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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v104 #4 & 5, No. 633 & 634, October 1994] ed. Janet Hutchings (New York: Dell Magazines, $3.95, 288pp+, digest, cover by Fred Lynch) 5 · The Passing of Mr. Toad · Jeffry Scott · nv 28 · Black Water [Michelle “Mitch” Mitchell] · Doug Allyn · na 84 · Sunset on the Padang · Neil Jillett · ss 98 · The Theft of Twenty-Nine Minutes [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss 117 · The Jury Box · Jon L. Breen · br 120 · Come Night, Come Silence · Suzanne Jones · ss 130 · Murder Mystery · Alex Auswaks · ss 139 · Wild Strawberries · James A. Ritchie · ss 146 · The Mystery Crossword · Norma Schier · pz 148 · The Eye of the Beholder · Robert Barnard · ss 158 · The Corpse in the Attic · Gunnar Staalesen; trans. by Stephen Murray · ss 166 · Two Feet of Steel · Terry Mullins · ss 177 · The Telephone [1984] · Augusto Mario Delfino; trans. by Donald A. Yates · ss 182 · Satan and the Printer · Tom Tolnay · ss 191 · Window Shopper · Patrick Ireland · ss The Final Paragraph: ___ 204 · Murder on the Internet · Henry Slesar · pz 206 · The Hit · Michael Z. Lewin · ss 214 · Perfect in Every Way · Seymour Shubin · ss 222 · I’ll Never Leave You · Donald Olson · ss 232 · Fox in the Briars · Kate Wilhelm · na
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v104 #6, No. 635, November 1994] ed. Janet Hutchings (New York: Dell Magazines, $2.50, 160pp+, digest, cover by Kathy Petrauskas) 4 · Culture Clash [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · ss 22 · Night of Silken Snow · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss 42 · The Brothers · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 61 · Waiting for Mrs. Ryder [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · nv 82 · Shreds and Slivers · Ruth Rendell · ss 86 · Dowsing the Demon [Robin Hood] · Clayton Emery · ss 101 · The Jury Box · Jon L. Breen · br 104 · Plastic · Kate Gallison · ss 110 · Gin Rummy · Shelley Singer · ss 117 · The Sycthes Hang in the Apple Trees · John F. Suter · ss 128 · The Mystery Crossword · Ruth Minary · pz 130 · Wrecker · Doug Allyn · nv
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v104 #7, No. 636, December 1994] ed. Janet Hutchings (New York: Dell Magazines, $2.50, 160pp+, digest, cover by Joyce Patti) 4 · Split Decisions · Clark Howard · nv 30 · Bad Habits · Barbara Owens · ss 38 · Summer Rain [Insp. Alan Banks] · Peter Robinson · ss 55 · The French Way · C. E. Stutz · ss 61 · Murder Most Fowl · Bob Perkins · pm 64 · Midnight at Manger’s Bird and Beast · James Powell · ss 73 · The Jury Box · Jon L. Breen · br 76 · Horse Thief Haven · Edward D. Hoch · ss 93 · The Sound of Silence · Celia Fremlin · ss 100 · Flowers for Jennifer · Christine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi · vi 103 · The President’s Half Disme [“The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme”; Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv EQMM Feb ’47 123 · The Bearded Lady · Doug Allyn · nv
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v104 #8, No. 637, Mid-December 1994] ed. Janet Hutchings (New York: Dell Magazines, $2.50, 160pp+, digest, cover by Fred Lynch)

