Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006
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The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0300-8, Sep ’96, $9.95, 586pp, tp); First American edition (Robinson 1996).
- xiii · Introduction · Maxim Jakubowski · in
- 1 · Too Many Have Lived [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The American Magazine Oct ’32
- 15 · Flight to Nowhere · Charles Williams · na Manhunt Sep ’55
- 66 · Black · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask May ’32
- 76 · Finders Killers! · John D. MacDonald · nv Detective Story Magazine Jul ’53
- 100 · Murder’s Mandate · W. T. Ballard · nv Thrilling Detective Sep ’45
- 128 · Cigarette Girl · James M. Cain · ss Manhunt May ’53
- 138 · The Getaway · Gil Brewer · ss Mystery Monthly Jun ’76
- 148 · Preview of Murder · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv Thrilling Detective Jun ’49
- 180 · Forever After · Jim Thompson · ss Shock May ’60
- 187 · The Bloody Tide · Day Keene · nv Dime Detective Magazine Jun ’50
- 214 · Death Comes Gift-Wrapped · William P. McGivern · ss Dime Detective Magazine Nov ’48
- 225 · The Girl Behind the Hedge · Mickey Spillane · ss Manhunt Oct ’53
- 234 · Enter Scarface [from Scarface] · Armitage Trail · ex Clode, 1930
- 241 · A Candle for the Bag Lady [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · nv AHMM Nov ’77
- 265 · Black Pudding · David Goodis · nv Manhunt Dec ’53
- 285 · A Matter of Principal [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss Stalkers, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1989
- 295 · Citizen’s Arrest · Charles Willeford · ss AHMM Aug ’66
- 301 · The Sleeping Dog [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Argosy Apr ’65
- 314 · The Wench Is Dead · Fredric Brown · nv Manhunt Jul ’53
- 336 · So Dark for April [as by John Evans; Paul Pine] · Howard Browne · nv Manhunt Feb ’53
- 355 · We Are All Dead · Bruno Fischer · nv Manhunt May ’55
- 385 · Death Is a Vampire · Robert Bloch · ss Thrilling Mystery Fll ’44
- 405 · Divide and Conquer · Jack Ritchie · ss Manhunt Feb ’57
- 413 · A Real Nice Guy · William F. Nolan · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr ’80
- 422 · Stacked Deck · Bill Pronzini · nv The New Black Mask No.8, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- 440 · So Young, So Fair, So Dead · John Lutz · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar ’73
- 456 · Effective Medicine · B. Traven · ss Manhunt Aug ’54
- 467 · Killing Bernstein · Harlan Ellison · ss Mystery Monthly Jun ’76
- 477 · The Second Coming · Joe Gores · ss Adam Aug ’66
- 486 · Hibiscus and Homicide · William Campbell Gault · na Thrilling Detective Oct ’47
- 528 · Hell on Wheels · Thomas S. Roche · ss The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1996
- 538 · Ordo · Donald E. Westlake · na Enough!, Evans, 1977
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Resurrected Holmes ed. Marvin Kaye (St. Martin’s 0-312-14037-1, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $24.95, 337pp, hc, cover by Jill Bauman) [Sherlock Holmes]; Original anthology of 15 stories about Sherlock Holmes, supposedly taken from Dr. Watson’s long-lost case notes — and ghost-written by such well-known authors as Ernest Hemingway (Morgan Llywelyn), H.P. Lovecraft (Paula Volsky), Edgar Rice Burroughs (Craig Shaw Gardner), and Jack Kerouac (Richard Lupoff).
- ix · Foreword · Marvin Kaye · fw
- xi · The Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes · J. Adrian Fillmore · in *
- · Literary “Ghosts”
- 3 · The Adventure of the Amateur Mendicant Society (ascribed to H.G. Wells) · John Gregory Betancourt · ss *
- 23 · Victor Lynch the Forger (ascribed to Theodore Dreiser) · Terry McGarry · nv *
- 45 · The Case of the Notorious Canary Trainer (ascribed to W. Somerset Maugham) · Henry Slesar · ss *
- 59 · The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech (ascribed to Ernest Hemingway) · Morgan Llywelyn · ss *
- 75 · Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson (ascribed to C.S. Forester) · Peter Cannon · ss *
- · Long Shots
- 97 · The Politician, the Lighthouse, and the Trained Cormorant (ascribed to Edgar Rice Burroughs) · Craig Shaw Gardner · nv *
- 119 · Sherlock Holmes, Dragon-Slayer (The Singular Adventures of the Grice Pattersons in the Island of Uffa) (ascribed to Lord Dunsany) · Darrell Schweitzer · ss *
- 137 · The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot (and his abominable wife) (ascribed to P.G. Wodehouse) · Roberta Rogow · nv *
- 169 · The Giant Rat of Sumatra (ascribed to H.P. Lovecraft) · Paula Volsky · nv *
- 197 · Mrs. Vamberry Takes a Trip (Vamberry the Wine Merchant) (ascribed to J. Thorne Smith) · Mike Resnick · ss *
- 211 · Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin (ascribed to Jack Kerouac) · Richard A. Lupoff · ss *
- · “To Catch a Thief...”
- 231 · The Madness of Colonel Warburton (ascribed to Dashiell Hammett) · Carole Buggé · nv *
- 263 · The Manor House Case (ascribed to Ellery Queen) · Edward D. Hoch · ss *
- 279 · The Adventure of the Cripple Parade (The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch) (ascribed to Mickey Spillane) · William L. DeAndrea · ss *
- 295 · Too Many Stains (The Adventure of the Second Stain) (ascribed to Rex Stout) · Marvin Kaye · nv *
- 331 · Contributors Notes · Misc. Material · bg
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Shades of Noir ed. Lisa Manns (Archon Gaming Inc. 1-889864-01-3, Dec ’96, $12.95, 180pp, tp); Original anthology of 10 stories for Noir, the Film Noir Role-Playing Game.
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Christmas Crimes ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet 0-451-18649-4, Nov ’96, $5.99, 256pp, pb)
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Garden of Deadly Delights ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet 0-451-18772-5, Apr ’96, $5.99, 256pp, pb)
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Murder at Teatime ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet 0-451-18543-9, Jan ’96, $5.50, 269pp, pb)
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Murder Intercontinental ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0355-5, 1996, $24.00, 323pp, hc)
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Mysterious Menagerie ed. Cynthia Manson (Berkley 0-425-15232-4, Mar ’96, $5.99, 260pp, pb)
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Senior Sleuths ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough (Berkley 0-425-15258-8, Apr ’96, $5.99, 274pp, pb)
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Win, Lose or Die ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0317-2, Jun ’96, $23.00, 256pp, hc)
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Death in Dixie ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0229-2, 1996, $4.98, 224pp, hc); Reprint (Rutledge Hill Press 1987 as Sunshine Crime) anthology of 13 southern mysteries.
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Homicide Hosts Presents ed. Helen Esper Olmsted (Aurora, CO: Write Way Publishing 1-885173-14-8, Sep ’96, $25.00, 273pp, hc)
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