, 1936, 735pp, hc, oa) 13 · The Grey Room · Roger Burford · ss 29 · The Man Upstairs · Frances Gregg · ss 37 · Busman’s Holiday · J. Leslie Mitchell · ss The New London Magazine #20, June 1932 53 · Sluice Gates · Oswell Blakeston · ss 63 · Second Sight · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss 73 · A Shawl from the East · P. Whitehouse · ss 83 · Dr. Todor Karadja · M. P. Shiel & John Gawsworth · nv 109 · Kali · M. R. Anand, Dr. · ss 119 · Mrs. Biggadyke’s “Unconscious” · Anthony M. Ludovici · ss 135 · Dr. Samson Gregory · Neil Harman · ss 145 · The Secret Chapel · Francis Marsden · ss 165 · Murder Most Foul · Eimar O’Duffy · ss 179 · The Mist Rider · Geoffrey West · ss 185 · Melodrama · John Lindsey · ss 193 · Kametis and Evelpis · J. Leslie Mitchell & Fytton Armstrong · nv 239 · The Cherries · Lawrence Durrell · ss 245 · Spells by Night · Frederick Carter · nv 271 · A Stele from Atlantis · Lewis Grassic Gibbon · ss 277 · The Upstairs Room · Wilfrid Ewart · ss 285 · The Mystery of the Red Road · M. P. Shiel & John Gawsworth · nv 319 · Ghost of Fleur-de-Lis Court · Kenneth Myer · ss 325 · Felo de Se · John Brownson · ss 339 · 5,000 Enemy Planes Over London · Stephen Graham · ss The Daily Express 1935 347 · The Folkema · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss 357 · The Companion · Francis Marsden · ss 363 · The Traveller · Gay Taylor · ss 381 · “Whither Thou Goest…” · John Greenidge · nv 415 · The Grim Case of Mrs. John · Oswell Blakeston · ss 435 · The Hanging of Ernest Clark · M. P. Shiel & John Gawsworth · ss 449 · The Crossword · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss 457 · A Good Reprisal · E. H. Visiak · ss 463 · The Road to Freedom · J. Leslie Mitchell · ss 473 · The Dark Wood · Herbert Gore · ss 479 · The Flying Worm · Simon · ss 493 · The Failure · Richard Middleton · ss (r) 503 · The Superintendent’s Story · Neil Harman · ss 511 · Hengo · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss 517 · Bergamask’s Revenge · Frederick Carter · ss 535 · A Mysterious Coincidence · Charles Duff · ss 541 · Red Foam · Hedda Vesely & R. L. Mégroz · ss 553 · Death’s Door · Nugent Barker · ss 561 · Charlie · Frances Gregg · ss 567 · The Woman of Leadenhall Street · Lewis Grassic Gibbon · ss 587 · In the Mangrove Hall · E. H. Visiak · ss 593 · Fine Hands · Frederick Carter · ss 613 · A Man of Spirit · R. Dundas · ss 623 · Lost Tribes · J. Leslie Mitchell · ss 631 · Death Pages Mr. Startle · E. H. W. Meyerstein · vi 635 · The Fetch · Frederick Carter · ss 643 · The Mother · Philip Henderson · vi 649 · The String Game · Marcus Magill · ss 655 · Strange Idyll · Frances Gregg · ss 661 · Judgment · Simon Dewes · ss 673 · Duty · Francis Marsden · ss 683 · Sprigge · Wilfrid Ewart · vi 687 · What Happened to Larry? · Ronald Dewsbury · ss 693 · The Mannikin’s Tale · Frederick Carter · ss 703 · Borderlines · Simon · ss 717 · Shillings · Francis Marsden · ss 729 · First and Last Woman · Lewis Grassic Gibbon · ss