4 · Pass the Parcel · Peter Lovesey · ss Midwinter Mysteries 3, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown, 1993
20 · The Problem of the Country Mailbox [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · ss
40 · Death of a Dead Man · Gillian Linscott · ss Midwinter Mysteries 3, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown, 1993
58 · Grist for the Mills of Christmas · James Powell · ss
69 · The Wheel · Frances Joyce · ss
83 · The Jury Box · Jon L. Breen · br
86 · Believing in Santa · Ron Goulart · ss
97 · Me and Mr. Harry · Batya Swift Yasgur · ss
102 · The Mystery Crossword · Ruth Minary · pz
104 · A Winter’s Tale · Ann Cleeves · ss Northern Blood, ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury, 1992
119 · Unharmed · Jan Burke · ss
The Final Paragraph:
___ 124 · The Last Battlefield · Henry Slesar · pz
126 · The Drug Bust · Roger Gallagher · pm
127 · The Cross-Wolf · Doug Allyn · nv
149 · Feline Felon · Bob Perkins · pm
149 · At Eighteen Dollars a Copy · Mary Mullen · pm
Mother Goose Nursery Crimes:
___ 149 · VI: Humpty Dumpty · Gloria Rosenthal · pm
150 · The Victim · Nan Mix · vi
151 · Enough · Katherine H. Brooks · pm
152 · Index to Volumes 103 and 104 · Misc. Material · ix
Hardboiled [#17, February 1994] ed. Gary Lovisi (Gryphon Publications, $6.00, 5"x8")

· Job · Bruce Timm · cv
2 · The Editor’s Case File · The Editor · ed
8 · The Job · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Razored Saddles, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Pat LoBrutto, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1989
12 · Fungus Grows in the Dark · Ardath Mayhar · ss
20 · Payback · Robert E. Skinner · ss
32 · Who Is Killing the Guys? · William Sanders · ar
38 · New on Film · George Pelecanos · mr
42 · Il Pagliaccio Morto · Cindy Rosmus · ss
51 · New on the Market · Gary Lovisi · cl
54 · Keeping the System Honest · Marc V. Ridenour · ar
57 · Film Classics · J. D. Hunt · cl
60 · Hardboiled Females · Jackie Griffin · ar
64 · That’s the Story · Marv Lachman · cl
67 · Simply Horrible · David Gianatasio · vi
69 · Sugarcane · Michael W. Scholl · ss
79 · Straight from the Shoulder Holster · Wayne Dundee · cl
81 · Demonology [Joe Dillon] · Gary Lovisi · ss
97 · The Mumpher Man · Harold D. Kaiser · ss
Hardboiled [#18, June 1994] ed. Gary Lovisi (Gryphon Publications, $6.00, 5"x8")

· Threshold · Bruce Timm · cv
2 · The Editor’s Case File · The Editor · ed
9 · Threshold · Garry Disher · ss A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1992
20 · The Killer · O’Neil De Noux · ss
25 · An Interview with James Lee Burke · Royce H. Allen · iv [James Lee Burke]
29 · Climbing Sugar Hill · Joy Hewitt Mann · ss
34 · Determined to Kill · J. D. Hunt · ss
38 · A Conversation with Thomas Boyle · Gary Lovisi · iv [Thomas Boyle]
53 · Real Revolvers Don’t Wear Safeties [Part 1 of 4] · William Sanders · nf
57 · Waiting · Jim Knapp · ss 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1993
61 · New on Film · George Pelecanos · mr
65 · The Set-Up Man · Mat Coward · ss
70 · That’s the Story · Marv Lachman · cl
72 · Iron City · Roger Kyle-Keith · ss
77 · New on the Market · Gary Lovisi · cl
80 · Over the Hill · Carter Swart · ss
86 · Straight from the Shoulder Holster · Wayne Dundee · cl
89 · Film Classics · J. D. Hunt · cl
92 · Droplets of My Sister’s Blood · Jim Lee · ss
Hardboiled [#19, November 1994] ed. Gary Lovisi (Gryphon Publications, $6.00, 5"x8") · Cut Buddies · Bruce Timm · cv 2 · The Editor’s Case File · The Editor · ed 8 · Cut Buddies · Cindy Rosmus · ss 16 · Chocolate Bar · Andrew Vachss · ss 20 · A Centennial Interview with Dash Hammett · William F. Nolan · iv [Dashiell Hammett] 24 · Alice · P. E. Cook · ss 29 · Real Revolvers Don’t Wear Safeties [Part 2 of 4] · William Sanders · nf 33 · Susan · James O’Keefe · ss 45 · Asking for It · Rose Dawn Bradford · ss 51 · Hardboiled Females (Before the ‘Liberation’) · Jackie Griffin · ar 54 · I Know a Way · Bill Pronzini · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep ’71 57 · New on the Market · Gary Lovisi · cl 60 · The Small Things · C. J. Sullivan · ss 64 · Straight from the Shoulder Holster · Wayne Dundee · cl 66 · A Civilized Man · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 79 · New on Film · George Pelecanos · mr 83 · Live and Learn · Gary Lovisi · ss 86 · That’s the Story · Marv Lachman · cl 88 · Bowling Ball Blues · Steven McDaris · ss 93 · True Crime · Mike Black · cl 97 · Oubliette · Edward Lodi · ss
New Mystery [v2 #1, 1994] (New Mystery; New York, $3.95, 50pp+, quarto, cover by Robert McGinnis) 2 · Book Dealers We Like · Anon. · ms 3 · Book Reviews · Various Hands · br 6 · Murder, They Said · Bill Palmer · ar 10 · Book Reviews · Various Hands · br 11 · The Orellis · Fred Breinersdorfer · ss 15 · Do Unto Others · Randye Lordon · ss 21 · The Bracelet · Henry Slesar · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep ’83 25 · The Ivory Beast · Josh Pachter · nv Gathering Sum ’91 35 · Mallory · David Somerset · ss 39 · Polo at the Ritz [Nick Polo] · Jerry Kennealy · ss 45 · Maum Maussa and the Hag, A Plantation Tale · Monie S. Hudson · ss
New Mystery [v2 #2, Winter 1994] (New Mystery; New York, $3.95, 60pp+, quarto); International issue. ifc · Editorial · Anon. · ed 2 · Book Reviews · Various Hands · br h · Book Dealers We Like · Anon. · ms 12 · Murder, They Said · Bill Palmer · ar 17 · Solitary Journey · Shizuko Natsuki; trans. by Gavin Frew · ss 25 · A Man of Honor · Justo Vasco; trans. by Willie Neuman · ss 31 · The Sister · William Campbell Gault · ss 43 · Tattoo Blue · Eva Kacirkova; trans. by Simon Pellar · ss 51 · My Obit Habit · Charles Schwarz · ss
New Mystery [v3 #1, No. 6, Summer 1994] (New Mystery; New York, $3.95, 60pp+, quarto); Malice Suburban issue. 1 · The Other Woman · Patricia & Clayton Matthews · ss 11 · The Armadillo Patrol · Thomas P. Ramirez · ss 19 · Anancy Climbs The Wall, An Afro-Jamaican Fable · Anon. · ss 21 · Coffee Breaks · George L. Mina · ss 26 · Breaking and Entering · Henry Slesar · ss A13 · Murder... They Tell Me · Bill Palmer · ar; reviews of audio-books.
[Mysteries in Non-Genre Publications: 1994] · The Cloud Cracker [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon] · Bill Pronzini · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Jul ’94 · The Hanging Judge · Muriel Spark · ss New Yorker May 2 ’94 · Dogs Walked, Plants Watered [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · ss Playboy May ’94 · The Measure of His Guilt · J. Madison Davis · ss Red Herring Mystery Magazine Sum ’94 · The Jacksboro Highway · Clayton Matthews · ss Red Herring Mystery Magazine Sum ’94 · The Essence of Arthur Polkowski · Jacqueline Freimor · ss Red Herring Mystery Magazine Fll ’94 · Reaching the Limit · Tim Myers · ss Woman’s World Oct 4 ’94
Injury Time Catherine Aird (St. Martin’s 0-312-13095-3, Aug ’95, $19.95, 168pp, hc); Collection of 16 stories. First US edition (Macmillan 1994).