Masters of Horror and Suspense (Houghton Mifflin, 1989, 0-3954-5996-6, 64pp, pb, an)     Four suspense stories intended for schools complete with discussion prompts. 7 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander January 17 1912 16 · Discussion · [uncredited] · ms (r) 21 · The Specter · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895 translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883). 33 · Discussion · [uncredited] · ms (r) 35 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 43 · Discussion · [uncredited] · ms (r) 47 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 58 · Discussion · [uncredited] · ms (r) 59 · Roundtable Discussion · [uncredited] · ms (r) 60 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Masters of Midnight: Erotic Tales of the Vampire (Kensington, June 2003, 0-7582-0421-3, $14.00, 362pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of four gay vampire stories. 1 · His Hunger · William J. Mann · na 57 · Sting · Michael Thomas Ford · na 167 · Brandon’s Bite · Sean Wolfe · na 251 · Devoured · Jeff Mann · na

Masters of Science Fiction ed. Ivan Howard, uncredited (Belmont, October 1964, 92-606, 50¢, 157pp, pb, an) 7 · Service Call · Philip K. Dick · nv Science Fiction Stories July 1955 26 · Path of Darkness · M. C. Pease · ss Science Fiction Stories March 1955 43 · Early Bird · Eric Frank Russell · nv Science Fiction Stories November 1957 80 · Forgive Us Our Debts · Lester del Rey · ss Future Science Fiction May 1952 94 · The Green Thumb [Psychotechnic League] · Poul Anderson · nv Science Fiction Quarterly February 1953 116 · The Day of the Boomer Dukes · Frederik Pohl · nv Future Science Fiction #30, 1956 137 · The Final Figure · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv Dynamic Science Fiction January 1954

Masters of the Macabre (BOMC, 1999, 0-965-07697-0, 128pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 10 stories “created especially for Book of the Month Club members.” Copyrighted by Michael O’Mara Books Ltd., London. 5 · The Adventure of the German Student · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon, John Murray, 1824 11 · The Cobweb · Saki · ss The Morning Post November 21 1911, as by H. H. Munro 17 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 29 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 38 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman” translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883). 43 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 60 · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888 66 · 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. 77 · The Withered Arm · Thomas Hardy · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1888 101 · The Ghostly Rental · Henry James · nv Scribner’s Monthly September 1876

Masters of the Sky: Thrilling Stories for Boys and Girls (Junior Press Ltd., 1944, 6d, 20pp, 7¼″ x 9½″, oa) 2 · Ring In! An Amusing Game · Alfred Lubran · gm 2 · Crossword: Mainly Sporting · [uncredited] · pz 3 · Into the Stratosphere · C. H. Shaw · ar 4 · Deck Cargo · Andrew Elliott · ss 5 · Ram and Rah · Mota · cs 6 · Lily Finds an Ally · Vera Leff · ss; illustrated by Mottram 7 · Hey! · Pooh · vi; illustrated by Pooh 9 · Children’s News · [uncredited] · ms 13 · Bad Rope! · Robert Barnes · ss; illustrated by M. 15 · New Year Shillings · William Glynne Jones · ss 16 · The Hon. Offensive · Dyad · ct 17 · Escape with Tito · Baron Moss · ss 18 · “Tallies” · [uncredited] · ar 19 · The Stage Presents · Geoff Allen · ar; illustrated by Geoff Allen 20 · The Builder · Oscar Lewin · pm; illustrated by Dyad