1 · Steady As She Goes [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · ss 1st Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1992
12 · The Man Who Rowed for the Shore · ss The Man Who..., ed. H. R. F. Keating, Macmillan, 1992
23 · A Fair Cop [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · ss *
31 · Double Jeopardy [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · ss *
42 · Lord Peter’s Touch [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · ss Encounters with Lord Peter, ed. Christopher Dean, The Dorothy L. Sayers Society, 1991
47 · Memory Corner [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · ss *
59 · Slight of Hand [Henry Tyler] · ss 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1993
69 · Cause and Effects [Henry Tyler] · ss A Classic English Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1990
90 · The Hard Sell [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · ss *
98 · One Under the Eight [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · ss *
112 · Bare Essentials [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · ss *
127 · Home Is the Hunter [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection, ed. Herbert Harris, 1988
138 · Blue Upright [Henry Tyler] · ss *
147 · Devilled Dip · ss *
154 · The Misjudgement of Paris · ss *
159 · Her Indoors [Insp. C(hristopher) D(ennis) Sloan] · ss *
Darings of the Red Rose Margery Allingham (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-01-3, 1995, $15.00, tp)

9 · Introduction · B. A. Pike · in
21 · Episode 1 · ss
41 · Episode 2 · ss
55 · Episode 3 · ss
71 · The Lady at the Crossroads · ss, 1930
87 · The Girl on the Fire-Escape · ss
103 · The Watcher Behind the Curtain · ss
119 · The Whisperer on the Phone · ss
135 · Her Day of Reckoning · ss, 1930
Fear Is a Killer William Bankier (Mosaic Press 0-88962-553-0, Jun ’95, 329pp, tp)

vi · Songs in the Key of Death: The Fiction of William Bankier · Peter Sellers · in
1 · What Happened in Act One · ss EQMM Jul ’62
13 · Traffic Violation · ss EQMM Sep ’67
27 · What Really Happened? · ss EQMM Jul ’76
35 · Wednesday Night at the Forum · nv AHMM Aug ’77
75 · The Last Act Was Deadly · ss AHMM Jun ’78
95 · The Mystery of the Missing Guy · nv EQMM Dec ’79
116 · Making a Killing with Mama Cass · ss AHMM Jan 30 ’80
137 · Events at Headland Cottage · ss EQMM Jun 30 ’80
150 · The Choirboy · ss AHMM Dec 15 ’80
171 · Child of Another Time · ss EQMM mid-Jul ’83
194 · Gunfight at the O’Shea Chorale · ss EQMM Nov ’83
219 · Silently, in the Dead of Night · ss EQMM Jan ’84
242 · Her Voice on the Phone Was Magic · nv EQMM Feb ’84
267 · The Collaborators · nv EQMM Aug ’84
293 · The Prize in the Pack · ss EQMM Oct ’86
313 · Fear Is a Killer · ss EQMM mid-Dec ’86
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Barnes & Noble 1-56619-859-3, Sep ’95, $6.98, 317pp, hc) [Sherlock Holmes]

· General Editor’s Preface to the Series · Misc. Material · pr
· Introduction · Misc. Material · in
· Note on the Text · Misc. Material · ms
· Select Bibliography · Misc. Material · bi
· A Chronology of Arthur Conan Doyle · Misc. Material · ms
5 · A Scandal in Bohemia · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Jul, 1891
30 · A Case of Identity · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Sep, 1891
49 · The Red-Headed League · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Aug, 1891
75 · The Boscombe Valley Mystery · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Oct, 1891
102 · The Five Orange Pips · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Nov, 1891
123 · The Man with the Twisted Lip · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Dec, 1891
149 · The Blue Carbuncle [“The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Jan, 1892
171 · The Speckled Band [“The Adventure of the Speckled Band”] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Feb, 1892
198 · The Engineer’s Thumb [“The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb”] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Mar, 1892
221 · The Noble Bachelor [“The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor”] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Apr, 1892
244 · The Beryl Coronet [“The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet”] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand May, 1892
270 · The Copper Beeches [“The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Jun, 1892
297 · Explanatory Notes · Misc. Material · ms
The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Barnes & Noble 1-56619-831-3, 1995, $4.95, 208pp, tp); Collection of little-known stories, plays and poems.

7 · Foreword · Jeremy Brett · fw
8 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
27 · The Truth About Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · ar The National Weekly Dec 29 ’23
41 · The Mystery of Uncle Jeremy’s Household · nv Boy’s Own Paper Jan-Feb, 1887
80 · The Field Bazaar [Sherlock Holmes] · vi The Student Nov 20, 1896
83 · The Story of the Man with the Watches · ss The Strand Jul, 1898
99 · The Story of the Lost Special · ss The Strand Aug, 1898
117 · The Adventure of the Tall Man [plot outline] · ms ca., 1900
126 · The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · pl, 1905
137 · The Case of the Man Who Was Wanted · nv ca., 1914
160 · Some Personalia about Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · ar The Strand Dec ’17
· The Case of the Inferior Sleuth
169 · To Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · Arthur Guitermann · pm, 1915
171 · To an Undiscerning Critic · pm, 1915
172 · The Crown Diamond: An Evening with Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · pl, 1921
186 · How Watson Learned the Trick [Sherlock Holmes] · vi, 1924; written to fill a miniature book in the library of Queen Mary’s doll house.
188 · A Gaudy Death: Conan Doyle Tells the True Story of Sherlock Holmes’s End · ar Tit-Bits Dec 15 ’00
194 · The Mystery of Sasassa Valley · ss Chambers’s Journal Sep 6, 1879
206 · My Favourite Sherlock Holmes Adventures [Sherlock Holmes] · ar The Strand Mar ’27
Cages Ed Gorman (Deadline Press 0-9631367-6-3, Apr ’95 [Jul ’95], $35.00, 370pp, hc, cover by Carlos Batts); Collection of 21 stories, five original, with an introduction by F. Paul Wilson and an afterword by Marcia Muller. A signed, limited edition of 500. Order from Deadline Press, PO Box 2808, Apache Junction AZ 85217; add $3.00 shipping.

ix · Introduction · F. Paul Wilson · in
xi · Author’s Foreword · fw
3 · Moonchasers · na Criminal Intent 1, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1993
67 · Mainwaring’s Gift · ss Christmas Out West, ed. Bill Pronzine & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, 1990
77 · Seasons of the Heart · nv EQMM Aug ’94
99 · Long Lonesome Roads [Jack Dwyer] · nv Murder for Father, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1994
121 · Deathman · ss Dark Crimes, ed. Ed Gorman, Carroll & Graf, 1991
131 · The Brasher Girl · nv *
157 · One of Those Days, One of Those Nights · nv Crime Yellow, ed. Maxim Jakuwbowski, Gollancz, 1994
175 · The Morning of August 18th · ss *
181 · Nightmare Child [as by Daniel Ransom] · ex New York: St. Martin’s, 1990
187 · The Babysitter · ex New York: St. Martin’s, 1989
195 · Kinship · ss South From Midnight, ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Thomas R. Hanlon, Southern Fried Press, 1994
201 · Dreams of Darkness · ss Dark Whispers, Mystery Scene Press, 1993
209 · Surrogate · ss Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton, 1994
215 · Cages · ss Earth Strikes Back, ed. Richard Chizmar, Ziesing, 1994
227 · The Beast in the Woods · ss The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, 1994
235 · Friends [Jack Walsh] · nv New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson, 1990
257 · Pards · nv The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman, Swallow Press, 1992
275 · Yesterday’s Dreams · nv *
303 · Survival · nv *
333 · The Face · ss F&SF Apr ’93
343 · The End of It All · nv *
369 · Afterword · Marcia Muller · aw

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