Mata Mata Matters (Malayan Police Magazine, 1937, M$1.00, 100pp, hc, an)     Although most contributions are anonymous the following names appear in the list of contributors on page 4 :- Agatha Christie, Messrs. B. W. Allen, T. G. Ashley-Cooper, H. G. Beverley, J. R. Charton, G. E. Devonshire, Mr. & Mrs. G. Denison-Smith, Messrs. L. C. Finch, S. R. Franklin, A. Hamilton, L. H. Hart, J. N. D. Harrison, R. W. E. Harper, G. B. Linford, D. N. Livingstone, A. C. Maxwell, L. A. G. Morriss, D. M. Matheson, Mrs. Nora Hamerton, Mary E. Neville, Messrs. H. de S, Onraet, M. P. O’Connor, W. J. Parks, G. A. Ryrie, M. C. ff. Sheppard, C. Ward-Jackson, Methusaliar, Kayu Mati, and three anonymous contributors. 7 · Pahits at Seven · [uncredited] · ss (r) 11 · Nonsense Rhymes · [uncredited] · pm (r) 12 · On Smiling · C. Ward-Jackson · ar (r) 13 · The Two Minutes’ Silence · C. W-J. · pm (r) 15 · “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Mat!” · [uncredited] · ct (r) 16 · The Bully of Blum · “Methusaliar” · pm (r) 17 · “The Emden” in Penang · [uncredited] · ar (r) 21 · “Tell Me, Tengku…” · [uncredited] · ct (r) 22 · Jelutong · [uncredited] · ss (r) 25 · The Garden of Euterpe · [uncredited] · pm (r) [Ref. Algernon Charles Swinburne]; a pastiche of Algernon Charles Swinburne. 27 · [untitled] · [uncredited] · cs (r) 28 · An Archaeologist at Large (2937 A.D.) · [uncredited] · ss (r) 30 · Sulong · [uncredited] · ss (r) 33 · “Well! You’re Not Officer in Charge…” · [uncredited] · ct (r) 34 · Malay for Beginners · [uncredited] · hu (r) 35 · Wasps’ Nest [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Daily Mail November 20 1928 41 · Captain H. C. Syers. A Memory · [uncredited] · ar (r) 43 · Getting Away with It · [uncredited] · ss (r) 45 · My New Year Resolution · [uncredited] · pm (r) 46 · Chinese Painting · [uncredited] · ar (r) 49 · “Father Christmas Yourself!” · [uncredited] · ct (r) 50 · Justice · [uncredited] · ss (r) 52 · Death by Accident · [uncredited] · ss (r) 56 · Epidemic Fears · [uncredited] · pm (r) 57 · Identification Parade · [uncredited] · ct (r) 59 · The Court Waits · [uncredited] · ts (r) 63 · Imperial Table Manners · [uncredited] · pm (r) 64 · To Him That Hath… · [uncredited] · ss (r) 65 · Before and After · [uncredited] · pm The Novel Magazine August 1909 67 · Don’t Look Now But… · [uncredited] · ct (r) 68 · Murder at Kuala Sat · [uncredited] · ts (r) 70 · Magical Malaya · [uncredited] · pm (r) 71 · Potbelly’s Elephant · [uncredited] · vi (r) 71 · “Traffic Lights” · [uncredited] · pm (r) 73 · The Wages of Sin Is Death · [uncredited] · ss (r) 74 · The Coffin Bird · [uncredited] · pm (r) 75 · Are You Sure · [uncredited] · qz (r) 77 · Natural Law · [uncredited] · ts (r) 78 · The A.C.P. · [uncredited] · pm (r) 79 · Servants of the Public · [uncredited] · ct (r) 80 · The End Justifies— · [uncredited] · ss (r) 81 · Suttee in Malaya · [uncredited] · pm (r) 82 · The Making of a Police Force · [uncredited] · ar (r) 83 · The Probationer Meets His Chief Police Officer · [uncredited] · pm (r) 85 · About Turn · [uncredited] · ct (r) 86 · Three Men and a Deer · [uncredited] · ts (r) 88 · Noblesse Oblige; or, The Inhibited Policeman · [uncredited] · pm (r) 89 · Armistice Day · [uncredited] · ct (r) 90 · The Gaming Raid · [uncredited] · ct (r) 91 · Ode to a Durian · [uncredited] · pm (r) 91 · Are You Sure · [uncredited] · ms (r); answers. 93 · Mixed Prints · [uncredited] · ss (r)